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OLYMPIA, Jan. 12.—00w. Ernest Ustsr furnlshsd ■ distinct sur

prlse In his message. read this afternoon to ths 14th legialaturs, when

he urgsd a broadening of ths powtn of ths stats public ssrvlcs com

mission, so that It may also rsgulata municipally ownsd utilltlss. such

■s tho city watsr dspartmsnt and light plant of Ssattls.

Advocates of municipal ownsrshlp had hopsd for a word of sncour

■gomsnt In thslr sfforts to obUln homs ruls legislation to permit cities,

not only to regulate thslr own plants, but also thoee of private corpora

t'ons within thslr city limits.

GERMANS SET

BRUSSELS ON

FIRE, REPORT

THC WAR LINEUP

PRANCE—French assert desper

ate Sansss assaults near Solsssns

repuleed. Both loot heavily. Oar

man* attacked north of Beausajour;

repulsed.

AUSTRlA—Fighting along lower

Nlda: Russian attempt to crooo ths

river repulsed.

RUUSSlA—Fighting along Rawka

river: German advance toward

Warsaw continues.

TURKEY—Wsather bad: prob

ably Turka will not reoume offen

sive before spring.

GERMANY—Reported German

cruiser Brsmsn struck mine; return

ed to Wilhelmehaven bedly dam

aged: Berlin declaree French ra

pulaed near Camay: heavy loeaes:

In Argonne 3,500 French reported

captured elnce Friday.

UONDON. Jan. ll.—Stories that

Brussels baa been set srtre and is

burning, brought to Amsterdam br

refugees, ere discredited by the Nel

glsn legs' ion here and the Belgian

relief organization. It was stated

at both of these places that then

waa no confirmation from any

source

6ERNM CRUISER

DAMAGED RT MIRE

IXJNDON. Jan. It—That the

German rnilwr Rream hu put In

to Wllbelmahaven. badly damage-!,

having struck a floating ml no In the

North eea. was the report carried

In a Petrograd me*»ag«- to the Star

tod >7.

FEAR BOMBARDMENT

BY ADRIATIC FLEET

VENICE Jan. 12—The Irhab

ltanta of Trieste are In a panic

fearing bombardment of the rltv by

the Pranco-Mrltlah fleet In th>-

Adriatic.

T ADDITIONAL NEW# OF *

THE WAR ON PAGE 2

Economy *u the keynote of Uls

ter's message In thle connection

he advised alone with a general

policy of retrenchment Id appro

priallona. ths convening of s con

stitutional contention to consider,

anion* other things, the following:

Abolishing ono houss of ths

leglalatur* and aonflnlng legis

lates work to a body of about

24 members to eerve 90 days

•t regular sessions Instead of

sa

A roarrangemsnt of supsrlsr

court districts, so that tho

present situation. whereby

judgas In eome districts srs

overcrowded with work while

In othsrs thsro Isn't enough

work, can bs overcome and a

saving of about 540.000 a ysar

effsctsd by eliminating about

10 courts.

A constitutional amendment

In relation to revanus and tax

ation.

The governor recommends

ersl change* In the general ele<-

tlon law* and urges the adoption of

non-partisan county and city eler

tlons. a preferential presidential

primary law. the abolition of the

compulsory second choice.

Me also recommends against the

paassge of a law. as provided by

the republican platform, to compel

voters to state their party affilia

tions when they register

Urges Rsspportlonmsnt

Should the legislature fail to call

a constitutional convention, the

governor urges reapportionment of

senate and house representstlon »n

(Continued on psge 7.1

ATTACK

MOTHER'S

PENSION

Ot.YMPIA, Wash., Jan. 12 —

Striking at the mothers pension

Isw. Senator Howard Taylor of

King county, former speaker of the

house, introduced a bill Tuesday

morning to repeal certain sections

of the measure

Senators (Jhent and Wray of

King Introduced a bill abollahlng

second choice voting In congres

slonal and state offices

Senstors llrown of Whatcom and

Iverson of Kitsap Introduced a

measure appropriating $100,000 for

a state powder factory and creat

ing a revolving f.inil of. 1500,000 for

Its operation

In the house. little »»« done

Ti«*sd»y morning Whfn Rep. Z«<l

- attempted to Introduce a bill

providing for one board of regenta

for all state educational Instltu

tlona. Hep 81ms objected on the

ground that houae lan't yet organ

ized for bualneaa

♦

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 16.

DOtB A Wirt EARN

WAGES?

Ths snswers to thle question

•re coming in to The Star eo

faet. and many of tnsm are eo

good, that we will print the beet

of them tomorrow, Thursday and

Friday.

Married folks, get Into the con

teel while there le time.

Husbsnds. ars your wlvss help

metss or prstty toys?

Wives, srs you partnsrs In tho

homs, or sipensive brit a brecf

"Runaway Jans." a film etory

by George Randolph Chsstsr. of

s bride who rsn sway from hsr

husbsnd on thslr honsymoon

rather than "dsgrsds" hsrself by

taking money from him. etarta at

the Colonial theatre Sunday.

The management of the thea

tre offers a prlts of t2i for ths

bsst Isttsr. by s husband or a

wife, on "DOES A WIFE EARN

WAGES?" which ehsll bs submit

tsd to Ths Star.

Ths prlis will bs swsrdsd Sat

urday, and Ths Star will print

ths winning Isttsr. Also- -

Star Photographer Jacobe will

take mowing plcturee of the win

ner and her huebend—or his

wifs, as ths cass may be—on

Saturday.

Thle film will be ehown at ths

Colonial Sunday, when "Run.

away Jans" starta.

RENTS

BLAME

FIXED

Out of hit office window In

the Burke building Judga Thorn

aa Burke looked down upon

••cond awa-. lo tha north and to

tha aouth. aa far aa ha could

aaa, and remarked to Tha Star

man:

"If anything can ba dona, I

ahall earneatly and gladly halp."

Judge Rurkn waa speaking of the

high rent conditions on Second ave

What could he done*

lx>ok at It from any ancle you

rhooae. Judge Flurke la satisfied you

must reach the same conclualon he

has reached, namely:

"The Individual landlord Is the

sole Influence In this matter."

Judge lltirke has spoken to Indl

vldtial landlords Me has received

encouragement from some There

are othera w.ho cannot be reached

Real Landlords Ara Reaeonable

"1 find this to tx* true." said

Judge flurke. «ho la himself the

owner of the Iturke and Kinplre

buildings. on Second are., "that the

real landiorda —thoae own the

ground and the buildings, general!)

are reasonable men.

"Tha difficulty la with thoaa

landiorda who own only a laaaa

on tha ground, and who hava

put up chaap buildinga, with

the Intention of getting a* much

money out of the leaaes as pos

sible. These landiorda ara un

approachable.

"It haa been my policy not to

enter Into any awch leaaee. and

In the light of axperleice. there

le reaaon to hop* there will ba

few auch laaaea entered Into In

th future.

"The Star la to be commended for

presenting the question to public at

(Continued on Page 2.)

Gen. H M. Chittenden re-eler.ted

port comtnlaalon pr«'Stdrnl

H. B. Earltng, vice president of

Milwaukee, flnda business better.

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

SKA H I r., WASH., TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1014

DO YOU PAY

WAGES TO

YOUR WIFE

By Fred L Boalt

I dropped Into Boyd'* Pharmacy,

Bavanth and Union, thla morning, to

got a magailna. Boyd ayad ma

gloomily.

"A pratty plckla you'va got ma

Into!" ha aaid

••»or Mid i.

"And many anothar marrlad man

In thla town. If I know woman,",

aald Boyd "Wa arguad about It

half tha night."

"Arguad about whatT" I aakad.

although I knaw.

"About 'DOCS A Wirt EARN

WAOtt?*" aald tha drugglat

• • •

Now. Boyd la an avarag* man

Ho la n*ltb*r rary rlrh nor vory

poor Ma la. I auaport. a llttla old '

faablonad In bla noflona ronrorn

lng aurh thlnga aa ' iho apbora of

woman "

"I<ooa your wlfa aarn »um *" ~

. ~Hha doat not." Mid Boyd. "And.

whafa mora, ah* doaaw't wast

I—MX.' ho qnallflad, "aba

didn't until ah* md Th* Star yaw

torday "

"■ha la thou, an aqual partner

I with your

' Kiaetly ~ aald Boyd 'That *

what I k*p! t*l7lnc h*r laa' n'aht

An *qual partnar with m*'"

"Ton dlvld* your monay *qtially

And giro har half*"

"No, no'" aald Boyd T don't

dlvld* It. W* ahar* It It la our*

Th* homo th* atorw, lb* nnon*y

all ara otira "

"110 yoti moan." I aak*d. "• lltaral

partn*r«hlp or a th*or*tlral part

narahlp* for Inntanr*. haa your j

wlf* b*r own hank act-ount*'

"Ton don't gat m»." aald Boyd,

with what patl*nc* h* rould com

maud "IJatan '

• a a

"My wlfa and I ara partnaro. I'm

tha aonlor partnar. I run tha bua<

noaa and handla tha monay. tha

runa tha houaa. ordor* tha maala.

tanda tha chlldran.

"Your way—giving tha wlfa all

tho monay—la all vary wall far a

man who aarna wagaa. It would

not do for a buainaaa man. Lot ma

llluatrata.

"My wlfa an a Monday aakad ma

for $15 with which to buy moat

and grocarloe for tha following Bat

urday, whan wa wara going to hava

company for dlnnar.

"If I had do no aa aha aakad. I

would hava takan lift out of my

buainaaa for ona waak Kapt In

tha buainaaa, that lift aarnad. aay.

*5 canta. With 4ft canta I can buy

two pounda of maat—a claar aav-

Ing."

"You maan. than." I aald, "that

woman hava not tha haada far buai

naaa that man havaT"

"Youra may hava. Mlna haa not."

(Contlnuad on Pago 2.1

EOIIAL SUFFRAGE

DEBATED IN HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Jan IJ TTie t

house today liogan a all hour de

(Htm < >i> til Mondell resolution pro

posing ft constitutional amendment

providing national woman suffrage

A final vote la to he taken after

the debate

Nearly 200 representatives have

expressed their Intention of dta-1

THE GIRL WHO WORKS! THE BRINK

UPON WHICH SOME OF THEM STAND

Girls Aren't Safe at

Hands of Men Even

in Civilized Times

WARRANT OUT FOR

COUNTY AUDITOR

KCLfcO. w.a* . Jan. If.—

CKrgid with th« ambOUl*-

• tnl 0» from I '00 to WOO. ■

• wtrriM I* out for the arroot

of Oaorga M Campbell. retir

ing auditor of Cowlitl county.

CampboM hee diaeppeered, It

ia said.

| running th# laan* Monrial! lad tin

ilrlulf In favor of tha rraolutlon.

Taylor of Colorwtn and VnltlM) of

Mtnnaaota iwln* hi* |<rlnrl|>al mi|>

portani

Hanry of T»n>, chairman of tha

mlaa mmmlltM. and Wahh of

North Carolina ware aohadulad to I

maka tha nppnalng aiwarhaa

ONE CEN7

■Y CYNTHIA GReY

The Star on Monday prlntad

a etory from Now York, tailing

of a Jereey City girl who waa

reacuad from a Chinatown ten

ement She had allowad her

aal to ba taken thara on tha

auppoaitlon that aha waa going

to obtain naadod employment.

Today, by coincidence. comaa

In tha mail a lattar from a So

dro Woollay young woman

which atrangaly parallala thla

experience

Thla young woman write*:

f>*ir Mlaa «ire\ I want to tell

»ou how. a few day* ago, I wan nl

ni"»t trapped Into a life of ahatne

]In your <tty. I waa going to my

flrat poaltlon. a girl of IS. hut a

mere child In eiperlence, with my

hair In a braid down tnv hack, and

| ro> aklrta to the toj>* of my ahoea.

Healde m« on the train aat a

wmnan who m the moat ra

■ pulalve I'cnnn 1 ever aaw

liar fare ahowed too plainly tha

' Ufa aha waa living, and I turned

from har

' When tha train waa a few mllea

from Seattle the conductor brought

to me a welldrenaed man whoae

' niiiearanre ahoweil him to 1m» of

' I mean*, and aahl to him. "There'a

(Contlnuad on Pago 7.)

•>« Tlttl«« AM)

NKW* ITAMII,

MANWHO OFFERED

TO EXPOSE EVIL IS

OHLV OME C/UKHT

What kind of a daal haa B. L. Morgan got from the police?

Tha Star, working Independently, aecured a Hat of placea where

cocaine and morphine are aold. This Met waa turned over to the po

lico.

The namoo on the llet were, with a eingle exception, the name* of

drug firms. The exception waa Morgan, who, Tha Star learned, waa

a*lllng drug* from a certain room In a Flrat ave. hotel.

The police arroeted Morgan aa a "disorderly peraon," and laat

Thuraday he waa aentenced to the city atockade, whar* h* I* now.

Morgan, a private detective out

of a )ob, approached Dr. Cornelius

Osseward. president of the state

pharmacy board, so mo weeks ago,

and offered to secure evidence

against the drug sellers

The board bad no funds for tb«

purpose Dr. <>**oward conferrod

with Dr. E. J. Brown, dentl*t, who

ha* also labored to break up tbe

drug traffic In Seattle, and Morgan

was **nt to Auatln E. Orlfflths. then

chief of pollc*.

Morgan made thla offer: He

(wtmM furnish hi* ll*t of places

where drugs were sold; he would

glv* a city detective hi* (Morgan *)

personal card*, peculiarly marked.

Any one offering thla card to a

drug-seller would have no trouble

bu;lng cocaine or morphine He did

not ssk to lie i>ald until after the

police bad established a caae againat

the sellers

The department. Griffiths told

Morgan and Dr. Brown, had but lit

tle money to spend Hie offer—

1J.50 a day and expenses waa turn

ed down by Morgan.

Morgan, before approaching IJr.

Oaaeward. had apent weeka win

nlng the confidence of aellers and

"snowbirds" alike. He had iioaed

as both a aeller and a victim and

had taken to enufflng cocaine—"be

cause." he explained to I>r. Oaae

ward. "If you re going to win the

confidence of theae people, you've

got to do as they do."

"I urgfd Morgan not to take a

rlak so terrible," says Dr. Oaaeward

"I do not know anything about Mor

gan'a morals or past." says Dr.

Brown, "but I do know that he kept

faith with us and that bia proposi

tion was a good one "

Morgan, when hunting a market

for his Information, said he didn't

want pay until the entire traffic

had been broken up. and that. If the

authorities cared to employ him,

they would discover that the . ource

of the drug supply wns a certain

large drug firm.

• • •

It was by pure chance that The

Star, working Independently of the

pharmacy board, found Morgan and

incorporated hla name In the liat

which It turned over to the police.

Not one druggist haa been arreat

ed

The only man on the list not a

druggist is a prlaoner at the atock

ade.

AND HE IS THE MAN WHO

HAD OFFERED THE POLICE IN

FORMATION AGAINST THE

TRAFFICKERS IN THE DRUGS. I

S.E.CO. ORDERED TO

IMPROVE SERVICE

t'nder an order of the public'

service commission being drafted

today at Olympia, Seattle's street

lallwaj Bervlce must be greatly Im

proved.

The peak" period of traffic Is to

be reduced from an hour and a half

each morning and afternoon to one

hour

Ourlng tbiMe two parts of the

day an overload of 25 per cent will

be recognised as allowable, but no

more According to figures pre

pared by the comm l»afc>n s experts

and presented In a report, the over

loads have been running as high

a* 70, HO and 100 per cent on vari

ous lines The West Seattle,

tireen Uflke. Klnnear Park and ML

llaker lines were named as the

worst offenders

It.v "overload" the

means strap hangers.

Night

COITION

Weathar—Occasional rain

riDKK AT ikArru

Mich

4 m. n, . IS ! ft. ton ». m, IM ft

1 I BS p nt„ 14 0 ft. H:M p. m. 0» ft

SAY PREACHER

ACQUIRED TOO

MANY WIVES

CHICAGO. Jan. 12.—A tangl*

•• great m that off*r*d In th*

Roger* caaa In Naw York waa

presented today to churchman

In four atataa who ara attampt-

Ing to aolva tha marital mya

tarlaa of Rov. Jamaa Morrlaon

Oarnall. a young Unitarian

mlnlatar.

IHrnell lives at the borne of Mr*.

Edward K. Vaughn. whoa* daugh

ter. aged 16. he claims to have mar

ried Nov. 4

The parents of Ruth Soper, 22.

aent word from their home In

Kenosha, Wla., that Darnell had

married Ruth and win the father

of a flve-tnonth-old baby.

W. T Mallett Investigated tho

Roper charges for the Kenosha

I'nltarlan church. He say* the min

ister insists he never married Ruth

Boper.

'Darnell admitted." Mallett'a re

port said "a common law mar

riage with a girl at Avon. 111., hut

denied that Ruth Soper's child wit

hla. He alao admitted that Ruth

had lived for a time In Kenosha

and that he had Introduced her

there aa his wife."

MRS. ROGERS TO

BECOME MOTHER

AGAIN SOON

NEW YORK. Jan 12.—The

grand Jury resinned today its In

lestlgatlon of the case of Mrs. Ida

Walters-Rogers, accused of mur

dering her two children b> feeding

them bichloride of mercury after

she herself had swallowed some of

the poison

The woman explained that she

wanted to die because she was

about to be deserted by lx>rly Ea

ton Rogers, father of her chiidreu

but not her husband.

If Mr*. Rogers is indicted. her

attorney. Abraham l-evv, expect*

her condition to count heavily in

tier fnvor. as she soon is to become

the mother of a third child.

new ruling, if s car seats 40 pas

sengers. It) other passengers mi;i\

be carried during the hour of groat,

est traffic morning and" night.

This hour varies on the differ

ent lines, nnd will be determined

for each separately from figures

gathered by the commission's In

vestigators

The order, under a stipulation,

will be effertive as soon as It Is

Issued, which will be within n day

or so, according to V. A Reynolds,

chairman of the commission.

"We will have men at wiWU at

once checking up the service." said

he at Olynipla today, "and will ob

serve closely how it is beins

obeyed The order is tentative and

may be a>odi r ied at any time as

need ma> arise."

Put In the briefest form, he said,

the order means more cars during

the rush houi»

commission

I'nder the