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Newspaper Page TextThe OREGON -STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 21 1935 PAGELFOUK "No Favor Sway Us; No Fear Shall Awe"- . From First Statesman. March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Sprague ..... Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackeit - - Uaruigmg-Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Frew U exclusively ntitled to th tor PMta tlon of all mi dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative. Gordon a Bell.. Security Building. Portland, Ora, Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Chimin Bruniii, Inc.. Chit-ago. New York. Detroit. Boston. Atlanta i 4k. pawiutfte at Matter. Published ivery morning except Monday. Bueines office, X1S S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 .11 subscription Rates, In Advance, WMun Oregon: Dally and Suny 1 Mo? M ceutsT Ma $125; Ma 2.: 1 year f - Els SEiw "nu per Mo., or 5.0 tor 1 year In advance. Per Copy S cents. News Stands S cents. . . By Qty Carrier 45 rents a month; I 00 a year In advance. Pros and Cons on Relief in Oregon CONSIDERING the limitations of time and funds granted Governor Martin's relief investigating committee, that group has done a good job. Its 20-page report, released Mon day, reveals conscientious, painstaking work. While the de mand for an investigation is a carryover from the political campaign of last fall and legislative criticism in March, the report is without partisan bias and evidences a desire by the investigators to weigh objectively the manner in which fed eral and state funds for relief have been administered. Charges that as much as $1,500,000 had been ''grafted by relief administration in the state are quashed. Aside from petty cases where a few days' SERA work may have been applied on private projects, the committee reveals not a scintilla of evidence of that Oregon's $1.000,000-a-month relief enterprise has been weighted with corruption. Ade quate records have been kept of every dollar spent These bindings are comforting in view of misappropriations which ' have been found in the handling of relief funds in Illinois, in North Dakota and in California. Nor does the committee find merit in the contention that excessive salaries are paid relief administration person nel. Wage scales are shown to be "as low as could be reason ably expected"; salaries paid heads of departments "seem to the committee very reasonable." u Senator McCornack's committee also finds that the family budget is not too high when administered to deserv ing and needy people."" Many families have been maintained on a lower standard of living than is desirable. The report is by no' means a whitewash of the state's relief administration. Half of its pages contain definite criticisms and suggestions for improvement. Multnomah county's relief administration is criticized for confusion existing in relief agencies. The Public Wel fare bureau there, which preceded the State Relief bureau, has overlapped its work with the latter. So also has the Jewish relief unit and the veterans' relief unit. The investi- tratine committee recommends disbursed through the state agency in that county, that the disbursement of funds from the county to unemployable i a ra llies be kept rigidly separated and that discrepancies in the amount of relief granted equally deserving families, be done awav with. Case workers who bear lief needs and in determining upon family budgets come in for criticism. Many were found to be inexperienced, lack ing in poise and overburdened of the case work, better coordination of the workers judg ment on the amount of relief lightening of the case load of of the investigators. ' The investigators point flaw in relief administration persons on relief who seek to by work other than that obtained on SERA projects. Reads their report: "Should a worker show the Initiative to go out and secure " casual private employment in an effort to supplement his family income, next month's work allowance is reduced by the amount of such outside work. . . Heads of families hesitate to jeopard ise their earnings from relief work by securing self-help work ot such nature. The present system tends to hold him on relief and to discourage personal initiative." This vital fault in the state setup certainly merits cor rection. If relief rolls are producing a class of spoon-fed, lazy folks who shrink from a private job when it is offered, the system of state aid to unemployed persons is indefensible. The investigators propose a bonus in the form of a better minimum living budget to workers who show sufficient ini tiative to supplement their relief draw by private employ ment. . Another grave charge levied at the relief admin istration is that persons undeserving of relief get on the rolls and are not removed. Inadequate preliminary investi gation permits them their initial relief pay; poor followups by .case workers keeps them on the rolls. "Your committee sees in -elimination in ineligibles from relief rolls," the in vestigators report, "the most promising possibility in con- section with emergency relief administration." 'Otter weaknesses in the relief setup in the state include an unsatisfactory policy regarding payment of rents, indef inite dividing lines between the functions of the county and the state committee, delays in the needs of new applicants for relief and unjustified use of an expensive, intricate accounting machine in the Mult nomah county office. When one considers the mushroom growth of the relief system if it can be termed that in this and the other 47 . states, the vast sums of money dished out, the insufficiency ot trained personnel, the inevitable social and economic prob lems government doles occasion, Oregon's administration of relief since 1933 must be adjudged fairly satisfactory. How long outlays of $1,000,000 a month can go on, how tens of thousands of Oregon families accustomed to direct or work relief can be weaned from such support, how much perma- - nent injury has been done"to the self-reliance and ambition of Oregon citizens by relief, are questions the committee does not attempt to answer. m Labor Swats the Farmer AS IS so often the case, the agriculturist is being made the goat in a labor dispute. He was maltreated last " summer when the eastern Oregon rancher watched a wool market slide to half its spring level while the longshoremen's strike prevented shipments. ; ' With most lumber nulls and working plants of the northwest now gripped by strikes, the strawberry grower - and the fruit raiser are caught without the necessary con tainers in which to market the tresh or frozen product. - The irony of the situation is the favorable market pros pect for berries and cherries this year. Heavy carryovers of former years have been cleaned up. Packers and ship pers are ready to buy heavily of the 1935 production. : . -The sympathy of the berry grower and horticulturist ;:. should not be with the strike leaders. They are suspected of deliberately calling the walkout when the producers of the northwest would be most disastrously affected. Instead . of the farmer rallying to labor's cause, he is lining up to help break the strike. In Washington county farmers have vol unteered to afford the sheriff and his deputies support when the Stimson mill reopens. Farmers -there know that more , than 200 men in that mill want to return to work; that only -18 of the men at a referendum last weekend voted to stay outon strike, - The growers of this valley would improve their position 1 1 1 ' 1 I .... M . ii r Salem. Oregon, as Second-Class that hereafter all relief be the brunt of investigating re with work. Better supervision dispensed to a family and a the worker are commendations out what seems to be a major in the state : the penalizing of supplement their relief budgets investigating and determining The Great Game of Politics By FRANK R. KENT Copyright 1935, by The Baltimore Saa TWO PLANS FOR 1036 Washington, Mar 20. THE Brain Trust may be con cerned, primarily with principles, bnt members of Congress are concerned primarily with poll tics. With few exceptions the latter think almost exclusively In those terms. BACK of the bonus fight, the Farley charges, the TVA Indict ment and the 3000 farmers who "spontaneously" came to Wash ington to express hearty approv al of the money-distribution pol icy of AAA back of all these Is the shadow of the presidential campaign. Senators and repre sentatives, like the people gen erally, are divided into two classes one composed of those who want Mr. Roosevelt re elected in 1936 and the other of those who want him beaten. On both -sides the practical men assay the situation with a view of promoting their desire. It is Interesting to note that while their strategies differ in detail, closely examined, they seem to Indicate mutual acceptance of certain facts. This is not true of the oratorical or emotional element in either camp. It la true of the cold-eyed, closely cal culating politicians who Judge the situation on the hard-boiled basis of votes. Take first the view ot those of this type in the Roosevelt, or, as some prefer to call it, the "socialistic demo cratic" party. Strange as It may seem, despite the atmosphere of murky idealism with which the administration is soaked, there are plenty of this type on that side. IN their opinion the Roosevelt strategy Is clear. What he must do in the next 12 months, they think, Is keep so far to the left that there will be no excuse for a radical third party. Once he has blocked that movement, he Is safe. Party loyalty, the party label, and lack of any place to go wiU keep in line the great bulk of the anti-New Deal demo crats. It is conceded that there are a vast number of these who have a profound distrust of and distaste for the New Deal and would leap at the chance to de feat Mr. Roosevelt. However, he has them locked in by the party label. Block the third party, keep the anti-New Deal demo crats In line by giving them no alternative; add to this the weight of the great federal ma chine which has been built In the last two years and victory is assured. Such, anyhow, is the idea. Not long ago Mr. Far ley avowed it in so many words ON THE other side, the practical boys look at it this way: the only problem Is to evolve a way by which the voters opposed to Mr. Roosevelt can be united. The most effective method would be for a group of conservative dem ocratic leaders to form a com mittee, convene a convention composed of delegates from all the states, and nominate for pres ident Senator Harry F. Byrd, Lewis Douglas, Senator Tydings, or some other of the same school of thought. The next step would be for the republicans in their convention to nominate the same ticket on the same platform This could be done on the pa triotic ground that it was the only way by which unity against the New Deal could be created, that it was essential to make the sacrifice to save the country. SO far as the platform is con cerned, there would be little dif ficulty about that. The one sug gested by Ogden Mills last week is one upon which any anti-New Deal democrat could stand. It might have been written by Sen ator Carter Glass. The net re sult would be the election of the conservative candidates and the formation of a coalition govern ment. That's the idea of the an ti-Roosevelt strategists. They think there is a possibility of beating Mr. Roosevelt anyway-. but that is the sare way ot doing- It. IT IS hard to .make out a plausi ble case for either of these plans. But neither is it hard to point out the obstacles in the way. For example, on the Roosevelt side, even if the third party Is forestalled and he keeps his rad ical following, there Is the risk the game will be so apparent that conservative democrats, deeply disgusted and strongly convinced of the danger, will vote for the republican candidate anyhow. There Is also the uncertainty as to how many radical votes Mr. Roosevelt may lose because of the conviction that he is a "spur ious liberal," playing with the radicals for political purposes only. THE big obstacle to the success of the anti-Roosevelt strategy is the stupidity of the republicans. Last November, when the New Deal seemed almost unanimous ly endorsed, republican leaders generally threw up their bands. Some now promoting "regional conferences" and talking about republican prospects themselves suggested dropping the republi can label and going over to the anti-New Deal democrats. They by petitioning Portland police and the sheriffs office in Multnomah county asking those agencies to protect lumber workers who want to go back to their jobs. The majority of mill workers are not in sympathy with the strike, but they will not subject themselves to the attacks of beat-uD srangs 1 without protection. Train crews seeking to take out crate materials and barrels- already manufactured must also be given a police safeguard. If organized labor is the friend of the farmer, which it pretends to be, it will clean its own house, weed out the lum ber strike agitators and get the box and barrel factories open. If it does not, the producer, has convincing proof that his losses mean nothing when a union minority attempts to en force its dictum on employers. Bits for Breakfast By R. J. HENDRICKS Salem has mother lodge of Odd Fellows In all the old Oregon country: I. O. O. P. largest secret society In world: U W Salem is this week entertaining the grand lodge sessions ot Ore gon Odd Fellows. This means representatives of 218 lodges of Odd Fellows and 204 local Rebekah societies. It means that these men and women who are visitors here represent 38,000 people, counting their brother and sister members in Oregon. W Behind them are about four and a quarter millions of Odd Fellows in the various progressive countries of the world, counting Rebekahs, and the great majority of these devoted people are In the United States. This does not take into account the Odd Fellows who have only colored members, which does not affiliate with the order being mentioned In this article. The negro Odd Fellows have a large membership in the southern states of this country. The history of the English pro genitors of American Odd Fel lowship runs back to about 1745. The early English order appeared about 25 years after the modern revival of Freemasonry In 1717, at London. V The first English Odd Fellow lodges were probably an out growth of rivalry to the Masons, who had acquired prominence in the early half of the 18th cen tury, particularly among the so- called upper classes, in the army, navy, diplomatic service, and among the nobility. The story is that some dis gruntled Masons were founders of the early English Odd Fellows lodges. H S The distinguishing characteris tic of their methods and work was their rare for their sick, dis tressed and dependent members and their families. Among the earliest English lodges was Aristarchus No. 9, which in 1748 met in the Globe tavern, London. U . The grand lodge of Odd Fel lows for England was formed in 1803. The Manchester Unity was re sponsible for the introduction of the order into the United States, in Baltimore, in 1819. s s The first organized and oldest lodge of Odd Fellows west of the Rocky mountains and north of the Spanish (California) line was Che- meketa No. 1 of Salem. Hence the hosts to the hundreds of vis iting three-linkers in Salem this week are members of the mother lodge of the district described above. "- ". Even more; Chemeketa No. 1 was organized before there was a lodge of the order in the coun try where the Dakotas are now. and few, if any, west of the Mis souri river above parallel 42. . Joe C. Formick, noble grand of Chemeketa No. 1, last year wrote a series of articles for the Pacific Odd Fellow, Portland, in which he reviewed the history of Salem's contribution to Oregon Odd Fellowship, and a large part of the information that follows is taken from that series, based mostly upon official records. S E. M. Barnum arrived in Sa iem about 1851. He was a past grand of Huron lodge No. 37, Nor walk, Ohio, and a member of the grand lodge of that state. Salem had, the 13th of Janu ary, 1851, at Oregon City, been voted the territorial capital, and the third session of the territorial legislature convened Dec. 1, 1851, in basement rooms of the Oregon Institute that by change fo name became Willamette university. S V V Barnum made use of the op portunity to contact as many Odd Fellows as possible during the session, running to about the mid dle ot January, 1852. He canvassed them for their signatures to a petition to the grand lodge of the United States, and also called for a meeting in December, 1851, for the purpose of organizing a lodge. Six broth were willing then to scrap the G. O. P. altogether. Since then there has been a change in sen timent. Mr. Roosevelt has lost in popular strength. The result is the republicans have regained hope and now find all sorts of reasons not to amalgamate. In brief, because they are no longer badly scared they have had a re vival of party spirit and are likely to play squarely into the Roosevelt hands: The reaUy sig nificant thing emerges when you compare the two strategies. They are both based on the belief that the majority of the people are no longer pro-Roosevelt, but anti New Deal. And that is an ex ceedingly pregnant fact. The Roosevelt leaders believe the way to win is to keep the anti New Dealers from getting to gether. The anti-Roosevelt lead ers know there is sure victory if they can be united. Both mean the same thing. ers answered the call tor a meet ing. They wete: e S E. M. Barnum, E. N. Cooke, Samuel E. May, A. W. Ferguson, C. S. Woodworth and J. R. Hard in. The meeting determined to establish a lodge. It also com posed and ordered a resolution asking the 17. S. grand lodge for a charter, which was forwarded under date of Jan. 7, 1852. Besides those named above, the petition bore the names ot P. D. Jalmer, John O. Waterman, B. F. Harding, Joel Palmer, C. P. Cooke and George B. Knowles. s s Barnum left a record that Che meketa, the name chosen, "de notes in the Indian language 'the old home or 'the old camp'." A member wondered how to pro nounce it. s s s The matter was referred to Dr. W. H. Willson, who platted down town Salem. "Oh, easy enough, a cough, a sneeze, a hiccough, and say t," the doctor answered. (But it was not so easy, even then. Disputes about it were many in pioneer days, and newspaper bat tles raged on the point of the final letter, whether it should be a or e.) S The writer thinks Mr. Barnum was wrong about the meaning of the name Chemeketa. But that will have to go over. . (Continued tomorrow.) FUNERAL IS TODAY CORVALLIS, May 20 Eliza beth K. Hohl, wife of Martin Hohl, 78, and a resident of Cor- vallis since 19-19, died at the fam ily home, .329 North 12th street. Saturday, following a lingering illness. Mrs. Hohl was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Frank and she was born at Dormstatt, Germany, March 21, 1857. She emigrated to the United States In 18 83. She was married to Martin Hohl. June 16, 1887, at Platts mouth. Neb. The family came to Oregon In 1890 and located at Salem. They resided in Marion county until they came to Corvallls in 1919. She was the last survivor of a family of 14 children. Besides her husband she is sur vived by three daughters, Mrs. A. H. Hams. Mrs. J. W. Palmer and Mrs. Bruce Morgan, all of Corval- lis; four grandchildren and sev eral nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held In the chapel of the Keeney funeral home, Corvallls, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Interment will follow in the family plot in the Masonic ceme tery at Turner, with committal services at 3:30 p.m. Twenty Years A30 May 21, 1915 Large crowds greeted the Sells- Floto circus and Buffalo Bill Wild West shows yesterday. Salem ro ses adorned the costumes of many of the performers. Because of the war, health re sorts in Germany are slashing rates 24 to 3 5 per cent. Wives and relatives of army and navy offi cers will make up the clientele. President Wilson cabled to President Menoeal of Cuba yes terday to congratulate him on the 13th anniversary of Cuban inde pendence. Ten Years A30 May 21, 1025 Two West Virginia girls have arrived to help the city extermin ate its rats. They claim there are 50,000 of the rodents in Salem. The Willamette tennis team de feated the College of Puget Sound 3 to 2 yesterday. Phi Gamma Mu, national hon orary sociological fraternity, has received its charter at Willam ette. It is the first to be charter ed in Oregon. Prof. S. B. Laughlin is the president. Many Guests Come to Aurora For Visits Youth Arrives by Air AURORA, May 20 Many homes have guests coming and going and much pleasant enter tainment has been arranged for their pleasure. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tyler ot Bend are In the valley for a few days. Friday night guests were entertained at dinner at the home of Mrs. Tyler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lane Crib ble. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, Jr., of Woodburn, and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gribble of Salem, will entertain for them before their return Tuesday to Bend. The past week. Dr. and Mrs. Renfrew have had Mr. and Mrs. Halpenny and daughter Shirley, of Portland, at their home. The Halpenny's will leave for New Jersey soon. At the C. E. Gilbreath home, Mr. and Mrs. Hern and daughter, Barbara, and Mr. and Mrs. Nel son, all of Portland have spent some time. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartman will be among those who will en tertain for them before their re turn Tuesday to Bend. The past week Dr. and Mrs. Renfrew have had Mr. and Mrs. Halpenny and daughter, Shirley, of Portland, at their home. T'ue Halpennys will leave for New Jer sey soon. At the C. E. Gilbreath home, Mr. and Mrs. Hern and daughter, Barbzara, and Mr. and Mrs. Nel son, all ot Portland have spent some time. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartman ELIZABETH "The Cold I CHAPTER XLI Montigny at eleven o'clock was in conference with Doctor Inman the chemist and Captain Nobley, at the la tier's laboratory at headmiarters. Doctor Inman had rolled up his sleeves and busied himself with test tabes and reagents as they talked. He had at hand various treasured exhibits from the bedroom of Violet Elderbank, induding the small bar of Faliet toilet soap from the bath room, the jar of cold cream from the vanity dresser; the strip of adhe sive tape which had been nsed in gagging the murder victim, and also the pot of powdered burnt cork which Roger Duane had used, to gether with a sample of the soot from the chimney of the bedroom. - "Doctor Inman and I have dis cussed this subject before," ex plained Montigny, "bub yesterday, when I disco re red new evidence which required his expert opinion, Doctor Inman unfortunately was out of town. He has already per formed certain research work as a preliminary to this test little was needed, of course, because Doctor Inman is an expert in the chemistry of soaps." Doctor Inman just now was deli cately manipulating an Egyptian scarab ring. "AH right," said Captain Nobley impatiently. "And what is it that you propose to prove?" "The soap used by the unfor tunate Mrs. Elderbank," continued Montigny evenly, "is an item in which I hare failed greatly to in terest Inspector McEniry." "Or me," said Nobley tersely. "I can't see where it will get you." "Let me explain, first and Doe tor Inman will correct me when I fall into error that this particular brand of soap, called 'Faliet,' is a French soap in name only. It is made m New Jersey, by Hargett 4 Company." "Yes," confirmed the chemist; "but from a French formula, the secret of a celebrated soap manufac turer of Marseilles." "It is a very expensive soap," continued Montigny, "the kind of soap that one would expect the wife of a millionaire to prefer. It is manufactured of very costly ingre dients, by a costly l process. As a re sult it is purer than most soaps, contains no uncombined alkali, has a water content of less than eleven per cent, is perfumed by the 'cold method,' which Doctor Inman will explain to yon, and is identifiable ia very small quantities for these rea sons and for the further reason that fine oils from the Orient sesame and ground nut comprise its base. Is that correct, Doctor Inman?" "Quite," said the chemist. "It also contains a quantity of manganese dioxide for coloring matter, which is readily detected. The 'cold method' of perfuming to which Cap tain Montigny refers also makes the soap more readily identifiable. Cheaper toilet soaps are perfumed by melting and stirring into the mass some cheap odorous ingredient which is not affected by alkalis un der the influence of heat. But in the case of finer soaps like this the scent is added in the last stage of manu facture. The soap is shaved down to thin slices and the essential oil mixed in by special machinery hence this ingredient is found chera ically free, uncombined, in the fin ished product. And knowing the ex act material that is used for this purpose it is used only in Faliet soap I am able to identify for you the minutest Quantities." Nobley was evidently sot pleased but considerably interested. "All right, but where does that get us?" he demanded. "It gets us," replied Montigny, "to the scarab ring which Doctor Inman has just examined. In the bezel of this ring in the cracks and corners of its mounting Doctor In man will tell you that he has dis covered small but significant quan tities of Faliet toilet soap." The chemist nodded. "Unques tionably," he said, "and I can prove it to any jury of experts. "All right, tell me the rest,' snapped Nobley. "Whose ring i it?" "It is the ring of the person." de clared Montigny, "who took the leading part in the robbery and murder of Mrs. Violet Elderbank." "Merriam?" barked Nobley. "Is it Merriam's ring?" "Not Merriam's, but the ring of another who is safely watched by Police Department eyes lone Dong- las W. Courtney. It is the only en dence we have against him, but it is conclusive." "Why so?" demanded Nobley. "It doesn't nrove he killed Mrs. Elder bank. Perhaps he used Faliet toilet soap himself. "He did not. and does not but am coming; to that. There is another means of identification. You wQl remember that we found ingrained in this small bar of soap certain particles of frit and sootthat we found similar particles in the jar of cold cream on Mrs. Elderbank's dresser. We identified them micro scopically as particles of soet from her fireplace. There an identical .crannies. Doctor Inman will tell you, in the soap we have found ad- serins: to the murderer's nnr. The chemist had nrenared slides which he examined under Nobley'a microscopes. "No question of that. either, he declared. "There is as much soot as soap." "The murderer," Montigny went on. "smeared the back of the fingers f his left hand with soot which he were happily surprised when their son, Walter, Sergeant and first class mechanic .at Shreeveport, Louisiana, while accompanying Captain HcCoy to Vancouver, stopped to visit the Hartmans. On their return trip they circled the Hartman home and waved a fare well to both parents and neigh bors. Open House Held for Eighth Graders Around Woodburn WOODBURN, May 20 About 70 eighth grade students who plan to attend Woodburn high school next fall were entertain ed by the freshman class Friday. The visitors Included students from -Washington junior high, St. Benedicts, Donald, McKee, Belle Passi, Monitor, Hall school, Mar quam, Mt. Angel and Broadacres. . They were escorted through the building and visited the dif ferent classes ot the morning sessions. At 11 o'clock indoor baseball games were played be tween teams from the various schools and at noon a picnic lunch , was served la the Legion park. Finger Curse By To wished to smear on the bedclothing. rr loft a. ouantitv In his ring". He kued a distinctive soap for the pur- pose ox geiung vu um rings he left, unwittingly, quan tity of that also in his ring.' But be must nave wasnea eis hands marry times since lass Mon day night objected Nobley. "Why didn't he wash these traces from his MonUnrv nodded graveiy. -ine point is well taken. He has not worn his ring. He took it off, by his own admission, the day following the murder. He was not wearing it then, i l noted tne pais oana en rus nngvr where he had been wearing a ring, but he was wearing it no longer. I looked far it later. In his rooms. I i if -vrra will nardon the exDressiOR i stole it. It is a very precious scarab." i "But too are sure he had no ae- m . m a-ee cess to. simitar soap eisewneret persisted Nobley, defending his last ditch. "He does not use, at his apart ment, at his office, or at his dub I have checked these matters Pal let toilet soap or any soap remotely resembling it chemically. "Then we had better ro upstairs." said Nobley suddenly, "and tell this to Inspector McEniry. They round inspector Mecniry pacing the floor ox his omce ana mangling an unlighted cigar. "WelL whatTe you birds got this time V he demanded. "Some more pretty; little cobweb clues? Who committed the crime this time Mary Queen of Scots?" "Mr. Merriam. I suspect." said Montigny suavely, "has not con fessed?" "You're mighty, right he hasn't. We cant ret a -peep out of that ruy. He sticks to his story; But he did it and I'm going to preve it. What I'm waiting on right now is this bird ValeouT." "Valeour?" exclaimed Montigny. What news of him?" "We've rot him. that's about all. No fault of ours, fhourh he rave himself up at Tenth Precinct. Said he haunt done a thing wrong and was tired of hiding. We've got one thing oat of him, so far the name of tne man who sent around that cash bond to get him out of jail the other day." "May I mess?" surrested Mon tigny. Sure. Guess all von want to. Who was it?" Mr. Coultnev? Mr. Douaias W. Coultney?" McEniry looked at him sharply. Yeah. How'd you know? Whafs he got to do with this mess?" ; "Much," said Monti my. "WQl you arrest him for me. Inspector?" Mctniry stared. "Goine off hall- cocked, Montigny? What's the charge?" "Murder, said Montigny. The Inspector started to say something more, but instead he reached for the telephone. w w m m The proposed all-nirht rrilline by means of which the Inspector had hoped to force a confession from Price Merriam halted unceremoni ously with the arrest of Coultney. A detective brought the latter to headquarters even before McEniry had heard all that Montigny and the cnenust bad to tell him. "Captain Monti en v is unauestion- ably right," the soap expert told McKniry. "I will stake my reputa tion as a chemist upon it the ring t . . wmcn i nave examined contains im bedded particles of Faliet toilet soap, and soap, moreover, inrrained with soot which corresponds micro scopically with the sample of soot from the fireplace in question." The Inspector listened to his de tailed technical explanations with growing conviction. "For heaven's sake hanr on to that ring. Montigny," the Inspector enjoined him. "It s our one and only on ox evidence against the man. can see it all now. I admit you're right he used the name of Merriam because he didn t even want the fence to know who he was. But the thing I'm worried about is mak ing a jury see it even with Doctor Inman's expert testimony." "I shall be ready to serve you at any time, Doctor inman promised, saying good-night. "I did not use all your evidence in this test a locket ring of that character is for tunately a catch-all. The soao ad hering to it is ample for other tests, hy other chemists. I ant sorry I was not ervailabie yesterday; I might have shortened your inquiry. But Captain Montigny seemed to prefer me to ail other chemists because alone know the formula of Faliet soap. Call me when you need me again, gentlemen." "Great work!" McEniry told him. "And you 11 certainly hear from us again." When they were alone the In spector shook Montigny's hand sol emnly. "I apologize. Captain, for all the dirty cxack I made about your fancy clues," said McEniry. "If you nadnt come into this case I guess we a nave burnt tne wrong man. This slick bird Coultney cer tainly cewaitd his tracks except Tor this one snpMxp. Montigny shrngged deprecating, ly. "He was perhaps too cunninr. There is a point where too much art becomes merely artince. The small bey safely cleared of one lie em broiders it with other lies unnec essary lies to make it more con mcing. It was the unnecessary lie of the smeared bedclothing which trapped Coultney, Grangers' News Column CHE MAW A, May 20 The reg ular business meeting ot Chema wa grange will be held in the M. W. A. hall Thursday night at S o'clock. The first and second de grees will be conferred on Mr. and Mrs. Loren Stettler. Following the business session, a memorial program will be ob served in charge of the lecturer, Mrs. S. H. Francisco. Wednesday evening. May 29, the fifth degree will be exempli fied at Macleay. This special Ini tiation is for the benefit of those who wish to take the sixth degree at state grange at McMinnville In June. Several Chemawa members who have been obligated in the fifth degree wlirgo to Macleay for initiation. VICTOR POINT, May 20. Union Hill grange, met Friday night In regular session. Mrs. Fischer, home economics chair man, resorted nn th nrv nr committee for the past month. J. Edwin Dial gerson "And if he hadnt been so extra slick delivering the ice in the back of that Goldfish picture we wouldn't hare nabbed the fence, agreed Mc Eniry. "He must have told these gunmen he hired that his name was Merriam, too, eh?" Montigny snook his head. "I think they knew who he was, but CaUen did not. It had been fully a year since Callen had seen Memam it is unlikely that be would have reco mixed Merriam's voice on tha telephone, and Coultney talked to the fence only by telephone." The Inspector ordered Coultney sent in. "Well make that bird tells ns where his heavy men are hidine out," vowed McEniry. The new suspect in the Elderbank case had lost none of his well-bred manner of unaffected assurance. He seemed to regard the -proceedings with kindly amusement. He spoke to Aionugny aaaoiy: "This is an unexpected pleasure. Captain." "The pleasure, said Monti rnv ironically, "is all yours. To me this is very hard work." "They finally got around to me. as I was sure they would," observed Coultney nonchalantly. "Almost everybody has been suspected, up to date, except perhaps Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman. When are they to be ar rested. Captain?" "Yours, I think." replied Montig ny grimly, "will be the last arrest. We already have in custody, you know, your good friends Jerky Joe You bet, and they're come through with the whole works," growled McEniry. Not flicker of betrayal touched Coultney's calm countenance. He raised his brows in mild inquiry. "Friends of mind, did you say? What are the names?" "Lattermanand Heine mer but I fancy yon heard me the first time. They are not. of coarse, their Chris tian er law-abiding names. Whimsi cal chaps, these gunmen. They in sist on speaking of you as 'Mer riam.' wnere did you get the idea. Mr. Coultney, of using another per son a name lor your alias? Don't yon think it would have been safer to use bmith or Brown or Jones?" Coultney lighted a eurarette. an amused smile on his lips. "You are terribly balled up somewhere, Csp- i - W i V , . . 1 . uun Aontigny. i naven t ine vaguest idea of what you are talking about. Have you?" Inspector McEniry lost his oa- tience. He advanced toward Coult ney threateningly. "Look here, you," said McEniry, "we've got you where we want you. uu rr c uvu b wut more OI UUS nink tea renartee. If von know what's good for your hair and hide you'll save us a lot of trouble and tell us what we want to know. darned quick." I have nothing to ten you," said Coultney shortly. "I want a lawyer. If this ridiculous farce is to be car ried to such extremes, I demand per mission to call fax counsel, at once." - You'll get your lip, snarled Mc Eniry. "but youH answer eur oues- tions or by gosh you wont be able to talk to him!" "You will not beat me en " said Coultney arrogantly. "You will not dare. I again demand permission to call my lawyer." Mcbmry's voice became danger ously soft: Beat you on? Who said anv. thing about beating you up? We never beat anybody up." ny, "we really have nothing to ask Mr. Coultney we know everything. I suggest that, before he calls in his lawyer. I tell him just exactly what we do know. It might help him, in conferring with his counsel." McEniry sat down. "All right. Shoot. Handle it your own way. Montigny lighted a cigar, first offering one to Coultney which the latter disdainfully refused. "I particularly wanted to tell Mr. Coultney," said Montigny, "about his ring. He lost his ring and he has been much concerned about it. I have recovered it, Mr. Coultney it fell into the hands, as it hap pened, of a soap expert, a chemist. As a rule, I believe you told me, Mr. Coultney, you remove your ring when you wash your hands, do you not?" Coultney puffed a- cigarette in sneering silence, but after a few moments replied: "As long as you are civil about your silly questions, I don't mind answering them. Yes, I do. That's hew somebody it was you, no doubt happened to steal it. What of it?" . "Merely that yon did net remove your xmg, Mr. Coultney, when you made nse of Mn glAV.v- That was your one false move, my iriiu a i m cnenscair distinc tive soap, and your ring advertises it. "Rubbish,- said Coultney. "And you should not have tried to incriminate the poor dancfag boy, Roger Duane, by smearing soot on the coverlet. It aboeid have been enough to replace the mouthpiece Mrs. Elderbank"s telephone with that of Glenn Thurbex's phone and to loop the Jjmg cord on the shutter hook at Price Merriam's window. But the planting of the stolen wrist watch really, Mr. Coultney. that was too much, It was also much too simple. I am surprised at 700." (To Be Continued) CvttKM. ltll brKrtD -Cmrrmmm DllUlbmUd mj Kls fntm SreAlat 1m C. Krens of the agricultural com mittee announced that a hundred pounds of poisoned barley will be distributed. Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Scott were elected alternate delegates to the state grange convention at Mc Minnville in June. - Third and fourth degree work was given Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Morris. At the lecturer's hour Mrs. J. C Krenz. Flora, was in ehurs-n oi combination Flora's and Mother's day program: Opening, song, au dience; "The Legend of Flora." Mrs. Floyd "Fox; flower roll call, Mrs. C. C. Jones, Thelma Humph reys, Mrs. H. H. Peters, Mrs. Gen eva Hubbard, Mrs. Minnie Gil mour, Mrs. B. E. McElhaney, Mrs. Ida Steinberger, Mrs. L. Morris, Miss Alice Jaquet, Mrs. Phillip Fischer; bouquets presented to oldest grandmother and oldest mother present; piano solo, Mrs. J. O. Darby; vocal solo, Mrs. W. M. Tate; recitations by Barbara Rosenbaum, Arlene Morris and L e n o r a Heater; Mother's day readings, Mrs. Vera Scott and O. W. Humphreys; vocal solo; Mrs. p. W. Humphreys. At the juvenile grange meet ing Robert Humphreys was elect ed alternate delegate to the state grange meeting in June.