Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1923, Page 6

1920~ PART 1. younger children have been very deli- “brand new home” next year. Will they be able? No. 4—Back te the Country. 6 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASFINGTON, D. U:! DECEMBER 16, 2= PAR Left:a ‘widow ‘with & baby of five SIX WUME—N—FABE FOURTEEN oppontunmaslwm - o i FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING* (Continued from First Page.) under ten years, of age was the plight lZ IN fl"_ FRAUD tles! Opportunlties to make this a true ' ‘(‘hrlslmas, a day of good cheer, a of this mother. Without help there was nothing else for her to ‘do but to “put her children away. which she did. Result: The children are day of gladness in the hearts of little unhappy and pine for their mother, children whose hearts have known the baby dies, the oldest boy suffer: little of gladness. Opportunities to remember Him, who sald: “Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” an Injury resulting in the loss of Fifty little ohildren are in theése leg, and all of the children are in poor physical condition. But it's a opportunities and thirteen mothers. But there are no fathers. The moth- iong lane that has no turning. The ers have been left with their chil- . Assoclated Charities has reunited the family, and it begins to look as it this mother's troubles are about over. By the Assoclated Press, 5 dren to fight it out alone. And what CHICAGO, IlL, December 15.—Leo [a weary, endless, cruel fight it has Koretz, alleged swindler, who died|been! Not merely for existence, for|will make this possible. their little ones share in a small way | brought iIncreased feeblencss to the ford, deteotives investigating his af- | the abundant joy and happiness of|0ld ladies and this calls for addi : tional loving care on the part of the old fatrs, declared tonight. {a world which has given them only | gentleman, for now, In addition to "he authorities were hunting for|its bitter sadness. It is a fight to|his household duties, he is forced to or attempting to question six women | Tet their children live like other|&ct as doctor and nurse for the old Titaren: 3t ladles. He makes a good job of it with whom Koretz was said to have ‘X‘ e 'x"nul ‘Mr '""‘n{’a fight to }(E'Z too! = Withal l\fle J» bappy as he pot: been friendly, and some of whom de- | their children from being penalized | ters about, an you were to meet teotives declared he entertained in|'hroush life, through .no famlt.of|him a cheery greeting and a bright eotites, Coo & : thatrs Mine of il smile. .would be yours. For W more an apartment he maintained under'"® Many of these mothers are| p.n’ g quarter of a century this aged an assumed name. An effort was|T€Ar £one, for there (s a bréaking:trlo.haye lived together, wishing. for bol de to determine whether |POInt where the body no longer re- | nothingiin the world as much as the s Ay sponds, even to the urge of a moth- | JO¥(Of each cother's compuny. $17.50 his affairs with women friends were | “HON0S B ok o "total:of $910 Tor theryear, related to his financial manipulations. “u:‘ o o is.naked tor. s Mrs. Salo Auerb: wife of i H' ‘m‘:" “‘!_(' tl"“nll' fl:'h!- e No. 6—Three Generations Together. wealthy theater owner, was served| . - [’ . sentle reader, to declde. § “p i pnaren from six to sixteen, late to and jury sub-| DUl In declding, watch for & mo-|.)j sntive but not-all strong and ro- 3 7 ment, a happy child at pl bust, and & frail, aged mother are the { family this widow (s caring for. The grandmother does needlework when- @ver her health permits. A scholarship in a: business school has been secured for.the oldest £ir]l, who hopes soon to assume a large share of the financial responsibility. of the family. The Detectives Say Koretz Played Lothario as Well as Wallingford. natfons would time, and was not outside They are’ at present llving on the outskirts of the city, where they get plenty of fresh air, sunshine and good food. The children are improving in health, but will this continue? Sixty after relatives and wealthy frionds one may exist, but a fight for their| No. S—Twilight and Eventide. had been induced to invest about|littlo ones. a fght to keep what fs| In s little house with a garden and $5,000,000 In a Panama “oil bubble,” | theirs by the Inherent right of '"°‘h"fm:xn:n:1;°:mrslofi n;’:“_“{.“cwm: promoted by him, played the role ierhood, a fight for body, soul and &)ana the wite's slater—all Kpproaching of gay Lothario as successfully as he dollars a month, or a total of $720, {home. It has been a fight to let|four score years. The past year has ted the part of a J, Rufus Walling- have pa the courtesy of Monsieur Tiard, of b president of the interallied high com- him by v Baul o La misslon, In whose 1 went as far | rence for alfenation of the affectir of rent. During the past year they | widew (ininpsdt, whoss busband died | extremely prosperous, despite the de- I e Tequice all the wAlohTal oats | nave Moved. Into i two-ntory houss |of fuberentnein 1o muking n nara sgnt | WOULD I.ET FRANCE Preciation " of © the exCRADEe- L1 the mother can give. Recently they ther rents the top fi fu Weey iine “hildren wigh her. Dur- Essen much building was being dor have “gone over the top" In wel nd tl amlly {s now on the roud |ine n*- phast veur har #Yes have im- 3 with 2 large addition to the hotel gay! The mother I cheery and bright und | to happinens and tndenonidence Thia |Prived siynswha and sl {s now able HANDLE RUHR ALONElnum-ro. office buildings goibl b :o! oTI’Id b.t‘lmu mhomh‘r':r mul{- " uau 5 s aollle will X a:‘w .: mu‘:.1 i Ml |'m 1:1 :hr\ - t Krupp works, that}] er children, but is & & pelghbor | make good and w0 do we! nty: [Tamilly te tuking voostional training been recently seized by the F fo thoss who live in_ 'her 'atreet.|five dollars w wesk, or ¥1,300 for the &1 sl wid Trnkn rward o the hing was In perfect ordef enty-tive dollars a weel or . will In 1 thi bl o will be » o he A 2 e seemed disconte n eithe next ):-?rdvlll;ulp this happy family ety s hin Ty |, Fare uf har Jounker hrothers nay | Women's City Club Speaker Says| 1o cne scemed discontented in elth toward. independence. ’ term fhe ‘and the oldest ? : = Bl No. 7—Dotng Her Full Part. B bt oo gdlers e gfyrk vt very {heir chickens | Other Nations’ Actions Aid e e Ao " i ng 1o mar i you it them wonid o he Frene void huftin Her husband a drug addiot, ths|rifice everyihing olne to Keap her vou' how m cxkn “help to Germany. | te Senst O N little mother (colored) was 1eft to | ohildren with har followine 11 Thero in b v [Gn the French mas of o oo sbite . Tor herself and worked de In wbout to wolutely o iheome tn this famil It the other let | coke was being loaded into cars perately to keep her thres babl in his teon “nl und if his family 1s to be | Franc for a the | be sent to France by Germ g BTN HRk. AAd she el thé. Bric e alone ance by German wor) 3 Ho works by diwy and | Kept togather 319 u waek or a total mén in charge of a French fe for hor health broke down. A mAJOF|atudion nt night to prepare himusir |¢f §938 for tha year is needed. Berlin . government en- | Sith a force ol Brenen porsiea surg! operation for & botter Job. Bt with 11 a1l h® 3 : i couraged by possible inter-| parracks, but no cne seced un {:rm;:uatr;g .::!h::ultlon Sho te bat” | cunnot muke’ enoukh to yrovide en N®. 14, Gund Choer and Wheel Chair.| vention, the French could peacefully | happy 4nd - everyching: o pertects to keep her from plunging back into :':‘5,’,“';;{ Bismatngr and. penyaung. w“:';"":'w.l‘uf and confined to a| work out the whole Ruhr situation, | aulet” o 4 iteen | wheel ohair, this mother is bright g = 1’:':1‘:‘1- ll:rex:ilnrly in the morning |300Rrs & Week and in that proper | and hipby and makes the best of The | 728 the opinion expressed by Mra the oliaren (Are Ub, WAshod; dreared tion, $884 for the year, In eniimated | situation. Why not? After all, one | JAmes Carroll Frazer, American rep- BLACKMA"_ ls CHARGED LhE CUHdEin (ahe o1 MhANAY AT ower ;T..'n"."m"'"?'n'\'x"" sum needed o wuy- | vun o o Jor of things oven i 'aresentative at tho Belleaw Woods the mother, after. which she is able o o g hiw mothce finds she | cele 4 e P i e | G ATy e OSRe Tin S8 | cilipration tast summer. in an a0 | TO 8 IN ALIENATION SUIT Ske earns about $10 & at home death the husband [ 'he door, pew and many other thinzs | of (he & Gty Club yestonduy. —_— e LT h L pame, el the Influenza [ 818 410 hot think she would ever be | “fuifi, “prmem® Gty Club yesterday, o = her another $10 a week, or & total of “'m""\-'& thin mother (colored) has Tl';l' ”'v"r"y“"“"' l'n this happy fam- | with the population 0t the Bahr 'and |Former District Attorney Among 3 stra Iy und late to the Hmit ove on does som “ s i ) | Ne. 8—The Eternal Triangle. an offo op her four children | Chiidren are up doing their ‘work. | T belleve the popalation would | Cas rmat Enticed away by an unprinciplea|¥ith b Hard work and under hoy wplits wood for th iire. car- | and_contentedly accept the | ANe Afteemiat) nourtshment are boginn! to et o he nghes, etc., and his sis- " . i g - B; snociates Tess. FRias fihe Gihen o it Ty .‘:‘ff their toll And unless some ane helph helps with the cooking und other il el SOl £ ”1;‘.": e Lol e e B N ey |and quickly—thin family will callupne, | housebold dutles. Then to school | pori A il e s S N SR SR IsE o2 ol y ol 80, - -t 101 '8! Fourte dollars o w K o total of | #nd In the afternoon to ;. DOVAELY BEPVALINGE LUEES ment charging attempted heard of since. The mother's whole F & total : true, then one can only conclud frtafent I8 contersd in” hey childran ?‘72:! n‘,‘,— "Ir;?”_l\l«:.r‘mulxeun;; u.; - = ’:m‘v;’x‘“l':::r h‘:n';"k‘"(“‘:‘ that the Germans in the Ruhr dis- | #nd conspiracy and her home, but she has not the [kt 6 Hkhting chanos for heulth | Rt JUTASL SOHA K Seek Of | trict are Letter off under the Jirench | Corcoran, former means to take care of them unie iy b S, wpgttn | OF habpiness to this crippled motlier | gran MY @re under their own gov- | AMiddl count assistance 1s given her from the ou . 12, Shall They Stny “Put? S0a her two children. nment fenda s returned side. Her relat. es are poor, but they “Gee, mamma, are we goln' to say S My visit to the Ruhr was made | ty gr: today ;r&tglv":lgfiho 1ittle uk"n“nhu:ht.h‘ put in such & nice place?’ This wis ‘lm"";‘:_""' best possible circumstances | jts zation con dollars a week 1s what this|the question axked by the oldest of thrce 0 obtain an unbiased view of the | suit of Albirt Victor & home requires to keep it Intact, or|little ohildren. “Mamma” has had & WILL OBSERVE BlRTHDAY | real " eituation there, being sent lfi‘\‘)cn, settled out of cour through the entire district through Searles s all d to The ninety-fourth anniversary of the $50.000 in settlem birth of John Mercer Langstone will be ston, {n as Essen,” shoe said. “All the officials |of Blanche Paul. Corcoran was co $780 for the year. long, hard struggle. Left a widow with No. 9—Ambitious to Take Daddy’s |thrée small children to care for, she observed by the Frelinghuysen Univer- | 25 Fiss lock Tuesday night at Lin. | Siowed gre: Tacderation and ab- | sel for Paul anection. Place, as in a pano for ear they -nuiahho - en away, for {ll health prevented her o O Lo ot out® | from working. One of thawe little chil- 157 Rana" Then mother can have Jots |dren has w poitive case of tuberculoin g . here is absolutely no Income In the th r » 1 A iAo and her thres ehildren, | the Associated Charities. Twenty-four eyt alive the part « . und that t ndd the questii gaining the confidence of the p could be accomplished ang Wit Extend Beyond Christ; be malle Ly Thomas | Tith J. Hawkes, Rov. | . 5 W. Selby, A. Bur- | b | ton Gallison, Hosie Van Buren Price, | Miss Martha A. Harris and Mrs. Lula ataract this| B. Cox. v o Sl D | dollars & week, or 31,248 for the year, e cired Charttten they heq | Will bring this family happiness and im- O ey the mother was ot physl. | Proved heulth for the sear. cally able to work, and they were | No. 18—Even Chickens Try to Help. about to be evicted for non-payment | Nearly blind from a wis que she was the o, with a man identlficd as Ke The over ¢ fourteen apportunit and beyond Christmas ing a successful po the s to whether W of other yea: Dues: aften pald daytime visits to th Koretz apartment under the name of “Mr. and Mrs. Al Bronso | Woman Lost $35.000. | Lester L. Bauer, Mrs. Auerbach's attorn fssued a statement tonight stating that Mrs. Auerbach and her husband had lost $35.000 in Koretz venture, but denylng they had an other connection with the fugitive. He also denied his cllent had at- tempted to evade questioning by op- eratives from the state's attorney offic Detectives also announced they been unabl to find Mrs. Etta Speyer and Mrs. M. Mayer, relatives of Koretz' . who had promised to turn over to the state’s attorney office $75,000 they had recelved from Koretz shortly before he fded, when he is id to have distributed about $300,000 among relatives that had been induced to Invest in his Panan e. Subpoenaes have been issued them. As for fo! the fugitive himself, for| whom a world wide hunt has been | started, the authorities admitted to- night they were no nearer his !rafl] than when the investigation was started. A message to the state’s 1ll~] torney office, the source of which wa withheld, declared that Koretz was | on his way to Morocco or Turkey. | but apparently it was given no more | credence than other clues. i Office Searched. In a second raid on Koertz's offices | today detectives found a number of | pleture slides believed to have been | used at a dinner given by enthusias- { tic investors in Koretz's honor about two years ago. One slide showed a | necktie. It was headed *“What Hus- | bands Get Out of the Panama 'Oil | Stock.” Then came a pictur&-showing a pro- fusion of jewelry. It was labeled: “What the Wives Will Get Out of ) the Panama Oil S - | “He Ropes His Friends" was the title of a slide showing Koretz secur- ing money from friends to be in- vested in oil stock, #hile a picture of Koretz in Panama Stepping over a small can was labeled “Finding OIL" Among other women for whom the vestigators was hunting was one nown as “Mrs. Schwartz,” who was id to know of Koertz's activitie other was said to be Miss Jessie gart and who was sald to have 1d a safety deposit box jointly with rtz and a woman referred to in | @ letter mailed from Atlantic City N. J, as “Al The letter, believed | to hdve been written by a friend of Koerts and the woman known as “Alt,” asked Koertz to writa and de- clared that “Alt was just heart- broken” and “cared a lot.” MRS. COOLIDGE ACCEPTS SAFETY COUNCIL POST Wife of President Indorses Need of Educational Campaign. Clergy’s Interest Asked. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. wife of the | President, has accepted election as| honorary 'vice president of the Wash- & ington fety Counci! In a letter to the council from Miss Laura Har- lan, secretary to Mrs. Coolidge, it is stated that “Mrs. Coglidge has only given her name in this capacity to two or three national organizations, but as you have done her the honor of electing her, and as she realizes | the great need for the educational campalgn carried on by the coun: she is pleased to accept this offer. Clergymen are asked to interest their congregations in the safety yovement in & letter sent to local min- isters by the council. Knowing that the clergy of Wash- ington are Interested in p enting human suffering and sorrow, e the letter, “we are addressing # our personal assistance bringing this matter to the actantion of the people of your church.” Clergy are asked to place a para- | graph of Indorsement in an early| fssue of the church bullatin, or make . xome publie amnouncement to the | congregation. EDITORS AT BANQUET. Guests of Mount Vernon Church at City Club. i Delegates to the convention of the . Southern Methodist Press Association ! were the guests last night at,a ban- quet at the City Ciub of the official toard of the Mouit Vernon Methodist Ypiscopal Church. Addresses on the work of the association were made Ly Rev. A. J. Weeks of Nashville, Tenn.. Rev. B. H. Ashton of Oklahoma and Rev. W. H. Nelson of San Fran- sco. ; The assoclation decided on*Fayette- ville, Ark., as the place tor its next snnual conferenc The conference was in session three days, with dele- wates representing church papers from twenty-five states in attendance. URGES HONOR TO FLAG. [ Gol. James A. Moss of Army Ad- dresses Boy Scouts. ¥lag code pamphlets were presented to members of the Boy, Scouts by Cok James A, Moss, U. S. A._ retired, at ceremoniés held Friday at Peck Memo- rial Chapel, under auspices of the Abi-| gall Hartman Rice Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Col. Moss told the boys to treat the flag as they would their mother's pie- ure. Colin Livingstone, president of the Boy Scouts of America, made a short addrees. Rev. I W. Ketchum guve the invocation. = :son.‘] o “m“'“'E u-:(%' soruo) | ing afte Associated Charities has carefully budgeted the needs of each of Its “op- portunities.” When the amount speci- fied for each is received it is an as- surance of happiness and a degree of comfort and safety for the coming year. The amounts are based on the ability of relatives or church connec- tions to help and heaith conditions within the family. Gifts designated for one or more of the “opportuni- ties” will be used in thelr entirety in cordance with the expressed wish of the donor. When an “opportunity™ is subscribed future donations will be redited to one or more of the op- portunities still open. The Associated Charities this year will follow strictly its policy of with- holding names and addresses. If you, reader, were listed as an “opportu- nity” this year would you wish it otherwise? Contributions may be sent directly to the Associated Charities, John Joy son, treasurer, 1022 1ith street | northwest, or will be received and ! acknowledged by The Star. No. 1 Father Ni—Mother, Six Calldren. With her husband In the hospital and no prospect of his return, thi little mother is making a brave strug- &le to keep a suitable home for her children. The oldest child is tak- 5 a course in vocational training 10 better equip herself as a wage arner. This strains the family purse, but the thirteen-year-old boy is| bringing In a little money by work- school. All the children are ool or kindergarten except the v, only two years of age, who is | of the household. Relatives are doing everything they can to help, but this happy, normal home wouid have to be broken up it the d Charities should stop Lelping with food to satisfy the hearty appetites, and ciothing to keep the family warm. Surely those who love their own homes will not let this mother lose hers. $15 a week is the minimum required to save this home, or $780 for th ear. No. 2—Overwork, Undernourishment. When “father” was living this mother and her three children had a nice home and everything went well. The same sad story—death of the ather, and the long, hard struggle on the part of the mother to make a ' living for her children. She tried desperately, but could not make enough to give them the proper food, nd the result’ is that the older two ys are at present undernourished. | There is absolutely no income in the wmily at present, other than that received from the Assoclated Char- ies, and a total of $25 a week, or $1.300 for the year, will give these boys a chance to regain their health and eventually fit them to assume the care of the family. Need we tell in sc bab; the PEQEQEQUDEVEDEDEVEVEDEDEVEVLR VEVRL VLV ERURVEVERVEL RVEVERVRRRVELERERED ou what this Christmas present will + mean to this mother? Two Rooms Spell Home, “Come and see our nice, brand- | new home,” said a little tot of seven. The mother in this family was left to | fight her way alone, but she could | not make a go of it, owing to bad : health. “Home" is only two light- housekeeping rooms, but they are clean, large, airy and just chock- tull of sunsh‘ne and happiness, and this is so much better than they had ; it year. The family’s church helps with the support of this widow and | her two little girls, but this amount | must be supplemented. Fourteen dollars a week, or o total of $728, is needed if they are to keep their Laupheimer’s Pharmacy Fla. Ave. and 1st St. —that's a Star Branch Office, where you may leave your i Ads. ¢ We have established these Branch Offices all over town at convenient ints—so that you will Emanvod time and prompt and efficient service. 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