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The Washington times., 1922-10-29

respon sibiiity for the custody Of
the chid and Mr.. Dslahunty was
appointed.
When Mrs. Hallor. senior, was
quizzed recently. she revealed that
Ethel had left the family fireside
again and the mother had no idea
where her daughter had fled. But
Ethel is now twenty-one years old
and Mama Hallor has found out
the futility Of attempting to keep
q girl Of that age under parental
restriction, especially when the girl
is drawing down q mans size sal
ary on the stage.
Ethel WIS only nineteen when
Mrs. Hallor. objecting to her
daughter staying out late. went
to Essex Market court and obtained
a summons for the girls arrest
on Z charge Of disorderly conduct.
The case fell through Of its own
weight, or lack Of weight, but It
gave Ethel q chance to enunciate
her declaration OF independence
and II gave Mama Hallor an oppor.
tunity to speak her mind, too. con.
cerning the stage and the modern
girl. 3
Mrs. Hailor does not blame the
stage, she said, adding:
ETHEL 10 the silly type. She be.
iieves the things men tell her.
They can make q fool Of her.
The stage has nothing to 90
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
French Lose Money
ON Sale of Army Stock
PARIS. Oct. -.

A MEXICAN army stocks. boush,
by France In 1918. have heen
resoid, according 10 newspaper &C.
counts, at slight loss.
The French government paid
$500, 100000 fSr the stocks and re
sold at about 5000. 0.o0o. 900. In addi.
ton to utilizing part OF the goods
for the French army. Payment
TO America for the goods IL dus
August I, 1879.
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THE GIRL WHO RUNS AWAY
Ethel Is the heroine of one Of
the most unusual comedies ever
presented in court. After The
had achieved success on the stage
at seventeen, her old-fashiOned
mother had her arrested for stay.
ing out too late--and then Ethel
ran away again!
you would think any girl would
tire of the constant round Of all
night parties, cabarets and such
things. Not Ethel.
"All of her life Ethel has been
a great problem to me. She is a
dear, beautiful girl. and am sure
she would not now be so head.
strong in her determination were
it not for insldious influences
under which she has fallen.
1T Is true let her go on the
stage when she was a very little
girl, just twelve. But II is not
true that I put her out to work.
a wage Garner for the family, at
that age.
Look on the walls, you will see
the school diplomas of all three Of
my children, Edith. Walter and
Ray. But Ethel would not 60 to
school. She was listless and un.
interested in her studies.
ON STAGE AT TWELVE.
Edith was on the stage playing
leading parts when we came to
New York about seven years ago.
Ethel was crazy to go on. too.
"She says her father is in sym.
pathy with her? Well, that is an.
other story. But I will say that
had he shown his interest sooner.
when Ethel was q little girl and
his children needed a fathers at
tsntion, I may have been spared
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Continued from Page 81


Budapest for trifling contrihu.
ton one receives a set of really
charming postcards. with designs
in the style of native folk arts.
The ministry also sent Flambeau
an immense amount Of valuable
literature, including several de.
lightful art publications. showing
native costumes and country
architecture. The Truth about
the Trianon Conference" was the
subject of several large volumes.
setting forth Hungary's unfortu-
nate losses.
There Is now operating between
Vienna. Budapest, Bucharest and
several other cities a daily air
service and it had been Flam-
beau's intention to fly to Buda.
pest, as he was told that the air
planes are we'll operated and they
have had no accidents during the
entire season. 1t is only this sum.
mer that 1t has been operating
regularly. The price is 10000
kronen, or only about $3.50 for
flight Of an hour and a half. the
time from Vienna to Budapest.
while by the river steamer 1t re.
auires thirteen hours going down.
and two or three days returning
against the stream.
However. Flambeau was advised
10 come by the river instead, as
the scenery along the banks Is
so picturesque and the flying
route is said to be not so inter.
esting. The fare by the steamer
was about 10000 kronen each. or
less than half a dollar, but this
was somewhat augmented by
breakfast. luncheon and df you
had the cash. which Flambeau
didn'tD dinner on the boat.
HOW TO LEAVE BUDAPEST.
How to leave Budapest and how
much money to take and In what
country's cash now became the
next problem. for Flambeau was
en- route to Poland, which Is not
now In direct connection with
Hungary. as Czechoslovakia lies
between, occupying the territory
still claimed by Hungary. accord
ing to a recent may which was
obtained in Budapest. No Czecho'
slovak crowns were to be had
there. This is said to be the
strongest money Of middle Europe
today and the best II you cannot
get American dollars. However.
Flambeau could get neither. SO he
took Hungarian kronen at the
rate Of 100 to the dollar.
The shops in Budapest are quite
fascinating and Flambeau made
one or two purchases which ne
afterward came near regretting In
the Czechoslovak customs. for II
appears that today Czechoslovakia'
in trying to protect and encourage
the sale of her native embroideries.
laws a heavy tax on anything in the
way of lingerie or embroidery pur-
chased in Hungary and brought
into Czechoslovakia, even though
It is for personal use. However
the rule does not apply to those
tourists merely passing through
the country, en- route as F'ambeau
was, to Poland, so he got by with
IT," after q close examination.
They also wished to tar him IN
Czechoslovakia for the beautiful
samples Herr waldes. OF Prague.
had given him during his visit
there, but Flambeeu convinced
them II was already Czechoslovak
and not contraband goods. Very
interesting problem. this question
of the customs everywhere. In one
day Flambeau went through four
customs examinations OF his pass
mort, and four searchinss of his
luggage, all for no profit to the
countries involved, and he did not
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>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cross-examined by Edgar r.
Bracket. counsel for Weber, Mrs.
Dillon admitted that she once
thought Of divorcing Dillon In or.
der to be reunited to the child"
She was then in Hollywood and
wanted to pay her rent before she
left for the East.
NOBODY GOT "SPIFFED."
Didn't Justice Marcus at that
time lend you S1,500?"
Yes" said Mrs. Dillon.
Mrs. Dillon said that when Jus.
tice Marcus loaned her the $500
he asked her to say nothing about
It to Weber.
Justice Marcus had come down
from Buffalo. where he has been
sitting in the September term Of
court. to give his testimony as
guardian. although he previously
had explained he was not the act.
ual present custodian of the child.
After telling Of his twelve years'
acquaintance with Weber, theatri.
cal producer and motion picture
manager. he said they had been
such intimate friends for the last
six or seven years that he always
stayed at the Weber apartment,
q Fifty-fifth street and Seventh ave-
nue.. when In New York.
He had met Edith Hallcr only
shortly before her marriage to
Weber.
HE QUOTES VERSES.
That there had been parties at
the Weber menaSs Justice Marcus
conceded.
There might have been q few
cocktails now and then, and occa-
sionally a highball-the Justice
said he was not . drinking man
himself-but as for anyone getting
really "spiffed" there. he had seen
nothing Of the sort.
Justice Burr brought up the fine
point Of law a. to what actually
constituted being drunk"
Mr.. Bracket. who knows his old.
time Saratoga. made this sugses.
ton to the court:
your Honor may remember the
old English definition, poetic as
II is"
He then recited:
'Not drunk Is he who from the
floor
Arises up to drink some more;
But drunk Is he who PROSTATE
lies
without the pow~ 10 drink or
rise."
Justice Burr remarked:
well, that seems to be pretty
definite"
Justice Marcus said he had never
seen undue affection displayed be.
tween the women and men guests.
nor had there been uproarious hi.
larity.
WENT WEST TO SEE BOY.
Justice Marcus told how he and
Weber went to California In Jan.
uary to get in touch with the child.
then in the care Of the former Mrs.
Weber. who had become Mrs. JACK
Dillon.
In the dining room Of the Hotel
Ambassador. ct Los Angeles. they
found Mrs. Dillon and the boy.
Mrs. Dillon had graciously con.
ssnted to the justice taking the boy
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to the touring car en- route.
When tho nurse returned home
without her charge. Mr.. Weber
summoned Q squad Of lawyers and
obtained = writ Of habeas corpus
commanding the production Of the
child In court. This was served on
Edith Hallor In her mothers homo
at 4o7 West One Hundred and
Forty-fifth street. Supreme Court
Justice Burr tentatively placed the
child In the custody Of Supreme
Court Justice Marcus. who lives in
Buffalo. 500 miles from Broadway,
but who is usually q guest in Mr..
Weber's apartment in town, and
this brought prompt objection
from the babes mother. who said:
II object to the child being
placed In that house"
Justice Burr, in frank amaze
ment. asked:
"why7 Judge Marcus lives
there"
FATHER WINS POINT.
And Edith made reply:
"Yes. but Mr.. Weber lives there
also. and I object to the child be-
ing placed In the same house with
his father"
A maid. testifying for Mrs.
Weber. was asked under direct ex.
animation whether Justice Marcus
ever entertained girls in weber's
apartment while the child was
there.
'Yes." she replied. Il fixed
luncheon for Judge Marcus and q
tall, heavy blonde, and there was
another girl who used to come all
the time to see him. She was .
blonde, or red-headed."
She was asked to name other
men who attended the parties. She
named william Klein. Weber. Com.
stock, Ike Weber, Edward Small.
Joe WeDef anu OtHefs.
WAS the child present at any
Of the dinner or drinking parties?"
she was asked, and answered:
He usually was put to bed
carly, but I remember one night
the baby picked up a cocktail glass
and, raising It, said, Here's to the
beautiful ladies'
"I always served cocktails be-
fore dinner. and after the meal I
would put highball glasses and a
bottle of liquor on a tray and leave
n In the reception room. Often I
had to serve the girl breakfast
in the morning"
EDITH's STORY.
The wife, called on the stand,
t,ld Of the circumstances under
which she took the boy away from
the father in Central Park last
month. She admitted that the boy
was born September 10, 1918. four
and q half months before her mar.
riaee to Weber. at which time she
lived at the home Of her mother
Mt 4o7 West l46th street.
She testified that Mr.. weber's
income ranged from $500 to 81 900
A week and that she got $3.50 when
she was in the movies. and from
5000 to 5000 when she appeared in
"Human Hearts," the "Follies"
and Broadway Brevities." Con.
oerning the kidnapping. che said;
"I was in Central Park, and the
baby came running to me. hailed
q taxi and we got in. That was
al there was TO It."
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
WAGES BATTLE FOR
HER OFFSPRING LIKE
PRIMITIVE MOTHER

Objects to Child Being Placed i'm Same House
With Father, From Whom She is Divorced.
Charges Blonde Girl Was Entertained by
Judge i'm Same Quarters, and That Child
Attended Wild Party, Toasting the "Beau-
tiful Ladies'"
The Washington times., 1922-10-29

Ethel Haror, Edith Hallor Anna Halor, daughters Of
Washington detective-all feminine members Of the
extraordinary family have kept the active with their
personal affairs but remained for little Lawrence the tiny
babe of the house, to stir up litigation than all the
other members put together
Lawrence the infant whose custody his parents
the handsome Edith Halor and L. Lawrence Weber, the
theatrical producer, divorced, warning. As
result Of the conflict Supreme Court Justice Louis
Marcus charged with participating in gay parties with
throngs Of show people, and found deny the
charge.
NEW GUARDIAN DIES
He had been appointed guardian Of little Lawrence
pending the settlement Of the suit and he ren
quished the responsibility.
Then John Delahunty named by Supreme Court
Justice William Burr succeed him. and Mr. Delahunty
died three days after the appointment
Edith Halor, the chid's mother, is the wife Of
John Dillon, q motion picture director
Last month, while Lawrence Jr- in the custody
OF his father the boy playing in Central Park with
nurse. Three automobiles appeared suddenly a touring
car and two tsxicabs stepped one cab and
swung the child inside Before Lawrence knew where he
was going he his way, undergoing quick transfer
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
JUDGE GIVES UP
GUARDIANSHIP AND
SUCCESSOR DIES

Litigation Over the Little Boy Brings Out TeSti-
mony Manning Judge Marcus, of New York,
as Participant i'm Parties i'm Which Chorus
Girls Are Alleged to Have Figured -Theatri-
cal MAN, First Husband, Wants Alimony
Cancelled.
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
1 ZaW1oNce WS6er:I:

not satisfied with your mother. ask
yourself II you think l am pleased
with my daughter.
"T once was young and pretty.
too I told them. I gave UP my
fun to raise you. Have you done
your best, too?'
PRINCIPLES ABOVE BEAUTY.
"'God knows I have done my
best tell Ethel. and your good
looks will never make me proud
of my daughter. Principles are
the things to please me.
"'Sit down sometimes I said.
and wonder II your mother Is
proud Of you"
Il love my children, Ethel as
much as all the rest, though I
have lain awake 80 many, many
anxious nights wondering where
she might be, and what she was
doing. She the support Of the
family? All, my spendthrift
Ethel!
She has fallen among people
whom feel cannot possibly do
her anything but harm. Her
closest friends nre three married
men. an actor, a neuroiogist and
a Greenwich Village political
aspirant
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.IlH MZZoT
He: L.RSzZs .Skz11o

A flCh lNu MO n Eh-Ais
though parted from her first hus-
band, Lawrence Weber, and re-
married to John Dillon, motion
picture director, Edith Hallor,
former musical comedy star, is
fighting like a primitive mother
for possession of the child Of her
first marriage.
this terrible thing today, and Ethel
may never have come to such
danger.
Amy mother will understand
what this action has cost me, un-
less she be an unnatural mother.
and they are few.
CANT SPARE SELF.
"A well.known singing teacher
heard Ethel sing. She was at
tracted by her voice. q sweet lyric
soprano, and by Ethel, and offered
to train her voice without pay
during the months she Is not work
ing. Do you think Ethel was even
Interested No, she couldn't find
time from her friends and her
parties.
1T does not matter what peo.
pie think Of me. kept hoping
against hope that even the idea OF
a court action would bring Ethel
to her senses and back to me. But
cannot spare myself when II
comes to my child. No mother
can. And this seems to me my
last chance of making her sec the
world she has adopted in it's ugly
reality"
But Ethel said,
IT would like to point out that,
while am eighteen in years lived,
7 am far older than that in expert.
ence. 1t could not be otherwise,
could 1t, when I first went on the
stage at the age Of eleven. and
have been on the stage coutinu.
OuSlN ever rlHCet oity sup
porting myself but othersf
"I believe that any American
girl who has demonstrated her
ability to earn her own living n
any business or profession Is GER
tainly entitled to independence Of
thought and action. 1t is not d
question Of years, but OF having
made good.
MY lawyer tells me that the
courts in this State always have
taken a fair view of the circun.
stances in a situation OF this sort
"a most embarrassing and uhwel.
como situation for me.
"I understand that In New York
twenty one is the age that makes.
woman an utterly independent
agent. But my Information is
The Washington times., 1922-10-29
,BJECTs TO COMPANIONS.

Il do not think this the most
wholesome companionship for .
young girl.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
FINES SUPPLY BOOKS
fAaoociated Pressl

Hutchinson, Nov. 25.-Public IL
brary revenue derived from fines col
lected for keeping books beyond the
time limits is furnishing enough
money to purchase all the current
fiction which the Hutchinson Library
uses, according to Miss Ida Day, city
librarian. The library purchases
about 800 month worth of fiction,
she says. Old books, she adds, are
rebound and given to the reforma-
tory at Hutchinson. About 500 books
each year are disposed Of In this
manner, most Of them fiction, Miss
Day decalres.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
DIME CONCERTS PROVE
SUCCESSFUL AT TOPEKA
FAanoaSaeAh praasI

Topeka, Nov. PA policy of
swelling the gate receipts by cutting
the price, even to the extent of Of
fering high class orchestra concert
for ten cents admission, has been
carried to a successful conclusion
here. BY this method thousands Of
Topeka school children are becom-
ing cOnnoisseurs of classical music
The first number on the "ten cent
concert" course proved the success
of the experiment, promoters Of the
undertaking say, for there was a
total attendance at the afternoon
and evening entertainments Of 6,45S
persons. All children who had tickets
for the concert in the afternoon were
permitted to leave the school room
at 2:30 o'clock, and the delegation
from each school was accompanied
by teachers. The evening entertain
ment was for adults.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
MORE NAMED
AS KLANSMEN
BY THE STATE
New York to Treat EN-
as Reds and Bomb
Throwers
IAssociatsA Prsssl

Topeka, Nov. 2i.-The names oil
two Wichita men were today added
as defendants In the custer suit
against the Ku KluX Khan filed in the
state supreme court Tuesday by the
attorney generals department. They
are Hoyt Andrews, attorney, cited
as exalted cyclops Of the Wichita
khan and Ellis CooksOn, alleged
treasurer.
wichita, Nov. 24.-Ellis Cookson,
named in the attorney generals khan
proceedings as treasurer of the
Wichita khan, denied today member
ship in the khan. He declared the in
formation filed at'Topeka as false"
HOyt Andrews, alleged cyclOp, is said
to be spending the winter in Florida.
New York, Nov. 24.-Police today
are under orders from Mayor Hylan
TO rid the city Of the Ku Klux Khan.
Commissioner Enright has received
orders from the mayor directing a
irive against the khan. Before the
gets a foothold, treat
his group Of radical, religious haters
he same as Reds and bomb throw !
RS" the mayor directed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
EDISON STANDS FIRST
WITH CHURCH PEOPLE
fAaaANla "A prAaaI

Chicago, Nov. .25.-Thomas Bdi-
,son stands first In the estimation OF
| the young people OF the Methodist
Episcopal church. according to a bal
Lot taken by the Hpworth Herald,
onacial organ for the 100000 organ
izef college-age people Of Method
ism.
Sayenty-fOur names of the great
and near great were Included in the
ballot. and voting was done on
scale A6 ten above and ten below
zero. with zero indicating indiffer-
ence toward or ignoranae of, the
person eaacerned.
On the Anal average Thomas Edi-
son stood 6gst, with score Of $50,
while Theodore Roosevelt was Sec
ond by a vary small fraction. his
score being 8.zS. Next In order were
LsngfellOw, TennysOn,
Herbert Hoover. Dickens, General
Lloyd George and Vol
stead.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
SEES MORE CANAL TRAFFIC
fAssocfated preas1

Washington, Nov. 27.-An in
crease In Panama Canal traffic to
quadruple its present volume is pre-
dicted by Colonel Jay ]. Morrow,
governor of the Canal Zone. In his
annual report, made public today,
he points to a rapid development of
the coastwlse trade between the At
lantic and Pacific ports and declares
that nothing in the future is more
certain than that the development Of
known resources of Columbia, Ecua-
dor Peru and Chile will support
rapidly increase volume Of traffic
through the canal"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
LEGION WATCHES INTEREST
OF VETERANS FOR BONUS


Topeka, Nov. 24.-The American
Legion in Kansas is going to see that
the former-service men OF this state
get all that is coming to them and
for this reason Is warning veterans
against deduction from their bonus
checks of fees or any kind OF rake
or" to any person or persons repre-
senting themselves as having infu-
ence with the state bonus commits
sion or who claim they can cause
for adjusted compensa-
tion allowed sooner than the commits
sion itself.
The World War men Of Kansas
are being warned that in other
states, when bonus payments were
started, individuals and rings set
about to collect fees for the claiming
Of bonus allotments for the ex-sol-
iiers. The Legion In this state is
telling veterans there will be abso-
utely no assistance needed by the
m getting their bonus
except in the drawing up Of affidavits
when notary public will be SUM- ,
lent.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30

This is the season Of the year
when the prudent and careful house
wife replenishes her supply Of Cham
barlain's Cough Remedy. 1t Is al
most certain to be needed before the
winter Is over and results are much
more prompt and satisfactory when
It Is kept at hand and given as soon
as the first indication of a cold ap-
pears and befort it has become set
tied in the system. There Is no dam
ger in giving 1t to children as 1t con-
tains no OPIUM or other harmful
drug. 11-1mo.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
PEACOCkS AND OWLS FIGHT

Leavenworth, Nov. 25.-There Is
no peace between a boot owl and a
peacock when the two meet. This
TACT has been demonstrated here.
The police received call from the
wife Of DR.. G. ID. Lloyd, owner of a
flock Of peacocks, that an owl was
repeatedly attacking the birds. OIL
GERS responded and bagged the tn
truder, which measured two feet
from tip to tip.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
INSTRUCT HOTEL employees

Kansas City, NO., Nov. 24.-Plans
for Development of national training
schools for instruction Of hotel en-
ployees will be discussed at the an
nual convention Of the Missouri
Kansas Oklahoma Hotel Mems Asso-
citation here November 81 and %. J.
X. Bratchford Of Chicago, secretary
of the American Hotel Mems Asso-
citation, will be one of the principal
sneakers
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
HAVE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
State Bankers Association Maintains
New Branch
Associated Press1

Topeka, Nov. 24.-The personal
service department Of the Kansas
State Bankers Association head
quarters here, under supervision of
Miss Emma d. Partridge, secretary
of the association, is doing a -four
ishing business. A bankers free
employment bureau" where an up
to-date record of all vacancies and
new positions in state banks is kept.
has been augmented by a register of
banks for sale in this state and par
ties seeking to purchase banks.
In the current issue of the Bulle-
tin, official organ Of the association
and OF which Miss Partridge is also
editor. gives a detailed report of
the functioning Of the personal SER
vice department. Miss Partridge is
said to be the only woman in Kansas
and one Of the very few in the coun-
try holding similar positions.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1922-11-30
GET READY FOR BOYS MEETING
eAaseolAtel Press1

Manhattan Nov. 25-PreparatiOni
are being made to entertain and &C.
comm0date at least 1000 Kansas
youths at the Y. M. G. A. Older Boys
conference. to be held here the week
of December 1. DR.. A. A. H0ltz,
secretary OF the State Agricultural
College "Y," is in charge Of the ar
The problem Of hous-
ing the young delegates has present
ed itself, DR.. Holtz said, but is be-
ing overcome by a'hearty response
of citizens to throw open their
homes to the "Y" lads. All sessions
Of the conference will be held in the
X. s. A. G.. auditorium.