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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
SECOND WIFE TO BE
PRINCIPAL WITNESS

Mrs. Daisy Meacock, 10ii Column.
bia St. who 10 years ago first met
and loved Britten, will be the states
principal witness. She It was who
filed complaint against the dash.
ing Britten. when he is said TO have
deserted her shortly after their mar.
riagc, June l6 last, at Victoria, TO re.
turn TO his first wife. Mrs. Elizabeth
Walsh Britten. of Deep Creek. Wash.
Miss Walsh and Brltten were welded
June 6 In Seattle, 1t is charged.
Henry William won my heart 10
years ago" Mrs. Meacock said. BE.
cause OF him divorced my first hus.
band and came to Seattle. Because
OF him my home. happy one in
Victoria, was broken. hold no
grudge against him. i do not want
him any more. But the little girl
who is now his wife will suffer If he
escapes the punishment he de-
serves.
When we married in Victoria he
wanted 10 go 10 my mothers farm
and desert his wife. It was not until
two days after our wedding that /
learned OF his former wedding, l
left him In Victoria. He said he was
afraid to come back here.
Later he Joined his first wife and
the two went TO San Francisco.
Last October he wrote me that II
was intolerable, living with her. He
begged to come back to me. Then is
when / turned the case over to the
prosecuting attorney"
DASHING WARRIOR
HAS ANOTHER STORY
Attorney George Olson, chief coun.
sci for Britten. claims his client Will
tell different story. Mrs. MeacoclS,
Olson win charge, forced Brltten TO
marry her under threats OF arrest
for falsifying his pay allotment while
he was in the Canadian army. He
will charge that Britten falsely
claimed an allotment for wife and
that Mrs Meacock received this
money
Olson will charge that Mrs. Mea.
cock bounded Britten and forced him
into q bigamous marriage. altho she
knew he was married
Mrs Meacock denies this. She
charges Britten received all OF the
marriage allotment granted by the
Canadian government and that her
l6ycar-old daughter signed the pa.
pers claiming TO be Mrs. Britten at
Britten's request
A. j. Kahl, United states immlgra
tlon Inspector, said Tuesday that he
was holding deportation proceedings
against both Mrs. Mcacock and Brit
ton, pending the outcome OF the pres.
ent case. According TO evidence in
kahls hands, Il Is believed both
fraudulently entered this country.
'1f Britten liz dcportcd, his wife,
Elizabeth, will return TO Canada
with him" Attorney w A. Gilmore,
assistant counsel for BrI,tcn. said,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
II Saved From Ice
as Ferry Is Wrecked

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2O.--Sev-
enty-one persons, including women
and children. were taken from the
ferry boat Palmyra when II stuck In
an Ice floc in the middle Of the Della
Wnre river tnhnY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20

DO you remember when the street
car officials used to promise to keep
the cars at an even heat7
Now they keep EN- at an even
chill.
Suggestion: when The Stars
tongue twister contest Is finished.
why don't they start contest in
which a prize viii be given TO the
person sending in the best name for
Pullman cars?
EDITORS ARE so EASILY PEEyED
During the editors absence the last
week our reporter rot on a big drunk
and got locked MP. We have no regrets
for tn, passing Of the worthless cuss,
hut We hate 10 go to press with only n
few local items.-Hhmpton tArh.) Plain
Dealer.
Anyway the ships that nre running
in booze from Canada aren't asking
for a subsidy.
Post No. rs. American Legion. Is
giving dance Wednesday evening.
That's good plncc for q top-Her-
gcant 70 be anywhere but.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20

PARIS. Feb. 20.--Funds are being
contributed here for the support of
Empress ZIta OF Hungary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS
Fewer Time Clocks

There Is one good thing about
moonshine, II viii help your wife col
lect on that insurance policy.
Prof. e. A. Davis will play. a cor
net solo. The Holy city. at 1880
o'clock tonight at the Trinity Meth
odist church. after which the choir
win sing. Have Mercy, o Lord" says
a church notice in tho Topeka Cap
ital.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20

TIT TIT Hill NN III
" Will Hays Is Stuffed Shirt
Home Brew

ioNuNs folbs! Miles foindcN'
ter has been nominated ambassa.
dor 20 Peru.
Winter is not over. The lame ducks
are sin fiying south
Perhaps the reason Poindexter has
been named ambassador to Peru Is
because that Is the farthcst spot from
Washington the republicans could
think OF 20 send his wife 10.
II narcotic peddling gets Just a lit
tie more common. we may soon SEQ
bllboards asking. Have you had
your C. and NJ today ?"
AN CHEW
Afn'f i nice 10 Be a Guu'Hor
IN DO as a Gara0r DO.
lest SCI "a a shiny offas chair
An eheEO--dn' cheio-aR' eheirf
Sarc. IT'S grand 70 BE- a Gau'nor
with limousine or ttco,
'Caasc iohen ne gets tired Of the Of
fuS chair
ne kiH set IN tho car and eheto.
Clip.
The Seattle Sportsmen's assocIa-
ton II going 70 hold a big parade
Thursday. Tho bird who Is always
telling how he trampcd IS miles win
drop out with sore feet at the end Of
the first two blockA
An exhibit OF game fish. animals
and birds viii be held at the Crystal
Pool
Why not stage contest to deter
mine the biggest fish the members
almost eaught7
TROPHIES or THE CHASE
The following specimens, gath
cred from field and forest. would
make an interesting exhibit:
Goeduck captured alive by
G. -. Fitzgerald.
% Nummi Flapjacks
LOANED by VI. w. Meier.
4 Dead Guides shot by new
members Of the association.
II Wild Chickens genus Pike
streetiuml.
Fisherman who win admit
that he can't cook beans lumber
mans style tvery rarel.
IL takes all kinds Of people TO make
a world. including the gink who says
he can cook mud-hens 30 that they
won't taste like the tideflats at low
tide.
SPECIAL NOTE: AZ the sports
mems shot1 TrhurSdaH. seattle citi-
zeHs ioH be able 10 get a cIosc Uietg
Of hundreds Of lire EIks. Eagles and
Moose.
Strong BIZ 10 Aid Farmers to
Fail "-Headline in Chicago Tribune.
Any farmer in this state can fail
without the aid OF law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20

LII GEE GEE, TIL OFFICE
YAMP, SEE:
A girl who dresses in style
these days Is beaten before she
draws the first hand in strip
poker game.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20
Upper Portraits BY James & Merrlhe

two women, all within the space OF
10 days. and distinctly against the
laws of both Canada and the United
s,t.s.a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20

Strong BIZ 10 Aid Farmers to
Fail. "-Headilne in Chicago Tribune.
Any farmer in this state can fail
without the aid Of law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-20

An exhibit OF game fish. animals
and birds viii be held at the Crystal
Pool.
Why not stage contest to deter
mine the biggest fish the members
almost caught
Evening star., 1923-11-14
|DR|VE FOR $4,000
BOYS CLUB FUND
Washington Business Men,
Interested in Movement,
Complete Plans.

Plans by Washington business
men for the drive to raise $4,000
for the Boys Club, Sd and C streets
northwest, were completed last night.
This is to be a two-year budget for
the club and is to provide the boys
with facilities to serve a greater
number, to equip and operate a sum-
mer camp for boys between the ages
of ten and seventeen years, to pur-
chase additional equipment, and to
develop a city-wide work through
athletic kcontests, exhibitions of boys
work AID achievement competitions.
The campaign. will start Monday
morning, November 19. and will con-
tinue one week. More than 100 of
Washington's most prominent busi-
ness men, members of the Rotary
Lions. Kiwanis and other organiza-
tions, will have workers in the cam
paign.
Picked Team of Workers.
Julius Garf1nk1e is one of the ac-
tive leaders in the drive. He has a
picked team of workers and he has
challenged the other business men to
equal his record in bringing in sub
Evening star., 1923-11-14
CITIZENS PROTEST
SCHOOL SECRETARY
Barry Farms People Insist
Local Woman Be Given
Appointment.

The recommendation Of Maj Sulli-
van, chief Of police, for police magis-
trate courts in Washington and in
crease Of pay for both members of the
police and fire departments received
the unanimous Endorsement Of the
Barry Farm Citizens Association at
a meeting held in St. Johns Methodist
Episcopal Church, Stanton and Pome-
roy roads southeast, last night.
Action on the bond.issue for WASH
ington was. deferred. with the ap-
pointment of a committee of three
members to make a survey and report
at the December meeting Of the as
sociation.
Action on the ban on married teach
erS was deferred until the next meet
ing. Secretary Henry Braxton was
instructed to secure data from the
school authorities as to the number
Of married teachers at present.
Matthew Taylor informed the men,
bers of the courteous attention given
by Brig. Gen. H. NJ. Lord and MEM
bers of the budget bureau at the
hearing recently granted to a COM
mittee representing the association,
who asked ample appropriations for
water and sewage.
A resolution, unanimously adopted.
protested the recent appointment of
a secretary from another part Of the
city as community center secretary
for the Birney School, thus ignoring
the local advisory councils nominee,
Mrs. Claudine Taylor Trivers, a gradu-
ate OF the Miner Normal School, ella SIS
of 1911. The resolution requests a
hearing on the matter and is to be
sent to DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent Of schools
1t was voted to call attention of the
school authorities to the lack of rooms
for full-time classes at Birney School.
Mrs. Trivers stated that eight part
time classes, of which one is a third
grade, are. in session on schooldays.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
FAMOUS EDUCATOR
80 LECTURE HERE
Angelo Patri to Be Heard
Saturday on "Some Aspects
of Child Growth"

Angelo Patri, famous educator. prin-
cipal of School Forty-five. in New
York city, is to lecture at 4:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the Masonic
Temple, 18th street and New York
avenue, on "Some Aspects of Child
Growth" The meeting is under
auspices of the Dobbs Alumnae AS
sociation of this city. of which Mrs.
Arthur Franklyn Musgrave is presi-
dent, and the proceeds are for the
benefit of the building fund of the
school at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of the District public schools,
is to introduce the New York edu-
Gator. Mr.. Patri is well known
throughout the world of education.
lie is a contributor to the feature
page of The Evening Star.
Native Of Italy.
Dr. Patri was born in Italy in 1877.
He came to the United States when
he was five years old. and has liked
1t so we'll that he has never been
back. He attended the public schools
OF New York city, and later the Col
lege of the City of New York and
Columbia University.
He is the author of many educa-
tlohai works. the human side of child
teaching being ever foremost in his
conslderations of child education. a
Sch"o master in Great City" and
chat Everybody Wants
are among his most popular works.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
D. c. RESIDENTS GIVEN
ARMY RESERVE POSTS
Commissions Issued to Eighteen
in Washington and Vicinity for
Officers Corps.

Eighteen residents of the District of
Columbia and vicinity have been COM
missioned in the Officers Reserve
Corps of the Army.
They are: Clayton E. Emig, 1867 p
street, as captain in the Quartermas-
ter Corps; Earl D. Chesney, GIG 18th
street, as second lieutenant in the
adjutant generals department; Joseph
j. kutch, Clinton. Md, as second lieu
partment; Thompson A. Lyon, Elk
ridge, Md, as captain of cavalry;
Murray l.. Goldsborough, Easton, Md,
as captain in the field artillery; John
F.. Collins, jr., Benning station, d. c.,
as second lieutenant of ordnance;
John E. Deford, Buxton, Md, as first
lieutenant of engineers; Frank Dun
nington, 1900 Arkansas avenue, as
second lieutenant of engineers; Frank
B. Gorin, 1910 California street, as
captain in the chemical warfare serv-
ice; William X. Sump, Office of chief
of infantry. War Department, as cap
tain of infantry; Granger G. Sutton
1886 g street, as second lieutenant of
Pei ont street as second lieutenant
field artillery; Frank p. Harbin, Ia
nonid idI h. Md, as second lieutenant
feld artillery; Harold c. Kennedy
1886 Spring place, as first lieutenant
air service; James V. McConville, 1910
18TH street, as major in military in
telligence department.; Arthur B.
Moreland, 1868 Parkwood place, as
major i'll the Quartermaster Corps:
William f. Norman. Southern build
ing, as captain of infantry; Paul De l..
Sanders, College Park, Md, as second
lieutenant of infantry.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
HONOR BESTOWED
ON TEST WINNERS
Four Local Employees of Postal
Telegraph Company to Be Special
Dinner Guests.

Invitations have been extended to
four local employees of the Postal
Telegraph and Cable Company to at
tend the Magnetic Club dinner which
will be given by the company in New
York city. December IL, as an award
to the employees in the eastern divi-
sion for meritorious service.
Those invited are: c. A. Francis,
winner of the efficiency contest in the
traffic department. by having sue
ceeded in getting kilograms out of
Washington in less time than the rest
of his competitors; Miss Nellie Bona
din, winner of the class 3 banner
contest, by showing the largest in
crease in hotel telegraph business;
Miss r. Koran. winner of class A ban
ner contest. by showing the largest
increase in kilograms taken over the
front desk of any branch office in the
District of Columbia, and l. A Bicker-
ton, winner of the solicitation con-
test, by securing the greatest increase
in the number of new customers. The
latter was declared winner of this
contest over his competitors in the
eastern division.
Joseph Messina was extended an
invitation to the dinner for winning
q minute-SaVing contest for meSSen-
gers in this city.
Other .'magnetic' dinners are held
at intervals throughout the country.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
OUTLINES CONGRESS
RELATION To- CITY
Representative Reed Says
Lawmakers Should Not
Dictate to Capital.

1t is not the function of Congress
trict what kind of laws they shall
have, Representative Stuart F. Reed
of West Virginia and a member of
the District House committee. de-
clared. at a meeting of the public
utilities committee of the Women S
City Club yesterday.
Congressmen should play more the
role of judges. he stated. They want
an expression of the desires of the
of the people in helping to get what
they want, ne added.
There is a growing tendency to
make too many laws, Representative
Reed pointed out, and, with this, a
tendency to have too many organiza-
tions.
Police Inspector Headley praised
the police personnel of the District as
being second to none in the United
States. Given the proper equip
ment," he said, they would make no
apologies for their work Out of
forty-eight motor. cycles owned by
are in good condition.
Lack Motor Equipment.
w neneVer the ponce nave not been
doing sufficient motor duty it has
been because they have not had suf-
hcfent equipment.
Inspector Headley advocated an
automobile impounding law to end
parking violations. In conclusion, he
said the traffic department needed
more money. more men and better
equipment.
w. G. Cole of the Washington Safe
~ Council. told of the rapid increase
in automobiles in the last few years
and the many traffic problems arising
as a result, and mentioned the i'm
portance of educating residents to
prevent accidents.
Several vocal solos were given by
Miss Beatrice Wainwright, accom-
panied by Miss Helen Nash
Yesterdays meeting was the first
of a series under the auspices of the
public utilities committee of the club.
J. Otis Smith, formerly a member
of the Federal Coal Commission, will
address the committee on the coal
problem, December f.,
Mrs John Lorentz Steele, chairman
of the committee, presided.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
REFERENDUM BEATS
MERGER OF 3 TOWNS
Cottage City and Brentwood Vote
Down Plan-Mount Rainier
Is Silent.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispa atch to The Star.
MOUNT RAINIER, Nd, November
1.-THE plan to amalgamate the
towns of Mount Rainier. Brentwood.
Cottage City and the other nearby
communities has been defeated. In
Cottage City and Brentwood the ref
erendum resulted in overwhelming
opposition. Citizens of Mount Rainier
did not participate in the referendum.
AS the matter now stands, any plan
al ana pugls pInoM uolrWeSIguIT 10
tie show of ratification in Mount
Rainier.
Much satisfaction is being shown in
regard to the Washington suburban
commissions statement that by March
l the town of Mount Rainier will be
So equipped that it's water service
will be supplied only from the springs
near Hyattsville. The fear of an cpl
demic of disease has been abated
since the test has been made of the
present supply, which proved up to
the standard.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
SHRINE CIRCUS VISITED
BY ORDER OF DE MOLAY
Flying Banners and Band Music
Enliven Program-Big Throng
in Attendance.

With banners flying and bands
playing, a large delegation of the
Convention Hall last night, and for
several hours kept things at the
Shrine circus, now in it's second-week
run. on the move.
The visitors, who marched to the
hall in a body, were special guests
of Leonard p. Steuart, illustrious
potentate of AlmaS Temple, and the
, general committee in charge, and an
elaborate program had been arranged
for their benefit.
The three Jansleys, new feature at
traction of the entertainment, were
loudly applauded by the De Molay
boys for their dexterity in acrobatic
featS.
Throngs continue to crowd the
auditorium each night and as the end
approaches, which will be midnight
Saturday, the attendances will un-
doubtedly increase rather than di
minish. Extra numbers are being
added nightly.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
HYATTSVILLE DEATH
INQUIRY CONTINUES
Army Comrades Bury Sergt. Par
ish, Victim of Alleged
Poison Liquor.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSFILLE, November IA
Funeral services for Wistar NJ. Parish,
twenty-five years old, sergeant in
Company f, 1st Infantry. Maryland
National Guard, who died Saturday
last at the home of his parents, in
Riverdale, after a weeks illness, were
held yesterday, with military honors,
interment being in Fort Lincoln ceme-
terry. The pallbearers were Sergts. John
w. Devlin and Frank NJ. Richards. Corp.
Thomas B. Belt and Priyates Charles
II. Hayes. William B. Molster and
Smith Purdum.
DR.. J. B. Ryon of Cottage City, who
performed an autopsy on the body of
Parish, is conducting a chemical in
veStigation to determine whether
poisoned whisky, which Parish is
alleged to have stated during his
illness that he purchased from
Hyattsville man, was the cause of
death.
David A. Dodson was before Com
missioner J. Frank Supplee in Balti-
more Monday on the charge of selling
whisky which is said to have caused
the death of Parish. He pleaded
guilty to the charge, and was held
Cor further investigation by the au-
xhorities of Prince Georges county,
hail being fixed at s25,000, later re-
duced to $4,000. Edwin Melville of
Hyattsville was held as government
witness.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

scriptions. The teams have. been di
vided into two classes--the reds ant
the blues--and $500 subscriptions ar
to be TIE least of their achievements
'The object of the Boys Club" sait
Mr.. Garfinkle, lis to produce bette
and higher type of boys; to give
them ideals that will help them t.
become citizens with a clear, broad
outlook, with a right viewpoint to-
ward their country and all classes 81
society, and respect for law and prop.
erty; to give them an opportunity Il
do and achieve worthwhile thing.
and to bring them in contact witt
men and women who can help then
develop"
Il. c. Graham Chairman
Edwin c. Graham is chairman of the
drive, William L. Radcliffe is director
and J. Phillip Hermann is treasurer
Frank r. Jelleff is president of the
Boys Club.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
College Expenses in 1889.

A document unearthed by workmen
at the home of John Hunt in Plain
City, Ohio, included an entry as to
the college expenses of DIR. Hunt
when he was attending Brown Col
lege in 1899. The items are: Tuition
$12; room rent SO. The total ex-
Evening star., 1923-11-14
WEEKS FIGHT TO FOIL
DEADLY POISON FAILS
Mrs. Gladys Glass, 81, Dies-Took
Tablets After Row With
Husband

Physicians at Casualty Hospital last
night lost a battle of a week TO save
the life of Mrs. Gladys Glass of S12 5th
street northeast, attractive woman OF
tWenty-one years, who was admitted &c
the hospital after she had swallowed
several poison tablets in an effort to
end her life.
She was fully conscious when ad-
mitted to the hospital. although the
poison had started it's deadly work.
While under treatment at the hos
pital. it was reported, Mrs. Glass told
doctors and nurses she had been made
despondent by a disagreement with
her husband
DR.. j. Ramsay hewitt, coroner.
viewed the body at the hospital. He
gave certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
SENATOR EDGE AT HEAD.
Jersey Delegation Asks Army Base
Transfer to Newark.

Senator Edge and large delega-
ton of citizens from New Jersey pre-
sented arguments to Secretary Weeks
at the War Department today to show
why the large Army base at Newark,
N j., should be transferred to that
city at its recent bid of $4,000 900
for more money. The Secretary re-
served decision.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
ANTHONY CAMINETTI
CRITICALLY ILL IN WEST
immigration Commissioner Under
Mr.. Wilson Facing Trans
fusion Operation.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Calf, November IA
consultation to consider whether a
blood TRANSMISSION might save the life
of Anthony Caminetti OF jackson,
commissioner of immigration during
President Wilson's administration,
was held early this morning by DR..
T. f. Endicott of Jackson and several
San Francisco specialists The deci-
sion of the consultation was not an
nounced.
!. Mr.. Caminettf has been critically i'll
at his home here for several days,
and little hope for his recovery is
entertained.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

French engineers have designed
an airplane wing that can be giver
an increased supporting surface in
flight to make landing safer.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

penses for three months were only
$2721. DR.. Hunt, who recently cele-
brated his Tooth birthday, Is one of
the oldest graduates of Browns Col
lege. His expenses included: Fuel,
IS cents; commons bill, four weeks,
$6.40, and fines, 6 cents, the last item
being for absence from prayers and
class
Evening star., 1923-11-14
DUOFOLD

Health underwear made
of two thin layers of
knitted fabric with an air
space between keeps out
cold and dampness and
provides greater protec-
ton. Warmth-health-
light weight.
Wool outside with all
cotton lining. Union
suits, $3.50 to S.. Two.
piece, $3.50 and So the
Garment.
Evening star., 1923-11-14
Downing Counterfeiters.

An intelligent observer points out
to us that one thing about the swift
descent of the German mark has been
that it has put counterfeiters of Ger
man currency entirely out of busi-
ness, as it is cheaper to buy real
marks than to make limitations.