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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-02
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928

Entered at the Postoffce at Hamilton,
Ohio. as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-03-23
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I.-John BARLEY, noted GRIM
inal investigator recently returned from
Secret Service work during the war, Is
asked by the governor Of New YORK TO
berry of the Robert Slyke home at Circle
Lake near Saratoga. Peculiar clrcum-
stances of the case interest Baruey, and
he accepts.
CHAPTER H.-With his friend Pelt,
BARLEY goes to Circle Lake, the pair
becoming the guests OF Bob Currle, an
old friend. The. three visit the slyke
home. Slyke apparently resents Barueys
coming, saying he is satisfied the two
men in prison for the attempted robbery
were guilty. BARLEY is not Next morn
ing Slyke is found dead in bed, apparent
ly having shot himself.
CHAPTER III.-Miss Potter, the dead
man 8 sister-in-law, the village ponce
chief, Roche, and the family physician,
Doctor King, all agree Slyke killed HIM
self, but BARLEY insists he was murdered.
Investiga ting, BARLEY finds evidence that
siyke "a after a card party ne ne had hada gwen, EN-
dressed, and placed in bed. During his
absence from the room someone removes
the revolver from Sykes hand.
CHAPTER IVA boy working in the
garage asserts he heard a shot during the
night, apparently lin the air." of course
really on the tower.
CHAPTER v.-Pelt starts out to inter
view the members of the card party. He
finds to his surprise that Slyke, apparent
ly wealthy broker. had offered to sell mig
friends whisky He finds evidence that
the men in jail for attempted robbery OF
Slyke were framed"
CHAPTER vI.-Returning from visit
to Saratoga, BARLEY, Pelt and Currie
come upon a large motor truck, without
lights and off the road. They are dis
covered endeavoring to ascertain the
tse gets away fi The ~ three come co 1 upon long
disused burial vault. Apparently the look
is new. and BARLEY picks It. They md
the vault stored with whisky, and also
the revolver which had been found In
Sykes hand. A man, seemingly we'll
acquainted with the place, arrives, and
they detain him. It is Sykes missing
chauffeur. A detective, working for the
revenue department, arrives and takes
charge Of the vault.
CHAPTER VII.-After considering all
ley apparently reaches no conclusion as
TO the murderer. He is satisfied tha
deals In whisky had something to 20
with it. Miss Potters firm belief In tae
.'ouiJa board" and spiritualism 6lso
seems to interest him.
CHAPTER VIII.-Bartley continues his
search for evidence, and apparently finds
inquest opens Doctor King, who Is the
coroner a war veteran, and VINO hAo
been shell-shocked, conducts 1T. neaYy
thunderstorm is in progress. Doctor
Webster, called in consultahorty testides
he believes Slyke was murdered
A wild thought struck me-. knew
at the time how absurd 1t was, yet q
desire to hear what Bartley would
reply made me voice il.
perhaps the girl ktIled him."
BARLEY gave me surprised look
started to speak, then decided to wait
and hear what I had to say.
"You say" I suggested that Slyke
was killed about. two o'clock in the
morning The girl might have come
to the house and killed him; then
gone bacB 90 her uncles, and told the
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-03-23

story about being afraid to go through
the woods alone. She said 1t was
three o'clock when he came with her
to the house That's good alibi, of
course; but suppose she had been
to the house once before. The dog
didn't bark, because he knew her She
was also In the house when the re-
volver disappeared. If you claim the
taking of the gun was foolish, why
can it not be said to be the kind OF
an illogical thing woman would dof
The average man would know it was
no use to remove the gun. You re-
member how startled the aunt was
when she saw the girl"
BARLEY had listened with an amused
smile that grew broader as / talked
Though / had not been serious when
/ began, the more / thought Of the
idea the more plausible my suggestion
sounded. BARLEY himself had said
that in the case we must build up q
theory first, and then see If the facts
would fit 1t,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-03-23

vnom Ruth had intended to spend the
night.
The first place we stopped on our
arrival in town was at a large drug
store. where BARLEY asked to see
the proprietor When he appeared,
BARLEY placed small object on the
counter before him.
Can you give me any idea" he
asked, "what sort of bottle that
cork came frc~n?
The object was the little stopper
with the red wax which he had
showed me the night before. Picking
it up, the druggist looked at it very
carefully. He turned it over in his
hand, scratched the wax with a knife,
and took so long in replying that
thought he never would speak.
81 think | can," he said at last
"The little cork not only had its top
covered with red wax, but the wax ran
down the sides of the bottle. In or
der to get it open, it was necessary
to cut the wax away. It looks to me
as If it came from Park Graham
bottle"
"You mean the drug firm?" BARLEY
asked
Eyes. l will show you"
He went behind the screen and re
turned in a second with little bottle
in his hand 1t was but few inches
long. and the cork stopper was GOV
cred in the same manner with rec
wax, and part of it had run down the
sides of the bottle. 1t was the mate
to the stopper that BARLEY had found
BARLEY examined the bottle care
fully. noted the label, and returned
it to the druggist.
When we were again in the auto
mobile, BARLEY said, Il wish were
as sure what that stopper was doins
in that room as the druggist is of thu
kind of bottle it came out Of"
Bartley's real object in coming t
town was, however, to visit the jai
and find out from Roche whether tn,
chauffeur had told what he knew o.
not left him at the jail door, prom
/ Using TO return NlIlllu an uOul, DIV
went in search of the young woman
with whom Sykes step-daughter ha'
expected to spend the night.
When / found her, Miss Morton
bore out all that Ruth had said abou
the way she had happened to go hom'
the night of the murder. They hat
been to a dance together, and on tn
way back the car had broken doWl
near the entrance to the Slyke estate
Ruth said. as she was SO near, sh'
might as well so home. One Of tin
young men had gone with her to t.
little cottage where her uncle livec
He had waited until the old man ha
come downstairs, and had then re
Joined his party. Ruth's story ha
been true, and l saw how very FOOLS
my suggestion to BARLEY had bee
that she might have committed tn
murder.
When l returned to the jail, aoou
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-03-23

an hour later, / found that BARLEY
had gone to Doctor Kings office, and
| followed him there at once. 1t was
the usual physicians office, with
cases of instruments along the walls
and a fiat-top desk in the center OF
the room. BARLEY and the doctor
were bending over a small pad when
[ entered, and BARLEY told me that
the doctor had been drawing for him
little map of the roads around the
Slyke estate The doctor looked older
than when | had seen him first, far
more tired and nervous. 1t took sew
eral years to get over shell shock,
from which he suffered, he told us, and
he had been very foolish to start to
practice again so soon after MS re-
turn from the front. He recounted
few of his war experiences, and they
were enough to have broken any man.
He said that, as soon as his duties in
regard to the Slyke case were over,
he was going to take a rest. All the
time he talked to us he played with
a pencil or tapped the desk in front
of him.
We spoke of the inquest, and he
told us that he did not need to call
coroner's jury unless he wished. The
facts were SO complex or so simple
it was hard to say which-that jury
would be confused by them. He ad-
mitted that there was no doubt that
Slyke had been murdered, but doubt
ed if any jury would bring in Ver-
dict of murder on such slight evidence
as we had He suggested that, II 1t
were murder, some one from Saratoga
might have committed the crime. 1t
was not a bad suggestion, and to my
! surprise BARLEY seemed to regard II
! favorably. The doctor mentioned the
chauffeurs arrest, and said that he
! had only known the man by sight. we
| talked for an hour or more, then re-
| turned home.
Continued Next Week
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-03-23
CHAPTER VIII
The Inquest Opens.

It was only natural, after the late
ness of the hour at which l went to
bed, that l should oversleep the next
morning. II was we'll after nine be-
fore l entered the breakfast room; l
found no one there but servant VINO
told me that the others had eaten
some time before. When / had nm
ished my breakfast / went in search
of BARLEY, and found him in the sun
parlor surrounded by a mass of news
papers. He waved to me and went on
reading.
The inquest was not to be held until
one o'clock; and / wondered what
BARLEY wanted me to do with my
morning. AS If in answer to my
thought, he looked up and said he
was going into Saratoga on some er
rands, and suggested that | go with
him and interview the. girl friend with
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
F|REMEN ON RUN. bUL
ALARM" WAS Wedding
OF CHIEF C. 7. BASIL

In an effort to steal a march or
their friends. Chief Fire Marshal
George T. Basil and his bride, who
was formerly Mrs. Ida Glow, widow of
Bertram Glow, almost caused a riot
last night in College avenue. The
date of their wedding was originally
set for March 10. but to avoid pub
licity the couple arranged to be mar
ried last evening at the parsonage of
Calvary NJ E. Church by Rev. DR.. H
w. Burgan.
Some one 'let the cat out of the
bag" however, and the firemen turn
ed out to wish their chief and his
bride good luck. They also brought
the engines and trucks with. them
All the fire companies and trucks
lined up on College avenue outside
the parsonage, and when the bride
and groom made a dash for the Short
Linz at TAO. Immediately after the
ceremony was performed. they had IL
run the gauntlet of the good wishes
of the fire fighters and the crowd:
that had gathered to see whose
house was about to burst into flames
On their return from a welding trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil will live at %,
West street
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
DR.. LOUIS WE|TzMAN
BURIED IN BAL T|MORE

Funeral services for DIR. Louis
Weitzman, for many years Talmudist
at the Exeter Street Synagogue, in
Baltimore, who died Wednesday az
the Hebrew Hospital, were held
at 10 o'clock today from Aisquith
Street Synagogue, Baltimore. Rabbi
Samuel Horwitz conducted the serv-
vices. Burial was in the Friendship
Hebrew Congregation Cemetery
|. Doctor Weitzmap is survived by his
widow. Mrs Sarah Weitzman; six
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Lipman, Mrs
Jacob Greenberg, Dr. Frances Edith
Weitzman. all of Annapolis; Mrs
Hyman Joblin of Philadelphia, Mrs
Nathan Liberman of Washington and
Mrs. Raymond Abrahams. now in
Russia: two sons. James N. and Al
bert L. Weitzman of New York; II
grandchildren and four great-grand.
children.
Doctor Weitzman was graduated
from the Russian Seminary at wilma
and was 70 years old. In his you'll
he visited sections OF Africa, Spain
Morocco and England before cominf
to this country "a years ago. He re
tired eight years ago.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
GOV. P|NcHOT's STATE.
TROOPERS STAGE DRY
RAID IN YOUNGSTOWN
By The Associated Press, /,

JOHNSTOWN, PA, Mar. 9.-The
,ity of Johnstown was much drier to-
lay than for many months as the
result of raid conducted by the
state troops.
Ignoring district prohibition off,
GERS, the troopers, working under
Governor Pinchot's orders to "dry up
he state" swooped down on this in
1ustrial city, raided saloons and ho-
els and arrested 35 persons.
Much attention was attracted to
the prohibition situation in this city
last August, when Mayor Cauffiel in
formed brewers and saloon keepers
that he would have no objection to
the sale of real Leer." He stipu-
ated, however, that the Leor sold
must be free from "poisons and
ether" such as the Lootleggers had
heen dispensing here.
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STILL EXPLOSION SETS
FIRE TO HOUSE, PUTTING
IS PERSONS To FLIGHT
nv IN. Associated p,... !,

BALTIMORE. MD, Mar. 9.-Twc
families, comprising 10 persons
sought safety in the street at $3.50 a
m. today when still exploded in the
house at 2lS South Exeter street, set
ting fire to it.
The dwelling is said to have been
occupied by Peter Demaria, his wife
and seven children. They escaped
through the rear door and neither
firemen nor policemen were able to
locate them.
What they did find in the house
was:
One 25-gallon still in the cellar.
in operation; one 25-gallon still
on the first floor, not in. opera
tion; one 75-gallon still in the
kitchen, in operation; 21 barrels
of fermenting mash; IL ten-gal-
lon jars of corn liquor; 40 FIVE
gallon jars, some containing
liquor.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
NAVAL OFFICER KILLED
IN COLLIER ORION

Lieut.. Commander John A. Fletch-
sr, executive officer of the United
States fuel ship Orion, died yester-
lay at Port-au-P Prince, Haiti, as the
result of an S0-foot fall through an
open hatchway of the collier.
He is survived by a widow who was
'ormerly Miss Faith Sanford, daugh-
er of General Sanford, U. S. A., and
several children.
Lieut.. Commander Fletcher was
Graduated from the Naval Academy
the class of 1911 and was a son
If Captain William B. Fletcher. U. s.
\. (retired). He has two brothers
n the service, Lieut. Paul w. Fletch-
n and Ensign William B. Fletcher,
Jr. He recently served tour of duty
1t the Naval Academy.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
STANDARD BEARERS II
PLANNING MUSICALE

The Standard Bearers held their
regular monthly meeting at the home
OF the Misses Munroe on Tuesday
evening. The meeting opened with
the usual devotional services, after
which Miss Thelma Bealer gave a
very interesting talk on Women Who
Are Workers."a
Miss Eleanor Childs sang several
very beautiful solos and Miss Alva
Frank, student of the Peabody Con-
servatory of Music, gave two delight
full piano selections.
The Standard Bearers plan to give
musicale on March 10, and a fine
musical program will be rendered. A
generous patronage is expected.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
VARSITY CLUBMEN
HEAR ABOUT RUSSIA
Economic Condition Today And
Other Phases Of Country
Related BY Speakers

An unusually large attendance
marked the regular meeting OF the
University Club last night at Me-
Dowell Hail, st. Johns College The
subject Russia" with three well-in-
formed speakers, was evidently the
special attraction.
Professor Howard Mccormick, o.
the Department of English. U. s. Ma
val Academy. opened the program
with the subtitle: THE Economic
Condition of Russia Today" He
stated that it is difficult to Obtain the
full truth regarding Russia, owing to
propaganda 10y opposing parties, hut
most of his information was derived
from Bolsheviki sources. 1t must ie
torne in mind that the present eco.
nomic muddle is not wholly the faul'
OF the Bolsheviki. Russia tegan tc
collapse under the Gear at the out.
hreak of the Great War in 1914. She
was not really prepared for war anf
the Cars government made llunde'
after blunder ty ill-advised taxation
schemes which crippled industry and
transportation, and ran up the high
cost of living enormously.
1t was really hunger which goaded
the nation on to the Revolution in
1917. The Bolsheviki took hold to es.
tablish three things the abolition OF
capitalism, the redistribution of lan6
and the reign OF lat or. Thus far the
history of these past years in Rus
sia tears strong resemblance to the
French Revolution. Yet the situatioi
is not hopeless. Professor McCormici
believes the Mayor of Lyons, France
is right when, after careful study o;
the situation, he predicts that Russis
will eventually emerge as conser
vative Peasant Republic. The pres
ent government cannot lie censuref
for exporting grain while many Rus
(C0uftnued On
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
Will Censor Books
Read BY N. Y.
Public

NEW YORK, Mar. 9.-Begin-
ming today. New York's reading is
to be censored unofiicially by the
clean book league. Representa-
tives of several civic and welfare
organizations formed the organi-
cation yesterday at the request of
Supreme Court Justice John
Ford. who recently publicly
charged that many books on
Metropolitan bookstore shelves
were immoral.
The organization empowered
Justice Ford to appoint a COM
mittee of prominent men to read
dubious and suspected books and
report their impressions to the
public.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
MOTHERS CIRCLE TO
MEET NEXT TUESDAY

The Mothers Circle will hold an
open meeting in the local High School
on Tuesday, March 13, at p. M,
which will he addressed by Thos. l..
Gibson, State Supervisor of Music.
This meeting is the one originally
scheduled for February but which had
to be postponed. An interesting pro-
gram has been arranged for Tues
days meeting and all officers con-
nected with the school. all members
OF the association and all parents are
urged to attend the affair and hep
make it a big success.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
Wife OF Judge Corter
IsA Victim OF
FaPneumonia

BALTIMORE, MD. Mar. o..
Mrs. James p Gorter, wife Of
Chief Judge Gorter. of the Balti-
more Supreme Bench, died today
at Albany. Ca. OF pneumonia.
Mrs. Gorter is a daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Poult-
ney and was related to some of
the most important families in
Maryland and Virginia, her mo-
ther having been Miss Susan
Ward. OF Warrenton, Va. She is
survived by her husband, one
daughter and two brothers.
Mrs. Gorter went to Albany,
Ca, several weeks ago to Join a
house party and shortly after her
arrival developed pneumonia.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
TO MEET ON COURT,
THEN GIVE A DANCE

A double-header basketball game
between teams of the Annapolis High
School will be staged in the Bladen
street armory tonight. Teams of the
senior and, junior classes of boys will
clash, as will also the senior and
junior class girls. The first game
will start at 7:15. and Immediately
upon its conclusion. hostilities in the
other contest will get under way. A
dance will he held afterwards. Ad-
mission to the games is priced at 25
cents. and to the dance, so cents.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
FORMER ANNAPOLITAN
BURIED IN CEDAR BLUFF

The funeral of Mrs. Harriet A. Hop
kins. fromer resident of this city
who died Tuesday at the residence O
her son, A. w. Hopkins, of Baltimore
took place yesterday afternoon at Z
o'clock Mrs. Hopkins body was in
TERED in Cedar Bluff cemetery. This
Rev. James l.. Smiley conducted the
funeral services.
The pallbearers were: Edgar e
Hopkins, Charles Hopkins, ROLAND
Hopkins, Upton H. F. Bagger, Alex.
ander L. Anderson and Thomas
Nicholas. Benjamin L. Hopping was
the undertaken in charge of the fun.
eral arrangements.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
ST. JOHNS TOSSERS
PLAY FINAL CONTEST

st. Johns College basketball play
ers will engage in their final game of
the season tomorrow. They will jour
ney to Westminster. Nd, to battle
with their old rivals of Western
Maryland College. and hope to bring
the schedule to climax by victory
over the Up-Staters. and especially
since the Western Marylanders took
the measure of the Cadets in a game
played here several weeks ago.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
TURN TABLES
ON ELKS' POOL SHARPS
Won Five Out Of Seven Games
Played At Fire Quarters
Last Night
NEARLY ALL WERE CLOSE

Pool "sharps" of the Rescue Hose
company turned the tables on the cue
artists OF the local lodge of Elks in a
return match played on the tables at
the quarters of the firemen last night
seven games, at so balls each. were
played, and the fire fighters won five
OUT OF the lot, with a total point score
or S29 against 296 for the Elks. or a
margin OF 33. All of the games were
marked by closer play than the first
contest that was held at the Ellxs
home a week ago, and in one or two
instances were marked by close
scores, and caused much enthusiasm
among the large gallery of spectators.
In the first series the Elks were VIC
tors, six to one.
Linton Wins Close Game
Closest of all the games was that
between Andrew Linton. OF the Res
cues, and George Graefe, the former
winning, so to AZ. "Mickie" Conway
OF the Rescues. surprised the fans
when he defeated William U. Nc
Cready. 80 to 80. At the close of the
regular series. special game was
played between John j. Levy. of the
Elks, and his son, j. Allan Levy. and
the latter again was returned winner.
90 to "A. In the last contest between
the two, son defeated father, so to 40.
How Games Resulted
The summary:
George Woelfel, Rescues, defeated
A. Guy Miller, so to Al; Grover C.
GuieRot, Elks, defeated Virgil Linton.
so to AZ; Andrew Linton, Rescues, de-
feated George Graefe, so to AZ;
Charles Tucker, Elks, defeated Paul
Medford, so to 81; Wilbur McNev
Rescues, defeated Tony DeSantis, so
to 80; Malcolm Z. Conway, Rescues. I
defeated William u. McCready, so
to 80.
Light refreshments were served,
adding much pleasure to the evening.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
FNN AND NAVY
|N|T BOUTS TO
| DECIDE TITLE
]. OF Intercollegiate Boxing
|gsrld Will Be Focused On
voo.d Arena At Naval Acad-
,v Tomorrow Night When
rivals Clash.
|gR OTHER ATHLETIC
EVENTS IN AFTERNOON

bah boxing and wrestling
|sts, together with a swim
meet and a dual contest in
|,ismanship on the calendar
|bmorrow, the last OF the big
|s.end athletic carnivals Will
|rn off at the Naval Academy
|ag the afternoon and even
And the Middies are all
Epcd" up, and determined to
Il their colors in the four
|rrcd program, and thereby
|r substantial addition to
aready big heap of successes
|ged during the winter in
season The call of spring
|as in the great outdoors al
W is in the air, and soon
b will be activities on the
|,5all diamond, field and track,
|hs courts, lacrosse field, rifle
ping, and the rowing crews
be skimming along the wa
Of the Severn.
Boxing Main Attraction
outstanding feature of tomor-
card will lie the boxing match
the representatives of the Uni
|y Of Pennsylvania, tho result
'AIch will settle teyond question
Continued On Page ~
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BROTHER OF U. s. sen. ELKINS
HELD in CONTEMPT OF COURT
Ry The Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. g.
Blaine Elkins, brother OF Senator
Elkins, of West Virginia, was held to
be in contempt of court today by Chief
Justice Mccoy, of the District of CO.
lumbia Supreme Court, for alleged
failure to obey instructions of the
court to increase from $3.50 to $500 a
month the payments to his divorced
wife for support of their SON. Sen
tence was deferred.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
ARMOUR AND MORRIS FIRMS
TO CONSOLIDATE, is REPORT

CHICAGO, Mar. 9.-The merger of
Armour and Company and Morris and
Company will be consummated with
in week. it was learned today from
an authoritative source. Within that
time the valuation of the Armour and
Company stock to be exchanged as
part of the purchase price will be
fixed by arbitration. it was announc-
ed.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-03-09
20 PERSONS ARE CAUGHT IN
"DRY" ROUNDUP IN RICHMOND

RICHMOND, VA. Mar. "a city
wide roundup by Federal prohibition
agents had resulted in the arrest of
more than 20 persons up to noon to-
day and warrants for as many more
were in the hands OF the agents. One
third of those taken into custody are
women.