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; The OREGON; STATES!! AN, Salem, Oregon, Wedaesday Mornlaj, January, 23, 1933
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From First Statesman. March 2t. 1S51 -
: THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. V ' -j!
'Charles A. Spbicub Editor-Manager ' 1
Sheldon F. Sackett "- . llanaging-Eaitor '
Member of the Associated Prtu :
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"Thm Aqaoclatrtl Preaata cxcnulwly entitled la tha dm for public
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Impending Class War.
THE Pacific coast should brace itself for an outbreak of in
dustrial warfare trhich t"hreaten3 proportions of a minor
civil warj The shipping interests and the radical unions
are squarinsr off for the renewal of the 1934 struggle the set
: tlement of which was only aTIisagreeable armistice. The cen
ter of the struggle is the port of San Francisco ; and there the
rivals are girding their strength for a showdown fight Other
ports will merely be satellites in the struggle, but they will
be involved. Unless the government with swift steps take3
command of the situation there appears to be no escape from
a prolonged strikeJockout,, which will in reality be a sample
of class warfare. ; ' v. 1 1 :
On one side are the militant unions led by Harry Brid
ges. These coast unions are so radical they refuse to follow the
leadership of j the more conservative national organizations.
Ryan, president of ILA, the
control the coast longshoremen in 1934. Now the ISU. the
sailors union,' has expelled from affiliation the Pacific-lo-
. cals by revocation of charter.
Bridges leadership have far bigger objectives than just win
ning a strike. It is apparent that the regard the strike mere
ly as a tool of the class warfare to be waged unrelentingly
r i with each period of peace merely a resting spell to recruit
strength for fresh attack. Their effort reminds one of the
. general strike in Seattle in 1919 of the shipyards workers,
when :the leader said they were starting a revolution that
, would end "we know not where". . '
Against the radical unions is the Industrial Association
of San Francisco, backed by the entrenched wealth of that
city, which is the financial capital of this coast. The associa
tion represents the other extreme Its history has been one of
: bitter opposition to. labor. Its countenancing or support of
' vigilante methods makes it hated as a typical fascist unit.
There is little doubt that the employers have suffered severe
" ly since the 1934 strike through failure of the unions to abide
v by awards, though their resort to "quickie" strikes which
have at times paralyzed shipping and made operations un
profitable. So the employers now have a "case, and the pros
pect is that they will use it if possible for the crushing of the
Bridges organization.
I In the middle are the conservative Labor union leaders
who oppose the Bridges control and methods and purposes.
Their strength is not on the local field but in the state and
national organizations. It is not certain whether they will or
ganize fresh locals with orthodox charters or not In the mid
, die also, we surmise, as shippers of lesser ports like Portland
where class feeling is not so intense; and where shippers and
workers could probably agree shortly were it not for the in
terference from San Francisco, though this is pure conjec
ture on our part.
, And in the middle, -very much in the middle and in the
--. muddle are the general public, the people who use the ships
for transportation, those who like "the lumber mill workers
must depend on the ships to move goods, and the public
which is concerned with industrial peace and prosperity. This
"great party to the conflict is impotent to move for a sensible
decision. J - , ' '
' v It is possible for the impending struggle to whistle off
with merely some escape of steam. But the signs indicate a
, muster.for a tinish fight Steamships liave been laid up, in
part because f the difficulties, in part perhaps as a "lock
out". The militant unions have been busy with organizing
: until they are now very cohesive. The only hope we can see
is for effective And prompt action by government to stop the
class war before it gets started ; and how the government can
- do that we are not sure.
; Mayors Ifavor Manager Plan
THE city manager form of government has worked very
well in various dties of this Btate, particularly LaGrande,
Oregon City and Astoria. Oregon City is the closest of
" these! and, there Tery steady progress ias "been made in retir
' : ing debt, in maintaining the public works and m making the
' city government efficient in what It undertakes. Astoria has
had a difficult problem because of the mountain-of debt piled
up before the manager plan was adopted, tmt even there prog
- resa is being made and before many years Astoria will be on
its feet ... V ' "
Salenv needs a good business administrator. While the
credit of the city is still sound, we are "bonded up to our legal
limit Many improvement liens are delinquent. "V igilant as the
mayor and oouncilmen try to be theyomethnes wake up and
. find where expenses have gotten away from them, as on some
of the cooperative improvement projects. The mayor has had
to do considerable of the executive work;3ut the mayor is a
f non-alaried officer who has to run lus own business to pro
" vide his own living. Mayor Kuhn heartily endorses the man
ager plan. Douglas McKay when he was mayor saw the wis
dom of such -a plan and started the drive in that direction.
. JThe experience of these men is good testimony as to the jus
tification far adopting the manager form.
In brief the charter amendment reduces the overcrowd
ed council from 14 to seven members, xetains a non-salaried
""mayor, 'creates an elective, office Tf municipal judge. The
' council would appoint the city manager and treasurer, and
the police and fire chiefs would be appointed as now provided
under civii service. Subordinate employes would be appoint
ed by the city manager who would be working executive of
the council The plan is fairly simple; and worthy of trial.
The charter amendment ought to be approved. " I
"Ward and the Portland Sehoolboard
THE Portland schoolboard had a stormy meetmg Monday
night when various patriotic organizations protested the
use of a Portland scheolnouse lor a meetmg to be ad
: dressed by Dr. Harry F. Ward. Dr.Ward is allethodistlwho
is a member-of the faculty of Union Theological seminary in
; New York. Be is a radical socialist, -honest in his convictions,
' and nota coward in expressing his convictions. He is a work
ing hand rn many of the Tadical organizations of the country.
Grant that all of this is true,-Dr Ward is nevertheless
an American citizen, a man of intelligence and culture, with
" a right to his own ideas on public questions and free under
our constitution for expression of bis opinions. Though we
; may disagree with his opinions we defend his right and priv-
ilege to Fpeak his views; and believe that as long as school
houses are used as open forums there is nothing wrong in al
lowing him to speak in one. . , i i
The sooner our patriotic organizatiqns realize8 that' sup
pression is the most unsafe method of combatting "erroneous
"doctrine the sooner their efforts to. pre serve American in-
stitations will ain success. The answer to Ward and all the
other pinks is not to stone them or jail them but to answer
.heir arguments and their appeals ; and best of all to improve
conditions in this country so the radicals will have 1'ttle tin
der to strike a match to. ,i ?
- We don't .agree with our Townsend friends that they
have the right prescription to take the kinks out of our na-
tional indigestion, but we don't object to their meeting in
schools if they make the proper arrangements with the
schoolboard. . i '
The Statesman stands by the constitution,: including the
. amendment for free speech, It's the best means we know of.
: uresemng our democratic institutions.' " "? r--
longshore union, was unable to
The militant umons under the
Tta; Great Game
of Politics
By FRANK R. KENT ; :
Copyrijtt ISii. 1 Tka Bittimori Sua
Dissension Their Hope ."
- i ' ' Washington, Jan. 28.
THE Preildent'i tUp at the Sa
preme Court in hla Taesdar press
conference, followed as It was lj
, . . ; - -.- tir.ii....
j complaint aga
i Inst "Injustice"
i and Attorney -
General ft Cun
j mlngs predic
tion of scores
of injunction
: suits to follow
: the decisions, ia
Indicative ' of
the New. Deal
er's feeling to-
T ward the court.
; They-want to
rerolt. but as
rraak a. Ktat ' yet they don't
dare to let themselrex Zo for fear
of the reaction.
HOWEVER, the combined Roose-TeU-Wallace-Cummlngs
comment
strengthens the conviction held by
many that soon or late Mr. Rooae
?elt will more dramatically to
make' campaign issue between
himself and the court. The idea
is that unless he ; is prepared to
admit the; great basic mistake of
trying to temake America outside
of tha Constitution, there is noth
else for him to do. The gravity
of this course is-hard to exag
gerate. It seems a desperate step,
indeed, and the hope is expressed
that apprehension of the political
consequences, if nothing else, will
in the end deter him.
DEEPLY resentful of the barrier
the court hag erected athwart
their wide-flung plans, some of
the Roosevelt advisers are urging
a real blast without further de
lay. The more cautious, while
convinced that ultimately the "ap
peal to the people, over the head
of the court," has to be made,
warn that the time is not yet pro
pitious and the risk altogether too
great. They counsel a wait for
other alx-Jo-three, 0r, perhaps,
they hope, ft ve-to-f our, anti-New
Deal decisions.
IN brief, some of the New Deal
ers' strategists, looking at it trom
the political angle, now have
reached the staea where thv
would rather have adverse decis
ions than sustaining ones, provid
ed always the court divides anil
a minority opinion is presented. If
inese come. It is urged, Mr.
Roosevelt wiU be In a much
stronger position to make hln la-
sue than how. What they fear
more than anything else are un
animous COUrt dlSttnDTOTSl Vo-mr
people know the extent of the in
ner New! Deal demaraliznn
caused by; those four unanimonn
opinions last May, nor the depth
ot tne relief caused by the Stone
minority opinion in the
AAA casej
THE real jRooseveit hope lies la a
continuation of the dissenters. In
a country lik thi. th.r. . n
litieal danger for any man in as
sailing even a divided Rnnromo
Court. A fine wav to nannd on
self politically to death is to
buck a united court, in tt,m
mass mind of the country the
court is practically the Constitu
tion. One mlrht aa well dwlr
against the Bible and the flag.
Except Among the more Inflamed
of the New Dealers, there is ap
preciation of these facts, and, in
consequence, their dally prayers
are Tor further minority decisions.
IT may be well ta reneat tha sir.
nlficant fact that what they want
now is not favorable decisions but
a court divided as closely as pos
sible. Perhans one reaenn tnr
this U that the chance of getting
uToraoie aecisien. except en
TVA. ia coneedarilv rcmnta m.
ertheless, that Is the way they
ieel. A five-to-four decision, for
example, on TVA, the public-utilities
law or the Ouffev enalnn.
trol bill, before the election.
would stiffen them up for a fight.
Improve the New Deal morula nnf
result in the campaign dramatiza
tion of . the court-ar&inRt.th.
President issue.
OF course, developments of the
next few months" may whollv
change the situation, but as
things are todav. th Mow re.i
is being branded -from top to bot
tom aa unconstitutional. And in
the final analvsis. "New nair.
think, there is nothing to do
about It except dispute the court's
interpretation mil :tn . . ,k.i..
the Con8titulon. There isn't any
prospect at ah of chansinr tha
court unless Mr. Roosevelt is re
elected. : At this tlnwr thjr are
three reasons no change can be
made one4a -the-very gratifying
state of; health ot all rthe: Jus
tices; second, the fact that it is
extremely doubtful' that any
Roosevelt aDDolntmont u : ih.
court, other than- that of a Sen
ator, could be confirmed; third,
that even if he appointed a Sen
ator, there la -not th lAiut HMt
that, once on the court, the ap
pointee would take the New Deal
view. It Is a Terr interesting
state of affairs - and - anm i th
White House inner circle is not,.
particularly enjoying. . ,
Compliment Pastor
DAYTON, Jan. 28 - Compli
menting: Rev. F. E. Fisher on the
ere of his birthday, a delightful
surprise was given by the adult
Bible class 1 ot the Evangelical
Sunday school at his home Thurs
day night.
Ashland Folks Locate .
ROBERTS. Jan. 28. - Buck
Rife has sold his tract of land to
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Isely of Ash
land. The Iselys took possession
of the land last week.
: Forsythia Blooming s
. RICKEY, Jan. 2T- Spring has
come to Rickey. - A forsythia
bush Unreported. In iairbtaomv-v?
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Bits for Breakfast
' By ki. HENDRICKS'
Mrs. E. T. Adair has.
entered her 12nd year: '
This colnmn. in the issue ot
Feb. 4, Z2, told of thel "long
useful llfef , of Mrs. E. T. lAdalr.
Salem. Oregon, who had on Jah.
2? celebrated her 87th birthday,
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There are not many things to
add in a short sketch, excepting
the Important fact that she has.
"by reason of strength," as of holy
writ, added to her days four full
years. '-.'j j " ,
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On Monday the 27th, she cele
brated her 9 1st birthday entered
upon her f ind year of life.' More
Important, the four years that
have Intervened have taken no
apparent toll from her faculties.
She still sees well, hears dis
tinctly, and has a keen mind and
a good memory.
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. Her sisters of the Salem Re
bekah lodge gave her a reception
at the lodge rooms on Monday
evening, present there, as an hon
ored guest, was her grandson.
He is C. Adair Lockwood, who
served his country on the Mexican
border and In the American navy
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
VOTE FOR FEE BILL
January 27, 1936
To the Editor
Dear Sir:
At this late hour before election
when it seems very likely that
every bill will be defeated, I would
like to make a last hour plea for
a bill which I feel will have much
to do with the boys' and girls'
happiness in college and through
out their entire lives the bill
authorizing student activity fees.
When President Tatt visited
our college, he made tbis state
ment, "Ten years from the time
you leave this college it will be
impossible for you to remem
ber exactly anything you have
learned here. Don't misunder
stand me. I am not discouraging
education, but it is your associa
tion with boys, girls, and instruc
tors with high Ideals which will
prepare you for the future and
wUl be your greatese comfort and
benefit." It seems to me this Is
the answer to the bill.
If this bill does not pass, a
great many students will feel they
are saving by taking no part In the
student activities and they will
miss some of the finest things In
life; namely, being able to en
joy sports, music, fine entertain
ments and the ability to play and
mix well with their fellowmen. I
worked my way through college
and as I look back the training I
received through student activities
has meant more to my pleasure
and success, than anything else.
During the depression, the wel
fare of our children has been
seriously neglected. We cannot
afford to allow them to pay the I
sad price of this economic con
fusion. They are the army with
which we march to progress. The
only guarantee to a safe and sound
future Is a well-trained, healthy
youth. We would be foolish Indeed
not to provide for our own sur
vival. They are the greatest of
our possession! and upon their
training for well or til depends
the whole of tbelr father's house.
If you believe thla. go to the
poll and rote! SO C Tea.
Youra very truly.
: David B. Hill
FAVORS MAY PRIMARY
Salem, Ore.
January 25, 1136
To the Editor:
I wish to avail myself of this
column you generously provide to
answer your article supporting a
September primary. You state the
various angles quite fairly except'
on the rital point. The issue la'
simply this, must we be bound
hand and foot to the party system..
Close to one-third and perhaps'
more ot the Oregon electorate do
not think so, and no matter what
obstactles are thrown in their wy
will not long consent to such a
system. . '
Even a constitutional lawyer
could find no difference dn the
two parties in this state. They are
merely associations of office hold
ers and seekers with prlvelege
seeking interests who own, control
or support and in turn are sup
porting by the general press; This
combination of money and pub
licity usually succeeds in nomi
nating men subservient to it.
We, of the class who do not be
lieve everything we read In the
papers and sometimes compare
election promises with pre-election
. and i post-election perfoxm
ances. demand the right of fran
chise. You admit that under the Sep
tember primary law, it we find the
above combination ot money and
publicity nave nominated men we
we are powerless. J admit we are
in bad shape any way but -even
a losing fight Is some satisfaction
and more American than just,
listening to the birdies sing. .
. So by fan means let ns keep
every avenue open in Che hopes
that. some day men who can think
in .terms of common justice to all
and special privilege to none will
some how win control of the gov
ernment of this state.
Again thanking yon for the use
of thls-column.
M, Van Busklrk
. Rt. 1, Salem
(Editors note The class re-
fered to Is not powerless. It still
has. the privilege to nominate an
independent candidate. The only
independent candidate elected to
an Important office under the May
primary system was Julins Meier;
and there is no question he would
have won If his -nomination had
occurred after a September pri
mary. -
. A party realignment would be
much more realistic, -as -pointed
out in an editorial on this page
Tuesday. It may come; or the
Farmer-Laborer party may grow
into m party of power.)
during- the World war. He la now
radio: engineer at the great transforming-
station ot the Mackay
Radio -and - Telegraph company
three miles, from . Hillsboro, Ore
gon. This station serves the land
and sea stations in this section of
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Mrs. Adair first became a mem
ber of the Rebekah. order at Oak
land. Oregon ( "new" Oakland ) ,
65 years ago. She has long been
connected with the Salem , lodge.
She has been through all the
fchairs. i --:"
For 62 years she has been a
member of the First. Congrega
tional church of Salem joined in
1874.
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Her memories and those of her
Immediate family .. have reached
back far In American history.
She recalls her father and
mother telling that when they
went to Germantown, Ohio, they
passed through Cincinnati, and
that at the time that great city
of the present had only three
houses.
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Mrs. Adair was the youngest
child of a family of 10 children,
and she is the only one left.
She was born Elizabeth T. Hoff
man, at Germantown, Montgom
ery county, Ohio, on January 27,
1845. Her father Was Jacob Hoff
man, a pioneer in that region.
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When Mrs. Adajr was born, her
future home In Oregon was then
in a no-man's-land, claimed by
two nations, coveted by five, own
ed by none.
She built the home where, with
her daughter, Mabel Adair Lock
wood, at 363 North Liberty street,
she lives. This was in 1915.
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Mrs. Adair was married to Ir
vin M. Adair, near Madison, Ohio,
September 26, 1869. He was a
railroad worker and telegraph op
erator, and a good one, holding
positions in several towns and
cities In that section.
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" When their daughter, Mabel
Adair Lockwood, was born, Nov
ember 21, 1871, at New Madison,
Ohio, the great Chicago fire was
raging.
The telegraph operators kept
her Informed every hour of the
progress of that historical con
flagration. S
Two operators were working
with her husband at the time, and
the whole country In reach of the
telegraph offices was kept at fever
heat over the exciting news by fre
quent bulletins they would now
be called "flashes."
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Irvin M. Adair was born at
Thornton, Indiana, October 15.
1845, the same year ot his wife's
birth.
They crossed the country In a
mixed freight and passenger train
to San Francisco, thence to Ore
gon by the steamer Ajax, In 1873.
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Mr. Adair loved the land had
an ambition to follow general
farming and fruit growing and
they secured a seven acre-tract
near Salem.
They made this their home, but
Mr. Adair operated telegraph and
railroad offices in Polk, Washing
ton, Douglas, Linn and Wasco
counties: was at one time train
dispatcher.
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The family was in Albany in
18 It, and Mrs. Adair recalls the
great parade and the .bonfire on
the court house .grounds there In
September of that year, an receipt
of th news of the nomination at
Chicago ot Benjamin Harrison for
president.
Mr.JLdalr being from Harrison's
state. Iadisna, was an enthusiastic
participant in the celebration. He
died at Albany December 7, 1888.
Ifr. Adair opened the Postal
Telegraph company's office in Sa
lem, while "Billy" Dumars was
the original man in charge ot the
Western Union office here, and
maintained In nls office the first
public telephone in this city.
The two were .great friends and
companions. A few old timers yet
here . will recall that Dumars
thought a great deal ot his
friends, and some of them will
recall that when he learned ot the
death of Mr. Adair he had to be
taken home to a sick bed.
(Concluded tomorrow.)
Twenty Years Ago
January 29, 101
At least SO persona lost their
Uvea when the ..San Diego dam,
swollen with flood waters, broke
last ptrht. ; ; ' v
The Eugene Daily Guard was
plaeed in the hands ot a receiver
yesterday.
Louis D. Brandela of Boston
has been nominated by President
Wilson to fill the place on the
supreme court bench made vacant
by the death ot Associate Justice
Lamar.
Ten Years Ago
January 20. 1020
Police officers in Salem win
"crack down" on motorists who
fail to .stop at the newly posted
through streets. . ; ,
Whitman smashed Willamette's
dream of the northwest title by
defeating It 82 to 26. last night.
A hotel, drug store and dental
office were totally destroyed by
fire at Oakrldge Thursday.
Sirs. Frank Spenner of ,
Sublimity Passes Away
SUBLIMITY, Jan. 21. Mrs.
Frank Spenner died 'Monday ' at
the Stayton hospital after an Ill
ness of several weeks. She leaves
her husband and. four sons. She
was the oldest, daughter -of Mr.
and -Mrs- William Voa Handle,
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"HIGH SCHOOi; TAGEDF
CHAPTER XVIII !
My father was really to be pitied
the next few days. Of course, the
police did not suspect him of any
complicity, in getting Bruce away,
bat naturally he was in a ticklish
situation. Sunday morning the pa
pers spread the news of Brace's
"escape1 across the front page.
They ran Brace's pictures again,
and one -of my father. And they
had some news beyond-what we bad
been told the night before.
Brace was pretty fortunate in
getting away. The dumb detective
had given him a grand opportunity.
The fellow really had goad inten
tions. He arrived at the Golden
Gate Ferry slip just as Bruce drove
en and they began te take up the
Sngplank, or whatever they call it.
course, he could hare shown his
star and demanded to be allowed on
the same heat. They would just
have had to hold it. But instead of
doinff that, he thought it would be
safer to call O'Briea for instruc
tions before following Bruce. So
knowing the boat would not arrive
at Sausalito for twenty minutes,
and that car once on would have
to stay.-fce stopped at the wharf to
phone St Joseph.
Ordinarily, it might have worked.
HW would have cot O'Brien in five
minutes, O'Brien would have tele
phoned Sausalito, and Brace would
have been nicked on as he left the
boat. But lock was against the poor
dateetlve. Two other people ad
missed ths boat and were using tne
thana -ta tall their friends ae.
Again-the doiectiTe did aotnuhli
authority, but waited patiently.
fident ha had lota of time. When
ox cms.
he did rot tha phone, connections
were Wd and the call was a long
time goina through. O'Brien him
self wasted torn precious time
bawfinc the man out. Se Bruce and
his companions left the ferry tm
cruestioned and proceeded north
ward. It was Just a matter of lack.
After that, however, Bruce must
have teen clever, for his car was
not picked up until it reached
Uriah, a matter of several hoars.
A constable there halted it, hut
Bruce was ne longer driving-: in fact
he and his woman companion had
disappeared. Only man and wom
an ware left. At first, thev professed
ignorance- of Bruce- Lloyd, It de-4
veloped that they did not know him
under his rizht name. They lived
in the apartment house where Ber-
niee Carter lived and baa been in
vited to sein ner sad her friend for
a trip. They -themselves were anxH
ions to go to Kurexa wnare u
woman's fetka lived. -So they ac
cepted the invitation. .
On tha wav. Bemice had become
Ql. They stopped at an isolated tan
on the highway, where she was to
star until rreninr. Since insisted
that the couple continue on thetii
way in his ear. Asked if tney um
not think this atranaethey admit
ted it did seem so, rot that it
seemed lortcal enouarh at the time.
The pottee did' et -entirely believe
their story and were holding them.
Ia tha meantime, they were also
checking the Inn. They found that
, no one Had registered taera tne
night before, but that a young
couple amrwefiftC the description oi
the fugitives had had dinner there
and then -taken erthbeemd bus.
Aa the papers went to press, as
therities were lnvestlratinr the bus
line, hut aa yet had gleaned no re
snlts. A hardened criminal could have
done no better in makinr aa es
cape," commented Allen, who was
apparently moreaaun.
Dad shook his head. "Ton are
riant I cannot ondetstand it. I was
'certainly taken in by him. 'No fool
like an old zooir nut ra not so sure
that he Is ruilty yet. We do not
know who this woman is. Perhaps
she is someone ho feels he must
protect. Yet, aa far as I am con
cerned, she makes it worse." ;
I was thinking. I am afraid had
I expressed - my- thoughts, - they
would have been as hitter as Dad's.
I was not convinced that Bruce had
shot Connie, but he had certainly
sold us all down tha river.
Dad went to telephone O'Brien.
When he -came back, he had ne fur
ther news of Bruce, but he did have
ome on tha other ancles.
-"O'Brien- is .pretty sure that the
murderer is travelling north with a
blonde woman i ia other words, he
is almast ready to pronounce Lloyd
he does, win yen take the
easel" asked uother.
Filling Up at the Old Mad-Hole
We were all surprised: in spite!
ef the events, for that meant Dad,
too, was convinced of Lloyd's guilt.
Be dropped the subject. "The In
spector had some other news that
will interest the children. Their
pal,. Metvtn, has been released I
"Keleasedr i exclaimed. wny,
thought the police had as much
on him as anyone." Then I stopped,
for after all, my family dldnt know
yet that I was in Inspector O'Brien's
confidence. I
"I suppose they have." answered
Dad, "but tha police cannot get him
to talk; so they are going to follow
him, in the hopes of getting some
thing on bis companions, or at least
finding out why he had the gun that
night.8
"He might get away, like Bruce.
Dad sniugged. He looked tired.
He had taken this thing awfully
hard.. I
"What 01347" 1 questioned.
"Carrinrton went to San Dieeo
Saturday morning, accompanied by
his ahadow. a man who ia more re-
fliable than Lloyd's was, evidently.
lie went to the hotel Mrs. urrtmr
ton had phoned from, and found;
like the police, that she had flown.
He was as puzzled as they, it
seemed. But not o resourcelesa."
"What did he do?"
"He began phoninc their ac
quaintances and friends and found
her atoppint with a couple they
anew, ale went out there ia a taxi.
louowea bt tne aetecuve in an
other.- I
ddid they get her?"
"What did she have to eayf"
"Sh refused to talk without
-What wiU they do with bexl"
"Tawy are returning her here to
be questioned.
"with on suspect escaping toward
uanaaa ana anotner picked up lust
tuts side ox Mexico, that a good de
tective would come to some sound
conclusion in the next few days.'
"Yea," said Dad. "yon would
think so. But pTobabry by that time
sometainf else will turn up:
i
The cirls were cuiet about Brace
wnen t went to school Monday.
suppose they thought that we would
consider bis running away a sort of
family disgrace, since Dad had as
sumed more or less responsibility
for him. It made things awkward
as I didnt want to bring up the sub
ject, still f eelinc too badly ever it,
and yet I didnt enjoy their silence.
So it was: a personal relief when
Melvin came back to school Tues
day. That gave us plenty to talk
about over our malted milks I He
looked ratner pale and very ouuen.
do the school s bad boy ia back.
began Helen.
"Yea, And Mother thinks It is
just terrible that we have to associ
ate with him." Patsr contributed.
"The great American democracy.
as Alien would say," I added. Allen
has a lot of unorthodox ideas and
often gets into arguments with the
social science department
"Of course, no one has Droved he
to a murderer; the police let him
go, which Indicates way nont think
be u guilty, Helen argued.
"Murderer or not, ho is a gang
ster" : i .
"Not ouite. But of course, he car
ried a aunT
"And he
has bad .companions. 1
Dad said."
"Well, weVe always known be
is a had w.eimittd Helen.
I took a hand in the discussion
then: I dont know why, lor I nsuH
ally try not to say anything against
anyone, even wnen i aave uroor.
guess I just wanted to forget about
oruce. i
"As a matter of fact,- X stated
with some authority, "the
against Melvin is aa good. If not
better than that against anyone
else. He had a motive because Con
nie refused to sign bis parole. He
was known to have called on her at
8:30 that night, to bars Quarrelled
with her and kit angry indeed. He
bad a gun." v: -----
"Very true," Helen assumed her
sunerior air. "but the run was not
the one that fired the fatal shot, to
they aay. And even if it were, t
would hare to have a aileneer on it
if he threw that pert away, why
didnt hs throw ute wnoie ran cuii-
And besides." Patsy Joined her.
"Mr. Perkins saw her alive after
Melvin left"
course, Jlelvln eouldnt have
eomJtwcki" was my sarcastk4n-
"There hasn't been much about
Perky lately," Helen said ignoring
Yon know." Patsy towered her
Toice to a whisper, "between you
and me, he's the one I'd pick."
It looks to me, i commented,
as if the police agree with you. at
least partially. They are undecided
between Perky and Bruce Lloyd."
At last I had broken the ice. Both
girls talked like mad after that
Bruce was the one they were all
really interested in. Although, of
course, they didnt know him aa well
-S J 3 .1 I J ft .1
aa a wo. ana uwy oian i aave uin
personal contact 1 .bad had, still
they had sort of adopted him as an
ideal, too. We figuratively wept on
each other's shoulders over his dis
appointing development We got
real chummy again and forgot our
differences.
uz course, they had picked up a
lot of rumors and a, lot of ideas
about him and about this Bernice
Carter. Ne one eeemed to know who
she was, but everyone had some
opinion of her, none of them good.
Helen looked around the room
and whispered to Patsy and me.
You know I overheard Dad and
Mama talking? last night and they
said that they didnt think this Car
ter woman was all aha ought to be,
Mama said their running away to
gether like that proved it Dad said
something ia French, one word ef
which I think was 'eaercaes,' yon
know, meaning look for. I eouldn t
ret the rest"
"I know that one," Patsy whis
pered back. "It's VfcercJUs Im
frmme.' It'a the same aa sarins.
look for the woman ia the case .
"I tappost Dad meant f.then,"
went on Helen, "that ha thinks
Bruce committed the (murder and
that this Bernice was the reason."
"Something like that" agreed
Patsy.
"There's more than that to it" I
said sadly. "All these older people
dont want to tell wt what they
think: so that means it's bad. They
think we're awfully dumb, I guess.
Anyway, the whole mess is -is
sordid" and TO have to admit I
was crying.
Helen patted my band. She con
tinued the conversation on a differ
ent track. "You know," she said,
"they hare completely disappeared
into thin air. They were awfully
clever about it I heard that the
police found the driver who picked
Bruce and Bernice up at the hotel
Saturday eight He drove as far as
WOlits. There the bus stops for
five minutes while there Is a change
of drivers. He saw them go across
the street to a candy store. He him
self went into the station, which is
a corner ef a drug store, to talk to
the new drives; And that'a the last
that has been seen of them."
Didnt they go on!"
"No. The new driver never saw
them at alt"
"What about their baggage T"
"There were only two small ban.
AH the passengers got off for candy.
cigarettes, etc- end ao one saw
them take the bags, but they were
gone."
"And no one ia town saw them
afterward!"
No. The earth must have opened
and swallowed them."
Whether luck was with them or
Bruce showed a creat skill ia elud
ing detection, I have never decided.
But they certainly got away clean.
The talk with the girls stayed on
my mind. It made me feel even
worse than I had before. When I
got home that afternoon, I went
right op to my room and I cried. A
year later aa I look back. It seems
silly. But it was the first time any.
one I liked and admired like that
had let mo'down. After half an
hour. I beran to feel huarry. I did
nt want to go downstairs and have
Mother question me about my red
eyes; so t went into Allen's room to
look for a candy bar. He usually
has one around somewhere.
As I eouldnt find any, I was about
to leave when it occurred to me to
look in the pocket of the coat he had
worn the day before. I even looked
in the inside pocket as boys are fun
ny about the way they use their
pockets, All my fingers touched was
a fountain pen, I nulled it out, in
tending to lay it on the table for
him, but I dropped it instead. I
would have been just as happy had
I seea a snake rnnr on the floor.
There It twinkled e at tne the
"CBS" ef Connie Sinclair In glow,
ing gold on ths greea barrel ef the
pen! "
. (To Be Continued)
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