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"No Favor Sways Us; No Fear SkaU Awe"
: ' : From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
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Political Wood Smoke
LOOK to see if Henry Hanzen isn't throwing the wet wood
on the fire to mafce smoke on Governor Martin. The
group which called oaffDistrict Attorney Trindle to get him
to launch a case to test Martin's right to hold the office left
with him a brief prepared by a Portland lawyer who was
principal extra legal adviser to Gov. Meier. Where does Hen
ry come in? Look up section one, article fifteen of the state
constitution:
"AH officers, except, membrs of the legislative assembly,
shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and
qualified."
The theory is that if Martin is ineligible because of be
ing a retired army officer, Meier is still governor ; and one
sees at once what it means for Henry, (et al.) if this theory
could be established. The committee which waited on Trindle
may be sincere in devotion to the constitution or in hostility
to Martin ; they may also be stalking horses for Hanzen.
Now what is the provision which is cited against Gen.
Martin? Section three, article five:
"No member of congress, or person holding any office under
the United States, or under this state, or under any other power,
shall fill the office of governor, except as may otherwise pro
Tided in this constitution.''
The question is, does the fact that Gen. Martin is a re
tired officer of the United States army make him ineligible
to fill the office of governor? The constitutional question is
one we pass over to the lawyers. This practical fact is true :
that Gen. Martin's status was well known when he was a can
didate for the office. The people knew of him as a pensioned
army man ; and the people elected him in full knowledge of
his status. From a purely common sense viewpoint the people
made their decision last November. The time to have raised
the question was when Martin was a candidate or when he
took office. The belated discovery of the constitutional pro
vision savors more of venting political animosity to the gov
ernor than safeguarding the constitution. However, we rec
ognize the controlling force of the constitution ; and if ques
tion is raised we shall merely let the lawyers fight it or
the judges.
Robbing the Gamblers
WHAT might be called poetic justice operated on the gam
blers off Long Beach when their strong box was raided
by ship pirates and $35,000 cash stolen. By what law of God
or man were the gamblers entitled to the cash in the first
place? How may the pirates be prosecuted for stealing stolen
money? A question in ethics as well as in law.
The sum testifies to the size of the stake in gambling.
The spread of the vice has been amazing the last few years.
The depression, bad luck on the stock exchange may account
for the increase in gambling. Another reason is the decline
in standards of personal morals. Many people live on a what
thehell basis in these times.
Horse and dog racing with pari mutuel betting has been
legalized in many states recently. Illinois has gone farther
to legalize bookmaking. This gambling racket has grown to
immense proportions in Chicago and New York. The circula
tion manager on one of the largest newspapers in these cities
is head of the bookmaking syndicate. Heretofore it has ex-
f M 3 1 " J A A 1 " f- ' 1U.
lsieu ty paying protection money to pouce. oo common is me
business in Chicago that one can find a bookie at most every
cigar counter.
In Salem slot machines have been flourishing either
with connivance of the police officers, or it is claimed by
some in the know, by buying "protection". The presence of
the slot machines and their operation and the operation of
gambling devices and gaming tables in card rooms has been
known; What deserves a grand jury investigation is the local
set-up which provides the "protection". How are the profits
split? Who gets in on the pay-off? Who stays the hands of
enforcement officers, in city and country ; or are their hands
afflicted with self -palsy?
' All this talk about legitimizing gambling is false gospel.
It will feed, not appease the gambling instinct. Even if it is
a persistent vice the state should not be party to its promotion.
Stalin of Russia has a new title, "athletes' best friend". He
reviewed a parade of 110,000 Russian young people on the Red
Square in Moscow, a sports parade, and later witnessed athletic events,
tennis games, wrestling, boxing. Volley ball is said to be a favor
ite came and Americans have introduced baseball. Russia has gone
ports-minded with six mlUion enrolled in organized athletics. The
counter-revolution must be on if Russia is taking up sports, along
with restrictions on divorce, Paris styles in clothes, and literature
not dosed with Marxian ideology.
Dr. Abraham Epstein of New York, secretary of the American as
sociation for social security, brands the pending pet bill of Roose
velt's now in congressional conference, "an economic lunacy," "pure,
clumsy stupidity." I. M. Rublnow, vice-president of the organiza
tion, caUs it a "distinct and epoch-making advance." Epstein's crit
icism to because the bill doesn't go far enough; and Rubinow re
grets the measure doesn't include health Insurance. Neither worries
about pay day.
Old man Rockefeller was 98
Oregon ran two column etchings of him, which they might have feared
to do SO years ago when Judge Landis was soaking his company 128,-
00.000 in fines. Rockefeller anticipated the rich-soakers. He has
given away $500,000,000 to charities and education and health in
stitutions. He cashed in five million dollars worth of insurance pol
icies Monday though, so he will not have to apply for his Townsend
O. A. P. for a few years.
Rep. Brewster of Maine called Tom Corcoran, one of the death
sentence lawyers, a liar in the utility hearing Tuesday. Brewster is
the one who charged pressure was being used to get him to vote for
the death sentence under threat of cutting off the Passamaquoddy
project to harness Bay of Fundy tides. In any event he has put the
administration in a hole so it will have to go ahead pouring thirty
six millions in the Fundy funnel, more "Brewster's Millions '.
Sec. Morgenthau who has been saying the country could stand
it to toom the national debt, now goes into a flutter to urge reducing
the debt by hiking the levies of income and inheritance taxes. One
place they could cut the debt four billion dollars is by not spending
the last appropriation.
The house of representatives Is considering the. TV A bill. TV A
is the set-up which had its accounting severely scrutinized by Comp
troller McCart It proved nlmble-witted however, explaining discrep
ancies in the receipts at cafeterias as "children playing with cash
registers."
... a . m
Every new deal press agent
mimeograph in his month.
Polk county has a brand new
.le plans; we plan, yon plan, they
, VISITS FROM NEW JERSEY
INDEPENDENCE, Jury .
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Baker of
East Orange, New Jersey, arrived
til llAtnA l t DtV&w'a' na.
Editor ingaiis oz me uorvsuis uaieue-nmes coniessea me
ether day to having difficulty in finding a "last line" for his col
umn. Just suppose one of his subscribers wrote in and suggested he
se his first line for that purpose.
aim
Monday and two papers in eastern
ii . mm .
seems to have been born with a
planning board. I plan, you plan,
plan. Who plows?
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Baker
for a summer visit. The Baker's
were accompanied from Chicago
by Mrs. Baker's parents, Dr. and
Mrs. W. H. Nugent, who will visit
la Portland -,,
The Great Game
-. of Politics
By FRANK R. KENT
Copyright 1933. ly The Baltimore Sua
The "Wild Men- Myth
Washington, July 9.
ONE of the arguments most fre
quently used to allay the alarm
felt by conservatives over Mr.
Roosevelt's policies has been that
the president was the "real bul
wark" between . the business of
the country and the "wild men"
of congress.
BUT for him, it was contended.
congress, seizing the bit in Its
teeth, would run away and upset
everything. This has been a fav
orite theme tor some of his more
devout Journalistic Interpreters.
Wkh it his intimates have ex
plained the sops to silver, his
"share the wealth" messages, his
friendship with the Inflationists,
the tremendous outpouring of
federal funds in fact, almost
everything. He, it was urged,
had to seem radical in order to
keep the real radicals from go
ing to extremes. The gist of their
song has been that if it had not
been for Mr. Roosevelt we would
have had a revolution.
TO men who know the person
nel of the senate and house, this
has always appeared a complete
ly fallacious and utterly Insincere
argument Congress, like the
country, has always seemed to
them intensely and overwhelm
ingly conservative. The radicals
have been much more noisy but
nothing like as numerous. The
new deal contention has been
that this was no longer true, that
the depression had greatly In
creased radical sentiment, and
only a man such as Mr. Roose
velt, who,, showed sympathy with
the radical point of view by ges
tures toward the left, could keep
them in hand. Otherwise, they in
sisted, a revolt would occur.
THE recent defeat of the presi
dent on the public utility holding
bill makes this argument look
extremely ridiculous. In the light
of the facts it seems wholly dis
proved. What the vote showed
was what most thoughtful men
have never doubted to-wit, that
actually Mr. Roosevelt is, and has
been from the start of his ad
ministration, far more radical
than congress, and that a major
ity of house and senate would
prefer to follow him in a con
servative direction. Cer t a i n. 1 y.
that is true of both house and
senate leaders. Congress as a
whole Is less radical than the
White House and the test on the
holding company bill proves it.
HERE was a measure aimed
against a great industry which
tor more than a generation has
been the target for every politi
cal demagogue in both parties. It
was right up the radical alley.
The sins of certain holding com
panies made the attack plausible
and the president of the United
States made the issue personal.
He did more than that he ex
erted every ounce of pressure and
every resource of the administra
tion to have his way. He pub
licly and fiercely denounced the
lobby of the utility companies.
but it is conceded that the ad
ministration lobbied with equal
Intensity and disregard of re
straint.
IT is charged that threats to
withhold federal funds for pub
lic works were made against re
calcitrant congressmen. Purely
political agents like Mr. Hurja.
assistant to Mr. Farley, and
through whom most of the small
er federal patronage sifts, were
thrown Into the fight. Yet, the
president's bill was saved in the
senate, where he has a two-thirds
majority, by a single vote and
that obtained only after the most
desperate administration effort.
In the house, where the "wild
men" are supposed to be wildest.
the president lost by more than
100 majority a really devastat
ing defeat when it is considered
how deeply he had involved him
self personally in the fight and
the violence with which he made
it.
EVERY real radical in house and
senate was with Mr. Roosevelt in
this business. There was not one
of the "wild men" on the other
side. But in the senate, though
a good many democrats voted
with the president for personal
reasons and against their bet
ter judgment, he won by one vote
only, while in the house, where
the presidential fight was even
more frantic, he lost by a hun
dred. It does seem that after this
we should hear no more of this
"Roosevelt the bulwark against
the wild men in congress" ar
gument. After this even his most
ardent admirers should hesitate
to suggest that he has saved us
from "revolution'' or kept con
gress from "Winning away with
the country." The real radicalism
is in the White House, not In
congress.
Woman 80 Years Old
Undergoes Operation
SILVERTON. July 9. Mrs.
Hannah -B. Taylor. 80, of Scotts
Mills, who submitted to an em
ergency operation Sunday morn
ing at the Silverton hospital, is
reported as getting along very
well. For the first few days her
condition was considered critical.
The three-pound baby, Norman
Lehman, son of Mr. and Mrs. El
wood Lehman, who underwent an
operation Thursday night, is re
ported as getting along very welL
Lloyd Kennedy, night officer at
Silverton, submitted to an opera
tion at the Silverton hospital Sun
day. BACK TO SOUTH
SUBLIMITY, July 9. Mrs. Te
resa West of Oakland. Calif,, left
for her home after visiting rela
tives here the past few weeks.
Christine Schulte left for Oak
land, Calif., where she will visit
her sister and family for a few
Bits For Breakfast
-By EL J. HENDRICKS
Diary It years old
yields strange history: "
Journey to Oregon In 1816:
(Continuing from yesterday:)
The houses, (of the Havana of
1856) are mostly cf one story and
covered with tiles. The harbor Is
In the form of a circle and sur
rounded by bills that rise gradu
ally up from the shore, with cot'
tages and neat gardens enclosed;
shaded by the cocoa, the palm and
the orange trees, they looked the
picture of contentment.
' V.
"Soon as we dropped anchor
we were visited by the custom
house officers, health officers,
and, lastly, by the captain gener
al, and his suite. He was a fine.
portly looking man; looked as
though he and the world were
on the best terms possible. Af
ter going through the preliminar
ies of a visit, he took the cap
tain and his ladies on shore with
him.
"After they left we were visit
ed by bumboats, as they are term
ed, filled with oranges, pineap
ples, cigars and jellies. The offi
cers would not allow them on the
vessel for fear of creating sick
ness, but some of the passengers
managed to smuggle a few on
hoard by means of baskets at
tached to a rope.
"We were compelled to remain
all night, as no vessel is allowed
to leave between sunset and sun
rise. But it gave us an opportun
ity to see the sun rise over the
hills and bathe the city and har
bor in a flood of golden light.
S S
"There were some 50 vessels in
the bay with Bails all set on the
eve of departure for their far-off
homes, and the Jolly heave-ho of
the sailors as they hoisted the an
chors, mingled with the song and
the jest, came floating to us on
the balmy breath of the morning.
It spoke of light and merry hearts
enlivened with the hopes of a
speedy reunion with friends at
home while our courses were set
for the land of the stranger.
S
"There are no wharves at Ha
vana. Vessels are obliged to lay
off in the bay; they are loaded
and unloaded by means of light
ers. It is very expensive and la
borious. The shore is very bold
in many places, and ships of the
largest class can haul close to the
shore without any difficulty.
"The natives are about 50 years
behind the age. A little Yankee
genius and enterprise would de
velop things amazingly here.
S S
"We weighed anchor about 8
a. m. and sped on our way, with
gentle breezes and a calm sea. On
the second day out, Arthur was
taken down with a light fever,
which kept him down about a
week.
"Tuesday morning about 9 a.
m. we reached Aspinwall in the
midst of showers, went on shore
and took shelter at the Ocean
JEFFERSON, July 9. Mrs.
John Doyle and son Michael of
Temple City, Calif., and Mrs. Ed
D. Jones and daughter Patty of
Milwaukee, Wise, will arrive
Wednesday for a visit with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Mason. Another daughter, Mrs.
Riley Gilbert and twin daughters
of Chicago are visiting at the Ma
son home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Miller re
turned Saturday night from Ter
rabonne where they visited their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Wester. The V est
er's returned home with them for
a brief visit with their daughter,
Mrs. Lyle Gilmore and husband.
and also to see their new grand
daughter born to Mr. and Mrs
Gilmore July 3.
Visit Mrs. Thurston
Mrs. Norma Skelton and two
sons and two daughters of Forest
Grove are guests at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Grace Thurston
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith and
son Delmon and daughter Jose
phine arrived in Jefferson Satur
day evening from Phoenix. Ariz.,
for a visit with relatives and
friends. They are former Jeffer
son residents, Mr. Smith was in
business here for several years.
HAS MALARIAL FEVER
STAYTON, July 9. A. K. Lu
lay went Sunday to the Horst hop
yard after his little daughter
Jean, who was there with rela
tives. She was. suffering with ma
larial fever. She is considerably
Improved since returning home.
Twenty Years Ago
July 10, 1913
The highway committee . may
be forced to take additional 13,
000 from next year's fund to
make up deficit at Rex-TIgard
ville.
Eneiand is rush in tu romnle-
tion a group of super battle
cruisers.
Snap shots The best show is
the unconscious exhibition given
by a crowd of people.
Ten Years Ago
July 10, 1025
Appearing for the first time In
their new uniforms, over 150 Sa
lem members of the Elks lodge
went through their drill move
ments last night.
For the second time thia vear
Salem is being visited by a heat
wave. A high temperature of 94
degrees has been reported.
AnnrATlmfltfifv AAA nani a via.
ited the 21st street swimming
Tool ytsterdaj.
nil
House, the hotel here. It resem
bles some decent barns I have
seen at the north.
"Sat down to a decent dinner
about 1 P. m., and at 1:80 took
the cars for that interesting conn
try, Panama.
V
"Had a very pleasant ride over.
The road on each side was lined
with groves of palm trees. The
rains had laid the dust. We were
also provided with cool breezes;
they were very acceptable.
"We arrived at Panama about
4:30 p. m., and, learning that the
steamer would not sail that night,
we went up to the city and took
quarters at the American hotel.
"After partaking of a lunch, I
went back to the station to have
my tickets registered, and my
state room assigned me, so as to
be ready to go on board in the
morning.
S
"Found a large number of pas
sengers there; concluded to await
my turn with the rest, when we
heard the report of a pistol, and
soon after the cry, "An American
has been shot!'
"Immediately all was excite
ment, a rush was made by the
passengers many for the scene
of action, some to the hotels,
where their families were; others
to the ferry boats.
S
"I took my station in the
freight room door, where I wit
nessed all that transpired on the
outside. Saw a native run up
among the negro huts, pursued by
an American, followed by the re
port of a pistol.
"Soon after the latter returned
and all was quiet for a few min
utes; but the flame was only
smothered a little, not exting
uished. "In a few moments a large
crowd of natives came rushing
down from the cienega (swamp)
with their passions all aroused,
exclaiming that one of their num
ber had been shot by an Ameri
can, and they must have revenge,
and with the cry, 'Cavaho Ameri
cano!' they made a rush for the
Triangle, a small drinking saloon
kept by an American.
"This was soon sacked, amid
the yells of the natives, the crash
of glass, and the reports of pis
tols. "From this they proceeded to
the hotels and stores, which they
served in a like manner, robbing
the occupants and demolishing ev
erything that came in their way,
also partaking freely of the li
quors, which fitted them for the
scenes that soon followed.
"A large number of them col
lected outside of the cienega, and
commenced firing upon the depot,
and among the passengers on the
outside.
"During this the bells of the
different churches of the city
were ringing the alarm of fire,
the houses of all, the foreign res
idents were closed and barred,
and confusion and dismay held
reign over all."
(Continued tomorrow)
ens LEAVE
OH MSI JAUNT
SCOTTS MILLS. July 9. Mrs.
George Winters (nee Stella Tay
lor) a recent bride, was compli
mented with a miscellaneous
shower Saturday afternoon at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Mabel
Taylor.
Lunch was served to Mrs.
Winters, Mrs. Jennie Lawrence,
Mrs. George Haynes, Mrs. R.
Bradfield, Mrs. Margaret Kil
born, Mrs. Grover Van Arnnan,
Mrs. Dale Miller, Mrs. W. A. Law
rence, Mrs. Floyd Shepherd, Mrs.
Herman Landwing, Mrs. Levi Kel
lis. Mrs. Jesse McKillop. Misses
Ruth and Mildred Kellis, Mar
garet and Violet Landwing, Elsie
and Phyllis Pownall, V a n e 1 1 a
Heinz, Bessie Wakefield. Mar
garet Qhun, Evelyn Taylor and
Mrs. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brougher
accompanied by their son and
daughter - in - law. Dr. and Mrs.
John C. Brougher of Vancouver,
Wash., left Seattle Monday for
Sitka, Alaska, where they will
visit their daughter, Mrs. L. C
Berg (Lila Brougher) and fam
ily, and their son, Ira Brougher
and wife. They expect to be away
three weeks. E. W. Coulson and
daughters, Margaret and Mildred,
win have charge of the store.
Peter DeGuire is
Called to Beyond
at Age 82 Years
WOODBURN. July 9. Peter
DeGuire, 82, lifelong resident of
this vicinity, died at his home
near West Woodburn Sunday
morning. He was born in Marion
county and lived here all his life.
He is survived by his widow.
Clara, to whom he was married
47 years ago in Hubbard; four
sons, Eli and Joe of Philomath,
Peter and Ed of Woodburn; two
daughters, Mrs. May Burnek of
Woodburn and Mrs. Eva Fish of
Philomath.
He was a member" of St. Luke's
Catholic church where requiem
high mass was said Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. Interment was
in St. Lake's cemetery with
Beechler-Kilian tn charge.
WED AT VANCOUVER
RILVERTON. Julv 9. Muriel
Harbec of Silverton and Albert
r.nndmirk of Coltin were married
at Yaneonver. . Wash., the last of
the week. Mrs. Landmark has
been employed at the offices of
Dr. C. R. Wilson of Silverton.
RCX Of BY RAINS
DAYTON, July S. The an
nual Mitchell picnic was held
Sunday la the Dayton civic club
rooms instead of In the park as
had been planned because of the
Inclement weather. ,
"WHOSE WIFE?"
CHAPTER XLII
Cyras K. Mantel, still chuckling
like a benevolent gnome, walked
swiftly to his waiting car and was
driven home.
He went immediately to his li
brary and, sitting at the big desk,
drew the leather-bound book, with
out title or any sort of mark, toward
hint.
He unlocked it and laid It open
before him, at the page marked:
"Solution," and wrote:
"The chip of brick and mortar
broken from the wall of Vane's
penthouse, beyond reach, suggested
to me that the body could have been
slang onto the- roof from the build
ing in process of erection.
Assuming that the body was not
that of Iaobel Vane, it was reason
able to suppose that Iaobel herself
bad left the apartment by the fire
escape.
The fact that her jewels were
gone, but that there were no signs
of burglary, and that her bed was
undisturbed further strengthened
mv theor? of voluntary flisrht. -
The finger prints on veronal bot
tle not checking with Vane's or
those of the body, might easily,
therefore, be those ox the missing
wife.
I discovered that among Isobel's
many lovers waajloger Thornley.
I also discovered that he was the
contractor on the building-next door,
having access to it at any time.
I went through this building and
found a derrick operating within
reach of the Vane terrace.
Having noticed the birthmark on
the dead body which caused the
mother to identify it, caused me to
think that no woman who lived by
the beauty of her body would have
permitted this blemish to remain
long on hers. I therefore found the
plastic surgeon and discovered that
my deductions were correct and
that he had indeed removed such
blemish from the body of Isobel
Vane, and therefore. H was certain
that the body was that of an on
known woman.
Who. wishing to elope with the
notorious Isabel would prevented
from so doing, by the tie of another
woman? ,
The only one was Roger Thorn
ley. Upon investigation he- was.
shown to have left by motor with
his wife Millie for the West Coast
two days before the murder.
Old Sttky, starting voodoo magic
against some uakaowB man, was
well worth watching.
It was easy to deduce that the
man she hated was Roger Thornley
because of his abuse of Millie whom
the old woman loved.
The chemist in Greenwich Village
could not identify Vane, but only
knew that the man who purchased
the veronal said he was Vane.
In the same way, a man's voice
announcing the murder had said he
was Renton, but there was no proof
that it was Renton. end later plenty
Orchard Heights
Women Leaving on
Journey to Kansas
ORCHARD HEIGHTS, July 9.
Mrs. J. W. Simmons and her
sister, Mrs. A. A. Withers, are
leaving Wednesday for Hiawatha,
Kan., home of their youth, where
they will spend several weeks
with their parents and other rela
tives and friends.
Recent guests at the H. R. Mc
Dowell home were Rev. and Mrs.
D. H. Glass of Lansing, Mich.
Mrs. Glass, aunt o( Mrs. McDow
ell, will be remembered here as
Linnie McCowan who attended
the Popcorn school many years
ago. Other relatives at the Mc
Dowell home to meet Rev. and;
Mrs. Glass were Mr. end Mrs.
Joe Fisher and John Cavitt, all
pt Portland, and Mrs. 0. W, Por
ter of Junction City.
TOWXSEXD CLUB ELECTS
INDEPENDENCE, July 9.
The regular meeting of the Town
send ciub was held Friday night
In the form of pie social Elec-
'Across the Channel!
of proof that it was not. This would
argne-that someone had plotted the
elopement and the murder with
care.
There were two women missing
in whom I was interested. One of
them was dead.
They were Isobel Vane and Millie
Thornley.
The post cards that kept arriving
from Millie Thornley were difficult
to account for.
The murder of Donetta Dane, its
similarity to the first murder, sav
ing for the presence of the head, and
the presence of Roger Thornley.
with his inimical attitude toward
Vane, strengthened my suspicion of
him.
Betty's report of the whispered
conversations overheard in the hall,
and Thomley's threat because ox
Donetta's knowledge of some move
of Gerry Gordon's, made me send
for the fist of women sailing on the
Teeyo Kishen Kaisfaa Line.
I had also found the shreds of a
telegram in Thomley's room at
Millhank Manor, with the name of
this steamship line on it And I was
assured by everyone. Including
Betty, that Mrs. Roger Thornley
had sailed on this line. I was also
assured that Donetta had known
that Gerry Gordon had sailed too.
and that that was what had angered
Thornley.
I found that Mrs. Thornley had
sailed for China as indicated, but
that no Gerry Gordon was listed.
What had happened to this other
woman, who now seemed to have
disappeared?
There were three women in whom
I was interested. Two of whom had
vanished. One was dead.
Mjr job was to prove that the dead
one was not Mrs. Isobel Vane.
X went to a radio station end ar
ranged to ns their radio and televi
sion facilities to broadcast the pho
tographed head of Isobel Vane. At
the same tune I broadcast an appeal,
offering a reward in care of that
station -for any information regard
ing tneerigmai of the pictured head
I was showing.
An answer earns from a young In
terne in Chicago on vacation.
He recognized the- head as that ef
quite insane, wandering in the vi
cinity of San Jose, California. She
had been sent to the -State Asylum
at Napa, where she now was.
I sent for him, talked with, him
and flew to California where I
found Isobel Vane insane. I
brought her with a doctor and an
attendant to New York in time to
produce her as the corpus delicti at
the Vane trial."
Cyrus K. leaned back tn his chair
and studied the book before him.
Then reaching forward, he lifted
the phone and gave a number.
"Hello, Ingles I he said. . . .
"Thank yon, I'm just as pleased as
yon are. He's a splendid chan. . . .
Oh! my dear Ingles, you mustn't.
tlon of officers resulted: presi
dent, E. A. Weddle; vice-president,
Valen Guild; secretary,
R. W. Baker; treasurer, C. Mc
Beth. Rev. Neufeld was elected
congressional delegate to the
meeting at Albany.
Gubser Buys. Country
Home of Stoutenburg
UXIONVALE. July 9. A deal
was made Saturday whereby Er
sel Gubser became the owner of
the .nine-acre farm home of the
late Mrs. He t tie Stoutenburg,
owned by Archie Stoutenburg of
Kelso, Wash. Mr. Gubser owns
107 acres In the Grand Island
neighborhood that he will farm
In connection with this.
FORMER TEACHER DIES
SILVERTON, ; July 8. Word
has been received here of the
death three weeks ago of Miss
Josephine Gordon, former teach
er In the Silverton schools. Miss
Gordon went to Mt. Vernon,
Wash-, two years ago where she
has since taught. When at Silver
ton ahe made her home with Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Palmer.
atjs
feel like that. Anyone might nave
thought as yon did. It certainly
looked bad for the boy. . . . Why, of
course, he wont hold it against you.
man t you do all you could to help
himT . . . Tea, it is tragic for her,
but that is all Ton can expect as an
end for them, when the beginning
is each as hers, I called you to tell
you that I've fast had a wire from
the police at San Jose, California.
They have found the head. Yes.
He apparently threw it into e ravine
as he left town after beating Isobel
he probably thought she was dead.
Mice customer. - On, yes. He 11
ret what's eomine to him. . What's
that? 04d Sukvl Oh, she's sure
that voodoo will take care of him.
and rm sure that justice wilL You
take care of this affair of the head,
will yon. Ingles? . . Fine. Ill look
forward to seeing yon soon.
Yes. I hope so too. IfD be fine to
be on another tase together. The
best of luck to you. Good-bye.'
Again Cyrus EL took up his pes
and wrote.
"The murder ef Donetta Dane
was due to fear of her knowledge
that she might inadvertently ex
pose him. It was an attempt to hide
his own trail and further implicate
Vane.
The cards supposed to be sent by
Millie could have easily been writ
ten and signed by her. on almost any
excuse before the two left New
York, to be posted by Roger at cor
rect intervals.
Donetta Dsns was sn innocent
victim. The only thing she had to
fear was a fetish of her own. She
did not -want her husband to know
that she had ever posed in the nude
lor Lawrence Vane. That was the
reason for her whispered request of
him and his assurance of sflence.
Again he leaned back and sur
veyed bis work. He removed his
glasses and stroked one eyebrow
thoughtfully, then murmured to
himself:
"I wish I could write In the most
interesting part, to me that not
only have I been able to save an in
nocent man and bring a guilty sne
to justice, but I have been Instru
mental in bringing young hearts together-
life is verv kind to is. oma
times, very kind."
He leaned forward, dosed the
book, snapped the lock, and placed
the key on a separate hanger with
in secret drawer in the desk.
Then he took out another book,
identical with the one he had yast
locked. All the pages were blank.
He took out small brushes and
embossing stamps and go!d liquid..
Carefully he drew on the cover of
the book he had just locked, a small
bottle, and a golden derrick
He then laid the locked book
aside, and drew the virgin, blank
one toward him.
"I wonder . ha mused, "I
wonder!"
THE END
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Classes in Bible
Held for Children
of Mehama Section
MEHAMA, July 9. Ted Mul
key, who has been ill in a Mil
woukie hospital, was brought to
the home of his father and sis
ters here Friday. They report him
In much Improved condition but
he must still be under the care
of a physician.
Daily vacation bible school
classes for children started yes
terday morning under the super
vision of the Misses Bovinzton
and Dellamartea.
HONOR BUSS 8TORTZ
BRUSH CREEK, July 9.
Four girls from here planned an
apartment kitchen shower for Ed
na Storts, formerly of Brush
Creek but now employed at Sa
lem, Monday night. Attending
from here were Althea Meyers,
Corinne Moberg, Inga Goplerud
and Lnella Forland. Lela Storts
of " Salem also attended. Miss
Storti will lire with her sister
Wilma In Salem.