The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 27, 1914, Page 4

STAR—MONDAY, JULY 27, 1914. PAGE 4. SEATTLE STAR NORTHWEST SPINNING’S AFTER-INVENTORY SALE OFFERS YOU SHORT PRICES ON LONG STOCKS 10¢ BOX PILCHERS’ AUTOMATIC BACHELOR BUTTONS . he very mar man needs & box, What's the use of trow bling your wife to sew on a button when you can put one on fn a second and take it off again at will? $1.00 18IN, OUR VERY BEST KITCHEN BAW 50¢ Beech handle put on with % brass screwn Be DOZ. NO, 912 1%4x!4-IN. SQUARE SCREW HOOKS DOZ Always handy to hang articles on $3.50 41N. NICKEL PLATED BULLFROG HORN The best price ever made on one. 260 HAMMER FULCRUM AND WEDGE your hammer enables you to pull 0 without one. nese and many more equally as merit your trade 1415 FOURTH [L_SPINNING'S CASH STORF i317 “EJ | CONGRESSMEN GRAFT: DRAW § PAY WHILE AWAY: EVERY ONE BREAKS LAW, GARDNER SAYS; By Gilson Gardner i rovien his pay. When he fs WASHINGTON, July 26.—It 18 a! merely absent for political or per- a THE MEMOER United Presse Assoet A Se8ko's \ J2hn Postottt By mali, out of city, 38 per mon, up to six moa; alx $1.80; your $3.25 r th, HeRe's One In ARITHMETIC FOR YoU, \F IT Tak@s 4 DurcHMen 5 Days To DIC A WSth 15 reer Deee How CONG WILL IT 2¢ MOTORCYCLE $1.50 Fv Pablishiag € 9400. Private © connecting all de} Kill ’Em! It’s Cheaper. or railroad or traction Vubliahed Datly roy ‘he % exch : oo 4 180 WAS Oe SCORN A FONE TLE ANNO MOY WE PRRVEO AT Me Toe a “7 WERE, BY Aue tre TAKG 3 IRISHMEN 4 DAYS To DIG A Ws DITCA 6 Feet mine f be ; a 6 penny nall a T'S cheaper for a careless driver ¢ company to kill a married woman than to injure her Because she has the right to sue for damages if she sur-| vives. A | If she dies, the right to recover damages for negligent death is given neither to her husband nor her children, The | Jaw declares that damages can only be recovered where there | has been a “pecuniary” or money loss, The husband, the law says, sustained no money loss by the death of his wife | Decause he is not dependent upon her for support. The same, | Says the law, is true of the children, Therefore, they're en- titled to no damages But here is what the statute of this state says: “When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or negligence of another, his heirs or personal representa- | tives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death.” ( Says nothing about money loss, does it? When a person kills another wrongfully, he ought to be liable to the heirs That's how the average person would construe that statute But the legal mind wanders back a few centuries and good inducements she 1d WHAT AILED THE CHOWDER? violation of law for a congressman Wiscovers that once upon a time a judge, whose bones have Tong since crumbled to dust, ruled that damages can only be collected where there has been a money loss, and our own State supreme court, in 1898, declared that even if the legis Jature should expressly give the right of damages where no} Money loss has been sustained, -that would have to be de-| clared’of no effect. . That is, Chief Justice Scott so declared, and Jud, » don, the railroad judge, who wrote the opinion, and Anders and Reavis. - But here is what Judge Dunbar said: | “I_ DISSENT. THINK THE RIGHT IS CON-| D BY THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE) TUTE, WHICH IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE OF CON- UCTION.” Judge Dunbar thought then that the statute quoted above | * Gor- ustices ent to it the recovery of damages, whether had been definite money or property loss in the death a human being or not. But precedent is precedent. The other judges overruled | and later, when the same question came up, Judge Dun- , too, agreed that it was a closed incident because the su- court had already passed on it. _ AND SO, TO THIS DAY, IT IS CHEAPER TO KILL : TO INJURE A PERSON UPON WHOM THERE ae “It seems to me that the clam chowder we had at dinner lacked something. L put thane Ik Whale ta bevsuue will probly ask him at breakfust to get all the juice,” What was itt’ Cinching it a. ¥., Wonsdy—there in a famely up om washenton hites in which none of the members belongs to the speak-gently club, if pa stays out Inte at nite, ma why he ever bothered with having a home, when all he needs to make him happy isa box of poker chipps and a bunck of rum-soked “How is it,” inquired a young vaggybonds NO DEPENDENTS. he Split Verdict in the Railroad ate Case DY juggling their books, organizing a mournful claque and putting forth a padded demand for rate increases, 7 2 he Eastern railroads have got from the interstate commerce mmission a richly deserved scolding, authority to dig more out of big shippers for extra services formerly given the cost of small shippers, and—what they specially de- $15,000,000-a-year hoist in class rates. It is a compromise verdict, with Mr. Average Consumer, ual, getting the short end. . At that, the wonder is that the commission, yielding to pressure, didn’t give the railroads more. There are two ways of running a business. One is to irge upon patrons the cost of -watering, extravagance, f and inefficiency; but in order to do this you ve to have a monopoly. That was the method chosen by S centered around Morgan; and it explains why the rail- ads twice sought permission to raise rates. | The other way is to practice careful management, study : y and develop profits by superior service. It is the the real railroad men of the country would choose if y were working free-handedly. _ The present split verdict points to the latter method as € one which must be emphasized if the railroads are to re- in private hands. Tt gives enough to ease the strain into which improvi- nce has plunged the transportation business; and it ites a better tone among dealers in railway supplies. it also hoists the red lamp on buccaneering so plainly it if there shall be more of it the country will be forced the next and, as we believe, the inevitable step—govern- ownership. Meanwhile record crops and reviving industry spell a ght volume to tax the available equipment and there is excuse for any railroad president to display a sour 3 _ IN THIS country somebody would have got an injunction to spol! fun. But in France two judges fight a duel. Ah! That is the life. OVER IN Eastern Washington they're having a tough time to get to run for office. There’s but one explanation for that. are no republicans there. “WHY OLE HANSON?” Have you read his now famous letter? It's document from start to finish. Ole has penned something that every red-corpuecied man and woman will be interested in. WE MAY have tickets sold on street cars about the same time the municipal cars will run on Fourth av. If that will cheer you Up any, you’re an optimist. 7 POOR CARRANZA! He's having a touch time breaking Into first : oe limelight. First It was Villa and now it's the Balkan war which ‘crowding him out. COSTS LESS to live in Seattle than in Tacoma or Spokane. | don’t care who knows it. And LAFE HAMILTON got another Injunction out and another week's week ought to be time enough to sel! another automobile " county or a Clapp dock site. Plenty of time, Lafe. | OQUGE WN THE SHOE REPAIR MAN 216 Union St.—2 Shops—110 Madison Ones. Bur, GO HOME Wi TION ONLY “JUST ON TIME FOR THE BEACH” A 4-Ree; ‘Screecher’ Film the masters of finance, bride of an older ma: “that you always man such delicious beef?" “It's very simple,” said the old- er woman. “I first select a good, honest butcher, and then I stand by him.” “You mean that you give him all of your trade?” “No; I mean that I stand by him while he is cutting the meat.” tied friend, ge to have eee A Man's World The Weather Man's wife heard the Weather Man say, “It's « beautiful day!" Said the Weather Man's wife, who was keen on naggin’, “Quit your braggin’.” WANTS BOYS’ SCHOOL Editor The Star: Why doesn’t the city of Seattle establish a home for young boys between the ages of 9 and 12 years? The city is tons for girls, Such an institution, or boarding school, would check the stream of boys flowing into the parental schools, Tacoma has several schools for boys. A suitable piece of ground for such a place could be obtained at a small figure, and the building itself wouldn't cost much. If a few men like Mr. Widmer, principal of the Central school, would take hold of such a school, I believe a success could be made of it. ANXIOUS MOTHER, PICKER HAS KICK Editor The Star: I think the la- bor commission should visit Sum- ner and Investigate the conditions under which the berry pickers work. The owners have a fleld boss, who is nothing short of a slave driver, who drives his workers out at 7 o'clock in the morning and holds the whip hand until 7 o'clock at night. The workers are paid from 30 cents to 40 cents per crate. If one quits before the season is over 5 cents is deducted for each crate he or she has picked. I picked berries for five days and the best I could average was two crates a day. People can hard- ly make en to buy food, and go into the fields weakened from the lack of proper nourishment. Mr. Paulhamus is president of the berry association. A BERRY PICKER. 18 18 YOUNG FOR GIRLS Editor The Star: I would like to say a few words relative to the saving of young girl delinquents, A great deal has been said and done by women’s clubs in this and filled with tnstitu- other cities for their reclamation, I “WeLl, Good BYE To SUCCOTASH LODGE AND IT'S COLLECTION OF DEAD MY, I HaTS To ch MY VACA- HALE FINISHED" when dinner aint ready on time pa will very likely ask ma ff she couldn't possably spend 2 or 3 minnits a day looking after her household affares, even if the noble cause of suffridge has to be negleckted a trifle they got 2 growed-up children, and mary generly speaks of her bruther as a pin-headed boob, while john very seldom refers to mary In any uther way except as 4 sad-eyed simp well, these people has had some trubbel keoping help, but a while ago they got @ geri that seomed likely to stick she tended to her work and didn't seem to pay mutch aten- shun to the remarks that was LETTERS TO THE cannot see tha a girl has any more chance to glean discretion and judgment than has a boy in the same length of time. I notice that most giri delin- quents range in age from 16 to 20 years, Now a boy is held under the authority of his parents until ho reaches the age of 21, while « girl becomes of “age” at 18. Why not raise the age for girle to 20 or 217 J. J. M. INAC. TOAST TO AVIATORS Editor The Star: Here's to our Modern Columbus, Lieut. Porte by name, who hatled from Cork, of the | little isle of green. Here's to George E. Hallet, the daring mechanic who will stand by the side of Ideut. Porte tn the fly ing boat America. Here's to Phil D. Rader, a most dariug Star reporter, who will fol- low in the Flying Dutchman and send to The Star readers a full ac- count of the event. And here's to all three aviators. May good wishes attend them and safely land them on the Spanish shore. L. W. PEOPLE LOSE MONEY Editor The Star: It appeared in one of the papers that Todd, Coates & Co. bid $35,888 for the construction of the Bellevue Samamish road. Said parties claim to have made 4 mistake of $10,300 and the coun- ty attorney advised the return of their forfelt money. The county engineer's estimate on the work was $47,000. Now had the county commission- ers stated to Todd, Coates & Co. that they could correct the mis- take, {t would have made their bid $46,188. They did not do this, but let the contract to the next lowest bidder at $49,998, or at $3,810 more than the corrected bid of Todd, Coates & Co, would have amounted to, In other words, by the lack of a "AND MY TRAIN FOR Home DOGSN'r | port. assed to her, and all seemed but all of a sudden one morning, after a very lively brekfust had been enjoyed by pa and ma and john and mary, the gerl speaks up and says she is going to quit quit, hollers pa, why, what in thunder ts the matter with you quit, yells ma, why should you be quitting, 'd Hike to know, ain't we treated you just Iike one of the famely? yon, says the gerl, you bet your life you have, and f've stood It as jong as I'm going to! Johny ee “1,” aald the temperance man, “strongly object to the custom of christening ships with cham- pagne.” “I don't,” replied the other man. “I think there's a temperance les- fon tn ft.” “How can that be?” “Well, immediately after the first bottle of wing the ship takes to water, and sticks ¢o it over eee “Wouldn't you rather be right than be president?” “Yea,” replied the busy states- man, “if I'm dead sure there's no chance of my being president.” EDITOR ttle business management, the taxpayers of this county lose on this one transaction $3,810, Cc. W. HORR, ASSERTS HIMSELF Editor The Star: Being an Amer- {can-born citizen, I desire to state to the citizens of Seattle that we are living In a farce of a civiliza- tion, where society denies a person the right to work and earn his Iiv- ing, when he ts willing to work. I am out of employment and have tramped from business house to business house, factory to shop, always being turned down. I have a wife and family to sup- Is it up to me to stand idly by and see them starve simply be- cause & class of exploiters and thieves hold the economic power over myself and family? I am going out and get work by foree. Self-preservation is the first law of nature. LOUIS BERRY. SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT Editor The Star: I understand that the school board ts consider. ing adding a nursery to the grade schools to teach the girls how to care for babies, I would like to know who fs go: ing to furnish the babies? I believe every mother should be the nurse for her own baby, if it is possible, Why should we be taxed for the care of infants, when that really should be done by the mother? MOTHER. FEDERAL HELP WASHINGTON, July 27.—Secre- tary McAdoo has annonueed a plan whereby the government will ad- vance $34,000,000 through national banks, to be distributed to various parts of the country to assist in harvesting and moving. the great crops, Famous Affinities HAM and BaGs ag | Not on the Menu Prospects of a good meal were not bright, but the My-blown eat- ing house was the only thing of its kind tn the neighborhood, so Johnson had no choice but to en- ter and ¢ry his luck. Entering the dingy dining-room, he seated himself at a table cov- ered by a stained cloth, A depressed walter sauntered tn eventually and nearly fainted on bebolding the customer. Have you any cold pie?” quer. fed Jobnson “Br—no, sir!” | “Any chicken?” “Er—no, sir!” “Well, I suppose some beef, can't I?” “Er—no, sir!” “What on earth have you got in the house, then?” “Er—the sheriff, str.” Judging from the way invita- tions are being accepted, the at- tendance this year at the conven- tion of the Northwest Merchants’ association will exceed by several hundred that of last year. The convention will be held August 17 to 22, in the Armory, un- der the direction of the Seattle Sales Managers’ association. Dele- gates are expected from Oregon rest Idaho as well as from this state. New Parcel Post Map Free Two large charts, 8x4 feet, hand. tomely lithographed. Roller at top ready for hanging. Map of the Btate of Washington, showing Pi cel Post zones and giving every de- tall of information as to the rules verning the sending of packages 3 Parcel Post. 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The Seattle postoffice is using this map daily in routing and stamping parcel post mail, This offer is good only to subscribers receiving their paper by lean have Golden Opportunities are of- to draw his pay when he is not at Members who are at home making | political plans have no right under | the law to draw thelr pay This is @ matter of statute law, jand it is @ specific Jefferson's Manual working basis of the house rules. Representative James R. Mann, of Illinois, as leader of the republi- can minority, has alluded to this fact while discussing the absence of Representative A, Mitchell Pal- provision In which is the away several weeks for senator. Everybody Does it Mann asked: “Why does not the majority side enforce the law ifn reference to absences and salary? The law provides that the gentle- man from Pennsylvania, Mr. Pal mer, who has been away from Ww ington Jong, shall not receive lary while be is absent.” answer is that everybody does it. No congressman has yet been discovered has docked bimaelt campaigning tending the sessions of congress. | mer of Pennsylvania, who had been | sonal convenience, there is no re cord of the fact That is the way evade the law By general consent the house onits to call the roll when it meets, and therefore there is no official record as to who is present answering th Mt call Subsequently, when there are calls for a quorum or for a record vote, it is officially assumed that @ member not answering may be in |@ committee room or may be un | prepared to vote on the subject un- der consideration, The fact that he does not answer |{s not conclusive that he has been ‘absent from his congressional du- |tles. The house could take the matter up and enforce the rule, but it does not do so. Mémbers frequently stop the | Salaries of their clerks, stenogra- phers and messengers when the | member leaves town, but the mem- | ber has no hesitation in drawing | his own sali the nd. BUT WHERE’LL the members for the time he has been away from his congressional duties in Washington. Draws Pay in Europe On the other hand, scores of | members of the house of both par- tles have been away and are away at the present time. go to Europe and draw thei during the time they are absent. If a congressman WE GET AUTO? Contractors on the Sunset high- way thoroughfare, through the Sno- qualmie pass of the Cascades, have reported that the work will be com- pleted by September 15. State officials who have viewed the roadway declare it will be one eriously {i}, it is the custom to/of the most beautiful boulevards in |have some colleague note the fact | tho country, and a popular drive for in the record, so that in this in-' automobilists. Carnation Milk | Always ready for instant use. The convenience, the handiness, of Carna- tion Milk will delight you. You'll not have to telephone or send to the store after your guests arrive when you have a sup- ply of Carnation in the pantry. And it is always pure, sweet and wholesome as when fresh from the cow. To protect Pa 7 you, it is herm et: ‘aste this recipe : Cook Book Cook chicken until tender; cool and cut into dice or small pieces. Add 2 cups of diced chicken to 1 cup well cream sauce. Serve very hot on toast or in pattie shells. pc etp all and table use. fered in Star Want Ads. i= WHERG's THAT TRAIN Go THAT'S Just LEAVING t” COMS FOR THReG Hours YET!’