The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 2, 1919, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR- DRIVE HERE HITS LANDLORDS re have been instructed to ous” a on the languages poorest ph homex where there are People | tween the ages of 4 and 24 a | PAGE 4 FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1919. | HOME BUILDING City Committee Goes After Lease Profiteers ''Here’s One of Britain’s Famous Mystery ‘Ships; It Carries Airplanes and Balloon teeta aeteeteemeeteeeteeteieeteeiemieemem sean ate eeetetetee et | Here ts the best picture that has come to America of the famoun Hrit wh warship Furious, It is called a & “Hush Mush” ship because of the i Tenants Revolt and Launch Era Says He Saddled Tacoma Losses on Seattle On the huge platform of ite after deck the Furious carried planes and 4n airship any of which could be launched directly from the platform. secrecy which surrounded its con In the pleture may be seen the air Foreign lan - ° . n languages aneg @ NEW YORK. May %—Written struction during the war ship on this platform, Attacking Postmaster Gener Tr | household ma too oft Hs | r complaints even more numerous leson for saddiing higher telep © \elgn, th s.” says sd oO ons uc Ons: on moat, of the previous days rates on Seattle to make up defi-| secretary of the school aS lof the rent profiteering investigation Jencies in less profitable phone cen-| Bolshevism only top phe ¢ $s e ope ciencies in less profitable phone cen-| Bolshevism only . were recelved by the mayor's com ) the : - — ed by th 7 ters, Corporation Counsel Walter F. | way fina ty, i 5 »| mittee today. A great majority of After being buffeted around for two years at the mercy 1 Sak Wee aad Geer pare of of autocratic rent agents, profiteering landlords and rent-|tne city, and complained of rents hogs, Seattle people have commenced to build homes for} that ranged down as low as $15 & into the minds of thetr ‘younger ones homes, foreign, tongue is need in duty te : - — 2 Meier addressed the members of the '” Young Men's Republican club luncheon in Bird's cafe at its weekly themselves. The April record of the superintendent of ean my yep rg “ange Pawo esis Whiaesiliiy tbh buildings shows the greatest building activity since the war | more ee gf cognate aiaee ot yulnes Cadel started, with small homes feading the way. Hundreds of tycir notices with instructions that sauieha, Centaih.se takes winks people who have been barred by the edicts of race-suiciding the rooms concerned could be be reasonable dividends paid on the investment in that city they not only raise the rate there, but raise the rate in the city of Seattle, which is) already paying some four and a frac | tion per cent on the amount invested, | and they take our money and help to pay the losses that are sustained in the city of Tacoma. ‘They also take| managers of “no children” apartment houses, will move) promptly rented to other tenants if into little buggalows and cottages before the summer ends. = bang: F ings om Satay oa Permission was granted by the/ing—and then for a returh to old |.) 4 anout their i ter Sean building department for the erection | time prices for labor and materials. ing rents to high percentages, argue of $1,341,415 worth of buildings in| realize that pri will not be much | that even at the present prices they the city. There were 1,377 permits | lower for some time to come—it ever, are making “only a fair return on Growth Eight Times If you have ri no in your ea fe. hard of hearing and tere deafness, go lo your @ get 1 ounce of P : the investment.” In many of the complaints received it ix noted that Build for Selves y. will often th 1918— | Boca aerenunm As compared with April, They are not building for invest . . a Sabk Of Guar Suman be Gale bone thy when the United States was in the| ment, except for themselves, and pel yg oy ge werner ll igen om re oboe ‘ war pongy hegaer al Clogged midst of its war with Germany—/ consequently they are willing to go ‘ Sodkai tocecre iter ot the past year, One complaint re pokan cas, as & mal | work now going on in Seattle, or au-/into the market and build their pee ll wabiadens aks ese Ah jeatied to the telapheab oie thio! thorized, js almost eight times the | homes, small or large. They have Genet at, Teoktve, ‘house, aes city, th forge cnncerthvcge rs ges | Smeg «hg ee ee | anaes ter mae ae longer’ | eq that the house had been sold and iin Spokane should be borne by the| Vv , only 372 permits were issued ctivity in all Hnes of building eh er ap reggae nets 00 ye for @ total building value of $168,005. | will increase for many months to | "@#0ld three times during the past hang eal being saddied upon all the telephone users of the sta’ six months, and that the terms had been advanced by each new land lord, until now rooms that formerly rented for $17 a month were offered at $50, ‘ And this growth in building has | come, say contractors and builders. come in a rush, for the permits for|They see Seattle spreading and the first three months of the year | growing more for permanancy Humbered only 1,220, for a total of| Among other types of buildings | $417,200, classified on the books of the build In March of this year, there were | ing department for April, with val ees ee 485 permits issued. Butldings were | ues, are. to be worth $185,545. | Building Types } Residences In Lead | Warehouse, factory, dock and | Residences listed tn the report for | wholesale buildings, 10; value, $296, the past month number 369. They | 350. ‘ £ are of all types, from the smallest Office and retail store buildings, ie cottage td cost only a few hundred | 10; value, $10,750. ‘ @ollars, to expensive bungalows and| Churches, hospitals, theatres and chads homes, reaching beyond the $5,000 | municipal buildings, 2; value, $11.450. ™ ‘ ” “i mark. The value of home-bullding| Hotels, flats, lodging and apart | Giant “Orioles and “Sea i in the city alone for the month is | ments, 5; value, $34,000. | 9658.905. Miscellaneous, 407; value $47,955. Gulls Are Planned | i And realty men believe it is only} Old butldings, alterations and addi- a U the beginning. The time has come, | tions, 551; value $279,765. Airplanes birdlike in structure = they say, when those who have wait-| |The construction of the new butld. | Color are displayed in @ number ed all during the war for a return | ings will mean the development of | Of Varieties in the great aerial to peace-time conditions before build. | 8,051 front feet of city property, play at the second Pan-American aeronautic convention exhibition now being held at Atlantic City. ‘The Curtins company has built an ortole several times as big as @ roc. Our entire stock, as we are going into the wholesale business, so we have cut the price on every article in the store to such a low figure that you will be forced to buy, as we have forgotten costs and our entire stock is at your mercy, starting Saturday, May 3,9 A. M. aera 2 iow of oe benaans, bat we Silty, este After |Offers Big Chance i to Become Wealthy | (Special to The Star by N. E. A.) ( eee trae, a ean 23| Cust Dos @aneunens, the oun at Gn | now Inviting trade: ters of igo a’ Annunaio, my ciel ret | poet, dazaies the boardwajk with a ie i & regi and steamship lines and | the ‘administrative ma- ‘The colonial minister now the attention of the world to + | ment of rail Our enormous ‘stock of Men’s [ BS reveal and Boys’ Clothing, Sipeeiiten Rese coe tegy gee| sayer tome, ter’ a resee’ ot Shoes, Hats and | See menthn te bag roewed his | tal indlae hat "aseing we Furnishi del OO oe a Asap The law reads: “Female Shame—-A PRECKLE-FACE =e okay "s tment in 1770, enacts; ‘That woman convince you, Mr. of whatever age, rank, profession or e — degree, who shall after this act im- and Mrs. Bargain ‘Bua and Wind Bring Out Usty Spots. pose upon, seduce and betray into i Hew to matrimony any of his majesty’s sub Seeker, that Jecta by virtue of paints, commetic oes ' »| washes, artificial teeth, false hair, oneal &@ remedy for freckles with the | iron stays, bolstered hips or high ferwit net coat sin Hanae 4 ee ogrsalegse eon l xod They'll Quit on Friday, Ac- YOUR DOLLAR you @ penny it} now in force against; the marriage Femoves the freckles; while if it does | under such circumstances, upon con- cording to Frank Cotterill sive you a clear complexion the ex-/viction of the offending parties, “ yee WILL it) pense is trifling. shall be null and void.” No more will Seattle builders labor ; Simply get an ounce of Othine— on Saturday, according to Frank W. ate Potton erlang tly Ey WONDERS few applications should sh : id HERE sad s few applications should show Peace Delay Cause [trates counci, but in the tutes of Armenian Deaths WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2.— five days each week will constitute thelr limit of toil. one ounce needed the worst case. | neiays by the peace conference were sa re i! pore aorta is the . . declared to be giving the Turks an |'¢* & referendum vote taken Be sure to ask “egy nbn o | opportunity to fesse the extermi. | @*t January, and was made effective UNION STORE Goudie gn ny pond sale ‘of | Ration of the Armenian race, in a May 3. strength ‘ender. gpa: Memorandum cabled to President| “The five-day week is expected to Money back if it fails to remove Wilson by the state department. relieve to some extent the present freckles. oversupply of labor, as the result of ing automobile driven by Harry | gaysnsers If you value your watch, let| West, 6613 Ryan st. The auto three years, and if hai} 1005 First, at Madison Haynes repair it. Near Liberty the- ym ro ie, Taeoy Set ae Dinouye P fogs «ug : ey Peon ’ jum ‘or safety. The Ja te mcrae sonra ano was caught in the double tree and you wish to feel the , dragged across the street. Bruised is and cut about the face, he was tal real lig $1 38 to hing dine 6 hospital, wha the Po: a e de! ht of Old . }says he was found to be under th + e Fete Semen od tontocae nee Times, come in and 9 xs DON’T TAKE TH STARS see the ridiculous Ts PANTS OFF YOUR POCKETBOOK Court Refuses to 6 x Ont for world war. It’s There’s going to be at least one more chance ‘ou to help Uncle Sam saz THE VICTORY LOAN The memorandum was prepared at the request of Assistant Secretary of State Phillips by Miran Sevasly, chairman of the Armenian Naflonal Union of America, and was forward- ed to Paris by Mr. Phillips. | .| Thought No Speed os ‘ * Limit on Mail Car NEW YORK, May 2—The mem- bers of the Greater New York City Association of Mail Truck and Ambu- lance dodgers are certain to be inter ested in the modest history of one simple little police court case in Brooklyn. “I didn’t think there was any speed limit for mail trucks,” ex- plained Gabriel Kornblith of Brook- lyn to the magistrate, who answered, “$25!” pay for his share in the | The campaign for which will last until Saturday, May 10, ment securities will hese Intest Govern- in form of notes running for only a few years, as com jared with the Libw@ty Loan Bondi ny First National Bank, thing through. tin the Victory Loan through th: id let's see this the return of soldiers and sailors,” says Cotterill, “and will do away with unemployment in the building Trades affected include plumbers, building and structural tron workers, building laborers, asbestos workers, electrical workers, steamfitters, ole- vator constructors, bricklayers, hoisting engineers, roofers and pile- driver workers, Plasterers, Iathers and painters have had the five-day week for some time, Japanese Run Down Racing for Corner Whipping his horse to a run, K. Imouye, @ Japanese, 621 Sixth ave. $., attempted to race his wagon across Norman st. and Rainier ave. late Thursday in front of an oncom- Reinstate LaGrave Superior Judge Clay Allen Thurs- day refused to issue a writ of man- date, compelling the city of Seattle to reinstate Charles A. La Grave, former chief accountant in the city comptroller’s office. La Grave lost his place when the city abolished the office, last October. La Grave says his office was abol- ed because of @ conspiracy against . because he gpiticised the system COME EARLY apparel has been constantly advanc- ing for the past prices we are sell- ing our stock for. OVERALLS dumpers, Work Shirts, Under. alaceClothingCo. Corner First Avenue and Spring St. of bookkeeping in the elty lighting department, wear, Gloves, Ktc., Have Been Cut in Price, So That You Will Stock Up for ¥ First National Bank |