The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 14, 1914, Page 1

switching franchise is to be threshed out, finds much in the requested franchise that he doesn’t like safeguards he would insist upon in a private franchise. IN THE PATH OF A FINE PUBLIC ENTERPRISE minal plan to go through, And if it does go through, road is going to mean lower switching rates. That's why! CHISE UPON ANY OLD KIND OF MORE THAN 45,000 PAID COPIES DAILY WEATHER FORECAST—Show ers and thunder storm tonight; cooler Friday; fresh westerly wind. NO. 69. SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914. VOLUME 16 + THE CONFESSIONS Taft Worried Over | Our Working Girls mum wage fixed by the state of Washington’ women workers in mercantile establishments shall “disturb” the delicate mechanism of business and cause a part of its machinery to break down. “If $10 a week is more than the service rendered, the result of the minimum wage,” it asserts, “will be loss of employment among many women—and those who were to be benefited by the law will suffer.” POSSIBLY. BUT WHO IS BETTER QUALIFIED TO FIX THE VALUE OF THE SERVICE RENDERED THAN THE COMMUNITY WHICH WOULD HAVE TO CARRY THE BURDENS OF UNDERPAY- MENT? Without such state regulation the generous and prosperous merchant who would like to pay living wages is often compelled by ruthless compe- tition to pay wages which he well knows are insufficient for independent support. The state protects him by compelling the game fairly. Given efficient management, high wages are economical, not ex- travagant. Ford's experience is proving that. And he makes his own mini- mum, regardless of competitors. A standardized mechanism of business isn’t half so delicate as one in which greed cuts out the moral law- ANYHOW, WHY SHOULD CHARLIE WORRY? HE DOESN’T DO BUSINESS IN WASHINGTON. 48! n- UER| A MAKI “CORSET IGURE IN MEXICAN RUMOR WAGE DISCUSSION? 32.22 competitors to play __ CORA ANDERSON ASA WOMAN VALENTINE, in our harbor, and a-bigger and more thriving Seattle, WHY SHOULDN'T TERMS WHATEVER? The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News he Seattle Star ONE CENT (U. P. Correspondent With Pacific Staff Special Fleet) ABOARD U. 8. 8. CALIFOR. OLYMPIA, Wash., May 14— How much a week shali the sion started at $7.50, then came up NIA, Mazatian, May 13.—(By to $8.50, while the employes start- ed at $10 and came down to $9. girls and women who toil eight A compromise of $8.75 was pro- Wireless to San Diego.) —The U. 8. cruisers Cleveland, Mary- TEDDY FINDS A [AT LAST! AT LAST! hours a day in hot laundries | posed and voted for by the em- land and Denver are still in the per ge over dangerous mangies and ployers, but the others turned it! South. The Mexican gunboat CLEVELAND, May 14.—Rep- steaming ironing beards re- (down, Finally a minimum wage of| Guererro left: Manzanillo cease dy te Ie yao ceive? $8.90 2 week was unanimously| for Salinas Cruz. } clubs in the Cleveland: Feders- This question is being greed upon. tion adopted resoiutions urging dressmakers to modest gowns. SUNDAY IN THE OPEN design more threshed out today by the com- mitt of employers, employes and disinterested persons who will recommend a minimum wage scale to the state com- mission. Yesterday the committee agreed on a minimum wage of $8.90 fo women and girls employed in fac- tories. : : | The exactness of the figure de- SAN FRAN CO, May 14.—This| HIS DISCOVERY jcided upon gives an inkling of the) message was taken here to mean| grim, penny-saving character of|that the warships under Admiral je battle waged. Howard, on the west coast of Mex No detail was too petty to be In-| jco, were taking every step to wateh spected microscopically in the! for Huerta if he started for the west | flint hard determination of Fred | coast to make his escape from Mex =. Kraus, candy manufacturer of | joo to grind the wage down) ‘The departute of the Mexican gun- Spokane, |to the lowest penny. boat for Salinas Cruz was regarded | | WASHINGTON, May 14.— Henry Gamnett, president of the Nationa! Geographical so ciety, expressed the belief to- day that Col. Roosevelt had really discovered a new river The employers on the commis- Petticoats Unnecessary as bearing ont the theory express Seattle physicians, prominent | _ Such details as stout girls wear-|ed in Washington that Huertn would pia do Lend be ge dascot To what better advantage || business men and. the’ scores of Tomorrow The ing out corsets sooner than thin/ ultimately try to make his escape aT could one spend Sunday after- || friends of the dead man paid re- Whenever the Orpheum girls, and nonallowance for pettl-| by the west c his cla , | pect to his memory at the f 1) eive i slavianiene, seen as a man woul ‘ : ; a Gane Garnett said the latest maps noon than by taking the family uneral | woman waze problems is doing a good week’s busi. coats, a8 present styles do not de-| Whether Huerta had actually servides, “which Wére held from the | <——-—<se—meser ness Cari Reiter grows mand them, were conside | started or not for the coast, pega show sufficient unexplored ter- for an outing into the beautiful |) ponney-Watson undertaking rooms | humorous. Business must J) Miss Emma, Folsl ported, is speculation. But the tact] Lory in oo le rice °° || suburbs of Seattle and thor-|/and St. Mark's church, yesterday | Ae ene. of the great Soul Scuamt Seah ae Gees tee the | jand and Denver are still in South. sunshine? A tip for your bene- pieces “were ban! ed high in s, fous > pr the | ern waters, possibly at or near Sali fit, ou where to go, and how tof) yur onpian, where the Rev. Ernest | Seni fee damoeiowen ne es a gt |nas Cruz, fe regarded as significant | I] ava 9 ge | Vincent Shiyler read the service ‘enalson, Raymond box | ait : harbor a grimy coal-lighter manufactyrer, surprised everyone ing to the best advantage } ; floated immediately in front by suppoPting them. next Sunday, will appear on *, of it. An officer on board Mrs, W. C. Mills, Tacoma; Prof I] IN BAY ON Bl pages 6 and 7 11, The Star's Sat- the vessel, observing this, W. M. Kearn, Walla Walla; Edgar urday issue. Go out. into the shouted: C. Snyder, Seattle, disinterested | Lisi suburbs of Seattle and see for . ; “‘lear out of the way | members, were convinced factory| A report was recelved at police| If you happened to hie to your |] yourself how the community ts = ge Be Sage su el The most startling feature of The Star's “wet or dry” contest, girls are entitled to $10, but agreed | headquarters this afternoon to the|cellar last night to give that sud- [| building up. ucday The Star J! ing the steam collier Turrethill hed | for the Lrg reeaetes the Horr ays shown by drinkers and non native to the smaller sum for the sake of| effect that a man had been drown-|den little electrical display and |} will publish a number of remark: |) tured bottom upwards in th, drinkers on the prohibition question. of the Emerald Isle, shouted harmony. }ed, and another narrowly escaped | general rumpus up in the heavens |] able offerings by owners of the ious und sueh, th'men ieewee In a large jure, the eid ep aD pestis favored the defeat of O. B. Dagg, Seattle shirt manu-| death, in a rowboat accident off the | the go-by, you'd better prepare for |] jeading summer home sections, }| ing : prohibition, wh ive the ne er hand, a great number of drinksre = “‘hre ye the captain of facturer, was willing to agree to a|foot of Day st. Elliott bay. A Janother retreat tonight. also choicest of the new subdi . i staunchly advocate the aboli of that vessel?” $9 wage if Kraus would, but the | squad of officers were rushed to| Weatherman Salisbury has prom-|[ yieions that Mive recently been MAGNATE DIES One man. signed him: je “'No, wered the of- latter was adamant, with a lobby | | the scene. ised to run off ni reel “i placed upon the market CHICO, Cal, May 14—A, B | fis uae employed in a cer. of laundry owners at his back, weather fury for the benefit o' : ome ; Montgomery, president of the Bid : s “(Then spake to yer bearing down hard on bim | In two New York industries, em-|those who might have missed last ee alba ry rote ah att idk jwell Orchards Co,, a millionaire, Another eaid: |“! was once engaged in temperance work, bal aiquals,’ said Pat; ‘i'm the Haggling for every penny, Kraus | ploying 10,893 «women and girls,|eve's performance. © read ieee | who came here from Seattle three rned that prohibition argume re fallacies.’ : captain of this.’” came up gradually from $7.50 to|the majority of them receive only| “Rain and thunder,” he marked ]1 7% © ‘ rs ago, 1s dead. from heart dis- k's contest closes Saturday afternoon. A prize of $8 4 $8.90. 1$3 a week the bowrd today { se. He was 33 years old. will be awarded for the best wet and best dry letters. REPORTER INTERVIEWS SOME REAL FOLKS ABOUT OUR AUTO SPEED FIENDS; “HANG ’EM!” SAYS ONE MAN; “JAIL’EM!”” SAYS ANOTHER Whenever an important question homes, hobnobbing together in| “If They'd Only Be Careful” | matter when I left ging worms for the chickens. {a before the public, the newspa- friendly fashion “T saw three or four drivers the Finds Couple at Home I wandered back to Seventh av. 4 And there sat two housewives, en-/other night, coming at real high 7 and knocked at 2401 pers print interviews with the big sje a neighborly after-dinner | speed, but they were careful to stop , UP on an jngraded crons street | In the eye of the woman that 3s men of the town—the bankers, laW- chat in the shade of their respective | quick when we got in their way, and found a Me oe Re am ifs. opened the door I again saw that yers, club men, big city officials, verandas. Their sleeves were up I said to my husband that if they door open it 4 oat ot tne ide, | Malice-toward-agents look ped and their arms were folded. They| were all like that, that doctor | There was lots of It at the site) 16 4 had neighborhood out there Mostly, the common, everyday !00ked comfortable and contented. | wouldn't have been killed the other however, where a flock of BOTY | tor agents, 1 think ao ne oe wha ire yanked They bad on aprons and gingham night.” This from Mra. 2103. chigkens “were . year! aE eed the|, But she laughed when I explained Caen eee reas. Klages clock S¥eerine cape If the auto drivers would only and at the back door, ) found the] iy mission il dnd idee as orion Bee A Wouldn't Give Names try to keep out of the people's way ™Aan and woman of the house, bi “What'll we do with the reckless Pee oe ee ‘ half as hard as the people try to *t work auto drivers, old man?” she called oulted “ ad wouldn't sive me thelr Keep ont of the way of the machines, _ She wore a broad, shady old Mat) oven hoe ghoulder to somebody in- Teagocleut hax 5 nen But I noticed the numbers of there wouldn't be much trouble,” 8nd helped her as yee vk porch, | ade we say, tor tnotane, ‘about their homes were 2101, and. 219g Put in Mra, 2101 wer seane Us Te ‘in jail, and He Would Hang 'Em what should be done with reck- Seventh av., respectively Don’t Care a Cent kept there,” she sald, with some| “HANG 'EM!" came like a rifle less auto speeders, who are kill- They eyed me as though they) And Mrs, 2103 added, “There's © heat. "The penitentiary {s where| shot, and the “old man” appeared, all excite whole lot of them don't care a cent whether they thought I might be a book agent In disguise as | explained my mission ing people who must walk. a reporter browsed they belong. Fines do no good. A fine-seema hard for atime, but they| His collar was off and a well-worn So, yesterday, hit you or not around in the working class resi- I think if the drivers kept their Both ladies were highly indig- goon forget it. Of course, they are! plpe waa in his mouth dence districts, rapping at doors. minds on what they're doing and/nant at Pollce Chief Griffiths’ ug-,not all to blame; some are acci-| He said his name was R, V. Roes: Hers he tells you what he heard their feet on the brakes there would | gestion to allow pedestrians to cross dents that nobody can help.” prob and that he was a mate on a and saw on his wanderings. be fewer accidents,” said Mrs. 2101, | the streets only at intersections. steambon J “Maybe some of them are over “He'll never do it,” declared Mra. Woman Is Suaplotoue ; “| used to be a policeman Leaving the office, on Seventh, worked, Probably they're up most | 2102 I walk enough now. Let She was Mrs. M. K 608) here,” he said, “and maybe I'm near Union, | traveled north a few of the night and are half asleep, the police do a little more walking Blanchard st ing does no good, | used to be blocks, toward Queen Anne hill, so they don't know what they’re|and watch the autos.” Her husband, ©, F. Krebs, a cook,; turnkey down at the tank, and until { chanced on a couple of little | doing.” They were still discussing the, was too busy to talk. He was dig-| | know that a few days in jail NO ARREST YET IN SLAYING OF | DOCTOR REDON No action hi clals as yet, been taken by offi- following the recom- mendation of the coroner's jury for any thinking woman can see blazoned on the wall of modern further investigation into the death | only RESPECT girls of the domestic virtues. of Dr. L, H. Redon, who was killed by &n aufomiobite tn the rear of the they DON’T send them invitations to the theatre or the restaurants, Henry building. will beat all the fines you can They laugh about be- ing fined. it's a joke, they think, They say, ‘Ha, ha, | was fined $10 today.’ AND THE UNDERTAKERS LAUGH WITH THEM. ®ut you put them in jail for a few days and you'll find they won't laugh. NOBODY EVER GOES AROUND BRAGGING ABOUT BEING IN JAIL.” {1 asked Mrs, Roesler for her she laughed. “I don't what I think; ) 1 might land in jail, myself.” I walked a long way after that.|pleasant-faced Mrs, The district is unfamiliar to me and 1 don't know where 1 was when I spied a bewhiskered personage seated, humped over, in a tumble- down wagon, loaded with bundles of old sacks A discouraged-looking old horse stood in front of it, idly swishing flies They might have been there for|came with me as I called out the of it.” OMORROW morning, before a committee of the council, the question of whether or not the port commi A. L. Valentine, superintendent of public utilities, a man whose job it is to guard the public's welfare, Valentine seems to think the port commission's franchise ought to be surrounded with all the IN HIS CAPACITY AS A PUBLIC SERVANT, He should take a tumble to himself, they want to hamper it as much as possible, And if. in lowering rates, it is going to make for prosperity in local industry, CITY COUNCIL The railroads on QF A GIRL-HUSBAND Man a Hunter of Women, She Says ! | i |eare for the sick and soothe the agony of those in pain seemed to n shall be granted a waterfront railroad IS PLACING OBSTACLES don't want the port commission's belt ter- to make it inoperative. The port commission's rail- and more trade PORT COMMISSION A FRAN- GRANT THE AST EDITION NEWSPAPERS ARE clearing their first page decks for action. Teddy will be “among those pres ent” in a few days. HAINS AND NEWS RTAS DN. he Men oeted in her pres not act in the presener the tells on thom something: awtal in these confessions she hae CF = tee The Siar, Hat «9 won't toll to tell ehout women out in the world, and te — them from the store of her vast knowledge of men and manners,—Edltor.) oe By Cora Kaden This world by man—for man alone. I, who have lived as a man among men, realize it I, who have talked with men as a man, know it. And whatever man may say about “the hand that rocks — the cradle rules the world,” they know NOTHING RU. MEN BUT THEIR DESIRES AND THERE IS RULER IN THIS WORLD BUT SEX. : Very few people believe me when I tell them that T > put on men’s clothes for moral as well as financial reasons, and yet if any girl who went out of her home to work at any occupation would tell the truth she could tell you of temptations that beset her, At every turn she is SI HOW EASY IT IS to get on in the world—to gain the gal of her ambition—if she will ONLY BE COMPLACEN THE DEMANDS OF MAN When I started out as a nurse, I did so with the highest ideals. To” is made to be the highest and best work that a woman could do. But I that steady work In my profession—like every woman's work in world—DEPENDED UPON THE GIVING OF MYSELF. Don't misunderstand me; there are good men in the work there are good women; but, living both as man and woman, ! ha ve that MOST M Sa aN DO NOT CONSIDER SEXU AL SINS OF ANY influence in getting her steady work. In it any wonder that I astartained to become a member of this priv- fleged sex. if possible? ih This disguise also helped me to protect my chum as well as n She could stay in the home, and, believe me, as long as society, with it DOUBLE CODE AND DOUBLE STANDARD OF MORALS, is as it now, the only place for a woman is in the bome. Just as pa as | am writing this, EVERY girl iv any have Sexe proposals made to socket, r oe ie ee : You mar Tanore natufe, and nature Rea ald that shall mate. The only sin about this js that man, being naturally does not select one mate and care for her alone, alway! the quarry whenever he finds {t unprotected with the same vigor that some of his class hunt the birds of beautiful plumage, & after they have denuded them of their plumage, cast them aside ‘a ined of a case of this kind the other day, where a woman store had for years held a responsible position—it wae whispered it through the favor of one of the managers. She was a fine woman, but after a score of years, in which she had given the her life to the store and its manager, she was let out and died of a en heart. THE POSITION 18 NOW FILLED BY A YOUNGER AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN! Is it any wonder that women read with avid interest eve: fake and real—that pertains to the preservation of their youth a je average man, young or old, wants only beauty, and beauty ts woman means youth, After the climacteric period woman Sothink to a man, Men select their wives because they are good looking. Mothers teach their daughters that men respect ONLY those who have the domestic virtues, and they are right, with the ex that they have used the word “only” in the wrong place. What should tell their daughters, if they tell them the truth, is that They DON’T send them flowers; they DON’T take them to | THEY DON’T MARRY THEM! c a week. | latter. This Man Doesn't Think “This speeding is terrible,” sald Here was a representative of the Mrs. Fishbeck, whose husband is common people, surely. head boom man at Brace & Her- I rested my foot on the wheel and gert's mill. “The speed fiends don’t addressed him in tones meant to care anything for a fine. most pleasant and confidential. Imprisonment Needed “He-e-e?” he queried “Imprisonment is what's needed T want to know what to make them cut it out. I have no | abont these speed demons children, but ff I did have I'd want F m think “Na,” he said, and shook his something done about this speeds head. I hurried away ing business. I think something like Tl bet he doesn’t know what this should be done: If a man who speed means A Mother Is Worried “It's getting so bad, grown folks aren't safe, let alone children,” said Roy Harbison, wife of a locomotive engineer, as she stood in her doorway at 311 Clay st. “I don't see why more children aren't run over,” she added She has a little girl, and worries whenever she ts out “You'll find Mrs, Fishbeck down jthe hall there,” she said, and then drinks and runs a machine is found out, he should not be allowed to run a machine again in the city Hmits, “My husband says if he had a machine he wouldn't speed, but 1 tell him he would. The law should do something. “NONE OF US THINK WE WOULD MURDER A_ PERSON, BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE'D DO IF THE LAW bot HOLD US IN. The only to m law so terrible they'll be pee.