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PAGE 2 HALT CITY PLAN TO BUY POWE —no C. 0. D. or phone orders; one to a pur- chaser; these specials will not be delivered— can be easily taken by JUST FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY! guards in Contract purchaser. | enoug tr Both the Master Builders’ as | manufactured t ty| sociation and the — building all metal ¢ . unions now on strike | rege ieasead = marking time ‘Thursday, umbrella stand: ove vw the Pu “I there was no indi of | . 8 1 action, Light & Power ¢ a early setiloment of the walk. | . f Frida t anything out that has peralyzed construc | 7 | and Saturday unciiman BM ] The executive board of the Ma s h Thursday morning, and after the] | . Pot easion thelr press committee an | Tract . yunced that there was no change | Th ¢ a for th in the situation $1.29 ha the city two year Yhe Building Trades council | 5m per kilow our, of made up entatives | pec conegshang flee urplus power from the P.)puitding « | on less than 3 fs tal } pdb 8. T. 1 to make up the Tr shortage and give the city plenty their plan f | " | rm some : ot ie ot ‘ me t LONDON.—Great Bfitain han a Moore objected to approval of the ever been r theY new court poet in Robert Bridges | contract by the comn ¢ on thejare waiting to see If the union*}aitho he has not produced many| ground that it might’ get the city|take some definite action Friday| odex commemorating national occa: | into another “contract muddle,” fre /night : sions, which in usually demanded of i quent in the off days Work {a proceeding only on a fow| poets laureate, Bridges has written u The contract had already been |Co*t plus contract jobs, the Master) a large variety of memorable pooms : passed u by § of Lighting | Builders’ ¢ fon declares, while| in honor of his country Hl Ww. R and by the ra. |the strikers say that much work in uh ——— — J pin cou office and ported legal in every respect. “But there's a bare possibilit unell are out on strike tioned Moore, “that this contr : Settlemen Ha $2.49 be construed by some court Rxpers Settlement | : : ‘odification of} “We expect that the situation ma bot i regular price $4.75 ometime to be & mod -% he asttiod @ithin.«, few-daye Edgar stand, exw ike ple . ., Ms purchase fe ‘tion's @ col oe, # Phure Hh ca a a ie for our street railways, T want to|tion's strike committee, sald Thur (Re abte shed in Gall jeee a provision in this contract (0) °°. . | nione will hold out until their { ; Senshi: molar ‘36 Sich | guard against any such misconstruc elites. sa tage iy tao ware voqeber peies 94.78; vant hss Jers eports from «trike headquar r S “See Moore's motion to refer the COM! tery ‘Thursday indicated ical jtract back to the eupersevengents ‘| Carpenters, lathers, plasterers, ce. | . lighting and the corporation Min-| ment mixers are anking $10 a day i [sel carried. land, common laborers hi At —_—_—__——— , |Werk for the port | achool board and city ts 7 Suspects a Woman with the increases @ being paid | | . nt | Stole His Trousers) | $1.39 | Loulw Thesos, a returned soltier'| Federal Jury to 1 Sen ean clues. employed in the Majentic cafe, 1506 Se 16 tere tetsiee Steet | Broadway, lost $148, which included Convene Sept. frame basket, saft- his discharge bonus and last month's) To hear charges against ap sewing or knitting; dag Is of p por ay aor gle his room at the Boylston hotel « atole his pants during the night Thesos reported to the poll Thur@lay that a woman living the same hotel saw him while | was counting his money and he # pects her of the theft | investigating 21 strong: can be easily folded if $1.39 eh ed: regular price $2.50 special for Friday and Saturday PRESS sewing ma- chine in your home. Credit |HAROLD’S RIBS COULD Hob Harold of the Dawson hotel of a fall duri ribs as the result raided his room Thursday search of liquor. ey gallon jug. Harold declares joean't know how it got there 3 THs c may y | they Witt repair any Amerie CLUB TO HOLD PICNIC atch no matter how @@| Transportation club members and randy damaged: for.’ Se [their families will picnic Saturday at Kingston. A boat will leave Col man booked for violating the liqu ordinance. The arrest was man Dock at 1:30 p. m. carrying! orncers C. L. Bryant, R the picnickers. man, C. O. Legate and ST The PUBLIC Is BECOMING EDUCATED Your Churches 4 Liberty Bonds O'S JEWELRY CO. Second Ave. advertise to get your patronage and attendance. Your Banks advertise, _ telling you of their advan- tages. Your Stores advertise to get your patronage and to keep you in- formed as to their offerings. The Demand of the Day Is Sanitation— The intention of It is a mistaken this advertisement is idea of some that an ad is only a benefiit to to help you as well as one side, and that the myself. advertiser. on you that I have a wonderful office, and that good teeth are nec- essary for your health. When I improve your appearance and health, and save you money, you are benefited. ; nt _A large, clean office, with the very finest equipment, and an ability to give service of such a nature that a small office cannot give unless you are willing to pay exorbitant prices. I am no company, but give you the benefit of a personal name and re utation which has stood the test of time. My 12 years’ success in this state cannot be denied, is a proof that mysystem of opetating has merit. Graduate and licensed dentists who are building a reputation, using a standard quality of material, and I am offering you today this at a price unheard of in Seattle. - Best Rubber Plates ..... Best Bridgework ... p- - - $10.00 5.00 Best Crowns .. Sein s <i 1) 5.00 Painless Extracting ............... 50c Examination Free My work is guaranteed and the entire satisfaction of the patient assured. Obey That Ever-Insistent Impulse and Visit Dr. Wilson Today DR. J. T. WILSON 210s Fist ave. Opposite Colman Bldg. Elliott 1833. Lady Attendants, someone entered ‘The police are NOT WITHSTAND COPS) in the city hospital with two broken/ a struggle with police officers when discovered THE SEATTLE STAR NO CHANGES IN BUILDING STRIKE | TH Committee Wants Safe-,Council May. Take Action| Friday Night © city at the about one-third of the the Building going on in and that only members of proximately 90 alleged violators of federal laws, the ral grand jury will reconvene ptember 16 by order of Federal Judge Jere miah Neterer, The most impor tant cases to come up before the gfund jury are the complaints against five local commission charging them with food Hoarding, and against James s self confersed embezzler of over $16,000 from the National Bank of Commerce. nd} | in} ne men. ‘ The remaining cases are ja|| @eainat alleg&d violators of the booze and dope laws ne in he He uor BOOZE GRAZES HUSKY GREEK amma Tries to Wreck Soft Drink|' Stand; Bites Himself dently crazed by boc Y 28, a Greek, ¢ soft drink store owned by E. L Drake, at Third ave, and Cherry st Thursday morning, and attacked W J. Leperie, who is employed at the stand. eK boore bite his poked. own finger while be Tries to Steal the Signs Off Building new wage! tered the} URSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1919. w Poot Laureete GITY ELEVATED | -—~ mn "Ne —~— | Brings Suit for $5,374 Against | Roosevelt Heirs | Los 4 ‘ Alleging th ny fident 1, Sept t he was a wpondent” of Cer hat Roosevelt held $200 at the time of ey the © been sent ‘oe, of Baw. sult on file heirs for to him, tolle, ¢ against Roosevelt's The sum represents the amount of the note and damages for al sufferings and incon leged veniences SAYS SHORTAGE IS NOT SERIOUS |Sugar Is Scarce Now, but Enough to Go Round “There's enough sugar xo around and there will be no suf in spite of the temporary shortage, if nobody gets excited declared Nathan Eckstein, of th Schwabacher Grocery Co., ‘Thurs day morning. Many retail grocery stores are all out of sugar Thurs day and others bave limited pur chases to two pounds, fering, “A Witte sugar is coming in and the retailers still have consid. erable, but they must now order twice or three times a week, They n't stock up for two weeks as y have doing. We doing everything in our power to nee that the sugar is evenly dis- been, are 1 ‘The refiners are taking care of the canners so that the fruit crop will be saved. It may be six weeks, however, before there is an unlimited supply of sugar again If nobody tries to stock up, and everybody taken it easy, there will not be a noticeable shortage any |where. The shortage is only tem- porary and the beet sugar will come After striking Leperle, he attempt-|!2 Seon. Women who are canning od to bite his throat and began |frult should ude a little more syrup wrecking the place, He crashed two|®* they did during the war.’ show cases and went behind the| Canning Nearly Over fountain, where he tomed glassware The National Grocery Co. reported and fruit Jara in every direction the temporary she due to the | The police arrived at this juncture, | refining and shipment of about 500, jand after considerable struggling the |000 tons by Atianti refiners Greck was manacled and tgeken tolio En 4, France letum. the police station. He attenipted to of the he nothing should r us troubl t was announced » is a real shortage in the East, but this dis is hardly affected. But, be trict ¢ of the rtage, we have been ts oe es eee the signs! rorced to. restrict buying so that Such was the frantic appeal re-|t%® supply will go to all dealers ceived Wednesday night from the and will net be centered in any janitor of the Hamilton Arms{Me fection, ‘The government is apartments, Broadway and . Mercer je eats owner ¢ he. raw. sugar which sent Motorcycle Officer | 924 this shortage not and cannot Moulton irrying to the|#ffect the retail price a cer Some retail dealers in sections on arrived in time to/of Seattle report they have had he sign lover away. The |©onsiderable difficulty in obtaining INDUSTRY MEETING WE) wAsHInaTon, sept. 4.—Prest BB ident Witson's caitlin an industrial round table cont: e in n ef fi fort to adjust present eritic # was given the unani BD rov al of the sen: eelcommittees in joint Bi rhe committees decided t ch house a resolution indorsing the president's plan, Senator Edge, New ed that congre » conference Jersey semen be invited but this was not cluded in the resolution. tot he com ta n legates TO TALK ON ASIATIC TRIP ae mehip com Transporta noon on his re R. D. Pinneo, manager foreign partment of Pacif pany, will add on club Monday Asiatic trip Irt's go at Boldt’s—uptown, 1414 3d Ave.; downtown, 913 24 Ave. 1221-Third Ave “COR UNIVERSITY eft his auto, on which|* 1 some grocers are all sold | ied: anputsdiaa shown. All of the jobbers and i Sale wholesalers are limiting salea MECONGRESSMEN OKEH [in “torte te prevent ayes eat BIG 4 LEADER FLAYS SENATE Declares Treaty and League Must Be Ratified CLEVELAND, Obio, Spt. 4.—Im ratification of the peace including the league na the United § nate anded by V tend te much as s about the pe league of nat abilize conditions to ment of this treaty que including the why not now? ities” ‘The is in a tur |moil. Unrest is permeating the land. The United States stop playing petty and ratify the treaty “It's about time the senators should partisan polities At once American peo resentatives in the United States © how they feel about their be. havior in regard to the peace treaty “Altho Lam not of the same po- litical belief ay President Wilson, feel strongly with him in thfy mat | ter. Other Laws Wait “Once the senate has done its n peace treaty s, it ean turn ructive legis reded at this time ong the most important legis ve needs to which the senate should devote its time, is the neces sity for measures to curb the ever increasing cost of living.” th ple spoke up and told their mis-rep-| BLACKIE’S |47 Cars to Run Over New | | to TO ASK WILSON |\CHAPLIN OPENED TODAY | Route | t it " ' ration phine r fron thru t hax be TO FREE WELLS Central Labor Council Plans. Demonstration Here | Seattle organized labor is plan ning to ask President Wilson to order the release of so-called “political prisoners,” enced | ‘ during the war, when the na ie gs tlon's chief executive visits this city, September 15, according to 4 program outlined at the Wed- nesday night meet of the Cen tral Labor council. The unions plan to distribute an open letter to the president among the crowds, and, if posuible, have a committee see Wilson himself, Dr, Joseph L. Lane, who was sent to MeNells island to examine the health of Hulet M. Wells, made his report to the labor council. Wells former president of the labor coun ctl, was gentenced to the federal pen SISTER SENATE PASSES OIL LAND LEASING BILL WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 day without a record yote, Senator Smoot and others ested in the legislation today The | trying to avert a deadlock suck | itentiary lor in pam p hile: ary for issuing a pamphlet): for the oil leasing bill shifted |has killed several sledir P against the draft . r to the house today following its|passed by either the heuss or Refused to Saw Wood passage by the senate late yester-jate in past seasions. ¥ According to Dr, Lane, Wells ts held in solitary confinement because he refused aw a cord of wood a day. Wells wrote two letters to the warden, declaring he was physically unfit to do the work. As a result of the refusal,” Dr. Lane reported, “Wells was ordered by the warden to be placed in con- finement with his hands tied above hin head, on Tuesday, August 22, It is my professional judgment that ur lene summary action is taken by the government to remove him from his present confinement, his health w be greatly impaired.” Against Intervention The doctor ccept a fee for his in the money was turned over to Wells’ family, The labor ‘council passed resolu: tions against intervention in Mexico, and instructed Its committee to for ward them to President Wilson Councliman Robert Hesketth took the floor to protest against the Inbor council's action, a week ago, in structing him to vote for Council man W. D. Lane, instead of Fitzger Hesketh said he was tge how he should NOW PLAYING TO CAPACITY HOUSES § HAROLD BELL |): WRIGHT'S fe) "THE SHEPHERD ° OF THE HILLS 5; 1/0 wonderful hee/s hers First Division Men Arrive at New York NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—Three army transports with 198 officers and 4,307 men of the First division arrived to day 2 the Edellyn were 45 officers and 1,000 troops of the First engineers. The Santa Teresa carried 26 off und 1,000 troops of the 18th ir cers fantry On the ¥ 7 officers antry aera errr act Ulli i: First Time in Pictures— Personally Directed by Harold Bell Wright Himself and Follows Every Detail of the Book Serbs and Rumans May Reject Treaty PARIS, Sept. 4—Peace delegates of both Serbia and Rumania an- nounced today thelr countries prob- ably would refuse the peace » character h it gives to racial minc T countries contend the } wt t impairs their interests In the Westlake Cars to Try Skip-Stop »-stop service will begin Fri Positively Last Week— Ends Friday at the city railway Thursday. i Passeng was annot Night r op” signs in order to ion, as in some in- stances Cars will skip two blocks] and at other points stop every bl at railway cr k and Bert lytell Oa NO ADVANCE IN PRICES Adults 25c Children 1lc Including War Tax REDEMPTION CHARLIE