The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1919, Page 20

vernor Ernest Lister Dies in Seattle Hospital WHO SHOT GIRL. To Convene ge One! Continued From Pa member of th r for six years Tn 1910 he serve charter revision comr T9123 was clected ¢ democratic ticket elected were republi Again in 1916 he tho the republicans for other offices Ernest 1 or of the « the second to be fice. During the war Made several trips to confer President Wilson, and in 1 20 take 4 pessimistic attitude toward D the struggle ahead. He wanted Ington’s war recor 100 per cent Amer hat ‘the lumber st > per spruce prod ways glad to remember that days passed w bic health bega. " Enjoyed Public Life As governor, Lister's friends The made rather slow decisions, and then steered a straight co He Was willing to stand the brunt of at Tacks On appointees, worked hard © and thoroughty enjoyed public Lite S) They say he never permitted « This acquaintances to rule him or t office. ) Critics said be was not human, ar Was always dicnised His close asso clare he ¢ @ignity, abandoned golf to keep @t his desk, got recreation in Ng. took pleasure in traveling mental exercise playing br thoroly enjoyed chikiren. if happened in his office } forget dignity and chat Realized Ambition ‘One of his ambitions was to see the ite free from bonded indebtedness: Fealized this ambition. It was Femarked that he wanted to go the United States senate. His gay he never discussed his plans for the future, and what was in his mind two sessions he fought the re legisiature. Last session he to fight and openly remarked he would avoid strife. © He bad stanch friends and bitter He insisted on a “pay as 0” program relative to roads. 600 miles of paved highway were under his administration ‘When political opponents criticised his €xpense account while living in @ executive mansion, he vetoed the it appropriation, moved out of and lived in an apartment. Bi. Loved Home Life ) Wis daughter, Florence, a young ‘ Just back from college, and a John, 14, were his companions. Joved his home life. He was mar. to Alma Thornton of Tacoma. February a high blood pres- Worried the govenor's friends. looked pale and exhausted Be pores times during the ‘weeks of Det the 1919 legislative he became exhausted. He ily Induced to turn over his Acting Governor Hart, and t time has been under a phy- ‘ie Prociamation Gov. Louis F. Hart Satur- fasued the following prociama state t stor was of Washingt: reelected to Governor I was say no one th the full sense of the great to the peopie of Washington the public service, official an is made of the death of Ernest Lister, governor of the of Washington, which occur “at Seattle, Saturday morning. | 14, 1919. since his early manhood, Lister had been an earnest and a prominent factor in so Feligious, business and political the state of Washington. the days of young man- when admitted to the council home city, Tacoma, thru his sm secretary of the board o and control, which gave him @n insight into the working of numerous state institutions, to the days and nights of un toil as chief executive of the » Save of his strength, abilit power, loyally extended in every for the best interests, the up and the preservation of the People Of this state as he saw It “Strong and resourceful body mind, he could not measure his Own strength. And with the work ) @urjng the world-wide war and troubles in various localities of o “Own state, with the enemies of gov it and law, he attem Garry a load that should have been @hared by others. And one which “was too much for even his wonder he felt the all the sin this year Break had come. But during @ays and weeks and months | the 12th day of February, of Year, he was compelled to give up his work and devote all his energics to fighting his illness. “A noble character, a splendid offi @ial, a courageous fighter, a thoro * Christian gentleman has yielded to _ the dominion of death. , as fo a token of re . 1, Louis I Hart, acting governor of the state @f Washington, do hereby direct that ali state offices remain closed ‘on the day of the funeral, that flags be kept at half-mast upon all public Bulldings for a full period of 30 days. “In which and wherefore I have Mereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the state to be affixed, at pia, this 14th day of J in ‘the year of our Lora 1919, and of our state the 30th.” une, if you are looking for trouble and ean't afford to buy an automobile, _ buy a mule. {PICNIC | Given by Moose Legion | sports, Games and Free Dancing Afternoon and Evening DF A PARK | SUNDAY, JUNE 15 Leave Leschi Park Every Hour Everybody Welcome LOUIS F. HARTIS NOW GOVERNOR Republican Becomes Chief Executive of Washington Louls F. Hart ing Gov. Louis F. Hart, whose home is in Tacoma, now becomes governor of Washington. There no provision in the state tut for filling the off: governor when the the post of chief state exec his abe *. . oe serves as acting go Hart is a republican organization man. He was born at High Point, Mo., in 1862-—a civil war baby. grew up there i later attende Washington u at St. Low practicing law for five yearn « | ward, th Capt. C. M. Gordon. - ia, Mo, Practiced Here At the age of 27 he came yhomish, Wash.. the ington was admitted to th n There he practiced law until 1498 Later he went to Repubii Wash. for a year, and then to Kent for two years From Kent he moved to Tacoma, and for 13 years was grand state sec retary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, This gave him w acquaintance. He traveled thru the | states; in 1912 was elected leutenant governor, and re-elected in 1916. | During this time he bas served approximately six months as govern | OF while Gov, Lister was out of the | state. | the legiaalture tn w | sided over the senate Has Two Boys | During the war Hart served as | chairman of draft division board No. 2, for Southwest Washington He has two boys, one an engineer on the steamship Edgefield and the other an automobile salesman in Ta coma. He has three daughters, Mra Clarke Torpey, of Farmington Wash; Mra. Lester Servis, wife of the superintendent of the Ma milis,, and L'Ella a senior in Stadi um high school, Tacoma, HORDE OF BOYS AT ELKS PICNIC Thousands of Youths Gath- er at Woodland Park is is ret of state vers We year . * Continued From Page One * of the unleashed ‘cr appy-¢ boys from ged thru the park Hart Fri¢ H command ul gang under ond Starwich, son of I eriff Matt into the from Kent aburn park 10,000 Attend o'clock. it was es that close to 10,000 happy yo were having the th | A perfect bedlam of noise when each boy turned Ic crackers and torpedoes pas the Brothers Charles Ma caused un arrived with 15 Shetlar his stables and started test in which hundreds of boys demanded ride Those ponies ragged And the shiploads of lemon and cream v pas swept 10 timated eaters times of ed ning, the Everett he ponies from 4 riding con and hundr and receive boys thoue breeder ld joy wher 1 each rod. eats!!! Acres of app! sandwiches, lakes of of kK ed out Air plane flights by Herbert Munter and Eddie Hubbard, bucking bronchos greased pig contests and ing variety of sports, arranged by Bill Totten, chairman of stunts, kept [the boys busy until Salute Flag Then the band played Star Spangled Banner,” th stood at attention, saluted pledged allegiance to the | standard. The only youngsters who did not have | the Elka aturday, | girls who peeked | intervals, They | there, that's digant thing. Some | lk, who heard, mountains re at noon bewilder as The bo: and nation's in a kind were Seattle word for the into the park at ought to ha all,” us girls cried one little in in other da promised every This is the fourth session of | h he has pre form | soloists little | ity for se THE SEATTLE STAR NAVY PLANS AIR FLIGHT OVER PACIFIC HUNT FOR MAN Wounded Woman Dies at Hospital; Bandits at Large ”) One Patrolman Captured Engelke. the him on ved at the hattion w dorly u anid # that Patre red. He met armed tr forced on a bed and was the with He de 1 not know of t oting he wa an an. 0 te dow ared that he bery and # teased by Miss The party started t 1 o'clock the three t about to leav from their securely nheets Wayne about 9 0" appar when al pockets n and En Th dered wer irew an heir hands “Dutch” was ¢ front door as ¢ mmar gelke to put nown ns tand at the girls elke were agal Engelke's pockets yielded “Where's reat of it? asked one ft men t all,” replied Engelke rejoined the You've “I ow bandit A systematic was begun. The tty the to throws the fe tenta scattered al ¢ the d of the m “Open rot search of the drawers in the fur pulled out of and their con On room on it the pl ted the ace awers res en to open it yelled one of the men ed that he had no key a unlock that drawer,” man to Mias Smith. “T can’t unk she protest With this thé bandit, it is alleged rained bis gun and fired. She fell t the Noor, mortally wounded BAND CONCERTS UP TO COUNCIL : Committee “Approves Plan; Decision Due Monday maid the k it; T have no key, Favorable report on Couneit man Robert B. Hesketh's ordi nance to appropriate $10,000 for band concerts at the city’s parks and beaches during the sum mer, was unanimously voted by the finance committee of the city council Friday. The coun cil wil vote en the ordinance Monday Memb board in $10,000 Sunday parks ark ymmittee that to give at two bands. Three week even weeks the of Mayor Hans to the ordinan request t in Fourth of salary inc This wa the 4 for parks rms her for No will be reason cor next ar is prepared © recommenda city council Fri the finance com le to rnoon taki the request alary inerease for employes over the » also ap an audit appr ns, mmen appropriation of $250 a b ala month yed by clerks emple m r checking erendum finance com mitte i the expe FAMOUS DIVA SINGS TONIGHT : Schumann-Hein} ing under the latte not clouds isn't large a of N lovers, in the Stadium Saturday ht. The cert was postponed from Wednesday hen threatened, st ship companies operating betw Seattle and Tacoma pre tra traffic during the ing, and hundreds of motorists will g0 to Tacoma The fi is vocalist 4 traction of a six weeks’ ¢ which will brin rvide with to a stars—pr vered raining, orthweat mt at Tacoma. open-air con dience ni showers am handle the first at rt card. of ne a number ‘Tacoma The great to in the climax will be when combined Norwegian singing s the Northwest as nb! than 300 strong, in the Stadi ist 30, in pretentious chore The Stadium ha ing. 30,000 person erman & Clay, at Third ave. and Pine st, are ing the local ticket to in Stadium. the cleties more um, A offerings 4 capac han |* ard the incomparable, | even | Labor Delegates Ready at Bellingham “= HISTORIC LABOR FIGHT IS NEAR State Federation Is Torn by Factions This Year Abe id b 4 week roblem has med de The and equally as many “han ared for ady filled, pri appealed to for By a strange coincidence, ¢ ganized labor of the state, at the peak of its power, is torn by factional strife, as never before in its history and other quentions officers, in the ot I Mon Federatior Belling wafet will t under the Will the Mooney eave harm of the ‘The mem of « heard on the o w. W ba revolutionar Want New Trial that the I gent the unanimoun opinion | o¢ ement t 1 gain « ert fficers ar the insurgent hat “we are eneral labor movement of Labor for 4 outside of " than ur dent; L. for no American Federation that is evider Francisco, Moone n the rime The Me a figh atrike ket already has head of for press rent t up—Tom R Mine Workers: W. Buck of th Center on Officials They enthusiaan my © strike more eel, lakers once ne Mc pwn in where ney Seattle bar ney atrike will evolve inte in the convention chiefly Tho: question genera it fa not _ againat off Williarr 1 Ch particularly ¢ tle Taylor Short, « arlen Perry retary inwues over which the oppos ned up are thene of orgunizatio opponed to « Justries to the la ona, © bor m harmfe The ng f Industrial Some Favor Party of the fe form The y into politica be an t ition to « . « r impor fore m Mooney ntrike, sntif f the shipyard ar of the A. F. of L. and mtate federation abor party, which tne laws governing th hand in polit Po al organ 1 rank Membership na an inges with parties in The ship ef the loca atrengt A te t triple alliance that from reac one with The ided membernh tered into the and #0 into the union organizations from and § Many of the membern with a Kalen on & part ne for feder ip b ndus ner 5 ond n the Th in the party war ries, in, and done ray time is p hat if striking all ch | new ; Organiaed labor idea The steam which has been gather the so-called general wtrike, in due to blow off in Belling ham next week. All sides are sure of victory. All agree that ft will be the bitterest fight in the history of organized labor in the state ELECTRIC MEN STRIKE MONDAY 113,800 Workers Scheduled to Walk Out SPRINGFIELD, IL, dane 14. United Press.)—~Approximate ly 113,800 electrical workers em. ployed in the telephone and tel esraph companies of the coun- try will walk oot at & a m., Standard time, next Monday, un less agreements are reached be- fore that time. in while the snes acon quick iron ia hi are y fly away At any rate there fs division In the ranks eal proposition The debate on pri ra oh unity will evident the pe an over ing ever since wheth d be releaned to bring the ¢ friction ag here ix tical there or not posing The in expected forces into point at meaning of “r 1 agree that jail who wt Je, but not a go down th prim Oppose Prohibition of In ome in tion women the ab will a yanion, yme up that will jand that ix ¢ pers’ stand prot ivery delegate posed nt to against in op make tion ' opposed to the Undercurrent Present pele seh This statement was made today by Charles P. Ford, secretary of the In “ : : ee ternational herhood of Elec trical Workers, ax he awaited word from conferences in Washington be tween representatives of ‘emp! and the companies, Secretary Ford idded that he had not abondoned hope of a sa factory settlement As origin called, the «trike would ha affected 125,000 workers but since that time, Ford xaid, agree ments have been signed with a num ber of cor nies, and the grand to liable to walk out ie A pr organiy tate brought the indo rhe attent not Altho nan for tt says suffi sted for tent gainst mg the a dark hors when the f comes. Ce dere vari that surf. | and election there gations on th wing are the main » employes right to organize without are some of de t back R who will r ation by the representative to hi companies in every ances. some mmunit ar griev ganized em 4. That be s pending That are dimin addit charged or demoted em returned their former an investigation laid off when ed be given pref. on to the force employes Ap justment equal number from the employes. BANK AGENTS ROUT BANDITS ‘Attempt to “Steal Securities Is Defeated ntment board, of a general ad of an representatives from the composed of companies and than cont hind all lict showing its on t Short men now con the e conflict prin drop the of trying to make thru trying to oppose but now is medium B'nai B'rith Will y Honor Soldiers is tne wnain Sire To honor the returned service men} Yesterday, exchanged © shots of the organisation, Ratnier | With a guard accompanying him, and lodge, No, 627, Binal B'rith, will give | eseaped in an auton without the jan entertainment and dance Satur-|“noney, The messenger carried a bag day night, June 14, at the Settlement | containing nearly $100,000 in securi | house: ties. Two of the robbers confronted | th him at the elevated tion steps. for Wednesday night, but owing to|The others then ran forward. One the pogrom protest meeting to be| tried to blackjack him held at the Metropolitan theatre that] In the resultant exchange of shota ening, Was postponed until Satur: | one of the bandits was wounded, All day. the highwayman’'s bullets we it an 1 un active mi June 14.—-Six band bile affair was originally planned | st GIRL, AGED TWO, Cut In Appropriations DIES IN FLAMES Would Prevent Attempt ¥ Mother Returns. to Find Her tog Daughter Fatally Burned all essential, according to ar been @ wtudy WASHINGTON, June 14.—A is templated navy flight across Pacifie oeran will be pre ted if the action of the house in reducing the naval aviation appropriation from $15,000,000 to $15,000,000 is supported by the sente, Secretary of the Navy - 1 Is sald today Details of the proposed fight ‘ously ross the Pacific were not dix cloned by the secretary, who mentioned it merely incidentally as being one of the undertakings the navy would have to give up unless additional appropriations are allowed, the seer It had exhauntl of aviation abroad, with purchase of several foreign dirigibles and planes to study, bug these plans will be given up. The cut in personnel from th ),000 axked for, to 170,000, will seri handicap the navy, and force a number of ships to laj une of insufficient men, Dan Bernice Krahn two-year-old laughter of Mr Krahm, 1412 11:30 p f burns re ed two b from fire of up bs inknown origin in the kit \ jel naid. While characterizing the house agi] tion as trous,” Daniels 4 he is hopeful the senate will additions to the appropriations whi will enak the navy to keep abreast with the other great powers du: !J hen of her me iting with a vel hb naw amok windows She fo from k 1t houne her clothing a ot the kitchen, ‘The tiny girl to the tal, where vourin, und rushe hen and flamos, in : Whether a seaplane or dir would be used in the attempt is um known, but officials faver the on the basis of the lesson 1 ter-thanair craft of its during the war ter cruixing Further — digi Select Judges for Pacific Air Fligh ve to b Los jELES, June 14.—Lieu trung along Col, William Thaw, Commander th seaplanes were used. |. Spencer, of the navy aviatl The dirigible remain afloat in- service, and Col. A. J. Hanlon, definitely and carries a seaworthy mander of the army aviation scho boat. equipped with which rth Island, have been select nerviceable judges in the proposed transp THIEVES ROB 'Thugs Knock Two Men Un- Criticises, Reduction 000. The conditions provide j a flight to Australia from a Pact conscious iUciied the | Coase point ¥ appropria ° BRITISH PLANES : FLYING TO INDIA June 13.—(Delayed).<3 (United Press)—Three | British alte planes, under command of Henderson, started for India |by way of Crete and Egypt city hospi the coming period of improvern navy No « use at the jiyp ecaune er mor was) whi me of end firemen were un lama at ju De motors, in ca in mid at prove 4 water landing Daniels sharply ¢ cutting down of the na bill by the house. forces us to stand still and the procession go by,” the sald. “Coming on the heels | at feat in flying across the | the of the house tment. It who lop ton It watch secretar Two drivers for the Seattle Taxi Co. were blackjacked into unconsciousness Friday night and robbed. William Clark, a driver, waiting t 409 Eastlake, for the return of a | passenger he had p 4 Bee nd ave, and Madison at > & call, was slugged & watch and { of our gre Atlantic ATHENS, L great di unned our a 1 to undert. has st expecte me appol tion men in response great de and robbed of untain pen. He wan gashed severely over the left eye. Police eve the slugging was one with brass knuckles. scouters, but said there would be no A short while t Ed Smith, an available now for the neces other driver, taking a passenger to. « ‘emodeling which would be re ‘% 118 18th ave. N., was slugged by | quired | Our idea of a well-bred man is one > men lowed him in an The appropriation of $15,000,000 | who never boasts of his dough, who te ther machine from the business dis-| will barely keep up the existing avi stations, and will permit Any man who has plenty of trict. He was searched progress in experimental work, can get along without a pull .. “5 While the exact route the plang) intend to follow is not given, th total distance travelled will be about 3,500 miles. that nea retary Danjels revealed the navy had planned to carr planes aboard all dreadnaughts mone tho nothing atic no waa taken. unfamiliar with | and procedures. | STARTING With Continuous Performance SUNDAY AT 2:30 P. M. As a special treat to the young theatregoers of this city, starting with the Tuesday matinee, all chil- dren under 16 will be admitted to the matinees this week, absolutely free, except for the le war tax. Eugene Levy has especially ar- ranged a number of specialty chil- dren acts to amuse the “KIDDIES,” ALSO LEW WHITE The funniest Hebrew comedian in the West “LULU, the VAMPIRE” The funniest of musical farces with beautifully staged musical numbers with the large BEAUTY CHORUS and an all star cast in ent wild. |& planned to make an q g