The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 8, 1915, Page 4

[THE SEATTLE aid LBAGUP OF NEWsrarnns NORTHWEST D400, Private Billions for a Navy for PEACE INSURANCE ‘Not 1 Cent for a Navy for Aggression Jitney Referendum? HAT the street car companies have been unable to do by superior service, and what the natural laws of com- and business have been unable to do, the legislature tly has done. The jitneys are about through. A bill which has passed both branches of the legislature B. 192—turns the trick. It provides the most stringent rules for jitneys, fixes ibility on them for accidents, and requires a bond 2,500 from each of them. Of course, that lets the ordinary jitney man out, as it intended to do. The few jits which will be left won't the traction companies much, or furnish much relief the man who rides. Ordinarily this bill will go into effect April 10 under an ency clause. Tf 20,000 people in this state would sign referendum pe- before April 10, the death of the jitney business would postponed until the measure can be voted on in Novem- » 1916. Then the people themselves will say whether they want give the traction companies their old cinch-hold monopoly in We Afford “Peace Insurance”? For the year 1914 the following estimate of the onal wealth of the great nations shows how much) the United States is over the others: States . $150,000,000,000 Britain and Ireland . «++ 85,000,000,000 Y «. .« 80,000,000,000 + 50,000,000,000 « 40,000,000,000 20,000,000,000 5,400,000,000 5,000,000,000 What insurance ek we for that one hundred fifty billion dollars’ worth of property? | None worth mentioning! What insurance have the twenty-five million | ican homes against the torch of the greedy in comes to seize some of those billions? H ie bac lapsed. What insurance have our tens of millions of wom- im and children that they won't be the victims of the lured to the attack by our riches, of war to our shores? insurance. best insurance is the biggest navy in the whole the world is our pur best defense! d Swallow the A Marchers | THIS republic shall share the fates of other similar gov- _ 4 ernments that have gone down in other times, it will not} @ from marching armies from across the seas. It will be from | folly of the people. | “It will be when they build up a great standing army in country and make the military power dominant over the il power. | “It will be when they cease to reverence the constitu-! and the genius of this great government and begin to ¢ the debt-ridden and soldier-ridden countries of other | 5 r : POSSIBLY CORRECT IN| ASSERTION THAT THIS GOVERNMENT WILL| GO DOWN FRO “MARCHING ARMIES} “ROSS THE 5” BUT IT’S LIKELY, AT TURE TIME, TO GET A SEVERE SH AKING| UP FROM SOM > LONG RANGE GUNS FROM TH SEAS | ACROSS 1 am commencing to believe that Ad Wolgast breaks that arm Jeaching for the drinks Tom Jones doesn't buy. It happens too often “to break it reaching for those Tom does buy. Pald-for Publicity—Talk No. 16. The Port Commission INDUSTRIAL TRACTS—CANAL WATERWAY Location: The Port Commission has for lease 16 blocks running " Reross the tide lines from Colorado avenue to the foot of Beacon Hill ‘This is the plat of Old Canal Waterway, 300 feet wide and a mile in Jength. It 1s filled between the turning basin and Second ave. South the remainder now being filled | Railway access: All railways reaching Seattle cross this and west give direct fO-foot streets eas’ access to the new public ter. minals on East Waterwa Terms: These blocks are now being leased for a period bad 5 years at 5 per cent on appraised value, with reappraisal each 5 years; pro ceeds applied to harbor improvement. The new Port bill, to go Into effect July 1, forbids leasing of these tide lands for periods longer than 5 years, without the cost of red tape of referendum—too short a term to Justify extensive improvements Present Tenants: Co. tor 15 years; Block 5 to the Cumberland Coal Co.; remainder now available as follows note Value Total 5 Per Cent Blocks, Sq. Ft Sq. Ft , 1 sle 2 a 4 a 6 5,860 00 a 5,560.00 bd 16,548.00 4 16,548.00 0 19 WU a 22 1,620.00} S 3% : 660.00 4 24,000 12,000.00 600.00 hd 24,000 12,000.00 600.00! a8 24,000 12'900.00 600.00] a7 5 50.00 48 65¢ 4 HAMILTON HIGDAY, Asst, Sec, and Traffice Mgr. Lot of sample calendars, art pictures and statuary. Will close out at any price, Wholesale or retail. 709 Fourth Ave. we are attacked, notwithstanding, the biggest! ¢ —— Block 1 has been leased to Stetson & Post Lumber) STAR—MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1915. PAGE 4. Boo+Hoo-Hoo! I Sexr POOR NR, HICK Away BROKON-HOARTED! 1 itt Wo BLUATLY "BE CALM, DEAR, Your FATHER FOLLOWED HIM OUT "TO WATCH HIM? RASH, I INSULTED HIM, 1 TOLD HIM Hy ALWAYS LOOK 30 DIRTY! je TOOK SPeaK! ‘Took WHAT—— Hs LIFE $° —e WELL, HE wt [ouTaunsts or everett taut] Cheer Up, Folks! They're Going to Quit | Ha-Na- HAs CHEE CUB BUB FOO DOON PLOBY BLAS FIFF SHUSKHY T----— whiphand In these remaining days, and the legislat pass noth ing now that doesn't meet with hie approval Under the law, the governor has the right to hold any bill passed by both houses for five days before giving it hie approval or his veto Five days from now, the session will be over and THE MOST RE ACTIONARY LEGISLATURE THAT HAS ASSEMBLED IN THIS STATE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS will have cashed in its checks, thus leaving the governor's veto the contro! of the situation. YouR race! NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO TALK SQUESZED THROUGH 4 WAD OF GRUB! ‘The legislature haw also been hit hard fn another and wholly expected direction, namel the su preme court In a decision handed down Sat subject t ‘erendum, it being expr » constitution that mea s necessary for the “imme diate peace, safety, health,” et the state or tts {natitutions may passed by effect immediately The supreme court holds men ai that means exactly what it | emergency cases d none ot THE JITNEY BUS BILL, THE PORT BILL, THE LAND BOARD BILLS. THE VARI OUS ELECTION BILLS, THE ATTACK ON THE INITI ATIVE AND REFERENDUM, eTC witl THEREFORE ALL COME UNDER THE @ ideas somewhat mixed one of his ANSWERED BY MR. CYNTHIA GREY What ie the Puget sound record for a high wavel—J. Y. C. K About a mile. It was made by Herbert Munter when he flew from Luna Park to Alki Beach. He used an American flag in making !t What is the difference between a high school girl who is passion ately fond of pickles and a man who goes to _Mentost—Evelyn Gay. regrets to say that he know the erence be two. They are so much alike only an expert Id pick jout th ts in which there fs no resemblance. It occurs to Mr. Grey, | howev er, that the girl who is |so fond of pickles has a sour tooth, | while the man who goes to Mexico has a tour south What Is the most facile method of entering and departing from out |ward vestments of attire while con- fined in the limited space of a sieep- ing car berth?—L. B, Good friends, don’t you We have not the slightest idea tie'wjortiseaitor of The'stae’vnot KNOW the cigarettes you’ve he ‘wishen to know ‘wnat in the = eeN Smoking are as much ina sleeping car berth. if this te alike ag old-fashioned carnet repeat the pF | Is it proper to let a young man! hold my hand In a bridge whist game?—Agatha B. | , but don't let him squeeze it.| He might spoil the cards. | kind! question tacks were alike? What became of the old-fashioned carpet tack when the new, bright- headed “Utterly Different” carpet tack was offered in its place ? That’s what makes the world move —the old, just-the-same-things giv- ing way to the new and “Utterly Different.” NEBO plainend is the “Utterly Different’ cigarette, offering new en- joyment, new satisfaction, new value. Am a young lady of 22 and my tell me | should become an | have considerable ability in that direction, If | do say it my-| self. | am anxious to get an en |gagement, but of course would not| ‘accept one if there was chance of ja failure, What would you advise} |me to go out with to be sure of |making a nitromarousyte M. M. A mallet | | es —?| QUESTIONS MR. GREY | CANNOT ANSWER jo I have a bull terrier but it is so cross the neighbors are afraid of it. Where can 1 trade ft for an hound?—J. H. D. | nd of ink should 1 use| with a hog pen?—| 8 D. | How in it possible to make a stop | => GUARANTEE—If after smoking Hasten to try them. watch run?—O, 8 half the package of NEBO plain end youare Squaring It not delighted, return balance of package Btn g ge gio Napa to P. Lorillard Co., New York (Hstab- tion for any wrong I have done. I Ushed 1760) and receive your money back. istole some kisses from you, and 1 |would like to give them back | ‘ She-—Well, Mr. Smith, of course, | I don't want to pu y obstacle in he way of your doing what ou! think Is right | A Mixed Metaphor | Sir Robert Ball, the famous as tronomer, was rather fond of tell ing the story of a correspondent opel TE Ria, gg CIGARETTES jthough he was a grocer’s assistant his great ambition was to become OLYMPIA, March &—Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: four tt can will able to do The governor's the legisiature to take | of in Three Days; Lister’s Fight Keeps Y¥ Referendum Check Rein on All Bills REFERENDUM THE PEOPLE, WHETHER EMERGENCY CLAUSES HAVE BEEN FRAUDULENT LY ATTACHED BY THE LEG ISLATURE OR NOT. None of these measures can become effective for 90 days after th sion all of them can RIGHTS OF Easy on the wash; Easy on the worker; til November, 1916, by means of a referendum petition signed by 6 per cent of the voters of the state. THIS MEANS THAT IF AP PROXIMATELY 19,000 VOT ERS DESIRE IT, THEY CAN OBTAIN A DIRECT VOTE ON ANY MEASURE IN NOVEM BER, 1916, AND IN THE MEANTIME THE BILL PET! TIONED AGAINST DOES NOT TAKE EFFECT So, while the recap 9 has * wait SP atauite de'seerenaon NO backbreaking drudgery, tro Sows, “esis Satag es no hot fires to add to the THE islative on expense. Just wash in cool or lukewarm water, and don’t boil the clothes. TAXPAYERS oters t Fels & Co 35¢ Aluminized Sink Strainer 20 } We bou them for alum and Pacific Hardware and Steel } Co, catalogued and billed them as aluminum Atkins 28In. 3-Point Plaster Saw .... os | For cutting plaster and lath, wall board an | pected to pans the bills 50c Atkins AAA Detachable-Han. The governor ts expected to veto dle Perfection Grass Hook . 33c }them, and n't the people Blade is silver steel, which " for a refer. | lasts longer and cute better than endum. other steel. Handle ts offset rae eep it from tir It's good night and farewell to new liquor legisiation 's 1B-In. Lorain Co ter Brake Bicycle There will be no special elec w Departure Brake « Mud Guards. Reduced $ t tion to repeal the prohibition day until sold | law We Will Sharpen Razor Blades Better On January 1, 1916, Wash , ington will go into the dry col SPINNING s CASH STORE 1415-1417 umn, While a majority of the urth legislature y have inclined Fo Av. towards the “wets,” they didn't have the courage to go through with a “wet” program, know ing that Gov. Lister would veto their measures and that they would need two-thirds vote They didn’t have the two thirds vote. So they quit cold. eee Among the measures 7 are the laws “The, house passed a bill extend Jing the hours of laundry girls to }10 a day for two days a week which the senate has not yet acted To Parents and Children: We are giving away a series of attractive ‘ Poster Stamps, in color, illustrating in verse { 'NATION-WIDE DOPE patched to Basiand and France them by calling at the windows of our joint communication to Wash Savings Tellers, while the supply lasts. ington, in which they held th : " : elves at liberty to stop all Parents will find these stamps a_splen- | Relea Wet e hae ween atwintae ie did and unique method of teaching their high authorities children Thrift and Industry. Children will find them a never-ending delight, and will CHINA KICKS ACROSS, soon be waiting with expectancy the is- | was granted |lowing a conference between diplo | mats of both countries and picture the life of that interesting young man, Thrifty Alexander SYNDICATE FOUND CHICAGO, Mar 8.—Discovery of a gigantic ‘dope syndicate” tral, “wher une To each child collecting the stamps we from New York tc «nhl ny also give an album in which to keep them. ey Clyne. These albums contain ample space for a larrison drug | large collection of other poster stamps. cocaine and The Poster Stamps and Albums are 1, have bee co trated at Gary and Hammond d, and other Middle West cities i I ] t ] F DIAGRAM WITH IT There are 52 stamps in the seri one is given away each week until the series is complete. Parents or children may obtain WASHINGTON, March §.—That aj United States note has been dis: suance of the next week's stamps, PEKING Mar ch §.—A ninety-nine year extension of the present Japa-| nesee railroad system at Manchuria) Japan Saturday, fol-| Northern Bank and Trust Company mn YES, IT’S NOT TRUE WASHINGTON N story printed in the N k Sun Saturday night, to th t that Ship Creek, on Cook inle 1 been Fourth Ave. and Pike St. chosen as terminal of the Alaska rallroad, was denied in all quarters| here today.