IN THE WIDE WORLD, 1903-1912 QUEEN \.ICTORrA died and Edward VII ascc>nded to the British throne ... Presi dent McKinley \\'as assassinated and Theo dore Roose,·elt became Prrsident of the United ?tates , · , The P~nama Canal Treaty was re iected by Colombia; Panama seceded and con duded the Isth~ian Treaty with the United States. · · · The kmg and queen of Serbia were assassmated . . . The war between Russia and Japan hegan, and the latter was the victor ... An earthqt!ake and fire destroyerl two-thirds of San Franc1sro . . . George V surrePded to the throne of England ... A revolution in Mexico 11.1ade l\fadrro presidt>n( of that country ... The fn-st Bc1lkan \Vc11· began, anrl China oldest of monarchies, brcame a republic. ' -NARD JONJ<~R Sept. 21, 1904: -- Regrade Worries U.·s. Treasury Dept. A special dispatch received by the Post-Intelli gencer last night from Washington, D.C., states that the Treasury Department is much concerned over the prospect of the Third Avenue regrade being carried out. will completely destroy the It states further th a t Acting Secretary Taylor has written a letter to Mayor Ballinger protesting aga!n,t the regrade on the ground that It will materially af. feet the government bu!ld lng now In process of con atruct!on on Third avenue and Unlon street. IT APPEARS from th e dispatch that the Treasury Department has been given to understand that the change in grade along the Third Av-enue front of th e building will be so radical as to necessitate extensive changes in the plans of the building. Mr. Taylor Is quoted as saying in his letter to the mayor that If the grading is done according to t h e present plan It will proba bly be necessary to aban don the main entrance to the building on the TI1lrd avenue side and establish It at the Union street end of the building Instead. Thls main entrance Is de- 1lgned to be one of the most attractive features of th e building, and Mr. Taylor appears to be of the opinion that the regrade, If made, feature. IN PORTIONS of t h • Jetter quoted !n the dis· patch :11r. Taylor asks the city officials to reconsider their action and abandon the proposed regrade. The dlspatch says t h • treasury ofiicials consider that the regrading of t h e street will furnish grounds for a damage suit by the government against t h e city, though It has not been decided that such a suit shall be ii!ed. :llayor Ballinger has not yet received the Jetter from Mr. Taylor, but when shown the dispatch from Washing ton last ,ight said: "i\ly attention was called to the possible effect of the regrade upon the go,•ern, men¢ building, and w h e n the ordinance came to me to be signed, I con· suited with City Enginen Thomson relative to th e matter. "He assured me that the change in grade along t!1a.t portion of the street where the building Is located wlll be so slight that It wll! not necess!tat.e any radical change~ in the plans of U1e building. , "There Is no cut at the t:nion street corner, and In front of the main entrance the cut amounts only to about a toot. "I think the treasury BU· thoritles are unnecessar, l!y alarmed, because from what the engineer tel!R me I do not think the bu!ldlng wll! be materlal!y atfe<"ied. Whim I receive the Jett.er from i\lr. Taylor I wll! have l\lr. Thom,on write and ex plain to hJm the facts 1n the case.,, .JO lJ M 0 ()"'{ 1. 31 S 11 () P Taste, discernment ... authority Sept. 21, 1904: A tank of waler and lots of scrubbing brushes and soap may hereafter be car ried by all the teamsters of the city. If Foreman Thomas, of the street de partment, has his way about thing,. Yesterday he 1ubmltted a request to the p o 11 c e that Seattle's "finest" busy themselves compelling the ultimate 1n fine clothes and fashion. Spic, Span Wagons Requested teamsters on First a \'enue ~outh to always ckan o ! f their wagons before driving on brick pavements. It gets the brick real soiled !! their wheels are muddy a n d dirty when they hit the pavement. Th• wagon drl vers In the clty 1tate that they want to do everything 1n their power to help Thomas along, b u t ,. they scarcely consider h ! s scheme practicable. WAGONS CANNOT help getting a little dirty In the streets, they state, and after every scrubblng with soap and water It would be neces sary to put the wagons In pound for an hour or 10 to dry them, otherwise the dust will stick to them worse than before. All this would mean that the drivers would do noth ing all day but put t h e I r vehicles In a splck a n d span condition. It Is suggested by one or two of the drivers, however, that big carpet aweepera be hitched on behind e v • r y wagon to 1weep up the dirt that may fall from the wheels. t;rattlr ll!nnt-JluMltg.eurrr Sun., Apr. 7, 1963 E 3 March 7, 1910: Flood Threat Eases The Mar ch lreshPt In the Wh1tP RtVPr ValJPy is l'P· ceding and unlPs~ hPavv rains Of Warm Wind~ TPIUrll thP troubles of thP inhabi tants o! the district are over. Nine o! the small com mun!tes a 1 on g the main 1lne o! the Puget Sounri Electric Railway have bPPn under water. The Meadows the old r a cl n g cours~; was completely submerged. From the Meadows south to R e n t o n Junction there has been more or Jess flood. IN 8 0 lU E places the water has flooded the low er floors o! the houses and come within three inches of co v er I n g the Interurban tracks. With a rise o! but a !Pw feet more the floods of 1906 would have been equaled. In Tukwlla the homes on the eastern side o! the track had several inches of water on the first floors, making It necessary, where !t was possible, !or the familirs to r e m o v e their household goods to the upper floor~. To get to the builf the district. Not much damage was done, as the c l t y ls considerably above the river level even at high water. While the lower Duwa• mish ls over its banks at some places, the flood dam-. age between Duwamish and the mouth of the river has been light. Flood water has been confined to the east side of the river, and South Park and Oxbow have not suffered. Th• diversion of th • water of the White River into the Stuck River and thence Into the Puyallup hu decreased the flood wa• tera of the Duwamlsh. 1 l J President Taft Cheered President W i 11 i am Howard Taft arrived in Seattle on September 29, 1909, for a two-day visit. As he stepped from the train at the King Street Station he greeted the welcomin g commit tee "with a genial smile," The Post-Intelligencer reported. a dded. I II wa4 in the P-1 I April 27, 1910 ~, SANITARY PUBLIC MARKET PRICES I ~ Food qunt1t tlN1 11 ftt th~ ~nnlU.r}· public mn.r· k t1tt for t<'mor:-nw ln('luJe 311ecla.l prices c.,n m co.t, n.1 tolJ ,1 .. ·£ 1 St,.a.k~-n(.'\11n,I. Hr ptr Jh: flfrta:tn , 170 per lb; T ~.,ne, :;Y.(c~iic pnl' lb; 1'houlder , 12\.,c pM l b· ho.mburKH, 11~11c pi"r lb, • Chop,i.-M11unn. lt>ln, 11',a: 20c Per lb; veA.l ,·cw outl('U, 2~1,1z:,c per lb, loin vea.J ch.ops, :., 'i1~!2c p~r Jb; rlh venl chops, 181j::Oc per lb; f\hou ldet· v~Al chnp8, lSc r>~r lb. Pot roiut:-c, !01&-l:c f)er lb. Prime rlb rout11, 'Hie• per Jb; pol 1,out.,, 10@12.c, p er lb; lt:R" ,flt mutton, 11ifi..11c ptr lb;. shoulder or rout· ton roulfl', tZ'fi'lJ~o per lb, leg ot vu..l, lk per lb ' , houldtr oC v,111, 16c per lh; oorned '1ct·( ioc- prr Jt,: C'hlr:k~""· '2(U 4c per lh, ~j;:3 !fl(!m ham~. 21Cf22c per lb: Ea~t,.rn bacon. ~ per lb: }11.rd. pure leL!. 17c. ptr lb: slew inoo.t, ahort r ibs, sc;,1oc per lbi neck plecrs, !~Inc p•r lb. Ji·l•h a f)t"<"lnll' lnf•ludt"-:-1,fl\lml"ln, 1Sc p,r lh> hR.llh11l r:ht ••ktt, ., l b "• [t'lr ~r; hn..1111,11. 2 lhl'I tor 1:,c: 1.m"l1,.; 2 lbti' tor 1:,c; rfd~nAPPf'r, i~(II l(~~ Jt~;: :~r~·on1 ~r1Hft~r l~;l: pl~~n'h:C~~·lf'fl~ 2 It,:. for l!ir; t>luk cod, 3 lb" tor 1&<:; rn<· .C cod, 12t,,c r,er lb; pnrch. 3 ll.iw CCJr l &c; Clouu dcra, 6c ptr lb: ul&m1, lOc per p Lll: P u E: •:t t1 ound oyetu1, 35c J1tr pt: Et1 ... tern O)'s t,:n, ~c per doz; c ra.ba, lOr. 1Sc a nd 20c e.o.ch; 1hrlmp111, 12'~c per lb. or 2 Jh1 tor 2!;c. A m~ns 1he Crull b()Qth1 cherrlN1, the f lnl ot thfl acn."on. a.re 11. tew.ture, ottcrlng- o.t ::.;c per lb. Brrmut1& nnton, a.re 1elllnr a.t J,)c ~1~b~b i;r 31~:~ ~ta.2f'" ,. n!'t\:b p~~ ~b~t(!~:i upara.gu1J, 10c pn ,r, or J n,1 tor :?Sc; a nJ tom&toc•. l\t 6c a.nd IOc per lb. June 5, 1903: Gas Launch Wins Honors Th!' new gasnlinP launch Dolphin. nwnrrt by Vine!' H'. Fa brn, has wnn thP rt!s llnct ,on of bring the fastrst craft nf hrr kind on Lake Washing(on. The Dolphin has bPrn !n commission less than a month, anrt has rlistanrPd such boats as the FlorrncP R. and Dorothy, hoth of which have hcrPtolorc twrn consirkrcd the two !aslcst pleasure launrhrs a!lnat on those waters. The !ormrr until last wcrk hrld thP rec ord against all comers. TII E T>OI.PIIIN is thlrly fiv.- fert long over all, has a ~Pvcn-fnot bram anrl is cq11!pprd with a ten horse PO\".rr :..; and S ga~oline engme. On hrr ti-ial test she devel opPd a spPrd ol twPlve miles an hour over an a ctual mP11surcd rours1>, Later hPr builder, H . West, made slight rhangPs to increa sP her speed with the rrsult that on Sunrla v last she dis tanced the Florrnrr R. more than thrrP lengths in a quarter-mil<' brush. A FEATURE of the Dol phin is tha l hc·r engine is noisrlcss, and it is possible to immerse hrr exhaust, so that the little pleasure na!t glidM thrnugh the wa ter without any noise what ev<'r. 111e launch was huill !or her owner's use between his hnmr, on :',!rrcer Island, and l.Rs~hi Park. 237,1941n ' IO A 1:nitrd States censu, sets SrattlP"s population at 237,194 in 1910. "At Hint lnshrnt the rrowcl thn t filled the Inner lnrlo• ure nt th<' •tatlon ca11J:"ht sight of him ancl a c'h<'n burst Hr>On the air like the full tones of a mighty pipe organ," The P ·I report I ''The ch~Pr was taken np ,~-----'==;._-"---'"'--"'========"'"----'-----'============="'-"=========~ =------ -~=1 by the waiting crowds that At A-Y-P In Seattle PRESIDENT WILLIAll Howard Taft speaks at the Ala•kan-Yukon-Pacltlc Expos ition here on Sept. ~r. 1909. He was the tourtlt Chier Executive to vis it Seatlle. ! It «J44in the P-11 April 27, 1910 Cut Rate to Bellingham and Anacortes Single Trip 250 Round Trip 500 ON TH~ .,..£DY aT~Allll:IHIP CHl/l'PEWA l The nugnl!icent steamship Chippewa. ea.ves Seattle dally, ~t 7:30 a. :.n., tor Anacortes and Bellingham direct. R c ~urnlng, leaves Bcllingha.m u :00 p, m; 1or .Anacortes and Seattle direct. . Belllasbam, Everett, Anacortu and Blaine Stra. Utopfa. and .Perdlta. at 8:00 p. m. datly tor Anacortes a.nd Bellingham 41rect. Sit. P@dlta for Blaine on trip lea.v fng Seattle Monday. Wednesday and l<'riday. Str. Samson leaves · dally except Sa t. urday, 7:00 p. m .• !or Everett, with Crel~ht only. Stoa.mers Jea.ve !rom Colman D;)ck. For full Information call the Inland l\a,·liatlon Co., '.ricket OH!ce, !\'d the tautly drawn r opes." THE NATION'S 27th P resident was "the picture of health," showing no sign of strain. Led by a squad of mount ed police, the P resident and his party, together with the reception committee, drove to the Washington Hotel. President Taft spoke to members of the Yale Club a t the hotel, walked through the lobby between "Jong lines o! cheering specta tors, " and went to his a partments." The next day, after a sec ond visit to the A-Y-P grounds, a session of golf and luncheon, the President left Colman Dock !or Ta coma. 3.750,000 Visit A-Y-P Exposition A total o! 3,750,000 per sons visited the Alaska-Yu kon Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. whose conscientious efforts and unfailing loyalty have made it possible to uphold the high standards and traditions of our founders. To them we acknowledge with heartfelt thanks our appreciation £or helping us retain and extend the priceless good will that is ours-Ben Bridge Jewelers. ,, Standing DA VE BRIDGE, Stock Control ORLEY SOLOMON, Sale, Manager DON COHN, Salwnan HAROLD CLINE, Comptroller JOHN DEGG, Mru~r Watchmaker Seated POLLY BROESCH, Credit Dept. LINDA MOORE, Credit Dept. JANE COVEY, Credit Mannger JACK JENES, Saleaman Hor ace Greeley's advice fell on responsive ears one day back in Altoona, Pennsyl vania, and Samuel Silverman moved his jewelry busines. to Seattle. Back in 1912, ht and Madison was a hustling corner of the growing Queen City of the Northwest, and the new store grew and prospered. The specialty was fine watch making, and Samuel Silverman'• skill at the trade became known far and wide. T he first world war broke out ; styles changed- the pocket watch was superseded by th• wrist watoli,~igna influenced by America's new pmiin,nce in the world were introduced-and Ben Bridge returned from l\aval service to marry Sally Silverman and to buy into the Silverman store as a partner . Shorl ly after. the name was changed to Silver man and Bridge, and the busines, was moved to 3rd and Union to keep pace with the moving of the center of retail trade. Another move, a conslant growlh of busi- ness and ever-widening circle of loyal customers and friends, and 1928 found the firm name changed to BEN BRIDGE, in its present location. Shortly before, Silverman had been forced to retire because of ill health and moved to Califo rnia on doctor's advice. T he 30's were depression years. and it was during tho•e yean that the foundation of friendship and confidence-build ing service really paid dividends. The store maintained its growth and increased its circle of loyal customers. It was in the 30'1 that Ben Bridge's two eons, Herb and Bob, began to earn their allowances and learn the busin~s, from ,weeping of the store to a watchmaker's apprentice~hip for Herb, Along came second world war and a wholesale enlistment into the Navy by the Ben Bridge sale, force. Four salesmen and Herb Bridge, who was a partner by this time, left for Naval service. After the war and graduation from the Univer• eity, Herb rejoined Ben Bridge in the active running of the husiness--and all was calm until the Korean War, when both Herb and Bob were gone, leaving the store to be run by Ben Bridge. W au over, Bob and Herb buckled down into the active management of the bu1ineas with the result that Ben Bridge retired from active participation in 1957. The tradition of profes~ional competence that was laid down by the hoy's grandfather years before, was carried out when Herb Bridge received hi, certificate u a graduale gemologist from the Gemological Institute of America: a recognition that he i• an expert in the rl'Cognition and e\'alualion of diamonds and other precious 1to.,es. I n 1959 came the doubling of the size of the ,tore and the expansion of the lines that the store carries inclurling Omega watchMI, quality dinnerware and decorative glassware and enlarging the varieties of the already fine lines e~tablishcd by the store. 409 PIKE ST. .,. GO WEST YOUNG MAN! B oth Herb and Bob are active members of the Naval Reserve, as a Commander and a Lieutenant respecti\"ely. Ben Bridge was President of the Washington State Jewelers Association, a po•t which, following in his father's footsteps, Herb now occupies. T hree generations of active busine,s in Seattle; the foundation for many, many more year~ of success has been set. It is the hope of the Brid11e family that they will continue to merit Seattle's friendship and patronage. MA. 3-8227 Men And Beasts Ready For Service EVER SINCE THE GREAT fire of 1889, Seattle ha, been oonscloUll of fire prot.ection and bu ear ned a na tion-wide reputation for control of conflagration~ and like the Taj Mahal ..• THERE IS ONLY use ot modern equipment. This photog-raph shows Se attle's latest fire-fighting apparatul!-ln 1907-ready (J) answer the call of flre In the city. -(U. w. Library Photo.) GRADWOHL & PITCHERS' BACK in 1937 We started a modest little rug store founded on a policy of service and dependability, dealing only in Good Carpet that gives lasting satisfaction and makes real friends. We have been actively engaged in buying, selling and laying fine quality carpets and rugs since 1924. That marks 39 years of "know-how" all combined to give you the benefit of our experience. OUR CREED throughout the years has been this: We purchase the finest ALL WOOL carpet from reliable mills who believe in quality and guarantee each yard we sell. Wool for carpets dates back to the 7th Century proving its utility through the test of time. Wool imparts a richness to the eye and springiness un derfoot that has not yet, even in this modern age, been duplicated. At Grad wohl & Pitchers' you'll find one of the la rgest selections of fine, A L L W O O L broadloom on the Pacific Coast. Come in and see the actual rolls • • stocked in our daylight salesroom. , TODA rs vast selection is partially shown here in the main showroom where you can find every hxture, color ind type of carpeting from luxurious l:iroadloom to classic oriental rugs. Every yard of urpet you buy is cut, s • w n and prepared by &ruwohl & Pitchers' employees to guarantee eomplete .. tiriec:tiol'I. June 4, 1903: Husky Crew Winner O ve r Bears Amin the shrieks of si rens, the wilrl waving or flags anti handkPrchids am! the frantic cheers of t'nlhus lastk partisans. the Uni versity or Washington four racPd homP yPstPrday aft - ernoon threP lengths ahcarl or the California crew In their grPat milr and a half strul(gle for the intrrrol legiate championship of thr Pacific Coast. The race was rowed over the Lake W a s h i n g t o n course, and the olficial time was 9·:l.1. Had the Wash ington crew bPen puslwd hardrr at lht> finish thry could havp clipped several seconds of( the record. AS IT WAS, the bow oar in the California gig sterrrd abou t fifty yards outsidP the course at the finish anti almost rollidrd with the sra lion tank on the Lesch! park grounds. I!P noticed his mistake too late to over- I Real Cool Job HANS ROJTS'fEAD , Ire dPTiveryman, stand~ beside hl1 wagon and learn at 6th AvPnue and Pike Stre<'t In 1912. The ho,·srs look aq rool as their load. take the Washington crew, which hart already crossed ,the linP. The Washington c r e w pull~d a much longer and easier stroke than their op- ponents. whose stroke was noticeably short and chop py. This, together with the bPtter steering on the part of the local university, gave l ~ruttlr ifnst-1JntrUig.enrrr Sun., Apr. 7, 1963 E 5 May 17, 1911: Unattached Cows To Bring Fines On the complaint o! resi dents a nd property owners ot the district, the board of county commissioners yes terday declared the territory between Orilla and Kent taboo for unattached cattle, and of!iclally declared it a non-herding district. Resident, who h a v e al lowed their cattle to run at large will be rPquircd to keep them In lields, or pay a line. The commissioners were informed that loose cattle were a nuisance to the whole countryside, and that much damage was drne to growing crops through their wanderings. them the race, although the California crew was possi bly somewhat handicapped by the fact that they had rowed over the course three hours before the race. Gradwohl & Pitchers' take pride in announcing their receipt of the 1962 American Carpet Institute Award for Retail Merit. This national recognition for our merchandising in tegrity is humbly appreciated and we pledge our custom ers that we will continue to dedicate our retailing activities to fair prices, fair dealings and INTELLIGENT ADVICE WITHOUT OBLIGATION. ARPE .. ::.:: This ICIIII chronicles the opening day 25 years 190 of Gradwohl & P-rtcher'1 first store at -4755 University Way. With a 24-foot fronteg• and 60-foot depth the busineH opened with the same 3 pertners who are active todey. I SEATTLE'S "Home Owned Store" Open Thursday Evening untll 9 p. m. 5034 University Way LA. 2-4611 I '\, 6 E Sun Apr. 7, 1%3 e.rattlr ifo5t-]11trlligr11rrr Wesley Le Jones Elected Senator OLYMPIA, Jqn, rn, 1!109.-Wesley L. Jones, or North Yakima, ll'as torlay cho~en on separate ballots in the House and Sc>nate to succeed Levi Ankeny In the Senate of the United State5. At a meeting to be held jointly by both houses at noon tomorrow the journals will be read and the election or Mr. Jones Will be CC'rtified. Tht election of a United States senator upon the first ballot , with no lobb~·!ng and with the SUCCPSSful cancll date 11.t Washington, D.C., 11.ttending to his dutle , In the lower houst> of Con gress. is unique ln the his tory o! the state. LEGISLATORS quietly and v.'ith llttle speech-mak ing fulfilled the pledges made to the prople al the prima ry election. There was handcla pping at tl1e mention o! the name o! Wesley L. Jones when Sen. S. J . Cameron, o! Yakima County, placed him in nom ination. There were demonstra tions of a ppla u~e at the b r il'f speeches made in sec oncling the nomination, but the whole proceedin!? took Jess than half an hour and prow cl the success o! the direct prima ry selection o! United Stales senators. IN THE Senate, when Lieut. Gov. Ha y announced that the order of business was the selection o! a Unit· ed States senator, S. J. cameron rose and said that the time had come when the Legislature would r atify the decis ion o! the people. "We are following the April 20, 1910: Census Bureau Starts Drive With the establlshment yesterday o! 100 substa tions !or the distribution o! census blanks, the Civic Census Bureau, operating under the auspices ot the commercial bodies, began !ts real activities toward a ssisting In a close count o! the population o! Seattle. These substation, were lo cated ln cigar and news stands on First, Second and Third Avenues, and reporta Jut nllht of the work of di•· tr!bution of the blanka were most encouraging. brst id Ml• or ,:-overnment," said Senator Cameron. " It ls the dawn of a new e ra. In placing before the Sen ate the name of Ute man who !• tl1e choke of the R Ppubllcan voters or this stafo, I am buc fulf!lllng part of the duty Im posed upon me by the pt>ople. " During the JO yenrs that Weslpy L . ,lonM has •erved in the lower hou•e ot Con g ress he ha• been faithful. We shall also be fa ithful. I propose WeslPy L. ,Jone• to sucreed Le,·I Ankrny in Uu1 S t' n " t e of the U n I t e d Stn~e8." J ohn D. B a s s e t t, o! Adams, Franklin and Walla Walla counties, seconded the nomination. "The primary law ha, ,nvr n us a wise mrthod o! choo•in!( L'nited Statt>s sen a tor"i.' ' 'iald he. " Jliq norn . !na tion by the people and hi• ronflrmntlon by the Lr.i:-· lslatur e &pproachr • clo~e to the ldl'a l condl,!lon. It e xeris a good influence on young m en ; It encourages fa ithfulness to duty and up r lghtnes• in publk of!! re." When the Republican sen ators had seconded the nom ination, Henry S. McGowan, o! Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, said that a s a Democrat he also had a pledge to !ul!!ll. lie nomi nated George F . Cotterill, o! King county, as his par ty 's choice . When the vote was taken Mr. Cotterlll cast his vote for Will!am Goodyear, o! Colfax. "In this state we have ln s!,ted on party nomina tion," said he. "If the pla n was in vogue In this Solate H lt ls in Oregon where by the Legislature ls pledg ed to elect the choice of the people, and not of a party, I should take pleasure In ca~tlng my vote for the se lection of the m aJorlty of the voters of the state. "M It ls a party noml• nation, I shall vot.e for wn. llam Goodyear, of Colfax." The result o! the voting In the S e n a t e was u fol lows : Jones, 39; Cotterill, 1 ; Goodyear, 1. The vote ln the house 1tood : Jones, 85; Cotterlll, 5. j 11 (,()44, in the P-1 I April 26, 1910 I( lf'1 C ....... _,, Ba 11. WOMEN'S MOTOR AND DUST COATS AT $15.00 EXTRA VALUE. In Gray and Natural Linens New Motor Hau in straw with. draped chiffon veil · attached Shortest Streetcar Line In The World THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKJ,; N in 1903 !rom 3rd A\'rnue the line ran two bl~ks up a hill to the entrance o! the a nd Pine Street, lookln~ north , shows "the •hortPst old Wa rlrrtion, it isn't likely that I!ogr won the aC'co11nt On the> other hand, Brain rrrt \\'arnrcl the> puhlishrr hr rnuldn't possibly win th!' rlrrtion. On rlrc·tion night, as the returns showrcl \\'ilson hoprlrssly rtefrntrrt. the> puhlishrr flung himsrlf onto an offirr rouc·h anrt snarled at Brainrrrt, "Wrll, damn you, you told me I couldn't \\'in, anrt I dicln't !" TJTE POST-Jr,.TELT,IGEXCER staff turned out nic:ht and day as thr Alaska - Yukon • Parific Ex position oprnrrt Rncl ran its cnursc, hut Brainrrd krpt a ha la nerd newspaprr, nonrt hrlrss. Sunrtay supplrments, society covrragr, sports reporting, business nrws, farm and mining columns - all wrre improved straclily in quantity and quality. Ile srnt Ashmun Rrnwn to W;ishington, n.c., as rorres pondrnt. He wired him congratulations on his first day 11t the nrw post. It wasn't an rasy joh. Brown had to check with the Associatrrt Prrss daily to be sure hp didn't duplirnte what thr AP w~~ srnding Wrst. Still, an AP editor In the KRnsas City hurrau had the final decision on what nrws finally mo\'cci to the C'oast. "The only trouble i,," Rro11 n p,plainrd to nrainrrcl, "01111 nrvrr ran trll II hat thr chrrrful Idiot at Kan,a~ Ci1y will kill." This was too much for Brainerd. Seattle was a wide-open town, and e\'erybody knew it. While The P ost-IntelligenN.'r thunderro on the street~. Matthews thundered in the pulpit. Brainerd searched the rec ord, publishC'tween 1001 Rnd 1021. It wn on the alte of the prMent Wa,hlngion Bid{, on the local staff, $30 a week, and you're your own boss." And Calkins, donning the traditional marine editor's nickname of "Skipper," wore it proudly for more than half a century. JA~ES D. HOGE, FORMER owner or ,1e P-I , now president of Union Trust an1ing 1tructures. One of our most pleasant business asociation, occurred in 1948 when we erected one of the nation's finer newspaper plant, , , , the Post-Intelligencer building a t 6th and Wall. We trust it ha, played I part of the great and continuing success which the P-I is enjoying a1 it observea ita 100th Anniver ,ary year. Howard S. Wright Construction Co. Winston D. Brown, Praident GENERAL CONTRACTORS him goocl nnd hard. lie has rubbed it into me for thr la,t fi\ r yrar~.'' Wilson, Brown adclrd, insistccl he wasn't mak ln[!' any money from the paper, but Chapin would change that. CHAPIN DID JllS BEST. In February, 1910, Bralnrrrt turnrd In his resignation, In writing. Chap In filrrt it for futurr reference. Inrtependent as rvrr, 1hr relit or ignorrrt Chapin's pleas for economy. Chap in srnt him daily mrmoranda. ";\Ir. Rrainrrd: It srrms to be impos,iblP to hold thi, papl'r down. I wish that you would take the mattrr up so there would bl' no further mis under,tandin~. This morning you had i2 rolumns and thrrr lnrhrs of rrading mattPr in a 22-pagll paper. This could rasily have bl'cn held down to 20 pagr~, "hirh "ould ha\'e given your drpart mrnt practirally 60 columns or spacr. "Thr actual rost IJl'r pagP at the present time is in the neighborhood of ~100." But Brainrrcl was off on another campaign, turning the RC'publican Post-Intelligencer all out for Hiram C. Gill, a criminal lawyer-but a Republi can. The votrrs approved him for mayor and at thP. same election amended lhe city charter to make future elections nonpartisan. Gill, a plain • talking politician, Immediately threw Srattlc wide open. Brothel!! ran on a 24-hour hasis. Gambling halls had no need to close their doors. Wappenstein, the crooked cop, was ::hief of police. Brainerd was aghast. Carefully, he and ~ark Matthews laid their plans. A "Committee of OnP. HundrC'd" organized by the preacher raised a kitty of $75,000. ADDRESSING A WOMEN'S meeting In his church, Matthews suggested that Seattle resort to the rC'call - vote Hi Gill out of office. For the first time, women would have the right to vote, he pointro out. Eight hundred of them cheered. "The b_Pst single individual influence at preA ent Pxrr ted In S1'a tt1P," editorialized Th,o P-1, "probably Is tha t of Mark A. Matthl'!w~. pa~tor of the First Presbyterian Churr h. Whne el!W' IA thf'J'f' a like church with such and M> many ardPnt, ron s tant workers, made so largely by the 11Inglene11., of purpo,e of one good man?" And a free-spending, friendly contractor, J . \V. Baxter, with offices in Room 523 of the Alaska Building, walked into Gerald's Restaurant at 3 o'clock one morning and "whispered for wine." He was looking for contacts, he explained, for friends who could help him meet important people in Seattle. He gambled, he drank, and he picked up all the check!!. Soon he knew every one in Se a ttle night life who mattered. Brainerd, though the next election would be nonpartisan, was looking for a way for the Repub lican paper to attack the man it had elected. Ht (Continued on Page 11.) THE CAR: BUICK represented by 180 Years of Automotive Experience Net plchrNI l lck n.in,... - 11 JNl'lo DRESSLAR WAESCHE "Best BUICK Buys'' LEADING IUICK DfALElt, WASHINGTON STATI '60, '61, '6Z - Thr•'• A lteo,011/ 414 PONTIUS N. MU 2-2333 4057 Roosevelt Way N. E. ME. 2-3600 At t he North End of the University Bridge I Equal Suffrage Seekers Were Not Overconfident In the March 13, 1910, edition of The Post Intelligencer a news story indicated that m!'mbers of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association wrre confident of victory in their fight for vot<'q for women. -- - The organization wasn't Washington Equal SuC!rage ovcrconfld<'nt. Later that Association. Y<'ar. male voters over whelmingly approved a vot!'s • for · women amend ment submitt<'d by thP Leg islature. Following Is the report o! justified con!i dcnce: THAT THE women o! Washington have won their !lg-ht for votes, and the amendmt'nt to the state con· stitulon granting them the ballot will go through with a rousing majority next fall. was announc\'d yesterday AS the inlormation obtained by the iirst poll list of the voters ol the state by J\frs. Emma Smith DeVoe, o! Thorpe, president ot the SHE SPOKE before the King County Political Equality Club In the housP of the Seattle Federation ol Woman's Clubs at Har vard Avenue North and East Thomas Street. The meeting was attend ed by over 100 members. Un.der the dlrPction of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association. a poll ol the voters o! the state ls being taken. The state has been clis tricted 11nd opposite each voter's name Is set his birthpla ce, whether or not he will vote for women's su!lrage, I! not, why, and 8 E Sun., Apr. 7, 1963 ~rattlr Jon1-]ntrlligrnrrr ~· J MEMBERS OF THE Washington Equal Suitrage Asso ciation paste up posters on a Seattle fence ln 1910. The organization'• campaign attained lb, goal that year, when male voters overwhelmlngly approved a votes-for women amendment anbmltted to tt1e state legislature. r('mark,. The first district to have the count of th!' voters com ph>t<'cl In the Fourth Ward ol Olympia. THRRE ARE ~70 voters In that ward. or that num ber only 21 are deflnit<'IY oppos<'d to women voting. Thirtv • seven are Indiffer ent a;.,d 241 expressed th!'m s!'IV!'S positively !or equal suffrage. This Is the first Indication of value that the su!!ragists have had on which to base calculations. J\frs. DeVoe says th e Amendment will go through. From the results o! her vis Its about the state and the estimates from the incom plete poll lists. she says the voters stand eight to one In favor o! the consti tutional amendment. LETTERS FRO){ Gov. John F. Shafroth ol Colo rado, Gov. Bryant B. Brooks ol Wyoming, and Gov. William Spry of Utah, a ccepting places on the su! !raglsts' advisory b o a rd were read a t the meeting yesterday. Gov. Brady, o! Idaho, Is chairman of the advisory board and the other mem bers a re Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver. Col., and l\lrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the ,Inter national Women's Su!!rage Alliance. Fifteen thousand new members have been added practically to the Washing· ton Equal Sulfrage Associa tion, according to Mrs. De· Voe. She read a letter from C. B . Kegley, master of the state grange, in which he says that practically every one o! the 15.000 members o! the grange is in !a vor o! woman's suffrage and Is actively working for It. RE SAID that according to a ction taken, every lodge of the grange is now prac tically a part of the equal suffrage association. Mrs. William P. Harper, president of the Seattle Fed· eration o! Woman's Clubs, took a farmer speaker to task for speaking slighting ly o! the school elections. "I have been chagrined to hear the women don't want to go to the polls and vote In the school election~," she said. "We must show our hu~ band5 and brothPrS that we want to vote, and that we know how to vote, by going to the school elections. It is a privilege we have now and we ought to use It." The meeting adjourned and tea and cakes were served. Museum Of History Popular F OR 11 YEARS now, Se at t I e i tes have taken their families and visitors to the Mu seum of History and In dustry to see the chap ters of Pacific Northwest history which have been exhibited t h e r e. More than 1.2 million people have looked at the frag ments of the past and the stories of industry. The P o s t -Intelligencer was 48 years old when It re ported the first event In the history of the Seattle Historical Society, operator of the museum. MUCH OF the edition for Nov. 14, 1911, was devoted to news o! celebrations held the day before ln honor of the city's 60th anniversary. The top story on the so ciety page that day was a report of a women's get-to• gether marking the anni versary. At the Founders' Day party, the women de cided to start saving Items of history and work toward obtaining funds for a muse um devoted to the history of the Seattle area. Some 41 years after the 1911 anniversary cel~bra tlon, the Museum ot H I s - to r y and Industry was opened Feb. 15, 1952 at 2161 E. Hamlin St. FOR THE members o! the Historical Society, it was more than just 41 years 1 ate r. It w a s countless money-raising p r o j e c t s later. By 1914 the women of the Historical Society realized their project was too large for a small group to ac complish. The society was reorganized that year and Incorporated, with m e m bership enlarged to include men. The first trustees ol the enlarged Historical Society were Judge George Don. worth, Judge C. H. Han ford, Judge R. B. Albert son, Lawrence J . Colman, Pro!. Edmond S. Meany and Margaret Lenora Den ny. Mrs. Emily G. Carkeek was president u n t 1 1 '·~r death in 1926. AT THE opening ceremo nies In 1952, the Museum of History and Industry was given to the City of Seattle. The city returned the mu seum to the Historical So ciety for the "traditional $1" to operate. Membership fees and con tributions help to pay oper ating expenses. Many resi dents donate hundreds of hours of volunteer work each year. The Historical Society does not have money to pur chase collections. It depends upon the generosity of resi dents who contribute arti fact~ fr9m other eras. Victor Denny is complet ing his third term as presi dent of the Seattle His torical Society. Mrs. Allen P. Green Jr. heads the Women's Museum League. Mrs. Elizabeth Su t t o n Gustison, director of t h e museum, Is assisted by a staff ot three fulJ. time employes and four part. time employes, In addition to volunteer workers. W£ ARE PROUD TO INCLUDE THE 100 YEAR OLD !i"e~~ncer 111d ether Hearst MWSpapers UIOft& our 111HJ cu tomers froll coast-to-coast ••• ldvertisers, their ac--. priaters, and pllblislaers. May we be of lll'Yice ta yoa? Write for • aewest brochure. ADVERTISING TYPOGRAPHY• ELECTROTYPING PLASTIC PLATES • STEREOTYPING • MATS ENGRAVING • REPRINTS • PHOTOGRAPHY ART • ASSEMBLY • PROCESS LETTERING OFFSET POSITIVES, PLATES & CONVERSIONS PONTIAC GRAPHICS CORPORATION 812 West Van Buren Street • Chicago 7, Ill. .~ ,',. ' portant Maritime Center In Early Seattle TJOS IS A vrnw of the ~loran Brothers' Shlriyat"d on the Seattle water front In 190.S, an Important segment or the city's economy during that period. The battlc~hlp sh~d I§ visible agaln~t the horizon near the center of the plct11re. In front of It I~ a floating drydock. April2, 1910: Stimson Mill Faces Repairs Workmrn repairing the Stimson fir mill at Ballard found the timbNS so baclly rotted that nrarly the entire unner part of t11e mill will have to be rebuilt. The mill was hullt new about eight years ago. 4 Clean Up $50,000 Gold In One Day Kalama Smelt Run Too Heavy DAWSON, May 21. 1903. Flft)' thousand dollars worth of glistening potent. gold~n wealth was the clean-up from the sluice boxes o( No. 28. above on Bonanza, yesterday by the four lucky laymen working the claim. The run that yielded this sum lasted only three or four days. This Is perhaps the biggest sum ever taken !rom the sluice boxes o! any claim In the country at a single clean-up. IT JS RRPORTED that the winter dumps on No. 28, at the present rate, should yield $150.000, and give to the four laymen at least $70,000 to $75,000 c 1 e a r money. The claim Is owned by the North American Trans portation & Trading Com pany, which will get a good share of the money, and perhaps will work the claim on Its own account after this. Other up p e r Bonanza claims also are producing hea vlly this season. KALA;llA, March 3, 1910. - The tremendous run of smelt has completely wiped out the market. Yesterday a fisherman named Vanhoon brought in 1,500 pounds of smelt which he was utterly unable to sell. He then com• menced giving the fish away to anyone who would take them. J '~\~\ \ all this progress ~ rests upon the ) land . . ~ SHIPS SAIL FROM ITS SHORES -air planes rise from its surface-factories and marts of trade, apartments and home, cities and farms alike stand upon its soil All ownership of land rests in proper title and the insurance of this title is the safeguard of the owner. Since 1911, our company has been insuring and guarantee ing titles to land in the State of W ~shing ton - helping to make safe the foundation upon which prosperity is built. A policy of land title insurance is the best possible assurance that the title is secure. So long as the title remains in the name of the owner to whom the policy is issued, there is no further charge or pre mi um required. As we observe this centennial of prog ress, we look forward to another century of even greater achievement. For so long as the land remains-so long as titles are safe - our great state can continue its for ward way. In Washington, when you buy a home or other real estate, INSIST upon a policy of Title Insurance issued by the State's old est and strongest . title insurance company. 719 SECOND AVE., SEATTLE 4 MUtual I-HOO Statewide Services Through Thirty-one Offices 1914 Ambush By 'Rabbe I rs One Big Joke know. he had selected fteV eral different foods. By Laura Emory Gilmore fllOll•lnttllJttnctr Wom,11•, Ntwt Editor W E'VE ALL READ about the famous ride of Paul Revere. How many of you have read about the 1914 ride of Harry Whitney Treat, dapper New Yorker (and former ~ecretary to John D. Rockefeller) who came --- - to Seattle in 191-1. drove his machine th!' re, It was a Jo\'dy Spring maindcr ol the way on the day according to all re· rim. ports. whPn "Kimmy" Treat's tallyho. carr~·inl! a hair a do,Pn or morP of lhe town 's mMt prominent belles. w11s amhusherl hy "rohhNs" en route to the Srattle G!llf Cl11h The story rec<'ind nation· wide COVCl'll/!C in the llPWS· papers hrrause two of the rt>unj! "\'ictims" were ~In,. Geor;::e Snowdon. niree or P resident William Howard Tart. and ;\!rs. ll en r y Dickinson. daul!hlcr.in·law .of Jud;::e ,!cGa,·ock Dickin· son. sccrrta1T or war in Taft's cabinri.. \\'ho w a s visiting the Joshua Greens at the time. TTIE WO)fEN w,'re drPssed In hand·embrnirl· ercd organdy dresses and large picture hats. For all we know. there was a ten going on that afternoon at the north end cluhhousc. This particular day th e p;, rty s1arten out from lhP old Washini;:ton Hotel , then hearted fnr Fremont and the new dirt road. which was quitp desertrrl in spnls. According to one of the .,.. rini>rs Cse\'eral are s1ill prominent on the social scene toda1·) the\· were two. - : thirds ol the way to the - clubhouse when t w o masked men appeared from the woods. The,· rushed the :- horses, the aniinals reared and the wagon swayed. OSE YOL"SG woman be· Cal"le so panicky she s\\'aJ. lowed her engagement ring, we are told. Another faint· ed dead away. \\'hen they finally reached the c I u b . house Clara Wing C\!rs. C. W. Stimson) ran Into the clubhouse shouting "we've been robbed" . • • we·,·e been robbPd.'' The clerk in the oflice no tified the police and soon the newspapers were hot on the trail. The late Col. Al· den Blethen himself rushed to the scene with a corps of newsmen and photogra· pher~. About five miles from his destination th e colonel had a flat tire and \HI EN Ills rrachrd l h e cluhhn11sP he fflund Trrat and his cnt11·p part,· s1ttini: on thP stairs roaring wilh Jaui::htrr. I,imm,· had jnst told thrm the trulh ahn11t his li11lr ''holdup," \\ hirh WAS plnnnrd A~ an innocent prank h,• him and two of the town's prominent bach· elnrs. The only pNson who didn't think it was f11nnv was Colont'I Blethrn, ",,;., h:td ruitwn a per[t'cll\' good tire ann rim eo\·pri,ig th e stor~· Sea1tleitcs l\'!10 slill reminisa about the ride be cause lhev \\'t'rP t h I' r e are Edana Collins Rul1m (:llrs Thom~sl, ,\Ima S1rw. art Ballin;zer O!rs. .John H l. and Clsra \\·inl! Slim· son D!rs. C \\'. l who now resides in Portland. )!AX\' OF the desrrnd· t'nts ol SC'a tlle PioneNs ha\'e interrsting stories to tell about thrir lllustri<'us, hut human. forebears. When ,John '\lcGraw was <'lerlrrl trrritnrial l!o,·crnor in 1~~:i. his daughter :'llrs. Rnllin Sanford relates, he dela\·ed mo\'ing the fa111il1• to 01,·m· pia for a year because .\lrs. )lcGraw wanted to take alonl! Pedro hrr pPt dog. "LntH fathC'r enn!'edecl." .:llrs . Sanford reenlls with a l'hUl'klr-, ''and we mo, NI lol'k, stork and Pedro to our new home.'' Durini:- his term of offire Go,·. ,IcGraw w en t to Washinl!ton. D. C. w i t h St'n. Sam Piles on busint'ss for the Lake Washington ship canal. They were in· \'ited to a White House re· ception and took with them three Seattle girls. Eleanor Nordhof! (now )!rs. Brous· sais Beckl, Emma Baillar. geon (Mrs. Thomas Stirn . . son l, and Imogene Caraher (:\1rs. William Burwell), who were attending Kation al Cathedral School In Washington. "We were very proud or our Seattle girl~," Go,•. )le· Graw wrote his daughter, "but we wonder how they !Pit nl fh,• rerrplion \\ ifh onP f''<·ort without nnv hair nnd thp odwr wl'n rh1g- a wii:-." tSrn. PilPs '"" the wl -;;;rd one.) Prinrrss .\ngl'lin~ "as a frequent \'lsttor at lhe :Ile· Graw homE', :l!rs. Sanford reme111b0rs. " I ran ~N· lwr now, ,quat. tin.tr in our f..iklwn with her hu rket or rlams. Oern,ion· nll~· mother would ask hrr to ,ta~· for lunr heon - that ls the only thanks she would arerpt for the clam~." ( Pri:ecrss Angeline wa, the dau,irht,:,r of Chief Sealth, for "hom Sen Ille \\' n s named. ) At their mother's knee, Tippy Kittingrr Nute and .Margery Kittinger Mc· Chesney heard the roman· tic story of the wedding of their grandmother, Mary Jane Russell (who came a cross the plains from IJ. l!nols), and their grandfa. ther, Charles C. Terry. In July, 18.16, Chief Justice Ed· ward C. Lander performed the ceremony In an Indian canoe. Terry was one o! the first s<'llii'rs who a1Ti\·et1 in S "at t I e in JR51 on the slramrr E,arl 'fHF; Rl'l'TJNGF.R girls also rrcall the nding bn•ak. fas:s held at Cherry Glen, t ,cir homt' on Lake \\'ash. ington, and in particulnr th<' onP l!h·en for Edana and Tom Ruhm shortly after their marrial!e, Thcv remember too an amusinl! Incident lnvol\'ing two Unl\·ersity Club boys, t ~ r,. ,J_, , /r ,. Nat Paschall and Tom An· drew, 50 yt'ars ago. The young men were waiting at the corner of 2nd and :l!adi· son for a cable car to take them up the hill when an olrl fashioned g;ass . sided he;, rse passed by. One of t h e m said, "Wouldn't It be run to rent a hearse and sit uprll;'ht In It as we go by th!~ corner?" "I'll bet you · wouldn't have the nerve to do It," the other young man cha!, leni:-ed. The next week th e ~martie won the bet and the horrllied pedestrians I • • I FERRIES Distinctive Trademark of Puget Sound The Evergreer1 State, typi!rs. Hugh Rood, a wral'thv Col· orado woman who \Vas a colorful Seattle figure in the early days. Centerpiece for the luncheon (to which only widows were Invited) was a miniature gra\'e and tomhstonr mane or white flowrrs. The JatP Mrs. John Collins was one ol the luncheon guests. "Jlothrr left thr lt111d1eo11 bdore it waq O\'H," hPr d a II g It t Pr, ~lrs. Tho111as Ruhm , rpralls. " I rrmPrn· hrr hrr 1.,aying, ' I wac, hor rifird.',, Mrs. W. IL II. Gr,•en, Jo s h u a Grern's mothrr, was the social leader in Se· attle for many years. On her daily promenades on First Hill she carried a di· rectoire stick tier! at the crook with fresh flowers. FOR THE past 50 years her daughter.in.Jaw. ,!rs. Joshua Green, has followed in her footsteps. The Greens have lived in the same charming house on First Hill !or over halt a century. Their reputation for true southern hospitality started during the Taft adminlstra· tion, when they entertained many of his cabinet In their home, Including Secretary of War McGavock Dlckin· son and Mrs. Dickinson. ::lfrs. Green and Mrs. John H. Ballinger engineered the IO E Sun., Apr. 7, 1963 f!irttftlr 1foirt-JJ11tc!Hgr11crr first Winter Ball l tills two b I o c k park would be too great a sacrifice, and the use of either Volunteer Park or Woodland Park was sug gested as an alternative. SNOQUALMIE SUMMIT VILLAGE INC. Thomas A. Alberg, President Across Hiway from New Chair Lift at SKI ACRES For FREE MAP Call or W rife OFFERS A Limited Number of Lots for Sale SEATTLE INVESTMENT CO., INC. 1919-Sth Ave. Seattle 1, Wash. MA. 4-3033 you '1.L LIKE THt WA'f Y-PARDN Ell -~- - :. ~CHEVROLET ~.;. - II"\ WEST Seattle In our transactions with our valued customers, sincer ity and honest endeavor are the key words in the ap plication of our slogan "you'll like the way you're treated." The efforts of the employees of Gene Fiedler Chev rolet Company, in living up to this slogan, ha~ con tributed to a growth of the company in 22 years, from 17 employees in 1941 to over 70 employees as of today and this is why we say "your dollars do bet ter at Gene Fiedler Chevrolet" in WEST SEATTLE 4100 S.W. ALASKA WEST 5•1400 ) I Paper Expands Under Editorship Of Bo ne (Continued from Page 7.) wrote an editorial for Page One, and went home to Richmond Beach. Frank Fitts, listening at Wil son's door, heard Chapin trying to persuade Wilson not to run the editorial. Wilson insisted. The next morning, spread across three col~ns, "The Post Intelligencer Policy" told sub1-cnbers t~at hence forth the paper would be independent m its Re publicanism. ''Candidates for office, will be supported b? reason of their character and fitness for the post· tions to which they aspire, and for no other reason." The ground was laid. Seattle, swollen to a population of 237,194 in 1911-a 19-1 per cent increase in 10 years-was a city of homes. and the homeowners rallied behind The Post-Intelligencer. THE LONG SHRILL I\IORALITY battle saw The P-I's city ci/culation jump from 18,649 in April 1910, to 31,000 a year later. Where there had been five newsbays selling 125 copies a day on the downtown streets bv April of 1911 a total or 155 newsboys were s~lling 9,500 copies daily. Excitement mounted as the city council set the recall election for February 7, 1911. George W. Dilling was nominated to run against Hi Gill. "It's not Geor~e W. Dilling who wants to be mayor-it's The P-1!" Gill shouted at a rally. Then Federal Judge C. H. Hanford dealt the recall forces a blow. He issued an injunction sought by a taxpayer on the grounds that tax revenues could not be used to finance a recall election. That night, brandishing a sheaf or copy, Brainerd waved it at Ray Colvin, the AP correspondent, sayina "I may be in jail tomorrow!" N~id: morning, his copy splashed across Page One. "Government By Injunction Is Here!" it shrilled. On Page Three a photograph ~f Hanford was cap· tioned, "Jurist Who Blocks Fight on Mayor Gill and Vice." BUT WHAT STIRRED THE CITY to its depths was Brainerd's sensational description of Hanford. In plain English, it would have meant little; in Brainerd's English, it sounded awful-if you didn't have an unabridged dictionary handy. "Venerable and aged man, austere and Inex orable character, respected professionally, learned and studious in the law, ;fudge Hanlord is one of the last men In the community with whom we would ever wish to disagree or differ, one of the last men of whom we would sa.y that he showed rancor in opinion, one of the last men of whom it might be said that one of his decisions is anile and caduke." Anile and caduke! The phrase flashed across the city. Few readers realized that the sinister sounding words meant only that the Hanford decision was that of a feeble old woman. Two days later, William B. Gilbert, presiding circuit court judge at Portland, reversed Hanford. "The court should be very slow in tying the hands of the officers of the city in a case of this kind," he ruled as he stayed Hanford's injunction. And at the election, the downtown Gill suppor ters were £\vamped, 2 to .1. by the voters in the suburbs. "It was the home people and the fathers and mothers voting for a clean city government that won yesterday's election," The P-1 exulted. "Gil llsm is gone from this city. It is now as a bad dream." THE DREA!\I TURNED INTO a nightmare for the Wappenstein gang. Matthews strode into Brainerd's office with W. J. Burns, the famous de tective, and a stack of evidence. For three months, Bums had been busy trailing Wappenstein and his cronies. The erst\vhile contractor, J . W. Baxter, was a Burns operative; he had spent $5,000 win ning the confidence of the gang. "Get Murphy up here!" Brainerd told Fitts. Up came J . F. Murphy, prosecuting attorney. Brainerd told him the story, demanded a grand jury. Murphy objected. It would cost $10,000 and he did not want to ask the county commissioners for the money. "What do you mean?" Brainerd snapped. "I elected you!" Splashed on Page One, the story sent the ring members Into panic. Most of them rushed to tum state's evidence. ''Members of the vice syndicate, their hench men, women who enjoyed police protection under Wappenstein's regime, cafe men, saloon men • • , all sat In the courthouse hallway kicking their heela and waiting for a chance to tell all they knew," The P-1 gloated. Burns, "a plump, rosy cheeked man who weaves his mares with a smile," announced publicly that no evidence against Gill had been uncovered. "I don't think Gill ever got a cent," he said. Addressing the first annual banquet of the Seattle ehapt.er of the American Institute of Banking, he added: . "Seattle has emerged from a rotten condition and In some respects it won't take long to show up the conditions that exl,ted." The P-I, privy to every move of the prosecutor reported: "Since the big explosion, the vice synd!: cate has been checking up on itself. And it has found that by some unanimity of circumstance J. W. Baxter 1is the man to whom each of the syndi cate has bared his business secrets." The jig was up. In the end, Wappenstein and t others went to the penitentiary. BUT BRAINERD'S TROUBLES weren't over Instead, Chapin clamped down on his crusades. · "While this paper supported and elected I.J&yor DDUng," Chapin told him, "we will in a short time be held up to ridicule. I do not propose that The Poat-Intelligencer shall foster the kind of laws that were ma.de in our forefatben' time. "This ls the Twentieth Century. We must abide \ by eondltlons a., we find them. I desire that we have a more liberal policy in this paper with more ~ement and general boost.' Bl'lllnerd's days were numbered. Vacationing at Powell River, he received a telegram from Frank Fitts. "Something here ls not to your Interest," Fitts wired. ''Get to a telephone and call me as quickly u poulble." • The editor hurried to Vancouver and called his loyal secretary. Fitts had seen Chapin bring a stranger into the editorial offices, open Brainerd's door, and heard his say: "And this is where you'll sit." The stranger was Scott C. Bone, 51, a brilliant editor who founded and owned the Washington, D.C., Herald. For months, Chapin secretly has been negotiating with him. For $569.30, half of his mov ing expense, and a guaranteed salary of $7,000 a year, Bone became editor of The Post-Intelligencer on September 1, 1911. BRAINERD RETIRED TO IUS Richmond Brach ranch. His successor launched himself into civic lt Alki Water Sport BATHING WAS popular at Seattle's Alkl Point Beaeh ln 1912, bot awlmmlng- wat another matter, if this pho tograph ls representative. Driving also was popular, judging from the well -filled parking area. activities, struck a quick friendship with Alden J. Blethen, owner of The Times - much to Chap in's delight. The general manager wanted peace. Beriah (Ton of Gold) Brown, still writing editor ials, wrote to his brother, Ashmun, ln Washington: "Bone Is breeding a large 11rab on hi, nose by becoming popular ancl taking a prominent part in a.II doings, posing and fraternizing with Blethen in public. Wilson will get crazy ,jealous if the people g<'t to thinking that Bone is the hig noise on The P-1. That was one of the things he had it in for Brainerd for . . .'' Bone, however, was much more capable than Beriah Brown believed. 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Seattle Post Intelligencer Commemorative Edition, March 7, 1910

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