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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1929)
Tfc CZGOrr STATESMAN, galea, Ortrsa, Tfcasfaj fo 13. IKS 1 ... L 1 , i , . y 7 SiMUEI,3PENVACrt- Jl WHAT 1 HAS GONE BEFORE ! Phillip Kdiaon is host at a. night-! Club party to his Just rcctnUy-dirorwd Vtl and Oliver Sewell, sportsman and Ixa Juan. Edison presuinea tiiat s toeU'and the dloorc-e are to be mar ried. When the party breaks p, Edi son goes to Sethi's home and. while he ia waiting his return, in Informed ftewell has been found dead. Inspector Marx begins a police investigation. He questions 8ewell's Russian valet The . elevator operator ' is also questioned. He did not see-Sewell return. A young medical examiner, with a taste for de ' tectlve work, assists Marx. Their search of the apartment reveals com plete wardrobes in different colors of women. In a safe-deposit box they find a scrap of paper hearing the Inscrip tion. ''Paid In Full." The following day a Major Preston, who has been a sporting associate of Sewell s, is in In terrogated. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VI. : "And that'3 all you know!" Marx snapped. "Yea." "All rlKht. growled Marx. "Thanks; Whete can we reach you if we want you?" "I'm stopping at the Albert." said the Major. Til be there for a month." He clamped his derby down once more. "Of course, I'll be glad to help you out. Terrible business, isn't it?" The detective escorted the Ma jor out. And escorted in the young "How's our little murder?" de manded Doctor Rhinewald cheer- - ily, rubbing his hands. "Rotten," growled Marx. "Who was the sporting gentle man I've just passed in the corri dor?" "Major Preston. He and Sewell had some horses together." ' "And did he enlighten you?" "That's what I'm trying to find out First he acts as if he don't know a- thing. Next he's anxious for me to know Mrs. Sewell was a j good shot, and sore at her hus band." "Yes," said the doctor. "I have thm nrlvflcA nf Mrs 9wal!'s. o - quaintanceship. Remarkable worn an!" "How do you know her?" "I called on her this morning Sheer curiosity." "What'd she tell you?" "She'll be here in a moment herself. You can her the story first hand. Meanwhile" the doctor seated himself in the sole com fortable chair ."shall I teil you abont the autopsy? I've written a formidable report, but I've no In tention of reading it. My pearls are never cast before detectives. The essential fact, which I have reached with a colleague at your ueaaquariers wnu manes a pas sion of these things, is that the bullet which ended Mr. Sewell's career came from a special type of gun used by the Germans in the war. Also, there's no doubt at all now that Sewell was shot first, and then seated in this very chair before the mirror." "I wouldn't dismiss these facts in that offhand way," the doctor smiled. "To eolve this crime, all you nave to do is to find out ! ow Sewell came up here without be ing observed by any of the build- inr tfmnlATAa' i w tho vatitla. man (or lady) who ended his ca reer came up with him, before him or after him; how he was shot; how he was placed in this chair, tad how the gentleman (or lady) who fired the bullet got away. "You cot nothing else to do ex cept to kid me?" demanded Marx truculently". "But I assure you," insisted the doctor, "I'm not xlnnding you. I'm merely reducing this ease to its essentials." "And where does that get us?" "Nowhere, I grant you. But at least we know where we're at" -Oh, do we? The District Attor ney had me on the wire today. He's all fussed up about the news papers. And he wants action." "And you're going to give It to him." "And plenty. They're bringing Mrs. Edbon down here. You say Sewell's widow is Coming. Then I'm going to ask young Mr. Edi son a few questions. And we've got men working on those clothes in the closets we found. Before tonight there's going to be all the action anybody will want and more. Only what good it'll do us I don't know. Dammit!" "Tell me, Inspector," began Dr. Rhinewald, tapping a cigarette on his white palm, "are you always a pessimist?" "I know what I'm up against," Marx almost groaned. "These damned society murdersll break me yet." "As an outsider," ventured the doctor, "I don't see your point of view. A society murder is the work of an amateur. All other crime is professional. Surely it is easier to trap a novice than an expert." "That's where you're all wet," said Marx. "Ia one of these things, anything can happen. In a regular job, we know." "Strange?' murmured the doc tor. He rose as the doorbell buz ted. The detective ushered in Mrs. Sewell. She was a tall woman, large-boned, with a seamtd red face that was shadowed by a black veil. She had put on mourn ing. Marx judged her to be forty. or older, for, the rather hard face told of suffering. The eyes were large and black, the nose slightly red, the mouth thi nand bitter. Th doctor welcomed her, and begged her to sit down after pre senting Marx. As the detective shook hands with her, he got a whiff of bootleg whiskey. Mrs. Sewell tippled. "I want you," said the doctor, to tell the Inspector what you told me." The woman looked at Marx. "Certainly," and when she spoke, Marx was amazed at the loud quality of her voice. "I can tell you about my husband, I guess. You haven't found the man who killed him yet, have you?" "No." "Eecause if you have, I want to meet that man and thank him." "Ugh?" "You listen to me," boomed the widow. "The man who finished him did the world a favor. Why, if his body was here now I'd step on it. I'd kick him! He was a rat!" "You don't know what you are saying!" exclaimed Marx, as if in voluntarily. "Don't I?" The woman laughed scornfully. "Nobody else knew Ol iver Sewell the way I knew him. He was as filthy a beast as ever lived." She half rose from her chair. "I put on mourning, not for VACCINATION AND IT'S EFFECTIVENESS Dr. Copdand Comments on the French Government's Insistence That Tourists, from Areas Where Smallpox Had Appeared, Undergo Vaccination. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commiisioner of Health. Kcw York City. YOU may have noticed that because of the presence of smallpox ia England, the French Government would not permit tourists from that country te enter France, without their having been vaccinated within a reasonable time. As 1 view it, this is as it should be. vf e uuk a lot aDout tne "Uoiden Rule." As it Is applied it relates largely to moral and social (Contacts. Why should we not think of the "Golden Rule" in connection with our physical contacts? I have no fault to find with our friends who oppose vaccination and other similar methods intended to prevent disease. I would not say a .'Word today if the position they assume related only to their own individual welfare. To my mind the right of self-determination is fundamental. We should never seek to trample Upon this right unless there is abundant and provable reason. 1 might look in sorrow upon a person taking a course which to my mind is a mistaken one. I might be so bold as to remon strate with him. But when it comes to a matter related to the publie health and the welfare of xnanv individuals, there It no doubt In kit mind about the duty of Government. CR COPELAGX ; ' receive an occasional letter from come honest and perfectly onscientions person, remonstrating with me because 1 advocate such preventive measures as vaccination and inoculation. They ask for concissrva prooi max sucn i-revsn- Iss MAt rh Mm Ia rftimftia flit iBetati that particular criticism. I hall pass ft by for the moment with .1 tl n i i ii t . W . . - pinion Caere is no more conclusive ... ii it I ill I k. . i ff prevention oi smaiipox oy Ticrina- " tmn and or diphtheria by inoculation. l " view, i leei uai me : ' mivit wvv, viiicim vm v vviir nendeA for Its watrhrnl ears of tna . 9lth and Uvea of Its elthtena In an limited region, a rea-ton wtaera - ijio .smallpox tm Dmmi m' wi i 'may be excused If he neglects to be ' rtmcefnatad Ha la In no Immediate UIumamm mntt natjl ftlfeA IW IHI.W rrtll '-not' suffer bv reason of his snleet. - - - . j Infiividual who converts bimself into rwhMt ws may can a -punne convey. laiuo . xt Vim ! travalln through mfacted OlatRCta. Be may, even un Iknowtniriy. pick up rerms of tmaD- !mi. . H envm than) to another .cnmnnltr a anotaer eeaatry and i tnakea himself menace to every f iTbo safe thing foe yew and for Hvnctety fcs to praetJoa Of "OoMan : Ru W and he yacclnated. jj Anavrera to Health Queries j A. A. ft. QWhat do row advise lor srtd tb ayatemT , , Aw--Oorreet your " diet and avoid COMtlpallos). ' . :. ' Ed. -a O What do yov advise tor falBna tatrt A. Shampoo tba hair frequontly,' brush daily and use a good tonic. M. A. add' L. ' Q- What causes urlej. A. This Is usually due to faulty, diet Cut down on meat and sweets.1 I Miss J. T. Q. What causes vart-j eoss veins in the legs will massag-l Ing prove harmful? I am past SO. rears of age, ' Aj Undo exertion or strain.) often due to long standing, forj tn stance. Keep otf the feet as much, as possible and 1 try 'wearing an elastic stocking or bandage on the! I! durins the daytime. If the trouble Is VW) painful or of tons' standing mora drastic measures may! be A. 8. Q. Win careful diet help, to reduce hljrn blood pressure? Aw Tee. Bed meat. egg, ezcee- sTve , salt and sweets should . be eliminated from the diet. .- e - -s ' Vt. B. Q- What la tk cause of a person's am becomiac eold bt warm weathort.v " a1 This Is probabiy a circulatory; condition. Try to build up your ten. era! health and row will probably v DONALD C . O: Doe? . amoktag redaee a fatly heartl . v -; j X No. him, for myself. I know now that something In my life fa dead. And I'm glad I Glad!" She repeated the word defiantly. . And then ahe stormed at If an: I made him. When he married me. he didn't have a penny. I bought his clothes. He was Just a no-account gambler. I taught him bridge. That's how I started as a teacher of bridge. I wrote a book, and he signed hla name to it. Sewell on Bridge!" The book made him famous. When the bridge craze came, he was taken up by society.. He made a fortune. And then he chucked me. He did not eare what happened to me. I could have starved. And I did starve. And when I came begging to him, he beat me. Oh!. It's a wonder I didn't kill him myself." She paused breathlessly. Then she took from her handbag a slight silver flask and drank hea vily. "It's my medicine," she ex plained with a wry grin. "That's what's been keeping me up. Sit ting up In a furnished room all day long, Just thinking, going crazy! And I loved him!" handbag, - took another alp. Mara followed her every movement. Puxxled. he looked at the doctor. Wat the woman aane? Perhaps this had beea a crime of lunacy. And yet . "Do you know Major Preston?" Marx demanded suddenly. "Tea, I know Major Preston," the woman sneered. "He was a great friend of your husband's, wasn't he?" -Yes. Great friend!" "Mean he wasn't?" "Well. IU tell you what a great friend he was. They had a big deal on. And the Major trimmed my dear husband, trimmed him good and proper. So much so mat he was broke. You know what Preston did then?" She paused for effect. "He said he'd cancel the debt if my husband gate me in exchange. He rather fancied me." She burst into a loud hysterical roar of laughter, so that Marx was alarmed. The young doctor however, made no move. Finally the woman subsided. "Excuse me," she begged. "I guess this has been too much for me. If you prayed every morn ing, every night. If you wished with all your heart that a man was dead and then you picked up the paper, and there it was do you blame me for going crazy?" "You know, don't you," sug gested Marx, "that this sort of talk sounds "bad for you? People will be insinuatin' that you had something to do with it." "Let them! Let them arrest me! Let them send me to the chair. You think I care?" Once more she reached into the It was hard to" believe that men would barter for this woman, but on closer survey Marx could see that the wreck of a once beauti ful woman sat before him. Sor row and whiskey could not alto gether destroy the mold of the features, and her large eyes un doubtedly had once been bright and alluring. "When was that?" Marx asked rather pointedly. "Oh , she laughed. "That's a good one! Well, it was less than ten years ago, if you want to 'know. That's what the late Mr. Sewell did to me in ten years. Look. I wasn't taking medicine then." The last as if in explana tion, defiantly pathetic , "And what happened?" "I stepped on the bargain. I wouldn't have It. So the Major got quite angry with me. I guess he's hated me ever since. I must have hurt his vanity." (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) TO VOTE $30,000 BON DS A special election wil be held at Jacksonville June 20 to vote an a 130,000 bond issue for the con struction of a water pipe line to connect with the Medford water system which will supply Jackson ville on a meter basis. Read the Classified Ads. COOD-NIGHT STORIES By Max Trn a The Shadow-Cbildrea Joia Pussy on a MktalgAt Haat for Mica One evening Just as MiJ, Flor, Hanid, Yam and Knarf the five little shadow-children were about to go to sleep, they heard singing outside the bedroom win-, dow. Knarf smiled contentedly. "Someoni Is serenading me," he remarked. "Someone !" exclaimed Han id. "Why, it's only the eat!" The others looked out of the window. Hanid was right. It was only the cat. "I wonder why she' singing," said Yam. " "She's singing because " Flor began. 1 , " because she can't dance," broke in MiJ, who was Flor's twin. Knarf shook bis head. "That's not the reason at all," he said. "She is singing because she's go ing to go hunting " "I'd love to go hunting!" cried i Hanid. "So would we!" said the twins both at once. Little Yam yawned. "I'd rather go to sleep she sighed. She tried to crawl into the pocket of a coat and do as she said. The others, towever, took her by the arm and despite her protests, obliged her to go with them to the cat. "Good evening, Pussy," greet ed Knarf. The cat stopped singing. "Good evening," it said. "Are you going hunting soon?" "I'm going just as soon as I finish thts song." "What are you singing about?" inquired Hanid. "I'm singing about all the things I'm going to hunt, such as moonbeams and mice especially mice," she added. "Would , you like to come along?" "Certainly." cried Knarf. "We'd like to very much." "I wouldn't." broke in Yam. Tl rather go to sleep."" "But-ao one paid attention to her. Ia fa-t, they didnt even hear her, for at this moment the cat started singing again. Bye and bye she finished. They they all climbed upon her back. "Hold fast Pussy told them, "I'm going to Jump!" "I wish we were going to sleep," murmured Yam. Pussy sprang upon the fence. Then she ran along the edge un til she Jumped down into the If iff Kitchen By ALJCfc LYNN BARRY THE HOMB KITCHEN Cold Acid Drinks Are Refreshing On Hot Days If you feel like being whole somely pepped up on one of these warm soggy days try this simple drink: Fill a tall tumbler halt full of cracked ice. Cut a grapefruit in half. Squeexe and strain the juice over the cracked ice and mix well. ; Don't add sugar. This drink has a their own, la addition to' an ex treme but pleasant sourness. OneT or two limes added to a lemon ade or orangeade Improve tl.e drink Immensely. Or limes by; themselves make a good drink in stead of lemonade. One fresh lime plus one or two teaspoonfuls of sugar will pleasantly flavor onef cupful of plain or charged water Lemon Cocktail One- lemon, one orange, oce "What Are Yon Stagitas About?" next-door neighbor's garden. She made her way quickly through the vegetable patch and stopped in front of the cellar door. The door was shut, but the was a sniafl opening at the bottom. "Low bridge!" Pussy called out. "Get down as low as you can." "I want to get off!" cried Yam. It was too late. Pussy had already squeezed herself through. They were now in the cellar, it we pitch-dark. ..Even Knarf was frightened. Yam could haqdly speak. "W what are you hunting for here?" she inquired. "Mice," replied Pussy. "They're just around the corner. Don't make a sound." She crept for ward so stealthily that the couldn't hear the sound of her footsteps. "We're coming to t h e m 1 now," she whispered. All at once, the cellar rang delightful and slightly bitter fla-' hlf Pful of strawberries, twoj vor, which is different, and tones one up. This is service for one. It you wish to make a drink that serves five or six persons the fol lowing is a refreshing combina tion. It must be made just a mo ment before serving. This is not a drink that can be prepared for hours in advance. In fact, most drinks are the better for being prepared from freshly cut fruit. But grapefruit, particularly, must be disposed of at once, as it de velops an excessive bitterness if left standing: Grapefruitajle Two1 grapefruit, two oranges, one cup sugar, two cups cracked ice, four cups water, one table spoon crushed mint. Melt the sugar in the water. Put the mint into a strainer and then force through the juice of grapefruit and oranges. Pour over the cracked ice, add sweetened water and serve immediately. Limes have a special flavor of with the most deafening noise. The shadow-children were speech less with surprise. As for Pussy, she turned and scampered , out through the bottom of the door again, scattering the shadows as she went. The same instant the next-door neighbor's dog came rushing up to them, barking with all its might, and they dashed home and hid themselves under their blankets. "This is where we should have been all the time," said Yam. And, curiously enough, no one disagreed with her. table-spoons sugar, oue cupful oB cracked ice. one egg white. Mash the strawberries through' a fine sieve and pour the juice in to a shaker. Add the other Ingres dients, including the unbeaten egg white, and shake vigorously; for two minutes. Then pour Into thin glasses. Any other crushed berries or; pineapple juice may be used In stead of the strawberries, and thei amount of sugar varied to sui the taste. Most people oversweetj en these drinks. Test the flavors until the most agreeable sourness is arrived at. but if a sour drink is made too sweet it may aggra vate thirst instead of allayiug rt. Iced tea is a good standby iuf warm weather, and it can be made very quckly. Steep ewe ta blespoonful of tea n one cupful of bolng water for fve mnutes, then strain. Pour this very strong solution into a large pitcher and! add cracked fee and water until it is the strength desired. A few; slices of lemon or lime, with a' few bits of clove stuck in them will add flavor, and a few prig of mint always improve Iced tea. If a large number of persons are to be served over twenty ot" thirty it is convenient to mike up a syrup in advance: Lemon Syrnp Two cup-fuls of fresh .lemon juice, four pounds of sugar, four cups of -water. Boil the water and sugar for ten minutes, add the lemon juice and boil another five minutes. Strain and set aside to cool. 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