The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 8, 1909, Page 4

THE STAR—MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1909 of olty—1 year, 83; Sort" 'stucras THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE 'zisiitin' #38 Scraps of Brass, Scraps of History |HOW UNCLE SAM’S $50,000,000 HOME LOTTERY WORKED; More passengers ride, to the mile, than anywhere else, The — ee CR EEN | BAILLARGEON’S | ainty Dancing {ff Dresses rides average shorter. The fares are as high as the highest. Yet the traction lines are in the hands of a receiver. Because they can't pay operating expenses and big divi- | dends on the cost of building? Oh, mercy, no! The receiver came in because just as often as skimping| service and overworking and underpaying the employes yielded an indecently big dividend the lines were leased, sub leased and re-leased to “overlying corporations,” The receiver came in because each new lease or consolida-| tion was made the occasion for a new issue of millions of stocks and bonds, until even the endless flood of nickels could not pro vide dividends on millions and hundreds of millions of dollars of bonds. These stocks and bonds, based on nothing, have been sold to suckers all over the world, and the manipulators are among | “our giants of modern finance.” Their names are written high | on the roll of “captains of industry.” They are leading citi zens. They are “solid, conservative men.” They are members of great civic societies, orators at big banquets. Their advice | ¢ is listened to at Washington and their campaign contributions | are large. Every issue of fictitious stock and every sale of worthles bonds has been a larceny Nine-tenths of the financing of the New York tractions has | been plain stealing. These are scraps of history. In a cell in New York sits Wm. Hymes. He will sit until the slow process of the law gives him a trial On two miserable pallets in a squalid room in a Harlem tenement lie the invalid mother and the bedridden brother of Hymes. They have neither food nor fire. The slow processes | of public charity may in time open the almshouse or city hos pital door to them. These are more scraps of history, Hymes worked for the traction company. He worked nights. He was thinly clad when the summer was replaced by autumn’s chill. He fell sick, and for two weeks battled with pneumonia, There was no food, no fire, no medicine. He struggled from his bed and went back to work nights for the traction com- pany. Pay day was far ahead. Hymes carried away scraps of brass and sold them for 75 cents. He was arrested. He told his story. The judge investigated. The story was true. The iudge said: “Unless the representative of the traction company with draws this charge I'll have to hold this man for trial. He can't Zive bail. He will have to wait in jail. I don’t want to do it. I ask that the company withdraw the charge.” Hymes threw himself on his knees and begged the com pany’s man to forgive him. “They'll starve! They'll die!” he moaned. : BUT “THE COMPANY” SAID “NO.” JUSTICE MUST BE DONE. THIS MAN WAS A “THIEF.” So he sits today in a cell The taxpayers will probably furnish a bed and a grave for the old folks, though it might be noted here that the traction BY J. HH. M’KEEVER. ARERDE 8. D., Nov, 8.-“The biggest lottery that ever was held anywhore” is the way the people }here desertbe Uncle Sam's drawing which has just finished here The value of the farm prizes: 10,000 of them-—that were given away was clone to $50,000,000, It being estimated that a low average is $30 an acre, As in all other lot terles, there was excitement-lota of ft; jow—a little; and sorrow—« | good ¢ There wore $7,000 per sons registered, and, of course, 77, | 000 of them were deeply disap pointed. In the middle of the biggest hall} there—the stone-dullt Auditorium was a square platform. It was roped off like a prisefight arena. On the floor were 87,000 little brown enve 2 sted the hopes for somebody The big hall was crowded, tense, almost silent, Altaough the weath 4 outside, the interior amed from the hot bodles ained with excitement piteh Oceasionally an Indian, treading | softly with his moceasined fe would sneak in, look at the scene, | and sneak out with a muttered Hub!" For this was the reddetter day for the Indian. He got his homestead of 160 acres before the | white people had a chance ‘There was a murmur in the crowd and into the arena stepped Judge J. W. Witten of the United States} land office. Two daintily dressed little girls tripped Into the roped arena, and seemed afraid of the bie crowd. | What are the children doing there?” people asked The little girls were Josephine Burke, daughter of Congressman “| Burke of Pierre, 8. D., and Alice Jackson of Aberdeen, A third littl girl was at that moment crying in the Aberdeen hospital be THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT AT THE LAND LOTTERY DRAWING IN ABERDEEN, 8&8. D. \JOSIE BURKE DRAWING ENVELOPE NO, 1, CONTAINING NAME OF WM. J. ENGIL. and handed the bthsk to Judge! Go when she decided to register| Witte. The big winner of the big-| for one of the homesteads she said to her two work horses on her Ohio | goat lottery was about to be known. | His capital prize was a piece of| farm, Johnnie and Prince a worth $20,000 |For Engel, having registered on ing the Bible ahé prayed | October 18, later thought the date : unlucky and rerextstered on a claim near his home at Butte, eb. Under the rules of the lottery this shut him out of any further chance Bo No. 2 would be ¢ real winner Number two!” shouted Judge Witten above the murmur ef the crowd. “Calvin Bowdry | was written on hia face and ecstacy 198 she registered and jin his eyes ax he rolled them up| Work a# a pantry woman in a res ward. He was the winner. taurant at night. During the day | The crowd #hifted sily an the She attended the drawing other numbers were called in dreary) The first day passed and Hfaxhion, one after another it hopes fell but not her courage. would tire many, but not that little second day it was the same [band of hope jooking Into the fu out by ber work she dosed through jture of their lives. & fateful moment Ans the days went on perhaps none ‘The last day had arrived and she }was happier than Mrs. Syivia R. had given up hope }GMard of Sandusky, O. She te a} Slowly anf tm tears she levout believer in the Bible. She | hall, but she stopped to | belfeves in work, too. iHat of th icky t ‘There was her) | both sides; good cotton filled, | Hf * . | Bedding Specials | Could it be true? } | her number was 4348 | She was one of the lucktest. | ing to get you a bigger home.’ | “Number one, William J. Bngel,”| ‘Then she unhitched them, patted jshouted Judge Witten. There wa#/her dog Curly and went into her |& groan from the rear of the hall.| house to sing a hymn. After read true?’ she asked of Judge Witten, and embraced bim. She was cry My prayer has been answered, 1 prayed long and earnestly,” she said later, “because I 4 home much. You see my sonk are starting out for selves and my daughter is married and I wanted a place I could call my own, 80 I came here.” And then this woman, spent days and nights {o fear of failure, pledged ‘herself to build Sunday school and mission for little Indian girls on her farm as soon as she picks it out Young is one of the village cut-ups of Manchester, N. He went to a palm reader to have That wasn't all the story Oh, Lawdy, Lawdy! De good *he had bought her ticket she had Lawd done been good to me muah!” Only a few dotiars left. She It was Howdry, a negro hardware the dingy railroad station the first store porter from Basmark.. Frenzy “eht she was here. The next morn| necessary half dollar, said I see a tall young man working on « Dakota farm. The tall young You'd better burry.” James burried. money to travel more than half way but he came and registered But he didn't draw, although he stayed confidently day after day all through the drawing. teller was wrong have seen was a tall young man king for carfare back to Man oH What she should Made of Net and Chiffon. The Nets are made jn girlish designs with little overskirts laced with rity and ending in ribbon bows a ‘ints. Othery f} deep yokes with the kilts below—and still others fay | draping of pin tucked net. Nearly all have the Dutch a. | ahd elbow sleeves. Some of these have silk slips Pron | at $17.50, $20.00, $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00, The Chiffons and Silk Crepes come in the pale shell pink, canary, orchid, and cream; have bab Y Waists with Dutch necks and short S$; crush shirred or plaited skirts. Certain sty J =e | | | | i drapes of same shade. Price | Special Thanksgio- China Departmey * Dinnerware ale ing Sale week. 43 ones aaah | On Fine Table Linen to select from. H] All this week. We are making 5—~For Hav very interesting prices on our # unequaled qualities of Table | 5°) oA + a 7 } Damask and Napkins. | Cholce qualities of Scotch, | $29.50—For 66-Plece H | Flemish, Irish and German Lin- | Co. white and Hens priced to you much les | popular site sikeat } than regular. 10 00, 10-Plece Set .,, Specials for tomorrow, and i tomorrow only: $13.00-—-For Mercer neh All-Linen Bleached Nap- | Set; regular val | jue $16.60, | kins, soft finish; $3.50 quality. 4 i] At per dozen $2.65 Si For 100-Piece © Hemstitched Sets: 1% yd. Cloths | "880 Blue Swedish © and 1 doz. 1#-in. Napkins; $6.50 | Ware Set, values. Per set $5. $3.95—Por 50-Py 62-inch All-Linen Bleached Dam- | Semi-Porcelain Set } iH ask: 75c value. At a7¢ 100-Piece Set . 18x27 Scalloped All-Linen Hand * - f i] Towels; 36c values. At ...25¢ | bn Glass Knife Rests Double Bed Comforts, silkoline Popular copyrights by i: yarn tied; a $1.26 quality. Poe, Chapman, ‘and may ! i . + 956 pe well known writers, at, BEDSPREADS cook eae } Full size, cut corners, Fringed | 25° 8nd 260 Booka, Now ..194 Spreads, crochet with Mar- | 75¢ and 500 Bookk Now ] sellles pattern; « $2.00 value. | World’s Fair Tooth Picka fj ] Special at .... 1.55 | 10-cent packages for .,....16 | SS coor | Drucker Trunks are best. Noted | for strength and beauty. = | i A GREAT HAT—THE FILLMORE, McDonald’s Hat St 1621 THIRD AVENUE. company has hired some ex-cabinet members and other eminent lawyers to enjoin the city from collecting its taxes. And when Hymes comes out of prison, branded “EX-CON- VICT,” the company will not trust him with its scraps of brass nor its nickels. Nobody else will trust him even if he wants to go to work. Only the mercy of God will save him from becom- ing an habitual criminal. Men won't try. In the meantime the men who stole millions from bondhold- ers, stockholders, car riders and employes smoke cigars each one of which costs more than the scraps of brass Hymes stole. ‘The Exposition Is Over, But Seattle Has Still THE BON MARCHE—An Exposition in Itself—A Million Dollars’ Worth of Exhibits From All Over the ALICE JACKSON AND JOSE. | PHINE BURKE. | ~~ - Ais. || Reading and Writing Rooms | | Visitors to Seattle Are | in the drawing. For that was what “ . Invited to Make T ; dle eae diamonds have generally | sooner have his job than be presi.| they were there for United States Post Office j Their Headquarters deci to lay them aside until|dent. Edit don’ Now, Josephine,” said Judge sae : / ong tes aglaw _ jon’t have to pass) witen as he looked at ha wank ||| Bree Mailing and Wrapping Counter || | So Far as chieh, , 1 bs. you may go anywhere and pick up || Telephone Service. by Both Companies } Pad PS oie RE a | any envelope you wish and give it . 7 / || Long Distance Telephone Service edie to me Tomorrow Georgetown will have! Apparently nothing can conyince| Josephine tripped lightly over the Tea Rooms and Cafe Information Bureau & chance to redeem itself or stay | Secretary Ballinger that Secrotary | Pil’ Of envelopes, and as she moved lai ie tin seolaanes hone PS 7 vs rs from one side of the arena to the ||) s : : : r house keepers. | Ballinger isn’t the best over | other she was followed by the eyes ||| Hair Dressing, Manicuring, Chiropo- = = — c|of every tense person in the hall ini mother’s system of raising chil knelt and picked up Haale San dren. | CUPID: The little shine god. Anna Davis, a notary, slit 1 open MONARCH: A mon who's a mon for a’ that. | ABYSS: Unfathomable hote in which polar records are buried for| safe keeping. } ROLLTOP DESK: Piece of! furniture with an undulating | crust; used with equal facility for earning daily bread and to loaf with NEVADA: A Sahara with a state house, APPENDIX: First aid to a lu CLAM: Two shells with a wart crative surgical practice between. HISTORIC RELIC: Chauncey SMOKE: Pigment with which ™ Oepew the air of our cities is rendered visible. GRANDMOTHER: Only person who can butt in upon a young Delain netiaink 4 siatecs cib\ A tow Maxted ottiok wars awe let fever had kept her from helping | | Retiring and Resting Rooms | timem peo- ER WHAT ARE) MAKE me) OP aetna pean YOu TAKING | |AN OFFER ts new parasol mie FOR YOUR 1 makes etter A ei gag SAY G 1M kworn c the t makes a man just alt h and fish and fi ie. fire. In for bedding , : ™ # you think she will fed other men!" THE BON MARCHE The Greatest Store and the Greatest Business in Seattle have risen on the foundation of PUBLIC SATISFACTION, with the best service, the best assortments and low! MK!