JiiEAGE FOUR
, 1 Tha OREGON STATESMAN, galea, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, June 1$, 1925
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The American System
HERBERT HOOVER and Oswald Garrison Villard are
seemingly as far apart as the poles in their political
conceptions. Yet fundamentally their philosophies as revealed
in commencement addresses on this coast have an identical
base: the maintenance of liberty under the American system.
-While their thought diverges in the application of their
philosophies, the fact remains that each conceives of liberty
as the priceless heritage of the American people.
At the University of Oregon Monday Mr. Villard, widely
known as contributing editor of The Nation, a "radical"
weekly periodical, addressing the graduating class, sought to
interpret the challenge of the present day to young manhood
and womanhood. Villard sees in modern capitalism a sup
pression of libtxties of the people. He admitted that until the
recent supreme court decision the president was virtually the
dictator of this country. His cure is democracy, and more
democracy, going so far as to advocate a national referendum
on political issues.
Ex-president Hoover at the commencement ' exercises of
Stanford university, reiterated his attack against regimenta
tion, against concentration of power in political hands in
Washington. He urged preservation of the traditional liber
ties which have enabled the American people to flourish.
Thus from these highly divergent sources the cause of
freedom gets a fresh impulse. Already the fruit of the per
sistent utterances of Mr. Hoover are being reaped. There
has been a restoration of faith in the American ideal of
liberty, a shying away from "planned economy" with govern
ment of life's details from Washington headquarters. It must
be realized, however that what is essential is the spirit of
liberty and not just its form. To accomplish this at times
restraints are needed against the powerful who oppress,
against those who seek large shares of freedom for them
selves and invoke restrictions against others.
The founding fathers had a most excellent conception of
the need for a balanced government. They recognized the
evils of pure democracy. For instance we doubt the wisdom
of nation-wide referenda, not because of a desire to curtail
popular liberty, but because of the danger that the people
would be swayed by irresponsible and transient demagogues.
But the f ramers of the constitution saw also the perils of too
great concentration of power in a central government. We
are not a constitution-worshipper, do not conceive of it as a
divine utterance. But what changes are proposed should be
considered in the light of how well they contribute to the
great idea which the authors of the constitution had: to
maintain essential liberties within the framework of an
orderly society.
These addresses, and others of similar vein, indicate that
. the leaders are aware of the menace of the present situation
with its propulsions toward a drastic alteration in our system
of government. These powerful voices will be heard : and
the men in authority will ultimately bend to the pressure of
the public opinion which these leaders generate.
All but the Coffee
GENERAL GEORGE A. WHITE, who was a newspaper-
vX man before he became a military officer, is commanding
the northwest division of national guard troops in Fort
Lewis. True to his reporting instinct General White sought
the "facts" when he made his inspection of the Oregon
troops. He took about four hours of time in his circuit of the
troops as he quizzed the soldiers on their experience at camn,
Besides testing the individual's knowledge of technical army
mattery, Gen. White sought the soldier's response over con
ditions at camp. Everything was praised "except that there
were several complaints about
is proceeding to do something
T was ever thus. Coffee
because of itself as because of the variety in taste among
coffee drinkers. Some want coffee black, some want it a pale
amber. Some want it so strong it is almost bitter : others sraar
unkssit is principally hot water. Folk dope up their coffee
variously, borne adulterate it
shovel in sugar to make it syrupy. There is a wide range in
the quality of the coffee bean which is used, just as in
other agricultural products. V
ignorance among cooks as . to
the majority wduld pronounce
So it is not surprising the
coffee. It may be the kind which the purchasing agent or
dered: it may, be the cooks
More probablyfit is just the variation in tastes of the ultimate
consumers. With all his diligence the general can do nothing
about tnat, de gustibus, non
The tanker strike which has
since last February has ended in
secretary of the sailors' onion says
as fast as they can." How many
that others have taken over their
worries a good many of those who have been out on strike. Calling
the strike was a big mistake. The coast had enough marine labor
trouble last year to suffice for a long time to come. The trouble is
that conservative union men and
.by agitators and trouble-makers.
war, and as futile.
While the voters of the district were ungrateful enough to
retire Dr. B. F. Pound from the school board, he can go with the
satisfaction of having performed
fulness. The recent expansion and
a recreational program are largely
He was diligent In obtaining aid under the government reUef program
for school betterments and devoted a great deal of time to planning
the Improvements. It is unfortunate for the district that he is de
feated on issues chiefly extraneous
y
The use of the injunction in
lougnt by organized labor.. Yet
Bridal Veil "case without hesitation by union, officials who sought
to Impose Judicial restraint on peace officers who interfered with
picketing which had become violent. Judge Crawford of Portland
denied the injunction; but the
, organized labor was rady to
labor's cause. .
That Japan Intends to control the commerce In areas of her
conquest in Manchuria and China
companies to vacate. Even so, Japan has been a wonderful customer
of the United States. V have the oil, so our companies will prob
ably continue to do business In the orient. The queer thing though
la that Japan can keep straight face In making pretense to
autonomy ut Aiancnuauo.
No jtOhe' history hooka .will
3pW
nin
the coffee." Now the general
about the coffee.
is always vile, not so much
liberally with cream: others
Finally there is an amazing
how to make coffee which
"good".
general heard kicks about the
don't know how to prepare it.
disputandis.
been in progress on this coast
a defeat for the strikers. Now the
the men "are getting back to work
of them will find employment now
jobs is a question which doubtless
leaders are too often howled down
Usually a strike is as costly as
his duty with commendable faith
development of playgrounds and
the result of Dr. Pound's efforts,
to his record as a director.
labor disputes was long bitterly
the method was resorted to in the
attempt to Invoke It showed that
Use it as a tool If It advanced
is shown by orders to foreign oil
atart lelling of Braddock's "Victory.
The Great
Game of
Politics
By FRANK R. KENT
Copyright 1935. by The Batthaers Boa
The Hoover "Candidacy"
Washington, Jan 18.
THINGS political are happening
so fast these days that it la not
easy to keep np with them. How
ever, one phase aa Illuminating as
any is the earnest effort of the
pro-Roosevelt interpreters to
make Herbert Hoover a candidate
tor the 1936 republican nomina
tion. Every time he opens his
month they burst forth with, loud
cries of "Hoover's a candidate,
Hoover's a candidate." It is like
children shouting "The Goblins
will get you. The Goblins will
get you."
THE IDEA BACK of this Is so
transparent that practically any
one can grasp it. The basic
thought Is that the prejudice
against Mr. Hoover Is still deep
enough to offset the growing re
sentment against Mr. Roosevelt
and his policies, solidify the dem
ocrats and again split the republi
cans. In brief, nothing could pos
sibly be as helpful to Mr. Boo&e
velt as to run against Mr. Hoover
in 1936. That is the notion ana
It Is entirely sound. The reasons
are clear. It would at once'trans
fer the republican position from
the offensive to the defensive. As
things stand today, they have a
very strong case against Mr.
Roosevelt, pins the asset of a vast
number of democrats, including
most of the better-grade leaders
of the party,. whose bitterness to
ward the man and his policies Is
intense. The Hoover nomination
would change all this. It would
revive every anti-Hoover argu
ment of the 1932 campaign. He
would be loaded down with blame
for the depression, with his atti
tude toward prohibition and the
tariff, with the bonus army story
and the bank failures. Already
some of the more eager are quot
ing bank Etatistics.
SOME of this is Justified, bnt
some of it is unfair and exagger
ated. A lot of it is the result of
the three years' "smear Hoover
Charlie Michelson campaign, di
rected by Mr. Shouse and financed
by Mr. Raskob. None the less
the fact remains that the Hoover
nomination would change the
hole political picture, drive the
millions of disgusted democrats
back to their party, switch the at
titude of important newspapers
thoroughly anti - New Deal, so
confuse the people with personal
ities as to make it Impossible to
ret a clear-cut issue on the Roose
velt policies and performances, in
all probability save him from de
feat.
THE Interesting part about all
this is that no one knows it bet
ter than Mr. Hoover. At least
that is the conviction of his most
Intimate friends here and In New
York, who have talked with him.
They say that Mr. Hoover knows
he would have slight chance of be
ing renominated by his party and.
if nominated. practicaUy none of
being elected. He is, they say.
entirely clear-headed about his
own position. He hopes in the
long run history will correct the
injustice done nfm. but knows
there isn't a chance in 193 B. He
is not a candidate, does not want
to be a candidate and has no In
tention of being a candidate. He
appreciates that his candidacy
would split his party and enhance
the Roosevelt chances.
THAT Is the last thing he wants
to do. He feels very deeply about
the danger of the New. Deal to
the country, and believes that aft
er two years of silence he not
only is entitled to speak his mind.
but it Is a duty. After all. he Is
the titular leader of his party and
15,000,000 people voted for him.
There are two reasons, his friends
sar. he does not declare that he
will not be a candidate. One is
that no matter how strong the
statement he made his enemies
would not believe it or would
.pretend they did not. They would
say he did not mean It, that he
was working under eover, that It
was just a gesture. It would have
no effect in stopping misrepre
sentation of bis position.
THE second reason is that this Is
not the time for such a statement.
He wants to be a factor In the
party, to have something to say
about the platform and something
about the ticket, and to help elect
it. If he wholly removed him
self as a possibility now. his
party influence would become aca
demic rather than reaL The truth
is no element of his party wants
Mr. Hoover, and his renomina-
tion is most unlikely. The old
guard conservative leaders of the
east are as strongly opposed to
him as the progressive repnbll
cans of the west The attitude
of the Grass Roots conference
was typical of the feeling. A num
ber of republican as well as dem
ocratic editors are still unable to
see his name without slapping
him. He has almost no friends
among the politicians. He is an
unlucky man who has been badly
treated, and he isn't a candidate.
The insistence on his candidacy Is
one evidence of the real uneasl
ness in the Roosevelt camp. It is
the thing for which they pray.
.TO HILLS FOR DINNER
SILVERTON, June 18 E. J
Adams, publicity chairman for the
Sllverton chamber of commerce
reports that early indications are
that a large crowd wiU go to the
Sllverton Hills Wednesday night
to attend the June chamber of
commerce meeting there. The
dinner will be served at 7 o'clock
followed by a short business meet
ing, a program and then a dance
FRANK HTJBBS BETTER
BETHANY, Jane IS Frank
Hubbs, who underwent a major
operation at the Sllverton hospi
tal several days ago, is getting
along very nicely and will be re
moved to bis home before long
Laura Hobba, a daughter, who has
Ibeen attending school 4n Califor
nia, has returned to her home for
I the nnnmex.
Bits for Breakfast
Bj R. J. HENDRICKS
New historical fact:
Dr. McLoughlin studied
medicine in Terrebonne:
S
(Concluding from yesterday:)
Stfll quoting from the Elliott ar
ticle: "What use the young doctor
(only It years old) made of his
license to practice; whether at
Terrebonne or Montreal in Upper
Canada, or as an introduction to
employment In the . f nr trade is
not yet completely known. Fori
William, at the eastern end of the
Kaministiqula route to Lake Win
nipeg and beyond, was field head
quarters of the North West com
pany of lar traders, then the
most Important rival in Canada of
the Hudson's Bay company. In
1803-04 Fort William was new
and hardly yet known under that
name, but as the New Fort, es
tablished because of the enforced
removal from Grand Portage.
Harmon mentions this even in
1807. The lure then for ambi
tious young men was the fur
trade and there Is some evidence
of McLoughlin's entering the
service of the 'Norwesters' almost
immediately. The late Elliott
Coues. an authority on fur trade
history, identifies 'a Mr. Mc
Louchlin on the Kaministiqula
route in July 1804 as probably Dr.
John McLoughlin.' The writer of
these comments has recollection
of him at a trading post in that
extensive region in the fall of
805 giving medical attention to
trader, who was returning from
the Mandan country, but for the
moment is unable to verify the
reference.
'In 1807 there is positive data.
Daniel W. Harmon, a well known
fur-trader, writing at Fort Wil
liam on July 19th, says: 'As I am
still in ill health, I shall pass the
winter with Doctor McLoughlin at
Sturgeon Lake, In the department
of Nipigon, which lies to the
northwest of this.
'Again on November 9, 1807.
Harmon writes: 'The doctor, who
is about the same age with my
self, is an excellent companion,
and fond of conversation; and I
trust that a friendly Intercourse
will mutually cheer our spirits
and that we shall spend the win
ter In a manner that will be both
pleasant and profitable.'
"And again on December ZSth:
Doctor McLoughlin, accompanied
by two Canadians and one of the
natives, has gone to visit Mr. Hol
dane at Red Lake.'
"And again on February 9,
1808: 'The doctor and company
have returned from their long
Jaunt; and I am happy in again
enjoying his society after a sea
son of comparative loneliness.'
"And still again on May 13.
1808: "The doctor, with one man
in a small canoe, has set off for
Fort William, where he will be
wanted as soon as he can arrive.
to attend the sick. Among the
great number who visit that ren
dezvous every summer, there are
always some who need medical
aid; though I firmly believe that
no part of the world is more
healthy than this. The doctoT has
not been able to learn, to his sat-
POST BACKS PUN,
SDLVERTON, June 18 The
purchase of sufficient land on
both aides of Silver Creek adja
cent to the creek from Sllverton
to the creek's source to pro
vide and preserve the watershed
so that the creek will not go dry
during the summer was endorsed
by the Delbert Reeves post of the
American Legion at the Monday
night meeting. Agitation for this
movement was first begun by the
local chapter of the Izaak Walton
league and has also been dis
cussed before the chamber or
commerce.
The Legion, at Its Monday night
meeting, also voted to definitely
organize the Sons of Legion in
early fall. This was begun some
time ago hut was halted by vari
ous factions.
Roy Davenport, commander.
presented stair to be worn on
cajis of those who have shown
outstanding activity In securing
members. Receiving the stars
were A. J. Titus. James Scarth,
Ralph Bilyeau. Clair Jarvis.
Delegates to the state con
vention to be held at The Dalles
in Angust are Boy Davenport,
James Scarth and J. J. Lewis.
ON DAKOTA VISIT
SILVERTON. June 18 Mrs.
Dan Fletcher and her two 'daugh
ters, Irene and Gladys, are en
Joying their visit in South Dako
ta very much, according to word
received here by their family.
They made the trip easily with
no trouble and instead of finding
hot weather as could have been
expected, were instead right at
home in a rain. They do not plan
to return to Sllverton until after
the Fourth. Gladys is librarian for
the Sllverton schools.
IN RED HEAD BATTLE
SILVERTON, June 17 Mary
Wickersham and Rowena LesUe,
two former Silverton girls, are en
tering the redhead round-up eon
test at Taft. Both girls now reside
in Portland and Miss Wickersham
Is being sponsored by the Artisans
assemblies and Miss Leslie by the
Powers' Furniture company.
BENNETTS ON VISIT
SILVERTON, June 19 Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Bennett of Port
land are at Silverton tor several
days' visit, making their head
quarters at the home of Mrs. John
Wolfard. Rev. Bennett was for
several years pastor of the First
Christian church here.
FROM TILLAMOOK
LIBERTY, June 18. Mrs
C. W. Newton, of Tillamook, is
spending several days as the
house guest of Sabias Schmidt.
WATERSHED
HIS
Is faction what my complaint is.
I think that the medicines which I
have taken, in the coarse of the
winter, have been of essential
service to me "
Ii
Mr. Elliott truly says: "These
recitals and comments offer data
not before known to the Oregon
audience. Assnming. the correct
ness of Dr. Cone's identification
in 1804, it is reasonable to be
lieve that about a year after ad
mission to medical practice in
Canada, McLoughlin was on his
way to some trading post of the
North West company west of
Fort William to begin a career
in the fur trade.
"Whether this came about
through any influence of another
uncle, AlexanderFraser, who was
a partner in the company, is not
known but may readily be infer
red. He was called Doctor Mc
Loughlin from the start.
"Medical knowledge stood him
in good stead in affording oppor
tunities for acquaintance with the
officials and transfer from one
post to another as occasion occur
red; but participation in the busi
ness was his ambition.
"Another not unlikely view is
that he was employed as company
physician to be sent here and
there as needed, but aptitude for
business soon asserted itself and
commanded recognition. Medical
and surgical needs were too few
and the life too alow for him.
a W S
"In 1814 he was able to pur
chase shares in the company and
is said to have been put in charge
of the Rainy Lake district, a very
rapid advancement.
"Ten years later he arrived in
the Columbia river district of the
-Hudson's Bay company with the
rank of chief factor, but still gen
erally known as Doctor McLough
lin. This did not mean very fre
quent use of his medical knowl
edge. It really did mean his ap
plication to actual experience of
the fine principles and habits he
had learned during the four and
a half years adolescence to very
early manhood of apprentice
ship to such a man as Dr. Fisher
of Quebec; quite certainly the
contact of the boy willing to learn
and the man willing to teach.
Then he had learned obedience,
courtesy, diligence, reverence, ex
actness, and broad sympathetic
views of humanity. The profes
sional name also afforded prestige
and cultural standing among the
officers and visitors and respect
among the employes.
S
"So he was Doctor John Mc
Loughlin, the first physician to
establish residence in the Pacific
northwest."
V s s
F. X. Matthieu, last to pass on
of the men present at the historic
Champoeg meetings of May and
July, 1S43, fled to the United
States from Terrebonne.
J. G. Nadon of Salem was born
in Terrebonne. Mrs. Nadon is at
the head of the Salem chapter of
American War mothers. Terra-
bonne means in French good
earth, or good country.
MORE PEOPLE W
KEEP SCHOOL UN
SILVERTON HILLS, June 18
-Whether or not school will con
tinue at Davis next winter was
not decided Monday night, but
left to be decided later. In the
spring it was thought that be
cause so few students would at
tend next season, the school
would be disbanded for the year.
Rumor is now current that others
will move into the district. Should
this occur the school will open in
the autumn as usual.
Mrs. E. O. Nelson was re-elect
ed clerk and Oral Egan re-elected
director. L. A. Hall will be the
chairman of the board for the
coming year and James Bonner is
the other holdover member.
At Porter school Alvin Hartley
waa elected director. Ira Loron
was re-elected clerk. Don Ross
will he the new chairman and
Mrs. E. A. Beigli is the other
director.
LaDUKE VERY ILL
SALEM HEIGHTS, June 17.
Friends and neighbors will be
sorry to know Elvis La Duke, Is
critically ill.
Twenty Years Ago
June 19, 1915
Robert Victor, son of police Of
ficer Victor, left Salem yesterday
for Deer Lodge. Montana, where
he had been offered a fine posi
tion.
There have been 24 June brides
in Marion county so far this
month, according to the books at
the county clerk's office.
During the week ending June
17. there were reported to the
state industrial accident commis
sion 143 accidents, of which four
were fatal.
Ten Years Ago
June 19, 1925
For one minute Thursday, all
trains on the Southern Pacific
system were halted at 1:30
nVlrwlr 1aelfie time, ont of re-
spect to Julius Kruttschnitt, late
chairman of the company's execu
tive board.
Employes at the statebouse
have been forced to walk during
the last two days while altera
tions have been made to the elev
ator. Double doors and automatic
stops are being installed.
Several high powered electric
wires feU to the street in Port
land yesterday among the crowds
who were watching the- floral pa
rade of the rose festival. One
woman was eeverenr WTreav-
"Pop. Did He
"WHOSE WIFE?"
CHAPTER XX IV
Cyras K. Mantel sat alone in his
great library, and stroked his right
eyebrow with his pince-nez.
He drew a book, plainly bound in
leather toward him. There were no
markings at all on the outside of
this book, and it had a strange
fastening, a padlock and a hasp of
brass bound the two covers to
gether. In the case that walled the
room there were many other books,
exactly like it, both as to binding and
lock, only that on each of these oth
ers there was some cryptic sign in
gold, on one a bottle, on another a
knife, another had a hatchet, another
a rope, a revolver marked one, a
small coiled snake adorned another.
Each had one marking of some in
dividual kind. Only their mate,
that now Tested beneath Cyras K-'a
hand was barren of any insignia
whatever.
Cyras K. took a small leather case
from his pocket, and carefully se
lected one key from the rest. This
he inserted in the padlock and
opened the book.
On the flyleaf was written, in a
fine Spencerian hand: "The Vane
Case, Property of Cyrus K. Man
tel. He ruffled the leaves slowly as
though to see how much had been
written in the book. Headings, such
as chapter headings would he in a
book of fiction or biography, read:
"Characters," "Possible Suspects.''
"Facta," Definite Ctaes," "Deduc
tion, "Solution." The paper be
neath all these headings was blank.
On the first few pages written in
the same fine hand was a brief
resume of how Cyras K. Mantel had
come into the ease, who had brought
him in, etc
Cyrus K. adjusted his glasses,
dipped his pen end started to write.
At the same time he spoke aloud to
himself, a habit he had when he was
quite alone, and was working out
any problem. It aided him to hear
the spoken words, and yet he did
not care to talk to anyone else about
a ease white be was working on it.
"Now. let's see," he said, I guess
we'd better fill as much of this as is
possible at this time."
He turned to the page beaded
"Facts" and wrote:
"Headless body of nude wo
man found on Lawrence Vane's
roof terrace, just after mid
night of November 15th.
Police informed of fight then
in progress on Toof, by tele
phone by Wilbur Renton, who
had apartment across the
street.
Telephone call arrived at
headquarters at seventeen min
utes after-midnight Not, 15.
Officers arrived at Vane
apartment, found Vane asleep,
apparently dragged, and body
of woman on terrace.
They reported to Inspector
Ingles at headouarters 'Mur
der and Suicide.
Dr. Gilbraith arrived with
Ingles. Reports Vane suffer
ing from large dose of Veronal,
bat not so large as to cause
danger.
Dr. Gilbraith does not favor
suicide theory.
Partially empty bottle of
veronal discovered in bath
room. Neither apartment or terrace
showed any signs of struggle.
Vane declared wife had re
tired. Bed found to be undisturbed.
Used dishes for two in kit
chen. Vane held as a material 'wit
ness in connection with the al
leged murder of his wife ; Vane
now out on $25,000 bail.
Vane denies body that of
wife.
Vane taken to Tombs."
Cyrus K. leaned back in his chair,
and gazed at what he had just writ
ten.
"So much for the first night," he
said. "Now Ufa see what we have
at a later date."
He leaned over the book, and re-
lumedhis careful writing
"Wilbur Renton denies the
telephone call, bat admits being
in his apartment at the time.
Finger prints on bottle of
Veronal distinct, bnt do not
compart with either those of
Vane or of the deceased woman.
Vane declares that he does
not know the body of deceased,
Body of deceased positively
identified by woman as that of
her daughter Iaobel Vane.
Vane declares that Isobel had
told him that both her parents
were dead.
Vane admits having learned
osa. -r.
Always Hit 'Em Over the Fence?"
since his marriage of the past
life of his wife IsobeL
Vane used numerous models
for figures in the nude, his wife
having been one of them.
Vane admits her jealousy of
these women.
Vane admits his wife did not
love him, and never had.
Vane said his wife was a co
caine addict.
Kate Doyle gives names of
many of Isobel 'a admirers.
Vane claims Isobel feared
Wilbur Renton hated her, and
him, because of their marriage.
Wilbur Kenton's engagement
to my niece Betty broken be
cause of his flagrant affair with
IsobeL
I overheard conversation be
tween old Suky and Renton at
door of Betty's apartment,
which would denote that he was
trying to bribe her to keep
silent about something. She re
fused, becoming angry.
Later I discover, hidden in
Silky's hand, small voodoo
figure of a man. with rope
around neck.
Suky makes me promise not
to 'stop her before she shows
me figure.
I look at sketches in Vane's
apartment, finding one of Don
etta Dane, dancer with Cats
Doyle's Club, who models for
Vane on the quiet.
Vane tells me that en the
afternoon of the murder he
painted from a node model,
called Jannette, until about
four. She left, and hie wife ar
rived a few minutes afterward.
Heavy storm had broken.
Vane and wife stayed in for
dinner ... unusual for them.
He had headache . . . says she
was unusually kind . . . pre
pared medicine to aid him.
Vane claims he and wife
dined at seven thirty or eight.
Dr. Gilbraith asserts that de
ceased had been dead fully six
hours when discovered at
twelve-thirty.
Betty Potter secretly devoted
to Vane,
Vane acknowledges hopeless
love for Betty.
I checked up on as many of
the names given me by Kate
Doybj as possible.
Found that Renton was in
town at time of murder.
Lovelace was at his Long
Island place ... or supposed to
be.
Johnston was in town.
Roger Thornley was three
days on the road on a motor
trip to the West with his wife,
Millie."
Again Cyrus JL leaned back and
spoke aloud.
"I must look tn that chao Bobbie
Nichols," he said. "I hear that he's
a human dictaphone hears and
records everything, and repeats it
wfaen wanted as though turned on
by a switch. Yes, I really most look
htm up at once."
He turned again to the oaee
headed "Clues," looked at it for a
long time, removed his glasses and
rabeed his eyebrow with them, re
placed them on his nose, pursed his
lips and slowly started to write.
"Finger prints on veronal
bottle are feminine.
Woman who made them un
known. Tracks on roof, showing that
body had been dragged from a
door into the penthouse, to the
position in the corner of the
terrace where it was found.
A chip of brick and mortar
work found on floor of terrace
Just in front of this door.
Absence of head of murdered
woman.
Absence of any blood stains.
I discovered , that Isobel
Vane's clothing and hats were
all intact in her closets, but that
her jewelry was gone.
No cocaine found in apart
ment." Cyrus K. breathed deeply and laid
aown nis pen.
"So much for that," he said.
Now well see where we go from
here, as the youngsters say."
He turned to the page labelled
w SJ.SJS vim a vw a avaj w
"Lawrence Vane, Wilbur
Renton, Betty Potter, Inspector
Ingles, Donetta Dane, Roger
Thornley, Suky, Lovelace,
Johnston.'
He paused a moment, then slowly
vnw.
"Isobel VaneT"
Again he studied what he had
Just written, then flipped the pages
ever to "Possible Suspects," and
WlW4S,
By cufcagj
"Lawrence Vane, Wilbur
and then, after a moment's thought.
ne repeated bis termer action, ana
wrote:
"Isobel Vane!"
Affo writine, iK t-mn tvnrda
Cyrus K. got up from his chair,
walked , across the richly carpeted
room, and ahstrartidlv ivansmi aa
though scarcely aware of his action
U I 1
cabinet. He peered at the quaint
old niece of furniture as though he
had never seen it before, then
reached out and pressed a hidden
catch in the woodwork. The door
swung open and Cyrus E. reached
in and drew forth a twittl nt tn1.
low, golden liquid. With the same
ceremonious care ne pourea ear, a
tween himself and the light, and
scrutinized it tntenuy. tie lilted tae
glass to nis tips and sipped, dosed
his eves to aavor its houoiwt mora
perfectly, and said:
"The Benedictine monks surely
had many of the secrets of true liv
ing." He sauntered about the room,
looking: at books and at fine old
etrhinc-S- aa then vVt ha wn await
ing someone else in his own home.
5 J a m . .
instead oi oeing in nis own ramuiar
Sanctum Sanctorum.
He drained th KnAirin tn tV
last sweetly potent drop, went back
a. v s . .
co nis aesa, sac aown, turned to the
page titled "Deductions" and took
v .
up nis pen.
-it the body of the dead
woman on the roof is not that '
of Isobel Vane, who can it be?
I accept Vane's statement
that it is not the body of his
wife, even though his word is
refuted by the identification of
the body by her mother. But
do I believe that Vane does not
know -whose body it is?
What could have become of
the head? It is not easy to dis
pose of a human head.
There is no question bat what
the woman on the roof met with
a violent death. The question
is: Who is she? And who mur
dered her?
If she is not Isabel Vane,
then did Vane murder some
other woman?
Ii this is the case, then what
has become of Isobel?
Did Isobel murder some other
woman?
If so, where is Isobel and
who was the other woman?
Assuming that perhaps Vane
is lying and that the body is in
troth that of his wife, did some
other man murder Isobel, and
if so, who committed the erixoeT
Is there anything hidden in
the secret life cf Vane and his
models, that has not been
brought out so far?
If Wilbur Renton is telling
the truth when he denies the
telephone calL then who called
up headquarters, giving Ren
ton's name, and what was his
purpose?
Who, besides Vane and his
wife could have had access to
the roof terrace without pass
ing through the apartment?
Does the fire-escape I noticed
have any connection with this?
Who is it that Suky hates
and is practicing voodoo
against?
Why does she hate this per
son? Did the model Jannette really
leave the building the evening
of the murder?
Did Isobel see her?
Did Isobel Vane really go to
the theatre that afternoon as
she told her husband. If she
did not, where did she go, and
with whom?
Did any of the men who had
been intimate with Isobel hats
her?
Did any of them still love
her?
Why should Isobel Vane dis
appear on the night of the mur
der (assuming that she is not
the murdered woman) , leaving
all her treasured clothes and
hats, but all her jewelry vanish
with her?
Was Isobel Vane in love with
anyone?
Does Betty know anything:
that she has not told does she
keep things from her paper be
eanse of her hidden affection
for Vane?"
As though the written word had
called forth the spokra one, Betty's
d to him from the hall
outside his closed door.
(To Be Continued)