Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1938 — Page 5

fcn will ■feature meet ■-.m Christian Education (inference K October lb-1 < K< l "' i " g “""‘t 1 ’ K"> anrrl Adams county K,... b. Irld Sunday and HLv October and llHT untstamlnx f.-aiure of the Heiman will ».■ th.- banquet for K, iWI" and rhristh.n workwill be held in the banK memos -he M I i hurch at | IK D in- October 1.KAv ’.m M Smith ol Chicago. K travel. :, author. Bible teachKeil I" I" 1 I' l '“"I’- 11 speaker Krd nnisie will be arranged. |K n «'.d will I"' served by the Kes of the church. |KI resP rvations are to be reKh'd no' la'" 'han October 13. Kir are on sale at 35 cents K pl.i" Res. nations may be |H„ with Miss Frames BuikbalK.; , -.rotary treas K. MiBB frieda Lehman. «» theK, Bank of Berne, or the foil- , Ktf members : the ticket comKttee Roll.nid Sprunger. chair|K. ; KJ . ; I-' • d Lindsey. it. tty MeshbergH ] Augsburger. Berniece Kisbaum. Hob." Brown. Rev. K. Earl Chase. ElizaCram. . Ev. ;•> it Johnson, Koos, lielinore Wechter, K- - r tiyneth SchindK Rkhard 11. "• i Verna BaumJanus von Gunten, Mrs. K y K . v Bennett Fulp. Kohls. K>. .'tinty Sunday school conKtim will be held at the Berne i church October 16 at and 7:30 p. m. and at the 1 Kim- M E. church at 9:30 a. nt. K. 6.15 and 7:30 p. m. October ■speakers i-r i| l( - convention will ■ Dr. Smith. E T. Alberson of ■lianapolis. field secretary for state: Mrs. Violet Rush Geiger M Fort Wayne, prominent childworker. o ■temporary writ ■NXTINVED rm-jj PAGE ONE) ■tie. which gave the county ■le to appear before the state I court and ask for the ■aixirary wri'. which would take Be petition out of Judge Kisters , ■tub and place it under the jurBdiction of Judge Huber M. De-i Moss. The commissioners era- I Boyetl N'athan C. Nelson of DecaBand W II Eichorn of Bluffton ■ present the petition for theBit of prohibition before the' Bireme court Monday. H the writ is made permanent, le remainder of the bond probings would be before Judge eVoss with the county repremted by Attorney Heller. Deputy Sheriff Leo Gillig now is the writ of prohibition ready serve on Judge Kister When he •pears today or Wednesday. Attorneys Eichorn ar.d Nelson ill argue the ease before the ipreme court on October 13 in i effort to have the temporary rit made permanent.

II 3ntwducing,: michael l. fansler El Democratic Candidate for Judge of The Supreme Court (Fifth District) ■ F* s r ‘°t mere accident that the Supreme Court of Indiana today, |M for the first time in many years, occupies an enviable position am °ng the high judicial tribunals of the several states. During the ■I past six years the court has t'oueht its docket from the deBB Mrable condition of being from jßfiaßSS?*' ■ ,’ ur ,o , ' V( ' years in arrears to X ' e Place ''here cases are dis- HSBctW' ■ Posed () f Bs soon as t - ney are EETH? ne^ed - While credit must be 9E © ■ *'’ en ‘o the court as a unit, cer- 1® ' : ■ u” c^? rac teristics of the indi- Mi f . * s. ‘W aa justices have been note- |Er W* » ■ orthy i n combining to bring j SB S la- * Situa t' ou of which the J v .jMsB 3 of lnd *w»* as well as the Btß&ltess* , 3, m . ber> of the legal profession EEaHk.y M lf <-justly prou d. 9 ba»n rfKe .Michael L. Fansler lias w JE99 9Hr ■ 8n ’“‘ tt ' Kra l Pait of the court K "4l 9i. i nc last six years. There few WOiißvdßlOl 9 iarisnr. P j aCC 111 I,is Philosophy of EOsLif W; ’ 9 idea u dence for the mistaken ■Efrgjjg 9 that t ? re '’ aleilt in bygone days j9|9 9 an? » ? upremc Court of Indi- lOHI jQ 9 reti r a 01ded a fitting method of BfejW Bhw e ”\ flonl artlve 'ife for 9 S os n?J’ ad altaincd 8011,8 MICHAEL L. FANSLER 9 HA °?? ,D^ e ? hC Pr °- “ f Logansport 9 *nd h. H brou «ht to the court B tha* 3 ? la ’ n t a i ne d all the energetic methods of disposing of work H work might L reasonabl y be expected of a lawyer accustomed to daily II the si?* 1 i S ° us y brm - He has insisted upon the daily application of jl must <i- ma hhematical formula that a court, to be up with its work, II Posed nf P °> Se as m,n y cases as are filed. That the court has disII his e . , even years’ work during the past six years is a tribute to I ,a getl^and ‘ircless efforts. > II «asedr? e ( a . ns!er was born in Logansport, Ind., on July 4, 1883. He |i Notre >? ated ln the public schools of Logansport, and graduated from B was adm a M e J Universi ‘y in June > 1905 - Following his graduation he II in his eh “ t 0 P r * c tice in Cass County. His steady and rapid rise Bl the ? en P rof ession culminated in his elevation to membership on II H? ? me , Court in Jaß “*ry, 1983. II f herishi as , v nys been actively identified with the Democratic party, ll »urine tk a ber , ita « e bequeathed him by his father and grandfathers, ll He ,s a e World War he served as chairman for Liberty Loan drives. E Knikhi-- nie,n^er °f the Catholic church and the Elks, Eagles and H *bilitv V Loiumbua lodges. The Democratic paiiy is proud of its fl ventionai faa P*ople Os Indiana to re-elect a jurist whose ex 041 ablllt y »»o universally acclaimed.

CLUB OPENING I (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) self a pattern ot Good Works " She then introduced the dis- . trlct federation president, Mrs. j Henry Heller, the county president, Mrs. W. Guy Brown and the department chairmen, each of whom gave a brief outline of the ; year's work. New members In each department were briefly in- . troduced. With a membership of 213, the year promises to lie one of the most active and profitable in the history of the club. DEATH PENALTY TO MAN, WIFE Arkansas Jury Condemns Man And Woman To Death Penalty Hot Springs. Ark.. Oct. 4 —(U.R) i — A jury found Lucille Goad, who claimed she married an ex-convict and bandit without knowing it, I gnilty of murder today and coni demited her to death. It also condemned her husband, Buford Goard, 37. who had confessed to five murders, all committed during holdups. He was said to have boasted to police when arrested that it was his technique to kill his victims. Dead men made poor witnesses. Mrs. Goad said her husband was known to her as Joseph B. Anderson and she was indicted and tried as Lucille Anderson. Goad, a Little Rock boy who served time in the Indiana penitentiary, was the only witness in their defense. He said he and two other men held up Eldon Cooley, 35, a Hot Springs grocer, and robbed him of SBOO, but that one of the others had fired the four shots w’hich killed him. His wife, he said, hadn’t been present. Mrs. Goad said she considered the verdict "very severe." If exe- ; cuted. she Will be the first woman to pay the extreme penalty in Arkansas. Alfred Dickson and Clarence Johnson. Goad's alleged compani ions in the robbery and murder, will go on trial today. DEMOCRATS TO DISTRICT MEET I Sen. Van Nuys To Be Main Speaker At Fort Wayne Wednesday Democrats of the county and others interested have been urged to meet at the Democratic headquarters over the Decatur Democrat office, Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in order to attend in a body the fourth district rally to be held in the Shrine Auditorium at Fort Wajmc Wednesday at 8 o'clock The principal speaker and The guest of honor is to be United States Senator Frederick Van Nuys Others on the program will

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY. OCTOBER. I, 1938.

ELEVEN OF DIAMONDS" BAYNARD H. KENDRIOK

SYNOPSIS Edward Fowler, a wealthy gambler, is murdered at the Sunset Bridge Club in Miami. His body, with a knife in the back, is found in the .poker room. Fowler had played that evening with Millie La France, a seductive blond; Ben Eckhardt and Dave Button, but quit the game when Millie accused him of throwing it. He paid the owner, Toby Munroe, for his and Millie's losses and ostensibly left only to be found dead in an adjoining room early the next morning. A mysterious prowler discovered the body, following which the police received an anonymous phone call informing them of the crime. Two weeks previous, Fowler had searched the hotel suite of the Durlyn Bessingers. Bessinger claimed to be a wealthy grain merchant but Fowler believed this only a blind as letters found in a trunk relating to his grain business were evidently written by Bessinger to himself. The Bessingers were at the club the night Fowler died. Bruce Farraday, the millionaire, enlists the services of private detective Miles Standish Rice to help clear up the murder because his son, Tolliver, is involved. The boy’s torn check to Fowler for the sum of ten thousand dollars was found in the latter's room. Farraday, Sr., tells Leßoy and Stan that his party, consisting of his daughter Eve, Tolliver, and Mrs. Staunton (a friend) had left the club about 1 A.M. (two hours after Fowler left) and gone to the Alligator Inn with a Commander Eric Dawson, whom he had just met, and the Bessingers. Glen Neal, the society reporter, was also in the party. Later, Millie arrived at th* Alligator Inn with Eckhardt and Button. Next morning, Stan and Leßoy search the club for cluea. The door leading from the bridge room to the poker room where Fowler was killed is locked and the key missing. Toby finally admits that he locked it because Caprilli, the gangster, had engaged the poker room and wanted privacy. But not one of the gang showed up. Stan can't understand why ail but Fowler’s chair was put away when a poker party was expected. Juan, the servant, claims he had set them up. Stuck in a pack of cards on the table at which Fowler was sitting, ■Stan finds an odd one—an eleven of diamonds Eckhardt claims Dave Button introduced Fowler to the Sunset Club and that the latter owed Button sixty thousand dollars. Button makes no mention of the money to the police. Stan has Millie's record checked, on the theory she may have been a gun-moll. The lack of identification for Fowler was striking. There was nothing in his effects to tell who his people were or where he came from. For some unknown reason he was covering up. CHAPTER XII Yet, with all his thoroughness, the dead man had left Tolliver Farraday’s torn-up check in his room. It had an ugiy appearance. Those four pieces of paper were good for one thing alone. Blackmail. Stan went inside again, snapping his long fingers. The phone was ringing, and tie had never liked blackmail. “She's in the files, all right,” Leßoy reported. “But not much. She was Zorrio’s gal at the time we ran him out of Miami four years ago. Her real name is Mildred Loomis. She was in the Casino :horus. Nothing against her except keeping late hours in bad company." “Where's the boy friend, Zorrio?” “On the ‘Rock.’ They moved him from Atlanta to Alcatraz last year. He has ten to go. What’s on your mind?” “The sixty grand Eckhardt claims Fowler owed Dave Button. I’ll tell you more tomorrow. I’m dated with the Farradays tonight.” Stan went to the upstairs porch to tell Doris and Donald he would

Include Sen. Sherman Minton; ‘ State attorney general Omer Stockes Jackson, who is Democrat -, ic state chairman and who will introduce the candidates; Samuel D ' Jackson, of Fort Wayne; Congressman James I. Farley, and Harry ‘ K. Gottschalk, Democratic candidate for mayor of Fort Wayne. Othef officials will include Vlr- j gil M. Simmons, fourth district . i Democratic chairman. I The large delegation from this county is being sought by county , party leaders due to the tact that ; this is the first time in 20 years : the county has been represented ! ion the state Democratic ticket, j Judge Huber M. DeVoss is a can- J didate for the state appellate court, northern district. Transportation will be provided those who have do means of their , own. if they call the Democratic headquarters, phone 108. —o Bank Nigrht Case Decided By Jury Lu Crosse, Wis. A six-man’ jury in county court here, found Ted Bolnlck. manager of Wclworth's Hollywood theatre, not guilty of conducting a loitory at the house in connection with tho operation of Bank Night. The jury's decision resulted in dismissal of a similar action against William Friese, manager of the Rivoli Theatre and the La Crosse Theatres Co., and the re- | turn of Bank Night equipment seized I'v the police, to both lions- j es. ’ The defense contended that pur-

not ba home far supper. Sunday supper in the Buchanan home was tasty and cold. Stan usually sought the solace of an Italian restaurant in Miami, where he could let himself go berserk ovir a pound of spaghetti. The Sunday afternoon traffic was heavy, but Stan’s handling of his shiny sports coupe was always a feat worth watching. He made good time across the Venetian Way, and turned north. Millie LaFrance had an apartment on North East 22nd Street. It was Millie he wanted to see. She occupied the upper floor of a trim two-story house, and Stan’s appearance aided him in gaining admittance. Millie’s Sunday morning rest had been rudely disturbed by the probing questions of Detective Hogue. She was in a vile pet, and had settled herself on the upstairs porch to eatch up on sleep when she saw Stan’s coupe pull up to the curb. Temperamentally Millie LaFrance was unable to bar the door to any personable male caller. A combination of shiny coupe, six feet three of bronzed yellow-haired stranger, and sixty dollars worth of white flannel suit threw her into a dither. When she opened the door, she had donned a pair of white satin pajamas built to cover but not to hide. Stan reminded himself, firmly, that nature was a wonderful thing, and tried to keep his roving eyes fixed on a Chinese joss in the corner. She stood in the doorway, smiling politely, but it was apparent she was curious about the visit The joss was poor competition for Millie. Stan’s fixed gaze skidded badly. A clever introductory speech he had formulated in the car slipped his memory entirely. “I hate to intrude,” he began, “but I’m most anxious to get some information about Edward Fowler. I thought you might help me.” Millie quit smiling and evaluated her caller with a glance keen beyond her years. “Another flatty—so help me Gawd!” She shook an artistically curled head of golden locks into disarray. “The graft must be good this season. Come in. Copper, and rest your weary feet. Baby will tell all.” Stan winced. He was proud of his feet, and the term “flatty” hinted of broken arches. He followed her inside, his mind divided between approval of the physical attractions of his guide, and an unrelated feeling that Millie was relieved to find him a representative of the law. He refused a seat on a soft divan, which caution told him was too low, and too comfortable, for Miles Standish Rice. He wanted to remain on his feet so he could look around the room —and keep a discreet distance from his involuntary hostess. “Maybe I gave you a wrong impression, Miss LaFrance. I’m on a private investigation connected with Fowler’s death. I’ve been retained by Mr. Bruce Farraday—who was at the club last night. My name is Miles Standish Rice. I’m really not a regular copper." “No?” Millie wore a speculative look. Stan wondered if he had overdone the charming manner. She stretched out on the divan and lit a cigarette. “What do you want to know?” she asked. “How well did you know Edward Fowler?’’ There was tension in the room as soon as he asked the question. Millie’s laugh was strained. “You have a lot of nerve, Mister. What do you mean by ‘how well’?” “Perhaps I should have said ‘how long’?” “I hardly knew the louse. I played bridge with him a couple of times. He cost me plenty. I told that to the dicks who were here this morning.” Stan began to walk slowly about the luxurious room, picking up small objects, turning them over in his hand and replacing them. He turned toward the girl. “Ben Eckhardt

• chase of an admission ticket to the theatre was no “consideration" paid for the prize award. o— — GiATH CLAIMS I S. F. BOWSER Fort Wayne Industrialist Dies At Home Mon- , day Night i i Fort Wayue, Ind., Oct. 1 (UR) ■ — Funeral services are being arranged here foday for Sylvanus F. Bowser, prominent Fort Wayne industrialist and inventor, who died at his home last night. Bowser was president of the S. F. Bowser and Co.. Inc., which he founded 39 years ago to manufacture the pumps he invented. The concern grew to be one of the I world's largest makers of pnmds. I Bowser was interested in hankIng, serving in executive capacities in two former Fort Wayne banks, and was prominent iu civic affairs. He built the Hugh Bow- 1 ser Free Melhdffist church Here,} and served as an honorary deacon in the First Baptist church fori many years. Surviving are six children, thlrtcen grandchildren, and a brothel*. Worked Irt Decatur Mr. Bowser was employed in a | Decatur woolehs mill when he was I a young man and also worked tor I J a tture wit*beast of Decatur, lie has ofteu told the story that the

said that Fowler owed • gambler named Button sixty thousand dollars. Did you ever hear that?” “He probably did. Fowler wiA a louse.” “Did you ever hear he did?” Stan persisted. “Yes, I heard it. I heard it the same place Ben Eckhardt heard it. Button said so at the card table last night—just after Fowler left” Stan was.leafing through a small photo-album. He replaced it on the table. There was a drop-leaf writ ing desk in the corner. He pnllcd out the chair and sat down at the desk. A half-circle blotter, sur mounted by an onyx alligator, was on the desk. He turned it over, idly i regarding the blotter. “Was it be- I cause Fowler cost you money that you fought with him in the club"” Stan asked. “You raised Cain, from what I can hear." “I’m going to raise Cain now!" The shrillness crept hideously into Millie’s voice. “I’ve said everything I’m going to say. Now scram, you sniveling snoop. You’ve had your nose in everything in here. Now get out!" Stan rested an elbow on the desk, placed chin in palm, and looked steadily at the beautiful face flushed in anger. His eyes were troubled. He hated to hurt anything as gorgeous as Millie. It was comparable to deliberately bruising a voluptuous flower. “Caprilli’s in Miami, Miss Loomis. If word has leaked in to Zorrio in Alcatraz that you and Eckhardt—” Stan leaped to his feet and put an arm around the girl’s shoulders, lowering her down on the divan. She lay motionless, her face white as the satin clinging to her form. | He poured a drink from a decanter, gave it to her, and watched the color creep slowly back to her face. “How did you know?” Her voice was lifeless, the shrillness gone. “You’ve died a thousand deaths, haven’t you? Going with Eckhardt in constant fear of a man in prison thousands of miles away. Then in love with Fowler—and the double fear of Eckhardt and Zorrio both—” “But if you know—” A quick , fearful gesture of hand to mouth stopped her words. Then she went on, hopelessly: “Ben was good to me after Zorrio left. I didn’t know then what a brute he is at heart. 1 can’t tell you—it’s impossible. I was scared to leave him—am scared now. Ed was a wonderful man—” “And you quarreled with him in front of Eckhardt so Ben wouldn’t be suspicious?” Millie nodded. “Ed settled my debts at the Sunset last night before he was killed. I had to be so careful—” “You weren’t careful when you brought Fowler here, and he signed travelers’ checks at your desk," Stan warned. “Part of his signature is still on your blotter. And it’s well not to forget that Moneta Caprilli was Zorrio's friend. The snapshots of you and Ben Eckhardt in that album, innocent as they look might take you on a one way ride. Caprilli'a boys have a habit of prowling that’s worse than mine.” Stan stretched out a hand. “Shall we be friends?" Her hand was cold when she clasped his. “I’d do anything to help find who killed Edward Fowler. I loved him.” “You can help by telling me all you knew about him.” She shook her head, sadly. “1 knew nothing about him. He nevei spoke about himself—and my training in the past has been that questions are dangerous. Ail I know is I loved him from the day I met him —and I’d even die to find the skunk who killed him.” She pressed het hands wearily to her forehead. “Even if the man’s Ben Eckhardt—and he's said a hundred times he’d slit the throat of any man I looked at twice!” (To Be Continued) Copyright by Greenberg. Publisher. Ina. Diilributed by King Featuru Syndicate, Ina

idea of the oil pump, which made him rich and famous, came to him , while riding in Decatur. I He had many friends in this county and visited here frequently and several times during the last summer he made visits to Decatur. ASK STATE TO ’ (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) road is scheduled to begin this year by the state highway departi incut. j Right of ways arc being purchased for the extension of this road from Geneva to the southeast corner of the county. Right of ways will be purchased for the extension of state road 101 south through St. Mary's township from its termination at the Union-St. Mary's township line. These roads are scheduled to be built next year. The state and federal govern inents are to pay for the construction of these roads and the state for the maintenance. They will also construct, several new bridges along the route, each of which ; would cost more than the. entire amount the couuty is to pay for ' right oi ways and which the conn- , fy must re build unless taken over by the state. — o * TODAY S COMMON ERROR Mausoleum is pionouticed ' i mau-so-le’-uui' not man -so’-le-um '

NO OBJECTIONS FILED TO DATE Saturday Final Day For Objections To Hospital Addition No objections or remonstrances have as yet been filed against the proposed nurses home addition to the Adams county memorial hospital, although It is reported a number of remonstrances are being circulated over the county. The remonstrances, to be effectI ive, must be filed with County I Auditor John W. Tyndall on or be- ! fore Saturday. The commissioners and the board of trustees of the hospital originally asked for $55,650 improvement to the hospital. On this basis, petitions were circulated and a PWA grant was obtained for 45 per cent of the cost or $25,287, leaving a balance due from the county at $30,287. Council Approves Bonds Later when the county council approved the bond issue, an ordinance was adopted for the issuance of bonds by the county in the the previous amount for special sum of $33,000, an increase over fees and expenses. A notice to the taxpayers, announcing a special session of the I council for the construction of an addition and jalterations to thej county hospital asked for the issuance of $35,000 in bonds, an increase of $2,000.

The county is not re-inibursed 1 by the PWA for the extra sum of about $5,000 over the original a- | mount. ' In a public statement Monday, i the commissioners and hospital I trustees pointed out that the $35.- I CHAPTER XHI Stan Rice was angry when he left Millie weeping in her apartment—ingry with himself for making her :ry; angry with despotic destiny, who frivolously enjoyed despoiling girls with too much beauty. He took t out on the amenable coupe by iriving it nearly to Fort Lauderdale at twenty-five miles a hour, disregarding the infuriated sirens of delayed motorists behind him. Near Fort Lauderdale he refueled the car with gas, and himself with two Scotch highballs. On the return trip, with food ahead, he passed everything on the road. Confronted with a large bowl of spaghetti, and a bottle of choice Chianti, life seemed slightly brighter. He ate slowly, and began thinking that the strands, emanating from Fowler’s murder, were becoming involved as the tangled spaghetti. He sighed, and poured another glass of Chianti. Captain Vincent Leßoy never found murders so involved. He was a man of direct methods —given to forming conclusions based on sound judgment, and proving his conclusions correct, or incorrect, by arduous labor. The distress of delectable ladies was entirely clinical to Leßoy. He put a woman’s tears into the cold type of a report—a revolting idea to Miles Standish Rice. Leßoy would be pleased to hear about Millie. He would add the name of Ben Eckhardt to his already formed list of Class “A” Suspects—unless the gambler was already thereon. A clever, patient detective would be assigned to digging out Eckhard’t history from birth. Tho Captain would either approve, or reject, the results. Stan was certain the Captain was not through with Tolliver Farraday. Wild young men with too much money, desirous of hiding their escapades from stern fathers, were grist for the mill, in Leßoy’s estimation. It was true that if Eckhardt had an opportunity to kill Fowler, young Tolliver, or anyone in the cl'ab [night have done so. But Stan believed that Eckhardt’s possible motives of jealousy, and Dave Button’s sixty thousand dollars, were forces more apt to drive men to murder than the bad check of a scared boy. Annoyed at a chain of inconclusive reasoning, Stan settled the bill and phoned Leßoy from a booth in the restaurant. ‘‘You better put a couple of men to watch Millie,” he advised. ‘‘You might have another murder on your hand?. She and Fowler were close as a pair of paper matches—and Ben Eckhardt may find it out.” “Eckhardt? Where docs he come in?” “He is one of Millie’s boy friends,” Stan said drily. “Were Fowler’s prints on the eleven of diamonds?” Leßoy paused. Stan heard him speak softly to someone beside the phone. There was a minor umbrage in his reply: "It’s not like you to hold out on the department, Stan. Fowler’s fingerprints were on the card. What do you know that you’re not telling?” “Nothing, so help me, Vince.” Stan was convincingly frank. “I thought Fowler put that card where we found it. Why, I don’t know. What’s the use of guessing?” “I believe you. But that queer card clouds the issue. What about Caprilli?” “If he's still in town. I’ll see him tonight." “You want a man to go with you? There may be trouble.” “I’m just paying him a friendly call. I think I better go alone.” “Have it your own way—but keep in touch.” Another call put Stan in touch with Weems at the Royal Palms. Mr. Farraday was not in his suite. Weems had instructions to communicate with Mr. Rice as soon as 1 Tolliver and Eva returned. Stan

000 bond Issue by the county would be paid off over a 17Vi year period at the rate of $2,000 a year, which, based on the present vatluution of , the county, would require an in- 1 crease in taxes over the 17Vi year period of about ofte cent on the SIOO ol property tax valuation. The $2,000 Annually, however, would I not include interest on the $35,-} 000 in bonds or maintenance on the $60,000 ipiprovenient. Approximately 750 signed the petition asking for the improve ment. It is not known how many of tHese will be certified by Auditor Tyndall as qualified tax payers of the county. — o REPORT TRACE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) the union saw them off at Moscow, including Lazar Kaganovich, commisar for defense of industry, and Gen. Alexander Loktionov, commander In chief ot the air force. For nearly 24 hours the plane sept in constant radio communication with Moscow, and was going well It entered an area of snowfall and rain and in the neighborhood of Lake Baikal communication began to fail. It was restored temporarily, with better weather, but at 6:53 a. in. I Sept. 25 there was a final contact > and silence. A search on a grand scale was instituted o ,r er an area of about 500 miles from north to south and 1,000 miles from Lake Baikal eastward. Airplanes, parties of hunters on horseback and reindeer and motorboat expeditions searched open country, forests, rivers and lakes. I Fifty airplanes in all were used. At 1:30 p. m. yesterday Pilot Sakharov, of a civil aviation ser-| vice seaplane, saw a plane on the ; ground southwest of Lake Amut-I kit. He swept down to within 30 feet of the ground and reported said he would call later, and left h the restaurant to kill time in a ” picture show, . It was after eleven when he came out. He drove down to the waterfront, near the foot of Sixth Street, ’ parked his car, and made his way past a number of charter boats out ( to the end of a dock. A trim speed- . boat, manned by two uniformed . men, was bumping gently against . the offside of a small cruiser. . Stan crossed the deck of the , cruiser, and stepped down into the speedboat. One of the men recogj nized him and nodded. “Do you , mind waiting?” the man asked. 1 "We’re expecting another party.”

> W- ' r.l ■jZ ‘-A*; w v W O9BF/ / \ A : - ■' h? ■ feVz yz i. ■ The speedboat pulled away, leaving Stan bathed in the hard radiance . of the spotlight.

I “The boss is expecting me.” Stan 1 spoke with an assurance which carried weight. He was far from feeli ing such assurance himself. He was 1 taking a chance on a basis of much r hearsay, and very little actual > knowledge. “I want to go to the 1 private landing. It might be better if I went alone." s The other man, at the wheel of the speedboat, turned. “Mr. Keefe • didn’t say any‘hing about picking s you up.” ’ “And I said nothing about seeing i Joe Keefe,” Stan made a move as if ! to leave the speedboat. “Maybe I s better hire a boat of my own.” > “Maybe you had, friend,” the see- . ond man said shortly “But I s wouldn’t try to land it at the Four s Leaf Clover’s private dock. That’s reserved for our boats. If you’re ' going there—sit down and we’ll I take you.” > The first man cast loose and . pushed off. Water bubbled noisily at the stern. Stan leaned back and r relaxed, giving way entirely to the t soothing quality of speed on the water, and the brush of soft night i wind against his face. Key Biscayne had loomed on the left, and the boat ’ was answering to the first gentle heave of the open sea, before it f slackened speed. Stan stirred in his seat, and opened his eyes. The 3 lights of the Four Leaf Clover were close ahead. II The big three-storied barge was i. doing a rushing Sunday night busii. ness. Dedicated to amusement, it - offered dancing in a Venetian a' s mosphere on the screened top deck, a'and a choice selection of food and

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COUNTY BOARD APPROVES BIDS Commissioners Award Contracts For Infirmary Supplies Contracts were awarded today to the low bidders for supplx a to be furnished at the county Infirmary for the last three monthe of this year, by the county commlMloffCrs. Rhodes Bakery at Geneva was the low- bidder on the bread contract at seven cents a loaL Other bids were Hon-E.-Krust Bakery, Decatur, eight cents, and Amstutz Bakery, Berne, nine cents. The grocery contract was awarded to Walter Deltsch, of Decatur, who was 60 cents lower than the Home Grocery. Mr. Deitsch’s bid *as $151.74 and the Home Grocery hid was $152.34. Sprunger and Lehman of E’erne bid $155.85. The Home grocery was 77 cents lower on the tobacco bid at $82.98 tnan the $83.75 bid made by Walter Deltsch. he saw clearly a twin engined ' plane and two persona near it } signaling with white cloths. Five minutes later Pilot Burklokov in a second plane saw the grounded plane. An hour later Pilot Romanov saw it from a third plane. Each saw two people be--1 side it. i O ; Trade In A (Sood Town — Decntur releaves bob colds ’ WMF WW Fever and i.lQt in. tablets Headaches StLIE. NOSE DKOPS due to Colds Try »Rub-U) -Tinni"—a Wonderful IJiiiiiient : I drink on the second floor. But the i real income was derived from the I cloistered salon in the stern, where : I the click of the tiny bail and the ■ riffle of cards drew a favored few , admitted by invitation. ’ The speedboat passed the regu- . lar landing, brightly ifluininated • with Japanese lanterns, and circled I toward the stern. There a narrow , runway on floats extended twenty feet into the water, marked only i with two red lanterns at the end. > The stern quarter of the barge was - doubly dark, due to the brightness i and gayety of the forward section. . As the boat touched the end of the ’ runway an overhead floodlight was

turned on by some unseen watcher. The speedboat pulled away, leaving Stan bathed in the hard radiance of the spotlight. * The light went out as unexpectedly as it had been turned on. Before Stan’s eyes could adjust themselves to the change, a man was standing less than a foot away, blocking the runway to the barge. “This is not for visitors. Yonr boatman must have made a mistake, mister. I’ll row you around to the main landing.” “I asked to come here. I want to see the boss.” “Joe Keefe is the boss. His office is off the bar on the second floor. I’ll row you around.” Stan turned his back to the man and watched the hypnotizing revolutions of an air beacon on the shore. “I'm Miles Standish Rice. Once Moneta CaprilH was accused of one thing ho didn’t do. He wouldn’t be on this boat now—except for the fact that I found the man who committed that crime.” “I don’t know what you’re talking about, mister. You better see Mr. Keefe.” “I could have tipped off Leßoy.” Stan was still watching tlvo beacon. “Even with Moneta’s private speedboat concealed under the Four-Leaf Clover—he won’t want to try a getaway when there’s nothing against him. Leßoy’s mad that he came back to Miami. I cart save trouble —for both sides.” “Wait here.” (To Ba Continued) Corrntht Or Cnubart. Pubhshar. Tas DiiUlwuUd bar kxua a«*uut« oacitLc&U. !■£.