The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 19, 1912, Page 1

h for \ fish in the sea > But all of ther The Seat ONLY INDEPENDENT ‘NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1912. F. COTTERILL ™ MAYOR OR AS PRIVATE CITIZEN KS, PLL KEEP UP THE FIGHT ~GEO. F. COTTERILL Seattle, February 19, 1912. Beall of several hundred of our truest and most progressive men and RoW-partisan primary contest for mayor. During these weeks it has ‘meet the oa in all sections of the city. I have endeavored to present Mes Of municipal government for which I stand, and to plainly indicate the ch will be my guide if called into the public service. is now completed. Without the resources of contributions from and would-be beneficiaries of municipal polities hostile to the pub-| backing of any machine or party organization, we have rallied an! $ for the Common Good,” unequaled in my memory of campaigns back to the memorable contest of 1895 for our Cedar river water sys- | 5 “Sol a at every intervening contest, the Post-Intelligencer has voiced the old M pleas for the entrenchment of private monopoly and special privilege with The Star as a tower of strength in advocacy of the people's pro- the host of devoted workers ready for effort and sacrifice, I, believe we battle. With a total fund of less than a thousand dollars, made up butions of hundreds of friends, our committee has carried on a campaign! than others expending several times that amount. A detail state- With the comptroller in accordance with the state primary law, whether the Tequires it t. The people have the right to have this publicity for public office. HY to remind the people in this closing ‘word of my platform, qualifica- do not seck the office of mayor for the sake of the salary, the influence} esomierred by the position. To me it appeals only as a post of supreme op- rable and useful pr service to this strategic city, at a focal period when , for safe, ive progress towards the greatest an dtruest pros- mas ever known. Pigment that my long residence, special training, experience and study of| bring efficiency and economy to the public service, I shall appreciate past efforts the city water system, the city lighting system and other | Y firotests and « ests against the abuses of private franchise monopolies,| le for the progressive principles of true popular government—if these | UF approval t the people's command for further service. ‘To advance} future of Seattle, for the benefit ofall our people, will be my umemitting| ust be r no constrt a city of commerce and industry. Let us strive to make it such by as- of our progress and prosperity ‘ y 4 city of homes, ti. only safe foundation for individual of commun'ty and keep our city singly free fro mthe influences which thyeaten and and hin Pa city de BF, discrimination or vengeance. of the People.” : d I am enlisted for life service, whether as mayor or private citizen, GEORGE F. COTTERILL, 1 happiness ated to true Liberty, protected by the people's laws, enforced On this foundation we can progressively || Horner, Thomas R nity as the incentive to enterprise, and justly distributed burdens and} —. You will not find Jacob Furth’s name on the of- ficial ballot tomorrow as a for mayor. But you will find on that ballot, skillfully conceal- ed in the dust of other political idsues, all that Jacob Furth represents. The ame may be the name of Hiram, but the voice is the voice of Jacob. Hi Gill, in addition to all the other things sents in municipal vice and on and indecency, ie Ge shag the Furth system of run- hing ruling Seattle for profit. Thomas A. Parish, the Ualiee chdiiets, in addition Hi Gill, as mayor, named as, city lighting depenteneet. Wet ao man R. M. Arms, w incompetent servility to } ‘8 private corpor- ation interests pound hundreds of thousands of dollars into the treasury of the Seattle Electric company. Sincé the city light plant has passed into the control of men owing no allegiance to Furth his iting crew IT HAS COMPELLED THE PRIVATE COMPANY TO MAKE A 25 PER CENT UCTION IN LIGHT- ING RA HAS REDU! THE WATERED PROFITS OF THE SEATTLE IC COMPANY BY A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS AN- NUALLY. In the intment and of R. M. Arms under the Gill administrati w plainly the hand AND LOSE, BECAUSE EITHER ONE WOULD LE SAT- ISFACTORY. Gill’s relation to this situation neds no explanation. Parish’s attitude towards it is only a little less clear, for Parish stands for nothing that is in open op- position to that for which the name of Furth stands in this community. The one candidate against Jacob Furth is Geo. F. Cotterill. tm the politics of Seattle Furth stands for ali that Cotterill does not, Cotterit! stands for all that Furth does not. ever you may vote In the mayoraity contest for just one of You may vote for Geo. F. Cotterill or, You may give your vote to Jacob Furth. VOTE FOR ALL _ OF THESE MEN two Star’s Election Returns at First and Che he repre-| superintendent of the tle Sta ONE CENT. rry Tomorrow Night Science doesn't know whether a microbe is a plant or an animal. They couldn't have examined a mollycoddle. JACOB FURTH _|had its climax in death. *| thorities are in a quandary over the TWO FALLS INHOUR | ~ RESULTS IN DEATH: One bump, with a man fleeing from arrest, near the corner of Main and Fourth avenues, knocked Charies Christensdh into insensi- bility early yesterday morning. An- other, when he fell from a receiv- ing truck in the city Hospital to the cement floor, some four feet below, The av- strange case, but it is almost cer- tain criminal prosecution will re sult. Sound in body and mind, Chris- tensen set out from the Grand Un fon hotel for a morning walk. Hur- rying around the corner Otto Michelofski, wwo was wanted on a pavement and rendered eee 4 COETTRILL MEETINGS TO- & «+ NIGHT * rere. * in Arcade hall — Volunteer ®& workers especially invited. * Dudley's pall, South Park, # Modern Woodmen hall, Ra- & venna. * Gatewood school, West Se attle. * eeR NE aka WEATHER FORECAST *& Fair tonight and Tuesday; & light variable winds, mostly & Jsay Uhat the man had fallen trom the truck and was dead. A post mortem Is being held this afternoon in an effort to learn if |the first fall or the second was the jeause of death, but the fact that he |moved sufficiently to roll off the| truck seems to indicate that the second fall was the fatal one, In that event, a charge of criminal |* Westerly. Temperature at ® jcarelessness may be made against |* noon, 40. * } those in charge at the hospital RR KEREHKKKKEHK eee e «ee EE uncon: | or Star, after careful investigation of all the tenvsen, who was knocked to sl Over 200,000 jidates, advises its readers to vote for the candi- scious. In the meantime, Police dates named below for the various city offices. These! man Henry Liek caught up with candidates, if elected, will be under no obligations ex- cept to the people. They are the people's candidates and they will serve the people if elected. FOR MAYOR (Vate for one) | Cotterill, George Fe FOR CORPORATION COUNSEL (Vote for ont) FOR CITY COMPTROLLI i (Vote for one) | Quigley, Andrew J. c he FOR CITY TREASURER i (Vote for one) e vis ‘att, George W ‘i FOR COUNCILMEN (This is for the three __ Vote for three) _ [Mohr P. K- | Goddard, A ES ERNE, iloek FOS § 3 FOR COUNCILMAN (ONE YEAR TERM) | Burgess, David. mt “Harmony”; a “get-together” “Prosperi ceperity’; but the future irit; but that harmony must be found: of Seattle must not be shadowed by the mark 5 Seattle’; but it must also be a safer, better, nobler Seattle—a true “City for the People, Michelofskl, wanted on a petty petty charge, and sent him and the unconscious Christensen to the sta tion together, Michelofski going to} a cell and the unconscious man big the city hospital The hospital attendants put ..| Christensen onto a receiving truck, but Dr. Ristine decided the case was not a hospital one. He said Christensen had been drinking __| The second fail happened while | Dr. Ristine was in the station low, arguing the point with Desk Sergeant Olmstead. placed in a cell, During the dis +) cussion an attendant came down to to know HOW AN EGG? And want a real live Want TO BOU do YOU hen or a dozen perfectly fresh eggs? If you have any curiosity about it all, please turn to-page 5 today. be- | The sergeant } refused to allow Christensen to be} People read The Star every day. Ad- vertising men and newspaper men uni- | versally concede five readers to every paid subscription to a daily newspaper. This proportion is never disputed. | These 200,000 people reside in Se- attle and immediate suburbs. Mr. Ad- vertiser, do you want them to know you're in business? Do you want to bid fer their trade? Advertise in The Star—That’s the » only way you can reach all of them. Can you afford to miss such a golden oppor- tunity? The Star has a daily paid circulation of OVER 40,000 led ition of Common Justice, and that “getting-together” must be for the Common Good. . “‘dollar-mark,” "but brightened by an increasing devotion to the ideals of Human Helpfulness and Human Happiness. where Humanity rules and Commerce Serves. GEO. F. COTTERILL.