The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 13, 1920, Page 18

Parker Insists His Relation With Mrs. Chisholm Were Merely Friendly MORRISTOWN N J, Aug. 13.— Vigorous and astonished denials of the most serious of the charges Drought by Charles Chisholm of Newark against William C. Parker Wealthy photographer of Morris Plains, in the former's suit for $100, 000 charging alienation of his wife's affections, filed here, were made by) Parker. “Although I cared a great deal for | ‘Mrs. Chisholm as a friend, there was Rothing beyond friendship in our re: | “tions he emphatically declared . Who is about 45 years old, ite & commanding appearance, over six feet in height and of | j SAYS Tn the papers he filed at Trenton y Chisholm declares that h “Offered to give his wife to Parker if | the latter would marry her. of Parker's refusal to com Ply with this offer that he brought he said. “Is tt true that Mr. Chisholm of. a his wife to you?” Parker was| i “Gee whiz, I'm all upset about /@hle thing. I can’t think clearly.” " after a pause, he sald: “Yes, Mr. Chisholm did make such offer, but I told him I could not Mrs. Chisholm because of my | ly and for various other reasons. ‘affair has so upset me that 1 think clearly, and I suppose | to let my lawyefs do the talk Jawyers, he said, are Lum, punsive @ Colyer, who have offices ‘786 Broad st., Newark. When it Suggested, however, that a "frank statement from him might be | @dvieable, Parker continued: “But I am going to fight this ene, to the limit,” he declared vig “There never was anything in the relations between ‘Chisholm’s wife and myself.” According to the papers, Chishotm al that for two years he bat- f with Parker, also a = married | for the affections of his wife. wife, he says, knew of the and discussed the circum: | with Chisholm. There were iy Promises of reformation from | wife and from Parker, Chisholm | ' _ On July § Parker and Mrs. Chis Planned to elope, according to | Papers, but after going away in ‘GN automobdile they returned and de- not to. No elopement d on that or any other date, declared today. @ did not intend to elope on Mt date (July §). We simply went @n auto trip—I forget where— returned later than we had ex- “In the summer of 1918 we had Yoining cottages at Culver Lake I am frank to admit that I did| Mrs. Chisholm during the ‘time It was | TAKES 48 SECONDS TO GET A DIVORCE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 13,—-Bxit Reno! Enter Houston as “Ameri ca's divorce center.” As a righter of marital wrongs Houston now leads the world. Any page from the “Book of Horrors'—the divorce record here —will serve as proof, There, tn black and white, it shows 70 di vorees have been granted in a single hour! The oneday record is 328, “I want a divorcef mays the di- vorce lawyer's customer jollara, please,” eays ‘and be tn court on suchand-such a day!" The $20 is paid, The divorce suit te flled-—a hearteripping re- cital of cruelty and abuse Under the Texas law the party seeking the divorce must show a six-months residence—but the di vores lawyers generally manage to show it “Clockers™ who have timed the porceedings say a well-trained dt vorce lawyer, whore client doesn’t “gum things up by talking too much,” can get the marriage knot cut in 48 seconds, Boosts Liquor Price Because of New Law WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The boldest case of defiance of the pr hibition law that ever confronted a enforcement office Waa disco 4 in the foothilla of the Virginia n tains. A clever negro moonshiner | manufactured a good brand of corn | Whisky and sold it for $8 a gallon. When the 18th amendment went into effect he learned his rivals had boosted the price to $5 a quart. He did not know what caused the rise. | To keep pace with the times he post ed on Ue side of his still a notice saying: “To all of my customers an friends»—Because of the new law my Ume on.” |Lace Bathing Suits Worn at Deauville) PARIS, France, Aug. 13.—Rathing dresses at Deauville have ceased to} bear any relation to water, Some of them are made of lace, cos@ $200 Jeach, and it would shock the wearer to get them wet leat More Eggs | Is Advice in Britain PRESTON, England, Aug. 1% The National Poultry Partiament de elded upon & campaign with the ob. Ject of getting people to eat more eggs. Owing to high prices people. jit was stated, were losing the habit of jeating exes. de ON }that summer when. Mr. Chisholm was in New York and spending only weekends with his wife. "That was | because of & quarrel between Mr Chisholm and myself and we tried to avoid one another when possi | bie.” SURPRISED BY CHISHOLM | “Weren't you surprised at the propostion Chisholm made to give was|you his wifet” the photographer was asked, “I most certainty was.” hé re plied. “I couldn't say anything for quite some time. Then I told him | his propostion was impossible for va [rious reasong It was a most un usual propostion, to say the least, “Altho I cared a great deal for Mrs. Chisholm as a friend, there was nothing beyond friendship in our relations.” Finest Meats--Lowest Prices FRYE’S licker will be $18 a gailon from dis) FINDS MOTHER AFTER 20 YEARS ‘Woman Had Long Believed Her Parent Was Dead + SYRACUSE, N, Y., Aug, 123.—Crav: ing for a mother’s love, growing for more than 20 years, haa at last re united Mra, Clarence B, Leonard, thin city, and her mother, Mra. Augusta Dillenback of Rochester, And this despite the fact that for nearly a quarter of a century Mra. Leonard believed her mother to be dead. Togay Mra, Dillenbeck living happlly with her only daughter and her daughter's husband in a cosy Ut tle home the three now own DIDN'T AGREE WITH HER NEW DADDY ‘The childhood of Mra, Leonard was & bitter one. Hard luck seemed to follow her from the day of her birth ter. When she was only a or father aickerled and died ‘The child was brought up without a father’s love, Then one day Mra Relden, the wirl’s mother, brought home to her & new daddy, They did not agres, Jand after a series of mi: rvtand ings Ella Belden, then only 16, left home, e After facing the world alone for a short time she returned to her moth. ra home, This happened time and gain—a flareup in the girl's tem & sudden flight from home, and the return when her anger had cooled. But one day Ella left and did not return, Her motheg searched every where, but found no ,trace of her |daughter. Ella came to Syracuse |nearly 20 years found work and settled down to live her life alone, MARRIES MAN ALSO ALONE IN THE WORLD She met Clarence Leonard, him- [self alone in the world. After a brief romance they were married and set ted down to lve here, One day Mra. Leonard met a rela tive who told her her motber was dead, Mrs. Leonard believed the story because she had hot heard from her mother in a long time Knowing no reason why she should [be told such @ story she did not in Voatigate. More than 29 yearn pllaned since the day Mra. mother's home in a fit of anger when one day the girl's mother, Mrs Dillenback, now married again, sent & niece to Syracuse in the forlorn hope of finding her daughter. There was a ghance meeting, a hurried | greeting, and the question mother? “But mother ts dead,” Mra Leon ard replied, out, A telegram waa sent to Mre Dillenback. She hurried to Syracuse The reunion followed and mother Jand daughter settled down to forget those hungry years of separation, Ten ‘to One They'll Find It Fine Speech Gov. Cox's speech of acceptance will be dincussed at a joint meeting of the King County Democratic club and the Women's Democratic club Saturday noon at Meeves’ catetertl. Leonard quit her| “Why haven't you written your) Anil then the whole story came! THE SEATTLE STAR Too Much *520 Per BY JAMES HENLE ROCKVILLE CENTER, LL, Aug. 13,--Behind the counter of a litte grocery store on the outskirts “620 per cent Miller* of 20 years ago, is following in the newspapers the career of Charles Ponzi, Rut the,man who promised tn vestors 10 per cent a week and whose spectaculanemaah ended with & term in Sing Sing is reading with Jout envy of the feats of the Boston wisard, HE'D RATHER SELL BUTTER AND CHEESE “I wouldn't take $10,000,000 to be in Ponsi's plac if his schemels not right in every particular,” he anya. “Even if it in, I believe I would rather be here in this grocery, sell ing butter and cheesa, than subject to the strain and worry that comes from handling such sums of money.” “Do you think it im posible to make 60 per cent in 45 days and still keep within the law? I asked. “Sometimes, when extraordinary conditions arise in ® certain field, there are opportunities to make enor mous profits,” he replied. “The war gave some men the chance to make big profita, But usually that money fon to those who are already tn the field and who have the Inside track “It is hard for me to believe that profits in foreign exchange which the experts in that field don't know about, “They say.” the former get-rich- quick operator continued, “that Ponst's operations have been mostly abroad. Then I may that the sooner the goverfiment extends its inquiry of this village William F, Miller, the | there is any way to make such) Strain in Money Plunging, Says Cent Miller’ the better both for Ponzi's veel and for the man himself. MANY WITHDRAWERS SEEK REINSTATEMENT “An tar as T can learn, Ponzt has carried out every promise be has made to his liens. ‘Take my own case when the firft exposure of my scheme came many investors de | nerted me, but later they came back |1t seoma that Ponsi has had the |mame experience, for many who withdrew their funds are now ask ing w be reinstated.” “Do you think that @ get-rich- quick operator ever begins with hon ent intentions?” I inquired. “I can answer only for mynelf,” Miller said. “My own idea was to |make « final plunge, then pay back leverything I had borrowed, keeping & percentage of the profits, But things went amiaa, I went short of the market on a bucketshop basin. If the market had gone the other way I would bave paid off dollar for dollar, “1 paid for my vin fn full In my own conscience and by serving a4 term in Sing Sing.” Since Miller was pardoned tn 1905, after serving about half of his 10. lyear sentenos, he has had a bard confidence of his neighbors, but be has succeeded now, and is known lamong them as “Honest Bill" In addition to the grocery business, he also deals to some extent in real entate, “Swiss cheese,” made in the U. 8. A., in now being shipped to Switzer land, home of the original THIRD PARTY STUFF WHOOPEE -'60T || Bom Or'em 3 | | | time winning his way back into the [ FIRST AVE. BETWEEN PIKE AND UVION STS. Entrances First and Second Avenues—SATURDAY SPECIALS—Market Closes 6 P.M. American Grocery Stores Company Above, bringing in Polish wounded from the Polish-Bolshevik front lines. Below, Polish | officer giving first.aid to badly wounded soldier, ,|photographer, who is covering the war in Eastern Europe exclusively for The Star and its sister papers. Photos by James Hare, world-famous Westlake Public Market DELIVERY TIMES SQUARE—SIXTH AND VIRGINIA DELIVERY All the North End cars stop conveniently at the Virginia and Sixth Avenue en- trances for our many friends and customers in that district. You will also find ample parking space for autos, and one of the cleanest, sunshiny markets on the Coast; also merchants dealing in all lines of produce, pleasant and willing to supply you with the best produce at the lowest prices possible. We handle only the best American Cane Sugar, 4 pounds for ..........92¢ Sugar Stall Lower Section Stall 157 SPECIAL Westlake Special and Gold Bond Flour $3.25 SUGAR STALL Lower aaa Hudson’s Country Butter Store 2 LARGE CANS CHOICE SALMON... TILLAMOOK FULL CREAM CHEESE, tb CO-OPERATIVE OB FEDERAL MILK, 2 cans. 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ARCADE MARKET FUSS MARKET Stalls 8 and 9 Stalls 8 and 9 | Stalls 10 and 11 Stalls 10 and 11 Save LOBLE GROCERY CO. This Week Stall 105 “Why Pay More?” Phone Elliott 4314 2 Ths. American Cane Sugar... And every week by taking Large bottle Catsup .. advantage of Groceteria 1-pint can Mazola Oil. Prices, 1-quart can Mazola Oil. Lenox Soap, bar 1 Ib. Hill's Red Can Coffee. Crystal White Soap 2 cans Del Monte Pork & Beans pe Trée Tea, 1-tb 2 cans Booth's Sardines ‘ Van Camp's Pork and Reans 0c can Roya) Baking Powder 2c, 17e and 28¢ Economy Jar Caps, dozen, Gnirarasiirs Ground Choco- late, 1. Post Toasties -25¢ Shredded Wheat . 9 Ibs. . pure olive oil, can Post Toastie: pkg Rogers’ Prepared Mustard Grape Nuts, pkg. Green Ribbon Seeded Raisins, pkg. Argo Corn Starch, 114-lb. pkg., 2 Jiffy Jell, 2 pkgs. ........0.000. Hunt’s Staple Sliced | Libby’s Corned or Roast Beef, can .. cans Fancy White Mission Figs, lb. 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BS ces S100 FRYE’S MARKETS Olympic Market, First Ave., south of Pike St. American Market, Third Ave. and James St. Western Meat Co., 1102 Western Ave. Ballard Meat Co., 5445 Ballard Ave. Central Market, First Ave. between Pike and Union Bay City Market, 1420 First Ave. Seattle Market, Occidental and Yesler Way for 25¢ Pineapple, large WoWprt! A Saas 2-T. cans Snowdrift .... ae Crescent ‘Be Paging Fowder ae isinininian oS WESTLAKE GROCERY STORE Phone Main 1434 The Basement Store Washington MILK }*=3- 124¢ S¢ 10 Ibs, Blue Karo Syrup. 3 bars Crystal White Soa 2 packages Grape Nuts . cans Del Monte Hot Sauce. cans Del Monte Pork and Beans Ball Mason Jars—Pints, 8S¢; quarts Ginger Snaps, pound . 30¢ package Pride Washing Powder Three 20c cans extra quality Corn... ALPHA MARKET .. 15¢ Steer Pot Roasta, per pound .... 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