The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 26, 1922, Page 8

THE BON MARC Ba POIRET TWILL Dresses these Navy Blue Poiret sleeves, yarn, bead and braid trimmings. Exceptional Values in 500 Brand New CORSETS t figure. Fancy pink coutil—satin-striped. » Farmer Relief Plans in Congress a= E = Q, l iH EE Hl - ! BUTLER CAFE IS DECORATED Holiday Dress Is Gift to Proprietor g : 5d i ! RGAIN BASEMENT No Deliveries—No Show Cases—No Expensive Space Your Quarters Go Farther Here ! Extraordinary Event! Watch for The Bon Marche’s Bargain Basement’s Startling Announcement Tomorrow 38 BRAND NEW 10 New, Different Styles! Absolutely new and different are Twill Dresses, of straight lines, short fuller skirts and loose, flowing panels. Many with elas- tic girdle belts; unusually attrac- tive with their new embroidery, ] 99 lastic 12-inch girdles; sizes 24 to 80.........91.95 bust Corsets with free hip, long skirt, for medium : striped coutil; sizes 22 to 30........$1.95 ‘op Corsets, with free hip and long skirt =e Sizes Tin sk cebayeiences $1.95 Afvantageousty bought and Children’s Sample Hosiery » jobber from a suasetactarer when the 25¢ Pair season wae unusually quiet. Brocaded satin Girls’ Fleeced ith pinin satin foes t 4 Siahe atin heated Ghee Union Suits 85¢ 3 to 7. Siaes 2 to 16 A truly unique Christmas present was received by John Savage, pro- prietor of the Butler hotel, from his wife. Mrs. Savage wanted to give him something useful and at the. same time beautiful, so she conceived | the idea of redecorating the Butler! cafe for him. It was « tremendous task. The en- | tire Interior was transformed into a bower by means of hundreds of huge flower shades, one being placed over every lamp. Thts entailed the man-! z z z i rill at ie FS ih £ H i EL} sE238 i & ! ils HH Li : ‘ i i lf ul 52s i 7 5 z i ! ° = bin, to the or rom | Despite continued silence . r vmarre'in the cot |\0f Pola Negri and Charlie Second and James.|Chaplin, screen stars, shown they do work atiahove, rumors persist they -igpr cin grad aged ill be married soon after half as big an|J@uary 1. That's when Pola You feel better, now,|Negri’s interlocutory decree Advertisement. for divorce becomes final. HE 99 2,400 Pairs Women’s ufacture of 78,000 pink tinted petals, each composed of two sheets of tie | mue paper, which had to be courted | and colored. | ‘The present was ready tn time for) Christman, and it was enjoyed not only by ite recipient, but also by the hundreds of. guests who had thet» Christmas @mnere in the cafe Mon- | day night. vided by practically al) of the other | cafes and retaurants, all of which were crowded from early morning until the small nours of the morning aftcr. Outside of the Butler, the most Pretentious celebrations were held at the Bungalow, the Hotel Washing ton, the Hote! Gowman, the Indian | Summer, the Lotus and Blanc’s. = | Most of Seattle, of course, celebrat.— e4 at home, but thousands were downtown, as waa evidenced by the fact that ali the theaters were sold out, and it was imponsible to get into any of the larger cafes unless reser: vations had been made days in ad- vance. ALLENTOWN, Pa—Mies Edith Dwyer, 18, daughter of Frederick | Dwyer, chief of Inland Mission tn the province of Shansi, China, walka for first time in her life after under. going operation on hip at Mayo hor. pital in Rochester, Minn. Spends Christmas in Allentown, | THE SEA to right, Congreseman George and John Philip Hill of Maryla SCORES SALMON LABOR SYSTEM Commissioner Would Stop Exploitation BAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 2¢-~The| Chinese contracting system of re eruiting labor for Alaska salmon can. | neries is called “Inhuman and revolt.) Ing to every American ideal of fair play and funtion” in the annual re port of the atate labor comminstoner, which will be made public tomorrow. | Labor Commissioner Walter Math @wron hae been tn touch with the la in the saimon fields im accord with of Max Stern, who recently an expose of the “Chinese gang” and the Alaska “hell ships” | for The Star. | The Mathewson report Oeserthes | the hiring of thousands of white workers by Chinese, the poor pay. the exploitation of the Mexican « other workers by a middleman co! jer and outfitter, and the gambling, underfeeding and overworking of the mon Mathewson then calle for some tm, mediate remedy of the situation thry appropriate legislation, 4 “There appears to be no just and valid reason for the existence and the continuance of this antiquated Chinese contracting system,” he says tn hie report. ‘The report says “In order to fully realize the sito | ation, tt will be necessary to explain the methods resorted to tn the hir a i SR, ~~ wrote “Aa @ rule, the company owning Or Operating the cannery enters Into | & contract with a Chinese contractor, | whereby the Chinese contractor | agrees to furnish all the help neces | mary to clean, pack, cook, label and box al! the salmon delivered to him | at a certain cannery. “The contractor agrees to pay the | Chinese contractor a certain amount for each case of salmon packed, and | guarantess & minimum number of cases, If no salmon ts packed—by | reason of the failure to deliver the | fish at the cannery, which may arise | when the salmon are not running— | the Chinene contractor recetves hia | contract price. } “The Chinese contractor guaran. | tees to deliver a certain number of | men necessary to operate the can- | nery, and i penalized for each man | he ie short on the day of the sailing | of the company’s ships / “As soon ax the Chinese contractor signs up with the company, he aub- | lets his contract to several other sub- | contractors.” “These subcontractors go among their own people and hire them for the season at a fixed sum, thin year $170, & season. “This sum is, as a rule, the full amount that the Chinese contractor has allowed the sub-contractor, but the sub-contractor figures to make his money from the privileges of run. ning the outfitting store and from the gambling. “The Chinese contractor advances $10 for each man to the sub-con- tractor, The sub-contractor turns} this amount over to his men, but not directly, Usually he permits them to £0 to some store which he selects, where they can purchase clothes, and he often pays their room and board up to the time of sailing, for it must be understood that the hirtng of men goes on for months before the ship sails, “When the men are on board the ship, whatever tn left of the advance money after the above deductions | have been made ts paid to them. “The Chinese contractor furnishes the food on the voyage to and from and during the time the men are at | the cannery. This food consists of | the regular Chinese tare—rice, tea, | Vancouver vs. Seattle Wednesday, Dec. 27 8:30 P. M. Sharp Admission $1.10, $1.40, $1.75 (Tax included) Reserved seats on sale at the Arena Box Offices, 1210 Fifth Ave. Phone Main 2498. Ice Skating During the Holidays the Arena will be open for ice ekating morning, afternoon and evening except Wednesday and Sunday, “BARLEYCORN TWINS” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1922. 'Bank Head Scores War TTLE STAR Princess Ordered | to Leave England | LONDON, Deo, 26-—Princess Nine * Fi t of Tuussia, bride of Prince Paul inance Cor poration rir wise a mine jo WASHINGTON, Deo. 26.—Want to abled to unload the debts owed them| warnings from communists that she buy « farm here one up 10/by «mall country banks onto the | must leave England. North Dakota listed for wal >| tnieed Meanen boventinent. wh wee - linquent taxes, to which you can buy t JACKSONVILLE, -— Claudine ¥. | te tax title, for $11.04 just « transfor, and the elty bank got| | JACKMONT Ne mes at wife Thin was just one of the things | its cash from the government. lend instantly killa mother-in-law, John F! Sinclair, Minnesota banker,| “These country bankers,” said Mr! vrg. Agnes Gore, 65, after stagger agricultural ¢ Sinclair, “felt thet when the War| ing into home Christmas night whats other day Finanes Corporation waa put thru,|family group celebrates, The ” “Agriculture in the North,” #8/4/ i+ was to help the farmer.” | exsaped Sinclair, “in going to pleces at the; 3 LLL, |present moment. In. one county jalone in North Dakota are " ot % I ATES 4,000 farms for male, i | HOME-MADE CHOCOL . | farmer can’t even pay hin taxes, let RUITS In the four states of Minnesota, below must observe Note: Persone wishing the bulletin described North Dakota, fouth Dakota and directions and send applications to The Star's Washington bureau, Montana total taxes have increase: Bont co —Editor. sian 600,000 600 ta 2018 to 9000.00 and not to the Seattle office —Faito oars Pas ewe wong tp At! about how to make ‘em at home. Delicious home confections ince teahniraie te dai, 46 deae.- of thin kind are just what you will want for the Christmas season, srots, Soup,eee.s00 in. 1988, 0 9 for gifts and for parties thruout the winter season. Our Washing- Leehene 5m: SPR On Tearennn Gr O90 ton bureau has collected, complied and tested dandy bunch of | ber cont recipes covering ali kinds of home-made chocolates and candied “That te an overhead which, like frulte, If you want this bulletin of suggestions, just fill out the additional ta has to be met. It coupon below and mai) to our Washington bureau = | Waan't 60 difficult to meet these over " heads when wheat was $3.60 a bushel, Two of the wettest wets in congress are shown here Con yu: when the farmer gets less than Washington Bureau, The Seattle Star, |gratulating eac hother on their proposed changes in the 18th) 90 cents, as he got thin fall, and as 1588 New sot Ave. yen ow podyet yrete” end ; 7 a 1 the bulletin, indied ipo | amendment which would virtually wipe it out. They are, left|»* ' continuing to get at certain want ft y points in the West today, I do not Inclose herewith four cents in stamps to cover postage H. Tinkham of Massachusetts mailing. nd, seo how it Is possible for him to pay off his overhead, let alone ny- }thing left for his family.” beans, ‘salt horse’ potatoes out! Sinclair ts president of @ corpora NEMO. ... o0c0s+ -ncneeeamnne de 0 en enne a eeneende snes S6Ae ewer other rough food.” jtion which controls 16 country } Street and No... ees +o encesaseees ae si Gee ERE coeeet Mathewson te preparing laws to|DANK®. Speaking for those, and alro present to the next jegtslature to for 294 other banks Tn the North ae dane ce ncetesses sensseooacesesseeeees: went made some pertinent state tet eee mm enemes om remedy some of the conditions| me regarding the War Minance brought about by what he calls the | Corporation and Ita operation. eeeesecseees ‘antiquated method of tation and humiliation.” labor expiol-| He nald it had been « fine thing | for the city banka. They were en The National’s First-of-the-Year Furniture Clearance Sale Just a few items from the various departments are pictured and priced—at timely reductions ne possible by our Annual Clearance Event. The following values are typical of the complete stoc. Recker In artered Genuine ther Rocker, This Three-pisce Overstuffed Sat, consisting of davenport, arm chair and ae, “waxed = fumed large, comfortable, well- ficewide chy Pull web construction, th ofl tempered eprings, The finish. Auto spring seat . with off tempered bul springs, eelling at... eloura pA in leather, ppnoistery, In assorted rie Bale Price $225.00 .. $11.75 Dining Table in Quart Quartered Oak Buffet—in Oak, 46-inch a on olden, wax or fumed S-inch pedestal, tum: Fini; bee. 2-ineh top, a A ag finish. This Witham ond Mary et ee. fet in bo ay se in Oak—6-foot ex- ° e tension table, large buffet and four chairs, wit! 1m oa ale at. $39.75 shops $29.50 Teather pests: On Sale al senint.. $97.50 Its Easy to Pay — — the National Way _ 8 AWEEK will buy $80 1.00 0 vert ot Persie 8 A WEEK will by $75 1.50 * worth of Furniture #2.00 A WEEK will buy $100 $5.00 Down Werth of Furniture 8 A WEEK will buy $200 3.00 erent of Furuta $3, 50 A WEEK will buy $250 $12.50 DOWN worth of Furniture This Dedroom Davenport tn Quartered Oak— fumed or wax FIBER FERNERT— & selection finish, covered Weak tn Pabriquotd leather. A fing ‘enport that and gold, or parchment, on Sale at ro) when needed $59.50 Conventent Ena Table in Ma- hogany finish, used with a sofa or Bee 97:75 We Charge No Interest- Mahogany finish; ¢0 wide, Davenport Table, in inches by 20 Thie Motal Bed, with tinuous inch con- and l-inch fillers, = This Massive Brass Bed, conttnuow: nin Martin finish: Amertoan Walnut Bedroom Suite, consisting of . . 7 bed, dresser with fine mirror ana chit: ‘oni hadet, ee nee Bae, reves . forette, The Now Pricd...e.eeseeee . Bale Price ....0.. . Cotton Felt Mattress, built In layers; bes. roll i se, me uffied an ‘Westen Ome gicsty Zon in white ality of ticking enamel; has drop aides, . Bale Price. . $12.50 and ts priced at....... eee e Open a Convenient Credit Account at the National! Steel Range, with pole This Clearance Sale gives you a chance to save money on house furnishings a t show! } y Ing of fine feed oP eenitary ang have the advantages of National Credit. We want you to open an account, oot’ Laan ante med, with the convenient terma shown above. ‘ nh me Will _give gpod trite $69.00 National Rirniture G. = 418-424 PIKE STREET, CORNER F/FTH “ nn