The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 11, 1906, Page 1

sre a0 rint the News Paper in Seattle That Dares to THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST Wednenday, Fair, Warmer; Light Northeast Winds 6EATTL WERE IS SOME FOOD FOR ELECTION DAY Offered An Opportunity of Breaking From Corporation Control and From Gubservience to the Seattle Electric Company. for six: years wattle F es Seattle Ele wan © Tomorro’ dominat | een 3 gertions and a | ee —_ people : * , more wore civi ee ficient Pp in the inte of Boston =: What will the etter street ane ect railway system instead of the in NS in Monopolized Streets. any six years atrol our streets, manipula’: political « collect «« te from all of ndends on fictitious watered stc ? itizens with which Z ck held by exploiters fic welfare it be perm: 1 to continue this policy? years the population of Seattle has increased 150 and the age of the lines of the Scattle Electric fas increased but 20 per cent. For six years our been tin “cattle cars,” “refrigerator ca ion eyors.” Officers and political agents t th “efficient service.” it? cal is an do the cor Elects Public Officers. c Ele s and agents of the Seattle ¢ part in every city and aiding its to procure election to public Contributing to “campaign and reaping a mi for this activity in privile ges granted the company public officials when elected Officers and agents ea call this “protecting the company’s interests Ogtc attack do good citizens call it? Sia gix years the Seattle Electric company has evaded the har of its taxes to pay the interest on the debt of the city. It has employed skillful tax agents; ipated in the selection and election of county and members of boards of equalization and of mem- the state tax commission to accomplish these ends "s officers and agents call this “procuring a fair mpany's patrons tric county friends expenses,” do the other taxpayers call it? y i Afraid of the Light. Mathis campaign the Seattle Electric company has waged ipaign under « has carried on its political activi the name of the Seattle Economic club, a secret om comprised of men whose names the company de fo give out for publication. It has expended money in sending erature by mail (the most expensive of campaigning); it has enlisted the assistance American Association of Street Railway Interests, has supplied it with false and misleading stories re- Municipal ownership undertakings in other cities. ny and its agents call this a “campaign of educa- do the voters call it? this campaign the Seattle Electric company and its ign bureaw has attacked the credit of the city: sought até the characters of its honest public officials; 10 Poison the minds of the people against the city Sought to defeat the proposed Cedar river water t to alarm the people against additional public ® time when the city’s reserve credit is the largest Whistory. The company and its agents call this “pro- the interests of the taxpayer.” do the citizens call it? Treatment of Employes. hout its history the Seattle Electric company has fn the wages of its employes at a level lower than d to any other class of workingmen in Seattle; has M spies to spy upon their movements; has broken up Omanizations by discharging their leaders; has intimi into a fear to discuss important public questions, Beas tndertaken to coerce them into voting to protect it in Mijoyment of its special privileges. The company and pagents call th employing men who are loyal to its in What do workingmen generally call it? ihe officers and agents of the Seattle Electric company Mndertaken to convince the people of Seattle that they i it their own busi mity lies along corrupt to manage of safety from public cal Of farming out the ration of all public utilities; Bt the * “goblins'll get them” unless they vote to continue fOndition of humiliating subserviency, monopoly extor- and corpors i 4 What Will Be the Reply? What will the people of Seattle reply? A vote agai ¢ proposed city street railway system Vote of confidence Seattle Electric company. srule and corruption in the : Will you ex that confidence, Mr. Voter? i Avote against the city street railway proposition is a vote B continue corporat mination in politics, underhanded ination of honest our city government, and extor te street railway charges for the purpose of paying divi- On watere: Welfare. Ts that « wet Tomorrow is the da by Boston exploiters of Seattle's itizen? CAN MARRY AGAIN. ELL Is READY TO START CANAL Superior Judge Frater this morn matrimonial bonds Etat. 0. A Powe who ha ing severed the Meee etugines f the of the following unhappy couples Bite Wastington can ect, has Christie Ann MacLean vs. Donald to lees in the 1 ding MacLean; Charles M. Metzler vs flores eady to begin « ctlon Catharine W. Metzler; Albert EB. Boron” Message of the bor to Hamilton vs, Mabel Hamilton, and mma Small vs. Floyd Small. QUICK DEATH Broken Trolley Wire! Charges Wire Fence With Fatal Results for Three. RUSHVILLE, Ind aged 60 Sept. 11.—O1 d two negroes electrocuted ing on fen which a trot supply wire had fallen. Gore's found » half mile ver Gore. were a wire *, acr ey t the bis DONOVAN WILL TRAIN HARVARD from BOSTON, Maes, Sept 1t.—W. F Pooch”—Denoran physical rector of Worcester academy, ha been train the Harvare football and baseball teams Head Coach Retd of the Harvar football team decided on Donovan Jnat K, after having considered on since It wan ¢ De that “Beotty” MecMasters no longer to look after the Harvard teams Harvard was able to make only @ one-year contract with Donovan for football, as the board of over seers decided last spring that po ar rangement ing to foot ball should be made beyond Jony 1967 BALTIMORE HAS A BIG JUBILEE BALTIMORE, Sept 11.—The great jubilee, which will continae for four days, opened here today with a big parade, which was main ly of an industrial character, but also included a number of military amd 6 seotmi-military organizations, and various civic organizations. On Thursday there will be a big fire men's parade in which several New York companies, which assisted in putting out the great Baltimore fire of February 7 and §, 1904, will take part as the quests of the corpora tion, The jubilee bration will close on Friday with a big pageant It had been at first proposed to hold en exhibition in connection with the celebration, but that plan was given up after mature deliberation MORE HOP PICKERS OFF. col Two loads of 46 persons cach were sent to the hop fields of Kent and Bryant today. The time for spectal 4 rates hae expired, and persons going set pay Fair Tonight TU WASHINGTON, DAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1906, PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL, 6 NO ; CENTS PER MONTH 170. ILL SEATTLE THROW OFF THE YOKE? JOMORROW QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED--HOW WI BL! + RahiotalicliollestahaheleRalaRelahthdndedededh de dni dede dada ded | * |» |» | » * ie *| ° _ * . * . * Editor, The Sta # permit me to say a few words if refutation of the falsehoods * # Published in the Beattie Times regarding the municipal gas &| plant of that city, Richmon municipal ownership of both #| # her gas plant and her elty andl system, both of which have #| ® proven to efactory that there le mo suggestion that either # @ & be abandoned or disposed of. The gas plant was acquired # | # back in the 60's Recently the people there have been engaged * j . & Ina controversy over the question ef a new ons along modern |Voters Are Asked to Pass Upon Water Main * lines, A Mr. Bruce was employed as an expert to report on # | % the subject and on his recommendations it was decided to build # i Fs By a th | Bonds, Street Railway Bonds and Moore's &@ equipment. At no time has there been @ serious suggestion # H # that the city go out of the buslmems of supplying gas to her cit. #* Lake Washington Canal Bonds. & lzons and turning it over to private corporations. In Richmond # | * in Beattie the people take # great pride in their successful # | « pica % public utilities and the success of those utilities and of the #| | | & civic pride which they have generated have tended there as in #| | I pecial I t at which | & Seattle to raise the standard of good citizenship, and to vastly #/ | th rot be { the ople & improve the public service in all lines. * | of : ; ithe * Very respectfully, * | a ' | . F. A. HOLMES. & | . } * * j hhh t 1 € of $2 S- RRR Ee x } " n from Ce _ rive t ble the city’s The anti-munictpal ow ne bh in “C ning Municipal aa ! . ' mt additional stor fakes, one of which Mr. Holmes re ne of which we t a r r ‘ I r s for the provemens’ fers to in his lett Jo not originate Heve y will 4 worthy 1 z i f the t ¢ he nthe office of the Times, bat are {ton or comm Anarchists Try to Kill : supplied to that new er from Balient points are {ndicated 2 . Payable Out of Earnings. day to day by the M. O. Publishing the marks in the margin German Ruler During Phe de uw uebeiel bend beens. atv ont ate ureau, whieh has tts headed would especially call ea { the t f wit i f ters at v, New attention to the artle on | ‘ : 7 " ns vi ine ¢ bureau ie maintained & Public Works of Hamilton, Onto. Maneuvers, But I to set $175,000 a r for its r principal Amertean Arssoct of we thie city is the most thorough an te t t r 4 be repaid Railway interests and its going example of municipal owne Are Caught. is t 2 1 on property is to supply to the newspapers of in the United Stat The re é j if id the country false and mish ports of the state examiner an " ae eee } formation on the subject the gas expert are particularily 1 3 ¥ e t c m proposed to be con- | ipal ownership with the end tn view buminating as showing from = tw« BRE AU, Sept _ t ¢ wrtance, and unless these { preventing the spread of that disinterested standpoints what the . the ms Is are ted i < rv f " t y necessa for the city doctrine results of municipal own we | material! | j I From time to time since the pree narchiste are Doo: | - y curtass the e of ci ater during the lent campaign opened these fake "MO. PUBLISHING BUREAU, nent their pouss + yi age 8 r s jstories knocking munielpal owner “ARTHUR H. GRANT, Beitor that they were o¢ hg we 5 |ahip have been offered to The Star/ "883 Fifth Av, New York, August |t*rmational org@mizations of terror} Street Railway Bonds. for publication. Usoally these are| 4, 2906.” ita, which plotted the emperor's proposed to issue $1,272,000 of general accompanied by a letter of trans | It is perhaps well to add that in-| deeth | cit I f « ructing 20 miles of a pro- which the accompanying | wettigation has disclosed fact) BRINGS CARGO O F SUGAR I way system, t owned and ¢ontrolled by that this Arthur H. Gram te no re} pritish steamer Cheswick has ar] ¢} : Senet Alans eas intion to H. PF. Grant, the lrived in port after a long trip from | against tha n additional bonds in Attached are advance proofs of gmmager of the Seattle Ta catin torritery, with acar-) tt f $3,00c for the ¢ stem srtieles from the August issue of | eaimpeny ee 7 | 1 at truct a sys- ” “| Deporting Strike Breakers Attacked, Fire on IN F Crowd, Hitting Several--Police Make Arrests and Crowd Storms Patrol Wagons in At- tempt to Get at Them--Riot Ends at Ferry. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11—/; tributed the fact that the strike About 150 armed strike breakers,| breakers finally reached the ferry on thelr way After securing the men suspected ‘of shooting, the police hustled them tacked in the streets last evening |into a patrol wagon, which by strat a mob of strike sympathizers |ley obtal a lead of half a block and, becoming frightened, shot | before its departure was noticed by eckleasly into the crowd. Half al the crowd waiting outside, With doaen persons were wounded, bat/eries of “Lynch them; hang them as tar as the police can jearn none| KI the Farley men,” hundreds to the ferry, were at by seriously About of the strike )started up Market st in the wake breakers were arrested {at the patrol wagon. The demands The trouble began immediately | @f vengeance were heightened by after leaving the car barns For|the rumor that half a dozen strike the firat few blocks there were but | sympathizers had been killed by the half a doxen policemen available | shots fired by the guards for thelr protection and the hand-| Among those who were wounded reds of men in pursuit threatened jawas ). Rosenthal, shot in the at times to engage them in a hand: | thigh o Gow, aged 14, shot tohand conflict. Bricks and other)im the thigh; Officer W. Coleman missiles were thrown at frequent | struck in the head by a brick; Wil) intervals, and the police were | liam Heine, shot in the foot; John} Jiged to send for assistance. Liew |Walker, struck in the face by wad tenants Mullender and Wall, with | ol from a blank cartridge men, finally assumed charge of} strikebreakers will be held| the mareh and to their efforts is ate! for firing weapons in the street § BULLET INTO RAISE w ane | the FUNG Respects. nam am the jitorium last | $1,246.40 to carry thereby relieving the from the campaign campaign committee dvocates: night on the ‘MEN MOBBED RISCO STREETS Last Meeting of the M. 0. Campaign a Rouser in All ificent fervor of enthu of municipal ship at a meeting held at the subscribed work fear ©7 to be completed in three years time to thereafter as the people shall 1 At the present time the legal limit of and th ity ness is $12,656,132 e amount of bonds leaving the a reserve credit of largest by far in the history of the city. Plenty of Credit. ulebted Saf 32, the 35,000, bonds have been When the authorized light and p: issued, and if these praposed street ra y bonds shall be authorized and issued, the city will hav ds outstanding to the amount of $7,007,000, and a reserve credit yet of $5,€ 132 against which to issue future id issues for other railway bond issues earnings of the system, under the Both of these et are proposed to be paid out of the proportion of those set aside for that purpose. Will Lower Fares. and sufficient earnings is, a ordina It is proposed in the street railway ordinance to sell six tickets for 25 cents, 25 for $1, and school tickets at 2 cents each; sell them on all cars, and give transfers on all tickets, thus reducing the street-car-fare burden of the patrons of both systems by 10 per cent This will effect a saving to the people of Seattle of not less than $200,000 a year. Fur- ther reductions of fare will be made from time to time as the profits of the system justify The alternative in this matter, in case the bonds are not voted, is to leave the people of Seattle at the mercy of the Seattle Electric company, with its monopoly service, its pe- trious policy of ng in city polities Canal Bond Issue. called upon to vote on a for $500,000, the money to Moore on condition that he dig the Lake Washin canal, The canal is to be dug along lines agreed upon between Mr, Moore and the United States gov- ernment, and the money is not to be paid over to him until the all have been completed. in case this proposition does not carry is another long, perhaps interminable, delay in that great en- terprise so long desired by the people of this county. Hf the of this county say by their votes that they do not wish the canal dug it will be difficult to induce the federaj government to resume consideration of the project. Voting From 9 A. M. to 7 P. M. making extensions and its pernicious med- The peop! proposition to bond the ¢ of the county are county be paid over to James m enterprise The altern people of ' that there would be a deficit in the treasury when ft is over. The polls will be open in the several precincts from 9 The committee has prepared for} 4. m. until 7 p.m. In Seattle and other incorporated cities publication a statement of the ex penses of the campaign it ade 1 towns in the county only those voters can vote who have snd who has subscribed the money been registered during the current year. But in case a voter SEND This is a challenge to the Seattle} has moved since he registered he can procure a certificate to oat a > romragn Aly ot Maas that effect by applying at the city registration office and re- to be accepted questing it Last night's meeting was by far These issues are all very important, and every citizen the most enthustastic yet held dur-] interested in the welfare of the city and county should turn ing the campaign. The auditorium wait | was crowded to the doors by a spir out and vote on them. ited audience which cheered to the echo the telling points made in be - about 9 o'clock Mr. Brew-| half of the proposed street railway er red the body and imme-|syatem. City Engineer Thomson MRS. JOHN BREWER COMMITS tely notified the coroner war the chief speaker and made} The daughters were summoned] many new arguments in favor of SUICIDE As HER HOME ON igom their work and when told of| the adoption of the plans outlined TWENTY-FIRST AV. whe calamity Fay swooned he| by him, Speeches were also made byouncer daughter, Florence, ts af-| hy George F. Coterill and Judge * A cu Miieted with heart t and itis! Ww. D, Wood rue ‘Des * Moines Same Goce Whe hoa tear be tank Snn entitke tase alabe Ora fel * : Mrs, John Brewer, 629 Twenty-}grest for her ly double the number of people at Py With Small Caliber [art av, sent a vunet crashing) Meveral years ago the wife of tracted by the anthM. O. mecting ae through her brain this morning, wer'e brother pommitted | held ‘at the same place last Satur ot iti i dying instantly nd Mrs, Brewer had fre-| aay nt under the auspices of the} NEW YORK, Sept. 1 ssistant Ammunition Sails The body, clothed only in a night}quently remarked that when ner] ony niet sto. Lantana toed District Attorney Garvan resumed| ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 11.—Brys drews and lying on the foot of the| time came she would probably pass| again declined the challenge of the |the Investigation in the Thaw case/an arrived here this morning and for Havana. bed, was found shortly after 7/ away in the sam emanner. M. O. committee for a joint debate |today. He mined several wit-| was greeted by large crowd. o'clock by John Brower, the hus-| Teh body was removed to the] of the issue, preferring to continue |nesses. The district attorney's of-) Mounted polic citizens escorts band, who returned from his work}Bonney-Watson undertaking to the end Its ground-hog § fice 1s anxious to find | ed him to the Jefferson hotel, where on the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban,| lors, but as yet no = arrangeny campaign rich, the actress, who introduc he had breakfast. He wil visit Washington, Sept. 11.—The cruls- | where he is employed as night man.|bave been made for the | funers t night's meeting closes the|Evelyn Thaw to Sanford White. | the Merchants’ Exchange at 1 et Des Moines hastily took aboard a The act was committed in a mo-| Mr. Brewer is on the verge of &] general campaign voral small! Dunkhorst, a heavy-weight ck thie afternoon and attend @ quantity of small caliber ammuni | me nt of despondency caused by an| mental collapse owing to the shock. | ward and tiet meetings will be|prigefighter, told Attorney Hart-| lunch and reception at the Jefferson tion at Norfolk today and sailed un- | tilness which Mrs. Brewer had been | held by the M. O. advocates this|ridge he was the man who said/ club. He speak tonight at the der orders. It is learned that she|affiicted with for a number of evening in various portions of the| White offered once to give him $250 | « um is going to Havana to protect Am- | years DOUKHABORS WILL city and a number of conferen if he would beat up Thaw erican interests, Further orders} Two daughters, Fay, aged 17, and for the purpose of perfecting a WANTS A SPUR TRACK. for the vessel are at Key Went. The | Florence, aged 14, this morning em rangementa for watching the count RATES FOR DEMOCRATS. . : , state department requested this| tered the employ of the Crescent NOT PAY TAX ceunttenr mide | An application for a franchise for move, it is believed, under orders | Manufacturing — company Mra A one and one-third fare has been | @ r track on Stacey street was from the president Brewer arose about 7 o'clock, and i U. 8, CABLE CUT. announced by the Great Northern | filed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & - after wishing her daughters | luck The United States cable service to|ratiroad for the democratic conven-| St. Paul ratlway with the city coun- HAVANA, Sept. 11.—Ineurgent|in their work visited a neighbor-| YORK'TON, Sask., Sept. 11.—Tax] Alaska was Interrupted this mor lion to be held in Seattle September | cil last night. The purpose of the parties are organizing in the sub-| ing grocery, returning to the house} collectors are trying to collect the! ing about 9 o'clock. A chain on a/26, On acoount of the state fair at] proposed track ts to give the plant urbs and an outbreak against the| where she dtsrobed, and, apparent jschoo! tax from the Doukhabors, | pile driver at rk on the Arlington |Spokane commencing September 2% wow boi con! uty Is momentarily expected, The|ly becoming despondent, secured al but they refuse, saying they will| dock caught in the cable and cut It jthe ¢ mocratic convention date has| Juan ishing Company railway: newspaper El Liberal was sup-! revolver which was in a grip and}not support any tax for the edu-) It ts expected that the break will | been changed from September 24 to| nections with the transfer track at pressed today and the editor jailed, shot herself through the temple.| cating of children. be repaired thie afternoon, the 26th m avenue, ‘ . - —— . = TALL ER ERM ee <neemmnineeati