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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
Elk EX-SENATOR BURTON
SAYS HE'S OPPOSED TO
SHIP SUBSIDY PLANS

|of tolls would have been a reproach
to the country and n backward
step"
lie said he would work as hard
as anybody to rehabilitate Amer.
lean shipping. but that to his mind
a ship subsidy would be Ineffective.
Americans" he said, ARE gener.
ally against subsidy and special
privileges OF any kind.
There can be no safe analogy be.
tween tariff and ship subsidy as
means Of aiding American enter.
prise. The tariff II n domestic pol
Icy. On the other hand, the sea Is
open TO the world. On the sea, 9th.
er things being equal, the fittest
will survive. What tariff would
bring into the treasury. a subsidy
would give out"
Referring to speedier. more rea-
sonable mail service. he said;
"A good mail line has a political
az well as a commercial effect.
Governments are drawn closer to
gether by good means Of communi.
cation. The mail vessels could
carry a large amount of package
freight This would help. too"
He addressed the Young Mems
Republican club, at the Hotel But.
Ter. at noon Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
ALL READY FOR
MANUFACTURERS
FAIR next WEEK

To show the public how to buy
freaher goods cheaper.
To impress upon the retailer the
fact that he can increase his credit
and turn over his stock quicker.
To give tho local manufacturer
opportunity TO display his wares
most effectively 20 the people.
These are some OF the purposes
OF Madc.in. Washington day. which
Will close the manufacturers fair
next week.
President o. d. Fisher has point.
Cd out that buying homo products
will tend 10 keep local money In
local banks. instead OF sending II
East for redistribution here.
II. J. Giles. OF tho Manufacturers
association. doclares the retailer
who buys AT homo n thereby en-.
abied 20 frcshen his stock more
quickly. and az one result need not
have so much capital tied up In
his enterprise
Plans for the fair arc complete.
II will open on the Manufacturers
roof garden Monday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

Speaking In opposition 70 ship
subsidy and ship purchase. ad-
veeatlna greater speed and re-
duced rates In delivering gov.
ernu,entsi malls between this
country and others. scoring the
La Toilette sesman's bill. and
placing the blame FOR the East.
land disaster on the government
inspectors, former Senator
Theodore e. Burton, who 10
mentioned ~ a possible repub-
liean presidential candidate,
Thursdsy addressed the Seattle
Chamber Of Commerce.
He defended the policy OF not ex'
emptlng American shipping from
payment OF tolls thru the Panama
canal.
From 1926" he said. 1T has been
the understanding canal across
the isthmus should be n trust for
the world. Resolutions adopted In
congress all proclaimed this idea OF
equality. from John Quincy Adams
TO Cleveland and Roosevelt. TIC
have held to the exemption oi
American ships from the payment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
ERICKSON'S CHARGES
START CONTROVERSY
IN LIGHT DEPARTMENT

some time ago. Arc lamps re.
qulre cleaning daily. when we
abolished arc lamps we did away
With a man or two. Again, we use
autos IN distributing new lamps
around the city. Instead OF send.
Ing a man out on a street car with
a couple OF lamps In his pocket,
we send out an auto loaded with
them.
My books are correct
and are always open 10 the inspec'
ton OF any good accountant"
As n reault ~ Erickson's charges
u committee, oonsiating OF himself,
Councilman Hanna and Finance
Committee Clerk Drake. has been
appointod 90 Investigate the light
departments books.
oh. what will the harvest hof
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
FOUR VESSELS FALL
VICTIMS TO GERMANS

LONDON. Aug. 13.-The British
5. s. Summerfieid has been sunk
by a German submarine. Tho Sum-
merfiold was a vessel of 6s7 tons.
The mate OF the Summerfield
and the engineers wife were
drowned when the vessel was de-
stroyed. Seven others OF the crew
we're rescued and landed. The
cairn liner Tacoma, of 1893 tons,
and the British s. S. Ospeidkos.
prey were also victims of subma-
rines, II was learned today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
ANOTHER OFFICER
HEARS CAN RATTLE

Silently. one by ono. Chief Lang
ls dropping his p'llccmen from the
force. One p'iice let his horse fall
In ditch blngl Another plicc
was charged with ertortion--outi
Plic.man w. G. Hubbard IL the
latest. He got his Thursday. the
charges being that he doesn't pay
his bills. that he sells wood on the
side. that no clears land and takes
money for II. and that be Is In tho
auto truck business. Eight months
ago he was ousted on charges OF
sleeping on duty and OF not paying
his bills. He appealed 20 the civil
service commission that time. and
was reinstafed.
fsn't n exciting. being . Seattle
p'ilceman'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
ESTIMATE COST OF
CONNECTING MAIN

n city water Is 10 replace the
we'll from which the Finland SAM.
tarium now draws it's supply. the
city must expend s65.e3i IN maxi
ing connection with the main on
North s3rd st. Water Superlntend.
ent Youngs told Mayor GIN Thurs
day. The we'll recently caved In.
causing water shortage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

The Hollywood Lunch and Soda
Fountain, 212 Pike St-Adv.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
PORT COMMISSION
OFFERS 70 DO WORK

Mayor Gill does not believe Il
possible for the port commission
to take over the work now being
done by the city's harbor depart
ment. except by legislative enact.
ment and a charter amendment.
The port commission Thursday
offered 70 handle the work hence
forth. II would save the city dur
Ing the coming year. 10000, which
is the amount allowed In the
budget estimate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

\ merry little controversy prom.
ises 60 result from the charges
made by Councilman Erickson that
the accounts OF the city light do.
partment are not handled correctly
that they discriminate against
home consumers and manufaetur.
crs In favor OF street lighting.
Erickson SAYS In so many words
that the big property owners ara
more or less responsible for the
fact that the apparent street ilght.
ing cost has boen kept down,
The city purchases light from
the light department. for street Il.
Elimination. just AS II tho depart.
ment were some private company.
The city pays the bill from the gen.
eral fund.
Now, the money that goes into
Pthe general fund comes from taxes.
Try 20 Keep Cost Down
IL the requirements OF the gen.
erai fund are larsc-~that is. II n
lot OF money In To be paid out OF
tho general fund-the taxes must
be high In proportion.
II the demand ON the general
fund Is small the taxes win be cor.
respondingly low
Erickson contends that IN their
cndeayor to hold down taxes. large
property owners are trying 20 keep
down the apparent street lighting
cost.
Because. you zee, n the coat Is
high. therc will be greater drain
on the general fund. with higher
taxes. as result.
Erickson adds that he n as
anxious TO keep down taxes as
anybody.
I, hut he doesn't think tho street
lighting charges should be KEEP,
Just 40 the biz property owners
viii profit thereby. while the home
consumers and the manufacturers
who use city department electricity
must pay moro than their share TO
balance matters.
Small Consumer Pays
l That no declares. IL Just what IL
happening. The difference be-
tween what In being charged 10
light the streets and what Il really
costs. Ia being charged 10 YOU
who use city light In YOUR home.
and 10 the manufacturing consum.
ers.
That IL. your rates are higher
than they should be. while the
street lighting rates are too low.
II He cites the case OF Chicago.
which has a municipal plant. and
whose rates are s325 mile. as
opposed 10 ours Of about szt5.
Other cities having. private plants
maintain rates as follows;
New York City. 5000; Philsdel-
phia. $3.50: Boston. si.s5s.
Do you see his polntf
Light Officials Talk
Very web. then let us turn square
ly around and look at II from the
standpoint OF D. w. Lamb. ac-
countani OF the light department.
against whom Erickson'a charges
are chiefly directed. and OF J. ID.
Ross. superintendent.
\ Says Mr.. Lamb:
Il refuse to enter into any con.
troversy with any councilman. Ny
figures on the cost Of street light
Ing are correct They have stood
the test of time.
Mr.. Erickson and simply do
not agree on methods OF fixing
charges. = There are various meth.
ods OF making distribution OF costs.
We are following tho very best
principles OF accounting. Account.
ants. Of course. will differ "a 20
methods. but think We have the
preponderancc OF authority"
Supt. Ross Explains
Says Mr.. Ross;
Mr.. Erickson uses Chicago IA
an illustration. He does not ex.
plain that Chicago IA still using
$4,000 arc lamps which are now
obsolete. and which We discarded
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
ANOTHER SCENIC
DRIVE PLANNED

Seattle will have another scenic
driveway with which TO entertain
visitors and herself when the bouIe-
ward around Green Lake is paved.
The council streets and sewers
committee Thursday recommended
for adoption a resolution to pave IL.
The cost will be s11o.566. II will
also open new route to the coun-
ty highway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

with them Immediately, DIR.
Charles O. pease. New York.
president OF the Non-Smokers
Protective League Of America.
opened the first annual con-
vention Of that organization
here with three persons In his
audience.
One was . real delegate, the
second was . press agent look
Ing for Job and the third. .
reporter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

ST. PAUL. Aug. i3.--rndignation
10 rampant here because hundreds
Of bathers stood Idly BY and let
Alice Pratt. girl telephone oper.
ator. drown in White Bear lake.
Fishermen, called by life savers.
refused to come and tho owner OF
puimotor nearby refused to nj.
low II TO be used.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
they NEED him ON
F.. TnE-ARMY BOARD

II FIsHKIIL PLAINS, n. y. Aug.
f3.--One lone farmer stood off an
army OF $4,000 citizen soldiers.
When the militia attempted to ma
neuver thru his cornfleld. he drove
them off with sawed of shot
Quu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
BANANA
Peel IS LATEST
SAN FRANCISCO, AUG.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 70.
I'VE have with US todayi
The "Non-skld" banana peel.
So announces Frederick Boo
Gle OF the Burbank expert.
nent farm, near Hayward,
Cal, who says he has produced
a banana with a coat like
sandpsper.
He explained that the now
fruit was obtained by crossing
the ordinary banana with the
cactus pear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18

tricity. full OF childlike yanitieS. delicate
ly Latin in its suavity and Latin, too
in its gusts OF temper. 1t is superfiCially
so vivid, indeed, that perhaps many peo-
pie will not realize that it is lacking
IN genuine romantic charm. and cOnse-
quently lacking in what should be the
closing note of the play-pathos. That
the pathos would be ironic does not alter
our statement When We pause to think
how Mansfield would have played that
closing act. We can see Mr.. Ditrichstein's
limitations. We may well pause. too. to
reflect hCw Mansfield would have looked
in his costume of the Don-dressed prob
ably more as Renaud dressed him than
in the conventional doublet and hose
Mansfield with a magnificent romantic
swaSger, with style free from all taint
OF the finicLy, with gestures that were
not Cramped. but seemed to sweep with
the sweep Of the orchestral rhythm. 1t
is a limitation of Mr.. Ditrichstein that
he cannot be truly romantic nor pathetic.
and that he cannot quite measure up to
the grand style Of an operatic hero.
Since his performance, which is, indeed,
a notable one, Is now being hailed as 4
supremely great one, 1t Is wise to make
these reservations in the interest Of
truth. It is not a great performance
any more than the play is a great play.
1t Is the kind of performance our stage
ought to be able to show half dozen
times a season-but, alas. in recent years
doesn't furnish more than In every two
or three seasons.
In such play as this. where so many
OF the characters must look foreign and
splutter in German, French and Italian,
naturally the cast has been chosen for
their fitness thus to splutter. Where all
the Italians came from we do not know.
but they seem 10 be quite as good actors
as anybody could wish for. Miss Beverley
Sitgreaves. one of the best players our
native stage boasts, takes the part OF
the Italian prima donna. however. and
gives q vivid and delightfully."- tempera-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18
LOUIS MANN ON
THE ART OF ACTING

Acting depends upon the players sense
of time In gaining points.
Some acting Is static-getting effects
by silence and radiation
Some acting is dynamie-eyen using
yociferous attack.
A great character actor can be both
static and dynamic in . single Instance,
passing from the one to the other, even
rs he passes from humor to pAthOs.
To mlngle smiles and teRrs-that Is the
supreme achievement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18


pf the commanders
Shost; but this rein
carnatiOn comes to
his end merely by
losing his voice, and
his tragedy is that
ne faces a long life
Of recollections of
past performances
rather than antici-
pations of perform
ances to come. We
refer. OF course, to
performances in the
court of love no less
than on the stage of
opera The play is
The Great
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18

mental and vindictive performance She
could not be more in the picture if her
name were really Sabittini
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18

EATON DESCRIBES AN OPERA HOUSE
COMEDY IN SECOND NEW YORK LETTE]
Leo Ditrichstein and the Hattons Satrize Operatic
Amours in "The Great Lover Play of
Sentiment, Satire and Charm

THE Hattons. of Chicago, collaborating
i with Leo Ditrichstein, have drama
tized the male opera star. who is the Don
Giovanni of his generation. both on and
of the stage. The original Don came to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18

The play Is prefaced by the immortal
overture to Don Giovanni" to which
nobody pays the slightest attention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18

some Of good, some Of esil substance
Milton, AreopaEitics-
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-21

general insurance plan which will
provide literally for those dependent
upon their employees in case of death
The plan provides pensions amour
ting to one per cent of an employees
average pay during ten years, for
each rear of service. For example,
an employee whose term of employ
ment has been thirty years, and
whose average pay for ten years has
been $500 a year, will receive an
annual pension of 30 per cent OF
$500 or $3.50. The minimum pen
sion will be $40 a month.
In case of sickness, the disability
benefit will be full pay for 13 weeks,
half a for remainder of absence not
exceeding six years.
In cas- of sickness. the disability
benefit will be full pay for 13 weeks
or less. and half pay for 80 weeks or
less according to the length of time
the employe has served the company.
No sickness benefit will be paid to an
employee in the service of the COM
pany less than two years.
The life insurance plan provides
one years full pay to the beneficial
ries of those who have worked for the
company ten years, and six months
full pay to those who have worked
five years, the total not to exceed
$4,000. When death reults from ac-
cident three years full pay. not to ex-
coed $1,000, will be paid to the de-
cedent's estate.
The Sullivan Machinery company
discharge any employee without IL
ability for benefits. but a lay-off on
account of a reduction of force shall
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-21
Practical

The Bollinger baby, a defective
mite, whose mother. on professional
advice, decided it should not under
go ar operation, which would probab-
ly would have saved its life, died in
Chicago, Wednesday, at the German
American hospital.
The subject of the propriety of
sacrificing the life in the infant, that
it might not grow up a burden to
itself and a possible menace to So
ciety, was the subject of widespread
discussion. DR.. H. j. Haiselden. of
whose advice, the mother acted, was
visited by many medical men and
telephone calls alternately accused
and prasised him.
The principal physical deformities
of the baby we're the closure of the
intestinal tract, paralysis of nerves
of the right side of the face. the
absence of the right ear. blindness of
n eye and malformation of its
shoulders. DR.. Haiselden. who Of
fciated at the birth, noted the alb
sence of a neck. The brain he found
to be only slightly subnormal, but
the cranial nerves were absent or I'M
developed.
'If he grew up he would be a hope
less cripple and would suffer from
fits" said the doctor.
his soul be normally alive?" one of
the visitors asked.
That / do not know, but the
chances are against It." said the
doctor.
DIR. John B. Murphy, former presi-
dent of the American Medical associa
ton. and physicians and professional
men and women. including a number
of clergymen, took sides with DR..
Haiselden.
Mrs. Anna Bollinger, the mother,
has three healthy children and the
plight of the condemned one is be-
lieved to have been due to an attack
of typhoid fever. which the mother
suffered recently.
The authorities took no action fur
Their than to determine that no death
certificate should be issued until after
an investigation by the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-21

Unanimous Endorsement of the
Dick military law was given in San
Francisco. Wednesday by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at its thirty
fifth annual convention. This action
was taken in considering the report
of the executive council on the Dick
law, the question having been refer
red to the committee on International
relations at the Philadelphia eonven-
ton.
The executive councils report on
the Dick law was adopted in full. In
part 1t says:
Our American traditions are
w~holesomely prohibitive against the
maintenance of a large standing army
We think it can be safely and empha-
tically stated that only a small per-
centage of the American people favor
the maintenance Of a large standing
army. We express our belief In the
need of a small standing army to be
supplemented by a citizen soldiery,
economically organized and con-
trolled, so as to prevent either the
small standing army or the larger
supplements and Its units TO be used
for or by n special privileged class
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-21
Death of Booker T. Washington.

a OF L. Washington.
Booker T. Washington, foremost
teacher and leader of the negro race
died early Sunday at his home near
the Tuskegee institute, of which he
wal founder and president. Harden
ing of the arteries following a ner-
vous breakdown caused death four
hours after DR.. Washington arrived
from New York.
Although he had been in falling
health for several months the negro
leaders, condition became serious
only last week, while he was in the
east.
He then realized the end was near,
but was determined to make the last
long trip south. He had said often:
II was born in the south, have liv-
ed all my life in the south, and ex-
pect to die and be buried In the
south"
Accompanied by his wife, his secre-
tary and a physician, Doctor Wash
ington left New York for Tuskegee at
4 O'Clock Friday afternoon. He
reached home at midnight and died
at 4:40 o'clock. His last public ap-
pearance was at the national confer
ence of Congregational churches in
New York, where he delivered a lee
ture October rs.
A widow, three children and four
grand children survive. John H.
Washington, a brother Is superinten-
dent of industries at Tuskegee in.
stitute.
Doctor Washington was born II
slavery near Halesford, Va, in 1885,
or 1858. After the emancipation Of
his race, he moved with his famil,
to West Virginia. When he was ablt
to scrape together sufficient money t.
pay his stage coach fare to Hampton
Va, he entered General Armstrong,
school for negroes and worked hi,
way through an academic course
graduating in 1875.
Later he became a teacher in tn,
Hampton institute, where he remain
ed until 1881, when he organized tn
Industrial school for Negroes at Tus
kegee, to which he devoted most o
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-21
Pension Plan For Machinery Com
pany Workers.

Beginning November LIST the Sulli-
van Machinery company of Clare
mont, N. H., and Chicago, ILL.,, enter
ed upon an employees benefit plan,
which Is in keeping with the stablish-
ed resolutions of that company to
deal with its employees fairly as in
dividuals, and to show it's apprecia-
tion of the service of those who have
been faithful and loyal to its inter-
ests says the Claremont Advocate.
The company has notified all its
employees that on that date 1t put in
operation a pension system for those
grown old in its employ; also a sys-
tenn of disability benefits for those III
or injured while in its employ; and q
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-21
po,;c. Raid Notorious Chicago Resort

Police Raid Notorious Chicago Resort
"Streeterville'' was invaded, It's
ruler captured and its citadel de-
molished after a pistol battle on NIL
ed-in land on the shores OF Lake
Michigan, almost in the heart OF
Chicago. The land, which is claimed
by Capt. George Wellington Streeter'
is north of the harbor and in the en-
ter of the fashionable lakeshore resi-
dence district. Streeter and his wife
came there three years ago, when
their vessel was wrecked on a bar.
The land filled in between the wreck
and the shore until their claim COM
prised property said to be worth mil
lions of dollars.
While the city has admitted
Streeter's title, many purchasers nave
preferred to make a settlement with
him to obviate the possibility OF the
questioning in court their right TO
purchase. Streeter called the new
made land 1.-The United States district
of Michigan" and has refused to
recognize any authority but that oil
the United States and has defied
for weeks Mayor Thompson's Sun
day closing order.
Since the Sunday closing order, 1t
is said, Streeter has done a thriving
business In bottle beer. His shack,
which he c%hristened the Oasis" was
but a short distance from Lake Shore
drive and easily accessible to auto
mobile parties.
He was often summoned to court
and numerous cases for selling Il
auor without a license are pending.
Last week a jury found him guilty on
one charge but he took an appeal.
Streeter's titles in lots in the dis
trict are estimated TO have netted him
as much as 800, 900. At one time a
syndicate of capitalists is said to have
invested $4,000 in titles.
The highest courts have held that
the submerged lands lying along the
shore of the lake belong to the state.
Streeter's titles are based on an al
legged patent issued by the land Of
flee Il Washington, which it is charg-
ed was a forgery and now is said to
be in the hands of the authorities at
Washington.