The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 19, 1922, Page 14

ENTANGLING. EX SOLDIERS Regional Offices Fail to Act on Dis- abled Vets’ Claims for Aid BY HARRY 8B. HUNT WASHINGTON, June 19. — De Sentralization hae resulted in more tape entangling disabled ex-/ men who are seeking gov-! at aid. > Decentratization was accomplish ‘eff by the passage of the Sweet bill "46 months ago, setting up 14 re offices scattered and thruout ation, with authority to act on} ice men's claims. These regional offices were expect-| to speed up action on claims, r due to red tape, they have delay on top of delay: Now} y organizations are seriously | Weonsidering asking their adolish- [PLICATING AND ING ACTION” “I am convinced,” says Repre-! Roy 0, Woodruff of Micht-| himself an ex-service man, the regional offices are com nd delaying action on a! > terme percentage of cases. If) my way, they would be elim: sub-offices, however, are do- wood work. In my judgment, er, cases would be handied the sub-offices reported direct to eentral office at Washington in- A of to regional offices.” ‘The same attitude is reflected by of the American Legion. Phe legion supported the legisia- fon creating the district offices. cally, by setting up} offices with power to dis of all but death and total dis- claims, the work of handling to the bureau would be ex- HELP TO SYSTEM eaily, also, by betng in ieash with man, and by lan percentage of the men be-/ with the men who were to on them, even more justice | be possible. That was the back of decentraltzation. in practice, factors not fully 4 appear to have intruded. ) what extent politics, particularly jternal bureau politics, has affected it administration of the dis Offices, It ts of course tmposst- @ to say. But there is evidence hoping that conditions would . They realized the transfer the large number of casen to the offices involved a vast of routine work; that the up of district organizations But from their check on cases handied, and fiom appeals to them “to assist men in securing reconsider. Btion of cases flagrantly out of line with the decisions rendered, they have about reached the conclusion decentralization, instead of aid- the cause of the men, has only to the percentage of unjust INSTANCE ' OFFICE ERROR Typical of the complaints against | findings by district offices ts one by | Congressman Carroll Rees of Ten “Measee, Reese himself served at the front with the A. E. F., was cited| for bravery by Marshal Petain, and is the holder of three medals for | jed to be married in an airplane. | proximately }the officiating minister must ait | the pilot, speedily and with more Justice | derby at St Ne hundreds of thousands of cases day and Sunday, according to plans} enabled to take their cases up) 9, distinguished service. i “A young mountain boy who had) gontracted tuberculosis In the service to the Atlanta district office | for disability aid,” Reese said. “After Jong delay, an examining surgeon! Visited his home. The boy was then| down in bed, unable to be about The tuberculosis had attacked the Dones, and the bones of one leg were about °. | “Tha: was last February. When) finally a rating was secured from the Atlanta office, which was only after repeated urging and demanas, the finding was of 35 per cent dis-| | bility. “What they base 35 per cent dis ‘ability on, when a fellow is down in bed with tuberculosis of the bone,| unable to do anything for himselt| and with no prospect of being able! flo do anything, is beyond me. | RATIO CHA NO MONEY “Anyway, 1 iD took the matter up Office here. After still more delay, the district board rating was set Aside and a total disability award| made. That was more than a month | Yesterday I received a letter ank- to help speed up payment of the money due this boy. It is badly needed. Although more than a a Month has passed since the award| § Was made, no check for his disabil-| | ity pay has been sent ¥ ‘ “That sort of thing is not only! \ @njust, it is inexcusable. And it is 5 © Just such things that underly the J growing dissatisfaction with the way the decentralized veterans’ bureau is functioning.” _ Train Strikes Car; 3 Five Are Killed ; ALBANY, N. Y., June 19.—Five Hs persons were killed here yesterday nd it was appealed to the central! fng if thore was anything I could do} | | when a fast train crashed into an} muto load of people. MAYOR PUSHES IDEA OF RIDING CLUB HERE To promote equestrianism and to construct bridle paths in parks and jong boulevards, Seattle horsemen are to organize a riding elub, according to announcement by Mayor Brown. A meeting of those interested will be held in the mayor's office next Saturday afternoon. RAD TAPE IS (AERO. -RADIO WEDDING | ried, Below—the Rev. ST. PAUL, Minn, June 19.—Miss Zelma Olkon, of Minneapolis, want Jordan reading the ceremony. |mround. The Rev, Jordan read the She also the Rev. anted to be married by | the use of judges of horse races Jordan, weight ap} pounds. The cockpit of the plane, tn which | | Fadiophone wedding In history \Pioneer Jeweler’s Funeral on Tuesday Funeral services for Alfred Alcott | smith, 72, pioneer jeweler of Seattie, who died Sunday, will be held at 10 With 10,000 spectators of the altla mm. Tuesday, at the Butterworth Paul, Minn., listening | mortuary. At the time of hin death jin by means of four amplifying | yf horns, the couple were married by ALL MAY SEE would accommodate in addition to} none over four feet six inches, weight 75 pounds. The bridegroom, Edwin J. Moline, solved the problem. } et Sound Marble and Granite Co. jand the owner of the Stockade hotel He i survived by three sons, | George P., Leonard P. and H. Martin Above—the bridal couple in plane in which they were mar-| Thus the first authenticated air-| THE SEATTLE STAR radio as they satied high above the | service from the pagoda built for Smith was president of the Pu: | } Smith, and three daughters, Mre. all of Seattle, 1 Mrs. Seattle citizens will be afforded a/ Bowman, ¢ of | ‘Tacoma. chance to see the famed hydro-elec. trie plant on the Skagit next Satur. | , ns | Officers Chosen r™ University Alumni Lindabell being formulated by the Municipal league. Automobiles will leave the city Sat: urday morning, returning Sunday evening. Seats in special cars can | ington inctude A. KR. Hilen, president; | be obtained by notifying the league's | Peter Tegtmeter, vice president, and |secretaray, Eimon L. Wiener, The| Walter Williams, treasurer. | cost per individual will not exceed | tion antouncements were made at the alumni banquet, Saturday night THE BON MARCHE BarGain BASEMENT Biggest Scoop This Season!! aprons $1.65 Less Than Factory Price This is our share of the largest purchase of Porch Aprons. ever made. The entire stock of famous Blue Bird Maid Aprons. 20 Styles in Crepes, Ginghams, Chambrays, Cretonnes, Crepe and Ginghams, Linenes, Many with Hand Embroidery or Applique Of such good quality, | such fine, durable mate- rials, such clean, crisp | merchandise—Aprons so | pretty that you would take them for dresses! Some with set-in sleeves, some with dainty pock- ets, a great many with chic little patent leather belts! All colors and combinations, All sizes. Come prepared to buy several of these treats of the season, You'll wish you had bought a C. Tai fife be, aes $1 3.95 Just the dresses for cool, summer comfort. Also dainty models in wool crepe and taffeta, in navy, brown, gray, black and blue. Becomingly embroid- ered, beaded, trimmed with ribbon, some with sashes, some with overskirts, of silk basket weave. Genuine bargains. Sizes to 42. | Officers elected by the Alumni as | sociation of the University of Wash. | Flee: | | EMEMBER Kodak for your vacation to got that trip—printing and develop- ing done here satisfactorily, too. UPPER MAIN FLOOR MARCH THE BON Another Day of Big Savings on Surplus Lots From Makers and Jobbers F course when we buy lots such as these at the end of the season—and buying at such ridiculously low prices, too—we have to take such quantities as are offered. Sometimes size assortments are broken— color assortments are incomplete—or the lot is ver'y small indeed bargain. And as we buy from many sources it is sometimes possible to combine lots so as to give you a splendid choice. At any rate, be sure of this—you can save a lot of money at The Bon Marche Tuesday. Surplus Stock From a Large Silk Jobber 33-Inch White Artificial Silk, Yard Serviceable, finely. woven Artificial Silk. | mixed White Brocades marked at a price > '98c that Ingures quick selling. 40-Inch Satin Plaid Faille and Poplin Here's a bargain for you ton | Piald Faille and Heavy Suiting Pop | lin, lustrous and serviceable, and e reasonably priced. J 250 Yards Silk-Mixed Sport Novelties Oh, such a splendid bargain. Dur.) able, lustrous Artificial Stlk-mixed | Novelties, brilliant Gatin Brocades on | nelf-colored grounds, in shades of tan, Copenhagen, clel, pink, rose and) black 36-Inch Minuette Tricolette, Yard Now's the time to eave on Tricol-) tte for making undervesta, dresses or jackets, Very brilliant, fine for wear} , 95 —plain or new drop-atiteh, effect —20 | popular colors, white and black, Maker’s Surplus Lots of Girls’ Peter Pan Dresses Everett Claasto lengths to 20 Ginghams, fn Inches wide, plaida, atripes— inexpensive for summer dreeses and children's wear Twill Sheeting 65c Heavy, firm weave, soft finish English Twill Sheeting—2\% yards wide—extra value. Dress Voiles 20c Yard Full bolts and mill lengths—36 and 38 Inches wide—light and dark patterns FABRIC FLOOR—THIRD A Manufacturer’s Overstock of Stunning, Up-to-the Minute UNTRIMMED HATS at SAND, WHITE, NAVY AND BLACK Untrimmed Hats of horsehair combined with satin crowns—every shape stunning and new, These hats are sewed on frames to give them a hand-made look, and come in chin chin, off-the-face and wide-brimmed effects. A novel pin, a knot of flowers or a spray of feathers is all they need in the THE BON MARCHE A Job Lot of Remarkably Low-Priced Neckwear An Assortment of Ties and Collars pad eee Sets with tucks and Val laces and a lot of Gingham, Ratine and Venise Collars in Bramley and way of trimmings, THIRD FLOOR Tuxedo styles. 25c at this low price. Heavy Cream-colored Venise Collars, Special at 39c. The BonMarché 180 Zephyr Gingham 240 Excellent French Ginghams in Soft French ginghams in checks checks or small, neat plaids, are o¢ biue, red, green and solid pon- shown in straight-line girlish lor, trimmed with bindi models for girls from 6 to 16. Be oe, Soe ngs, Made with French knot em- pique, hand embroidery, pockets, broidery yokes, embroidered pique trimmings, pockets and sashes. Shown in blue, green, lavender, red, brown, plaids. Fringed Jersey | Silk Petticoats | The excellent quality of these attractively colored Jersey Silk Petti- coats made us buy them on sight from the manufacturer, and now we are offering them to you at a surprisingly low price. Shown in Paddy green, cerise, Princess, henna, navy and black. The hem is finished with long silk fringe in shades to blend. And a group of plain or diagonally Roman striped Windsor Ties—a really unusual showing of neckwear HE Toy Department has been moved to the Up per Main Floor—next to the Boy Shop. A handy place to PIKE STREET—SHCOND AVENUW—UNION STREET shop. -but the very low price makes it a big 36-Inch Chiffon Taffeta, Yard 36-Inch High-Grade Novelty Taffeta Nice quality Taffeta, durable for all Pure dye Novelty Taffeta—tn pin) dress purposes, in shades of navy, checks, hair Mine and pencil stripes, | 1 95 sapphire, Japan blue, oriole, canna, . beautiful soft colorings splend) | corise, gray, cardinal, brown and black.) quality at less. 36-Inch Charmeuse Satin, Yard 25 Piéces 40-Inch Charmeuse Satin Gert, Bae .tentroms, 25 shades 90) Extra fine, very beautiful, in street } nevy, acian peasecl, bs va nr $1. 65 and evening shades, white and black | $2. 25 pony Bart weg . —wonderfully good value, 36-Inch High-Grade Foulards, Yard = 40-Inch Heavy All-Silk Canton Crepe Very fine quailty at a very low Dependable, heavy All-silk Canton ) price. 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SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE checks and colorful A Manuf acturer’s Lot of $3.95 Exhibit of “1847” Rogers Bros.’ Silverware Tuesday Only Miss Perniman, direct factory representative, will be here with 4 large exhibit of “1847" Rogers Bros.’ Silverware —and will be blue, glad to tell you all about the Mary gray, bisque, merits of this well-known ware. UNION STREET BASE iT THE BON MARCH SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHB A Manafacturer’s Overstocks of Curtainings and Floor Coverings 36-Inch Filet Pattern Curtain Nets Very inexpensive and make strong, dur- ) able curtains. Good designs on white, | 29c cream and ecru—a full yard wide, Slightly Imperfect Window Shades Window Shades in all the leading colors } rollers—a yard wide—6 ‘feet long—splen- | did value for the money. Hemp Stair Carpet—Priced, a Yard Striped effect Carpet, in tan color i red border, suitable for stairs or hall. In- expensive and durable. Nice for summer | Cc use. $3.95 27-Inch Printed Brussels Cosi Various designs and colors in this) Printed Brussels Carpet—tan, green and \75c rose combinations very effectively blended. | FOURTH FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE and a bargain at $3.95. A Group of Delightful Neckwear at Felts to trim the popular sweater blouses, anes effects, eyelet embroidery, nets, camisettes, organdies, linen crash, ratine, Venise guimpes with lace vests and 59c lace shoulder straps, pleated shadow lace frills, in me or ecru—a variety of smart summer styles. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE