The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Grunbaum Bros. Furniture Co. The House of Service and Accommodation Just the Rocker You Need Big, Roomy, Comfortable Price Sells Them 5 Is $1.00 $1.00 Down Down 50c a 50c a Week Week SATUR- SATUR- DAY DAY ONLY ONLY i Five Styles of extra large and hi Rockers selected for this sale. than can be made for today. $14.00 each. NOW IS THE TIME to get that needed great, big comfortable rocker—suitable for the house, porch or lawn. All are golden finish and have wood saddle seats. 34 Only at this price—“You Must Hurry” SALE SATURDAY ONLY gh back Arm All priced at less Sell regularly up to LIBERAL CREDIT EXTENDED runes WHERE PIKE MEETS FIFTH + SHINNNESMNew Phone—Elliott 4910 |{|ESwIIlll Union Leaders Are Ordered From Town HARRISON, Ark. April 8 —Six Failroad union officiais were believed | biding in Missouri today after a hur. fied Might from here, following action f 1,000 armed men.in ordering them | out of town. | The officials were here tn the in terests of strikers on the Missour! & | Northern Arkansas railroad. Following calling of the strike bridges were burned, trains derailed | and railroad property damaged. Citizens along the right-of-way | formed a vigilance committee to pro- ‘ at Front, Is Charge be resumed. The strike war called ) when officials of the company an Barrack nounced a wage cut. ements | Vancouver in | For a juicy steak, the mother of two children, wife’ property. He was arrested at Worsham Thursday. Pure \One Killed residents of gunfight early today. Btck of the quality of our goods stands the unimpeachable reputation of “East- ern” founded on 20 years of worthy service to particular people. While shopping tomorrow inspect our WRAPS and COATS You Will Find several hundred to select from. There is a model for any season of the year, and for any season of life. There is a color to suit any taste, and price range to suit any requirement. New Stocks in All Departments With our Mezzanine of Millinery as an added in- ducement. Two Entrances— 209 Union 1332 Second A CHARGE ACCOUNT means that you may ar- range to pay on a weekly or monthly basis without added cost. a DT STS ACR CTT CTIUL Ca SHINN NMAC NAHAS LHTA MACON omttt Reviving the days of Sheriff Bob Hodge and his famous raids on clustve & squad of armed with a search warrant, the ultra-exclusive Boren ave. and Madison ox clubs, polloes raided University ctut noized 140 [@} quarts of whisky, wine, gin and Sicrapo and placed three men under = arrest early Friday WU) <2) ed ‘ALLEGED ARMY — DESERTER HELD Ran Away to Avoid Service| Arrested on a tip given authorities |by a relative of his wife after he had been sought for three years as an al- }leged army deserter, Claude Purcell, alias R. L. Crannon, 24, waiter, was | tect railroad property so traffic could | held for the military police Friday. He ts accused of deserting from January, }1918, after his outfit had received let's G0 0 / orders to start for the Western front. Sirice that time he married a widow, in Ta coma. A relative of his wife claimed he wna trying to get control of bis Burien by Detectives M. M. Freeman and W. E. i claims he is innocent of ; 4 Hurt in Chicago Battle CHICAGO, April $-—One man was killed and two policemen and two “Litde Austria,” South Chicago, were wounded in a K. Yamada, 35, walter, was arrest after the search of the club cellar. * charged with violation of on 4 of the eity Uquor law and |released on $350 ball. |TWO CAUG CARRYING I | He T AQUOR precipitated The raid was Bere’s More About shape of milk bottles and of glam the color of milk, are the latest for whisky containers. Paper cupa are used as stoppers to aid the deception Booze also is conveyed in auto Ures and extra tanks on machines. Stand @rd prices: Moonshine, $4; bonded goods from the Bahamas, $18. Many are making fortunes in the booties: ‘ing business. One man says he made $90,000 in three months. Ships} bring liquor from island of Bimini to three-mile limit. Smaller boats) bring it into harbors at night, sink ing it in shallow water. PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, April §.—Li-| quor is plentiful at $6 a quart. Trade in solicited regularly and fairly open: | ly. Over the bar drinks are 50 cents, if you're known or properly intro | duced. Much diluted and doctored whisky is being sold. Federal offi cials are making a record number of arrests, but can't keep pace with | the supply. in BOSTON BOSTON, April §.—-Canadian bour $120 a case, Canadian bootleggers | ship it over the border by auto. One| whisky-runner employed a shipment | of radiators, filled them with whisky and plugged the ends. In shipping Jit is the custom to withdraw one bar rel from a druggist’s stock, replacing | it with moonshine, and to mix this| barrel with a barrel of cologne spirits | and much colored water, making three or four barrels, Sour mash| stills are being discovered dally, NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, April 8—Hun dreds of gallons of booze are sold| here dally. Prices range from 87 for | moonshine to $25 for best bonded. Bootleggers use thermos bottles with nection above false bottom filled with coffee. Others operate “hip bara™| at 50 cents a drink Some barber shops keep whisky in tonic-botties on | th shelves. Women make deliv | eries for some bootleggers | MILWAUKE MILWAUK April 8.—Dealing | in pure alcohol instead of whisky | attains popularity here. More “kick” |! in smaller volume, bootleggers say Smugeling autos go in pairs in case jof a breakdown. Bar prices continue t 60 to 70 cents a drink, altho the| lity of liquor has declined. | | Whisky by the quart is $20. Moon shine is $4 to $5 a quart DENVER DENVER, April %&—This city spends more than $1,000 daily for |bootleg whisky. Detective Pitt esti- |mates at least 1,000 bootlegge |the vicinity. Stills have be |in farmers’ goat barn, cowshed and cesspool, with entrances thru tum nels, Price war on among bootleg gers owing to the glutting of the market. Booze dropped from $4 to $2 a pint. Two to seven bootleggers being arrested daily CUNCINNATI April 8.—-Bandits tles b | frequent. “Hip. by a drink, They are common ase whisky costs from $85 to $120 re fin dafter they buy ween them 5 cents Some purel a case that only two bottles are |whisky and 10 are colored water. | DOUGLAS DOUGLAS, Ariz, April & Boot legeers are at war among them selves here Liquor is stolen and often restolen after being brought over the border The bootlegs fight dry agents openly. Four pro- hibition sleuths have been shot to death in the last few days, Moon shine is $3; bonded goods $8 a pint Three drinks of “mule” think he is Marsh deliver booze, Cripple carried liquor in a hallowed wooden leg. A woman was found with a pint ted to each string of her corset make a man 1 Foch, Women when | {often are used. There is Jords for atte y here from boot: |" t 50 to THE SEAT TLE STAR | THE SHADOW ACROSS THE LAND Patrolmen George F. Reynolds and J. 3, Kush stopped John Martin, 45, salesman, and David Brown, 40. manager, ag they were leaving the club, carrying biack satchel Brown's grip contained 12 quarts of Queen Anne whisky, He wan re leased on $100 bail, Martin's hand bag y 4 nine bottles of whisky to the zealous officers, He was also re leaned on $100 ball et. L. J. Forbes led the search: ing party. He w ided by Reyn olds, Kush and Patrolmen L. J ardner and F. Ivey pada is accused by the officials of being a wholesale and retail club BOOTLEGGING NATIONAL CRIME BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Supply of Uquor consumers are cautious, recent cases of alcoholic oning. Corn whisky is $3 @ i rye or bourbon $123 to $16 a quart. Latest trick of moonshiners s but following Ala, April is enormous in smuggling in stock of liquor In| bored.out logs. Rubber water bottles a heavy au. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, April §.—Liquor is plentiful here for those willing to pay the price and do not over quality, Runof-mine whisky is $11 and $12 @ quart; standard brands $15 to $18. Hotel bell boys and hack drivers maintain lalson with rum-runners and handle most of the supply. Imported gin retails at $9 and $10 per “short quart.” Most of supply brought in by auto from Baltimore and New Jersey points, quibble PITTSBURG PITTSBURG, April 8.—County of. .|bon and moonshine are plentiful at | ticiais pass the buck here to govern. | beer with a kic ment agents. Liquor is plentiful at GRANDDAD OF RACERS HERE Oldfield’s Ancient Bus Does 9-Mile Wheeze Easily Puffing along easily at a nine-mile clip, yse greatgrandfathber of all racing cars, Barney Oldfield’s famous speed bullet in which he hung up the first mile record, grunted to a stop Thursday evening before the gates of the Seattle Auto Show in the and Hippodrome buildings Aren chine, which wag bullt by Henry Ford when he didn’t have a Ford to his name, will be on exhibi tion in front of the show pavilion for the rest of the week Safety t Night broke all rec jfance. Out of town visitors were much in evidence, Friday is Automotive T In the evening the tradesn banquet at the Motor Car Dealers’ club. Booze Boat Owner Loses Court Fight: The coast guard and customs ser vice hag authority to # boats and automobiles caught naporting: liquor, This was settled Thursday in the Cisco case by Federal Judge Jeremiah H Neteter. Johansen and George Olsen petitioned for the return of thelr gas boat ¢ on the grounds that seven sacks of liquor for which they were of liquor ‘law violation A convicted were not found on the boat, but in a id that hac shore cache, Judge Neterer h » transportation of the. be established, dented thi Coast guard officers made the arrests and held the Cisco. West Seattle Vets Form Legion Post West Seattle war vet ns are seeking to establish an American Le gion post of their own, At a meet ing held at Hiawatha playfield Thursday night, and attended by Thomas Swale, state commander, and other state officials of the Le ‘ name » post, , was pro: posed new chapte LINCOLN, passes bill legalizing practice of Christian selence: OLYMPIA.—Advance sheets 1921 laws ready for mailing, according to 1. Grant Hinkle, secretary of state , A sample box of chocolates said to jcontain a generous kick of rum has | been submitted to Miss Charlotte | Kolmitz, assistant United States dis. | «| trict attorney, by a British Columbia | candy manufacturer who sell his act in the United States |The chocolates will be tested for al coholic content by the government | chemist here and a report forwarded Nebraska house | Big Booze Seizure Is Made at _ University Club; 3 Arrested! bootlegger. therm aking b ANXIOUS CLUBMEN HURRY TO STATION Ho ts alno charged by " vee Several groups of clubmen visited central station Friday morning to confer with police officials, not only with regard to the arrests of the early morning, but alwo as to futs policies concerning the immunity of clubs f. C. Collier, in command of atro! ned the raid. author He obtained the search warrant from Justice John B. Gordon The cases of the three men arrest ed are on the Friday afternoon cal endar in police court Starts on Page 1 [$10 a quart. For months “Guiseppe” delivered green goods to Weat-enders in baskets, Police have just learned that under th vegetables in each basket was “hootch.” Local bootleg. | rer ng 200 cases a day downtown | are pedd j SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April § Military authorities may an airplane fleet is used to smuggle liquor over | tomobile boost fraffic. Dry agedts the Yne trom México. Each plane| jare capturing more stills than ever |irings 300 to 400 quarta, as well as before. |narcotic supplies, It lands within | wagon distance of the city, and booze | |then is delivered under load of hay, | cotton or other farm produce. Three crop failures have turned some farm. jers into moonshiners. | CHICAGO | CHICAGO, April §.—Frank Rich. | ardson, head of the federal special | enforcement agents, has reaigned, e that it is impossible to curb | wing in Chicago without a large army of special agents and without the co-operation of the |police. Booze is obtained by the thirsty in Chicago without any| great difficulty. In numerous places & in it is openly serv ed across the bar, HARMONY TO RULE TONIGHT Cops’ Quartet to Yodel in Safety Parade | With the Grotto band furnishing |the jazz music and the police quar |} tet furnishing the harmony, Seattle's fifth safety first parade | will come to a halt Friday evening at Second ave. and Pike, while four | minute speakers will spread the doc |trine of safety first and accidents | lant Safety week will end with a rous ing * et mesting at the Pike st rendezvous Saturday night, The | Bikes band will provide the enter. |tainment features. An enormoust crowd is expected to take part in the exercixes, With two Doys injured, one fatally, traffic accidents showed a sharp in-| srease Thursday, Nearly double as} many accidents were reported ag the | day before, | Elmer Blair, nine, was fatally tn: | ed when he ran in front of a car H. Kilbourne at Green | way and B. 66th st, Bud Long ght, was knocked down at | | | > y ave. and N. 65th st. by al car driven by W. W. Ce 619 W, | Sind st, The child a bad} | bruise on the forehead. |Candy With Kick Is Received From B. C. to Washington for a ruling |New Elk Officers Formally Installed | Installation exercises for the p offi recently elected were irsday night by tle lodge P.O. EB. Past rand Morganstern acte¢ 1 ruler, N Dr. Walter R. A ing knight; J ld, esteemed loyal knight; Walter R. Mete’ esteemed lecturing knight; Will A. Bane, secretary; A. BE. MeBr treasurer; Willam H. Klepper, trus- tee, and Charles W. Kline, tyler. ePIC pRELTP ea o ERE Coats—Special Saturday Until Noon at $12.95 Second Moor IFTY-THREE velour and polo cloth coats from regular stock which sold formerly at $15.00 and $16.50 are reduced espe- cially for a Saturday morning sale. The assortment includes long, short and three-quarter length styles in a good color variety. Choice until noon at $12.95. Sizes 16 to 40. ‘ Pa Coats and Wraps at $34.75 Second Floor HAVE a splendid showing of distinctive coats and wr in velour, Bolivia, tricotine, covert and polo, feat- uring the loose back and the belted models in reindeer, tan, Pekin, navy and Copenhagen blue and fancy checks. Spring Hats at $7.50 Second Fleor WEALTH of beautiful hats for street and dress wear in clever, novel designs trimmed with ostrich, flowers and fruits will appeal to you for their originality, attractiveness and cor- rect styles. The season’s distinctive models are represented by poke bonnets, roll and drooping sailors, turbans and face hats in bright colors for spring days. Overblouses and Waists at $4.95 Upper Main Floor EW arrivals of georgette and crepe de chine overblouses and waists display a splendid assortment of smart and dainty styles in tailored and lace-trimmed models of Harding and navy blue, bisque, honey dew, flesh and white. Sizes 36 to 46. Men’s and Boys’ Bathing Suits Main Floor HE natatoriums are now open for the first time this spring and in this con- nection our Men’s Section is Boys’ Play Suits at 95c showing a splendid assort- Main Floor “ ment of men’s and boys’ bray apne mothers will find this a splendid opportunity . Ms to obtain their children's play suits, as they are reason- |] bathing suits in both plain and fancy striped combina- tions timely for the occasion. Boys’ sizes, 24 to 36. Men's sizes, 36 to 44, Priced from $1.00 to $5.00. able in price and are made with Double Seat and Double Knee The blue denim suits are shown in high and low neck, [I long and short sleeves and in sizes 1 to 8 years. The khaki — sults are featured with low neck and short sleeves in sizes _ 1 to 14 years. Exceptional values at 95¢. a | bY 2. Mr. Chaplin and myself were discuss- Charlie Chaplin tne Se vente eh a aaa May Wed Girl, 17) siouia come trom him, I think,” she LO8 ANGELES, April 8.—Charlie! gaia. Chaplin's funny feet will again shuf- fe toward the altar, according to per- a wiatent rumors today in motion pic-| @ffairs,” Chaplin asserted. \County P..T. A. to Meet on Saturd Addresses by Ethan A. Smith gn@_ “t preter not te diabees wate | Mrs, W. F. Meier are included in the cage ace par Wh program of the King County Teacher association's “m Miss Collins, blue eyed and brown | meeting at Lake Forest park hatred, lived in New York all her life day. Election of officers and unti] October. She has appeared in| business will be held in the mo pe Entertainment and speaking @e three Broadway productions. Chap- scheduled for the afternoon, " lin is 32 years old. may be reserved by addressing | C. E. Conrad, Route No. 6, Neither Chaplin nor Miss Collins} HONOLULU.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen would deny the reports. elected president of Chinese republic,| German tanks are being “Yeu, I know it has been rumored. |according to word recetved here. taxis in Berlin. wae, ure circles, May Collins, 17-year-old 2 Broadway beauty, who came to Los Angeles to win fame in the films, is © woman, say these reports, which have it that the millionaire comedian plans to remarry as soon as the law permits. DAVENUE UN STR Timely Offerings at Special Prices FOR YOUR GARDEN “FOR YOUR OUTDOOR TRIPS VEGETABLE AND “MADE-IN-SEATTLE” FLOWER SEEDS. Oh 7 packages for 25c Choice of any of our regular 5c packages of fresh seeds, PEA SEEDS. All varietie 15c special, Ib. MIXED LAWN SEED “Our own” mixture of fresh, reliable seeds, per Ib 65c For that velvety lawn. STEEL SPADING’ FORK Special 98c Long or short handle—al- most indispensable in any garden. Has four steel tines. $3.98 Normally sells for $7.50 Throws a brilliant, white light be i of its silvered reflector and clear — ens. Fits any car and swings instantly 4 FE into any position. B FOR THAT FISHING TRIP. “Chinook” and “Steel Head” Salmon Eggs In glass jars 25c or tin cans Boys’ Baseball Glove Special $1.69 ¢ Value $2.50 é Boys, here’s a chance * to own a real Glove— good quality, standard | make. 4 FOR THE HOME We Have Five Barrels of Grape Design Tumblers hand cut—full blown FOR THAT SHOPPING DAY OPEN WILLOW MARKET BASKETS Exceptionally strong—clear, white willow, at about one-half former prices, Oe te advesioe 29c Size No. 2, or enameled in any— which we will sell at the exceptionally low price of Size No, 3, 13x15 inches ....... 1 Oc Each Can be stained No Phone or C. O. D. Orders shade. 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