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ot eo THE SEATTLE STAR ies THOUSANDS !¢ Costs $8.35 in Seattle THIS IS SAFEST _°Accred'yy Scmen JTNEY SERVICE, "Gite Snes” Bie Pol Reng STOLEN BY But in Tacoma It's $3.20 CITY ON COAST Hitor of the | ‘The Plymouth Shoe Co, will retire | Terminating more than a Nov. 8—=An-| i j distric th of their present le m at Natry . of j "were to be tried | mas ti Only 12 Out of 100,000 Are|im4"* Journah® wore to be tel Driver Arrested on Order of J ; ted | [LE LIGHTING DeprT. Killed by Autos Here =| men'»_ union Reeves on Second uve Manbers of the community @e . Furuseth is accuyed of having 0 yearn, his firwt Seattle store hav: |clared that the pi ee. | j BUILDING WASHID N, Nov. Seattle |Dranded certain members of the While hundreds were waiting in|ing been started near Second and | infiuence for bs of the Unb had the lowest automobile death |Unlon as 1 ty My : bof violating |2P® during the crowded hours Mor Cherry, mn 1900, it Leg rate lant f any city on the) Thompson in aucused of violating 4. anernoon to take jitneyn for Pe J | . Pacific cou nooording to a@ bulle-| rules of the union in the publica . lea lice ovurt 8 : | tin just r ol by the census tion of the journal |Cowen park, the motor vus nervice! * action follow opinion | sty Six Men Wounded in 45-! bureau, Of every 100,000 Inhabt - is was abruptly terminated ty agente by the eles | vetoed by Gov. Hart i its | 3. t . tants only 12 were killed by | 1 FRANCICO , coves, superintend t, holding that the state permit - ~ Minute Battle With Bandits || 266 RDP. 57667 Pil ]| titer to 1980, while the porowntage| SAN FRANCISCO BLROTS [of Mai. Carl H. Raeves, puperiptend:| ath, Misline. Sound ‘Transit. cor : Who Loot Mail Train in Spokane wag 17.2; Tacoma, 14;| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. §—san O00 LPN iver for the Sound | pany did not give it the right to op Dog Tears Woman’s 4 " ‘| Portiand, 13.1; @an Francisco, 17.1;|"tancisce voters today were elect-|,, are Ay . ne first of erate a jitney line within the city CHAMPAIGN, M., Nov, &— t 33 3 LAKEVIEW 5 la, "| filling the offices. of public adminis. the operators arresiad: oh Was 4 Mra. B. Bjornson, & Six train robbers, equipped with | " PLACE | Loa Angeles, incidentally, had | trator, recorder, two police judge neces “ police . wep gio he N. W., was recovert all modern methods of warfare, next to the largest rate in the coun.! Ships, tax collector and a few minor | CM#ree cS ade ed into the city |severe wounds suffered when she apparently had made good their t ith ft N York had] Offices at a city election the city on wand was requires | Met ©, Ww ntrod in ; 7 ttacked by @ large dog at her | try, altho, of course, New York had f jon. | * erno ny Coun-| was attacked by a e dog at be 7 c f ail ¥ council Monday afternoon by fecape today with many thou |the greatost number of deaths, 773, ———_— py Pig ayy cata of ail. theirlciiman A, T. Drake, authorizing the|home Monday. During the struggle sands of dollars in registered mail Sueneiid hol vint |; Facing the arn | an’s arms and lege we taken from the Chicago-New Or- rt +5, ng an ag able dis! MINNEAPOLIS.—Surgeons at El-| drivers, the Hound ‘Transit company |city legal department to take imme.|the woman's arma and tem ne feans train on the Minois Cen- tinction of being Meat, with @ Pate |iiott Memorial hospital remove cam: |ordered the 29 buses running on the diate court action to bur the found | severely ashed sien. ee | Sean ee oot titornia nan [Te Reedie from heart of Dawson |Cowen park route to discontinue ‘Transit company from operating its bors rescued her a | ; a | en ia . had been torn fro ‘The robbers used dynamite and | |the highest death rate, with 21.1, an |5ndles, aged 2 years, service until th pet he: apitamabt nasi <nbe sah: sh ance P — @der bombs, sawed-off shotguns, fuses and searchlights in a thrill | 4 45-minute gun battle with members of the crew and passen ‘ the train bag been Mopped on a trestle near Paxton, 20 miles north of here, They escaped with from two to packs of registered mail, | 3 Feaving six injured, including one passenger. After obtaining their loot, “they fired ‘the mail car, using sacks of | 4, Heeond«lass matter us the torch. and/ Bill sent by Seattle city light departmen tricity. MILLION BY HAL ARMSTRONG You— iph Germer, chief postal im-| the funny litte figures on it! ite same ctor of Chicago, said it was " Yes. it iva city light bil come to! would cost placed it as high as $1,000,000, | 267 kilowatts of electricity used from | floor space wis the bandits had blown the | September 21 to October 28-55 kilo: | ing room. fired mall car and sorted out | Watts at 6 cents a kilowatt and 202/ rate for bedrooms or bathrooms in| Youngs, superintendent of the elty | oo : they? | water department, recommended to | the city counct! Monday, the installa- Tegistened mail sacks, showing an | kilowatts at 24% cents. | Tacoma, de ledge of the valuable they reared away in two) THEY FIGURE? All right; hidden behind a clump of! new rate schedule wald we had | feet? All lights were out on the| to pay 6 cents for only the first Two hund: act but the bandits had no dif-| 45 kilowatts and get the rest for in picking up the main road) 244. How is it they are charging as their autos roared away at/ us 6 cents » kilowatt for 55 kilo- Nite during that 45 minutes’ re-|thiy is a five weeks’ bill, Perhaps | they cali it battle,” Engineer Fogarty|they tacked on the extra 10 kilo. | base, That ; watts at 6 cents for good measure. took me back to talk with} Oh, very likely. But, don't you “mail clerks and tried to induce! Know, we didn’t move into the house te open the doors without a] until October 6, and before that the Fireman Bangs was with me. / piace had been vacant a month, #0 Here, look wouldn't open ‘That's true, We'll have to see) ie that? dynamite was/ Supt, Ross about that. That leaves 241.22 » diasting off) Yes, and tell him, too, that we/GO AHEAD AND FIGURE IT OUT e rob- | three duys-and the house was lock-| Yes. Now, in Tacoma they chargo the} were out of town for several daye— from ‘The B returned the fire and we were |ed up and no elecfFicity used, Why.| you 5 cent by us,'for only 20 days’ actual use of ‘Me and whispered, | electricity. We spt to get out of here.’ - Does look like 4t. lighting bas by 5 cents. [better have a long talk with Mr. | kilowatts. Ross. Just tell him that you always leat breakfast downtown and 1 only make coffee and a slice or two of i the burning mail carling morning and ion't eat any| lived in shampaign, where the fire was ¢x-!ionch, so the only real meal we cook| is that? on the electric range is dinner. And ‘That's lat hdme, at list half the time. Instead forcing the doors of the mail| “That's right, but— Yes. “ me. | Why, just think of 1t—$8.25, and) Wei, you all we have is a kitchen, living room, | go and see * bs _ She safe was.blown open, while the clerks: and almost overcome by the | Of the odor bombs, 1 know—? tem, doesn't it, same as Tacoma owns here? year, FALLS, Idaho, Nov. &.— the dining car of Union night, a lone bandit held up the diners and relieved them of cash and. jewelry, actording to reports | here early today. / ‘The bandit made no attempt on the forward coaches, but contented himself with repeating the’ sticking up in the observation car. He wore Mo mask, it was said, ‘The robber, it was believed, came ‘aboard at American Falls, waiting ‘until the train had reached a stretch of desert country to make his coup. Disappointed with hin haul, the bandit is said to have expressed his disgust with “the bums who Yraveled first class these days,” before he dropped off the train and became one of the desert’s shadows. Percale Remnants, Dresses $10 Tricotine, serge, taf- feta and Canton crepe Dresses in black and navy, made on latest lines and with the new- est trimmings. Sizes 16 to 40. WAR MOTHERS ASK FOR ASSISTANCE IN |. STEILACOOM WORK Members of the War Mothers’ League of America are installing an arts and crafts room in Steil- acoom for the use of former sol- diers and sailors in the asylum }} there. They are in need of the follow- |; ing materials: White, brown and blue carpe warp; green and white paints, 2 galvanized rings; yard goods; seraps for making soft toy dogs, elephants, etc; old silk hose; macrama cord; No, 1 galvdnized belt buckles; No. 1 brass rings; “| bead needies; silk, cotton or linen thread, all sizes; round reed No. 4, 5, 6 8 oF 10, and flat reed 14; winding cane 1-16 or 3-32; horsemelk, deer or cowhide or soft white duckekin for making | moceasins, and vici kid for bootees. Contributions may be mailed direct, to Steilacoom or they may be taken to the Bon Marche pos- Children’s long sleeves, in white—sizes 2 to xwn@ | : the “highways” of the state: ‘check-up of the loot was made dit.| showing charge of $8.35 for 20 days of actual use of elec- atimates of the loot varied today,| Ob, see the funny picture with all] Well, let's figure out how much How Is It No, half rate. the bathroom and bedroom makes & total of 492. Yes Now multiply that by 40 60 miles an hour. watts? and divide by 1,000 and that gives " m ‘wouldn't have given a nickel for! Why, that is strange, isn't it? But | ¥ou the lighting base. That's what |_ “If the work ts done by day labor, That gives 15.68, Now subtract the 16.68 from the total kilowatt-hour consumption. they shouldn't charge us from Sep. | kilowatt-hour consumption is 257 tember 21. Subtract 15.68 from 257. How much ‘That gives 78.4 cents. fa. made a break for the engine.| now MUCH IF |. Yea. And all over the lighting | | USED A MONTH base you pay for at the rate of 1 My goodness, how much would ft) cent a kilowatt, So we'd have to| ¢ederation, dectared today before the be if we ‘used it a whole month? You| pay 1 cent a kilowatt for 241.32) senate interstate commerce commit: $2.4132, wouldn't it? os. And $2.4132 added to 784 toast and perhaps cook an egg in| cents would be our bill, if we All of the injured were expected £0 1.1¢ tne time we don't eat supper| that’s what we'd have to pay. Women’s Fiber Stockings 39c Women’s Fiber Stockings with hemmed tops and seamless feet, in black— sizes 814 to 10, These are “seconds.” 49 Women’s Union Suits 95c Fleece-lined Union Suits with low necks, band top or Dutch necky short leeves and ankle length, in white—sizes 36 to 44, | explanation te es ASKS CITY TO it to Hal Armstrong, ‘They don't charge full | ment to scores of needy men, against 13.6 for Washington and 11! for Oregon, The lightest death ratq is found in Miswissippt, only 2.2 this in that Missiae 3 3 fe) |{ppl has practically no wutomodiles, | with the exception of a few flivvers, | which have @ hard time negotiating | The | } | 1 HELP JOBLESS} : | Youngs Seeks to Have Work) te it we lived in ta.| OM Water Mains Started | thousan2 dotlers.” while other|our house, It ix a bill for $8.35 for| coma. Let's see; we measure the Ht of the kitchen and liv-| AS & means of furnishing employ measure the kitehen| tion of water maina in several dis: | day Isbor, hired by the etiy, red wnd forty. And half} . Youngs’ communication will come | up for final consideration at next| week's session, In the meantime, it} will be considered by the utilities and | finance committees. automobiles, which Oh, yes! But I thought the | 8nd living room, How many square | stricts, the work to be performed by | 1 in Tacoma—the lighting | Yount aald, “it will provide needed gives you how many | 'tiprovements at a cheaper te than kilowatt hours? the contractor could figure it, for in| addition to saving the centractor’s) profit, we will nave approximately 15 | per cent, the additional price the con- at the bill. The total) {ctor has to add at the present | ts go kilowatt for the e is 15.68—multiply that That would come to| tee | to the shippers. $3,197, or $3.20— hs ‘of $8.35 cents? Life-like Figure just take that bill and! Aids Music Week Mr. Ross. Do you think Carrying out the idea of [bedroom and bath, with a smali|you can remember all the:s things |Week, the Bash & Lane Plano Co. were covered with re! sicceric range and hot water heater! |to tell him? ens THE BON MARCHE Ba RGAIN BASEMENT Do You Really Want to Save? If you’re honest in your desire to save, it will pay you to see what the Bargain Basement has to offer before you buy. If we carry what you want you're certain to find that the price is lower. REMNANTS— Torn Pieces of Percale—5 for lc Percale Remnants, 36 Inches Wide, 2 1-2c Yard 36 Inches Wide, 5c Yard time to provide for the disposal of the tocal improvement bonds." | To construct low service mains, | Youngs asked for an appropriation | of $57,000 from theCity water fund. \Farmer Urges Cut : rf | this seems to be an kwfully big bili amount of your lighting base, Our in Railway Wages; WASHINGTON, Nov. §.—Railroad wages must come down along with other railroad costs in order to per mit rate cuts, Clifford ‘Thorne, coun mt for the American Farm Bureau ‘Thorne was arguing for the re- peal of the guaranteed return to the railroads, but admitted that the car. [riers must be permitted to reduce Tacoma. How much (costs in justice to themselves aad has arranged an attractive window teasers display in which « feminine form iv ‘The city owns the lighting sys | ©The Bible is, on an average, trans-|seated at a plano, no lifelike that lated into ten new languages every spectators expect to see ber fingers start wandering over the keys. i { | ' j } | Music | These Came to Us by Mistake Rather Than Take Them Back, The Maker Gave Us a Low Price DRESSES $24.75 Just 17 of these perfectly stunning Afternoon Dresses of crepe-back satin, satin aff Canton crepe, and Street Dresses of Poiret twill. The small-sized woman is lucky, for thesé come jn 16 and 18—only. Union Suits 85c Waist-style Union Suits, reinforced with straps—fleece lined, high neck, 12 years, ee ee ee ~~ —- For the ‘Smartly Tailored Girl — CHIC BANDED HATS at $3.85 Correct for Business and Street Wear Banded hats, correct for many day- time affairs—shown in brown and black and made of good quality plush with facings of beaver. . Shown in becoming Chin Chin and regulation sailor effects. THIRD FLOOR A Special Offer of 2,000 Yards of Double-Faced Terry Cloth 78c The best offer of its kind for many a day. Just the nicest sort of double-faced Terry cloth—in jj bird, floral and damask designs and most any color you can wish for, all 36 inches wide. if May be used for portieres, hangings, couch covers and pillows. 1 Marquisette Curtains $1.65a pair Mill Ends Saget te Scrim 10¢ * Low enough pri ’t it, for curtain scrim—made Inexpensive curtains these, yet good looking—all 3 hemstitched and trimmed with neat lace edges—in With drawnwork -—lengths up to 10 yards—at white, cream and ecru. only 10c a yard. ; ae .. 5c Curtain Marquisette at 20c Yd™ Ruffled Muslin Curtains 98c a pair —_Yard-wide patience make dandy curtains || ten These curtains are excellent for the bed room—ruf- —imitation hemstitched hems—good quality, indeed, fe fled muslin in white only with: hemstitched edgés. for the price. Citak , Curtain Grenadine at 39c a Yard erdrape Madras, Splendid at 69c Buy to your heart’s content from this lot of Curtain Drapes to go with your new curtains—good designs Grenadine—at a price that is easy to Pay. Neat spot in shades of blue, rose, gold, brown and green—36 and floral designs, much in demand for ruffled cur- inches in width. tains, : a4 FOURTH FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE j Warm Blankets To Snuggle up in o’ Nights Cotton Blankets $2.50 Cotton Blankets $3 Cotton Sheet Blank- Nashua Cotton Plaid— ets, size 64x76 inches, gray, pink, blue and tan Nashua make, gray, tan aud white with byoand?). | ee ene pink borders. Nashua Blankets Blankets $6.00 Each $4.75 Esmond (two in one) Cotton woolnap Blank- Bed Blankets, size 66x ets in gray and tan with 84 inches, make nice pink and blue borders, comforters; gray, tan, size 66x80 niches, at blue and pink plaids. $4.75. 3 inches, F ee : THIRD FLOOR with all-over figured patterns. Tasseled girdle and smile neck cord to match. The set, $6.00. mee ° ° FABRIC FLOOR—THIRD New Hair Bo bbo: a nae Ril airy ee Blanket Robe Cords from the Art: Shop assortments of Hair Bow Ribbons have just Cords in all col a ‘ arrived and arg very reasonably priced. « ching hag th wa epee eg | want some when making S-inch Moire Taffeta Ribbon 38. P_USilky Girdle Cords at. 65c. 5-inch plain or Moire Taffe . —Sets of Girdle and Neck Cords, cotton, 85c 4 to 5-inch Warp Print Ribbon 25c. Silky Girdle and Neck Cords, $1.15 a-set. “ 4 UPPER MAIN FLOOR THIRD FLOOR ue 3 Dinner Sets and Dinnerware Matchings ~ for the Thanksgiving Spread — 70 Open Stock Patterns—Largest Assortment in the Northwest . oor will 50-Piece Semi-Porcelain $9 8 5 »— . “Blue Bird” Dinner Sets ° ia Best quality semi-porcelain, Each set consists of the following pieces: — 6 Dinner Plates 6 Teacups 1 Open Vegetable Dish 6 Dessert Plates 6 Tea Saucers 1 Sauce Bost cr tt 6 Bread and Butter Plates 1 Small Meat Platter 1 Pickle Dish co 6 Fruit Sauce Dishes 1 Large Meat Platter 1 Bowl in 6. Soup Plates ; 1 Covered Dish ls UNION 8ST, BASEMENT 86-inch wide Kimono Fian- Percale in light nel, 27 inches " colors, mill ends, wide, in floral in lengths to 8 and figured Pat- j yards, 15c. terns, lengths to ; THIRD FLOOR 8 yards, 20c. % STORE HOURS—9 A. M. TO 5:30-P. M, THIRD FLOOR a