The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 7, 1921, Page 4

> Bion claims of $0,000 sick and dix | ter, Some are suffering sorely from | Bureau Takes Two Months to Put Thru Ordinary Com- pensation Claim BY E. M. THIERRY BWEW YORK, Jan. ?.—Compens world war veterans are awalt action in the war risk insurance Dureau at Washington. Action on many of these claims has been delayed for months, Meanwhile thousands of these Feterans, helpless and penniless, are! @ependent on relatives or friends, @¥on on strangers, for food and shel-/ peglect, hardly knowing where their Bext meal is coming from. The bureau takes two months © put thro an ordinary claim. It @dmits unusual cases often drag from three to 12 months iK SMITHS TYPICAL | Gonsider the case of Sergt. Frank FL Smith of the 113th field signal Battalion | Smith was discharged from the army May 22, 1919, but because of @isabitity was unable to work until . After working for seven ‘weeks, his health broke down com. Pletely, so that for three months he ‘was bedridden in his home. On February 10, 1920, Smith was Femoved to a hospital, where he re- mained six months Meanwhile Smith submitted a @aim for compensation. | He heard nothing about @ for | @even months Finally, though, he got his award. ‘Tet was $8 a month. coy CLAIMS REJECTED ‘The war risk insurance burean ‘as turned down 190,000 claims for " @ompensation. Many of these claim ‘pte are eager to have their cases Ye They believe they are en- to something for health shat- and disability sustained in the | service of their country. The American Legion ts deter Mined to bring about speedier action By the bureau on compensation laims. It also is fighting for better Dhoepital and vocational training fa- ‘eilities for disabled Yanks. Government hospital facilities are inadequate to care for the | @onstantly increasing number of war | Victims applying for treatment. - Government officials are promis fee appropriations for hospitals ; would be completed by 1925. what we demand,” says the American Legion, “is hospitals now.” ‘Only 1,800 disabled men have com- their vocational training un- the federni board for vocational altho the war has been More than two years. Only men haye been placed in jobs ‘Be the result of taking vocational ie Vocational. education, and for , the Legion demands better edu- @mtional facilities, medical care where ‘Mecessary, and $100 a month each ‘with additional sums for dependents. ity Prosecutor C.ofC. Bureau Howard A Hanson, chief depnty (Prorecuting attorney, has been ciect- @4 chairman of the state elop- : burean of tfe New Trial Asked for Held for Murder Judge Calvin S Hall took under @Avisement Thursday the question of ing @ new trial to Ingram Ra , convicted of murder in the sec- ond degree for killing Bud Deaf Cur. tim im ® quarrel over Mrs. Curtis! April 3. Attorney John F. Dore con-| fended that Rader’s counsel at the} Qrfal had erred in not putting Rader | On the stand. Butterworth Leaves Estate of $200,000) Distribution of an estate valued at @bout $200,000 to {esr sons, one terin-law, one grandson and| friends, is directed by the will of | tterworth, filed for | afternoon. But nder of the Butter rm. ACQUIT BRADY IN GIRL GASE | Defendant Surprised by Verdict | SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1--Altho acquitted on a charge of asmulting Jessie Montgomery, Thomas Brady, who was accused as @ member of the | so-called Howard st. gang, was still im jail today pending action on the remaining charges against him. which include abduction and at tempted amault. | Brady's acquittal came tate tast night after the jury had deliberated only 20 minutes, The verdict was reached on the second ballot. j Members of the jury said they ac quitted Brady chiefly because of evt- | dence produced to show good charac: | ter, and because there was a reasona- DO IT NOW! What Congress Is Doing Toda y erplonage law and release of political prisovera Ford Newberry election recount cam- Unves, novsE Passage of the sundry atvf appro Priation bill followed by considera Use 96, pestetfice appropriation bl Davy pe . king and re yo nent loans for expor- bie doubt as to his implication in the ) be "| affair. Return of the verdict of acquittal | was such @ surprise to Brady, who had openly mid he knew he waa go ing to prison for “keeping bad com pany,” that he fell off his chair when the decision was announced. A wild demonstration tn the court reom fol. | lowed. James Carey, who was convicted a | short time ago, was to be brought up for sentence today. currency committes || svee of farmers oo || You wir HAVE PLENTY OF HOSPITALS — a GIVE MEDAL TO “HERO'S FATHER Seattle Fireman Drowned | While Saving Life Hane P. Hanson, 644 N. 77th at, father of Henry P. Hanson, former | Seattle fireman. who was Growned in a herole attempt to rescue | [ninth bather at Ocean Beach, Call-| fornia, May 5, 1916, after he had | rescued eight halfdrowned bathers from the ocean surf, is the proud pomenor of @ gold lifesaving modal, presented him by the secre tary of the navy, after being passed on by congress, a4 a commemora tion for the herole work done by his | deceased son, Henry Hanson was atationed at the naval aviation station at San Db emo, during the war, and ft was on & brief furlough that he did the |herote feat that cost his lta Hanson's body waa not found until 40 days later, dempite the fact that hundreds of bathers witnessed the rescuing The physically defective child says an expert, always forgets hin | deformity in his dreama G. D. Phillips, Inc., Stores 1308 Second Ave. (Walker Bldg.) Two Stores 1313 Third Ave. (The Phillips Boys) OUR NEW 1921 PRICES Prices Reduced —Quality Increased Here’s where we can talk with low prices to help us. A royal welcome awaits a host of shoe buyers who have been waiting for prices to go down. We aim to have, and do have, all the wanted styles, There’s every reason why you should come to Phillips for your shoes. The following are our reduced 1921 prices: WOMEN’S AND MEN’S SHOES ALL STYLES—ALL LEATHERS $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 | $10.00 THE SEATTLE STAR ‘DENIES SCHOOL |Don’t Violate Building Ordi- SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET STORE HOURS—9 TO 5:30 Special Price Basement A Clearance of 50 Trimmed Hats at $1.95 Each —Smart models of hatter’s plush Sailors, Chin Chin and Turban effects. Effective trimmings of ribbons, flowers and feathers. —A limited number of Untrimmed Shapes. Priced for clearance at 50c each. In the January Clearance Sales Women’s and Misses’ Coats Three Clearance Groups at Radical Price Reductions Coats at $15.00 Regular $22.50, $25.00 and $29.50 Coats —Velours, Cheviot and Silvertone. —All the wanted colors. Full and semi-lined. Some with fur collars. Coats at $19.75 Regular $82.50, $34.50 and $87.50 Coats —Some have large fur collars. Full lined with nov- elty silks. Plain colored Velours and Heathers. —Navy, Brown, Burgundy, Green and Taupe Coats at $25.00 Regular $39.50, $42.50 and $45.00 Coate —The season's latest models. Some with large collars of fur. Full silk lined garments, —Bolivia, Velour, Crystal, Silk Plush, Suedene and Silvertone. , —Navy, Pekin, Taupe, Brown, Green, Burgundy. Women’s and misses’ sizes, / Cloth Dresses at $15.00 —Very special values for savings. Dresses of Tailored Tricotine and Serge in smart Eton, straight line and pleated models, effectively trimmed. —Women’s and misses’ sizes. Flannelette IXimonos $3.50 —Attractive models, trimmed with satin ribbon. Flowered designs in contrasting colors in all the wanted shades, Georgette Blouses $2.98 —Many attractive styles in Navy, Brown, Bisque, White and Flesh Blouses. Some effectively embroid- ered; others trimmed with beading. —Sizes 36 to 44. 530 Electric Light Shades One-Half Price —A clearance of all Elec- tric Light Shades in the China Section. The as- sortment includes linen, paper, cretonne and a few silk shades, All colors in the lot and a variety of novelty effects. 10c Shades ..... 25c Shades .... 85¢ Shades .. 45c Shades .. T5c Shades .. $1.25 Shades .. oe $1.75 Shades 88c —Fifth Ploor Also Included in the Janu- Clearance Sales Are ‘Odds and Ends of Dirinerware One-Half Price —To clear out all odd pieces and incomplete sets of discontinued patterns. —Fifth Floor A Special Purchase Sale of 200 Gossard Corsets at $4.95 Regular $7.50 and $8.50 Corsets —A emal special kt which we secured from the manufacturer to sell at much less than the prices on the same numbers in regular stock. —Model No. 570, atzes 21 to 80, regularly priced at $8.50. —Model No. 376, sizes 24 @ 85, regularly priced at $7.56. —On sale Saturday at $4.96. —Second Handkerchiefs —Slightly soiled from holi- day display. 35c¢ qualities at... 50 qualities at... $1.00 qualities at......50¢ —Second Fiber Just Received Cotton Eponge Special at 39c —600 yarda, 36 inches wide. Col ors: Tan, Rose, Pink, Taupe, Alice Blue, Copenhagen, Green and White —Of excellent quality and very Gesirabie for women’s and chil- dren's dresses, suits and coats. —Second Floor Skookum Packers to Ler. Cornerstone Move to Wenatchee| Removal of their headauarters na NEW BUILDINGS BAD decided upon by the Skookum Pack-| ers’ association trustees, who met in the Henry building Thursday was reperted that $104,000 had been | yeste! spent by the big co-operative society | Roosevelt. nance--Santmyer That the portable and some other | | birthplace, 28 W. 20th st. Roosevelt House! YORK, Jan 7—Laying of |§ * Wenatchee so as to be near the cen- | the cornerstone here of the Roose | | ter of the apple raising industry was) velt House, being built by the Wo | man's Roosevelt Memorial Associa-| 1t| tion, marked the second anniversary day of the death of Theodore The structure is to be during the year for national adver-|on the site of the former president's Metropolitan 3=",¢,! MATINEF FRIDAY The Most-Talked-of Photoplay in America EMMETT MOORE'S Ireland a Nation?’ Made on Irish Sot! With Irish Actors—With EMMETT MOORE (Himeeif) Uriah Actor, Singer, Preducer IRISH CONCERT SEATS NOW SELLING school buildings in Seattle are in bad | condition, and that many of them violate the building ordinances, as | charged by J. B. Blackwell, city build ing superintendent, is denied by Walter Santmyer, engineer member of the school poard. “very school building in Seattle was constructed with the permission and under the supervision of the building superintendent's office,” Sanumeyer declares, Ladies’ \\ Felt Slippers INSTRUCTOR , HOWARD TAYLOR Finished pupil of Ted Shawn and Ruth St Denis, teaching ¢larsic, nature, ballet, oft shoe eccentric, Scotch, Oriental, toe and clog and all-around dancing Afternoons and Evenings Phone Elliott 6390 for Appointment avs BR Aspirin You must say “‘Bayer’’ Warning! Unless you see the name “Bayer” on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for 21 years and proved safe by millions. Accept only an “unbroken package” of “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin,” which contains proper directions for Colds, Headache, GI statin, eins cg & tained Pain, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago. craft listed and turned over when| Handy tin boxen of 12 tabléts cost but a few conte—Larger packages. 4 Lm Ni sed suddenly to one| Aspirin te the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacté e dec ‘ \Cleaners and Dyers to Frolic Tonight Business sessions of the annual convention of the Northwestern As- soclath of Cleaners and Dyers re sumed Friday, with a dinner dance scheduled for the evening at Blanc's he convention opened Thurs: with more than 100 delegates in attendance, The sessions will con- tinue until Saturday morning. DEPOSITS Made‘ on or Before JANUARY 10th Will draw interest from JANUARY IST } Start the New Year Right THE BANK FOR SAVINGS We issue checks payable at sight all over world. Pine St, at Fourth Ave DEPENDS ON KIDNEYS ‘The skin and the intestines, which work together with the kidneys t throw out the poisons of the body @ part of the work, but a vlean b and a healthy one depends on Kidneys, If the kidneys are clogged with toxins (poisons), you suffer fro | gtiffness in the knees in the mornin @n arising, your joints seem “rusty, may have rhe tic pains, pal fm the back, stiff neck, headache sometimes swollen feet, or neuralgic 1 due to the urte acid or| in the blood. ‘This Is the Eine to go to the nearest drug store and simply obtain a 60¢ package of “am-uric,” the discovery lof Dr. Plerce of the Invalides’ Hotel, Biffalo, N. ¥. |} Advertisement, Raymond Frazier Talks to C. of C. eon of the members’ council, of Commerce, was address y noon by Raymond R. Fra ier, who told how the $100,000,000 foreign trade corporation, formed in Chicago, will affect the Northwest /18 Lose Lives as Launch Goes Down BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 7,—Eight een lives were lost and several persons are reported missing as a jresult of the sinking of a launch JUST RECEIVED | Black Suede and Satin Anklette and Instep Strap Pumps. Children’s Shoes, $5.50 $10.00 and DOWN—Not Up G. D. Phillips, Inc., Stores ESTABLISHED 1892 1308 Second Ave. (Walker Bldg.) 1313 Third Ave. (The Phillips Boys) The House of Mighty Good Shoes, Where Quality Is Higher Than the Price Boys’, Girls’ and