The OREGON -STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 21 1935
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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.
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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
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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,
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Following the business session,
a memorial program will be ob
served in charge of the lecturer,
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"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.