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: . . ; . "r. i- . A.i ..yni i?nw OREGON STATESMAN. Salea, Orepm, Taesdy Morning April 21? 193S tilUM S VVM' . : i 1 ! if A I t; H- Founded I Sit "No favor Sway Us; No Fear ShaU Awe" rom rirst Statesman, March z8. 1851 THE STATESMAN Chajxes A. Spracue Sheldon F. Sackett - Member of tbo Associated Press The Awocfcited Prers Is exclusively entitled to the use for public lion of U r dUnatclies crediird to It or not otherwise credited m thin poptr. ' From Oregon to Success THERE died the other day in New York a man who was known as the "doctor's doctor", a consultant in the diag nosis of diseases, Dr. Harlow Brooks. His life touched the northwest and Oregon briefly, for, after his boyhood in Minnesota he came to the northwest, as did many young men of the time, tb engage in railroad engineering work. While out here he entered the University of uregon in xne ciass 01 1894, spending his summers in survey work on the Union Pacific. He tranferred however to the University fo Michi gan and completed his medical course there. His professional career was developed in New York with the exception of pe riods of war service in the Spanish and World wars. He spe cialized in pathology and clinical medicine, served on the fac ulty of New York university and on the staffs of many hos pitals; and became a famous diagnostician. The singular fact about his death was that it was caused by a germ which he with the late Dr. William H. Welch, fa mous professor in Johns Hopkins, was first to isolate, the gas gangrene bacillus. The sketch of his life which appeared in New York' pa pers revealed how busy a man he must have been. His con tacts were numerous and varied. He arose each morning at six and was at his day's work at 7 :30. Besides his professional work he had many other interests. He delved into ethnology and studied particularly the Indians of North and South Am erica. He was not only a lover of music but a performer as well, playing 'cello in a quartet of physicians. He was a big game hunter, though in later years his chief weapon was a camera. He also found time to write monographs and books dealing with medical topics, in considerable number. With all this round of activity, which kept him going often until midnight, his biographer says: "Despite a heavy daily program, ht ' ever was a bustling man but had a gift for the appearand f leisure in all his engagements." . Dr. Brooks d: .d at the comparatively early age of 65. He lived a full life to be sure ; but one with so many interests would never grow old. It may be that this young Oregon and Pacific Northwest in which Brooks spent some youthful years, gave him a stimulus which remained with him through his life, awakening interests which renewed his mind weary from the day's routine. Industrial Discord THE public's attiude toward the contentious ship owners and employes in San Francisco is "a plague on both your houses."" The lines are drawn for a battle which would be a "finish fight". Employers apparently want to crush the un ions and the radical union leaders want to crush the shipown ers. If either had complete victory it would be universal de feat, for the victor as well as the vanquished and for the public which is being served. The industrial situation elsewhere is in a similar state of strain with attitudes of mutual hostility, instead of cooper ative effort for joint success. Unions countenance violence, and employer groups hire thugs and ex-criminals as strike breakers. Both attitudes are unenlightened and positively dangerous for the whole social order. Each side in a labor dispute has a powerful weapon. The employers have the club of jobs-which mean income and food and a living for families. Employes have the labor without which the plant goes idle and the employer is left helpless. With each side helpless without the other wisdom dictates greater forbearance on both sides, less readiness to resort to force which is costly and often futile. On both sides much of the trouble lies with its blind lead ership, which can see the future only in terms of crushing the opposition. Waterfront conditions are highly unstable at the present time, especially on this coast. But the material for similar strife is present in many other lines of industry which have been organized on the basis of force majeur rather than that of. fair settlement. Youth 1 Portland youth has been tor's $5000 prize. He gives not plagiargized. When interviewed after announcement .of the award, the young man, Owen W. Matthews, III, said he just wrote what he knew, and drew upon his experience in attending the boy scout jamboree in Hungary. There he met boys from all countries, each others languages they stood. To quote Owen: i "We knew that, no matter what the diplomats of pur re- a pec tire countries might say to each other, we boys ha1 no reason : tor fighting each other." 1 That be said, was the basis T to see how he won. It was a practical, experiential approach; oot a theoretical dissertation, nor gleanings from other wnt I ings on the subject. " . j The significance of the essay is clear : there is a grow ing sense of fraternity among the young men of the nations of the world, realization that they have no reason to go out and shoot each other down. This change in attitude on the part of youth weakens the foundation of war's support. No matter how much money is spent on cannon and aircraft and warships this physical material is of little worth if youth is hostile to the war idea. Militarists need to take note of this fact when they talk about the need for preparedness. The mind of youth is being conditioned for peace; it will take a great deal of martial music to condition it again for war. Safety Prayer THE rector of Trinity church, New York, has had printed on cards for distribution to the public copies of "The Mo torist's Prayer" which was published recently in the Lon don Church Times. This is the prayer: "Grant me a steady hand and watchful eye. That bo man shall be hurt when I pass by. "Thou rarest Ufe. and I pray no act of mine May take away or mar that sift of thine. "Shelter those, dear Lord, who bear me companv, From the evils of fire and all calamity. Teach me to use my car for others' need. Nor miss through lore of speed "The beauties of thy world; that thus I mar ---I With Joy and courtesy go on my way." Why not set it to music and have it sung by the full con gregation. Who was it said: "Let me write the songs of a - people and I care not who writes the laws". Maybe by prayer and song we can get the idea of safe driving drilled into the Imman consciousness. J After'f pending $12,000,000 on the Florida ship canal and the Quoddy tidal power .project President Roosevelt has dropped them, saying their future depends on the congress. The best economy la to .ait pouring any more money into them. Both were opposed as un nound by the best engineering. But it took publicity and a fighting senator to stop the sinful waate. i : .- ... i . .- . ' -1 The senate; composed chiefly of lawyers, wouldn't convict Judge RJtter of allowing too high a fee, $75,000. in a hotel receivership. TV rule for fees remains as la the good eld days, what the traffic wilt bear. . ' - . PUBLISHING CO. Editor-Manager Managing-Editor and War declared winner of Eddie Can assurance that his essay was and even if they couldn't talk could make themselves under of his essay. If so, it is easy The Great Came of Politics By FRANK R. KENT roprrigti uy The biuw sis Public Funds and Politics Washington. April 20. IF THAT "Worker-Farmer Alli ance," with Professor Togweil last summer announced as the re-. liance of the New Deal in this campaign, and which he predicted would "irresis tibly surge for ward" against the "forces of react i o n." is not effected it will be through no fault of the Administration political man agers. They are working ltard enough at it. And beUef that it will hold is the real basis for the present Roosevelt confid ence. SO FAR as the farmers are con cerned, there seems considerable ground for this feeling. It is not only that $300,000,000 on old contracts under the AAA have al ready started going out, in the form of checks, but before the el ection $440,000,000 more under the new Soil-Conservation Act will be distributed. In other words, $740,000,000 or nearly three-quarters of a billion of Treasury money taken from the taxpayers will be distributed among the farmers in the next six months and this to farmers who in two and a half years hare al ready gotten more 'Mian one bil lion through the processing; taxes killed by the Court. (These fig ures are taken from the authori tative and reliable United States News ) If that does not cesient the agricultural end of that Tug- well alliance, then the American farmer, all honor to him, is un- purchasablc indeed. o LITERALLY THE THING ig un believable. That an administra tion seeking votes to continue it self in power should distribute, among the voters during a cam paign, three-quarters of a billion dollars out of the Federal Treas ury is well calculated to take the breath of the average citizen once he fully grasps the facts. The trouble is that so diverting are the ways of the politicians in of fice, so specious their appeal and so plausible their propaganda that it isn't an easy thing to do. With smug insistence upon the nobility of its purpose and the non-partisan nature of its gratuities, this Administration seems able to do things with Impunity that under any ordinary circumstances would be regarded as an offense against decency and in any ordinary time would shock the country into real resentment. AN ARGUMENT, ol course, can be made that this pouring out of Federal funds to the farmers dur ing the campaign is part of a great program to help agriculture, that it is all according to sched ule, and tv.at there is a completely non-political attitude in this bus iness upon the part of the direct ing heads in Washington. That is true in one sense and not true in another. The pious aloofness from even a thought of politics in the distribution of these billions, assumed by Mr. Roosevelt in all his speeches and copied by his aides, Mr. Wallace and Mr. Hop kins, can be maintained, doubt less, with complete sincerity. Of course, they are not playing Poll tics with this money. Of course, their hearts are pure and their hands clean. Of course, it goes out on a non-partisan basis. BUT THAT does not prevent the local Democratic politicians all orer the country from capitalis ing these benefit payments for party purposes and using them as an argument to the recipients for support of Mr. Roosevelt, insist ing that gratitude is due him for what they have and if they want more they will have to reelect him. There is no more doubt that this is being done with the farmers than it is with the people on relief. While the New Dealers in Washington keep their heads in the clouds and pretend there Is no such thing as practical poli tics, the Democratic machines all over the country are squeezing the last ounce of political advant age out of the Government mon ey. BEING HUMAN, they are bound to do exactly that. Without this money there would be slight chance of Mr. Roosevelt's reelec tion. There isn't a seasoned ob server or politician anywhere who does not know that to be true. It is a simple statement of fact that these remendous outpourings for relief and to the farmers in prac tical effect constitute the greatest campaign fund in history. That is what the Republicans charge, and no amount of protestation about the. purity of their hearts upon the part of those responsi ble alters the fact that there is real ground for the charge. If there were no other ground the continued presence of Mr. Farley, the Roosevelt political manager, la the President's Cabinet, itself, would be enough. In command of the greatest patronage machine in history, constructed on a purely spoils basis, and himself a pro fessed spoilsman of the true Tammany type, the continuation of Mr. Farley in his dual position completely negatives the nonpar tisan attitude of his chief. It does more than that it makes it aa affront to the intelligence. LEAVING ASIDE all question of the merits of the WPA. the old AAA, and its new substitute, this tremendous stream of Federal funds Is calculatingly being used by local Democratic politicians in every section to affect votes in the next election. And that la a shock thing. Stripped of all camou flage and pretense, what it am ounts to Is an effort to buy the W um i kij iiii frank a. Kaat Bits for Bj R. J. "Reminiscence of an 4-Zl-IC Old Timer," reviewing life of a pioneer, miner and scout of the northwest: (Continuing from Sunday:) Quoting Col. Hunter: "In the case of our captain, an aged pioneer who was beloved by the whole party, when he vjas attacked we were encamped on a low bottom near the Platte, and I was beside him during his few remaining ter rible hours. I shall never forget the cold. foggy and dismal night, when the stillness was broken only by the groans of the other sick and dy ing, and the howling of the myri ads of prairie wolves around ns, which seemed Intuitively to know flesh must be left there. S S "Next day we dug a shallow grave, bailed out as much of the water as we could and, wrapping the remains in a blanket and a feather bed, we held them down In the water until the earth and stones were piled above them; then, leading away his two sor rowing sons, we moved on west ward. . . For weeks we were scarcely out of sight of one or more burial parties. "It was said that if there was any devil in a man the plains would bring it out. . . In our train was a family named Kent, man, wife, son and several daughters. This family was stricken with cholera, and to keep them with the train I volunteered to drive one of their teams. S After the son Ben got well Kent prevailed on my father to al low me to continue driving till the reat of the family recovered. This Ben, a burly, red headed scamp, two years my elder and equal to two of me in size, was the most disagreeable fellow it was ever my ill luck to meet with; he continually raised the deuce with his sick sister and mother. quarreled wfth his father, and fought his team. 'Finally his oxen became so un ruly from his abuse that he couldn't manage them, and he traded teams with me and aft erward would trade one yoke and then another. i "b U "To this I had to submit or be i in a continuous quarrel, which I didn't relish owing to his size, Health By Royal S. Copeland, M.D. NATURE HAS glveo each of us two hands. We constantly use them, never thinking of the Intricate mechanism that controls their move ments. To lost one or to have It damaged la a real calamity. Every day to a large general hos pital it becomes necessary for some surgeon to amputate a finger or tven a hand. This must be done In order that the patient's life may be saved. In most Instances such a serious loss might have been prevented if Immediate medical attention bad been given the original Injury. Too often, what appears to be a simple abra sion or bruise, may be the forerun ner of a serious infection. Neglect of that first wound may mean per manent deformity, or actual loss of a finger or the hand. Decline in Accidents Within the past decade, I am glad to aay, there baa been a remarkable decline in the number of hand acci dents In Industrial labor. This la the happy result of the installation of safety devices, and of Intelligent in struction In guarding against In juries. Another factor Is the emphasis placed upon the need of Immediate medical attention. This la vital in all Injuries of the hand regardless of bow trivial they, may seem. Please do not forget this. In many states It Is required by law that first aid facilities, trained nurses and doctors, shaU be available in all large plants. This humane legislation has helped to cut down the evil effects of old time neglect But In spite of this progress in In dustrial establishments, household ac cidents occur as frequently as ever. This Is shown by the continued loss of fingers, hands and arras. Too many are careless about their fingers and hands. Receiving blows, cuta. burns or other Injuries, they tail to use a soothing applicat1on,or antiseptic. It Is no wonder that seri ous Infections of the hands continue to take their annual tolL Hands Are Precious Musicians, artists, doctors and others who value and appreciate the Importance of good bands rarely. If ever, abuse them. Tet to everybody else the hands are precious, and equally deserving of attention and care. Never neglect a burn, cut or Infection of the hand. Prompt atten tion may mean the saving of the hand. Throbbing of the Injured part Is often the first sign of Infection. Swelling may occur, but often the In fection is so deep-seated that the swelling Is not prominent. Many persons avoid the doctor be cause they fear an operation may be advised. Bear in mind that early In daloa of an Infection of this sort Is advisable It enables the victim to escape a more extensive operation, with the danger of amputation. Of course, prevention Is far more Important than attempts at cure. Re spect your hands and fingers. They art priceless and can never be re placed with an acceptable substitute. Answers to Health QwriM Mother. Q. What wul relieve a simple goiter In a young glrlT A For fun particulars send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and -repeat your question. Dr. Copeland it glad to tntutr inrMc$ frim feeder tcko send 4dreaed llraM envelope Kith their questions. Address mtt let' tert to Dr. Copeland in car at this netcpeper if its siela afflea in this city. IComfrlgM. ISM. K. F. Inc.) people with their own money. That is not the palmary purpose of this amazing outpouring, but that is the practical effect. And there is no sense not saying so. Breakfast HENDRICKS But one morn lag he overdid the thiag by trying to tak as oxtow oat' of my hand when I was yok ing np. Ho declared he would 'hare that bow,' and ho staid with It till he got it right ever his head, and would have had a repetition of it but for the fact that my fa ther seixed hold or me in time to prevent. w "Thinking if the Kent could fight they could drive their own teams, father called me back to his own wagons, and it was re marked that the oxbow had either reduced Ben's bump of combat Iveness or developed that of cau tion. "I knew him In the west for years after, and he never attempt ed to take anything away from me again. W 'Soon after this incident our train split up near Fort Laramie. We found ourselves in company with a family named McFarland who also were from Iowa, con sisting of a sprightly girl about 15, her father, a good natured fel low, and her stepmother, a holy terror. "We reached a stretch that was void of water and our guide books being imperfect we made the er ror of not filling our water casks. "After traveling eight or 10 miles we all became intensely thirsty, and I volunteered to go ahead, fill the canteens and re turn to meet the rest. S S "Returning with the water. I met Helen, in company with my sister and our friend Haligan, some distance in advance of the train. "Giving them some water, I went on to meet the .others, Helen taking my arm. Meeting my fath er's team first, I was supplying the family with some water when Mrs. Mc came up, and, seeing Helen's hand on my arm, struck at her with a stick she carried. "Seeing the motion, I stepped in front of Helen, and received 'a smart whack over the shoulder. Mc. the papa, seeing the act. Jump ed from his wagon and gave Mrs. Mc a left in the eye, saying: "Is this the way you treat a boy who goes ahead and brings back water to keep us from choking? S "Mrs. Mc declared she would teach Helen better than to be so familiar with young men. This was the first time I was ever ac cused of being more than a boy. The knockdown became general between the two, and finally my father took a hand. That settled it there was another splitup In the train. "Our family being left alone with our teams, day after day we toiled on, leaving here an ox and there a cow, from the effects of poor grass and alkali water. r many we naa to leave a wagon, and when we reached Fort Hall, on Snake river, we found ourselves with but three yoke of poor oxen and a wagon S S "To lighten our load we were compelled to throw away provi sions until we had scarcely suffi cient to last us three weeks. At this time we were all with the wagon except one of my bro thers, who had gone ahead with another family." (Continued tomorrow.) Adult Education Brings City Cash ALBANY, April 20 More than S100 a month in payrolls has been added to Albany's in come without any investment by the community th. .ugh the WPA adult education program. Rex Putnam, city school superinten dent, tola rumors to the open house meeting held by the adult education classes at the high school auditorium. In addition to the open house meeting, work done by those tak ing the various classes was on dis play. Included in the, evening's program was a style show, given by Mrs. Goelda Wicklzer and Mrs. Winona Agee, and illustrating the solving of clothing problems. In the exhibition were samples of work done by the Lebanon and Albany classes in typing and bookkeeping taught by A. H. Gil lette; arts and crafts, and picture tinting taught by Mrs. Wlckixer and Mrs. Fern Brioll; from the Albany classes, and knitting and rugs taught by Mrs. Agee; and from Lebanon was basketry done by the classes in that city. District 0. E. S. 4 Meeting Tonight SILERTON, April 20 Mrs. Inex Glaisyer of Coquille, worthy matron of the grand chapter of Oregon, Eastern Star, will be the guest of honor at. the Tuesday night district meeting at Silver ton. The district comprises Sil verton, Molalla and Gervais. Friday night a special meeting of the Ranaona chapter was held for initiation. Worthy Matron Ina Harold and Worthy Patron W. P. Scarth presided. Miss Harold and Mrs. F. E. Sylvester were hostess es at the social hour which fol lowed the club meeting. The Sllverton chapter of the Eastern Star will go to the Ma sonic home at Forest Grove to be in charge of the Mother's day program. Twenty Years Ago Salem cltlxens hate contributed $400 to the general fund of the naval base committee of Astoria. D. L. Howard has been elected director of the social department of the Commercial club. Nearly 15,000 voters hare reg istered from Marion county for the primaries- next month. ,3tt 4-1 'There's Murder in the Air" CHAPTER XVII In the cool of the early morning, before even the servants were stir ring, Nat rose. He whistled as he shaved, took a tingling shower, donned a business suit. He had made decision, and the prospect of action pleased him. When he had made all his prepa rations, he knocked softly at Tyler's door; then at his employers quick, "Come in," Nat poshed his way in to the room, and grinned at Tyler's look of astonishment at sight of his city clothes. "I'm running into town to check up on a littie hunch," Nat explained. "Please make my excuse to the family and tell them I'll be back this evening, stall Gordon If he gets curious. Say it's a business matter." Tyler nodded. "And what about my own curiosity" he smiled. "Is this hunch a secret?" -Not exactly," said Nat "It'a about the mysterious Mr. Gaudio. IH want to spend considerable time In the files of one of the newspaper morgues. I suppose yon could fix that by a phone-call?" Certainly," said Tyler. TB five the city editor of the Star a ring. HeU gira you the freedom of the reference-room." He glanced inquiringly at Nat, bat did not Question him, "Here's the hunch." said Nat: "II may be all wet. bat I think it's worth riding'. Th mention of this uaudio by young Gordon means something. And the fact that your friend (J rand all, who s by way of being a walking- encyclopedia on crime and criminals, has never heard of him, or at least doesnt re call the name, means even mere. "It may be the key to the whole business," Tyler agreed. "Well, my hunch is this," Nat said: "Gandio belomrs to Gordon's past, that peculiar past which seems to extend back only to 191 f. If my hunck is right, Gaudio, for some reason, heaven knows what, wants to do away with Gordon. It mast be a mightv powerful reason to nave lasted au these years. The Gordons know that reason, all right, bat they're darned well determined that no one else ahau." Tyler nodded, interested. "If Gordon were a different sort of man," Nat continued. "I'd aay his extreme secrecy waa pretty good evidence be bad something anady to hide. Possibly a criminal record and an underworld fend fro wing- out ox that, sat u rm any radge of character, Paul Gordon didnt com from the underworld. There's breeding in th man and integ rity." "Right," Tyler agreed. "He. a renueman." "Bat I do beUrvw, from what little the Gordons let oot before they were oa gTurd, that Gaudio Is actually the man behind this underworld threat they fear." Nat resumed. What I don't believe for a minute. is that this threat is the result of Gordon' campaign against ganr- atera. That a red herring. Why they should draw it across our trail, I dent know. That's what I hope to And oot." "That all very well," said Tyler. "But how do yon propose " "i propose to search the filet 6- tara 1916 for the nam Gaudio,' Nat interrupted. "Paying; particu lar attention to Chicago news sto ries. And to ptcrwrs. U s my hunch that th Gordons vers revolved somehow with a man named Gaudio, probably in Chicago, and almost rarely before 1915. Ht passed and then added, slf- alfieantlyt "And here's the point; A man of Gordon's present wealth and power could cope sua any nmown enemy, naless that enemy has something: ta him. Ws doat think Gordon Is that kind of man. Therefore the present Identity of that enemy, who most be Gaudio. ta not known to Gordon. BecaoM if as vert, Gordon would have hire behind. the bars tn short order. .That can etily mean that the man who was called Gaudio who was known to the Gordons as G au dio. Is now no longer known- under that same. And whaUver identity ho has sines assumed, is net known to tfcs Gordons," "I bali.re vWn bit ft! Trier "Tho , Gordons, think His Place in the Sun Gaudio is the mind behind their peril. And yet they can't lay hands on him. Because he has covered his tracks so well I So, in effecthe is actually an unknown enemy. Which makes their problem mighty tough.' "Right," agreed Nat. "Gaudio has changed "his name and identity, and unless I'm very much mistaken, the Gordons have changed theirs. Bat Gaudio has the particular ad vantage of knowing their secret, while they simply don't know his. They are tangible targets while he is just a shadow." Only a single window in the srreat house was lighted as Nat turned the car at the entrance to the estate and came to a stop to wait for Cooke to open the gat. With satisfaction ha saw that it was Gordon's window. Cooke tamed a powerful. flash-; WV "fey M V 111 II a. Ml f Sk ! H Mi VYV. After forty-eight hours a man did come for the money and they trailed him. light on him 'from the security of the lodge, and Mat grinned reas suringly and Identified himself. Cooke called a greeting to him. and the gate swung open. As Nat swung around the house. he saw that the lights in the hvtog room of the cottage were on. Tyler was waiting tor him. Nat pnt the ear away. As be cams out of the garage, he beard the music for the first time. Ruth was op ta her dark room, playing. He stopped, gazed at the winnow. She was playing softly, serenely. And yet his spine tingled. as it always did, probably as It ways would, at the sound. Tyler syranff to his feet eagerly. as Nat entered the eottaare. His eves went to the manila folder under Nat's arm. "I've got IV Nat said quietly. Trier curbed his curioeitr i Nat hunr on his hat. then . ing to the phone, called Gordon's private number. Gordon himself answered. - This is Benson." Nat aiiii. "There's something of the utmost importance. We must see yon at ones. . . . rto. no. it has nouiinr ta do with the music. ... WhatfNo, x wouia do oener ix yea came here. .. xes. Auna, please. . . . Thank you. we'll be expeetinx too." Ho hung np and iwturned Tyler questioning glance. If yow dont mind waitma Just a minute T" Nat said. Trier nodded. Above them. Ruth still played softly,, another song now. Nat raised aa inquiring look toward tho sound. "Shs's beei pUying far ten min utes or mors." Trier said. "No interruption, though. I think the Miwwin wwwsw w saw a Th two men fell silent, waltins. Presently they heard Gordon at the door. Tyler admitted him. He had replaced his dinner jacket with a black velvet smoking-eoat. . The man sat down, after a searcb- Inr look at Nat!s faesv Nat paced p and down as. ho began to talk, hardly rlanda at Gordon.. Tyler, howsver, never took his eyes from tho nsan's eurioualy faserpreasivs features. Ry chicr Tve spent the, whole day and evening in the files of the New York Star's morgue. Nat began. j "I was looking' for one Gaudio. I found him." ; Tyler, watching Gordon, saw no change in the man's countenance. "I just had a bunch," Nat went on. "And that hunch was that I might find that name in news stories out of Chicago some time before 1916. .: . I did." He turned and looked souarelv at Gordon for the first time. There was a flicker of the man's eyes, no more. The face was a mask. He did not even nod for Nat to continue. Ho just waited. Nat resumed his pacux. "Joe Gaudio." be said, -was con victed in the year of 1915. in the city of Chicago, together with his broth- er Vito, and their father Tony, of the crime of kidnaping. The vic tim was an eight-year-old boy, tho son of a wealthy resident of tha city, James Moridon." He stopped and again looked at Gordon. Tho man was . looking straight ahead, as if not seeing. Nat standing quiet now, facing Gordon, resumed: "The Gaudios demanded one hun dred thousand dollars ransom, and threatened death to tho boy if tho police were notified, James Mori don did, however, notify the police: bat n mada verr nr. th. Li. AiA last leak out. He left the ransom money, tnunarxed. at the spot des ignated by the kidnapers. Detec tives watched, with orders to follow whoever cams for tha money, bus to make no mors until the boy was safely returned. "After forty-eight hours a man did come for the money, and they traUed him. The boy was returned safely. And next iay tho three Gaadus were arrested. Shortly after their conviction, which was speedy, the three men, with the aid of underworld friends, tnads a spectacular Jail break, In tho fight Which followed thia. Tonv Candia and his eon Vito were killed. Joe Gaudio escaped," Cordon, who had hem atttfne- stifflyn the edge ef his chair, now sank backhand passed a hand orer bis face, "Wlthfa a nV Ma a.M..I "the house of James Moridon was bombed. His wife was killed. Mo ridon himself, his son and his baby daughter, wera mlracnlotul-r mln. jured. Moridon, nearly frantic with sTMX, posted a reward ef one hun dred thousand dollars for the cap ture of Jos GaodioL Tha eetmtrr was raioacked. He was not found, ' Within -another week, despite a Wry nolle roard, Moridon was twice shot at through th windows of his home. Then an attempt war mad to kill his son. Tho very nexi day James Moridon. his son and bit infant daughter disappeared." (To Be Continued)
