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JIEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOK1J. OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1934.
BYXOPSW:
ch is
t Avon the
hearina from Sir W,
story of that chemical engineer1
dealings with John Osborne, the
man r,cnotaa juai nas oern acquw
ted of having murdered. Osborne
had stolen the formula of a new
metal from Molly O'Brien after her
father, who invented it. died,
Osborne agreed to eell the formula
to Sir William, but with the thief's
death the paper disappeared.
Nicholas, Molly and Jerry Afor
daunt are trying to find It,
rw-
Chapter 21
NEW PLANS
ELL?" I Inquired when the
door closed, "and how did It
iturn out?"
"Exactly u Oiborne had itated,
Sir William answered. "I needn't
.bother you with a lot of technical
detalli, but both as far aa lightness
'and strength were concerned It was
.Incomparably superior to any other
metal In existence. Applied to the
.manufacture of aeroplanes, for In
stance, It would. Increase their effi
ciency by at least twenty-Ore per
cent.
"The possibilities it opened up
were obviously so enormous that
no question as to whether Osborne
was the actual Inventor or not could
be permitted to stand In the way. I
gave him a check for two thou
sand pounds on account and agreed
that be should have the rest as
soon as I had examined the formula.
I "The arrangement was that he
'was to bring It to my office at ten
,0'clock on the morning of August
the fourth. As you have reason to
jknow, the appointment was never
kept. At that hour he was lying
dead In his study with the safe open
land bis papers missing."
The slow deliberate voice ceased
speaking and for moment or two
(I sat silent.
I am much obliged to yea for
telling me all this," I said, "but I
should have been still more grateful
If you bad come forward a little
earlier. It might bava saved me a
good deal of discomfort."
Sir William nodded composedly.
That was an omission for which I
must ask your forgiveness. I con
sidered the matter very carefully
and I decided that It would be wiser
to wait until I had heard the case
against you. With such Important
dnterests at stake I waa anxious to
kvold any unnecessary publicity."
"But supposing they had found
jme guilty?" I persisted. "Were you
going to stand quietly by and see
(roe hanged?"
He shook his head. "In that case
I" should have felt It my duty to
place the facts before your solici
tors. With the new evidence that I
was In a position to supply they
would have had no difficulty In se
curing a fresh trial."
There was a cool frankness about
Sir William's admission that In
-spite of my resentment made me
hnore disposed to trust him. After
all, he had told me the truth, and
If he were prepared to be honest
Ion a point like this the odds were
that I could rely on the rest of his
jstory.
He was obviously a man who did
not allow any delicate scruples to
Interfere with the course of busi
ness, but on the other hand, he ap
peared to have treated Osborne with
strict fairness, and I saw no resson
for doubting that he would be equal
ly straightforward with ua.
' I hesitated tor an Instant; then I
jdeclded to take the plunge.
"ITTELL, you've carried out your
' side of the bargain," I ob
served, "and now I propose to do
the same. Before I begin there's
juat one point I'd like to be elear
about I assume from what you've
'aid that you're not anxious to take
an unfair advantage of anyone. If
jOsborne did steal the formula, and
lit the rightful owner of It happened
o turn up, . . ."
"I should be delighted to meet
hlm," he Interrupted. "If such a per
son exists, and he Is prepared to do
business, I csn asaure you that he
will get better terms from me than
from any other firm In the world."
I pushed aside my plate. "Then
dlsten!" I said.
It was a longlsb task I had In
'front of me, and I made no effort to
hurry over It. Once I started to tell
toy story 1 felt that half-measures
would be worse than useless. It I
were going to trust my companion
the Job would have to be done thor
oughly, so without attempting to
keep anything bark, I settled down
to let him have the tacts.
It must have taken the best part
of halt an hour before I reached the
end, and all the time I was talking
Sir William maintained an un
broken silence. He set there, solid
By VICTOR BRIDGES S
and massive, like an expressionless
stone Buddha, his keen eyes alone
betraying the Intense Interest with
which he was following my narra
tive. At the conclusion he very deliber
ately lighted a cigar.
"Thank you, Mr. Trench," he said,
pushing across the box. "I am glad
you've had the good sense to take
me Into your confidence. It's an ex
traordinary affair and I congratu
late you on the admirable way In
which you have kept your head,"
"What do you make of It all?" I
Inquired. "Do you suppose those
chaps Stellman and Dlmltrl fol
lowed Miss O'Brien from New Or
leane?" "The latter undoubtedly did.
From your description I should
think that the other was probably
a German aome well known Inter
national crook whom Dlmltrl may
have picked up over here. He would
need help In a business like this;
it's not the type of Job that an Amer
ican gunman could handle by him
self." "But even then we are not much
further on," I observed. "No matter
who they are they certainly didn't
kill Osborne. Somebody knocked
blm on the bead, however, and
somebody opened the safe and went
off with the papers."
"That aeema to be the logical con
clusion." He puffed meditatively at
hla cigar. "How do you propose to
act In the matter?" he inquired sud
denly. "If you are afraid of these
people, there's nothing to prevent
yon from going round to Scotland
Yard and telling them your story."
1 SHOOK my head. "I've had quits
enough of Scotland Yard," I said.
"You can do as you please, hut
far as Jerry and I are concerned,
we've made up our minds to tackle
the thing ourselves."
Ton have?" He nodded slowly.
"A very sensible decision! The less
the police are brought into this bet
ter for all of us. Whatever else they
might do, they would certainly de
stroy sny chance we have of recov
ering the formula."
"You think there Is a chance
then?"
"It's not Impossible. It depends to
a certain extent upon whether the
man who stole It la aware of Its
value. He msy have been an ordi
nary thief who was Interrupted Just
as he had opened the sate. In that
case his first Instinct would prob
ably be to grab what he could and
bolt from the house."
'Sounds a bit thin to me," I ob
jected. "Burglars don't usually risk
their necks unless they know that
there's something worth taking."
'I agree with you. It'a consider
ably more probable that whoever
broke Into the place came to steal
the formula. After all we have no
proof that Dlmltrl was the only
person in the secret Osborne may
have had a second confederate
whom be let down as well."
"There's another idea that struck
me," I remarked. "If this Invention
Is as Important aa you say, there
must be several big firms here end
In America who ..." I hesitated
"well, who wouldn't be too squeam
ish about how they got hold of It."
He shrugged his shoulders. "We
have some fairly unscrupulous com
petitors, but I doubt whether sny
of tbem would go as far as murder.
I am more Inclined to regard It as
a private enterprise, and for that
very reason I take a less hopeless
view of the situation than I other
wise should.
"Sooner or later, provided noth
ing hsppens to alarm blm, our un
known friend will attempt to dis
pose of bis plunder."
"He msy have done so already."
"I think not The metal market Is
a sensitive concern, and I make It
my business to keep closely In touch
with all Its principal centres. I am
convinced that up to now nothing
has happened. If there are develop
menta elsewhere we are almost cer
tain to hear of them, but my own
belief Is that the first approaches,
when they are made, will probably
be in our direction. I should not be
surprised It something of the kind
were to occur at any moment"
"And supposing It does?" I said
bluntly. "Are you prepared to do
business with a murderer?"
"Quite," was the prompt answer.
"As I told you before, I regard the
acquisition of this process ss a na
tional duty. It it Is offered to me I
shall not hesitate to buy It but you
may rest assured that Miss O'Brien's
claims will receive the fullest and
falreet consideration."
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APPOINTED FOR CCC
OF
Announcement of the appointment
of new educational advisers for CCC
camps In the Med ford district was
made today by D. E. Wiedman, edu
cational co-ordlnator, who stated
that with the exception of camps
Humbug Mountain and Cape Bebaa
tain, one adviser haa been stationed
at each camp In the district. Here
tofore seven advisers were assignee
to two camps each.
Camps Humbug Mountain ana
Cape Sebantaln were previously as
signed to H. M. Stiles, who has been
transferred to Vancouver district, and
are now under Educational Adviser
Donald Mace. Company 611 is 'sta
tioned at Camp Humbug Mountain,
and Company 1052 at Camp Cape
Sebsstaln. Cellan Ufford, formerly
educational adviser at Camps Evans
Creek and Elk Creek, has been trans
ferred to Fort Arthur, Calif.
The new appointments, which are
expected to be completed soon with
the assignment of , men to Camps
Humbug Mountain and Cape Sebas
tain, ?rs announced as follows:
Linden McCullough to company
02a, Camp Applegate; Floyd O. Bur
nett to company 1344, CampGasquet;
Harris C. Rude to Company 1554.
Yreka; John Blanchard to Company
1555, Camp Evans Creek; Fenton
Muldowney to Company 1629, Camp
Wolf Creek, which formerly had no
educational adviser; George Brlnlow
to Company 1841, Camp Clear Creek;
Stanley Richmond to Company 759,
Camp Sltkum; Leonard A. Moore to
Company 1747, Camp Elk Creek.
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GROWERS WILL GET
STAMP TAX REFUND
Approximately 15,000 In refund
checks are being mailed out by t:ie
Oregon-Washington Melon and To
mato Marketing Agreement to 1,000
growers of those commodities In ht
two states.
Thia amount la 10 per cent of the
money collected from a stamp tax
on each crate of melons and tomato
sold In Oregon and Washington dur
ing the growing season, after paying
all expenses of enforcing the pact
and providing for a sinking fund to
start operations for 1935. Only thce
growers who bought $10 or more in
stamps are receiving refunds, due to
the excessive cost of mailing checks
for leas than one dollar, according to
officials of the marketing agreement.
Meetings between growers and the
joint control committee are beltg
held throughout Oregon and Wash
ington, reporting on the operations
this year and planning better en
forcement for 1935. Producer group
so far contacted are well satisfied
with the agreement as It now oper
ates, but wish stricter enforcement
among the growers, according to Har
ry Hawkins of Yakima, Wash., ai3
Morton Tompkins of Dayton, Ore ,
who are conducting the meetings.
Use of Butter I Increased
OLYMPIA, Wash. (UP) Use of
butter has Jumped 6,000,000 pounds
a year since Washington levied at
15-cent tax on butter substitutes, ac
cording to Dr. Robert E. Prior, state
dairy supervisor.
CHRISTMAS WEEK NEWS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
TOKYO
AS
DANGER! PEACE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (JF) While ;
considering Japan's projected denun- j
elation of the naval treaty "extreme-
ly unfortunate,1 Senator Borah ex- j
pressed the view today that "we ought
not make the mistake of Interpreting
the act as Indicating a warlike atti
tude toward the United States."
"It Is rather an expression of Jap
anese olrlental policy," added the for
mor foreign relations committee
chairman to newsmen.
Senator Stelwer (R Ore.), had this
to say:
"The Japanese attitude endangers
the peace of the entire world. There
will be no security on the Pacific
until all of the Interested powers can
find It possible to be bound by the
limitation of treaties to which they
subscribe."
Asked about American plana far
fleet cons true tlon In vie w of tie
coming Japanese denouncement of
the London naval treaty, Secretary
Swanson, at a press conference, si'd
"We will do what la necessary f-r
proper defense of Amtrlca and her
commerce and her Industries."
2.1 Religious Faiths at College
COLUMBIA, Mo. (UP) A recent
church survey showed 25 religious
faiths represented at the University
of Missouri. Included were: Moham
medan, Yoga, Quaker, Ethical So
ciety, Greek Orthodox, and Moravian.
Phone 542. We'll haul away your
refuse. City sanitary Service.
(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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