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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1937 THE CMNTON CHRONICXE, CLINTON, S. C. df) not women liave votes which are no less to be dreaded at the polls ' than those of men ? j ' To the suggestion Synopsis: A card game is in sessionjly.” he said, in Elmer Henderson’s penthouse atop!about the height a New York skyscraper. The players are: Henderson, Police Inspector Fla herty. Martin Frazier, Archie Doane, Max Michaelis, and his friend^ Wil liams, a/, stockbroker. They are waiting for Stephen Fit*- garald. When he fails to , appear, a telephone call brings the information that' he is out with a girl. Fitzgerald and Henderson are both romantically intcresUHl la Lydia Latte, the famous actress, but Archie Doane reveals that ' she is engaged to marry him. Doane leaves the party early when Fitzgerald fails to appear. A short time later he telephones Inspector Flaherty with the frantic news that he has found Fitzgerald and Miss Lane dead in Lydia’s penthouse apartment When Flaherty and the medical ex aminer reach the apartment, they find that Miss Lane is still alive. She is rushed to a hospital where blood transfusions and care promise to re store her. All circumstantial endence points to .Aichie Doane as the murderer. SEVENTH INSTALLMENT A search began when it seemed as if nothing could escape. But at the Capital Guesses On Court Choice, Predicted In WaehinKton Preei.|:^ dent Will Name Woman To fessionally in such measure as to Supreme Bench. [secure .senate confirmation, the ani^ — ♦ - ■ . j wer i.s made that Mr. Roosevelt has Washington, Aug. 9.—While thef"’^^'" ea.<t.vvreach the'solution of that gui's«_ers era wondering whom the j puzzle. In 1934 , I president will .afipoint to the vacancy j, nominated Miiss Florence E. Al- \Nashmgton, Aug. I*.—The first ses-^,,.y^i(.}i Senator Borah ,argue.s doesl^^"* suprerne bench of the sion* of the 75th congress is now atjnot exist) on the supreme court as g!^fate of Ohio, as a United States cir- "That weuM b. ja-t| in tiU worltLMartig; Mjeve that^4‘>- P°int of 150th "f the retirement “f itof Fitz’s heart. Sotv.ichie Doane. .rtanding in the doorway anniversary of the nation ia •'>»'>t tb^ Tennessee.’ The fj?! if he was Standing out here, right be-rof the bedroom there—for we know j be celebrated by the observation "of i aide the telsphone. facing it- by evidenee of the footprint, in the ,he Constitutional se.squieentennial.!M^’RoosTveit "ikTsT'apring aur I thTnk Fkz was^hot jult as he w-Lsi^^^ chimney than that-could throw go down in political hinory'prises and to set new precedents starting for the telephone. Someone who wAuted to keep him from calling up. Shot out here, aj)d carried into the other room.” “Looks reasonable,” Michae’iis ad mitted have fallen prone right here, look on the rug for blood.’’ “Good idea,” the inspector agreed. this pistol so accurately as to hit a,not so much for what it has done as hole in the side of the chimney top | for what it refused to do. twenty feet away, without disturbing, the snow on the edges of the hole ? j Throw it with his gloves on — for there arc no fingerprintarbti it “It would have to be backed by j-prettyi positive proof of other inen'mi- i nating 'circumstances,” admitted Fra- It refused .‘‘o grant power to the president to enlarge the supreme court ,and now its mt'mbers "^re^anx ate confirmed the nomination and she has been a federal circuit ju.stice ever since. 'Having approved her for He’has already been the firat Chief senate ^y Executive to. appoint a woman in '* his cabinet and - it a woman would be right no ' if the president were to ’nomi nate her for promotion? It baa in line with his temperament to PJ’of^ssional qualif^ations the first^tQ* name a woman to the | nothing has been supreme court. If he does not do againrt her efficiency since she ious to get back home and put their | at the first opportunity which is i^** oiccupied the federal bench. I zier. “But men have been'sent to the ears to the ground, to find out j now before him and which he has whether their constituents will stand be^n pondering for several months. he will have^ other, opportunities; and 'if he does not use one of them to give the brethren of the highest he will have * by them, or whether the president Again the searchlights were/?brought i “LViV av ** believes, the over- iinto olav and a small dark soot on no clearer circumstantial ev- support of the voters. the oriental rug which covered accumulated around ^he representatives and a j tribunal a sister, floor of the foyer was disclosed. j _ _ {bird of the senators come^ip-feri “T'i.-f olcction ncxt year. In the Southern not like him to lose. That kn^ks the burglar theory, Mj^haelis. The inspector states, where victory at the Demo- said Inspector Flaherty. A burglar I,implement oh a table and the might have killed him ® i^iwyer focused the rays of an elec re- wouldn’t have dragged him into the other room.” “Were-the rugs disarranged when you came in?” “No, sir; everything was in per fect order, except for the bodies,” was the camera man’s reply. “I’ll ask Archie if he found them In disorder/’ %aid Michaelis. He was starting toward the door of the stu- dio where Doane was resting, as the to Archie—’ trie floor lamp upon it while he (Scrutinized it from every possible angle. “Look it over, Dan,” he^ said, at cratic primaries/has always been tan tamount to election, they have only half a year or so in which to buiW their fences before the spring pri maries. That is one reason for opposition last. “See if you can find a scratch to the suggested recess" until October, on it. “Not a scratch,” the inspector ad mitted, after a minute examination. “Then the feat which you attribute ISO that the administration’s proposals It is a safe conjecture that the supreme court would not relish the idea of having a lady member, bu't it wouldn’t say so and the presi dent wouldn’t care anything about that consideration, anyhow. Irking the big court in such a way might really give him very keen pleasure Nor could the senate, wha|:ever it could be cleared 'off the state and would think deep down in its sys- the road cleared for the big business j ten), ever afford to reject a judicial of the second session, which is tax | appointee just because she happened "revision. Another reason- is'" that ifjtO'ln* a woman. Is not Mrs. Caraway I they took a recess, the boys would, a .-senator right at this moment? And ^nd of fFfteen minutes when eveT'v telephone rang. In .spector Flaherty i “Fip not attributing anything tO' i i r «nd 01 litteen minutes, wnen every p a f \rch'e Max ” objected Flaherty “I’m have to pay their own railroad fares “It’s for you Martin” he said to only hoping’we can find ati ‘out’ for|ho'n^ and back, whereas if they ad- der the Constitution, is commander Fra^r. Thi i^^sista^^^^^ Circumstances are attributingJ-rn they can collect ten cents a; in-ch.ef of the army ami navy.. ney picked Up the renteiver. as Mi-things to him. not me.” . he treasury, ^th ways. chaelis went into the .studio. Inspec-| “Well, put it another way then,”j future ol .xew ileal X/'&vr%Urti:Ur.If 'h- l•r«UK.„t wm ton..;..,, .t^tlon d..vo,op; the pre. thwart thriront door He-^irriod I throw thi., irun into the chimney i„ down their oppomtion only it they are e,.-e contrary n. more nearly toie But iJrthing in hi, hand, the nature otithe .ay it mu,t have been thrown ititre,np|e,l on by the folk, back home,].t is a e^tmirenoy which |^,jtettmK Those who believe that Miss Allen will become a member of the supreme court, either now or within the next year or so, point out that's|ie is only i>3, that she is a Democrat, ^nd that she comes from Ohio, which is a it-if 4?pertttcany-pivotal state. Bom in Salt Lake City, she moved in her childhood to 'Cleveland, and was highly educated academically, in music, and in law. After three years as lecturer on mu sic for the New York city board of education, she returned to Cleve land, t^k up the practice of law, became county pro.secutor, county judge, and eventually judge of the state supreme court, on which she wa.s serving her second term when Mr. Roosevelt cho.se her for the federal ciivuit justiceship she now holds. possible spot where a bullet might an.swered have lodged had been examined, the result was negative. - “.All right,” said Inspectof’ Flaher ty, “if it isn’t in this room it's some where el.se. What’s in here?” He opened the door leading to the dres.sing room and its adjoining bath. On a chair in the dressing room lay a fur coat, a hat and an afternoon carelessly flung there as if the wearer had taken them off hurriedly and thrown them wherever they chanced to drop. A pair of shoes- which had been toesed'into a comer increased the impression that Miss Lane had been interrupted at her toi let by some unexpected visitor, to greet whom she had donned the ki mono in which she had been found, without taking time to hang up her other clothes. Lifting the dress from the chair Inspector Flaherty disclosed M iss Lane’s purse, as plainly dropped! wherever it chanced to fall. A quick glance disclosed that it contained only .some key.s, a handkerchief, a make-up compact and a few dollars in money. But in the dressing room and the bathroom there was no trace of a 'BuTIet T The searchers • .stepped into the It would be a scandalous over statement to .say that anybody ' in Members of congress who have gone M’ashington is hopeful that such a which Frazier’s glance as he spoke into the ’phone, did not distinguish. “Here’s something Interesting, chief,"" said the detective, with a mo tion of his head toward the bedroom into which Flaherty followed him. Frazier joined Michaelis and Doane a minute later. “That was Doctor but will put up a strong fight to’.serious attentiion from many of the NOTICE Why not keep your money at home by giving your magazine subscrip tions toi— JAMES W. CALDWELL CaU 88 are prone to believe in them. “Now, if this pistol had been thrown it was Archw Doane who threw it;i ,, i i i i that’s admitted. The chance , of it jsw'ng public sentiment their way un able.st p.olit|cal leaders striking that hole by accident, if ^^ey find that course hopeless. Labor I arty In 1940 were merely thrown blindly, is al>out 1 Tho.se who have stood by the admm- The labor situation i3 beginning to one in a million, for a rough estimate, jistration are tniually eager'to learn take on political aspects with the But accidents do hapVen. ahd juries first haml whether they have presidential campaign of 1940 m the helped or hampered their own politi-' off mg. The retirement ^)f Mr. Roose- cal fortunes. What they fiml out will'velt's friend, Major George L. Berry, determine the temper of the session: U.-S. senator from Tennessee, from, which will begin next January. ' 'the pre.sidency of labor’s non-partisani covered consciousness’ and in twelve only possible course through the airi The whole future of the New Deal j league and the election of John L| hours or so will be able to talk. Car-1 which vould take it directly into rhat|'» wrapped up m the an.swcr to the, Lewl.k. to succeed him, is regarded; rel says So far s^ is still in a daze hole in the chimney, what would haveU^^’^tion whether the electorate .still here as a move toward putting yiew | and rem^lirs nothing that hap- happened? Would it suddenly have I "Stands overwhelmingly behind the pabor party into the field m 1.40. , ,ed’’ altered it.s trajectory in the center 1^’acks up congress m its| That Lewis will Ik- its candidate is| Thank God’” burst from the lips of the flue, and from traveling h'6ri- bid for indeixmdence. Thus the second. regarded as doubtful,, but he will be^ Archie ^ane “ThVn this who^e zontally. or nearly so, have changed this congress may well be the dominant force. \ Carrel on the ’phone,” he said. “Miss i from any distance, even a few feet, Lane will pull through. She ha.s re-j ami had accidentally traversed the Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ••• and ••• EMBALMERS Ambulance Service Phones 41 and 399-J L RUSSELL GRAY tad JV. barks ADAIR. Gen. Mgra. of 9 horrible business will be cleared up.”!to a Vertical course downward^ Is it oj greater political importance “I hope so. It’.s a Chinese puzzle possible, under the knowm laws of •square entrance foyer and resumed JJieu-jicn^tiny, Max-Michaelis, opeay ing the door of the poat closet, took Archie Doane’s coat and hat from the hook where Martinelli had hung them. Except for a coat or two which tvere obviously Miss Lane’s there was noth ing else on the hooks.’ “What’s that in the farther corner, _ Dan?” asked the lawyer. Insi/ector F’laheity turned his searchlight in the indicated direction. “Looks like a bullet hole to me,” he said. “That’s what it is!” he ex claimed after a closer scrutiny. A moment’s digging in the plaster with his penknife disclosed the bullet. “An other thirty-two,” said the inspector as he dug the missile out. “Where was filed from, now?” He backed out of the closet, his eye on the bullet hole, which was about four and one-half feet above the floor. “Bullet went in almost horizointal- now,” said Ins|)ector Flaherty, e^'fer- ing the room'. He carried one hand behind him, and the expression on hjs face was grave and stetn^^-* “Here’s something which tangles the whole business,” he .said, facing Max Michaelis and Arcbie Doane. “Did you ever see thi.s l>efore, Doane?”‘ He whipped his hand from behind "tu-s back and displayeil a nickel-plated pearl-handled revolver, gravitation, for a missile to take a sudilen right angle drop, unless it than the first has been. Snni-Japanese Situation The one chance of something like: happens to strike an obstruction of|bannony, shrawd observers here be-j ^m^'kind?^’ —Utevtv'l^-^^hat—the ^ortunejr the-J ► “I get you, .Max-,” .said the inspec-1 become so involy-| tor. “If thi? gun had bt‘en thrown if' the war situation in Asia as to ThTo the chtmney~it would have hitlf”^'*^^ pulilic interest and attention the hrick« on the^other side md there!the war to the exclusion of all, would he a scratch on it to show 1 <b)mestic matters. Nobody ituhliclyj wiiere'it had struck. Instead, it was !»<><•« «*' far as to even breathe the; dropped into the flue and struck I'ossibility that the nothing hut a .soft l>ed of soot and The weapon dangled, muzzle down, ashes at the iKxttom. from the inspector’s finger, which « ft So Vny ImporUmtf, • • the WoddmglnvikUiMu Y ou can’t be too care* ful to have it re* —fleer Yhebest”crf^Taste: No cheap substitute for finely engraved injrita- tions would do. We have the Harcourt sample book, one of the most approved lines in America, and we should like to have the pleasure of showing our samples. There is no cheaper work, except such as planned for a cheaper class of trade. THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. was thrustHiirouglfThe trigger guard, and on the., end of the barrel was the sinister cylinder of a 'Maxim si-i lencer. “Don’t answer, Archie!” command ed Max Michaelis, as Doane wa« about to speak. “Where did you get that, Dan?’-’ “Tony found it at the bottom of the chimney,” Inspector Flaherty re plied. “It’s a thirty-two, and two shots have been fired from it re cently.” Max Michaelis smiled as he turned to Doane. “All right, Archie,” he said. “You can answer the inspector’s question.” “Yes, I’ve seen that, or one just like it, before,” said Doane. “Ik’s ei ther the i>istol I’ve been using in the Highait atudio, or its twin. Probab ly you’ll find my fingerprints all over it.” “That’s another part of the puzzle,” rMponded the inspector. “I’ve just Had the Bertilhon man go over it, and there aren’t any fingerprints on it at all!” “Aren’t we wasting time, gentle- nfan?” asked Martin Frazier, after Detective Martinelli had told them how, with the aid of the janit<»’, he had searched the courtyaid only to find nothing and then, acting on what he called a “hupch,” had had the man show him the location of the “Now UTax Ift’s set* what that means.” .MichaelLs answered him. “If chimney flue and there, half buried in soot and ashes, had discovered the pistol this is th^gun from which the bullets were fii^ which killed Fitz and wounded Miss Lane,” ihe .said, “it means that ^ the murderer ^ith^r dropped the^pistol down the chimney early in the evening, before there was any snow on the roof to mark his foot.steps, or that he slipped down to the basement and planted the pistol at the bottom of the chimney, after doing the shooting. “Now, either of those as.sumptions lets Archie out. We know where he was until nearly nearly eleven o’clock. Besides, we have the medical exam iner’s word for it that Fitz had been shot not more than an hour before we arrived. I think we can rule out the idea that the gun was dropped down the chimney from above at any time after the snow fell. “As-to the gun having been planted in the bottom of the chimney after the shooting, that begins to 'sound reasonable, and also to fit in with the idea that whoever did the shoot ing slipped out of the apartment through the front door while Archie was aifi^he hack door.” “Locking the door 'behind him, eh? Well, who had a key?” asked Inspec tor Flaherty. “You haven’t eliminat ed yet the possibility that Archie himself went down to the cellar and hid the gun, before he telephoned me clean-K>ut door at~ the bottom—of the He couM have—left the -hurglar~lock- -^nd sc leave England' free to protect off, then fastened it again from the inside after he got upstairs. I’m not accusing you, Archie, but just point- Wasting time; for by afterno^.-j holes in your defense . ■■■] / 41 n XT A T a a ts A \ ' Doctor Carrel thinks, Miss Lane will I be able to tell. It’s two o’clock in the I morning now. I think we’ll all be jable to think clearer if we get some {sleep and come at this problem fresh. Probably it will prove to be no prob lem at all wh^n we have heard what Miss Lane has to say.” “Meantime, the murdered may h mining a clean getaway,” objected M X Miehaelis. ‘lYou see clearly, of ^ c( rse, Dan, that the discovery ofi th I pistol at the bottom of the chim- * n^ il assuming it to be the pistol be- tvg to Highart Films, which can ^ily ascertained, absolutely clears tntr th V so?” demanded the inspector, an leave it to Frazier, as a pub- pa ssecutor,” Max Michaelis an- “Could you make any Jury (Continued Next Issue) RUBBER STAMPS—24-hoiir aenieaw All aizea aad types: CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 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Add thase facts up to the certainty that the “cash-and-carry” provisions of the Pittman neutrality resolution give Japan all the advantage, the fact that the people of the Pacific coast and Hawaii still fear Japah as an enemy getting ready to strike without warning, the recent expres sions from Filipino leaders regretting their impulsive demand for indepen dence and begging Uncle Sam not to leave them at Japan’s mercy, and the traditional policy of America to do all in its power to maintain the integ rity of China, and you have the mak-. ings of a pretty little war scare. Odda Against Japan Some observers of international af fairs here believe that Great Britain is similarly concerned over the China- Japanese situation and that is why the British government has been mak ing overtures to Mussolini, designed to remove the friction between Eng land and Italy in the Mediterranean HAVE BEAUTIFUL FLOORS rET^TS^ANirV0tIR7n,O©RS. EHlimates Free. 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