The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1914, Page 8

pi anos ergs a THE SEATTLE STAR HAPPYJACK’S QUITEABROTH | “OF A BOY! MEASURES EIGHT Spend Sunday After the | | SATURDAY, JULY THE FOURTH The National Holiday THE BON MARCHE Will Be Closed a All Day : See the Sunday Papers For news of the July Clearance Sale that starts Monday morning, with tremendous reductions in every depart ment. _ SEATTLE YOUTH DROWNED SCHOOL DOCS. WILLCORRECT VICIOUS BOYS Head of New School Clinic Says It’s All Question of | Medical Treatment. ' | | WHILE SWIMMING? REWARD ure 8 stoptes 1 ard for information leading to the Praceovery of the body of Henry B_ Roe, Growned tn Henderson bay, near Rose dale, June 24 Height # foot 2% ! weight 142 pounds, Slender: light blond. , except short clipped mus" hair and mustache Notify Dr Wr. 2 18th av. N., Seattle, Wash. In the story which this small ad reveals is a mystery that may never be solved. and Mrs. H. 0. Roe, 227 for several years an employe of the East Mercer Pharmacy, 15th av. and Mercer st., is dead. At least his relatives and friends have given him up for dead. Was he drowned while enjoying & ewim in Henderson bay, or did COURT ROCK IN TACOMA “TACOMA, July 3—City Clerk Nickeus 1s temporarily restrained today from proceedng wth the re- call Milection against Commissioner A.U. Mills by an order issued by Su ‘The injunction attacks the valid ity of the recall movement from many angles. Tt is the contention of MiIls’ coun- that the recall workers made errors in a dozen places. is charged that the petitions are insufficient, inasmuch a state law requires signatures numbering 25 per cent of the vote __—s Cast at the last election. Tt is alleged, also, that there are three distinct forgeries on the peti- tions and that 300 signers have re- Moved from the city since signing the papers. _ EATS ICE CREAM IN STORE; GOES HOME AND DIES : Ptomaine poisoning from a dish i: of ice cream is believed to have sf been the cause of the sudden death, q last evening of 22-year-old Howard Binclair, 202 Republican st., a sa man for the Morris Candy Co. Sin clair ate the ice cream in a Pike st. store, went home and died in a few iminutes. ‘The police are tnvestigating. A barrel of gelatine consigned to @n ice cream company here was held up by Federal Attorney Clay gee yesterday, on a charge that it misbranded. DOCTOR'S WIFE z ar e8 ‘e Henry F. Roe, 26, the son of Mr. 23rd ay. N.,/ IS OFFERED FOR HIS BODY to his death and sink his body tn the waters. On June 26 he and his father were enjoying an outing at Hender. son bay, near Rosedale. His father arted out in a boat to fish “I believe I'll take a swim while a are gone, dad,” sald the young man, preparing to undress as the father shoved away from the shore. Later, when the older man re. turned, his son was missing His clothing was lying on the dank. A careful search at the time and }Iater failed to reveal any trace of the body The bay has been dragged repeatedly. | Dr. William R. Scott, for whom jyoung Roe worked at the East Mercer Pharmacy, ts still conduct jing the search in behalf of the in send him! parents. ; rs isi met HIT FERRY SCHEDULE JULY 4 x The public ferry Leschi will | leave Lesch! park at the port’s | landing for Wildwood park as follows: 7:20, 9:05, 11:30a.m, 1:50, 4:10 p.m Boats return- | Ing from Wildwood park to Leschi park will leave Belle vue as followe: 4:45, 6:30, | 8:50, 10:00, 11:45 p. m. | o~ ‘10,000 GATHER FIRST EVENING OF MONTAMARA TACOMA, July 3.—With more |than 10,000 people gathered In the | Stadium last night to witness tho display of fireworks and the pres- jentation of the historical pageant “Stromboll,” in which 500 people took part, Tacoma’s annual Monts mara Festo got under way. | The Stadium performance will be repeated tonight and tomorrow night. Today the feature will be the tn- tercity, century and Potlatch tro- phy automobile races, on the speed- way, in which the most famous | pilots of the country will appear. The big racing event of the fete, the 250-mile Montamarathon, will | be run tomorrow ‘CLUB KICKS Does Seattle want any more cold storage warehouses? The Commercial Club says nay, Too many already The port commission says yen The two ca together yesterday, but agreed to bury the hatchet until July 15. The port proposes to seven-story one at the end of the East waterway PROUD DADDY | SEIZED BY COP PORT SCHEME, build a} Children Can Be Put on Even Footing With Bright Ones Now. | Backward So-called vicious boys are In reality subjects medical treatment, pure and simple. School children below the average have some physical or mental disarrangement§ that | needs the attention of a physl- clan to correct This ts the theory of Dr. Ira C. for Brown, the head of the new Seattle clinic for school children, which opened May 18 under the super | vision of the school board jold administration bu Be oth av. and Marion One phase of the work at the clinte will be to correct “bad boys”) and “dull pupils” by medical treat- ment. The place Is thoroughly equipped | for the care of the {lls common to chool boys and gt |. Poom cb n and children tn jfamilies between the rich and poor, who cannot afford expensive medical aid, will be cared for at the clinto at a nominal cost. Prominent Seattle physicians, have proffered their services and will assist in the work Seven trained nurses care for the num- ber of children who come to the place. Iready 900 cases have been treated. | }lecture on “The Five Monopolies” | |at the Socialist temple, 711 Olive} Sunday evening, at § o'clock. = == T“Heppy Jack"? | Eckert, of | | Potteville, Pa. | - o | Mise Adella Parker will deliver a @ FEETAND HALF’ROUND WAIST POTTSVILLE, Pa, July 3.—Your correspondent was about to send out news of the tremendous earthquake, the first Pe y history, which shook Pottsville today causing considerable amage to chimneys and bric-a-brac But, instead, he forced to send out the glorious news that THE chamy fat man of America has been found! The earthquake—it turned out—was just “Happy Jack” Eckert getting out of bed Many elephants and battleship py Jack” Eckert th nly HUMAN BEING the fat-man contest editors, at least-—-who ha rat weight And HE wasn’t known—till today, A ponderous rumor has been plodding heavily about the country to the effect that there was an agglomeration of adipos ity by the name of Eckert, who exceeded by over a hundred pounds the 625-pound weight of Charlies Jackson, Massachu- tott's claimant of the grand gold medal In the fat-man con teet Editors kept the wires hot, try ing to , 1 fatness, but n vain, hey were skeptical being notic the side of the other ter that would continent make bis felt We the editors were right Happy Jack” Eekert got out of bed this morning, and the town trom A is trembling now with pride, to discover that it harbors the hugest human in history, k Eckert is traveling with a street carnival, That has been his ssion for many of the years ich he han passed helping to sta bilize old Mother Earth He wan born in Sydney, Austra Na. When he tered the ring, he weighed-in at 19 pounds. He is now 34 years old, and bas gained 720 pounds in those 34 years Happy Jack's circumference is his prize dimension. He im 8 feet 7 inches around the waist! He is unab! size, to en does his traveling from to hotel scenery. In trains his manager ts al- waye careful to loc him In the center of the car, so there will be no danger of capsizing it, and so the springs at each end can co-operate in bearing hia weight. “Happy Jack” ts a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, belonging to the Alexandria (La.) lodge. He does not claim to be the fat test man im the country, but none fatter has been found, and {t seems certain that Eekert will soon be Wearing the grand gold medal for being America’s biggest man. ation on a truck with the ? Look This Dainty Little Fellow * | Over Seven Hundred and T 4th on Beautiful Hood Canal ‘| ROUND TRIP JOIN THE EXCURSION Up Hood Canal to Olympic Tavern “m. SUNDAY, JULY Sth stinccoouics ROUND TRIP Olympic Tavern, on Dabop Bay, is one of the best and most beautifully located resorts on Puget Sound. An excellent country dinner will be served at a moderate price MUSIC ABOARD THE STEAMER<®3 HOURS OF DANCING AT OLYMPIC TAVERN An orchestra will accompany the excursion and furnish first-class music throughout the trip. Olympic Tavern has a large and well-appointed ball room, and those who desire may dance during the three-hour stay. Excellent bathing facilities will be found for those desiring to bathe. Leave Colman Dock | i" ‘ 9:30 A. M. j | Arrive Seabeck wat .: 1. P.M. SE) Seed epee Arrive Olympic Tavern 1:30 P. M. Fast Stee! Steamer Potlatch SEE BEAUTIFUL HOOD CANAL AT ITS BEST TICKETS ON SALE AT ROUND TRIP $1.00 COLMAN DOCK CHILDREN, 5 to 12, 50c SANDWICH 5c—-DAIRY LUNCH ABOARD BOAT—COFFEE 5c Other first-class foods at city prices. Bring your own lunch basket if you prefer. Be there early, as the number of tickets is limited. , __ LEARNED DOC OF HARVARD _|SOME SHOW, BoYs "JUST DOES LOVE TO FISH s2=s==3 the Elks last night at the Pantages theatre as a benefit for the Elks’ special to the Denver convention, | To be a great historian ts all lived up to expectations. Perform- right, as far as it goes, but Dr. Fred f J. Turner of Harvard, who is lec ers from various theatres took part, ing at the state university summ ‘schools, says fishing is more sf | Students at the “t ere quite | sheepishly t as |ahocked when they saw the doc| He ts recognized as one of Amer- | cant eae the aan ewe | sneak across the campus the other|ica’s foremost historians. new Jaffe building, at Second and | ~ Madison, in what was practically | ! AT YIN THEY MUSTLOOM [iis nat tor over nite years pre- vious to tearing down the old one- R | | Boldt, the proprietor, has aimed at | |a large, cool, airy dining room on The asto atin jthe street level, with the unique te astounding statement that! 514, of having the kitchen in plain | TOWER OPENED by Walter H. John-|do not enter the dining room, | on, assistant educational superin-| Aluminum and steel utensils make their former location, which they FUNNY TO WALT story building. Mr, mes styles in clothes have] sight, but so placed that the odors tendent of Northwest Alaska, who| th® kitchen as sanitary as possible, clad in rough clothes, with a fishing basket slung across his ur-/ shoulder and a pole in one hand. =| “IL like to fish better than study- | ing history,” the doc explained, |Rainier Bakery Reopens women's changed is made The tallest office building In the) 3) a : A big Dutch oven in the bakery world outside of New York city, the | '® here after five years tn the North. | supplies all the pastries and breads 42-etory L. C. Smith building, will » hadn't noticed it. used in the shop. be formally opened tomorr and eae | sightseers will be permitted to see the world from the observatory on | the 35th story | It will be well worth the exertior of getting in and out of an elevate for the view from that vantage poing is one that will stay with you all your life. The lower sto: yet, but already er up are occupied MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS TO ATTEND THE GRAND 4th JULY 4th 1914 CELEBRATION 1914 BALLARD aren't finished nigh uild A GLORIOUS OLD-TIME | ing will soon be a thriving little city/ FOURTH AT | ¢ itee |_ The stork visited the home of ayer IR ane RE : John Humphrey Allen at George: "ahead wari wn the BNJOY YOUR INDEPENDENCE AND MAKE A DAY OF IT, town yesterday | . . 7 Your family and enthusiasm. - n rn ener. thereafter, except to tenants of the Y dancing foot | sweetheart he went autoing t his friends t. AND $25 A WEEK about t Eac bh one he ‘he ard th building: - aaa) “ * vous Sines | Meems SEATTLE CHERRY CITY “ lin police ¢ “ Judge Mackintosh granted a di-|an auto while intoxicated. Fine $5. The Star 1 o Yorce nd irs. Mme Shaw Johr son | | s for eve A rs will be af | rom Dr. Smith 8. Johnson yester every street and or » somet! every minw i 10 ywing testimony : aap annon at orning. day afternoon, following testimony | FUNERAL TODAY lot. If Portland is t ROM ANY POINT IN SB Tek CENTS r from the wife to the effect that the] | then let Seattle t € AVE » take part in the bli : physician had squandered her for. City < e G, A. R. Veterans, with 200 tn line, an tune of $36,000 | vices Charles 1.| The kaiser 1 his famil ) She also charged he had kept com. erday at} Ellevaley, Germa eve Independence. You are welcome, pany with another woman | , will be ee, wv a great annual cher Ot, AMBRIOR SOCTEEE. She was granted $25 a week all Watson un i — Sy 4\tival is held. It is a great event RSON, Secreta : , say,| 8 a mony and $250 attorney's fees | de ng parlors at 2 o'clock tod — and could be made such in thie ' ie Dr. Johnson pleaded that he had| ast a8 secretary of the| very city, too. ANDERSON . A. GRANEGGEN a little money or propert 4 1 Notion Co. Photograph of | GERMAN READER, ‘ Ar you going on a vacation? The Star to you by mail. eh seymame mn OS Don’t worry, The Star can follow you wherever you go. 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