The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 24, 1920, Page 7

Fisst A LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Seattle, though not so very old, has had a wonderful past. We believe that her future is going to be even more wonderful than her past and her present, and we are preparing to have our part in it. Eventually the First National Bank will have a new and larger home at the corner of Second Avenue and Columbia Street. You are invited to become a depositor here and grow with us. ve at James hae en Pines ety or oe Ww le \. si bts a large of dry Sheets and Sheeting, Bed- Quilts, Pillow Cases and Pil- low Tubing, i and Silkolines, and Children’s Men’s, Women’ 3 all kinds of Ribbons, Por- tieres, Hospital Gauze, Towels and Toweling, Nemo and Gossard Corsets, Percales, Sateens, Fleisher’s Yarn, Boys’ Overalls and Coveralls; Wom- en’s Hiking Boots, and all kinds of Rotions; also a large stock of Men’s VA 4 / J Furnishi Special sale on Trunks, Hand Bags and Suit Cases. Wholesale and Retail 1512 FIFTH AVENUE Next to Coliseum Theatre BARNEY SIMON, Auctioneer Ging- , ing Flannel, Muslins, Cre- “In Again” King Lee His “Offers in Compromise” $100—and Uncle Sam Relents The Story of the Marked $65 Bill BY —— 2777? (The Dope Fiend ‘ R WAYS that are dark and tricks that are vain, the heath, en Chinee is peculiar,” said Bret Harte, But Pret Harte died long be fore Seattle became the paradise of dope peddlers, The ways of, the dope peddting Chinee are dark, allright, but they are by no medina vain, As a manipy jator of underground wires the said heathen Chink is a howling success aa witness the cane of King Lee, King Lee is among the most notor fous of Seattle's justly celebrated and, in certain sources, apparently highly respected fraternity of dope By kt peddlers. Considering the fact that > he in clased among the “financially there in little cause for ie wtate of attaira, eee 1U HAVE SEEN King Lee's pie ture in The Star, Some weekr ago he was arrested by Special In vostigators Baerman and Anderson} $7.50 S552. $9.00 Pree tet'* | $10.50 fcc © Terte eompeued Lenses = Ne Case Tee Difficelt, Ne Matter ‘Whe Mas Pulled (Four Yeara With Ow! Drug Co.) |DR. GEO. M. SLETTO Fleer, The Ow! Drag Co. ‘Third and Pike, Seattle Hours: 9 & m. to 6 pm Evenings by Appointment Spokane Office: ] WITH THE OWL DTG Co. | | “Asm FoR sod eT Horlick’s _Malted Milk Infante and Invalides Avoid Imitations sod Substitutes Just add water, it’s ready! That's all the camp cook has to do with FISHER’S PANCAKE FLOUR. No fussing, no milk required, no wn oy We have added these ingredients in just the rig to give you PANCAKES that you will pronounce the best mh you've ever eaten. \ oA ' of the “camp eats.” See that FISHER’S PANCAKE FLOUR is part of the On that August fishing or camping trip FISHER’S PANCAKE e FLOUR will add materially to and materially reduce the labor of the person Just add water its ready 4 0 / & pc ' ' necessary. t proportions our joy charge outfit on that August trip to the great outdoors, J FOR SALE AT YOUR GROCER’'S A Fisher Flouring Mills Company SEATTLE 0 JS TACOMA PANCAKE PORTLAND So HETUU Te 4 BELLINGHAM MT, VERNON | that he had previously been arrested jman and Anderson, THE SEA | Who Came Back) of the police department, charged with having narcotics in hin posses sion, After his arrest it was learned jby federal officers, and waa, at the me of his apprehension by Baer at liberty on | $500 ball, pending the action of the grand jury, At their request he waa delivered into the hands of the federal author- itles—and again wae turned loose. Following indictment by the grand Jury a trial date was set. But King Lee had no trial, for King is a wine Chinese. Besides, he | has money, A few days prior to the date set for trial King Lee executed what in known as an “offer in com promise.” Thin offer was trannmitted to Washington, D. C, and the records in the United States district court show that the trial is being post poned until the action of the proper official or officials in the capitol city. ‘The terms under which King ‘Lee is willing ¢0 compromise with the government cannot be learned until such time as bis offer in accepted or rejected. But it in not difficult to make a fairly accurate guess, for it in of record that King has done this thing before, eee ERP ARE some tacte On the fifth day of November, 1918, Ki io wan placed in the county Jall, charged with selling nar. cotics, Twenty-five days later, as shown by the jail records, he was re leaned by the United States marshal om $1,000 bonds. Records in the United States districa attorney's of fice show that on the sixth day of December, the same year, King Lee waa indicted, and on the 23rd of the same month was arraigned. He pleaded “not guilty.” and his trial was eet for January 16, 19 Was King Lee tried on the 16th of January, 19197 King Lee not. Two days prior to the Gay set, this very astute Chinaman availed him self of the opportunity #0 generously provided by the United States gov jernment of submitting a formal of. |fer in compromise. In this document King Lee deponed that he was indeed & persecuted Individual He admit ted that he was technically guilty of violating the provisions of the Har. rinon act, but felt that he was en | Utled to leniency. He would, he said, be quite willing to contribute the |eum of $100 to Uncle Sam, provided the matter be dropped. | Uncle Sam accepted King’s most | generous offer, and the matter was duly cloned. King Lee smiled and |went about his merry dope peddling way. With auch @ precedent established it would not be difficult to predict the final outcome of the case now pending. } eee TD 1 SAY King Lee went about his merry dope peddling way? Saturday evening a Chinaman ac cepted a marked $6 bill from a police plain clothes operative at the corner of Second ave. and Yesler Way, for which money he agreed to deliver a package of “snow.” But not here no. Oriental craft stipulated that the delivery should be made at some other point. The Chink and the ap parent “hype” arranged to meet at Fourth and Washington at a certain hour, when the dope would be de lvered. At the appointed time this same handsome Chinaman approached the intersection named. Apparently he waa looking for some one, | And someone was looking for him Two policemen stepped out and nabbed the astounded Chinaman They shook him down. A marked $5 bill—the same one that had been passed @ short while before—and a single package of “white stuff” were found on the wily Chink. The Chink was King Lea ° Cotterill Lands to . Take Up Campaign George F. Cotterill, candidate for United States senator | from Washington, will land in New York next Sunday upon his return from Europe, according to word re- celved at the democratic state hend- quarters in Seattle. Cotterill has been abroad attend. ing the international conference of Good Templars, and has been con ducting a campaign for temperance. | Altho he haa no opposition, Cotterill | will at once take up his campaign upon hin return to the state of Washington. | | | | @emocratic | Ravenna Club to Hear Candidates Members of the Ravenna Commer- | clad club will meet at Coleman's hall, | 26th ave. N. BK. at Kast 65th st, on Wednesday night for their first po- litical meeting of the year. Speakers will include W. W. Con- | ner, candidate for lieutenant gover. | nor; Col, W Inglis, candidate for | Senator; Joel m for sheriff; Male date for prosecuting attoi Furgeson, candidate for county audi tor; William Gaines, candidate for jcounty treasurer, and Thomas Mur. phine, candidate for representative from the 42d district, On Labor day the club will hold jan openair meeting in Roosevelt | park, at which Governor Hart will! be the principal speaker, Bakersfield Has : 18,638 Population | WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—The| census bureau today announced the following 1920 population figures: Bakersfield, Cal., 18,638; increase since 1910, 6,911, or 46.4 per cent. Merced county, California, 24,- 579; increase of 9,481, or 62.8 per ent. Teller county, Colo, 8,696; rease, 7,666. de- |. FORMER CONGRESSMAN WILL |. HUMPHREY, Col. Walter B. Beals, candidate for judge of the su- preme court, and Capt. Robert E. Dwyer, who seeks the office of in- surance commissioner, spoke before the Women’s King County Repubil- can club Monday noon, 2 TTLE STAR Falls Thru Glass TENNESSEE ACT IS CERTIFIED Governor Roberts Acts on Supreme Court Writ NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 24-—~ Governor A. H. Roberts has certs fied to the department of state at Washington that Tennemee han rat ified the federal suffrage amend ment, senate leaders declared to- day. Governor Roberta, according to Representative Miller and Attorney General Thompson, mailed the cer tification to the secretary of state This followed the grunting of writs of certiorari and supersedeas in the state supreme court by Chief Justice Lansdon, These writs, it is held, took injunction proceed ings from the lower court and enabled the governor and other state officials to act. ‘The certification was sent to See- retary Colby by registered letter, shortly before noon, it was stated Similar certifications were sent to President Wilson, Vice President Marshal and the speaker of the lower house of congress, Min Charl Williams, leader of the Tennessee women, who has been working in behalf of suffrage, sent & tolegram to Secretary of State Into Show Crowd Harold Blanton, 18, an employe of the Rex thoatre, 1220 Second ave., is in the city hospital Tuesday with numerous body cuts and bruises as the result of « minstep, Blanton was working on top of the glass marquee over the theatre box office when his feet became un. | ruly. He plunged thru the glass and landed on the sidewalk among the patrons waiting to purchase tickets, Blanton lives at 2310 Denny way. Girl Hurtin Fire. Drill Asks $4,000 School authorities are accused of negligence in a muit filed Monday in| behalf of Mary Bernice Quinn, a | Whergabouts of her brother, George | school girl, who in alleged to have been badly Injured as the result of being hurled from the top of a build. | ing during a fire drill. Defective five apparatus is charged. Damages | amounting to $4,000 are asked from her father had suffered another acct-| dent, rendering him almost helpless. | School District No, 3. JANITORS, WATCHMEN and Elevator Operators’ union, Local No. | 14605, Monday endorsed the candi dacy of County Commissioners Clande C, Ramaay and Thomas Dob ron for reelection. Colby, notifying him that the cer- tification had been put in the mail, whe aaid. Bureau of Missing | Relatives Mayor Caldwell is in possession of & letter addressed to Paul Stephan thought to be in Seattle or vicinity ‘The letter in from the minting man’s brother, KR. Stephan, Konigshutte, Oberschi, care of Kainerstranse O81. eee Alice Shelton, 944 Hodiamont ave.,| St, Louis, Mo. writes to learn the in Novel, colored, about 23 years , 6 feet tall and of dark brown omplexion, last heard fram in Séat tle last March, when he was expect ing to go to Alaska, She writes that Typhoons Damage Sugar Plantations TOKIO, Aug. 23.—Sugar planta tions in Formosa are suffering great damage as a result of several ty phoons of unusual violence. ee for good luck. FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET FREDERICK & NELSON Airplane! Class! YAKIMA, Aug. 24.—Vice President |Horace Rand Jr. of the Lumber company, bas completed |airplane inspection of the logs |the company in the Rimrock @ Teanaway districts, to determine ti jnge resulting from inspection, which distance of 20@ n 144 minutes, extent of da forest fires took the p miles, was m Martial Law te j Upheld by Court GALVESTON, Texas, Aug. thaw Martial law and jurisdiction in Gak veston was upheld here today Judge Rufus B. Foster, when he dee nied petition of habeas corpus by ate \torneys for William McMasters, tried by a provost court and fined foe speeding. “Raised” Check 15 Years Ago, Charge ~ PORTLAND, Aug. 24—Chai with raising a check from $40 $400, 15 years ago, in Bureka, James 1. Breawil, 49, was taken custody here today. He was turne@ — over to a constable from McMinn= | ville, Ore, who bad come in ques® of bim, nmeeeansreeagieniinninesnellll About 2,000 foreign language newa» a s and periodicals in 43 lame 1 dialects are published i= 575 Pairs of Women’s Low Shoes Featured at a Very Low Price, Wednesday: OWNSTAIRS STORE customers profit considerably by the con- ‘cessions gained in this advantageous purchase of Women’s Low Shoes. These six styles to choose from? Bronze Kid One-eyelet Ties Fawn Buckskin Oxfords Black Suede Pumps —all in leathers of good quality and well-made. Sizes 214 to 8 in the offering, but not in any one style. Widths AA to D, Featured Wednesday at $4.65 pair. 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