The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 20, 1921, Page 24

HIGH RENTS ANATIONAL ‘ Breatest Barrier, Says Davis to Readjustment and Per- manent Prosperity RY H. BL HUNT WASHINGTON, May 20. — The housing situation with high rents ts| | today the most serious problem con | ‘fronting the government, In the Sepinion of Secretary of Labor Davis. | Tt is in just such a situation as } Davis describes that congress and the state legislatures, under the su | Breme court ruling, have the power Wo enact emergency legislation Sh ing rent boss. Davis holds high rents the great qet single barrier to a readsustment | @uch as |s essential to permanent “Because of high rents and inade- | housing,” he says, “families | up, sometimes two or three It is not too much to in morale and) Morals due to the housing conditions fm many cities today ts one of the! dangers to our whole social | \ structure.” ‘The report of the recent state tn. Sawestigation into housing conditions 2 Chicago showed that 600,000 peo- Ble in that city were living in the }most unwholesome conditions, sleep- } ing sometimes three and four in a ? hed. five and six to a room. Reports from other cities hard hit show an alarming increase in and disease some cities the birth rate of timate chikiren has increased cent. has oriered a special invest) of conditions tn some of the centers. Federal investigators been sent to Chicago and more to Cleveland. HORSE SENSE HEART 5! t we need in dealing with situation,” Davis say, “is not horse sense but heart sense. It not merely a matter of houses and ita, of dollars and cents. rf rf} : : Be Miss Alice Chinn, daughter of Chinn Keay, well known) unable to my. Chinese merchant of Seattle, who recently returned fo China “The real solution, of course, Iles! on a business trip. Miss Alice is a student at the Main St. re houses as well as in more) school and recently acted as interpreter for the committee on} arrangements for the carnival to be given in Chinatown next the buiid-| week. Alice is to be one of the little songsters of the car-| make pos-| nival, and between intervals, according to her own ideas, is} home builé-| going to make a lot of money selling soda pop, her favorite| beverage.—(Photo by Pinney studio.) Mt 45] year-old Joan Jacobeon stowed he became a “boy without a For, without @ passport, no try will allow him to land. Hi States, Engiand, Turkey, of Bizerta. Joan is held tn chains in the prisonment. Instaliment Plan) say sr perrtsoNep BERLIN, May 20—Triplets in re |5 YEARS ON SHIP _ @hronicied in the official birth re “I could stand anything, even lusty infant, and according | ang chains, for such a reward. eat la! in excellent health. a8 e | _ LONDON, May 20—fcotland Yara | "**: * hes a roll of honor on which aro the |+). boy picked up in Panama. Save thelr lives in the defense of |hean spent in military prisona, Joan was born in Rumania. Distinguished Conduct Medal and if ait others er eagemetiome and American visitors told me Washington,” he said, “My the army when I was 10. And Rr For immigration officials have in- | turning to Rumania, he reentered formed Captain J. W. Nicholson that | the army and for bravery waa made if the boy escapes the captain will a corporal, in charge of 60 men. f . rip lets r¢ Yome rink a $10,000 fine and six years’ im-| During the next three years he 7 I on fought the Turks Mays. This remarkable event {8} ‘ho hoy's only hope of relief is Bames of 283 onetime crooks who boy. Almost onethird of his life has “When I was small my teachers of Abraham Lincoln and George| PARIS, May 20.—There will be| YOU TRY IT tion was to go to the land of the/|the recent frosts have destroyed at free. “War came. I was drafted into| the vineyards from which the famous BOY WITHOUT A COUNTRY ROAMS SEAS A PRISONER NEW YORK, May 20.—When 16 a thé war was over my parents | away | were in America and I had no money rent. | at Bizerta, dn French North Africa.|for a ticket and for a passport. I ls es | on the Barber line steamer Eldena, |had to stow away. And then I was) coun. | discovered.” ‘Anthorition have been able to find | coun-|no trace of Joan's parents in Ameri- je han|ca and refused to let the boy enter been ordered out of the United | the country, South} Joa 16 years has been filled American countries, and even out | with excitement. A soldier at 10, he waa captured by} While the ship ts unloading here | Germans, and recaptured. from them | brig.|by the French and Americana, » Germans and bot sheviki. Often wounded, he still bears a scar on his head caused by bursting shrapnel and a wound on |his hand inflicted by the saber of a that at the end of five years’ impris | giant Consnck. ee aed = Ah ge og liaeaqee Searcy onment on the ship, at the time he| — a Rie / ite ct & working man gave | °0°%s °C Age, he will be recognised Birth to two healthy girls on Janu-| tu country, aiiowed to and in Interesting Story e ‘ $27 18. Mother and babies were do-) “American citizenship has been his but ’Twasn’t True| od ren fo the surprise of ligeiong ambition, and he will put up| LONDON, May 20.—If the story irl was born on March ‘s eiven with the hardship witingty. had only been true ft would have ater The neweee arta ial ,"tt 18 only five years," he says.| been a great “ncoop.” The newn-| irons | paper Grenmar of Porngrund, Nor And | way, on April 1, printed an account| test reports, the whole fam |1 have my good friend who will stay | of the ceees V8 roel prenéent with me. She is my buddy, I love| Wilson in his new home on the faland off Pornerund. Nobody knows | Joan's friend is a mongrel dog that | whether the editor was spoofing or) was decetved, Pommard Wine Crop pater Is Ruined by F, rost| ambi-| little Pommard wine this year as least half the prospective erop in when Burgundy comes. ers in our Private “Sally"—Me —fong Fo Make Lelieve—Int Am372 My Mammy- Medle Khe P Trot. ANI76 Snewer Intro, “Bor She O-H-1-0. Intro. “A Fox Trot....... AGIS1 Mello C Love jn Ltlec Time- Vietrotas New Kdlnons Premier Hara of Japan 8 one American delicacy— tce cream. Here he is eating it. Note that he uses chop- sticks. Says it’s very casy. Columbian % Latest Dance Musi Just the kind of Dance Music you want to make these good times a real muccesa, Here are Rumbers we Invite you to hear, with many oth- tecord Rooms: AZITS I Never Knew (1 Could, Love Anybody 1 Sie Ini “Marimba’— Medley” Ts 4 trot. viscera Bliver Lining ver Think of Me?—Intro. “Coral Sea"—Medley few Intro. “whit Poo! g dley Fox Trot pti ida SAYS HE IS RIFLE SHOT CHAMPION OF WORLD; CHALLENGES SPOKANE, Wash, May 20. Hill Whalen of this city scout of the Old Went, be the champion rifle shot of the world. Tie challenges the whole world to dispute bis claim. Tho ‘way past 60, Scout Whalen, in an exhibition the other day, hit 198 bottle tops out »f 200 thrown into the air, and he used an ordinary rifle, shoot ing a rifle bullet Bill never useb anything except a rifle by in fuet, hatew any one Who usew scatter shot. He HINGTON, May 20—"Pleawe ; department of interior, bi Alaska to ua We ean ex-| entirely independent of ploit it as well as anybody.” ment, in all TM above ts a substantial mum. | Powal of these resourced, | ming up of bIN introduced by Rep-| Under the bi any dec resentative C ported by representatives of Beattle| be final, but if the board interests. application for loot th { the request would be a| could appeal, The text r “board prevurnably lected by “Any final determ In his challenge to the wortd,|,h® federal government in the dispo- | final and conclusive unie BU declares that he'll compete embraced in its forests, fisheries, pub-|#o rufured appeals there |$50,000 Paid for - | MANY FU CTIONS HALF AUTHORITY netion& and responsibilities of the|the interior departmen interior | looked over the bill as fol “As 1 understand that a myndicate should apply | LONDON, May 20.—The #um of | departments of agricultur | $50,000, a record on thin side of the|and commerce, the federal water Atlantic, has been paid for Hedges | power commission, the general land Second Serves, a British Friesian | office and the departments which en | to purchase all the timber in Alas “The proposal is so monumental In| will conduct courses in Esperanto, bull, The purchaser Freing | foree the migratory bird treaty act. [at 10 cents a thoumnd and the board | its covetousness that it is hard for|the proposed international fam Sykes, a landowner tn Scotland. | ‘The board would be located in the should reject its application, the con: | offictals to regard it as serious.” | guage. Newest Summer From the East The first arrivals of the new summer styles just purchased by Mr. Fahey in the leading Eastern markets are now ready for your inspection. Every one is of that high class manufacture that we demand in all our goods. Each is the very latest world in sar- torial beauty. Featuring the New Pencil Stripes and Popular Checks, in Unfinished Worsteds and Cassimeres. Also several dozens of the new sport models for Young Men. Our Low Spring Prices Will Continue to Prevail A recent message from Mr. Fahey empha- sizes the fact that the market is filled with buyers, and that prices are beginning to stiffen all over. Nevertheless, in accordance with our upstairs policy of rock-bottom prices all the time, we are able to announce that our low spring prices will continue to prevail. | Summer Suits With our guaranteed saving of $10 a garment due to our upstairs policy of low rent, low cost of doing business, no credit losses and large volume of sales. . x Trot... ro. “Hawatian’ Bue . Waldorf-Astoria ¥ Fox Trot eee sae . Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra. The fever, Bix lediey ee Orel ty bivenenes The Happy Six meone Caren”—-Medley Fox Trot. Hei¥etocee (erkes Jazarimba Or ny Girl Is @ | Wonderful Girt" dle veo +The haber Bix dley Waltz n Danes Players Intro. " FAHEY-BROCKMAN BLDG. (Entire Two Top Floors) THIRD AND PIKE ‘AHEY- BE Up-stairs Clothiers Interior Departmen lly and never tast artes F, Curry and mp-|away the naYonal resources would] the publicspirited citizens of the ter Jaition of all the resources of Alaska | days thereafter, the person or holder!anq administrative BELLAIRE, Ohio--A ride in the | patrot here comes higher than tax! Wilh ths geet ae: within four days however, the board should decide to | cheerfulness ut would be! approve the syndicate’s application, | a that depart 10 etary of eo terion ould be sstere toushing tbe die:| without authority 40 teview (58. Ae Rare Old Lace Goes to in the’ at $1,050 Per Foo cision, even tho appealed inion giving |name of the commonwealth by all PARIS, May 20 during of a Germ and record prices refused any | "tory. wd © applicant | ven the president of the United adn ‘ m could not interfere with the m of the! proposed board and could not remove point, six feet in thene interests and appointed by the| board canceling or revoking or refun: | th excep’ proved neglect of says he turned down a job with || these interests and appointed by Sak Tas VU Ge nua | aaa pt for pr ig $1,050 foot, A . " ‘i president. This board would dis|ing to grant or renew any applica | duty or malfeasance in office Sout. Buffalo Pill's outfit once, becauxe ‘ . ie tt |brought $1,560 the | refused to lot-himn ure || Place the federal government, and all| tion, entry, patent, ease, permit, ik! “Congrems would be powerloms over single shot. be departments and officials of }oanee or other privilege, shall bel thens dispensers of Alaska’s re ma within 68 lwarcen, exoept to curb their ealary | Cdl Silver appropri: efrom to theland if the bos with anybody, shooting at any-}/ 1. junds, birds, game, furs and water | secretary of the Interior in much LONDON, Ma — am ~% long as single but || owors, Only the coal, oll and min-|ner as the secretary shall by reg Sent Bua A sate a ]@rals are modeatiy seited tom presarfbe.” exne could be dbipensed with Joollection ef. 37th BOARD WOULD ASSUME DEPARTMENT TAS ONLY | “The Alaska board would become a | branch federal government, making t who has | ings and recommending #uch leci#l®-| ai -powed of for @ total of $165,000, Down: tion as it may deem advisable—a| measure, if function which the constitution con-| ee to the board Announcing Fresh Arrivals of tke Styles Satisfaction or Your Mo ney Back ARCADE BUILDING (Over Rhodes Co.) SECOND AVENUE ~- t saiuers RATE : _| Woman Lives 102 EXPENSIVE | Years; No Docto LONDON, May 20—-Mre. M. Re century altar front tn Venerme for $165, 000 To ey and Sir John Foley Gi 4 ‘ |" ‘The bogrd would assume tn full the| ‘This is interpreted by an official of | reports from time to time of ite do-|O..” pundrea and | Prize English Bull | ,, pened fers on the president The Paris Chamber of Commeree at the age of 10) doctor profeasto ed medicine, ‘I of ber death @ indisponed, Old lace requ war as the proj n, Was sold her reached. An 18th length, sold for | smal) tablecloth Is Sold 20.— Ttemarkab realized for and 18th ce sixty lots were