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Arrest Prominent Doctor in War on Drue Traffic

WHY conns?

TO the independent voters: Why Josiah

Collins? The Star asks the question in all

fairness.

Why ahould Joaiah Collina be elected to the

council? Why ahould Collina WANT to be a

councilman? What ia the excuae?

Let ua consider Josiah Collins honestly, with

out prejudice. Let us get away, aa it were, to

a quiet corner, where we can think clearly and

honestly.

Josiah Collins has lived in Seattle since 1883

—a matter of 32 years. If there is any excuse

for Collins' election to the council, certainly the

length of his residence ought to make it very

easy for him or his boosters to point it out.

What is the excuse? What has Josiah Col

lins ever done for the happiness of the average

person in Seattle?

His friends say h« is a "public spirited" citizen.

Why? What has he ever done to earn thia

praise? What have been the public spirited

acts that recommend Collins?

Up to four years ago, Josiah Collins' fame

extended only to the society columns. He was,

and is, an ideal master of ceremonies. He

knows all the rules of etiquette and can lead

a cotillion with the best of them. From that

standpoint he has been very "public spirited."

His membership in the Rainier club, in the Golf

and Country club, the Junior Chaperon Danc

ing club, the Union club of Tacoma, and other

exclusive clubs, has fitted him with a most ex

cellent training for social duties.

It was, therefore, entirely proper for the

Chamber of Commerce to appoint Josiah Col

lins as chairman of the entertainment commit

tee on various occasions.

It was also fitting that Josiah Collins should

have been chairman of the Committee on Cere

mony, Music and Entertainment of the A.-Y.-P.

exposition. In fact, it waa most fortunate, for

when President Taft visited the fair, no lesa a

person than Joaiah Collina ACTED AS THE

PRESIDENTS CADDY ON THE GOLF LINKS

AT THE COUNTRY CLUB.

Wealthy, Collins had retired from active law

practice for many years, and was quite free for

social activities. As a toastmaster at banquets,

as master of ceremony at dances and entertain

ments and bridge teas and tango teas, Josiah Col

lins has no superior in Seattle.

It was only this sort of activity that engaged

the time and thought of Josiah Collins until,

in 1910, he was elected to the state senate.

The Star takes it that a man in public office

should reflect, to some degree, at least, the wishes

and sentiments of the public. What has been

Collins* record in the senate? The Star will let

you judge for yourself.

Josiah Collins was one of three sen

ators who voted against the mothers'

pension law.

Collins voted for the amendments

that would have defeated the wom

an's eight-hour law.

He voted against the red-light

abatement law.

He voted against the workmen's

compensation act.

He made the motion in the 1911

session to kill the bill to abolish

hanging.

He voted against the minimum

wage law for women.

He introduced a bill to allow aliens,

who are not, and refuse to become,

American citizens, to own land in this

state.

He voted for all amendments that

would have killed off the initiative,

referendum and recall, but on the fi

nal vote he recorded himself in favor

of those measures.

He voted for the logged-off land

bill, but when the Chamber of Com

merce came out against it in the King

county election, COLLINS SAID HE

VOTED FOR IT WITHOUT FULLY

REALIZING WHAT HE DID, AND

HE MADE SPEECHES AGAINST

IT.

Last year Collins was one of the

members of the charter commission,

which recommended the Hinky Dink

charter for adoption by the people,

and which the voters promptly and

decisively refused to adopt.

This, in brief, is Collins' record.

WHAT IS THERE IN IT THAT

FURNISHES ANY EXCUSE FOR

ANY INDEPENDENT VOTER TO

SUPPORT HIM IN THE ELECTION

OF MARCH 2?

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper In Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 17. NO. 305

IIUKOBIIJI

President Declare#

He Will Permit No

Embargo on Arms

to Be 11 i g erents;

Washington Ad

mits Grave Possi

bilities Lie in Pres

ent Situation.

\\ VSHIMiTON. Feb.

IS.—President Wilson in

dicated today that he would

not permit an embargo on

exportation of arms to bel

ligerent nations in Hurope.

such as suggested in (»er

many's reply, made public

today, to the United States'

protest against danger t<>

neutral shipping in the new

war zone in waters sur-,

rounding (ireat Britain.

An embargo on the espor

tation of arm* to belllgerente

would be e completely unneu

tral act. Wllaon told a com

mittee of women who preeent

ed a petition, algned by 25.000

. pe'eont, atking tuch an em

" ftJTtMgn VWe. t„ |t,

note to Weahlqulon, hinted broad

ly that this counter ought to slop

telling rimiraband to the allle<

President it Oottmittic

Prealdent Wllaon v:e*t the In

ternatlonal situation optlmlattcally,

despite present compllcat'ons and

grave posalbllltlea. It sn officially

announced today.

Secretary Bryan hurried to the

\\ hlte House early today for a 30

minute conference

Germany'* war tone proclama

tlon was giving government offi

cial* more concern than anything

else, but I'realdent Wilton believes

It Improbable that any American

ships will be torpedoed

Won't Send Warehipe

No American warship* will he

sent to the new war gone for the

present Secretary l*anie|s said

today he was not considering them

either to convoy merchantmen or

for general protection of American

•hips outside of the tone

Although German dlapatchea aald

the German reply was handed to

the American amb issador \\ ednea

day, a cahfr from Ambassador

Gerard dated Wednesday said It

had not yet been received This

has increased the anxiety of offl

rial*, but their courae la shrouded

In aecrecv.

Consider Brltleh Note

The last paragraph In the |ate*t

fti Irish not* hss augmented the list

of serlou* developments. Some of

ficial* are Inclined to regard It as

the equivalent of saving that If tier

many Is not going to respect Inter

national law. Kngland will act In

a like manner

President Wllaon coneldfied the

note cloaely today

The complete reply of the Mritlsh

government to America's protest

for better treatment of American

commerce hy Great llrltaln't navy

was given out last night.

No Point of Dlvitlon

It concedes that foodstuffs In

tended for the civil (K)pulatlon of

a country are not contraband, but

points out that ' In any country In

which there enlsta auch tremendous

organlr.atlon for war aa now oh

talna in Germany, there Is no clear

division between those whom the

government la responsible for feed

ing and those whom It Is not "

SI A I I I I , \\ ASH., IIIUKSIJAV, H:H. IS. I'MS

CHIEF ACTORS IN AMAZING CASE OF MARGUERITE MURTHA

THIS it her devoted titter, who

tearched for the miaemg girl and

waited and watched, who brougnt

"little titter" home.

Girl, 14, Sentenced to 7

Years for Being Mother

law and Society Join in Persecution of Marguerite

Murtha; Court Forbids a Wedding

NEW YORK, Feb 18 —A

court of justice, a "Houee of

Mercy" and organized charity.

In the ehape of the Chlidren'e

Society of Brooklyn, have all

aentenced pretty Marguerite

Murtha of Brooklyn, an unwed

mother of 14 yeart. to bear a

nameieee child

The girl'e betrayer, a youth

of ?0, walke the streets, a free

man, under euepended ten

tence.

Efforts of Mre. Suean Mur

tha. mother of the pirl mother,

to have the aentence of aeven

yeare In the "Houee of Mercy"

impoaed upon her daughter

aet aelde. having been una

vailing

Since Marguerite waa bet raved

hv Samuel Jarobeon. who took her

to live with him In Hatbuah, the

Children's Society of Brooklyn

was relentlessly on the trail of

Marguerite

Stays on the Street

Adete Murtha. too. Mirguerites

sister, haunted Flatbush day and

night In the hope of getting a

trace of her elster One night she

stayed on the atreet until 3 a tn ,

thinking ahe had seen her alster

and might see her again

The Children* society finally

found Marguerite. and I lit t Ice

Mayo sentenced the girl mother to

the Mouse of Merry for seven

years

In it■ r«|Kirt to the court, the ao

clety said Marguerite* family was

PRESIDENT WILL NOT CALL

EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1* There li

will be no extra session of congress '

was the word given today on the

highest authority.

II was Indicated that President .

Wilson la favorable to the plan toj l

allow the Weeks Gore compromise i

THIS It the 14 year-old girl «mo

it about to become a mother, who

la barred from bearing her child

legally by the law!

unfit to isre for he BECAUSE

HER SISTER ADELE STAYED

ON THE STREETS LATE AT

NIGHT.

Marguerite has been transferred

to a hoaplttl temporarily, ao that

she may Hear her child, but when

she goes to the Mouse of Mercy"

It will tie with emptv arms They

will not re. elve babies born to In

mates there

Court Forbidt Wedding

Jaoobaon was willing to wed

Marguerite and give their b*bv a

name hut the court forbade that

for the alleged reason thot Jacob

aon could not support a family

"I wie not allowed to tee my

little girl when eha wae held

by the Chlidren'e eociety,"

aobbed the girl'a mother

•'They drove me away when I

tried to talk to her. She

wrltee me every day from the

maternity ward In the hoepital

and bege me to eend her

candy and a doll. Oh. my God!

Think of It! She It going to

have a baby of her own In

April—a baby that the law and

charity will not permit to bear

Ite father's name AND SHE

WANTS A DOLL."

—______________

TO GIVE UP SAUSAGE

HKKI.IX. Feb 18 A \oluntecr

movement has been started among

Herman boy* to do without the

sausage they usually take to achool

for lunch and eat only black bread

ship purchase hill to go to confer

ence for about ten day*, to permit

the passage by both hoiiaes of the

big appropriation bills

Afterward another Bttempt proli j

ably will be to pass the ship

bill, but If tlie filibuster continues

the bill will be abandoned

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

KAISER ASKS

U.S.WARSHIPS

IN WAR ZONE!

HKKI.IX. via Amsterdam. Feb

1* The text of the German reply

to the protest of the l ulled States

regarding Germany'* proposed war

on llrlttah merchantmen waa made

public tnd*>

In It Germany firmly reiterates

her determination to continue to

the end her submarine blockade of

the Itritlnh coast.

The tone of the note is espei ial

Iv frlendlv to the I'nlted States

but It declares Germany took this

step onl\ after mature deliberation

and only ' liecause the measures

adopted by the Kngllah are in vio

lation of the accepted principles of

International law "

The note recommendi that

the United Statei government

tend warehipe to England to

convoy merchant vetteit

through the danger lone at te

curlty againet attack, with the

underetanding that veeaela thue

guarded thall carry no war tup

pi lea.

The foreign office points out that

neuttala have the right, which they

I ahould exercise, of forcing a cessa

| tlon of trade, and especially arms.

; with Germany's enemies

Germany Retente U S Attitude

The note adda: The German

government feels obliged to point

out with emphasis that traffic in

arms, estimated at many hundred*

1 of millions, it being carried on Iw*

tween American firms and Ger

many's enemies Germany compre

i henda that this Involves no formal

1 vlo atlon of neutrality."

Hut, the note declares. Germany

'eels her commerce rights have

been prejudiced by the fact that

neutrals, "In safeguarding their

1 rights In legitimate commerce with

Germany, have, up to the present,

achieved no results, or only Insig

nlficant results, while making un

limited use of their right to carry

on a contraband traffic with Kng

land and other enemlea "

———————————

Jamet L. Wilklnaon appointed

Chief Inspector of immigration at!

'San Francisco.

ONE CENT

THIS It the fond mother whote

daughter it barred from her armt

and home, though the weept the

hourt away.

WHATCOM

HITS TANKER

IN DENSE FOG

W hlle creeping along the south

ern end of the harbor in the dense

fog Thursday morning the steam

er Whatcom. Puget Sound Naviga

tion Co. lost her way and rammed

the Nuana. a steel vessel, which

hss been out of commission sev

eral years This afternoon the

Nnana was reported sinklug

The W hatcom was only allghtly

damaged and was able to make het

regular run to Helllnßbain. She

was on her way for fuel when the

accident occurred.

The Nuana ha* been uaed for

storage purpoted by the (ieneral

Petroleum Co Oil poured from a

l>l* gap made bv the Whatcom

I'ntll the oil thine out there l»

serious fire dancer.

The Whatcom alao chipped a

piece from a trestle after hitting

the Nuana.

MEET TONIGHT TO

DISCUSS BRIDGES

I'ropoaed bond Issues for the

construction of a bridge across

Ijike t'nlon at 10th N. K. will be

discussed at a meeting of the

Tenth Ward Improvement club to

night In Maya hall. Fifth N. E.

and K 42nd.

BUSMEN TO PROTEST

A mas* meeting of jitney bus

owners and drivers to protest

against legislation now under con

slderaiion at Olympla. requiring

bonding of all Jitney operators, ha*

been called by the Seattle Auto

Transit association. at the l.von

building. Third and .lames. Friday

night, at Proposed city ordi

nance* will alao be considered

MAY PASS OVER VETO

oI.YMIMV Feb. I s " Republican

leaders predict the senate, too. will

pass the McArdle over the ru\-

ernor'a veto.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—Fair

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THIS it the tedueer who, thougn

willing to marry Marguerite Mur

tha, it forbidden the chance to right

hie wrong by a New York court.

ADMITS

HE GIVE

COCME

Dr. F B Whiting, phyeiclan

in the Cobb building, was plac

ed under arreat Thuraday noon

for furnlahlng morphine and

cocaine preacriptiona to Chaa.

R Mac Donald. a dope fiend.

The arreat wai made In the

office of the proaecuting attor

ney, where Whiting had been

aummoned for an explanation

following the arreat of Mac-

Donald, Wednesday night.

Confronted by Mac Donald

and preacriptiona filled out in

hie own handwriting. Dr. Whit

ing admitted hia guilt.

"Vea, I gave It to him," he

aaid. "I felt aorry for the

man."

Mr. Whiting admitted he had ac

cepted $2 from Mac Donald for on*

prescript ion

MacDonaM left four prescrii>-

tlons at Hanks pharmacy, CtiOO

First ave to be filled, he said. The

orders called for enough of th«

drug to annihilate an army. Th«

suspicions of the clerk were arout

ed lie notified the iiolice.

Mac Donald returned to the store

Wedneaday night. As he picked

up the package of drug from the

counter. Detectives Majewski and

Teyser stepped from behind tue

partition, and he was arrested.

A "pal" waiting for Mac Donald

outside the store escaped.

The federal law which become*

effective March 1, requiring all

physicians and druggists to account

for every grain of drug disposed of.

will make It virtually impossible

for drug-users to procure "dope."

(Hp police say This, they say, I*

musing some of the fiends to stock

up now.

l)r Whiting was released on

ft.ooo bond*