The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 24, 1920, Page 4

ARMERS REFUSE TO ‘RAISE’ HIRED HANDS; FEAR LOWER PRICE BY GRORGE B. WATERS WASHINGTON, Apri! 23.-—-Who ta to Blame for the shortage of farm la « and that if they invest in labor ‘@t @ high price now and depend on a future market for their crops, they that makes the acreage op production for 1920 un- farmers last year got seared at high wages, thinking prices would fall, As & result, they missed the opportunity of making big protts 4 “The farme who have taken a chance are the ones that have made big money,” stated an official of the Bureau of Crop Batimates. “And un | lene & panic hita the country, which is not likely, those who meet the high wages and grow full crops are the ones who will make @ Killing this In 1910 the farmer got 48 cents | a bushel for his corn, &8 cents for bis | wheat and 14 cents a pound for his }eotton, and tn 1919 those respective prices were $1.85, $2.15 and 36 cents, | highest in 10 years, excebt corn dropped 2 cants the last year. Horse Thief Flees; Guard Judge’s Nag HOUSTON, April 24—-Arthur Brown, sent to jail for stealing two cows and a mule, broke jail and rode away on a stolen hore, Judge Rob inson, who sentenced him, now wants |to sell his cow fearing be can’t keep Announcement CAEP LEWwis w ELESS MOVES TO (004 Third Avenue | Larger Salesroom U. S&S Olive Drab Shirts, S. Web Beits Auto or Captain Robes, brown, blue U.S. ARMY GOODS Twe carloads enamel ware, all sizes, good condition, $2.25 to bart} Victoria Profits by Wisdom of ¢. P. R. s|Adequate Hotel Brings Traffic to City How the Canadian Pacific rattway long ago maw the Advantage of ade quate hotel accommodations at ite Western terminals and is now profit ing by ite investments of years ago, is pointed out by Menneth ©. Kerr, editor of the Railway and Marine News, in advocating the immediate building of a modern, up-to-the-nin we betes tm Seattle. Kerr sald. © construction of & palatial ho- tel at Seattle will have an irffnediate and direct effect upon the travel by rail and water via this port. Thin ts #0 obvious that it needs no extended dimcussion, We already have th railroads and the steamship lines, 8nd with the erection of a modern hotel, the increased paasonger travel ‘COST OF LABOR THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920. | ru this city alone will fl the new | te concede that the Inmpress, at Vie~ | nontalry; therefore it would not inter por wae tre morn veaieeves —_ | contribu’ the pleasure an | fore with the succens of those hatals | 1.7 "orm viaitor to elther city, Jalready tn existenoa “With {ts four transcontinental “Briefly, the new hotel would cre-| itnes, its many coastwise, Aladka and ate ite own business, and thereby |Oriental steamships, its financial | jmotably contribute to the general/strength, its wealth of industry, as | wucceas of the clty, As an ilustra-| represented by the products of for- jtion of the relation between botels | ostry, of agriculture, of mines and of | land tansportaloa rates, one only | the sea, Seattle has a wealth of back has to think of the Canadian Pacific, | ing, and ought certainly to be able to the north, which has made its ho-| to quickly finance #uch a hotel pro}: | | tol department one of the mast nota-|ect, It could erect such a structure | ly succensful features of its great | that would not only eclipse anything ranscontinnental railroad opera on the Pacific coast, but for the next tions, Without mentioning al] the halfcentary be a nating monument | hotels in that vast chain, we at the) to the virile business men of the | West end of the line are ever ready | ‘Seaport of Success.’ * SOUL MATES ecpy Thief Gets Time for Long Nap DEFIANCKR, April 34-——John Mas- ter won title of “The Sieepy Burglar” Sl || Maving Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year Mrs. Elizabeth Gefferd, 2928 Hastern ave, is in the city how pital Friday morning with her Jaw fractured in two and ponsibly three placed an the result of be ing struck by an pmobile driven by Union Candy Roylaton ave, at 9 p day. Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year Tm. W. Conway, 2509 Alki ave., rted to the police Friday of struck an unidentified boy Thursday afternoon near his home Conway reported that the lad waa evidently upmjured and waa left with bis mother, Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year Running from between two parked automobiles at the Seattle ball park, late Friday afternoon, Jamen Romeo, %-yearoid non of Charles Romeo, 2029 Mun ot. was struck by an automobile driven by Chiles B. De Lappe, 3906 Renton ave, and sustained a frac tured collar bo: and head lacera Uona The lad was placed In another machine and taken to the city hospital m, ‘Thurs rey Angular femaire who are abjo to elbow thetr way thro a bargain hunting crowd have their good paints, WOW PLAYING 'Extravagance of FAKE WAR HERO ‘Good Time’ Jury Will Be Probed OAKLAND, April 24. the profiteering jary, the latest thing before the bar of Judgment In the recent trial of Miss Anita Whitney, California club woman cor vieted of jury, de *" and compored of six men and six women, put in euch @ #tag gering expense account that Auditor Garrison held it up for investigation The bill included | Clgars for four men Jurors ...$ 95.00 | Conmetion for the women .... 55.00 | Shaves amd halreuts .... 34.00 |Magnzines, camdy, ete, 148.53 ‘Taxi rides 162.75, Garrison found that the six male } jurors had their hair cut 14 time |and faces ‘shaved 47 times, The ci gar smokers amoked 742 two fora quarter smokes, One furor took sick with colic, which added a doctorts bill Altho the total bill is considerably |leae than the national debt, Garrison [mays that where there is wo much umoke there must be some fire, and suggests @ grand jury probe At the conclusion of the trial, Pore woman Haines, spokesmay for the ladies, ptood up Red thanked the din trict attorney for the “lovely tume they had had, John Starts War | All by Lonesome BACRAMENTO, April 24— John O’Nei!l ts in a hoepttal observation ward here now. John can't forget | the war is over and that he’s back home, He's tried to kill several men | under the tmpreasion they were Ger man soldiern Enter now criminal eyndicaliatmn,” the n from the so-called “pa _ SENT TO PRISON % \Toledo Fell for His Chestful | of Medals TOLEDO, April 74—~Toledo's ett. has fallen for a fake hero. This here has been sentenced to serve two years in federal prison at Atlanta for impersonating & United Btates of. fiver, Powing a# an American aca, he has found that the path of “glory* leads only to a prison cell Nathan FB. Altman, alias nine other names assumed for conven enee, came back from France with his Heutenant’s uniform all cluttered up with o ns of varying de gree, When the good people of To ledo saw Altman's heaving chest of medals they took him to thelr bosom, in a manner of speaking. He was dined at’ the exctosive To Jodo clubs, entertained right and Ieft in the beat bomeaghad the pick of the prettiest girls, proved himself q ben vivant, and then the blow came, He wus enatched up because he aad |he was a government officer, ‘The bursting of Altman's here bet bie came with a loud whizebang. Im vestigation showed he was wanted in Cleveland, Cincinnati, New Oe. |Jeans and numerous other eities. | He went to France a mechanie, |earne back @ mechanic, having been “pusted” as sergeant and made a lhigh private in the rear ranks; de- serted at Camp Merritt, bought up a defunct officers’ regalia, scanned the jpawn shops for bero medals and wet out to fly high. EUGENE.—Two killed and one tr jured when boiler explodes on Booth- Kelly Lamber Cao. logging train at Wendling. when he formed @ habit of taking @/ snoose inthe bed of his tatended vie-| tim, before robbing him. John now sets ees seer eeneommceesnoemscoes cose $2.00 and Pope ‘ 75 Gold Medal Cots. .............. 00 TO HIT CROPS BREAK BOND rs at A\ Photoplay thet teW S. Navy Blankets. Y Gloves ...... ee Wool Breeches .. Flags . S. Navy Tents, 9x9, 12 oz. White Government Duck ‘ se tenes senmweceeees «820.00 “CAMP 2+ - 89-310 $3.50 SALE CONDUCTED BY LEWIS WIRELESS 904 Third Ave. Near Madison. Mail and Express Orders Filled as Rapidly as Pomible CLEMMER Music— LIBORIOUS HAUPTMAN Director A few of the things this versatile- genius does in this, her new- est picture: Works in a jam factory Later becomes a model in a-fashion- able modiste’s shop Goes on the stage, and—but the rest is for you to see! INAZIMOVA “THE HEART OF A CHILD” |wult of increases in the wages of jfarm labor will be a serious, cur feed crope, according to William A. tion is uncertain. tac) in a picturization of Frank Danby’s novel— | will have plenty of time for “snoos |Good Friend Elopes With | taliment in the output of foot and | ing.” He was given « texm of five} His Wife | to 30 years in the pen. . WINTHROP, Mass, Aprf! 24— Falling to reach an agreement to |His Equity in Great Beyond Worth $1,000 f i Hi rn j jive i ag ib YAKIMA.—State reunion of G. A. RL. to be held June 15 to 26. 16, sentenced to 14 yearn in penitentiary for murder of J, F. Burekman. BUFFALO-—Mra. Chartes BPrick- son, 53, dies after sleep of four months, KELLOG, Idaho—Fire at South mill, owned by the Bunker Hil! and Sullivan Mining company, causes $40,000 loan BREMERTON —Governor Hart to | be guest of honor at Chamber of | Commerce banqtet May 14, | ABERDEEN—Mrs. Caroline Ww. McKinley, editor of the Aberdeen World, dead. | WASHINGTON. - Attorney Gen- jeral Palmer requests an additional | | appropriation of $500,000 for detec tion and prosecution of crime. | MOUNT VERNON, Ill. —Mias je J, Padget, 24, kicked to death jby mule, CHICAGO.—Btx leading theatre |ticket brokers charged with defraud ing government of $100,000 in war taxes. ae ‘ An: MY SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY Rogue’s Harbor Starring Mary Miles Minter “Judy of Rogues’ Harbor” ts the story of @ courageous little girl whose wonderful character, de- termination, and desire to help those imposed upon, helps her to overcome all obstacies, Thrilling Gripping Appealing A Capital Comedy “IN A PINCH” Ford Weekly HERE ONE WEEK young people \. tat their Darents + L cught to them, but seldom do. POSITIVELY NO CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN each YOU ARE A MOTHER, SEE “THE END OF THE ROAD,” THEN TELL YOUR DAUGHTER WHAT SHE OUGHT TO KNOW. YOU ARE A FATHER, SEE “THE END OF THE ROAD,” THEN TELL YOUR WIFE WHAT TO, TELL YOUR DAUGHTER. YOU ARE A DAUGHTER OR SON, REMEMBER “THE END OF THE ROAD”—IT IS A WON- DERFUL LESSON. BE CAREFUL ABOUT MAKING NEW ACQ- UAINTANCES REMEMBER RICHARD . BENNETT WHO SCORED IN “DAMAGED Goops’, THE END OPEN DAILY AT 10 A. M. ‘OF THE ROAD