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I agreed with him. Now that my
bunch had led us off in this direc-
ton, it seemed less important
than a lot Of other facts about
Bruce, Mrs. Darlington, or Hymn.
There was only one more thing
to tell O'Brien and that was about
the ceiling.
"You know" I said, "the impress
sion I had Of her apartment was
that it was almost barren Of any
thing that was hers. It was as if
she were ready to pick up a suit
case and fly at any moment"
$50 you noticed that. Good girl!
Yes, 7 would imagine that is ex-
actly it. If the ex-husband should
turn up some bright day, st. 10
seph would not see Mrs. Sardoni
long"
There was only one interesting
thing in the whole place." I con-
tinued.
What was that?"
"A funny spot on the ceiling
just where the steam pipe goes
up"
How larger"
"About foot square"
"How was it 'funny.'?"
eft looked thin, as if the paper
covered a hollow"
"Well. Your trusty eyes have
seen something I missed, little
girl. I don't see what significance
it might have, but Miss Sinclair's
living-room was directly over hers,
and as you said before, everything
is worth investigating"
Probably it will only prove
that she had more curiosity than
she admits, and that she knew
lot that went on upstairs"
I'm that case, she may know
more than she is telling. With a
suspicious ex-huSband in the back
ground, she cannot afford to be
too communicative about other
peoples affairs"
BY this time we had reached his
office. We went on in and I be-
gan tipping the notes I had taken,
both those of the call that morn
ing and some earlier ones still in
shorthand. I took time out to call
Mother and to grab a sandwich
and a swell soda at the corner
drug store. When I returned, the
Inspector was telephoning.
"Sure bring them in" were his
last words as he hung up the re-
ceiver.
miss Julie, have a bunch Of
my own. I think We are getting
near the end of the trail. Some
thing is going to break soon. We
are closing in on all of our sus-
poets and someone is going to be
squeezed too much. I am ready
to predict to you that one Of these
will be charged with the murder
of Miss Constance Sinclair before
another week has passed."
(Which one?"
The Inspectors cigar butt blazed
as he puffed furiously, and his
heavy white eyebrows weighed
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down his head 1t seemed. as he
frowned almost terrifyingly.
Before he could answer, the
door opened: in came Melvin
Wright with two detectives. He
was followed by two swarthy, sui
len men handcuffed to Atwater.
I was not allowed to hear the
questioning Of Melvin and his
companions. I suppose the inspec-
tor thought it improper, perhaps.
Anyway, he ordered them all out
of his office sharply, told me to
continue my work, and followed
them. I went on tipping, with my
mind wondering what new devel-
opment had come up. I also won
dered what the inspectors answer
to my question would have been
had they not entered at the wrong
moment. He was hot on some
ones trail .. Was it Melvin'S?
It was rather scary to realize
that one Of these persons I knew
had actually killed a human be-
ing. OF course, the folks did not
think that Bruce was guilty or
they would not have had him at
the house. But I still believed the
inspector leaned toward him as
the most likely bet. At times, I
almost agreed with Helen on Mrs.
Darlington. She had made an I'M
favorable impression on me. She
was like an adventures of the
highest type that one reads about
in books. Yet her life before Octo-
Der had been a very normal one.
There was always the POSSIBLE
ity of Hymn, of course, and now all
this new dope on Perkins pointed
toward him again. Allen I brushed
aside. But I would certainly have
liked to know what the new stuff
on Melvin was, as the police would
put it.
I fingered as long as could,
but evidently the session was q
long one. finally had no excuse
at all for staying. So I began
walking slowly homeward. Allen
overlook me a few blocks from
home. It was the first time we
had been alone since he had made
his statement to O'Brien.
"Where've you been, Julie?"
Down to the inspectors office.
He asked me to take some notes
for him and I've been tipping
them"
How did it happen he asked
you to do that?"
well, you see, early in the case
I was able to help him q bit. I
discovered that Perkins had been
to see Miss Sinclair that night:
at least, I discovered some facts
about a book which led to that
conclusion"
"And then you found the i'm
portant evidence Of the fountain
pen! You must stand ace-high with
him by now!"
Whether he was sarcastic or
not, I don't know. I don't believe
Allen ever quite forgave me for
leading the trail in his direction,
although he understood that
had to take the course I did.
II think the Inspector likes me-"
I said quietly.
Then suppose you have more
inside information than even Dad
can get"
mo-" I answered, IT don't learn
a great deal. at least TIM never.
called in on testimony that might
be ugly. You know what I mean"
There ought not to be any! I
don't see how anything that was
really bad could have any asso-
citation with Miss Sinclair"
Ito Be Continued
Copyright, 1885. King Features
Syndicate Inc.
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High School Tragedy = Sub Deb Solves MI
Julie Martin Tells Inside
Story of the Staying
Of Connie Sinclair -.
By MAXINE CAVITY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED
BY MAXINE CAVITY
SYNOPSIS

Julie Martin, IT, becomes "nside" observer of the
police investigation Of the murder of her former French
teacher the pretty Constance "Conme" Sinclair "ho had
been shot dead in her apartment.
Among those questioned anted for questioning,
Julie herself and Dicky WGrd aVho with her when
she returned pen to "Comne" fen hours before the
tragedy Mrs. Sardom manager of the apartment house
in sOhich "Comme killed; Principal Perkins; MeOim
Wright "problem boy'; Hymn, Filipino jC1itor; Bruce
Lloyd former fiance and George CCrrmgtom Oho is noa0
married.
The latter claims perfect alibi but admits that his 'oe
has been missing since the tragedy Jules father has be-
counsel for Lloyd.
The jGtor eOhe arrested tells police he fled s0hen he
found "Conmie" dead Lloyd is permitted to stay at the
Martin home. He tells them of his with the at
trcctive teacher. Julie finds the slain teachers fountain
pen in pocket of her brothers. coat Mrs: Darlington IS
telling the police of her husbands friendship V1th Connie
AlOAAI DEAn AN
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NOW READ ON

II think she did. At least she didn't try to lie or bluff
She showed honest resentment and warned she would
be guard against too much pyng into her past affairs
"shes rather fascinating But where does Perkins come
in?"
Thats what we have yet to find out Also what
ton their relationship whatever it may be- could possibly
have with Miss Sinclair and death confess
nothing hit blind allev there
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STATE SECURITY
PLAN COMPLETE
Indiana Assembly Adjourns;
McNutt Signs Bills in
Fast Order.

In II days, the special session of
the 10th Indiana General Assembly
has enacted into law a broad social
security program embodying three
important phases of public welfare.
When the two houses of the As
sembly adjourned last night about
7::30 they had agreed on legislation
covering the following subjects:
More liberal pensions for the
aged, so per cent of which the Fed
eral government will pay, 80 per
cent of which the state will pay and
20 per cent Of which the counties
will pay.
2-An employment compensation
law which protects, primarily, the
worker whose means of livelihood is
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Heavy Rains in New York

by CHtteu PfCSS
BINGHAMTON, N. Y, March 10.
Heavy rains beat down on food
stricken Binghamton again today,
carrying threats of greater dis
aster, as workers labored to restore
the water supply to the city's 10000
inhabitants.
Flood waters from the surging
Susquehanna River forced suspen-
sion of operations in the Bing-
hamton waterworks this morning
and within a short time the last
reservoir was completely drained.
Highways leading from Bing-
hamton were impossible and scores
of motorists, en- route to other
cities, were marooned here.
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q Dead in New England
By United Press

BIZ CHtffd Press
BOSTON, March 19.-The death
toll in tiood-plagued New England
mounted to % today. property loss
scared higher into the millions, a
huge dam gave way. and the
Weather Bureau predicted the worst
was still to come.
Breaking of dam near Uxbridge,
Mass. sent 15-ton wall of water
down the Blackstone Valley in
southeastern Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island.
Seventy sailors from Boston Navy
Yard were ordered to Northampton.
Mass. for rescue work. That CITY.
home Of Smith College. was partly
flooded and TIE Connecticut River
spread over the valley towns of
Hadley and Sunderland.
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State Troopers Are Rushed
to Wheeling Sector to
Prevent Looting.
DEATH TOLL is AT is
Island whirlpool Grows
More Menacing With
Each Hour.
By United Press

By United Press
w H E ELING, w. Va,
March 10. - Forty st a t e
troopers were rushed here to-
day to prevent looting and to
aid in flood rescue work.
The two giant spans over the
river, steel and suspension bridges,
were reported in danger of collapse.
Patrolman Patrick Dacey reported
two side cables have snapped on the
suspension bridge, built at the time
of the Civil War and once the long
est suspension bridge in the world.
Were not permitting any one On
the bridge" Dacey announced.
There were two women hated to
turn away. Their husbands are still
in that island whirlpool, but I
couldn't let them pass. It's two
dangerous on those bridges
10000 Are Homeless
The island whirlpool" grew more
menacing minute by minute. AS the
water continued to rise, nearing a
stage of 50 feet, fewer and. fewer
house tops were visible and hum
dreds of volunteers, in motor boats,
and skiffs, searched desperately fer
marooned families.
Survivors reported seeing women
with babies in arm pleading for help
from attic windows.
The situation was equally serious
in many other sections of the city.
Hundreds of refugees streamed out
OF the rain into schools, churches,
private residences and public build
lngs out of the flood zone.
More than 10000 were homeless
although an accurate check was i'm
possible.
500 Moved Out in Box Cars
The city virtually was isolated
| from the outside world: Tele-
phone lines were down. There were
no transportation facilities.
Other cities and villages in the
1TeaCer wheeling area, nome OF
100000 and center of vast steel and
coal interests, Jared little better.
Throughout the district, it was
estimated nearly 1000 were home
less and probably about 20 dead.
The Pennsylvania Railroad moved
500 residents of Empire, O., out of
the flood area in box cars. Some
of the drenched refugees were
housed in grange halls, schooihouses
and churches back in the hills.
Others were taken to Toronto, where
emergency relief headquarters was
established.
Steubenyille was threatened with
an epidemic of typhoid. Serum
was taken there from Columbus for
distribution by the Red Cross.
Three cases of typhoid were reported.
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Receding at Pittsburgh
BIZ United Press

By Untted Press
PITTSBURGH, March 10. - The
Allegheny River receded with in
creasing rapidity today and Pitts
burgh turned to the duty of aiding
residents of its suburbs who have
suffered severely.
The river stage at "The Point" -
confluence of the Allegheny and
Monongahela Rivers-was 1915 feet
at 10:45 a. m, a fall of almost a
foot an hour since a. m.
simultaneously, National Guards
men narrowed the portion of the
Golden Triangle which they hac
been guarding as precaution
against weakened sidewalks. They
were withdrawn to Smithfield st
two blocks nearer the river than
their former positions, and the point
at which the rising flood waters
reached their crest.
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VAST STEEL AREA ISOLATED:
WASHINGTON IS THREATENED:
LOSS IS PUT AT MILLIONS
Water Laps Toward Famed
Mall; 10000 Sandbags
Already Placed.
FEDERAL FILES MOVED
President Delays Vacation,
Calls in Emergency
Flood Council.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 19.
Raging flood waters of the
Potomac swept down upon the
capital today, while thousands
of workers raised dikes to
protect the nations historic
shrines and million-dollar
Federal offices. President
Roosevelt delayed his depar-
ture for a vacation due to the
emergency.
With a deep-throated roar that
could be heard a half mile from
its fast spreading banks, the Po-
tomac was rising to the point where
water Tapped toward the famous
Mall, the low-lying area between
Washington Monument and Cap
itol Hill. In this area are the
Lincoln Memorial, the cherry trees
and huge new government buildings.
More than 5000 hastily recruited
workmen labored on a 19-foot dixie
to protect the threatened area from
the flood chest expected shortly be-
fore nightfall.
Sandbags Thrown Up
Meantime, government workers
dropped routine tasks to move files
and records from the lower floors of
threatened buildings.
Steam shovels and long lines of
heavy trucks were sent to the
danger area where the wall of sand
bags was placed, half a mile from
the White House. Already 10000
sandhags have been placed and
more were being thrown UP at the
rate Of 300 tons of sand an hour.
Mr.. Roosevelt called in the emer-
gency flood committee namde by him
yesterday to go over the national
situation before departing for his
Florida vacation.
Cherry Trees Endangered
His vacation was postponed for
longer if the situation warrants.
The White House said that Mr..
Roosevelt would not leave until as
sured that every possible step was
flood-Stricken regions.
The chief threat to the capital
developed in the area along the Po-
tomac, where scores of famous
buildings and national shrines are
located.
The Lincoln Memorial, raised on
a high mound at the very brink of
the river was vantage point from
which could be seen the steady rise
of the water.
The tidal basin, circled by the
famous japanese cherry trees whose
blossoms attract visitors from all
over the nation each year, quickly
rose over its bank, inundating the
trees and arousing fears they would
be destroyed.
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Term GERMANY
PACT v|OLAT0R
Council Votes After HitIer's
Aid Says Invasion Is
Justified.
BIZ United Press

by ChtteU PfeSS
LONDON, March 19.-The coun-
Gil of the League of Nations to-
day formally declared Germany a
violator of the Locarno and Ver-
sailles treaties as a prelude to dis
cussions among the powers for a
general European peace.
The council passed a Franco
Belgian resolution declaring the
treaty violation by unanimous vote
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, German
representative, voted no." but his
vote was not counted. Neither
were the French and Belgian, as
parties to the dispute.
THE German government and the
whole German people are convinced
that the resolution which the eoun-
Gil has, just adopted will not sur
vive the test of history" Won Rib
bentrop said.
There was no bitterness apparent.
At an earlier session of the coun-
Gil, Won Ribbentrop said that Ger
many'S occupation of the demilitar-
lied Rhineland is justified by the
Franco-Russian pact of mutual as
sistance- He pleaded for a new deal
that would bring peace and friend
ship to Europe.
After the vote on the resolution,
the council adjourned. 1t called a
meeting of the Committee of IS on
the Ethiopian War the council
without Italy-for tomorrow, and
decided to hold another session aft
er the meeting of the Is, to decide
on further procedure in the Rhine
land dispute.
The Locarno powers agreed in
principle on a three-point British
Franco-Belgian plan for handling
the Rhineland dispute.
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Give!

Residents of indianapolis
and Marion County today were
called upon to contribute
$4,000 for the $3,O00,000 relief
fund for flood sufferers being
raised by the American Red
Cross.
William Fortune, Indianap-
oils chapter, American Red
Cross, chairman, was informed
today of the local quota by a
telegram from Admiral Cary
T. Grayson, national chair
man.
Contributions should be
made payable to Arthur v.
Brown, treasurer, indianapolis
Red Cross, TIT N. Meridian-st.
Admiral Grays0n estimated
that $4,000 in IL states would
need Red Cross aid.
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POCKET AREA
AWAITS FLOOD
Ohio River Is Expected to
Reach As Feet Near
Evansville.
BIZ United Press


EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 10. -
Twenty-Five hundred families in the
rich corn-belt lowlands near here
prepared today for flood stage of
As feet, three feet below the 1918
level, late next week.
The Ohio River, swollen by East
ern floods, may reach IS feet or
more when it hits its crest late next
week, McLinn COLON, weather OBJ
server, reported.
During the last "a hours, the Ohio
River here has risen from POT feet
to 25.7 feet. Flood stage is IS feet,
and the United States Coast Guard
cutter. Kankakee, is standing by
for rescue work.
Farm families in the lowlands, &C
customed to spring floods, may be
forced to move from an area of ap-
proximately 100c acres. Authorities
said that if the river went to 48 feet,
only a section of he residential dis
trict here would DC effected.
When the huge ice gorge in the
Ohio River broke several weeks ago
water backed up into the low
lands and drove the river up to
nearly 40 feet.
Authorities said that the Ameri-
can Red Cross and other rescue
agencies are we'll organized here and
the predicted damage probably
would be slight.
Mr.. Colon also said that the
flood waters might back up into the
mouth of the Wabash River, mum
dating lowlands in lower Posey
County.
He anticipates flood crest of IL
feet, four feet above flood level, at
Uniontown, KY, near the mouth of
the Wabash.
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Death List
RY limited Press

BY United Press
BY i p. m. this afternoon the death
toll in the floods of the Northeastern
United States, as reported by local
tiles stood at 102. The reports fol.
low:
PENNSYLVANIA
YOUNGSTOWN, 90; Pittsburgh, 5;
Lock Haven, 10; State College, /;
Wilkes Barre, 5; Altoona, S; Ty-
rome, 1; Herndon, 1; Petersburg, 2;
Morrisville, 1; McKees Rocks, 1 a
more unconfirmed); Waynesboro, 1;
Harrisburg, 1.
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling, 16.
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg, 1; Buena Vista, /;
Staunt0n, /.
Bellaire, /; Bridgeport, 1 (uncon-
firmed); Martins Ferry, l (uncon-
firmed) ); Wellsburg, 2.
MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton, 1; Whitinsville, L; Law
renee, 1; Leominister, /; Greenfield
1; Ewing, l (unconfirmed); Hadley
/; Northampton, 1.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Goffstown, 1; Glen, L; Milton, /;
Nashua, l; Warren, l.
VERMONT
Groton, 1; Bellows Falls, 1; Han
cock, 2; Brattleboro, /; Williams
town, /.
CONNECTICUT
Hartford, /; Norwich, l.; Stratford,
].
NEW YORK
Waterford l.. 0vvern
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In proclamation, he asked con-
tributions of at least 100000 for
the Red Cross, saying that 100000
persons had been driven from their
homes in IL states, with indications
the number would be materially in
creased.
There was dramatic tone at a
special press conference, attended
by members of his special flood
committee headed by Secretary of
War George H. Dern, when the
President emphasized that every
thing possible was being done by
the Federal government to relieve
distress.
He read latest reports from the
flood area to Maj. Gen. Edward M
Markham, chief of Army engineers,
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Await Word of Relatives

Two Indianapolis residents to-
day anxiously awaited word from
the flooded areas in the East.
Stoddard G. Hamilton, 1928
Ruckle-st, has not heard from his
wife, who Is visiting in Turner
Falls, Mass, since he received a
letter yesterday. She said then
there was Is inches of water in the
basement of the home in which she
was staying.
r. r. Mitchell, 5043 z. New York
S., has been trying vainly to commu-
nicate with his brother. Victor
Mitchell, $40 Ash-st, Johnstown, Pa.
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Borough Is Isolated

PTTTSBURG. March 1s.-Tne
borough of McKee's Rocks, about
five miles from Pittsburgh's Tri-
angle, was practically cut off from
the outside world today by flood
waters from the Ohio River.
Hundreds of families were forced
from their homes when the Ohio
sIrged over its banks and isolated
the town of $4,000.
Police said they recovered the
body Of one man and had reports
of four other deaths, but no confir-
nation. They said entire families
have been unaccounted for.
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All Records Broken
By United Press

DV CWFFtU FFtSS
HARRISBURG, March 19.-The
Susquehanna River stood at %
feet today, breaking all flood rec
ords since 1886.
Weather officials believed the
peak had net yet been reached
and said they had no way of know
ing when it would be.
While few deaths were reported
in central Pennsylvania counties
drained by the Susquehanna, all
relief agencies feared that a heavy
toll would be taken, if the waite.
did not cease to rise within a few
hours.
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Famed Filler Crashes
Bu United Press

By United Press
HARRISBURG, w. Va, March 49,
Capt. Orville Anderson, coholder
OF the world stratosphere flight rec
ord, escaped injury today when his
plane cracked up at Pennington
w. Va, 20 miles southeast of here
while he was flying from Washing
ton to Dayton.
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I'D. R. SEEKING
100000 TO
AID RED CROSS
Contributions Will Be Used
to Rehabi|itate Stricken
Cities.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt today called on the
nation to contribute generously to
the Red Cross for flood relief, and
declared that all agencies of gov
eminent had been co-ordinated to
the task of relieving distress and
preventing loss of life and prop
erty.
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Times Index
Loss Put at $1,000

Sparks from chimney caused a
fire which swept the roof and second
floor of the home of George Meyer,
r. r. 9. Box 642. last night, firemen
reported today. Damage was esti-
mated at S50OO.-
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FEAR TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
Schools Closed in Mansfield, o.;
Drinking Water Blamed.

By United Press
MANSFIELD, O., March ia
typhoid epidemic closed all Mans
field schools today. Ten cases were
reported.
Health authorities believed drink
ing water was the source of the
epidemic. They ordered all families
to boil water and warned against
buying bootleg" milk and cream
peddled in the city.
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STOCKS REGAIN GAINS
FOR EARLY AFTERNOON
High Priced Issues Climb S Points;
Main Listings Also Rise.

By United Press
NEW YORK, March 19.-Stocks
in the early afternoon held gains
ranging to 2 points in the main list
and as much as points in such
high-priced issues as National Lead,
which hit a record high of 800.
Farm implement shares held wide
advances. International Harvester
touched a new top at SO, up Al
points, while Deere was at 1914, up
3As. Oils were in fair demand as
were motors. silyers and chemicals.
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200 CHILDREN SAVED
North Carolina Rescuers Battle 90
Foot Snow Drifts.

By United Press
NEWLAND, N. c., March 10
Rescue workers today pushed
through 20-foot snow drifts to res
cue approximately 200 children who
had been snowbound since Tuesday
at the local consolidated school.