Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1923, Page 22

TWO CLAIM 70 BE & MOTHER OF CHILD (\.ourt to Determine Which * Gave Birth to Girl, Cen- ter of Dispute. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 7.—A parallel to fhe case which King Solomon was galled upoa to decide faces a Ch judge today. Two women hére say #hey gave birth to the same child. £A girl. five years old, whom both call Leona. is being closely guarded &t the home of Mrs. Nicholas Lenz, Wife of a druggist, to prevent the . gther “mother” from taking her. Mrs. Lenz says she can furnish positive froof that the girl was born to her in Chicago Mrs. Julia Warana says she has a firth record certifying that Leona was-born to her in Poland, and that she gave her to Mrs. Lenz three Thonths ago to keep for her during a Jeriod when she was in financial dif- culties. Secks Court Action. <. Warzna plans to insti- | liaheas corpus proceedings to Leona brought into court and e settled by lexal authority. charged that the child’'s lif threatened when she at- take her back. _ Mrs. Lenz says she will never relin- Guish Leona. Mrs. Warzna she came She told a ath of her hus- to without fun Teona to 1 Bome on the Three months filaced the child in the care of Mrs Lenz. with the understanding that sne | would pay all of her expenses Called for Child, Last Monday, havin L and how she permitted taken to Mrs. Lenz's lvice of her physician. | ago. she sald, sh. ained a po- it to get her s. Lenz refuscd to accept i in e Would not give up the, Warzna then went to the | of domestic relations. ¢ fed pan ck tol All Sizes By all means, spect our complete | sires | thirty-foot tote Three | T! the house, but, ‘after hearing Mrs. Lens's story, they could do nothing. The next day Mrs. Lenz, leaving the child under guard, appeared before the court and announced it was she who gave birth to Leonu and that Mrs. Warzna has no claim. BAPTISTS T0 SPEED UP $75,000,000 CAMPAIGN Seek to Enlist Every Church to Rébise Fund by De- cember, 1924. By the Assoclated Press. NASHVILLE, Term., June 7.-Plans for enlisting every Baptist church in the south in a program of systematic and proportionate giving to denomina- tional objects was inaugurated today by the con: vation commission of the Baptist 00,000 campaign, h Dr. 0. E. of Atlanta _in charge of this phase of the Dr. Bryan re- signed as superintendent of enfistment | amd evAng m of the home mussion | board of the Southern Baptist Conven- tion vesterday in order to take up his position. state of the Southern Baptist ignated a man to ests of a church bud- get and gencral stewardship among the churches of his state, and these work- | ers will attend a confere 4 in church finance to begin 1, with a view to cquiy for this task. While one of the objects of Inaugu- rating this supplementary i 2 n raising . the full $76, mpaign by December, 1924, also contemplates the laving of a surer foundation for the support of all chu rk, local and general, after this five- vear program has been completed TO ASK TONGASS ISLAND | BE DECLARED A PARK% Alaskan Governor to Make Re-| quest of President During Visit ! to North Country. ted Pross. | June 7.—When| omes to Al ! the territory | o declare Tongas a national park. - ced today. The particularly 1 1sland annou : preserve w statue of Abruham Lincoln on top of pole near the site of old Fort Tong: The statue was more than fifty v ved by an Indian ! v ago. The Indian did his work from @ photograph of | Lincoln tha soldier had given him, a small one, ¥ the and point of Alaska in- as- sortment of Sununer Rugs, including Im- ported Japamne Grass, Crex, etc. se Imported Japanese Rice Straw Rugs, 9412 sise. $5.45 Crex Rugs de Luxe, 9x12 stse $21.50 Marie Antoinette Rugs, 9x12 size THREE-DOOR SIDE ICER, as pictured; plenty of space for food and ice. 8 $19.75 . TOP ICER, with® P 30 pounds capacity for ices ! verdiet. .THE EVENING . STAR, DIAMOND MUST DIE FOR WIFE'S MURDER Indiana Man Found Guilty of Kill. ing Spouse for Money—Had Accused Chauffeur. By the Associated Press, VALPARAISO, Ind., June 7.—Judge Hannibal Loring today is to set the date when Harry Diamond is to be put to death for the murder of his wife, Mrs. Nettie Diamond, whom he is alleged to have shot to death near Fast. Chicago, Ind., last February. Diamond was found guilty on the murder charge by a jury last night and the death sentence passed. De- tense counsel have not announced it they will request & new. trial for their client. Diamond, who throughout the trial, which lasted more than two weeks, had expressed his confidence of being acquitted, was visibly affected by the When the death sentence was pronounced he collapsed and had to be assisted from the room. The ju which recelved late vest liberated the case tile m than three hours before reaching & verdict. Diamond was accused of killing his wife while on an_automobile trip from Gary to East Chicago, the state allegthg he committed the deed through a desire to obtain possession of her money. Mrs. Diamond, who was reputed to be wealthy, was sev- eral years the defendant's senior. Dia- ‘mond, in testimony presented during the trial, attemeted to fix the blame strong, negro chauffeur. Mrs. Diamond, after the shooting. according to state testimony, made @ deathbed statement to the effect that her husband had shot her and clubbed her :over the head with a revolver. The negro also was shot and beaten, but recovered. p “THE WIDOW” DIES. Tutor to Wealthy Harvard Stu- dents Claimed by Death. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 7.—Wil- |1iam Whiting Nolen, privat utor. to wealthy Harvard stude riend of poor students for thi ars, | deaa. The Widow,” as s known, | enabied students who were lax in at- | tendance on lectures to pass their ex- | aminations by intensive work. the last minute. 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