The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 4, 1919, Page 12

PAGE Per Day by BY RICHARD SPILLANE | Leading American Financial and Business Writer Seward Prosser, president of the Tankers’ Trust company, of New York, in a letter to a friend, said nothing in all financial history tm: pressed him so much a the dis tribution of Liberty Bonds among more than 20,000,000 of persons. He pictured the ct in higher} puntry; in er of the! ary inter of | appreciation A bond of his or her mo est in the nation; of the hab thrift that would result. A ho said it fired Bde imagin | when he thought of the invest power that would develop in this] country as the millions and miNions of persons, heretofo unfamiliar with bonds, came to know them put their money surplus in t : and he dwelt on what this would mean in the prosperity and great nese of the nation and the better ment, the contentment and the hap piness of the pe Mr, Prosser is of the leading bankers of the wo His office is at Broad and Wall streets in New York. Around the corner from the Rank ers’ Trust company is another “banker,” so called, He has vision Dut it is of another kind. Hoe ts one ef the leaders among the powers that prey. He has branch establish ments in more than 25 cities. His expenses exceed $2,000 a day. He saw in the 20,000,000 liberty Bond holders and the others who had money surplus such opportunity for swindling as was never presented | before in America. | He and scores of others like him | have made fraud an established | business in America. OW Stocks—of All Kinds It has become so widespread as to be not only a national scandal but a national menace. | The powers that prey are running | wild and working overtime. Of companies that are such in name and never will produce a pint || * First Picture of i Escaped Irishman | thse vad = =e Zoned DE VALERA. Here is a picture of De Valera, taken since his escape from a Brit- ish prison, where he was held for complicity in the Irish revolutionary | movement. De Valera is in hiding | about Dublin, and is planning soon | to come to America, | THIEVES TAKE ALL BUT GARAGE FLOOR) LOS ANGELES, April 4.—Bur giars stole the entire contents of a garage here recently, including six automobiles, according to a report to the police by M. Roth, the proprie | tor. Roth said ‘when he went home| his garage, in a down town sec | tion, contained six automobiles, 20/ extra tires with tubes, a welding outfit and the customary office fur- niture. When he opened his place | of business he found the place | stripped clean of everything. i Million Dollars Stolen Shady Stocks of off are being incorporated by the| hundreds, Industrial concerns, #0 | called, ave springing up over night and will wither and die #0 soon as! the stock is sold, Every form of wild | cat swindle known of old has been revamped, amplified to make it more alluring. The biggest force of “salesmen” ever organized by the Wet Rich Quick Operators is in serv ‘ It would seem an exaggeration if the truth were told of how success ful the sharpers have bee n. It would be moderate to estimate their steal |ings at one million dollars a day Take Due Caution No sensible man or woman will put one dollar today in any stock | that js not listed on a regular ex: or that in not approved by | A responsible banker. To buy stock in an oll “prospect” or other property not of proven | fi} worth is folly It has been shown that for every thousand oil companies incorporat ed in America, 999 fail to pay divi | dends and only one succeeds, The chances you take, therefore, if you buy off stock are one in a thousand. Far more money has been paid for ‘stock in “gold mines than| there hax been gold taken out of the earth in America. Far more} money has been paid for stock in| “silver mines than there has been silver taken out of the earth in America, Far more money has been paid for stock in “oll com. panies that never produced a gallon | of off than is represented by the wealth of all the Rockefellers, the Flagiers, the Rogers, the Harkness family, the Dohenys and other oil} millionaires. } ‘There are no greater enemies to America today than the men who! are getting the money and the Lib- y Bonds of the people for worth- k. They are destroying | fi ruining homes, robbing the | young and the old, They are impair- | ing the credit of the government. | They are undermining thrift. EBERT FAMILY IS DEMOCRATIC Live Simple Life; Daughter Likes Automobile (Gpecial to The Star by N. FE. A) | | | BERLIN, April 4 President | Ebert of Germany has a democratic | family. They have moved from the work: | ing class quarter of Bertin into the/| official residence attached to the ministry of the interior. But neith-| er Mrs. Ebert por her children are anxious to change to quarters any more palatial than these It had been suggested that they occupy the Bellevue castian It was put to a vote of the family. “Alto gether too imposing.” was the ver. dict. In view of the Spartacan activi tles and the conapicuousness of the Castle Bellevue, the verdict was a) fine one. | A visit to the presidential home | found Mra, Ebert without a servant and ready to do any of the work of | the household from carrying co@ from the cellar to cooking the famr lly meal, “How did the family celebrate the election of Herr Ebert to the prest- dency?” was asked. “We cracked a bottle of wine with some good friends of ours and there were a few telegrams of congratula- tons, and somebody sent a basket of flowers. Then some letters came, and that was all," replied the preai- dent's wife. Mrs. Ebert takes pride in the fact that heretofore she has done all the sewing for her family, and seema re- gretful that hereafter they will have to submit to the costumers. The Eberts lost two sons in the! war, one in Macedonia and the oth-| er at Chemin des Dames. A surviv-} ing son is @ newspaperman and a 19- | year-old daughter has now given up| @ business position and finds delight in riding about in the president's of. | ficial car—when the Spartacans keep off the street enough to make it safe. NOW THEY’RE GLAD | TO GET THAT TANK’ LONDON, April 4.—-Winchester city council has reversed its decision | not to accept a tank offered by the| British war office. The refusal of | the war souvenir created such a protest that the council lost no time | in meeting and voting to accept the | trophy “with thanks,” and a site is) being sought. | | rs NS | FORCE FOOD PRICES DOWN | PARIS, April 4.—-Government food shops are selling things to eat at, prices 49 per cent under those charged by private retailers, and prices are coming down all along the | line. in To: ZONE FINANCE OFFICER, LEMON BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C. soldiers authorized by the act of I first reported at .. I was assigned to . ON -ecsecenceee I wa mission on ... officers only.) I received my discharge 1 I enclose herewith my 4: Street address corner of each. QUIRED. IT [8 OFFICIALLY DISCHARGED SOLDIERS! Sign This Blank and Get Your $60 Bonus from Wash- It Simplifies Matters For You. I hereby make application for the $60 bonus to discharged I entered the service on.. Rank on discharge { DIRECTIOY ' With this application send all the discharge papers in your ' possession issued to you since April 6, 1917. To guard against { { ' { { ' { ( { You may get an official copy of your discharge certificate made in the county auditor's office, This will be accepted for the original THIS BLANK CONTAINS ALL THE FINANCE OFFICER OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Us , AND SAVE HIM AND YOURSELF A LOT OF TROUBLE. ‘ 'e { February 24, 1919, (Give company and regiment or corps ( § 9.10 @File Hine for oommniagiones. | { certificate, or order for discharge, { § ischarge certificate, or copy made and attested by the county auditor, or my order for discharge. 5 Please make out and address my check as follows: 5 their loss write your name and address in pencil on the left hand ‘FORMATION RE- BY THE ZONE APPROVE THE SEATTLE STAR 1919, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, LRA — eal ey jl yy —i=_= Why You Will Come to the Upstairs Selling Plan Because it spells economy and the maximum in value--- because it means actual dollars saved, you are going to come eventually to the Lundquist-Lilly upstairs selling plan. Thousands of men throughout the Northwest are saving money, and they are coming back season after season to buy their clothes, which is proof that they are obtaining clothes satis- faction as well as saving money. Our selling cost has been reduced to the minimum. With an absolutely cash selling policy—with our low upstairs rental, and by reducing every expense of operation to the sg bed have very materially cut down the cost of selling, and you get the benefit inthe price you othes. yr Odd Trousers Suits and QOvercoats $15 to *45 Buy this season’s clothes upstairs and save money. Look for the wide, spacious stairway in the ten-story Joshua Green Building, at Fourth and Pike. Come up and inspect this mammoth stock of over ten thousand garments and one of the most complete varieties of Hats shown anywhere. DRESS SUIT _Now that the war is over social events are being given. Our Dress Suits are marvelous examples of the tailor’s art. Don’t pay a high price —§$20 or $25 buys a beautiful Evening Suit at this upstairs store. Buy your Hat at this upstairs store and save money. We are receiving new styles almost every day. Upstairs price $2.50 to $5.50. If you want to make your old suit do a little longer buy an odd pair of trous- ers. We sell them for less upstairs. Upstairs Clothes Shop Joshua Green Building ; Fourth and Pike