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soMERVILLE, N. j., Sept.
30. One Of two taxi drivers
questioned BY Hall-Mills muir
der investigators today de-
scfibed the finding Of i bundle
Of crimson-stained clothing and
. crimson-stained mattress in
d naudhole not far from the
scene Of the crime four years
ago.
The authorities have been
trying to trace a mattress that
disappeared from the Phillips
farmhouse about the time of
the dual murder.
Slain In House, Belief
The theory has often been ex-
pressed that the murders were
committed and the bodies of the
Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor r. Mills removed from
the house and placed under the
crabapple tree near De Russey
Lane, where they were found on
the morning of September Is,
1922.
Troopers Drag MudhOle
Leonard Cray, OF Kingston, n. J.,
IN the taxi driver who said he
found the bundle of clothing and
q mattress at the intersection of
Brunswick Pike and Lincoln High
way, shortly after the finding of
the bodies Of the slain couple.
He turned the bundle, which con-
sisted Of the mattress, a pair of
fun length cotton trousers, and a
blue cambria shirt, over to the
State police at Franklin. n. J., he
told Inspector Underwood.
The State troopers dragged the
mud hole but found nothing else.
Inspector Underwood is endeavor-
ing to learn who was in charge of
time in order to locate the myster.
ious bundle.
Pastors KnucIxIes Bruised
The other taxi driver waa Law.
renee Cake, of New Brunswick. He
told the investigators that he was
attracted to the murder scene by u
crowd around the bodies.
He said he noticed that DR.. Halls
fists were clenched and his knuckles
bruised and scratched as il he had
been fighting, and that the slain
rector's glasses were on his nose
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for someone to take her order.
Managers and walters were not
so tranquil, however. AS a crowd
Of obliging guests crowded around
to hide her from the vulgar gaze,
police arrived and flung their cloaks
around her.
Later they ascertained that she
was a respectable woman with two
children.
ST have only gone q step further
than the modern STYLE" she said In
explanation. "Why should women
not go entirely unclothed? It would
be more decent"
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Naked Lady Publicly
Dimes In Belgrade
u YnfeFnational NeWa eervice

BELGRADE, Sept. 30-The present for nudity In
Central Europe almost caused riot in one OF this city
most fashionable restaurants, it learned today
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Girl Mother Faces
Bandit Charge

Cooper known until today the wife of Nicholas
Eagles will today face the Commonwealth Attorney OF Ar
ngon county connection with the robbery of the Mylex
Gas Station, in Arlington county, two weeks ago.
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Today the demand for apartments II
very great. If you are In . hurry for
a real apartment look TO the Classified
Section Of The T1mes-HeRaId for
speedy help.
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The only way to success IL con-
tlnuOus effort. Try the Help Wanted
Section of The Times and Herald and
see IL that new possibility is there.
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lutely at her fork, the tines worn
wished Alice would get finished
drinking tea! She didn't dare
raise her eyes She whispered tc
herself Historically: Lord. I'm
going to bawl! Another minute
and III bawlr'
Her mother beginning again.
frifles Every wife has to adjust
herself to the new life. The early
years are the hardest. After
that
"Oh. yes--after that. you die!
All the feeling and the defiance is
killed and you just hang on-a
ghost-an unburied corpse. Won
en- did that years ago. They're
not doing it now. You cant tell
us today that it's a holy and
sacred union when two people
hate each other-when they bring
out all the meanest and ugliest
traits. You can't tell us we're
doing right to keep that up for
Iife,9
II tell you. Sandy, that you
must rise to your problem. You
must bear and grow noble in the
bearing OF these little unpleasant
traits in your husband. In time
you can change him. And forget
once and for all this idea of di-
vorce. You were in full posses
sion of your senses when you
made your vows"
Weak Little Fool
Maybe ! was in full possession
of them. They didn't amount to
much. That's all I've got to say
of them. If it's my senses that
got me into this jam, they're not
going to keep me in it. And I'd
never have married Ben Murillc
If you hadn't all treated me like
a scarlet sister because 1 got
caught in a storm. You made
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me feel I'd dug the graves under
both or you. Oh, you did!
II admit / was a weak little
fool to have fallen for 1t. I made
a mistake. Why do have to
spend the rest of my life abid-
ing by 1t? Why can't I wipe it
ont the same as other errors
are corrected? / don't see why
marriage with only two people
concerned should have to be
perpetuated when it's a grand
fraud like mine Isl
Mrs. Mcneil, very white about
the lips. her eyes down, said
thickly: Promise me not to act
rashly. Sandy. Promise to wait
while"
II don't think you ought to ask
1t, mother.
II do ask it. Your family must
be considered and the principles
you We're taught. WIN you prom
Use me?"
Sandy thought bitterly: "she
knows cant refuse her! She
knows I'm the dupe Of my affec-
tions-Oh Lord
CHAPTER 80
CANDY leaned against the old
- newell post with its bronze
dancing girl balanced on one toe.
In her childhood she had re-
garded this statue as the final
note of elegant distinction.
She now clutched its base,
whispering hoarsely: Something
wrong with Isabel?"
''She collapsed after her visit
to you!''
And now?"
THE doctor doesn't know. You
better go and see her. She's
asking for YOU"
Sandy pulled herself UP the
stairs. her heart whitening.
Mrs. Mcneil had her eyes
closed She lay in the great
walnut bed. it's massive posts
reaching to the ceiling. Her
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NOJU Go On With the Story

: brave when you're not up against
the guns, aren't your
II want you to answer me,
Sandy. You're not trying to put
aside your MARRIAGE"
1--WE put it aside already,
mother. I told you so.
What do you mean? Have you
started this suit2v
NO. But I mean to. "
What are you saying? Do you
realize what you're saying A
girl brought up as you were to
say such a thing. You married
Ben. You knew what you were
doing"
'.One thing you never know till
you try is marriage!
You can make a. jest Of it,"
Sandy's heart raped swiftly, al
most in her throat.
Other girls are just as inexperi-
enced as you were, remember
that. They keep their compacts.
II meant to keep mine. I'm not
walking out--fm not quitting
cold. I'd have stuck with any
man who was willing to give me
etenga ~ per cent interest in the
arrangement. He didn't give
d
SANDY
Its the truth. 1t doesn't even
occur to Ben Murillo that q girls
part of it needs to be consid-
cred. He's the lord and master
the important one. All that's
necessary is his happiness. was
nothing but an automaton who
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should smile when he smiled, doze
when he dozed. eat when he ate.
Guess the rest!
Mrs. Mcneil turned white. She
said. hoarsely: You're beside
yourself"
''No. I'm not beside myself.
But I'm not going to sit here and
have you all calling me a welcher.
Telling me KNEW KNEW. OF
course. / should have known.
Everybody ought to know every
thing and there'd be no mistakes
made. Some things you can't
know. Could ] know that he was
going to tell me where to head
in on every Gods blessed thing.
Could I know he was laughing up
his sleeve at the visions / had
Of our marriage
AT Yosemite man picks up
my shawl when 1t drops, and
I'm Immediately called to our
room and given a lecture on
wifely department. He orders
me to be more circumspect-not
to naunt myself before strangers.
Would he have dared that when
we were engaged?
And at Tahoe an acQuaint-
ance offers his cigarette case.
l take one. Ny husband comes
up and orders before every one:
Sandy, put that back!' / laugh.
He snatches it from me with a
calm: Il don't wish you even to
pretend to smoke!'
TrifIing Matters
"And at Riverside / dance
twice with the same man. He
comes up ready to kill me. He
says before this perfectly cul-
tured fellow: Get your things.
We're leaving"
These are all very trifling mat
ters.''
What's life but a trifie? II
you look at 1t that way what
does it matter whether an atom
like Ben Murillo or 1 is happy?"
Sandy was now CHANGING reso-
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shifting things, aren't you? IL
didn't hurt her to work like g
slave when Dicky WAS born, did
it? Doing the washing and car
rying up trays! That didn't hurt
her, did 1T ~
oh, = sobbed EspinOsa, now
raising her head, m sure
n1anma'd be glad to have us
1s,,arreIine like this. Suppose she
were to come down and hear II,
Did YOU leave her alone, Sandy?
She fell asleep. Sandy was
standing at the stove, her beck
TO them. She raked the red
embers, thinking desoIately; II
would be true. 1t would be my
fault. z
When the two married sisters
were gone, Alice hung wet
dishtoweI on the rack. spreading
it with meticuIous care. Without
looking at Sandy, she said: She's
dying "
.sOh, Ally. She looks all right
just q little blue around her lips.
That's from her heart. It's
weak. It's not going to last. :
Sandy stayed at her mother 2
mouse EuaE night anu LklC HEAL At
3 o'clock the second morning she
awakened, hearing B. frightening
sound. She went swiftly to the
room
But there was nothing. 1sabels
eyes opened in puzzled way.
She was propped up with pillows.
She reached aimlessly for Sandy'S
hand.
Why are vcu here?"
ITO help To Be near you,
darling.
Mrs. McNeiI shook her head.
No no homeI want you with
your-with Ben And she
grew excited.
CraftinesS
So Sandy went home towards
evening after this. On Saturday
she found a newspaper folded on
her table An item was marked
with plue pencil.
She read it, a little sickened
She saw Beatrice MuriIlo's hand
in this-a crafty way for offset
ting gossip, giving the lie to the
other item. 1t told of the post
ponement of dinner dance in
honor of the homecoming Of Mrs.
Ben Murillo. The postponement
was made inevitable because If
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hands were clasped and quiet;
her mouth. open a little, the
breath short and labored.
Alice Steps In
Sandy went down to the kitchen,
where her sisters were gathered.
She said to Alice: What does the
doctor say?"
Alice put down her cup. chin
shaking. She raised her eyebrows,
unable to answer.
Espinosa, who was plump and
blonde and five years older than
Sandy, had her head buried in
her folded arms.
Madeline, just %, the mother Of
three children and now expecting
the fourth, held her lips rigid.
Madeline felt she had performed
distinctive services to the world
in general because she had ac-
cepted these rapidly arriving chill
dren. Her goodness in this mat
ter entitled her to special con-
sideration on all occasions. 1T
also gave her the right to be
superior and dictatoria1 to her
sisters.
HE says she has a slight
chance = she now answered Bit
terly, letting the tears run to her
lips. There's a slight chance
our mother may recover.
You say she collapsed when
she got home last night?"
ut was after dinner, Sandy
Alice now interposed: She Was
all right when she arrived here.
Yes" said Madeline. She
takes that terrible long walk III
the heat to your place. She was
just heart broken when she read
that clipping. That's what did IT!
We can thank you if mama
Sandy Is, Miserable
Can WEI" asked Alice, miser-
ably. Maybe it was trotting over
to you in the heat and baking
lemon pies. Very good about
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A Romance Of a Girl Forced Into . Love.
less Marriage BY . Family that
Thought Only Of Money.

the severe Illness 40f Mr.. Alns
rillos mother II went on gitbINs
Mr.. Murillo. who is devote to
his mother in-laW !, has also 1loat
poned q business trip to the East
being unwilling to leave his bride
III the event Of an ernergeEley
arising. The young couple plen
d trip to Europe As soon - MIS-
Mcneil ii recovered.
Sandy read II. She furned
Murillo had entered the rom.
He said suayely; It's not con
yenient for you to 50 on with
your plans just at present.
She folded the paper.
He went on, smiling And w.
may leave things IN statu quo 1ot
while? Very well. he
shrugged and walked out.
Letter from Ramon
As she was starting for her
mothers, she stopped 70 set let
tiers from the nnafIbox at their
gate. She couldn t open Is. She
pulled hi M. Then she saw thai
new lock tiny Yale lock had
been installed
This rather siclSened her. One
morning week later MurlI10 was
gone when she came 70 break
fast. IN his place was an en:
velope, partly torn. The PTS
mark and part Of the name Wa
left.
J Sandy picked it up. p1ng
shooting to her heart 1T was Ia
Ramons writing. She recognized
ii in the first instant. She
picked up the envelope, ran 10
her room She compared III lei
ter for letter, with his writing In
the back Of some kodak picture
The same dentical as thonen
I the characters were traced
she could scarcely draw her
breath. Was ii Ramons wri
ing? Was the letter to her
What had It said2
She tore the envelope TO tillg
shreds opened the window aud
LET the fragments ride On the
breeze.
What did MurilIo know WIiat
would he do with this kEowledg
no Be Continued Tomorrow
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THE TIMES
DAILY SIX
BY A. L. Wilbert, NJ. A.

by "A. l.. W1IDerts M. Al
/. Literature. Who created the
character, Private Mulvaney,''
the fellow who always hit a man
and helped a woman
2. History. What were the two
chief causes Of the panic of 1887?
3. Geography. Which city is
the center OF the automobile in
dustry in the United States?
4. BUSINESS. Why is America
seeking markets abroad for its
commodities?
5. Mankind What is a Com
munity Chest?''
s. Human Nature. Are most
of our convictions the result of
personal reasoning or the result
of tradition and conviction?
Answers TO Saturdays Questions.
/. Science. The study of living
things-plants and animals.
3. Law. Dying without making
. viii.
3. Cvics. United States Consul.
4. Art. In Athens, Greece.
5. Music. Ignace Jan Paderew-
ski.
6. Health. sS.6 degrees Fahren-
heit
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. LONG TIME
TO w AIT
BY Beatrice Fairfax
nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- am 20 and engaged to

- / am 20 and engaged to !
man ~.
Lately I have been quite
anxious to get married. but he II
still in college. and that win mean
four years Of waiting. Do You
think it is worth it?
I love him and couldn't thirA
Of. anyone else as my husband.
but / just hate the thought of
waiting so long
People tell me he win meet
other girls and probably forget
me, but he is such g. t-Go sweet
heart can't believe ne would
ever cheat.
Shall / coax him to leave
school and get married? I know
an education is very important
but don't you think love comes
first? NJ. Al. r.
VOUR friend win always get on
i better in every way II he
has the foundation of a good edu-
cation. So don't urge him to give
up his college work.
Four years is much too Ions
for an engagement.
Don't you think it would be
wiser to agree to be just attends
the best of friends -urtil he
graduates, without picdges OF any
sort?
At the end OF his college course,
If you still love each otter, there
will be time enough for an en-
gagement and marriage.
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tie happiness if she returns to
that man.
OF course in the case of rich
people like the Stillmans, even IL
the reconciliation is not q success
they can afford to make it appear
so. Unlimited means makes pos
sible houses large enough for two
uncongenial people to live in
quite comfortably and there is al
ways travel which can take diff
ferent directions!
| cannot name one case of the
many / know in which two per
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sons who made up and tried to
start over again succeeded. A
young couple whose domestic
battles led to n divorce, remar'
ried and lived near me. 1t
wasn't long until their battles
started again and she seemed TO
me a pitiful sight the day she
left him again and | saw her
take a taxi with her paltry be-
longings.
Some smart men have wooed
and won their eX-wives again to
keep from paying alimony. 1t
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

/. When were two governors
inaugurated in Louisiana"
2. When did France invade
the Spanish Netherlands?
3. When did Octavius' three
days triumph occur in Rome?
Answers to These Queries VIII
Be Printed Tomorrow.
Answers to Saturdays Questions:
i. Goldsmith wrote the Life
Of Beau Nash in 1872.
.. Neisse. Prussia, was taken
by the French June 16. 1907.
8. The October Club of English
Tories was formed In 1890.
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was impossible to get as much
alimony the second time they di-
,u,ced those men. One man
know married the same woman
three times to cut down the ali
mony each time.
In another case of Divorces 7
know who remarked, the exwife
made quite bit OF money through
investments and her husband who
knew that she liked him, in spite
of his neglect and infidelity. won
her back with little effort along
with the money!
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Sandy IN Movies

SANDY soon win be seen at
LoeW's PaIace. The Fox Film
Corporation already has started
production.
Madge Bethany, sl1Orn 81 her
luxurious tresses, has been
selected for the part Of the
red.headed, bob-haired. flaming
SANDY .
SANDY" viii make her screen
debut while tho story + run.
ming III The Washington Times.
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By ElenOre Meherin,
Author of "Chickie. , Ann =
"Ann and Phil' and
Mora Lee"

a LICE, recalling this episode
"A with ever.growing bitterness
as the years went on. could become
perfectly furious in her resent
ment. Indeed II she only
knew as much then as she
knew now
An AutOmatum
She looked at Sandy, closed her
eyes, and repeated her smile of
disdain. This plainly said: Ready
to back down, are you? Awfully
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In these reconciliation cases.
the husband Is apt to assume the
hero role at once and make the
wife feel that he is forgiving her.
The injustice of this is bound to
get on her nerves. and one word
leads to another. Sometimes she
prefers to stick and not let the
world know that she regrets GO
ing back!
The hardest part of these recon
citations is to reconcile ones
self to making the same mistake
twice!
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BY FAY KING
WILL this second honeymoon Of
w the Stillmans last?

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w the Stillmans last?
We all hope so, of course, but
many Of us doubt it:
That all has been forgotten and
forgiven and that they can start
as II nothing unpleasant had ever
happened is improbable. if not inn
possible. And when a woman,
rich or poor. has had good rea-
sons for leaving a man and has
gone so far as To start divorce
proceedings. she can hope for lit
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CHESTNUT
CAKE
BY Alice Langelierl
international News Service staff
Correspondent

PARIS.
HEIESTNUT CAKE is one of the
~ fayorites in France.
Remove the shells from three
pounds of chestnuts and put into
boiling water in order to remove
the skin thoroughly.
Cook in a casserole with milk
and a little vanilla fIavoring.
When thoroughly done mash
through strainer, making a good
PURGE, and add a cupfnl Of pow
dered sugar, two eggs, and. Il
necessary, little milk.
Mix well and put into a but
tered mold. Bake in the even
for three-fourths of an hour.
Serve cold or warm with or with
out q vanilla-cream sauce.
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Only Thirty-fve Real Rembrandts

Of all which acknowledged originals of
~ Rembrandt only thrtyve of the MASTER
the other being works of his pupils fogeries Ru
professor asserts.
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This Day ii History

THIS il the anniversary publication of The
periodical issued BY Addison Steele
III which the his The originated popular
English literature.
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Mrs. Mcneil Urges Sandy to Stick to
MurillO Even If She Doesn't
Love Him.
Love Him.
What Has Happened So Far

Sandy Mcneil young beautiful daughter of family that
once had possessions in California and is settled
IN the town of Port Jerv agrees her family behe to
marry rich Ben MilIo whom love- After her
marriage Sandy to hate Murlo and steals to
her fathers Murio follows her. She discovers she
is become mother and gives up her plan leave him
Finally she into the home he has built for her.
She broods her unhappy marriage and incidentally meets
Mn1o furious when he them together They quarrel
Sandy faints Her baby born and dies and Sandy per-
suades her husband let her go to Bermuda with her
mother There she meets Ramon Worth who pays marked
attention He her from drowning and sails to
New York the steamer Sandy finds herself
and in love with him and throws her about him
him She meets her husband with indifference
and when they home tells him she her freedom
He dares try get divorce She goes her
family gets small consolation from her sister Alice
NOJU Go On With the Story
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VACANCIES T OR
L|EUTENANTS

There is now total of 269 exist
ing vacancies in the regular army
in the grade Of second lieutenant,
according to the records Of the War
Department. During the past week
there were no promotions made IN
the grades of colonel and lieutenant
cDfunei. the officers waiting promo
ton to those grades being, respec-
lively, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel w.
Hand and Major George w. Ewell.
Capt. Orva E.. Beazley has been
promoted to the grade of major,
leaving Frank E. Parker as the
senior captain. There are now. ~
vacancies :. in the grade of captain,
the. block in promotion which has
existed for several weeks to arrest
the advancement Of first and second
Iieutenants has not yet been re-
moved. The senior first lieutenant
awaiting promotion is Joseph A. Du-
Bois. When the promotions have
been made, the senior first ieuten-
ant win be Richard G. Mallonee.
There are now 80 vacancies in the
grade of first lieutenant and Percy
e. LeStourgeon is the senior second
lieutenant awaiting advancement.
When these promotions have been
made the senior second lieutenant
will be Harold S. o. Bixby, number
S466 on the list.
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cAvERNS OF ICE YIELD
PREHISTORIC SKELETONS

VIENNA, May IS. - An expedi-
ton sent by the Czechoslovak gov
eminent to explore the ice cayerns
at the entrance OF the Demonawa
Valley, in Slovakia, reports the dis
cOVery OF an immense dome" al
most certainly the largest known
in Europe, approached by a vertical
funnel or shaft in the rock, so feet
deep.
some distance apart. and there are
multitudes of bones and complete
skeletons which have not vet been
examined. Many Of them appear to
be those Of cavelions and cave.
leopards. They have strongly
marked feline characteristics. The
falleries are very low and narrow