The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 4, 1912, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE ENTITLED TO AN INHERITANCE FROM US We Can Give Them Municipal Telephon Why Not? Shall we give THEM over to a BELL TELEPHONE MONOPOLY, known as the SUNSET TELEPHONE CO? OR Shall we fight their BATTLES TODAY and SECURE for THEM a MUNICI-. PALLY OWNED TELEPHONE? YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE Tuesday WINS the BATTLE for THEM. If there is enough money made by the BELL attle on 49 per cent of their stock to pay LAR ¢ VESTM ', including their WATERED STOCK, why should not the citizen own their own telephone plant end be sharcholders in such profitable business? Why should the WORKING MAN and HIS HOME be deprived of a telephone be- cause of the exorbitant rates demanded by the Sunset Company, when the citizens can own their own Telephone Company and give telephone rates acceptable to ALL. OUR citizens? ii CO. in Se TIRE IN of Seattle Why should it require the daily vigilance of our city utility department to loop, ihe Bell or Sunset Telephone Company from taking from our citizens the Independent Tele- phone Company, which th itor Sunset ‘Telephone Company have no rights to? Why—if the Sunset Telephone Company want to be fair with our citizens regarding our rights in the Independent property in Seattle when we have $200,000.00 equity—don't they adjust all matters of rates and equity before they gobble up what+ belongs to ovr citizens? A Municipal Plant con use just what the Sunset is taking away from us, and the Sun- set know it and have been planning, scheming and having their workmen work day and night to do things that jeopardize the city’s interest. Should the Sunset be trusted with a monopoly of Seattle's telephone interest when they are trying to throttle and strangle all of Seattle's best neighboring county indepen- dent companies who have been feeJers to our business houses with thousands of dollars of business which the Sunset people would never have brought to Seattle? The Sunset proposes to save our citizens $240,000 by doing away with dual system How long would it take them to make it back when they begin to apply thei- $12.00 per month rate to the business men of come with the Sunset oe olies. LOW RATES come with $ <ICIPALLY OWNED TELE PHONE PLA We bequeath our Water Works Ss stem and our Electric Light System to coming generations—our SONS and our DAUGHTERS, RICH and POOR alike share in these great municipal inheritances. Why not bequeath also a municipal telephone plant—and thus save our children from the clutch of the Bell or Sunset monopoly? We can give our children’s inheritance to the Bell Telephone Company or to our own children, It is up to Fathers and Mothers. What will we do? Your vote Tuesday will express your views te for Municipal Owned Telephone Plant. Do you approve of this reasoning? First—The best and only way to control a monopoly is by municipat competition. Second—The Sunset Telephone, as they propose to operate in the future, is to become @ monopoly. You agree to both these propositions. Then your duty is plain—vote Yes for the municipal telephone, as stated in propesi- tion No. 1 on your ballot. Vote Yes on Proposition No. 25, and authorize the city to acquire telephone properties. Seattle, Wash., January 22, 1912 To the Executive Committee, Municipal | . Gentlemen—Your committee on city telephones respectfully recommends to the executive committee of the Mimicipal icague the adoption of the following joint resolution, adopted at a meeting of the chairmen of the telephone commitiees of the Rotary Club, New Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Club with the chairman of your committee on tele phones; the resolution to be presented at the current meetings of the four organyations mentioned : WHEREAS, agitation is being carried on and negotiations are under way for a merger of the F Pacific Tel ephone and Telegraph and the Independent Telephone sys- tems of this city, to be dominated by the first named, and WHEREAS, there are advantages to be gained by having all telephone service under one system, providing efficiency is maintained and the rights of the public fully protected, and WHERE and of lack of + , on the other hand, there is danger both of deterioration of service esponsiveness to public needs with competition removed, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal League that this organization strongly oppose the surrender by the municipality of any rights whatsoever, which may be re- served to it in existimg telephone franchises. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the present, and until some satis- factory solution of the telephone situatior is found and provided whereby users of city telephones and toll connections in the surrounding territory may be insured of service upon a fair basis, the interests of the citizens at large dictate the retention of Independent phones by the users of that service BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is of vital consequence to the business interests of this city and the co ence of the people of the state that in the eveat of merger of telephone systems ail connection with outside Independent Telephone exchanges in various localities be continued as at present. BE IT FURTHER and, if possible, to elim zation advocate conpul Same or contiguous territc E IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the experience of Tacoma and Belling- ham, gale ad have just undergone a merger of the Pacific Telephone and Tele system with the automatic system, he closely studied and an: ed with pari reference to Independent Long Distance service before municipal authorities sanc- tion any specific plan of combination RESOLVED, that, for public convenience and to minimize rate the so-called burden of the duplicate system, this organi- ty physical connection between systems occupying the y to be secured by requisite legislation BE IT FURTHER RESOI.VED, that this organization reiterate the recom- mendation already made by the N Seattle Chamber of Commerce that no action looking to a merger of the above telephone companies be taken until after a decision in a certain telephone case now pending before the Supreme Court of this state shall have been made. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this organization advise the voters of the city of Seattle to cast an affirmative ballot in the coming election for the pro- posed investigation of the telephone situation looking toward municipal ownership, to be made by the city authorities, with the distinct understanding that such af- firmative vote, for the purpose of securing said investigation, is in no way binding upon the yoters to favor a future bond issue for municipal ownership purposes, Respectfully submitted to the four organizations mentioned above For the Rotary Club, Fred Fverett. Por the Municipal League i Cassius E. Gates. For the Commercial Club, J. A. Snively. For the New Chamber of Commerce, A. J. Blethen, Jr. ae BUSINESS MEN URGE COTTERILL’S ELECTION } . | The average business man or franohine better lee except divekeepers and the 8, tions. the merchants who are not seeking Mlegitinate profite out pit grabbing monopolies, They are not fooled by Hi GI's buneombe that times ‘They know his promises axe mot meant for them or for any one | profesato the vice ® want George Cotterill are going to be] B. Co, and kindred grafting corpora ‘These business men have organised and have issued 4 statement in | dorsing to unqualified termes Cotterily for mayor. | mittee, consisting of 180 members, low | if. 8 Upper A, 8. Burwell © | Jno. B. Agen P. Hurwell 1. K, Betts B. Bogardus ). Baker LW Hallerd Booth Wm. M. Calhoun W. L. Childs P. 1. Curths Wiley Hemphill H. E. Jones |t. K. Kirkpatrick Matthew I Jon w. Ww w » MeAllaster Hn Miller inion Dr. Walter 2. Price Dr. B J H. Powell w « A, Dummitt 8, Etkenberry LB ii, Waiker Allen Geo. F. Aust £. P. Burwell L, 8, Booth Jno. B. Boyer Cc, H, Black c F. W. Brown Be: lL. J. Colman HH. F. Compton Dr. HW Le Chane Dou Capt, D. Thos, Davies D, P. Eastman | Dr BO. Rdgars [J W. Baw D. Bine 1. T. Lawler 8. Bylv ©. F. Lyons F. G. Hitt Frank J. Moran HF. Moore Kg Osborne A. O, Powell KE. Pole Dr. Ht H. Canfield ® L. Cravens Cc. EB. Downte R. E. Downe Cc. J. France J. W. Frerich HHA. Hastings | Ira Hincktey — Dr. A. B. Dr. BM. # Claude Prot. O. L Pickering’ James C A. Reynolds Jno, W. Troy Clifford Wiley © A.B. Plage Dr 4, M. Glasgow J, Rh. Juntion Lewis J Fr. 8. Lang M. J, MeCann Seth H. Morford A, Murphy W. Phillips W. BK, Starr Clarence 1. Geo. F. Frye KB, Shorrock W. D. Wood Cc. 8. Wills D. Folkom Geo, TR. Hansen *. KBbourne D. Lane KR. D Baker 4 .* Thomas Go Hagleson v aters © Hallaine W. Nichols * A, Cushing Robt. Moran Harry B, Moore € Pigott Perkins A. Behroeder Torrell rrall Wilson Jeo. H. Bartell 8. Upper Ww. H. Ahrens A. Flower ce W. Mellen w FP. Compton Wm. Pigott M. J. Carkeek George Colman Walter Harrah Arthur Whalley John A. Whalley c Dr. H. EB Chase peupanen Tammie The executive com. signs the statement, The names fol- Perry Polson Capt. Frank Winslow Geo, D, Mack 8, Mills J. A, MacKinnan 0. . Thorgrimson Dan, Karle M. Wientling ¥. M. Gion ¥, ¥. Blaine Frank 8. Batley Fred KR, Thompson W. B. Hutebinson C. H. Heattie H. W. Pennock J, W. Launderson Geo, A, Virtue Wm. K. Sheldon John W. Wallace 1 N. Just Bdward A, Cravens Harry Hurley Dr. David De Beck Judge F. A. McDonald A, F. Mowat Thomas H. Ryan W. Furty Dr. C, T. Cooke T. A.C. Josenbaus George Walters T. J. Byrne Leonard Johnson BG. Mille KE. Bowman W. L. Butler 0. L, Robel A. A. Jones Jon ¥ Adame W. M. Elliott Carl Ericson Bilger M. J. Henahan Bronson B. Morris HM. L. Sizer k N. W. Hagens ‘estor D. M. Taggart John J, Ettiott A. Robinson 0, J, C, Sutton Dr. H. G. Lazetle J. W. Witham RM. MeClennan T. M. Daulton A. J. Wilkins John F. Adame KH. Branson A.D. Esheiman J. Smith H.W. Melien Ww. B. Merr ow brick White Kelton lan Kidd Rinninger Bokert Lather ‘Whalley Whalley YOU'LL FIND IT HERE NEWS OF THE DAY CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE SE REE EE ERE NE EE HE! * Madame Schumanp-Heink, th: famous singer, arrives here to @ morrow and will rest for a ® day. preparatory to her con @ cert to be given at the Moor theatre Wednesday. *! cee eer e eee Rev. J. L. Brandt, LL.O., pastor of the First Chriatian’ church, St.) Louts, oceupled the pulp™ at the University Christian church yester day. © hes been invited to per manently occupy the pulpit. Kirktand voters, are sorely per plexed as the result of the school election held Saturday which re- sulted ina tie. Both Mra. Hanting ton and Hebt. Porter, candidates for the positions received, 148 votes out of the 276 baliots cast Lincoln Davis, state president of the Eagles, will be accompanied by over 200 members of the Seattle acria when he pays bis official visit to the Bremerton order next Thurs day evening. Cheat eneneeene * * # Mr«. Joseph L # of Rev, Garvin of the First * % Christian church, yesterday ad. & # dressed the congregation from * % the pulpit on foreign missions. * * SERRE EERE EE EE EE Seat sale for the annual minstrel show to be given by the boys of the Y. M. C. A. at the Moore theatre Saturday night begins tomorrow Over 10 will participate in the pro gram which promises to stash all previous records. J. C. Ford, vice president and gen- eral manager of the Pacific Coast Co,. indicted by the federal grand ber of other local steamship men, charged with alleged violation of] the Sherman anti-trust law, appear: ed before U, 8. Commissioner Tot ten Saiurday and gave bali in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance for Feature of the regular weekly sup- per and business meeting of the Commercial club will be the elec- tion returns to be speedily flashed at the close of the regular order of | business. Pedro Gonza' charged with murder of Martin Cabarria at Fort Lawton recently, was brought Jay from Portland, where | was captured March 4, 162, just 50 . years ago today, Maj. Gen, H. W. Hal- leck wired Brig. Gen. U. 8. Grant: “You will place Maj. Gen. C. F. Smith in com mand of expedi- tion and remain yourself at Fort | Henry. Why do you not obey my orders to report strength and po- sitions of your command % Seven years later Halleck saw Grant inaugurated as president of the United States. The people of the United States had declared thelr notion on the “disgrace of jGrant.” Garvin, wife *) jury at Juneau along with a num-| Star course About ttople John Moore te a big m physl- cally and as a trade untoniat. As president of the ‘Ohfo miners union he ve much aeay and should the soft coal miners throw down their picks and shov- ela Maroh tat. ee Secretary of War Stimson es corted his dog to Ft, the ‘white house ‘Athe other day While Stimson was talking to the president Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin tripped over the pup. What breed of dog is that, 1 he asked the secretary was the reply, “his And Taft laughed. ANXIETY i Tramp outside the gate)— Does your dog bite? Mrs. Weptonwish (on the porch)—VYes, he does, and—oh, please don’t come in! We are #0 particular about what we feed him ont A apecial meeting of the 76th pre- jelnet workers will be held at the home of Mrs. Emily M. Peters, 2437 First ay, N., at 8 this evening || “The Menace of Socialism” will |be discussed in a lecture at the Y. M. C. A. next Friday evening by | Frank Dixon, as a feature of the On the following Fri- jday evening the opposite side of }the question will be presented by Byron Piatt, in a lecture entitled |"The Mass Against the Man.” | Scandinavian Political Meeting. A political meeting to be given under the auspices of the Scandt-! navian Progressive club will be held at the 1. O.G. T, hall, 411 Virginia }at., tonight at & o'clock lowing will speak: | Councilman Erickson, E. J. Brown, F. RB. Car! Benson Geo. F. Cotterill, oJe Smith, Chanrles and HER CONCESSION “How do you know she's older than you are?” “Why, she admitted it her- self.” “Honeatly? say?” “She said, ‘You and | are just the same age, dearie.’ "Toledo Blade, What did she CHICAGO, March 4.—Affection of the heart, superinduced by acute | William Bayard Cutting, capitalist and lawyer of New York city, NEW YORK, March 4—-Wo Chung, a well-to-do Jaundryman in the Mott street district of New York, can claim the distinction of being probably the first Chinaman ever sentenced for perjury In the United States, CHICAGO, March 4.—Policeman (Chris Dressel, said to be a model for honesty in the department, has resigned after completing twenty- three years’ esrvice. 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