Entire Maryland Town Sold at Auction
The whole town of Dickeyville, Md. (now a part of Hillsdale), complete with 81 homes, two going fac
tories anc the old mansion house, was knocked down at auction for $42,000. Attending the sale were these
200 persons, for the most part residents of the historic community that was founded in 1812. The town had
been occupied mostly by the Wethered and Dickey families who used the waters of the fnllsway to operate
paper and woolen mills. The property was offered by the Maryland Title Security corporation which held It
at $05,000. The purchaser was Arthur Lee Huff, representing the title holding company.
Dutch Submarine Starts on Long Cruise
Thousands of persons lined the docks at Den Helder, Holland, ns the Dutch submarine K-18 left on what Is
the longetit trip ever undertaken by an undersea boat. She will vlsil five continents on her eight months’ cruise.
Senatorial Secretaries Are Ready
POST FOR SEA HERO
This group of attractive secretaries and stenographers of senators
was found by the camera man chatting on the «teps of the Capitol in
Washington, waiting for the new congress to convene. Left to right, the
girls are: Dorothy K. Duffey and Flo Bratton of Senator Barkley’s office;
Mary Vee Haardt and Betty Haardt of Senator Ashurst's office; Mary
Love Henry, senate guide room; and Josephine Sterling from Vice Presi
dent Garner’s office.
New Heads of Armour & Co.
Advances In the ottlcln family of Armour A Co. were given these
executives at a meeting of the board of directors. They are, left to right:
Frederick H. I'rlnce, llostoi capitalist, who was named chairman of the
bonrd of directors; Robert H ‘’shell, who was made general manager;
and Philip L Reed, executive vice president, who was named to the
finance committee.
President Roosevelt drafted Capt
George Pried, hero of numerous
thrilling sea rescues, for a top post
in the federal steamboat inspection
service, lie was named the super
vising inspector of the bureau of
navigation and steamboat inspec
tion service of the Commerce de
partment, with headquarters in New
York.
MAY SUCCEED FARLEY
W. W. Howes, at present Aral
assistant postmaster general of the
United States who Is slated to aue
reed I’ostmaster General James A.
Farley, whjn the latter atepe out
of the cabinet within the next few
months, according to rtdluble In
formation.
Superior Guy
By ARCHEY C. NEW
0, McClur* Newspaper Svniltcat*.
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GUSSIK'S eyes roved over the
dining room, appraising her
fellow diners discontentedly. She
hardly heard the harangue of her
dinner partner.
"Pm getting fed up, see?*’ ho
snarled at her. *‘Y’ can't even pick
’em any more."
"No?" she sneered, listlessly.
"No!" lie sneered back. "Look
at th’ last twice. A shoe salesman
without a dime, and then that tough
cattleman who soz 'Go ahead and
shoot.’ ”
“Can you heat that?" she ex
claimed nudging him excitedly.
Ills gaze followed hers to a clean
cut young man, with a calm, de
tached air, then entering the room.
The new arrival coolly ignored the
hat-check girl’s arresting greeting,
and left the waiter captain stand
lug open-mouthed, as he deliberate
ly wended his way among the tables
nnd sat down at one near the or
chestra.
Gussle laughed aloud. “That's a
bird I’d love to get Clnss, nil overt
Used to good things; servants don't
scare him any.
“Stick around, Joe,” she advised,
“we re going badger huntin' tonight."
Timing her exit with the strun
ger’s, she followed him later Into
the lobby. Pausing before the
locked door of the public stenogra
pher’s oltice, he glanced Irritably
at a small card on the door. "Back
at 8:30. Leave name and room
number on this pad." In a flash,
Gussle was at his side, and with a
possessive grip on the door-knob,
turned to face him brightly.
Ah, the stenographer! He stared
at her fixedly. "Are you permitted
to come to guests’ room? I have
some letters. . . .”
"Oh, yes," she assured him, with
a quick nod. A brilliant thought
flashed on her, and she reached for
the pad. "Leave your name and
room number. I—I have to check
it.”
“Oh, boy!” she gloated to Joe a
minute later, gleefully exhibiting a
stenographer’s pad and pencil.
“Now, we're all set. Gimme twenty
minutes’ start!”
“Are you nuts?” hissed Joe.
"You’re no—”
“Dumb cluck, you mean?” She
smiled at him derisively. “Cor
rect !”
The door to 80S was ajar, but
Gussie rapped, demurely. The
guest, John Burns, crossing the
room with some collars, saw her in
the doorway.
He waved her to a low easy chair.
“Sit down here. You’ll find It very
comfortable." Leisurely, he drew
up a large armchair, between her
and the door, facing her. Taking
a sheaf of paperfc from his pocket,
he said, matter-of-factly, "Take a
letter!”
He paid little attention to her ns
he droned ahead. Better so. The
meaningless curlicues on her pad
might have given him quite a shock.
As he finished, and turned his at
tention to a tile at his elbow, Gus
sie rose, stretched herself senuous
ly, and with pad in hand, perched
on the arm of his chair. He glanced
up with some surprise ns one slen
der, silk-clad leg dangled uncom
fortably close to him, and with elab
orate carelessness, her arm stole
around the back of his chair.
“So-o?” came a snarling voice at
his back, "that’s the way you
double-cross me, hey?” Joe, with
gun leveled, entered the room, clos
ing the door carefully behind him.
"Well, you Dig mutt, talk up.
Whatehat doin’ In here, yith my
wife?”
Burns was fumbling with his file,
and Gussie, leaning closer, threw
both arms around him convulsively,
meanwhile eyeing the newcomer
with convincing terror. Quite slow
ly and deliberately, and showing
pained surprise, he disentangled
himself from her embrace, wrig
gled out of bis chair, and his gaze
met that of the "outraged hus
band.”
"What are you doing In here?” he
demanded, ominously. “Get out I”
"Well, I’ll he d—d 1" screeched
Joe, hysterically, and flourishing
his gun threateningly. “It’s gonna
cost you plenty, see? And I ain’t
goin’ until—”
Burns, with one rapid leap,
brought his open hand to the rut’s
face with a resounding slap, send- |
Ing him reeling. Following up the j
slap, he grabbed the gun, thrust It j
Into bis own pocket, and, then, j
grasping Joe firmly by the scruff of
his neck, dragged him to the door, [
and hurled him Into the hall. Dust
ing his hands contemptuously, he
closed the door and turned to face 1
the now truly terrified girl.
“Sorry you had to witness that," |
he told her. apologetically. "But I
certainly owe you « debt of grati
tude." She stared at him. "Sure
was gume of you, throwing your '
arms around me to protect me from 1
that hold-up man. But, then, 1
wasn’t afraid of him."
"And—ami you’re not sore st
me?" gasped Gussie, eyeing film half j
In admiration, half In sturk dials'- ;
| lief. "You—you're not gonna turn i
me In?” She trembled, violently.
"How much do I owe you?" he
asked seemingly Ignoring her ques
tions good naturedly. “Here," he
fumbled with her writing pad,
•write It down here. You see,** be
smiled wistfully, "I'm totally deat"
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During the past 3 or 4 years patch
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old rugs were either round or oval,
crocheted row after row until de
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quilt design rugs many beautiful
combinations are possible and the
work Is really Interesting.
Illustration above shows the
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No Mending at Home
Little Sadie, visiting a neighbor,
was carefully watching the prepar
ation of a chicken for the Sunday
dinner. She quite approved of the
procedure until the neighbor began
sewing up the fowl; then, shaking
her head, she declared: “Goodness
me! we never have to mend our
chickens like that.”
LIST OF HOAXES
FILLS BIG BOOK
Compilation Seems to Prove
Harnuin Was Ri^lit.
That old saw credited to Phinens
T. Barnum, of circus fame, to the
effect that ‘ there’s a sucker horn
every minute” la more or less up
held by a huge volume on “Hoaxes,
Forgeries, Swindles, and Impos
tures’’ which now rests in the library
of the University of Wisconsin.
Compiled and written by Curtis D.
MacDougall as partial fulfillment of
his work for the degree of doctor of
philosophy from the university, the
MHJ-pago book lists and contains in
formation on some 400 hoaxes, forg
eries, and swindles which have been
'■pulled” on the human race during
the past 2,500 years.
Among the more modern hoaxes
reviewed In the hook Is the Drake
estate swindle. This swindle tins
been worked by many different Indi
viduals. In every ease the victim Is
Informed that he Is the lawful heir
to the Ill-gained wealth of the notori
ous buccaneer. Sir Francis Drake,
of the Sixteenth century. The mng
lmnimous exponent of the news, of
course, hns to he reimbursed for his
legal activities, and the litigation
which follows is likely to become ns
expensive ns the purse of the vic
timized "heir" permits.
Besides the more modern swindles
nnd hoaxes, the hook also contains
lists and descriptions of ancient
forgeries and hoaxes, and religious
nnd literary hoaxes nnd forgeries.
It describes the make-believe impos
ters of the ages, historical fakes,
political tricks, scientific hoaxes, nrt
fakes, Journalistic hoaxes, swindles,
nnd vnrlous kinds of puffery.
In discussing the !m rtnnce of
hoaxes, MacDougnll points out that
his survey seemed to show that peo
ple feel It Is not disagreeable to be
fooled provided one does not dis
cover what hns happened.
"But once started, a hoax Is dif
ficult to stop," he explains. ‘‘Some
Intended to achieve only a temporary
result cause Hurries of popular ex
citement far beyond the anticipa
tions of the originators. Others,
even though exposed, through Igno
rance or Intention, continue to
spread. When the truth finally be
comes generally known, the “dam
age" wrought by the falsity hns be
come institutionalized and Is Impos
sible to change.
“Crowds have milled and rioted,
governments have been threatened
and overthrown, both peacefully and
by violence. International relations
hav# been strained, and wars have
lieen fought as the result >f hoaxes,”
he continues. "Scholars have met In
serious conclave, or have traveled to
all parts of the earth, navigators
have sailed the sens, audiences have
filled halls, the stock market has
risen and fallen, newspajter offices
have been raided and closed, court
trials have dragged on for* months,
merely because some Individual or
Individuals had to have his or their
joke."
But the hoaxers themselves re
main virtually unaffected, MncDou
gall points out. A few have gone
to prison or In some other way have
been made to regret their actions.
The vast majority, however, never
have been brought to trial, either
because of Indifference toward them
or because of the absence of any
legal means by which they could be
Indicted. Many have been honored
and resiMvted even after their ac
tions have been exposed, while oth
ers enjoy posthumous reputations,
he maintains.
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