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pever sa Bo, Mill begin to come in as soon as the polls are F THE STAR WILL FLASH TT 2 ION | w a new tablecloth mother had cranberry VOL. 13._NO. 304, } FURTH VOTES FOR PARISH TODA ONE CENT. ON TRAIN vEWws ora ate 7 i work on? ELECTION RETURNS AT FIRST AND CHERRY TONIGHT SSS The Seattle Star fmcmm) _ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1912. How can you blame the barber forf preferring to talk rather than look, con-|} il sidering some of the faces he has tol HH { } WHI HH HE IS PLAYING THE GAME BOTH WAYS a wise old fox. No one will deny that. ye. Furth knows exactly just what he is doing. ss Furth, head of the street car and electric lighting monopoly, is out openly for T. A. Parish for mayor: Furth isn’t being fooled as to what kind of mayor Parish 0 es without saying that Furth’s support of Parish does not mean that the boss is against Gill. Furth’s in Hi is founded on the rock of “good business.” Did not Gill as mayor turn the city lighting plant mpetes with Furth’s concern, over to be run by a Furth manager? He did, and Furth has not for- hat favor. Furth is wise. sses, plays the game both ways. He knows that Gill’s nomination today is assured, and Furth, like all wise and suc- He wants to: pull Parish through as well as Gill. He wants the to be Gill and Parish. Then it won’t matter to Furth which is elected at the final election March 5. th this choice pair for the people to select from Furth could safely leave the whole matter to the people. i devote his whole time to his monopolies or take a jaunt to Europe, without the slightest worry as to me. the question is, do you want to boost the Furth game? If you do, vote with him and his kind for | AN TST ns, the job grabbers, the vice ele-| . They never divide their sup-) effort to divide and split up the peo- and the other men endorsed by The) are printed below, will, if elected, rep- are the people’s candidates. Not a) ag a single vote from the vice element (the people or from the Furth Big Bi these interests and elements are for Gi lon't care much which is elected mayor.) both, then they can’t lose. { the respectable special interest candi-| d man, R. V. Ankeny, is, for Gill. Nice,) n isn't it? Parish was put into the Stragglers who couldn't stand for Gill) And Parish is serving his purpose. Every} worse than wasted. It is in effect two) is just what the Gill-Parish backers Cotterill, the people's champion. by The Star should be given the en- Votes scattered, votes cast for personal Vote unitedly for these men TODAY: - FOR MAYOR . (Vote for one) PORATION COUNSEL e (Vote for one) | ala. AROS ESE x COMPTROLLER (Vote for one) _ Aa +X | xX} LMAN (ONE YEAR TERM) — ¢ x] and Cherry Tonight Sranged for the most complete election re- Will flash them as soon as they come in on ia of Good Eats, at the corner of First NO cars to cross the view of the people, and of the best in the city to hold a big crowd, in be seen from a large portion of Pioneer 't miss them. There'll be plenty of Remember, at the corner of First av. and CANDIDATE WORKS ALL DAY for mayor who is not making a holiday of MB o'clock this morning, like on all other Wells reported for the daily eight-hour iment, He will not have a chance to take me ong,” he said, “1 know every name | Bnd have known it for some time. it’s the to bottom.” Men 4| Today you are SUPREME. | bleman, ts a suicide here This photograph, dam bulit about the wreck. The hulk will be taken out to sea soon, amma and women of Seattle, this is YOUR DAY. ‘oday you-are greater than the bosses and more powerful than the POWER- FUL AND FAVORED FEW. You are armed today. In your ballots you have the most powerful of weapons. today depends upon the use YOU MAKE OF THOSE WEAPONS. Often in the past on election day you have mis- taken your real enemy. The false banners afloat, the treacherous WHITE FLAGS raised, have served THEIR PURPOSE, which “g divide your ranks and thereby weaken your strength. TODAY DON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE. Today you have the say. You are to decide just how your city is to be managed, whether it is to be managed for the BENEFIT OF YOU—ALL THE PEOPLE— or managed FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FA- D FEW. vORMARCH TO THE POLLS IN SOLID RANKS. VOTE FOR YOURSELVES. STRIKE FOR YOUR OWN CAUSE. BY YOUR VOTES TODAY YOU} CAN MAKE SEATILE “THE CITY OF THE PEOPLE, WHERE HUMANITY RULES AND COMMERCE SERVES.” VOTE FOR GEORGE F. COTTERILL. HE WILL GET NO VOTES EXCEPT FROM YOU EOPLE. HE WILL BE UNDER OBLIGATION TO NO “BIG BUSINESS” ELEMENT, TO NO STAND- PAT MACHINE FACTION, TO NO VICE CON. TINGENT. LAKE CITY, Feb. 20.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—-The Count Rainer Palffy, Austrian no-|historic old cruiser Pensacola, for “First Photo of “Maine” Afloat Again _|T. R. Is Getting just received from Havana, Cuba, was taken Just sfter the remnant of the battie- | ship Maine was floated to the surface of Havana harbor, by pumping water into the temporary coffer He had| years receiving ship at the San) | Ready for Speec (Ry Unites Frees Leased Wire) NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Although he arrived at bis office in the Out look early today, Col. Theodore Roosevelt received but few visitors, devoting most of the morning to reading the final draft of his apeech to be delivered at Columbus, Obio, tomorrow before the state Jobn Temple Graves, editorial writer for the New York American, | the Kansas City Star, were among the visitors today to the former |president’s office. Their calls, they jsald, had no bearing on the political lumbus at 6 p. m. today in a pri-| |vate car over the Pennsylvania | ratlroud Attention, Precinct Workers The |] who arc to report the results precinct watchers, jj for The Star's election re }[ turns, to be flashed at First av. and Cherry st., are asked to phone in immediately when the polls close at 8 p. in their precincts. Phone either Main 1125, Main 3640 or Main 1317. | ii | m. the number of votes cast nally to the bottom. | ed REAR AE HH Re * % Upholding the right of cor #/a ruling of the U. 8. cirenit court # porstions to use “dummy” en- # In connection with the filing of ap % trymen for the acquisition of %| plications of 210 entrymen on % public timber iands, so long #|Woise basin, Crooked river and w.as they do not “know” that.# Six-Four lands in Idaho in 1901 % the entries are a fraud on the. */and 1902, Investigating the en-| %® government, Judge W. B. Gil- &/tries the government instituted * bert of the U. S. circuit court #| proceedings against the Barber | * of appeals is on record in San &| Lumber Co, James T. Barber, Sum: | % Francisco today. */ner G. Moon, Wm. Sweet, John} * % | Kinkaid, Louis M. Pritchard, Pat-| rick H, Downs, Albert E. Palmer | OE EERE EEE EEE Ye ond Horace 8. Rand, in which it } (By United Press Leased Wire) | charged they had conspired to de SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 20.—/ fraud the governme y conspir “The worst blow conservation of | ine with former Gov. Steunenberg | lic lands to the actual Mttlore |Of Maho, John Tr. Ww re vi to gain unlawfully. large quantities hag received in years, lef public lands by the use of dum This is the verdict of conser-| my entrymen. vationiats here today on a de pe cision handed down by Judge W.| Gave Ghamek. FP. Gilbert of the U, 8. eireult court | " tied Besa a ot-appeaie in the case of the Barber} SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 2 Lumber Company mer governor | “1 hesitate to comment on the de-) Frank Steun: of Idaho and|eision,” said Louls R. Glavis, sec: | others, for al onspiracy to/retary to the state conservation | defraud the government out of|commission today, “before reading | large tracts of timber lands in| it in full, but if it holds that any | Idaho. one can make an agreement to dis- | Indge Gilbert's decision practi-| pose bf lands prior to the filing of cally allows the use of “dummy” |an application, then it {s inconstst: | entrymen by land-grabbing corpor.| ent with the United States supreme ations in unlimited numbers, this| court decision in the case of the use to be limited only by the pro-| government against Williamson, viso that the corporation must not | where it was held that such an “know” that their entries are! agreement was not only unlawful, | fraudulent. od to perjury.” ae - B d to Death [win Edin Goodrich win and Edna Goodrich urne 0 anced today, with Miss Goodrich LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.—Mre.|reported to be $65,000 richer as the Ri Locke, 60, employed at the|result of a compromise of her sult, Pingah home was burned to death | which has been pending for months curly today in her home. Her|in the Los Angeles county superior clathing is belleved to have caught |court, fire from a gas heater. She lived me —_— alone. RE RERN Re |Francisco naval training station, frequented the pool halls for BOY" | wag sold today by the navy depart. eral days, and his losses are sald | ment to Henry Rogers of San Fran- to have been heavy, \eisco, for $12,025, ¥ Eee gee fe in bee - *% — Occasional rain tonight and & MATRIMONIAL ACCOUNT * Wednesday; warmer Wednes- * SETTLED TODAY’|* day; moderate southeast wind. & LOS ANGELES, Feb, 20.—The|* Temperature at noon, 42, * A heavy vote was cast during the | neon hour today, indicating that the constitutional convention j laborin, | victory The morning vote varied in the and Col, Wm. R. Nelson, editor of | V@rlous precincts. it was exceedingly light, while in others, especially in the residence districts, heavy, The voting began promptly 7 ; | at 8 o'clock in many places and has | Col. Roosevelt will leave for Co-|K¢Pt up steadily. With ideal weather conditions, it jis believed that the primary elec- | ata TY : [tion today will bring out the heavi- | est vote in Seattle's history, even exceeding the recall election. the campaign managers predict at least 60,000 votes to be cast, out of | 3183. @ total of over 74,000. The heaviest voting bours will the Jaboring men will chance. of votes, compared with the total | registration, is being cast in Bal- lard and West Seattle. With the memory of 17 convic- tions and sentences to the peniten- tiary for false registration during the recall election fresh in mind, the old-time bullies who were accustomed to intimidate voters are practically wiped out in he present election. | cae are expected, and none has been reported during the morning. : Dispute at City Hall. A dispute between election offi-| cials in precinct 180, located in the | police court, in the city hall, re- |sulted in victory for Mra. Jesse Me | Donald, the inspector. She insist- jed that it The decision handed down by | ballots in the ballot box. # Gilbert came as an affirmation of | R. ut if you want your own man on the job at the city hall then VOTE FOR GEORGE F. COTTERILL. IS BEING POLLED men are going to roll up a lor their own candidates. that duty In some places it was comparatively them Expect 60,000 Votes. their — precinets, All between 5 and 8 p. m. when have their) The biggest percentage | LAWRENCE, last year still | Sewell. No serious was ber duty to place the Judges Hart and J. Hanna took ixsue Inter Ocean. main In the polling places. prosecuting attorney has given in- structions to all officials to remove with her, but she was apparently fortified by the law in the matter, and she was permitted to exercise Several reports came in to the effect that election officials permit- ted pictures of candidates to re- The Cotterill Autos. | The Cotterill campaign commit- tee has arranged for a number of automobiles to take invalids and those who are too weak to walk to to the polling places. Call up either Main 5878 or Main 5904, or Independent 3259 or ‘Says Policeman ays Policeman Killed Woman Mass., | Positive declaration that }man Benoit, and not Joseph Ettor, leader of the striking textile work- ere, killed Anna Lapizza, a striker, was made here today by Greta Feb. 20.—- Police Although Ettor proviously had introduced witnesses to prove that he was a mile distant from the scene when the Lapizza wo- man met death during a street gathering of strikers, he has been denied release, both on bail and writs of habeas corpus. CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Wm. Penn Nixon, veteran newspaper editor and politician, is dead here. Death resulted from heart failure, which was chronic with Nixon. For many years he was editor of the Chicago Growth Is an Indication of Strength Advertisers by their re- newals of contracts and in- crease of space emphasize in a substantial manner the fact that the returns from their investment in advertising in The Star have been profit- able. The tremendous gains in circulation for The Star during the past year demon- strate its strength in the field of Seattle and Western Washington as a foremost medium. Mr. Merchant, are you taking advantage of this fact? Are you taking advan- tage of The Star’s paid circu- lation of over 40,000 copies daily to advertise your goods? Rem , Star advertising puts you in touch with Over 40,000 Families Daily