The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 2, 1919, Page 20

WORKERS BUSY ON ATH PLANS Begin Decorating Speaker Stands in Parks Decoration of speakers’ stands in the eight parks of the city for the Fourth of July celebration has Deen undertaken by olght leading 4 Seattle stores, and plenty of good- matured rivalry ts in sight as to Which can turn out the most mag- nificent creation. Arrangements toward this end were made by the Civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce thru the Seattle Dis- Playmen's association, the civic bureau haying in charge all general Plans for the community observ- an ces. The list of decorating assign- ments as suggested is as follows Alki park, Grote-Rankin Co.; Jef- ferson park, The Rhodes Co.) -Mount Baker park, Fraser-Paterson ©o.; Madrona park, McDougall & ; Seward Park, Standard Co.; Volunteer Park, Nelson; Woodland Bon Marche; Salmon Bay J. S. Graham, Inc. A revised list of directors who ‘will have charge of all athletic ac- tivities in the parks has been furn- ished by Victor Zednick of the ath- Tetic committee, the men to be in full charge, with the women in charge of girls’ activities, The list follows: Alki, R. M. Knapp and Mrs. Eloise St. John; Jefferson, M. B. Wills and Mi: le Latham Mount Baker, F. A. Nelthorpe and Miss I. ©. Bounker; Madrona, W. 1. Hayward and Miss Iva Schor- egse; @peward, M. F. Gilmer and ‘Miss Josepha Burns; Volunteer, ‘Miss Mary Fenton; Woodland, Neal _ Bilis and Miss Eva Jurgensohn; ' Balmon Bay, Captain Wiliston War- ¥en and Miss Goldie Bryant. Athletic events at Volunteer park ‘will be for small children only, al- the balance of the program duplicate those given in other centers. Prizes for the events will consist of candy, pop- ern and chocolate nut bars. Spe- ‘elal events for the wading pool will be featured. Chairmen of the day will meet ~ this afternoon in the Chamber of -ogeeeg to discuss with the ath- chairmen and band leaders final details of the various pro- General Chairman Pliny L. Allen will preside and report on IS DUE MONDAY ll Confer With Chamber on Free Port p it conferences on Seat free port project and Alaskan it will take place Monday United States Senator Wes. L. Jones and members of the trade and Alaska bureaus of Seattle Chamber of Commerce. conferences will follow a noon | in the Masonic club to ft ones, under the joint aus- of the Kiwanis club and the : of Commerce. ‘free port conference has been for 2 o'clock Monday after- in the chamber’s assembly Organizations to be repre- aside from the foreign trade u will be the industrial bu- of the chamber, members of the commission and officials of the club, Senator .Jones will with members of the Alaska eau's executive committee at 4 and will go into all phases | Of the Alaskan situation. Because of Senator Jones’ posi- ‘tion on important senate commit- tees, his visit to Seattle will be of significance, particularly in ‘view of the house's action in yester- @ay reducing the appropriation of $12,000,000 recommended for the Alaskan railroad to a little more than $2,000,000. FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE TO CONTINUE ‘The federal employment service ‘will continue to get positions for re turned soldiers and will not close down for lack of funds as an- Mounced Tuesday. gervice have been appropriated, ac cording to announcement reaching the Chamber of Commerce and Com- mercial club Wednesday. It was announced Tuesday the federal employment service would cease to exist and that the state ‘veterans’ welfare commission creat- ed by the last legislature, would take over the work. Lawrence ‘Wood has been in charge of the fed- eral employment service. $1,797 FOR GUESSING WHEN ICE GOES OUT NENANA, Alaska. July 2.—A. J. Ghezzi's guessing won for him ex- actly $1,797. Ghezzi guessed to the minute when the ice in the Tanana Fiver would break up, and his prize ‘was the ice pool. Guessing as to the time of the an- mual ice breakup in the Tanana and Yukon rivers is as great a sport to Alaskans in the vicinity of those streams as the Kentucky Derby to ad fits most devoted followers. GRABBED HER PURSE Nellie Klee of the Imperial hotel, Fourth ave. and Union st., lost $7 ‘Tuesday night when her purse was snatched at Third ave. and Seneca st. by a man who is described as being 25 years old, short, and wearing a blue suit and soft hat. Two women were with the purse snatcher. ~~ COMING HOUDINI LEVY’S ORPHEUM Sufficient funds to operate the) Xr | SEATTLE HONORS |} Eddie Rickenbacker Is City’s Guest eee |GREAT YANK ACE | x { menos RP em er Sasa sine Tene saenleeion tit Capt. Eddie jJtickenbacker, hon-, ored guest of Seattle Wednesday, | was scheduled to arrive here on board the yacht Taconite at 4:30 | o'clock Wednesday afternoon, to be entertained at a barbecue-banquet at Volunteer park, and later at a reception and dance in the Masonic Temple. A committee of the Chamber of | | Commerce was in charge of the! | dinner, which is an invitation affair, The outdoor feast was to be held Jat 6:30 o'clock. Immediately after: |ward the guest of honor and his | hosts were to go to the Masonite Temple, where members of the Fly ers’ Club of Seattle will entertain in honor of the famous fighting | birdman. | | At the reception Capt. Ricken | backer will be presented with a! | beautiful parchment scroll, test!- j}monial of his accomplishments in | the war, and will be given in addi. tion an honorary life membership in the Seattle flyers’ organization. Lieut. Tee! Williams, commander |of the club, will make the presenta- tion Rickenbacker is in the West to | officiate at the Fourth of July auto | }races in Tacoma. He was an| EDDIE RICKENBACKER® auto race driver before the war. | At the outbreak of hostilities he| cially credited with downing 26 en. |went to France as General Per- jshing’s chauffeur. He was trans |°™Y Planes, apebent ect widile cite | ferred to the air forces and became | ¢ral more that were not technically America's ace of aces. He is offi. credited to him, CITY TO SEND , S, WATCHING | 15 DELEGATES; " BOOZE EVASION Report Eastern Saloons Are Selling Hard Liquor Represent Seattle at State Commerce Meeting | Details of the forthcoming meeting | WASHINGTON, July 2—(United of the Washington State Chamber | Press.)-—-The attorney general's of- of Commerce, in Spokane, July 21, fice today closely watched the en- were presented Tuesday to the board tire United States for instances of trustees of the Seattle Chamber Violations of the war-time prohibi- of Commerce by the local organiza-|tion law, It was understood that tion's state development bureau, The |@trests would be made ina num- Seattle body wii! accredit 15 dele-|ber of cases where %75 per cent gates to the state meeting, and ef. was being sold, to provide} forts will be made to obtain a large court tests on the validity of the | attendance from this city. |test as applied to beer of that| An automobile corps, to take the | strength delegates to Spokane, is planned, the| This will probably be the only trip to include visits to Walla Walla, | Step taken until the United States Yakima and Wenatchee. All ses.|supreme court—meeting next Oc- sions of the state body will be open | tober—decices whether 2.75 per cent) to the public. Speakers will include | beer {s intoxicating, or unless con- | Dr. H. E. Lindley, president of the |sTess passes an enforcement act University of Idaho; William Short, | specifically forbidding the sale of president of the State Federation of | drinks containing more than one- Labor; N. B. Coffman, of Chehalis, | half of one per cent alcohol. president of the Good Roads associa-| The most flagrant Instances of tion, and E. M. Chandler, engineer | open violation of the law reported and director in charge of the Wash- | to the attorney general's office were ington state reclamation service.|{n Atlantic City, N. J., where sa- |The committee from the local body | loons were sald to be selling “hard to take charge of arrangements for | liquor’ and ignoring the statute. the selection of delegates consists of| “The department of justice will A. J. Rhodes, J. W, Spangler and/take steps to see that those se- Worrall Wilson. loons are closed, if newspaper ace The heavy demand existing in Se-| counts of conditions are correct,” attle for more homes was read to the| sald W. L. Frierson, assistant at- trustees, as contained in the report |torney general. of the United States housing bureau.| Reports were atso received of A short verbal report on housing|some dealers offering whisky for | conditions wai made byMaj. J«¥.| sale in beer and wine bottles, These | Douglas, and he will submit a writ-|instances were fsolated, however, ten report at more length in the néar | and for the most part prohibition future. Efforts to induce the build-| appeared to be effective. ing of more homes immediately | should be made, the trustees felt. A formal report was received as to |} i | the visit to this city, on August 8, || of directors of the United States | Chamber of Commerce. An enter. | %—————————————- tainment committee, to look~after| PALACE HIP the directors, was named, consisting of A. J. Rhodes, Maj. J. F. Douglas Heading the new show which |and P. H. Watt opens at the Palace Hip Thursday sis will be the “Circus la Petite,” pre- sented by the Bally-Hoo Three, two Sleeps on Train, Is men and a woman. The act is laid in a circus atmosphere. After the Robbed of $24,000 | usuat circus preliminaries of the A bank book, certificates of de-| “barker” and sideshow,” the trio do posit on Iowa and Tonasket bank | singing, novelty and Russian danc- for $22,900, a railroad stock cer- |!" |tificate for $500, and $300 cash| The woman member of the team were stolen from the pockets of |0f La Dare and Williams is said to S. E. Guenther, of Tonasket, while | be the only one of her sex who does he was asleep in the smoker of 4 Strait-Jacket escape act in open a G. N. train en route to Seattle| View. Besides many escape stunts, Tuesday. this pair also does eccentric hard Guenther told the police that he|#hoe dancing. ‘boarded the train at Tonasket at| Mann and Mallory, in “Breezy 9 a. m. Tuesday and went to the| Bits.” will offer comedy talk, sing. |smoker, where he fell asleep, His |!" and dancing, with a surprise fin- |pockets were picked during his | !8h. slumber. | The Winter Garden Four, lately | iat featured with the New York Winter! | Garden Revue, will present harmony |CONTINUE HEARINGS and single numbers, Jack and Eva Arnold, in “Bright ON TRAFFIC MEASURE| Moments ot rtusical Comedy," have Further discussion of the revised act of considerable diversity. traffic code was held Wednesday | Ula Armstrong and Neville, equill- morning by the public safety com- | Prists, feature “the 1102p. Girl Her- mittee of the city council. Several |CUl*s.”" who does the heavy “under- minor changes were recommended |*t@nd” work in their balancing act. and will be made by Assistant Cor- ER aero |poration Counsel George Meagher, |handling the redrafting of the| TOOK TIME, FLED; |measure, in the section dealing with parking ‘and standing limitations in NOW DOING TIME ANCISCO, July 2.—"Got the downtown commercial zone. SAN The committee will meet again |the time cl Genuine South MON ' We Have uuu cosine To clothe the Men of this great city— to dress them in stylish Garments of worthy materials, is the task that this Great Upstairs store has set itself. It Is Our Ideal of Service to the Men of Seattle The men who compose this organization, executives, salesmen, the men in the alteration department, the boys at the wrapping counters, all are imbued with this high ideal of Service. And when you make a purchase here that ideal is behind it—ALWAYS— . eee you do something more than merely exchange your money for our clothing. 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F | The assistant corporation ‘counsel | ig preparing an opinion on the steps to be taken to rectify the mistake. | WANT METERS ON ALL TO-HIRE CARS The city department of weights and measures wants all for-hire automobiles to carry taximeters and charge their fares accordingly. A letter to the corporation coun- sel asks. whether the department has authority to order this under the laws of the city governing | automobiles for hirn. asked Louis Hawkins, ac- costing Victor Galli. “It's just 3 o'clock,” said Galli, consulting his watch “Gee, time for me to be going,” said Hawkins, and he snatched the watch from Galli’s hand and ran off Policeman Rudoph Maier overtook Hawkins. He was identified by Galli and arrested on a charge of grand larceny. The watch was und in a lot, where Maier sa Hawkins dropped it in his flight OLD BOY KIDS ’EM BY OFFER TO ENLIST SAN FRANCISCO, July 2—Capt John P. 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