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The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
MORNING, JUDGE!
BY RUDOLPH PERKINS.

discovered that it was not worth the
ink ii took to write it. He didn't
attempt to thrash Tobias as some
pool players would have done.
He passed the check onto a fellow
who also accepted it without a mur-
mur-at that time.
Some more murmuring began
when the second man with the check
found out its Worthlessness, and
then Tobias was locked up. Then
he was let out.
He went after Robert for some
unknown reason. and according to
that individuals story, Tobias push
ed a CUR against his ribs so hard it
hurt.
There was a complete case OF
threats made out but Tobias said
he wanted to go back to Richmond.
Va. to stay and the court allowed
him TO go on his personal bonds.
Hit Herself In Eye, Says Hubby.
There is always some one ready
to pass the buck like Father Adam
did when caught red-handed with
an apple core.
Harry Lynch blamed his hard luck
on~a woman. She did tempt him.
he said, and he did, take a drink.
The woman was his wife, so there's
no particular harm in that.
She did not, however, grab him
by the neck and force it down his
throat and then take his fist and hit
herself in the eye with 1t.
She merely suggested that he take
a drop or two 10 ward off a coming
cough,
Not having a very good idea Of
the size of a drop, Harry overdid it
and got into a row with his better
half
|. After he hit her once, she said,
he told her that she made him do it,
and he hit her again. Then he re-
minded her for several hours aft
erward, she stated, that she was
still responsible for her own hurts.
The court thought different and
fined Harry $50.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Deductions ofHarveyHunt
By Philip Frapeis Nowlan.

and the telephone down in one cor.
ner"
Does the length OF time his office
has been vacant correspond with
the length o; time information has
been leaking out Of your office, Mr..
Burleigh?' the criminal investigator
asked.
Yes, it does. approximately" the
fnanCier admitted, but l can't see
how that means anything If nobody
has been in there to listen at a
deteCtaphone, and of that, Mr.. Hunt,
l am positive. Ny methods are
thorough, you know. There were
no footprints on that dusty floor"
Well, then, I'm going to start my
investigation on the assumption
that you are correct. Unfortunately
l cannot, as a private investigator,
count on any aid from the telephone
company, but the postoffice people
know me well and are more oblig-
ing. 1 have been able to do them a
number of good turns, you see. But,
really, I imagine all I'll have to do
is to see the pOstman who delivers
in your building-that is, if my
theory is correct, and certainly the
little mechanical contrivance 1 have
in mind could be rugged up by an
ordinarily clever electrician"
Il don't understand" said. Bur-
leigh. You speak in riddles, Mr.
Hunt. Telephone company-post-
man-electrical contrivance. What
| is the answer"
| Til explain later, when I've ac-
I tually made the investigation .
laughed the criminal investigator.
Can you figure out how Harvey Hunt
thought the deteetaphone was operated, and
how he expected to trace the eaVesdropper
The answer will appear tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
THE DETECTAPHONE

: You probably think it strange.
MI Hunt, that I asked you to meet
me here at a hotel instead of nv
once" said John c. Burleigh, the
nFancier. You'll understand when
D tell you that somebody is working
detectaphone on me in my office"
The criminal Investigator raised
9is eyebrows slightly in surprise.
IPe hancier, who bore a reputation
Tor the strictest integrity both in
public and private life, himself
rushed at the mere thought of the
situation, and hastened to explain.
Oh, l assure you it's not the re-
spit Of anything I have done" he
said, at least, so far as I know.
somebody apparently is preying on
me to get inside financial informa-
tron- / have suspected a leak some
Wnere for long time. Certain in
terests have had an uncanny
knowledge recently as to just when
70 duplicate my market transactions
and when to play counter to them,
Last week a friend and I planned a
little operation. We talked of it
only in my office. Nobody else was
present. bknow this man to be the
soul OF honor. Yet the very next
morning I had indisputable evidence
that others knew of the deal.
Of course, I could tear up nv
qntce. pull down the walls and that
sort of thing. and probably md.
that instrument. but I don't want to
go to that bother. Besides, I want
TO find the eavesdropper himself
and have him properly punished.
II he heard the slightest thing to
indicate that such a search was
being made, or that I suspected
anything, he would be frightened
OF
Now, bearing these things in
mind, I want you to undertake to
md out who and where he Is.
might add continued Burleigh,
that I was pretty we'll convinced
that the listening post was in the
room next to my own Office. which
Is at the end of my suite. But this
office has been vacant for several
weeks, and though I had a watch
kept on II, not a soul has entered
OF left ii in all that time. In fact,
there isn't stick of furniture in
= There's dust all over the ioor
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1921.
Copyright, 1897, by the. Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate,)
- \ IchflTI

This is not a fortunate day, ac-
cording to astrology. Early in the
morning Venus is friendly, but later
Mercury, Jupiter and, Saturn are all
adverse.
Newspaper sensations are fore
told and these will affect men under
the sway of Jupiter, or those in
prominent positions.
1t is not a favorable day for rul-
ers of any sort, for it brings much
that is perplexing, especially where
the bestowal' of recognition or re-
wards is concerned.
Disappointment is foreshadowe ed
for the old in service as well as
the old in years, where prometi ion
or emoluments have been expected.
Saturn frowns on the ambitions
and the hopes of many long en-
trenched in public favor.
There is sign that is read as
presaging loss of popularity for old
leaders of thought and action. This
may affect persons in evety calling.
The seers declare that stars max
ing for indecision and changes OF
purpose will have power over men
In high office. Instability of policy
or opinion may be evident in pub
lie servants
/ The situation of Mercury threat.
I ems trouble between the United
states and a foreign country.
Labor troubles that may b, ,ome
exceedingly grave are prognosti-
Gated.
Women and children are still sub
ject to sway of the stars that is
exceedingly threatening, seemingly
indicating a continuation of many
crimes affecting them. Disease and
famine also will menace in many
lands, including this country.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is may
have year of some anxiety. They
may avoid losses by extreme vigil
ance, They should not enter int
any sort of speculation.
Children born on thfs day may be
careless and improvident. They
should be carefully trained, for they
may achieve much ifewelI directed
These subjects OF Aquarius are or
the cusp and have Pisces character
! istiqs.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
THE ANSWERS.

THE Answers
JOSEPH MCCAIN, II Seaton
place northeast "Washipgton is
the logical art center of America
and 1 can see no reason why IL
should not I'm time dictate art to
the rest of the country. 1 think
that art will, find it's true home
in Washington before many
years.
RALPH ROBERTSON ,s35 Yer
mont avenue northwest "It will
when the country wakes mp to
Sthe fact that commerciaiized art
is not true art. American. art
comes from New York now be-
cause the market there Is much
larger than the local market. 1t
is impossible to say when the at
tftude of America toward art
will change, but when Ii does,
Washington will be the national
art center"
RICHARD MATTINGLY, 375
r street southwest "Washing-
ton has n chance of becoming
American art headquarters, but
that's all. But why bring the
artists all keref The city Is
-overcrowded enough already"
MRS. ELLA wIsENER, infor-
nation bureau, Franklin schools
aI believe SO and hope so, too.
The city has everything to oner
those who wish to pursue amy
form of art. Most world capitals
are art capitals also and America
should not lag behind"
A. G. COLE, 4121 Seventh
street northwest 81 am a bit In
eIined TO doubt whether that can
ever come about. IL Congress
would give an art endowment to
Washington, that would solve
the problem; but Congress- hasn't
Indicated any such intention. In
the meantime 1 see new way OF
drawing all of American art 10
Washington"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Special Lenten Music.

For the Thursday evening serv-
ices during Lent at Christ Lutheran
Church special music programs have
been arranged. The choir will be as
sisted by the following special solo
lists: Tonight, Herman Fakler, bar
ytone; February "a, j. F. M. Bowie,
tenor: March 3. Miss Mary Beisser,
contralto; March 10, Miss Blanche
Bolln, soprano; March n, r. j.
Quinn. tenor; Miss Grace Neidig is
the organist
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17

Police ofHcIals were certain
that the solution of the Dalton
murder lay entirely within the
knowledge of Elisha Grubner,
who, they declared, had been in
the vicinity Of DaIton's room on
ne night of the murder. They =
based their belief on the testi-
naony of a woman who lived
across the street and had seen
Grubner's shadow cast upon a
shade in the front of the hall
caused by a light in the rear.
Grubner said he knew nothing
Of the murder. when the police
applied to Harvey Hunt he ex-
pressed the opinion that Grub
ner was telling the truth and
that he knew nothing Of the
murder. This is the way Hunt
o. proved his theory
xxx.
HARYEY HUNT knew the old
=. man had not walked toward the
rear Of the hall in the case Of
"shadows' because he did not fall
into the easily made error Of the
woman witness and the police.
This woman had seen but the
shadow of the old man thrown or
the shade of the front window By
the lamp on the table at the real
end Of the hall
To go toward the rear of the hal
the man would have approached tn,
source of light and receded from tn,
shade. The witness assumed that h,
did this because his silhouette be,
came smaller. But. as a matter o
fact, when an object between
source of light and the screen or
which its shadow falls moves closer
to the light the size of the image
increases. 1t becomes smaller wher
the object moves away from tn,
light.
The stairs were at the front enc
pr the hallway. What the old mar
had done when he came OFT of hi.
room was to walk forward To tn,
stairway. stand a moment, chang,
his mind and go back to his room
which was halfway down the hall
The murdered man was in a room
at the rear end of the hall. Henc,
he knew nothing Of the crime.
Can you solve this problem
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
MRS. SINCLAIR LEWIS.

Underwood
MRS SINCLAIR LEWIS
One of the New York delegates the of the National
Woman's party, with her son. Wells
Mrs Lewis the wife of the author Of Main Street" he
book which has theme the medocriy and
for that has been of the talked the
day Mrs Lewis who has been spending the Washington
we'll known writer and Of the editors Vogue
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17

u "hat Is your agef
A. Daniel A. Edwards.
Q. What Is your businesse
A. Director, CoIumb bIan Corre-
spOndenee College.
O. What do you like most
about itg
A. The fact that I. through
my school, am able to help
young people I'm places where
there are no school facilities.
q. What was your nickname
when you were in schooIe
A. 1 got along without one
most of the time although oc-
casionaIIy I was called GDan,,
q. What Is your favOrite snort
or hObbysr
A. Swimming, when there fx
not ice in the water.
q. Who lis your favorite ac-
tresst
A. That little girl In the
moyies-what's her name s-oh,
Mary PIckford. e,
q. Do you enjoy Jazzs
A. No! No! No!
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Bfrthmark,

Q. I am young girl. I have a
birthmark on my chest which is
light brown in color and resembles
a wart. 1t grows every year. 1t
has now grown over into my left
shoulder. Could l have it re-
moved? How? What would you
advise me to do?
A l would urge you to consult
qualified specialist in skin dis
eases, and have him advise you
1t is possible that the mole can
readily be removed, and If so, that
would be advisable.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17

Mrs. Lillian Frink, member of the
Connecticut legislature, was for
merly school teacher. and in order
to secure her election it was neces-
sary for her to defeat one of the
regularly slated candidates for, the
position.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17

with the hope Of being welcomed
and asked for an inconseouenttat
direction. Each waited for the
other 10 answer and ended by no
one answering, leaving me standing
In great embarrassment
There are rows OF houses left
with small front yards where iron
deers make their last stand against
decomposition. Top Floor Room
For Rent" signs. crUdely written I'm
pencil. decorate the doorwsys. Al
dusk the great warehouses and
wholesale establish ments are
smptied and life seems to have ned
the district. The residents retrr.
early for the men and women must
be up at dawn. The river boats
put up their red and green lights
and the only noise IL an occasional
family brawl or a fog horn.
There is a New Yorker who re-
Gently decided to investigate his
family tree. He had to visit a rural
village in Maine to look up one OF
his ancestors. He went around q a
certain house and found an old man
sitting on the porch He asked him
" he remembered a certain relative
The old man snorted Don't men
ton his name 20 me," he said. He
was the cuSsedcst fool Jhsr ever
lived in these parts. He didn'T nsv,
no more sense than to drive q six
horse circus wagon team up a blind
alley one day"
Under the new theater hour traf-
I fic regulations. Broadway has hr-
come a one way street for motor
cars. Sixth avenue is also one
way street. There is no congestion
and theater gOers who used 20 wait
an hour for their cars now walk
Z several blocks over side streets
where they are in waiting Condi-
tions became so bad around ll1s5
that the FIRE commissioner said that
blaze in the Times Square district
might destroy an entire building
before the fire apparatus could get
to the scene.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Ncryou sncss,

Q. I have a little girl nearly s
years Of age who is very nervous.
Can help her overcome it in any
way? How often should she be
bathed?
II her nervousness is caused by
any physical defect this should be
corrected. In any case she should
lead a quiet, simple life, free from
excitement. Do not permit her to
go to evening entertainments, but
put her to bed early in a we'll
ventilated bedroom. Let her have
plenty Of outdoor life and exercise,
without over-pressure in school. A
warm bath with soap before going
to bed at night, and a quick cool
Cor cold) sponge in the morning,
followed by brisk rundown,
should kee1Oher skin in excellent
condition.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Pays Fine without a Kicl

Joseph Hall and his brother,
James Hall, were discussing the
coal problem. Joe Franklin was
nearby, but not in on the discussion.
The word hard" was used quite
frequently by the Hall brothers and
Franklin thought they were talking
about him.
After James Hall left, Franklin
went up to Joseph Hall and banged
him one.
Then. Franklin went to a pool
room. He was busy playing when
James Hall came in.
"Whsddye mean by hittin' my
brother?' he demanded of Franklin.
The latter turned on him with a
scowl.
rs yo' gwine TEX up fo' yore
brudder?" he snapped. EFF you
are Use ready fo' you too
with that Franklin raped James
in the mouth and cut his lip, and
the boy left the poolroom nursing
his injuries.
A double -barreled warrant was
sworn out for Franklin on charge of
assault
He gave no explanation in court
for his exhibition of fisticuffs and
the court fined him $50.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Passes Bad Creck-Checks out.

FhSses Bad treck-Chccks Out.
Robert Berry can neither read nor
write. But that doesn't prevent him
from being an. expert pool shot
He won S4.16 from Tobias Hart.
Tobias had no more money than a
goat has feathers
The fellow wrote check and
made it payable to Robert who ac-
cepted it without a murmur-at that
time.
The murmuring started whNn
Robert tried to cash the check. He
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
yU.SPUBIIC HEALTH SERVICE

Colds.
Q. have a boy three years old
who had pneumonia twice last win
ter. He is subject to colds now
And almost as soon as I get him rid
of one cold he takes another. Can
you advise me what to do to keep
him from taking cold? He has en-
Iarged tonsils.
A. Let the child have plenty pf
fresh air. Do not keep him indoors
unless the weather is very cold or
damp, or there is a high wind.
Have the windows of his bedroom
open at night except in very severe
weather or during an acute attack.
The temperature of the bedroom
at night may be about so. degrees
or SIS degrees.
Cold sponging of his chest, throat
and spine when he arises in the
morning will probably be beneficial.
Let the room be comfortably warm
and rub him briskIy after the spong-
ing.
1t Is possible that his enlarged
tonsils are accompanied by adenoids.
and, if so, you cannot hope for
much relief until these are removed.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-17
Quinsy.

Q. Please give all the informa-
tion you can of the disease known
as quinsy. 1t is hard for me to eat
on account of not being able to
swallow any food. 1t seems to me
as IL the passage of my throat Is
closing up.
In "quinsy" there is an acute in
iammation of the thorax. resulting
in the formation of a sac OF pus,
usually behind the tonsil. The con-
dition is readily relieved by open
ing the sac and draining out the
pus. This, of course, can only be
| done by an experienced physician.
From your letter. however, it is not
at all clear that you are suffering
from quinsy, and l would urge you
to consult a physician at once. to
find out the cause of your trouble.
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Appalachia
tFrom the Independent. J

Il. w Little, of Big Stone
Gap, was in Appalachia aud
Pardee Monday.
Mrs. j. |. Bloom aud son,
Morton. left several days age
for Chicago, Ill. aud Green Bay
Wis. where they will Wait Mrs
Blooms mother aud other rela :
tives.
Miss Nolu Craig, who has been
attending school at Berea, Ky
has returned TO her home at I'm
bodeu for the summer vacation,
MIR. and Mrs. +. b. Tate, of
Dongola, Ky. were in Appala-
CHA last week MIR. Tate is in
the lumber business aud expects
to build a dwelling here in the
near future.
Mrs. =. A. Arlington and Miss
French Taylor, of Big Stone
Gap, were shopping in town
Saturday.
j. w Brotherton has sold his
interest in the Appalachia Meat
Market 10 William Macarthur
Mr.. Brotherton will enter u hos
pital for treatment.
Mrs. Amanda j Kuylor, who
has been visiting her sons, j A
aud Frank kaylor. here for sew
eral weeks, left last week for
Roanoke 10 be at the bedside Of
one of her grandchildren, who
is quite i'll. She was accompa-
MED on the trip by Frank Kay
lor, hor son.
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Wise County May Organize
League TO Build Roads.

Wis Va, June Pos ters
are being prepared for calling Il
mass-meeting of the citizens of
Wise with "a view of organizing
II Chamber of Commerce. The
leaders of the county capitol are
awake TO the big potential
things now moving thoughts
of the public aud they wish to
do their bit and play their part
IN the big development drama
that lie now in the making.
In case the highway should
be occurred into the Kentucky
conltields it will put Wise on
the map, and should Knoxville
lronton highway project be
come reality and run through
Wise, it would mean more than
u glance over the situation could
take in.
II is we'll known fact that the
Jobbers of Bristol and Knox
vile are anxious to secure a
good highway into this great
field, and they can he depended
upon to cooperate with our
local leaders IN putting through
such plans as may be agreed
upon.
should the proposed s5C, 900,
Qua bond issue be voted, the
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Famous
Painting
Presented to Library Of Will
liam aud Mary College.

Williamsburg, Va, Juue al
An oil portrait OF George
Was ,ington, a copy by the late
w. l.. Shepherd, of Richmond,
OF Gilbert Stuarts famous
painting. has been presented
to the library OF the college of
William and Mary by Mira
w. l.. Sheppard. The portrait
will be placed in the reading
room of the college Library,
with the many paintings of dis
tinguished Virgiuiuus and ben
efactors of the college that
adorn its walls
The college is without Il por-
trait of James Madison, James
Monroe, Woodrow Wilson and
Geuvrul Robert Il. Lee.
Frank II. Hast, of Norfolk =,
president of the Atlantic Iron
Works, has given 10 the college
an exceedingly valuable collec-
ton of bound Richmond papers,
including early files of the
Richmond Wing, Richmond En-
quirrr, Jeflersonien and Virgin
ia Times.
Other gifts to the library in
clude photographs OF records of
Middlesex county, and a photo
graph of the tomb OF DR.. Thorn.
as X Dew, in Paris, former
president of tho college, and a
copy Of the rare revised laws of
Virginia printed in l76g, the
gift Of Miss Mary l.. Garland
of Richmond; letter OF Thomas
Jefferson presented by Clarence
Hodsun, of New York city
manuscript documents uf Gov
ernor Francis Nicholson, of the
early eighteenth century, given
by Charles f IIenrtman, of
Rutland, VI, the scar atlus OF
the city of Richmond OF 1876,
presented by Miss Julia ARMS
tead, of this city; ii file of the
Virginia almanacs IN excellent
condition for the years 1854
1856, 1857 aud 1859, presented
by Alep Dowell, OF Macon, Ga
come of these years being the
only copies known to hibhogra-
pliers; and series of % re
prints of rare pamphlets pub
lished l6S2-l75l, all relating To
Colonial trade and currency
published by the Prince Sucie.
ty, OF Boston, and presented hy
@. ii Norcroes, of that city
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probability of securing Il great
highway would become much
more immediate aud AN orgnni-
cation can have all the stakes
set To secure the utmost OF sucn
appropriations as may he secur-
ed.
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Read The sunday Washington
ines The y n1nal Newspaper Of
the CapiiaI City. intensely local.
devoting pages to news and fea-
lures OF happenings in Maryland
and the Nireinias; sold with The
Sunday New York Amencan. the
world greatest Sunday newspaper.
contp'"ing the American Weekly
Magazine and four-page comic sec
ton in colors. for 10 cents
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The poorest man living Is ricl
if he owns clear conscience.
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Some people have a habit OF
never seeing their next door
neig hbors. They are bliud
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12

George Wheatland, the Dolores
painter and paper hanger, has been in
Cortez for several days doing work on
different properties here with the
assistance of his brother, our deputy
sheriff. The Gringles residence has
been finished, the Bozman residence
nearly SO, Rudy's home finished and
will be next on the list. All these
properties look fine in their new dress,
and we hope many others will be able
to have this kind of improvement
made e-Cortz Journal Herald
The Dolores star., 1921-08-12

The Ladies Aid society met at Mrs.
Bertha Akin August 9th. Thirteen
members were present and one visitor
Beatrice Parsons; also two new MEM
bers, Mrs. Traw and Mrs. Howell,
joined the society. An election of
officers was held resulting as follows:
Bertha Akin, president; Mrs. V. Brad
field, vice president; Winifred Akin,
secretary; Mrs. A. A. Rust, treasurer.
The society wishes to publicly thank
the officers of the past year for their
untiring efforts to make the society a
success. Delicious refreshments were
served and social time was enjoyed
by all. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Winniefred Akin.