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The Washington herald., 1922-11-30

having charge of the Middies, but
that under the circumstances the
midshipmen were thrown upon their
own responsibility.
WAS GENERAL HOLIDAY.
It was stated by a prominent
officer today that the day Of the
game was a general holiday for the
Middies, that 500 or more availed
themselves of the opportunity for
a trip to New York to visit friends
and attend parties while several
hundred others came back to Balti.
more and Washington or other
places. Their holiday extended until
Sunday afternoon. ,-..--
Officials OF the Academy are new.
ertheless deeply istirred over the
situation which has also become
the subject Of widespread discus
sion about the city. 1t is generally
believed that the coming inquiry
will have a far-reaching effect, prob
ably tending to nip bootleggers or
other agencies through which mid.
shipmen are alleged to have been
able to get the liquor.
MANY RUMORS RIFE.
Various stories are going the
rounds among civilians who attend.
ed the game concerning the drink.
ing revels Of the Middies.
1t is said that when the contests
were staged in Philadelphia in years
gone by the trip was made in .
single day instead Of overnight lib
erty being granted and the students
were reminded of the fact that the
Naval Academy regulations would
remain in full effect during the
jaunt. When several years ago the
scene Of the games shifted to the
Polo Grounds in New York a change
was made because of the long tire.
some journey and the Middies were
permitted to remain in Gotham until
Sunday afternoon, the same as In
the present instance.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
PocketbOOk Swindle
Costs Woman $40

Charlotte Jones. sos U street
northwest, reported to the police
last night she was swindled out Of
$40 by twe negroes who stopped her
on U street. declaring they had
found a pocketbook in which there
was $500. ....
The woman was told that, as she
witnessed the finding Of the purse,
she was entitled to one-third of the
money it, was said to contain. Go.
ing to her home after being told
that the pocketbook contained $500
the woman turned over to the two
negroes $40. Several minutes after
the men disappeared, the woman
opened the pocketbook to find that
it contained only q roll Of news
papers, cut in the sire and width
Of currency.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
.F|ANCEE MADE HIS
PROBATION OFFICER
BootIegger Is Released Upon
Woman's Promise of Re-
forming Him.

Women have become married to
men with all sorts Of faults and
vices. to reform them. but for the
first time yesterday. according 10
the records, a woman has under.
taken the job Of reforming a con-
victed bootlegger and making q
model husband Of him.
The woman is Carrie Dugan and
the convicted bootlegger IL Edward
Wormley. Because Of a plea by the
woman to Judge Hardison in Police
Court. Wormley. who was sentenced
to four months in jail on October
30 and fined 500 in addition, was
allowed to drop this sentence and
take a life sentence at matrimony
''If you are sure you can make
this man stop bootlegging and re
form him. will place him on pro
baton so you can marry him." Judge
Hardison told the woman.
IT think can-I know I can,
the woman replied.
"If you don't" Judge Hardison
warned her. you won't have your
husband long, because IL he comes
back here he Is going to smell the
smoke"
wormley. promised to let the
bootlegging business alone and was
placed on probation. He and his
bride-to-be went to the courthouse
and obtained a license.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
RISKS life IN TEST
As A|RPLANE TARGET
Lieut.. Patterson Drives Navy
Craft While Army Pilots
Shoot at Him,
By JOHN GOLDSTROM.
Universal Service.

The War. Department yesterday
announced the success of perhaps
the most dangerous military
maneuver ever attempted-firing
loaded shells by anu-aircraft gun.
ners at a target towed through the
air by a naval plane.
Lieut.. w. X. Patterson volun.
teered to pilot the plane. He
eluded II Of the 20 shots fired, but
the five hits registered are con.
sidered by experts to have dem.
onstrated tho effectiveness Of anti
aircraft defense Of the coast.
Paterson would have been killed
II the gunners had fired directly
at the plane instead of at the tar.
get. The tests showed, said the
War Department, that there IL no
danger for the pilot-'provided the
gunners are well trained"
The tests were conducted at Fort
Monroe, Va, by the 61st Artillery
Battalion. The target was towed
by a seaplane from the Hampton
Roads Naval Air Station. The off
cial statement says:
The results accomplished mark
a new era in the development Of
the American system Of anti-air-
craft defense
The target was in the shape Of
a sleeve, three feet in diamter
and fourteen feet long. II was
towed through the air at a speed
of sixty to eighty miles an hour
by a cable $500 feet long. which
was fastened to Lieutenant Pat
terson's plane.
Eight courses were flown from
Rip Raps to Back River Light at
attitudes varying from 500 to
100 feet. The sky was overcast
and the target, which at times
was obscured by clouds, appeared
scarcely as large as a lady's stock
ing.
The anti-aircraft troops opened
fire with both three-inch guns and
machine guns. The average range
for firing was 5000 yards.
That there is no danger for. the
pilot Of the plane towing an aerial
target, provided that the gunners
are well trained, Is shown by the
fact that although the tow line
was $500 feet long. the shot which
came closest to the plane during
the entire firing was 2200 feet be-
+ hind the aviator.
As the seaplane used IL much
heavier than the average land
plane which would be used for
towing, and not so easily maneuv-
cred, II Is believed that any OBJ
lection which aviators may have
to towing targets for anti-aircraft
firing has been overcome as the
result Of these tests.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Discovers Wife
Part Negro; Asks
For His Freedom
Insurance Agent, Wed In
1921, Says He Never Saw
Inside of Her Home

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Alegins
that he had only recently discovered
that his wife has negro blood In her
veins, John w. Stoval, well-to-do
New York insurance man, began suit
in the Brooklyn supreme court today
for an annulment.
Mrs. Stoval's defense 10 based
mainly on the contention that the
insurance man took her ''as is" and
without inquiring into race. She ad.
mits that she is part negro. but pro-
tests that she did not represent her
self to Stoval to be white as she was
not called upon 70 do so.
The wedding was solemnized No.
vember 20. 1921, after a short court.
ship. Stoval had returned from
Europe where he was In service only
a few months previously, and had
met the girl at a social in Brooklyn.
Stoval 10 twenty-six years old and
his wife twenty-one.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Pie Dealer Charges She Offered
Him 500 to Support
Her Testimony.
WOMAN PREDICTS SURPRISE
Hand Of God Slow But Sure,
Says Principal Witness in
Hall-MIIIs Murder.
U.,verual -ssrv,s..

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. Nov
2s.-George sippel, cattle and pig
dealer. today cha,ged that Mrs
Jane Gibson. who accused Mrs
Frances Stevens Hail Of being pres
ent when . her husband. the Rev
Edward w. Hall. and Mrs. Eleanor
Mills were slain. had tried to buy
testimony with which to help se
cure Mrs. Halls indictment.
OFFERED HIM 500.
Sippel told newspapermen that
Mrs. Gibson offered him 500 tc
corrohorate essential details of her
story that she saw Mrs. Hall and
q man at the murder scene.
Refusal Of the grand jury e
indict anybody IL said to have beer
due to the allegations by Sippel
against Mrs. Gibson, star witness
for the prosecution.
Sippel, In an interview. said:
Mrs. Gibson told me she saw
Mrs. Hall and . bushy-haired
man on the night Of the murders
by the light Of an automobile that
looked like mine. She said she
would give 500 to find out who
owns that car. Then she said:
There il no reason why you
could not make this money. You
just claim you decided to come
home through the lane that night;
saw q man and a woman In the
lane. and further a horse or a
mule. Say you thought It was
hold-up. No one will dispute
you"
1 told her there was not enough
money In the country to make me
fia in that missing link.
WILLING TO WAIT.
When Mrs. Gibson was confronted
with this charge she snapped:
I offered money to nobody.
Look for some big surprise right
after the holidaya The hand Of
God is slow but sure. am a
good waiter.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
GYPSY SEER LOSES
$500 TO ROBBERS
Three Held for Grand Jury Ac-
cused of Theft, While Po-
lice Seek Two More.

1t is not on record that John
Mitchell, gypsy fortune teller at
22S Four -and-a half street south.
west, ever visited a brother palm
reader and had his fortune told.
II he had he might have learned
in advance that his place would be
visited by five rough looking per.
sons, armed to the teeth, who had
designs on his bankroll.
This happened Tuesday Just as
John finished counting his roll
amounting to $500. Two Of the
robbers covered John and his family
with automatics while the other
three searched for and found the
money.
The gypsy broke all speed records
to the Fourth precinct where he
notified Detectives Berry and Car
roll of the tragedy. The detectives
arrested Louis Adams. William Wells
and John J. Curley and charged
them with robbery.
I'VE are innocent - it's all
frame-up," chirped all three mei'
when lined up before Judge Hardi'
son yesterday in Police Court.
"Of course it's q ffame-up, said
John, as he arose and left his
whole family in the rear OF the
courtroom. "I am the fellow who
was framed. 1t cost me $780,"
Detectives Carroll and Berry claim
that the three alleged robbers
Matched the plot to rob Mitchell a.
the Bowie, Nd, race track after
they lost their money on the ponies
The other two men have not yet
been apprehended.
Judge Hardison held all three mer
under $2,5o0 bond for a hearint
next Monday.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Army and Navy
Orders

Cavalry.
Lieut.-Col Alvan G. Gillem, to the
Philippine Islands; Major Frederick
Herr, to the Philippine Islands.
Navy.
Comdr. Lilo F. Draemel, to U. S.
s. Riegel: Lieut.. -Comdr Robert Z.
Bell. to U. s. s. Riegel; Lieut.. -Comdr.
Ralph f. bennett. to U. S. s. S-19;
Lieut.-Comdr. Frank II. Luckel, TO
U. S. S. Riegel; ut.-Comdr. Riley
+. Mcconnell, to Des Moines, Iowa;
Lieut.-Comdr. James P. Spore. to
Washington. d. C.; Lieut.. Louis L.
Habryl. to U. S. S. S-22; Lieut.. vii.
lard A Kits. to Washington. d. c.;
Lieut.. John B. Lawrence. to Hamp.
ton Roads, Va; Lieut.. Joseph s.
Ives. to Hampton Roads, Va; Lieut..
Russell " Pollard. to Hampton
Roads, Va: Ensign Edwin L. Brash-
ears. to U. S. s. sac; Ensign Willard
L. Dillon, to u. s. s. SAG; Ensign
James H. Foskett, to u. S. s. S-22
Ensign Allan B. Fowler, to U. s. S.
S-36; Ensign Stephen II. Harrison,
to U. S. S. Sill; Ensign Thaddeus B.
Hooper. to U. S. S. S-31: Ensign
Julius c. Kinsky, to u. S. s. S-35
A&hSASh OOSepu w. hCtOil, IO u. D. ..
S-37; Ensign Christopher Noble. to
U. S. S. S-34; Ensign Rudolph Osser
TO U. s. S. S-35; Ensign William F.
Ramsey, to U. S. s. S-36; Ensign
Robert II. Smith. to U. S. s. S-34
Lieut.-Comdr. Elwood A. Cobey, to
u. S. S. Utah; Lieut.. Jacques II. E.
Everette, to Boston. Mass; Lieut.
Thomas H Hipp. to Philadelphia.
Pa.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
JURY CONV|CTS ONE
IN FRYE DEATH CASE
Banton Found Guilty of First
Degree Murder Com
panion Acquitted.

George 8. Banton, colored, twenty
years old. was found guilty OF
murder in the first degree by a
jury in Criminal Division / last
night for the shooting to death
of Samuel Frye on August 10, last
George w. McGoines, on trial as an
accomplice, was acquitted.
The case, which was heard by
Justice Stafford, was the shortest
murder trial on record in District
courts. Five hours were consumed
in hearing evidence and it took
the Jury the same length Of time
to reach a verdiC.
According to the evidence, both
boys were charged with holding up
the store of H. l.. Gordon, Sixty
first and Dix streets northeast. and
shooting Frye, a clerk in the store
and John Taylor, the manager
Frye died on his way to the hos
pital. II was said that Banton lay
in wait outside the small grocery
until the customers left, when he
and McGoines entered and ordered
Frye and Taylor to throw up their
hands. When the white men re
fused to accede to their demands
shots were fired. Both colored boys
blamed the other.
Lieut.. Guy Burlingame and a
squad of police from the Ninth
precinct searched the surrounding
country throughout the night. Tn,
following day they arrested Bantor
and McGoines.
Assistant U. 8. Attorney Bilbrey
conducted the prosecution, while At
torneys H. r. Johnston and ]. s
Detwiler represented Banton ant
McGoines.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
GIRL HURT IN CAR SMASH.

Lucy Ashton, two-year-old daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Ash.
ton, Of 709 Cameron street, Alex.
andria, suffered slight injuries of
the head yesterday when an auto.
mobile which her father was oper.
ating was in collision with a car
of the Observation-Disclosures Railway
Company at Thirteenth and c streets
northwest. The girl was taken to
the Emergency Hospital for treat.
ment.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Neighbors Raid Market
Truck in S. r. Wreck

A number of southeasterners took
advantage Of the treat offered them
yesterday morning, when six bar.
rels of cranberries, besides pumpkins
and celery were dumped into the
street during q collision between
a truck laden with Christmas sup
plies and an oil wagon, at Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
their aprons while men filled their
hats and pockets.
The treat was at the expense OF
Barnett Shapiro. commission mer.
chant, Oil Louisiana avenue north.
west
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Note in Bottle Tells
OF Six Adrift at Sea

RIVERHEAD. N. Y. Nov. 2s.-
A note within a bottle found float.
ing today in Long Island Sound
said the writer and five other per
sons had been adrift In mid-ocean
in a stalled power boat for two
weeks.
I'VE are dying" concluded the
message. which asked that T. M.
Gregg, of New London, Conn, be
notified. The note was signed "B.
G. Gregg" II was undated.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Smokers Lose
High Notes, Dry
Chief Declares
BY International News servi.e.

BY international News Service.
LONDON. Nov. 90.
URLS who smoke lose not
" only their feminine charm
but their physical freshness As
well, Sir James Camille, ia
nous British prohibition leader.
told the Institute of Hygiene
today. The soprano who smokes.
said Sir James, will lose her
high notes; the tenor will be-
come a baritone, and the bass
bassO profundo. He said that
tobacco smoke affected the
heart, lungs, throat, brain. and
blood.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
There Are Four Ways
To Pay Your Income Tax
BY Universal Service.

Four methods Of paying income
and profits taxes due December
Is. will be acceptable 10 the Treas.
ury, Secretary Mellon announced
yesterday. They are:
Cash: Check, money order or
bank draft; Treasury certificates
maturing December 15, or AZ per
cent Victory notes.
The Treasury expects the. Decem.
Der collections from income and
profits taxes to reach $275 900 900.
Treasury certificates maturing
December Is total about 100000.
900. Outstanding Victory notes
called for redemption aggregate
about $500, 900.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Gets Two Years in Jail
For Annoying Woman

James Gwathney, barber. en-
ployed IN q shop near the baseball
park, who was convicted Of asssult
growing out Of the attempt TO hand
q note containing an offensive pro
posal 70 Miss Edna Berry. secrstAry
to Clark Griffith. OF the washins-
ton American League baseball club.
was sent to jail for two years yes-
terday by Judge Harrison IN Police
Court.
Before the police could arrest
Gwathney he tore the letter 70 btts.
but Il was recovered and presented
in evidence. Assistant District At
torney Ralph Given demanded the
maximum penalty and the court
sentenced Gwathney to serve q year
and fined him $500 or another year
In default. The fine was not paid.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30


Lover. another reason I TOOK
my time answering you that ]
was yours: ] was afraid you were
hurt over this trial OF yours;
that 1t wasn't really I you want
ed. but just sympathy Of q GOOD
woman. Wen. dear. lets BE-
sweethsarts again and love each
other.
You want me. but I was hurt.
and ! want you. am yours; ]
swear I am yours to eternfty.
Can I send some papers and
deeds. etc, for you TO take care
off
The next day. November Is. sh'
wrote:
Dearest Man o. Nine: This has.
been . most wonderful day. i be
neve the most wonderful. and j
know / am the happiest little lady
on earth, because ] ain the proud
possessor Of the most precious
man on earth. No. dear. there n
no barrier but religion. and ! don't
feel easy on that score yet.
Perhaps your wife will not get
her divorce. Then what? Oh.
dear, I'm happy In knowing. but
my poor brain 10 In q Whirl i
am yours and you are mine.
AN IMP OF SATAN.
I'll have to do penance the rest
of my natural life for all my sins.
I'm afraid here I am loving Q
married man and wanting him
SO, when he Ia already married,
and worst Of all, telling him I
love him and want him Oh. my
sins are many and IN never get
through shining. I'm afraid. for
I'm willing to stn more. I'm
willing to marry you in secret
and what could be worse? Yes.
dear, I'm an imp Of Satan sure.
but II you'll try to be me through
II all I'll try to be happy.
Dear, / too have been planning.
Why can't we be one when you
come to Hansell? I can live In
Chicago or elsewhere until you
can make our marriage known.
You could spend most Of your
summer with me. We could go
for an outing and ia have all
that time to get ready to take
my place as your wife. ] mean
linens, etc.
TELLS OF CLOTHES.
Dear, I have been worrying
fearful today. ] have never seen
you and 1 know I'm getting In
sistent. but will you like little
me? / am not q college grsdu-
ate. I dress mostly In tailored
clothes. Sort Of plain. I can't
explain. dear. I'm used 70 being
in public and practicing etiquette.
I practice always, but I'm afratd
since I saw Gus's picture I'm not
as fussy as she is. c'Gus" refers
to Augusta, his wifel don't
mean. dear, I'm a country Jake.
nor that my clothes are out Of
style. Just different, and not for
: the world would I disappoint you.
I'm glad you have nice teeth.
I have an awful time with mine.
1t is always fix. Well, sonny.
must close and take this TO post
office. Oh. how I love you and
want you. ! can hardly wait TIN
I can really and truely own you.
I'm afraid. sir. you'll sue for
divorce because you tire loved too
much, wish I could write more,
but must hurry or my boy won't
hear from me at all tomorrow.
Another instaIlment Of Mrs.
Brimmer's brimming letters win
be published In The Herald to
morrow.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
Liquor Scandal Probe
Ito Start Tomorrow.
international News Service.

The investigation of the liquor
sccSdal" at Philadelphia Saturday
in connection with the Army. Navy
football game will start at Annap-
oils tomorrow. Secretary Of the
Navy DENLY announced yesterday.
The inquiry Will be conducted by
a special board composed of Rear
Admiral Ashley H. Robertson, Rear
Admiral s.. s. Robson, Capt. Sim
clair Cannon and Capt. John T.
Tompkins.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30

6no 0eDCfl00Q nef 0re09 and ~
sured him she was no "countr,
On November Il. Blanche wrot'
him. in part:
Dear. would gladly give you
my life II II were necessary. But
are you sparing rne7 I gave you
my all yesterday. regardless Of
friends and beliefs. ] cast them
all aside. I told you ia give up
the. others for you. I very hon.
estly did. I returned James let
ters with q brief note. I could
not meet him in Chicago. now. or
in the future. for at last ! found
the king that ruled my kingdom.
II mentioned no names. and
told my Iowa friend Sunday that
] couldn't 90 to Ames with him,
for ! had q man ! loved; though
he was not here. ! was going to
John. I did this and I meant
II. ] wrote you Monday and told
you ! was yours. body and soul,
and ! am and always viii be. so
John. you can't cast me aside and
be true. for you gave me until
wednesday to answer you and I
answered Monday and told you
why ! had not answered sooner.
But II answered 20 far as I am
concerned and viii be In Chicago
to meet you November 20, re-
kardless. am just as I told you.
I've held back nothing or hid.
ABSOLUTELY YOURSw
I'm yours absolutely. / could
a he mn vvrrro 70 war.
wife. I love you more than
can tell you and I am ready to
marry you tomorrow II you 80
desire. I'll marry you In secret
or in the open. OF course. rd
rather I could say yes, that won
derful human being 10 John, my
husband. but. lover. II I had to
keep still I'd be proud Of you
just the same.
Perhaps you won't have me,
but. John, please meet me and
give me q chance to prove ] am
all say ] am. I didn't say ]
was q devil. but you say 1 did a
devilish thing.
"Iu be your imp, angel, or
whatever you want me to be: but
please write and say you for.
give. for I am yours to do as
you like with. for trust and
love you. Your own.
"BLANcHE."
The following was written O
the reverse side Of November /
letter:
p. 9. John. after I read II
over 1 don't know whether
have made II strong enough yet.
but here II is in black and white.
] love you devotedly, .sincers2y,
am yours to cast aside or keep.
III 20 through he'll for you.
am yours. and VIII do the best
Of my ability to make you the
happiest man on earth. ] am
praying that you'll take back
those words and say you love me
and that some day we can be to-
gether in a home all our own.
where there will always be love
and in few years there will be
an added blessing. Q John. jr.
You said we were one, % to prove
It to you I'll talk as II I mean It.
INCLOSES A KEEPSAKE.
Now I am yours, until you say
you do not want me. ] am in
closing a very dear keepsake.
Keep 1t always or. rather, as
long as you love me.
Goodnight my blessed and
pray you'll not cast me aside.
Love and write you forgive
your baby.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
WANT NEW U. S. BUILDING,

An appropriation Of S1.25o. 900 to
build a new Federal building In
Oakland Calf. was asked tor in q
bill intrpduced yesterday by Rep
resentative MacLafferty. The pres
ent building win be sold for $780,.
900. the proceeds to be applied to
the new one.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30

Star" the story Of a Commache
pony, is the latest book from the
pen of this brilliant writer. It is
essentially a story Of the West OF
which Mrs. Hooker knows much.
Augusta Thomas, in his story
Arizona" created the character OF
Bonita Canby," for which Mrs.
Hooker was the original inspira.
ton, according to current literary
gossip.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30

live, was born
in Philadelphia.
s h e is tn z
daughter of Brig.
Gen. Charles L.
Cooper.
M r s. Hooker
has spent most
of her life In
the West in the
home of h Q r
father in : law,
Henry c. Hook
er, cattle king.
in Arizona. Dur.
ing that time
she has collected
much material
for use in books
which she in.
tends tn write
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
|sAY M|DIAEs BROKE
THEIR HONOR 0lTHs
Officials Say Drunken Cadets
Were on Own Responsibility
After Football Game Ended.
REFUSE TO TAKE BLAME
Assert There Was No ReIaxa-
ton Of Discipline During Pc
riod and Little Drinking.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Nov. 3s.-That
the regiment Of midshipmen were
given general liberty the same as
upon some special holiday when In
Philadelphia last Saturday was the
claim Of some naval officers to-
day In connection with the i'm
pending investigation by a naval
board detailed by Secretary Of the
Navy DENLY of the alleged whole
sale drinking and "disgraceful" con-
duct by the students at q bali fol-
lowing the Army-Navy football game.
This view would seem to reflect
that there was no relaxation IN
discipline on the part Of officers
The Washington herald., 1922-11-30
TO TALK ON MOROCCO.

Africa's far west. Morocco, vfll Be
the subject Of an Illustrated lecture
by Horace d. Ashton before mem
bers Of the National oeoraphie
Society. Friday afternoon and 80
ming, at the Masonic Temple. No
ton pictures to be shown by M,
Ashton were taken by him.