The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1914, Page 1

NOW ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE MAY WALK THE PLANK! The congressional investigation of Federal Judge Emery Speer in Georgia, preliminary to the in- | spittle judges walk the plank and it now seems to be Judge Speer’s turn. tion of impeachment proceedings, shows that the public has reached the point where it will no Enough testimony has already been produced to forever condemn Judge Speer. stand for the high-handed favoritism and special interest decisions that have characterized Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North Carolina supreme court scents the danger to the legal fra- of the federal courts. ternity and in an address at New York last night declared that all the power of government now lies Ousting of Judge Cornelius Hanford in this district focused the eyes of the nation on the federal at the feet of the “judicial oligarchy,” but that they are overdoing it, AND HE WARNED THE _ judiciary: and other states that have likewise suffered have decided to make their corporation §lick- JUDGES TO TAKE HEED LEST THEIR OWN ACTS DO NOT PROVE THEIR UNDOING. RAIN TONIGHT OR SATURDAY, MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS. PTL LLLLLLL UI LLL ALLL zooo| The SeattleStar [uss] NNUNULALTLLDUNUNAUAUCQAGNQOOUUUNOQOOUUOND bi THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS VOLUME 158 NO. 289. s REUTER UAH AU LD EMM TTLE, WASH FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914 ONE. CE STEAMERS CRASH NT ox 7rains ast: tention to duties as a member of the school |} more than 10,000 votes, AND 10,000 board, but there cannot be any comparison VOTES IN THIS CONTEST, OWING between that posiion and the mayoralty, TO THE GREAT NUMBER OF CAN- with its strain upon a man’s physical re- DIDATES, WILL NO DOUBT BE sources. ENOUGH TO WIN A NOMINATION. Adam Rausch, the radical socialist candi- | BUT THE SOCIALIST ARE date, is, from a civic standpoint, wholly an DIVIDED. unknown quantity, yet he will draw a con- (Trenhoime tomorrow.) hw k WE fF Two socialists are running for mayor and |]! siderable number of — socialistic votes, EF each claims the other is an impostor. Judge enough, perhaps, to prevent Judge Winsor HE Ff Richard Winsor, representing the construc- from being one of the two nominees. ‘itive faction, is 74 years old. His close If the socialists were united they would friends say he is still an active man in spite |} have the best chance possible. Their candi- of his age. He has been regular in his at- date in the last mayoralty campaign drew POSE SOME UNKNOWN PERSONS ARE NOW TRYING THE} NORFOLK, Va. Jan. 30.—The 85 survivors out of the 124 passen despicable game of injecting religion into the mayoraity campaign.)| gers and seamen who put to sea from here last night on the Old Domin- Anonymous letters printed with a rubber stamp, in envelopes ad-$) jon iiner Monroe landed in Norfolk again this afternoon dressed in what is plainly a disguised handwriting, were delivered )| si hae Ab ant ot ab ygie adep as axe e os by hundreds in the city today. The letters attack H. C. Pigott on/ The other 49 all perished, beyond a doubt, when the Monroe wen the ground that he is a Catholic {| down like lead, at 1:40 a. m., after the steamship Nantucket, of the Religion has no place in municipal affairs, and every right-think ; Merchants and Miners’ line, had rammed and cut her nearly in two off ing citizen knows this. ANY ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE VOTERS Delaware-Maryland-Virginia peninsula coast ON THIS SUBJECT SHOULD BE IGNORED The rescued included 30 passengers and 55 members of | - y - oii auaes The women were in night dresses; the men mostly in pa BYE-DOCTOR GENERAL LEADS COLORADO CAVALRY IN CHARGE AGAINST | 2.230200). | WOMEN AND CHILDREN; STAR MAN DESCRIBES CARNIVAL OF BRUTALITY 22!s2522 525" a majority of the survivors were ill. It was feared some of them | would die from the exposure they had undergone. The Monroe and Nantuck crashed 1n a dense fog. The Nan- 4, her siren sounding at half-minute Slashed Right and Left With Sabers, He Finds Upon Interviewing Witnesses; Women Stab- bed With Bayonets and Beaten With the Butts of Gans; Mother Jones Held Incommunicado in Jail. i By B. F. Gurley TRINIDAD, Colo. Jan. 20.—I came to Trinidad to tuvestigate for ' of The Star the circumstances and incidents surrounding | charge by Colorado militiamen on a procession of Women) in the streets of this mining town My thvestigation proves that the telegraph dispatches of that out-| were mild—callously, bloodlessty, spinelessly mid. Mm. Bernardo Verna, wife of a striking miner, carried the Stare) Giripes at the head of the parade of women, who marched through streets of Trinidad to protest againat the detention of Mother Jones prison et was steaming at half ervals | The shrieks of the Monroe's stren could be heard plainly, but in the smothering mist Capt. Berry of the Nantucket mistook the other ship's | position Both he and Capt. Johnson of the Monroe were on their ships’ 4 bridges at the moment of the impact | The Nantucket crashed into the Monroe amidships, | crunched her way deeply into the doomed liner’s side, and then stopped, her own bows badly crumpled, for a mo- ment wedged fast. An instant after the powerful screw dragged hér backward, and | she drew off the Monroe, which keeled over at once and began taking in water. With hysterical screams, prayers, curses and cries for aid, the night-clad passengers came rushing on deck. Many had been huried from their berths and painfully hurt. Some were cut by splinters. All had been aroused from slumber, without a second’s warning, to face no violence. Upon their banners were written: | HE LORD 18 MY SHEPHERD, | SHALL NOT WANT.” and other soc in the waves. taeeriptions which showed their faith in God and tn the justice of thetr | E qut of thele seateroomse, bo, guickif Gel the ani perene teak to get out their staterooms, so quickly did the ship go down. With the collision, the boat drill signal had sounded. The crew worked like madmen, but they got only one boat overside before the ship's hull rolled over and down she went As she disappeared beneath the water, there sounded first a fierce hissing and then her boilers blew up with a muffled roar. In the vortex the surviving passengers and crew were left strug- gling for their lives Some had seized life belts and these in most instances were the ones who were saved. More than half of them were unconscious when ‘they were dr d into the Nantucket's boats. _ BVEN THE SOLDIERS ADMIT THAT IT WAS AN ORDERLY It moved’ peaceably down streets which were filled with sympa Across the street was a cordon of cavalr Near them were irymen with gu Cheering the Women on were other women children on the sidewalks, | “Aeroes that parade rode John Ch ) Mate, with power at present over the libe Of its border. He is above all courts and above command by any “Miperior save the governor. © He ordered the parade back. The flag moved forward. The sol PR ter spurred their horses in a dash to capture that flag, for they knew a ? wat me we: that the women who marched would follow it ew . . , : | ‘These Cossacks struck with their sabe | ‘ : r patra 4 - | Mra Verna held desperately co her silken banne SHE WAS . pms ‘ aco ty : Sakon ; c and a CRUEL BAYONET WAS THRUST IN A | The bayonet was drawn from her leg, red with blood, leaving 4 A Photograph of the Cavairy Charge at Trinidad—Mounted Militia Driving Women and Children at the First Congregational Church. | " fagged wound. In her pain she dropped the flag and a gallant soldier | — , ) CELEBRATED HIS VICTORY by bearmg the trophy away 6 perry * Ia the meantime, many others had been wounded in the charge. 4 ‘ Women were kicked. Butt ends of guns were dashed against the ) DO IT NOW OFFICER KNIFED belies of fleeing women, who moved too slowly to suit the militia To abolish private employment agencies, 6 ACROSS THE FOR AD OF MRS. JOHN HAMMOND I8 A Today and tomorrow the To establish the first-aid provision in the workmen's com- DEEP GASH, THE RESULT OF A SABER CUT. BY STREET GAN pensation act. Rosa Carter, ears old, was on the sidewalk. Soldiers beat he 9 To establish the “blue sky” law to regulate corporation | With their fists. Her crime was that she laughed when the horse of pe pleat Gen. Chase stumbled i 9 registration books will be in the various precincts in stock sales. To abolish the “pork barrel” system of road appropriations instep was broken by the blow of a gun butt and finally she | by providing a permanent !2-mill tax levy. ‘Was carried off to jail, to be held there for hours, until an appeal of her To abolish the state tax commission. stead of the Prefontaine To abolish the bureau of inspection. neral of the “ry person | adjutant and saf ot aak* SSSR ~- building. They will be there from 9 a. m. to 9:30 pet ea pm. To date, 32,372 voters secured her relea The law of Colorado makes it a crime to NAP 20 Ary and fossilized booze-fighte mm h Shy . a 1 INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 30.—A ary and fossilized booge-fighters, have registered. There are Stabbed in the back as he at To establish a new fish code. ‘any child under the age of 16 years in jal clash between Samuel Gompers,| be sa ‘ @ BUT THERE Is NO LAW IN COLORADO NOW EXCEPT THE |° ee een. American Federa Bays They Were Drunk { mere than again that num tempted to disperse three thugs a ae f OP THE MAN WHOM HIS OWN SOLDIERS CALL “OZAR”|Dmmornt 0 ine.G Dunean McDon-| McDonald declared that ¢uring|{ Per, t register | before the who were using foul language near| eqn et Olathe one Providing for the above state laws were ; Ie ee TATe Sirenial totayre on | the: lahar douventon st Beattie s|}\ Tete caer eels is. 3 his’ home, 908. ar cat 1 Petia to Canale Ce te ear, SanehOr Beatties Reals Olam | This bloody warfare against women and children is but a part of M4 OF Jllnols. | ven Mine ‘Wi resolntions committee, headed by |} vhe Teens are tune 8 Mainaie vi 8 eaten a nt | Nesley. in behalf of the labor organizations and the state grange. i Gitbotiom which teigne here. Two jails are filled with men and |%!00 of the United Mine Workers oneath toa otal ance tant) ae homes today and to: g'clook t is morning, Patrolman F All these measures were up before the last legislature and had Minit Whoes to charces bave been filed and who are’ de-| convention Sand hin elite. Who cl oA te morrow, voters. Don't fail H. Risley i: the City hospital) been killed in committee. ET cece Chase nan arcored thom held I just want to say to the dele pp Bergh = 4 ~~ “ee no} to register. 5 ba A plucky fight for life If sufficient signatures are obtained, they will be voted on by sg NO court has power to release them. ‘They are given no trials, Bates to this conventiqn yeiptefre After a f complaint to the|{ oe. et aew $1, Susley's wife, Unable to endure! the people next Noyembe , May there at the pleasure o a no right to & seat here. He ts noth hotel mana ne MePDonald sate ened her husband, who ordered The parade was planned as a protest against the holding of he opened the door to the ro them away Mother Jones in a military prison. Since she was seized, three =|!" More nor less than a confirmed jnq “saw a bunch sitting aout ‘They insulted : NEW PENNA ina military p a ‘ - ASKS DIVORCE They insulted him, and he NT COUPON Weeks ago, this 82-year-old woman has been allowed but one be table, with Gomper Saller from among her friends Gompers Calis Hiv 72 Sg BENT ba cba fr AT AGE OF 16 eaet co aie win: ineen. “is sated BILLIE BURKE POSES A lawyer for the striking miners was permitted—JUST Gompers leaped to his Gompers answered McDonald by and handcuffed after being E—to see her under guard. with rage. He advanced toward! calling him “a Har and a slan > cap ge rl fa oe a Her appeals for a chance to consult her friends have been McDonald, shaking his fist derer ee ound aaa ted 8 silage re. THIS “The Office Gi 1” denied. Two soldiers stand, day and night, before her door “McDonald,” he shouted, “is an | Charlos H, Moyer, president of} 408 ANGELES, Jan. 30.—Mar-/ in. fed. They were captured by WEEK ir Even the sisters of charity of the hospital in which her cell is unmitigated Mar and he knows it.” the Western Federation of Miners,| tied at 13, Mra. Mary Small, 16.) sergt. Cinnamon and Patrolmen . the platters of food they take Other delegates kept the two men also denounced Gompers was refused a divorce by Judge| Wright and Scath, who heard the One coupon and 20 cents for each Pennant at Star iiGGeacse MPicDonsid . dedlared. 0 It costs @ trifie mora and taken « intte| Monroe shots office and branches. Twenty-five cents by mail. i gd 0 take any exercise. | McDonald declared the e@xecn-| jnnger to complete Hyatt-Fowelle book: | “Yo * a Nl ; The men gave their names as : ‘o-Ed, F i ‘ " ; Yes; about the courageous Chase, This general is an ocniist in| tives of the A. F. of L. are hard keeping and shorthand, but rom You should have been spanked | non) sullivan Joe Alfonso. Bathing Girl, Co-Ed, Flower Girl, Stage Beauty pe life. In public life his fame i# as a warrior against women | drinkers ty a behest Cad oe hejinstead of married,” sald the|and Tony Rroski, 21. They are|f and Matinee Girl Pennants can also be had this week. cine They are a bunch of reaction t court held on an open charge By Fred L. Boalt troveray between the coroner's office and Butterworths a to who shall then, and give our “pauper dead” such dignified and reverent jtaker the relatives may designate. In cases where the relatives have a “as 4 athouse | UUTY_the “pauper dead,” and who shall foot the bill treatment as is due the clay that once housed an Immortal sou! ho preference as to undertakers, the business should be apportioned iat wy wn an Jones, died of smalipox at the city pesthouse | The city health department and the county commissioners have The plan has been submitted to both the coroner and Hutterworths, | equally among ALL the und akers, great and small, taking them, sa : Tuesday been dragged into the dispute, and the spectacle is not unlike that of and on whatever other points they disagree, they are agreed on this—|in their alphabetical order : ? Desthouse notified City Health Commissioner Crichton of the | harpies dancing on a@ grave that the plan would work If the relatives cannot pay for a funeral, the bodt should be cre- Criehton Notified Butterworth & Bons, the undertakers The tangle Ia made more complicated by the fact that, while the Fine said Hert Butterworth mated and the expense divided between the city and county : MTA isd Butler encite: ine nodentaxore city handles “pauper cases” alive, it does not handle them dead, ‘Th Excellent!” said Dr. Mason eee ee 18 The late J. Jones, thou he paseed way in the perthouse, a city|'* # city hospital, a city pesthouse ulosis sanitarium, and We now, in all humility, submit the plan to you, and, if you like it, The need of removing a body FIRST and AT ONCE to the city be NO, Was a canner’ and thovctare wither alive or dead, a|% 08, but there is no city mbrgue write and tell the city council and the county commissioners so county morgue ts obvioug tY cane 4 There in a city health officer, but there is, of course, no city cor : ee It would eliminate favoritism among city and county officials in rat. O), Wednesday morning Wardall of the county. commissioners | °* The county morgue ts small. Let the city share the expense of the matter of undertakers, for one thing. For another, it would make paola MEE Hithoase ihut iutterworths hod not come tor the bods There ix a county morgue, but Dr. Crichton gives a large maintaining it with the county body-chasing” by undertakers impossible Ete J, Jones, and that na there were sick people at the pesthoure,|the “city business” to Butterworths, who, Coroner Mason cla Then pass a CITY ORDINANCE, short and to the point, requiring Also, in the event of a death by aceident in a machine shop, say, or Ody Ought to be nved at one cept it if there is money In ft, but hand it over to the county morgue if that all persons dying under extraordinary circumstances (that is, not a raflroad yard, or a building under construction, it would not be pos in Wardaly ‘alled tte divine there tan't in bed with a physician in attendance), shall be removed FIRST and sible to spirit the body away to some private undertaking establish : OF $75," said Baste a Butterworths say the coroner doesn't tel the truth; and that, any. AT ONCE to the county-city morgue, and providing a penalty for fail: ment and so keep the family of the dead man in ignorance of the fact se ped a how, Mason needn't talk, as he makes relatives of “pauper dead” pay a ure to comply that the tragedy was due to his employer's greed or negligence “thy 2h boy of the late J. Jones lay at the pesthouse 24 hours before, MOTRNC fee” of $16 per body There should be no morgue fees There may be objections to the details of this plan, but there can SPAY morgue people went for it. It was cremated the same night eon ae THe morgue should at once nottfy relatives of the person who has, be none to the plan as a whole oot. i ° 2 All of which is unpleasant reading died, if they can be found. If no relatives can be found, the body should t Nobody wants to make money out of “pauper dead.” Nobody wants it seems to be cremated. to make political capital, So let's effect this city-county partnership Sh. oe eee | But th ‘ (ase of the late J. Jones has been cited in the ghoullsh con-| us of The Star, an easy and sure way out. Let's take that way, r If found, the morgue should deliver the body to whatever under-| and, having done so, tura our thoughts to other, pleasanter things.