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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
GILL ISSUES A STATEMENT

Hiram c. Gill today issued the
following statement TO the public:
To the Public:
From whatever angle the result
of the vote of yesterday may be
viewed. In my opinion. II has dem
onstrated TO the city that the old
order of things has passed and that
the people themselves have choseu
me for the position OF mayor Of
their own volition. +
81 am not egotist enough to at.
tribute II to any particular desire
to vindioate me, had needed Wind,
cation, but ! do regard II as trib-
ute to the ultimate inherent se-se
Of justice Of the American char.
acter.
Il owe a debt of gratitude. which
words cannot express. to those who
have so Loyalty supported me In
the past with a devotion with
which few men have even been
honored, as we'll as to those who
appear to have believed that | was
the most available man for toe po-
sition. oil things considered.
AT present | have no definite
plans outlined shall move slow.
ly and shall be guided larg A,v by
the men and women who have
placed their faith in me.
81 know that ! can administer this
city. insofar as any mayor has the
administration Of II, In such a way
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
LUNDY WINS over ABRAMS

Robert - Heskcth. oliver r.
Erickson and G. Allen Dale were
elected for the three-ycar term for
councilmen.
G. u. Fitzgerald was elected for
the two-year term
With two precincts missing. Ira
ID. Luudy is leading Norman n
Abrams for the two-ysar term for
the council By about 600 votes
The total In l7g precincts IN as
follows: Lundy. 23.s46: Abrams.
23.270.
Councilman Harry Brnskeyiths $
defeat IL largely attributed 10 the
campaign made against him by the
Public Ownership league.
In 25a precincts. the vote was as
follows iieskefh. s0.t02: Erick.
son. 35.fss; Dale. 25.es4: Bruske.
With, 2i,s96; Folsom. 1858. F1tr-
gerald. 27.22b. Abrams. ,t.iss
Lundy. 24,t7s: F1agg, 1926. y
J. Il. Bradford. Ed Terry And
Harry Carroll were elected BY
overwhelming votes for the posi
tions they are at present holding.
namely. corporation counsel. treas.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
A Remarkable Victory

The Star has participated in many political battles, anil
it has Of them but the fight that closed yesterday
ranks by itself
Not because it the biggest the most important
Star victory but because it the remarkable
The Star is eatifed OF Victory, especially in
view OF the mud Singing OF all the other papers pleasant
However. The Star is grated the OF yes
tcrdays election because proved its the satisfac
tiou OF It's realers
The Star gets real satisfaction OF the election
from what the politicians call the old reliable
sonehod from those substantial residence districts where
The Star candidates always strong.
Yesterday in all of these places Gill drew the full Star
strength
Cotterl two years ago drew the full Star strength
against Gill when Gill wrong-when he backed by
the old gang Yesterday Gill supported by the element
drew the full Star strength that heretofore always
against him The positive proof OF the changed condition.
OF the change in Gill and the positive proof that Gls old
supporters had quit him for Trcnhome, responsible for
this remarkable outcome.
The star owing to the short time of the campaign. had
uphill fight to make to get the facts showing this
situation, but The Star got the facts And then 800 the
blunders OF the other papers helped some
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
STAR SAYS TO HI GILL

by
was be
PROVE YOURSELF WORTHY
a greater man ia more a
n a
redeem yourself We don't No who
Joy o a
ck al $
a more
majority OF the people perhaps don't doubt
bu a OF them do
WHEN YOU HIT MAKE GOOD
YOUR FRENDsi BE SURE
THEY'RE REAL FRIENDS
The friends t nd
with hoops OF steel;
I Give ever -
Take eeahm mans censur judgment
above + b
And il must IS
Thouc tnot then be o a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
GILL ELECTED
WITH LEAD OF
$4,000 VOTES

Hiram c. Gill yesterday was
elected mayor Seattle by
the largest vote ever received
by any man who ran for that
office.
Unofficial returns from us.
out OF the 2Sl precincts in the
city give Gill 36.5l4 votes and
his opponent, J. d. Trenholme.
22.572. ellis majority being
1892.
Gill will take office Mon
day. March 16
Gill carried every ward in
the city with the, exception
of the 10th, or University
district He carried the Rai-
nier valley and the Ballard
districts, where the socialist
vote is a big factor. by over
whelming majorities.
Trenholme fell far behind
the vote Cotterill received two
years ago.
Gill's majority. which will be
over $4,000 with the complete re-
turns. according TO carsful esti-
mates made by Chief Deputy Comp
troller Agnew. is the. largest ever
given any mayor The previous
record was held by George Dilling,
who defeated gill by about 6,0oo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

as to at least vastly improve tAe
financial situation Of the city.
Il have but one particular act de-
.termined upon. and that is, the
substitution for the present chief
lof police Of some man who. In my
mind, is better fitted for the posi-
tion. Who that man is. have not
determined.
Il am under no obligation to any
one except that obligation which /
owe TO all of the people OF this
city, and ! have no feeling of ami
mostly toward single person IN
earth. ! will live only in the hope
that may contribute, in some
measure, to the dawn of brighter
tomorrow, and that may admins
ter the city to the satisfaction Of
all our people, irrespective Of par
tisanship. faith or creed.
HIRAM c. GILL"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
TRENHOLME SAYS
HE'S GOOD LOSER;
BOOSTS FOR CITY

Naturally. | am disappointed" "
said J. d. Trenholme last night.
after conceding his defeat. but !
am none the less grateful for the
support OF my friends and the eyi.
dence that have the confidence OF
so many people Of Seattle
These people will find me striv.
ing to be just as good citizen In
defeat as ! would have been II
elected.
Though may not have such an
active part In the work as ! had
expected. stlIl hope for speedy
progress toward a better. safer and
more economical form OF city gov.
ernment. We cannot hope for any
permanent degree OF prosperity un.
Ill we put our municipal house In
order"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

and booked at police headquarters
as a "dlsorderly person."
The doctor. who IN one of the
gentlest and kindliest OF men.
promised to appear In police court
today, and hurried back to his pa.
tient.
The arrest was made in the pres.
ence OF huge election crowd on
Second av by Patrolman Baker.
II was one OF the finest speci-
mems of boneheaded work ever
perpetrated by the Seattle force.
Goes for Medicine
DIR. Griffin was one OF n party
watching election returns from the
Savoy hotel. Another guest was
taken Ill. and the doctor started
for Lang's drug store. few doors
away, for medicine.
Officer Baker showed him off the
sidewalk; and. when the physician
asked him what he meant by II. re-
piled. "I'll show you what | mean.
You're under ar est"
Baker conducted his prisoner 10
Third av.. a big crowd following.
and the police auto was summoned.
DR. Griffin tried to explain. but the
policeman replied Tell II to the
captain"
Booked at Headquarters
The doctor offered his card as
evidence of his profession. but the
officer waved II away. Arriving at
police headquarters. the doctor
was booked by a phlegmatic desk
sergeant, who turned deaf ear to
his protests, Will. he recorded his
weight, height. and the color of his
eyes and hair
Court 1880 tomorrow" said the
sergeant.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

Wilhelm Henry Werner. s-year.
old son OF Henry Werner. the Issa-
Quah farmer. who was brutally
beaten 10 death In the barn on his
ranch Monday. Is the one member
OF the family who was able to give
investigating officers a clue to the
murderers.
Although confused and frighten-
ed. the little fellow talked manful-
ly with Deputies John w. Roberts
and Herbert Beebe OF Seattle.
The boy gave more material eyi-
dence than could the mother and
wife, Mrs. Werner. who yesterday
attempted suicide In a 1T Of grief
Hears Men ousrreling
i was standing on the porch
about 7 o'clock and heard papa yell
at some men who were inside the
barn." he said II wanted to go
down TO see who they were. Moth
er told me I'd better not. and that
she guessed papa was just yelling
at COW. Pretty soon | heard
some more noise and II sounded
IKE a fight, so ! told mamma again
and she ran out to see what the
trouble was"
Mrs. Werner told the officers
she ran to the barn after the sec
ond warning from her son. and saw
large man run out Of the door as
she approached.
Disappears into Woods
Tne man disappeared in the
woods.
Nearly erazed with grier, and IN
dazed condition, Mrs. Werner
Vas fonnd by the side OF her hus-
band
The murder was an unusually
brutal one.
"erner's head was hacked TO
pieces with heayy hoe or mat
took.
hls clothing was slashed and a
lore OF wounds covered his body
werner, according 10 his widow.
nao quarreled last week with two
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
COMMISSION PLAN
AND CUSHMAN SITE
PROPOSITION WIN

purchase OF the Lake cnshman site.
was carried by a substantial ma
tontys In l2t pr~clncss, the Off.
'csaf tcsurnk ahow 10. voted III
favor OF the proposition and 5.ss3
against il.
There IL some dispute. however.
az to whether this proposition re.
gnir.d. under the charter pro-
visions. so per cent majority. The
vote thus far complied shows q
sligh, percentage less than 60 per
cent
II Is known that the Puget
Sound Traction. Light A. Power Co.
and others interested In defeating
this proposition. will take the mat.
ter 20 the courts
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

by substantial majorities. the pco-
ple voted yesterday In favor OF the
commssaion sossrnmrn, rrnpp~itisn.
agains, the bfidg. bonds. and
ngalns, the proposition To assess the
cost of water mains 10 the prop.
rriy owners In the particular dis.
trictx
All of the amendments 10 the
charter we're defeated except No. ?.
providing for a minimum wage of
s2.75 on all city work. and proposl.
iion 5. which requires city officials
10 submit an estimate OF expenses
for the ensuing year by July |.
Proposition G. authorizing the
transfer OF $3.50 900 bonds for the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
HERE ARE THE
FREEHOLDERS

Returns from - precincts com
pIete indicate the election OF the
following Is freeholders to revise
the charter: Judge w n. Moore. Or.
j. EagIeson. A. V. BouiIlon. Thomas
n. Bolton. T.. r. Blaine. William NJ.
Calhoun, Chas. W. Doyle, Josiah
Collins. i. Y. G. Kellogg. Thomas 3.
Lippy. Rev. W. A. Major, o. u.
Thorgrimson. Elmer II. Todd. VIII.
lam Pitt Trimble. T.. -. Ault
Nine Of the above IL were recon-
mended By The star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
TWAS BIG NIGHT DOWNTOWN

On election night. Seattle cuts
up didoes that would make even a
New Years eve or a Potlatch even.
ing seem like a Sunday school
picnic.
Downtown streets were jammed
last night. Thousands watched
bulletins flashed on screens In var
ious parts of town.
Second sv.. In front OF the Savoy
hotel, from the fourth floor OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

Second ay. today looked Ike
stellacoom on balmy summer az
ternoon. Folks were paying cleo
tion bets.
Sam T. Berguson and Edward
Johnson. at noon today. pulled the
"rn ride you In wheelbarrow If
variety OF election betting mania.
Johnson was the passenger
aboard the wobbling craft Sam
handled the steering gear. John.
son bet Gil would get more than
5000 majority The ride started at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
A GLIMPSE AT STEILACOOM

the Bon Marohe and ended at the
imperial Candy Co, Sis Western
av.. whore the men work.
Rolling q peanut with lead pen.
cIl for one block. between Madison
and Spring SITS. is the stunt In
which w. A. Wood and James A.
Bishop are involved
They argued over the election.
Wood operated the pencil
Another man agreed to push a
peanut with his nose for 100 yards
because he Thought GIN could not
win.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

which The Stars returns were
shown against the Fraser-PateTson
store, was packed from curb TO
curb. The crowd laughed at V.c's
cartoons, and cheered as tie figures
began TO pile up In favor of Gil.
The Stars returns as usual. were
the quickest and best in town.
Cafes were crowded. Only those
who had made reservations were
able TO get choice tables Returns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
BOY GIVES Clue in
MURDER MYSTERY

junk peddlers who threatened him
when he ordered them off the
place.
Werner was small man. His
wife. who IL strong. IL said to have
taken his part In fistic encounters
with HIS opponents at various times
in the past.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
CLOSE 'EM ALL!

VALDEZ. Alaska. March Mis-.
cry loves company Valdez saloon
keepers. who have been notified
that hereafter no liquor shall he
sold on Sunday. now seek TO have
all the business houses closed on
the Sabbath.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

WATTS, Cal. March A.
Arrested for riding his bicycle
on the sidewalk. w. W. Coates,
a school teacher. demanded
trial by a woman jury. He'll
get II tomorrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
HI Gill SAYS TO STAR
Editor The Star

The Star
Nv personally the
The OF
the mHm
Be
of Of
II G.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

urcr and comptroller
Bradford received In 259 pre-.
cincts 35.ss3 against 1886 for 4.
j. Brown. Terry received 80. 103
against 1928 for George Scott.
Carroll received ~ .O05 against
s.G0i for w. ". Hazen.
81. Louis churches are using haif.
page advertisements In daily pa.
pcrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
DOCTOR ARRESTED
BY BONEHEAD COP

While on his way to q drug store
TO get medicine for a patient, who
was sick. Or. W. J. Griffin. Empire
building. was "pinohed" last night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

EVANSTON. H.. March A.
There's nothing OF the angel
child about Charles Forbes Tay-
Tor. the boy preacher. who has
come from England to America TO
preach the gospel to boys.
"A preacher has just as much
right to have u good time as any
other boy" says the i4year-old
evangelist. that's why read Nick
Carter and go TO the Wild West
movies. and play baseball"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04
&c. STUART DIES

GARDEN CITY. l.. l.. March a.
y. c. Stuart. vice president of the
Erie railroad. died today at his
home here. He had been i'll for
months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

Got money Learn bookkeeping and
he better able to take care OF g. HYATT
Foweils school. 4th and Pine. VIII give
you thorough training, advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-04

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United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10
Divides $10,0OO 1000
Among His Employees
FORD AUTO COMPANY PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCES PLAN.
lnausurates Eisht-Hour Day and In
ereases Pay All Around Accord
ing to Press Reports.

In a statement given out to the
newspapers this week by Henry Ford
of Detroit, Mich. head of the Ford
Automobile Company. he will this
year share sI0.O0o,OO0 profits of the
concern with 2e.5o0 employees, $50 of
whom are connected with the assem-
bling plant in Denver. Mr.. Ford is
quoted as saying:
I'VE believe in making all our EN-
ployes prosperous and contented
rather than follow the plan of making
a few slave drivers in our establish
ments multi-millionaires.
According to officials OF the COM
pany arrangements have been made
for 1914 whereby employees would
work but eight hours per day instead
of nine. and receive the larger wages.
About 500 women and 500 men under
- years of age will be investigated
and special provision made for them
sharing in the increase.
In the Ford plant proper $4,000 men
are employed and $500 others are in
the various assembling stations
throughout the country. Four thou
sand men will be added Immediately
to the payrolls. making total OF 26.
500 employees to be sharers in the
fruits of their labor.
According to the plans, persons
over % years old will receive the bene-
fit of the increase under the profit
sharing system. Their pay will in
crease from ss.s4 to about SIS n day.
Ninety per cent of the Ford employees
are of this age. They will reap bene-
fits each month, beginning Jan. IL
The money is to be paid monthly in
stead OF yearly.
Men receiving SIS and 81 day for
expert services will receive an in
crease under a special plan. so the ex.
pert may still be classified as above
the average workman.
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10
Brave General Chase Deports
Mother" Jones from Trinidad

tingencies threatening the economic
security of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
sickness, old age and invalidity and in
ability to find work-means its failure
to meet that duty which it is the
prime function of constitutional gov
ernment to perform, viz, the protec-
ton of the individual against oppres-
sion and the guaranteeing TO him of
the fullest possible enjoyment of life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness.
Labor legislationists base their
efforts upon the sound social philos-
ophy that there are social as well as
individual duties. They adhere to the
school of political philosophy that
maintains that it is the function of the
state to give expression to and put
into effect these demands of the social
conscience
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10
Cheyenne's S Great Wind
Calls Out Ambulance

They have desks in the same office
on the fifth floor of the Club building.
and up to this week had maintained
fairly harmonious relations, notwith-
standing one is business agent for the
Machinists' Union and the other for
the BARRIERS.
Cheyenne is an awful windy city"
remarked Evans. looking up from read
ing The Bulletin.
Yes. the BARRIERS there complain
that 1t blows all the edge off their
razors," said Connolly.
True enough" replied Evans. land
the wind also blew down a street.
What's that you sayr"
And today 1t was so fierce that it
blew down an alley,"
When the ambulance arrived with
Police Surgeon McGillivray, attend
ants from the ante-room had partially
restored Evans. II he recovers suffi-
ciently to return to the Joint office
there will be no further reference to
windy weather in Cheyenne.
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10

ages imported from another state. 1t
is believed that the passage of this
bill will correct many of the evils now
complained of by states which have
prohibited or regulated convict labor
within their own borders, but whose
products suffer in competition with
goods made by convicts in other
states.
The report states that although the
product of convict labor is compara-
lively small. when the great mass of
products from free labor is considered.
yet when convict goods are thrown
upon the market decentralization and
depression is the result. The report
asserts that the labor Of convicts has
attracted both public and private
cupidity, and in some Of the common
wealths the convict has been exploited
not only to the profit OF the state, but
the products OF his labor have become
a menace to the economic welfare Of
the entire community.
"rhe object sought" continues the
report. "is to lift the protecting hand
of congress from convict goods
shipped from state to state, which
shipments. OF course. constitute an act
of interstate commerce-and subject
them upon arrival at their destination
to the local law OF the state into which
they have passed"
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10
Meyer Returned to Michigan
Thursday
A. r. Of L. Executive Board VIII Meet
and Prepare Plans to
Aid Strikers

President Charles II. Meyer of the
Western Federation of Miners has suf.
ficieniy recovered from gunshot
wounds and beatings inflicted by a
mob OF gunmen and Citizens Alliance
at Hancock. Mich. from where he was
deported last week. to leave the hos
pital in Chicago. In telegram to
Secretary Ernest Mills at hcadquar-
ters In this city. Meyer says a blow
from gun butt on the base of his
spinal column is now giving him most
trouble. The bullet was extracted af-
ter being located in muscles of the
back by an X-ray. and the wound is
healing nicely.
Mrs. Meyer, wife OF the Miners
president. is reported seriously III In
California. where she went last fall to
recuperate falling health.
Vice President Charles +. Mahoncy
left Denver for Chicago several days
ago and has been In conference there
with Meyer and other labor officials
He will be in Washington Monday to
join members OF the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor executive board in
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10
Convict Labor Bill Reported
Favorably for Passage in House

Early in the regular session OF con-
gress the house labor committee has
begun the consideration OF measures
referred to II. This is In refreshing
contradistinction to the annals of the
house labor committee prior to the
sixty-second congress.
Upon the appointment OF committees
at the opening of that congress w. h.
Wilson. now n member of the presi.
dents cabinet as secretary OF tho de
partment of labor. was selected chair
man OF the house labor committee. and
with him were associated three other
trade union representatives. The bal
arce Of the committee was also con-
spicuous for its sympathetic attitude
toward all measures proposed to rem
edy industrial wrongs.
This committee gave consideration
to every important measure referred
to II. and this course will undoubtedly
be continued by the present commit
tee. which Is headed by Representative
David 7. Lewis OF Maryland. a union
coal miner. and made up OF number
OF trade unionists and others sympa-
thetically inclined. including Repre-
sentative Edward Keating of Colorado.
The committe has reported out the
BooherHensley bill. comforting on
states the right to prohibit the sale OF
convict-made goods In original pack
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10
Official Peacemaker
New Title for Thum

Commissioner OF Property Otto +.
Thum has new adjunct TO his official
duties-that OF peacemaker. Wednes-
day crowd of Greeks entered his Of
flee at the City Hall. all talking their
native lingo and gesticulating wildly.
Three or four had their heads swathed
in medicated cotton and one or two
others carried a hand in a sling. There
had been neighborhood fight. and
their lawyer advised against going to
court, because the judge would be
compelled to fine each combatant at
least IS and costs. The wise man OF
the law suggested taking the matter
to the commissioner for adjudication.
This was agreed to. Otto made
them a speech partly in German and
then English. neither OF which was
understood until an interpreter was re-
quisitioned from Safety Nisbet's de-
partment.
Then their troubles faded and each
aggressor fell on his victims neck.
After many kisses and hugs. all went
away happy.
United labor bulletin., 1914-01-10

ises made to labor prior to his cleo
ton
Petitions containing 3,179 names
were filed with the county clerk of
Marin and Contra Costa counties on
December 80. 1918. The exact number
required to initiate the recall is only
2.s65. Hence. there are 41i more
names than are needed to initiate the
recall election for the removal of this
unfaithful public servant from the
position which he has disgraced.
Senator Owens was elected in No
vember. 1912. but he did not receive
majority of the votes cast, the ma
jority being divided between Sumner
Crosby, Republican. and r. Leonhart
Socialist. At the recall, Senator Owens
must be able to muster an absolute
majority of the votes cast. II not, the
candidate who receives a mere plural
ity will be his successor.