The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 29, 1919, Page 15

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STEEL WHEELS ATTRACT ATTENTION TO THE JOB "chai ge * 3 flo wer Datry's Latest Addition to Their Meet 2 Ninth two-t uipment well the May ave, Te amc wo This new esigned body Pand steel wheels the focal point for many it travels over Seattle streets delivering fresh milk About two years age the Mayfiow- er Dairy purchased its two tracks of 1'4-ton ca April it added a model 4 -ton. A constant increase of business has made it necessary for the firm to eadily increase ity fleet. At the game time new trucks giving depend. able GMC service bring new busi ness, and to take care of the busi nege the plant now being re modied so ag to cover the remainder To speed De Recently ac thelr truck truck with this on A¥-ton GMC.with good ly—price $1,750 Two %-ton GMC’s, good rubber—price $900 1-ton Ford worm drive— price $450 _2-ton GMC, good rubber —price $750 2-ton Federal, good ex- press body—price $1,600 Eldridge Company 802 EAST PIKE f the block which it now ¢ fn king of GMC tr Beckler, the manager, said In buying GMC trucks from the ridge-Huick company we upies: ke, Mr | vie we white are buying h in every way stont with the quality and depe ability of the truck that firm » Clase Of wer know i tributes ‘Half of Production to Be. Devoted to Closed Styles: Pitty produc Aute will plans other the cont of th by Kokomo, according to formul The will of d next year company 1 being per models roduction of th wed * by & motor car institution of the sixe and caliber of the Haynes }company is believed to be without edent in the automobile world. ia it a departure from der division of production, but jit also is tremendously significant in | that it marks the beginning of a new [era in the automobile history of the country—an @ra in which the closed long in the minority, will hold stvay as the popular favorite of the automobile buying public. cloned styles, now 50 cent consist car Heretofore, open cars were manu factured in greater quantities than | closed styles, Gradually, however, the closed cars have been growing in favor until now it is predicted that | in time there will be more closed cars seen on the roads than open styles | “One needs but to turn to the evo | lution of the street car to see an Analagous situation,” states H. EH. Lerch, of the Victory Motor com- This equal division In| Haynes distributors, “Prac ali of the cartier str were open cars. Then came a period in whieh we had ‘summer’ “winter Today pract street cars are cloned styles with a window arrangements whereby they y be transformed into open, atry jes during the summer months. ‘open® street car is a thing of pat “A similar evolution séems to be taking place with the sutomobtte, We find te more close@ care in use than ever Uttle tho production of the cloned styles is creeping up on that of the open ones.” DIRT IN OIL CAUSE } OF NOISES IN GEAR | In filling the transmission ind rear axle with off or other lubricmst, be sure that the filling hole or opm ing ia clean. Pouring oll into a smal j Opening with dirt all round the ovt pany teally ve he h | with the ol so suddenly. have done for the Hulen Transfer Co. Seattle Baking Co. and more than 200 Seattle users they will do for you. Ask Any Reo Owner UNITED MOTORS CO. A. F. Hawkinson, Mgr. 407 East Pine East 9 Announcing Immediate Delivery on 1920 Models =e CASE SIX OR the first time in many months we are able to make immediate F deliveries on the CASE SIX. STURDY—POWERFUL—BEAUTIFUL The full, sweeping lines of the C ASE SIX give it an air of distinction that marks it as the car of cars. Its mechanical excellence is universally recognized, and the Case name has been recognized as a leader in the mechanical fiéld for over three-quarters of a century. PIONEER AUTO COMPANY Sales and Service Melrose Ave. at Pine St. 4 Elliott 4210 before and Mttle by| | side is bad, because the dirt goes kj ‘Then you hear gear | noises and wonder how it happened THE SEATTLE STAR enge Out for Golf Fans 0 " lo of | Company All memi th any two-man gol Jin spite of t A t react the ¥, M. I that Floyd fame touted fietent at b a the Winningham, sales mar Seattle Automod’ ie out with of the row, HH If toa fact a und i that Altre t i und Atel other of W team i» the their that back hallenge | with reat | Any takers of this challenge w kindly address thelr commur auto editor of wih b ” ations in > r arranged to i dates GOODRICH MEN | GET BIG BONUS| Blake, Jocal manager of tho | te Se h Rubber company, said} yesterday that nearly 6,000 salaried « of the BR. F. Goodrich Rub pany will get a fine Christ mas present this year In the form of extra compensation to the extent of 26 per of thelr annual sal- ary, The money will be insued on] December 1, in plenty of time for Cheistinas shopping | Goodrich made a similar present! |}to salaried employes last year, It is wald the total amount of the extra | mpensation to awarded this | AF will bo In excens of $2,500,000. The announcement ixsued by the executive committee of the com: | pany follows: Believing that which justified an additional pay-} ment to analaried employes of the! company during the year 1918 have existed during the past year to such an extent as to once more warrant unu al recognition, the executive minittee has determined that each lealaried employe on December 1, }1919, shall recelve additional com: | pensation for services rendered and | to be rendered equal to 25 per cent! of the total salary paid to each such employe during the year 1919." | 26 cent the conditions TRACE WIKRE FOR MISS Many times a troublesome skip in ylinder t* due to an unsuspected, ad tn a high tension wire, When Linting for such trouble go over the jftm any place worre there might baa leak, When found, the rince tubt be covers! with electric tape, u A new wire is installed. 1 Seattle-ycoma Paved Valley Road —Fine @&pt for numerous small holes in Yrrenite pavement north of Kent SeattleTioma Highline [Thru Des \foines—gravel jsouth of Dy) Molnes fair. | wection 0k Renton-Ken_Gravel road on east side of valley yood. Kent-Auburtnew Pavement from Kent to Aubuton east side of vel ley is now Of; 20-foot concrete road extends fr& Auburn 6% miles northerly thru tent, route to Renton, i Kent-Des Moint_.cooa. Auburo-Enumely— paying open entire distance of¢ 20-foot conerete road. 4p pave. ment from Seattle Enumclaw Distric ally good. Enumelaw-Kanaski — via Deep Lake, good t © bridge. Road— section Paved en cone 1 wet \amond. F —In OOK condi lowstone Good, Good except Enumelaw-Franklinggck Diamond | roads. ir. | tion Tolt-Fall Cit pavement from Seattle to Belg Trail.” ( ton. Good. Auburn-Black Diamoy_cood over | both Soos Creek and jregn River Renton- Maple Valley ‘air, » rather narrow road; use care oy | "Reenton.Renton Junctiot Pes, i | der crossings very muddy, | Maple Valley-Biack | Sunset Highway—No ent: cond}. | jtion of r | MeClella | | Holly wood-Redmond— Poor. Woodinville Duvall Rough Duvall-Toit | | Kirkland - Belleve Conthoun | vin North Side Lake Washingto, 9g miles Kirkland-Fall City—Fair over Newportdssaquah via Lake sa} mamish Newport-Renton- Bellevue-Newport Seattle Rent: tion Fair now under seach and ugh detour each to Taylor's mill ment south of Bryn Mawr enton Vashon from Des been temp Island com be reache Seattie-Vashon Heights-Harper round trips daily from Se $30 a. m., 145 p,m, and 6:30 45 autos. ow pave open te Island Ferry Moines to ily dine Portage ntinued by the The attle |p. me uty roads, call Main DIVORCED PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHY? READ THE HEART OF RACHAEL" SATURDAY, | make the change | carbureting via Rainier Valley ntract county Rainier new NOV, EW RECORD FOR ZENITH recent 29, 1919. The the na non-stop record fight “NC ft vy seaplane, cording to Vo R. Heftler Zenith prenide company the Carburetor table wchle duet vement for that e¢ pro of thia noted 1 Yonith Lieut ' the ulpped ted motors of with hy NC whieh first won Atlantic flight ‘ord for tr mad kind t Ing 12 top flight from Pans to Memphis, nautic of its carr paswen, a nor ‘Tenn, a distance The totni ft a min of ai miles 1 Ax nine hours and about ten minutes " by the “? on from Ponta Del to during the transAtiantic Had it not been eom against headwinds all way much gr would undoubtedly have b Such a long nd difficult thie and the trans Atia Cight vaya Mr. Heftler vineing test Of the power and speed producing qualities of « « time w flying time ite flight Lasbon . Gada pedition to fly in a cor carburetor, us well ag of its ec and gen eral reliability A Zenith on your motor will mean permanent rburetor satisfaction. It insures the sion of every thing a good carburetor should por including the all-important vir tue of being trouble proof. Mi of America’s beat known builders o! motor cars use the Zenith as stand ard equipment, They have found that it is sales insurance of the high ext order it guarantees that carburetor is concerned their product will no further servic or attention. ‘ou will find world of snap and power 1 speed with the nith on your car installation ts not difficult and Bunnet Electric company maintains a separate carburetor de partment with experts who can erm at your con- The Zenith is not built a price. It in a high grade device which will give high grade results and uninterrupt- ed satisfaction. AUTO CLUB onomy because oe far as thy nee now venience. to meet PLANS AID): With the realization that the big | increase in automobiles thruout the | *tate in creating many problems for the owners, the Automobile club of Western Washington has arranged |for a course of six lecturem to be given by Professor George Muench, inatructor of lighting and ignition at the Seattle Engineering School. The first of these lectures was given last Tuesday night at the club headquarters, 405 University st. and the remaining numbers in the course with the dates are given herewith Deo, 2--"The Carbureter and its are.” Dee, 9.—"The Storage Battery.” Dec, 16.—"The Automobile El | trical Equipment.” Dec, 23.—“Automoblie Ignition.” Dec, 30. lommonplace Automo- | bile Troubles and How to Prevent w Am placing on the market a new method of recharging mag netos, If your car starts hard in the morning or your lights are . come and see me. I wil! Jouble your voltage 85.00 $10.00 It will pay you to investigate. Central Machine Works 2015 THIRD AVE. Ask for Mr. Atwood. AL Hear A. E. BOOTH Of New York Noted Bible Teacher Saturday, m, and Sunday 2:00 p.m. ages .... 9:45 a.m Worship meeting +11:00 a.m Baptismal service ..... 4:00 p.m. Evangelists Elliot and Thomp- son . e+ 8:00 p,m “Al Things Are Ready” WILL YOU COME? AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS! ‘ow Is the Accepted Time"— Come! 8 p. Sunday school for all TONIGHT! Seattle The Ferry | has | (SEVENTY MUSICIANS) JOHN SPARGUR »| Conductor ‘SECOND FOPULAR Q)NCERT MANY HALL Cony Begins at 8:20 SEA, ON SALE AT SHAMAN-CLAY’S No HOUSE 256 50c, ‘The TONGHT |! For further information regarding | 5900, ‘ommander w than the | starting, | FIRE DESTROYS "40 MOTOR CARS ‘\Blaze Rages for Two Hours! in Seattle Garage } two entire Threat hours ng for nearly wipe out an block, fire of unknown origin de- the threestery garage building of the Mendy Garage and Repair Shop, 516 Westlake ave, N., and destroyed 40 auto mobiles, at 1 o'clock Saturday morning The fire watchman ¢ to stroyed wan discovered the Nort block, alare in the wame A general jby 12° fire lepread to th lens Auto Body ¢ 1% Wentlake ave the J. A. MeGraw black emith sh 518 Westlake ave. and to the roof of the Seattle T | fer Co,, 610 Weatlake roof of the transfer cornpany d upper The was de fi of the Mandy after ye hour and we floors were used as a paint and finishing shop, and it is said that both the second and third floors were filled with automobiles jeither waiting to be painted or al y pointe The basement was filled with trucks. The railway trestle In the rear of the garage, which of manufacturing burned, It will be fore railway communication ¢ | restored to these plants. The general alarm called forth the eity ambulance and a number of po- licemen, who kept the crowd back Keveral explosions of gasoline made the fire a dangerous one for the fire- ment to fight, but there were no ing juries v8 plants, was Cause Unknown » Inspector R. L, Laing made rvey of the loss early Saturday and estin ed the aggregate lone at about $63,600. The bullding at 618 Westlake ave. N. was occupied by J. A. Smith. The |bullding was valued at $20,000 and| by $14,500 insurance. loss was $16,000. Smith said that he left his office at 10:45 p. m. \Friday and that everything was all right when he left Inspector Laing declared that the use of the fire was unknown, but that in all probabilities it was due to spontaneous combustion. The fire started either in the basement or on the first floor of the building occu- yled by Smith's garage. The building at 616 Westlake ave. N. is owned by the Rt. & B. Realty Co, and was valued at $60,000. There was a $25,000 loss The Peerleas Auto Top company, occupying 620% Westlake ave. N., was dam $1,500, and was pro tected by a $2,000 insurance, while the Seattle Transfer company was damaged $1,000, The building ts val- ued at $40,000 and is covered by $30,- ,000 insurance, Fit covered Intervention Not Likely, Says Miller “Unless the Mexicans perpetrate |some act of aggravated insolence that the administration, with out- raged public opinion behind it, could not ignore, I do not look for armed intervention because of the Jenkins affair.” | This was the statement of Con- greasman John F. Miller, who re home Friday night turned to his after spending more than a year in the national capital. Deciaeing that the Armistice day | murders in Centralia turned the eyes of the nation on Washington state, Miller stated that he was in favor of deportation for “howling, scream- ing radicals,” and the annulment of eltizenship papers of all those who fail to become American citizens in jspirtt ‘State Coal Veins To Be Inspected To celebrate the opening of what promise to be rich veins of coal near Snoqualmie Falls, trip to the workings Saturday even. ing. ‘The mines are owned by the West ern Coke & Colleries company, hav- ing offices in the Arcade building: T. M. Tennent is manager of the com- pany. He will be worked at once is six feet in depth. HOLD TOWE TON FU Funeral ton, 68, Rong Fremont | o'clock. ton, ERAL held at at 2) Tower. Jd station, were chapel Saturday His wife, Mrs, Eva survives him. several days be- | n be} a party of | Seattle business men will make the | ays one of the veins that} |. W. W, PREPARE DEFENSE FUND, Plans Disclosed in Seizure! by Police | Emerson, who claims to n of Ralph Waldo Emer: son st, was being held for federal inve tion Saturday f ing id on a residence at mont by the police “antl-red squad” Friday and the discovery of mdence disclosing plans of W. W. for raising funds thru state to fight prosecution of ed radicals whp participated in Armistice day murders of war ns at Centralia In Emerson's possession is sald to have been found a letter from one 1 W lender to another express ing fear that unless funds were forthcoming at once, The letter was written |wtationery of the Co-operative Pail and Defense Committee for War Prisoners GIRL IS DEAD; QUIZ DOGTOR | Young Woman | Dies in Of- | fice; Nurse Also Held FRANCISCO, Thomas and | Poller nurse, were police today while ap was instituted into the death of an unidentified, well dressed young wo- |man who died in the doctor's office. An autopsy developed the fact that an illegal operation had been | performed | Dr. Thomas notified the paren | the death at 1 a. m. today young woman, the police tered the office at about yesterday | Dr. Thomas raid he did not know the young worm and that she | dropped dead immediately after en tering his office. He sald he had been unable to get the proper phone |conections to notify the police. |Lane Holds Down. | Fitzgerald’s ‘Chair | It's Acting Mayor Warren D. Lane for the next 15 days. : When Mayor Cecil Bernard Fitz | gerald left for the national capitol | Friday to appear a witness on be- half of Seattle before the industrial {commission he turned over the municipal helm to Councilman Lane, who as president of the councilmanic body, becomes acting mayor when- ever Mayor Fitzgerald is out of town. During his stay in the East, Mayor Fitzgerald also will attend a confer- jence of the United States shipping board. Gordon C. Corbaley, secre- | tary of the Chamber of Commerce, and C. J. France, secretary of the port commission, will attend the same conference. |Fine New Auto:Is Demolished Here Crashing into an unlighted auto- mobile at Boylston ave. and Seneca at. R. J. Church, 1784 36th ave., suffered the loss of several of his jteeth and the complete demolish- ment of his brand new $4,000 auto- mobile early Saturday morning. The offending automobile was parked in front of the residence at 1321 Seneca st. Church reported. He was driving down the derk street and, owing to a wet pave- ment, was unable to avoid the col Archer L. be a grandne the ¢ a ra A" corresp 1 out the the vete on feeds a number SAN rank Dr. nica by Mine detaine oe 10 p. m Phone Attorneys Ask a New Trial | The Pacific Telephone & Tele- |eraph Co, is seeking to revoke the $800 judgment rendered in favor of |Mark M. Litchman, attorney, for al- leged poor service. Attorneys for the company appeared before Judge Mitchell Gilliam Friday and asked a new trial. He took the application | under advisement. The judgment es- tablished a precedent, in that it made the company liable to similar ver- | dicts when it can be proven it is | not giving proper service. Smashes Window To Get Revolver Police are searching Saturday for the daring burglar who smashed the heavy plate glass window of the Monette Hardware Co. 517 Second ave., while the streets were filled | i “the ship would s#ipk’ | Clase | investigation | Uision when the machine was seen.) PAG GERMANS SCORN ALLIES’ DEMAND Ipeny Responsibility for Sink- ing Hun Fleet LONDON, Nov. 29—(United Prews)—The German gover ment’s note to the peace confer- ence denies that Germany is re sponsible for the sinking of the | German fleet in Seapa flow, Ber- | lin dispatches said today. “The German government must repudiate au without just ground any obligation to perform the demands made in the allied note on the Scapa | flow sinking | “Admiral Reuter,” the dispatches jquoted the German note ds saying, “thought the armistice had ended the |war when he ordered the seacocks of bis vessels opened,” He was cut off from communica- tion with his government, it was | painted out. The note offers to submit the mat- | ter to arbitration of The Hague tri- bunal, according to dispatches, leay- ing it to decide whether the German government {s responsible, and, if so, what damages are due the en- tente, ‘The note points out, according to the Berlin dispatches, that the al- | Hed demands will delay speedy en- ‘orcement of the peace treaty, which ermany greatly desires, A Berlin dispatch to the United | Press, filed yesterday, said the Ger- In government had inspired a statement that Germany would not sign the allied protocol, providing for delivery of certain docks and ships to the allies in payment for the sinking of the interned German fleet at Scapa flow, on the ground that France had repudiated an agreement to give up German prisoners of war |she holds. ‘|Germany N May N Not Sign Peace Paper BERLIN, Nov. 29.—Statements believed to have been inspired by the government here today were to the effect Germany will not sign the pro- tocol to the peace treaty, which pro- vides for the delivery of certain docks and shipping. Germany takes the - ground, ac- cording to the matements, that since Frarice failed to Reep her “promise” ‘for, return of war prisoners, Ger. tmany can break her word regarding the prototel. CO-OPERATIVES IN CONVENTION Women’s Guild to Be Or- ganized Sunday With a crowd of enthusiasts ats | tending, the Northwestern Co-opera- tive convention entered upon the second day of its threeday session at the Labor Temple annex Saturday for discussion of co-operative accom- plishments in industry and produc- tion, store management, accounting women’s guild and a co-operative em- ployes’ society wil] be organized. The meeting will then adjourn to attend church services, ‘The convention opened Friday. Prof. W. D. Moriarty, director of marketing at the University of Washington, criticised the co-opera- tive movement for trying to go too fas, A hand was needed, he said, to ‘divert the en into the channels of intelligent business. James A. Duncan opened the con- vention in the name of organized labor with a speech on “Compete ys. Co-operate.” He urged labor and the farmers to get together “to freeze out the trusts. Other speakers were: Ernest 0. F, Adams, general manager of the western states division of the Co-op- erative association; L. E. Bradley, secretary of the Triple Alliance; Oscar McGill, former co-operative organizer; R. I. Case, secretary of the Grange warehouse; Rev. Roy H. Campbell, pastor of Pilgrim Congre- gational church; F. P. Watters, Triple Alliance organizer, and Will- jam Martilla, head of the Finnish co-operative movement in America, which owns a large string of stores in this country. with people returning home from theatres and movies, and escaped after helping himself to a revolver on display in the window. The report of the theft was made known by a street car conductor who witnessed the proceédure from a Second ave. car, 1 Truck Traffic Pointing with pride to the fact that a satisfied purchaser is the best recommendation for a motor truck, Sales Manager W. M. Hart- ford of the Shields-Livingood Mo- tor company, cites the instance of BE. B, Conklin, a Seattle man who purchased a Traffic Truck in Oc- tober, and who speaks as follows 4 ssucn of KE, B. Conklin, fuet dealer, about his experience, “Since purchasing my Traffic Truck I have been using it to haul wood, making two round trips daily from Des Moines fo the University section of Seattle, a total distance of 100 miles, I haul one and one- half cords of forest wood, which weighs approximately 3,600 pounds a cord, I make all the grades on high and get 15 miles to the gallon of gas. The Traffic has plenty of power for the steepest hills, and speed to spare,’ Mr, Hartford, of the Shields-Liv- engood Co., leaves next week for the annual sales convention at the Traffic factory in St. Louis, and will endeavor to get an enlarged quota of Traffic trucks for the coming year to meet the rapidly growing demand for this line,

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