The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 9, 1920, Page 7

DAY, DECEMBER 9, 1970 << ' CHARGE BY fF LC.C. MADE Ming Favors in Movement Coal and Commodities Is Accusation ASHINGTON, Deo. &—Rribery favors in the movement) and other commoities wi! it im indictments if sufficten' ean be obtained, the Inter Commerce Commission warned ite annual report made public to ( The commission also announced ft Id ask congress for legisiation | PM punish any one giving a bribe & railroad employe or any em We accepting a briba “As a result of the Inadequacy the car supply and of railroad portation generally during the Year a practice has grown up Ong shippers of bribing operating eyes of railroad companies to m transportation services,” the mid. “The demoralizing ef of this practice are far reach Bribery of this character in Bhipments and by fling fraud: it lose claims, Indictments have returned in a number of these THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 7 Coast Girl Is to RYTHER DANCE IRISH PEACE 1S [AUTO BANDITS {[————~ Run Orphanages in Far Armenia @ Mis; Charlotte Kett BERKELEY, Cal, Deo. 9.—Mins !Charlotte Kett, a University of Call [fornia graduate, and a member of an [influential Berkeley family, bas been lassigned to duty in Armenia, where jshe will take up supervisory work among 50,000 children in the orphan- ages maintained by the American committee for the Near East relief. Her duties will take her to the most dangerous sections of the Near East. Durtng the wer, Miss Kett was a canteen worker in the American camps oversean SEATTLE MAN'S BROTHER SHOT Quarrels With Vashon tsl- and Indian; May Recover on & part of Bokien’s property on the . island, in said to have told Prosecut- what extent 21 IS ORDERED WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Revision freight rates thruout the Missie- | valley, and of rates between Mississippi valley and all parts the United States, will be neces during 1921, the Interstate ce Commission announced * wil resalt from the decision m the “Memphis Southwestern in- ligation,” In which the L C. C. that Mississippi river water petition no longer justified low- fates at river points than at in- diate interior points. commission has extended un March 1, June 1 and December 1921, the time for readjustment | Ployed by Manning & Co., tea and! these and other rate changes. changes do not involve gen or sweeping increases, but mere extensive revisions of tariffs nkerton Says Our ‘Cops Are on the Job )"The police are on the job,” said 4 m A. Pinkerton, head of the inkerton national detective agency, | r today. He is on an inspection of the company’s offices thruout country. Pinkerton declares the | police are combatting efficiently the ing Attorney J. D. Carmody Wednes- day evening, after Deputy Sheriff Matt Btarwich and Herbert Beebe had brought him here. Followtng the shooting, he surrendered himeelf to Frank Enocha, Vashon island dep uty. WOUNDED MAN IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER Bokien is now in the Tacoma Gen- eral hospital, He t& expected to re Le tt ii ore ii $ 5 Ek | tween thetwo men. Gurand, she ex- | plained, had precipitated a contro | versy Wednesday morning when he | pulled down a chicken fence which Bokien, who lives at 925 South East st, Tacoma No Radicals Now in Swedish Parliament “Our few but noisy radicals are now practically driven out of the Swedish parliament,” wag the state ment of August Lilllenau and Adolf } Roos, retired Swedish senators, who |reached Seattle Wednesday on their trip around the world. Coffee Man Drops Dead on Broadway Returning home from mid-week |prayer at the Welsh Presbyterian ‘church Wednesday night, David! | Henry Wlithams, 54, dropped dead a } | Broadway ahd Denny way. He had| lived here 18 years, and had been em.{ cottes, for sevgral years. His wife, | two daughters and a son survive him Vet Employment Office Will Reopen Plans for the reopening of an em-| ployment office for veterans at the Allied Veterans’ hall, 1616% Third ave, are under way, according to| Frank C. Regan, commander of Se-| aftle post No. Legion. The DUE TONIGHT|AGAIN THWARTED; FLEE IN PANIC Barrages of Bricks Laid Down Today ‘Three hundred mambers of the fe attle Life Underwriters association fairly took Seattle by storm Thurs day in thetr finishing brick canvas for the Ryther Child home, They in-| vaded the public's trenches In the of. flee buildings and mid down bar rages of bricks around the advance ing pedéetrians on the street cor —_ They «imply would not be de nied, With $5,000 ag the mintmam for thetr day's work, the Inqurance men had raised about one-third of that | sum by 1 o'clock, and were still ad vancing on their objective with great | success, bombing the dageuts with brick grenades and taking trenoh aft or trench, ‘The final returns from their great brick drive probably will not be known before 9p. m by “Weary” (W, A) Wilkins tm his finishng brick campaign headquarters, 60) Collins building, but the trustess and mem- bers of the Ryther home house com. mittee, of which Mra J. i. Hall ts chairman, are optimiatia, ‘The big benefit dance for the Ry ther home, to be held Thursday night at the Reston Hill alub house, | 18th ave, and I Madison st. under the aunploes of the Bluebird Dancing club, promines to be largely attended Hard Time Finding Russ Kiddies’ Folks ‘That the Red Cross tn Fintand tx experiencing difficulty in Minding the parents of the little Russian children in their charge ts the declaration of | peared to have Deen lost and the Maj. Riley Allen, of Seattle, who re cently took §70 youngsters from Viadivestok to Fintand in an effort te place therm in their homes agein. ee See Dismiss Charges Against Butcher Fighting Against British Is Looked for BY WERS MILLER LONDON, Dec. 9—Ttecurrence of fighting between Sinn Fein and Brit ish forces in Ireland was looked for today. Hope of a quick peace ap government, by seixing municipal buildings for tts officers and concen trating ts forces, indicated tt was! making ready for a hard winter cam wen, The Irtwh office declared Sinn Fein attacks on police had continued thruout the present week. The gor ernment Also continhed tts raids on! the grounds that Irish republican loaders had not sugKested peace. The breaking off of negotiations was indicated in the announcement of Arthur Henderson and William Adamson that they will not return to Ireland. The two labor mombers of parliament were confident of # truce on returning from a week's stay tm Ireland, during which they arsorted they were assured Irish leaders wanted peace Their report was considered by the cabinet, where it was decided the pence feolers had! not been thrown out by men qualified to speak for the Sinn Fein. Henderson had offpr ed to return to Ireland as the gor ernment’s mediator, an offer appar antly rejected. Archbishop Clune, aceorfing th re ports today, conferred with Premier Lioyd George late yesterday, bringing direct word from Arthur Griffith. acting bead of the Sinn Mein. The Northeliffe preas declared the prime mintater was much impressed by the arehbishop's report and that hope of peace still was bright. Four More Judges to Be Asked by Lawyers Addition af four judges to the pres ent euperior court bench of King county will be arged upon the state legislature by the Seattle Bar an sectation ae — result of a vote taken by that body at {tx quarterly meet ing at Manc’s cafe Wednewtay night. ‘The amoctation wil also ask that one of the present justices of the peace be named as an additional |. | pallies Judea tlonal proh{bitie To Recommend Jail for Booze Offenders Jaf sentences for persons convict ed of Bquor law violation will be reo ommended by United States District Attorney Saunders, Not more than six months imprisonment may be fiven on each count for first offend: | ora, and from one month to five! years for thove proven guilty a eee | ond time, under the terms of the baal Intended Victims Outnum- ber Them Bandits lost their nerve when they attempted to hold up the auto of Ht B. MeGalirand, 4108 44th ave. & W. on the Des Moines highway early Thursday, according to police report After halting MoGallrand’s auto they turned and fled in their own car, as they maw that there were four people in their intended victim's auto, Holding the aack was unfruitful for J. Duguid, 615 Wastiake ave, A man came to the store Wednesday night and asked tf he could leave @ wack there for a tima Duguid a» nented. A few minutes Inter Duguid noticed the man leave the shop, tak ing the wack, Duguid noticed tater that several packages of tolacce were minsing. With all pomthte haste Bennte Moore, 619 Columbia ast, departed from the presence eof a robber who poked a black gun in Bennie's ribs near hin home at 645 p.m. Wednes day. Bennie arrived at the police station © few seconds later, but despite rapid return to the seene by polles, the would-be robber escaped. While HL Hassan, Renton hotel, slept Wednesday morning, his room mate, Fred Anderson, 21, fished $375 from Hiassan's trousers pocket and departed, according to Hassan's re port to potion, BIG CHRISTMAS CLUB MELON CUT $110,000,000 Distributed to 3,000,000 Persons During the coming week some 3, 000,000 persons thruout the United States will receive approximately $110,000,000 in the distribution of Christmas club funda in the Pacific coast states alone more than $9,200,000 will be din tributed by the banks as the reanit of Christmas mvings thru the year. ‘The Christmas clab idea presents @ unique method by which people ean save a small amount each week. which cannot be withdrawn antD the end of the club term, two weeks be fore Christmas, Christmas clube are most poprtar th Masrachusetta, where one person out of every eight is a member. In Seattio, the Christmas club idea has never taken a very firm hold, Seattle bankers declared Thursday. FACILITIES FOR CARING FOR STRAY ANIMALS are extremely tn. adequate and there are no funds forthcoming for a new butlding, ac cording to Charlies M. Farrar, county humane officer, FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET DOWNSTAIRS STORE 1,000 Aluminum Utensils At Exceptionally Low Prices A* ASSORTMENT that was purchased at a concession has just arrived to give choosers of practical gifts the advantage of unusually low prices, The purchase includes: Aluminum $1 Percolators | 95 As pictured, Percolator of pure, seam- less aluminum, with substantial ebon- ized wood handle and hinged cover with glass top, Six-cup size, $1.95, . 4-piece mission, American Legion posts and Veterans of Foreign Wars will con- duct the project. Cooking Set, $2.50 This convenient set consists of the pieces pictured (six- quart covered kettle, steamer and cereal pan), Unusual value at $2.50. Rice Boiler, $1.75 As illustrated, Rice Boiler in two-quart size, with retinned steel handles. Cover fits either utensil. Low-priced at $1.75. 3-piece Saucepan Set, $1.75 The set consists of three Aluminum Lipped Saucepans with retinned steel handles se- curely fastened. One-, two- and three-quart sizes in each set-—$1.75. 4-Quart Aluminum Tea Kettle, $2.40 Four-quart Tea Kettle of pure aluminum, with adjustable noh-heat- ing handle—excellent value at $2.40. ~-HOUSEWARES SECTION, THE DOWNSTAIRS &TORE FREDERICK & NELSON | FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET _ “Toytown Letter Editor, Frederick & Nelson, Seattle” (THAT is the way to address your letter in the Contest for Grammar- school Boys and Girls. Ten rizes are offered for the best letters describing a visit to TOYTOWN—five prizes for girls and five prizes for boys—on view now in Toytown. Use not more than 400 words, write in fnk, on one side of paper, and mail your letter on or before December 13. Don’t forget to give your address, your age, and your school-grade. For the Little Girl’s Play House CHINA TEA SETS 25c to $8.50 EA SETS of china with hand-painted flower designs. The set sketched at $1.75: end Creamer, § Cups, 8 Baucers and 8 Platen A etightfal gift for the Dlay-househeeper, Enamel Tea Sets, $3.78 to $8.75. Pewter Tea Sets, 356 to $1.50. Aluminum Tea Seta, $1.50 to $3.00, ae 75c to $6.00 Bed sketched, af $3.50, is in fumed- oak finish, take-down style, with mattress and two pillows, Other etyten of DR Beda, Te to $6.00, Also a full line of other Toy Furniture, such as Tables, Dressers, China Closets, Chairs, Chiffoniers, etc, {rom $2.50 to $12.50, oe PIANOS ‘HE little girl that is musically inclined can have lots of fun picking out the familiar . tunes on one of these Pianos, The Baby Grant pio tured, at $4.00, ie tn ma horany finish and has 15 e@namelet-wood keyn This range makes it possible te play many tunea Other styles and mod- els, 75¢ to $32.50. METALAPHONES with hammers, priced from $1.00 to $4.25, SKATES For Girls and Boys $3.50 Pair DJUSTABLE, ball- bearing Skates with steel rollers. Styles for both the boy and girl. Have leather strap heels and toe-clamp and key for adjusting. ALUMINUM COOKING SETS 50c to $1.75 fF Poe vd useful set pic ‘2 tured has convex kettle with lid, convex kettle, dish pan, stew pans tee pan, skillet, sauce pan and pudding pan. Other Aluminum Sets, B0ec to $1.75, Also Dou- ble Boilers for the toy stove, at 40c each. Enamel Cooking Seta $1.00 to $2.50, COOK STOVES 50c to $6.75 Stove pictured fs priced at $2.75 and made of cast iron. ith it is a coal scuttle, ovel, kettle, skillet and ter. It has a nice, oven, 6 holes for weal Electric Ranges, priced at $11.00, Al \ is priced at $1.75 and is in fumed-oak fin- ish. It is equipped with sliding drawers and four compartments with doors, and is furnished with rolling pin, mixing bowl and potato masher. Other styles, $1.50 to $2.25, WOODEN BUILDINGS ‘THE Doll House sketched has three windows, a door on hinges, front porch with steps, chimney, and is a bungalow model. It is painted white and green, and priced at $7.50. Other models in Toy Houses, Garages, Rail- road Stations, ete., $2.25 to $18.00. Wooden Trains, $6.00 to $10.75, HESE Toy Sets have 'l a recipe book to teach the little girl the first principles of bak- ing, and contain a min iature sack of flour, box of salt, box of soda, rol- ing pin, bread board, two — scoop and cake pictured is priced at $1.10 and consists of table, four chairs and buffet, varnished with golden oak. Other Sets for differ- CARRIAGES $6.50 to $39.00 OTHING pleases the little doll mother more than a nice Car- riage to fit her doll. The Carriage sketched, at $17.50, is of reed, fin- fehed in cream enamel and has cretonne lining. Large enough for a 22-inch doll, Other models and sizes, $6.50 to $39.00, PAINTING SETS Box Paints, 15¢ to 65¢. Painting Sets, $1.00 to $5.75. Also Crayons and Painting Books. Tintograph Sets and Coloring Outfits priced from 35c to $1.50. TOYTOWN, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE