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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
BOSTON JUDGE TO TALK
AT Y. NJ. C. A. BIG MEETING
"The Powder and the Match" Subject
of G. ID. Aldcn

Judge George D. Alden Of Boston,
direct descendant Of Priscilla and John
Alden. will talk on 1.-THE Powder and
the Match" at the Y. n c. a. Big
Meeting at the English Theater Sun
day afternoon. Judge Alden has, been
commended by President Harding as
a speaker Of "caustic but chaste"
force.
HarlOwe F. Dean, instructor at the
College Of Music. will sing Vande-
werter's Publican" The Big Meet
ing Orchestra viii give a thirtT-rnin-
ute concert The meeting is open to
men and is free.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
Two Women Pull Hair on Courtroom
Floor in Battle for Little Girl

CHICAGO. June Judge Joseph
u. David today decided that Mrs. Julia
waszny, IS. is tho mother OF Leona
Felicia, 8. and that tho girl. claimed
By two women as blood daughter. IS
Of legitimate birth.
Mrs. waszny's claim 10 the child
was contested In a court hearing by
Mrs. Nicholas LEM. SO. The case,
likencd to the King Solomon episode
OF Bible tradition. had been attract.
ing crowded court rooms daily.
Both women testified that they
gave birth TO the child. and produced
evidence supporting their assertions.
Each declared that at intervals after
birth the girl was placed temporarily
in care OF the other.
Tho contest OF the two women for
the child came 10 climax In a hair.
pulling match yesterday afternoon in
court just as Judge David took the
case under advisement.
Mrs. Waszny, at tho close OF court,
mistook bailiff's cry OF Hear We.
this court is now adjourned.' for a
decision giving Goona to Mrs. Lenz.
Mrs. Waszny IS unable TO under.
stand English.
She screamed. swept aside papers
ON attorneys desks and began rain.
Ing blows. kicks and curses upon Mrs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
SIDE TO
Get TOGETHER
Big Community Picnic viii
Be Held Next Week

More than 1000 people arc ex.
pected TO attend the East Side com.
munIty picnic. which Is planned for
Wednesday, June 20, in the Kirk
land park.
\ Residents of Juanita, Rose Hill,
Houghton and Kirkland have been
cooperating during the past two
weeks in the interest OF the event,
said TO be the first or it's kind
planned In this part OF the country.
Business people have agreed TO close
their offices and shops and TO go
with their families 10 the picnic
park. A committee OF citizens
headed by i. w. Turner OF Kirk.
land. has planned menu and pro.
gram.
Each family group IL to bring its
own sandwiches. while pickles,
olives, coffee. ham, meat loaf, seal
loped potatoes. cottage cheese, ice
cream and cake are to be supplied
on tho cooperative plan.
Ben Evans, Seattle playground
director. has been asked TO send ono
man and ono woman TO the park
TO assist with sports and athletics,
y young woman from the Seattle
Y. w. G. a. VIII demonstrate on
the Sound waters near the park.
llfe.savlng methods and The handling
Of a cnnot.
"Othors from Seattle declared
Turner Thursday, will be moro
than welcome. Tho this is an East
sidc picnic. West sdors are not
barred"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
WEEKLY PASS
IS NEXT MOVE
Council Orders Amendment
to Fare Ordinance

Scattlc's next street railway move
viii be TO experiment with the
weekly pass or weekly ticket plan.
II developed at Thursdays meeting
of the Sutilities committee OF the
city council.
While the committee revoked both
measures designed to amend the
higher car fare ordinancc-C Council.
man Lou Cohen's. weekly ticket plan
and Councilman o. II. Erlckson's
weekly pass plan--the. action was
made necessary by the substitution
of the emergency ordinance which
becomes effective Saturday for the
higher fare ordinance that was
passed over the mayors veto.
Councilman Cohen moved that the
committee table both measures until
the finances OF the street railway.
have been stabilized, but Council.
man Erickson passed a resolution
thru tho committee ordering that a
new amendment be drawn TO tho
higher fare ordinance, providing for
the weekly pass plan. This ordi.
nance Will be ready for introduction
when the financial condition of the
lines has settled.
The committee also indofsed the
proposal for placing decorative
street lamps on University way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
nY MANnA yoN IxETTLER

The biggest day OF the year, with
the possible exception OF Christmas,
comes Friday--t'riday the 18th.
For on Friday the 18th school is
"out."
Fortyfour thousand. seven hun
bred and eighty.sovon Seattle young.
sters will mount tho school.house
steps for the last tlmo this Friday
&C n. m. At 10, clutching report
cards ana few books and pads,
they will come upon The street
agnin--frco mon and women.
The blackboard. the tcncher-all
arc behind them. The swimnln'
hole. The open paths sail are before.
We. believe not Tint all Seattle
youngsters are planning on idle
barefoot summer days. Many To-.
cal young people arc seeking posi-.
lions" both In Seattle and out.of.
town. There's tho youth who de-
sircs TO DO office boy Hos al.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

LEM. The women rolled 10 the floor,
biting and scratching. Lawyers final.
~ separated them.
The story, told by Mrs. waszny
is that Leona Felicia was born TO
her on May 9, 1918. at Stryj. Cali.
cha. She shows a Polish birth and
bap,ismal certificate. The childs
father Is dead, she says. and she
brought her 10 America three years
ago.
This spring. when she herself
was III. Mrs. Waszny says. she took
The child TO the home OF Mrs. LEM
TO be boarded. When she recovered
and went TO claim Leona Felicia.
Mrs. Lenz refused 10 surrender her.
Now hear the story from Mrs.
LenZ. who is about five years
younger than the other claimant.
My love could not be SO strong
had | not given birth 10 this baby
myself" she says. II love her bet.
ter than my life. OF course. she
was American born. She was not
at my home four months ago. She
was iil, and woman nurse had
her. She was away too long. /
could not bear to have her away
another day"
Mrs. waszny, thru her attorneys.
sought writ of habeas corpus to
recover possession.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
DROP CHARGES
OF CONSPIRACY
Cohen SpelIman Win on One
of Dope Indictments

Charges that Michael Cohen.
wealthy owner OF the Pioneer safe
Deposit vaults. and Thomas Spell.
man, longshoreman. had conspired
TO unload wholesale quantities of
narcotics 10 Seattle drug BUYERS,
were dismissed in federal court
Thursday morning by Judge Il. Il.
Cushman. before whom the two were
being tried on Harrison narcotic act
violation counts.
The absence of material govern.
ment witnesses made II impossible
for the prosecution TO press the
conspiracy charge, brought by a
federal grand fury, against the two
men, according to government at
iorneys.
The two defendants were charged
In grand jury indictments with con.
spring TO violate the Harrison act
and dispose Of large quantity of
narcotics to o buyer.
Following the dismissal OF the
conspiracy charge, defense wit
nosses are now centoring their at.
tcntion on other counts in tho VIC
lation charge.
on motion OF prosecution attor.
ncys. tho conspiracy clause was
stricken and tho bond OF tho two
defendants ordered returned to them.
Spclman and Cohen are charged
with selling 40 ounces OF narcotics
TO federal agent, whom they be-.
Heed TO be buyer from san Fran,
cisco. They put up the defense that
They believed federal agents were
attempting TO gain evidence against
the buyer, and sold tho drugs TO
him 20 assist tho federal operatives
in getting evidence against him.
A long trial hold In federal court
recently resulted in a Jury disagree.
mcnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
ATTACKS READ
IN MILK WAR
Attorney Charges Health
Head Acts Like Car

Alleging that DR.. Hiram NJ. Read
city health officer. has the auto
cratic powers of car and tina
these powers are being used to fun
Their the interests of the Seattl,
Milk Shippers association. Attor
ney Philip Tworoger Thursday morn
ing attacked two sections of tbs
city health ordinance as unconstifu
tional in department No. of SUI
perior court.
Tworoger appeared for Danits
keanc, proprietor of the Little Gen
Dairy whose permit was revoke
on April is by the health depart.
ment. He was subsequently fine.
for selling milk without PERM
and obtained an injunction fror
Judge Otis Brinker on June II
straining the health department.
from further 'harassing' him.
The hearing on the rer.rainin
order was set for June 25. but wa
brought into court Thursday upo
the motion of corporation counse
to dissolve the restraining order.
Tworoger charged the health offic
had made no showing that keano',
milk was impure and cited rec
ords showing that keanc stood ski
high on the list of diaries supply
ing Seattle's milk, with score Q:
sl.s per cent, per cent lower thau
the leading dairy. He attribute,
Keane's difficulty to the Seattl
Milk Shippers association, which.
said. prosecuted him because Kean,
sold milk here lower than the pric
fixed by the association.
l.. C. Ewing, deputy corporation
counsel. appeared for the city an
declared that the injunction issue
by Judge Brinker was contrary -
was improvidenty issuel
and jcopardlzed the public hcalth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
Nine Men Slain on
Rum Pirates Ship
BATTLE
OFF new YORK
Rescued Cinnamon
Tell Weird Story
of Death Fra Y

NEW YORK. June IA strange
story OF a fight on the high seas. in
which five Chinese. two white men
and two negroes were slain aboard
the sloop Mary Beatrice. was told
here today by one OF the surviving
Chinese.
Tho Mary Beatrice. a two.masted
British Bahama sponger." was
found Off New York bay without cap.
tain or crew and with IS Cinnamon
aboard.
One Of them, whose name n With.
held. made statement TO immigra.
ton authorities today. asserting that
after he and hts fellow orioniais had
paid $500 apiece 10 be snuggled into
the United States from Cuba. tho
skipper absconded with the money.
the crew tried TO hold UP the China.
men and in the ensuing battle the
Chinese Whtfaa and nsRroen died
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
FridayIs biggest Day.
for SeattIe's Children
City's Youth Leave School Books Behind
Them as Vacation Begins
@ruae, ;, A:2ao1s1

ready imprcasing local "stcnogs
with his wisdom. There's the boy
who wants to work on the farm.
And there are both The boy and
girl who desire to pick fruit. Per.
haps one sixth OF Seattle young.
stcrs above the age of 10, viii
work" either at homo or abroad
during tho summer days.
Yet 1t makes no difference. Va.
cation time, idly spent or busily
spent, is vacation time. The small
boy in overalls in an open field,
BIO he laborlng or browsing In the
sun, II FAR more a king than the
knickerbockorcd youth with patent
feathers of school day times, This
fact has long been established.
Vacation days arc here. Al hail
the king!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
SEIZE
TON OF SUGAR

A ton pf high grade sugar and
three huge stills were seized in n
raid made by Police Lieut. l.. y.
Forbes al an apartment hougc at 424
18th ave. ", late "Wednesday night.
Mrs. Sadie williams. 80. was jailed
on an open charge when she was
found occupying tho room in which
the dlstilicry WIS found. One OF the
stills was OF rs gallons capacity. The
second ono was Of 80 gallons and tho
third OF 30 gallons capacity.
Fifteen gallons Of finished moon.
shine wero also taken, along with 1s
barrels OF mash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
miner KILLED
IN COAL SLIDE
Caught Under Avalanche at
i Carbonate Mine

TACOMA, juno li.--caught by a
small avalanche of coal in chute
OF tho Big Ben mine. OF tho Carbon
Hilf coal camp, at Carbonate. at s
o'clock Thursday morning, Theodore
casselli. 30. was instantly killed.
Fellow workers dug his body out
Immediately. but he had been smo,h.
cred TO death.
caselli was single and had been
employed AZ the mine only since
January. He was an cx.serviceman.
having served five years In the
navy. Ills nearest relatives live in
Italy.
State Mine Inspector w. r. Reese.
OF Tacoma, left for tho mine this
morning to investigate the accident.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
HOOray! TOMORROW Is
Kids Vacation Day!
June IL 1928.
June II, 1928.

Dear s5oks:
Let sugar prices hit the sky and politicians chat
ter or make the cost of living hight really doesn't
matter And let the trolleys raise the fare and let
the bellow-there's one, at least who doesn't
care and he's the little fellow. His heart is happy
full of cheer he lives in fields of clover the biggest
day of all is here-tomorrow school is over!
He hasn't time for other thought; his soul is just
hooraying; forgotten all the stuff he's taught, he
dreams of days of playing. He's fixing up a mas
querade, with things he has to borrow: and many
styles will be displayed by all the gang tomorrow
Let arise and kingdoms fal--it can't be appre-
hended; thought is victor over all--tomorrow
school is ended
Great stuff You bet! darby day. There cam
not be greaterl The dodo birds corsage bouquet!
The pigs perambulatorl And recollection takes me
back read lifes early pages: Last day of school
crackerjack-the best of all the agesw Forgotten
now, the paths of men and adult occupation; I'd like
to be kid again-tomorrow starts vacationl
M~aeae =. Maeuy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
TANNED ON VESSEL
LIKE AFRICAN SLAVES

Thru an lntfrprcllf. this Chlna.
man told ms he ana 10 compan.
ions embarked at HAVANA. May 8.
They were assured that they would
be transported rapidly 20 American
soil and landed without delay.
Tho 20 Cinnamon were packed
aboard. together with the skipper.
Two white sailors and two blacks
They were damned IN like negro
slaves on an old.fashioned African
SLAYER. They oct sail for New York.
Tho boat ia only 80 feet long. and
with It's heavy human cargo. Il wal.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

William Jennings. Bryan says no.
cody should do in private what they
would not do in public. How about
taking bath?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

From royalties on photograph
records alone. caruso. famous Itgi-
Ian tenor. received more than ST.
100000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
Sheriff Is Nervous
and Pins Star
Into Skin!
BY JOIN w. NELSON

NHEN Sheriff Matt starwich
w pinned deputy shcriffs badge
upon the breast Of his son Ray NJ.
Starwich. Thursday at the county
city building. mis- fingers trembled
with pride until the point OF the
pin pierced the skin beneath the
flannel shirt. stolcally tho boy
stood until the operation was com,
pleted. then he removed the badge
and put II only thru the cloth.
you got IL little deep that
time, Dad he said.
The Like Father Like Son" rule
applies to the siarwich family
Sheriff starwich. xnown for more
than 20 years as two-fisted peace
officer. the grlzzlcd victor OF half a
hundred personal encounters with
thugs OF all degrees OF desperation.
Is proud OF his boy. who already
has hefty record for a 20.year.old
ftfotN arl,ocf efftdapf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

Howdy, fouls' University OF
Washington seniors graduate
Monday. Hooray. the worlds
safe.
one senior announces that he
wishes TO start at the bottom. VIII
somebody please offer him job as
swimming Instructor
Ecllcrc Z or not. if uW Dc SIS Dc.
sfeCs ~ the shade on the HRirsrSssy
campHs Monday That number Of
aassais iciH gei their diploRas.
A boy goes thru four years OF col.
kse 70 get a degree--and then joins
a lodge and gets several OF them In
one night.
TIE SPOILED OYSTER
The world Is my oystcr.'
cried the lad who had just gradu.
aied FROM college. And then lie
remembered there was no "R'
in June.
we have definitely established
the fact that the street cars cannot
5 Be operated on "a scent fare. May.
os Brown.
Hugh Caldwell established that
fact two years ago. Doc.
Street railway finances were saved
Yesterday b. the discovery OF a re.
serve fund OF thrce-quartcrs OF
million dollars.
Who said there were no honest
men az the city hail1 Think OF ali
that money hanging around loose.
and nobody put il into his pocket
and walked out.
SUGGESTION
We wish the city fathers
would look around the building
again. They might find enough
= money TO pay off the entire
: street car debt.
Big patade win be held here to
morrow to celebrate the opening OF
Rainier National park.
LII Gee Gee says she doesn't want
anything to do with Mount Rainier;
she thinks It's a big bluff.
A delegation OF Tacomans win par
ticlpate in the parade. despite the
fact that the mountain was named
after q Seattle beer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
HE'S SOME BOY
DOWN AT AUBURN

Ray Starwich Is captain of the
Auburn high school football team.
lie IL senior, and will graduate
January /. He Is a member OF the
volunteer fire department OF Au.
burn. and an athlete OF local re.
pute. In addition he Is musician
and holds a membership in the MI
sicians' union. n public speaker Of
no mean ability. and a member OF
the Eagles lodge.
"The boy has always made his
own way" starwich said. He
fights his own battles and II makes
him angry 10 be referred TO as the
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

OF course there Is always the pos.
sIoility that Ford would make the
zane kind Of president as he does q
car.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

Recently married Is Crawford
White, drum major OF the Eagles.
70 now we suppose he win play sec.
ond fiddle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

ffee medical advice: Don't buy
thermometers in the summer--thcy
ere lower in the winter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

Never trust a bootlegger when he
wants to sell you some 2o-year.old
whisky. There is something wrong
with whisky that has been kept for
20 years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
T0DAY'S DEFINITION
A mountain is something that
Is surrounded By mist when
Eastern visitors are In town.

As a tourist from the sagebrush
country said when he first saw
Mount Rainier: Gosh. I'd like to see
the gopher that threw UP all that
d.rtF'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

a bootlegger is a guy who can
wrap a bottle OF Scotch so that it
resembles jar OF strawberry jam.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
BOY TELLS OF
DISTRESS Sign
VJrnTyAHn MINT
VIClIIILS HIADE
Saw Women Signal
for Help as Gale
Rocked Canoe in
Lake Washington

A griefstricken husband and
the crew Of a harbOr patrol boat
were dragging the bottom OF
Lake Washington, near CaIvert's
landing Thursday, searching for
the bodies Of two women believed
10 have been victims Of an over
turned canoe Tuesday afternoon.
Efforts Of police to locate the
bodies Wednesday were futile.
With Kenneth Barnes. husband OF
Mrs. Dona A. Barnes. one Of the
missing women, aboard, the harbor
patrol boat left for the scene Thurs
day morning and started operations.
A thoro examination OF the lake
was made early Thursday. and the
exact spot where the canoe over
turned revealed the fact that the
lake bottom was not so deep as had
been supposed. making dredging OPP
erations possible.
Meanwhile. the police are trying
20 Identify the woman who was
with Mrs. Barnes when the latter
disappeared on the lake. after rent
ing the canoe and setting out for
Mercer island and Bellevue.
No report of missing woman
answering the description OF the girl
who was with Mrs. Barnes has been
made TO the police
BOY GIVES NEW
CLUE TO SEARCH
A new angle to the case was
found when the authorities question:
ed Jack Campbell, a sehoolboy at
Calvert Landing. The hoy declared
that the two girls in the canoe. hair
a mile from shore. Tuesday after
noon gave signs OF distress as
gale sprang up, sweeping The lake.
The boy ran for help aal when he
returned he found that the canoe
had upset. The boat drifted TO the
shore with one Of the paddles and a
hat.
The canoe was rented 10 the two
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

Ono day as ! CHANGED 10 pass,
a bearcr icas damBiiH0 rirer;
and man irho had run out Of gas
Was doing He same 10 his Hivrer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14


WHAT'S THAT NOISEg"
An experienced driver, accord
ing to sergt. Frank Fnqua Of the
iraific bureau, Is a man who can
.eli whether that sound Is his
prakes squeaking or his wife
squeallng.
Annual rose show opened here 10.
aay Songs suggested for the festi-
ials
ny Wild Irlah Rose.
INC Rose of ficardy
me Last Rose OF summer,
"y Loves Like "a Red, Red Rose.
we don't mind Rose week. but
~ nope some nut doesn't suggest a
Spinach Week.
PAGE a STREET CAR JAMES!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
CANDIDATE FOR THE POISON
IVY GLIB

The bald-beaded barber who
ries TO sell you hair restorer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14
SUGGESTION

We wish the city fathers
would look around the building
again. They might find enough
. money to pay off the entire
: street car debt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-14

A delegation OF Tacomans win par
ticipate in the parade. despite the
fact that the mountain was named
after q Seattle beer.
The Alaska fisherman., 1923-05-15
H. C. STRONG TO SHIP OVER GRAND
 TRUNK

MT. Strong in Prince Rupert recently max ing arrangements for the shipment of his cannerY products to the East over the Grand Trunk Rail- way. He is operating the Belinghan7 and expects to transport the fish from Ketchikan to Prince Ru pert m that vessel, recently overhaued and placed in good condition.
 Carl Strong, who plans to send his products to United States via Canadian Railroads, IS the who voluntarily appear ed before the Committee Merchant Marine against Sutherlands proposed repeal of Section 27 Of the Jones Shipping Act. This section 1t is that permits foreign ships 10 engage in genera! business anywhere in the United States EXCEPT w ALASKA.
 Strong at that time said that Alaska should not participate Tn the benefits of foreign shipping be- III that Alaskan freight especially the canned fish, would be carried east over the Cana dian railroads He insisted thar by excluding Alaska from this provision, freight from Alaska would travel via Seattle and east over American lines and would in that way contribute 70 the uD- building of the United States his first love- By so testifying, Carl Strong helped the Steamship lobby in defeating Suther7and's proposal TV4at did Strong get III return? The Steamship and Railroad lobby put 2t the disposal Of Strong and his friends the Packers 7nd IT that way thev defeated the White Bill which wou1d have cive7 the Secretary of Commerce the right to reg11ate hv law the fisheries of Alaska the only restriction being the incorporation III that biH of Section B Of Magn2 Charta.
 Money n77keG ? difference even to D7trjcte Last wear Carl Strong shipped his canned fish east via Prince Rupert and thus saved 25c case Y love my country, but oh you tvo~b ~bits!'