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LEE HIGHWAY NEAR CAPITAL
49,. TO GET MORE IMPROVING
People Rely on Principle That Roads Aid
Prosperity and Vote Increased Taxes
to Promote Cause.

Is over an unimproved road. From
Fairfax to Centerville and the re-
mainder of the county the route is
over good. recentlybuilt macadam
road. Difficulties which the county
people are trying to overcome are
these:
The state. having by legislative en-
actment adopted the Lee highway as
part of the state highway system.
will build the road when it has
funds. The matter Of funds is the
ever-eXisting and all-important Ques-
ton. The state authorities estimate
that funds will be available in three
years. However. the question of a
state bond issue for s12.00O.000 will
come before the legislature at its
next session, and If favorably acted
upon funds will be Immediately
available.
Plan of LOaninE Funds.
In addition. there exists in Virginia
Il law known as the Robertson act
designed to facilitate the building Of
state highway projects through the
procedure Of permitting counties and
lesser subdivisions to loan funds to
the state for use in building the
roads in question.
AS the people of Fairfax and Airing
ton counties would like to See the
Lee highway completed in every way
as soon and as much as the people
of Washington themselves would like
to motor over it. they have taken
raise funds through the procedure of
"A bond issue. Under the law they
must bear the interest Of the bond is
sue. as the state makes itself re-
sp"nsible for the principal only.
Furt hcrmore. the question must
be submitted TO a vote, from which
it follows that all eyes are conferred
on the result of the local election
in Fairfax county. now only three
weeks off. If the measure carries. as
those who are actively in touch with
it believe it will. it will mean that
construction of Il modern concrete
automobile highway eighteen feet
wide. This will mean that before
the end of another summer Wash
ington motorists will be able to motor
to such interesting spots as Manassas
and Luray and return to Washing
ton in the same day without incon-
venience.
Head Of Highway system.
1t may he of local interest to know
that the man at the head of the Vir-
ginia state highway system is II. q.
Shirley. who built the Maryland sys-
TEN of state roads and who is high
way engineer of national reputation.
which of itself is sufficient to bespeak
the interest that Virginia is coming
to take in its highways.
Under the Robertson act Fairfax
county already has advanced the state
one-half million dollars to rebuild
the Little River turnpike from Alex
andria to Fairfax Court House. active
work being under way. BY next
summer motorists will be able to pro-
coed from Washington to Alexandria,
a distance of seven miles: thence to
Fairfax. fourteen miles; and return
to Washington through Vienna. Mac
Lean and the Chain bridge. all the
way on Il modern automobile high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

cost Of the bridge and culvert and
the Lincoln Highway Association is
providing the funds to meet the ball
ance of the cost of the work-a spe-
cial appropriation having been made
to the association by the United States
Rubber Company for this purpose.
The Identification of the right of
way, details OF lighting and other
final touches under the direction of
Mr.. Jens Jensen. landscape architect
of Chicago. will also be accomplished
next spring, and the section is eX-
pected to be finally opened for the
inspection of highway engineers and
the general public early in the spring
of 1923.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15
BY COL. &. A. SEOANE.
Chairman Lee Highway Committee in
Fairfax County.

Enough has been mentioned about
the Lee highway for Washington
readers to know that commencing at
the Georgetown bridge this wonder
fully scenic route will provide a first
class automobile road in a practically
direct line to the valley of Virginia.
where it will then turn south and en-
ter Tennessee at Bristol on it's way
across the continent.
In the beginning it might be well
to understand that the term ma
tional' applied to such highways as
the Lincoln and the Lee does in no
sense mean that the national govern
ment in any way controls nor much
less does it build these highways. In
this sense they are very much local
Their national aspect lies in the fact
that the states have co-operated with
each other in selecting and agreeing
upon a route. name, type OF road. etc.
which will give to completed thor
oughfare a national or cosmopolitan
aspect in its scope and service to the
travelling public. This cooperation
and agreement was brought about by
the energy and patriotic spirit OF the
Lee Highway Association. when
maintains it's headquarters in Wash
ington, and over which Or. :. NJ john
son has ably presided as general
director. But as to actual road bultd-
ing. each state must use its own de-
vices.
Experts Select Route.
The selection of the route for the
Lee highway was in the hands of high
way experts. among them the repre-
sentative of the American Automobile
Association. An examination was made
by these engineers of the roads already
in existence that would lend themselves
Incoming
porated in the Lee highway. This pro
cedure produced a situation. particularly
in Virginia. which has just recently en-
tered actively into rebuilding its road
system. where the route selected passed
over sections of roads i'll various con-
ditions of uniformity and upiie~p. from
the common Virginia clay read up To
and including excellent pieces Of
modern highway.
In Fairfax and Arlington counties.
which adjoin Washington. the Lee
highway combining itself to a direct
route, proceeds i'll :; direct line from
the Georgetown bridge TO Falls Church.
a distance of six miles. thence to Fair
fax Court House. Il distance Of eight
miles, thence TO Centervill-. Manassas.
and passes out Of the county TO Luray.
and south through the Shenandoah
valley
After leaving the Georgetown
bridge the route turns sharply to
highway. through Cherrydale. for
about four and three-quarter miles.
but for d mile and d quarter before
entering Falls Church the road is in
an unimproved condition. Forty citi-
zens of Falls Church and Arlington
county have pledged their personal
credit for loan of $4,000. and that
portion of the road Will be rebuilt
early next spring. From Falls
Church through Merrifield to Fairfax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

bined supervision of the federal gov
eminent. the state Of Indiana and the
Lincoln Highway Association. Every
safeguard is being thrown around the
work. to the end that the completed
paving may be. In every respect, as
perfect as modern highway engineer
ing can produce. The work Is. there
fore, not being unduly rushed.
w. G. Thompson. consulting engi-
neer for the Lincoln Highway Asso-
citation, and representing also its
technical committee Of highway en-
Kineers and other authorities. recent
~ inspected the progress of the work.
following the resumption Of material
shipments. Following a conference
with c. Gray, state highway engineer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15
FORDSON EXPOSITION
COVER SIX ACRES
Exhibit at Camp Meigs Will Be
Worth More Than
100000.

4 demonstration of agricultural
and industrial appliances will be fea-
tured in Washington when the Ford
son exposition throws open its doors
to the public at Camp Meigs october
24-2S. Ford officials here announce
that their exposition is to cover six
acres Of ground. will have $4,000
square feet under canvas and will
feature the Fordson tractor with
more than eighty other exhibits. the
combined value of which is over
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

way When the two stretches of Lee
highway in question are built they
will have choice Of still another route.
Another road actively before the peo-
pie is the route to Leesburg passing
through Falls Church, Tysons Cross
Roads and Dranesville.
Local bond issues in Fairfax county
are also up for consideration at the
coming election to rebuild this thor
oughfare from Tysons west to the
end of Fairfax county.
The people in thus voting them
selves an increase in taxes are ely
ing on the principle that good roads
will benefit everybody and bring pros
perity over the land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15
MANY ENTER A. L. A. TOUR.

Although entry blanks for the
A. l. A. personally conducted tour
to Florida were issued only last
week. vast number of inquiries have
been received by the tour manage
ment. The first entry was from
Frank Kilmer Of Grafton. Mass. and
he will have the place of honor at
the start. The inquiries have come
from all the New England states,
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Maryland. From present
indications there will be over thirty
five cars in the tour this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-15

A loose connection on the battery
or badly corroded terminals will cause
the same symptoms as weak or rum
down battery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-12-11

man remaining in the library, blood
drops falling from the weapon on
this drawing-room floor as he hastily
crossed it, and the escape over the
wall Of the garden"
, But, monsieur" said the Project
of Police, where is the motive? The
writer's on the value Of indicatory
evidences, in the investigation Of a
criminal case, tell US that there
should be time, opportunity and mo-
tive. The time, monsieur, and the
opportunity are here, plainly indi-
Gated; but the motive? Where shall
we look for that?"
The Oriental turned, as with. an
inspiration, in his chair.
why, monsieur" he said, you
spoke at considerable length upon
the motive. You seemed to know it
quite well. You conceal, as you
have indicated, the somewhat mystic
rious evidence of it in your hand. 4"
quite true, monsieur" replied the
Project Of Police! but you will OBJ
serve that it is | who am familiar
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with this motive. It is VIM have
what you are pleased t. call this
concrete evidence in ny hand. And
that brings me to an interesting hy-
pothesis with three phases to be CON
sidered. Let Us consider them, mon
sieur! / name them in the order in
which they occur to me: first, mon
sieur, that I killed the man; sepnd
that you killed him; and third, that
the agency that killed Dernburg
Pasha is no longer living in this
world"
The Oriental turned suddenly, his
face contracted and tense, but his
voice firm.
Very well, monsieur he said;
whittier do these suggestions lead
your"
Jonquelle continued in an even
voice.
"To arrive at that" he said, eve
must first consider the evidences
which have led you TO believe that
Dernburg was killed by the man
with whom he quarreIed last night
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in the library Now, if you please,
monsieur, we viii look a little at the
indicatocy signs"
He paused.
There K always this disturbing
feature about circumstantial evil
dence, the trick of pointing IN the
direction that one is going. If one
has a conclusion, one will find that
the circumstantial evidence supports
it. You have a theory, monsieur,
that this visitor was Dernburg's as
sassin, and consequently, to you, the
indicatory evidence supports that
theory. But, monsieur, I have the
theory that the visitor was not the
assassin, and I bid you observe now
the indicatory evidences will turn
themselves about in order to support
the theory which I maintain. Take,
for example, these blood-droDs on the
marble floor of the drawing room. In
support of your theory, they have
fallen By hazard from the assassin's
knife in his flight, and you would
cite them as confirmatory Of your
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theory.
mo monsieur, / would cite them
also as confirmatoIy Of mine.
you will observe that each of
these seven bloot -rops has fallen on
a white square of this checkered
marble floor. There is no drop of
blood on black square. Why, mon
sieur, should these drops appear only
on the white squares? | consider
that fact with my theory III mind,
and l conclude that they so appear
because the one who placed them
there wished them to be seen. We
cannot conceive that he would I'M
dertake to create evidence against
himself. And it is beyond our con-
ception of coincidence that each of
these seven -blood-drops should, by
accident, have fallen precisely on a
white square when there was al
equal number of black squares inter
vening. Therefore, monsieur, these
evidences did not come by .lance;
they came by design"
He continued like one who recites
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THE TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS
THE TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS

opened his hand so that the thing
was visible. It looked like a little
square box of some white substance,
as of marble or chalk or alabaster. 1t
was not larger than two inches
square. 1t was, perhaps, an inch
thick, made in two pieces. There
was a tiny hole, like a keyhole with
a beveled edge, on the line where
these places joined. The box had a
heavy rubber band about it. 1t lay
for a moment exposed in the palm Of
Monsieur Jonquelle's hand.
Il have here" he said, >"the thing
that was the cause Of this mans
death. 1t was also the cause of his
misfortunes leading up to this fatal
morning. It has been an obsession
with him. In the German Empire he
undertook this thing. His design
was discovered, and he fled to Tur-
key. But he took his obsession with
him, and when the war was ended,
he saw method Of getting an in
demnity out of France with it-a
method by which he could enrich
himself att he cost of FRANCE. He
worked out his plan carefully; he
came to Paris; he got this house. lie
was ready to put his plan into eff
feet when, unfortunately, for him
the mysterious visitor of last night
appeared.
"Dernburg was shrewd, unscrupu-
lous and farsighted. But he was not
shrewd enough, and he was not far
sighted enough. The stranger, who
came to see him last night, knew all
about him, knew the big plan that he
had in mind. He had watched him,
had followed his career. He knew
the very days that he came to Paris.
He knew his object in taking this
empty house in the Faubourg st.
German. he knew every step OF
the secret arrangements which Dern-
burg had perfected for the carrying
out Of his scheme; and at the oppor~
tune hour he entered this house.
These are the facts, monsieur, which
| have accurately ascertained, which
are true beyond doubt.
And So" said the Oriental, this
mysterious stranger finally ran
Dernburg Pasha to earth here and
killed him."
The Project Of Police arrested The
mans discourse with a gesture.
You travel, monsieur" he said,
a point beyond my conclusions. Do
we know that this midnight visitor
is the assassin? We must consider
the evidences as they are presented
to u.s."
The evidences are conclusive of
this fact" replied the Envoy, If cir
cumstantial evidences can ever be
conclusive Of murder. Here is the
opportunity, the quarrel, the dead
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Begin Here Today.

The mysterious man, Dernburg Pa
sha, citizen of the Turkish Empire,
has been murdered in Paris and the
Ottoman government demands rep
a.ation for his death
NJ. Jonquelle, greatest of French
detectives, found that Dernburg met
his death in the library OF his home,
his throat was slashed and the white
squares in the checkerboard floor
were spotted with blood-apparently
the trail of the escaping assassin.
Go on With the Story.
CHAPTER II
The Enjoys eyes narrowed He
looked at Jonquelle a moment as in
furtive inquiry.
Il do not" he said. "What was
his mission in Paris, monsieur"
You will be surprised to learn
it," continued the Project Of Police.
"Dernburg was undertaking to falsi-
fy work of art. 1t was a very re-
markable work of art, and one of
value The persons who originally
produced this work Of art expended
a great sum of money, an almost in
credible sum Of money to perfect it.
If one could falsify it successfully,
one could made a fortune at the
venture Dernburg knew this. He
had thought about it for a long
time. He had conducted a great
number of experiments. Finally he
was satisfied that the thing could
be successfully done, and he came
here from STEAMBOAT, took this
abandoned house in the Faubourg
st. GERMAN, brought with him his
devices, and prepared to undertake
the great thing which he had in
mind, Then, monsieur, before the
thing could be accomplished, the
mysterious visitor appeared; and
this morning Dernburg is dead"
1t was evident that the Oriental
was profoundly puzzled.
Il do not understand you, NOR
sieur," he said. "You say that Dern-
burg Pasha had perfected a method
by which he intended to falsify a
work Of art?"
Eyes, monsieur"
Then he was called upon by one
who knew of this method and
wished to rob him Of it,"
mo, monsieur"
Then by those to whom the
original of the art belong, and
wished to prevent this falsification?"
mo, monsieur" replied the Pre-
feet of Police. "Dernburg Pasha's
death resulted from sense of
despair"
Jonquelle took his hand from his
pocket, revealed the thing upon
which his fingers had closed when
he sat down to this conference. He
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The details Of a formula.

the details Of a formula.
4 find my theory also conf;,,
at farther point. You cz9laf.oa
me, when ! inquired, that the ,ss.
sin, after fleeing through this 5r.,.
ing room into the walled garden h.,
been SO nailed up for a long -f,,
Now, monsieur, l caused this well
be examined. The whole Of tba
CT it is coated over with dust. Al
point has any of this dust been
moved; consequently the assas,.
did not escape by climbing over H.
wall, for if he had undertake,
climb the wall at any point, his bod-
IN that labor, would have rem,ro5
the coating of dust. You see.
sieur, l do not find your indt>
evidences designed to support von.
theory lThey seem rather corcrr
siveIy to Establish my own"
The concluding installment Of fl.
adventure of NJ. Jonquelle will .n
pear in our next issue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-20
COMMITTEE ASKS OPINION
ON TAPPING SEWER MAIN.

Being advised that some of the local
plumbers have been tapping the main
of the sewerage system in making
connections for householders, the
Sewerage Committee of City Council
has asked for an opinion from City
Solicitor Louis d. Champion as to the
right of the plumbers to take this ac-
ton. Chairman Edward Stephenson,
of the committee, is of the opinion
that no one except an employee of
the city has a right at any time to
tap the sewerage main. In making
connections there should be a lateral
run from the main to the curb line
and then the connection for a house
or business place should be made
from that point to the property desir-
ing sewerage service.
The City Solicitor will deliver his
opinion in the matter to Council at its
next meeting, to be held on Monday
evening, June 5. 1t is now expected
that the ordinance fixing the yearly
rental for sewerage service will be
ready for introduction and passage on
first reading at this meeting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-20
Moran Reception Is
Largely Attended
Pensioners Give Departing
Priest Handsome Purse as
Testimonial of Esteem.

On Thursday night the Parish Hall
of st. Peters Roman Catholic Church
was crowded with the parishioners of
that church to tender to Rev. Gregory
Moran a farewell reception on the oc-
casion of his leaving this field to take
up his work at Ventnor City as rector
OF the newly-created parish of st.
James Catholic Church. One of the
pleasing features of the reception was
the presentation to Father Moran of
a purse containing about $500. This
came as a testimonial of the esteem
in which the retiring rector is held
by the local parishioners. His sue
cessor at st. Peters has not yet been
announced.
Father Moran will oficiate at st.
James on Sunday for the first time.
He has announced that there will be
Two services conducted on Sunday
morning instead of but one as in the
past. Mass will be celebrated at 7.30
and 10 o'clock. Father Moran is al
ready planning the erection of a new
church in Ventnor City.
The st. James Chapel was under
the supervision of Father p. j. Petri,
rector of the Church of Our Lady Star
of the Sea at Atlantic City. The
chapel was recently changed to a
parish by Bishop Walsh and named
the st. James Catholic Church, with
Father Moran, who has been rector OF
st. Peters parish of P~leasantville for
the past 13 years, in charge.
The new parish created by Bishop
Walsh for the ST. James Church ex-
tends from Jackson avenue at the
division of Atlantic City from Ventnor
to Longport. The present structure
of the new church is only a temporary
building, according to Father Moran,
and is not large enough to take care
of the congregation, which is one of
the fastest growing in this diocese.
The work on the new building will be
started in the near future.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-20
Miss Keller Guest
AT Souder Musicale
Many Local People Had Places
on Interesting Vocal and In
strumental Program.

With Miss Geneva Keller, of Lon
don, England, as the special guest of
honor a splendid musicale was given
on Monday night at the South Main
street residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Souder. Miss Keller is a
niece of Mrs. Albert Bossler, of Lake
place. Many w%ell-known local people
appeared on the program and the en-
tertainment was a great success and
a charming spring social event.
The program rendered was as fol-
lows: Piano solo, "Nocturne," b ma
jor Chopin, Miss Ada Thomas; So
prano solo, whats in the Air To-
day" (Eden), Miss Fame Penton;
quartet, Long, Long Ago" (Zeckwer),
Miss M. North, Mrs. A. Macmillan.
Mr.. f. A. Souder, Jr., and DR.. W. j.
Hudson; soprano solo, "a Little Pink
Rose" Mrs. Howard Raglan; reading,
selected, Mrs. Burton Martin; soprano
solo, AT Dawning" (Cadman), Miss
Geneva Keller; soprano and tenor
duet, Go, Pretty Rose" (Marzials),
Mrs. Raglan and MI. Souder; soprano
solo, "a Song in Spring" (Matthews),
Miss Irma Stiles; baritone solo,
"Three for Jack" (Squire), DR.. w. J.
Hudson; piano duet, selected, Miss
Irma Stiles and Miss Eleanor Con-
over; soprano solo, 1.-The Spring Has
Come" (White), Miss Marjorie North;
reading, selected, Mrs. p. L. Steel
man; tenor solo, selected, Mr.. Frank
A. Souder, Jr.; quartet, when Twi-
light Falls" (Wilson), Mrs. A. Mac
MILAN, Mr.. f. A. Souder, Jr., DR.. w.
j. Hudson and Miss NJ. North; piano
solo, "Arietia's Dance" (Greig), Miss
Ada Thomas; accompanies, Mrs.
Stanley Zippler, Mrs. Robert Morrow
and Miss Dorothy Thomas.
The invited guests Were: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. +. Bossler, Miss Geneva Kee-
Ter, Dir. and Mrs. w. j. Hudson, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Helfrich, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter w. Whitman, MI. and Mrs. r.
A. Gale, Mr.. and Mrs. b.. f. Rutledge,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Bonnard, Mr..
and Mrs. w. Dare, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. o. Wilson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Ingersoll, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Wells, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Raglan, Mrs. milford Sharpe, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L. r,
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. George Adams,
Rev. and Mrs. j. Keith Macleod, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Thomas, Miss Ada Thomas, Miss Dor
othy Thomas, Mr.. J.. V. Sharpe, Misses
Miriam and Eleanor Sharpe, Mr.. Chas
Ingersoll, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. LutZ
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Zippler, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. P. l.
Steelman, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren John.
son, Mr.. and Mrs. John Klingman
Mrs. Robert Morrow, Miss Fame Pen
ton, Miss Hazel Worcester, Miss Irma
Stiles, Miss Eleanor Conover, Miss
Alice Ratchford, Miss Abbie Leeds
Miss Leah Cranmer, Miss Ida Ste
phenson, Miss Emma Ford, Miss Gym
thia Clendaniel, Miss Elsie Leonard
Miss Laura Carpenter, Miss Alice
Parker, Miss Dorothy Hammond, Miss
Marjorie North, Mrs. Alice Macmillan
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Anderson, Mr.
Usher, Mrs. Lillian Coburn, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Frank A. Souder. Jr.