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The Washington times., 1922-10-21
SONS CLAIM FOR WAGES
EXCEEDS MOTHERS ESTATE

N WYORK, Oct. 21.-A decree Of
judicial settlement granted in the
Orange county surrogate's court In
he estate Of Mrs. Susan Clark an
'roves the claim Of her son. Charles
lark, OF Highlands, for wages for
more than forty.five years work and
luthor yes payment Now It devel ops
hat he will have to go without
wages for twenty.six years work.
Mr., Clark. administrator Of his
mothers estate, presented a written
agreement between mother IND son
by which he was to receive from her
estate pay at the rate of Sc yeeFly
for forty.five years for work per
formed on her farm at Highlands.
The mother left an estate Of about
$4,000. while the sons wage claim
aggregates Sl3,5oo.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
LEADER
LAUDS HEARST,
VETSENTHUSE
Papers Alone in Fight for
Aims, Big conven-
ton Told.
by Cosmopolitan New. Service.

NEW ORLEANS, La. Oct. Ill
The Hearst publications are the
only great newspaper organization
to fight consistently for adjusted
compensation and for other ideals
Of the American legion, National
Adjutant Lemeuel Bolles told thous-
ands Of legionnaires in the closing
hours Of the national convention.
The adjutant read to the conven-
ton a telegram from the Hearst
newspapers. pledging their strong
cooperation with the veterans or
ganization.
The delegates and visiting ex-
service men enthusiastically &C.
claimed their appreciation, and
practically unanimously expressed
the appreciation voiced n few days
ago by Commander MacNeder.
Communicating the message to
the convention, AdJutant Bolles
said:
THE Hearst newspapers, the
only great organization Of news.
papers to fight consistently for
adjusted compensation and for the
other ideals Of the American legion,
extend greetings. to the American
legion convention in New Orleans
and pledge their full and earnest
support to the legion in all matters
they consider as concerning ma
tional and public welfare"
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
NJ 'NALLY CASE
DISMISSED BY
INDIANA COURT
Judge Cleveland Says No Evi-
dence Was Produced That
Babies Were Born.
By A. J. LORENZ,
EnIveFsal Seryira.


HAMMOND. Ind. Oct. 2l.-Mrs.
Hazel McNally is acquitted Of the
charge brought by her husband that
she had slain her twin babies. Lorin
and Lorine.
Failure Of the State to offer evil
dence OF the existence Of the twins,
Judge Cleveland held. prompted him
to dismiss the case. Mrs. McNally
tainted when the decision was an.
nounced.
The strange story. revealing a
parental complex" the longing Of a
couple for children. was presented
against a background Of contradic-
tory statements.
Frank McNally, more than twice
the age of his wife. repeated his
charge that his wife had caused her
twin children" to disappear three
months after their birth.
Mrs. McNally rested her defense
entirely on the statement that she
had never given birth to the twins, -
and maintained that she had hoaXed
her elderly husband into the belief
by placing two life.sized dolls In bed
beside her.
McNaIly, cross.examined, admitted
that he had shared in the hoax ana
had fondled and cuddled the dolls,
hut only after the real children"
had disappeared. He insisted on De-
cember S, 1921. and for several
months thereafter, that he was the
father of flesh and blood twins. a
boy and a girl. born to his wife.
ITO hold this woman on. this
charge" Judge Cleveland. before
whom the preliminary hearing was
held, declared, there must be evi-
dence that the babies are dead. There
has been no evidence submitted that
would even prove the necessary prob
able guilt.
There has ben no evidence Of the
existence of a corpus deliciti. ! musl
dismiss the charge"
Efforts of the State and the de.
fense to learn the name of the hos.
pital to which McNally claimed his
wife took the children for treatment
and in which they disappeared,
proved futile.
learned, had prepared an elaborate
psychological defense. in an effort
10 prove the defendant suffered from
a "mother mania" since a child.
The supposed twins, her attorneys
declared, were symbolic Of her desir.
to become a mother and found ex.
preston in the dolls, which she pre-.
tended to nurse and mother like real
babies.
The court refused the presentation
of an affadav Wit which, II was said,
would prove Mrs. McNally's conten.
ton that an operation performed be
fore her marriage had rendered her
incapable Of becoming a mother. ,
Mrs. McNally had declared that
she had used the doll hoax to bring
her husband back after he had left
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
HEAD OF SCOTTISH RITE
TO ATTEND NORFOLK MEET

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 21.-Iohn II.
Cowles, sovereign grand commander
of the southern jurisdiction Of the
United States, which Is the mother
supreme council of the world. will be
in Norfolk for two days during the
fall reunion OF the Scottish Rite
bodies October 30 to November 3, in.
elusive.
Coming to Norfolk with the SOW
ereign grand commander will be Rob-
ert 8. Crump. OF Richmond. sovereign
grand inspector general for the State
Of Virginia
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
Y. M. n. A. FAIR TO CLOSE
WITH BARGAIN SALE

The Young Mems Hebrew Asso.
ciation will close it's fair and bazaar
tonight with a bargain sale" in the
Coliseum over Center Market at
Ninth street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue.. Every article, including jewel.
nv, clothing and furniture. donated
by Washington business men. will be
placed on sale at prices said to be
much below the original cost.
Attractions at the fair include
dancing, a score Of novelty games,
prize contests, radio concerts by
the National Electric Company. and
an exhibit by the merchants Of the
city, There also are q bevy OF
pretty girls who distribute flowers
and other tokens to visitors.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
THREE HELD IN
MONTGOMERY.
WH|SKEY RAID
Give 81, 900 Bond Each When
Officers Claim Find Of
Twenty-Five Pints.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Oct. 21.-
Chief of Police Charles T. Cooley
raided a house on the Rockville
Georgetown pike. four miles below
Rockville. Thursday night. He led
q squad Of Montgomery county and
Federal officers. who swooped down
on the place at a late hour. The Of
hcers say they found twenty-five
pints of whiskey. Maurice Davis,
Charles Mangum and Hugh Lawlor
We're arrested. The trio furnished
bond in the amount Of 81 900 each
for their appearance In police court
next Tuesday.
The supervisors Of elections have
decided upon the arrangement Of the
ballot for next months election. The
first column will contain the names
of w. Cabell Bruce. Joseph l. France.
James L. Smiley and Robert E. Long.
candidates of the Democratic, Re.
publican, Socialist, and Labor par
ties, respectively, for the United
States Senate, and the names Of
Frank M. Mish, Frederick N. Zihl.
man and p. Oswald Weber, candi-
dates of the Democratic, Republican,
and Labor parties, respectively, for
thO tAoubO. III IhC otUCI SolutIAl "lh
be the five proposed amendments to
the State constitution.
Miss Jane r. Smith and Andrew
Barbagallo and Miss Constance Cook
ley and George w. Grice, jr., all Of
washington, are among the couples
to whom marriage licenses have been
issued here within the last few days.
The funeral of Mrs. Myrtle n.
Moulden. wife of Walter Moulden.
was held at the family residence
here yesterday. The Rev. Nolan B.
HaIJnon. jr., pastor Of the Methodist
Church, conducted the services.
Burial was in Rockville Union Gene
terry.
A missionary rally will be held in
the Methodist Church tomorrow
afternoon. Mrs. T. j. Copeland,
president Of the Women's Missionary
Society. Baltimore. will give an ad-
dress.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
DROPS LAD INTO VAT,
AND Is CRAZED By ACT

MUSHROOM. Mich. Oct. 21.-
Ray Purchase, a factory worker, Is
in Jail awaiting examination as to
him mental condition. as the re-
suit of injuries to Clarence Van
Orman, seventeen years of age,
who was thrown or fell into n vat
Of boiling liquid at the Continental
Motors plant.
Purchase, said to have been the
butt OF a joke by fellow.workers,
is alleged to have hoisted the boy
over the edge of the vat.
He was charged with intent to do
great bodily harm. When arraign.
ed he claimed the lad wriggled
from his grasp and fell into the
tank.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
Women 'SC[Ub
Of FbRENTWO0
URGED TOvOTE
Mrs. Blair, Head Of National
Democratic Committee,
Gives Address.

BRENTwOODS Md, Oct. al
why ] am a Democrat" was the
theme of an address delivered before
the Women's Democratic Club Of
Brentwood by Mrs. Emily Blair, Of
the National Democratic Committee.
In her address Mrs. Blair urged all
women to take an interest in politics
and to be sure to vote at the election
next month. She stressed the i'm
portance of the influence Of the WON.
en- in cleaner politics. ]. Enos Ray
presided.
Five cases on the docket OF Justice
of the Peace Robert e. Joyce, Of Mt.
Rainier were postponed until next
session of the police court. Owing
to social engagements of the Judge
the next session win not be until No.
vember 3.
Under the auspices of the mayor
and town council, a petition Is being
circulated asking President Harding
to grant to the citizens of Brent
wood the same rights as other towns
in Maryland with regard to Govern
ment employees holding town offices.
Brentwood is the only town that can
not nave II oo
mayor or member Of the council. 1t
is hoped that the President will COM
ply with the request, as the majority
of the residents are Federal en-
ployes in Washington.
The entertainment committee OF
the volunteer fire department OF
Brentwood will meet with the volun-
teers fire department Of Mt. Rainier
Tuesday evening and perfect plans
for the first Of a number Of joint
banquets. The first will be an oyster
roast November 4 in the firemen's
hall i'm Brentwood.
Chief Sipes is chairman for Brent.
wood and Assistant Chief Hofer for
Mt. Rainier. Fire Chief George
Watson and Chief Of Detectives Cliff.
ford Grant. OF Washington, have &C.
cepted invitations to the roast as
the guests Of the two departments.
Gov. Albert Ritchie will also be in
Vited.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
CAPE CHARLES TO WORK
VAGRANTS ON STREETS

CAPE CHARLES. Va. Oct. IA
new precedent has been estabisheo
in Cape Charles by Mayor A. +. DIE
in deal.n out penalties on vagranc!
charges that have been coming De
fore the town court in numbers OF
late. Roscoe johnson. colored. was
fined $25 and costs and given thirty
days In Jail for carrying concea'eu
weapons. Johnson was unao'e 10
pay the fine, and was put on tne
street with ball and chain to work
out his sentence.
Mayor Die, who went into otfice
September ], states a crusade Will
be made in the negro settlement OF
the town to round up law Violators
and he expects to have a number OF
men In the chain gang before long
thus cutting the expense In the up
keep Of the streets.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
By WILLIAM J. FLYNN,
Famo6s Detective and Former
Chief Of United States
Secret Service.
(Copyright. 1899. by Cosmopolitan
News Service.)

News Service.)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct.
21.-The double midnight murder
Of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills, battling and
mysterious, as it seems, and crafti-
ly as 1t was conceived, Is not 60
ing to 60 down in criminal annals
as an unsolved murder.
believe today, after only q few
hours of preliminary survey at the
scene Of the staying, that revela-
tions which will draw the per-
petrstors (for I am convinced
there are several) Of the killing
into the net of justice will come
swiftly.
Points in Probe.
Overshadowing my first impress
sions in attempting to sift the mass
of evidence at hand are these:
IA guilty conscience wracked by
soaring fear. under the weight of the
midnight killing Of the rector and the
choir leader. is undoubtedly at work
planting. feverishly, clues intended
to be misleading to those seeking to
unravel the case. AS In SO many
other cases. this will only aid in en-.
trapping the guilty.
2-Of the two victims, whose bod
les were found on September 16 care
fully laid out under a crab-apple tree,
just out of sight of the lonely house
on the Philips farm, the man was
shot first. The fact that the woman
was shot three times in the forehead,
and there was, apparently, a knife
inflicted cash across her throat,
makes me certain of this. The man.
who had only one bullet wound,
would undoubtedly have sought to
protect the woman. perhaps success
fully, had II been otherwise.
3-The position Of the bodies when
found inclines me to the belief that
the Staying did not take place on the
spot.
4. The slashing Of Mrs. Mills
throat, and the scattering OF the
love letters over the bodies. their
posit n-the mans arm out
stretched, the woman's resting on
it--and the visiting card bearing his
name stuck in his shoe leaves little
doubt that the crime was one COM
mitted in anger and from jealousy.
1t Is a principle OF detective work
always to consider possible alterna-
tives to theories or obvious indica-
tions.
Suicide Dismissed.
have considered the possibility
Of suicide--for one considers every
thing. Yet. that suggestion is easily
dismissed. Except in cases of
drowning. the weapon must be
close at hand. Love-paCt suicides
such as this might have been-are
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
C|V|CCENTERAT
CLARENDON To
COST $4,000
Citizens Plan Purchase Of
Eithier's Hall and Building
of Addition.

CLARENDON, Va. Oct. 2l.-The
first announcement Of plans for ac-
quiring a new home for the Claren-
don Citizens Association and fire de-
partment was made today. The two
organizations will probably exercise
an option on Ethier's Hall, also
known as Ives Hall, 1t was stated to-
day.
Recommendation will be made that
the hall be acquired when the asso-
citation meets Monday night to hear
the report of its building and finance
committees.
The total outlay required is SEQ
600. The building proper can be pur-
chased for $4,000, and 1t is planned
to build an addition costing $4,000.
The lower floor would be used by the
fire department and the second floor
by the citizens association.
The property has a frontage Of 220
feet on Wilson boulevard and 120
feet on Bolivar avenue.
A playground for children and park
for lawn fetes and celebrations will
ing.
The association has been notified
by the owner. A. J. Porter, that pos
session OF the property may be had
November IS.
Jesse Nicholas has been chosen
president of the newly organized
Park Lane Citizens Association.
George b. Fraser is vice president.
w. II. Horne, secretary, and Marvin
Cave, treasurer. The next regular
meeting will be Monday evening.
Much interest centers in the mass
meeting to be held tonight at the
Arlington county courthouse in the
interest Of the proposed bond issue
for permanent highways for the
county.
County Supervisor T. J. De Lash
mutt has been asked to be present
at the meeting and answer questions
Of citizens as to payment for the
bonds. Advocates of the bond issue
have been saying that they could be
issued and roads built without any
extra cost to the taxpayers" The
supervisor will be asked how this
can be done.
It is proposed to issue $500. 900 Of
road bonds for developing a system
of highways in the county. One fac
ton contends that modern sewage
is more important at this time than
better roads.
George w. Maders. charged with
being q lookout" for the Hilltop
Club, an alleged gambling house. was
sentenced to nine months in jail and
assessed a fine Of $3.50 in police court
here yesterday afternoon, Judge
William c. Cloth presiding.
Maders was not present at the trial.
Commonwealth Attorney Frank l..
Ball offered a motion that Maders'
bond Of 81 900 be forfeited.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
w. n. MoSELY, OF BEDFORD,
DIES At ADVANCED ACE

BEDFORD. Va, Oct. 21.-Winiam
II. Moseley died at his home near
Penicks. Mr. Moseley was natlVc
of this county, and was apout
seventy-eight years OF age. lie was
a member of the Presbyterian church
and had been an elder In that church
for a number Of years.
The funeral was conducted from
the residence and the interment MADE
In the family cemetery. He IS sur
viycd by the following children
E,.ank and Edward Moseley and
Misses Mary and Clara Moseley, OF
this county; Mrs. Estelle stevens w
Georgia. Miss Sallie Moseiey. OF
Roanoke; Cabei and Arthur Moseley'
Of West Virginia, and Henry Moseiy'
" Kentucky.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
GIRL Is INJURED WHEN
AUTO IS HIT BY TRAIN

FAIRMoNT, w. Va. Oct. 2l-
Miss May Katheryn Shackelford,
aged II, daughter Of Mrs. Essie
shackeiford of Barrackville, Is in q
hospital with a fractured skull and
other injuries received when an
automobile in which she md
Thomas Neil, also aged II, Of the
same neighborhood, were riding.
was struck by q railroad train II
grade crossing near their homes.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
DE B0UC1ELLE TELLS OF BEING H0lJNDED BY DETECTIVES
Hall-Mills Staying
Soon to Be Cleared,
Chief Flynn Asserts

always premeditated. The last love
letter from Mrs. Mills to the Rev.
Hall shows she had no intention Of
meeting him the night Of the mur.
der at their usual trysting place,
with death.
. Had 1t been murder and then
suicide. the weapons-probably q
knife and a a revolver-would have
been found.
The question arises how, II Mrs.
Mills did not intend in the after
noon to meet the pastor. she came
to meet him at night?
Mysterious telephone messages
on the evening OF the tragedy sum-
moned both. Only thorough in.
vestigation will reveal whether
some one lured them to their death
by means OF the lightning flashing
unseen along the telephone wires.
Attempts have already been made
to discover who, II any one, got
hold of the love letters secretly
exchanged between Mrs. Mills and
the rector. In the establishment
OF a definite incentive. this Is i'm
por;ant.
But equally important are a mum,
ber of other matters which must
be attempted.
What was the death dealing
weapon that killed both Of them?
What make and caliber?
Assuming that the bodies were
lying under the tree where found
for thirty.six hours, and the letters
placed over them at once after dis
pjosir,g of the bodies, would not the
wind have been likely to blow them
away? Could they not have been
placed there later2 1t Is another
link to be established.
How About Letters.
These and q few other points,
am avoiding enumerating the many
which have already been brought
out frequently 30 far-will be
cleared up by patience and rigid in
uuiries.
In solving a murder mystery. the
establishing of a motive is, Of course
he first step. Then the owner OF
he motive must be traced. There
may be several motives, or several
persons with the same motives, OF
different motives who may have com
nitted the crime.
Only a careful gathering Of clues.
running them down and sitting them,
eliminating the unessential as one
goes along can bring results.
But there is one. help that the
solvers of crime almost Invariably
get from those who are professional
criminals as well as those who slay
under the impulse Of strong and sud
den passions or from brooding over
powerful emotions. 1t is the little
ell.tale mistake which Is made by
he most careful, q trifling neglect
resulting from fear, from hurry
from final remorse-an inevitable ac.
compartment Of the human equation
in crime.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
WOODEN SHIPS
TIE Up At DOCK
IN ALEXANDRIA
First of Vessels to Be Dis
mantIed Reach City-HeIp
Being Hired.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Oct. 2l.-
Two of the wooden vessels If the
.leet OF 226 to be dismantled at the
shipyard here arrived in port last
.ught. They are the "Alantnus' and
he "Mojave." They We're towed to
his city by a a.tugboat. under COM
mand of Capt. w. ]. Ladd, and placed
IL the wharf of the shiphuilding COM
pany.
Today employment Of help to dis
mantle the ships was begun.
1t Is expected that other ships will
arrive rapidly now, as the tugboat
will at once return to the James
river to bring up other vessels.
The reopening Of the shipyards
here Is hailed with delight by Alex
andrians as the men employed at
the plant are great help to the
business of this city.
Justice ]. w. Troth. OF FairffN
county, will give a verdict Of death
from natural causes, and will hold
no inquest over the remains Of a
man identified as John Hugh Boyler.
of Gloucester. ". j.. who was found
dead in the woods near Warwick
station. The man is supposed to
have wandered into the woods. and
to have died from exposure.
The Leesburg pike, leading from
Bailey's Cross Roads to Alexandria.
a distance of six miles. has been re-
opened, after having been put In a
fine condIt on The road was rebuilt
bv the counties of Arlington and
Fairfax and cost approximately
$4,000.
The fire department was called
out yesterday by small fire at the
plant Of the National Fruit Products
Company, on the west side OF Henri
gtreet. between Pendleton and Wythe
streets.
At Anne Lee Memorial Home for
the Aged last evening, prayer meet
ng was led by The Rev. y. X. JACK
son. pastor of F rst Baptist Church'
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
MOVED 81 TIMES
IN 2 YEARS, COURT HEARS

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. 2i.-
Miss Lulu vass Rayllngs, OF New
Preston. Conn. who had described
herself rs a real estate agent in her
bankruptcy petition with t150.0oO
debts. had her first hearing,
Il was sihIwn that she had moved
sixty.thres times In tuo ysarsL
The Washington times., 1922-10-21

~ YOU think you need a body.
guard. assuredly bring one along. u"
A few minutes later, Asa g..
entered the hotel. With him was
Asa O., jr.. dark and glowering.
10 Be Continued.)
The Washington times., 1922-10-21

Those aren't prize winning jim
giles in the joint contest of the Po.
tomac Electric Power Company and
The Washington Times for the best
caricature of Theodore Roberts as
Uncle Josh" in THE Old Home.
stead" Paramount picture showing
next week at Loew's Palace Thea
ter. and the best verse on electri-
flying the old farm. Far from II.
But yours may be. Just get one
Of the pictures Of Uncle Josh which
day and base your caricature on
Jingle embodying the idea, IF Uncle
he do in the electrical way?"
II you think Uncle Josh would
have gotten him a whisker curler
or an electric bed warmer Just say
so In your verse. II you think
Josh's taste would have run toward
electric talking machines or elec.
trio lights to deceive his hens into
thinking the days were longer. thus
persuading them to lay more eggs.
that will be perfectly all right too.
Or II you have some good electri.
cal Improvement in mind which
would make life on "the old home.
stead" more comfortable and pleas
ant Just say so. But don't make
your verse too long.
Seven fortunate Washingtonians
are going to receive valuable prizes
from the Potomac Electric Power
Company for the best caricatures
ood iiy olas Send y0ura in and vo,,
may be one OF them. 1t may just
as we'll be you as the next door
neighbor. Hes going to send his
in.
One hundred dollars worth OF
Electrical appliances, fixtures, or
wiring will be given as the first
prize. There will be a second prize
Of $50 worth three prizes Of $25
zach; one of SIS, and one Of $40.
The contest is open to every person
IN Washington, man. woman, or
child. There Is no restriction as to
he number of contributions you
may send in. II you have five good
deas, send them all in. One OF
hem may land you the big prize,
where a single contribution might
be a duplication OF the idea embodied
n some other chaps offering.
All contributions must be mailed
or brought to The Uncle Josh Jingle
Contest Editor. The Washington
Times, before midnight, Thursday
October 26. The contributions will
go to the judges Friday and the
prize winners will be announced
next Saturday in The Times and on
he screen at the Palace Theater.
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
GAMBLER 5
SHOPPERS,
s / Essay IS
Judge Stopped Just Short Of
MortalIy Offending Her
Old Friends.

Onezinad De Bouchelle's oDn story
ef her broken romance with Asa
q. Gender, Wealthiest man of the
South, as told to Martha Randolph
Of the Atlanta Georgian.
SCepyrisht, 1879. by Cosmopolitan News
service and the Georgian Company
(All riKht sreseryed)
The Washington times., 1922-10-21
JINGLE PRIZES
WILL De WELL
WORTH WHILE
Send in Pictures and Poetry
and Get in Line for One
of the Awards.

Jingles? Gosh,
Look at Josh,
Wreathed in fragrant hay,
Lots of fun
To lVin the mon;
Send in yours today.
How to do?
S up to you,
Do your statJf as you '0ill-
Just get IL IN
And you may Uin
A chunk from the Pepco's till.