The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 7, 1914, Page 4

BEVERR OF SCKIFES NORTHWEST & Telearaph News Service of the AGUR OF NEWSPA Press Assoctation, 4 at Seattle, Wash, Postoffice as Second-Class Matter, year $9.25 1x mos, $1.80 nth n. up to # of city, 36 » Ry Publiehed Datty by Th © Pablishtn: exchange conne. department Two Kinds of a Good Time N a great city, a few evenings ago, there was opened for the first time a vast pub! garden.” : Its latticed walls glittered with many colored electric * lights. | An orchestra played and fair women sang and at tables thousands ate, drank and were merry—a merriment begin Ming in natural fellowship but gaining in voltage under the Bimulus of alcoho! until in many instances it ended in flushes of stupor and headaches next morning i. As the ice in the glasses. clinked and the corks popped nd the cabaret performers sang or danced while the musi-} their jewels their appetites. of luxuries, with Gians played, rouged women smiled or flashed © and bored men brightened to the lures to They were having that most expensive § Many grown to be a periodical necessity, “a good time a4 4 hey were buying pleasure : On the same evening, blocks away, in a hospital, a wan baby lay near unto death, its little pulse beating feebly, its Weakened blood just rich enough to keep up a faint spark of life The doctor, bending over the little bed, took count of S the ebbing pulse and saw that something desperate would hhave to be done if the life of the waif were not to flicker out q He turned to the nurse and asked, “Are you game?” A nod was her hushed response Thereupon the doctor reached for an instrument, opened | ® Vein, tapped the rich life current of the nurse and let DS Gnto the child’s white body a warm stream of first-class The experiment succeeded ered. Nurse and doctor together had saved a precious life They, too, had a good time Perhaps a better time than those folks in the gaudy “garden.” For instead of ‘unselfish service. Does Wesley Still Believe in Him? HE deeper the probe goes into the failure of Lorimer’s bank, the clearer it becomes that the senate at Wash i IRIMER Jones of our own state voted to give him a "thorough “whitewash.” So «Lorimer claimed to be a friend of the poor and built much of his power on the notion that they could trust him He betrayed them as a senator by voting for trust pulls land privileges. And now it seems that he also skinned many of them as a banker! E XS doubt the law will also punish him in a way. = But punishing Lorimer won't recover the ‘lost savings of the poor. Probably they will never be recovered But at least Illinois and every other state which hasn't done so can safeguard the future by compelling state §vate banks to guarantee depositors Xna congress can make the requirement * Let’s have more banking for the people. national of Progress GYURELY, though at times slowly, the people move on to- MJ wards the goal of real self-government St. Louis has cut through the maze of a bi-cameral city ture, with all the jungle spots and hiding places which h a system provides for the grafter and the traitor, and ha pplanted its old government with a new one in which re- onsibility can be readily located call to check any who might be tempted to duplicate that of graft which Joe Folk exposed © Those who believe that the pendulum is swinging back to Phe old standpat days might well take notice HUERTA 1S ready to quit at the proper time, and he'll fix the time himeeif. BROOKLYN CHIROPODIST who hasn't any feet of his own is miss Ing, according to a police alarm. ° TALKING THROUGH telephone, man got an electric shock which _ was attributed to the meta! fillings in his teeth. Gold and platinum ‘aren't conductors, and the man is doubly shocked a EQUAL SUFFRAGE is a matter of states’ rights, says This ie what some very good people thought of human « are thinking of prohibition. ery ANYBODY SEEN the distinguished looking English millionaire K. Hamiiton?? One woman at Los Angeles wants him for not e ing her, another for marrying her, and a third for jumping his bill. THE DOVE of peace must have tears in ite ae Sam's program of two dreadnoughts, one huge battle auxiliary warships. VILLA HAS ordered a $500 bathtub. Must be that he expects to capture some water to put in it. MELLEN MAY have been only the Morgan “goat,” but he's acquir Ing a collection of grand jury indictments that knocks any of J. P.'s co! bections galley west. ad WITH SURGEON GEN. BLUE in charge of New Orleans’ bubonic plague, we wouldn't be a New Orleans rat for all the money in the world. Biue gets up at night to yell “Swat the rate!” TO BE rea! decent, Russi assassinated in mistake for bob-tail flush offering to divide the pot. MISSOURI SUPREME court decides that the Y. M. C. A. cannot paying taxes under exemption as a religious association. By the iy, what taxes do they get out of Billy Sunday? ‘a splendid They're going to.ex isolate they won't contaminate the vagrant men, prob moral impetus,” it is announced. ‘Bil vagrant women. S: THE SEATTLE STAR mm W400, evevenay The child rallied and recov-| buying deceitful pleasure they rendered ion was wise in throwing him out, even though Wesley] ought to pension the families of those CARRANZA TALKS about his split with Villa like @ fellow holding | | le gf medical examiners opens. w | Oconomowoc, Wis. More than this, it added the initiative, referendum and; Seattle Automobile Trades STAR—TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914. PAGE 4, THE SEATTLE STAR’S LAUGH DEPARTMENT OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE | Ponto, the Purp WELL, - SHE WHOS KeRE! iF THERE'S ANYTHING 1 Love — IT'S To TARe A SLAM AT A— Vie A MOLUYCODDLE THAT WEARS A BOLT OF PINK RIBBON — f! ONS OF THESE CEMETARY DO Yuu PReree ¢ eee The Downward Path GUYS THAT CAN'T DRive UP TO THE Sipew4Aue wrrHour SHOOTING THE MUD GUARD way VER THE CURG Lives dHICH ‘The dear, benevolent old lady was feeding the hungry tramp. Still, she made usegnf the occa- sion to express disfavor at bis wandering, vagabond life. Who Wins? Two Pullman senting diffe “Ah, mum," replied the tramp; off duty an “put I was not always in this friendly gossip to hy condition! I came from a good ment. Their quar! centered family!” about which one worked for the The old lady wiped from her better road. At last the tall, thin porter settled the diepute eye something that was almost a A tear. with these classic words: “Did you?’ she asked. “And on, niggah; we kills mo’ people might I ask the name? den you jahe tote.” “Blankleigh,” replied the tramp. tke Warning Heeded. “Blankleigh! Why, that’s the name of the people who live next The Pgotist--You mustn't be door!” eve everything you hear about The tramp nodded me. The Girl—Of course not. I never hear anything about you but what you tell me. “I know tt!" he said. “They kicked me down the steps Just before I came on here!” tion. State President E. J. Coen of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, wll of attend convention at Norfolk, Va. | Jay ©. Willard, son of Police Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Co.| Capt. Willard, weds Frances Hosea il establish biggest factory at| Seven new members added to | Washington Society of the Sons of nt of the American Revolution. socin. Nortnwest summer normal school Bf Five-day session of state board W. A. Wicks elected presi You'll Welcome Him! Uncle Sam’s man will stop every day with news from HOME for you if you will fill out the coupon below and mail it with sufficient money NOW! Never mind letters, they're time-takers. Just have THE STAR sent you so that a few minutes will keep you in touch with old Seattle Something important’s sure to break while you're gone, and you can’t afford to miss it! The Seattle Star, Seattle, Wash. Enclosed find. ..(10c week; 35¢ month) Send Star from..........until. To At (Bt, Metal, O06.) ois cicececccaccvcs Postoffice .... 1 month 35c; 3 months $1; 6 months $1.80. 1 year $3.25, Very Unusual. Here ts another Mark Twain story, He had finished his speech at a dinner party, and on his seating himself a lawyer rose, shoved his hands deep into his trouser’# pockets, as was bis habit, and laughingly inquired of those present, “Doesn't it strike this company as a little unusual that a professional humorist should be funny?” When the laughter that greet- of thi Ny had eu! fed, Mark Twain drawled out, Jooan't it strike this company as a little unusual that a lawyer should have bis hands in his own pock- ets?" A RIDDLE FOR PA Or “Bay, pa, what's better than « broken drum?” Don't know Nothing. What ts it?” It can't be bet! TO MAKE 'EM BEHAVE instead to build a | Recommending that city attempting |utreet car into the Rainier | valley, or fussing over the 8, R. & 8. property, Rainier ay. be graded and paved, and that arrangements be made to furnish transportation to the valley by auto busses, an official of the Metropoliran Build ling Co. cited the succers of the |bus in London as an argument in a |letter to Mayor Gill today | “On investigation you will find that street car companies have not been able to compete with the auto |bus,” says the letter. “The auto bus is more rapid, carries the peo: ple more comfortably, goes around obstructions easier, loads and un | the line IN THE EDI SHE'S FOR IT Editor The Star: Not very long ago the question arose—should a father be arrested for allowing his children to play in the street? No better answer could be offer | ed than in the case of a family liv ing near Fire ‘ay, and Broad at, where two little dren, less than 3 years of age, are seen daily frol icking in the street If the children are run down and “But if my friend in there is seeking pink armadilios and blue wildeats, what made you send for me?" “Why, he sald you were an anima! trainer.” eee Kept In Type. “Huerta Regime Tottering.” Bryan Hopeful “Marshall Makes Epigram. matic Speech.” “LW. W. Leader Jailed.” Fatal Crash at Crossing.” . . Precisely So Wife-—tn a battle of tongues, a woman can always hold ber own, Husband—But she never does. eee “Our new bookkeeper can't seom to see & mistake when it's pointed out to him."* “He's @ ball fan. ~ Don't allude to ‘em as mistakes; allude to ‘em as bonehead plays. He'll under- stand that all right.” RE AND ELSEWHERE opens at Cascade school, July 13. Steamships Alameda, Northiand, Admiral Evans and Al-Ki left for North last night Liner Spokane arrives from Alas- | ka with 126 passengers. Scrooner Ruby, here from North with gold dust, fure and Indian bas- kets and curios. Schooner A. F. Coates sails down Sound under own sails. Mayor Gill prepares to wage war on electrolysis, St. Anne apartments, 1415 First 4 A. Pelleter for av. 2 $25,00 Prosa club plans big doings “Fior- ence Malone night,” Thursday. bf ELSEWHERE ? Wanamaker’s flying boat made julck test start with 1,800 pounds. Gov. Johnson, California, insists Abe Ruef be treated like any other prisoner. Former Prince ness, Wilson. U. S. transport Sherman delays sailing date from Honolulu in order to carry home 250 discharged sol diers King George and Queen Mary, at Edinburg, showered with suffraget literature While mothers watched house burn at Prineeton, Wis, their two sons were cr@mated in building New York p plan to stop pub- ie funeral of dgad anarchists T. G. Bilbo, Eagerly governor, Mississipp!, charded with bribery Twenty-fourth jannual congre American Whist League meets at Lake Placid, N. Y. | Colorado Moose ‘send appeal to Roosevelt to assist\in state cam paign ‘ Dr, E. B. Coolley, Danville physi- clan, will oppose Uncle Joe Cannon for congress Stockton, Cal. labor unions barred by court from picketing Twenty-one new banks join fed. eral reserve. domestic in president's home, In jail for drunken released through efforts of Wabash railroad receiver reports | deficit of $1,500,000 President exempts 14 meh who il] seek American trady abroad from civil service. Senator Borah calls pact with eee —————— Nicaragua outgrowth of fraud, and wants future treaties made in the open Congress ignores president's re- quest to assist people of Salem, | Mass Georgia senate passed bill to pro- hibit police from giving prisoners “third degree.” Charile Armil, 2, swaliowed firecracker and died at Davenport, lowa. | Chauncey McCormick, Chicago, and Marion, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Charles Deering, millionatres, Chicago, were married. A corpse, believed to be that of attempting a trans-channel flight, found on beach near Hardelot, Ftance. OLYMPIA, July 7.—That counties have no legal right to contribute money to fairs was the decision of the supreme court, sitting en banc, yesterday, in the case of the Pierce y commissioners contributing 6 to the Western Washington ir Association at Puyallup COSMOPOLITAN 7 Most of the men folks from this place went to Campton today to be Jat court, some on the jury, some to swap horses, and some to see and be seen.—Hazel Green (Kan.) Her ald. WHAT THE PRESS AGENT SAYS The Metropolitan Players, head- | ed by Florence Malone, are making the biggest hit of the summer en- gagement in the stirring political drama, “The Woman,” with Miss Malone in the role of the pert tele phone operator and Auda Due in | terpretin the difficult semi-lead e of The Woman Will Lioyd, the James Guy Usher, the company’s “heavy man, are earning new laurels by their capable rendition of difficult roles. f j juvenile, and ought to be punished. Aviator Gustave Hamel, lost while! HARD ON FAIRS. all the killed by some vehicle, blame will be placed on the driver, regardiess of whose fault it real- ly is I think parents who allow their children'to play in the streets A MOTHER. o- RECALL NO USE? Editor The Star: What's the use jot this county commissioner squab ble, when a penny-ante judge can write an injunction to prevent a re- call election. One or the other is out of place— lthe injunction or the election, | If the judge is going to run the |town, why waste time trying to in- |voke the recall law? EVERETT READER. | eee | AFTER DYE WORKS Editor The Star: Why not com- pel dye works to take out a yearly license and put up a cash bond to protect the thousands of dollars’ | worth of the public's clothing left plaint of unfair treatment, the li- cense to be revoked and bond for | felted. | This would lighten the burdens lof the taxpayers considerably and | is thoroughly justifiable, for it will protect the people against the hun- dreds of irresponsible jJack-in-the- box cleaners, here today, there to- | morrow. | I lost a sult of clothes a month ag, the cleaner boldly refusing to make good in any way. There is nothing In the criminal statutes fo cover these cases, D~. B. BL eee SHE HAS A KICK Editor The Star: I would Iike to some of Seattle's big | firms manage to evade the wage schedule for girls 18 years and over ship papers, A lot of companies compel girls applying for jobs to sign an agree- ment under one-year service. | What I want to know is, why the big interests should try to put our BS. “PRIN To Skagway, calling at /lert Bay, gell and Juneau. The splendid comfort. “Princess May” June July 4, 18 and August 1. steamer “Princess Alice” June 2 PROPOSES THAT CITY RUN “AUTO BUS LINE TO COMPETE ~ WITH RENTON INTERURBAN of| loads people at the curb and has/| people. in their care, and upon first com-/ by making them sign apprentice-| Special AN IDEAL VACATION TRIP For rates, sailings and information apply to stb Mio in many other advantages over the ordinary street car “It costs comparatively little money to operate an auto stage |line, and the city would have Bo trouble about the laying of tracks, Gasoline costs a good deal more in ngland than in this country, and automobiles can be manufae tured cheaper here He encloses a clipping from @ {London paper, showing the busses {earry London's total population 1100 times a year. Last year they {earried numbers equaling over |half the population of the world, | Fares £ 3,000,000; £1,500,000 were paid in wages; 18,000 men lare on the staff. During four holf- |days the busses carried 6,500,000 TOR’S MAIL: ,firls in the path of temptation, when the smaller firms would nob dare? AR, eee |HAS MANY OLD BOOKS Editor The Star: 1 noticed tp The Star the other day two dif- ferent parties claimed the owner ship of the oldest Bibles on the Pacific Coast I think I cap give them a year oF two, and then some. I have a cok lection of about 20 different books, the oldest a Bible dictionary, print ed in 1503, another with all the acts of parliment of King James, pub |lished in 1567, and a Greek and | Latin Lexicore, covered with bur }man skin in 1615. Glad to show them to old books |lovers. STEWART EDGAR, 112 14th Ny eee CHIEF 18 IN WRONG | Editor The Star: 1 would like to say a word in behalf of the unfor tunate working girls, What business is it to Chief of Police Griffiths if a girl works in a pool room or shooting gallery? He says she must be 36 years of age. | What's the matter with 21? Wom- jen 35 and over usually have homes and don't care for that kind of work. If Mr. Griffiths is correct when he says that young girls are hired at these places as drawing cards for the resort, then why doesn’t | Weed out the resorts he has refer- jence to? Why inflict a hardship on all girls thus employed? Better wake up, chief. READER. Georges LeGagneux killed trying to execute a double loop with areo- plane in France. ‘CEss ALICE” , Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Wran- “Prince: steamers offer every 13, “Princess Sophia” June 20, sailings of the magnificent 7, July 11, 25 and August 8, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 713 Second “KNOWING YoU LIKE TO See THE COUNTRY, MISS THULe PICKLES, T HAVE HIRED AN AUTO, AND INVITE You To Rime wir Pe Diana Dillpickles | In “Motor Car vs. Motorcycle” A 4-Ree. ‘Screecher’ Film MeO Harare imee « “OH, AR. Ruswes, How THouecwTeUL "SAY, DIANA, DON'T 6O IN THAT “Bors IN, RE*BUILT, BACKS tan? Come with MG — IVE JUST BOUGHT A MoTorcyYcLE!” You MAKE (Tt HARD FoR me To Decide ——LaT ME THINKS GE “LET ME THINK — TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT'S THE QUESTION! WHETHER To SUFFER THE JOLTS OF A ONE-LUNG. CaR, OR WHETHER TO STRADDLE A MOTOR= BIKe BEHIND A WILD*EYED LOON § THAT'S THE “QUESTION ‘ Avenue, Seattle. "Say, Boys, rf p6ucvEe ‘ Tu. warn” | Mr se