The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 9, 1917, Page 3

It’s no easy matter to close out this great Emporium stock—it cannot be done ina day. We purchased this $10,000 stock at prac- tically 50c on the dollar—we’re selling it the same way. This stock contained all standard, high grade merchan dise—Walk-Over and Florsheim Shoes, Griffon and Collegian Men's Clothing, Eagle and Cooper's Underwear, Cluett Shirts, ete., ete Yesterday we again reduced sale prices It was like taking money from a blind begga We closed our d nd made ready { the fina clear | This great Emporium Stock w be a thing of t H. M. ROGERS past Proprietor RED FRONT CLOTH 1 ING CO., Who Makes Sensa- And to force quick selling t row-—we make this sen Monet Free Orne sational FREE OFFER Absolutely Free Saturday -@mE HERE IS OUR FREE OFFER: MEN’S SUITS THAT SOLD TO $15.00 FOR $5.75 Over 200 Suits to select from—many in all-wool fabrics—new Spring $5 75 styles and patterns, and all go tomorrow at this rock-bottom price e And as an added inducement to force all of these Suits to be sold before the close of business Saturday night, we make this FREE OFFER: Any $2.50 Hat in the house—| and there’s over 200 to select from, in all shapes and styles—will be given ABSOLUTELY | Mise ‘Marker teene. 6 the ‘eun| FREE with every Suit sold tomorrow And here’s Lot 2, Men's beautifully tailored Suits, new Spring styles, in blues, blacks, grays and browns, that sold up to $25.00. Price tomorrow at And with each of these Suits you get, ABSOLUTELY FREE, Hat in the house. Men's Overcoats at these same prices—$5.75 and $9.85—if you wish PLEASE NOTE—These Free Offers good SATURDAY ONLY WALKOVER SHOES $1.98 man needs for dress or work wear—all included in this sale and going at these sensational prices. And here's the cause of these enormous reduc $9.85, your selection any} | Men’s Walkover Shoes, broken lines, worth to $A.00—Waikover name stamped on every pain—go Saturday at 81.98. Ladies’ Walkover Shoes, broken lints, go at tions: The Red Front Clothing Company, at 1508. $1.89. 10 First Avenue, bought the Great Emporium Stock aa of South Bend, Washington, at practically 50¢ on Misses’ Shoes and Sandals, worth to $3.00, at PSC. the dollar. is it any wonder that we can cfford to Ladies’ Shoes that sold at $7.00 and $8.00; celebrat- f f een’ oa hed Croce moke, 12 and 1€inch top, go at $3.55, | Stl, st & fraction of present day whole Yes, we can afford to sell cheap. je prices? Men’ Men's Florsheim Shoes, worth to $7.00, go at worth to $2.50, at Ge, Others at & and $3.48 Men's Heavy Work Shoes, worth to $5.00, 94.95. Boys’ Suits, worth to $6.00, 2.85. at $2.48, Work Shirts at 2N¢. Wool Underwear that sold to Saturday we'll sell 15c Silver Collars at 5¢, $2.00, at GN¢, Ladies’ Underwear—a big lot of Union Suits and separate garments—worth to $3.00 garment—it's out of our line—so it goes Saturday for 5O¢ a garment. The above are just a few of the bargains offered. Our five large display windows are just stacked with high-grade merchandise, and all priced ridiculously low. If you want to save—don't delay—be here early Saturday morning. Men's Dress Shirts, worth to $2.00, go for GS¢. Wool Flannel Shirts, worth to $3.50, at $1.38. Men's $1.50 Union Suits at G8¢, And $2 Silk and Wool Underwear at 98¢. Men’s Woo! Socks at 13¢; Men's Cotton Socks at Se. Overalis at 39¢, Canvas Gloves with knit wrists, at 5¢, Black Bear Overalls, Mackinawe, Cooper's Underwear, etc. in fact everything that Remember our address—THE RED FRONT CLOTHING COMPANY, 1508-10 FIRST AVENUE, opposite the Public Market, just north of Pike Street. Sale starts Saturday morning at 9 a. m. sharp. PLOT SUSPECT ‘PATWOUNDS CHINES (oon T WAVE HELD IN L. A. An early morning prowler down President Albert J. Rhodes, of the in Chinatown was called upon to| Seattle Chamber of Commerce and LOS ANGELES, Mech 9—Al- |stop by Officer Ed Hagen at 4 a. m.| Commercial Club, who arrty g J reday evening from a fi leged to be connected with plots = Friday morning Woo Quan, the! trin over t country, Friday pr to destroy the Welland canal, (scared Chinese, started on & ru dicted that the big prosperity wave nt Alfred Abscory anaes from the corner of Eighth and East has b njoying icer wi reste: y jay none 0 re t wr ist soon find its by agents of the department of oo yo a fired at } ay. to the Pacific coast hey justice in Alhambra, near here. ‘° nn was Dao the shoulder companied by Mra. Rhodes, at rf t Blans- : - 7 i the meeting of the Fore’ t nak the aacmset of justice, (22d was taken to the Seattle Ger ene oe © . ons of the arresting officers, the |¢T®! hospital. He gave his address t ted Mational Chamber 2 . s 706 Ki t session of ¢t a Chamb of specific charge against Fritzen in|*% (08 Tite i se oe sagen that Commerce, at Washington, D. C. Welland canal eo coun: implication in the plot. His recent activity in and actions elsewhere in th try are also under probe He stated that he has by United States three y nd ad mitted visiting Cuba recently, altho | denly he insisted the visit was merely a cording to a cabl tourist trip. idepartment this afternoon Quan was some tong guoman “la for his vietim Co-ed Is Wizard on “Dogfish” Goodies WASHINGTON pn in the Mareh § Tokio died su United that the sh, now known by its name, “grayfish,” would Miss Eliza Upon ad States common highbrow rom to the » a delicious food 1 Pennell University o j Wash ton sti t, has been ma COLISEUM |= of the United on, who were visitor » treated oung coed, and were SPRING FASHION SHOW TONIGHT 7:30 and 9:30 New Gowns, New Girls, New Everything. Advance information styles-to-be and how to wear them. pleased by her concoctions “CHINATOWN” TO BE STAGED BY “U” GIRLS versity carnival, which axue sity omer stages annual gymnasium, will rday evening. The n of this year’s carni a street in Chinatown taged by members ¢ Sigmu Nu and Sihma Chi f thes. unive Music, about New the Commerce Hall Left Unfinished at “‘l The new Commerce hall on the E 1 \university campus stands unfinish quit. A 60 feet on the west end of the bi ing marks the plac where contractors deserted when the funds ran ont 33,000 FAILED VOTE; LOSE REGISTRATIO Because they TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ONLY “The American Consul” A stirring political comedy romance with Theodore Roberts did not vote in last tion, more than 23,000 aday's names have been stricke from the i b yoke by the registration clerks Dean of American Character Actors These persons must register again before then can vote at another elec tion Besides a hilariously funny 2-reel comedy | ; \° ,0-operative Plan to Fight H.C, at “l 15c—Children 5c COLISEUM FIFTH AT PIKE Little old Ht. ¢ of L. may cause the women's Greek letter feties at the U, of W. to work on a co-op erative baste At a Pan-Hellenic meeting it was decided that a com mon storehouse would be the way of solving the problem, Wheth the fraternities will assist the sororities in this plan was not de jtermined Friday, er ° Pants ° STAR—FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1917, PAGE + BOMB SLEUTHS * TO TELL ABOUT _ GERMANS’ PLOT SHE SURVIVE THE LACONIA NEW YORK, March 9.—Po lice Capt. Tunney and Detective Barnitz, German plot hunters of the New York police depart ment, who worked on the Von Papen, Von Igel, Fay and other bomb cases, will tell the fed eral grand jury today the reve lations that led to the arrest of and Dr. Chandra Chakiaberty Dr. Ernest Sckunner, charged with consoiracy to start a revo lution in India An effort will be made today to poly cash t for the two men inde arrest National Suret comp having surrendered them for patriot reasons ‘he two detectives were expect ed to have something to sa re garding the purchase of a large tract of land by Sckunner near The discover of this p . and equent statem ts y the prisoned German, have re a a » New York astroie am, } nd England m fact owned by of German | and ‘oundations “lt to 1 for heavy artiller tane of the Catakilla sour of New - York's water supp and ia but a PryitiS Barner ‘ew miles from the Ashoaken reser Federal have vivors of the Laconia disaster, She Hy iceg yp tht is an actress with the Gaiety thea reba be tre, in London. lof that e in FILI VOTED DOWN SMALLPox scares BERLIN RESIDENTS WASHINGTON, March 9—The organized uster, as It has been BY JOHN GRANDENS the senate for 109| toiied Preas Btaff € BERLIN, March 9 lal that German f yelins ar reporte Hut this is no more. Two. scovery of a few cases here of nate can det whenever of a ary A nixhour debate ’, TEUTONS TAKE SLAVS brought to a ve Gron March 9 w guns BERLIN, via Sa an voted | pour of and taken La Follette ad na men machine against the with se sine throwers and w in German suc COUNT ZEPPELIN ‘ « achieved against Russian forces in the storming of positions Is DEAD N fon the edee of Magyaros (Ru | ibs nounced today | AMSTERDAM, March Ar jrangements have not been complet BAGDAD is DOOMED ed for the funeral of Count Von Zep- pelin, who died yesterday, according oe lto Berlin dispatches today. They; LONDON, March 9.—The ancient reported that the great dirigible in-|dity of Bagdad, known as the City |ventor died from inflammation of|of e, since 1638 held by the the lungs. For some time he had| Tu is about to fall into British been suffering from dystenery, and) har Ite capture by the British later he developed mumper An op Mesopotamian force a foregone on was necessary. While con-|conclusion. Official reports put ng from this operation, in-|the British cavalry within 12 mile of the lungs developed. |of the ancient capital vales Camm ation Tonight and Saturday!!! ! Positively No Longer 2 e, ———— ture tale the moving scenes ¢ Coast The { carries in sweeping strides through Frisco's swift famous side spectator ng “the wrong Paradise” —- unfolding the Hell Girl" —a tory of a wonderful girl told Barbary of story of wonderful wonderfully Morgan’s Maggie’s First False Step A new two-reel super-Sennett-Key tone—charged with laughter—served with smiles and jammed with chuckles and glee. Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda and = Mary Thurman are tarred First at Pike ll to Admission Continuou Cynthia Grey’s LETTER | DOES A BOY THINK {*1F SO, WHY?! LESS OF THE GIRL e Write to Miss Grey { WHOM HE KISSES? | Q.—I! have often been told that a boy thinks less of a girl who lets him kiss her after (| they have been out together Is this so, Miss Grey? | don’t see why a boy should have lees respect for the girl after he has had the nerve to ask her and has given the girl such a tempt. | am sure the girl does not lose respect for the boy Please, Miss Grey, answer this question for me | would also like to hear what other boys or girls think of this. Thanking you in advance, | am JUST 16 A—J w is attitude tow is one of the un © ujorit Tt man for temt while denis the girl who | 1 be glad to pr , ” ons of others on t sub. ject, provided they are brief Letters of r 0 words can not be printed in this column loess IN JAIL | Q—Would you please tell me if Eugene Debs, the socialist leader, ever went to the penitentiary, and for how long? H, F. A—Mr. Debs, while managing a |great strike of Western roac 1894, was charged with con then he was charged of an injunction but acq nitted a senator hn wuffered a mild smallpox |*empt of court s his physical condition seare toda Thousands of resi 4 t have been vaccinated, follow. |HER BROTHER'S CASE | Q—Please tell me how to help |my brother. He is engaged to ja very nice girl, and | do believe he loves only her. But there is a woman of questionable character |with whom he is infatuated, and |when she is out of the city he writes to her; when she is here he |qoes to see her. | have tried to |tell him that it isn’t honorable, and |that he is not treating the girl he engaged to right, but he tells me |to mind my own business. 1 sometimes think | ought to tell |his girl, and maybe she could talk |to him. He might listen to her. Please tell me what you would do. A SISTER. A—It is difficult to know just what would be best to do in a case of this kind. The chances Are ten if you tell your brother's fiancee of his unfaithfulness, she will drop him without word or |warning. This, of course, is the medicine richly deserves I be lieve, if 1 we’ tho, | wouldn't mix in the affair: The girl is bound to find out sooner or later, jan yway jto o' } TOMMY ATKINS Q—Will you please oblige a jreader by stating what the original Tommy Atkins was—historical, poet: Ical, traditional, or what?) A, R A.—Tommy Atkins is a popula nickname given to the private s of the British army The * said to have originated in making out blar nts with the ete. Kip | vi |diers jname the military Tomy immortalized it jname, “I ling has in ve AUTO MURDERS Editor The Star: 1 have been wo ring for some time why The |Star has not taken up the question jof the killing and maiming of ens of Seattle by criminals driving automobil | It th were a gang of thugs in this town who we engaged in the sending of as many people to the and hospital, there would vigilance committee patroling ets with murder | ed may eral have vir not the laws being e I have talked with a number of patrolmen and they blame the courts, and | am inelined to think they are righ Does not the police department jcontain another Putnam who could be placed in charge of a squad with orders to get these criminals and make our thorofares a for a pedestrian following his avocation? At least . shotguns On been ey already two, and 1. Why forced? are safe ly we might pro: jtect our women and children If I we 1 officer I could arrest 20 violators of city ordinances be. tween the McGraw monument and L. C, Smith building in one trip Every ordinance Is being at all hours and nothing is being jdone, Is there not some remedy? OBSERVER CUTTING DOWN TREES Editor The Star: Will vou kindly let me call attention, thru The Star the fact that attractive shad being cut down Bighth aves 1 understand own these tre the city does not but that the prop erty owners may get permission to] report Monday, March 19, at 6 p.m. j at American | follows cut them down A great number of cities nowadays are planting tr in their str But we Seattle cut them down, This is not right. We need all the trees we can get for our streets, Trees not only beautify the city, but they add to the people's health not be cut down except when abso lutely necessary I hope this letter will meet eyes of property owne ison st. and all other parts of the city, and that they will not, unles it is absolutely necessary, cut down the |the trees on the sidewalks in front of their homes, | CHARLES HOOPER » 803 Madison St. NEW COMMERCIAL | violated | mediate organization agressive © tle } tion of two thousand members, ganization ho opportunity along/ent time in the commerce , between Seventh and for : port on city, county, state and na onal legi here inj J hos. P, Revelle, Robert Bridges, W. Bryan, Oliver T. Erickso; Otto A, Case, Dr, B. Georg KE. Ryan and They should| MARINES LAND IN along Mad-{ landing without loss of life or injury of any of the for re QROTE-RANKINCo. OTTO FT ALGET General Manager Which Make of Talking Machine Do You Prefer? 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