The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 21, 1909, Page 1

i THE SEATTLE mK PROOF WORTH WOTHING--FINAL WORD) °"* we Gift “System” | sklyn Doctor's Best Friends, the Copenhagen Sci- ( St. Nick” Definitely Reject His Claims as Discoverer | THE SEATTL TAFT YIELDS 10 PUBLIC EMAND FOR A PROBE UF BALLINGEH' OFFICE ECIFCE NO, 259. SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1909 SANTA CLAUS MUCKRAKED!!! Startling Expose by a Special Commissioner of The Star Deals With a Scandal of National Magnitude Gross Mismanagement and Appalling Waste for Which the Head of the Christmas Proven Responsible—Dreadful Picture of Oppression Under the Heartless Rule of “Good St. Nick” —Barbarous Neglect and Reckless Squandering of Funds—Query: “What Does He Do With It?” ee (With this | The Star gives to ite readers a haintifting insight into the pernicious Santa Claus system. For the last month ite cial investigator has been probing the seorets of the very head and front of the Yuletide monopoly, and now lays them bare without fear or favor. It Is a calm, dispassionate narrative enough, considering the horror of the facts presented, but it brings that horror to the very fireside of the man on the street. The story reveals conditions that must make the blood boil when fully appreciate: BY FRED SCHAEFER. | ‘To many whom he gave nothing; formerly, he now gives even less! He is giving more and more to grown people in preference to chil | drent | He given useless things nine | Umer out of ten, when he gives at all, (He gives useful things to some, yes; but often to such who eapnat use them.) | | He gives to those who do not ex-| |peet, which ts tlogical | He doesn’t give what they don't lexpeet t@ those who don't expect which {#, to may the least, irritating He ts capricious and stingy and unremsonable and wastefully lavinh Here in only one of a million | scraps Of evidence | found, a leaf }torn from his order book | Millionaire X. & Family & Dog: Deliver one solid aflver cus + One new $7,000 automo i One Cawless $14,000 dia mond necklace; one mahogany committee today said but a few minutes to see that and so-called reports are worthless reported immediately, but it took several the surprise. The soca te books on which Dr. Cook relied in a great for vindication, had only accounts of his. observations than the observations themselves, These note books were aside without a moment's consideration eannot understand how a man of Cook's scientific attain- could have attempted to bolster up his claims with such evidence GEN, Der 21.—The Which has been invest! data of Dr. Frederick A officially reported to ory of the University of that Dr. Cook’s records ations are wholly insuf to Warr a verdist that he Y the Pole ‘sonsistory of the eied the report of y Natly Claims and thr fas and obser a data, accordin the re pi more convincing than was per account Gook’s private secretary, who represented the ex , is bitterly disappointed m verdict. He is making an B to induce the cnsistory to final judemnt until the of Dr. Cook's data can be pre- to tt. je told the committee that ing data, which are part of 's Original documents, were we from America by a route it from that by which the already examined were He said this additional arrive in a few days. te secretary said the sending the data by two Member of the took th observat could mittee Dr. BY SAMUEL M. EVANS, Washington Correspondent of The Star, WASHINGTON, D. C., The offictal cond Ballinger, My sole purpose in taking up the Santa Claus Investigation was to sift to the bottom the rumors, nay charges, for some seasons bandied | from Hp to lip to the fect that the time-honored Santa Claus ad ministration {s become a despotism, is being conducted in a bigh-handed manner and is betraying the plain or common people Whose very weal depends upon it. Really, the fact that has been self-evident a long time bas rankled hotly tn the bos oms of the ultimate consumers of Christmas gifts, but the responat rocking horse with real apavin bility was never placed. “Who ts| and docked tail; one French to blame for this condition?” has | wax doll (operatic voice), with often been asked, and the answer | . = costumes from Worth: one pair bas always been vague and unsatis-| canine automobile goggles and factory. Even the reform element peunyroyal sachet bag. Also, of holidaydom, the so named Santa ete,, ete, ete. Special direc Claus associations, could not tell tlone—Enter by servants’ en me. But leaders in their ranks, trance. RUSH to rhest men and women who are Go with me alxo to the home of | ¢ striving against great odds to ob Widow J. with nine children. What | feasance tain a square deal for all from the did I fimd there? 1 found the ni }great stocking robbing machine, children, of course. Any Christ-| gave tie many clews and hints. For mas cheer? Not any, unlews you obvious reasons their names are not count @ pitiful old broom set up as mentioned here. They would suf |@ tree and draped with some shreds ‘er reprisals for their courageous b of pink and white twine from the convictions | city @ump. I fonnd cold and hun opinion of some 10 women charity At the very out ger and diphtheria and despair workers who appeared before the | decided that 1 would This I could not trace back to grand jury today. The women, led | Man Higher Up-and the trall end-| sum of what I discovered T will set | Santa Claus. Certainly not. He by Mrs. Katherine Stirtan, had vis-|¢d at Santa Claus himself. For) Gown without bine laced only sas |bad not been there. And I could ited the jail frequently, and knew | weeks I watched his plant and sur-!inat the worst is only too true.| of present conditions and those | reptitiously thumbed over his books | indeed 8. Claus, allas Bt. Nicholas under other admintstrations. land papers ch as had not been | aiso alias “that cheerful old elf, les was adopted for pur-; The jury was told that the pres | burned to destroy evidence—and the is unmasked. He is not only the pprotection. ent sheriff was handling prisoners | Man Hig! Up but the Man Be-/| tory refused to pay any/in a humane manner, and that / | bind and the Main Malefactor, Lonsdale’s appeal andj cleanliness and proper feeding | These are harsh we but what | announced today are} were introduced in the jail by | does my tuquiry show | if as the consistory is|Hodge for the first time. The| For ages Santa Claus has prow | women also spoke highly of the pered upon his reputation as a readiness with which Sheriff Hodge merry old cuss whose fair round} Sranted their request for suf belly shook w who bad stood firmly by him! fictent jail matronsa to handle the} a al full whats Wall may tal in him support under U women prisone | j shake like that—he ts a croas be made by Commander Peary.| Employes of the auditor's office | tween ao octopus and jolly tah Fareat rereption given Dr. Cook|were cailed before the grand jury On the strength of his reputation, fils arrival here, the honors|in order to fix responsibility for | maintain, he secured the monop | were paid him by high and|a wild rumor that there was a Joly of wishing out the contenta of | Ancluding the king, are recaned | shortage in the county ditor’s of. jthe horn of plenty with tmpartial | somewhat openly displayed |fice. None of them ever heard of |hand. Gradually, almost insenstbly, | fin. It is known that the Dan-|the reported shortage until a few |his sense of equity has become| ixperts were personally inchmed |days ago. They all testified that ; | blunted, until now he gives grudg | Dr. Cook, most of them a}-| it would be a physical impossibil : | ingly except to the favored few. | having come out in state | {ty under the present checking sys | Why, last year he almost overicohed | tending to substantiate his|tem for any employe to embezzle leven me! Oh, the whole system has! Therefore teh absolutely | any money. t ‘become rotten, It smells. tision against him is looked | He has made the annual carnival of good will a hollow mockery— holiow as « bass drum | Santa Claus, swollen with his is only a huge four Dec, 21.—« t of Richard A, y of the jor, subject of a con- investigation committee ¢r the holiday recess. has been under con- y President Taft for some time past, and yesterday Sec retary Bi r sent his assur- nces to the White House that an WOMEN TELL “OF HOOBE'S | G00 WORK Committee of Ten Goes to/ Grand Jury With Story) of Way in Which Jail Is Conducted. inte United Press) BE, Cal, Dec, 21 Kdward H. Gleason and Dr. T ison, both of the Gleason-Cour drug store in San Francisco positively identified the bod former Patrolman Walter R |Carroll as the drag store bandft| Sons jand murderer who so successfully |) fusetion would be welcomed + |defied the and conducted a} ¥,,hi - crime in San| g the Inst few woeks. Both Gleason and Bettison | saw the bandit on the n of | his two visits to their Gles, |hope ; son having person | WOuld accept as final his vindica- alone aoe up and|Uon of Mr. Ballinger in his dis- robbed by th miseal of the charges brought Ca against the secretary of the in- gr terior by L. R. Glavis, former spe ait: Samant. the al agent of the land office,” at | Southern Pacific train This last and sensational turn | Hs firet came into er controversy in the \ sapinh Gation dn Mosher result of the onslaughts of publie family | his wife died of a pistol we opinion, which refused to take Presse There were | her home, He said she she ident Taft's word for it that all that of Mil} after a domestic quarrel. The i with the secretary of tha ® verdict returned a verdict of | ‘terior. | suicide. Newspapers Active in Fight. ate them would tire you. It gives Shortly afterw Independent newspapers, both re- me a pain to even think of them. | Signed from the in| publican and democratic, all over “ which he had served « ited | nation have hammered inces- Passing, therefore, over countless | vatrolman, and dropped out. of |santly the secretary of the in- minor outrages which 1 could cite, | | tortor, hat there was Gtafosty & ike the giving of Jewelry k that fresh charges were not who would rather have jerseys and ¢ him, charges that against Jackets and Jumpers and food, and ae gees Byres pr hoy - serpy eo terms of denial. Secre- Ing of cigars to husbands who do Farge sae ge a spate por’ not smoke that brand, and the giv ss Roe she Map 6 Se Scien to mevbers: who have ntroversy {iret came to a worked marvels in bringing up fan when President Taft dis pe SE tces oan ean pers year R. Glavis, of Seattle, for gifts to those who celebrate Christ Aprosibon ey Prpgenn ss Mas ae & Kraft, and the giving of | with the C ostentatious things and the giving | Mah borage 4 Of foolish things—-passing over all land claims in Alaska e ‘there lesser blunders which have president later completely exoner- br allowed to grow into a positive jated the secretary, but failed hope- vice, Santa Claus is shown to have jlessly in creating any confidence in betrayed bis high off Ballinger. Glavis made public . » he made directly to the Far be it from me ni sonkiat tenon — with the ousted official. ate ol Try to Quell Storm. ire Since that time Mr. Ballinger jand bis friends have conducted a sort of an irregular press bureau in Washington in a vain effort to plain Christmas dinner for the hunge the trend of public opinion, ordinary workingman and his secumulated charges and ac wife and kiddies ons, however, were too great gestions Star re wept from the public mind gladly re ances, even though Menu Editor, known that President patly wished the people lieve in Mr. Ballinger. controversy has reached | LICENSE MARRY? NO! {Si % “and } |the husband out of the way, the Mr. Taft and Mr, Ballinger | gressione pr. |® M iversity commit ting Dr. + a ouncement 18e BAYS c { Taft has reluctantly ade mitted bh disappointment of hig that the country at large from the ensatior Francisco store first held A SIGN OF UNREST. Pitiful simul z out of their reach by of Santa Claus been the children been boost | ¢ here the al 7 |! rling him t he ever Widow J all not find th had any rec ord of th Oh, this is not slathers of cases like lonalre X., and tens of thousands tke that of Widow J. To enumer : CRIMINAL NEGLECT, That Sheriff Hodge has done geod work in renovating the King county jail was the unanimous Friendless waif entirely y an erprained in: ever even heard of St ieno {tution Nicholas one therefore, 1 seek for the | | to people | wages do price of The work at her wit's on small wages, as the not compare with the food, wood coal ingman's wife is end to know how to make the money reach from week's end to avother, and that Is the reason why only two classes of people can ha Christma the rich and real 1 Thank God, they can have it The letter ned by Subscriber,” was r 1 On Thursday The Star will print on its wom an’s page a Christmas menu and recipes for the workingman’s fam{ly—not for the rich, nor f the real needy, but just a good. editing of Dr. Cook was blow to the Danish sct- | one coal edy a ‘ in suggest im My mission is not that to recommend is my advice preside took up December 23, Let everyone who does not wear the collar of ote the | k intervening between Decen and January 1 and undo, each rding to his or her power, the injustice done by Santa Claus. Re store conditions to what they ought to be, If you have recels too much swag, restitute on to those who need tt others to assist. Rebuke Claus! OVERTURN TEM! all the more convincin lieved if the data and rec provided grounds upon | scientists could have es- | bossism, i a reaneanae ts for Ivory cigar holder. } | " ES “ 9 Meerechaum pipe SINFUL WASTE. | usher. that the Brookiyn explorer Cuff links, } hed the Pole this claim 4 Scarf pin. Pampered pet dog superciliously ee been mages Gnd upheld Ese hose inspecting gift of manicure set as tenable. iat ie =e Deak articles. Note the jeweled collar, eiderdown Raritiqn consisted of the Paient clothes hangers. blanket and glace kid bootees | has everything | world-renowned —_scl- aeaeaion: wen esta they ve ew 2 a Suita ‘ as MINISTER DIDN’T |FOUR NEW AMBASSADORS BUSY SHINING UP FOR FATHER, MOTHER OR “HIM” 1 found out, for instance, that He gives more to the rich than the poor! To hundreds gives nothing! PROOF OF PARTIALITY. Bunch of rich gifts lavished by the #yatem upon an individual who pai Induce old 8 THE ade of thousands he the Elis Stromgren; Command. Holm, director of the hic burean; Commander | tor of navigation; As} echyie, ot the University yon; Captain Ryder, of ological institute, and of the University of FOR MOTHER OR SISTER. Piece of china or silver. Dainty neckwear. Silk or chiffon scart. Bedroom slippers Belt buckle. Kimono. Silk stockings. House jacket Pocketbook. FOR “HER.” Flowers. Confectionery. Book. Engraved letter paper. Shirtwalst ring (perhaps, de- pends on circumstances). Desk articles Mm Herbert L. Bridgman, sec- Hat pin. FO the Peary Arctic club, Gloves. ve Year's subscription to maga. TURN OTHER CHEEK i zine or other periodical er (By United Press.) | NORTH YAKIMA 21.—| Overlooking that portion of the! seripture In which one is admontel led, when «mitten, Rev. Arthur N Sanford, of the Presbyterian church of Wapate, has filed sult in the #u | perior court of this city for agen to the extent of $5,000. Mr. Sanford lin & member of the school board of that city an during an altercation lwith William E. Devereaux, a c |tractor who is erecting the ne $26,000 school house for the boar the contractor struck the preache |blow on the mouth. The minister | holds that his earning capacity has been damaged brass ST BE SO, _ SAYS BRIDGMAN medal © By Untied Pree.) WELYN, N. Y., Dec. 21.— bm giad the Danes have ind the rottenness in Den- ¥ ay on the action of the Picture. Seientists in rejecting ¢tlaims to the discovery WHAT! A FARMER'S | Ce i ee i eae ieee ee eed * THE WEATHER. M Bole. Wridgman declared former friendliness of the WIFE PUT OUT MILK * TICKETS AT NIGHT? |« for Dr. Cook precluded ail} of their being unfair in| nied Pres) lon (By t NORTH YAKIMA, Dee GLOATS | A farmer's wife putting out the milk OVER THE NEWS | pan and ticket before retiring for mf (By United Prews.) | night, the same as her city sister, | INGTON, Dec. 21.—When | 4nd @ farmer going to town for eggs V's dispatch from Copen- | With which to ake a cake Is no un- mander Robert EB. Peary | sight in the nd $ ree = month ago from} B.A an @ I sounded explicitly and . route & worded warning to|among the ranchers and is one of , based upon complete,|three doing a profitable business Information regarding the |The ranchers are principalty fruit | Dr. In doing so | Srowers and the land is considered jy de-|too valuable to keep and my | chickens JILTED BY ’PHONE; SUES FOR $5,200 (By United Press.) ROCKY FORD, Colo,, Dec Alleging that she was literally waiting at the church, Miss Loyd is. off a %5-Yearold spinster of| his office be! Lamor, has brought suit for $5,200 thereby re-| against J, i, Dukes, one of the ent | think about other folks. When from $1,000 | known chtizens of Rocky Ford, for| little boys and girls write to Hean 1s serv! breach of promise. In the camplaint| him, he sald, they should re- | id declares | Miss Lyons alleges t the wed-| member that there are thou © put on @lding was fixed for Thanksgiving! sands and thousands of liittle given thé! evening. boys and girls who want things The marriage license Christmas, and everybody can’t cured, arrangements were have everything he wants. }and Wednesday morning Miss Lyons, accompanied by friends| f |trom Lamar and Kansas City, came | headquarters at The Star offic Har-| here for the wedding }is about the busiest place in town, | enator from| About 10 o'clock that evening,|Jf Santa Claus and his wife are to 1902, died sud-| she says, Dukes called her up on| any busier than the bachelors and it dines ue the home| the telephone and told her the wed-| bachelor girls on The Star, they nt here last njght, lding could not take place. haven't time to breathe, As Christ | Cam Fair tonight and Wednes with * day; light east winds. * * * * * * * ymmon ss Santa Claus has sent word to | mas the Christm editor of The Star that it will be impossible for him to anewer any Jetters received after Wednesday night. It takes so long to pack, and he has so far to come it will just be impossible for him to fill,any orders after that day, Oh, yes, he sald to remind little folks that Christmas was the time to be unselfish and Cook responsi e, and fulfille ‘the world and myself. —— HIS SALARY REDUCED. a cow cloth! office (By United Press.) ON. Mich., De 4 Bea will the} the board 21 | Sher. left | re Albert B fee tneone a | was se | TOR HARRIS DEAD. made, 8 The Bachelors’ Christmas club, ABY United Prens.) W A Frank home bachelors’ 4 Santa sible, wouldn't of the kiddies. By noon Tuesday the following cash contributions, John Doe ‘A Married Man BRASS BUTTONS. AND HUNTING MEDALS (By United Press) WASHINGTON, ed. when emitten, to turn the othor |28 happy politicians are busy today |from 8, Claus Taft are packing their dress suits, polishing| fitting with knee breeches and hunting up! son, buttons. ha. Why, Myrtle? Why, they're going to be ambas-|Gage, of California, to Portugal sadors and ministers and charges d'affaires and other brands of dip-|inations today. Why? Dec. 21 Some themeel ve . FRISCO RAFFLES LURES FAMILY FROM lomats to foreign lands. Among the happy recipients of the presents Richard C. Kerna, of Mixsourl, to Austria-Hungary; Henry Lane Wil of hington, to Mexico William James Calhoun, of Miinots to China, and ex-Governor Henry T The senate confirmed these nom-| j criminal proceeded to the sumed a kind-hearted attitu deeply affected by his “sad sion,” toid Mrs, Well that her band had been badly hurt in street car accident and wanted he The stranger's politeness and solicitude drove away and the distressed wife su to his courtesies. He women with their wraps, to. the locks on the doors, thetr he to pay Then street car dismounted, fares, of HOME AND THEN ROBS AT HIS LEISURE. "0 contained ROO RIO tok ny Max draws ing are n Witt A Monroe J. Nieman 7 Bachelor near, plan widens. | Mona of, money, toys, piling into The Star | United Press.) | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 police are searching today reincarnation of Lord Chesterfield and robbers who inveigled William Well, of this city, away keep an Con books begins to look us depot i All cases are being investigated as to worthiness, and, as far as pos Santa Claus will child just what he asks for a child asks for a whole toy shop, there'll have to be a Itmit or be anything for Wash send the The for the from “appointment” | Dill, the comedian, and sent Mrs. Weil and her matd hurry- ing to the Central Emergency hoa- AER! pital, where he said her husband BACHELORS AND OTHERS GENEROUS WITH MONEY AND PRESENTS FOR FRIENDLESS KIDDIES, CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR the | tribu. and like each Where there rest totalling $100, # 6.00 6.00 2.00 wae lying near death, after which | he proceeded leisurely to loot the Well flat of silverware and jew elry. The thief, who was orted to have been dressed in the height of fashion, called up William Well over the telephone, imitated Dill's voiee, and made an Immediate ap. pointment at a local theatre, With | * *® %& & & & ew ee Re eee | the Country club. Hevan Vachelor 5.00 2.60 © Le Ditmar } 0a Daeneior Duigat rom Bachelor Jackson, Knumolaw club, idgewater church, F 60 Waiker 00 Shafer, Brow. men's and boys’ clothiers, sent to The Star office thig morning two complete outfits for boye—suits, caps, suspenders, neckties, shirts, stockings. They wrote; “We appreciate your thoughtful ness fh behalf of the youngsters who are in need, and also in doing for the bachelors what they a tog busy to attend to themselves. “guilt complete for two-year-old child from a young mother” is an other gift. Other contributions in- eludé toys, Mrs. George Hitamond, 1117 Franklin av.; books, young! aw \* \* * * POSTOFFICE KEPT OPEN * Postr iter Russell an nounced today that the reg istry and stamp divisions of the Seattle postoffice will be kept open every night until after Christmas until 10 o'clock or later * * * * * clothing, book, Coral Ellis It isn’t too late for other folks give thelr boost to the Christmas plan. Contributions candy, nuts, toys, clothing—all th goes to make Xmas for the kids Will be received at The Star and carefully distributed WANTS PAIR OF BOOTS. Santa: I would like nea p » am 8 years off in April I ha other brothers 6 years, -8 and a baby t 4 months w poor or T woul boots. 1 liv ‘ will leave the door of anta dont forget to ‘om Bisco, come, Oblid IMBER ME AND SISTERS, L asked my » letter t vember me us have is «till very wel father nama is not (Continued on Page Nine.) mie hus. a or his suspicion, mitted assisted the attended and jrode with them a block in order | walked == |back to the flat and stripped it ery plece of jewelry and silver |woman; books, Isserlis and Ekart; | bachelors of at office jhave decided to appeal to congress |for a clean bill of official health. | It is understood that the investi- because | gation will be made by a commit- jhe neglected to marry Miss Fannie /tee from both houses, and that it |Carcenello, 19, after obtaining a] will go back to the days when Mr, marriage license. After taking out) Ballinger was general agent of the |the license the young couple went | land office | keeping at Fairmoun | Wee 7 lin howsekecpl rm ‘ity [THREATS OF DEATH court! FOR RICHARD PARR Va. They thought that when the got the big document at the house, with the beautiful ed seal upon ‘it, that it made them man| and wife | The young found out the (By United Press) CASTLE, Pa., Dec reino is in jail here NEW woman's _ parents|. NEW YORK, Dec. ry, however, /death by poison jand sent an officer with a warrant |8eainst Richard Parr, after the young man Miss Car. |treasury agent who un thed the cenello with follow him here to be {Sugar frauds of the Williamsburg legally married, in order to free |@ocks of the American Sugar Refin- hin, : ing company, are contained in a let- ter given out by him today and re- NEW TOY GETS A ht d, he — — iL MAN INTO TROUBLE) eh sas! MAN; |S STABBED pee ; (By United Press) | Thomas Coffey drove his brand! gy AND, Dec new automobile yesterday at a rate | Celestine Schmitz picked of 60 miles an hour on the nice hard | yei) and marched down the street roadbed of Greenwood ay. toward | yearing it, Fred Schwe pw had A deputy sheriff ph Lowhit arrested for assault saw him, and he will be tried be- |Win { to kill fore Justice of the Peace Fred C Schwentzow was stabbed by Brown soon on a charge of speed: | Lowht, he charges, because he had ing ed loud and long at Schmitz | the veil, Schwentzow was TRIED TO FORCE laid up 22 days, he said en or WOMAN TO MARRY eight witnesses occupied the entire morning in court trying to simi explain how and why the Louise Wezler yesterday out a ant against her divorced husband, ©. J, Wezler tabbing o¢ jcharging him with She says that her husband, rather than pay her the alimony ordered by the tried to force her to remarry lence special and the Because up a blue Jose when Mrs urred. | swore More Shopping “Days Befores # Christmas court him LAUNDRY WORKERS ORGANIZE TONIGHT retary Chas. W. Doyle Labor Council has ‘ 1 of the laundry w j the city to me this evening in the Labor Temple for the pur of organizing a permanent union here of the request kers of SUSTAINS VETO. the Federated at a m commended The committee of Improvement clubs yesterday afternoon y | Mayor Miller in his veto of the per petual franchises which the coun cil proposed to grant to the North ern Pacific for the Lake Union belt line. a ; “we ReNOEERS/