The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 22, 1909, Page 8

Seeger ren. I 8 re nn ce erate CAREFUL OR YOU tI Apologist for Plutocracy, After Trip Abroad, Issues Warning to American Laboring Men Day Says That Strikes an danger Chances of Work nity to Praise Standard spondent of the Daily St view With Head of Syrac BY A.V SYRACUSE, N, Y., June 22. university plutocracy American workingman tented, on earth In the first place, Ch is the beet the American chancellor says, and he gave me a remarkable talk on his views. American laboring people he held up has n in india ' “obstructive agitation,” who works for 10 to 11 cents a day, Seated on. the piasea of his hou on University av., the educator who Jolin D. Archbold when thelr trust praised Rockefeller and Joha D. was being tn i, couldn't resirain a reference to Standard Ot}, even tn a talk stout the workingman’s wel fare “Do you know,” be asked, “that the vice president of the Standard Of! Co, Is chairman of our board of trustees? Yes, Mr. Archbold has done much for us,” and the chancel lor bobbed his head In greeting as several friends passed. | Then, settling his six feet and odd tnches back In his armehair, he t sued his warning to the working man. In the first place the laboring man comes under the influence of the agitator, These worke re made to belleve they are x ting their just due, so it Is easy to Incite them to strife “Just as soon as business begins to revive, these unhappy labor lead ers begin to agitate, and of course there is” contest “T don't know how to account for this general unrest, except that the American workingman, with his am ditions and his spirit, bas a desire to make the most out of himself and out of his family “All of which tncites him to spend beyond Ms means. He tries to escape by Inststing on & bigger wage than business can afford. “Let me illustrate 1 know « case where an employer and an em ploye lived on the same ground The employe, it was noted, tri to furnish bis own table with all he saw go on his employer's. He repeatedly demanded that his wages be increased. It was & question with bis employer wheth er there was any reat justice in that form of discontent { \ ‘/EX-GOV. M’ ALLEGED WES We SENSATI ne IR FIGIT FOR ESTATE TWO WOMEN IN COURT FOR) WEALTH LEFT 8Y FORMER GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA. | (hy Uelted Pree PHOENIX, Ariz., June 22.—A sult was filed in the United States dis trict court involving a claim that two bigamous marriages had been contracted by the late Myron H MeCord, formet governor of Art zona, MeCord died in Phoenix in Aprii, 1908, leaving a widow to whom he had been married after the death of a former wife in 1903. Now Anna M. McCord of Shaw ano, Wis., files suit to break the will, alleging that she was married to McCord In i861, aid that the! marriage tie was not severed until the husband's death. She ciaims th divorce secured by MeCord| in h was fraudulent. McCord, before his death, trane-| ferred to his last wife $25,000 worth of realty, which is claimed by the) plaintiff. BEKINS’ PETITION 1S GIVEN COMMITTEE The petition of Daniel Bekins to build a stable, at 1110 with a capacity for housing 100) horses, which has been objected | to by adjoining property “holders, | was this morning referred to the| superintendent of buildings for in-| vestigation by the board of public works. | | FeO TTI Ht tt! * * * WEATHER FORECAST. * * Fair tonight Wednes * % fair and warmer. Light west * * winds * * * * ee ee ee a WILL INSTALL SAFETY DEAMLING SWITCHES Upon recommendation of Super intendent of Public Utilities A. V. Bonilion, the board of works this morning adopted a plan to derail street cars by the Inatalling of turn-out switches, to t at dangerous points of the Seattle Electric company This was brought about after an accident had happened at 10th av. N, and Roanoke st. at which time a street car got bey 1 control and ran Into a telephone pole, causing considerable to property and injuring passengers established long the Hines action damage several REV. BASS TO BE HEARD. Rev. W. A. Bass, the deposed pastor of the Lake Union Presby terlan church, has been invited to spenk at a called meeting at the| First church tonight and present | his case to the Presbytery, | men keep up what the chance they're going to be as poor as the Hindu toller, | points outside the elty, Chancellor d Desire to Live Well En- ingmen—Takes Opportu- Oil Official—Staff Corre- ar Gets First-Hand Inter- use University. KNIGHT ancellor Jas, R. Day, of Syracuse noted defender of the Standard Ojl trust and apologiat for ia home from a trip ‘round the world convinced that the paid, but perhaps the most discon workingman is extravagant, the To the specter of pitiful poverty he Hlor calle “senseless strikes” and he declared. I think that the American work Ingman lives In a higher degree of comfort than any other workman tn the world I don't say he gets too much Td b see it doubled Thut glad to there's a limit beyond which ~oly can go in furnishing wages to working people. Suppose a certain form of luora business gave a certain high What would be the « ton those working people in other forms of business that paid all the busi hess would warrant as wages? The be very serious. some of the could pay tive wage economic distinction would 1d Db Hike us that double salartes to thelr domestics. That we disturb the whole scale of wages through the neighborhood Then good years and bad years have taken unt by manufacturers in fixing their scales homes to Into acc jof wages. ‘Of course, wages fn the where I have been could not be made a comparison for wages in this country, because I've seen men working from early morning tll late at night for 10 to 11 cents a day lands “We are not in any danger of coming to such conditions uniess we ruin the business of the coun try by constantiy undermining it by senseless strikes and obstruc tive agitation,” Chancellor Day relief! when he 4 change tn the White House had taken place while he was away Well, times have changed a bit he sald. “Here they used to be attacking predatory wealth and the predatory trusts, and now | see they are after the colleges and univer sighed as If in sities, Some fellow asked, I see What good Is the colle Well, I think it te a lot of good, and my ON BOARD A SHIP OF THE DESERT HE NAVIGATES IN HOWLING CROWD, There were doings on the Pay Streak last night. Many staid and sober Seattleites fairly rubbed their eyes in amazement, backed up and gasped, when—well listen. President Chilberg gave a uttle jinner party in the New York ballding to exQovernor Johan H MoGraw, A. F. Orary, C. R. Collinge and W. F. Sheffield. After the ban quet, the little party wandered down among the frivolings of the Streak, and once in the crowd and the whirl, things began to pop. Ticklers were bought, swakers were aquaked, roller coasters were rolled, and the tickler was tickled, and finally they patd a visit to N Salth, manager of the Oriental Streets of Cairo. Take Camel Ride. N. Salih has an aggregation of camels for riding purposes always on tap, and the party made it up that they would take a quiet jaunt about the enclosure In Oriental style. [ere LL 8 THE STAR (GREAT NORTHERN | TRAIN DITCHED (Hy Untied Brews.) WHITEFISH, Mont June The Grout thorn ow nrain went Into the diteh ye Ural on the torda river Kootena irt = passengers wore injured, but®nene —_/ _ om jkilled. The expreis and baggage Veena 4 cars were burned. A landslide was (Kt WADA | tte cante ot the acctdent Traffic wan blocked ly the wreek and trains were transferred at Ural. It ie Known that a number of coaches in the tral Were broken but the extent of the by passengers was a8 serious ae at frat reported Heavy ratns during the past week brought down the which derailed the train not up | sustained avalanche ST. PAUL, June 22.—Tranaporta ton officials at the “at Northern railroad headquarters here say that in the derailment of the westbound Oriental Limited passenger train at Ural, Mont, only three persona were Injured, none seriously, Pas sengers on the train were transfer red to other equipment d The landslide ared away and treffic and had been resumed INVESTIGATING TRUST NEW YORK, June Investiga » of the conduct of the American Sugar Refining company in Ite deal ings with the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company was begun by a federal grand jury. It was the clow ing of the Pennsylvania company's refinery after the American Bugar Refining company had gained con trol of It by a loan of $80,000,000. that resulted in a recent suit which was settled by the American com pany after much evidence bad been taken. pro was reminded that) CHANCELLOR JAS. R. DAY, AS 5 ae: Officer Flees With $80,000, WE APPEARED WHEN HE RE! oxisk Russia, June $2—The TURNED TO SYRACUSE. pay. or of the 26th Bast Siberian Rifles bas fled from Omsk after Grawing $80,000 of the regimental funds on forged orders. views on that question are quite} positive There fan't much to suggest the workingman about the chancellor, although he told me be would be at work at 7:30 the next morning Why, do you know, the first day I was back I got up at 5:30 in the morning and began signing diplo mas” | The chancellor dre * in the! gar of a minister, and be never! rides on the ot Care. of an aiito was that?" | he asked in the midst of some con: | versation about the workingman. | When told, be sald: “H'm-h'm, the! gentioman who makes that car le) Hmh'm,” he! What kin Rockefeller, Jobn p| or others of the giant} whieh Chancellor Day defended in time past may rest ae-| sured he stil stands where he al-/ ways did. = What saw in for eign lands has not altered his state of mind | I've been maligned more than any other man in the country,” he| said, “but 1 don’t care much; | can stand It John Archbold. monopoly Dd. Meanwhile It had been swelted | by Charley Saunders, President Chilberg’s colored messenger boy Charley, this morning, {« said to have promoted the ride, sud to be} reaponsible for the whole affnir,/ but however that may be, MeGraw) and his dignity mounted a double) humped camel, got all set and bang! Someone hit the camel & terrific slap, the ship of the desert parted his moorings and put out! upon a rough sea straight for the) gate leading to the Streak, whieh opened as if by magic, and de} bouched exGov. Metiraw upon the | astounding gaze of 10,000 sedate | Seattioites Rides Down Streak. Straight down the Streak the came! careened, with MeGraw hanging on for dear life, then back to the Cairo concession To say that MeGri wan sore ie not doing him justice, and meas ures were immediately taken to lo cate the person responsible for that elap So far, how . they have been unsuccessful, except that when ask ed about it, Charley Saunders laughs near to bursting, and re fuses to testify 1—SAFETY The Jronda number of the men in Seattle. CLUB WOMEN ARE vcose HERE TO ATTEND STATE CONVENTION OPEN MEETING WILL BE HELD AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH TONIGHT. This the Plymouth Congregational church the Wash ington State Federation of Wo mens clubs will hold the opening meeting of its thirteenth annual convention Everyone interested in women's club work is invited to attend, An interesting program has been arranged, come by sponse by of Tacoma evening at Mayor Miller, Mrs. Amy P. Mra. H. W. Allen, of Spokane, will deliver the presi dent's address, and Rev. J, D. O Powers will apeak on the “Conner vation of Our State's Resources. There are 1,000 club women in Seattle, and by evening it is estt mated that there will be at least 200 delegates in attendance from with re TODAY'S TREASURY REPORT, (iy United Prews.) WASHINGTON, June 22—The treasury report today shows Re celpts, $2,274,980; dishursementa, 1,290,000. SAMPL HATS Direct from manufacturers, All styles and . & $4.50 val 424 —PIKE ST.—424, including address of wel-| 8. Stacy, | \WELFORD BEATON |S TIKEN TO HOSPIT Welford Beaton, chief of pu ity of the A-Y-P, EB, was this} manufacturing morning removed from bis | ' | dence in the University district to| have made one the Minor hospital, suffering trom | typhold fever It was only about two weeks ago! that Mrs. Beaton left the hospital, | 3—EARNINGS jafter undergoing & serious opera-| tion During his from his office the work of public | ity in connection with the |tlon will be carried along by the| well organized office that has been | under Mr. Beaton'y direction for a your past | bilities are the s ized bond issue sets over liabili 2—MERIT The makin resi years, BY The pefcen steel turned ou any other steel enforced absence | exposl raw materia transport all of | Attorney Quits State Service | OLYMPIA, June 22.—Fred M Liewellyn, formerly of Spokane, % J Bellingham and Aberdeen, who as much laid do been briefer In the office of th ern market, 17 torney general, has resigned tobe come state attorney for a Tacoma} Insurance company ; | weeks, first buyers of Iro Open up—get busy, the magnificent sum of $17,000,000. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1909 "' ___—s_——_—s—s—s—s—_eeeekktkhkhlLlLltlElEl mm ~_mn—n WEDNESDAY’S A.-Y.-P. E. PROGRAM CODE A FAILURE 2 oa a BIR DAMAGE CAUSED |" se, xu eos» ooo) NEW CODE A aint ce xa work on Pine creek thin year | = — i ; nk team of Da | nila Pe ming for Pythtay | SKAGWAY, June 22.—The dam AWARD PRIZES FOR isd chars "t, a b formance will be ‘of the North Columbia Gold com a vaPine - = : day ly 7. of Wine creek, Atlin district, gave ones nae Peace Fred Brown yesterday after-| 4 : hes reat Cong, way Thursday, and a wall of water! Sebastian Ruth, of Lacey, Waxh ” a that th ——. eight feet high rushed down Pine | ington, was the winner of the first Kroth > . i aultad creek 12 miles into Lake Atiln,| prise offered by the Chamber of Prank Devitt en | ee MALLEABLE swooping all before it Commerce, A-Y-P. B., Seattle day toriser's publi martes pee | The big bridge of the British |committes for the best dealgn for stall while the ; ye — bo Yall ‘The pride of eveny American Dredging company, cont-|a button. J. F. Davideon, 104% 46th over the price of & few onlow nl , it chen avlendid tov ing $250,000, was wrecked, the saw-|ay, 8. W., carried off second hon: | intended to purehaas. oN oe | rovnain al mill of James Clark, at the halfway ors and Herbert A. Schoenfeld, of was Introduced to show tis boy| eves You 48 pee station, swept away, and the flames the Standard Furniture compar Devitt placed S08 ne VJ Walder! Bids. of the North Columbia Gold com-| was awarded third prize an and he was discharged TOS-10 Pike St, FORCE S. E. COMPANY TO BUILD APPROACH An Announcement of Paramount Importance to the Investing Public of Seattle and Western Washington Has Set Aside and Now Offers to the People of Seattle $250,000 Worth of Its Preferred Stock (Being one-eighth of the entire capital stock of the company.) DETAILS OF THE SALE Subscriptions will be received by THE DEXTER HORTON and FIRST NATIONAL BA NKS of Seattle and at the offices of THE MOORE INVESTMENT COMPANY, beginning TOMORROW and ending SATURDAY, June 26 SHARES $100 EACH—Fully Paid Up and Non-Assessable SUBSCRIPTION PRICE—PAR Applications will be received for one or more shares on the following terms: $25 cash per share; $25 on July 25; $25 on August 25; $25 on September 25. ile Steel Company is officered by a oldest and most substantial business The assets of the company reach The only lia tock issue of $2,000,000 and an author of $500,000, leaving an excess of as ties of $14,500,000. ] | g of iron and steel is the standard | industry of the world. Steel stocks | thousand millionaires and paid $850, | 000,000 in dividends in America during the past ten | tage of profit on every ton of iron and t at Irondale will be greater than at | plant in the world, because of the fact | that the commnny not only owns all of the necessary & in inexhaustible quantities, but can them from the mines to the mills by | a short water haul, instead of the long and expensive rail haul necessary in the East, Scrap steel, necessary in the manufacture of new steel, costs less than half wn at Irondale as it does in the East he lower cost of raw materials here, ndale preferred steel stock, Inquiries concerning the possible sale of Irondale steel stock have been coming in const Without question every share of this stock will have been subscribed by Saturday noon | limited stock issue will be subscribed on the first day | Don’t BeaClam | In this space later in the week will be published the Note the list carefully of the shrewdest and most conservative investors in the city This opportunity to 4: in the future huge profits of Western steel will never again come to you in the form of an opening subscription to pr together with the freight charges on Eastern steel to this Coast, amounting to an average tariff of $16 per ton in favor of Irondale, will make it possible for the Irondale Steel Company to realize an average profit of 75 per cent on all of its products and still underseli by a wide margin the Eastern product 4—STOCK PROFITS The preferred stock is issued on a guaranty of 7 per cent interest, payable semi-annually After this interest has been paid, equal interest is paid to the holders of common stock, and when that obligation has in turn been satisfied, the holders of preferred and in excess the com- 25 per cent common stock share equally in all earnings of 7 per cent. A conservative estimate pany’s business indicates net earnings of or more on the entire capital stock 5—INCREASING VALUE Irondale preferred, placed on the market at this exception- $200 per time at par, will inevitably be forced by the ally high earnings of the stee share within six months from the day on which the steel mills begin operation, From that point the fur ther rise will be rapid, as a portion of the at nual earn f the plant, should be cent on up ings will be set aside for the enlargement and within five years’ he earning fit of 100 I $2,000,000 per annum, or time t pr $2,000,000. the entire stock issue of A large part of th Our prediction is that it will contain the nam It should include your naine ntly during the past shi AUTO AUNS OVER My 22335 RE ed UY William INLAND EMPIRE WEEK Upon f ' f DY Waltep trl F t And Cony AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF DA u. . R 1, anew. ROYAL ARCANUM DAY t 0°, Mo, tate =, > ot GRANID CHAPTER ROYAL ARCH MASONS’ DAY ! 4 Pe WHSTERN WASHINGTON CHKISTIAN MIBBIONAKY BO 1 : Matwalft CIWTY DAY ! anys erners f ot Jumped. ty poutted Wilh we n)UFEM, Be #00 & m-—-Cates open rt toda om 6:40 & m—Weatern Washington Christian Missioniry Soclet TRIPLE CAR COLLISION Ke of reckons: gn meeting In Auditorium i ity. Untied reas h 10:00 & m—-Concert, Wagner's AvYoP. band, Forest idl ' atlas band stand ; Wi ” building re H t eS Fiight of the airebip “A Yo : “¥* r ) Ktoyal Arcanum program in the auditorium : ; 4 Metbodieg p Madame Schelle and her trained lion f 4 ‘ € Undertakeg tion before 4 00 p. m—Concert, Wagner's AcYM% band, Forestry bull with whieh tg band stand . of thelp p, ml, 8. Life Baving crow exhibition foot of I r CLOTH SIGNS MUST 4 | raw p mo-Conce snes’ band, Musle pavillo of it p. mo-Flight of the Airship “AYP ” ql int haw p. m—Japanese daylight fireworks, foot of Pay Streak COME OFT BUILDINGS unday, bee Pp. theeFiight bf the Alrehip “AYP + nies ip. m—Concert, Innes’ band, Must ' = ssi thar ¢ p m—Madame Sthelle and her trained Hons, free attra Mayor Jot es Bye THE ton of Pay Streak ne ; 7 dorehal Ke 9:00 p. m—Grand display of firworks, special pieces for Ro: pt ph Se chi mesic pec 1G NATUR. THEI buildings must be enforced B. — ot _ " theatre at the | pany and other mine owners were ¢ enclose WATER SWEEPS VALLEY &!%« FIRST CASE UNDER THE ot a The total damage in extimated at d ¢ the seene The Door of Opportunity Is Now Open — Tre frondale Steel Company This limited offer of Irondale preferred steel stock, in brief, is the most wonderful investment opportunity ever offered the local public, for the following reasons: list of thé es it Procure Your Win- ferred mee x par value and on easy terms. ter Wood F _ Subscription blanks, descriptive and illustrated booklets and full information at the Dexter Horton and First er Wood Free National Banks of Seattle and at the offices of the Moore Investment Company, 400 Arcade Annex. ° J. K, SLOAN & CO., } | | Apply to | Bth Av. and 86th Bt. N. W, | i