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i| SECTION TWO The Seattle Star a mame steerer egeanse mtiemnmrsecmtrenr ere ——R PRRER PAGES 11 TO 20 HOPE T0 ABANDON FOREIGN pea ber 1 to Discuss Ending Deals With Men Abroad By J. F. Richardson Formerly Special the Congressional Select Commit Be a os WASHINGTON, Nov, 22. “We will meet the railroads’ rep- tives on December 1 to their contracts with for- operators, We are not Fizi Ht Ey i i militant, determined, ber 1. ators will be under fire. _ Poads, of the Ufited States. WRE RAIL HEADS WILL END CONTRACTS ‘There is no doubt on the part of shipping bourd officials that the ral! the American merchant Senator Jones, With the railroad: asking $900,000,000 of the people’ money from the treasury, a grea’ part of hig for the ples $4,000,000,000 fleet of merchan: tion of ty with their own millions—-with rat ing in the deal. That the situation ts intolerable | SPECIAL We have two» slightly Pianos in mahogany case which we offer for immediate sale at such a low price that anyone thinking of buying w piano ean ‘ord, and we will arrange nt terms. These splen sstruments, of well known stancard ma « and only slightly used, are surely @ big value for the little we. are asking for them. If you ~want an excep tionally good plano for a little money, come in and look these over before they are sold, We have also reduced the prices on our new planos to such a low figure that it ought to appeal to anyone wanting. @ piano. C. 0. Johnson Piano Co. 1617 Third Avenue Remember: the address: for Wood's Musie Store, used OPERATOR Will Hold Council on Decem- Investigator for tee qnyShipping Board Operations) ‘Two widely divergent views, one! peaceable and passive, ready to say) “please” to the ruil heads, the other | its effects, standing on the rights of the United States to have @ successful murine, a proper naval auxiliary fieet, and ready to) compel American railroads to be fair | to American ships, whether they ‘want to or not, will be the keynotes | Of the marine-rail conference called fn Washington by Chairman Lasker of the shipping board for Decem- i At this conference, the contracts) | Between domestic railroads and for- eign, principally British, ship oper- Those contracts bind the American | Tailronds to give foreign ship oper.) ators preferential rates on foreign) bound shipments; the exclusive help) Of the raitroads in all business inter- | ests; special consideration in port) whartage facilities; cheaper fuel; alt) the business it is possible for the rai | thru their organization, to | gather from the length and breadth heads will abrogate the contracts. ‘The officials hesitate to take a de- _ termined stand and try to force the » railroads to work in harmony with marine. ‘There is no doubt that the contracts | technically violate the shipping act. The view in the house amd senate | is generally in accord with that of money will actually £9 | decisive and, of fighting the peo- | Ships, unless these contracts are ab- Togated. The people will be in posi ghting their own DIION® whether the railroads can abrogate | roads and foreign shipowners profit admitted by various members of con- 1921, 99 SE ATTLI E, E, WASH, TUE SSDAY, NOVEMBER SHIP BOARD WILL ASK RAILWAYS FOR ASSISTANCE Here Are Two Pictures Evelyn Nesbit Thaw—-Then aul Now BY ALICK ROHE NEW YORK, Nov, 22.—Time and) trouble have made great changes in Evelyn Nesbit. On her face is written the story of the little butterfly who came to Broadway, was ensnared in the web of Stanford White, sacrificed her} self to save Harry Thaw from the death chair, bore a son whom Thaw refused to recognize as his own, | later divorced and married Jack Clift ford—a union that was the cul mination of her unhappiness, BUTCHER'S BILL AND TAGORE BOOK ‘The other day Evelyn Nesbit, fac picture of Evelyn taken jing the failure of the tearoom she opened last spring, took poison. The Star. T found her just recovering from id In one hand was aj” volume of Rabindrath Tagore; in the other a butcher's bill, which she was protesting. Her “Specialty Shop” was crowd- 4 to the door—not a table vacant. Personally, few figures in the pub- lic eye appeal to me with so tragic & pathos ag Evelyn Nesbit, Sitting opposite this young wom- an with the strained and strange eyes, I couldn't help recalling the slim young girl, a child in fact, | from whose eyes the wonder look had not yet vanished before she was plunged into the vortex of life. “I don’t want to talk about what & chance, “My philosophy of life; I—" picked: up Tagore's “This expresses oan.” * It certainly gave woman the of it. I meditated who better Sizteen tragic years have left their indelible imprint on the face of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Clifford. At the left isa few; at the right is her latest photograph, specially posed for But this in a different age in which we are living. Men no longer domi- People are more gener: ous to women. They will give her “Personality.” it better than I She read a couple of pages. had to do with woman's position in the world as well as that of man. DEAD AT 90, HIS | 2 WIVES FIGHT Nonogenarian’s Estate Cen-| of ‘Same Gi rl SAME GOVERNMENT yrs a “Truck” THAT BANS WHISKY : \KITTEN PROVES | Airplanes Planned apvises use oF IT] FINE SWIMMER eon. lardize “Whatta life, whatta life,” Roy || planes are re Pee ee) shatters Theory All Felines | nes Eng., Nov. t= 4d “truck” aig nned to carry h cities as Mam Railways aa being pl een 4 trying to enforce js ter of Legal Row ‘and the federal || Dislike Water / 4 ° out and || % a NORTH WEYMOUTH, Mass - ey 5 ; WESTFIELD, ns Nov, 22.—The second and fourth The cause of the outburst wan || Robert C, 1 ERE ventor, for many years weoted tment of commerce. |) tion that a common hous will find quick relief hiet contains a num extinct brandy and sherry will find it much more ef than chewing tablets and ndies. ” In rowing near his a half grown black h and calle the winte camp landing, cat ran alon to him. Th | dove into the | to another island about a qua a mile distant it was disclosed today pr present tangle The | Scott Scott, wi arated from in 1891, was never legally divorced; that he had no legal right to marry| herself a divorcee, married Scott} wifeeNo, 3, who died, and wife No about 15 years ago and at the time/W7 od Be Slayer _| of his death was living with him. She claims that more than 30! H 1 years ago Sect ‘and’ the second}. Aailled With Stone wife entered into a separation agree-| | TANGIER, Nov. A Spanish Iment, And that later there was a S9ldier going to an outpost stopped | oy {three miles from Tangier and put) | divorce He has a wonderful future| ‘The inventory of the estate shows|20W" his rifle to drink, A Moor! with the United Shoe Machinery voluntarily enter the water and |Co, before he died at nearly 90 swim itgtres Fo rita ti years of age, are preparing for a Mr. Loomis was at his summer Depsin savof and the ack of [legal battle over hin estate, which lavish use of uppovedly |! nome at Fast Otis, closing it for wiles cpeuns domcomall | } © of the queerest legal purt history | 4 wife, Mrs DR. CALDWELL’S SYRUP PEPSIN THE pinereveesed LAXATIVE 4, and that she is his rightful widow Battling her claim is the former Bertha Boodreau of this town, who. J. Rupert! Dr. © tains Sentiek el fective #ia and constipation. It isa | J ation of E jattention for a moment, I wpoke of her child “Russell—oh, he is beautiful! He is living with my mother in Pitts | burg. ol ofexsionally: | . | siezed the rifle and fired twice, but! (axative at araay Perel ehccarray gpa dirs itad bg) i= Sens myers eeapginig ce missed. The soldier picked up | | Se om FREE Bee Ha oa ead r © movies jcott's w eft all > property | ! ? aly us property | stone and smashed the Moor's skull pd ond Still thinking of the child, 1) walked into the refreshing rain, meditating on the tragic waste in life’ clrele. to Mrs, Scott No. 4, with a proviso that when she died it was to go Nea intact, minus reasonable living ex- penses during her lifetime, to his daughter, the married child of Mrs. FAILURES! In the East Are Responsible for This Great Money Saving © ars ago, when her troubles were Evelyn Nesbit bas a righty to ize on these lines? STRANGE VISITORS COME TO SKE HER We were interrupted by the #p- Prouch of an Indian tea mé@rchant. “The @ scholar and a gen- e said. “Oh how much Oriental man haa gone intellectually than we Rave! “Shopenbatyr, despite his views on women, née of my favorite Philosophers,” she was saying when @ Japanese artist who does sketches than| qf you while you wait occupied ‘her tai * on Thousands and thousands of Blouses, new fall models, priced so low that you cannot afford to miss this sale. It is correctly termed the most sensa- tional sale ever held in Seattle. Values = these below are being snapped up laily: She It beat 500 heavy Mignonette Over-Blouses in I did the other day,” said Miss) Nesbit. “That is past. The only| way to face the future is to forget) the past. Of course, I'm still feel- ing Ui—but mentally I feel strong to face and fight life anew. “Why did I do it? Surely you know that we all get moments when we feel we just can't go on. SAYS SHE IS AN ARTISTIC NUT “But all this experience is neces- {| sary for my development—even th | harassing details of this restauran | I'm an artistic nut and I need bus: ness balance! Why did I choose restaurant? 1 was sick with every- thing pertaining to the stage. A specialty shop—well, you'll admit good food is certainly a specialty in 2 New York “All my experiences must help me I've got to hav urage—you'll admit I've had in my life. s i ~ tl soled who, like Senator Jones, urge if necessary, drastic! action. i ‘The view in the shipping board is! |to appeal to the patriotism of the railroads—at the same time doubting | t the contracts without inviting disas trou, damage suits. Most of the senators and repre- |sentatiyes say “there ain’t no such animal! as raliroa trio ° — (Quarry about 25 different styles. Formerly sold up to $12.85, ‘how. -$1.95 Over 1,000 Crepe de Chine Blouses in a great assortment of styles. INGOT (5. 4" ace. weikineigioksin> 64s eee Over 3,000 Georgette Over-Blouses in over 100 different styles. Now $1.95 Over 2,000 Tricolette Over-Blouses in a huge variety of styles and col- ors. NOW .. wij cece sees. $1.95 gy CAN a IN EVEF Thousands of other Blouses are to be sold in this sale at prices so low that it will make you want to buy them by the dozen. Long. Tunic. Over-Blouses, that will take the place of a one-piece dress. Heavy Crepe de Chine. Now. $4.85 a} G MILLIONS OF POUNDS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT Baking Powder SAME PRICE For more than 30 years 5 Ounces for 25! WHY PAY WAR PRICES? Don’t forget that all our Camisoles, every color of the rainbow, are priced now at .............4).95¢ Buy now, for when this stock is ex- hausted you will have to pay twice as much for these quality Blouses. Every Blouse sold during this sale Guaranteed to be perfect or YOUR MONEY BACK. Market Blouse 107 PIKE STREET Between First and Second Avenues