The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 26, 1918, Page 2

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Crawford, of Crawford Bros. employment agency, chal- lenged the city license committee Monday morning in its efforts to regulate employment offices, He claimed that a recent decision of the supreme court proclaimed em- ployment offices as legitimate bus ness enterprises, and that in the face of this ruling the committee could do nothing to take away the privileges of these concerns. The superior court is now con sidering the case of the Pacific Audit & System Co. who license was revoked by the committee, but who are still doing business pending judgment. A PART OF THE PHEL™ CIRCLIT Paid Advertisement Fred C. Brown —for— Emily Ann Wellman and Jack Mortis Present WHERE THINGS HAPPEN By Richard Madden A Vivid Glimpse of “Over There” in Six Flashes PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Conlin and Glass ‘A Fool, a Flirt and Her Father THE BISON CITY FOUR Messrs. Milo, Girard, Hughes and Rosco Those French Girls (The Amoros Sisters) Leonard Gautier’s Animated Toyshop Barto and Clark Present COLUMBIA & VICTOR Vaudeville’s Latest Novelty Orpheum Travelogue Concert Orchestra _ . Twice Every Day—2:30, 8:15 Nights, 10c, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1. Mats., 10c to 50c Seats always on sale one week in advance at box office, or | Feserved by phone, Main 222, Ask us about season reservation SCHOOL BOARD ‘The examinations for th attlo high « ber will be entrance into ptem the Hroadway high school, Examina tions in history and civies are ached: | uled for 9 a m., and language and) grammar for 1 p, m., on Tuesday, August 29 The examination In arithmetic is scheduled for 9 a, m.,| ind that in geography for 1 p,m, on Friday, August 30, Only Bighth| grade pupils who have received pers} mission from thelr Mighth grade principals or from the superintend: | ent's office may take these examina uons The examinations for making up failure’ work and for advanced tanding in the high schools will be given in each of the Seattle high we Examinations in English! and commercial English are sghed uled for 9 & m., in science and com mercial geography at 10:90 a. m., in history, civics and economics for 1 pom, and in Latin for 230 p. m on Thursday, August 29. ‘The exan ination in German is scheduled for 9| a.m, in commercial work for 10:30 a. m., in mathemat or pom. and in French and Spanish for 2:30 p.m on Friday, August 30. Only pupils who have received permission from | their principals may take these ex. | amination, and puptia munt take the | exacninations at the high school from | which their permita were received. DRAFTED MAN | DRINKS POISON The dead body of a young man| was discovered early Monday morn ing by J. J. O'Hara, of the Maritime Pipe Works, lying on Matlroad ave. | King st. An empty bottle Ia bled carbolic actd, purchased at the James St. Drug company, 115 James st, was lying beside him. At the morgue, identification pa pers disclosed hin name to be Samuel near | Thompson, 2%, of 1073 Third ave, re } cently of Salt Lake City Utah, Ip duction papers for loca! board No. 2! that city, calling on Thompson pear for army service August 24, at 10 a. m., were also found on| his person. The police believe that | he committed mulcide to escape being drafted into th: Boys Use Hen Fruit | to Bombard House | Appropriating a basket of eggs |from the rear of the Roslyn hotel George and Tom McDonald, boys of 554 Harrizon rt day about midnight. started out to have a little diversion on thelr way home At least, no may the police, who about 1145 received a call from a mys | terious and indignant voice, stating | young Su barded by hen-fruit, and asking that | the boys at thelr work, mined to put a stop to it led the boys «mashed the remainder Of the eggs on the sidewalk, and ran. and deter | cane. Drafted Men Given Rousing Send-Off From 600 to 700 draft men of the | last August contingent entrained for Camp Lewis from Seattle Monday afternoon, after a rousing sendott) Attacked by Airmen on the part of the various patriotic | organizations of the city. After a luncheon and entertain ment at the Arena, at 2 p. m., the men paraded taru the streeta, ending in front of the Moose temple, Second and Seneca, where they were pre sented with comfort kita, containing tobacco, fruits, candy, ete. A con cert was given, and Mayor Hanson made an ac ‘CANADA SUGAR RATION | LOWER THAN IN U. S. | SPOKANE, Aug. 26.—Reports that the Canadian government in placing no restrict on the use of sugar, and that of this country, by merely crossing the border, may pur chase in large amounts, are emphat ically denied by the United States food administration The Canada food board, Chairman Hebberd says, recently innued a state | ment calling for 4 reduction of Can adian sugar consumption to one and one-half pounds per person per | month, half a pound below the honor | ration requested in this country by |the United States food administra |tion, All regulations governing the | use or holding of sugar will be rigid ly enforced, the Canada food board | has declared TO GIVE RELIEF DANCE FOR POLISH CHILDREN The second of a series of Tuesday night benefit dances will be held on August 27, in Mme. Lepper's hall, | Fourth and Pine, for the Polish chil | dren's relief. The hall and music |have been donated. Refreshments | will be served | Septen used for Belgian reli Kighty rs was cleared at the dance given last Tuesday for the French sailors’ benefit Auto Men Enjoy Outing at Lake | Seattle automobile merchants and | | | the proceeds will be employes with their fam |friends, journeyed to Silver 1 | Sunday, w an enjoyable outing and pienic w held. Pusiness wor. jries were cast aside for a day of fresh air, sunshine, good eats, fishing jana FEDERATION TO HOLD | OPEN MEETING TONIGHT The King County Legislative fed eration will hold an open meeting in the parlors of the Frye hotel, at &| | o'clock Monday night. Both men and | | women are invited. Questions will be answered regarding candidates for | prosecuting «attorney and county | | commissioners ports DRESS FORM SHOW Edna Walker, assistant to Mary 8, | utherland the food administra: | , Will give a demonstration of the me-made dress forms at the Yesler brary rd ave, and Yesler way, Tuesday at 2 p. m He shout | | cetved from that city. THE SEATTLE STAR—-MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1918, ANNOUNCED BY MEN KILLED IN. BATTLE ACTION Paul F. Haubris After celebrating his 17th birthday | on the Fourth of July, Private Paul ¥, Haubris, former Broadway high hool at wan killed 16 later while taking part in the Amer can advance we days Paul Haubris, whore Hee switchboard signal operator, liv ing at 610 16th ave. N., enlisted with the Coast artillery when 16. He wan later traneferred to the Becond Wash ington regiment and then to the 18th regiment, with which unit he met his 3251 E. Spruce at Other Seattle soldiers, whe was confirmed in the“casu sued from Washington, D. C., Mon jday, were Private Eaward J. Wolff, son of Mr. and Mr. E. J, Wolff, 1020 Bellevue court, 203 Kellevue ave. N and Private Richard C. ° Willard whose next of kin is Mrs. A. Willard, pruce st. Kb te Wolff died of wounds and te Willard was killed in action Private Raymond Vaughn. tof kin is Mrs. Lottie M. Vau Belmont ave., is listed missing in a ‘The names of 14 Washington state men are contained in Monday's list from the capital JAIL SANITARY, SAYS SPARLIN Letters from all sources are swamping the county comminsioners office with complaints, advice and | that 415 Taylor ave. was being bom: | remedies in regard to the condition | Claude Ramaay, | | police reserves be called up at once. | chairman of the county commission: | Patrolman Roy Davia, happening | era, instigated an examination of the | to be In the immediate vicinity, auw | jail under County Health Commis. | the of the county jail. sioner Sparling, who reported jail as not being insanitary. “We are willing to gtve the prison: ers sanitary conditions with plenty They were captured, and the juve-|of light and air,” nile authorities will dispose of et “but we cannot see our way to furn ish the prisoners with pool rooma We didn't invite | them into the jail, and in comparison | with what our boys undergo over and tennis courte. there the jall is parlor life.” Constantinople Is AMSTERDAM, Aug. 26 Hed air squadrons attacked Con stantinople on Wednesday night. ac cording to an official dispatch re THERE’S A DIFFERENCE Some years ago A company on “monthly pay "loaned over a haif Jollars in Seattle in ar; these loans were principally to “home. builders.” The borrowers were induced to believe they were paying about 6% per cent in. terest-—when, as a matter of fact, they were paying 12 per cent per annum, Our rate is not 12 per cent, nor 10 per cent, but it is 7 per cent per annum, computed on quarterly balances. And we give borrowers privilege of paying whole loan at any time, without notice. When borrowing on the monthly payment plan, there: fore, be sure you are not pay: ing an exorbitant rate of inter. est, and be sure you do not get tied up on a long, hard con tract You can borrow money from us—-on the monthly payment plan—nat 7 per cent per annum —and if you pay off your loan in one week, we will charge you one week's interest (ONLY) at the rate of 7 per cent per annum, Read again made that last sentence and then come or send to us for our literature and loan application, Washington Mutual Savings Bank 810 Second Avenue Tho Oldest and Largest Strictly Savings Institution in Washington [FREE DOCTOR Go to the IT DRUG Co. ‘ashington St. and 1111 First Ave, RIG 1 And the Doctor will give! you a careful examination | and — prescribe FREE. If you are sick you cannot do bet- ter than take advantage of this offer. ‘We save you money and give the best possible treatment, for you father is po | atated Tammay, | Two al- | | In coming here for your dental work. Every operator employed in these offices i an expert dentist who understands his business thoroughly. Every one of them has his cer- tificate from the state dental board hanging right on the wall in front of his dental chair, in plain sight of all. We use the best of materials. Our methods are absolutely pain- less. Our prices are the lowest. _We guarantee all our work. And our guarantee is binding and means just what it says, that if for any reason whatever your work does not give entire satisfaction, come back to us and we will make it right. FREE EXAMINATION! We invite you to call at our offices and let one of our experts give your teeth a thorough examination. He will tell you just what is needed to put your teeth into perfect condition | and also just what the cost will be. You will be surprised to find how small the cost will be, and one thing is very certain, it will be worth a whole lot more to you than the cost. ‘ Don’t you think it is about time that you gave yourself the advantage of a good set of teeth? _ REGAL DENTAL OFFICES~ | DR. L. R. CLARK, Manager. 1405 Third Avenue. N. W. Corner Third and Union. In Every Respect Seattle’s Leading Dentists. Diagonally Across the Street From the Postoffice. Be Sure to Get to the Right | ce. | LADY ATTENDANTS ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. Why You Should Build a House Seattle must have 5,000 more homes to house the men needed to give this city $200,000,000 additional government con- tracts. Now’s the time to build, for, war or no war, Seattle is just beginning to grow. Now’s the time for the man who has long held a vacant lot to improve it and speedily realize on the investment. There are years and years of ship- building ahead. War industries will, al- most over night, become peace indus- tries. The thousands of families that are coming to Seattle are coming to stay! The More Homes Bureau, made up of well known business men, has an organi- zation to help you with every phase of building—getting the site, planning the house, providing financial assistance, buying materials cheaply, assembling the labor—all this to help YOU, and entirely FREE. Come right to our offices, and let us Me a you to benefit yourself and Seuctle. MORE HOMES BUREA GROUND FLOOR COBB BLDG. J. F. Douglas, Chairman. A. S. Eldridge, Mgr.

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