The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 17, 1922, Page 1

Sa a WEATHER night and Saturday, rain w southerly pele Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 32. Minimom, 44. Today noon, 5 Poe oft Minimum Wage Is Menaced “MURDERER!” SAYS WOMAN “He's a cold-blooded murderer—that’s all.” This was the reply made Friday to the’ statement of Dr. Harry A. Garfield, president of Williams college and former federal fuel admin- istrator, that unskilled workers should not be paid a wage sufficient to permit them to raise families, “because neither society nor the unskilled workers need their babies.” The reply was not made by another college presi- overlooked it! This bs Better dent, nor by an unskilled Speech week. Hot Dog! worker, but by the mother ‘ pond ; ” of six children, who has Yorty five thousand school children been forced to the severest ae yo ig re expedients to bring up her family. She is Mrs, Ole 8. Larson, wife of the ‘former president of the defunct Scandinavian American bank of Tacoma. Failure of the bank wiped out every penny that the Lar- Washington Law May Be District of Columbia De- cision Is Blow at 9,000,000 Women WASHINGTON, Nov, 17.-—Courts play some strange tricks on folks now and then, Take, for example &@ decision quietly handed down here jby the District of Columbia court Dodgast it, folks, we almost It says that the district minimum wage jaw is unconstitutional That quiet littie decision thr the nomic status of 9 women workers in tens different states of the Union, legal authorities Purents are telling their children © cut out the slang SHUSH, FATHER, SHUSH When pop smashes his thumb with the tack hammer, he for- kets to observe Better Speech declare It in a body blow at the whole mintnum wag ovement, which in the past 11 years has succeeded in Women wage-carners in California, nag oe tl. sons had, and the wife and Oneres " Genk fein Minne We suggest toet the public oft | mother, a woman of cul- Minnénota, Arkansas and Massachy sais who erect “Go Slow” signs T ture and refinement, was j setts. ima compelled to perform the Freee gb, ges me 7 * vs Derhaw tint most menial tasks to keep iiaate, these. awe bave been declared it oF inate her family together. And stitutional by state courts a sd ‘w comes the district court of yet— * “I'd do it all over again if I could,” she declared Friday, a matter of fact, I'm glad we're broke—because this experience has proved to me that children have « better chance in they have |appeals with ao contrary decision. |The case will be appealed to the sentence structure, jong. tedious, in- way A gem a j the lawn of 10 states. Prospects are anything but good for a decision favorable to the 9 000,000 women workers, The best tional constructions based upon metlifiveus tongue of the post: Ghevian Romane, ' . Senator Poindexter can now com-} fort himself with the thought that Lloyd George was also defeated for reelection. se . CALIFORNIA PAPERS PLEASE cory With Chile getting all this ‘front page publicity on accourit of earthquakes, California should take immediate steps to copy- right her own movies. , . . “The Times declines to be newsy. j Worker, cannot sit In the case be- mum wage cause as an attorney. One place in the supreme court is vacant, that of Justice Day. Jus tiee Pitney iw Ml That leapes atx “Put that’s getting away from Dr. Garfield and his statement said that he couldn't be anything but a cold-blooded murderer “Because you can never keep the poor from having babies, The rich have the means—-unnatural means—of preventing it. but the poor, by reason of their very poverty, haven't. So Dr. Garfield's statement sim ply means that he advocates starving thousands of children to death. “And the most remarkable thing about it al) is the fact that the man who is responsible for this vicious doctrine is the son of President Garfield; who elevated himself from a canal boy to president of the United States, If Dr. Garfield's plan had been in force, his own father could never have been born.” of whom three, McReynolds, McKen- ma and Van De Vanter, are under.) | stood enemies of the minimum wage | law, | Chief Justice Taft, and Justices | Holmes and Sutherland are at least Why brag about it? in the hands of the new appointee, stances. fate of 9,000,000 talking about their foreign policies, | some ——— (Copyright, 1922, by United Press) ay roo The Detroit plan of punishing speeders and reckless HORR BEFORE drivers by making them look at maimed children and at bodies of automobile victims, met with hearty indorsement tured 30 miles from here yester- day had six well- developed horns. aoe sete hine is being drunk,! The idea of inflicting this mental torture, originated by |county-city putlding this week according to undertakers. paar | Seattle and many representative cities of the country. witnem Friday before the grand Judge—Rastus ia 22 and you are effect in other communities where the speed menace has|the ones before whom witnesses beg ae ee cae © become a grave problem, according to statements gathered |*#*ir*t Me county commissioners ° Dinah—No, sir, yo honor, ‘Pearsiby the United Press. |torney’s office before the indict. to me it's mo’ like the Day o° Rest! cniet of Police W. B. Severyns, DENVER, Nov. 17—Police |™ents against the commisstoners marryin’ Labor Day. | Beattle : Judge Rice said: “I believe ig | "Ste dinminned aide gos 3 | “It sounds to me like a great iden.| would do good for those who see M. B. Harbin, former purser on President of the W. C. T. U. 4 | certainly any motorist who Ix a real/ injured children, and I don't be. | 0M of the county ferries, and W. C. inves that the world will be dry bY) man or woman will not fall to be| lieve they would ever be arrest. | Read, also a former ferry employe, 1940. That's another thing for James | turneq away from the desire to speed| ed again for violation of traffic |WeT® mone the witnesses outside E. Mahoney to be worrted about lif he or she is made to gaze upon| rules.” jthe grand jury room door. nets hg [the tragic results to human bodies eee Altho they have not yet been 5 THE FISHERMAN | that follow in the wake of swift driv- PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17 subpoened, County Commissioners 4 He riseth early in the morn- ing. 1 am inclined to think much| «Phat's a mighty good plan. |Littde Ramsey and Lou Smith and } ing and disturbeth the whole | of the speed mania can be cured by Take them to see the morgue, Tom Dobson were expecting to be household. * | ealled soon. . Mighty are his prep- | the method adopted by the Detroit; too,” gaid Municipal Jud cl aration. He goeth forth full of | judge. It ts an idea worth consider- wall Taacktlens dutvexs Ola te | tk mwwiremtm | Cf 8 ene thal, owe viele and tke ‘ARMS PLOT IN | victims of other drivers like returneth, smelling of strong Police Judge John B. Gordon, themecives.” ni . FORTS BARED| drink, and the truth is not in Seattle: 6a % 5 _ “ee “I believe it will make a last NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—-"I am NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 17.-A plot . ing impression on autoists who in favor of severe penalties for |to smuggle ammunition into Fortress There's nothing green about @! drive recklessly if they are com speeders and othera who run |Monroe, Fort Storey and Camp grass widow, opines Li'l Gee Gee, pelled to see crippled and suf. down people recklessly in the Pustis wae unearthed today by gilding the office rose. fering persons who are hurt in streets,” said Judge John F. Me, postal Inspectors. - auto accidents, 1 think such Intyre, of general sessions Large boxes of rifle cartridges Professor Henry Landes in a sight would deter them from “ee jwere found in mail cars bound for speech before the Hingineers’ club| endangering the health and ATLANTA, Noy. 17.—Acting | each place. declared that it took millions and) comfort of others. If it would Recorder L. F. Hunter; “Of United States agents are puzzled, millions of years for Puget Sound} j’m for it. I'm for anything course, this method itself will |One man is held for questioning to be carved out. that will help solve the evil of hot stop violations, but it will | Shipments were made from a@ Well, well, we never knew this| speeding.” leave an indelible impression on | house In Norfolk was a city job. 50°56 the minds of people who drive.” 2 “ee | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Nov. one | Blackstone, famous magician, es-| 17.—Chtef of Police Clark said ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17 . caped from a tightly-natled box! Bartlett's idea was excellent and bilecus Ghins Mal Ghar cake Mysteries of dropped into Elliott bay. that Oklahoma City speedors the law in st Legulp apaeate phiive Paris Unfolded The mysteries of Paris, city Now let him try to get out of a] would be subjected to similar Madrona car during the rush hourt!| punishment ce ere eee me to imprison traffic violators or to impound their machines KF - — o y ATT . 5 es are too light a penalty for e 7 t | MILWAUKE Ww y r of intrigue and romance, hon ¥ “" ere a. CA. | Sergeant fe 5 surrey, nend ‘ef wing 2 who leave crippled and life. || of the ape he, hunting erouda j Sunday school know as much | the police traffic department, rn a wae for beautiful inaventure weil “ © been r ac about vice conditions in Seattle wid DES MOINES, Nov, 117.—"'It's fue pay ie a series of as they say they do, a lot of men “Bartlett did the right thing. T will want to join. believe many parents should be a | punished for letting children run Mussolini, new Italian premier, de-| carelessly about the streets.” clares that he will reduce taxes in ool ag an excellent idea but we wouldn't | have authority to do it,” said Mu nicipal Judge Sellers. “We might however, give speeders the alter native of going to jail or being fascinating tales by Melville Davisson Post, famous Amert- writer of crime stories. “Exploits of M, Jonquelle, y 6 also pro WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Paris Police Prefect,” is the nal a sehen Taser, sie fi | Munietpal Court Judge Robert EB taken to nee children who are || title of this unusual series, yay wary | Mattingly: victims of autos, We are likely | The Paris police chief tells What's become of my contribu. | “Aa excelient idea. Much bet- to try. there |] his own story of unbelievable tion,” wails J. L. T., one of our spe-| ter than fining.” , ¢ eh |] adventures in the cellars and clal correspondents, And we have to 22 9 BOSTON, Nov. 17.—"The sight drawing rooms of Paris tn report sadly that Posy, the office| PITTSBURG, Nov. 17.—Traf of crippled and maimed children hunting down some of the goat, swallowed it inadvertently fic Judge Ralph HW. Park: “Tam undoubtedly would have a salu most notorious criminals the o ¢ 8 in hearty sympathy with any | tary effect on reckless automo. world hax known: Have to go down and buy some} reasonable method that will im bile drivers,” sald A. Goodwin, Today's narrative is to he valve-in-head bi-valves for dinner.| prexs on every driver the import. state registrar of motor vehi found on page 6 ‘élong. ance of careful driving.” clee under VOLUME 2 NO. 228. a SEATTLE, w ASH., FRIDAY, NOV EMBE R 1M, 1922, DILL AROUSES ( BIG AUDIENCE | bettering working conditions for} |eupreme court for final ruling. On| j its outcome will hinge the fate of| friend, at court, Associate Justice) Brandeis, celebrated an @ weifare cause he has advocated the mini-| Judges on the supreme court job, | fy a el Off ictal sA pprove Plan te aucceed Dey under hese re By Sta'aacetate” | to Shock Auto Speeders iwi (ours nm GRAND JURY. il fo of the i | today from the traffic court judges and other officials in county ena ton Gen tat qrtnatpes | |jury which ts in session in the} ‘Judge Charles L. Bartlett of Detroit, will soon be put into), Three other former grand jurors) were waiting to be called. These are | | were quizzed in the prosecuting at- | seniority rule In the senate. he would seek a place on the Inter. | | state commerce committee, to work | | for better transportation of North. | west products, state vic ern Washington campaign manager, | was toastmaster, He introduced the following five-minute spexkers: May-/and responsibility should be placed or &. J. Brown, Seattle; Mayor E. T. | | Mathes, Bellingham; William Short, president of the 8 Labor; George Christensen, demo- jeratic vtate chairman and state sen: | ator-elect eting in the going on here a CITY MAY TRY PASS PLAN oot ARE CUT IS FORESEEN BY COUNCILMEN © HOME EDITION | The paper with a 15,000 0 daily circulation lead over its nearest competitor The Seattle Star f Congress March 8, 1879 Per Year, by Mall, 06 tc 08 BY HS IDEALS Knocked Out senator - Elect in| Strong Address; Tells His Plans for Service Progressives and democrats in King county were enthusiastle when they learned last week that, they had succeeded in electing C. C. Di to the United States senate. But they were even more enthusiastic Friday, follow thelr reception the wena. celeet ot the Crystal Pool Thursday night mpremive tho he was an a candidate, Dill seemed even more im pressive as a victor carried his 900 auditors off their feet with the fire of his oratory and the brilliance of hin sincerity. he literally It wan an occasion which will go Jown in the political history of King | county. Never has any political| aker moved a Seattle audience #0 strongly; never han # Seattle audi tical speaker | aimed a Dill's speech was wot « party speceh. It was progressive— militantly progressive, even at the democratic the democrats have been progressive democrats —because no protests were heard. “My election over Senator Potn- |dexter,” he sald, “was unquestion- ably @ republican defeat. But tt re mains to be seen whether ft wae also a democratic victory, For it will mean nothing to the democratio perty unless we use our new-won power honestly and progressively. “And.” his volce grew stern, “If we isregard the mandate for progress jive principles, the democratic party | will only make certain the creation of a third party that will take the progressive attitude “There must be no more Daugh-| |open-minded, if not friendly, toward ¢rty injunctions. The defeat of seven the law, lor eight senators was as much of @ says an editorial in our adored even am That makes a tie vote in the #u-| rebuke to Daughertyism as to New ing contemporary. |preme court. The balance will be | berryism, “The insanity of war is the greatest crime among civilized man, I shall use every power and influence to bring about some international association for world peace. I have a man- date from the people of Wash- ington to go back and fight for the principles I advanced in my campaign—for the unseating of Newberry, the repeal of the Esch-Cummins act, a saner t iff and a fairer tax xystem and a square deal for the man who works, We must take better care of the disabled exservice man and provide a bonus for all ex- service men, A child labor amendment to the constitution and maintenance of the prohibi- tion amendment are imperative acts of a progressive senator.” He also advocated abolition of the Robert P. Oldham, democratic chairman and Dill's West- te Federation of | erson, Judge W. W. Black, Bv- president Women's Dem- STILLS BURST; 3 DIE, 9 HURT CHICAGO, Nov, 17.— Three per: sons were killed and nine injured | during the night by the explosion of | two moonshine stills. Two buildings were destroyed in the fire which fol- ‘lowed the blast, |Strike Pickets at Portland Arrested | PORTLAND, Nov. 17.—Phirteen | waterfront pickets were arrested | yea! rday and fined $15 cash for par. | former vaudeville He said | | together. | weaknesses in our present system, particularly in the clty government, “In many cases a city official has ; F. T. Bell, vice chairman |the responsibility, bu is denied full of Dill'# ‘astern Washington cam: | authority to carry out that responsi. paign committee; Mrs. A. J. Nelsdn, | bility.” Women's Wilson league; Tom 8. Pa erett; H. M. Westfall, democratic leounty chairman; George P. Fish- burne, Tacoma, H. D. Merritt, Spo- kane county chairman; Mrs, Emma Hausm locratic club; Edgar © Snyder and {Judge Stephen J. Chadwick, who} was loudly acclaimed ag “our next | governor,” Congratulatory messages were | read from prominent democrats from | all parts of the country, Including | | William Gibbs McAdoo and Gov. | elect Al Smith, of said Fork Robert Armstrong On the Sullivan and Considine cir- cult the young men made a hit in most of the large cities, When they reached New York Armstrong be- came associated with his uncle, Paul playwright, in the legiti- Back to Seattle, bis own home |town, for the first time as a star on [the stage, Robert Armstrong, gradu- late of Broadway high school University of Washington student, will be leading player “The Man Who Came Back,” which will open at the Metropolitan theater here Nov, 26. Armstrong was in hie senior year jin the University of Washington law | school when he left In 1912 with two jother members of his class, Peter Burns and Don Fullen, to enter ‘The act was one which jthe three three boys had organized here. CONSOLIDATION MEANS SAVING County Assessor Sees Too Much Government Now “One of the chief causes of the heavy cost of government today is that we have too much govern- ment,” County Assessor Frank W. Hull said Friday, “and that is why I am strongly In favor of consolidating our county and clty governments, “Another reason is that authority Hull also pointed out that consoli- ldation of county and city govern elections. “And it is our multiplicity of elec. tions that adds greatly to the cost of running our counties and cith added Hull believes that Increased ef- ficiency as well a» decreased ex- pense would be brought about by consolidating the offices of county and city engineer, county and clty treasurer and county auditor and city comptroller, His own office, Hull sald, would not be affected because the county nasessor is also ex-officie city as- nessor, Hull stated that the commission jform of government probably would Jassist In thoaining the ends sought ‘by the consolidation suggested. “At any rate,” he said, “I believe that the functions of the county commissioners and the city council should be combined tn a board of supervisors to be elected from the various districts.” 121 Students Eat Poison Egg Salad NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov, 17.~ Twenty-one Yale students are recov. TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE COMING HOME A WINNER and in | Armstrong, mate stage business. “The Man Who Came Back,” which Armstrong will appear as star for the first time in his home town, 1s a melodrama, founded on @ roman- tie story and deals with episodes in the life of a wayward son who goes down to the depths and then climbs back to honor and respect by the aid of a woman who loves him. WANTS US, TO UMPIRE EUROPE Wirth Forsees Ruin If Amer- ica Does Not Act oo) i z 2 25 % i ol} it i 2 U d That t» one of the common qi That will result from inaction, BY KARL A. BICKEL (Copyright, — by Unttea Press) 17.—“America} Mayor Brown and Councilman HL must call, a world, economic confer- It is her duty,” Wirth, former chancellor ‘ot Ger- ment would do away with so many many, declared in an interview. to- proposal.” day, his first since the fall of hia) Councilwoman Henry Landes, who — Able to discuss frankly the situ: ation within and without Germany, |the railway system of that city, de unhampered by diplomatic restric. |clared in an address at the Tacoma tions, which prevented many utter-| Women’s clubhouse Thursday eve- ‘ances during his 19 months at the /ning that Seattle will probably adope Wirth’s|a similar practice soon. he helm of German affairs, first thought was for the need of| Her Landes intervention as arbiter|told her audiences, has ti oto in European affairs. The United States, he de take a decisive role in reparation settlement by naming official delegates to the commission, It must be umpire . Unless America Dr. Wirth foresees utter ruin and bolshevism thru- clared, must For himself, he said he was de- \termined to carry on, part in the reichstag sotmewhat sim- ilar to that of Lioyd George in the British parliament. Wirth is now} He pointed out that the United States, thru Woodrow Wilson, was | pledged to the “14 points,” adding, “But it now appears that nobody inj] D8: spring water Wirth continued, (Turn to Page 20, Col J.E. Carroll Sure Pass Idea Will Get Over SUCCESS Others Are Moved by Record of Results Expectation that the efty council will adopt the weekly pass system of fare for the municipal raitway was voiced Friday by Councilman John E, Carroll. “The innovation of such @ pase system as Tacorna ts now using would undoubtedly give the citizens of Seattle cheaper, and, I am eure, better service,” Carroll said. “When the proposal was last made, before |the utilities committee by Engineer | Benjamin H. Petley, | was the only” | member of that committee who sup- ported the plan. “I made a motion that it be considered with a view to adop- tlon—but my motion died for my faith in the pass system idea, as worked out in other cities, and Bince the final rejection of Petley’s — proporal, a short time ago—it previously considered and several times by council —Municipal Railway Superint D. W. Henderson has been ing @ personal investigation into feasibility of the plan, and is fey uled to make a full report as to ideas on the subject to the fii and utilities committees in diate future at this time force the cit to operate at a loss. based his idea on figures received cently from Tacoma on the there. has increased under the pass tem, while the revenue per due to heavier traffic, and a falling off in gross revenue, the m j lines would soon be ‘in the hole."” Geo, F. Russell, head of the utilities department, said that local lines cannot afford to ment with new rate systems they are guaranteed to be self-sups porting. That results in other cities cannot be takeri or considered as final argu- ments on the pass system is the ion of Carroll and Mrs. Miracle. . “The main fact ig that we have a far larger population than either Tacoma or Youngstown, 0.” was Carroll's explanation. “The plan worked in Youngstown—the figures show that, We have a population — that is not now using the street cars: to the extent that they would if cheaper transportation is provided,” L. Blaine deciined to venture opine — fons, both admitting that they are not familiar with aH details of the is in Tacoma making @ personal study of the pass qystem as used ~~ investigation, Mrs, convince her that a pass 8; is more efficient and affords better service than the present one of high fares with transfers, How About a Small Chicken Ranch? How would you like a nice little home with a garden, some chickens and all that goes with it? CHICKEN RANCH SNAP parts, of the Pa) | America is willing to carry out these | archaté | principles.” “Who is to settle the Buropean problem which now has become a) ticipating In disturbances while pick-|ering in the college infirmary today | world problem ?—not politicians, not waterfront strike now from poisoning by boarding house] Poincare,” egg salad, rn) ‘Today's Want Ads offer this kind of a bargain, It wil pay you to investigate. :