The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1907, Page 1

LAST : 4 Cost of Living. BE Short weights ands short mea = | ures of package goods are respon ‘ sible f ch of the increased 8 Hix etary of the Seattlg Retail Mr. Ht . association high prices of today. But he claims 7 that the retall grocer is not - sponsible; that the retall grocer the Qu en the manufac °F turer and the consumer, who is be f present collision ing erwphed in th @ “tl believe th creased cost of short w onthalf the wits and measures package Koods goods and consequ: higher price and ure. The retail groc a responsit pudlic. The w responsible. Tried to Legisiate. ntly pays ; “The retail grocers of the try have tried to secure legislation? : to remedy this condition. W deavored to have a clause in: in the pure food law providing b the weight of e@ch pa marked plainly on the package, but it was defeated. If this were quired, the manufac would be forced to give full weight In pack age goods or nd his short weight foods. marked, out in com petition with full weight goods. 2 As it ts, the public Is ignorant % of the weights and sures the goodssthey buy do not know that many socalled pound packages contain about three-quar ters of a pound; that the average three pjund can “of canned goods conttins only ° twoand-«-quarter pounds and that it takes three pints, manufacturers’ measure F; make & qnart and six quarts make a gallon. But Small Profit. “The retail grocer is when erage cost of ot de cheap ing business is 16% pe average profit of the gro per cent, so you can » Money there is in the business “The retailer doce not he the public. He is not respor at the conditions which ha EDITION oF Ret Grocer Claims Short, Weights and Measures of Package Goods Are Responsible for the Increased i admite the fearfully ving is due to the package goods,” sald Mr. Higgins i yesterday. “The public insisus upon instead of bulk a | no denying th 4 short meas-dand ve: is in no way for this abuse of the nufactuger alone is goods were nt. The ris 18% | no e how mitch L souvenir of Seattle th an be F published in years te the new Chris yi tlan Endeavor souvenir book taining over 70 pages of Seattle 5 photos and information, The e duced high prices. He sells staple goods on which retail pric not fixed by the manufacturer on as close a wargin as Py sible Flour for whieh he pays 5 pe sack he sella at $1.40 and ae fo which he pays $5.90 he sells at $6. Ot courte his discounts tncroase his margin slightly I do not agree with the commis sion men that they are justified én considering the shipper alone in bles and frets. They 2 a8 much to the consuming pub ec an they do to the producer. I is Incumbent on them simply to,ob consigned to them, not to use every effort to frree prices up. T! the pric otables have by nately high this summer Bandied Back and Forth Responsibttity for the combing which governs the prices of 4 products ts thas pas forth by the officers of the three associations which are working to is 4 of fruits on tnord! gether to maintadn the prices of re-| tall groce: pattle. stigation, however, indicates that the manufacturer, jobber and ¢ om men are really the re © people. The retail prices t groceries are actually named and maintained by the man ufacturer or jobber and the prices of frutts and vegetables are pra tically set by the prices demanded for them by the commission men Can Not Sell for Less. A recent issue of the Retatl Gro rs’ Bulletin contains a list of the retail prices fixed by eighteen sep arate manufacturers on thelr goods. Introducing these Hste is the fol loving . The following retail prices have been fixed by the manufacturers. The manufa r insists that no lower prices be made. At the bottom of the first let « following The avove are minimum pric d you can se or if you wis the manuf ¢ inaists wer prices may made The p sts and the warnings to grocers which ac spons of mos 0 show to what extent the yonsible for i} NEGRESS SHOT BY JEALOUS RIVAL As the result of a jealous quar fel, Della Davis, an inmate of a dis. ay fepuiable house on Fourth south, near King st. was shot through the stomach shortly be fore midnight last night by Mayo Miles, an Inmate of the same place. Both the principals to the shooting affray are negresses. The noise of the.shooting drew a large crowd to the scene and the patrolmen who answered the hur. a ry call had fo iterally fight their way through the blockade. The wounded woman was taken to Providence hospital, whe ahe was reported this morning as be ing in no immediate danger, al thongh there are smal! hopes of her recovery. The Miles woman was locked up tn jail, together with Bert Bowlin, a cousin of the woman who was shot, and oadie Johnson, both eye witnesses to the affray The quarrel in believed to have started over Bowlin. MARY WHRELESS MESSAGES SENT a AND RECEIVED ON THE PRESIDENT he stea: Pr this morning f reporting a ve ‘The officers thastastic over the splendid work {ng of the wireless telegraph which E Was put in operation for the first time this trip. The work was charge of ¢ ator A Isbell who is handling it for the Ma e Wireless Co., which is n to p im apparatus on the steamers Que (Star Special Service.) VALDEZ, Alaska, Jyly Opposition railroad construc forces at Cataila. The men ploy Way ha ' h tee 6 x en armed to p ee ident of the Pa title Coast Steamship Co., arrive m San Francisco, successful trip passengers are en nd ¢ to the Ont ty of Puebla, also bel PaciQe Coast Co * voyage up many different ages were sent and several of rs who wished to com with friends were accom The rate is $1 for 10 nd 7 8 for each addi word on the run between and San Francisco. On the $t. Michael route the r 10 words, and 15 cents dition word t the forces of the Guggenheims from bulldieg across the dispute right of way Troops have been asked for and according to advices both side paring for war. people have erected ‘o-devil which is operated engine and rails are The § as the Alaska « fe com pan ad | the ¢ Northwest Rallway “TOMORROW ! WEDDED IN HIS STOCKINGS. before the fon Kaukauna, and Miss I here. Mr. Ulrich was from a badly # mony was performed at his bor * aren and sul prot in the market price for goods | od back ‘and [° sent ther depot hibits anyone from » gage insid The Seattl Reekie stated SPS REE EERE EERO Re eee ee It deve of the Mazurestaky, a Tacoma merehant Al office of the ¢ AT’ that ha turg of the volume je & nert¢ views of Beattie in the ¢ fire” of 188 ° of the devastated city KAUKAUNA, Win, July 3.—The |® Dleture of the bat r the spectacle of a groom in his stock fect wan soon at the wedding Ulrich, a business man of hulte ONE MAIL TOMORROW mma The Seattle postoffice will 1 closed all day Tharsday with exception of from 9 to 10 a, m rained ant consequence the wedding He had to bes to elther the residence or tho ceremony took section of the city. This wi early tnethe morning without she ad whi BAGGAGE SOLICITING. LEADS TO ARREST . Seattle Transfer Company lowe Court’s Order, and Fred Hearst, the Company's Depot Representative, Is Taken Into Custody. rh Pacific Railroad | depot, and was charg n the union tle Transfer cc ul The fact that this » the exclusive pri ot grounds, the & pany today at je Trans noon he P He i Hearst, to comtinue his avoce | through Hearst, deve ot baggage solicitor in | the b ng, and the court afte h of a warning issued | charging Mullen, inatructed Patrol atiman Ryan to 6 a Depot Pa he found man,Ryan charged with violat. oth the ‘city ordinance which pro- | as iciting bag of the depot grounds. ton as they appe Contract Is Worthless. This alleged contract is tgnor during the tion of the elty ordinar Manager man has at intended to pay ne atructions of the tranater holding he was entirely re Dudgeon > ha © of the Northern Muller rivate ¢ » take the REE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WANTED Threatened with the prospect of a large deficit in connec tion with the Christian Endeavor convention, the local execu tive committee is calling upon the public for support to put the convention on its feet financially. With the convention but a week off, the committee hae only $6,000 with which ta meetan expense estimated at $15,000. In order to come through without a deficit, it is necessary for the committee to raise in the neighborhood of $10,000. The sale of certificates of registration at $1 apiece was de pended upon to realize the money necessary to meet the ex penses of the convention but few of them have been sold. The 65,000 church people of the city have not come to the front was expected, the money which has been raised having been contributed largely by the business community Unexpected expenses have been rhet by the committ tent which has been erected in other s at a cost of inctuding the seats, has cost $5,000 to erect in Seattle, due, ac cording to the contractors, to the increased cost of material and labor, Other expenses are higher than anticipated The $1 registration certificates entitle the holder to enter the big tent and select seats in advance of the crowd, which is heid back until a stated hour, It is these registration certifi cates that the committee is urging the public to buy. They are on sale at the Christian Endeavor headquarters, in the Art ington hotel, over the postoffice. The COPPA PPP eee ee eee eee eee ee PREFERS DEATH TO TRIAL United States J that he had rather face the disgrace and lows of His can was the Ia und he awe stricken from the ely responsible for againet Smith ie atter plead Mazurestsky was arre 4 $1,200. Smith fought 6 last, together with J. M. the case and lost, having been fined Flynn and & H. Smith 0 LET VISITING OARSMEN SHIFT FOR THEMSELVES to expla the ting oarsmen from all th but th not com g. Tho? sta iw ) husiasti in t # hold and t her er It was to be und fo next fo en Milowln but parently nothing was actual toward gnaking the regatta cous unl thedast moment ° SCRANTC “,, July 3.—Seere Twovr Oe SCRANTON, Pa [rend bf tary Taft left this morning for Torro w Agee 7 month's holiday at Murray Canada. The most complete and artiatie attacked the settlement and sim elated with him i a ple of Seattle © one delivery of mall will be ma nding that their contract| man, was arrested by Patrolman arrangement with the Great North: | Ryan yesterday for soliciting at the ern and Nor companies w ordinance prohibiting the ac tion of baggage with! d with disor # superior to the city |derly conduct. The complaining ita Witness was Fred Hearst, the § npANy's representa resentative, solfelting baggage at the d ped during ot anyor whom Heitting baggage within pot and take them fn custody SUIT OVER BLUE BOOK = Warning. worth the paper it is written on, © company declared the court. Tt te tm viele ce and no IP. ee ee eee eee ee ee ped today when the chae| with buying clothing from United and the former t to be ted the 1 guilty THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER—SHOWERS TONIGHT; THURSDAY SHOWERS AND WARMER; 1907 when Chief Leach! and his braves| views, Then there are scores of present day views, and a number of beautiful sound region mic views of the Puget LIGHT 6. W. WINDS, R MON PRICE A NEW SEATTLE SOUVENIR FOUR WEDDINGS | _TO ONE DIVORCE be Pciate wed tos ee teas VALUATIONS TO BE King County Matrimonial Record. Since 1889 Shows prep will doubtless be ¢ ng it, and} n home by every Co Kk. delegate, to advertise Seattle John PLANS FOR NEW CHURCH. velety bas filed the responsibility for acting contrary te the opinion of the court. Mr. Git man explained that he had given of « trom the matter no thought San’ Mr, Dude believed that the | or ty railroad companies had the right t privilege of soliciting bag ing one whom they pleased. | 00. Manager Reekte insisted thet the | ir, matter wag up to Dudgeon, but | 14) contended that his corporation was 4 to continue thelr man at rk Inside the depot, and In that be would b arrest Of no arrest Upen thy CONTESTED, ® will fight the alnement hat he maximum ap he cbarch building to nimi nele yuthwenst corner oxce ‘aut Spring wt. The ;*>8t ve un area of 62% shore and that that of the SKELETON IN BALLAST Fr and many of ¢ netsted iuoned thee, BANKS TO TAKE 20,000 Marriages-Fewer in Hard Times--Returning Alaskans Swell the Totals. Cupid has the divorce cogted ewan, whigh continued beaten to a standstill in Seattle. | Practica throughout the hard Wh Unele figm S tnt 38 June and Dece beeg able b argest number of marria of the ce that| Jar and February the small there have been est number county since 1889, a search of the| many conditions {iP Seattle in ac vaults of the county audi f- | knowledged, but it affects even the fice reveals the fact th@ since Jan-| matrimonial ventures ince etho wary, 1891 have been 19,6 the gest totals marriages f ied fron he three The records fall to give the num- | sy me ii, Ma d ber of @arriages in 1 and '90,|June, to, Octobe November and but taking the nugbe t @naller Deermbe?, the month in which age than the twe fojow th turning Alaskan, v@th a large ¢ tal since 18 set 1 ly of the yellow metal, is most id wore than ) as lally inclined has the divoree court All of “Swiftwiter B Gates’ at the ratio east 4 to matrifonial ventures were entered 1 in the fall A search of the records is inter month with the smallest showing influence of member of marriages since 1991, is condlth n court April, 1897, when or 0 couples 4 the prosperity which pre-|@ere mated. The month with the Hed In ‘91 and ‘92, marriages 4n- | lasgest number is Ju 907, when ¢ eased, while from July, 1893, 0/370 olemnized = condemned for that theroughfare. A blind alley { e rear will provide tRe additional grougd | space. FIRST | AVE. MARY PERMITS ON JULY 1, On the first day ef July there were taken out a total of 53° bulld- ™ facts being reported to uP BOND MATTER The Georgetéwn city apunci! will 19s permits, the largest gumber, Acting Chief of* Police Willard, he tonight take up @nd probably pass | Sith one exception, in the history instrubted Patrolman Ryan to fol low te orders of the court explicit | ly. “It the court says arrest, ar-| reat,” said Willard, “and arrest just as often aw nec chosen bonds Kusse The eof Mra E. 8, Dear againat Thomas § Brown, munagers of the R ay before Justice Carroll. It f mucheme by this firm & “Blue Book.” Mrs. Dean legen that she was employed b mpany to solicit subs ) for each book and $2 sat of arms. After tm fused ‘pap for her services e wan re To céleuiate the an avtesinn well a « to lower @ bottle of aniline fo a Gepth of say WO feet and ther of flow of electdrally explode a cap to burat the wpitle. The time required for the fful@ to appear at the surface | give@ BR acenrate gauge as to the veloeity of flow It is claimed t th’ qmethod gives results as accu é. / 2a & weir, The diameter of the pipe being known, the rate of flow readily f ORGANIZE It ts expecter f the this afte ow w buying them. nittee is expected to be ap pointed to draw up the A 06 Mayor Moore and Treasurer ti will attend th ND ERVEN CONFER. | th and BE. J.| RUSSELL of the inspector's office ance to extend First av. 8 Beat le, through Georgetown on a straight lin ! 9 the Duwamish rivee This plan will give a 4 thorow lare from Cherry fle, to the Buwamish giver ¢ wh several miles. Citlz At the mapting of the Seattle Ree taurant Keepers’ agsociation Tud® Oxbow, across the Puwamish to bridge the river and ext et even further TRe extended First av. will be the most important thoroughfa running @outh frem the business |4ay night, a committee was ap- pointed to arrange a uniform scale of cha: ree for mesjs. This will TO MOVE BRUCK BEAM = S's section of the city. 4 cafes, but a reduction in some houses, for it he n found that To mov’ @ five-story brick bullie propriet now charging y scale. the pric “Some of the members are get- or *4ing rich While some not mak- ate. It is proposed, to mfve ing expenses, and we want to equal- w York block annex facing ize the matter,” said 4 H. McCor av back se as to Prov mick, head official of the assocta- for the extra width wh.ch b been tion today n ng bodily feet is ghe t is now claiming the of the architecés of the Bex OOD'S DEFENSE TO E COMPLETED TONIGHT ‘Case Wal Al te i Bere The Eveniay’s Ad jowrmmad- Piitocrten Detectives Are Gredmliy Being STRANDED temo m G.- B. Powell, promoter of com bines, has bad a actical demon $8 stration of the effects of combines : in Chicago, in the three weeks he bas spent in 1 Seattle, and was t Mr. Powell mhkes a business of association would bid under the t organizing comt in the lines of of bustm ptible to such organ: | tion, ization. He has left a tratl of com- do so. dines extend wey actors the contir nt tle, the El Dorado of the d Easterners, has given Powel au uit Beat. | the ¥ The organizer of combines found Bea himself out of a job in Seattle. So | has cost m thoroughly has the city been organ. | three ized that all available lines of trade | e@# in my sty © already in combines. The com bine organizer could discover n work tt his line to do. Not likfig to leave wh a prow work ising field unexploited, Mr. Powe rned his tention to an advertis & tPecialty which he had worke eanfally in the Kast. The profit on tile Specialty deponded upon the price for wh printing dor dealing with Mr rieés. The f breath GRAFT CHA The ab I got done for at no member of the ig back of him half I gave ms of out of it] w a jolt | advertiner $190 to live e of living at that BIDS ON STABLE department (Series Pteeenes: nervous © premmted a ebpect Pettleems HOUSE, Jen, Pely When ceert wake. wm foo | « him to reconvened ie (ae Haywoed trial prone oe ey bar of d n ad t e the defame ammeimced that 8 °X- ST tee lice Orchard tald hi pected (8 practically complet its be was gadagote the northwest tn of (he eam, vite the exception later to Alaska. He weet away an of reading depomtioes tamen in Clifteed mover mw him gaia. t y , ee tore (ae eyeht © J. C. Barmes, a prospector of ment ; Montrese, Coin, knew Geo. W. Rid- The state tats weet owl polices @nll the Mekertag ‘tive te the to witnesses wie are to be Telluriée tind vertoa districts t Week je rebuttal wWeile he wormed » oe to Beater Ho t d@ell, me ewore, on @ ‘ous ocem> more @ week or tea days will slomé coseselind violence. Once he be required & pet in teiifal evi. wanted to blow up the Smuggler dence Unica or Tow Boy mine, and an Phe Cret Witeaws (odey was Pran cteer (ime be wenled (he pipe law cls Clift @ life ingurenae men, Pew dp end the town surned. @tld who Kee@ Pecti@orw ia Deny He ster tive he wanted (he @m had desk roam in hie store. He gortees, with rifles and dynamite there @& only ¢ fe to @ heck a0 drive the milltl om his store with & bas of towa eed take over the mines, ° neath The wiler wee used es Jobe Tennis, of Goldfield, ‘knew oreroom end @or Clifford | Detective Beckmah, of Pinkerton’ during |as @ member of the union and sal He s the latter adv d vidiefwice on ne nce of the merous occasions. facturing of bombs or a George Breen of Coiprado, a @ail- ke ghet there, He wet Or | road mee, regilled and test> chard as Hogan in the store four fied thet the militia d deputian rd told bifm drove the ‘minere out of camp at. urance and mak- | Dunneville, Colorado, and one maa © he | was killed on June §, 1904 GED 1€ BIG milimae, Rié FRANCHISE FIGHT Throughout the fight for the | coun blanket street railway franchise in ; ll 1899 and’ 1900 the whole whole at-| ised mospheré of the city adminietra-| community tion Was charged with ugly stories | corpor of graft and corruption, and these te broke i@to the flame of direct pub-| "Sry wards lished charges when the city coun: | the cll véted’ to refuse to submit the | grabbers proposed franchise to a vote of the n people. in thia installment of his narra-| tentio tive Mr Smith recalls those |and M Arges of bribery and the inci-| servic dents which®le@ up to and sur-|titions rounded them. He relates also the | filed raw piece of parliomentary prac-| Hundred were ir tice by means of which the corpora In tion coterie in the council took the | Smith franchise from the divided com-| history of the Seattle mittee on corporations and had it ny referred up of the “solld sqven bers Who were supporting the fran-| it-tab hise } That movement was followed by | negotiations with ind bera who were opposed to the fran 1 chine, concessions being made hero, | chise there and everywhere when neces | oration sary to win votes for the ordinance, | whole and Mr. Smith tells of the “bait” | ernment held out to various sections of the| stories and leity to induce residents of those | attempted sections to bring pressure on their! broke ingen in favor of the grant anchise-grabbers last avorable to the con the franchise grabbers Parry rende a special c@Mmmittee| ically frenzied Incident mem: | reer @f the JOE SMITH idual mem Throughout po rumors of bribery — July man McAr for half that " h nun t t, but that ed his be ed a) (the republican cou up. petit the| port at $5,000 prefe © that of fra ote Bear at $2,500 he (satd beer sultiagly reguffed unetiman) still ed and final , 1 by vote of s¢ y Iss to acc he bribe. » Phargea involve w McArdle by name a el As Charge Is Repeated. dle Mie) the attorney This charge was ré r the franchise-g r '} time to time n \ \ nh another memb of the! bers of the ame < plain implication. The} without arous t rect published charge part of .he-p ey, had t offered for voles | these quaygtion ea ttle They (the f hem; the F in their har hey have en- precincts of the counctl ad | n th ale had 1 called to private eo: against bonor to It would not ence with a representative of! outweigiP it. Phe emen who Maurice MeMicken, manager of the) seek a valuable concession from Furth-Lowman blanket franchise! the city by bribery may wear the promoters; that this representative! plug hat of respectabiliiy but they offered him the sum of 5,000 tO/are lawless, anarchistic and cor support the blanket franchise | pyyt," in the city counctl; that Councilman MecAr 8 c he (anid vounctiman) refused the| on tomhe alle ecard ; se po! e reser } , bar . ae offer whereupon the representative | bribe With a Leanacliyehat Ie eons pressed alm to\take the amount and| vincing of hid guilt. He 1s 8 cheam enlist for the franchise saying thatg ~ oi Page ai he (the @o-between) eonid wat! fontinued on nge @ ~