The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1912, Page 8

HOW’D YOU LIKE TO BE SO» BIG YOU COULDN’T HOLD A JOB? THAT'S CARL'S FIX Carl B. i i | i i | | | } | { department, is one example of ment to get efficiency. ey” Fleteher, That's why he's called “Effick Fletcher, the seven-foot , for conformity. meter reader of the city lighting the methods employed by that depart When EB. Hendricks of the meter/“Qne who won't have to get on a reading department wanted a man|astepladder to read those mansion to read the meters of the mansion | district meters.” district on Capitol hill, he thought Jong and much. The houses in istrict are large and magnificent ‘The rooms are big and the ceilings | ¥4* that high. The metors are, correspond- ingly, quite a way from the floor, can Bird $3.00 ThreePiece mee Sarver Set Carver Set, Vanadium Bets, pearl handle .... “CUT FOR CLEARANCE” Bee Window PIPER & TAFT 1117 Second Ave. i i tet rile okies E ry HE '5 5 3 FE i ay gag flee sf ILL FU ut the prices Cr iE BLACK CONEY, OUTFITTING co. 5 $1.65 00 Three-Plece American He The householders there are great Banc amen mans: ecbok ane Alb tate Dat first payment on any new piano at Christmas prices if used on or before December 31, 1912. EILERS MUSIC HOUSE Money——(lip the and Use It! 3 H z i | Lester Bungalow have been still| will further reduced. Brand new planos| grand to you. CLOSING OUT ALL FURS AT COS Rather than carry over one fur to another season we are making sweeping reducti the entire stock quickly. The NATURAL RACCOON, JAP MINK, BLACK OPOSSUM, ISABELL FOX, ETC. Are now offered at cost, and the NATIONAL SYSTEM OF CREDIT makes it possible to se- lect your set tomorrow. NOW SELLING AT COST TO CLEAR THE 5 It takes quite a while to read all the meters of the city. It took long er in the mansion district. It was necessary for the reader to get & chair or stepladder in order to get the readings, All this took time. Hendricks is great for effictency “Bring me a tall man,” he said He was found, It was Fletcher, He was handing up bricks to the men on the second story of a house that was being built. The butlder aleo great for efficiency, Fletcher was grabbed For a while everything was love That is, for about half a day ly The first six houses he entered had thelr meters ‘way up on the }wall, He'd walk tn, calmly take out his notebook and jot down the reading, while the servant or house keeper stood on a chair, craning }her neck in an effort to check the reading. | his for me," quoth Fletcher. | But he didn’t rap on wood, His |troubles began in the afternoon, That district of Seattle—the high brow, high roof district—ts, of course, the wealthy district. The is ple jwomen of district have also }the temperaments peculiar to the |wealthy, They are for the most [part nervous, easily frightened. In the first house Fletoher en tered in the afternoon he met o: Jof these nervous women. When the big form of the giant moter reader loomed up in the doorway she let out a shriek. It was too much for her high-strung nerves. He didn't read that meter. He went to the house across the street. It was the same thing, maybe worse.-By this time Fletcher was wondering what Was the mat ter. He hated to enter the next house, but business was business. The third bouse was as bad as the first two. In the next the lady phoned for the police. When Fletcher got back to the office after an embarrassingly un successful afternoo: Hendricks told him his distric as changed. BUYER IS FOUND FOR PORT BONDS; CAN BEGIN WORK The port commission will shortly have $1,000,000 available for harbor improvements on the water east waterway + BE. H. Rollins & Co., bond buyers of Chicago, represented here by F. Ww bond purchase next Monday. The bid was $92.50 per $100 on the total bond lasue of $2,300,000, of which $1,000,000 must become immediate able remaining $1,200,000 will be needed when the commission gets ready for the Harbor Island ter minal work, This may not come up Now Fletcher reads the meters of the placid folks of West Seattle. They're not so high strung over there. the tidelands are concluded. ered only $1,000,000 of the bond issue. MURDERER “ALL IN A TREMBLE” Third and University St. By United Press Leased Wire 108 A LES, Dec, 27.-—Life imprisonment is the maximum sentence that may be imposed upon Levi Ehresman, slayer of J H. Nicholson, who is tn the county guilty to a charge of second-degree murder. Ebr to plead to a because of a inck of evidence against him and because he burned the body of the victim. offering no opportunity to establish a corpus | delicti. The murderer trembled| violently as he sat beside his coun- sel waiting to be called before the bench. He frequently hid his face in his hands, and, after his plea had been accepted, he turned to his attorney and asked eagerly: “They can't give me worse than life now, ean they TERRIFIC STORM — SWEEPS ENGLAND By United Press Leased Wire LONDON, Dec. 27.—As a result of a terrific storm which swept over England, reports are reaching here today of considerable damage Telephone and télegraph wires Were torn down tn many places. The Italian steamer Tripolitani, from Genoa to Barry, Wales, was driven ashore and wrecked at Mounts bay. One of the crew was drowned, and 27 others had thrill ing escapes. VETERANS WANT TO VISIT BATTLEFIELD At the luncheon of the King County Democratic club, to be given in the Good Fats cafeteria Saturday, in honor of Civil war vet- erans who fought at the battle of Gettysburg, resolutions will be in- troduced asking an appropriation of $15,000 from the legislature to pay the expense of veterans of both armies from this state to the scene of the battle. The 50th anniversary of Gettysburg will be celebrated next year. HELPLESS, PARENTS SEE CHILDREN BURN OTTAWA Ont., Dec. 27.—While Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Curran of Edwards station, Carleton county. |were In the stable getting ready to ;come to Ottawa for Christmas din ner Wednesday, thetr house caught fire and their three children, who were in bed absleep, burned to death. The children were burned while the parents stood looking on, un jabte to do anything to save them. 3 SUICIDES IN DAY The third suicide of the day oc jeurred late Thursday, when Gust Swanson, a laborer, 38, sent a 98 ‘caliber bullet crashing through his jhead. He died two hours later in jthe elty hospital, Swanson kad been brooding over money matters for some time, and yesterday locked himself in a room at the Bwedish lodging house, such ag most dealers and agencies get $425 for can be had for $318, The regular $400 styles can be had $288. The pianos are 5, and pianos that gen- for $275 can be had for Even fine grand pianos can for $368. Think of getting for three hundred and six- dollars. Others that were reduced to $427, and sev- and grands are now $445 and $537. Torms are as low as $12.00 a desired. Your upright il be taken in exchange at uation if you want to make vhange for either a player or : E | °s He Music House has done an Christmas business—the years. It now proposes year of 1912 with still ues and greater volume Clip the coupon and it to Eflers Music House, and University Street. It bring a plano, a player or a idl i ons that should clear sale prices include AN 11'S TIMe WE ALL WAS. ! ‘ PREPARIN' SWERR-OFF PLEDGES AN MINDIN way, Salmon bay, and the central| Camp, will be awarded the ports for five months or more, until after} the condemnation proceedings for} George H. Tilden’s bid of $92.50) was rejected because the bid cov-/ jait here today, following a plea of] THE STAR—FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1912. T THE: DRY tS FAST APPRORCHN’ WHEN THR GLAD NeW YEAR BEGINS WE | AINKIN BOUT REPENTIN oF OUR Sins J WHAT WERE ‘BOUT -ETLL’ GIT You $15,750,000 RAISE ON PAPER NEW YORK, Dec, 27-—By phenomena! rise of 106 points the shares of the Standard Ot) company inereased the | value of the stock In Wall st. $15,750,000 here today. The company i® capitalized at §t65,- | 000, ‘The advance is said to | be due to reports that the stock soon will be boosted to double {te present value, thus giving stockholders the right to sub- weribe. NEGLECTED BY. ° | | | | } 'HER SWEETHEART, TRIES TO DIE HALPWAY, Or., Dec. 27 .enHleart broken becase her sweetheart James Hawkins, neglected her at a dancing party, after a quarrel, Mins Birdie Robbins, a pretty oe school teacher, took polson atthe }home of a friend, and today t# near death. The girl sought im vain at, the social to become reconciled to Haw kine, but ft is ently snubbed he leaving the dance to the home of W. W. Stalker and wife, nearby, and made the at tempt on her life, POMONA, CAL—Levi Ehreaman was bound over to the superior court on a charge of murder in the first degree for the killing of J. H icholson. |tndemnity to bring about peace In E emeatee men ‘MAJESTY THE SULTAN HIS REFUSES TO PAY FOR PEACE! By United Freee Leased Wire LONDON, Dec, 27.—That Turkey will refuse to pay any pecuniary ,cret peace agreement at Constan not denied. warded to the plenipotentiaries here by cable, comprise the main tenance of an effective sovereignty over the territory east of the line of demarkation between the Mar ita river and the Black sea, In cluding Adrianople, while west of the Balkans is regarded as certain bere today. It is reported that all the envoys received minute and detailed tnetructions concerning ex- actly what recessions from the original demands they are allowed to make. A dispatch to the Dually Tele graph from Belgrade, declaring content with Bulgaria aud Turkey made & se) Turkish sovereignty. =e - HOW ORCHARDS |WOMEN WILL PEOPLE FLOATED| SEND EGGS BY BIG STOCK ISSUE. PARCEL POST PORTLAND, Or. Dec, 27.-—Tak NEW YORK, Dec, 27.-—-By organ- tinople i# still unconfirmed, but is| Turkey's counter proposals, for-| the Une the government would be} the recognition of) ularly that part of it spent ROGERS TRIES watliea tiie cists i aeter wa vigorously aa HARD TO BREAK prosecution, which m blocking many embe fons. After the wit WOMAN’S STORY =. ' s.r ct A 0 in Milwaukee beloey al ae ed married, Rogers dem bid By Vnlted Presse Leased W pak they met Whe 108 ANGELES, ud-| “On the street § 4 ing questions regarding the charac-|was the reply © MilwAiiheg» ter of Mrs. Alice Phelps, to whose| “Did you speak to dim) delinquency former City Prose-| Roxers queried with a i cutor Guy Eddie t® charged with | No,” the woman @ having contributed, were hurled at|ing back at the attorney OM the girl by Defense Attorney Karl} Under questions she then Rogers when sho resumed the|ted that they uever were hie stand in the Eddie trial for cross. | duced ‘tro examination, — $a Rogers touched upon Mra. Phelps’ Reduc ost of ; relations with Eddie and her deal The Barlow Gardens ings with officers before the day of|#ave you money on funeral weet § Eddie's apprehension in his office,|709 Second ave, Biliott Can 5. turning then to her past life, partic-’ nations, boc doven.— Advertisenmegt | a [owoon Co “The Economy Store’’ Second Ave., Between Spring and Seneca—Phone Main End of the Year Cleanup Sale of Women’s and Misses’ Coats and Suits Four GreatSpecials on Coats ines $2.98 mixtures, originally * ANTON & Lot OE tphain eee veariage-s Twenty-five Coats in all-wool priced at $6.98 to $10.00. Lot No. 2 iin $6.98 _ Full length and Johnny Coats, all excellent styles & mixtures and plaids, also blacks worth $10.00 and up, all if sizes. ‘ Lot No. 3 About one hundred C s in this lot formerly priced $15.00 and $17.50. All wool materials and in solid mixtures and plaids. Light, medium and dark shades! More than a dozen different models. The greatest value we have ever offered. All Lot No. 4 This lot consists of regular $17.00, $19.50, $22.50 $27.50 Coats and are the choicest of this seasor terials and styles. All sizes for_women and missell! About 70 Coats in this lot. ; sizes. .| Humphrey, officers of the Columbia ing of testimony was today started in the case of A. J. Biehl and H. 8. ising a consumers’ and producers registry, Mre. Julian Heath, presi dent of the National Housewtver | River Orchards Co YOU CAN DO HONOR to any occasion by being dressed in a Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year, HAMMERSLOUGH'S “BETTER CLOTHES” FOR ALL MEN $15 to $25 SECOND FLOOR LIBERTY BLDG., OPP. POSTOFFICE “Every Step Saves Money” Are made to meet the de- mand of anyyman. , . | They are sharp when J) you buy them and they hold an edge. Every part is carefully fitted and they open easily. For sale exclusively by * COLQUHOUN 602 Pontius av., and ended it ali. a had no known relatives in Seat- tle. The landlady at the Mattson house, 619% Sixth av. 8., found the dead body of Eli Tavo, 45, hanging from a strap on his closet door, SFCOND AVENIF HARDWARE CO. 1426 Third Av. We Are Not Selling Out [FRENCH PREMIER A CANDIDATE on trial for al leged misuse of the malls in dispos ing of about $4,000,000 worth of bonds of questionable value. Upon the compietion of the jury, Federal District Attorney MoCourt outlined the government's case, cit- ing the allegations against the ac oused. McCourt declared that on all the lands held by the concern under fire, said lands being worth about $150,000, the defendants succeeded in floating the major portion of a $2,500,000 stock lesue. FATAL QUARREL OVER BUZZWAGON CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Quarreling over the ownetship of an automo- bile, James Conway, an official of the local union of Steamfitters, was shot id killed here by Thomas Freer, secretary of the organiza tion. The dispute occurred in the union headquarters, When ar- rested, Freer claimed he shot in self defense. League, plank to supply houge- | wives after Jan. 1 with butter, | | eggs and produce, utilizing the par-| cel post as a medium of delivery ‘The registry will be in charge of ® committee of the league. House wives desiring to purchase small quantities. of farm produce must register, Farmers living within 50 miles of the city also must en roll themselves with the league. HOLD SHEPHARD ON LARCENY CHARGE | Clem Shephard, former purser on | the steamer Humboldt, who was ar rested Monday night on the charge of ing been an accomplice in the $57,000 gold theft of September, 1910, will be given a preliminary heariag before Justice Fred EF. Brown, before any information is filed in the superior court by Pros eouting Attorney Murphy. Shephard and Benny Wiseman, also occused of having been con- nected with the substitution of pig lead for the gold bullion on the Women’s and Misses’ —Suits Before buying your Suit, no matter where advertised, don’t fail to inspect ours. Shop and compare values, We are selling ours at exactly half price—half our regular iow price, which means considerable less than half the’ actual value of the Suits. : Suits worth $30.00 our regular price $25.00. Half price es saa oditns' ss vsavaues Suits worth $25.00, our, regular price $19 Le WERE TT: RT RE Suits worth $20.00, our regular price $14.98. Half price ....... ne One special lot of Su to $19.50, 50, 8, our regular prices up Ont sale at.. The Great Sale of Whitel Begins Monday, It's going to be an interesting Z steamer, were both charged with grand larceny by the prosecutor Thursday. Shephard has threatened to bring habeas corpus proceedings BABE CHOKES TO DEATH ON BEAN SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Dec. 31—Mary Wagner, the |*#tinet the sheriff, Ismonths’old baby of Mr. | WALDO DEFIES and Mrs. James Wagner, is dead today, having choken to death on bean that was drawn into her windptpe after she had placed it In her nostril *NOTHER GRANDSON FOR THE KAISER BERL Dec, 27.—-A son was born last night to Prince August William, the fourth son of the em- peror, who was Princess Alexan- dra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstoin. Prince William and the princess were married October 22, 1908, and this is the first child of the union. ERROR IN ADDRESS Morton Freeman and wife, ne- groes, who engaged in a shooting affair on 14th av, Thursday, did not reside in the Emil apartments, lith ay. and Jackson st., as incor rectly reported in The Star, They live at the Afro-American apart- ments, 1251 Main st. ALL THE PROBERS NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Testifying today before the committee of alder men investigating alleged police) grafting, Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waido defied all the probers to force him to disclose the records of his department unless he wished to do so. Asked why he hampered the special examiners in- vestigating various police depart- ments, Waldo sald: “I do not proj to let a lot of youngsters go through the records and team them to pieces. This whole matter was started merely to create a sensation INAUGURAL PLANS DISCUSSED HERE) Plans for the inauguration of Gov. eleot Lister in Olympia, January 15, were discussed today at a luncheon RRS LE iven by the Commercial Club, GEORGIE ONLY HAD A CHILL Representatives from Olympia, LONDON, Dec, 27,—Persistent}Tacoma, Bellingham and other reports that King George Js suffer. Bund cities were present. Arrange- ing from a severe attack of influ-|ments were made for a reception enza were emphatically denied here| and ball, the inaugural ceremonies today by hix majesty's private sec-jand public entertainments. retary, Ponsonby, He insisted that es a the king had suffered a slight chit!,| 200,000 GOING INTO CANADA but had entirely recovered, OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 27.—That American immigration into western Canada will total no less than 200,- 000 persons for the fiscal year of 1912-18 tf the prediction of. WwW. J. White, head of the Canadian agencies in the United States. This {a an increase for the year of 70,000, HERE’S A NEW PLAN Mayor Cotterill may shortly ap- point a city commission to make a thorough investigation of the West- ern av. problem, This commission, to serve without salary, will gathor testimony regarding the dealings on the “street,” and will make ree- ommendations to bring the produc- er and consumer closer together, The idea of the commission has been suggested by the Municipal League and resolutions to that ef- fect were passed. PARIS, Dec. 27.—Yielding to the persistence o° his friends in the senate and chamber of deputi Premier Raymond Pojnoaire has consented today to be a candidate for the presidency of Frdnee. A successor to President Fallieres is to be chosen January 17, TWO KILLED IN RE LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27-—Two persons met death and seven more were injured, one sertously, in a fire that destroyed a lodging house on the North Side early today, BRRLIN.—A motorist, driv- ing near Lemberg, Germany, had to pay $300 damages for a massacre of ducks, geese and other poultry which, mistaking the sound of his hooter for their customary feed call, flocked in hundreds around his car, event. See our Window Displays SATURDAY EVENING. aad our advertisements in all the Sunday papers. vet your money ready for the greatest trade event of the} : : LITTLE PRICES WILL PREVAIL IN ALL WHITE GOODSIE | DEPARTMENTS i} Half Price Is the Pric “Economy Basement” On the following merchandise. of Holiday Toys reserved. The or Positively nothing original selling p the goods and you get them for just half. ALL DRESSED DOLLS ALL TREE ORNAMENTS ALL KID BODY DOLLS ALL MECHANICAL TOYS ALL TEDDY BEARS ALL GAMES ALL HORSES AND WAGONS the - ALL RUBBER RUBBER BAL ALL ELECTRICAL AND ENGINES ALL MECHANICAL ALL CHILD'S TEA i ALL STUFFED ANI! Saturday Millinery Barg Third Floor 98e is the price we have put on any Untrimmed Velvet or Felt Shape in the store worth up to $2.75. 98c Your choice Saturday, TRIMMED HATS $1.69 Two tables of Ladies’ Trimmed Hats, worth no two alike. Be sure and see these At $3.98 and $4.98 you will find a ni to-date creations, but this is house-cle prices for our Saturday buyers. AVIATION CAPS Another big shipment of Hand-knit Aviation Caps for ladies and young ladies; all colors and combinations, Price, each MEN’S FURNISHING SPECIALS” Main Floor " Men's Cotton-Ribbed Under. | Boys’ Flannel Blouses, in OF wear in blue, pink and be ge ford and navy blue, military standard 50c¢ grades, nearly al button collars, button eutts, H i ” gar 7 ‘j eon Ay > eo 25c sizes 7 to 15; regular Te val Men’ Night Shirts of Domet | Wes: extra speclalic flannel, 50c garments or more in all stores; extra spectal val- ues for Saturday, each 39c Men's Fourin-Hand Ties, a decisive clean-up; among them a few knitted Ties. Your 19 choice Saturday, each. . Cc assortment of stylish, UP aning time, hence these 10¥ Men's Outing Flannel Night Shirts in very best values aR grades up to $1.50." Some soiled from handling dow displays, hence these low prices Saturday, each