The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 26, 1923, Page 9

Mere man has a hard time telling whether) an Easter bonnet is in Mere man is never in| doubt about the good! taste of | t wcoa me, The Good Spread fer Bread you | ble ———— | Are You A WORM? Do you lack the rk punch and vigor of nt strong manhood? . have him HOW TO GET WELL. ncoln Memorial Clinic 1327 Sd Ave. Opposite P. 0. March 26,—One form of artificial silk, which ts dif: It to de tect from the genuine, !s now being made from seaweed. | WOMEN! DYE. ANYTHING NEW. FOR FEW CENTS Dresses = Kimonas Draperies Skirts Curtains Ginghams | Coats Sweaters Stockings Walets Coverings Everything Diamond Dyes Buy “Diamond Dyes"—no other kind—and follow the simple direc tions in every package. Don't won- | Gor whether you can dye or tint suc | cessfully, because perfect home dye | ing {s guaranteed with Diamond | Dyes, even if you have never dyed! before. Just tell your druggist! whether the materia! you wish to| Bye \s wool or silk, or whether !t te| Unen, cotton, or mixed goods. Dia-| mond Dyes never streak, spot, fade, or run }eludes with, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1923, ‘Offers Council Plan to Clear Street Car Tangle goodtaste or otherwise, | Iva Dye, Engineer, Would Refund Bonds and Establish Board of Directors Refunding of the present short ma turity bonds with a new issue of longer term, and the establishment Of & board of directors to operate the | street railway system are the high lights in a plan for the clearing of | the present ratiway tangle tn Seat tle offered to the city counct! Mon- | dey morning by Ira Dye, Seattle in | dustrial engineer. Dye's proposal, together with a dis. | cussion of the present situation and | an analy of the difficulty, were | contained in a letter mailed to the| council to be read at Monday's meet: | ing. } ‘The refund plan, which he takes up | first, provides for the serial redemp- tion of the bonds, and also that the bonds shall bear jower interest than the present tssue. } Tho board of directors, under the plan, would be composed of an expe- | rienced street railway executive, a highly competent public service at | torney, an experienced street railway accountant, an electrical engineer and a mechanical engineer. | IS NOTA POLITICAL MOVE After outlining nis plan Dye con “This 19 no clarion call no scheme to defeat any sinister attacks, no royal road to po tical advantage for anyone. We have too much of strategy, tactics and battle maneuvers already, What | we need now ts sincere co-operation | to battle, between all parties concerned in an| honest effort to do full justice to the | public, the taxpayers, the bond holders and the public officials charg: | ed with the duty of administer ing the affairs of the municipal street rail way system," The letter {lows The City Counetl, City of Seattle: Municipal Railway System In view of the recurring discu in the local preas and elsewhere, and | the vital nature of the questions tn volved in the management and oper system, the following comments may be of interest to the council and the people of the city, and may perhaps assist in perfecting a permanent so on of the whole problem STREET CARS ARE NECESSARY First: The city of Seattle ts com: mitted to the municipal ownership and operation of the street rallways | under a contract which does not pro-| vide for the foreclosure by bondhold: | ers and repossession by them of the system tn the event of default in pay- menta, but does provide for the pay- ment by the city from railway reve: nues of the {nterest and principal of | he bonds issued to purchase the/ system. | Individual opinions as to the de | sirability of municipal ownership, as to the actual value of the property, or the probability or improbability of the revenue from the system being sufficient to cover future payments will not have any effect on these facta, which are matters of recor. Second: The system was puh chased and ts operated primarily In order to provide transportation sery- —that’s the time to light and enjoy its ruddy warm on rainy, blustering Spring extra ton or two of coal. stove, called a space h VERY RECENTLY THE NEW become the popular hoater. fuel than gas appliance is placed. We have HEAT OPEN GRATE FIRE, 1308 Fourth Avenue “When the Wind Blows High and the Coal Pile’s Low’’ FIVE-BU KENWN AUXILIARY HOUSE HEATING BY GAS has been pope- Jar for @ number of years. The heater has been a small gas Tr, or maybe the gas range oven. made to fit any fireplace and in a great variety of designs, has Such a heater, of correct design reestablishes the beauty, comfort, and satisfaction of the living room fireplace, without the attending nuisances when other used. The grimy walls of the fireplace should be cleaned and retiled in any color design, before the Radi: tails and to follow up the work until the striking of a match is all that is necessary to give you THE NEW RADIANT SEATTLE LIGHTING CO. THE GAS CO. “You Can Do It Better With GAS” cozy little gas heater A gas heater helps out days and saves buying that BNER EDT RADIANT HEAT APPLIANCE, it men to attend to all of the de- Main 6767 in our new quarters at lumbia Street. is our firm purpose to persons, Four Months In Our New Home For a third of a year now, we have beer: iocated Our steady growth in deposits and business in the past four months indicates that we made a wise move in coming to this new location, and in enlarging our facilities. It is a great satisfaction to us to be able to serve our customers and the public Letter and it service and to extend it to a larger number of Seasassas saat a ees First National Bank Second Avenue and Columbia Street | which we have en Second Avenue and Co- continue to improve our fee to the residents of the city, In spite of the large and increasing use street care are @ necessity, and must be operated for meny years to Any condition or method of operation which tends to decrease the adequacy or even the of sutom>bdiles, ome. convenience of the service reacts against the community, and will not ng be tolerated by the people con med. On the contrary, there will be continus) demands for improve ments in the service, which must be made to keep pace with the growth and development of the city, and whose lack will delay and hamper that development SYSTE ERATES UNDER HANDICAPS Third: The system is now operat ing under two very gprious hand! caps which make difficllt, if, indeed, they do not actually prevent, the performance of the contract Into red, and to give large and with the neces which we ad but which our street cars m in many without revenue, for m adequate service for growing city of Seattle magnificent dist mire and enjoy st traverse cases These two serious handicapa may fixed ue of the system nd t of man agement which artees from the un certain tenure of office of the re and the for the general ¢ SERVICE MANY TIMES SUFFERS Many years of experience tn op- erating street railway systems, and analysis of the operating statiatt of these systems, have demonstrated that fixed charges in exces of 80 per cent of the gross operating revenues are seldom or never paid, and where later payments are attempted, the service suffers, and failure results soon or late. Fixed charges here re- the r tnatabillty charges a en followed. } ation of the munictpal street railway | ferred to are interest, amortization and losses, depreciation or deferred maintenance not due to operation, The Seattle system was operated by the former owners without consplou ous or even usual financial success, under fixed charges of lens than 2 per cent of gross earnings. It 1s also well proven that adequate and permanent service can seldom or .ACE HIP ‘TIN FARNUM IN “Oathbound” RD) THIS WEEK “ae0I7) Twkt Daur OOR MOORE ‘ Crcuil VAUDEVILLE:s<"": Set NOW PLAYING VERA GORDON AND COMPANY IN wWATINEE 5 050 Sargent and Marvin Sinclair and Dixon in “THE LITTLE COT Matineen: 2:30. Nights: 7 The Satirient! Vaude RRIAG Ne Gem La Pine and Emery The Chapins WILLE BROTHERS Sensational Togo Pantagescope FINLAY AND HILL General Admission: Matinees 250 Nights 400 Naturesendsawarn- ing of Pyorrhea— bleeding gums. Only one person outof five past forty escapes. jousands younger are subject to it as well. Be on your guard, Brush your teeth with FOR THE GUM More than a tooth paste it checks Pyorrhea 35¢ and 60¢ in tubes THE SEATTLE STAR | TAKES NAP IN AUTO, || BLOCKS STREET CARS, POLICE WAKE HIM UP \ HILE street cars on . Union at. collected for blocks day night, Olif Anderson, slept soundly tn his |] directly across the tracks between 16th and 16th aves. Btreet car conductors and trate engers piled off the fwarmed around the attempting to aw motortat frultiess. At length @ rot call waa sent in to the polfce and Patrolmen M. A. Coons and C. G, Stanley rushed to the rescue, They suc ccetied in rousing Anderson and pushing the autg out of the way of the street cars—and then brought Anderson to the city Jail Anderson posted $10 ball on a charge of being Intoxicated and was released. sleeping But thelr attempts were Rover be maintained with operating expenses of leas than 60 to 79 per cent of the gross earnings. ing expenses include current main tenance, and a depreciation charge to cover physical replacementa, but can not be stretched to include the writ ing off of inflated values or bad tn VYeatments without serious effects on the service, ‘The former owners were Operating the Beattie system, Just be- fore the war, on about 60 per cent of the gross earnings, and we should no doubt have had a better system if they had spent 70 per cent. SECOND HANDICAP 18 POLITICAL ONE | ‘The second handicap, unstable nAnagement, is Inherent in, and tn |weparable from, the present method of control of the street railway sys- |tem, In which the superintendent of | public utilities, while charged with the responsibility for operations, ts not empowered to fix permanent pol! cles, and 1s, moreover, subject to re moval as a result of an election in which he {s not even a candidate His duties are of so varied a na ture, and consist so largely In pro tecting the Interests of the public in the contracts with other public serv- |ice companies, that an expert street |rallway executive would probably be quite suitable for the office. His | plans may be so easily upset by the action of the council, or of the state legislature, that it {s not to be hoped that a permanent and successful policy will ever be worked out and put Into effect under this system of control. If it were so worked out. his successor might, and probably would, make changes which would not fit the original plan. THREATEN TO RETARD GROWTH OF CITY Thess two handicaps to the opera itlon of the street rallway system. taken together, are so serious that they menace both the adequacy of the service and the fulfilment of the contract. They threaten to retard |the naturally slow growth of the city, particularly thore rections not now adequately served, much as the Cowen park district, the wide valley south of Youngstown, the southern ctions, They presage an ulti- resort to the general tax fund of fare, high or low, since the cor- rect rate of fare—the one which duce the most tncome—could not pay excessive fixed charges, make good a defictent operating fund, nor matn- tain an unstable and frresponaible | management |DYE’S PLAN 1S TWOFOLD | tlonasabove set forth, the following |program in respectfi nuggested |for the study and consideration of |the council, the taxpayers, the bond |holders, and all others concerned: | Fir: Refund the present out | standing Issue of b per cent revenue jbonds, of ehort maturity, with a jnew issue of longer term, lower tn- |terest bonds having a basis of suf- |ficlent firmness to make them mar. |ketable, such bonds to be retired serially at such a rate as to bring the total fixed charges below _ | per cent of the gross operating reve- nue which fs Indicated by the pres- ent rate of fare and operating sta | Ustlos, At the same Ume discard definitely and for all time any writ- ling off of supposed excessive first jcost under tion, and either stand by julent exceas thru the courts, FIVE MEMBERS ON BOARD Becond—Establish a board of di- rectors for the system consisting of |tive, a highly competent public service attorney, and experienced street railway accountant, and elec trical engineer and a mechanical en: gineer experienced in railway con- struction, operation and nance. ‘Theso directors should be selected by the civil service board on definite qualification fixed by |the council, and appointed by the mayor with the consent of the coun- of Theno directors should be charged with full and complete responsibility for the strect railway system, sub- fect to the minimum control by either the mayor or the councll, which {s compatible with the pro: tection of the public interest and ts possible under the state constitu tion. Their term of office should be during good behavior or satisfactory performance, and protected by all possible means from political inter forence, Their compensation should be fixed by the council, and might be Imited, in most cases, to fees for nervices actually rendered and attendance at directors’ meetings, MAY BE LEGAL DIFFICULTIES It is fully realized that there are numerous and difficult legal inhibl- \lons to the immediate enactment of such a plan as here suggested, None of these are of such a funda. mental character as to be insuper. able, however, and {f a program of enabling legislation ts worked out during the next two years, and Is presented to tho state legislature at Its next session, or Is initiated bo- foro that time, the final success will be well worth the study and effort required. Very respectfully, IRA DYE TACOMA, March 26--Antonio P. Entenga, national commander United Spanish War Veterans, will be enter. jtalned by local veterans here Tues: day, to make up deficits, under any rate) would give the beat service and pro-| the name of deprecia the bar-| gain a» mado or recover any fraud: | an experienced street railway execu: | mainte. | Operat- | of Beacon Hill, and many sim-| | | | | | In view of the facts and cond! | | | Forwards Brief on pes m Writ of Certiorari|.... ed the of Wife’s Tongue Given to Peasants ane oe be ge Seles Ber bra 4 = Page March 26 PRAGUE, March 26—More tham pp « eo Puget Bound | thar 1 sys 2 téAght A Power Co, for @ writ of|tem to payment of t and er ah i 0 acres of land belonging to the. oertiorart in tie U. & supreme y ner . p le his wife's Catholic church in Morayia, Milan court was forwarded to Washington - atheramad ae Monday by Corporation Counsel T 2) : Ned ¢ $ : akia and Carpatho-Russia have J. L. Kennedy, 4 1 or sg - = n taken away by the government The power company ts asking/ance ts tn ved in the sult and | to « neighbor whe gos-} the writ as an offset to the de |that the controversy has cease \utped about {and given to the peasants, PAGE 9 SS “’\Husband Is Keeper Church Own Land art of FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE—PINE STREET—SIXTH AVENUE Cc UNUSUALLY LOW-PRICED 1,800 Gingham and Percale A Featured Offering, Tuesday DRESS APRONS 89c THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE offers these excep- tional values in House Aprons of good quality gingham and percale, in a good assortment of attrac- tive styles. Four styles, as pictured—eight in all. Iyory, Attractively Priced Silks and Satins Chiffon Taffeta, $1.45 Splendid value is offered Chiffon Taffeta, in 86-inch width. Colors: Orchid, Sand, Silver, Tangerine, Emerald, Poppy, Cherry, Coral and Black. Crepe de Chine, $1.39 A splendid quality Crepe de Chine for dresses, blouses and lingerie. Ivory, Nile Green, Flesh color, Scarlet, Marine Blue, Copenhagen, Japan Blue, Brown, Navy Attractively low-priced, at $1.39 yard. Mais, Trimmings of self material in contrasting shades and plaids; rick rack and plain braids, Pockets and sashes. MEDIUM LARGE AND EXTRA SIZES Exceptional values at the low price: 8O¢. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Satin Messaline, $1.45 High lustre, soft finish Satin Messaline. For dresses, blouses, linings and trimmings. Colors: Ivory, Mais, Pink, Ceil, Orchid, Sand, Peach, Orange, Plum, Coral, Tangerine, Copenhagen, Delft Blue, Gray, Brown and Navy. Width 36 inches. Price $1.45 yard. Sports Satins, $1.45 White, figured and striped Sports Satins are very desirable for skirts and blouses. Widths 36 and 40 inches. Price $1.45 yard. TAIRS STORE in this soft finish Pink, Nile Green, Ceil, Price $1.45 yard. Width 40 inches. Colors: and Black. —THE DOW with pret sashes. Sizes $5.50, (The PREMIER DUPLEX Electric Vacuum Cleaner ty $70.00 Motor-driven Brush. Powerful Suction, Attachments—for clean ing with suction, $10.50 extra. Demonstration In Blectricn! Goods Section —THE STO: 1) DOWNSTAIRS ‘As Fresh as Spring Flowers $2.95 « $10.00 OR Confirmation wear and later for summer, crisp, dainty Organdie Dresses are attractive with ruf- fles, lace and embroidery trimniing. fluffy, full-waisted and gathered skirt styles. rosettes and colored 2 to 14 years. Prices, $2.95, $3.50, $4.95, $5.95 and up to $10.00. model pictured, $10.00.) Figured Plisse Crepe At 4 0c Yard Splendid quality Piisse Crepo in floral, butterfly and fancy-figure patternings, Ground lavender, Also oro’ lavender 30 Inches. bi an colors; yellow and white. marred eft nd blue pink, blue, fects in Width Price 40¢ yard, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Woven-stripeT issues At 23c Yard An inspiration for dresses, Woven-atripe ‘Tissues, billowy sheer, those Good n ausortment of colored woven atripon on width 27 Ine yard, white phes, Pr grounds, ico 28¢ THI) DOWNSTAIRS STORE Styles That “Are Different” in Smart Hats Attractively Priced: $7.50 $10.00 | $12.50 + A bch: approach of Easter finds displays of Hats as- | sembled in attractive groups of the modish shapes for Spring; including all the favored shades, materials and trimming effects. Girls’ Organdie Dresses Jmpire waistlines, Many ribbon bows and The vogue for bright color is well represented in flowers, fruits, feathers and ribbons. xceedingly good values, at $7.50, $10.00 and Fe | $12.50. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE THE DOW PAIRS STOR 7,000 Yards of Curtain and Drapery Fabrics ATTRACTIVELY-LOW PRICED LANS for new Curtains and Draperies in the home for Spring, may be economically carried out if selected from the following items in Cur- tain stocks in the Downstairs Store. Attractively-low prices will be noted on the following items in Curtain and Drapery fabrics: 1,100 YARDS CUR MARQUISETTR; White and beig 15c 500 YARDS COLORED BORDER VOILES: Blue, Gold and Rose borders on whito 5 and cream, Width 36 Inche: 2 c tapestry designs, Width 34 inches. ... 25c 1,000 YARDS DRAPERY MARQUISETTE; For curtains and window drapes, In 25c Width 96 Inches dade wr 900 YARDS F CHED, TAPE BORDERED 1200 YARDS OF CRETONNE: MARQUL White, cream and effects on light grounds, floral and beige. Width 36 Inches, ‘ 850 YARDS SCRIM AND MARQUISE’ White only, Width 96 Inches ..sssecceee 690 YARDS DOTTND MARQUIS! White and ecru ont; Width 86 Inehew ou. cece cece ee eeces 750 YARDS COLORED DOT MUSLIN Pink, Blue and Gold dots on white grounds ... light, medium and dark designs, Width 86 Inches 1,150 PAN SURTAL Coarse Nets and fine Voiles. Width 36 Inches, length 24 yards; with Syoinch fringe at bottom. $1 35 ib . Prico per panel ... TAIRS STORE i 45c .. 20¢ MAN VE Ny