The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 17, 1913, Page 1

er } ¢ wealthier a girl is the more simply she « pocket “None of youre business.» She’s built like & dresses. This is information that might be % for me wor'e. , “Long body r . ) FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY; LIGHT WESTERLY W back East a NO 173 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1913 _— WHY NOT BUY ’EM OURSELVES ?| #AMILTON I in he dy Here's a new and big idea! It’s going to mean a lot to Seattle! G00D MAN T0 rs It is a well known fact that the bankers’ trust believes it can control the improvements to be % made by taxpayers of Seattle and King county. u- And, to be quite candid, the bankers and bond houses really HAVE controlled these im- CALL FRIEND on nts. ne But The Star believes the time has come to cast off the yoke, and that it can be done. So - es does “Bob” Bridges, of the Seattle port commission. Here, for Instance, He Puts re The people last March voted port bonds in the amount of $200,000 for the purpose of Pete Sn ’ roll bes providing od a for the residents of West Seattle, the purchase of ferry docks, and the at $125 Per et tion of suc erry. es, *PerThe port commission wanted to buy the privately owned West Seattle ferry. QUEER SORT OF JOB “ But they couldn't sell the bonds the people had authorized. He'll Be The commissioners were up against the same old game of OPPOSITION BY THE BIG Not Draw Salary Bankers offered to take the bonds at 88 cents on the dollar, and winked slyly when the com- Nobody would offer par. The bankers’ trust always has shown just such underhanded oppo- pinalattinih tinal Winndddan 40 tes ea sition to any municipal ownership enterprise. They are greedy, these big interests. They are in ty treseury the game to milk the people. So why should they let the people wriggle out of their grasp? tw st the taxpayers only But The Star, and “Bob” Bridges, believe there IS a way to wriggle out. Here it is, in a Se ue gic epee >} LET THE PEOPLE BUY THE BONDS THEMSELVES! tevevppcagi oct Citizens of St. Paul, within the last three months, purchased over the counter of a department Ne > store a much larger bond issue than this $200,000 lot! oi area leet They purchased them because they wanted improvements that they couldn't otherwise get. RS . Smith, don't you? Some interest had closed the bond market to them—just as the bond market seems to be closed to ty nitaie to be j these West Seattle ferry bonds. y the os commis | “Bob” Bridges proposes that the bonds shall be reduced in denomination from $1,000 to $100, for t mm ission- so that the man with little capital can break in. He has prepared a resolution providing for this bo And that’s a mighty big thing for West Seattle! sn sage SHYS UND FAILS NOW SCHMIDT SAYS WELOSE READER =~ = HE IS A TRINITY _ : : iy 10S ANGELES, Sept. 17—That The Star has lost a ‘ te ‘ ~ ‘ Se ES he ee ee " Never again, ne = oui nse nlateee on has aor ection NEW YORK, Sept. 17—Ques not tioned again today by Police In spector Faurot, Hans Schmidt, slay of Anna Aumutier, dente that Ernest Muret, the dentist in Tr ose house the police found a } counterfeiting plant supposed to be Bor Works, who \s «He erpressed the Sea svyvPr errs rt w jong partly to Schmidt, knew any 0 " * a t nistr®- thing of the Aumuller murder « es en's entire Mexican policy Muret, on t other hand, de * a “ — anaes — k Tt — Pes OO - ‘ NOW, MR. AGENT, _ I HAVE TOLD You # I DON’T Want A UST A ( MOMENT — I DON’T THINK THAT YOU hae” Seem ee —<$__. VIOLENT DEATHS FIGHTS WITH HIS _—_ WIFE IN CORNER Va-—Jenn "Burnett PASCO, Sept. 17.—Although * ye" Sammy Good of Tacoma ap = parently had the better of the going, with the exception of three rounds, the boxing fans here today were satisfied with the draw decision in the ten-round lightweight go with Len Powers, formerly Port. and Multnomah club boxer, t ing 2 on account of the ietter’s calling. | GNOHOMISH—Eari Trapp, 3 patho petra cce “ jow his second to throw up the sponge after his jaw had been broken, in the third BRISTOL, ears of age, was t in the Sr a Mrs. Good, pretty wife of ; the Tacoma boxer, sat in her « OH, MR. KEEPER, husband's corner and cheered HE’S OUT AGAIN! ] '»<'c= ts: e oe % 4 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17.— WOODSTOCK, Conn. — George “Just to show the triumph of Dernie aged t the guy mind over hot waves,” explain. ed a man who gathered a t crowd by appearing in Broad. ar b way in an overcoat yesterday (the balloon was be with mercury at 100. e crowd gasped when he Sell that unuses office furniture t back a cuff and exhib A few cents invested in a Star e B a ted red flannel underwear want ad will do it. { tr has resign ). es Se ft < it ter so much if the Smith drug store wasn't a point designated by the Seattle Electric Co. at which 25 tickets are supposed to be sold go t for $ er this x us “ll “ee Re pis ew zh | and it is going to be passed by the port commission. fare Saaeee it i. These port commission bonds pay 5 per cent—more than the savings banks pay. And they | iets, is mayor of Issaquah, bet | id are just as safe an investment—safer, because the port commission isn’t ever going to fail, while mt a bank may! é eae ke tee ' If the people of Seattle will buy these bonds at a proper price, the day they're sold and .he mies to Gea 6 money paid in, the port commission can buy the present West Seattle ferry. m the public pay? And always, after that, West Seattle will have ferry service from early morning until midnight. warborn of th nly see what “But I have no pocket.” % i npr NDS you a barrel, but Oi didn’t come here to discuss KC painted across the face of our city hall with. § “Then what is that | her shape wid ve ! Puck. & good results. > “Oh, that’s a flea bite!” SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.—Maury |. Diggs, convicted of white slavery because he eloped with 20-year-old Marsha Warrington from Sacramento to Reno, deserting his wife and baby, isn’t through fight ing yet; he isn't going to the penitentiary until every means has been exhausted to beat Uncie Sam, who is trying to put him behind the The € have in VOLUME 15 THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS. ONE CENT. ‘| Am Not Through Fighting Yet,’ Says Diggs, Sentenced to Prison . ’ ] " 5 5 “Oj want buy a fust class autymobile Observers at society resorts say that the 2} “Gracious! That skirt is so tight that I If your evenings with wifey at the fire your 2% ls ee tae ( \y c RC ATION some new HOME NEW STANDS. be EDITION | SLAVERS SENTENCED MAURY DIGGS GETS 2-YEAR TERM IN PEN WILL KEEP UP FIGHT {Convicted of Tran Sacramento Girl Reno, Nevada SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. stat? architect Eighteen months in San Quentin penitentiary and $1,500 fine—sen- tence imposed on F. Drew Cam- | inetti, son of United States Com- missioner Genera! of immigration Anthony Caminett e Van today words Meury Diggs tti the felon’s Scores Parental Neglect th 1 1 against the nich winks at so lax @ 2 Diggs or a Cam possible—at such painful nm me a great MAURY I. DIGGS s Satisfied With Verdic’ r was su jam entirely satisfied wit. bare “| am not through fighting yet,” says Diggs. “If | was what they/ dicts. — brand me—a monster and ruiner of young girls—i would hang my| “While these dicts vary in head and go willingly behind the bare. | am not a white siaver, || Your tw don't mark a am not a monster, and that's why | am going to keep on fighting. 1/ have not been given a square deal, either by the public, the press or the courts.” isfied, Diggs, MINERS GO CRAZY ON SHUSHANNA TRAIL g of Alaska, r s s the Loses Horse on w isk 1 my horse wh H Tells of H. Trail — a ee “| PENNANTS SC3P28 | ng where you A Crime of Opportunit asses “Men lost their packs of grub and wandered about, going crazy; several had blood pol- soning from feet that became raw and blistered. Some died of starvation “AGO. Lost articles are usually found i* by Star want ads in the “Lost and Found” column. Any four coupons clipped from The Star, consecutively num. bered, when presented at The Star office with 15 cents, wil! entitle you to a 65c Pennant. Wisconsin Pennants now out. A few Idaho Pennants still left. Pennants will be sent by mail! if 5 cents addi- tional for each Pennant is enclosed. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star, 1307 Seventh Avenue, near Union Street. bi