The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 1, 1913, Page 1

é LE HANSON A CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE Ole Hanson, at noon today, announced himself as a candidate for the progressive nomi- combinations and bossism in our party. From this condition of bossism has arisen every weak nation for United States senator, ness ne the two old parties. 1 believe in a fair field and no favors. | want other “| am a candidate for the offi f United ‘ : mer candidates to file in order that the people may have a full and free choice.’ Mr. an, <¢f scaks SHA OR i of a ian ee ps -sorroa ved thal cs typed pe It is understood that Congressman Alex Falconer will announce his candidacy for the pro- 4 ‘i F 4 re : ti t ‘ A Tce the people who believe in the same principles that 1 believe in. lem againet all slates, | Bee eee some time within the next 24 hours. Congressman J. W. Bryan is already —— : CLOUDY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY PROBABLY WITH RAIN; MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS. OO ; 2 }jz:cco} The SeattleStar |uss7] 4, TM ie ee THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS it } VOLUME 15_ NO. 237. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1913. ONE CENT Siws'ttikun™ be ANGING isa oe of the past in Washington. But it is still done in some states. In Connecticut they’re going to hang a mother, Mrs. Bessie Wakefield, next March, for complicity ina murder about which she says she knows nothing. She was convicted on the word of the sin-soaked wretch who slew her husband. He said she helped him. She steadfastly declares she didn’t. The r suggests that after the great state of Connecticut has hanged this young mother by the neck until she is dead, Governor Baldwin send | the picture printed below to Mrs. Wakefield’s little four-year-old daughter as a memento of our twentieth century civilization. mecsm. DO YOU WANT A MAN TAKE UP ALASKA paitroad BLS LIKE THIS BRIDGES? WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Con- Gress convened st noon today for the regular or “tong” SANTACLAUS ALLS UPON FRED BOALT By Fred L. Boalt Santa Claus bodnced in on me this morning Thad been expecting him, but hardty so early “Well, well'” he breezed. “How's every little thing wilh yout” “The guose,” I said, * ss bogh “Gool’ Good And our old friend, str. Fisher “Mique Ob, Mique's down in California, getting tsether a ball team to take to the Orient. He's sold Dreamland, you know.” “You den't tell me!” exclaimed the tneorrigible old gossip. “What gman! There goes our old partnership all to smash—Santa €lw Mique & Co. That's too bad. And who's running Dreamland now “Joe Schermer has it.” I told him. Tuesday before a joint session of “| should like to meet him,” said Santa Claus. “Tell me, can't we x fre both houses to read bis annual) and take Mr. Schermer in?” | message | "We found Joe at Brown & Hulen’s, playing three-cushton billiards. ‘ r | Legally, today's session marked He tilased an easy one by a hair—and tnughed. the pevant. of the second’ pension e of the 63rd congress. ractically OE INTERESTED _ |the extra session lapsed into the! e you, Mr. Schermer,” sald Santa Claus, regular seasion had introduced them, “because you can laugh at misfortune. | The president's message, it is & proposition to make to you—-one J feel : é certain, will deal principally with to make you lose @ little money. 53 ' the necessity for the regulation of bd Proceed. | great corporations. Real legis lative work will begin Wednesday, j when the senate will take up the a California “Hetch Hetchy” bill. Sehermer Ny | Before the house rules commit: before It Alaskan railroad bill, drawn by Senator Chamberlain, which | the | | hae been made a special order | of business for next Monday. | Whether it will retain its post-| tion of priority ts not certain, It | may be passed over until after the jeurrency legislation. The pros lpects are for the pasange of the |gurrency mensure within 60 or 90 days Will Read Message | Interest tod: centered in the appearance of President Wilson | - “Yeh!” said Joe. “The old-fashioned chimney disappeared almost entirely. it is true that a few of the homes of the rich are still equipped at all. 5 “I am not disposed to worry about the big-chimney children’s Bikey chee Re eect Christmas, because, ff 1 am unable to reach them, their parents will Jamendments to the charter. the pur-| a . | am not worrying about the big-chimney kids. it's! of the mayor, and to empower the) through any lack of effi-/ mayor to make appointments and/| ciency in the great system to the bulldi up of which I have given ——j|remove officials without approval) wi I personally attended to all deltvertes, driving tee, hea: will begin on the with sizable chimneys, down which | and my seesistants can Gescend, but for the most part even the rich and well-to-do live yee to it that they are suitably supplied with toys. And, anyhow——") poses of which are to abolish the “Teh. ka bible!” said Joe. | board of public works, to vert In the my life, a single littlechimney child in Seattle might be overlooked, of the council, These amendments, | “fight teceive no gift. Mr. Schermer: when I contemplate the bitter SEATTLE MEN SIGN Hif the counell so authorizes, will be| | disappointment that children suffer when they have been forgotten, fleet of six-cylinder cars. wc | AMENDMENTS TO in stearm-heated houses. And as for tne poor, you have no idea Santa Claus gasped, understood, and smiled. |couneil exclusive legislative func: | submitted to the people at the slighted, robbed of pleasure; when, Mr. Schermer, |—— ie of eric ete x ce.t) PROTEST AND WIRE | ‘stuff. ave the proposition now. Get down to} “A new difficulty arose, Mr. Schermer.” how hard It is, Mr. Schermer, for us to get into thelr homes CHARTER ASKED WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS TREE! tions by abolishing the veto power | spring election. | = ASS eee, ‘ T'm with you. Let's | hat brass tacks.” j wit | “Very good.” said Santa Claus, “Your predecessor, Mr. Fisher, last IT T OV BA D IN| Fmd ‘Christmas provided a tree, which-——" 2 = Sa e | pia | hool “He did, en? Well, Mr. Santa Claus, Mique, ‘ore he —o Union longshoremen this morn: | went South, was going around bragging about that tree | | : " . people now. pak why the bar | sch- fomember now. He ssid it wae the biggest tree In the Cas Mrs, Brectot Walketield; the “givl/k men ant nebvie see fot why the bar. | AR went Oe On eee Ounka Btanne | — caden. All right! I'll get a tree that'll make Mique’s look like who never had a chance,” doomed) oniy ship Co., charging that W. C. Daw paid a Now, what next?” to die under the stern order of the} son, secretary of the Puget Sound est, “Fine’” roared Santa Claus. “What next? Why, The Star and) jaw, has found a host of warm Shipping association, and agent for od Boalt fernished the publicity, and the big-chimney folks gave toys and friends in Seattle, none of whom [the Osaka company, i® discriminat ed candy, of the money to buy them with, and we set up the tree in ghe has ever seen. They are tak-| necessary ing against union’ men in hiring | ae and it was the finest, biggest, shiniest tree ever seen, | ing a part In a nation-wide protest | uscte ant “fi longshoremen to load and unload 4 against her being “hanged by the| |The Infitetion of the boats of his company. we 4 “You wait til! you see my tree!” shouted Schermer neck until dead” on March 4, as|tecy ‘contrary to the modern spirit of| The union men are. tisheliig son ‘And there was a band. And a great crowd of big-chimney people the atate of Connecticut has de- 4e-| Pier 5, where the Chicago Maru {s 4 ‘On and enjoying the fun. And, I give you my word, Mr. Scher- | creed. of) taking on cargo, Only four or five You could have seen those littlechimney kids with their arms) The example of Washington men are engaged on the boat today here te foys and candy, and how happy they were; and the mothers) state in abolishing capital puntsh-| ly hope Your Excellency witl| — : j or- that came with them—God bless my soul! cog 4 were a8 ment is cited In a petition of pro | bomame sentence of Mra. Wakefield | Bob Bridges ‘ an- WAppy as the younesters * * ° ~ ff, 1 say, you could have been | test wired to Governor Baldwin to-| {user : 4 . |day by Attorney Thomas R. Horner | pavia’s | believes he should be re-elected. The same int rete us ‘tenting hi en Fi reunnne benen sue Pp Of Beattie, The infliction of the|e 8 . . e ‘ests are fighting him t have fought him before— “on ‘A GETS IT ALL FIXED U re Be pacaity taseanlarel to bem | this time are fighting stealthily, insidiously. Because fighting Bob Bridges is not a businese that c ol "Mop right there!” said Joe. “Lissen tuh me! ‘The name of the| 0eith pene ey ne eet geattle doc ‘| Gounetiman Brickson this after./d0ne honestly and openly, and by the light of day. Last spring The Star said something, on its4 48 reorganized, is Santa Claus, Schermer & Co. I'll set up in| Y % 0 ety nf Myler jeattle doc- | dent noon prepared a resolution to au. P2@@ about Bob Bridges. We are reprinting it today. It follows: 4 veh. ] Dreamland a tree twice the size of Mique's, if I have to, take off the) ument, signed by many prominent & thovise mipecutentieat Rous ot ihe RS , : wer 2 z re oat for, Santa Claus took his leave hastily | "The petition follows Francia P cose, lighting department to apply for a The Star today, on behalf of Seattle, pays off Bob Bridges. It isn’t much, but it’s probe rplie laving got what he came for, Santa a 0 is Ving | mnths Governor. Hartford, Connecticut | hing banging in franchise to extend city Nght and/ ably all he'll ever get. he said to me when | was accompanying | Capital punishment hae been abolished | # of Washington: 0. T. Erickson. | power service outside the city - “Your friend Scherme he reased | Mamber City © him to his racing car, “is a live wire. Kindly attend to the details at/in Wtshingos, iy is ae secure Sher | Limite, When young Mr. Ayers came out of the East with his hare-brained scheme to build a” this end. will exe me if | hasten away. We're working throe| ‘hereby. our society Is as secure as ever iff King County it : : ? end. You will excuse | With this authority, ff council! terminal on Harbor Island, pretty nearly the whole town went mad with enthusiasm. But” hy shifts at the factory. Good-bye!” | passes the resolution, Ross will fm-) 4 > een, on ‘VETOES 2 SALOON LICE ES mediately make application to the| Bob Bridges refused to enthuse. He saw the joker in the much-touted scheme. | |county commissioners for a fran He said it fake A policeman rushed up to me was a T ’ “Did you notice that old sport's number?” he asked He's “, ; ™ hise In the Di r rs : “ 4 ’ | Mayor Cottertil today sent to the council his vetoes of two saloon chise in the Duwamish valley, where ; > Sy rig hd = pp iat Rese tng ee ee on tha oped timit | Heenses: residents are strenuously opposing Single-handed he fought the “Ayers syndicate,” and the Ayers newspapers. He alone ly friend,” sald 1, “that old sp | . > ° to John M nai the application of the Pnget Sound athere ‘ , + : vt ¢ a Gat. No one ever did, and no one ever will get hie number! | mayor says that while the proposed saloon t# to be in a basement, and faltered, Bridges stood firm. : , Even when the resolute president of the port commission, General Chittenden, wavered, | the entrance some few feet trom the corner, it Is to all intents a viola tion of the charer provisions to do away with corner saloons, eRe ‘ 0 ‘ The saloon license to Collier & Vandermark 1s vetoed because the | and Remsberg vacillated, Bob Bridges refused to budge location, 3101 First ay., m really in a resiaence portion of the city, aad) és He was against the Ayers scheme and he ig he yers scheme sing in 1,600 feet farther north than the nearest saloon. |. | poem nOWNSEND, D thel* . Maing tad! : dhe fought the Ayers scheme single handed. Even DESPERADO ] TA IN Lap arr ts IB {tish bark Lynto: 4 a ne t @|The Star, which didn’t, believe in the crooked plan, and said so, didn’t, however, come out merely drunk. They discredited | ginte ark Lynton, 43 days from) and fight it as Bridges did. HUERTA DEAD IS meray or They fieoreslter | Santa Rosalia, on the westsjooast es neh M ‘ 5 | | of Mexico, reached Port Townsen ridges will tell you that without The Star's help his fight would hav a SALT LAKE. Utah. Dec. 1—In ayto escape. A posse ‘of three offt-| 5 |parture from: the city this morning after a very stormy|but we think Bridges is too kind. We confess, and we do f frankly. that Peepers 4 deliberate attempt to asphyxiate cers followed him and he killed the Huerta wae said to have been so rs aed m “Lopes, the r r LATEST REPORT gone in intoxication Sunday |oeenee The report that the ves-|a— real worth while battle was on, The Star didn’t don its fighting togs, AND THE STAR sea8. 5 ob BREE Mexican wught a te. " 7 . . Mexican sought as altr that he broke an. official ongnge- fel, “as flying a mutiny signal when) was NOT ON THE FIRING LINE. Bob Bridges was there, AND ALONE! : ae murderer, who took refuge’ When the news reached Bingham| she passed in at Cape Flattery at Wtah-Apex mine near Bing-|hundreds of men took the trail. wterday was incorrect, Offl-| Sridges 8 » tavern i F MAM lant week, and stood off sev- Cornered, Lopez found refuge in} q tno trouble on’ board ; I cide wa the target for brickbats of venom and abuse, slander, calumny, hatred ppedrea porauers with his the mine last Thursday, He had al MEXICO CITY 1—It was . | " and misrepresentation. He didn’t dodge. He hit back ently run here today GERALDOINE FARRAR ILL Everybody had it in for Bridges. The best anybody could say of him. was that es were started today at small quantity of, provisions, his| pers | | france to the mine's 700-foot rifle and ample ammunition to re-| that President Huerta was dead NEW YORK, Dec, 1.—Geraldine ALL SEATS SOLD he was stubborn asa mule and as blind as a bat because he ai s . sist a long slege. Those familiar with the dictator's Farrar, the songatress, is Ill of the like, Avein ate ee , as a bat. because he was not» heart and soul {OF ther 6 exits had been bat After three days waiting for the| habit aald they felt sure he was) grip. alain : oe ae ‘ e - —— a And now he's vindicated. In six short months the city has been cured of its folly, © ment with American Charge d'Af faires O'Shaughnessy | from the outsid The fire Mexican to show himself, Deputy eta eo ean se | One of the Ia st audiences Pe " 5 % il which has ever attended a musical Bridges didn’t expect Seattle to learn its lesson so soon. But for Bob Bridges we would ” with caye pepper, Sheriff Halsy and Mandrich volun-|| rat Bagge as wae ge3 and damp gun powder, and teaged to go in after him. They || COUPON || concert In Senttie will hear Mme.|have gone on in our folly, and the Seaport of Success would have become the lau; it a squad of riflemen was entered the mine and Lopez killed} - - IStaibe ane: Mubeltk tn tne dotat ghing NO.'132 joint stock of the coast Ere hom down Lopes if'he}them bow ed recital at the Moore theatre to: vt : Any four coupons clipped from The Star, co fippear \) ‘ . F cutively num- |! night It's a mighty debt of ititude Seattle, owes you, Bob Bridges. Y hadn’ ii Be hasty iw actaes | ® g ou hadn't a single 7 bered, when presented at The Star office with 15 cents, will entitle At noon today all the tickets had/ selfish interest to serve by being “stubborn.” Yo t \ a F ¢ elfis st to si stubbo ou got no pay ning 4 || you to a 65cent Pannant. Hawaii Pennants are now out. |/ been sold and preparations were 3 4 pay for being unpopalan 4 Mild a bulkhead to } » the | a” its ‘ D i put. ; "|| Pennants will be sent by mail if 5 cents additional for each Pen- |! made for placing seats on the atage This little bouquet handed you by The Star is perhaps all, you'll ever get for your Mape Killed a fellow Mexican at || nant is Inciosed. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star, 1307 Seventh ||The concert ts being given under | STViCe- 4 4 Seem ie Might of Nov. 21,\70M) "ict puwelis, ain and Pine || Av» near Unlen St. the auspices of the Ladies’ Musical At thet, The Star is mighty glad to hand this bouquet to you. And we wish there _ to hills in an attempt Advertisement 2 RRS ARI ts, A he AE RRs EE, SPEEA ae eh Nene, rarer OREN cru. were more men in the public service as “bullheaded” and “stubborn” as you. y