The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 3, 1919, Page 4

MPa OX CARTS MUST Absolutely Nothing Can Keep JAMES Q. CLEMMER Away From the “Mickey” Horserace. He Never Misses “Come on, Mickey” And When She Gains First Place, Just Before the Big Fall—O, Boy! ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE MICKEY _CLEMMER | SEATTLES BEST PHOTOPLAY AOVSE (PAID ADVERTISEMENT) - VOTE TUESDAY GAINST MORE DEBT Issues, Totaling $2,150,000, and Charter Amendments, Increasing Taxation, Are Proposed. The Bureau of Taxation Gives Reasons ° Why You Should Vote Against ‘PROPOSITIONS B AND C $1,480,000 fer Spokane and Ment- i lake Bridges ‘The estimated cost of these Bridges is very excessive as com- pared with their cost in normal times, due largely to the high cost of fabricated stecl, which is the | Principal item in their construc- | the estimated | ost of the Montlake bridge when | S firet submitted to the people sev- | ‘ton. For example, efal years ago was $190,000, with- ut approaches, n= compared with & Present estimated cost of $750,- 000, including approach: While both of these bridges are “desirabie, neither can be consid ered as an emergency need, and ‘we feel that the community « “better afford to get along with Present bridge accommodations Than to construct additional bridges at the present high cost. “Postponement of bridge construc. tion for another year or two | would probably result in the sav- “ing of many thousands in the cost of each bridge. Phe argument in favor of pro- "viding public work for the em- > ployment of local labor has little | effect in connection with these | proposed bridges, as the principal | cost is fabricated labor would in the end little local steel, be | employed, the bulk of the money # going to the East. PROPOSITION D 9500,000 for an Additional City Hospital The need of additional hospital facilities seems to be generally admitted, if the shipbuilding in- dustry continues here on the seale of the past year, but the need of construction of an addi- 7 tional hospital by the city was quentioned even by the city au- ' thorities responsible for the #sub- mission of the bond issue because of a plan on foot to inaugurate & state drive, immediately follow. ing the next Liberty loan, to raise } a splendid hos: | build | their entire time to | receive a fund of $1.5 private subscription, splendid hospital on the campus of the state university as & me~ mortal to the service of the Wash. | ington men in the war. he plans backed by Dr. zailo and other influential me is to. establish a hospital with a standard equal to that of any in| | the United States, which would are for the need# of Seattle bet r than could @ mu al inati tution. Provisional pledges for 9,000 of this proposed fund have already been secured In view of the fact that Seattle Is reasonably assured of securin tal by private sub which will meet all years to come, W ing bends t municipal seription needs for some see no need of v an additional! hospital AMENDMENT NO. 1 Increasing aries of Council- men 60 Per Cent This increase was recommend- ea by Mayor Hanson with the provision that the councilmen to the salary would de the work of the city, The amendment as sub: mitted, however, merely provides for the increase of salary without any provision which pl gation upon councilmen their entire time to the manic duties. the iner« continue to divid tween the busine and private and other interests. While recognizing tho justice of raising salaries in general, to compensate for increased living costs, we consider the proposed increase of 60 per cent in council- manic salaries as too high, es. pecially as a large percentage of councilmen divide their time be- tween interests, receive 0,000 or more by, to erect a | Suz the city work and other AMENDMENT NO. 8 Providing Pensions Service Employ: for Civil Woe ae no justification sioning public for pen- employes at the expense of the general taxpayer, no provision is made for the ng of other workers in age. If public employes. ”, were underpaid, the system, supported by taxation, might be justified additional compensation and recompense for long service, but the salaries of public employes, in rmal times, are from 10 to 20 per cent above the average s#al- aries of those in similar lines of private employment, which dis- poses of any claim for preferment above others In the form of a pension. The levy for this purpone, der the amendment, is limited to one-fourth mill, or about 900 annually, on the basis of the pres. ent assessed valuation. The bur- of federal, state and munict- pal taxation is already so heavy that no additional tax burdens should be placed upon the people excepting for absolutely neces sary purposes, and we do not be- lieve that it is just to the public to impose this additional burden pension ne | upon all the people for the ben- efit of a special clans of workers who have no special claim for preferment. AMENDMENT NO. 9 “The commiasioner of health is | deprived of discretion as regards | to | healt authority in enforcing any gulations or provisions of quarantine, and ta limited to the enforcement only of such laws as may be passed relatiye to these matters, In effect thin eon- stitutes t el the health authority th commianion- er, and reduces the commissioner to’ the position of a clerk of the council, without power to prompt. ly initiate or enforee such me res of immediate protection and relief as any wency situation may require am ‘Civie Bu- reau Report. ce and Commercial Club THE SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1919. HAUL SUPPLIES; SERBS STARVING BY LIEUT. COL, HOMER FOLKS | American Red Crong Investigator, Assigned by N. BE. A. to Write of Conditions tn the Balkans, SALONIKA, March 3—Ox carts must save thousands of Serblan people from starvation this win- ter. Unutterably slow as they are, other thousands must die, Kallroads are destroyed, or so lacking in equipment that trains are few and service most un. certain. ighways are #0 torn up that cars can proceed but slowly in good weather, and not at all when the rains come, And the condition in Serbia is as serious as when the Red Cross commission brought re Hef in 1915, A passenger coming from Sofia to: | Salonika, a distance of only 160 | miles, made the trip in five days. | When he asked an explanation of some of the days he was told the train was waiting for coal On the one railway line from Ath ens to Salonika there is an express train three times a week, which t# scheduled to make the distance at 13 miles an hour! But it ts often anywhere from one to 12 hours be {hind time, Whenever there ta a |heavy rain it is almost sure to be |ereatly delayed, | The special survey party of the American Red Croas, leaving Athens | Just after a washout on the railway | took the best of the coastwise boats | which was scheduled to make the |trip in 36 hours They were six | days en route! | OVERLAND TO BELGRADE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE Opinion differs as to the poasibi)- |ity of going from Salonika to Bel grade overland. ‘The railway may be repaired in a year and half! ‘The total distance is leas than 500 miles. | The railway ix operating from | Salonika as far as Uskub, 160 miles. | There in one break of two miles. jover which pervons and goods are transported by auto, The schedule |for the 160 miles in 24 hours, but | schedules do not count very much! Monastir, in southwestern Serbia, near the Grecian frontier, before the War was a city of 80,000; now of 6,000. It is entimated that another 10,000 of refugees may return Nearly everybody needs clothing © American Red Cross recenuy dixtributed a carload, but it was only a start. RETREATING ENEMY STRIPPED COUNTRY The retreating Bulgarians and) Austrians Uterally stripped, not only | the stores and houses, but in some | cases the people themselves, of | clothing, The Serbian government ts giving | one-quarter pound of bread a day to/| nearly 20,000 of the 25,000 tnhabi tants. The American Red Crom ts giving a little more bread, as well as rice and a little lard, to 6,500] people. It also distributes some / beans. Except for the bread given | by the government, the American | Hed Cross is the only relief agency. | There are two doctors for the) population of 25,000. Refugees from Bulgaria are com. | ing In, emaciated, in rage, and ver. | mintnfected. Kecalling the typhus! epidemics and that typhus in spread by the louse, the people of Monastir are apprehensive. The American | Red Cross has established a de-| lousing station for refugees, 50,900 ARE LEFT WITHOUT DOCTORS. From Monastir west to Lake Ochrida, a distance of 40 miles, with 50,000 people in the district, there is no physician. Influenza is still prev- nt. The government is not dis tributing any food in that. country because there is no means of trans portation. Formerly it was a fruitful, cultural district, but this year the | people had no seeds, and the farm ing implements were taken away by the Bulgarians. The Bulgarians also drove away the sheep and cat-| tle. Of the people in this district, | 10,000 are reported tc be in imme- diate need of food and clothing. In Janother district not far away, in. |cluding 47 villages with 23,000 peo- ple similarly stripped by the re | treating army, 6,000 are reported tn immediate need There are neither ss siclans nor r_medicines. | | agri ae in exceas of 1,500 pounds, and in Pn thereto 40 cents a hundred ight at the rated capacity load MOTOR TAXES : conts % hundredweight for all in ex enn thereof, and addition thereto ‘The new state license fees on au tomobiles and motorcycles go into hundredweight for load Jeffect Saturday, when issuance of new and renewal licenves begins in | the office of County Auditor Nor-| man M. Wardall, Under the new|weight and capacity. law the license fees are almoxt dou Dealers in motoreycles, $10. bie. New cars should be Neted at | Dealers in all other motor vehicles ays Wardall, and renewals| regardiewn of weight, $60 be made any tme during! Additional dealers’ license plates, March. The fees to be paid under | hq iring saine number, except motor- the w law o as follows dealers’ licenses, $10, Motorcycles—All $6 * Automobiles—Automobiles for pri General Fees vate use weighing 1,500 pounds or| General fees: Duplicate of num less, $10. | ber plates except dealers’ duplicates, Weighing 1,500 or more, $10, and] each, $1. 60 cents a bundredweight for all ex-| Duplication of year plates, cess over 1,500 pounds | 50 cents, Automobiles for hire weighing} Dealers’ 1,500 pounds or less, $20, and in ad-| each, $5. | dition th to at the rated passenger! Duplication of motorcycle dealers’ capacity, a passenger, $3 | license plates, each $1.50 Weighing more than 1,500 pounds,| ‘Transfer of motor vehicle licenses, $20, and 60 centa a hundredweight| each, $1. for all excess over 1,500 pounds, and| ‘The applicant for truck, |in addition thereto at the rated pas- |stage, hearse, ambulance and dead senger capacity, a passenger, $3, | wagons must furnish the junty Stages vuditor with a certificate of weight of the machine to be licensed. Hearses, dead wagons and lances take the for PREDICTS WIRELESS PHONE ACROSS OCEAN LONDON, March %.—Tho day that | person will be able to pick up telephone that he carries with him pas.) While about his business, and talk to another party, who may be thou: |sands of miles away from him, pos sibly flying around tr an airplane, is not far off, according to Godfrey a 3. Isaacs, managing director of the % , "| Marconi Wireless company. Experiments in wireless telegra: |phy are progressing so successfully trucks; Wel 1,500| that Isaacs predicted it would be less, $10. but a short time before there would ghing more than 1,500 pounds|be a regulat commercial service by and not to exceed 6,500 pounds, $10,| wireless telephone between London and 40 cents # bundredweight for fand New York, 0 cents a | rated capacity classified and rated and shall pay the same fee provided for motor trucks of | once, | may each, duplicate year plates, for hire Auto stages Weighing 1,500 pounds or less, $25, and in addition thereto at the rated Passenger capacity, a passenger $3. | Weighing more than 1,500 pounds, and 60 cents a hundredweight | for all excess over 1,500 pounds, and| in addition thereto at the rated pas- senger capacity, a passenger, $3. Auto stage trailers: Welghing 1,600 pounds or less, $10, and at the) rated passenger capacity, a mbu 1,500 jounds or more, $10, and 60 cents a hundredweight for all exceas over 1,500 pounds, and in addition thereto at the senger capacity, /a papaeng Trucks Motor is oF hing the | Trailers used as trucks shall be | P | nea pes. a as hereinbefore | like | THE LOWER FIRE ID a) |from the brush of C. WALID ADVERTISEMENT) device in the } VOTE ‘YES PROPOSITION ‘A’ The National District Telegraph Company in seeking an ordi- nance from the City of Seattle forthe installation of a Thorough Fire Protection System is offering the Property Owners of this city a Complete Fire Prevention Service not now available. (SEE OTHER NOTICE IN THIS PAPER) RMER A JUNCTION CITY, Kan., Feb. Large paintings of Gens, and Pershing are on display in the window of a local store, They are EB. Shay, a re tired farmer living near this city who spends a considerable portion his time painting portraits and land: | Several of his pictures of military heroes of the world war were sold recently in Denver for the benefit of the Red Cross and brought good pri LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK, CROSS, FEVERISH 26 oll Foch When constipated or bilious | give “California Syrup of Figs.” Look atthe tongue, mother! If coated, it is a sure sign that your little one’s stomach, liver and bow- els need a gentle, thorough cleans- ing at once, When peevish, cross, pale, doesn’t sleep, doesn’t eat or act naturally, or is feverish, stom- ach sour, breath bad; has stomach-| ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of “Cali- fornia Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child agatn, You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless “fruit laxative”; they love its delicious taste, and it} ‘s makes them feel splendid. | alwi Ask your druggist for a bottle of “California Syrup of Fig hag directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plain- ly on the bottle. Beware of coun- terfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is made by “California Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse any other kind |mai with contempt listless, | SEATTLE NEEDS MODERN FIRE PREVENTION SERVICE. SURANCE RATES. COMPLETE FIRE PROTECTION PROPERTIES. COMPETITION SYSTEM. . YOU CA} | TRUSS TORTURE le be Eetane rs Rupture Support. | ity. LUNDBERG Co, 1101 relra Ave. Watches and Liberty Ronds as security when you need money. Loans taken up from others and more money advanced. Liberal amounts. Lowest rates. You get full amount of loans— no interest deducted. Ladies’ Department. Loans on Diamonds, Watches and Liberty Bonds Empire Mortgage | Loan Co. | Established 12 Years 201-2-3 White Building. ‘You Cannot be Constipated and Happy [ees ASSENCE of Iron tn the pipes te, the season Sor colorless faces but eliminated by wearing thi wi | Fave free trial to prove its superior ON ee TWO PER CENT of the annual gross earnings of the company will be given to the city. The CITY. OF SEATTLE has the priv ilege of taking over the plant at any time. An individual plant will be constructed, with all operation of the system to be over independent wires. No use will be made of the city’s present plant or wires at the taxpayers’ expense, as is the practice of the Instantaneous Alarm Company. The installation of the proposed new system will furnish competition, which will materially reduce the cost of fire prevention and also contribute to the lowering of fire insur- ance rates. Because of the marked superiority of our system and service we are being vigorously opposed by neous Alarm Company, which now ENJOYS A MO- NOPOLY it naturally does not desire to relinquish. Ey very the Instanta- National District Telegraph Com- pany’s fire prevention system is approved by the Fire Insur- ance Exchange of Seattle and the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and is so labeled. This cannot be said of the system now operated by the Instantaneous Alarm Company. 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