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Show FEAR HOOVER'S BOORMS LOST When Last Seen, It Was Hanging -ArounrJ, With Sickly Look By DAMON HUNYON. Universal Service Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO. June G. One of the darkest mysteries which has developed develop-ed in Chicago since" the Collslmo murder mur-der a couple of weeks ago, which Is a very long time between mysteries in Chicago, came to light today. A man with a pointed board, who ! claimed he was from Iowa, was around inquiring tbe whereabouts of the Herbert Hoover boom for president. presi-dent. The query started an -.investigation' and to. the great consternation of all the Hoover boom was found to be missing. !- The lasti seen of lhc boom it was I hanging around thu Auditorium hotel. I At that time it wnre a" brown derby .ind had a very puny look, along with ! a slight cough Hoover, these symp-! symp-! toms were not considered alarming, jas several other b'-oms had come to Chicago in a more or less ailing condition. condi-tion. Boom disappears The theory has been advanced that tho Hoover boom has sought a more salubrious climate Thorc may be something in the idea, but the railroads rail-roads claim that "nching answering the description of the missing boom has gone out over their lines for at least a week. I "T r am rtm h. rlnlivpi'fnr Ihnl hnnlll al! right," said a representative of one of the big systems today, "but I'm positive it hasn't been shipped out again. We brought It in as perishable perish-able freight, and the chances are the Lake nlr caused it to fold right up. It often l.-sppens with booms." Communication with the Bureau of Missing Articles at police headquarters was equally unsatisfactory. "Wait a minute," said the voice which answered the telephone, "I'll jlook over what we've got here and let I you know. A big bundle of Junk came in last night." Not With Police ! A long wait and then the voice said' I "Nope, we aint got it here. We got la boom in a high hat here which claims it is the Do Butler boom, and We've got another funny looking little boom that .don't lor-k as if it will last the day out, and calls itself the Sproul (boom, but no boom such as ou describe. de-scribe. You say it weighs about nine-!ly nine-!ly pounds sopping wet? Nope, it aint here." The sinister suggestion was put forward that perhaps the Hoover boom had been abducted and was be-ing be-ing held for ransom and in pursuit of thl3 thought the Hiram Johnson I headquarters were visited, j It seemed reasonable to assume that I if there had been foul play against the Hoover boom it would come from the Johnson bungalow. The Johnson publicity department was reached after a desperate combat with the hump shouldered native sons who Infest the fir.- floor of the ai?-dltorium. ai?-dltorium. Resplendent Badges Thenatie sons hae become hump shouldered not from- getting in and out of patrol wagons, but from wearing wear-ing the new California badges which have just been distributed- Til .Ai1rrtB r i-fi imillillnna rxf flirt fifty dollar gold pieces of the Roaring Forties and weigh six pounds each. Al Joy, Arthur MacLennan and all lh.e other inmates of the publicity department de-partment of tho Golden Gate crew had a violent atta.k of the agogs when the purpose' of tiie visit -was breached. "We've never seen it," denied Air. Joy. "We heard something of it out in .California but 1. give you my word since coming to Chicago, we haven't seen hide or hair of that boom. Why don't you ask the bell hop? Maybe some of them picked it up in the hal!.'' The quest next led to the Congress hotel. Several booms have been caught in the lobby jam over there the past few days and got all flattened out and it was thought-that dome trace of the lost boom might be developed. Search Is Vain "Never saw it in my life," said the head clerk. "One of our porters swept out what was left of the Poindexler boom this morning, but that was' all. You say it was a sickly sort of boom. "Well, I'll tell you, Mister, this is 'no place for a sick boom.'' ! Samuel G.' Blythe, the famous poll--ticaL writer, who knows everything there is to be known about politics, and a lot of things that most folks merely suspect, drifted by just then and overheard the conversation. "Say," said Sam. confidentially. "I don't know ust where that boom is but if T were you, I'd look up one of the editors of tho New York World and keep close to him. Don't mention my name." The World ls tho .parent of the Hoover boom. "Do you mean to imply infanticide?" infanti-cide?" we asked Mr. Blydc in horror stricken tones. "Jim implying nothing," Blythe replied. re-plied. ' I'm only telling you." Quiz World Editor So the first editor of the World that came along was placed under surveillance. surveil-lance. We noted that he kept feeling at his breast pocket. This in itself ra siisnlfioni lnnvpinnnt In o ritv where the digital concern is chiefly for the hip. Finally the editor was boldly con--fronted. "You have the Herbert Hoover boom concealed on your person," he was accused. "Who, me?" he said with a start. "No such thing," he denied indignantly. indignant-ly. "I gave it, to a friendly looking guy from Nebraska to hold for a few days and as far as I know he's still standing stand-ing over thor.e in the Auditorium holding hold-ing it." "Don't lie" he was admonished. "What have you in your pocket?"' I "Who, me?" said the editor. "I haven't got anything in my pocket, but do you know, anything that's good for the hives.?''' At a late hour, tho Hoover boom was still lost. The very final clue was to the' effect that it was seen wandering wander-ing down Michigan boulevard In company com-pany with a rakish and abandoned looking boom described as the Lafol-lette Lafol-lette boom. ' "I'd give up looking if T was y-ou," said a kindly cop. "When them looso booms get to running around together tho Lord knows where they'll wind up." |