The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 19, 1920, Page 1

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On the Issue of Americanism T here Can Be No Compromise ‘ Weather TH EW Tonight i Thursday, winds daiacateeeas bale EDITION Maxt . 57 Mini: 46 Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1999, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, voder ine Act of Congress March 3, 1879 Per Year, by Matl, $6 to 9 OCS a ie a j TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE 7s ss | SEARING MADE TO ME DANA SLEETH t 3 z ENERAL REDUCTIONS of prices on merchandise, especially cloth- | > in Be 4 CCASIONALLY, theese g, were reported today thruout the country. . wonderful mornings, I Merchants in many large cities have cut prices from 20 to 50 per cent. + ie stee-auny ash Newspapers in New York were filled with advertisements of “sales.” ; Loans. onthe mene Reasons given for the reductions were: ; ; porch, conscious pride tim * 4 . a > © the firgt man up in the neighbor- A “slow” spring season, with the public doing little purchasing and leav- hood, ‘And about that time along \ ‘i + Rie glanced ce 3 ing merchants with stocked up shelves. morning's work, and my pride sub- The “tight” condition of the money market. ° ron Banks were reported calling in loans, forcing merchants who had bor- Says Term Expired March 15, and We get accustomed to marvels, to unnatural miracies, to strange re mney urchase is, t 1 in orde € as b : artmen! te ogee geegee velln womr owed money to purchase goods, to unload in order to meet their notes. i Dep t Head Has Been to having our paper on our front Congestion of freight shipments, due to lack of cars, the “rump” rail- 5 6 2 ee Ase road strike, and preventing proper distribution of merchandise. ‘ on Trial Since than for a boy to craw! out of bed | The food market, according to today’s reports, had not been generally Mine Leare canbe of vonee influenced by the downward movement. However, grocers in some sec- Police Captain W. H. Searing was appointed chief of ons thru the stew, and ball tions predicted a slight decline might be expected soon, due to the general + Bi le copccslaest toon psd rcertere md Joel ¥. Vo : and Siwaye braving sath paper just economic conditions. 2 . ; , Fe ian « The mayor explained that Warren’s term of office termi- where the householder wants it? | The congested freight situation was given as the reason for food prices 2 |nated, under provisions of the city charter, on March titers ar cheep, ont ot ping, ant remaining up. * Cate the day he, the mayor, teak: often. He.naid he ne 4 boy's hatred of routine and de- The price-cutting movement has hit the Middle West, all large cities, e, | Warren to remain since that try ou sucl af hegoenteetstr) . ‘ ‘ ie ‘ Bs | Because he felt Warren had not been co-operating with areas ah gn an Stn with the exception of Detroit and Cleveland, reporting slashing of prices. “gl nim, and ise the has inipiiclt conti in the ability ful thing. of Captain Searing to head; 4 Searing to it for the micceas of the IN SAN FRANCISCO ae | entire newspaper bust ON IN CHICAGO Renae eigen eae ~~. porn THE WAY DOWN ‘The subject was first broached | eee qa poly So Seams ee mare See Mapertant than even a press fore ceived a rude jolt In the expert ; “I think my ideas coincide with those of Mayor Caldwell,” |» oe ED 4, MAN; and, of course, they are con- Merchants Say Price-Cut- | cice pogo Franciaco barbers. Reductions by Many Stores nid of ~ ttle’ hi . at first, but came to his office siderably more useful than half a d Following the announcement H hi Capt. W. H. Searing, Se cw f of 1 yoieiag ) ~~ ante dima mes =e ting Is Bound to Spread] een ee ae aneet tte Indicate New Change . |«My policy will be the same as it has been during the time I <= RE a x , While papers have been pub |] berearter, local ie citigen, > = ai “ Cald- without editors, and have CHICAGO. Sigh. priews| I ccccathe determined to enter ine . police myself.” “enld. Mayor a | periods foremen, | price ne, becom! eneral | were tienlly deserted. a fever @ city daily that survived |{hrnovt the country, will spread, mer-|| 4 few ‘coven a “best the ber |, downward trend in commodities | Searing was born May 18, 1877. He celebrated his 48rd)ao ning warren out.” the Fe ane without newsboys and carrier [chants and business men here pre-|| ter campaign and had their the country, according to | birthday anniversary yesterday. peor dil sw genlllacpry Boigase: voy, dicted today |] heads shaved. here today. inter: ice department here Ma 12, , | I wot not how ctever your paper | Onp Chicago department store|| potiowing two days of Mile scis- PR rete Lawl June 16. Came ne i pad ioe ee ts, mighty few folks will walk a [joined the pricecutting movement|| sors many shops passed out the way ma jergea * yu ; ' | SAYS VICE FLOURISHES, block out of the way to knock on | today, offering men’s suits, formerty|| word that the “four bit” haireut 18, 1911, he was raised to the rank of captain. | BUT CLEARS WARREN the editor's door and hana in their .| selling from %45 to $60, for from $20|] ha» come back ta stay perches. In 1914, while present Inspector Bannick was chief, Sear-| prom reports of these invest pennies. jto $25. But the bows barberw associa és _ in! 7 | was aware that If we can get a paper on any | Food brokerage houses today pre ton ie still trying to put aver the | ing was reduced again‘to a sergeancy, but was reinstated the |igators, be said, he street corner; if we can get it {dicted food prices will fall soon. 80 per cont. raise, been left with large stocks on | same year. When Bannick resigned as chief on March 17, & tevlight district exists in a terrt- thrust under our front door, well |. “They are surely on the downward hand. |1914, Searing was acting chief for half aday. The new chief ‘" eS wae fir v0 and good; well read it, and fre | trend,” said T. O. Weiss, a commis eee |lives at 2412 Dearborn st. | ems Stan tekeian: Gea reainenaeie quently pay for it. But without [sion merchant. Weiss says the cause ] T A K H Prices on Toboggan, ——~ - — | bling and other vices flourish. that delivery service, newspapers [of the tumbling of prices Is due to | Caldwell said he was satisfied that Would not travel far beliet that the ituntiqa in fast re Say Merchants East ¢¢ b] b> | money is being paid as “protection” | Carroll eat i tacperte here naw pomadbitities of a! FEAR LYNCHING NEW YORK. May 19.—Prices are ue ear S ere for these resorts, but he did not im.| the a ee poser tu food prices in the Gectins in| on the toboggan, Ieading merchants 9 | viv that Warren was profiting by “rag when Fisesge in'& semesiow |yeuteréay’s grain market. Same and business men here belleved to- any such tranmctions, or even was| tres from office age in a esterday , § e 2 | : Chi ag: aware that money was being paid.|former position office, after the news grains yesterday lost 6 and 7 cents | 10. Year-Old Child Assaulted | cutting prices trom 15 to 30 per| Warren's honesty was apparently | Civil service, under boys, is the advertising Veal and lambs have been lowered r Papacy Sym cpegion I ool se Pa Warren's “ho civil « ; man; pext comes the | two cents a pound wholesale within/ at Ronald Station nt on all lines of gr " chasted: cashier, who pays you your hon the week, dealers declared. Importa/| orarium; next the various mechan- | tion of Argentine and New Zealand! A anitor he fall, they said. | Mae tee’ ‘viere ~ thon pad gr “Seale ae Bon toney ‘blamed | SRA infuriated — co yore ried many advertivements announe' wives, mat in a cell at the prison here| usual. The great public interest at-|new office. |the mayor said, when he was competent and sniling voung ia- | the fall in prices on the uncertainty | "tation were combing the woods |ing drastice uts in prices ana) | 2UAY Meoure in the belief that he was| tached to the case will cause Dr. 1) TURN REPORTS to accept the chiefship. 7 for (of the present situation north of the cit ednesday for an The drop was due to the grad@l unknown to the hundreds of erimi-| Stanley to overlook nothing In his OVER TO SEARING I desire to say,” added Caldwell, ee wene out sormulns cee | unidentified dark-skinsed stranger, | slackening of publie buying and tight | nais surrounding him attempt to give the case correct |, “that Captain Searing did not seek making love ron smooth, and tak who netved a 10-year-old girl, livink money conditions, in the opinion of| tt» had heen informed that inmates | handling. inten ne ENT, Intersting |this appointment, either Gown at the tae cad of twe pre |Portland Stores wot aloe nl victoutty attacked her | fiancial leaders.’ They pointed |'© | of the prison are not allowed to read| The mental examination wil be |investientors’ reports, which T gh ‘my /or thru friends. In fact when E - * «ae | morning and viciously attacked her. |the huge sales of Liberty bonds on the| the newspapers asual. The mentality of a prisoner : |tendered it, he was reluctant to ae cession, you Wil see @ little runt Are Pessimistic | “ticcdnounds trom “the county |New York exchange Yesterday an eee tae raider et’ pein Unoart {turn over to the new chief. He can ape bors glasses, and 6 limp in . : arr stockade were taken to the spot indication of the money market con-| fe has|ance. It is hia ability to do hara| Ake Use of themes he sees fi his left leg, and an atmosphere of TORELAMD, Ore. May 19-—De! ois the stranger .wos ‘inst’ ween | auek |was apparently assauged. Hoe has/ anc 4 | Regarding a recent raid on an ab discontent; he'll be one of the vari- |Partment store managers, wothiers and pit to ted Ga Webthtey | itions ‘ been in constant fear that ee ae ee in a life impris lieged gambling resort at 421 Olive week, no! about the sho jay exp’ imous op! ‘The giri ie - . ert. | 4 seppid | jo pel us ; MR iow t exsene the cachier.” fons that prices here will probably can te Dt Pe mee 8 OEE eaala 6 Meee obtaining | many 6f Ge prisenere already Kno No Pretty Clothes; — Sitcr warren had been asked for «| ditions generally thruout the city, le ca of | 1FOp sometime—but n 0 Fen, a ene aime atk ane loans from banks war bonds were be-| of Bluebrart's history of | 5 : report on conditions there, and had eas : iiieipeoore Th teagibes thas the | |A27 event war walking alone a real near the (ing sold In order to provide money |ia true that California newspapers | Girl Chooses Death given the joint a “whitewash.” | Visiting Knights editors write the editorials, that |. Stocks for the oie me have been tation. Clapping his hand over her |r conducting business. eae ee eee | (rUCAGO.: May '19—Ruth Kaleo | ‘The new chief, the mayer Gilt, the reporters are the mainstay of ae ee iene ee ascording to the mouth, be dragged her into the| Members of the National Associa-|D¢wsPapers from other states have) 18 years old, had no pretty clothes |will be at lberty to make any Se Nene cad that cern, jOve® Present Prices, according to the | moult ton ot Manufacturers, here for their |*Fte entry, and Bluebeard's car to wear. It was always last years |changes he dectis necessary in the | bdy stays awake nights, worrying | Orchant > igi te Her screams for aid aroused men | annual convention, expreased the be | read and reread in the prison | “made overs” for Ruth. Yesterday| personnel of any of the special if there is going to be enough 2 working near the station. They ar.| lief that the peak of high prices was|>7 men he has outdone in savagery. /she chone death. |squads, such as the dry squad, in “news” to fill out the paper next | Increase Freight | rived just as the man dodged into | reached. Thru the strange phenomenon fre |». tibet | which Warren recently made sweep- | day. i | a | the woods. He is of medium stature, | The drop in prions was attributed | quently noted in such instances, the | It’s Cheaper to jing changes, and for which action ss No newspaper ever worries | to Lower Prices? | dirk skinned, and wore blue overailn, |to “dull. buying” by Jomeph Appel, | ray ee eres Sit Up All Ni iéic he tact bein musi ein oe —— bepress about news, and if you want to get | wagHINGTON, May 19—Immedi.| black hat and checkered socks, ac-|of Wanamaker'n, the first store| walls had tee ae Neg aren = A Pp f° sees Mon | . rae 4 invited lodge & working idea of the relative val | ase movement of piled-up freight is | COFding to their description of him. | here to announce a drastic price cut. | Bluebeard goon a ceo he ere | PARIS, May 19.-Some of the RESCINDS ORDER jmen to visit the jail. . ge of “news” and business, you |... ry to reduce price levels and| Sheriff John Stringer was notified! “When buying is dull, there ts oar jin, altho how they obtained the |jeading dressmakers are making «/SUSPENDING COLLIER ae take a spring poem up to the ed the strain on the country’s | 4n4 two carloads of depution were | tain to be a surplus of materials, and) ews is a mystery. in go thru 2ecisity of women's night attire) Asked for a report explaining why|91st Division Vets itor and note his response; and | oat system, bankers today in-| despatched & surplus of materials is certain to Saari Ae phgioct sg Fis a yaieal nce of such costly stuffs and ma-/he removed the former dry squad, | re) . Tonight { then you take a want ad to the a4 | tormed Chairman Clark, of the inter-|_ Residents of the station, which is| make for @ reduction in prices,” he| the ordeal of a very thoro physical) terial that they are almost as ex-| Warren is said to have failed to rganize ‘onight “4 man Who happens to be running | 45+, commerce commission located on the North Trunk road five | said ere eer bene tah PO a as evening gowns. tender a statement for the mayor’s| Ninty-first division veterans, whe 9 te plant that day, and observe his Increased freight rates was the the|™il4* north of the city limits, were| Garment manufacturers agreed | a wohuteate befure the keen| DEMURRER TO CHAR Sof vio |CosMderation. A few hourg before | fought in the Argonne under the slo che-" fwelcome, and you'll observe | principal remedy proposed to Clark.|*foused to high pitch by the stran-|with this statement, saying that a/Must demonstrate before ialsua’ ae the fare liance act | M8 Stecessor was appointed, Warren | gan of “Powder River—Let ‘er Buck® % « really the bows, the right im- | Ge ee gers vicious amsult survey of the garment market would | eyes of Dr. Leo L. Stanley that he | lation o sy Doragage y appliance a |said his report on the dry squad|will assemble at Roosevelt hall, portant lad about the works. ee Deputies are under orders to bring | show only minimum purchases. {is physically incapaciated. me wit | bessant penient vee vy nited | would be forthcoming today 1313% Third ave. Wednesday night “ee the man direct to the county jail) The cloth market in New York re-| be stripped and no subterfuge will | States istrict Attorney Saunders! Refore appointing Searing, the to form a permanent organization, i { i i |should he be caught, for fear some| ported the trading exceptionally | be allowed. Ail reports have it that/ was filed by the Great Northern | jayor sent a communication to War ODERN newspapers main Thinks Price Cut of the excited Ronaldites might at | oanes ; | Bluebeard is a physical wreck as a| Railway company in the district | ™*Y et tos ‘ellows like melt, , ren rescinding Warren's order sus he orn th “of pe * Is Not Permanent tins: violence on mim. | ‘The atinp has not bit the food| result of his attempt at suicide and | court Wednesday |pending Ideut. Collier, head of the Pay $21,236 to i @ theatre maintaing gilt | LINCOLN, 19.—Altho| Deputies Matt Starwich and Wil | market yet, according to statements | former dry squad, for 20 days in ad- Gravel Two Miles “S chairs in the ever-vacant | Practically ing department liam Sears carefully searched the| of grecers today, but they indicated dition to a 10days’ suspension pre-| Contract ta grade and gravel two |) boxes. They are part of the scen stores here are offering some lines | woods all the way to Lake Forest | that they expected a alight decline.» | s viously ordared by the retiring chlef.| mice or the iene fey: the public expects them, no |0f foods at cut prices, merchants de-| park, while Deputies Campbell, Le, | Tee 66 9 "he mayor ordered that Colter Bel roaq'nas teen awarde to Diamond plant is considered complete with eae permanent reductions are not peg oars nid! -_ i ep ie | Frisco Stores Cut Loita Be canesar a pinay es aquaid, 159 Howe st., by county com, ut so far aa being of yet ins an effor © locate the man o ne | J my missioners, The bid was $21, and out teen, "to Sendo as being J. B, Miller, mayor of Lincoln and| opposite side of the station | 10 to 50 Per Cent} using bad language in addressing a require writers about ay much a et rye. department és INISTERS USE | SAN FRANCISCO, May 19—Half “Shinto,” the way of the Gods! Do you ‘know Mccain, according to the mayor, eee declared the present agitation if con “ : yi 2 tee! i wv f ! kne See oie ae i) aged angadl = the cock. | tinued, will smash the smaller retail “COFFIN NAIL grit aoe ae Pps poche pet anything about it? You should! It is the religion told Lieutenant Collier; German ‘Guilty’ Tiiceam, the chess, atwieo | CHICAGO, May I8-—-N wart on | tons ranging from 10 to 60 per cent.|| of the Japanese, a religion that is the basic part of “Who in hell are you, to sian Ordered in Court and philanthropic man of the dis |, (There can be no Ur mamtesapli tf halle” hhe boon declered to | One department stof, in announcing || Japanese government, life, habits, policies, and na- for tee Car in the police depart-| peRLIN, May 18.—(Night)—the play ad branch, has to bow the | en erie eae na the Rev. ‘Robert W “mon, who | Price slashes in all articles of apparel, | ture. This language, the mayor aaig,{*torney general has summoned the | humble knee to the yrchin who | Sdvertised for 100 entre. clerks in ar It explains the stoic fatalism which pays scant seemed entirel socused German war “guilty” named . r § s Vs sed ome y unwarranted, inas- oe gelia on the stree dd the lad who ticipation of a rush of business, Re s to. 8 *, 4 " > in the recent allied note to appear Gets up before da to Abie “tle yee) regard for the life of individuals. It explains the much as it had long been the cueli) cout in Letpsig: between june 3. yn F . . “, if} ” ; ivi 8 i is a tom of Lieutenant Collier, in addi- little bundle, for the t are the Walla ’ sacrifices” of individuals, sometimes mistakenly , and June 20, the Tageblatt said Mist of last resort; they are the hea: alla Stores Big Reduction Men’s Collars in described as evidences of Japanese “patriotism.” It page hadnt sale! Renmontiaeneal ht - | | dise by many stores is the “Indicat) gan QUENTIN, Cal, May 19— the fear that grips him | The mayor said he would not at-|SAYS SEARING orm of the Break, they agreed. James P. Watson, the modern “Blue-| Bluebeard's examination tomorrow | tempt to dictate to Chief Searing the /DID NOT SEEK JOB Posen of armed deputy sberiff#| New York newspapers today oar | heard.” slayer of nine of his many|will be more thore-going than is | Policy the latter should follow m his| Searing seemed much no competitors submitted offers, man to predict w Il happen.” | Says ministers are becoming “fiends p i i ¢ rs ‘yay raat ve 7 to sign for automobiles used by his Eee asdent Sopkey cd tak, Make Reductions in Used Cars Price Cut Column explains the subjection of individualism to class |} squad ’ pretties ee eee, ae oe WALLA WALLA, May 19.—Price . veg [68, Iowa, May 19. reangy ey : A ps . a hs tas en at double rates, and running for | reductions of 20 to 60 per cent in y has not been |) 2u8 MOINES. Oe" uty urticien|| domination, which gives the Japanese the advantage NOTIFIES CHIEF a week without change of copy, | women's ready-to-wear apparel have A-ha L for ||that have wilted in price in Des | of competition against Americans. : BY LETTER Refuses Hun Gun wen one of those journalistic gems | teen announced by several large dry xpected demand for || Wet es in the last 10 days, Btan-| In short, it explains why the Japanese will always || Two hours later Warren recetved| LONDON, Eng, May 19—Manq fa of Jess importance than the £004 | goody storem hele, Special sales are this spring. dard ‘makes of soft and starched col- be Oriental in civilization no matter how he ad- | second communication from the] agers at Bletchley Infants’ will and the cheerful endeavor of | being advertised i w welling fore 21 cents. | | mayor, officially informing him that|have refused the offer of hair being Adve ad There . , >al- are are now selling fore 2 nts, 7 " tally ‘ " | mayor, cially oe etter this army of lads, who, night after ae Therefore, many deal ee po a yp Ay ee gag vances commercially and industrially. 4 | hia duties as chief were terminated. | um to be pe a Be night, and morning after morning, . . ers in are way ra George N. Mills, of Olympia, has written an article The letter said, in part: ees tphold on their young shoulders | Silk-Wear Prices overstocked and are now Pri Slashed in on “Shinto, the Way of the Gods,” the first install- “T have tens cadnawertag: det Spring T . rs eer’, — tee a Cut in Spokane quoting prices much rices rs ae ment of which appears in The Star today on page 7. ing my two months in office ourist ‘And, at that, I don’t know of an- SPOK May 19—Silk “un lower than ever before. Four Ohio Cities . He presents a new angle—sheds new light on the to determine whether I should Rush Is Now On ipther job where a boy can al- | dies” tumb © per cent in price Many are listed on Clas- CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 19.-— Japanese question. You will do well to read what ; appoint you or someone else NEW YORK, May 19.—The pring m make a dollar every day in | in several local shops toda “Spe : d Page Today Clothing, shoe and general stores in| he has to say! as chief of police, and I have | tourist rush to Europe is now on, the year, and not have to miss an | cial sales” were given as the reason sified Page Today. four Ohio cities have Joined the 4 res st concluded that it -is for the | In one day 6,600 passengers ee <9 eur's scboo! or a meal at home, for the cub , i price cutting procession, beat interests of the city that 1 tive liners, be ae