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now that you and are not. her natural
JarentS.o 1 feel that such knowledge
might detract from her love for u.s.
THAT won't work any hardship on
me. my dear" he replied. Il feel just
as enthusiastic about her as If I were
her real father"
Another thing. Theodore. I love
Penelope dearly, as you know, but l
can't be mace a slave to her. Do you
dcwn?"
He gritted his teeth, and his wife
went on: We simply must have a nurse
Tor her"
Have two of EN-" he grow!ed.
whatever she needs she shall have"
That's right. Start spelling her i'm
mediately."
1t was always like that. However. as
the child developed, she brought Mr..
Gatlin each day closer to happiness
than he had ever been before. She
was his refuge. She was healthy baby
and hence happy baby. AMI there was
not the slightest chance that she would
ever be spoiled by having hor own
wishes perennially deferred to. If Lou
!sa Gatlin accomplished nothing else
worth while (and this she accomplished
unconsciously) she did nothing to in
fate Penelopa'S ego, which. as every
human solfislross. which. in turn, &C
counts for the unhappiness of most Of
humanity. Mr.. Gatlin, Of course, would
have undone, in secret, much of this
good work. had not the realization come
t. him quite early in Penelopc's little
girlhood that any demonstration of e&-
cessive affection on his part was inevi-
t2bly colnteracted by en- excessive
severity on the part of his wife toward
the child
She was pretty child of olive COM
pl X.on with very dark blue eyes and
rich, shiny. jet black ha:r She was
unusually intelligent and affectionate,
Ga quick sympathy and winning, gra-
CiouS ways. She was the apple of Mr..
Catlin's eye, and by the time she was
10 years old he no longer cared a snap
OF his finger for his wife.
II Pen lCpe was Mr.. Catlin's refuge.
l.e also was hers. She never complained
to him-doubtleSs because she feared
her foster-mo her, who had succeeded
IN intoxicating in the child a duty COM
pick quite cut of proportion to the ladv's
deserts. Nevertheless it was understood
between them that they were a pair of
outlaws; mutual sympathy drew them
closer together each day; thcir mutual
love was sweet and holy sentiment.
Mrs. Gat'in's nerves did not improve
through the years, although whan
Penelope was 10 years old, wandering
evangelist came to town and commence.
4 furious campaign of conversion and
curing by prayer every disease that flesh
Is heir to: and Mrs. Gatlin became
! converted" praying loudly. was PRAYED
Cor loudly, and finally mounted the plat
form and shrieked: "HalIelujah, praise
the Lord I'm cured"
And she was-until the local glamour
of the miracle wore Off and the evan
gef!st moved on to other field. There
after life for Mr.. Gatlin and Penelope
became almost unb arabic. She ex-
horted them to sorrow for their sins. and
when Mr.. Gatlin declared they hadn't
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quoted a verse from Henry Herbel
Knibbs' poem, Out There Somewhere
Wen dance a merry saraband fror
here to drowsy Samarkand:
Along the sea- across the land, the
birds are flying south,
And you my sweet Penelope, out there
somewhere you wait for me,
With buds Of roses in your hair and
kisses on your mouth"
They went by train to San Francisco
next day. With the child in his arms
and accompanied by his wife and the
LADY manager of the Infants Shelter,
Mr.. Gatlin repaired to the Superior
Court and legally adopted the daughter
of Capt. Ronald Elliot and Janet Elliot,
both deceased.
From the court room they went to
Grace Cathedral and had her baptized
in the Episcopalian faith-out of cour-
tesy to Mrs. Gatlin's latest religious
crotchet. Mr.. Gatlin having no religious
affiliations whatsoever. There was q
Slight hiatus here. The pastor had just
sprinkled water on the Little dark head
ana said. II baptize thse in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and OF
the Holy Ghost, and give thee the name
Of" when Mrs. Gatlin interrupted
softly-"Lucretia."
Nothing doing" Mr.. Gatlin declared.
'Lucretia! Wasn't that the woman that
poisoned pcople--a wop woman? Her
name shall be Penelope. 1 like that
name"
The pastor smiled family. Having al
ready sensed that all of the enthusiasm
for the child was Mr.. Gatlin's, he was
seized with a perverSe desire to please
the sentimental fellow, so HI said
quickly: and give thee the name OF
Penelope"
Mr.. Gatlin huggsd Penelope t. him
and kissed her back of the left ear.
You mustn't kiss her, Theodore" his
wife protested. kissing IS insanitary.
You might give her some sort of dis
ease"
"Oh. Lord" Mr.. Gatlin murmurad,
will 1 ev~r cease making hideous mis-
takes?"
For in that illuminating instant he
leali@Ei that in adopting Penelope he
Lac A4ade a terrible mistake. HIS wife
don't Int her! At the very moment
y :, commencement of his experiment
re knew it was a failure. However, it
was no part OF his wife'S intention cat
least for the present) that he should
realize this, so she took the baby from
him.
Within the week, Theodore Gatlin.
having communicated with the adjutant
general of the Army at Washington,
ascertained that Capt. Ronald Elliott's
Eody had been brought home from the
Island of Sulu and inferred in the Ma
ttonal Cemetery at the Preside of San
Francisco. So he had Penelope's mother
Cisinterred from the Potter's Field and
rendered beside the soldier after which
he gave orders for the erection Of a
suitable monument over them
Viewing him from ev-ry angle. he was
q most peculiar retail shoe dealer.
For a month all went we'll with the
Gatlin's, and then Mrs. Gatlin issued
her fiat.
Theodore" she said, 1T must insist
on one thing. Penelope must never
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$4,000 LOOT FOUND
HIDDEN IN APARTMENT
Securities Believed Taken in Series
of Bank Hold Ups-Four
Persons Arrested.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. December PA police
mans casual kick at loose board in a
North Side apartment revealed S85, 900
in stolen securities, police said, and
caused the arrest of three men and a
woman who are suspected by the au-
thorities of at least eight bank rob-
berries in Central and Northern Illinois
Trailing a blue sedan with wanted"
license number. Lieut.. Andy Barry sur
prised Glen Nichols, 80, alleged jail
breaker, and Gladys Robinson, 81. of
Peoria Ill, and began cursory exam
nation of the apartment. A nick in the
floor molding led to discovery of Liberty
bonds and negotiable securities stolen,
officials said, from the first State Bank
of Wenona, the Allerton State Bank
and the Farmers State Bank at New
Windsor.
Austin j. Corray. 80, and his brother,
Harmon, 81, who, like Nichols, are from
Champaign, ILL.,, later came to the
apartment and were arrested. Police
said they confessed the three robberies,
duplicating Nichols as the actual robber
and the girl as the confederate Of their
getaways.
Police began ballistic tests with the
10 revolvers, two shotguns and a rifle
found in the apartment to see if any
of them were used in the battle police
fought with two robbers on a down.
town street last Friday night, in which
George Wallace, an Evanston architect,
was killed
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GANGSTER'S BODY
PROMISED POLICE
Los Angeles kidnapping and
Gun Fight Staged With
Aid of Chicagoan.
BY the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, December 24-While
they waited for the fulfllment of a
grueSome promise from the underworld
police today believed Chicago'S gang
dom had furnished one of the prin-
cipals in kidnapping and gun fight in
Long Beach the last week end
j, Sherman, arrested after the shoot
Ing in which Long Beach officer was
wounded seriously early Sunday. was
Identified by police yesterday as Ralph
Sheldon, Chicago hoodlum, who once
served as an aide to Al Capone.
Police Expect Body.
The promise, which authorities ex-
pected to see fulfilled was that the
body of a second gangster, who was
wounded in the gun fight Sunday, would
be given up to police upon his death
which was expected momentarily.
Blood-stained clothing, believed to be
his is in the hands of police.
The gun fight took place few hours
after E. l.. Caress, wealthy gambler, and
his wife were kidnapped late Saturday
night by gangst rs who demanded $780,
600 ransom. Caress wrote checks for
the sum in order to gain the release OF
his wife and himself.
PIotters Found in Auto.
The plotters were sitting in an auto
mobile in Long Beach when police
questioned them. The questioning led
to shooting and the arrest of Sherman,
alias Sheldon.
Chicago police reported Sheldon had
been missing from Chicago two years,
and had been hunted as a suspect in
the Staying of Ben Newmark, former
chief investigator for States Attorney
Grove of Cook County. He had been
active in the beer-running business in
Chicago, police asserted.
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"I'll have to meet these grandparents
and parents. Theodore"
all dead"
What did they die off"
The grandparents on both sides of
old age; the father of the baby was an
Army captain and he got killed in
fight in the Sulu Islands. The mother
died in childbirth and the baby is in
the Infants Shelter in San Francisco.
Boy or girl, Theodore?"
Boy"
Il could never stand boy, Theodore.
l must have a girl"
Mr.. Gatlin grinned evilly. It figured
you'd try to edge out of it that way. 1t
isn't a boy. It's girl"
Louise Gatlin was not very intelli-
gent, but she was sufficiently SO to real
ize that for once in his life Mr.. Gatlin
was due to have his own way.
That night as he lay abed, Mr. Cat
lin suddenly gave himself a prodigious
poke in the ribs. what a jackass 1
was not to consult that doctor before
| married Louise" he groaned. when
1 thought 1 could father child Of my
own l didn't pay any more attention
to its ancestry than would to selecting
necktie. Anything that looked well
would fill the bill. But when it came
-
gave the job all the attention l would
give to the purchase of piece Of prop
erty / wouldn't think Of buying a lot
until had run down the record of the
title and satisfied myself there were no
flaws in it.
If men would only employ that much
common sense in selecting their wives
or wives, in selecting their husbands
knew what a nervous, complaining, sell
fish old shrew her mother was-whats
that law the doctor spoke of? All, yes.
Mendcls law. The law that like shall
produce like. Simple! Natural Any
fool should have thought of that-and
yet it took an old monk-a celibate--to
promulgate the news. Whaw-w-w-w!"
Theodore" said his wife, from the
other twin bed, Il should think you
might be more oonsiderate of me than
to whistle like that and wake me up"
I'm SO happy. darling, couldn't help
it. Forgive me-
Have you thought of name for the
baby?"
Il have. Penelope"
"a horrid name. Where under heaven
did you get that name?"
To her unspeakable amazement, he
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know where happiness might be found,
but inasmuch as he was moderately Ger
tain of peace of mind while attending
to his business, he had haZy impress
sion that happiness is not infrequently
found in securing a job and working at
it, So when a physician informed him
that his hopes of tatherhood were not
apt to be realized he had brilliant
idea and preached it to Mrs. Gatlin.
Lets adopt a baby!" he urged.
Louise demurred. She had her doubts
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of taking over
somebody's else troublesome never
knew how an adopted baby was going to
turn out-there was no hurry anyhow
she must have time to consider the idea
her health
My nerves." she protested, but he
silcnced her.
You think too much about yourself
and not at all about anybody else, par
ticularly me. What you need is a baby
to fuss with. You'll learn to love it in
month as much as if it was your own
| flesh and blood"
I'm afraid you'll not love it. Theo-
| dore. You're SO cranky and irritable, .
she defended.
"Listeng" Mr.. Gatlin commanded.
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any worth bothering about (Which was
quite true) she prayed for them. They
Tad grace before and after meals, with
family prayers and readings from the
Eible. sunday was day of sorrow.
Finally the worm turned.
In a moment of insane fury Mr.. Cat
lin performed what he considered a long
neglected duty He took Mrs. GatlinB
classical countcnance in Goth hands,
bumped her head repeat dly against the
wall and told her that If she ever opened
her mouth again in his presence with
out his permission he'd Just about kill
her She didn't. She sued him for
divorce and had Penelope on the witness
stand to prove that Mr. Gatlin had
beaten her; that he had remained away
from home until late at night and re-
used to reveal his rendezvous Mr.. Cat
I'm entered a cross complaint and petit
toned to have Penelope allocated to
him.
Continued in Tomorrow's starr
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| ~ II ried life had demonstrated to
! N him the absolute falacy Of the
! 1 L ecclesias.ic contention that
marriages are made in heaven
| In the beginning he had married Lou
/ Use Hanchett for 4 number of reasons,
none of them really important She
was of good family; i. c., her parents
we're prosperous middle-class folk whom
iscenGal had never touched. They were
| eminently respectable, if a trifle bovine
| n IIspUo4I.Cn ana Louise was their only
child, and sole heir to such worldly
goods as her parents might have &C
cumulated and which Mr. Gatlin be-
lieved they were not likely to dissipate,
TOR which reason he did not contemplate
| having to support them in their helpless
| age
These were the common sense rea-
sons which his self-respect as a bust
ness man indicated he should conjure
to his defensA in making this important
! step: in reality they were merely sop
| 20 his real reason for the step, which
! was a mad infatuation he mistook for
| love. Louise HanchettS cold, classical
| beauty and We're de We're FORM which
she knew how to GreSS beautifully and
/ il good taste, had so daZzled him that
| 1t never occurred to him to ask himself
whether the object Of his passion had
wearing qualities; if she had common
sense; if she was healthy and capable
| of bearing children; if she was of sound
ancestry. However, there was some ,eX-
| cuSe for this careleSsneSS in Mr.. Cat
Ln's case, as, indeed, there is in the
case of all but supermen. Engaged as
| he was in the retail shoe business, he
| had never heard of Menders law, and if
anybody in conversation with him had
| mentioned geneticS he would doubtless
have thought that they we're some new
| form of athletic contrivance. The only
| practical information he had on the
Hanchett family was that Mrs Hanchett
was shrew, that Mr.. Hanchett was
1icdle-aged man whose head was bloody
and bowed; that Louise was unhappy at
home.
In Mr. Gatlin the protective instinct,
abundant in all males, was particularly
we'll developed; SO he yearned to provide
Louise with the happiness he knew she
had missed and which he, thank God,
was able to provide-for he possessed
also the usual amount of masculine ego.
Following two years of married life,
| during which he strove manfully to ac-
complish the impossible, Mr.. Theodore
Gatlin went into a mental haze. Six
months of this and he became peevish.
He wanted child-and when at last
he realized that, in the phraseology of
his times, there was nothing doing.
there was born in him the first coherent
thought he had ever had on the sub
iect of matrimony. He told himself that
he was sick unto death striving to be a
good husband and acquiring no merit
because of his efforts. He told himself
he had house, but no home; that Lou
Use had taken after her mother" which
meant that he had taken after his af-
hicted father-in-law
He gave considerable thought to the
subject and finally decided that Louise
would be all right if she only had some
thing to occupy her mind. She sought
happiness and blamed him because she
could not find it. Mr.. Gatlin did not
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I'm at the point where I'm seriously
considering suing you for divorce"
You are devoid of sympathy" his
wife charged You neglect me-"
Maybe I've failed" said MIR. Gatlin,
but, by jimmy, I've tried and I'm
willing to keep on trying little longer.
Only from now on we're going to try
my methods, and adopting a baby is
one of them. If that fails I'll take the
baby over myself and Well call in the
lawyers"
She knew she had gone as far as she
dared. Even the dullest CT married
women know when that point is
reached; that is, they know when it
has been reached for that day.
We'll, If we can find baby Of good,
sound, intelligent, healthy parentage,"
she assented grudgingly.
I've got one staked out" Mr.. Gatlin
cried joyfully, and 1 know its parents.
They're sound as grindstones. 1 know
the grandparents Of the child on both
sides.
II don't know them personally" he
went on, but I've had a doctor look
UP their records. High-class people.
No insanity and no crookedness in
Them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-24
Christmas Greetings to Navy.

Christmas greetings were dispatch
yesterday to the naval establishment BY
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Ernest Lee Jahncke. just prior TO his
departure to spend Christmas in New
Orleans.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
|NDUCT WHEAT
INTO OFFICE

In the same courtroom where
barely year ago he took the
oath of office as associate justice
of the District Supreme Court,
Alfred A. Wheat today assumed
the obligation of chief justice.
Ceremonies inducing the new
est member of the bench into
its highest office were short.
Sharply at 10 o'clock the five
associate justices present, Justice
Siddons, Bailey, Hitz, Gordon and
Wheat, filed into the courtroom
and took their seats In general
term.
The courtroom was filled with
distinguished members of the bar
and friends Of the new chief
justice.
Presiding Justice Siddons arose
to perform what he termed a
most pleasant duty and read the
oath Of office to Justice Wheat
section by section. Justice Wheat
standing at the extreme left re-
peated the affirmation of the
oath and then took his place in
the center of the assembly Of
judges.
A short reception in the court
room followed the induction,
when court attaches and at
torneys present congratulated the
new chief justice.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
House Approves Seat
for Ruth Bryan OUen

Amid applause from Republi-
cans and Democrats, the House
yesterday declared Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen, Democratic Repre-
sentative from the Fourth Flor
ida district, entitled to her seat
in Congress.
The House approved a report
from an election committee, ad-
verse to the contest of William
C. Lawrence, Republican oppon.
ent of Mrs. owen in the 1928
election.
Lawrence contested on the
ground that Mrs. Owen has not
been a citizen for at least seven
years prior to election.
Mrs, owen married Briton,
now deceased. and it was con-
tended that She lost her citi-
zenship when she so married.
The committee concluded that
the daughter of William Jen-
ningS Bryan had been a citizen
more than seven years before
her election, though the years
were not all Immediately prior
thereto.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Chatham Allied
Earnings ShOLUu

Chatham Phenix Allied Corpor'
alton, investment subsidiary Of
Chatham Phenix Corporation, re-
ports total earnings from the be-
ginning of operations on october 8.
1929, to May 81, after deducting
expenses and all reserves for
taxes, of $2,081,272.
At the close of business on
May 81 the liquidating value Of
the 100000 common shares was
$26.28 per share, compared with
$25 per share received by the cor
poration at the time the stock
was brought out. The company
has no indebtedness of any kind
and net income from present in
vestmentS is reported at more
than sufficient to pay a dividend
OF 81 per share annually. An
initial dividend Of so cents per
share was declared payable July
1 out of current income from its
investments.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
20 Cities Seeking
Work for Veterans

Federal employment offices for
the exclusive benefit of ex-Service
men are being opened in 20 key
cities of the country by the EN-.
ployment service of the Depart
ment of Labor in cooperation
with the Veterans Bureau, it was
disclosed today.
The 20 cities are: Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Pittsburgh. Cleve-
land, Detroit, Minneapolis. Louis,
vile, st. Louis, Omaha. Denver
Salt Lake City, Seattle. San Fran.
cisco. Dallas, New Orleans and
Atlanta.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
5-DGy Week Voted
For G.. w. University

Members of the administration
staff Of George Washington Uni.
versity henceforth will work but
five days a week.
Announcing adoption OF this
policy yesterday, President Cloyd
H. Marvin said:
"The time has come in mod
ern society when, with the pres
ent creative power of the peO-
pie, there must be more time
for the pursuit of the advOca-
tiOnal life, more time for the de-
velOpment of family life, more
time for creation in order bet
ter to fit the people for the in.
tense activity in which they
must engage during the time
they spend to further the work
of the world"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Hoover Names SeUen
NeU Rear Adn1irGLS

President Hoover yesterday ap-
proved the recommendations of
the Navy Selection Board for the
appointment of seven captains
as rear admiralS. They are:
Walter r. Gherardi, who, on &C.
count of illness, will be named for
shore duty only; Arthur st. c..
Smith, Clarence s. KempH, John
Halliban, Edward B.. Fenner, Viii.
liam T. Tarrant and G. T. Pet
tingill.
Chief among the promotions to
the rank of captain is the name
of Comdr. John. Towers, leader Of
the Navy round-thesworld flight
" Eighteen promotions from the
rank of commander to captain
were announced and 20 advance
ments from the grade Of lieuten-
ant commander to that of com.
mander.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

crIJCAGO, June 7-Hogs: Receipts,
"a onn Market. steady Top, 5000;
5UiTSO' bUiN, ;o.75 d@1e.S5; heavy weight :a;s5
S5Ss5 %sdisms Gld1S TssSSt r.ht shtqisS lehts
.lsHs .aHs 20: backing sows. S9@9.75:
p'SC SCattIe=Receipts. 200; market, steady.
gGsod 1s% ana GsGss oHoss isssfy
on,o nSnt on and medium $9@12.5O; year
s7s0'NI 50; cows, $6.5O@1O: bulls, 81
$3.50 calves :sS1sso; teed:s stsfEs te Is
SstoctSr cows and heifers. S6@9.
S'SSss SsShsesepCReceipts 5000. market steady.
MsSmm and choice lambs, $11. 50@13:
culis and common N@lo; spriinE iE
ewes" Ss@55O. feeder lambs. -3s.5o61o.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
MdydLGn Rubber
ShiDnlentS Increase

Shipments of rubber from Ma
1aya in May of 49,039 tons caused
further weakening of commodity
to the lowest levels ever reached,
at 1915 a pound for spot sheet,
it was reported yesterday.
Further increased shipments are
expected by August. as June and
July shipments will be Substan.
TALLY reduced by the May tap.
ping holiday. It is reported that
the British and Dutch are work
ing in harmony to relieve the
market.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Grain Corp. Leases
st. Louis Elevator

CHICAGO, June z G.N.SD.
Leasing of the Burlington Eleva-
tor at st. Louis by the Farmers
National Grain Corporation was
announced today by George S.
general manager of the
corporation. The property, Mil.
nor said, will be operated by the
Farmers National.
The Burlington Elevator has a
storage capacity of 2,4OO,00O
bushels and is equipped with IA
cllities for loading grain barges.
Acquisition of the st. Louis
property is the second large deal
for terminal elevator space closed
by the Farmers National Grain
Corporation within the last few
days. The first was the lease of
1880 900 bushels OF storage space
from the Consolidated Elevator
Company, Duluth, Minn.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
CLEVELAND LIVESTOCK

CLEVELAND. June U.N.SO.-
Hogs-Receipts, 800; holdovers. none 1;
scarcely enough sold TO make market;
few desirable light and medium weight
hogs, steady, quality considered 15O-
210 pounds, $1O.75: 20O-25O pounds
S1O.65.
Cattle-Receipts, 70; market at stand
still; quoted around steady.
Calves-Receipts, 1870: market steady;
desirable vealers, $12.5 @13.O0; medium
kinds, downward to $11.0O and under.
Sheep-Receipts as; market quota bly,
steady.