The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 17, 1917, Page 4

REMODELING SALE + In order to compensate you for the congested céndition of our big stock of Dry Goods, Men's Furnishings, Men’s and Boys’ Clothing and Shoes for the whole family, during the period of our repairing and remodelit are offered in each depa Tomorrow we Sleeves, also sleeveless, neck and arm, 15¢ each, ‘Women's White Hose, apliced heel and toe, & pair... 25c Misees’ and Children’s White Mose, double heel ‘and toe, pair 23c Women's Black Cotton Hose, all sizes, 1 1 a pair, c ‘Child's Cashmere Mose, some Dave silk heel and toe; pair 23c Pittows, nice quality, full size; 67c Bleached Sheets, are spec Women's Summer-weight Union Suits, trimmed, 35c; Women's Summer Vests, ag, Special Inducements rtment, ializing on the following: nicely wing nicely trimmed around or 2 tor 25c. Camping Blankets; a real bar Te .. $2.98 at Women's Corset Covers, in all ch special value. Huck Towels, $1 35 per Mercerized Table Damask, dozen good weight, 39 c yurd Children’s Sandals, up to size 2. Pair 79¢c Several Shipments of Women's Fine Dress Shoes, fancy and plain high tops, $7.00 ' waced, pair “THE STORE THAT, OA saves vou MONEY | ECONO AVENUE AT WAMES STREEY ‘LEONARD WRITES TO TH Traction Company Treats Franchise as “Scrap of Paper” — Baitor The Star:—The charge been made by you and repeated y times that The Puget Sound Light & Power Company wilfully ated its franchise u and agreements with the ‘of Seattle. This is not true. company has violated none of agreements, and your paper by ding this charge without ascer the facts is doing the public ‘an injustice, for it is the public suffers in the end when un- aggressive action is di against a public servant. company has been forced in- ‘court repeatedly by certain mem- ‘of the council, some of whom members when that policy dmaugurated, and still are; and had to appeal to the Pub Imervice commission for relief, ‘we have a perfect right to ‘The commission was created wr the very purpose of hearing ch ‘The city has gone fons, and so have e. parties recognize and use of its functions. }gross earnings tax upon the same condition. Our check for $64,387.78 was sent to the city, but was re fused and subsequently returned We did not refuse to pay it. We tendered it. It was refused by the city The Paving We have neither refused to pave nor to pay our just proportion of the cost of bridges. We are hold ing paving in abeyance, which we have @ right to do, until our peti tion is acted upon. We have made ‘offers which the city has refused to consider in settlement of the bridge matter, We then offered to arbitrate, and this offer was also refused. The matters at issue go back to the franchise provision for the sale of tickets, which is that the com {pany shall keep on sale at | MAIN OFFICE AND POWER STA | TIONS” within the city, tickets at |25 for one dollar. “Such tickets | shall not be transferable,” says the | franchise; and further that “the company may make such reason- lable regulations tn regard to the you issue and use of the same as to Fepeatedly made {s that this y bas refused for several to pay its gross earnings fs not true. The gross tax fs one of the burdens us which we have be relieved. The applica- pending before the commission tax was paid last understanding that it conditionally, the amount commis- es nes Se | 4O6 -ZWDAVE. and Seneca? ‘Will Teli You Tomorrow zema ‘Come in and we will tell you omething about what D. D. D. Pre- lon, made in the D. D. D. tories of Chicago, has ac- ed in your own neighbor- Your money back unless the bottle D. D. D. ‘The Liquid Wash BARTELL DRUG Co. relieves you. since | .|“such tickets shall not be enforce these provisions.” | July 11, 1911, the city council passed a resolution instructing its ‘utilities department to secure from the company the sale of tickets at | 12 designated places in adfition to those named in the franchise. The ‘company acceded to that request Not satisfied with thin coneces sion the council later in the same year passed an ordinance requiring us to sell tickets on the street cars at six for 25 cents, and by this or @inance violated the franchise and compelled the company to do that ; which the franchise did not say it |should do, forcing upon us a of many thousands of dollars, until the federal court in August, 1913, declared the ordinance invalid Since then tickets have been pur chased in large lots, even tho the franchise expressly stipulates that trans and resold all over the ferable,” ., of four per cent on the utnrover This is illegal. Competition Enters Ordinance No. 5874, passed in March, 1900, granted our principal |franchise. Our light and power franchise was granted fn 1902 After we had accepted these fran chises in the terms in which they were granted; after our raflways power stations and other plants had been constructed and placed in operation at a cost of many mil }lions of dollars, the city started a | competitive business by entering jthe light and power field. We d« not question the city’s right to do this, but we do question its wisdom [It passed ordinances requiring us | to do some things not provided for jin our franchises and other things for which we had no franchises }and prosecuted our officials for re |fusing to comply with the unjust | demands made, all of which ordi nances and prosecutions the courts refused to uphold. But we, of course, had to pay for the litign tion. Then the city, without legal au thority to do so, issued licenses to jitney busses and permitted dreds of those busses to operate for hire, competing with us over streets for the paving of which we have paid millions of dollars. They were allowed to parallel our tracks and take hundreds of thousands of dollars of business away from us j without paying a cent of assess ment toward the construction an@ maintenance of streets and bridges large sums of money in costs and maintenan grows earnings taxes from opera tion with other taxes on the physi cal property laid thereon. City the Violator The city has violated its contract with us many times over. It has made illegal demands which the courts have refused to uphold, and thus forced upon us the expense of litigation. It permitted unlawful and unregulated competition with our railways to exist, has refused to consent to any mediation to set tle differences, but seems to ex pect, on the contrary, acceptance on our part of any ruinous arb! trary demands that may be made These are all facts that will be borne out by the records of ordi nances passed, orders made «and suite instituted. So it is not a question of violating the franchise contract between the city and the company, but of who started the war that compelled the company to Ko to the Public Service commis- sion for relief. The time has come when the company is going to insist upon the same equare deal from all city paving “THEIR} 4oss | palgn to pay nothing under on which we had long been paying | as well as!| FIEND SLUGGER TRAILS WOMAN INTO HER HOME Operating with greater bold nee n ever before, a thug, believed to be the woman slugger, attacked Mra, Henry Hunter, 1540 the window of her husband was next room, Monday night. He struck Mrs, Hunter on the head with a blunt inatru- ment, rendering her uncon scious, and then disappeared. | Mrs. Hunter was accosted by the} man at the corner of 56th st, and) 17th ave, N. W,, when she fled and) re her home in safety. Whi oving her hat and coat, the 4 hed thru the window and 8 md her, Altho the police were | notified at once, they were unable} to find any trace of the slugger Mrs. Hunter's deseription of ber assailant did not tally exactly with that given by other vietime in the past few weeks CONFIRM LIST OF STRIKE POLICEMEN The city council Monday con-| firmed Mayor Gill's appointment of | 84 apectal policemen to protect ex press drivers from attacks by} striking drivers, Thus far, no seri-| has been reported to us trouble the police The most active voleano In the [world is Mt. Sanga: fea, in eruption sine and other officials that it has al ways received from the public it self; and we are going to do this so that the service, which the pub lic expects and has the right to ex pect, may not be impaired. W. LEONARD. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Star prints the letter of President Leonard, of the traction company, in full He has stated his caso well—-as well as the traction com- pany’s case can be stated. He ts almost convincing, even when he) says that the city refused to take! money from the company His! words are smooth, but what of the facts? | To any thinking 1 | appear absurd that the take money it is entitled to under) the franchise. Mr. Leonard would have us believe what is unbellev- able. The fact that the city does not take money offered by the traction company is sufficient proof that the company {fs not offering what the franchise provides. There js a string attached to Leonard's | Offer. It is hedged about with re strictions which the city naturally |camnot accept | And the fact remains, too, as ts }ascertained from Mr. Leonard's own letter, that the company has not been paying the paving costs ft is obligated to pay under the franchise, The city has had to go to court to collect this money, and the judicial process betne notor- ously slow, the company has been holding on to this cash for quite a long spell If the company had not em- jbarked upon an anarchistic cam- the franchise that {t can dodge, how could there be any dispute as to |the payment of the 2 per cent gross receipts’ Until the courts declare that it need not pay it, it is bound the franchise and = the money should be given the city without attaching a number of re- strictions, The same goes for the paving The company has petitions to be relieved from these payments be fore the public service commission, but until a roling is given in its favor, it must, if {t is not an an archistic concern, remain bound by the franchise | Mr. Leonard harks beck to the! time the municipal Nght pliant was) started. He bemoans competition. | The city has never given the com-| pany an exclusive franchise for the| sale of light and power. It ought never to have given exclusive fran chises for any street car lines, | elther. | The company got franchises from | }the city, worth millions, for noth ling. Could the city have treated one better? When the city passed) an ordinance requiring the sale of car tickets on street cars, it was done for the accommodation of the! public, and NOT tn violation of the franchise. The car company was required by the franchise to sell] car tickets at 25 for $1. The city | did not ask any modification of) this, It did not ask for a reduc tion of the rates. It did not impose any new conditions. It merely took the position that the public could be better accommodated ff tickets were sold on street cars, as in other cities, than at the car barns The company Itself recognized that public accommodation required better facilities than merely “of. | fiees” of the company, and volun |tarily had placed the wale of tickets at several points downtown, De- partment stores had been selling tickets, and so had other stores, as an accommodation to the public he city's ordinance merely point led to other “offices” of the com |pany where tickets might be sold conveniently—-namely the street | curs. | Bervies to the public? That's exactly what the traction company | Obligated itself to give wder the franchise. That is all that is asked} of it, It ed to give that service} |when it persisted in extortionate | rates for light and power, and the | municipal light plant was a natural | result Light rates have conse quently decreased to 26 per cent of | what they weer before the city plant | came into existence, Live up to the agreements with the city, live up to the franchise) and don't treat it as a “serap of! paper” when fancy suits you, live up to the spirit of the franchise, as well as the letter—and there can, be no misunderstanding or dis-| putes, Mr, Leonard pity won't! If you value your watch, let Haynes repair ft. Next Liberty theatre.—Adv, : STAR—TUESDAY, JULY 17, Look for the 100 Special Signs in Each Department TELEPHONE MAIN 6720. ~= ponm er 1917. PAGE 4 MeDougallfout —s eure ee est ae ore eee SECOND AVE. AND PIKE ST. arene a ES July of Summer Sales e Merchandise Continue ES ESTABLISHED 1875 Wednesday Is the Day of One Hundred Specials If More er pram Call Main 6720 and BASEMENT FLOOR No. 1—40c Feather Dusters for 25c No. 2—$1.50 Feather Dusters for 70c No. 3—$1.00 Wash Tubs, 75c 0 Galvanized—wringer attachment No. 4—55c Call Bells, Metal Plated, 25c Tubs, $1.15 Extra heavy, tachment No, 6—65c Galvanized Kitchen Pail, 400 With strainer in corner. No. 7—45c Howard's Dustless Dust Cloth, 25¢ Large size No. 8—S0c Wet Mops, 25c Regular Slasher style No. 9—35c Vel-Chamee Polishing Cloths, 15c An indispensable household ar- ticle. No. 10—55c Garden Trowel for 20c No. 11—35c¢ Seuce Pan, 20c Of gray enamel with heavy re- tinned cover. No. 12—35¢ Fancy Paper Napkins, 100 for 20c No. 13—25e Bottle Polishing Floor Oil, 15¢ Keeps floor bright and shining. No. 14—45¢ Hand Weeding Fork, 15¢ No. 15—$1.25 Combinet, 65¢ Of good quality enamel No. 16—Preserving Kettle for $1.45 99 per cent pure aluminum; 9- quart size. No. 17-—$4.25 Dish Pan, $1.95 99 per cent pure aluminum No. 18—$1.90 Marion Harland Coffee Pot, $1.35 7-cup size No. 19—$2.75 Bath Room Shelves, $1.65 Of heavy glass No. 20—$1.25 Casseroles, 30c Of imported blue and white ware | FIRST FLOOR | | No. 21—Men’s 75¢ and $1.25 Belts, 35c Tan leather. No. 22—Men’s 40c Fiber Silk Sox, Pair 29c Black or tan only; sizes 9% to 1] No, 23—Men’s Bathing Suits for $1.15 Of cotton, with wringer at- well made No. 24—Men’s $3.50 and $4.00 | Shirts, $2.29 Of fine fiber silk No. 25—Men’s $2.50 B. V. D. Union Suits, $1.55 Of mercerized cotton; 36, 38, 40, 46 sizes 34, No. 26—Men’s 75c and $1.90 | Handkerchiefs, 40c Of fine linen with French yhand- | worked initial No. 27—Men’s 50c and 65c Socks, Pair 35c Of silk or silk 3 pairs for $1.00. No. 28—Men’s Union Suits, Each $2.89 Broken lines of $4.00 Union Suits No. 29—Women’s Belts, 10c These Belts were formerly priced from 50¢ to 75¢ No. 30—Women’s Belts, 45c Of white kid with tortoise shell buckle; formerly priced to $125 No. 31—Women’s Silk Bags at $4.95 17 only, fine Silk Bags, beauti- fully trimmed; formerly priced to $8.50. No. 32—Silk Bags, $2.95 29 in this lot; values $3.45 to $6.00. lislé; all sizes; $5.00 and rerag. ger3I23 WET TS UCH days as this one are not often overlooked by the women TS aS No. 33—Fine Silk Parasols at $3.95 Former values $5.00 to $7.50. No. 34—Silk Parasols, $1.65 Former $3.50 to $5.00. No. 35—Women’s Silk Hose, Pair 95c Fancy Silk Hose in checks, stripes and plaids; all sizes in the assortment No. 36—Children'’s Sox, 18 White with fancy tops of pink or blue. No. 37—Children'’s Stockings Black only; fine ribbed; in sizes 5 to 9%. No. 38—Women's Glove Silk Bloomers, $2.45 Reinforced Silk Bloomers pink or white; sizes 5, 6, 7, 8. No. 39—Women’s $1.25 Union Suits, 85c¢ Lisle. or wide shell 3% and & No. 40—Children’s Waists at 19¢ Seconds of the regular 35c qual- ity, with button attachments. No. 401,—Women's 65 and 85c Silk Gloves, 39c Double finger tipped Silk Gloves of the best makes. Colors are tan, brown, navy and black. Sizes 5, S%, values in Silk Lisle Union Suits, sizes M or lace .knee 6, 6%. No. 41—Women’s $2.50 Motor Gauntlets, $1.25 Gauntlets of genuine skin; sizes 514, 6 and 6% No. 42—Women's Silk Gloves for 59c Double finger tipped Silk Gloves in black, white or gray No. 43—75c Val. Lace, Bolt 55¢ Twelve-yard pieces of fine round or diamond mesh Val. Laces and Beading Edges No. 44—30c to 45c Corset Cover Embroidery, 10c Corset Cover Embroideries, 17 inches wide, of crepe, Swiss and voile No. 45—20c Embroidery Edgings, Bolt 8c Six yards in bolt, of white mate- rial, with colored designs on edge No. 46—Woven Name Tapes, 3 for 10c Packages containing a woven names, on tape, for ing one’s personal effects No. 47—5c Linen Tapes, 3 for 10c Dutch Linen Flax Tape in bolts, mostly -wide widths. No. 48—$7.00 Ostrich Neckpieces, $3.65 Novelty neckpieces, inches long, of extra quality uncurled stock, in unique color combinations Chinese Girdles, $1.95 Novelty Chain Gardles highly colored links No. 50—50c Rings, 20c Sterling Silver Finger Rings, set with imitation cameos. Men's and women’s sizes No. 51—$1.50 Baby Rings, 69c Solid gold Baby Rings, set with tiny opals and other stones No, 52—$1.00 Sterling Silver Souvenir Spoons, 55c Coffee Spoons — with handles. No. 53—-10c to 25 Velvet Ribbon, 3 Yards for 10c Colored Velvet Ribbous widths up to No, 5, No. 54—Wash Ribbons, Bolt for 8c Five-yard pieces of Silk Ribbon in dot pattern No. 55—$1.25 Ribbons, Yard 49c Wide Ribbons in pretty floral designs; suitable widths for sashes, etc, Mocha dozen mark- 24 with novelty in Wash of Seattle and near-by towns, In purchasing home and personal supplies, careful thought is being given to wearing qualities, and when an opportunity such as this arises there is little left to do but buy, and buy everything that is needed. For your convenience printed signs, corresponding to numbers in the advertisement, appear in each section of the store. = == No. 56-——-Women's 18c Handkerchiefs, 3 for 25c Sheer Handkerchiefs with hand-embroidered initials: C, Y, 42 3.%, L, M, Ny. S, 7 | No. 57—$8.50 Hall-Borchert Adjustable Dress Forms, $5.85 Form with collapsible nickel- plated skirt. No. 58—10c to 25c Wash Trimmings, 5c Wash Trimmings ar fast colors; 4 these Db, 1 Edges; all and 6-yard pleces No. 59—Sc Spool Silk, 12 for 35c Excellent quality Sewing Silk, in colors only No. 60—SUc to 75c i » 39 Including Paper and Corre- spondence Cards Some boxes slightly soiled, but Paper in per- fect condition No. 61—75c and $1.00 Kodak Albums, 59c Several up to black pages in each No. 62—S0c Hurd’s Lonsdale Fabric Linen, 25c 24 Correspondence Cards and 24 Envelopes in each box. No. 63—$1.25 and $1.50 Fountain Pens, 95c Self-filling style with gold irid- ium point pen; guaranteed sizes 10x12; 50 No. 64—Untrimmed Shapes Reduced to $1.95 Including lisere and hemp of fine quality. In navy blue, rose, burnt, green, delit or white. No. 65—Maline Reduced to 10c Yard For evening trimmings. Light olive, red, ivory, purple, peacock blue No. 66—Veils Reduced to 10c Yard-wide Veils of various meshes. Black, brown, navy, flesh or purple No. 67—Ten Summer Suits Reduced to $15.00 Summer-weight cloth fabrics. Five size 16, one size 17, 3 size .18, one size 36. No. 68—Silk Blouses Reduced to $2.95 Including about fifty attractive styles, mostly crepe de chine. In black, white, colors or fancy fig- ures No. 69—Children’s White Canvas Pumps, $1.65 Broken lines of regular $2.00 and $2.50 styles No. 70—Women’s $5.00 Low Footwear, $2.65 Incomplete sizes of Sports Ox- fords, Pumps and Strap Slippers _ THIRD FLOOR No. 71—Pink Coutil Corsets, Special at $1.19 A style for the full figure, sizes 22 to and a style for the slen- der figure 20 to 26. Sub- stantially made and daintily trim- med No. 72—Hook Front Brassieres, Special 59c Some are trimmed with lace, oth- ers with embroidery; sizes 34 to 48 No. 73—$3.00 Dix-Make Dresses, $2.25 This is one number that we are going to discontinue. are included. ors. No. 74—$1.00 Middy Suits, 79c I a plain skirt and middy, in checks or all-pink. i No. 75—-$2.25 Middy Suit neck throws and blue, lavender, light or dark sizes Most sizes In all-white or col- at $1.95 This style of Middy Suit may be bad in plain colors only. | colored | decoration, ; Convenient Use the Telephone remeeee——or r=. Order by Number | No. 76—E. M. C. Athletic | Union Suits for Women, 95c They're great for comfort. Most all men wear Athletic Suits in sum- mer time No, 77—$1.50 Crepe Night Gowns, 95c A slipover style of white or floral ; | crepe with lace trimming. | No, 78—$4.00 Crepe } Middy Suits, $2.95 For girls 6 to No, 79—Children’s $1.50 14 years. | Wash Hats, 95c Most interesting little styles, made of pink and blue gingham, No. 80—Children’s 50c | Dresses for 39c 2- to G-year sizes. ginghams, also Dresses Pinafa Aprons No, 81—Nursery Furniture Reduced Hand-tinted White Enamel /Fm- niture, including Crib, Table, Qhgir, Cabinet, Hamper, Bath Tub} and Baby Corral. No. 82—$10.00 and $12. Blankets, $7.95 A limited number of ‘hite Wool Blankets that are slightly soiled | No. 83—$5.85 Bedspreads for $3.85 72x98 Imported Satin Spreads. No. 84—65c and 75¢ White Pique, 50c Yard This includes several different weaves, each 27 inches wide. No. 85—$1.75 Bath Mats for $1.00 Fine grade Imported Mats, 272 42 inches. No. 86—20c Outing Flannel for 15c White only; 36 inches wide. No. 87—18c Ripplette, 10c Yd. In odd colors; 27 inches wide. | No. 88—Cluny Laces and i Reduced ions Including widths from 2 inches, in white or ecru. $2.00 values reduced to....95 75c values reduced to No. 89—One lot of Stamped Pieces, Special at 10c Your choice of Stamped Skirts, Kimonos, Children’s Combinations, Doilies, etc. No. 90—25c Stamped Towels for 19¢ Neat designs stamped on candy striped border Towels. No. 91—12c to 20c Yarns,.” 2 Skeins for 15c An odd lot of slightly soiled Yarns that vary in color. ‘ | No. 92—35c Cluny Laces and Insertions, 10c | No. 93—Thin Lead Blown Tumblers, 60c Dozen Phere will be 80 dozen to sell at this price. No. 94—Six Cups and Six Saucers, $1.00 Of thin china with dainty ban@ Six only to a cuss tomer. No. 95—Sundae Glasses, 10c Each Rock Crystal pattern, | No. 96—Covered Sugar Jars, 10c Each Colonial pattern glassware. No. 97—18c Curtain Swiss, 14c Yard + Dotted or inches wide No. 98—$1.15 Rag Rugs, 95c 25x50 inches, in solid colors, with herringboue borders No. 99—40c to 60c Cretonnes, 28c Yard 40 different patterns of Creton in lengths from 5 to 25 No. 100—25c Curtain ‘Marquisette, 18c Yard 40 inches wide, in cream or beige color, figured Swisses, 36 to 5¥ i: #