The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-02-05
SEATTLE NEWS ITEM S

toms Code Commission are accepted
by the present state Legislature this
state will have criminal code equal
to any other state in the Union. The
Code commission, made up Of three OF
the leading prosecuting attorneys OF
the state, has been at work at Olympia
for the past two months and now has
about ready criminal code for the
state that will make the average crimi-
nal sit up and take notice. Many start
ling changes are made in the present
laws. 1t is said that the commission
took the codes of New York and Min
nesota and made up a code that is a
gem. 1t is said that the rights OF
juries to pass upon plea Of insanity is
taken from juries and put up to the
courts; pool selling and bookmaking
are made felonies; horse racing is per
mitted but if you bet on the result you go
to Jail; if you go hunting with friend
and shoot him, mistaking him for a
deer you are good for ten years in the
penitentiary; misdemeanors are classed
into plain and gross, the penalty for
the former being three months in Jail
or fine, or both, and for the latter
fine of $1,000 or one year in jail, or
both.
Reports from Olympia indicate that
the Hanson bill will not become law.
The House passed the bill but the
Senate referred it to committee which
is supposed to give it death blow. 1t
is claimed that even should the bill be
killed the new code for the state will
prohibit betting on races. The action
of the Senate on the Hanson bill con-
firms what has been said in these col
umns from the start, namely that it was
doubtful if the bill would become
law. The Senate is really in control of
the liberal element, and they are not
in favor of killing racing for the COM
ing season, nor are they favorable to a
violent local option bill. They will
probably favor some measure that ex-
empts the larger cities, but the bill
prepared by the Anti-Saloon League,
never. There will be no real mourn
ing in Seattle if racing continues dur
ing the Exposition.
The women of Seattle who are after
the right to vote are wondering what
the bad Senate will do with with their
bill, which the good House passed.
They believe that the bill will surely
become law. Certainly the question
has become an important one in this
state, and should it go against the
women this time they will wage war
for the next two years that will make
victory certain the next time. The
matter is no longer joke; not when
two thirds of the lower house see fit to
vote in favor of putting the question up
to the people.
Robert Guggenheim will offer
trophy, similar to the Vanderbilt cup,
for an automobile race next summer
from New York to the grounds of the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition at Sc
attic.
The American Bankers Association
will have an exhibit at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacifc Exposition. The an
nual meeting of the association in 1909
will be held in Seattle, the exposition
city.
The first convention to be held in
Seattle during the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-
cifc Exposition will be the United
Commercial travellers.
Alaska has the most unique farm in
the world-a scientific fox farm. Live
foxes, the animals mounted and fine
collection of furs will be shown at the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacifc Exposition to
demonstrate what can can be done in
the way Of improving the furs by scien-
tifc means.
A collection of six reindeer heads,
valued at $40, 900 and said to be the
finest collection in the world, will be
shown at the Observation-Disclosures Ex-
| position.