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MICE WEIGHS
PLEA OF BEARD
U. S. Claims Indictment for
Gambling Not invalidated
by H. 0. L. C. Loan
District Supreme Court Justice Os
car R. Luhring yesterday took under
advisement the attack made by Sam
Beard and 12 associates on an indict
ment charging them with violating the
gambling laws.
Beard and the other defendants,
through Attorney John R. Sirica, con
tend the indictment is invalid because
one of the grand jurors, Mrs. Elizabeth
Downey, 7107 Georgia avenue, had
borrowed money from the Home Own
ers' Loan Corp., thereby disqualifying
herself as a juror in a criminal case.
The Government’s reply, presented
by Assistant United States Attorneys
John W. Fihelly and Roger Robb, was
based on two theories. First, that
the borrowing of money from the H.
O. L. C. was not such a contractual
relationship with the Government as
has been held to disqualify a juror.
The second ground was that a re
cent act of Congress provided that the
disqualification of one or more grand
Jurors would not invalidate an indict
ment provided at least 12 duly quali
fied jurors voted for it.
Judge Luhring is expected to pass
first upon the qualifications of Mrs.
Downey and then upon the constitu
tionality of the congressional act.
OIL MEN WARNED
AGAINST U. S. RULE
Petroleum Institute Official Urges
Code Be Supported “Until
You Can Change It.'’
Mr the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex., November 13.—Wil
liam R. Boyd, jr., executive vice pres
ident of the American Petroleum In
stitute, advised the oil industry todaj
to support the petroleum code "until
you change it,” but warned against
Federal control.
Speaking especially to refiners at
tending the institute’s annual meet
ing, the chairman of the Refinery
Board of Review under the oil code,
said Government permission under
proper supervi#cn to do something
is desirable, "but Government com
pulsion to do the same thing is an
other story.”
Boyd said the present refinery pro
gram is not essentially Federal con
trol, but was "really largely Federal
supervision of a permissive, co-oper
atively operated program of control
which, without the sanction of the
N. I. R. A., would not be possible
legally.” Boyd said he did not be
lieve “it is now or will ever be desir
able or necessary from any point ol
view for the petroleum refining in
dustry to surrender voluntarily ant
permanently to the Federal Govern
ment the control of its own busines:
merely to get rid of troublesome com
petitors or to attain relief from it:
own chiselers and its own passions.’
GROUP TO HEAR SPEAKEF
Bacteriologist Branch Will Mee'
Next Tuesday.
N. R. Smith and L. S. Stuart of th<
Department of Agriculture and Dr
J. G. Wooley of the United State:
Public Health Service will speak at t
meeting of the Washington branch o:
the Society of American Bacteriolo
gists Tuesday, November 20, in th(
new laboratory of the National Insti
tue of Health, Twenty-fifth and I
streets, it was announced today by R
R. Spencer, president.
Woman, Aged 125, Dies.
KETCHIKAN, Alaska. November i;
(**■ —Mrs. June Starish of Saxmai
Village, near here, who Thlinget In
Ilians said was 125 years old, died yes
terday. She was believed the oldes
member of the tribe.
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CHAPTER XXXin.
LON’S BIG NEWS.
MARIAN was serving the des
sert when Lon drove in,
hailed tiiem aU with a laugh,
kissed Marian’s unresponsive
cheek, quickly turned so the
caress landed on the tip of her
ear, and asked for food.
“Talk about starved,” he said, “I
dashed out of here this morning with
nothing but a cup of coffee and a
slab of bread and butter under my
belt, played 18 holes, and then had
to sit in on a business conference.”
“Do you call dining with Silver
Hondon a business conference?” asked
Marian, making no move toward the
kitchen.
“What do you mean?” he asked.
"Silver telephoned here half an
hour ago. Told us to go ahead with
dinner, as you were staying there.”
“Oh, did she?” asked Lon with in
terest, “well they did try to make me
stay, but I balked. I would have
called you myself, only Silver said
McSwain was expecting a long-dis
tance call and they were keeping the
wires cleared.”
Marian believed him; that was
what Silver would say and do. She
served his dinner while he cleaned up,
looked at him as he came in. He
was happy. His face was shining
with soap-and-water and small-boy
satisfaction. His hair was slicked
back like that same small boy’s on
Sunday morning.
He delved into his dinner with an
energy that left neither time nor
room for talk, and when he had
reached the coffee and cigaret stage,
accompanied them to the patio.
He pulled Marian down beside him
on the swing seat. “When you hear
what I have to tell you. you’re not
going to look at me like I’d been steal
ing jam,” he teased.
“Better spealrup, then.” said Steele,
“you're in the dog house as far as
I'm concerned, too.”
“It happened this way,” Lon began.
“When I met the other three at the
club house, McSwain said he wanted
to see me after the game. Silver had
driven the others over, but she didn’t
come back, so McSwain had me drive
them all to his house. When we got
there Mb asked me to wait while he
changed. Silver came in to entertain
me while I waited, and it was then I
asked to use the telephone to call you.
“It took McSwain nearly an hour
to perfect his sartorial elegance, and
when he did appear I was about ready
to call quits. And then he started
talking. Ian. McSwain has been called
out of town, to take over another
building, and I'm to take full charge
of the East Brazos, and have a raise
in salary, right away. Now what do
you think of that?”
He looked around. Steele and
Anne seemed satisfactorily impressed,
though Anne looked a little dubious.
He turned to Marian. She was silent,
apparently preoccupied.
Lon didn't press Marian for a reply,
but after Anne and her husband had
left he turned to her.
“Now what's wrong?” he demanded.
“I don’t like it, Lon,” she answered.
“Don’t like what?” he asked.
“I don’t like McSwain’s moving out
and leaving the responsibility of the
East Brazos on your shoulders.”
“You mean you don’t think I'm
capable of handling It?" he added
bitterly.
“No,” she countered. “I mean I
don't trust McSwain.”
"Oh . . . that." He dismissed her
remark as having no significance, but
added, “I didn’t suppose I’d receive
any encouragement from my wife.”
And when Marian didn’t reply, “I
suppose you’re peeved because I stayed
over there and didn’t call.”
“Please, Lon,” she dreaded another
argument, “let's not discuss It. You
know how I feel about Silver and
about McSwain. I can’t blame you
for Silver’s lies, nor for McSwain’s
lack of honesty . . . but, oh, Lon,”
she stopped on her way to the kitchen
with a stack of dishes, “do be care
ful.”
“Careful?” There was a bit of a
sneer In the word. “Ian, If I didn’t
love you, I’d think you were a little
off on some subjects.”
The thin veil of suspicion which had
been spun the previous week was
again dropped between them. Lon
went to the patio with the Sunday
papers and his pipe, and did not offer
to help Marian with the dishes, a
Sunday custom. And Marian, care
fully dousing the precious ware In
sudsy waters, scalding the foam from
each piece and polishing it carefully,
stretched her task to the limit of Its
time.
At length she joined Lon, sitting
quietly, looking out into the dusk,
wonder and worry In her mind. What
was McSwain planning to do with
Lon? What would she do if she were
in his place?
“By the way, Ian,” Lon looked up
from the sporting sheet, “I stopped
by Waki's and told him not to come
up tomorrow. McSwain's sending a
broker down to see me. He’ll buy the
crop right on the tree and send his
own pickers to take care of it.”
Marian caught the retort which
rushed to her lips by pressing them
firmly together. She waited a few
moments, then, sure she had her voice
under control, “I don't suppose you’ll
mind If I have him here to help me
in the garden."
“Won’t need him," answered Lon,
turning back to his newspaper. “Mrs.
Hondon’s head gardener will be over
in the morning to give you all the
help necessary. He’s really McSwain's
gardener, in case you object.” He
stopped to look at his wife in surprise.
“Lon,” Marian was on her feet, a
white anger searing her mind, her
heart beating in thumps which seemed
to shake her entire body, “I will
not have a servant of McSwain’s on
these grounds while I am here.”
“He’s coming in the morning.”
“Lon,” she went over to him, “if
he comes I leave. That’s final.”
“You mean you’ll stay away while
he’s here? Oh, Ian, why can’t you be
sensible.”
Marian hesitated a moment. Should
she tell him she was having Waki
there to protect her from McSwain’s
servants? No, he’d tell McSwaln. It
was better that he think she didn’t
know she was being watched.
“Lon, I mean this. This is our
home. You have your work, I have
mine. Mine is here in the house and
in the garden. I’m not trying to hire
the men with whom you work. I de
mand the privilege of hiring the serv
ants with whom I work. If you can’t
allow me this right, then I’m . . .
through.”
"I don’t suppose it occurs to you
that I own this place.”
"You don’t,” she retorted, “you’re
in California. We own this place.
There is a community property law
which gives me the right to half of
it, and I’m telling you this. As long
as I live here no McSwaln servant
sets his foot on this property. I have
a revolver. Capt. Lane of the pistol
squad taught me how to use it. I
won’t hesitate to use it.”
“Oh, for the love of Mike!” Dis
gust, beneath which was a fully
aroused fury, coated the light slang
expression. “Imagine coming home
to this.”
He stalked into the house, grabbed
sweater and cap, stalked out, whistled
to the dog, Jumped into the car and
drove off.
Marian. her temper checked,
watched him go. longing frantically
to reach out and clutch at his arm,
his sweater, anything to hold him
there where they could talk ... could
reason. And then the sound of the
motor died away In the distance. She
was there alone, completely alone.
Why hadn’t she controlled her
tongue? Why couldn’t she have
talked to him reasonably, told him
she preferred Wakl because she'd
known him for so many years? She
knew why she had been able to do
neither. It was because she could see
Lon responding to McSwain’s advice
like a tautly strung harp to a master
hand, because McSwaln had now suc
ceeded in having a close watch placed
over her movements under the guise
of generosity In loaning Lon the Hon
don’s head gardener.
And then her mind reverted to the
question that had been worrying her
before Lon spoke. Why was McSwaln
placing him In charge of the build
ing? She doubted that he was going
out of town on business . . . but how
could she impress Lon with his dan
ger?
She went in to bed, and lay staring
at the opaque oblong of the window.
Would Lon go to Silver’s house? Was
he sitting there now with her?
Tomorrow, Marian Sees How Clever
Her Antagonist Is.
HONEYMOON PLANNED
DuLe of ILent and Marina to Visit
in Dudley, Worcestershire.
LONDON, November 13 tP).—The
Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of
Greece, after their marriage at West
minster Abbey on November 29, will
spend the first part of their honey
moon at Himley Hall, Dudley, Wor
cestershire.
This is the family seat of the Earl
of Dudley, well known Industrialist,
set on a 30.000-acre estate. The
young couple Is expected to join the
King and Queen at Sandringham for
Christmas, and then complete their
honeymoon on the continent.
PRESS MEET DELAYED
Australian Congress of World
Put Oft as Inadvisable.
COLUMBIA, Mo., November 13 (JP).
—A meeting of the Press Congress of
the World, scheduled for Maroh 27 to
30 In Melbourne, Australia, has been
indefinitely postponed. Dr. Walter
Williams, president of the University
of Missouri and honorary president of
the congress, announced yesterday.
Dr. Williams said officers of the
congress felt that present world eco
nomic conditions and a conflict of
dates with the Empire Press Union
made the March meeting inadvisable.
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