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The OKEGON STATESMAN,- Salary Qa, Thcrsday llornig? Jia IS, 1923 v .A vww a.,- . "jVo favor Sway f; Wo Fear Shall Aice From First Statesman. March IS. 185X THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spbagus .' - Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett - At ana jing -Editor Member or the Associated Press The Assorts Ud Press Is exclusively entitled to lbs tte tor publlca tioa of all owa dispatches crsdjtud to it or oot otherwise credited la Utl paper. f ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B. Bait. Security Building. Portland. Ore Eastern Advertising Represents Urea Bryant Griffith Biuhswi, inc. Chicago. New Yorli, Detroit. Boston. Atlanta EUrd at the Poetoffice at-Salem, Oregon, as Second-Clae Hatter. Published ;very morning except Monday. Businesi office, tlS S. Commercial Street, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: lialt Subscription Rates, in Advance, Wilbin Oregin: Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. it ft cents; 1 Mo. 11.15; Mu. S2.2S; 1 ytar I4.UU. Els winsr ao viu per Mo., or li.W) for 1 year In advance. Per Copy 1 cents. News Stands 6 cents. By City Carrier 4S rents a month; 15 00 a year In advance. P. E. O. Convention THE standard inquiry about the P. E. O.'s is : What do the initials stand for? The answer is full proof that 65,000 women can keep a secret. Not even the husbands of members have ever been able to find out whether P. E. O. means Peach es Every One or Princesses Eat Olives. But if what the letters ojf the name stand for remains a deep secret, there is no mystery about what the organiza tion stands for. The P. E. O.'s are an organization of women united in a common sisterhood, with very definite ideals and standards of individual and of social life. The organization was founded at Iowa Wesleyan college, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, back in 1869 when seven female students grouped themselves together. Instead of remaining a campus organization, as most college groups do, this one went afield; and is perhaps best described as an off-campus sisterhood or sorority. Born in a college atmosphere the P. E. O.'s have been staunch friends of education and have accumulated a student loan fund of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars which is used to enable worthy and needy young women to complete their college education. The national organization also spon sors a junior, college which is located in the state of Missouri. While this educational fund is the major activity of the or ganization;, its chief value to members lies in cultivating a cultural tone among its members, promoting good fellowship, and in sustaining high ideals among women. The rational organization numbers now about 65,000 members. The seat of the order remains at Mt. Pleasant and its principal membership is in the middle states: Iowa, Ne braska, Missouri, Illinois; but chapters have spread both east and west and Oregon has now 50 chapters. These are meeting in state convention in Salem this week, with Salem Chapter AB, one of the two groups here, as hostess chapter. Sessions are held in Waller hall and the delegates are being entertained at the Marion. v. A body of cultured, intelligent and purposeful women, the P. E. 0. will be warmly welcomed in the capital city ; and the husbands of members (branded B. I. L.'s by their wives) will exert themselves to help entertain the guests. An Oregon Grass Roots Meeting OREGON has its own grass-roots convention this week at McMinnville ; a meeting, not of republican devotees such as gathered at Springfield, but of the Oregon grange. No political conclave will deal more seriously, sincerely or exten sively with state problems than the grange group. Despite the repeated refutations of its leaders, the Pa trons of Husbandry have a flare for politics. The organiza tion maintains a strong legislative lobby. It initiates and at tacks ballot measures, priding itself on defeating the sales tax and putting through the hydroelectric amendments to the state constitution. If the grange does not openly endorse political candidates, it lets its on office seekers. In all this activity, The much good. The right of 20,000 organized farmers to take stands on public questions is unquestioned. While there are i policies espoused by the grange with which we cannot see eye- to-eye, we have full admiration for the serious-minded man ner in wliich the grange goes into public questions. Because of the political importance of the grange, the annual address, its master and leading spirit, has the aspects of a party platform. Filling 21 loosely printed pages, the statement ranees from booze tions. We herewith summarize Mr. Gill's speech since it mir rors the stand of an organization continuously active and im portant in the state's political life: Continuation of AAA as a temporary program; the entire idea of regimentation is repugnant to the farmer and the prog ress of agriculture depends upon increased domestic consump tion of farm products and increased exports. Shorter hours for labor are, approved but higher prices for farm products are necessary if the farmer is to work less, r t Taxes on farmers should be lessened by greater economy in government, by higher income and inheritance taxes by removal of personal property tax offsets from the state income tax. Farm era should -be allowed to work out delinquent taxes on the roads. Sub-marginal lands should be retired but counties must be protected leet sale of such properties and timber holdings to federal government too greatly reduce assessed valuations. Regulation of interstate bus. truck and water transportation threatens to raise transportation rates and thus is opposed by the grange. Public ownership of some railroads as yardsticks is needed to determine equitable rates. Development of monopolies is adding to the cost ot all goods the farmer purchases. Monopoly of all kinds should be opposed as monopolies lead to the concentration of wealth. The revolving pension plan has accomplished at least one good ; it has focused pnblic attention on the need for old-age pensions. A national old-age pension act providing some retire ment allowance to all persons over 60 without an annual income of $2400 should be passed. American grown farm products should be protected by tariff against foreign-grown food importations. Control of all money and credit should lodge with the state and federal governments. The veterans' bonus should be paid in full in greenbacks; munitions budgets should be curtailed and the entire manufac ture of navy and army equipment should be a government mon opoly. The grange heartily endorses the continuation of the county agent system of the home demonstration agent, of the state de partment of agriculture. An urgent need in the state is the organization in each county of rural power districts and their connection with a state owned distribution system. Oregon's entire dependence on the .-, federal government for power lines from Bonneville is hazard ous. Oregon faces an era of development: it must replace some of its crops with, more profitable plantings; it must cater to and provide for tourist trade. The liquor business is an economic waste: the use of al cohol strikes at the foundation of American life the home. It was never Intended that state stores should be used as sales forces to push, the sales of hard liquor. Gambling; and betting In all forms are companions of the lienor traffic. The grange seeks legislation to weed out these ' CTil. Xower interest rates for farm borrowings are ardently en dorsed along with legislations to star off debt foreclosures. ; Cooperative associations, both for the manufacture of farm products, and for sale of retail goods, are strongly endorsed. The grange supports federal aid for schools from income r taxes. It endorses aU worthy movements. It objects to a com- puisory vote on me county nan pian. While offering no support to organizations seeking polit- leal changes by violence, the grange opposes all legislative re- - straining the rights of free citizens to free speech. . .- . A one-house legislature composed ot not less than 40 mem TrTrbertr Is 'endorsed." "-rr-,v ---vr--!r "- - t nmi members know its preferences Statesman sees no harm and to banking to the bonus ques The Great Game of Politics By FRANK R. KENT Copyright 1935. by The Baltimore 8ns The Dauntless Tugwell Washington, June It. ONE significant result ot the more or less momentous develop ments of the last two weeks is the clarity with which it was shown that as between Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal on one side and the Supreme Court with the Constitu tion on the other, the country as a whole was strongly with the lat ter. RECOGNITION of this came swiftly to Mr. Roosevelt and the White House strategists. It took an exceedingly quick retreat, ac companied by some more than us ually saccharine journalistic ex plaining to swing the President away from the danger of that po sition and avoided an issue the hot end of which he had too im pulsively clutched. Not more than two days' reaction was needed to make it plain that the NRA de cision was a popular decision. Neither the bellicose bellowing of self-seeking labor leaders about wages and hours, ner the plaint ive bleating of bewildered politi cians and publicity directors about the effect on recovery was sufficient to conceal that relief rather than resentment was the dominant public emotion. o DISCOVERY of these facts was a considerable 6hock to the more sparkling members of the Brain Trustt Including many of the young, bumble puppy New Deal lawyers, who had such a merry time drawing the New Deal bills, and to whom the idea that they were all wrong from the start never occurred. Had not Dr. Frankfurter himself advised that there was no danger of any up set if the court decisions could be held off for two years? Had not Hugh S. Johnson, in person, frequently consulted with Justice Braudels about the NRA? Was not Mr. Roosevelt the cleverest politician and most charming man who ever sat In the White House? Firmly convinced of all these things, -when the blow came, it Jarred them badly. It seemed they could not "take it." De spondency prevails now where once confidence bubbled. Faced with the unshakable reality that national planning as conceived and undertaken by the New Deal ers cannot be carried oat under our Constitution, whole shoals of these Intellectual academic ama teurs, who for two years hav been running this country, have lost heart. They are, at the moment, a groggy lot. HOWEVER, it is pleasant to re cord that, with his government! soulmates whimpering in corners and gulping political aspirin. there is one of this noble band of brothers perhaps the most scintillating of them all, author of that mouth-filling but moth- eaten phrase, "the More Abund ant Life," Invenior of "he Third Economy" there is one of them not only undismayed but out on the track, all ready to start run ning in a new direction. This, of course, Is none other than Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell, the speedy young under secretary of agri culture, who has now been in trusted by the President with Borne $600,000,000 or it may be $900,000.000 with which he is to embark upon a great new ex periment to wipe out poverty and overcome depression. SO FAR from being downhearted, the professor is reported by vera cious chroniclers as at the very top of his form, ready for the race of his life. The friendly Mr Ray Slapper announces in the Washington Post that Mr. Tug well has taken on a press agent Up to now the doctor has been his own press agent and, It one counts up the number of magazine articles he has landed and the publicity he has achieved for his books, quite an effective one. That he feels unable to adequately handle the publicity for this new scheme is an indication of its scope. SOME idea of its vast extent is conveyed by the certainly not un friendly Mr. Paul Mallon, who writes that: "Unnoticed, Dr. Tug well Is organizing a headquarters here which will employ ZOoO of fice workers in a year. He ex pects to have 4000 more employes in the field by then." This, it will be conceded. la quite a tidy number for one man to put on the pay roll in 12 months particularly In an ad ministration pledged to cut down the cost of government. Continu ing. Mr. Mallon writes that the doctor "will purchase between 50.000,000 and 100.000.000 acres of land. This area,, if consoli dated, would equal half the state of Texas, and, within a few months he expects to begin put ting unestimated thousands to work on the land, planting grass and trees, terracing, ditching. Poor persons in the area will be resettled'." THERE you f re. Nothing can stop the nroressor. Undanntel h the Supreme Court, untroubled by doubts fthont himself, unmlndfnl of the ditch into which )the New Deal has been driven, -with the full confidence of the President and more of the taxnavers' tnonev than anybody ran count, he la go ing to "mage ns over" or die try Jng. GUARDSMEN LEAVE RICKREALL, June 12. Law rence Dew, Milton Frink, Grant and Leland Adams, aU members of Company L, Oregon National Guard left Dallas Tuesday tor Camp Murray, where they will be for two weeks. FICKIXG EARLY PEAS GRAND ISLAND, June 12.- I Twelve men. women and children are employed picking three acres of early peas grown at the Harold Tompkins farm. They are being f marketed for three cents a pound. Bits for B Bj R. J. HENDRICKS View from window of Bunker Hill monument by a Salem man in 1879: V Is If any reader ot The States man recalls an article of Dr. L. L. Rowland In The Statesman of April 4. 1879, he (or she) will no doubt bo glad to reread It 1. Dr. Rowland had. Sept. 9 of the year before, completed his four year -term as the first elect ed state superintendnt ot public instruction for Orgon, and he was, on bis long contemplated Journey to the east and to old world points on a study tour last ing two years. What he wrote began: "This sacred pUe of massive granite, within whose dome I stand, was here erected to empha size and perpetuate an import ant chapter in American history; but it shall answer for me just now another pleasing purpose. S "Here from this- lofty cham ber so peculiarly quiet, all above the din of noisy streets and clat tering cars, I enjoy a bird's eye view of all these points and plac es previously visited. 'In elaborate detail has been examined, studied and enjoyed much of what now in aggregate lies spread out before me. "It is a real feast of soul to look abroad through these quaint observatory windows and rest and reflect. I shall not, however, at present, labor especially to give reflections. 'Instead of this, I shall endeav or to jot down a hasty description, however rough-hewn, of what of interest falls within my view. S S 'From this north window (be ginning as I did of yore in the study of geography) I see spread before and beneath me much of Charlestown, one of the oldest and most interesting little cities in the country. Yonder on the left is Maiden and near it are Rerere and Everett. "At the right Is Chelsea, con nected" with Charlestown by the long Chelsea bridge. How admir ably this great city, or rather this great aggregation of cities, has all its parts and dependencies en chained together by these splen did highways. S "Boston loses nothing by this outlay. She grows rich on such extravagance. Such prodigal liber ality toward her humbler neigh bors has made her the great em porium of all New England. Such giving can never impoverish. I see The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers To the Editor: The author of this article is a ' nard sneir republican, in every political campaign, from William McKJnley to Herbert Hoover, I havo consistently vot ed, worked and contributed money for the success of the republican ticket. A single exception, how ever, should be noted here. In the November elections of 1934, I vaulted the political fences for the first time in my life, and cast my ballot for General Charles H. Martin, democrat, for governor of this state. Approximately 115,000 others of the electorate viewed the situ ation as I did, and uniting our political strength at tje ballot box, boosted General Martin into the governor's chair, by the plur ality of 25,000 votes. At the ex piration of five months in office, who is there among this vast ma jority of Oregon citizens who re pents of what he did? What, If anything, may I ask In fairness, is the matter with the Martin administration to date? How many heads of the vari ous state departments have been dismissed from office, and their subordinates turned out on bunch grass under the Martin regime, to make room' for patronizing democrats and build up a politi cal machine? Doubtless there are scores ot persons In the various departmental offices who neither worked nor voted for Governor Martin in the last election; but have kept their jobs because they are efficient, and because habitu al changes in the working per sonnel is vastly expensive to the taxpayers. What about Governor Martin s firm stand in handling the strike of lumber workers within the last (0 days? Did not the governor make good his campaign pledge to maintain law and order? I haz ard the suggestion here, that if Governor. Martin had not clamped down on the striking mill men, nipping their plans in the bud by serving notice he would call out the militia, Oregon would right now be passing through the same demonstration of hell it passed through a year ago, when a hand ful of communists intimidated every law enforcement agency of the state, and trampled on the general public with hob nails In their boots. Now a gentleman comes along by the name of Boyer and in forms the general public there is a move on to recall Governor Mar tin. It's the. second time we've heard this hoknm within the space of 90 days. It was first sprung at a Townsend rally at Silverton, but the threat has col lapsed like a deflated blimp; and the recall that's In the offing now will likewise collapse. The san est elements of citizenship . we have in Oregon know that Gov ernor Martin Is one of the finest executives this state over had, and they have all got sense enough to let well euough alone. ALLEN O. HESS, Balem. Mast tea now more forcibly why so man? of our business men in Salem are pleading for brldgo and railway connection with their surround ings. "a "Nearly over and some of the distance beyond Chelsea I see Lynn, especially celebrated for lti extensive manufacture of shoes. "Near Chelsea bridge stands the TJ. S. marine hospital, with lti varied and extensive appertain ing. "The terminal end of the low point of land extending away to the right is Nahant, an important point in the boundary of Boston harbor. W "How charmingly beautiful ap pear all these little cities, bask ing today in a warm sun from a clear, bright sky. I am glad that today 'everything is blithe, Jo cund and jovial,' with not 'a speck to stain the azure heaven.' I can't forget this picture. S "The east window reveals the navy yard on the left, readily dis tinguished by the -large machine shops, ship houses, etc., the chim ney on the foundry rising, as I am told, 239 feet. "The dry dock, constructed en tirely of hewn granite, is so ca pacious as to afford room for the largest ships, measuring 385 feet In length, 100 feet in width and 33 feet in depth. "W S "Turning my eye to the right, there passes under review the point where the British troops were landed for the conflict on Bunker hill. Mystic river, ot leg endary fame; East Boston, whose site was formerly called Noddle's island but latterly Wilnam's; the Atlantic iron works, with their enormous ships; the Curand steamers, on one of which I sail soon for Glasgow; and George's island, on which is the strong fortress, Fort Warren, named for the renowned hero of this battle field. " . "Beyond George's island, in the dim distance, I see the Long is land lighthouse, and Btill farther beyond and in the yet dimmer distance is seen the Boston light house. Extending further to the right, my vision rests on Castle island, on which stands Fort In dependence, and on which, in a dungeon still remainlg, was in carcerated the celebrated Stephen Burroughs. "To the right of this is seen Thompson's island, whereon Is located the well known Farm school. They here use gentle words and gentle names as well, b S S "Besides all these, here, there, and elsewhere, all throughout this vast 'watery plain,' are scattered beautiful little gems of island's. "Magnificent harbor! I wonder not that the Bostonians claim it to be 'one of the best, most com modious and beautiful in the world.' "But I was about to omit men tioning the celebrated ropewalk. the longest and most perfect In the world, measuring 1750 feet in length. Here is manufactured all the rope, or every size, sort and style, used in the U. S. navy. "While my eye rests upon this immense factory and Its neighbor ing establishments, I remember being told of the thousands who toil on here from day to day with out the slightest ray of hope of either future rest or competence for age. "Then when I think of the many thousands of homes in Oregon, little fortunes in themselves, that may be had for the taking. I feel like turning missionary and en deavoring to persuade these stur dy sons of toil to go west, where the poor are not " 'Forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal crea tures.' " (Continued tomorrow.) AT GRAND LODGE DAYTON, June 12. Roas Cru- iksbank, Leonard Goodrich and Fred Matches are the delegates for Jacob Mayer lodge No. 108 A. F. and A. M. of Dayton to the grand lodge in session in Port land. Mrs. Herman Louis. Harry Sherman, Mrs. W. S. U'Ren and Herman Louis are the delegates ot Electa Chapter No. 29 Eastern Star. SMART AT SCHOOL KINGWOOD, Jane 12. James Smart, jr., is the only 4-H club member from this Immediate lo cality attending the annual club school at Oregon State college. Young Smart won the scholarship from the Valley Packing company. Twenty Years A90 Jane IS, 1013 Tickets are now on sale for Sa lem's Chautauqua to be held July 5-11. Archie Holt is home after vis iting relatives In Portland. The aviators of two enemy air planes dropped bombs on three Roman cities yesterday killing one woman. Ten Years A30 Jane 13, 1025 Yesterday a terrific storm swept through St. Paul, Minnesota, tak ing one life, injuring- 20, and damaging property estimated at $500,000. Dr. B. H. White has returned from Longvlew, Washington, where he attended the joint con vention of the Oregon and Wash ington Osteopathic association. L A rock hurled through the win dow of a south bound Oregon elec trie train last night' caused Mrs W. H. South ot Orville to be taken to the New Salem hotel suffering from injuries to her head and eyesy-ctrtuedr by- flying glass.-. - "ThatPanzmaW 00' WB, STRAWS u U ft IHl few fmtvrxfjviMf, T; Cm "WHOSE WIFE?" CHAPTER XIX Betty shook the spell of the crooning voice off with an effort "Snap out of it. Saky." she said. Let'a get back to everyday things. Come on now, forget aU that voodoo of your." "I caint forget voodoo. Miss Betty, "cans voodoo caint forget me," said the old Negress with a dignity and a queer fatalism. "Well, anyway," Betty was nerv ous. "You can't get out of answer ing my questions that way. Come on, now. Yon have been calling op someone on the phone, haven t rou?" "No, Miss Betty, I haven't Some one called mo heah." "What do yon mean, someone eailed you here? Who could have done that? You've got no friends here." lt were your ancle Mr. Cyras that called me, Miss Betty." "What?" Betty almost shrieked the word. "Yes, Hiss Bettyand what's more, he come up heah to see old Suky." "Wen, for heaven's sake," Betty at down on the edge of the bed. "That's a great note eo Uncle Cy rus came Bp here to see yon. I sup pose he wanted to pump yon as to my friends, and my comings and go ings, did he?" "No. Miss Betty," Suky was mild. 'He never asked me a thing about vou at all." "Well then, for goodness sake what did be come for?" "Ht wanted to know something about Mr. Wilbur Renton," said Suky quietly. Betty stared at her old black maid as though she bad never seen her before. She could scarcely credit ber own ears with the news which they had just heard, and were asked to believe. "What en earth could yon ten him about Mr. Renton, Suky?" she! asked simply. "What do yon know about biro anyway ?" "I knows plenty. Miss Betty." And Suky sicked up frock that was) to be- pressed, and quietly walked from the room. The rest jot that morning bad :sjone 'badly for TJetty She bad puzzled ever tl strange attitude of Suky and the- startling- news that he issd wsdpBd. Jtl the news rpaparefSee, Cke-city ad!tar bad beam like a. bear with a son bead, and bad -become sarcastic in -asking bar whether she tfeeaghttbafapex "was sa vine iter rast far Iter 'looks- fine tad tamed rt ssfc-atasy on a lost Child, whkh Tckad nmsriliB te ber an print, and bad resamped a tragic tale of a tire and the homeless fan Biea. "Then she had put on her close-fitting little turban, and bad gona out to lunch, refosirtg the usual eoupls of invitations shouted at her across the room from be neath rreea eye-shades set at an angle. She felt that she couldn't eat a thing if she bad to sit across the table trom anyone who gam ered news as a business is of a hex idea of a perfect escort, at the moment, weald havt been a deaf mute - She walked to a favorite tittle hide-away restaurant, and forced a smile for the bowing headwaiter. At hex request be placed her at a small table for two, in sa inconspic uous spot Site ordered, and sat tbinkmsr and starnur Into space. A fat jolly voice brought her back to herself. "Hello, hello, hello." it chortled. If it isnt Betty Oh Bee-utiful Newspaper Gal in pussonl" Without looktmr no -whs knew whs belonged to that voice, and wearilv she answered it "Hullo, Bobbie." she said. "Bow are voaT - "WeU. well, wen," he said; and appropriated the extra chair at her table, "iiow-ve yoaDeenr -Betty mind worked otricklv. She knew perfectly well that Bobbie Nichols, tfat rossip gatherer, the talker par excellence did not like tirr and with reason I She knew that ever since she bad slapped his face for aa uncalled tor rudeness os his part,' Nichols had bated her, had called her that red-headed vixen.' and had bees act to get ber into trouble in any way he could. Her mick hsaia said her thai this seeming friendliness ahjs - part must be assumed, that he had some thing he wanted te tell, and that it would probably be something that she would rather not hear hence his eagerness to tell it. "Hello. Bobbie.' she repeated. and smiled at him her most bewitch ing smile. "What do yon know?" "Oh I This and that he laughed. "1 hear you're on the Vane murder case kind of a boost and a lack for you, ehT" "What do you mean?" Bettv managed to keep ber smile. "WelL a boost from the naner angle, and a kick from the social 1" Bobby was pleased with MmmW, Oh . . . I don't know." She tried to sound casual. whOe her hand "The aaaioteai old bird aaU ha had itched to repeat the slap aha had gtven him ones before. "I heard a mat one last jilhi. Bobby leaned forward in the favo rite attitude of the scaadal-nonger.: Welt go on. Tefl it, kind sir, tea it" Betty hated herself as she catered to his self love, but she felt that she most do It under these Strang circumstances. For she was s newa-hotmd oaths scan. WhstH you give to know?" Bobbie leered at ber across the little table. "IH stake yon to a beef-steak dinner," she laughed at Mwn, in ap parent camaraderie. "Done!" he cried. "For a beef steak Bobbie will tell alll" As the waiter left after the new order had been placed. Betty could not resist leaning forward with ill- concealed eagerness. "Come on, Bobbie," she begged. "Come across. What do you know ?" "Interest of the Newspaper Gal or of Betty the Daring Debu tante?" Bobbie's sneer was not well hidden. Betty flushed, dear op to her red hair. Then cos trolled her- temper. and managed to say: ' "Newspaper Gal, darling-. I'm "Okay, Kid! Bobbie's the man to give it to yoti and howl" Bis in tention was plain, and Betty winced aa aba waited far the news this slimy seeker after hidden things would giaaiy give ber. "Go ahead," she said bravery. Tm dying to hear. Bobbie." -"Welt' ha mouthed the words with relish. "I was down ia the Vil lage the ether night at a wow of a party, and the good old host ran out of what it takes, so he and I went over to a little drug store to get the wherewithal. And--" ho looked at her wide-eyed, and paused dramati cally "Go on," she begred. Tm breath- ssrff W ormarsvavnoiA ssssssy '-waasss vsMjrvaaavv tfr jsWs-"'.! Goofy" -i -SStHa He paused to receive the steak, to look it over with meticulous care, to serve himself, to take a bite and relish it and then, but not till then. Leon tinned deliberately: ff MTTT . . . . - , ' . . . . . ncu. ai mis ucvie ota arog store I got to talking to the quaint est old bird the chemist he said he was, near-cighted aa an owl ia the san and he begins on the Vane ease." "No!" she gasped. "What did he say?" seems that he bad sold a bottle of veronal to Vane a few nights before the murder told me all about it he did awf ally pleased that the great artist had stopped to talk to him sold a battle el sleep snedtciae to Uld had told him hi mma fw. rnc Van. Arf km'i fhm The old gay avas worried as to wnauar aa oagnt to x to the po aee with what ha knew." "What Aid vtm tell Ua RthHL uercy was I told him 1a bm Via nvm liulm. meat" Babbie laurhed. Thrt. safe enough I don't think the old "Bobbie. .m an attrmAA h he was sure it was Lawrence Vane that bought Itr Betty rose hurriedly. "I must ffO." she said. Thanlra for telling me I'll settle for yours irm wv j w y wmv saaeaaasa a c vs aa smile. "You know I'm a newspaper woman," she told him. "and news comes first" Conflict started In the mind of Betty such sa never before hid been experienced by her. What to do? Newananer woman ar tnt woman f What to dot She walked rapidly, anseeingly down the Avenue, fighting it out within herself. At last she turned into a shop, and went directly to the pnouo telephone. Alter all. news was her business in life. Her face -was set aa ah nnt In hr nickel and gave the number of her omc to report so the city desk. Aa she waited, she realized to the full just what this would mean, not only to her paper, bat to the man sne iovea. to The paper it would mean money; to him it would mean further trei-r and inmia Dnttr on tho one side, love on the other. Her path lay clear. The voice of her city editor answered her. 2 "Hello I" she said. -This Is Betty Potter on the Vane case. I've been out all the mnrninw ... and k I haven't heard a thing." (To Be Continued) hihhwiiiiiIm ca I It KaTwnawS hi
