The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 1, 1916, Page 3

} \ GOING TO HAVE? MAIN POINTS IN BILLS BEING CONSIDERED ison Gardner Tells What Is Provided by the Hay Bill, Passed in the House, and the Chamberlain Bill, the Measure Now Pending in the Senate; Two Probably Will Be Combined. By ‘Gilson Gardner Apri! 1—-From a combtnation of the Hay bill and of the Chamberlain bill, whitch originated in WASHINGTON, passed by the house. the senate, it is probable the final army organization meavure wil result Chamberlain's bill is now before the senate As it passed the house, the Hay bill carries an amendment au thorizing the release of an enlisted man from active duty after one Year's service, if he proves himself an efficient soldier mane ° THE HAY BILL The Hay dill provides for adding 40,000 men to the reg army Making an army of 140,000. It also adds 7.450 extra officers to the Present strength of 5,045 officers, and provides additional offt , fers to be assigned to train militia and students in schools and col It provides a regular army reserve of 60,000 men, to be acquired four years, by passing them thru the regular army It provides for federalizing the militia of 129,000 men by fur hing federal pay, equipment and suppl from the regular army, ith a legal provision that in time of war they shall be drafted into regular army and shall thereupon se to be militiamen and be used anywhere for any purpo The pay for militia officers is $500 a year from captain up. 40 a year for first Heutenant, $200 for ‘ond Heutenant, whil lated men are paid one-fourth the initial pay of enlisted men in the lar army AN citizens between the ages of 18 and 64 are eligible to join he militia. The Hay bill creates a national guard reserve similar to the reg jar army reserve, which is to consist of 100,000 men in four years Vhen militiamen are drafted, they must serve during the duration of war. The bill provides for mobilizing industries and for the utilization “adustrial resources for war purposes, on a plan worked out by the ge, for the purpose of keeping in touch with reserves of nical men and material in the country, which, In an emergency, be brought suddenly into use. 4 THE CHAMBERLAIN BILL } i The Chamberiain bill increases the present regular army of £700,000, by about £0,000 enlisted men, or a total regular army of 580,000, excluding additional noncombatant branches It creates a regular army reserve by passing men thru the reg- Millar army at the end of four years, on thelr own application at the 8 of two years, or, in case they are recommended by their com ding officers, at the end of one year. the regular army reserve would be about 140,000 men The bill increases the number of officers in the regular army 5,045 to 10,726. It creates an officers’ reserve corps from students trained in ed 1 institutions which have adopted or will adopt an approved of study, including military instruction It creates a new force, known as the volunteer army of citizens @o not desire to go into the regular army or militia, the foree to exceed 600 officers and enlisted men for each congressional riet, to be raised by the president under rules and regulations by him, and to consist of a maximum strength of 262,000 offi and enlisted men It creates a voluntary reserve in the same manner as a regular reserve, the volunteers to be paid only when undergoing periods ht arin a technical reserve force for the quartermaster, eng! ; signal, ordnance and medical services, consisting of men who not Tequired to drill or train, Dut are merely enlisted into organ u which can be called in time of war "It provides increased pay for the national guard and Increases | the guard to 280,000 officers and men in active service, but does not f to federalize them or draft them into the regular army, except as they can be called under the present eg invasion, sup ‘press insurrections and execute the laws of the Union Wt creates pega dior guard reserve to which men who ha can be furloughed. FFITHS DECLARES CITY UTILITIES DEPT. IS USELESS SUNDAY a evionday and uesday ‘The following te the second article on musictpal efficiency by Auatin F. ffiths, who te acknowleda: one of joremost students civic affairs in Seattle. By AUSTIN E. GRIFFITHS In what I say on municipal efft ciency and lower taxes, no reflec- tion is intended upon any person holding a subordinate position When I said the harbor depart ment ought to be abolished, and when I say today that the utilities department ought elther to be abol ished or reduced In size, 1 mean no reflection upon the Incumbents. bents. In this discussion of efficiency and economy I hope the reader wil! fix firmly fn mind that while we creation of the state, having pow ers and duties of {ts own, we also as a community largely form and support other political divisions ernor to wreckmaster. We must see things straight thru |A political fact is just as much a |fact as a cobblestone tn the road; Is featuring to be endured or removed whether s | we like it or not. We should think Warwic | broadly in full view of all our pow é ers and duties. We should act sub fect to all our civil obligations and from the | Before we babble about retrench At the end of four year | of Seattle form a city or political) nd offices of the state from gov-/ iWar | POLICE SCHILLER PLAN NEW YORK r Police were regaled today with yarns spun by Ernest Schiller, the German w single-handed took possession of the | Britian sjeamer Matoppo. | “Once,” he said, an a crowd of |patroimen listened, “while in charge jof the Matoppo, I suw a ship that looked like a British cruiser, and | jordered the captain to ram her “We were bearing down on her full wpeed when I noticed it was a |freighter, and, instead of continu jing, we stecred away. If it bad been a F rulser we would |bave rammed her sure being held while av ide what to do with | him Could be rec ed to one-half the cost and still do tts real work effi | clently } This suggestion will not harm public ownership. 1 only advocate jusing our collective common sense to meet new cx The way to for permanent munt |i thru home rule. This requires a |conatitutiona! amendment. Mean lwhile we may chan mate lawe If we elect the right men Until then ons secure opportunity pal ownerah!p the Iaw {* ours and ought to be lobeved. Lean expense lowers taxes. That lean be done in this case by charter jamendment It could done jquicker if the council had the cour age to drop positions and refuse | appropriations. | AUSTIN RIFFITHS The World Famous SOCIALIST and tax burdens. A dollar ia a dollar,|}) whether spent or saved on city,| ARTOONIST ment or improvement tn public af. fairs, our minds should be clear as to our total political relations We should my: The nation ours; the state is ours; the county school districts, port district, are ours; the public service commission jand the other commissions are ours—the same aa this city, by the Novel by Le Roy Scott “To Him That Hath” U I R E M E in our elty government P | The charter {s allowed us by the jstate constitution. This allowance, 7 by reason of legislative control, 1s rather shadow than substance. Any part of the charter may be nulll Would You I ‘ Sacrifice Your fied by any general law of the state. By a device sharp enough to Your Honest Reputation for a lees ours. put to blush the highwayman, who declares he takes our cash to re Heve the poor, the legislature, by a so-called general law, can strike any particular city. This device is |legisilation per population. Pass a jlaw relating to cities above cer tain population. To reach Seattle pass a law as to cities having ensus above 200,000 people When the harbor department was Jentablished there was no port com mission. For this community now }to carry on both is the opposite of efficlency and 1s waste | When the utilities dep: was ordained it wae assum |the city had power to control not lonly its own, but also private utilt |tles put to public use. The law |now places all substantial power i nd duty for this purpose In the {public service commission. Until Ithis law shall be changed no suffi ‘elent on remains to continue this department. It cost# annually lace $28,000 r If not abolished, the department fa grace of our legislature, is more or In this sense I speak of changes | al LECTURER The Creator of Henry Dubb Will Lecture SUNDAY | April 2nd, 8 P. M. Stevens Hall | 4th and Westlake COME AND HEAR STARTLING FACTS COME AND SEF STRIKING PICTURES MAKES YOU LAUGH MAKE YOU THINK DON'T MISS IT. Gr es and ointments should not b piled if go: lear skin tn wanted om any druggist fo or r ext urge sine, wet a bot of sem When applied directed, it effectively remove zema, quickl top itehing heals skin troubles, also burns, wounds and chafipg, It etrates, and soothe in depen and jnexpenalve ft, as we nothing you b used in an effective and satis Zemo, Cleveland STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1 Bi GETS PET We Ser ere ° MAJHAT SORT OF AN ARMY IS U.S, LOVES BUT WON’T WED HIM; STORY OF ‘WAIFS’ AT LIBERTY |DID ANYONE DO wick, Barrymore, Storey, Betty and Jane Gray, Margaret Gibson, at Local ‘Movies Fs OTS 1916. PAGE 3 eo4 4 IT TO YOU YET? ers ad April Fool Jokesters Have oe Fun on the Telephone CALL 'EM OUT OF BED Frank Onstott i# a clerk in Judge Gordon's court He went to bed at the usual | hour—8 p. m—Frida | At 3 a. m. bis phone rang. | He stumbled downstairs and an- swered It No court Saturday afternoon, you won't ha to wor ame the sound of a voice OF COURSE, I WONT THERE NEVER IS ANY COURT {ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON!” yelled Onstott Saturday morning he couldn't un derstand why anybody had called him up until Judge Gordon told him to go look at the calendar. | Police Sergeant 0. Bonnell |also had a call at 3 a, m. Saturday. Whadaya want?” he thundered. Il wanta know who told you your auto could go more than 50 miles Jan hour > T eae rt ae Whoever you answered roe Oe TT ware BEREEREEERE SES Seo . the ant ‘ the funniest (At right) Scene from “The Isiand of Regeneration,” at the Rex, (Center) Scene from “The Supreme Sacrifice,” at the Strand. (At) girl in Seattle e the divil ye (left) Se from “W Liberty, (Below) Tom Moore, in “Dollars and the Woman,” at the Clemmer. are ~ * gg — A ———_ | Nearly everybody in Seattle’ re PROGRAMS said to give ain aplendid a rinities | Puy | ! ceived urgent telephone requests Athambra—Pictures and vaudeville, the widest scope, The Russian or- | to call Eliott 2641 Saturday, and a ne n “~w dram: 2 4 ore a 100 people ’ vod Sede Mave wad tha/Chestra will have special nus > 5 jmore ths people ane aa “ wk fe & number before noon = Kthet Clay © e@ Hello, this Elliott 26417" they an REX would ask in “The o ‘ Yep,” was the answer. F im “The account of popular d, | aE Well, there's a note on my desk j »morrow will the of ar — a to come down there—what place ™ SCO, Apr f th vaudeville, Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno AN FRANCISCO, April 1-—"T PVSRRORS FANG OF She CObI" | ot SmlIaeL ane Deemené at the Rex theatre, in “The Inland |*" rar to you T am not the D cll and Counciiman Hanna ex Const marek eneratior Reltorating this over d over changed insinuations at Fri- And the fellows at the morgife™ k Jas, Marlano, who the police de ntory was written by Rev In Plato Torturied, murderer | day's meeting of the finance | we ting a little sore by noon. erend Cyrus Te wneend Brady namin Uttards tn ten Sead committee that would lead the They claim that such April & A beautiful girl-—running away ' humor is “as funny a6 an open from the unwelcomed attentions of |(isC 11 years ago, arrived here to-) casual observer to suspect that | grave, ; the owner of th on which |My § » for t | their mutual affection Is some- _— ________ ellie lb Aron Rghooam ver wince his arrest Marlano has T ; he was ag " 8 t70- | ostad ble iodonsten He Gal what blighted, PNNESS i a o >uthern Pacific: | stared he is the victim of a chain of Hanna had explained that he fi Bp who had ‘circumstances linking him to a mur-| Voted for certain bond sales on See A 5 ry chds| 2 oeeied by Lata the advice of Haas, and was TACOMA, April 1.—Statisties in- mbrance of | "vinsedo was butcher pany in| later convinced he should have — dicate drunkenness is on the in- me,” taught | 04, gismembered i voted the other way. crease here, despite the efforts of ore by his mother Uastday dave ho Wes’ tn Whereupon Councilman Haas, the sheriff's office and the police —% tf de th e @ |°lty, when that occurre in hot rerentment, accused Han- to suppress the illegal sale of —@ eal Ps m n quor. g ractical jokers among MMER The police received a jolt when| a of being a “jockey” voter. eitin ‘ 4 asmen at the seminar paseaval @|Marlano was taken before Ja Hanna replied in kind. He said | The number of arrests in March 4 punch served Dollare and the W which | Spoon, assistant jailer in the hall of; Maes “changed his mind every | onthe of January and Melia 3 owing his ¢ opens at the Clemmer tomorrow, 1# justice, for identification | five minutes.” seating BA, ¥ ened with rum ‘adapted from Edward Terhune’s! Spoon knew Torturic! well | essen frocks him. Rene, the bishop's] well-known story Dollars and| But when he looked at the pris-|.SWiterland had cattle in the daughter, with Raeburn is |Cents.” Tom Moore Ethel |oner from Seattie he manifested no Stone Age, but in 7,000 years we) You can get a lot of good lan ove, repudiates hits Clayton will play the leading ro! sign of recognition not domesticated a single, yargains in Star Want Ads. Raeburn drifts to 1 heart Interest ) No. lared Spo: This | Wild animal, + a wh falls under th «pun virtues, A man isn't Torturiel. 1 would know| — _ _ ts t Rags, « 1 iano atic drama, fraught with Torturict anywhere. This man is alo She n | with |and the of a Kolden-ha too young Hoi MENG, ag She aT Sud Ge Woman ise woe srnizet rr | Pale, Sallow Cheeks Hu ne a’ club for working *°¢ Judge Brady on a murder charge 9 roi Pa - BM my ay mggond ° uiabion @ today. He will plead later show that the blood is impoverished and that the stomach is not prop- marry him, but she knows that he | © = ® erly assimilating its food. In fact a woman's physical condition always still loves Rene, and refuses him,| “Scorched Wings!’ a three-part MOOSE MEET APR 15 shows inher face. Paleriess, blotches, pimples, sal/ownessor dull eyes all The outcome atrikes a deep human |#ocial drama, with Betty Gray and e * note Paul Panzer in the chief roles sas | e e Need A splendid of players in | the feature starting a three-day ¢ | To name delegates to the headed by Jane Grey and Willlam |eagement at tho Mission tomorrow. | ate progressive convention to be| | Baecham's Pils. Women who are subject to these conditions should Desmond |The “Scorched Wings” belong to a| held in Seattle May 4, King county not fail to avail themselves of their prompt and beneficial effect. eee poor little unsophisticated butter. | Progressives will meet in mass cau phe F 2 o , 4) fz. How Betty singes her beaut!-|cus April 15. The | bull moore Beecham’s Pills are prepared to furnish the necessary relief. They COLISEUM ‘rut’ wings, and learns a bitter les | State convention will have 156 del.| | Clear the eystem of impurities, gently stimulate the liver, re the ° ——-——-@ son, given rise to many situations kates tn all and will meet two| | bowels and tone the system. Their mild and thorough action quickly John Barrymore, whe one of |that, for emotional strength and| ays before the republican conven tid the skin of blemishes, improve the circulation and help the digestion. the foremost actors in America on/ gripping intensity, are rarely |Uon at Yakima. Every woman should know the comfort, and experience the help of the speaking stage, and who now Is | equaled | | considered one of the greatest con Her Dream of Life,” a drama, OR J 6 | b ] tributions to the sereen drama, and “Billle’s Double,” a comedy, | Wile Oelds DEAD will be featured at the Collseui |are the added attractic ANN ARBOR, Mich., April pr.| nes ‘0 da eginning james B. Angell, 87, president Sunday, in Lost Bridegroom.” | @ > | emeritus of the Unive: Sef by, drnouitg Georehert the world. tn 10¢., 28, Barrymore's art is well known to COLONIAL Se getinie Directions of Special Valve to Women with Every Boa: . errr 4 ~ wet ~A Margaret and William ers ee Clifford are featured in "The Hid Continuous Vaudeville Sunday After 1 P.M. Pictures 11 to 11 Matinees and Evenings 5c 10c Tonight—Last Time—A Big Vaudeville and Plo- ture Show—The Second Episode of “The Strange Case of Mary Page.” | distinguished record in the later In-| Law from the pen of Theo Harris, at the Colonial the atre tomorrow, John Carlton, genius and writer, is unjustly imprisoned. He emerges with hatred his heart, but the girl which tragte ctr imatances places in his care. softens him. Some thrilling ant mal scenes in a hunting expedition are exhibited © °@ CLASS A The Class A offers two comedy atures and a three-reel Eesanay drama for the bill beginning Sun AND day. The latter is entitled “Be T H E yond the Law,” and deals with our fabric of justice. The comedies are: “Three Johns” and “Ham and the Hermits and rit i | 99 * eo | STRAND oa Robert Warwick is featured at the Strand theatre, beginning Sun day, in a stirring story adapted from the novel by Leroy Scott en titled “To Him That Hath.” It tells of the supreme sacrifice of man for his fri Adapted from Albert Payson Terhune’s Well- known Story, “Dollars and Cents,” features TTH CAVALRY IS FAMOUS TROOP WASHINGTON, April 1—The enth United States cavalry, the iment that distinguished itself in a running fight with the Villistas is looked upon as one of the crack organizations of the army The eventh ia known thruout the service as “Custer's” regiment It was the Seventh that was massa cred almost to a man in the battle of the Little Big Horn, on the West ern plains, many years ago, when the old Indian fighter, Gen, Custer met his death The Seventh pn ll pie TOM MOOR —and— ETHEL CLAYTON IN A VIVID, THOUGHT-STIMULATING DRAMA THAT WILL WREATHE YOUR FACE WITH SMILES AND STREAK YOUR CHEEKS WITH TEARS later established “Dollars and the Woman” is a heart-interest drama of home- spun virtue, a story of a good woman’s soul. How lost dollars made her frugal and saving and kept her that way, even after the dollars returned two-fold. dian wars and during the Cuban and Philippine campaigns The Seventh is one of the few regiments in the service that boasts its own service song, handed down for years, and probably is more proud of its traditions than any oth er regiment “Garry Owen,” the battle song of the Seventh, has been Hstened to with respect bf Uncle Sam's ene. mies for a good, long time. PASTOR JURY IS OUT OROVILLE, Cal, April 1.—Hav Pictures ing been locked up all night, the With jury which must decide whether Rev, Madison Slaughter is guilty or a innocent of attacking Gertrude Lamson, 15, today, continued its | Punch deliberations which commenced | shortly after 3 p, m. yesterday The piece of lang you are tool! Want Ads.