TAGS FCUH
-v- - a a a 9 - am j aww a tu - ay m. a w Vf awm. - .
It aV . ivs- r, - - llll W : 111 hfdf'q Hftw ! n. rncnw rll nm n n -; ' r i ! d a.. .1:. I
tui'iHiuii it v-.r- -t ? o o I iii- VI isirTV rr 1 ti F-r; in in -
"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Aws"
From First SUtesma. March 28. 1851 !
' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
HChaeles A. Snucuc, Shixdon F. Sacjh.ii, Publitkert
i Chauxs A. Spiaccs - Editor-Manager
Shixdon F. Sackett - - - . Managing Editor '
- . Member of U Associated Pres
Tb AMOcUtel Pr- Is sxchistrwly cnUtted to th P;
tioa of mil Dews disrate be credited to U or not sthsrwlss credKt4 l
thU pspfc - mL
Pacific Coast AdTrtisia EepresenUUTes: j
Arthur W. BlTV. Ine, PortUa4. Wit.
Bn Frsjieiscsv Sbaroa BW.: Los Ancel. W. Pso. Bid.
. Eastern Advertising Representative ; .
Ford-Parsons-Stecher, ' Ine, Kir Tork. 171 ICsdUoa Ats.
Entered at t PtetoffUe at Salem, Oregon, a Secon4-Clas
Matter. Published ever morning except Monday. Baetneaa
office. tIS S. Commercial Street. , !
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I
Uaa Subscrtptlos lUt Advre Within Orjtn I DjUlr
Gn Crazy Legislafaon
THELexUtinn imjiuwe between the counties of Oregon and
the state government over payment for the care of non
violent insane affords adequate illustration of hasty, care
leSi legislation. In an impassioned desire to lower state
taxes the 1931 legislature hurried through a law which loads
onto the counties a $20 monthly charge for its insane pa
tients in the state hospital, unless the uggS
in passing the charge along to the relatives of the afflicted
The legislature overlooked two major considerations.
First at the same time it was unloading its costs on the
counties, it appropriated funds for running the state hospi
tal as in former bienniums. Second, it strengthened exist
ing budget laws which forbid county courts to spend money
except as budgeted. By these two circumstances the un-
... j lt A. is, oaf nn tnH nf T Vl P RflTTlft time
I aim ess 01 aouuie wawu o r . . - .
no legal means is provided to the counties for paying the
taxation, even were it not double. ' . J . ,
The result will be litigation to test the new law and
probably a decision that it is invalid. Ben Wing, who did
the North End work in Portland for Meier, before election,
may find himself out of a job, at least until a succeeding
legislature can unravel the snarls in this latest piece of new
legislative yarn. it' . !
The idea of making relatives of insane' patients bear the
cost whenever possible has been worked with success in
other states and has merit. Passing the ost3 along to the
counties is false economy. It is another of those moves like
free high school transportation and free texts; they are
without cost to the state government and appease the lob
byists at the legislature but the county budget is swelled
and the tax bird of passage comes home to roost on the
already over-burdened county budget.
Woodward Again I
WILLIAM F. "GRANDPA" WOODWARD has just cauce
to complain about the H. C. of Running Circuit Courts.
In his latest half-column protest to a Portland paper he
tells of long vacations, of a year's sick leave enjoyed on fun
pay of clogged dockets and inactive bailiffs and clerks, and
lays the blame at the feet of Multnomah j county's circuit
judges. j . .
- Any observer of judicial practice knows that the circuit
judge is the favored son of the jurists. He has regular
terms of court but postponements, settlements and non
suits cut the average docket into less than half of its an
nounced length. . The intervals between court terms are
long. Much of the matter which comes to his attention be
tween the terms is of routine, quickly handled nature.
In actual work handled the county judge, and in Marion
county the justice of the peace, has more demands upon
his time. The county judge is head of the county court, ad
ministering a 1,081,000 annual budget. He is head of all
probate work in the county. He administers the poor relief
. law and is juvenile court judge. The justice of the peace
gets the great bulk of the everyday offenders; the drunk
ards, speeders, small thieves and the men who will not sup
port their families. He turns out a grist of petty civil cases.
- Yet the compensation of these classes of judicial officers
is widely dissimilar. Circuit judges with all the prerequisites
of extended vacations and irregular hours in this district
receive $6500 annually. In certain districts in the state the
compensation is higher. I
The county judge, with his responsibility, draws the sal
ary of a good clerk $150 a month. The justice of the peace
Van Hailv rmirt for $200 a month. I !
Of course there's a reason.
organized. In the 1929 legislature Deiore tne slump came,
they had a lawyer's lobby to push , up the ' salary schedule.
wit tawvpr denendincr so much . UDon his circuit Judge,
could afford to oppose the
judgeship to most attorneys is legal paradise, the possible
climax to a career at the bar. If it should be achieved the
higher salary would not go amiss.
We want good courts and we want good circuit judges.
To obtain them, laziness or inefficiency need not be tol
erated nor need salaries be kept so far out of line with
other responsible, judicial positions. I r
Stars m the Summer Sky
TTfTHILE a fog of gloom encompasses the! economic firma-
ft ment ine wona axouna, in oaiem me sun auu sutn
jire both shining. Were there complete protection from the
. nrtvorca rotvirta -fi-Am oxtrnl tvint this rftv And CAffl.
munity might feel comparatively untouched by bad times.
But it appears fashionable to talk depression, just as op
! erations, bridge, the weather and new styles are favorites of
i many a social gathering. Salem should ban1 the fashion.
For example, Salem's industries are in1 good shape. Its
larrest industry, the Oregon Puly & Paper -company, grinds
on steadily, with one added machine from a year ago' and
a total payroll almost up to 1930 totals. Each cannery just
now is operating and while the pack will not be a bumper
one or the prices high, there is a pack, a large one, and
thousands of workers are busy on pears- and peaches, soon
to be followed by prunes. ! i
That old stalwart of Salem's income, the state payroll,
has been httle untouched and the addition of departments
formerly in Portland has easfly compensated for any slight
reductions made by the present administration. Willamette
university faces the largest enrollment in its history
wJH?e liaJ whJat-i3Jow hay cheap and hogs and
JFnnT64 Vy1 But dT highland onions are
.f??' l hfs gone P markedly.! Hops are not bad
SLrftf nd 5 walnuts and filberts, both in
q if Md f to write cast about.
. Salem dare not be a naive PoDyanna thinking the sky is
not a whit pvercast-not with the worst famin? in genera!
tions in China, or real distress in our own Industrial east
and cotton i growing: and wheat raising middlewest. On the
other hand Salem would n nnr. o Y i
. ... .
ZJST'
w.. in me nation.
The circuit judges are better
raise? Moreover, jthe circuit
v"& .iui tiuuiro to Tail
ta h "i" "rit .bin.
i
By C. C. DATJER. M. D.
Marios Commty Heahh rp.
ThU is not lateaded to bo aa
article oa moral but to point
out the Importance of training
tho feet, la
other word to
walk wlta the.
t o o e straight
ahead, to4as;
neither out nor
In. A alight
amount of tho
latter la to be
preferred to
tho former.
Turning ' tho
toe - oat In
walk! as
throws tho
weight oa tho
inner side - of
tho .foot and
r. a o. orasr often tends to
produce the condition known as
rut foot. The foot Is not really
flattened nor hare tho archee ac
tually broken down, but the mus
cle of the lot have been . so
strained that they are no longer
able to hold tho foot in an an
right position. t
Toeing out even when there Is
a high arch 1 very apt to lead to
some. breaking down of the norm
al structures of the toot and con
sequent pain In tho legs or feet.
A person may have a very low
arch and still hare a normal foot
that gives rise to no discomfort.
Such people should not bo misled
by ill-ad vised suggestions that
they wear arch supports. i
Children Should Learn Right
Children when learninr to walk
should bo watched to see that
they do not toe out. Soft nllable
shoes or better still, no shoe st
all, will make It mack easier for
tho child to walk correctly. En
couraging the baby to walk
straight and also to walk on the
toes will cause tho muscles of the
foot to develop correctly.
Many parents are often con
cerned about tho absence of a
well developed arch In the child's
foot when it begins to walk.
Tear old babies have not. devel
oped an arch but If they are
aught to walk correctly and are
not hampered by improper shoes,
the arch will develop in due time.
"Straight" Shoes Bet ;
Children should wear only
shoes that are "straight" on the
Inside, that Is so that the Inside
of tho heel is directly back of tho
great toe. Both sole and upper
should be flexible enough to per
mit the foot to bend easily for
walking. The heel, if any, should
bo low and wide.
Another essential for straight
walking Is to see that the child's
health and general condition In
every way Is normal, made so by
proper food, a sufficient number
of hours spent In sleep and out of
door and other health habits.
What baattti pro'bleau bsts yout If
! sbTt srticls rsiMS say qnrattoa is
yaar mine, writs that a,ati est sod
m it sitkar ts Tbs Stataasass ar taa
atari aoBty dpartairt of kamlta. Tka
aaawve arill appear is this eolnmn. Kama
ahI4 V atfnad. bat will set ba sae ia
FOUR PER GENT
OF SALES HERE
Salem .Retail Stores Have
That Portion of State
Total Says Census
Four hundred and forty retail
store la . Salem make approxi
mately one twenty-fifth of. tho
l4t0.170.C47 In total sales hand
led by the 14.C40 stores In Ore
gon,, according to a summary of
tho 1930 retail distribution in
Oregon released by tbo federal
bureau of census. Tho 440 Salem
stores report an animal business
of $17,959,907. x .
Retail sale per capita for ' the
state in 1930 totaled 4 8 2.50, as
compared to an approximate per
capita o,l82 retail sales by Sa
lem merchants.
In tho state, the automotive
group leads all, other store groups
with 22.5 per cent of the total re
tali business; and the same group
leads ia Salem with S3 establish
ments reporting 2J pr cent of
the total retail business.
Tho food group does tho same
percentage, 22, of business In the
stat as In Salem. Ther are IS
kinds of food business la Ore
gon with J.944 store soiling
X101.75S.200 to consumers, as
compared to 115 food stores In
Sslem doing a business of 32,
941.69S. MerrhAndislnjr t
State Ranks Third
In the state, the ceneral mer
chandise business ranked thtrd
with 551 store. .Fifteen general
nerchandiso houses la Salem to
ported $1,71,S in sales. ;
Four per cent of the state's re
tall business, or lS,ltf.9SS, is
don by tho furniture and house
hold group of store, which num
ber 4 21. In Salem, there ar 1C
such stores , doing a business of
3i.043.7is. : .:
Oregon has S2S apparel stores,
including 18 kinds which do a
business of 317.C92.5S9. Salem
has 44 of these stores, handling
31,537.284 worth of business and
employing 141 people full time.
Of tho 5S7 drug stores over
tho state, 311 bar fountains.
Beside stores already mentioned
in Oregon there ar 815 lumber
and building yards and store
with totsl sales nearly thirty mil
lion dollars; 231 feed stores; 159
coal and wood yards. 14 9 cigar
stands. Si eigar'stores with foun
tains, 1S8 cigar store without
fountains, 234 jewelry stores and
144 radio stores and 94 florists.
Ther are 283 second hand stores
in tho state., - ;.. -.;; .
" Ah, hsnoryears! Ones more
Who WOUld nt ha tutvf"
Byron. -
-4 ;
,
V : . fe
Daily Thouglit
r
f
1
-I
, Tests SHow-vf
HOustWtVf.5 tM A CERTAIN
ILAS.CC CITY- saOHiMC Co
. TRft- CITY AAMUSJ4.Y.
Tomorrow: Loop
BITS for BREAKFAST
By It. J. HENDRICKS
Mistakes of history:
In th course of his "Recollec
tions" reprinted in tho new
book, "Th Oregon Trail,' of
Maude Applegate Rucker, Jesse A.
Applegate, nephew of tho original
Jesse Applegate, made this state
ment: "Th town of Oervais now
stands on th sit of the old mis
sion." Of course, it does not. It
stands several miles east of th
site of the old mission. Gervals
was not started, until 1870, after
tho completion of th Oregon &
California railroad, (now th
Southern Pacifle) to that point;
and it was built on the land of
the father of State Senator Sam
Brown. It was named Gervais
only because that nam was his
toric. The bouse of Joseph Ger
vais, two miles belcr tho old mis
sion, was on tho Willamette riv
er. The Nervals hous figured
largely In the events of tho Ore
gon country of tho early days.
Th famous "wolf meeting" was
held there, and at that gathering
was appointed th committee that
called tho Cbampoeg meeting that
authorised tho formation of the
provisional government.
B
It Is strange that Jess A.
Applegate should hat mad
such a mistake. As a boy, he
spent the wlLter of 1843-4 at tho
old mission, with the wnoio Ap
plegate clan, attended school for
several months there, and remain
ed ther with his peopl until
after harvest In 1844, when they
moved to the Salt creek district.
Polk county, northeast of tho site
of Dallas, thence a few years later
to southern Oregon.
More than that. Jess A.
Applegate cam back from south
ern Oregon, to the Willamett val
ley, after he had grown to man
hood, studied law, and practiced
at Dallas and in Salem. In th
sevenUes he lived with his family
on the south side of Court street,
west of Front. His residenc was
near th historic tall tower of th
water works, a wood frame atrue
tur lifting the 170.000 gallon
tank 80 feet above tho ground.
In times of high?" vine', the
frame work of the tower creaked
and the tank swayed, scaring the
householder. In that block almost
out of their wits. R. P. Boise of
Salem remembers one night in tho
seventies when Jesse A. Apple
gate fled from his home and took
refuge in a hotel room. Later,
ho moved with his family from
the house by the tall tower and
they afterwards lived In tho east
ern section of Salem. He con
tinued a galemlte until about
18SJ.
W
But Jesso A. Applegate was not
the only man writing early Oregon
history, who made a mistake. All
made them. Some mad many.
Bancroft, usually reliable, was In
th latter class. There is not a
single record or history ; written
up to the past few years in ref
erence to th old mission, th Ger
vals house, and the formation of
the provisional- government, that
is without mistakes.
m S
. Ther were really three provi
sional governments. Th first,
under Rev. David Leslie, appoint
ed justice ef tho peaco by Jason?
Le In 133S. Lesllo -ordered ar
rests, held trials, gav Judgments.
The second -a tho one organized -Feb.
IS. .1841, with Dr. Ira L.
Babcock as supremo judge, and
with a coterie of trader officers.
That government settled the es
tate of Ewing Toung, provided
tho money to build the first Jail,
out of the estate funds, and gen
erally carried on la a satisfactory
and orderly manner, until what is
now known as tho Oregon provi
sional government was authorised
at Chsmbpojg Msy 2, 1341 set
in motion at tho same place July
5 of the same year, and all of its
acts' and 'those that fIloed ra
tified by a vote of tho people tho
last Saturday In July, 1845.
: Bancroft wrote: A committee
of arrangements called a mass
meeting of tho settlers to bo held
at the Methodist mission th 17th
and 18th of : February, 1841."
That Is not what happened. Ther
was an informal meeting at that
mission Feb. 7, to talk over a
provisional government. Eight
days later Ewing Toung died, at
nis home on the Chehalem. Two
days Ister, tho 17th, the funeral
was held, at the grave side, a few
(f
if
Mi
A
77-
CoAa. caKMe4a . ;
wu (pwwReK.!
W r tf-vww jy. .
- - Aft S aa SB3 -
octMasi
ikert sasm
HCHnTATIMt
na ca.TMM rrt(
O MIAMI PC !OmU
Front the Ground.
yards from tho Toung house. Ja
son Leo conducted th 'funeral
services. The rites over, ho In
vited those present to tarry and
consider th formation of a gov
ernment, because Young . left a
large property and there were no
known heirs. Preliminary work
towards forming a- civil govern
ment was done there, the ' pro
ceedings reduced to writing, and
the meeting adjourned until tho
next morning at tho old mission:
Jason Lee being entrusted with
the written record, to report at
the meeting the next day. At that
meeting, Feb. 18, a provisional
government was formed, with Dr.
I. L. Babcock tho supremo judge.
a set of officers chosen to act
under him. and he Instructed to
proceed under the laws of New
Tork.
m
Bishop James W. Bashford,
one of tho most reliable and par
ticular of all the writers of early
Oregon history, said: "At the
close of the funeral all present
were asked to tarry and complete
the plans discussed Feb. T. The
meeting, like tho funeral, wss
held at tho Methodist church, and
Jason Leo was again chosen to
preside." There was no Metho
dist church in tho Oregon coun
try then; unless tho Methodist
mission (the old mission) might
be called a church; which it really
was. But the funeral was at th
Young grave side, many miles
away (six miles northeast of the
presnt JJewberg.)
s. V ia
Bashford gives a correct record
of the meeting of tho next day.
Feb. IS. But he does not name
the place. He evidently did not
know; els h would hav been
sure to giv it.
Bashford also gives The meet
ing that set the provisional gov
ernment in motion as May S
(1843). Instead of July 5. Ho
was badly mixed on 'that point.
Dr. C. H. Chapman, president
of tho University of Oregon, write
a fairly good short history of Ore
gon, published In 1909. Here
are a few words from it: "In; the
winter of 1811-2 . . . Ewing
Young died, . . . leaving a consid
erable estate with no heirs pres
ent la Oregon to claim it. . . . At
Young's funeral a call was issued
for a general meeting on Feb. 14,
1841," etc., etc. He evidently
did not know tho date of Young's
death. It surely was not "in the
winter of 1841-2." And there had
been no call for tho Feb. 17 meet
ing at tho funeral. - Throughout
his account of those proceedings.
Dr. Chapman was i confused as to
dates, plaees and events.
la V
But they all did it; even the
best of them.
Do you favor enforcement of
present prohibition - statutes? If
not. what do you favor Instead of
so-called prohibition?" Statesman
reporters - yesterday asked this
question. ,,
Lowi Laclunand. hop aaxl stor
age business: "I believe in - the
enforcement of all laws. But I
would like to see the present pro
hibition laws repealed, tho Vol
stead act modified to permit' us
of beer and light wines."
. Mrs. John F. Shlppv boose
wife: "Why. I certainly do favor
enforcement. In some ways. I'd
like to so th law modified."
Mr. Ores rWrmUo. 90O3 Mar
ket street t "Yes, X favor it, but
it is not. intensive enough. No
doubt much better work could be
don If enough people favored it.
It needs to bo worked harder."
O. Smith, rajM-her: "I don't
favor th presentNf jsiem, or lack
of system. It X knew what would
solve tho problem I wouldn't be
on a farm.":
C Fleckler, snacbinist: "The
present plan 1 all wrong. More
peopl are drinking now than ev
er before partly because of the
laws." . j
K. Wlgsnaa, laborer: "It prop
erly enforced they might work.
but tho present law is too len-
lent."
s
M
IV:
urn x . w
m a M aSBBSSa . bspbv
-ir5y r
New Views
CH APTER XLIX
"At a little attar t o'clock that
afternoon, X arrived at th of
fice of Doctor Mask!!. I do not
know what paased -between tho
two. but It la not hard to guess.
A woman cam to Geraldjno Foo
ter with a pretended message, a
summons from Doctor Maskeu.
She accompanied that woman.
bringing tho bottles which tho
doctor had requested and thus
was lured to her plac of execu
tlon. It must have been some
thing, argent to Impress tho mind
of Geraldlno Foster so much so
that she agreed to go . with this
stranger, carrying those bottle
with her. In a private ear they
drove uptown. So. much wo know.
Now wo have to draw' again upon
our telepathic or deductive pow
ers. 'X and Gsraldine entered
th house. No sooner was the
door closed than tie woman bade
Geraldlno sit down and wait. Th
woman went upstairs, taking the
bottles. - There she emptied them
Into th tab and turned th spig
ot oa. But no identifiable thumb
prints or finger prints show -on
the highly polished spigot. Tho
woman had clearly put on gloves.
"now. this mysterious woman
did an apalllng thing and for a
highly practical reason. She took
oft every stitch of clothing and
came downstairs naked, axe in
hand.
"Perhaps you have guessed
why th murderess elected to do
her awful deed while she herself
was naked. - There was a lot of
blood flying through tho dark air
of that little house. Her clothes
must not bo spattered. So she was
nude, and afterward she stood in
tho shower and washed herself."
"Good God!" breathed Dough
Yesterdays
... Of Old Salem
Towa Talk front The States
man of Rarlter Days
Anrnt 23, 1BOO
LONDON, Aug. 24 President
Roosevelt's decision to adopt re
formed spelling in his messages
and executive correspondence Is
commented -on by London news
papers thjs morning in anything
but a sympathetic spirit.
W. F. Hodges, Silverton .cob
bler, found notes and valuable
papers to the amount of 3425 ia
a pair of old shoes which were
brought to him to be repaired.
Reports from pretty reliable
sources indicate that within -an
other year Salem will lose ono of
its most valuable industries, the
Oregon Nursery company. The
plant and business is to be moved
to a 700 aere ranch in Washing
ton county.
I August S3. 1921
At 1 o'clock. yesterday tho last
spoonrul of concrete was laid
completing tho . south-of-Salem
section of the Pacifie highway
leading towards Jefferson. It Is
8.57 miles long. 18 feet wide.
The famous Lake Labish vege
table loam has become limited
from burning brush and all ef-
lorts to extinguish it with loose
dirt hare proven unavailing.
Washington, Aug. 24 Con
gress took a recess tonlzht until
September 21. without a rote by
me senate on a bill prohibiting
manufacture and sale of beer to
the sick.
HOME ISSIOflHf
Auxiliaries of District
Gather at First M.
Church Here Friday
Will
E.
The auxiliaries of. the Salem
district. Woman's Home Mis
sionary society, will hold a dis
trict rally Friday, from 10 a. m..
to 4 p. m., in tho First M. E.
church hero. . 0
Several out of town speakers
will be present. All women Inter
ested in the work of the W. H. M.
S. aro invited to attend. The pro
gram follows:
10:00 a. m. DeTotions. Mrs.
Hugh Fouke. .-
10:30 a. m. Finance round
table. "To Do or Not To Do. That
is the Question", Mrs. E. J. Maple.
11:00 a. m. Department con
ferences. ,
11:45 a. m. New literature.
Mrs. A. F. Jack. ,
12:00 m. Our plans at Man-
ley Community center. Miss Mable
Keech. - j r
12:30 p.'m.-r-Lunch.
1:30 song. Prayer. Mrs. B.
E. Parker.
1:45.- Demonstration. W. H.
M. Work among children and T.
P., Jason Leo auxiliary. .
2: 15?--What tho auxiliary can
do tohelp in Y. P. work . this
year Mrs. Mason Bishop.
1 10 What the 'Anxillarr Can
Do to Help ltf Children's Work
this Year, Mrs. E. C. Miller,
z: a lesson from "Th
Challenge of Change", Mrs. H. L.
Reed.
3:00 Dos and Don'ts in Home
Missionary. Problems Round Ta
ble Discussion and Question Box.
Mrs. H. Peterson.
J:45 Closing devotions. Mrs.
Ratcliff. Song. "I shall Not Pass
This Way Again", , Mrs. Arlio
Walker. Hymn.
Miss Baird Now
At City Library
Miss Helen Baird yesterday
took over her duties as the new
children's librarian at the city li
brary, filling tho vacancy left by
Miss Nellie Roe. who left August
15 to be married. . Miss Baird
has just, completed a course in
Ibrary methods at Western Re
serve university, Cleveland, O.
She is a graduate of Willamette
university and last summer stu
died at the University of Wash
e p
RALLY SOON
ington. . . .
rty, crossing himself. -
A Fiendish Crime
"At th time exactly fixed by
tho battered wrist-watch, X the
blood-thirsty '. woman, without
warning fell upon poor Geraldine
Foster with tho axe. The girl was
literally hacked to . death prob
ably not until after .many blows
was her skull crushed In. Her
screams were unheard. There was
a furious . struggle. Tho room
showed that plainly enough when
at last wo got there. But the deed
Was done. Geraldine was killed,
"Lifting tho still warm and
bloody body. ' the .naked murder
ess carried it upstairs and laid it
on tho bathroom floor. Crossing
then to the upstairs bedroom be
cause she heard a noise. JC' en
countered an apparition. A boy
was looking In at her' from the
hail window. The room was dark,
Identification was hardly possible
Nevertheless, someone had seen
Instantly the clever mind of this
mad creatdre worked out tho so
lution. The boy turned and fled
but tho woman tell to work. The
body would bo stripped anyhow,
for the soaking In tho tub. But
before burial X would have
dressed it again, had It not. been
tor this accident. Instead, the
body was buried nude, and If that
boy over testified, ho would be
lieve it was Geraldine he saw
and not the murderess.
"That was the reason" Geral
dine Foster was found nude, and
her blood-soaked clothes found In
the dark corner of the closet in
Doctor Haskell's suite. The mur
deress put them there. She drove
back to Washington square ana
ODened that office with Gerald
ine's key. She carried the clothes
Inside and planted them - where
they wbuld eventually be found
and nunr tne coat ana purse con
soicuously on a hook. Then she
came out of 'he office, locked the
door and was about to leave
when suddenly and here I guess
she remembered having left
something Inside. She had to wait
until the doctor came before she
came in and she' ran a fearful
risk of recognition. The doctor,
however, did not recognize her
it was dark and there was .. an
other reason, too. . .
"But,, my friends, the woman
will bo rocognised. I found traces
which led .me to her bys devious
but certain steps. The first clue
was a hair from a rvman s head
I have it here." j
From his desk drawer Thatch
er Colt drew out two envelopes
both marked with the word
"Hair". We watched with fascin
ated Interest. The tale he told us
had stirred us all deeply. Dough
erty was the first to' Vend over
the desk, his face washed free of
all cheapness of jealousy almost
of all doubt. Indeed, as he leaned
on his elbows to see what Thatch
er Colt had now to show. Natalie
Maskell and her husband were
keen and alert. Even Doctor Mas
kell stirred from his . deep leth
argy, leaned forward . ana
watched.
"This first envelope." said
Colt, holding it up. "contains
hair I took from the hair-net of
Geraldine Foster the night 1 first
visited' her apartment. I kept It
because I might need It if her
body were found and identifica
tion proved difficult. This other
hair I found on tbo floor, where
it had fallen from the head of the
murderess,, probably during the
struggle."
Opening the second envelope.
Colt drew out a long almost in
visible strand of hair. It was of
a medium blonde.
The Murderer
"I may tell you." added the
commissioner, "that the murder
ess has sine had her hair dyed
If - you -look among all tho pos
sible suspects, you will not find
the counterpart of this hair. But
now I will show you a third ex
hlbit." ' .
The silence was almost deaf
ening in Its effect as .Thatcher
Colt drew out a third envelope
Then-from a lower, deeper draw
er, ho took out a long, thin glass
tube on a low pedestal, a hydro
static tub such as 'Is used by
chemists. It was. filled with a
colorless liquid.
"Recently", explained Colt.
managed by stealth to obtain sev
eral hairs from the head of the
woman I suspect of killing
Geraldlno Foster. I took a leaf
from the brown book I went to
her own beauty -parlor, and bribed
girl there just as she had
gone to .Doctor Maskell's barber.
and obtained a cutting for an
equally deadly purpose. Here is
one of her hairs a dark and
lovely auburn. But Observe when
I drop it into this chemical that
the dye talis away."
Wo watched that demonstra
tion in utter silence. Th tiny
strand of hair fell almost unseen
into the chemical, and then the
water became discolored. After a
moment Thatcher. Colt drew out
thehair and dropped it across
his sleeve and beside it he laid
the one found on the scene of the
Lerime.
They were a perfect match.
"Good God!" cried .Dougherty
again. "Who is the . woman,
Colt?"
Th ' police commissioner
shrugged his shoulders.
"Even . such an identification
as this might not convince a
ury," 1 ho . temporised, "but for
tunately I found "another. In the
bathroom, of the murder-house
was a face cloth. It had scarlet
stains on it. They .might have
been taken for blood stains, but
they were not.". They were the
Hand Ringworm, AthJotsr'a Foot
..TOir uffr. from the queer skit
elseas causinr severe Itching ol
Joes and feet, cracking, peeling; akin
blisters. Ring wona. Trench- Foot ei
Crotch Itch, when you can arold in
faction end quickly neaj your a kit
with Dr. Nixon' NlxodermT Beset
o th famous English Hospital for
mula. isovere by a leadtar Loo
den ski specialist. Dr. Nixon7 Nix
derm ecte with a mart a pood. ba.
" mdror thla parties Lai
kin diaaaaa. Nlxoderm la ajuaran
teed. It BBUst stop itch end quickly
beal your skla or th small cost Of
b refunded. .
PERRY'S
DRUG STORE
113 S. Commercial ,
tains of a lipstick. At some cost
to th department, I had those
stains analysed a delicate and
lengthy task and I compared
them with tho dried pieces of lip
stick taken from the lips of
Geraldine Foster they lad been
fixed there in a crust by the tan
nic add. I found that the lipstick
used by Geraldine Foster was a
Corday product, but the one used
by th murderess -was from Coty.
George MaskeH nodded bis
head tragically.
"And you have found tho Coty
lipstick on the woman yon sus
pect?" he asked in a strange
voice. , ,
"I " have," said Thatcher Colt.
"I observed her stick one day
when he dropped it In this very
room."
. Natalie J Maskell, rising, was
pale as snow and smiling
strangely, ;.
"Do you accuse mo of murder
ing Geraldine Foster?" she cried.
"I do." said Thatcher Colt.
"And you did it with an axo be
cause no one would connect a wo
man with such a weapon i"
Georgo Maskell struggled pa
thetically to his feet, an old and
beaten man, and tried to take his
stand beside his wife. Dougherty,
too, stood up, staring unbeliev
ingly Into the face of this calm
woman, this banshee., scorning
the rest of us. even in this hour
of terrible disclosure. Doctor
Maskell stared up at her in hor
ror, but she had eyes only for
Thatcher Colt.
"I have saf'hero and listened,
divining! to what you were lead
ing," she mocked. "But I have
yet to hear the motive."
"Your! father-in-law has not
long to live. He will bequeath
millions of dollsrs to each of his
two sons. But If one son dies, th
other gets all. You wanted all.
You are! mad money-mad." said
Thatcher Colt, In solemn and ac
cusing tones,
j She. laughed balefully.
"You are very clever, Mr.
Colt." she cried, "but you must
admit it was a pretty plan."
"To have the state kill the man
you wanted to get rid off It is a
clever, but not arnew device."
"Indeed? 9ut you have not
won, yet. Mr. Colt."
' And Natalie Maskell sat down
and hegan to laugh, most hor
ribly, shaking her shoulders and
quivering. Divining her terrible
meaning, Thatcher Colt rushed to
themediclne cabinet in his dres
sing room. while Humphrey
Maskell sprang to the side of the
woman who would have de
stroyed him. But she was already
beyond the need of a doctor and
notoneiof us had noticed when
she swallowed the poison tablet,
half-way through Colt's explana
tion. 1 1
By the time Thatcher Colt had
returned, the murderess of Geral-.
dine Foster lay. beautiful and un
conscious; on the floor. An hour
later she was dead. .
To the astonishment of all
New York, on the following day
Doctor i Humphrey Maskell wa's
suddenly released from the
Tombs. The Indictment against
him was squashed, the case set
tled. and Dougherty made a
handsome statement fn -arfcfoh hm
completely exonerated the laughw
ing physician of Washington
Square.
"Then, who did kill Geraldine
Foster?" howled t newspapers.
"What Is going n behind th
scenes of tho district i attorney's
and the police commissioner's of
fices ?"
They never knew. The- facts
were rigidly withheld. They are
given here now because the prin
cipals who would have suffered
needlessly from the publication
of the facts are beyond all harm.
George ' Maskell, a broken man,
has at last been laid In his grave,
solaced until, the last by the
knowledge that the terrible' crime
of the woman he had trusted was
never revealed. -
. The Next Ylctim ! 1
As he went to her funeral. 1
could see by the look he f iied oa
the' coffin that he realized the
truth. If Natalie Maskell had suc
ceeded in her "terrible desisra. it
would have been only a little
while before her own husband
would have leen the next victim.
Then all the money would have
oeen hers. As it was, she was the
first to be buried.
Doctor Hu-nphrey Maskell and
the, beautiful women he loved are -
thousands of leagues from Wash
ington Square today, married and
happy, having obtained divorces
in South America. With them are
the old mother-in-law that'Felise
would not desert, and little Doris
not so little any more. The hus
band of Fellse and the wife of
Maskell, who had stood between
them and happiness. live on.
without , the power to molest
tbem. ;
Bat all this lay In the future .
that night. When all the others
had gone and Thatcher Colt and
Iremained alone in the library of
the police commissioner, I con
gratulated my chief, and he
smiled a little sadly.
"Tony." he confessed- "1 feel -
lonesome tonight Everybody hag
gon home except you and me
and a little girl waiting down
stairs Betty."
-Really?- - ,
-"Will you two join me In a lit
tle supper or would you rather
be by yourselves?" -
Wo at our supper, Betty and
I, as the guests of Thatcher Colt
in his little house on 70th street,
and Betty would let me have only
two glasses ef that priceless port.
She eald that from then -on she
Intended to manage me. And I've
always found her a girl of her
word.
(The End)
FOR BARGAINS
in FURNITURE
Visit our
Used Furniture
. Department
-
467 Court St.
V
i
I-
--IN
. t
S