The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 5, 1912, Page 1

MISS THE FUN AT FIRST AND CHERRY TONIGHT—STAR ELECTION RETURNS recipe for happiness is Henry Drammond. oes 30 want Roosevelt, 15 want Taft, 10 want 4 want Harmon, 4 want Clark and 4 want by a[their first, second and third choices of every for president in 191%- A total of Star 87,963 first choice voten were cast. news: shown by the poll, and which could not be tabulated, was the wide. spread disregard of party lines, | ‘Tnousands of votes were cast where the first, second and third cholee would read. “Taft, Hughes,” or “Harmon, Taft, Clark,” or “La Follette, Wilson, Roosevelt,” or “Roosevelt, Wilson, La Follett or “Wilson, Roosevelt, Cummin: The returns from the South are Particularly encouraging for Wil-inegs men in the list, a son. In every fe but two be led the field. In NeW York Taft ran ahead of Moosevelt, 1,289 to S61, and Har- ; mon ran ahead of Wilson. In Ohio, the president's home state, Roosevelt beat Taft 1176 to #02, I QUAFFED THE GUP NOW THE. DREGS! maying on the steps of the postoffice build- Af she could have been frozen into granite ig she would have made, a fitting monument eye eeattle’s history which is best forgotten. She had made a night of it. Her dilap- over her left ear. Her stringy, un- ling down. er eyes were rheumy and @taw scratch on her cheek, and her face mud, Her dirty hands were like talons. she was 40. li she ever had youth and sence, all traces of them had been erased by Yet she Was somebody's daughter, somebody's EMOdy's mother! and some laughed. It is a sad com- ine sense of humor that more than half cent women regarded her, some with for and pity, but none with amusement. many in the spetcacle of a sister fallen. Immaculate skirts aside as they passed. Passing out through the revolving door, in his hurry, and she muttered words of that fortunately most of those on Mot grasp their vicious intent. 6 be eves were bright. Once, perhaps, her icirws quafied the cup. But now the dregs! Wy, hose’ She teetered there, grinning vacuously, ‘fay, #t the passing throng. ‘ She wore a badge of white ribbon, M48 inscribed in black lettering; “I am for HEART Mareh 5,- 7 Hira |NOW JOHNNY KNOWS (By United Frees Leased SAN FRANCISCO, March |what started automobiles. iL, 14. NO. 3, lonly the names of Hi Gill and: the socialist candidates, he would pile the socialists ten deep in jail and pile bricks on t One of the remarkable things | @) DECENT MATTER SHOULD NOT BE SENT THROUGH Harmon,|ment yesterday. Other names which were similarly used by the A. &. Elford, supervisor of the New York Life Insurance Co., | he Seatt _ONLY INDEPENDENT. NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE HIT HARD TODAY—MAKE IT THE FINAL BLO SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1912. le Star ONE CENT. Look out for the eleventh hour campaign lie. It's a favorite trick with the gang, and the) Gill program has not omitted { he gang it or refute it vicious the lie may be it, figures that they can circulate any lie, and there would be no chance to deny So that it would have everything to gain and nothing to lose, no matter how Yesterday afternoon, for example, the Giilites got a lot of red cards printed containing And Hi Gill said in open council that of them Sunday night some of the moving picture theatres showed sides stating if Gill was de- feated it means the closing of the shows on Sundays. This was an absolute campaign lie, and Cotterill in direct terms so declared it. Sunday shows, theatres, baseball and all other legit- imate amusements are protected by law, and neither Cotterill nor Gill can close them. Paid advertisement for Hi are openly against Gill. Gill yesterday carried the nam branding that sort of tactics as “forgery.” Don't be deceived by the gang’s ELEVENTH HOUR LIES, Don't lose your vote by being carelons, or by making a mistake. be given two ballots. One contains the names of the candidates and the various municipal propositions and charter amendments, voting and mark your ballot correctly The other embraces the port commission's program, Following the namen of the candidates there are seven city propo- es of certain business men who ui The Gill shanagers thought there woulda’t be any time to nail that }lie, but John E. Price and a few others whose names were used have issucd statements When you enter the polls, you will Take your time while sitions. Don't get these propositions confused with the charter amendments whieh follow. The propostt to tWenty-seven. Remember that Monument to Gillism whe you cast your ballots today. : | that your lighting rates are lower because Gill and Furth were pried out of the city the United States, 65 are progressive and tight plant. ber Seventeen gang voters were convicted fol'owing the ree out for the illegal voters today. steals the honest man’s vote. tions are numbered from one to wen. The charter w all election one year ago. The crook a the polls is the mendineénis are numbered from one Also remem- Look lowest type of thief. He PART OF HI GILL’S RECORD HAS BEEN SENT THROUGH THE UNIT- D STATES MAILS, AND NOW HI HIMSELF IS COMP) INING THAT IN- E MAILS. Hi That the names of many business men have been “forged” is 1: Arc made by John E. Price, whose name appeared Price is not only against Gill, but is several others. ‘“My name was “Gillism must certainly be gaih votes,” said Price. as one of the men supporting in severe straits if they have t in a paid advertise- tively supporting George F. Cotterill. Gillites without authority are those of | Schwager & Nettleton and used without authority,”: said Elford, “as were those of many other busi- nd I am one of them who is not afraid to come out and say so. o resort to forgery in order to “Are you going to throw down Hi Gill and elect a foreigner?” That was one of the choice arguments use public platform d at the Gill meeting Saturday night from the Cotterill was born in England—and that was the reason this insult to all foreign voters in Seattle was made. You are invited to be The Star's guests tonight at First and Che be used to accommodate the crowd. there will be fun and amusement for all. have a man in every precinct to p hone ii No cars to bother. Complete r The Star will get the ret result the minute it | THERE THEY ARE, PRIZE WINNING STENOGRAPHERS Well, girls, it's over—the pret ty stenographers’ contest are the prize winners and here Miss Anna Windell gets the prize of $10 cash, offered by the rry streets. The whole street will eturns, and, no matter who wins, urne first because The Star will & known, pear ip the 1911 Seattle directo: He registered jn Precinct 180 Jan uary Jy swearing that he had lived lin Beattie for 25 years. He is a brother of Dr. Louis Klemptner, 1821 64th a¥., whose tame does ap. pear in the directory. Klemptner claims to own the home occupied by hie brother and denies that he regivtered in Portland, although he admite that he left there en months ago. Klemptner says Se- attle ‘never ceased to be his legal “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” company, now playing at the Metropoll teaidence. tan theatre. Miss Evadna Freiberg captures the prize of a box, seating six peo ple, to see “Wallingford.” Miss Ruth La Pine gets politan this week. Mise hotel grill. Edith Everett is awarded the dinner two orchestra seat tickets to the Metro- for two at the Butler Scores of pictures of pretty stenographers were received, but, ow- ing to the political campaign and other unavoidable circumstances, it was possible to print only a few of them, However, the pictures all in selecting the winners. ST wa of all, it's been shown that Seattle has prettier stenog- raphers than the “make-believe” has produced so far, anyway. typists the stage can produce-—or ‘The winners may get their prizes by calling at The Star office ed. {torial rooms, and speaking r GILL MAN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL Scores of floaters, who regist: ‘ed | in scared from the polls today by th White | ast night of E. F. Kiemptner, member of the Gill campaign com- m {mittee ‘and one of the 25 who signed the Gili nomination _ petition. Klemptner is charged with fraudu- fent registration. Telegrams from the county clerk in Portland and other documentary evidence tend —|te show that Kiemptner voted in Jobnny Williams, 9, didn’t know | Portland He @x | could not have established a resi- last June, so that he grocer | perimented with a big car, and the| dence of one year in this state, to iad bis Visitor machine went straight into the dry | entitle him her to register or to ight out for the “Wallingford editor.” REGISTRATION The warrant was sworn out on the complaint of E. C, Snyder by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Cald well and signed by Justice Fred EB. Brown. Klemptner's arrest is the only one of a long list that are like- ly to be made, Klemptner, according to County Clerk F. 8. Fielda of Multnomah county, Oregon, In his telegram re- ceived here yesterday, registered from 268 Third st., Precinct 35, Portland, in July 1910, and voted at the primary election last May and at the general election in June, 9: Klemptner Denies Story Mrs. Taft Hears of Strike Horror ey, United Pross Leaned Wire) ‘ASHINGTON, March 5.— Mre, President Taft was an in- terested spectator when the tes- timony of Lawrence strikers concerning brutalities of police and militiamen was resumed today before the use rules committee. Mrs. Taft frequ ly shuddered as tales of brutali- ties to little children and wom- en were unfolded. Star Witness Dies (BY Tulted Prose Lensed Wire) VANCOUVER, Wi March 6.— Despite the fact that Mrs, Mary Hamilton, 60, star witness for the state agninet H.C, Phillips, former president of the defunct Commercial bank of Vancouver, died here today the second trial of the banker, at Kalama, Wash., began at 10 o'clock this morning. Phillips is accused javing accepted deposits know- ing»the bank to be insolvent. casted SAN FRANCISCO, March 5,— The Beard of supervisors today is on record as warning unemployed persons not to come to San Fran- cisco, as’ there are already more | VOTE. A stay-at-home vote is as good as two votes for Gill. Every Gil vote will be out; the full Gill strength will be polled. Every automobile in this city that could be hired has been taken by | the Gill committee. and no effort will be spared to bring every Gill voter to the election places. The Cotterill people have been ldepending throughout the campaign jon volunteer workers. They shave | been able to secure some automo- biles free, but have not nearly the number at their disposal that the Git committee has, The GI people know that Hi Gill | will be beaten ff the full strength | jot the anthGill voters is cas they're depending on the home voters to help them win. j | They want you to stay at home, because that means that two anti- | Gill people, one of whom does vot vote, are only equal in strength to | one Gill man who does vote. j : Te “ip Hi] Miriam Hi it has re | uf HOME EDITION } Mit mithers writes in to find out ever been. settled whether c-a-t-s-u-p spells ketchup COTTERILL MEN GUARD THE Polls close at 8 o'clock. AGAINST FLOATERS Weather forecast—fair all day. Take your time iw voting. if new baltott. The total registration is over you make a mistake, ask for a 74,000. The total vote at the primaries was over 62,000. The Star will give complete e Cherry. “Showers or snow flurries for Tuesday.” That's what the weather prophet predicted for election day yester- day, but smiling skies and clear, crisp air contradicted him in very emphatic style this morning. § it's reat weather for an election. Light Vote Up to Noon, A rather light vote was polled up to noon. This was especially notice able in the downtown precincts. Some of the residence districts, however, evinced a keen interest right off the jump. Precinet 10%, in the Seventh ward, brought out one of the heaviest votes this morning. A Cotterill watcher estimated the vote at 4 to 1 against Gill. Vote Light in Vice District. Cotterill watchers are stationed at all precincts, In some of the First ward precincts, embracing the vice section, there are two or three watchers, and Unis may aceount, in| & measure, for the light vote, | Forty-Beven to Be Challenged. | In precinct in the Piret ward, the first clash « | officials and a Cotterill challenger | occurred when a man by the name/| of Daffy cast bis ballot. Duffy wa challenged because it was aileg that he registered from his busin | ought to come in rapidly tonight. lection returns at First and address, and not from his residence, His vote was allowed to go in. But this only served to arouse keener watching on the part of the Cotter- ill workers, A careful check of this precinct was made, and 47 names will be challenged before tho day ins over, Floaters Frightened. ‘the arrest of oae of Gill's cam- paign Managers on an illegal regis- tration charge has a give notice to huod prosecuting the police meant business, Renewed interest has been mani- fested in the betting today, but on the whole there is not much betting going on, because the Gili money, which boastfully went at 5 to 1 @ week ago, has dropped to even money, As there are only 16 names to be counted, the returne of the election It is figured that about 10 o'clock to- night a fair estimate of the general result will be mi The Star has arranged for the quickest service in transmitting the returns at First av. and Cherry est. Every precinct tn the city will be covered in The Star For Mayor—Vote for Geor, For Corporation Counsel— OR (The Star recommends these men to the voters.) e F. Cotterill, . ote for Edwin J. Brown. For City Comptroller—Vote for Frederic B. Chandler. For City Treasurer—Vote for George W. Scott. For Councilmen, Three Year T::m—Vote for Joe Smith and A. J. Goddard, Burgess. Smith, their best friend, in the For. Councilman, One Year Term—Vote for David Editor Seattle Star: I trust the people will today put Joe city council. Yours truly, OLIVER T. ERICKSON. One of the most active campaigns of the day is being made by advo- cates of the terminal project. The eleventh hour surrender of the Ayers promoters saying “We don't care who builis them,” has re . | Stored some confidence in the pro- ject, It was the so-called gentlemen's Agreement made with the Ayers crowd that caused most of the ob- jection from the first. With this objectionable feature eliminated, and with the port commission free rminal Advocates Are Working Hard: — to do as it pleases In case the bonds carry, the danger to the public is not so serious. Gen, Chittenden, chairman of the port commission, before he finally endorsed a favorable vote for prop- osition number 7, was assured the advocates of the terminal that |. they would not urge Ayers’ scheme over some better proposition. If the Harbor Island bonds carry today, the port commission can, if it desires, carry out the terminal plan itself, Central Egg Depot SPOKANE, M Declaring that they have been kept out of the | [home market through the discrim!-| nation of dealers, 300 members of} the Inland Empire Pet Stock and} Poultry association have dectared | war on the dealers and soon will en |ter the market by establishing a co- | operative central egg depot here. | 5 Burn to Death | BEAVER FALLS, Pa., March 5— |Five persone—father, mother and three children, all foreigners—were burned to death in a fire today that destroyed the boarding house of the Clydesdale Stone Co., at Koppe Pa. The man who lost his life the proprietor of t! boarding house. | ‘Two children of the same family, |and 14 boarders escaped j |Thousands Will Face Starvation LONDON, March 5.—Uniess. a settlement of the differences be- tween the coal operators and their! million employes is effected within 48 hours, thousands of persons in London will face starvation. This | was the admission forthcoming to day from the home office, and| Premier Asquith again today ap-| pealed to the miners and operators in an effort to secure concessions | from both sides. | Prices of food are soaring, and al ready many necessities are beyond the reach of the city's poor, The | abandonment of freight schedules has curtailed London's supply of | milk, and a milk famine is immi-| nent. Wedding rives in San Francisco tonight. | |to B, W., Oct, 28, ok” was the in-) {scription on a wedding ring Miss | Lulu Parr found in the tummy of} |m yellow-tail she hooked, She is ad- vertising for the owner. Women Good Shooters LOS ANGELES, March 5.--Wom- en are learning to shoot, and the days of burglaries are nearly over, declares J. H. Wesson, revolver manufacturer here, “But at that” he added, “a feminine Star’s Election Service Best Complete electfon returns have béen arranged for by The Star, and will be fi lashed on a Screen at the Allen Dale cafeteria, First and Cherry, beginning prompt- ly at 8 o'clock tonig diately after the polls close city nt, Reports will be coming in imme- from every precinct in the The Star's first returns on primary night beat all oth- ers by 30 minutes, and the sa peated tonight me rapid service will be re The Evening Paper Is delivered at the house or at the office and from there taken home. In proof of this latter fact witness the copies of The Star being read on the cars every evening. They are delivered at the office and from there taken home, there to be read by the entire family. The Morning Paper Is delivered at the home, there to be taken by the business man to read on the cars on his way to the office. Or it is delivered at the office direct. In either case it is hastily glanced through and cast aside for the day’s work. In proof of this former fact witness the copies of the morning paper being read on cars by people on their way down town. In the evening field The Star is foremost. Over 40,000 copies sold ¢aily, approxi- mately over 200,000 readers daily. Star advertising brings best results. In proof of this fact notice the increasing list of up- to-date firms who advertise in The Star. | ha ticket | goods store of A. Shevitts, played| vote here. around and wrecked the place, Polls Watched Carefully Klemptner’s*name does not ap- workers here than there are joba rer fair burglar defens