The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 2, 1919, Page 5

| HANSON TALKS TO ATTORNEYS WANTS ROADS AN DINTEREST Declares Europe® Is Living|R. R. Chief Proposes Return fering. on a Voleano of Lines s . SPOKANE, Aug. 2.—Speaking be WASHINGTON , Aus. 2.—Return of the railroads, with guarantee of interest to stockholders, in recom. mended In a letter before the senate fore the State Rar association here clared that."Rurope is liv. ing on a valcano, and will do any. | !nterstate commerce committee from thing the United States asks.” A. HI, Smith, president of the New “The people of Europe,” he said, | York Central and formerly regional director for the railroad administra- on. “Fixed responsibility Qas seemed to be Impossible under governement management,” Smith wrote, refer. ting to his experience as an execu }tive of the railroad administration. directed against himself in the Unit-| “Tt leads into such a maze of tnter- ed States senate, saying he was wal}. °%t® and interferences that the em- “pave lost hope and productive pacity, and are a prey to labor trou ples and upheavals that threaten the existence of even the most conservative governments of Burope.” Hanson sald he resented eritictms political THE SEATTLE STAR-SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919. | RUTH CHATTERTON Coming to the Metropolitan Week of ‘JAILED EDITOR | August 11, in “The, Merrie Month of May”; Midsummer , Folly Co. at Levy’s Introduces Indian Dancer; Comedian and } Dancers Featured at Pantages; Palace Hip Has Musical Of- GLAD HE FOUGHT “Divine Right” Judge Tries| J| to Muzzle Him MEMPHIS, Tenn, Ang. 2-—It| my case nerves to warn newspaper editors of the dangers confronting | them from judicial tyranny, T sball | feel well repaid for spending 10 hot Angust days behind the bars,” sid Hdward T. Leech, editor of the! Memphis Press, today on the eve of | his 10-day jail term for alleged con tempt of court | “I don't hanker for a vacation tn | the ramshackle county fail on the} banks of the Mississippl,” continued Leech, “but I am happy that I had & chance to refuse to buy freedom | by apologizing for something that I Palace Hip PAGE 5 Theatre CONTINUOUS DAILY, 1 TO 14 TOMORROW TO WEDNESDAY Feature Photoplay (Monday te Wednesday) VIOLA DANA & Hippodrome Vaudeville De Pace Bros. & Co. Music and Singing, Featuring Bernard De Pace, Famous Mandolinist. Victoria Trio Harmony Singing and Imtta- tions. Montambo & Nap Acrobatic Funaters, Corporal Joe Nathan Novelty Vartety Bntertainer. Walter Gilbert Monologist-Contortionist, Mapes & Louise “The Jazz Duo” “THE MICROBE”’ never did. Furthermore, if my nen: | tence spurs newspaper editors to the determination to fight such abridg- | ments of free speech and free press until that peril passes, I shall be weil | compensated for my experience in “| cell.” Leech in 27 years old, married and Ima one baby son. He comes of a long line of newspaper men and was born in Denver, He was educated at the University of Colorado and did his flest newspaper work on the Den. ver papers. His father, a former newspaperman, has been chief clerk | of the United States mint at Denver | for many years. | Band Concert for Atlantic City Park The park board has scheduled a |band concert for Atlantic City park jon the evening of Tuesday, August | Sth, This park is located on Lake | Washington and is reached on the | Rainier Valley lines, leaving the ear jat Rome street. A neighborhood pic ing to take the judgment of 49 mem- | ployes do not get into that state of pers. He thought the league of na-|™ind which they do tn private @per- tions covenant will be approved with | “40, and the state of mind is one reservations, and that Burope “will | f the most important parts of rail accept the document as amended in | Tad operation.” the end.” | Smith's recommendations inctuded Frank T. Post, of Spokane, was | Prompt return of the railroads to elected president of the association. | thelr owners, continuance of present Professor Clark Prescott Bissett, of | Tates until changed and adjusted to the U. of W., was elected secretary. | et largely increased costs, contin. treasurer. Arthur Davis, of Spo-| nee of the guaranteed standard kane; J. J. Sullivan, of Seattle, and| "Sturn until this is accomplished, Judee B.S. Grosscup, of Tacoma, | ®"¢ creating of a board or commis: were elected delegates to the Ameri. Sion which will act as an adminis: can Bar association. | ative board to represent the public ——_——_ regarding factlities and service. TREATY RATIFICATION LEAGUE TO ORGANIZE A call for a meeting of the Treaty tion league, Monday noon, at Meves cafeteria, was issued Satur @ay by Austin E Griffiths, tempo- | fary chairman of the league, All in- | terested in having the peace treaty including the league nations plan. ratified, are invited to attend let's go cat st RBoldt's—uptown, M4 3d Ave; downtown, 913 2d Ave. ——$—$—— Mats, 2:30 Nights, 7&9 Beginning Monday Afternoon JOE JACKSON | | Vandeville’s Biggest Laugh jnic supper hae been planned by the! | Rainier Beach Community and Gar. | |den club for that eventn | In Poetic Dreams in Motion Bobby Henshaw, the merry mimic; Rialto Quar- tette, operatic singers and cellist; Gaylord and Her- ron, two corking girls, and the Shattucks, novelty jugglers. / 4 cw facilities an “ . - wg * Coal Miners Will eo ero Ask Greater Wage 7 CS K DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 3-—The largest wage increase ever asked by American coal miners will be de manded are the international meeting of the United Mine Workers at Cleve- land, Ohio, September 9, J. C. Lewis, president of District No. 13, said today. a Furthermore there will be a bitter industrial struggle unless the de mands are granted, Lewis declared. He said failure of consumers to buy coal had kept some of the best mines tn Iowa from operating more than 40 days in the last stx months. \Five Persons Die | in Powder Blowup| | LAKE HOPATOONG, N. J., Aug. | | 2—Five pefsons were killed in an | explosion yesterday in the plant of | the Atlas Powder Company here. 4 a Fined for Seeking ; i Evidence on Vice SPOKANE, Ang. 2.-—-A. F. Bond, school fracher and amateur vice | Prober,. took letters from an alleged Gisorderly house here, A jury last night handed him 30 days in jail and fined him $200. The charge was lar ceny. Bond has been asked by the school board to resign. The, Mint» terial association supports Bond, and é has rebuked the board for ite action. . | INSANE MAN GETS AWAY; RECAPTURED Raymond Miller, 42, en route to the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Sedro-Woolley with Guard W. Aegerter, escaped from the room in the Rainier-Grand hotel at 9:40 a. Eddie Polo in a Feature Picture |AUTO CLUB WANTS ‘METROPOLITAN LAKE ROAD PAVED! HENRY MILLER PRESENTS The Automobile Club of Weetern | | | | Washingtton has started a publicity | | In the Fascinating Comedy j campaign to complete the paving of THE MERRIE MONTH OF MAY |} | By acted shy: turned areaund, then sawe- tered out, And went elsewhere te bay. We pride cursctves on pleasing ‘Whe give you al! attention; ‘The — trade will ask for hem. "Tis needices for te mention. ‘We're preed of every clerk we have. BEGINNING MONDAY, AUG. ‘11, FOR SIX NIGHTS boulevard. The entire stretch of 62 miles of | this boulevard surrounding Lake Washington, is now paved with the exception of a four-mile stretch be tween Bellevue and Newport and the | sevenmile stretch between Newport and Renton’ i] The club requests interested auto- | mobilists to communicate with the automobile club at 405 University st, and express opinions regarding the | And you can save much more On og 7 Sah COAT, DRESS maT, At the FLORENCE UPSTAIRS STORE, Secoad and Union, the Lake Washington | George Searborough 1—Rath Chatterton, coming to the Metropolitan. 2—Panfine Arthur, sonbrette with Levy's Orpheam (: 3—The Victoria Trio, at the Palace Hip. 4—Joe Jackson, coming to Pantages Monday. Balcony, Mat. SOc. Ba AGeo Sait Seber we in newspaper, and wan garbed in ab- reviated attire. NO NEARBEER NEAR NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Aug. 2.— One local liquor dealer has come up smiling from the dust of prohibi- —_—________—_—__# eee LEVY'S ORPHEUM “I'll Say She Does” will be the offering of the Midsummer Folly Company at Levy's Orpheum for next week, starting with a continu: ous performance Sunday, with mati neea daily except on Monday. The setting for the action in laid in an uptodate department store, which is owned by Bob Sandberg However, the fun starts when the two comedians, Ert Hunt and Lew White, apply for the ponitions of manager and janitor respectively and become entangled in their various positions, Of course, there is a love story that runs thruout the offering ‘The special featured attraction for the week will be “The Bare-Footed Nature Dance,” which will be head- ed by Princess White Elk, @ real In- dian maiden from the Klamath tribe of Indians of Northern California. She will be aided by a number of the Folly girls in the offering, which with the scenic and costuming effect, | will no doubt prove one of the pret tiest that has yet been presented There will also be a number of specialties, headed by Olive Finney Pauline Arthur, Rob Sandberg, Floy Ward, Corey Hunt and Lawrence sented by the DePace Brothers and company, featuring Bernard DePace, one of the world’s foremost man dolinists, will be the headline attrac: |tion In the new show opening Sun day at the Palace Hip, Another outstanding feature of [the bill will be the Victoria Trio, la bevy of pretty young women, who are harmony singers and comedy | girls,” and the Shattucks, novelty Juggiers An Eddio Polo feature will be the Metropolitan Theatre for the week starting Monday, August 11, namely, | Ruth Chatterton in her latest suo cess, “The Merrie Month of May.” Mins Chatterton will be under the di- rection of Henry Miller and will be supported by a notable cast. Miss| her way into the| Chatterton won hearts of the Seattle public last sea- son, when she appeared here at the Metropolitan in “Come Out of the Kitchen.” eee Following Miss Chatterton’s en gagement will come Henry Miller and Blanche Rates in “Moliere,” for |the week starting Monday, August | ber of years manager of the Juvenile 18, The sane offering and with the same cast that they scored such a notable success on Broadway this neason, the action and settings of the play being laid In the historic period of Louis XIV in France. Be, Del Lawrence, the popular stock eee A Frisco theatre manager has pe tioned the board of supervisors to re- quest the street car conductors to suspend the gonging of the bella un- | til the theatre has been passed, as the noise of the bell interrupts the play. eee Madge Derny, a young and ex: to Be Held Sunday The first annual picnic of the general office employes of the Milwaukee will be held at Whidby island, Sunday, August 17, The steamer Nisqually has been char- WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—Friends i | of daylight maving were confident to- Gets City Award day that President Wilson will again; ‘The Bishop Contracting company veto the repeal act passed by con-|W8# awarded the contract for im- |greas, The senate late yesterday, | proving 330th ave. S. from a point by @ vote of 41 to 12, approved the|s3 feet south of Holgate: at, to Win- bill the house passed, abolishing the/ 1.55 st, by the board of public When a man marries a girl for her beautiful face and graceful form, the Apt to be on him later. Seattle home, 1914 E. Republican st, Thursday afterncon Funeral have net yet been Bert Lang Bert Lang, of Seattle, for a num: Bostonians, has been engaged by T. | Daniel Frawley to take full charge Jot the Frawley Opera compan which saile for the, Orient in Ja: vary, Frawley is now in Honolulu | | with the Frawley Dramatic company, | playing to crowded houses, | ‘The landing of the job by Mr. Lang is of big interest to Seattle's theatrical world, inasmuch as it! has been known for some time that | Frawley intended sending a musical | |company for the big trip, as well as | the dramatic company, and a dozen so theatrical producers were | Angling for the job, including a num: | |ber of prominent California theat | rical men. | jor What Owning a Orth, aes eae actor, was recently cited for con-| Mg / = tempt of court in San Francisco for| Mr. Lang wif follow the Frawley l @) | PALACE HIP |failing to pay alimony to his wife,| policy of selecting plays that are e An unusual musical offering, pre- | Who ts suing him for divorce, popular at the present time CLASS ATHEATRE It’s great to be YOUNG, INDUSTRIOUS, and steady on the 3rd at Pike JOB! It’s the fellows who stick, who strike in their roots, and give themselves time to GROW, that get up in the world. Sunday, Monday imitato?s, | y on a . “ | tremely beautiful dancer, is to make . H y f _ seamenante Jor Tyan 2 “Acrobatic | ner American stage debut shortly Have you ever pictured yourself and your little WIFE propri- r- ltton o¢ sensational scrctation and| toon Dern? womes 10 tle country ab and Tuesday etors and occupants of a trim little DWELLING on a well-kept . coer tumbling and falls, oa8 STREET—flowers under the WINDOWS, decent, kindly NEIGH- Corporal Joe Nathan, “Novelty! yeanor Dawn, sister to Hazel p i © army medical corps, has a lo d of the Da 7 | i i - rT 3 Jot very funny stories of army life | tno yt th Moan of the footllante.” | Here are two or three things which OWNING a HOME , to tell, and some novelty stunts be- | eee | will do: a a ge tering ot | ., Murial Ostriche, the pretty screen P : : alter Gilbert has an offering ar, is to be starred 1 ill gi i i . comedy contortion and monologue. | Comedy, “The ‘Dream Cir gerry It will give you STANDING in the community! I | He talks a funny line of stuff while | Ontric ho will also appear in @ sereen "|| GALLAGHER” | taking hie grotesque shapes version of thia play It will convert you from spendthrift ways to habits of SAV- ps SR s eg and Louise, bi jan | one ING! uo,” have a snappy act, which is| pony Moran has decided to go i f made up of nut comedy by Mapes| pack into the movies, after com bb i i WA) A Bia-ticartes, Happy-Go-Lucky Bandit. [nent bem | ants Rate OED IEMD ma itil STIEFEN your CHARACTER, build up CONFIDENCE % Pai ies is 5 i appear in Fox comedies. | A i d q Story of the Southwest PO a ce i aoa TS Saale wveaeh Fao HUSBAND” likea MAN! The LAND surface of the earth is LIMITED! Don’t | at the Pantages next week, open-|try. Uptown, 1414 3rd Ave; down. | allow ’em to CROWD you OFF in old age—stake out a CLAIM ing with the matinee performance | town, 913 2nd Ave. | somewhere. OWN a piece of it! | Monday, will be Joe Jackson, regard. ed by many fans as one of the big gest laughs before the public. The special added feature will be the Gilraine Dancers, men and pretty girls, in a beautiful dancing spectacle Other numbers will be: Henshaw, “The Merry Mimic Rialto Quartet, operatic singers; Gaylord and Herron, “two corking DON’T MISS A TRIP TO ALKI BEACH Faro 5 Cents Good Picnic Grounds, Good Bath ing, Fishing, Boating and Entertain- ing. of advertis- i ") i} What one girl found out about her husband. Money invested in BUILDING LOTS in this man’s town is ALWAYS good as the wheat—and the HOME BUILDERS’ PAGE of THE STAR will tell you where to find YOURS! Christie Comedy Ford Weekly | = Prareow,, ane « a iter — _ ee a completion of this work. | ioc. tor war tax. MAIL ORDERS NOW. Howse at Pst ave and Waning || Bert Lang to Take | tyink WILSON WILL | ton at Vhen ler ca iy ; Pied taatn of doting, wraneed Company to Orient ||" veto MEASURE AGAIN Bishop Company Milwaukee Picnic 1 } tion. Two signs tn his window read:| | METROPOLITAN — Dari Starting tered for the cruise, leaving Seat- “No Near-Beer Sold Here,” and “No| | 1 F.-¥ a i | motion picture contribution of the| daylight saving plan October 26. works Friday. The bid was S0B2%8.| tis at $ «. on | Boer Sold Near Here.” pee BR | | week, 3 The improvement includes Plum, 1 Foliy Co, in || diab CLUB TO DANCE Hill, Walker, College, Bay View ] ee ie ecdian | COMING TO THE MET The Minewatha club will dance|and’ Lander streets from 30th ave.| MINER BRUCE DIES HERE } | PALACE Wir-—Veedeville femtaring || Unusual interest is centered in the Saturday night at Christensen's|S. to ist ave. S., and McClellan st.| Miner Bruce, 69, formerly news- | Bernard De Pace | |attraction that will come to the Broadway hall. from 30th ave. S, to Rainier ave. |naper man of Alaska, died at his