The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1923, Page 16

ag THE ‘SEATTLE ‘STAR in jail, Pollee Judge John B | Seatttle Musician and Wife Safe 0: 1 cc o5 conc Ciro Carney, 41, logger, stole] jp, fined napers of the ink ‘colored feline were dexcribed t Hil , knapaack from porting 0048) jyoy TaeBon! VIKE STE NAre 2 Seymours Return- ing to Letter States Penniless, but uni terribty were holocaust caught in Seymour and musi his wife of Seyme Yokohama. widely known mu of Seattle > Tatsumi whom t tour ake, are & pupil atry aboard the duled to arrive in this The first wore e three per sons had es ravages of thauake a city S that swept this Seymour, tell trophe and the her husband pupil. The they Grant Tatsumi, with the idea of & concert tour the Philippines. were of Japa Seymour in June of this husband at Yokohar WERE READY TO LEAVE WHEN QUAKE STRUCK Seymour and his wife Yokohama and the concert we three p part for Kobe w Interrupted by trophe. Mrs. Seymour wr husband and th ly escaped wit Tost everything ¢ Were forced to sh that thousands of ed. Her facts about th disaster: “Thank Gc you that Milt caped death comfortable wi Tatsumi, Bullock. met the lait details sons we of K scribe the Gatastrophe—worse Seattle Ma an of Service Seattle, Milton Seymour, and Jiro Tatsumi, and are now on their way cetved by Mrs. Lavinia Bu sumi when the quake struck in his Seattle studio, BENEFIT CONCERT FOR PAIR IS PLANNED 2 Originator Station Idea First “Flivver Restaurant” Located in C ity; | Idea Like Desert Oasis By Steve Arnett Abdullah Boo Boo is believed to have conceived the idea of establish- Ing the first “ ice station” of his- tory in the ‘ahara desert some thousands of years ago, but to John McLean of Seattle, veteran employe of the Standard Oil Co. goes the cre- dit for erecting the first gasoline “service station” in the United States. He built his oasis for the benefit of auto caravans at Marginal Way and Railroad aye. in 1907, long before seit starters had been invent- @d and long before traffic cops bad | Blossomed out. r gas without all this trou of time. I put up She Marginal way and Rail ave., and have proof that such station Jeet th ble and waste station at Many persons have » McLean's contention, but been unsuccessful. “I took a picture of the stat in 1907, and none of the others who have to claim that they beat me thoy of attempted to the first in the McLean declared. country,” McLean's crude “station” was the| forerunner of the thousands of ar- tistic gas dispensing auto restaurants that now dot every city of the na- tion. to Abdullah's stafion in the desert and took on a week's supply of wa-| ter. The flat tires of the dromedaries Were attended to by the camel-doc- tor attendant and the train was sent ‘on its way thru the sand. McLean's attendants filled the tanks of the de- crepit flivvers that drew up to his station and sent them on their way rejoicing. « PIONEER STATION WAS CRUDE AFFAIR This pioneer station consisted of a d@rum of several gallons capacity to to be When a or two of lubricating oil Been at the “station” also. cat drew up for gas, the hose was in- | gerted in the tank beneath the seat} and gasoline was allowed to drain from the drum. A gl the side kept the attendant informed as to the supply he had on hand. One car could be cared for at a time. It was later decided to “improve” the station and a canvas cover was/ stretched over the drum and oil cans. The embryo “flivver restaurant” took on popularity and cars began to come in long lin The attendants became overworked and the place was enlarged. Others were built about the city and the idea spread. Within a few weeks the Standard Oil Co. had ostablished modern stations | in all the larger cities of the country | and in the rural sections as well McLean was retired three years ago ag district sales manager of the Standard Oil here, after he had been in the employ of the company for 38 years. He wears a gold pin set with diamonds, given him by the oi] concern in recognition of his serv- ices, He began working for the com- pany in Stockton, Cal., and when he was retired his salary had been in- creased more than 1,000 per cent. He is still regarded as an employe of the Standard Oil Co. He came to Beattle in 1891 and lives at 935 12th ave. N. HAS VROOF THAT HIS WAS FIRST STATION “Before the time of the service station, it was necessary for motor- ists to keep their gasoline in tanks Duried in their yards. They had to get permission from the fire mar- shal to keep the tanky and trucks Were forced to go from house to house with gasoline,” said McLean Wednesda “I conceived the idea of establish- Ing a central distributing station, Where motorists could drive up and / Long caravans of camels drew up| 6 gauge on| our | GETS 4 YEARS ON DOPE COUNT | Judge Rebukes Man for Part | | in Narcotic Ring After administering a stinging re-| |buke for his activities in the nar, lcotic ring and for perjuring himself on the witness stand, Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer Wednesday morn ing sentenced Lewis Phillips, dealer, to serve four years in the |penitentiary at McNeil island, Phillips found guilty by a jury in federal court Tuesday night of transporting a quantity of nar |coties from Seattle to Tacoma last July. The jurors out 90 | minutes. | Phillips convicted on two| counts and Jt Neterer threat: | Jened to sentence him to four years on each count, the sentences to run consecutively. He changed his| |mind, however, and Phillips will serve the terms concurrently | Other heavy sentences meted out by Judge Neterer Wednesday were |those against Elwood T. Withers, | jeonvicted drug dealer who received a sentence of two and one-half years in McNeil island, and Floyd |Bolzer, who was sentenced to 15 months, Judge Neterer bitterly arraigned| all of the defendants and declared that he would suggest deportation | | proceedings against Phillips, who} {s a native of Greece. were was | Catinty ‘Board Will Consider Estimates | A preliminary meeting of the county budget board will be held late Wednesday in the county com. missioners’ offices to consider county appropriations for the year. Chair- man W. A, Gaines of the board of | |commissioners expects to keep the | | levy down to the 1923 figures, which | js 12.69 mills, Man Kivected as He Drives Stolen Car A stolen auto which he was driving caused the arrest Tuesday night of | W. R. Johnston, 28, mechanic. John. ston was held in jail for investigation by detectives Wednesday , prominent Seattl a pupil of Seymour ( me to Seattle aboard the IN DSWSTER! 7 @" E le musician ight), teacher (left), his wife (center), sped death in the Japanese earthquake, resident Grant, according to a letter re- Seymour was arranging a concert tour for Tat- and music tnese boy was a pupil whom Seymour had developed ’ | THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. If you want to save money the Bargain Basement will steer you to prosperity. PLAIN and OVERPLAID POLAIRE . COATS > $7450 Sizes to 44 Seven styles in rich shades of brown and gray. All are fully lined and have set-in sleeves. Liverted, pleated and plain backs, and some with stiteh backs. All are belted models with button and side ties. Convertible collars, Striped Outing hi Flannel 1,500 yards 27-inch Outing p yd. wil : good, fleecy nap. Lengths to 20 yards, BLEACHED INDIAN HEAD In the most popular widths. 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