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The Washington times., 1923-05-07
OLD. MOTION GIVES DEAD
MAN CONTROL OF ESTATE

NEW YORK, May IA twenty
nine-year-old motion that affected
the removal of an executor of a
will and had slumbered in the
files of the surrogate's court since
1894 was derided a few days ago
by Surrogate OJBrien. ->..~
Ebert r. Rawson was ordered
removed az executor and trustee
of the will of Emma II. Rawson
in 1893. In 1894 Rawson moved
to Vacate ON the ground that he
had not received notice of the re-
moval proceedings.
HisT motion was placed in the
reserve generally" class, which
means that it could be resurrected
at any time. 'r
!, The resufreGtinn canle, -, although
FtAWsoff liz deHd, ID WITei4 Surrogate e.
O'Brien granted the motion restor-
ing to the late Rawson his powers
as executor.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
T ACTS
ASKED BY US
TOURISTS
= hNA
Guides in England No Longer
Give ''HoI<um" to Well
81 Informed Visitors.
: Nv international News service.

, BY international News Service.
!. LONDON. May 1.-THE British
guides whose task it is to pilot the
countless American. tourists over
the places of interest in Great
Britain have had to spend. their
winter in endless study to fit them
for the task which lies before them
during the next few months.
I. The days are gone when they
can fob off the thick" tourist with
any bunk which comes readiest< to
their lips on any: historic spot. In
those happy. days any glib chatter
er who could hand any sort of talk
to get few laughs and vile
away a. few hours was considered
the ideal guide. i, But things have
changed. The average American
visitor to England knows far more
historically about certain places
than the native.
New Variety of Guide.
A new variety of guide has been
produced. He is. scholar and a
gentleman, and, what is more inn
portant, he is thoroughly well ac-
quainted with his job. Such is
Capt. Frank Willard, the guide
lecturer. to Frames Tours in Great
Britain.
To international News CORE
spondent he paid a tribute to the
racy humor of. the average Ameri-
can tourist and, his thoroughness in
getting to the facts.
"Once when l. was relating the
story of the beheading of Simon
Fraser lord Lovat) on Tower
HILL" said. Captain Willard, 81 said
that that Unfortunate gentleman
was the last to suffer from the ak
in the Tower and one of the party
of Americans whispered to me:
Say, that was a. chop that was
never digestedr
Sincerely Seek Truth.
"But what impresses me most is
the earnestness which most of the
Americans show in, quest of infor-
nation regarding certain spots of
historical interest. Their rever-
ence' for such places as the Royal
Chapel of st. John, in the White
Tower; st. Peter-ad- Vincula, on
Tower. Green, Westminster Abbey;
the tomb Of Shakespeare, and such
places. convince me of the deep
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
RYAN SAYS WOMAN WHO
SUES HIM WAS MISTRESS

NEW YORK, May 7.-Clendenin
j. Ryan, son of Thomas F. Ryan,
traction magnate, alleges that Miss
Muriel Sharp, of Garden City, l.. T..
who is suing him to enforce an al
legged life contract to pay her $500
a month, was formerly his mis-
tress. -,
This allegation was . made by
Ryan in his answer filed in the
suit with Supreme Court Justice
Benedict, of Brooklyn, who recently
denied the application of Ryan to
transfer the case from Nassau to
New York county for trial. On
an affidavit of Outerbridge Horsey,
attorney for Ryan, Justice Bene-
dict granted a stay of the trial
of the case until an appeal from
his order denying a change of
venue can be argued in the appel
late division, Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
Why?


w IHY waste time in useless Shopping around" when
w the advertisements lay before you the choicest
wares of every progressive merchant in town?
Why needless endless quest
when the enable make choice of
the finest merchandise without leaving home?
Why pay you ought you can stretch your
dollar to the elastic limit by taking advantage of the
gains and good buys that daily advertised this paper
Why risk dissatisfaction by buying unknown unbranded
goods when yourself complete satisfaction by
buying an advertised product backed by the integrity of
man who spends real to establish his to
build up public goodwill?
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
BOY WON'T LET. FATHER
PAY FINE; ACCEPTS JAIL

EAST ORANGE NJ j., May -
Gerald Beers, of Reselle Park,
a. j., formerly Of Jersey City, pre-
tefs to go to jail rather than ask
his father to pay fine of 500 scr
Violating the motor vehicle law.
Young Beers said his father had
spent 7$45, 900 in an effort to free
his son of a Granddaughter charge
after the hoy had struck and killed
William Fitzhenry while driving an
automobile in 1919.
He pleaded that he believed he
was again entitled to drive an au-
tofnobile in view Of the fact that
the Hudson county trial jury has
disagreed in his case. He there.
fore obtained a new license, going
through the procedure as though
ne were a new motorist.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
PATTON HEADS RELATIONS
SECTION OF VET BUREAU

Byron r. Patton, of Atlanta, Ca.
has been appointed chief OF the
section Of cooperation of the Vet
Grams Bureau. Director Hines an
nounced he would have charge of
all relations with the American Red
Cross, American Legion, Disabled
American Veterans and other ma.
tional cooperating bodies having
business with the Veterans. Bureau.
Patton is d former State tcomman,
der in Georgia Of the Disabled.
American Veterans.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
TRAINS AND SHIPS RUN
BY RADIO SUGGESTED

NEW YORK, May 7.--Transrpis-
sion OF power without wires to air.
craft, railroad trains and ships hun
.dreds Of miles away from the power
plant is a possible development in
the radio field suggested by Prof.
Hugh S. Taylor; of the department
of chemical engineering atsPrinceton
University.
The Development. would >revolution.
ize aviation, he said, by freeing
planes of the burden ef enginess and
fuel tanks - 49,
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
BELIEVES BIG.
BER.THA5"
myth
French Deputy Denies Exist
once Of Great German Gun.
Suggests Weapon,ln Paris.
BY HARRY Il. FLORY.
international News Service.

PARIS, May did big Bertha, /"
the supposedly giant long range
gun which shelled Paris intermit-
tantly from March % to one night
III August, 1918. really exist?
THE "Berthas'' were a German
hoax, it has been suggested by Leon
Daudet, deputy of Paris, writing
IN, L'Action Franchise. The source
OF the shells which fell in various
parts of the city during those ex-
citing days was really an electrically
controlled cannon, hidden in a fac.
4dry or cellar in q Paris suburb,
EAudet contends. and he expects
that sooner or later this continuance
wgll be discovered.
French Never Saw One.
Daudet points out that no French
man has ever seen any of the six
supposed "Big Bertl1as," and that
no traces of them have ever been,
found in the Krupp factories or any
place in Germany. The only evil
dence OF their existence, he says, is
asreport that American army Off
GERS saw several ofc4he big guns
IL the SkOda factory, in Austria, in.
1919. i:
The French war ministry, through.
the Matfn, hastened to deny Dau.
diets .Suppusition, and L'Echo Ma
tfOnal, the day after Daudet pub
hshed the complete official German
report Of the construction and de-
etructive work of the '.Berthas.'
This report, which Daudet char
&cterized as vague and unconyinc-.
ing, told of the conception of the
big guns and of their manufacture
after the specifications had to HE.
changed 10 Increase their range from
loo to $50 kilometers when the
Germans were forced back that far
from Paris.
They. first went into action, &C.
cording to the report. near Laon,
and later, when their location was
detected, they were moved through
the town Of scissors, then not far
from the French front, to the vi
entity of Ham. q. .
Destroyed By Germans?
yFinally we ourselves destroyed,
niour own country. that marvel Of
the technique and science of artil-::
lery," the 8 German report read !.
What vie Accomplished will ever
remain. in history a. 'giorification of
the artillery Of the imperial Ger
man navy. $50. 50
The report discloses, according
to Daudets that the "Bertllas' were
fired blindly in the general direc.
tton OF Paris.
Must wes then: attribute their
Euccess to the good old German
god?', he queries, And why, when
the Germans noted the marvellous
success Of the Bertha, . did they
not construct more? Life in Paris
would have been unbearable if they
had followed mp that advantage
Daudet also points out that trans.
portatton of the ''Berthas'' through
the city of Scissors, without detec.
tion by the French, always hover
ing over the city in airplanes,
would have been absolutely impos.
siole.
Because no Frenchman has ever
seen the "Berthas" L'Echo. Ma
tional suggests that If they really,
existed the Germans may have hid.
den them.
Willie they pretend to have de-
1troyed the material perhaps they
transported it and hid il somewhere
IN the north Of Germany" the
article concludes.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
FAMILY is SEPARATED
TO ESCAPE INSANITY

NEW YORK, May 1.-The family
of Charles Ginyonsky was broken
up in an effort to save the other
members from being rendered in
sane by the persecution mania
which alienists declared he was i'm.
posing on them by his superior
will power.
Mrs. Ginyonsky and a daughter,
Lean, seventeen, were found wan.
dering the streets near their home
crying. 1--WE are being prosecuted
by the police and the soldiers" An.
other child, Bella eight, is too
young to be, affected by the .rDania,
was salo: she was taken to
the Chiidren's Society. 49,. =
Ginyonsky, a native of Russia
has suffered from the mania for
several years, it was said, and his
case probably is incurable,
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
GERMAN TRUSTS CALLED
: MENAcE<To REPUBLIC

NEW YORK, May '7.-Returning
today from a mission to Berlin as
an economic representative of the
United States, Maurice Parmalee
expressed a belief that the great
German trusts founded by, SHINES,
Thyssen and others were a menace
to the future development of that
country.
Since the French occupation of
the 5Ruhr the trusts are becoming
even more, powerful. he said.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07

seated love the ma jority. have for
their motherland.
"At Stratford .on.Avon / have,-t to
be careful. Most of the American
visitors are STEPPED in Shake
speareah, lore. 1t lis no: uncommon
thing: for. Them to quote reams
from the Bard's works, especially
the young people. Again. here and
there odd and, appropriate lines
dealing with the very spot on
which they are standing burst I'm.
expectedly from the lips Of many
of the visitors. =. ..>..
at other places, like Chester, it
is not safe to err in one's dates, for
promptly comes the gentle correc-
ton. The knowledge possessed by
most American visitors. would. put
many English1nen to blush.
The Washington times., 1923-05-07
Bottles Delay Work,

ROCHESTER,, Ind. May T.
::Wnrklnen. tearing. down. a. building
there, discovered. d quart and a. l1fnT
of whiskey Of zoos vintage. Work
ON the building was resumed the
next day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
ROAD SURVEY
BEING PUSHED

EVERETT. June 2.--ProIiminary
surveys for the new route or the
Pacific highway between Seattle
and Everett are being completed
by engineers and state highway dc.
partment officials.
A recogniance line has been run
into Alderwood Manor from Lake
Forest Park and another is TO be
run from the present North Trunk
highway into Alderwood Manor for
the purpose Of comparison Accord.
ing TO Il. II. Wilson, district cngi.
ncer. the new route will be run
from Seattle thru Alderwood Manor.
no matter what route rs selected.
No defiHatc route from Seattle
has boon established and members
OF the North Trunk Highway Boost.
ers' club ARE attempting to have
the route established over the North
Trunk road, eliminating the circui.
tous route thru swamp creek.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
SEATTLE BOY
LEADS CLASS

The staggering mathematics, ord.
nance and gunnery aud engineering
courses at tho Annapolis Naval
academy that have caused hun.
dreds OF mldshipmen TO "go over tho
side held no terrors for Kenneth
Manson McLaren. II. OF Seattle.
who graduated from the institution
recently with the highest honors
ever conferred on a Northwest stu.
dent. McLarcn led his class OF 423
members.
Young McLaren, whose home Ia
at 2722 II. 54th st.. was graduated
from Broadway high school four
years ago, wen In advance OF hia
class, ana was appointed 10 Annap.
oils by Congressman John +. Miller.
~ the end of his second year lt
the academy he was awarded pair
Of beautifully mounted binoculars by
the Daughters OF the Confederacy,
as n prize for proficiency In cleo.
trical engineering. He was later
awarded o soxtant by the naval
academy for standing highest In
ordnance and gunnery.
In addition 10 winning highest
hqnors at the institution. young Me.
Larcn managed 10 save s. during
his four years. feat remarkable IN
Itself. according TO other "mIddIos,"
who uaually leave tho academy 1900
on $500 In debt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

II was after II O'Clock. 20 she WAS
sure 10 Boz there. sho had changed
her Job ana had sent him the new
address a'ychr ago.
Tho girl a. The Information desk
was 81 the flBpper type an legs and
wings Ike spring chicken. he
thought nmusedlY a. he asked for
Edna Burke She smiled at bis
question ID ihfo mockingly. or 30
ho thought
"Miss Burkee hc sald again. and
there WAS a snap IN his voice this
time
You mean Airs Marshall che
said az lnst
= mean Miss Burke"
"ShoB Mra. Mnnhsu now. IT'S
the same one She used 20 be Edna
Burke. worked with her NJ her
other place"
MacSeil passed his hand slowly
across biz cheek. lie fclt us II his
face were frozen. "D'ye mean she's
marrledY' he said quietly
II guess 10. Next please"
Thank you" he said mechanical.
IS ana no walked out
Somr men would have insisted on
seeing her, but what was tho user
only one concession be made 20 the
passion that WIS shaking him. He
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

The old home town baslins
drowuny In The warp sunshine
looked good TO John MacNeh after
hts three years in New York. but IL
wasn't because Of the familiar stores
that stood along the main street ia
such higgledy piggledy fashion, tail
and short. square and squat. wood
and brick and stone. an mixed up.
There was something homciike after
the towering Loneliness OF Lower
Manhattan. but " ho noticed that az
an Il was merely a flcsilng impress
sion.
ITO stood az tho corner OF the
block when he came out of the
depot This was whore be had pro.
posed 10 her he remembered. his
eyes twinkling. n was Ia tho mid
die OF winter and there had been
a heavy rnowatorm. and just as he
stopped for her answer nn avalanche
OF SNOW alumped of the roof and
stretched them flat on the sidewalk.
And held her there until che
naid sea" ho muttercd Cave man
stuff. she called IL. but rho liked Il,
Gosh They all do"
Aud away he awning again. down
Market a.. up Main a.. across Ian.
coin square. and down the little
street where her firm was located
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02

called up her firm aud asked for
hrn Narshail. and when he heard
her voice be- put the receiver back
on The hook and went 10 take Up
his new Job without even speaking
10 her.
lie had planned 20 surprise her
with his return. Wen. abe had sur.
prised him. that was an. Her letters
had been strange FOR some time. lie
might have known. She'd probably
found rome one with more money.
When he was recently offered the
cdltorship ~ the paper where he
had started his Newspaper career a.
q cub reporter nc thought u was
the most wonderful thing that had
ever happened in his lie. His three
years IN New York had not weak.
ened his longing for the old home
tow nor his birth. In all Of his
letters 10 Edna Burke he had dwelt
on his ambition 20 make good In
metropolitan newspaper work: but
all the timc-tho he was too proud
town of his birth. Ia ail OF his
reproached her for not wanting him
10 go-he had just longed 20 get
back 10 those old struggling streets.
whose every twist and turn spelled
home 20 him
No. Il wasn't that al all. be told
himself savagely u was Edna he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
Labor and Industry
Will Cooperate

WASHINGTON. June IA com.
bination between the government.
organized labor and industry in the
United States to put American pros.
pcrity on continuing basis" was
being worked out today as tho result
OF n conference last night at the
home OF Secretary OF Commerce
Hoover
Hoover, Samuel Gompcrs, presi.
dent OF the American Federation OF
Labor, and julius Barnes, president
Of the United states chamber OF com.
mercc, were apokosmcn for the three
groups. Another and larger confer.
encc will be held soon.
The conference discussed lmmlgrn.
ton, wagon, tho i2.hour day In the
steel industry. foreign trade ana II
great number Of related subjects.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
TEST SUIT TO
Be STARTED
Portland Bond Buyers At
torneyS Confer

Port Of Seattle attorneys and rep.
resoniaiivea or The bond firm of
nlyth.Witier a Co. heading the syn.
dictate of bond concerns who were
successful bidders Tor tho $4,000
port commission bond issue. contiu.
ucd negotiations Saturday relative
20 the test suit on the bonds askcl
by the firm
The friendly action which Is 20
loo instituted within n few days.
either hy port OF Seattle or bond
firm attorneys. VIII determine
whether or not tho port may issue
bonds Tor not exceeding ] pcr cent
OF the total assessed valuation or
the port district. exclusive OF All
other bond issues.
According 90 George Iamplus.
secretary OF the port commission.
the port has not used thia per
cent and Is strictly within the law.
but that the law has never been
tested Ia the case OF "a port bond
issue. The test suit b. a Formally
asked By tho bond firm prior 10 IT,
acceIeince or tho bonds. asserted
Lamping Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
$4,000 Rail Shopmen
Granted Wage Boost

SAN FRANCISCO. June Wage
increases for 1900 shop craftsmen
employed By the Southern Pacific
railway were announced here today.
The increases range from five
cents an hour for skilled labor down
% two cents per hour for helpers.
The increase was granted as a re.
suit OF an agreement between the
company and the Southern Pacific
Shop Crafts Protective association.
II win add approximately $4,000
10 the annual payroll.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
Dock Hand Knocked
Into River; browns

PORTLAND. June 1T. f. Whit.
tlcsey. dock hand for a local lumber
company. Is dead here today follow.
ing an accident on the FIRMS docks
In which he was swept into the river
when struck by sling load Of lum.
Der being lifted aboard vessel.
The accident occurred late yester.
day and II was not until some time
later that WhittIesey's body was re-
covered. Ed Haka. second mate Of
the steamer loading the lumber. who
was operating the winch. was held
pending an investigation. Police say
Haka was intoxicated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
NATION GUARDS
THE METER BAR
Measure Is Handled With
Care on Trips

WASHINGTON. June :. 49, Tho
most carefully guarded rlcce Of gov.
eminent property IN not the great
seal OF tho United States nor tlN
constitution. but n simple stick OF
metal.
out In the steel vault Of tho
bureau Of standards II heavy bar
Of un,ai OF special alloy. from
which all yard sticks and rulerb
spring.
II u known aa the meter bar, By
an act 81 congress tie meter Is dc.
fined " exactly Ss.s1 inches in
length.
Congress did not invent that
figure. but copFsd IL from the inter.
national meter bar. KEEP, in the
yRui; at tho international Bureau
OF Standards in Paris
Every 10 years they send the
American meter bar 10 Paris 10 he
checked with the international
meter bar There 10 possibility
that even tho slight nas the Arus
lean bar receives might cause some
lnflnitesimai change IA rs length.
IL II no ordinary occasion when
the American meter har goes jour
ncylnE 10 call on the Paris meter
har. Or. y. s. Holbrook OF the
Bureau Of Standards describes this
personally conducted trip an follows
FIRST. tho bar Is placed in a
wooden case llusd with hsavy velvet.
This case 10 placed inside "A steel
case which il locked and scaled. and
some responsible member or tbs
bureau takes Il TO Europe. giving
Il his entire attention We dare
not have tho metvr bar dropped nor
Jared for that might change lia
length by a mlllionth % an inch OF
So So VIC can't afford to take
ichancrs."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
The Stars Daily Short Story
"The Girl He Left Behind Him." by Frank Wall
ANOTHER COMPLETE SHORT STORY MONDAY

wanted 10 get back 10. Man.like.
he was twisting the knife IN hi7
wound. merely hurting himself 10
prove he dldn't care. He went tp
the old stone steps Of the Eagle
with q heart like lead AID walked
thru The big editorial room, where
he had planned 70 make such
triumphai entry, with his face an
white and set.
lie entered the editorial sanctnm
unannouneed and nodded grimiy 10
old Lennon, whom he was 10 re-
place. The old man greeted hun
affectiOnately.
But you don't look well. he
quayercd. Il guess New York didn't
agree with you"
I'm al right" said MacNeil
vaguely. and he began 10 ask ques'
tiona about the paper.
Lennon showed him what was
necessary and said he was staying
on a for few weeks 10 get him
started. He insisted on MacNeil
taking the editorial chair b. the
window and went 10 a desk 81 tile
other side Of the room.
Boys were rushing in all the time
with proof. The foreman OF the
composing room wanted inAtrue-
tons about recastIng the front page
for tho afternoon edition. Hooper.
the editorial writer. came TO suggest
a change IN one OF tho editorials IN
the noon edition. Lennon referred
them all 10 MacNeil and he ans
wered them in his quick, incisiye
fashion, but his face was Ike
mask over the despair that was
gnawing at his heart.
Then you think this editorial
should be changed2" said Hooper.
MacNeil was staring out Of the
window. He saw Edna coming slow
iy across the square. her arm linked
with that OF a good.looking young
fellow at whom she was glancing
continually.
MacNeil turned slowly. He hadn't
heard word the other man had
said. but he nodded vaguely.
lie couldn't speak just then.
Hooper went out and Lennon
went with him 10 get his lunch.
AiacNell slumped back in his chair.
his face haggnrd. When the boy
presently opened the door, he didn't
even look up. He didn't hear the
footsteps that came swiftly into the
room. II was the sight Of a small
hand resting on his desk that reused
him. He looked up at her, his heart
beating wildly.
You shouldn't be here" he said.
You're married, you know"
And then her arms were around
his neck. She was crying and laugh
ing and speaking all at once, as
women do when they are shaken
with emotion. Il called myself Mrs.
Marshall because in my other place
the men were always asking me 10
80 out" she said.
But that man you were with in
the square?'
eIt's my brother back from South
America. Don't you remember? ]
told you about him"
MacNeil sat up and pushed his
hand thru his hair Mrs. Marshall"
he said thougbtfully: I've new
Job for you and this time you can
call yourself Mrs. MacNeil.
On Monday-4The Last Rose"
by Mr.. and Mrs. Terrell.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-02
Sentenced to Die,
Man Gains DELAY

SALEM. Ore. June 2.--Giving no.
tice Of an appeal to the supreme
court, L. w. Peare. Coos county
rancher. sentenced TO be hanged here
today, has delayed the execution,
pending court action on his plea
Filing Of the notice automatically
holds up the death penalty.
Peare was sentenced to die for the
murder OF his wife and neIghbor,
presumably in tit of jealousy.