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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, Ac gust 22, 1931
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"ATo Faror Strata Us; No Fear Shall Atee"
' From First Statesman, March 28, 1851' ;
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When Doctors Disacrree
mHE Hollywood Press thinks all are out of step but it in
A the matter of securing a
tem lor Salem. Tiie rreas
mrtim tAiri watpr fnr Salm:
ferent. opinion. The Statesman .has recommended proceeding
to acquire the present plant, which the people voted over
whelmingly to do; and then let the' controlling water board
bring to the public recommendations on such technical and
financial problems as the source of supply, location of filter
niant. Ptr. The iress reioms wun renewed ciamor ior
"mountain water" and says: ! .
"Such a prospect does not please the water company,
and whatever does not pleas the water company displeases
the- Statesman. Therefore they will make strong efforts to
prevent It, They will urge counter proposals, and con
demnation proceedings, an long delays in court, all for th
. purpose of keeping the water business in the hands of the.
' present company as long as .possible, with a hope of an
exorbitant price being eventually obtained. ! '
"Salem has been yelling for mountain water and a
municipal water system for many years. What do the peo
; pie of Salem think of a Salem newspaper which insists that
the proper way to begin such a project is to buy an inade
quate, decrepit and nasty old river plant at j 3325,000 more
than It is worth? S
. "Whose interests dees the Statesman represent?
"Certainly not the interests of Salem."
Now we are not at all embarrassed ty the imputations
of subservience to the water utility company. The States
man has no interest in the matter except the best interests
of the people of Salem, now and in the future.
And we submit it is vitally important in the public in
terest to consider the financial problem of issuing two and
a half million dollars in bonds to go up the Santiam for wa
, ter, with the very strong probability that a considerable
- portion of the debt service would have to be borne by a gen
eral property tax, or else the water rates increased, which
amounts to the same thing. :
Of course, so long as the friends of municipal ownership
spend their time fighting among themselves and ailing each
other names, the company can sit back and laugh. Mean
time the water problem of the city goes unsolved.
Greeting New Interests
mHE reorganization of the State Savings and Loan associ
JL ation introduces to Salem business circles a group of
Albany investors who had plenty of faith in the present and
future of Salem to come over here and invest their money.
Not only have they greatly strengthened th local associa
tion through the money which they have put into its capital
structure, but the names are good names, which give confi
dence"to those who know their standing that the association
will function along safe and conservative j lines. The local
men," Dr. Steiner and John H. Carson, j who have become
directors are of course well and favorably known here. The
Albany men who become directors are Willard C. Marks, at
torney, president of the state senate; E. B. Williamson, who
is vice president of the Albany State bank; F. E. Livengood,
who is the D. B. Jarman of Albany, having retired with sub-
. stantial means from the management of the J. C. Penney
' store there: and R. C. Miller, who has managed the very suc
cessful Valley building and loan association in Albany and
x is-secretary of the Linn Securities company, which owns
controlling interests in all the banks of Albany. With this
organization, backed with ample resources, j the future of the
local association would seem to be assured. I ! -
Credit is due Jack Elliott and the old members of the
board -who have made substantial sacrifices to accomplish
. this reorganization. Looking back now it is clear it was a
mistake to make an affiliation with the - Guardian outfit in
Portland. When that concern had to be taken over, the re
action was naturally felt jby the local affiliate. But instead
of shirking their responsibility, which was purely a moral
responsibility, the former directors came forward and effect
ed this reorganization. which gives security to their inves
tors and insures the continuance of this savings association
with promise of continued growth and service, both to inves
tors and borrowers'. . - ' i
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When a man gets into the big news he ought to cboloroform his
sons. For it seems the sons of the great or reputed great are forever
running fouj of the latter half of the ten commandments, the Vol
stead act, or marriage vows. Call the roll and one can name off
hand, the young Sundays. Heflin, Jr., young McAdoo, Sim Fess son,
and. now Cockleburr Murray, the Oklahoma governor has a son who
Is Questioned after a "party The childless do not have all the
pangs and sorrows In this world. i
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We hope the prune growers learn the lesson of the dairymen
and stick together to get their price. Usually the farmers meet,
orate, fix a price- then go home and. sign up at whatever the buyer
tiers. This year the prune situation is in pretty healthy condition.
. The old crop has been cleaned up (pret0y well, the new crop is
much smaller than last year. Prunes axeo cheap they are bound to
be In demand, and the prices asked by the farmers seem a reason
able expectation.
The Pendleton East Oregonian reports that the northwest raised
twelve million bushels of wheat less than last: year. We haven't
heard from our quarter section, but we make a guess that it helped
to make up the twelve million. . Bnt if that will help Ed Aldrlch
aolve the wheat problem, why it's all right. ; j .
Newberg has Just signed up a new lighting contract with the
Tamhill Electric company, a subsidiary of Pepco. ' The new contract
provides tor stronger street lights at lower cost -per light. Mean
time Salem continues to pay the rates fixed la the 1925 contract
which expired in June, 1930. I " !
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The farm board has come out of its huddle and agreed to sell
some wheat to China. least it would be cheaper to store It in
Chinese stomachs than in American elevators where the storage bill
is four millions a month. Just' as many rats there too
En,gl"d,.Ia 1 "Ible fix trying to balance her budget. Doles
and social relief legislation have left the exchequer six hundred mil
lions short. That Is one thing the socialists forget, when evervbody
gets to living off the state who will pay the taxes? ' .
Thus far we haven't seen any last year's hats made over into the
Empress Eugenie pancake. The way it is don is to put the old hat
In the street and let the trucks run over It a fev times.
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: As we understand It the democrats are goinjr to wage their
campaign next year on the unemployed problem that is, the unem
ployed 'democrats. . L
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The nations talk a lot about
all they do la trim a, lew anier-nauj.
municipally ownea waier ay to
is ioua cnampion oi uucu
and brands as a tool of the
with a dif
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arms cuts, but when they meet
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The Chilas
Permanent
Teeth 1
By E. L. BRUNK, D.M.D.
Marion County Health Dept.
About the sixth year, the first
four permanent teeth that the
child has make their appearance.
They are known as the six-year
molars. Although they do not ap
pear until the sixth year they
really. began to form la the Jaws
about two months before the child
was born. They erupt immediately
behind each of the last temporary
or deciduous molars.
They are larger than the decid
uous molars, they do not replace
any baby teeth and are Intended
by nature to remain for life. A
simple way of locating tbem Is by
starting from the line between the
two front teeth to count back to
the sixth tooth. The first perman
ent molar Is always the sixth
tooth unless some have been re
moved.
Molars Are Important
These six-year molars are very
Important. They serve to keep the
Jaws In proper .relation to each
other -while the deciduous teeth
are being shed and the permanent
ones taking their place. As this la
a period of growth for the child
decay may occur easily and un
noticed. Careful attention should
therefor be taken of these teeth.
Do not allow the six-year molars
to decay. The child's diet should
be watched. Green leafy vegeta
bles, fruits, milk 'and eggs are
tooth builders and protectors. A
periodic checkup should be made
of the teeth at least twice yearly.
If tbe six-year molars are al
lowed to decay and have to be
extracted the child will not be
able to chew his food properly as
he has no other teeth that will
masticate the food as efficiently
while the baby teeth are being re
placed.
Others Follow Six-Tears
Soon after these six-year mo
lars erupt the other permanent
teeth begin to erupt and : take
their places In the arches. The
lower front teeth are usually the
next ones to come through follow-
ed closely by the upper front
teeth which usually come through
about seven or eight years of
age. . The lateral incisors are
next In line to the front teeth or
central incisors. They come Into
place from the seventh to the
ninth year.
Tbe first bicuspids which re
place the first baby molars conie
into place from nine to eleven
years and the second bicuspid
which replaces the last ' baby
molar or the toothy-next to the six
year molar comes into place about
ten to twelve years of age. The
second molars which are common
ly known as the twelve-year mo
lars erupt about the twelfth year.
Guard all of these teeth well
with proper nutrition and have
periodic check ups. This : will
save tooth structure, pain, time
and money. Nature did not mean
that teeth should decay.
CTbal hamlth Brofelssi neve vent If
the above article raises any qatstiea la
roar rniad. writ that otiMtioa eat ad
cad il either te The Statesman er the
Uariea eoonty department of health. The
answer wilt aopear la this colaaa. Kaaa
should V signed, bat will set be ased la
the caoer. -
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Towa Talks frous Tlte Sta tea
man of Karllr Days
Angnttt 22, lOOo
Another ' begging hobo mad
his appearance In the city last
evening and was promptly taken
In by Officer Longcon. The man
had been given a meal at a rest
aurant, then asked D. A. White
for money. White took him to the
same eating place and discovered
the man had been fea only
shortly before.
It looks verr much like the
new electric line to Chemawa wUl
be comnleted on time. Yesterday
evening the construction crew
was working at the corner oi
Chemeketa and High streets.
Pekin. Aug. 22 The Dowager
Empress of China plans to sum
mon a conference of high. offi
cials, to' discuss the adoption of
a constitution.
August 22, 1021
Because revenues of the state
industrial accident commission
have been decreasing for several
months, with indications that not
relief will be offered by the
elimination of about 39 employes
on September 1. it Is probably
another batch of ' employes will
be dropped next month.
Wuhtnrtnn Anr SI Preta-
I A am Xt .r11n tm annAirinM Ka
fore the senate last month in op
position to passage of the soldier
bonus bill started a storm of .de
bate In the senate tonight when
the shipping board deficiency
bill was being considered.' :
West Sale mis booming : and
putting on real city manners, ac
cording to C. A. Robertson, for
eign representative of Henry
Ford, who has been In the city
the past few weeks. Klngwood
Heights was Just opened this
year. '
Daily Thought
All today we see or seem :
Is but a dream within a dream.'
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Water is Given
Blame in Death
At JacksoQville
HEOFORD, Ore.. Aug! 20. -
(AP) The death of a five-year-
old boy In the Jacksonville district
Just west of here wss attributed
by health officials today to an in
testinal disease induced by unsan
itary water. Water in the district
is extremely low. :
A warn fnr that all water In
Jacksonville should be boiled be
fore using was issued. . ;
HERE'S HOW
Art .
till
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Sunday: Mother Earth Floats a Dirigible!
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
When Applegat averted war
rContinned: from veaterdav:
"T admit this arrnmcnL ao far as
it applies to buildings or enclos
ures, bat no farther, for if under
th treaty (which is silent on the
subject) a man can hold by pri
ority of location one acre not
built upon or enclosed he may
with the same nronriety claim 10
or 10,000 acres and prescribe his
own limits and by toe urns run
the Hudson's Bay company (be
tns the first here! might occupy
with their pretended claims every
point fit for farming, manuiae
tnr nr inmmre. and thereby ex
clude the Americans entirely, and
make the treaty in euect a aeaa
letter.
"itAnce the necessltT of our
law concerning land elates, with
out which the whole population
would soon be In collision.
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After th adostlon by the ceo-
ple of the amended organic law
of (in) 1145, I c rosea in a dot
argument with Dr. McLoughlin
hr aaanrins him that neither the
Hudson's Bay company, nor any
other company or inaiviausi.
British or American, could in my
opinion , hold a foot of land in
nmn not built noon or inclos
ed, until he did so through th
Oregon temporary government
(provisional government), &nd"he
could not prohibit any person
from building his hous at the
m rat nf Vancouver ao he did
not interrupt a clos: whichyl
caused th old gentleman a mgm
lournev of 30 miles t consult his
colleagues, and was th mala
cans of bringing tnem inio i
confederation ....
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"Th first meeting of the
1345) legislator was In Jun
ith the, vote of the people
was taken on th organie laws th
last Saturday In July, and the leg
islature again met In August th
5th), at which tim th Hudson's
Bay company submitted, to and
became a party to in uregon
.v-o nnrnnt- tn Ttav 11(AHM aS
merchants and taxes ore all their
property. James Douglas, secona
in command, was appointed Judge
r th district court north of the
Columbia and has takeq the oath
of office. And let me teu you
James Douglas would do honor to
any office in the United States. It
Is not my purpose to write a
panegyric on Mr. Douglas, hut
lnce I have seen mm I ao not
nnder that his race has been th
main prop of the Scottish throne,
for he is both mentally and phy
sically one of the noblest speci
mens of the human race."
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Jesse Applegate wrot much
mor in that letter to his brother,
part or it on personal matters.
But the reason for copying th
above Is to kite his version of the
historic Incident which probably
saved our" country from a third
war with Great Britain, and led
directly to th settlement of th
boundary question,- ratified Jun
15, 1345, by th United States
senate. - That Is saying a great
deal, but the facts Justify It.
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Jesse Applegat bullded wiser
than he knew. So did Mr. Mc
Loughlin. So 'did James Douglas,
afterwards first governor of Brit
ish Columbia, and knighted Sir
James Douglas.
Applegat having been chosen a
member of that little provisional
government legislature of IS
members, at an election ne aia
not attend, took th matter serW
ously. When th 13 assembled at
Oregon City, Applegate held that
there was no constitution; that
tha noonlA had never voted: that
tbe mass meetings of May 3 and
July 5. 1843, at cnampoeg, naa
no power to make a constitution,
and therefore, having no constitu
tional existence,, the legislature of
1844 was not a legal body, and
Its laws were therefore not bind
ing; nor were the laws passed"be
tweeu June 21 and Jul? 5 by the
1345 legislature. He held there
must be a vote of the people; won
his point, and the 1845 legislat
ure' adjourned July 5 until Aug
ust 6, and called the election for
the last Saturday In July. All
that had been done at Champoeg.
and tbe laws passed In 184 4 and
in the tew days of th 1345 legis
lature prior to adjournment.-'were
submitted to th people. They
adopted it all. by a majority vote
of about 200. i "
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Jess Applegat had prepared a
new oath of of fie, and It was
adopted by that short first ses
sion of the 1845 legislator, read
I will support th organie laws of
lng: "X do solemnly swear that
th provisional government of
Oregon, as far as they are consis
tent with my duties as a citizen of
the United States or a subject of
Great Britain, and faithfully de
mean myself in office, so help me
God."
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This paved the way for an ap
proach to Dr. McLoughlin In ask
ing that his company com under
the protection of the provisional
government. Jesse Applegate was
the secretary of the committee of
revision, from which came the
organic law that was voted by the
people. H was on th apportion
ment committee, and the question
of .the district north of the Colnm
bia, and th officers to be" appor
tioned to It, was up. It was sug
gested that a private Interview be
had with Dr.-McLoughlin. Apple
gate was delegated by the com-
mtttee to make this contact.
This resulted in th Hudson's
Bay company making an agree
ment to come under th provi
sional government laws and pay
licenses and taxes. The formal
proposition was dated August 14,
184 5. in June, Dr. McLoughlin
had received an answer from the
London headquarters of his chart
ered company; an answer to his
appeal for armed protection for
nis company against th en
croachments of th Americans.
i S -Lieutenant
William Peel of the
British navy arrived at Port Van
couver a few days after this, bear
ing Information that the 15 Tea
sels of the nary pt his country In
Pacific waters wer available to
protect th property of th Hud
son's Bay company. Bat be found
that this company was then uader
th provisional government; that
th lion and the eagle were united
in th Oregon country. Peace had
spread her wings.
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Lieutenant Peel visited ' the
settlers here; Interviewed Jesse
Applegat at his log cabin Polk
county horn. He hastened back
to London, by the shortest route.
and reported to Sir Robert Peel, his
lather, premier of Great Britain.
That great statesman hurried
through th official channels of
his country the compact for the
settlement of the international
boundary, on parallel 49; it was
ratified by the United States sen
ate June 15, 1846.
That was the last great act of
Sir Robert Peel's official Ufe. and
of his natural lift, for he retired
from his high station In the
month of June, 1846, and his ac
cidental death cam about four
years later. With Joyful counten
ance h had announced to the
house of commons: "The govern
ments of two great nations have
by moderation, by , mutual com
promise, averted the dreadful ca
lamity of war."
And there v has existed since
then the longest International
boundary line in th world with
out a frowning fort; . extending
3000 miles between' the United
States and Canada.
Von Sternberg
Fined, Former
'Spouse Rebuked
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20
f AP) A $200 fine for Josef
Von Sternberg, motion picture
director, and a rebuke for his
former wife. Riza Royc. actress,
came today from Judge Lester W.
Roth In disposing of Miss Royce's
contempt proceedings against the
director for non-payment of ali
mony. Von Sternberg's attorney ar
gued the director delayed pay
ment of alimony In good faith be
cause Miss Royce had violated, a
property agreement by 'molest
ing and annoying her former
husband In filing a libel and al
ienation of affections in Its
against Marlen Dietrich, Ger
man screen actress.
.There were" 6355 miles Of ac
tual trunkline highways In Michi
gan, and 7770 miles of "deter
mined" trunkline roads. In 1930.
'The Mystery of Geraldine' B'Ate?
" Chapter XL
A strange meeting was held
that night at th boas on West
Seventieth street. .
So extraordinary was the gath
ering that, had they known, the
reporters would have descended
en mass on th hous of the
commissioner. fxantla at the
whispered reports, of new devel
opments in th Foster case. No
on would tell what was afoot
nor did they leam that all the
witnesses had been hurriedly
summoned and were now cor-
alled in one of th chambers on
the second floor of th commls
sioner's house. Among them wer
Mr. and Mrs. Foster and their
adopted son, Bruce, together with
Betty Canfield, Harry Armstrong,
Mrs. Haberhorn and several oth
ers who would not have been rec
ognized by the reporters at all ;
especially, a boy with buck teeth
a. vol able and protesting Ital
ian barber, -and a locksmith. The
doors of the house wer guarded
by patrolmen.
Bat an Infinitely stranger
gathering was held In the library
of the police commissioner.
In front of th desk sat George
Maskell, prim and precise, his
finger tips together, his chin lost
la his huge, upstanding collar.
Across from him sat his wife.
Katalle, looking pale and august
and . beautiful. Between them.
grim and -thoughtful, slouched
th prisoner. Doctor Humphreys
Maskell.
Facing this embattled trio
stood District Attorney Merle
Dougherty. his pudgy ' hands
clasped behind his back, his red
eurls rumpled, his blue eyes glit
tering. Dougherty refused to sit
down but stalked angrily back
and forth as it he found It diffl
cult to contain his Indignation at
these bizarre, and I unnecessary
proceedings. His marching raised
a wind that fluttered th leaves
of my not book, as I sat waiting
to stake a record of all that was
said and done.
Irregular Proceedings .
Tranquil and-mysterious. look
ing somberly. Upon them all.
Thatcher Colt suddenly appeared
at the little private door.
"Good evening." said the com
missioner, standing by his desk.
Before any one ' could reply.
Dougherty declared himself.
"I want to say, he blurted.
that I regard this entire pro
ceeding as entirely irregular.
Why are we here?"
As Thatcher Colt , busied him
self, with his pipe, he replied.
"To rehearse, step by step, the
murder of Geraldine Foster and
to accuse the actual criminal
whom I now have safely under
lock and key."
Dougherty's face flushed an
even deeper red.
'Then we are wasting time.
The actuav criminal is under ar
rest." he snarled. "If Doctor
Maskell Is not, as I understand
t, prepared to make a confes
sion "
"Confess to what?" Interrupted
Natalie Maskell. with spirit. "We
have made It very plain that our
client confesses to nothing."
Dougherty glared at th "she-
lawyer," as h once called her,
with a belligerent air.
"Sit down, Dougherty." coun
selled Thatcher Colt. In a placat
ing tone, "and let ni explain."
With his left arm slung up
over the back of th chair and
his blue eyes fixed like sentinel's
on the pale and Impassive face
of th prisoner. Dougherty blink
ed and -sat down.
"Shoot!" he exploded. Inele
gantly.
"I know who billed Geraldine
Foster." began Thatcher Colt,
promptly. His quiet voice was
free from all excitement. "I know
how Geraldin was killed, and
why. I am prepared to prove ev
ery statement I make as 1 lead
you after tbe killer from the
start. to the finish of this bloody
business."
He now turned his attention
directly to Dougherty.
"I wUl first tell you about Doc
tor Maskell." he said. "The doc
tor is the victim of an unfortun
ate marriage. He has never tried
o free himself from this vixen
ish- and parasitic woman until
he fell in love with Fellse Mor
gan. Hex marriage, too, was un
fortunate but she stayed on, out
of pity and loyalty to her mother-in-law.
It Is true that this man
and this -woman sinned in the
eyes of a conventional world. But
that was the only offense Doctor
Maskell committed except that
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ICAL.
Our ' American poets
have elevated us spir
itually as well as to
developed Love of
America in the hearts
of our citizens.
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Our Service ii at the Call of Every Citizen
Minded in Our Charges
"Baa?'i5'''',,a
he left for Reno, meaning - to
make preliminary arrangements
and -return for Fells, her little
girl and her mother-in-law. He
Intended , defraying all expenses,
procuring a double divorce, to be
followed by a marriage. That was
the reason this crime was com
mitted." . .
' Total Strangers
All of us drew our chairs a lit
tie closer to then. The three Mas-
kells looked .at -Thatcher Colt
with expreasions of puzzled land
eager interest, and anxious on
animity of emotion. Only Dough
erty sulked. .
"The killer of Geraldin Fos
fer." resumed Colt, "did not
know her. Slayer and victim were
unacquainted. They were' total
strangers.. They had no reason to
love or hate each other."
The rim of four faces, turned
toward Thatcher Colt, became as
Images of puzzled wonder. What
kind of mad theory was the police
commissioner about to suggest?
"Th motive was one free of all
animosity. Hate did not enter in
to the. crime. Neither did love.
Jealousy, or fear. None of the
grand emotions played a part.
There was never a ease that was
less of a crime of passion than
this. The . murder of Geraldine
Foster - was a cold-blooded, mathe-
matbical proposition.
"A cold-blooded axe-murder,"
fleered Dougherty." "That's
good one."
But Thatcher Colt went calmly
on: "From the-outset, there were
three malor .questions in this
murder. They were, as I stated.
in the beginning:
Why did the murderer use an
axe?
VWhy was the corpse denuded
of all . Its 'clothing, except for a
pillow case over tbe head?
"Who was the mysterious wo
man who met Doctor Maskell at
his office door after the murder
was done?"..
Having recited these three rid
dies, Thatcher Colt threw back
his head and permitted a plume
of lavendar tobacco smoke to
spiral upward from his lips, like
the nebula of a new world in the
process of being born.
"Those questions I had set my
self to answer," he continued.
They were vital because they
were so utterly ldlocratic. They
stamped the crime at once as pe
culiar and unique making, this
deed different from all other
dark deeds with which I am fa
miliar. Through them I felt cer
tain I could grope my way to all
other necessary facts." .
'And did you t" asked George
Maskel keenly.
'I did. I will begin with the
earliest planning of the crime
and see to what It leads us. We
will call our criminal simply X
We must be prepared to assume
that X is a person with a lust
for money, a mania quite as com
mon as any other mental disor
der, but not as well recognized as
In tha past, when.-we had honest
misers, and portrayed them in
melodrama. - Remember that X
is money crazy, for. gentlemen.
the murder - of Geraldine Foster
was don for money and nothing
else."
I coud feel a cold chill crawl
ing like a living creature through
my reins. - Th single statement
of, Thatcher Colt was horrible be
yond credence. .
How "do. you know that?"
asked Natalie Maskell. i'lt Is an
interesting, but hardly plausible
theory."
It is the logic of th whole ev
idence. I put It first, but I found
it last.-
"I would like to hear the facts
first," purred Dougherty with
covert sarcasm.
"Nevertheless, you will as
sume with me that our unknown
character. X', was money crazy!
bome time within the last two
years X' suddenly conceived a
brilliant scheme. It had a touch
of genius, which Is to say. of mad
ness. By the death of .Geraldine
Foster, X' foresaw gain. The
temptation must have been- no,
plainly It was Irresistable. -""
"I do not -know how long It
took to hatch this cunning and
blood-thirsty notion. But I am
sure that even the most consum
mate schemer would be unable to
lay it out In all its perfect detail
without months,- perhaps- years
of thought. For it was put to
gether with the patient perfection
of Chinese puzzle boxes. Finally,
s all fitted. The scheme was com
plete. It was ready for execution.
So far. all sheer assumption!"
St sTuoito MtDioNt mntm
AtyPiATfR RETURNED 10 BOSTON.
HIS PRACTICE
muom soon
HIS mDKAl
WRITINOS
t IVASMADt
MrMAl SCHOOL
in &m ANt
LKTUKB UNIX
l882.'H0wtVtR.AvfiT PART .
Of HU TIM WAS Sp&NT IM
WRIT I NO
l - - - W.T. RtGOON.PRES.' . .
i - O Ol -
remarked Dougherty.
Means te aa End
- "For the accomplishment of
4 hlsrlme. It became necessary
for .X to obtain a sample of the
handwriting of Geraldine Foster.
This was elaborately managed.
Out of the West came a letter for
Geraldin Foster a, single gene
alogical Inquiry, from one Mr.
Ephraim Foster. Apparently some
old fanatic on the snhwt nr ft,-
Foster family tree was" trying to
- - v. BMwuc-a auu in mm lier--
aldine was a new twig, in his
very first letter he assurad her
that she -was descended from a
line of kings. Fascinated by th
thought that she had royal b!oo?
In her veins, Geraldine replied
to the letter. Several exchangei
followed and then Geraldine.
heard from. the genealogist no
more. . All her letter, v.ra re
turned.
"Now it happens that I was
able to find the original letter to
Geraldine Foster frtsm
Foster. Geraldine haA turned Ir
over to her parents, as ahey were
curious about it, too. With this
clue in my hand, I sent a wire to
in enter, or ponce in th little
town of WHIoughby, Kans., from
which the " letter came. Through
the local police, I had the postof
fice box' traced. Thus I learned. '
with" considerable amazement,
that th box was rpnts.i in tha
.Willoughby postoffice by a trm-
Biwu visitor to a nearby town -one
who came there about five
months -ago. staved a few xrpk.
and then departed, suddenly and
mysteriously, never to be heard
from again, and leaving no for
warding address. That vu in
August of last year.
"But from th Tinitmastor T
was at least able ta obtain a t.
scription of . the character whom
w now know as 'X' and also as
Ephraim Foster a descrfntfnn
which-may have been vague but
which was nevertheless astound
ing.' "For tTitk' TwisfmastAi- at TIM i
loUKhbv. Kans.. declared that th
so-called Ephraim Foster was a
woman;
"You look surorised 'TVlU
feel more astonished if I tell you
t was not surprised. That I had
eXDected to find that th nuical.
ogist who wrote Geraldine wort
skirts.
"When TOU know all th sfnrr
yoa will know that from my
iirst examination of the house oa
Peddler"s Road. I suspected that
the mifrderer did nn, rfn a.
v -j - a
man. And already a suspicion of
wno this clever X' might be
leaped into mv mind fnr i
told that the one person to whom
I might ascribe a motive a wo
man was out ofwNew York dur
i ... . . .
tug 111 Ol AUgUSI.
(To Be- Continued Tomorrow)
New Views
"Would y6u favor a commun
ity chest for1 Salem?" This was
the question asked yesterday by
Statesman reporters.
Verne D. Bain, superintendent
of schools. Wood burn : "It would
be a good thing, I believe. Want
me to run one?"
Douglaa McKay, automobile
dealer: "Tea, by all means." .
Mrs. Or Mclntyre, instructor: ,
If th people were thoroughly
educated as to the functioning of
various organizations represented ;
In the community chest and would
subscribe conscientiously with this
understanding, I thing the com
munity chest would be a very fine
thing." -
F. G. Deckebarli, creamery op
erator: "If it works as well as it
does in some other places, I think
it would be the . proper thing to
do." r
F. G. Delano, real estate ageot :
"I certainly would!"
Julian Frescott, of Orchard
Heights: "Yes, if straight charity
groups' participate. ?so. If iso?
Scouts, T. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. are included. I think there
would be objections If these thre
were in the chest.
Dr. John L. Lynch, osteopath :
"Yes, I would favor a cocimunit?-
cheat. All are working In th
same direction and it Concentrates
the efforts." -
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Biographies in
Miniature
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Holmes -
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