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The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Pat Harrison Known
To Coolidge By
His Voice

Senator Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi has long been the batter
Of Republicans, par excellence,
in the upper house, as President
Coolidge was orally well aware
when he presided over the solons.
But outside politics Harrison
and Coolidge are very good
friends.
This was instanced yesterday
when the southern Senator
called at the White House.
He chatted for some time with
the President, and left smiling.
Asked the cause, he said: 1.-THE
first thing Mr.. Coolidge said to
me was: " Well, Pat, the most
familiar thing about you is
your voice. !"
The President hadn't for
gotten the rasping tones oft
raised against the Republicans
by the active Democratic
spokesman.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Questions and Anauera. .

'Hydrophobia:" eve have unfor.
tunately misplaced your article
and cannot recall the exact name
signed to 1t, but we have q vague
impression that the above il the
next thing to it,
You ask:
Was the ''spiffy looking rummy,
ETC." fined SO for not knowing
Mr.. McDougal, or for intoxication,
or for both?
There is no doubt whatever
about it. He was.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
KIDNAPPED GIRL IS
FOUND IA HER HOME

WILMINGTON, Del, SEPT. 21.-4
Fears Of KIDNAPPING excited Clay
mont last evening when Annie
McElwee, eight years old, was car.
rfed away on q truck when she
was returning home from school
The child was seen to get on the
machine by d woman, who called To
the driver TO halt. Whilo search
for the child was being organized
she returned home.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Alabama Restores Lash.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 21.--
Members Of the State board of
convict supervisors and Governor
Brandon have announced that the
whipping lash will be restored to
It's prison system, corporal pun
ishment to be resortOd to only
u AxtnaanA Gases,
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Car Afire Blocks Traffic.

Street car traffic on four tracks
was blocked for nearly twenty
minutes this morning when q Wash.
ington Railway and Electric Com.
pany car northbound on Ninth
street. caught fro at Georgia and
Florida avenues northwest. Tile
car was not seriously damaged.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
FIapper.shy.

About 1880 last night. your
honor, saw q Ford sedan parked
on Reservoir street without any
lights went over there and
found the defendant sitting Be.
hind the wheel, with ~ girl along
side Of him. flashed my light
on them and couldn't see afly-
thing wrong except that the lock
was torn off the dash. / asked
the defendant for his permit ana
he said he wasn't drivingsaid
another man had been running
the car, but had gone away. /
took them over to the station
and then looked the other man
up. He was in bed asleep. He
stayed half asleep until / told
him where his car was and then
he. woke up right"
The man that owns the car.
he called for me, and went over
and got my girl. and then got
his girl and drove over to Reser-
voir street and went away with
his girl and left u.s.
Believe IL?
what were you sitting In the
front seat for II you weren't driv-
ing?"
II wanted to sit near the motor
because was cold. "
No permit, SO; no lights, 81.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

renee Downey. ARTHUR ID. Bailey,
Edgar G. Kidwell. Inez Becker,
Mrs. Lulu a. aibbitt, Mrs Carl
Chindblom, Mrs. II. Clyde Grimes
and Helen Burkart.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

there
of ACE.
Of
different
epn0Tpu
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Fornnalitiaa.

~
He WAS slowing up when / got
behind him on Virginia avenue,
your honor, but my speedometer
showed thirty for two blocks. I
stopped him and asked for his
permit. The one he fished out Of
his pocket had been signed IN
Baltimore, and he asked IL it was
good. told him 1t WAS good for
q ride to Nun1be Three and called
the wagon for him."
BanIkrupts His Speedometer.
4 didn't know how fast / was
going, Your Honor. because my
ming along all right. when all Of
sudden It vent szing-g Just
like that. Then Ii stayed at o
and ! had to guess how fast /
was going. Mebbe I was hitting
IT up q little. Z
What were you hitting ii up
The AIibl Breaker.
II was going after some gas
Tor q friend OF mine that found
his tank empty ct Second and
Virginia avenue.
We're you afraid he'd get away
before you returned?,'
No, SIR. But wanted to ret
back before dark, because he had
TO fill his lamps.
Does he Eli his lamps with
gasoIine?1
No. Sir. But j had to get back
with the change 50 he could buy
some oil.
Or . RlOw at OccOquan.
Defense counsel: ssE1e knows
how to drive. Your Honor. The
lack Of District permit was q
mere formality."
He certainly knows know not
to drive. Ten dollars on the
permit charge and $40 for speed
ing. There's another fornaIity
waiting for him In the finance
Office.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
WITH TIE ,ss
AI.IBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being d SkeIeton Record Of
Cases Tried In Judge
McNLahOn's Tribunal.
Read En- and Worry
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
Raising The Ante.

Raising the Ante.
] hoped my motorcycles when
this man passed me on North
Capitol street, your honor, and /
paced him from M street to I at
twenty-five miles per hour.
was only going eighteen,
your honor. was looking at the
speedometer all the time because
I saw the officer behind me-
A remarkable feat.
A Small Pot.
He charged me with twenty.
two at first, then went back to
the station and charged me with
twenty-five.
Wen, in that case wen let
you off for SIS.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

ADVERTISENIENT.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-16

menu Inau sykes staring eyes had
frightened her and she had closed
them She insisted, however, that she
had not touched the bedclothes, that
they had been close around his neck
and up over his chin when she found
him.
When we were alone, Roche turned
to BARLEY and said, There goes your
theory of murder. You can't prove
now that he did not kill himself"
BARLEY listened to Roche with the
air of a man whose thoughts were far
away. When he paused, he did not
reply at once.
Roche" he said at length, II am
sure it was murder, not suicide. It's
one of the most mysterious crimes |
have ever heard of. We are up in the
air. We know of no reason either for
Sykes having been murdered or for
his having killed himself There is a
great deal yet to do. You had better
get a couple of your men up here as
quickly as possible and search the
house"
Roche went out to telephone for his
men and BARLEY walked over to the
window. l followed him and we stood
looking out at the view
He placed his hard on my shoulder.
"Pelt you have a good deal of work
to do today. l want you to find out
all you can about the men who were
at the poker game. Then you must
see that man Lawrence and get his
story Find out why he stayed be
hind the others. If you have any
time left, you had better look up in
the files of the local newspapers the
burglary of last year"
"You don't think that had anything
to do with the murder, do you" !
asked in wonder
He gave me one of those smiles of
his that tell nothing, and drawled
out, Il ana not saying, but you know
we came up here on burglary case,
not a murder mystery"
He did not give me time TO won
der what his reply meant but con
tinued, Better 90 to CurrieS and get
the car Here are the names Of the
men you are to see"
AS | was leaving the room he waved
his hand and called after me with 3
smile, Good luck See you tonight" /"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-16

on the floor, she continued slowly, II
did not touch the bedclothes, but
II"
Eyes" encouraged Barley "You
did whatT'
She seemed to find 1t difficult to
answer. "When-I went in that room
and found him dead"-her voice
was, very low-"he looked mean,
his eyes so frightened me that 7"
she paused again-"I closed them"
For a while we looked at her, too
surprised to speak. Bartley's brows
knit and curious look came into his
face.
All at once l realized the full
meaning Of her words. If she had
closed Sykes eyes, then it would be
hard for BARLEY to prove that he had
been murdered. He had claimed that,
If Slyke had committed suicide, his
eyes would have been open. He had
coma oVGn further and said IL was
the murderer who had closed his eyes,
thinking that was the way they should
look in death. But now Miss Potter
had told us that it was she who had
closed them. Slyke might, after all,
have killed himself Would BARLEY
still be able to prove that he had been
murdered?
Once more Miss Potter lapsed into
her old sullen mood and refused to
add anything further BARLEY piled
her with questions, but in the end sne
had added nothing to her first state
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-16

could see that, until l mentioned the
word murder, he had thought that
Slyke had committed suicide. For
second l wondered if, after all, he had
not had something to do with the
crime.
Taking a chair by his side, / said,
"You were the last person, so far as
we can discover, to see Mr.. Slyke
alive. We know that you stayed for
few moments only, and that he him
self asked that you remain. AS you
were the last one to see him alive, we
are much interested in what you can
tell us of how he acted. Did he seem
nervous or upset|
My question did not make the man
by my side any easier. He answered
quickly, in high pitched voice that
broke several tines II did stay; but
the other men will tell you that l was
going home with them until Slyke
asked me to wait moment. i had
no idea beforehand what he wanted.
| wish to God l had gone with the
rest. Some id fool will say / killed
him"
1t was just what some people would
say, when it became public that the
butler had not heard Sykes voice
again after Lawrence's departure. But
for myself, | could not connect guilt
with the thin nervous figure beside
me.
What did he want to see you
about?" I asked.
Lawrence flushed, then half grinned,
as he answered, "He asked me if !
wanted to buy some Scotch whisky.
BUY some whisky?" l repeated in
astonishment.
Eyes, it seems foolish. doesn't it?
But that's what he wanted to see me
about He said he had lots more than
he needed and that he could LET me
have five cases"
I said nothing, trying to digest this
astonishing information. ] had been
wondering what it was that Slyke
wanted to see Lawrence about, and
had even made several gueSSeS: but
never in my widest imagination had
/ supposed that it was about whisky
| could understand why Lawrence
should want to buy it, for good Whis
ky is hard to get; but why Slyke, pre-
sumed to be rich man, should want
to sell five cases was beyond my com
prehensiOn
He saw my surprise and said, 1T
does seem strange l was surprised
myself / had heard that he had lot
Of booze; but we were not the closest
of friends and nowadays a man lets
his liquor go only to his pals. The
man who will let you have five cases
of whisky is a pretty good friend"
| smiled at his answer He was
right People with imported liquor
were not giving it away And what
was more, few men of Sykes position
were selling their private stock.
"He told me-" Lawrence continued,
that he had a great deal more than
he could use, and that he would sell
me some for one hundred dollars a
case. That's pretty cheap for i'm
ported stuff
"And then you left him?" | asked.
Eyes. He told me he was not go
ing to bed yet Said someone was
coming in about half-past one
Here was a new piece of evidence.
Slyke, then, had not gone to bed after
Lawrence left, but had waited up for
some other visitor. 1t was curious,
to say the least. One o'clock in the
morning is not a usual hour for re-
ceiving callers.
"Have you any idea who it was?
NO" he said, shaking his head, Il
haven't the least idea. AS | was
starting to go he said, Stay awhile. ]
am expecting a man about two, and
have to wait up for him That's all
/ know about it."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-16

place it that, as we were near the
house l decided to come home Not
wishing to go through the woods
alone at that hour, l got Uncle Rich
ard to come with me-"
Seeing that we were puzzled by the
mention of her uncle, she explained
that he was really a cousin of her
stepfather whom she called uncle. He
was a retired clergyman who, during
the summer, lived on the estate in
little cottage facing the main road
near the entrance to the driveway to
the house. When asked if her uncle
had come into the house with her she
replied that he had not; that he had
only waited long enough for her to
unlock the front door. She herself had
gone directly to her own room, pass
ing the door of her Stepfather's room,
which had been closed. She had seen
no one and heard nothing. She had
slept until our voices had awakened
her.
Her story, of course, would have
to be checked up, but her actions were
frank and her manner seemed truth
full. She could evidently throw no
light on our problem. She waited
quietly for, Bartley's next question,
which, when 1t came, was surprise
even to me.
Did you see the dog when you
came in?"
ooh, yes He came to the door and
walked to the foot of the stairs with
me-"
BARLEY turned to the butler and
asked, "Was the dog in this room
when you came down this morning.?
Eyes, sir. He always sleeps here"
There was a long silence after this,
broken at last by the girl asking If
she might return to her room. Bart
ley smiled and asSented. | could see
that he was not satisfied at the way
things had gone. His lips were shut
tight and his eyes wandered restless
ly around the room. He glanced
moodily down at the woman in the
chair, who had recovered her com
posure to some extent, and was now
watching with keen eyes everything
that was going on.
After a while, BARLEY turned to the
butler. did you see anyone near the
door of Mr.. Sykes room while we
were in there?"
NVhy, don't know, sir. l did see
bo ,I,nrffa1,, ap,,,ipCr down the stairs
But l don't know if he had been up
TO the ROOM"
eff you can find him, send him to
me at once" BARLEY commanded.
The butler took this order as a dis
missal and left the room. Barley
turned to Miss Potter and asked her
If she had returned to Sykes room
after she left US there. She shook her
head. There was again a long 81
lence. At length BARLEY broke it by
any longer. She rose to her feet and
started toward the stairway Half
way across the floor she paused, and
said in a voice that hesitated more
than once, you asked me- Mr.. Bart
ley, if, when I found Mr.. Slyke was
dead, I touched the bedclothes."
BARLEY turned quickly. The tone
of his voice as he answered her ques-
tion showed that he knew something
important was coming
Eyes, I did"
With her hands playing nervOusly
with fold of her dress and her eyes
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-16

Beautiful Red Hair and the Creamy
White Skin That Goes With It.
q handsome girl with beautiful red
hair and the creamy white skin that
goes with it. When she reached her
aunts side, Miss Potter was still too
astonished to speak and the girl gave
Roche an appealing look. She was
beginning to realize that something
was wrong.
"Have the burglars been here
again.? she asked,
Not trusting herself to speak, Miss
Potter shook her head. The girl knew
nothing of the tragedy that had taken
place, evidently, or she would not
have been so carefree. She waited,
and as her aunt did not seem able to
tell her what had happened she turned
again TO Roche. After swallowing
hard for a moment or two the chief
stammered out, "Why, Miss Ruth, you
see, we-that is-well, Mr.. Slyke has
been killed"
The laughing look in her eyes
faded and one Of surprise, blended
with horror, took its place. For a sec
ond, that to me seemed an hour, she
waited, steadying herself by her hand
on the table. Then she asked slowly,
almost spelling out each word, Dead
-dead-Why-how
Again a silence No one wanted to
tell her what had taken place. Her
eyes sought each one of us in turn
and then rested on BARLEY, as If she
recognized that he was in charge. A
glance passed between the two, then
he told her what we had found.
Though the girl had been startled,
noticed that she was not over
whemed with grief. Neither had the
older woman been In fact we had
yet to hear any word Of regret that
Slyke was dead. That the girls as
tonishment at Bartley's story had
been genuine there was no doubt; still
the buffers assertion that he had seen
her go into her room when she was
supposed to have been away from the
house had to be explained. Her IN
expected presence here this morning
seemed to add color to his statement.
A glance at her dressing gown with
her nightdress peeping beneath 1t
showed that she had just come from
her bed. Yet her aunt's surprise at
her appearance had also seemed genu-
'Your aunt told u.s." Barley said
to her that you were away, spending
the night with a friend; but the but
Ter says he saw you early this morn
ing going into your own room"
The girl flushed, as if she realized
the gravity of her position, and sank
into a chair before she answered, Il
did intend to spend the night with
friend in Saratoga. On our way home
from dance at the lake our machine
.s1Ss tire end II took so long to re-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-02-16
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER John BARLEY, noted Grim
inal investigator, recently returned from
Secret Service work during the war, is
asked by the governor of New York to
investigate a mysterious attempted rob-
berry of the Robert Slyke home at Circle
Lake, near Saratoga Peculiar circum-
stances Of the case interest BARLEY, and
he accepts.
CHAPTER II.-With his friend Pelt,
BARLEY goes to Circle Lake, the pair
becoming the guests Of Bob Curre, an
old friend. The three visit the Slyke
home. GIyke apparently Tesents Baruey's
coming, saying he is satisfied the two
men in prison for the attempted robbery
were guilty Baruey is not. Next morn
Ing Slyke is found dead in bed apparent
ly having shot himself.
CHAPTER Iu.-Miss Potter, the dead
mans sIster-in-law, the village police
chief, Roche, and the family physician,
Doctor King, all agree SIyke killed him
self, but BARLEY insists he was murdered.
lnvestisatiu BARLEY finds evidence that
Slyke, after card party ne had given,
was shot on the tower Of the house., un-
dressed, and placed in bed. During ms
absence from the room someone removes
the revolver from Sykes hand.
AS she came slowly down the steps
we watched her in silence. She was
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FISH

] pint vinegar, pint water, salt to
taste. 20 pepper corns Is allspice. >
bay leaves, broken up. slices lemon.
) sliced onions.
Boil vinegar. and water \. hour with
salt. pepper. allspice hay leaves and 1
slices of onion. Add lemon slices. cook
> minutes then remove them. Simmer
the frs in this liquor until you can pull
out lin. Cook only few small fish
or slices of fish at one time. Pack fish
as cooked into a stone crock with one or
more raw slices onions between layers.
Cover and keep in Il cool place. In II
few days the liquid will form IL Jelly
around the fish. The liquid is enough
for u gallon of fish. VIII keep several
weeks.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
SWEET AND SOUR FISH

~, lbs. pike trout aud other fish. /
gingersnaps. X cup brown sugar. u cup
vinegar. ] cup hot fish liquid, 4 cup
seeded raisins, u teaspoon onion juice,
lemon sliced and seeded.
Clean slice and snlt fish and let
stand over night or several hours. Cook.
lran and bone reserving l cup of the
fish liquid. Mix the rest of the in
gradients and cook until smooth and
thick. 1t must taste strong of vine
gar and suger and more of either may
be added to taste. serve cold.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FROZEN CARAMEL PUDDING.

l cup corn syrup or sugar. 4 table
spoons cornstarch, . cups scalded milk,
liquid. u teaspoon vanilla. 1 cup cream.
Add the corn syrup to the scaldcd
milk. stir in the cOrnstarch mixed
with IA little cold milk. and cook over
hot water for 20 minutes stirring well
Melt one scant cup of sugar in an iron
spider until it is brown liquid, and
pour it very gradually into the hot
custard. Cool add the cream whipped
and the favoring pour into "A mould and
freeze. taking 4 parts ice to part salt
and let stand 3 or hours
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FROZEN NEssELRODE

y cups sugar, y cup water, u lb.
candied fruit. cut fine; tablespoons
maraschine. yolks. y cups chestnuts
(boiled and put through rcer), l qt.
whipped cream.
Boil sugar and water to syrup. cool
add yolks and put on stove. in n
double boiler, cook until smooth. STIR
ring constantly, cool again, add the
chestnuts after straining through n
ricer. Add all other ingredients and
fill in Il mould pack in ice and salt for
1 hours.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FISH BALLS.

y lii. raw fish. y cup fine stale bread
rumbs. u cup milk. l egge 1 teaspoon
grated onions, 1 teaspoon salt, u tea
spoon pepper.
Remove skin and bone from fish and
chop fine. Cook bread and milk to taste
Remove from stone add egg. seasoning
and fish and shape into balls. size of
II walnut.
Drop into boiling, salt water and
cook slowly 20 minutes. Serve with
tomato sauce.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FROZEN CHOCOLATE PUDDING

l cup sugar. 4 tablespoons cornstarch.
> cups scaIded milk, X teaspoon salt,
> teaspoons vanilla. cup cream, .
squares bitter chocolate.
Add the sugar to the scalded milk,
stir in the cornstarcli mixed with n
little cold milk and cook over hot
water for 20 minutes stirring CON
stantly. Add the melted chocolate.
whipped stiff. Pour into mould and
freeze taking I parts ice To ! part salt
and let stand ; or 1 hours or bury
mould in snow until frozen.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
BOILED FISH WITH LEMON sAUCI

3 lbs. pike or salmon trout, l lemon
juice and rind. > eggs yolks. u cup
sugar, salt TO taste. l cup hot fish stock.
1 teaspoon chopped parsley.
Skin and bone the fish and arrange
on platter, mix sugar. grated rind and
lemon juice with well beaten yolks
and gradually pour on the strained fish
stock. Cook without boiling until thick,
stirring constantly. add salt. and parsley
and pour over the fish. Serve cold. If
y thicken sauce is desired pix one
tablespoon cornstarch with two. table
spoons cold water and cook with strain
ed fish stock
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
BAKED TROUT

By lbs. trout, can tomatoes 1 on
ion. cut fine : piece celery root. table
spoon flour, l yolk of egg. cream. wor-
Wet the flour with little of the cold
tomato salt fish and let stand several
hours. Place fish in dripping pan with
tomatoes, onions. celery and butter and
bake y hour. Strain the sauce and
lust before sending to the table thicken
with the egg yOlk and add the cream
and worcestershire sauce
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10

Clean and wash fish. salt and pepper
and let stand several hours Place OIL
Ions. carrot, celery and parsley in ket-
then add fish whole or in slices, and
the butter and tomatoes. Let cook slow
ly until flesh is firm or separates easily
from bone. Lay carefully on platter.
Strain liquid let heat. add flour desolv-
fd in the cream, let cook until smooth.
Or omit cream and thicken saucse by
stirring liquid gradually onto the yolks
of . or 3 eggs well beaten. Pour over
fish and serve hot. =,
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FROZEN DESSERT

l qt. cream whipped stiff. la cup powl
dereG sugar. l tablespoon maraschine.
tablespoon granulated gelntine, u cup
cold water. I, cup hot. scalded cream
Soak gelatine in cold water n few
minutes. add scalded cream and stir
until dissolved. Let cool and fold in
the whipped cream stirring. 4, at n
time if selatine thickens to much, melt
over hot water and cool again and mix
with the cream. Place in mould and
place in ice 3 or hours.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
FROZEN strawberry PUDDING

l ut. Strawberries, u lb. mncraoons,
l cup sugar. yolks, l cup white
grape juice.
Alternate sugared Strawberries and
macraroons in Il pudding dish. Heat
grape juice and pour gradually over
the beaten yolks. When slightly cool
pour over the berries and macaroons
and mix. Fill into a tight mould and
pack in ice and salt o hours. Serve
with sweetened whipped cream.
The Denver Jewish news., 1923-01-10
sTUrFING FOR FISH

y cup bread crumbs. y cup cracker
crumbs. u teaspoon salt. Z, cup melted
butter. l teaspoon chopped onions. l
teaspoon chopped parsley. l teaspoon
capers, l teaspoon chopped pickles.
This make II dry, crrmbly stuffing. II
IA moist stuffins I've desired. use stale
bread crumbs tnot dried) and moisten
with one beaten egg or moisteI the
crackers with cup hot water.