The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 22, 1919, Page 2

|THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919, ‘ARCHDUKE QUITS HUNGARIAN RULE |Report Says Joseph Resigns | as Head of Government PARIS, Aug. 2%.—Archduke re has resigned as head of the Hungarian government and has left Budapest, a Vienna dis. paich to the Agence Radio re ported today. | Archduke Joseph gurprised the | world when he regained power for a | Hapsburg tn Hungary at the time the Rumanian troops cecupled Buda pest. His ascent to control of the govern nt fol the beief ad | ministration of Premier Jullas Pied! who formed a socialist cabinet after | Bela Kun had been overthrown, JARE YOU At redit PAYS FOR ITS COST —about 300 Seattle houses are equipped with this wonderful furaace—every one giving the greatest satisfaction! | unrepresentative of the country and has been charged with reactionary intentions, even the restoration of the monarchy Joseph never received recMuition | from the allies, altho it was reported | that entente r pwentatives in Buda | pest had reached an understanding | with him, | a | PARIS, Aug. 2% After Herbert . Hoover's protest against Archduke Joseph, in which he urged the allies to oust Joseph Ga head of the Hungarian govern Ment and permit the establishment of a government, the council! notified the are would not treat of the Hapsburg They declared also that they would not recognize his govern: Ment, it became known today {Delayed} ler Is Minus Car and $75 Fine ideal heating system! —this EMPRESS UNIVER. SAL pipeless furnace can be installed in any home without cutting walls, ete; only one register in the oor ts required, making it easy and economical to in. @) stall; it gives perfect air i) fadiation with circulation, #) and keeps the alr molst, i] pure and warm; this means | good healt | and “your credit | is good.” Filan Deny They Are Profiteering | ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Aus | tive retallers at the convention of the National Sboe Retailers’ as- sociation, in session here today, nied profiteering charges. | thousand shoe retailers were resented. | Officers of the gagoctation denied that shoes would cost $25 a pair this winter. They announced that l*Just plain kicks” would be of- fered to the public at prices rang- ling from $§ to 313 @ pair. fr cae | JQseph's govermment hag beeg held |S SPOKANE WILL PROBE PRICES Merchants on Food Com- mittee Rouse Criticism SPOKANE, Aug. 22—In the face of city and county-wide crit- felam of the fair price committee selected here, U. 8, Dintriet At- torney Garrecht has announced that the federal grand jury which will be called next week will summon op food peices. The appointment to the fair price committes of food merchants bas aroused a storm of protest from eiti |zens who declare they can not help GOT’IM! Na tn a i a= sawrenrielp ~ POTATOES ROT. WHILE CONSUMER IS GOUGED at Ab Melita | Continued From Page rence J. Costello at a price as yet unascertained. On August 17 custodians of the port commission warehouse at Spokane st. received a letter from Costello asking that the potatoes be turned over to Henry Liebert, whole male Seattle meat dealer, at 75 W. Madinon st. The letter waq signed: | “Range Wholesale Warchouse Co. By | Lawrence J. Costello.” The Pacific Meat company, in turn, bought the potatoes from Liebert at 40 © Vet the bunko man’s game is only ))... gu themacives not gublty of Per 100 pounds to feed their hogs skin deep. profiteering. A spesker at a mass meeting branded the whole investigation an duiterated whitewash.” The grand fury to be convened next week is @ recalled jury which terminates in September. |4t Redmond, The potatoes are now jon thelr way to Redmond Potatoes belonging ta the follow: Hobag Troms & Bice. 1015 Western One | ae era aye, 400 pounds, put in storage April 18, 1919; H. J. Mignerey, 1202 | Western aye. 32,600 pounds, put in |storage May 21, 1919. Henides the potato stocks spized. \there were, according to records of |the port commingion. 490.400 pounds of potatoes held in storage by Japar- exe farmers until the early part of this week, As many as 6,000 pounds per day are reported to have been drawn ott of storage for the past two weeka | G. Hata, Japanese farmer of Wa- jpato, known as the “potato king of | Washington,” had 434,500 pounds of potatoes in storage until early this week. His holdings were larger than | the stocks of all commission houses However, | ave. 114,100 pounds, put in storage|and other individual ‘holdings com- between May § and May 13, 1919; | bined. | Western Produce Company, $6600) Other Japanese farmers whose j Pounds, put in storage between May | boarded stocks are exempt from \pelz- DENTISTRY; AT ITS BEST No matter where you go or what you pay, you can’t get better dental work than we turn out at this office. We employ only the best graduate registered dentists, men who passed the examination of the state dental board and who have their certificate from the board hanging right in plain sight before their dental chai We use the very best materials to be had. We guarantee all our work. Our guar- antee is binding and means just what it says, viz., if for any reason _ whatever your work does not give you entire satisfaction, come back to us and we will make it right. Our prices are most reasonable. | This is made possible by the fact that we do a | very large volume of business. It stands to reason that we can afford to take a smaller profit on the individual ease than an office which does only one-half or one-third of the volume that we do. # This is a strictly sanitary office. We have the most up-to-date appliances for sterilizing all our instruments. All operators ang attendants are dressed in spotless white at al times. FREE EXAMINATION e We cordially invite you to call and let one of our expert dentists give your teeth a thorough exam- ination. He will tell you at once what is needed to put your teeth into perfect condition and also just what the cost will be. This examination and estimate won’t cost you a cent, nor put you under any obligations whatever. ’ Make a start for good teeth NOW. Ye Regal Dental Offices DR. L. R. CLARK, M: nager 1405 Third Avenue ¢ N. W. Corner Third and Union Garrecht said it would get @ start) 7 and May 24, 1919; Grossman Bros, lon the food investigation and ® new/1100 Western ave, 1,300 eel one will be called immediately (0) Herret Bros, 1113 Western ave, 30, continue the work. $00 pounds, putin storage April 26, —— 1919; CW. Chamberlain. 1101 We YANKEES SLAY FOUR BANDITS Mexicans Open Fire From i Blockhouse; Are Routed SS ee | S-- --— cera, ‘send them back here and we'll court-martial them. That the loggers of the Northwest Says Spruce Soldiers Underfed by Government ‘ontinued From Page Two Carloadg of These _ “Wonderful Value” F. Radle Ja Pianos Arrive : announcement 50 of these beautiful have been place Some Oe ad Waal ase mtn ter oe tne wernt ner Re r—th Fuments are t! th SimESCUaie sndge'ciaes TAGh cad save fetes the ollclty ‘at thes ake” IT PAYS TO THINK A Well-Known Standard Make Piano for Only $375.00 | Reliable dealers throughout the states are even now selling these Pianos at a ~ much higher price, but the Bush & Lane Piano Company—true to their policy of selling the best for the least possible price in standard pianos —is selling ee" he $375.00 Fox's Trade Directory, which is unquestioned by the entire trade, gives these ta an established retail pice of $400 in the year 1913-1914. And again, $ TO THINK. This is the year 1919 and the price is Only $375.00 On reasonable terms. If you are to buy a piano now or in the near future it will pa ‘ seleate th instrument. é Pay you to Other Pianos—Farrand, Victor and Bush & Lane Pianos, the famous Coecilian | Player Pianos and Welte-Mignon reproducing Piano. No Stencil Pianas—Every Instrument a Standard Make Our Player Dept. for the Latest Push Jane Diane G. Continued From Page Ona} Dini i Tuesday morning, the expedition fol lowed a fresh trail. The four men }to whom the money had been paid had a start of more than five hours lon us. We followed them to a bigh mountain pass, where the four gent tered, one gotng north and three go- ing south. They scattered Uke quail land it was difficult to follow them. “The fight with the bandits in the fortified blockhouse started as soon as the American troops commencell lto search the place, fire being open- led by Mexicans from loopholes, The troops returned the fire. “Four bodies were found and two lof the bandits escaped. Thpy are still being pursued.” Capt. Matlack’s explanation that jhe galloped off with Lieut. Paul Davis without paying the balance lof the $16,000 ransom because the \Mexican kidnapers treacherously | plotted to kill him, was accepted by Major General J. T. Dickman, com mander of the Southern department. |At a conference between Dickman and leading officers here it was de cided to continue the hunt below the border while a chance remained of encountering any Mexican bandits. Search Every House Every house in the path of the Americans’ advance is being search ed and other possible hiding places of bandits are being sought out by United States troops. Provisions bought in Mexican hamlets or ranches are being paid for | American currency. Besides carrying orders to the gay alrymen in the field, airplanes car- |ried furs to the commanders of the American columns. Despite absence | of suitable landing places and danger from Mexican snipers, the American ‘aviators are keeping up communica |tion and Hason with the pursuing forces. Both air and mounted forces have so far suffered no casualties, altho undergoing severe hardships. ‘Says Mex Soldiers | Stole $10,000 Cash LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 22.—(United Press.)—Mexican officiala in Neuvo Laredo today were investigating a port from Albert von Hoffman, who id that he was a business man of St. Louls gad that he was robbed of $10,000 cash and a Masonic charm ‘valued at $2,500 by Mexican soldiers, prosumably Carranzistas, at with paxaties offered sub-contracts by the Siems Carey H. S. Kerbaugh corporation, which they the thaln feature of the testimony Thursday afternoon of J. EB. president of the Cedar Lake Logging Co, “We felt that we loggers of the Northwest were not given an oppor- tunity to bid on spruce contra Frost told the committee. “We were animated by patriotism, ag well a5 a selfinh desire to escape the stain which we felt was bound ta come from the waste, inefficiency and in competency of the Siems-Cary-Ker baugh and Warren Spruce outfits, Anyway.” Frost added significant ly, “I did not want to make money bad enough to be mixed up with what 1 thought was a bad outfit. Consulted Too Late “No attempt was made to consult loggers who knew the Northwest like a book until after the armistice was signed “There was not a logger in the the ms-Carey-Kerbaugh railroad at a cost of lew: than $30,000 a mile, yet the road, as built, cost the gov mile.” Prior to the appearance of Frost on the witness stand, Representa tive Clarence Lea, of California, the only democratic member of the in- }vestigating committee, protested against what he termed “outrageous treatment” of Lieut-ol. G. Stearns, head of the spruce produc tion division Issue Protest “LT protest against browbeating and insulting this witness,” Lea ox claimed, loowing at Chairman J. A. rear. “I will go before the house when we return and denounce the manner in which this hearing is con- ducted if it continues. “We are going ahead with this Investigation, and get at the fact ro- gardlesa of whose head is hit,” re- torted the chairman, “I, for one, am not here to cover up a single fact If so, my resignation goes back to congress tomorrow.” “T am here to do my full duty and nothing else,” put in Representative W. W. McGee. And then the investigation was re- sumed with more gentleness on the part of Chairman Frear, altho he re- marke hat he regarded Col. Stearns as “a hostile witness” before he plunged into further questioning. Stearns Gives Figures Regarding profits earned by “onat-!have been constructed at @ cost of “Not at all,” Chisholm answered, {Pig Ne reo were barred from bidding on spruce | contracts during the war, but were | ndignantly apurned, was | Frost, | | ures by the law which permits pro- ducers to store their products are K. |Tchida, of Seattle, 17,400 pounds, jand A. Murakami, of Auburn, 38,500 st Were vars ; One | ———® | plus" contractors, Col. Stearns issued 4 formal statement yesterday. It follows “After the contractors had paid their income taxes, the total profits jon the raliroad project will be $51, |000, and the total profits on the spru contracts will amount to | $65,000. The total profits that all ‘cost-plus' contractors will receive ig only a trifle over $200,000." Testifying later, J. B. meer Hit as his\opinion that the Biems- |Carey-Kerbaugh Co. alone would have reaped $1,400,000 in profits |“without financial risk” in 18 seats, had not the armistice inter- vened gave Officers Looked Wise “They didn't do the work and |they were not courtmartialed. Oftt. cers came into my camps and looked |wise when they were upon their tours of investigation. Sometimes |there were as many afficers down |there as soldiers. Altho I had a {government contract to produce spruce, 1 couldn't blame the sol- |diers for falling down: They were |underfed and miserably housed and linexperienced for five months. At Northwest who could not have buikt jthe end of that time our company) | was forced to bufld adequate bunk. Houses and set up sufficient cook Jing apparatus. Then the soldiers ernment from $100,000 to $112,000 a|began to take an interest in their! and in pretty | work | some |fallera. “Eygn after we built the bunk- houses, officers of the spruce divi fon came thru our camps and or- |dered this and that to be done; de- manded more air space, altho our {camps were built by architects who jlived up to all the rules of proper |housing. But T noticed that those jsame army officers did not snoop Jaround the camps of the Siems: Garey-H. 8. Berbaugh corporation. |The soldier laborers for the com: |pany took what they got, tents and jfield Kitchens and all. He's Still Whistling “We had a verbal contract with Col, Disque, chief of the spruce di- |¥ision, to the effect that we would be retmbursed for our outlay in the matter of buynkhouses and other equipment but we haye never col: lected, I was told by Col. Disque later that he could do nothing for me. I'm still whistling for the money 1 spent. In response to questions by Rep- resentative J. A. Frear, chairman of the investigating committee, Chisholm said that in his judgment the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh rallroad from Joy to Lake Pleasant coulr time we good developed buckers and In Every Respect Seattle's Leading Dentists Across the Street from the Postoffice. Be Sure te Get to the Right Place LADY ATTENDANTS ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES $40,000 a mile. The railroad cost between $100, 000 and $112,000 @ mile, according to figures in the possession of the committice. It i my judgment Siems - Carey - Kerbaugh Iroad | could have been built for half al million dollars instead of the $4, 000,000 it cost the United States,” Chisholm testified. “But aside from that I believe it was a crime to bull the road at all, for the loggers/ of the Northwest could have pro-| duced the spruce without the that the railroa! (GASE DELAYED Baseball Magnate to Be Ex- amined Thursday NEW YORK, Aug. 22—Hearing in the Carl Mays case in which the . ar Yankees seek to make ent SigmsCarey-Kerbaugh road. |the injunction sostruiging Bak “Did the loggers produce the Johnson from interfering with spruce?” Chairman Erear inquired.|Mays, was postponed again todsy “They did,” responded Chisholm,|/and is now set for next Friday. “but they would have done it just} The examination of Johnson be- the same without the expensive log-|fore the referee was postponed until |ging road built by the Siems-Carey- | Thursday. Kerbaugh corporation. Sufficient spruce was available without driy- “but they were not working as la- jing a spike ip that road. “FR log-|borers at the front. Anyway, most jwers of the Northwest stood ready |of the soldiers in the spruce camps ‘and willing to produce all the|were not fit to send to the front. spruce needed but evidently Gol./1 don't believe you should compare Disque had other ideas.” |their positions on a dollar and cents Disque Turns 'Em Down |basis. The soldiers in the spruce camps were laborers, not soldiers The witness told of a conference | risking their lives in battle.” at the University of Washington in| jJanuary of last year which was at-| An oyster produces 400,000 eggs |tended by Dr. Henry Suzzallo, pres-| annus but of these only 400 or jident of the university, and a num-|less reach maturity. jber of leading loggers of the Puget | ————-——————__ jSound district. “Col. Disque told us that he had| $10,000,000 to spend out here,” Chis- holm told the committee, “We told, {him that there was no need to im-} port the money. We told him that} we had the camps, the equipment apd the men and that, if necessary, we could raise all the money needed to produce all the spruce needed.| Col. Disque turned us down with| the remark that ‘the loggers of the} | Northwest did net want to produce} spruce.’ | “Well, did the loggers produce the ispruce?’? demanded Chairman Frear.| | “I notice that the loggers are| credited with having produced 92.6 per cent of the spruce,” Chisholm |answered. In response to questions by Rep-| |resentative Clarence Lea, of Cail jfornia, the only democratic mem: jber of the investigating committee, | Chisholm repeated his indictment} of the spruce production division} and added that soldier laborers re-| ceived equal pay with civilians only after he received orders from Col Disque several months after the soldiers were first sent into the woods. Previous to the Disque or der the soldiers month. 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