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The Washington times., 1926-09-15

can't cook special dishes for you
You must learn to like every
thing"
She would have loved to- fix
delicious things for us, but that
was her German, thrifty way-tO
make us eat what was there, and
be satisfied.
LAST TIME SHE SAW MOTHER
Wen, on this particular Thursday
afternoon, September IL, + remem-
Der how disguised felt when I
saw the kidney stew for supper,
and nothing else but a few pears.
Had / known what was going to
be my mothers fate that very
night. / would have cut off my
right hand rather than have been
even the tiniest bit nifty.
She made some laughing remark
and pinched my chin and told me
to be a good girl and not be
finicky, and maybe we'd See about
it later took it to mean We
might have ice cream or some
thing.
As have written before. was
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Mother had gotten UP early to
make sandwiches to take along.
She didn't feel very well, but
thought the trip would do her good.
She had had a serious illness in
February, just seven months before,
and been operated on at the hos
pital for kidney trouble. There
was an abscess, too, and the com
plicatiOns caused us terrible worry.
Mother had never been quite so
strong since that time.
But she was not one to fuss over
herself. She hated being sick and
loathed staying in bed. She told
the doctors she knew her own
strength and promised not to overdo
and they told her she could gradu-
ally take up her old favorite sport
OF swimming. She used to go down
to the beach with my aunts and
uncles. and sometimes with US
youngsters. and swim.
She had two or three fainting
spells that summer but always
laughed at our fears about her, al
though think once in a while she
felt a little worried about herself,
because her heart wasn't so awfully
good.
TERRIBLE LOOK ON FACE
When they got to the picnic
grounds and mother started to walk
up the hill with the others, she be.
gan to feel queer, and had that
pain around her heart and a short
ness of breath. She stopped a
minute, but went on again, and
when she got to the place where
they were to spread the lunch, she
looked so white nd weak that NJ
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
Mrs. Hall Hurt RiUaI
Day Before Staying
BY CHARLOTTE MILLS
Daughter or slain Choir singer

@NgOpStIBnt EAMUus 5yHuCaIs
The frghtful day that stands from among other
days Of my Life like horrible specter grnnng me-
is September il, 1922
But let me go back little to the day before
September 13 lovely, and little hazy. A
fine day for picnic, and that IS what they had picnic
didn't 60, but Mother went Of course She
of the Hall automobiles Mr. Hall drove.
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General Is Re-Wed.

QUIETLY, In the village Of
Tuzing. Germany, Gen. Erich
LudendOrff yesterday took his
second wife, he having been d.
y0rced some time ago. The bride
was DIR. Mathilde Won Kennitx,
herself d diyOrcee. She is b well.
known physician and writer.
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81. ooo. GOO Autos n 1880

According to Prof. C. e. Griffin,
OF the Business Administration
School of the University Of Mich
belgian, 27.O00,OOO automobiles viii
be used in the United States by
1880. He is a recognized author
fly on the automobile industry
The present OUTPUT Of 100000
cars each year would be neces-
sary at this point merely to sup
ply WORKOUT cars.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

The man is a preacher OF the
Gospel. the woman singer in the
choir Of his highly respectable
Protestant Episcopal Church
'eThe next thing you read that
reluctant witnesses have been
found who now admit that they
were in that solitary country lane
together. at night. when the deadly
pistol shots were fired. And the
State expects to solve the murde.
mystery with the help Of These
Witnesses
"And who ARE they, out together
and reluctant to tell anything about
it, One is a church vestryman,
the other, woman who sings in
the choir OF the vestryman's church
a Church Gathering?
$50 you have the murdered
couple, a CLERGYMAN and his
CHOIR SINGER, the witness
couple, out in the same neighbor.
hood, the same night. vESTRy-
NAN and a LADY CHOIR SINGER.
Their errand in that country lane
after dark may have peen most
respectable. I don't say it wasn't.
But | ask you. dear Mr.. Sunday
what is the Church coming to,
what is the condition OF Christian
morals when in a dreadful murder
mystery a respected clergyman ard
his choir singer supply the
CORPSES, q vestryman and an
other choir singer supply the wit.
nseses?
You read about dozens Of other
witnesses near that old crababple
tree and the pig farm. How mary
were In that country lane that
night? What were they DOING
there?
How many Of them were church
members2 l think the world mas
come. to pretty pass when the
church, established to save souls.
comes to supply to newspapers the
murder mysteries Of the day.
tSignedl MRS. w. B. L."
Judge Not, My Good Friend"
Ny first answer Is, JUDGE NOT.
THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED.
My second answer is don't worry
about that country lane or that
crabapple tree. There are thousands
of such lanes on the earth, and
millions of sinners. And the eyes
OF the Lord sees every one Of
them. They don't believe it now,
they WILL believe 1t later and
wish that they had believed it
sooner.
The Angel Gabriel writes down
all that we do, all that we hink.
What we call strange mysteries
here, are clear as daylight above.
observe in many letters written
by women that read The Washing
ton Times expressions Of sympathy
for Mrs. Hall. widow of the MUIR
dered clergyman. Many express The
hope that no matter WHAT may be
proved. she will not be punished.
Who Sfnned the More?
Many indicate their belief the
sin of infidelity committed by DIR.
Hall is actually worse than the
crime and sin Of murder, inflicted
upon him and his companion, by
persons unknown.
do not believe. I cannot con-
ceive that any crime will be proved
against the widow Of DR.. Hall. 1
agree with women writer's that the
unhappy wife of the murdered man
has suffered from his infidelity a
thousand times more than he ever
suffered from the bullet that killed
him.
But that is mo reason or excuse
for condoning murder. One sin
does not make another any the
less hideous.
Answer These Questions
These are some questions that
should like to have answered by
women that read these articles:
i. Is infidelfty i'm marfiaRe more
frequent than Il used TO be?
Z. 10 what extent, do women
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Halt CASE CAN I HURT
CHURCH, SAYS BILLY
By REV. WIN. A. (BILLY) SUNDAY

greatly interested In letters that earnest
women readers of this newspaper, concerning the Hal
murder mystery, its moral aspects and the question
as to degree of civilization and real Christianity.
One woman asks @
What do you REALLY think about the church church
people, after this disgraceful Hall case2
First Of ALL under that old crabapple tree they find
and a woman side by side murdered.
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knitting sweater, and when
mother said she was going out
told her d go over to Aunt .JOels
and have her show me how 10
turn the shoulder Of the sweater
ssOh you wait for me. kid
mother said, and hurried 1uf.
But I didn't. / went on Over
To my aunt never saw nv
mother again, alive Or dead.
Dan and 4 came home around
10 Or 40. was tired and went tn
bed Father was in bed, too. II
must have been somewhere near
midnight when father came to my
room and said, ssYOur mother isn't
home vet: do you know where she
weflt?" or something like that.
WASN'T MUCH WORRIED
/ was too sleepy to say much
I munnbled something. and father
went away. I suppose he was wOr-
ried, finding mother hadn't come
iii. wasn't worried at allnOa
even the next morning when she
still wasn't home.
I had such confidence IN mother.
Whatever she did, or didn't do, was
all right with me. She knew what
she was about and would always
do the right and sensible thing
supposed she had stayed overnight
with one OF my aunts and that was
all there was to it, got breakfast
and went off to school.
That afternoon went for q
canoe ride. with some high school
pals, and it wasn't till Dan came
around that recalled mother
hadn't been home, and asked him
If she had got back He said no.
and looked kind of worried. and we
went home together; and father
looked worried, too, and began
to have terrible feeling as if
someth mn have happened.
But nothing like what did happen
ever crossed my mind.
Close as was to mother, and
much as loved her, not a shadow
OF presentiment came to me- And
there they both were, lying dead in
a fhicI1et under a crabapple tree.
Out there my mother!
Tomorrow: Charlotte Mills de-
- sru - ~ q.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
CYCLONE IN THRAcE,
GREECE, CLAIMS FIFTEEN

SOFIA, Sept. 15.-At least Is,
persons have been killed and 100
injured in a cyclone which swept
Thrace. Greece. Tuesday. according
to travellers arriving here today.
The damage wrought by the wind
was said to be enormous.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

LANIER WARNS HER-"Don't go
to his apartment" warned Lanier,
after Delroy had returned to his office
and Cutie. "You haven't much conf
dence in my ability to take care of
myself" / accused. mot with him."
he answered. Loud noises of revelry
came from Delroy's office. "But /
don't want to lose my chance" I re-
piled. merit that doesn't stand on
its own legs isn't worth striving for"
he said. '"That sounds good but you
know influence and powerful men can
make or break girl" answered.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

OMNIBUS CONVERSATION-Del-
roy was phoning. We could hear him
quite plainly. "Yes-wants to get into
the movies-you know-star part
doesn't know she's alive-too good to
ive-needs an ey go p n er-shell
learn to act or she'll take the air.
Sure-plenty of tiny Parker avenue
place tonight" The flapper looked
at me. Guess he's got new victim"
she said. "Guess he means me-"
replied.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
7unkish Dictator ReDielOs TROOPS

MUsTAPHA RENAL PAsHA head the he
Minister Minister Redieb
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

Tomorrow: Charlotte Mills de-
scribes the terrible days following
the discovery of the HaIIMills
murder and reveals vital events
In connection with the tragedy.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

THESE WILL BECOME RELICS
OIL WELLS DR.. Norris asserted, would 60 the
way Of all farms once the atom really begins to
work for man. He told Of an oil derived from
methane, the chief constituent of natural gas that
will run automobiles. This is comforting thought
to everyone save owners Of oil stock and filling
stations
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

A MODEL set up in the General Electric Lab
oratories shows the arrangement of electrons and
protons in atoms of various elements DR.. James
F. Norris, president of the American Chemical
Society, said our social system will be revolutions
lied when we learn how to unlock the energy of
the atom.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15

"KEEP HIM GUESSING"- little
flapper came into the office. Her
name was Irene Galway, I learned,
when Lanier introduced us. She
stopped to talk a moment with the
assistant Director could sense he
was talking about me. "Mr. Lanier
seems terribly interested in you, Miss
Arden. He's worried about what Del
roy will do to you," she said. "But
just keep that sheik guessing. He can't
hurt you if you don't want him to.
That's up to you-ListenI"
Evening star., 1926-09-30
AGU|NALDO BACKS
AMERICAN CONTROL
Former Rebel Leader Tells
FiIipinos U. S. Will Not
Exploit Islands.
By the Associated Press.


MANILA, September 80. - Cen
Emilio Aguinaldo. leader Of the Fill
pino revolution against the United
States a quarter century ago, yester-
day told veterans of the uprising that
the American Government had no in,
tention of exploiting the islands.
Gen. Aguinaldo spoke to large as
sembage gathered near his home at
kawit Carmi Thompson. special in
vestigator for President Co" "hdge, also
addressed the gathering. lie declared
Gen. ACuinaldo was better known in
the United States than any other Fill
pino. and that the American people
respected him for his honor and BRAY
cry.
The best proof that the American
Government did not intend to exploit
the Philippines, said Aguinaldo. was
the fact that Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood
had agreed to cooperate with the gov
ernor general because he believed
Wood was working for the best in
terests Of the Philippines.
If capital could be brought to the
islands and invested without an at
tempt to exploit the country, Aguinal-
do said. he was convinced that the
Fflipinos would assist in encouraging
foreign capital.
He added that the veterans of the
old revolution had been called un-
patriotic by some political leaders. but
that this was because of the veterans
friendship for Wood
Evening star., 1926-09-30
CAR FORD GAVE "BAA,ON"
RETURNED ON REQUEST
"Frederick E. Won Krupp, JrN, IL
Now in Jail in Delaware cH'
Check Charge.

By the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, y. Mex, Sept'm =
ber 3O.-The automobile which ne pro
scented to the youth who posed
Raron q. Frederick 4. Won krupp, j "
and who now is in jail at Wilmington| v
Del. for passing worthless checks,'
has been delivered to the Ford agency
al Denver with bill of sale signed by
the impostor.
The automobile was recovered by
the local agency when the sef-styleo
baron vas arrested here. II oniy
recently was driven to Denver 10 avail
disposition Of Mr.. Ford, whose ser
tary several days ago wrote Whining
ton authorities asking what steps
might be taken to recover the car.
Evening star., 1926-09-30
FRELINGHUYSEN WINS.
Former Senator Held Not 0bli
gated to Newark Paper.

NEWARK. y. j.. September 80
tP.-Nice Chancellor Backes ruled
that former United States Sena-
tor Joseph S. FrelinghuySen was not
obligated in 1924 to the Press Pub
fishing Co. publishers of a Newark
tabloid newspaper. which. according
to the testimony in a suit for S105 900.
was to support Mr.. F'relinghuysen
in an attempt to regain his seat in
the Senate.
The former Senator testified he had
not promised to finance the paper, but
had been "sympa thetic" to it, and
had advanced personal loans to JO-
seph j. F'iske. the promoter.
The suit was brought by John A.
Bernhard. receiver. to compel Ere
linghuysen to pay sos 900 TO the de
funCt corporation. alleging he had
agreed to invest $135 900.
Modern Northern Indians prefer
hardwood canoes to the romantic
birchbark variety.
Evening star., 1926-09-30
WANT DRINKS POTENT.
American College Boys in Paris De-
mand Powerful Potions.

PARIS. September 80. P.-BagEy-
trousered college boys from the
United States have brought the art
of drinking to evil days, say the
white-coated men who push 1quld
mixtures across the mahogany count
ers of Paris american" bars.
THE cocktails they ask us for are
terrible" said Angus. the Scotchma n
who tends bar at a cafe OH the Boule-
ward des Italiens, beloved of Amer
leans. They want to compound drinks
Of everything that stands on the
shelves and the result tastes like the
explosion of a Big Bertha she'll The
centlemanly days of the scientifically
compounded Gibson. Martini. Manhat-
tan and Zazrac cocktails are gone.
Evening star., 1926-09-30

Perfect quality. hor-
dsr all around. IN neat
deNEne, on colored
grounds. Guaranteed
for service and satisfac-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
TEXTILE EXPOSITION
DECLARED SUCCESS
Exhibit at Greenville. S. c.. Graft
fies Managers. Who Also Report
1923 Show Is Assured.
Pv the Associated Press

Py the Associated Press
CREEENTLLE. :. g.. November s
An even more elaborate display o.
machinery than is noA or exhibition
at the seventh Southern TeNtiie Expo
sition. in Textile Hall. v.:'l he show n
at the eighth exposit on in 1928
which has already been assured by
the sale of practically the entire
amount of floor space in the main
building of the hall. II was announced
this morning by William G.. Shrine
president.
Mr.. Shrine said that as the seventh
exposition neared it's close all officers
connected with it expressed the opin,
ion that il has already been by far the
most successful ever put on in Green
VILE. He said practically al OF the
or'space in the main hall has been
engaged by exhibitors for the 1925
show. This makes the 1928 show q
certainty. 1t makes certain, also. that
we will have to build tWoStory in
stead of a one story annex tn the hall,
for up TO this time and at the sixth
exposition we had not sold near so
much space II may be that we vii
find II necessary to build an addition
TO the hall rather than y temporary
annex But that is not definite
Yet.
However" he continued. we have
virtually agreed TO hold the eighth
exposition in the latter part of Octo
ber of 1928. II will probably be held
in the last week of October"
Evening star., 1926-11-07
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Monday. November 8.

Neptune is in beneflc aspect to-
morrow, according to astrolcgy. but
Venus, Mars and Uranus are adverse.
Under this planetary government the
mind Is likely to be sensitive to many
lunches which should DO followed,
the seers say.
This is rule peculiarly favorable
for religious appeals of every sort
and many new cults will flourish.
Because of the influence of the
stars there may be great increase
with an accompaniment of great
rise in the number of suicides and in
sane persons.
Women may find this an inauspi-
cious rule for their best planned public
work and will do well not to start
anything tmpo:,ant finder this sway.
II is not a lucky day for romance,
but there is likely to be much foolish
iOvemaking, which will bring unhap-
piness.
Quarrels and isagreements may dis
turb business houses as well as homes.
1t is a day in which to exercise self
control.
While this con1guration prevails
men and women are likely to be ex
ceedingly discontented with them
selves and inclined to seek diversion.
1t is a day to avoid passing judg
ment on ones neighbor Gossip should
be avoided at all times but especially
tomorrow.
Persons who birth date 1t is have
the ausury of q year of good fortune
If they concentrate on main issues
Children born tomorrow probably
will have q strong sense of justice.
These subjects of Scorpio generally
In, l..,f
sensitive.
lCOpyriTht ln26l
Evening star., 1926-11-07
EDUCATORS IN JAPAN
ORGANIZE NEW PARTY
University Professors Launch Move
for Political Reform, Enrolling
Thousands of Supporters.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
TOXIC, November 6.--With a view
~ removal of manheod's electoral dis
ability, leading professors of Imperial,
keio and Waseda Universities. have
announced the organiza ton of a new
political party whose platform is 30
liticai honesty and sincere support for
movements calculated to reform the
present Political life Of the country.
The move In regarded as most sig
nificant. especially considering the
widespread discomfort with the old
parties, which show steadily declin-
ing morality and distinct lowering of
the tone of discussion of national af-
fairs. The universities to which the
leaders of the new movement belong
have enrolled tens of theusan nds of
the most intelligent and most prom
inent sons of Nippon, many of whom
are now entitled to vote. They will
he reinforced by the best classes with
in the next few years. which will see
the real test of the new manhood suf-
frage law.
The new party comedies with Wis
count Goto's reform educational move
ment which that noted leader of youth
and politics declares the situation de-
mands.
Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News'o
Evening star., 1926-11-07
BIC TEXAS RANCH
RUN BY MACHINES
1W,0 W,000- Property Has
Eeary All Modern Devices
for Agriculture.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ME,NARD, Tex, November g.
Otto Carlin lighted "A new otl lamp,
drew water with pump. examined
one of the new iron mans which were
rapidly displacing the Ola wooden
pegs and thought it was progress.
But he kept lew OF the old eandie<
on hand and preserved the old oakef.
bucket for safety. That was 1871, and
the place was the famous 100, ,00u-acIe
Las MoraS ranch.
OttoS assigneeS and descendants
now press a button. Magic lamps
glow, meals cook, chickens hatch,
pumps draw water, saws cut wood,
sheep are clipped, reirigeralors re-
frigerate, grindstones grind and waf-
fle irons waffle. They just push a
button.
Electricity also is transforming the
cattle ranches.
Change in so Years.
Life moves with a swifter tempo on
the land which Otto Carlin blocked
out so years ago. Otto would not
know the place.
Toiling up the valley from Austin,
Tex, in the Summer of 1877. an OK
train forded the clear stream OF the
1.lano. and drawing up at a spot on
the San Saba River. in Menard Coun-
~. deposited cargo OF lumber and
square iron nails. out of these Carlin
built his ranch house In the waste
that was then West Texas.
Recently me old house was RACED,
and on its site. made out of some OF
it's own timbers. stands a ranch house
of new type spreading bungalow
with wide porches and spacious rooms,
hardwood floors and oak fittings. And
beside each polished door is an cleo
trio light switch.
Rowing Barber Shop
A strange thing mounted on a
truck. having long timber arms.
comes along on Las MOras ranch
these days. 1t is q moving barber
shop" equipped to bob" sheep cleo
trically Otto Carlin used to truss q
sheep up with buckSkin thong and
harvest the wool with clumsy pair
Of shears. one clip at Il time. Now
the twinkling blades of the sheep
harberS can turn out $50 hair cuts a
day each. An expert hand clipper,
working at top speed. cannot do more
than so
Descenda nts of Otto Carlin'S dairy
cows MUNICH food cut by electric en-
silage cutters. give their milk to an
electric milking mach ne and are
comforted by an electric fan which
drives away the flies. Mother hens
can play harn-yard bridge. while an
electric incubator matches their chick
ems and an electric broOder raises
them Horses are branded by electric
irons and clipped hE electric clippers
while electric irons of a different type
curl the maids hair and iron the
mems shirts.
Las Moras ranch does not stretch
so far away into the sunset as 1t
formerly did. becau~.. the 100. 900 acres
has dwindled to ~ ,0n0. But this cur
tailed acreage produces more wealth
than the original 100000 did.
Charles l.. Martin owns the place,
and his four sons. college trained, op-
crate it. They have installed almost
every modern mechanical device
known in farm operations.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
WITCHCRAFT STILL
WORRYING GERMANS
Wave of Old Surers+ition in Sec
tions Makes Life Miserable
for the Inhe bitants.

BY the Assoc sted Press
Leipzig Gernnn''. %"Vemher g.
Belief in witchcract and Sor"ery still
persists in some nti"t- !'f rural Ger
nanv. 4 WaNf nf he nii >llperStition
has been sweeping the I le hamlst of
WreScherode. near GHue"Shrim. and
while there have been no hu"niugs a
the stake life has been made Ijiser-
able for several unfortunate suspects.
both men and women.
An automobile was N-,'ecNcd near
the house of supposed Vi Oh and
was eXcitedly charged th; he witch
had caused the acciden. ny eXpec
torating on the roadway Jus before
the car passed. When a Young girl
was taken i'll il was uVerred she had
been beWItched and she was shut In
a dark room for three days while in
carnations were chained periodically
to exercise the evil spirits. Outside
the house door armed men stationed
themselves with the hope of catching
the evil ones, but it is not recorded
that any were caught.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
ASKS SHARE IN $4,000. 900

NEW YORK, November R.-
Charging that the motion picture
"Merry- Co Round" was pirated and
pIagiarized, Georges Lewys, Authoress
Of the novel Merry 30 Round" filed
suit against Universal Pictures Cor
poration and Carl Laemmle. its presi-
dent. She asked an accounting and
assignment Of profits.
According to counsel for the plain
tiff Merry. Go Round" has been one
Of the biggest money makers ever
produced by Universal. having gross
earnings In excees Of $3.000,00o.
Evening star., 1926-11-07

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