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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
VEGE LESZ, ILLETVE

vege van tehat annak a nagy
"bekenek" es szeretetnek, amt
a valasztas utani napon a XII
valtsagos osztaly reszerol olyan
hangosan hirdettek, inert ter
meszetes, hogy a reform-tor-
venyek amelyeknek egesz
sorozata k0vetkezik ebben a
ket evben - a kivaltsagokat
minden vonalon meg fogjak
nyirbalni.
Es termeszetes, hogy a XII
valtsagos tokes osztaly, vala-
mint a szolgalataban allo
reakcio minden ujitas es min
den reform ellen kiizdeni fog
max, bar a novemberi valasz-
tas utan majdnem remenyte-
len a kiizdelmiik.
Ostobasag volt a reszukrol,
ha feltettek, hogy az eln0k
oriasi t0bbsege csak ait jelen-
tette, hogy ezentul mindenki
bekeben fog maradni, hogy a
szavaz6k t0megnyomasa mem
kenvSznritnttn v01no Poosovo1-
tet akkor balfele, ha 8 mem
ARA akarna maga is haladni.
A nincstelenek, a kitagadot-
tax, az elnyomottak novem-
berben egymasra talaltak s
nagyon termeszetes, hogy gy6-
zelmuket fel fogjak a sajat
kuzsorazott osztalyuk erdeke-
ben hasznalni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
TOBBSZOR MEGIRTAM

rovatban, hogy az vi deal
mex ketfele lehetoseg kozt kell
valasztani es jeleztem ait is,
hogy nelyiket valasztjak. A
demokrata konvencio utan ait
irtam, :hogy Roosevelt gy6zel-
me eseten mem alkotmany-
m6dositas lesz, hanem Su
preme Court modositas, inert
anig az egyik evekig elhuzod-
hat, a masodik mem fiigg csak
egy kongresszusi tobbsegtol.
Az ein0k szekfoglalo besze-
deben jelezte is, hogy szerinte
jo az alkotmanya, modositas
nelkiil is az orszagnak, de
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
A GENERAL
MOTORS ES CIO

Macy kiizdelmeben dramai
gyorsasaggal k0vettek egy-
mast az esemenyek a multi he
ten.
A General Motors urai bir-
ctokaik v6delmeben a bir6sag-
f1oz fordultak, ahol termesze-
tesen q sit-down sztrajkol6k
ellen a tilt6 parancsot kiad-
tax.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11

munkasok. Kiil0n0sen azok a
munkasok, akik mem akarjak
megerteni, hogy a mi meg
jegyzeseink mem a General Mo
tors, hanem eppen a munka-
sok erdekeben ir6dnak.
A SIT-DOWN SZTRAJKOK
jarvanya olyan fegyvert ad
A T0KE KEZEBE, hogy eb-
ben az evben, de legkes6bb j0-
v0 evben el fogjak erni AIT a
celjukat, amt a reakcios kor-
manyoknal es kongresszusok-
nal sem tudtak eddig elerni.
T0rvenyt fognak hozni, a
melyben a szervezeteket sz0-
vetsegi ellen6rzes ala fogjak
helyezni es amelyekben a mum
kasok sztrajk-jogat is korla-
tozni fogjak, amire pedig mines
semmi szuksegunk.
Eek a biztosan elj0vend6
torvenyek ITALIAN mem sokat
artanak, amig liberals kor-
manya van a nemzetnek, de
jaj lesz a munkassagnak, ha
ilyen t0rvenyek birtokaban is
met reakcios lesz a koruna
nyunk. (Ani termeszetesen
valamikor be fog k0vetkezni.)
(Folytatas az 5-ik oldalon)
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11

Csak Roosevelt eln0k vegte-
len j6akaratanak lehet k0-
sz0nni, hogy a munkasokat
6riasi vereseg mem erte, inert
a birosagi dontes el6tt 8 ma
ga kerte a General Motors
urait, hogy Murphy kormany-
z6nal talalkozzanak Lewissal.
A General Motors tehat az
elegtetelt megkapta, inert a
bir6sag elrendelte a gyarak
kiiiriteset es ma a munkasok
csak a vallalat joakaratabol
lehetnek a gyarakban, de a
teljes veresegt6l a munkasok
is meg lettek kimelve, inert a
General Motors leiilt veliik a
gyarak kiiiritese el6tt tar
gyalni.
A targyalasok egesz heten
folytak s mem lehetetlen, hogy
ennek a hetnek a folyaman
meg fognak egyezni. Az egyez-
sag UTAN tapasztalni fogjak
a munkasok, hogy a dolgokat
helyesebben mi lattuk, mem
pedig azok, akik felel6tlenul
handabandaztak, hogy a to-
meghangulatot kihasznaljak a
sajat javukra.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
TORTENELMET
IRT Az. ELNOK

a kongresszushoz kildott
iizeneteben a multi heten, de
egyszersmint olyan politikai
vihar magvat vetette el, amely
hosszu h6napokig mem fog ell
iilni es amely mellett elt0rpul
mind az a sok szenvedelyes
vita, amt az else negy Roose-
velt ev valtott XII a nemzetb6l.
Az eln0k meglep6 hirtelen-
seggel AIT ajanlja a kongresz-
szusnak, hogy a hetven ewes
szovetsegi birakat - robbant-
SAX XII a helyeikr6l, ha 0nkent
mem akarnak tavozni, mikor
ARA a nyugdij a lehet6seget
megadja.
A javaslat vonatkozik min
den sz0vetsegi birora, tehat a
Supreme Court biraira eppen
ugy, mint a keruleti birosagok
minden tagjara.
Minthogy a t0rveny ertel-
meben a birok kinevezese elet-
re szol, az eln0k ajanlata mem
kivanja 6ket hetven ewes ko-
rukban k kenysz e r-nyugdijba
kuldeni, hanem lehetoseget ad
ilyen esetben az orszag feje-
mex, hogy - a szenatussal
egyetemben - fiatalabb birot
iltessen a hetven even feluli
birok melle.
Minthogy jelenleg a Su-
preme Courtnak hat olyan BIZ
raja van, akik hetven evesek
elmultak,' ha a javaslatbol
torveny lenne, az elnok hat vi
birot nevezhetne XII azonnal.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
A GENERAL MOTORS
SZTRAJK NYOMAN

egesz csomo sit-down es
stand-up sztrajk tort XII az or
Szagban szinte lehetetlen az
egymast koveto sztrajkokat
figyelemmel kiserni.
A legszomorubb a helyzet
Akronban, a gummi iparban,
amelyben a sit-down sztrajko-
kat annyira megszoktak, hogy
azzal szinte hetenkent elnek
a munkasok.
Eek a sztrajkok er6sen
vesztenek a nepszerlsegiikbol
S ma mar a legturelmetleneb-
bek maguk a munkasok, akik
AIT latjak, hogy - mint pl.
Akronban = egy-egy kis ESQ
port ember a tobbseget minden
felelosseg erzes nelkil fosztia
meg a munkatol.
Egy allamban = Alabama
ban = mar t0rvenyjavaslat
van a sit-down sztrajk ellen
benyujtva, AIT ketsegtelenul
tobb is fogja k0vetni, mi azon-
ban a sit-down sztrajkokban
messzebbmeno vsszedelmet Ia
tunk, amt csak hat-nyolc ho-
nap mulva fognak latni a
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11

"18O9 februar 12-en szulet-
tenn a Kentucky-i Hardin
Countyban, A sztileim Virgil
niaban sztilettek es mondha-
tom, mem valami el6kel6 csa-
lad sarjai voltak Amikor
a ferfikort elertem, mem igen
sokat tudtam, mindamellett
valamelyest olvastam, irtam
es szamolni is tudtam egy ke-
veset, ez minden "
Ezekiel a szavakkal jelle-
mezte Lincoln szarmazasat es
ifjukorat. Lincoln farmon szu-
letett es legenykoraban a fej-
szevel - favagassal - keres-
tie kenyeret. Tavasszal apjanak
segitett a szantas-vetes korul,
maskulonben erdoirtassal, fa-
apritassal, disznoolak epitese-
vel foglalkozott. A hatalmas
testalkatu fiatalember - 6
lab es negy inch magas -
eroteljes, limos, kemeny le-
geny volt.
A fatal favago minden sza-
bad idejet olvasassal toltotte.
A sztilei hazat hamarosan ell
hagyta es mint farmer dolgoz-
gatott es tanult. Kesobb uzlet-
tulajdonos, postmaster es egy
ideig foldmernok is volt, maid
pedig a torvenykonyvek tanul-
manyozasa kototte le figyel-
met es hamarosan gyakorlo
ugyved lett.
Ezenk0zben Amerika a poll
tikai es gazdasagi fejl6des kri-
tikus idoszakaba kerult. Az or
szag harom reszre szakadva
nezett szembe egymassal es
minden csoport onallosagot ko
vetelt. New Englandben es a
kozep nyugati allamokban az
ipari civilizacio kialakult. New
England lakossaga meg min
dig az angol befolyas alatt
ALT, am New Yorkban a hol-
land leszarmazottak dominal-
tax. Pennsylvaniaban a meme
tex eS skot-irek, Delawareban
pedig a svedek birtak legero-
sebb befolyassal. A nyugat fe-
le torekedok karavanjai vi
pionerekkel szaporodtak. To-
megesen erkeztek a bevandor-
lok: puritanok, nemet pietis-
tax, moravaiak, hannoveriek,
francia hugenottak, osztrakok,
danok es szlavok. A nyugat
lassankent egy hatalmas ga
ona-raktarra fejlod0tt, ahon-
nan rengeteg elelmiszert szal-
litottak New Englandba, a kO-
zepnyugati allamokba es Euro
paba. A nyugat jobb utakat,
t0bb vasutat es nepkormany-
zatot kovetelt. Ugyanakkor a
del, ahol a felig feudalis rend-
szerii rabszolgasagra alapitott
telepitvenyesek uralkodtak,
rossz szemmel neztek a nyu-
gait pionerek torekveseit. A
deliek az ipar fejl6deset nem
tekintettek el6ny0snek. A rab-
szolgak szabadon bocsatasar6l
hallani sem akartak es a popu-
l&ris kormany kiepiteset ttz-
zel-vassal elleneztek.
Amid6n e kiil0nb0z6 erdek-
csoportok k0z0tt kenyert6resre
kertilt q sor, a "vadonb6l' q
bev6ndorl6k nyugatjabd ke-
rtilt el6 q vez6r, h0gy q mem
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11

foltjat az Egyesiilt Allamokr6l
lekaparta. a nemzet a t0rtene-
lem legnagyobbjai k0ze emel-
tie. Lincoln az amerikai forra-
dalom vezerszelleme, ah q leg
sotetebb egyenetlenseg idejen
val6sagg& kov&csolta azokat az
alapvet6 rincipiumokat, ami
ket egy mask Macy 4llarn-
ferfiu, Thomas jefferson, q
Fdggeti e,seei Nyilatkossat than
lefektetett.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
LINCOLN ABRAHAM

yeti egyseget egyszer es min
denkorra letrehozza. Erthet6,
hogy az Egyesiilt Allamok ide-
gen sztiletesii bevandorloi a
legnagyobb lelkesedessel es
odaadassal alltak Lincoln mel
le. Amikor a k0ztarsasagi part
1860 majusaban elnoknek je-
l0lte, Lincoln mar edzett poll
tikus volt, aki nemcsak az vi
partot, de minden szabadelvu
csoportot felkarolt.
A politikai uldoztetes elol
menekiilo nemet "negyven-
nyolcasok", amint Amerikaban
partra ertek, siettek Lincoln
melle felsorakozni. John Erics-
son, egy sv5d bevandorlo epitet
te az Unio els6 modern csata-
haiojat a ''Monitort." A legbe-
folyasosabb ir, zsido es szlav
es mas nemzetisegu bevandor-
lok siettek szolgalataikat fel-
ajanlani a rabszolgasag elleni
harcban.
Lincoln mem csinalt titkot
szabadelvu felfogasaboi. Marc
gunnyal illette a "Know No
things" partot, amellyel szem-
ben a legkimeletlenebb harcot
kezdemenyezte. "Amidon a
Know Nothing part jut ura-
lomra, kialtvanyt fognak kibo-
csatani, mely szerint "Minden
embert egyenl6 jogokkal te-
remtettek, kiveve a negereket,
az idegeneket es a katholiku-
sokat Nos, ha ere kerul
a sor, inkabb kivandorlok egy
olyan orszagba, ahol legalabb
nem tesznek ugy, mintha a
szabadsagot felkarolnak :"
- mondotta Lincoln.
Az acelos ervek, dramai
erok es sziporkazo szellem rit-
ka fegyverevel felszerelve, Lin
coin minden erejet a rabszol-
gasag megdontesere aldozta.
Az 1860. evben a valasztas
Lincoln gyozelmevel vegzodott.
A valasztas utan ket hettel
South Carolina elszakadt a
Uniotol es ot hettel kesobb het
mask allan alapitotta meg
confederate States of Anne
rica" neven a deli allamok $40
vetseget. Az vi sz0vetseg elmo
keiil Jefferson Davis t valasz-
tottak meg es r0videsen kezde-
tet vette a polgarhaboru, ami
teljes negy evig tartott. 1868
januar elsejen Lincoln kialt-
vanyt bocsatott XII, ami rab-
szolgasag elsopreset jelentette.
Az Unio faradhatatlan hadSe-
rege a deliek mozgalmat vegre
is megt0rte es 1865 aprilis ele-
jen a Confederate hadsereg
General Lee vezetese alatt
megadta magat.
1864 6szen Lincolnt ujbol
megvalasztottak, 1865 marcus
4-en mondotta el beiktato be-
szedet es nehany hettel ke-
s6bb, aprilis IA en- este a gyil-
kos John Wilkes Booth golyo-
ia meg0lte.
A halal lehetetlenne tette,
hogy Lincoln elvegezze a to-
vabbi feladatokat, amiket ma
ga ele tiiz0tt. Mindamellett q
Macy amerikai vezert, aki az
orszag egyseget megmentette
Is q rabszolgasag gyalazatos
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11

szabni, hogy a kongresszus
akaratat csak egyhangulag,
vagy csak nagy szot0bbseggel
helyezheti hatalyon xviii a
Supreme Court, meg lehetett
volna szabni, hogy a Supreme
Court veto-jogan eppen ugy
tultehesse magat a nepkepvi-
selet, mint amikor az elnok
vetojat leszavazzak; s6t meg
lehetett volna tiltani a biro-
sagnak, hogy egyaltalan hata-
lyon Xviii helyezzenek olyan
torvenyeket, amelyek nyilvan
a nep akaratabol hozattak.
A torvenyszek hataskorenek
az ilyenkeppen valo megnyir-
balasa allando megoldas lett
volna, inert a torvenyhozas
hatalmat veglegesen es ma
gyobb szabadsaggal bizta vol
ma a kongresszusra, amely a
n e pakarat megnyilatkozasa
utan don't.
Talan ez valamivel nagyobb
ellenzest valtott volna XII reak-
clos elemekbol, ITALIAN a Court
hatask0renek a korlatozasa
nehezebben ment volna, de az
elnok megkapta ARA a felha-
talmazast novemberben a mem
zett6l es a kongresszus keny-
telen lett volna Rooseveltet
ezen az uton is k0vetni.
Az eln0k a kenyelmesebb
modot valasztotta S mem adott
allando megoldast a nemzet-
mex.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1937-02-11
A BIR0SAG REFORMJARA

vonatkoz6 javaslatot soka es
szenvedelyesen fogjak targyal-
nj es ezeket a targyalasokat
valoszinlleg azzal kezdik, hogy
kikerik a Supreme Court BIZ
rainak a velemenyet, akinek
nagyobb resze termeszetesen a
reformot ellenzi.
A Supreme Court birai vol
takeppen tartoznanak vele no
vember 6ta a nernzetnek, hogy
felre alljansk a nepakarat ut
jAbd s ha ezt a sajat JOSIAH
'tukb6l nem tettek, ter1nesze-
tes, hogy a javaslat ellen fog
q legt0bb beszelni.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28
HOLLYWO CD
By Paul Harrison

Mary Pickford for $1O4,O0O year the highest salary padi any woman up to that time.
 About that time, too, Samuel Goldwyn and Jesse Lasky lured Geraldine Farrar from the Metro politan with $60,000 for three pie tures-and they shot 'em fast in those days-togetehr with various other considerations; a house, ser wants, groceries and a private rail- way car to convey her to and from location.
 Imagine Chaplin's Wage
 By 1916, Charles Chaplins $670,- 900 salary from Mutual Films be- gan the first of a furry of edi- torials comparing the salary of the President of the United States with those of the upstairs in flickerland. Somehow, movie pee pie never seem to have worried much about these comparisons.
 When Miss Pickford heard
 about Chaplin's good fortune,
 she stalked out of her nego-
 tiati0ns with Famous Players
 and Zukor, listened to several
 tempting offers, returned to
 Famous for a guarantee of $1,-
 O4O,O00 plus bonus of S30O,0O0.
 Chaplin finally topped that rec
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28

7 tNEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Hollywood about stars salaries, a fans heart is wrenched this way and that. You must ex- pereince pang of sympathy when a-player grumbles about paying 60 per cent of all that he makes in in- come taxes, yet you also must feel just little enviouS when you read of Greta Garbo's 5000 weekly wage.
 Here's William Powell, demand ing and getting $200000 per pie ture. And Marlene Dietrich collect ing like amount.
 Carole Lombard receives $780,
 000 for tossing off feature-it
 seems so effortless, too!-and af- ter three of these year, she is entitled to make a picture at some other studio TOT whatever the
 traffic will bear.
 Poor Sonia Henie, you under stand, is sacrificing fortune by devoting herself to the cinema. By working hard and skating 1re- quently in exhibitions she prob ably could gather in half a million dollars a year. AS it is, she makes only about quarter of million
 S130 900 per picture, two pictures a year, for five years.
 Mere "Pittance"
 But the fact is that these salaries are not so high after aalf.s So high, I mean, compared with salaries of other days. This season the aver age topnotch star receives $2,500 or maybe 5000 a week. As short time as four years ago Janet Gaynor bad a 5000 contract, and, Constance Bennett received a neat $30O,000 for about 10 weeks work in two pie lures.
 Five years before that, in 1927, the averages were even higher. For then, you found male stars such as Richard Dix and Adolphe Menjou getting $5,000 week, and Thomas Meighan topping them with $7,500. The plttance paid Pola Negri was $6,000.
 Writers were doing all right
 in those days, too; Emil Jan-
 nings, with two hits to his name,
 was Scribbling for 5000 a week.
 Even English pictures were pay ing important money. Dorothy Gish created scandal by boasting of her $5,0OO salary and her $4,00O- a-week expense account.
 Bigger and Better
 Now move back to 1923. The big name then was Norma Talmadge, and the big salary was $10,000 a week. Gloria Swanson was right up there, too. Dorothy Dalton, Con- stance Talmadge. Pauline Frederick and Lillian Gish were drawing checks for 5000 to $7,5O0. In that year Tom Mix was getting $4,000 weekly. Before 1925 he had gall loped to a peak of $17,000.
 But you haven't heard anything yet. As far back as 1914, William Farnum's triumph in "The Spoil ers'' q will break you with my hands!") enabled him to com mand $10,00O a week for two seasons.
 In November of that year Adolph Zukor upset the entire film indus try by announcing a contract with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28

ord with a First National contract to produce, direct and star in eight two-reel comedies a year for $1,- 100000.
 But in addition he received $15,000 for each two reel over two, and 50 per cent of the profits on all features of five reels or more. So you can imagine how much he made on hits such as "A Dogs Life" Shoulder Arms" Sunny side" and "The Kid".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28

A. SHREWD feudal baron of
 Japan, it is said. forced his enemies to build a great castle for him at. their own expense. The structure today is the chief pride of Nagoya, great modern metropo- lis of central Japan. So magnifi. cent was the work that it impov- erished the baron's enemies, and they had no money left to equip an army against him. Its royal apartments are decorated with rare woods, carvings, and painted panels. One painting of a tiger was considered so lifelike that its eyes were omitted, lest it seem to bounce upon those who view it.
 Topping the castle are two gi. ant dolphins shingled with an-. cient gold coins. One day, legend recalls, daring Japanese sus- pended himself from kite, sailed over the dolphins and tried to snatch some of the precious scales. He was discovered, disgraced, and forced to commit hara-kiri. Now S2... z. ...SSs,y.s.@ s sz,s1S..e@ the dolphins kE z s-:- .s ss1zs5.s zss .a @ 9 are shrouded in tSI I:':; ,@s%M steel nets.
 EkHHJsSe EHHJ9f:sE@.s.lAs $ A view of 7 rssHxcSSAz1aes ,s>1a esI,a M < this castle ap- E iS s ss E|S pears on Jap-. l-ss'zss.zzszss.zs :s1.s: anese stamp is- sued in 1926.
 Copyright. 1887. NEA Service. Incl
 NEXT: Who was the hero of Lake Erie?e 13
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28

Copyright. 1887. NEA Service. Incl
 NEXT: Who was the hero of Lake Erie?e 13
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28
Brain TWizzIers By Prof. ,. D. Flint

A very wealthy, retired English nobleman had a country estate not too far from London because he fre- quently went to the city to check up on various interests.
 One day the nobleman telephon- edefor an appointment with his doc- tor and secured it for two o'clock the following afternoon. After think ling it over he discovered that of : the two available means of trans portation one would get him to London at one o'clock, travelling at fifteen miles per hour and the other would get him there at three o'clock, travelling at ten miles per hour. So his problem was to decide whether to be an hour late or an hour early but your problem iS-how far is 1t from the estate to London?
 Answer to Yesterdays TwizzleF
 Miss Sally Simpleton's age is six teen and half. Her bridegroo oom-tO- be- is twenty-seyen and half.
 lGnnlkinhk xaAA n nAil@ eze-A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28

t h e dolphins are shrouded in steel nets.
 A vie W of this castle ap. pears on a Jap- anese stamp is- sued in 1926.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-15

den was in the bedroom, leaning
over his mother.
"Your solicitude won't do you
any good, Floyd" Mrs. Garden
cried. "Being kind to me now, are
you? Telephoning for the prescrip-
tion-all attention and loving kind
ness. But don't think you're pull
ing the wool over my eyes. It
won't make any difference. Tomor-
row ! change my will Tomorrow
We continued on our way out,
and heard no more.
Shortly after nine o'clock the next
morning there was a telephone call
from Doctor Siefert. Vance was still
abed when the telephone rang, and
I answered it. The doctors voice
was urgent and troubled when he
asked that I summon Vance imme-
diately. Vance slipped into his Chi
nese robe and sandals and went into
| the anteroom.
It was nearly ten minutes before
he came out again.
"Mrs. Garden was found dead in
her bed this morning." he drawled.
"Poison of some kind. I've phoned
Markham, and We'll be going to the
Garden apartment as soon as he
comes. A bad business, Van-very
| bad"
Markham arrived within half an
| hour. In the meantime Vance had
dressed and was finishing his second
cup of coffee.
'What's the trouble now?" Mark
ham demanded irritably, as he
came into the library. perhaps
now that I'm here, you'll be good
enough to forego your cryptic air."
Vance looked up and sighed. ''Do
sit down and have cup of coffee
while I enjoy this cigarette. Really.
y'know, it's deuced hard to be lu-
cid on the telephone" He poured
a cup of coffee, and Markham re-
luctantly sat down. "And please
don't sweeten the Coffee" Vance
went on. 'It has delightfully."- SUBJ
tie bouquet, and it would be pity
W SpOll IL Will SdCClldI1IG.
Markham, frowning defiantly, put
three Jumps of sugar in the cup.
"Why am here?" he growled.
Vance drew deeply on his ciga-
rette and settled back lazily in his
chair. "Siefert phoned me this
morning, just before I called you.
Explained he didn't know your pri-
vate number at home and asked me
to apologize to you for not notifying
you direct"
Notifying me?" Markham set
down his cup.
"About Mrs. Garden. She's dead.
Found so this morning in bed. Prob
ably murdered"
Good God!"
eyes, quite. Not a nice situation.
No. The lady died some time during
the night-exact hour unknown as
yet. Siefert says it might have
been caused by an overdose of the
sleeping medicine he prescribed for
her It's all gone And he says
there was enough Of it ia do the
trick. On the other hand, he adj
nits it might have been something
else"
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do so, was watching the doctor
closely. "When you asked to see
me on your arrival here this after
noon," he went on, II was hoping
that you might have some sugges-
ton which, coming from one who
is familiar with the domestic situa-
ton here, might put us on the track
to a solution"
Siefert solemnly shook his head
several times.
'No, no. I am sorry, but I am
completely at loss myself. When
I asked to speak to you and Mr..
Markham it was because I was
naturally deeply interested in the
situation here and anxious to hear
what you might have to say about
it," He paused, shifted slightly in
his chair, and then asked: Have
you formed any opinion from what
you have been able to learn?"
eyes. Oh, yes. Frankly, how
ever, I detest my opinion. I'd hate
to be right about it. A sinister, I'M
natural conclusion is forcing itself
upon me. It's sheer horror" He
spoke with unwonted intensity.
Siefert was silent, and Vance
turned to him again.
81 say, doctor, are you particu-
larly worried about Mrs. Gardens
condition."
A cloud overspread Siefert's coun-
tenance, and he did not answer at
once.
cts queer case" he said at
length, with an obvious attempt at
evasion. GAS recently told you,
it has me deeply puzzled. I'm bring
ing Kattelbaum up tomorrow"
eyes. AS you say. Kattelbaum. !"
Vance looked at the doctor dream
lily. my anonymous telephone mes
sage last night mentioned radio
active sodium. But equanimity is
essential. Yes. BY all means. Not
a nice case, doctor-not at all a
nice case And now I think
we'll be toddlin'." Vance rose and
Siefert also got up.
eff there is anything whatever
that I can do for you ;" he
began.
eve may call on you later, p"
Vance returned, and walked toward
the archway.
Siefert did not follow us, but
turned and moved slowly toward
one of the front windows, where he
stood looking out, with his hands
c1asned behind him. We re-entered
the hallway and found Sneed wait
ing to help us with our coats.
We had just reached the door
leading out of the apartment when
the strident tones of Mrs. Gardens
voice assailed us again. Floyd Gar