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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-12
Girls Aren't Safe at
Hands of Men Even
in Civilized Times
BY CYNTHIA GREY

The Star on Monday printed
. story from New York. telling
Of a Jersey City girl who was
rescued from q Chinatown ten.
ement. She had allowed her.
sci 20 be taken there on the
supposition that she was oolnp
20 obtain needed employment.
Today. by coincidence. comes
In the mail a letter from a Sc
deo-Wooiley young woman
which strangely parallels this
experience.
This young woman writes:
Dear Miss Grey. ! want to tell
YOU how. few days ago. was al.
most trapped into life OF shame
In your city. ! was going to my
first position. a girl Of rs. but n
mere child I'm experience, with my
hair In a braid down my back. and
my skirts to the tops OF my shoes.
Beside me on tho train sat a
woman who was the most re.
puIsive person ever saw.
Her face showed too plainly the
life she was living. and turned
from her.
When the train was a few miles
from seattle the conductor brought
20 me n well-dressed man whose
showed him TO be OF
means. and said to him. There's
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-12
GOVERNOR WOULD
LET State HANDLE
CITY'S Utilities

OLYMPIA f2-6ov Lister furnished distinct
the +n legislature when
public service
municipality owned utss such
the city water light plant Of Seattle
municipal ownership had hoped for word OF sneoor
but also those Of private corpora
within their city limits
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-12

BLAME
FIXED

o0t ON Vf0 0Ift&3 WfUo0W Nv
the Burke building Judge Thorn
~ Burke looked down upon
Second ave. TO the north and TO
the south. - far ~ he could
see. and remarked TO The Star
man.
"H anything can be done.
shall earnestly and gladly help"
Judge Burk. was speaking OF the
high rent conditions on Second ave.
What could be done7
Look at IL from any angle you
choose. Judge Burke is satisfied you
must reach the same conclusion he
has reached. namely;
The individual landlord IL the
solo influence In this matter"
Judge Burke has spoken TO indi-
vlduai landlords. He has received
announcement from some There
are others who cannot be reached.
Real Landlords Are Reasonable
II find this to be true" said
Judge Burke. who II himself the
owner OF the Burke and Empire
buildings. on Second ave. that tho
real andlords-those who own the
ground and tho buildings. generally
are reasonable men.
THE difficulty 10 with those
landlords who own only . lease
on tho ground. and who have
put UP cheap buildings. with
the Intention Of getting "a much
money out OF the leases ss pos
sIbie. These landlords are un-
spproaehsbIe.
"It has been my policy not 10
enter into any such leases, and
In the light Of experience, thers
10 reason TO hope there will be
few such leases entered Into In
IN future.
The Star is 10 be commended for
presenting the question to public at
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" anytHIho can De oohs. J
hall earnestly and gladly help"

Gen. n. N. chittenden reelected
port commission president.
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n. q. Esrilng. vice president Of
Milwaukee. finds business better.
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ADDITIONAL NEWS or
THE WAR ON PAGE z
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FEAR BOMB BARDMENT
BY ADRlATIC FLEET

VENICE Jan. f2.-Ths irhab.
itants OF Trieste are in a panic.
fearing bombardment OF the city By
the FrsncoBritis fleet m the
Adriatic.
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Should the legislature fail to call
a constitutional convention. the
governor urges reapportionment of
senate and house representation on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
Des MOines Man Who Pur-
chased the SardOu Corner
Is Prominent Merchant and Is
Rated at 100000.

Reuben Marks, the man who pur-
chased the Sardou corner at Eighth
and Kansas avenue recently, is the
owner of a large wholesale hat and
glove concern in Des MoineS, Iowa.
Word to this effect was received in
Topeka today. 1t is said that Mr..
Marks is worth 100000.
When the deal for the purchase of
the corner was closed it was impos-
sibIe to find out just who Mr. Marks
was. The telephone company of Des
Moines, Iowa, reported that there was
no such man in the city
Today word was received in Topeka
that Mr.. Marks was one of the most
prominent business men in the city
and that he was interested in real
estate deal in Topeka. 1t is said that
Mr.. Marks has a habit of helping for
mer clerks of his company start in
business and those who were con-
nected with the transaction for the
Eighth street corner think that a
glove and hat store will be started just
as soon as the new building is erected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
PROPOSED TO her.
ColOred Girl Says White Man
Would Marry at Asylum.
Sensational Testimony Con-
corning Arthur Davenport.

The case of Arthur Davenport. alias
Harry Gordon, was continued
Wednesday afternoon in the court OF
Topeka. Davenport is held IN bond
of $1,000 and the prosecuting witness
is under 5000 to assure her appear
ance at the hearing.
The Grant girl, colored, who
is the complaining witness, in
the alleged part Davenport play
ed in the state hospital scandal,
was reluctant in testifying against the
defendant while the court room was
crowded and it was cleared by
Judge Fisher.
Davenport asked her to marry him.
the Grant girl testified. Davenport
was defended by A. J. Bolinger. W.
E. Atchison, Robert Carver and Rad
Lee are representing the state in the
cases.
The preliminary hearing of William
Tillman, a Waterman at the hospital,
has been set for tomorrow.
According to reports coming to the
county attorneys office and other Of
fees in the court house, several en-
ployees of the hospital have drawn
their pay and disappeared since the
scandal was opened uD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
0. K. ON MARKS C. 0. P. REUNITED
Herrick Says Republican Party
Is Progressive.
Patriotism, He Says, Has
Caused Welding of Factions.

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Causes that led
to split within the ranks of the Re-
publican party have largely vanished
and the forces are to be reunited, My
ron T. Herrick, former ambassador to
France, told members of the Hamilton
club in an address today. The Re
publican party has become progress
sive, Mr.. Herrick said, and through
the willingness of each party to go
half way in effecting a compromise
many Progressives have returned to
their former allegiance.
This is a two party country" he
said. 1T never has had, and L pre-
sumo never will have, those multiple
divisions by which the citizenship of
some other nations are split. Be
tween the two wings of our party
or direction, but only as to the speed
limit.
There is no advantage in a three
sided contest which opens the way
for tricks and trades. Any man can
make his influence felt in any party,
but he cannot translate it into an act
i've force for good laws and good gov
eminent unless that party is powerful
enough to put it's policies into effect
Republicans and Progressives have
been periodically inspired to forget
the past and to join their energies for
the better service of their country.
We are striving for common end and
in this we shall succeed just in the
measure that we subordinate personal
ambitions and selfishness. There is
no gulf between US that we cannot
bridge when we labor for this end. 1
am constrained to believe that the
spectacle in Europe has at least
taught us how to subordinate self-in-
tereSt and ambition"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
3 DRY LAWS SIGNED
Georgia Governor Approves Measures
to Restrict Liquor Traffic.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 18.-Three pro-
hibition bills passed at the special ses-
sion of the Georgia state legislature,
now in session, have been signed by
Governor Nat E. Harris. Two of the
measures were signed today and the
other last night. All become effect
i've May 1, 1916
One of the bills prohibits the manu-
facture or sale within the state of any
beverage containing more than one
half of one per cent of alcohol An
other forbids the advertisement of in
toxicating liquors in newspapers, peri
odicals, on billboards or by any other
means The third provides that ship
ments of liquor into the state for per-
sonal use shall be limited to two
quarts of whisky, Is pints of beer and
one gallon of wine to any one person
within anY thirty davis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
MEXICAN FORCES CLASH
Obrcgon's Men Encounter Villa Army
of Unknown Strength.

Douglas. Ariz.. Nov. 1S.-General
Obregon, commanding the Mexican de
facto government force in the west,
has encountered a force of General
Villas troops of unknown strength at
San Pedro, according to reports re-
ceived here today. General Obregon
is conducting western flank attack
on Cananea, Sonora, with an infantry
force and few field pieces.
General Gales column of infantry
and heavy artillery was said to be
south of Villa Verde.
a censorship on news of troop
movements was enforced today at
Aqua Prieta and Naco, Sonora. Only
Carranza officials are permitted to
explain the movements of Obregon's
troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
EXTEND Y. M. WORK
Association to Mining Camps of Colo
RADIO Is New Plan.

Denver, Nov. 1S.-Plans to extend
the work of the Young Mems Christian
association to the mining camps of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company in
Colorado and Wyoming were launched
here today.
The work will be under the direction
of State and international officers of
the Y. NJ C. A with the cooperation
of the company.
The proposal to introduce associa-
ton work at the mining camps ac-
cording to Y. M C. A. officials was
suggested to President J. F. We1born
and John D. Rockefeller, jr, who gave
Immediate approval.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
DEATH VOTE RIGHT
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child would have been a mental de-
fective," DR.. Reinhart said today. lone
thing is certain. The baby, if it had
lived would have been a paralytic
and a cripple all of it's life
Prosecution of DR.. Haiselden is be-
Heved unlikely.
Mrs Anna BolIinger, the mother,
who consented to let the infant die,
was told today by her husband of the
childs death. She never had looked
on its face.
From every corner of the United
States kilograms came to DR.. Haisel-
den today, expressing the thoughts of
hospital physicians, social workers
and prominent women and men on
the case.
The surgeon is a bachelor and has
two adopted daughters, one having
been abandoned by her mother at the
hospital. The other is a New York
orphan.
Father Glad ITS Over"
The father, Allen BolIinger, was told
early today of the child's death.
I am thankful it is all over" he
said to friends today as tears coursed
down his cheeks. Il am thankful for
the child's sake alone. Both my wife
and myself wanted the baby to live,
however much its little body was
cramped and bent. but it was a selfish
thought on our part We finally real
lied that it was only the selfishness of
parent love that could make us want
our baby to live in constant misery
simply to have him with US"
Haisclden Says He's Right.
DR.. Haiselden expressed satisfaction
when told that the inquest had been
ordered, though he said the baby's
death from natural causes rendered
one hardly necessary.
amy true investigation will make
it more clear to the public that 1 am
right" he said.
In signed statement today, DIR.
Haiselden gave his case:
4 say again that it is our duty to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
LOCAL NEWTON.

Topeka lodge No. 524, Loyal Order
Of Moose, will give a stag smoker for
the members and prospective candi-
dates Friday night. The program will
consist of musical numbers, short
talks and athletic events. Gerald F.
Gohan will be master of ceremonies
for the evening. The meeting is be-
ing held instead of the regular week
ly booster meetings.
Ged Gahan, an ex-pugilist. is now
on the organization staff of the Loyal
Order of Moose and has permanently
retired from the ring. He will be
present at the smoker.
See the 1915 Indian Powerplus Mo-
tocycle. Central Cycle Co.. Ill E.
18th St.-Adv.
The Parent Teachers association of
the Van Buren, school will hold its
November meeting in the building to-
morrow evening at O'Clock Dr.
Wood, the city health officer, will
speak and Miss Eleanor Allen will
play. NJ. C. Holman will lead a SER
vice of old fashioned songs.
LOST-White Poodle dog. Answers
to the name of Babe Return to 1884
Lincoln. Remarkably.
G. H. Rammel will speak at the
First German NJ E. church Friday at
his theme.
For a popular priced suit or over
coat. made to measure. see Olof Elk
berg. EOS Kansas Ave. End floor
Adv
Eighty-six new members have been
added to the membership of the Cen
trail Y. NJ. c. A. during the One Plus
One membership campaign. A meet
ing will he held next Wednesday to
plan some new features.
Glass and glazing. call s4s. ]. K.
Jones Paint Co.-Adv.
For Jitney. phone 274. Day and
night service--Adv.
Use Monarch Face Lotion for tired
feet-Ady.
Suits and overcoats dry cleaned 75c.
Topeka Laundry Co. Phone $3.50
Adv:
Monarch Preparations sold every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
Lord Did Wrong
RAISING EAGLES NOW
Big Birds Preserved All Along the
Scottish Highlands.

London, Nov. 1S.-Owing to strict
preservation, eagles are increasing
"a pidly n numbers among the Scot
fish Highlands and nearby islands. AS
many as five eagles have recently
been seen at once in Sutherland, while
in Ardchattan, where none of the
birds had been seen for a generation,
several have been observed within the
past few weeks.
In the Island of Rum, the big birds
are so numerous that they have re-
peatecly blundered into traps set for
rats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
Mrs. Maud Miriam Noel.

defend ourselves and the future gen
erationS against the mentally defective
we allow to grow and suffer among
US, and add to our burden and our
problem. All conscience says it is our
duty.
Farmers select the best stock for
reproduction; the best seed. without
rust or other disease, for sowing.
Poor humans rely only upon
chance, and detectives are as welcome
as any to enlarge families. Think of
it, And only the mother will look
after the idiot child. If the mother is
taken, the father and brothers and
sisters will not care for it. 1t is
pitched into an institution forthwith
and there the burden of the poor I'M
fortunate is weighted down even
more.
To Herd Detectives Sin.
institutions are an abomination.
To herd the insane or the lesser de-
fectives like cattle, as is done, is a
crime and a sin. And to make mat
ters worse, the unfortunate class has
no attraction that is going to draw the
Keeper, the guard, the nurse or who
ever takes care of it to greater kind
liness Those who take care of the
insane, many of them, grow unfeeling,
unkind, neglectful and Indifferent.
And yet, 1 am asked to allow this
child to live, knowing what 1 know.
1 feel toward some of my critics as
would toward one who would willing
ly allow hydrophobic dog to run in
a flock of sheep and do as impulse
directed, because this one shrank from
hurting or crossing the dog.
Many Pathetic Cases.
eff children of some of my critics
were killed or injured by a defective,
they would see a good reason for
checking the supply of the latter in
the world. I have talked to too many
mothers of detectives to be swayed in
my judgment in this case. Many of
the tales are pitiable.
''One woman 1 know has a son who
is quite subnOrmaL He is an excel
lent swimmer and delights in the ex-
ercise- Once said to her: But sup
pose some time he should drown p
and the mother, with pitiful prompt
ness answered, Wouldn't that be a
blessing
The mother, knew, did not pray
or ask for the boys drowning. But at
least she Gid not hope against it,
SO let us be sensible. Let us ap-
prove the sterilization of the insane
and the defective and of the children
of habitual drunkards, when both
father and mother are so. Let US re-
produce ourselves IN 100 per cent
fashion, 50 that by the wedding out of
our undesirableS we decrease their
burdens and ours, and lay the founda-
ton for a normal race, which would
result four generations from now. Let
us venerate q standard with soul and
SSHSG instead OF QeSecraI1nS II with
crumbling tradition and mindless SEN
timentality."
Lord Did Wrong"
Tacoma, Nov. 1S.-Dr. J. r. brown,
former president of the Washington
State Medical society said here toCay
that in a case involving closure of the
intestines, and seemingly identical in
this respect with that of the BoIl:nger
infant in Chicago he and other rhysi-
CLANS recommended operating, but the |
father and mother refused 1.-The !
Lord didn't make the baby right. it s
mouse trying to save it, he quoted !
the mother as saying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
FIRST SNOW AT WINONA
All Day Storm Halls Work of Husk-
ing and ThPeshing.

Winona. Kan, Nov. 1S.-The first
snow of the season fell Wednesday,
Snow fell most of the day, accom-
panied with a hard wind from the
north. Threshing is about two-thirds
over and corn is being husked now,
averaging about 80 bushels to the
acre. Work on the new Free Metho-
dist church will be delayed now on ac-
count OF the storm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
MAJOR HITS RATE RISE
Missouri Governor Expected to Change
Commissions Personnel.

jefferson City, Nov. 1S.-Governor
Major of Missouri today said he did
not approve the recent increase in
freight and passenger rates granted
to Missouri railroads by the public
service commission. The statement
was considered significant, in that
any vacancies that may arise in the
public service commission will, be
filled by appointment bv the governor
All members of the present commits
sion which unanimously approved the
increases were appointed by the gov
eminent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
Sol a Shaver: Just Weak MInded.

Chicago. Nov. 1S.-John Burke,
who sought to convince detectives of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was ar
rested, and of Chicago that he was the
murderer of Frank Voorhees,, a Chi
cago munitions broker, was adjudged
an asylum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
PRESIDENT is DYING
Jominez of Dominican Republic in
| Serious Condition.

Washington, Nov. 1s.-President
Jiminez of the Dominican republic is
dying at Monte Cristi.
Rear Admiral Caperton. cabling
from the Haitien station today, re-
ported he had. been so informed by
the American customs collector at
Monte Cristi.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
white Addresses Art institute.

Boston, Nov. 1S.-The two days'
session of the seventh annual Joint
meeting of the National Institute oS
Arts and Letters and the American
Academy of Arts and Letters opened
mere today. William Allen White.
were on the program
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
TURKEYS GO UP HERE
Price VIII Ranges From 26 to so
Cents in Topeka, Says Cope.

Chicago, Nov. 1S-It was said in
South Water street today that Thanks
giving turkey will retail at 81 to %
cents a pound this season or about 5
per cent higher than last year. The
heavy rains which marked the spring
and summer are said to lie at the bot
tom of the advance.
The advance in the price of tur-
KEYS in Topeka will not be more than
five per cent, according to local com
mission men.
THE retail prices of turkeys should
range from 26 to 80 cents, depending
upon how they are trimmed said
Roy Cope, of the Cope Commission
company today. This will not be
more than a five per cent increase.
Live turkeys are selling for eighteen
cents a pound wholesale in Topeka
now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
Anthrax Victim Dead

New York, Nov. 18.-Miss Sophie
Rosen, II. the third anthrax victim in
TINS CITY within the last few months
died today. The girl is beIieved ~
haye contracted the disease by wear
ing a fur neck piece, the skin OF
which had not been treated properly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
SPRY IS OUT OF IT
Utah Governor Won't Interfere in
Joseph HilIstrOm Case.

Salt Lake City. Nov. 1S.-Governor
Spry has declined to interfere further
in the case of Joseph Hillstrom and
has written his reasons in a telegram
to President Wilson which has been
unanimously concurred in by the
board of pardons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
Caast Star fo Sox.

San Francisco. Nov. 1S.-Jack Ness.
first baseman of the Oakland Coast
league club, and holder of the worlds
record for hits made in consecutive
games has signed a contract for next
year with the Chicago American
league club, it was announced today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
McDonaId ReIieves ii. MOL. Hnsc

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Capt. j. D.
Mcdonald, now at the navy war col
1ege, was today appointed chief of
staff of the Atlantic fleet, believing
Capt. H Mel Huse, detached to
await orders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

See the 1915 Indian Powerplus Mo-
tocycle. Central Cycle Co.. Ill E.
18th St.-Adv.
The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-05-31
APPRECIATION DESERVED.

In combining the positions of
chief of the fire department and
that of city clerk and magistrate.
the city council made a step in the
right direction. This will mean a
saving OF $2700 a year, more than
one-fourth OF the total Indebtedness
IF the city.
If the public We're as quick to eX-
press appreciation for the good work
Of an official as it is to condemn
MIN, the present council would be
auded on every street corner for
the determined efforts being made
by the members for economy The
councilmen are certainly doing all
in their power to save the taXpay-
els from the necessity of having
it seems now that an added burden
IN the taxpayers will not be neces
sary.
Without an exception. it seems
that the councilmen are trying to
do that which will be best for the
peoples interests. They have been
placed in an unfortunate position
with the debt of $4,000 to meet
n addition to having to keep up
he running expenses of the year.
But events are favoring thes city
and are assisting the council to
reduce the debt. The fact that the
ice did not take out the bridge has
saved the city more than $1,000.
Also the fact that high water has
not injured the waterfront, is caus-
ng another saving.
1t may not be possible for the
councilmen to make up all of the
deficiency this year, but from pres
ant indications the city will come
out almost even, if not fully clear
Of debt. when the next council is
elected. If the present council keeps
On going ahead as it has begun. it
may be expected that every member
will be reelected next year, if he
so desires.
The people generally should show
Che councilmen the appreciation that
they certainly must feel for their
good start, and thus encourage the
city officials to continue the good
work