The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 26, 1920, Page 7

SWINDLER Man Accused of Huge Fraud | Here to Be Returned in Custody — 3. M. Curtis, alleged = farmer | FWindier of Seattic and Hverett, was Feported en route tack here toda from Shreveport, La, in custody Of Field tnapector 8. T. Pinkham, ef the postoffice depart @harged with misusing the mails @efraud wealthy victims of $50,000 *@uring the past four years Tn 1916 Curtis is said to have A Maunched a get-richquick scheme | Ot frauds that has netted him suf ficient ready money in large sums to keep him rolling in luxury atl The expense of bankers apd othe Smen of means, using a Montana farm” as his basis for transaction | Im that year he ts said to have Bagreed to sell an auto for M. L Walker, who was leaving Beattie for Portland, and to have kept the Money after the sale. .With thé © Working capital he turned bis at Rention to business on a larger Beale. BUYS MONTANA FARM LAND, UNTILLABLE ~ He is alleged in 1917 to Into partnership with L. ©. D. Edmonson, of Seattle, to buy | & Montana farm. About 1.500 acres ‘Rear Poplar, Mont., was purchased, P Snd another large trict leased t Tn 1M8 the Edmonsons dropped ut of the partnership, leaving} ) Curtis in possession. Th nd} Bald to have beén untillad Curtis ‘ iInued his operations, buyin time to time considerable farm machinery. } In the same year Curtic ts alleged Yo have mortgaged his crop to F sia 'G. Dewar of Seattle for a handsome | Mauresette Edith May “gum. The crop failed. But from) VENUS, MAURESETTE AND EDITH MAY O. BE. Fletcher of Portland Curtis is Venus de marth ‘The Perfect ‘Bald to have obtained $10,000 to) Messuremente— Medtiet * si ®& combined harvester, J. 8. mt on, Minneapolis banker, also him $4,000, and J. }.. Helle 000. epee Mtn 10% In. thd in 16.6 in IED TO MONTANA GIRL Re In 1919 he continued his manipu: 4 it i said, executing a cou- J @f mortgages to Alfred Kennedy $5,000 each. Kennedy lost, as Ba ypc leer * seach | the latter would be considered rather fat in these days. The Curtis’ business was transacted | former is nearer our present conception of the ideal feminine mail. hohe a measurements on the right are those of Maure- showed up some weeks| sette, a Ziegfeld beauty, selected by Flo Ziegfeld as the Per- im Loutsiana, married An en ena sen Aan fect Chorus Girl. it business, Inspector Pink- Put one foot before the other. t Iwas! “How do? The words sounded Zlegfeld—the man whore /far off. Mechanically I amiled. name is known all over the work!! must have been a hast! ”" & dealer in j dollar in Mise Molly's shop at Mon- stopped beating when I thought of/roe? But I had on new pumps and him. nice stockings and I hoped hb would Suppose he should look at me with |jook at my feet. disappointment. He didn't Biba ey Y eagy e ip Ks carafe b “Take off your hat,” was what he figure in the very near futu reed nm chosen in the) mid after “How do?” er he Buanig have to re Beauty Contest! Take her away—/ I never felt so thankful in all my Me price for every man who steps|/°U are wasting my time’ life that my hair curls naturally. Of the steerage onto the gang-| Suppose he said that! Ziegteld grunted. at Ellis Island. FEET TURNED COLD WHILE ¢ Then I heard Friend Lady laugh ‘The Inter-Racial Council of New SHE AWAITED ZIEGFELD and my. “Pretty, isn't she? Nice at least, says so; and this or-| My hands. and feet turned cold ile, niee chin, nice balr, and real |. composed of some of the| My throat went dry. When his door yes?” And the man behind iry’s keenest business men and opened and I was told to step into | desk grunted again. work has just completed IE TO THE SHOW Qn exhaustive study of the new post- TONIGHT? War attitude of European govern- “Come to the show tonight,” he ‘ments toward emigration. added, “Here are tickets. Let her of the countries of Europe, see what she thinks of ft, and come to labor shortage since the; §§ 99 | here tomorrow at two.” ‘war, now look upon emigration as Now, I had never been to a ‘&@ Menace to national prosperity, and “show” before in my life. . 1 had even countries like Italy, with a la- been to the movie in Monroe. But hor surplus, are beginning to con ‘ to sit im the tery front row and dnd direct emigration, the ame (Represents Modern Life,| faccn a reguiar “show” behind the} experts declare, i i footlights, with scenery and caleium Italy has started to make a, Says English Artist and spotlights and dancing and sing ‘with nations in man-power, my the ee Ing and—and almost no clothes, but investigators. She recently com BY J. . DUCKWORTH such gorgeousness and loveliness pleted arrangements with France,| LONDON, Nov. 26.—Two thou-|that I could do nothing but gasp, wadly in need of workers, whereby | sand years hence, what will mankind | that was a new experience, and one Ttaly will receive «ix tons of coalfor (then perhaps flying with «mall de. | shall never forget ‘@yery Italian miner who emigrates to tachable wings and a propeller) Whenever the lights went down I much, in cold dollars, is each immigrant, who arrives on our from Europe, worth to the States? ‘This ie what Uncle Sam may have . | whirled by “wireless”) chiefly remem. | pinched myself to see if 1 was dream Other European countries, not #0 | per America for? ling. ‘You will be up there on that Prolific ax Ttaly of man-power, are) «114 introduction of the architec: | ase.” I kept saying over and over Making decisive steps to prevent Or) tiie of the skyscraper,” saya C. R.|'% my mind, “How will you ever Giscourage emigration. Belgium.|w Nevinson, London's most “mod.|!¥e thru itt flariy, is averse to her citizens. 0» gamous artint 1 will be earning my living wing, and Poland, Czecho-Slovdkia, ” ieee th ie | 2 rushed the thought “There is JugoSiavia and Hungary are now | teh fv Bibs “tae ota apg nothing shocking in earning it by hotly debating this question. Alto. |h@ve been forgotten for other things | wearing pretty clothes and walking “gether a new chapter is about to be|—rastime, Mary Pickford, chewing: | about behind those footlights, It| _ written in the history of European | ®Um. "4 “Pussyfoot” Johnaon—history | gives people pleasure and will do| ad books will telt of the birth in the|Zve* Beene, eatior | States of the terrific bulldings whore Sarita Lab * * jroofs first reached out to the stars.” | aoe Ad “ ” _ Children of Rich |, 1 mat Nevinaon at his atudio pack: “UMM curtain fil turned Co find . let mr en » va sg 2 1 Starving, Also? |!" 17 pictures representing impres| peng Lady staring at mo solemnly. | sions left on his mind by seeing the i¢ INCINNATI, Nov. 26.—"'Tisn't|Cammoth bulldingn of New York | She instantly amiled, banishing the solemn look | How-—-what do you think of the| Follies?” she asked. I think,” I answered, “they're a way to earn a living—for a little| the children of the poor who ling: year, Nevinson will hold an ex ao, ” | are “starving,” but the children of nition in New York this fall. An ultra-modern artist, Nevinson, after the rich as well, according to Dr. ©. %, Knight, of the U. 8. public health | yy erimenting with all the art “lamm" perimentl pall the art “isms Service, who spoke here. Malnutrig cubism, vorticism, etc vn ye tion, or not enough of the right kind ti.4 down to a style that is onty | ¥ile-” | Of food, is responsible for ilinew* sicntiy reminiscent of tie best. in| cYow'see good kid,” she said, look Pamong children of all classes, vaid hes inege startling innovations, His |! Pleased. Y ie *ltechnique is now purely “Nevin.| wonder what she meant, Kansas Co-Eds Rate wn” “ Ss Husbands. High. declares that skyscravers| "Thig Ought to Be et most artistic things that the ° Cheerful Session SACRAMENTO, Nov. 26.—-""What's “(in a name?” warbled the poet. The} {California legislature supplies the LAWRENCE, Kan., Nov. 26—1f United States gives to the world you're looking for an educated wife “Art,” he declares and your monthly pay is leas than utility, and th t look at Kansas univer. ucts of the modern world Eeeememen. Co-eds Here Rave do Hoyer cor and & mxyscraper inawer, Both the senate and assem eided husbands-to-be must have this have been built for strict utility; ny have a Hart, but the question {s| amount or more. their lines are perfect, and they must whe will sit by Heck of Bakersfield? | phen — eppeal te dis. genuine artist A riot of color will prevail with 1 White, | " . “The skyscraper is the architec-|Gray, Browne, Green a Might Contribute |ture of today; it represents modern lee wirtue of the legislature will ‘be lifey and is always to be preferred |in the assembly with one Christian. on the Next Day from the artist's point of view to at-lone Bishop and twe Wrights, Music | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 26.—M. tempts, as are so often made in the | will be furnished by Heisinger and | |W. Todd was trying doors in the states, to reproduce ancient Greek | Hornblower. ‘The trades will be rep sixth floor of the Baltimore hotel styles, which must expose their|resented by Miller, Baker and Say-| here, when House Detective Alex sham.” lor and laughter will be supplied by Johnson discovered him Hawes of San Francisco. “What doing?” inquired Johnson, politely, at the same time grabbing for a bird's-eye view of your town!” Rta oy the neck A muny judge offered to let ‘Todd| Most of the wounds suffered by “Good afternoon,” responded Todd, enrich the public treasury by $200 if| soldiers in the A, B, I. were in _ biting Johnson's wrist, “I'm looking he was in town the next day, jthe lege On NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Mins Dor KANSAS CI Ny awe ize t price” passenger in the| young man to Lieut. Graves B, Er othy Kenna “of lowa” claims to bel “im an py... +. \|She Pays One Fare “Paradise Angel” Uckvenburea for Many Rides Seeks to Enlist THE SEATTLE STAR Mo., Nov, 26 ygel from Paradint, and 1 inced & husky world, She became #0 interested | kine, in charge of the marine corps © subWay passengers that | recruiting “What do and forth six times for| you take me for? St, Peter?” snap tation her nd then/fell asleep. A|ped the skeptical lieutenant, Where rd finally wakened her and tried|upon the young man explained that luck te lect fares for the | his name is Abbott Angel, and that e had. he lives in Paradise, Kan Toys TOYS TOYS FREDERICK & NELSON ” Expert Yeggman , Quits Business| PORTLAND, Ne John Joyce known to Pacific t police aa safe and vault expert for 35 years eapeciilly that section of the bunt neen devoted to the opening of other folks’ strong boxes, has announced hin retirement from business. or Frisco Mickey 4 known, Is recognized through country as one of the top nm of his profession and in the ft that fast vanishing class of men ¢ “TOYS \Girl Pays Election Cops Get the Right Bet With Bath Poacher at Last PORTLAND, Me, N 26 Jump LONDON tov. 26.—The police ing’ 40 feet from a bridge intowthe| moan, think they chilly waters of the he Minn Rose Stirling swam « third of a mile|°M*” When Ebeneser Albert Gaia to the neatest float to pay an elec.|W2# convicted of poaching Bara don bet. Tt took her 38 sitectes’ to |! wer Albert Fox is the ¢wilt while 1,000 per-| brother of Albert Ebeneder Fox, and the pair look so much alike that yn taking up| the police never could be sure the Salem, Oregon, for sev-|4libl the twins presented when it ' trouble waen't good TOYS TOYS Tovs| FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Children! Have You Written Your Letter to Santa? Santa Claus has a postoffice in Toy Town at this store, and just outside of the postoffice there is a little box with a place where you drop letters. And when you bring your letter you walk among just hundreds and hundreds of toys that Santa has brought. Santa has a letter fer you, too. Ask for it at his post-office, in the DOWNSTAIRS STORE. 300 Winter Coats In Four Very Interesting Price Groups: $17 $950, $2850, $45,° OME of these Coats are priced so low follow- ing favorable purchases; some have been reduced in price—in every instance the value is uncommonly good. MATERIALS: Velour, Heather Coating, Man- nish Mixtures, Plush and Silvertones. COLORS: Navy, Brown, Dark - green, Reindeer and Black. SIZES: 15, 17 and 19; 36 to 53. A showing fully repre- sentative of Winter’s ac- cepted ideas—and notable for good values. Pitre tinod Value in Cloth Skirts at $10.00 DIVIDED between striking plaids, checks and stripes is this collection of Skirts, and just as varied in styles—cluster plaited, knife- plaited or with gathered fullness. Brown, Green, Navy, Tan and Purple color- ings, with regular sizes in waist measurements from 25 to 80 inches; extra sizes in waist meas- urements from 31 to 37 inches. An interesting offering at $10.00. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Boys’ Wool-mixed Sweaters at $2.50 «fpr attractive in value for this price are these V-neck slip-on Sweaters in medium-weight wool- and-cotton mixture. Choice of Light-Oxford with navy stripe. Cardinal with gray stripe. Sizes 6 to 12 years. Priced at $2.50. BOYS’ KNIT HOCKEY CAPS in wool, wool-and-cot- ton mixture and cotton, in many desirable color- combinations—50¢ to $1.50. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE to 1814, $4.50; 1 to 2, $6.00; 214 to 6, $6.50. Broken Lines of Girls’ Shoes Reduced to $3.95 and $4.95 Pair —THE DOWNSTAIRS Boys’ High-Cut Shoes Low-Priced XTRA high-cut and very substantjal, these Shoes are well-fortified against blustery weather. In heavy tan leather, with buckles at top and substantial soles. Sizes 11 Silk Camisoles Whose Daintiness Suggests Gifts $1.25 to $3.95 ITH foundations of pink satin or Crepe de Chine these Camikoles attain dainty, lacy effects with the use of Valen- ciennes or Filet - pattern laces and insertions, and some are combined with xeorgette crepe or finished with touch of hand-embroi- dery or French knots. Priced at $1.25, $1.50, $1.65, $2.00 to 83.95. RIBBON CAMISOLES in brown, Copenhagen, Navy and Old-rose, $1.95. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE A Diversified Assortment of Trimmed Hats Now Grouped at $5.85 —Hats for street, dress and sports wear. —in many fashionable color- ings—rust, sand, pheasant, brown, navy, taupe, pea- cock, gray, also black. —ostrich-trimmed affairs, duvetyn tams, beaver and ribbon combinations, stitched felts and ever so many more vying in value at this very low price— $5.85. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Boxed Stationery for Gifts AT 35¢ BOX—Attractive Gift Boxes containing 24 sheets of paper and 24 envelopes, in regulation or long shapes, and in white, blue and pink. AT 65¢ BOX-—Gift Cabinets containing assorted col- ors of Stationery, 48 sheets of paper and 48 envel- F opes, in Buff, Blue, White and Tan. AT 35¢ BOX—Choice of pink, blue and white in Cor-, respondence Cards with envelopes; 24 cards and 24 envelopes. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 1,000 Yards of 36-inch Bleached Indian Head Lengths 1 to 10 Yards _ Special 30c Yard GATURDAY brings the opportunity to purchase this well-known White Cotton at a price much less than regular. For use in making gifts of table covers, napkins, card table covers and for apparel uses, also. Special 30¢ yard. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Gift Dressings Low-Priced HRISTMAS Seals, Cards, Tags, in the time-honored designs of the season, assembled for easy choosing in one group, at S¢ package. Ribbonzene for tying gift packages, in green, red, holly and striped effects, also metal twine, 10¢ spool. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Women’s Union Suits, $1.15 ARTICULARLY — good quality is offered at this price in Union Suits with soft fleece lining, in two styles: Low neck and sleeve- less. Dutch neck and elbow sleeves. —both in ankle length. Sizes 86 to 44. Priced at $1.15. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE STORE Winter Coats for Girls Sizes 10, 12 and 14 Years $17.50 | i bcae need for a warm top coat be- comes more urgent as Winter progresses, and it is likely, therefore, to be the object of many a Saturday shopping expedition. Here are well-tailored Coats in Polo Cloth, Mixed Coatings, Broadcloth, Two-tone Coatings, with Coney fur or beaver cloth collars and full-length plain or quilted linings. Choice of Brown, Navy, Green, Burgundy and Gray. Priced at $17.50. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE “Fairy” Wheel Toys ’ For Active Boys S great to whiz down a hill on one of these | easy-running, high-power jf Auto Coasters or to speed jf along on a Velocipede that jf goes ever so fast with little | pedaling. These are all ball- jf bearing, that’s why ,they -] run so easily. | Velocipedes, $15.50, jf $17.50 and $19.50. Tricycles, $19.50. \ Y Hand Kars, $19.50 and ‘$21.00. ai Auto Coasters, $28.50 and $31.00. Bi-plane Scooters, $7.00, . The Velocipede sketched is $17.50. ~—TOY TOWN--IN THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE ©