The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 2, 1922, Page 14

CENTRALIA. ai Committee Meeting Here » Wants Whole State to Condemn Lawless ‘The most important feature of the it to erect a memoria! build in honor of the service men killed Centralia on Armistice day of the ’ @nd contributions of many peo | Must be to emphast the state of Washington's con of the attitude of those) itacounns for that tragedy. ‘This was the concensus of senth | @eclared in the conference in | | Wednesday, of American Le Members*and business men of Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam called to discuss the ways means of the campaign to raise the foe *se construction of oufaing. TING ONE RE: ’ meeting, held ©. D. Cunningham. ee eee, The first was in Cen- ia Tuesday afternoon; the second Tuesday evening, and at leaders of the it were inspired with enthus- by a big attendance and a die Bealous purpose. ef these the IN opening the Seattle conference Cunningham pointed out Importance of the me asa tribute to the men who as & perpetual and Crawford E. White: after Frank C. Jackson, campaign » Rave an outline of the work similar meeting was Wednesday night, with Com- | Cunningham, Chaplain Beard Director Jackson in attendance, With Frank I. Sefrit of Relling- for the northwest dis Presiding. This meeting brought representative men from at ‘midnight for Yakima, where ce was scheduled for noon . ye Lieut in the New n hotel, was presided over state com- of the American Legion, and one of a series of meetings be- in various cities held tn} Walla Walla will be vis- this. on Friday, Spokane on Satur- mene Wenatchee on Monday, Feb. of ‘Mrs. Obenchain Awaits Trial Will ‘Tell of "Her ‘dew ‘Affairs Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, snapped in court LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.—The ka leldoscopic love quest of beautiful cultured Madalynne Obenchain and| He was shot down from ambush at her experimentation with the affec:| hig seciaded Heverty Gien eabin, in tions of three men will be revealed }her presence, on the night of Au when she goes on trial, February 6, | «ust 5. charged with complicity in the mur-| Mra. Obenchain, then divorced, and der of J, Belton Kennedy. | Arthur C, Burch, son of an Evane She herself will tell much of the} ton, Ill, minister, and her “platonic Story on the witness stand. | admirer,” were arrested next day and Kennedy was a young broker with | held for the crime, whom whe had been Sptytuntod before The main features of the heart en Cynthia Grey: | High School Girl Pans Ref Reformers Who Would Abolish High School Dances — Accusation That and during her marfled life with Ralph Obenchain. Chicago attorne Don't Even Wear ’Em, She Says. Dear Miss Grey: I am writing in hopes you will print What is the matter, Miss Grey? Has the older generation gone reform crazy or have they just forgotten they were ever soe young? STO CLEAR I notice that the next campaign is to be the prohibition of high school dances. Someone has completely ignored human nature in a wild desire to reform the world and make of us a lot of perfect models. Us high school students certainly have not the experience | of our elders, but we do have some common sense, and like to School Girls Check Their Corsets False — They} See ened TRIPLE TROUBLE | STRIKES JESMER Ordered Now to Pay $1,250)" in Damage Suit for Trouble is always triplet ¢° | HH. B. Joamer's first blew came when his teautiful daughter, Melene, |!” famous New York Follies girl, was neriousty injured her beauty impaired in an aceident with Phinip | Plant, youthful millionatre. | Wedneitay he was ordered to pay Martin 1, Donohoe and Fuby Done: | hoe $1,260 for injurhes caused th latter couple when he ran into them in af automobile crash | And shortly before the trial, Mra. | Jeamer filed an alienation suit! aginst Mise C, Helle Edge, charging | that ste had stolen her husband's love | Altho Donohoe and hin wife asked | for $10,500, the jury only granted them $1,250, the amount asked for re payment of doctor bills and time lont from work Roth Jesmer and Miss Edge wail) have to pay the $1,260, as they were riding together in Jesmer’s car at the time of the accident. tanglement which the state holds re aponaidle for the tragedy were at once dixclowed, but both have stead faatly denied any part in the killing. Prosecutor ‘Tho! L, Woolwine | ‘has built up bis on the theory | that Mrs. Obenchain, who forsook | her husband in the hope of marrying | Kennedy, had become “the woman Boreh, dapper, self.anwured collegian, credited with silent, dog- like devotion for the exquisite Mada lynne, is pictured ag the instrument of her alleged fury over a curdied love, | Burch waa tried without verdict, | the jury having @imgreed. 10 to &. for conviction, and he will be tried | again after Mra. Obenchain has faced | her ordeal A® Madalytine Counor, Mra. Oben lohain became the college belle at the Northwestern university, It war there that Ralph Obenchain, honor student, Arthur Burch and Relton | Kennedy began to vie for her favor Kennedy, the most impetuous, was preferred, He and Madalyane were) | reported engaged to marry. A spar/ occurred, and in pique she wedded | Obenchain. i Mre. Obenchaln, the married, could | Rot effuce her reward for Kennedy, | “her first and only real love.” &he told her husband, and he permitted her a divorce so that ahe might wed | | hie rival, | Kennedy's ardor shortly beran te cool, according to letters ascribed to Madalynne. The woman proceeded to) pull down the shaky structure ahe| | had erected upon three hearts, with | Burch’s help, Distriet Attorney | Woolwine will reek to show, ‘The prosecution will intraduce her, wire to Burch In Chicago, anking him | to hurry to her astistance, because “things looked bad.” Burch care, | rented @ room acrons the street from | Kennedy's brokerage office, went about on mysterious errands under aseumed names, and on the fatal night left bis hotel with a long par- cel, rented an auto, returned about midnight and pent day dete the etty. | VETERANS SEEK HOMES ON LAND } i} The entire . P. COMING HERE APRIL 1 «: Western headquarters ce of the Northern Pacific railwa lee pres: her was p r mber of other pr i move inte the Ll, C. Smith by dent, and a April 1, according to an | Hons were 6 in the orkanization. ment n by 5 oid, Western counsel on the seventh, elghth and ninth : - floors: president of the railroad. KHemoval of the general headquar The additional quarters of the N. | ters trom Tacoma will bring 150 em will consist of 68 offices, mostly | ployen to Seattle Real Dress Bargains at |} $13. (5—$18. 75—$28.75 be Home fo Here are many suggestions that will assist inexpensively, yet effectively. Curtain Scrims at 19¢ Yard Buy Scrims from this lot and make your own cur- tains at home—you will find it a saving proposition. ig with colored border design, in all colors—a yard wi 36-Inch Curtain Etamine 25c Yard Good quality Etamine that many people prefer when making their own curtains—a durable quality, in cream and ecru. $8.00 Panel Net Reduced to $5.00 Imported Nets in Irish Point, Tambour and Brus- sels weaves—white, cream and ecru—90 inches wide —fine for curtains or door panels. South Seattle Cars Let Us Help You Curtain 1 Your BLAINE IS O Will Be Re-Routed SCHOOL BOARD | L. Hiaing, 416 Highland drive, te eahe, ernie ewe te erneee one mother, Mra. Catherine Blaina, up First ave, to Virginia st. and bere Reginning February 6, Bouth Beat an choot The Alki ne was city will provide # Vifth ave. N, and Aloha ® ond ave. and Cedar st. The reroute ing will save the railway system $45 ‘a day, Henderson believes. ql » ward, and we the fire ¢ niminnion of the city by Dresses at $13.75 Tricotine, tricolette, taffeta, crepe de Chine, in sizes for small women, 16 to 38, and in shades of black, brown and navy—simple, ; straight line styles. Dresses at $18.75 Tricotine, Poiret twill, Canton crepe, crepe- backed satin, Georgette, taffeta, in shades of brown, black, navy and lighter colors—in graceful styles for street, afternoon and even- ing wear. Dresses at $28.75 Taffeta and lace, crepe meteor and lace com- binations, Poiret twill, tricotine, Canton crepe and crepe-backed satin in black, navy and brown and in many attractive winter styles, SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE — r Spring you to put wp hangings, draperies and curtains 36-Inch Marquisette 20c Yard One of the most popular and durable materials for curtains is Marquisette—and it’s quite inexpensive, too—good looking, in cream and ecru. Marquisette Curtains $2.00 Pair Oh, look! Curtains all ready made up, and for only $2.00 a pair. Good quality Marquisette, all fag 3 hemstitched and trimmed with Barmen edges, in white, cream and ecru. it ine 2 ee ei $6.00 and $7.50 Panel Laces $4.00: Panel Laces in Filet weave—beautiful designs—9C inches wide—for doors or windows. and ecru—specially reduced. FOURTH FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE White, cream We are sick and tired of having} | Col People put everyone of our age in! at hop j-one clase—and because a few excep: | to cl tee on jum [tions have swerved from the narrow | bia Highway |path and made themselves conspicu- | PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 2.—The jous, brand us all ag sinful and im-! mora}. It is these “exceptions” that | pee ing the Comeus Colom claim attention; the rest of us, the! River highway of snow started early today. majority of the young people who! jhave good senee and conduct them | [selves accordingly, are never men-| (Soe her ape «Five taadbord men. |tioned except to be classed with} Me the dnow line with a 20-day |(00® Who set objectionably j in which to clear a path 10 feet! And when the superior elders start | ite ane 12 miles long, and to permit |"V¥estigating the cause of all this traffic the use of the road closed *Vll. they immediately pounce upon the sy bilzzard of Novem. |\%Rcing as the root, Why? Simply ters, wa [because the style of dancing, just us More than 290 men probably will ithe etyle in dress, has changed since be massed on the work within the their day. We dance differently now _mext few days, piercing the moun. |#?4 because some few make fools of | fainous drifts which wedge the gorge themselves in taking advantage of ” Ughtly against vehicular traf- he modern way of dancing, and the latter are the only ones these re-| ‘Muttnomah county will clear to the formers hear of, they conclude that | ‘Hood River county line, estimated to|#!! Of us dance immorally and that font $7,500, where the state highway |th® only remedy ts to abolish dane commission will take up the work, — |!"& —$—$__—_——~ All young people who are in the least human like to dance and they | are going to dance. If they cannot have their high school dances, that | are correctly supervised, they are going to go somewhere else, public dances most likely, where they can dance. Just let me say to these “reform. rs” that if they try to abolish dance ing they are going to increase the | evil, instead, For young people are going to dance, and when it in done jagainst the rules, when it is un- SENDING A GIFT |sanctioned recreation, it is going to People do not stop to think of the|be a much greater detriment than hundreds of thousands of parcels im-| when done in the open and approved ‘properly mailed. |>y, elders. Men are kept busy repacking and) The “reformers” cite aq one of the Fewrapping parcels, addresses are|objections, the fact that the girls Wrong, cord not strong enough, no| check their corsets. This is absolute- return address, gift itself not packed |ly laughable. Fight, ete. It would be well to fol-|their evidence? Not from dances low these rules: supervised by high school authort- 1—Pack in boxes. ties; not from private dances given | 2—If necessary, put excelsior or |by high school students; not from other packing material around ar-|the better club dances; not from the ticle, University dances; not from ‘the 3—Wrup with strong, good quality |dances given by the best confection: of paper, and wrap well. lery establishments; not from any: 4—Tie with stout cord. jwhere that the average high school &—Write or print address on at students frequent; but from the low- least two sides of package in ink 6—Write return address plainly on|evitable exceptions patronize, two sides of parcel, with the word| While we are discussing the corset | “From” preceding it |subject, Mies Grey, the majority of | 7—Inclose return address inside of |normal, modern young women do not parcel. Then if it is smashed or} wear them at all; they are absolutely paper torn off, you get st bi |*uperfiuous, a habit and a relic ot | $—If perishable or fragile, mark or|the Victorian age when women in-| label it os snch, and in a place where | dulged in lac! ing. it can be see YOUR MAIL ry: A. F. BORNEFELDT When every wom: an abolishes these unnecess detrt —— not |ments we will have a stronger,! 6—Insure it. | healthier, more capable race of wor 11-—Mail it early jankind. "a If the above rules are foliowed,| ‘These so-called “reformers” had ire is no reason why it should not j beat thoroly investigate the situation t there safe and sound. | | If your stuff is worth matiing, it fs worth proper addreswing and wrapping. Now ien't it? } Star readers wishing sugres. tions for a novel V tine'’s day party—invitations, amen, freshments, etc, ¥ ‘Tomorrow: “The Horne Town Pa- per” | hington, D.C. and enclosing w#elf-addressed and stamped envelope for reply. Any questions concerning Mail will be answered by addressing your department of The Star. |by narrow, unjust prejfu lart about 171}. Where do they get |} jer class of dance halls that the in|} Ming Grey will receive callers in her office Monday, Wednesday and Priday from 1 to 2 p.m, and on Tuesday and Thursday from White Bluffs ain | Increase OLYMPIA, Feb, 2—Applicanta for | tracts on the White Bluffs Hanford | land settlement project, numbering | to date, have average assets o:| }$2.708, with the average for cash on hand at $909, according to atatintics | complied by the department of com| servation and development Applications began coming into the | department about Januar, anal altho only a few were rReivea at} first, during the past few dayw they have increased perosptibly, accord: | ing to Carl L. Shutf, supervisor ot reclamation, 11 a.m, to 12 m, each week. Please do not come at other times as it seriously interferes with her writing. before jumping at conclusions formed icon, Let thelr reforms apply to the “excep. tions” and I axsure them when they do this we of the average young people, after receiving credit for hav ing good sense, are going to back up| the reformers in any of their en deavors to reform the exceptions and raine them to our standards, I believe I have voiced the optn. | Of the 27 appiieants, 17 are world fons of the averages young person war veterans, two are veterans of the who likes to dance, knows how, and| Spanish-American and world wars, does dance properly. jand “= Hane linegengy war er tow. One applicant bad a son who was AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL. | | kitted after nerving two years in the oi 8 navy. All of the applicants are farm Dear Miss Grey: What year did ers, with the average age at 34 yearn, Antonio Stradivari make his last vio- lin? P. PATRONS' ASSOCIATION of the The exact date is not known if¢| University of Washington will meet reached his greatest perfection in his| Thursday at § p. m. in Philosophy hall. The Bargain Basement Gets Rid of All Needless Selling | | Expense and Cuts the Price| | to You Smart Street Dresses | $10.00 40 New Wool Dresses in ||| =. Six Distinct New Styles. Sizes to 42. | These dresses are in Poiret twill, poplin, tricotine and serge, in navy blue, The trimmings are panels and peasant sleeves of con- trasting crepe de Chine, elabor- }} ately braided; novelty braiding and wooden bead and metal girdles. | Mill Ends of Plain and Fancy Silks and Silk Mixtures at 65c Yard 32 and 36 Inches Wide—1 to 5 Yards We've 500 yards in this sale of Silk—formerly priced at $1.25—but it’s not likely to be here long when offered at 65¢ a yard. Suitable for wales skirts, dresses and linings. Many novelty patterns in the lot. 36-Inch All-Silk Jersey $1.29 Yard Serviceable, finely-woven Jersey at such a low price—a yard w: ide —in shades of emerald, purple and black. Surprises for the Thrifty Housewife Cotton Toweling 5c Yard Cotton Crash, 16 inches wide, serviceable quality for many uses. Not over 10 yards to a customer. Huck Towels 10c Each Good heavy Huck Towels, size 15x28 inches, very low Dress Ginghams 10c Yard 800 yards—27 inches wide, in assorted plaids—lengths Black Sateen at 19c Yard Another splendid ‘offering in Black Sateen—lengths to in price. to 20 yards. 5 yards—heavy quality. FABRIC FLOOR Prize Essay Contest for High School Students $100.00 in cash prizes to the writers of the best 500- word essays on “Why [f Buy Pacific Northwest Products.” The contest closes by midnight, February 5. Send essays to the Ad- vertising Manager, The Bon Marche. ~TH 40-Inch Silk and Wool Poplin 98c Non-crushing Silk and Woo! 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