The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 10, 1923, Page 10

PAGE 10 LAWMAKERS RECEIVE GOVERNOR’S MESSAG Administrative Code Is _ Defended by Its Backer “Hart Declares Million Dollar Deficit Is Now Million Dollar Balance ‘OLYMPIA, Jan. 10.—Following is the biennial message of » Hart, as prepared for delivery to the legislature this noon Financial Condition of the State the opening of the ath of the im the state treasury were overdrawn and the several » Glamored for deficiency appropriations which it was found t6 make to the extent of nearly one and a quarter million dollars @n already depleted treasury Among the funds overdrawn on 1, 1920, was the general fund, with an overdraft of $1,016,860.79 The opening of this, the 18th session of the legistature, we have changed situation. There no overdrafts in any fund. No t or institution asks or n deficiency appropriation, The %o the credit of the general cash and bonds, amounts to 81. ing from consideration the unusual revenue of $3,001,2 Grom the poll tax, and taking into account only the Of the state, the general fund shows at end of two years an in Condition amounting to $1,999,984.60 Civil Administrative Code Yeare ago the legislature enacted the civil administrative code. Wwas then believed that this form of administration would give Sificiency and economy in the conduct of the state's affaires than ® old system, which was rapidly increasing governmental costs beyond “ability of the state to pay with tts ordinary revenues. We have p hed 21 months of experience with state government under the ctvi! trative code. In that time a mitlion dollar deficit In the general Das been changed to a million dollar balance, from ordinary revenues, A all overdrafts and deficiencies wiped out Years ago I asked that the code be passed as a consistent whole, that it might be amended more offectively after actual trial Om. its practical workings clearly before you I again present to you consideraticn the civil administrative code that you may consider such changes as in the light of experience you may deem legisiature, numerous insth sev session ate ar fund, usual reve the a d that the supervisor of highways be taken out of the of public works and that officer be appointed by the governor, @ivision of highways retained under the state highway vommittee; vision 1 of section and all of sections 52 and 65 of the tive code be repealed; and that such other and further changes fications And amendments be made as to the legislature may proper. ia tion Investigation Under direction of the 1921 session of the legislature, I appointed Committee to investigate the vexatious question of taxation. GENERATION TO GENERATION Advise Their Da ters to i f i i t i i § FE ag & z Fs = ne i i : i =, i a EY R rs : fis E ECONOMY _MULTIPLIED! ak That’s what our wonderful “CONPO” system of Battery charging means to every motorist ye who takes advantage of the service offered _ at these 4 Willard Stations. _ Economy in time because we recharge in 8 _ hours— Economy in cost because we can now do it for HALF the former price— Economy in the life of your Battery because “CONPO” gives a better, healthier charge with- out risk of damage. The World’s Greatest Battery Engineer Mr, T. A. Willard, who has the distinction of writing on Batteries for the Sat. Eve. Post, has given his unquali- fied and enthusiastic endorsement to the “CONPO” system of b insulation is and Battery Charging. he developed a new of insulation. It’s worth reading, 3*0 ano BLANCHARD 3222 EASTLAKE ADMIRAL WAYAT CALIF THE their with The men chosen were men large practical in respective communities, as well as in thelr buat and & public xpiritedness which permitted Them to make the aacrfice of time and money to give to the state for study public hearings in the various communition of the state, thoro atu ot the experiences in other states, in order to properly and tntelligently advine the legisiature as to the measures that would bring relief to our « burdened people. They have had to deal with a question that turbed the people since government b 4 one which dim greatly now, The subject highly controversial in which tts Aiffioult to get general agreement Jal measures reform, The results of the cammittee’s deliberations are pi ited to you In a formal report. I ask you to read the entire report avith the utmost detailed dixounsions of the taxation question are needed the difficulties of the problem and to comprehend the committee's reagons for arriving at thelr particular recommendations, The last legislature realized fully the nature of the tax burden and looked to this legislature to provide practical relief liberate thought upon the question In no question coming before this sexsion are the people of the state so deeply interested, and I trust that the legisiature will and enact such legisiation as will distribute the burdens of government more equitably, ‘The distinguished members of tax committes eave fre of thelr time and energy, discussions counsels are now before you, are Nathan Kekstein, Seattle D. W. Twohy, Spokane Alex Polson, Hoquiam George M, Eliott, Tacom Vrank D. Oakley, Ta W. W. Robertson, Yakima Peter MeGrogor, Hooper 8. BL. Walia Walla Robert H. Seattle Inheritance Tax I know of no form of taxation that can bring tn so large a fund with so light a burden upon the citizen as a properly adjusted inheritance tax ‘The right to make testamentary disposition of property is purely a statutory right For many years our Jaws have acquiring. Our community property of property acquired during married state, has been largely ignored Without the state, its laws and various agencies guarantecing and protecting life and property, it would not be possihle fer a citizen or for a hasband and wife working jointly to acquire and own property the extent now common. When a man dien he affairs, leaders w activition of a thoro by or an a ws them in one understand after ¢ entire evolve the who so and whose and Penrose, Hartin recognized two of the agencies tn law makes the spouses equal owners life, But the third agenoy, the to him, He annot take bis property with cannot give it away strangers, regardiess of the rights of the surviving spouse or family dependents. He should not be permitted to disre the interosts of the state which has protected him in and made possible his accumulation I belleve that this legislature may, with great time and much careful study to the matter of modifying right of @ citizen to make testamentary disposition of his strangers to the blood. Official Fees I believe that when a service is performed by « p: personal benefit of an individual firm oF corporation that a fee should be collected somewhat commensurate with the service rendered. I there fore recommend that a careful revision of all fee lists, state and county, be made by the legislature, to the end that some offices and departments be made self-supporting |Gasoline Tax At a conference of governors of states weet of the Rocky mountal called for the purpose of extabilehing uniformity of laws, and regulat laffecting the automobile traveling public. it was decided to recommend to the legiaiature of each state a tax of two cents per gallon on gasoline the proceeds to be used exclusively for construction and maintenance of highways. I recommend such increase in our gasoline tax | The present gasoline tax law is working very satisfactorily lshould be no amendment to the general policy except to change the rate of tax to be collected Stages and Auto Buses I recommend that a gross earnings tax be charged auto buses and auto trucka used as public utilities. Budget Law 1 recommend a carefully prepared budget law not only to contro! state to propriety devote some the property present to bile official for the nn and there expenditures, but also one that will keep a proper check on expenditures |All times be equally fortunate in the personnel of the board of regents | wednesday noon of counties, cities and other expending agencies. Veterans’ Compensation Immediately after the last legisiative session, the state finance com mittee sold bonds to provide the funds for the compensation of the Veterans. The state auditor immediately began the distribution of these funds, giving it his close personal attention and supervision so that unt form accuracy of transaction might be coupled with expeditious relief of the veterans. When it was obvious that the $11,000,000 voted by the people was insufficient to pay all the claims, a case wan submitted to the mupceme court and that tribunal held that the people meant what they sald when they voted $11,000,000 or so much as might be required to pay the additional compensation; whereupon the state finance committee issued $1,500,000 additional bonds, and, believing that {t was not good business to nell long time bonds when the state had idle funds, they bought these bonds for the general fund. This transaction in submitted to the legis lature, expecting your approval, without which the finance committee will sell the bonds under the decision of the supreme court and return the cash to the general fund. Two other cases were brought before and decided by the supreme court affecting the disbursement of these funds. In one cane the supreme court held that under the language of the act, the widow and children of a veteran, who died after the signing of the jarmistide and before the act went into effect, were not entitled to par ticipate an beneficiaries of this leginiation. In the other case, It wax held that only soldiers, sailors and marines who entered the service during the world war, that im, after the declara- |tion of war, could participate. I recommend that the veterans’ compensation act be so amended an to allow the payment of all of the laxt mentioned veterans and of the widows and orphans of thowe first referred to. |Protection of Forests During the last seasion of the legislature the Olympic peninsula was visited by the worst storm known to our estate. The legislature appropriated $100,000 and imposed upon the governor the duty of protecting from damage by fire the timber In and adjacent to the storm zone Before the adjournment of the legislature, I began perfecting an organ. ization and preparing plans to protect the area during the year 1921, endeavoring to so plan that the first year’s work would not have to be wholly repeated in 1922. Not in many years has the state experienced a drouth so long, and a fire hazard so.great, as the year 1922. Yet, I am Pleaned to report that since the storm of 1921, there has been no loae of timber by fire tn the storm zone and that of the amount appropriated I return unexpended about $45,000. Columbia River Basin Survey Thru the director of conservation and development a full report will be made on this great project, which has been brought to the attention of the congress of the United States, It is confidently believed that thru the continued effort of our people this project will soon be placed on the continuing program of the federal reclamation bureau. Land Settlement I direct your attention to the report of the director of conservation and development on the problem of land settlement. While the matter ts still in an experimental stage, want of time not making it possible to de. termine positively the success of our plans, I belleve that suffictent results have been shown to justify @ continuance of our efforts in other units. Seed Wheat For several years some localities in the state have suffered from partial crop failures and conditions are such in places that farmers will find it difficult to obtain seed for next year's crop. This is a matter that I think you may well consider, possibly granting some relief, without expense to the state, by providing a revolving fung to be used under proper regulations Maintenance of State Highways ‘The federal bureau of roads requires the state highway department to maintain all roads upon which federal funds are expended, and believing that it {8 good policy for the atate to take care of its own business, T recommend that the maintenance of the state public highway system be placed under the direction of the state highway committee. Under the present law all unexpended funds for the maintenance of state highways by the county reverts to the county funds on the Slet of December. I recommend very early consideration of the responsibility for the maintenance of the state highways and providing funds purpose, Our roads cannot be neglected in midwinter. Donohue Road Law Our local improvement road law, commonly known as th law, has been the means of building many miles of highw: doubt has been very beneficial in several instances, but 1 belie i no longer necessary and as it is subject {ts repeal The Narcotic Evil Nothing is #0 demoralizing to trait and womanly virtue, as the |such stupendous growth in our sta’ | | recommend the enactment of stringent laws limiting degree the ability of the addict to obtain narcotics, aiding every way possible in the arresting and successfully prosecuting those engaged in , for such Donohue and no the law recommend y. to some abuse, I 80 destructive narcotic habit; and in recent years. of every manly nothing inade has to the ast SEATTLE has dis | ‘|Centralia Normal School STAR the its derivatives and to convicted |Sheppard-Towner Law Congress han passed what is commonly known as the Sheppard-Townor Jact, or @ maternity law which carries a provision that the governor of ma accept its terma for the state if he is authorized so to do. | v sale of opium and ansuring «al peddlers nwift and severe punishment |the sta! Many f the women of our state to pt the | provisions of this behalf of the atate | having extended to the la to waurp This | consideration |U. S. Child Labor Law | With the best child labor law of any state tn the Union, ft seems appropriate that the state of Washington be among the first to memorial ino the congress to take all the steps necessary for the enactment of an effective child labor law that will be constitutional, 1 recommend that this legislature memorialize congress on thin subject early in the seasion. | Normal Schools A | In 1917 the legislature, od ac law on authority authority requested me but the governor, I subject legisalture never | compelled to | for your was submitted cline wach in in providing a course of study for the tnstitu tions of higher learning, provided a thres yearn’ course for our normal) jachools, and also authorized an advanced four year course, effective jin 1920. j The autumn enréjiment for the three normal schools as reported by | |the board of higher curricula, shows that In 1920 there were enroiled in| the third year course 17 students and tn the fourth year course three In 1921, there were 14 studenta tn the third year course and | students. And in 1922, there were #1 in the third none in the fourth year course | year course and two in the fourth year course. | It would, therefore, apear that thbpre is no great demand for the |advanced third and fourth year college work tn our normal schools. The report of the board of higher curricula shows that last year, benides those taking a general course with the expectation of receiving a teacher's diploma, there were enrofied and majoring tn educational theory And practice in the University of Washington 909 students and in the | Washington State College 153. All of these have the advantage of the| |full four years of college work If the third and fourth year advanced Jcourses are continued in normal schools, It means the changing of these, |uchools into teachers’ training colleges, conferring degrees, and adding ail | joe the extra expense and cost of the advanced college work | Until it is made to appear that the university and state college are | unable to successfully and property care for the teachers’ training college work, we ought to retain our normals as normal schools for the prepara tion of elementary teachers I therefore recommend the repeal of that part of chapter 10 of the! jaws of 1917 authorizing the advanced third and fourth year courses in normal schools. jour In 1919 the legislature established a normal school at Centralia and | | directed the governor to nelect a site, but provided no funds for the schoo! | | In 1921 the site was approved, the tax, one-tenth of a mill, was ordered levied and an appropriation was made for the purchase of additional land for campus under an option theretofore had. ‘The appropriation for operation wan vetoed, I was then, and still am, of the opinion that whatever the need for this Institution, we are not justified in attempting |to operate thin school without buildings | At the time of establishing this school, there was @ carrying load in| four three normal schools of 1,380 students which has now increased to/| [approximately 3,000 | If tt by the denire of the legislators that the Centralia normal schoo! | |xhould begin to function, a sufficient appropriation to construct the first | one or two units of the plant should be made. The land for the campus) ia already provided, about 15 acres being donated by the citizens of) Centralia and about 40 acres more purchased an directed by and reported | the legllatare, the whole constituting an appropriate and beautiful |nchool site, lying directly east of the business center of the city of} | Centralia |Old University Campus | While it im generally believed that the lessees have a very valuable | aneet in the present lease of the old university campus in Seattle, and| while it in true the present rental is small, I think the regents did a leplendid thing tn leasing thia land for a term of 50 years, thus tying it! lup and preventing ite sale before the people learned the great valve of | the property. Only recently much pressure was brought to bear on the board of regents in an effort to bring about a modification of the present Jeane, and they were severely criticized for their refusal to yield to the importunings. It t# exceedingly fortunate for the state that we had 4 board of regents fearless in the performance of duty. We may not at of the state university. That there may be no doubt of this property and ite Income being conserved for the coming generations, T recommend | leginiation that will make any act of the regents concerning the sale, | lease, extension of lease, or other dixposition of this property that might | Jin any way interfere with the full and complete use and occupancy of it! \hy the university at the end of the lease as it now stands, a nullity untdi| after the same has been approved, confirmed, and ratified by an enacted | statute of the legislature |Blue Sky Law I recommend the enactment of a good law that wi!! protect the Innocent investor from the achinations of a corrupt and fraudulent vendor of stocks and other securities, but #0 safeguarded an not to retard the devel opment of our latent resources, nor interfere with legitimate investments. | |Capitol Building The foundation of the administration building of the capitol group is now completed and the capitol committees is desirous of continuing the work on this building All bonds against the capitol building fund have been paid and as this fund in no longer necessary, I recommend that it be abolished and that! the proceeds of the sale of capitol lands and timber be placed by the treasurer in the capitol building construction fund. | State Penitentiary The demand for some work or exercine for the inmates of the pen tentiary to turn their thoughts from their condition is quite essential j Some time ago 40 acres of the penitentiary grounds was set aside for & game farm which has been supported, insofar ax labor is concerned, by | the penitentiary, Inasmuch as the ga lof state taxes, Ir | i j © farm ia supported by a fund raised independent | ominend that the penitentiary be compensated for the Senate Trouble Brewing on Women’s Clinic Bill Scand women’s clubs of the state going to By Ralph J. Benjamin | say about it? And what are the wom- OLYMPIA, dan. 10—Old Man | on going to do about it? Trouble is headed for this city. It's plain that the legislative lead- His presence is expected very re are “in a hole. ‘rhe program, soon by the members of the | indefinite but fairly well understood 18th state legislature. para ; is this; The appropriation for the The reasons? Three of them: | clinic will be introduced, go to the 1—Decision of leaders of the|@Ppropriations committes of the house and senate organizations to| house, and there remain in slumber leave out of the general appropria- | "Weet unlesr a majority of the house tion measure all cash provisions for | drags it out, And the house won't the Woman's Industrial Home and) 40 that unless the women convince Clinic. them that it’s dangerous not to do it. Substitutes will pe offered for he 2—Announcement by bs Davis, chairman of the house ap- a yr beng gy meg Aare segroos propriations committee, and Dan) iit Ose tee wtate aid to comme Landon, chief of the senate gy » Phen 5: ange ten, that there'll be no money for| es 8 caring for women victims of the Centralia Normal school in tho| Y0® disease similar to the relief now Sail, onthont jstven by the state for the care of | tuberculosis victima, may be ressur- 5—Adoption of the principle of | rected. Trouble—anyway the solons keeping out of the general cash di#-|turnt tributing measure everything but | The Centralia Normal school has the slices for the state departments | mighty little support in the legisla- nd institutions now in existence! |ture, ‘Tho the Centralia men point Yeah, much trouble breweth! out that such a normal school in bad- The Woman's Industrial Homo! ly needed, that the land ts ready, and and Clinic bill was passed by the that the tax levy is bringing in the 1919 legisiature after a bitter fight. cash, the organization of both house This institution is close to the heart | and senate are chilly when the school of the women's clubs, They orig-|is mentioned. That's going to bring inated the idea, and they have|a lot of folks up to Olympia from fought for it. They are not giving Southwest Wawhington to make a up that fight, either, When the| nose, and to make trouble for legis- appropriation for the clinic was ve-|lators who prove stubborn toed by Gov. Hart in 1921, the wom-| Scores of clubs and agencies, many en's clubs, numbering thousands of| of them influential, will add to the mbers, started a campaign to|trouble for the legislative leaders have it re-established. They carried | when tho rellef bills for non-state in- their fight to the republican state) stitutions come up. In years past it convention at »Chebalis, The wily! has been the custom to include such | political leaders the G. ©, P.|appropriations—as, for example, that | Platform committee seized the idea, for the Children's Orthopedic hospt- |made a platform plank out of It,|tal in Seattle and the White Shield and nasted it down amid the approv-| home in Tacoma—in the general ap- ing yells of the delegates. That ac-| propriation measure, The abandon- tion put the republican party of the | ment of this custom means that each state right smack on record for the! one of these relief measures must Ko clinic, thru a hail of fire in both houses. It appears that the G, O. P.| And it's going to take a mighty tough chieftains at Chehalis had their fin-|and seasoned appropriation bill rs crossed Or that the party! backed by unrelénting and powerful gules don't control the legislature. | influence to survive the rough going, Republicans control the legislature | For, when the appropriation commit- by an overwhelming majority. If| tees cast out all but the strictly state they fail to take care of the woman's | functions from the general appro- clinic, after promising definitely in| priation bill, they actually tossed, their state platform so to do, what|them Into the sea, with anvils are tue thousands of membeys of strapped about thelr neck, i James H. | a now lextent of the | Compound” WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1923. labor thereon, at least to the extent of the cost of maintenance of the workmen I further recommend tha additional farming land be purchased for the and that the game fund pay for portion thereof to the value of the game farm when it was turned over to that Mtentiary a department Industrial Work in State Institutions institutions has been partly installed, but by of a wtatute which limits the tate institution to another state inetitution I recommend that this statute be amended so an to permit for the f labor 1 am of the opinion that our manufactured products ought never to be fold in the open market where they would compete with the products of the manufacturers in the state, Accident Fund In my mennage to the 1921 rension, I istrative expense of the industrial insurance department, including medical 4/4 and safety boards, be paid from th> fund.” Question has arisen as to the validity of this appropriation from the accident fund and, in order to remove any doubt as to the right of the legislature to require thin department to pay its own administrative expense, I recommend that nection 3 of chapter 191 of the laws of 1919, being an amendment to nection 6604-4. Fem. & Hal. Code, be amended, and that the appropriation for the administrative expense of the department of labor and industries be m from the accident fund I further recommend that the rate of awards be revised and adju nearly conform to present economic conditions. Conclusion Greeted as you # ‘ore equaled in The industrial work wome in #tate has reason inconveniene charge for the product of one comt & reavonable char expense recommended “that the admin- necident ted to more with a financial condition of the treasury never history of the state; with an efficiency of state ernment never excelled. and meeting these with a sincere desire to i] further improve the administration of affairs and lower to the minimum the burdens of government, I sincerely trust that your work tho arduous, may be pleasant, and result in the solution of social and problems that will stand out pre-eminently as monuments to zeal and integrity. LOUIS F. HART, Governor of Washington CHIEF HALTS Cynthia to ‘PISTOL PROBE : Aid Shower ° | terious attack in his home last bey | day orning, when he wi shot down for Babies 227%." rn een [the Columbus santtarlum Tuesday afternoon to return to his home. | Thornton's recovery from the bullet wound tn his shoulder is assured, ac- | cording to physicians. Further investigation of the affair by Chief of Police W. B. Severyns has been halted momentarily. Thorn- ‘ton, Severyns said, has shown an un- willingness to shed any light upon the affair, apparently preferring to quite agreed to the plan) Keep what knowledge of the assafilant the clothes among | he has to himself. babies. They have; already expressed pleasure at the things that to date have arrived Friday will be the last day on which shower goods will be accepted at The Star office. Saturday morning Cynthia Grey will direct the dis tribution of clothing among the city’s needy babies. SAFETY FIRST TAXI PARADE ‘Twenty taxicabs, part of the fleet | of the Seattle Taxi Co. paraded | in the business sec- tion ‘to make the culmination of a safety first campaign carried out by thelr employes. A band lead the taxis, all of which bore safety first signs and notices of the 20 per cent reduc. | tion in taxi rates which has just been | announced by the taxt company, | COLDS “Pape’s Cold Compound’ ’.Breaks a Cold in FewHours me Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow. | ness, sneezing. The second and third ing and snuffling! Take “Pape’s Cold |40#8 usually break up the cold every two hours until completely and end al} grippe misery. “Pape's Cold Compound” is the three doses are taken. The first dove / quickest, surest relief known and opens clogged-up nostrils and alr pas-] costs only a few cents at drug stores. sages of head; stops nose running: Tastes nice. Contains no quinine. selieves headache, dullness, feverish-| Insist upon Pape's. re Floyd Foster arnes One of the foremost psychologists, character and vocational analysts, and gifted teacher of bio- chemistry, will begin his exceptionally interesting and instructive course of Six Free Lectures Upon those subjects, at the economic your The in conniderable clothes are coming now quantities—the baby clothes for the Duff shower. Some come in big bundles; some mall Some are new things,! particularly for this shower;| others are little clothes that have been, worn before Remember that ot Aliman's Star, have of distributing Seattle's in made the Duff family, comic strip in The poor SIZE 16 LIMIT OF SHOES ALLOWED ON COPS’ DANCE FLOOR To the blaring noise of saxo- phones, jazz whistles, cowbells and. bass tubas, the fron-hoofed min- jons of law and order were pre- paring to dance Wednesday night | in the police assembly room. Capt. Joe T. Mason, of the dance committee, issued the fol- lowing general order: “No guns permitted in the ballroom. Check pocket flasks outside. No cops wearing shoes over size 16 be admitted. by. the safety mittee. Bring your own wife sweetheart, not somebody else's. Toe dancing and wrestling will not be permitted.” Masonic Club, Arcade Bldg., Tomorrow (Thursday) 8 P. M. The subject of the first lecture, tomorrow evening, will be “Getting What You Want” Embracing a study of the sub. conscious mind, an explanation of Dr. Emile Coue's theory of autosuggestion, and the method by which the idle nine-tenths of the brain of the average man or woman can be made productive, and rendered 100 per cent efficient, Intensely interesting, inestimably valuable—a guiding star by which those who have failed may be led to success, » Platform Demonstrations in Character Reading at every lec- ture.