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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24
Mrs. Waialwi0ht Hostess at Bridge

wanWgh has cards out Tor hts luncheon on Ihafaay
afternoon the Mis- Adam iieelcr who
Just abroad Mrs samuel Parks and
the % their bothorinaW anu
sister ms NJ. Pratt
Covers vi be- placed thirtylNr
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CApEiDHt CLUB

slc Caleidh club viii meet TUES,
day. sept Is. with Mm y \ syl,
ycatcr Frrucliff fiainbrldgc L.
land Take boat from Pier ,, az ~
O'Clock
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24
Annual Party at Hunts Point

Vaudeville Show the Hunts Point colony
September
clubhouse. viii
may obtained Il. Goodwin pt1s3o.
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AUXILIARY TO
NfrsrIf nltIIltAf

AUXILIARY TO
RUTH SCHOOL
woodland Park auxiliary 20 Ruth
school for Girls viii meet with Mrs.
r. r. Piper. siT ". 4sth st.. Tuesday.
September Is. az i.1a o'clock.
BUSINESS woMEN's
CLUB
The Business and Professional
wonen's club wsll have it's first
meeting or the SEASON Tuesday
evening, September Is. in Fine Arts
hall. 1894 Fourth ave.
ALPHA AUXILIARY
Alpha auxiliary viii sive card
party on Tuesday. September IS. a,
2 p. m. a. Union Record building.
1915 First ave. fourth floor.
RELIEF LUNCHEON
Mrs. Henry y. Schroeder will hs
[ hostess TO Theodore Roosevelt auSli
larry on Tuesday afternoon, septem
her rs. At her home. 5a7 n. s9rd
st. Relief luncheon viii be given al
| / p. M Friends Of members cor
daily invited.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24
FEDERATION or

EVANGELICAL CHURCHES
The Wumrns Federation or
Evangelical Churches ~ Seattle
will begin the faii work on TucH-
day afternoon. September 81. ~ 3
o'clock. In tho Fius Christian
church. Broadway aud Fast olive
So al women Of the city arc la.
yl,cd.
Miss Isabel Crawford. field work.
er Tor the general board Of promo.
ton. viii be- tho principal speaker
ot the afternoon. Miss Crawford.
.a Bapttat missionary. worked
among the kiowa Indians OF okla
houia for IL years and among those
Of New York for seven years,
Tea will be served by the hos
issaes from io 8 c'ciock
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24
Orthopedic Tea and Thrift Shops

will
orhoped shop assisted by Mrs
L. l.. r.
Mrs. W. Branch Mrs H. Morris Mrs Melenz
and Mr. j. r.
Thrift will be in Highland Drive
]. VIM Mrs H. E. Friderc.
nteraken guild with r. Fier Mrs Wells
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24

NElGuBoRs or wooDcRAFT
Neishbors ~ woodcrsft, L. o,
w. viii meet with Mrs Fred Cos.
tsro. 1889 y. 55,h, on Tuesday. Sep
trmbsr IS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24

Tnnlac Vegetable Pills nro Natures
own remedy for constipation, For
sale everywhere Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24
st MINT SCHOOL
.. 80

SUMMIT SCHOOL
PIT. A.
Thc summit School TT 4. will
meet Tuesday September Is. at
p. m After short business ses.
sion. Dr. George a. Bowling wiil
speak OF the prevention ~ gulier. A
musical program viii be rendered,
after which there wif bs social
hour.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24
Miscellaneous Shower and Bridge

compliment Miss
Wednesday afternoon at her home 11is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-24

Mrs. Julius Hartah OF Yakima b.
the house guest of MI and Mis
A. 3 DoWuVy for "a few days
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Farewell Parties for Mrs. Er1ci1,

Mr. and Mrs LcrYoid WIN make their home IN Seattle
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-08

We have learned that petitions are being circulated prepare
tory to calling a referendum on the county unit at the April school
election.
In Cascade county the Great Falls, Stockett-Sand Coulee and
Belt school districts are not included in the county unit, being first
JUDGED observers of the workings of this system.
The county unit has many good points 1t is aimed at the
beiterment of the public schools and it has succeeded in improving
the efficiency of the average rural school without question. 1t has
given to each school in operation a nine months term. 1t has kept
the school property in better condition than formerly. The Cas-
cade county unit Is the most efficient in the state, thanks to the
fact that during its life we have had a strong county superintend-
ent and an able board of directors. Due to the same reasons we
have had a better class of rural teachers, although we might add
work through the development of this kind of training In the nor
mails and high schools of the state and that the state requirements
are much more stringent.
But there is a reverse side of the picture which is not seen by
the supporters of this system and it might be as well for us to
take a look at it. First, the county unit system has taken away the
last foothold of real democracy from our midst; the free school
district governed by the school board elected by themselves. free
to quarrel among themselves, free to solve their local problems in
their own way, the school from which has sprung that strong vi
re race of Americans who have been the center of equilibrium in
this great commonwealth.
The school board under present conditions is merely a shadow,
Of use Only in carrying out the dictates of the allpowerful county
superintendent and board OF rural trustees. Under the present
system q budget must be handed in each year in which must be
itemized the expenses of the year. If a new stove poker is needed
This without doubt has tended to commercialize the whole
system and to give the county board an abundance of work in seq
regating the necessary items from the padded budgets turned in.
The system tends toward the Capitalization of school children
In the towns and villages for in the interest of economy it has been
necessary to close many of the smaller schools throughout the
county.
As 4 direct result of this you may notice the depopulshon of
considerable areas of our farm lands. Crops have been scanty.
The school has been closed Provision has been made for the pay
ment Of the famhyis rent in q neghboring town. So rather than
bach alone on the ranch and face another year of possible failure,
the farmer abandous the ranch, sells off his stock and drifts to
town. In other cases the farmer has remained on the farm while
tie county unit has assisted in the expense of the family in town.
The wife finds the HE in town much easier than that in the coun-
try. There are no cows to milk, no pigs to feed, no chickens to care
ture Shows to attend, m occasional dance and It the end Of the
sehe1 yeax she has returned TO her neglected house dissahsfied|
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-08
Ford Motor Company, Detroit
See n. II. Browning, Authorized Belt Ford Dealer

to that soft chair, his cigarette and his worthlessness. Six months
of useful work and six months of school would recreate a type Of
young manhood which is becoming alarmingly scarce under our
present system. Nine months of idle study with three months in
which to slide down the slippery path to he'll is not going to pro-
duce the same type of Americans who peopled this land fifty years
ago. Most people vaguely understand this thing but are silent
while the vocnerous minority, usually led by an old maid or a
group of childless women, has conveyed the impression to other
peoples minds that the majority think it wrong for young people
to work or to learn to work, which is not the fact.
The county unit system has increased taxes far beyond the
amount stated as necessary when the unit system was voted. The
the levy is now fifteen mills with no prospect OF its being dlmln-
ished. We also think that too great a percentage of the revenue
goes to the towns and villages which rightfuIy should go to the
rural schools.
This system presupposes some things which are eminently I'M
fair. 1t presupposes the fact that a successful farmer in one part
of the county is under special obligation to contribute toward the
schooling of the children of an INDECENT homesteader in another
part of the county while residents of the first and second class
districts are not.
1t presupposes the fact that the farmer has a moral obIga-
ton to contribute toward the schooling of the children of miners,
prospectors and wood choppers while the residents of the districts
of Belt, Stockett-Sand Coulee and Great Falls have no such re-
sponsibiIty.
Lastly, and with apologies to our former county superintend-
ent whose conspicuous ability and strong personality are alone re-
sponsible for what seeming success this system may have had,
this system puts directly and indirectly too much power in the
hands of the county superintendent.
All of US know that since the constitution of the state has
fixed no qualifications for the office of county superintendent. any
unframed girl with q pretty face, winning ways and a second grade
certificate may be elected to that office at any election. 1t has
next Because of her acquaintance with county conditions and the
lack of knowledge of the board concerning those same conditions,
force the appointment of teachers, withhold funds from recalci-
trant districts, close some schools and open others
A benevolent autocracy is the finest government on earth, it
said, but q maevolent autOcracy Is assuredly the worst.
Possibly we may be wrong in our diagnosis of this case, it may
be that our differences and deductions are full Of error but there is
one point which we wish especially to emphasize and which we be-
tendency to drive our rural population off the land and into the
cities is a menace to the health and prosperity of the state.
Evening star., 1923-10-04
DESERTED BY HUSBAND
IN 2 WEEKS, SAYS BRIDE

Mrs. Lucille Fl, speer Sinclair yes
terday nled suit in the District Su-
preme Court for an absolute divorce
from Charles Beck Sinclair, an in
surance agent Through Attorneys
Hawken & Havell the wife says her
husband deserted her two weeks after
her marriage In Alexandria, Va, last
March, and has failed to contribute
20 her support. She also charges mis-
conduct and names a correspondent.
Maintenance Is asked in a. suit filed
by Mary L. Steidel against Oscar l..
Steidel. an employe of the Navy De-
partment. They were married May
20, 1920, and have one child. The
wife says she was compelled to leave
her husband and seek employme mt.
She is represented by Attorney Rob-
ert E. Lynch.
Evening star., 1923-10-04
AUT0IST FINED $14O.

William L. Saxon, charged with op-
Grating his automobile at forty miles
an hour, colliding, leaving the scene
of collision without making his iden-
tity known and failure. to obey the
signal of a traffic officer. was con-
yicted in the Traffic Court Yesterday
and fined q total Of $40.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

Oysters can only live in water that
contains at least thirty-seven parts
of salt to every 1000 parts Of water
Evening star., 1923-10-21
ENDS OGLETHORPE
MISSION ABROAD
Dr.. Jacobs Says University
Possesses Founder in
Spirit, if Not. Bsdy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. October 20.-Dr. Thorn
we'll Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe
University, sailed for New York today
4 on the Mauretania- He came to Eng
land last month to seek the body of
Gen. James Z. Oglethorpe founder of
4 the state of Georgia, and unearthed
the coffin in the church at Cranham,
III Essex, where it had been buried,
but abandoned the plan to remove 1t
1 10 the grounds of Oglethorpe Univer-
sity at Atlanta because of objections
\ raised in various quarters here and
elsewhere. Members of the Oglethorpe
FAMILY saw DR.. Jacobs off this morn
ing and thanked him for reviving the
almost forgotten name of the pioneer
FOUNDER. Several relatives of Gen.
Oglethorpe favored DIR. Jacobs plan
to enshrine the body on the campus
of the university, but the great
nephew Of the general opposed it.
Claims Spiritual Possession.
II feel that my mission to England
has not been in vain" said DR.. Jacobs,
on leaving. IF Oglethorpe University
has not the material possession of the
ashes OF one of the bravest and most
romantic figures in the early history
, OF America, we at least have spiritual
} possession. We have definitely es-
tablished his exact resting place and
rescued his memory from oblivion,
and we have reminded England of his
greatness.
His vault is now closed forever,
but Georgia will see that il is not
forgotten. Each year. on the 1st of
July, the date of the generals death,
students of Oglethorpe will make pill
grimages to Cranham and adorn the
grave with laurel wreaths from the
campus of the university. Cranham
Will become to Oglethorpe what Mount
Vernon Is to Washington"
Evening star., 1923-10-21
EDITORIAL GIBES STIR
BERLIN-MUNICH FEELING
Describing Of German Staff Chiefs
Wife as "Busybody" Causes
Disagreement.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MUNICH. Bavaria. October 20.-Edi-
rorial gibes at Frau Won Seeckt, wife
OF the German chief of staff, in
Adolph Hittler's Baravian fascist
organ may be said to have been re-
SpenSible in some measure for the
present relations between the Berlin
and Munich governments.
Hitt1er's newspaper accused the
generals wife of being "a political
buSybody,' on the occasion of her
visit to Munich shortly after Gen Won
Losscw was installed as federal mili--
tary governor for Bavaria. The news
paper reported her as having de-
manded military escorts and the use
of official motor cars for her social
and shopping expeditions.
The episode promptly incurred Gen.
Won Seeckt's displeasure and he de-
mandcd of Defense Minister Gessier
that Hittler's newspaper he definitely
suppressed, feat which up TO that
time Cen. Won Lossow was unable
to accomplish because of the resent
ment Of DR.. Won Kahr. the Bavarian
dictator, at interference from Berlin
in what he believed was primarily a
Barvarian issue.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

adjustment of the Brotherhood of
Railway and Steamship Clerks.
Freight Handlers, Express and Sta
tion Employees for preliminary in
junction restraining the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad company and several of
it's officials from making wage ad-
justments with delegates of recently
organized regional association"
These associations" 1t is alleged.
were chosen as Representatives" of
the men at conventions packed by
the company"
The bill Of equity. filed today. ac-
cuses the company generally, and
President Samuel Rae and Vice Presi-
dent w. w. Atterbury, Elisha Lee
Evening star., 1923-10-21
PENCILED WILL UPHELD.
Instrument, Written on Blanl
Check, Disposed of 100000.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa, October 20.
A will, written on the face of a
blank check in lead pencil. with the
testator's signature at the bottom in
ink. and disposing of an estate valued
at more than 100000, was upheld yes
terday by a jury in county court. Il
was alleged that the testator. Harry
II. Hinman. d local wholesale mer-
chant, had signed blank check dur
ing his illness, and that the text of
the will had been forged by his
widow, to whom the entire estate was
left.
Mrs Elizabeth Hinman, mother OF
be 11,nrchant WIS the contestant.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
OPPOSE U. S. SHIP PLAN.
Private Owners Condemn Proposed
Union of Lines.

NEW YORK. October 20.-Opposi-
tion to the announced plan of the
United States Shipping Board to con-
solidate the five freight lines to Eng
land and to man the ships with OIL
cials of the board was voiced in a
resolution adopted by the executive
committee of the American Steamship
Owners Association.
The ship owners condemn the move
as involving the government still
Evening star., 1923-10-21
u. S. FIRMS CLOSE OFFICES
Difficulties of Doing Business in
Berlin Brings Action.

BERLIN, October 20.-From ten to
fifteen offices maintained by agents
or representatives of American firms
in Hamburg, Leipzig and this city
have been closed recently owing to
the difficulties of doing business un-
der the present conditions and the
lack of indications of betterment In
the near future.
Arrangements have been made In
eEch case to reopen as soon as busi-
ness conditions show signs of becom-
irg something near normal.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

deeper in the shipping business and
Committing the government still
more completely to permanent gov
ernment ownership and direct opera
tion of the marchant marine. in COM
petition with private capital. and en-
terprise."
The association reiterated its posi-
ton as being opposed to direct gov
ernment operation of ships.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
"Y" TO BEGIN CONCERTS.

Program Of the first of the 7. M. C. A,
free lobby concerts of the season, to be
given at 1886 @ street northwest tomor-
row evening, beginning at 1880 o'clock.
was announced yesterday by Secretary
r. E. Myers
Those who VIII take part are: Miss
Luella Horner, soprano; Miss Celile
Peterson, reader; Miss Mary DAILY and
Miss Marjorie Davis, accompanies; III,
p. Veziem. banjo, and Royal M. Tinker,
baritone. These concerts, which will
continue through the winter months,
are free to the public
Evening star., 1923-10-21
FAVOR COTTON METHOD.
Standardization of Staple as in
u. S.. British Idea.


Universal cotton standards for
length Of staple should be adopted
In Great Britain in the same man.
ner as the American standards for
grade recently were adopted, in the
opinion of many leading cotton spin
ners of Great Britain. This infor-
nation was reported to the Depart
ment of Agriculture by Arthur w.
Palmer, cotton specialist of the de-
partment, who has just returned
from Europe. He found business con-
ditions in central Europe outside of
Germany considerably improved.
Mr.. Palmer said that British banks
in central Europe have reoccupied
their prewar field, and credit is now
generally available for business pur-
poses. Business men in Vienna. he
added, express regret that American
banks have not been more ready to
establish themselves in that territory.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
DON'T STOP COLDS
WITH A DANGEROUS
HEART DEPRESSANT
Nerve and Brain Destroying
Dope, Coal Tar, Opiates,
for Simple Colds
Too Powerful
SIMPLE REMEDY DOES
WORK EQUALLY WELL

People who wisely refuse to use
dangerous heart-depressing or
nerve and brain destroying remedy
10 cure a simple little ailment-
cold, chill, fever, headache or attack
of Flu or Grippe-wiIl find one or
two MiiBurn Capsules do just as
well-even better and are safer and
sure. A whole box of these famous
Capsules, used by thousands in
Washington, costs only few cents
at any we'll stocked drug store.
Druggists can conscientiousIy rec-
onm1end this famous prescription
Milburn Capsules and druggists
say less and less people take habit
forming, misunderstanding powders,
pills and tablets as their effect upon
The system becomes known. Ask
your doctor. Join the army of users
who never dream of using anything
tut Milburn's. See directions inside
FOR Colds. Headaches, Grippe, Fever,
chiIls, Malaria, etc. Almost instant
relief. You'll be delighted. 3sc. all
.rug stores.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

Four prominent members of the
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom are making an
automobile trip through PennsyIva-
MIA for the purpose of spreading the
gospel of peace throughout that state.
Evening star., 1923-10-21

and George l. Peck with conspiring
to break the labor association Of its
clerks and freight employees
The company recently announced
that large majority of It's employees
had expressed preference for its
method Of adjusting grievances. The
suit alleges that less than 10 per
cent of the clerical forces favor the
plan, and that under pressure from
officials of the company many mem
bers Of the union have Joined the
regional associations"
Evening star., 1923-10-21
SOIL PIPE

Many thousand lengths Of good
soil pipe, 2-inch, 4-inch and 6-inch
Standard 5-ft. lengths. Also a large
number of soil pipe fittings. Our
price Is yeEy low for quick disposal.
Evening star., 1923-10-21
U. S. JUDGE TO HEAR PLEA
BY PENNSY EMPLOYEES
Petition Seeks Injunction Restrain.
ing Officials From Wage Adjust
ments With New Group.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. October 2o.-Fed
eral Judge Dickinson fixed November
2 for a hearing on the petition Of
the Pennsylvania system board Of
Evening star., 1923-10-21
CALV. PIPE

We will have large quantities Of
galvanized and black pipe coming
from these barracks, which Ii Just
as rood rs new. Sizes run from
,-inch up to 6-inch. We can also
furnish fittings. such as tees, elbows,
crosses, etc.
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Taxes in Gemany Consume
Nearly Fourth of Income
of People Heaviest of Any Ma
ton Except Great Britain, Says Car
negie Economics Institute.

Germany's taxes. except for those
of Great Britain, are the heaviest
in the world today, according to a
statement issued by the Institute of
Economics in Washington, endowed
by the Carnegie corporation.
German taxation amounted in
1879 to approximately % per cent
of the total national income, as COM
pared with about 141A per cent in
the United States, Is per cent in
France and 80 per cent in Great
Britain" says II. G. Moulton, director
of the institute. which has Just con-
cluded an investigation and report
by carefully checked statistical
methods into "Germany's capacity to
pay"
THE prevailing impression that
German taxation is low may arise
from the fact that Germany scarcely
increased her pre-war taxes during
the hrst eighteen months of the war
and, after that, did so only slowly,
not reaching an adequate basis until
the last year of the war.
"Germany's slowness to begin war
taxing arose from the fact that the
national government had no legal
right to increase the kinds of taxes
she could impose. The states of Ger
many, like our own states, had re-
tained the right to levy direct taxes,
Evening star., 1923-07-19

had the impression that she could pay
and pay well.
Before she could pay, however.
her fiscal system had to be changed.
The taxing power of the federal gov
ernment was no greater than before
the war; the laws had not been changed,
they had merely Deen suspended. The
constitutional assembly at Weimar,
May to December, 1919. however,
gave the federal government full
control over taxation and levied
what was essentially a tax on capt.
tal/up to maximum of 65 per cent.
The next year all property. con-
sumption, sales, and traffic taxes
were increased
1.-The corporation tax takes 20 per
cent of taxable income, 25 per cent of
profits and 20 per cent on the pay of
boards of directors. All property is
taxed at marks per thousand for the
smallest to 80 marks per thousand for
the largest. and all fncrements on
property are taxed from ] to 10 per
cent in order to get some part of the
profits resulting to the owner from the
fall in the currency. The inheritance
so on.
Last and most deadly of all, al
though il does not figure in the sched-
ules as tax at all. is the continued
decline of the currency, which utterly
wipes out fixed incomes and which re-
duces salaries faster than the threat
of strikes or even the wish to COM
pc nsate for the loss can raise them
again. 1t cuts the incomes of the poor,
but 1t also cuts the paper profits of the
multi-millionaires."
Evening star., 1923-07-19
BRIDGE.

10 New York. including tolls of the
Panama canal. The witness declared
that not only was no effort being put
forth to encourage traffic on the gov
ernment railroad, which he said was
losing a half million dollars a year
hut that deliberate attempt was
being made in certain quarters to
force steamships to go, TO Anchorage
for connection with the railroad
He said that this deprived the rail-
road of freight business between
Seward and Anchorage that would be
very profitable.
Mr.. Ballaine told Secretary Work
that terminal facilities which have
been provided at Anchorage would
become pure waste, He asserted that
the harbor at Anchorage was sitting
so fast that in three years only small
boats would be able to reach the
docks.
The witness recommended that the
government encourage the establish
ment of steamship lines to San Fran
cisco instead of Seattle on the ground
that the California port would afford
better markets.