REPORT CLINCHES STAR'S CHARGES AGAINST FURTH'S MAN,ARMSi While there was no demand on the part of the invest i-

«I-committee or council last night that Richard M. Arms,

B/f.ill-Ft'f'h choice for head of the city light department,tj||-|,-t!

dismissed, yet the committee's report substan-

Lfori '' l',s| mgkl ll'-" Kttli-0.l M. Anus,v .1.1 .! llu- tit\ Kgfel il.p.Utmt lit.

iniittee's report substan\u25a0#* every charge made by The Star against Aim-.' admin-

P*^if The council was willing to 'I it pass that Arms had1«_ jx?or judgment or was ignorant of thing A resolu-

tion '..11 of Hart's that tilt report did not reflect on Arms'honesty or competence went through with only Kellogg vot-ing against It. »

Yet that same committee report presents damaging evi-___.!' against ''" man who took charge of the city's plantas a result of the political deal between Gill and Kurth.

The report states that Arms turned down profitable con-tracts because in thought there wasn't enough water in Cedarlake li states the opinions of City Engineer Thomson, I'm

Electrical Engineer Ross and other experts that there waswater a-plenty,',' Arms could li.iv* got this same information from Thom-son and Ross, but didn't, The report merely says he usedbad judgment.

Arms rrfttsed to supply light to Georgetown or Ballard,where the S. E. Co. had plant because, as he explained,there wasn't money to do it. Yet in Ballard all th. poles hadbeen-set up and .i lot of the wiring done when Arms cameinto 'office, and there was money In plenty to finish the work.

Yet ArMs explained th.ii he didn't know "the money wasavailable until after the committee began work. And he got

\u25a0.t i *away with Ins excuse.Arms did hot know even thai the plant was losing money

until li- was told by the investigating committee. But thereport did not find, nor did th' council insist, that he wasincompetent. (

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Ihe committee report was th. result of a compromisebetween in- members, "mi' of iln in standing out flatly againstcriticism of the ex Seattle Electric man.

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sSter Seattle Star,|Dear Sir—Your fight for the people living adjacent to theH|ti railroads running out of this city bas been for a just-.right cause and should be maintained. If the laws are such-it any class of men are infallible it is time the people shouldbos. it I*. the rank and file of ns will not Ih- subject to the same»s TOO hi.c passed through. As a layman and not infallible. Iidxre the wrong parties went to jail. It may not be possible,ado* the taw, to jail the officials who continually show andmajnt their contempt "i the rights of the people. If a little%n justice was injected into the law the above could be

rihel.itv•ilv.

M I. CARKEEK.(Editorial from th* Spokane Press of Saturday.)

_;._•*• yesterday afternoon tht; tulltor of Th« Seattle Star wax»E!t-rjr,d to four months In Jail for criticising Un «.<.- uf tho_Ju_cUob by the court-.

i,; la (be opinion of tht* Spo-an* Pr*<*«, conditions In this ur-atEMAdit n oats would soon be Infinl.ely ... ••!. r if it atmllar .situationthou'ii develop In every big "city, and Ifour editor of one lndeptuid-Ml c«-*epaper ia every elty ahould stand ready to ma to Jail. In

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TRACTION TRUST WEAKENS| IN TACOMA; REFUNDS FAREI-COMA. Dec. 20.—General Man- j

g»r L. II Bean of the TacomaHny and I'ower Co- a(ir|ir

t3.-ift.Ai of patrons of the street jar company today by making pnb-jka_ Invitation to those holding;**reip*a for fare* paid In excess of

\u25a0 cent* fur tramportatlon be~"•»*_ Tacoma and Fern Hillto at--4*l» meeting next Thursday night\u25a0I receive a refund of theirK_*y.iWkeo tbe Stone-Webster concern

\u25a0M tbe rate* last fall, the sub-

urb of Fern Hill annexed to Ta-! coma. A stubborn war followed!and there were Injunctions andcounter Injunctions and many dam-age suit*. Finally tbe Fern Hill

Ipeople paid the 10 rent*, demand-:Inn a receipt from conductor*. Thecase was taken Into the court* and

' the supreme court of tht- state re-cently decided that the street carcompany bad no right to chargemore than five centa.

Manager V-itt) K.iiil today that ap-proximately $ 1..'0k would be re-funded to tbe Fern Hillcommuter*.

INJUNCTION UPI I That th« people of Rainier

Vtlley never .ted nor attempt-

•*to » olence against the•Wattle, Ren.on -, SouthernRailway Co.

Tlut neither Gillnor Wappen«*'". refuted police protection*• tlit company.

That George Hartung, super-Mcn.ent of the Crawford line,tried to incite a not on Novem- \u25a0

•*\u25a0 29, for the purpose oftanging the Rainier Valley

! feee'e Into disrepute.Affidavit* ncltlng the**, fact*

**« read tbls morning ln the Hal-

*" Valley Injunction proceedingsJJri Judge Gilliam. A counter•fill.. • by Hartung stated that he•tt srmed with »tone» to protectft***!*. Other company affidavit*.PQ-M violence, were read.

Attorney Hastings, representingf* Doolap estate and the Hobart•"ettment Co.. read bl* complaint.9oa aakx an Injunction against•l company to restrain II from

Ifeting more than a 5-cent fare."Mting* base* hi* complaint on

•iWftnilte made more than 20 year*"W. '0 the deceased Ht.nlap andgg property owners by the oldJj™M <-'ar C*V In consideration of""•fn land donated It to carry

passenger* tor a nickel. The Se-attle. Henton & Southern I* a mocessor of this company.

The case 1» *et for argument thi*afternoon.

RECALLPETITIONIS FILED

At 12 o'clock today 11.316 name*

were checked up by official* of thePublic Welfare- league on petition*asking Iho recall of Mayor GUI.Tbe petition* will be, filed tometlrao thla afternoon. Only 8,670signatures are necessary to makethe recall election a certainty.

The comptroller will begin Imme-diately checking up the name* wtththe r. .-i -\u25a0 (rut Inn llll*. A* the pe-tition* have approximately .10 percent more name* than noeexsary,there la no danger but that thecomptroller* correction* will makeany material difference to tbe recallmovement.

Included In the above figure* arethe signatures of 656 women.

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PORTLAND, Or., Dm, 20—At »o'clock »hlx afternoon the Jury try-ing Mrs. Carrie Kersh tor complic-ity In the murder of William John-»on at the new Grand Central hotelJune 20, »iw still out. They io-tired for deliberation* at 5; ISSaturday eight.

Shortly before noon the Juror*asked to be relea*ed. They In.mated that they were hopelesslydisagreed and that there wax smallchance of them deciding on a far-dict

It wax believed here that JudgeMorrow would order th_ Jury die-charged If they fell*, to reach adefinite verdict before night. JudgeMorrow, however, declined to talkon the matter. He lid he had not ,decided whether to discharge the \u25a0

Jury or compel them to main untilsome conclusion wax arrived at. .

The Jury tbat tried Mr*. Kersh

Chief Wapptrnatflr. was denounc-ed and hi* removal recommendedby the graft Investigation commit-tee before the council last tilglit.

This morning, ttu expected.Mayor 011 lannounced that "thosefellows couldn't make him fireWappy." and lhat be would readthrough the transcripts, then do ashe thought best.

The report also recommendedtbat Sergeant llryant and I'ntrol-men Jones and Dont-D, restricteddistrict police, who "knew nothingabout gambling M the city," shouldbe at least disciplined, if not die-charged from the force.

Just So Long and No Longer. To the hundreds and hundreds of loyal friends who have wril.cn. telegraphed and tele*

Fs**fl messages of appreciation and encouragement during the past week, the editors of!•? Star wish to express their most sincere thanks. The intelligent manner in which thej*°p!e have grasped the principle involved, their firm conviction that The Star ii honestlyfiling for their rights, i* full and ample reward for The Star and tlie editors of The Star..The Star wishes nothing except loyal, aggressive support. We need no financial uict,

**• we want no sympathy. We want men and women hind us, unafraid men and women"to know their rights and who arc brave enough to assert their rights and to fight for

With such support there can be no doubt as to the outcome.The people are supreme only when they assert their supremacy.. People will suffer because of the INJUNCTION just so long as the people remain pas-

\u25a0*• to it, AND NO LONGER.toNGPR 1 Wlll e*erc* their arbitiary power just so long as the people allow it, AND NO

KERSCH JURY IS TIED

MRS. KERSH.

the first time disagreed.When air*. Kersh tra* brought

Into tbe court room for the secondI time '\u25a0-•\u25a0'!.. she was In ii atateof'r-llapse. In ber cell today she•bowed every evidence of a ncrv-'mis breakdown, She la so weak (hat

she can hardly stand, and *pendsmost of ber rim seated on theedge of bi r I-. .I

DIAZ FEARS MURDER.

(Uf t-lled I'rrt.)

MEXICO CITY, I"- 20.-ThatPresident Dlax feara assassinationand has taken tbe precaution ofhaving his food tnsted and bissleeping apartment* effectuallyguarded, wa* learned today. Thepresident. It Ix *ald. (bang' hi*sleeping room nightly.

Street* le»dlng to the palace arc\u25a0 lo.nl to traffic, and all mesaenger*arriving from tin- country arexnan In-tl before they are admittediii the executive building.

"FIRE WAPPENSTEIN," SAYS COUNCILWappensteln announced today

that he had no Kiatement to makeregarding thc*e three member* ofthe tort

Tho committee* report reviewed,lit »ome length the presence of'vice and crime In Seattle, un-checked by the police. y

Gambling places, notoriousdance halls and vicious resortsran unchecked, the reportstated, and this could not pos-sibly have happened withoutthe knowledge of the police.That they were protected fromprosecution th* Investigatorswere ccmvincsd.

Tbe council received tho cornmlttee's report without much out-ward evldenco of excitement, Mayor(Jill was present at the meeting, andseemed In un 111 humor. Once hecalled Councilman Kellogg a liarwhen be thought that nil the testi-mony bad not been presented tohim.

Hurl and Conway, who had votedin committee for the dismissal ofv. «|.|.. d "i "renlgged" In opencouncil and tried to ,cnt minorityamendments passed letting Wapp)out. Both attempts failed, ii"'explained tbal he was "tryliiK toget some of the h!luges out of thereport."

MILWAUKEE SOCIETY NOTE.

MII/WAUKKE, Dee. 20. — Thehealth depart ment today Issued anorder that cuspidors i" placed Inall ballroom* in this city.

SWEET WAIIRESSES INCLASSIC BOSTON KEEP

LIPS TIGHTLY SEALEDBOSTON, Dec IO --Tired nf hav-

ing its lunch rooms turned Intoniii'iii ifiinil bureaus, a rcstHtirnnt

cotnpiitiy whichc m p 1 ii v \u25a0 onlypretty girls uswaitresses. In Itstlihiii: rooms Indifferent parts ofHi,'.ii,ii. hits Is-sued orders tbatin wallrevs canhereafter tmymore than ''Ooodmorning, sir," tomale patrons. Andthis only liftertbey have beensaluted fliHt.

A great many romances result-iiii? tu happy marriages bad (heirinception In tlu-ne restaurants, ThefoCt .bat' the waitresses were al-lowed to converse nt length a libyoung brokers, lawyers am! bl'llnesti men made these restaurantspopular ' will. | ipt l OUI youngmen, but tin- 1.1,1 I. in sometime*caused customers to tire of waitingmill leave.

Ootislp tins the wings of a swal-low, the face of an angel thetongue of an adder and the con-science of a stone.

MOVE ALREADY STARTEDTO RESTRICT CONTEMPT

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One big thing has already been accomplished by The Star's fight for reason-able fares For the people of the Duwamish valley, and the subsequent contempt

proceedingThis thing is the awakening of people all over the state to a realization that

new laws governing the freedom of the press, governing the issuance of injunc-tions, governing the power of the judiciary, are needed, and needed badly, by thepeople of Washington.

"Carry the fight into the legislature," is a cry which has been growing louderand increasingly louder in the past few days.

From Spokane this morning five members of the next legislature expressedthemselves this morning as favoring laws for permitting the freedom of the press.

EVERETT LEGISLATOR HAS A PLAN.From Everett comes the word that Representative J. E. Campbell is pre-

paring a law wiping the principle of constructive contempt off the statute books.That is, his bill would give to everyone the right to discuss law cases, whethersettled or pending, outside the court room.

Represent Campbell goes one step further and has a bill drawn up whichshall prevent the courts from declaring unconstitutional any laws made by thelegislature. * - *.•::

These arc only straws showing the direction of a big public sentiment whichhas grown up clear across the state.

WILL RESTRICT JUDGES' POWER.Whatever form the new legislation shall be, it at least seems certain now

that bills restricting the power of the judiciary and giving complete freedom tothe press will be one of the big matters before the next legislature, which meetsin January.

From suggestions which have come in from members of the legislature fromKing county, from lawyers ami others, several laws seem necessary. Among themare:

(1) A law preventing judges from punishing as contempt of court any,comments on, or arguments about, any case which is on trial.

(2) A law restricting the issuance of injunctions so that both parties in-volved must be given notice and have a hearing in court before an injunction isgranted. , j ,

LABOR MEN INTERESTED.Many union leaders would go further than this, and insist that the injunction'

be even further restricted. "If what is enjoined is illegal," they say, "the courthns power to punish afterwards by civil and criminal actions. If it is legal, cer-i.i'nlv the courts should not enjoin. What is the necessity, then, of junctionsat all

(3) Campbell's bill preventing judges of the supreme court from nullifyingof ih- !> gistature."The legislature is the bo.lv chosen to make such laws as the people want,"

-.ml Campbell this morning "II the judges have the right to say which laws shallbe enforced and which shall not, what is the use of having a legislature?"

Campbell also defended the proposed anti-contempt law."It is a strange situation," said Campbell, "when a judge is accuser, judge,

jury and executioner. It doesn't strike 'he average man as being a fair deal, andought to be changed."

L FEELING STRONG IN SPOKANE. |In Spokane the feeling over the matter is fully as strong as here in Seattle.Senator Whitney said today: "Let the papers have the right to criticise any,

and all public officers. The trouble is there is not enough criticism offered attimes. While 1 do not believe in the abuse of this right, I stand for the largestpossible measure of freedom for the press."

Senator George W. Shaefer, attorney, favors a billtaking the trial of a case forconstructive contempt from the hands of "the judge who issued the writ.

Representative R. 1'? Buchanan thinks there should be no great barrier betweenthe courts and the .pie, affording.nil of the protection to the courts and none to(l„. citizen,111(1(11.(11.

Representative Guv Groff does not believe in contempt proceedings andRepresentative Lloyd Candy says that the people have hot given sufficient atten-tion to the matter of electing broad-minded, honest men to the bench.

STRIKEBREAKER

KILLED(It. i sited Trras.)

CHICAGO. Dec. 20.—JohnDonnelly, a teamster, employ-ad by the garment manufactur-ers whose employes are onstrike, was shot and killed today. The police are seeking hisassailant among the strikinggarment workers.

After he had been shot, Don-nelly drove his horses half amile before becoming uncon-scious. He dull later at a hos-

pit.il. The police have no clewto the identity of his slayer.

| DO YOU KNOWThat Chicly Deputy Auditor Lin-

coin of King counts formerly washead bookkeeper of the Harrimaiisystem?

That the popular name for tinpeople of Maryland Is Cruwtliump-ers?

That the navy budget last yearcalled for the expenditure of $124,-OIMMKIO?

That there are $3,555,000 mem-bers of the Young , Pople'a Societyof Christian Endeavor in the world?

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