The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 11, 1923, Page 1

‘GROVER BERGDOLL HURT! a tattle adit acetone eee meee eee TOTO CCCP OTTO TTT TO) nd Class Matter May 3, The SeattleStar , at the Postoffice at feattle, WEATHER Temperature Last 24 Hours JE ————_———— Taps SST $700,000 _ on Hotel Home Brow) MRS, HARDING S PLANS FUTURE President’s Widow at White House for Belongings BY LAWRENCE MARTIN WASHINGTON, ome Changes Made in Specifications —=—— Plumbing and ‘Heating Items Pared Down $227,000 and Other Costs Are Greatly Reduced BY JOHN W. NELSON Seattle’s community hotel is going to cost $700,000, round figures, less than it was thought a few weeks ago when bids were received by the board of trustees. This pleasing bit of fews developed Saturday with the approaching arrival from the East of a group of Seattle- ites who have been there conferring with the architect and Howdy, folks! What is harder than to keep a red ant out of a pears is. perfectl m into a new de The plumbing and heating costs alone, telegrams from have been reduced $22 tions of less costly materials for some that were originally specified and the elimination of certain desirable but not essential frills go to make up other These economies will bring the total cash cost of the building, it believed, down In addition to this sum, however, there will be some items, as high speed elevators, which will be paid for in second mort- East indicate, CHAPTER XXII. Reader, let us now penetrate into the wilds of the La Conner flats. y pursued by the coast guard ” and its minions of the law, Joe Bungstarter saw cap- ture staring him in the face. He glanced at his faithful sloop. His lips moved. “Old pal, can you do it?” be murmured. Pulling the gear that released the headed straight for . With hardly a jerk, the) with a determinats staunch little craft, and its cargo of | seit 1 contraband, cdimbed up the glistening | than let jt master her. (SHE WILL “Foiled!” cried Joe Bungstarter,/ 79 BE and his pursuers tore their teeth and Te best gnashed their hair. (To Be Contenwed) Bittman was retained to make a private in vestigation of the specifications. ARCHITECT MAKES to $3,250,000. so there will be no 1 days fm the White House ways a most prac. lof all jer fem- heroics about her umbing costs heat Weak, But, Bread Strong; Buck Passed BY LESTER M. HUNT a grim determination worthy of the pathet past faced dif- things as extra hidden wheels, he SOUTH DAKOTA HOTEL GUEST GERMAN RULE GAS AT 16 CENTS Indiana and Texas Prices | Are Also Reduced |, Includes Waiter T las, secretary-manager of the Metro- ton of ihe etuition “rattan Water mystem that required the cool |to 40 degrees—wherean Seattle water becomes warmer than 65 n® alr-washing in. types of plumbing fix Community Hotet New Washington Room Is Socialists Join R Reds; Bloody Robbed as Occupant Sleeps | Fighting Spreads y to meet life Grant Smith. & Co Ashwell, who has the sub-contract for pl WILL NOT DETRACT FROM HOTEL’S EXCELLENCE tered constantly believes, and now ts to be activ t she has laid any other items were held to be Burgiars waged Itrall of the ¢ vote herself tc | Her first teak ‘9 remove her be White House, President and Mrs. Coolidge may 6 to 16 cents a ga or McMaster nt ig courageously ¢ elusive newsprint ised by- Bittman. Present indi ted economies court charges Washington He ordered th have her househ: ae Treen effects and other ated and remoged. the night a thief entere a $1,0 nd a diamond pin valued at service man as when she entered the It stay with her to FINANCES IN signed to h and bowing of he White House, Es amentable th she has not defi cided whether to send Marion or to put them in storage remain stead He was robbed of $56 and a gold} Reports indicated that 14 or mort one can help i joes not know NATURE LESS A potato has eyes, but a grapefruit can spit. corn has ears, she desiyes to finish just who obta’ an not to keep the Pickpockets robbed three meng C.|in Aachen and the suburb of Bork: ¢ told a her to > take al comfortable in AND ON AND ON compelled to pay a small amounts of cash and} The city was without money and and President » of the corporatic 4 been eubsti buck is passed, feet of a high climber and service be- burly thief seized a $10 :bin|Mobs congregated’ in the main | 4-|from the small son of Mrs. O. Han.|town and in Borkscheld, marehing into the keeping of Barker. (Turn to Last Page, Column 6) COOLIDGE OKEHS HARDING. PLANS t- REVISED I HAS BEEN SIGNE! 5 given in a state- t Waterhouse lthat red brick puip industry. < buying groceries at the ‘White|‘od. ‘There was heavy firing” Friday than $100,000. BUILDING DELAY DUE TO PRICES Plumbers’ Combine Again Accused morn- ioe Flour “has nbt “dropped | ‘Bandits Get $6, 000 |ported from thruout the Aachen dig Joined in the 1 | DISAGREE ON DEC LINE HERE ww | for the Blome-Sinech company |ing contractors, was kidnaped crowded elevated station and| this afternoon said the number robbed of $6,000 by two armed ban-| of casualties was from 40 to today an automobdi The Dearborn Independent comes out for Ford for president! ding operations t commitment to carry In an informal conference with newspaper men who were with methods of the § distance away after he was to surrender the money, (Turn to Last Page, Column 7) would remember Mor the prese Auto Club Starts Move — 2esr°3ce weee ns that might the lessees | convinced that to Buy the Harding Car "i.e chor? Public Inv “Sashine for oe Fanos GALL TROOPS IN; t hel dis as it passed hy closely | ating: the car with ‘their de-| <n parted chieftain. It was this he hotel remai ion in the State event of any drop | Plan proposed by Manager Doug A. Shelor has issued a call to the people of the state to co-operate this movement and to make possible memories that brow | idea to the leaders of the Automo- inoi hile club to make this, the last auto- at Illinois Plant used hy the departed presi: . & historical kquvenir of his visit! SPRINGFIELD, Ml, Aug. 11.7 intended to ret 1 to Massachu No donation to exceed $5 is desierd | Guard troops were today ordered 0 h is y that you can clean in a minute by vacuum cleaner « it in expected that by many small donations rooms will become have his name entolled among the orders at the American Zine com and preserved with the antomo- | pany plant there putting ‘em un was especially Prisoners Remove Jail’s Front Door ove to cut cor eight-cylinder week of August 12-18 will be) Were wounded in a clash at the plant forth commen Harding him. » price, $3,500, Donations may | ployes are striking to force union be sent to the Harding Automobile | recognition, care of the 4 (Turn to Last Page, Colurgn 5 cost of $18,000. plumbing in the sheriff's dep when they ap. € Washington, 416 COOLIDGE specifications | of the president while was again brought forth to take » public will be immediately no- | Hillsboro. ‘The first of the military tifled thru the daily press when the | uni is Ole Han- New York Times. As avresult of this belief and the’ need for a reduction in the the structure, was inden with the floral offerings | ofa griet-stricken city money thereafter riceived will | but the request for troops sai@ @ refusing to join in the returned to the donor, Two C ENTS IN SEATTLE. 4 //, & Janse waew! ia J PROUND AND Como Garbled Report Gives Hint of Another Attempt to Kidnap Draft Dodger LONDON, Aug. 11.—~Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, notorious draft dodger, has been injured, one man killed, two wounded ” and an American army Heuten- ant and an American chauffeur arrested as a result of what may | have been an attempted kidnap- | ing episode in Germany. A dispatch from the Berlin bureau of the United Press, received this tells of the injury of was so garbled intrans 7 t the details are not clear. fj Karl Schmitt, of Lausanne, swas Sperger,Roge, of Paris, was Lieutenant Griffith and uffeur, Nielson, killed rested. | Bergdoll’s mother arrived from the United States to visit her son early | this week. LOSES $1,615 |S TOTTERING eae ties! BY CARL D. GROAT bhery 73a 3 BERLIN, Aug. 11.—The bbery © Frias SIUSEINE | socialist party decided today to i committing numeréus/with the communists in voting gainst the government of Chancel: healt: “ew a Cuno in the reichstag on Mon- ay | This means the downfall of the @ turday.| present government unless some €x- \traordinary incident intervenes. It 7 Liberty bond, 3115/48 stated in political circles that a7 Be jremote chance exists for Cuno to jcontinue at the head of affairs. = ' i oes 1017 Pike was BERLIN, Aug. 11.—Rioting by two men dressed as} amd bloodshed marked obsere- ance of Germany's “Constitu- tion day” in many cities today, left his room ed Jay night, at his home.| jpersons were dead and scores | © of H. A. Wells, 4224| Wounded in food riots induced by = N. E, looted by | hunger and a feeling of hopelesti. 50 cash and | ness. > shirts | The most serious disorders were — 6 Collifs building; C. D.|Scheld, where 11 persons were killed, 1010 Third ave, and §./and many wounded during wild’ 1711 E, Fir st., all of whom |gioting. unable to pay unemployment doles. lth ave. N. as the boy |oN th countryside in search of The thief escaped, |When farmers used arms to protect jtheir fields, Scenes of mad rioting were re i trict. Hamburg reports said one in Payroll Theft «as dead and many wounded ‘in AGO, Aug. 11.—Nelson Camp.|Clashes between police and uném: ear-old payroll messenger |Ployed, while two are known build-|have been killed at Ratibor: from, Messages from Ratibor late Campbell, was jerked! 100, nd thrown out One report gave the number of dead as four and said com. munists were plundering the shops of gunsmiths and erms stores. o were threatened in warned striking workers they would ri. 10 Companies Ordered Out Ten companies of Ilinois National smallest’ contributor. will | Hillboro to prevent further strike dis: Two deputy sheriffs and a striker | to the raising of the pur./ Tuesday. ‘Three hundred of 600 em: © Club} The troops were ordered. out by st, Gov, Len Small, upen receipt of an urgent call from the. citizens of” reached the scene at § a, m. 4 $3,500 has been raised and| Wednesday was quiét at the plant,” renewal of violence was feared,