The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 29, 1905, Page 7

BY GILSON GARDNER p C—High of pPtictats of the navy sartment admit ’ frankly that they are trying to dis cover and correct the causes of fre- quent — desertions from the service. It ts dented, how ever, that condi tions are as bad as many reports would indicate, The record for 1904 shows a total of 488 DESER TIONS, but this was trom an en-listed force of 30 000 MEN, the percentage being 15.6 per cent, or only one-tenth ofl cont in excess of the year be- ore This record includes all men Marked on the books as deserters : though some may have been what 4 the service calls “stragglers,” men 4 who may have overstayed thelr a time, and who finally return or are J picked up and restored to the ship's ‘ complement. Neither does the state ‘ment take account of double of fenses by the same men ‘The summary reads as follows Desertions Petty officers, 528; Men, 3439; apprentices, 621. Total 4488 More than half of these desertions are made up of two classes, the *mesamen™ and the “engine room forca” Of the former 23.15 per cont, while of the latter 17.10 per cent, desert Other deserters are Beamen, 7.67 per cent; petty officers and shipwrights, 5.4 per cent; ord! Mary seamen, 9 per cent; apprentice feamen, 10.18 per cent Outside of the coal passers and ? “amen, the desertions are not nu vies the normal rate of about 12 per cent American navy can only be pared with Great Britain's. Rone but these relies on vol- enlistment. It is said that have been times when the : of desertions in the British “Reavy has run as high as 23 per cent. | ‘The desertions by coal passers gad mesemen is explained by an —" of the department as fol- “The work of the coal passer is trying. The heat is intense, often the men suffer with sea- It f* a hard berth, and are picked up for this work Fa occasion offers. They are Generally not much time expended in trying to wok them Pita ine same may te mid of the messmen. They perform the work and are the paid. They are often Japanese or Chinese, and are picked up wherever they be secured. They soon get of working and desert at the unity. Reason for a slight increase in past among seamen during two or three years is in the rapid expansion of Raval for During the year Ro less than 10,000 new men taken Into the servien Many farmer boys and young fel from the inland citle. The @eertions are nearly all from the fanks of the new recruits. Lieutenant Commander John who recently made a study of subject and prepared a report the last naval Inetitute, has q the causes for desertion ‘ta follows: I—The average weakness of hu- nature, there being in any large of men its due proportion of weak and unstable characters. 2—The presence, unavoidable at the start, of a small percentage of characters in any large body Men, however carefully selected, example and teaching in- strongly the weak. blunting of all natural in- of human nature, and th and friendless stray dog produced In men by fre- Quent shifting and changing. 4—The want of a uniform, just end strict, and at the same time system of discipline, S—And last—comment on which fe considered superfluous—the un- @ne use of intoxicants by men of weak mind. ‘One of the most fruitful causes of Gesertions, in the opinion of Com- Mander Hood, is the “homelessness” men due to the constant shifting both officers and men from ship eae ** ® Unless all taxes due the ® county are paid by the time ® the treasurer's office closes to- night, the delinquent property Owners will become Hable for an additional charge of 15 per cent. Treasurer Gormley so announces. * * * * * * * * * » eee eee A complete report of the county’s jal condition for the year ending June 30 is contained in a 44- pamphlet iasued yesterday by ity Auditor Agnew. Mrs. Georgie Fernandies will en- Rome, 1832 Kighth ay. fertain the Stevens Relief Corps| and friends Friday afternoon at her | ————— to ship. OR RTO RRO ROTOR ROR Rt tt tm to te! Commander Hood believes the) * ‘ ; SF MARS * nwn have more in the way of pay,| * A SUMMARY OF THE CAUSES OF DESERTION 8 feod and privilege than in any aavy| * E ri : in the world, They also have more) # HOMESICK NESS— Nostalxia * in the way of opportunity to rise) ® tifled ambitions, small earnings, #| into the ranks of commissioned of-|® little chance * ficers. But this Is not enough, he| ® ISOLATION off from home and land associates, scant ® thinks. \* lack of friendships | The enlisted men of the navy|#® CONFINEMENT narrow quarters, little Jelsure. # a human,” he says, “They| * 3 Nagging by comrades, snobbery ainong # hav also the inetinets and in-| @ ere in temporary authority linations for forming natural ties) # no shore leave, shifting from @ and friendships like other men;| #* and these instincts and inclina-| # epen largely commissioned # tions are thwarted by natant | @ 000 ptainad hange \* DESERTION—-Smali punishments wa enare @ Privilege and punishments vary! ® on different ships; and this is a # * fertile source of discon “Senator Morgan, of Alabama, beileves he has found proposal for the solution of the railroad ECOND TIME "oe $ PHILADE The semi-ann: W. D. M. Davis, proprietor of a grocery at 2707 First, and who was : bela by armed chow two weeks Closed Down Friday A man whom Davis says he recog- nized as one of his former assail ants, rushed into the store while Davie was waiting on @ customer, and struck him over the head with | more than 90 p a club, Davia fired two shots but | Output Mt the man escaged. A crowd gather- jelosed until February ed and sever! persons saw the | 8tice to this effect President Baas, of the Shingle Mills Bureau, Tuesday. thug fleeing. NEW CREW SHIPPED The trim little schooner Maid of | st Orleans will be on her way north | vertised. again in a few days. Capt. Huhl- | st strom and a full crew of men have | av., shipped on her. Huhlstrom was | ing formerly captain of the schooner |Shilshole av } Volante. cost $11,000, was aiso adopted. it SERRE RE a serious defec Washington al dividend of three per cent on the capital stock of the | Pennsylvania Dayab stockholders on record on November 4, due today and checks are being sent out to the owners of the stock. wore Friday, shingle mills controlling cent of the state's down and remain was fasued by The sub-sewer PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 29.—|for the improvements on Crawford The cost of the Cra improvement was $921 the assesment EERE in the administration’s la apatch APPROVE ROLLS : The city council has ordered the |warranta for the first improvement of Ballard av., imsued 14 years ago, |to be paid to the plaintifr in the lease of Hemans va. the city. The | amouw: of the warrants ts $1,175. refused to pay them because when they were presented |for payment the special fund was jalready used. The courts held that |the elty was liable for the amount and ordered it paid Pe. ee es SEATTLE BANK CLEARINGS The daily average of bank clearings of Seattle from No vember 1, 1905 to November 29, 1904, was $1,256,633.59 Tho clearings for November. 1905, show an increase of $8,463,941.29 over the month of November, 1904. * eet eee ee +eee eee ee * RI Filla D. Christian filed sult for divoree against William Christian this morning, alleging non-support ADAMS CASE WHY MAN BEHIND E GUN DESERTS (Continued on Page at the etter 1 canno oxtonsive take omment 1 to at once find out cell by auned and mata onducting the investigution of ame Reimburse Miners Many ost be are making 4 af the ney Wrank tint thent Planned and t & short time. or of Minty Roberts ity early 4 When down. to two years tn elaima and to r The Been ov @xpows were as mon. Stand By Brother Adams have communicated since his imprisonment with a close friend of Adama, asking that he be al and intimating that they will come to the city if] their presence is necessary their given « squai ONE BANK LOST $100,000 Three banks in Fairbanks, Al Will file claims against ernment by the alleged gold-dust thefts of George BE The Fairbanks Banking comps heaviest loser, Claims stating that number of large shipments, {t lost, because of abnormal almost $20,000. These claims and others will be given attention by the government At the cariest possible moment Ready to Leave later fi atrated ar officer ernment filacea t It is rr few 4 the etty Sintod Means Big Things for Seattle THE SEATTLE - BOSTON COPPER CO. ing companie fact that the people more than ready to endorse a good proposition them in the right way stock at the roome of the company in the Alaska building, ts proof that know a good Evorything is open and above board in the dealings of the company with »ple and those wh the wonderful exhibit of loffice of the company speak in unbounded praise the people the p building of it Siemon Don't pay rent. Read Page 6 nde upon them. tages, and it is his duty to ahriniag: ported them (o What was then dy me welght and re ve by Wing no. but everybody me to look tito the matter, shrinkage was Ignorance Impo Ia utterly that any land's place « nothing was wrong with the intimated Fredertok A 1 the foros J that he these p and expla had nothing to say rgee brought a thing to do with the » the proper me ing their thing regar the matter tx now stated this mo thethod to be adopt miners will be given by miners who ts reported, aceused of stealing much sooner re than probable that, had undisturbed for a he would have fled id growth in the is @ proven of this city are is brought to obs to be had THROUGH -° SERVICE GREEW LAKE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN UP WITH THE COUNCIL THE STAR'S SUGGESTION FOR QUICKER CAR SERVICE ‘The councll will probably soon be anked to provide through cars on the Greon Lake and other car lines in ihe clty,as suggested Tuesday by The Star The improvement ts something which the Green Lake p been striving for in vain for yearn At their request Councilman Mur phy has at thes taken up the mat ter with the officials of the com pany, but n The members of the ple have ake Improvement club, however, now propone to ask Murphy to introduce in the councll an ordinance provid ing for putting on several through cars, and there is every indication that the council will either pass the ordinance, or force the company to *® without it on the required ca passing tt Company's Exow The excuse given by the company has been that through cars would be of little ben t, because they boy, and gone to perhaps foretan parts to enjoy the fruits of his atealings In a plausible attempt to justity his own actions in the f Su perintendent Wing, of th ay of fice, eb that Adams’ story con erning the death of his gr and the fortune he left to Adame, together with other proofs which Wing secured as to the truth of Adams’ stories, were strong enough at the time to convince Wing that Adama’ manner of living w ot extraordinary under the cireum atances Parcell Is Exonerated Charles S. Parcel, weigher in the jocal assay office, and at one tim treasurer of the local lodge of the Ancient Order of United Korkmen, who was accused by an evening paper of having misappropriated the funds of b dge and fled the city, is completely exonerated by Roland W. Cotterili, Parcells successer tn that Parcell the lodge, who stat never took money of the lodge, and that be ts now at present filling a very responsible office with the neh much wrought up over the publica tion of the 4 them. Reported by Downing, Hopkins & CHICAGO MARKETS. Wheat— High. Low. Close. Dec., 86 1-8, 841-4, 851-8. May, 88 1-4, 87 3-4, 88 1-4 Corna— Dee., new, 441-4, 44, 441-8 Dee old, 447-8, 445-8, 447-8. May, 441-2, 44, 443-4 Oatse— Dec May, 22. Pork— Jan., 13.95, 13 May, 13.90, 13. 317-8, 32 13.95. 13.85. ‘EW YORK STOCKS Amal. Copper, 903-4, 887-8, 897-8. Amer, Sugar, 142 1-4, 141 1-2, 142. B. R. T., 88 7-8, 87 1-2, 877-8. People’s G 1-8, 104, 104 3-8. Motropol., 119 7-8, 118 8-4, 118 3-4. U, & Steel, 371-2, 371-4, U. 8. S., pfd., 104 Atchison, 88, 36 B. @& 0. 11 . Can. Pac., 173 1- Erie, 49, 485-8, 483-4 L. & N., 151 1-2, 150 3-4 Mo. Pac., $01, 1003-8, 101, Penna., 140 1-8, 139 5-8, 140. Reading, 137 1-4, 1341-2, 136 Rock Istand, 25, 241-2 7 hern Pac., 68 5-8, 68, 681-8 arcell and his friends are very nderous story, and sult for libel may be instituted by would overtake the I quickly that not m than three minutes would be saved in the entire run There i# » little truth to this m but if the company—just on would loosen its tii enough to pay for double tracking the road, as it should, this difficulty would sink into Inaignificance. ‘The chief delay at the pre xwitehing, which is necessary at neveral ps wingle traek he Green Lake peop sire through servi but only for a couple of hours morn ings and evenings, chiefly for th accommodation of working peopl They would put on locals from Woodland Park junction, where the loop begins around the lake, or per haps closer than that to the city. There tn also considerable der for through service on the Untver sity line, which Is handicapped by; ch single track ntp on account of the » not de the entire day, St. Paul, 179 8, 173 3-8 Union Pac 5-4, 136 3-8 Ils. Cent 176 1-2. Total sal ESCAPED DURING STORM SUPERIOR, Wis., Nov. 29.—Four|} prisoners escaped from the county | jail here last night during the vy storm. They bored through a thick brick wall 1,167,100. | Jae Dempsey, a longshoreman and James Gleason, a laborer, were arrested last night for chicken- stealing on Western av, They had two hens in thetr possession when they fell into the hands of Detect- ives Phillips and Clark ” THE SEATTLE PEOPLE by | | | [ DISMISS GBCHOOL AT NOON TO- DAY ‘ Woedne noon f the Thank ing va@@tion and will convene the | follow Monday A Xmas the Jelty sehe will have a vacation of two weeb Instead of on v. k, as has heretofore been the custom | This year the teacher natitute will |be held the first week in. January netead of in April HELLO, FORT WARS Major VF. M. Glassford, of the ' signal corps, ane telephont and Fort | been entablished and wan opened up | yesterda It is announced that th ing Flagler, Casey and Worden hasbeen od. Thin cable was laid for military purposes, so that the three forts, in case of hontiliées, can be in touch with each other and be able to concentrate their fire in case of attack COLMAN BUILDING FINE NEW LEATHER DISPLAY We are now showing the fin- est leather pieces ever brought to Seattle. These are in seal, walrus, sea lion and fancy moroceos and are the very newest and latest designs. See our windows for HAND BAGS. SKIRT BAGS. CIGAR CASE! CARD CASES. BILL BOOKS and SAFETY POCKETS. The prices are always RIGHT. KNOW A GOOD THING Seattie-Boston Copper Co. Nature has combined to help this company in the discovery of its ore body, otherwise it could not make the showing it is doing of such high grade ore It is the result of glacial action that has stripped off the tron capping to a depth of over five hun- dred feet and exposed this wonder- ful body of high grade copper. The way stock ts selling, there can not be a very large amount left to sell and those who hope to buy at 50 conts per share will need to get buay. bt neem Don't pay rent. Read Page 6 ¢** Don't pay rent. id Page 6 °° Carving Sets a Roasters Reduced for Thanksgiving 50c Roasters . B96 Row ae Roasters . ve be Roasters 3 90c Roasters ‘ - Te $1 Roasters rs $1.25 Savory Roaster $1.75 Large Savory Roaster $1.00 pair Cocobola Carvers Sbé pair stag handle Bird Carvers O96 $1.50 pair stag handle Carvers “1. $2.00 net Stiletto Carvers § Bee window for other Thanks- giving Specials. Spinstng’ 's Cash Store econ.) Avenue. TOPPED. 615-617 First Avenue On the Square Opposite the Totem Pole © newest and nobbieat pes and colors are now to be seen. Come in nd get one for Thanksgiving—and be correctly down to the minute CHASE BROS. HACKLEY and CARLISLE PIANOS Each a piano of the re- fined home. LARGE REDUCTIONS in our prices for the holl- day trade. Sold for cash or installments as low as University cars pass | Beatt! Remember we sell Watches and Jewelry on the instaliment plan, Pay any time before Christmas. Houghton & Hunter Sowelers 704 First Ave. Seattle Large stock of second-hand Heaters. Stoves of all sizes and of the very lowest prices. RED FRONT FURNITURE CO. 220 Pike Street. | RELIABLE TRANSFER CO, Baggage, Furniture, Storage Office and storage room, 1216 First avenue, Postoffice building. Ind. 6526. Fasanee, ve thousands of « of Nervo bility. and ‘Insomonia. “The: the brain, "strengthen — the culation, make digestion. perfect & Impart'& magnetic vigor 8D the. whol peng. All trouble stopped perma! ly. fi.00 per bo x eure or refund m sealed. Book free Arch street, only by rat Ave, le te we ¥