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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

Most people do not realize the
alarming increase and remarkable
preyelency OF kidney disease. While
kidney disorders are among the most
common diseases that prevail, they
are almost the last recognized by pa
tients, toho usually content them
sei,,cs nth doctonno tho effects,
while tho original disease constantly
undermincs the system.
Weak kidneys may cause lumbago,
rheumatism. catarrh Of the bladder,
pain or dull ache in the back. joints
or muscles, ut times have headache or
indigestion, az time PASSES you may
have sallow complexion. puffy or
dirk circlcs under tho eyoH. some
times feel IA tho you had heart
trouble, may have plenty OF ambi-
ton but no strength. got weak and
lose flesh.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
3 Police Officers
on Retired List

Three Seattle police officers. Capt
ID. F. Willard. Lieut. Fred Ribbach
and sergt. Frank Bryant. were
placed on the retired list Monday by
tho police pension board. All three
OF tho officers had previously fought
retirement from the police depart.
mcnt.
Willard IL in charge Of DenSmore
precinct. while Ribbach has charge
OF tho police property room. Tho
officers declined TO state whether or
not they would continue TO fight 70.
tiremcnt from active service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
BURGLARS GET
EMPTY SAFE

Somewhere in Seattle are several
disappointed burglars.
While G. T. Hagen. manager OF the
Earl apartments. III Marion IT.. was
asleep early Tuesday morning,
thieves entered tho lobby. picked up
tho ioo.pound safe and carried II
away bodily. Hagen told the police.
The safe. however. contained moth
ing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
PROPOSE EASY
DIVORCE BILL
Would Grant DEGREES After
Five Year Separation

OLYMPIA, Feb. s.-Divorces viii
be automatically granted on appllea-
ton 20 any couple who have lived
apart for a period OF five years un.
der tho terms OF bin introduced
before the senate Monday afternoon
BY Senator z. ]. cleary. Of What.
com.
Either party may obtain tho al.
yorec decree By applying to the su.
porior court In the county In which
be or Ehs lives. and II II not nsees'
sary that tho separation took place
In the state II ample proof can be
given the Judge No othnr reason
except the separation II needed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Home Talent Play
for Kiwanians

Keep Atrabblin'" is tho title OF
the home talent play which will en-.
terrain the members of the Kiwanis
club at their noon luncheon In the
Hotel Gowman "Wednesday. The play
In a surprise act. the details being
withheld from the Kiwanians.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
ELsIa MAN ROBBED

Shortly after arriving in Seattle
from Elma. WASH. Monday night.
Roy wcinheimer. Arlington hotel.
ran sfoul OF bad luck In tho guIse
OF burly bandit, who polted a big
black gun under wcinhclmer's nose
and compelled him 10 part with si10
cash. Tho holdup occurred at Rail.
road ave. and Marion ST.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Claim Woman Was
Hiding Moonshine

A fiYe-Enllnn copper eontnlner
filled with moonshine and wrapped
In a lap robe was found NJ the
feet OF MrH. August schold. when
prohibition agents stopped the auto
driven BY Schold on Second ave. 8,
early Tuesday morning. according
20 prohibition officers. sehold. b.
iieved 10 DO n resident OF snohomish
county. Il HRid by dry agents 10
have been attempting TO deliver tho
moonAhlne. He h now In custody
az the immigration station.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

tho university. Tho lectures win bo
given each Tuesday for II weeks.
registration being made af tho eIisn.
sion offioa. ioss Henry building. The
nrs, lecture win b given there Tues
DAY night
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

when We overheard somo Of the boys
talking. They were In rather q sol.
emn mood. expecting bitter strug.
gle.
One Of thcrn. the son OF civil war
veteran. finally remarked:
Well, I don't care so much for
this kind OF life. My dad was In tho
civil war and ne knows all about
this business. gunss Il would havo
been better II he had como and had
stayed nj home"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

' tho spring Of
tho goth
X a sRs volun.
teers under Colo
mel Funston were
fighting their
way into AialoloS,
tn lnsurreclo
C apital In the
Philippines.
They had had
hard fighting and
expected moro of
t.
Major Whitman
and I were walk.
Ing along By q
nhailow trenoh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Union Suits-$I.35

Women's Union Suits made of mercer
lied Isle, in regulation and bodice top,
knee length styles, and in white only.
Sizes SO to "A. Also, a special purchase
attractively priced at S1.35 a suit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06

WASHINGTON U summer school
this year expects to draw 1000 stu.
dents. Il. =. Stevens. executive sec.
rotary OF the school. told the tourist
and convention committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce at the Hotel
Bowman luncheon Mondny.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Extension Service
Offers Auto Course

Automobile owners and operators
are being offered course Of IL Ice
lures on automobile and gas engine
operation by the extension course Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
ilk-Top Union Suits

Women's regulation top, knee length
Union Suits with body of fine white cot
ton yarn and top Of flesh-colored silk
Sizes SO to A. A special purchase of
unusual values at, suit, S1.35.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Girls Union Suits &c

100 Fieecelined Union Suits in sizes s. 10
and IL years. These are high neck. long
sleeve. ankle length style. Formerly 800
and ,l.25. Special, suit, 67e.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Federal Man Will
Speak Before Club

John A. Kratz. division chief OF
vocational rehabilitation. federal
board for vocational education. will
address the Municipal league Tues
day noon at the Hotel Frye. Mr..
Rratz's only appearance in Seattle
viii be before the Municipal league
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kid
ney Trouble and Never Suspect 1t

II such conditions are permitted to
continue. serious results are sure to
follow; Kidney Trouble In It's very
worst form may steal upon you.
II you feel that your kidneys are
tho cause of your sickness or run
down condition. begin taking DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, the famo1s kid
ney. liver and bladder medicine, be-
cause as soon as your Kidneys are
well, they will help the other organs
TO health.
II you are already convinced that
Swamp-Root is what you need. you
can purchase the regular medium
and large siys bottles nj all drug
stores. Don't make any mistake but
remember the namc, DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root. and the address. Bling
hamton. N. Y. which you viii find
on every bottle.
sample size bottle OF Swamp. Root
g. Co. Blnghamton, N. Y. They will
Information. containing many OF tho
from men and women who say they
remedy needed In kidney. liver and
uccess OF Swamp.Root are so well
! TO send for a sample size bottle.
IN. N. X. Whom writing DO sure and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Vests and Pants 69c
Children's
Sleeping Garments 75c

White and gray wool.mixed Vests and Pants
in Eizes TO 10 years, Formerly .loO and
tl.25. Special. garment, 69e.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
Union SuitS-59c
Or 8 for $1.65

Women's Spring weight Union Suits in
regulation and bodice top styles and in
knee length only. Sizes SO to Al. A spe-
cial purchase featuring exceptional values
at, suit, 59c-or for $1.65.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-06
CAPITOL
Aa JOKES

by EDWARD c. LITTLE
u. s. Representative From Kansas,
Nsroud nIkfrief
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
DOPE ADDICT SENTENCED
AND PUT ON PROBATION
NTERlA1ollaLzlsEWsLREEl

Anna C. Reed, who is divorced
from her husband and has a ten
year-old daughter, pleaded guilty TO
violtion of the Harrison anti-nar.
cotic act, and today was sentenced
by Justice Stafford in Criminal
Court No. 1, to two years in the
penitentiary and placed on proba-
ton.
Officers Carroll and Allen. who
know Mrs. Reed and her sister as
drug addicts, followed them on
February 2 into the Capitol Hotel
at Third street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. The women
went into the ladies' room.
The officers, upon searching the
women, found deck of heroin, a
spoon and q needle. Mrs. Reed
told the police that she had used
drugs for about four years and
that after she had been in a hos
pital she had been cured of the
drug habit. She admitted having
purchased dope. She is at present
employed In a Doctors office and
says she has always worked 40 a
nurse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
TWO Women GET
THREE-YEAR
TERMS
One confesses to Shoplifting,
the Other Is Guilty Of
Grand Larceny.

Florence Begg, twenty-seven years
old, mother of two children, was to-
day sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary for shoplifting. The
woman admitted to stealing apparel
valued at. about $1,000 from Wood
ward & Lothrop, Lansburgh's,
Palais Royal and Kann's. When
searching her room. the police dis
covered a lot of the stolen articles.
and they were told that some of
the goods had been sent to the
woman's relatives in New Hamp-
shire. . Is.
Marie A. Harding. a pretty nine
teen.year-old married woman, who
had pleaded guilty to grand larceny.
will spend three years in the peni-
Tertiary. Pleading for mercy, her
counsel told the court that at the
age of sixteen the girl lost her
mother, that she was one Of eight
children. that marrying when six
teen years Qld, her husband had
deserted her And that the husband
really should be blamed for the &C.
cused's condition. The woman, it
was charged, stole, January Is, a
ring valued at $3.50 from Annie c..
Peterson; February /, a ring valued
at $500 from William II. Grover
man, and another ring valued at
$12S from Edwards q Tanner Co.
The accused had been on proba-
ton on q similar charge from q
Baltimore court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
MISSOURI river
FLOODS DRIVE
FARMERS
More Than 5000 Flee From
Their Homes to Safety
In Highlands.
BY International News Service.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March "a
Hundreds of residents of the bottom
lands of Sioux City and the farm
ing country surrounding are home
less today, driven from their places
of abode by Missouri river ice gorge
floods. Three lives are reported lost
Flood waters this morning were
slowly rising in the residential sec
ton Of the lowlands. Unless dyna'
miters succeed in Earring loose the
great ice gorges below the city, the
entire bottom land district soon will
be under water.
More than 5000 farmers on the
Nebraska and Iowa shores Of the
Missouri have left their homes. driv'
ing their stock to the highlands,
where they are camping until the
flood recedes.
One gorge below Blair. Neb., broke
last night, causing a drop of two
feet in the river at that point.
Waters are backing up on the
town of Vermillion, S. D., as the
result of a gorge in, the Missouri a
few miles below the city.
Damage to farm property in Iowa
alone is estimated at $5,0O0,0OO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
WILL ON SCRAP OF PAPER
GIVES $4,000 TO SISTER

NEW YORK, March 24.-A will
of nine words written by Morris
Glasel, Of Passaic. on a scrap of
paper a few hours before he died,
last September, of bullet wounds
received in quarrel with his
brother, Leopold, was declared
valid, yesterday, in the Passaic
county orphans court, in Pater.
son, N. J.
The will read: II leave all my
estate to my. sister, Lii" The will
was undated, but eight police Off
GERS, two nurses and two doctors
testified they had witnessed its
making. The sister, Mrs. Lillian
Pinack, Of Clifton, N. J., will re
ceive about $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
TEACHERS
TORTURE:
BOYS
String Two Up by Waists TO
Force Confession That They
Played Hockey

NEW YORK, March 2a.--
Methcda Eagg eative 4f the days Ok
the Inauisitinn ara alleged ~ have
been brought into plav yesterday
By Louis "A H6 physical
director ct the Miller street pub
lie school, Newark, during what
is said to have been q third de-
gree" to which Horwitz SUBJ
jected two eight-year-old boys.
Tried to Force Confession.
The occurrence, which caused in.
dignation throughout Newark. re-
suited from alleged efforts OF Hor-
WITT to obtain confession from
Kenneth Kinsey, 122 Bigelow street,
and Bertram Brown, So Pennsylvania
avenue, that they had played truant
from school and to wiring q promise
they would not play hockey" in the
future.
According to the version related by
Helene Christensen, twelve, whose
story to her mother resulted in the
complaint, the two boys were taken
by Horwitz to the school gym"
where class Of about thirty little
girls had assembled. There the boys
were made to remove their shoes and
stockings, barring their legs to the
knees.
Suspended by Ropes.
By means Of ropes attached about
their waists or under the armpits, the
boys were declared to have been sus-
pended several feet above the floor.
Horw1tz then obtained a pair Of out.
nalY Oh
inch spikes protruding from the
soles. He gave them to Miss Marie
Rabb, his assistant, Miss Rabb being
, instructed to file the spikes to a
point.
This done. the girl related, the
shoes were placed on the floor
soies upward, and blankets thrown
over the heads Of the boys. The
latter were then directed to lift
their feet behind them. They
screamed, Helen said, as thew were
lowered 80 that their knees came
in contact with the sharp points
Of the spike, Horwitz and Miss
Rabb meantime plying them with
questions and obtaining the desired
confessions and promises regarding
future conduct.
Another Version Told.
Another version Of the story was
that the boys knees were not per-
mitted to actually come in contact
with the spikes, but that the VIC
Tins torture was frightful mental
torture superinduced by the belief
that they were to be let down onto
the spikes.
A report OF the treatment to
which the boys have been subjected
was taken to Assistant Superin-
tendent Of Schools Gleason by the
Christensen girls mother. Gleason
| later asked Horwitz for an explana-
ton, and the latter is said to have
admitted that he had overstepped
the bounds in administering punish.
ment. Horwitz denied that he had
threatened to make the boys sit on
the sharp spikes all night II they
did not confess their truancy.
HOrwitz Reprimanded.
In his talk to Horwitz, Assistant
Superintendent Gleason said:
Your action was without justi
f1catton. You were wrong al
every point. Such methods arr
not used even In police stations
any more"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
WIFE or S-4o-cENT STORE
KING SUES FOR DIVORCE

CADILLAC. Mich, March "a
James Harvey, Of Cadillac. father OF
Mrs. s. s. Kresge,' OF Detroit, con,
firmed today the report that Mrs
Kresge is seeking divorce from
her husband, millionaire five-and
ten-cent store king and ardent
dry" worker.
You bet it's true" said Harvey
And she must have some good
reason. She has the best DISPOSE
ton in the world, and il there lie
trouble between her and her hus
band do not think 1t is her fault. .
Harvey came here from Memphis
Tenn, some years ago, and has
lived on the outskirts Of Cadillac.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
MARSHALL
IDEN TTTY
KNOWN
New York Journal Discloses
Real Name Of Man in
King Staying.

NEW YORK, March The
New York Evening Journal this
aftsrnOOn issued "A extra edition,
featuring the following story:
Despite denials, evasiotls and
eduivocation, the Evening Journal
is able to, announce that q man
giving the name of J. X. Mitchell,
of Philadelphia, is the same indi-
viduaI who, posing as Mr.. Mar
shall, lavished personal attention
and gifts upon Dorothy King, or
keenan,, found murdered in her
rooms March Is.
Claims to BE Innocent.
I'm disclosing his identity, Mr..
Marshall represented himself al .
person of large means, spending his
time in Philadelphia, Boston and
New York city.
ION behalf Of his wife and chill
dren, Marshall or Mitchell besought
Assistant Attorney Pecora to hide
his identity. He supported his plea
by the argument he could establish
his innocence of any part in the
murder of the pretty cloak model,
and also that he had done his duty
as a citizen in voluntarily appear
ing at the office Of the prosecutor
to tell all he knew Of Dorothy King
and her death.
'The usual practice in such
cases is TO reveal the identity OF
material witnesses. whose indirect
connection with a crime is public
property. In this instance, how
ever, Mr.. Pecora took the opposite
course, in order to shield the VINE
of Marshall, or Mitchell, who. Mr.
Pecora says, is "leader of society
Cities
Questioned Closely.
"At the same time Mr.. Pecora
has found it necessary to question
Marshall, or Mitchell, on several
occasions, and to take elaborate
precautions to hide the identity Of
the witness.
1.-The plea and argument Of the
alleged Mr.. Mitchell were efficacious
Pecora was convinced of the limo
cence of the models friend and 81
persuasive were the arguments Of
Mr.. Mitchell and his counsel, Nelson
Olcott, that Pecora then and there
took every means to shield the iden
tity of the man who, excepting only
the murderer, was the last person tc
see Dorothy King alive.
Highly Connected.
~. K. Mitchell, as Mr. Marshall
identified himself, is known to the
social and business world as j
Kearsley Mitchell.
"He is the son-in-law Of e. T
Stotesbury, one Of the best known
bankers in America, partner Of j
Pierpont Morgan and a socia'
leader OF Philadelphia and New
York city.
"Mr. Mitchell. Dorothy King's
angel is. himself, a member o.
virtually every one of the bes
clubs in the Quaker City. in a6Gi
ton to a number here and in Bos
ton.
Nephew OF Novelist.
HE is president of the Phila
delphia Rubber Works, Of Phila
delphia and Akron, Ohio. He is 1
nephew of the late DIR. s. Wei
Mitchell, of philadelphia. world ia
nous physciatrist and novelist
author of Hugh Wynne' and othe
books.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
THE WEATHER.

Fair and colder tonight
and Sunday; lowest tempera.
ture tonight freezing or
Olightly below; fresh north
west winds diminishing SUM-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
MRS. MARGARET STEM
WINS LIMITED DIVORCE

Chief Justice Mccoy, of the Dis.
trict Supreme Court, today awarded
Mrs. Margaret Stem a limited di.
vorce from Norman N. Stem. award.
ing her the custody Of their chill.
dren and $500 for moneys expend,
ed in connection with the prosecu'
ton of the suit. The court also
sequested the property of the hus-
band to insure the alimony pay
ments.
Stenz is alleged to be the owner
of house in the Mt. Pleasant sec
ton. and of an interest in a moving
picture theater. Counsel fee OF $75C
was also decreed. Attorney Alvin
Newmyer appeared for the plaintiff
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
CLARENCE w. LEELEF :.
AN ESTATE OF $34,4oe

An estate valued at $34, 40S was
left by Clarence w. Lee, who died
December 2, last, according to a
petition filed yesterday in Probate
Court by the widow, Mrs. Mary A.
Lee, who asks for letters tesla.
mentary. The estate includes the
property at 1884 Girard street
northwest.
Mrs. Lola e. Smallwood is named
sole beneficiary In the will Of John
B. Smallwood, late news manager
Of the Evening Star, filed for pro
bate yesterday. No estimate of the
value of the estate is given in the
testament
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
Hill FACES
HARDING
AC TON
soon
Civil Service Commission
It's Findings 70 White HOUSE
Data for CaEass

:
Charges Of perniCious political
activity, preferred against Louis
A. Hill, director Of the Bureau q
Engraving and Printing, By Sem
ator Caraway of Arkansas, VINO
alleged the director had cCerced
his subordinates Tor partisan
purposes, have been thoroughly
investigated by the Civil Service
Commission. and the report viii
be handed to President HaTding
when he returns from the South
land.
Faced Sweeping AccusntiOns
I Sweeping accusations were made
against Director Hill by the Arkan.
sas Senator and both Secretary Of
the, Treasury Mellon and the Civil
Service Commission took cognizance
of them. particularly the claim that
Hill had been active In promoting
Republicanism in the bureau In yiO-
Iaton OF the law.
No official notice has been taken
Of the charges rejecting upon the
character and domestic affairs Of.
tngly attacked by CaraWay in = bit.
ter speech in the Senate.
The Civil Service Commission in-
vestigatoEs asked first for q report
from Secretary Mellon, who In turn
sought explanations from Hill % to
the allegations that he had been
perniciously active and had by In.
tirnidating means sought to tntlu.
ence' the political status Of the Gov
eminent employees serving under
him. Hills report to Secretary Mel
lon was referred to the commission.
An angle Of the political activities
of Hill that was a subject OF IN.
curry by the commission was hi0
affiliation with the Republican State
Voters Association, a District Ok
Columbia organization, which func-
tons with a view to mastering All
G. o. p. votes in the Capital for
use "back home"
Political Activities PrObcd.
Investigators of the commission
made inquiries as to the extent ana
the nature of Hills interest or work
in this association, and information
on this phase of the probe 10 con.
tanned in the report to be made to
the President. #
It was authorftatively stated to-
day that the executive committee Of
the Republican State voters Asso.
citation held a meeting and COM
pIetely exonerated Hill from any
illegal or irregular practices In his
activities in the interest Of that or
ganization, and formally conveyed
it's report to the Civil Service Com.
mission.
Hill is a member OF the associa.
ton and is understood to have ads.
mitted that he solicited members
ship among his friends for the
organization, but emphatically de-
MED that he had attempted to coerce
employees of the Bureau OF Engrav-
ing and Printing to join. He also
strongly refuted the allegations that
he had been active to the extent OF
being ''pernicious' in the slightest
degree.
II was pointed out 70 day by Of.
Sicers of the Republican state
voters Association that eeveral
Cabinet officers, SENATOR'S Con.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-24
Huge Ice Gorge Breaks.

LINCOLN, Neb., March ga
dispatch from Blair, Neb., today re-
ported that the huge ice gorge
which made many families home
less and flooded much valuable
farming lands In Iowa and Nebras-
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