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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Portland Hoop
Team Scores

Portland Avenue defeated Gar
sgemen rs to is. Falkland Trinity
beat Monarchs Al to Q and Jeffer-
son won from Messiah Lutheran
SIS TO Il. in the Park Recreation
Basketball league games played
Monday night on the Bellsrmins
naples.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Lesnevich Asks
Nova Bout Delay

NEW YORK electromagnetic
Champion Gus Lesnevich steps
into the heavyweight ranks against
Lou Nova.
The bout is scheduled for Madi-
son Square Garden. Jan. 30, but
Lesnevich has asked for a post
ponement so he can have more
time to train.
Nova has been idle since his ILL
fsted fight with Joe Louis.
The cosmic challenger vaca-
toned in Guatemala.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Biisy Grant
Eyes Uniform

ATLANTA, Ga.-Bryan (Bitsy)
Grant. Atlanta midget tennis star
said last night that he was seeking
a commission in the United States
navy, preferably rs a tennis in
structor with Gene Tunney's out
fit" He said that II he couldn'i
get a commission, he would enlist
as a seaman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Several Rules
Changes Made

PHOENIX. AriZ.-The National
Collegiate Athletic association
football rules committee expects
to cut It's scheduled four-day meet
ing short late today after adopting
no more than half a dozen rule
changes.
Chairman Walter Okeson Of Le-
high refused 70 reveal what
changes were contemplated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Commercial Hoop
Plav Scheduled

Here is the schedule for cor.
mercial league basketball plav
this Tuesday night at Stadium
boys and girls gymnasiums:
5oys gy'm-Lsundry VS.. Elec-
tries' o'clock; South Tacoma vs..
Aces, O'Clock; Veneermen VS..
rhomies. 2 O'Clock.
6.ris Sumner VS. B.nsi
nth, I O'Clock; Fife VS.. Sons ~
Fericles. O'Clock. and Mckinley
Hin vs.. Aillmen Q o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Brazilian Girl
Skaters Record

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. Miss
Maria Lenk, of Brazil, last night
bettered a record of four years
standing in the 40-ysrd breast
stroke. swimming It in 1922 in
An International An-Star swim
ming show.
Miss Lenk outdistanced Patty
Aspinwall of indianapolis, the
national A A. U. breastroke
champion, 10 better the record
established by Catherine Rswls in
1885.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Hosiak Called
To War Colors

SEATTLE Al Hostak, former
world middleweight boxing cham
pion, reports Jan. IS for active
army duty.
81 just hope they send me over
to Manila or some place in the
Orient where ] can get shot at
some of those Jsps.' he said. The
sooner the better"
Hostak retired after dropping a
decision to Ken overlin In New
York last fall
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Grid Battle
Nets rs G's
For Navy Aid

NEW YORk-A check for S26,-
654s4 went 10 the Naval Relief
society as its share Of the Chicago
Bears-All Stars game in the Polo
grounds, Tim Mara. owner Of the
New York Giants, announced to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Cougars Run
Up 81 Points
Defect Gonzogo in
One-Sided Contest

PULLMAN. Nash.-Washington
State colleges defending Northern
division champions pulled away
from Gonzaes in the second half
last night and won a high-scoring
basketball contest. 67-4o. The
Cougars led al halftime, 1924.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Champ Agrees
To RING Bout

NEW YORK - Freddie (Red)
Cochrane. world welterweight
champion. agreed today TO meet
the winner Of the Ray Robinson
Fritzie Zivic, bout. scheduled for
Jan. is, in a match on Feb. 20
for benefit of the infantile paral-
ysis fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07

MONTREAL Bryan Bextsil of
the New York Rangers scored
four goals during the week to in
crease his lead to two points in
the National Hockey leagues in
dividusl scoring race. figures re
leased today revealed.
Two other Rangers. Lynn Pat
rick and Phil Watson. tied for
second with Bill Cowley of the
Boston Bruins. Each had "A
points.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
kLoREs IN NAVY

CHICAGo-Stan Klores, North
westerns young baseball coach. is
enrolled in the Naval Midshipmen's
school on the Chicago campus. and
probably will be unable TO resume
coaching in the spring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
GIRLS, BASKETBALL

The schedule of the Girls City
League Basketball games for We'd
nesday at Stadium high school is:
Z, P. z. Qs ". Ex Vows. s. Red
Stresks VS. Sumner: Q. Maids of
Athens vs. Bye
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07

NEW YORk-Claude Corhitt.
promising young recruit shortstop,
advised the Brooklyn Dodgers to-
day that he has enlisted in the
navy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07

use at Los Angeles; Nov. Il,
Montana at home: Nov. Il. STAN
ford At home; Dec. rs ttentativel
Georgia Tech at home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
TERRAPINs rorGH

COLLEGE PARK. Md. Mary
land has its finest crop OF sopho-
more basketball material in the
Terrspins' history.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
PNG-PoNG

The Park Ping-Pong club will
open the 1912 season Of competi-
ton with a doubles tournament
this Tuesday night from TO 10
O'Clock on the club tables located
on the third floor Of the Medical
Arts building All followers Of the
game are invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
City Circuit
Opens Play
ShipYords Defeat
Choirmen. % to "a

Play in the second half of the
City Basketball league schedule
began Monday night at Lincoln
high gym.
In the first game. shipyard beat
the Chairmen, % to "a.
Lakewood scored its first win of
the season, defeating Yelm q
to is.
In the third game, the Gasmen
downed the Autos, 80 to 81, in
an exciting overtime game.
Pip" koehler's Shipysrd
team came from behind In the
fourth quarter to down the
Chairmen. Ray Spurgeon got
hot In last quarter and scored
six points In As seconds to put
his teammates In a four-point
lead that The Chairmen could
not overcome.
After leading at the half, Is to
10, the Gasmen slowed down and
trailed three or four points
through the third and fourth
quarters, coming to life again in
the last minute to score the tying
basket at 2e ali, just as the gun
went off.
Two quick baskets. in the over
time, while the Autos could only
get one, won tn. game for the Cas-
men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
Mel Helm of Basketball

The Mel Helm Of basketball Ii lnman Jackson
Unless close follower Of basketball probably
have never heard Of Jackson.
But those who know their hoop sport rank Jackson with
the marvels Of all time
The reason he is known the Helm Of basketball is
his ability plus durability.
Helm former Washington gridder
y . center.
Jackson Harlem Globeoter center sport
years years good not better than
he
basketball handlers pro or colegian
al comedy and trick stuff tst he b In steady
scientific play.
One Of favorts il a his
eyes thumb ball into the turne.
Thumb it, Yes sir thumb IT,
holds body merely his thumbs
upward the ball motion.
Try sometime when get hold of q cassba
All Sports Have Them
Men like Jackson, who shows here Thursday night against
the crack McChord Field Flyers excolege stars who have
beaten the Tacuma Seattle Shipyard and the Seattle Boeng
Field quintets are rarities in sport
But al sports have them
Football has ts Helm
Baseban McGinnty ry Walter
johnson. for instance
Boxing had its Jack Dillon its Bob Ftzsmmons
its Bin rlden
Wrestling Stranger Lewis and Dsvscourt.
Bowling iu Bin Herdman
along twice In q generation
and starring something
enly the tell
Of the
n play They
akang NJ ennnss . nightA
basketball what H. speed and stamina demanding
spor quite plain why
marvss a port
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07
On Ole Gam
Win ellovT MrcAu


War On . major scale demands young
Athletes. naturally, belong to the youthful category.
Thus athletes, better known than the young
nan outside Of sports, leave marked impression on our
minds when they take up q gun for Uncle Sam.
why the sports headlines about Bob
Teller Hostak and such and
that athletics doing its share in the
But athlete that into service that NE
ssng there marching with them
young the the counters
d
Recently written famed nationally known sports
sid: "Athletics doing the
could well have written:
oser wsrd ahies merely rscesiiona phase Of life
end athletes contributing whit than the clerks the
tnboreru Of ath1ofc composition
Athletes merely outstanding
only athletes generally known
soldiers greater
Sergeant FORK Of /. athlete
Neither Colin Kelly r. Of this Japyemies
And they served their nation glory which of course many
ycung athletes the time
they athletes athletes In service 10
putting his q
We remain remember that
the hnt and far-seeine
president asked today
WIN wei Certainly the hlt and beyond
Incidentally defense bond and the American bond
life intact
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-07

Pisy Nor ALLEYS
SAUSAGE 1872 a. " Little Pie.
1889 fzl- HlEh game H prooEe
1871. high series Mccormick ssS
Lsrds 1928 90 vs. Drivers f7a2 a.,
Hish game. Lawrenz 1913. hiFh series
LaWrenz SIS
Bacons 1875 - V Hams 1852 n,
Hlgh same hunizza i52. nigh series.
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no started at the slapping sound
of Thumm's great palm against
his thigh. "By God!" exclaimed
the Inspector. He leaned over
and touched Lanes shoulder;
Lane opened his eyes. II knew
you left something out, Mr.. Lane.
There's one thing you haven't
cleared up. That hocus-pocus of
DeWitt's fingers"
careless of me-" murmured
Lane. ''In many ways the most
surious element of the entire af-
fair. Think of the physical signi-
ficance of the twisted fingers.
The geometric symbol approx
mated most closely is an x and it
was as rigid an identification of
Thompson as his finger-prints."
Lane explored his wallet, ex-
tracing long piece of printed
paper, which he handed to
Thumm, explaining: Merely one
of the duplex cash-tickets which
passed through the hands of Con-
ductor Edward Thompson when
you paid our fares just before his
arrest"
Thumm and Bruno stared at
two spots on the paper-by the
side of the printed words sWee-
hawken" and, lower down, "West
Englewood," were the perfora-
tons of Conductor Edward
Thompson's ticket punch-an x.
(TLJF FND\
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turning to his Weehawken lodg-
ings as Wood by the late morn
ing train. The Nixon personality
was flexible, and he used it rare
ly. AS far as the night of the
ferry-murder was concerned,
Slopes selected that particular
night because it was his night off
as Thompson! Incidentally, this
business of disguise wasn't so
terribly complicated, either. He's
bald. AS Wood he" just wore a
red wig. He said that a short
time before the Longstreet killing,
Dewitt had handed him-as
Thompson the train conductor-
a cigar. However, Slopes was
not able to explain the cause of
the incessant quarrels between
Longstreet and Dewitt"
Il fancy" said Lane, "that the
proper explanation is simple e.
nough. Dewitt was a reputable
enough character with one weak
spot in his moral armor. In his
younger days he was probably
dominated by Longstreet, and
came to regret the conspiracy a.
gainst Slopes. I should not be
surprised if Longstreet made it a
point to threaten a disclosure of
the old story to Jeanne"
The three men sat in silence,
Eliminating. The fire leaped
higher and Bruno saw that Lanes
eyes were practically closed. Bru-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-30

10397-Wa1ter Hobson Eldreth
10078-Wiley. Jennings Weaver
1O349-Roy Vinson Hartsog
1O756-Wilber Wayne Reeves
1O158-Spencer M. Woodie
11O16-Arthur Bailey Barker
1O799-Connie Aries Mcneil
11059-Dallas w. Bishop
10990-John Wells Poe
11020-William M. Farmer
1O175-Herbert Powers
10005-Victor Matthews
10268-T'homas Hobson Houck
10964-Willie Oscar Elliot
10881-Dewey Sly Miller
1O884-Allen Jones Mcneil
1O251-Ervin Eller
10181-Dewey Edward Moretz
11032-John Thomas Dixon
10838-Earl Raymond Taylor
1039O-William Jones
1O025-Jennings B. RAIDER
10681-James WILDER Mcclure
11126-Bertie William Dixon
11036-Wade Henry Phillips
11O25-Albert Barker
1O569-Walter c. Shatley
10993-Bryant F. Bare
11124-Donald Lee Sturgill
10907-Elmer Charley Mccoy
10295-Rev. Bluford J. Sexton
10668-Garnet Elco Miller
11115-George w. Elliot
10382-William L. Greer
10960-Oscar Melvin Walker
10530-Edward Ellie Calhoun
11123-Bynum F. Dolinger
11075-Fredric G. billiard
10797-Clarence Edwin Porter
10241-Theodore w. Hudler
10478-William B. Tribble
10850-Webb D. Barker
10986-Noah Reeves
10893-W. H. Wayman
10193-Edward Jones Barker
109O4-Lemiel Hazen Watson
10873-Clabon Wagner
10383-Oscar J. Pennington
Continued Next Week.
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10351-James Garfield Barker
10164-William Martin
10292-James E. Howell
10523-William M. Sexton
10847-Zeb Vance Weaver
10542-John Henry Gilley
10O26-Dolphus B. Miller
10760-Warren D! Lawrence
10420-Millard S. Buskell
10344-Cecil Edger Houck
10828-Oren Davis Badger
10338-Willie Styke
10O81-Earl Bryan Lewis
10636-Ira James Calhoun
110O6-James Worth Holland
1O879-Joseph Lee Howell
10872-Cleon B. Absher
10010-Marion Charles Lewis
10528-Bryan c. Pennington
10264-Edward Wellington
11O94-Monroe Wells Osborne
11068-Reeves w. Stuart
10422-Smith Stidhams
10989-John Gather Paisley
10211-Thomas Earl Mullis
1O767-Thadeus Porter
10812-Clyde McNiel
10061-Charlie Severt
10018-Spencer B. Green
Oscar Elmer Ham
11044-Edmond B. Parsons
10206-Joe Henry Miller
10957-Pete Clyde Greer
1O137-Telsie Richard Weaver
1O963-Carle William Hartzog
10522-Fred Liddle
10585-Cartie Eggers
1O1O1-John Smith Allen
10167-Jasper C. Sanders
1O1OO-Charles A. King
1O82O-Troy r. FISHERMAN
10537-Donley Howell
11O28-Lester Elmer Ham
10614-Roland Field Bare
1O972-Arnold Bryant Miller
1O122-Don Bradley Goodman
10670-Walter Grant Dollar
105O4-Elzie JoshWay Stikes
1O245-Gilbert w. Wheeler
1O384-Exlin James Hampton
1O407-Vala Lawrence Sheets
1O112-Claude Calhoun
10708-Edward Doyle Barr
1O436-Charles Frank Childers
10891-Phillips Spencer
10276-Amos Letcher Goodman
1O480-Richard M. Howell
1O227-Ray Austin Gentry
1103O-Welze Miller
1O685-Millard G. Davis
1O951-Avery Lester Greer
10894-Charles Gordon Reeves
1O88O-Guy William Teaster
1O463-Albert Orren Miller
10425-Joseph F. Neal
11107-Charlie Ross Mock
1O065-James Bower Walters
10623-William Bryant Barker
1053O-James Albert Nash
1O738-William S. Shepherd
10O56-Robert Luna Bower
1O333-Clarence Clifford Woodie
10699-Arthur Dell Goodman
1O332-Lunda Edwand Burgess
1O782-Everett Church
1O563-Ben Franklin Rotten
1O784- Millard G. Brown
1O412-Alton Jones
1O421-Coy Vance Ham
1O832-Millard K. Osborne
1O950-Connie Eugene Bare
1OO89-Harding GRAPHICAL
10169-Lonie Calvin Severt
1O242-Leonard Teaster
1O720-Thomas S. Baker
10861-James Alvin Collins
11113-Delmar Peyton Hale
11046-Fred Mumphford Lewis
11118-Rufe Alonzo Sheets
1O547-AlOnZO Clifford Allen
1O467-Oscar Hart
10410-Edd james Medley
1O373-Mack DIZZY Cambell
1O84O-Wade Honnpton Ray
1O482-Ned Perkins
10739-Edger Lee Ball
1O948-RObert Worth Knox
10027-Verna Ray Shepherd
10249-Arnold P. Johnson
1O835-Ramond R. Scott
1O574-Hanes Lawrence Baker
1O466-Fred Elliot
11O12-George w. Edwards
10413-French M. Young
10255-Clarence Lester Cox
10461-John Edmund Cheek
11O61-William w. Terry
11OO7-Walter Grant Miller
1O54O-Fred H. Greer
1O997-Scott Joseph Cox
11O33-Reuben Toliver Greer
1OO55-Tam Carson Bare
11O72-Laurence M. Miller
10683-Jonathan E. Lewis
1O984-Carl c. Pennington
1075O-John Littlewood
11079-Rev. Hoskie Ohio HusS
10230-Joseph c. Richardson
10017-J. G. Lannis Blevins
10301-Bonner Bruce Rotten
10259-Joe Neal Sheets
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-04-30

SOS-0OSCO OW dlloOIl AO"S.
332-Linvel Reed Hincher.
271-Garfield Wagner Warden.
252-Fred Lee Phipps.
294-Wint Worth Ward.
337-Bland Edison Nuckolls.
393-Arthur F. Sexton.
Alexander H. Woodruff.
282-Wheeler Nance.
275-Dewey Talmadge Brown.
315-Reason Theodore Lyon.
231-Mack Evans.
225-Edward Paul Richardson.
414-John Frank Norman.
295-Jerome Homer Lyons.
367-George Dewey Roberts.
333-Joe Morris Halsey.
326-Eldon Wiley Pruitt.
398-John Robert Smith.
3O4-Isom Richardson.
426-Van Buren, Landreth.
258-Paul Jones Halsey.
247-Thomas Leville Grayson.
358-Clint Robert Caudill.
343-Robert Glenn JONES.
2O2-Raleigh Nelson JONES.
224-Levi Preston Vanhoy.
291-Carther Bowers.
339-Duke Fields Mcmillan.
386-Thomas Senter Monkey.
356-Arthur Lloyd BleVins.
242-Muncy Lee Andrews.
266-Dock Billings.
183-Quincy Green Caudill.
255-Elmer Green Pruitt.
177-Jesse Mack Atwood.
William Paul Choate.
2O8-Fred Gillespie Richardson.
382-Clennel C. Richardson.
244-Dent JONES.
Charlie Edwards.
24O-Preston Cox.
4O5-Curtis Monroe Brooks.
261-Newell William King.
178-Conley w. Caudill.
331-Stev9n Monroe Scott.
William Conley Brooks.
197-Thomas Van Buren, Pruitt.
185-Bryan Beatrice Wagner.
323-Mack Dowell.
249-Quince Hawkins.
381-Carlyle Mckinney JONES.
285-William Eddie Hoppers.
384-Rufus James Wagner.
23O-Willie Mckinley Hamm
217-William Reece Miller.
355-Glenn Wyatt.
216-Willis Mack Murray.
25O-Joseph Marley Royal.
William Glenn Osborne.
413-Van Franklin Miller.
421-John Otto Pruitt.
373-Fred Petty.
172-Paul Wyatt.
218-Calvin S. Wyatt.
27O-Center Elmer Mitchell.
4O9-Floyd Edward Jones.
376-Norman Carl Jones.
198-George Arthur Pugh.
260-John Robert Kennedy.
213-Rufus Fields Phipps.
211-Fred Herman Brown.
266-Charlie Glenn Dixon.
186-Washington Floyd Irwin.
312- William Rex Mitchell.
179-John Coward Gambill.
273-Clay Washington Edwards.
251-Frank Mcneil Sanders.
4O2-Arnold Baxter Sturgill.
277-Rufus Clinton Halsey.
316-Rufus Haywood Monkey.
38O-Robert John Andrews.
425-Joseph Monroe Choate.
10648-Arvel Dellet Canter
1O4O1-Wiley Fields Craven
1O638-Jim Saunders Ellis
10445-Alfred Talmadge Arnold
1O172-Everett Fuller Lewis
10541 David Andrew South
1O535-Lonnie w. Huddler
1OOO3-Wayne Harden Williams
1O163-Robert Glenn Austin
1O3O1-Bradley H. Lawrence
1OO21-Dewy Albert Rotten
11128-Worth McNeill
10791-Smith Greer
11O71-Alonza Edgar Jones
1O517-Ronnie Ellie Roark
1O837-Wiley Parker Eller
1O864-Charle Paul Mullis
1OO37-Raymond Vaughn Elliott
1O949-Frank E.. Farmer
William Horton Sexton
10565-Everett o. Woodie
Charles Bradley Lillard
1O793-James Edward Roark
1O5O2-Car1 Miller
1O936-James Clyde Howell
1O9O6-Claude James Powers
11O55-John Wickliff Davis
107O5-Lewis Paul Horne
10124-Robert Clayton Roark
10326-Glenn Edward Sells
10637-Roby Hamilton
10473-Thomas Gather McNeill
1O299-James Wesley Poe
10214-Walter Wade Roland
10988-Loyd Jimmie Bare
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CHAPTER XIV
SYNOPSIS


SYNOPSIS
Drury Lane, retired Shakes
pearean actor, is helping Inspect
or Thumm and District Attorney
Bruno solve two battling muir
ders, The first is that of Harley
LOngstreet, a broker. Evidence
points to his partner, DesWitt.
Later Dewitt is tried for the
death of Wood, murdered con-
ductor of the trolley on which
Longstreet was killed. Acquitted,
Dewitt takes a train home. He is
shot dead in deserted car. His
fingers, rigid i'm death, are cross
ed. Dewitt and LOngstreet had
made their fortunes mining to-
gether i'm Urugay. They and Will
liam Crockett, another partner,
obtained the life Imprisonment of
Martin Slopes for his wife's muir
der. Slopes escaped and Dewitt
had been threatened. Lane tells
Thumm and Bruno that Slopes is
the murderer and that they have
seen him many times. Next day
Lane takes the same train with
Thumm and Bruno. When Ed
ward Thompson, the conductor,
comes through, Lane rises. Made
up as Harley LOngstreet he cen
fronts the man whom he believes
to be not only Edward ThOmp-
son, but Martin Slopes, the I'm
known gentleman of the supposed
Wood murder, and Charles Wood
himself. In explanation Lane
points out that is was obvious
the cork of poisoned needles
which caused LOngstreet's death
was handled by someone near
ing glOves-in mid summer-whO
could discard them without arOus-
! ing suspiciOn-the conductor
GAS a cOndustOr he had two
other advantages. First his coat
contained leather-lined pockets,
afforded absolute safety to him
self while keeping the weapon
ready to use. Second, he was GER
tain of an opportunity to drop the
weapon into his victims pocket
since everyone must, in cars of
the CrosstoWn type. pass by the
conductor. Unfortunately, I did
not know Wood was the author
of that anonymous letter, and by
the time we discovered it was too
late to prevent the second TRACE
dy. But when T saw that Wood
had written that letter, it could
only mean he was giving the
police false trail. But there was
something wrong here. Wood him
self was murdered"
Lane sighed and stretched his
legs. "You will recall, inspector,
that I took the inexcusable lib
erty of impersonating you when
I went to Woods rooming house
in Weehawken My purpose was
to pursue lines of inquiry I'M
hampered by the necessity of ex-
planation.I did not know definit-
ely for what to look. The bank
book was Woods browning touch.
He actually forfeited what must
hace been to him a considerable
sum, merely to lend color to the
illusion he was creating! When !
visited the personnel manager of
the street car company, still on
the trail of I knew not what, I be-
came aware of an intriguing fact.
The autopsy on the man identi-
10397-Walter Hobson Eldreth
! 1O078-Wiley Jennings Weaver
1O349-Roy Vinson Hartsog
10756-Wilber Wayne Reeves
10158-Spencer M. Woodie
Evening star., 1942-08-02
'Americanism Is a Matter of Spirit NOT of Birth,

often tried to make capital Of his Ger
man origin, but it never did them much
good because his unreserved loyalty to
the best interests OF America was too
apparent to all the world.
Entered Politics Early.
born crusader for what he believed
to be right, the young Carl Schurz soon
after he came to the United States. was
an ardent participant in American
politics and in the slavery dispute which
was then approaching climax. Unable
to speak single English sentence when
he arrived in 1852, he became in eight
years one of the most brilliant orators
in the country with a use of the Ian
guage that was fluent and lucid.
BY 1860 he was national figure and
he played an important, even decisive,
Evening star., 1942-08-02
Emery Place and Early Brightwood Residences

Watson, u S. A., retired, turned over to
the writer some data on the Grant house
that Is worth relating. The informat ton
is taken from "A Biographical Memorial
of Gen. Daniel Butterfield,' by Julia
Lorrilard Butterfield, and that part re-
lating to the Grant residence follows:
Home of Gen. Grant.
During the month Of January. 1865,
It was suggested to Gen. Butterfield. by
Alexander T. Stewart, that the rich mer-
chants and other wealthy men of New
York should raise fund of at least
100000 and present 1t to Gen. Grant
In recognition of the great service rem
dered by him to the country during the
Civil War. After Waterloo, said Mr..
e.swart tho British government pre-
sented wellington with an estate that
cost 81 500 900 and dukedom, with $780,
900 year for life, to maintain the estate
and title. After Appomattox Grant re-
ceived neither annuity, estate nor title
from our Republican Government, so I
think the omission must, in a measure,
be made good by our citizens If you
can spare time to carry out the sugges-
ton yeu may put me down for 5000.
I'm the following month the general
having, with the aid of other influential
friends, carried out with his character
istic energy the rich merchants sugges-
ton. sent the following letter to Gen.
Grant, and, two days later, received the
accompanying acknowledgment It may
be added that the ostensible purpose Of
the generous gift was to provide per-
manent home in Washington for the
general in chief and his family:
New York, February is, 1866.
at. Gen. U. S. Grant:
General: In accordance with the re-
quest Of many citizens OF New York,