The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 18, 1912, Page 1

ow “Vv NO. SEATTLE’S ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER 93. SEATTLE, WASH,, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1912, | The Seattle Star ONE CENT LONG DISTANCE ON THAINS AND NEWS STANDS Se HOME EDITION AFT CONTROLS CO BUILD EXTENSIONS 0 Build Lines or Accept Power to peice: Monopoly t Mayor Puts Issue Up From Separate Company— refused to make a sin- of this city saw fit to the manner in the Seattle Electric Co. h. to its lines, because the prop! by a charter provision governing railway franchises are to be granted. ie Monopoly |s using a club to make the people back up. gapmatter of fact, the people have the club over the street car they want to use it. vgn The supreme court held in the case of the Rainier line ear companies must exchange transfers, e ‘another company could build any one of the half-dozen festensions, charge 5 cents, then give the passenger # transfer company’s lines. The latter, under the law, and under the ‘court's decision, would have to accept the transfer and be ae ‘with half of the original fare paid by the passenger to the first Catterit easage to} the Green Lake reservoir vicinity. «rie 3. An extension northward from the Green Lake line, at or near the north end of Green lake, to the city} limits. 4. An extension from line, on Tenth av. W., at Crockett st. on Tenth and Ninth aves. W.,/ along the northwest spur of Queen| Anne bill Needed Extensions. the Seattle Co. can be browgh! to be: following words the Kinnear Be counell p00 wed without ¢ s Paschiee ordinance therein the routes of need failway extension. The Eerdheedd be officially pad) 5. An extension from the Ballard : geceesary ten days line, on 15th ay. W., across W Sirnteecioet tor bids, as| Wheeler st. to Thorndyke av., and Sequires, precisely as if thence around Magnolia bluff into Sound Traction. Light and the Pleasant valley district. were seeking the fran 6 An extension from the present Reacon Hill tine, along the west sido hoa franchise ty with the city of Jefferson park, into the hill dis oa cle transfer pro- triet north of Georgetown. 7. An extension from the present the connecting Puget action, Light and Power terminal of the Beacon Hill line,| as far as practic. ; Electric) lines at ‘warlous present terminal or along Beacon ay. 4 which would as ordinance, able. | 8 An extension of the Mount Bak fide to the center of ‘Bsingle fare. It would er line, southward along Hunter sie ‘common user’ and all, boulevard, ete. features now © 9 An extension from the East Union st. line, in the valley district at ail impracticable y be somewhat invit-| northward along 28th and 29th aves. to the vicinity of the Madison st bridge. “These are only suggestions,” says ‘other individual the mayor, “These districts now) for the franchise need and deserve more adequate | Most of them and convenient street railway fm npara short lines in cilities for the service of the peo- Glide districts, where ple and the development of the/ ie gaving Bad where the city. Their construction cannot/ or single track con. safely or justly be long delayed.” | The transfer. The mayor urges that the “dend-/ win the franchise would en- operator of these compara extensions to receive a out of every Scent lock” on street railway extensions) that the Puget Sound Traction Co. has maintained be broken by the id for a through ride to or ‘tity, although carrying mevenger only a small fraction coundil immediately. Municipal Lines a Remedy. | distance.” are some of the if the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co. says the mayor, “shall continue ite prasent attitude and finally should refase} Toutes suggested to meet its obligations to the city for street railway exten-|and if no other satisfactory bid for] such a franchise be received, chere will still remain open the plain, di. rect duty of providing service for these districts by branch routes from the municipal railway atready by IB extension of the Ras } Laurethurst vicin from the at's point near ( to the city lim PROBE ON, June 18 commerce com: @ general inqy of anthracite ¢ nna wen in ii Leerond weane Terres. es 2 ol bed | * fr tonight and Wednes * light northeasterly winds. * ‘emperature at noon, * rf) ed AH YES, THERE’S WAR GOIN’ ON!} June 18,—Under cover of the guns of the battleship Re Um-| - berto, the Italian expedition, led by yey During the past |General Camerans, has landed sue has been campaicning cessfully at Bu Shelfa, an island in| sand has addressed the Guif of Sidra, according to ad lvices recetved today from Tripoll.| es of the inquiry are Whether coal {s mined wathority of common car fa transporting it “ ROME, Cate, candidate for Will address the pentera Advertising, the New ~ Educator, Reduces the Cost 4 on a side Be fon found the ty px of his store tore of limited frontage eeper who by the appear “that he does not street “y and ck advertises fate stempr to capitalize such a policy, the store m SY, “We spend no money for advertising and for Beaton sell our goods more cheaply.” F's investigation, however, uniform! afe on the a e higher in such a store More enterprising competitors Matic advert zy reduces the cost of Systematic advertising evens up the business of and gives. INCREASED VOLUME. h of te is a Material saving in the cost of merchandising enterprising store which advertises regularly is able, Words, to SELI, CHEAPER because it SELLS shov than merchan Sbscriber of The Star who reads and answers the advertisements of The Star regularly profits by this rough Advertising—the new educator OVER 40,000 PAID COPIES DAILY. DELEGATIONS | organization, Patrick Halloran; MEYERS IS | barking ja burning stab Jed the | arm “To Bolt or Not to Bolt—That Is the Question; Whether ‘Tis Nobler in the Mind to Suffer the Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune, or to Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles, and by Opposing End Them.”"—Hamlet Roosevelt. | STORY OF CONVENTION BY BULLETINS 12:02—Republican national conventipn opened. Valted Preas Leased Wire) 12:16—Flashlight of convention taken. HICAGO, June 18,—State dele. 12:18-—Ali delega' brought to feet by strains of “Star-Spangled tons from the West to the Chicago! Banner.’ : convention organized as follows: | — 12:20—Father Callaghan pronounced davesiition. Washington--Chairmian, Howerd| — 42:25—meading of call concluded. 8. Cosgrove; Committeeman, 8. .A.| masiion: anabiatiol, W, T, faves pa 26—The chair recognized Gov. H. ica | 12:27—Barnes of New York rose to | recognized by the chair. 12:30—Gov. Hadley moved to amend \the Roosevelt | 1:28—Rosewater ruled against Hadlfy' for thor ited by the committe 1:30--Madiey appealed from the decision of the chair, but was ruled out. 1:34—Cochems of Wisconsin nomi consin for temporary chairman, McGo' chairman, 1:36—James Watson nominated Hom Elihu Root, the Taft man for chairman. Job Hedges of New York makes epdech seconding Root’s nomina- tion. Gov. Johnson seconds nomination of Gov. McGovern. Roll call started, showing Taft foroms in control by narrow mar ORGANIZED ley of Missouri, a Roosevelt point of order, but was not C, Gore ~ Chairman, Governor pmintieemad, } olutions, C. California H. W. Jobn Meyer Lissner; cred Heney; organization, 6 resolutions, C. H. Rowell. Alawka—L. P. Shackleford man, committeeman, credent and organization; W. Hoge. resolutions. Idaho—Chairman, A. R. Crv committeeman, John W. Hart; dentials, Clancy St. Clair; organ- ization, Evan Evans; resolutions, J yr. Hagenbart porary roll by substituting ti ‘s pian to substitute dele- gat 3 Gov. McGovern of Wis in is Roosevelt's choice for (cat en meets — state bar association na on July 31 he resolution for the appc ment of the investigating com |tee expresses confidence Hanford “but that the againgt the judge may be ered by the association and orderly manner,” tee was appointed to inves the same in Ta JUST SICK) STATE BAR “ACTS: SERS ete i an ON HANFORD CHARGES emphatically denied, both at the White House and the y depart Vetted Presse Leased Wire) Wash., June 18.—The ment today, that Secre Meyer who has gone to his home Ham cy fiton, Mass, has any intention of | Of yMPLA, committee ap the state bar associa nt charges : consid the commit tigate ning from the cabine | Meyers is suffe from stomach | following trouble, and = h gone to Massa-| pointed by chusetta to escape the Washington of the heat, it was explained “on GIVES UP LIFE FOR PUPPIES, charges LOVISVILLE, Ky., June 18—|ford: George i After sounding an alarm of fire by|T. L. Stiles, Tacoma orge until it had aroused the| Walker, Seattle; H. A. Hadley, Se neighborhood, a valuable pointer, | attle, and Ira P. Inglehart. The helonging to William Smyzer, a de ; fancier, returned to its pupy a on the refuse to leave them was destroyed by fire and ss of the mother was found * the box, where it had guard | puppies till death BACK AT HIM I saw you put daughter's si has beer to executive commit jon to the Han tee PELE EVES SAS ENS of H Spokane eT Hi investigation against Judge © H. Turner WASHINGTON June 18 The house judictary comm decide today to vote on Adchbald impeachment cas on, Thursday make . * * * * a * * ROME EEE EHH HH ¥ dieninen: and stable Braley your waist “Young man around my last evening And 1 suppose she struggled? They got out the old steam roller They gave it plenty of coni And when they had pulled The roller began to roll you noticed how Detroit Journal the throttle een to falter, known to pause like a juggernaut naut it was It never was It never wa It rolled its way And a ju old steam roller, it plenty of steam many a dreamful hope hopeful dream. They got out the They x flattened out And many a ve it good to argue, There wasn't much use They got out the old steam roller And the old steam roller rolled. It did no to seold They got ont the old stam roller ‘or the work they had to do, And the old steam rotier did the work As the engineer meant ft to. 1 the would side! Jack; when me again? if it doesn't Little one swith ocean t@ be at your ‘How nice of you you coming to ‘Wednesday night, rain,” Hut when it comes to election he voters will ve THEIR shout, They'll get out THEIR old steam roller And flatten the bosses out! are |several strong Taft states are stil! |495 to 462 for McGovern. | take following the announcement of | | ern 0. Judge | in a logical | | Govern |has not yet been taken. HIS CHAIRMAN ELECTED BY FEW VOTES; BOLT PROBABLE BULLETIN. CHICAGO, June 18—Root | is nominated chairman by prob- | ably between 40 and 50 votes. CALISEUM, Chicagg, June 18. President Taft evidently controls the national republican convention by a very narrow margin. With a total of 918 votes counted Elihu FI Root, Taft's candidate for chair yon” man, leads Gov. McGovern, Roose: veit’s candidate, by 12 votes and and bis were anxious to s Pennsylvania and got into a fic un finally appe his seat Pennsylvania rt the fight. A| New York man The Pennsylva-| d to the police The New York man © was restored. attention was pald to Hay reading of u, it ubtful if a de © he him. While nd anc Roosevelt le straining at the le r th signal Barnes and his ntenants sat stolidly, the New York boss wear ing a cynical, sneering frown. hay ward concluded reading the call at 13:38 men to be counted. It appears that Root will have a small majority when the count is finished. A total of 540 votes is needed and Root now has and pe is What action the progressives will the result is unknown. Gov. John. son announced when the two con tested California delegates were al- lowed to vote for Taft that the other 4 California delegates would not be bound by it. It is possible that the | Roosevelt forces will make a de mand as soon as the result of the roll call is announced and a boit is probable if they do. Test of Strength By ruling that nothing could be transacted by the republican nation- al convention until its temporary chairman had been elected, Victor Rosewater, chairman of the national | republican convention, transferred | | the fight on the temporary rol! to |the question of temporary chair. man. He did this by ruling out of der an attempt by Gov. Hadley of |Missour! to put off the roll the! names of Taft delegates seated by the national committee. He ruled that nothing could be considered until a temporary chairman had been elected. The fight was then precipitated between Senator Root of the Taft forces and Gov. McGov- ern of Wisconsin for the Roosevelt | Asks for Substitute List — | Hadley said: “I rose to a ques-| follows: jtion of information. There was nothing the house at the jtime. I move that the list of dele- | gates, prepared by the national) |committee, known as the temporary | roll, be amended by substituting | the following list of delegates, and | the list known as > 2 be known! as the list of the temporary dele-| gates for this convention.” | Watson renewed his point of or a Rosewater declared the me tion well taken, but willing to |xive minutes to debate | the Gov Gov. Hadley Recognized. Immediately Gov. Hadley of Mis sourl was recognized. He was cheered ax he pressed forward to jthe platform. Hosewater and Hay ward shook hands with him, and Hadley started to read a typewrit ten document, As he did so. Will lam Barnes got to his feet and| shouted, “Mr. Chairman, I rise to & point of order Rosewater paid no attention to Barnes, Hadley proceeded: “Mr. Chairman, I rine to a ques tion. I desire to know whether the tempe roll has been properly framed.” Here es Watson of Indiana. the Taft parliamentarian, raised the |point of order that the question could not be put until the conven: tion had been formally organized Rosewater ruled that the point was | well taken, but said he would listen to argumeuts. The vote wi be ore all resulted Root 22, McGovern 2 Arizona—Root 6, McGovern 0. Arkansas—Root 17, McGovern 1 California—Root 2, McGovern 24 Colorado—Root 12, MeGovern 0. Connecticut—Root 14, MeGov The roti Alabama: 6, McG Mot ern 0.) rn 0. Delaware—Root Florida—Root 12, orgia—Root 22, McGovern 6. Idaho—Root 6, McGovern §. Ii!inote—Root 9, MeGovern 49 Indiana—Root 20, McGovern 10. lowa—Root 16, McGovern 10. as—Root 2, McGovern Root Me Root 20, Mot Root 8, MeGovern ot 0, MoGovern 12 tts—Root 18, McGov eac question Hadley vernor Fort v. De t the same time Payne of New Y Jim Watsor commit arps.” Both pecting this data re Gov. Hadle 1 the det “1 offer this to your determina. | tion in the last analysis,” ley. “lt question if the national com. | mittee has the absolute power to contro! the list of delegates. If it is} in the power of 27 men to say what shall be considered a majority of a convention then we have ceased to have a representative government in our party.” This then called Former f New Jerse platform, and Rep. Sereno E. took his place | ranks Hamentary sides had been ex-| and bad their | | | j ky jovern wna land Maine—R Massachu n i8 Michigan Minne Mis Missourt Montana Nebraska Nevada—R New Ham; 0. Jerse jovern ( oh in the of the ~ on st 19, MeGover en McGove MeGovern McGovern McGovern 0. McGovern MeGove 0. Root Me n 10. n 24 4 Root Root 0, Root 1 Root 1 Root 8 Root use ote arted ssippi 16. New y—Root 0, MeGoy ern 28 New York—Root 16, McGovern 18 Mexico—Root 6, MeGovern 2 a North Carolina Root 3, MeGov-| |, This, th Dakota—Huc MeGov-| “im 1864 The the | not party Hadley dec was loudly} ded th nt and republican | | se. | committ the ma ern 6 Ohio Ok! MeGover ab homa—Root 4 - Oregon—Root 3, Mc Pennsylvania—Roo ern 64 Rhode ern 0. South 10 Tennesse Texas—Root voting 1 Utah Virgin Vermont Root 14 the 12. continued citing his con tention, reading from a parliamen- | tary point by Roscoe Conk ng in 1864 at convention that }nominated Abraham Lincoln for the second time. | Where's Aldrich? Fort of New Jersey followed Hadley for the Roosevelt Fort’s time being up, for Watson yielded | his time to Con The author of »th cheered and sylvania delega Where's Ald McGov- | Root MeGov- peieet Island 10, Dakota—Root 0, MeGov 23, MeGove: McGovern § 1 not Root 31 Goy Gov | torce :. mer Congressman jten minute of gressman Payne the tariff bill was t jwered, the P tion demanding, rich? He was and he was he way ot MeGovern 1 Mot McGovern Root 7 Root Root 6, a jovern 2 | (By United Pr Beaset Wire) | CHICAGO, Jne 18—The Taft forces are apparently in control of the national republican convention although a sharp and deciding vote Gov, Had ley, representing the Roosevelt forces, was overruled when he at.| tempted to knock out the national committee's list of delegates and the Roosevelt forces did not press the point. j the re was no presiding officer to The nominations of a temporary! whom an nid be made, chairman was then taken up and | therefore was in order | Root for the Taft forces and Me- | till perfected, | Govern for the Roosevelt faction | Root’s 1 was met wild yell were nominated. The vote fof tem {in th of his argument. Had-| porary chairman will determine the | ley and Fort called” time” on Wat strength of the two factions and | son, but Rosew ater shook his head. | will settle the questien, probably of Rules Against Hadley. | a Roosevelt bolt. Rosewater ruled against Hadley's Rev, Father Callaghan of St./Plan to titute the temporaryd Malachi’s chureh of Chicago w x{roll, and Hadley appealed from] cheered as he stapped forward and| the decision of the efhir. Watson | delivered av brief invocation | moved to table the motion, Rose-| that concluded with the Lord’s| water ruled both motions out of| Prayer, in which some of the dele order and then said that all he gates joined. continually inter plainly disconcerted gave to Watson, Wat a howling hot come in the} Taft corner and da few jonds, smiling the Roos men chimed in with hisses son then outlined his point, saying rupted no busine by ye lcould do was to proceed with th At 12:21 Secretary Hayward read| nomination of a temporary chair- the call for the convention, “Bill” jman, | constituents. said Had-| ta |hold them, | Finally | with his | well hear to finish If it takes jonly TR McGovern Nominated. “I now invite your nominations,” said Rosewater here recognized Hen- ry Cochen ot Wisconsin, who shouted: “I present the name of a brilliant, impartial and fearless governor of my state—Prancis E. McGovern. There was a general stir through- out the room. Job Hedges of New York seconded the name of Root. first mention of Root’s name ‘aft people jumped to thelr The demonstration lasted 1 minute and 45 seconds, We will take no chance in hav ing him chairman,” Hedges said during the course of his speech. “You bet we won't,” came anoth- er voice. Hedges quoted Roosevelt as saying that Root was the ablest he |man in the government service. Some one yelled: for Roosevelt.” Hedges came right back pdn't hesitate to cheer Roosevelt in my presence. I cheered him for seven years, and I am only taking a day off today—that’s all.” As Hedges concluded, v. Had- Jey went to the front, and bis fight. “Three cheers “You ling attitude was grected with a rousing demonstration, “I algo wish to cite eminent aw thority.” said Hadley. “Four and ears ago, the man to whom the New York delegate has just referred, declared that the man in whose behalf | am working was the greatest living American. Now, believing that questions that are to be decided here are of vital interest to the people, I appear in behalf of Theodore Roosevelt to second the nomination of Gey. MeGovern.” Johnson Serves Noti Former Senator Flinn got to the platform to the accompaniment of rousing cheers, but he stood aside while v. Hiram W. Johnson of Ca‘iforn’e get an er thusiastie greeting He seconder McG.vern’s nomina- tion and served notice that on any |question that concerns the state of California in the convention, cast 26 votes solid.” Wild howls of “no, no” and jeers and hisses came from the Taft dele- gates, but Johnson continued Taft Men Cheer Negro. J. Edwin Wood, a negro delegate trom Kentucky, created a furore by declaring that the negro delegates would obey the instractions of their This was loudly the Taft_men ator Flinn McGovern’s nomination, Flinn served notice that Pennsyl- anin will not ratify any action n by means of fraud. Pennsy” Won't Accept Fraud. 1 am not telling you that I in- tend to bolt,” said Flinn, “but no matter who is the nominee, I want to say for Pennsylvania that unless you get 540 votes, untainted by fraud, for your candidate for chair- man of this convention, I doubt whether my constituents will ratify your action it will cheered by Former onded then sec- Heney Speaks. Heney was the center demonstration as he Francis J of a warm took the platform If a republican president is to elected, he must be elected by votes of the republican es. will not be elected by the votes of the Philippines, the Pacific ocean or Alaska, He will not be elected by the votes of the Southern states said galleries were shouting and nd many Taft men were put Heney kept on, appealed to Rosewater order. Rosewater reastically, saying I doi Rosew for continued uproar be the hi yelling, ng. Heney estore to smiled If you can’t » how I can.” r, in a weak voice, but the tes jeers, shouts and Heney, his face smiles, stood quietly hands behind his back. He finally began Fellow dele s me ts order, thelr while wreathed in dele you might as because | intend all smmer, He then told the convention that Root's nominauion ¢ be accomplished fraudulent. votes. Heney ited by son, Penrose and Crane the Roosevelt peop! afraid to trust to th entative of out n by Steven He said were not fairness of a nator La Fol- ame rep) tt J, J. Sullivan of Ohio seconded McGovern’s nominatiow on behalf of Roosevelt men from Ohio, Carey of Oregon did Hkewise A ncluded there were renewed calls for rol call, but the cbair recognized Senator Bradley of | Kentucky to econd the Root nomina- tion, Bradley defended the national committee and bitterly assailed the Roosevelt contest Carey oi