The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1932, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WE scans a ie WE Bt (Whe Bismarck Tribune An per Independent Ne |. “THE STATES OLDEST NEWSP. APER (Established 1873) | Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- téred at the postoffice at Bismarck as @econd class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN Feeaident and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance marck) Daily by mail per year itside Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ..... .00 ‘Weekly by mail in agate $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ......... 1 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation 5.00 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The School Problem It would appear at first blush that the state budget board hit upon a quick and easy solution of the state's financial problems when it decided to lop more than 9800,000 off the amount heretofore appropriated for state aid to common schools. Common school operation is not or- dinarily construed as a function of the state government and elimination of this item did much to aid in the * proposed balancing of the expenses and income for the next biennium. One wonders, however, if this ac- tion does not represent refusal to recognize the problems of the state @s a whole and a tendency toward selfishness on the part of the state government. If what one hears of the financial condition of many school districts is correct, the proposed elimination is unworthy of public support, for this Teduction in these times assaults the very foundations of democratic gov- ernment, not only for the present but for the future. It does seem, however, that the @ystem for distributing state aid should be sharply revised and the money distributed in accordance with the need. As originally designed, state aid was an incentive to the construction Of better school buildings and the development of better school systems. It was offered in increasing amounts to those schools which met the high- est standards as @ sort of prize for their devgopment. Schools in the more financially able districts were most likely to meet these standards and the result was that those areas which needed it Jeast received the most in state aid. At the time it was devised that probably was a good system. No school district was so poor but that it could “get by” and it placed a P Premium upon higher standards. | But that time has passed. Failure to collect taxes and the reduction in the taxable valuation of property : have struck a vital blow to the fi- nances of many school districts. In Some of them the teachers are un- paid, warrants are being registered and the schools are threatened with) 4 closing unless aid is forthcoming 600n. That is a situation which must be met. North Dakota, with fewer illit- erates than any other state, must hold to a reasonable standard of ed- ucation for its children. From the standpoint of importance, both to the present and the future, this should be the last thing to go. But it is beginning to vanish now and the debacle will be a reality un- Jess the state, sorely pressed as it is,| ‘comes to the rescue. | The one workable method seems to be to distribute state school aid on the basis of need. It may be unfair to those districts which contribute their full share to the fund and who would receive nothing, but that can hardly be helped. It may be putting ® premium on inefficient and extra- vagant school operation in some dis- tricts in the past, but the children who otherwise would receive no edu- cation cannot be blamed for that. ‘The sifts of the parents should not be visited upon the children in an educational sense if such visitation can be avoided. To continue the state aid to schools % but revise the laws governing its dis- tribution seems to be one feasible way out of a distressing dilemma, even though it forces the state to make further economies elsewhere. Proud Of Her In the effort to stimulate more eco= nomical farm production stress too tm awe gavetverres 50 male, who is struggling to improve by the attendance of 376 farm boys and girls at the achievement insti- tute held last week at the state agri- cultural college. Several attended from Burleigh county and from that group Mamie Naaden, Braddock, was selected as president of the state organization for next year. Miss Naaden was named as one of three best-groomed girls at the in- stitute, so her personal charm ntay have had something to do with her election, but the award made to her in the wool dress contest was ob- viously won by the merit of her work, ‘We are proud of Miss Naaden and those who went with her to Fargo, just as we are proud of every young Burleigh county citizen, male or fe- his or her self in the face of rather obvious handicaps. To Bismarck and Burleigh county we offer congratulations for having produced the outstanding 4-H club member of the state for the current year and we felicitate Miss Naaden upon the distinction which has come to her. Subject To Review One of the benefits derived from times like these is the calling into question of everything involved in our Social, economic and political struc- ture. That challenges against the exist- ing order should be voiced is a good thing and should result in the cor- rection of many injustices and in- equalities. Those things which are rooted in right, justice and common sense need not fear assault, for at- tack merely emphasizes the strength of their position. It is to be hoped jthat the coming legislature will view the problems presented to it in this frame of mind and examine everything in the light of experience and sound reason. For example, it should probe deeply into the effects of the state indus- trial program and estimate, if pos- sible, the probable outcome of these experiments. The fact that the political party which instituted these adventures of government will control both branches cf the legislature makes this all the more advisable. Certainly no group has a better right to make such a re- based on the facts than the repre- sentatives and successors of those who brought them into being. To fail or refuse to do so is to| cling blindly to old standards. If, in the seasoned judgment of the legis-| lature, the proper thing is to main- tain the status quo, the people will want to know the reason for arriving at that conclusion. If, on the other hand, it appears that revisions are in order, no legis- lature in the last 16 years has been in better position to take appropriate action. The group which set these experiments in motion certainly has} the right to review their working and stop them if necessary. It can do so! without serious political complication, | which was not the case when they were being attacked by their histori-| cal enemies. In times like these there is no sub- stitute for an open mind, a broad} view and careful analysis of facts. We have had these experiments long | enough to give the theories involved a sound test. The proof of the pud- ding still is in the eating. Believe it or not but the Northern Pacific railroad system says it is of- fering special fares to students re- turning home for the holidays be- cause many of them never have rid- den on trains and they want to get/| them used to the idea. There ought to be some sort of a moral in that. Those figures the state tax com-| missioner has been ladling out to the! citizens may be a good deal like some| medicine, unpleasant to take but good for the system after you get it down —and digest it. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Man On Horseback (N, Y. World-Telegram) Oklahoma may give America its; man on horseback. The Hon. Alfalfa Bill Murray emerges booted, spurred and victori- ous from his third encounter with the civil authorities of the Sooner State. A year ago last summer Bill's sad eyes sparkled with the glint of battle and his drooping mustache bristled upward as he ordered the state mili- tia into the oil fields to enforce his conservation decree. Later, when toll bridge concerns sought to close his free span across the Red River, he donned his campaign hat, buckled on his horse pistol and personally led his “beardless boys” to blockade the enemy bridges and open the people's thoroughfare. Now he has called his trusty forces to free his friend Colonel Zachary Taylor Miller, ex-owner of the 101 Ranch Circus, jailed for contempt when he refused to pay $150 alimony. Murray's pardon of Miller was pro- tested by judge and sheriff. often is laid on education of the po- ‘Santial farmer to the exclusion of the young farmerette, ‘This indictment cannot be urged -sgainet the 4-H club program, how- ever, for it gives as much attention to the girls as to the boys, nor to the extension program which makes quite ® feature of homemakers club activi- HER ARV Beene SBece mander-in-chief of the state mill- tia.” The sheriff. “rather than have trouble,” turned the pioneer plains- man loose. . Commander - in - Tepresented view and take appropriate action| py jhas passed through the duct and Can He Whip All Comers? hindi csi MTN OE DNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1982 self-addressed envelope is enclosed. in ink. No reply can be made to tions. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. Letters should be brief and written queries not conforming to instruc- GALLSTONE COLIC CAN HAPPEN, BUT SHOULDN'T For once I concede at the outset that the malady we are discussing is real and not just an illusion. Un- tutored laymen may be able to fol- low and even understand what we are saying now. The pain of gallstone colic is no ~ the - way - Doctor - I - seem - to - feel - a - constant - discomfort - right - under - my - ribs matter. It is a rip roaring goshamighty hurry up and gimme something agony. I fear I am a moral coward about suffering. Don’t like it at all. From all I hear of fortitude and sweet res- ignation and the will of some super- natural or malign power, I gather that it is a pleasure for some persons to endure pain or suffering. I neither like pain or suffering myself nor deem it a mark of divine favor in others. From a diabolic point of view pain may be regarded as the punishment due to sin, but this fine medieval conception immediately brings into question the character of a lot of the pious who are frail or poor in health. Come to that, what is pain? This question occurred to me for the first time when I had appendicitis. Kept assuring myself there was no pain. but what a tremendous tension! I've often wondered since if that was pain and whether gallstone colic is a hospital size of the same thing, ap- pendicitis being a trial size or free sample. I know that when biliary colic does occur it is attended with the charac- teristic signs or symptoms of shock, just as though the patient had suf- fered a severe injury. The attack begins with abrupt distress just un- der the right ribs or in the pit of the stomach (tip of breastbone) and soon the pain extends to the lower abdomen or up toward the right shoulder. The shock produces cold, clammy sweat, pallor, weakness of Pulse. and perhaps a chill. Like any severe pain, even severe headache, biliary colic is likely to cause nausea and vomiting. Here it is necessary to repeat that it is of no significance whether bile appears in the material vomited. If the main bile duct is not completely obstructed bile is bound to appear if the vomiting is repeated. In most cases of gallstone the main duct is not obstructed. i ‘The victim may feel distress in the region of the heart. Many sufferers from gallstones, with or without colic, blame “heart attacks” or “gas at- tacks” for the effects of their un- diagnosed gallstones. A bout of colic lasts from a few hours to several days, depending on the situation of the stone and its size, etc., for presumably the colic occurs only when a stone enters the bile duct. and ceases when the stone is squeezed back into the gallsac, or possibly (a very small stone) when it out into the intestine. The day following colic some jaun- dice may appear, this, too, depending on the situation of the stone and the duration of blocking of the bile flow. In more than half of the cases no jaundice is noted after the colic. Among the first aid measures for colic are the full hot bath, full hot pack, or any form of heat, preferably moist heat, applied over the right up- per quadrant of the abdomen and lower chest. 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Vaccination Kindly write briefly what you think of vaccination and what we can do to change this silly law. In our com- munity there is a law which is sup- posed to compel school children to be vaccinated every seven years. . . (Mrs. A. H. L.) Answer—I'd want my own children vaccinated in any circumstance. I think the state should provide vac- cination free for all who are unable to pay, but there is neither scientific nor moral justification for any com- pulsory vaccination, least of all for trick legislation which gives school board or health board politicians the chance to persecute or punish par- ents who do not wish to vaccinate their children. There is no reason to imagine the protection conferred by vaccination lasts ‘seven years” or any definite time; in some cases it is probably sufficient to protect for life; in other cases the immunity wears out in a year or two. Old Fogies Dislike New Methods Many, many thanks for your kind advice. My son had his tonsils re- moved by electro-coagulation or dia- thermy and we are all so happy about it. I never would have had the confidence to have the operation and we would have known nothing about this wonderful new method but for your talks, Our family physician dis- couraged it, proclaiming the surgical way the only effective way . but now he has installed a diathermy machine and trying to use the new method himself! (Mrs. A. P. L.) Answer—So you can sometimes teach an old dog new tricks, what? Now if the family doctor is wise enough to go and learn the technic of diathermy from a physician who is master of it, his patients will be apply the method without clinical in- struction, and fail dismally. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) CLARA BOW AGAIN 7 New York, Dec. 14—Leaves from the week's note book: Clara Bow ar- rived in Manhattan fairly dripping demureness. . . She had cast aside her more spectacular articles of apparel and insisted she wanted to change all the impressions concerning her. . . Yet, before she left town, she had made the gossip columns—and how! Her plea to reporters was that she FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: A cold day makes many a well in luck. Too often tyros attempt to shod foot a mere frozen asset. HORIZONTAL 1 Region. 5 Plank. 10 At a great distance. 14 The head. 15 Feminine member of British Parliament. 16 Worthless 17 Farewell! 18 Having no | tendency to fixed direction. 20 Promise. 21 To narrate. 23 Puzzlers. 25 Digit. 26 Age. 29 Indian. 30 Type of plant. 32 To loiter. 33 Beers. 36 Pertaining to gold, 38 Organ of sight. 39 Solemn, 40 Regular paths. 43 Snaky fish. 44 Twenty-four hours. 45 Witty saying. 46 Before. 47To soak flax. 48 Alacrity. 50 Large stork. 58 Illicit. 57 Death notice. 58 To bind. 59 Comfort. 60 To lessen. 61 Theme. 62 Let it stand. Today’s Variety Bazaar | Answer to Previous Puzzle i A ka ak a drops. 10 Measure. 11 Honeycombed. 12 Acidity. 13 Anything raw. 18 Dined. 19 Cry of a dove. 22 Metric foot. '4To commence. 26 Funeral song. 27 Beams, 28 Epoch. 30 Dainties. 31 To entice. 34 Always. 35 Withered. 37 Apple drink. 39 Drop. VERTICAL : had become 4 | stymied, . . Because they are so re- apparel and deportment. . . Yet, be- fore she had been in New York a Week, & garrulous speech made at a “personal appearance” had found its way into the chatter channels; there were none-too-sly hints and quite ne ‘ Eide will change the tempo of the/- some comment of a possible echo from Hollywood. mk * JAMES—MY GAT! Into the decotous, sociaiiy sacro- sanct and artistic stirroundings of the Metropolitan Opera House has crept & sinister note of underworld activity. ... Certain crooks, it has been whis- ered, have had their eyes on the costly baubles of the rich and famous dowagers who sit in the “golden horseshoe”, The tale goes about town, now ti it’s all over, of body- guards hired for the opening nights to accompany certain great ladies to and from the theater. . . One such bodyguard, I am told, ac- tually accompanied Mts, Mallinson, the Blue Book lady, to her box, for she is rumored to have been wearing a fortune ih gems. . . Had one been. on “the inside” on that glittering eve- ning, he might have detected a lone figure waiting not so far.away from the Mallinson box during the gala Performance, and this fellow would have turned out to be one of the most watchful of armed guardian: IS. oy So far as I know, this is the first time a bodyguard has been part of the premiere audience. * kK A SERIO COMIC Predictions that Willie Howard, hit of a score of comic acts, would soon take to serious dramas now becomes reality. . . No sooner had “Ballyhoo” suddenly closed down than Willie was found to be under contract to John|- Golden and will have his chance as a Warfieldian type before this Broad- way season has ended. . . Meanwhile, “Ballyhoo” is expected to attempt a new life during the Christmas season. | *” es * * WELL—ALMOST TEN And the annual demand of Film Daily for my annual list of ten best pictures of the year finds me slightly cently released I cannot use “Maed- chen in Uniform” or “I Am a Fugi- tive,” for instance. Scratching my memory, it seems to me that the pictures I have liked most would be headed by “Arrow- smith,” “Grand Hotel,” Congress Dances,” “Shanghai Express,” “The Night of June 14,” “Scarface, Shark,” “Broken Lullaby,” “Washing- ton Masquerade”—oh, well, that isn’t ten! - ** * EVEN THE THEATER Many a hopeful show producer merely waits for the “beer” signal to launch some extravagant production. Up and down Broadway, the crowd expects a new night life to come toi “changed person” andj the old street the moment that sel had become most careful about her| dels go over the counter again. » Earl Carroll, I am told; is already rushing th a particularly elaborate re- vue after all, but giving up new pro- duction ideas for the season. . . And mentioning in his statement the pros- that “a change in the liquor Gay White Way. roy Meet an honest man, Jim. There ate only a few of us left—U. 8. Sena- to Huey P. Long of » greet- ing James M. Farley, national Demo- ctatic chairman. * % # Mexico is an escape from the de- pression. Here in the United States we have a machine which does the work of 100 men, but in Mexico we have 100 meh doing the work of the machine.—Dr. Hubert C. Herring, di- rector of Mexican seminar on Latin- American relations. * * % On the whole, congressmen are not. the choicest men in the nation— Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War. xe * of the African natives who kill an elephant now and then for a succte lent chop. Athletes who like better keep quiet about this rumpus blows over. #4 % i ie ‘The from ovérseas for ® cles:, slate ta Wee debts reminds us therew been a lot of sponging in that regard (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, tHe.) “EGG LOSES CHICKENS Erie, Pa—Which came first, the chicken or the egg? In this case the chickens went first and Egg made & hasty trip to the police station. George Egg, chicken raiser, reported to po- lice that thieves had broken open his coop and stolen twenty-two of his best blooded prize chickens from his flock of seventy. . h it until About 4, lonians lh years ago the Baby- din stone houses with bathrooms and other conveniences. The longer a coach stays at one place the more familiar the alumni get with him. They went to name his assistant coaches and even want to_pick the team—Glenn Soobey (“Pop”) Warner, resigning as foot- ball coach at Stanford University. ”% # ‘There’s more culture and sophisti- cation in Hollywood than you might think —Tallulah Bankhead, stage and screen actress. ——____—___—_¢ | Barbs | —_ o The defeated Socialist candidate for the governorship of Kansas spent 85 cents in his campaign—25 cents for car fare and 60 cents for a rubber stamp. Shrewd candidates frequently save the 60 cents and get into office to boot by agreeing to act as rubber stamps themselves, ee * Drivers of Chicago. funeral cars have gone on a strike. And it will be hard in that town to find volunteer strikebreakers will- ing to’ go just for the ride, xe * “A large nose is @ sign of brains,” observes a writer. And a sharp nose, it is added, indicates perseverance and industry. Probably because it is kept close to the grindstone. * e * If you tire of turkey hash after holiday dinners, reflect on the plight Can You Make This el With These Pieces? hu. Pious Penguin + HI-HO PUZZLE NO. 15—Admirai Byrd found plenty of penguins down near the South Pole, but can you find this pious-looking fellow in to- day's puzzle? Cut out the seven mys- tic pieces, fit them together properly and you'll have him. On Christmas Eve young and pretty Geraldine Foster disap- i ared from the office of Dr. 'umphrey Maskell, where she was employed. Mrs. Morgan, Mas- kell’s neighbor, corroborates his statement that he distributed gifts with her daughter that afternoon. Geraldine had broken her engage- ment with Harry Armstrong. It is also learned that the mysterious Ephraim Foster, who had written Geraldine, is a woman. A black- mail note, presumably written by the missing girl, leads Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt to a deserted house on Peddler’s Road. | Outside a window, he finds seven dead, blood-stained pigeons. The interior of the house is topsy- turvy. Colt comes upon a bloody axe and a strand of blond hair. The body of a nude woman, her head covered with a pillow case, is found buried a short distance away. CHAPTER XIV. HE Commissioner gently brushed the dirt and hard- ened blood from the face and scrutinized it intently! Was this the body of Geraldine Foster? The resemblance to the photograph was undeniable. | “The body is nude,” cried That- | cher Colt suddenly, “and yet—” He put his finger on one cruel wound in the right shoulder. Very carefully he disengaged a tenuous piece of thread, imbedded deeply in the flesh. : “There are these almost invis- ible traces of cloth in several of the axe-cuts,” he called back over his shoulder. ‘Evidently she was fully clothed when she was at- tacked, and stripped after she was dead. ‘Now why was that?” The Commissioner, still on his knees, next became interested in the pillow case. He held the case close to him, playing the rays of the spotlight on it. ‘othe llow case is wet,” he said aloud, “but not with blood.” 41 Creative force. 42 Leader of the British Fascist 1 Armadillo. 2To wander about. 3 What college chooses the : president of 47 Ceremony the U. 8. A.? 48 Cabins. 4 Dye. 49 Female sheep. 5 Bottom. 50 Position. 6 Hops kiln. 51 Fabric. 7 Savage tribe 52 Morsel. of Luzon. 54 Obese. 8To decay. 65 To inure. 9To fall in 56 To rent. For a moment he _ muttered imly to himself, and finally said istinctly: | The Scent of Pine. | pa Ah sae vl ene “And this is dry ground. Very dry ground. We have had a pro- longed dry spell. What is water doing in this grave? And the smell of pine trees all around? There are no pine trees growing near- by.” He reached in, fumbling about| wi e earth that lay under the gy He put one hand on the knee and then on the shoulder, and drew it away with a low mur- mur _of wonder. “The body, too, is wet,” he mut- | stox d. verSaddenly, he rose, turned to me and said, briskly: “Tony, I want you to stay here and guard the body. McMahon, rere two figures retreat through: thé trees and I stood there, Sone, ta ae vee Pros c y ing in ave with ts dreadful bur- feet. It was ia and lonely ¢old and lonely. sioner had ‘tak with he tiliow cave been put over the head yf the corpad; leaving all the rest of the to: body nude? -Did this: betray = Ww the killer? I wondered if the ahlan. ation that he could not r to look upon the mutilated face of “e no, Tony,” 1 was later to! all hear Thatcher Colt assure me. “The pillow case was not weakness —it was strength. It was used deliberately and with diabolical in- tent.” Through the trees I could see the glimmer of lights in the little house where Geraldine Foster had met her death. Here she lay, in the earth beside me, and I mar- veled again at the irrevocableness of death. In this dead girl’s head, I reflected, there was still a brai; and on that brain was left the full impression of the crime and the killer. Yet science knows no way of reading the secrets of a brain that is dead. If it were only pos- oratory, subject it to tests and, finding the memory records, inter- pret them, translate them, get full access to them— Ah, then, I thought, if that were so, the first thing the smart crim- inals would do would be to cut out the brains of their victims and de- stroy them, j A Lonely Vigil. 1 ic musings, as I si beside the body of the murdered Geraldine Foster. Suddenly I stopped and listened. Not far away I had heard the rustle of footsteps; and a light gleamed fitfully through the trees. “‘Who is there?” I called. “It is me,” said Neil McMahon and a moment later the Commis- sioner’s chauffeur covered me in the glare of his hand-torch. With some astonishment, I observed that he was carrying a small bottle in his right Hand. wee fs at se I asked. ‘ithout replyi e passed me his flashlight and” them dropped into the tenebrous shadows that hovered over the open grave. Ly- ing flat on his stomach, Neil un- corked his bottle and lowered it out of sig! eard a sound and then saw hima Ie tne bottle, half-filled with some fluid, and carefully cork it. You can see that bottle, too, exhibited to- day in the Department's Crime Museum, As Neil stood up, I was about to Fepeat my question, when a sud- den interruption prevented me. So absorbed had I beert in his opera- tions that I had not noticed the ap- Proach of others, and now to astonishment I saw Thatcher ‘colt approaching with Betty Canfield king by ie — threw me a glance of horror and ay hension but she did not speak. “Just take one look and me,” said Thatcher Colt, and he put his arm around the girl as od together on the brink of the gare At the sight of the dead ’ no loud cry came from 10d} Betty, but the low moan of an- aE that rose from her lips was as poignant and pitiful as it was conclusive, “It is Geraldine!” she wailed, and the next moment Thatcher Colt was leading her, almost drag- zing her ay from the ve, with Neil ing after them. Cruel, but a necessary perform- ance, For more than half an hour af- ter that, I kept my lonely vigil over the body of Geraldine Foster, Meanwhile I could guess a part, at least, of what was afovt in the house. Neil MeMahon, acting on the orders of his chief, had tele- phoned Headquarters. A! the Word hed gone formn taney, a) ane of various Thatcher Colt’s face expressed the deepest channels of th find Colt he teiaay wD to the the. news had been others concerned. it seemed to me been dead “Tha Copyrienr BY COv/Cl, FRIEDE, INC, — DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC detectives were on their way to us Bee ~ Boro wh Iu wit their police photographers and stenographers; the Medical Examiner or one of his assistants had been summoned and with him would certainly appear the Inspec- tor pean the Detective Di- vision in the lo h ‘body Jay, and probably the Captain of the Precinct, as well. And some one from the District Attorney’s in| office was headed for us, too, with a detective assigned to aid him. All this machinery of the law was set in motion by Thatcher Colt’s telephone call to Assistant Chief sible to extract that brain in a lab-| inspector th Homicide Squad, ality where the (now Commissioner) \dward P. Mulrooney. Meanwhile, as he awaited the coming bat- talions, I knew that Thatcher Colt returned to his solitary quest, care- fully noting all the existing condi- tions, the signs of the struggle, the weapon—the started on a private trail whic! was eventually to lead him into in- credible discoveries. hunter was alread: Though it was only half an hour, that I had stood ard for hours before I saw, far jown through the trees, the flash- ing of lights and heard the rumble of many, voices. strode forward, leading a proces- sion of officials, patrolmen, plain- bead men and others from the a blazing 1i grave. The from a desolate like a camp, full of im tivities. Thatcher Colt, in personal command, had ordered plateau of undeveloped land roped off, so that possible footprints and other traces—later found to be poracnee ee) against trampling feet. ie that stood around the Po- ice lop, from the District Attorney's office, Thatcher Colt ent. In a few moments, et electric lamps were e toy comets around the transformed jot to something rtant ac- lozen the entire cht be safe; - in the ommissioner was David Gal- , Inspector Crester, from the Detective Division, Doctor tooler, an Assistant. aminer, a grou re and a number of patrolmen. ment wes setting up his camera and focusing, and soon blast after blast of lighted in acrid plumes through the trees as the flashlight pictures were us, age within [___ Amazing News. | | POPs: Fh 2 OO | tell] Under Colt’s orders, some of the detectives search of the surrot not waiti meg with fi sections.” Still others were dele- ited to repeat the Commissi gal m Frpoat missioner’s two Petalies were ho’ from Bed seat ce ae em table in the kitchen, 1 ea Solent, to make a tion, Mul- Medical Ex- of plainclothes jotographer from the Depart- smoke flashed up Gi serons angie oh ike ie tographer en it take yi ictures of the wreck- e house, : began a meticulous until dawn but ne jashlights in organised house. Meanwhile, isting the There at the of Thatcher Ci Medical Examiner ‘agreed “How long di * low SF azarae abe Max “Thirty-six hi y hirty-sis hours!” he repeated. (Te Be Continued Tomorrow.) 2 t) aN