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>: ERICKSON SHOULD RESIGN

COUNCILMAN ERICKSON should resign his seat in the council while making the race for

mayor. The Star believes he will resign. Several members of the Public Ownership League

have asked him not to resign. .Apparently they have been carried off their feet by enthusiasm for Erickson. They have

not allowed their usual clear thinking and progressive tendencies to guide them.

Erickson should resign in plenty of time to give the people a chance to elect his successor in the council. If he does not resign, and if he should then be elected mayor, it

will be up to the council to APPOINT his successor. The people thus will be deprived of a direct voice in the selection of one of the nine legislators. The people would

have no opportunity for a whole year either to approve or reject such appointment.

On the other hand, if Erickson resigns, his successor can be ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE in March.

Looking for Santa?

We have an idea that doae ex

amination of The Star'* advertis-

ing columns will reveal the where

about* of the old gentleman.

Try it

OLL TO SGN TAX BILL IHTH 2 DISPUTED HEMS INCLUDED

FIGHT IK DEPARTMENT STORE; TOYS GO TO WAR

Council Drops

$226,400 Renick

Law Item in

Arriving at an

Agreement on

Ordinance.

A few moments after

the city council had adopt

ed a new tax levy ordi

nance, Friday, with only

one of the items which

figured in the recent dis

pute, eliminated. Mayor

Gill announced that he

would sign it.

y When first asked as to

whether or not he would

sign it. he said he had not

mad« up his mind.

Aftm tWtwMHi it «*rpr *

minute h» changed- W»

mind, and gave authunty

to quote him as above

stated. .

•1 won't »i*n ft fcoraott I thin*

tt to right or ftlr. becaute It Isn't,

ho told I will turn It a» »• may

hare a tax lev* next year and *o

thot half nf the rlty'o employe*

won't Iw thrown out of work for

If tber" It no tax lo*y. we are go

in* to nhut Up ahop'"

Ordinance Hat Si* Voltt

Tti" new ordinance. which In

tlude* the Item of 1100.000 for re

funding bondt. and 12«.40«i lo pn>

Tide for raiting street lighting

ratet from 4 to 4<* '"nt* per kilo

watt hour. b»a a sufficient number

of vote* to carry It over th»» ratv

or't veto, howtrer. Councilman

Fltxgertld, altho oppoted to the

la»t named item, votoji for it after

explaining that he figured «h» rlty

would be at greater expenee wlih

mtt_ a tax lory than with the 12#.

W) Included.

The final line-up »»: For the

new ordinance— FttigTald. Krlrk

ion. Marble. Uindy. Holton and

Me«keth Against—Haa*. Hanna

and Dale

The ordinance will not he formal

ly adopted until the amendment to

Include the haa b»en work

ed In and the entire measure re

drafted In the city controller# of

flee.

To Adopt Ordinance Monday

This probably will require ««

hour* Afterwards the Judiciary

committee mint approve and rec

ommend It for passage

It I* not probable that the roun

ell will meet again until Monday

morning. wh*n the redrafted ordi

n a rice will be adopted Meantime,

however, the work of preparing

next year* tax levy and getting

out tax notices will lie begun by

the county assessor's office

A feature of the meeting of the

committee of the whole Friday

morning wan an impassioned de

fense by Dale of the traction corn

pany.

Dale Pleads for 8. E. Co.

In voting "No" on Including the

street lighting rate lncreise, he

said he didn't think It fair.

_11« said that,' inasmuch a* the

fRy light, plant get* all the adven

ts.** over the traction company hy

being exempt from the tax of 2

per cen' of profit*, nnd the privi

lege of borrowing from the general

fund without Interest until It sold

Ita bond*, no discrimination whotild

\m mad# tn rate*

flat** should be reduced, rather

than lncrea*ed. " he Mid, for Hip

principle Involved. I think the

lighting department should *tarid

on It# own feet."

TEN REPORTED

DEAD IN STORM

ME RI DEN. Ml** , Dec. 17.—

Ten per*on* were reported

killed In a tornado which

■true* thi* vicinity today.

At the y;tn\* time 100 were re

ported hurl. The town of Callum

*ald i') have been destroyed,

with six 'silled there

THERE ARE BARGAINS WAITING FOR YOU ON EVERY PAGE OF TODAY'S STAR. READ THE ADS

DISABLED LINER MINNESOTA AND HER OFFICERS AT FRISCO

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First Pictures of Arrival of Big Craft in Port, After She'd Broken Down on Way to East

(Top picture): Tho HIU llntr M iwtatoii. with boiler* tfiukM, bo- ,

mg tewed into port at ton PranotaML where United State* officiate

immediately went aboard t- C- iduct %n >nvc*< gallon int* the alleged

«Wpstory the •<*». «<»ltr». Ferine wci > the thlp waa t» ' >P« f

e* t «•», dvT,O the af Cjm vMi-Pek <« mjMio known t>te r*M«R

.for her nrtern to pert, after Mirting from Seattle for London. Hie ro

fuaal to tend word of lilt ship and the eutaeequent mjrotory woe due. It

l» eaid, to dlroet order* from Port Superintendent Wiley, of the Orept

Northern Stoamahip Co.

(Below*: (Two men In uniform) Capt. Thomat Gtrlick (left). In

command of the Mlnneeota, and Chief Engineer Jat. R Preeton. who

took that poet after former Chief Engineer Alien retigned, at Seattle.'

refuting to ataume the retponalbility of taking the thip to England

Allen later aigned at flrtt attlttant engineer He had been chief en

gineer of the Mlnneeota for ytart Thie photo wat made for The Star

upon the arrival of the big ehlp in San Francltco bay.

(Bottomi: (Two men in overcoatt) Marine Superlnttndtnt C W

Wllty (left), of the Great Northern Steamthip Co.. and John W. Pree

ton. United Statee dietrlct attorney at San Froneiaco. who hat gained

International fame becauee of hit protecution of alleged German agent*

accuttd of planning to dettroy American property. Superintendent

Wiley'a wlreleeeed order* to Capt. Gerllcfc to refute to antwtr que*

tloni atrengthentd the belief that tpiee had dltabled the big liner.

WHITE WILL GET

JOBS OF ASIATICS

AY FAR ago Seattle was facing a seriou* unemployment

pn >hl em.

Today this problem is rapidly disappearing, under the

stimulation of the prosperity wave that is sweeping West

ward.

With the lumber industry reviving -n rapidly that mill

men are Incoming hoarse shouting for log 1 *, and loggers

sitting up nights developing gray hairs on problems of how

to increase their output. Seattle and the \Ve<t are convalesc

ing surprisingly from their troubles.

A year ago we had a Hotel Liberty, where men out of

jobs were housed. This year there is no necessity for such

an institution.

W. O. Lyman of the city free em

ployment bureau, who dally come*

Into close touch with men out .if

work and who keep* a finger on the

pulse of unemployment. I* authority

for the statement that idle men are

rspidly disappearing.

Applicants Fail Off

"There are about half a* many

men applying for job* !i< re thl* year

as last," *avs l,yp>an

Another promising factor In

the situation I* the attempted

wholeiale substitution of white

labor for Oriental in the fish

canneries of the Northwest hy

the state of Washington, as a

solution to the annual unem-

ployment problem.

Kverv *eaaoti between it .000 'ind

18,000 men and women are 'it'llied

In'the Puget Hourd saitnon anil -:od

canneries.

OK THIS NI'MBKR. HKTWHK.V

5,000 AND 10,000 ARK lAI'AVKHK

ANI) CHINKHK. •

Will Hire White Men

State Labor Commissioner Kd

ward Olsen. taking the Initiative,

has already received encouraging

promise* from some of the big can

nery Interests, representing • II

400,000 annual Industry, that white

men hereafter will be given pref

erence.

Chinese aQi! Japanese labor zn*

It* foothold because white I ibor

wa* not always nallable when mo t

needed. A system of contracting

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with Oriental be**e* spran« up.

They alway* ha I their countrymen

on hand in sufficient number 'I hit

fact, rather than wage*, ha* been

the determining factor.

Find Job* for 7.000

Within the lait year a powerful

new Influence to telleve unenlplov

merit na* been created here It I*

the free employment agency main

tained under the national plan of

the department of commerce rnd

labor

Since Mnrrh, I#ls, the Scuttl- of

fire ha* found In!)* for over T.OoO

Idle men. And thl* de*plt« proit

leiii* of organization and the alow

response of cmplcvers.

The ready availability of white la

bor *eem* to have been solved.

I'nder the direction of Iriinlgrntion

t'ommlssloncr Henry White, the

work of the government employ

ment office ha* been popularised

among fruit manner*, wheat, berry

and hop rancher*.

Goe* After Business

Of con me, the .government free

employment bureau here ran not

and doe* not dlsiTlnilnsUt- again*!

any race when 'all* are made upon

It by employer*

('ommlssloner Ol*cn I* urging the

fl*h canner* to patronke thin bu

reau, n* well a* municipal free

agencies. *o that the American

toller may regain the Job from

which the Asiatic* have ou*ted him.

SKA IT LI , WASH., FRIDAY, DKCi 17, 1915

EXPECT VERDICT

TODAY ON THE

MINNESOTA

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17

Definite c»u*e for the disabling of

the boiler* of the MlnneKota wa*

expected to be established today by

federal lusp< ctors who began a

minute ln*i>ecflon of her boiler

tubes.

Inspector* of Hull* and Hollers

Outlirle snd Dolan completed taking

testimony from members of the

crew today.

Dolan said It would require only

a *hort time to c*tabll*h whether

the tube* were collapsed because

they were old or from other causes.

Repair* will cost approximately

$100,000.

The examination of the boilers

was begun Friday.

John K. Bulger, United State* su

pervising Inspector of steam ves

sels, Is expected today from Siv

atlle, bringing with him the re

ports marie by Inspectors who

pasMed the Minnesota before she

left there.

D'YOU SEE THE SNOW

It snowed! It snowed' .lust for

a little while Thursday evening.

The ground was actually while In'

spots for several minutes.

BELGIAN RELIEF

SHIP IS SUNK;

CREW SAFE

ROTTERDAM, Dec. IT. The re

lief whip Levenpool, from New

York, has been mined or torpedoed

She wa* tanking when last report

ed.

The Levenpool wa* a I.RM-ton

i 'nt:M«li vi *-el, but under char

ter of Ihr American commission for

the relief of Belgium. She flow the

relief flag, under which she wa*

MUppoued to be Immune from attack

The Mrltl*li *teamship Nyrocn, ar

riving today, reported she ps**»d

the (.eveniicol. Hiking, iu>ar Kent-

Ishkrx'k. but that Hie steamer Can

dlon and a torpedo boat took off the

I.evenpool's crew.

The torpedo boat ntandlng bv

*li.'iinlid 'lie N >roca thai no aid wh,<

needed

Weather Forecast

Rain tonight and Saturday

IfllKH AT NtCATTI.K

Itlirh I.ow

.'I: • 7 ft in., I? 4 ft. in . fl Of I

p. m., 1.1.0 ft. HAH p. 11l ,'! I fl

on pAfCC THAI** ami

« rtviLJ At .4>in. i*

Miniature Soldiers Suffer Ter

rible Slaughter in Attack

on Fort; Watchman Says

Boalt Was Dreaming.

By Fred L. BoaJt

<«TT IS indeed terrible," said I, "that to many war toy* should be displayed in

J- the stores this Christmas."

"Why?" asked my jingoist friend, the night watchman, who works in a depart

ment store.

"They will play war games," said I.

"And quite right, too," said the night watchman.

Whenever 1 haven't anything else to do, I call on the night watchman. We

•molt* Mid mrrvL It sharpens my wits ,to quarrel iyith the night

We d4n't igtet en anything. >He believes in a high protective tariff; I don't I'm

for the single tax; he isn't Hc'i keen for total submersion at baptism; I say it

isn't necessary to salvation. And, finally, he's a militarist and I'm a pacifist.

So, when the night watchman said, heartily, "And quite right, too," I got mad.

I wouldn't have got so mad if I hadn't been tired. 1 was tir-d because all

yesterday I was dragged from store to store Christmas shopping. My wife piloted

me three miles of crowded aisles, first at the Bon Marche, then at McDougall 3c

Southwick's, and then at Fraser-Paterson's, and we wound up at Frederick &

Nelson's.

She saw, handled and priced nine million toys, and asked my opinion about

every one of them. Did 1 think our darling cherub would like this one? Better

than that one? Would I please wind the silly thing up and sre how it worked?

I hate to shop. That's why I was tired.

Oh, it wssn't so much what the night watchman said as the nasty way he said

it

"Right?" said I. "Right that our children should play at war? Right that they

should be taught, thru their toys and games, to regard war with equanimity?

Right that little children should be misled, thru the medium of toys, to believe

that only war is glorious and only soldiers heroes? Right to teach them to kill?

I say it's an outrage. ( There ought to be a law against it. It's worse than—than

(Continued on Pago 12.)

PRESIDENT TO

BE MARRIED

IN SIMPLE

STYLE

WASHINGTON. Doc. 17.—

Considerable speculation I* In

dulged In here tod*v concern

ing the hour of the oresldent's

wedding. Altho It I* (till un

answered. It is believed it will

occur In the evening.

The ceremony by the Rev.

Herbert Scott Smith. Episco

palian minister, will be held in

Mrs. Gait's home without

pomp. Only a few will witness

it.

It Is <bIiI (hp president will not

even have n best nmn to ntteml

him.

List of the Guests

The giie*t* will l>« The presl

dent's relative* —hi* three riinißh

(era. Ill* brother Joseph un<l wife.

atul tier Hl*ter. Mr* \iiiir Howe;

Mr*. Howe'* daughter. Mr*. Cocli

run: Mr* Cochran* daughter. Jo-

Secretarj of the Tr< a*urv

MrAdoo, the (ireaident's *on-ln -law.

Mr*, (lalt's relative* -her moth

er. three slater*. five brother-- her

nrolher lii-Ihw nml three slaters-ln

law

Friends of the couple Dr. Care*

N Grayson, Miss Helen Woodrow

Hone* and Alice Gertrude Borden,

JJr*. Cult's ward.

Negro Mammy There

I'nofflclal gue*ts Mrs. Gait's

aged negro mummy and other old

servants of the Moiling family at

Wytheville.

They will nxslst her with her

wedding gown, and In preparation

of the wedding feast.

\TI6H / T

Heditionl

NEXT U. S. NOTE MAY

BE AN ULTIMATUM

WASHINGTON, l*>c. 17 Pre si ,

dent Wilson and hts cabinet toda>

read Austria's unsatisfactory reply

to American demands in the An

cona torpedoing case. They map

ped out a course which Secretary

Lansing will execute after the pres

ident leaves on his honeymoon to

morrow night.

lonising will draft n definite final

rejoinder, which Is expected to

mean one of three things:

First, a severance of diplo

matic relation between Ameri

ca and Austria.

Second, that Austria will

back down.

Third, that Austria will pre

sent eVidence refuting the Aus

trian admiralty statements as

to the torpedoing, on which the

firat note was based.

When he has completed his re

joinder. the secretary will take it

to President Wilson: If the latter

approves. It will lie forwarded to

Vienna.

■piils answer will leave no loop

hole for prolonged negotiations, tor

which the Austrian note is consld

cren ns bidding.

In iffect. it will be an ultimatum.

It Is believed The only chance of

not severing diplomatic relations

Is in Austria's admitting ami fur

nishing unquestionable proof that

Its flist admiralty statement was

wrong.

BERLIN EXPECTS NO BREAK

IIKHLIN, IVc, IT That \uier

ic i and Austria will break over the

Anrona ease Is not txpected here.

Austria is willing to make com es j

slims to prevent such an outcome.

Another exchange of corresjtond

encc, it in felt. Mill probably cleir

the situation.

If Austria. In her reply, had mm

piled meekly with the strict Vnier-

Ican demandi without a show of re

fusal or disapproval, such compli

ance would have met with popular

denunciation and would have cost

the government some prestige

among Its subjects.

The Bon Marche

Will Be Open

Saturday Night

Good news for those

who like to bring their

families down town

and do their Christmas

shopping in the good

old fashioned way.

The Bon Marche is

offering many spccial

Saturday bargains for

Star Readers—You will

find them on pages 9

and 20.