The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 16, 1913, Page 1

us hold y, inexo. Mond CHICAGO, June 16.—Three persons are dead and a Score prostrated as a result of a terrific heat wave which has made Chicago roast for the last 48 hours, Yester- day the thermometer climbed to 94, Thousands of per- Sons spent last night in the parks and on the roofs of their tenements. REMEMBER, every vote for Propo- sition 4 at the polls tomorrow is a vote in favor of turning over Se. attle’s rich harbor facilities to the clutches of the avaricious Port Pirates. VOLUME 15 -NO. 92 PHILADELPHIA, June 16.—There were two deaths and numerous prostrations from heat here today No relief from the hot wave is in sight and it is predicted that the worst is yet go come, The thermometer ranged above 90 Sunday and sultry weather continued all night. WEATHER FORECAST FOR SEATTLE AND VICINITY 16 1913, SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JUNE ‘MAN BEHIND’ IN HARBOR ISLAND DEAL CALLED BEFORE GRAND JURORS R. F. Ayers, nominal head of the Ayers Terminal company, spent about two hours with the grand jury this morning Ayers answered a subpoena. His appearance before the probers indicated that there was no chance for an adjournment of the grand jury this morning, as had been contemplated. At 11 o'clock, Prosecutor Murphy, Official Court Reporter]| ing awa: Palmer, and E. C. Snyder, who had charge of the garbage investigation, left the grand jury room and went downtown. Ayers, however, remained in the jury room. That the probers are intent upon sifting the port con spiracy to the bottom is clearly indicated by the summons directed to Ayers. The gigantic steal contemplated by brass band methods a little over a year ago, will be gone into, in detail, it is believed fore the jury adjourns That a fund of 00 had been raised and spent in order to put over the nefarious “gentlemen's agreement,” has beet admitted by one of the press agents who touted the Ayers scheme : ‘ This fund, it is charged, defrayed the expenses of a public employe and others in New York while the plot to put the Ayers deal over was concocted. It also paid for the gigantic publicity conspiracy batched in order to stampede the people for the Harbor Island steal. PAINTER IS INJURED J. F. Thorn, a painter, was badly iinjured at the Oregon- Washington depot about 11 o'clock this morn ing, when the ropes supporting a scaffold, upon which he was work ing, broke, precipitating him to the ground, Thorn was painting about NAVAL RESERVES | TO VISIT ALASKA Two hundred and fifty members of the Washington naval militia will take part in the ten-day cruise of the United States cruiser Galveston |Fy feet above the entrance of the to Alaska. Seattle, Tacoma and|qepot when the accident occurre Aberdeen divisions of the militla|At @he City hospital, it was de- will be included in the trip, The|clared that his Injuries were sert- erviser eaves Seattle June 21, lous, but not necessarily fatal, | My a POINTERS FOR TOMORROW'S ELECTION Polls open from 11 a. m. to 8 Polling places include schoolhouses and fi its, Special places in country precincts, Election on another page of The Star. If you cannot find your polling place, ring up the port commis- sion, Main 124, All who have registered at any time this year are entitied to tions In city lim- e Notice of Special jones Recommendation Public Ownership | The Star: Vote “Y. against Proposition 4. league, Commercial Club, ble civic organization: for Propositions 1, 2, 3 and 5. Vote ‘Waenington Winn Ino more sorrow, I think,” she |added timidly. 3 “There will be no more sorrow, he repeated quietly “For the former things are pass- “she sald | He broke a heavy spray of gold- en-rod and laid it across her knees; she held out a blossom to him—a blind gentian, blue as her eyes. He kissed it Be with me when the new moon comes,” she whispered, “It will be so sweet. I will teach you how divine ts death, !f you will come.” “You shall teach me the sweet- ness of life,” he sald tremulously. “You—life. I did not know you called it by {ts truest name.” So he went away, trudging stur- dily down the lane, gun glistening on his shoulder. “along the row of village shops | ioungers followed him with vacant He saw nothing, heard noth-| juffe, Kanone City and 8t. Joseph 60.00 Proportionately reduced fares to Many Other Pointe in the E Return may be made California at slightly higher fares. Going Limit 18 Days, FIUAL RETURN LIMIT OCTOBER 3, Liberal stopover privileg choice of diverse routes of Two LTE ai ‘The Olymplan” FINEST TRAIN across Te conrient: an “The Columbian” GOLWAUREE TRAE MILWAUKEE SeAIr® WILWAUKEE EMPLOTES (ML THE WAY ACROSS THE CONTINENT For additi }{ in, R The landford of the Wildwood Inn sat sunning himself in the red € ing glow, | “Well, doctor,” he sald, “you look jeeping car reservations, étc,, call on or 6 1 Eh? What's that address Lom ete oe alla : ‘A. P. CHAPMAN, JR. The young man repeated his Gen'l Agent Passenger Dept. The land.| | J: ls CRISWELL, City Pass. Agt. question in a low volce, lord shook his head. { \[°"'No, air. The big house on the CHICAGO : hi 16 empty—been empty thene MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL ||three years. No, sir, there ain’ ‘Ino family there now. The old gen- se AIWAY tle: n moved away three years aus Reattle @ “You are mistaken,” sald the doc- tor; “his daughter tells me he lives | United States supreme court today | A‘UTTLE OFF HERE ARE FOUR MORE REASONS WHY WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE LIVE IN SEATTLE MILWAUKEE, June 16.—Five persons were killed here by Sunday's heat, and seven others are in a serious condition, The temperature went up to 99 degrees. A shower last night temporarily relieved the situation, but the mercury started climbing again this morning ang no relief is in sight. he Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS ON THAINS AND NEWS KTANDS, be ONE CENT RE WASHINGTON, June 16.—Quick work is expected on the tariff bill by the senate this week, following the hottest June Sunday in years. The solons were forced to spend jast summer in Washington, owing to a special session, and are emitting loud protests against being forced to endure similar discomforts again. FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY; LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS, MOSTLY WES TERLY HE STAR, the Municipal league, the Commercial club, and the Public Ownership league advise vot- ers to cast their ballots for Proposi- tions 1, 2, 3 and 5, but to reject Proposition 4. HOME EDITION JURY WHEN YOU VOTE-- That the same gang, the REMEMBER REMEMBER care who builds them.” REMEMBER now with the same lies and the same treachery REMEMBER That ¢! eleventh-hour campaign to sneak through a rott judge the power to appoint two members of the Port Commi That this same gang lied to you then. did care who “builds those terminals” and it does care now and i Pirates that put over the crooked Harbor Island fraud a year ago, is now fighting to put through PROPOSITION FOUR. same gang buncoed Seattle a year ago with that treacherous ‘We want Harbor Island terminals—we don’t slogan, Time has proven the lie. That this same gang, through its willing tool in the last legislature, tried en law that would have given the superior court sion. The gang tried to take away your right to elect your officials and to give that privilege to a judge. REMEMBER over a year in Seattle’s harbor preparations for th REMEMBE through Proposition Four. REMEMBER sere picking Seattle’s pockets. REMEMBER man it is the gang that off and Seattle built her own power plant and h IT IS THE SAME GANG THAT LIED AND F ITS TOOL, HANFORD. REMEMBER ure. That is the Ayers That the gang has nothing in common with you. Proposition Four. That is the gang’s measure. That this same gang that fathered the notorious “gentlemen’s agreement” and tried to stampede it through is responsible for the criminal delay of e opening of the Panama canal. That millions are at stake. The control of the Port Commission will give the Pirates control of the port’s money. Their only opening now is to put Prosperity for Seattle Pirates. Prosperity for the Pirates means they are LASTLY, THAT YOU HAVE MET THIS GANG BEFORE. Almost man for fought agsinst you when the shackles were thrown er own water system. ALMOST MAN FOR MAN OUGHT AND RESORTED TO PERJURY TO SAVE That is the Port Pirates’ me-s- measure. That is the measure that should be killed Mrs. Gross Exonerated of Charges Made Against Her by Own Sister Absolutely exonerating her of the sensational charges made against her by her husband, and scoring the latter for making them without having any proof to back them up, Judge Albertson this morning granted a divorce to Mrs, Clara Gross from Charles Gro: awarded her the custody of the children, and ordered Gross to pa‘ $35 a month for their support as long as the children are kept in the home of Mra. Gross’ mother, Mra. George Sands. “There was absolutely nothing to sustain the serious charges made against Mrs. Gross,” Judge Albertson “They should never have been made. In view of the charges, it now seems neces- sary that this young couple should be separated.” The couple have two girls, 5 and 2. They were married in 1906, when Mrs, Gross was but 16, In the divorce case, the unusual spec- tacle was presented of sister testifying against sister when Mrs. Agnes Moon all but pinned a letter of scarlet upon the breast of Mrs. Gross. SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST THE RAILROADS : Dy United WASH Leased Wire TON, June jucts on roads within its borders The | was upheld. Oregon's maximum freight and decided against the railroads in| passenger rate law was declared to cases brought against rate laws in be not confiscatory. The decision five states, | Was rendered {n an action known Following its ruling in the Min-/ag the Oregon Rate Cases brought nesota case, that states have a right by the Southern Pacific railroad, to fix rates, {t upheld the right of the Oregon & California and the Kansas, Arkansas, Missour!, Oregon | ©. R. & N. Co. and West Virginia in regulating roads within their borders. | The rulings follow The Arkansas two-cent passen- ger rate law was declared not to be confiscatory in two test cases| The contention of the state of brought by the St. Louls & South-| Missouri, that the two-eent passen- western railroad. |ger rate and the maximum freight The right of Kansas to fix rea-| rate laws were not confiscatory, in sonable maximum rates for the|a test case brought by the rail- transportation of oil and ofl prod-|roads, was upheld, | Mrs. Kloss Waughop. He testified R jhe noticed nothing unusual about 5 Dr, Waughop. | '0 uke to, BUT=| 16. The two-cent passenger rate law of West Virginia opposed in a test case brought by the Chesapeake & | Ohio railroad is affirmed. Dr. Phillip R. Waughop, who wants his six-day marriage to Miss Kloss annulled, was neither insane, n imbecile, nor an idiot a few days vefore his marriage, but he was “a ittle mentally unbalanced” by rugs, according to Dr. D, A. Nich- Ison, an expert witness called by he plaintiff. | “The doctor seemed ‘off’ on the lubject of his coming marriage, jnd spoke of it as a matter of the tmost indifference to him,” Dr, iicholson testified Monday, “He| peared to leave to anyone whom | bP was talking to as to whether he | aould or should not get married,” tbr. BE. L. Bergman, pastor of the adison M, EB, chureh, rmed_ th marriage §ortly before midnight, § was the first witness called for} a ° 207 GIRLS ARE LURED TO THEIR RUIN IN NIGHT LIFE — OF CITY IN FIVE MONTHS | LOS ANGELES, June 16.—(Special.)\—Two hundred and seven young girls were stolen from good ho in this city and consigned to lives of sha during the five months ending June 1! n average of 41 every month, more than 10 every week, H. 8. G. McCartney, prosecutor for the juvenile court, says: “Our records show that 207 girls have been brought to this court In five months. That is, that number of cases has been discovered by us. Nobody knows how many more are undiscovered. “Half the instances known to us are cases of high schoo! girls who have been reared in good home: About one-third of the girls are sent to hospitals. “Their afflictions are responsible for fully 50 per cent of the insan- lity In this cit M ‘ords show that the number of girls deciared 200 per cent in a little more than two years. int charging a man or woman with contribut- Today it is the com- Aquency was very uncommon. county lawyer and a large corps of men and women probation officers, with employs a special! ALLUREMENTS OF GIRLS Here are some of the things that experts say help to lure away from home: @ special court, to deal with the |problem, and yet seems to be fight- jing a losing battle. MOTORCYCLES. According to those who have TELEPHONES. studied the causes that result in CABARETS. the condition, prevalent styles are DANCE HALLS. to blame in a large measure. They LIQuoR. |point to the shopping crowds on FLIMSY ATTIRE. Broadway and then to the stream ROUGE. COUNTRY CLUBS. ROLLER COASTERS, RAGTIME. LISLE STOCKINGS. of high school girls that surges to meet the other tide every after- noon, and comes face to face with scores of women attired in slashed, tight skirts, peek-a-boo waists and gauze stockings, Telephone a Menace Evil influences are said by court) officers to gain entrance to respect- able homes through the most in- | nocent channels. SST peer lured from their homes by the tele- phone, A telephone “date” can be made easily without the knowledge of anybody else in the house. Recog- nizing the telephone’s danger, the Juvenile court statistics show Schools refuse to allow pupils to that the telephone is a menace to|aswer phone calls in schools, the girlhood of the city. | pi tee bast ons Ter Za On the records of Judge Curtis |men is tat of sconngrapner, and adhe: D, Wilbur's juvenile court are the Dasmot besitato to learn short names of many girls who were! id at HyattFowellarthe beat school, (CHITTENDEN TELLS | WHY HEIS AGAINST PROPOSITION FOUR Gen, Chittenden, chairman of the port commission, today gave, to |The Star, in an interview, the following four reasons why he opposes the Port Pirates’ scheme to increase the number of commissioners from three to five: “My reasons for opposing Proposition 4 on the port district ballot are these: “(1) Three is a better organization than five for the transaction business, “(2) Most important, just now, is the fact that the increase propo- sition is a step woes reviving the old Harbor Island project, and I am opposed to tha’ “(3) If the proposition carries, it will simply prolong this contro- versy until the next election, and very likely tie up the port work in the mean ile, “(4) p issue is not Commissioner Bridges or Remsberg, but the principle of public operation and control. 1 am against syndieate con- of ‘trol in any form.”