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

RA'N TONIGHT AND SATURDAY; COOLER TONIGHT; BRISK SOUTHWESILKLY WINDS a J [43000/ The Seattle Star : F fs STU HAAINNLAAUAL LAAN fa Paid Copies Daily MMM THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS TT LLULLLLLeLLLL MUM VOLUME 16 NO. 3 SEATTLE, WASH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1914 ONE CENT @3\t"A0x8 A80. NEWS STANDS, be PROBE TRENHOLME! The investigation of Candidate Trenholme as proposed by The Star HOW TO VOTE began today. Mayor Cotterill accepted this paper’s challenge to join with | ‘ath The sar aime i aie nin we SUdge Moore and Robert Bridges as a committee to give the people the voters of Seattle. Many important amendments and prop sinons must be approve or rejected, and what mot sl PAL facts and the whole truth about the Trenholme backers and their slush of all, 15 charter commissioners must be selected. The Sta ae tion Mestamvons makes che clowns so" fund, The Star urges the committee to investigate Gill expenses also. VOTE | AMENDMENT NO. 1—Limiting height of buildings to ° YES. ee eee | AMENDMENT NO. 2—Providing that all contractors and subcontract: | AL= ors on city work pay a minimum wage of $2.76, VOTE YES. AMENDMENT NO. 3—To create a department of public welfare, to} handle the jail and charitable {nstitutions, VOTE YES. MMe 127 } - 1 a: ee Oe AMENDMENTS NOS. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9 AND 10—Relate to changes in the) LooK ouT, FELLOWS | THEY'RE GOIN’ T’ form of city government. VOTE NO SPRING A SCANDAL STORY TRENHOLME IS CALLED AS THis | 1ST WITNESS” PROPOSITION A—"Shall the cost of trunk water mains be assessed | against the property of the district benefited?” VOTE NO. The imui te district concerned is Rallard, Whatever may be the correct theor of assessm the fact is that in the past, when tr k mains Were installed in other districts, as in West Seattle, for ex the cost was charged to the general fund, and not to the parti trict. It would be unfair, therefore, to charge the cost in the case to Ballard alone. coeeee PROPOSITION B—VOTE YES. This proposition merely asks the voter to state whether the 15 free | for the facts: z 4 holders should frame a charter providing commission government, To| | Mayor Cotterill late yesterday accepted The Star’s Shale vote “No” would mean that you are in favor of the present system. By ) ) J . voting “Yes,” it would mean you are in favor of a cha whether that | change is commission government or the city man: ee ee PROPOSITION C—VOTE YES. jlenge and proposition to serve on a committee compoaeqy f himself, 'udge William Hickman Moore, and Port Co , e missioner Robert Bridges, to estigate the backers of thé : “By voting yes, you authorize the transfer of $240,000 from bonds sRapaeulic ie : that have already been voted for Cedar river purposes, but which ? i 2 ey is not needed there now, for the purchase by condemnation of the Following the consent of the three committeemen td Lake Cushman power site. Seattle should jact, The Star this morning arranged for their first meeting jin the Mayor's office i C, you do not vote for new bonds, but merely for a transfer of money from one fund to another. At the same time The Star addressed an open letter to the committee, outlining its ideas of the proposed investis |gation, removing all restrictions and urging the committee ta take the lid clear off; to investigate everything. Give the people the real facts, the whole truth. That is all The Stag Phe commi » of an hour behind closed | loors, during which the question of admitting, the newspapet men was discussed, finally decided to admit the reporters? jbut omy on the understanding that they would not print th 'testimony The committee reached this conclusion on the grounds, that The Star had only asked them for a report on theis lfinaings. They also decided to allow each candidate to havé a representative present qe The committee issued an invitation to any one having. information bearing on the questions under investigation to jcome ore them. Shortly after noon the committee ad- |journed to meet again at 4 o'clock this afternoon. eeee PROPOSITION D—NO RECOMMENDATION, | This is the proposition authorizing the mance of $1,750,000 ta, build bridges across the government canal. The locations have be fixed by the city council. Having a canal, we must have bridges, but - The Star does not know whether or not the present proposition is the i . | wire new power sites to insure the welfare of the city light plant. By voting for PROPOSITION | & || fe proper one. eoecree The most Important duty of the voters in this coming elec steer @ eke tion is to choose the right kind of charter commission. .The charter is a city’s constitution, and certainly there is nothing more vital than the selection of broad-minded, independent, progressive men for this work. | The Star, after a careful investigation of the numerous can- Gidates offering themselves, has selected the following 15, for whom it urgently advises its readers to vote next Tuesday. ‘They are: Judge W. H. Moore, former mayor, lawyer. Thomas H. Bolton, president of the Seattie Labor Council. Dr. J. Eagleson, physician. Mrs. E. M. Peters, social worker and student of economics. L. O. Schroeder, clerk to the city council. Joe Smith, journalist. E Ault, editor of the Union Record. Bouillon, engineer, candidate for mayor in 1910. Thorgrimson, lawyer, former president of the Municipal league. William Pitt Trimble, business man. Charles S. Gleason, lawyer; expert on charter revision. business agent of the Central Labor Council The Star's letter follows: a To Mayor George F. Cotterill, Former Mayor William Hickman Moore and Port Commissioner Robert Bridges Gentlemen: Inasmuch as The Star advanced the suggestion that rogressiv: you three gentlemen constitute yourselves a committee to investigate former—counci!: man. certain phases of the mayoralty campaign, we trust that a few sugges Cc. E. Evans, secretary @ the Carpenters Union. tions as to the attitude of The Star will not be deemed out of place. The Star has the fullest confidence in the personnel of your com- — COUNCILMEN—THREE.YEAR TERM. VOTE FOR: mittee and each of its members, and feels that its report will be givem ~ |. T. Erickson and Robert 8. Hesketh. rE | the est confidence py the public. It would be impossible to select e 9) e’ Ss on afa!: three men in ttle better qualified for the task. 4 COUNCILMAN—TWO-YEAR TERM—VOTE FOR: The Star, therefore, desires to have it understood at the outset tra D. Lundy. HE joke is on Clara Stevens that it has no wish to place any limitations upon the scope of your in- T Clara, who is @ dancer on the Pantages bill this week vestigation. It is just as important that the people know what influ —7) and a darn pretty and graceful Jane at that—is proud of ences are behind one candidate as to know what influences are behind ’ her «mall feet. Everywhere she goes she brags about them ade Clara sent one of her slippers—a No. 13, child's size—to The The Star suggests, however, that among the matters in regard to dian aitaae Pentotbnr, Wn nate ean cae: ane which there is the greatest popular doubt and confusion, and therefore | § » girl over 18*who can wear this slipper will be given two among matters to which you may well devote your first attentiomy ai y box seats for tomorrow, evening or matinee _ itntalinecl os ; metals, euicaan 4 eb. 27 The management evidently thought there weren't any Ct ow much money has been collected for the campaign funds of each i" Ww resonate TON .. Are Bohn Sevelian here. 3 WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—By | of the mayoralty candidates, with the names of the persons and the core | he Alaskan railroad bill conferees Wherein the management was mistaken & vote of 33 to 24 the senate | Porations contributing the money. - et today, It fi e the “orty Joattle tried of 7 . H h sre wider apart than eve! ° ¢ F » for uncomfortably i iy fag thom, te mnny instances, from| ‘The market place was a scene of | py» Petes OB Five found it Y as an old moccasin. r are, oe vere tne peetinne- What special interests have contributed financial, moral or polmt thetr mothers’ arms, a federal mil-| 4114 confusion for a time: then the 1 me Bowne (00m Sade ar mn The flv Mrs. J. B, Btoele, 403 Lake av. 8.; Mrs, Sarah ter general the power to ical support to either candidate. “a itary detachment today impressed y Rananes Se Rees Soe Soe A. Green, 1321 Sixth av.; Miss Lottle Brown, 3950 Juneau change rates, weights and What gpecial interests are represented by any individuals contrib- 200 farmer boys, mostly from 12 to|#0ldiers drew off, dragging the while the senate confer and oe Mise Jeunctte M. Oloon, 4434 ROY Bt, and Mie, Vetua B Cody, of the parcel post system, uting financial, moral or political support to either of the candidate, | 14 years old, into the army. weeping, terrified boys with them mds of the bill are determin h st. W “ ¥ . not in order and could not It is important that the people know what attitude has been or is 4 to keep the bond issue in, fear be considered in connection | being taken in this campaign with reference to either or both mayoralty come in from the country with pro-| distracted women ing 1 xt ’ Fapdh lay (capa goth ry with the postoffice appropria- candidates by the street car company, the telephone company, the gas vision cars, and were gathered in| ; nage p tion bill. An amendment for- | company,.the banks, the Employers’ asscociation, the brewing interests, The conscripts were locked up in ¢ house conferees have yield 6 bidding the postmaster the market place. sf dyson wy |ed on the proposition that the road 5 Hey pr Ps er gen- | the Chamber of Commerce and the labor organizations. Many women were with them, but | barracks, under guard, until they i : | eral from increasing the weight It would also be quite enlightening to the public to know what attl few men, these already having been | could be loaded into box cars for seer ds ep hay partials one ‘oe above the 50 pounds was tude has been and is being taken by prominent individuals, such as drafted, or stayed away fearing they | transportation to the front cont Pha coat : | head citmcanes 3 Sen. Bank- | Jacob Furth, R. V. Ankeny, W. J. Grambs, the big brewers, the promi- would be forced tnto the service. | The senate favored an appropri ra nent saloon men, the officers and premitent members of the Chamber Surround Market Place ‘ " : of Commerce, and prominent labor leaders. . ation of $40,000,000, but the house pgs co i The commander of the press CHOLERA MEAT 2.20. ent nnot fail to understand that the work you have are You gentlemen ca gang made his preparations , OIVORCED WIFE STRIKE VARD ] PEPPER SINKING undertaken is by far the most important yet undertaken in the ecam- » alga not only for its immediate effect, but for the precedent it will 6 § ish for the open and public conduct of political campaigns within The unfortunate children had/and leaving a throng of hysterical, fully. He had the market pla ur cordon realized what was on foot —TESTIFIES DEPUTY. S\N FRANCISCO. Feb rot full view of all the people Then a squad of soldiers began NORTH YAKIMA, Feb, 27.— Accusing his former wife of Abraham Pepper, slayer of Mra The Star trusts that you will do the work thoroughly, that you will Hlitt the lid of secrecy heretofore concealing these features of the cant going through the crowd gathering! Will H. Adams, assistant state squandering an pstate worth $40,| TRINIDAD, Feb, 27.—“We admit Dorothy Johnson, his former fian neha a S all the f he full ee rete barnes food inspector, has discovered Zowle! 000, George Edward Adame, sen-|the sheriff did not want church |Cee: Who attempted suicide after paign, and expose all the facts to the fu oe of publicity. s+ hide in or under their carts, or in| been ordered closed and that A straw vote by the Lathers’ 1906 for theft of gold dust in the | jooking for dead shots,” conceded | was reported serious : the piles of straw or provisions.| hoge suffering from the cholera | NON i! its ni sling last night and’ ts, g, assay office, filed sult in the| Judge Northcutt, counsel for Col: | he cmothere were thrust’ roughly | had been Killed there and the tree man didn't vote. He said he *uperlor court today, asking Judg-/orado’s coal mine owners, at to-|OOROTHY WAS FIRST Memes at Yaw Se ' | meat 6 ag \ dae wouldn't vote for either Gill or ment of $6,850 against Mrs, Emily| day's hearing before the congres-| BRADDOCK, Pa Braddeck's " : he boys who resisied! rants pik je lesued. Trenhol 3toddert Clary Herald, his divore-| #ional Investigators of the mine|new auto patrol was named ‘the ee " - ~ ed wife, and Ernest B. Herald, her|#trike tn the coal felds Dorothy Smith,” after the first wo: husband | His comment followed an admis-;man who rode in it. Dorothy, 24 THE SONGS WE USED TO SING The arrest of Adams, a trusted|slon by Under Sheriff Zel artin, {and pretty, was arrested for pub clerk in the assay office, created a| Who had charge of the deputies tn | Helv ailing an evangelist and n. He wan paroled in 1912| the strike zone before the militia | discharged tly was sent back again|atrived, that he killed a man in engaged in a} Trinidad in 1912 He added, however, that a cor QUEAK FROM 4, | \ on a charge of being S2hnny Meuse) yes <4 violated hef trust and agreement “Little Annie Rooney’”’ DO YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE? declares his wife |oner’s jury exonerated him “t i WHAT WAS YOUR MOST eae PORNEAB GONGT Be eetibaa Atier, Hu aaeekanta The Lundquist-Lilly Upstairs Clothes Shop, 2 Sinaia!” | yo mend to the eator the word haa "married “after” secur # | located in the Green Building, has an important ¢ mine to send to the editor the words oo of the songs they think were more popular than the popular songs this news will print in this column y vorce announcement for men readers of The Star, on e made a formal de: for " > : P a $00 lett in uastat wie ear, ak ONE OF UJ § RESERVE BANKS page 2 in today’s paper. Their spring stock is declares the demand was ignored. JU. aul now ready for your inspection, and comprises hot promise to pr . oi Oe eect te wor r | ag SHE DENIES IT bd NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27.—An official of the American Bankers’ as- all the newest styles, fabrics and patterns. They ‘ nd stamped envelope If you ool GW. Bryant, president | | sociation declared today that he had seen the first draft of the plan for } specialize on $15 clothes and maintain that on E . ! é | iene ea TAMIR Er U., called up Star today to | | the reserve banks under the new currency law, and that there would be account of their low rent and small expenses tet iM aie T'll wed the one It dear Fe ieee eras noe'| | ewelvainanie, diptelbured ne follows! |]| they are able to sell regular $25 garments at Is Uttle Annie Roor aty"triendedociare tm | supporting Mr. Trenholme, Portland, Or.; San Francisco, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chi- this price. ‘Don’t fail to see their ad on page 2: whieh _ appeared tn the morn: | | cago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Denver and New neg P wing near, : * Guonvs et 9 Orleans.