The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 30, 1914, Page 14

THE SEATTLE S The “Balmacaan” Is King For Comfort—For Style—For Weather Protection There’s Nothing Like a Balmacaan Coat At $12.50 You Can Have Your Choice of a Dozen | Good ow of Balmacaans, If You Come ‘There are 10 propositions upon which the people of the whole state | ° e will vote directly on November af n Of these are Initiative meas to Bon Marche’s Men’s Clothing Section t is I amend ures, two are referendum bills, and one ta a conatitutional amendment The Initiative bills are numbered in the order tn which they were “Kenreign” Balmacaans, in a heavy brown diagonal lots of dash and lots of wear filed with the secretary of state, Ax m of them falled to get enough signatures, the measures up to a voto are numbered 3, 6, 7, 8 9, 10 Gray Basket Balmacaans, collars. and 13 INITIATIVE NO, 3, prohitbitto: > | Brown Baimacaane, tn a handsome basket weave, with flakes of | 0. the prohibition bill, ts the first on the ballot, a Mehter shade of brown—a smart coat for the younger This bill prohibits the sale or manufacture of Any Intoxteating Hquor . Jin the state, It also prohibits giving Mquor away except in private fellows dwellings. A person may purchase liquors outside of the state every Checker Board Balmaca in large gray block checks, tn a wiry 20 days under a permit obtained from the county auditor, but he ts i Leather-Seat Oak Rocker Special $6.00 | A WELL-CONSTRUCTED Solid Oak Rocker from Cr S | | S ite kists may sell liquor on pres ns of doctors, for medical pur-| of our best factories. It is in fumed finish, Boys’ $5 School Suits poses, or for religious purposes, The law Iteelf provides that ft shall | one ‘And an Extra Pair of Knickers not Ko Into effect until January 1, 1916, but there ts some doubt on with genuine leather upholstered seat. With Most this point, as the constitution provides that all initiative measures On sale Saturday, at $6.00. Splendid Suite for every day school | must become effective 80 days after thelr passage. INITIATIVE BILL NO, 6, the “blue sky" law, seeks to prevent | wear—carefully made—well sewn, and an ] | fraud tn the sale of stocks and bonds and other securities, It provider | extra pair of knickers goes with many of | that the public service comimission shall investigate all proposed tn them, adding at least 50 per cent to the Yestment companies and thelr proposed plan of business, If the com lite of the Suit | | minsion finds the proposed plan of business “fair, just and equitable, Good patterns in brown and gray | | it shall issue a Heense to such compantes to sell stocks bonds. tweeds—inixtures and a few of those ever If not, such Heense ts to be withheld. The same course t# to be fol-| lasting cordurc | lowed with reference to corporations promoting townsites and other Bulgarian styles, real estate, Complaints made of fraudulent stock or land operations must be investigated by the comminasion. Investment companies must give annual acc ‘ting of their affairs to the commission. This infor mation is kept secret by the commission, and in used only to ald the commission in determining whether the investment companies are con ducting & legitimate business INITIATIVE NO, 7 ts & bill to abolish the present bureau of In spection and supervision of public offices and to substitute in place of {t three expert accountants. At present there are ® great number of inspectors drawing $8 a day—the money being paid by the various counties and cities, although the counties and cities have no jurisdiction | over their work. If the state auditor wishes to keep several $8 men In Seattic, he can do ao, and Seattle must pay the bill, whether it wants to or not, It was intended at firet that this bureau of inspection would systematize all the accountancy books in public offices tn the state. This h not been done because there is no law to that effect. Advocates of the bill claim that the tn ‘tors have failed to show up misappro- priations of money in Spokane county and other plac Opponents of the measure claim they have helped out many smaller counties. Ad vocates of the bill claim the bureau ts a political refuge for “lame ducks.” Opponents of the bill claim the bureau has a useful purpose to serve INITIATIVE MEASURE NO, 8 prohibits the collection of fees for securing employment or furnishing {nformation leading thereto. This bill, 1f approved by the people, wil! abolish private employment agencien, as they cannot exist without collecting fees, Opponents of the measure | claim that the public employment agencies are inefficient. The advo cates of the bill claim that private employment agents have been acting in collusion with agents of certain employers for the purpose of grafting from Inborers without gtving them permanent fobs, They also hold that « man should not be obliged to pay for the privilege of securing | work, They contend that the public employment agencies will be more | offictent than private agencies when the latter are deprived of the| | opportunity to job workingmen with the consent and knowledge of | employers. | INITIATIVE MEASURE NO, 9 provides “first ald” to injured work: | | men. This means that when a worker is hurt, he shall be entitled | | to have his medical and hospital expenses paid by the employers tn- stead of being borne by the laborer, ax at present. The employer is to be Mable up to a sum of $100 directly. If the doctors’, medical and hospital expenses exceed that amount, the “first ald” shall then be paid out of the state Industrial tnsurance fund—-the Industry thus abar- | = the expense instead of placing it entirely on the individual employer. | ie ’ © present industrial insurance act gives injured workmen relief by | Ch ld W D way of paying them certain amounts In compensation for the injury 1 ren Ss ash resses In nome cases, the damages obtained are leas than the medical and hospital expenses, The “first aid” inw is based on laws {n 23 other TAR | TEN PROPOSITIONS | BEFORE THE VOTERS || Beckwith Round Oak Heaters Ladies’ Home Journal Patterns FREDERICK é- NELSON Just Opened a New Shipment of | Boys’ Dreadnaught Suits, at $5.00 | (With Two Pairs of Knickerbockers) Secene Bien with with double cuffs and military Scotehy —Third Fioor | TTRACTIVE ITEMS FOR SATURDAY’S SHOPPERS ] 4 IN THE BASEMENT SALESROOM Notions Attractively Priced Silk Thread in spools, 5¢, Pear! Buttons, the dozen, 5¢. Ball-bearing Scissors, 2heé. Fancy Trimming Buttons, 5¢ card Three-piece 39¢. Germantown Yarn, 9¢ skein. Jewelry Novelties, 25¢. View Postcards, the dozen, 10¢. Colgate's Perfumes, assorted odors, the ounce, 30¢. Children’s Hose Supporters, Low Prices on Untrimmed Hats and Trimmings \ O many different styles S such a wide range of prices on these Untrimmed Hats that even the most fastidious may be sure of military collars prinetpally in Heht patterns. A BASEBALL GAME FREE With every purchase— | m our Juventie and men’s furnishing — sect Saturday one of t Baseball and 100-yard Mackinaw Outfits $5.00 and $8.50 Boys’ Mackinaw Outfits, including coat, hat and meseen leggings to match, in brown, green and red plaids, farate te cute tet tt whan sizes 3 to § years. —Upper Main Floor, you make your purchase $7.50 and $10.00 Mesh Bags $3.35 Ea. s, seo these that we offer Saturday at $3.35. German nings of fine quality #ilk, and soldered link chain $3.50 Hand Bags $1.98 satisfaction Scores of shapes are offered be- hat Scissor Sets, tween the trim, close-fitting the wide- that and Hat general wear Dress for brimmed seems just made for ostrich and other rich trimming>effects Velvet, Velour Zibeline Plush are represented in popular colors—black predominating. Prices from 95¢ to $3.95. TRIMMINGS, 35¢ TO $1.95— Winter's favorite trimming effects If you want the newest styles in Mesh Silver Bags, large shape of strong meshes, of Good Leather handles; worth $7.50 and $10.00, Women's Hand Bags of morocco and pin seal $1.50 Vanity Cases Oxidized Finish at Vanity Cases of oxidized silver finish, in prettY | joather grains, with German silver and gunmetal patterns, fitted with mirror, powder puff, coin | ¢rames; leather and slik lined compartments and card case. ! —Upper Main Floor. 10¢. Tooth Brushes, 10¢. Nall Brushes, 10¢, Tollet Soap, dozen cakes, and 5e. Machine Ol, 5¢. Stickerel Braid in assorted colors, 5¢. -Wasement Ralseroom. ’ eee Slip-Over Aprons, 75c RACTICAL, carefully- made Aprons in shoul- der-fastening style, with square neck and wide sleeves. Choice of are here in wide array, and include Metallic Trimmings, Fur Bands and Fringe, Grosgrain Ribbons, Ostrich Novelties, Peacock and Silk and Velvet Roses. —Pasement Salesroom. Upon That Night—When Fairies Light—On Cassilis Downans Dance—Or Owre the Lays in Splendid Blaze on Sprightly Coursers Prance Noveltica for Halloween, includ! loween Post Cards, many 4if- kin heads, skulls, devils, | ferent destans, priced a 9. Q) cats, at 180, 100 Bc | “or A ic . a | Deantson Crepe Paper, decorated comte faces both old | with pumpkins, cats, 15 at Be, Be 10 | witenes and date, roll . Cc | of satin, full cur- | joween Folders, with pretty Get Halloween Goodies at Seattle’s Peanat frean and pure, 124c Shoulder nicely trimmed and smoked. Creamery Butter 35¢ Lb. Extra fine Wash- ington Creamery Butter, 3 pounds $1 No phone orders. genuine article, each Batter, guarantecd welght, 13c Garden 10c 15c our regular 30 30c Hame, medium st Grocery ‘Tea Fanntags, from the best arades of Japan tea pound eee +3 ¢- Little Pork mall sine, Sunranteed fresh. Shipment received daily, pound 15c Mowat Verso Milk, not over € cans to a customer. No phone or- fers, cam 7c White Floating Tellet Seay, good size and good quality, & bars This Store Closes at Six o’Clock on Saturday Evening | From 9 A. M.to 12 Saturday These Cut Price Specials Will Be on Sale—No Telephone Orders Can Be Accepted for Any of Them | Women’s 50c to 75c Waists 50c Velvet Roses Priced 29c Ea. New Velvet Roses in the light and dark shades of red with velvet or linen foliage; the 50c kind, from | 9 to 12 Saturday 29¢ each. —Second Floor. Girls’ $2.25 Rain Capes $1 rubberized surface, cotton lin ood plaid lined; on sale from 9 ¢ $1.00 each —Second Floor. 75c Balmacaan Suitings 45c 56-inch Balmacaan Suiting ly grays, browns, blues, black coats 50c Silk Remnants 19c Yd. Short lengths and silks, including plain and fancy mea salines, crepes, poplins, taffeta and foulards, till 12 Saturday 1 —Upper M 15c Ribbons at 10c a Yard Both plain and moire, corded effect Ribbons, Floor. also tancy ofd pieces of | Men’s 50c Suspenders 29c Men's President Sus- penders in medium weight. Not more than three pairs to any one. Till 12 Saturday 296. —Lower Main Floor. 10c Shoe Polish at 5c Paste Shoe Polish that will preserve the shoes, 10¢ value on sale from 9 to 12 Saturday at be a box. —Upper Main Floor. 3c Darning Cotton 3 for 5c Clark's O. N. T. Darn ment of colors for fancy work, 100 till 12 —Upper and ing in black, white and colors Cotton loor. | Middtes | trimmed with At 25c Lingerie and Volie Waists, also of near linen nists laces and embrold till 12 Saturday 25c. —Second Floor. ered; | 20c Oil Cloth 10c a Yard able Otl Cloth In good patterns colors, Not more than 6 yards to a customer from $ to 1 10e m yard. —On the Thi | 8 1-3c Silkoline at 3c Yard 60 yards of Silkolines tn mill 4 weight with pretty pat from % to 12 —Third Floor. ends, gor terns for forters; Saturday 2c a yard Girls’ $1 Dresses 50c Ea. Girls’ Wast or percales, plaited skirts years, at 0c till Drew made of ginghams with gored and and 14 Ea. Towels, size 16x81 qualt tl 81-3c Huck Towels 5c Bleached Huck * heavy t states in the Union, which hold that the workman shall not only be paid a just compensation for an Injury, but he mhall alno be relieved of | doctors’ and hospital bills. Opponents of the measure clatm that the law will give quack doctors an opportunity to cheat employers | INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 10 ts a monsure dealing with the |i buflding of roads and highways. It atma to do away with the “pork | barre! system” in the legislature, by which roads ara ordered built and | 4 appropriations made indiscriminately, so as to satisfy members of the legislature of certain localities that have a pull. Initiative Measure | ff No. 10 places a limit of one-half mili for road building purposes. It also empowers the state highway board to employ convicts of the pent tentiary at road work, to establish honor camps, and to pay families of convicts 50 cents a day for work done on the public highways. It| also provides that when a convict’s term expires, he shall be given an opportunity to work on the roads other than at honor camps at a| reasonable wage for at least 30 days. | INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 13 is the universal eight-hour inw. | This measure provides that no one shall be employed for more than etxht |i | hours in any one day, or more than a total of 48 hours in any one week, | except on farm, where a 10-hour day is allowed, and except in extra: | | ordinary emergencies when extra hours may be worked, but the em | ployer must pay one and one-half rates for such extra work | Initiative Measure No, 13 does not mean to limit work to only st | | days a week. The work can be so arranged as to work less than eight hours some days in the week, so as to permit work during seven days in |i such occupations as require daily work. The law spectfi however, | that the total hours of work during any one week shall not exceed 48 REFERENDUM MEASURE NO. 1 Is the teachers’ retirement fund This fund, which is subscribed and contributed to by the teachers them selves, will be a pension fund to allow teachers who have been in the service for 30 years to retire on an annuity not to exceed $600. The | pension will range in accordance with the salaries of the teachers, The only taxes which the general public will be called’on to pay tn connec tion with the teachers’ retirement fund are the costs of administration | This will amount to only 5 cents on $1,000 of assessed property. The teachers’ retirement fund Involves the same principle an the |i | police and firemen's pensions. It i# also applied in such corporations as the Bell Telephone Co., the Pennsylvania R. R., ete | REFERENDUM MEASURE NO, 2 In the Quincy Valley Irrigation |} project for which the voters are asked to approve the Issuing by the /f | wtate of $40,000,000 worth of bonds. The plan is to spend not to exceed } } | | | $100 an acre to Irrigate about 450,000 acres in this valley. The state owns a small portion of this land. The rest is owned by private cor porations and individuals, The state is asked to loan {ta credit for $40,000,000, The land In the Quincy valley is given as security. If the project fails, the state gets the land, which {s now worth about $10 an |i acre, in return for the $40,000,000 in cash, If the project proves good, |i the state will get its $40,000,000 back, and there will also have been | | i added a territory that will help bear the burden of taxation. | THE ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT on the ballot re lates to the alien ownership of land In this state, At present, no for elgner who Is ineligible to citizenship, or who has fatled to ¢ citizenship, has a right to own land in Washington. The propo ment is to allow foreigners, even Chinese and Japanese, to own land tn munteipal corporations.” A municipal corporation has been construed by the supreme court to mean any city or county. Therefore, the amend: | ment would allow allens to own land in any part of the state, farm lands as well as city lots BROKER ENDS LIFE ON STREET SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.—G. A. Burling, insurance broker, com mitted suicide h: 10 a m. today by shooting himself in the head The suicide occurred in the open street and see: to have been a sudden impulse, Burling was carried to the Central emergency hosp! Special 55c RETTY styles and careful tailoring in these Wash Dresses for little girls from 6 to 12 years of age. Included are Plain Colored Cham- brays and Plain and Stripe Ginghams and Percales, prettily trimmed with self material and contrasting colors. at 6 Teaspoons for 25¢ ~-and the other pieces in the “American Beauty” pattern sketched are priced pro- portionately low. Heavily tinned on hard metal base, this ware will give long service for ordinary family use Teaspoons, set of six, 25¢. Dessert Spoons, set of six, 45¢. Table Spoons, set of six, 5O0¢. Dinner Forks, set of six, 50¢. f six, $1.00. ment Selesroom. Dinner Knives, set BASEMENT SALESROOM VALUES IN Boys’ Suits and Overcoats Boys’ Chinchilla Overcoats, in Polo and Shawl-collar styles, well-tailored, in blue and gray, sizes 214 to 10 years, $3.00 and $4.00. Boys’ Norfolk Suits, in serviceable Boys’ Norfolk Suits with one pair of knickerbockers, sizes 6 to in brown = and gray mixtures; brown and gray mix Plain blue and tan cham- bray gingham. Black and white or blue and white stripes. Brown and white checks. Attractively priced at T5e¢. ~—Rasement Salesroom F leece-Lined Union Suits $1.00 OME Ribbed Cotton Union Suits soft fleece lining, 4, 5 and 6, season- weight, the — suit, with sizes able $1.00. _n.sement saienroom. | Linen Lace Doilies,3c N_ exceptionally low price on these Round Linen Doilies, 6inch diam- eter, prettily trimmed with | Mnen Torehon lace, 3¢ Handkerchiefs 5e Each ANDKERCHIEFS plain of or cross-barred lawn, prettily embroidered or barred effects, value at 5S¢ Basement Salesroom. border excellent each, Women’s All-Wool Sweater Coats Cambric 8 1-3c spools for be till 12 Sat tal, but was dead when he arrived He was 40 years old, in good finan $3.95 18, with 2 pairs of knicker- tures, sizes 6 to 18 years “ Saturday $1.50 Union § “Forest Mills” Unton Suite, onds of the $1.50 rade, weight, with high necks; sizes 44, 60e till 12 Saturday —Lower Main Floor, 17c School Hose 10c Pr. 200 patra of fast black Schoo Btockings, sizes 6 to 9%. Not over & to @ customer at 10c a pair from 9 to 12 Batu —On © Lower Main F SEATTLE AGENTS FOR THE POPULAR THE BON uits 50c Each | urday; value 3c spool —Upper Main Floor. 10c Feather Bone a Yard 6c Warren's Cotton ered Feather Bone in black or white. 6¢ a yard from 9 to 12 Satur day. Value 10¢ —Upper Main Floor. Cov “KORRECT | 15¢ Berkeley Cambric, | lengthe, till 12 ‘ard, Not over 12 —Lower Main Floor, 0 yards of 2 keley full bolte $1.25 Comforters at 89c Bea ¢ orn, aize 6 mforters with ailkoline cov x78 Inches, with neat flor filled with sanitary cot 2 Saturday *9 —Lower Main Floor. Lead Pencils at 20c Doz. m taed Pontix He. 3 a dozen on the Upper Mata Floor SHAPE” SHOES FOR MEN MARCHE Union 6, second vve., Pike St. seattle, Telephone Elliott 4100 cial standing, and was not known to be III WE'RE GLAD YOU LIKE IT, DOC Praise for Seattle's public safeguards against accident, for her| police and her street car system was forthcoming Thursday from Dr. William EB. Buchler of Chicago, president of the Cook county public safety committee, who {s here on an inspection tour and as special dep- uty dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose JUDGMENT RECALLS WINTER FLOOD There was an echo of the big rain storm of last January in Judge Frater’s court Thursday, when the receivers of the Seattle, Renton & Southern were awarded $81 damages against the city, as the result of the company’s barns and shops on Rainier av, being flooded, The company charged negligence In the elty’s not providing sultable drain age. “CAN YOU tell us which side is winning in the eastern zone of the war?” aske “A Reader.” Certainly, At points where the Russian aren't winning, the Germans are, with both sides falling back to strong- er positions. THE CRATER of an ancient volcano, in which there are numerous! hot springs, is utilized as a sanatorium in Japan, bockers. Very val- Excellent ues at $3.95. $3.00. Boys’ All-Wool Blue Serge Suits Sizes 6 to 18 years Special $4.00 good values at —Basement Salesroom. Marabou Muffs and Neckpieces - EAVY Jumbo - knit Sweater Coats in sizes 34 44, roll-collar in cardinal to style, and maroon shades. Very good value at $3.95. —Basement Salesroom Unusually Low-Priced XCEPTIONALLY Muffs of full, Neck Ruffs, $1.50 and $2.50. Capes, $3.00 and $4.75. Pieces in combined o attractive prices are quoted these Neckpieces and fluffy marabou, in plain black, and natural combined with white. Mufis, $5.00, $5.50 and $7.00. Stoles, $3.75 and $7.00. trich and marabou are also included Basement Salesroom.