The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 1, 1916, Page 1

| | ERE ee Mrs. Austin &, Griffiths 1s wn han BUSINESS ¢ MEN HEAR REYNOLDS Public Service Chairman Urges Unity in Rate Fight THEATRE one CROWDED {CHAIRMAN REYNOLDS PAYS COMPLIMENT TO STAR AND ITS RECORD 6ETIOR fifteen y sat at th in the same office in Seattle. In all that time I know of no fight where the public in terest was at stake in which The Seattle Star has not been out in the open, against it mattered not what op ponent, for the side of the public. “L cam recall! no instance where the little man with his little business and his little home—has not been defended and cham- ploned. “it Is so In the fight against the Harriman tourist monopoly. The is In it in behalf of Se nets men and their interests in the Northwest."—C. A. Rey ee Every business organization In Seattle was urged at an open mass meeting held at the American theatre Wednesday noon to get into the Northwest rate fight. “The crowd filled the house. Chairman C. A. Reynolds, of the public service commission, explained the unjust discrimi- nation of the allied Southern lines that is robbing Seattie and the Northwest of thou. sands of tourists yearly. “Here in the Onthern Pacific their al said y came looking over the state Work. They found Kenneth Kerr, J editor of the Railway & Marine News | I do not blame Kerr for the It wae the ently in his paper. behind Kerr hand of the system that wrote them.” Charged Neglect of Duty Kerr recently charged that the pulfic service : spiritedly active commissio: ‘and tr beer elir can her road fen ‘oted to in t the rail BRAINERD Pretty Girl Catches Salmon for the President in her own dory, . Grand Trunh de Washington for a man to do their * derogatory statements published re-| with And Mr. Wilson's going to eat it on March*+ 10, which is National Canned Salmon day. Read, on page € w this fisher maid took the pres- VOLUME 18 GILL SUED FOR $2,500 BY MARBLE Councilman Says He Slandered in Public Speech CALLS IT MALICIOUS ' 4 w Was Iman Charles Marbl started suit in su _ against Mayor Gill made false state ments about him I speeches. The specific complaint {Is that Gin, at the Liberty theatre last held Marble up to ri aying he had given a w v te tor a tax urday clares he was 5 years ago. As & matter of fact, he ran three j Years ago, when Gill was riot rim? ning. The complaint alleges words, so uttered and spoken by H.C. Gill, were false, defamatory, Scandalou currilous and untrue. and he k they were scurrilous and untrue. nd were used mal ciously for the purpose of defeat ing the plaintiff for councilman at the owerier of March 7.” Cour Marble Wednes said he was in the race for the council] to the finish, and t he is alsg ca is suit against Gill to the | “fam int ace for re-elect! and Hi) (tll has no right to lie |Mberately in hope of defeating | me,” sald Marble | | Geo, B. of Cole & Dalby. ling the case MONTREAL DEPOT IS DESTROYED se one MONTREAL Mi tons of freight and of trains out at points once, ¢ ing the impression that it was in cendiary. | —_ —_-_—-— WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Thursday gen er Ny fair. oo | DON'T OVERLOOK THIS GREAT STORY COMING IN STAR NEXT WEEK ) ETTLE back and get ‘ S ready to enjoy “The Ranch at the Wolver ine.” It is a thoroly Ameri can novel. It will appear } complete in six consecutive inataliments of The Star, starting Monday Don’t cheat yourself by not reading the novel-a-week in The Star. The best sellers of recent months are being printed for you, complete each week in this paper And B, M. Bower's story of Northern Idaho is one of the best of them Red-blooded men and wom en, who love the great out of-doors, and the human problems of the big, healthy West, will enjoy “The Ranch {at the Wolverine.” Quits GILL PARK BOARD an Lf) Brainerd wrote = “H.C. Gill, “City Hall: “Remove my name as member of the board of park missioncrs, b ur appointment, ey Js he hg “ERASTUS BRAINERD.” t 1 om- instantly THE SATTLE, WASH., By Austin E. Griffiths T IS with an earnest desire to be of service in a practical, efficient way that I am seeking the office of mayor. I want to see this great city of ours free from the petty quarrels and the constant turmoil which have raged within it in past years. I want it to be free of the strife which attaches to a city too busy with a moral problem or a police problem to give attention to the problems of scientific efficiency in city administra- tion. It has been my good fortune to have had my work in both these: offices pratked® by” the’ pubic press of the city, as well as by private individuals her on taxation, public morals, or on any other im issue, has my record been assailed until Mr ' ccaaet 'r ppaasacnal) hy r v wanton disregard for the s s t and abuse n me a cle Mr. ¢ i ut I sa is t u ept the taxation issue gh the ne c kes m \ a taxation issue On the other hand, I repeat that when Mr. Gill was in the council, he piled up enormous debts upon this city which we are still paying, and the proof of it is con- tained in the editorial words of the Post- Intelligencer itself in the issue of Feb- ruary 27, 1914. The Post-Intelligencer thus summar- ized Gill's taxation record in the council and as mayor: “Mr. Gill's administration was inefft- cient, incompetent, and extravagant—so reckless and costly that the tax levy be- came the highest in the city’s history. THE TAXPAYERS ARE TODAY PAYING THE BILLS.” The facts are exactly as the Post-Intel- ligencer said they were. Whenever Gill dominated the council and the mayor's office, the taxes DID grow year dow year. I entered the 1911, the city wa choking t treet assessments up to $6,000,000 a a heritage from Mr old ward ear. That wa Gill's I got over $2,700,000 pending and future street improvements reduced in interest from 7 to 6 per cent, and had the time of payment extended from five to ten years hun In 1911, I sought to reduce the budget by $670,- 000. The plain record in the case is on file at the city hall and in the issues of the daily papers of that day I voted against raising the mayor's salary. I voted apuinat § + nearly every salary which was \ here wage were under $100 ' 1 r the budget without r nst tl t budget Jropy he ¢ isive police cavalry rease in the budget r 191 My , : “A. ad rease of $150,000. MY SUCCESSOR IR. LANG) ASKED AN_ IN CREASE OF $235,000. But to cap the climax, Mr. Gill says I voted for the present dam site. The facts are that I voted against it. I voted against going ahead on this project with- WEDNESDAY, | € Now picture Hi Gill, after two years, running for the office again in violation of his pledged word! Picture his opponent clean-minded, aggressive—a man of family, respected by all! And picture Gill—the Gill whose own return to office was the result of an appeal for his family’s sake—picture this 22-caliber Gill mounting a public platform and astounding his hearers by LIKENING THE GENTLE AND KINDLY WIFE OF HIS OPPONENT TO A STREET WALKER. gq Who, with the memory fresh in mind of of that insult | to womanhood, can vote for Gill for mayor? The Seattle Star ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : } MARC ak 1, 1916, out further investigation. MY OBJECTIONS ARE ON FILE IN WRITING AT THE CITY HALL. On the contrary, Mr. Gill, in 1910, got the dam site fixed in front of a gravel bar bank. He did this in spite of warnings as to this bank sieve. HIS SIGNATURE AS MAYOR IN 1910 IS PLAINLY AFFIXED TO THE ORDINANCE IN THIS CASE AND IT IS ON FILE AT THE CITY HALL. Again, as mayor in 1914, Mr. Gill got the council to increase the height 45 feet, at a further cost of $205,000. If he wished to shirk responsibility for whatever blunder had been made on the dam, why did he not veto this additional cost? But he spent that money in spite of a further warning by a board of experts. This left no money with which to seal the bank. For more than a year the dam has been empty. Dry dams pile up taxes. Recklessness makes dry dams. Mr paign, seen fit to utter a lot I have en lea 1¢ puts words into my mouth I have He a m the issues to ma tter personal attac upon me and mine that are without basis or foundation It is but fair that I should brand them for the falschoods that they are Mr. Gill has said that I am circulating some sort of report in the old A. P. A. organization It is absolutely untrue. I have never had any connection with that organization, and have never circulated any report of any kind in it I was not here when such an organization existed. I ha r st or re and Mr. Gi liberately to place me in a e light nection I try to treat each person on his merits, the same as I like to be treated Wea 1 working together to build up our com- mon country I HAVE NO WORDS STRONG ENOUGH TO EXPRESS MY ge DISGUST AT’ THIS ATTEMPT TO INJECT RELIGIOUS FEELING IN A CITY CAN MPAIG N td r 0,00 the Mr is bee 1 1 it ave 0,000. 14 owt I coun before the ished Incidentally, I desire to say that this institution hould, in all fairness to the city, be conducted by the state, for it confers a state-wide benefit As to the Tukwila light service, I was not in the council when $10,000, or $18,000, or any other sum, was voted to extend our city light system outside the city limits GILI PEAKS AN UNTRUTH WHEN III AYS I DID VOTE FOR I $1,000,000 a year aying T woul What I did say is, that with the aid of the coun- cil, we could and would save from $300,000 to $500,- 000 a year without impairing the normal growth of the city. Answering his question directly, I shall not abol ish the platoon system in the fire department I was in favor of it when it needed friends, AND WHEN MR. GILL WAS SILENT. I shall help the fire department as police department to become the pride It is only fair to ask Mr. Gill to dis- cuss facts and actual conditions. I have lived in this city for many years. My children have been raised here. I submit it is not the province of a mayor seeking re-election to dodge facts and actual conditions, and to mouth the foulest untruths on subjects that do not concern the city. well of the as the city DO YOU WANT HIM FOR MAYOR? G Two years ago, when Hi Gill besought the people of Seattle to give him another chance in the mayor’s chair, he told, in a quavering voice, how he wanted his boys to be able to say that, altho their father might have been a bad mayor, the second ‘time he held the office he was the best mayor Seattle ever had. Gill based his campaign ona frank plea to the sympathy of the voters. They gave him his chance. honest, scholarly, AS” EDITION ONE CENT _<rw seTANDA. ae A Statement by Austin E. Griffiths CONGRESS T0 BACK WILSON Leaders Agree to “Showdown” When | President Forces Their Hand; Will Vote on Proposal and All Believe Administra- Jones Remains Stubborn. i P | NEW GERMAN ORDERS WENT INTO EFFECT AT MIONIGHT BY CHARLES P, STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, March 1.—The Teutonic proclamation of war on armed merchantmen went into effect at midnight. Thus far there have been no results. No definite reports of torpedoing are expected for a day or two. The situation here is similar to that prevailing at the dawn of the first German submarine campaign, more than a year ago. Shipping men-are divided in their opinion as to what Austria and Germany will do. Some regard the decree as a “bluff.” Great Britain contends the campaign is without justification, and holds, officially, that the Germans have. distorted. English orders, seized from captive ships, to make it appéar that the ad- miralty has ordered armed merchant ships to attack subma- rines. | WASHINGTON, “March 1.—Congress will soon go | on record as to the administration's course toward Ger- many Leaders today ratified President Wilson's proposal to Acting Chairman Pou of the house rules committee for a test of strength as to warning Americans off armed mer- chantmen and discussed with him the means of getting such a vote. Since it is the president’s purpose to demonstrate to Ger- |many that the country supports him in the international situ- jation, the leaders will frame the issue to bring out that idea | Evew while taking steps for a “showdown,” some leaders jindicated their disbelief that congress—the house, at least—= jis willing to sup port the esssives whole-heartedly. NOW EXPLAINED today, with the announcement Stands for International Law of Senator Jones of Washington that he would object to unani- to Avoid International Anarchy mous consent for immediate consideration of a resolution Supporting the president. While the government gravely awaits the first Austro-German shot in the new campaign against armed hant! the capitol prepared today fof FEARS FOR THIS NATION the “showdown” on the Wilson as . Program as a result of his re- WASHINGTON, March 1,—Here quest to Representative Pou, are the greatest American acting rules committee chair- | questions of the day: man, for a vote on the question “Shall the United States sub- of warning Americans from armed ships. mit to the torpedoing without two Negotis with the centra warning and the safe removal power the conte ee of passengers of unarmed mer- et a bid. > sg orgy t Wil chant ships of belligerent na- Congress In Turmoil Soper Oonareas 1a :in.a:tatteoll over the “Shall the United States sub- Wilson challenge mit to the torpedoing, without The administration is confident | warning and the safe removal its hands will be upheld, despite! Of passengers, of ARMED mer. |the recent claim bt Speaker Clark chant ships of the belliger- | that the house stood 2 or 8 to 1 in| ents? | favor of a warming | No, says President Wilson, and There was little chance of a| his cabinet, because such action— final vote today in either house,)!n either case—by Germany is | inasmuch the president's letter| against international law to Pou suggested “full public dis-| What is the law—the interna: soksian, tional Iaw—on t ject? § rn and The international aw on both r erred) questions is written in the custom 1 r scores and hundreds 1 € ivilized nations have Meany en hank respected the custom for so long Vote on Straight Warning that NONE OF T -NOT EVEN It was agreed that th t vote, GERMANY—denies that such is the would be on a straight warning|law of nations, THE PROOF OF resolution, including the exact con-| THIS, AND THE BINDING NA. troversy about sustaining American) TURE OF IT IS SHOWN BY THE |rights of 1 on armed ships, |FACT THAT THE ROLES. OF | Flood his foreign committee| EVERY NAVY IN THE WORLD, would bring out a new resolution,| INCLUDING GERM Y'S NAVY, which Wilson will approve before} INSTRUCT OF 5S IN AG the committee reports it CORDANC WIT THE LAW | “In the light of events,” sald) THAT MERCHANTMEN > SHALL | Flood, “I think there is little ques-| NOT BE SUNK WITHOUT DUB tion that al vers of congress | WARNIN AND THAT MER. will t CHANTMEN HAVE A RIGHT TO Th ed a sen-|GO ARMED. tle aders had! President Wilson’s contention {s ni jent’s de-| that America must uphold every ins termination to for » Issue ternational law as it was made by Demands United anpere. civilized nations before the war, sending his message to Pou,, Inasmuch as these laws were the president pointed out that for-|made by all nations, all nations eign capitals m ight be adversely in-| must first consent to change them, fluenced by news of any lack of| President Wilson’s whole policy support for the government by/can be summed up briefly as fok congress | lows He said stories of difference Unless the United States up- were being made “industrious use — of” abroad. (Continued on page 8) tion’s Attitude Will Be Endorsed; Sen.