The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 23, 1919, Page 14

_ PROFTEERS IN SUGAR SCORED BY HUN SHELL IN WAR MONEY Grocers Called on Carpet by} | Botshevii Using Tanks in \Charges U. a Bunked on! U. S. Attorney Four retail grocers were found ®uilty by the King county fair price fommittes Wednesday of selling) Granulated sugar at a price in ox Sess of 11 contd a pound, the price Petadlished by the United States Baualization board and by the com Milttes. The profiteering grocers Were severe! ‘ored by the King Pounty comm and any contin Wance of t tice will be sum Marily dealt with by U. & District Attorney KR. C. Saunders, it was an- Bounced Thursday. ‘The four retail grocers found guilty Of taking advanta Bituation Wednesday by the fair p Bommittee wore: Mrs. H. W. Soper, Who, with her husband, operates a ry Company, Lindsey, 4 B, Lashley, ¢ The Gillespie grocery, Madison, 43n1 ave./ ‘Pach, and presented two parcels of ugar to bear out their statement. ‘The 11-cent price fixed by the com- | will not be allowed to be/ 4 by grocers themselves, altho | ions in the sugar situation , it was made known by the tte. “od the arrival of the steamer | ‘ on ‘Thursday morning with | ‘cago of 12,000 sacks of sugar from | : Francisco, immediate relief in| Sugar famine is expected. In| of. more than 15,000 bags are | to arrive Friday or Saturday, with the supply brought by Multnomah, will be sufficient to} the acute situation in Se- How Much is Your Dollar Worth? Fifty Cents or a Hundred? The financial experts tell us that the dollar is worth today a frac- tion over 52 cents. “TAMERICAN HIT. Petrograd Battle LONDON, Oct. 26 Dr, Orbison (United Press.) of the American relief mission in Riga, shell which struck was wounded by that in a German organiza Uon's headquarters dispatch Riga, a Copenhagen reported to day bombardment of the city by German artillery attached to Col, Bermondt's army A wireless dispatch from Moscow reported the first tanks manu factured by the Bolsheviki tn action against General Yudenitch'’s army outaide Petrograd, culties, a Stockholm report maid, .' | have been increased by the refusal) * lof Finland to co-operate in the at-| tack on Petrograd. The Agrarians in the Finnish dict have biocked any from Moscow, that compliance with the allies’ request to join in a blockade of Bolsheviki would be re garded as an act of hostility Serious damage to property in Riga has resulted from the German bombardment, reports declare. The death toll among civilians is @row ing OFFERS MILK FOR RENT LONDON, Oct. 23.—A milkman, ™ vertising for two rooms fn a local daily newspaper, offers to supply milk free to the landlady every day during tenancy administrative head) ment was defrauded out of at least ‘The shell was fired during a heavy | The Lettish defenders replied’ | vigorously to the bombardment. Yudeniteh’s diffi. | in answer to ®/attempt at assistance, it was said, | gE brought against them, alleged | fearing the heavy cost. | they had sold packages of sugar} ‘The Russian Soviet government x from 1% to 1% pounds! has notified Germany, in a wireless | unfurnished | THE SEATTLE ‘STAR CLAIMS FRAUD Gun Contracts CHICAGO, Oct, 23.—The govern: | 0 in ite war the Standard 8 contracts with | ‘ar company of Hammond, Congressman William J, | chairman of the congres-| onal sub-committee, whith Invests ted the transactions, stated today He announced the committee in| its report to congress would recom: mend criminal prosecutions against 12 army officers and civilians. According m, the govern: ment spent $ and received | 200 gun carriages, which were to | have cost $8,000,000, Not one of the gun carriages was finished before the | armistice was signed, Graham stated Aut: Hits Woman, Fractures Her Rib Mra, A. Brady, 60, 3307 Fourth ave, N. W., is in the Minor hospital | with a fractured rib, many bruises | and possible internal injuries. She was struck by an automobile driven by Bernard B. Burnside of the Burn. | side Hat Shop, at Harvard and Pike Wednesday night. Burnside at j | tributed the accident to a wet pave mont Mary Sherlock, 433 13th ave, 8.,| slipped and fell between Second and Third ave, on Yesler way, sustaining | a fractured arm. She is in the Minor hospital. Graham, FRENCH AVIATOR IS ON WAY TO AUSTRALIA VALONIA, Italy, Oct. 23. | Valone, French aviator, ying from Paris to Australia, landed here short- The first roller skate was pat-|ly before 9 o'clock today, following _ented In 182 ja stormy croasing of the Adriatic. And there seems little room for argument. But there’s one oasis in the dreary desert of High Prices — and that’s the Bargain Basement. Your dollar is worth 100 cents here every day. Here’s a 100 Per Cent Bargain Good Serge Dresses Only $18.50 In Over a Dozen Styles In this extensive showing of smartly styled serge ‘dresses are at least a dozen different models in Come and see. Navy, Brown and Blaclx. Some have wide silk girdles and the trimmings are of beads, silk braid, silk folds and buttons alone or in effective For street or afternoon wear, for school or as a business dress combinations. these styles are especially desirable. Sizes range from 16 to 44. Pleated Sport Skirts In Plaid Patterns There are plaids of black, white black and gold, besides black, white $4.69 combined touches of gold, red or green. Waist sizes are from 26 to 31. Ba and gray, of black and and gray plaids with which are Etienne | | pup are with us again. | movies. THEN and NOW Gaby Destys and a new “trick” Gaby arrived unannounced on the liner La France. The reason for the visit was unex- plained, Maybe she’s going into the| But, anyhow, (it is un. chivalrous to may it), she doesn't look |@a young as when she wns the fa- ' the } age of 30 mous Gaby of the Lillies, friend of | the former King Manuel of Portugal. | The upper picture shows her at the | height of her fame, The lower pic ture shows how she has aged—altho she is still a young woman, about) | | | | een, of THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT Catching the lookout unawares, depaty sheriffs raided a “blind” pool room at 508'4 Maynard ave. Wednesday night, arrested nine Chinamen and six Philipinos, seized more than $1,000 cash, a batch of lottery tickets, cards and buttons, and confiscated two pool tables. The raid was conducted by Deputy Sheriffs J. C. Connor and N. P. Lovell, and was the culmination of a trip thru Chinatown, that began | with the breaking down of two doors at what is said to be Chinese gam- |biing headquarters, 213 Washington |at. No arrests were made here, and jonly three Chinamen were found in |the room. Most of the lights were |turned out when deputies entered, |but the globes were still warm, in- |dicating that a ¢ had probably |been in progress, There were no jless than 10 exits to the room. When the deputies broke in at |508% Maynard ave., the players were surprised. Altho two doors had to |be gone thru before reaching the |scene af activities, neither was lock jed. The lookout rushed to the door as the deputies’ steps were heard, but his warning was too Inte, The men were caught red-handed, with cards and cash on the table. They accepted their fate stoically, except the operator, who chattered volubly and hysterically as the depu ties brushed the money off the pool table and into a sack. They were taken to the county | jail and booked, The only time the deputies used their axes was when they broke into |218 Washington st. The operator here had been warned previously to keep his doore open. The crash of the axes as they splintered the doors, brought about 50 Chinamen out of rooms in the building. Watch in Silence Some chattered incessantly, while others smoked arfl watched in silence, Cards, markers, abaccas and chalk were found on the tables, but the chairs were piled high as camouflage of the real character of the place. Search was made, and altho two Chinamen were found drowsing on bunks, in cubbyholes that reeked with suffocating opium smoke, no arrests were made. A temple was entered in the same building. A small group of men was DEPUTIES IN RAID; CHOP DOWN DOORS |of a hundred doorways in the block. peacefully playing cards, before the statues and pictures of droop-mus. tached dietien’ There was no money in sight, the men having been warned of the deputies’ arrival, The streets were deserted as the poolroom at 508% Maynard ave. was entered. News of the raid spread rapidly, and five minutes after the arrest, King st. was lined with jostling Chinamen, They poured out Lookouts on Job “There'll be no more arrests to- night,” said Connor, “the under ground railway has spread the news all over the south end.” And the way they poured out of the doors verifing his remark. After Deputy Sheriffs Fred A Brown and Matt Starwich carted the arrested men away in autos, Connor and Lovell continued their tour. Dozens of places were visited, but they netted nothing. On the ap proach of the deputies a lookout lingering close to some doorway would be seen to scoot in to give the alarm, The Milwaukee cafe and a pool room in the same building were visit- ed. Grinning, tightfaced Chinamen sitting about were the only hosts, Have Many Doors Every building seemingly has a hundred doors. Hallways wind in a confounding maze. All the doors have strings, bars and several locks. The men arrested were: Kong Fook, Lee Sing, Jim Sing, Ah Yuel, Ah Chin, Ah Ching, Ching Teng, Too Yu Tong, Harry See, EB. Gerz. man, Antonio Dinneo, N. Reyes, Be. sile Gelicla and Jose Blas. Jim Sing will be held for federal authorities, 49 a large amount of “snow” was found in his . Thieves Take Shades Six sweet, succulent, corn-fed hams are wandering far afield from their original home in Barton & Co.'s ware. house, M. R. Wallace, in charge of the warehouse, reported to the police that he believed a switch engine crew, working near the warehouse Wed- nesday night, got away with the hams: Motorcycle policemen responded to a hurry-up call, and scoured the yards, but made no arrests, heBonMarché AMPLE SHOE At a Very Different Price Two hundred pairs of Women’s Fine Shoes—samples—and because they’re sam- ples you can buy them at a much lower price than we would have to charge if they were regular lines. Price $7.45 A Pair Size 34%4—B and C Size 4—B and Cc Many styles—lace or button—long, narrow and short vamps—Louis, Baby Louis, Military and Cuban heels. In brown, black, patent, field mouse and gray. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE A Bevy of Silk and Satin Dresses, $16.50 For a Busy Friday in the Lower Cost Dress Section FOUR GOOD COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM Navy, black, beige and taupe are the colors. The Dresses are taffeta and messaline, made with straight-line or in tunic effect. Tucks, pleats, beaded girdles, embroidery collars and vestees trim em. LOWER COST DRESS SECTION, SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Real Cork Linoleum, Slightly. Imperfect, $1.10 a Square Yard Tile, geometric and wood patterns. Please bring measurements with you. LINOLEUM SECTION, jocmen: FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Velvets, Plushes, Coatings Each name bears a message to the woman who is busy making coats or suits for herself or for the children. Here’s what “Fabric Floor” offers. 56-Inch Medium Weight Coatings $3.50 Yard Good, yet inexpensive Coatings. Some all wool—for women’s or children’s coats. In all the best coat shades for Autumn. 56-Inch Heavy Weight Coatings $4.95 Yard You need not line your coat if you make it of some of these coatings. Heavy weight and in desir- able mixtures. 56-Inch Wool Velours at $4.95 Yard Velours in a weight that may be used for suit or coats. Forest, wine, purple, plum, black, bark and others. 52-Inch Black Plush at $8.50 Yard For full-length or short coats this plush is ideal—also for stoles or trim- mings. A heavy weight silk plush—rich black. FABRIC FLOOR (THIRD) IN THE NEW SHOPPING BOOTH Kewpies, Dressed for Hallowe’en Prizes 36-Inch Coating Plush at $2.50 Yard Inexpensive plush for coats or trim- mings—good quality, serviceable— in best of colors. Priced at $2.50 a yard. 56-Inch Paon Velvet at $5.95 Yard Velvet—lovely for suits or dresses. 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