The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 19, 1920, Page 7

i Duckworth Depicts Misery of | Life Today in Soviet Russia BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH | strange vessels for thetr seanty ra-| “You shouldn't do that. He ts used REVAL, Esthonia.(By Courier to| tions. They had kettles, pails, old tin|to it. Besides you may need the New York, by Mail to Seattle)—|cans with «tring or wire for handles, | bread yourself tomorrow, T can ree 7 When I left Esthonia to go alone |oarthenware pota, even china vises,) you have not been in Rusaa long¢ | Into soviet Runsia, I was told not on! It waa pathetic to see 4 and S.year. [It 8 now every man for him SAX ROHMER. Palette (© mise going to the old kiddies standing In tine for hours.| AND YET, THE OTHER DAY , @f the country, famous for its food ie Ween SO eraw the cori SHALL NOT ¢ IDE R YOU PRC , cee een of the bread or to drink some of the| ALATA NOT CONSIDER YOU PEO.) (Continued From Our Last Issue) nything to report?” rapped te ceo, wp ta at the |20UP. even if it did mean robbing the |)" 8 ee ee cn aie CHAPTER VIL | Kerry . Hote! nowadays and the former ser. | "Tt Of the family |WOMEN BAT THEIR BABIES." | oon ew mae | saat Shae! Gait thane a coan - Manto and cmsloves’ wanda’ ‘the| 1 have econ men break off a plece |“ . mR ; Old Pond wt. presented a deserted | bed, and the expert from the Home a Elis Seckine for arena. jot bread and hide it away u maz, food Paulina Sakki cooked for prospect to Chiet Inspector Kerry an | Office has been—" " om |their “rubashka,” or blouse. ne at the hotel on instructions, I un-| he swung along toward the premises| Inspector Kerry brought his cane ee ‘ eee ED CHILDREN | years of starvation have brought 0 tood, from Commissar Gromoff,/ of Kaamah. A constable stood on| down with a crash cee: the table, FREQUE? ¥ all the old primeval instincts of ma secretarychairman of the com-|duty before the door of the block. | whereat Coomb arted nervously. | ; Instead of cucets, lean ghosts of | the most pronounced of which is his | ™UNIst party for Pskov Red Kerry was known by sight and | that's it! he shouted furt-| ; Men and women and thin hollow-| willingness to fight savagely for) WASHES DOWN FOOD WITH reputation to every member of the | our n ‘expert from the Home ; Gheeked children frequent the place | food, even at the cost of the suffer: TEA BROUGHT FROM N, Y, jforee and the constable saluted as | Off If I'm not to have enti A beggar sits on the third step |ing of others | If 1 had figh it was aerved without |t!@ celebrated chief inspector ap-| charge of the case I'll throw it up from the Pottom, and moans and| This reduction of @ great, seasoning whatever in a dirty old, peared. Wait till 1 seo the asmintant com: | ‘ ae, — . yesgcorelhor cand can pitable and lovable people to 8 ate pot. Whether botled or fried in fax aything to report. constable? | misntonert What the devil has the ; ate. euibawtanery wie wlitmaty ibleh, thé kaeGh calmed fine were ne ambulance has been for the job to do with the Home Office!" "coon » Phen ® ape onongee lng = lustrated by an incident that hap-|never cut off. Everything is eaten : and another guatioman hes| “Can't say.” murmured Coombes, 7 a bat pened > DI | he . he's evidently a big b = ene oF ran tote een ihe | pened to me one day. tn Russia these days | Sad iol) “But he's evidently a big bug from tg the German occupation of Pakov c DED roR GIVING be y read I got from my knap/ aa it man. nm may hiteleaf treated him. He had been stripped bare of all its fine| SP e*NGER BREAD Janck. ‘There was no tablecloth, And nother gentleman? ‘Whe the | instructed me to stay in the kitchen furnishings. It had been terned ing|_ 1 Was taking my one dafty meal in| WAtever I did ‘not eat at one ment) devil's the other gentleman? oan ey Sera ne pean’ walle Se) : St eawiet ‘hitchon, a sein tes, was left in my bedroom uncovered, don't know, air, He came with | prowled about in here. : / At one end of the long room were | ¢ Thé fellow next to me was picking |*"4 T was supposed to ent It at the or pat be yo Puc, | Sal Sn guase eovernl tieate Wig bollers for the soup and alone |{P* mould out of his bread with his /Mest, that is, If the rats did not get /f0r nearly gn hour lace duke terres” "OL bee Bie Setters tor the soup and alone |e mould owt of ble Deve wih min fat te we iapector Whiteleat ts eff duty./and down the room, “Go ahead, tread and soup were noeeintch |nowndays carry their own, kniver| | But for my own tea and sugar] What time was thie?” Coombes : = the famished peopla with them to the restaurants) Grought from New York), it would) °Twelvethirty, sir . WF aoeed ta te ome ate ft } T gave him half of my bread which |P&¥e been very difficult to swallow| Kerry chewed reflectively ere nod-| port. I stayed in the kitchen, and KIDDIES STAND IN LINE e ‘es the food. And Ging to the man and passing on. A|the man from the Home Office | FOR HOURS AT KITCHE was fresh. ‘My companion a Rus : a yet I was told by a : Pesce RagacoR gp gy Res ft coronal vee ceek tal ant i : |nian I had meth seeing this, sad /commissar, who dropped in one|second constable was on duty at|in here alone for about half an | ; The people came with all kinds of rather angrily to me: ernoon while I was eating, that|Kasmah's door. He saluted, ee 3 ° €s ——————- ratte has Al ——_ |I was living more luxuriously than} “Anything to report? rapped| “Alone? an ethan | Kerry | “Inwpector Whiteleat stayed in the ‘The nights were the worst part! “Yes, str. The body has been re-| dining room,” | of my stay at the Palermo jmoved, and the gentleman with} “Ah! muttered Kerry savagely in Pukey tn: order to eure Gaal, “Damn that for a tale! Describe It was an act of counterrevolution | this wi ape epened the window. 2 hears to bu even a vile in your room. ther tall, pale, dark, clean: | him &3 NE S O N CLOCK IS PUSHED shaven, Ho was accompanied by| “ ‘s funny. It's exactly what | ‘ LERAD Sikee noone ector Whiteleag.” I'm going to dot This smarty from f'm. Anything else | Whitehall hasn't got @ corner in FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET vised Pe Frat (really not &) «Yes. About an hotr ago I heard | notions yet, Coombes.” wer & _ ve aocngi pres nine a noise on the next floor—* | Kerry drew the curtain back, and] | ect eusiiah ten with sendana ‘Eh! snapped Kerry. “Eh?| throw open the folding leaves of the b aa been PUR) What kind of a nolag?" French window, He found himself ed forward three hours! a | | This has a curious result. The a DOWNSTAIRS STORE | ‘ people refuse to go to bed while it is 7 still light, so wander aimlessly about the streets until 1 o'clock in the morning. And they don't get up till - 9 Government work starts at 10. . An s$so) | What object ts attained by this rtment of arrangement, I was unable to find out. | Paulina told me the first day to keep my food in my knapsack and to hang the bag on the clothes peg. | ~ Lingerie and Pongee Blouses Reduced to $1.00 | “>\er eee Stat“ such awful appetites As soon as I night they would get busy foraging for food. Th t into the bureau a The Lingerie Blouses are in lace-trtmmed, tucked and embroid- ar shook it rt ught it would topple over. Then I could hear them ered styles—all de- [Jon tho table. One night they knock ed a plate and a cup off the table, signed to weather fre- quent laundering. smashing both SE TWO RATS CLIMB OUT OF HIS KNAPSACK The Pongee Blouses are In the morning I woke up fost in time to see two big rate cl ring in natural-color, col- || leisurely out of r larless style, with [] down to the bottom rail of my bed i and drop to the floor and disappear. long sleeves; fasten- After that I kept my shoes and jother heavy article by my bedside to use as ammunition to fling at these visitors, But these were evidently Rolshevtk rats; they couldn't take a hint that they were not wanted. the hotels in Russia are now erty of the Soviet govern- and it is no longer possible ing at side front. Sizes 36 to 42 in the Offering Reduced to $1.00. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE ment, for a stranger to enter @ hotel, reg: ister and be assigned to a room. One must have a permit from a fet committes to get into a ho I had the best room in the Paler mo, perhaps the best in Pskov. The rate was 45 roubles a night (nominal ly $25). There were two beds tn the room. & piece of sofled carpet, a large wall mirror with most of the quicksllver gone, an “easy chair” with the stuf. fing coming out, a bureau impossible |to use because of the rats, an an- clent table and a wobbly washstand with small quantity of “running water,” that was running when the girl did not forget to fill up the min lature tank. | WHAT MUST OTHER CITIES BE LIKE? Chocolate Chips Special 65c Pound RISPY, chocolate-coated molasses flakes—deli- cious summertime confections, special 65¢ pound. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE gossiping in their room or sunning themselves out the front side- k. However, they were alwayn polite and willing. The long and narrow corridor of the hotel was extremely dirty and the board floor broken and unmend4 ed. As for the toilet arrangements, I will not attempt to describe All the other guests of the were soldiers, with the exception of one. He was a sailor, he told me, from Kronstadt. He had only re from spotted ty had been sent to on Women’s Two-Strap Slippers $5.50 Pair F soft vici kid, with toes just comfortably rounded and hand-turned, flexible soles, phus fever and Pskov to recuperate, : ‘ If .PSKOV WERE A HEALTH these Slippers are indeed a [I\pesonr, 1 THOVGNT, THEN warm weather comfort, for WHAT MUST PETROGRAD LIKE? house or street, wear. . Sizes 4 to 8, priced attrac- tively low at $5.50 pair. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Women’s Silk Gloves 65c Pair NE may expect extra-long service from these Gloves, for they have double-tipped fingers. Two- clasp style, in black and white; sizes 544 to 814, Priced at 65¢ pair. ng menacingly before her with gleaming knife in hand. “Have you no heart” she asked veakly No! he answered, gruffly. “Then let mo have a little liver.” Kills Former Wife; Commits Suicide WALLA WALLA, July 19.—“As T guess I cannot get Mary to come back to me, I guess I will stop her worrying and mine," wrote Sanford Wardell Hill, tmmediately after his wife had secured a divorce. went to his wife's room, in the house of ‘James Hobkirk, murdered his wife and committed suicide. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Men’s Summer Pajamas $2.25 to $3.50 identi of finely-woven, soft-finished cotton are these well-tailored Summer Pajamas, featur- ing plain colors and novelty stripe patterns. Band- collar and V-neck styles, trimmed with silk-finish frogs. Priced from $2.25 to $3.50. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE WANTED Experienced table girls; good wages paid. KEYSTONE PAPER BOX CO, 215 Second Ave. South f | al } turned tn for the! knapsack, swing | .| where Coombes, These girls spent most of the day| Then he| “Very light. Like something mov ng a box or a piece of furniture” “And you did—whatt | “I went up to the top landing and Ustened.* “What aid you hear? “Nothing at all.” “How long had Inspector White leaf and this dark horse been gone jat the time you heard the noise?” “About half an hour, sir.” |the landing or from of the | offices above?” “An office, I should say. | very dim.” Chief Inapector Kerry upon the broken door, and walked into the rooms of Kazmah. Flash ing the ray of his torch on the wall, one Tt was pushed he found the switch and snapped up the lights, | “Who is het he muttered. | “What's it meant? Taking up the torch, he walked thru and turned on the lights in the inner rooma For a long time he stood staring at the little square window down behind the ebony |chair, striving to imagine uses for it, as his wife had urged him to do. | Then he walked out on to the land jing, going upstairs to the top floor jtorch tn hand. From the main landing he walked along the narrow corridor until he stood at the head of the back stairs. The door nearest to him bore the name: “Cubanis Cigaret Company.” He tried, the handia. The door was locked, as he had anticipated. Five minutes later he was ring ing the late Sir Lucien's door bell A constable admitted him, and he walked straight thru into the study looking very tired but smiling undauntedly, eat at a Uttered table studying piles of docu ments. “Do you think the noise came from coking out upon the leads of Albemarle st. On one side loomed huge tank ‘ond it were a ways and ladders ne fire emergency the neighboring 4 a section up and revealed which seemed to him like watching eyes, two He walked out on the roof, look ing all about him. Beyond the tank opened a frowning gully—the Ar. cades connecting Albemarle st. with Old Bond st; on the other hand, the scheme of fire gangwayn was con tinued. Ho began to cross the leads, going tn the direction of Bond st. When bh the more northerly of the two windows which had attracted his attentic came fown and flashed the ray of bis torch thru the glass. A kind vail warehouse was revealed @ stacks of pack ages. Immediately inside the window was a rough wooden table, and on this table lay a number of smalier packages, apparently containing cigareta Kerry turned his attention to the fastening of the window. A glance showed him that it was unlocked. Resting the torch on the leads, he gently raised the window, noting that it opened almost nolselessly Then, taking up the torch again, he stooped and stepped in on to the table below. It moved slightly beneath his weight. But he reached the floor as quietly as pomsible, and instantly snapped off the light of the torch. A heavy step sounded from out side one was mounting the staire—and a disk of light suddenly appeared upon the ground-glass panel of the door. (Continued in Our Next Issue) | some GILL RUNNING FOR CONGRESS Seeks Republican Nomina- tion Ma an OM, who Med for the nominatton for United States . congress man from the ist Washington dis trict, haa opened head quarters in suite 301, Hincki paign, Maj Gin has led an active life as newspaper man, lawyer and soldier, and has been a Seattle resident for 17 years, Born on an Oblo farm, he began active work as @ print er’s apprentice on the Richwood, 0., Gazette, For several years ho was Washington, D. C., correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, For a number of years, Maj. Gill engaged in newspaper work in Seat tle, and was largely instrumental in the establishment of the Pike pl. pub Me market. During later years he Maj. Gill ger of the Seattle Produce associa tion. Having had military education and experience, Maj. Gill offered his services at the outbreak of the w but was rejected because he was yond the age limit of 45 years, He wag enrolled iy the Roosevelt divi sion, whose offer of overseas service nt. also was refused by the govern However, in 1918 he was comi ed in th adjutant general's depart ment and assigned to San Francisco, winning two recommendations for | promotion for efficiency | During recent months, Maj, |has delivered a number of sp jin various cities of the «# |“Americanism,” in opposition to the | nonpartisan league movement, sion am \Lutherans Plan for College Here Seattle Lutherans will start a cam paign this fall for the establishment of a college in this city, Indorsement of the movement will be sought at a meeting of the national body to be {held in Washington, D. C., in Octo. ‘ber, The first building will cost ' $60,000 buflding. and self $0 his car has been attorney and credit mana | 1 MIDDIES | HERE TUESDAY ‘Will Parade Down Second Avenue Ten thousand tender young hearts| | are fluttering today in anticipation of the arrival here Tuesday of 1,538 | dashing Annapolis midshipmen, Final arrangements re be! ed for the entertainment embryo officers. The “mi | arrive here at noon Tuesday, aboard six battleships of the t d States Atlantic fleet. Wednesday the midshipmen will] be entertained by auto trips around | the city, 4 ra in private homes thruout Seattle, and a big ball in the| | Art Music, Dancing, Language, Elocution, Physical Training TEACHER Secure the attention of parents and guardians by noticeable announcements in the Classified Ad Dept. of The Seattle Star. This Department js a Di- rectory of the most suc- cessful private teachers. ‘Seattle’s Leading Dentist I am now devoting my entire time to my | dental practice. I make Jail examinations and | diagnose each caso as | well as do all extract. ing between the hours of 9 a. m, and 6 p, nr My offices have bee) established for mor than a quarter of century, and under m: personal management sinve suly 16, |1901, I do not compete with cheap, |transient, advertising dentists. My prices are the lowest, con sistent with first-class work. EDWIN J. BROWN, D. D. 8, Beattle’s Leading Dentiss 106 Columbia St, A n, he knelt} FREDERICK & NELSON > FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET | DOWNSTAIRS STORE | | Conveniences and Time-savers To Lighten Work in Canning and Preserving HE satisfaction and pleasure of having home-canned fruits and veg- etables in winter more than compensate for the work involved in preserving them. And the work may be lightened considerably by these conveniences from the Housewares Section: FRUIT FUNNELS for filling“jars; of tin, enamel and aluminum, 10c, 30¢ and 65c. STRAINERS for resting over kettles, 20c, 45e, 60c to $1.75. JELLY STRAINERS with removable cloth bag suspended from wire frame; can be attached to any ket- tle, 25c. JELLY AND FRUIT STRAINERS with large metal stand for holding large pan or kettle when straining, $1.00. FRUIT PRESSES for mashing fruits and berries, 50c, 80c to $1.2& CHERRY STONERS which fasten to the table and are operated by turn- ing handle, $1.85; another style op- erated by pressing handle lever, $1.35, LADLES of tin, enamel and aluminum, 25c to 50c, ALUMINUM PRESERVING KETTLE, in 10-quart size, of good grade, pure aluminum, $1.95. PRESERVING KETTLES in enamel, aluminum and granite ware, 70c, T5c, 85e to $8 DISHPANS of granite and enamel in various sizes, $1.15 to $2.75. COLANDERS of tin, aluminum and graniteware, 35c, 60c to $3.10. HANDY FRUIT JAR HOLDERS hold the cans securely when steaming fruits and vegetables, and have wire handles so that they may be safely lifted from the water, 10c each, FRUIT JAR WRENCHES for tight- ening and removing Mason Jar cov- ers, 10c Fruit Jars and ECONOMY JARS— Pints, $1.35 dozen. Quarts, $1.50 dozen. KERR SELF-SEALING JARS Quarts, $1.35 dozen. Half-gallons, $1.50 dozen. OLD-FASHIONED MASON JARS— Pints, 95¢ dozen. Quarts, $1.05 dozen, EXTRA FRUIT JAR TOPS— Economy Tops, 35c dozen. Clamps, 15¢ dozen. Kerr Self-sealing Tops, complete, 35c dozen; Lids only, 15¢ dozen. Good Luck Rubber Rings (red rub- Mason Jar Covers, 35c dozen. ber), 15¢ dozen. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Jelly Glasses SURETY-SEAL GLASS-TOP FRUIT JARS— Pints, $1.50 dozen. Quarts, $1.70 dozen. Half-gallons, $2.00 dozen. JELLY GLASSES— One-third-pint, low, 55¢ dozen. One-half-pint, low, 60c dozen. One-half-pint, high, 60c dozen. RUBBER FRUIT JAR RINGS— Security Rubber Rings of good quality gray rubber, 10c dozen, $ dozen for'25c. —— Rope Slips, So He Falls Down W. Morris Fisher, 37, of Henry tion, is recovering from a shoulder at the Seattle General | pital. He was being lowered down |150-foot well near Firlands morning when the rope slipped. felt 30 feet, Armory in the evening. The “middies” will parade Second | ave., 800 strong, At Battery st. vol- umteer automobiles will be waiting to pick up the uniformed men, The dinner hosts will be expect to provide partners for the navy dance. Burglars Get $409 in Gems, Clothing | Jewelry and clothing, valued at eq | $409, were stolen from the room of Miss D, M. Hogan, 1023 Marion st. | she notified the police Monday. Bur- glars’ loot from Mrs. S. M. Win- The same program will be followed | ston's room, Waldorf hotel, hth Saturday, when the remainder of the! ave. and Pike st, consisted of $75 midshipmen are granted shore leave. | ind trinkets. The task of locating 1,538 hosts for | Sh OEE. SOY the young guests is now occupying| CAPT. FRED W. WAITE, 57, re the efforts of the entertainment com: |tired sea captain, and 15 years a mittee, resident of Seattle and Auburn, died suddenly Saturday evening at the! A man never appreciates the gift Swedish hospital. He has been in the | of a solitaire diamond more than| employ of the Cudahy Packing com- | when he holds the other three aces. pany for 10 years. Funeral services| J e | Will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday af-| |ternoon, at Trinity Parish | 4 rs ie ol | e { | - ae IN MAKING Do You Enjoy For Nght summer reading, PORTATION at least, you might prefer something else. Ever try The clean table cloth catches the early grease spot. If your gums bleed you have Pyorrhea. This dis- ease should be taken cara of at once, to insure good health. For the next 80 days, we will give a liberal discount on all Dental work. All work guaranteed 15 years, United Painless Dentists 608 Third Ave. reading an Abstract of Title? If you did, before you got very far you probably called for help, and the help was that of a skilled and highly paid attorney. What you paid the attorney for was his professional OPIN- ION. He gave no guaranty ‘that your title was good or that he would protect it free of charge if it was attacked. We give no opinion, but we do give the guaranty, and there ts $600,000 behind ft. Washington Title