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

° rs measure by which it is proposed to help the employ Next month a minimum wage of $8.90 weekly for fac / ara pwns cote fi Bat setmer soeun shat youve ban But we are imbibing a great deal of respect for the tory employes will go into operation, up there in | this “young and woolly” state, as it pleases the editor to state of Washington because it takes hold of proposi glorious new Northwest, where they aren't afraid to call us? 4 tions that “won't work” and sets them to working try anything labeled “for humanity A $10 minimum For some time past, Washington has had a state in for mercantile employes becomes effective at once And sey T won't work!” dustrial welfare commission. It has tackled that most now employers, employes and disinterested citizens have That's what is said of most every legislative unworkable” proposition, the minimum wage just agreed to recommend to the commission a minimum WHAT THEY THINK OF OUR STATE BACK EAST $9 ‘There ekly for are several ker which to laundry ways boom in but there is no more successful way than to demonstrate that the state takes direct interest in the welfare of its a state, working people Go to it, Washington! You may be young and woolly, but you're showing that you are bright, coura- geous and human. AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST — Fair tonight and Wednesday. Contin wed warm. Brisk northerly winds VOLUME 16. NO. 109 WHAT IF JAPS’ SHIPS Boalt Draws Grim Picture of Vera Cruz Situation SHOULD BOMBARD US! - By Fred L. Boalt | —— a Bond st. tailor. | ! Never, nev by ar chance, do (By Mail to The Star) they visit New York or Chicago. RA CRUZ, June 21.— Why should they? ; ; For are not these “North | Sometimes in my ram- Americans” outlandish bar- bles around Vera Cruz I barians? Not in another cen- tury can the best of us acquire | ough culture and poise and | jegance of taste and mannerto | meet on terms of social equal- ity the aristocracy of Mexico. By brute force we have occupled Vera Cruz. We have monopolized the plaza, We have turned the an a house, larger and than its neighbors. And always there is a grim » eld man on guard in the doorway. Once or twice, in passing that house, I have noticed sient city upside down with our surp! ised faces in the win- ons of health and sanite tig un madly about In all dows, peering out through the shutters. They are the faces of the wife and daugh- ‘ters of the grim old man. the waiter in the cantina on the corner T have learned that the grim old man is very rich, very aristocratic, and very bitter toward poaicens. em pemeine bi wife a jughte: such fast ad rather x oor rai ike to know the big, blond, khaki-clad officers who gallop noisily on big horses. eking work, work, work We husf¥e, shout and perspire. We [never dream of taking naps In the heat of the day | Well, we are here, and the grim) old man can’t help himself. But he'll have no dealings with us. Nor will he permit his womenfolk to know us. Stand in his shoes. Suppose | a Jap fleet should some day come seme _galiin hale carouah the. the paotadin Elliott bay. Suppose they shot holes in the Smith building, the Wash- ington, the Savoy. Suppose they landed a force of sailors and marines. Sup- when the scars of battle been poulticed, they should | take possession of the city, ex | tending their outposts as far as Ballard on the north, Kirkiand on the east, and South Park on the south. You are to see, with your mind’s eye Jap officers swag gering in and out of stores, hotels and saloons. Their brown tents are everywhere. A Jap captain ousts Police Judge Gordon from the bench, and sends Bill Jones, logger, to the stockade for his sins. A Jap major walks into Hi Gill's office and tells him to beat it. They make a lot of needed improvements, do these hustling the portales, moved the men of the ‘ .. |lower class, But the grim old man will | Thus, on band concert nights, not permit them to so much (four streams moved slowly round) jand round the plaza, men and wom- ‘BS set foot upon the side- (or exchanging greetings. | The young folks flirted and made P os }love; the old fulks gossiped. Those fe | The plaza is always gay. who could afford it stepped to the} “But formerly—1 mean betore the | little tables under the portales for| n—the gaiety was all Mex-| refreshment. Especi or ursday and} -eboaga clang 7 1 wish the grim old man would For it was on those nights that | forget his crouch band played. On those nights| I wish he would come to the plaza, ‘Vera Cruz was on parade. They and bring his wife and his pretty did it the same way. The, daughters with him. But he won't! | is as old as Vera Cruz itself.| No chance! ‘That is, the men of the upper! In justice to the grim old man, * strolled in one direction on|you've got to get his viewpoint eeice oc toe walk toward the cen-| Mexican civilization is older than | ter of the plaza. The women of the ours. And it is European civiliza-| / class strolled in the opposite |tion transplanted | Japs, and they say in loud | The grim old man was educated | to “My, my! What quaint | Outside the upper class women|in Europe. Every year his wife| people these Americans are! | ’ walked the wives and daughters of |and daughters go to London, Paris, | Stadsid. Rome. The wife and daugh- ters have their dresses in Paris. The grim old man — They are at least a years behind the time: Would you be sore? Would you, your proud Seat- tle spirit thus humbied, permit your daughter to join the Sun- day afternoon parade on Sec- shopkeepers, artisans and . And on the extreme outer of the walk, on the side toward “CAN YOU HELP “LONESOME GIRL”? SHALL SHE DROP HER made t ond av.? b WOULD YOU, YOUR SUN- / 4 DAY DINNER FINISHED, TAKE YOUR WIFE TO THE CLEMMER, SURRENDERING YOUR TICKETS TO A JAP SENTRY AT THE DOOR? ’ “1 6 ? I can sympathize with the grim| old man, though he does not want| © |my sympathy | is emia iy. meas | Still—still—doggone it! I wish} THE fo yg his grouch and bring gg a has worked since Ei cintibered geod looting and nest » Mees young man, her ideal. He to her, saying she looks lonesome surely add to her troubles. Better|he'd forget live than not, ie the same.” [band play asking perm y Introduce themacives mission to call @ number ee a 2 q ? ind out who I w | | ™ LENG ss” One MANS ODINTOV the | seep ene rer ait it oa, and asks to call. She meets hin mitown. They go to the theatre, and he takes her riding in auto, He always few as gentleman | “Lonesome Gir what to do. He he @m only * poor workin, “Mhall I try to forget or go Maybe get turned down while I him, and The Star parsed the question of this Se as ia jand how, after all, big ee come and go, nad little ps eit ‘ “Feel not beneath him,” coun |too, and. the world keeps merrily on regardless of what gels Herman Eisert, 1211 Broad-| happens way, Everett, “because of hiv When the Washington crew was getting ready to leave earthly riches and your lack of for the East, everyone got up on tiptoe, shouted “Banzai,” Ot God. Forget him not, fear not| Won't it be great for Seattle and this state. Why, it'll be to love him, and be brave enough|just the most wonderful blessing this state has had.” eee we turning down ot the Well, somehow or other, the crew did not win, or even Oy ckall be rt a LehOw Still, let's not be discouraged. The crops will be just “Lost opportunities are the long jas big in Washington as if the crew had won. The climate Mit tived griets,” says G. Good on't suffer any Che fall campaign will be just as lively. ridge, 1011% East Terrace at.) The Potlatch will be just as merry, and on Fourth of July| “Were 1 Lonesome Girl 1 would) we'll picnic and orate and shoot off just as many firecrackers | risk the unfortunately possible ont-|2. ever come of such an unequal (worldly) Ik I match. She has the choice, certain waged may but though ound awfully unsympathetic, regret if she does not; possible 1 regret the defeat on the Hudson, somehow I cannot wring happiness, if she does If she tears out of my eyes and wear a long look with my new gives up this hope of happiness, /+. ne as ps fairey on it i in times of depres. | Stay suit and straw ha 't it peculiar how everything | marries, or not sion or misfortune, the contrast) Will go on just about the same old way, even though Wash-| with what might have been, willlington did lose | of the Columbia river. even if the reward his family to the plaza to hear the| | [ROMANCE IN LAWYER’S OFFICE! | BOSS MARRIES STENOGRAPHER; THEY’RE OFF ON A HONEYMOON, Edward Judd and His Bride Who Was His Stenogr: York block, Judd was Miss Anna Ras- You wouldn't pick a lawyer's of) fice, with its musty law books and | dusty precedents, for a real, live/dale until last Wednesday, and she| romance, would you? |was Judd’s stenographer. ell, Danny Cupid did, anyhow,| Judd was formerly prosecuting | jay Mr. and Mrs. Edward |attorney at Chicago. Seven years | Judd are spending their honey-|ago he came to Seattle. Miss Ras moon somewhere along the banks dale came to Seattle about the| Judd is an attorney tn the New) Mrs. same time, also from Chicago. And now the wedding belis. ZOWIE! GIRL TELLS OF HOW NURSE DID DANCE IN RED TIGHTS AT HOSPITAL BALL on | voted on. The Seattle Star. The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News —— SEATTLE, W/ WASH. "TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914. i} President me ONE CENT Siw nranba DO YOU WORK FOR LIVING? GET OUT, THEN, AND BEAT THE NEW CHARTER Bolton of Labor Council Calls on Working Folk to Vote Right. POLLS OPEN UNTIL 8 |“Charter Forces Depend Upon| | missal of Dr Waldo Richardson, as|some of the autractiony eaid to superintendent of the King county |have been staged at a private en-| hospital, was taken today when /|tertainment at the hospital | County Commissioner McKenzie Gave a Masquerade prepared a resolution for his re-| “Some of the nurses of the hos »val to be presented to the board, | pital gave a masquerade party The move was made following | January 14, in the superintendent's formal filing of the report of § loffice, in honor of the assistant Tatro and bookkeeper, Mr. Friske’s birthday, \charging migmanagement of the in which would bear criticism,” said atitution. | Miss Fox Gay “Goings on” at Night In addition to reports of brutal treatment of patients, evidence of gay “goings on" in the night time, in which nurses and men are said | to have figured, is given In a state ment by Miss Mae Fox, graduate nurse, formerly engaged at the hospital. Loose flowing kimonos, the bear |dance in red tights, girls in over- jalls nh off at the knees, and one WILSON TURNS HIS BACK UPON we ghost. “Two other | tomboys, | the knees, bandanna “Last, “One head nurse appeared as a After many of the out and patients were asle |} She made a visit to the wards and bedsides of the patients, |ing them bh pe frighten- her weird attire. Dress as Tomboys in wearin handkerchiefs their necks, and slouch hate. “Another was a Japanese girl, a loose, open kimono. “Their appearance was not to be ence of gentlemen, Does Dance in Tights nurse appeared tn nurses represented overalls cut short a men's ahifts about as severely criticised as their ac- tions, though, which were unlady- like and uncalled for in the pres- | system and from which Seattle was glad | cllmen Light Vote to Carry It,” Warns Union Leader. The following statement was Is sued today by T. H. Bolton, prest-| font of the Central Labor Connect! tnd one of the charter commis sioners opposed to the Hinky Dink charter “Every laboring man and Woman should feel it an im- perative duty to vote against the proposed charter today. The forces that are trying to foist thie reactionary plan on Seattic are well organized and will cast their full strength. They depend upon a light vote to cai the charter. cast his vote it will undoubt- ly be defeated. So don't stay at home. Falling to vote is equivalent to voting for the charter, Get out to the polls and vote down a charter which deprives the people of a voice in the important aff: of their own city government.” oe Polls will be open till 8 p. m. Ascertain the polling place in your precinct from the registration de- partment, Main 8500, and vote. ee Vote against the proposed char- ter, It goes back to a worse ward than Seattle had before, to escape It provides for a council of 30 to appoint the city manager, corporm tion counsel, city treasurer, and leity comptroller. Every voter will have the right to vote for only one of the 30 coun- and for an ornamental mayor, whose principal duties will be the appointment of a chief of police and the making of speeches at banquets. The city have manager will charge of everything else. The system proposed is the only one of its kind in the world. IT 18 NOT THE MANAGER PLAN ADOPTED AT DAY- TON, OHIO. IN THAT CITY THERE ARE NO WARD COUNCIL- MEN TO DO ALL THE AP- POINTING. In Seattle, it is proposed to pay the councilmen $25 a month, thus depriving anyone who is not rich or a grafter of a chance to serve. erry In addition to the charter, there are also the bridge bonds to be No matter how you vote | bridge bonds, Ballard bridge. This bridge means the extension of the eity line into Ballard. It is osition 1” on Shoah ballot CONTRACTOR IS "FINED IN ACTION on the oth to vote for the BY STATE BOARD The state compensation commis- sion has prosecuted its first case) under the law making It compul- sory for employers to furnish the board with its time books and pay- rolls to determine the tax rate. L. 8. Green, red |ing a piledriver, was fined $10 and 48 | costs by sweater tights and performed FFRAGETS no lady would or should perform and still call herself a lady, mak ing the crowd acquainted with WASHINGTON, June 30.—Presi-/ some forms of vulgar and immod- dent Wilson told 700 suffragets | est dancing, such as the be ee here to that he belleved woman | ete, suffrage was a question for states| “A phonograph and general mer- and not for the federal government |riment were running high until |to settle. |shortly after midnight, when the When the delegation attempted | nurses dispersed to their rooms, to heckle him he abruptly turned | and many of the sick patients were | and walked from the Hast roofn, leaving the women gazing at him in open-mouthed astonishment, |for their rest Most of the women expected to|turbed by the shake hands with the president, might finish her but were not given the opportunity. | the assigned time, many being dis. that duties sh at Justice Brown yesterday for violation of this act The case grew out of injuries sus- tained by Frank © jemployed by Green, (CASEY ON TRIAL Attorney Thomas J. Casey, cited able to try to make the best of the|on a charge of soliciting legal busi- few remaining hours of the night|ness, went on trial today before before night nurse Jud, Tallman, The prosecutor, tn his complaint, names three cases in which, he says, Casey solicited em ployment in personal Injury cases. a contractor operat-| be sure |3 | Here's the editorial: “Prop-|Wards and Districts | shortcomings. | a recognition of the fact that the public does not like the ward system,” of | quibbling over a term. Ulridge while| to disguise their wards under the title of districts. A month ago one Seattle newspaper was ridiculing the Hinky Dink Charter; today it is enthusiastically for it---why? HY is the Post-Intelligencer so desperately in favor of | the Hinky Dink charter today after the caustic at- jtacks it made upon it only a few weeks ago? What has caused that paper, and others, to turn a com- plete somersault? Is it because the Special Privilege gang |discovered a gold mine in the Hinky Dink thing? | On April 6, the Post-Intelligencer editorially declared” that it would be far better for Seattle to keep the present 73 |charter than return to the indefensible ward system. Here? jis the editorial. It speaks for itself: |Charter Commission Work The sentiment of this community, In the opinion of the Post-Intel- ligencer, is largely out of sympathy with the proposed return to the ward system of municipal government. It is a reactionary plan and un- responsive to the demand for something better, which brought about the creation of the charter commission. | A councilmanic body of 18, a few years ago—14 elected by and four at large—proved cumbersome and expensive. Controlled by | small coterie of members, some of whom rendered most excellent it was given to bargain and trade in legisiation. To obtain the ary to accept the bad, and the community tired of the Its evils were obvious. ep forward was Peg In reducing the number of counciimen Now it is proposed No risk an experiment in the opposite di by enlarging the council to 30 members to be chosen by wards, wi the theory that all that is necessary to eradicate the admitted and onstrated evils of the old system is to put the executive work in of a well-paid manager to be elected by the council! and subject to or dismissal by body. As between the form of government Seattle now has and such & parture, surely it would be the part of wisdom to adhere to the system and correct its faults! The commission is wise In reopening ite tentative plan for it may then well be abandoned in toto. The business saa, divorced from the, large. council commend It, but a combination of the two, Possible, at any. rate, Is doomed to defeat. ‘Theretors, why waste: fort in that direction? Why rah the ne plan? ET now the morning lied is ‘scteebion as lustily as poms sible for the Hinky Dink things On April 18, the Post-Intelligencer ridiculed the “ot mental mayor” idea proposed in the Hinky Dink pian in the same editorial referred to the 30-ward-city-manag |plan as a IQUE MIXTURE OF PAST FAILUK AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS.” Here’s the editorial, verbatim: An Ornamental Mayor As a necessary consequence of the proposed council of 30 members and an indefinite sort of city manager, the charter commissioners have ‘ation of a mayor who will be like a Bertha M. ‘Mayor in Name Only.” He is to have a compensating salary $2,500 a year, the authority to bestow the keys of the city on di guished visitors, lay corner-stones, pitch the first ball of the season, jpeak at whatever banquet may require his oratory. In the be spon | he city manager must strive to make himself unpopular, t and beaming mayor must extend the glad hand and the niinesgem ven to all comers. As we see it, the office of mayor under the new charter is not go ing to be a satisfactory one for the incumbent, and, naturally, res. sult, it will be unsatisfactry to the people. He can be done, with a council of 30 and a city ager competing him, but there is not a surplus of consolation even in this thought. A mayor who is frankly an ornament is certain to become a It is true that the ornamental duties of the mayor are many, but ti are diluted with a large quantity of public responsibility. A mayor is merely a glorified chief of police and an official diner-out for the is like to fall into undignified disrepute. The fact that hi pai ary for performing certain social functions will destroy his social value. Nobody will want a professional mayor at his party. ree Under the commission form of government, which the charter com) | if mayor would be suffi: ble man, But under the uniq i and future expectations now under conside the chances for securing even a good ornamental mayor will be Even a second-cl: man would hesitate before taking the job ing so few attraction N April 30, two or three days before the final draft the Hinky Dink charter was filed with the city compe the P.-I. declared: “A COUNCIL MADE UP “MBERS IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.” |trolle M The idea of the charter commission that the inherent evils of ward system of city government can be obviated the mere desi; tion of the wards as districts is not even ingenious. "It is not a new ai | by any means. It has been tried often in the past, but with no reco! of success. A thing is what it is, no matter what name may be —_ to it, The word “ward” did not fall into Ill-repute because of any phoneite The combination of sounds which make the word have in them no taint of inefficiency at the best or dishonesty at @ worst. Asa word, “ward” is every bit at good as “district.” The which make up the word “ward” to the eye were not born with any mus nicipal sin. As a noun, “ward” stands on an equality of virtue with eve ery other noun in the language. So, whether we have 30 wards or 30 districts, it is all the same, and the charter commission is strangely mistaken if it suspects that popular prejudice against the 30-ward system does not include the district system. Whether we have 30 councilmen, 30 aldermen, 30 men or 30 districtmen, they will constitute the same identical I ing, inefficient and expensive body, and the same objections hold equally — | good for all of them. The effort to get away from the word “ward” is an evasion, and it is If the ward system had been a success, there would be non The commissioners would never have thought They would speak ¢ 30 wards frankly and unafraid. But, on the contrary, the commission feels the need of an alias be- cause of the | that attaches to wards in city governm: stronger argument against their in is required. No eupher alter the fact that a council made up of 30 members is fundai wrong. It is not what the people want, and they will have none Gi . . WwW"! tf a complete reversal on in a few minutes! “fundamental principles” | WHY?