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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-22
JUST HOW KING COUNTY
Observation-Disclosures

The Star last Wednesday printed
a report OF King county members
OF tho legislature on the initiative
and referendum. as prepared BY
Prefiaent Case Of the State Fedora.
ton OF Labor. Tho classification
made by Case. while In the main
correct, perhaps needs more or less
explanation. and today The star
gives revIcw OF the action Of
King connsy'a members OF the lower
house on the Il and H." an the
house journal shows IL.
The Initiative and Referendum.
The attitude OF members OF the
legislature on tho initiative aud
referendum cannot be judged BY
their final vote on the bill any more
than you can tell tho make OF an
automobile by the lingering smell
OF the gasoline. The last roll call
Ia only the brass band" noisc which
a certain class of Legislators.
"uimmerE. use TO make n noise
with at the next election. They
consistently support every amend.
menf and motion. every pafIiamen.
tnry subterfuxc which would draw
the teeth aud vitIata the effect Of
the measure. and. failing TO do this.
they Jump into the band wagon
and vote for the bill TO bluff II
through with their constituents.
King county had = number Of
these trimmerr In tho lower house
OF tho leginlAturc--an II had some
IN the senate too. Today'a article
deals with members Of tho lower
house.
In considering the Initiative and
referendum. II should BE- r~mem-
bercd that two measures were intro.
duced In the house. one for the
Initiative Of constitutional amend.
ments. a. n. No. 90. and tho other
for the initiative and referendum
ON general legislation. II. y. ibs.
". y. so was the first direct lcgis-
lation bill TO come up in tho ieGis-
iAture. After passing The house BY
. vote OF n to is. Il vas buried In
the senate committee.
The "eand Wagon" Vote.
hut that ~ to rs votes shows
only the band wagon" vote. II
does not Indicate the many IT.
fsmpts made to thwart the effects
Of tho measure By amendments. IN
which some king county members
Joined. A mir way OF judging the
~trimmers" - 10 show who voted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-22
LOST MANUFACTURERS FOUND

4 PRESCOTT. Ariz., Jan. 22.--M.
A. Mcbride, manufactures OF
Akron, Ohio, who was believed 10
be lost In the desert. returned To
his hotel here today. announcing
that he had taken an automobile
trip TO an adjoining valley to In.
spect some mining property
Courlcrs were sent to recall
troops which are securing the des'
crf for his remains.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-22

Dance at Dreamland tonight 800
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-22
THE Markets

The fol1oW1n0 ARE tko oVo9AHl
prices pala ~ local conzmiseien nsr.
All casss are snhjsss 70 vAsiasion,
Ascending 70 freshness eAA gensra1
sHcsiIsncs. tut these prieee. unlsea
otherwise Indicated. are fer strictly
Isss ssd Dusssr--ssiiias 1sss&
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-22

Rear Admiral Templin Potts. who
was 4 Admiral Togo's personal es.
|rort during his recent visit. and
who has been promoted to his new
rank. He succeeds Admiral Pot.
ter as aide for personnel to the
secretary of the navy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-01-22
BRyAN's LATEST PLAN

LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. ga re-
quest to all the democratic editors
in Nebraska to conduct two
weeks straw vote on the democrat
ic presidential candidates was mail
cd here today from the office of
The Commoner, William J bryans
publication. In the letter TO the
editors The Commoner announces
that II win not participate In the
vote. but merely publish the result.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

to produce. a masterpiece, faultless In workmanship. The guilds grew rich in lands and revenues, and were a. fac tor to be counted with in civil lie The Kings license was not necessary for their foundation. All disputes were settled in the guild, not in court. No ordinance could be made against the common law.
 '"The gui ds established schools and young, were untiring in miniSterlng to the sick and poor. gave large amounts forS dowries to poor girls. supported widows and orphans, so that in the Middle Ages there was no pauperism.
 Commerce did not develop in the Middle Ages till the end of the 18th century. The Catholic church demand ed justice in commerce. It con 5emn- ed usury. The eclesiastial law insist ed that no interest be exacted from those in need, to whom money was trary raising of the price of food. and other commodities. According to Trith- chimes: Whoever buys corn; meat or wine. in order to drive up the price and to aInaSs money at the cost Of
 others, is according to the laws of the church, no better than a. common criminal" It is no wonder that non Catholic writers are compelled to ex- fol the social order of the Middle Ages. They marvel at the universal content of the working people. at the ty, and must give unstinted praise
 to these conditions, where they reflect on the chaotic condition that flo lowed the outburSt of the So-called Refor ma ton, and the social unrest and diSSat- iSfaction of modern times"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
OBITUARY

D. The funeral of Mrs. Richard A. Gull len was held this morning from her home 93 Cedar street, at S:3o ands from St. Mary's church at g o'clock where Rev. Father Murphy celebrated the high mass of requiem. There was q large attendance of sorFowing rela- tfves and friends and a beautiful dis from Court Liberty Bell No. 3, Order of the Golden Sceptre attended. The pail bearers were John Cullen. Clarence B air, Joseph Cullen, Elmer Blair, Will liam Cullen and Milton Reed. The in terment was in the family plot at St MiehaePs cemetery, where Rev. Father Fitzpatrick read the commit tai service.
 A large and sorrowins concourse of relatives and friends. also a delegation from Harmony Camp, M w. of Amer ica and also from the Trolley Mems Union A A. s. & E. R. E. Of America attended the funeral of Emile Ar chamboult which was held from the late home 204 Black Rock avenue at S:3o this morning, and from St. An where the Rev. J. V. E. Belanger cele- brated a solemn mass of requiem. The church choir at the offertory sang an Awe Maria, and after mass Wm. Dubee rendered most feelingly Only Waiting" Many beautiful floral Of ferings surrounded the casket. The pail bearers were Wilson Lockshier, Arthur charland. Edward Beloin of the Woodmen; George Lake, C.. B. Hall and James O'Neilr from the Tro'- leymen. The interment was in the family plot at St. MichaePs cemetery where Rev Father BeIanger read the commFttaI services.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
German Orator To Lecture Here On
 Sunday Evening

Next Sunday evening at the Empire theatre an illustrated lecture of spe- ciai interest to those of our citizens of German birth and extraction will be given by Rudolph Cronau, a dis tinguished German orator. artist and author. He will take for his text Germany Past and Present. The lec- and most instructive of its kind ever given. MT. Cronau has resided in this country since 1880 and his books on travels have been widely read. language will find this lecture most instructive for the lecturer is noted for speaking the purest German. His book Three Centuries of German Life in, America was awarded a prize of $2,0o0 by the university of Chi- cago it being adjudged the finest book of it's nature ever written.
 It gives a thorough history of the German element in the United States from the beginning of the 17th cen tury up to the present days. An two years ago. has the title ''Our Wasteful Nation, and deals with the abuse of our natural resources and the necessity for conservation. The about it: There are but 1s4 pages in this book but within that limited, compass there is set forth the most terrific impeachment that was ever laid to the charge of a nation. This little vo un1e should he scattered over the country in tens of thousands And the Chicago Daily News said: Tt is a book that every person in by heart" Other books of MT Cro- nau deal with the bea utiful sceneTies of our. Far West.
 z Our readers who are familiar. with the German tongue will find some thing of interest to them Elsewhere in this issue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
REV. M'FARLAND
 IS IN JAIL FOR
 HEINOUS CRIME
To be Taken Back to Pittsburgh, Where He is ,Sa'dto Have Per- formed Two Illegal Opera tiOns on Girl
Special from. United Press.) )

Pittsburgh. Jan. 17.-Under indict- ment for a. crime against lawf honor and decency, the Rev. Dr. W. ID. Mo Farland, aged United Presbyterian minister accused of causing the death of his former secretary, Miss Elsie Dodds Coe, by performing two illegal operations, today, waited for the back to the city of hisya1leged crime.
 The white haired minister -educa- tor spent last night in the little jail at Greenville, Tenn, where he was at his home in Cedar Creek
 He knew he was about to be ar rested by what 1,e he saw Tn ,9 the 1eWs- for he said there was no truth in the charge and was eager to get to Pitts burgh and wipe out the blot on his turned an indictment against themin- ister, Detective Berry started for Tennessee and will reach GreenYille, today, returning tmmediately with the accused man, who has. consented tn come. without extradieioh papers.
 Meanwhile, out at No. 6.SS4 lives of Mrs Elizabeth Coe, the mother of the dead High School sec retAry, today, are making every ef- fort possible to keep the real cause stricken woman, who ever since her daughtsr's last illness. has been con nnGQ 10 a SICK O2Q~ SnG was too Ill to attend the funeral of her. daugn- ter, Sunday. r+
 She does not know the real cause of her daughters death, todaF and it is feared that should she De told she could not survive the shock. There were only the mother and two daugh- ters, the father having died several years ago. Elsie. the. older, was 25 years old and was her mothers chief Support helping to keep the little household together, financially and otherwise.
 ! And so it had been ever since that day, some eight years ago, when the pretty winSome girl graduated from the Central High School.
 She was unusually bright and clever girl and the Rev Mcfarland, who, today, stands accused of her death, then was head of the academic department of the High School
 He had observed the charming and cheerful Miss Coe as she pursued her studies in school and, when she ask ed for a position as clerk in the High School office, he made her his secre- tary. As the girl became older, she friends. There was never a breath of sugPfnion about her.
 ES Dr. Mcfarland, a man old enough to be her father, and the young girl were thrown much together. He dic- tated letters to her and she GheIped him prepare his lectures
 Dr. Mcfarland delivered many ad- dresses for the antf-saIoon league and wrote for some of the magazines at times and the young secretary proved a valuable aid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
BE SURE TO VISIT THE BASEMENT

tionaI Authority on his subject so far as an agency in New York city can be spread, and at the same time so thor oughly wrapped up with local condi- tions in hundreds of localities. Last spring there was published a large and every important phase of Commission Government. This was edited by Charles A. Beard of Columbia Univer- sity and is known as The Loose Leaf Digest ~of Short Ballot Charters. In it the publishers and editors put before the most serious students Of the Short Ballot and Commission Government the documentary material upon which to base a sound and thorough appfi- cation of Short Ballot ideas. During the last six months this book has been used as a text book by every import ant charter committee and civic body studying the commission plan. ,.--s
 It should be understood that the national organization does not offi- cially promote any specific applica- tion of the Short Ballot idea to any unit of government. And this brings us to anoth er phase of the movement, 1. e., that of the formation of ,associa- plication of the Short Ballot. Already in two states such bodies are at work on statutes and constitutions with a view to making their own particular governments more simple, flexible and responsive to popular opinion In New York State is an organization which through a strong group or com mittees is attacking such problems as the application of the Short Ballot to the Judiciary and to the state govern ment. In Ohio an aggressive com mittee under the leadership of John H. Clarke of Cleveland. Is preaching the doctrine up and down the state and is planning to put the Short Bal lot idea before the Constitutional Convention this year in the most eff fective way. Other state organiza- tions will be formed in the course of time.
 But the propaganda reaches the pub lie. foo, through less specially devised agencies. Thus. more than sixty of the colleges are using the pamphlet literature of the Organization in their class room instruction. Civic bodies and individuals also are constantly availing themselves of these booklets to support a local campaign or to get acquainted with the idea for its own sake.
 That this propaganda is not falling on barren soil. is shown bv the fact that on NoveInb Der Of last year Low Cal..s ChanUte. Kan. Lexington Ky, Freemont, Mich. adopted the commits sion plan >Sf government, which in- wolves the Short Ballot. The people of salt Lake City elected their first commissioners under the new system. Oregon. and Pasa dena, Gal. are to vote upon the question Denver. Col, Baltimore Md. and Wheeling W, Va. are considering the inauguration of the new system.
 It is oues+iopaEIe whether any -sna- cifc political reform ever spread with such rapidity as the commission gov arnnn4pt idea. Each city in which this plan is tried is also an example of the working of the Short Ballot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
McManigaI Continues His Testimony In
 Dynamiting Gases
Csnecial from United Press

Indianapolis, Jan. 1T-Ortie E. Mo- ManigaI today continued his testi- rlony before the Federal Grand Jury here in it's. attempt to place the re- sponsibi ity in the alleged dynami ting conspiracy.
 Explosions in Buffalo Boston. Ho- hokeu, N. J., Greenville, N J., Steu- benville, O., Cleveland Detroi W-iIkesbarre, McKeesrocks. Pa Kan sas City. Peoria. Ill. Omaha. Wcrces- ter. Mass, Springfield Mass and South Chicago, in which NIcManisa1 has confessed he was imp ic;-t.2t1. were the object of questions from the Fed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
Another FKeproOf
 Building Fire In
 New York Today
Especial from United Press

New York, Jan. 17-Twenty-two en- zines, five fireboats and five truck companies were needed here today to control another fireproof building fire, and before they were through a loss of more than a quarter of mi lion dol lars was sustained. The blaze was ,in the Wanamaker section of the Ter rainaI storage Warehouse & Bonding Company, occupying an entire block A score of firemen were hurt, two seriously, and all suffered greatly from exposure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
Bristol Votes On
 Owning Its Own
 Water Supply Now
Especial from United Press

Especial from United Press.l
 Bristol, Jan. 17-One ballot box was open today to receive votes on the question of municipally owned water supp-y. While it is conceded on all sides that the people will favor public ownership, it is not believed that the price asked by the present private owners will be met. As all the avail able water sources are controlled by the company, the first step toward municipal ownership will be appoint ment of a. commission to place a fig ure on the company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
wArER-DRINKINa WITH MEALS.

Pursuant to a edition of long standing it is a common custom to forbid the drinking of water at meal time. There, was a time when such advice appeared most reasonable.
 Professor Hawk and his pupils at the University of Illinois have been Investigating, during the past few years, the correctness of the current attitude toward this question, with re- tional idea. When the influence of water drinking with meals was ex- amined by direct experiment on man the alleged direful consequences were found missing There were no ap- parent i'll effects. On the contrary findings was that if water is taken with meals there is a better digestion and a more complete utilization of food. A pronounced improvement in the digestibiltty of fat was also ob- served
 Since there is a constant tendency. at least among persons whose knowl- edge of the given subject is slight to from experiments, 1t seems worth while from experiments, it seems wrth while criminate and excessive use of large quantities of water. Furthermore, nothing that has been said is intended to lend any support to the American custom of drinking water that is ice cold. The experiments of Hawk and his pupils indicate thateour ideas with regard to the drinking of water must he revised but we must wait for re- ports of observations from a larger body of observers. In the meantime. says The Journal of the American Medical Associs tion we may allow to the individual exceptions which ex- perience brings out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
THE ONLY TRUSS

wore that fitted right got from CYRUS. A truss should hold the rupture firmly in place and be a com fort to the wearer and oft times ac- complish a permanent cure. SEE CYRUS if you need truss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
Nervous Mother
 Brushes Infant
Special from United Press ]

Toronto Ian -I7-Worn out by nurs- ing, her nervous system shattered by the continual crying of her six mon hs old infant, Maud Gilbert, 25, de- liberate1y sat on the little one and crushed it's life out.
 Tortured by remorse, she told the police what she had done and was ar rested.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
Mad Empress Is
 Seriously III
Especial from United Press.

Brussels. Jan. 1T-CharIotte, the mad empress, widow of the fIl-fat- ed Maxmi ian of Mexico, is seriously i'll, today. at Castle Bouchut, between Brussels and Antwerp.
 Charlotte became hopelessly insane when her husband was captured hy the Mexicans and she could not per- suade Napoleon to save him. To this day she does not know that Maxmil- ian was executed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

eTal officials
 dcManigal told the names of the various individuals to whom he al- leges he was sent by John J AIcNa- mara. in connection with dynaEltt-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17
S6, 900 FIRE LOSS
 INBRIsToL TODAY.

Especial from United Presl
 Bristol. Jan. 17-Ffre. which gutted the Podesta building, in North Main street. this morning, caused a S6.o0G property loss. The loss was divided between the w. C. Booth market ana the DelaRo barber shop. The blaze started presumably from an overheat- ed furnace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

Buffalo-'Poor food is direct cause of divorce and az our pure food aws become more stringent there wilt be fewer divorcee." declared pr. Wiley to a congregation in a local Baptist church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

New York-Police protection OF fashionable Fifth avenue being iTl- the Fifth avenue associa- ton has nice little uniformed po- lice force all its own to guard the Ihcrou ghfaTe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

Join the merry c~o'~dS VvE,o attend the CABARET CONCERTS
 at the HOTEL ATLAS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

Farmer Want Ads. 1 Cent Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-17

WANT ADS. GENT A WORD.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03
IN VALLEY Of RHONE
Beautiful Scenes That Greet
Tourist in Switzerland.
Regions Through Chamonix and Zer-
matt Are Very Mountainous, With
SnoW-Capped Peaks and Dam
gerous Gorges.

Zermatt, Switzerland.-The regions
between Chamonix and Zermatt are
largely Of slate and very mountainous,
with snow-capped distant heights and
fearful gorges, through which turbu-
lent mountain torrents roared The
train runs deep beside steep slopes cov-
cred with a wilderness of pines and
hazel bushes, and the elder with it's
gorgeous masses of blood-red berries
Naming out from the green depths of
the uncleared, ancient forests which
shelter it. Gigantic messy boulders re-
posed under the generous out
stretched boughs of the evergreens,
and it required no effort of the eager
fancy to imagine small gray men, clad
in the brown garb of their race seat
ed, musing, on those rocks, in the
heart of the mountain solitude.
From such scenery We made a steep
and slow descent, into the wide, green
valley of the Rhone. 1t lay far be-
meath us, completely visible during
our winding progress downward; fair
and broad. with rows of stately Lom-
hardy poplars, fields of waving green
asparagus and the soft, bending will
lows, Nesting each to each, along the
banks of the sauntering river. From
Viege, otherwise known as Visp, to
Zermatt, the scenery changed once
more, growing wilder and far more
grandly beautiful, it seemed to me,
than any landscape we had seen, even
in Switzerland. The mountains be-
came walls that shut us away from
the rest Of the world, until we could
feel the very presence of the Soul of
Loneliness brooding there. We passed
through gorges similar to those
among the Rocky mountains and
strangely dissimilar to the smoother
slopes and green valleys to whom we
had grown accustomed in this land.
Among some exceedingly wild por-
lions of the region we were penetrat-
ing there were lonesome-looklng, appal-
lingly primitive chalets, or rather
wretched novels, blackened by the
weather, and frequently built against
some mighty rock, which had rolled
down the mountainside and which.
seen across the gorge, among numer-
Gus other rocks of varying bulk,
looked like pebble with a curious
barnacle attached to it. The dwellers
in these huts appeared as rugged and
wild as their environments, with
which they must wage fearful wars,
struggling to wrest livelihood from
ho
help wondering, as I recollect their
dreary habitations and isolated state,
what can be their view of life-contend-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

with it's beautiful stone mullioned win.
dow, it's panelled walls and it's plas-
tered ceiling, is said to contain the
finest Jacobean work in the country.
The date 1887 is carved on the panel
ling, and it was in this room that
Cromwell is recorded as holding a
council just before the battle of Edg-
hill. -...
In the process of removing the pan
cling some interesting finds" have
been made. Many old coins have been
picked up, the majority being of cop
per and belonging to the eighteenth
century. But the most striking dis
covery has been a double barreled pis-
tol hidden away behind the paneling
near the fireplace. It is in excellent
preservation and between the two bar
rels runs the inscription: presented
to Dick Turpin, at the White Bear Inn,
Drury Lane, February Z, 1885," and
the name Of. the maker is given as
Baker, London.
Banbury has no legend associating it
with the famous highwayman, but the
genuineness of the relic is taken for
granted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

at the present day physical proof Of
the pontiff's former obscurity. This
proof lies with his two sisters, Lucre-
cha and Teresa, unobtrusive peasant
women who have followed the pope
from his humble home.
Lucrecia, the cook, in particular, is
keen and critical in the interest Of
the pontiff. It was she whom he
called from REESE when he was first
attacked by tho rheumatic govt that
has proved so painful and so danger
GUS during his later years. And it is
she, assisted by her sister, Teresa, who
now supervises the pope's meals and
tends him in his illness.
Another interesting figure Of the
pope's household is his brother, An
gelo Sarto, a humble postman, who
spends what time he may in COM
pany with the pontiff and his sisters.
It is his brother upon whom the pope
relies for that masculine companion.
ship that is a part Of every mortal.
And these two old men, both hand
some and with thick, white hair, alike,
and yet not alike, are the closest com.
panions.