The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1914, Page 4

M OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUR OF NEWSPAPERS! News Service Entered at Seat My mail, out of city, 3 | | 9400, Private SSS a. a | : | ‘Where Lies the Blame? OUNTY AUDITOR BYRON PHELPS has some:doubt e as to whether he will be able, now that injunction suits rave delayed him ‘a few days this week, to complete his heck of the Hamilton and Knudsen recall petitions in time) to fix the date of the election on September 8, when the gen-| eral primary election will also be held | } he recall election is inevitable | No one but a bilious old crank would attempt to deny} Gt. Not all the king’s horses could yank Lake Hamilton | Bnd a recall election apart—not even injunctions But in spite of that, and with utter disregard of the unity to save the taxpayers money by holding the emi ana the primary election the same day, and thus avoid a duplication of expense, the Hamilton crowd has interjected number of dilatory obstacles. THESE DELAYS WILL DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HEAPING THE TRA COST ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE TAX- ‘AYERS, JUST AS HAMILTON'S ENTIRE TERM OF CE HAS BEEN LOADING THEM DOWN WITH '_ FRENZIED EXTRAVAGANCE, IF A SPECIAL ELEC- ‘TION IS NECESSARY. If by any chance, Phelps can put in some extra work so at the recall election will be held September 8, he should do so by all means If he can't possibly make the check in time, the extra tt will be the result of the vicious, but vain, interference the Hamilton-Knudsen recall association, which is directed fy the notorious “handpicked” politicians, Reeves, Aylmore Fred Seixas. | eers of Pillage F NE of the interesting things in Uncle Sam's report on} | the New Haven railroad looting was the part played | fa mumber of lawyers. j One lawyer, who knew about the division of swag in Westchester railroad deal—a scheme by which some- like $14,000,000 was siphoned out of stockholders’ $ into pockets still unknown—skipped for Europe ere} subpoena server could catch him. Another burned books containing vital’ testimony, ‘' cooked up an intricate scheme of subsidiary corpora- designed as a crystal maze through which the chaps the loot could escape pursuit. Hundreds of other law- sold themselves for retainers, in return for which they no work or served. as lobbyists to pervert the law at its! n source. - Back of every big devil in this infernal drama of high! stood a smirking imp with law books, briefs and| each conspiring to defeat the justice he had been) to uphold. A As officers of court every mother’s son of these lights the law is within reach of discipline. Mightn’t it help.to reduce popular contempt of the courts few of ‘em were disbarred? « ‘ . Future of Villa 'O the pathos of lives snuffed out in the fighting stage of 4 ition is often added the tragedy of hopes dis- r : in arms, but wily and resourceful when the arms are d. The can fight and die, but how can he| whether his trusted leaders are selling him out? | But one fi, in the Mexican welter has arisen to catch fancy of ican democrats. Villa, ex-banilit, soldier, | d man of his word, has seemed, under scrutiny, to} the merit of dependableness. ‘o bring opportunity to millions in virtual slavery is ‘| worthy of a great soul; and this vision Villa has. _ His test is at hand. The test not only of his courage, ‘of his power. Can he uphold the banner of real reform: he oye the treasons of shifty compromises; can he tre the forces that want the land in Mexico distributed the benefit of the ? ade of Mexico and give no quarter il that great and difficult task is in a fair way to be done? Patriotism, comradeship, on a field of battle is easy. | ness, fidelity, foresight amidst the temptations of vic-| is rare. The fiture of Francisco Villa ought to be even more sting than his spectaeular past. # Contrast in Grafts EMEMBER the postal grafts uncovered during Roose- bw velt’s early days—the fuss over Rathbone, Beayers and en / Remember with what horror the kept papers pointed to as proofs of the perils in public ownership? | Perhaps you don’t, for it was several years ago and| mts move fast these days. But if you want to do an instructive sum in arithmetic, | hunt a newspaper file, freshen up on those postal frauds, what Uncle Sam lost (altogether only a few thou-| ) and compare it with the $65,000,000 to $90,000,000 | its in the privately owned New Haven railroad, a smaller | Maybe that will set you to thinking. to us as if plain honesty were the best cure f. d times—among the robbed. 4 seers _ SUPREME COURT of Minnesota decides that making » man cook 8 fog pong Ie cruelty on the part of his wife. Another bar to | THE SHOE REPAIR MAN 216 Union 8t—2 Shope—110 Madison FINISHED, AIN'T HE, DIANA ¢” "| ‘Screecher’ | Him germ, "YES, BUT DON'T So NEAR IT, MR, SMEARE Wie we IRRITATED IF You Do!’ Dad's Steady Job Two men who lived tn the same town met after into conversation, “Did all your boys turn ,out well, Jim?” asked one of them, < deed, they did.” Albert doing?” tying to discover a new plied the father “And Bob?" “Ob, Bob is tryin’ his band at | newspaper an’ bein’ editor,” was the old gentleman's reply = Chariie—what's he att” A d when the fighting ends. ath te ans legee' sweet Ch may be so in Mexico. Privilege is weak against a| ® 70"# man to his sweetheart, in the heart possible. late almost entirely to the lungs | beautiful and @iaphragm!” ee STAR—FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914. PAGE 4, | OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE had formerly but the paper fell into the hands | penny of the girl's father, an unsenti- mental physician, who exclatmed: “What wretched rubbish is this? Who ever heard of such a case?” He wrote on the outside: unsctentifie double stren, Go Up Head! Zoology Teacher—Edgar, what form’ of animal |ie Edgar—The wiraffe. MAIN 507. PWHY, HE'S GOT YouR PICTURE NEARLY Family Washing Model Electric Laundry WOULD WIDEN | SIDEWALKS. ‘The board of public works was! Yesterday presented with a petition | a number of years, and entered |for wider sidewalks along Second ay., sigaed by a majority of proper ty owners from Yesler way to Pike oe Ee FISH BRANDED . is KETCHIKAN, July 24--A 200- pound halibut was brought in today The halibut was by a fishing boat. branded “1907 A. K.” on the back complexion, Rarely KODAKS AND PHOTO SUPPLIES Northwestern Photo Supply Co. Eastman Kodak Co. Inc. 1320 Second Ave. Try our Finishing Department —we like to do work for particular people. 4-6-8-Exposure Rolls 10c Per Roll 1201 FIRST AVE. is | coming a tedious hot-weather oper- more than one ounce needed for | ation. the worst case. Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine as this the prescription sold under guar |antee of money back ff it falls to ‘remove freckles.—Advertisement. GARDNER PUTS BRYAN AMONG THELIVE WIRES By Gilson Gardner ing in Texas to dodge the waftragiate, nen 4a of the North Carolina, pleasant time of his life by reason his responsibilities as acting chairman. There is a quorum of the commit- tee in Washington, and the women treason why the committee dealer that it will not cost you « removes the | providing for a vote on the prohibt- freckles; while if it does give you|tion amendment, as well as the 8 clear compleaion the expense is| Woman suffrage amendment, trifling, Simply get an ounce of othine— | vote was June 21. any druggist | avo! and a few applications should show vote has thus fi “Mistaken diagnosis; no such |you how easy it Is to rid yourself | dodged, Sighs re |of the homely freckles and get a/ The date set for this meeting and By carefully any meeting, the been successfully But the dodging operation is be- There are about a dozen real- ly llve-wire representatives in the house. When things are doing and men are needed on the job, look for the names of Representa- tives Keating of Colorado, Len- root of Wisconsin, Bryan of Washington, Clyde Kelly of Penneyivania, MacDonald of Michigan, Lewis of Ma Buchanan of Illinois, Ba of Pennsylvania, Crosser of Ohio and Billy Kent of California. These are the men who talk right and vote right on all ques- tions which involve an issue between special privilege and the general welfare. LONG RIDE VAIN cessfully making a 500-mile jour- ney in a rowboat from Porcupine river to Fort Gibbon, In order to | have his legs, which had been man. | sled in machinery, amputated, Wm | Moore, Fort Yukon merchant, died here yesterday before the operation, NAMES LARSON OLYMPIA, July 24.—Gov. Lister yesterday appointed Alfred Lister, Tacoma, to succeed himself as a member of the state board of ac- countancy, and Ole 8, Larson, Seat- tle, to succeed Andrew J. Quigley, | Seattle, as a member of the same ‘board, |. 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He probably will recover, THURSDAY “I've got to go in now, Percy, dear, or mother will be worrted,” MOUNT, VERNON, Leaving a hote to her father, W, B.! Bletsoe, in which she stated she was July 24. FRIDAY discouraged over her poor health, THE Bay) boy, do you really care 80 | ang giving instructions to search| much?” * [river in the vicinity of the Riverside SATURDAY | bridge for her body, Mra. Y. rel FREE DOCTOR j “Porey, darling, I can't bear to | maine, wife of a Seattle traveling HAS think of next week.” It ts SUNDAY NIGHT man, disappeared yesterday believed she carried out her threat) “Good-bye, sweetheart! Kiss | or suicide, although her body has me again, déarest!” not been discovered Please call at the new store, as T can serve you at a material redue GLINES SUES CITY tion for prescriptions. I am now Perley H. 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