The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1914, Page 1

if J t | t LH e 4 ah oii J J Pe VELOCE START AIOZ to fA ASUS at- Wil Yellow IF SAN FRANCISCO CAN MAKE $2,000 A.DAY OUT OF A MUNICIPAL STREET CAR LINE, WHY CA N’T SEATTLE DO THE SAME THING? IF SAN FRANCISCO CAN FURNISH M!INUTE- AND-A-HALF CAR SERVICE FORITS CITIZENS, WHY CAN’T SEATTLE? CITY OFFICIALS AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO SHOW US. SAY IT CAN BE DONE. More Than MHA UAqUUUeGveUUeeUcaUeanaucanenuenet 42,000 Paid Copies Daily | MIM SUV AMAA EAAUAUETNULNANNEN re: DU VOLUME 15. is a reason why he shouldn’t be elected. SHREWD MAN FOR ITS MAYOR. UNSETTLED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, PROBABLY SNOW, MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS The SeattleStar THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS NO. 286 SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1914. ONE CENT to run. He talks about closing the cafes. know that the mayor can’t close them. Pigott has been telling how he was recently skinned ina business deal. This fact, instead of being a reason why he should be elected mayor, SEATTLE HAS GOT TO HAVE A MIGHTY (Tomorrow, Hi H. C. Pigott is another candidate for mayor who hasn’t produced a license Pigott is a decent sort of a He evidently doesn’t Gill) * listen to Missionaries! Fi . By Fred L. Boalt 40 feet underground. a st on which was written an to this effect “| Soand-So, Emperor of the Unt being vexed with the impu- Barbarians of the North, do order such-and-such of my to move against them and wipe them off the face of the earth.” t who caused the tablet written was a Persian. | Ldo not know what, if anything, arr to the impudent Barbart- the North. I do not even knew the name of the Persian gen- = ats slant at hin- m will find that the Exyp- Babylonians, the Persians, and the Romans, each in turn became powerful and y. and is of somewhere or And each in turn became so over- ed and decadent and indolent y themselves were wiped the Barbarians whom they William Turnbull Locke, missionary from calis this “the rhythm of his "ee _ | "What is the Persian of to § At home he is the piay- of the Powers. Here he rugs from door to door. Egyptian at home is a beg- » Here he is a fortu it faker. The Greek shines our shoes. The Roman is a “ago,” and builds our rail- reads. A joke? No. One of the big tragedies of history. Mn te Rev. Locke is one of thtee Pres- Dyterian missionaries who have tome to Seattle to raise money for Stampaign to make Chim» a “good” Watlon. Nothing, he says, can pre Yent her becoming a great one In other cities {: this country “and Europe are other returning mis- Sations, all bent on the same mis-/ If the Chinese are as alert and The campaign waged successful y Heved Press json and all telling the same story.| clever as the missionaries say they |ly by The Star for the establish Claldom here today cups bia * Ware the Yellow Peril! are, they will doubtlews discover, | ment of a farm colony for the care dent Huerta’s downfall was tn Bight, Not the Yellow Peril that youlas we are discovering, that few|of the county's poor in King coun President Wilson w as nd eratood andi have bothered our heads| wars are inspired by patriotiam,|ty has borne good fruit in Douglas to have told members of the senate abott—s peril of yellow men bid-|that the business of killing fs a|county, Neb, of which Omaha is foretgn relations committee last for our jobs. A bigger peril] monstrous business, and that the| the seat. night that was his opinion My than that. fruits of victory are never, never| Ina letter to County Commission.|_ However, as a means of hasten ‘Ware the Barbarians of thelenjoyed by the fighters er Knudsen today, Commissioner ing the end, the president was ex Bent! If they discover this, and that| Frank C, Best of Omaha tells that pected to announce soon the re ; eee the world is big enough for all of he read of King county's plan in a moval of the embargo which has Having taken a long slant at his-|us—white, yellow and black—the|copy of The Star sent to him hampered the rebels hitherto by WOH, take one now at the world’s| Yellow Peril will lose its horror! He has asked for complete de preventing theen fren esting Amer A and join company with the gob-|talls of the plan here, stating that ican arms and ammunition across ‘The Turk is in process of being | lina oor “4 chilaren we eae the board there contemplates the |the border into Mexico “tolled back” trom Europe to Awia,!to think would get us if we didn't| establishment of a similar colony V8 whiteskinned ruler or ¢ sionaries, of all Protestant denom! he came. The Turk is Mo jan. Also the Turk is a ‘ T and is buying dreadnovghts Jump now to India T 4 and seventy-five mil Yow men acknowledging al'e o hun el 1 fase of the loyalty to Great Brit of the Mohammedans And the fate of British suzer ainty in India tottered when, | Wliowing the Russo-Japan » the news swept through Asia that a yellow-skinn:d race thrashed a white-skinned. All Asia stirred. Even in the fastnesses of Tibet among the uncsunted mill Mthe hinterland the word «wept . + * gad how to China and the Ch They are "nays Rev. Loc HME Vitlle people in the warid President of Harvard tHY says of the 49 ( b ta there I do not know Could find 40 Date with then 3 parter of in China With China 4 repub nd aide M4, the young me educator i 0 Biropean nidenes the univer he world's popula spoke slightingly of | Hordes of 1 China Sweep Our Coast? | retired every five years, there! would always be a first line of five million, and a second, third, fourth and fifth line, of five million each An efficient fighting force 000,000 men! Napoleon said that, other things being equal, God was on the side | of the heaviest battalions. The Chinese don't know that Napoleon said that, but they know it’s true. ° eee The Chinese have a directness of method that threatens to le Occident distanced in the race of nations. Note with what little fuss and killing they overturned the ages- old Manchurian dynasty and be- came a republic. Opiam was to China-what whisky the Western world—only | | worse. We pin white ribbons on jni little girls and hold local op-| on elections. | In China they issued an edict Rev. Locke, in the Province Honan, had a “waterboy,” 30, who had smoked opium for 15 years. He laughed at the edict and continued to smoke opium. They stood him against a stone wall and shot hi: eee . The trend in China aad every. | where else fn Asia is in the direc | tion of agnosticism. The old dif- | ferences of caste and creed, which | made solidarity tmpossible, are be- ing swept When all Asia is agnostic and united, what then? Turk, Persian, Hindu, Afghan, Chink and Jap will. they make common cause against the white-skinned peoples ho have bullied and robbed them? . ee of The cure proposed by Rev. Locke and his brethren is Christianity Yet England, France, Germany and |Italy, which looted her clean, are | Christian nations. If it is true that “the rhythm of history” is to be continued and that the Barbarians of the East” are| before long to descend upon us in their countless hordes, it ts hard to see what the good missionaries lean do to stop them | watch out! PUT ON SCREWS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.— The Interstate Commerce Com- | mission served notice on the railroads today that it will au thorize no increase in, freight rates unie ed the com panies are performing no serv lces free or for less than the | services are worth. WOMAN IS OUT FOR CONGRESS Mra. GOODLAND, Kas., Jan 27 Murphy announced her gressive candidacy for congress CARELESS BURGLING BREMERTON, aJn coal passer on the U. ‘8 ia held here on # burglar he was careless, leged, and allowed the plate window in the Bremerton store to make a lot of noise # broken into. The noise das a burglar alarm and Me n was canght at the cash regis-| Me: | H Lain Louis charge because iti ‘the King county farm will be open 2-TIME WINNER ON MR, WASHINGTON The bids on 200 acres of land for has anne ed by the board Feb. 24. After)steamer Washington, building that, plans will be yr the | Dockton, will be in operation erection of suitable May 1 _ Furniture Bargains on Page 5 Today In the large ad of the Woodhouse & Platt Fur- niture Co., which appears on page 5 in today’s Star, will be found some exceptional bargains in furniture and housefurnishings which should ap- peal strongly to readers of The Star. For instance, there’s a $4.50 center table in either birdseye maple or golden oak, specially priced at $3.45. $8.00 Tapestry Brussels rugs are priced at $6.25 and $5.00 Axminster rugs are advertised at $3.25. There ig also a $6.50 metal crib in white enamel specially priced at $4.95. These are just a few of the bargains listed in the ad of this reliable furniture house which it will | surely pay you to look up. Remember, it’s on page 5. i The Washington Steamboat Co. d that its new Sound at by Mother—"! cawn’t see, Helene, why you stand there and shiver with all those furs on you. STAR FIGHT FOR 'EXPECT WILSON GOETHALS WILL FARM COLONYIS | TO'‘SIC’ REBELS | TAKE NEW YORK HUERTA) PLACE, HE HINTS | | WASHINGTON, President Wilson isi afternoon a formal executive or- cmeaiaion Share Rar at | WOMAN LASHES. LAWYER WITH WHIP IN OFFICE Arrested After She Horse- whips Man She Says De- graded Her Character in Sensational Portland Case. | —_— { PORTLAND, Jan. 27.—Charged with horsewhipping Attorney Brown, a witness against her in her ecent breachof-promise sult $50,000 against Lioyd Frank, a prom inent merchant, Mrs. Gertrude Ger linger ts at liberty on bail today, following her arrest on a complaint sworn to by Brown, Mrs. Gerlinger, according to | Brown, invaded his office, and after jcensuring him severely for his tes timony, which, she sald, tended to degrade her character, drew a whip! from her muff and commenced lash- ing him. Mrs. Gerlinger said Brown threw her Into the hall and held her while | |a newaboy summoned an officer. | At the breach-of-promise trial taken brea! it with her sev- eral times. WE'LL HAVE GRAND OPERA OF OUR OWN Seattie is to have its own grand opera company of resi- dent singers and producers. The organization of the Standard Opera Co. has announced with Madame Hesse-Sprotte as producer and stage director, and Claude Madden and John Spargur, conductors. “Carmen” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor” will be given shortly after Lent. It is expected that some 600 singers wil! take part in the entertainments of the lo cal company, the only one ever organized in an Ameri- ‘| can city that is not subsi- dized. |MITCHELL DENIES IT ROSLYN, Wash... Jan. 27.—An jangry crowd, which had waited at jthe station for Bert G. Mitchell lec retary of the Y. M. C. A, was |later pacified at a mass meeting |when Mitchell denied that he said in Seattle that Roslyn has b regenerated from a black to a white der establishing civil govern. |town In the past two years ment on the Panama canal | zone. = The naming of Col. |SNOW AT PORTLAND Goethals as governor of the Snieniaan zone expected to follow PORTLAND, Jan. 27.—Port soon | landers awakened today to find NEW YORK, Jan. 27—Col. Goe) about a half inch of snow on thala replied as follows today to a the ground, the first of the query from a New York newspa winter A "strong south per concerning his attitude in ref : erence to Mayor Mitchel's offer to him of the Gotham police commis sionership “Assuming that | were free to choose after completion of the Panama canal, | would ac cept the police commissioner ship of New York providing a change in the existing law could be secured so as to vest the right of removal of his sub tes in the commissioner's have served 34 years in the army and the president can authorize any officer's retire- ment after 30 years. | hope the president will grant thie when | request it.” } made the air rather chilly windy | | OLD BOB IS BARRED NEW |YORK, Jan, 27.— Supreme’ Court Justice Sea bury today upheld the or der of the state boxing com mission prohibiting Bob Fitzsimmons from boxing Soldier Kearns here at the |] Garden Athletic club, The |] former champion — was barred on account of age. The decision means that | Fitzsimmons is permanently | | barred from the ring in New York state. WOOD HAS PLAN FOR ELIMINATION Declaring the present: multiplic! ty of candidates for mayor “ix | fraught with serious dariger to the public interest,” Judge W. D. Wood one of the candidates, at noon to day issues an open letter to “the aw and order voters of Seattle and to the other candidates, ex cept Judge Winsor, the socialist, and Hi Gill, in which he proposes an elimination conference to unite upon one candidate | He suggests a conference of 64, half of whom shall be women, Bus Iness and social organtzations are to have 32 members, and the men's and Women's c1ubds and several churehes are to have the other 32. The chief executive officers and secretaries are to be the conferees. Wood agrees to eliminate himself unless such a conference, by a preferential vote of a first, second and third choice ballot, shall sive| ‘him the highest vote, ox x |SEATTLE OFFICIALS DISCUSS THEIR HY PIGOTT? citizen, but somewhat erratic. Ta NS | mayor. NIGHT | EDITION: EMM yn stccc EH E = 3 fr FRALNS AN VVS STANDS Se PLAN FOR ITY LINE What will be the outcome of the refusal of the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. to furnish decent service to the citizens of Seattle? Two weary years have passed since the fight was started to get the privilege of buying tickets 6-for-25c on board street cars. The struggle is not over yet. The service afforded is still the same old rotten kind. The company has ignored the comfort of the fare-paying public. There is no increased convenience, or service. There have been no extensions. Weary of delay and quibbling, city officials interested in the people's fight answer positively that municip+] owner- ship of street car lines in Seattle cannot help but be the outcome. Whether or not {t would be more f ible to inaugurate a campaign to purchase the entire Puget Sound system in the city outright than eventually force it into the market by a superior municipal line run- ning in competition, is still to be decided A majority of officials favor the gradual increase of a city-owned line, with the intention of acquiring the Puget Sound road some time in the future, after citizens really see that the city can run a road bet- ter than men stung with the bee of greed. Mayor Cotterill favors strongly the development of a municipal line in competition with the privately owned system. er UISITION OF PRIVATE COMPANY COME, MAYOR SAYS “The acquisition of the car system now operating here will come as a natural development of the municipal railway project,” says the The city should complete its plans for the operation of its present line, also the Rainier valley project, should connect the Lake Burien line with the remainder of the city system, and make several needed extensions into new territory not now served along the east shore of Lake Union, across the Latona bridge, north along Tenth av. northeast to the reservoir vicinity along Green Lake to the city limi This should be our first duty. Then grant no private franchises which would in any way complicate the future rights of the city for the utmost municipal ownership. “I believe that by following this poiicy, securing at the hands of the public service commission and by our own city powers all possible regulation of the private company’s rates in the interests of the people, we shall in a few years reach a position where the lines of that com- pany will be acquired by the city under mutual agreement satisfactory to public and private Interests alike.” Councilman Erickson, who has just returned from San Francisco, where he made an extensive study of the municipal car line, is in favor of educating the people in the possibilities of a better service on a city- owned line, with the ultimate intention of taking over the entire Puget Sound system. “BUILD GOOD FOUNDATION WITH CITY'S OWN LINES,” ADVISES ERICKSON I believe we should build a good foundation by establishing good service and reasonable rates of our own,” he said. “After that it will b to approach the people on a proposition to either take over the opposing line or crowd it out by increased city system. We should right now bend our energies toward a good trunk line through the heart of the city, with branch lines, just to show the people what can be done re ensie The service at San Francisco on the municipal line is the finest Ifever saw. They won it after a fight of 20 years, and now believe they will take over the entire system of the United Railways in five years. The road paid $700 a day during the first six months of operation, and is now pouring $2,000 a day into the city treasury Councilman Hesketh said “It would be a huge undertaking, wor- thy of the Seattle spirit. I cannot understand the attitude of the car officials in refusing to grant courteous treatment to the people who pay the fares and make the operation a possibility A city-owned line would work out untold good for Seattle citizens Judge W. H. Moore declared himself in favor of municipal owner ship of all systems. Corporation Counsel Bradford is in favor of municipal ownership as the best method of service to the people, but believes that certain legal difficulties would arise if the proposition for immediate purchase of the Seattle lines were brought up. AFRAID CATACOMBS : WILL GET ON NERVES OBJECTIONS TO $750,000 MAUSOLEUM IN CAPITOL HILL RES. IDENCE DISTRICT Construction of large mausoleum, catacombs and sepulchre for thou @® sands of bodies will constitute a nuisance to home owners, Puget Sound Traction Co. plans hearse or dead c which will be left on switch at 15th av. and E. Garfi in use. Mausoleum will have depressing effect on minds of the district. inhabitants of Will depress the nerves of women now happily dwelling in the homes. eir Residents on Capitol hill do noty ‘ar in connection, eld st. when not Mled In the superior court today by propose to allow the construction|\. A. Tremper, Imogen Mt. tere of a $750,000 home for spooks ar Ser Se Ida M. Erickson, property legal action will prevent it The proposed: site of ¢s A petition, asking for a perma-|leum is at 19 inmons cee nent injunction against the build-| south of the Travis Park nadie ing of, an immense system of] A* bullding permit hag pgs ttion vaults, to care for 2,000 bodies, was! by the board of public issued works, NEW PENNANT COUPON BILLIE BURKE POSES week “the Office Girl” WEEK One coupon and 20 cents for office and branches. each Pennant’ at Twenty-five cents by mail Bathing Girl, Co-Ed, Flower and Matinee Girl Pennants can also be h Star Girl, S Beauty week