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The Washington herald., 1921-01-22
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Deductions ofHarveyHu
SATURDAY, JANUARY "a, 1871.
By Philip Francis Nowlan.

was nothing wrong with my eyes. l
have very good sight
Questioned further by Hunt. Roth
well was unable to remember the
color of Mrs. Wilson's dress. Nor
could Hunt shake him in his state
ment that no trouble with his sight
had developed before or after that
night.
As Rothwell had been on very
friendly terms with the wilson's,
and many times in public had ex-
pressed his contempt for the profll-
gate Robert, his statement bore
added weight, despite the denial of
the Wilson's that they had been in
the living room within several hours
hours of the time mentioned.
Harvey Hunt asked him one more
question: Who was it that tele-
| phoned you that night?
why, 1 don't know who was try
! ing to get me-" he replied. THE
, connection missed out somewhere
and I finally hung up"
Mr.. Wilson," said the criminal
| Investigator, in spite of the fact
that you and your wife were not in
that room, I believe Mr.. Rothwell is
| telling the truth, so far as he knows
it. He has unconsciously given us
our clue, But I must search the
| house for the corroborative-evi
dence.
Harvey Hunt did this Immediately
In the attic he found a metal case
about two square feet.
This" he announced, Should
| contain the evidence acquitting Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson and convicting the
! guilty person"
Can you deduce, as Harvey Hunt did,
| what this case containedi
The answer will appear tomorrow.
Copyright. 1920, by Public Ledger Coz
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22
n THE INQUIRING
REPORTER
THE QUESTION,
What Is Your FavOrite Topic
OF Conversation?
THE ANSWERS


JAMES L. MARTIN, 323 Thfr-
teenth street southeastG THAT
depends upon the occasion. IL
1 am in a distinguished gather
ing, try to keep up my end of
Intellectual conversation on any
topic introduced. II 1 meet
someone on the street in whom
1 am not much interested, talk
about the weather"
DR.. WILLIAM TINDALL, 314s
Mount Pleasant streets "I like
to talk on Washington and the
changes 1t has underg one in the
long time 1 have known it. The
subject of poetry also IL very
dear to me-"
JOSEPH McGARRAGHY, en-
gineerinE department, District
BuiIdIngG "The life of London,
and Europe in general, may
say at random, Is my favorire
topic.7
r. A. NORTON, Az Massachu-
setts avenue northwest @My
rule is that n man should not
talk too much upon any one
subject. but should be able to
speak on several to the best of
his ability. 1 have no really
favOrite topic of conversation
Lieut.. w. 8. SHELBY, traffc
ofiee, Police Department 'watch
your step"
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FEATURES, FICTION
Borrowed Husbands
AMarriedL Life Story
Written 70. The Herald
BY Mildred X. Barbour
XII-The Second Parting.

The cold accusation in Burrard',
gaze forced the truth from her re-
luctsntly.
Il met Major Desmond at a din
ner party Connie gave the night
after you left"
Burrard sprsnE to his feet with
a smothered exclamation.
You mean to tell me that this
this boUnder dared 20 write voU
message like that and load You
down with Eifts-of course the
candy was his and the flowers YOU
wore when you arrived-when you
hadn't known him twenty-fou-
hours? And you a married woman
at that!
Nancy's resentment nsred to
anger.
And why not? What harm was
there. in his showing me a bit Of
courtesy"
Burrard stared down at her: his
own anger betrayed by his brilliant
eyes. and twitchinE lips
/ DO you call II merely 'courtcsy'
/ TO call on another mans wife the
| day after meeting her. see her on
to meet her husband and send her
a sentimental note in = carload ~
| gifts"
ut. Gerry. il you knew"
Nancy broke on. biting her ln.
/ She had been about TO let srtn H..
ridiculous joke about the widow.
but on second thought she decided
IL was best not to place too much
dependence in a husbands sense oF
humor under some circumstance.
n ] only knew what"
Burrard caught Nsncy's bare arm
in a grip that hurt. and dragged
her around TO face him under thr
light.
Nothing" denied Nancy hastily.
with an exclamation. he released
her, ninging the white arm from
! him.
What a fool I've been he said
/ bitterly. What a fool Eating my
heart out with loneliness for you
these past two days Sending you
that fatuous wire! Thinking you'd
come gladly, eagerly! And all the
way here YOU were probably hating
me for dragging you away from
your interesting intrigue-
Nancy uttered a little cry. hsf
protest, half anger.
How dare you say such a thing
/ It's an insult And it's bitterly un-
true! You're a suspicious. unfair.
evil-minded brute, I'm glad you're
going away! Glad I shall be free
/ to have an innocent good timo
without listening TO your h0rrid in
situations, You can't 60 too soon
He bowed ironically.
u quite share your opinion
And half an hour later, Gerald
Burrsrd set out for Peru.
Continued Monday.
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NeXporkcity
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NEW YORK, Jan. Alt is almost
impossible to be in any gathering
in New York without encountering
horde OF travel bores. II you
mention the beauty of a Turkish
rug it will remind one of a won
drous night on the Bosporus under
the light Of lambent moon. And
you have to sit for an hour and hear
all the details.
Travel in my family until 1 grew
up was restricted to an uncle who
once made the round trip to Denver
and ever since l have shunDed Den
yer as / would a pestilence. 1 often
have Nightmares in which am
marooned in Denver. I became
cloyed with the place.
The other night called on a mar
and his wife who had just returned
from India. They were so homesick
that they were burning punk sticks
and imagining they could hear the
chunkin' of the paddles. In the
morning they beat prayer drums tc
start the day off right, and forget
they were home again.
The trouble is here that everyone
has been everywhere. And yet II
you get them together they cannot
forget it, At luncheon you intro
duce Mr.. Spivis who has just return
ed from Africa. A dozen sets ot
ears prick up at surrounding tables
Some one comes over with: %
just happened to overhear that yol
had returned from Africa. won
der II you knew Jake Finfrock, th'
| ivory dealer, etc. etc"-and they
are off. Every detail of the triI
is revealed from the time the!
left New York until their return.
And it is simply slow torturou
suffOCation to mention a Paris cafe
Each visitor to Paris has his ia
vorite cafe. He will stay downtowI
all evening to defend the gastrono
mic virtues of that cafe. He will
fight for it, yea die for it-ant
o gosh. how he will lie for it.
could never get enthusiastic abou
cafe. Just the remembrance o
the check for the dinner stihes al
my cafe patriotism.
Impatience is perhaps the deat
/ fruit Of old age. used to b.
able to stand a half hour of tn
| ChautaUqua's lecture on BOrneo
but here of late, when l am in tn
crowd and hear some one say I,
another: We'll, well. how arc you
7 met you on the boat going over
II slip away to my slippers ant
| book for | know that the rest o
the evening is going to be mono
polized with a series of travel
oEues.
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When Nancy came out OF her
room, radiant in a black jetted din
ner gown, Burrard sat outside the
circle of the Iamplight, an open
book sprawHng on the floor beside
him, his eyes bent on the card in
his hslf-cIosed hand.
At the faint rustic of her jet
drapery. and the breath Of fragrance
that always heraIded her coming,
he looked up, but he did not rise.
He said quietly:
sit down. please, Nancy. want
to talk to you"
Surprised. she obeyed him, stoop-
ing over TO swing a heavy tsssel OF
jet over her slim ankles.
For Heavens sake" she be-
gan.
Then she saw the sprawling book
Her eyes travelled instinctively &c
the open travelling bag and she
caught her breath.
How foolish she had been to keep
that card. she thought OF course
Gerry had found il.
"Well?" she questioned a bit de.
family.
For answer he extended the caro-
This is yours"
Naturally" Nancy tucked a jet.
ted hairpin more securely into hcr
| coifrure.
who is this" he consulted
the card. this Major Desmond"
"A friend OF Comics" she retort-
ed carelessly, When ! had TO catch
the train in such a rush. he was
/ good enough to drive me to the sta
ton and get me a reservation
How did he know you had to
catch the train in such a rush?
Nancy flushed.
He was there at tea when your
wire came-Connie and Peggy
Lewis and a Mr.. Harding who was
/ PeEgy's former husband"
When did you meet this Des'
mond chap" continued BUrrarc
with ominous quiet
u won't be cross-eIamined." de,
clared Nancy Indignantly, springinE
to her feet, you act as il I were 3
naughty child"
She did not want to tell Gerry
! how limited was her acquaintance
with the handsome major. Wher
she stopped to think about IL. that
message on the card did seem a bit
well. intense-for such a brief &C.
/ quaintanceship. But there are some
people to whom one can never be q
stranger-a queer psychic some.
| thing
You haven't had time TO meet
anyone since l left, so I can only
| infer that your friendship with thi,
man dates back before any de.
Parture."
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BEGYOUR
PARDON!

THE HERALD takes
Il precautions to be ac-
curate.
But in making up news
paper editions every twenty
four hours errors are bound
to occur.
Readers of The Herald
are requested to address
the BEG Your Pardon" de-
partment for the correction
of any errors which they
find in the columns of this
newspaper.
In order 20 hasten cor
rection of errors, readers
are requested, when making
their complaints, to tell the
column, page and date in
which the mistake occurs.
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Demands Dry Enforcement.

Demands that tho government
exert greater care and diligence in
enforcing the dry law were made
by J. T. Harris. Of the AantisaIoon
League, at a social Of the w. c. T
L. at 522 Sixth street northwest
last night. A musical program in
CludinE patriotic selections was
given by members of the society.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22

Perkins when the sessions are over
or when there is to be a vote on the
Senate floor. Then it is that the
rails hum, carrying Senators from
the office building.
The subway is one of the sights
Of the Capitol and many visitors en-
ter the building through the Senate
Office Building. They go to the sub
way level of the latter building and
upon seeing Perkins with his elCc-
trio chariot waiting for the return
trip, inquire if the car goes to the
Capitol
Cant go anywhere else" he ex-
plains. as they pile aboard and roll
away toward the main building or
the hill
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22

weird whisPerings came to
Mrs Derriyale in the dark and
always about midnight. They
began about n month after her
son died In France from wounds
received at Chateau Thierry.
The whisperingS plead with Mrs
DerriyaIe to buy back the old
home. Harvey Hunt agreed to
come and hear these strange
whIsperinEs. He did and mr.
rested a clever seOundreL This
story appeared in yesterday
Herald, and its solution follOwsi
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22

EARLY To 6eD AID EARLY
To russ, MAKES A MAN
H6ALTAI WEALTHY AhjD
WISE Tt4AT WAS a
- Swell IDEA ~ ny TINre
But AoSoCT SHJe S NE
CPspT TODAY COO SaTt.JS
.SO~aETs~~IS
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22
LOWERED PRICES

When the Boy Graduates
He will need Blue Serge Suit Here ne will find
the hghest-grade fas-color all-worsted and wooden
blue serges IN several different models.
Reduced to s15.75, s1S.75, s2375
Woodward High" Suits
For the bov who will get his first long trousers as
graduation gift There many boys who have
been anxiousy looking forward to this event because
of this fact.
A large showing the greatly lowered price, sse7s
Best Grades of Overeosts; sizes IL to 10 years
Reduced to S7S.7s and s3+7S.
Mackinaws. all remaining stock, in broken sizes
offered at the reduced price, SIo75.
Sweaters: remaining assortment in various
sizes and colorS. Now reduced, SITS and SS7s.
Separate Trousers mixtures serges and cordu-
roy. Reduced to sa-4s to s3.eS.
Boys Store
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22
Lovely
Silk Undergarnents
At Prices That Are Exceptionally Low

AT Prices That Are Exceptionally Low
Exceedingly pretty SiIken Undergsrments at the
lowest possible prices. Materials, trimmings and
STYLES are in exquisite tsste-delicate hand work tiny
ribbon rosettes se-n embroidered georgette medal
tailored styles too You'll be surprised at the quality
of the garments at the low prices.
Silk Gowns at sses and $tes.
Silk Envelope Chenise at sIeS and S7.eS
Silk and Satin Camisoles at Ssc, sI4s and sIeS
Crepe de Chine Bloomers at Says and s3es.
. Lingerie Section Third floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22
Childr.n's Ribbed
Sports Hose
Csc Pair
About half the usual price

About half the usual price
Ribbed Wool Sports Hose,
half wool and half cotton, in
four colorings-brown and black,
olive and black, olive and gold,
brown and blue Three-Quarter
length, with roll top.
Chfldrpn's Hosiery Section Fourth floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22
MANIPULATED EVIDENCE

Can you solve this mystery
The Washington herald., 1921-01-22

ContIrued MondHy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02
EAGLETS.

Lawrence p. Romano Of the we'll
known Morse-Romano Co., is one of
the best liked men in the investment
and real estate line In Chicago. His
ability and courtesy have won for
him an army Of friends-
Dixon c. Williams has high honors
awaiting him at the hands of the
people.
-
Edward A. Cudahy stands foremost
among the men who have helped make
Chicago the great city she is today.
s. p. Messenger has done much for
Chicago In furnishing the people with
fne lot Of flrst-class restaurants.
The Dehken System at IL North
Wabash avenue is the best system
in the world for building up the body,
restoring good nerves and improving
the health
~
Adam OrtseIren, one or tho best OF
Chicago's City Treasurers, would
make a good State Treasurer.
If the Chicago Telephone Company
would use the Automatic system
which it now owns its really able and
efficient officers would be saved from
the numerous complaints about
wrong numbers"-and other things.
~
Chicago needs more street lights
and more bridges also.
~
Chicago fire department is excelled
by none in the country
~
Dennis j. Egan has served the
people we'll There is not a spot
on his record in the important office
of Bailiff of the Municipal Court; he
was model Alderman and as Chief
Clerk of the Election Commission
won the commendati ton of everybody.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02

A troop train, conveying soldiers
from Belfast to Dublin, was wrecked
at Dabervoyle, near Dundalk, by the
explosion of a Sim Fein land mine.
Three soldiers and oAe guard were
killed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02

Judge Charles A. Mcdonald is max
ing splendid record on the Superior
Court bench. He is a conscientious
and minded judge.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02

Fred w. Upham is always on hand
when Chicago wants him, whether 1t
Is to bring a national convention to
the city, or to win anything big for
the town, Upham is always the leader
In the movement.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02

A Tientsin dispatch says that Japan
is piling up vast stock of airplanes
and hundreds of pilots in order to be
prepared to conserve its navy fleets
in future wars and to fight the enemy
from the air.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02

Judge William r. Fetzer is making
a fine record on the Municipal bench.
Fair-minded and just and conceded
on all sides to be an able lawyer, the
public and the Bar are alike pleased
with him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02

Britain made it's first official peace
overtures to Eamonn de Valera, Sim
Fem chieftain, in letter written by
Mr. Lloyd George inviting him to meet
the government and the Ulster pre-
mier in London with a view to a set
Element in Ireland
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels CuIled From Events of Mo-
ment In All Parts of the World
OF Interest to All the
People Everywhere.


President Harding at Washington,
definitely accepted an invitation to
speak at Plymouth, Mass, August /.
at the tercentenary celebration of the
landing of the Pilgrims
Senate and house conferees on the
peace resolution are reported at Wash
ington to have agreed on a compro-
mise which will declare peace without
repeating the declaration Of war.
Beer as a medicine was decreed IL
legal by the house at Washington,
which passed, by vote Of $50 to 81,
the Willis-Campbell bill.
The government at Washington to
date has made a total disbursement
of $226, 4S6, S91 in meeting cOmpensa-
ton claims of former service men dis
abled by reason of wounds, injuries
or disease incurred.
The census statistician at Washing
ton announced that on 1920 figures
there are 2,O9O,132 more males than
females in the country, which seems
to remove the traditional excuse for
spinsterhood.
Production of petroleum In the
United States during May was the
greatest ever recorded in any one
month, the total being 41,920,OOO bar
rels, according to the geological
survey at Washington.
Production of soft coal fell off
sharply during the third week OF
June, according to the weekly report
of the geological survey at Washing
ton.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover at
Washington opposed the Norris Dill
authorizing the formation of gov
eminent $1OO,OOO,OOO corporation for
financing and marketing exports OF
farm products.
Rear Admiral William S. Sims was
publicly reprimanded by Secretary of
Tie navy oCuOy dL w eAohiIS eoA
his 'jackass'' speech at London.
A total of S414,O67 ,44O is carried
by the naval appropriation bill under
final figures completed by senate and
house conferees at Washington. This
is an increase of 1905, 900 over the
house bill.
Senator McCumber, after a confer
ence with the President at Washing
ton, told the senate that If the SOL
diers' bonus bill is passed, it will have
to go through congress without adj
ministration aid.
Charles Beecher Warren of Detroit
was nominated by President Harding
at Washington for United States am
bassador to JaL an. Mr.. Warren prac-
tees international law.
Washington hears that a contract
calling for the construction of TO-
600 ton fuel ship for the Japanese
navy has been awarded the New York
Shipbuilding corporation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02
The r4.,sc 400 EA~Ax.


1t is announced al Chicago that the
shop crafts employees of the railroads
have voted not to accept the wage re-
duction submitted by the United
States railroad labor board The off,
cfal vote was 325,OOO against the pro-
posal; $4,000 in favor of it.
Samuel Gompers, veteran American
labor leader, was reelected president
of the American Federation of Labor,
defeating John l.. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers, by 2 to /.
The vote was: Gompers, 25,O22;
Lewis. 1924.
What is normally the beginning of
the quietest period of the year finds
business more repressed than usual
with no prospects of an early break
ing of the existing dullness. says
Dun's review issued at Chicago.
A personal pledge of 100000 from
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has been
made to the International Young
AsAOL I'LL IStldn uSSOCIdtiOH COIiCSC
DR.. L. I. Doggett, president. announced
at Springfield, Mass.
Miss Lucy d. Gillett of Westfeld,
sister of Speaker Gillett of the ma
tiOnal house of representatives. was
discharged in district court at Chico
pee, Mass, after a brief hearing on
a charge Of manslaughter.
DR.. P. F. Trowbridge. head of the
Agricultural college at Fargo, an
nOunced that wheat rust has been dis
covered in North Dakota in two in
stances.
More than 100000 has been col
lected for the relief of suffering in
Ireland. according to announcement
by the committee at Cincinnati. 1t
is stated that $S19,257 has been dis
patched to Ireland.
The 1920 population of Missouri, l.
723,319 males and 1,6SO,736 females.
consists of white, 3,225,O44; negroes,
1924; Indians, III; Chinese, 412
Japanese, 1876; all other. 81. accord
ing to the census takers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02
Domestic

Smokers of North Dakota can't enjoy
their cigars, cigarettes or pipes in pub
lie eating houses after Thursday at
midnight. The law was passed at the
last session of the legislature, says a
Grand Forks IN. d. dispatch.
Mrs. Alta Ely was robbed of $1,000
at Oakland, CAL, by an unmasked man
who jumped upon the running board
the point of a revolver, to hand over
bag.
The right of women to sit as jurors
in the trial of Catherine Eva Kaber,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, was upheld by Judge Bernon at
Cleveland. O. There are five women
on the venire.
Thomas W. Lamont, chairman of the
American committee for the China
famine fund, announced at New York
that a total of $7,250,00O was con-
tributed during the campaign, which
ended June 9.
Warnings Of ice fields southeast of
Halifax have been issued at Washing
ton. The Yamacraw, a patrol boat,
reported the bergs.
The Alamo post No. of the Amer
lean Legion at San Antonio, Tex, tele-
graphed best wishes to Georges Car
pentier as a buddy" in the Worlds
war in his fight with Jack Dempsey.
Governor Groesbeck at Lansing,
Mich, issued the call for a special
session of the legislature to re-enact
the soldiers bonus bill next Thursday.
One person is dead and five homes
were demolished by cyclone at Jack
sonville, near Little Rock, Ark. Trees
were uprOoted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-07-02
Foreign

A Tientsin dispatch says that Japan
is piling up vast stock of airplaneS
and hundreds of pilots in order to be
prepared to conserve its navy fleets
in future wars and to fight the enemy
from the air.
J. MCGOWAN. second officer of the
American steamer Deranof, was SEN
fenced by German court TO 30
months Imprisonment for shooting
and killing Capt. J. c. Moller of the
Deranof last March in Bremen har-
bor
Poland will celebrate July this
year as a national holiday in order to-
show the gratitude of that country to-
ward the United States, says an Off
cial announcement received at New
York from Warsaw.
A syndicalist leader named BRANDED
la was shot and killed at Barcelona
while trying to escape from an escort
of civil guards. Another well-known
syndicalist was found dead in a street
there.
Traffic through the Panama canal in
May was the Hghtest for any month
since June, 1920, according to the cur
rent issue of the Panama Canal Rec
ord.
Germany has fulfilled her obligation
to replace railway material taken by
her armed forces from allied coun-
tries during the war, according to adj
vices received at Washington in Off
cial circles.
Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, at
Belfast announced that the Ulster cab
met had accepted the invitation of
Premier Lloyd George for a confer
ence with him of representatives of
northern and southern Ireland.
A provisional agreement was reached
at London by the striking coal miners
and the mine owners by which the
coal strike, which has been in progress
some three months, was terminated.
The Greeks have recaptured the
town of Ismid on the sea of Marmora
from the Turks. Greek warships bonn
barded day and night the evacuating
Ottoman forces, says Constantinople
dispatch.
Refusing by a vote of 35 to 4 to
affiliate with the Third Internationale
of Moscow, the Socialist party of the
United States voted in it's annual con-
vention at Detroit, Mich, against in
ternational relations.
Assurances have reached the British
government at London from agents In
Ireland that Eamonn De Valera will
accept Premier Lloyd Georges invita-
ton for a peace conference.
Britain made its first official peace
overtures to Eamonn de Valera, Sim
Fem chieftain, in letter written by
Mr.. Lloyd George inviting him to meet
the government and the Ulster pre-
mier in London with a view to set
Element in Ireland.
A troop train, conveying soldiers
from Belfast to Dublin, was wrecked
at Dabervoyle, near Dundalk, by the
explosion of a Sim Fein land mine
Three soldiers and oAe guard were
killed.