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The OIirCON STATES.. IAN, fdera,'. Oregon. Friday MorninT.'Jcly 17,-1231 "
"No Favor Sumy Us,
From First'Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Ford, Old and New Fashioned Industrialist -
TWO outstanding magazine articles in current issues of
I Scrbners and The American Mercury deal with Henry
Ford. In the former, ' Edmund Wilson,' of New Republic
note, writes of "The Despot of Dearborn." . Murray Godwin
writes in The Mercury on "The Case Against Henry Ford."
1 Both men agree that Ford is a master of machine pro
duction, a man singularly devoted to one: supreme task, the
production of a cheap, sturdy, usable car. Both agree that
Ford has been hugely successful in the difficult task of stay
ing free of Wall Street, meeting his payrolls regularly and
developing a marvelous plant. 1 ! T A:V
But Wilson smarts under the despotism of Ford, his
vacillation, his whims, the fact he apparently cares little for
labor in distress and when Detroit is spending two millions
of dollars monthly Irom, its city welfare fund, the Dearborn
millionaire turns no hand to help with! charity. Ford is
pictured as a man; with effeminate eyes and a chin of iron
who fires executives at will and tolerates no variance with
his thinking. ! ;-!-M
Murray Godwin in The Mercury, usually iconoclastic,
comes to the. defense of Ford, points out the fact he was
the first to pay high wages "because it j was good business
to pay them", says Ford is a judicious, not a foolish human
itarian. He then proceeds to take the mask from the face
of Wall Street and to wage war on stock promotion, infla
tion, the piece work1 system of labor, as well as land and rent
booms through which Ford wages havej made speculators'
profits in Detroit. " I 1
If Ford is harsh, says Godwin, it is the harshness learn
ed by experience when Ford was laughed at with his first
"rattleshake car, hampered by partners 5 unwilling to
progress, forced to buy out his associates at huge figures
and almost crumpled up and thrown- in the discard In .1921
when only a magnificent "coup which forced dealers to buy
huge quantities of cars for cash prevented Ford relinquish
ing control of his industry. f I x
It appeals true that Ford is at once an old and a new
industrialist. He operates without bonds j or stocks and
holds as an individual a vast industrial enterprise. Yet he
is a new industrialist if high wages, extremely efficient
plants, the lowest unit cost production standi for America's
robot-like industries. Ford stands at the! river of boundary,
one hand reaching back to the days of capitalistic titans, one
to the "new era" of nation-wide distribution, low cost pro
duction. . -V "'':'':.'.; -, M-''';; ;' :
Godwin flays other auto manufacturers who sold out to
. m . . A t A 1 A - J 1 J 11
a-j kx cel., saw ovuvu navueu ouu xuAiobcu wjiuuu
reason, while the bankers got from other and entrusted to
technical men the problem of hedging down wages, replacing
men with cheap women workers, reducing the quality of the
product to maintain earnings on stock holdings held by the
public. . . i- J : .. ' i
Ford has made his most foolish moves when he has at
tempted to be prophet in other fields than: industry. His
peace venture, his political aspirations, his fight on the
Jews (perhaps instigated by the events of 1921), his history
weakness, his inane statement! that 4any man can get a
job; all he needs is to want to workf have muddled one's
perspective. of this unique figure in American industrialism.
He shall endure in history as the technician of mass pro
duction and at the same time the despot of financial in
dividualism. i ! '
- Germany and Communism
fTlHE need of economic stability in Germany, indeed, the
X need of a feeling of contentment among the people of
Germany, has a broader basis than the payment of war
debts. A distraught Germany, embittered by a decade of
post-war humilities and forseeing no hope, is a breeding
place for communism or facism. Young, Germany may yet
adopt the counsel of despair, declare any condition is more
tolerable than economic servility extending! to 1988 and
seek refuge in overturn of the existing Orderj .
The tradition of Germany is opposed to communism.
The nation has been intensely capitalistic and most success
fully so in days prior to 1914. Her people are extremely
well educated. But Germany, too, was the home of Carl
Manr-aTwl in th ast fa risirnr si atrono-- nalinn tn aertff at
existing debts and to prepare for a class war with all who
oppose the communistic system. j 1 i - I
The collapse which might come in : .Europe would be
disastrous to our investments there, it is true, but it would
be tremendously more disastrous if it would be the starting
point for armed conflict among Europeans, f , v s ; U 1
Maurice Hindus, in "Humanity Uprooted" givei a singu
larly apolitical view of the menace of Russia to the peace .of
theiworld. ; ; -V --"I" ; ; ; '"
" "Russians are as coarfneed of th IneTltaWUty o( war
with a foreign, foa as tfrey are at cUimate saccess with
! : their rerolatlotu To them the die tt already cast and they . 1
will spill blood, their own and that of others. - They see In
. themselres not only a thorn Jmt a spear la tho side, ot
capitalist nations. Through their reToluUon they haro
- crashed brutally Into tho so-called capitalist system sTbey
hate cut off one-sixth of the world's land frost tho normal
processes of economic Intercourse wtJca are so necessary to
, tho -well being; of capitalism, . ,v For Urns, they lnsUt Is,
on thalr side, altogether so. The longer tho capitalists post
pone the day of reckoning, tho harder they (Russians) will .
bo to conquer.' ", . . ; ' : : j
With the causes of world uprising clearly discernible,
llr. Hoover's intervention for a moratorium takes on greater
.significance than the debt relief from a friendly creditor. It
0Tmei! , i1'1, move to U5 the moral influences of
the United States in the interest of world accord. It reveals
tms notioa again to a querulous world as Ramsay McDonald
says : In the great moral causes, of righteousness, of liberty,
of peacethe great causes which mean the establishment of
the spiritual things of life in the world-America d Great
Britain are going on, keeping step with each other."
Eugao.ht5hXflftCa,tKer-wnt "sit. let themltry to block
th. .oaYtln?.' TUtkoti np to Saln
Then h. conlS rlL2Jlj:. 1
One decided adrantage for
aewspaper articles now without
No Fear Shall, Awe'
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Fait will be 'that b can writs h!i
Interruption. ; .
Free Foods
By C. C. DATJER. M. D.
Marion Co. Dept. of Health
How many people realise that
throughout this -great country
there are vast quantities of foods
providsd
nature w Jtt ch
man has bad
no part in eul
tlTatlna ot
rslslng? T b
generosities i ot
nature ara not
limited to oao
kind of food,
either, b otk
plant nad ani
mal foods i be
ing furnished.
Food
WUdi
Among tbo
animal foods
or meats, per
Sc. O. L btut
haps tho most abundant ' Is fish.
Nearly every stream or body ot
water yields its supply ot fish. To
be sure, many people take out
mors than they can'poaatbly eat
co some streams bars to be re
plenished. Howstot, the ocean is
a nerer onding sonree of fish. Oy
sters, clams and other sea foods
are included among- free foods.
Many game animals are among
freo foods wild animals' and
wild Wrds..-;)'.'-: ' . :f -
Among the plant foods ara nu
merous rarietias Ot berries and
fruits wild strawberries, rasp
berries and blackberries. These
two latter productive briars are
regarded aa weeds in many terri
tories yet yield vast Quantities of
freo food. In soma localities huck
leberries and elderberries are of
importance for canning and both
grow wild.
Nats Are KatriUons
In some localities certain nuts
help to fill out tho winter supply
ot food. The black walnut and
hickory nut are commonly found
and are almost as nutritious .as
tho English walnut. Chestnuts are
also to be foand in certain states.
Many other foods might be
mentioned which are used for
food tor which man expends no
more labor than necessary for
gathering which reminds us of
the very great . bouatlf ulness of
Mother Nature. '
What fceaUJi e-reaienui kaee Tent . XI
the store article raises aay enaatiea la
year miaa. write that eaeaUoa sat sad
m4 M Hhr te Taa Stataamaa wt ke
Marios aaty aeirtint ( knllk. The
aawvr will appaar ia this nhaa. Vaate
(hoald siraed. bat will not be need la
Ifcr naoer.
How would you like to see Will
Rogers the democratic- nominee
tor prealdent in 1912?, was the
Question asked by Statesman re
porters yesterday.
Mrs. II. M. Baker: "I think It
would cause a good bit ot excite
ment. Like most women I don't
know muck about politics but I
do think it would Inject a lot of
interest into the old game."
Mlsa
Jail Webster: "Oh, ho.
ho!"
Paal C Adama, stock bnyrr:'!
do not think It would be a g&d
thing for either Rogers or the
country. However, I would not
be surprised if he were elected it
he got the nomination."
John 31 arshalL farmer, demo
crat "Ask me something easy. I
Hare not been Informed as to this
one." - i .
HI
HARROW ESCAPE
SCIO, J sly If. Prompt action
ot neighbors a " few days ago is
believed to hava saved the life of
S. W. Gaines, 88-year-old pioneer
farmer near Scio.. Gaines was ly
ing helpless in a field near his
house, with a grass fire sweeping
toward his with relentless fury, .
Gaines had started the tire in a
field of green grain for the pur
pose pf tiurning oft a narrow strip
of grass. Apparently tho tire made,
greater headway than he had .an
ticipated and was about to get be
yond his control. In fighting the
flames he broke the handle ot the
pitchfork he was using, and was
thereby, greatly handicapped.
Becoming exhausted; ha gave
aa alarm for help. - Retreating
from the flames he feU. Arising
to his feet, he again started 4a
the direction of the house, only
to be overcome with heat and fa
tigue, fatting ia his traeks. This 1
time he was -unable to gala his
feet and was helpless when rosy
cued by Dave Horsburgh and Mr."
Walker, who had seen the fire
from the highway oa which they
were hauling hay. Gaines was car
ried to his home and given re
storative treatment and was get?
ting along well at-last report.
Other nearby neighbors were at
tracted by the tire and the com
motion, the fire was subdued and
damages repaired so far aa pos
sible. --, .
"' Mr. Gaines has lired In the Immediate-Tlclnity.
of Scio about 80
years, having - creseed the plains
with his parents at the age ot nine
years. Forty ex teams made up
the train of the Gaines caravan
and the distance from St. Jo. Mo...
to Oregon City was made In three
months and 15 days, Gaines
states. His wife, recently deceased,
preceded him seven years, having
arrived in the Tualatin valley in
October, 1845.
IX SOUTHERX OREGOX
AM ITT, July 18 Mrs. George
Morrison' and Miss Anna Mllney
ot Scotland are on a sight seeing
trip to Crater lake-and tho caves
of central; Oregon and other
places of interest. Miss Mllney it
a sister of Mrs. Morrison's.
B AK2 DANCH STAGED
AMITY, July 1 Mr. and Mrs.
WUllam Warner enterUlned with
a dance July 14 to dedicate their
new modem dairy barn. There
waa a very large crowd and a
aaket lunch was served at mid
night. The McCarty : erchestra
furnished music. -.
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New Views j
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Tomorrow : "Babies
BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HKNDRICKS
Our greatest Industry: j
Perhaps tho reader knows what
It Is. It not. what I au guess i
Likely he will make an incorrect
one. The cow Is the mother ot
America's greatest industry. ' And
she Is tho wet nurse ot some of
the other big ones, tor Instance,
the swine industry, and the poul
try Industry, to say nothing ot in
directlv dolna more than any oth
er one agency In keeping up the
fertility of the sou, tans maamg
it possible to maintain the stabil
ity of the bask that backs and
sustains all industrial lite, and
every kind ot Ufo, for that mat
ter. !
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That is tho principal reason
why the Bits man baa faith In the
ltlmate greatness of the Willam
ette valley, and la , certain that
there will la good time do sup
ported In comfort within Its Tie
borders ten million people with an
average wealth as high as that of
any like area on tho round earth.
Tea. finally, twice, thrice, four
times tea millions, and perhaps
more. Because we have here the
making of the world's greatest
dairying section.
When steel achieved the status
of a billion dollar industry, coi-
umns 01 owe-sirucs. wi4w
fined the newspapers. ; But the
gross primary or farm value of the
products of the dairy Industry of
the United States now exceeds two
aa a half billion dollars annually
i and. U. Lr-growing faster thai
steel products, and will so con-
tinue.
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No other farm commodity can
approach that figure. Tew indus
trial commodities come near it
The automobile . industry is our
new Industrial giant, bat the
wholesale value ot its total out
put Is tar below tho farm value of
the annual-milk production. t
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We think of mining as a big
thing. But the) gross Income from
the far-flung metal mining Indus
try of this country is less than half
that ot the dairying inaustry. td
total weight of all Iron ore ship
ments in this country wIU, over S
period ot If years, average less
than the weight ot the milk pro
duced on American dairy farms,
coal - neat and coke mines gross
a full halt billion less than dairy
products. ;
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Measured, in value of product,
capital Invested, or number of per
sons employed, dairying Is our
greatest Industry. And ftiis one of
the most progressive.
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In 1859 wo : maintained - 178
milk cows per 1000 persons; la
HIT. the number ot milk cows
needed had dropped to 118: an
increase of XS per cent In efficl-
eacy. But actually the gain Is far
greater, for our consumption of
dairy products per capita hai been
increased by leaps and bounds. It
jamped from 888 pounds per cap
ita in 1817 to 1081 pounds In
1187. a gain ot 23 per cent la IP
years.- '
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.I A high authority aaid a few
weeks ago: "About 14 per cent of
all our dairy cows annually pro
dace less' than 3000 pounds of
milk containing 100 pounds -of
butterfat." They are the common
brindle cows of story and song. A
dairyman who keep a cow like
that either loves to . milk, or ho
goes tar in kindness to dumb ani
mals. , He is making no profit.
But tho dairyman who has a cow
producing 500 pounds .Of btttter
fat a year gets, according to a re
cent estimate, 8178 above teed
costs. The i difference is thls-i-good
dairymen keep good cows;
good cows keep good dairymenJ
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The average cow la Denmark
produces 55 per cent more milk
than the average cow In the Unit
ed States. But there are dairies
In Oregon, ia the Willamette val
ley, that produce above tho aver
age of the heat dairies- In Den
mark. New Tork records show
that last year the 100 pound but
terfat cow. returned only 18 orcr
feedtojts, gad that the 300 pound
butterfat cow consumed only f 26
more in feed than her sister In the
100 pound class, yet returned an
income over: feel cost ot $142,
or more than seven times tie
amouat returned by the 100
pound cow. And the 50O pound
butterfat cow consumed ia teed
313 S a year, but returned an In
By EDSON I
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Worth $9,333 Each
come of 8883 a year over feed
cost. ' i ,
. If the dairymen of the Willam
ette valley could be organized In
one great cooperative association,
or league, along the lines of the
citrus fruit growers of California,
they could so stabilise their indus
try that they would soon add mil
lions annually to their-, total in
come, and add other, millions to
the correlated Industries, like
swlae and poultry breeding- and
in this way enhance the values of
their farm lands almost beyond
present belief. -
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This would help every other in
dustry on the land -tor the cow
besides being the mother ot Amer
ica's greatest Industry, the .wet
nurse ot profitable dependent in-
dastrles and the foster parent of
soil fertility maintenance,. 'is the
greatest of all helps In promoting
diversity and this valley -of ours
is the land of possible diversity
above aU others.
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Such a league would bring
about -a major movement for irri
gation in" this valley, and follow
ing oa the. heels of this would be
the canalization ot the Willam
ette river, for power and irriga
tion purposes and tor' all the year
transportation by water borne
tafflc.
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Here la a field for an empire
buUder in capacity; tor a Jim Hill
of cooperative effort for our peo
ple on the land. Commencing with
the primary industry of dairying.
The opportunity Is here. The ba
sic capital is here, In the owner
ship ot our land, needing only the'
magic touch of directed, effort and
vision.
V V
There are Individual dairymen
with plants dotted ill over the val
ley who are making good ,now;
earning fine Incomes month after
month, even in the face of a low
ebb tide ot depression.
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. Brnd all these plants (for every
modern dairy Is a plant; a manu
facturing plant), and take into
the league all the weaker sisters,
and there would follow such a
period ot progress and growth as
Is beyond the dreams of most ot
The, movement would carry its
beneficial Influence to our towns
and cities, and soon we would be
marching steadily to tho place ot
general Independence that Is our
rightful Inheritance, as Indicated
ia the third paragraph f this ar
ticle. Is this optimism? "Tea; but
It la jusUf led by what Is sure to
come about in time. 'Why not pe
on the way now?
ioDBtt soys
AT S
WOODBURN. July 18, Twen
ty Woodburn boys, members of
Wobdburn , Boy Scout troop -.No.;
It, f left by truck early,. Wednes
day morning for their camp on
Coal creek, which Is located about
eight or 10 miles beyond Scotts
Mills. The camp ' will, last one
week. - ; : - v
The boys who" left Wednesday
morning are Robert Stauffer. Jack
Baillio. Billy Baldwin, Robert
Jackson, Ben Reeser, George
Jackson, Jack Hill, Robert Laws,
Leonard Laws, Dale TrulUnger,
Robert 1 Hall, .James Howe, Dale
Aahland, Boyd Panther, Lester
Tenia. Ernest Llvesay, Lloyd
Clark. Dorval Taylor, Steward
Donaldson. Herbert Hall and the
troop's scoutmaster, Ted Rose.
"The idea of the camp' said
Mr. Rose, "is- to lire the life of
the Bou Scout as much as pos
sible, and we plan to have every
boy -. promoted - one step . in . his
Scout work at the camp such as
promoting a tenderfoot to a sec
ond class scout. One of our boys.
Ben Reeser, ' is already a Star
Scout, aad he will probably be ad-
GOG,
: LIQUID OR TABLETS
la SO mlautee, . Leeks a Cold Hie
Relieves es Headache or Nearalgla
flraC day, aad chck Slalarla tn
three .days.
66$ Salve for Baby's Cold.
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Tk t4r r.AJ By Anthony
x lie; i vxy oixLy ui viciciv4u ABBQ 1
. Oeraldlne Foster, pretty young
clerk - in the office of Dr. Hum
phrey - MaskelL disappeared on
Saturday. Three days later her
roommate. Betty Can field notifies
Police . Commissioner Thatcher
Colt. Harry Armstrong, tho miss
ing glrl'a fiance, had not beard
from her since Friday. Dr. Mas-
keU say a he returned to his office
Saturday atternooa to. find G era 1-
dino gone. At tho Foster apart
ment Colt learns from Betty that
GeraldLae had quarreled with the
doctor. The commissioner finds
aa old-fashioned key la the pock
et of . Geraldlne's coat and part or
a blackmail note, presumably , in
her handwriting. In the desk.
Different ink than that In the ap
artment, waa used. It Is learned
that Betty quarreled with Oeral
dlne. and that she was once en
gaged to Geraldine'a brother,
Bruce. Entering Dr. Maskell's
home, Colt meets MaskeU's chauf
feur, muttered "Get me to talk?
Never. But Geraldlne waa good to
me.. .The doctor says there waa a
strange womaa waiting outside
his door when ho returned Satur
day. After looking arouad his of
fice, ahe rushed out crying it was
too lata. Colt finds a coat aad
purse which the doctor readily
admits Geraldlne wore tha day
she disappeared. Maskell .claims
he quarreled with her because she
had i broken her engagement,
' CHAPTER- DC.
X had started down the white
, marble steps of ' the house on
Washington Square, North, when
I was suddenly halted by a brief,
tease word from Thatcher Colt
Looking back, X saw that he was
standing in the vestibule, his
pocket electric torch playing over
the name-pistes' beside the door
bells. As I returned to his side,
he was pressing a button near the
name "Gilbert Morgan."
Presently the familiar clicking
of the latch was heard and once
again the front door yielded to
my hand on the knob. . Up the
broad . staircase . I followed my
chief, to the second - floor, where
we found a woman standing at an
open door; her -face in the sha
dow, but her blonde hair waa ra
diant in the fall ot yellow light
from a lamp suspended above and
behind - her head.
."Is this Mrs. Morgan?" asked
Colt promptly. "-
Without Immediately replying
the woman looked at him closely
and . meanwhile X studied her. In
spite of all that has since been
said .against her, . I have' always
maintained that Mrs. Morgan was
a beautiful woman. Odd as Jhls
may sound to those who know
the history of the ease. I never
theless mean beautiful in its
finest sense. There was more than
prettlaess to her soft and gentle
features, and the tragic restless
ness of her large blue eyes.- She
was a young woman, and, I repeat
It, beautiful, but there waa a life
time of suffering in the watchful
eyes, in the very tone which she
greeted us.
"I am Fellso Morgan," she re
plied. "What Is it yon wish?"
The Flash of an Eye
' Briefly aad naturally, Thatcher
Colt explained who he was and
why he was there. But at the very
mention of Geraldlne Foster's
name a gleam flashed dangerous
ly from the woman'a blue eyes.
' "X knew nothing about Geral
dlne Foster, she answered firm
ly. ; . ; , - ; - - - .
Making no comment upon the
evident spirit with which this
statement waa made, Thatcher
Colt repeated to her the story
that had Just been told to him by
Doctor MaskelL. To all its details
Mrs. Morgsn nodded confirming-;
ly. It was- true that her little
daughter. Doris, had helped the
doctor , with the distribution of
his Christmas presents. It was ,
true that they had. been gone oa
their trip about the length ot ;
time fixed by Maskell.
"Might we talk to your daugh
er?" suggested Colt. .
"She is asleep," protested the
mother," upon which Thatcher
Colt waved his hand, dismissing
tho notion. But Mrs. Morgan
agreed .that Thatcher Colt might
question the little girl, if it ever
became necessary, unless her fa
ther objected. Mr. Morgan was
not then at home.
For the second time that night,
we left the house and returned to
the street. There were a dozen
questions clamoring in my mind,
but ; the mood of Thatcher Colt
forbade any -Inquiry just then.-
"A lioness of a woman, .that
lies Morgan." was his only com
ment .
Indeed, when his mind is work
ing on a problem Ia crime, That
cher Colt Is never a talkative
man. All the way to headquarters
he . was silent and contemplative,
smoking his pip as ho lounged
back In the ear. Center street was
deserted when .we reached the
grtm old Department building,
with, -Its marble trim aad its or
namental Iron, very massive aad
Georgian in the December night.
X Waa glad te get inside for thpre
Was i a . raw, . pneumonia wind
abroad. As we walked through
the Vaulted atone corridors,, past
tho marble tablet carved with
ranced to the class of Ufo Scout
before the camp is broken up." .
i Parents will be allowed to visit
the boys on Sunday, between 2
and 4 o'clock.-The Scouts plan to
hare signs leading -to the camp
posted soon. . -
ROAD IMPROVED
WALDO HILLS, July 18
Work was begun Tuesday on the
SUverton-Stayton road beginning
at the Albaugh corner at the end
of what is known as the "pen"
road out of Salem. Paving opera
tions were begun Friday and are
progressing' rapidly. Farmers will
greatly appreciate having a good
road at grain hauling time.- -
4 QQsvsouxttftSua
Coming .Te - -
Hd-lywood Sunday
tt
lrx -
the names of policemen and de
tectives who died In tho perform
ance of their duty, our footsteps
echoed on the resounding I flag
stones. Still Thatcher Colt re
mained silent, but. the rery at
mosphere of the old building, a
place ot badges,-raincoats. bUUes.
caps and handcuffs, seemed to
charge ' him with new life. No
commissioner over loved tho de
partment with more ardent or
fanatical interest.
'!- No Headway
On his desk lay a stack of re
ports and he began to finger
them swiftly accounts of what
waa going forward in the police
work of. many divisions, the boil
er,3 the bomb, the safe and loft
squads, the Bureau of Crime Pre
vention ho gathered their Im
port with acquisitive eyes.
From a mass of these docu
ments he. picked up a lay-out for
a .; police-circular, prepared . - by
Captain Laird, to broadcast - the
search for Geraldlne ' Foster. It
was ready to go to the printer.
and a lew days later was being
displayed all over tho country.
With a pencil. Thatcher Colt
mad a few swift corrections. ;
. Then, while I spread out oa a
table the long key with its knot
of j blue ribbon. - the letters, the
coat and the purse that belonged
to Geraldlne Foster, aU of which
would be turned over to the head
quarters' property clerk, the com
missioner continued , to read
quickly through a sheaf ot notes
left for him by Captain Henry.
f Laird has found nothing, he
said glumly. "And Burke tele
phoned he had plowed through
the 'first waste bale aad had
found none of the missing pieces.
But t will put a tall on Doctor
Maskell that may help" b y
which the commissioner meant he
would hare Maskell foUowed,
night and day.
il sat down at the typewriter
and began to transcribe my notes.
In! my book. I had complete rec
ords of all that had been told us
by; Betty Canfield, - the Fosters.
Mrs. Morgan and Doctor Humph
rey MaskelL As X reduced the pot
books to, typewritten sheets, it
seemed to - me though God
knows, with no sense of disloy
altythat all of Thatcher Colt's
questions, his , groping for evi
dence and witnesses had led him
only Into an increasing mystery
and darkness. Instead ot nearer to
tho light.
By noon of tho following-day,
there was still no word of Ger
aldlne Foster. Thatcher Colt had
spent most of the morning at the
police college across tho street
from 1 headquarters. There he had
delivered his famous physical
training lecture which no "rook
ie! OTer forgets Inspiring "the
students with a desire to-learn
bow to "get their man" the sci
entific way ot handling bullies
and ruffians, the Important holds
in j Jiu-jitsu, in which Colt Is an
expert, aad similar mysteries. Not
all ot -his .morning, however, was
spent In the college. While wait
ing for 'his first caller, he ex
plained 'to me that he had done
some solitary prowling in Wash
ington Square, just after break
fast, and had learned two inter
esting facts. !;
f'l talked with a girl named
Lixxle Clark, be explained, with
a glint ot amusing reminiscence
In ;hls eye. "She Is a nurse-maid
for aa Italian family living In
the Fifth Avenue hotel. Lizzie re
members seeing two women leave
tho house, where -Maskell has his
offflce, on the afternoon of
Christmas Eve. What fixed It la
her mind was that each of the
women carried a lar;o bottle, , al
most the size of a jug." ...
Can yon be certain -one- ot
them was Geraldlne Foster?"' I
Inquired. , - , ..'
"No, admitted, the commis
sioner, with a sigh. "But there
was a large jug-like bottle In
MaskeU's office . last slght-rnd
near It some wrapping paper with
a tag. showing three; bottles to he
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la vrv smnU
mam a v j mm a. a
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delivered before three p. m. on
Christmas Ere." . .
He spoke lightly and yet I
could . tell there was a worried
note la his voice, '
"Also," added the commission
er. "Doctor Maskell" has left
town."
- "Where on earth"
"Right you are! Where . on
earth? C heckles doesn't know. No
one seems to know. The smiling
doctor of Washington Square has
decamped. He eluded my man, an
hour after ho began to tall him.
But why ehouldn't he go away?
There are no charges against
him.! -'
I was alert to ask for more de
tails, but Captain Laird arrived
and X went back to my cotes.
The chief of the Bureau of
Missing Persons promptly stated,
as - his theory, that the girl was
alive and la deliberate hiding. He
pointed out that she had remain
ed away before for days at a time.
"So far. It is just like any one
of a I number ot such eases," ar
gued; Captala Laird. "We hare
them all the time.. X am certain
the girl will return.
"I j hope you are right," aald
tho I chief emphatically. "But
there are elements In this disap
pearance which make me skepti
cal -her remarks over the tele
phono and In that fragment of a
note also the curious mystery of
tho fur coat and tho purse. And
now , Maskell has run out on us.
Makes ma remember other eases
that were not ao simple. Captain.
You remember Alice Corbett?"
Captain Laird remmebered her.
On Friday, November 13, 1925,
Alice' Corbett. a junior student,
vanished from Smith 'College. In
Northampton, Massachusetts.
4 Similar Casea
"Do you recall the laconic and
singular message that she left?"
persisted Thatcher Colt. "Moth
er," I jam going home," she wrote
in her. note. And that was the last
that was ever heard of her. -
"Nevertheless. I hare always
believed Alice Corbett to be still
alive.' argued Laird.
"That's what people . also be-.
Here j about Frances St John
Smith." returned the -commission
er. ".Frances disappeared froro
the same college as Alice Corbett.
and oddly enough, also, on Fri
day the 13th. There was the mys
tery of a pretty girl, only 19 years
old, talented and worth a million
dollars or more It was months
before they found her dead body
floating in ; a pond. What hap
pened? We don't know, any more
than we know the fate of Dorothy
Arnold, or, more recently.1 what
befell the beautiful Mrs. McDow
ell Rogers when last year she van
ished from Barring ton Manor In
Louisville, Kentucky, apparently
never to return. I tell you. the un
explained absence of a beautiful
girl is, to me, a danger signal. It
has always been so, ever since El
sie Siegel was chopped np and
packed into a Chinaman's trunk.
We must find Geraldlne Foster.
dead or alive."
(To, be continued tomorrow.)
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