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VOL. 25. NO. 93, &2
HIGH CARFARE DUE SATURDAY
Home
Brew/
Howdy, folks! Made plans for
your vacation yet? So've we.
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Every man has two vacations:
When he takes his own, and when
the boss takes his,
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Now is the time to degin to rest up
for this summer’'s vacation,
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Some men go wherever they please
on thelr wvacation, and others are
married.
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COORERY DEPARTMENT
Matt Starwich writes testi
monial for a bakeoven cure,
Gosh, we didn't know he had
been baked; we thought he was
hard beiled.
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Some of his enemies, no doubt, will
say that he is only half-baked.
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Anyway, when you take one of
these, bake-oven treatments, you
can't say that you are getting @ raw
deal.
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Before long a jot of men with hay
fever are going to have to swear off
smoking §-cent clgars,
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YE DIARY
(dune 123
This evenlug te the Arena, snd saw
“Beareat” Deode Bercot defeat “Krash
“in' 7 Ted Krmehe, the mest exciting bat
the ever | saw, and the King County
Medical Seciety did ?!-l in & bedy,
erying, “Hit him the adenolds,
Krache!™ and “Kick him in the sinus,
Dode!™ and “Huarrah for Wl"-.‘
Kay Dummett alss l;ohc.
And when MNereot did make o last.
round rally, Lonnle Austin did faint, Jim
mfl lose his false teeth and Huge
swallowed & five-cent clgur.
And so te home, much pleased.
i A
A wife is a woman who says,
‘“Now, John, you've had enough.”
“« .o
Personal: If Seaburn Brown, the Bheik
of Stanwood and baliyhoo of Krache, will
drop around to this offfee. he will re
ceive & handsome, nickel-plated guffaw
from the editor of this colyum.
. ..
Caterpillars are so thick in Oregon
that the trains are’ blocked. But
that’s nothing. In Seattlo there are
#0 many earwigs that the lots have
to be nailed down or they'd be
dragged away.
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“Everybody is simply crazy about
me,” remarked the Kkeeper, as he
locked up the asylum for the night.
Conan Deyle says that married
people remain married in heaven,
Huh, that's not heaven.
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CLASSICS
Theo Karle, noted tenor, is asking
people to suggest songs for his con
cert at the Stadium, June 18, All
right, Theo, try these:
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean,
The Bear Went Over the Moun
tains.
Mr. Dooley.
Bill Bailey.
» . .
We don’t care what Theo Karle
sings 0 long as it isn't “Yis, We
Have No Bananas!"
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If Henry Ford Is aver elected pres.
idegt, there will be no congressmen.
Henry'll need all the nuts for his
cars.
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If Ford is elected, he should imme
diately start to work on the three
major problems of the American
people:
1. How to get enough money to
gether to make the first payment.
2. How to make it start in eold
yeather,
8 How to take the squeaks out
of the doors and fenders.
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Conan Doyle says a spirit’s ecto
plasm can be easily seen.
Now to star Cleopatra’s ectoplasm
ir the movies!
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TOLGH
Ain't it tough, girls, to be at
a Charity ball selling kisses at a
dollar a Wiss, and then find that
your hated rival is bootlegging
them in the conservatory?
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Intoxication ls that condition In
which you are when a golf ball looks
like a string of pearls.
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When, however, you only see three
golf balle teed up, the trick is to hit
the middle one,
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TRY "EM WITH MUSIC
(Courtroom Hcene)
The plaintiff: “He made me
what T am today.”
The beautiful star witness:
“People call him Lovin' Sam,
he's the Sheik of Alabam.”
* The Ffendant: “I picked a
lemon in the garden of loye,”
The prosecuting attorney -
dresses the Jury: “He's a devil in
his own home town.”
Counsel for defense addresses
Jury: “For he's a Jolly good fel
low.”
The Jury deliberates: “We
won't go home until morning.”
The judge passes sentenee:
. "She was happy till she met you
and the fault was all your own,”
Behind the bars: “Alimony
blues,”
Train Hits Auto! 3 Killed! 5 Hurt!
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Fight Fans Are
Mangled bya
.
F- - h E .
reight kngine
- On Way Home
T Three Hoquinm residents were
| killed and five injured early to
day, when the automobile in
which they were returning from
the Bercot-Krache smoker, at
Seattle, was struck by an East.
bound Milwaukee freight train,
at Sumner, 10 miles southeast of
« Tacoma,
The dead are Aubrey Hall,
single; Peter Jense, married; Earl
Ramstead, married
The injured are: Frank W. Cole,
[ married: Joe Sonnabend, owner and
driver of the car; John QGower, sin
Igle: Loren Gage, single. and John
Hansen, married
t Al the injured men were rushed
to the Puyanilup hospital after the
accident, Sonnebend and Hansen
are not expected to Jive thru the
tday,
| The party came fo Seaitle from
| Hoquiam Tuesday afternoon, stay
|lng over for the fight and then
ireturning . late that evening.
i The automobile crashed into the
| locomotive, throwing the eccupants
{of the car aguinst the train and
{along the road.
The injured and dead men were
picked up by the temin crew and
a passing automobile and Imme.
| diately rushed to Puyallup.
| The freight train which the auto
i mobile struck "wus east bound. Engl
inMr Hatry Cesaford gnd Condue
ftor H. W. Wilson were in charge.
{ Hall was killed outright, Jensen
and Ramstead died at the hospital
! Bonnabend disregarded or did not
thear the warning signalx at the
{erossing and drove hix car directly
(in the path of the train in charge
iof Engineer Harry Cessford and
{Conductor H. W. Wilson. Vision of
[ the rail crossing is obwcured In part
{by & high bank on one side, the rall.
1roa«l making a sharp turn at this
ipoint. Enginecr Cessford said he
twas only traveling at 15 miles an
}hour at the time,
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FIVE HURT IN
~ AUTO CRASHES
i Five persons were Injured in
| three traffic accidents Tuesday after
inoon and evening.
| Wililam C. Smith, 2025 Fuhrman
lave., owner of the Fuhrman phar.
imacy, was in the city hospital
| Wednesday suffering from a broken
leg and a possible skull fracture,
{received Tuesday night when he
| was struck by an auto and thrown
linto the path of & street car at
| Harward ave. 3.’ and Shelby st
{Smith was waiting for the street
fear in the street when the auto,
{ without warning, struck him and
[lon«l him several feet. Smith
{landed in the car tracks and was
i (Turn to Page 9, Column 4)
T 0 GOV, HART
Executive Has Not Taken
Action on Matter
The original copy of his petition
for clemrency, accompanied by a
personal letter to Gov. Louis I,
Hurt, was mailed to Olympla. Wed.
nesday by Ole Larson, former presi.
dent of the defunct Scandinavian.
American bank of Tacomi, who is
attempting to escape p five.year sen.
tence in the state penitentiary thru
a pardon from Hart,
The governor's office Wednosday
was In receipt of the printed pe.
tition which was malled Monday
afternoon by Mrs, Larson, but it
was anid no appeal, outside of this
petition, had yet reached the of
fice. .
Gov, Hart was not in Olympla
Wednesday and hod cnot had an
opportunity to take up the clkemency
matter,
Larson, in hig letter to the gov.
ernor, further pointed out what he
conslders the injustice of " being
made to suffer for a crime which
1 committed, believing that hé was
acting in good faith with the de
positors of his bank, -
| v U TR, R e
German Marks Sell
Thousand for Cent
NEW YORK, June 13.-~Cerman
L minr ks sold o thousand for a cent ot
’Hu- olosing of the New York ox.
‘l:-h:mun foday,
| The par vulue 95 the mark Is a
Uttle lews than 25 cents,
The Seattle Star
BALKAN STATES AFLAME!
Taking 2,700-ft. Plunge
Here is Price Miller, youthjul dargd@qril de luce, as he
takes off from the wing of a plane on @ 2,700 fool plunge,
He doesn’t pray when he seems falling “to certain death—he
cusses when the parachute ropes don’t worlk.
~Photo by Piice & Carter, Btar Stalf Photographers
Dare-Devil Miller Tells How It Feels to
Drop From Clouds and Trust
to Parachute "
BY LESTER M. HUNT
WHAT thoughts would flash thru
your mind if you were plunging
toward the earth from an altitude of
2,700 feet?
It is eany to find out but no one
but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would
ever know what your mental action
was, unless you had a parashute,
And if you had a parachute your
thoughts would not be the same as
tho you were plunging to certain
death with nothing to occuny your
mind. ¢
Price Miller, sald to be the young:
est and most original daredevil In
the business, is authority for the
sbove. He has survived two accl
dental drops when bis parachute re
fused to function and one Intentional
drop of 2,600 feot.
During each of the accidental falls
thru atmosphere Mliller belloved that
he was about to gaze Into the eyes
of his ancestors., Bui, coutrary to
accepted theory, the events of his
Dry Agents ““*Entertain’’
Little Al and His Pals
Bootleggers Flock to Hotel and Fall Into
Arms of Federal Men
‘ BY STEVE ARNETT
#Hello! Is this Beacon 7"
! nch'u
l “Well, say! You know me, Al, 1
| feel like 1 had just crossed the Sa.
hara. What can you do for me?
I'm in room 00, In the Savey hotel,
on Second ave'
“I'l be right up, Al: How much
do you want?"
“1 want a case, but T can only
afford a quart.”
ST be right up.”
A few minutes passed; then came
ia gentle tap, tap, on the door of
!ronm 00 in the Savoy hotel, late
[ Tuesday night. Al wag walting in
|'hn hall when his knock wns an.
| gwered, The door wae opened gen.
| tly and mysteriously, A volee inside
'Mkcd. in a whisper, “Who's
there?"
| “I'm your little friend, AL said
the visitor, e
“Come in, ALY rplied the mys.
terfous volce, ‘
LITTLE AL DEMANDED
HIS TEN-SPOT
f Al went quietly Into the room,
iwhero- two men were waiting with
[ dry lps unds q parched appenrance,
| Little Al demanded payment, and
Ltarned over the bottle which he ear.
‘rlod, wrapped warmly, .
‘ “1 guesy Tl take my lonve and
that tenwpot,” snid Friend Al ag he
SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1923
“ltq did not flash before him in o
| Kaleldoscope of deatli. He was too
| busy,
He was not a boy playfully beating
his baby sister over the head with a
milk bottle one instant and & man
excoeding the celestial wpeed lmits
the next. Neither did he attempt to
polish his soul for angolie inspection.
SWORE AT THE ROPES
HE COULDN'T UNTANGLE
Instead he swore at the ropes
which had locked above his uscless
parachute and strained every muscle
in an effort to break them. That he
succeeded Is cvidenced by the fact
that there is no pieture of Miller in
Sir Arthur's ectoplasm gallery,
Miller’s last narrow escape came
two weeks, ngo Sunday above Lake
Washington dfter he had severed the
ropes of one parachuto and could not
release the pin which held a second.
He had dropped 400 feet and was
600 fect from the water, falling Nead
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took the money and turned Lo go,
“Pleage stay,"” sald one of the
men, “We like your company."
“No; T must go' sald Al, "My
business cally me.”
“No; you ure under arrest, and
no man should be so Impolite a 8 to
leave while under arrest,” wald the
fwo men in unison, *“We are the
far-famed prohfhition agents, and
you must remain our guest.”
GIVEN GLAD WELCOME
IN RECEPTION ROOM
“What the ——-'" exploded Al, as
the 210, which happened to be mark.
ed, was taken from him and he was
forced into another room of the
suite, where he wig met by o re.
ception committec of o third pro.
hibition agent.
“Welcome, welcome,” sald the
agent, nx his guest took o chalr,
Soon thee guest was Joined by an
other “I'riend Al" who had been
called on the ‘phone by the same
prohibition agent and had been pald
with marked money tuken awny
from the first, After a time a thivd
and then o fourth vietlm was usher
o Into the reception ¢« hambor,
Finally o half dozen huad been
brought in and the party wag com.
plete, L
All wix of lho‘pomu e gentles
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1.. » .
General Warfare
[s Feared F
S reare rom
Bulgar Revolt
ATHENS, June 13.—~Four Bal |
kan states called troops (o the |
colors today and rushed rein. |
forcements to thelp borders,
Urgent measures were institut. |
ed to prevent the Bulgarian re.
volt mnd counter-revoll from
spreading. A
Mobilization of thousands of fresh
troops and extension of civil war, re- |
ported from Sofla, caused alarm in
Belgrade, Bucharest, Athens and
Prague. "
- In Budapest, the Hungarian capl
tal, on the other hand, it was report
ed that news of the trouble In Bul
garin had been grected with rejolc.
ing and that speret mobilization of
three classes had taken ploe,
Greece today instituted wartime
measures to reinforce the Greek-Bul.
garian frontier X |
JugoSlavia called up a thousand |
Serblan reserve officers and hurried
additional troops to the border with |
ammunition and supplies, !
Czecho-Slovakia, further removed
from the storm center, watched zmh'
anxiety and ‘prepared for possible
mlml!y»u’um. v v ,
<AL Prague it was eanfirmed that
ulgnria wax partly mobllizing in des
flance of the treaty which ended that
country’s participation in' the world
- war. A bad impressiog has beén cre.
| ated in other Balkan (&vnnlu by this
! knowledge,
. At Belgrade the ctown councll de
cided to request Bulgaria to demoblls
iz¢ limmediately what volunteers
'have been enrolled in excess of the
'number allowed by the treaty of
| Neullly, The Zankof ministry, strug
gling to put down u growing peas
‘ant counter revolt, has appealed for
more enlistments,
Former Premler Stamoulisky,
| overthrown by the Zankol coup
- lett Saturday, still is variously
| reported dead, captured, sur-
C yrounded and leading a strong
. band of peasants and hill tribes.
men toward Solia, !
One, at least, of Bulgaria's neigh
bors, is reported to have greeted the
' success of “whites,” headed by the
{ professor-premier, with enthusiasm.
| Hungary is reported to have secret.
|ly ealled up the classes of 1900, 1901,
fand 1902, 5~
{ A teport this afternoon was 1o
{the effect that the youthful King
Borig and .ex-King Ferdinand were
{the maln instigators of the revolu.
| tlon that deposed Stamboulisky. The
Hatter's anti.royalist tendencles were
feared by the Bulgarian monarchs
to conceal intentiony to effect a con
[federation of Dulgaria with Serbia.
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EX-PREMIER
| LONDON, June 13.-—-Former Pre.
i;mlc-r Stamboulisky, of Bulgarin, was
{killed Tuesday by troops of the new
QV.unknr government, according to a
Central News dispatch from Vienna,
quoting Sofla advices,
The report s unconfirmed,
Soldiers of the new government,
which was estabilshed by a bloodless
l‘(-cup d'etat Saturday, surrounded the
{ former peasant premier in a forest at
' Slavostsa and killed him after he had
I:|lu‘mph'(l resistance at the head of
| a handful of loyal followers, accord.
i ing to the Central News,
| Other digspatches sayStamboulisky s
!('umuro alive is expected mom ari
[ Iy, while others describe with f"dw
[ talls what 1% belleved to be a serious
| counteraevolt,
i Bulgnria is believed by officials
fhere to be secthing In the initial
| stages of civie war, which a strict cen.
| sorship prevents what correspondents
!have penetrated to the capital from
!doncrlblng. Only information favor.
lable to the new government comes
i(llrvcl from Sofia,
| Dispatches from Vienna, Athens
| (Turn to Page 9, Column 2)
- PLEAD GUILTY
| NEW YORK, June Vi~ dward M,
! Muller and W, I, MeGee, late heads
| of the brokerage house of 15, M. I*ul
ler and gompany, today pleaded
gullty to a charge of conducting a
buckéat shop,
| They were renmianded to jall In cus.
(tody of deputy marshals until 10pi
j(ln,\'.
| Fuller and McGoo are alloged to
| have vietimized thoncands of “lamby”
Lin all parts of the United States who
Laont thelr savings to them for pups
pose of buying stocks and getting
(rlvh In o hurry,
The fallure of thelr bhrokeragoe ox
ltnhlmhnwm was the first of many in
Wall streot, o
AIRMEN PLAN
!
OCEAN FLIGHT
SAN DIEGO, June 13.—A fleet’
of six navy seaplanes will attempt
to fly from Honolulu to SBan Diego |
this summer, It was announced nt"
the alrceraft squadron’s baltle fleet
headquarters at North Island to
day .
The planes, to be manned by
two men each, will attempt to make |
A nonstop flight, but will land on
the sea If necessary. l
The Pacific will be bridged by
destroyers or alreraft tenders n(i
frequent intervals 1o act as “gulde
posts” as well as 1o assist un)'l
planes which have to land.
Personnel for the flight s being
selected today. Authorization for
the trip bhas Just been recelved from
Washington.
“ A naval transport will call here
thisx month to carry the planes
and personnel to Pearl Harbor,
where test flights preparatory to
the transpacific flight will be made,
MADIBON, Wis, June 13.--BBena
tor H. J. Beverson today introduced
4 resolution in the senate caliing
for an investigation of reports of
“drinking bouts” In the state capl
tol.
“Many charges of malfeasance in
office of state officials both elec
tive and appointive, have been made
and no public depials made thereof,"
the resolution sald, c
Severson, author of the state dry
enforeement law, sald he was
tmwea fo call for a probe calling
for reports of “boozing’ by legisia
tors and that wet lobbyists were
bringing liguor fato the capitol. .
The resolution calls for a commit
[!M' of three senators with power to
subpoenn and collect | evidence,
. Revelations . that Senator Barney
!Momn. who disappeared Jast week
on the eve of a taxation vote, was
?rnld 1o have been drugged and kid
naped, was the outstanding fedture
of the resolution.
. The resolution statey that it has
been publicly . charged that the
absence of Moran was caused by
certain employes of the senate who
"‘:lmgged and astupefied him” and
!lhen caused him to be transported
!m\'ny.
'ROBBERS TAKE
'
GROCERY SAFE
g A steel safe, weighing 300 pounds
and containing S3OO cash, was
stolon by burglars who entered the
Piggly Wiggrly store No. §, at 14th
iavc. 8. and Beacon ave. early
Wednesday.
! R. W, Johnson, store*® manager,
discovered the theft at §:ls a. m.,
'when he opened the store for busi.
‘ness. The burglars had entered by
forcing a rear door and the safe
'was carted bodily into an alleyway
‘and loaded into an auto truck, ac.
Icordlnx to the police,
Speedboat Races
Scheduled Today
PORTLAND, June 13.-—Featured
by n speed boat regatta this after
‘noon on the Willamette river, the
| second day of the annual rose festi.
val will afford plenty of entertain
' ment for the thousands of visitors in
{the city, it is assured. X
' The water entertainment will bring
some of the fastest boats on the Coast
|into competition, with valuable prizes
|oflorml the winners in the different
events,
‘ A children’s parade and a demon
stration by Boy Scouts,gogether with
a big firocworks display tonight are
lnllo features of the day,
‘Sugar Drops Half
!
- Cent a Pound Here
| Another drop of one-half cent per
| pound in the price of raw sugar wus
inm\mmved Wednesday morning over
[the wire of James Macfarlane & Co,,
ih!eamo brokers,
'y 4 e DAGE TREEL T SR By eAR R T 4 SRR WIANRO Ae T
| M
| Here Is Another
.
| Good Bargain
Perhaps you haven't been able
to buy n home becanse the firs!
payment was too big for you
to hoendle. Well, here is one
that fs mighty easy to reach.
= s g 2
ONLY SIOO CASH
You may move vight in this 6«
room house, House now vacant.
. PRICIE ONLY £2,250
This house has been newly decs
ornted Inslde and out; first
cluss shape in every way; brand
new bath fixtures; bost of fix«
‘ fures; also extra protty lghting
fixtures; also has nlee tile flirve
|||l||'c-, ole,, ot
L Taen to the Want Ad columng
L] and find more übout this home
|| and where you can sce it
-
Hat in Overturned
1 L
Craft Identified
by K. Barnes
.
Identification Wednesday morning
by Kenneth Barnes, manager of the
Liberty Alr Compmessor Co, 516 E,
Pike st., of the hat found Tuesday
in the overturned canos on Lake
Washington us that of his wife,
lead the police to believe that Mrs.
Burnes was one of the two women
who are thought to have drowned
in the lake Tuesday alternoon,
Barnes came to the pelice stution
Wednesday morning after hearing
of the lake Washington accident,
He declared that descriptions of
one of the women who rented the
cunoe at Leschi park Tucsday tally
with that of his wife. She left home
about 1 p. m. Tuesday afternoon,
he told the police, withomt saying
where, or with whom, she was go
ng.
. E. Bigelow, owner of the boat.
house, declared that two women
rented & canoe from him Tuesday
aftermoon and identified the over
turned craft as the one, The hat
which Barnes identified as that of
his wife was in the canoe when it
was discovered upside down on the
lake,
C. B. Clegg, boathouse employe,
decldred that the woman belleved to
Le Mrs, Barnes had given him two
Jdetters to mall, one addressed. to
F. A. Strong, care of S F. Bowser
Co., San Francisco, The other let
ter had a Pellingham acdress.
Following the jdentitication of
Mrs. Barnes as one of the missing
women, harbor patrol lLoats were
preparing to drag the lake bottom
near the scene where the canoe was
found.
PRESTON READY
~ FOR TRIP EAST
‘Marble Champ Leaves on
i June 20 for Atlantic City
| The days draws nearer—-the last
| day of school, Friday, the 15th, will
| B¢ce several thousand boys and girls,
| both high and grammar school, head
;mg toward their respective school
:buudlnxs to obtain the last report
teards of the year. Among them will
|be Preston Eldred, 13, The Star's
! marble echamp, who, the last week
jin ‘the month, will play in the na
| tional marble tournament in Atlan
{te City, N. J
" Now school is bad enough for any
| body during the spring days of the
fyear. But pity poor Preston., He's
{had a heap to think about, Blue
| sKics and warm breezes have carried
! his thoughts even further than usual
{ ~—past the ol' swimmin' hole and the
'tlsh pond-—-past everything nearby,
| Preston couldn’t help but think con
| siderably about Atlantie City, N. J.
! Just the same he expects to “get
{thru” and to consequently be ready
I'tor his sophomore Yeay at West Seats
i tle high in the fall, In the mean
| time-—well, the marble player and
his mother, Mrs. C. 13, Eldred, leave
Seattle June 20 for the tournament
grounds in the IBast. And the boy
says if he “CAN HELP IT,” Seattle
will be the national marble champ
| town,
Angels of Virtue Have
Descended Upon Shelby
'And Shelby Is Going to Clean Up So As Not
to Lose the Big Fight i
] EDITOR'S NOTE: Max Miller, for
| the past year editor of the University
| of Washington Daily, whaose unusunl
{ articles and editorinls have cnused
widespread comment lmul fuside nnd
| s of (b
| near shelby, Mont,, the secene of the
| Lig fistic encounter on the Tourth of
| Jduly between Jaek Demprey and Tom
Gibbons, Miller I writing w series of
netivles for The Stur anhout Shelby
| and the surrounding country, and whl
| kive his Impressions of the bout and
I the men who stage it.
. v o
: BY MAX MILLER
| SHELBY, June 13.-—~Angeis of vir
[tue descended on Shelby today, and
!mn continue descertding. They came
[from Butte and they came from
Hoviee, and they ecame f{rom Great
IFalls, Most of them wore sllvery
ovaly and sellvery stars, Shelby has
Lo Join the pHgrimage of the straight
fond narrow=-just ke other pluces
l(.r there will be no fight July 4, or
any other {ime,
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE.
M igns Bi
ayor Signs Bill
Uy unci
rged by Council
and Wants Early
Contract Parley
By John W. Nelson
Mayor Edwin J, Brown signed the
emergency carfare ordinance Wednes
day re-establishing the 10-cent single
fare and the sls-.cent token fare In
effect upon the city municipal car
lines with the first car that operates
after 3 a. m. Saturday.
At the same time the mayor signed
the emergency ordinance transfers
ring $125,000 from the eity light fund
1o the street rallway fund, relieving
the tangled condition brought about
by the refusal of Seattle banks to
cash the warrants of the street rail
way employes, The two ordinances
were passed at a speclal council
meeting at' 9 a. m. Wednesduy.
A line of street raflway cmployes
was waiting for the ordinance to be
come effective at the tellers’ win
dows in City Treasurer Ed L. Terry's
L office. Warrants were cashed as fast
1% they were presented,
PROVIDE FOR RAINIER
VALLEY TRANSFERS
With the return of the 83-centl
fare will come a measure of rellef
for patrons of Seattie cars who must
ride on Rainier Valley lines, The
new ordinunce provides that trang--
fers to the Valley lines will bo issued ©
| with token fares instead of the cash
10-cent fare required under the for
' mer ordinance. This will not be ef
| fective until the state department of
‘ publi¢c works establishes the rate. *
{ Now that the troubles of the street
| railway are temporarily solved, the
| way I 8 ecleared for the opening of
negotiations seeking an extension of
' time in which to pay the street rail- i
way bonds, Mayor Brown said
Wednesday, N\ =
MAYOR SAYS FIVE #
CENT FARE IMPOSSIBLE
. “We have definitely established
that the strect cars cannot be opers
'ated on a 5-cent fare basis and <
' meet our obligations to the bond
| holders,” Mayor Brown said. “While «
]wo were operating on the &.cent
i fare basis Seattle was giving its
| car patrons more for a nickel than
| any other street car system in the
| country. g
| “Now we can open negotiations
' with the bondholders or go into
‘court with clean hands. We are
| doing our best to meet the carfare
sltuation and are in shape for the..
| next move in the adjustment of the
situation.” e
| The mayor strongly indorsed a
| proposal advanced last week by
| Councilman C. B. Fitzgerald that an
initiative measure be started to
| consolidate all city utilities and that
bonds backed by the combined
wealth of the Port of Seattle, the
light department, the water departs
'ment, and the street railway be
| issued when- future issues are neces
| sary. i
' “Such bonds would bring a premiigg
| ium and pay no more than § per
‘cent interest,” the mayor said. .
CLEARS WAY FOR e
FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS
| The mayor declared that his ace
tion in signing the higher fare bllli;
- was prompted by a desire to clear
the way for further negotiations
and also avoid a repitition of the
Cdifficulty of the past few days, %
“Another warrant issue faces ns’.___’
June 25, and I did not want the
street railway employes continually £
confronted with the problemi of hav
ing their pay held up,” the mayor
- explained. R
~ Hereafter all warrant issues of
lthu street railway department will
be handled by use of funds in other
lley department, Counciiman C, B,
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And Shelby, afraid of neither man
nor fine, eertainly hug one Achilles®
heel--the probubllity of He fight—= &
and so is complylng with the coms g'l
mandment, Shelby already is a dife
ferent town from yesterday, and
will change still more-—~for the gov.
crnment officers say so, and the
promoters of the fight say so, and
40 do most of the citizens of Shelby, = =
SHELBY IS JUST A Ll
I'LAY “SLIPPERY GULCH" f
Onco in a while some organization
or other in Seattle stages a “Slips
pery Guleh,” or some such things =
Whisky flows abundantly in the
imuagination, and poker tables squeak
undep the weight of play bills and <
play money, and overybody looks
terribly tough, and In one corner of =
the room is o performance where the |
“Queen of Sheba," or some sueh “;
debutinte, I 8 ndvertized to do a \(‘l]- /1
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