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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20
FEBRUARY HIGH WATER
MONTH FOR RAILROADS
Operating Income Was se5,e4l 900
which Excels All Railway
Records.

WASHINGTON. ID. c. April ie.-The
operating or net income Of the railroads
OF the United States was greater in
= ebruarN. 1916. than in any preceding
TO figures made public by the Inter
state Commerce Commission
Hallway operating income amounted
70 SoSsilOeO. as against S39.O2N.155 In
FEBRUARY. ISIS. The nearest figures TO
February. 1916. were for February. 1910.
when operating income amounted to
S4s.1IT.5G6
The figures cover mileage or se96tS
and are from roads which have operat-
ing revenue above $1,000 900 a year.
February 1916. amounted TO S2Gi.sO4-
10; as against S2O5lI2.2ie in February.
1919 Expenses We're S1s3677.5i5. as
compared with Sl55.03i.202. Net reve-
9 ~. from railway operations. ssS,226.-
tVo. a. compared with s5O.0s0 $40:
taxes. Si2.23f.1fi. a. compared with
Slu,99'.3OI; uncollectable revenues. SbI.-
81 a. compared with Ss6S52 This
makes total railway operating or net
income IN February. 1916. OF SOS 94I. $50
cry. 1915
For the eiFht-months OF the fiscal
year ended with February. 1916. the
operating or net income of the railroads
OF nc United States having annual
amounted TO sGS7.653. S6s. as COMPARED
with SfNi .l3o.62l FOR the eight months
ended February. 1915.
Gross revenues for the eight months
ended February. 1916. amounted TO 81 .
227.525.f 1873. against sl.93s.Oi9.I3s for
he eight months ended with February.
1915.
oN"ratinE expenses 81 tho carriers Tor
the eight months ended February. 1915.
Sls3eS;0 'N.l62 for the eight months
ended February. 1915
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US. STEEL AGAIN
INCREASES WAGES
SECOND 10 PEE CENT WAGE AD-
VANCE SINCE JAN. Q.
ANNOUNCED.
WIN AFFECT 25o.ooo Employees Of Cor
psration and Amount 20 Millions
Of Dollars.

The announcement M New York
tuesday by the United states steel cor
pOratiOn OF a 10 per cent increase In the
WAGES fits e5O.VU0 men. waS received
with considerable interest
This will add beta SIS. Gee. goo and
s-V.Ooo.eo0 TO the annual payroll OF the
company The increase Will take effect
May I.
Judge Ebert 4. Gary. chairman OF
board. announced tho increase. as fol
lows:
In view 81 the continuance Of rros-
Porous conditions IL has been decided to
make advances ia IN. wage rates OF our
iron and steel companies about TO Per
cent. To take effect May I.
wages Raised In January.
On January the Steel CORPORATION
gave 10 joe recent increase ln wages
20 thu 10000 or is5.UVO iahorcrS cm-
ployed ~ the company. This added be
tween si5.u0u.oN0 and S2o. Ooo. 0U0 To- the
annual payroll With the advance an
creased its payroll between Ss2.ouu. nOV
and s3S,0oo.oo0 since the nrst Of the
year.
Before tho Increase granted IN Jan
uary the United States Steel corporation
had not announced a wage Increase since
February, 1912. when 10 per cent was
announced.
Steel men say that the Increase
granted 10y IN. independent steel com
panics are more in tn. form OF bonuses
Tor the WORKERS. because Of the pros
psrtty OF the companies. than per
maneutly higher wage. and that tn.
better pay will continue only as long a.
tele companies do the present great
business
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logan nrvau's clos,ns Stool letter

NIN WORM. April 90 Nfffrt .ur was
.....I '. fN. exclusion Of other fHfrae.
.H '.. .nwufkH Uf fIr "hIff nrs.If|r.
I.r o. wf.. after ffa Same were uffer.
ODD ... STOCK market Hfa.fafrH uIfn
f.r f.tH.rF element aafmfrEIr haIra lr
.l.. fH obtain hrHrIuEa but In fhs Iaaf
'.H- vigorous selling movement en-.
rH.I. Hr H D.U...I I.r.r OF which fare
.i'.NH u.f' I."..'H.f fool lark. volume.
Do .f.".H f. I. fHr .nI.rsraI.n that ffa
ir"a.I.N. .'NHaHEH leaves IHr path
.U"H fH N.r... .. HHIIaf current fIW..HH.
f..H fi'".'f uU.t .rFr'|F ABANDONING cub.
marine warfare .ffHf r. fu a4.. fr-f .r.
.rfHr' ..I.0 .lf.Hur mas aupasae
w NinrfHn rr r.. least permit ~ furfh.
or discussion Tho AFFAIR HHurrrr.
N.. Irf 'HIa command close Hffrnf BON
Hf ftH woke more. ~ ff InubfIraa
Ni. .'L. ..Hf fwn frr I.r.iu .H rruir
fH '.H Amor Hu protest Na fnr nr ff.
E...H market .H concerned. while much
liquidation hHf occurred afII sent.
f"'uI NHa hf.uHr. decidedly Heariah ana
'.. element comm. ...f.I FL. tho affa ~ fs
.n'Is Hf. .a "prrHra fH 90 wrT on.
tI.f H.. very Hpurraai.s rhsre.
...' Ur'.r -.U..Ha.Hra nrr
re- .Ntnsn Don The political outlook
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LOCAL MARKET ACTIVE
DESPITE SITUATION
LaBelle Common and Preferred in Good
Demand-Hazel-Atlas sock Pays
Dividend Today.

Iu. trouble. foreign situation ape
Tar'nfly had up snsrf Ou the local stD.i.
market yesterday. The leading local
ISSUES wcr. active. as before. and sew
"ral brokers report IL good days ul-I-
Tf--
IAhsIIr common was loo demand. and
fh" market was practically cleaned Of
This s'urk go 500 rUs "a UhauEy closed
With that price hIt and rn stock offered.
More than 600 shares changed hands
during fhe daN f.lilsII. rrlf.rref was
nii af I.' huf l.-- than hundred
shares could Doe bought 600 that price
NJ Ii.ak"r il'a.U'r common was again
In demand at $50. N'uralcyIIne Wa. ia
- $50. Market Auditorium stouk was
bid az On.
two per cent dividend Dr TIsE.r-
ATLAS Gloss company stock viii ba rsIT
|n cash tola. TI. transfer boots win
close saturday Tor dividend ON
Nav
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20
APRIL RAIL BUYING MAY
TOTAL 100000 TONS
Higher Prtoes Probably VIII BE Paid BY
Exporters Before Month Ends.

NEW YORK. April is-Railroads are
attn actively and urgently Ia the market
for standard and heavy section rails.
IN the last two days contracts for loO.-
900 tons OF standard sections have been
paced. OF which 10000 tons were placed
by southern roads. The largest Orders
come from the southern Railway and
are understood 10 have bought 10000
tons from the Pennsylvania Steel COM
psny. They are said TO have given al
bethlehem steel Company r. reported 10
have taken numerous small orders from
contractors IN lots Of from so TO 100
tons each. aggregatinE several thousand
tons one order OF this sort placed yes
cation Is that rail orders placed during
the current month will be close TO l.
100000 tons.
The marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany Is on the point OF placing an
and 500 tons OF contract rails The
latter includes 1890 tons OF a. pound
sections. the remaining SOC tons being
Municipal Railways Is about TO place
an order FOR $500 tons or contact rails
and 900 tons OF running rails.
The National Tube Company has ad-
y vsnSed tho price OF hqilsr tubes
total advance OF 10 points. or s3S
ton. since the minimum prices was
steel building work IN the Eastern ter
shows considerable anirhetion ~ H.
said that rnan, - tb, fabricstirg sbofs
arc stiu covered on tonnage r'nfrarts
and are All. 10 mai. sstisF4rtor,, r,ri-.s
to builders
.-. Although Great Britain and France
are pl,ctng no aJdiiioy@i ~, oc,,,, 49,
for war munitions In this rountry there
steel bars billets AMI Tor1inss - ba
used In tho ronstrucfion ~ high ~
plosIve shells in this countr,, as veil as
abroad. As previously noted. unusual
plac. such contract when deliveries "A -.
required before the first quarter or isi..
came out ycstsr,i,,. ,rro,1pttrt, ~" ,f,i,f
rs 0On tons %srot isfInTs continue a.,
about s56 00o t,,,s 80 80 - t'i,,''
t,,,i1,tt,.. ~. ,,"N US anl h.lelS.
SO 600 on. Of 40 900 ana 90 - az oN6
ton. of h,r- ,,pl ton 0no tnrs ~ hiif.,s
tho hitter Cor .V.nor. q, Aref~, ID, ,rbc
Canadian car and Foundry company is
claco contracts f1r shells taken several
CONTRACTS f,- .b,,,, ooo ,,.,s ,r
foundry ir.p yer. r.,,rt.1 1871 -.
terdav with Rurf,l1 Slrn.i.s 80 s[t,-
ment into New Jersey. %ew YORK ana
This year, t@iiv.ry bHt , rSw s5Snir-
sS9T,1.Tt w, nay gr n',n 'Syd o Tor
an, iot of s..,..r,1 ttt,.l,.'l -. e $50
dry grad. mas b,..p .,,rT ~, s,,,,.r, -,
south Aw,-i.l ''
be-, ,st.r 90 .v-,,t 80 ',.,, ~. U
eofiatiore r,,'. 49, 10 49, .l'ii
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noNEY.

NEW YORK. April Mercantfs
rarer. 7r7A rer cent sterling. So
day bills. ft7-. demand. sA76L. cables,
tftfs. Francs. demand. s. %: cables
T. n. Marks demand .Hfhcs cables.
20 hrulru. demand. f8AC. cables.
Nc CuIIders. demand. fgAc. cables.
~ FAC Lirrl demand g. 20 cables.
- fs Iul'ra demand. efMc. cables.
slfc
TAR silver. fffNc
MEXICAN dollars fgtsr
Government bonds effHdv.
Nnliru1I bonds hraNV
Time loans frmcr. 90 days f.ga
rrr cont. 'l days. Der cent. months,
"a Ter cent
Cali money firm htrn % r.r cent
low. = scr cent ruins rsfa. o.. per
e. .t. last loan. 20 nor cent dosing
cent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20
WEDNESDAY A DAY Of BIG INCREASE IN CLEARINGS;
REACHED S541 ,912, INCREASE Of 81. / Pr. Ct.

"Wednesday was another day marked
by heavy increase IN the Wheeling
banAing Clearings. when the total
reached s5t1.sl2.55. compared with
s54s.5s3.31 for the same day in April a
year ago. an Increase OF Si92.3ig.2O or
5S. I per cent
For the month TO date the total clear
ings are $3.50. SO4. 90. compared with
t5.lll .Sli.57. an increas. OF S2.fiS. $50. 30.
or 40 per cent. as follows.
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sax-Patterson Co.
WHEELING. W. Va. April Il, L
CATTLE
SHEEP

CHICAGO. April Hpr--Reccipt
$4,000 head. steady. at decline Bulk
H.t5 10 e. so. light SFasff 20 goo. mixed
-. - 20 70 '". heavy $500 $50. rough
50 a"s $780, pig = 0U0g.Iu
Cattle Receipts uu mead. steady.
Ntfike beef steers s.. sssI l~.ut. stuckrrs
and f',G.f~ s5.>5ff n. 500. COWS aud usif.r~
81 nu 1 30. calves Ss.oon 1925
~h''p-Es,'tpt~ 17.Hu head. frm.
W"ther~ 81. geo sI H.Is. ewes s.. Nufi ~,
lambs t.saf. lI.Gs. Eastern springs
SO. ouq l1.Ou.
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Special 10 Fidelity Investment Ass

tlatluu.J
CHICAGO. April a.-Wheat-Open-
ing was weak and the political situation
Wa th" early dominating influence and
led %" free unloading of long wheat
fairly good demand was encountered
on the break of more than two cents
which steadicu the news. News from
the new crop showed Improvement in
many ways. Rain fell In tine northwest
In the past - hours and more are
predicted, which. increases the prospect
OF delayed seeding. Demand at Mime
apo!iS for milling grades was good.
while lower qualities wcr" OF slow
sale. Cash markets generally We're
lower with the futures The situation
is fun OF uncertainty and FOR time
think conservative trading position Is
advisable.
Corn-Corn has ruled lower. affected
by wheat and the international political
consideration. but they have by no
means shown as much Weakness r.la-
lively a. wheat has shown. shipping
trade light.
oats-Therc has been "a little buying
of May oats today hy export brokers
believed L" he the taking on Of a rev
changes made against Canadian oats
holdings that have sold today 10 a
moderate way for export. \ little fur
thcr call Tor cash oats hut believed that
70 is only moderate buying 20 blend
with the Canadian for export. Country
has sold moro oats To arrive here. Seed
ing Is FAR advanced and "a. early seed
has had excellent weather and made
fine progress
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

FITTSEi IsGU. April Ig-Cattlc
steady. supply light Choice Ss.s5T
'.la. prime s.@rf 800.
sheep steady. supply light Prime
wttHtr- So Nu.I 5000. tull- and commons
$4,000 F. Co., lambs Ss.uu1 1910. veal cal
YES SIu.5Usi 1895.
Hogs STEADY. receipt IN double
docks Prime lsayIre sIu.-- fi 90 3d..
mediums and heavy workers SIuI5Ho
1925. UEhf Norker- $500 .i s.s5. pigs AMI
rough~ g. Hfi % %
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open. . High. { Low. Close.


Wh.aJ-No. red Sl.11s.: No. red
Sill y lilo = 40 2. hard Si.l3a. No. 8
hard <i.oS@t dl.1lN
Corn-\o. yellow. soc: No. 4 yellow
- ~ "a C.. No. white 1stac
dard ass q 46c
Pork-f22 sOa, e54O
Lsrd-sli.6T
kibs-Sl1.g5u . IS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20
SERIOUS CHANGES
ON WHEAT MARKET
Reports That Relation would Re Sew
cred with Germany upset. Prices
Market Nervous.

CHICAGO. April is.-whuat prices
underwent serious changes on reports
that relations would be severed between
the United states and Germany. In
some cases rallies actually followed the
delivery OF the Presidents message to
congress. Tho market closed nervous
cther leading staples, too. all finished al
losses Tor the day-corn a TO aus
oats = 70 "a = and provisions "a 10
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

WHEELING. " Va. April o.. no.
The active pittsburgh stocks corrected
daily lF a. D.. Ai1sfsu A. D.. bankers
and br1kers. National Enuk nT Vl..t
Virginia Building
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

Wisconsin. in 1874. sent an ultima
tvm To the federal government dur
INK boundary q pufe War was
ayertcd by q tactful official. wins
thourh'fully pigeonholed the docu-
menf
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

TOLEDO. o.. April IL Wheat. cash
81 l3ia May and July SleOs
clover Seed-frime. cash S935: Apru
fNf2 = October sS.Nei.
Alslkc-frime. cash and April 50 20.
Ilmothy-Prims. cash and April s. 40
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

WHEELING, ". Va. April 70. 10.
Reported los 4. r.. Mastsu & Co. L. r.
Brand. manager. members New York
stock IA change.
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COFFEE

INV YORK. April I9-CoHer RIO
~. D .Pnc Futures easy. Map. 5.9scs
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

'iL fIIN. Pa. Anvil 10 credit ..,r-
a. 'H st'H Rune tE.7lI. 4ysrIr. fs-
'-. shipments fisf- average s-.-el
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N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

WHEELING. ". Va. April 10. l6.
Range OF active stocks on the Ncw
York stock Exchange. corrected daily
by y. T. Mast"n q 20. brokers.
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Corrected By p. Bachman q Sons
Bntter. Cheaaa. ERRa nna Rnnltrx
LOCAL STOCKS


WHEELING W Va. ArrI "a. 10
Daily Quotation List % The wheeling
STOCK Exchange:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

- ue credit Nr Garrison win .rs
ihfng We didn't sos .z0F hfeae Won.
when Dc raII good b1 Sow fo-s
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

Total shares $1,000
Bonds Sf.s68.OOO.
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WHEELING LIVE STOCK
Union Stock Yards.
WHEELING. ". Va. April 10. L
HOGS
SHEEP AND LAMBS.

hoi,s. 10 aud up. ...S . 20
Good TO choice. lsn To- ts5. - %
Fair to good. 100 To $50. = 81
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The National Tube Company has ad-
venced tho price OF boiler tubes
points. or - ton. This makes "a
total advance or 10 points or s3S a
ton. since the minimum prices was
touched in 1915
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steel building wors IN the Eastern ter
rltory, while less active generally. still
shows considerable animation. II IL
said that many OF the fabricating shops
arc stiu covered on tonnage contracts
and are able TO make satisfactory prices
10 builders.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-20

Contracts tor about 5000 tons OF
foundry iron were reported placed y.S-
ment Into New Jersey. New York and
Connecticut Most OF tho orders are for
this year delivery. bat Few addi-
tloual contracts have been placed for
shipment over fh" FIRST quarter OF 1917.
pnc LOT of several hundred toms OF foun-
South America
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The marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany j. on the point OF placing m
order for 10000 tons OF running rails
and $500 tons OF contract rails The
latter includes 500 tons Of ~ pound
sections. the remaining 500 tons being
very heavy sections. The New York
Municipal Railways il about to place
an order FOR $500 tons or contact rails
and 900 tons OF running rails.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09
SECOND EPISODE
The House Of Unhappiness.

Enoch Golden, with all his millions,
was hard man. Those closest to him
contended that he had experienced
much to make him hard
The one person who stood In any
way Intimately and personally con
nectcd with Golden was his young pri-
vate secretary, David Manloy. For
young Manley, often enough known to
his associates as "Davie." was both
incorrigibly youthful and engagingly
irresponsible. Golden. oddly enough,
secretly liked this youth for his fool
Sshness.
Golden smiled q little as he stepped
into his massively furnished library
and found young Manley curled up
in one OF the great leather chairs
intently working over Iocket
camera and quite obliyious of tho tele-
phone bell shrilling from the rosewood
desk beside him. Golden. as he seated
himself at this desk and curtly an.
swered the phone call, blinked with
mock disapproval at the youth bent
over the camera.
1t was not until he heard Golden's
great fist smite the rosewood desktop
that Manley looked up. The man of
millions was frowning over the letter
still In his hand.
The condition OF these tenements
is shameful. TimOs are hard, ana
many. we find. are out of work. If you
insist on raising the rents, as you
threaten, our settlement workers claim
that hundreds OF the poor will have
to leave their homes. So. for the sake
OF the mothers and children alone.
implore you TO reconsider your cartier
decision.
Sincerely.
amos SCHOFIELD. d. D."
"The fools!" said Golden aloud.
They know as much about business,
sues! Not raise my own rents,
guess Epoch Golden still knows enough
70 run his own business!"
He stopped and looked at Manley.
What's that gim-crack you're vast
ing your time on?" he demanded.
"Gim-crack? laughed Manley. Its
the neatest thing In cameras that ever
came into America. That's new
Swiss teIescopio lens rye just been ad-
1usting to 1t. Take snap of flea
biting yonr ear eighty PAGES away!
And your income on those tenements.
by the way, amounts to an annual re-
turn Of just 43 per cent of the capital
Invested"
But Golden's patience was exhaust
ed "Get out of here!" was his brusque
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09

VIII you please read me that mes
sage. And quickly. for this is impor-
tant."
Here 1t is" answered the bewil-
dered voice over the wire. "'You are
keeping Blonde Casey prisoner in
your house. Unless you liberate her
within an hour your house will go up
in flames. And after that house, your
next house. and the next 1t is signed
The Cookson Gang. But what am l
to believe? What am 1 to do? And
what is the answer to all these mys-
teries?"
Whatever you do, don't let them
get that young woman away from
you!"
Family the listener could hear the
sound of sudden calls, of quick ques-
tions and answers and counter-ques-
ton. Then the voice of Golden was
once more frantically calling him over
the wire.
"Manley. Manley, is that you?
You've spoken too late. Wilson, my
butler, has just hurried in to me here.
Ten minutes ago stranger claiming
to be meter inspector got entrance
to the house. Do you hear me. they've
taken that girl! She's gone!"
Gomez" echoed Manley. Then /
haven't time to stand here talking"
Yet Enoch Golden, even as Manley
himself. had little time for talking
over that strange abduction. For two
minutes later his still flurried butler
announced the arrival of James Girls
void, the president of the Union
Traders bank. on urgent business.
Golden" began that visitor almost
as soon as he had crossed the thresh-
old, Il have counted myself among
your friends. But when l receive a
note like this, threatening me and my
business, regard it as about time to
see you. face to face"
Golden took the sheet of paper from
the bankers hand. He stood regard
ing it with troubled eyes. For it read: :
You are q friend of Enoch Golden,
the oppreSsor of the poor, the scaven-
ger of unclean gold. The blow that is
about to fall on you and your bank
falls because of this alliance with evil
doers You are warned"
The grim-jawed millionaire turned
on his visitor.
THAT is not ALL" declared the bank
er. Nor is this afternoons paper,
with its bitter attack on you and
your tenements all. But three hours
later my fellow banker. Gresham OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-09

! one OF the largest windows comman-
| deered for the installation of a
strangely complex apparatus used in
STEMS electric wave-projector (which
was announced to be the latest i'm
and lower floors of the suites were
connected by a smooth-walled shaft
which. 1t was explained. would make
easier the passage back and forth of
chemicals and apparatus needed by
the illustrious Doctor Stein in his
carefully guarded experiments.
Equally well prepared was Legar's
second base of activities, the secret
subcellar beneath the Owls Nest. This
second warren, deep as it stood un-
derground. was also provided with
secret passageway leading into wa
ter-gate opening on the East river it.
self.
1t was from both these points that
Legar was conducting his campaign
against his old-time enemy Enoch
Golden. And both OF these points
might have remained as well hidden
as their user still dreamed them to be
had it not been for the casual agency
of a pocket camera. For less than an
hours work in the office of the regis
ter OF automobiles had duly shown
Manley that license No. 6249 belonged
to one Prof. Herman Stein of AZ Maple
avenue. Yet Manley, armed as he was
with the knowledge of this cars iden-
tity, showed no undue haste in inter
fering with its movements For still
another hour of cautious shadcwing
on the part of Golden's private secre-
tary provided him with the knowledge
that Doctor Stein was in the habit of
motoring from Maple avenue to the
Central Tower building, and from that
prosperous skyscraper to an humble
point within block of the Owls Nest
itself. Thirty minutes later found
Maniey in a telephone booth. talking
to his employer.
Have you received any message
from that man Legar?" asked the
younger man. after impatiently ex-
planning who he was.
Il have received a message, but /
don't know 1t came from Legar."
Then how did you get it?'
ut was thrown through my house
window folded up in beer bottle"