The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 1, 1917, Page 5

+ podrom: / wight follow Resolutions adopted by eo mass meeting Whereas, a number of weeks Ago officials of the United States @rmy at Camp Lewis forced Won our attention the fact that Wice and lawlessness was not Being controlled by the city ad Ministration in Seattle, and thereafter the commander of that army called upon the mayor to remedy the existing cond! » and issued a public warn fg to the citizens of Seattle, wherein he called attention to the fact that there were 2.300 tmmoral women practicing thetr rade, without molestation, in and that there was an vice syndicate, pro ‘persons high in aw thority’; and Whereas, the mayor of the city of Seattle denied the state ment of facts made by Maj. Gen. Greene, and even treated the charges of the commander of the United States army at Camp Lewis insolently, intimating in & Mounting manner that {t waa all politics; doing this instead of at once cooperating with the government in seeking to remedy the open and apparent vice ex- fating in many forms; and Whereas, due to the failure of the mayor and his chief of “police to assist the government fm overthrowing vice and many Other dangerous conditions con: fronting the government, Maj. Gen. Greene was compelled to Place an order prohibiting his soldiers from coming to Seattle and Whereas, investigation shows t montha previous to the made by Maj Gen the morals committee Ministerial Federation of Seattle, acting thru tts chair man, furnished the mayor with written information of approxi- mately 20 houses of prostitu- tion, from the windows and doors of which women were openty soliciting; and Whereas, investigation shows that these houses sti operated under the same condition for three months thereafter tntil abatement procesdings were in- stituted by the prosecuting at torney; and Whereas, ft has subsequently appeared that Mayor Gill bas allowed his name to be used as a member of the firm of Gill, Hoyt & Frye, and that said firm represented a corporauon known as the Me nts’ Pro tective Corporation, which cor. food Value food value of cocoa has been proven by cen- turies of use, and dietitians and phy- sicians the world over are enthusiastic in their endorse- ments of it. It is said to contain more nourishment than beef, in a more readily assimilated form. The choice, however, should bea high-grade cocoa,— “Baker’s”’ course, of iy >) ony is delicious, too Trade-mark oe on every package Made only by ) Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. } Faabliched 1780 as ws. 1 ove. Dorchester, Mass. Fifth and Pine the Hip Friday | WILKES poration openly seltelted law business contrary to the laws of the state of Washington, and sald assoolation insued a certit feate to members therein pur porting to protect them in ac tions In the civil and criminal courts, and on ¢very certificate issued there .was placed the name of the firm Gill, Hoyt @ Frye; and Whereas, it haa been ascer tained to date from rellable sources that such certificates of protection bearing the name of | Gil, Hoyt & Frye were issued to 63 hotels and lodging houses, eight dance halls, 32 restauran 21 drug stores, 29 pool halls, 57 amall grocery stores and fruit stands. 18 Chinese on. chy | pawn brokers, 4 junk dealers, 6 cigar stands and @ large num der of taagrab drivers; and Whereas, such certificates were generally placed by the holders. thereag in consy 0 places, so that any policeman on his beat could easily see the name of the mayor of Seattle on such certificates, and therefore could not help but exert a de terrent influence on any honest policeman seeking to enforce the law; and Whereas, one holder of such certificate stated to a deputy prosecuting attorney that he was solicited to buy his certifionte in the Merchants’ Protective Corporation by a member of the firm of Ol, Hoyt & Frye, which member of said firm pointed to the name of Mr. Gill on the cer. tificate, saying that he wes mayor, and was tn a position to give special assivtance; and Whereas, in all cases where persons holding such certificates were arrested for alleged viola tion of the law, and Whereas, in a large percent: age of other cases wherein per sons were arrested charged with Prostitution, gambling, bootleg king and other like offenses, the firm of Gill, Hoyt @ Frye has appeared before the justice of the peace as thelr counsel; and Whereas, the justice of the peace, whose duty it is to pum ish violators of such laws, ls an appotntee of the mayor; and Whereas, practically all the testimony in such cases is brought by policemen, it ts ap Parent that beth policemen and Justices of the peace are placed in a most arrasaing, if not impossible situation, when the head of the firm, as !t appears On the record In these cases, is also the mayor of the ity, whose mworn duty it ls to en force the laws; and Whereas, in defense of his Tecord connection with the firm of Gill, Hoyt & Frye, the mayor bas stated that he has no com nection with that firm; and Whereas, f is absolutely tm material whether the mayor has fiiancial connection with the FOOLISH SUPERSTITI | Dear Miss Grey of a sharp instrument, such as knife, | pin or pert | thought I could never give up. jalmost to hatred |has been attentive I don’t want any me « knife ng to cause a disagreement | him, believe he might think me silly What would you advise me to do? POLLY. power to break a silly super friendships There is no The stition. have resulted from something in the disposition or character of one or both the parties to the quarrel, which made it imposst ble to agree, rather than the in fluence of an inanimate object. If you Uke the knife, keep it If not, returm it and ask the man in the future to give flowers or some other less ful” gift. THEATRE PLAYERS bc Elfiott 2525- 2526 Wee OTHER MATS. “RICH A classic in drama, imp th Nights, 22¢ to _ ANY ONE CAN DANCE Matinee Tomorrow WEDNESDAY AND George Broadhurst’s Beautiful Play of Heart Throbs and Sensation POOR MAN” jortant to the atre-goer, Sunday SATURDAY MAN satinfaction of every Mats., I7e to fe CALL UP ELLIOTT 3187 Being This Ad to the HIPPODROME PROF. and MRS. Exponents OLD TO LEARN. NEW CLASSES MONDAY CHILDRE It is good for one OSWALD. of th IT DOESN’T COST A CENT *. Special instruction any time Tompetent teachers in the entire country NIGHT AT 7 SATURDAY AT THINK IT OVER FIFTH AND UNIVERSITY open class lesson. 30 ASST MODERN DANC! TANTS KY mont TOO Finest floor, yo best music ure never TUBSDAY AT 2:20 I have found It true in a number of cases that a break in friendship follows the sift This has happened to lme a number of times, and in each instance it was with some friend I But | those great friendships have turned Now a man who to me recently with and if I should tell him what I | | than in the o firm of Gin, Hoyt & Frye, the really material thing being that his name appears on the pro tective certifieate, and on a large percentage of all brought by his own poll hie firm being in opposition to the cases of the policemen for the enforcement of the law; and Whereas, if there were no other caused, and we recognize there are others, than the con- nection of the mayor's name with much an aasooiation, this condition ts sufficient of itself to account for the condition in whieh the city of Seattle now finds itself—a condition In which the morale of the police depart ment ia shattered-——vice is run 0 rampant and uncon i that crimes of violence in large numbers have been commit upon women of the city, so that the citizens have not felt that it was safe fe a woman to be alone even in her own home at night; @ condition finally culminating tn a national disgrace, namely, the ban on our city of Maj Greene; and Whereas, we believe that the citizens of Seattle are fot mor- ally bankrupt, but the trouble Nes with the present mayor of the olty of Seattle Be it heceby resolved by the citizens of Beattie In mass meet ing assembled, that we pledge ourselves to support the gov. ernment of the United States In the prosecution of the present war, and we pledge ourselves, particularty, to ald the govern- ment in the way it now re questa, namely: That we make Gen Beattie clean and wholesome for the soldiers of our army, and as the under American people, acting the principles of democ have never failed to find, thru democracy, a solu tion of any gfficulty, and as the principle of impeachment of & public offictal has come down thru democratic tnstitugons as & fair method of bringing publio officials to the bar of justice, and believing that exercine of this great democratic prineiple of impeachment should be tn- voked in the present emergency, Be Mt further resolved, that it ia the sense of the citizens here assembled that impeachment proceedings be inatituted by the counell forthwith, and Be it further resolved, that a committee 25 be appointed, one from each of the civie or ganizations calling this meet ing. and the remainder by rep resentatives of those organiza tiona tn conjunction with the chairman of thie meeting, this committee to present the de mands of this meeting to the counctl, and in case of failure to obtain impeachment, or should impeachment become tm- practicable, to use its discretion in the best method of solving present conditions SOVUANUUHNUESEUEEUENLAEvUEEUAEUAnESAEONN tee eSATA ENS Cynthia Grey’s Answers to Readers’ Questions rnc MN EMPLOYER TAKES HER OUT Dear Miss Grey: I am a stenog rapher. One of my employers in the city only a day or so each month. He is married, but his family is in New York Whenever he comes to town he always has some little gift for “ne, and he always takes me out to dinner with him. He says he basn't many friends here and ts grateful for my society. He always takes me home in a taxi and buye me flowers and candy, but he is al ways a perfect gentleman in his treatment of me. The man I go with objects to me «ding out with altho he is unable to « for me as the man my employer do as nice thin I work for these favors? JULIA, Yes. Keep your relationship with men at the office free from the social element. Don't a attentions that are dangerous to your own or some other wom: an’s happiness, This man’s dis loyalty to his wife is quite aa great as tho she were in this city, and his attentions to you quite as compromising as those of any other married man A WIFE AND DANCES Dear Miss Grey: I am a bachelor, but I visit with my married friends frequently. Here ts a case in par ticular that I have tried to make out The wife is a young mother with three children. The husband ia a young business man. Both are fine people and apparently get along well together. She is a good mother he ia a good father. They parties and “other places of amune-| | ment together; but when going to a dance, the mother wishes to go alone, as she says the young men are more atte mpany of her husband ‘Then people wonder why so many young men remain sin, nder at it? Your opinion will be | greatly appreciated JUST A BACHELOR, I would like to know what kind of dances this young wife attends where the men are more attentive to her when alone than when her husband is present. At all of the club dances I have ever attended, the crowd was made up mostly of couples, and the women and girls who at tended without escorts were the most popular as wall flowers, It goes without saying that the woman is ailly and short-,ight- ed. She is deliberately inviting comment of the worst sort, which will not only af her but her husband and her chil dren HILL LOSES SON Deputy Sheriff Joe Hill received word Saturday that hia son, Richard} FU, had been killed in action on the French, front | Young Hill joined the Australian colonial troops in 1914 and has) been in action ever sinc He was with the Australians in Egypt and other Mediterranean fronts until transferred to France, Acn I unwine to accept | go out to! tive when she is alone! Do you! ‘USE OF MAYOR GILL’S NAME BY ANOTHER JAZZ BAND FOR MOORE|[Y[in);] eines ERCHAN TS’ PROTECTIVE CORP Ysaye and Philharmonic Scheduled at Metropolitan; Other Good Bills 1—Helen Delaney, coming in “Watch Your Step, —r Poor Man,” at the Wilkes. 6—Onoe of the Cory Sisters, at the Palace Hip. 7—BIll Proett, at the Pantages. 3—Sue Stead, at the Orpheum. MOOKE Up on your toes and get ready, for Fanchon and Marco and their ‘Frisco Jame Band, including Rudy Wiedooft, saxophonist, will be at the Moore! theatre Sunday aa one of the two/ headliners on the new bill of Orph-| eum Cireult vandeville, Fanchon| jand Marco are two dancers | Billy Montgomery and George Perry will be the other headlin traction. They «ing a little some and talk much | Claude and Fannie Usher tn/ “Pagan's Decision,” include the bun: | ary dog “Bpareribs.” James H. Cullen entertains in his own inimitable manner | Robbie Gordone is a beautifully }formned girl who te illustrating her | lown version of repreductions of statuary and paintings. Rita Boland In song akete s young, pretty and has person:| ality The loleen Sisters are shart ers who do their shoot the mlack wire. I hea. She | devilh ” openin 5 ie - eee ft he ta pening Sunday at the | ro at the Eltinge theatre, New| Domestic wheel Prices, All Reserved—$1 to GAIETY THEATRE The Three Fiance wilt Present Yer. it was advertised onty by its] _Limburser_--- Hunday’s audience witt witness alpome acrobatics and monkey imita fone -agp 9 IO ard ey which [new and valuable addition to the/| tions | were allo o a won Cn a ne ee vn mee sasel sir gontand os ieee] METROPOLITAN ®™ 355.0 = playing at the Gaiety theatre, in the|and singing feature, offering a pro |'"*_° or it a von ct “Perquewr” Mayen te-|eram ef pupcian, chaotell ana pa |treeems “Fair ond Wartir” NIGHTS, 5¢¢ TO $2.00—MATINER, Boo TO $1.30 ture dancer, who has just arrived) triotic selections 1 out on its second night at the 75 Peo le 40 Girls SPECIAL from the East to open an extended | One of the principal numbers wii | itinge theatre p ORCHESTRA engagement with the ny be a blackface act presented by The burlesque offering for the Fred Rogers, with ainging, dancing. | @-—— week will be “Over There. A mu Frank and Deborah Thornton wit |] Market sical comedy with fun and riet on a United States battleship en route to France. The comedy honors will be divided between thom two cone diane, Will and F Armatrong will r ; of the Irish comedian next week while his brother Ed wiil ¢ wort of a nut character, The “a number of new and clever | will extract every hidden eh of @ person's body | Billie Bingham will delight, as usual, with a number of popylar sonmn, aided by the chorus of twenty | | wirie, Maudie Smith and “Ieey” Carter! will also be a valuable support to the | cast in making the offering one of the best since their opening. OKBPHEUM THEATRE Manager Levy, of the Orpheum theatre, Third and Madison, has an unugually strong bill, opening with the matinee Sunday, for next week Jessie Sutherland and company will ocoupy the headline position in a |faney diving and swimming act. She |usen one of the largest tanks on the | stage ever ween in this country. Be jes being a beautiful woman, Jen sie holds many records for swixaning and diving The Buckley Monkey Circus is the extra added attraction, in which the | monkeys will perform for the amuse. ment of children from the ages of to 70 fue Stead is a woman who whisties while the Deacon Jones Fout will sing minstrel songs, The Franco Trio, two mep and a woman, | are Italian singe nd instrumental liets. Keefer and Alberts sing, dance land talk | The first instaliment The Re treat of the Germans at the Battle of Arras” will be the big special at traction. Tt Shows the war in Furope in all its reality cee | “WATCH YOUR 8ST SOON Irving Berlin's international syneo- pated ‘nusical success, entitled “Watch Your Step,” will be the at traction at the Metropolitan theatre |Sunday, December 9, for a limited engagement of four «hte and a matinee. Principal among the twenty odd song hite « ‘Settie Down in a One-He Town,” “When @ Discov jered You,” “Load Me to Love The Dancing Teach »0 «= Minstret | Par ‘ “They Follow Me Around,” how Us How to Do the Fox Trot an “Il Love to Have the Boys | Around Me.” see WILKE “Rich Man--Poor Man a drama tization of the story of the same name by Maximilian Foster, that A werial in the aturday Even jut, will be the play offered by the Wilkes company for the w | starting with the matinee Sunday. STAR—SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 1917, |to be good from a rcenic standpoint. |many seasons past, both in New| Better— - ‘ative Washingtor mery, are | York and on the road, and which| ‘Xétive Weshinston creamery, cube. 48 2 t | dominating features « PAGE 5: PHELM CIE PHONES Gipheumbondenie. MAIN 22 MAIN 222 MAIN 3340 ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE TWICE DAILY 2:30 AND 8: BEGINNING TOMORROW MATINEE DOUBLE HEADLINE BILL Montgomery (George) r (Two Bachelors of Art) James H. Cullen Rita Boland _| The loleen Sisters CLAUDE JSHER FANE “Fagan’s Decision” onrHecn at the Metropolitan, 2—Rita Boland, at the M TRAVELOGUR in “Over There,” at the Galety. 5—Fancheon in “Rich Man— PANTAGES Topping the new bill at the Pan tages, opening with the matinee Monday, will be the Denals Bisters, | physical culture experts. The Cycle of Mirth, a musical comedy, with a lot of pretty girls And music, will be the special added AT THE THEATRES Metropotitan —- (Monday, Ysaye) (Thursday, Philharmonic Con- cort). Moore—Orpheum Circuit Vaude- ville Twice Daily, 2:30 and 8:30—Prices, 10c, 25¢, 50¢, 75e Gaiety— Burlesque). attraction. Anna Butler and Hal MATINEES DAILY, 2:30 P. M.—10c, 25¢, 50€ Wilkes—“Rich Man—Poor Man” {| Bermanus are the big lights of the War Tax Collected at Box Office tock. ont. — Other numbers: Byal and Barly in “A @ootch Highball,” Van and Carrie Avery, in songs and comety; Palace Hip—{Vaudevilie). Bil Pruitt, the Montana cowboy |B isos Be hs " |singer, and Mabel Nayon's bird|’“Over «te tora, sere—O1d, It reveals, in the course, of tts eee Pork Good Stock pees Veal—Fancy, 66 to 125-”. Belting Prices to Retailer tor Batter, Eggs and Cheese story pathos tes and thrills, comedy, heavy dramat hk TO THE MET. Fair and Warmer,” the Avery It will be acted the Wilken | tropwood farce with which Selwyn players, each in big roles, and ought @ Co. made the outstanding hit of by , Master Violinist of the Wertl, Native Washington creamery, brick Storage, California, cube . ‘ Btorage, California, brick .. Eggs Select ranch ‘Storage © | will be presented at the Metropol | tan on December 18 for three nights and matines, has a most uncommon distinction. During the year of ite ALACE Hr Comedy and novelty METROPOLITAN Monday Evening, December 8. be the new vau are ft fer @ song and talking comedy act | | ailed “Her New Hat Frank and Watters have a skit| ¢ entitled, “Won by Talking. Buster and Eddy are acrobatic core « who walk on their heads Report Prices Paid Wholesale Denlers for Vegetables and Frait P i _ VEGETABLES Artichokes Per don Palace Continuous Daily o-Aceee, ltl Yekima, per i Parsley Peppers Popeorn > “The People's Petatece Show Shop” Pumpkins er Mh Ragishes Lo Aqgach——-Per lm Awéet Potators Per" Tomorrow Tomaioes Cal tue Termipe——Local, per sack ; 4 A Big New Bill of bitin. var Troltciows, extra fa enge Winter Pananas, extre faney Win Mananas Gravenstein, local Winonaps Roman Beauties Btayman Winesap Hippodrome Vaudeville 6-Acts-6 And a» Brady-Made Michigan Concoray Kmper “PANTAGES SPart World Picture ons, Sete wee TD. sieeve renee MATS., 2:30 NIGHTS, 7 AND ® Qe ee Feature Photoplay ALICE BRADY “The Hungry Conntry Hay and Grain | (Prices paid wholenae) BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE A New Sphere for Womankind Food Serateh ae THE DONALS SISTERS Mran Shorts Kolled_ or Ground Bar In “The Capabilities of the Feminine” ‘The Circle of Mirth” ariey and Oat Feed 45.00 ae 8 Cracked Com 84.00 Sey Bean Meal 63.00 , ” xeart Weekda: y Musical Comedy, combining youth, beauty and Mats 3 J 1 Oc song, featuring Anna Butler and Hal Bermanus Evenings and Sundays...20¢ Children (weekdays) .10¢ Other Big Features—General Admission 25¢ Prices Include War Tax