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TITE SUNDAY OHEGQNIAN, PORTLAND, DECE3IBEI? 3Q, 1917. SHADY WORK SEEN III CLOTHING DEAL Defense Council Committee Members Involved, Senate v Inquiry Develops. FAT CONTRACTS ALLOWED Witnesses Testify That Relatives, ol Committeeman. Get Clothing Con-, tracts Whereby Enormous. Profits Can. Be Obtained. WASHINGTON', Dec 29. Tha Senate War Inquiry committee today investi gated further the canceled scrap uni form cloth picking contracts let by the committee on supplies of the Council of National Defense to the Base Sort ine Company of New York, under which witnesses testified the company r-onld have made excessive profits ag creeatins several hundred thousand uollars annually. Charles Bisenman, vice-chairman of the committee, who approved tne con tracts and Samuel Kaplan, another member of the committee, whose brother, it was developed. Is financial ly interested in the company, will be summoned to testify, it was announced, in a further inquiry the committee proposes to make. Jt was further de veloped today that Kaplan's brother is treasurer of the company, owning Connecticut woolen mull commandeered by the Government. I.oaa Cansea VcrJ of Protest. Quartermaster-General Sharps testi fied that wien the Wear Department canceled the contracts last Thursday both Kisenman and Kaplan protested. The Government, he explained, will take over the work. In concluding today his testimony regarding- clothing and othex Army sup plies. General Sharpe placed, responsi bility for delay in obtaining- supplies of wool for Army clothing- on the Coun cil of National Defense. The Council's committee, which had taken over the question of wool supplies, the General said, recommended use of shoddy ma terial in making uniforms and de layed accepting raw wool oCfered last April by Boston dealers. No large pur chases were made until September, f ter prices had -risen greatly, he said. Senator Weeks told the committee he was reliably informed that a loss of $150,000,000 to the Government re nulted. Replying to testimony yesterday of commanders of Camps Bowie. Tex., and Doniphan, Okla- that overcrowding of tents and lack of Wircter clothing caused deaths of many men In recent disease epidemics. General Sharpe said the authorities knew tents would be short for the men suddenly called into service, but that supplies now are ample to reduce the tent quota, from 12 to five men, as recommended by Burgeon-General Gorgas. Policy Dinpleaea Committee, Regarding lack of motor trucks for training men at the cantonments. Gen eral Sharpe said the Department's pol icy, not his own, is that trucks shall rot be supplied until the men go abroad. Rolling kitchens and many other ve hicles, he also said, would not be fur nished until then under, present plans. Committee members voiced dissatisfac tion with the plans, which, they con tended, would prevent men from obtain ing proper training. Questioned on the, cloth scrap con tracts. General Sharps said he. esti mated that the contract given the sort ing company at 6 cents a pound would net the company $400,000 . annually. Captain A. E. Pereless,' who investigated the contract, estimated the profits at 1500,000 yearly, and also told of an other contract given the company which was said to have but $10,000 cap-. Ital. for sorting old, rejected and dis carded Army clothing. Captain Pere less estimated this contract, also can celed, would yield "very much more" profits $250,000 a year from blankets alone. That Charles Kaplan's brother, Ira. A. Kaplan, was a member of the firm giv en the contracts was- testified to by Alexander H. Kaminsky, attorney for an association of New York rag merchants, who sought to do the work for the Government. He said that he believed Bisenman had acted in good faith, but had been "hoodwinked" by rag mer chants composing a committee appoint ed by the council to conserve rag sup plies. Bisenman, the witness said, took full responsibility for and defended the contracts. Profit Declared ExeeaMiTe, A clique in New York, Kaminsky charged, was Interested in trying to get control of the country's rag busi ness. "He also asserted that Charles Kaplan knew all details connected with the contracts given the sorting com pany and said the 6-cent price for sort ing scraps was excessive. A good prgfit could be made, he said, on a price of from 1 to 3 cents a pound. - Next week the committee, plans to conclude investigation of ordnance af fairs. General Crozier will be recalled Monday, having requested an opportu nity to reply to statements of Colonel Lewis regarding the Lewis machine gun controversy. Secretary Baker, also, if he desires, will be given an opportunity to make a statement on the machine-gun question. AMERICAN CAMP VIEWED (Continued From First Page.) among the civilian population, cannot be expressed In words. Over In France that little emblem of the Red Cross upon a field of white is looked upon as only second to the banner of the dif ferent nations, and any remark, deroga tory of that emblem produces as swift retribution as a slur cast upon the flag of the United States, France or- Eng land. Words cannot express the grati tude and appreciation of the soldiers and the civilians alike for the noble, unselfish and splendid work, which, the Red Cross is doing. These people who have gone over there and are devoting themselves to this work are doing it in the spirit of the finest sef -sacrifice. They labor without hope of reward, their only idea is to serve humanity. The work of their brains and of their . hands and their bodies is freely given, but it re quires something to supplement the ef forts of these devoted people. There must be supplies, there must ba ban dages, there must be medicines, surgi cal appliances, food and thousands of things which these people at the front can pnt Into use. but which they cannot supply. Home Folks Save Doty. The duty of keeping these people, supplied with the necessary things to carry on their work rests with us. In common parlance, it !s up to ua who cannot f !ght to assist in every way pos sible that noblest branch of our service, the Red Cross. The person that will not " cheerfully help this cause is not worthy the name of American; in fact, he is not even worthy to be called a Hun. There, is no nam that can be -applied to him. I am aatistied - that any person -who would go abroad and see the work be Ing done and the ' good being ac complished by the Red Cross would come back willing to give his last spare oouar to assist in that work. know how I feel about It: my time and all that I have is at the disposal of the tea uross. Women Give Assistance. At this town I also saw several hun dred uniformed girls, belonging to what is known as the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps. These are recruited in .ngiana. and have a certain stand ing in tna army and perform such duties as driving ambulances, cooking, scrubbing, sewing and raanv other i tasKs wnicn can only be performed sat ; isiactoruy by women. They are ths llnest looking set of girls I ever saw in my life and they were all animated ty a mgn and noble nurDose. We drove on to Amiens that night, ard wgrs turned over to the tender marcles- of two pfficers of the British arraiy, who were to have charge of us during the next four days, and to show us afcction along the British front. were taken on a most interesting trip- .inrougn the battlefields, of the Aisnar the next day, and a visit to some of the destroyed towns near the front The ats.o in which I rode was in charge of a Lieutenant of the Durham Light Infantry,, who had been through the battle otf the Somme, and who thoroughly familiar with the entire country. Albert Is Viewed. The firs"- point of interest was ths town of Ai'bert. Here is a beautiful cathedral, iVie tower pf which is sur mounted by a colossal statue of the Virgin Mary Syith the Child in her arms. At the bomb tug of the town, a German shell struck p. he base of this statue, causing it to lean forward with the Child, suspended! in Its arms over 'the city. It was.nst entirely jarred loose. and. hung for scame days shakily. The superstitious French people felt that if the Virgin felt the town would fall, so one night son.' engineers ascended the tower and fastened the statue in its leaning position securely with steel ropes. This put hedrt into the French, they- fought vigorously, the town was pared and the V lr&ln is still In the leaning position. We drove north to a point where one of the most startling ai.fa.irs of the war occurred. This point Is a little south of Butte de Warlencouvt, where the British for seven months- drove tunnels under the German base osition. and two miles of the German trvnehes. They placed in 19 mines 4000 tons of am monal, an explosive having 14 times the force of dynamite. In other, words, It was the same as if 40,000 ton, of dyna mite had been planted. Explosion Is Terrific After seven months of hard, labor In driving these tunnels, for which- Cor nish and. Welsh miners had beer im ported, the fireworks took place. Itaw the crater which, had been, caused by the main explosion. It was at least .'5 feet deep- and several hundred feet in diameter. The Lieutenant, who was present when the blast was touched off, said' the air was perfectly black with bodies of- German soldiers, guns, horses and debris of every description. It is said to have been the greatest ex plosion the. world has ever known. I am informed that by agreement no such performance will be pulled, off by either side in the future. This, how ever, completely destroyed the German lines at this point. British Tank; Inspected. On, the road to Warlencourt, I saw one of the) much-talked-about tanks. which have played, such great part on the Bnglish side of this war. This monster- stood, at the side of the road. where it had been put out of commis sion by a German shell, which had torn hole in it about the size of a man's hat. Immediately in front of it were the graves of two soldiers who were the gunners in the tank and who had been killed, ami were buried there with the tank left as a monument. This mon ster of steel and. iron weighed 45 tons. andi hadv'120-horsepower. It mounted. three guns, one on each,-side, and, one n front. They, were in moveable tur rets and were operated by the same power which caused, the tank to move at a rate of two and one-half miles an hour, but with. & force that broke down everything in its way. I got inside this, tank and, found I had to come out feet foremost, it being Impossible for me to come back the way I had started. Deserted Trenches Seen. Wo passed through, miles upon, miles of deserted, trenches and barbed wire entanglements,, dugouts and temporary, fortifications, all of whclh had been wrested from the Germans. We passed by salvage dumps, where there was possibly $30,000,000 worth of old iron and steel, and other supplies; passed by hundreds of German soldiers work- cg upon the roads, and thousands of men of different nationalities, such as Bast Indians, Africans, Algerians and Chinese, all of whom were, doing the work behind the lines-and releasing for duty at the front the fighting men of France and England- The Germans have no such advantage as this. Their men must work behind the lines while other fight at the front. The German prisoners we saw were well fed and healthy, but sullen, and much disinclined to work. Their uni forms were the poorest I ever saw. I think there was no wool in them, and am inclined to believe the report that the German soldier is clad in a uniform made of paper and cotton. The contrast with the splendidly uniformed soldiers of the United States, England, France and, Belgium was most marked. TERMINAL RELIEF PLANNED Inspectors Will See That Consignees Remove Freight Promptly. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Assignment of nspectors to the various railroad ter minals in the New York district, to see that consignees remove their freight shipments psomptly, was agreed on at a conference here today between the Joint committee investigating freight congestion and operating officials of railroads having their terminals in the district. The committee consists of James 6. Harlan, an. Interstate Commerce Com missioner; Travis H. Whitney, of the New York Public Utilities Commission, and Ralph E. Donges, of the New Jer sey Public Utilities Commission. The inspectors will be empowered to Insist on, immediate removal of freight from terminals. Bandon Sets. Up Quarantine. MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec. 29. (Spe cial.) Bandon has quarantined against Marshfield to prevent spread of scarla tina in that city, and the Bandon health officers declare several school teachers who visited in Marshfield during the holidays will bo. quarantined promptly upon returning to Bandon and kept un der surveillance for 10 days. Three new cases have occurred in Marshfield with in the past two days. School Bids for Scrap Metal. Students at the Benson Polytechnic School may make metal fittings and ap paratus used by the city. A plan is to be submitted to the City 'Council Wednesday by City Commissioner Kell aher whereby all the city's scrap metal will be turned .over to the school, there to be melted and worked into useful parts needed by the city. Heretofore the school has purchased scrap metal for this work while the city has sold its waste to junk dealers. Phone your want ads to OJhs Oregp nias. Main 7070, A 05. -'; - ANTWERP DARK TO BAFFLE ZEPPELINS Besieged .City. Early Learns Need of Hiding From De structive Hun Bombs. EXIT FflOM TOWN BLOCKED Hugh Gibson Endeavors Valn'y to Return to Brussels, by. Motor Through Fighting Lines and Has Cxciting Experiences. BY HUGH GIBSON. Secretary of the American Lfeation In Brui s!i a r th nutbr.sk of the war. - Copy right. 1R17. Doubleday, Page & Co.. by Otis F. Wood. - " (CONTIKCED.) . Getting around Antwerp In the even ing Is quite -.n undertaking at this time; no street lamps are lighted, all the window shades lined with black and heavy black shades are placed oyer the "small, electric lights in the court yards of hotels, etc. ail oi mia to Keen from giving any indication to the Zep pelins as to where to drop their visit ins: 'cards. A heavy detachment or soiaiers e-uards the approach to the Saint An toine, and there are patrols in an tne streets. The few motors allowed on the streets have no lights, and are stooDed by- all the patrols, who do not call out, but rise up silently in front of you and demand the password, it is a ticklish business finding one's way. The big searchlights on the forts sweep the skies from nightfall until dawn. making a wonderful sort of fireworks. When I got back to the hotel I round Prlhce Caraman - Chimay waiting' for. me with a message from the Queen. Also Door Prince Ernest de Llgne, whose son, Bodouin, was killed in one of the armored motors several days ago. Armored Cars, to Sl- Young Dc Ligne, who was a volun teer, was in one of three armored cars that went out on a reconnaissance to ward the German lines. Just before entering a sunken road between two fields they stopped a Flemish peasant and asked him whether there were any Germans anywhere about. The ' peas ant told them that three Uhlans had een seen a short time before, but they h.xd gone away. The three motors, De LifcTne in the first, started down and weie attacked by about 40 Germans undiT command of a Major. De Ligne was shot In the head and died shortly after 'ards. The man who took his place at the wheel was killed, and sev eral others of the party were also bad ly wounxded and have since died. The third moVor came up from some little distance behind and opened on the Ger mans, killing or wounding nearly all of them, lncluaiing the officer, who was killed. A young chvip named Strauss, whose mother was n American, had the mitrailleuse in his car, and etood up right, firing upon the. Germans with out being touchevi by the heavy rifle fire that they directed against him. When the German bad been put to flight he and the cVher survivors got the three cars Into r.inning order and brought them all - bavk to Antwerp, where De Ligne and two of the others died. . Hnns Are Nenvua. Prince Ernest had a had time get, ting through, from Brussels, and was fired on several times by tke German troops, who were even more, nervous than in the morning, when I came through. One of his nephews ftas also been killed, and another mphew. Prince Henri de Llgne, is in the avi ation corps, and has been In the. ftiick of it ever since the beginning of -the war. He and his wife are also staying at the Saint Antoine. I gathered up what newspapers 1 could beg or buy and stuffed, them into a military pouch -to take back. Had an early lunch, gathered up M. de Woeste and Faura. whom I- was to bring back, and started about 1 o'clock. We got through Malines. across the only one of the three bridges which is left, and started down the bank of the canal toward Hofstade, where Her warth was to meet us at 2" o'clock. There was heavy firing by small guns ahead and a certain amount of- pro tective firing from the. forts behind us, with the shells singing high above our heads) but we thought that it was prob ably aimed further to the. south, and that we could get through. Just at the edge of Malines we were startled by a tremendous report near by, and on getting out. to reconnoiter I discovered a Belgian battery, which had been established near the Convent of the Dames de Coloma. The com manding officer of the battery. Major Nytysens, whom I bad known in Brus sels, advised us to wait a little to see if there was a lull In the fighting, so that we would get, through. We went Into the convent to wait and were warmly received by a little. Irish, nun, who showed us the park and pictures by way of, entertainment, although, we felt a much greater interest In the banging of the battery. Party -Turns "-, After a bit Major Nyssens sent out a messenger to the farthest" battery to see whether they were prepared to stop firing for a little while to let us scut tle through to Hofstade. Presently an answer came back that at 2:10 the fir ing would be stopped for 13 minutes to let us through. We were in the motor ready to start when another messenger came from the outer battery saying that the Germans were prepar ing to move up their battery from the bridge at Hofstade the very spot we were making for, if there were any lull in the firing and that the Belgian battery could not stop, -without en dangering its position. We then, decided, to go back to Ma lines and to try a direct road by way of Sempst and Vlllevorde. On parting I gave Nyssens all my cigars, knowing I should, find plenty when I got back to Brussels, and be. In a burst of grati tude, gave me a tiny revolver taken, off a dead German officer a few hours be fore. Immediately after getting the revolver Nyssens' orderly had handled it rather carelessly, and shot himself in the stomach. To make sure of doing nothing equally foolish, I took out the remaining cartridges and chucked them in the canal as we rode back to Mar lines. Belgian Troops Encountered. About a kilometer out of Malines we ran into a considerable detachment of Belgian infantry and lancers and a large armored motor with two mitrail leuses. We were told, that the Belgians had taken and retaken Sempst three times during the day, and while neither side occupied the town at that precise moment they were both advancing on It, and, that It might be rather warm for ordinary motors. They finally agreed to let us talk to the command ing officer, who turned out to be none other than Colonel Cumont, the owner of the building occupied ty the lega tion. ' He was up on a railway embankment, lying on his stomach between the rails, watching some German patrols, through a pair of big field glasses, and when we bailed aim, rolled gracefully- over the side, and came down to talk to us. He had been out on the track most of the time for three days and was a rather disreputable-looking person, but apparently glad of a chance to talk with someone from the outside world. He said he thought we would have time to get through .before the row be gan, and in any event he would warn his men so that if we came scuttling back we would be given ths right of way to safety. Evidences of Battle Found. We passed several Belgian patrols along the way and finally got into the town, wh.ich showed clear evidences of ngnting; some ox tne nouses were burned to the ground, and all that were standing had their doors and windows smashed, furniture broken and strewn about the floors with broken battles and dishes, mattresses and goodness knows what else; and above all arose that terrible email of burnt flesh. We were nearly through tho town when we were hailed by a detachment of about 20 Belgians, who had ' got through and occupied the grounds of a "villa on the edge of the village. We stopped the car. and I got out and went ahead, they remaining with leveled rifles, in their "usual hospitable man ner. When I got to within 20 feet of thera we heard the whirr of a machine gun which the Belgian soldiers call a cinema and a German armored car poked its nose around the corner for look-see. It was firing high to" draw a return fire and locate any Belgians there might be in the town, but they an scurried behind cover, closely fol lowed by me. They were taking no cnances. However, and called me to stay in the mid-die of the road. Without wasting any time in formality I made clear my identity, and, on being shown through a breach In the wall a disa greeable-looking body of German in fan try and lancers about a half a mile away approached through a field. I de cided that we were on the wrong road and m.e back for the motor. I told my passengers what was up, ana inai we naa to go back to Malines. We then tried getting out toward the west from Malines, but soon came to a point where the road was inundated, and had to turn back for the third time. It was then getting pretty late in the afternoon, and even M. da Woeste had to admit that we had best come back to Antwerp rather Than try to make a roundabout Journey- to Brussels afir dark. AH the way back Into An met Belgian farces advancing to the attack. They are getting to know the flag better every, day and we were greeted with waving hands and cheers everywhere we went. ' When pearly In town, a young chap ran out of the ranks to where we were waiting for t h . ,11 n n-1 I, - - 1. 1 j , . . J i jjie ux tne shoulder, and. said: I am horn an American." "Where were you born?" "Aurora, Illinois. Mv father wniV,l ' glycerine works." "Who do you know in Aurora?" "I know Mr. Evuis n H Wr Mr. and Mr. Bunr" (rnrm., American Minister at The Hague). tli-V. . .... ' "uiiiH your name ! Just then a noncommissioned nfPfnor came along and ordered him back into mo iuKt, tne motor started ahead, and I lost track of the bOT in a. Olrtllrl ' dust. ' " " ' v At the edge of t with a British Legation motor, which was stopped at a railroad barricade. Its occupants roared with io,,- when they saw usl anri fninn.i i: holme gloated particularly, as he had prophesied that we would not get through. When I saw that there was no way of getting through I gladly accepted the decree of fate.' "to be continued tomorrow. J FARMERS TQ GET NITRATE afetj ELECTRIC WARMING PAD Just as the Mazda light replaced the old-fashioned, smoky kerosene lamp, so the SAFETY Electric Warm ing" Pad takes the place of the old-fashioned rubber hot-water bag. The SAFETY is a necessity in illness; a comfort in health. r 3T There's no muss, odor, bursting or scalding, leaking water, inconvenience or danger, with the SAFETY Pad. It doesn't get cold and clammy, and isn't bulky or cumbersome. The SAFETY Pad is absolutely safe.' A special safety device controls the heat perfectly. It can be regulated to any degree desired, by a single, convenient switch, which is easily operated in the dark, and the cost is about one cent for four hours actually less than heat ing water on a gas stove. , ' The SAFETY Pad will last a lifetime at your serv ice at;, any time at any heat. Soft, flexible, light in weignt, "comfy," and -beautifully covered in either eiderdown or cretonne, the SAFETY Electric Warm ing Pad is an attractive as well as practical addition to the home. ALDX SIKESJAT WEST PfSOi MAB3HA1X 700 -HOME A 6171 J Always mS. & EL" Stamps First Three Floors. 3 : COAST MAKES GOOD White Hope of Wooden Ship Industry, Says Hurey. BUILDING PROMISES KEPT War Industries Board Will 100,000 Tona at Cost. Sell WASHINGTON, Dec 29. Deliveries of upward of- 100,000 tons of Chilean nitrate purchased throughthe war in dustries board under the food control act for sale 'to American farmers at cost, will probably begin in January. wniie the price has not been defi nitely set, the secretary said it would probably be approximately $75 on board cars at the seapoard. All sales wi,U be for cash and the farmers will have to pay rail freight charges, the state fertilizer tag fee and nnv ntvr local charges. The department of Aericulture in arranging for the distribution nt th Nitrate which will be sold to farmers only for their own use during the com ing season and generally not in excess of Qe amounts used by them hereto fore. TEUTGJI CRAFT WRECKED Zeppelin, and Seaplane Reported Lost In Xorth Sea. LONDON, Doc. 29. A Zeppelin and seaplane, which was accompanying 117 have been wrecked in the North Sea, according to a Central News dispatch from Copenhagen, quoting advices re ceived there from West Jutland. The Zeppelin is said to have, fallen in flames into the sea. Xvvo, Riddle School Teachers Marry. RIDDLE, Or.. Dec 29. (Special.) Two of Riddle's school teachers have been married in the past week- Miss Vera James, who now teaches at Yon calla, Or., was married Thursday to John G. Bacon, a well-known TJmpqu farmer, and ijiss Esther Largeout. who has been . teaching in Scott's Valley, was married Sunday to Ray A. urpin, of Portland, Or. Both will resign their positions. Contracts for Construction ot 5 00, 000 Deadweight Tons "Win Be Placed in Western Yards During Year 1SU8- OREGONIAK NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec 29. "The Shipping Board expects to place contracts during; 1918 with Pacific Coast shipyards for the construction pf 500,000 deadweight tons of wooden ships." said Chairman Hur ley today to Senator- McNary. "W may may not bo able to place contracts for that great amount or wooaen tonnage, he added, "but wo want the 500.000 tons if possible. "The Pacifio Coast,- went on Mr. Hurley, '.'has been tho great white hope of the wooden ship industry. That is the one section that is turning out the wooden ships, and it can continue to do so. And I want to say further that, irrespective of any interpretation that may have been placed upon recent testimony given before the Senate commerce commission, the Shipping Board is going ahead with the wood ship programme on the Pacific Coast." Mr. Hurley said the Board desired to utilize existing yards, to the limit of their capacity. IHe soaro, however, is not disposed to encourage the es tablishment of new yards. It proposes to use the yards that "are existant and available. Senator McNary left Mr. Hurley's of fice confident that there will be no de lay in securing wood ship contracts for Pacific Coast yards, that show conclu sive evidences of ability to turn out ships with reasonable expedition. BALLOON LANDS IN MEXICO Army Gas Baj Loses Course After Leaving San Antonio. LAREDO. Tex.. Dec. 29. The Army balloon, manned by Captain McCul lough and eight soldier aviators, which left San Antonio yesterday afternoon and lost its course, landed at Hidalgo, Mexico, 40 miles up the" Rio Grande River from Laredo, night. The crew was taken in charge by Mexican soldiers, who notified the mil itary authorities at Neuvo Laredo. Automobiles were sent to Hidalgo and the Americans reached Nucvo Laredo today. Shortly after leaving San Antonio the. balloon, at a height of 200 feet, encountered a 45-mile wind and drifted rapidly - southwest. The Rio Grande was mistaken for the Neuces River, at 9 o'clock last I and a landing was made on Mexican .soil. Ilawaiians Ask for Prohibition. HONOLULU, T. H.. Dec. 29. (Spe cial.) Signed by 120 of the leading business firms in Honolulu, a petit- a has been forwarded to Congress ask ing that prohibition be enacted in the territory of Hawaii. Included with the firms which signed the petition are the big sugar plantation agencies. 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Since the world began envy and its twin, jealousy, have played conspicuous though despicable parts in the drama of life. Jealousy sees in the famous and successful "Dr. Smith" just plain "Bill Smith" he knew as a boy and remembers "Smith" as the plainly dressed, studious youth who studied nights and worked by day to acquire an education. Jealousy tells ENVY any envy immediately starts the story that 'Dr. Smith" has a private graveyard and that he (envy) has forgotten more medicine than "Dr. Smith" ever knew. Congenial spirits who line the curbs or gaze idly out of office windows while "Dr. Smith" rides by in his twelve cylinder car, confirm the adage that "Satan finds mischief for idle hands to do' by spending their time concocting new stories to injure the man whose success so angers them. I pity the envious and jealous. 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