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Newspaper Page TextPage Two LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE. Saturday, July 14, 1934 (Incorporated) An Independent Newspaper Phone Main 800 H. W. FREDERICKS . -Publisher ind Oeneral Manager HAROLD U. FTNI.AY , Business Manage Published evenings, exception Sunday. 1710 Buvtb. street. La Orande, Oregon. ' Entered at the Postoffloe of La Orande, Oregon, u Beoond PUea UaU Matter under act of March 2, 1878. 1 ' OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTT AND THE - C1TY op QRANDB MEMBER Or ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaoolated Presa la exclusively entitled to use for publication of all Mn dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited If pub. Uened bore. Air rights of republication of special dlapatohea la this paper and also the local news herein also are reserved. - National Advertising Representative ; M. O. UOOEK6KN CO., Ino. Ban Francisco, Los AngeleB, Seattle, Portland. Chicago Detroit, New York TheWeather WE ATI IKK FORECAST Oregon: i'ulr tonight and Hu inlay; clowly un vnant ami alioweni tonight; ullKhliy cooler in Interior Humluy; iiiodrrate chaiiRwihle wlinU offshore. l-'or the Hwk: Fair weather vllh uhout normal temperature. LOCAL WLVTHLIt Jlliiy: Muxlimiiii 1)1, minimum. 54 alKiv'e. Clour. 'J'wliiy: liUnlmum BH, 7 a, m. (J8 above. Clear. ONE FOKM OF INDIVIDUALISM : It is customary, these days, to say that we are having an "epidemic" 01 strikes. Historians talk learnedly about how labor troubles always accompany a business revival, and qcononiisU compute the losses suffered by employers, work ers, and the public through such disturbances; hut what wo all fail to realize is that the whole troubled labor picture is civincr us a first-rate object lesson. For a strike, when you stop to think about it, is liothinff more or less than an outbreak of this "individualism we have been, hearing so much about lately. It stands, that is to say, for the letter lack of any kind o public control over the parties or the industries involved. To be a little more accurate. It Indicates tlio complete absence of any kind of planning In the particular economy where the strike takes place. It Is a. sign that the Industry Is drifting along with the stream; that both sides are thinking of their problem In the terms of Immediate persona) and not In tenm of long-run public Interest. One must him ten to add that It Is only natural thnt they should do so. Tho Industrialist must rivet his attention on his prof It-and -loss figures; tho worker has to think first of all of his pay envelope. To expect them voluntarily to do anything else would bo to anticipate the millennium. But the point Is that tho strike, with all the waste that It Involves, Is Blin ply tho price wo pay for the rule of Individualism In our economlo life. One of the things that makes us loath to realize the fact thut when you start talking about tho alternatives to Industrial Individualism you bogln to get Into deep waters. The people of America see no very good reason why they should copy either the.Itallnu or tho Russian method. of handling such things. Costly as strikes may be, most of us would prefer to put up with them rathor than to get rid of them via cither Communism or Fascism. But that need 1 n't prevent us from facing tho facts. Nor need it proven t us from continuing our effort ta discover whether there isn't some wuy of so modifying the rule of Individualism that its belief ft can be retained while Its costly drawbacks can be discarded. AVERAGE PRICES OiNFARMPRODUCE COMPARED TO '33 SPOKANE, Wash. (Special) Here with Is a tablo ot the averngo prices for farm products received by fanners of Washington and Oregon, Juno IS, 1033 and June 15, 1034, according to a report by John S. Dcnnee, federal ' agricultural statistician for Washing ton and Oregon: Wash. Oregon lira 10:14 10:13 10:14 Wheat, per bu . 48 .63 .61 .05 Hoy, per ton 0.60 7.00 8 80 6 80 Potatoes per bu. .. .60 .65 .85 .65 Hogs. 1O0 lbs ...... 4 65 3.60 4.60 3.65 Apples, 100 lbs .70 .85 .65 1.15 Beef, 100 lbs! 4 55 3.60 4 20 3.45 Venl. 100 lbs 6.20 4 00 4 05 4.50 Sheep, 100 lbs 1 85 3 00 2.70 3.48 Whole milk. 100 lb. 1 20 1.25 1.25 1.50 Wool, 100 lbs 10 .21 .21 .21 CHILDREN TO GIVE DANC ES " 'ATC-EREMONT (Continued From Page One) Eweun, Phyllcla McLaughlin, Phyllis McLaughlin. Shirley Mutloon. Betty Lou Murphy. Robe Mary O'ltourkc. Helen Parsons. Opal Sherman. Bever ly 8horb. Ellen Slcilln. Irene Towcry. Hazel Jran Trolllngcr, Patricia Tuck ey. Helen Jenn Wcbh. Dorothy Wllley. Marietta Williams. Stella Wuldrorr. (IreeiiHiKHl Josephine Asia, Mildred Deckle, Margaret ' Brown, Nancy Coombs, Helen DcKrles, Lola DcFrles, Naldccu DcFrlcs, Jean FYrdlnnmrn. Patsy FYr- dlnanscn, Virginia CUItncr. Josephine Henri: ickson. Lois ' llolumn. Marie Houle, Qrraldlne Jones. Beth Kot lord, Bcrnndtnc lister. WUma Llllle. Lucille Lukcon, Nlim Pmffltt, Vir ginia Prollltt, Iris Severus. Virginia Shatter, Betty strand. Nclllo Thorn brue, Hannah Williams, Eleanor Wil 110:1. Audrey Wmslovv. Older Croup, inch Neliool Mattel Austin. Knthryn Avery. Ver na B.iker, Jean Bouvy, Jean Buchan an. Celestlo Conk. Jean Davles. Ellaa beth Foley. Maryctta Foley. Mory Fredericks, Mary Frees. Ellen tlarrlty. Ucorglne Olellhtiber, Betty Oraham. Mary Ounn. Mjra Ciunn. Violet Clunn, Betty Hamniack. 1XUU Hurley. Clara Johiiusen. Flma I,an,on, Hael I-alc. Janice Lyon. Jean MeCoskrle. Wiuida Marshall. Phyllis Metcalf. Lor Ina Palmer. Sarult Patten. Clara Belle Perry. M.ixluc lvterson, Dorothy price. Cilenim Hirers, Mary Helen Kyason. Marjorle Salmon. Ethel Sherman, Lu clllo Sherman, Freddie Spaeth. June Stalnip, Marie Stltt, Jean SliKldard, Ellen Torrencc, Harriet Turner. June Turner. Helen Van Blokland, Dorothy Waldroff. charlot te Wetner. Genevieve Weiss. Jane Williams, Kathleen Williamson. Dor othy Cole. Helen McCarrolI. Catherine O'ltourkc. Frances O'Rrourke. tlrvenniMNl Older Group Emma Batim, Mae Baum. sirv.ld Bonne. Verna Rcrlnc, Panll:ie Brooks. Charlotte Burnett, Cleo Campbell! Artalene Chadwlck. lkltv Chadwlck. Cathelleen Dial. Grace Dunn. Mar garet Perdlnansen. Margaret Halo CONTEST FOR QUEEN ENDS THIS EVENING Jennie Moon Smith - Writes of Old Days (Continued From Pago One) had him brought to our house . , . then followed weary weeks cooking and waiting on the sick man. By that time tho New Town bad begun to grow. After tho sick man became well. thcro was better weather and the young people began to ask me to go places. I was trying to recall some of. their names. Edith Huntington, two Baker girls, two liadlcy girls, Mac Ritchie, Ot-orge Currcy. Hattle Por- tor, Laura Dicky, a young fellow by the name of Censer, another Chrys ler, Clara Hopper who married George Lash, Hose Hopper and Winnie Wilk inson and dozens more. All old peo plo or dead by now. Some I expect still live around La Orande. "Then on June 2, 1885 Charlie and E were married In that Baer house. Billy O'Malley and Prank Hcrr were at the wedding. O'Malley was my father's fireman and Lash was con ductor while constructing tho road . I remember that Lash and Clara Hopper were married and moved to Pendleton where he became city re corder and got Into trouble." Mrs. Smith had hoped to come to La Orande for the Semi -Centennial U. p. cclebrutlon but alio has not been feeling well and was doubtful if she could make the trip. I OCAIT From ludPiwmlenc Mrs. C. D. Cfil breath, her daugh tor, Mrs. Esther Smith with the hit ter's daughter, Donna Lou, all or In dependence, Ore., are In La Orande, guests at the home of Mf. and Mrs. Howard M. Young. The vleitorsare mother, sister and niece of Mrs. Young. Cleaver and her daughter,' Miss Elea nor, are on an extended trip through the Atlantio states and are expect ed to return to La Grande early next month. Return to Portland Mrs, Dclber Snider and son re turned to their home in Protland to day after spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. II, Head. In New York According to word received In La Grando today, Mrs. H. II. Cleaver, of this city, is a recent arrival at the Hotel Lincoln in New York. Mrs. Ite turns To Portland ' Miss Flourence Funk, who has been visiting relatives and friends In La Orande arid vicinity for the last two weeks, returned this noon to her homo In Portland. Visiting Relatives Miss Lucille Thompson has been down at Rock Creek visiting among her relatives, members of the John flutter family. i Uuve Tomorrow- Mrs. D. P. Frascr has had as her house guests for the last week her sister, Mrs. C. O. Bolyard, and two daughters, Miriam and Marjorle. They will leayo tomorrow evening, for their home at Hollywood, Cal. IjlMOCKING HOUSE FIRE REPORT MADE TODAY BY LINDSEY (Continued From Page One) SYNOPSIS; herieatu Harper has found two bits of evidence to support ts theory thnt tha two men found shot to death in I'lcrra Dufroane'g break-foot room did not Bhoot eueh other, in eplto of ap pearances. One is the fact that a certain bullet does not fit a certain bullet hole; the other i a drop of water Ot a vlana. foto n hna found where tho murdered obtained the spent bullet ho tiubstUuttd for (to one actually ueed. .BY WALTER C. BROWN. he (Oontlnusd xiom rag ona) n-hen announcement uf tho Hiniier Hill be nuido ilurlnc (ha "corona tion" dance at Zuher hull. At noon today all candidates must havo all votes checked In and a pre liminary count will bo made, and tho contestants notified of their standlnits. Then each Klrl will have until 11 p. m. tonlBht to muster Additional votes. At 11 o'clock: sharp tho contest closes, nnd tho nn- nouncemont will be made at tho danco as quickly as final standings can do ascertained. At tho last countlUK Fayo Walker was lenoniK with Lorraine Dodgo fairly closo second. ... Rehearsal for events to take nlace next 'week, particularly ' tho Satur day paKcant, are Rolng ahead now. liiittn K. Brady will put the his torical characters through their parts tomorrow. Copt. Walter A. Bean and Oconto Bean, tho committee handling the stage holdup, had a rehearsal lost nltsht and expect tho event to bo a thriller. A boy from Texas has been obtained to do a rolling fun from a norso during tho scene. and no loss. Tho March loss was $140.51, and nsuranco paid was $115.51, with $0050 propcrt yat risk. Loss for April was $0.76, and In surant) paid wits $0.75 with value of property at risk $5800. Mrty loss was $108 and insurance polti nothing. Value of property $1700. June loss was $2850.14 and Insur ance paid $2731.14, with $15,800 property at risk. Cherry Packing Is Res unied A t Co-op (Continued Frum Page One) UilJer Is Not So Popular at Present (Continued From Pago Ono) vcrtlalng campaign," Lyman stated. Jlo has. however, tiono little to proyo hlutM'lf and the seutniveut of tho German people Is already begin ning to grow against hint, although tho truth of tho nutttcr cannot be gathered through ncwspaiter roporto cither In Oermany or elsewhere." Ho ports that with the press of Oer numy controlled by Hitler nnd the ptorlcs on tho other extrcmo coming outside of tho boundaries, that no true story has yet been related re garding tho exact condition there. Government cautjis for the unem ployed havo been established for young men out of wotk. which ore patterned alter tio C. C. rampa of this country, but they ore not per manent. Lyman stated that his idea of the recent trouble in tJermony was not so much the fault of Hitler, but that of a lew of tho troopers whotic im portance had gone to their heads alter having been given some small responsibility. He staled that this Is tho main trouble with the countrv toda yarn! that tho history of the German people has always shown this fact to be true. Hitler Is re sponsible for haying united tho German people os no other man could have possibly done. Stacklaml reports that he sent out seven cars, mostly blacks. There were 0000 packed boxes. For this amount of packed stuff he bought 150 tons of' fruit. And fruit from outside of tho volley culled heavier than that grown here, o:td as there was no way of taking core of the cull stuff It was all waste. Stacklaml handled nearly all the cherries In Union county other than that handled by the co-opera Uvc plant In Cove. The Pacific Fruit hod about six tons, and the remnlnd er went to Stockloud. Staff of Leaders Formed For Camp (Continued From Page Ono) years experience in this type of work he is considered very well fitted for the osltlon. Woodrow Damerell. a Red Cross llfesavlng examiner, on expert swim mer and swimming Instructor and who has had many years' experience in Boy Scout work In gencrol, will be o.sslstant camp director. He will also be In charge of waterfront ac tlvltlcs and hikes. Cnrl Johnson will xposo nature and be chief Inspector of the camp to see that It is kept lean. Acting os counsellors for the camp will be Art Sleffen. Fred Gchring. R. Baxter and several older scouts. Oth ers who will assist on days when thev are able to attend the camp, but who will be tillable to be there for the full time aro Harvey Corter. Dave btoddortl. Grant Bean, R. McAnulty J. bmurthwalte and others. Tills staff will olso be m charge of the Wallowa Lake camp In August. Registrations for the camp began Friday and are being received at the chamber of commerce office. The registration fee Is 5tv and ot the time of registering, oil boys aro ex pected to Indicate In what way they cxiH'ft to pay their expenses at the camp, whether in cash or In some other way. Food or produco ore be ing accepted as all or part payment, but arrangements must be made ear ly If this plan is to be followed, ac cording to Stevenson. Ill 'Utiles OF TOWN LACKS CITIZENSHIP III II.IH.Mi I (iKS HKADM OSH Ol' lj:ii VM KHAN'S GH.VVl; WEST B.UOWN3VIIAK. Ps. trs George Stephenson dlscoered alter serving seven yeans ns burgess of this little city that he Is not an Ameri can cltlren. Kansas CITY ) The headstone from the grave of Joseph Boggs, lieu tenant in the Pennsylvania militia during the Revolution, fonrjs the eornerstono of a liuuber company's building In the Weslport district. ! oldest section of Kansas City. An old cemetery formerly occu- pied the silo on which the lumber company erected Its buildings in 1015. i The Grave of Boggs, originally not more than 10 feet from the present 1 Itvatlon of the headstone, is be- llivr.Mlgatlon disclosed he was born ' lleved the westernmost ot any vet If Amble. England. Stephenson eran ol the Revolutionary war to. ac.unst ouster proceedings by . ng for clttren.shlp. stating he af ays had believed naturalisation of . fjs faiher made both rltlrepa. I But opponents petitioned the qrace Haneke. Kl.-sbeth Hendrlckson. courts the application Itself wa, Loralue Hendrlckson. Helen Hoi- amlMioti r the truth of the man. Lois Kofford. Florence Llllle cn"rP'"s d so Stephenson Ituth Llllle. Lola Powers. LlJ Ras mussen, Uon, snullr., Florence Simile, Emma Jrau Skinner. Helen Skinner. Jeau Strand. Juanlta Yan dennuelen, Emogene Weiss, Jooenh lue Williams, signed. City council met to select a suc cessor nnd Marker Stephenson. lt? burgess' sou, wua unanlmotasly elected. The younger Stcptitiuou was born In this country. Ia drande Nine To Play Merc Sunday (OonunuM from Page On. who saw the previous game. In which Hall and Wilson handled the hurl ing duties, believe the COC lads will bate a much tougher time tryhis to pound out a victory off the otter ing" of the big red-headed lad. than tbey did off the former opposing pltcheis Chapter 23 MISSING REVOLVER TT WAS a squat roll of old stair 1 carpet. There was a scorched hole through tho tough fabric and a further search showed a scar on the whitewashed boards where the spent DUilet had lilt. "We're on the right road now, Harpor exclaimed exultantly. "If we could only And that steel-Jacket bul let, we'd have our proof complete." "I'm afraid the killer would hold on to that," was Lafferty's surmise. "There's a natural urge to get rid of that sort of evidence." Harper countored, "and I'm counting on Mat," They swung their flashlight about at random. "What's In that little cubby-hole over there?" Lafferty poked his head down. "Logs for the fireplace," he an nounced. Thoy moved those from ono side of the narrow bin to tho other but found nothing hidden beneath them. Harpor flashed bis light around the sides of the bin and the beam came to rest on a rough board barrier sot flush Into the wall. The dotectivo unfastened Hie rusty hooks and pulled It free, artor a struggle. A dark space Ailed with rubble was rovealcd, greeting them with a damp, nuisly odor, "That must be the spaco under the front stops," said Harper. Lalterty suddenly raised his hand. "Oaten!" ho whispered. "Thore's some one on tho stairs. I hoard a board creak I" Ho tiptoed silently In that direc tion, whllo Harper snapped oh the light and listened, waiting. In a little whllo Lafferty rolurned. disgrun tled. "There wnsn't a soul In sight," he growled, "but I'm suro somebody was listening In." "I'm going to look In that holo," Harper declared. "Give me a boost up to the ledge." With his assist ant's tid he scrambled on to the shoulder-high ledge. Thrusting the torch nhend. he crawled forward on his knees. Lafferty heard a grunt of disgust as he brushed asldo a black thing that crawled out from under a dislodged lump of mortar. Tliore was a cry, a scramble back wards, and Harper slid down to Uie collar floor In a shower of small stones and dirt. Ills clothes were soiled with lime and tho soft, mossy dirt, and his hands were brushing at tho thick cobwebs caught around his head and shoulders, but In his stained Angers he held a lump of motal. "Carlln was right!" ho exclaimed. It was a discharged .45 calibor steel-Jacket bullet! don't seo why It would be left lying around all that time. "But this gun was too big to bo carried around easily. It really need ed a holster. I think you'd better tacklo Dufrcsne on tbe question." "Not so fast. Let me think. If Dn frosne did It and wo tax him with It, he'll certainly deny there ever was such a gun. If Andrews did it, he'll Ho, too. But If . he didn't do It and doesn't know It's gone you stay hero, Jack, and look through these two rooms for that gun." Harper went downstairs. He met Officer Albright, who had stood guard over Dufresne's room, stand ing In the hall, about to go off duty. "Has any one gone up or down these stairs In the last fifteen or twenty minutes?" "Not a soul, sir." "i want you to do something for mo. I want to find out if any one left; this house in the last hour, and if so,; where they went. Can you manage that without arousing suspicion?" Albright signified that , he could. The officer at the front door In formed. Harper that no one had gone out by that way, whereupon the de tective returned lo the breakfast- room. He pressed the servants' bell and signed to O'Connell to. leave the field clear. When AndrowB entered he found the detective bent over the table. carefully examining under tho lens the fingerprints the dead man had left on tho twin decanters. Sergeant Harper looked around, as If sur prised, then said, "Oh. yes. Sit down. Andrews. I want to ask you a couple of questions." ANDREWS, wo aro trying tol trace the movements of this. man who was killed hero last night. Wo know that ho changed Into some ot your master's clothing. We as sume that he lit tho fire In the hearth. Cy tho way, was that al ways prepared for tho next lighting?" Yes, sir. In the season It would bo cleaned early every morning and freshly packed." 'We noticed that there was quite an accumulation of ashos In Lho pit in tho cellar. Was this hearth In use while the re-decorating was going on?" I couldn't say, sir. I have not been In this house for some weeks." "How long has Mr. Oufresne been at tho Austerlltz, Andrews?" ' From Seattle Mr. 'and Mrs. E. L. Newherter are visiting In La Orande from their home at . Seattle. To I-ongrelew ' Miss Madeline Larsen, Instructor of physical education at the Eaotern Oregon Normal school, left last night for Longviuw, wash, she will return tomorrow evening, accompanied, by her sister, ' Miss , Nettle : Larson, who will visit here until after the. Semi centennial U. P. celebration. ' The latter Miss Larson ia Instructor in tho' home economics department 'of tho R. A. Long High school at Long- view. Returns Home Miss Shirley Zion returned last night- to her home ,ln La Orande af ter spending the laut six weeks vis iting her grandparents arid other rel atives and friends. She Is the daugh' ter of . Mr. and Mrs. s. B. Zion Hoy Is HI ino rour-year-oid son of Mr. and Mrs. Brackenberger of 701 Main avenue, la reported to be quite 111. at trie home of his parents. , Visits Here- Don McKee is spending a few dovs in uranae visiting friends and looking after business matters. Mc Kee makes his home at Numpa. Ida, and has many friends hero. Ho was formerly a frequent visitor here In the capacity of auditor for tho Folks stores, of which the La Orande storo is a part. Recovering Mrs. Oeorglana Fox, of Elgin, is re covering satisfactorily at tho Orande Rondo hospital from a major opera tion which she underwent there ear ly this week. From District of Columbia Mr. ana Mrs. Brlce Edwards are spending a few days in La Orande on business. Mr. Edwards is employed In the United states department of agriculture. Hero From Halfway Mrs. V. E. Shields and son are res- Istered at a local hotel from their home at Halfway. JIlnoH Ocrat!on Mrs. E. O. McKlnley underwent a minor operation Thursday at the uranae Ronde hospital. lERJfJCT FLAGPOLE 1 AND FLAG ON TOP OF MOUNT EMILY i The American Legion and Lions club completed work yesterday in erecting a flagpole and raising Old Olory on the peak of Mt. Emily, In honor of the' Leasy family and other pioneers of the valley. The flagpole la 60. feet tall, la set In a rock crib five feet high a-id eight feet square. which Is pointed white, and Is built to last for half a century. The rflag, donated, by the legion, is five by nine feet, nnd Is- on a special fixture that could p replaced only by n lineman. The work was completed Friday the istn. Tho dedication will take place at tne. foot of Mt. Emily tomorrow In conjunction with the dedication of the pioneer memorial at the old Hor ner place. It Is reported tho road to the top of Mt. Emily Is In good condition, and that, before the : U. . P. celebra tion, a road from the tower to the flagpole will be completed, ' "' 1 FIND IT HERE . Cony for this Column npst In by U a. NOTICE 18 HEREBY. OIYEN..that the undersigned, A. V. Turner, ad. mlnlstrotor of the estate of William E, Turner, deceased, has tiled in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Union County his final accounts and report In the matter of the ad ministration of said estate; that said Court, has fixed . Tuesday, the. 31st day of July, 1034, at the hour of 10 o'clock In the forenoon of said day, as the time, and the .county court room In the County Court Hottse in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, as the place, when and where said final account and report and any and alj objections thereto will be heard" by said Court. All persons having any objections to the approval of . said final account or to the discharge of said administrator are hereby required to present the same to the above en titled court at said time and place. A. V.' TURNER, Administrator of the Estate rjf William E. Turner, Deceased. First publication, June 30, 1034, Last publication, July 28, 1034. Juno 30 July 7, 14, 21, 28. HELP WANTED If you wish help or suggestions and Ideas In the building of your Float, or the decoration of your car for the Old Timers Celebration this service will be given you by Richardson "The Art Man" at Richardson's Art and Gift Shop. 0-28-t f. DANCE Mon., Wed. and sat. Men 25c, ladles free. Cass Beer Garden. 7-13-2 t. "DUT, Steve, I tell yon I saw It - right thero, burled under thoso handkerchiefs!" Lafferty pointed to the open draw er of tho highboy In Pierre Du fresne's dressing-room. There was palpably nothing thero now but the neatly stacked handkerchiefs. "I couldn't be mistaken about any thing as important as that. It was not an automatic, but a heavy cali ber rovolvor. Andrews was looking for Dufresne's extra pairs of glasses and they were In tho drawer on the other side. Tho gun was not In a holster. I'd bet a month's pay the bullets would ho .45's." "I don't get this at all." Harper mused. "We went ofr by ourselves and mado an important discovery that has to do with the gun used for this crime. No ono know anything about our suspicions, yet when we return to this room less than an hour later the revolver has boon spirited awoy. That's more than a coincidence!" Harper looked through the other drawers in tho highboy. The con tents wore in meticulous order and it wos apparent at a glance that nothing ns bulky as the revolver Lafferty had described could bo hid den ihero now. To bo doubly suro that Lafferty and ho had- overlooked nothing. Harper went through tho drawers otico more, and gave the pleasant room a hasty general search before cither spoke again. Thero was noth ing. "Don't forget," Lafferty advised drily, "that there was a noise on the stairs while we were poking around the cellar. Some one in this house Is trying lo keep an eye on us. I think It's Andrews. That fellow can move around with less noise than a snake." "If that was the revolver we're looking for," Harper went on, "I ".Mr. and Mrs. Dufresne spent the summer at Moose Head Lodge, sir. That's on a small Island off the coast of Maine, We came bad tarly In October, but wo had only bean hera a week or two when we went to tha usterliti." "But Mrs. Dufrpsne has bqen sta'y lng at Mrs. Morlock's." "Since the holidays, sir. Tha dec-, orators have been very slow. Ol, course, I sometimes came up here with Mr. Dufresne to see how things' woro progressing. Donaghy was here much oftener to bring back things that woro needed." Was the house closed up while tho Dufresncs were at Moose Head Lodgo?" Oh, no, sir. The Whitmoros looked after it all summer." 'How many keys are there to this houso and who has them?" "Mrs. Whltmore has the only com plete set of keys, I believe, but I suppose you are more Interested In door keys. Mr. Dufresne has a sot and so has Mrs. Dufresne. I have koys to tho front door and back door. Donaghy has a key to the back door. That Is all, sir." 'The household keys seem to be fairly well scattered around," Har per remarked. "Not unusually so," Andrews re plied, with some asperity. "Oh, I'm not criticizing, An drews." Harpor replied easily. "This man who was killed showed a sur prising familiarity with the place. Ho knew, for Instance, how to get hold of thoso liquor bottles without turning the place Inside out" The butler looked at the twin do- canters." Then he must hare found his way to tho wine cellar. Thoss bottles were not kept filled. Tbey were empty last time I saw them." "Hut your wine cellar Is kept un der lock and key? When we searched down thero we found the door se curely locked." "Yes, but tho key hangs behind a beam, easy to reach, but out of sight. You would have to know where to look for It." "That's what I thought. Now, An drews, one more question. I must file a report of whatover firearms are kept on these premises. Mr. Du fresne reports that he keeps a revol ver in the house, a .45 caliber. That Is correct. Isn't It?" Harper glanced up covertly but the butler's face was as Impassive as ever, nor did he hesitate over his reply. "Yes, sir." (Copyright. l?ai. ty Walter C. Brown) Harper turns up mors puuling information, tomorrow. PRESIDENT'S BOARD FAILS IN ATTEMPTS I continued From Page One) wearily last night from extended conferences and announced "no success." In spite of tho crisis, however. President Roosevelt's board carried on its negotiations, aided by a plea of its chairman, Archbishop Edward . naniia, lor "rule by reason" in a public address. The enlarged strike committee was called into session and was expected to vote shortly on the general strike proposal. Meanwhile, other blockaded sea ports girded themselves to continue me iwo-montns old maritime . con flict which brought Its elahtli death last night in Portland when James Bateson, railroad brakeman. died from Injuries. The revolt spread into Canada as the Vancouver dls-; trict waterfront workera voted for a j mass meeting on a proposal to re- iuse to work United States ships and siartea collection of a war" fund. Governor Julius L .Meier of Ore gon urged that the president's board proceed with a referendum! among maritime strikers or be replaced by a Doara "representative" or the en tire coast. He was advised by Sena tor McNary from Washington that the board was responsible directly io i no president. Almost simultaneous with Bate son's death was a recommendation of the heads of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen that switchmen should not be required to work un der present conditions of the long shore strike. The emergency In the beleagured San Francisco metropolitan area, in cluding Oakland and other east bay cities, with a population of more than 1,000,000, became more acute each hour. Gasoline stations put up "air and water only" signs; fresh meats, fruits and 'egetables were becoming scarce and thousands of panicky residents swarmed to grocery stores to lay in siege supplies. Regardless of the decision on a general walkout, the ranks of strik ing teamsters, taxlcab drivers, chauf feurs and wholesale butchers will be swelled by at least 11,000 tonight and tomorrow. Laundry drivers and workers, retail butchers and retail deliverymen have voted to strike to night, bringing the total out In sympathy with longshoremen to ap proximately 11,000 in the San Fran cisco bay region. In Portland another man, a striker, was reported by physicians to be in a "precarious" condition from bul let wounds suffered in a clash with police during the attempted move ment or the train from which Bate- son fell. He was E. W. Bcatty, waterfront picket. 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