The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1923, Page 14

THE SEATTLE STAR SATURDAY, DECEM tral states. Don’t get the idea that because Mrs. John J. Hallenbeck, of Garden City, L. I., is 88, can't drive an auto. Recently she was arrested in Miami, Fla., charged with violating the speed law. Here she is, with the car officials say she made travel 62 miles an hour. TWO CARS NOW Figures Indicate Reason for Numerous Autos | That fundamental conditions favor | “a continued substantial business in| the agricultural states by well-estab | ‘Hished organizations that go after the | business with tho right amount of| “vigor and initiative and the right| juct, is the opinion of Lynn Me-| Naughton, vice president and general | ‘Sales manager of the Cadillac Motor Car company, who has returned from “a trip thru several of the West Cen- “A study of the grain ralsing states will demonstrate that fundamentally ‘conditions aro sound,” states Mo- Naughton. “Take Minnesota for an example. “When we speak of Minnesota we think of wheat. Because of the enormous production, the price is Yow. However, a detailed study of the agricultural situation in Minne- Sota for 1923 shows a marked im- Provement over 1922. “The farm value of wheat, corn, | oats, barley, flax and potatoes in that ‘State in 1923 1s $154,000,000 more than in 1922. That is an increase of 89 Per cent. And what makes this {n-| erease even more significant ls the/ fact that the whole purchasing pow- er of the state is dependent 47 per cent upon agriculture. “{ also found that Minnesota's | Manufacturers are today operating at} capacity. The state's purchasing | power ts dependent 31 per cent on manufactures, and present conditions | ‘should certainly hold the purchasing | power of the industrial class¢s at cur-/ rent levels. “Bank clearings for the state show fan increase of 5 per cent over 1922. Purchases show an increase of 10 per cent over last year in the city of ‘Minneapolis and 8 per cent for the whole state. Before the end of the year much of the money now tied up in this year’s crop will be released. Purchases should then Increase rap- idly, and before he new year comes in every indication. is that business will be at an’even higher level. | I the other agricultural states. Tho 44.8) | public is instantly responsive to new Gasoline and Booze Do Not Mix Safely BY ARTHUR T. MOREY St. Louls, Past President National Safety Council Chemists have found that certain Hquids cause violent explosions when mixed, deadly combination. Coroner's juries have found that gasoline and “hooch” form 4 Even “safe” liquor has an exhilarating effect which causes tho driver to disregard danger and take chances which, he would normally avold. forced sobriety has been an important factor in rallgoad safety, wen before prohibition, railroad officials frowned on moderate drink: ing and the trainman who drank habitually didn’t last long. Unfortunately there ts no such restraint on drunken motorists, Most cities recognize the serfousness of his offense and ho {s usually sen tenced to the rock pile when caught, but too often the offender has atready done irreparable damage to life and property. In London, police do not walt for an accident to happen before mak: Ing.an arrest, If a man ts seen under the influence of quer, ho Is arrested as ho steps Into his car, before he has a chance to do any damage. without delay. He {s usually tried within 24 hours and, if gullty, sentenced If such methods were adopted tn this country our streets would become much safer. “There may bo spots where cond!- tlons are less favorable, but the fig- ures I have gathered cover tho whole } state. And what is true of Minnesota is, I believe, also true of many ot} per cent increase In Cadillac sale: our new V-63 shows that the buying | efforts to meet thelr requirements in a better way, CUT UP AUTO TIRES TO MAKE SHOE SOLES | write about, Inte The Star, we will be very glad te! nic stag itt thank the triends | SDOW! & thousand ho eall It to our attention, correct fi | ryboat But our and w oe Beg Pardon! | The Star never intentionally prints | rue statement of makes an unjust charge, | immediately after the Introduction of | and are human, reporters! they don't SEE everything they | Texular children Whenever error creeps Last Saturday, In the automobile A fair market exists in tho Seville} rity way a mistake. Tho “Sol Duc region for rubber heels, according t0| peiongs to the Faget Sound Navign Consul Wm. C. Burdett, but the cll mate is very dry and they will never become as popular as tn the Span regions of greater rainfall. At th samo time shoes are more wi used tn Seville than tn other parts o Spain where the alpargata, or rope and canvas sandal, largely replaces leather footwear. Seville ts paved with uneven stones which causo an ton Co. }from the ja m., 420 a. m. in In Wedneqday’s adnormal attrition on rubber heels, | about but absence of rocky or gritty soll in|struck down, said W. Mra. Viola the rural districts fovora their long| driving the auto. wear, Old automobile tires are fre-| take. quently patched on to the heels of workmen's shoes. | {the accident. ‘W. Harvey Tho nout stopping. The Canadian Pacific jtom operates the steamship “Prin 3 {cee Victoria | Victoria, B,C. on a dally schedule man dock, Seat returning from ayn ferry, service to V Star the story Swanson being Harvey was This was a mis-/ ras a witness to driver aped off} A Hii Mt HANA A Striking Value—at °295 Considering the improved appearance of the new Ford Touring Car, one would naturally expect a propor- tionate advance Largerscale production,how- ever, has made it possible to incorporate in this new type touring car a number of de- cided improve- ments with- out increas in price. Thiscar canbe obtained through the Ford Wedhly Rarchate Planes Authorized Ford Dealers Fora CARS -TRUCKS - TRACTORS ing its cost to the purchaser, Acomparisonextendingover a long period of years will reveal the fact that thepresent price is actually the lowest at which the five-passenger open car has ever been sold, TheFordTouringCar stands today, as it always has, a most remarkable value in the motor car field. TIRE COMPANY COMBATS ILLS Sumatran Plantations Are Freed of Plagues A noteworthy paper, disclosing how aggressive medical and sanita tion work have combatted tropical diseases on the great rubber planta tions of the United States Rubber Co, in the Far Kast to a poln where tho death rate is now no higher than in the average Amer: jean city, was read by Dr, W, D. Doorenbos, chief dootor of the plantations at a recent session of the Far Eastern Association of ‘Tropical Medicine at Singapore. Under a system of strict control, many forms of disease which usually are very troublesome In the tropics have been virtually ellminy ated, The company operates on one of {ts plantations in Sumatra the largest hospital in the Far East. The hospital ia centrally located with reference to tho rest of the properties, There {x accommoduy tion for at least 860 patients, All atck people are sent to the hos pital, including those slightly sick, This centralization 14 the most Im- portant feature of the entire health control, Contaminated drinking water {s lin the , the natives: apparently |having little conception of necessity for the prevention of pol- lution. By having abundant sup- plies of free tea constantly at hand) for the workmen on the plantations, it haa been possible to reduce to a minimpm the uso of water for drinking purposen, ‘There is a monthly inspection of all children. Twice a year the en- tire population is examined for mal- aria, skin diseases, eyo dineases, lete., and recelves a hookworm treatment. The living quarters of | the laborers are visited without no- tien once tn three mbnths and tho control is very strict. | these inspections anyone found sick lim sent to the hospital. | The number of typhold and dyn lenteric cases ts very low. worm is not now of much tmport Scables disappeared after the Inspections were At the first Inspection. children were lround sick with thix disease and were treated, }laria sick coolies has dropped from }a monthly percentage ranging from ance. establiched. nm of The Seattle Star, the fer-| 9.21 to 9.23 thruout 1917 to 0.26 tn} Sol Duc” was noted as be longing to the Canadian Pacific tno. May of this year, ‘There ts a mpectal maternity ward fn connection with the hospital and | from 20 to 30 bables are born there each mont! | A card system for the entire In- |bor force of 11,000 laborere in ad- | dition to 2,500 women and as many children is kept at the hospital. }'This shows every item of {mport- }ance In the laborers phynical his- |tory since entering the company’s employ. ‘SMALL CARS In Europe they are racing even |smalier cars than 122 cublo inches. ]In his recent “come back,” in which he won the Spanish Grand Prix averaging 85-2 for the 370 miles on tho track near Barcelona, Dario Resta drove a 91% cubic inch Tal- bot racer, | Second place was secured by his companion, Albert Divo, 10% seo onds behind the winner. Count Zborowsk!, Aston-Martin, fin- ished with Nuvolari, on the Italian ¢ . in fourth poaltion. There were nine starters, but all the competition lay between these four, and from beginning to end Resta and Divo were never more than threo lengths apart. AUTOIST AND WALKER BOTH HELD TO BLAME LOS ANGELE “Safety first. 1 take the chance” in the opinion of Captain “Jim” McDowell, head of the Los Angeles police traffic department, a motto that every man, woman and child should learn by heart as the only sure method ot reducing the rapidly increasing |death list tn traffic and automobile | 8 in “this city. | aceid “Of the 600 , Cal, Dee. t the other fe people killed here co January of this year, over 70 cent of athe were avoid able, the captain belloves. “I consid | 60-5 r the whdle thing on ho stated have n pedestrians walk directly in front of a passing automobile and practically defy the motorist to him. On the other hand, 4 era will deliberately | close they can come to hit With the rap! | number of automobiles that are be ing m | better t o judg mon senso tl nufactured, mt and com- an to go to the hos “HUMAN OSTRICH” DANGER TO SELF AND TO AUTOIST HEN bad weather comes the motorist out for who hides collar and must ostrich in his coat umbrella the human his face behind an across the numerou Dies of the motorist. Because of y and slippery pave the or rushes to the trou caution both at reet cor ners in hetw or the hould wateh wh ha bulk and course pedestrian ero h going, of the responsibility There more 1 vehicles and they 1 traffte moro easily, ¢ tly poltce attempts to ec have ful can do re motorist ure trans ntrol entirely at urm to the automo. them ne The pede sucee trian worst utomobile can dam. beyond repatr lepend on igment, driv on the son the ole mind "on foot our hand one of the chret menaces to health | the; At all of} Hook: | ‘The number of ma-! SHOW SPEED) ajT it Is a whole lot | COUNCIL RACE 4. WATCHED NOW With tho four leading candidates for the mayoralty either In the race or dofinitely .committed to enter, | political interent Saturday centered upon the probable councilmanic can, didates to fill tho offices now held by Counclimen ©, B, Vitagerald, A. Lou Cohen and John 1, Carroll, Noth Carroll and Cohen have an-| | nounced they will be eandidates for reolection while Fitagerald has def: | initely announced ho will not nook | office again, J. C, Borena, formerly a salesman and now employed by the Moose lodge, filed for the council Friday, the only councilmanie candidate, Col, George PY. Lamping, prealdent of the port commission, has an- nounced ho will seek reelection to | tho commission, Carl EB, Croson jand I, Leet Oi the school board will probably ake the race for |reclection’ to the positions they hold. W, J, Santmyer, who did not run last year, says he la a poten TUESDAY WILL BE BIG NIGHT, Mombers of tho Seattle acrie of the Kagles' lodgo who have hero- tofore found Tuesday a dull night need no longer worry over that day of tho week. As an tnnovation Into lodge activi: | ties comes tho announcement from | tho Seattle Bagles that a dance, free! to all members of the lodge on prew- | entation of their receipt for dues, | will bo given every Tuesday night, open to lodge members only, | ‘The first dance {x to be given on ‘ew Year's night only because New Year's happens to be on Tuenday | next year, for a big New Year's eve | | dance wil] be given Monday night as} well, xf Mexican Town Is Sacked by Raiders EAGLE PASS, Tex. Deo, 29. ‘The small town of Allende, about 40 | miles from the Texas border, was | sacked and looted yesterday, accord- jing to reports reaching Piedras | Negras, opposite here, today. | 14d by Arnulfo Gonzales, deposed | {governor of Coahu t raiders, | numbering around 40, looted homes and stores for war provisions, A} | number of horses also were driven off into the mountains, the report said. | |Prominent Man Is a | LOS ANGELES, Cal., | | James O'Brie Dec, 29. to be a prom- inent New Yor is engineer, is jin Jail here today, following his ar | reat in a hotel a charge of pon-| sessing Nquor. . | at least $20,000, wan arrested at the jsame time. She was too intoxicated, | police report, to recall her namo, ‘Tho arrests followed a quarrel, In which O'Brien and a second man en gaged, disturbing othor guests in the hotel, Star Newsboys See | _ Heilig Film Show | Nearly 260 newsboys and carriers | jot Tho Seattle Star were guests of | |the Helllg theater management Fri-| | Gay night at the closing perform. ance of “Buck,” the dog motion | picture star, in “The Call of the wild." Commissioner Paul | Claims Money Saved! While admitting tons of the state road bull jas charged by County Commirelor Saturday issued a statement in| which he tared had saved | dollars for the | , ng to f jtom of adver i bids, technical viota- | laws, examiners, Frank Paul r dec ho road fobs tor| © to the estimate of cost fixed y the county engineer, which, ac cording to Paul, is much higher than actual cost. ‘Officers Fire On Man; Hold Suspect TACOMA, Dec, 29—Tom Doran, %4, delleved to havo been the man who fled amid a show n federal dry ag da still near Black Diamond was hel in jail here to. Ho was arrested by federal of- | ficers late last | going }is my cc TACOMA, shot from a small c Joo Benes, § | one | d suicide car line. ten in Polish, were left for his uncle, a local grocer, BLACKIE DEBATES GOOD OF SLUMBER || A LA BOARD FLOOR S SAKING of Year's What do who hag reso! again vas, ke of 1 ed to ) New resolu you th n the floor during I thought so. {dea, don’t thd next year? hink {t's a poor from than to nd you have to Contractors follow thy wellestab. | tis lished custom of making ther bids | to remember that he ts some runner) 104 nis time. | the head of tho ticket r of shots | g liber revolver,|1 have s in| end of the] pest Two notes, writ-| ¢ | | Arrested in Hotel | “Duty First’ is the lesson of Dustin Farnum’s “The A woman, expensively gowned,! Grail,” @ melodrama of the Texas Rangers, at the Winter wearing, officers said, jewelry worth| Garden the first part of the week. Justice Says Erickson to Make Race Real One Hands Councilman Bouquet in Regard to His City Affairs Knowledge BY J. R. JUSTICE Oliver ‘T. Erickson will be in the | @bsolutely right. If we had listened | next cace for mayor. He has thrown | at into the ring, and it ts safe| to say that he bas figured it out to} own satisfaction just what that} hat will look like when he gets it his head, ie has also} In his resignation to the| Ml, to take effect the latter part) of January, before the campaign be-| gina. There ts no doubt that he has filed in tho back of his head just} w he will make the race and what the final result will be. Of course, it y not come out that way, but do forget that Oliver T. is a close 1d also it would be well when he gets warmed up. Back’ in 1911 he was first elected to the city council; leading his ticket Ho has been coming back ever since, | and last year he again came thru at A lot of peo-| ple swear about him and somo of them swear at him, but that does not to upset him in the least ner does it appear to put any n the way when he ts making | run. 1 ERICKSON KNOWS | CITY AFFAIRS Almost anybody will tell you that trickson knows more about city af-| fairs than anyone in town. And I am » add something to that. It} iction that he car more affairs than most of wu: 1 him two or three time began this roundup for a for and I have 1 s he knows yout. If you makes about city ince I man tatement he goes right into one of those little geonholes in his desk and comes pack with the documents. And {it seems to mo that he looks upon the moral condition of the city as more or Jess a home affair, And ho handles busin a if the & personal gain or outcome meant loss to him. ome say ho pl doos he plays a and his met ent. When I found he was considering making the race, I as had organization. He Then I wanted to know eon Mr He politics. retty good & entirely 4 m seriously an. he had So-and-So. not ; had he seen any bother the than I can “They lw. k, or better dl: bother ha paper “I never any answered an even br ed to anothe ae of them? new " help,” he a give meé And that He does paper or a ho believes all more covery friend for uch a co wound AT LEAST THERE’ A REAL RAC I ran upport unle urse is agrecable into a couple discussing for day. One was t him he handled the said the for life of me. ownershit rain Being car pt purchase of th price al posed kne the thought If he} I inquired about the news- | | had thrown us down, But now I know he was to him we would now re a b-cent fare or we would have no street car system, I am for a man who will take chances on queering his. po-| litical friends when he knows they are wron “Oh, that’s the trounle,” sald the othe: ‘He ts too set in his way. will concede he ts honest; most too honest, I would almost say. But he runs off after things that I don’t like.” Well, anyway, whether you like Erickson or not, he is to be in the race. And someone ought to i this notice on Mayor Brown's gar- age door fou are going to be in a real And:if you hope to see anything more than Oliver T.'s dust at the finish, you will have } to hurry TACOMA YOUTH HELD TACOMA, Dec. 29.—A. J. Welliver, Tacoma youth, arrested in company with a, juvenile girl.in Seattle this morning, will be returned here for trial on ge of passing worth. less chee! Star Want Ad rates are 15 cents | per line for a three-time insertion, Phone MA in-0600 KILLED BY AUTO Knocked From Arms of | Mother; Driver Is Held TACOMA, Deo. 29.—Twoyeanola Walter Leo Roo was almost ine stantly Killed last night when he was knocked from the arms of his mother, Mrs, John Roe, by an auto as she was about to board a street car, ‘The boy was the 17th victim te meet death in Tacoma this year in traffic accidents. Police arrested Frank Santos, 21, of Hoquiam, driver of the death car, and held him in fall for tm vestigation. Mrs, Roe, alto injured by the car, {s in St. Joseph's hospital. It was reported that her injuries were not serious, but the shock of the affair and lons of her infant were preying on her mind, Mrs, Roe was returning home from a Christmas party given by friends of her little boy at the time of the fatal accident, which gccurred at 10:10 o'clock in ‘Tacoma. 4 £ Mayor Brown Will ™® Speak Before Club The Fourteenth Ave. Improve. — ment club will give Mayor E. J. Brown an opportunity to officially open his campaign for re-election |Friday night, January 11, at Dem- lick’s Dining car, 6563 14th ave, IN. W. After hig address a banquet will be given the Whittier Heights Improvement club, winner ofa recent | whist contest between the clubs. The Fourteenth Ave. club will | stage its annual election at the busi- | ness meeting, Friday night, Janu- ary 25. Leonard Wood, Jr., Not to Wed Actress WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—The decision that the stage and tho |home cannot be made to mix hap- ‘pily has been made by Leonard | Wood, Jr. and his actress fiancee, Miss Dolores Gray it was said on behalf of the two here today. | Wood, the brother of Osborne | Wood, who recently made $800,000 in Wail Street by long-range specu- lation from Manilla, is the manager of the Washington Theater guild, and Miss Graves, whose home ‘is in San Francisco, has been a mem- jber of the Wood players, a stock company. The engagement was ended, 4 said frankly, because the two |felt they could not set up a home jand at the same time continue their theatrical careers. Thief Steals Her New Divorce Decree LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 29,— Something more than trash was in the stolen purse of Mrs. Constance Soulard. While Mrs. Soulard was sitting in her automobile, a thief |drove up, snatched her purse and | sped away. Perhaps Mrs. Soulard would not have minded so much, but the purse | contained, not money, but—one final divorce decree and one new marriage license. “Wesleyan Chapel in Mawnan, | Cornwall, England, opened in 1815, | had its first marriage ceremony only recently, I} j | | NEW YEAR DANCE Jan. ist. Big dance this as usual. Best musi Where all neers ko, Why attend inferior » wonderful place In- All dances and enty of practice; ne find no other echool of this clas (6 lessons all hours, Phone BA st- HEILIGS™ Three Different and Magnificent TTLE’S THEATRE BEAUTIFUL Friday and Saturday Matinee on Saturday Programs S.Hurok inepreses enter, Pare and london or tinpzation in NEWorvsntisserenrs end LD Ekxartions SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Amarilla” “Oriental Impressions” SATURDA Saturday Matinee A. Polish Wedding” ‘The Fai ¥ SNING “AUTUMN LEAVES” and “OLD RUSSIAN FOLK tissements LORE” Each Performance $1.10, Sent Mall o t of Frank Py Hood