The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 2, 1918, Page 10

THE SEATTLE STAR CITY PHONE PROBE REVEALS CAMOUFLAGE MURPHINE FINDS TWO GIRLS DOING WORK OF SIXTEEN; RECOMMENDS POSTMASTER GENERAL BE ASKED TO TAKE ACTION HERB * tH} mir upon by the advisory com | — 0! 66 Th] | | mittee to the Industrial welfare com seh g | COMPANY TRIES TO snet ine sptahoaines atte HOPE |S "Britishers Like TOMMYWAG STAR BUSINESS GUID a | too of five representatives of em War Secretary ployea, five of the employers: ar | five of the public, agreed unanimous Newton Baker y upon $13.20 1” public repre 0 i ‘ 0 sentatives expreamed the conviction ce eagerer is be not less than $14, | With an additional 3,778 tele a total of 54 operators taking caro| "’sfirpnine declares, “The work of! , ove phones in use in ttle this | of 79 positions. : ‘ telephone opesature fo far mere The wreck of the Northwestern To help Seattle raine its quota of year, over 1917, the amount of Two Do Work of 16 arduous and trying than the work | Misherfes company's sailing vessel vo akaioetly Pag ; nited War Work . @ “This shor combined with the | in which most women are ong aged, A. J. Fulle went to th bott > caropaulen or 170,000,000 which calls handled in 7 per cent less, fo. that many of the operators! and they should. at the very least ee nea ee will be conducted during the week) apne gtar Business ide content according to an exhaustive re | snowed a lack of rapidity In answer y Meeiinens peccnehned te |e on eee ree beginning Nov. 11, Mra. Philip War-| nas interested thounands of readers port on poor telephone service ing calla, reaulted in many calla be | uhe 1” committee. of canned salmon Wednesday, by ren, one of the best known of Eng | gin, Yetober 1 ma than 2.000 an i submitted to Mayor Ha Sat ng answered only after an unneces That these «tarting wages do not| '%? Oeaka Shosen Kaisha liner Mex land's war service women, known t | wwers have been received, many ¢ 8 urday by Thomas Murphino, st sarily long wait” attract and retain competent help is|!co Maru, has been discovered in 41 the soldiers as “Tommywacs.” 8f| which are fancy drawings, cartoor i perintendent of public utilities. {The report deala also Rit ‘elbne iaesied “te the Gaaieaent Of fee] falliome of wateh by Barker poutel i aoe ior ¢ accompanied bY | sketches and paintings : 7 sport recomments the pian | Visita where grave shortage in opers| HUN me te ee oes nenan Re Miss Helen Davis, of New Yor ty The report recomme ne pla sr gfirange Matc " perators, that th mpany | boa All hi ( malvaging the lceatehtna deumataty @¢ tee sation pelecting only the better : ef sending an appeal to the post: | cannot enforce the minir tand r 4 4 master general for an immediate im In the Elliott exchan, anys! ona which al ; Ps s he werd t , ‘ ‘a wh oh ge av war council we could fill an art gallery the er general for an i ll v Vig oa my ard which allows five mistakes in| great depth at which she ties | Stil ie aaa rrance | @ city block i provement in service A, dle wh . mg Sg 100 calls, and that operators are re it believed the cargo and hull Pe gai Re ne pe pv te er t ' It : ae oot task selecting th j The company tried to fool the 1D'| 1. operators, one of whom had a| ‘#ined who make many more mis-|of the Fuller are smashed into a} | fed Cross, and has been amociated | prize winners, but after going over , erating” eae aaa . n g girls to ex » akes. ah. an mann by “ oasure. a o— sane! - 3 ai Paint Shop. { Ne pesca Bh prema Pag i this | PMusin' cord which would reach to tak ; se mass t Sa | with the Englishwomen’s royal na-| them pro and con with the 16 judges, | M—omittea jn i changes under observa ; any one of the 16 positions, This Wage Scale Scored | Experimentation with a can of sal | tonal service, the women's royal air the majority have decided to award Print 14 mmercial” Ages angle of the probe was exposed in &/ C aition should not be allowed to| “The.whole queation of poor ser-| 0" Fridey, which wns lowered at | force, and the Y. W. C. A. army| the prizes as follows hata ae i supplimentary report made by rep | aN in vais bhen aha ted a tt t of the| the end » rope to 26 fathoms, Ree > mitted in “Repairer” — Jay { resentatives of the operators’ union Base cat . a Soe ¢ showed that such must undoubtedly | First Prise, 636.40—1. M Ham meee 2 aitrchtne these two operators could not com-| fact that the wage scale is inade : ee Owing to the influenza ban ft will! nett, 1 Dict ane Beatthe S-Omitied tn “He i to Murphine ce san |mMence to take care of these 16 posi-| quate. The severity of the work is the case, the can bent be imponxible for Mra, Warren to ad i > A ‘ jemonatrationad ‘The contention that “war traffic nd crushed when brow to the Becond Prize Ralph Arm brator Treatments = 4 tions.” ted by the fact that operators |“ . dress public meetings, but small con eattle has demoralized service is blasted - wurface strong, 4 th , Beattle a a result of the inquiry } “Chaotic,” Affirms Report allowed isminute rest periods | ferences with campaign workers will | ppica Prize, $6 » M. Buck, WwW ' { pane calle per day in October,| “The whole situation, with regurd| after two hours work.” io held. Saturday Mre, Warren and | 349 i. Gist st. Be ant Voters to i 2 ay Service y > ° Mins Davis were entertained at , a 3 352.357, compared with | to the operators, seems to be in a| rvico may be worse, Murphin Fourth Prize, $3.00—L. G. Arnold, re ere << "Sic ee i he declares, unless proper wage adjunt Adams Pleads Not luncheon by the commandant of the | g917_¢, | O. K. Bond I , $79,874 in October, 1917. chaotic condition,” the report de-| - A 8017 Corlins ave., Seattle een ? Murphine declares the decrease n|clares. “The company states that ments are forthcoming "i | Guilty of Trying | Bremerton navy yard. Fitth Prize, $2.00—Holand ‘Taylor, | ,,77, an effort to keep taxes Gow, | alls in the face of thousands of | the number of operators in October, ‘Should this copdition aries,” he a Five other noted Engtishwomen | 5174 55th ave. 8, Seattle. ob io lowest powible figure during " " “it would : oi our Frenchwoi ee) - t ar, the count pew phones is due to subscribers | 1918, was 863, an increase of 7.8 per | *AY% “It would exist for a long per to Escape Jail and four Frenchwomen accompanied | sixth Prize, $1.00—W. M. Cowley,| io, War, th u will submit to the voters next Tem Mra, Warren to America to annist | s 416 New York block, Seattle. jin the coming drive bd Sea: as operators, to be effiicent, Charged with seeking to escape must undergo months of expert . 6 from the county jail on Bept. 24 | day a proposal to authorize a plackening their number of calls|cont over October, 1917, but there | lod. nth Prize, $1.00—F, O. Hope, | Bru failure to obtain service. jis a much greater number of ab- z Calls It “Camouflage” sentees. Provision in the Elliott | Sc? qhe report brands the company’s | &d Main exchanges was made for *, ” 8 absentees each dd D h ab excuses as “camouflage” and says:| 48 © dey, but the ab |S tn Mut sentees were running on an aver “The company ts endeavoring to) a2. of 80 each day. The absentees |Clres that but the sickness of operators and is Im | 445) aaiy The company t# receiving $240,000 a year more revenue than it did in| ana William J. Miller, convicted of three-quarters of Attribute its own discrepancies to | i, October for all exchanges totalled | this sum would be required to give) yyy all the operators the increase of $1 Alvin Adama, acoused of killing hauffeur named Raymer last July bondage. He d¢ | erand larceny, entered a plea of not guilty” when arraigned before Fa Sinith Friday A> aS Alfred TH. Rergetedt was given a ing to the inhabitants, who had just been reelased ~ Hees a borne the| Ninth Prize, $1.00--W. A. Annis reputation of being a fearless an. /g15 First ave, Seattle The way he kept up with the Amert-| mp, z can army is proof of thin.” | bona . be-060- 42 3834 8. Alki ave., Seattle ond issue of $250,000 to meet « det Fighth Prise, $1.00—Mrs, Jay Bar var gtriee county funds. four years Of) pour, 7332 Jones ave., Keattle bea aus te of ‘the deficit bas een offset by expenditures for var ious improvements that are a yah unble asset to the county, the om missioners way. | nth Prize, $1.00—Mary Alvey, 2012 Firwt ave. N., Seattle. j serting quarter-page advertisements | wrig undul a day asked. r - oo | y large number of ab |* day jall sentence of 60 d ftor plead | Np 0 ive! ar es j bast iene. ggrin —_ te | sentees Indicates that a large num-| “Our commerce, our industry, and a per ty. to the igusah at thnins SEREMARY BAKERS 1° MONEY — | cane ete, rdisiteeb Mette Not a Single Death 10 refrain from using the te c ly |. aetectie A , om Loctaad paeee / pares calapdi gay nial calls, | Def Of Rew operators consider the | OUF Roamsinowg’ efficiency is serious’ mobil Tho Britishers admire Newton||WH COME INTO THE WORLD|) The correct answer for the month| A “ory ¢ } = seaman Pcs tye company | Positions simply as a makeshift gr apne z ar age sume up ore “Kt. Eddelatetn, accused of | laker, America’s war secretary. wirnouT «1T" aie;|| of October in ax follows: | mong U Soldiers . oil while seeking something better, and |!" {ts disewssion of the poor ser ni Abe tonda y ra 7 “i when we dies) ne beet thee iid 1 cannot be used as a full excuse fOr) oiaing the positions #o lightly be| The report closes with the recom: | Vs i0y Liverty ponds and, War] London papers point out how Bak | 1 || W—Omitted in “Lowest"—San Fran. |,, The best health record in the army | th sent service, an th service n t “ Am 2 : sVings stampa to the value of someler, on his Inst trip overseas, visited bio ur / i# maintained by the medical unit of | e pres , cause of poor wages and the severe |Mendation that the city council car ‘ ia a Gulteie cinco Fur Co, 4 broke down before the epidemic af | oo), » 7 ry an appeal to the postmanter gen eo ho ‘ “7 ~ rom offices in| and chatted with the Yanks in Amer Acute a) hens po oeraen | army training corps, at } ry : . lous parts of the state, waa too ican hospitals in London. They like rhea ia the University of Washington, off \ tected the city. h AOR Murphine’s copy of wage scales | ors! for improved conditions. ill to appear for arraignment. his applied humanity Motor and Machine Co. cers claim. Not a single death War time industries ai attached to the report, shows that Blocked Investigation - —~ R—« “ r rred j veriously hampered thru poor serv - . oe i ee " os en ~~ ————=«—/ One photographer enapped him mitted in Parts”—Central occu: in one month among the | kee, Murphine maintains. Discussing | JUN/Gr OPerntors wines a ee an sion May Duffy and Blanche John | erators wan adequate, buckling on a full field pack of a | Agency. |1,000 =nen in the regiment. 1 the lack of operators as found by | 5°" Cay Bony increawe to 820.59) son, organizer and business rep- The girls’ representatives charge | soldier, to nee how the load felt | appear - bis investigators, he says Po a be i end of mine months) resentative of the Operators’ un- | that listening from an observation | Haker ran acroms one of his cous railroad fares) $—Omitted in “Low Angeles"—Wool. COMMANDEER TWO SHIPS “tn the main exchange Guring the | 1°? Wesee for - bei sen Shree 20/ jon, in # report of their owg at | post is frequently done on private | ins, Sergt H. 8. Criswell, in one hos po . a ley & Co. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2—The busy hour (10 a m.) on October 23,| Per cent greater. | Day operators in| tached to Murphine's, declare | party lines where thero is but one | pital A—Omitted in “Dance’-—Redding| Pacific Mail Steamship Co's two there were 18 positions vacant, | rt yr atnee | on’ ASEM that investigation of the phone | subscriber Commenting on Taker, the Pall |“I& gees # reat deal farther, | School of Dancing. steamers, the Venezuela and the fan: which should have been filled, as the | “"#° © aon" service was blocked by the com- ‘Thin Ustening, they may, is done | Mall Gazette says bry | V—Omitted in “Silver"—Seattle Me-| t# Cruz, have been commandeered by calls were coming in too fast for| Pay Is Too Low pany, which kept girls working | on plea of tabulating investi¢a-| “Almost as soon as places were | chanical and Electro-Plating Co. | the shipping board. the operators on duty to handle ef-| These wages are contrasted by| thru their lunch hour in order | tion reports of service, but declare | evacuated by the enemy in the St I—Omitted in “Right"—Monks & ae Sa SOMA ficiently. The exchanges visited be-| Murphine with the minimum of to give the investigators the im that the reports are burned at fre Mibiel action, Mr. Maker would be Miller. IWSSIWSS S y i'N—Omitted in “Dentist” — Co-op- | leesmtime inne sam tween 3:50 p. m. and 5:39 p. m. show | $13.20 for women workers deter. pression that the number of op | quent intervaly Paid for by Charles D. Fullen, Chairman King County Democratic seen entering the villages and talk Central Committee, Republican County Commissioners Confess Incompetency For several months A. D. Cowan, former Republican member of the State Board of Control, has been employed by the present Republican Board of County Commissioners as an efficiency expert. at a salary of $500 per month. This is an admission by the Commissioners of their inability to economically conduct The High Cost of Joy Riding as Shown by the Annual Report of the County Garage Cost of maintaining cars owned by King County durtng the year 1917: Garage Cost Car No. 1—Ruick used as a semi-private car by Lou Smith ——__ $121.16 Car No. 2—Ford used by assistant agriculturist seven montha_——_________.__ 476.02 the business of the county. If any further evi- dence is needed it will be found in the budget of 1919, which is $381,921 greater than the budget for this year, and in the bond issue of $250,000, which the Commissioners are urging the tax- payers to vote to cover the county deficit. County Farm Loses Thousands in 19 Months This farm, known as “The Willows,” was purchased from C. D. Stimson in the epring of 1916 for $113,000. At that time the county commissioners informed the public that it was to be used to provide a suitable home for the poor and unfortunate of the county, who were h at the almshouse at Georgetown. The almshouse said the commissioners, was old, dilapidated and unsanitary, and The Willows would make « delightful home for the county charges and would be self-sustaining. The county euditor’s reports for 1916 and 1917 covering the receipts and expend tures of the farm follow: 2 Car No. %—Stutz used by Engineer Hui abi6 ers Car No. 4—Ford used by engineer's o: Ral: cere 8, ORE Car No. 5—Buick used as semi-private car by county asseasor. manent , a tet: +4 fotetest ————$—$$—$—$ 7 1.31 Car No. 6—Ford used by Pete Smith as semi-private car. Improvements ‘ Feed and care of stock______._ 4,678.37 T used by Chris Knudsen as a semi-private car. Stock and harnesa______ 18,691.55 Transportation 61,67 So ttre OFFICIAL COUNTY BUDGET tmeimepinageoom— Hate Pepa ie 9—Ford used by Right-of-Way Agent Thomas Dobso! Feed and seed______ 7,663.77 Drug supplies 30.30 . 10—Dodge used by County Agriculturist Rader ———————____ Other expenses 0 4707.49 Janitor supplies 56.97 . 11—Locomobile used by County hospital as an ambulance. Page 1919 Motor car maintenance_______ 1,449.79 Light supplies 185.66 be rears used by engineer's office. 1 Auditor s f 114,706.00 _ supplies 108.97 1 ‘ord used by engineer's offee——————__________________ 2 Treasurer - 108,415.00 Total expenditures__$66,505.49 ht and power. 532.74 . 14—Ford used by superintendent of echoola_—____ 3 Clerk Total receipts $ 4,807.85 1,075.96 15—Buick used by county morgue_ 4 Superior Court Equipment 11,183.87 . 16—Mack truck, Third Commissioner's district for road work, seven & Juventle Court—Probation Department ————_ 9,420.00 Other expenses 4,614.87 months —-— @ Juvenile Court—Juventle Detention Home —___ aie truck, Second Commiasioner’s district for road work, seven 7 @uventie Court—Mothers’ Pension Department___ ‘Total expenditures 42.3515 Far Uap pSUET “Ua Gp=prT past 70)» an § Assonsor cena Total receipts 22,287.74 18—Ford used by county horticulturt#t——————________ ® Superintendent of Schools é 19—Used by sheriff for posse car_—_____ 10 Prosecuting Attorney A large portion of the receipts of 1917 was money earned by the stockade pris 20-—Locomobile used as a private car by U. 8. Engineer Cavanaugh, 11 Divoree Proctor euonuiiinmnastaveiiaiaaiel oners for doing county road work. These county prisoners are housed on the county used five months 12 Sherift farm, and help plant and harvest the crops, milk, clear land, and work on the county 21—Studebaker, used by sheriff's officea_______. 12 County Jail roads. Their work costs the farm nothing, however, as they are boarded at the sheriff! 22—Studebaker, used by sheriff's office. een 14 Btockade ——— 23—Buick used as a semi-private car by J. J. Callaghan, charity 15 Engineer —— i A careful study of the above figures will convince you that the farm has been commissioner ime sa — $42.19 Right of Way — losing a lot of money annually, in spite of the fact that much of the labor has beet done by prisoners, who even board at the expense of another county fund. We 24—Republic truck used by county farm— ——— 462.03 County Commissioners — a . 25—Dodge used by county auditor as semi-private car. 489.20 Bia 3 wish to also call your attention to the fact that the county poor are still housed af . 26—Republic truck used on permanent highway. 492.57 the old dilapidated, unsanitary almshouse at Georgetown, and that the only people . 27—Packard used by sheriff's office __.____ TAT . 28—Buick used by C. C. Ramsay as a semi-private car, seven months 192.16 This is not the total cost of operating thease county-owned cara, but ts the cost charged for the gasoline furnished and the repairs made in the county garage, which 1s located in the basement of the County-City building. To arrive at the real cost of maintaining these twenty-eight cars it is necessary to add to the above figures the cost of gasoline purchased under the private expense voucher system, and repairs made by outside garages under the same system. DOES IT TAKE AN EFFICIENCY EXPERT TO SEE THIS? of the Peace, Reah M. Whitehead of the Peace, John B, Wright. Justice of the Peace, Otis W. Brink Justice of the Peace, 0. G. C. Bei Juatice of the Peace, John B. Gordon Witness and Juror Fees - Constable, D. C. Brown Constable, John H. Boyte Constable, James M. Lamb: Conatable, J, E. Shannon — Constable, J. Edad. Shrewsbury — Justices of the Peace, Outside Precincts see Health Office — i Purchasing and Property Agent Charitable Institutions — housed amid the delightful surroundings of the county farm are a lot of political pett of the county commissioners, who last year divided $12,450.65 in salaries, while thé county prisoners did most of the actual labor done on the farm. The commissioners recently, by resolution, voted to immediately sell or lease this farm, but if you will glance at the budget for next year you will find that they have already levied $48,240 for operation and maintenance of this rest resort for political lame ducks. DOES THE $500 A MONTH EXPERT KNOW ABOUT THIS? The City of Seattle carries no insurance, except on Firlands. +) he County Hospital—Med. 4 Surgical Department. The County of King carries more than $2,000,000. Comparative cost of maintaining Permanent Tee ee eee ee The pegs place: building is insured for __$950,000 highways in King, Pierce, Yakima and Sno- Count Farm “Willows The old county building on the hill is insured for 100,000 homish Counties: ; pine DA a . —— The steel voting machines are insured for over. _— 100,000 King —119 miles, cost per mile____ $928.16 Fmt hn vn a meds: > Semen The old almshouse at Georgetown is insured for... 12, 000 Pierce — 78 miles, cost per mile 160.82 Tabrary 4 : ens 16 The ROCK CRUSHER at North Bend is insured for______.__ 15,000 'e! yaragoe = ._______.. — 120.00 — : By — = per — 176.77 Ferry "Vashon ie iFa03.80 nohomish — r mile_. “encht oss miles, cost per mile 234.48 ane aia Where Our Road Money Goes Useless County Appointees Eyery nook and cranny of the County-City building 1s a rendezvous for useless gounty appointees, with which the county commissioners have patched up the Repub- Ucan county machine to keep it running smoothly, Their name ts legion, and we have «pace to call your attention to only a few: Colonel Dalton, divorce proctor. There is no excuse for this office. It pays a salary of $125 per month, Launch “Doctor Martin launch “Mercer” Old Courthouse . Council of Defense Industrial Tracta . . . 57 Miscellaneous Current Expense .... 015.00 9,784.88 559,600.00 Total Budget wane Lees Estimated Revenues ........c0e.0+ Charles Taylor, gravel road inspector; Allan Clark, inspector of highways; Peter Smith, inspector of highways; Tom Higdem, road supervisor; G. H. Rutherford, supervisor; Billy Ellis, road supervisor; N. P. Pederson, road supervisor; John Wa road supervisor; Morgan O'Brien, road supervisor. All the above men are paid $125 per month and have a private car maintained at the expense of the county. City of Seattle, with ten miles for the county's one, has one street superintendent, ‘And here are some of their road bosses, These bosses receive from $4.00 to $5.00 per day. LIST OF ROAD FOREMEN SIGNING THE JULY PAYROLL J. F, Halloway, Richmond Beach; A. G. Adams, Redmond; W. J, Fish, Kirkland ©. A. Lunn, Bothell; Nels Carlson, Woodinville; Geo, Iverson, Kirkland; J. W. Langdon Kirkland; 'H.«B, Ellis, Woodinville; Sam Hible, Duvall; ‘T. EB. Leavens, R. F. 84 Ole Holm, 1 ; . Total Current Expense Levy . 0,184.88 J. H. Kasen, Kirkland; P. Armstrong, Seattle; J. Laneson, North Bend Gecteo i. q and; ra , 4 a hort ypoinend Pe i ng t. Salary $125 per month. Nothing to do. 69 Total Special Levies 8,765.00 Preston; Wm. H. Lasson, Tolt; G. A. Coutts, Issaquah; L. D, Baldwin, North Bends | , , Superintendent of county farm. Salary $165 per month. Reason for ; David Renton, North Bend; J. M. Stern, Fall City; John Drylie, Issaquah; B. { appointment, was formerly a rent collector for Commissioner Ramsay, ‘Total County Levy 8,949.88 Pearson, Redmond; W. H. Lee, Factoria; Geo. Baldwin, Renton; Jas. Maxwell, Maple ea teas rt; Jas. Greggs, Newcastle; C. L. Riedes, Kennydale; Pat Welch, te Colonel Hardt, superintendent of county exhibit vegetables at the Jeflerson street entrance of the Co month, Henry Odom, superintendent of garage. Salary $135 per month. A glance at the cost of maintaining county cars for the last year will convince you that this office fs also a useless one. ‘Thomas Dobson, county right-of-way agent. Salary $150 per month. ‘The fact that Dobson made his campaign for commissioner, and is still campaigning, without losing & day’s time or a day's pay, 1s surely sufficient evidence that the office is a useless one, The exhibits are the frait and *This is a brand new office, sort of Nelsen and Mullane Have Pledged Them- selves to Clean Out the Gang Responsible for Looting County Funds. Vote for Them Valley; I Seattle, R. A. Stanley, Seattle; H. H. Burke, Kent; John 8. Brown, Kent A. L, Druxbury, Seattle; J. Cummings, O'Brien; J. C. Nolet, Snoqualmie; Chas. Monster, Heattle; Samuel Holmes, Seattle; C. J. Tuttle, Bryn Mawr; Chas. Iddings, Renton; N Johnson, Kent; M. A, O'Brien, O'Brien; A. J, Cameron, Auburr R. Price, Enumeli #. W. Balsley, Enumclaw; T. C. Coambe, Enumclaw; J. Montgomery, Enumclaw; Bernard Schmaltz, Enumclaw; Matt, Pahchich, Enumclaw; J, F. Anderson, Auburns ¢. D, Cuyle, Enumclaw; T. F. Rainey, Auburn; Wm. Weimer, Black Diamond; Fulford, Black Diamon: F, Kirahan, Redondo; E. R. Clarke, Auburn; 8. A on} Auburn; Ed Davis, Ravensdaie; B. W. Shuts, Auburn; T. R. Bradley, Kent; W. 3% Peterson, Renton; John Faull, Renton; A. D. Kingsbury, Portage; K. J. Field, Vashems E. Landers, Burton; A. P, Bourkman, Mercer Island. Do Not Overlook Gol. J. M. Hawthorne in the First District and Joseph A. Sloan in the Second District for Congress They are pledged to the progressive policies of President Wilson both in peace and war. Their vote in Congress may mean carrying out these policies. Are you interested? Vote for them. f