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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17
CENTRALIA DEFEATS
OLYMPIA IN DEBATE

The Centralia High School de.
feated Olympia in debate last Friday
on the question of arbitration OF
strikes and lockouts, the federal gov
ernment to provide the machinery
The home team advanced strone
arguments for the affirmative posi-
tion, but the Centralians succeeded in
massing more logic on the negative
side.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17
HOME MANAGEMENT !
STARTS PROJECT WORK
Miss Minerva Lawrence Conducts
First County Conference of
District Workers.

The district project leaders IL
home management and three county
project leaders held a meeting yes
terday afternoon in the jury room of
the courthouse under the direction
of Miss Minerva Lawrence, state col
lege specialist in home management
and Miss Ruth Kennedy, home dem
onstration agent with the county ex-
tension service. The three county
leaders present were: Mrs. w. d
Cook, clothing; Mrs. F. c. Baker,
food; and Mrs. r. B. Rowe, home
Management. The district project
leaders in home management partic-
ipating were: Mrs. H. w. Guerin OF
Northwest; Mrs. Grace B. Cole Of
Little Rock; Mrs. Gus Nelson of
Brighton Park; Mrs. F. A. Schlosser
of Hays Community; Mrs. j. v. Tay.
lor of Tenino; Mrs. L. H. Goldsmith
of Yelm; Mrs. o. Hartline and Mra.
Charlie Clifford of Southeast; Mrs. r.
A. Schmidt of Hunters Point. and
Miss Agnes Boeing. special home
demonstration at Yelm.
To carry out nearly 200 different
projects Miss Kennedy finds that she
has only 101 working days left in
which to complete this work. This
makes it necessary for the county
leaders to take charge of constd-
cradle portion of the work in thci-
special lines. and for the district
leaders to carry the work into tho
homes in cooperation with the coun-
ty extension service.
-Tha Home ConveniencesSh ShowewtlI
be held October 18 to 28 and Miss
Lawrence will be present next fall to
help supervise the work, Miss Ken
nedy said. She will also be here
from April 1s to 23 to do work in
rearranging kitchens and remodeling
homes.
From February 1 to IS, A. b.
Crane, the drainage specialist of the
state college extension service. will
be in Thurston to give instructions
In installing drainage and water sys-
TENS, and he will make a personal
demonstration at Hunters Point.
Testing circles for. bread mixers.
pressure cookers, taSles on wheels.
gasoline and steam cookers, long
handled dust pans and tea strainers
will be arranged at convenient times.
Project leaders will take the names
of persons desiring certain conven.
fences tested.
A training school for project lead
ers will be held on January 25 when
Miss Lawrence will return to this
county to give Instructions on the
methods Of testing equipment. Ses-
sions Of this school will be held at
Yelm, Tenino, Little Rock and Olym.
pia.
Miss Mary Sutherland, food spe-
cialist with the state college extern
sion service, will met the food project
leaders on January s. The district
project leaders in clothing will meet
at the county extension Office tomor-
row under the direction of Miss Ken
nedy
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17
COURT FINDS f.. M. ALLEN
GUILTY OF SELLING ''IT''

E. M. Allen was found guilty Sat-
urday afternoon by a jury in Judge
Wilson's court of selling moonshine
over the bar at the Carlton hotel.
Elmer Ganfeld, who was arrested
for drunkenness come time ago. ap-
peared as witness for the state.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17

Allen James of Rochester was
declared not guilty of the charge oi
arson last Friday afternoon by
jury in the superior court with Judge
Wilson on the bench. He had been
accused of setting fire to. the Hotel
Whitcomb in Rochester on October
%.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17

Seattle Chauffeur Suffers from Haste.
Glen Holt, chauffeur for the Blue
Taxicab Company of Seattle. started
his blue taxi with a consignment of
blue-blooded humanity bound for
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17
VANCOUVER GETS
TEN CENT CAR FARE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
GRANTS APPLICATION NORTH
COAST COMPANY
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30
Increasing Use Of Automobiles Driv-
ing Electric Traction Companies
Bankrupt.

The Public Service ENmmission
Wednesday entered an order In the
application Of the North Coast Power
company for increased street car
rates at Vancouver. increasing cash
fares to ten cents, ecective Monday.
December 30th. All special school
or script tickets sold prior to the
date on the tariff take effect under
this order are to be honored by ths
company until used.
In entering the order the commits
sion found the following facts to b
the grounds for the Increase granted.
''The unfortunate condition Of elec-
tric railway systems throughout the
United States In recent years has
been a matter Of much concern to
regulatory bodies. Investors and the
operating utilities Much time ana
study has been given by experts ON
this problem. No adequate solution
has been suggested.
The increasing use Of automobiles
by private i1dividuais o we'll q tor
shAre, nesassto <ths pylAcipal -faet0r
operating ~ deprive Alectrio rails
ways OF their passenger trafic. In
creased fares. do not always AFFORD
the relief anticipated. but 1t seems
to sbe the only mems by which Z
regulatory body can hope to rescue
the railways from financial ruin. In
q number OF recent cases both In re-
lation to electric railways and other
utilities. this commission has recos-
nized tendency toward a reduction
In prices which seems to hold vnin
hope at least that conditions may
soon warrant lower rates. and NJ
have In q number Of cases limited the
application Of increased rates to
short periods IN the hopa that changed
conditions would warrant resump-
tion OF lower rates.
The history Of the operation Of
this utility however indicates that
1t has suffered serious financial losses
for number OF years and only In
the past few months has shown any
promise OF securing suficfe6t rev
enue to meet its actual operating
expenses. For number Of years 4
has been seriously near bankruptcy.
Had the holding company not bean
operating other and more femupsz-
ative properties, It probably could
not have survived. A ten cent fare
is comparatively high rate but IL
is not uncommon In cities Of similar
population to that of Vanc0uverS1t
exists in this state in the citiea Of
Yakima and Walla Walla. Taeoma
also has single cash fare Of ten
cents and Seattle has similar rate
effective january 8. 1921.
1t is to be hoped that changed con-
ditions may justify reduced rates in
the future yet when we come to con-
slider the general condition through.
out the nation OF utilities Of this
character there seems slight f0unda-
tion upon which to base such hope.
In the year 1919 sixty electric rail-
way systems were in the hands Of
receivers, sixty two had; abandoned
operation on nearly 5000 miles Of
track and . number had torn up and
junked several numbered pileA Of
road. In any event the outlook IL not
promising and we know Of no means
Of extending relief except to grant
the increase requested"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
MGR. MOLLOY AUXILIARY
BISHOP OF BROOKLYN
Thrones Witness Consecro-
ton in Pro-CofhedruI.

More than 5000 persons attended the
conservation yesterday IF the Right Rev.
Thomas Edmund Molloy as auxiliary
Bishop of Brooklyn at st. James's Pro.
Cathedral, in Jay street, Brooklyn. Two
hundred clergymen, some from distant
communities, attended the service, which
was performed by Bishop Charles Ed
ward Mcdonnell. assisted by Bishop Ed
ward w. Gibbons of Albany and Bishop
Thomas l. Walsh of Trenton. n. j. Oui
side the church were nearly 1000 per-
sons who could not gain admittance.
Police lines were established to permit
the procession to pass into the church
from the parochial school across the
street The sermon was delivered by
the Rev. John L. Bedford. pastor Of the
Church of the Nativity. in Classon ave-
nue., Brooklyn
1.-THE world of our days sneers at n
personal God, calls the Bible a fable,
the Ten Commandments a dead letter
and the church an exploited institution.
he said. This ceremony is n splendid
answer to that false and foolish declara.
ton"
At the close of the ceremonies the
newly honored Bishop was the guest at
a luncheon in the Elks Club, in North
oxford street. Brooklyn.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
MAY MAKE SING Sing
BIG CLEARING HOUSE
Historic Prison May Become
Merely Receiving Station for
Other Institutions.

If recommendations which the Prison
Survey Committee has made to Gov.
Smith are carried out, Sing Sing Prison
will become merely a receiving station
to which all classes of convicts will be
sent for examination and classification
before they are sent for detention terms
to other institutions throughout the
State.
The committee, of which Adolph Levi
sohn Is chairman, has suggested to the
Governor that after passing through
Sing Sing. normal or nearly normal
prisoners be assigned to prisons where
they will receive the greatest benefit
from their work, training and general
activities.
II suggests that those with remedial
diseases be held at the receiving station
pending recovery or rehabilitation, and
that the insane be sent to Dannemora
and Matteawan Hospitals. Mental dc
fectives under the suggested plan would
be sent to an institution especially de-
signed for their care.
The modern prison being built al
Wingdale is suggested as a general in
stitution to replace Sing Sing Prison,
and the committee recommends that tn
prisoners VINO are ntteu 10 pdTIiClpdt'
H. the full Industrial and educationa.
programme be distributed between
Wingdale, Auburn and Clinton.
1t also points out that mental exam
ination and classification of prisoners
would have an important bearing upon
their parole, and urges that no prisoner
who is mentally unsound be released un-
less reasonable assurance may be had
that he will be taken to n civil hospita.
or committed TO guardianship. or VIII b
properly cared for by some person or
persons outside, and that prisoners suf-
fering from communicable diseases be
released only upon condition that they
be sent to some hospital where there
would be no danger of their spreading
Infection
In sreaking of the industrial training
of prisoners the report of the commit
tee saws: ut is impossible TO pay pris-
oners for their labor wages that VIII en-
able them to reimburse the state tor
their maintenance and at the same tlrne
hermit them to care for their dependents
unless the output Of the present prison
shops and factories is greatly increased,
conversely, IL is equally true that IL Is
innoasible to increase this output WIN
ont Offering to the prisoner incentive
both i'm the form OF a wage ana IN ti,ne
Off for good industrial performance
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
GARAGE ROW LETS BLACKS
INTO COLONY OF SURGEONS
Dr. Julius Schlein of Brooklyn Prevented by Neghbors
From Building Runway Across Courtyard,
Offers His Home for Sale to Negroes.

DR.. Julius Schelu of $50 Union street.
Brooklyn. was prevented recently from
constructing a driveway through his
courtyard to connect garage that had
been built into the basement with the
roadway in front of the house Court
actions and word wars figured in the in
reference by other property owners
along the block. the argument being that
1t was one Of the most exclusive in the
neighborhood and that located on 1t were
the homes OF some of Brooklyns lead
ing physicians and surgeons. With sem
timent against him, DIR. Schlein has at
tackled the matter from new angle. He
has advertised his home for sale to
negroes
The advertisement appeared Friday
in Brooklyn newspapers, and already
there have been prospective purchasers
on the ground to look over the Schlein
home. The physician intends to move
to a house at Clinton and President
streets, 4 few blocks away.
AS result of the threatened invasion
of the block by negroes, other property
owners there. including almost dozen
physicians, made known yesterday the
reasons why they objected TO DR..
Schein's private roadway and basement
garage. They explained that so far back
as 1851 the Legislature ruled that the
old Bergen estate on which the property
is located should be cut up so the city
should own permanently all the ground
included in the front courtyards. They
based their fight against the automobile
driveway upon this act and were sue
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
FALLS FROM WINDOW
IN BLACK CAT DREAM
Woman Sees SomnambuIist
Walk on Ledge.

Frank Haggerty, a typewriter sales
man from San Francisco. who was put
ting up at the Hotel Braddock. Eighth
avenue and 126th street, with his friend
Herbert Schwartz OF this city, dreamed
dream of n black cat early yesterday
morning. The time of the dream, the
details of which Haggerty later supplied
to the police, was fixed relatively by the
time Haggerty fell out of the second
floor window and crashed down on the
sidewalk.
A woman living opposite the hotel said
she was awake early and on looking
across the street became fascinated by
the sight of a man partly dressed climb
ing out of a bathroom window and
starting to stroll along the narrow
coping. He hadn't gone far when he
fell. The woman tainted
Haggerty. however, was not much
hurt. He received bad bump on the
head that was thought to be skull frac-
ture, but later was SAID not to be so
serious. At Harlem Hospital the phys-
clans said Haggerty would have to stay
there only few days
There was a terribly big black cat"
Haggerty told the police Of the West
123d street station. TT was perched
right out on fence and kept yowling
at me. There wasn't any cat. really. but
1t was a live enough dream. So l got UP
and threw everything l could out of the
window, hoping to bust the cats jaw.
and while was so engaged fell out"
Schwartz said he left Haggerty asleep
on the bed while he went down to get a
shave, and returned to find his friend
the centre of an excited throng on the
pavement.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
MAYORS WILL CONFER
ON DEEP WATERWAYS
Twenty-Five Cities to Be Rep
resented I'm Conference.

The Mayors of twenty-five cities along
the Atlantic coast will meet In the office
of Mayor Moore of Philadelphia this
morning to engage in conference which
will open the thirteenth annual conven-
ton of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association. of which Mayor Moore is
president Gov. Edwards of New Jersey
will greet the members of the confer
ence.
among those who are expected to
speak before the convention closes Fri
day are Secretary of War Baker, Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels, Representative
John III. Small of North Carolina, presi-
dent of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress; Mayor Andrew p. Peters of
Boston, Mayor Hylan, F. II. La Guardia.
President of the Board of Aldermen ;
United States Senator Ball of Delaware
and Mayor Charles p. Gillen of Newark.
The association is putting its united
strength behind the New Jersey Ship
Canal, which will unite Philadelphia and
New York by water. There will be an
address by United States Senator Walter
E. Edge on 1.-THE New Jersey Water
way"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04

cessful in preventing the physician from
making use of the garage. Or. Schlelh'
however, declared his neighDors were
trying to get rid of him. o
DR. Sylvester ]. Mcnamara or 5o9
Union street said yesterday that no one
on the block cared where DR.. Schien
lived.
1--WE are concerned only with preserv-
ing law and order and preventing tres
pass upon restricted city property, ne
said. Every step we nave taken has
been legal and without personal mallce.
If DR.. Schlein may regrade his courtyard
and build a runway on it there Is no
reason why other owners in this section
NAV not dig down and build up any
thing they wish. 1t is to preserve the
courtyards and the appearance of the
street as originally planned that we are
fighting"
When asked about the advertisement
for negro buyers which DR.. Schlein has
caused to be published, DR.. Mcnamara
std:
ITO the persons imbued with the
proper human qualities the color OF
ones ski is or secondary consideration
DR.. John J. O'Reilly, whose home at
4O5 Union street is directly across the
stra~. from that of DR.. Schlein, said that
as for the prospective entry of the negro
buyers he would rather have law abid-
ing negroes on the block than persons
who have contempt for the law.
Among the other physicians on the
block are Walter SIevin, Louis Dussel-
dorf. Walter Pierson, w. j. Campbell
and Wilfrid Egan.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
SOrDIFR PLAYING WITH
GUN THAT KILLED MAN
Held in Accident on Trenton
Fair Grounds.

Trenton. ~ j., oct Abraham
Schwartz, private Of the First Division
is under arrest at Camp Dix as re-
suit 81 the accident on the Interstate
Fair Grounds yesterday when a ma
chine gun he is alleged TO have been
operating sprayed "a group OF specta-
tors and caused the death OF one. The
early version Of the accident said that
gun crew in charge Of major was
demonstrating the weapon and that ball
cartridges had been placed in tho am
munltion belt BY mistake. To-day how
ever. il was said that Schwartz was
playing" with the gun
The soldier was arrested by the army
authorities ii Is understood News that
he was locked ny was received here by
the Mercer county prosecutors office.
The prisoner is new man IN the
army. Beyond making known his name.
the military police at camp refused TO
discuss the case.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
GARAGES LOCK OUT
ALL RAISE SEEKERS
1000 Union Men Lose Jobs in
Forts. Places.

Forty OF the biggest garages in the
city will be to-day without the neces-
sary man power to render Service" to
the automobiles stored in them, and
most OF the other garages will be little
better than storage only" places, due to
the policy of discharging the union ga
rage workers demanding more pay and
shorter hours, which the Garage Owners
Association adopted recently.
The discharges began toward the end
of last week and eliminated last night
when the last of 1000 washers. cleaners
and polishers were laid off. The idea
of cleaning their own cars rather than
pay higher rent to the garage owners
has appealed favorably to automobile
owners already affected. it was said.
Union officials protested against the
lockout as unfair, in view the workers
alledged present condition and their de-
mands. David Leisherman. business
agent for the two locals OF the Garage
Workers Union. A. +. of L.. alleged that
garage owners recently have Increased
their rates to 20 per cent. on the plea
OF having TO pay more to their labor,
but have neglected to pass on their share
of this increase to the employees.
James Walsh, president, and Charles
J. Hawkins. ssecretary. of the union.
issued a joint statement declaring that
washers at S35 week and polishers at
$24.50 have to work seven nights a
week of nine hours average to earn that
money. Day workers to get from SIS
to $3.50 have to work twelve hours a
day for a seven day week in many
places, despite state laws to the con
trary. The scale demanded. according
to their statement, calls for 81 day
minimum wage for washers and a $50
week minimum for foremen; a forty
eight hour week and n closed shop The
union claims to have membership OF
1000 among the garage workers. which
II says total 1000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
GIANT POLISHED OFF
BY HIS MIDGET WIFE
Rebuked With a Saffron for
Coming Home Late.

Andrew Rasmun OF Lester street.
Wellington. n. j.. walked into the Re-
corder's Court there yesterday. and.
breathing heavily. leaned against the
rail before the bench. Recorder Pol
mann looked over the high desk at the
visitors face. His lips pursed UP to
frame low whistle.
"Who did it," he asked.
my eyes. do you mean?" Rasmun
managed to ask in turn.
Yes" said the Recorder. "who
BACKED them?"
MY wife" was the answer "She
did the left one first and then the right
She soaked me with this sadiron" He
laid heavy iron on the desk.
Recorder Foimann stood m and
viewed most of Rasmuns six feet three
Of bone and muscle. lie was contem-
lating asking the man another question
when Rasmun spoke.
I'D like YOU 20 warn her to let me
alone. your Honor" ne said. You re-
member two weeks ago had to come
here for help"
The Recorder remembered. but he said
hc never had seen Rosmun's wife
He would like TO see her. he added.
We'll, I'm right mere" said a
won18n'e voice from the level OF Ras-
nuns hip. "And the next time he comes
home late I'll do the same thing, or
perhaps a better job
Before the only court attendant could
figure out whether contempt of court
had been committed right under his
eyes. Mrs Rasmun walked out. Ras-
mum followed her saying he didn't
think he wanted TO do anything further
about the matter except perhaps see a
doctor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-04
FIGHTS TO REGAIN
GIRL LEFT MILLION
Garage Worker Had Agreed to
Adoption of Daughter
When Baby.
ADOPTED SECOND TIME
He Asserts Death of First
Foster Parent Rein
stated Him.

Hazel Meyers Shepard. 10 years old
and student at a convent near New
York city, is the central figure in liti-
cation that is about to engage the at
tention of the Surrogate of New York
county. The girl is heiress to an estate
estimated to be worth $1,000, 900 which
was left her by Mrs. Mary Sniffen Mey-
ers Shepard Norris, her aunt by natural
relationship and her mother by adoption.
Behind the action, which already has
been filed, stands the girls own father.
David w. Meyers. of 101 Troy avenue
Brooklyn. garage worker of scanty
menas.
Hazel's foster mother is the widow OF
DIR. A. Warner Shepard. physician and
politician. who died In his Brooklyn
home in 1907 from the effect of an over
dose of morphine.
When the girl was a baby she was
given in adoption to her paternal grand
mother. The grandmother died, but be-
fore her fatal illness she in turn gave
tie child in adoption to her daughter,
Hazel's saunt. The aunt, then house
keeper for DR.. Shepard. but later his
wife. took care of the little one. and
upon his death provided her with the
comforts fortune such as he left could
buy Later Mrs. Shepard married again.
her husband being Walter c. Morris.
Upon her death it was found that her
will named Hazel as principal benefit
ciary. few minor requests were made
to other relatives however.
The will named Frank b. York, lawyer
and son Of Bernard J. York, as executor
without bond and directed that he act
as testamentary guardian of the girl
Accordingly he has taken charge of the
estate and has sent Hazel to a convent
school.
Now the girls father is ready to
clam her as his daughter. Ills claim,
according to Adolph Ruger, his attorney,
is based on the assumption that upon
the first foster mothers death the
parentage automatically returned to him.
Aside from wanting his daughter back,
Meyers is anxious to attempt to show
that the will OF his sister, Mrs. Shepard
Morris. was made under influence"
With him in his double fight are two
sons, brothers of the girl.
The case is said to be the first in
which a child's grandmother and aunt
have, through process of law become
her foster mothers. It shows other
peculiar angles, too, I'm that 1t brings
up for the first time in the memory Of
members of the Bar the claim that the
death of the parent by adoption auto
matically reinstates the natural parent.