The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 11, 1922, Page 7

SAE FEAR CHAOS WILL SWEEP ALL EUROPE Predict if Germany Is) Forced to Pay Reparations PARIS, July 11.—Financial chaos and the final fall of the Wirth government may result if the allies refuse to grant Ger many twe years moraterius, the reparations commission was Informed today by German en- voys. The envoys warned allied rep- resentatives that Germany would face a crisis similar to that of Austria if forced to pay the 5€,900,000 gold marks due duly 15, eee LONDON, July 11.—With the Ger Man crash threatening to plunge the | Continent into the worst financial and political crisis since the war, Lioyd George today laid the entire situation which resulted in the col lapse of the mark before his cabinet The action of Great Britain regard ing the situation, which ts admitted to be most critical, will be determined at the meeting. The British expect the demoraliza tion in Germany to grow unless the Quickest remedial measures are tak- en, but it ls emphasized In government circles that the outcome rests upon Frence to a large degree. ‘The British attitude still favors an International loan to Germany an the basis of readjustment of reparations, Dut Licyd George and his advisers have not yet decided whether to re- hew the suggestion to France for a Tevision of the reparations schedule. Hope ts seen by members of the cabinet that the present trend of Germany toward bankruptcy—which the British say Is at least nine-tenths genuine—-will act as 4 warning to Im- Press France that modification of the reparations terms is necessary. France will either favor coercive ateps against Germany or will awak- en to the realization that the only means of collecting from Germany ts by moderating the reparations terms, it was belteved here. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922. Disaster) | | |e wor OFFICIALS INDICTED ***'e _———}§— sweeping charges of fraud and gross mismanagement against the county while superintendent of ferries, em ployed as bookkeeper a man who was the same time employed in the at same capacity for the Anderson Tow boat Co, whose president John Anderson's brother, Adolph An derson. commissioners as a result ferry investigation found evidence of padded payrolls in the construction of the Maple Valley bridge The only reference to the Scand! ot navian American bank ts contained in the section of the report dealing with the ferries. After charges of extravagance the report say “In this connection we may state that we find Capt, John L. Anderson and the Anderson Shipyard company were heavily indebted te the Scandinavian American bank of Seattle; that at one stage of affairs the bank virtually became the owner of the Anderson shipyard at Hough: ton and that the yard was ope ated by the Price Construction with a representative compa: of the nk employed there to safeguard interests.” In conelusion following recommendations: 1. That the prosecutin, torney at once institute sult or action as may be neces. sary to cancel the contract and lease between the county and John L. Anderson, to the end that the county may recover control of the ferries. 2. That a chme mudit of the bills presented, vouchered and paid for all of the repairs to the county boats during the period in which Capt, Anderson was superintendent, be made forthwith; that in the meantime the prosecuting attorney ascer- tain the legal liability and re- sponsibility in this matter of the county commissioners, of Former Superintendent Ander- son, and of the persons or firms paid, respectively, for the wrong: ful payments and overcharges for repairs, and then institute such action, or actions, In court as may be proper or necessary for the recovery of the amounts lost to the county by such wrongful payments and over- eharges. 3. That as soon as the coun- ty can control the matter the ferry service to Bellevue be re- established. In regard to the death of Patrol- Great Britam will probably await; man Legate the report says: The jurors also detailing the Jury makes the ta Capt. | the | mission as soon * gave Capt, Anderson as everything was in John Anderaon, tt Is charmed, the « report Anderson Towboat employe, all adequate Kk, and often without any re. for the boats of the Towboat Co, fuel oll belonging to King county, and from the coumys seow. ure to Keep proper and ade. quate r da of theme transactions led to the loas of many barrels of oil to the county and to the benefit of the Anderson Towboat Co. | In the matter of repairs much of the gross mismanagement charged by the jury was discovered, accord ing to the report. ‘The county com | Mixstoners, it in stated, apparently accepted without question the many |Jobn Anderson ax superintendent of Perm! the reaction of France before taking} “One of the matters presented to decisive action. this grand jury for investigation The allied committee on guaran-| was the death of Officer Charles O. tees ts expected to arrive in Paris| Legate, whose body was found In from Berlin tomorrow to report on/the Main Street the Germany's financin! status. morning of March 17, 1932, with two Following this, Lioyd George hopes | tuilet holes in the head. We have lead to a reparmtions showdown. HERE’S MORE ABOUT NYMPHS STARTS ON PAGE ONE ‘The queen of the bathing girls ‘will get $25 in cash; the second | } that Premier Poincare will come teo/ exhausted every source of informa. London for a conference which would | tion that could be reached and have had put before us some evidence which was not available to either the detective department of the city ef Seattle or to the coroner's jury at the time of the inquest upon the bedy of Officer Legate, and from all the evidence before us it has been conclusively demonstrated that Officer Legate was murdered by some party or parties unknown. This grand jury has no evidence before it of the identity of the per- 448 selected will have a chance of son or persons who committed the getting one of the cash prizes of-| crime. fered for the three prettiest. “In this connection we recom: mend that hereafter, when bodies are found and there are any in- Prettiest will get $15 and the third $10. All you have to do to enter Is to call at The Star office, any week Gay before 5 p. m. and ask for! the city editor. He will make an appointment for you to call at Grady’s studio, official photographer for the contest, and have a bathing suit picture taken. (For the picture, dications of death by violence, the detective department be im- mediately notified by those in charge so that that department may have a full and fair oppor- tunity of observing the condi- tions surrounding the death be- fore the bedy is removed or any article present is taken away or billa for repairs presented by Capt ferries, and exercised no supervision over bin. “For repairs to these county Vessels an agreement was en- tered into to pay the cost of la- bor, plus 25 per cent, and the ae tual cost of matertal used, plus 10 per cent,” it Is recited, “Yet, Capt, Anderson, as superintend- ent of ferries for King county, approved for payment vouchers 4 bills for repairs in enormous sums, and very much in excess of the contract price for Iwbor and material, and the commis sioners ordered warrants issued for payment of the same.” In the Maple Valley bride matter the Jury found that the county com. missioners tet a contract to Jarvis & Ward for the work, and that in addt tion to payment for construction of the bridge, they ordered a further payment of $1,800 for construction of @ temporary bridge. Evidence shows, the report states, that thin tempo. rary bridge did not cost to exceed $600. It Is further alleged that the con tractors charged the county for new lumber tn the construction of the temporary bridge, while, as a matter of fact, practically all old lumber was used Carclessness in auditing the contractors’ accounts is revealed in an example quoted: “Clearing ane two days, at $5.75— Reference ta made tn the report to the fact that a dock was constructed at county expense at Palrweather bay, on land owned by Commissioner Rameaay, and that a new dock was built at Medina, alongside the old one, Neither of Was necessary, it is claimed. Special mention is made of the Improvements installed at Me dina, inctuding the walting room and clubhouse building, the whole characterized as needless and an added burden to the taxpayers. Vntil Capt. Anderson became su- Pperintendent of ferries for the coun- ty, the town of Bellevue enjoyed good ferry service, the jury found. “Under Superintendent Ander. son,” the jury report states, discriminated “this town was against, and Medina, near the Ramsay holdings, was made the terminus on the east side for the ferry line from Leschi park, the larger {i being logether.” citizens voted bonds for ferry service, and are entitled to ft, the jury declares. Mention is made of the fact that approximately half 9 million dollars’ worth of property was turned over to Capt. Anderson on a bond for $12,000, The report states In conclusion “In view of all the circum. stanees surrounding the ferry lease, we cannot eseape the in evitable conclusion that there was collusion amounting to fraud be- tween the county commissioners taken from THE SEATTLE STAR CHILBERG FACES RAIL PROPERTY THREE CHARGES) IS DYNAMITED ! — | Banker Indicted on Different |Appeal for Troops Made in Counts California SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 11—An Appeal for #inte troops was made to- day by the Southern Py ¢ following | | Three separate indictments were returned againat J Chilberg, for: mer president of the Scandinavian American bank of Seattle, which the dynamiting of two Southern Pa closed ite doors June 30, 1921, The Cific water tanks at Newcastle, and crime charged ty “borrowing money |firiftg on a crowd last night at the from a banking corporation of which |#tation at Roseville, during whieh | he was an offt without being au-| Willlam Weetlake. puthern Pacific | | thorized by the board of directors of | RuArd, was wounded | the xaid corporation,” Dynamiters at Newoantle blew up H In the first indictment Chilberg ia | the two large water tanks there by charged with taining such an al-| Planting dynamite under the pipes) Wega! loan of $65,000 on Octo. | leading to the tanks, The tanks were ber 29, 1919 Jonly partially 4 yed, No clues to| The necond charges borrowing the identity of the bombers were din- $1,129.06 on September 4, 1919, and covered, according to the sheriff's of- the third of $747.44 on August 29,/floe at Auburn, which immediately 1919, |took up the inventigation, J, FB. Lane, cashier under Chil} bind berg, in charged with “knowingly SIGNAL UNION tting one of the officers and |directors of a banking corporation lof which he waa then an employe, said corporaticn.” |Shopmen Still Strong in Lane ts indicted twiee, once tn/ connection with the $65,000 loan to Walkout BY CHARLES K&L corporation without « resolution au thorizing the same and approved by a majority of the directors of to borrow funds of the said banking }Chitberg and again tn connection with the loan of $747.13 NCH Tho remaining five indictments! CHICAGO, July 11.—Railroad nal men today definitely announced charge «rand larceny. they would not join in the shopmen's One names as defendants County }Comminsioners Claude C. Ramany, | strike Thomas Dobson and Lou Smith and; D. W. Heit, head of the union, |Capt. J. L, Anderson. It in charged | "tated he had accepted an agreement that on January 19, 1920, the com. | tmflar to the compromise proposition missioners “willfully, unlawfully,/On which the maintenance of way fraudulently and feloniousiy” appro. | Union had called off their threatened printed to the J, HH. Price Construc- | strike, tion Co., “with Intent to defraud the| The flgnaimen will open negotia- county,” the sum of $2,208.21 of the |tions immediately with various rail- county's funds, Capt. Anderson ta |Foads in an effort to reach an agree alleged to have aided the transaction, |Ment on a new wage scale, Another indictment names the| In case this in not effective the same defendants ant contains «imi. |auestion will be brought before the liar charges, except that the sum in. |labor board and an award of a wage ‘olved {a $18,261.94, and the transac. |!nerease will be retronctive to July 2. | tion ix dated Mareh 29, 1920. Rank» of striking shopmen were | | Capt. John Anderson, Capt. Adolph held intact over the mont eriticnl} | Anderson, the three commissioners | Period of the walkout, thru sunport | land H. E. Tomkins are charged in|bY Wives of the workmen. Bert M the next indleteahnt, Jewell, union chief, deciared. Capt, John Anderton ts alleged Jewell said that none of the strike to have appropriated to his own |¢" returned to work on the exptra- use county fuel olf valued at [tion of the railroads’ ultimatum that $738.02. Adolph Anderson and | they would lone seniority and pension Tomkins are claimed to have ine |T#Dts. duced Capt. John Anderson to do | this, ‘The commissioners are named as abettors, | HERE’S MORE ABOUT The three commissioners and Tomkins are indicted again, the charge being that on May 4, these two docks 1970, $16,258.96 was unlawfully appropriated to the J. H. Price Construction Co. The concluding indictment ts tha’ RAIL STRIKE STARTS ON PAGE ONE against Charles B. Wood, county purchasing agent, and W. A _ Harding tonight, it was Weary”) Wilkins, proprietor of the ee at ge | White House. Paeific bindery Es eer to Wilkins t ald to have falsely ren: porte pn voce Ho aap at Go Tenented that he had furnished $1,200 aoe Paros en worth of Juatice court civil dockets to the county. and to have received pay for them, whereas, It Is charged, the goods never were delivered. Wood approved the claim for payment, It t* What They Say on Indictment), 20%, e951. -rotew “f know my transactions all were! shop workers here last night, the | aboveboard,” W. A. Wilkins «aid|strikers early this morning marched | Tuesday.” 1 know where I stand,'to the Southern Pacific shops and | and that is all there in to it. I am/formed a picket line nearly a mile} situation confronting the coun- try because of the coat and rail- road strikes was discussed, It fs expected the president will issue a warning that United States mails must not be inter. fered with, that interstate com- merece must be moved and that disorders and violence will not be tolerated, by the way, you'll have to furnish your own bathing suit.) The rest of the detatis later. coming HERE’S MORE ABOUT RADIO FILM STARTS ON PAGE ONE there'll be several acts from the regu- lar vaudeville bill One of the principal added at- tractions will be Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Douglas, Jr.'s, famous act, “Artists in Miniature.” Eleven accomplished little dancers take part in this act, featuring the justly celebrated Richardson twins, Clarice and Bernice, More details later. Every youngster in town is invited to the show. But in order to handle the crowds properly there must be tickets. So every boy or girl who attends will have to present the fol- lowing coupon. This is good for one admission, provided there 1s roorm— and the rule of “first come, first served,” will be followed. This will admit one boy or | its condition changed.” Briefly, summarizing the purchase of the county ferries and boats from |the Anderson Steamboat Co, and the| 4 port commission at a cost of $88,000, | the jurors found that the whole fleet was then placed under the manage- ment. of Capt. John Anderson in February, 1919. “The vessels purchased from the Anderson company were at this time | represented to be in firet class con- dition, but subsequent events proved that this wae not a fact,” It is stated “The operation of the ferry system by the board of county commiasion. jers from that time on, under Super | intendent John L. Anderson, was one of gross mismanagement, and an ap- parent system and scheme was en- tered into for the purpose of mis- leading and deceiving the taxpayers | of King county as to the value of the ferry system to the county and more particularly with regard to the cost of operation. “In their endeavor to show a loss in the operation of the fer. ries during the years 1919, 1920 and 1921, many large sums ex- pended for dock sites, terminals and other permanent improve- ments, instead of being spread over a term of years as costs to the system or shown as assets and improvements, were charged up to ‘operating expenses’ for the current yerr, clearly for the purpose of lending the taxpayers and the publie to believe that and John L. Anderson, and deceit | employed by them to mialeall the taxpayers and the public into be- leving the ferry system a great burden to the county and an un- | desirable utility to operate, with |» view to ultimately leasing the ferries to Anderson, as was done; or, that the commissioners care- leasly and negligently, without proper regord for the welfare of the county's affairs, and in dis regard of their own duty, gave over to Capt. J. L. Anderson such complote control of the ferry sys tem without any supervision by the commissioners of its affairs that they were enabled by a long series of acts of mismanagement to defraud and deceive them into | the belief that the ferries could | not and would not anywhere near pay for operation under county management, to the end that he | might obtain the lease of them for himself.” Appreciation is expresned of the| counsel and services of Prosecuting girl to The Star's radio film the ferry system was a great show at Pantages theater at burden to the taxpayers. 10:30 a. m. Friday, July 14, || “Repairs were made to the ferry |Lench! aggregating over $70,000, and 1922, | Legate’s Widow Is Pleased by Jury’s Verdict “I felt sure they would find my hubsand was murdered.” (The management reserves in excess of three-fourths of her Mrs. Anna Legate, widow of Pa the right to refuse admission original cost, and this vessel had troiman Charles O. Legate, amiled after the house is filled.) |been acquired from the port com-|‘Tuesday when informed that the | mission in reasonably good condition |but a short time before.” Althe different communities on Lake Washineton had asked for an opvortunity to bid on the ferry lease, no bids were called for, the renort charges, Instend, It states, the present lease with Captain Anderson was rushed thru with no publicity. At least one community offered to| lease, without any bonus at all, the} report states, while Capt. Anderson was given a bonus of 20,000 barrels of fuel oil, ; Charge Denied 3 by Chilberg J. EB. Chitberg, former president of the defunct Scandinavian American bank, declared Tuesday that he had no record of the $65,000 which the grand jury charges he borrowed with- out authority from the bank. “I never owed the bank that much when I left,” Chilberg said, The other borrowings specified in the grand jury indictment were for amounts pointed out, declaring that they were overdrafts which he did not make. under $2,000, Chilberg James F, Lane, cashier, charged “Furthermore,” it continues, “while all these negotiations were pending with the Kitsap com- pany for the Sound ferries, Capt. Anderson was very busy over- hanling and re-outfitting at the county's expense, all of the lake King county grand jury had declar ed Legate a murder victim, setting aside the verdict of a coroner's jury in which the officer was branded a ve waited #0 long for them to take some definite action,” said the little widow, “and I'm glad they have done #0. Perhaps some people will think differently now. But everyone knows the coroner's jury with its ver. dict of suicide was unimportant-—a mere nothing. “Some day they will murderer, too. “I want to thank The Star for ite catch Attorney Malcolm Douglas, and Deputy Prosecutors T. H. Patterson jand E. I. Jones. with assisting Chilberg with making campaign to clear name of the suicide stigma, and th a police pension.” my husband's ° help I have received in my fight for not worrying about the outcome.” kruntied Bellevue Capt. John L. Anderson, “ the first then mved $10,000 to Medina.” eral denial of all the charges him. Clande ¢ declared that the ferry lease and al jthe other matters alloged irregula re perfectly open and aboveboard "The fe lease,” Rarnany “ig as honest and straightforward « contract aa any man ever devised (have the utmost confidence that 1 / |brought into open court.” | Sidelights on '| Labor Session at Bremerton Federation of Labor convention, a . Monday. Bastern states,” Johnaon, w jan Inepection tour thruout the coun try, “are in direct vic fen.” | fairly @atiatactory over the Py |coast, but particularly excellent in Los Angeles, Mra. Johnson sald “I have in mind one large depart ment store in that city hour before work each morning. seems to—er” | day." ee with the old age pension campaign lof Bagles were recommended | State President William R, Short. cee | Mayor B. J. MeCall, of Bremerton, address, when he informed the dele gates that the police force had been rent on a fishing trip for the dura- Captain Anderson entered a gen ainst | ence would gain them nothing, and aid sald Mrs, » recently returned from | she paused for the |right word—"to jazz them for the Resolutions to co-operate heartily the| now fathered by the Fraternal Order by |made quite a hit in his welcoming “The whole trouble comes from dis | aaid| cept the nonstriking workers and at ry sery-| tempt to argue them Into joining the lice at any coat is what they, want. | strike. ‘The ferrien lont $28,000 one year, and| ing last night, there was much talk ear | ot when the Bellevue route waa changed | drivin Ramsay, chairman of|” the board of county commissioners, H r Ihave been attacked by the pickets. | I t will be so shown when this matter is | | Enforcement of the eight-hour law | jand the minimum wage for women | jin the state of Washington is more rigid than tn any other state in the eo. your health. Union, Mra. Delphine Johnson, state| gy, supervisor of women in industry, de- | clared in an address before the State ing practically no atten. |), | tion to the rural districts, and sweat. |), |shops, in which minors are employed | jest, that's how it seems: ation of child-labor legis: | jlation, are common in the large cit-!o¢ the Mount Baker, Alt | r where the| | girls are permitted to dance for an| of water surface in Arizona. It| loang from the bank without the au- thority of the loan committee closeted with his attorneys Tuesday morning and statement, was declined to make a Lodestone "ls a kind of rock hav- ing magnetic properties, boats, including those which had been sold to the county by the Anderson Steamboat Co,, even to the extent of equipping some of them with enough extra boiler tubes to run for several years; all of this in apparent anticipa tion of the lease which the com- Automobile License OLYMPIA, July 11,—-Motor vehiek licenses have brought in to the stat 005,000 already this year tire receipts for 1921 were only 82 928,000, Receipts Increase le e The en- tion of the convention. ee “I'm sorry," he said. “that T can’t give you the keys to the city, as ts customary on such occasions, some months ago euch action result ed in the elty runnin we've lost the keys. but » wide open, and long. Their ostensible purpose ts to inter When the men left the meet “marching into the shops and out the men who took our places ; Union officers told them that vio: urged them to form and maintain the ket line inntead. Up to an earty hour today only one striker was reported to nonunion He suceeded in making his escape, it was said. Union leaders dented the report. Immediately following meeting the entire police foree of the clty was mobilized in an attempt to maintain order. HERE’S MORE ABOUT JIM -ECAN STARTS ON PAGE ONE ered, averred that statistics prove Seattle's health Is far bet- tor since the carfaro was raised, Higher fare makes many per- sons walk who otherwise would ride, The more you walk the better it is Simple as putting cream in your coffee. Moreover, the alarming idea bobs up that i fares on the street cars were raised to a quar ter Seattle would probably be the healthiest city in the world. So, you see, doggone it, we can't a nickel carfare and keep as althy aé we can without it, At Just the same I'll bet that patrons Fauntle- n Lake Cowen Park and Gr Working conditions for women are cariines never will “get health,’ no fle matter what the fare. Not unless there are a few Marathon runners among them. There are only 116 square miles VINDICATION OF STACY IS ISSUED BY JURY FOREMAN Unintentionally omitted from the grand jury report, complete vindication of Ralph Stacey, who Chilberg as prest- candinavian Amert- can bank of Seattle, was ex: pressed Tuesday to Presiding Judge Calvin 8. Hall by L. G Horr, the jury foreman. Horr said that Stacey's assist. ance in the investigation was ap- preciated, and that the grand jury realized that he was greatly handicapped by the condition in which he found the bank when taking charge, it of the Te EN Uti be ie the | _ FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE as" DOWISTAIRS STORE —unusually attractive | red, brown or black —trimmed with white pique, white lawn, contrasting material and wide — A Special Purchase of 1,000 Gingham Dresses | To Sell at $ 1. 65 Each, Wednesday styles, five as sketched. | —of firm ginghams in checked and small plaid patterns of blue, pink, and white. Sizes 36 to 44. On sale Wednesday, at $1.65. A Featured Offering, Wednesday, of Wd |_| 200 Pairs of Patent Strap Pumps At $ 4.45 air SPECIAL purchase permits this very low price on Women’s Patent Pumps of the modish cut-out pattern pictured, with light- weight sole and medium heel with rubber top lift. Sizes 244 to 8 Unusually low-priced at $4.45 pair. Widths A and D_ THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE After a searching inquiry of nine weeks duration, the King county grand jury apparently has gone far toward unraveling the network of mystery that has surrounded the killing of Officer Charles 0. Legate. Unparalleled in the history of the Northwest, the slaying of the Seat- tle policeman in the Main st. gar- age, early March 17, has become) famous mainly for the nearly im- penetrable shroud of mystery in which it has been cloaked, Legate, with two ballets thru his head—one piercing his right cheek, the other penetrating his forehead—was found sprawled— on the floor of an auto In the garage at 3:30 a. m., two hours after he had left his compan- ions, Sergeant E, W. Pielow and Patrolman Tom Walsh, ‘The circumstances of the case were baffling. Legate’s gun had been fired twice. It was standing in the hol- low of his neck and right shoulder, where it had been carefully placed by the murderer to indicate suicide, Inside the car, blood lashes in- dicated a struggle, A blood pool on the running board had been splashed by a foot, as tho the slayer had stepped there in placing the revol. ver, A tiny smear from a finger was imprinted on the rear of the auto, on the outside. But the most significant clue was a third bullet hole of the identical caliber of Legate’s pis- tol, thra the floor, just outside the auto, It was fresh and bright, and had been fired at the same time as the two that had caused Legate’s death. High police officials, after mak- jing a hurried investigation, declared the patrolman had committed sul- e. cu ‘This declaration immediately gave rixe to rumors of police seandal, involving many officers. The police department was rife with whispered comments as to the identity of the supposed slayer, for no patrolman believed Legate had killed — himself. Curiously enough, the identity of the one accused did not differ, altho members of the force ad- mitted they had no direct evi- dence upon which to base the necusation, Legate and Piclow had, a month Light Shines Thru in Legate Mystery weeks for failure to keep their dis- tricta free of undesirable women. May Curtis, owner of a house direct- ly acrosa the street from where Le gate was slain, was arrested and fined in police court on testimony offered by Police Inspector Hans Damm. Rumors were current at police headquarters that Legate had “talked too much" regarniing conditions near |May Curtis’ place, and that he had incurred the tll will of other persons. Tom Walsh, brother officer, also testified that Legate might have been slain by a bootlegger, citing an episode in which he said Legate had asked him to join in “knocking over” a liquor runner. The grand jury called many wit- nesses who did not testify at the tn- quest, and who are believed to have furnished much additional evidence of corruption and graft in the depart- |ment. That indictments were not re- |turned against several accused per- | sons by the grad jury is supposed to indicate that their testimony was dis- nesses, FIRE RELIEF IN Fighting Flames Dlazing stubbornly over fighting desperately Tuesday check the ravages of the flames, For the first time since the disas- trous fires broke out in the tim- ber, the weather bureau offered a slight hope of rain, At two points along the coast it rained lightly Monday. threatened to worth of virgin Douglas fir, is re- ported checked, A fire in Snohomish county, start- ing at Hazel on the Arlington-Dar- rington road, is sweeping slowly over a 10-mile front and is being destroy $1,000,000 previously, been suspended for two checked by a force of 100 men, jDuses in London pays $1,000,000 a credited by the character of the wit- SIGHT; RAIN DUE Hundreds of Men Still Are With half a dozen forest fires| Western Washington, hundreds of men were to} The fire east of Eatunville, which Poindexter Senator Club Is Organizec L. B. Stedman was elected presi club of King county, at a meeting the Frye hotel Monday night. Mi Ida Coffin was chosen secretary. The county organization will be started immediately. ae ‘The company operating the omni- year for the licenses for thelr ve- hicles, Cabinet Refrigerator | 25-pound ice capacity, $25.00 50-pound Ice capacity, $30.00 —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE “REDERICK & NELSO! IPALACE:HiIp *° Phil Adams and G Other Acts as Good KIDDIES 10c ANY TIME Feature Photoplay Richard Dix “Poverty