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‘ MONDAY, JULY 31, 1922. FIVE DROWN IN PORTLAND ACCIDENTS! Auto Plunges Off, Ferry and Three Boys Perish;| Swimmers Die PORTLAND, July 31.—At least five persons met death by drowning | tm the Willamette river near here Frank, Ted and Peter Alax, all under nine years of age, were Growned at the east end of the St John's ferry when the automobile in| Which they were riding with their parents was thrown into reverse | gear by mistake and somersaulted backward from the ferry. James Spencer, 21, was drowned | while swimming. as was Nisaemon Noyanu, a Japanese. LEGION TO GIVE BIG REVUE HERE Ticket Selling Campaign Already Under Way A “midsummer revue” will be giv. ‘@n at the Arena the evening of Aug st 24, at $ o'clock, under the aus Pices of Seattle post No. 18, Ameri- Committees have been formed, with Frank Marshall as general chairman, and it is the Intention to ‘on a show consisting of a band vaudeville and dance. Re be obtained from the differ and cabarets in bed. campaign has been has been George i eit! iff ig ie . Rue ms and Gus of rivalry | as a ban-/ the winning | i é i i , & z ri under heavy due to organizing and the American Legion band. | being given to eae | i funds to pay off this Indebtedness. July 31-—The corporation contin-| price by tte when cuts ranging from $10 to were made on Chevroleta. Effective yesterday, cuts of $40 to $150 were announced tn the Oakland and cute from $150 to $240 in the Oldsmobile models. ‘The Chevrolet cut was effective at} once. ACCUSE 2 OF BONUS FRAUD Because they are alleged to have | attempted fraud in trying to collect | state soldiers’ bonus warrants, Geo. | G. Reynolds and Albert Lofthus were | held Monday in the county jail.) Reynolds. in a complaint filed before} Justice of the Peace John B. Gor-| don, is charged with presenting a claim for $265 bonus after he had al-| ready received one bonus check. | Lofthus, in another complaint, ts alleged to have made false oath in ap-! plying for bonus. | He made affidavit that he had not | received any extra compensation | while serving tn the spruce division, | whereas, it is claimed, he had re} eetved $493.41 extra pay. | . . . } Marine Biological | * Station Is Closed | Ninety-three students, representa. | tives of the colleges of 11 states and | two foreign countries, were prepar-| ing Monday to return to their homes after the close of the University of ‘Washington Marine Biological station at Friday Harbor Saturday. Grave professors and beardiess stu- dents from all parts of the country ‘were more than satisfied with the course of instruction, and all were heartily in favor of the contemplated removal of the station to Point Cau- tion, near Friday Harbor, made necessary by the growth of the sta- tion. ‘The new site, which was deeded to the University by a recent act of congress, includes 435 acres and was formerly a military reservation. Gopher Club Will Picnic on Saturday | The Gopher club, composed of for- mer Minnesotans who now live in Seattle, will hold tts annual picnic at | ‘Woodland park Saturday afternoon. Coffee will be served by the club at 6 p.m. Launch, cups and spoons must be brought by picnickers, the announcement states. Senator Crow Is Reported Dying UNIONTOWN, Pa. July 31. —~— United States Senator William EF. Crow was reported near death today. Crow, who has been in iI! health for months, suffered a relapse yes-| terday. Airplane Crash Is Fatal to Two Men MIDDLETON, N. Y., July 31— Lieut. Tracey Lyons, O. R. C., avia- tion section, U. 8. A. and Augustus Altemeyer, Jr., of Port Jervis, were burned to death yesterday when their airplane crashed to the ground. A broken propeller was the cause of the none dive WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Water will be shut off on How- ell #t., from Terry ave. to Denny 1, from & way, Tuesday, August a. m. to 6 p. m. ‘ | said. | | influence of narcotics as absurd. He THE SEATTLE STAR OH Boy! MY FAVORITE Foo0, ’ HERE’S MORE ABOUT STRIKES CAREY ACCUSER' MAY BE CHARGED Jurist Not Drunk, Declares Adoption of a policy on seniority— Judge Hall major issue of the shopmen’s strike, ‘That action by efther the Seattl®) now in ite 3lst day—and of a pro- Bar association or the State Bar! gram for tomorrow's important meet- Association grievance committees ing of heads of 148 ronda, were the will be taken against Attorney J. E.| main tasues before the Eastern presi- McGrew, whose affidavit and those | dents of several other persons charged) Leaders of the four railroad asso- Superior Judge Daniel H. Carey cilations of the country, eastern, weat- with being drunk on the bench, waslern, southern freely rumored Monday. indicated there STARTS ON PAGE ONE club here today. wil be a firm re Several additional! attorneys have |funal on the part of the roads if the | to be made! administration's public tomorrow, includes restoration indicated their intention to make plan, affidavits in support of Judge Carey. Superior Judge Calvin 8. Hall also declared Monday that Judge Carey was not Intoxicated on the bench In Seattle, June 23. “Immediately after Judge Carey diaminsed the case which has caused the attack upon him, he visited me in my chambers; and I know that at that time was not intoxicated nor had he been drinking,” Judge Hall strikers. At the sume time ft was rumored that the carrier heads would accept Harding's proposal under protest, while rejecting !t tn principle. eee ‘SHOPMEN ARE Judge Hall dismissed the charge | BY JAMPS T. KOLBERT the| WASHINGTON, July %1—The jconfident prediction that 400,000 es - adaante to Judge Carey) ttcing railway shopmen will be COP IMPERSONATOR FINDS NEW VICTIM, POLICE TEAR HAIR Driven frantic by a wrong four times repeated, Seattle police of- ficers were tearing their locks Monday tn desperation, after ef. forts to catch a burglar who im personates a cop had failed. Charles Brown, the fourth vic- tim, was taking a shave Mon- day morning when the “officer” rapped on his door at the Idaho hotel. “You're under suspicion as a bandit,” gritted the “cop” flash- ing a star on his astonished vic- tim. “I gotta search yer room.” And search he did, while Brown gazed, open-mouted. fo successful was the “cop” that he found $180 cash in Brown's suitcase. This he con fiscated, saying “You'll get it back after the trial. After the “cop” had departed, Brown called up headquarters. that Judge Carey was under week, possibly before, was made to- day by government officials who |have been handling the critical aitu- jation caused by the twin coal and raft | strikes. | Messages to the White House dur. Ing the jast 24 hours show that a ma- jority of the 148 railroad executives who will meet In New York tomor terms for settlement of the strike. The president's terms, as stated by the United Preas, already have been virtually accepted by the shopmen leaders, and the meeting of the 90 members of the atrikers’ policy com. mittee In Chicago tomorrow will be mainly for the purpose of ratifying this agreement eee DISTRIBUTION | OF FUEL SOO WASHINGTON, July 31—The gt- fanic fuel administration systém of the government and individual states —designed to save necessary indus- tries from full effect of the fuel fam. ine—will be tn full operation within 48 hours, Secretary of Commerce Hoover announced today. The first action will be to convey | suffictent coal from producing mines to public utilities thruout the nation, Hoover anid. MAY KEEP GOBS | The rationing board, however, can | | not hope to meet all needs. Hoover jestimated between 8,250,000 and | 8,500,000 tons of bituminous coal must be produced each @eek to satis fy the necessary demands for the |remainder of the year, Thig cannot possibly be done unless the strike in settled. Tho average production a week is now less than 4,000,000 tons. ee Law Revision May Vigorous dental waa made Monday by Mayor Brown of charges that the administration is lax in dealing with immoral conditions in the city. Brown declared that he would hold a conference with Capt. C, P. Kin delberger, senior medical officer of the 13th Naval district, on the vice question. Navy officials are threatening to! |deny further shore liberty to men of the fleet because of the alarming in- |crease of infectious diseases contract ed here, “Every reported case has been act upon immediately,” the mayor sala. But many of the wenn #0 | reas by the railroad labor board this ported are difficult to find, as they | “**k lchange their addresses frequently.”|, Ch#irman Ben W. Hooper, of the | Dr. H. M. Read, health commis. | 08rd, made this announcement to Istoner, charged that the police were|4%Y, After a conference with Prent lax in arresting disorderly women, |%Mt Harding at the White Houne. declaring that of 37 reported only}. Hooper said final detalln of the one was arrested. Threaten to Desert Alien Dope Addicts Wholesale deportation of undesir- |able aliens is hinted in a letter from | |the department of labor to the local |narcotic officials, requesting a list of all aliens now in prison who were leonvieted on violation of the Harrt son narcotics act | i tures. WASHINGTON, July 31.—Revi- [ston of the Esch-Cummins rallroad |supervision law, to avoid further | strike fils, will be proposed to con strike were discussed Hart Summerises Tax Body’s Report Repeal of the poll tax. Increase tn |the present cent-a-galion gasoline |tax. Opposition to state sales or in jcome tax. A state budget system under which the legislature would have authority only to cut expendi State control of auto bus lines and of assessment of property These are the principal recom endations made by the atate tax In. veatigation committee, according to a summary issued by Gov, Louis F. | Hart. ] FOUR FREE SCHOLARSHIPS |are announced for the coming season by the Guilmont Organ school, of New York city. This offer is made to talente students of both sexes | Applications should be made to the home office, 17 HK. 11th st, New York. In Bangkok, Siam, canals are the principal thorofares for traffie, THE CAKE HE WANTED] and southwestern, | | of complete seniority rights to the! READY TO GO back at their posts by the end of the , | |row will accept President Harding's | Aid Strike Peace| Harding plan for solution of the rail | Girls Cc ompete } to Be Crowned Sheba’s Queen |Splendor Will Reign at Oriental Fiesta in White Center | Miss Gertrude Coates | Portrait by James & Merrihew | Miss Gertrude Coates, shown | im the accompanying photo, is | Just one of the five fair contest- ants now seeking the Oriental robes and regal splendor of | Queen of Sheba | The contest is now belng held tn |anticipation of the Oriental fiesta planned by 10 organization in the southern part of the city for August 16, 17, 18 and 19. The Queen of Sheba will reign during the pageant jin all the glory that was once her namesake's, according to plans now under way Mins Coates was nominated by the Young People’s Community club | Other entrants are Miss Elsie Bate. |man, of the Dumar Improvement b, Miss Beatrice Barrager, White| 8 Athletic club, Miss Luell | Menard, Harmony Improvement club, and Miss May Anderson, of the South Park Campfire giris | The fiesta will be one of the most | gorgeous and beautiful productions | Seattic has yet seen, according to ; the management and will be staged | jat White Center, “under the green | Nght.” } Four thoroly Ortental pageants, |]| Jone for each night, have been} planned, the first to be “Mohammed's | | Pligrimage to Mecca.” The Way farer chorus will open the pageant with a song program, The second Pageant will be “The Four Visions of Gautamau Buddha,” dealing with the Buddhist religion, while the third | night will be featured by “The Jew |ish Passover.” On the fourth even- jing, “The Marriage Market of Pales | tine” will be presented. This night | will be for churches and veteraus’ or-| | ganizations | The “green light” of the production | is explained as an Oriental luck em blem | In addition to the Queen of Sheba, a Shiek of the fiesta will be selected by vote from among the handsom ent men of the 10 clubs, it was an: noun The Shiek will rank with the qu © as rulers of the pageant, | German Author to Give Lecture Here Gustav Frenasen, pastor-novelist of | Germany, will lecture Friday night Jat Turner hall on conditions In Ger. many. The talk will be under the |auspices of the Sons of Herman, | CONDITIONS IN the tee, coal and | movie industries will be discussed at the regular meeting of the 100 Per Cent club Monday. ~ TO8 ANC E8.--Rudolph Dorn, 28, killed when he leaps or falls from the third floor of lodging house, } {ported this morning DELEGATES HELD IN RAID ON SHIP Huge Booze Seizure Result of “Floating Convention” ‘Three men were in the elty jall Monday and « fourth was out) on his personal recognizance as the result of a rafd on the steam: er Spokane, on which the Western Confectionery association held its re cent “floating convention.” Two hun. dred and sixty quart) of liquor were seized aboard the vessel. ‘The raid was made Saturday night and, altho desperate efforta were made to obtain the release of the men on ball, the attempt# were suc: | ceasful in only one tnstance., Charles M, Thomsen, seeretary-treasurer of | the Denny-Renton Clay & Coal Co., who wan one of the delegates to the convention, was freed Sun-| day, but Horace Ridley, manager of | the New England Confectionery company, of Chicago; W, L. McLean, purser of the ship, and B. R, Gilles. ple, freight clerk on the Spokane, were still in jail, A warrant was | issued for Chester E. Roberta, prest dent of the Imperial Candy company, but had not yet been served. The raid was planned by Prohibi- tion Director Roy Lyle when he was informed by customs officers that many of the delegates to the candy convention had attempted to smug gle liquor ashore when the vessel docked Friday. Lyle said the candy men had pur. chased 400 quarts of liquor at Prince Rupert, B. C., while en route to Alaska during the convention. MEDFORD, Ore. July 31,.—Sheriff | Cc. KE. Terrill of Jackson county, whone tenure of office waa threaten ed by a special recall election last | Saturday, will continue as sheriff by & majority of 305 votes, Practically | every precinct in the county had re Terrill's opponents alleged that he wan lax in the enforcement of law, and that he was on terms of tn timacy with booze runners. All this Terrill denies, and today claimed the vote of a majority of the Jackson county electorate in nothing short of a vote of confidence in his adminis tration. ‘The Jackson county grand fury this morning resumed its hearings of alleged outrages laid to the Kiu) Klux Klan tn this county. Arthur Burr, pearo bootbiack, who left the country with revolver bullets clip. ping up the dust at his heels, follow. ing @ nearhanging, accoriing to his statement, wan testifying. HERE’S MORE ABOUT TREAT STARTS ON PAGE ONE to sports and society, however. He was equally prominent in civic and patriotic affairs. He was a member of the commis sion from the chambers of commerce of the Pacific coast that went to Japan some years ago to study trade conditions. He rerved as a private in the first business men's training camp held in the Northwest tn 1914, later becoming president of the pre paredness organization. Me was an officer of the North. west Aero club and during the w was chairman of the Seattle automo- bile corps. Treat bullt the Loyal Heights atreet car line and Inter sold ft to the! city of Seattle, He wan a heavy property owner In Seattle and was also interested in numerous mining properties, In addition to ins widow and two daughters, he ts survived by a brother, Maj. Gen, Charles Gould Treat, who commanded the American army in Italy during the war. He was a member of the Golf, Rainier and University clubs. U Second Summer Session Started Opening for a six werks’ courne, the second summer session of the University of Washington started Monday with 1,959 students in at tendance. Of this number the great er portion were present for the first session. SALT LAKE CITY.—Two robbers escape but thelr loot, consisting of street car fare box, recovered, when thetr machine crashes Into telephone Ie. | FREDERICK & NELSON | DOWNSTAIRS STORE Patent One-strap Pumps $3.95 HIS new Pump ar- rival presents es- pecially attractive value at this , price. In the | graceful model pictured, | with Cuban heel and rubber top lift. Sizes 4 to 8. Widths B, C and D. Priced at $3.95 pair. THE DOWNSTAIRS STOR 1 . PAGER. FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE Beginning Wednesday, August 16th A Four Weeks’ Course in Dressmaking and Tailoring By Mrs. Juditha Blackburn ‘OMEN who have had experience in sewing will profit by the course as well as women who have had none at all, for new solutions of sewing problems will be presented in addition to first prin- ciples. Two Free Introductory Lectures Monday, August 14th, and Tuesday, August 15th at 2:45 p. m, Auditorium, Fifth Floor. Enrollment Fee for Entire Course, $3.00 Enrollment Desk, Pattern Section, First Floor. Featured Values at $1.50 NEW purchase brings this attractive savil opportunity. The Sweaters are of soft, light weight wool yarns in plain and novelty stitch, affo ing choice of Copenhagen Light-blue Tan White —plain shades or with contrasting trimming. Sizes 2 to 6 years. Unusual values at $1.50. —THE DOWNST. Pink Fu Of Taffeta, Duvetyn Velvet make the most of th lovely materials, sin or in combination, ioning them into dro ing-brim, upturned-b and draped Hats of Infants’ Lisle Vests, 25c HESE finely-woven Vests are in highneck and long-sleeved style, with shell trimming and mercerized draw- string at neck. Sizes from % to 1 year, 26¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE cided smartness, do with vulture - featl r brims, velvet flowers, — Women’s bows, quills and novell beads. i Bloomers, 25c ESE pink knitted Jersey Bloomers are generously cut, and finished with elastic at waistline and knee, Sizes 5, € and 7. Low-priced at 25¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Men’s Wool Bathing Suits $2.95 Goof quality wool yarn ts used in these Bathing Suita, some with contrasting stripes on skirt, others with body stripes, Sizes 36 to 44. Low priced at $2.05. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 600 Yards of Japanese Crepe ° Special 22c Yard BROKEN assortment, many of the pieces in short lengths—offering choice of pink, yellow, orange, green, brown, light-, medium- and dark-blue. oad A quality of Japanese Crepe that makes up admirably in house frocks and children’s wear—special 22c yard. 500 Yards of Bleached Linen-finish Suiting Special 2J2c Yard A firm, durable cloth similar to Indian Head, suitable for nurses’ uniforms, luncheon cloths and napkins and buffet scarfs, Thirty-six inches wide, special 22c yard. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE ‘A delightful foretaste of the season-to-come afforded in this new showing at $7.50, $8.50, $10.00 and $12.50. ie The Hat sketched combines beige duvetyn — and taffeta, with graceful sash edged with — ribbosene, $12.50. -~THE DOWNSTAIRS 81 wns Men’s Athletic Union Suits Special 65c 250 Suits in this offering—made of good nainsook and well-tailored. Sizes 34 to 44, s at 65¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS —— i Fruit Jars Special 95c Dozen CONOMY JARS of white smooth - finish @ glass with lacquered top and clamp (elimi- nating the use of rubber rings), Pint or Quart size, 95¢ dozen. KERR SELF -SEALING JARS, of white glass, sealed with cap and ring (require no rub- ber rings). Pint or Quart size, 95¢ dozen. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE A New Shipment of Boys’ Extra-Knickerbocker Suits, $8.95 OYS who are getting an early start on their school-outfitting will be in- terested in these Two-trouser Suits. They are made of good, long-wearing suitings in light-brown, dark-brown and dark-gray; with yoke back and inverted plait. Sizes 7 to 17 years. Priced at $8.95. BOYS’ SPORT BLOUSES in woven-stripe madras, with short sleeves and low neck —sizes 8 to 15 years—S5¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE

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