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Two minutes later he emerged tr1-
umphantly carrying another slip
of paper. 'Lookt" he said The
types the same. Whoever wrote
that note to Lucas, wrote it on his
lown typewriter. And he must have
been here, in this apartment, to
have done it."
That makes things a little
easier" the inspector sighed. with
that clue you've got there, we a
go on with the investigation" He
turned to a police sergeant who had
been in his attendance since he
had entered the building. Smith,"
he said, "gst that woman-the
housekeeper, and send her in here
to me. She's back II her own
room, resting. There're two privates
guarding the door; tell 'em I sent
you for her"
Yes, sir" Sergeant Smiths heels
clicked together and his hand
touched the brim of his cap in
salute.
"A moment later he returned with
the m~iddle-aged, -white-haired lady
In black on his arm. He helped her
into a chair and stood L~hind her
while the inspector paced the floor
in deep thought.
Finally he stopped 6 d faced the
woman. II want you to tell US just
exactly what you know about this
mans DEATH" he said. Il want you
to begin at the beginning-the time
when you first met him-and come
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The ConSressman's Family

in cold blood? We could hardly
bring ourselves to ber~v-. it. Who
would have the slightest reason for
harming this genial old fellow who
now rested peacefully upon his
death bed? What motive could
lay behind the dastardly perform
ar ce?
For several seconds no one moved
and not a word was spoken. We
all stood there transfixed, watching
the doctor as he concluded his brief
examination Finally he looked
up.
Il am positive now" he said,
it was poison which caused
the death q this IN. However,
I'd like to make other tests before
signing the certificate of death. The
congressman's stomach will have to
be pumped and the contents tested.
If my diagnosis of poisoning is cor
rect, we will find unmistakable Cor
roboration there"
/ suddenly thought of my paper
and the sensation that this story
would cause. A congressman, a
man who had risen to such promi-
n ace in the affairs Of this country
in SO short a time, a man SO hon.
ored and respected as Paul Lucas,
murderedi
I turned and rushed from the
room into the hall. AS fast as the
r. write meA could take it, I poured
out the story of Paul Lucas's death.
This story, certainly, would make
front pages all over the country!
I'm sending two men and a sob
sister over to help you out" Jimmie
Stewart, my city editor, told me.
Zones bringing a camera and the
others an expert on homicide cases.
The woman is to get an inside
story from this so-called housekeep-
er you've been yapping about. You
stick with the dicks and call il
every fifteen minutes with the latest
Developments"
OK" I said, and hung up.
I hurried back to the room in
which the Electives had cor re-
gated. There were half a dozen
other reporters c~luttering up the
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scene now, but not one OF them
had as much straight dope on the
story as I lid, I knew. lone only
had a moment to take in the scene
at a glance before hurrying out to
telephone their papers. Others
were bothering Inspector Paine for
some comment on the 3 :n~sational
case.
I left the inspector i1on1 and fol-
lowed another plainclothes man
who was engaged in making a sys-
tematic search of the apartment
for fingerprints or other tangible
clues. The apartment was a large
one, I discovered, taking up half OF
the tenth floor of the hotel.
Toward the front were the Repre-
Sentatives reception rooms, all nice
ly tapestried and decorated with
taste. In the real we're the servants
quarters, Hutchinson occupying one
room and the housekeeper another.
Just ahead Of these rooms was the
congressman's bedroom in which he
now lay dead.
A door led off from the bedroom
into a tiny k~itchenette, in which
the housekeeper prepared the morn
ing meal before serving it in the
bedroom. Between the bedroom and
the front reception rooms was the
Icongressman's private Office. It was
here that the plainclothes mar
made his most intensive search.
And his efforts did not go with
out reward. For among the numer-
Gus bills and memoranda on Paul
Lucas's desk he discovered a cryptic
note, buried deep in a motley pile
of miscellaneous papers. The note
was undated and unsigned; it was
typewriter very poorly, as though
by someone unfamiliar with the
machine. Handling the scrap OF
paper carefully, we read the note
and puzzled w its meaning. 1t
said:
Better stick to your high
society ladies Or you'll regret
it,"
TT looks like a threat of some
kind" I offered.
TT might be-" the detective
agreed. This little note might
prove Of utmost significance in this
case. And then again it may mean
nothing at all"
"Are there an more like it?"
"I haven't found any. Well look
through these papers on the desk,
though"
I assisted him in wading through
the stacked-up mess Of paper on
the congressman's desk isn't il
queer" I observed, how a man can
be so neat and SO clean person
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BY EDWARD LAWSON

WHAT HAS HAPPENED: Sent out to
interview Representative Paul Lucas. Con-
gresham from Mississippi, I discover
Two persons working frantically over his
aead body. removing 1t from an easy
chair n placing it on a bed. One is
a man named Hutchinson, the dead mans
butler, and the other a middle-aged
w~hite-haired. fairly beautiful woman who
described herself as the housekeeper.
cali the police to handle the case and
give the amazing story to my paper.
Hutchinson tries to escape by Ieaping
through the window while the police are
on the way, but I hold him until they
arrive.
Tbe two servants ascribe the Congress
mans death to an attack Of heart disease,
but the police doctor, after examination,
declares that Lucas has been murdered
by poisoning
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
CHAPTER II
The doctors amazing declaration
astounded us all. Was j, true that
Representa- &c Paul Lucas, the tall,
gaunt and handsome old Southern
er, had not died from a heart at
tack at all, but had been murdered
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day and their reward is skin beauty that
laughs at the passing years. Large jar Black
and White Cold Cream 25c at your druggist.
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now, but not one Of them ally, and yet keep such a iunky
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ners and morals of men," Howard
Nethkin and E. B. Hanger were on
the affirmative side and H. V. Leigh
ton and j. W. Mosser discussed the
negative side of the question. The
affirmative won.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Public auction of the Bradley farm,
which had been sub-divided in small
parcels and town lots, resulted in the
disposal of the tract, bringing to the
owners approximately $4,000.
Bowie johnson broke his collar bone
and suffered other injuries when the
motorcycle upon which he was riding
got beyond his control at the top of
Kings Hill. Accompanying him were
S. H. Jackson and DIR. B. F. Selby, who
brought the injured man to Oakland
for treatment.
The boundary dispute between West
Virginia and Maryland was settled in
favor of West. Virginia by the United
States Supreme Court.
Robert Moorehead, Bloomington,
suffered fracture of his leg when he
was caught beneath the horse he was
riding when the animal became fright
ened at passing automobile and fell.
Frank Krause, of Bloomington,
was accidentally shot in the shoulder
by Washington Barnard, of near that
town.
Street Commissioner Wotring has
completed repairs to the bridge cross
ing Wilson creek on Second street
which had become dangerous for the
passage of heavy traffic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
DIED.
WILLIAM S. LAYMAN

William S. Layman, 81 years old,
died at five o'clock Sunday morning
at his home on the Mason road, near
Cumberland. He formerly operated
the Central Hotel at Horton, w. Va.
Mr.. Layman is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Martha Layman; three children,
Mrs. Charles Drewnoski and Virgil
Layman, of Cumberland, and Argyle
Layman, at home; three sisters, Mrs.
w. F. burst and Mrs. C. CLANCY, Avil-
ton, and Mrs. w. J. Mulligan, of Cum
berland; five brothers, Albert and
Richard Layman, Frostburg; Marx
Layman, jennings; Charles Layman,
Bayard, w. Va, and Lewis Layman,
of Avilton. He also leaves three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Mt. Zion church, this county, with in
terment in the church yard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
FIFTEEN MARRIAGES ARE
PERFORMED DURING WEEK
Total for May Reaches 68-Five
are Marked Don't Publish"

Fifteen marriage licenses were is
sued during the week ending Monday
at noon at the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court in Oakland, bring
ing the total for the month of May to
that date, to &c. Nine of the permits
issued were granted on Saturday; five
were marked don't publish" and one
applicant was refused license.
Hayward Kennedy, "a, farmer, of
Moatsville, W. Va, and Myrtle Maybe,
%, Grafton, w. Va.
Woodrow Ealem Harvey, 81, miner,
Horton, w. Va, and Marguerite Isa-
belle Scott, 81, student, Coalition, West
Va.
Dwight Charles Peterson, 20, driller,
Weston, W. Va, and Kathleen Eli
oft, %, school teacher, Glenville, w.
Va.
Cecil D. Gump, "a, laborer, and
Mary Virginia Bane, 81, student, both
of Fairview, w. Va.
Nicholas William Chickrell, %, min
err, and Mary Besedich, 10, both of
Pennington, w. Va.
Nathan Zimmerman, SO, electrician,
and Leora Georgia Snyder, 80, both of
Somerset, Pa.
Summers Clayton Raymond, "a,
student. and Gweneth Mearns. 21.
student, both of Buckhannon, w. Va.
Lawrence Joseph Flowers, %, sales
man, West Park, Pa, and Myrtle M.
Right, 81, near Oakland, Md.
Charles Raymond Sims, 80, baker,
Cameron, W. Va, and Ada Faith
Rush, 80, postmistress, Hundred, w.
Va.
Everett Wilson Graves, Fl, farmer,
Core, W. Va, and Flora Catherine
Tenant, 10, Fairview, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
MRS. L. H. FRIEND

Mrs. L. H. Friend, 81, died rather
suddenly at her home in Oakland on
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. She
was alone at the time, her husband
having been away from the house but
a short time and upon his return dis
covered her lifeless body sitting in a
chair. She he'd been in poor health
for number of years and the cause
of death was given as heart disease.
Funeral services were conducted on
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from
St. Matthew's Episcopal church, Rev.
D. C. Trimble, rector, officiating, with
interment in the churchyard.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, sister, her step-mother, a
step-brother and a step-sister. Mr..
and Mrs. Friend had recently moved
to Oakland from Deer Park. They
were formerly of Swanton.
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The Republican, largest circulation
Of any Garrett County newspaper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
WILL WE EVER LEARN A
LESSON?

It took the depression to make peo-
pie understand that it is entirely pos
sible for government expenses to be-
come so high that taxing the people
to meet them becomes an oppressive
burden upon the entire public. So
long as nearly everybody was making
a good deal of money, public expenses
were nobody's business. Of course
the people took an academic interest
in the subject and perhaps growled a
bit every time they had to march up
to the treasurer's office and give up
a good deal of money, but, after all,
they had money to give up and so they
forgot the whole matter in a few
days and failed to remember it until
next tax-paying time. But when taxes
became due and several million people
did not know which way to turn to
obtain the money to pay their share
of government expenses, they began
to wonder whether, after all, they had
not been making a mistake all these
years in permitting government costs
to mount, year after year. But now
that they have discovered that there is
no doubt about their having been neg
ligent, they do not know what to do
about it except to demand lower taxes
to meet expenses that for the most
part are definitely fixed and cannot be
lowered except by special legislation.
But this attitude is merely re-
Election of the average man and his
family's attitude toward their per-
sonal affairs during boom times. They
did not reflect that the family income
might be reduced. They always had
been able to met their installments
eventually, and so they proceeded to
buy anything on the installment plan
that happened to please their fancy.
For transportation purposes a Figety
Four might meet their needs quite
well, but since the Jonses next door
had an Opulent Eight they also bought
an Opulent Eight. Good times were
going to last forever and if anybody
ventured even to pipe a squeak of
doubt about it, he was promptly
dubbed killjoy, knocker and bum
sport.
The lesson of this depression is that
in times of prosperity we should pre-
pare for times of adversely, but if you
think anybody will learn that lesson
you merely do not know what you are
talking about. Almost nobody ever
has learned it, although it has been
taught many times, and probably no
body ever will.
Even though the weather man pre-
diets rain, who carries an umbrella if
the sun, at the moment, is shining
brightly?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
IN DAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

R. R. Sanner was conducting sue
cessful normal school in Oakland. He
had enrolled over sixty students, a
large majority of whom were public
school teachers.
A tremendous hail and snow storm
passed over Oakland Friday after
noon. A circus was exhibiting and
the performance was stopped while
the performers went out and engaged
in snow-balling match. The storm
was followed by heavy frost.
The Memorial Day parade in Oak
land included the Gilbert Band of
Piedmont, the Junior Order, school
children, Terra Alta Band, Knights
of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Grand Army of the Repub-
lie and the Garrett Guards in their
snowy uniforms and equipment. Ad-
dresses were made by DIR. E. H. Bart
lett, William Hinebaugh, Gilmor s..
Hamill, E. H. Sincell and Thomas j.
FeOQlcOrO.
Albert Stanton and Miss Laura
Loechel were united in marriage at
Grantsville. The groom was son of
Eli Stanton and the bride daughter
of S. C. Loechel. .,s.
In Oakland Miss Rose Cornelius and
Mr.. James D. Hamill were united in
marriage and the wedding Of Miss Lu-
cretia King and Charles Lee Hogue
was also announced.
At a meeting of the Oakland Nor
NAL literary society, a debate was
a part of the program, the question
under discussion being, Resolved,
That prosperity and increase of wealth
have favorable influence on man
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Homemakers' Column
By Miss Margaret Kirby Burtis
Home Demonstration Agent
Ice Cream Sauces

Ice OEcdm SduCcS
Plain Fruit Sauce-Boil together l
cup sugar with " cup water five min
utes. When cool add 2 cups crushed
fruit. Stir well together and serve
over vanilla ice cream.
Melba Sauce-Mix one cup red rasp-
berry juice, cup sugar and juice of
/ lemon. Let stand in warm place
one hour, then add 1 cup powdered
sugar. Chill in ice, stirring occa-
sionally or use beaten.
Caramel Sauce for Ice Cream-Put
in saucepan " cup sugar, IL cup corn
syrup and 1 cup cream. Mix and boil,
stirring occasionally until of right
consistency. Add y teaspoon vanilla
and 1s teaspoon salt. Leave over hot
water until ready to serve.
Butterscotch Cream Sauce-Put in
saucepan IN cups brown sugar, 2-3
cup corn syrup and tablespoons but
ter. Boil to thick syrup $3.50 degrees
F.) and add y cup thin cream. Serve
on ice cream and sprinkle with chop
ped nuts. Stir before using. a..
Maple-Pecan Sauce-Boil y cup
maple syrup and 2 tablespoons butter
to 232 degrees F. or until it forms a
very soft ball. Remove from fire and
add slowly Il cup heavy cream. Keep
hot over hot water until ready to
serve, then add q cup pecan nut
meats.
Chocolate Marshmallow Sauce az
cups)-One square chocolate, II cup
sugar, " cup corn syrup, II cup boil
ing water, 1 tablespoon butter, tea
spoon vanilla, speck salt, " cup diced
marshmailows. Melt chocolate, add
sugar, syrup, salt and slowly add the
boiling water. Stir until the sugar
dissolves and boil five minutes. Add
butter, vanilla and chopped marsh
mallows.
Pineapple Mint Sauce-Boil 2 cups
sugar and " cup water to a thick
syrup. Add a bit of green coloring.
When cool, add 1 drop oil of pepper
mint and l cup drained, crushed pine
apple.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
DIR. ARNOLD A. SCHERR

DR.. Arnold A. Scherr, 81, died Fri
day night at his home at Keyser, W.
Va. He had been i'll Of heart trouble
since last August. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon at the
family residence, being conducted by
his pastor, Rev. DR.. R. T. Vorberg,
of Trinity Lutheran church, Keyser.
The remains were then taken to Au-
rora, w. Va, where interment was
made in Carmel cemetery with mill
tary honors.
DR.. Scherr was the son Of the late
julius and Amelia Scherr, and was
born in Washington, D. c. He re-
ceived his education at West Virginia
University and graduated from the
College of Physicians and Surgeons
in Baltimore in the class Of 1908. He
practiced medicine at Eglon, w. Va,
until the outbreak of the World War
when he enlisted in the medical corps
and was assigned to duty in one OF
the army camps. Twelve years ago
he went to Keyser as a practicing
physician. On December 81, 1908, ne
married Miss leila Shaffer at Carmel,
West Va, a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Shaffer, now of Oakland.
DR.. Scherr was a member of the
Lutheran church, Knights of Pythias,
Odd Fellows and of the American
Legion.
He is survived by his widow and
three children: Eloise, Morgantown,
w. Va; Robert and Joseph, of Keyser,
and by the following brothers and sis
tiers: DR.. William B. Scherr, Henry
Scherr, Milton Scherr, Miss Alma
Scherr and Mrs. julius C. Renninger
of Morgantown, and Edwin Scherr, of
Charleston, West Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
GLADES

Rev. King and Rev. M. B. Miller
spent Thursday at the home of VIM.
Railey, Loeb Lodge, and at the home
of Joseph Ash.
Mrs. Susan Beachy spent one day
last week at the home of Mrs. Mahlon
Bender.
Mrs. Hettie Doolittle is staying for
the time being at the home of Mrs.
C. C. Beachy during her absence at
Baltimore where she is visiting her
husband, who is receiving treatment
at hospital.
R. E. Alexander and family visited
Simon Beachy and family on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Younkin and
son and Milford Alexander spent Sun
day afternoon THE home of Norman
Maust at Springs, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes Beachy were
visiting at Blue Ridge Sunday and
Monday.
Roy Hetrick and family, Salisbury,
Pa, and Kermit Glotfelty and family
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. William
Glotfelty on Sunday.
Miss Sue Railey, of Frostburg, was
visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. c. Stephen,
few days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Beachy and son,
of Niverton, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Hershberger and daughter, of
Grantsville, were visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Solomon Orendorf on Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
GORTNER

We have been requested to announce
that next Sunday evening, June 9Th, a
revival meeting will start at the Glade
View Brethren church at Red House
with Mr.. Alva Harsh in charge.
On the following Sunday evening,
June 18th, a revival will start in the
Union church here, continuing every
evening at 500 o'clock until the
10th, and will be conducted by Otis
Johns, of Canton, Ohio.
Regular church services next Sum-
day morning by the Brethren in the
church here, to which all are most
cordially invited.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Mil
Ter, on last Tuesday, son.
S. w. Slabach, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Hurley Miller and daughter
Lillian, of Mason, attended the fun
eral of the late Mrs. Aaron Miller at
Eglon on Tuesday.
D. L. Swartzentruber and Earl
Spoerlein left here Saturday night for
Harrisonburg, Va, where the former
attended exercises in school of which
his brother is graduate and the lat
ter visited his brother Ernest all
Bridgewater College.
Among those who visited ]. w. Bak-
er on Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer linn and three children, of Nor
gantown; Guy and Will Sanders, Mrs.
D. L. Swartzentruber, members of the
Lichty family, Allen Kelly, Fannie
Yoder, Mrs. Ernest Ridder and Mr..
Archie Ridder, of Fairmons.
Joseph Feather is visiting rela-
tives in the Grab Orchard, w. Va,
this week.
Miss Anna Virginia Slabach, who
has been at Mountain Lake Park, is
spending this week at her home here.
She will return to the Park shortly.
Miss Virginia Kelly, of Newell, Pa,
is spending this week here as the
guest of Miss Maxine Martin.
George Hesen and family, of Key
ser, w. Va, and Guy Sanders and
family, of Fairmont, were guests Of
Mrs. Mrs. Amanda Hoff and family on
Sunday.
Mrs. Dora Yoder, of Meyersdale,
Pa, spent last week with her son and
daughter here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laban Swartzentruber
of West Liberty, o., and Aaron Maust,
of Westover, Md, who were enroute
to Harrisonburg, Va, were guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Swartzentruber
here on Saturday.
Charles Shaffer and two sons, Of
Washington, D. c., spent the week.
end at Mr.. Shaffer's old home at
Mason. By way of a surprise Mr..
Shaffer brought the family a Ford
sedan as a present.
Mrs. Paul WEIGH was in Cumber-
land on Saturday.
S. w. Slabach and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Sisk and Miss Lena Slabach
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Gauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Gortner enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. R. ]. Edmond
ston, Mrs. Tena Murphy, Lawrence
Bittinger, Homer Lane and Ray Bull
lett, of Pittsburgh, over the weekend.
Daniel Beachy, of Arthur, ILL.,, and
Noah Beachy, of Meyersdale, spent
last week here with their sister, Mrs.
D. J. Swartzentruber and other rela-
tives.
Clarence Fulk and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Noah Slabach visited Mr..
and Mrs. Alonzo Hardesty at Noun
tain Lake Park on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sisk, Miss Grace
Filler and Harvey Fike and Jesse
Harsh, of Eglon, were recent visitors
at S. w. Slabach's.
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ate veteran.

the markets of the world for the first
time in half century,"
In the Senate majority vote was
recorded for a three percent tax on
gross receipts of electric power COM
panies.
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The following pupils of the White
Rock school made perfect attendance
during the month of May. Miss Rubie
Fike is the instructor in this school
Oliver Kelley, Lenora Sisler, Daw-
son Sisler, Leona Thomas, Velva Sis
Ter, Edward VanSickle, Dorothy Sisler,
Crester Custer, Floretta Thomas,
Laurine Sisler, Glenna Sisler.