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OF PROFESSOR EINSTEIN'S, [7 ASH/ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1931. . @ f 7 B) By Percival Christopher [WmB/éAuf]/terE g{t The W eather MYSTERIOUS WAYE 8 B2 . e Sachonte Ao A 2 (et oA 73 e % Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., March 23: SYNOPSIS: Dr. Cha the police er't] lhlm. be- Rain tonight and Tuesday; fresh southeasterly winds. theught hi i use he'll tell the world.” LOCAL DATA ar aptor until “What do we do if Scotland Yard :h::ni:cr::: d.!u::\“\\'ayc ap- him = here?” asked Nurse i :"n‘:‘eym.y Barometer 'I;mn Hum;:lty w;:nn Vello;ny w(e;;t;a ars at his nursing home and g Semaats 4l AMHL Tor the mir- ] them to take him and| % am. today . 36 95 8 10 Rain , dr of “Spider Schlitz. The al- (hang him quick” growled Mr.| Noon today . 0, 4 8 SE 12 Rain ternative is the expocure cf his James. ‘CABLE AND checkered past. Charters has “Very helpful,” snarled Dr. Char= it e \S}rlc:l't_hc njnure proceeds nfvl'h; 141 ; ‘,’Yl:”p(.‘ },?“ b(‘ as ‘v\(ll af High | t4am. 4am, Precip. 4am. . Clair diamond haul, lcaving me other people, by the time he's Stati temp. $am] ity 24 h his two confederates d his say? And, mark you, he's e p- p. | _emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather and Chink Dorson, in |in a nasty mood. Wish to Heaven| Barrow ... -14 -14 | ‘22 -18 . 0 Clear of his fermer gang as ociate e him, for he places us; Nome 20 20 | 20 24 14 0 Clear now the respectable Mrs. L: and means to see that| Bethel .2 20 | 16 20 18 0 Clear derdcll, whose niecc, Marjorie, coming to us.” Fort Yukon 8 8 | 6 -4 . 0 Clear is il at the nursing home. | 'l we do if Scotland| Tapana ... 12 | 10 10 e 0 Clear Waye, admitted to the strange | Yard trails him here?” repeated| Fairbanks 2 | 6 14 . 0 Clear asylum, feigns madness to ex- Nurse Jones. Eagle 20 | -8 8 . 0 Clear plain his prescnce and his ex- “His idea is an alibl. Been here| gt paul ... 18 18 |k e 22 02 Cldy clamation “Rcgomary!” when | a week—as you know,” replied the| puteh Harbor ... 28 28 | 26 28 8 12 Cldy he meets Marjerie suits the Doctor. Rodiak 40 40 | 32 3 12 Tréce cldy pece. In a conferemce with “Difficult,” observed the Matron,! cordova . 48 40 | 36 42 18 20 Clday Charters, Dr. MacAdeo, whose | “though it was real luck that Sis-| yyneay 42 41 ‘ 36 36 10 62 Rain medicine scems to have made | ter Weldon had been on leave. 11 g, .47 Fx i 7 i 3 72 Cldy suggests that d her the man in Room 19 wasn't | yo¢oyican 44 42 | g sidy 3 68 cldy d off.” 2 patient at all, but a friend of the Prince Rupert ... 48 46 | 31 36 4 14 Clear Doctor's own—perfectly well, but| gy, 50, 6 42 . e 0 cld Chapter 7 14 c’ T think she swallowed| o 0 5L g g s o Cle:l" A TRAP FOR WAY: it.” rtla 5 “Bump nothi interrupted Dr.| ‘“Difficult perhaps, but we've got :,[::,“;,fncmo :: -;: | g: g: $ .03 gi::: Charters st Iy Don't you sup-| o do continued Dr. Charters,| ™ baia i | pose he thought of that before he “and w two doetors, the matron, *__Less than 10 miles. butted in here and showed his and a nurse, we ought to get away The pressure is moderately low in Southwestern Alaska and hand? He's the wise guy, all right. it. If one of the dicks Was\ joyet in Bristol Bay: It is moderately high in Northern and Eastern , he's actually got a_solicitor. me if a tall ugly, clean-| Ajogra and southward to the Pacific States. Rain has fallen from Can you beat it? And he's coming haven guy had bluffed his way in| yy, Guif of Alaska to British Columbia and snow has fallen in to see him here tomorro And . T shouldn't recognize the de-1 4, oytrame Southwest. The weather is clear over the remainder of our mysterious Mr. Waye says he \‘1];2:?}3' Clk,“.;‘:." ::"l;].,b" all the| ho Territory. Temperatures have risen in all portions of the Ter- is going to have him here twice a weck. Bump him off! And anoth [ s distinguished pard Matthieson,’ to me in consultation about his men- tal condition! i The doctor's hearers sat in open- “Got him!” sald James. “W2'll g=* him certified mad.” mouthed silence. “Bluff,” growled Mr. James. “I| say bump him off before he does anymore mischief. He knows too much. Yes, what does he know? And who is he? “Yes, and why exactly should he | | ritory. “And if he said there was, In|. = AR L his Nursing-Home a guy who rath- | g r recembled a ription they'd [8nd call .us and .any .number of BT r. Theophilus Webb's | cther poo;‘)le‘ in evidence—and get | murderer, and identified this| MM ety e ; i jon us. im away for keeps icus Waye tough, I 5l)uu}d:~fllld thidti, Htle -fhore. the ‘Poor "'Him? Why he was in bed |lunatic tells the world—the more they’ll put the handcuffs and the strait-waistcoat on him and sling him in the padded cell.” Dr. Charters and his colleagues stared at the speaker. “You've sald something, Jimmy,” ejaculated the Doctor. “Get him certified mad, and put him away for life; and the more he acts mad now, the tighter he'll tie him- — i Spctrin i self up. The clever Mr. Waye! Out of his own mouth. That's real- ly funny. And the Doctor’s laugh was unpleasant. (Copyright, 1930, by Frederick A. Stokes Co.) MacAdooc's cards on the table? In tomorrow’s instaliment Waye gives him a startling slant on Charters. e Alabama proauced 10 per cent of the bauxite and a smaller per- centage of the asphalt mined in the United States in, 1929. WAL, SIR, IN COMPARISON WITH 7 = AN’ RELATIVE TO CERTAN OTHER] [( BXACTLY ) By CLIFF STERRETT 1 GITCHA! WINS PRIZE ON TRINITY GHOIR, CAPITOL ESSAY|IS NEXT SUNDAY, Byron Personeus, Seventh|Special Program Being Ar- Grader, Is First in Na- tional Competition tion at Cathedral Byron Personeus, seventh grade The annual recital at Trinity Ca- pupil in the Juneau public school,|thedral will be given this year on was awarded first prize of $2 in‘}Pnlm Sunday, March 29, at 3:30 the “Our States” Contest that wasp.m. by Frances Tanner, violinist; held during the scholastic week be- | Crystal Snow Jenne, vocalist, and ginning February 9. “Our statea"lDora\:hy Fisher, organist, assisted contest is sponsored every week by !by the full Cathedral Choir. Current Events, a national publi- It is not permissable to make a ‘cation that concerns itself with|charge for anything given in the outstanding events throughout the |Cathedral. The choir depends nation of interest to school pupils 'largely upon voluntary contribu- and teachers. The Juneau boy ticns for new music and this year chose for his subject “Alaska’s New (a considerable sum is needed for Capitol,” and his essay, which was new books. printed in current Current News| Near the entrance will be placed and which consequently was read g receptacle for the voluntary good- n every city and hamlet in thelwj) offerings of those who care United Statés, follows: ~|to show their friendly interest in| “The Federal and Territorial |this way. No offering will be con- Capitol Building of Alaska has/sigered too small or too large to| Jjust been completed in the City Of\be appreciated by the choir, from Juneau. It i a siX=story structure | the widow's mite to the million-| ‘costing $800,000. The building Was | gire’s check. carefully planned and designed and (RS o is built of steel, concrete and Alas- Large deposits o green siate| ka marble. When approaching the . 4 Iwhich takes a-high polish have| building the first thing that at- been found in #Arkansas. | traets your attention .are the four, 3 large, beautiful marble pillars reaching to the third story and| topped by a balcony extending over the entrance. The floors of the| halls and stairways are made of re-, enforced concrete overlaid with marble. The public dedication of this, Government Building was held February 14.” e ee—— ATTENTION EASTERN STARS Juneau Chapter No. 7, O. E. S, will meet Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Entertainment and social meet- ranged for Presenta- i ¢ Call Schombel. Telephone 4502, DOUGLAS COLISEUM .. Tonight Only TEMPLE. TOWER ing, Visiting members cordially in- wuh Y& esstE w. KELLER, Kenneth MacKenna Worthy Matron. Talking Movietone FANNIE L. ROBINSON, —adv. R here when the murder was com- mitted. Been here for days.' “Then if I rang for Dr. Emman- uel MacAdoo, who is in charge of the case, and said: ki “‘Doctor, on what day did Mr. Waye enter into the Nursing e sl imii s =R SUPPOSE for a moment that aévczfisi,ng didn’t_exist — that there were no trade-marked goods—that everything you bought had to be judged by its looks or feel or taste. Imagine yourself setting out to do the morning shopping fé under such conditions. You'd driye down the street, looking in windows for the articles yon needed—the blouses for Johnny, the half-dozen bath towels, the toilet soap, the groceries for to- morrow’s meals. You'dstop, ask. questions, examine the towels, come to us, to hide?” asked Dr.| Home? and the Doctor said he'd MacAdoo. | been ‘here since Tuesday week, and “Well,” replied Dr. Charters, “that | then I sent for the nurse in charge London - solicitor he talked about, |and the matron who got his room either will or will not turn up.|ready, wouldn’t that dick apologize Sir Bernard Matthieson either will ‘ for all the trouble he'd been giving or will not, write and ask me if I | me?” haye any objection to consultation | “Mightn't the dick ask for Waye's about his patient, Mr. Waye. We | fingerprints?” asked Nurse Jones. might ook silly if we couldn't pro- | “No,” replied the Doctor. “Even a duce him; and, moreover, he says|dick wouldn't have the face to ask he's written to half-a-dozen peo-, Dr. Charters of The Monastery, to ple, giving this address and saying | let him take the fingerprints of a smell the soap, wonder if here was your money’s worth or if you might find something better farther on. lowed this procedure mile after weary mile, you could never be sure. he would on no account leave here without letting them know in ad- wvance. “Secondly, as to what he knows, believe me, he knows a sight too much. Nevertheless, bumping off is easier said than done. #And easier done than undone,” he added. “And for who he is, T don’t know him, but he knows me, and he knows Jimmy all right Whether he knows Manoel Ma- | chado, 'Frisco Fanny and Louie the Lady, remains to be seen. “Lastly—why he should come to us. Where could a man lie-up bet- tér than in a famous Nursing- Home of the highest repute?” “pspecially when he’s got t!:el bulge on the Boss,” observed Mr. James, unkindly. #Can’t bump him off, for fear we have to produce him” said Dr. Oharters patiently. “Can’t kick himjBernard Matthison when he comes, gentleman whom he guaranteed to have been here on the date when scme murder was committed. “Anyhow, we've got to take a chance,” he added, “for this ugly devil's got us in a cleft stick. He's got us as tight as we've got him. “And he’s got a second string for a let-off. If he's pinched after he leaves here, he's going to act the| |lunatic if we refuse to give him | an alibi. Hel try to get past, as| not responsible for his actions, then recover his sanity gradually.” “He’s certainly provided himself with plenty of witnesses that he's mad, all right,” observed the Ma- tron. Suddenly Mr. James smote his { thigh. “Got him,” he said. “He’s mad, is he? Right! 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