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

, WN A ~ STORM'S FURY HAS DIED DOWN inds Light Along Coast; ~ Cold Weather Coming After lashing the coast, har: Yors and clties of the North Pas cific for 36 hours, wrecking ves: Sols, endangering shipping, dam: Aging homes and business, and putting telephone, telegraph and transportation Ines out of com: mission, tho storm which broke with terrifle fury Inte Monday night and ushered in Christmas morning had dissipated itself Wednesday, The morning weather report re ‘Vealed practically no wind at Ta- Yoosh, and but $0 miles an hour ve: Joolty was recorded at North Head, Where the storm reached its height Tuesday in a T2milo hurricane, Se attle’s section of the storm, whieh Anterrupted telephone, light and rail Way Service in the first furious burst of Monday night, had died to ‘®& Mere gophyr of six miles an hour, During the 12-hour period preceding & p. m, Tuesday the Seattie wind Attained a b6.mile peak COLDER WEATHER IS NOW FORECAST The barometer indicates that dan: Of @ recurrence of the storm is "past, the weather bureau here shows, Tho report for Seattle for Wedn @ay and Thursday promises fair Weather, moderate northweate winds, no rain and a temperature hovering around the freezing mark. Altho the sudden outburst of the @lements caught many vessels off: shore, no loss of life was believed t/ 11.4 message stated, and well pro.| Northwest Monday and Tuosday have accompanied damage to local shipping, Five men went down with the Canadian tugboat Tyee, and sev: eral yessels were aground or par- tally crippled from the fury of the storm Wednesday. Tho ferry Dawn, which pounded to pieces on the dock at Leschi each, was the cnly Lake Washing: ton logs reported. The Dawn, with a hole driven thru her hull, sank early Tuesday. The Anderson Steamboat Co., which held the Dawn under lease from King county, iim- mediately restored service by plac- ing the doubledeck ferry Aquilla on the Dawn's run. The Dawn was & G8§-foot, single-decked craft. SCORE OF SMALL CRAFT DAMAGED CITY'S STREET | CARS TIED UP Break Causes ‘Brief Delay Wednesday Morning A broak of the high tension power lines outside the elty tled up all mu nicipal street car lines in the down: | town section for about 14 minutos} early Wednesday morning, Cars had | resumed their runs at 8 o'clock, with | the vanguard of the office goers hur: | rying to work after the Christmas} holiday, Power was not interrupted in the North End, according to reports at the office of the ehiet dispatcher, but cars were unable to run on tho low pow he added, \fore the atorm's fury in the down: [town section, and movable objects and shingles from roofs attested to} \he severity of the wind In numer ous instances, | After drifting helplessly in the | hoavy seas between Grays Harbor and | Umatilla for more than 24 hours, the | | British freighter Author was be- | |lleved to have been taken in tow by {the powerboat Sea Monarch, which | left Seattle before dawn to rescue |the big freighter, The Sea Mon- arch’a crew expected to reach the Author shortly after 6 a, m. Altho the Japanese freighter Yogen aru Went ashore a short distance nside thesmouth of Grays Harbor late Tuesday, the veasel was believed to be in no serious danger Wednos- jday, according to a report reocived | jat the local harbor radio station, | |The Yogen Maru was on a mud bar, | | tected from the storm. | | Quick work on the part of rescue | }ships and skillful handling by the! | men on distressed vessels were cred-| j ited with preventing casualties in several cases, All of the vessels re-| | ported in danger in Sound waters on | Tuesday were believed to be docked | or safe when the storm waned Tues: | day, | | ‘The startling feature of the storm, | |the Seattle weather bureau declared, | jwas the suddenness with which It] jurose and died. Altho storm warn lings were posted several hours be }fore the tempest broke, of vessels were caught by surprise. | scores | | CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.-— From} | of the city, sald the storm was the ‘caused minor delays on other branch | GRAYS HARBOR I$ GALE SWEPT One Man Dead’ Three Ships Are Wrecked in Storm ABERDEEN, I 26, == Aberdeen today Is recovering from what In said to be the ‘at storm in the history of the olty, ustay A. Quanatrom, atevedore, was killed when he stepped ona live} wire blown into the street by tho storm, Which first broke Monday night, ‘Three vessels wore blown onto mud flats Inside Grays Harbor, The steamer Cold Harbor broke ber moor: ings and wos adrift Monday night and early Tuesday, The steamer George Allen grounded on the mud banks in Hoquiam river, The Yoron Maru was also driven aground. Hundreds of windows were shat. tered, and many trees were downed. | Wire communication out of tho city was impossible for almost a4 hours, One building In the business sec tion was unrooted. Samuel Benn, 92-year-old founder most disastrous ever expertenced, eee Heavy Rain Due in Portland, Forecast PORTLAND, Ore, Dee, the- Heavy rainfall and more moderate! wind are forecast for teday for Portland, which escaped the fury of the storm, which swept the) } Rainfall here amounted to 66 of | an inch between & p, m. Monday! and 6 p, m, Tuesday Two daily trains were four hours | late Tuesday on the Portland-Tilla- | mook branch of the Southern Pa-} cific line, because of a small slide near Enright, Falling trees also lines, but all schedules thia morn: | ing were up to normal, | Nine Persons Dead _ in Auto Accidents! CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Nine persons | w killed and many were injured in Christmas automobile accidents in lilinols. Two were killed In Chi Scores of smaller craft and house-| blood poisoning, following a small cut) cago, three in Bloomington, three in boats on the lake were damaged— One dwelling losing a roof in the Wiud—but all weathered the gale. on his leg sustained in a Thankagiv- ing day football game , James Nippert, 23, of the University of Cin:| Plate glass windows shattered be-|cinnati, is dead here, if —————— ere A Dress FREDERICK & NELSO Event THURSDAY Dar and ond in Galesburg. The Galesburg man wag run down | by @ machine and the other acai-| dents occurred at grade crossings PARIS, Dec, 26.—Ex-Premler Eleu:| lieved to have been overcome by an therios Gre countrymen, Firat, however, the veteran states. man will discuss the political turmoll | the liberals to elect a definite leader, | in his native land with @ delegation from Vv a plebiscite Gre archy, day ATHE | thruout Greece May Vote on ee EUROPE, VIA THE POLE, U.S, PLAN Navy to Chart Route Next | Spring by Air WASHING IN, Deo, © 26—Th American navy today began prepar- ationg to go in for exploring on a huge scale with a combined fleet of ships and alreraft, The report of the special board of officers, headed by Rear Admiral W. A. Moffatt, made public today, ree: ommended a definite plan of proced ure for the exploration of the North polar regions next summer by using the mammoth airship Shenandoah, Secretary of the Navy Denby ap- proved the plan, subject to tmter hecessary modifications, The principal objective of the ex- pedition will be the eetablishment of the practicability of @ transpolar air route, ‘The board recommended the expe dition be equipped with two or three vessels with mooring masts, tha great dirigible Shenandoah and six airplanes. | Nome was selected os the main base, because it was acceswible early | jin the season, The board decided the attempt to explore the North polar ice cap whould be begun early | next year, One of the ships, three planes, will go to Spltzbergen, where preparationy will be made to receive the Bhenandoah if it is dis- covered after the alrahip has cruised over the pole that it is easier to re- turn to ctyilization by that direc- tion than by a return to Nome, The trip to the pole will be only How They Spent Christmas OW ae we folks you know celebrate Christmas? ‘oll— Mayor EB, J, Brown, after presenting an American flag to the Greek-Russian Orthodox church Tuesday morning and calling on several Seattle shut-ins, went home for a big Christmas dinner, at which several friends were guests of the mayor and his wife, Police Chief Severyns slept late and went to the station at 11 a. m, just “to look things over,”” Dinner and the afternoon at home, Rev, Mark A, Matthews conducted special holiday services in the morning at the church house of the First Presbyterian church. Turkey and trimmings at a home dinner, A. 8. Kerry, president of the Community Hotel Corporation, spent the day quietly at home with Mrs, erry. J. Y,. C, Kellogg celebrated in the “good old-fash- joned way” by sleeping late and getting up to a tur- key dinner. The reason he slept late torm kept him awake all night, Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas “expected to quarrel most of the day over a turn to ride in the new fam- ily auto—the first we ever owned, It's painted red, has ‘fire chief’ on the side and a loud bell, which Mal- colm, Jr., aged 8, clangs persistently,” Sheriff Matt Starwich hurried to his family at Auburn, where a house full of guests were waiting for the big turkey dinner. Assistant Prohibition Director “Bill” Whitne closed up his office and spent Christmas day with his family. He said he “didn't care whether school kept or not,” Postmaster C, M, Perkins and his aides. locked up the federal building at noon and went home—for the first time in history—telling the world that “Seattle folks showed more co-operation with us this year than ever before,” with a Nano anlansanaesas ae ES eee expedition, which will be to investi. gate the possibility of establishing a practical air route thru the polar regions to Europe or to Japan. Seo- jondly, the Shenandoah will make a thoro exploration from the air of the vast unknown area north of Alaska, or 1,000,000 square miles of unexplored territory, The accompanying airplane will make shorter observation trips and the ships equipped with masts will act as moving bases for the Shenandoah. * | ment of Venizelos’ impending return | The former premier’s hesitation, President or King | fostered by fears of his bride, is be Veniaelos will return to) urgent cable invitation signed by 300 eco In anawer to the call of his| deputies. | Venizelos cabled that he did not| | desire a public reception and urged | as he was not disposed to assume | leadership. | Athens, enizelos is considering suggesting to determine whether | ece shall ba & republic or mam | gue aor By ih o Will leave th Fri. | Pad bpd! He will leave for Athens Pri) deity in ‘a padded pall In the polio ‘ emergency hospital early this morn & ‘ing. Tho padding apparently was Deg, 26.-— Celebrations | ignited by Crawford, who had been | zette, reece followed announce | smoking clgareta. Otto | England's only state newspaper,! “Mf to|the London Gagette, is 258 years old. Publication was inaugurated uring the relgn of Charles II, It then known as the Oxford Ga- the court haying fled to that ! [olty because of the plague, i Vioits For Women and Misses *850 SILK AND CLOT IN THREE LOW-PRICED GROUPS $10.85 $14.85 $20.85 HIS Dress Event is especially attractive because of the great range of styles and sizes for women and misses, It is important, too, because of the unusually good values it brings in Dresses of Silk and Cloth, fashioned in smart styles for many occasions. The ten styles pictured are typical of the offerings in these three low-priced groups—$10,85, $14.85 and $20.85. Models for Misses, Women and for Women of Full Figure And many of the styles are one-of-a-kind. Notably attractive values are made available in this event, which follows several favorable purchases. Size 16 175 THE STYLES Straight-line and Apron effec Panels Beaded and Braid trimmed Coat and Side-fastening Tailored styles for t prefer them gh school and college miss P Youthful models ® ii $10.85, $14.85, $20.85 ts hose who for the (DOWNSTAIRS STORE) The following chart shows the distribution of Dresses according to sizes: Size 18 150 Size 86 110 ] | Size 40 85 Size 3: 120 Size 44 | Size 46 Size 48 | 80 20 Size 50 15 Size 52 60 20 15 | Size 42 | | f Aw sf) oer: (DOWNSTAIRS STORE) Herbert and Vera Mae Preeg will feature in an extensive vocal and instrumental program broadcast over KDZE radio at 8:30 p. m. Wed- | officers Christmas eve, altho man incident to the basle purpose of the |own accompaniments ax well a 80>] company Mr. Preeg, who plays the violin, on the plano. The program follows; Violin volo— "Liebeatrued” Vocal Aria— Ss “Caro Nome’ from (“Rigoletto Violin solo- “Indian Spake Dance’ Violin obligato “By the Violin solo— volo— ‘Minuet Waltz” . Vocal solo— Yings of Night” ar aerereenrarserecacaeneaemenrencemenanea) oa That Christmas Check would be put to the best possible use if it makes the first payment on a BUICK Easy terms, with all next year to finish pay- ing for it, Coine in and look at the various models—open and closed—sixes or fours—a style for any requirement, PIKE AT HARVARD FOURTH AT UNIVERSITY st FEATURE TWO |Manacled Fugitive OVER RADIO) Hunted by Officers Police were still searching Wednes- day for A. Coulson, alias Pat Nell, who escaped from three West Seattle Mrs, Preeg will play her | acted with two pairs of handcuffs, Coulson Was arrested at 5849 26th ave, 8, W. by Sergt, W. I. Smith |and Patrolmen W. D. Rehmke and vritz Krewer| Harry Van Gilder, Atter he had |been shackled, Coulson suddenly )'Yerai| broke and ran and escaped in the | darkness. He was charged with pass- fl Burleigh | se bogus checks. mooring | Viola solo Merenade” +s++4es Vocal nai “Hark! Hark! th Blue Bira” Katherine Green Wientawakt Frank LaForgs Lark)". .,,Behubert | violin Mazurka’ + Hochstein | y | “Elttle. Star” -Folk Song] Violin salo— Viennese Folk Songs Chopin Vocal solo. Winter Watts Lullaby #0) A Dress Event THURSDAY THE MATERIALS Silk Crepe Weaves Satin and Moire Effect Velveteen Poiret Twill COLORS are for the most part in the fashionable navy blue, brown and black, Many of the Dresses display charming color effects in trimmings. TRIMMINGS are employed in a wide va- riety of forms. Notably self and brightly- colored braids and beads, $10.85, $14.85, $20.85 (DOWNSTAIRS STORE)