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3 POOR TODAY, HE MAY GET Photograph by Henry Clay. CHARM HUNTING IN AND AROUND SEATTLE - No. 4 Poem by Leo H. Lassen. Picture taken near North Bend on Yellowstone trail, leading to Snoqualmie Pass. 20 MILLION Indigent Physician Asserts He Invented Famous Lewis Gun BY NORRIS QUINN CLEVELAND, March 23.—Did Dr. Samuel McLean, aged country physi clan, favent the Lewis machine gun, fastrument of wholesale destruction that made allied vietory in the werld war possible * Judge John W. Peck must@tecide that question in federal court here. | And on his decision bangs $20,000,000 McLean has brought suit for that amount, which represents royalties from Lewis machine guns sold dur. | img the war to the United States and allied powers. _ It the suit goes against McLean hell have to spend his declining ‘Years in the very modest circum @Ances that marked his cartier life When he worked day and night to} perfect his machine gun. But if he gets the $20,000,000 “}irs. McLean is going to have the | things she should have had cartier in life," McLean promises. “She's de | nied herself much to help me work out my invention. “1 even had to sell my home when Twas struggling along. But ahobwas & brave woman and bore with me. | ond she likes to read the paper® amd pick out the home she'll have if son——he quit high school Tu recornpensé him for with them. That's how you know—my rifle Jammed when [ | business was bunting and [ invented an ants | mys. Jamming device that's the basis of jclares. the machine gun” "a mind as he sits in court, his at his side, earnestly listening testimony of ordnance experta. McLean worked 15 years to pro | powerful of frame and full of fight | “My grandfather, whom I mort! organised the McLean Arms anf resembie, lived to be 94." he says| Reivasee company here in 1903 to/smiling. “So I figure I cam keep this @ace the McLean machine gun. He perfect and manufacture it. ‘The company ran out of capital jeomary.” styles. is very smart. | in attractive patterns. Shades fayored are: Cornflower, Tan, Gray, Navy. were "turned over to the Automatic Arms company, organized by men © had beam interested in McLean's went to work to help us along | LAN tolling over my blue |? oun MaLean gras left out in the reor part, 17! have leisure for | ganization. ‘The nd collecting rifles and tin-| company started making the Lewis $250,000,000 worth of during the war, McLean Half of thia wag profit, he de Armes eame to invent the machine gun,|*%" and did The Automatic Arms company and Ali these thoughts run thru Mo /its directors deny McLean's charges | They say the invention of the Lewis) gun was independent of any inveo- to the reading of dry reports and the/|tion of McLean's. be McLean, who's 65, ts gray haired. to the rediophoss tans. ‘These articles have been approcad by the redie ection of the U. & bureea of standards. The first is printed today, Gorrect Apparel for Women An Interesting Collection: Coats-Capes-Wraps Impressive Values At $35.00 ASHIONED of Imported Tweed, Twill Cord, Camel Hair and soft fleece-like mixtures, these swagger models for street, sports and utility are of the type ordinarily associated with a much higher price. | It is impossible to describe all the be- coming variations of the mode shown in this collection, for they are cut and | tailored in a wide diversity of charming Some make effective use of silk stitching in contrasting color’ on collar and cuffs; others flaunt clever fringed | tassels from large raglan sleeves. model with double facing in plaid effect All are lined throughout Rose, , Peri al And, like imeestectgrem. hao writen fer The By H. F. Jefferson court fight up 31 years more, ff nec | nye and Approved by Radio Sec ten, U. 5. Bureau of Standards) A syTlable spoken Into a radiophone | around the world—anywhere and) everywhere. Distance means nothing Radio waves travel with the apeed of light, 184,000 miles per recond! Most people amrume that radio ts something mysterious. That is a fallacy. The principles of radio are simple, and have been known to science a long time. | Radio communteation ts accom. plinhed by the usevof electric wares | |] } which are radiated from one place | land received at another. Theae waves | have some of the chafacteristica of nd waves or the waves produced y the dropping of a pebble into! water, WAVES WILL GO THRU WALIS | Electric "waves will pass thru a | vacuum. They will go thru ordinary walls of buijdings and other opaque | obstactes. Strike the prong of a tuning fork. | Sound waves, starting at the prong, | travel ont Into the air in all direc |tiona! Thig is caused by the vibra tion of thé prong. As the prong moves back and forth it causes the BIRTHS | Kéto, Kanichi, 209 Maynard ave | girt Erickson, William Alfred, 10222 65th ave poy Anderson, Cam Oscar NM, 6845 18th G bind ave. 1ith ave, | 3 W. 65th et, girl Calv n Franklin, 2230 W. 69th "Inmes Newton, $554 20th Leon, Baldwin apart-| ti th and Fir et, boy 1, James KEdwar girl man, Harry Alfred, 7 be “| 1 First ave.| nd, getrl Kighthave. 8 de, John C, 2217 KH. Terrace} « ughan, A. Daniel, 652 Orcas at, | Ching, 615 Yesler way, girl. | , Sotaro, 1010 EB. James at., ams, Archie De Floid, 5172 See , Treadwell, Alan- George MR. 2003 27th av ham, O. N, 311 W. 63rd st., Robert, 228 Nob IM! ave., be Graziana, 261% Day st. b , Fred, 1206 20th ave Howard, 3533 ¥ . 6734 12th ave, N Miachel, 9870 Wighth 402 Ninth ave, boy MARRIAGE LICENSES Name and Resiaence Age chmader, George, Seattle.....Legnal | | Saari, Nellie, Hwaco i.........Legal Oba, Yeichi, Seatlle...eseesereeeee 4 Principles of Radio in Simple Language terme what radic iiepheny is, how tt operation, what es fume with te aot cher mceaton dh iheresl, wad vapeience. }in New York is heard inwtantly | ie tant | vibrating tuning fork. | tuning fe jand imme | VITAL STATISTICS + _ | Johnson, Krint |Gregaom Agnes I. | at | Bainzek, Joseph, 71, 26 5. W 1|Pineo, Donald, 1, 715 § ; {declared the most healthful distriet $ NTO the hills the poet, David, turned And found his faith in earth and sky; He sang his glorious psalms in words that burned se hills, they will not die. Mar a cmrice of articles explaining air next to it to move back and forth. ‘This motion is passed on to the sur: rounding air, Sound waves travel | about 1,000 fort second. Biectric waves also consist of vt |brationa, and their passage is prac Radio waves are of the same kind as light waren Both are electric! waves, the only difference being in| the frequency of the vibrations, The | ordinary low frequencies uned in the | alternating currenta for eirctrié lighting alternate very slowly and} travel rdadily along wires. / To make a wave travel effectively thru space, higher frequencies are jused. Ten thousand to 30,000,000 vibrations per second are required for radio communication. MAY DEMONSTRATE WITH TUNING FORKS An elestric wave starts from a wire carrying alternating current just as & sound wave starts out from a The waves | *pread out In all directions and go to| Kreat dintances. As the sound wave} Passer oul Qhru the air it seta in vi bration amy object capable of taking up the motion. | This »© demonstrated with two Strike one of the forks rasp it with the he vibration. A d from the se hand so a sound will be h Kalaakt, Maiuyo, Wapato g. Fdward Phill, Seattle x| | Dich, Mamie Anne, Besitie 18] Nishino, Juzo, Auburn 30) Naito, Maki, Auburn aa MeHiride, Jamen T., Seattle ogal Hilleware, Mary « eka | Kidwell, Zeb V Emery, Bilen I Amith, Harr Cochrane, Wi ,) Legal Geneva O, Woodinville Legal nd In, Spanaway Seattie cool an Dyck, Se lawinney Lanning, Wa ah 2 r, Mer } te Legal| alia, Seattle’: Legal r, William, Seattie.ss4 Dearing. King, John HL, ¥ Jones, Clara B., Seattle Legal Alvers, Edward A. Seattle Logal | Harrison, Daisy € attle Legal | Miller, Murray R ackama, Or,, 28 0, OF Legal DIVORCES GRANTED Doughty, Cornelius B., from Anna Ef " n, 1 W. from Clara © iia K M B, trom y z £23 rom Vidward T. from Marie M. rom Harry M DEATHS Steffen, Frank, 61 Baker, Frank I, \Want a Long Life? | Then Go to Thanet LONDON, Maren 23.—Thanet ts| in the ‘world. Among its inhabitants are four women whose ages range from 100 to 1054 [7 you find your faith is but a doubtful thing , Unto the hills, where earth and sky will briag (Coprright, 192%, by Henry Clay) Go, as even David went, be in the alr at one time, but an The faith of firmament. ee ing instrument In tune with the send telephony is being put. A TREMENDOUS SALE OF Low-Priced Underwear and Stockings FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN In the Special Price Basement they are told anywhere else. No effort is made to keep up full assortments of styles and sizes in any linesthat’s not the Base- ment idea. It’s such “rush special” lots as these that make up the Basement stocks—One thing oné day and something else the next—but always something very special! 4 , Women’s Burson Hose 1,260 Pairs, Sale Price’ 3 Pre. $1 Mill Seconds. Fine guage black mercerized, Burson, tib-top Stockings, in outsizes and regulation sizes. Sizes 814, 9, 914, 10 and 1014. Women’s Kni Sale Price shel] finished knee—closed Sizes 36, 38, 40, Women’s Byrson Sill Hose 2,000 Pairs, 98c Pair ~ Sale Price Mill Seconds. 720 pairs fancy ribbed and 1,280 pairs plain Silk Deodaaien. Black and cordovan, Sizes 814 to 10, 480 Pairs, Sale Price 7 and 8. Children’s Knit Bloomers $00 Pairs, 25c Pair . Sale Price Black, and pink. Elastic top and elastic knee, with frill. Sizes 6, 8, 10 and 12, 720 Pairs, Sale Price 7, 8, 9 and Jumbo. 1,240 PAIRS CHILDREN’S FANCY TOP 496 PAIRS CHILDREN’S SOCKS, solid colors in white, romper blue, brown, black and old rose, with novelty striped roll tops, and also nov- elty stripe all-overs in white grounds. Highly mercerized. Sizes 414, 5, 6, 7, 25¢ 8, 814 and 9. 255 PAIRS CHILDREN'S PAIRS CHILDREN’S THREE-QUAR- TER SOCKS, white bodies with novelty roll tops in stripés and solids. Highly 45¢ mercerized. Sizes 7 to 10, trasting yarns, stripes. Sizes 5, 6, 7, 8, 142 in green, gold and rose. 8, 8% and 9. Shop where you can save money—and be comfortable, too—The Special! Price Basement is light, well ventilated, comfortable, and convenie trance on University Street, elevators ——— ——$—$—— ea fre Innumerable radio measages may particular receiving Instrument re- ceives only the mensuge sent by the] 00 1. too much hair it in hen station with which the fecelving Im-|t Keep clean ning fork, provided the second is in |earry a volce wave, and any recely. |*fument is in tune. > | fore, is sanitary and quite lovely en | Pesonance or tuna | ‘This is the principle of resonance | ing Instrument can receive the mes- in radio. The radio wave ls made to sage. In his next article H. F. Jefferson will tell of the uses to which radio 8,290 GARMENTS—A. “SCOOP” ON THE MARKET The Special Price Basement is here to buy quick-sale job lots ip ell lower than it Union Suits 1,898 Suits, Ge Each Six styles—low neck, sleeved, band top—low neck, sleeveless, shell top—bodice top, taped—tight knee— 42, 44, 46, Women’s Knit Bloomers Pink and white, with elastic top and knee. Sizes 6, Women’s Knit Bloomers White and pinky with elastic top and knee, 2133 Pairs of Children’s Socks in This Sale SOCKS, white grounds with vari-colored stripes and colored grounds with con- Highly SOCKS, beautiful novelty tops in duo- tones, white grounds, and Ue 4b aed Sou 3Ge and stairway from the First Floor. just shutting the door beblnd him | He turned and saw her and erlag |“Vor God's sake, quick, cull the fiw | There's a fire ig Ge | department! basement!” Instead of complying, the worma ran at him and seized him around waist, but after a short flight man escaped. A purse containufy Se and @ gold watch were stot. The burglar was well dresved, in a gray .pult, and was ~—— : years old. 4 *, s 4 » |e \Intruder Makes His Escapg . | After Struggle : ; | | | Surprising « burglar in her span " | ment ont night, Mrs, Ne . | Michelson tha ra « | with him, bu raf ‘rome was thrown to the floor, The burgp | s enca ped. ¥ Mrs. Michelson had been upstaigg e and when she returned the man wag _ 8 ’ s 7 This Consul © Chooses Hair: as His To SAN FRANCISCO, March Girls were reminded today that hair has @ primary pur to “keep the skull warm.” Koliang Yip, just arrived to come Chinese consul here, did minding. While he understood the use hair, there was one thing, t perplexed him “Charming, these American girls, he «ald, “but their clothes are flimay. They must be cold mach the time, “In winter thetr clothes are and brief. But in su Yet always, the heat jg good. It isa puzzle.” It was then he turned to — ¥ | hair. Fi “The use of the halr is to vealagt Bi the skull,” explained Koliang. “It Robbed baif, thers some people, There ix something gay. ‘peppy,’ ax you Americans Say, about short hair. Long hair, it is slow, lazy, aptt and really feminine” gore. 48, 50. 25c Pair 35c Pair Sizes 6, FANCY TOP 3 Prs. $1 mercerized 814 and 9. FIBRE SILK nt, with outside en-