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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1929)
r" wr 7 jjr SAMUEL SPEWACK Phlll'. liilwo U Itotft at a wgU-c'.-L party tJ hit Just rtceni!y-! ;vorot-i w;fe and 0!lvr Sw5Hr O0llpnu n,i 1011 Juan, fckllaoti prisuuK ;ha. :na tha dlvoroee ar to lfe mmiiJ. W'iwn the party break up, Kriiw.u gees to Je well's bctm and, w:!J lie waiting hit return. Is Informed ha been found dead. Inspector Marx begins a pollc investigation. II qi:Uons Je well's Russian vuiet. 'i'h'j levator op erator is also iuUlo.v:i. He iid not one Hewell return. A younK tuVsolcal ex aminer, with a taste lor de.i tive work assists Marx. Tlw.r Frarcb cf the apart ment reveals cor.pi.i wardrobes (or women In different colors. In a afMJe posit box they find a srtap of paper bearing the inscririlou, "Paid In Full." The following day a. Major Prcswr.. who hna been a ?port fnfj associate of Sewell's, is int rrugaiod. TUen Ke-well's widow visits tl.e si'itrtmrnt. Sin- inti mates that Vimlom might know some thing. As tho invt-Tligaturs are ilarul Ing. after Mrs. Jewell's departme. look ing at a mirror l.xr. it open, and Mrs. E1Uon app-are. Sh relates a story which the police do not believe. Af ter she teavi'S, Ik r lawyer thrputmis Marx with politico. reprisals if the woman Is "njokst-d. Then Kdlson visits ine apartmer.t. as lie goes out a shot is heard. Tiw K i-isian butler Is. found dead and Edison I arrested. Mnry Pennell. whom? clothes are found In he apartment, is questioned. She identifies ' the "Paid in I- u!l note as in her un cle's, the Major's handwriting. A di ary belonging to the de:id butler is found. It relat- s a slory of the famous " Shah diamond which Rime into his hands In Ruhr.ln while Sewell w;is thers. Seweli yet. pop.rmion of the diamond and tn'xea it and Hie Coi'nti Kuraaova to Atnerk-u. The butler fol lows and enters Sw ell's emplov. He I unearths evidence of S?w ell's relations with the Countess. Also the actions of the many visitors Mewcll -nurt:!inel. Marx and the doctor learn that an.it;icr man occupied the apartment witii Se well. CHAITKR XIX A 81 ISPKlStt Lett alone, Marx proceeded to make himself comiortable. That U he despatched the elevator boy for sever? I ham . andwiches, a tnermos Dottle or coffee and a dozen cisf.rs. Thus fortified, he spent two hours exploring the apartment.. When he was satisfied that his search would yield him nothing, he slumped into a com fortable chair in the room of mir rors and smoked placidly. Marx could wait. He began to doze. When he awoke It was evening, and the lights or the city twinkled through the windows. Marx shook himself, took a drink I of coffee and lit a fresh cigar. It seemed to him that his vigilance would gain him nothing. But still he sat, list ening intently. He was following a hunch, and was determined to follow it to to the end. " He roce and once more began wandering through the apart ment, and began cursing himself for a fool. It seemed a silly er rand. Then suddenly he stopped. It had grown quite dark, and he had not switched on the lights. Not far from him he could hear soft footsteps, coining nearer and hia breath. Still the footsteps pat tered closer, and Marx could dis tinguish the vague, shadowy fig ure of a woman. Suddenly he ran to the light switch and the "room was flooded so that he blinked. Ue heard a scream. Before him stood Mary Pennell. He face was white, and her eyes wide with fright. She stared at him and could not speak. "Well!" said Marx, and he was fully as dumfounded as the girl. The girl did not reply. "Sit down! invited Marx, pointing to a chair. "I didn't know I was to have a visitor." "I I " stammered the grl. "I didn't know myself." "What are you doing here?'" "I I don't know." "Just look ins; around?" The rrrl tv.ullov.cd. ' ies," she said hastily. "Uke the fnrniture?" "Yes." "Want to buy It?" "Well, I can't sell it to you, you know." "No. So." "You weren't going to steal It, were you?" "Oh, no!" she protested, "I wouldn't Heal It." "That's good." Marx looked at her grimly. "Then what did you come here for?" "I I don't knoT.-." "Listen!" Marx snapped at her. "You want to go to jail?r The girl rose, frightened. "Oh, you wouldn't do that, wr:uld you? I haen't done any thing." . "Haven't you though? You knov, you're interfering with just Ice when you come here? What are you up to?" "But I had to come here." Why?" "The the note." With tcembling fingers the girl extracted a piece of paper from her hundbag. Wan observed that it was typewritten and it read: "Dear Miss Pennell: "It you wish to cieav Edi son of all suspicion in connec tion with the murder ot Oliver Sewellr you will obey implicitly all the directions outlined below: "Proceed to No. and there take the elevator to the twenty sixth floor. You will find the door of the apartment open. Enter and proceed down the corridor. Enter the living room and there you will find an open door. Proceed through this one and enter the apartment of the late Oliver Sew ell, which you know. Then wait for Your Friend. Marx whistled. "Now, come on," he cried. "Show me how you come in here. Come on, don't worry about any thing." The girl turned to obey auto matically. Then she paused. "I I must have come through here," she said, pointinng to the mirror. "I don't believe in fairies," said Marx. "How did you come through the mirror?" "It was open. There was a door. There must have been! I swear there was!" The girl tried to retrace her steps, but finally sat down, be wildered. She put a white hand to her head. "I don't know," she moaned. "I don't know." "All right, girlie." Marx pro claimed, "now sit down and tell me about it." "There is nothing to tell," she protested. "I received the letter thi3 morning." "How?" "Through the mails. I opened it and read it. I couldn't understand it, but I had to go through with it." "Did you show it to Edison?" (To be continued tomorrow) Parliament Will Choose Speaker LpNDON, June 25 (AP) The second parliament to sit under a labor government in the long his tory of the United Kindom re assembles tomorrow, but the only business for the day is the election FOCAL INFECTION IS VER Y OFTEN TO BLAME Pain in Back Muscles Not a Disease But a Symptom of Disturbance in Other Parts of the Body, Says Dr. Copeland, Listing Its Many Causes. By KOYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health . A'eic York City. RECENTLY I read a most interesting discussion about backache. It was written by a man who has made an intensive study of thio complaint This article took up in detail some of the more temmon causes of this ailment. The average person looks on backache as a disease. It is not it is a symptom. In some cases it may be merely the result of fatigue or overwork. As a rule it is a warning that there is some underlying condition which is respon :ble for the symptom. The doctor who so ably discusses backache classifies the causes. First on the list are those due to focal Infection. This includes the teeth, tonsils, sinuses and' intestines. An infection in any one of these centers might be accompanied by pains in the joints and muscles. It might cause backache. Second come those cases due to some disease of the abdominal organs. Gall bladder trouble, some . infection of the kidneys, kidney . stones, gravel, appendicitis, and uterine disturbance or displacement, would all come under this heading. Manv cases of backarh are of nervons nriirin It may be a passing sign of h disturbed nervous system. Orthopedic conditions such as flat feet, fallen arches, misplaced vertebrae, strained ligaments, will naturally result in backache. This xorm oi discomfort is merely a reflex in women the most common cause? of backache is some disorder of the pelvic organs. It is wise to find out whit Is wrong. The efficiency of the victim, whether a man or a woman, is sure to be lessened If persistent backache tbsorbs the happiness and vigor. The constant, nagging, down-bearing, twisting, aching pain la intolerable. No wonder loss of good nature and Positive irritability are the natural accompaniments of this distressing symptom. BuC as too ae, there are so many possible cause for bsckacho that It Isn't easy to get rid of It But in order to do so it win be necessary to study th case very carefully to locate the trouble. If you do not cou raged. There la a cause, of I of a speaker. The new government has decid ed in accordance with" general cus tom, the speakership not being considered a partisan office, to reelect the speaker ot the last par liament Accordingly Captain Ed ward A. Fitxroy will be formally proposed for the office he held last year and undoubtedly will be unanimously elected. WOODMEN TO FIGHT OUT BICE M DENVER, Colo., June 25. fAP Suit against officers of the Woodmen of the World seek ing to prevent them from putting into effect a new system of life insurance must go to trial on its merits in the Denver district court. 3 LICENSES TO WED 6HD BT CLERK Three licenses to wed were Is sued in the county clerk's office here Monday bringing the total for June to SC. Ernest S. Chittick. 31, 2234 Lee street, city, obtained a permit to wed Laura M. Jorgensen. 31, ISO West Meyers street, Salem. William J. Farrell, 34, San Francisco, obtained a license to wed Havie Mason, also of San Francisco. Roman Kinti, 25, ot Sublimity, received a license to wed Margaret Scbermcher, 21, ot Stay ton. ly to visit a doll, but since I have nothing better to do, IH go with you." So they all went to ace Miss Dell, who lived In her own private house on the nursery table next to the window. They found the door shut when they reached the house. Hanid knocked but there was no answer. "She's not at home." said Airplanes Asked to Field Ceremony Participation of airplanes oper ated by all commercial flyers in the northwest, in the exercises at tending the dedication of Salem's new municipal airport August 8, will be Invited, according to a de cision reached by the airport com mittee at a meeting Monday after- nnin Advertising Tilanc. rf larcr. Tho Colorado conrt so ordered j companies operating in this vicin" today in denying the officers pe-.ityi win be lnxheA also. tltion for a writ of prohibition V and discharging the rule to show cause. Approximately 113, 000 members throughout the United States are affected by the suit. Policy holders in Colorado. Utah, Idaho and Montana filed the suit here several weeks ago, alleging that if the. new insur ance system is made effective, hundreds of aged members wil be unable to pay the higher pre miums and will be forced out of the order. - They asserted that the pur ported amendments by which the new insurance was to be put into effect were voted illegally at the annual convention at Oakland. Cal., last year. Five assessments are now demanded for May alone GOOD-NIGHT STORIES By Max Trell - The- Shadow-ChwirPu Visit Miss - I)eH Wbo Ix. c- Her Head Again "Let's go and visit Miss Doll," said Hanid. "Why should we?" asked Krarf. "She lost her head yesterday, and we ought to see if she's found it again." Mij, Flor and Yem the other little shadow-children with the turued-about ' names nodded in agreement. "Yes," they said, "we 1 see you've found your head." 'I told you it was silly as compared to the former one, ought to pay htr a visit. they said. I "Humph." said Knarf. POLLY AND HER PALS Knarf. ' to come." "Just then Yam gave a shout. "There she is," she cried, point ing up. To their surprise they saw Miss Doll sitting on her roof. Her head was on her shoulders and she smiled down at the shad ow children. Come right up," she invited. i "How?" asked Hanid. "The ! door is locked." Insn t that too bad. You'll have to climb up the side of the wall then." The shadows looked at each other. "We might fall," said Knarf, pretending to be very frightened, although he knew quite well that ihndows can climb tip walls as safely as real-ehildren can walk. "Oh, ho," said Hanid, "besides it isn't polite to come to a per son's hou;e and then not go in " "We're not going -in" but 'on' and she's" not a 'ptjson' but a doll, so we may as well go right up the wall. i Humph. said Knarf. "I "it's f il-' might just as well go along. I have nothing better to do. So Along he went. "Good-morning,, children." said Miss Doll to the shadows. "Wont you st down?" As there were no chairs on the roor, they sat down on the chimney. "I see you've found your head again," said Flor. "Yes, it rolled under the sofa. Inda, the maid, discovered it this morning." "And wasn't it broken?" asked Knarf, eagerly. "Oh, yes, quite broken. It's on ly china, you know, and hollow ai that. But it's all been glued to gether again. That's why I'm sk- i ting here. I'm waiting for it to dry." "How did you happen to lose It?" The doll laughed. "You'll be amused to hear how. As it hap pens, I was sitting on the roof, just as I am now. Finally I got lired of sitting here. I decided to go downstairs and take a nap. I couldn't close my eyes while sitting up you see. 1 called to my mistress to take me down. S!;e didn't hear me. 1 leaned over see where she a- all at once I lost my balance and toppled off. I was so excited when 1 reached the floor that I completely lost my head. Miss Doll paused. "It wasn't any too fifily attached to my shoulders," she addou. "Is the glue dry yet?" Mij asked. "Why, I guess it is dry. I'm getting tired of sitting up here anyway. Let's go downstairs into my parlor." "I'll help you down," said Flor. "Oh, no, I'll have my mistress take me down." She called to her mistress. No one answered. "Dear me, that girl is always disappear ing. Where can she be?" With that she leaned over. I "Don't!" shouted the shadow- children in alarm. It was too late. j She suddenly toppled off. landing right on her head, which broke into a thousand pieces. "It's lost again!" cried Hrtnid. "Let's look for the pieces." "No." said Knarf, walking off. "I haven't got rnyihir.- to do, hut I'm too busv-f"i- .'.:.:!" Home-Making Helps By ELEANOR ROSS Searching the Attic for "Modern" Famishing My grandmother used to de fend staunchly her habit of hoarding all her pieces of furnish ings and decorations. "Everything comes back into fashion again," she would say. When the young er generation insisted on some amount of refurnishing she stack ed the attic with the rejected old pieces. But turow them away never! The result was that several of the family did exactly what the prophesied; in years afterward they went over me ;n:ntrs te once regarded as atrocious mid Victorian horrors, and displayed Hum proudly in new living rooms as the laot word In modern dec oration! Th- thinirs that were regarded j as particularly undecorative were ! it a liuaierous hanging walnut uarging shelves and triangular cupboards and whatnots. Fortun ately the old fashion of filling spaces with homemade art has not been revived. Gilded baby shoes and wax wreaths are no more, and seashells and butterflies have not been invited back into mod evn living rooms. Bur what-nots and cupboards and hanging shelves are getting more and more popular. ineir saving grace is that nowadays they are put to really good use, and not as they were in the olden days, made a retiring spot for odds and ends of decoration that couldn't possibly be fitted any where else. The hanging shelf has a num ber of good uses, especially in city apartments where space is limit ed. They are made today In all sorts of interesting shapes l"ng and narrow to hold a pot or two of ferns or ivy, an interestng vase or books. The little shelves with space to accommodate two rows of books, when suspended over a desk or writing tabio are not only of genuine use, bit jraily decora tive. You rrr I . i ? in many of the shops in the shape you de sire, but unpainted, so that you can' paint them yourself to suit any color scheme. If you have an overflow of books that crowd tables and odd places, and yet not enough to require a complete ad ditional bookcase, these hanging shelves are just the thing, for tney take care of one or two doien books not many more. The triangular cupboard wbicls, fits into the ktchen or dinlngj room Is now being reproduced because it is such a decidedly ; convenient china closet. It comes with shelves open, or equipped with glass doors, in the Cohmial style. The Welsh dresser, so call ed, is merely another kind of cup board. With its flat railed shelves allows a wide space beneath equii valent to a serving table. Its am ple drawers can hold silver, also table linen, and thus one piece of furniture realty nolds complete dibing roo mequtpment, yet takes comparatively small space. Sometimes In old houses there are superfluous closets, especially in the remodeled types where erstwhile bedrooms are now usd for living and dining rooms. By the&ring out old doors these clos ets are frequently converted into pttractive built-in book-cases, or china closets. In one old Colonial type house, the back of the closet was covered with a gay wallpaper and framed beautifully several shelves of fine Chinese Jars, and other Oriental art objects. One of the relics of apartment 4iouse building of the gay nineties is the huge clothes closet, extend ing from floor to ceiling with most of its space beyond reach. One literary man, who found' hmself in such an apartment otherwise desirable promptly had the doors and topmost cup board removed. He had a writing table set in the alcove thus form ed, several shelves for books built above it, and the result is most attractive. By CLIFF STERRETT IOAkJT hardly RELIEvE That mr-priwce is GNhJG US HIS rrWEKlTV T?OOM ADIRONJIXACK PMP REsJT r-tfrrEL- ILL BfcLIEvE IX WHEKf I SEE: IT! i i EvERYThi MS RACKED AM'i SHIPPED, ME&W4H? !VE, MA'AM.1 All But our HOkI. hamd VOU Sol The Tickets isi VER r Rocket j F4W? Y Vep' All SET.' T 9 It2t. Newsparpet Fil'urr Srrvk e. Inr . Bi itam rrt rr-r' ( J ALL OUT, Ev ERVB UDDVJ LETS GO.' 5 v -71 Mil IT" V TILLIE, THE TOILER By RUSS WESTOVER THE voAreP2. C WAS LOVEI-V - I'M UOI MCs OVEK. "TO TH DrOcS 'STOrE AMD HAVE A SObA WITH 3ACK, MUMSV, XfML VAlt I Lt I'M' lEfiE 'fl VAIFS.ITE TO ki latss mow II l a vr:';r;, : i ii 0 v x i rs. i f-YT cr a. r- i i i k ft i i - - - v w ' i i t iM i x -r: . l ie n I i IW9. K.n Friw Slt, Inr, Crr.l Brit.m r.' LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY By VERD c CR CGP&LANfr l. Correct the diet by cutting down on sugar, starches and coffee. Eat simple, food and avoid constipa tion. M. E. R. Q. What do you ad1se for pimples? A. Correct the diet by cutting down on sugar, starches and coffee. Eat simple food. Avoid constipation. AMERICO Nl Q. What can be done to stop gas attacks? A. Tou should correct your diet and keep the Intestinal tract clear. IT'LL TAKE LOTS OFVE2V HARD "PRACTiSltta t nesT tmiwg- r Til hAe To isacm a rS T& WALK OM KAOTUlS WlEE RI66E0 UP tO SCVtEAESB Ino ABOVB AUDIENCE r. r i will fou I - VET MT&f 0 WALK SENSE op balance;. ) flieue, mow -new Jy WALKMsje WITHOUT f HOLDiMQ MW HAMD oh ,Tms Y EASIER. TO DO " St wt -ER-MOTUiiOA Annie's dETTiKiG her nesT LESSOR DM JLHfc WIRE X Am' fucr rAwpovVNV I liti si V uu i BOOM Ttkl bless weel HtAKl TOOTS AND CASPER By jim: I ' course, find It. and patient search will l O. T. Q. What eaa be done for discharging ears? j Answers to Health Queries T.-u. C Q. What should a boy aged sixteen, five feet seven Inches tall, weigh? , t. What do you advise for black-Beads? AHe should weigh about pounds i 1S3 A. Discharging cars require the attention of an ear specialist. The ear, is too delicate aa organ for an inexperienced person to tamper with. " B. B. Q. When you gtve the cor net weight for people doe that ta elud clothe? A. No. OwrlsM. ItSt. 1 "WHAT THE. S S D M ATTEtt , CAMPER K I'M ALL I YOO DIDWT CAT It QlHT.-TOOT 1 i AKK BRSAWATm LJt JtrST wAWT AKJ& VOO l HUMRV THrS WOQRlED ABOUT f I MORNINr J . ometmin f j 7,; f AM REALLY MOMN5&i M rOOD HAPE-, I EXAMINED "fbO ' Docrrop.? J THORoorHLY,eJi, ; COU3WCL. HOOPER, fi AMD I PHNO VOU QAID I WA5N-T i ) ARE IN PH13PECT , LOOfVlNiSr VELU, J CONOTTION! V AND IT 50RT- I TOU13B. A& FIT I OF VyORRlED WA FlDDLtt! VNIB! TWAT-& THE BEST MEW rVE- HEARD VMCE. 1 y V THE DAY THE SCHOOL A 1 HOUE, BURHED U VboWM WHEN I V7A hi VJUAT WlLLTbu OH KirY-r mjk, wu m MOT very honwy! 3EVERAU POTVCTrii z:"'" fK tot of