The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 1, 1911, Page 6

erase u SATURDAY, APRIL 1 1911, ONLY FIRE ESCAPE IN NEW YORK SWEATSHOP FIRE WAS A DEATH TRAP THE STORY CLEVELAND, Ohio, April t~ son Today is the tenth anniversary of| Hor the first half of his life, Tom Tom Johnson's first election as Johneon was just plain miliionalre mayor of Cleveland, he roused him: | like hundreds in the country, They self from what It is feared will live and die, for the most part soon prove his death bed to announce |forgotten. Johnsor ney strength he might be U, 8. senator at 1 be reduce today in place of Atlee Pomerene ; bey so gp gp Prat Berenice Canton lawyer whom he lifted out |‘? on eitce ‘poe ‘Goumpane eaene of obscurity two y ago to ct @ Chevel , test the nomina govert ge AR IB ee wag So ge ee ee Johnson was eara abead of — core rBve time, But Cleveland Is on the worth while. Had t and ' lb AR gen year it would have been a/! May DP viv A : dish: ned and disappointed Bes it was that he hammered hy There s a moral and ar ra-|year after year the big, imposing WE! of pearl sticks, and Mi WEDDING CAPS pearl sticks, and Mis WASHINGTON’S rhe SOCIAL SEASON {"" This photogtaph shows the only fire escape on the 10-story building in New York, where 144 persons perished in a sw fire in the three upper stories. The iron shutters on the windows which led to the small, flimsy fire escape opened outward, so that a girl on the fire escape landing could not reach the fire escape | without closing the door behind her. Many om this fire} escape and were killed on the paveme: The picture also shows how th and ninth stories collapsed with the weight of the New York university, who stood du fire at the very window from which this ph that none of the girls reached safety from the fire ¢ only a cheap, flimy contraption, Installed to camply the law, —= Crooks Blow Safe; Police Shot Down (By Cotted Presa) Jthe court house. Using DES MOINES, Ia. April 1.—Ar-| dynamite to rip the It rests of prominent men are pre-|they blew the depos dicted here today through an al-|Dbits, entirely destroying $100,000 leged conspiracy to loot the vault |in tax receipts by the force of the | of the Polk county treasurer's of-| explosion fice, which was blown this morning| Attracted by the report a the eighth | Students | pros raph was taken, declare which was with ase Feed—heting Price. Washington Tim enough | police previons to a battle with the po-|/came on the scene just as the ban- | ae ee Hee, in which Roundsman McMickle | dits, frightened by the noise, fed, | 8 8 was shot in the face and A. L.| Without taking any coin. In a bat | a is Rhodes, one of the robbers, was | tle which followed, Roundsn ne ‘f captured. Mickle was shot In the face. A. L. ; Charging a conspiracy of county | Rhodes, one of the robbers, was ‘ , officials with the dynamiters, the | captured, and posses of the police H . ‘ police have arrested James O'Cal-|@re today combing the city for his “ . | fellow bandits. are under surveillance. As evidence of conspiracy, the police point to the fact that the|a year, the Spanish cabinet x COUNT AND COUNTESS POURATES., WASHINGTON, D. C,, March 31 i —The wedding of the Count Pour ates and the Countess Bernstorff CABINET FIRED. MADRID, April 1.—After se windows through which the robbers | by Premier Canalejas, was forced) entered the court house at midnigitt | out of office today through the ac were opened from the inside. C. | tivity of the republicans. W. Kellar, a clerk In the treasurer's office, was In the building, and was| WANT SINGLE SESSION. March 27, was the most bri left bound and gagged by the rob-| students of Lincoln high-school| affair of th vo j ne [31% bers. The police refuse to allow! have petitioned ns of val Be Kellar to make hia story public. | ing that a sing! anted ived at t ; me Blew Sate to Bits. during the rest of the semes-| Mrs. Taft sen valu x tongue, tresb 1a So far as known four men entered | ter I white silk fan v oe (6 1% n ed Meate—Selling Price e . 3 BANKERS GIVE SH Forty-Light Cents BRINGS IN Two Thousand Seven Hundred fifty Dollars The other day Mr. B na Park, inserted a small classified ad in The Star Jenton, 5566 29th av. N. E., Raven- The fol- lowing morning a party called in response and paid $2,750 for the property advertised. Now this is happening every day. If you have anything to sell, let a STAR WANT AD Bring your ad in or call Ind. 441 or Main 9400 and we will give it careful attention. ; Keep your eye on The Star want ad page. bargains. HARRY COLWELL. There'll be something doing at {the Grand, April 11 and 12, For | the bank clerks are going to appear }in burnt cork. Yer real, old | fashioned — minstrel Harry Colw Jone of the 12 end men Jof 60 is rehearsing n the direction of Paul Five vaudeville acts is promised. i show A chorus ghtly Sternberg sell it for you Haw halle for priv Trial alwaye It is full of NEW LOCATION 1406 Fourth Ave. Diagonally Across From P.I FEDERAL PAINT & WALL PAPER COMPANY that if he lives he will run forsaking Inetinet bis mayor again. Wm. 4. Bryan| money, starting as & oot car con visited Johnson this morning decter’ Bet: be. We rtiafled I b fn " ,|And when he had re twioe ® public life worth while? Is It/ through Henry George Pre worth while to fight the battle of |anq povert Joht urned his To back on it all and ¢ ted on the ohnson has had many | sige of the peop cove ne to doubt this during hi Johnson might have earned many ite } H millions In Wall at, Today b As he Hes, probably dying, be is!iit the shell of a once imposing [supremely confident that it was | fang eminently worth wi that there were « r ons for every draw Ast cA pip Eek baake years, JobnRon made the most vig-| 7 Tom Joknecd itv he in be |Oroun and effective fight against Ch . f public service corporations the next mayor of Cleveland for ae : ae mcg eee aetna the asking Had he had the 3 chront car man bimeett, We , of the Northern bank, is| under | besides the | OF A MAN NAMED JOHNSON : oN [and the public service corporations | But Johnson fought them at thelr Then the remarkable ret as have duties, In a period w own game. He started his own|pened, the thing that > Hn! ite, every big city was in a hop bank aa a financial base of sup-|non doubt ther sd Gna dot Hrs Ais. grip of its corporations, John pli He used the courts He | fight wa « while i* great carried the message of hope. The built atre on nes over night Within a year the street car com That's re people could fight and could win— while bis enemies slept. Once he | pany, backed by the united capital year ag ‘ Freehand that’s what Johnson's life taught, | planted a line of pol snd wires and braine of every street car c t of office +) nwon, | Johnson had a bitter fight, of down into the heart of the city and | pany in America, reversed the v “ He course, He wa h every day within a block of his goal, the pub |tory. They destroyed his credit, of ence he was in off ught him! He squ before the und out broke his bank, pulled @ strike or k ee at the pe ar sthe courts, Once and stopped him with an injunc- him, gained contro! of the lines |( . ad they even went into the lature | thon again by referendum vote and k pd ayor and took away th harter of ever Johneon won. He hammered the celvership and drove Johnson out * , ta ‘Ohiny city in Obie to beat Johnson old gang to their knees and forced of office. tan ~~ anal i That old corporation weapon, the the moat remarkable settiement in| It was a el injunct was brought {nto play America, getting full contro! of all —a story « a sedi step by his corporation the tines in Cleveland in the hands resentation « ar j yi pie of the officials of the city para 4 SOMETHING FIERCE WHAT OUR BRAVE ARMY HAS TO GO THROUGH HOUSTON! A ae j You Oomwy Uke YOUR OWM BLAMKET You CAM 2 VVEMILE DUSBAtE WARD | Ss (.* PARA ih. Fp Fe ARMY OF THE BOYS ARE QUARANTINED | With MEASLES ANO mUMPS Hf I Wick A DAY CAVALRY AE ren Tra THOR, none wee To IAT ER > NOBODY COUNTS HOw MANY TES 4 Oar THE MOSSES TAKE CAALRY MEN To extn? DEAD MAN RIDESUHUH, AIN'T WEGOINGTO — MOTORCYCLE HAVE NO WAR AFTER ALL? Tedr over Ofroas INEPEOTION STOCKTON, Cal s\from his course, for a distance of ANTONIO, Tex Local merchs who recently the result of the tragedy at the|™ore than 100 awarded contracts to t govern nt 000 worth aikatehatk cide tinal Se - 0 t ommissary depa nt that only | k bre r al ¢ would now be needed, and jin which C. H. Land . CLANCYS GET STAY. ably would be cancelled. by pretincatr tt Sinene of one of the HOLD HEARING MONDAY. | morrow have f against whom the The Federation of State Societics Land was a victir ic hearing on the Meadows Y, thought 76 Gambian b he meets in the Commercial Club kt Main por The que rooms Wednesday to lay plans for cks show t her raight |time for arraignment and pleas ec house boosting Seattle | line for the tree. wavering to Wodne Publishers’ Sworn Affidavit of. Paid Circulation Phenomenal Growth in Circulation of The Seattle Star This statement of circulation is a SWORN statement of actual paid circulation after deducting all spoils and unsold copies. The average circulation of THE STAR last December was 34,681 JAN. 1911 FEB. 1911 36,614 36,305 36,744 36,767 MAR. 1911 39,582 39,589 39,374 39,410 30,689 35,528 35,356 35,426 35,342 35,265 39,635 40,001 43,232 40,983 43,086 39,926 37,216 48,425 40,291 37,497 37,883 37,558 35,716 35,060 35,183 35,245 35,139 35,267 40,550 40.482 41,247 38,374 38,196 37,590 38,901 38,341 38,728 THE STAR'S paid circulation is now over 35,707 the 40,000 mark. 35,740 35,863 35,906 36,055 35,491 In a period of about two and one-half months THE STAR has increased its cir- 38,619 culation more than 5,000. 39,160 45,551 39,663 40,811 40,042 Thirty thousand of the total 40,000 circula- 35,716 tion is right here in the City of Seattle. 35,439 35,846 36,290 36,370 35,853 Ninety per cent of the remaining 10,000 is within a radius of 25 miles of Seattle. The circulation of THE STAR has in- creased steadily and consistently from year to year, but the growth so far this year has been phenomenal, surpassing all previous records. 39,714 39,796 36,696 36,379 i, M. H. Voorhees, being first duly sworn depose and say, that I am the Vice President and Business Manager of The Star Publishing Company and that the above state- ment of paid circulation is true and correct in every par- ticular, Lm Vice President and Busines ze Sroorw:ie ana salecrtled ite defies sl ches Seer ee hb OE 4. D., 1911 Nevary Pubiw ,. © pans oe BENATOF WASHL: tor Js day night HOT REARDC Mwice mar 8 financial or Sali tor tr remes Ss’ Ri May garment