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The Washington times., 1930-10-13
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MARY ZURGOsT

STAUNTON, Va, Oct. IA
woman's age usually is computed
on a sliding scale that Is nicely
adaptable to contingencies. A
new method of manipulation was
tried out by local lovers and be.
cause of it three people are in
the county Jail charged with per-
jury, and a bride is separated
from her husband because he
happens to be one Of those who
are locked up.
In jail here are Mrs. Mamie
Jones, matron of honor and aid
to Cupid: Halle Jones, the bride
groom, and Ollie Farren, who
seems to have officiated as best
man. The bride was, until Thurs
day, Miss Cecile Gertrude Cline,
daughter of H. L. Cline, who OBJ
tained the warrants on which the
arrests were made. Because she
is under age-she is just IS the
daughter was released in custody
of her father.
The families lived in the coun-
try and every day the girl went
to school in a bus along with
other students. On Thursday
morning she left the bus. oS-
tensibly to perform an errand,
and awaiting her in a car on
the highway, it is said, were
the matron, the suitor and the
other fellow
The four drove to Lynchburg
and it was there at the mar
riage license bureau that thev
are alleged to have employed
the artifice that caused tn e
trouble. In one of Miss Cline's
shoes, it was stated here today,
had been placed a slip Of paper
ora which was written "21." So
when the woman clerk at the
Lynchburg bureau asked the
age of the bride-to-be, she was
told that Miss Cline was lover
81"
It seems to have worked, for
the license was issued with the
girls age set down as between
81 and %, the marriage was
performed and the wedding party
returned here to encounter today
the irate father.
Mrs. Mamie Jones and Mr.
Cline are brother and sister. and
Mrs. Jones is also the wife of
the bridegroom's brother. Friends
seemed to think tonight that
the two families might get things
patched up, but in the meantime
the three remained in jail.
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RUBY
VA. To DISCUSS
COUNCIL

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 13.-Vir-
ginia's proposed participation in
the Southeastern Council, a re-
gional development body to DC
organized along lines somewhat
similar to those Of the New En-
gland Council, will be discussed by
the board of directors of the Vir
ginia State Chamber of Commerce
when that body meets October II
at Virginia Beach. David r..
Coker, of Hartville, S. c., one Of
the principal proponents of the
regional body, has accepted an
invitation to be the guest of the
board and to outline the organi-
zation plan. Mr.. Coker is a cot
ton dealer. and a member of the
Fifth Federal Reserve B a n k
board.
The directors will meet during
the three-day sessions of the All
Virginia Conference at the Beach,
and while other matters will
come before the body its princi-
pal business will be conSidera-
ton of the Southeastern Council
plan. Already Gov. John Garland
Pollard has been interested IT
the proposal and at a preliminary
conference held in Atlanta some
time ago, he named three repre-
sentatives to attend and report to
him as to the plans and pur-
poses of the organization. Harry
Flood Byrd, of Winchester, for.
mer governor of Virginia and a
director of the Virginia State
Chamber Of Commerce; Mason
Manghum. managing director Of
the Richmond Chamber Of Com
merce, and DR.. Wilson Gee, of
the committee on public health
of the State chamber, were the
governors representatives. At the
Atlanta conference most of the
Southeastern States were repre-
sented, but before definite organ
ization was accomplished, it was
determined to request the gov.
ernorS of all States in the region,
to name committees consisting of
IL representing their respective
States, to attend a. subsequent
meeting, at which actual organi'
zation would be considered.
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BOY DYNAM|TER
TERROR|ZES
HOME TOWN
"ThriII" Seeker, II, Steals 80
Sticks of Explosive, Blasts
School, Neighbor's House

HAGERsTowN, Nd, oct. 13
Because Of his desire for "a
thrill" Marshall Digel, II. is in
Jail at McConnellsburg, Pa, Just
over the State line here, after
terrorizing the vicinity Of his
home for two days with dyna'
mite.
The boy is said by police to
have confessed to stealing 80
sticks Of dynamite from a tool
box Of the Tentrone Construction
Company, which is building a
road near Amaranth, Pa, Digels
home.
Out for Thrill
Armed with the dynamite, the
youth set out to seek thrills
Police say that Digel'S first
action was to set off three sticks
Of dynamite in a culvert near
where he had taken the explo'
Sive.
Next an explosion near the
home of William Carnell shat.
tered the windows of the house
and frightened the occupants.
Blasts School
A blast near the Oak Grove,
Pa, school followed, damaging
the building, and this was fol
lowed by three other explosions
in various places.
Suspicion fell upon Digel when
tracks resembling those Of his
automobile were found near the
scene Of the blasts. When a
State policeman called at the
Digel home the boy is said to
have leaped out of a window in
an attempt to escape, but was
caught and taken to Jail, where
he is alleged to have made a full
confession, sying that he meant
no harm, but wanted to get
a thrill" r.
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Tight Times Reduces
r. r. DetectiDe Force

LURAY, Va, Oct. 13.-The
army of detectives who year or
more ago were riding almost
every freight train on the Norfolk
and Western railroad, looking
for freight riders, have oeen re.
placed by an army of modern
freight riders with few if any
detectives on their trail. Tight
times" have brought a Iet-up in
the activities of the detectives.
There IS now little trouble for
men and boys to board freight
trains and ride to their Gcstina.
ton without molestation.
Whether the detectives slackup
has been occasioned by orders
from headquarters or that they
are acting on their own volition
is not known.
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Mrs. H. B. Cook GiUen
Absolute DiUOrce

ARLINGTON, Va, october 13.
A decree for absolute divorce has
been awarded to Mrs. Helen
Burch Cook, of the 100 block D
st. S. E., from her husband
Richard Cook, by Judge Nc.
Carthey, in the Circuit Court of
Arlington County.
Mrs. Cook, who was represented
by Attorneys Raymond Neudecker
and William C. Ashford, charged
that he shot her in the head
with pistol in August, 1925,
which brought about their per-
manent estrangement. She was
confined in Casualty Hospital for
seven weeks, she said, although
she refused to prosecute assault
charges against her husband. The
couple married in Alexandria on
August S, 1902.
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3 Youths Sentenced
On Murder Atten1pt

RIG HMOND, Va, Oct. 13
Charged on IL different counts,
including houSebreaking and an at
tempt to kill the sheriff of
King William courOy, Va, three
young men, residents of Harrison.
burg, Va, were given penitentiary
sentences at the King William
County Circuit Court.
Raymond Knicely, II, was sen
fenced to serve five years in
the penitentiary, his brother,
Russell, 20, 10 years, and Calvin
Rosser, five years. The three
attempted to kill the King Will
liam county sheriff.
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Girl Reserves Hold .
Setting-Up PGrLey

+ POTOMAC, Va, Oct. 13.-Fol.
lowing Setting-up conference at
the vacation lodge in Cherry
dale, the Girl Reserves of George
Mason High School held a spe-
cial membership meeting here for
the purpose of laying plans for
activities during the coming year.
The meeting was held at the
home of Miss Edith Spaulding,
president of the local organiza-
ton,
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MdnSLdughter Case
DELAYED to JnnUnru

WINCHESTER, Va. Oct. 13
II was stated at the clerks office
of the corporation. court today
that George Snyder will not face
the grand jury until January 81
on a charge of manslaughter and
reckless driving, unless Judge
Philip Williams decides to call a
special grand jury.
Snyder was turned over to the
corporation court grand jury by
Judge Weems in police court on
The above charge as a result of
the fatal injury of Raymond
Bawley on September 80, while
Snyder was returning from a
dance at Jordan Springs.
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Revue Players We'd
As ShOU Hits ChicugO

CHICAGO, Oct. IS QN.S).
Sydney Kane and Irene Kelly,
members of a revue recently come
here from New York, were receiv-
ing congratulations Of friends to-
day.
The two we're married last Tues
day and announcement was with
held until last night. Miss Kelly
is a principal dancer In the show.
The Washington times., 1930-10-13
Man Escapes Injury
In Hit-Und- Run Crash

SILVER SPRING, Md, Oct. 13.
Morton G. Lloyd, 100 block
Kaylor ST., Chevy Chase, narrow
ly escaped injury here late last
night when his automobile was
struck by another machine occu-
pied by two unidentified colored
men.
Police say that the colored
mems car ran past a red light
at Georgia Avenue and the Coles
vile Pike and crashed into Lloyd's S
automobile, damaging the ma
chine considerably. Following the
accident the two negroes jumped
out of their car and ran. Police
are investigating
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-T'mpS starr l.
NICK CHERI
WILLIAM q SMITH

WILLIAM q. SMITH
NICK CHERI, Is, of 7101
Georgia Ave. N. W., and Will
lam Smith, Is, of 7016 Ninth
st. N. W., are being sought by
police after their parents had
reported them missing.
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BURNED BY PIPE

UNTON, Va, Oct. 13.
When his clothes became ignlted
from a pipe which he had put into
& pocket, John N. Daggy, 55, re-
ceived fatal burns while on the
highway near his home at Burns
vile. in Bath county. Neighbors
carried him to his home and sum
moned a physician.
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MISS HARD BOILED"

specialist said he would see
about It,"
So 1t was arranged she should
go alone. and report to Jerry
Immediately what had hap
pened during her absence. She
was to spare no expense to
right things. as much as they
could be righted.
Don't be hard on your father.
dear one" Jerry told her.
There is something in the
man. somewhere. We must
find it. Help him to find him
self"
She looked at Jerry a little
bewildered. She had suddenly
found that she did not want
to be hard on Pancho.
Dust was sitting through the
creviceS Of the car, filling it
with an acrid haze. The door
at the front opened. A puff of
dust was blown in; it swirled
along the aisle toward her.
She closed her eyes. When
she opened them again-yes,
what she saw was no ghost.
That red-faced fellow with the
frayed blue cap-the conductor
who had let her ride to Phoe-
nix on a night of high adven-
ture more than two years ago.
She crouched down in her
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
CHAPTER I

Robin Dale, star reporter on
the Daily journal, was at his
desk when the telephone rang.
He, for almost an hour, had
been deeply immersed in the
criIAe-detector apparatus with
which the police of Chicago
were experimenting. The de-
vice was called the Cinetor and
was quite simple in conception
and use. A motion picture was
produced, having for its action
the enactment of a crime as
conceived by the police. If
there was more than one plausi-
BILE explanation of the action
of the criminal a second, or
even a third picture was pro-
duced. The picture or pictures
were made in silent form,
Sound of any kind was consid-
cred to be a misunderstanding
factor. A simple electrical ap-
paratus was synchronized with
the motor of the film protector,
attached to a pressure gauge
wrapped about the suspects
left arm and set at normal
blood pressure. Connected di-
rectly with this was an indica-
tor needle which recorded the
variations of blood pressure on
an Observation-Disclosures platin.
Because of the synchronization
any point of variation on the
completed chart traced by the
needle could be matched to the
very frame of the film.
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seat, and kept her face TO the
window until the conductor
stopped at her seat. Then she
turned and gave him the full
gaze of her black eyes with
the merry imps dancing in
them. ;
"Jumpin' Jehoshaphat!" he
gasped, pushing the cap back
from his grimy brow and
scratching the back of his
puzzled head with a blunt
thumb and forefinger.
She broke into a laugh.
Then you remember me-"
Che said.
Remember you?" he burst
out. Lady, I'd know you II it
was a thousand years from
now. Though you don't look
the same"
His eyes took appraisal of
the elegance of her travelling
togs. of the great ruby that
smoldered 'on the third finger
of her left hand above a mar
row platinum band set with
rubies,
Il don't blame you she
laughed. I've changed" She
thought. and so have you. His
face was dry. scanned. in the
daylight. His faded blue eyes
were red where the tiny blood
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Dead Since Midnight

Very few facts yet, Dale
Hubbard's housekeeper
called up about 20 minutes
ago, $40 to be exact, saying
she had just returned to the
house after being away over
night, and found Jonathan
Hubbard dead, hanged from a
rafter in the attic. I told her
to leave everything as it was.
and to allow no one except
members Of the police to enter
the place."
During the drive to Fert
Washington Avenue Robin Dale
gave his police companions a
brief resume Of the facts within
his knowledge concerning the
Hubbard family. The facts
were unusual enough to Dor.
tend an interesting case.
The Hubbard mansion &C.
cupies almost a square block
The dwelling is a huge, three
Storied frame structure, dating
back more than 100 years. In
building it none of the present.
day methods of skimping for
space were used. All the rooms
were large and high-ceilinged,
with wide, ample Railways, and
the attic floor, with its slant
ing roof, gave a height of
about II feet from the floor
to the apex of the roof. A
beam, supporting these, ran
across the attic at a height of
approximately II feet.
Suspended from this beam,
by a hemp rope about four
feet long noosed about his
neck, was the remains of iona,
than Hubbard. The rope was
tightly knotted about an i'm
mense hook driven into the
beam. On the floor. near the
body, was an overturned chair
to give the affair the appear
ance of suicide but this theory
was neglected from the start.
With the exception Of the
overturned chair the attic was
practically bare. When Robin
Dale. entered the huge room
with the police DR.. Wattles had
about completed his examina-
tion.
Dead since midnight, last
night i. .strangulation!"
To Be Continued Tomorrow.
Copyright 1880. bv King Features
Syndicate. lnc.1
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
By Jane Dixon

vessels had burst. Dust. Heat.
The dessert.
We'll, well.' he chuckled.
Glad to have you ridin' with
me again."
That's nice Of you,". she
said. THAT other was the NEST
exciting ride i have ever had"
Her mind went back to other
days.
Ships at sea. A black car
with onyx and silver. When
she first came to New York and
the driver took her into the
Park. The Deauville Road. No,
she had not exaggerated. The
! night on this train that car
ried her away toward the un-
knoWn-that ride surpassed all
others.
She opened a bag-it was of
fine seal leather with a tiny
monogram that glittered-se-
lected a bill. and handed it to
the conductor.
He examined it thoughtfully,
A hundred-dollar bill.
I'm afraid can't change
this, lady" Just as on that
never-to-be-forgotten ride.
She waited for the blunt
thumb and forefinger.. Her
laughter bubbled over.
Then don't" she said. 1--WE
owed it to you a long time.
Here's my ticket. I want you to
buy your wife a pretty dress"
1t was a long time before she,
could persuade him that the
bill really belonged to him.
Toward the close of the day
the landscape outside the train
window assumed familiarity
that set her tingling. Long
stretches of dun-colored dust.
Mesquite powdered with it.
Trails shaking through the dun.
The sky a brilliant bowl of
color like the gargantuan paint
ing of master artist.
That dark patch huddled
against the dun! Her heart was
held as in q wise. She sud.
denly felt weak, giddy. Burning
hot. Icy cold.
"Ermosay" Puffs of dust that
blotted out the stopped figure
with the frayed cap pushed
back from grimy brow. The
train creaking, protesting in
every joint. gathering to a stop.
She rushed along the aisle,
choking with the dust, and
clambered down the rickety
steps.
A great bull of a man with
bristling black muStachiOs and
black eyes that peered from
beneath bushy brows staggered
toward her.
"Pancho!" she cried, and ran
to fling herself on his chest.
ITS time you showed up,
gal" he rambled. Leaving us
without a word"
She clung to him. Where's
Lucy?"
Was 1t imagination, or were
the eyes of this great toro
really damp and dim?
''Lucy's waitin'." he said.
There must be something in
his throat. Something husky.
Ito Be COntinued)
Copyright, 1870. Metropolitan News
paper Service.)
The Washington times., 1930-07-28
YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday Is
July 29

July 2S
If today is your birthday,
during the coming year you
may experience some unusual
friendship or romantic affair
which could cause a little in
convenience should you act
rashly or thoughtlessly. There
may be some limitations or an
noyances in business If you
allow yourself to become too
easily discouraged. If you were
able to profit through the good
Uranian aspects in 1928 and
1929. don't allow the results
to slip away.
Important dates-Avoid ex-
ceSses Of all kinds, take no
risks and maintain routine
from September % to October
2, October z to 10, October 90
to November (, December 26
to 80, January 4 to z, March
27 to 81, April A to z. Good
for general affairs, make ef-
1OAIS 70 ADVANCE your interests
from September 8 to IL, Octo-
Der l8 to November /, Novem-
Der z to Is, January 8 to l2,s
February Is to %, April % to
80, June % to. July /. Con-
Trajectory dates show two op-
posing influences.
A child born today will be
generous, affable. desirous of
a prominent place in life and
will work for a position of
power. Through the meeting
and the overcoming of OBJ
stacles he will develop a strong
character.
Tendencies for Tomorrow
During the early part of the
day the Moon is favorable to
the impulsive and aggressive
Mars. causing active and ener.
getic business policies. Late in
the day an unfriendly aspect
to Uranus might cause dis
ruption and trouble through
lack of control. This is not
q good day for lawsuits.
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tionate, and he Just wants TO
be LET ALONE.
Sometimes 1t is because she
Is to frivolous and drags him
out to parties every evening"
and sometimes 1t is because she
is too dull and quiet and can't
be dragged out Of the house,
evenings.
1t may be because she will
never pick up his things and
clean his Safety-razor, as q duti-
full wife should. Or it may be
because she is forever follow
ing him around like a detec-
tive, picking up his things and
"fooling with his razor
Tt may be because she spends
all her time in the beauty par
lorS and never thinks of any-
thing but her looks. Or because
she spends all her time reading
novels and eating chocolates and
cares nothing for her locks.
Fifty.fifty!
It may be that she is too
much of a high-brow, and he
longs for cuddly, little play
mate. Or, that she is too much
of dumb-bell and he longs for
a mental companion or a spirit
ual mate.
The only thing that he never
considers is that his WIFE may
have a "going-foot," too: and
that she may be as bored or
fed up or as restless as HE is.
And that what they both need
is just nice little Matrimonial
Vacation-far, far away from
the monotony of domesticityl \
The only trouble with mar
riage is that it lasts 365 days
of the year-with no time off
for good behavior. But, men
have no corner on the wan
derlust. these days!
(Cepyright, 1880, by Kong Features
Syndicate. InS.l
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Old Mansion Haunted

In this way the reactions of
a suspect, through the uncon-
trollable heart-impulses, gave in
variable proof of the true por-
tionS of the imaginative, filmed
re-enactment of the crime.
Robin Dale had read the arti-
Gle a second time with studied
interest when the telephone
summoned him. Captain Blake,
chief of the Homicide Squad,
was calling,
Can you get over to Head.
quarters in ten minutes, Dale?
Old Jonathan Hubbard's been
murdered and we'll be leaving
by that time to investigate. If
we've gone you know where the
Hubbard place is up on Fort
washington Avenue"
I'm leaving right now, Cap
tain Blake"
Robin Dale made hurried
report to Elbert Bailey, the city
editor, aud was on his way. In
the cab on the trip to Police
Headquarters Dale made a hur-
ried survey of the facts known
about Jonathan Hubbard. The
name had broken into print on
two or three occasions. The
last incident Robin Dale re-
memhered quite distinctly as he
had reported IL for the Dai1V
journal.
A report had been current on
Washington Heights that the
old mansion, one of the few
still existent in New York. was
haunted. People in the neigh
borhood reported that in the
dead hours of the night strange
lights would come on and go
off in the attic of the huge,
frame dwelling.
Robin Dale had been assigned
to get story out of it and
had, at that time. met Jonathan
Hubbard. an eccentric old fel-
low well over 20 though still
straight as a ramrod, and
proud Of his six feet of ruddy
health. He lived alone in the
old house with a single servant,
a middle-aged German woman.
They both laughed at the idea
that the house was haunted
but Jonathan permitted Dale
to spend two nights in the attic.
Nothing ghostly of any nature
appeared during these vigils
and Dale filled out his story
with a history Of the Hubbard
family.
In the days when New York
extended no further north than
Fourteenth Street the Hubbards
owned practically all of what is
now Washington Heights. With
such a start it was natural that
old Jonathan Hubbard should
be immensely wealthy. Tt was
also natural that, with the con-
tinued wealth of the family. its
descendants would eventually
run to eccentricities.
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An Authority on Problems OF
Love and Marriage

Love and Marriage
FIRST" babies are somehow
different"
These are the babies who,
more than all others, are
longed for and dreamed over.
Long before the punctual
stork has actually left them at
the expectant door they have
aroused all the love, hope, am
bition of which the human
heart and brain are capable.
Is there. in fact, a happier
way to arrive on this earth
than to be the first born of
young, fortunate, enamored pa.
rents, who accept you as the
most enhancing of miracles, as
the precious and almost unbe-
lievable fulfilment of a love
that they. still believe is like no
other love in the world?
No wonder that the welcome
such a baby receives is nothing
short Of worship.
And If these first-borns seem
TO their adoring parents so
much more wonderful than any
later brothers and sisters can
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How a Quick Thinking Cub
Helps Solve Mystery

never found the estate remained
with the Hubbards.
1t became a legend that the
lost deed was hidden some
where in the Hubbard mansion
and this belief was probably
what led to the report that the
house was haunted. The popu.
lar conception was that the
ghost of Darrell, the gambler,
had come back to find the long
lost deed.
The journey to headquar-
ters gave Dale sufficient time
to review those few facts. He
found Captain Blake, Sergeant
Jardin, Phelps. the fingerprint
expert, and the police photog-
rapher already in the police
car. Dale, jumped in and the
car started. He learned that
Dr. Wattles had proceeded
from his home uptown to the
scene of the crime.