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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1930)
GilsiOE Powell Clayton of Salem to join Force Soon; "Dubs" . Uulkey to Monmouth A number - of promotion i, transfers and new employes, In connection with tbe operations f tan state traffic department, , were announced here Saturday y Hal E. Hom, tecreUry of aute. Officers J. A. Robertson of La Grande and Walter Lansing of Baker hare been promoted to ta rank of sergeant. Lansing has been transferred to Salem where he will hare charge of a new bureau which will speclaliie In nnbllcltv. accident preTention work, and cooperation with Par- entVTeachera associations, scnooi officials and police departments. Walter A. Foster has been transferred from Klamath rails to Pendleton. Merle Anderson from Pendleton to Baker, J. A. Robertson from La Grande to Pendleton, E. C. Snow from Portland to Oregon City. W. w Williams from Dallas to Mult nomah and W. J. Mulkey from Salem to Monmouth. New mem bers of the state traffic force are as follows: J. H. Perry to Multnomah, C. D. linger to Oregon City, R. A. Taylor v to Salem, and C. k Throne to Portland. Clayton on Forre After Stale Fair Kew men employed, but not yet assigned Include -Barren Bancem, Medford, E. G. Bloom, Portland; Farley Morgan, Port land and Powell Clayton, Salem. Clayton Is a member of the Sa lem police department, and will remain in his present employ- meat until after the state fair. R. N. Phillips, as senior offi cer, will assume charge of tbe Oswego-Milwaukie-Oregon City Canby night patrol, with head Quarters in Oregon City. Offi cer C. D. Unger will accompany Officer Phillips, and also will maintain headquarters at Oregon City. W. W. Williams, as senior of ficer, will take charge of the Mc-Minntrlle-Newberg-Tigard night patrol, with headquarters at Mnltnomah. Officer J. H. Perry will accompany Officer Williams. R. C. Abst, as Benlor officer, will take charge of the Salem Aarora night patrol, with head quarters in Salem. He will be accompanied by an officer to be selected later. Hoss announced that he had not yet selected a chief of the state traffic department to suc ceed T. A. Raffety, who has re signed effective October 1. THE OTHER BULLET TERRORISTS FACE FUG SQUAD TRIESTE, Italy, Sept. 6 (AP) After a week of stirring court scenes the fascist regime in Italy today saw the execution of four more of the Jugoslavian terror ists during the trial of whom "was brought out a confession of plot ting with bombs against the life of Premier Benito Mussolini. At dawn today four prisoners were led out to a parade ground, strapped in chairs' and, amid a glittering array of fascist!, were put to death by a firing squad of 66 soldiers. In all of the cases where execu tions hare been enforced under the state security statute the pris oners have been put to death on the morning following the passing f sentences. These were from a Croup of 18 tried for offenses ranging from "the spreading of subcrsive literature to supplying military secrets to Jugoslavia, and IS murders. FILL BEING MADE TURNER, Sept. 6 A big fill is keing made at the south end of thm new bridge on the Turner Marlon road, which Is located over MUJ creek toy the 0. P. Given Jaee. The road is necessarily closed to travel for few days. The ridge over Mill creek, by the J. L. Webb place Is torn out and the foundation cement work la pro gressing well by a good lxed force f workmen. (Continued from Page 4) "Come along out to the confer ence room," he suggested. "Sure, and is it a drink you're offering me?" Ryder's thick brogue was mostly pose, but his wink was spontaneous. "As a matter of fact," Peter said, "it wasn't Sears that sent for you. I did it myself. I wanted to ask you something." "Oh, well," Ryder accepted the loss xf the expected Job withont disappointment. "It's an expens ive way of conducting a conver sation, but it's all right with me. It gave me an excuse to light out of Jlmville, and that's what I was aiming to do after another week was out." "What I wanted to ask you Is this: Where did you get that em erald ring?" The only possible defense against Ryder's loquacity was to drive straight to the point. "I never heard of any emerald ring! The emerald isle is the clos est I ever came to the wearln' of the green. I haven't even been drunk enough to see green snakes not yet, though the time may come if they don't Improve the quality of the stuff you get. Speaking of which, what about that drink you "arcre talking of?" "I wasn't talking abon any drink." Peter felt as if he were trying to swim through an entan glement of seaweed. "I'm talking about a ring. An. emerald ring. De Lamoth says you gave It to him." "T never gave de Lamoth any thing but I.O.U.'s and he's still got them. I suppose I'll have to pay up, now that he's seen me In town." "For God's sake," Peter said desperately, "will you stick to the subject!" "You did give It to me," Lam- mie, who had stood silent, his back against the door, broke in. Don't you remember? We were on a lour day bender together. You got fired from the Times for it." 'Did I now? I get fired from so many papers I can't keep track of them. I must have been Just about ready to quit the Times. I can generally talk them out of firing me, unless I want to be fir ed, which Is usually." 'It was the ring with initials on it 'de la M.' You gave it to me because they matched mine. You must remember." Peter glanced sharply at de La- moth. Was it possible that he was coaching Ryder on the story he wanted him to tell? His remarks had certainly been leading enough. But then, the only way stage Irishman. We all know you were born In Boston." 'Murder will out!" Ryder ex claimed tragically. "It's the scan dal of my past life you've discov ered on me." "You did give the ring to Lam- mie, then?" Peter persisted. "That's what I've been telling you. It slipped my mind until you brought it back to me. It was a tJ Induce Ryder to stick to any topic instead of wandering off is sues was by firm leading. Ryder clapped his hand to his forehead. Sure, I do recall something of the sort, now that you men tion it. But I never thought of it as being green at all. If I'd notic ed the emeralds I'd probably have kept it for the sake of Sinn Fein." "Quit your clowning, Ben," Pe ter said severely, "and for the Lord's sake stop acting like a great night we were having, and the details of it are hazy in my head." er worried about anything. Yet, if Lammie were telling the truth, Ryder had got rid of the ring and promptly disappeared. When he got wind of the search that was being made for him, he had come back to face the music. That was only common sense. He must know that he would be found sooner or later, once the hunt was on, and it would be silly to appear to be hiding. On the other hand, if Ryder were asked to lie for Lammie, he would cheerfully do it, without even asking questions. Peter had once Interviewed a professor of psychology who was engaged in a study of white rats running around In mazes. He forgot what the rats were supposed to prove but he felt a sympathetic kinship with them now. If the professor wanted to know the sensations of the rats, he might do worse than interview Peter Piper. "It you want to get in touch X Announcing. . . EILI2SimiIS S, are moving to former location at 337 Court Street. See the display in window of . k The New General Electric r. - Full Range Radio. vi- Radio reception as General Electric Engi- neera know it should be. with ritxgerald," Lammie sug gested, "I know where he is. We ran a story on him the-first, of the week. Yes." Peter said dazedly, ? suppose that' the next step "He was In an auto smashup," Ta he dead?" . If Fitzgerald were dead, there was no way of checking Ryder's story. It was dead-lock. Was that perhaps the very reason why Ryder had used Fitzgerald's name? Or had de Lamoth, who out," be said after a long pause which neither of the other men had offered to break. "I guess I can get Sears to give you a Job. It's cheaper than hunting all over the state for you." "Sure, I'd Just as soon work on the Herald as anywhere for a while," Ryder asserted, quirles. Was that because he al ready knew or was he almply incurious about a story on which he was not himself working? Cer tainly there was no great anxiety in his manner. But then, he had had plenty of time for prepara tion and concealment. Only, If he were really not caught unawares, wouldn't he for that reason hare pretended surprise ? But happy-go-Iuckr Ryder! It waa Impossible to imagine him engaged In Complicated plot. And he wouldn't worry about other people's mysteries he ner so, this mad chase mast eventu ally lead to the person who had taken It from the Chinese box. It was bizarre enongh but the' alternatives were equally gro- kesque. Either a reputable lawyer and two reporters were united In a conspiracy of murder and their connection with Mortison, leading to the crime, still remain ed unfathomable. Or else one of them knew more than he appear ed to know. Was It Ryder? Had, he almply passed en the ring to Lammie, making him the scape goat?: Or had Lammie Invented the story and persuaded Ryder to back him up? What about those Initials? The triple initial was fairly uncom mon. Was there a closer relation than appeared on the surface be- kween Mortison and de Lamoth? He seemed completely Indiffer ent to the reason for Peter's In-tHad the shortening of the name I from de -la Mothe although a common enough simplification In America been made with a defi nite motive of concealment? Ev ery avenue of speculation was a blind street, blocked either by Peter's Ignorance or by .Its own Inherent absurdity. But Peter had set out to lessen that Ignorance and experience had taught him that absurdities often turn out to be facts. 1 wish you'd stick around Ry der, tin I get this straightened That'i the very way I got it. Ryder 'had at last sensed the seriousness of the situation. He dropped his brogue and "with it his - conversational aide-flights. "It belonged to lawyer Lee Fitzgerald. You probably know him.'? . Peter nodded, speechless "It wag Just a friendly game In the back room at Nick's place and Fitzgerald was losing everything but his shirt. He ran out of eash, and put up his watch chain and tie pin, and finally this ring. We kidded him about it, began to talk about atrip poker, and all that." 'When was all this?'4 Not so very long ago. Let me see. I hadn't had It but a day or two. That's how it happened to be still In my pocket when Lam mie and I had our bust.' It simply wasn't possible. Noth ing was possible. Whichever way he turned, Peter faced the incred ible. If Ryder and Lammie were telling the truth, the ring had been tossed from hand to hand as if it were of no value. Yet for its sake a man had committed mur der, and it was the one tangible bit of evidence linking him with the crime. Perhaps the thief had been frightened into getting rid of it. But why, in that case, had he taken It In the first place? Even Where did yon get ft In the first place?" Peter forestalled further . reminiscences of the "great night," 'Where did I get it now? I had it knocking around in my pocket, not being one for the wearing, of Jewelry it doesn't suit my style of beauty, to go around all deck ed out like a Christmas tree." Peter sighed. Ryder was a lik able fellow, but he had admitted possession of the ring, after first denying it. Was his irrelevant chatter a device to' gain time? Pe ter fought his own suspicion, but the circumstances themselves were suspicious. "I have it now!" . Ryder ex claimed. "I won It In a poker game." Ton What?" The answer was so completely unexpected that Pe ter's brain reeled. He began to have the curious illusion that the thing wasn't happening at all. He was taking part In some monst rous fantasy, where nonsense rul ed in place of logic had handled the story of the ac cident, been In touch with Ryder all along and suggested Fitzger ald to him? "I don't know. I didn't follow It any further. But he was taken to St. Luke's hospital. I'll find out If you like." "Thanks," Peter said briefly. Til look it up myself." it waa half wav through the door when Ryder called to him. "Don't forget o ask Sears about that Jobl" . Peter hated jumseir xor wona erina if the reminder was sheer bravado -- . "I hope to God Fitzgerald isn't dead " ha answered Irrelevantly. If Fitzgerald were dead, he would have to go on hating himseu ana wonflering. His longing to clear Lammie and Ryder of his own suspicion rose to an almost in tolerable Intensity. "Wish m rood luck." he said seriously. His gray eyes dwelt In a lingering gaze on tne races or the two men the pale, sensitive face of Lammie, the merry, irre sponsible face of Ryder. It might be the last time that he could look at them like that as fel lows of the craft that was more than a craft, that was somehow a brotherhood as well. "Sure, may the saints preserve you!" Ryder shouted after him as the door swung slowly shut, (To be continued) We guarantee our carrier service. If your copy of the Statesman fails to arrive by 6:30 a. m.. phone 500 and a copy will be sent to you. In the first year of its gaso line tax Illinois collected $25.-000,000. Safety Parley Will be Held Here Tuesday A safety conference participated In by representatives of the ttate traffic division, the Oregon State Motor association, Parent-Teacbtr associations and similar organiza tions and from the state educa tional department will be hetd here Tuesday, Secretary of State Hoss announced Saturday. 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