The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1919, Page 2

years service to} the homefurnisher! | 55 FRIDAY-SATURDAY SPECIALS— —no C. © D. or phone orders; owe te a purchaser; these spe ciate will not be delivered—can be easily taken by purchaser, framed Cupid picture: special for Friday-Saturday — Ale —attractive framed Cupid picture, as here shown, 6%x8%4 inches, fotogra- vure, with glass, walnut finished frame; special for Friday llc and Saturday, ithe safety gig: special for Friday-Saturday — $1.85. regular price $2.25 | THE SAFETY GIG; « new, petinive model pulling sulky, as pictured; 10-inch faa - tired wheels, extra strong. and well made; high ‘steel side arms, foot rest, featuring the REAR SAFETY : to upeet; (meat and back red, black steel @ good value at $2.25; in $1.85 $6.50 regular price $10.50 —the “Bolo” oven can be used with oil or gasoline stoves. —made of polished steel, very strongly braced. —divided shelf; can bake or roast at same time; the only oven made that will do this. —2-burner style, regular price $10.50; special for the es =—s = $1.19 ate saucers; attractive blue decorated designs: eae eee “gold rer] in plain white china; not more than 12 to a lar price for set of 6 cups and sa special for set of 6 cups WHO GOT BOTTLES? D. Rosso, of the Seattle Bottling telephoned works, 106 20th ave., the police at 10 o'clock Thursday been rier with, En-|™orning that he ice was effected by prying open dow. load of bottles, had just seen someone making off with a wagon METROPOLITAN COMING SUNDAY NIGHT "Qiu EVENINGS 8:30 MATINEES 2:30 No One Seated During Prologue A GREAT ACTOR AND A GREAT PLAY DIRECT 18 WEEKS wet Di FROM TR FOR AKER HICAGO BY JOHN HUNTER BOOTH Founded on Katherine Cecil Thurston’s Popular Novel ONE YEAR IN NEW YORK FOUR MONTHS IN BOSTON FOUR MONTHS IN AUSTRALIA SEATS NOW ON SALE TAFT PLAN MAY WIN FOR LEAGUE j= Believe His Program Will Be Acceptable to Wilson BY L. ©, MARTIN (United Press Correspondent) WASHINGTON, July 24.—Discus sion of the possibility that William Howard Taft suggestion for explan. atory res may provide a compromi the pact will be ratified, was general today in congressional circles The former president's friends pre dicted that bis ram will become the basis of an arrangement accept: ont Wilson. This fore. premises: First—That Taft, next to Wilson, has been the most consistent sup- porter of the league of nations, thus giving his suggestions great weight among administration leaders, Second—The increasing belief that the president is gradually approach ing a mood for acceptance of explan- ations or interpretations, so as not to endanger ratification of the treaty All of the president’ callers, including those who saw him | the distinct impression that while he |is not encouraging the demand for | reservations, he will not seriously ob- ject to mere explanations or inter pretations. President Knew of Taft Letters WASHINGTON, Joly 24.—Presi dent Wilson knew of William How- ard Taft's letters to senators and ‘to Wit! H. Hays, chairman of the re publican national committee, a week | ago, it was said at the White House today Further than this, | was forthcoming on the publication | of the letters, which, in some quar for compromise on the peace treaty | and covenant. President Wiison scheduled no appointments with republican sena tors today. rest, because of his recent fliness. Admiral Grayson, physician, said the president ts well, but tion. INDIANAPOLIS, ed Press.)—WiN H. Bays, republican | national chairman, to com- ment on the Taft letters regurding | reservations in the league of nations covenant. “The letters are self-explanatory, and do not require any comment,” Hays said. “They are before the public, and anything I might say would not change public opinion.” LAWYER SCORES FORD WITNESS Esselstyne Cannot® Remem- July 24.—Unit g\ber Letter to Col. Roosevelt MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. July %—United Press)—-H. H. Esseb styne, former commissioner of pub- lic works, Detroit, resumed the stand here today in Henry Ford's million- doliar libel suit against the Chicago ‘Tribune. An interview Henry Wise Wood had with Ford, in which Wood said Ford told him he would not make war munitions under any considera- tion, was discussed. | Easelatyne, classed by Attorney Stevenson as an “unwilling witness,” could not recall a letter which he addressed to Colonel Roosevelt a short time after a dinner attended by Ford, Wood and himself. Itgvas at this dinner, Wood testi fied, that Ford announced that he would not, in case of invasion of this country, manufacture a _ dollar's worth of munitions. After reading his own letter and being shown newspaper articles quot- ing Ford as making the statement, Payne's eae memory failed him. LEARN HOW TO ‘BUY ARMY FOOD Mayor Hanson Gets Word From Q. M. Officer Reply to Mayor Hanson's in- quiry relative to the purchase of foodstuffs from the U. S. army quartermaster for dispo- sition among the citizens of Seattle, was received Thursday. Mayor Hanson announced circu lars were being prepared explaining |the purchasing and sale conditions of the foodstuffs and copies will be| mailed tonight If the city decides to buy some of the army surplus food supplies it will be necessary, according to the terms of Major Fred Thomsen, U S. quartermaster department, the city to complete purchase in 10 days. ARMY PLANES ON WAY TO SEATTLE DELAYED SALEM, Ore., July 24.—Lieut E. C. Kiel and Sergt. Frank McKee, fly ing two army planes from Mather field, Sacramento to Seattle, eruiting detail, who were scheduled to reach Salem from Medford this morning, have been delayed by ad with on @ re not arrive until late this according to word rece fice of Gov. Olcott. ® governor will make the flight to Portland with | | Lieut, Kiel, vations to the peace treaty by which | no comment) tors, are regarded as a possible basis | | from Tt was said he wished to| awakened by | recognized him on the president's | is guarding against over-exer- | |he remembered until January was |dered about the country until ar for curious gathered about after the Death in the streets of Vienna causes only curiosity. yesterday, declared they carried away | munist standard bearer, slain in a riot ii Here is a com: the Austrian capital, and a few storm is over, ‘TELLS POLICE MEMORY GONE Arrested Man Says He Don’t Recollect Robert V, 0. Lewis, arrested Tues: day night by city detectives on a |charge of passing worthless checks | jin Cincinnatl and now held “in the| lecity jail to await the arrival of an officer from that city, declares that he had been a victim of amnesia June, 1918, until January of year when his memory was an old friend who the streets of San Franciseo. Lewis is vice-prest- dent of an accounting company with offices in the L, C. Smith building. Lewis declares that the alst thing | this while he was swimming in the Ohio fiver at Dayton, Ky. Then he wan riving in San Francisco he was rec ognized by a ‘friend and his story told to” him. Lewis was in business in Cincin- nati for more than a year and is well known in accounting circles. |\Oregon Men Fight * . Forest, Fire Peril PORTLAND, Ore., July 24-—For- est service and state officials planned to act with decision today to prevent forest fires in Oregon similar to those which have been raging in Idaho and Montana, Lightning started a blame in the Bull Run forest reserve. Men were hurried to that district. The Her- man creek fire is still considered a menace. Tite io] chap cade WPhstio! dorest are Near Pendleton tiie have spread from the Whitman forest to the Umatilla forest and are burning along a 25-mile front on the John Day river. » A forest fire is racing thra the tree tops east of Albany and is ap proaching valuable milling ‘imber. Governor Olcott has issued astern warning with regulations govern- ing campers fires. Agricultural Bill Passed by Senate WASHINGTON, July 24.—The sen- ate late yesterday passed the agri: cultural appropriation recently ve- toed by the president, ‘The bill was passed without the | daylight saving repeal, but added an amendment to permit homesteaders in drought-stricken regions to leave | their farms temporarily without en- dangering their homestead rights. The house must concur in this amendment before the bill can go to the president. Worthington Held | on Chicago Charge} CHICAGO, July 2%4.—John Ww. Worthington, arrested in Seattle | two weeks ago on a charge of being |implicated in the nation wide bond |thefts of last year was Wednesday jdenied a hearing before a United States commissioner here. } Worthington was formally charged | here of being in possession of al- tered Liberty bonds and is being | held for Rdentd Boucons } | | ) (United Press.) TOWNS ESCAPE FOREST FIRES But Blaze Is Still Menacing | in Montana MISSOULA, Mont, July %4- Forest fires still threatened St. Regis today, accord ing to reports received by the gov ernment forest service headquarters here. Thompson Falls, altho still menaced, will probably escape the flames. The most disastrous fires since 1910 have burned over 250,000 acres in Montana and 150,000 acres in northern Idaho. Thirty million fect of timber in Montana have been de stroyed, 75,000,000 feet of timber in uorthern Idaho have been consumed, ‘The forest service chiefs, like gen erals, are quickly shifting their forces from one bad fire to another, seeking to slacken fires that in some instances jump six miles a day Fulfillment of the weather fore caster’s propheey of rain and cooler weather for three days was anxious ly awaited. The fires resulted from & protracted drought that made the branches of trees dry as tinder. Many of the fires rush thru the tree tops at great speed, while other| flames follow behind, mopping up| the heavier branches, leaving the trunks standing as mute evidence! of destruction. | Only rain can stop the fires, it is! agreed. | Mother Shoots Her _ Daughter and Self HOLLISTER, Cal., July 24.—(Unit-| ¢@ Press)}—Apparenty swept by a} sudden crazé, Mrs. J. D. Berwick | early today placed & gun at the head | of her 9year-old daughter, Jessie, | and blew the child's brains out. She | then shot herself thru the head, dy- | ing shortly afterward. | Mrs. Berwick was the wife of the | local manager of the Hihm-Ham- mond Lumber Co, Berwick is un- able to account for the woman's act. scheduled to go to Bellingham soon For Picnics Ps < i) ®, Société Hard Candies—they fairly breathe the spirit of the great out doors. On the picnic, the auto trip, the boat ride, nothing appeals quite so much as a jar of, ocleré Hard (andy, For here is the newest ay latest of sinhediliete is "} candy you eat and never .grow tired of. 21 Kinds of Goodness in a Glass Jar Right from our spotless factory to you comes Socséte Hard Candy in the original package. Each jar contains a profusion of goodness made tae - sugar and flavored with fruit juices. Glass Jar Keeps Them Perfectly Clean we socrere cavors| IMPERIAL CANDY CO. In baying SOCIETE CANDIES you are assured of the purest candies made under the most sanitary condi. tiene Our plant awarded score of MAKERS OF 99"% im inspection of City Dept. of £ 4 Iiatt wise nteie| SOCIETE CHOCOLATS highest score in the city. WILL HOLD EXAMS The U. S. civil service commis- sion announced Thursday a file clerk examination will be held In Seattle August 27, to filt vacancies in the federal classified civil service. The entrance salary is $100 a month. |Bon Secour Goes Aground in Sound The wooden steamer Bon Secour, owned by the emergency fleet cor- | poration, went aground just outside | Salmon bay at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, while on a trial trip. The vessel had just come from the Stim- son mills, where it had taken on part of a cargo of lumber, and was THIS A. G. USES FISTS AND KNOCKS OUT MAN SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 24.— Adjt, Gen. J. J. Boree today C. M. Phinney, local civil several times in a fist fight im the corridors outside their offices, fistal- ly knocking the man out, so he was. unable to get up. to complete loading, The vessel will leave for New York soon, if it is found the hull is not damaged by go- ling aground, made on such shoes. WANT “gpiRIT” “MADE REAL SEATTLE SHIP Action has been taken by the Se-| attle Chamber of Commer, | Commercial Club to have the Spirit” which was launch atly by J. F. Duthie & Co., cated to some local steamship com: | pany. In this way the vessel would | be manned by a Seattle crew and/ would be in every way a Seattle} ship. | During the war a ship was launch. | |ed with the name Seattle, but when | turned over to the government, it | | was found necessary to change the | name beeause of a cruiser with the same name, - : | |SHORT AND CROWTHER | TO TALK TO CHAMBER | William M., Short, president of the ate Federation of Labor, and Dr. jJ Crowther, pastor of the First | thodist church, will be the speak: | ers at the regular weekly | of the members’ council of the ¢ |ber of Commerce and Com | Club in. the Masonic club rooms, in the Arcade building Friday noon, | | i , Was entered by y night and thor- | “ the hous Wm. Newkirchen, 2330 30th ave. ransacked the premises, nothing but found | Let's go eat at Boldt’s—uptown, 1414 3d Ave,; downtown, 913 2d Ave. | Misses’ White Canv duced to Growing Girls’ White Canvas Pumps i TURRELL SHOE Co. Main Floor Clearance Sale Children’s Department We have not given adequate prominence in our previous clearance sale advertisements to the big bargains which we are offering you in Children’s Shoes. This department, located on the lower floor, occupies more than triple the space used in our old store. The stock of shoes is new this season—almost in entirety. The shoes now at Special Clearance Sale Prices are, there- fore, fresh material ang of style unsurpassed. The reductions are greater than are usually Witness: Mary Jane Pumps and Oxfords with turn and welted soles— Infants’ White Canvas, sizes 214 to 5, reduced to .... -. .95¢ Infants’ White Canvas, sizes 514 to 8, reduced to ... 145 Infants’ White Nubuck, sizes 5 to 8, reduced to . Child’s White Canvas, sizes 814 to 11, reduced to .. Child’s White Nubuck, sizes 814 to 11, reduced to .... reduced to . seebeeeececeeceeeeees PESO ‘| Growing Girls’ White’ Canvas Mary Janes, sizes ae to 7, redticed to Growing Girls’ White Canvas Mary Janes, ‘sizes 2.23 to 7, reduced to aoa wate 76 Growing Girls’ White Canvas Oxfords, sizes 2: bet a. 45 sizes 214 to 7,| reduced to .. These white goods are just the thing for thése fine summer days. , Sharp reductions ha Black calfskin Oxfords Boys’ patent leather Dr than now. Tan calfskin Oxfords are reduced from $5.50 and $6.50 to. Boys’ black calfskin Shoes are reduced from $5.50 and $6.00 to. Youths’ black calfskin Shoes are reduced from $5.00 to .... Boys’ brown calfskin Shoes are reduced from $5.00 and $6.00 to $3.95 and $4.95 Youths’ brown calfskin Shoes are reduced from $4 and $5 to...$2.95 and When considering these Clearance Sale prices do not fail to remember the fact that prices on these same styles will be $2.50 to $3.50 per pair higher this Fall It means some saving to buy now. ve also been made in all other low effects. Boys’ and Youths’ High and Low Shoes 95 and $4.95 .45 and $5.45 4.95, 45 95 are reduced from $5.00 and $6.00 to. . Shoes are reduced from $6.50 to.. Wace 85 TURRELL SHOE Co. Second Ave. and Madison St.