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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03
JEWISH WAR RELIEF fund
REACHES TOTAL OF S2,564

With returns In from some OF the
churches who took up collections
last Sunday for the relief Of Jew
ish war sufferers. and number of
individual subscriptions turned in
the total OF the Jewish
war relief fund reached s2.56t
The First Presbyterian church
collection amounted to s6525. st.
Paul's church members gave S4.G5,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03
solvse--shs mystery Of the

soised--the mystery OF the
missing nliilopsl
No. We haven't found all
those intangible bits OF prop
ersy Of the Pacific Telephone
Company which the company
says II knows II owns but just
can't locate.
Nor have we discovered the
gold trimmings or something
which. according TO the figures
Of the phone company to the
public service commission. have
more than coupled the price Of
telephone poles In the last sis
years.
missing telephone millions land Il
is very likely tina, nobody ever win
the mystery has been cleared.
The clue wss found In dry old
law .RsaS tchap. isz. acuss Sd No.
szsl in paragraph OF Law passed
by that notorious legislature OF ours
which sa, In the halls OF Olympia
in the year 1919.
Tho paragraph WAS stuck away in
an significant. out -of.the.way place
where nobody would be likely TO
find II. except those who had II put
therein case OF emergency.
Here's whRiit sayst that the val
nations Of corporations property. as
made by the commission. shall be
admissible IN evidence In any action.
proceeding or hearing. EXCEPT.
ING WITH RESPECT To MAT.
TIERS OF ASSESSMENTS AND
TAXATION"
Get IT. les made TO order-for
the very purpos. OF allowing this
telephone company OF taking Just
as much cash out OF It's patrons
pockets ms II thinks Il can get
away with.
Juss Pure Myth
That missing million dollarp'
worth OF property which the com.
pany says II owns. and that so
called miliion-follar jump in the
price Of telephone poles never have
been. never are and never shall be.
world without end.
The little joker. or rider. or
whatever you may call II. In the
public service law amendment Of
/ 1919. encourages a corporation
such as IN. phone company 10 slap
on figures BY the dozens In the
valuation OF its property before
the public service commission In
order to get the very highest rates
possible from it's patrons
For the law protects them II
says our county assessor cannot
take the company's padded vslua
lions and assess the company nc
cordinRly. The figures sworn "a
before the public service commits
sion cannot be used by the assessor
In slammlng on the taxes.
ny no means The corporation
must submit an entirely new set ol
figures to our county assessors.
The Assessor. in spite OF the fact
that valuation already has beer
made. must waste the taxpayers
money in making n new valuation
and assessment
Had Hunch, Maybe
The property valuation submit
ted bY the company 10 the assessor
for taxation Is Just as extremel,
low ms that submitted 20 the pub
lie service commission for rat.
making is extremely bulky will
padding
Something must have turned
over at the state capital betweeI
1911 and 1918
Perhaps the phone company me
a hunch the rate hearing was com
, ling up before long II IN certain
the company didn't like the look
OF the original law OF 1911. ehicl
, said:
when the commission shall
have valued the property OF
. any public service company.
nothing less than the market
= value so found by the commits
/ sloners shall be taken as a
1 true value Of the property OF
such company used for the
! public convenience for the
. purpose Of assessment and
I taxation"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03
POSTPONE OPENING EXHIBIT

The opening OF the art exhibit.
comprising the best private collec.
lions In this city, TO be held In the
White building. adjoining the Manu-.
facturers Permanent Exhibit and
Exchange, has been postponed from
Friday. Feb. A. until Tuesday. Feb.
IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03
PASSENGERS QUIT
GERMAN PRIZE SHIP

NORFOLK. Feb 3.-Like
phantom ship. the German vessel
Appam moved in from the Roads
today 10 discharge her load.
All Of the passengers were per.
mitted TO set foot on American
soil. with the exception OF the
crew. ~ British military men. 20
Germans who were on her when
she WAS captured. and the prize
crew.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03
WOMEN DRINKING At
SAN FRANCISCO BARS

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. a.
The equal rights idea has In.
vaded several san Francisco
saloons
Fashionably dressed women
walk in and drink alongside
the men and seem Just az
adept as their male escorts Mt
crooking the elbow while rest
Ing a dainty, slippered foot on
the brass rail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03

Water was successfully turned
into the Lake Washington canal
lock at Salmon bay for the first
time Wednesday. Col. j. u. Cav.
anaugh. who had charge Of the con.
struction OF the locks. directed the
ceremonies
A thoro inspection was first made
by Col. Cavanaugh. the signal wa
given. and Machiuist Carl Sior
raised the valve on tho north side.
and the water poured In.
The formal opening OF the canal
win be held July !.
Senior Dato. Spaln's premier,
says that Spain is constantly re.
ceiving expressions OF good will
from all the belligerents. II we
we're Spain. we'd mobilize right
away.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03

SNOWY WEATHER
NEEDS FOR
CHILDREN
Children's Warm Wool
Gloves in white. red and
blue price. a pair 35c.
II PIPER Malta rioor.
Boys $500 and $3.50 Hip
Rubber Boots; good. heavy
quality; specially priced, a
pair $1.9S.
upper Main Fieer.
Childrcn's Storm Rub
bers: sizes for boys; price.
a pair 75c and S5c.
Upper Malta rioer.
Boys Black Solid Rubber
Coats with hood and hat
combination; price complete
$3.50. Upper Msia ri.sr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-03
SOME THINGS YOU

SNOWY WEATHER
NEEDS FOR WOMEN
Fast Black Cashmere and
warm. fleece lined Hose
handy to use as leggings;
pair. 2Sc.-upp-r Main rioor.
Women's Storm Rubbers.
splendid quality; just the
kind needed 10 keep the
shoes dry; pair 75c.
Upper Mats Floor.
$3.50 Angora Knitted
Caps. in white with pretty
colored borders; specially
priced at 75c.
--s~~esa Floor.
Wonen's Umbrellas with
steel rods and Paragon
frames. covered with rain
proof American taffeta /;
price $1.OO.
Upper Msia Floor.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
Il. l. \ + !. = !. :. l. + j. & j. = i i !
j. MR.. KNOTT'S STATEMENT. =
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NV several suits to determine the
result of the primary are amply JUS
titled upon the following grounds,
/. Out of a total of more than
S3 900 votes cast for Governor, Mr..
Catts led me on the face of the re-
turns by only 260 votes, many OF
these returns being admittedly incom-
pete or incorrect.
3. In seventy-five to 100 precincts
in Florida, as shown by the original
tally sheets filed by inspectors and
clerks of election, the second choice
votes-designed to take the place OF
second primary-were Incorrectly
tailed and could not be included at al
bv the county boards in making their
returns to the State board, and such
returns were therefore incomplete.
8. The several Circuit Courts and
the Supreme Court as well have grant
ed me the writs of mandamus to COM
mel correct count and canvass where
the conditions eXisted-through the
unintentional error Of the inspectors
and as | received three second
choice" votes in the State to every
one cast for Mr.. Cats, my nomlna-
ton is assured by count of the bal
lots as cast by the electors in June.
4. Mr.. Cats first secured amend
ed returns-from two counties, Co.
lumbia and Taylor-which materially
increased his lead and it was Mr..
Cats who instituted the first manda-
mus suit-in Alachua County to
compel recanvass. Therefore he
has no right to object to my doing
the same.
5. The State Canvassing Board
has no judicial powers whatever, be-
ing REQUIRED by law to accept the re-
turns from the counties as sent in.
G. Our laws provide legal remedy
through mandamus proceedings to
compel correct count and return of
the votes. The Republican Supreme
Court of 1876 compelled the Republi-
can State Canvassing Board to re-
convene and issue a certificate of cleo
ton to George F. Drew, Democratic
candidate for Governor, after the
board had declared his Republican op-
pDItlIL fltCl III l'Oc Jul lJNlilp-
cratic Supreme Court compelled the
Congressional Executive Committee
to rescind their declaration and de-
clare D. H. Mays the nominee. For
forty years the authority of the
courts alone to determine disputed
elections has been held and acquiescel
in by this State.
I have asked for recounts only
where this proceeding alone could de-
tGtmine the correct returns. My only
desire is to have every vote counted
ard returned as it was cast and re-
gardless of what Mr.. Cats may cr
Nay not do. | shall remain true to
democratic principles and my own
solemn oath by supporting the Lawful
rCminee of the party. W. V. KNOTT
Tallahassee.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
Cats FAILS TO
PREVENT RECOUNT
Georgetown Inspectors Must
Show Cause Today Why
Peremptory Writ
Should Not
Issue.

A special telegram from Tallahas-
see en- Wednesday morning says that
the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in the
mandamus case of w. " Knott, can
didate for governor of Florida,
against certain inspectors and clerks
of precincts in Duval and Putnam
counties, to require them to recon-
vene and count ballots of June pri~'
mary, overruled demurrer and mo
ton to quash, entered by counsel for
Sidney J. Cats in answer to alterna-
tive writ of mandamus issued by the
court two or three weeks ago. Res
pondents are allowed until August II
in which to submit any issue Of fact
on which the command of the alter
native writ ought not to be made pc
remptory.
The opinion is one of the longest
ever handed down by this court, thir-
ty-four legal pages typewriter mat
ter, or approximately 10000 words.
Twenty-one pages of the opinion is
taken up with the statement; then
follows the opinion proper Of thirteen
pages. The opinion is prepared and
concurred in by the whole court. The
opinion necessarily had to be made
long in answering the large number
of attacks made upon the alternative
writ by counsel for Mr.. Cats. There
were sixty-seven grounds for demurr-
er raised by his counsel in answer to
the writ.
Among these grounds is that Mr..
Knott is not eligible to become Il
candidate for governor while holding
the office of comptroller. That the
Bryan primary law is unconstitution-
al, that it is sought to mandamus the
inspectors to something that there is
no law for and a mandamus cannot
issue in such case.
The court holds that the law is con-
stitutional and does not sustain the
other points raised by counsel above
referred to.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11

Lakeland Telegram: The Evening
Telegram does not discuss religious or
denominational propositions, believing
that every mans religion is a matter
for his individual conscience, lying en-
tircly between himself and his Max
er. 1t is a friend to every denomi-
nation, whether it be one that is
strong and numerous or one that is
weak and obscure, believing that all
are STRIVING for the same goal ac-
cording to their best lights. Practi
cling this principle as we'll as preach
ing it, during the years of its ser
vice in Lakeland, it has striven to
build up every church and to tear
down none. The editor has a plank
or a brick in every church building
in the city, including those erected by
the colored people. If there is any
thing of which he is incapable it is
religious intolerance, and he is hap
py to state that with very few eXcep-
tions he has found the same feeling
among the liberal and broad-minded
citizens of Lakeland.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11

On Monday at the meeting of the
board of county commissioners bids
for the construction of the Bostwick
special tax district road were open.
ed and the contract awarded to the
Logan Concrete Engineering Co.,
who were the lowest bidders.
In the afternoon Mr.. J. A. Camp
bell who represented the Logan
Company discovered that there was
section 1Of the specifications
which he had overlooked. 1t was
the section calling for a rebate Of
so much per yard if clay was found
within a certain distance Of opera
tions. This Mr.. Campbell explained
would necessitate raising his bid
some $4,000. Of course he couldn' :
afford to do the work, he would the
rather forfeit his surety check for
81 900 which was handed in with the
bid as an evidence of ability to faith
fully perform.
The withdrawn bid was the only
one which made a price within the
amount provided by the bond issue,
and the commissioners are up a
stump. They are not legally bound
to return the check, but they hate to
take a mans money, profiting by a
plain mistake, even though it is
customary in business.
Since the above was written it is
learned that the $1,000 check has
been returned to Mr.. Campbell; the
bid had been accepted, but no papers
had been made up and it is a serious
question whether the board could
have legally retained it. Morally
the board felt that it had no right
to retain the money.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
All Honor to w. V. Knott

Ocala Banner: Every voter Of
populistic tendencies, every socialist,
every follower of Tom Watson, ev-
cry disgruntled democrat, is behind
Mr.. Cats in his threat to run as an
independent. On the stump Brother
Cats denounced our good president,
and he is in politics in Florida for no
good purpose, according to our opin-
in. But we do not believe that the
true and tried" democrats of Flori-
da can be intimidated by him, or his
followers. We have faith to believe
that they will preserve unsullied the
hallowed traditions of the party in
this state and stand squarely by their
own integrity. We commend Mr..
Knott for fighting for the rights that
clearly belong to him, and in so doing
he is deserving the praise of every
loyal democrat. All honor to W. A.
Knott.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11

A delegation of road boosters fro,
Welaka and Satsuma Nights swoO1
ed down on the meeting of the bOaf
of county commissioners on WedDe,
day morning and secured the conser
Of the board to the construction
a road running from Satsuma Hight
to Welaka, through the big camphc
farm of the Satsuma Company.
The road is to be Of shell top si
inches thick-periwinkle shell take
from mounds on the camphor farm
and the road is to be built by th
Satsuma Company Immediately at
cost to the county Of 500 per mil,
No wonder the commissioners JUMP
ed at the opportunity.
In the delegation Of boosters VII
appeared before the board were SUD
well known men as c. W. LOvelanI
superintendent of the camphor farm
and Fred V. Owen of SatSum
Nights, DR.. D. c. Main, c. L. Greel
wood, Capt. D. c. Packard, John Da
low, w. H. Beasley, L. J, Mcleod, y
cob Clark, Mr.. Blanchard and F.
Reeder of Welaka.
They went home happy. WelakaE
do not say that this road is just VIII
they want. 1t is all right for pei
pie headed for Palatka, but when the
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
CATS ADHEREHIS
CALL MASS MEE1y|

An unsigned call has hoo.
tins morning for mass pen na lSsu
Cats adherents at the cd,,ee meeting
next Saturday night, August St[E 1eta Hog
the tn purpose of organizin~' no. aoth3 I
Club. Ni's a Cat
inee All of TtS the see Senotast in Cats the legal NJ,
ed, no matter what the Co~ret. ~re my
say as to the legality of the bUutEs ns..? N
ton; This call includes Sny S,1v noni1 non !
in the general election tboro OAe, I
tinction of race, creed, color : .S ns no d
vlous lou: condition of servitude or VI M pl
affliation. ''Ue Or par
If Mr.. Cats has the nomir0.;.
virtue of the choice of the ,JlalloN Jon.
voters of the State, there vyiilIoGIat Wiii SI
need of Catt's Clubs to nIaoo will q! oe
the governors chair. Ru+ nm
people are not willing to W wait vat !,
abide the decision of the corr.a %sF al
what the will of democratic - No! No =! as
in State is. What they wsTt ra!oFl
Cats, no matter how thev gos @a''. u.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
This. Too. is War.

1t was a fine, large house, the next
one. Beyond the patio wall they
could see the clipped hedges; could
smell, above the reek and sweat and
red heat of the day, the fragrance of
flowers. On any other occasion they
would probably have entered softly,
reverently, so plain was the evidence
of peace and culture here where foun-
tains were squirting, birds futtering,
and somewhere a Woman'S gentle
voice calling. But they had just left
dead cOmrade, and no knowing when
another might go the same way; so
it was a rapid rush, with heads up,
eyes about, bayonets fixed and finger
on trigger, but for all their hurry
making no noise.
Above a gorgeous bush an alert ma
rine saw a conical high straw hat of
the kind so often worn by the natives.
"Ther's one-waiting for uG Look,
sir-crouchin' behind that hedge!" eX-
claimed the marine.
Gallord saw the hat and thought of
the dead comrade behind; and then
the marine said huskily, Hes mov-
ing-shall | get him, s1r,"
Get him. snapped Gallord. The
marine fired. Three or four others
fired with him. The hat dropped
down out Of sight.
A native Indian girl came running
out Of the house then. She raised
her finger to her lips. "Sh-h-" she
said, "sh-h-" and looked around
She called out some words in a low
voice. There was no answer. She
stood on her toes, looked around, and
in the most mournfuI voice called
again.
The marine who had first seen the
hat was known to be good at Span
ish. whats she saying?" demand
ed Gallord.
The man looked at his officer, but
made no other answer.
Gallord shook him. 'You heard
me. What did she say?"
"She was calling to some boy to
come into the house-that his mother
was dying. Twas him we shot"
Gallord rushed around the hedge.
He said: Lets get out of here" 1t
was a beautiful young boy they had
killed-his arms full of flowers
James B. Connolly, in Scribners.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11

Orlando Reporter-Star: A news
dispatch from Jacksonville says that
a machine" has been organized to
secure the election of S. j. Cats as
governor of Florida in the November
election. An avowed object of this
organization is to secure from each
county official a categorical answer
to the question whether he will sup
port sHid Cats. 1t is said that petit
tions will be put out in each of the
twelve hundred precincts Of Florida
for the purpose of securing twenty
five thousand signatures asking that
the name of Cats be placed on the
official ballot The evident object of
the attempt to secure this monster pc
tition and direct Eyes" or "no" re-
ply from county officials is to brow
beat the said county officials into
pledg:ng their support to Cats. 1t
is well known that the governor has
the power to remove certain county
officials for cause. In the hands of
Q partisan governor a very trivial act
might be magnifed into cause suff-
cient for removal. What other OBJ
iect can this organization have in at
tempting to pledge county officials
for Cats except for purpose of intim-
idation? An effort is being made to
make it appear that Cats has been
swindled out of the nomination. The
fact is that Cats already has practi-
caIly conceded that Knott fairly won
the nomination. Already Cats is
making a campaign as an indepcnd-
ent candidate, though claiming to be
the regular nominee He started out
some time ago. He poses as pov-
erty stricken, but he purchased an
automobile and is conducting an eX-
pensive campaign which will undoubt-
edly be continued until election.
And 4 machine" has been organiz-
ed in Jacksonville to further his in
terests. The first act of this machine
is to heckle the county officials. The
evident design is to whip the county
officials into line under the belief that
Cats is going to be elected and that
it would be better for them to be on
good terms with the governor than to
be recorded as being opposed to him
Now is time for the county officials
to show their manhood and refuse to
be intimidated by the Cats outfit.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11

Under the caption "Changed His
NIind,' the Tallahassee Democrat
says:
Editor Bill Russell of the Pa
latka News bitterly opposed Cats
during the recent campaign.
Cats was in Palatka last week
and this is in part what Editor
Bill said about him:
"Rev. Sidney J. Cats, guber-
material candidate who was
awarded the nomination by the
state canvassing board and per-
haps the most discussed and
cussed man in all Florida today,
spent Friday in the city a guest
at the Putnam House.
"Thoso who saw and talked
with him were impressed with
him as being a man of great pow
er and ability.
He is certainly a wonderful
man
The Democrat is mistaken; the ed
itor of The News has never seen the
time when there was occasion to re-
wise his first opinion of this man
Cats. But that would not prevent
us from giving him courteous treat
ment as q guest in Palatka, and men,
tioning him respectfully. We might
have said that he was wonderful
demagogue" with great "powcr and
ability" to fool the people, for that is
what he has been doing.
Be the day far distant when this
editor cannot see or refer to a politi-
cal opponent without slamming him,
one whom the misfortunes
Of democratic policies may yet COM
pei US to support.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
His Spinal Column

st. Petersburg Times: Although
knowing w. V. Knott pretty well for
a pretty long time, we confess the
necessity of revising our impressions
Of him somewhat. From his quiet
and mild, and even sort of scarey de-
meanor we had drawn an impression
of a lack of the necessary spinal COL
umn for the chief executive of q great
State; but from the way he stands by
his guns through this tremendous
drive we're bound now to think that
column goes all the way through
without timber spot in it, and that
there is simply no scare to him.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
It's a Good Old World

Lakeland Star: 1t may not be
"news," although it is quite possible
that it is "news" to many, that this
is a good old world 1t is a good old
world because the people in it are
good people. No, not as good as they
ought to be. Most Of US are mixed
lot and whenever one of US fall to
"sayin' things" about the other, we
always think of the kettle and the
pot. But after all, the mixture is
accounted for, as pure mixtures, it IS
still a fact that this is good old
world. And, because the people who
live in it make it so. They are go
ing to make it better world. They
ARE making it better world. The
final, acid test of this thing is this
fact, well known to all. Let a pc5ti-
lence overtakc any community, let an
overwhelming misfortune visit any
city, let any man fall into dire trouble
of any sort whatever, and see how
Quickly the multitudes of men will
rush to give relief. And, this in
spite of race, solor or condition. The
deepest impulses of humanity are to-
ward tic best and people never tire
Of lending aid where aid is sorely
needed. Some men are in way, po-
lite, gruffly so, to be sure, quite Of
ten. But most men wish to treat
others with consideration. Through
all the Gtrifes Of men, in spite Of all
there runs the golden thread of good
ness
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-08-11
How Stands The Press?

Lakeland TELEGRAM. Tho Mac
clpnnv Standard states +hot all hn+
abont siv nnwsnonnrs" are onnoend N
Mr.. Knott in his fight for his piain
riob+s nndnr law Int ne een # +bie
stgtement is NOT dirnctlv in line with
the rockIess disreoard of facts that
cbarocterizos otbor of tbo Cats or'
oars ON, ~ '''>,' '''N VI '''N ''''
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some siv+v or sevontv S+a+a nonors
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tbev stand
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in tLn S+a+o on+snol.o, for Kno++
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