The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 3, 1914, Page 1

W AtTcH closely that inate the double such conditions you can C yap of the super-baby. VULUME 16. NO, 86. LET’S THE way NOT To stop AUTO 3S DING — AREPUT RIGHT UP AGAINST IT Presbyterians Asked to With- draw Support From Liquor Selling Social Clubs. THEY'RE DOUBTFUL There's Doc Matthews, Now —He Belongs to 4 of ‘Em! And What'll He Do? Prominent Seattie Preebyter! |CHIEF HAS NEW PLAN |Asks Council to Place Nice splendid effort to elim- standard of morality at Dodge City, Kan., where young women have organized to taboo gents who smoke, swear, drink or gamble, and the young men have or- ganized to taboo girls who wear rats, drug store complexions and split or hobble skirts! Under almost already hear the A? L° day,” a “Black Friday” Day.” | The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print th SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1914. SWAT STREET CAR CHURCHMEN [HE'S GOINGTO. SEND THEM TO. JAIL,BY GOLLY Judge Gordon Frowns Turri-| bly as He Gives WARN- ING to Second Offenders Big Bump Every Block Along City Streets. ice Gordon, the kind, the be- ans, who belong to social clubs which include liquor selling among their activiti wondering how to take lution adopted by the general assembly of the church at Chi ministers and cago, urging | church members to withdraw | frork clubs and | organiza tlone which dispense alcoholic beverages. jand go to perdition with the clabs, lor will they stick to the chureb jand cast off thetr fr nal ties? | Or, on the other hand, will they olitely ignore the assembly's p . ome A pce Dr. W. A, Major, former pastor ‘The hope of his friends and rela {n a merchandise store at Nevadd|of the Methtsy Presdytertan tives that Jacob Furth would Itve|City. church, who ts « long enough to see his conviction in| Later ho gained a partnership in| Elks’ lodge and Arctic club, both of the La Conner bank case wiped out|a store at Colusa. He remained | Which sell liquor, says such action was not realized. there until 1883, when he removed| has been tak befor He died late Tuesday afternoon. |to Seattle on account of til health.| 2othing ever o of it | wishes? ry Nothing Ever Comes of It } | Sentiment seems to favor the 9 latter course. ee A decision by the supreme court, Hero he entered the banking bust-| Me Says pastors think no harm ‘on his appeal has been expected any | ness at Puget Sound Nationa! bank, | CO™®* from belonging to such day for the past few weeks. and almost from the start took the| clubs, and that great good results Furth retained his consciousness |dominant place in the city’s finan-| from the associations the last. and fully realized that}cial circles. = “ ° yoowd , the end was at hand. All members) Leaves Large Fortune ¥ mM. Sf onqgllve Of Ms family were at his bedside,| Furth te survived by his widow|‘%® First Presbyterian church, who having been summoned weeks ago jand three daughters, Mrs. Janel Mocntiy, te a member of the Rai y. when physicians gave up. hope of) Furth Terry, Mra. Frederick Karllaier, Seattle Athletic, and Arctic He was 73 yearsold. Struve and Mrs. Alexander saving his life. | | Wethertll. M-/ clubs and of the Elka Was Dominant Figure William Calhoun, of Calhoun The death of Furth marks the|, Hie personal fortune has not been) nenny & Ewing, « pillar of the passing of one of the dominant lchurch, is also a member of the financial figures in Seattle, Furth |, It is figured variously at $3,000,000) arctic club and others towered above all others In the nigh of anton 2 He hasn't had time to think ft financial! affairs of the community je funeral will be held Thurt-| over he sald to The Star He was the money king of the 447 8t 3 p.m. The services will be) | of the Metropolt Gitanvent conducted in Scottish Rite temple| ya)’ jy sent Up to the last, when he left for Py St. John’s — Ss 5, of which | and also Rainier, Arctic, Athletic California in April in a vain hope to| he waee member. Dr. H. H. Gowen /and Press club man recuperate, Furth retained active | 1} officiate. | * |” ‘The action came too suddenly for charge of his vast enterprises B hen setyb ch of there will be alnim, also He was at the head of the Seattle | vidio waren goog fs Black Won't R tional bank, president of the prcente Ry Frank D. . |the Alaska Fish Co., | The entire board of trustees of| ter of the Arctic club, and a Pres the Chamber of Commerce will at-|peterian, says ft. ie & good club tend the Furth funeral in a body|and he doesn't think he'll resign tomorrow. STREET CARS STOP All Seattle Electric care will Kerr Ce stop for two minutes tomorrow, |) one A. 8. Kerry, } the , i from 3 to 3:02 p. m., as @ mark tral Coal ( ien't in town toda of respect to the memory of || He belongs to the Rainier, G : and Jacob Furth, the deceased pres- LEONARD IN LINE Seattle Aemboti clubs, And he's « f the tractlo: yste resbyterian ident of th traction system, Sr, wralann Poly | whose funeral will be on at that | ay | i | Watchful waiting will pe L oe: | F RP licy adopted by Walter MeClure f \ lthe law firm of McClure & M i Puget Sound Traction, Light &| Sam Power Co., president of the First Na-| “Yes, I'm a Presbyterian,” he told tional bank of Snohomish, director | The Star. “And I'm a member of in several others banks in Washing. the College club and the Seattle ton, president of the Calffornia Land ‘Athletic. think that's all, I don’t think I'll take any action, for a time, at least.” w It “Silpped Over"? ler in lumber and amittee slip 0 controlling 20,000 acres| Who ts going to fill Jacob Furth’s shoes? Or rather, who ARE going to fill his shoes? The name of Alton W. Leonard is mentioned ag a likely successor & Stock Co., in Eastern Washington. Big Holder of Real Estate He also had large realty holdings in Seattle. J. A. Gould, 4 shingles, thinks th | ped it over on their brethren wh At various times Furth ati **\to Furth as head of the traction|they put through the resolution the Chamber of Com |company. Leonard is at ent} “I don’t think the many for two years sient of vice president. He came a|present when it was adopted,” he t. He was also president of | row years ago from Boston, the| said today. “I don't think there ts an tron Works. and Was @*/ nome of the Stone-Webster in-|anything cut and dried about It. It 4 of other organizations and| (Ome Lo Murely a recommendation business concerns | Daniel Kelleher may succeed| Gould belongs to the Arctic club A man of rugged physique, he ne-| gotiated some of his biggest enter-| prises during the last few years of | his life. It was in 1900 that he effected the consolidation of the Seattle street “| hope the embly makes it etick and forces a show-down club member Furth as chairman of the board of directors of the Seattle National bank, though {t is probable that no successor will be chosen until the regular election In January. told the new Will they resign from the church | member of the/ and that} nt, the friend of the families week laundry wagon driv # gone on the war p » and romised to send sp rs to . he haan't sent anybody yot | Im truth, he ha: only renewed an made some time ag, re would jail second of 1d pledge, |that he » fenders My, What a Frown! | He wald it twiee yesterday, with |a turrible frown. He made ft ha force, swatted sev with heavy re are among you a number of of ders of traffic ordinances and you, too, had better learn your lesson from this court toda: added The tact court, EB BK several repenters on vubly as h that the Hodwel!, pointed out trial yester day, didn’t sway Hi» Honor He bas «ald before he would send ‘em up. But when they ap- | | peared yesterday he just kept right on warning them Griffiths Has a Pian speed demon were offered today. Chief of Police Griffiths thinks ff a bump were placed in the streets bout once every block it would keep autos down to speed regula tions | “Run ft clear across the street and make {t a good-sized bump,” ays § «Griffiths, “I understand they're doing it in tern cities.” He has recommended it to the unctl Attorney George Olson doesn't tavor the idea of jailing speeders. Take their machines away from them for a w ” he says. “Place an official padlock on the auto or motorbike, and its own er will feel a lot worse than if you send him to jail.” HOT DISCUSSION ON OVER STREET SPEAKING LAW A red hot discussion w on atthe ity ha ay between members of public » committee d cit zens opposing the proposed ordi nance regulating street speaking Richard Mansfield White, who appeared against the measure last week, made anbther talk today, de fending the rights of free speech. A large delegation from the La bor Counct! was present ordinance requires that a before alr meeting t a permit THIEF GETS $76 The room of Richard Pramer, was entered with a The thief got Tourist hotel pass ke last night Two suggestions for stopping the | to wage By Norman Rose | TORONTO, Ont June 3 From now on until she is grown up, Grace Hannagan, 19, only sur family of Staff Band Hannagan of the will be the care vivor of the m Edward Salvation Army, fully guarded charge and ward of | the army | When the Empress of Ireland was lost, with nearly 1,000 people, | ace, with her mother and father, | sitting on the rail of the ves-| waiting for the end. They Didn't Talk | ter sel, We didn’t hold hands, but just sat near each other,” said Grace. They told me not to be afraid, and I wasn't, Papa and mamma didn't talk to each other All of a sudden the ship went right down, and I went under the water “When I came to the top there | were some chairs near me and I put my hands on one of them for {a moment, then I saw a big piece ton {ts raised to_an embassy HEERFUL IDIOT offers statistics showing that in penitentiaries ministers and bankers outnumber baseballists 10 to 1. NDON suffragettes have picked out a “Red Thursday” on which to become particularly devilish. King George already has a “Blue Sun- It’s getting to be just one blamed day |! after another for George. | Orphaned in Wreck of Empress, Finds Home in Salvation Army Gracie Hannagan, as She Appearea arrayed in Salvation Army Costume oeree ‘TLL MEET PAPAIN = HEAVEN,’ SHESAYS ask bios ON THREE-STORY $950,000 COUNTY BUILDING THE KAISER, who is considered some judge of beauty, recently said to an American: “Where do all your beautiful women come from? Really, I don’t think there is another country in the world that could make a better showing.” And to think there are more beautiful women right in Seattle than the poor old kaiser ever has seen. He ought to take a walk along Second av. | and a “Yellow Derby AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST—Gener- ally fair tonight and Thursday; gentle westerly winds ON THAINS AND NEWS MT ASIN A ONE CENT Clear the tracks on Fourth av. for the municipal |cars! That's the first step in untying the city railway tangle. It oughtn’t to take very long. Corporation Counsel Bradford is going to tackle the job right away, he says, and there should be no difficulty or any delay in getting that Hanfordized injunction modified. We ought to have city cars on Fourth av. next week. Somebody has been negligent in allowing Division A to begin operation without having cleared the tracks for it on Fourth av. The city has a right to use those tracks, whether the Seattle, Renton & Southern has a valid franchise jor not. It has that right under the common user clause if the franchise is valid. It has that right, by all the franchise is not valid. | That's plainly the first step, then—to put the city cars on Fourth av | And there is another big job for big men. It's to settle these eternal negotiations for the acquisition of the Renton line, and to settle it right Enemies of municipal ownership have been charging that cities cannot manage public utilities successfully. Y. OTHER CITIES. BE SUSTAINED IN SEATTLE? ment. For three years the city has been buying and con- jdemning that road without being any nearer possession of it today than ever. | THE CITY HAS BEEN SLIPPED INJUNCTIONS, AND “JOKER” RULINGS, AND FOOL PROPOSITIONS. ALTOGETHER THERE'S A PERFECT LOVELY MUD- DLE NOW. JUDGE FRATER HELPED THINGS BEAUTIFUL LY LAST MONDAY BY DENYING THE CITY’S PE- TITION FOR IMMEDIATE TRIAL OF THE EMPIRE WAY CONDEMNATION. All in all, there has been no head or tail to the Renton deal And it's about time, Mr. Mayor, gentlemen of the coun \cil, and others who have the city’s interests at heart, to tell this pack of wolves that have been trying to hold up the city for robber prices on a bankrupt railway to go to blazes, Whether we should condemn the line, or whether we should build a parallel line, or whatever we should do, is the next big question to solve. BUT FIRST: PUT THE CITY CARS ON FOURTH AV. of wood right close by.” “I took hold of the plece of wood and I floated til some men pulled me Into a boat; there were only two ladies in the boat, all the rest “bienipSedlatia men. King county will have a new|committee were approved by the “Then 1 didn't remember any | courthouse board of commissioners, Bids more till I was in a French lady’s| The long squabble over the vari-| were called for, honse, all wrapped up warm, and ous details of the proposed strue-| The county has $950,000 avail. they were asking me If I felt good|ture ended today when revised|able for construction. No bids enough to go home.” Bandmaster Hannagan and his wife were members of the Salva- tion Army before their marriage in |plans and specifications drawn by | above this figure will be accepted. Architect A. Warren Gould and} The plans call for an unusually checked by the county building|strong foundation, which will be built to meet the future growth of the county home, England. They came to Toronto shortly before Gracte’s birth. she| MASHER PICKS Although three stories will at has been brought up in the army. present accommodate the county, it is planned to make the foundation strong enough for 18 stories. Alternative bids were also called want to be In the army, always,” she said. “1 know it's what papa and ‘OUT WRONGGIRL mamma would want me to do, “Hello, kid!” for on the two extra stories which and | know | haven't lost them That's what the police declare/the city probably will build. for always, either. If | am a |James Sullivan said to a girl on ———— good girl, and always do what |the street yesterday. She happen-| First shipment of Australian ed to be a daughter of Police-| yams, sweet potato substitute, am | know they would want me to | do, | WILL MEET THEM | AGAIN IN HEAVEN,” | woman Dahnken rives, Sullivan was up this morning ‘I didn’t,” he asserted stoutly, “Fine $25,” said the court. Extensive plans made for Vashon island strawberry festival at Lisa beula June 20. before Judge Argentine legation at Washing- car system, and laid the foundation | ears’ residence in Seattle, RENTON CARLINE sive forehead, his white itten Especially for The Star.) His ma rl hair, the rimmed glasses over his| : . : ober » 3, large eyes, hia firm, steady stride, | That the taking over of the SHERBROOKE, Fob teaside were millar to thousands of| Seattle, Renton & Southern by J have just come x ow Deopie | the city would be a blow to |of one of the few wollen wy bane oo we lof the horrible Empress 0 c Jacob Furth was a name that had| municipal ownership, and that leas A eal patcnywite: ot ssed in Senttle for years. he Ke ral public knew him as) « head of a big corporation that} | It would be unsatisfactory and impracticable, is the gist of a resolution adopted last night by been dinc wealthy wool manufacturer of this place 1 © « url ¢ f and received a good deal! the Commercial Club. The collier Storstad wah h hurl of ar The resolution urges the coun- |ed a thousand souls into walury * int » frienda spoke of him] il to abandon the idea, and to graves that deer je nig , ss aa : . 4 charitable build a municipal fine paral Ben handful of lives—amor k rs, Patof Come Pree Oe. Pt ngestonphy a eohvcnaae hie As soon as Mrs, Paton was landed n ee ee ‘e ‘ (ore wae A | by the Storstad at Quebec, she was i nent Nee te Canton j by her husband, her brother, ¥. h hundred passengers on train| met by her : as ee ay os Veatt nake Feity eves from| 0. Grundy, and her 10-year-old son Bia, practically penniless. fhe hat | wreck by quickness of engineer in| Andrew, and rushed by special train learned the confectioner’s tra i FT a een ie Rharteonke, | reversing his engine. old country, but became « clerk for the present Puget Sound Trac-) rT tion, Light & Power Co., a concern} valued at $75,000,000 | Was Well Known Man r “ alee eh Se Ee tee Woman Survivor made Jacob Furth well : EA AC oe . ss eee | UPON ANY TERMS | By Nixola Greeley-Smith of ue fox horn. sare teten ptr cw n to blow ral minutes the impact, and did not cease when the collision came I was not in the least alarmed, as I thonght we had merely grounded on some tee, but I got up, put on a skirt and this blue negligee | am ring now, and stepped out on the deck. My cabin was on the up per deck “There people were running about and calling to each other that there had been an accident, but | felt that, whatever had happened, | would rather be alone and quiet than a part of of already terrified human being we on my stockings and shoes and a fury sat there dressed as I was for| minutes, then I realized that} ten the vessel must have listed consid- | erably, because the drawers sudden- | ly began to tumble out of the dress: | er and clatter onto the floor, but my lights were burning and 1 sat there. “Then the door of my cabin was flung open and a man cried out Come out at once if you expect to be saved Will | have time to save any thing?’ 1 asked Only your Hfe, he answered and, clambering up, seized two life belts on an upper berth, and, fling ing them at me, disappeared “Beside my bed was this little pink | “So 1 returned to my room, put! silk workbag with my needles and EMENDOUS WAIL AS THOUSAND PEOPLE DIED” Tells Nixola Greeley-Smith Thrilling Story of How She Was Saved From Big Liner do that, so I just] gone! whatever might! “There was hardly any suction, | The water was calm. I could not stood waiting for happen and really not trying to save myself. “The men in the boat with me “THERE WERE NO WORDS, | were nearly all of the crew. I think JUST TERRIBLE GROANS | they were not seamen, because they AND MOANS. Not separate | seemed not to know how to handle sounds, but one unified, tremen- | the boat well, but stokers, or some- dous wall: ‘OH! OH! OH! | thing like that. OH!’ as if some dying giant | “Every one in the boat was trem- was calling upon the gods for | bling with emotion, You could feel thread and scissors in it, and an ex tra pair of glasses—I am helpless without my spectacles. 1 grabbed that bag and rushed on deck The boat had listed so much that she jwas lying on her side and the captain's bridge was al- most in the water. “Up the sharp incline of the tilted deck human beings crawled like enormous ants and clung to the top rail; every now help. a tense vibration—-not of the water and then some hand clutching | ‘As more and more people crowd-' but of human nerves, that rail would be loosened | ed around me, | stepped on the cap. “A few people were swimming from Weakness or forced away | tain's bridge, now flooded with wat-| about us, and | was able to pull by the feverish grasp of a jer, and I saw some men were just} one man aboard. stronger hand contending for |launching a small collapsible boat Then we made for the Storstad.” the rail, and its owner would | “T simply th myself from the roll down towards the water | bridge and landed in the boat. Al-| Milwaukee road appoints Mott Sawer, Spokane, head of new Idaho again, only to start that cat-like division, craw! back to the rail. most the next moment I turned to| look at the Empress and she was Be «~The Renton situation is one replete with mismanages ~~