The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1921, Page 5

4 SSDAY, JULY 1921. SEATTLE STAR ome oo om AW HIT BY FIRE TRUCK | , Camere nee” A GANT COLLECT DAMAGES Wee Aj000 NEW ACCOUNTS S| Auto Smashed, Five Persons Nearly Killed Thru Negli-| 50 Purchase, $ 1.00 Down, $1.00 Per Week = . ; engt 7% Purchase, $ 3.00 Down, $1.25 Per Week ence of Firemen—But Law Is Al Side! $100 Purchase, 5.00 Down, $1.50 Per Week g ‘dasnablelisiDeedeniandgietbacniccicse | on Their Sid - $150 Purchase, 7.50 Down, $2.00 Per Week It is all right for fire Purchase, $10.00 Down, $2.50 Per Week trucks to sneak up on auto- Purchase, $12.50 Down, $3.00 Per “Week ists or pedestrians, to smash =jinto them, knock them down, crunch their bones, maim Purchase, $15.00 Down, $4.00 Per Week NO EXTRA CHARGES—NO INTEREST is |them—even kill them. Under the law they can a A One-Day Sale of Children’s Summer Parasols Special at 95c Main Floor “We bad absolutely no chance, not even a hundred-toone shot, to get out of the way of the Seattle fire truck which dashed out of a blind byway at excessive speed on the Des Moines road. “That none of us sustained more than painful and expensive injuries was wholly due to the portion of have no redress. It makes no} luck we had left. Had I not swerved difference if the accident was |™Y car instinctively to the | left, : turning It practically on the space due to gross negligence OF| 5+", "Gime, we would have been carelessness on the part Of |struck amidships, causing the car to =| the fire truck, or police patrol | turn over and undoubtedly resulting or steam roller, or other in- ath omg oP et ad a strument of the city. to 17 miles an hour, and we had The munici ay. is SU-|our faculties sufficiently alert to preme over the individual. have heard warnings and the stren At any rate, such is the situ-|*unded, and it was broad daylinet Moth thir satel and much traffic traveling in both al s directions, The by-way out of which This amazing fact came to Nght! the fire truck dashed meets the main today, when W. 8 Kirkpatrick, ©f| paved highway at less than a right Portland, who, with his wife and /angie, which should have caused any msrp pecangrarp killed oa uly ©: | driver who was neither drunk nor when a fire truck rammed his car 0M | cragy to hy jeast ordinary the Des Moines highway, abandoned | trerautions wt leant ord | his plan to sue the city and deter. “| mined instead to appeal to the elty| fire daar teat cn nea ts recognize a Iegal obligation or liability to the traveling public, why should it not at least euter- tain q moral obligation and make good the damages caused by those in its hire? “In the city of Seattle permitting its fire speed wagons to operate un- der traffic regulations obsolete these ||) o ten years past? “Every traffic condition has under. | gone a change, and all traffic is reg: | ulated according to these new con- ditions, evidently with the exception | of the vehicles of these public depart ments, WORKS GREAT INJUSTICE TO VICTIMS “Where do we get off? ts what I wish to ask the public of Seattle. Are we to be handed the old time worn statement that a fire depart- ment vehicle has rightof-way under | ‘any and all conditions at any and al | times, without respect to the lives of the people? “If 90, we are butting our heads against a stone wall, which in this cane works a great injustice. I be- lieve, if it were put up to the people, Matress $11.05 Extra 100 Children’s Parasols in all light colors and assorted sizes and patterns, are included in this , ~ sale; formerly $1.25 each. Tuesday, choice, 95¢. Felt An Appropriate Gift of Table Silver 26-PIECE SET IN CHEST Special at $9.45 Malin Floor “We 5. instead of the courts, they would As a special for Wednesday we are offering com- council to give him damages, in a spirit of fair play, Fire and police departments, suc ceasfully suppremed news of the ac- this fire speed wagon, then it say, ‘We shall assume the responai- bility which such an incident forces upon us.’ plete sets of 26 pieces of Wm. Rogers & Son Silver in the La France pattern, with bright and platinum finish, in a neat chest, consisting of 6 dinner knives, Becoming Styles IN “In summing up, the damages, so far an can be seen now, consist of the breaking of a 14-month-old baby's leg, the cutting about the forehead and the dislocation of a man's rib, the putting out of commission of an- other man’s good right arm for a long time to come, badly injuring a woman's back and brulsing and oth- erwise shaking up still another wom- an who wna an occupant of the car, plus surgical billa, hospital expenses, & $1,000 repair bill to one motor car and, not least, @ severe shock to all; concerned, cident for several days, until Kirk- patrick himeelf gave it to The Star. Kirkpatrick charges that the fire truck sprang out at him at high speed from an unfrequented byway, and that only by the merest chance—an involuntary Nip of the steering grar—were the occupants of his auto saved from instant death, As it was, Kirkpatrick sustained a terribly cut right arm, his wife was knocked unconscious and given a shock from which she hag not yet re- covered; Dr, Don V. Trueblood, of Se- attle, sustained a broken rib and & badly cut scalp; his 14-month-old baby's leg was broken, and his wife was badly shaken up, Kirkpatrick is stil] unable to work, and his car is almost a total wreck. has little regard for public sife ty, or otherwise. “It would be but natural to think that those on ‘the fire truck would have offered us first aid and been to some extent anxious about our welfare. FIREMEN OFFERED STRING OF ALIBIS “The only offer we had was when T lay on the kitchen floor of a house to which we were taken nearby with a tourniquet around my arm, and that offer was a string of alibia, con- aisting In the main of protestations from the firemen that the law was on their side in every respect, and that the truck was only going 19 miles an hour. “While it was the fastest 19 miles «+.10¢, 25¢ or 3 for 70¢ YET IT IS THE LAW THAT HE|®® bour I ever saw, I am willing to Fram Soap...15¢; 2 tor 25¢ CAN COLLECT NOTHING! have the case tried In the public! +20 Kirkpatrick returned to Portland, Mind on that basis, for I feel that no today, bitter over his experience, | {intelligent person could justify @ Star asked him, before he left,/ heavy fire truck, far out of the te a statement for publice-| center of the city, dashing upon a It follows: heavily traveled main highway at 6 forks, 6 dessert spoons, 6 teaspoons, one sugar shell and one butter knife. The regular price, in- cluding tax, is $12.34 a set. Wednesday, special, including tax, a set $9.45. Summer Coats SPECIAL AT $25.00 50 attractive and smartly styled Coats have been marked at special prices for QUICK DISPOSAL. They are designed of tan polo ¢oating in the style as sketched, as well as other models, made of velours, tweeds, serges and Panama cloth, in plain colors and a few novelty checks. All are full silk lined. These coats sold for- +28. merly for $29.50, 75, 30¢, 60¢ | and $39.50. You can ap preciate their values upon inspection, Sizes are 16 to 40. | FINE QUALITY FELT MATTRESS, fifty-pound weight, covered in finest art ticking, with imperial ‘stitched edge; sides are bordered /with blue satin. number will be sold at $11.95 special price THAN HALF REGULAR PRICE. ONLY Needed Toilet Sundries Drug Section, Main Floor SOAPS PASTE Pebeco Tooth Paste. Pepsodent Tooth Past Kolynos Tooth Paste. Dr, Lyon's Powder Paste 0. Listerine Tooth Paste, 489 22¢, 43¢, T0¢ Glyco- Thymoline...23¢, 45¢ 95. 25¢ Bunset Dyes..15¢;2 for 25¢ G.A.R. Picnic Will Be Held Thursday ‘The King County Veterans’ asso ciation will held their 17th annual pienic tn Woodland park Thursday. This *. Chiropodists Here = |*™_ Dr. Suid Frasier, De. ey Stuck and Dr. Jessie Griffin, Plan for Visitors Seattle chiropodists will enter tain, eu August 2, 100 delegates to the tenth annual convention of the National Association of Chfiropo digta, to be held in San Francisco, Au- allied | gust 8 to 11. The party wil arrive in Seattle, via Vancouver, the evening of Au- gust 2, leaving for the South the next night. The reception for the! visitors includes @ banquet at the | Bon Marche. Seattle delegates who will join the party &re Dr. B. 8. Ish- The Store for Useful Articles Debate on Norris farm or. faradan’ Un coutinmon ry followed music and short talks, be- ‘Tariff hearings befure finance com- || sinning at 2 o'clock. All veterans, whether members of a post or not, will be welcome. ents reach us quite a bit in advance through ° the finest style develo Y Harris. New York office, under the direction of our Mr. A. he Enormous Output 4 Coast Stores is a power of to proportions ’ STORE HOURS: 8:30 A. M. TO 6 P. M. Annual Sale of Hose Remnants } The sale that is looked forward to every year as the great ty to save money on Garden Hose. This year we have made it doubly valuable to you by adding 25- and 50-foot lengths at the same prices. ie jo. 2 at Let No. 1 at 2 1 8ic , laze 2 Per Foot Per Foot At this price you will find 5- and At this price you'll find 14-inch Cot- aimee oe piety wwe paren ton Remnants from 8 to 23 feet long; | 1 inch Moulded Rubber Hose; 25- and 26- and 50-foot lengths of 14-inch Cot- 50-foot lengths of 54- and 84-inch Cot- ton and Rubber Hose. ton and Rubber Hose. From Start MPUNRTOl. ULTEX, hat time. 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Here they can see for themselves that “Sweet Sixteen” gar- ments are the best values in America, and they are not limited in numbers to a handful of models. —Thousands of “Sweet Sixteen” gar- ments invite your inspection! HH | rift al? ! i ie | FOUR TRAINS EACH WAY—EACH DAY Great numbers of the finest—priced the “Sweet Sixteen” Way A GREAT SALE OF Blue Mottled Enamelware'\ Your choice of 8 different utensils. af i yl iy : ‘| f ri h Ege a i i : > i i 3Fie GLASS “UTILITY” BOWLS Splendid receptacles for butter, salads, “left-overs,” etc, Can be used in refriger- ator. Three sizes, specially priced. 6 inches wide, 8 inches deep.... 29c 8 inches wide, 81% inches deep. . 39c 10 inches wide, 4 inches deep... 49c These are heavy, clear white. glassware. No Phone or C. 0. D. Orders. i Hl my sist it iff AE fs i é i il Im order to imtrodues our new j(whalebone) plate, which is the |Wentest and strongest plate known, | |doen not cover the the mouth; you cah bite corm off the ! : Hl i Each oe Heavy grade ware, coated - with heavy blue mottled en- amel. Covers are enameled— and the handles are securely fastened and have wooden grips. Select from this list: 6-quart Preserving Kettles 4- and 6-quart Sauce Pans 4- and 6-quart Convex Kettles with enameled covers 4-quart Pudding Pans 4-quart Convex Sauce Pans with enameled covers 2-quart Coffee Pots No Phone or C. O. D. Orders. cob; guaranteed 15 years if 5 : i i | $8 Bridgewerk . 2 Amaigam Pil 1 All work gvaranteed for 15 years Have impressions taken in the morn- Ing and get teeth same day. Kzami- Gation ang advice free. CaN and See Samples of Our Plate and Bridge Werk. We Stand the Test of Time. Tt takes fine tea to make aq teed drink. Try Hilvilla— it's delicious teed our cus- forers who have tested our work. hen coming to our office, be sure ou are in the right place. Bring | is ad with you. OHIO tans 207 UNIVERSITY ST. @ppcaite Weases-Patteracn Co, | 1021 Second Avenue, Rialto Block