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Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1935-12-25


ular development Is that of the Lon
isiana Gulf coast, which doubled lts
production in 1854. one geologist
estimates that the United States, al
ready producing ii per cent of the
worlds oil from it's two million acres
Of oil fields, actually has more than
billion. acres untouched.
Running second, Soviet Russia's
government-controlied oil production
rose in 1884 to 166,0O0,OOO barrels,
with acres and acres of oil seepages
undeveloped or even unprospected.
venezuela keeps third place ar
a gait which is amazing, in view Of
the fact that commercial production
began there less than twenty years
ago. Petroleum constitutes Is per
cent Of the country's exports. Ru-
mania, taking fourth place from bran
in 1884, still has many undeveloped
areas.
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"oh. ! Won't Fail You'll"

to take up this case, for feel now
that there is case. admit my
decision is, like your own, largely
based on a hunch."
"Then you'll find out if anybody
killed Corey?" Perilla looked excit-
ed at the prospect. "Have you any
hypothesis, any reasonable explana-
tion?
II have not. can think of none. q"
Just then Stones man appeared
and said that Mrs. Maiden was
wanted on the telephone.
"Take it here" Stone said, dis.
missing the man.
After a moments talk she turned
to 3Stone and said, "Dillon, from
Maiden House, is over at my home
and wants tU see me. Shall tell
him to come some other timer"
"No; tell him to wait there and
we will go to see him at once. I'd
like to chat with him."
In a few moments they were at
Perilla's new apartment, and she
asked to have Dillon sent to them.
"See what you think of him."
she said, in a low voice. "My staff
is not yet satisfactorily completed
and I may take him on as a butler"
Dillon appeared, perfect man.
nered, and duly deferential.
"You want to see me personality"
Perilla asked him.
Eyes, ma'am. / have seen Mr..
Lowell, your father, and he advised
me to ask you If you would con-
slider taking me on as butler"
Perilla was silent a moment.
"There's only one objection, Dill
lon," she said. T know your work.
your long stay with my husbands
family is all the reference you need,
but-I'n wondering if your pres
ence will not bring up painful men,
cries of Maiden House."
Dillon made no reply to this,
and Stone remarked, "Can't that be
adjusted, Mrs. Maiden? Suppose
this man wears a totally different
livery; suppose he endeavors to
change his manner in any minor
way possible; a different name If
you choose: I'm sure it will not be
too difficult. And / imagine that
Dillon. because of his devotion to
your late husband, will do all In his
power to serve you satisfactorily.
is not this so, Dillon?'
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SYNOPSIS

. Perilla Fairfax and Corey Maiden
are to be married the next day at
Lowell Terrace, Long Island home Of
John Lowell, her stepfather. Gath
cred are Tony Gaskell. best man, a
lawyer; Hilda Sheldon, maid of hon
#or; and Pete Wilson and Bob Coles,
friends Of Perilla's brother, ushers.
Corey Is very wealthy. He is thirty
eight and Perilla ,twenty-four.,, but
vt is a true love match. Everybody
lis busy, including Jane sa Lattmer.
Mrs. Lovelrs pretty and efficient
social secretary. There Is q dress
rehearsal and Malcolm and Bob are
sent to get the Tenney girls. When
the party Is breaking up the night
before the wedding, Malcolm com
plains Of a headache. Tony produces
some white tablets and nearly every
one takes one. including Corey.
After the wedding Perilla tells her
5mother that Bob had repeated his
threat that IL she ever married any
one except him; he would kill her,
the bridegroom, or himself. Her
mother insists Bob was only teasing
her. In a Baltimore hotel room Corey
tells Perilla, you won't like my
mother. She isn't lovable," then
drops to the floor dead as he holds
her in his arms. Alone, except for
.Boynton, the chauffeur, and Sarah,
her maid, Perilla has Boynton tele-
phone her father to come by plane
with Malcolm. A physician says the
death resulted from natural causes.
When Perilla arrives at the Maiden
home she is greeted by Madame
Maiden with. you murdered him."
That night she enters Perilla's room
by a balcony window and Perilla
has her removed. When Malcolm ar
rives the next day Madame Maiden
sends for him. She processes friend
ship after Malcolm threatens her
with the madhouse, but Farman,
Madame Malden's lawyer, does not
disguise his suspicious. Corey's will
leaves the greater part of his for
tune to Perilla. When she reaches
New York after the funeral, she is
in a state of collapse. Malcolm, ar
riving later, tells Mrs. Lowell and
Jane Latimer that people in Rich
mond, Influenced by Madame NAL
den's attitude, are gossiping.
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CHAPTER VI

lNEARLY a week later, Fleming
IN Stone sat thinking in his study.
The Maiden matter, at the present
stage, was the most battling and
absolutely inscrutable proposition
he had ever been up against.
Nothing to it, he growled to him.
self. Man dead, nobody could pos
sibly kill him except his wife, and
she wouldn't. If ever 1 trusted the
love and truth of a human being,
it's that youngster, Perilla.
1t can't have been a natural
death; all the evidence is against
that. No sign Of poison; no symp-
toms Of poisoning. Unless it was
given him at the festivities they
attended that day. 1 wonder what
poisons act later on, and not i'm
mediately.I wonder if any of the
Richmond people could get at him
while he was in the hotel. Or If
he had any enemies in Richmond
who would go so far as to kill him.
Then there are the people at the
Washington tea and the dinner.
Suppose one of them had it In for
Maiden, and had vowed to kill him
in his happiest moment. Well, how
did he do it? That's for me to find
out. And I could find it out II /
knew or had any idea it had hap
pened.
Just then Mr.. Garth was an
nOunced, and Stone, glad enough to
see him, greeted Perilla's Philadel-
phia lawyer warmly. VI.
The small and informal bridge
supper had taken place at PerilIa's
the night before and both men had
been there. Also Jane Latimer and
Hilda, together with Bob Coles,
Gaskell and Malcolm. .=s,~*
1t was a pleasant gathering, with
out being gay, and Stone had de-
voted his time to studying the 9th
ers, without appearing to do so. To
his own surprise he had taken a
decided liking to young Coles, who
had evinced no undue interest in
Perilla, though he was thoughtful
and kindly in any way possible.
"What do you think of the Coles
boy?' Stone asked.
Hes not a bad sort: I've known
his for years. Daffy over Mrs. NAL
den. Sort of moth and, star case"
"But he's younger than she is"
"a year or so. Did you. CLEAN
anything from your observations?" :"
"Glean is the word! It was like
cleaning in a stubble- field. Nobody
said anything or did anything that
the most disinterested mortal
couldn't say, for the whole world
to hearg" -. w. =. |
"You didn't expect some one to |
blurt out an discriminating speech. |
did your" %%.>3.> %%3..>
swell, yes, 1 did, and one came |
pretty near it." %.:.: |
"Who?". e9",,"@.>., |
'rNever mind for the moment; |
likely as not, I'm mistaken. Don't |
you know anything Of medtcinef'
fTO BE CONTINUED |
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"Oh, yes. sirI looked forward
to serving Mr.. and Mrs. Maiden,
for we all knew that after Mr..
Corey's marriage Madame Maiden
would reduce her staff"
"Why didn't you mention this to
me when was in Richmond?" Per-
lila asked.
Because, ma'am, it didn't seem
the time. You were so grieyed and
worried, IL" >#*
Fleming Stone turned q stern
glance on the man. "Stop lying!"
he said. ="
The two men stared at each 9TH
er a moment, then Dillon said, II
suppose, sir, you mean, ! Ewas-er
waiting to see if anything devel-
oped from the fearful accusations
Madame Maiden made against her
sons wife. Yes, that was partially
the reason" -.
"Good for you, Dillon" Perilla
said. "You owned up bravely.
What do you say, Mr.. StoneT"
II advise you, to take this man
on trial. Say, a week or a fort
night. How's that, Dillon?"
"Quite all right, sir. Shall I re-
port tomorrow, madame?"
Eyes, Dillon, unless I change my
mind. Leave your address and
telephone call with Norris. You
may 60" 1~~u,
He left the room, and PerilIa
turned questioningly to her caller.
Il rather butted In, Mrs. Maiden"
he smiled. but it would elpamazing-
ly to have that man around for a
few weeks. And something tells
me you'll like him well enough to
continue to, employ him."
II shouldn't WONDER" Perilla re-
Joined. dad took to him at once.
And you propose to utilize him?"
II shall have to utilize anyone I
can fasten on to. Now here's an
other thing. Is your staff sufficient
ly in order to have a dinner party
or a bridge game now and then?
OF course, 1 know you're not en-
tertaining, but it is imperative that
I meet these people we've spoken
of as soon as possible"
"Yes. indeed, Mr.. Stone. don't
propose to shut myself up. Corey
wouldn't want me to- -"
Every well, then. AS soon as
Miss Sheldon gets here give her a
small welcoming party, and invite
me. l shall not disgrace you, and
any investigation I may make will
be entirely unsuspected."*
Il have thought Of trip to Cali
fOrnia by motor" -
"GoodI Do that, but not until a
little later. l can soon: divide the
people / want to follow up from
those who do not interest me"
"Hilda arrives tomorrow. Sup
pose I have a small bridge supper
some night early next week."
Capital! Not more than eight,
this time. I'll make out the list"
He jotted down some names on a
slip of paper.
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Where Does the World
Get Its Supply Of Oil?

-Rumania. Iran (Persia). Neither
lands Indies. and Mexico. Almost
neck and neck. five more follow
along: Colombia, Argentina, Peru
India, and Trinidad, which produce
less than per cent of the worlds
annual output each.
Oil Also Found Under Water.
"The distribution of petroleum
seems to show slight preference
for the western hemisphere and for
the northern side of the equator
Nevertheless. it is found in such
extremes as Iraq, where iron-muscled
Kurds work in July heat at 12S de-
grees in the shade. and north of
Point Barrow in Alaska, where froZ-
en- clods of oil-soaked earth are
burned as a substitute for coal.
"Water, as well as earth, may lie
above petroleum. Venezuela's Lake
-Maracaibo, black with oil, is studded
with derricks which workmen reach
by bridges Of narrow planks from
the shore, and is supervised from
floating camp on barge. The Sum.
merland field Of Santa Barbara coun-
ty. California, extends beyond the
shoreline Of the Pacific, so that der
ricks wade into the ocean to draw
up oil from several hundred feet
below sea level.
"The United States leads the world
in oil production. Recently dia-
mOnd jubilee marked the industry's
seventy-t1fth anniversary since Col.
Edwin Drake sank the country's first
oil wG'l 70 feet into the rich Appa
lachian field at Titusville, Pa. Oil is
still produced in Pennsylvania, espe
cially for the manufacture Of lubri-
cantS.
Texas Fields Date From 1901.
'In 1901 the rich Texas oil fields
were brought in, starting a branch
of the industry which in 1884 pro-
duced $36,OOO,00O worth of Oil, more
than the combined production Of the
two next richest areas, Oklahoma
and California. The latest spectac.
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Three Nations Control Out
put of Industries
Likelihood.

Discussion of oil embargoes in
connection with the Italo-Ethiopian
war raises the question: "Where
does the world get it's oil?" Petro-
leum deposits have been found in
every continent except Antarctica,
but well-defned pools are widely
scattered. Actually, very few ma
tions control the supply of this life
blood of modern industry.
"Three countries produce about II
per cent of the worlds petroleum
output" says the National Geograph-
ic society. ."'These are the United
States. Soviet Russia and Venezuela.
If all three should cut off their oil
supplies, many steamships. trucks,
automobiles, armored tanks, air
planes and railroads all over the
world would be stopped, as well as
industries depending on oil for fuel
or fabrication. Great Britain, through
her control of distribution of oil pro-
duced in her dominions and colonies.
anu AL I4dAy OLACL COuALAlCSO dISO Io
a powerful factor in the worlds oil
situation.
Italy Produces Little oil.
"a general Oil embargo would
practically threaten Italy's motors
with starvation, for Italy, in the en-.
tire year Of 1884, produced only as
much oil as the United States does
in about two hours.
almost 80 per cent of the worlds
oil comes from only twelve coun-
tries. Italy is but one Of the many
nations which would have to COM
bine their petroleum resources to
make up the other l per cent.
""While the three leading nations
are making production history by
their laundering progress along the
oil trail, four others follow them in
a group, although many laps behind
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Advice of Old Usable for
Straight Thinking T0dav

When We become angry our think-
ing gets crooked, and when we grow
too fond Of ways that are not right
we cannot properly judge what is the
true course to follow. Archbishop
Adalberon, when presiding nearly a
thousand years ago at an assembIage
for the choice of king for Lower
Lorraine, in what is now France,
warned his hearers of these obstacles
to clear thinking by saying:
"Let us act in such sort that hatred
stifle not reason, and affection dis
tort not truth"
Could there be better. expression
Of what should be the attitude Of
folks today?
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CHAPTER V-continued

In rne meantlm6 Mrs. Corey MAI
den was going about the business
that interested her so. CARRIED In
one of her smartest broadclott
gowns, and swathed in becoming
furs,. she directed Bailey, her new
chauffeur, to a number In the East
Seventies.
Perilla had not kept Boynton, but
had dismissed him as soon as she
came home from Richmond. Boyn
ton never knew why. and would
have been greatly sur brised to learn
that it was because of the culver
of an eyelash.
Reaching an apartment house
Perilla rang the bell Of the suite
she wanted. Admitted to a smart.
interesting looking living room, she
wandered about, instead Of seat
ing herself.
u After moment, she heard a
pleasant voice say, "Mrs. Malden?"
VI "Yes," she replied, turning. "Mr.
Stone?"
II am" replied Fleming Stone, as
he drew one chair nearer another.
"Will you sit here?"
81 don't know anything about de-
tectives," PerilIa began, "but
know a little about lawyers, and
feel rather in the position Of one
who says to lawyer, My case is
!. a very odd one, and I don't even
know that it Is a CASE"
F "Well, suppose you tell me about
1t. Make 1t brief"
very well, then If you heard
of bride and groom, on their we'd
ding trip, and one night, when they
were alone in q hotel room. she
called out for help, and the one
who went to help her found the
husband dead on the floor, and the
wife rather bewildered, what would
you deduce?"
"Not enough data. Were they in
love"
"MOre than any one ever was in
the world-or any two. They
adored each other, and had been
married only three days. The hus-
band was in perfect health. accord
Ing to the doctors"
!. ITO what did you attribute
ieath?"
''What could I do but accept the
doctors diagnosis of an unknown
and unsupported weakness of the
heart, Moreover, I had no opinion,
save a-a-"
"A hunch?" asked Stone, help
fully.
!: "Yes," and she smiled. 81 do be-
1ieve hunch is the only thing to
call it."
"And now just what is it you
want to know?"
. "Who killed him." said Perilla,
promptly, "and why"
= "Why do you think he was killed?
How could he be killed with no
killer in the room. no weapon and
no eEidence?" -
4 "oh, Mr. Stone, that's your part
Of the detective probleml / can't
guess it!'' >@' ~':.* MI. ;tS$-.. t$@-.:
mo, of course not. And we don't
guess detective problems. We solve
them" .-' %,.* ~
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Dog Saved 40 Persons

One of the most intelligent dogs
was Barry" a st. Bernard belong
ing to the famous st. Bernard Hos
pice in the Swiss Alps. Before he
was shot by man who mistook him
for a wolf, he saved the lives of 40
travellers who were lost and near
death in snowstorms, one being a
little girl whom he carried to safety.
Evening star., 1935-02-06
SOCIETY
Continued From Third Page.)

| for her sister and wore q navy blue
crepe with white accessories and wore
| q corsage Of Talisman roses, and the
best man was MIR. Elwood Luskey Of
Washington. The brides mother wore
a gown of black and white crepe.
| The bridegroom's mother wore a navy
i blue crepe gown with monks cord
trimming.
Mrs. Stella Hamilton of Capitol
Heights played LOhengrin'S Wed
ding March," and the house was
attractively decorated with white
strean,rs and lilies Of the valley. The
ceremony was performed under large
white bell
| A reception followed with buffet
supper. Among the guests, besides
a host of relatives and friends, were
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Herndon Of Bradbury
Heights, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Benny
Walze Of Suitland, Md, and Mrs. A.
Gordon. Mr. and Mrs r. L. Bell and
Mr.. and Mrs. I. Luskey Of Washington.
Following short welding trip, the
bride and bridegroom will make their
home with his parents in Maryland
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Collier and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Sullivan have come
to Washington from Grant, Nebr., and
will spend several days at the Mar
Unique.
Mrs. and Mrs. B. H. Cooper Of Au-
rora Hills, Va, had as guests Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Porter and their
son, Paul, jr., of New York. Mr.. and
Mrs. Porter are members Of the cast
OF the play "Dodsworth," at the Ma
tional this week with Walter Huston,
and Mr.. Porter Is also manager for
Mr.. Huston.
Mrs. Ralph Van Sickler Chamblin
entertained at dinner Sunday in cele-
bration of the 18th birthday anniver-
sary Of her son. Ralph. in her home
in Herndon, Va. Among the young
guests invited were Jean Humme, Jean
Thompson, Nancy Bradshaw, Roberta
Anderson. Wrenn Wyatt, Billy Ander-
son, Barbour Hutchison, jr.. Arthur
H. Buell., jr, and Billy Cronfeld.
| Mr.. and MRS. Jonn Evans OF Denver,
Colo, are passing some time at the
Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ferguson enter
tanned at a dinner party Monday eve
ming in their home in Floris, Va, in
compliment to Mr.. and Mrs. Julian D.
Thompson. DR.. William Meyer. Mrs
Russell A. Lynn, Mr.. Jesse v. Aud
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Barbour Hutch
ison.
Mr.. and Mrs L. j. Lorms are at the
Shoreham for a few days from their
home at Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Annie Robey Walker and Mrs.
Florence Ayre were joint hostesses at
luncheon followed by bridge Monday,
Evening star., 1935-02-06

In the formers home in Herndon, Va,
when their guests included Mrs. Ar
thur Hyde Buell.. Mrs. William H.
Dawson, Mrs. Allen H. Kirk, Mrs.
Charles Rider, Mrs. George F. Buell.,
Mrs. Alexander Calf, Mrs. Walter O.
Carter, Mrs. Bentley Harrison, Mrs
Powell Summers, Miss Matilda Decker
and Mrs. Harvey E. Hanes. High
score was made by Mrs. Rider.
Mrs. ]. d. Hamerton Of Meridian
Miss, is at the Dodge for a short stay
Mr.. Fred Taylor Wilson has been
invited by the Legislature of Tennes-
see, his native State, to deliver his
lecture on "The Constitution" before
that body.
Mr.. Wilson served for several years
as clerk Of the Tennessee House OF
Representatives while a student al
Vanderbilt University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merren E. Clark and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r. Ashton OF New
York City are spending a few days al
the Shoreham.
Evening star., 1935-02-06

Maggie advanced toward the stove
with slow footsteps. The kettle In
her hand, she stood for a moment
and watched the broad back Of her
husband. Her hand shook as she
took the top of the teapot.
Somehow it seemed that her shrek
sounded an instant before the thing
happened.
A flood Of agonized oaths poured
from Toms lips. She stared down
at him aghast as he frantically tore
at his sodden pantlegs, still steam
ing from the boiling water that had
poured down them. The empty ket-
tie lay overturned on the floor.
1t was several days before Tom was
able to get around again. The neigh
bors we're most solicitous. Strangely
enough, their Irish pride permitted
the Flynns to accept the offerings Of
soup, cakes. medicines and even a
small load of wood which Dooley, the
coal man, sent over.
A week passed and Tom took his
first tentative step out of doors. It
was two weeks before he ventured
as far as O'Houlihans, and then young
Tom had to accompany him.
In a short time the two returned.
Maggie" Tom said solemnly when
they were alone, Providence stepped
in when you dropped that kettle"
Maggie quaked inwardly. Was her
scheme discovered? What do you
mean, Tom?" she asked
well. I was going out that night
God forgive mel was going out
with some of the boys to do job"
There was no need Of his explaining
the nature of the Job" Maggie
understood. when didn't show up
the boys went off without me- They're
! all in Jail. Every last one of them" "
he finished impressively.
Maggie was silent. Of course, Provi-
dence had stepped in. What If 1t had
been her own hand that performed
| the actual deed? Hadn't she prayed
for an idea? And hadn't such a good
/ one come?
That isn't ALL" he continued. 81
met Garrity. my old boss. while we
were out. Things have opened up
again and I'm going back to work
tomorrow"
Thanks be to God!" Maggie ex-
claimed fervently as she donned her
coat and hat and started out fol-
Murphy's grocery store to see If she
couldn't get some things on "tick'
in view of the restored job.
tCopyright. 1935J
Tomorrow: "Motor Reflex" BY
Fletcher ID. Slater, Is a gripping ac-
count Of how hobby forestalled
mans plans to commit suicide.
Evening star., 1935-02-06

iously. Pray, Tom, pray" she pleaded.
Sure, and I've prayed myself out.
I've called every saint I ever heard
of and I've got the angels working
overtime"
Don't speak so lightly of the holy
ones!" she rebuked him in shocked
voice. "You haven't prayed hard
enough or they would answer"
1.-THE holy ones have their hands
full right now, Maggie; what, with
all the millions out of work. And,
he added, "'God helps those who help
themselves So it's helping myself
I'm going to be this very night"
Toms words disturbed Maggie,
vaguely. What did he mean by help
ing himself? There was something
in the tone of his voice or the look in
his eve that started, all unbidden, her
old mothers words ringing in her
ears, THE devil finds work for idle
hands"
Back across the water in O'Laugh-
lin. Thomas had had a wild streak
in him. But when they had married
here in the States he had settled down
and led a steady enough life. Yet
since his good job had given out he
had been finding solace in OHouli-
hans new tavern. Tom was IN his
CUBS entirely too often, although how
he got that way was more than Mag
gle could imagine. The good saints
knew he didn't have the money. She
decided some one must be settin' him
up: bad cess to him, whoever he was.
Now all these thoughts burdened her
What is in your mind, Thomas
Flynn? Is 1t job?"
Sure, and it's Job all right"
But Maggie was not reassured. She
had feeling that all was not well.
I'm going to break up one OF
these chairs" he told her, "and start
a fire. Then you make me nice hot
cup of tea and I'll be off"
BE of, will you? And where might
you be going this time of the night?"
Maggie asked as she filled the water
kettle.
I'm going over to O'Houlihan's
and meet some of the boys" he an
swered, with an assumed lightness.
do you know what time it is?
O'Houlihan's closed"
His back room isn't" Tom an
swered lightly.
Maggie murmured to herself, "The
devils abroad this night, sure. How
am I going to keep that spalpeen
from going out?"
As the water heated, various plans
filled her mind. But nothing plau-
sible seemed to present itself. She
turned suddenly and saw Tom Slip
ping something shiny and sinister