The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 18, 1920, Page 2

THE BSEATTUE STAR sarcnniy, rincmenmn 13pm) | a —— —— = — == SS OBTAIN fficials Say State and National Registration Laws , Are Necessary Buying a gun here ts & cinch. The law imposes certain flimsy The underworld snickers and keeps on buying guna, ing only over the price and not Pestrictions. | Anybody may get a gun by writing Any gun dealer here, requesting a im make of gun, inclosing the and giving an out.oftown ad Crooks generally get their im thig manner, by giving an at Auburn or Kirkland, or Rear-by town, this deapite the evident ef. | ‘of the city ordinance to restrict male Of weapons to persons not she Teense from the potice de- it NANCK 35790 A LAUGHABLE JOKE Ordinance 25790 is supposed to reg the sale of weapons here, Rut joker in it is palpable and as ble as jokes usually are. ‘After ying that it shall be unlaw. | ful for any “person, dealer or corpor Ration” to “sel! or give away” within! city any concealed weapon with: | permit, the ordinance in section jAeotemaly declares: “Provided this section shal not ap. tO sales made of such articles hare to be delivered or fur- outaide the city of Seattle.” the crooks get their guns with- Breaking any law. And the deal H them, wholly within the law this reason that only a per. of the guns sold here are ‘Fegistered at police station &re sold promisecuously be. private individuals in the city. men make theft living by no way than selling guns to thove want them—without asking This # & difficult trade , but if guns were not al- to come into ciroutation im il- eit ehannels, this trade soon would | ral belief to the contrary, per- exchange of a gun Is against ete.’ Are brought in here from oth by men Who are not able to its. Thle method ts simple, is no law against it. of gune were stolen Star's suggestion’ of a stay registration law is approved by Wve need a law that will trace the from the factory to it» ultimate or,” Police Chief WiN H. Seur- ‘ys. “Every cue in the state be in thevsame way | autes are. Autos are register. revenue. Gunes should be reg- for protection.” law should be national, Detective Captain Charles E. “Bat if we can make it a Ate law, something will be accom. lished at least.” registration law 1s needed bad. Lb” declares Deputy Prosecutor John C ody, dean of theveounty's deputies. “If the registra- Jaw is got too cumbersome, it id be enacted as soon as ponsi- ® Pe $ J. C. Wickman, of the pawn p detail, who has charge of the supervision of the sale of guns , ln especially hostile to the law ng 4 man outside the city to A gun without a license. s" It renders the law nearly useless,” Tieut. Wickman. “A state reg. ition law is the check that will the traffic and keep the guns in control, as far a» is mortally ible. I believe my office could such registration without too difficulty once the law was into effect smoothly.” require that every dealer re. to police the numbers of guns he received them from the 7a He would then have show their disposition. “For violations of the law, severe ihments should be provided,” officials were unanimous in say /“Buch &@ law should also prohibit exhibition of pistols in store is,” Chief Searing added. “The ordinance forbids the display of , mtilettos, brass or iron or billies, but is sflent with to pistols. They are a temp- to the weak. And the princi with regard to daggers is the ag that of pistols. Those who say thé law would be | 4 6 cage in the same way the present q are evaded are wrong, 1 be. Bleve, an it would not be long before every gun would be registered and ~ its poruensor known. We could then keep them out of the hands of etooks.” re One Day e Grove's LAXATIVE BROMO JININE tablets. The genuine bears je wignature of W. Grove, 36, AAvertivement. ‘Dear Santa’ \CALIFORNIA MEN Letters at Postoffice Slipped Slyly Thru Mail Slots; and Santa Answers Some Ts Santa Claus a realty and truly Person, and does he bring good little boys and girls what they want y @, Guilty in S. F. BAN FRANCISCO, Dee, 18-—Tar fy A, Brolaski and Douglas Newton ‘Were found guilty today by the jury before which they were tried for ab leged violation of the prohibition jawa, Jules Gamage, tried with them, was acquitted, The verdict was returned shortly after 10 a. m. today, after the jury had been locked Up since Thureday, Deve #0, just ask Mise Bertha A} Brolaski, well known thruout the len, secretary to| United states as a broker, follower of Postmaster Rat-| "oe tracks, politician, author and tle. She gets lot; MUMOFIst; Gamage, a San Franctaco ters addremed to te of Brolaski and Newton, him every day. head of @ taxicab company, were More than 50 “Santa Claus” letters | Charged with having conspired to nd cards have been received at the| Withdraw liquor Megully trom bond peatofice and turned over to Ming |? Warehoures and selling it in viole Allen atready tht month. lon of the prohibition laws | Not only from Seattle and nearty| Thtlr trial was the first-to be held | points, but from ax far away as Weat | 0% § long series of tnitlotmente grow. Virginia. Many are received trem ing out of the prohibition aftaira in California and neighboring states. one 1 aon ae the oe | S80: yRITTEN aren 5 icy, ret a) [palette Dam Galen prohibition director, who wag killed ‘at: . In an automobile wreck near Lodi, Some are written by parents at) Cal, the child's request. Others are peti-| The trial created wide Interest tn efied and addreswed in childish | gan Franciéco and was marked by for Christmas? If you don't be What How often are people left vest for tunes only to be mininvested~toaned to friends, given away in gift to relatives and friends? There is always @ good friend | ready to advise one to Invest In some | "gilt edge” wild eat schema How many widows are confronted with the necessity of wisely investing « cash estate left by husbands? Innuradee men advise & safe tm surance policy, Ranks advine bank Gepostita, gow emmeant bonds, ete. Real eatate men seem think homes, business property and mort | mages are bewt In view of thrift week, In January, people are requested to take stock of themaclven, and give serious thought to what they would do with $100,000 cash, in the thriftiest pons | ble manner, Kesays of fot more than 135 words will be received by The Star or by J. Gatvin, 1118 Fourth ave, before December 30. Another prise has been offered by 0. %. Evans, haberdasher, for the (fourth beet answer, More prizes are expected. ‘The first prize ta $10, second $5, third $3. Would You'A BREAK DRY LAW)Do if You Had) EUROPE HATRED Brolaski and Newton Found $ | 00, 000 Cash Economic Situation Smoth- rawis, The latter are generally in [Recent of postage. The tots sitp them Into the postofies slots on the aly. The addresses reflect.the senders’ {das of where old Santa lives. Most the testimony of John Costello, prt VAte secretary to United Stites fen ator James D. Phelan, that he bad “tipped” John Tait, cafe owner, to an impending prohibition raid, at the alleged sucgestion of Handley, who, } RE QUENCHING ering Enmities BY CARL D, GROAT BRUSSELA, Deo. 18.—'The serious economic rituation In Burope in grad wally amothering the hatreds grow. ing out of the world war, in the opin jon of many members ef the tnter allied financial conference, Realization that conditions ean net become stabilized until Germany is on the way to re-eatabishment, to- gether with the apparent desire of the German representatives to lay all their cards on the table, has re | wulted in a fecling that much will be accomplished in the present meet jag an remarda restoration of com mercia) relations with the former en emy country. Dr. ¥, Giannint, Itattan representa tive, summed up the attitude of « Majority of the allied delegates, an evidenced particularly tn Italian and Briti#h quarters. “This appears to be the mort sno cessful get-together contarence rince the war,” he anid. t ta the firet time that exactly this procedure haw been followed, There age no Unreats and no unpleasantness. | “We have simply told the Ger |man#, ‘Here in the opportunity for you to show just what the situation jis and discuss i, frankly. We will liisten and inter will aay what we think. Your proposals will be consid ered fairly.’ 7 “| additional Elliott Ave. Work to | Aid Unemployment | To help relieve the unemployment situation here, the board of public works awarded @ large contract for the improvement of Biliott ave. Mri day, to Jahn & Basel, at $190,000. Departmental heads were instructed to make @ survey and report what struction work can be undertaken at this time YAKTMA.—-Frank Wise, of Grand view, bridge foreman for the 0..w. n. & N, Co, killed when construc tion work eaves in, U. Students Make Russian Kids Happy fophomore class of the University of Washington will render a mas program for the children of Kuselan misvion at Rainier valley | Baturday afternoon, Candy, mute and all the Chrintnas goodies will be fur | niwhed, | teal Of the county ® vomit levy and of the 15-mill limit to the loeal levy With 10 citles of the state Tepre | witch the board may assess at its sented at the council ef common | diseretion, was voted. school officials held in Beattie Fri-| The measures have teen recom day, approval of the 20-mill tax levy | mended by the governor's committee by the state for school purposes, in- on changes in the school code. ern —_ncoomeetanateninceenans 0K. 30-MILL - SCHOOL LEVY School Boards Prefer It to County Plan Grand Opening Today COLISEUM CONCERT of them are marked “Seattle,” but| according to Coatello, feared the po others are addressed to “MN Banta! titical effect of prohibition enforce Clans, North Pole,” or “Dear Santa! ment activition. Cluus, Alaska* ‘) Brotaski was the central figure The letters are not opened at the| thruout the trial, He always could Postoffice, unless someone desires to | be depended upon to bring a smile to Play Santa Claus and reward the! court with him in the morning and erage ee en eae | poe it all day. When court ad olr memages wor! ane of | journed, he wowld appear at a loca! them reads; “Dear Santa Claus, I teat and lecture S the “Evils of forgot to tell you that Jack wants a! hoose.” In the case he War supposed eer Meaning, no doubt, a to have been, according to Um govr ernment theory, the so-called master “With the warning that they are | ming of the alleged conepir ‘y: IN CAR PLUNGE responaible persons,” Miny Alien states. “Postage must first be paid jon those that are unstamped.’ | Most of the lettern are written by ehildfen wh really do pet partic ularly need aid. jonalty, how. PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 16.--J. Christie and A. BE, Page, of se. jattle, esenped death by @ seeming | miracle yeaterday when thelr auto left the road and®rolied down a 100. foot ¢mbankment, four miles from ever, some tot who would otherwise | have & stay Christmas, may be made | | Quiteene, Thursday. The car rolled |eover tree times during ite plange happy by someone who fa Willing to act as Santa Claus, |Change Registration Plan at University Registration for the next quarter feet from the edge of a 206-fo0t | at the University of Washington will sheer drop. Christie's leg was in be held in Philosophy hall, recently | jured. Page was unhurt. Roth rikn | completed. Thin will insure protec-| returned to Seattle after their car | Uon from the winter rains for the| had been hauled back to the read by waiting lines of students. men from Quileene. | “Fickle Fancy” BRUCE SCENIC “Tropical Nights” | teh I “Germany's situation ts likewise The Star tevites Me readers to wee hie). iio situation, since we are! department ee an aid in finding mi relatives of friends The department ie to hetp in reuniting (hese whe hare heen werarated: Wwhese relatives oF - The Nuas, Olier somapapate sp tavttes to reproduce such Heme ae will interést thelr commasition. | on | From Jack Caxton, 157 36th ave. |comes a letter of inquiry in regard to his brother Imac, who disappeared about two months ago “He is 15 years of age, dark com: plexioned, binek halr and eyes. He | stands about Beet, 3 inches,” the tet- ter states, When he left the mise ing lad wore & black aweater with the | letter “W" on ft “Lam writing you for the sake of his mother, who warts to see her boy again,” the appeal conctudes, Christmas Trees on Second Avenue The Bon Marche has Introdwerd an bringing up agninst some brush 30 | attractive novelty Int ite Christmas ter Accorations this year Three large @hristinas treoe have been erected on the Second ave. front of the «tore. The trees are handsomely lighted, And the effect is very atriking, espe cilillg in the evening. MACK SENNETT COMEDY sdurdened with huge war debts.” maid} Giannini, “Naturally we are Interest: | 4 In knowing what can be done toward helping ws with our debta.” ‘The altion’ delegates are distnetined to dincusn the question of interna \ tonal credits for Germany. as ous: | eeeted by Herr Bergemann. They hold that this matter was taken ap at the Roulogne conference and that the conferves were compelied to @rop It. GOOD EATS IN | GRAND MARCH | Maximum Brand | | lake biscuits, American Maid bread, ietsehme Yeast—these were @ few of the chur: | acters Chat parti¢ipated in the grand March of the retail grocer’ ball held lat the Crystal Pool Friday evening. | Priges for group costumes went to | Maxiarum coffee and Gold Shield cof Amerionn Maid bread ‘was the beat gowned woman, and the Circle | Wetamb won the laurels among the comics, | Mother Ryther, whoee kiddies wil! get the surplus arising from the ‘function, headed the grand march. coftes, Snow LOVE DAVIS ON THE WURLITZER “American Patrol”... .° . ++++ Meacham Love's Old Swret Song” .........Malloy “The Nanghty Waltz” Selections from “Tl Trovatere” ..... Ver@i “Five Minnten of Blnes” Concert 12:30 Sunday ORCHESTRA 34 Artists Under ARTHUR KA —the best @irector that $25,000 per year could bring to Seattle. Sunday and- during the coming week Suppe’s “Light Cavalry” overture will be played. THE FEATURE HOBAR BOSWORTH NOW SHOWING “The Skipper’s Narrow Escape” Another 6f “Thé Toorierville Trolley” pictures, with the old skipper all het up, by criminy, with T. N. T. home. brew! A First National Comic Malotte on the Wurlitzer Overture—“The Marriage of Figaro”. Mozart “Natoma” — (a) “Dagger Dance” (b) “Habanera”............ Victor Herbert “Stabat Mater,” air “The Memphis Blues” Concert 1: “Cujus Animam” + revs eee + (Requested) 30 Sunday