CAR MEN WILL GET CASH!
VOL. 25. NO. 92,
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Howdy, folks! Home is where |
Sunday's roast doesn’t disappear
until Wednesday.
Conan Doyle was in the city last
pight, lecturing on spirits. Roy Lyle
.was there, picking up some clues,
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Latest News: Miss Lyle Stockiug
18 swing Mr. Paris Garter for non
aupport.
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El Whitney took eight years to
" perfect the cotton gin, and even then
it wasn't a good drink.
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VL'L GEE GEE, TH' OFFICE |
! VAMP, SEZ: ]
| Kissin® a pretty giel thru o veil |
Uis like trying to drink s cocktail |
~under a shower, i
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Li'l Gee Gee also says that & Kiss
on the cheek Is like riding on the
fender of an automobile,
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Today's Definition: Sunday is the
day a man stays home with his wife.
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He prescated his bill,
And I could not cvade il.
In valley, on hill,
. He prescuted his bill,
With stinging @l-will, ?
3 So with dlood, sir, 1 paid il
He presented his bill,
! And I cowld wot cvade it
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Perbaps the first stock company
ever floated was Noah's Ark. -
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; WTm SMART SET IS DOING
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Mr. Montgomery McGoof of Seat
tie, who ig spending the summer al
hs country place, * McGoof.on.the
Tideflats,
; The trouble with a pesalmllt. is
We's always driving In reverse,
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Just because you
Dow't like her
Apartment g
You needn’t knock
Her flat.
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‘Dollar gusoline would at least re
move the congestion in the emerg
ency wards,
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. The old dramatic saying used to be:
“The woman pays, and pays, and
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Now it is: .“The woman owes, and
owes, and owes.” *
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ALE RIGHT, WE'LL FORGIVE YOU
(Classified Ad In The Star)
It I offended anyone in this world, in
some way or other, | ask pardon. I 1
wronged this country in any way, [ re
pent and will try to do better, If you will
give me another chance. Won't you for
f" me?—C, E. Rotenberg, 2108 Seventh
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Say what you like, a corn on the
cob is worth two on the toe.
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THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT
What we will eall this colyum
when the country goes wet
again, :
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It has been suggested that we
have a reckless driving week, but it
would be hard to distinguish it from
others,
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A bullet is a deadly thing,
Rushing onward, with a zing!
And should it penctrate wy hide,
"Twonld malke an awful weight intdde,
But I dow’t think that it compares
With biscuits that my wife prepares.
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A great deal of alleged golden halr
is plaited,
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They're giving radip sels away
with instaliment watches now, and
We confidently expect it to be only a
matter of a few months until we'll
be finding a complete set in each
new package of oatmeal.
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If you keep as busy as a bee you
will never get stung,
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If Henry ¥ord runs for president,
we hope his platform provides for
an extra leaf in the rear spring.
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Henry 1s not radical, but a lot of
B 8 cary are wobbly,
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STER LP IN FRONT, PLEASE!
Ges Wy fair tonight and
Wedhesday ; moderate south.
westerly winds
BULGAR WAR RAGES
Ilgllfomm;" F z’ghtlg for fliu" usbcmc"zl,’l .’
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RAm SoFIA v
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Ex-Premier Held
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Prisoner by
Rebels, Is Report
| PARIS, June I%.—A dispatch
| from Sefia, via Prague, states
| definitely that ex‘Premier Stam
| boulisky is a prisoner, and that
the new government is prevent.
| ing news of casualties which
I resulted from the coup d'etat
reaching the outside world.
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! ATHENS, June 12 Seven
thousand Bulgarian and Mace
donian comitadjis, flerce hill
tribesmen, have penctrated into
Sofia and are conducting a reign
of terror in the capital, accord
ing to unconfirmed advices from
Salonica.
! The peasant Alexandroff, leader of
i 'ln: armed bands who are joining the
!nuumv-r revolution agninst the newly
established Zankof ministry, Is said
!!o be master of the situation in the
Bulgarian capital, |
g Civil war is reported to be in full
swing, with supporters of the de.|
lhooed premier, Stamboullsky, every.
where vietorions, !
{ Serblan troops are reported to have |
engaged n a border clash with |ml
comitadjis in the Secomnitza, where
15 casuslties. resulted, |
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' BELGRADE. June 12.—Sweep
ing down upon Sofis from the
hills, fierce peasant bands num
bering between 10,000 and 15,
000 are launching a strong
| counter revolutionary movement
| against the new Zankoef govern.
| ment, according to dispatches
¢' from the Bulgarian ecapital,
i Roughly clad, hard.riding hil
tribes have joined the standard of
the deposed Stamboulisky govern
ment and threaten to topple the
threeday revolutionary regime be.
| fore it is fairly established.
Jugo-Blay political circles under.
stand that the counter revolution |s
likely to succeed; already Stambou
‘lmk)"e followers outnumber the
‘rmccn of the Zonkoff government
and the peasant movement, that
(can claim -85 per cent of all Bul
igaria if It is successful, appears
ldue to return to power.
King Borls, jyouthful Bul
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'Says Prohibition
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' Will Be Big Issue
{ OMAHA, Neb., June 12.-Prohi
{bition will be the big issue in the
11924 cumpdign if the democrats
Inominats a “wet” candidate, Séna.
tor Borah, of Idaho, declared here
today.
! Borah, who stopped off here en
route to his home in Idaho, said
Gov. Smith's action in signing the
| prohibition repeal bill had again
I brought the iiquor question to the
ifron( in national political circles.
i Borah declared he was not a can.
'didate for president, neither on an
jold party or a new party ticket,
'New Dance Record
| Set at 200 Hours
| CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohlo, June
‘l‘.’.-—Pns.wlng the 184-hour mark,
Miss Ida Hartman, 21, danced into
,n new women's world endurance rec.
‘md today.
The new champion’s goal Is 200
hours. Bhe will have attained it at
430 a. m, tomorrow,
MILK, SAUSAGE AND
CASTOR OIL FIGURE
IN U. S. COURT CASE
GOAT’S milk, ptomaine poison.
Ing, castor oil and sausage
figured prominently Tuesday
morning In federal court, In the
case of Hilmer Foyen and Mrs.
Ella Foyen, his wife, who are su.
ing the Libby, M:Neil & Libby
Packing Co. for 25,000, charging
that the defendanty s=old canned
sausage that polsoned the plain.
tiffs. ’
Foyen testified on the stand
that he had drunk goat's milk
after he had eaten the sausage,,
but sald that the milk was all
right and did not poilson him, He
also testified that he took cas.
tor 01l after being poisoned, He
maintained that all of the imple
ments with which he opened the
can of sauscge® were clean and
that he had not been affected by
them,
The case Is expected to go to
the jury late Tuesday or Wed.
nesday,
Entered as Jecond Class Matter May 8, 1599, m the Postoffice at Beattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 3, 1575, er Year, by Mail, $3.50
The Seattle Star
Visiting Population of
Shelby Exists on Pop
One-Story Frame BuildingS Spring Up Al
most Over Night in Fight City
EDITOR'S NOTE: Max Miller, for
lb‘ru your editor of the University
of Washington Daily, whose wnusual
articles and odhu:.l- have enused
wwd comment both lnside and
ou! sehool clrcles, s vaontioning
nenr Shelby, Sdont., the scene of the
a fistle sucounter on the Vourth of
between Juck Dempsey and Tem
Miller is mu:; weries of
mk.l:.. for The lt:“.. C.“‘QC'l;‘,'
mo his w ol Ob? bout and
men whe stage it
BY MAN MILLER
SHELBY,. June 12.-Just ar.
rived. Shelby today Is a one.
story wseaffolding, & wsouttered
structure of temporary lumber—
lumber shipped from Lord knows
where—and freckied with brown
Knots. Haif the visiting popula.
tion seems to be lving on cig
arets and pop. Pop--maybe,
Once in a while the eye will
strike a weathergray bullding, a
veterun among the awkward
squad of fresh-lumber, over-night
recrults—recruits facing every
why and not sized off, The rat
tle of hammers Is searing the
gophers far into the red.rock
hills, :
A min of & * ended last
e
cnked t
mountains of cement. Ollfleld
automobiles ill halt the town.
And the ofl men are very cour.
teous, Very.
. A circus tent s just going up
advertised lke this;
COMING, JUNE 12
" Hylan-Welty Comedians
PEOPLE
25-—~Moutly Girls—2s
Band Orchestra
Down what-might-bethestreet
a way s long bullding marked:
“THE DAYS OF 1925
* De Luxe Cabaret
Riding down the eastern slope
Swarms: of Caterpillars
Isolate Oregon District
‘Squirming Masses of \{/orms Cover Railway
| Tracks, Eat Crops and Defy Officials
NEWPORT, Ore., Jume 12—
Coming from no one knows
where, but arriving in multi
tudes, & new host of caterpiliars
today descended upon the rail
l road tricks connecting this dis
I trick with the outside world,
l Not content with eating all
‘ the crops, tree leaves and other
i vegetation in the Yaguina val
ley, the fuzzy pests scem intent
on preventing the railrond from
hauling anything in for local
residents to eat,
Houthern Pacific officlids and
members of the engineering de.
partment are inspecting the in.
vasion, endeavoring to devise a
scheme for cIeaTTHE the road
bed.
Attempts to sweep the cater
piliars from the track with
brooms have been abandoned.
The mass of wriggling worms is
| 100 heavy to yield to sucl: treat.
It’sthe Grand Old Army
"~ Life in Douglas’ Office
BY JOHN W, NELSON
It was a busy day at the of.
fice of Prosecutor Malcolm
Douglas, A calendar to dispose
of divorce hearings in another
court, a murder trial just about
to go to the jury, several booz
cases béing heard and cven the
court of domestic relations
which 18 conducted nround a
table—family fashion—by Judge
(. . Dalton and Deputy I'rose.
cutor Miss Cordelle Thell, in
sesalon, had every deputy en.
gaged.
Attorney Walter Meizenbaum
had puffed up the hill from his
office In the Pacific block in.
tent on posting bail for a client
who was languishing in the
connty Jall, desirous of being
out,
Migs Esther Johnson, informa.
tion eclerk, greeted him with o
smile, Everyone greets Metzen:
baum smilingly, He's that kind
of 0. man-—he mmiles und you
smile buck
SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923.
of the Rockies, and acrosas 50 or
60 milea of prairie into Shelby, I
like riding across the United
Stutes,
Every variety of scenery is
served on the brief coursss,
One ean put out hix hand and
almost touch the snow.fields of
the summit, and by putting one's
head out as well an his hand, he
can look up to the white-headed
mountains—mountuins on which
the mountain goat are just now
shedding. White - headed old
mountains, and so far, far, far
from the world of prizefights.
After the snow-felds como the
burned-aff hills, Timboer, tum.
bled, burned, sun-scorchied-—piled
over the hg?. erisscross, bal
unced, halfbilanced, overbal
aneced, jack strawg varnished by
the sun-—jack straws with which
cach season certainly must toy
the playful fingers of the baby
gods, Baby gods playing jack.
straws in Montana.
Then the praivies, and Shelby
Itself, Shelby? What is Shelby?
Take a grain of sawdust and go
out into the most treeless aren
you . can find-—say bay —go
A cowboat e bay
m dnn‘m ut: L “h\r
to the trough of two
fl\'mtfl you have Shel
by, One Jooks at “Shelby and
asks “Why?
The arena ix about finishad,
and Gibbons' tralning quapters s
a minkature arena right along.
side the giant one. He was away
on a hike today,
But right now on the board
walks of SBhelby-—and as strange
as the statement may seem-—oll
talk Is sparring with fight talk
tor world's champlonship honors,
And the present round goes to
01l talk. e
Plink, plink, plink, plink—
those hammers outside are mak
ing almost as much noise as this
typewritor—-almont,
ment, Even a snowplow would
be unservieeable, it is believed,
Rallrond officials pisn to try
eresote, spraying the track for
some distance on either side of
the rails in hopes (he worms
won't be able to stand the treat
ment. It croosote hes no ef.
fect, poison gas muay be used,
altho no one hasg yet determined
whether the caterpillais breathe
and would inhale the fumes if
given a chance,
In the meantime, trains which
attempt to climb the grude with
the usunl single engine are de.
layed an hour, Yesterduy's local
hitched on an extra engine,
and the double-header plowed
thru the mass, arriving only 15
minutes late,
Theé parasitic flies, which are
supposed to be actively engaged
hatching eggs In (he cater.
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“Is - Mr. Douglas .in?" he
queried.. .. ~
“No, MAj. Douglas g Lrying a
murder case today,” said Miss
Johnson,
“How about Hownrd Han.
gon?' puffed Metzentoum,
“Col, Hanson is aticnding a
meeting of the board of county
commissioners,”
“Well, Mr, Colvin can fix me
up all right.”
“Capt, Colvin Is trying a Jap
lnand case today.”
Metzenbaum scyatelhed his
chin, meditating 1 moment, i
“Oh, yes, there's Dert Ross?'
he inquired with a hopeful alr,
“MajJ. Ross s at Olympin,'
#sald the dmperturbable Miss
Johnson.
“Then 1T will sce Jolin Car.
mody, If you ploume?’
“Lleut. Carmody Is on hig va.
catlon,” returned Miss Johnson,
“Oh, welll IF that's the case
then | suppose | had better not
digturh Admiral - Thell” sald
Metzenboum s he studlked off,
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Lawyers Give Up
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H ope; Sobbing
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Mother Persists
By Fielding Lemmon
A woman's hand, careworn per
baps, but faithful to the last, now
guldes the destinies of Ole Larson--
haggard, health-broken Ole Larson
former president of the defunct
Scandinavian-American bank of Twu
coma
And the woman's hand Is that
of Mrs., Ole Larson, the wife who
has stoad with her husband since
the erpsh of the Tacoma bank Jeft
a oty startled and wondering, the
wife who has burned her bhridges
beliind her in an effort o save
her husband from the penitentinry,
the woman who has, ax & final re
sort, appealed to Governor Louls ¥
Hart for executive clemency. The
courts, after months of ltigation,
bhave given their final answer-—Lar
son must go to prison for irregulari.
ties In the handling of the defunct
bank's funds,
Lawyors have fought leng and
bard to save him from the prison
bars, but® fulled. = Further lemal
action Is useéloss, Larson realized
thin " and resigned himself 1o lis
fate
SEIZES TRUMP CARD
AND PLAYS 1T
But his wife, who hnd w atched Lar.
son's legal talent play a losing hand
In the state courts, who had
watehed the play eard by card,
Tuesdny selzed the frump card In
her own hand and threw it on the
table in front of Gov. Hart
Monday she announced that she
would appeal to the governor for
clemency, Breathlessly she told of
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Duncan Scores Labor Chief
for His Methods
If Samuel Gompors révokesr tha
charter of the Seattle Central Labor
council, he wiil do w 0 in the face of
complete and full publicity on the
entire controversy, James A, Dun.
can, secretary of the Central Labor
councll, said Tuoesday,
Duncan announced that the com.
plete correspondence between Gom
pers and the Central Labor council
will be released to the public Wed.
nésday noon, when the Jdast letter of
the council, complying with the re.
quest of Gompers that the local
body must conform to American
Federation rules, will have reached
headquarters at Washington, D. C.
The letters are being printed in
pamphlet form, and will be sent to
every one of the 1,000 central Jabor
councilg in the United States. Asked
if he thought it possible that Gom.
pers would revoke the local charter,
luncan said:
“I think it possible—if he dares,"
SAYS COUNCIL HAS
COMPLIED WITH DEMANDS
Duncan declared that the local
couneil has complied with the de.
muands of Gompers, in the spirit as
woll ax the lelter of the laws and
rules of the Amervican Federation of
Labor,
“We are conforming to every let.
ter of the Jaw, but it is impossible
for us to indorse every whim of pol.
ley and quirk of Gompers' personal
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Today’s
.
Want Ad Bargain
Well, if you haven't found the
house you think you want just
look this over today. You should
be üble to take your piek.
WHIEN
You get discouranged looking at
old houses, rundown property,
sosenlled "snovificos,” and make
up your mind that in order to
get a desivable home, a fair
price must be paid, phone 15)-
Hott 6859, and one of our snles
men will show you our 40 boau
tiful, elassy bungalows, ranging
from 4 to ¥ rooms and from
$4.500 up, on RENT TERMS.
ITmmediate posgession,
Turn to the Want Ad Columns
NOW and see who s offering
theso propevties,
Yes, This Is Rose Week
| 'S';n"flm“an'd zvivaé‘fiifié’: fif&ch‘er’ifig "fc;lfe of Theo Karle,
| noted Seattle tenor, is home just in time to partieclpate in the
\Joys and Tragrance %ol’?'oye week in Seattle. Mrs. Karle was
‘m;&}fl.‘a%w glovions ‘Teatont blossoms -on Queen Anne
1'9:4 a/ 7 -‘: 4 L 4 : .” :
hitl when The Star camera ?’}ax': J;Qgpid b_v:i Z’w&d#% mh 9.
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Gorgeous Blooms
and Charm |
DEL’I‘CA.TEI.\' tinted rose blos-|
~Somig, of countless varietles are |
merging their fragrance to justify
Senftle In ‘matting aside a week in |
their Konot. = : ,
This {8 Rose Week on Puget Sound |
und the buds are unfolding in per.
fumed anticipation of the homage
thAt will be theirs, Bright petals, |
washed spotless by gentle spring|
raing are spreading to catch the|
brightest sunbeams and reflect them |
brtddenst, cnlivened by the beauty
of . theiy resting place. i
| The i‘rxfi'm bears evidence that na- !
ture is extending herself to bring her |
loveliest floral crop to fragrant ma- |
turity. The message mag,bo lost |
Doctor Charges Milkmen
Seek to Gain Monopoly!
That's Why Pastm;c{f—i—o_nis Urged, Asserts
Medical Society Head °
| BY LESTER M., HUNT
| The integrity of Seattle pastour
;i:«:rn {¢ not such as to justify pul
{he trust n them or to warrant glve
ling them a monopely on all milk
dold in the city, declaced Dr. H. %}
| Davidson, chairman of the legisla
i""‘ committee of the King County
| Medieal society, Tuesday, after he
!hud imvoked the nid of the Chamber
jof Commerce in making & complete
linvestigation of all ‘phases of the
milk Industry here.
Dr, Davidson is also chnirman of
[{he special committee of the medical
[gociety which is taking up the ques.
;unu of compulsory pastenrization of
fall milk sold in the eity after it had
{beon referred to the sociely by the
|eity health department and the rival
|dairygnterests,
In a letier to Christy Thomas,
1 executive secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Dr. Davidson
l said his investigation made it
| “apparent that the inftintion of
| the proposed changes in the milk
| ordinance and its promotion is
! being urged by interests which
| are openly making an attempt
| to gnin monopolistic control of
| Seattle's milk supply.”
| The physiclan urged investigation
by the bourd of trustees to bring
all facts before the public,
' “rhis I 8 o matter in which the
[public is vitally Interésted” he said.
lvAnd all the facts should be laid
[hefore them. It I 8 no time for
lwecrecy,
|SAYS IS TOOL TO
SHUT OUT SMALL I'RY
“As an abstiact fssue, I am heart.
ily In favor of puasteurization, hut
pusteurization ig not heng properly
‘nccomplished in Seattle today, and
1 oam not In favor of maorsing an
mefficient practice which s being
tEEPTIYIoE ‘
jalong the pm'ementbr{' ‘where - com
' merce holds sway, t once away
[from the grip of the busy city the
traveler is aware that Rose Week is
| here, whether officially proclaimed
’or not, A 3
Nature has proclaimed it &and the
IScntllc Rose society merely confirms
Pher edier, . :
| - The choicest blooms in the city will
| end thelr reign of bequty in the gar
{den Thursday to compete indoors
! with other floral queens during the
1 10th annual show of the society
| Thursday and Friday in thée Univer
' sits of Washington armory.
. Entries wihil be received from 7to
(10 a. m. Thursday. Judging will
{begin at 10 and will be ended before
| the show is open to the publie at 2.
I The doors will remain open Thursday
{until 10 p. m. and on Friday from
{lO a. m. to 10 p. m. ¢ kG
i And the prize blooms \Wwili droop
{and die with Rono,‘\’flk, while other
;thousflmls of flowers will absorb
| their relinquished attar and continue
| Rose Weak® thruout the summer.
used as & tool in the hauds of cer-|
tain interests to force the raw milk |
dealers out of business and gi\'(a!‘
autocratic control to 1 certain|
group.” !'
In support of his stand, Dr, Dav-|
idson declared in his letter to!
Thomas that: “A. A. Paysse, secre-|
tary of the Seattle Distributors' as
soclation, stated to me in my office|
that as long as the association |
could not have contrel of the 13|
per cent of the milk supplied Seattle!
by raw milk dealers, the ussoclntlon!
could not stabjlize prices, and gnvel’
us his excuse for desiring that con-51
trol that by the stubilization of|
prices, Seattle would be guaranteed|
bettep milk than it enjoys at m‘cs-!:
ent, |
DRASTIC ACTION IN |
ONE CASE TOLD ‘
“That the association has power!
to wield unfair commercial pmmuro:
ig evidenced by the fact that one |
man, because he paid the farmer|
10 cents a hundred pounds more ‘for‘
his milk and at the same time sold‘
to the consumer at a price helow !
that of the Distributors’ unsoclutlon‘l
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American Held for |
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Ransom in Mexico
MENICO CITY, June 12-<Friends |
of R A, Newman, an American who |
has been missing from Durango City |
for 50 days, have received n letter|
from him’ saying that if 30,000 pesos |
are not pald at once to the bumlllni
who Kidnaped him he will be shet to !
death, |
Amoerican authorities have mmh‘|
representations to the Moxicin gov- |
ernment on the subject, |
The bandity are bellevead to be led |
by Juan Galindo, notorious beigand. |
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE.
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‘Men to Be Paid by
Light Fund While
Blaine Moves for
- Quick Action ';
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By John W. Nelson o
Street railway employes will bfig
Wble to cash their pay warranis at
the office of City Treasurer E, T 8
Terry Wednesday, at 10 a. m, Ali
emergency ordinance was 1o h;u
passed at a special council meeting
| Tuesday afterncon, borrowing $125.2
{9OO from the city light fund for the
street railway fund.
And while the troubles of raflv\'l’%
employes were zolved, those of ai
patrons threaten to start as Col
ciiman E. L. Blaine will intr 3
|an emergency ordinance provid
{for the return of the 8%5-cent fare
:un city car lines E:)‘ Friday of th. :
| week., 3
The ordinance will provide thaty
the fares be increased two da}l:
after the ordinance becomes Gfi-..'g
| fective. A special council meeting
will be required Wednesday 1o puflé
the ordinance and it would becomes
effective itmmediately, If Mayor m%
J. Brown affixes his signature to"‘gfi
BROWN REFUSES TO A
LFORECAST HIS ACTION
, Mayor Brown refused to ans
nounce his plans with regard tos
the emergency ordinance ‘é
!but intimated that unless there I 8
jsome excellent reason he will not
| recede from his former stand, =
| “I do not know what Blaine
{has in mind” the mayor sald. “But
Ql don’t see any reason for rushing
ithix matter now, any more than
(1 did before.” g ;;':3*
! Early action was taken by the
|special committee named by the
| council Monday to wrestle wttll
{ problem presented by the refusal o
Imme-wks‘ to cash the semi
{monthly pay warrants of street rails
way dmployes. 8
| The committee, consisting of May
| or Brown and Councilmen C. B. Fitz
gerald and E. L. Blaine, met shorfly
jafter 8 o'clock and went into confer
(ence with Corporation Counsel 5}
L. Kennedy. It was decided that the
| street railway has nuthorhy‘to‘l
| row funds from the light department
| to meet the emergency. T
'KENNEDY IS DRAWING
'EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
| Corporation Counsel Kenne(}&
| drawing up an emergency ordinance
ito be introduced at Tuesday's sp j:
- meeting, providing for the loan pfe
| $125,000 from the light fund to -tHe
! street railway fund. AMayor B #’é_
| has announced he will appiove the
‘ordinance, which will enable street:
|car men to cash their warrants at'
{lO a. m. Wednesday. SRS
| The council is preparing (o totally
|ignore the strongly hinted -:;
imondunon of the Seattle Clearing
! House association that suit be in i
|tuted to test the priority of laber
| claims and bondholders' claims an
Ithe revenues of the street railvay
| system. e
| “City officials declare that this has
{already been definitely establl hed
[by the state supremeé court in‘f,_"
| Twitchell case, where it was specifi~
| cally staied that the bondholders’ lien
| is first. - 5"
{ Mayor Brown declared that there
'is no emergency, as the reventes of
|the street railway system would: fe
!Urc all the warrants by the en ?*{
!thc week, anyway. The lonli“
{the light department, according to'
| the ordinance, will be repaid before
‘June 2. » R
| TEST SUIT IS CONSIDERED =
' ESSENTIAL AT THIS TIME -:;_';
i A suit to test the validity of the
clause in the contract of purchase of
’ the lines, stating that revenues musf
first be used to retire the bonds ands
interest, is considered . esseatial at
' this time, the banks assert. e
| "It is the opinion of the associas
‘tlon that the present crisis, lfi t
‘be a crisis, should be settled bes
‘tween the contructing partles” the.
‘bankers' lofter states, “without
' bringing those who are not ,
‘to the contrget into the hazard of
|2 business enterprise, and who may
in the event of paossible ,“55:7_1
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PATROLMAN SMART, OF
&
SALEM, IS MUCH TOO
SMART, SAYS MATRON
S.\u-:.\t. Ore., June 12.--Mrs. R,
Russell, young local matron,
is $5 poorer today, and the next
time she dances with o pollcomm?
~well, she just won't, that's all,
AMrs. Russell has her opinion of
Patrolman Smart in particular,
and all officers in general, and she |
claims her peeve is justified,
The policeman danced with hep
o' fow nights ago in a local hall
and then arrested her for dancing
“too close,"” y
In court late yestorday the.
Judge heard both sides of the
story and pronounced a $5 fine,
Al of which, according to Mrs,
Russell, Is quite the Hmit,