The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 1, 1916, Page 2

| @8-Year-Old = Daughter Clergyman Held As Prisoner SABDUCTOR IS ARRESTED NEW YORK, Feb, 1 Rescued from weeks of terrible slavery, pretty 18- year-old Marie Klein, daughter of Pastor Chas. Klein of the Bethany Re- formed church, told today how she had been kid- | maped, and } Mtde, to a gang of lust ful brutes j Missing since Dec, 16, she had Ween held in an Itallan colony at} ‘iMiamsburg. Her story of orgies) “there shocked even hardened police Obes Ceres eEP OOS auctioned, “muthortties. ‘Jimmy goon Fong oe me from afternoon of 16,” she oa ‘He showed me, | Fevolver and threatened to kill, If I tried to escape. He forced to take $400 worth of jewels $36 in cash from my parents.) he drove me to a house in the colony at Williamsburg, me in a room and took away clothes. Sold On Auction Block “At a Christmas ball of the col- I was sold. The dance was ing up. It was getting toward % T was terribly tl. _ “Naples called the men back and I would be auctioned off. Then brought me down nude. I was, il to know what was going on. placed on a stage and held! there while the men bid. “I was delirious, but I could hear p25, $30, $32, $33—and then and fifty-cent increases Was sold to some one for $55. know who bought me. unconscious and woke up cottage where the detectives me.” q Man Under Arrest Naples, the alleged abductor, is arrest. was taken after a struggle {n detectives beat him nearly to subdue him. to authorities, he had the part of friend to the gtri, helping her when hoodlums her as she was on her way from organ practice at the te tae an net to be te in the child and often he He went to the barn carry- &® loaded revolver in his hip tet, the barre! pointing upward. tom-cat was asleep on a rafter. dentist stooped over to pick up ter. The calf kicked him on} “pocket. The revolver roar.) the tomcat came tumbling} from its perch on the rafter “Deader'n a door nail,” swears the Railroad representatives will go Over the $1,000,000 plans to elimi - Bate danger at the Argo grade cross. ing, Eighth ave. S. and Daweon st, “by raising the network of tracks ‘Over a traffic subway, at a confer- ‘ence with A. L. Valentine, of the Public utilities department, Tuesday fternoon. Solution of the Argo problem, ac- Cording to Valentine, is the key to “safety-first railroad crossings on the _tide lands. The official check by the depart-| ‘Ment shows that 94 trains, 4,000 peo-! ple in autos, 6,000 people in street cars, 403 pedestrians and 936 freight vehicles run the tlet of posible collision there| iy. | | DONT WANT MOVIE FILMS AS BAGGAGE SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 Railroads of this state asked fallroad commission today to Mit them to prevent carrying of Motion picture films as baggage, | because of the inflammable charac ter of the films, | | MANNA BILL UP AGAIN ~ cCounctiman Marble wit! sae duce a resolution to have the Han-| | ona billboard bill submitted to the| le at the general election,| (owhen the matter comes up at the| } Peontinued council meeting Thurs. | day. The bill includes the |-cent! | Sper square foot annual license fea | lure. The labor unions are oppos- ed to it. The billboard people say | (that it will legislate them out of “business | SSUZZALLO TO SPEAK jm | ao Dr. Henry Suzzallo will address| Snembers of all local Jewish so Geleties, under the auspices of ee Nai B'Rith at Christensen’s | {Broadway hall, Broadway and Mad ison st., Tuesday night =MIDDIES FLUNK OUT ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 1.—Notwith-| “standing the serious need for more sofficers in the navy, 220 midship-! men at the U. 8. naval academy here will be asked to resign with-| na few days because of fallure 42 ase mid-year examinations Quint re is only 0 W, Groves signature on box. eveavewasctany HRPRY RRR ARE STAR-—TUESDAY, FEB. 1916. PAGE 2 FTER forty-one years of continuous service to the clothing buyers of Seattle, the house of Singerman & Sons passes to the control of the new generation, In taking command of the business, 1. R. Singerman makes his first move in the re- organization by a clean sweep of the present stock, the adoption of new and mod- ern ideas, also retaining the time-tried reputation for fair dealing, honestly earned by this pioneer concern. will be dropped and new departments will be added. To carry out his ambitions, many of the present lines With this new plan in mind Mr. Singerman has personally marked the stock for this reorganization event. REDUCTIONS AS GREAT AS ONE-HALF ON EVERYTHING ff IN MEN’S WEAR single exception of Arrow Collars) 200 Overcoats HALF PRICE This group of regular $15.00 to $30.00 Over- The materials, workmanship and genuine coats has naturally sold rapidly. They in- clude a number of form-fitting styles, im- ported Gabardines, long Coats with convert- ible collars, with a wide range of patterns. The group has been replenished from the regular stock so that the selection is still as | complete as ever. $15.00 OVERCOATS AT. ‘ $20.00 OVE RCOATS AT $22.50 OVERC SATS” $25.00 OV ERCO ATS { ie HALF PRICE {pond 7, not nn ‘ p wearing qualities of these Suits will appeal to men who know real values. The group ranges in price from $15.00 to $30.00, all marked at exactly half price for this sale. Enough stock has been added to make the selection practically as large as on the open- ing day $15.00 SUITS $10.00} |; $11.25 $12.50 A dig selection of this all-yearround Gar ff ment tn blue, tan and Oxford i $7. 50 f= $10.00 ee Young Men’s Suits at Half Price This remarkable offer includes every ung Man’s Suit in our great stock. The latest styles, the batt wearing ma ular patterns and colors are all here crials and the most pop- In blue serge there is a particu larly large range of choice. i" $5.00 “" $7.50)! “$9.00 UNUSUAL VALUES IN MEN’S FANCY SHIRTS This department offers a very large tions at very unusual prices selection of Men's Shirts in fine colors and combina- Come in and look them over $2.00 and $1.50 values, in a great assort-) Dollar Shirts, soft and | $2.50 values in Silk Shirts, in fine pat- W ment of fancy pattern Shirts, with both starched and soft cuffs $2.50 Sweaters Regular 25¢ and 50c values 25% Off On | “= of Trousers in the country than antee of “Ten Cents a Button; a Dollar a Rip.” All the different stitches $2.00 DUTCHESS and styles, which Include the TROUSER $1. 50 practical ruffneck; and a $3.00 DUT¢ HE on choice of colors and combt- TROUSI ” $2. 25 nations at these prices ROUSER $5.00 DUT HESS toon .. $3.: 761 = $2.45 $6.00 DUTCHESS $5.00 Sweaters eae 8 ed $3.35 All Others Priced at Similar Reductions, $6.50 Sweaters now $4.35 Half Price on Fancy Vests, Smoking Jackets and Lounging Robes $3.00 to $6.00 Fanc $5.00 to $10.00 Smoking Jacket 82.50 to # $2.50 to $10.00 Loun 95c starched cuffs, terns and splendid materials; during — 65c Reor + or ga $2.45 : _ Underwear Underpriced A very large stock of Men's Underwear, including wool, cotton, merinos and silk mixed, both in Two-piece and Union Suits, at the following reductions Your choice of a very large $1.00 UNDERWEAR $1.50 UNDERWEAR $2.00 UNDERWEAR $2.50 UNDERWEAR All Other Prices Up to at Same Reductions, All G. & M. Underwear Half Price Men’s Gloves at These Reductions Our staple Men's Gloves | $1.50 Gloves | reduced to $1.15 and most complete assortment of styles, priced at exactly half. $4.00 Derby Hats, from the best makers, $3.00 soft Felt | 5 Hats, all shades, now ° 0 75¢ and 50c Caps for $1.00 Cape in dressed kids; the fo) $1.15 values, All Values Up | to and Including $3.50 HALF PRICE $2.00 values in Undressed Kid Gloves at $1.35 Night Robes and i $1.00 Night Robes and Pajamas at $1.50 Night Robes and $2.00 Night Robes and Pajamas at . $1 ‘35 The balance of ‘the line reduced in ke proportion. () POOR SPIRIT OF CHARITY SHOWN Seattle's Contributions to Aid Jewish War Sufferers Very Small COMMITTEE IS HOPEFUL Seattle, the biggest beneficiary ia commerce thru the war, apparently fs content to be the least generous lot the Coast cities towards the war | sufferers. In extending a helping hand to. ward the effort of raising funds for the relief of Jewish war suffer ers, even Tacoma has put Seattle to shame. Today, after more than a woek of strenuous effort on th citizens’ committ Powles, after Christian have preached from the pulp!ts Sane day for this worthy cause, after the evidence of marked generosity im other Coast cities, Seattle's total contributions, according to the funds in the hands of EF. Shorrock, of the Northwest Trust and Safe Deposit Co., who in treasurer of the citizens’ committee, make up the grand total of $1,896.93 With the remembrance of the an tiring work in bebalf of charity tn this city done by Leo Kohn, former |head of the Charity Organization so- ciety, with the memory of the late Mrs. Isaac Cooper, who spared neither time nor money in aid of the needy of the city, regardless of faith or race, Seattle's showing ts deplorable. However, the citizens’ committes is still hopeful that some of the wealthy residents and prominent business men, who have so far giv- en nothing, or next to nothing, will contribute generous sums. Thursday night, at the Metropoli itan theatre, the concert to be gi by Sebastian Burnett, baritone, Miss Florence Kubey, the young talented Seattle violinist, will the entire proceeds to this fund. On Guard! Here’s | Girl Wearing New Sabre Umbrella A sabre umbrella dangling fro the wrist is the newest fashion novelty due to the world war. It originated in Paris, of course, but already has appeared in New York. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—In his maiden speech in congress Monday, fe Representative Dill, of Washington @ state, roundly scored the adminis @ tration of the Spokane and Colville Indian agencies. INVENTS LIFE SAVER OAKLAND, Feb. 1.—Walter H, Kenan, an Oaklander, jumped into ™ the cold bay waters from the fire | boat today to demonstrate a vest Mned with rubber tubes, which a be blown up in a second ond sup- port a body 4 HOBBLE. CHICKENS SAN BRUNO, Cal., Feb. 1.—If the chickens of this town will persist in | running the streets,they will be hob bled and tagged—provided a city or dinance under consideration {8 passed. LEFT-HANDED WATCH NEWARK, N, J., Feb. 1.—An- nouncement that a left-handed {watch has been manufactured is {received with interest here. The itimepiece runs backward, the fig- lures on the dial going in the oppo- site direction from what is ordi- narily the cage. STARTS DIVORCE SUIT Alice May O'Dell started suit to divorce Frederick O'Dell, alleging |non-mupport, Tuesday. They live in houseboat at the foot of Minor a’ | Lieut. Grand of the Washington state naval militia has issued a call to the Seattle members to meet for drill Tuesday night, on the steamer & ‘Vicksburg, which returned to port] & Sunday.