The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 20, 1920, Page 2

THE SEATTLF STAR Trip, to Santa’ S Land nd GAMBLING IN With Old J ack Frost —buy holiday gifts now —pay next year! —the most extraordinary credit giving ever extended! —on purchase of furniture amounting to $50— $75— $100— $125— Your, redit to seo our big downstairs Toy Stora, on purchase of furniture amounting to first payment $5— $7.50 $10— $12.50 firet payment weekly payment weekly payment $1— $1.50 $2— $2.25 attractive lamps at very special prices in holiday gift sale— this style $11.85 regular price $18.50 24-inch silk shade, ox- actly as pictured; Im mulberry, blue, rose or wold with silk lining and fringe. as pictured; mul! ery. with silk and fringe. ining SS. 75 regular price $7.50 tyle electric lamp: opal jase shad hetght hade 13 %4x13% Frice Ly 50; —S-piece French ivory set in at- tractive novelty box—the ivory is of the finést quality and in large size pieces; priced at $15—. COUPON this Toy Coupon and 25c (eut It out) —will get one of these little “U. $ Arm service trucks, “Red Cross” ambu- Jances or a “U. 8. Mail” truck special for the week, 25e. cute (no mail orders) —hundreds of GIFT STORY BOOKS for boys and girls in children’s book sec- tion, Toy Dept. regular price $1650 “ lamp; mah: exactly tured; he} inches: fitted with two light sockets with pull ebains, full length cord neKet attachment, anteed t = Caegg A floor finish, —26- inch shade, as pictured mulberry, blue. rose or gold with silk lining and fringe. ilk exactly in regular price $20— to Sis'se a —floor lamp stand, sim- Har to picture; mahog- any finish; equipped to meet underwriters’ re- quirements; belght, 66 fitted with two ckets with pull, *, full length cord and socket attachment: Teevier orgs $20— to special for the Wook. s1aea. helpful suggestions for gift giving— —at decidedly low prices BY JACK FROST { (This message from Santa Clues land is for the little folks, and parents aren't supposed to read it unlems they read out loud.) SANTA CLAUB LAND, North Pole, Dec, 20.-—While everybody eine in thin big toy town ts busy aa can be, Santa Clius has asked me to tell the children of Seattle Just what is going on inf his land thexe last few SCRAP LEAGUE, HARDING PLAN Peave With “Germany on the! Program » CLAPPER | MANION, Obie, Dec 20,--Berap ping of the league of nations, adop- tion of a resolution declaring forr pee with Germany and the calling of « world conference to. organize a now association of nations, is the tentative program of President-elect Harding, It was understood here to- day His plan for an association of na tions includes two basic featurer 1—An internationa! court, tetly Judicial in nature, to adminiater a re Vised code of international law. 2—Frequent meetings of the anso- ciation for conference over intern tional problema not within jurisdic: | tion of the court. delegates not being | bound in advatice | WORLD FORUM TO BE PLANNED | Harding's first step tn the organt- tation of the axnociation of nations | [probably will be a conference for re- (codification of International law. The | keystone of his plan i# the interna- | tional court, with use conference fea ‘ture organized on a loone basin after the fashion of the international |"forum™ suggested recently by Hiram Johnson. ‘The plan follows in a general way the campaign mugrestions made by |Harding in his speech of acceptance | Little binck jand little whining eye days before Christmas. Pverything i# hustie and hurry up here in Santa's workshop and when he started on bis Christman eve ride thre the clouds, his airplane is goin, to be loaded to the top with toys and eandy Santa bas been so busy that be has called on Ton Thumb, Lite Jack Horner and John, John the Piper's Bon, to help him with his toy |making, while Little Mine Muffet j Lite Bo Peop and | quite Contrary are putting new \s rewaes on all the little dolln who are jwoon to hang on # Christmas tree. | A_ KINGDOM be ANIMALS I just wish all you children could the wonderful zoo Santa Claus He's been working on his ace has. made bis last trip—and that was @ year ago. Great longnecked giraffes have boon painted with big black spots on 1! thetr brown bodies and little ears and|than many eyes and a long tail have been put! in their places ready for The giraffes are all the long snow ride nd | they're anxtous to get started, Banta has the funniest collection! of dogn you ever naw. Bix brown ones with long hair and tails that wag when you squueze the puppy dogs with no huir at a Then there are other that down and don't fall over. And they bark when you push thelr nosea Then, way over in another corner. I found a whole lot of cata and kit tena, They are of all colors, One of oner wit “meowed” when I pulled his tail, Still It had ite bair all brushed | down neat and there was @ bell hang: | ing around ite neck. Theta et of fun when I went tn to see the monkeys. They aren't quite ready for the ride with Santa Some of them didn't have any tails yet, and some others only had two fet. But they all looked as funny Jand his league of nations speech | August 28. It virtually ignores the | Veornaities treaty and the league of jRationa, It ts ttkely that, following adoption of the pence resolution, informal ne. gotiations will have to be entered into between Germany and the allied | powers over claima presented by the United States to Germany for sunken ships, confiscation of American prop: jerty In enemy countries and other erievances. ‘The negotiations looking toward a) an could be, and they seemed glad that they were going to be in some little boy's or girl's home pretty soon, All the other animals I eaw were scampering around am tf to make Santa hurry and get them started on thelr airplane trip to Seattle. Cowr, horses, elephants, donkeys and) zebras are just as happy as you children are that Christmas ts al- most here. eee Tomorrow I will tell the little of Seattle all about the dolls that Mary, Mary | them had a big bushy mil and he | another one wus all ready to go to| }a party. electric new aasociation of nations will pro-| having new dreases made, that they ered thra diplomatic channels and) may look nice when Santa Claus MONDAY, DILEMPER 20, 1970. WHEAT SCORED Llucce Great Waste Be stop- } ped by Congress | WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—A “large ‘ volume” of future trading in wheat) {9 mere gambling,” involving great | economic waste,and should be stopped | the fed-| sional regulation | by coner eral trade commision wrote dent Wilson today. | The commission's communication constituted ite report In reply to the president's request for a study of the causes of falling wheat prices, cominiasion advised the president he has no power to prevent importation of foreign wheat, as demanded by farmers hit by falling prices. The comminsion also recommended |that government ling machinery be net up to deal with centralized wheat buying agencies now main jtained in the United Btates by for: leign governments, to protect the JAmerican farmer againat |price manipulation by these SEVEN FACTORS IN WHEAT PRICE PALA, Seven factors combine o |wheat prices in the United f | the commission reported | ‘Bhene factors were given ax | @) A world wheat crop bigger than lin 1919; (2) concentration of foreign government buying In one which bought heavily spring, but later reduced |mands; (3) unprecedented | tions from Canada this fall, coupled with a discount rate of exchange; (4) the record breaking yield of corn and! Joats, which helped to deyrens wheat | prices; (5) slackening of ‘. domestic demand for flour thir fall; (6) general decline of all mmodity prices and (7) change in credit conditions, “with | sion in its de-| importa | kingdom of animain ever #ince he|the resulting disposition of disteibu tors to refrain from accumulating or | m Untaining usual stocks,” until con- ditions are mabilized. | | “Wheat has declined in price less commodities,” the com: | mission wrote, and lens than most | agricultural products, on the basis of wholemile prices ‘The decline in prices would ap pear be in due to country wide and world-wide conditions. | While the commission believes speculation in wheat futures is not an indiepensable part ef the market ing process, and may sometimes be hixhly injurious, the commission is in thin respect, passing upon the whole subject of future trading. Fu ture contracts may have a legiti- mate use for ‘hedging.’ ‘It appears there is a large vol-| ume of future trading that is mere | leambling, and involves great eco- nomic waste, The remedy for this liew in congressional action to pre: | jYent trading which i essentially | gamblin, Wants Harding to Banish Cigarets| TOPEKA, Kan, Deo. 30.—Oppo | nents of cigarets have made their initial effort to make the White House one of their strpngholds dur- ing the administration of President elect Harding. A letter requesting the president- elect not to be a friend of the “lit- Fe charmer” was sent to bi last night by Miss Lucy Page Gaston, Chicago, superintendent of the Inter- | national Anti-Cigaret League. “Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson,” she said, “have clear records.” Appeal Neterer’s Decision on Booze An appeal from Judge Jeremiah Neterer's decision that persons tried Presi- | 4 special for table $05 regular price $12.50 compiete any 4 $6.80 regular price 85— —an exceptionally strong and well de- signed dmokers stand, in solid ok, furned finish, white enamel interior; regular price $4—; special for the week, S5@, regular price 89.735 attractive solid oak amokers stand in fumed, waxed golden oak finish or mahogany; nick- el-plated ash’ tray; height 30 inches; wine of top 10x13 inches. regular price 812.75 fumed, mulberry. shade, rose color lining smokers’ a se. $13.50; spec inches high; size of —— top 9xll "inches; nickeq-plated b tray. stand, —this wonderful electric sweeper removes every speck of lint, threads, hairs and embedded dirt from rugs or carpete—for HER there would be no more welcome eift pay $6— monthly SECOND FLOO! dresser set special, $1.95 regular price 92.50 —4-piece “hand-paint- ed” china nner set, in three colors, pink, gretn or blue; a very useful, « tractive gift; reg - price $2. Rogers set of the attrac- Ke~ Ply- guaranteed Regular price, with 20; mpecial for 13.85) war tax @e pl tive Gredian, vere, Chippen mouth patterns; 10 years; \COUPON, rem —pie dish % teed oven Klaasware—in plated frame; regular $7.25; special’ for the 5.75, y glass, bottom, with decorations or plain; size 10x17 or 13% 19% inches; regular price $3.50; special for ‘the week, §2.: STANDARD FURNITURE CO. L. SCHOENFELD & SONS SEATTLE roe TACOMA price week, this Toy Coupon and llc . (eut it out) —will get one of there cute little colored horns; made of wood; 6% inches long; special for week, Ie. (no mail orders) TOY DE'T, |nhould be well under way within | three of four months after Harding's | jinauguration, his advisers here pre | diet, Secretary Davis Hit by Hiccoughs| WASHINGTON, Dee. 20.—Under- | Secretary of State Norman H. Davis | wan reported today to be resting comfortably at his home here, follow jing an attack of hiccoughs which be gan Tuesday and ceaned inst night. OTTAWA.—AM luxury taxes have | been done away with, except on la: vors, candy and playing cards leaves them in front of the Christ- mas tree in some little child's home.) AMUSEMENTS PANTAGES Mate, 2:99. Nights, 7 and © Now Playing RUBIN uintet: Rowland and in state courts for violation of the state liquor laws may not tried in the federal courte under the Vol- stead act has been taken by the gov- ernment to the U. 8. district court of appeals. The case is that of the United States against Peter Bradley and Robert Stenning. It is expected | that the matter will ultimately be | taken to the U. 8. supreme court. | Imperial To Handle Legion Claims at Capital Claims against the government By of Rainier Post No. Logion, will be handled personally by L. ©. Werford in Washington, D. C., during the pres ont seasion of congress, decording to the post's announe Adjutant H. C. 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