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| PUTUP TO CONGRESS Western Members Telling of Necessity for Exclud- ing the Orientals BY JACK JUNGMEYER WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.—| A more receptive attitude in con gress towant the antiJapanese pene ration stand of the Pacific coast Goupled with the ticklish status of the Yap tsland controversy, presents the problem confronting Western Spokesmen in urging desired national action during the present session. | Their tactics for the present are first, to persuade congress thru every possible channel of the necessity of national legislation safeguarding | against the peaceful penetration of | Japanese upon agricultural lands and to bolster such state legislation ag has already been enacted; second organization of Western representa tives in congress to act as a unit i and nucleus in backing action either 5 thru legislation or treaty—whichever may seem most expedient TELL IT TO HOUSK IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE ‘The first maneuver has thus far been largely exerted thru the house immigration committee, which last Year made an investigation of the Japanese problem of the Coast and before which V. S. McClatchy, of Sacramento, Cal, as representative of the Japanese Exclusion league of California has been submitting tes ‘timony and argument here within the past few days. This league co-! ordinates the views and efforts of a) food many prominent organizations | ef California, and has placed its line ef policy before the immigration | Committee in a declaration of prin ciples, briefly summarized as follows: | 9 1, Absolute exclusion in future of @f Japanese immigrants, either of the laboring class or small trades and Professions, as recommended by Theo- ore Roosevelt. 2. Such exclusion to be enforced by the United States and not by Japan, as at present under the “Gentle men's Agreement.” 3. Abandonment by United States governmental departments of the threat or attempt to take advantage ef certain phrasing of the Constitu- | tion as to treaties which, it JAP FIGHT {5 | dead. THE SEATTLE STAR PLUMBERS DENY ed!| * Why Should Human Hand Deal This Ingratitude? | ithful Pal Can’t Fathom It Prize Dog and Pup Poison Fa Bella, who, with her pup, Chan, was poisoned by somebody who calls himself a human being. Bella's only scale of honor ! Pot, saved by his fumey taste, was the canine creed | Went about the (Brien house today. Bella could not imagine that (whining, and searching every nook a plece of meat, thrown to her for his mmte and heir. He could not to be eaten, of course, should be = understand where they had gone fatal | Pilot didn’t know that two |wunnysacks carried out of the base. |ment by the colored poundman, coo than the canine creed of devo tained the remains of bis family than and honor. Betla and Pilot were secured in And because of this, Bella, Police Strassborg, Aleace-Lorraine, by Lieut. Harry G. O'Brien's $1,000 Ger. | Lieut. O'Brien tn his criminal investi man police dog, was dead today | gation work in France after the sign. Chan, Bella's two-month.old puppy, |ing of the armistice, followed the example of his mother) O’Dirien was a major, served over and ate the deadly bait’ He, too, ls seas for 25 months, fought thruout the Argonne, was guased and wound But man’s cthies are lower WIDOW WINS HUGE DAMAGE $30,000 Verdict Returned Against Railroad | “TRUST’ CHARGE ‘Offer to Throw Books Open | to School Board Damages of $30,000 were awarded| The Seattle Master , ¢ s Engineers’ association ny udge Calvin & Fall's /@9d Heating Engineers’ a i “ a hey is ee “ Wednesday defied the seh board court Wednesday morning to Mrs.) (4 heove charges that the plumbers Cora V. Petty, widow of Roy © » & pricefixing combine in Petty, killed by a Chicago, Mil | plumbing and heating work here. Waukee @ St. Pant ratiroad freigtt| In @ letter from President 1. H. Norton, of the ammociation, to the train, Qetober 24, 1920 board, the plumbers offer to throw ‘The award in considered one of) oon their books to the schoo! board the largest ever made to a damage that no unreasonable profits sult in the King county superior been made. vurt, Mrs. Petty bad sued for $40,000. 1 years old and was ng $200 a month, Petty was 4 wwitchman earn the testimony | ‘The letter flatly denies that there }has at any time been an agreement or concerted action among members : -~ une’ tae of the association to control or fix passed under an iron beam. An.| Prices of heating and plumbing on presen Le . bite pool contract other freight train then ran over public school seaman him as he lay on the tracks, He died a few hours afterwards ‘The letter adds “Inquiry we have made of our Testimony showed (hat in addi | members since these charges were tlon to his widow, four children, | published has developed th Ruth, 4; Peart, 2% Robert, 16) the average profit on plumbing months, and Ellis, € weeks, survive | heating contracts upon public school him The jury recetved the case at 6 Pp. m, Tuesday and reported at 9 a. m. Wednesday Picture Bride Fights Attempt at Deportation Cushman at the ments juaion of argu Homaya, who ts 24, came to Seat ue on the liner Africa Maru on work has been about 6 per cent, which ts not a very profitable busi: | ne “There has always beep and ts now in thin city close competition Jand low profits on plumbing and heating work, We believe you will |find that in practically every cane | plumbing and heating contracts have been let at a price below the esti mates furnished by the architects and engineers | “With reference to the published charge that profits of hundreds of of dollars each year have thousands Application of Hosaye Sakaguchi, |P°rn © eB ined ur Pron pret es Japanese picture bride, f writ of | t ft oe —— Phe habeas corpus by ‘means of which nee je to completely disp his | looedingt, won. roe ia sive Hines the Seattle Master Plumb ment Wednesday by I 1 Judge |¢7# and Heating Enginsers’ associa tion was orgunized tn April, 1917 there has been a total of $264,062 o ng contracts are members of heating and plum awarded firma who this association, This would be an Le P », oord oO Uy per 23, 1919, according to the |) seme o1s per year as & an the picture bride of K. | SYSrAen + ot phameiine amd head Seattlc Japanese, He, |#TO%" amount of plumbing ne work however, in mud to have refused to accept the She waa paroled in the care of the Japanese consul At an immigration board hearing Hosaye was found, the beard report d, to be likely to become a public cha and therefore was subject to de ton. Counsel for the girl stated tn “It would ly imponsibie, out of this amount of work, to gouge the acho! district out Jof hundreds dn of dollars lof exorbitan h year. As a matter o the actual profits per year on all of the plumbing and work referred above f fact | | heating | Plumbers’ therefore, be manifest: | would be $4,000 or under, and some! claimed, gives the treaty-making| The ‘only surviving member of Power authority to violate provisions | Ofrien’s valuable family of dogs is ed, and came back home to his wife and toy in Seattle with a piece of of our members have reported urt that she had a brother and 4/1444; joases on the contracts sivter here who were willing to care “ | taken. for her. | Telating to state rights and state laws for contro! of lands and provisions | Of citizenship. 4 For Japanese legalty entitled to Fesidence in America fair treatment, Protection in property rights legally and the privilege of engug- , been shaped. None is even! of being framed. Activity | ing confined to convincing | | be expressed thro treaty with Japan rather than Dy legislation. The consensus of opinion is that this course would perhaps, more politic at home! as weil as cementing better relations with Japan. Japanese leaders from the Coast and other opponents of exclusion are @lso active at the capitol, but thus far no open clash has occurred to to the question which regards as vital and which it insists the entire nation must rec: | _ ognize as @ problem for immediate ' The Light Has Gone Out of His Life ‘The light has gone out of Z. Ah- Toni’s life, he told police Wednesday. Bomebody stole his $25 parlor lamp. i WASHINGTON.—Altho the navy ™ay not legally accept the gift of historic racing yacht America from the Eastern Yacht club of Bos- _ ton, Secretary of the Navy Denby has offered to purchase the vessel for $1. 3 Pilot, mate of Bella and father of | shrapnel in hin knee. Chan. He owes his life to his fas Netther Lieut. O'Brien nor Mra) tidious choice of food. Always “fin-/O'Brien is able to imagine who) icky about what he eats, he epurned | Planted the poison for Bella and her} the mortal meat on which Bella and| pup. But a veterinary Seenoupens | her puppy fed themselves to death.| them the victims of strychnine If I was sad, then he had grief, as well— Seeking my hands with soft, insistent paw, Searching my face with anxious eyes that saw More than my halting, human speech could tell; Eyes wide with wisdom, fine, compassionate— Dear, loyal one, that knew not wrong or hate. Whate’er my mood—the fretful word, or sweet, The swift command, the wheedling undertone, His faith was fixed, his love was mine, alone, His heaven was here at my slow, crippled feet. Oh, friend thrice-lost; oh, fond heart unassailed, Ye taught me trust when man’s dull logic failed. —MERBIAH ABBOTT. | ! Claim Lowly Tomato |Rat Hunting Is Now Turneth Away Wrath Fashionable Sport| LONDON, April 27.—The tomato] LONDON, April 27.—-Rat hunting, | is the vegetable which turneth away |* age oppo of Lorn gn my —— | jure, now sugr as a fashion. wrath. Should a man suffer from | able pert, Ghe chamber of eax| an overworked and underexercived | culture of Cheshire has been axked liver, then let him eat tomatoes. They to support the policy of rat hunts| will cure bad temper if taken in crganiond amcng farmers and others, jIt was suggested that ladies and pecan ac4g aie uae saat ee fm /Rentlemen form rat hunts as a means | Gils ond ‘deieealies have tn |Of *hJoyment. One farmer told of a| greater medicinal value than was “°™n motoring to bis farm with | ereviously Known, and in conse (408% and ferrets and killing 200 rats quence doctors are now prescribing |°" hs place. courses of vegetable medicines for Vital Statistics| certain complaints: MARRIAGE LICENSES | Name and Resldenca Age 20s ° Falsified in Bonus, Information Charges An information charging Herbert | Frey, Erwin A. J.. Seattle ....... W. Coates, former soldier, with | Bendy, Grace Miriam, Seattle... “subscribing to a false oath in con. | Lisieck!, John J, Seattie ......Tagal| nection with his application Bessie Louise, Seattle. Legal | equalized compensation,” was ilg!|Pudles ulin t. Benitieete® Julia A. Seattle .....51 1/63 by the prosecuting attorney Wednes-| John W., Olymp! Legal North Carolina had at least 10 day. Coates is accused of claiming! English, Carra” B. - capitals before the establishment of|he served a year longer than he) N- De --se-seeceeee Legal did. Huntington, McKinley, Fossil, Or..20 “ White, Seattle ... ) Raleigh az permanent capital. America stepped in and saved a from starvation and disease. America adopted the Near Eas! and clothe them until they can Funds for Near East Relief are be supplied to keep 250,000 orp them; the American people will 4 2 10.00 Buys F = 5.00 Buys 2.50 Buys id == SUBSCRIBE WHEN CALLED ON, BUY THR@UGH YOUR i, GROCER, OR SEND CHECK TODAY TO You Would Not Abandon | A Helpless Child | S When, during and after the World War, Turks masscred a million men and boys of the oldest Christian nations on earth, $100.00 Buys a Ton of Flour 339 Burke Bldg. HLUAUUASUAGUOUOOGUOAUOAENASUOUOAOAAUASOUAOANOUAOUEAUAOOALUOELAEAY” | Rathke, ¢ | Holman. Spokane attle ... Reid, William Jamen, Seatt Crowley, Kathryn F 1 attle ‘ | Smith. Glen A, Seattle . Mackey, Clara, Seattl Skaggs, John W. Seattle Kelley, Iris, Seattle . Nooney, Jenne, Seattle . Gorenflo, Ruth, Seattle: Gratz, John O., Auburn Smith, Olive, Auburn .. | Anderson, Clarence, Hoqu Owen, Eleanor N., Seattle Bichmeter, Herman C., _ Beach, Cal. .. ere cees Klette, Margaret, Seattle BIRTHS Cole, R.A. 2120 Fairview ave. b Moceri, Roy, 822 Rainier ave, girl”, Jaki, Rudolph, 2027 W. 60th? girl Taylor, A.. 226 W. Bowdoin pl. Dy, Rogers, H. M., 806 15th N., boy, 1 Steuons, P. C, 1138 18th ave. XN, Barroll, A. D, 822 Queen Anne ave. see Legal Long half million women and children t orphans as its wards, to feed care for themselves. all but exhausted and food must hans alive. America has adopted not abandon them, | | boy. boot ge Walford, 2112 Spokane at, | girl. | Morris, J. Ti, 2616 Roylaton N, | Dip, Chin, 610 Seventh ave. &., be Rex, Harry, 4729 20th | Fleig, J. G, 9427 b4th ave. 5. DEATHS Bthokuer, Herbert H., 47, 4347 11th | Sceeles, Robert M, 84, 1734 W. pot | Krickson, Andrew, "79, Vashon iaheent Sangster, George A. 1 month, 1246 | Sullivan at. " Wors girl OY. a Barrel 4 Barrel a Sack om, Elizabeth, 64, 3842 22na Rowalia A., 60, 8603 BHighth Bar |. ph | Smith, Blva Ls, 64, 910 20th ave, Christensen, Karl L. 2917 Second ave, | Bilinon, John, 74, King county home. Co-operative League to Meet on Friday All persone interested in coopers tion ae a remedy for present-day so cial ills are invited to attend the class mecting of the Cooperative League of Seattle to be held at the Biue Room of Meves’ Cafeteria Fri day evening. The league holds alternate busi. nem and study meetings weekly. “The cooperative movement,” W c Boucher, president, declared Wednesday, “shows how to escape from our present economic evils without excfting strife or animonity WASHINGTON —Imports of raw materials exceed exports by $10, 000,000 during March, according to department of commerce. Foodstuff exporta exceed imports by $25, 000,000, Tom Kennedy, ansiatant chief Inga! luminary for the city, was at work Wednesday preparing an ordinance appropriating $500 for the celebra. tion of Memorial day 1921 Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles 293° Louls Peter, 62 Cedar at. was slightly injured Tues day when hit by the motorcycle of D, IL. James, 6304 Sixth ave N. EB, at First ave. and Pike at, 2 —Getting out of his auto, an 9 unidentified main was hit by an auto driven by Harold Wil lame, 326 Kighth ave. N. on the Spokane st. drawbridge Tuesday evening. ‘Soya Bean Tax Suit \Is Under Advisement Suit of Proctor & Gambie Co. who seck to annul $54,000 taxes a» senned againet then by King county In connection with storage of soya bean oil here, was held under ad. visement Wednesday by Federal IJudge Cushman, low prices tell the story! Dresses in the most desirable S the color range is very 1.19 gray and purple. Cameron, Angus, 68 King oi eeesa, i county There Are Real Reasons for Shopping in the Bargain Basement Yes, there are hundreds of them—and they’re the hundreds of bargains which mean real savings to you. When you buy here you save the cost of Free Delivery, Expensive Fixtures, Extra Sales- people, Free Alterations and Charge Accounts. Our Remarkably Fine Dozens and dozens of smart styles are here ing Tricotines, Taffetas and Tricolettes. may select from Navy, Tan, Taupe, Gray, Copenhagen, Brown and Black. from 16 to 40—but not in all colors or styles. 40-Inch Silk GEORGETTE _ Good quality silk Georgette, full 40 inches wide, in navy, sky, flesh, white, black, midnight blue, rose, Every woman knows this is a bargain! Women’s Fiber Stockings, 39c Fiber Hose with seamless feet come in ors and in sizes 814 to 10. They're remarkable values! at 11.90 pring materials, includ- And comprehensive, so you Sizes range Yard assorted col- | t TheBonMarché 4 MEMBER SEATTLE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU Scores of Attractively Trimmed Hats at 10.00 p A, With such a selection of new hats you will be [ff j . certain to find a becoming style. I i \ Most of the hats are broad brimmed with ey front trimming or in poke styles, y ‘ \ Navy or black with white is a favorite combi- nation, in straw fabric or transparents. Smart bows, flowers, muslin-ostrich, cire rib- bon, pompons and ostrich tips are used to trim. MLLINERY SECTION—THIRD FLOOR Lower-Cost Dresses 10 Styles 1 7.50 } 10 Styles in Silk in Wool Taffeta, crepe meteor and satin, in brown, black and navy, made with eye let embroidery, corded tunics, yarn trimming and other dainty style features. Tricotine and French serge in navy blue with nail heads, pleated side panels in tiers, braiding and embroidery trimming. An assortment of sizes, 16 to 42, but not every style in each size. LOWER COST DRESS SECTION—SECOND FLOOR These Trim New Seattle-Made Aprons at 1.95 ( ; he ARRIVED IN TIME FOR APRON THURSDAY One glance at the illustration will tell you how clever they are, and, of course, you want to look well, even when at your work. Made with attractive side pockets, trimmed with plain contrasting material and finished with narrow white ruffles. LARGE PLAIDS IN YELLOW, PINK AND BLUE SAME style apron—made of large plaid gingham—with colored organdie trimming — and ruffles — additional ruffled panels in belt—sash tie at back—2.95. APRON SECTION—SECOND FLOOR — All Ready for Making Sport Clothes—with New Printed Pongee at 1.65 yd. 86 INCHES WIDE—IN 14 PRETTY DESIGNS r { You can make most effective clothes from this yard-wide - gee silk—in striking designs. Natural and dark beakerotnds with a toe stripes and Oriental effects. Very new and inexpensive—fine for wear, SILK SECTION—THIRD FLOOR White Coats ii for Little Sister or Brother SIZES FROM 6 MONTHS TO 2 YEARS You cannot afford to be without one for baby to wear on bright days. % ITTLE Cape Coats —some braid trim- med, others more tail- Cotton Goods Prices ARE LOW DRESS GINGHAMS 12%e YD. Serviceable ginghams for making dresses or chil- dren's clothes—26 inches wide—in combination col- ored plaids—pink, blue, tan and heliotrope—lengths to 20 yards. DRESS GINGHAMS 19¢ YD. Good quality ginghams —27 inches wide—lengths Hy gg of good qual- | ity material— lovely hand embroid- ored-—cashmeres and ered collars, some silk crepes, 3.95 and 4.95. lined, 5.95 to 10.00, PpS* or blue Silk Coats, smart, dressy styles— of taffeta and crepe de chine, some embroid> ered, sizes 1 to 8 years—12.50 and 17.50, to 20 yards—in pretty T i ‘ . ‘ P etre) o wear with the coats—lingerie bonnets—hand ode. and combination and machine made—s0c to 3.50 WASH GOODS SECTION— THIRD FLOOR —padded silk linings, white, pink and blue, 75¢. BABY SHOP—SECOND FLOOR ATTRACTIONS FROM THE FOOD SHOPS Raisin Bread 12c Loaf will sell Raisin Bread for Imported Teapots at 75c , ORIGINALLY 1.25 4 f Fine quality Earthenware Tea Pots—with dark brown body, decor- ated with broad green bands—5 and We Thursday only in Raisin Week—at this price. —White Bear Soap—14 bars for 50¢. Pompeian Olive Oil At about wholesale price It’s an imported Italian Olive Oil. 7-cup size. It will pay you to take advantage of this offer. 50c Liquid Veneer— Reduced for the Day to 87¢ 12-ounce bottles of Liquid Veneer Furniture Polish. Fine for use on all ik kinds of mops and dust cloths—it| |] leaves a splendid polish and is not | Pa sticky. | Orcrisy time you are down town take a walk through the china- ware department—it will take only | a minute and you'll see much o interest there. | | UPPER MAIN FLOOR We have only a limited amount— fine for salads, pickles and other purposes. Half pint, 38c; 1 pint, 72c One quart, 1.40; half gallon, 2.70 UPPER MAIN FLOOR Lyon’s California Glace Fruits 75¢ Lb. CANDIES THAT EVERYONE My, but they're delicious—take a box home to wife and the children— 1, 2 and 8-pound tin boxes. CANDY SHOP-—UPPER MAIN FLOOR EASY TO REACH—DOWN A SHORT FLIGHT OF STAIRS FROM THE UNION STREET ENTRANCE