The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 17, 1923, Page 9

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Warmer Weather Forces Reduction CHICAGO, Jan, 11.—Eare and coal prices have Uropped matertalty ner | as the result of continued warm weather. Whotesale prices of ems have 17, 1928, FERRY DEAL What Caused Collaps Huge Deficit Piled U e of System p in 1920 steppes 18 conts «dozen atnce Janu. But Commissioners Not to Blame ary Jess than exgs have sold for in any January in the last five years, A Springfield coal mine announced reduction of coal from $8 to $4.50 a ton becaus of slackening business due to the warm weather Prison Term hie Having Narcotics Arthur L. Swanson, charged with the importation and possession of | narcotics, was found guilty by a jury tn Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer's court Tuesday afternoon and was gentenced to two and onepalf years at MeNet! tsland and fined $100. < AMUSEMENTS 5 Moor OwhenG i so VAUDEVILLE}:*""" TWwKE DAILY THIS Weex MAN OT S | YESTERDAY” | *@ A Breath of Old Times” | ] Hurst and Vogt ****]/ | Biker a ar va || | | Matiness: 230) «(Nights 7 @ 9 JOSIE HEATHER Elsie Clark Kate & Wiley PALO & PALET ~The Richardson Twins | PANTAGESCOPE NOO FAGAN AND ‘The hustle and bustle of modern life often cause weak neys can filter it from the Diced. Pains in the back, nervousness, and Inck of am Mition are some of the warn- ings that the kidneys may not be functioning property. Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy should be used for beneficial action. For 60 years this de. Pendable remedy has proved its value in helping nature to restore these organs to a Rermal condition. edy Warner's Safe Rheumatic Rem- edy Warner's Safe Asthma Remedy Warner's Sey Nervine Warner’s Safe Pills (Constipa- tion and Biliousness) The Reliable Family Medicines | fold by leading druggists 9) everywhere. Sample sent on receipt of 19 cents. Warner's Sate Remedies Co. Dept. 561 Rechester, N. ¥- EVERTY THING CLEAN WITH ‘THE PERFECT ORY CLEAMER Removes _that Spot EACH GENUINE NUXATED IRON TABLET 1S STAMPED AS ABOVE Bartell Drug Co., Owl Drug Co., Swift Drug Co., University Pharms- cles, Inc., and G. 0. Guy, Inc. | ‘This ts about 20 conte a dozen \| Editors Note—In tine with ft» policy publish both sides of any controversy, The atv. Ing space to a series of articles by W. BE. Chambers, wh submitted in ane ate the position of the former King county commissioners in thetr handling of the ferry ays tem. Mr, Chambers’ writings represent his and the com sioners’ own views and are no to be taken as describing the po- sition of The Star, eee BY W. E. CHAMBERS , Tt wns the staggering defictt of $438,000 Im 1920 that caused the col lapae of the ferry eyatem. The port comminsion records show & loss of $106,229 for the vessels un dor Its management tn 1018, It ts only fair to mention that pre- to the transfer of tts boats to county, the port commission cedited to the ferry aystem the re vic celpts from the rental of certatn | ores at thelr docks, the Marton st dock tn particular, showing very handsome returns. ‘These properties were not transferred te the county and for Just comparinon the rentals ould be added to the above «tven @efott, thereby increasing tt to ap- proximately $110,000 as the port's de. flett for 1918. The county's defictt for 1918 was $90,284. The county's defictt for 1919 was county ferries for 12 months and the port commission and the Anderson boats for approximate. ly six months. Assuming that the county boats were operated at the same loan as 1918, then the port and Anderson fleets combined were oper ated on about the same deficit rate as the port commission operated {thelr boats alone tn 1918 But in 1920, the defictt was around $428,000! Why? Unusually Heavy Repairs Necessary First deduct the purchase price of | the Anderson boats, $95,000, and) 96,302 for the 1019 rent or interest, whichever you may choose to call jit, of the Anderson Id not be paid unti k of funds, This deduction leaves $n4 loan for 1920 The port commission boats were badly in need of repair ftems alone amounted to jin 1918 to operate their two systems | separately, but the county operated the two combined and the four Anderson boats in addition for $216, | [32% In 1920, | This was acoompltwhed wien | | heavy increase 10 cost of supplies land still heavier increase in em) | aries, both due to war conditions. ‘The difficulties of economical op-| eration at this time had also in jcreased, due to Inability, in many | instances, to obtain efficient men | and the Independance ef the em: | ployee, | The defictt for 1931 returned to normal, being $201,407. This tn cluded operation of nine vessels and maintenance of 18. Remember that {t cost the port comminston over balf this sum tn 1918 to main tain and operate two ferries and) two launches | ponstbly few realieed the aitn| Jeuities that beset Captain Ander son during the war when tt came/ to repair work on the boate, | ‘That there were canes of over charging, Captain Anderson does not deny, but the same story was true on all sides during the war The story of the public's protest against the ferry system and the cocoa thereot will be told tomor | row BUY BY EAR, ADVISES CHEATEM, | ONEST JOHN’ BOYS ONE OF THE ‘H His Stocks Sound Good, Says Cheatem, the Man With a Face That Only a Mother Would Trust BY MILTON MACKAYE “Honest John” Cheatem—mitt him, comrades. He'll shake you down. Cheatem has a face like a weasel and a brain Itke an ant. But take | but honest.” the preacher said when demption of war savings certificates. @ guarantee of comfort it from 3,000 investors tn the Pim pernel Pincer Foundry, he crawls away with the crumbs every time. Cheatem wan located in several government buildings before coming to Seattle. He spent three years at etait ate 7) Old Actress Wins Beauty Through Gland Treatment According to re atches, Miss Connie English actr course of gland tr al of her former beauty. nn ee fecls yeu y hair ta! « to ite natural The to Mine sin the form of « glandular compound, taken by mouth, and not by_ operation. Such @ preparation ts now obtain- able in the form of Giand compound of the vital young, healthy animals, o mre in table procurable dvertisement. fere’s Relief or Neuritis r mind where, when or how wful, stabbing pains of neu- ‘ot their start om the te Ne rit Hef tro now ug store Apply a soothing preparation over the spot that hurts, and in a short time you should be free from pain Tysmol is taken up through the pores of the akin, going direct to the | throbbing, aching peripheral nerves, whieh quickly respond to Its healing influence. ‘There is no “dope” tn Tyamol Gangerous drugs of any kind. Gu anteed to be absol People everywhere ever gave them » Price $1 iste. Tysmol fata, 400 Sutter -no r= y that hothing h wonderful re- all leading drug- fg. Chem- C at ancinco. mpany, San Fri . | She bought the stock. “|world’s most decorated dog! one. Hie office was tn the second | jee on the third Moor, “1 feol right at home around the old | courthouse,” be told The Star today. “The window decorations are #0| homelike.” Cheatem ts offering to trade stock | In Rootjack Of, Tnc., Bulgarian Sand: stone, the First amd Last Chanes | Florida Gold Mines, and the Baffin | Pay Shipping Co. for plain war aay. [ings certificates. He will form other jcompanies If those names don't sound | good. | BUY ‘EM BY EAR, SAYS HONEST JOHN “There's nothing Ifke our stock certificates on the market today,” Cheatem said, trimming the ash on hin ctgaret. “They make wuch pretty wall éeo oration. They're bright but net gaudy, Buy by car; my amreneatt wound good.” “Honest John™ loves money so | much he purses hia lips every time | he sees a dollar. Curiously enough, | it wae his face that won him his sobriquet during fnfancy. “No one with a face Ike that would have the cheek to be anything the baptism water simled. eee But Cheatem ts stil Itving by hook and crook. And so are his associates in Seattle—gathered here for the re Most of them are better looking than their dopey-eyed brother, but not one whit more trustworthy. Here's the tragedy of one wornman—« prominent schoolteacher. She had saved $5,000 during 1¢ or 12 yeare—a neat sum but hardly « in of age She wanted larger “rainy day” tn- jsurance, and inying it away from |her monthly ealary was a slow proo- ln prospectys sounded good, It wan le jueuoareal company—and every |one was buying phonographs. One of the shareholders was a former | government official, one the gover. | nor of a Western 1 She consulted » friend. He looked the proposition over, and, himself, invested. She concluded it jwan safe, certain to make money. m the stock salesman appeared, | Now the concern f# tm bank. ruptey. The government officiale got out from under” before the crash came. Her savings are gone. And it's too late to start all over again. | Pleads for Bonus | “Stubby,” former mascot of the Yankee division and the \hero, will appeal to President | |Harding for a bonus for the| \ex-service men. Stubby’s blanket is laden with med- als placed there by Gen. Pershing, Gen. Edwards, President Harding and a few foreign executives. 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