The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1924, Page 14

SOUTH OREGON HITS TOURISTS “Holdup Game” Staged by Officers, Is Claim t against Anothe treatmont nutoists from other yuthern Oregon te states by 5 1 Wednesday In ak Rafferty Chief Traffic Officer T. H of Oregon, L. H ay of the L, H Gray & Company tment con: cern here, protests vehemently against a “holdup” him at Grants Pas: Gray was retu nia. At Grants s he was and told to buy Oregon. lice Then he was forced to put h into a garage and the garage instructed to keep it there until a lt ense had been obtained. Finally, to get away, Gray bought a no for $34 and pald an $1 for temporary numbers, The Automobile Club of Western Washington says that such occur recently ng from Callfor pe an owner nal Fenees are not uncommon, J. W Roberts, attorney for the club, de clares t d “a rank in Gray has demanded re tracted from him, This is the artist's concep- tion of the famous “Lady Mary” Diamond. It Is exquisitely mounted in 18-karat white gold. Embellished with sapphires. And the Diamond ts a se- lected gem of wonderful bril- Nancy. The “Lady Mary" is a fea- tured value—sold only at the Burnett Stores in Washington and in Oregon. The price is $48.50. The terms are so easy “as to enable anybody to own one. Just a single dollar down and the ring is delivered to you. The balance you may pay at the rate of, say $1 a Week Pay Just One Dollar And the “Princess May” will be delivered to you. The “Princess May” is a small diamond so cleverly mounted in 18-karat white gold that it looks four times larger than it actually is! And it is a featured value at $25. You may exchange it at any time for a larger Dia- mond and that without loss to yourself. Delivered single dollar. Paid for as may be con venient for you— A dollar a week will do! Any Watch in the Burnett Store for One Doll ~r Payment to you for a Iilinols, Howards, Hamiltons, Elgins and Walthams, the great. est variety, and the finest watches in the world are here to choose among at the Nation- ally Advertised Prices, and ca the Burnett Savings plan. Keep your money in the bank. Buy a Gentleman's Watch. Pay Us as you are paid. No interest —no extras—no tax. Best of ali:° If after thirty days you find (or just think that you've found) that you can do better in some other good store —youare DOING US A FAVOR if you bring the watch back, and get all you've paid! For one dissatisfied customer can do us more birm than a thousand pages of advertising can do Burnett Bros. JEWELERS Pay Us as You Are Pald 909 Second Ave. Which is between Madison and Marion Streets practiced upon | © © money fllogally ex: | THEFT CHARGE | IN ri PAWNSHOP Tuesday ¢ Ho tried t that would better fit him, De ves M. C, Scrafford and Mark Freeman, of the pay Wad walked in right behind him, and found $3,600 worth of stolen |jowelry in it, Congar was jailed | pawned a $400 bracelet In anoth hop. The jewelry had been stolen from T, H, Williams, 1065 Westov drive, Portland, on January 22 The two detectives had been trail ing Congar for several blocks, they aid, on suspicion of being tmpli cated in another robbery. The su I will probably burglary LOCAL WOMEN be charged with _ LOSE VENTURE Stocks Held Worthless by Bankrupt Land Dealer Mrs. Ellen W and Mrs. Lucy W ott of East oattle jand Merce: nd, are named as | the pricipal creditors of | Ben Park Co, a Wash poration doing business Ore, in a petition in filed In Muskogee, Okla. day by William D, Cheney, realty operator of t As presid unet egy ulre Bend, od on, org property, at than $250,00 jens than $5." ons and his assets Mrs. Cheney, 1 more his stock in the comp : 216, refused to comment on the| report, Mrs, Wolcott ts listed as holding $129,055. classed by Cheney value, perhaps ¥ Condemnation of a company’s lands for Purposes was held jthe collapse of the venture. ro part public by Commerce Body Their holdings are “ot doubtful | ‘SCORE “QUAKE TONE” STORY ‘Retraction by U. S. Asked| | The recent astonishing discovery, | | by the United States department of jagriculture, that Seattle is “in a | recognized earthquake zone,” was }made the subject of a protest merce. zone, never was, and never will be, according to the its statement. |wallan volcano } that Seattle is one of several Pacifi coast cities In the temblor zone, an: | then remarks, sarcastically; | Increase!” where on absorbers.” demanded, Police Kill One man is dead as a result of an at tack by police on five alleged ban. yesterday. shot by police, has not been identi. |fied. The others are: George Doug las, William Harney, Eugene Me Dermott and James Thornton. Seattle is not tn an earthquake chamber, which quotes geological authorities to back ‘The department's statement, made | by Dr. T. A. Jaggar, Jr., of the Ha- observatory, says “Yet the population of such cities continues to The chamber quotes Prof. Collier | Cobb, eminent geologist, to the ef- fect that “Seattle never will be vis- ited by. an earthquake, because it Is located on 1,800 feet of glacial drift which acts as a cushion, and no- the American continent have I seen such wonderful shock A correction by the department is in Bandit Battle SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10.—Four men are in jail here today and one dits who were cornered in a house The dead man, who was i i | MR. W. G. G. BENWAY Manager Union Central Life Insurance Company, formerly Field Secretary U. 8, Chamber 4 of Commerce Will act as the presiding officer at the Twenty-ninth Annual Graduating Exercises of Wilson's Modern Business College to be held at the Ma- sonic Temple, Pine Street and Harvard Avenue, Friday evening, February 1. Presl- dent J. P. Wilson will pre. sent diplomas to more than two hundred graduates, Mr. J. C. Herbsman will deliver the address to the class, and Mr. Lloyd Spenger will also speak. The public ts invited. exercises are free. The Market Blouse Shop Quits CLOSING OUT SALE Starts Friday, 10 A, M. Wateh The of the | Tuesday park | W. responsible for|#ent to jail for 10 days ‘for recklons | driving, and a woman was badly hurt In an automobile accident driving while drunk arrested at Westlake rison st. Crane, 31, a butener, on the Fremont bridge on a similar | charge and also | Further continuance |politan theater Wednesday Jelty light d his office Wednesday morning, after | THE SEATTLE STAR 4 Last Article - How I Built My Home A Man of Moderate Means Tells How He a Tip to Other Men Went About It as BY JACK HALL poxcet SOR! Wo had we 4 All of tho » and im pediments to owning -our home it had been met during everal h wooks after wo had decided to quit apartment houso life for good and build our wn hor Diligent se of places had yur find a suit lot, and finally in financing construction of a sixroom modern hc Aftor the contract was let, time drag ged heavily, Tho contractor seemed to have lost interest in the project, and we fumed and fretted until he began exoa vating for our basement. The men qallied around and te weeks instead days to get the foundations lald—or so it seemed. Ihach day we would carefully inspect the greag that had de, We went over the spotted tty’ timbers en drove a few 8, sur y in tho ove Jolsia that app inexperienced ¢ step wo followed tho thru the thru until everything waa com pleted. We examined the work of the plumbers, the millwork men, and Inalsted In getting th type and style of windows and woodwork we wanted, Then the ry came and the sandy machine that amoothcs off the hardwood floors and the Hght fixture men and the bricklayera, and we saw eur home gradually take shapo be fore ¢ ‘ until we knew and loved every nail of tt, every board built into It When it was done, we stood in the living room aw the sinking sun paint Rat nier with brilllants, and saw purple dusk settle around the bases of the Cascades and tho lake bec Mercer t th an opal pool with ald sot me out 1 an emer Nght thi r Baker boulevard, one tke ara and a golden over the mountal Turning our backs to « t beautiful vista, we snapped a switch and our house was flooded with Ight and we tank of HE END. ACCUSE 4 OF DRY EXECUTIVE WILD DRIVING ist Is Sent to Jail Two alleged drunken drivers and two reckless drivern were arrested night. Another man, J Kennedy, 6741 40th ave. N., was C. I. Jones was charged with He pow John P. was arrested posted $200 A. J. White. He was given 10 days Lt i 4 fined 100. | Wednesday by the Chamber of Com.|{" J#!! and fined $ Mrs. Murie O’Brien tel, wan struck by an by Adolph Thornquist, Mai on ho. 4039 ave. S. W. She was injured about |the back. ‘The accident occurred Saturday. EARLY TRIAL IS CONVICTED “|Woman Is Hurt; One Auto-| Churches to Aid Anderson, Held Guilty of Forgery NEW YORK, Jan, 30.—A fight te keep William H. Anderson from fall launched tomorrow oh r the aloon league superin endent, who was convicted last night of third degree forgery and faces a Jail sentence of from two and a half announced today Ex-Governor Charles Whitman and his assistants, who defended Ander son, will confer tomorrow on plans for an immediate appeal. Prominent “drys” and divines, re- formers and rectors of leading New be oc | York churches and other supporters G. W. Lamon, of West Beattie, was charged with reckless drivi and was rele d on $100 bonds. | Earl Weiprecht, who wan arrested at Sixth ave. and Pine st., posted 276 on a jeas driving charge. Kennedy was convicted of reck lens driving January 5, when his car wrecked an auto driven by Mrs. auto driven | , 19th ip | | | } | of the Anti-Sa day to the sup; This is 3 great prol Dr. Char son's on league fi of Ander t the begir n fightin th * Kons, pastor of Ander Central Methodist church tn Yonkers, declared, Thruout the day as news of Anderson's convi xpread, opin nimous that there way m han the technical forgery charge The Anti-Saloon league superinten: es m mentence of two and @ ve years’ Imprisonment, Anderson was found gully of or dering alterations in the books of the AntiSaloon league to cover transfer of $4,400 paid to the super. intendent by O. Bertsall by Phillips In accordance with an agreement whereby part of the latte sions were split charged by Ande went to the district attorney with the story, ed to. on the case Dines’ Illness Fought by FIGHT DOPE Chaoffeur’s Attorneys LOS ANGE 8, Cal, Jan. of the case Against Horace A. Greer, Mabel Nor. mand’s chauffeuh, facing trial on a charge of having assaulted Courtland 8. Dines, Denver oi! manipulator, was fought by defense attorneys in Jus tice Hanby's court today With the defendant late in appear ing, 8. 8. Hahn, his counsel, an- nounced that he was opposed to ad.| ditional postponement of the case jand as soon as Greer arrived would | move to prevent another continuance. | Hahn's statement followed presen. | tation of another certificate by Dr. | Guy Cochran, attending Dines, to the jeffect that the patient ts still in dan | ger and that “at the end of 40 days more {f Dines' testimony ta not abso. lutely necessary, he should not bo re. |quired to appear in court before 60 days.” Mystery Play Ends Return Engagement Completing its second week in Se- attle this season, in a return en gagement, the “Cat and Canary” |mystery play was scheduled to make its Iast appearance at the Metro- night. The company started its tour in August and is still on the road, with | |three weeks tn San Francisco, two In Los Angeles and two here to ita| credit. Light Department Chief Back on Job J. D. Ross, superintendent of the partment, was back at three days’ fliness, due to a slight attack of influenza HEQDA HOPPER GETS ALIMONY AS FIFTH MATE OF COMEDIAN BW YORK, Jan. 30—Willlam De Wolf Hopper must p 30 per cent of his earnings as character actor as alimony to hin fifth wife, who got a divorce yes. terday. The veteran comedian is 66. Witnesses told the referee that Hopper, who married Elda Furry in 1913, was “making dates” with chorus girly in 1920, and went swimming ‘ith a couple of fair charmers at Oakland beach. The Hoppers have a 9-y son. They separated over 5 a year ago, but at the time Mrs. Hopper ‘He's one of the grandest men America.” Previous to hia marrige with wife No. 5, Hopper had been hus band to.E , Ida Mosh: er, Edna Wallace and Nellic Ber. gen. Mra. Hopper No. 6 was known on the stage as “Hedda Hopper.” in | | | | | | jshe fell into AT CANNERY nouncement that the govern: may noon take steps to better living conditions and curb the nar cotic evil in the canneries of the Alaska fishing districts, chief of the narcotics office. At present it is an easy matter for narcotics vendors who wish to the cannery workers, dicts, to obtain access to the field by enlisting as cannery workers, Williamson said. | Washington, D. C., that some steps be taken toward government medi cal examination of all prospective ery employes before they are allowed to go aboard ship,” he said. | “All addicts and diseased persons be detected and barred this HELD HERE Suspected of having been impli. cated in the disappearance of two small girls and two boys, six men were held in Jail Wednesday. Accused of bringing two small girls from their homes in Portland, to Seattle, A. EB. Kraus, Maurice Carpenter and Claud Iden Tuesday night by Patrolman G. C. Kidwell and Policewoman J, E. Briggs. The two girls were re. turned to Portland, while the three men were held, pending the filing uf charges. Patrolmen K. L. Webb and Fred Iv arrested € I, Smith, Vv. McCoy, 46, and 8. P. Conre 1915% Seventh ave, Tuesday night in connection with the disappear. ance of Harold Arnott, 14, and Stewart Carter, 14. The boys were located in Darring- ton, Wednesday, and will be sent home, according to juvenile author- ities, Meanwhile the men are held in jail, Campaign Workers for Brown to Meet A meeting of the persons who will work in Mayor Brown's campaign has been called for Thursday even ing at 8 o'clock at the American Legion club rooms. Brown will ad dress the gathering and outtine his plans. PORTLAND, Jan. 90.—Ariine Rico, 2 years old, was drowned here when the water from her houseboat home. The baby’s mother recovered the bedy in 16 minutes but was unable to revive the child E. L. Gaines, of the olty engineer: | ng department will give an address on “The Opera fon of the City Zon. jing Law to Date,” at the weekly | meeting of the Seattle Real Ke. tate association, Thursday, at 12:15 in the Hotel Butler banquet room, was made | Wednesday by Harry V, Williamson, are thickly sprinkled with ad: | I have already recommended to | were} Sixteen Clever Styles in|, Gingham House Dresses| | For “Apron alo, Muslin Thursday” 10c Yard 1: Well made, of gingham which will wear and launder well! There are four of the sizteen modele in extra , tool HECKED and plain Ging- | 1,200 yards of Un- bleached Muslin, 27 inches wide, lengths to 10 yards. Dress Ginghams 25c Yard Kalburnie and Renfrew hae ed effe oa: 88 han redler hams, all fresh and in lengths to 10 yard trim and clean looking. Trimmed with embroidery, Voiles and Crepes with organdie and with vique in contrasting colors. 25c Yard ik shades of pink, blue, 20 pb of attractive fab green, brown, yellow and a, nM a8 inches de tan. pened: yo te y Regular sizes and extra sizes 4: * Second Floor—The Bon Marche Soiled Corsets in Standard Makes Re-reduced to $1.45 U—Originally $5.00 Blen Jolie Wrap 3—Originally $3.00 Nemo Juspul around Corsets, of pink and blue silk Corsets, short style, small $1 45 | 164n wizes, reduced to........ ¥ * $1 .45 5—Originally $5.00 American Lady $ 1 45 Wrap-around models, sizes é $1 45 “- and 27, reduced to., i = Jobber’s Surplus—All-Wool Dress Goods. Much Underpriced 42-In. All-Wocl French Serge, Shrunk and Sponged In shades of cardinal, navy, midnight, brown, Copenhagen, scarlet, tan and black, finely woven and adaptable to suits and dresses. 42-Inch Popular All-Wool Prunella, Satin Finished For skirts or dresses, Shades of navy, light navy and black. A serviceable and smart sports fabric. 44-Inch Shrunk All-Wool Storm Serge, Fine Quality An especially fine quality of shrunk and sponged Serge, in shades of navy, brown, scar- let, wine and black. Suitable for dresses, suits and children's togs. Third Floor—The Bon Marche 35-Inch Supple Chiffon Taffeta Third Floor—The Bon Marche brocade hj three palra duced to caves 2—Originally $5.00 Nemo Corsets, short models, sizes 34 to 40, reduced to.. hose supp 40-Inch Fine Quality Sport Satin Black, ivory and white, extra fine $1 65 e grade—with a high luster—priced at Fabric Floor—Third—The Bon Marche In black only—nice for spring dresses and blouses—and so inexpensive, too. $1.95 Fabric Floor—Third—The Bon Marche a saving to you. Sport Coats Like T hese, Priced Like This, Should Sell , to First Shoppers | $24.75 Direct From New York Featuring the straight, loose lines and the breezy cape sleeve and back styles that spring most favors in top-coats. REMARKABLY low price on, such distinctly clever wraps. Fashioned from fleecy coatings, camelaire in its new phas imported stripes and plaids—all lined beautifully. In tans, grays and mixtures, and complete size ranges. Second Flosr—The Bon Marche Save in the Food Shops Oranges, navels, sweet and juicy, dozen........10¢ Genuine Orange Pekoe Mend Free Today, one 2c bottle of Tea (black), Thursday, Ib.4te Hamilton's Compound Extract Special Green Tea, fine grade, ib | | | | at Low Prices Mercerized Marquisette 20c Curtainings Curtain Swiss 30c Yard | | of Vanilla with each 65¢ bot- ie tle purchased Memravel and cuitlonone Ppkger Arables sites tay) ieee aes Fine quality Curtain Evenly - woven Marquis- fhe; each ile Mayflower tfee, roasted | Swiss, crossbar and dot ette of a durable quality, Cocon, 2 Ibs. 1964 Ib. .! 1060 frosh daily, 3 lbs, $15 1b, .85e. Bon Marche Quality Butterhorns, 5 for 25¢; 2 for 15¢ Rolls, special for the ozen de rs, special for the day, n veers 4 Marche Thousand designs, 36 inches wide— exceptional values, Curtain Voile 45c Yard Sheer - Voile, 86 inches wide—in ecru. Ruffled Curtains $1.95 Pair Swiss Muslin Curtains, well made and most dur- Peerless Corn, No, 2 Size Cans—liec Bon Island Dressing 38ec evenly A delicious salad accompant- Towa, Gorn of especially good | woven, in white, cream and able. With ruffled tie- for luncheon or dinne flavor; 6 cans for SOc * 4 wits Honcleas Cottage lutte, Happy Tame Spinach ecru, 40 inches wide. backs—2l4 yards long. lean and sugar cured, Ib. 260 23 pack; can ut @5e 4 Del Monte Fruit Salad, delicious ‘sm ‘ vsss..28@ blended fruits; can 28e3 2 cans Freshly churhed Butter, high RT Pattee ey grade and strictly fresh, Rr v Alen Tomatoes, large . Sle enerved Fles, fruit in heavy . oe BB Fourth Floor—The Bon Marche Chotee ippeed Salmon, freshly Odd Lots of Neckwear Greatly Reduced—10c and 19c Venise and Organdie Collars, Tuxedo and Peter Pan style; Circular Collars in fine net and embroidered organdie. Upper Main Floor—The Bon Marche ‘ens, medium id very tender; 18¢; 6 Lunch at the Counter—35c Corned Beef and Cabbage Steamed Potato Brend and Butter Tepioca Pudding Coffee or Milk Upper Main Floor—The Bon Marche PIKE STREE