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\ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921 Talented C hildren on Screen TAX MEN TO HAVE MEETS THRU STATE Meeting Here. Adjourns to Hold Next Session in Tacoma Sept. 12 The next meeting of the state tax investigation commission held in Tacoma September 12, it was Secided at the conclusion of the ses-| sion held here Tuesday in the head uarters in the Hinckley building. Some 35 persons appears v@ commission during the co Tse of ne meeting yesterday, aco ainting _@ members with the vier s of the situation held by busiuess men, mers and other classes of taxpay- _) ¢rs. One farmer showed his tax re ¥ ) celpts, which proved that on the fame piece of property he pad $124 in 1916 and $226 in 1920. The commission listened patiently to all suggestions, and agreed to con- sider them in its final determina Yon as to what recommendations are to be made with reference to chang: Ing the system of taxation in Wash- ington. The schedule of meetings is an- Bounced as follows: Monday, October 10, Yakima, with Special hearings for fruit men. Tuesday, October 12, Spokane— _ Wheat and fruit. Wednesday, October 12, Wella—Wheat. November meeting will be held in Walla Seattle and in Bellingham or Ever-| ett. FUNERAL SERVICES for wit. fam M. Simons, 816 N. 42nd st, were to be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday , at the Bleitz parlors. , VANCOUVER, Wash.—Paving of chway Center, completed Monday, —$—<—<$$— Gee, but Boldt Bread is good! Advertisement. will be} Mary Carr and two of the group of clever children who take part in “Over the Hill,” the William Fox screen classic, which is showing to capaciw audiences at the Metropolitan. The first part of the production, which is in the nature of |a@ prologue, disclose: a group of child actors, whose “kid” | antics are the source of mary hearty laughs for the audience. FOREST FIRES sing for Men SET, IS CHARGE wos. eosccc Sane os be reopened nas non-union . meee |crews can be obtained for them, ac Six Settlers Convicted a8) orang to the statement of the Incendiaries | Washington Coal Operators’ aswocia. on. The following scale of wages is | SPOKANE, Aug. 9—Forest fires) offered, based on an eight-hour day lof Idaho and Montana, burning at} Contract miners, piece work |the present time over thousands of Which will range from $7 to $14 per acres, are said by BE. F. White, gu-|@ay; day scale men (under ground), | pervisor of the government forest in|86 per day; common labor (under | that locality, to have been started in| «round, $5.25 per day; day scale meq the majority of cases by incendiaries, | (above ground, $6 per day; commo: who set the blaze when seeking grax |!abor (above ground), $4.50 per day. ing ground for their cattle. Six set-| ~~ ors tlers have so far been convicted on | ing to the greatest extend in Cowlitz incendiary charges. county, where much timber has been In Washington the fires are burn-| destroyed and cattle killed. Two Color Styles HERE’S HOW TO GET ONE Boys’ AND blank my "N 19) (e} hole is waiting for yu Want a Bathing Suit? FREE! JUST GET FIVE NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE STAR Get your friends and neighbors who are not now having The Star de- - livered to their homes to subscribe. Have them sign on the subscription SN in below and bring to the Circulation Department of The Star and COLOR GIRLS’ you will get your Suit. do the rest. I hereby subscribe to THE SEATTLE STAR for a period of TWO MONTHS and there- after until I order same discontinued, for which I agree to pay the carrier 50¢ per month. E NOTE—Do NOT sign this card if you are already a subscriber, as you will only isappoint the carrier.) (PLE. help to All subscriptions must be NEW—that is, people who are not now reg- STYLES ular subscribers to The Star. COLLECT NO MONEY for a Seattle subscription. Simply take the order for the paper—our carrier will oul TT was |! MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS Must be paid in advance at the rate of 50c per month. THE ADOPT U.S. CITY TEACHER WAR ATTITUDE) HELD BY RUSS Allies to Pursue Our Com-/Fear Maintained for Safety merce Policy of Broadway Teacher BY WEBB MILLER |(United Preas Staff Correspondent) PARIS, Aug. 10—America’s at titude toward commerce at ‘the be. ginning of the world war was used |by the allied supreme council today | | to decide ita course in the Grasco- Turkish war. ‘The allies determined to preserve strict neutrality with no interven- on in the shape of military or credits assistance, There will be no interference with private commerce. ‘The decision was reached on the advice of Lioyd George. He pointed out that America in 1914 adopted the anme course, taking no part ‘0! American Prisoners SEATTLE STAR Miss Adelia M. Parker, Broadway high school teacher, who left Seat Ue April 18 for a tour thru the Far Kast, is in jail in the hands of bol shevik officials, Soviet Russia. This is the belief of Christian Paschke, 4717 40th ave. 8. W., who arrived in Seattle from Siberia, Mon. day. Paschke fears she may meet death at the hands of the bolahevik Miss Parker was twice deported by soviet authorities, but deapite sev eral warnings, returned, She is the sister of Dr, Maud Parker and Charles E. Parker of Seattle + eee the conflict on either side, but per on Way to Freedom mitting private commerce to handle | RIGA, Aug. 10.—-The six American server at the conference, broke his expected at Reval tonight. a legally ‘The Americans crossed the border thonian side, situated at the head of REVAL, Aug. 10.—Walter Lyman rived here today and immediately Boris Litvinoff, head of the soviet Brown demanded assurances tn re. abductors of Father Patrick Hestin, Us Mountain Trails Show No Signs of Abductors SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10—- Mountain trails in the high Sierras its own affairs prisoners in Russia reached Narva silence during the discussion to my UE ATE Pp into Esthonia this morning CLUES T0 LOST Narva bay, Because of poor trans Brown, chief of the American relief went into conference with soviet rep delegation,’ was accompanied by M mushed over today by police squads Proved another string of blind larg to the American prisoners and Col, George Harvey, American ob- today en route to freedom. They are that such a course could be defended ; Narva is the first city on the Es jportation the run to Reval was ex pected to take moet of the day. | eee comminsion assigned to Russa, ar resentatives, Shapalin, famous singer. leys in the pursuit of the mysterious PItt Tie vor aatety of relief work |tisaing Colma priest, 8 Parties sent out from Truckee.) panies ay Cal, and Reno, Nev, found several |n.s Cross hendquarters here today mountain camps, but nothing to verl-| 4 that wix American prisoners re ba geod OT ee tdimns (leased from Russia had arrived at e nlice was holding an old man prisoner in|*¥*! Om their way home. the mountain region. The incident was set down as an, other of the dozens of rumors that have sent detective squads and posses scurrying to the Big Basin forest, the portola caves of the Pa- cific and over the bills near Colma lever since the priest vanished from his Church of the Holy Angels over a week ago. Since then sensational rumors have multiplied but authenticity in eonnection with the case seems to have flitted as successfully as the priest himself. oe 10.—A mesnage to RAPS DROPPING CRONKHITE CASE Dead Officer’s Father to In- vestigate Privately WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 19— A formal protest against the action ———— of the department of justice in - DAWSON, Y. T.—Trapper named} 4pping its inquiry into the death Smith, Frank Dickenson, deckhand|°f hi# son, Maj. Alexander P. en steamer Canca, another trapper|Cronkhite, has been forwarded to whose name is unknown, have been | 5teretary of War Weeks by Maj. drowned, and John Mcleod, pioneer Gen. Albert Cronkhite. He plans . & private investigation eet ae POUR Men SC © aad. Cronkite Wen whet ant Xt -|ed at Camp Lewis, Wash., in 1918 jon the target grounds. The killing was reported accidental by a board Blot inquiry. Later, agitation was =| Started to Investigate the cireum- stances of the shooting, and two men, Sergt. Roland Pothier and u| Capt, Robert Rosenbluth, former servion men, were arrested. Charges S| aguinst them have not been Maj. Gen. Cronkhite has been ordered to take charge of the Pana- S| Vital Statistics] BIRTHS Barry, Victor H., 1607 14th @ be: Bradley, George W, 1 “Guect Anne ‘ave, gir Locas, John, 1013 BR Fir st, girt. Pub ik Constanting, 1321 Terrace * oy. ng ‘a overt M, 1742 W, S7th st, r F% Martin J, 718 Cherry st. Gale, ‘Pau B, 10726 Fremont ave, B | Danling, George A, 913 Shelby ave, | Robinson. Albert In 1714 N. 39th Herbert J, 713 26th ave. N. ¥. Barnum J, 2306 Second ave. gir Tukayama. Shosaku, 816 Washing- at, gir quiet, Carl O, 2669 10th ave W.. girk E| Matheson, Edwin, 018 N. 73rd st, oy. Arnia, Sam 1910 Washington st. =| boy. bid had Ceetl E. 4302 Whitman ave, Y. Hergu, Seattle, boy. ea ae RK F. D. Ne. 3, OY. Bellingham, girl Hull, Cland U, 4921 Leary ave. boy. Two MARRIAGE LICENSES Hartman, Lon William, MeDuffee, Cora A., | Wilson, Cockroft, Oak! Warner, el Medora, Tacc Blomauiat, Car! Bremerton Wickstrom, Esther E., Seattle. Juneau, .. . Le RES attle o' Loretta, Seattie Johnni Margaret, Se Bothell . nson, Harry, Swarthout, Dorothy Smith, MeDanie Walls, ny Sutherland, L. G., Bremerton | DIVORCES GRANTED | kson, John vin from Betsy, Walter F. hi William M. Contestant’s name.. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE STAR, PHONE MAIN 0600 Try 9} ?) Ite) i? US) a fre tichardson, Hisie Dell from Mimer Guy. Hansen, Florence from Albert B. DEATHS Simona, William M., 61, 816 N. 42nd at I, 66, 6510 12th ave. b. Hendricks, Marie =, 56, 1529 44th ave, 8, Midsen, Edward P., 65, 321 27th ay. Ss. Nordby Mary A., Merrill, Robert, 6: Vernon, ! Phone No....... Barnum, Thomas .—Committee of eight censor amusements at Spokane Interstate fair to be held , here Septomber 6 to 10, PCT CM TTC TTT CTT cco ITT cco TTT oT J b- 4 ~ t ‘ r] > PAGE 7 FREDERICK & NELSON: FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET 2 DOWKSTARS SUOR | 100 “Sample” Autumn Hats Velvet Georgette Crepe $7.50 Duvetyn Moire N OPPORTUNITY to select an individ- ual, advance-style Hat at modest cost, for, being “samples,” there alike. are no two Three Hats from the offering are sketched showing the Spanish influence in the Tore- ador Sailor and dangling bead ornaments in another. Fringe and embroidery are used on other Hats with smart effect—in Brown, Black, Navy, Bamboo, Rouge, Pheasant, Jade and Paradise colorings. A very interesting showing at $7.50. ~THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE New: Misses’ “Jumper” Dresses $2.50 HESE very fash- £3 ionable sleeveless i Frocks are tailored from linenette in Tan, Rose, Green, Lavender and Blue with con- trasting binding for trimming. Sizes 14, 16 and 18 years, Attractively priced at $2.50. For Wear with “Jumper” Dresses the Downstairs Blouse Section is featuring Guimpes of white cot- ton net, with round collar and short sleeves, as shown with the Jumper Dress sketched. Priced at $1.50. Frilly Lawn and Voile Frocks, $3.95 and $4.95 AINTY check and dot patterns are specially featured in thesé cool- looking Frocks of voile and lawn, with their wide sashes and vestee effects of white organdie. In Red, Brown, Light-blue, Dark-blue, Green, Rose, Black and Lavender. Sizes 16 to 44. Attractively priced at $3.95 and —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE The Fountain Lunch —fast becoming the popular refresh- ment rendezvous of the North-end business district. Light luncheons— delicious fountain specialties. All- day service, 9 to 5. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Particularly Good Values in 5-inch Flowered Ribbons at 35c Yard SPECIALLY smart for hair-bows, these satin-edged floral-patterned Ribbons in Navy, Paon-blue, Pink, White, Brown and Green—5 inches wide. Priced unusually low at 35¢ yard. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Cups and Saucers Special $1.25 foré LAIN white semi - porce- € lain Cups “the Na Saucers on the Ranson shape, as pictured, the set of six, special $1.25. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE $1.85. A Thursday Offering of Dress Aprons Special $1.00 HREE very at- tractive styles at this price—one as pic- tured, in pink, blue or lavender checked gingham in side-fast- ening style, with nar- row white rick-rack as trimming and narrow belt forming ties in back. Others in plaid and dark-blue figured per- cales with rick-rack trimming. Medium and large sizes in all styles. Special $1.00. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Men’s Sports Shirts $1.00 to $1.85 R outing, tennis and general sports wear, these cool, comfortable | Shirts with short sleeves and low | neck. In Percales and Soiesette, in white, tan and stripe patterns of green, blue and lavender. Priced at $1.00, $1.25, $1.75 and Men’s Silk-boot Half-hose ?* 65c Pair Notably good value in Silk-boot Sox, . with lisle foot and top, in navy, gray and black—65c pair. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 1,000 Yards of Staunch Ginghams at 25c Yard HESE Ginghams are in a weave and quality similar to Devonshire suiting, and are in lengths from 2 to 10 yards which will be cut to order, however. Desirable shades in plaids, checks, stripes and plain colors. Thirty-two oo yg wide. Excellent value at 25¢ yar New Checked Percales 25c Yard These gingham-checked Percales are highly favored for women’s and chil- dren’s dresses and aprons. Choice of red, blue, yellow, rose, pink, lavender end green, 36 inches wide, 25¢ yard. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Exceptional Values in Aluminumware ALUMINUM RICE BOILERS $1.50 AND $1.85 As pictured, Double Boiler of pure aluminum, with re-tinned steel handles on both receptacles and cover that fits either utensil. size, $1.50; 2-quart size, $1.85. COVERED ALUMINUM KETTLE, SPECIAL $1.45 In 114-quart Six-quart size, for soup or vegetables, with close- fitting cover. Special $1.45. Many other Aluminum Utensils of which there are only small quantities—Pie Pans, Soup Strainers, Stew Pans, Roast Pans, Double-lipped Sauce Pans, Muf- fin Pans and Tea Kettles—Offered at Special Prices, —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE