The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1916, Page 6

t i i" ee ee mE ]ROTE-RANKINCo: Satisfactory Terms Always aaa a ” ; Have You Seen BiG BILL” DUNCAN, | The most extensive ate window Sporting Goods FAMOUS CABBY, IS | LOST TO SEATTLE “He would fight a man who abus dumb an That was paid b. e friends to Big isitl Duncan, vete | I er a t an Seattle cab driver, whose funeral A was scheduled for Monday, at 2 1107-1109-1111 Second Ave. ff» ™. at the Manning chapel It was the love of dumb animals t led the Humane society to pre him with a gold medal a few years a, Before automonile ame riages of state, it was alwaye Bill” Duncan who elabor- trim of | ever shown west of Chicago? tribute th AMUSEMENTS be: car Big greeted and es-| corted distinguished visitors in Se attle. He was 60 years of age, . IMET ed ah an six feet tall, and unmarried | He had two sisters in California At the present prize fighters” have a wallop that f it missed what it was aimed at,| he draft from it would give the op posing “fighter” pneumonia time very few PACIFIC OUTFITTING CO COR. THIRD & UNIVERSITY DRESSES MEN ~WOMEN ntolerance B00, The, 81.00 ALHAMBRA 2 '&PINE UM VAUDEVILLE A THIS WEEK 2:30—Twiee Daily—&:20 ‘The Age of Itenson,” | Rooney and Marton Bent, "The Miniature Ke e.’ Mayo and Ta rkes and Conwa ORPHE MATINEE DAILY 10-25-50< EVENINGS 10-25-50-75 Rose City importing Co. 404 14th St. Oakland, Cal. Offers its cus- tomers in Seat- tle and Wash- PALA Afternoons, 1 CE HIP ‘hot . Insta “The Shielding Shadow” : (aaa ington com. : NEW PA plete. lines of | 4 Mats, 2:20—Nigt choicest Cali- ~ WIND Divine fornia Grape A SCALA SEAT : ane | International Grand Opera Star Juice, ineral Other Big Acts. 10e and 20¢ ! : Waters, etc., at I lowest prices. 7 All orders ship- ped day re. ceived. * | | | ie Carter and SANTA CLAL A Moliday wil f Growny v Chil at alk Matines Vertormances LARGE GROWTH the community on a bi of absolute Christianity in order | that the state and city could | stand the strain, Within 10 years said Dr Matthews, “every flag of the world | will be sailing into this port. There Will be about 50,000 soldiers locat ed near the city, There will be more than 100,000 more persons | living here and «the wealth will have grown by HERE SEEN BY DR. MATTHEWS Predicting ah undreamed.of prosperity for =Seattle within the next decade, Dr, M. A. Matthews, of the Firat Presby terian church, In his sermon Sunday night warned the cith | zene of thie city against the dangers that lurked in too much wealth om He urged that the citizens of Seattle begin laying a founda. | tion for the future character of ps and bounds in a shoe trade journal, “the high priced frequently purchased footgear will be replaced with le sive kinds, so somethl: 9 done to stop the descent PLAN A RECORD SALE OF CHRISTMAS SEALS PI for a Cross seals of 1916 ca na record sale of Red during the (inal week palgn are being laid by the committee of the Antl-Tuber- culosis League of « County. Sat ale re the largest of and last week's brought the receipts over the $2,000 mark A letter of appreciation was given H.C. Henry by the league for excellent service rendered dur ing his term as president i Could one as STAR—MONDAY, DEC. 18, 1916. PAGE 6 JACK WINKLER | TO PLAY SANTA AT er Christmas will be able to face himself in the looking glass Monday and sraile Now, what's a ture machine «vod for there are films moving ple unless to project upon J the screen? r 2 r John Von Hert | it of the Liberty theatre, recog A nized that when } offered, last week, a Keystone comedy ° ? FIRLANDS “MOVIE” CONTRI BUTIONS acknowledge $244.00 Northern Life choose payment. Employer William Fox, will give the Pir lands sanatorium aay Fox ture at any time and as ofter as wanted for ? It's Mr. Fox's policy to help Out institutions that way,” Red Heh sald, “and we're carrying it out to the letter in the Firlands glad to Nor is that al nager Rosenbe re of the De Luxe Feature Film Co. 1216 merece comes EI BUCK’S| ge OM | successes as Rex Beach's “The Spoilers,” also has made an of- fer without any ngs to it Count on us a pleture any time,” Ros While we hand y only, we're on! the Firlands pati one of them. your Selection RG No © K HERE’S A LIST OF ““@. PRACTICAL SPECIALS | (While They Last) Any One of Which Will 3e Warmly Welcomed! them—and pay will be held for Christm £flectrical Ow Appliances M.A.GOTTSTEIN FURNITURE CO. SEATTLE’S POPULAR HOME FURNISHERS Lg ONLY $1 Now and $1 Weekly Or if you have an account here now, or have had in the past, ifts and have them charged without the usual first 1as delivery, if desired. What are we going to do about | as, Co, Hom 14.50 A—Solid Oak Smoker, finished in waxed or golden oak finish, brass a ra it? This great wealth and the re-| | Employes 8 lar $2.00-value. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL sulting conditions will be a severe American 17,20 _* t th « tray ickel ; @—Mahogany finish Smoker, like picture, fitted with glass tray, n base ee ee oe ‘b Stapetsn ad erat match box holder, two cigar rests. Regular $3.50 val CHRISTMAS a orate , oaagy CIAL 2 E man here should go home Hooth Fishertes ) A seh Gantees ta bas Gas Gems tai | Cath 1.60 C—Brushed Brass or Mahogany finish Smoker, with glass t match box q right t by his family. fle}? Brown @ Hulen 00 two cigar rests. Regular $6.00 value, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL should b at once to ate} | Mra. A. If 19,00 D—CHAS, II Chairs and Rockers to match, in solid mahogany an t Jacobean oa) at his home to God Frank Borzone 0 * os NE-THI OFF 5. Oe. Matinee anes the tage) | Sa eee Sees ee - E—Houso Desks in golden waxed and fumed oak, bird-eye maple, Circasian walnut that the the nation were rotherho: ~como, + aah eer vee iN y the Juvenile so ae Seeman one = F—HOTPOINT VACUUM CLEANERS $25.00 and $35.00 if Sixteen-year-old ginemen Keechelus - f A A . , were performing #o- lodge, No. 803 G—Genuine leather and tapestry fireside CHAIRS and ROCKERS; 13 patterns to ¥ Values to $17.50 at we far in ad The following contrit T choose from, Values up to $35.00. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL $19.75 : age. Fathers with| each: Bert Swezea, J. BE, Cor H—Handsome MUSIC CABINETS In oak and mahogany, with automatic shelves F sare partially re-| | lett, A. M. Brick, V. D. Miller, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ONE-FOURTH OFF 3 Rockers or Chairs such a state of af E. B, Ireland, J. W. Fried 1—CHILDREN'S HIGH CHAIRS ONE-FOURTH OFF i for old or young, for | | lander, Carl Schermer, F. & 2 ey ee OF. FORRES: juatbemiene Kerl, Geo. Hardenberg, Jake J—CHILDREN’S ROCKERS golden and fumed oak. Ivory family or friends Berger, J Chas enamel and red at 00 Up q t rs of solid Pretty Ankles to “ewan regis K—Genuine Tennessee Red Cedar Ch with large bag of cedar Rockers oli ° Bornstein, Bea Landeaur, Sam $11.00 to 836.50 4 oak; f t golden Be Hidden When | Sche u, F. W. Woom, Sam shavings o 36.0 ehh a ' Davidson, John Miller, F. H L—Reautiful $20.00 Eletric Fic La kahy finish base waxed finish; solid Skirts Lengthen Jordan, Joe Scherr DH Empire silk shade in either rose ¢ lamp sockets, silk mahogany r mahg CHICAGC oe 56 oie dann Mons J oe cine ag Dick cord, connecting plug, etc. CHR MAS SPECIAL. .$16.35 any finish with an eye for a nifty ankle would| | pat Ladd Munn: i@em M—$3.50 genuine Burrowes Folding Table, choice of Pantasote or : better get in his full share of looks) | gchwabacher, C. P. Burnett, J n felt top. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL $2.25 In all there are pre quick, for soon there aren't) | Kangley, L. J. Bissell, C. 8 N—$2.00 solid oak Stool, ke the picture, covered in genuine leather F 1 Chair going to be any nifty ankle They! * Harley, D. K. MacDonald, J. R and well braced, waxed or fumed finish, CHRISTMAS Coy eyes ce Noes are not going to disappear per #6]! \erriam, Geo. H. Parker, Geo. ? SPECIAL $1.75 d . Rockers in ti but they are going to disappear F wher : and .Rockers.in from sight : A ag ag a he Stab O—Flectric Boudoir Lamp, in vory, Vernis Martin, Circassian wal Christmas sale Sentence was passed on them to ok, ae we nut or mahogany finish frames; choice of silk shades in red, ne ty tus Dakinune. Lassoaticn parse Micelle Ppl ade pei gold, mulberry, gray, orange or lavender. Regular $7.50 value All, have genuine ff of women’s Clothes, in sexsion here,| jy einkraus - = CHRISTMAS SPECIAL $4.75 f Women’s Clothes, in » h Humphries, hubach, A leather seats or tap Skirts = . hee ae — Basthein, L. O. Plechner, J P—“Pyrex” transparent Ovenware in full assortment ‘ onger. © whole motif in dress ronso Sheme “ {J} estry.and velour up different. Artistry in| Aronson. A. Shemanski, M. § Q—All overstuffed Davenports cov Bornstein, Roy Kinnear, | 4 in velours and tapestries holsterit long, flowing lines are} : : } ¢ ny and tapestri h lanchet", H. B. La —- S SPECIAL ded on for charm and| jag Fred. Ma I CHRISTMAS SPECIA eat - Make ya sele at as against “see more” ; Soom ; ONE-FOURTH O { Laginski, 1. Coleky, Henry L nai styles of today _B~ 4 R—Royal Morris Chairs, CHRISTMAS Hut in the edict the dress design pe SPECIAL....20 PER CENT OFF ers have reckoned wilhout the rae Oe ae —HOTPOINT S-heat Electric Gri makers of women’s shoes. They are Sh A el al et we and Ovenette st n the campaign hot and heavy t jones Resp Sold separately, Grill Stove keep the skirts Rut that isn't all, EL. Red Ovenette If skirts go down,” sald a pleal lich, Pacific Const manager fo: Second Ave., Between Pike and Pine . i Select any article you want—our entire first floor completely filled with TAMING The Barrier, Like no Other in the United States, That Catches the Drift (This is the second article on the $1,000,000 Puyallup river flood prevention project.—Ed- itor.) So thoro was the southward turn in the course of White river made by the flood of 1906, that there seemed a chance of making manent— i Pierce county accept the river White river had emptying northward thru the Du wamish into Elliott bay and the other southward thru the Stuck Puyallup into Commencement and in the frequent floods it ran sometimes one way and some. times the other; and whichever way it went, it carried destruction to homes and fields would two beds, one nd ba casion. Bitterness Rife Each county had tried to mak the other keep the unwelcome stream, The courts © cluttered with lawsuite over it Jams had been blasted out embankments built to turn it by main force. Farmers had for years guarded the banks with rifles. The counties were hot with suspicion and bitterne On Dee. 190 month after the “big flood,” a meeting was held t Auburn to see what could be done | | Hundreds of farmers from both] it per: | and even loss | | of life on at least one recorded oc and | WILD IP AILILUP | ' | | | From 400 Square Miles of Timbered Watershed i} cutouts” were made, to atraighten | the channel at two points; but It | counties, property owners, railroad | was like appropriating a nickel to | representatives, county officials | buy a square meal |and others interested crowded the Finally, in 1913, an act was | haut passed permitting King and Pierce le ounties to enter into an agreement People Get Together A committ was appointed, con-}| for river improvement. That's how sisting of A. T. Van de Vanter of Seattle, chairman; B, F. Jacobs of “Usual a thing it was for two Puyallup, secretary; I. T, Alv counties to enter into partnership of Kent; H. A. Ferguson, of ‘There had to be a new law made coma; R. J, Burglehaus of Sumner ore they could do it Frank R nning of Sumner, and Project Launched L, W. Pratt of Tacoma, Plerce abd/ 4 year tater, the partnership was King counties | each and the expe contributed $1,000 9 fuer railroads $500 each for! irovide § of an investigation. | vaarg: also was the beginning of the|find of § movement of the two counties to} fight the river together instead of | two counties 1,000 a were to year for six an annual maintenance 1,000 for 99 years, King county was to pay 60 per Ifigting it reparately and. fighting |eMt and Pierce county 40 cent, leach other at the same time. because King county had 23,000 Establish “Elk Park" acres affected and Pierce county would have to keep the river, The Inter-County ment Litigation nd floods went on 4 time, however | An “elk park” established — by | King county commissioners was de. | ty, |clared by Pierce county factionists | annually |to be simply an excuse to continue | erts was |to keep an armed guard at the | He chos | forks of the river | assistant | In 1909 the state legislature ap | ‘The undertaling was actually | propriated $60,000 for flood protec-|under way, But the practical job \tion, and the “Boatman and Lacy | of taming the rivers was all ahead, disputes usual for and alone River Improve- consists of the three domimissioners of each coun. ind & #eventh elected by them | alternately, W. J. Rob-| ppointed chief engineer Ii. Walter as his chief commission attending About 1,900 employes of the Pu get Sound Traction, Light and Power Co. and the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph Co., including every operator, 1ineman, motorman and office worker will be han A Christmas present this year in the form of a bonus and a subse quent raise in salary The telephone girls, numbering neerly 900, will got @ present amounting to about three weeke’ salary. On January 1 the electric company will divide $30,000 among 1,000 employes, while the annual payroll will be increased by $60. DIVINE WILL RECOVER TACOMA, Dec, 18.—Physicians Chaplain R. 8. Stubbs 93, missionary worker, struck down by a cable car, announced today that the aged divine, who is well known in the Northwest, will re-| cover, | CHEAPEST FARES TO CALIFORNIA —Class. First. Second. San Francisco $14 $12 | Los Angeles Mt it Sah Diego a) 19 | The Multnomah, one of the Me Cormick Steamship Co.'s fast liners, will sail iosday, December 19th, for all California ports. Every ‘convenience for passengers is pro-| vided, and the me served are un surpassed. As every boat recently | has been filled to capacity, it will be well to make reservations | for this sailing at once. Ful! par ticulars at the Milwaukee ticket of-| 2 | Second ave. and Cherry at,| | Phone 4812 FOR OUR PATRONS We are giving a service that you cannot get elsewhere. The ex-Gov ernment Physician will give you a careful examination and preseribe for you FREE. It is- YOUR MOVE now RIGHT DRUG STORE 1111 First Ave. Between Spring and Seneca | The Doctor will not prescribe liquor—we have never had it Te any form. |EMPLOYES TO GET [WAR PLANES HARASS, RAISE IN SALARY, RETREATING SLAVS | via Sayville, Dec. 18.— BERLID Retreat of Russo-Rumanian and treating columns to Braila by German cial statem forces attack of these re- Can by : ‘TRUSS TORTURB eliminated by wearin Lundberg Rupture Support. We ACTO-| give free trial to prove its superior- planes was reported in today's offi 3 A. LUNDBERG ’ 110? Third Ave. 1—SALMON, 2—Crabs, 6 choice, 3—Olympia Oysters 4—Combination Any of the abov 8 HEAD, FAC Christmas Boxes of Fish for Eastern Friends Leave orders now and we will ship, to arrive for Christmas: Chicken Halibut, or Rock Cod (6 to § pounds) medium large, in box. in shell (150' email of 3 Crabs and delicious Oysters). 75 Olympia Oysters in shell. ‘e delivered tn perfect condition weat of Missis+ of Missiastpp! for $1.50. the finest in the world, $2 packed tn fully to‘all parts of the A SALMON CO, INC. Office) 501-503 Northera Bank Bidg. 0 to $2 and re-tced dat! nited States, Fourth and Pike ‘Tickets limit January on sale Dec 3rd America First” 2ist MERRY CHRISTMAS! SAYS THE Great Northern Railway Special Round-Trip Fares for the Holidays To Spokane and Return $12.60 To Wenatchee and Return $6.60 To Portland and Return $7.50 To other points in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, fare and one-third for the round trip, to 25th, inclusive, return Three daily trains to Spokane. Three daily trains to Portland. Three daily trains to Vancouver, B. C. Splendid equipment, excellent service, fast time. For berth reservations, tickets and further information apply CITY TICKET OFFICE COLUMBIA AND SECOND AVE, T. J. MOORE Passenger and Ticket Agent Cc, W. MELDRUM Assistant neral Passenger Agent PHONES: Main 117 and Elliott 5609 Or King Street Union Station Phone Main 2740 City