The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 31, 1919, Page 16

CITY WILL FIGHT ~~ GAS RATE RAISE, j-=-=- Meier to Oppose Increase Before Commission Aa Corporation Counsel Walter F. e Meier was directed by judi. j, clary commitics of city council! Tuesday afternoon to j make a strong fight against the Seattle Lighting company in its effort to establish a new tariff which will Increase the cost of gas to Seattle patrons from 20 to 23 per cent, nell comm! jepartment of pub data upon Meier, assisted by niet ansist ant Thomas J. lL. K wil! an ee Once prepare and f omp: — | Mi Against the li ompany's | | | UU posed tariff. also directed the Ne utilities t mbloO which the oe counsel and his chief assistant may base the contest. yy Inspect Books ed that the public serv has filed for. city of Seattle mal notice on the that one month from December 26 higher gas rates will be charged in + this city unless the cc “shown,” o The counct ary committee Was Invited to the books of the Seattle Lic company, ac coring to a communication received Tuesday, The invitation was dis Cuased by the committee, but no ac ceptance was macte. Advices from Olympia Tuesday) Were to the effect that if investiga tion of the pliant of the § Lighting company should tn e Phat better service in Seattle se OLD THMERS Hew YEARS EVE, Ett wort? Mands better equipment, the public’ #ervice commission will erder such tmprovements. “If an investigation discloses the Mecessity for additional facilities Detterments of changes to insure A Adequate service, the commission Will take steps to bring about such Smproved conditions, preferably with the co-operation of the company, but } Without such co-operation If neces. mary,” the commission announced. + Sesrreanie| > “NEVER AGAIN!” THE agi Yj Y j A 7 EATTLE STAR_ didlo nicthinennilae bien thincen nibs anes aay) WORE JAPS TO CHILORENDIE | ENTER SIBERIA, BY OWN HANDS Troops Wil Be Sent to Re-|Serbian Litle Ones, Starv- sist Bolsheviki Forces ing, End Their Lives NEW YORK, Dec. 31-¢Children of | “WASHINGTON, Dee. 21.—Deecision | virtually had been reached by Japan! serbia, suffering from malnutrition es be bsdypterta ane fe] and faced with a hopeless future, | and ween it wae learned to {have turned to suicide as the only Way at the state department follow. |retlef, J. Doherty, an agent of the ‘lan " between Secre: day when he returned from four and nad Sapanene ‘eaten [euetalt months’ work in Serbia. ‘Shidehara. | Many cases of suicide among chil- ‘This decision, which t¢ understood | dren not more than 10 years old have have been reached tn harmony | been reported, Doherty said. Several the United States, witl not en-| such tragedies were called to his per- the sending of additional troops sonal attention, he aid. Teinforce the American army of 9,000 men now in far eastern Siberia. HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE : CHICAGO, Dec. 11. — George BOSTON, Dec. s1—Prancis G.| Hewitt abot and killed his wife, ima, an automobile dealer, who | 24 years old, at the home of her alleged to have shot and instantly | mother here yesterday. The couple Miss Dorothy McLeod, mani-/| had been married three years. After u here yesterday, died from eself- a quarrel Mra. Hewitt left her hus band last Sunday. TIME! TONIGHT At 11 P.M. EVENT! New Year’s Eve Frolic AND ALL NIGHT DANCE THE GIRL? IF YOU HAVEN’T ONE OF YOUR OWN YOU CAN DANCE WITH ANY ONE OF THE BEAUTIES IN THE LARGE CHORUS ON THE STAGE OR IN THE LARGE MARBLE FOYER. THREE JAZZY ORCHESTRAS 20 Vaudeville Acts 20 “Nuf Sed. The Rest Is Up to You” PRICES: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 work. Only one unemployed ex-service woman came to the! 25 men slept there. had been isued. Citizens flooded the place with gifts of Gothing, shoes “Ang extended discussions of the Rus-| Serbian relief commission, said to-| and food. Employers telephoned in offers of jobs. Thru these 263 men were placed at work. Only eight men refused employment opportunities. The average length of stay per man at the dormitory was only three nights. The enter- prise is now under the management of the central relief committee of the Denver posts of the American Legion. The committee in its report to the governor asks an appro- priation of $400 to continue the dormitory thru the winter. Intensive Campaign Lasts Two Weeks ; The effects of the campaign in Denver are shown by the fact that the week before the campaign only 49 men were by the Denver demobilization bureau, the the first week of the campaign and 357 | the second week. The intensive job-finding campaign lasted only two weeks, In Pueblo a difficult situation was encountered because The campaign revealed 238 unemployed ex-service men. To take care of these, the state committee listed with the Pueblo campaign workers 300 jobs in other | parts of the state. | The main difficulty now is finding jobs to fit the qualifi- cations of the remaining unemployed. Many soldiers re- turned from service incapacitated for their former lines of placed at work number being 11 of the steel strike. [Continued From Page One STATE ACTION AIDS VETS IN COLORADO tory” in the Windsor hotel for the use of the unemployed ' soldiers. Blankets and cots were provided. The first night} Up to December 19, 1,004 bed tickets attention of the committee. Work was secured for her. The committee also reported on complaints against the |laws and regulations of the various federal bureau created |to serve ex-soldiers. Individual complaints of ex-service men and women are considered by the committee's secre- ‘tary, who, if he deems necessary, will ask the governor to call the committee together to take action. |Want Laws Giving | Veterans Preference The committee recommended that these federal bureaus, now located in different parts of the city, be brought |under one roof for convenience of ex-service men. recommended increased hospital facilities for the United States public health service, stating that thru insufficient appropriations hospitals are now overcrowded, and that con- | valescents are sometimes prematurely discharged to make |room for emergency cases. ! | NEW tion of parole. Hammond's famous smile never left him when Judge Wadhams pro- nounced sentence, of leaving a trail of worthh totalling thousands in Broadway re. sorts, paroled and later rearrested, | place them at the disposa! \“Winning Smile” _|J. N. NAYLOR, PIONEER Fails Hammond) tenced to a minimum of three and a half years in Sing Sing for viola YORK, Deo, 31.—Donald| EYERETT, Dec |Hammond's “winning smile |to win yesterday and the son e| [dean of Cornell university was sen was 71 years old. a1. It also The committee also recommended passage of laws by the state legislature giving former members of the service | preferential treatment in purchase of state lands, and in | securing state jobs. It urged state appropriations for relief purposes, and favored passage by congress of land settlement and home |aid legislation, and appropriation to continue the federal demobilization bureaus, . Present public interest in the employment problem should not be allowed to abate, the committee states, “The problem,” it says in its report, “will continue to be with us at least during the winter, |of men are yet to be discharged from service. j and other special employments, such as work in st tories, will soon close, “Tt is recommended that in each town, the mayors, | Sentatives of any existing free or fee charging a employment committees of the American Le | service sections of the Ff whereby they may all secure the earliest pos: | who are or may become unemployed.” Employment opportunities discovered by these agencies | will be reported to the state labor commissioner, who will 1 of unemployed ex-service men. A considerable number Seasonal | ugar fac- repre- wencies, gion and home ted Cross, confer and arrange plans co-operate to the best advantage to sible employment for ex-service men ATTORNEY, PASSES Joseph 1H Naylor, pioneer attorhey of Everett, died Monday at the Everett hospital after an fllness of two months. He Preceding his arrival tn this city, He waa victed checks ima, jor of Ca Naylor taught school and practiced law in Centralia, Chehalis and Yak- Tle # survived by two sons, C. H, Naylor of Portland, and Leslie Nay. daughters, The Message of the Lights Our Pledge to You For the New Year Tonight upon the south wall of The Bon Marche, the lights are flashing out their cheery wish for your happiness and prosperity during the year. Back of that cheerful mes- sage-stands our firm deter- mination to do all in our power to make Nineteen - Twenty both happy and prosperous for you, by offering the merchan- dise you want and by continu- ing to give friendly, helpful service. By Pledging Ourselves to Stand, at All Times, Between You and Higher Prices mae aaa ' We cannot control prices. No store or group of stores can do that. Even the governments of the world are wrestling. with this problem unsuccessfully. ' But we can work willingly; gladly, and use the experience of thirty years of store-keeping to secure for you the best val- _,| ues the market affords. WE PLEDGE YOU OUR BEST EFFORTS FOR A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. TheBonMarché ESTABLISHED 1890 Formal Announcement of Peace Due in January BY HENRY WooD materials at Hamburg and Danzig. (United Press Staff Correspondent,)| Le Matin said today an agreement | PARIS, Dec, 81.—The protocol GUN EXPLODES, DOCTOR KILLED Head Blown Off on Eve of © Hunting Trip POISON WHISKY | WORRIES WETS Ardor for New Year Cele- bration Is Dampened has been reached in London to expel Turkey from Europe. The Ottoman capital, the newspaper said, will be transferred either to Brusa or Ko nich, in Asia Minor, probably will be signed in time to declare the treaty of peace with Germany effective between January 7 and 10, it was stated sembofficially today. The treaty will become effec: tive when formal ratifications are exchanged. This is expected SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. %1.— Ardor of New Year's revellers to- night will be dampened by the an- nouncement of Justus Wardell, in- While cleaning a shotgun, prepar- . atory to a hunting wtp, Dr. B. G. : Final exnalaien athe nae og | Love, 39, Seattle physician, accident- Huyope, if accomplished, will fulfill a A wes Ciblatiin Gevaih of centhrien.” Sduen, ally killed himself Tues day after. ternal revenue collector, that sa- ‘i 1 tbh t of th noon, loons of all grades have been rell-| % take place immediately after ate agebd hee eet pasty oti The accident occurred in the gar. _ ing liquors containing wood alco-| the protocol ts signed. yok Mahige > ge he vila Khedw lage in the rear of D. A. Farns The latest optimistic hope, it was|v ndikyar, It was capital of the an-! hol and embalming flutds, eee aime cottealatto, hope, AE rane ee iionih ane tiated, tae tee, Month's testdenon, at 410 15m, ater James Morris is the first to die; "it "nati | a Dr. Love received the gun as & cured from Kurt Von Lersner, head | Mosques and as a commercial center, here from drinking —_polsonous | oF the German delegation here, inti:|Konieh, recently reported a hot bed | Dresent the day before from his liquors, Discarded bottles taken | mating Germany will accept the al-|of the Turkish nationalist movement, | {Te"4. J. C. Hayden, and planned to from saloons commonly contain! iieg demand for signature of the|is capital of Vila Konieh. It was| ‘eave the city Tuesday night for dregs of poisons, sald Warde 1 TM°| protocol without specific agreement| the ancient city Ieontum, capital of Fae eee tae Oe iniecried to Sunn o OO te ey, empt tl to reduce the allied demand for|Lycaonia, haar tahoe neutralize the wood alcohol by} 499,000 tons of German marine ma iniap ke ie ak The explosion was heard by mem- using ammonia, he said, bers of the Farnsworth household, terials in compensation for the Scapa who rushed to the garage and found Flow sinking. Britain Refuses CHICAGO, Dec, 31.—Revellers in| ‘The German delegates demanded, prhaindetpe pele ian C8 wel anode Chicago may have Nquor—but they | however, that the allies put into writ Labor Passports Re cece eer aee will have to bring thelr own sup- ling the promise made them by Paull LONDON, Dec, 81.—The govern-|and Freak Roestll, were callae aan Pew Paice ends Tuled today |Dutasta, secretary of the peace con-!ment has refused to insue pasaports|found the gun with m partially shat that cafe patrons may take nips | ference, that the allies will reduce |!to the committee of British laborites, | tered breech ee from thelr own bottles, Tho usual] their marine demands if Germany ts|appointed to investigate conditions| Dr. Love 1 wild party in welcoming the new|able to establish that she has lesalin soviet Russia, it wae learned to | for come cme cag yg practicing year were predicted despite probi-|tonnage than now estimated by the|day. ‘The government tased ita tec| heat ee ree in Maids owing to sit Citon, he ip ay. ‘The ed its re-| health, He lived at the New Arcti¢ fusal, it was said, on the ground that Great Britain has no diplomatic re- lations with soviet Russia, and hence cannot issue passporta, hotel. His mother, Mrs, J, J. Set Mra. W. EB. Brown of Valten, and Mrs. A. A, Mead of Salt Lake City, Inspect Material A special allied commission now ts taking an inventory of the German voss, living in Russell, Pa,, is his o1 known relative,