The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1908, Page 6

OF THE FACT ig CLARES MRS. MAY WOOD SIMONS, AND END CONS Bh oe EPIDEMIC Ie child slavery the founda white plague that blots out 150, States! Are all eu p nttuberquloeie lea to stamp Sut arahore SR of Tittle av ‘ory that devo ohiid labor Is the le the contention of Mr 8 recently galned prominence by her brilliant writings and children to the f In the tast analy umption evil, feed our That, ful cor who hy tion atone of consumption, the 000 lives every year in the United ues, our effort © lang as wt m, soul and body? ause of the dread Mary Wood Simons, sth: lectures on the economic and political conditions of women and chil dren, Mrs. Simone leo graduate of the University of Chicago, and the wife of A, M. Simone, a Chicago newspaper man and author of note Although the mother of a family and a strict disciplinarian In household affaire, she finds time to study social problema, and at tack with tongue and pen what she considers and political conditions. BY MAY wooo SIMONS. Wh the favorite breedts apot of the tuberculosie bac that is no respecter of person class? = In sium — neighbor hoods, in the abiding places-—not the homes, mind you—of the impov erteh ! submerged poor, and It the unsanitary, stuffy, dark and dirty shops and factories tn which those same poor are ordered to grind out profits for soulless greedy capitalists, whose god is the Almighty dolar, and who care noth tng for the lives or health of their workers. In Chicago, in New York, In Roston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other industrial gepters, ten f thousands of ond are pfted Into shop hal “onto where stinted and dt oats rr their heritage. are old 17, and their lives are ioe tieally over at 40, What has a little girl or boy 14 to grow strong and healthy when robbed of Its play days and echool days; when plunged into the industrial mil! for 10 hours a day? The ruddy glow of health Nife, the cheery laugh of swe childhood, early disappear to make Jace for the dull, sunken eye, the low cheek and shriveled fo: Poor food and clothing and & housing complete the wreck of the young frame. It becomes a ready Y¥ictim to disease, which is bound to spread to other children, and even eats its way into the houses of the rich. No class is immune from tuberculosis, any more than from smallpox, and those who sow the wind of exploiting the poor frequently reap the whirlwind. It ought to be made a high crime punishable by the severest penal ties, to cause children to work tndoors before they are 18 years of age. Those who engage In thie holy traffic are not only doing & tremendous injustice to the pres ent generation, but they are com mitting a crime against posterity ‘The barbarous ra ——--- chance of 12 or and t “isplay’ more | unjust in economic Lone eee ee eee ee BEST GROUND FOR THE CONSUMPTION GERM Washington, D. © * * > * * Disease germs, like the seed ® a farme need a sult ® able soi ir growth, and ® the erms of which * this fs more certainly true * than those of tuberculosis * ong the common condi 7 that prepare the body % for the growth of the tubercle * bactilus within it the follow * ing may be namad * Living in poorly lighted * poorly ventilated, or damp * houses. ® Lack of plain, nourishing * food *% = Lack of cleaniiness * pack of oytdoor exercise. * ose of sleep * Cramping the lungs and * organs of digestion by hab * ituaily working, walking or *% sitting In a bent or stooped ® position % Neglected colds, coughs and # other disorders, and long con # tinued catarrhs of the nose wand throat which may be ® caused by bre « alr Inden & with dust *% House dust tr ral, from ® carpets, hangings. * Intemperance indulg ® ence ta alcoholte drinks # From text book published by & the Associated Charities of * * * eee eee eee th r young than toward many of our so-called civilized and plous money grabbers mercy But, aside from all human! tarian considerations, the explotta m of child labor is unsctentific and an economic absurdity it must be remembered that wher ever child labor prevails, the com | trovertible face. Bae | aatie e oe || “panoal YRAny | gir ' LEADI ave ee ee ee ee | On Extending ||} y } t le + \/4 t * } RED DOUBLE CROBB OF ANTI-TUBERCULOBIB * | rT. Mf 1 - py | % iets) :| Twentieth 7 Phe varioun sociation which are fighting con. | #)/ | | * sumption, the country over, have adopted as an | *| om . | | cross, with a double horizontal, It i# designed * EB that this mark shall aphear on every article that #! ' a TaD tees hy mp» Wy the in og the wl | is ea HA, AR aw ie | | | % Uiremiienm! toole—all are to be stamped with the peoultar ou th ‘ | % cross, Which means unending warfare on consumption and tie ||| Belin Have n tw * * | , a [RRR I RRO RHR HOR ROR | no Pan | teas | Théusands of homes in Seat | ; iiek of vollew pea | tle are on “The Star” wire eae - eer | Wherever there's one, “The Pil take, mine banks Star” office is at the other end | | Hut the brooks what of the wire | Hut a place ane | hac’s fa thing ‘ot ‘einai amout o “Ban” and Inves Ask for the Want Ad Man— | = - . Main 1050, Ind. 441 Bite has : PHOTOGRAPHERS SUPPLIES. FARMS AND ACREAGE | ‘i oe ae FOR ®ALE—MISCELLANEOUB, son bupiy Oo, itl Cherry w at ie — ee whey fogeer run ye | gee gy PHYSICIAN 350 for 10 Acreg Just rene , " | oo vee ny Areade ros as or ool i pa . PRINTERS, ror HARD Daye | w ive uot thelt ways | manutecty ‘ a. serwares ker SURVEYED gin a be than @ etre: fancy window we 6 CUEPHERD & PPT ix * Thats * the ene price the lowest on 47 West Lenora Main a6 Ind, sets | ve 4 > a | Selita tront ‘wind ws a rik 4 HOR 1 Place, Seattle. eth Phones 17h | wee Oe Tobey pee in! | |_ REAL ESTATE DEALERS. . sow a aie | from goore “he cleee ¥ , ge ’ Halley Bulidin i. Alt this talk of | joe emt wm G. Mlack | Rac | SECOND HAND CLOTHING On the subje Ptoture mola - eee ola tke Dargaine in We pay highest ond hand end | shas tarot , | || ond edarees taht sHoe “DEALERS, wara cophe Jiesnliaica annotate | One More Day | tit va gig six “eae ae Gar Bee ] || 4010 Western Ave, Meattle oem, OS by © | ath “and Door | ‘ te ou | For Reduced | WING MACHY re | tw Tickets to Ravenna | IE ina saute tions in certain industries here and in England and other countries have proven this to be an uncon the wages of fath er, mother and child, where ali work, will be little, if any more, the year around, than the w of the men alone when women are free to remain in the home and the chil petition of the children cute. down | ren go to school the wages of the adult or reduces From every standpotat the peo his opportunity for employment. | ple—the thinking, Intelligent Taken altogether—and fnvestign-| humane people—onght to encourag NEW OCEAN LINE SOON TO START FROM SEATTLE That direct service between Se- | Gttle and Japan will be installed in connection with the Chicago, Mil wankee & St. Paul Railway com ny in May, 1909, is evidenced by official calendar issued by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha for the new year, which was received in Seattle today. The inscription reads as fol lows: “The New American Steamship Service is to be inaugurated in May, 1909, in connection at Seattle with the fameege, Milwaukee & 8t REVOLVER GETS BALLARD _ MAN THE HARRY OWENS INVESTIGAT AND 18 SHOT IN THE LEG. (Star Special Service.) BALLARD, Dec. 31.—Not content ‘with one charge of a revolver which he received accidentally some time ‘ago, Harry Owens, who lives at W 46th st, again shot himself yester- day. The affair happened while he was examining his revolver to| gee if it was in working order. The shot struck him in the fleahy of the thigh. The case is not considered serious by his physician, He was taken to the Ballard hos pital this morning. The basketball team of the Bal Jard high school is planning to play Mt. Vernon high school tn that city, the same night that the debat img team tussels with the labor problem there Both teams will leave together and each one will serve as an incentive to the other to better efforts. The rivairy be tween Mt. Vernon and Ballard bigh | schools is ranning high right now, owing to seve postponed dates. Epworth Je gue of the Gil The Paul Paul Railway company's lines One of the big steamers which will be placed on thia new line has already been launched at the ship yards in Japan, and another will be ready to take the water next month, it {# said. Two more will probably be christened in February and the fifth will be ready by the first of May, according to reports received here from headquarters. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha BURNED TO DEATH MARSHFIELD, Or, Dee, 31.-—By U. P—Mre. Waiter K burned to death yesterday She was alone in her home. Mra, Keat ing ran from the house with her clothes ablaze. Netghbors whose attention was called by her cries assisted her, but too lat She died within a minute after they reached her. How her clothing caught fire Is not known. Mrs. Keating was a pioneer of Coos bay BABE SETS FIRE T0 UNHOLY CHILD SLAVERY CHIEF BREEDER WHITE PLAGUE | THE HARD-WORKED, STUNTED CHILD FALLS EASY VICTIM TO TUBERCULOSIS, AND MB DISEASE AMONG RICH AND POOR—STOP CHILD Chad | HOUSE AND BURNS * =." 1909 I} I ark for | very movement that bas for alm the abolition of the child labor) LEGAL NOTICES, evil. Asa nation we should lay the | — ~~ ax to the root of this problem; we} JOTIGR TO CONTRACTORA | must guard our young and preserve | mia wit be received up te neon, the race wary § attice | Yekon lf Really, len't It a travesty mpen! ihe — ot our alleged intelligence, progper- | be'idive ity, Independence and boasted ly flization th we rust depend upon th of helpless, inne hall be made ent little «¢ en te . the, Commie cent tit hildren to be a great LAH nation heck of 10 per cent of such 4 specifications end form bide way be had at the office of dere & Lawton, srohitects, 1919 A butiding. Cor on reserves the right to reject bide 1 pees Drerte mts IN DON th tres MALL St shee FEES re ned when your subs: expires ie of | address label of each paper. When date arrives, if your eubseription, hae Rot again been paid in advance, ‘Fuur name be mar ake m the i A f Mate NOTICE building «ix big steamships, five of KENT, Dec. 31.—Crawling under ° eRe which will be placed on the Seattie|® Ded, the springs of whlch fell! D6 wise y, H to Japan line. upon him, the #yearold son of ASLES. & P Michae! Dolan, living near here, ® Oo net trust printed time # re <== /was found in the ruins of a fire|* in * | whieh took the life of the little fel. & Ume of de . | low and left Dolan and his wife and © @f trains telephone King Street # ltwo other children without a home.| * Station tnformation Bureau, # ns At an early hour Mra. Dolan tert * Sunset, Main 2740, independ # D MEN be ND Tl home for a visit to a neighbor, | * ent 111. * 2 3 While she was gone her youngest Sseseeaenannenes portunity to jehild set fire to the house in an/ Noricea oy accendanes | oman Park M. EB. church will en upper story ease a, anes tain the intermediate soctety of the the wits of KR Todd basco merer rb church tomorrow night in ve LAWYER IS FOUND ‘the. nite ot Le’ nuad. ety, SITUATION WANTED — MALE chapel. Great preparations have “ dawahte , “~ jboen under way for two weeks in| o To ihe wife of & Olen, city Wanted Position by Centigmnan te }tendance is not to be limited to PORELAMD, Del! tentie B.9 Gren. sity, Dos. 34,0 sve. PEFR: 5. RETR». | membe: rs of thes societies. Jamon A. ¥inth, wager of talek El oo DEATH ‘OTICKS. | FOR Went i What gives every indication of Fist r inte press utor of the State! negarrait--Le Carroll, $1, Dee 3, Pacie a a being one of the best exhibitions | 58" Sssociation. was convicted o enfield, 1. Dec ¥, - cate ot tes science of basketball, ix to|™urder in the first See see 4 As teak ok wiki aig Oy Sapam 8 7:39 | minutes Cc ration by he jury ’ Trew a Peres re eeace halt he ba — ballot ws taken. it, TH, Dee ™. ey yom, THO Cofambla 7 sked tei P| neh was visibly affected when ———— = ————— Peet eee park ME, {th verdict was read, but soon re riage | FOR RENT HOUSE! Jehufch and the Ballard Presbyter-|°°ytred Nis equatimity. = | tom “hotel uy agen 98) fy h halt 8 lian church, The result of this! °\ naa onaugh anounced that} | Melone—Wm Malone, about 00, Dee wok Bast & strenuous contest will be watched |"* Would pass sentence Saturday | *Yych iis. Makeel, 49, Dee. 26, in th —— with Interest by breathiens throngs |" St 9 o'clock. | elty gas ef “ as it Involves the secular basketball championship of Ballard | The contractors having charg the new 24th av. dock have rec ed fresh supplies of lumber suffi cient for a week. The dock is now being pushed to completion and pro | viding no more trouble is experienc ed in getting lumber the dock will be ready for use by January 9 The Crystal club of Ballard dance this evening at Junction b will n ROBBERS FENCE BANK: PLUNDER IT F MUSKOGER, Okla., Dee, 31-—By U. P.—Five robbers dynamited the Bank of Wellston, Okla, east of here, and, after exchanging shots with the citizens, escaped with $6,000. No one was hurt The robbers, heavily armed, rode into Wellston after midnight. They barbed wire barricade erected a PLAY WITH GUNS; ONE IS SHOT DEAD | SANTA CRUZ Dec, 31.—By gon of the Rev Cal, U. P.—Tom Ritehte M. Ritchie, was accidentally shot and kilied by Irvin Coc kroft at The Oaks, the home of Dr. H. P. Carl at Ben Lomond. The boys placed what they supposed were empty revolvers at h other's breast and pulled the triggers. Cockroft's revolver was loaded and the Killing bim tnetantly bullet plerced the other's brea» Vandals Wreek a Church. BAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 81.-The Temple Bmmanuel, on Sutter at Was entered some time last night IT FOR $5, 000 agcabi eres t the bank, and, while of the gang went to work on bank safe, others stood guard citizens were soon up in arma, & lively exchange of shots with the robbers followed. The robbers. however, were well armed, and for two hours they off the elti zens while their comrades worked | on the bank vault. * cloth the The and |by vandals, who tore the from | the altar, stripped It into shreds and ttered the remnants on the floor Beveral pews were overturned, and atternpt made to get at the ailver rvice, } AGED FLOWER GIRL DIES. weet ee eee some ENNIS, W. Va., Dec, 31.—-By U P—The fatalities in the Lick Branch mi as the result of the explosion yesterday afternoon will reach 50. According to a mine fo man, there are 38 men In the mine, with little chance of thelr recovery j alive, eee eee ee ee * POPE'S DISPENSATION * WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.— * By U. P.—Monstgnor Falconio, * papal delegate to the United States, announces that * pope had given a dispensation from abstinence on New Year's * day . ee | WOMAN DROPS DEAD. ABERDEEN, Dec. 31.—By U. P Mra. Jennie Blanche Stone, wife of the bookkeeper for the Grays Har bor Commercial compan mopolis, dropped dead at her home this morning as she was preparing breakfast. Mrs, Stone was 42 years of age, and had been a sufferer | from Beart. trouble, Newspaperman Weds at Cow} BURLINGTON, Dec. 31.—The we of Thomas Howe, of thia| ) Hattie Hilda Slater non, occurred at the * parents, Mr ol Blater » Satur Mr. Howe !# publisher |_ MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 31.--| of the Burlington Journ, By U. Pre Lucinda Fountain, |" °° Burlington Journal the oldest resident of Montgomer The first man to apply — the died last night, She was 96 years golden rule to @ police department of age and retained her fucuities to|was the late Sam Jones, mayor of the end. Mrs, Fountain was @ flow-|toindg, O, wnen, Stee er girl at the ball given in h of | Soledo, © aoa General Lafayette when Montgomery in 1826 visited | Jowoph Galia, age 60, an Itallan of McAlester, Okla, has just fin ished a house he began building without help in 1896. It ts all of |cement, even the floors. He is a | bachelor and deat. THE ONICAGO , 1400 WERST AVE, Wonderful values in Tallor-Made Uncalled-for vercoats, Trousers, A fine Gents’ Furnishings. and Suit Cases. Hults for rent Men's Bulte. and new line of Hate, Caps Also Full Dress Cravenetten | FUNERAL DIRECTOR hitemeriien per BUTTERWORTH @ BOM, Professt “FOR RENT — FURNISHED HOUSES. | pirectore and Licensed “Bmbal > Moore Thestre Beth 9! fr ” Hare In a fur Johnson or 5 et the week First ay Pho ‘soon enable you « 4 - Saab — anouse HELP WANTED FEMALE. alte arene 4 tur operator to ® a oth Mi 1425 First av, CO wr Call at Tue HHVERLY. 1 a FOR RENT — HOUSEKEEPING | ROOMS. SITUATION WANTED “FEMALE, “Wospital tra vaila, $40 Methon Private uy pie “tt ATTRACTIVE SUNDAY SERVICES UNDER AUSPICES TLE MIOHEN THOUGHT CENTER Sie’ w Kainier Mail, 1430 Second Ave WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS. y, 1100 AM 8 Tee to tame ’ 7 Wt “Berry, A286 tone net tion of the humen spheres. by Oe - OF THINKING wie. Ottice: 109-4 Arcade Annex, || ___ POR SALE—HORG | phere enenaes aie GLAbShA Glos | The Maniy Boarding and Sale Stables RS OPTICAL CO. hirea ter ail 3nd Floor, Mit Becand 5390 Westera Gatistaction ranieed. 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Wi WROIN THE NEW — — - —— ITs GOING TO KE 10 FURL MARKET vor SBA Le Pr . Qa i xX aT TORNEYS aT LAW. & Kelly (Chae W Kelly), aiee ENWOOD PAR. Sa inonth. ‘This nee to get lots 4 Thies addition | property in the etty I sold at these prices t than we axk for it to @ nies profit 6 ney | ment. There are ab we w and new ones mt help m is a handy nd ie et ¢ and eth ARCHITECTS. ir MALAY pis are building @ nen Ise Pars book, Boers, eattans cod bape | TF way Cole ns ane i | val Vocrieta Architect 4i2 Bitel Bide Recopaeshe :ATED LAND io BANKS | Re ee 160 . ih west ot Promer | THR CANADIAN HANK OF COM- Good ber house. bar ¢ scree in f oni o ard. © rea } tne wel Water da. cepted | Sit Sonne ce “quecipanent. ee, started ork on hie pew ani li a jocks at Brom: Ww showed ee | Worn 4 POD co” | in’ property boo: nd j , : Yard City hae on een close-in water lots. th inte 609 Say price Mavy Ya City to alt the nav yard nd we ore st the tow opentn and Kirk en #otl pasture, homes st. CLAIRVOYVANTS. a house of seve a) 4 furnece, bet and MADAME FAY. cold water im house, barn 40960, team. wal two seated DUSEY, COWR, cream irveyant ‘Den't fall to oom me : x chickens, farm implements, ail 41,400—NOB Hi me 48 Motel Killott, | oor 84.000. Come to the office end see derp_ five-reem rialinaees ENA» A «- ghia, gas. stree 4 Make no mistake when HORBRT MALTBY 2 peld. This ix advice of @ clairve it 910-921 Alsake Butiding 29-21 | Nob ree blocks to on sit the best Colapial Hotel, 10 Recond and Pike Price, 62.500 ah, balapes eagy monthly payment RANCH NOW T P. FAY COMPANY, INC. age around & . $04 Mebihorn Bldg any kind oF to buy it five-scre tracts at fr Merchacts Pa- werk undertaken WheT & WHEEL a me | $0) COLMAN BIC AGSTRACTORS. ] w toe late to buy at these — enetaieioine The government ‘has stated work MM Booth Whittlesry-Manford abstract Ge, | NEAK er INT! the new drydocks Maller Block Phone Malm 106 Ten sores, highly improved room house. houses, bearin hse bert inn HAIR GOODS. dg agnicncintnnninatcnatacnitisithisnimatatlagma Comper cur prices #tth ter Halr Goode We manu front acreag ¢ HOMESEEKERS 00, Main Offices, 666-4 Fmopire Bigg. re ¥ tion Branch Office, Oregon Bidg. Bri See the sights Ip our auton “~~ - 3 ail ™ x A ‘eder and spruce BROBERG. Sebnacn. 0b) an Bank Bide aoe " tee On impre % property 3 Frem ~ s Both pho , ! ne A BEAUTY. New fourstaly HUTTON onmbit CO “ H wentess, Jo. neer Cl en household furniture, ance rates ANS AGkeAen kes — hae Also Galary Lo Ce °- & wervies; best ter yy YOU GO OUT NC sia we five-acre t fee Us Finer 12-14 Marion Bide BIRCH LOAN CO 1d goods ana Money loaned om bi: P PAYING RENT ance without femeval; —mortages eueht. Office open daily. # tok alee Monday end Saturd evenings a1 Minekley Mock y edvanced upon. thelr ty Cheapest Rave you mente ‘eotting fg. tens" nha'"tehan’ Ue"Snet| White River Valley |! Loans on ’ | t MPANT, ING. Snap : ae $50.00 CASH. t a de mittvation wit ‘ QUEEN 4NNE HILL r arn, bearing erchar and A two-r a hb on north OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS in splen shap at $4,000 erms A | of s ( 20x) 18, ine National, ant County | #°e*! . sraduate Kirkeville hook 906-30 Amer Rank Bids - -* - acumer ACREAGR HOME i) PER — > lo Rrasuais | gm hard times is the time to mi | pee Hidg., «th and Pike Phones. | epey Wing tr herriea and eh Qh INVECTNENT. ve ho. wilt t Union And Sas man at Five Acni ake Geneva half ne ~sotgs , re BO HAVE THis wxCLUS oo } alivne price, $400 Halt cash full commie ~e Ls MALTBY tet - iptlaeniin : v1 Alaska Building ana PASTURAGE ct OME BIT see GOO PARTURH Tor sock, Ree T | pasenuns te pg ge ye INVESTMENT N. Clark, Footer, Renton car. interurbas | fe trult tress, ‘clove te ‘et TION, ETL Fond ho A, EF ig E ter American Hank mide is crr ———" cash and $6 o month. - _ ry . PATENT ATTORNEYS OWS Mich! 0 Union Block. iv-acne : eared » Mock & Co. registered p - rr-Boya block Wri CONS’ - Building, a Paul A. Talbot, BXPERT, Mutual Life | ame, ot