The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 13

Pages 13 to 24 SEATTLE, WASH, Above (left) Florence Barton, the slain girl. Denzel Chester (below), who is accused of the crime. after a journey from Los Angeles to fight for her son. of Miss Barton last October. SpsTAIRS SAVES YOU MONEY Tremendous Stock of Boys’ Wear At Drastic Reductions The greatest stock of Bo; s’ Wear to be seen west of Chi is displayed in the great down- stairs floor‘of the Green building, and here are some Christmas gift suggestions from which you can select with every assurance of giving real pleasure and lasting satisfaction. High-Grade Suits and Overcoats Hundreds of Suits and Overcoats, in all values up to $15.00, now repriced $7 Gg 5 A splendid selection ion in dependabie ai @ 1 3.75 Treas Ree Ss 1B Ze Zid al vaaes_up to $i 0°~ihe" Tint fabri and pore: =r ¢ per a llonestoodlme > | Ay £3 Give Your Boy a Real Mackinaw There’s nothing the average boy will be better pleased with. Sizes for all ages, 10 to 18, in just the Teese 6o on All values up to $16.76, $ 1 0.9 5 NOW wo pawny ec son. ed e s a ui! rices ’ Shirts at Deeply Cut Pri Coat styles in good fabrics and fast $1 4 colors; $2.00 values for....—...--~--. . e $2.50 values £08 .. ceeeeccee. Wonderful Values in Gloves and Gauntlets Wool, Leather and Leatherette Gloves and Gauntlets of every de- scription, and many. entire- ly new styles that boys will be delighted with. Boy Scout and Indian Gauntlets , all at cut prices. Chambrays, percales and madras, in sizes 4 to 16 ; $1.50 {|i ipaecs Re 98c 00 val I) "=. $1.69 | + Boys’ Pajamas One-piece and two-piece uits for boys of all ages, n good quality outing flan- nel, $1.49, $1.98 and $2 - , according to size? _ Other Gifts a .$1.9 } ; 50c values ; ’ 8, | i Belts, Bath Robes, in great $1.00 values _.89c \} | variety, and every article ~ °“*"*~ | intluded in the price cut- The Whole Do Downstairs Floor of the Green Building ting at this great selling event. ih, GREEN BLDG FOURTH" PIKE | } Tacoma Store—919 Broadway (Right) Mrs. Lillian Chester, mother Mrs. Chester is in Kansas City, She charges the police ad-| to tered a laughing gas test to Chester in an attempt to make him confess to the mur- CONSUMERS UNABLE T0 FILE KICK Only 200 Questionnaires Re- turned From Seattle, { Commission Says OLYMPIA, Dec. 11.—?naolictted complaints from Seattle gas con sumers are pouringg into the office here of the state public service com: | minsion protesting against the qual ity of gas now being served “We cannot put teo much confi-| dence in these volunteer state-| ments,” satt Herbert J. Flagg, chief! engineer for the comminstm. “They are unantmounly adverse in tone.” “It ts evident.” Plage added, “that no one who was satisfied with his| service took enough interest in the | matior to send us 4 statement when | we went out questionnaires.” Of the 1,200 questionnaires said have been mailed to Seattle con-| sumers, Flagg said onty 200 have been returned answered. The ob ject of the questionnaire wae to de termine whether the public ix mt-| ixfied with the present quality of ean. No more questionnaires oan be © ered, it was stated, because t mmission is busy gathering data to present at the public gas wearing scheduled for the Pree |utead period hooch FRIDAY, DEC *MBE R 17, 1920, GAS PROBE FARCE ENDED IF lames Completely Destroy New Home The new home of J. H. Williams, “SANTA CLAUS” | ; by ms fire which is believed to Friend of Needy Families!) stared from coal oll steve. Off on Vacation In Harvard’s Early Days Days NEW YORK, De 17. A paper bearing the date o 664, with the wenature of 40 Har rd alumni auctioned off te “ercy 8. Btraua, of 1897, for 500. He will mt it to the university AIMS BLOW AT NAVY SPELLING | Daniels Forbids Use of Simplified Code | manly was placed betw munications having tired of the old-time spelling The navy officials, tatoes alone have been added this BOSTON, Dec. 17.—Yo-ho, and a|!" which there were #o many silent) santa Claus has left Seattle! | season to the winter larder of widows = juice! |letters, cottoned to the new idem! 4244 christmas not yet here! and the ill and poverty-stricken by a Revie-cy ers) te | pet eens eating ehalt he ne] That ‘to 06 say. BW, Robb, who a s ental Santa who comes be ceived another prohibition order ore, for Beer nels hi ieroe-Arrow instead of reindger sh No, shipmates, itis not connected| made it a “dead language” by an|* 4 very real Santa Claus to several) 7 it week Robb got stu@k in the varieties of Vol-| order just received at the navy yard |tiundred needy Beattle families, has ‘This time Seo-| forbidding its une and commanding | gone to California for a month's va-| aimed a body | the navy to get back to the epelling | cation. any of the 67 with mud while on his way to a poor fam- ily in Rainier valley with a sack a potatoes. By the time be was hauled retary Daniels has blow at the navy's spelling. of Webster and the others who like| Robb is a retired merchant, a bach-| out and had the car cleaned again "Way back in 1905 President|to have a lot of silent letters run |elor, who every year distributes the he figured that to deliver that sack | Roosevelt issued an order directing | ning aro und for the wireless lads to | frutts and vegetables raised on his of vegetables cost him $20. the mavy department to adopt sim pick up when they have nothing’ Des Moines farm among the poor of} “Thut, they were glad to get them” * official com-elve to do. plified spelling in it the city. More than 200 sacks of po-' he said, ” ‘and that's enough for me.” Club annex, in Seattle, Monday and | Tuesday. eee y ||GAS CONSUMERS ANGRY OVER POOR GAS Scores of angry gaa consumers have telephoned to The Star de. manding to know where they could get the questionnaires have been mailed to Seattle people. Most of those telephoning said they could each get from 200 to 500 consumers to testify that they are highly dissatiefied with the quality of gas they are now receiving. To all of these telephoned ir quiries The Star has replied by ad- visingg consumers to appear at the public gas hearing scheduled for Monday, 10 a m, at the Preex Club annex, Fifth and University, and register such @ strong verbal protest that the commission will have to take some notice of them eee PORTLAND NOW IN MIDST OF FIGHT ON GAS. PORTLAND, Ore., Deo, 11.--Port- jand im in the midst of war over faa rates, The Portland Gas & Coke Co,, asking further increased rates, has filed with the public service com Iniaison at Salem, a supplement to its original application for « higher aoule It claims the action te neceamry |] | because of increased price of crude |] | off. Resolutions of protest have been ||| passed by the Montaville Board of ||) Trade, which asserts that the pres Jent rates bring a sufficient income jto the company. REVEL IN REVAL “FOR S1.50 ADAY |Two Can Live Cheaper Than One in Esthonia | NEW YORK, Dee. 17-—Esthonia | is the place for an American who has a few dollary and wants to take a| | punch at the high cost of Iiving, ac. leording t Mr. nd Mra. Arnold | Aleinkoff, of No. 33 Bank st, who have just arrived from Marseilles. The Aleinkoffs made a tour of the Baltic states, and in Esthonia found | that as a result of the exchange rate | $1 in American money is worth 350 Esthonian marks, | “We lived at @ hotel In Reval in a} three-room sutte and maintained six) servants for $1.50 a day,” the Alein |] | kotts said. | |Mother Ryther Kids | Get Swell Haircuts | In @ merry Christmas party at ||| Mother Ryther’s Home Thursday | night, 95 youngsters had their hatr| cut by barbers from Gien McLeod's shop, who donated their services Patrolman Bob Bridges fathered the |] idea and the Hawkins Auto Rent Co. and William Smith furnished taxi cabs to keep the barbers coming and | going. /Remember Disabled | Soldiers, Is Plea | Phonograph records, books, maga jzines and subscriptions to daily newspapers will be welcome Christ mas gifts to cheer the ‘disabled ser vice men tn the various hoxpitals of the Northwest, Donald McEwan, chairman of the hospital relief com mittee, Seattle Post No, 18, Ameri as announced. | | | | |Sandpoint Aviation Field Is Discussed The Sandpoint aviation field and |its relation to the future of flying in | Seattle and the Northwest, was dis assed at the members’ counel! of the |Chamber of Commerce Friday noon. |Major Henry C. Muhlenberg, of the jarmy “air service, spoke on the gen eral outlook for aviation. GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Body of Frederick Byer, 3 years old, found L}lin barrel partly filled with water, alleged to} |} Gifts for Men Are Prominent in The Owl Drug Stores man -making > paapdiiog stent hee Apap 7 TE I Pa Razors Gillette Razors, $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, $8.00 and $10.06 Nine separate and distinct models, including the new “Bull Dog” AutoStrop Razors, $5.00, $5.50, $6.00, $6.50, $8.50, $13.50. Leather, Nickel, Gun Metal, Ivory Py-ca-lin and Gold Cases The Dollar Razors Blade Stroppers Shaving Lotions “Twtnplex” for Gillette Blades... An ideal inezpensive (Two Styles) gift. We suggest: The “Double Hage” --...---.---- $2.00 Borated Bay Rum For the Gillette, Enders, Keen Kutter A lo Gem and Evaready tion with a bay cum The “Double Edge* base, 35¢ a bottle. For the Durhain’ Duplex. Red Feather “Sharprite,” for Gillette Blades.....$1.50 Lilac Vegetal “Sterling,” for Blade Rasors......$150 Has no ior. A de- “Slyde-Stroke,” for Blade Razors....$5.00 Blade Razors Prices start at $. and _ ro ar aa tana The “Safe Edge” Combination . . $3.00 _ Shaving Brushes Badger mixture brushes are featured at $1.25 to $7.50. abbersct” jdtite and Whiting-Adams lines—the best that money can buy. Leather Goods We offer a good assortment of fine quality wallets and purses at Prices you will appreciate, Money Belts Bill Books . $3.00 to $5.00 Comb. Cases ....... $1.00 to $6.50 For Currency and Cards. Double Card Cases..$1.00 to $6.50 Picture or Pass Cases. TSe to $6.50 “Tite-Wad" Currency CARES 2.22 e es ee een =-35c to $2.50 Bill and Coin Purses. .75c to $2.00 Sensible Coin Purses. .75¢ to $3.50 (Without frame) * Sensible Coin Purses. .75c to $4.00 (With frame) Tray Style Purses.$1.00 and $1.25 Eng. Coin Purses. ...50c to $3.00 Trdvelling Cases for toilet articles. Cloth Cases from 75¢ up. Leather Cases at $5.00, $6.50 and $7.50. The saving prices will appeal. «$5.00 $2.50 $1.00 and $1.50 are two important prices. Others up to $5.00. Alll pre-war values. Swaty Razor Hones « « « {$1.00 Waterman Fountain Pens The name itself is a sufficient retinder—it is knownand respected in every household. Prices start at $2.50, as always. There’s a style and point to fit every fancy and ‘Warner Fountain Shaving Brushes $5.00 Folding Shaving Brushes $1,00 and $2.00 condition. Points can be exchanged after Christmas at any “Owl” Store. Shaving Mirrors ’ Metal Frame Mirrors . . 75¢ to $4.00 Eversharp Pencils Extension Mirrors jj0o A national favorite—attractive, useful and economical. Priced from $1.00 for the Corona Silver up to $5.00 for the Gold Filled and $6.00 for the Hand Engraved—an elegant gift. Inexpensive Watches Most men like to carry one while doing rough work or when on,puting trips. Prices start at $2.00 for the Pocket Ben and there are nine others to ¢ .oose from. The Glo-Ben with a Radium dial is a feature at $3.25. Boys like them, too. Eveready Daylo Flashlights Everything from the Penlite and Vest Pocket style at $1.00 up to the ones with large reflectors at $3.25. A welcome gift—particularly if the man owns an auto. the Owt Drug Co Third and Pike Westlake and Pine Phone Main 7700 eoeceee Consider These: Rath Sprays $1.25 to $7.00 Military Brushes, Palr .... aces. .83.00 to $16.50 Cloth Brushes . $1.50 to $2.00 Whisk Brooms . -650 to $1.00 Renu Note Books ..-. «ie Playing Cards ..-.-350 sas $1.50 Poker Chips Bun Glasses +—---e. -50¢ to $1.25 First and Pike