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The Washington times., 1933-06-05
SAFETY
Of PACIFIC
DEPENDS
Noted Editor BIames Foolish
Sea Duty Rule for Loss
of Akron and 73
Picture on Page 81

Immediate construction o1
"a larger and better ship" tc
replace the U. S. S. Akron was
urged today by Arthur Bris'
bane, noted Hearst editor, al
joint congressional hearings
into the Akron disaster on
April 4.
Brisbane declared that one
dirigible such as the U. S. s.
Macon "is worth a dozen battle
ships"
Only by continuous operation
of lighter than aircraft can the
United States know what is going
on in the Pacific Ocean, he de-
clared. ...s.... ..-
Mr.. Brisbane then made two
recommendations for improve.
ment of the dirigible as vital
part of American defense.
They were:
First, that if the United
States Navy doesn't know how
to run lighter-than-air ships it
ought to learn to run them and
the people ought to be willing
to pay the bill in dollars as the
brave men in the Navy are will
ing to pay with their lives.
"SecOnd, 1 believe the Navy
could get rid of its silly Out-Of-
date sea duty rule where air
ships of any kind are con-
cerned. That rule is literally as
foolish as it would be to make a
rule compelling every air-mail
pilot to come down at intervals
for two years and ride the old
pony express with mail bags be-
hind him."
Brisbane pointed out that Ger
man engineers and experts in
aeronauticS have proved they
know how to run Fighter than
air ships" safely, efficiently and
usefully."
Can and Must Learn
He added:
eff United States engineers
and fliers don't know how they
ought to learn.
'It is not the American Gus
tom to admit that we cannot
do what other nations do. That
admission might have kept us
from having automobiles and
railroads.
"Until some great improve
ment is made in heavier-than-
air ship it is evident that for
crossing oceans, the lighter
than air ships must be safer.
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
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Filler Describes Terrifying
Flight Over Ocean

The first uH story OF his epochal flight
told today By James MGttern Grnan
enaona NeDs SeOce correspondent Moscow Filler
pondent found much in 1926
EUans established record for gdzng the
the
hours md 36 mimi
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Brisbane Pleads for Huge New Dirigible
Pecora Fights Plot
To Squelch Quiz;
Hill Reveals
By EDWIN G. HILL

Famous Ace Reporter and Radio News BrOadcaster
The most mysterious and elusive personality among the
railroad overord of Amercamong all the dukes and ears
high finance figure removed elusive, and unap
proachabe than John Perpon Morgan-was hailed to
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It is Pecora's contention that
the opportunities available to
such banks as Morgan's and such
railroad and promotion experts as
the Van SWeringens almost in
variably result in the enrichment
of the insiders and the eventual
loss of the public. Van SWer-
ingen's testimony therefore, was
the feature of the day, as Pecora
pressed him hard regarding how
he and Morgan unloaded mil
lions of dollars worth of bonds
and stocks of Allegheny Corpora
ton.
Charges Tax Evasion
But Van Sweringen was put
on the stand only after Pecora
met with a setback in the execu-
tive committee meeting of the
committee. In that meeting,
with the Morgan lawyer, John
w. Davis, as his antagonist,
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J. P. Morgan Called
Creator of Radicals

GREELEY, Colo, June S G.N.SO. e.
j. P. Morgan today stood accused
of being the nations greatest
creator Of radicals. DR.. George
Willard Frasier, president of Colo
RADIO State Teachers College, told
members of the graduating class,
in a baccalaureate address, that
Morgan'S testimony before the
Senate Banking Committee had
made more radicals than all the
Soap-box orators could convert
in a lifetime.
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SLEPT
BUT 8 HRS.
SINCE HE
LEFT NY.
Oil Guage Being Fixed While
Filler Rests Before
Crossing Siberia

MOSCOW, June 5 Q.N.S.6
Three hours and 10 minutes
ahead of the record he Is tRya
ing to beat for a round-the.
world flight, Jimmy Mattern,
Texas flier, dropped down on
October Airport at 7:45 a. m.
washington time) today with
one-third Of his trip behind
him.
Mattern's red, white and blue
monoplane. Century q Progress
appeared over the airport at $40
Moscow time (7:40 a. m. Wash
ington time).
He circled the field twice and
five minutes later came down to
a graceful landing.
Gets Soviet Ovation
The flier had made fast time
from Oslo, Norway, covering the
1,1OO miles in seven hours and
five minutes.
A group Of Soviet airmen on
the field cheered Justify when
Jimmy's tousled head appeared
above the cockpit. They hauled
him out and carried him around
the field on their shoulders.
Mattern reached Moscow 81
hours and "a minutes after leaV-
ing New York. Wiley Post and
Harold Gatty, whose round-the-
world record he is trying to beat,
took Sd hours and "a minutes to
cover the same distance.
Oil Gauge Fails
Seated in the administration
building of the airport. Mattern
told of difficulties he encoun-
tered while flying to Moscow from
Oslo. He said:
"My oil pressure gauge failed
a few hours out of Oslo and
weakened the stabiIizer, which
II was unable to keep the tail
down.
"That will have to be re-
paired before 1 leave Moscow,
because 1 don't want to go pill.
ing into some of those little
fields east of here with the tail
that way.
"If hit pebble I'd find
myself on my ear.
'DOing that in Russia once II
enough for me-"
Refers to Crack-Up
This was reference to the al
most disastrous ending Of his
previous attempt to set a new
globe-girdling record, when he
and Bennett Riffin made a forced
landing in a peat bog near
Borisov, Russia, and cracked Up
their plane.
Airport officials had cold chick
en- ready for the daring flier. He
nibbled a little and drank some
mineral water, but admitted be-
ing too tired to eat. Mattern re-
vealed he had had only three
hours of sleep since leaving New
York at 5:21 a. m. eastern
Standard Time), Saturday.
Physicians examined the flier
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
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FORT WORTH, Tex, June 5
GN.SO.-Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
en- route to Tucson to meet her
son, Elliott, passed through Fort
Worth the second time today fol-
lowing a brief visit to Dallas.
The special plane landed at
1904 a. m. and took off a few
minutes later.
She was accompanied by a
number of Texas friends who will
make part of the journey with
her.
DALLAS, Tex, June 5 G.N.S.).
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Log of Flight
Around Globe
washington Time)
SATURDAY, JUNE 8


4:21 a. m.-Took off from
Floyd Bennett Field. N. Y.
1870 a. m.-Sighted over
Lewisport, Newfoundland.
11:35 a. m.-Heard passing
to sea off Musgrave Harbor,
N. F.
11:50 a. m.-Sighted over
wadham Island off Newfound-
land.
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
8 a. m.-Landed Kragero Is
land. Norway.
8 p. m.-Took off for Oslo.
800 p. m.-Landed Lillestrom
Airport. Oslo.
MONDAY, JUNE 5
12:40 a. m.-Took off for
Moscow.
7:45 a. m.-Landed at Mos
COW,
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the witness stand OF the Senate Bank
ing and Currency Committee this after
noon.
Oris P. Van Sweringen, who with his
brother, MATHS j., dominates the Van
Sweringen system of railroads the G.
and o., the Erie, the Nickel Plate, the
Western Pacific and other ines-and
who organized and commands the great
railroad security holding companies,
Allegheny Corporation and Chesapeake
Corporation-wa called to the stand by
Counsel Pecora of the committee to ex-
plain the methods by which the Allie
gheny Corporation was organized with
the assistance of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
and how it's securities were "unloaded
upon the public at enormous profit-so
Pecora asserts-to the Van Sweringens,
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MOtOrstOker Corp.
Adds NeID CUDitUL

A group headed by Walter
Barnum, a director and former
president of the National Coal AS
sociation, has acquired control Of
Motorstoker Corp, manufacturers
of a complete line Of automatic
coal burners covering the entire
residential field, and also small
commercial and industrial units.
In connection with this acquiSi-
ton a substantial amount Of addi-
tional capital has been supplied.
Giving effect to this additional
capital, the company's capitaliza-
ton consists of $500 shares Of
series A preferred stock; 10000
shares of no par value Class B
common stock; 10000 shares Of
no par value Glass A voting com
mon stock and SIS, ZOO Of serial
gold notes due 1885 TO 1910.
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OU|NTER NAMED
To NEWPOST

william s. Quinter, president Of
the District Building and Loan
Association, received notification
today of his appointment as a
member Of the code Of ethics COM
mittee of the United States Build
ing and Loan League, by Ward
B. WhitIock, Springfield, ILL.,,
president of the league. Mr..
Quinter indicated that he had
accepted.
The appointment places Mr..
Quinter in a group Of five key
men in the building and loan
business vino have been desig-
mated by the national organiza-
ton I'd submit a code of ethics
for 1888 association procedure.
The record Of the business is
featured by an unsurpassed safety
percentage, coupled with contin-
uous payment Of dividends, Mr..
Quinter points out. and funda-
mentals will be preserved even
if many changes in everyday prac-
tice are required. He said:
'ENO business institution has q
more direct personal contact
with its investors and borrowers
than the building and loan
association. It may happen that
what the committee in its in.
veStigatiOns finds to be best
for the association i'm dealing
with its shareholders will prove
q happy procedure for many
other financial institutions"
"The study of shareholder
relations, which is mainly what
the formulation Of q code Of
ethics implies, has thus inn
pOrtant possibilities for preven-
ton Of future panics and hys-
terra among the patrons Of all
types Of institutions"
The Washington times., 1933-01-23
Treasury to Sell
S25O.OOO.OOO Notes

The Treasury today is offering
at par and accured interest some
$3.50, 100000 in 25s per cent
notes, to be dated February
next, and payable February /,
1888, and not subject to call
prior to that date.
Treasury certificates of Series
A-r933 will be accepted in pay
ment on the new notes, with pre-
ferred allotment up to $75,0O0,-
600. The new notes will be in
bearer form only and in denom-
nations from 500 to 100000.
Subscriptions may be made at
Federal Reserve banks,
The Washington times., 1933-01-23
G|NNNGS DROP
OVER.FOURTH

The Census Bureau today is
sued the following report show
ing the number of bales Of cot.
ton ginned to January 1S from
the crops Of 1882 and 1881, re-
spectively:
Total running bales, counting
round as half bales, 12,418,31O
and 1896, 1872; round bales in
cluded 666, ,003 and 589, ,483; Amer
ican-Egyptian, 1902 and 1O,868.
Ginnings by States-Runnine
bales, counting round as hall
bales and excluding linters, 1882;
Alabama, 927,8 Arizona, 60,
219; Arkansas, 1,253,549; Cali
fornia, 119;667; Florida, 1923;
Georgia, $50, ,348: Louisiana, 598,
O18; Mississippi, 1,149,014; Mis-
souri,, 289, ,783; New Mexico, 63,'
963; North Carolina, 668,157; Ok.
lahoma, 1.05O.679; South Caro-
lima, 707, ,666; Tennessee, 451 ,542:
Texas, 4,166,715: Virginia, 29,974;
all other States 1874. o.
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COTTON STEADY
WITH L1TTLE
: CHANCE

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s dNs0.
Trading in cott bn futures today
afforded no IL idication of the
market breakin out of the price
rut that has q Prevailed for more
than q week.
Aside fromV moderate Wall
Street buying in the distant
months, deman ID consisted Of price
fixing for thu B foreign and do
mestic trade. New Orleans and
the South W eere sellers and CO..
operative brokers sold July in
small volumes
The weath@ sr map showed fair
to cloudy wei hther over the east
ern and centItal cotton belts and
generally fair \ In the west.
Midday quotations were I'D I
point to off Apoint with March
unchanged at BIS, May off at
6.26, July uni changed at 6.38,
october up / ait 6.58 and Decem.
ber up 1 at 9Th.
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MEXICAN OIL OUTPUT

The daily average crude oil pro-
duction. in the Tuxpan and Pa
nuco regions Of Mexico during
october was 62.511 barrels, COM
pared with 61,85O during Septem-
Der and 58,786 during October,
1881. Crude oil storage in the
two districts totaled 1858, 200
barrels on November l, compared
with 1871, ,452 on October and
1O'2l5,702 on November /, 1881.
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Printing Firm Buys
S3O7, 500 OIEn Bonds

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-W. F. Hall
Printing Company has completed
the purchase of $307 500 of its
first mortgage 512 per cent bonds
for the May /, 1888, sinking fund
requirements, Frank r. Warren,
president, announced today.
All bonds for the sinking fund
were acquired through open mar
ket purchases, Mr.. Warren stated,
at prices which allowed subStan-
tial profit to the company.
The Washington times., 1933-01-23
CLOTH MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 80 Q.NS.).-The
lower prices on print cloths and carded
broadcloths which were established by
d few centers at the close of the past
week became more general today.
There was better inquiry for goods
with sales totalling an appreciable vol
ume as numerous buyers came in for
moderate amounts. The opinion that COW
ering of gray goods in reflection OF the
better finished goods business of the past
week would begin as soon as more
stable level was reached, was borne out
by the developments of the day.
The Washington times., 1933-01-23
CREDIT MEN ASK
SALES TAX |

Budget balancing by means of
sales tax instead of other /indi-
rect taxes is overwhelmingly
favored by the Economic Credit
Council of the National Aksocia-
ton of Credit Men, it is revealed
in a survey just completed. The
members, numbering ove er 100,
are treaSurerS and crediS execu-
tiveS~ Of wholesaling AMI manu-
featuring firms, and bankers
throughout the country =.
Eighty-one per cent are in
favor of a manufactu ers' sales
tax, but of those fal bring this
form of taxation only B per cent
support the idea of a tax on
certain lines only, tn remainder
asking for a gener inclusive
sales tax program.
Looking ahead Il council is
greatly divided as to business
prospects during Il because Of
the taxation probll war debts,
credit stringency Id poor sales
conditions which list today.
Forty-one per c t Of the coun-
Gil members ex ct about the
same business pnditionS this
year, while 81 d cent look for
better business. a turn for the
better after thu summer season
Is prophesied bI 10 per cent.
Concerning W debts, refund
ing Of the n ncipal sums is
favored by 3 per cent. Close
behind are t cancellationists
who total 80 d r cent and favor
cancellation " tn concessions as
to armamentS and trade pacts;
but only 4 pei cent advocate out
right cancella ion. 49,.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Jan. % G.N.s).-Hogss--
10000; steady to strong. Top, $S.SO'
dium weight. SS.2O@3.5o; light, 1925 O
$50; light lights. $S.2O@345; pack
ing sows, S2.4O@2.SO; pigs, $4,000
340 Holdovers. 1000.
CattIe-l1,OO0; steady; calves, 1000;
steady; beef steers. good and choice.
S3,76@5.5O; yearlings. $4.5O@7; butcher
cattle, heifers, $3@6.2s; cows, $2.25 q
3.75; bulls, $2.50@4: calves, $4@7;
feeder steers, $3.50@5.25; stocker
$2.50@3.50.
sheep-14.0OO; steady: medium and
choice lambs. $5.25@6.25; culls and
common. $3.5O@45O; yearlings. $4.S00
$50: feeder lambs, $4.50@5.25.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S (IN.S.).-Butter,
1857 tubs, weak; old cars, 6; new, II;
creamery extras, lie; standards, Tx C.;
extra first. 16%c; first 16@l6A G.;
Eggs-l1,161 cases, weak; old cars,
q: new, 15. Ordinary current receipts
12hc; fresh graded extra first, less
than cars, 13hc; cars, lac: fresh
graded first. less than cars, 13c; ears,
13013Kc; dirt,es. lie; checks 10hc.
Cheese-Longhorns and Daisies, 110
11xa; twins 10h @1O%c.
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SPALDING LOSS HEAVIER

The report of A. G. Spalding
and Brothers and subsidiaries,
sporting goods, for year ended
october 81, 1892 Certified by in.
dependent auditorS) shows net
loss Of $2,66O. .260, after deprecia.
ton, interest, taxes, ETC., compar'
ing with net loss Of $1,011, ,266 In
preceding fiscal year.
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TradeandLabor
Gains Listed

Toledo factories recall L.
6O6 workers in week making
payrOlIS heaviest in two
years.
December automobile sales
5.3 per cent higher than in
November.
Car lOadingS in week
ended January IA, run TO-
$40 above previous.
Deposits in cOuntry'S AZ
biggest banks increase ST.
O6l, ,2S2, 900 in half year.
Steel activity for country
opens week l per cent higher.
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ErpOrtsIOf Wheat
And Corn Increase

Wheat, including flour, exports
from the United states and
Canada for the week ended Janu.
ary "A, reported to Bradstreet's
Weekly, aggregated 5,931,5
bushels. against 4,34S, 1924 bushels
last week and 4,365, 1854 bushels in
the like week a year ago.
Corn exports for the week
were q 5000 bushels, against 27,.
4O4 for( last week and 1882 bushels
in the like week q year ago.
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AIMLESS DRIFT I
OF STOCKS IS
| CONTINUED
BY LESLIE GOULD

J NEW YORK, Jan. % GN.s) .
Hhe stock market today continued
the aimless drifting which has
characterized the trading in re-
cent sessions.
The list opened irregular and
then slipped lower in the early
dealings. Trading was quiet, and
o mild recovery took place at
the end of the first hour when
pressure lifted.
New Low for WOOlworth
Woolworth ran into fresh
Aquidation and the stock was
driven down more than q point
to O new low on the move. It's
weakness depressed other mer-
chandising issues.
Tobacco stocks registered the
Teactionary influences and gave
Q strong exhibition. American
Tobacco B was the leader on
the expectation an extra divi-
dend of 81 would be declared by
directors at this weeks meeting.
The rise Of another / per cent
IN steel operations for the week
was offset by a further decline
in steel prices and this unset
Eled steel stocks.
!. Thin Market for Leaders
Leaders displayed a thin mar
&et and stocks like American
Telephone and Allied Chemical
lost a point and more in rela-
lively few transactions.
Rails were heavy despite Satur-
days better than seasonal car
1oadings gains. Homestake was
strong in the mining list.
The Washington times., 1933-01-23

Canada
New York funds in Montreal, $12S.S7
premium at $1,000.
Montreal funds in New York, $129.S7
discount at 81,
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Bradstreet's BarOmeters

Weekly
Food index ............sts.....
Failures (numbeF) ..........
Bank clearingsf ............,..
Car lOadin8B .....,S..........
Petroleum, av. daily output (bbls.) }
Electric power output, kwht. 90.
BituminOus coal prod. (tOns) {.
Anthracite prod. (tOns) .........
Monthly
Commodity index (JanuRFy ~. q.
Pig iron output (tQns). .........
Buildings (215 cities) ..........
Bank clearingst go.
Bitumin0us coal prod (tOnS) -.
Anthracite prod. (tOns). ...... I.
Steel ingOt output (tOns) 800.
silk consumption (bales) .......
Cotton consumption (bales) ....
Failures (number) ...........s
fAdd 600.
The Washington times., 1933-01-23

SALES
washington Gas IS, A, $1,000
1O0k. $1,000 q 1001a, $1,000 q
10012.
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas IS, B, 5000
1031a.
Potomac Electric 51as preferred,
101O7. 10@107, 10@107; 100 lot.
Potomac Electric 6s preferred.
SOIL.
UNLISTED
Washington Gas IS, 1858, W. l.,
$500094A, $3,00O@94H, $4,000
94A, $1,000@94A, $2,O00@9414,
| 81, ,000094H.
CORRECTION
The sale printed Friday, Janu-
ary 20-Georgetown Gas IS,
$4,000 1031s-should have read
10000 1884,
The Washington times., 1933-01-23

ta) Optional stock cash. tb) Partly tc) Ex
ira stock and cash. (d) Extra stock. (e) Also
a share Radio Corp. nl ons.half share Of
Radio Corp $3.50 in caSh sl ons'har share OF RadO
IAA1 Io% in stock (wwJ with warrants. (xw) with
OUT Ex-dividend. (t) Ex.rightG
The Washington times., 1933-01-23
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

/, NEW YORK. Jan. % G.NsD.-
Europe Demand Cable
Evening star., 1933-03-12
BY GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

historical period, that so many serious
readers got the notion that detective
story was what was once called shilling
shocker, with no more intellectual ambi-
ton than a penny dreadful; or what
used to be called, in America, dime
novel. There is nothing in the nature OF
a tale of murder and mystery to prevent
Dante or Shakespeare from writing IN
that form; indeed there are many
things in Dante and Shakespeare that
are much more like a good shocker than
they are like priggish and pretentiouS
novel about sociology and education. II
was precisely the aim OF the old re-
ligious or tragic traditions that death,
or the revelation of death, should come
as a shock. Both are exactly contrary
to the skeptical, callous or Indifferent
spirit of those who describe all change
as what they would call graduation,
or what some of us would call degra-
dation. The detective story has not
shared any of the modern forms OF
degradation. I have already remarked
that the shocker is now the only book
that is not merely shocking.
Al one who has more than once had
the honor of imposing the oaths of
admission on new members of the So
ciety, I take a pride in setting out these
conditions of membership in their actual
form; thereby setting good example
to the Malta, the Ku Klux Klan, the
illuminate, the Rosicrucians, the Red
Badgers, the Blue Buffaloes, the Green
Evening star., 1933-03-12

co far as know, no detective has ever
- detected the Detection Club. De-
tectives have even been asked to dinner
by the club; but never could be Ger
tain, from the expression on their faces,
that they. had detected it very much.
1t is a very small and quiet conspiracy,
to which am proud to belong; and 1t
meets in various London restaurants and
discusses various plots and schemes OF
crime. True, our ostensible object Is to
embody the results of discussion not In
crime but in crime stories. I am not
here to rend the veil from private life
or even to exhibit any morbid curiosity
about it; but have every reason to be-
lieve that Mrs Agatha Christie and
Freeman Wills Crofts and the other
members of the club have not, in fact,
ever experimental in the coarser and
more carnal manifestations of homicide,
but have hitherto confined themselves
strictly to killing people on paper.
The club is, in short, small society
of writer's of detective stories; and its
only object, beyond the higher and more
ideal object of amusing itself, is best
summed up in two statements: Cd That
a detective story is story, and subject
to the same literary laws as love story
or a fairy story or any other form of
literature; and (2) that the writer OF
a detective story Is a writer and is just
as much bound in the sight of God and
man to be good writer as if he were
the writer of an epic or tragedy.
It was only historical accident, and.
the historical accident of a specially un-
Evening star., 1933-03-12

Gorillas, the League of Lefthanded.
HaberdaSherS, the Association OF Ag-
nostic Albinos and all the other secret
societies which now govern the greater
part of public life in the age of pub
licity and public opinion. We are a
private society, but not secret society;
and the following is the exact formula
of initiation, drawn up by one or two
of the most rising and distinguished
writer's of English detective fiction.
The ruler shall say to the candidate
M NJ, is it your firm desire to become
a member of the Detection Club?
Then the candidate shall ans,Uer in a
loud poice-That is my desire.
Ruler-Do you promise that your de-
tectives shall well and truly detect the
crimes presented to them, using those
wits which it may please you to beStow
upon them and not placing reliance on
nor making use of divine revelation,
feminine intuition, mumbo- jumbo, Jig
gerry y-pokery, coincidence or act OF God?
Candidate-I do.
Ruler-Do you solemnly swear never to
conceal a vital clue from the reader?
Candidate-I do.
Ruler-Do you promise to observe
seemly moderation in the use of gangs,
conspiracies, death-rays, ghosts, hypno-
tism, trap-doors Cinnamon, super
criminals and lunatics; and utterly and
forever to forswear mysterious poisons
unknown to science?
Candiddte-I do.
Ruler-Will you honor the Kings Eng
lish?
Candiddte-I will.
Then the ruler shall Gsk-M. NJ, Is
there anything you hold sacred?
Ths candidate having named thing
,ohich he holds of peculiar sanctity, the