The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 28, 1916, Page 9

Still Greater Reductions in Piano Prices Clearance Sale Continues at Eilers Music House Bad weather having tnterfered with our clearance late, we are now making still greater inducements than ever to quickly dispose of a large number of Pianos, Player Pianos and Grand Pianos; some used, many new 1915 models, all fully guar anteed and in first-class condition. We are not offering a miscellaneous lot of cheap or unknown makes of pianos, but such famous, well-known ma as Knabe, Kimball, Steinway, Emerson, Fischer, Weber, Decker, Behning and others. We must quickly make room for large shipments now arriv ing. The following are a few of the wonderful values we are PLAYER PIANOS Including a large library of 88-note player music. sale — ee ELLSWORTH, large s mahogany case $325 (Well worth $4 00) SMITH & BARNES, fine model, walnut case... $365 (Well worth $476.00) AUTOPLAYER, artistic design......... .. $410 (Well worth $525.00) PIANAUTO, large model, walnut case cssseees- $435 (Well worth $5560.00) STUVEYSANT PIANOLA PIANO, mahogany. .$465 (Well worth $5T6,00) KRELL AUTOGRAND, highest grade mahogany $485 Well worth $700.0 $515 -$535 (Well worth $ KRELL AUTOGRAND, finest style, mahogany. .$545 (Well worth $800/00) KIMBALL, very « choi e, large size, snap......$560 - $630 style, mahogany (Well worth $ WEBER PIANOLA, large size, BEHNING, choice Sin oie us 1 best model 76.00) worth $850.00) DECKER & SON, one of the best made.. (Well worth $900.00) UPRIGHT PIANOS EMERSON, bungalow size, good condition $115 (Well worth $175.00) FISCHER, mahogany case, good style.. -$135 (Well worth $200.00) WHEELOCK, large model, m ahogany case. (Well worth WILLARD, cottage size, beautiful tone.........$170 (Well worth $275.00) -$215 -$145 mahogany. size. GERHARD, beautiful dark oak, a bargain... CWell worth $300.00) STEINWAY, large size, Rosewood case.. .$285 (Well worth $375.00) HOBART M. CABLE, fine design 8250 (Well worth $490.00) KNABE, beautiful burl walnut, full -$315 (Weill worth $425.00) Small monthly payments may be arranged on any of them; some even as low as $5.00 per month. BRAMBACH, Sheraton model, mahogany, rare value.. weneneececeecs cess ereccccccecsecewececcors PAOD (Well worth $656.00) KIMBALL, Baby Grand, one of the best, mahogany... “oe 3535 ere. ae eer - (Well worth $75) STEGER & SON, beautiful Circassian walnut, art $625 Well worth $450) This means coming early you secure first choice. Appropriate ian ing, too. No charge for delivery. stool or bench will also be included. and Lesser Priced Pianos Third Ave. at University St., Seattle STATE ATTORNEYS QUESTION PHONE COMPANY VALUATION Telegraph Co.'s plant In state. The company’s engineers place this estimate at $26,892,700, tho C E. Plaeger, who was onthe witness stand most of Thursday, admitted there was a difference between the Hi SCHOOL OPENED estimated and the actual cost of bullding the plants. About The public service commission is formal opening of the n endeavoring to arrive at a reason- high school Thursday night Parents Should Know This Splendid Remedy‘: 3,000 SEE BALLARD | 3,000 ‘people attended the w 1% oken up you Simple Laxative Compound | , raise Cain, and if they should Helps to Correct Consti- | jc get control of the government, pation in Children | product of his toll. So, if the people With all children there are times elect Raymer thay will ‘have ‘to When the bowels fail to act natural-| suffer the consequences, | Wy and it becomes necessary for . “ant Olive Bt the parents to administer a rem - ® edy. Cathartics and purgatives GILL SKINNED? should never be used, as these| LY smeiioe Tie atear ae peobie ctl agents afford only temporary relief | fe meee coecete carat chee while their violent action shocks |Erickson a gold medal for the thor m unduly. Mrs. Eva F Jough manner in which he skinned 10th St., Washington, D. Pave dr toca, but aud’ axpoueh ta that her little girl, Marie, | adias Ge nypoorey ia Matar had been subject to constipation, aes and that she found Dr. Caldwell's| " Be it known by all present that I Syrup Pupsin the best remedy b wo hig elated cause of its mildness, and now al-| well pleased over the neatly ways keeps a bottle of it in the inbesad toh that t aati vellak house Long live Erickson!” Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is @ |< pr such a drubbing I would ad. compound of simple laxative herbs,| MARIE GAFF Gil at once to bury his old {ree from opiates or narcotic drugs corn-cob pipe and take to the tall > any kind, and is an ideal rem-jedy with no unpleasant after ef-|timber , edy for children because of its |fects, griping or str Dr. Cald I don't blame Gill for announcing mild action and positive effect. Its|well’s Syrup Pepsin costs only|he will make no campaign speeches se tends to strengthen the im-|fifty cents a bottle and can be pro-|A cat generally knows when it is paired bowel action and restore|cured at any dru tore To obtain| skinned JAM E:! A. WEST ja trial bottle, free of charge, write} normal regularity It is important that parent#|to Dr. W. B. Caldwell gbould know of a dependable rem |ton St., Monticello, Ll, TACOMA, Jan. 28—Attor- | able schedule of rates that may be! neys for the state and for the charged by the company for phone cities of Seattie, Tacoma, Spo- | service. kane and North Yakima, today Exhibits were introduced by tho attacked several more items in company to show the cost of the estimate of cost of repro- plants: Seattle, $ 399; Ta ducing the Pacific Telephone & ag $2,481,52 Spokane, 024,- this | 2 | | Ballard) 454 W ashing-| LITTLE ED ON MAYORALTY BY READERS OF STAR GILL 18 HUMAN ! x The Bitar: 1 hall vote for] Hiram C, Gill because he ts human and pot an icicle, He ia not, ike ome of his rivals claim for them-| selves, without faults, He wouldn't be human ff he didn’t have them Hut bis good qualities overshadow them. He keeps an open door in his office, He doesn't shut himself in like a car Any one can see him, Any one can obtain his views He doesn’t dodge any public ques tion, He is reasonable, He will give th wly and the banker the the same consideration woclety dame and her unfortunate sister the same square deal, He in not a goody-goody, He ts just a human being--the same kind of & an as moat of us are. A PLAIN CITIZEN, | PRAISES GILL FOR MILK BILL| Editor The Star: 1 think Hiram} ld be reelected if for! on than Ske fact that] kave his untiring support to the milk ordinance, In my opinion, no greater measure has been passed in recent years, When this tmport Ant measure came up, where was Oliver T. Erickson? Ho waa, as] usual, trying to shoot holes into something the mayor favored, 1 am| a mother, and I am not so greatly! disturbed over a mill in the tax levy, which means, perhaps, another nickel or #0 to the ay e man in taxes; nor am I concerned #0 much about munictpal ownership to tts utmost extreme. ‘These are worth! while, but, first of all, I am con-| cerned with the health of the little] babies which depends upon pure} moll, A MOTHER, ERICKSON HAS SPUNK Editor The Star: I wish to ex press my opinion on the candidacy for mayor in favor of Mr. Erickson, because he has the spunk to bear out the right kind of Seattle spirit Altho he has without trimming. ween hampered by adverse condi tions, he has earnestly tried to do more for the people at large than any other man I know, I like a man who takes one side and fights there, and not one who tries to suit one, with satisfaction to A TAXPAYER. levery none, | CAN GILL TELL TRUTH? | Editor The Star: My choice for [mayor ts first and last and all the T Erickson, My time for Oliver reason ia bis ree What a con trast ig that of his opponent, Hiram to whom the truth is such/ hu | politicians fare In | ent | paign and a lot of sympathetic, sen. | timental people voted for hit ITORIALS | Mr. Griffithe heraase in @ fine type of man who can do more good in the counell than as} mayor, Mr, Gill is not entitled to! the office again, T predict his fail-| » because he did not fire Chief | Lang, I have paid taxes in Seattle for 20 years, and Mr, Gill has held] public office about that long, and has never, that I have known, tried to reduce our taxes, but even when! president of the council, he got out! of his chatr and stood on the floor | and advocated the regrade of 12th] ave, when over fourths of} the property holders opposed it. It] is time that Seattle got rid of mere Men of the Gill type politics for what they ean| y get out of it by way of ary which they could not| otherwise earn. Boost Griffiths, al substantial, sound man, who has made good in private life.ns well an} in public service—who is not a hypocrite thre WOMAN TAXPAYER. HI HOBNOBS ON BOTH SIDES Editor Star Griffiths or Erick |non know the people's needs, and 1| | believe would be reliable and hon-| est, and serve the people well, Hi Gi ts a dissembler of the first water, He plays hot and cold. He caters to the underworld, or has {n the past, and gambling in high places has come on during bin pres term of offic His chief of police Is a disgrace, He tn a fa vorite with the ratiroad corpora-| n6. He stands for the Renick} w. Gill begged, whined, erted and played the baby act tn his last cam | He promised not to be a candidate for office a Ho has not kept word, I don't think he ts honest| h the people, He now hobnobs| with the churches for their support He hobnobs with the {mmoral agents of the city for the same pur-| pone. I have lived here over 20 years, and I have lived in other large cities, Gill Is about the worst hypo erite T have known, and I am now past 70, SUBSCRIBER, GILL HAS MADE GOOD Editor The Star: Efficiency and experience are the most ential things for a man to have who acts fn an executive capacity, conse quently when one takes his chotee| for mayor, why not pick out the/ man with these qualities? Hiram C. Gil has proven as a STAR—FRIDAY, JAN. 28, TH6. Seaham Guar T fiomig tatinve bal eounstimen: he cou dates the weeps when he discovers he has goods, as former and present mayor told it, We, in the North End, have he made good, as an attorney he [made and unmade Gill, and wo |shall proceed to unmake him agatn. | I am confident if he were closely examined the letters “S. EB.” would) be found upon him. As for Mr.} Griffiths, he has too many other | interests to occupy his time, there fore could not do the position jus tice, Cc. W, PARKER, 7518 W, 7th St. GRIFFITHS ONLY SANE MAN Editor The Star: For my part I cannot give my support to Hiram C. GUll or Mr. Erickson. I've made up/ my mind to support Austin BE. Grif- fithe because I think he ts the only sane man of the whole bunch. You cannot depend on Gill's word VINCENT FURNHAM, 614 Pine St. | GILL FOR COMMON FOLK Editor The Star: 1 am a taxpay-| er, having brought money to this town and invested my savings in property here, and while I am only a small property owner, I am very | | ‘ much Interested in keeping taxes down. From this standpoint I could not vote for untri men, for Griffiths would not hold onto the| job as chief of police, where he could have accomplished some thing for the public good, and Erickson, with his isms, would © out all small ta yers, which is proved by his reckless actions tn the council. Then, too, I love the sporting instinct In a man who will have confidence enough in the peo ple to resign one job when running | for another. I am going to vote and work for Gill for re-election because he is with the common run of peo. ple and working for their Interest Jall the time. JAMES LAWLER, 9 W. Garfield 18 RIGHT Having resided of Seattle a voter and 1 have had ample oppor- to observe the able manne ich Mr. Oliver T. Erickson has ERICKSON Editor The Star in our progressive city |for the past 15 years, |taxpayer, | tantty 4 our city as councilman. | His business training, Interest in, land experience in municipal affairs sersaiely qualifies him to fill the| ffice of mayor with credit to him- Ipelf and great benefit to all our citizens, Respectfully, b G ALLE 16th Ave. N WRITER 18 80 SARCASTIC Editor The Star: Chas. D, Ray-| mer {8 a socialist, and at the pres | nt time he has no horns, Oh, no, it would not do to elect him mayor, all the homes in the city would| - The socialists, GILL RAISED TAXES Editor The Star: 1 will vote for }10 or 12 hours tn 24 to constitute Simply moisten your hatr with water snd rub {t in. One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abund-| Jance of rich, creamy Iather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thor| oughly. ‘The lather rinses out easily, and removes every particle lof dust, dirt, dandriff and excessive The |very Jenough made good. Griffiths couldn't even hold the chief af police Job. Prickson hasn't done anything to crow about. EM. F, PREPARES FOR RAYMER FAitor The Star: Seeing that I am a wage slave, you will at once form the conclusion that either one jof the candidates representing the old parties will port. Rut, no, preparedness. receive my sup rree. I am for Well, what kind of preparedness? Preparednem against any tnere in army or navy. Preparedness against unem ployment Preparedness against ter the above conditions, Oh, my! How some grow slick and fat on the ignorance of the multitude. A THINKER, ERICKSON “HONEST Editor The Star Erickson for mayor, I favor Mr.| because he ts} Use Cocoanut Oil For Washing Hair If you want to keep your hair in| good condition, be careful what} you wash it with Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkall. ‘This fea the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very harmful Just plain mulstfied cocoanut ofl (which is pure and entirely greaseless), 1s much better than the most expen sive soap or anything else you can use for shampoo as this can't possibly injure the heir. | | | | | | hair it dries quickly and leaves it fine and bright, fluffy and easy to manfge You can get mulsified ofl at most any drug store. cheap, and a few ounces fs to last every one in the for months.—Advertisement cocoanut It ia} family \day, ho areca on th World's Work Act Before Monday Night to Obtain 10% to 50% Off Furnishings (Except a Few Contract Goods) The Great Buying Opportunity of the New Year for Men and for At Cheasty’s Last Week of Matchless Value-Giving Pre-Inventory Clothing ecarying e 25% Throughout Entire Clothing Floor (Except “Invincible” Suits, $16.50) Women Who Shop for Men, Where a day of labor. Preparedness ~ |agninet 15 or 17% cents per hour|honestly trying to do is dase to for labor Preparedness against |better the hard condition of the! the system that perpetuates the |laboring classes, while Mr. Gill is a above conditions, Charles D. Ray-|"tandpatter, which is to say, mer, I think, ts the only candidate |" ‘Leave things alone; they are good who has a solution at hand to bet: | enough.” H. C, BAKER, Manhattan | Apartments, EDEN GIVES SELF UP, John C. Eden, pt president of the Superior Portland Cement Co. and wealthy clubman, is waiting, Fri for Judge Gilliam to set his case of alleged liquor violation for trial, He gave himself up to Sheriff | Hodge and was released on his per sonal recognizance Thursday after- | noon. “TIZ” FOR TIRED, PUFFED-UP FEET Instant Relief for Sore, Ach- ing, Tender, Calloused Feet and Corns Your feet feel chafed, aching, You're footsick! tired, puffed up, sweaty, and they need “Tiz.” “Tix makes feet remarkably fresh and sore-proof. “Tiz” takes the pain and burn corns, callouses an@ bunions, "Tiz is the grandest foot-gladdener the world has ever known. Get a 25-cent box of “Tiz” at any drug store and end foot torture for a whole year. Never have tired, smelly feet; your aching, sweaty, shoes will fit fine and you'll only wish you had tried “Tix” sooner. Accept no substitute. fimpres SULLIVAN + CONSIDIN “THE fouse Ort EXITS” BEST VAUDEVILLE AMERICA "2" 10:20 rece TESS THE SUNSHINE GIRLS | Wallie Brooks in “HIRAM” 7—Other Features—7 Mat. Daily, 2:30 Twice Nightly 7:30 and 9 ( ui right out of} 'POOR DANIEL IS. | perform. || sponsibility QUITE PUT OUT WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—The president of the Baltimore & Ohio| | railroad, Daniel Willard, has {ssued | an interview with himself in which he admits that the earnings of the B. & O, will be as large as any in recent years and that prosperity evidently has returned for the road, but in which he complaine bitterly at the suggestion that railway em- ployes should demand any higher wages or shortened hours, “We read constantly,” he says, “of contemplated movements of the labor bodies intended to bring about higher wages and lessened hours of service. There again, I have no means of knowing just what those who are responsible for | the pect to accomplish, contemplated movement ex the way of increased labor costs will eventually be fully reflected in rates which the public must pay “Values Tell’’ but whatever | burden is added to the railroads tn / for the service which the railroads | There is no other way in the carriers can meet the of increased operating which burden coats.” A compilation recently made by the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- xineers and Firemen shows that 8&8 per cent of their 20,000 member. |ship who were polled, work over 10 |hours a day, 35 per cent work over }iz hours a day, and 7 per cent over 14 hours a day. Opposed to this record are sta- tistics showing. that in the tm- portant departments of fron and steel making the percentage of em- ployes over 10, 12 and 14 hours was | considerably lower than in the case of engineers and firemen. In other words, altho the re. placed upon engineers |and firemen is incalculably greater jand the strain infinitely more sert ous and the danger to the public from fatigue greater in the case of engineers and firemen, they work on an average longer hours than the unskilled laborers in the blast furnaces, HILLMAN SUED ON TRADE DEAL: C. D. Hillman, formerly of Seat- tle, now of the Hillman Investment Co., Los Angeles, is facing Friday} a suit for $69,345 damages, the out ‘ADS FOR RESULT growth of an alleged frauduleat! SASTANUNUUNNNONUQOUOOUUUUONLNGEONOGUGOGOUUUYUOONEEOGOOGOOGOOUUUONOONOOOOOUOUUGOOOOEOOON pe prea deal. J. E. O'Donnel and wife, plain- | ites, allege Hillman traded them | an inferior Seattle apartment for valuable California land, representing the value of the § tle property. A Pure NON-ALCOHOLIC Tonic Rich in Food Value HEMRICH'’S “Lifestaff” has been passed upon by the two highest official authori- ties in the state of Washington—William M. 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