The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1921, Page 4

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PAGEL 4 | CONGESTING 1) TENEMENTS Horde of Lower Class For- eigners Admitted to Fill Crowded Cities BY W. HW. PORTERFIELD WASHINGTON, 28 first six months of the present fiscal Year under the per cent” law 241,641 Kuropean immigrants arrived dn this country, This is at th Of 330,000 the year. Under the ® total of 195,000 are yet admi The principal tmmigration Dee. The bas From Cxecho-Siovakia 10,376 out > ef @ total permitted for the year of 34,269, leaving only 3,893 yet to come, has rushed over 34,825, with 7.196 left to fill her quota; Po ) Mand has already sent 25,103, exceed ‘Ing her entire year's quota in six “Months, while Greece, Hungary, JugeSiavia, Portugal, Spain, Ar Menia, Palestine, Syria and Turkey | also all exceeded their allot ‘The vast majority of these tmmi thus listed are small shop! peddlers, restaurant keepers, joners and a few Portugese Spanish fishermen. Half of them | Jews from Poland and Central | The only considerable ex. are the laborers from Italy, 95 per cent of all this horde are crowded in and about New Fast side and in the other | tenement districts of the| ly overcrowded cities of the At . " Om the other hand. Germany ab $8,039 under the quota, has| it Dut 10 per cent of this number. Britain and Ireland, allowed have sent but 23.526 and this ion will be materially de now the Irish problem is set: | Austria, Denmark, Norway, | Finland, France, Holl: and several smaller : have sent only « fraction! what they are entitled to. | “The facts are,” said Chairman “that the countries from | we woul! welcome tmmigra- | the Unitet Kingdom, Seandi-| and France, are sending us! & jrickling stream, while those | We do not need are coming In fer Increasing numbers.” _ Im 1907 1.300.000 immigrants tand. | at New York. This was the peak . For the 10 years prior to 1920, Brand total was 4,670,000, 000 Motorists Here Delinquent only three days left in which Obtain 1922 auto ticenses in con- rma: with the state law, there ‘Bre still 45,000 King county residents, have not done so, it was esth Wednesday by County Auditor E. Ferguson. ‘To accommodate these delinquents ‘the auditor's office will be kept open the 1921 license plate will be '®. of boose ts dropping. Deen as follows: | IMMIGRANTS Price of Liquor Is Now Falling Lower don't deliver in canes any } “We OLD POP SODA mere, Tho rist te too great, We) toe on | Judge Romwman yesterday afternoon | Woman's attorney, Dan Landon, for pressed Tuesday by Mayor Caldwell HAS HARD KICK bar Zh wedlasemy - newspaper Ond) “Vembers of & large Naquor concern | for the theft of a pair of gloves from | & new trie in giving additional reasons NEW YORK, Dea %8—Pop ||°™" n taxtoabe. in a New York suburb recently | tipman, Wolfe & Co.'s store last |™ OmRipANeenE ———~« | vetoing the 1922 salary ordinance. fmsoet strane Soda with the kick of a mule! tively Hittle of |formed a drag company, They now | Wednesday cloves got into her possemion by| ‘The vetoed ordinance was before |firney fi") That is what they are selling now Some soft drink manufacturers began making their own fruit sir ups. The government allows them 1 aleohol out of the oe thie, line some of them to get be warehou As a make ine, | They p a ginger alo label on the soda bottle, forget the rew nd well it to thelr |) a wink. @ glass! me enue stamps retail trade It conte 85 t NEW YORK, Dee, 24.—The price Its supply ls Increasing. This in due to lax prohibition en:| forcefhent. | Certain ootleggers who charged | $10 a bottle two years ago and $7/ last year, are now selling for as low as $5 Moonshiners who operate tm the | Rast Side and Little Italy are flood: ing the market. “We were slowed up for two months,” explained one of the beavt est traffickers, “But walt until after the first.” He bad 250 came of Hate and Haig—Five Star—(or sale at $95 a case, “It's genuine stuff. I know. The police once confiscated it.” Another dealer In the same little coffee shop, less than half a mile from potice headquarters, offered an- other bargain. “Olt Taylor—pint bottles, “Last year I wan getting §7@ a case, Today I'l sell for $37." Dealers thruout the city are cut ting their prices. A trip thru the moonahine dis tricts of lower Manhattan and Rrooklyn revealed the following prices: pee - we ae ath Orson River Whisky 448-890 OM Tayler om Grand Dead... e nm Port Wine Sb 60 4b BS Creme de Coco 120 1) “ Vinig and Hinig 110- 126 1% 88 80-98 “Little of this stuff, explained one moonshiner, “Is real. We mix most of {t--taking a small part of the bonded goods and mixing it with our own.” Bottles, labels, corks and counter: felt revenue stamps are supplied— and the buyer ls buncoed. be ga COLDS Humphreys’ “Seventy-sev- en” for Colds, Grip, Influenza, Catarrh, Cough, Sore Throat. To get the best results take at the first feeling of a Be at Y. W.C. A.! “Eager Heart” {s the Christmas Play to be presented by the Art guild in the Y. W.C. A. jum Wednesday and Friday es at 8:15 o'clock. The play! Being produced by Mra. Mobert F. i, well known in dramatic art Of Seattle, and has in its cast Members of the Art guild. This long-looked-fo: value. The drastic All Coats All Suits All Gowns All Hats g orders. All sales must be Our Regular Year-End Sale Is Now in Full Progress evoking spirited buying on the part of women who know style, quality and apply without reserve on Owing to the extreme price allowances we must exclude all exchanges, approvals and C. O. D. Cold. Humphreys’ Number “Forty” Induces Repose, and Natural, Refreshing Sleep. { No Narcotic, No Opiate, No’ Dope, No habit forming Drugs, Strictly Homeopathic. | ry 20c. and $1.90 at Drug T sent on reesipt of price, or Parcel Post. ail ve 156 Wiiliam Street, New York. Med teal Book Free. Stor: ©. 0. rward-to event is reductions in effect ! All Blouses All Skirts All Sweaters All Petticoats | y final. ¢ interests for consump ‘main streeta—to be disposed of later | plea of not guilty, declared that the| nounced. THD SEATILE STAR OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINA. TIONS for positions ae manor WOMAN FINED Dope Sends Woman ‘SALARY BILL | First Day of Year : Without Divorces mentors and tn AS SHOPLIFTER ,,, '°,J2i! One Year, 15 REFERRED... Vithout Divorces Mra. Katie Vietheer began serving. lcommission thru ©. Paine, din | PX AND, 26.—Mra, Cliff] Wednerday, ber sentence of a year in Fear that changing street raliway| year, according to County Cle trict weoretary, The examinations | wea %, wife of a prominent no Giver are to be held at the Puget Sound | gan Francis who was od in navy yard. lovelers are an a Staton civil service w mentors and diem to @ Grant, that the county Jail for violation of the Harrinon drug act, At a second trial Tuewday afternoon Judge Jeremiah Neterer denied the motion of the trainmen from @ per monthly basis may a precedent for Umeandahalf for . overtime for city workern wan ex entablinh superior eo club man. formerly @ lumberman of Aberdeen, | Wash. wer fined $40 by Municipal unt be the Christmas mpir | the council at its semnion Tuesday |and T reve an. |afternoon and wan referred to the |(Mecks bronehta! and. “t \pnance committer dren Hk i" for mie, Mont | have several bh red barrely of al | say, in being | cohol stored in a shop on one of the Mra, Weatherwax, who, thru her | mistake muneel, CO. H MoCulloch, entered «| he will appeal, MoCul loca GATES Quit In order to close out the remainder of the Gates Jewelry stock by January 15 we are making greater reductions than ever bef ore EVERYTHING MUST G DIAMONDS! DIAMONDS! Think what it means to choose from this famous stock of Diamonds at Half Price! $30 DIAMONDS GO AT $15 $100 DIAMONDS GO AT $50 | $50 DIAMONDS GO AT $25 $150 DIAMONDS GO AT $75 MIEN’S WATCHES! This wonderful opportunity to purchase a fine Watch at Half Price. _ 4 $20 WATCHES $10 $40 WATCHES $20 $25 WATCHES $12.50 $50 WATCHES $25 BRACELET WATCHES! $25 BRACELET WATCH $12.50 $50 BRACELET WATCH $25.00 $40 BRACELET: WATCH $20.00 $75 BRACELET WATCH $37.50 Silverware, Clocks, Tea Sets, Toilet Sets, Casserol , Mesh A 9 Manicure Sets, etc., etc.’ All reduced ONE-HIALE. - Bags, Ivory Goods, Rings, Cigaret Cases, Wage bel fog of a lifetime to get the VERY FINEST in the jewelry line at a mere fraction of GATES’ JEWELRY STORE DAVIDS JEWELER’S SUCCESSORS’ 1418 SECOND AVENUE (418 SECOND AVENUE Next to Clemmer Theatre Next to Clemmer Theatre

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