The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1912, Page 10

everything he wante. YOUNG WOMAN ELECTROCUTED IN A BATH TUB SAN FRANCISCO, Dee, 27.—-He- cause she got into a bathtub filled with warm water and left an elec tric water heater in the tub, Elvira Labbatti is dead here today, ap parently from electrocution. It ts thought the woman may have had @ weak heart, She was 24 years old, Hearing moans, Mrs. EB. Judson, | 5 mother of the dead woman's em ployer, tried to enter the bath- room, but failing, because the door was locked, ordered a Chinese ser vant to break in the door, WILL AID STRANDED BERLIN, Dec, 27.--Many Ameri- cans living in Berlin were present at the meeting called by the Amert- ean consuleneral, A. M. Thackara, for the purpose of organizing the “American Benevolent Association of Berlin.” Ambassador Leishman placed the United States embassy at the dispos- al of the colony for the gathering A constitution was read and adopt- ed whereby the directorate of the new society receives power to help destitute Americans stranded in Berlin, BAND CAN SELL BEER LONDON, Dec. 27.—The bank of England, amongst {ts numerous vileges granted by royal charter, the right of selling beer without a license, The bank could, if it wished, open a public house in Threadneedle st., and, like the mod- ern hostelry, turn its “parlour” into @ saloon bar. What a sale also would Bank of England beer have, delivered at cus- tomers’ houses with the signature of the chief cashier as a guarantee ‘on every cask or bottle? We are always kicking a bout o Merchant and banker, The workers of sea or eall; leisure” do; As “people o And yet, if you took our work And told us to rest at ease, When we were busy as bees, And life would be juat a be OR BOY SHED TEAR F' the following advertisement lately appeartng In the “Pioneer” of Alla habad: “Wanted, as nurse, @ strong, God-fearing Scotch woman, And wishing for rest from toll, arpenter, clerk, We long to idle and lase around ur work, We weary, we nay, of the same old round, And hanker for something new away We'd pine for the glad old working day We'd twiddle our thumbs and yawn and squirm ore, And we'd long for the end of our {dle terms, And the grind of a job once more. capable of teaching the Shorter |ateehisin with a bape rapt ge edge of the business side of a slip LONDON, Dec. 27.—King Solo-|Ner'tg took after & boy Aged 6, who mon’s views on the training of the/is andowed with a double dose of young are still publicly professed 19) original ein. Anglo-India, if we may judge from] foquired, to L. 364, ‘Pioneer Press'.” CAPT. W. JORGERSON, 65, a seaman for many years, died at the Alaska Commercial hotel Monday, THE SEATTLE ” EASY TO STAND ON YOUR HAT, BUT—! HEALY BUILDING 1418-20-22 THIRD AVE. Now Comes Our MACPHERSON= GRAY Blankets and Quilts Do not think for one moment that because we are nearing the new year that the cold nights will soot be over, as we who are old residents know there will be full ninety cold nights yet before the break. $5.50 Wool Blankets now | $4.00 Quilts now 98 eNCee BE ots vs cud . on Oe ee $3.75] "<<" * $4.00 Blankets $2 89 now priced at...... . $2.50 Quilts now in t $1.75 Cotton Blankets now .. $1.48 Bt ceeeeneee Lace Curtains We find we have too many on hand and place them in this sale at big saving. $1.25 Lace Curtains, full 3 ards long, now Deieed 98c Blac Yard Materials 12%c Outings in light hy and dark, a yard ..... 36 12%ec Flannelette in pretty neat designs now, a yard Cc 20¢ Kimono Fleece in rich floral designs, 1 a yard ie, We line $1.19 for a box of six. $2.00 values for and Pictures, Bric-a-Brac, Ete. for $225 and $2.50 Winter wide tore conan Lee Women's Bath Robes, $5.00 35 diagonals, to close at Women's $5.00 $1.25 values for for .. (( and Come to Third Av., Between Pike and Union STORE OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT TILL 10 o'CLOCK BEFORE-INVENTORY SALE January 6th we list—we want the stocks to the very lowest point pos- sible. Big reductions is the slogan in all departments. Women’s Suits and Coats You may have been wait- ing for this opportunity to get your Coat or Suit, and as we do not want to list any if we can avoid it, name prices that will simply mean aick selling. Women's and Misses’ Coats and he new novelties values pe). Cotton Blankets now | priced at ee ay pri ° c BE ca cacensccss ees $1.98 $1.75 Quilts now 1 48 values up to $9.00, priced at ... Ole now priced ........ k Suits— $12.50 Suits now priced $15.00 Suits now priced . $20.00 Suits no priced .. Petticoats heavy, All Xmas Goods One-Half Price | -atics vederwesr : ; only, broken lines, Such as Shaving Sets, Manicure Sets, Traveling Sets, | up to 75c, values, $10.08 $3.00 Women's Silk Messa- $1.49 to Coats, $4.35 Women’s Navy Blue and Vests Values 39c Misses’ Gray Derby Ribbed Union Suits, age 2 to 10, 19¢ MacPHERSON-GRAY CO. to The Beattie Star a favor by notifying ‘ail us and pr ur paper Calle night bi a to v ; o'clock, kindly phone thia office © any at once, Main 9400. Ask for Ue Circulation Department “PAPA” WOODY TRENTON, N. J.-A 13-year old orphaned girl of Maryland wrote President-elect Wilsen to adopt her “T heard you was nice and kind,” she said, CHICAGO, — MRS. HER ON DESERTED MONTHS.OLD CHILD DOORSTEP. RESTED. CHICAGO.-ANDREW who wants to work, left ing for the lay germ. THEY LIKE iT PHILADELPHIA—TO put the stamp of approval on the Turkey Trot, prominent Phila dolphians held a dance in which every number was a trot of the most propounced kind. They danced all night. CONNELLSVILLE, PA-+An “ad” for a washerwoman hea qualifies she “must not chew tobacco or rub snuff; mustrnet have too large a pocket invher dress.” ure for San Francisco Mondayi« ON THE [injunction — proceedin, George H. and Effie | been diverted Smith. VARIEGATED the noble red man. him very green. LONDON little mournful as possible; oxpresse: hi script paper. $2.00 Lace —s : now priced at...... 1.35 Boys’ Clothing Shirt Waists and 3.95 tives of India, 7. MIO BE itis ss 2 $ Two negroes near Fourteenth 50c Lace ag 39c Your chance to save = . oe now pric at ...... money on your boys is now mA s. $1.25 and $1.50 With ea tried each other to Child's Wool Eiderdown | —$3-50, and $4.00 Suits | White Shirt Sought to fill full of holes Aviation Cap, Muff and] Placed in one lot to $2, 98 tteteteseeeens Their sheltering poles, close at But were caught before hitting Neck Piece to clear out at, ie a Women’s Hats, values u a thing. price—ONE-HALF. ae £6 $5.00 P ee wae het ~ Suits placed | ow... 95c ANNUAL CHRISTMAS dance: of Child’s Fur Sets to close ie one Wh $4.29 mae AAS E T Gutiat, price Of Bt eect eeecerere eee Wimei’s Hits, values 9 5, Pp Anne hall tonig! ONE-HALF $3.50 Bath Robe $2 69 to $7.50, $1 i ii: Wool Pascinators and’ P'2ekets now...... : te BETES oo County Medical society willbe held Shawls at, price— Women’s $20.00 One-Piece Anes dak: a ga da nego’ Special sale of Men’s a SU $12.95 WILLIAM DEVITT, who: felbsix Miller Corsets, 48 Wool Underwear at pole stories at the Hotel Plaza Tituraday 75c quality for ....... € | $1.25. See our window. Ladies! Outing — Flannet ff) mormins. Vek Sees eee piven Men’s 25c Cash 30wns, 75¢ value ‘ - Misses’ Sweaters, broken sory 17 ! i and oxford, Wool at 17c, or $1.00 | Ladies’ Outing Go They were done in the old- g Gowns, good fashioned way; Where's your “Hands up! cash?” Took the coin, made a dash— And the victima had nothing to way. with Cotterill delivered an address, fon and Spring sts, years ago and built YOU'LL FIND IT HERE News of the Day Condensed for Busy People CECILIE CHIN BAN, A WHITE WOMAN, |WHO SAID SHE COULD NOT {LIVE WITH HER CHINESE HUS Apply, stating salary | BAND, cs SHE WAB AR Jackson, home when his wife called work undigni fled. She charged him with aban ldoment. Torn between love of his | wife and love of work, he is hunt CAMPUS CADETS of the state w reity will present Capt) WH iam T. Patten, former command- jant of the untvereity corps, with a aliver-mounted sword on his depart | motion of Robert» | Montgomery, trustee, plaintifft:tn qatar” Parker to recover about $700.00, said (to have from the United | Wireless Telegraph Co, wrongfully, | the Injunction waa continued in force Thursday by Judge Everett Tourtst—You Americans have al- ways made a practice of swindling Native—Yes; we've always found JET my burial be as the earthly career of a poor sinner who dies thankful to the almighty God for a long and very happy life,” was the way Rev, Dr. Kitchin of Durham ist wishes in bis will, | written on & half-sheet of manu- CALLUTTA.—A perpetual calen- dar, complied up to the year 9999 is being widely purchased by the na- CLAN MacKENZIB, Order of Gcottish Clans, celebrated Christmas songs and dancing at the Knights of Pythias hall, First ay. and Pike st., Thureday night. Mayor J, REDELSHEIMER bought two lots on Summit ay., between Madi- for $7,000 six} for he had taken the precaution of modern ten-| removing her hat pin, room house, He has just sold to Mike Gottstein for $60,000. THE LAST RESORT “Hax your wife finished ber Chris! cae shoppig?” “Not quite, But she's spent ev erything but her soap wrappers.” SUIT AGAINST FLAKE COMPANY STARTS PROBE! WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Result| of the suit in yesterday against the Kello ‘ousted Corn Plake ie f the government's claims ert proved, will determine the legality Of the business methods of « large | number of manufacturers who dic- tate the price at which thetr pro ducts shall be sold to the public. The department of justice has re-| colved many complaints against) manufacturers who control retail) prices by stipulating that their pro- ducte must be sold at a specified figure. | The Kellogg company is alleged to be violating the Sherman anti-| trust law, and it is charged with) fixing prices at which the flakes are sold w retailer and consumer, preventing competition. It is ex- NEW YORK, Dec, 27.—Deter- mined to serve a subpoena on Wm. G. Rockefeller to appear before} the house money trust investiga | tion, Sergeant-at-Arma Riddell of | the house and two deputies arrived | here today, to remain until they | Teach the millionaire. Recently | Riddell vainly searched the Stand- ard Ol! offices here, Rockefeller’s| town house and the estate of John | D. Rockefeller at Tarrytown in an endeavor to serve the subpoena. PLAN SWEEPING | REFORM IN OREGON BALEM, Or., Dec. 27.-—Pair and Impartial rates and service regula- tion and other reforms will be de manded of all public utilities con- | corns operating in the state at the| meeting of the rallroad commission today and tomorrow. A campaign of reform and improvement so sweeping that it will affect every town in Oregon, to the smallest hamlet, is planned. A sweeping change in prevailing tariffs is ox- pected, DELAY SAVES LIFE LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.-—Pro-| orast jon in making payment on al insurance policy ia all that prevented a desperate battle when Deputy United States Marshal Dur- lin and Postoffice Inspector Wilson sought to arreat Herman Keystone, a Burbank rancher, who is fn jail today charged with embezzlement ¢ $405 postoffice funds at Emerson, J Keystone declared he never would have been taken alive had there been a possibility for his wife to real- ize on his death through insurance. “My payments were in arrears,” he said, “and I could not afford to put up a figh DUBLIN, Dec. 27. divided on the question of coste in a laborer’s suit, the bench of magis- trates at Dungannon petty sessions tossed for it, and the coin came |} down in favor the defendant, to whom co: arded, CUR-R-RSES! “Alas! Iam but a poor, defense-|j less woman,” walled the heroine of | If the melodram: } The villain smiled sardonically, iBroken Lines Art i Dishes, nieres and Trays, priced for clearance at | 5O0¢ and $1.00. Christmas. Continuing ~ | The Twenty-Eighth Semi-Annual } SALE OF FURNITURE —Third and Fourth Floors. |} | The Annual Clearance Sale Of Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Ready-To-Wear Garments Features Exceptional Value-giving in Gowns, Wraps, Suits, Coats, Waists, Skirts, Petticoats and Fur Coats in the ing and other lots: TAILORED AND TRIMMED SUITS, reduced to $26.85 and $39.00. TAILORED DRESSES, reduced to $12.75 and $23.75. AFTERNOON AND PARTY DRES AFTERNOON AND EV ING CO. $12.45, STREET COATS, reduced to $13.75, $17.25 and $22.75. MOTOR AND STORM COATS, reduced to $33.75 and $39. FUR COATS, reduced to $29.00, $34.50, $40.00 and $52.50. SILK AND CHIFFON WAISTS, reduced to $3.75, $4.85 and $6.50. SILK PETTICOATS, reduced to $2.85 and $3.85. CLOTH SKIRTS, reduced to $3.85, $5.75, $6.95 and $7.75. CHILDREN’S WOOL DRESSES, reduced to $2.75, $3.75 and $5.85. S CLOTH COATS, reduced to $6.50, $8.25 and $10.75. CHILDREN’S MIDDY BLOUSES, reduced to $1.35 and $1.85. BASEMENT SALESROOM CHILDREN WOMEN’S STREET COATS, reduced to | MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S DRESSES, reduced to $1.35 and $1.95. SILK PETTICOATS, reduced to $1.95. $8.05 and $11.75. WOMEN’S STREET DRESSES, reduced to $4.95, $7.65 and $9.85. | WOMEN’S TAILORED SUITS, reduced } SILK AND CHIFFO. to $6.85 and $9.85. Continuing the Clearance of Women’s Shoes At $2.85 Pair Women's Black Suede Button Boots Women's Patent Colt Button Boots Women’s Patent Women's Black Russia Calf Button Boots Pumps Women’s Tan Russia Calf Button Boots JanuaryClearance Rugs and Carpets petings in a good variety of desira tions for quick sale. Cheer up, papal You may be able to pay all the bille by reduced to $28.75, $39.00 and $44.75, 8 $19.00, $29.00, $49.00 and $78.50, § AFTERNOON AND EVENING GOWNS, reduced to $49.00, $55.00 and $62,505” | to $2.75 and $3.45. Women’s Gold and Silver Satin Slippers Leather Slippers and LARGE and interesting lot of Domestic Rugs and Car patterns suitable for every room in the house, at sharp et eeen rma aoe follow- $19.50, $23.75, e 00. poeweare Wen we men Ay - N WAISTS, reduced” ble weaves, inclt —Secund Floor, Ansa Flannelette Special Clearance Values in Millinery illiner NTRIMMED Velvet Shapes, for clear- ance, $1.00 and $1.95. Plush Shapes, for clearance, $2.75. Hats trimmed in fancy wings, feathers and ostrich, for clearance $3.50. Trimmed Velvet and Velour Hats, for clearance, $1.85 and $3.50. —Basement Salesroom. in p blue blue with med Brass, Clearance ROKEN Lines and odds and ends in Art Brassware, including Fern Hanging Baskets, Vases, Jardi- whit An assortment of Silverware comprising table and fancy pieces in wide variety is also specially priced for clearance. Silverware Section, In Satin, Black Vel \ w*'™ Sacques of kimono flannelette im & variety of serviceable colorings, including” navy with tan, delft-blue, lavender or gray with lavender design. Made with circular peplam and fitted belt, or with loose, adjustable belt, and prettily trimmed with stitched sateen b Exceptional value at 75¢. Margaret Special 15¢ stripe or blue and white cross-barred effect, also Exceptional value at | 15¢. ; Women’s Evening Slippers 1 and Patent leather, $2.45 pair. Sacques | 75¢ —RBasement Salesroom Aprons ARGARET Aprons of washable pereale ink and white check, and white nurse and white stripes small design, trim- all e binding. around —Basement Salesroom — vet, Gun-metal C® Rasement 8