The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 16, 1906, Page 1

it em} “The cw Paper in Seattle That Dares to. Print the ee PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PROVES A SUCCESS tATHA frederick C. Howe, Sent to England to Investi- gate, Tells of Great Growth and Marvelous Success of Municipal Operation of Public Utilities. BY GILSON GARONER WASHINGTON D.¢ qe wonderful growth and ownership of street t wee, gas comps " gat otber podils fand te the subdect gate br the Feneral & ‘ t of la Howe ' Frederic C SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MOWDAY, APRIL 16, eattle ‘ Sa 2906, COL. LEWIS GETS A GO-DAY SENTENCE WABHINGTON'S EX. CONGRESSMAN, NOW CORPORATION OF CRTCAGO, GIVEN HEAVY PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT—JIM HAM DEFIANT, COUNSEL weal Interest a Ly Be the conclusion of RL Trited States iv fa | a : fe rett of the world ther FREDERIC C. HOWE, PH. D. inter t a oy Laat by aj oe ‘ . | Many of the la ‘ iiate pablic contr General'y Accepted finding ta and thore Mee Britiad have seeept pudlic as ‘ reer a8 « Pariiar eaut now @ waturally pubs warigus places. says (he se yallsomarel Ly Glasgow m for the « hampton ntaine an institution inebriates. Wolver ta tco te the traders of | - “INQURY JAMES HAMILTON Lewis, WASHINGTON, Ap « Re terhade « mentcip the town t uy prese ia ter discussing some of the ; ; faberien cations aa Gin on ihe Rn fom | ition calling an Inquiry a» to the} SPRINGFIELD, IL, April 16 Th§ company had been placed in which have had to be overcome Im) jonke jteyt of Hdeho, took tne |2%08¢ Humphrey of the (tederal pore@sbion of the waterworks at A Great Brita! Professor Howe con pag ‘ court this morning sentenced Col, |? Judge Humphrey had grant clades with ¢ wing summary [; Naemaiiecn iewen! “Gareanel od Injune reatraining any of some of the advantages of munic " pores persane from r wt the {pal ownerahiy ounsel of Chicag 60 days ia the | com for the mo f He i Gamore county jail for con- | caved @ol, Lewis disregarded the tn Some Advantages. | | tempt of court. Lewls was acensed faunefion and star @ suit in the } jof violating an injonetion against stateleourt be was cited for con- 1—-Muntcipal ownership atime the creditors of the Altos, TL, | tem ' ablic spirit promotes ood | waterworks for filing claims court this morning promised itieemship and arouses local a ri | The case was one in which Col it the sentence if Lewis would | Ham manefacturers - } |Lewis acted for @ client who five days dismiss the suit Mapes and sell (bem eS bile ¢ tion ta « tent} lelaimed that the Farmers Loan @| COM Lewis, however, will no with the best Interests of the com-/ Trust company of Be on ower bim make sueh an agreement * be munity. It permite one public util $200,000 Heved, preferring to go to jail ty to serve another 3—-Public ownership has greatly! resid heabened the cost of service. WAGE SCALE WILL OE SET and other industries 4—Municipal ownership has! supplying gas deal in proved a financtal aucces, In many} TSEO IN SAN FRANCISCO | Ms fittings. Others, deal ty debts and ey: wire the houses cities it bas paid off THIS WEEK, AND MEN WILL cut taxee th fittings &—BMunicipal ownership bas im SHIP AB USUAL UNTIL DECI et mesnes on proved the conditions of tabor by/ inereasing wages, ehortening hours} SION HAS BEEN REACHED. and establishing cordial relationship| between the public and its servants $—Municipal ownersbip is sub : proposal fect to public sentiment. Every| , TH loce! Sallors’ untor that the municipall-| voter ie @ critic and can make his| MY #Walting Instructions f Bay up coal mines for influence felt. Francisco pending any action or heat t2-month agreement for wages. yeuterday which expired The jocat advance tow members will make ne ie an agreement un dl til notified the Bay City " =: is expected that no word will be e given out for a week or 10 days i Until then sailore wilt ahip at the old wages and receive their new seale f the come wher an agreement le reached. If not a % strike wilt be declared Frederic C. Hows, who investigated municipal ownership in Great ; Sad has made a report to the United States department of fon In Great Britain is that municipal 4 itself there, and present erit the theoretical one of the per tune NEW USE FOR SACRAMENTO largely resoived in Gnd powers of go “Ammitedly, municipa . Wekipal corruption. Th Wedimen and those jealing ‘aistent. nvolved an increase of pt dealings between are so rare as to be non TACOMA WI L NOT GET ST JAMES A. MOORE GAYS STORY TO THIS EFFECT is A DOREAM— EASTERN BACKERS ARE READY TO CLOSE DEAL WITH Lo. CAL MEN, — | the Tacoma} io lin James A. Moore say steel plant story Mr. Moore retarned this morning | x4 mA and that everything is iness to close with ua have purchased from Mr bis tron properties on the ea dream. from t of the mountains and eoast and are w only noon today. « a reporter for! aw @ their formal transfer Star the following statement: | “EMav® not yet had time to look ogo ag . ; that the Tecoma) ®t teroffers made by Mr. Hill- ao eS = masjof choloe of sites for the story about our steel plant going] plege: pat « ay now thet we over there is made of whole cloth, | mas® hawe at leaat 1,400 acres before birty-six inches wide jwe @ Make a selection That Tacoma story was based [Committee le Meeting upon the statement that Merritt, of “Nor fs there any evidence nnel of the town coun- WASHID N. Ap —Wwith oe and bin gatoclates were {2 Chamber of Commerce com a bas deteriorated. or { managing such tn- | thor e se today | Ddigth abd ble easoclates **" | ttteg Pitch har in hand the matter wndertaking» as | Of all these criticisms the | K yt be terested in , of ng permission from the fed | f the . Merritt Denies It eraP gprvernment for the building of have become so vast that men of | Sacra t « the f Washington canal a ast the er are attracted t ¢. Sim- | poses 1 here a telegram from Rhis afternoon with ‘Mr. ‘ . | jenying at oe has im the latter's office in a « whateve with any Y . has be The t who ha a a . .- 7 ’ : re - segg ane siming tha ¢ fl, preside ‘ ss , 7 ° Workers, ana ; edededdedede eee 8 Wilton are > my wbienas . Sent Le * t .* \ *A * * eee = AGED MAN HELD ic NAPLE A 6.—The ¢ x days’ er “ fi Vos ‘ re pro « A f e and b tfe are f tr ‘ Hid } ad a " y ' PLANT One Cent! Star WEATHER FORECAST Showers Tonight and Cooler; Tomorrow Fair, With Gouthyoet to Northwest Breeze, g? e as CENTS PER MONTH POLAND KILLS _ MANY RUMORS pointed @ committee to solicit & | ripion tr’ sft ater Gener al Manager of Alaska Central Says He ene, Pred Marion, Dr De Piterwo,| Will Not Resign and That Road Will Be Built ' g Antoni Maguano, 0. A Spencer - oe ¥ Louis Hemrich, HR. Bartoris and | According to the Plans Originally Outlined. sate the dar'ur the Gelato pa vate secretary, and it tn expected I have no intent f rests P th e rion that they will hold @ meeting to- |The Alaska Centra) railroad will be|ar neers are aires he im morrow to organize for the work of | pusit and tgueted from king ‘ aising funds, Each member of the ined as rawe at the beats istrict t ver tollowe ir. Pola 4 en The " ¥ a we an rview fr foe . Rumors Are Thick ~ MILWAUKEE OFFICIALS ARE , ‘i oa . LOOKING OVER THE GROUND ©! BEFORE GIVING THE CON. |in rega ' ‘ . TRACTORS THE WORD TO o£ © stabenent of ity, Polasd estals Spry engi tir | GIN—CONTRACT®S ARE ALL om & - 7 h The Alaska Central y nors ng m ed to keey t of print ag } Ler sources : bn pomsible, « many of | The company has to present t ‘ nocks t ention hag | in ny I a aseur | * r fr « We are t through @ lof At pr ‘ ntry which w traversed Paul the em mpany y ot th “ plaiedi : ater acta the or. Our field te | contracts for the construction work have ali been let and the ¢ | ferent contractors are ready t gin ae s00n an given the signal Me d equipment have been as sembled at the various por of | the right of way and everything is {ow In readiness for business NO TRIAL FOR GEORGE BEEDE | RECALL MAYOR AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE SATISFIED THAT MEA’ 18 VALID. —— | JUDGE FRATER SAYS IT IS FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT So far as the vali measure lity of the recal is concerned, Mayor Moore and the other heads of the municipal departments are today perfectly sat utes insists that a petition be pre- sented 90 days preceeding the elec- tion and that the city council shall pass a resolution calling for such atied t it ts entirety legal @lection at least 6) days prior to 18 WORTH WHILE. The question was raised as to opening the polls. whether the amendment received So far as the recall amendment ia enough votes at the recent election Under city charter it is spect- fied that to carry, such an amend ment should recelve 20 per cent of concerned the law way not obeyed én any particular, but the mayor and ot rs express a conviction that ui der Pierce's code none of the condi- George Reede, accused of attempt ing murder Ray MeDonald by ting him tn the back, will never according to a decision! the vot cast tions Imposed in the city charter are made today by Judge Frater, to/ A search of Pierce's code shows a necessary and that the passage of whom Prosecuting Attorney Mack-| law which in effect nullifies the en-| the bill is therefore entirely legal, | intow wubmitted the question a# to tire city clause covertng a charter whether it answered the stipula- | whether the man should be tried or| amendment election. The city stat-/ tiona in the elty charter or not. not Judge Frater said today that the decision as to whether he be prose cuted or not was for the prosecuting | attorney to make, and Mr. Mackin-| tosh stated (hat Inasmuch as a con-| viction impossible the case will be dropped McDonald has refused to testify | against Bepde, who did the shooting} While McDonald was walking with Mra. Beede, and th his evi dence nothing su! can by proved against Beede WIDOW DIES tial 5 Questions touching the validity of {a three-fiftha vote at a municipal the recent municipal election. t | elect Does this mean three-fitt which the people voted for two big | of th te cast for and against the | bor 108, $500,000 for the park 4 bonds oes It mean eT. LOVIR, M Ar 16 The} partment and $600,000 for the light sl mumber of widow of Wiltam K. Lemp, the m, were brought to the at brewer, died t # @ result of| tention of May 4] 7 e question reste, | the shock of her band's sulcide| the opinion of « 1 1 re gi an | n the legality f It is en- tewar sue tan es based he proper The entire proble rn 1 se relative th ¢ in the city h b s which are means NOT NEEDED jygTEUR BOUTS O'KEEFE 18 GUILTY t t ‘ lay | | J. J. O'Keefe, cancer spe McCarthy y Goo pa « med out al ge Hanford 1 that n and wa serve i « for a rece as | » y jai O'Keefe was re ed om | AN FRANCISCO. 6.—A8) 4 t ea f the AMALCUT | Hq The K c Q t } or y nl * I ‘ xpe ° ” A A a . | s spent. ’