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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
CHAPTER xxx

Id O1a LEO l. Ell 1OiO blldG SllSJ do
N we'll as the frsil, tortured
woman beside her, could not bear
the suspense Of the next slow min
utes.
With nerve -wracking elaboration
Detective Sergeant McMann drew
another Sheet of paper from his
pocket-the enlarged photograph of
the three fingerprints discovered by
Detective Ferber on the glass panel
Of the door between the outer and
the inner offices of the Borden
suite; laid it beside the startlingly
clear prints he had just made, in
ink, of Martha Manning's fingers;
studied both sets of prints, then,
with maddening lack of haste,
reached into his coat pocket. Sc
cured a small microscope and fitted
ittinto his left eye.
At last he nodded with satisfac-
tion, folded both sheets of paper
carefully together and placed them
in a breast pocket of his coat.
Then he spoke: Miss Manning,
we will save much time if you will
tell me frankly at just what time
Saturday afternoon you paid your
farewell visit to Harry Borden"
The thin hands were working
desperately now with a handker-
chief to remove the humiliating ink
stains, but at the detectives aues-
ton they gripped each other con-
vulsively.
IT was not here at all on Satur-
day.
.'Then how do you account for
the fact that your fingerprints were
fotiIid yesterday morning on the
glass panel of that door?" McAdann
demanded triumphantly, pointing
toward the closed door between the,
two offices.
Martha Manning drew a sharp,
qiivering breath, then, to Ruth's
anfazement she smiled, and the
thin shoulders shrugged slightly, as
if@their owner we're admitting de-
feat. 81 am sorry to disappoint
you, Mr.. McMann, after your bril-
liant demonstration Of detective
story ingenuity, but-my visit to
Hairy Borden was made or Friday
night-not on Saturday afternoon"
rs that So?"t McMann snorted,
after the first impact of the shock.
We'll, Wen soon find out if you
were here Friday night! Perhaps
you're not aware Of the fact, Miss
Msnning, that every tenant or Wis
Ites coming into this building after
o'clock in the evening is required
to- sign a register kept in the ele-
vator."
He rose and was striding toward
the communicating door to give an
order to Birdwell, when Martha
Manning stopped him, with cool
admission:
I'm quite aware of the custom
you mention, Mr.. McNTanr! And
you may save yourself the trouble
of consulting the register, unless you
wish to verify my statement that
Mr.: Borden was in his office Friday
night"
DUTH knew, by the curious ex-
IN preston that distorted the de-
t@ctive's face. that he had failed to
check the register for Friday night,
and was now disguised with himself
for that omission.
He continued to the door, threw
1t open, and with harsh Impotence
gave the necessary instructions to
long-suffering Detective Birdwen.
Then, whirling back toward the
woman. the detective demanded:
"You admit then, that I shall not
find your name on that register? I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15
NEW TR0LLEYS BLOOM
IN BRILLIANT COLORS

BIZ United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 49,
Color combinations which pale the
traditional yellow and orange street
cars of few years ago, will be
seen on the well dressed trolley of
1880. according to w. G. Wheeler,
Chicago surface line engineer, here
today for the annual state utility
convention.
Pinks, blues, puppies in a wide
variety IF combinations are shown
on the latest experimental models,
he told delegates to the Illinois Elec-
trio Railways Association meeting.
Lower, racier lines and lighter
construction are popular with the
manufacturers, Wheeler said.
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.ZzzE AEW
Sdillty'Silul0I
F ByZzIWzeA Justin esas~mAanans
me- AEESLzH eTas %HEA SmB1.D'c

did! He-he said-just as If I were
"a mere acquaintance, oh, pardon
me! I should have Knocked and
he--ae grinned!
Not mad or sarcastic or anything,
but just amusedl I could have
scratched his eyes out! AS if he
didn't bit mind my flirting with
good-looking man like Alan
Beardsley!" Her topaz eyes blazed.
THAT must have been ver7 I'M
pleasant surprise" Faith comment
ed grsvely, but her lips twitched.
And what did Alan do?"
HE acted a perfect beast, tool"
Cherry assured her furiously. HE
grinned. too, and said, Glad you
came in, Jonson. I'm afraid / was
about to make a fool of myself by
begging Cherry to run away with
me- Just as casually as if he were
discussing the weather!
and Nils said: Then / gather
that you don't really want to run
away with my wife?' I was so dazed
I didn't even slap him, the cadl
And what do you think he said?"
ST gasp with suspense" Faith as
sured her. laughing unrestraiffedly.
He had the nerve to spoil my
whole scheme by saying to Nils:
God forbidl She's entirely too much
in love with her husband.
But I can assure you that her
desire to make you jealous would
not have carried her to any such
lengths Imagine i'll" Cherry cried,
Quivering with rage. "Sneaking out
of a well-deserveS beating like
thatl"
(To Be Continued.1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-15

Jake Bailey tells his story, and
it confirms the story of Martha
Manning. In the next chapter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
WHIRLPOOL VICTIMS
BODY FOUND IN RIVER
Remains of Girl Who Drowned
Near Indian Head Retrieved
From Potomac.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


INDIAN HEAD. Md. July 13.-The
body of Miss Ruth Hancock, Is years
old, who was drowned when caught in
a whirlpool while swimming in the
Potomac River near her home at City,
mont Wednesday afternoon, was found
this morning floating in the water be-
tween the old and new Government
docks here.
The body was said to have been first
sighted by Mr.. BuShby, an employe
of the naval powder plant here, who
summoned a former member of the
Washington harbor police residing
nearby. The latter embarked in boat
and towed the body beside the wharf.
Justice of Peace Lewis E. Garry view
ed the remains while still in the water
and issued certificate of accidental
death.
The girl was drowned while swim
ming in deep water with Miss Lois Ken
Ian of Accokeek. The latter made sew
eral tfutile efforts to save her compan.
ion Washington harbor police drag
ged the river Wednesday night and
civilian employees of the naval station
here worked with small boats all yes
terday but failed to find the body
The girl had fioated about half mile
from the point where she drowned.
The girl is survived by her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Hancock of ely.
mont, and several brothers and sisters
Funeral arrangements were not com.
pleted today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
POLITICS HAMPERS
GAME LAWS, HE SAYS
National Nimrods' Official Would
Put Administration in Hands
of Sportsmen.
DISPATCH to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, July 13.-Main-
tanning State game departments are
hampered by politics in their work of
constructive conservation, Irving E.
Butler, Baltimore. lieutenant governor
of the National Camp of Nimrods of
America, in addressing the Frederick
Camp recommended that the admins
tration of game regulations be placed
in the hands of sportSmen.
He said I'VE are living in an age of
prohibition, not entirely with reference
to the sale of intoxicants, but because
legislation has brought about situa'
ton of donts that threaten the very ex-
istence of hunting" He classified the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals and the -Vivisection
Society as enemies of the NimrodS. He
said that in its early years the Society
for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
was a beneficial organization, but in
later years devoted its time to backing
legislation preventing hunters from
shooting certain species of game birds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
CITIZENS PROTEST
! COUNTY ICE PLANT
Arlington Residents Declare
Mandatory Is Undesir-
able and UnsightIy.
Hy a star Correspondent of The Star.

By a staff Correspondent OF The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, July l3.-Appearing on the be-
hat of citizens of Bancroft, who claim
thatthey are annoyed by the ice plant
that was erected there over the protest
of q number of them, Walter X. Handy
OF that community, last night requested
the Arlington County Zoning Commits
sion to permit no further industrial de-
Velopment there.
Referring to the ice plant as unde-
sirable and unsightly. Handy said that
it. VIC not only a menace to the traffic
on Columbia pike, but that the throb-
bling of the motor kept residents awake
at night.
According to Handy the majority of
the citizens of Bancroft are willing that
portion be set aside for commercial
purposes, but are strongly against the
erection or operation of any more in
dustrial plants. A greater portion of
that section they wish zoned residential.
Park Plans Discussed.
He also called the attention of the
commission to the fact that Four-Mile
Run Valley is included in the park de-
velopment plans of the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission and
should be protected from other devel-
opment. The commission promised its
cooperation in the satisfactory coming
of that section.
A permit for the erection of the plant
was gronted by the Board of County Su-
pGrvisors without regard to a number
of recommendations made by the Zon-
ing Commission at the time it consider
ed the application, which was made after
the building had been partially con-
Structed
The commission, after having deferred
action at its last meeting. approved the
application of Mrs. George E. Eckert to
erect gasoline filling station at Glebe
road and Lacey street, Ballston. While
a portion of that section had already
been tentatively zoned residential, -
the commission took into consideration
the fact that Mrs. Eckert had donated
feet, the entire width of her property,
for the widening of Glebe road with
the construction of the filling station
in mind Their decision was also in
f1uenced by the fact that there is a car
barn across the street from Mrs.
Eckert'S property and that there is a
grocery store within a short distance
An application of Thomas j. Crowell
for permission to construct a concrete
garage on the Washington Alexandria
pike for the purpose of storing auto
mobiles and trucks used in his business
was referred to County Engineer L..
Kinnier for a report as to the exact
location. 1t is believed that the site of
the proposed garage will be in the heart
of an industrial section.
1t will probably be late in September
before the maps have been sufficiently
studied to start public hearings, it was
said last night.
This is the first regular meeting of
the commission to take place on Friday
night. as will be the case in the future.
Previous meetings were held on Monday
nights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
CHANGE OF VENUE
OBTAINED BY KEYS
Legislator Claims Mount Raj
nier Trial Would Be Unfair
and Partial.
BY GEORGE PORTER,
stan Correspondent of The Star.

MOUNT RAINIER, Md, July 13-
Claiming he could not obtain a fair
and impartial" trial before Justice of
Peace Robert E. Joyce, William S.
Keys, Prince Georges County delegate
in the State Legislature, charged with
violation of a town building ordinance,
last night succeeded in having the case
certified to Police Court, where it will
be heard by Judge j. Chew Sheriff on
July "a. A charge of disorderly conduct
against John H. Bean, mayor of Mount
Rainier, preferred by Keys, after his
arrest on the building charge, was also
transferred to Police Court and will
be heard at the same time.
Crowd Is Disappointed.
The removal order came as something
OF disappointment to several hundred
persons who packed the town hall to
hear the testimony. The crowd listened
attentively, however, to the arguments
of Charles Calvert, attorney for Keys,
and Bird H. Dolby, corporation counsel,
on the motion for removal which last
ed more than an hour. Calvert's speech
va
the town government, characterizing
many of the local ordinances as mot
worth the paper they are written on"
Dolby defended the legality of the
towns laws and announced the inten-
ton of the officials to see that they are
inforced. The speeches of both men
were vigorously applauded, making 1t
difIlcult at times for Judge Joyce to
maintain order.
Judge Agrees With Council.
In granting the request to have the
charges tried in Police Court. Judge
Joyce announced he stood squarely be-
hind the mayor and council.
AN incorporated town Esis a right
to make its own rules and regulations"
he declared. IF it did not. we might
as we'll tear up the charter and let Mr..
Calvert run the town.
Besides Keys and Beall. F. Fred
Johnson, James E. Degges and Attorney
Calvert, all of Mount Rainier, are de-
PENDANTS in the case. The last two are
charged with disorderly conduct and
johnson with interfering with an
officer They, too, will be tried before
Judge Sheriff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

ROCKVILLE, Md, July Is (SpeciaD
AS site for the modern school to be
erected at Colesvi->, construction Of the
first unit of three rooms of which IS
soon ~ begin, the County Board of
Education has purchased from Claude
Hobbs 3 acres of md, the price being
announced as $500 The lot adjoinS
the present Colesville Public School
property.
Approximately SO members of Mont
gomery County All CLUBS are expected
10 attend the annual camp, which
started today, at Bembe's Shore, on the
Chesapeake Bay, so o. w. Anderson,
county agricultural agent, who will be
IN general charge of them, has an
nounced.
The principal purpose of the camp is
TO stimulate interest in All club work
by discussing various problems, but
ample recreation will be provided. As
sistant County Agent Albert A. Ady will
be in charge.
Licenses have been issued here for
the marriage of Howard G. jenkins. 80,
and Miss Ada A. Walker, rs, both of
Washington. and Harvey E. Turner, 26,
of Ballston, Va, and Miss Effie e.
Browne, 10, of Park Lane, Va.
The commission of Alfred l.. Wilson,
appointed Thursday by Gov. Richie as
police justice for Takoma Park, has
been received by the clerk of the Cir
cult Court here.
Announcement has been made that
Rev. E. c. Owen of Danville, Va, will
conduct the services and preach in the
Rockville Christian Church tomorrow
morning and evening.
What is believed to be record yield
of wheat for Montgomery County was
reported today by former Sheriff George
E. Nicholson.
On a field of 1917 acres on his farm
on the Seventh Street pike, near Olney,
he has just thrashed 621 bushels. or an
average of 46 bushels to the acre. Yields
of more than 40 bushels to the acre are
rare in this county, very large major
dty being around 20 bushels.
The third annual outing of the Rock
vile Chamber of Commerce, held at
Chapel Point, Md, was attended by
more than 200 members, their families
and others and proved a thoroughly
ENJOYABLE affair. A horseshoe pitching
contest and a bathing beauty contest
were among the prominent diversions
In the beauty contest, Miss Edna Ben
son of Rockville and Miss Ruth Dron-
enburg of Clarksburg were awarded
first and second prizes, respectively
The outing was in charge of a commit
tee headed by Roger Shaw.
The State Roads Commission has
advertised for bids for the construction
of three sections of improved highway
in the upper section OF the county
one mile between Germantown and
NeelesvilIe. one mile between Old Ger
mantown and Jacksonville, and seven
tenths OF a mile from Old Germantown
towards Jamestown. The bids Will DC
received until noon, Tuesday, July 70
at the office of the State Roads Com
mission, Baltimore, and very soon
thereafter the construction WORK wiil' II
is stated be started. ,...
Miss Elizabeth Bonsall, %, OF Plus
b,lrgh, Pa, and Richard A. lsrael, e
of Washington we're married In ROCK
Z Vile YESTERDAY by Rev. Bcrtram M
losTood. of the Baptist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
MAN GIVEN IL MONTHS
IN JAIL FOR ASSAULT
Three Others in Case Dismissed by
Upper Marlboro Court Accused
Released on Bond.
By a star Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 49,
A roadside fight involving two men and
two women yesterday resulted in the
conviction of one man on charges Of
assault and battery and the dismissal
of similar charges against all other
parties by Judge J. Chew Sheriff in
Prince Georges County Police Court.
c. w. Sansbury of Clinton, Md, was
found guilty of assault upon Mrs. Perry
Thompson, also of Clinton. and SEN
fenced to IL months in jail. He APP
pealed the decision and was released
on bond of $1,000.
Sansbury was accused of hitting Mrs.
Thompson with a stick and knocking
her unconscious. The man claimed,
however, that the woman, her husband
and daughter. all crept up on him and
started an attack, so that he fought in
Self-defense. He brought the charges
of assault against the trio and also
against John Prather of Clinton, who,
he claimed, Joined in the melee, but all
were dismissed by the court.
Witnesses against Sansbury said he
attacked Miss Elsie Thompson, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Thompson, and they only
came to the girls assistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
RANDOLPH-MACON
SUIT UP IN COURT
Academy Trying to Recover
$4,000 Bond Resulting From
Recent Fire.

WINCHESTER, Va July 10 (Spe-
ciaD Shenandoah and Warren Coun-
ty lawyers were here today taking part
in proceedings of Randolph Macon
Academy, Front Royal, Va, against a
large number of citizens of that town
to recover on joint bond for $25, 900,
alleged to have been executed by them
in favor of the academy. The bond was
given following a fire which destroyed
the largest building of the academy
more than year ago. and in which
a number of students from various
States were injured when they leaped
from second and third-story windows to
escape the flames.
Following the fire, the defendants
claim, paper which they believed was
no more than a conditional contract
was circulated, urging that the acad-
envy be rebuilt and the institution kept
at Front Royal, as there was a move
ment on foot to remove it to another
town. The defendants claim further
that there were to be 125 signatures tn
rthe contract, and that only 81 were
obtained, and that they now find the
paper was, in fact, bond, whereby the
signers agreed to pay SIS 900 toward
the restoration of the academy build
lngs. When they refused to pay the
academy brought suit. The academy is
an institution of the Baltimore Confer
ence. Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
Claims Sustained rs Evidence.
These claims were set up by counsel
for the defendants and Judge Philip
Williams of the Circuit Court ruled
that such claims could be set up in evil
dence at trial of the suit before jury
in Circuit Court of Warren County at
Front Royal.
The academy authorities. on the 9TH
er hand, claim the signers knew ex-
actly the nature of the paper they were
signing. and that it was in the nature
of a subscription to the rebuilding of
the burned structures of the institution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
ELECT OFFICERS
Rev. Mr.. York Reelected
Head of Washington Dis
trict Convention.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Md. July 13--Rev.
Charles A. York of Brunswick was re-
elected president of the Washington
District Sunday School convention of
the Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South at
the annual session of the organization
in the Methodist Church here yes
terday
The other officers chosen are: Vice
president, Glenn Hunter of Mount
Rainier; secretary, Miss Grace GoSnell
of Laurel; treasurer, Miss Agnes
Gather of Frederick; superintendent
of elementary work, Mrs. Joseph H.
Balthis of Washington; associate super
intendent of elementary work, Mrs.
Frank T. Israel of Bethesda; superin-
tendent of adolescent work, Rec. E. C.
Berry of Washington; associate super
lntendent of adolescent work, Mrs.
Herman Wilson of Gaithersburg; SUI
perintendent of adult work, P. b.
Graeff of Rosslyn, Va; superintendent
of leadership and training, Miss Effie
Ternent of Gaithersburg; Supertntend-
ent of missionary and extension work
Mrs. ]. Lester Dulaney of Chesapeake
All Schools Represented.
The meeting was attended by repre-
Sentatives from virtually all of the 81
Washington district. Morning, after
noon and evening sessions were held
and preceding the final session a
banquet was served.
The opening session, which was con-
Quoted by Rev. Joseph H. BalthiS OF
Washington, presiding elder OF the
Washington district, was devoted largely
to business, which included interesting
reports from the various departments.
perintendent of the Baltimore Confer
ence, spoke twice during the day, his
topics being Conference Coal and
Christian Stewardship" and others
who delivered addresses were Miss Eta
Russell, assistant to DR.. hewitt, on New
Program of Work.; Rev. H. S. Myerly
of ColesviIle on Group Council at
Work; Mrs. Prank T. Israel of Be
theSda, on The Checking System in
Sunday Schools; Mrs. Herman Wilson
of Gaithersburg, on "Adolescent Work"
and Rev. John G. Copenhaver of WASH
ington, on Value of the Boy"
Banquet Served.
The banquet was served in the early
evening under the direction of Mrs.
Robert c. Warfield and Mrs. Edwin w.
Monday of the Rockville church. John
BraShaW of Washington was POSTMASTER
and toaStS were responded to by Robert
E. L. Smith of Rockville, Rev. r. K.
hewitt, Mrs. Frank T. Israel, Mrs. Her.
man Wilson, Rev. Charles A. York and
Rev. H. @. Burr of Prince Frederick.
At the opening session, devotional eX-
ercises were conducted by Dr. Balthsi,
and similar exercises were in charge of
Rev. DR.. Frank A. Tyler of Rockville at
the afternoon session. President York
conducted the afternoon session and
DR.. Balthis presided at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
CHILD HURT BY AUTO.
Ballston Lad Runs in Front of Car
Suffers Skull Fracture.
star Correspondent of The Star

BY a stan Correspondent of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, July 13.-Robert
Diane, years old, of Ballston, was
critically injured here last night when
the small wagon in which he was coast.
ing was struck by an automobile oper-
ated by Taylor Jenkins, also of Ball.
ston The child was taken to George
town Hospital, where he was found tC
be suffering from a fracture of the
skull.
According to witnesses, the chile
coasted down Spruce street and out into
Wilson boulevard. where jenkins ran
his car to the sidewalk in an effort to
miss striking him. After taking the
child to the hospital Jenkins reported
the matter to police. He was not held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Heads Frederick Lions Club.

FREDERICK. Md, July 10 (SpeciaD
Charles F. Seeger was installed as
president of the Lions CLUB at the
weekly luncheon, succeeding Rev. Will
liam C. Royal, pastor Of the Baptist
Church. this city. Other officers are:
Roger B. Wolfe and Byron A. Wine
brener, vice presidents; Herman @.
Gubbisch. secretary-treasurer: Jesse w.
Kolb, lion tanner, and Dr.. H. J. Slusher,
director.