The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 30, 1923, Page 5

ove mpg FRIDAY, NOVEMERE 80, 1888. aA ANREP A en Conven tent t Payments [ RI UNBAUM:BROS RUN FURNITURE CO, IN SIXTH AVE, BETWEEN PIKE AND PINE ~cgeommmmmntcs #9 © renee memeamnmese = Alaminum Percolator SPECIAL | EEXACTEY as, pictures, this handsome 7 cup percolator, made of pure aluminum, {a Exceptional valtis; com= alik. bord extension. SPECIAL.... $4. 95 Ideal Waffle Iron plete with FARRAR DEFIES | |slde a bleating engine, which didn't CHURCH EDICT Barred by Atlanta Pastors, She’s Determined to Sing ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 30.—Gerald- ino Farrar rolled into Atlanta in her private car early today, determined to ning tonight if she has to put on her performance In tho streets, Audl torlums of two churches were cloned to her because of her audacious per formance of the dressing scene In “Zana” in her last appearance here, "I will appear in Atlanta tonight in spite of all the churches,” the diva declared as her private coach rolled into the railroad yard and parked bo serve to add any to her pleasant state of mind, Dr, John Ham, pastor of the Firat Baptist church, and Br, W, L. La Prado, Jr, older of the Methodint chureh, continurd determined to re- tune to allow Miss Farrar to use the SPECIAL | sr A Wattie Iron. aize 7% Inches in diameter; deoply cut, Insuring de- Helous, crisp, waffles, SPRCIAL.. : ‘ auditorium of thelr edifices for her | concert. With all Atlanta gossiping about | tho sensational situation, many dug up the story of Miss Farrar’s per | formance of Zaza which shocked the | church people. It was reported that before the performance the singer had asked j the Atlanta musical conference, un- der whose auspices sho was appear. ing, “how far to go” in the spectacu lar scene, She was told to “go the limit.” “Sho went tho | some," said Dr, Ham. | Managers of the diva, scouring feverishly for a building in which to hold the concert, said they had ob- tained the city auditorium thru an agreement with Georgia Technical college, which had planned a min- | strel there, SPECIAL | SEDAN and a To ing Car that real- ~ run when you wind them up with a spring, housed In this nifty litte garage com- SPrcran. = Convenient Payments TOr PURCHASES fd to your charge account without an addit ent down. You may open an account with any purchase without any extra charge for credit. ® Attacks Officer; Now Near Death | EMPORIA, Kans, Nov, 20—Ray | H. Foor, Covington, Ky., alleged to | have shot Robert C. Scudder, Wich- | Yta policeman, hovered near death in an Emporia hospital today. He was . ghot during a gun fight when local ‘officials attempted to take him from & train as a suspect in the Wichita ahooting. [Accused Man I Man Freed of Murder Charge ORLANDO, Fla, Nov, 30—John ‘W. Klore was acquitted by a jury | #chool, late yesterday on charges of mur- | of dering Alexander R. Bofer, former | army officer. Identification ot Boyer's body hinged on a collar button found near a pile of bones in This entire program is open to near here. Jall men and Is free. LECTURER ON At the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday,/ the special attraction will be Miss Ada Wart of London, an Ellison White Lyceum attraction. She will speak at 3 o'clock on the subject, “Faces in the Crowd." Hor talk wil] be {ilustrated by cartoons, At 2:15 the ¥. M. C. A. orchestra will give a recital In the lobby. At 5:15 tho speaker at the Friend. ship supper will be Professor L. who speaks on the subject Sctence and Religion.” Mr. F. 8. Bayley, a prominent at torney in the city, will lead the | Fireside Hour at 6:20 @& Men and Women We urge you to come tomor- row to the Pacific. We offer remarkable values in every department. STYLE, QUALITY OF CLOTHES that you will be proud to wear and you will learn how easy it is to DRESS UP for the Holidays / without missing the » money, Our Credit System Differs From Other Stores MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS 00 *p00 ‘OR A WEEK IS ACCEPTABLE G Our! we } Vl THIRD AVE, CORUNIVERSITY'S. ~» “Y” PROGRAM) 8. Hopkins of the Broadway high} |Klansmen in Fight With Legion Men} NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Some Ku Klux Klan members of Cedarhurst, | were nursing battered noses to LI limit and then | aaecate THE SHATILE STAR Tricks of All Kinds BY ROY J. GIBBONS FORT WORTH, Tex. Noy. 80.— |Your crookea ofl promoter is pre | eminently a keen psychologist. | The Niagara of nickels which | poured in on him was the result of |his thoro understanding of human nature. day as a result of a Thanksgiving | day fight with American Legion members when the Klanamen tried | to place a wreath on a monument to) | soldier dead. | Ceremonies at the monument were | proceeding quietly when three Klans. | | men pushed thelr way thru the crowd and laid a wreath on the monument. A gold star mother protested to a Legion member, saying her ‘poy, whose name was among thone on the bronze tablet on the side of the gran Jite #lab, “did not die for Ku Klux Klan's tenets.” | Legion men removed the wreath. Klansmen sought to put It back and were attacked by the ex-service | men. | Six Are Killed in Auto Crashes PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30. ‘The Geath toll automobile falling Into a Philadel. phia & Reading sutyway here mount- tim of the atrange accident died at Hahnemann hospital DR, J. n Free Exaraination ON BARTH stores in the Northwest that really grind lenses from start to finish, and we are the only one in TILE—ON FIRST AVE. Examination free by graduate op- tometrist. Glasses not prescribed unless absolutely necessary. AVE. The modern with every comfort , be a fireplace radiant gas heater { for all drops in the of fuel and furni apartme and with cour ace trouble Talk derstand so m you a every to an ete line heating need Stuart Building resulting from an| ed to atx today when another vio-/ BEST $2.50 cLasss |’ We are one of tho few optical | |BINYON OPTICAL CO. | The Best Feature of the Apartment nt must conve thermome The Gas Cec of mode Seattle Lighting Co. Ttunning a battery of presses and |stock certificate printing machines, he was able to strike incessantly at) prospects and catch them at} likely an unguarded moment. TEMPTING BAIT LURES VICTIMS A prospect might withstand the | tempting bait held out to him for an jentire year, but sooner or Iater ho would succumb, so the records show, and like the rest, he was dubbed a “sucker who sent good money roll ing in on top of bad, in response to the magic cry of Ont hundred per cent dividends Pots of gold! no crooked promoter would con: jure with anything as an advertising medium. Family ‘names, graveyards, divin- ing rods, “‘straight-from-the-shoulder talks"'—anything and everything he | used as bait for gullible victims, Take the case of “Hog Creek” J. |W. Carruth, now serving a ons-year |eentence at Leavenworth peniten- tary. | Carruth started ont tn Ife as a barber. } Fort Worth made his acquaintance | at the start of the oll boom, He so “sola” the town on his plans orm an oll company, that he was permitted to use a civic audi. | tor | GARNERED $600,000 IN TWO VENTURES There he gave rosy promises to an enraptured local audience. All told, Carruth garnered some thing like $600,000 In two ventures jand sunk two wells—both of them jcoming in dry. | If this man had actually had the | interests of his stockholders at heart |he could have divided among them |the balance on hand when the two/ | oll drilling ventures “ } Instead, he adopted |means, He sold tho list holders’ names—sucker lUsts they were called: another concern, | which was in the business of merg- ing defunct ofl venturon On top of the profits he had made by holding back the unspent stock sale receipts, Carruth got another slice from the other concern for the ists of his stockholders, | It was here that the government a him, Carruth pleaded blew up.” a different of stock Nor is {t any satisfaction to stock |holders that the other concern and its officials also are under {ndict- ment ‘The later outfit was a merger con. Mergers,” so-called, did two ‘They let the original promoter out of his defunct company to his stockh sponsibility be a HOMB, nee, T hould, of cheerful Ke ly pared independent complete nie ere a bright Then ten a Kennedy ar eating de mpany will bi Is. There 4 1 you glad to s 1 Kennedy MA in-6767 WHEAT IN EAR moved last summer, ‘Swindling Oil Promoters Work Dupes Repeatedly Glittering “Literature” Telling of Oil Wells; Two grains of wheat found their way into one of 8-year- old Helen Jean Turner's ears | at threshing time on her| grandfather's farm near Hillsboro, O. One was re- Recent-| ly, when she complained of| an earache, her parents again took her to a specialist, #76 took out the other grain,| which already had begun to sprout in the drum, Lure Victims to Net ‘They enabled the “merging” com- pany to sell its own stock at a usual 26 per cent cash payment in ex-| change for stock held in the original company, TRICKERY WINS FOK PROMOTERS ‘The usual practice was to have tht | promoter and trustee, who were one and the same, in the company to be merged, send a letter to his stock-| holders telling them that he had con- rented to the merger “to protect | them." | He would’ paint a glowing plotute| of tho absorbing enterprise and chances of the stockholders who} “went along” with the new com. | pany. | | Tho rent ts repetition. The stock: | jholder bit. He exch share for share, plus a 25 per o jeash premium on the total amount | _If the subscriber w b nged his stock, |more, he was made to k in” te protect what he already had paid ou | Coming and going, crooked | | moters had the Investor on all a They sold him out and bought him in, Like @ football and shuttle cock he was run all over the promoter’s | lot. Ho had been promised rivers of of, | | and instead be got rivers of tears and teacups of oil. (Copyright, 192%, NEA Service, Inc.)) Steen Indicted by Alaska Grand Jury JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 30.—Wal ter J. Harmon, alias Harold Steen, is under Indictment here on a charge of having obtained money under| | false pretens | | ‘The grand jury’ te yesterday. | | Steen is now in Portland answer-| Ing a forgery charge, He is alleged to have married a dozen women along | tho Pacific coast, using his marriage | ventures to obtain money | ction was taken |Woman Driver Dies in Fatal Accident HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 30. Paralyzed with horror after she had run down and fatally injured Fred Rickman, 38, Mra. G. O. Fuller was ed when her auto careened wildly |down a crowded boulevard here last |night and crashed into a street car. THe RHODES oo. McCall Printed Pattern 3484 ||| Her Very First | Party Dress T should be like this quaint taffe flowers French something frock— sprinkled with tiny in embre knots the pattern for the dress and the design for the em: broidery. Phone MA In-31 A Saturday Suit Sensation For Wide-Awake Boys! The Two-Knicker Kind Special $ 5. 9 5 a Suit Boys’ Department—Main Floor, Rear Here is a great buy while it lasts! Only 28 boys’ suits of serviceable suiting fabrics, in de- sirable dark blue and gray mixtures. There are two pairs of knicker trousers to each suit, and each pair is full lined and has taped seams, Sizes range from 8 to 15 years. We advise early shopping Saturday morning to avoid any disappointment as they will not last long. Christmas Gloves Hickok Belts Make Splendid Christmas Gifts Main Floor An exceptional buy of 600 pairs of Imported Kid and Lambskin Gauntlets, pique sewn with two-tone and self- crochet embroidery on backs, A good range of sizes to choose from, in brown, beaver, gray, black and white. An extraordinary offer at $1.95 a pair, and a wonderful gift item. Christmas Greeting Cards Make your selections from our large and complete stock, on display on the Upper Main Floor. A gift for a man is sometimes difficult to select. But here fs one that any man will lke—a Hickox Belt. They are more attractive than the ordinary black or brown belt. Tho buckles are either in or initialed in various neat designs. range from 28 to 46, and each belt is neatly arranged in an attractive Holiday box ed at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and upto $5.00. A Complete Line of Rhodesa and Rengo Belt Corsets Priced From $1.50 to $8.50 Rhotesa back-lace style Corsets of pink coutil or broche, with high, low and medium bust and medium or long skirts. Some have elastic sections at bottom. Also Rengo Belt Cor. wots at prices ranging from $1.50 to $8.60. Shop in the Store of Pleasing Gifts GIVE THE LITTLE FOLKS A TREAT, VISIT TOYLAND SATURDAY A SALE OF THE FAMOUS HORSMAN AMA DOLLS—for Saturday at. $1. 98 A wonderful doll at this low price. Stands 15 | inches high; composition head and hands; cloth body; is very attractively dressed—bonnet, stock- ings and slippers. Regularly sells at $3.50. (Buy now for Christmas.) $3.98 KIDDIE PEDAL KARS, Very Special at y enameled in bright red. also have a few KIDDIE (Not exactly like cut.) Attractiv Has dise rubber-tired wheels. W SCOOTERS to sell at this low pri (Delivered knocked down.) MAZDA LAMPS GIVE MORE LIGHT FOR IL MONEY Buy them in cartons of SAVE YOUR CARPE Cocoa Door Mats six and be prepared for emergencies. 40 Watt, priced at...32¢ 60 Watt, priced at...87¢ Priced Extra Low ” 69e 75 Watt, priced at...55¢ at 100 Watt, priced at...70¢ Measures 14x23 inches; made of extra heavy er, edges are strongly bound, Stanley Jack Planes Specially Priced for Saturday Bottom. H29B oun... $3.19 A Splendid Gift for the temier FOOTBALLS LEATHER Extra Boy Bottom. Bottom. . Very low prices for this Stanley Plane special, 98c Buy for Christmas. 6-foot eran or wonderful value. now toasts ne Year.) and fries, (Guars GUARANTEED ELECTRIC CURLING IRONS Special, $1.19 nteed