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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-30
PROHIBITION LAW IS
VALID, COURT SAYS
DECISION BY SUPERIOR JUDGE
WRIGHT UPHOLDS ITS CON-
STITUTIONALITY,

Ruling that the courts have no
right to question the validity of stat
utes enacted by popular vote and the
acts of executives performed in pur-
suance of the state constitution, and
throwing out all technical pleadings,
Superior Judge D. F. Wright this
week upheld the validity of the state
wide prohibition law adopted at the
last general election and denied the
petition of M. & X. Gottstein, Seattle
liquor dealers, for an order restrain
ing Secretary of State Howell from
issuing his certificates of canvass,
Governor Lister from receiving these
certificates and issuing proclama-
ton. and Attorney General w. v.
Tanner from enforcing the law.
The same decision in effect upholds
the constitutionality Of the initiative
and referendum amendment to the
state constitution, though it is not
mentioned, which was also attacked
by the plaintiffs in this case. Notice
that the case would be appealed to
the state supreme court was imme-
diately given by Cottsteins' attorneys.
Judge Wright's decision is short
and reads:
after mature deliberation / have
arrived at the conclusion that the
prayer of the plaintiffs complaint
should be denied.
'Tn seeking for the basic principle
which should control in this cause l
have considered Initiative Measure
No. 3 in the same light as though it
had been passed by the legislature.
"The prayer of the complaint here
in is in substance that the secretary
of state and the governor be re-
strained, the secretary from issuing
his certificate of canvass, and the gov
ernor from receiving such certificate
and issuing any proclamation there
on, and finally that the attorney gen.
eral and others be restrained from
enforcing or seeking to enforce the
provisions of said measure.
Not Within Power of Court.
'In my opinion the relief prayed
for is not within the power OF the
courts to grant, regardless Of whether
or not the constitutional and statu-
tory steps relative to submitting the
measure were complied with, and also
regardless of whether the said provi-
sions are mandatory or directory
especially so, now that the election is
over and the people have actually ex-
pressed themselves on the measure.
By this | mean that the question here
presented is not one now for judicial
inquiry.
Under our constitution, govern
ment is divided into three depart
ments. each independent of the other.
In this action the court is asked to
usurp the functions of the executive
department by enjoining the chief
and other executive officers from per-
forming what they conceive to be
their duty under the constitution rel,
ative to legislation enacted by the
people in their sovereign capacity
This being true, the temporary re
straining order granted herein was
improvidently issued and no rights
were acquired under it, therefore the
secretary's certificate and the COVER
nor's proclamation became conclusive
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ATTACKED MAR. N...NOW
SAYS He WAS DRUNK
AUGUST LINDBACH CHARGED
WITH ASSAULTING WILLIAM
HERSHEY WITH A KNIFE.

Held at the city Jail pending fur.
ther investigation by the authorities
and the probable fling Of an infor-
nation against him by Prosecuting
Attorney Geo. F.. Yantis, August
Lindbach, who was arrested early
Thursday morning by Chief of Police
Ben Hall at his shack on the West
side and charged with attacking Will
lam Hershey about 1880 that morn
ing with knife, claims to have been
crazy drunk at the time the cutting
scrape occurred, the authorities say,
and can give no clear account of
what happened or any explanation.
Meanwhile Hershey, who is a we'll
known young man and an employe
of local plumbing firm, Guiles &
Schlosser, continues to improve rap
idly at st. Peters hospital and the
first fear that his injuries might
prove fatal has been dissipated. The
young man is quite weak from the
loss Of great amount Of blood, ac-
cording to DR.. H. w. Partlow who
him, but the knife did not
any vital parts and his in
juries. though quite painful, are not
as serious as at first thought.
Attacked Without Warning.
The affair was one of the most pe-
culiar in recent local history. Her.
shey had walked through Capitol
park on the diagonal path from
had crossed Sixth street
and was walking north on Main when,
- he got in front of Hugh Ross
drug store. he was attacked without
of any kind and stabbed
once in the right side Of the abdo-
men and again in the forehead, his
assailant running ON to Seventh and
down through the railroad yards. No
attempt to rob Hershey was made.
Hershey. bleeding profusely from
The wound in his abdomen, managed
to drag himself to William Meyers
saloon, where DR.. Partlow was called,
attended him temporarily and had
him removed to the hospital. EARLY
morning DR.. Partlow oper-
ated on him, finding that, while the
knife had cut the muscles and several
blood vessels in Hershey's abdomen,
the intestines had not been punc-
tured.
Hat Gives Clue to Lindbach.
Hershey does not know his assail.
ant. but the latter had dropped his
hat near the scene of the attack and
it was identified by man who had
been sitting in the park and had wit
messed the cutting scrape, as belong
ing to Lindbach. The authorities i'm
mediately went to Lindbach's shack,
on the West side near the end of the
railroad bridge, where they found
him bandaging his right hand. He
tried to escape but was brought to
the police station and had to be hand
cuffed while DR.. X. L. Partlow treat
ed his hand. which was badly cut.
Lindbach acted peculiarly and the
authorities first thought he was de-
mented, but Thursday he acted in a
normal manner, though badly con-
fused as to what had happened the
night before. His hand was cut, the
authorities believe, when the blade
of the pocketknife he used in attack
ing Hershey flew back as he struck
Hershey in the forehead.
Prosecuting Attorney Geo. F.
Yantis was engaged in the Parrott
murder trial Thursday and had not
had an opportunity to investigate
the attack on Hershey, but will prob
ably file ar information against him
today
The Washington times., 1915-01-14
THE PHILIPPINES BILL

Secretary Garrison's analysis OF
the Philippines bill reduces the ques-
ton to one of parliamentary char
acter only. 1t is easy to devise q
form of government for country, q
province, state, or a city that
sounds reasonable, just, and feasible.
But there is possibly no other
proposition to which the adage "the
proof of the pudding etc, applies
so aptly as it does to suggested
constitutions and charters.
But an American State or munich
pality, if it makes mistake, is free
to correct it. If the Filipinos are as
restless under our Government and
as bent on self-rule as has been re-
ported, a mistake in giving them
more liberty than they can use right
ly could not be corrected without
serious difficulty.
This is where the Garrison argu-
ment breaks down. The bill does
not propose an experiment. II pro-
The Washington times., 1915-01-14
COST OF COMMUTERS

The business Of transporting COM
muters in New Jersey Is no gold
mine business for railroads, if the
figures submitted by F. ]. Fell, chief
statistician for the Pennsylvania, to
the public utility commissioners in
Trenton are correct. Not only are
profits steadily dwindling, but, Mr..
Fell says, already the railroads in
certain districts are operating at a
loss.
The net revenue. of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad on the New Jersey
division in 1911 was $1,023, 900. In
1918 the net revenue was $500, $50.
The gross passenger revenue in 1911
was $13,194,421. In 1912 it was
s14,246, ,O36, and in 1913, $14,999, ,476,
but in the same years the passenger
expenses were greatly increasing
and eating away the profits.
Those are Fell's figures, serving
to throw light upon the general
problem of the high cost Of railroad
ing everywhere. The passenger cost
for the New Jersey division of the
Pennsylvania, representing chiefly
committing business, increased from
1911 to 1913 by more than ST.
100000.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14
AS TO PROGRESSIVENESS

From Harrisburg and Philadelphia
comes announcement that the Penn
sylvania legislature will this winter
enact an employers liability or
workman's compensation statute.
Governor-elect Brumbaugh has de-
clared for it, and the Republican Or
ganization leaders are with him.
On the other hand, the Federal
measure for dealing with employees
killed or injured on interstate rail-
roads, is hopelessly stalled in the
Senate Committee on Judiciary. 1t
hasn't a chance to get out.
Some animadversions on the COM
parative progressiveness Of politi-
cal parties seem to be justified.
Pennsylvania last autumn reelected
Senator Penrose by a huge vote,
despite that. he was assailed as the
leader of national reaction. Penn
sylvania stood by the Penrose kind
of reaction. On the other hand the
elections of Senators throughout the
country as a whole decidedly in
creased the Democratic majority in
the upper chamber; and we are as
sured by people of that party that
this was a gain for progressive
policies. The President recently
averred that the Republican party
hadn't had a new idea for thirty
years.
It is just possible that if the re-
lection of the Federal employers
liability legislation is to be classed
as Democratic "new idea," the
country would prefer to stick by the
old Republican ideas. Employers
liability is not particularly new
idea; but it seems too new, or toe
old, or too something else, to appeal
to the Democratic Senate. 1t is
never mentioned in the list OF
measures that the President insists
must be put through as part of the
Administration program for thi;
session, or any other session.
Does the country prefer the kline
of reaction that gets such a law ir
Pennsylvania, or the kind oi
progress that rejects it in Wash
ington? That is question to which
attention is going to be directed be-
fore another national campaign il
far advanced.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14

has now wrecked the Won Berchtold
regime. The foreign minister ex-
pected that another bluff would 60,
and it didn't.
The war having been started, the
Vienna war office proved itself as
incapable as the foreign office had
been truculent. It failed in the cam
paign against Servia, and it was
compelled, by reason Of accepting
a posture of subservience to the Ger
man general staff, to expose Hun
garian territory to invasion. Hun
gary, never any too confident Of the
loyalty of Vienna, saw in this a
ground for deep dissatisfaction, and
Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier,
not only warned Vienna that this
was dangerous policy, but went to
the unexampled extent of making q
trip to Berlin to lay his case before
the German authorities. Repri.
manded by Vienna for these re.
markable activities, he went to
Vienna and offered to the Emperor
his resignation as Hungarian
premier; but it was rejected, for the
excellent reason that Tisza had the
support of the Hungarian nation
and that to let him retire would be
to invite the disloyalty Of that hall
of the dual empire. Now, instead
of Tisza going, Won Berehtold goes
1t will be accepted as q great victory
for Hungary, the more because a
Hungarian is called to the foreign
office. Perhaps with a Hungarian
in charge the dual monarchy may be
pulled together in something like
sympathy and effective effort to
meet the crisis it now confronts. Al
any rate, the retirement of von
Berchtold marks the passing from
power of the man whose mistaken
policy, more than any other one
mans acts, brought Europe to its
present pass.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14

ington home. 1917 II street northwest,
where he often spends entire nights in
research work connected with some Of
the many matters in which he is in
One Of his work room hobbies' is
the desk at which he must perform hts
tasks. An ordinary desk won't do at
all. Neither will modern example
pensive it might be. The Congressman
must have something Individual.
And that is why in his H street
house. the center Of his library on
the second floor is occupied by huge
teak wood desk, ornately carved which
at one time during the early occupation
OF the philippines by the United
States served the commanding general.
Bought In London.
In his home in Hamilton. Mass. there
is another desk of which he is very
proud. He purchased it in London.
where he found 1t. n remarkable ex-
ample of cabinet work, and an un-
questioned antique. But he could not
lar lines which would serve him for a
telephone stand In conjunction with the
desk until In a dingy secondhand shop
in London slum he found a pair of
antique coffin stands. These he pur-
chased and one of them holds his tele-
Mr.. Gardners antecedent. we're in
the East India trade. out Of Salem,
and their great square-rigged tea ships
laid the foundation for the Gardner
fortune. II. ~Cfore. Mr.. Gardner is
much interest..i in the long-gone type
of craft which piled in the cross-sea
trade a century ago: and 80 wallis
Of his work room at home are lined
with yellowed prints OF the old clip
pers. stun sis set and beIlying with
a full gorging OF the trades which were
closely connected with his own family.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14

that formerly was engineered by the
interposition of London's credit fund.
The other day it was announced that
China was for the first time paying
for American goods with drafts
made direct on New York, whereas
formerly these deals had been
financed with London drafts.
One of the most important Incl
dents of this kind of transaction Is
that world buyers will become
familiar with the idea of paying in
American money instead of sterl-
ing; that they will learn the ad-
vantages and the methods of main
tanning balances in New York; that
New York in turn will have to main-
tain less balances in London; and in
general, that this country's foreign
trade will be emancipated to a con-
siderable extent from London
guardianship.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14

that. although by ancestry. birth. and
wealth he should be class aristocrat
to his finger tips. he IL one OF the most
democratic men in Congress-: and that.
reputation he has borne since last year.
of being the worst beaten candidate
for governor in the history OF Massa-
chusetts."
Congressman Gardner's pride in own
ing to this distinction comes from the
fact that his defeat was chargeable
largely to the "literacy test" plank he
put in the platform, an issue which It
was totally unnecessary for him to
make. except that he held the personal
United States Of 100000 people every
year was toe great quantity Of new
blood for the country to assimilate.
A Sport Enthusiast
Outside OF his political activities. Con-
gressman Gardner Is a sport enthusiast.
Golf and horseback riding and pony
polo have been his chief diversions. and
when younger he rode with the world
championship polo team OF the Myopia
Hunt Club. He IL a farmer. too. NAM
tanning even now a larga acreage near
Appleville. Va, where Ne breeds pigs
and turkeys and steers. as we'll as thor
oughbred Jersey cows. and to which he
makes frequent weekend pilgrimages.
AS boy, Congressman Gardner 8
ambition lay In the direction of West
Point and an army career. but failing
Of this accomplishment he was appoint
ed at the outbreak of the Spanish
American war assistant adJutant gen.
eral of volunteers on the staff of Maj.
Gen. James II. Wilson. and served as
member OF the army Of occupation
In Porto Rico.
Congressman Gardner has many per-
sonal preferences as to when and how
he works. and most OF his labors are
performed in the library Of his WASH
The Washington times., 1915-01-14

poses a definite step that can hardly
be retaken, while the subject-matter
of the measure, the capacity Of the
Filipinos for self-government, is
still experimental.
A single Administration can
handle tariff problems. The next, If
it chooses, can reverse the policy
of its predecessor. But there are
some things that cannot properly be
moved forward and back or turned
about every four years. In our
foreign policies we should have q
settled purpose irrespective Of do
mestic political upheavals. Still
more permanent should be our col
onial policy. It is not q wise step,
nor fair step, for one Administra-
ton to prepare trouble for its sue
cessor, or to bind its successor to
policies of which it itself cannot
possibly taste the fruits, but which
may ultimately spell rebellion.
If the Philippines bill proves q
misfortune, the Democratic party
may or may not remain in power
long enough to correct it. Certainly
if it becomes law it should not be
by partisan votes. Not the party
but the Congress will have to undo
it. We might we'll take a leaf from
England's book, comparing our own
shiftings with the manner in which
the party work Of parliament is held
distinct from the great, relentless
persistent work of the rock-ribbed
empire.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14
Massachusetts Congressman
Says Nation Will Not Con.
slider National Needs In
Times Of Peace.
GIories in Reputation Of Being
"Worst Beaten Candidate
for Governor" in Native
State.
Bv KENDR1CK sCoF1ELD.
hov. all ne "a an opportunist.

Above all, he Is an opportunist.
For many years he has been a dis
ciple OF national preparedness. Wan
derine through Europe. he has taken
note of foreign Notifications on every
trip he has ever made. later comparing
his mental pictures Of them with our
own, setting up in his mind the United
States army against the forces OF Eu-
rope: lining our navy and their navies
In battle array against one another. and
drawing conclusions a. to the outcome
Of such combats.
Yet he became the active prophet OF
preparedness only when the opportunity
to preach the doctrine arrived on the
wings of q world war, filled with future
possible consequences to the United
States. for he says the public will never
seriously consider the likelihood Of war
during the piping times Of peace.
That. perhaps above all things. In ad-
dition to being a man with a passion
for accuracy. a wonderful capacity for
hard work, and q latent. though none
the less constant. ambition to write
book before he dies" is the chief char
acteristic in the very positive person.
ality Of Augustus Peabody Gardner Of
Massachusetts
Mr.. Gardner Is a large man. with
ean0y halT, faSt RraytnH, anO steady
blue eyes. In discussions ne is dclib-
crate. often taking many moments to
search for the right word to accurately
express his ideas. He Is not combativc
or overagRressivc, vet his motto In
dealing with his fellows seems to be
the one which he Is urging on the
United States. BE prepared"
Weaklings Only Suffer.
II have noticed all through my life" -"
he declares. that people arc very care
full about tacklng a man who is ready
and able to defend himself. in debate
or In physical combat and that the
weaklings and the men who have no
self-rellancc are those who are usually
imposed upon
Those VINO heard Mr.. Gardner when
he bearded the Democratic military and
naval lions of the House gathered from
his uncompromising decfafANons that
he holds tho United States to be we
fully lacking In proper army and navy
equipment. and that he believes the
navy OF tho United States should at the
very least have 47 battleships. instead
or the 2S We now possess; l67 destroyers
Instead OF 6s; 80 fast scout cruisers, in.
stead Of 3. and as many submarines az
nny nation on earth to protect our
iimitless coastline." instead OF a small
group Of these craft which ranks
fourth in the navies Of the world"
But what most Of the folk who heard
Mr.. Gardner or read the published re.
ports OF his charges did not know Is
The Washington times., 1915-01-14
ITALY'S DISASTER.

Soothsayers and astrologers have
been lavish Of promises that the
year 1915 was to be marked by great
natural disorders, as well as the
horrors of war. Earthquakes and
volcanic disturbances have been pre-
dicted, and the news from Italy Of
fearful loss of life and property
will be received by superstitious
people as vindication of some Of
the forebodings of evil.
The earthquake. appears. to have
been Of unusual extent, for the
Italian peninsula. Dispatches say
that the entire central section of the
boot" was shaken. In the city of
Avezzano only 1000 of the 10000
inhabitants are said to have escaped
uninjured. Rome was shaken by the
first shock yesterday; and again by
another early this morning.
Italy has been, among the ma
tions known to the Occidental world,
the greatest of sufferers from seis-
mic disturbances. Its two great
volcanoes have from the beginning
of history been remarkably active,
and the fatalities attributabl, to
them and to earthquakes reach sn
appalling number. The disposition
of the people quickly to forget has
been illustrated in each generation,
which, refusing to be warned by the
lessons Of the centuries, has gone
back to live in the dangerous
regions.
But that is only true Of the VOL
canic regions. All Italy is subject
to violent earthquake disturbances;
only small region around Vesuvius
and Aetna are in immediate danger
from volcanic eruptions. The earth.
quakes have perhaps done more
damage on the whole than the erup.
tions, because there is no warning
Of them. Only a few years age
Sicily and the: southern end of the
peninsula were shaken by the most
fearful earthquake in history, which
claimed nearly 100000 human lives
and left million homeless.
The Washington times., 1915-01-14
BIG NAVY" MEN WIN
IN REPORT TO HOUSE
Padgett to Send in Measure
Providing for Building Of
Twenty.Three Vessels.

The naval appropriation bill. provid-
ing an unusually large building pro-
gram. will be reported to the House to-
day or tomorrow by Chairman Padgett.
Of the Naval Affairs Committee. The
committee completed the measure late
yesterday after agreeing to a building
program OF two battleships. seventeen
submarines. one OF seagoing type; one
hospital ship. one oiler. and one trans
port.
victory for the big navy men on the
committee. The authorization for sub
marines is double that asked by the
Navy Department
The two-battleship item carried in
committee. 10 to 4. The four small
navy Congressman opposed were
Hensley. Witherspoon. Gray. and Bu-
chanan. Mr.. Hensley contended for a
mo battleship' bill. but mustered little
strength. Congressman Hobson, on the
other hand, wanted four battleships
and with him voted Congressman Lee
Farr. and Stevens.
There were tie votes on motions fol
a submarine tender and supply ship il
addition to the auxiliaries authorized.
The bill will carry approximatel,
@l48,b00 900. and Of this amount s45.
$4,000 Is for the building program. ,
part Of this to he used toward con
struction of vessels previously author
lied and the remainder to begin wor,
on the twenty-three new ships proposed
in the pending bill.
The DIT1 provides that the limit @
cost for the sixteen submarines or ,
coast defense type shall not exceed
$3.50 900 each. The cost limit of the sea
going submarine is $l,4OO,UO The hat
tleships are to cost not exceeding SlI
10000 each. the oil ship Sl.l4O, 900 tn,
transport Sl.90O0oO. and the hospita
| ship S2,5O0,0oo Exclusive OF armor an,
armament. the SIX destroyers are to cos
| not exceeding $S2S, 900 each It is pro
| vided that one-haif OF the submarine
| authorized may be built on the Paciti
coast, provided the Secretary Of tn
Navy fnds 1t possible to build then
there as cheapiy as upon the Atlantis
coast.