The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14

formation was at his tongues end.
II was easy for him Then when all
tho reporters questions wcro ans
Vcrcd MIR Chamberlain slowly
/ wheeled around in his chair and
ga2cd In an ahstlnntcd manner out
OF the window
"Who du YOU suppose It was that
/ Killed that Chiu1muu here recent.
/ ly1" he asked.
Tho reporter was surprised, but
] ho rose To tho occasion and lnmCly
. propoundcd some impossible theory,
/ plainly disclosing that his knowledge
/ uf Nashingtou's latcst murder mys-
. terry Wns not very profound.
Then Mr. Chamberlain began to
unfold his theory That led TO
stories ~ othcr crtmcs, and he OK
planned his theory Of recent New
York murder that has bailicd tho
police.
II all became very plain. Mr..
/ Chamberlain may be- one Of tho
ouuutry's foremost authorities on
things nautical. lie is that, beyond
a doubt hut hat IL his regular
work." while In his heart he IL a
great dotoctive--n second Sherlock
Holmes
when Mr.. Chamberlain hasn't
anything to do that he feels It, his
duty To do nc spends his time solving
crime mysteries The harder they
are the more he likes them. II IL
his hobby of hobbies. Give him
few moments and he viii unravel
"A bit of logic I'm crime detection that
win rival tho best work of Scotland
! Ynrd's cNpcrts or Nav york's finest.
And no does IL all on the run, IL
is his pastimc.
lie ia serious about II, too. one
night shortly after the murder of tho
Chinese which no greatly interested
dwelling where the crime occurred
and made n careful Irsrcction of the
prcmisos. lie mndc "A friend of the
vat,hman. who hoIpcd him
uc has boen doing this sort of
! thing fnr Ok voars Ito has rp,d
stacks or voIunncs an crime and ita
observation-disclosures J works fiction
nnd government rcports. lie In
ucvor 40 haunv ma whom # tsrns out
tbnt the ,bt,nrv he has evolved of n
certain crime is the correct one as
discloaoa NV the official police In
vcstip,tion and tho trial I'm omen
court
Secretary of the Navy Dcnby IL
another man with "A serious hobby.
, Long bcforc he over thought of he
!, coming secretary of the navy, and
4 long before ne enlisted as IA private
:. OF marines in the world war--cven
N long before ne served In the house OF
:, ronrcsentntivos ns n member of tho
/, nnval nffairs committeo--ho was
, fond of naval affairs But running
i, the navy U.s. nftcr all, "A side limo
with MIR Denby. He has n passion
for helping his fellow men. That
represents his philosophy In life.
while "a resident Of Detroit he served
ns probation olncor The children
with whom he had to deal awakened
an interest In him then which has
never left him, and has not been
lcsscncd by the fact that he has two
children of his own, a boy OF years
and "A girl OF G.
But when 1T comes TO the selfish
hobby of Mr.. DENLY If you might
call II that, the way that he likes to
spend his time when he IL not rum
ming the navy, or helping some little
Nohild or some grown-up child, we
find him studying ancient Japanese.
Dcnby's father was minister In
China when his son was much
Younger than he is now There the
head OF the second greatest navy
In the world became intensely inter-
ested In oriental affairs. lie picked
up a working knowledge OF the Jap
| nnosc and Chinese languages, and
during all his life he haas never lost
that interest.
with the exception OF professional
specialists In Asiatic history, there
are few men in the United States
- who are more familiar with Il than
- he Is, He has made particular
p study Of the life and times of the
, great Mougolian conquoror OF Asia.
. Gonghis Khan, who was born in tho
y year 1852, as nearly as anybody can
. tell, and died In 1877, after leaving
blood