The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1915, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR Only a Few More Days of the Bon Marche’s July Clailiince ALASKANS DECLARE | re a Sales—Don’t Miss This Golden Opportunity for Economy R R COMMISSION IS | Or des | FREDERICK és NELSON oad * Those Pretty $7.50 Lingerie — : A Dresses Are All Reduced to} NOT FAIR TO LABOR Charges that the Alaska railroad commission ts unfalr and dis | \ |eriminatory in its treatment of employes and station men building oa | the government railway fn the North, and that a syndicate of Everett | Capitalists combined to freeze out Alaskans at th ublic auction off Anchorage townsite lotsa recently, have reached Seattla from’ two Se) sourc @ C,H. Packard, of Anchorage, declares Chairman Edes of the com mission has discharged engineers who expected to start for Matanuska ‘ 7 ° Junction a few days ago for two reasons: First, that orders for tools The New Ones in Voile, Lawn and Marquisette—in Plain White J) end material are not being promptly delivered, and second, that em " ; ; Ployes and station men are unable to make a living wage under the as Well as the Figured and Striped Ones rates and conditions arbitrarily fixed by those in authorit DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AMERICANS | ; 2 And you can take your choice of over a dozen different | king for ® party of 11 experienced station men who had taken | Exception al July Sale Values in > Y . ems 1 a grading ¢ t, F. Scott, in a letter to the editor o ne ar styles—some are hand embroidered—some are hemstitched |) coniiaine the commission ie dlecriminating against Ame or and some are lace trimmed—then there are the quite plain and simple effects—and others with tucks and ruffles galore Any one of them is a delightful bargain at $5.95. Motor and Dust Coats $2.95 Palm Beach Outing Skirts Up Motor Caps to Match at 50c | to $5.95, Reduced to $3.50 b hiring, preferably, foreigners, and that the beat workmen der the conditions, to make'no more than $1.27 for 10 to 12 hifte | Hoth apeak of a crowd of Everett men who invaded Anchorage || thru representatives and endeavored to corner the lot market | Packard optimistically potnts out that the government made con- |] Jalderably 1 money out of the sale than was expected, thru the activity of plungers other hand, saya Alaskans were given no chance to | | CHINESE SEA-GRASS CHAIRS AND ROCKERS ‘ Seott, on t Dusters, 54 inches long, made of natural} You surely want a Palm Beach Skirt |f} enter the competition on account of the excessively high bidding shade linen—collars in convertible style—| for your vacation trip, and for $3.50 you | EARNED ONLY $1.27 A DAY EACH belted backs and large patch pockets. Motor | can have one, or one made of gabar-| reer ited inn oer tg agg F rym he va Raphi) dees HE inclusion in the July Furniture Sale of an assortment of this Caps to match with Goggles, at 50c extra | dine, pique or Bedford—all are full flare RT yy oper ay A lar Sed-Grass furniture will be welcomed by many who know its qualities | style ‘Our party of 11 worked very hard, 10 to 12 hours a day, in two} - test Note in Mid- ee , nedligm ae $3.95 to $10 Stylish Summer Suits, Worth for service and comfort. The pieces on sale Tuesday at special prices include: 3 Patterns in Sea-Grass Chairs with Rockers to match, 90 pieces in all, special shifts. 45 day * commission's ex totaled our earnings per man for) or $1.27 a day - e m ts pin | Some ation men I know of have be paid off at the rate of} Wie Aaiilenable and weefol ate these | Up to $24.50, Priced at $11.95 | 60 cer nm da h, and another Kang the commission refused | $3.95 cach. ; ¢ lor was unable to meet exp ; / : , separate Mid-Summer Coats, made of pon-| A fine lot of charming and attractive | appealed to Chairman Edes for justic nt >| } 1 Pattern in Sea-Grass Chairs and Rockers to match, 30 pieces in all, special | OReilly for al mands upon Comminsl | reclassification of . an had been promined company by] | the engineers, we received $14 each In addition to the amount paid] At the ‘settlement,’ and with it the information that it was compensa |f ‘von at $2 day for time we were kept waiting for settlement. After had waited for 1! days, they gave us th il Irt, which In the contract calls for 25 cents a cuble yard. The} | gee, silk Jersey striped tub silks and beau- | Summer Suits, made of Palm Beach, Sicil tiful shadow cretonnes, fastened at waist | ian, ratine, crepe and linen crash, in white with sash and natural shade, plain or Norfolk styles. Out Go the Slightly Soiled and Tossed Lingerie Waists—Reductions of $1.00 to $3.00 All Mussed Lingerie Waists From $2.50 to $4.95 A splendid lot of Waists, made of fine voile, trimmed with Val. lace and insertion or pretty embroidered sprays over body and | e sleeves—long or short sleeves and high or low necks Second Floor A July Clearance Sale for Baby, Too With Four Special Bargains in Little Summer Wearables for the Very Little Folks—and a Recommendation to Mother— That the next time she buys any Baby Underclothes she take a look | i $4.35 cach. 1 Pattern in Sea-Grass Hong-kong Reclining Chairs with extending foot-rest, 8 pieces in all, special $4.35 each. 2 Patterns in Sea-Grass Tables, 8 pieces in all, special $3.95 each. 21 Pieces, Children’s Sea-Grass Chairs and Rockers, special $1.35 and $1.65, respectively. On Sale Tuesday, Third Floor y 99 A Disposal of Odd Ironing Board Pads and Covers SMALL RUGS day's work possible from a man is 10 yards. It costs $1.25 a day! food and rent of tools from the government } COMMISSION REFUSES NEW DEAL | “When we asked the commission for a fairer classification, we| were told that it was the beet they could do, and that t we could take it jor leave tt. The commission has also taken the lighterage busine wway from private parties, who were paying 50 to 75 cents an hour |i | for longshoremen, and are now paying 37'% cents, with no extra money | for overtime It 1 most Impossible for American citizens to obtain a job of any deserty from the commission. Preference is given to foreign: |} ers, One reason for this preference, I have learned, is that this class/ of men are ‘docile.’ All we white men want is a square deal and a Mving. The wages the commission pays are est eve nin Alaska | | | at the “VANTA” pinless ‘and buttonless undergarments—any of | | . — iq our salespeople in the Baby Shop will be more than pleased to show | 2 KILLED 3 HURT IN TONG WAR ill pins gtd peck yn polo attached At Very Low Prices her how convenient and safe they are W 9 i and detached for Cleaning. gs 24x36 Rag Rugs reduced | } —<cost no more than one ordinarily to 55¢ each. Infants’ 50c Stork Rubber Pants) | Children’s 15¢ Turkish Table it SAN FRANCISCO, July 26—San Francisco and Oakland In the mi f . following the kill! if iiteite Paite, wate of rabberined Bibs ) } are today In the midst of a tong war, following the ng of cloth; regular Stork quality; made with 39c } 10c } | pays for covering and padding. 24x48 Rag Rugs reduced —covers attached by lacing underneath, to @5¢ each. as shown in accompanying sketch. 27x54 Rag Rugs reduced A 4¥4-ft. Ironing Board requires a to 90¢ each. ql two Chinese and the wounding of a white man and two Chinese drawstring in back at band, and edged Medium-size Table Bibs, made of im the opening skirmish between the Bing Kongs and the Suey with lace. Medium anda. few small good quality Turkish towel cloth tn Songs The first fatality occurred here when Lee Shung of the Bing Kong was shot and killed. Within an bour, just after both tongs had plain and fancy patterns; fasten with] sizes. | Infants’ 50c Flannelette } Reset promised the police they would maintain order, the Bing Kongs evened No. 4 Pad or Cover. : | , P | the score by taking the life of Ah Gin, a member of the opposing tong eet! j f ‘ i 30x60 Rag Rugs reduced Kimonos | Infants’ 39c Crib Blankets at fn Oakland A 5-ft. Ironing Board requires a No. to $1.25 each. " Or Flowered Crepes—some have wr? 3Oc Good quality Infants’ Crib Blankets 25¢ sery pictures and others with feather in pink or blue, with neat small white” | stitching, cord and tassel at waist and figures and hemstitche! edges. | | { The killing of Lee Bhung tn this city wan preceded by the wound- ing of two members of the Suey Songs, who were fired upon while! if walking along the street | The police in all of the const cities have been informed of the fil shooting and asked to watch thelr local Chinatowns U, S. AGRICULTURE MEN ARE HERE | Three of the men who cause the wheels of the farming Industry {if 41% Pad or Cover. 27x54 Velvet Rugs re A 5%%-ft. Ironing Board requires a guced to 75¢ each. No. 5 Pad or Cover. F : 27x54 Axminster Rugs Ironing Board Pads, any of above reduced to $1.05 each sizes, 50c. 7: i ; : 27x54 Wilton Rugs te Ironing Board Covers, any of duced to $3.25 each. above sizes, 25e. neck. ! —Hecond Foor, | Does Your Camera Ever Get Out of Whack? For Cameras sometimes wil! slip a cog—even with the best of care—so we have a epert era man” here—who will put everything in shipshape for you In short order—and at little —Upper Main Floor. I]} ‘2 revolve smoothly, are tn conference here Monday. They are Dr ill —Hounewares Section. Sac a saan ° | Ade fens o = nate », ©, who ia at the head of the cooper. | ff == ugs ic TheJuly Clearance Sale of Summer Bedding ] | s"3.2suiz sie. 8. mike ot Se Prateae! a he ae each A . caiture in thin state. They are dinchaning co-operation on ageicansre ff Brown Cowhide Traveling Bag 3x63 Wilton Rugs re With Lowered Prices on the Very Sorts of Bedding That Many Housekeepers Are Looking for | Problems between the state and nation | , duced to $5.00 each. i Jast Now . | Special | 36x72 Axminster Rugs | $4 45 reduced to $2.75 each bala 30x60 Blue - and - white “A N exceptional value Bath Rugs reduced to in a well-built $2.25 each. ‘ Traveling Bag of gen- —also numerous odd and uine brown cowhide, ‘iscontinued patterns im with full leather lin- | Carpet-size Domestic Rugs ing, good lock and at very low prices for pre catches and sewed-on leather corners. inventory clearance. —Second Floor, 10c Bleached Pillow Cases 80c Seamless Sheets at Seamless Bed Sheets, made of Bleached Pillow Cases, size 42x ) extra good quality bleached 34, made of good quality me- | 8c sheeting, size 81x99; neatly } Cc a dium weight musiin and neatly [ hemmed and serviceable for . hemmed ........-.++.: soueaes tamale eee 12'e Pillow Cases for $1.50 Crochet Spreads at Crochet Wedspreads, sine) 300 dozen of Bleached Pillow } $0x84, with seal A and Canes, size 42x26, good weight cut corners in neat Mar-} a. and made of serviceable erp IC a. setiles patterns—-good qual ° ° thread muslin .... ity, very durabi $2.00 Woolnap Blankets Wootnap et is, very nerviceable lity, alae 64x in gray or tan . . —Lower Main Floor. RED MEN CONVENE AT TACOMA | TACOMA, July 26.—The annual stato convention of the Improved Order of Red Men opened here today. Approximately 750 delegates |i are expected. The Degree of Pocahontas, an allied organization of ||} women, is also in session at the same time. The conventions will! Inst two days, MOOSE JUVENILE BAND COMING Forty youngsters from the farm and vocational school established | by the Moose lodge, for orphans of Moose, at Moosehead, I1i., will |i appear in a free band concert and vaudeville show at the Tivoli theatre Thursday, under the auspices of the Seattle lodge. The boys, who are| said to be crack musicians, are touring the country, An afternoon| concert will be given at Bon Marche park, TEDDY PLANS A STRENUOUS DAY 60c Bleached Sheets at Bleached Hed Sheets, size 16x, 90, made of fine heavy, soft fin- ‘49 Choice of the 15-, 16- and 17-inch sizes, special $4.45. —Third Floor. -_—_———F Se Girls’ White BASEMENT SALESROOM Frocks Reduced Cretonnes, Special 10c to $2.35 UST 28 dainty Summer Household Cottons at Mill Prices—or Very Near Them It Is the Slogan of the July Clearance Sale of Domestics 10c Percale, 36-Inch, | 121¢ Dress Ginghams | 10c Printed Lawns 5¢ Yd. 6c Yard | LOS ANGELES, July 26.—Theodore Roosevelt was up be- fore daylight, ate a hurried breakfast in the corner of the i} | | T\2c Yard | _ Pretty Printed Lawns, 27 ins. if] Alexandria dining room and departed with Meyer Lisener, pro. | Frocks in this clearance i. Full bolts and mill lengths to | 2,500 yards of Dress Gingham, wide, in neat floral patterns, in jf) gressive leader, in an automobile before 6 a. m. Lisener re- | an Cc ar offeri made up in sheer . . a ee ot light ane ee ns 27 inches wide, checks, plaids | biue, pink and heliotrope— in |f| fused to divulge their destination, saying it was a secret. | weit a n and dotied Swiss ‘ 1 ‘ercales; neat figure and | and plain colors, in lengths to| lengths to 10 4 | Roosevelt was expected back in Los Angeles | | : odibestes stripe patterns. | 10 yards. [rn peietwan sabe Whalenistll.. sialon tia morning train for San Die Sees ean wade AN 7 "WO new lots of Cretonnes, offering in ine approved models for , ee ere te | exceptional values at these low — ‘'s season's wear. ( e r ’ | | A fi Ul 5 All sizes from 6 to 12 years For Bargain Tuesday in Seattle’s Best Grocery \]]| Prices, as follows: included, bat noone ea nal | sizes. Exceptional values Three Cans of Carnation Milk for 20c Six vaudeville acts and a Keystone comedy attracted a large gacall SPECIAL 10c YARD the reduced price, $2.85. 3 | gece: are iandcatocn ue eens tne 0 Pemtages, billding: st for an attractive assortment of Cretonnes in —Second Flesh Not More Than Three Cans to a Customer—So That All Who Choose May Have a Share— | eyathe Four Jesters do some clever magic stunts in “The Temple otf pretty floral printings on white, cream and col- ‘ . s, : yatery,” the he: ner, Cleveland an relase, a m 4 girl, en + hy " Glad to Deliver Them if You Purchase Other Groceries at the Same Time in a nifty singing and chatter act. biele and Gerard are good Swetien | ored grounds, suitable for many drapery and } | comedians Alco Brothers tumble, Minnie Larson sings and Bulger’s . ; upholstery uses. Thirty-two inches wide, spe- First Floor: | enimals do some stunts that make up a good bill, Whole Codfish, Ib. .6¢ 2-lb. Brick Codfish.17e Chocolate, Ib. ..32%e Matches, 10 boxes. .5¢ | cial 10¢ yard. Clearing Odd Lots Macaroni, lb.......6¢ Quenchthist, Waiting automobiles whisked ‘em off to the Washington hotel for| 5 i YANK F BIG SLEEP ||| sreciat 15¢ varp WOMEN’S |}f | Bargain Tuesday Specials in| Bargain Tuesday Specials in| Bargain Tuesday Specials in ||) Won a hundred Cincinnati business men tumbled out of a special for discontinued patterns of Cretonnes that rep- HIGH and tanndey & Scrabbing Supplics| || Canned Goods | Miscellancoas Groceries): the 0,4... denot at 7 clock Mowiay morning, Ot cane’ resent many of the season's best-selling num- lA | ‘or woolens, od m er ‘Inest qua "ore eomate ultle es oe by ae side ” . é wid ne VISIO | ‘ + H H bs : fannels mosine and” “eene | Medium Reg Saimen—finest qual- | Pure Tomate Cateup—Faultioss Il time to stretch thelr arms and joce ee bers at materially higher prices. These are 36 LOW SHOES A laces; per package....... 10c i . Se a 3 “ wi | Lye—ttousehold brand: one 7 | breakfast, then rolled ‘em around the boulevards and dumped ‘em off inches wide and include many pleasing color- (broken sizes) of the it; per can . Fc, | at the Commercial Club in time for luncheon, where they met a crowd | . i 7 » bedr ide | | tof former Ohioans, and Mayor Gill, They'll ‘spend two days be from the dainty bedroom tints to the Soda—best quality; 5- | Del Monte Peaches or Apricota— | Miver Leaf Lard—largs i eecaaaene sedis ie iat ; woe : . At ] 95 Pair Bc | Teular the site; por 9c medium aie, ARG er effects for living-rooms and _ libraries. . | - 4 | +e lar —First Floor large size Oc | ; 174c seh & ' 10c |}) | —Basement Salesroom. bo. each | Del Monte Green Asparagun Tips Apple Julee—something The federal trade commission, coming West to Investigate the n Barlow's Powdered Blue—regu- | 0. 2% size cane 4 stration in Grocery lumber industry in Seattle and vicinity, probably will reach here b: ol Jar 10 size; a box pias bal S| pee 15c |] Ausust 10, it 1s announced. The hearings probably will last five fase | | Seeher saimotecon W986 ‘ cle Sam Rreaktnct "B2he re wpe to bn 1, Hazen, of Portland, who has just returned from the | * per can 4 004; ‘hieago hearing | . . a * Potted oan Plaka dclicacy ter | Peed Shine visescecto eee || ral Co SEY | New White Chinchilla Coats, $12.50 and $15.00 si 2% ta France sandwiches and lunches; iarge | b Ibe grade, 2 package Gg | tian canm, Baines Qe | Per bortte tegeees 10c | ’ NCE-OVER SMART 45-inch Coat of good quality Chinchilla '» Black-striped White You will find the b pa eE ie, has set-in sleeves finished with wide turnback Chinchilla Fi 35 on wi ind ¢ t Pastries tn th: b Gen. Gel 3 ri , o > ive-inc 5 fe “— $ comes a §' ne’ : with our I HE Women’s Overaiis |f}| of the marine @epartment and navy yards, on July 28. With he will tons and thefe are tWo large patch pockets. Price $15.00: 7 + with tll bal ‘Bo Licensed —tine for fishing ||| ¢ Mrs: Barnett and his aide, Capt. ©, N. Breckenridge. The party will Anbihes 43-inch sda) al Face 1 i RUB: Me od r Chiropodist BON pis Shing ii | be the guests of Charles H. Barnett, brother of the general, of 118 | ‘ CF se-inel model, also of good quality White Chin- ana patch pockets, moe tle ‘Third ‘Floor " neti wear | 17th ave. N., for two days ~ chilla, has patch pockets, turnback cuffs and a belt at the erately priced at $13.78 : Union 8t.—s. Ave.—Pik oe Pper Main Floor a! ack rice +-Base: Salesroom jecond Ave—Pike 8t—Seattle, Tel, Elliott 4100 OAKLAND, July 26.—Fifteen were injured today when a Santa back, Price $12.50. meneinen aay We tao llr commie pret scart TH Fe fretght train crashed into a street car of the San Francisco and|{} ot Oakland terminal line at 40th st, and San Pablo ave, | Nive sare ties