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said to me that day when spoke
to her about Mr.. Hall and my wife
being missing. They're dead or
they'd come home
And then again, I never could
quite understand what she meant
when she said during that first in
vestigation that she didn't want the
guilty parties convicted.
On the other hand, remember
how many times she came to my
house during the first two days be.
fore the bodies were found and
asked me had I heard anything,
She had a worried look.
I don't know what to make of It
all. / get a headache when ] try
to puzzle out who could have com.
mitted such q terrible crime. First
think it was this one, then that
and then when / stop to remember
what know about them, its as If
I am up against a blank wall and
can't go any further.
Hard to Tell About Willie
Mrs. Hall was never q person
to say much or show her feelings
and no one knows just how she
felt about her husband and my
wife being together SO much.
Some people say that she knew
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distant like and more friendly she
could have held on to her hus
bands love and the town would
have felt more kindly toward her
As It IL. no one, knows what to
make Of her and naturally. a lot
Of people think the worst. That's
human nature.
I don't know who It was that
thought 1t would be a good plan
to fasten suspicion on me. They
certainly went to great lengths in
those early days Of the first investi.
cation to trip me up In my story
but they never got any satisfaction.
I know this----I never went out
OF my way to point suspicion 20.
wards any Of the Stevens clan and
I certainly had as much reason as
they had. Still. never held ii
against Mrs. Hall and that's why I
thought 1t strange that she should
suddenly turn so much against me.
Now she doesn't even notice me
and when we meet she just passes
by as II were some gutter dog or
something.
Well, that doesn't worry me.
I've lived a good, clean. open
life and I've got nothing to be
ashamed Of or to hide. Anyone
that wants to- can go right back
to the time / was born, to this very
minute when I'm writing these
very words and they won't find
that I've ever done anything they
can hit at.
(Among others. the suspicion
fell heavily on James Mills when
the bodies Of his wife and her
lover. Edward w. Hall were dis
covered off De Russey's Lane
fOur wears ago. In tOmorrow's
chapter. Mr.. Mills describes the
efforts made to puncture his alibi.
alsn Ills opinion Of that first In.
vBstigation four years ago and
tlIe present pr0be.)
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for auSte q time what was 60
ing on.
I never knew much about the
rest OF the Stevens family. OF
course, I knew Willie-eVerybody
did. He was quite an educated
fellow-I think he went to college
when he was young. He seemed
like a harmless sort OF fellow,
queer and all that. But. OF course,
it is hard to form much of an
opinion of a fellow like that. /
guess you never could tell just
what he was going to do.
There certainly wasn't. anything
suspicious about him that after
noon when he went home with me
after I'd been over to Mrs. Halls
house to see II she had learned
any more. On the way home. ne
told me not to worry. that every.
thing would be all right.
A lot of the town people used to
have fun at Willie's expense but
even at that. they were just
little in awe Of him because he was
a Stevens and had plenty of money.
I never bothered with him the
way other people did, because
used to feel sorry to think that
man coming from such a fine
family and with such a good edu-
cation had to be queer.
Domestic Strain M Secret.
It was no secret in New Bruins.
wick that Mr.. Hall and his wife
weren't suited to each other. She
was cold, naughty kind Of woman
and he was q warm-blooded, friendly
sort and very democratic. I think
he stood just as much in awe OF
his wife as the rest Of the town
and I never believed he was very
much in love with her. On the
other hand. Mrs. Hall seemed to
be very fond OF him and I think
she was jealous Of him and always
worried when he was with some
good looking woman.
That's only my opinion, Of course.
Nobody knows the whole truth.
Maybe If she hadn't been so
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= OF course, just as I've said before
It wasn't this way with DR.. Hall.
He was different He was home
! folks. 1 felt, and 1 was always at
ease with him.
But with Mrs. Hall, l never felt
quite right. I always thought she
was a good woman and meant to
be kind but she was in a different
sphere of life. I told my wife that,
too, but she'd laugh at me and say
no one was so high and mighty that
she couldn't mix with them and
hold her own.
Before the affair, though, Mrs.
Hall was always nice to me and
spoke to me, but from the minute
the bodies were discovered until
this very day, she has never said
word to me and when We meet
once in a great while, she Just
ignores me entirely.
Doesn't Understand Her
At first ! felt hurt about that. I
never had anything against her and
] never did her any harm but now,
1t doesn't bother me.
x / don't know what to make OF
her. Sometimes think she's just
as innocent in the affair as am
and other times, I just wonder
especially when remember the
queer look in her eyes when she
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-05
oUARTERNAsTER POST
CANDIDATES GUESSING

The selection Of the new assist
ant Quartermaster general to suc
coed Brig. Gen. M. cray zalinski
u probably causing more specula
ton and discussion among afficere
OF the army than any other one pro.
motion.
While the office of the quarter
master general Il silent on the sue
ject. II IL believed thar either Coils,
David I. Stone. Henry Q. White.
head, Lawton or Pope win Be se-
lected.
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VETERANS BUREAU VIII
HAVE NEW AUDIT PLAN

a new system Cor the preventiou
OF overpaymenss BY the veterans
Bureau has been Installed by Comp
trolIer General Mccarl ana Brle
Gen. Frank T. Hines. director ok che
bureau.
The cost Of correcting errors and
collecting refunds viii be eliminated
BY an audit made IN advance. Is 80.
countants having been assigned IA
this work. The new plan WIN save
the Federal Government many thou.
sands Of dollars annually. e Is pre-
dicted BY officials.
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CUBA is TO REPAIR
BATTLESHIP MAINE SHAFT

President Machado OF Cuba has
ordered the immediate repair Of
the monument to the battleship
Maine. In Havana. damaged by the
recent West Indian hurricane.
James j. Murphy. quartermaster
general of the United Spanish War
Veterans. has been informed by
the Cuban embassy.
Undersecretary Campo OF the
Cuban state department. announces
that it is his desire that 1t be re-
stored at the cost Of the insular
government.
This announcement followed the
resolution adopted at recent meet
ing Of the Spanish War Veterans,
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JEWISH WAR VETERANS
ORGANIZE POST HERE

A district post Of the Jewish
veterans Of the Wars Of the Re-
public was organized last night ct
i meeting in the Homer building.
The charter win Be presented to
members Saturday night, at the
Jewish Community Center. The
public has been invited to the meet
ing, which win outline the purpose
and work Of the organizat ion
Charles Kohen IL acting chairman
OF the new post.
providing for subscription among
II. ,,,ennhera "a rnnair tha damage
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Mrs. Hall Is Puzzle
to James Mills
By JAMES MILLS,
Husband Of the Slain Choir Singer

Excen when nv work around church made it
4 had much personal dealings with Mrs Hall OF
her family always felt they in different clas-ney
bent themselves high and mghy-and don't believe in but
ting in where I don't think am wanted.
Evening star., 1926-04-28

for the family, stated that Mr.. Panton
was supposed to have sailed for the
United States on the given date,
though, if he did so, he must have
shipped as a sailor or fireman under
an assumed name, since there was no
trace of him in the records of the
principal transatlantic shipping COM
panies. Unfortunately, there had been
q family dispute, but the facts need
not be gone into for the purpose of
this application. If living, Mr.. Panton
would have inherited a sum of over
one hundred thousand pounds under
the will of his aunt, Eleanor Lady
Bridgnorth, who died in June, 1921.
At that time he was advertised for
throughout the world.
The president inquired what steps
to assure publicity had been taken in
regard to the present application, and
counsel said that similar measures
We're adopted early in the current year.
1t was Lord Oban's wish now that in
the interests of the next heir, Mr..
Alistair Spenser Panton, nephew,
the position should be regularized.
The president remarked that If Mr..
Panton was dead he must have died
among people who did not know his
identity. In the circumstances he
would make the order as requested,
months-namely, until the last day of
June next. The proceedings in that
court would doubtless be reported in
the press, and thus provide a final and
widely circulated advertisement.
so, that's the game, is it?" growled
Jim, and a fiercer surge of passion
boiled up in him as the meaning of
1t all grew clear. Exit the heir, pre-
sumed dead, and enter the villain as
aA;v, = I1,
reversionary interest in the hundred
thousand quid There's a
damned lot of presuming going on, but
the worst presumption of all is that
Asp should dare to marry Eileen.
That must not be. Godt Can
it be stopped?"
He sought the date of the news
paper-April 90. 1t was now the Sd
of June, and the nearest telegraph
station was at Athabasca 200 miles
away. OF course, he could get there
in time to cable that wise old judge
who did not take for granted every
thing he was told by even the most
eminent K. G.. Even SO, the mere an
nouncement that the Hon: John Bridg-
north Panton was very much alive
and bent on coming home to claim his
rights would not necessarily prevent
the marriage. Perhaps Eileen was
ltldiEleu dIi edON. NOl III IlcdNeIl, WfldI
was to be done then? Let the Hon.
John remain dead, and be-
The dog growled, not in a hostile
manner, but as one might say: "Hullo!
That you?"
A shadow darkened the door, and
an Indian entered, or would have
entered had he not been startled out of
the dignified reserve of his race by
the frenZied glare in the eyes of the
man he had come to greet.
He gurged something, but Jim,
hitherto so friendly and amusing that
even an Indian had to smile occa-
sionally, thrust forth a barring hand
with pointing finger.
Out damned spot! Out. l say he
shouted.
The visitor turned quickly. He did
not know what the white man meant,
but his aspect was most inhospitable
Now, this was a singular instance of
the force of habit. Jim, who felt any
thing but humorous at the moment,
had trick of puZZling his Indian ac-
uuaintances by hurting Shakespearean
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Yet the two met with the accustom-
ed nonchalance of the great spaces.
How do, Joe?"
How do, JIM"
1--WE news for you joe It's home
trail for Edmonton within an hour"
Kinda sudden, amt it, after the
best part of FIVE years."
Yes. But needs must when the
devil drives"
ITEMS. Markwa there said some
thin about the devil bein' around.
Gosh, but he's we'll out of the heat
at Moose Lake"
Then the tall man smiled.
Sorry, Markwa," he said. II didn't
mean to vex you. 1t was not old
Nick but a we'll disposed Providence
that sent you two here today. Though
/ must get back home without the
loss of an unnecessary minute, If you
hadn't arrived ahead of time I must
have stood fast, eating my heart out.
You'll take charge here, Joe, and
Markwa will help me up the Wabis-
kaw as far as the depot. l can get
a horse there for Athabasca. Markwa
will return in six days, possibly bring
ing a man with him. Anyhow, the
agent will send a relief without delay"
Mosquito Joe tickled his scalp with
a forefinger deftly inserted under a
broad-brimmed hat. This breathless
arrangement was sweeping him off his
feet.
Il don't exactly know as how that
plan will altogether suit neither me
nor the agent" he said perplexedly.
IT'S going through, If 1 have to
paddock you to the leg of the table,
announced Jim.
well, If you put it that-a way. I
guess" Joe threw out his hands
in token Of surrender. Mind you, the
notions yours, all of it, an you re-
sponsible, no matter what happens"
Copyright. 1926. by Louis TracyD
Evening star., 1926-04-28


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The Lam of the Talon
By Louis Tracy >& passs. sss oas. o.
%( p.':s. Re: Ss's.. g.;

, phrases at them. Today the sequel
+ was distinctly ludicrous. The dog,
whose name was Spot, hurried after
the Indian, whereupon his master
burst into a loud laugh. At that, the
| dog came back.
The Siwash, however, was annoyed.
| wizened, leather-clad little fellow, who
was evidently perpleXed by the nom
appearance OF the log hut's inmate.
What's up?" shouted the trapper
as his companion drew near. Where s
jim? Amt he in? I thought 1 heered
him."
The Indian grunted, and touched
his head significantly.
'Hell's BELLS" cried the other Not
drunk already, is he2 Why couldn't
he wait? He saw me comm"
NO drunk" said the Indian. Mad.
Devil get him.
You're crazy with the heat, you
pore, misguided infidel. Why, here he
comes now, latfiin' fit to bust himself.
You don't understand that play-actin'
talk of his--that's what's wrong wi
you. Whad'd he say-'The devil damn
thee black, thou cream-faced loon" or
some fool thing of the sort?"
The noble red man made no reply.
OF the little he comprehendeG there
was nothing that called for comment.
He knelt near some hide-covered par
cells already landed from the canoe,
and began knotting ropes in such wise
that porterage was simplifed.
Mosquito Joe gave no further heed
Evening star., 1926-04-28

to him. No white man can fathom the
Indian mind which may be either pro-
fOundly deep or indescribably empty
1t was more to the point to study the
behavior of Jim Parke, district agent
in the employ of the Hudson Bay
Company. Here was a man who never
hurried hurrying, one who never al
lowed the most dramatic events to
ruffie him, now betraying excitement
in face and demeanor. Why, Joe re-
called the night a lighted paraffin
lamp was knocked over in the hut by
accident and the leapinG flames were
already licking a keg of gunpowder,
when Jim calmly walked through the
burning oil. lifted the keg, threw it
outside and choked out the fire by
spreading raw pelts and standing on
them. He made no more fuss then
than if a jug of cold water had been
upset; now, that hysterical laughter
having ceased, he was almost running
in his haste
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AST0R DUNNED MONROE
IN DIPLOMATIC MANNER
Sandwiched Request for Payment
of Loan Between Congratulations
and Wishes.

BY the Associated Press.
I NEW YORK, April 2S.-When the
John Jacob Astor of 1926 decided to
dun former President James Monroe
for an old loan he delicately sand
wiched his request between congratu-
lations and best wishes.
This is revealed in an autographed
Astor letter Just sold by the American
Art Galleries. Dated in this city Apri,
&c, 1926, and addressed to Homie.
James Monroe" the communication
reads:
Dear Sir:
Permit me to congratulate you on
your honorable retirement from Public
LIFE in which l most sincerely wish
you may enjoy that Peace and Tran
guilty to which you are so justly en-
titled.
inconveniency on account of the loan
which 1 so long since made to you l
would be glad if you would put 1t in
train of settlement if not whole let
it be a part with the interest due.
II hope Dear Sir that you and Mrs.
Monroe enjoy the best of health and
that you may live years to witness
the Prosperity of the country to
which you have so eminetly con-
tributed."
II am most respectfully, Dear Sir,
Your obed. Svt.
~. JA ASTOR."
Evening star., 1926-04-28

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Moth Flakes
2 Lbs., 19c

Use moth flakes freely
when you put away your
winter clothes-affords you
great protection against the
dreaded moth.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
Continued tomorrow

DIR. Price. aa eighteenth.century
statistician, computed that If the
equivalent of one cent had been in
vested at compound interest at the
time of Christ's birth. it would in 1867
have amounted to $4,000. 900 globes of
solid gold, each the size of the earth.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
By Louis Tracy
SYNOPSIS,

EIhe sole occupant of the Hudson Bay Com
pany post at Moose Lake canoe com.
lnR up the lake. headed for the post While
preparing for his visitors the post agents at.
tent1on is attracted by a group of photo
graphs in paper which had been sent to
hlm some time before and at which he had
neglected To look until now. The caption
Under the picture refers to the coming mar
riage of Aiistar Spenser Panton and Eileen
Grant. and calls attention to a story on an
other page.
Continued from Yesterdays Starr
Evening star., 1926-04-28
THE OBAN PEERAGE.
Death of the Heir Presumed.

In the probate division yesterday
the president, Lord Mountford. gave
leave to presume the death as having
occurred since August 81, 1918, of the
Hon. John Bridgnorth Panton, only
son and heir, had he survived, of
Hector Alistair, tenth Baron Oban.
Mr.. Harvey, X. c., who appeared
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a Sudden Decision.

DERHAPS anger had melted into
- pity rather suddenly, or it may
have been that Jim was un-
accustomed to searching for
one small item among crowded
columns, but he fumbled over the task.
and even when he was staring at the
printed words they were slow to pene-
trate to his bemused brain. Yet they
We're very much to the point. This is
what he read
Evening star., 1926-04-28

These Gloves are made of an
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isfactorily withstands hard wear.
They keep the hands soft and
lovely and afford great protection
while doing housework.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
BoncilIa ''Little Beauty Shop

The Little Beauty Shop" is an attractive green
package containing a regular ST size tube of Boncla
Facial Beautiher trial size Bonca Cold Cream trial size
Boncia Vanishing Cream, trial box of Boncila Face
Powder and 48page Beauty Book all for the special
low price of ST for limited time only.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
INSTALE.MENT III.

Continued from Yesterdays starl
Evening star., 1926-04-28
The proper care of
your teeth and gums
Healthier children
nON

PRESENT-DAY methods of
dental hygiene have done an
astounding service to the
health of children. For a
long time no one guessed
that decayed teeth had such
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-23
ASSASSINS MURDER
YOUNG PUBLISHER

Canton, Ohio.-Threats on the life
of Don X. Mellett, SO, publisher OF the
Canton Daily News. because of his ac-
tiyities against alleged gamblers, were
carried out here.
Five bullets brought to an end the
career of the young publisher, who
came here year ago to publish the
News, owned by James NJ. Cox. pub.
Usher of number of Ohio papers.
Mellett was putting his automobile
In the garage in the rear of his home
when the assassin's gun spoke. Neigh
bors who heard the shets Immediately
dashed for the garage, but Mellett was
dead-a bullet through his left tenn
Pile having ended his life almost in.
stantly. The slayers had disappeared
in an automobile which they parked
about a block from the Mellett home
No trace has been found of The gun.
men, but they are believed by police
to have been hired to put an effective
period to Mellett's crusade against the
underworld of the city.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-23
GRAIN FIRES DO
HEAVY DAMAGE

The Dalles, Ore.-Standing and
sacked wheat from approximately 700
acres of land, thousands OF acres OF
pasture and more than so telephone
poles along the main line between Ce-
lilo and Biggs was the toll of series
of fires in Wasco and Sherman coun-
ties.
All but one of the fires was said by
witnesses to have been started by an
engine on the O.-W. r. G N. company's
main line, pulling heavy load. Alto
gether seven fires were started along
the railroad right-of-way between Cape
Horn and Biggs by sparks from this
engine, ii was declared.
The main blaze was started near
Cape Horn. This fire, famed by a
high wind, swept over the hill and
into wheat fields at a rapid rate.
Harvest crews, because of the ex-
IRENE fire danger and the fact that
more grain has been burned this year
than at any other period in the coun.
TVS history, have been organized to
leave at moments notice for fire
fighting duty.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-23
Spokane.

Hogs-Good, sI475G15.
cattle-s, Steers. good. i7GS.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-23
RAILROAD TO USE RADIO
Chicago, Milwaukee viii Link 1900.
Mile System.

Chicago.-A system OF short.wave
radio communication designed to in.
sure the safe operation of trains even
when billiards or other catastrophes
paralyze ordinary means OF communi-
cation is to be Installed by the Chica.
go, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
throughout its entire system. it was
announced here.
Tile company plans to connect its
entire system by air, from Chicago to
Seattle, a distance OF 1900 miles.
Transmit,ers and receivers for the ra-
do operating system will be estab-
lished at pivotal stations and COM
munication viii be In code.