The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-06
HODOKEN'S SECRET a
STILL ALL HER own
Reporter Sent to Look Into
Marriage Runners Looks
Into Cafe Instead.

NEW IoHh, Auk. H.-One ToagOn tN4l
next IN nothing viii be ssid nara sn~,s
m. .n,,,.s.,... =. ...,.-. -..-.
v. .,ase iennes
noooken 10 tnat Ola Judge mcCormick.
who 10 the managing editor and every
thing of the hudson county, Observer.
asked a rspor,.r n.r,,c,l.r,v N maze
next to nothing Of tioDoken.s scandal.
=. S. snother reason why sne tacts
ners WI, be next door 10 obfiierated
herein IL that the reporter who was sent
over tho Hoboken took almost no in
terest IN the assignment, largely because
ne starts out today for the Maine woods
on ms vacatlon.
IN. Ill .er m OF new nay 10y DC Oh HUG IN
but believe n or not It's Of tremenaoms
interest to what the Hudson Observer
and Old Judge McCormick calls ye
scribe.
But 70 come pack 10 the huoson Wv
server crusade aealnst marriage run
~ ev ~, me 49,. s,,N,s.,,e o w., ~
sror, nay. -, ana uudsnn ,,h.ervrr
iMrnc,nr ~ yuhI,c se,.tv Mcnee,o stato1
this morning that n is his Intention 10
put a stop to the marriage running
same in Hoboken. AS things ere
al present Hoboken is earning for itself
an unsavory reputation that Ia not TO
the credit OF the city as whole. We
are not goi..G . d",.! .iv gdi,e =. I
to besmirch the name and fame OF tts
city ana carry on business u
amounts to a public scandal we w:n
nave these men pa.,eu run ,e az
haii, ana u ., es ,na on,re Of the Hes.s.
nal ~. ~ Wi, ~ have them srrested a5 dis-
ornerIv nersons.
Nourishment Handy. --.
This thing should be looked into"
sal ,da boss with knitted brows along
,an NV. =, IT, werv imnort.nt."
"oh. it is. is it. boss?"
Yes. It is. On your way. 49,.
BUT II ooesnt appear u i"o' "oss'
MOI q. 1889 TO-
Aoso'u'e'S h'' i''"'''
sis.- c,. u.u a., ,,,.o,e..
ane s rU uniored bu,,d,ne. The bricks
az va,,iiia co,ored hut the atone coll
Smns sa and other trimmings are choco-
Ia,e DdrectIv across the street one has
msntSone NAV enter the city Hall cafe
~ pordan.s datrv
- nn,ar e.,.,;ro ,h. ry,v Hal, Re
hrt.s yisit was made nv the visitor to
1870, nss,.o -, ~. Newayk
. .,r.a pon "a. S' 81 tbs tity Hall was II
,r,,. that cb,eS ~ Police Pat Hayes
had decided 10 run in every marriage
nau No. the sir.t ouestion
snnS
asKeo. A.. S,,,. .a .,o... - mo
Inen the pu M.t ar,,saS
desk was asked wnat Ilrst pro"pSeu
was It that Hoboken ALWAYS was mixed
IN In some kind Of scandal? The Inter-
viewer was In the middle OF announcer
question along the general lines Of why
every other building in the business
section OF ~" .own ,, Gon,a nwer ne Hssr
and threw the interviewer out.
g., -, 81.
Enter Freddy Pfingle. -
" there was uothines left to be DONE
1872, %; o,,.r ,oyb. ruy u.,, cafe
except 10 30 over 10 the C.y nan ea'e
and get back room table under an
electric fan. In came Freddy Pfingle.
Freddy was all rugged out in a khaki
snoouns coat. hhaN uvuses anu iS IL.
laced poots OF moose niue; ne w ss
neaoea Ior Msine; sa'o reuus' io' VIC
, first time In his life.
The Manhattan visitor 70 hoSoxe n,
trousers and coat were all right. but
that the high boots were all wrong.
High boots are a desirable part Of a
campers equipment in the winter.
p,o eaay du wao ' Juiv and Hurust.
Along toward 7 o'clock everybody-ii
ve,nmId ne eyn,a,neS that there were Al,
IN The nertv now seated around the Bis
circular table in the northeast coner OF
ths hack room Of the City Hall Cafe.
eIora ,nward- o.cloch cyervhody DO
o,SnS ,hat The onlv yvsv 10 settie IN,
errument was 10 10 out to the frs
cabin and put II up to Harry Fritz. N,
worn IN Maine camp in the summer
Harry said anybody could search hin
for the answer.
PeIiecty ,ssS =. :,
oSer To- the Observer office and al
Judge Mccormick how his paper
great expose OF marriage runners WA
} coming along; II SO nappeneo tnst sn
managing eu,to, Oh tne ooser ,h ~ ~
~ ~ d.,.ga,,nn wa. y,,,, nm 70 MIR
on .he s.a n,,th t.ars ~ nj. eves ~
ne p,ra at.er he dronned II yss an
tntng m said the iudre pyor the Observe
90 Nv. a r,obt in ,ts news columns 4
. W nc. ,ha nnarr,a1. rwnner .wstan,
Mm Mp ,Sa ,nd9. non,,nnea ~ was some
,h,no ai.e asatn tn ntaLe the scsn6s
,hI s e''e "e"" ~ >''S
pE,,n-sS,, ..,,a .rorra than for
,,,hiye az NSes,s office and rnaI
Mnnsa,, ,sas,iu SroL. the siiance n
, .,nuos,,nr 49, ~ nh ,,e M rtv 20 6ov,
usHSTIns . '"e 80 ~ S.r,ro
NNsI es' % ~ n,ator Srnr,
some OF Pt the party expressed a doubt q
20 20 w IN u h .ne Pa ths shins hut Tredd