The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 13, 1921, Page 13

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[scare | HUNT FOR $750,000 2 JEWELRY IS BALKED ) VActress Whose Millionaire ke ' Marriages End Disastrous- ly Proves Elusive CHICAGO, May 13.—Peggy Joyce, ne of millionaires, also {s proving self a bane to process servers. | All the millions of her third hus J. Stanley Joyce, have scem- sly been unable to find a process im vain to serve on the one Follies actress papers compel- her to appear to answer ques concerning $750,000 worth of | jewelry that Joyce gave her and now wants back. 8 UNTIL JUNE ‘ FILE AN ANSWER A F ht sult for annulment of mar | /) ri which Joyce has filed is re at the June term of the or court and Pegry has urttil tliat time to file an answer. As yet she has made no move to fle her threatened bill asking alt “I was filled full of romance and we were happy, for a while,” she said. “But being a millional | wife was not at all what I thoug! it would be, and I was bored to death. So INgot my divorcee and went home to mamma on my 18th birthday.” bly $25,000 a month, and some for her attorneys, of course CHAPTER 2 After her first unfortunate mar riage Pesey returned to Washing ton, where a short time tater ashe CHAPTER 3 It was while Peggy was playing Chicago in May, 1919, that J. PROCESS SER THIS LADY’S HARD TO FIND Sh ae bh Peggy Upton Archer Hopkins Joyce : || the county for six months before “He taught me to like expensive | things. I had & marveotus apart- ment in New York. I had motors, clothes and jewels. “He had made for me, es & surprise, a Russian sable coat that cost $40,000. He gave he a wrist watch of sapphires that cost $35,- | 000, @ $50,000 diamond tiara, two mesh bags that cost $5,000 each and—oh, dozens of rings. “There were at least 25 dinner rings, each made of special design with the most valuable gems. He z made me take them—and wear youthful bride to Denver—where| them. months later she divorced him. “I know now why he gave me Odic Activity Ray to Conquer the Air, _. Discoverer Asserts PASADENA, Cal, May 13—The|becoming heated. And it has in activity ray, more powerful than |stantly changed water into its pri- xray or the radium ray, is to| mary gases—hydrogen and oxygen. Bmpletely conquer the air. WILL REVOLUTIONIZE The giant sky Uner, safe as TRAFFIC OF WORLD eyance ever perfected, equal But of all the uses of the ray, tn- ury and comfort to the palatial) ctuding treatment for medical pur. Feyhounds of the ocean lanes, is &/ poses, that of lightening metals is Hf near future. any 1 in bility and probability of the/the greatest, and will revolutionize the traffic of the world, states Pro- “Such were the s@nnouncements | fessor Hollingshead. Ships for pas- sengera.and freight will be of slight service; railroads will be tossed into the discard; and. automobiles will be reduced to serviceable vehicles for taking ghort drives about the city. In their stead will come individual Rade today by the discoverer of this ray, Professor Edgar L. Hollings head, scientist of this city, in an ex- clusive interview to The Seattle Star. ‘WOULD MAKE SHIP LIGHT AS A BUBBLE _ For, he declares, this powerful ray ‘will make metals #0 light that a huge steel sky ship would become light as ‘& bubble, | Not only this, but the odieactiv- Wity ray, Professor Hollingshead aims, will take the place of radium, valued at $126,000 a gram, and revo- lutionize the scientific world in the treatment of certain diseases, And the cost of lightening metals, of using the rays for medical pur- . is 20 minute as to be almost airships 25 feet in length; larger alreraft the equivalent of the four, six or elght passenger touring cars; and so on, up to the giant sky liners of incalculable size. ‘These giant liners will appear as long, round, hollow needles, Profes- sor Hollingshead declares, pointed at each end, and will travel without any visible means of propulsion. The power for propulsion will be Obtained from the electrical currents of the air: magnetic and light ray controls will prevent collisions; and gyroscopic controls will keep the ship on its course when deflected by other controls. All in all, this most modern of scientific discoveries will provide convenience, comfort and safety, it is claimed, igible. The odic-activity ray, according to lessor Hollingshead, so far has ully changed the weight of over 100 times in as many sta: it has caused hard clay to ex- the instant the ray touched it; opaque to the eye, has been And the formula for this almost transparent; and by means of | inconceivable revolutionizing proceag the ray, an actual photograph has|is simple: apply the odicactivity ray ‘been taken thrn a solid sheet of lead. |to metal, making it lighter-thanair, * application of the ray on metal) and build the sky liner, The m@al Bas caused it to become permanently | will lose none of its strength, and the eld—bevo wd *he papeibility of ever! cost is trifling. % ‘ ~) these gorgeous presents. He wanted) to show me off--to put me on pa rade. He wanted the world to be) his dol! house and he wanted to! make mo the doll.” 40YCE AND PEGGY WED TWO DAYS AFTER DIVORCE Meantime Hopkins had been per- suaded to begin suit for divorce, | Joyce charges in his suit, and on | January 31, 1920, the divorce was | granted in the 48th district court of In his annulment petition he) charges that the divorce Peexy ob tained from her second hustand was fraudulent because neither party had resided In the state « year or in sult was His own is Megal, he Texas.” This, he says, occurred be cause Peggy toldghim she had di- Yorced Hopkins some time before she really was divorced. a ee oN HONEYMOON Joyce charges in his bin that dur ing the honeymoon Peggy “flew into violent fits of passion and used abusive language, that she struck and scratched and otherwise mal- treated him.” Peggy counters by saying: “While We were still in Miami Joyce started to have violent fits of jealousy. It was during our stay there that he started to strike me He showed his repentance for having struck me during these spells of rage by -giv- ing me presents.” Pegry says that Hopkins her| second husband, has offered to help | her prove that the divorce granted in Texas is legal. Hotel Workers Balk at Seven-Day Week OLYMPIA, May 13.—BPfforts of) hotel and restaurant men to restore the seven-day week for waitresses and hotel maids are causing greater concern to the women affepted than a possible change in the $18-a-week minimum, Mrs. Delphine M. John- son, supervisor of women in indus- try, said yesterday, She claimed the minimum wage was @ fajlure, bo- cause it was serving as @ maximum wage, Poll Tax Measure Held Constitutional BELLINGHAM, May 13.—The poll tax law was held constitutional in the superior court here yesterday ‘The case will be carried to the su- preme court, it was announced. Judge W. P. Brown's opinion fol- lowed lengthy arguments by attor- neys representing John Nipgkes and others who asked a permanent re- straining order to prevent the col- lection of the tax. Says Brother Not Taken at His Home| Lee Stanford Timleck, Canadian, ar-| rested in Seattle for the Canadian authorities, who charg@ him with pos- ing as an income tax collector, waa not taken into custody at the home of his brother, C, Timleck, 1766% Mar- ket at., according to a letter from the brother, Stanford Timleck was taken tnto custody when he went down town to pay his head tax, the brother states. | ENGAGED ON THE SPOT “So you are @ pastry cook, Bridget?” “Um registered as one, ma’am, but It's only @ blind, I really special-| ize in homebrew and homemade hootch.”—Judge, eSeattleStar (===! V SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1921. ERS CAN'T FIND PEGGY — Always in the lead with the brightest and newest merchandise from America’s foremost clothing manufacturers and selling it at the lowest possible prices, this Great Clothes Mart is looked~ upon by thousands of men and boys as the Brightest’ Spot in the Northwest. - Ten years ago, in one small room, we started what is now the greatest establishment of its kind west of the Mississippi river. In that one small room was planned the original policy of this store— |} better clothes at lower prices. It was strict adher- | ence to this policy that made this great establishment possible. A vast army of satisfied customers reaching North, East, South and West, in towns and cities surrounding Seattle,is proof positive of the success of this policy made at the beginning of this business. Select your summer clothes now while our stock is new and large —literally thousands o: me patterns to choose from. a We Are Offering Thousands of Men’s Suits and Topcoats | 25 30 °35/ —and every garment guaranteed to wear and give absolute satisfaction. Tomorrow Opens the Straw Hat Season At this Upstairs Store are many styles from which to make a pelection. This large display comprises a variety of shapes of the finest Straws and Panamas from American and foretgn makers, . Ask about the $50 prize to be given by the Chamber of Commerce for the nearest guess to the correct number of Straw Hats sold during this Straw Hat week. STRAWS-—$2.50 to $5.50 PANAMAS—$3.50 to $6.50 The Ten-Story Joshua Green Building, Fourth and Pike TACOMA STORE—New Rust Buildings

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