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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-22
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE

II SAID I don't know where she
4 kept her jewelry," Lydia retort-
ed harshly. cit want worth much
not q hundred dollars altogether,
III be bound, because Mia sold her
last diamond not week before we
left New York.
"She owed so many bills then that
the money she got for directing that
play at the Forsyte school hardly
made dent on them"
DO you know whether the jew
elry was in the house or in a safe
deposit box?" Dundee asked, ex-
element sharpening his voice.
eft must have been in the house,
because she wore the different
pieces any time she pleased" the
maid answered. 81 didn't ask no
questions, and I didn't happen to
see her get it or put it away.
''I didn't ever do much lady's maid
work for her, like blessing her and
fixing her hair-just kept her
clothes and the house in order, and
did what little cooking there was
to do"
"Her dressing tablet" Dundee
prodded Her desk?"
The maid shook her head. IT al
ways was strengthening up the
drawers in both her dressing table
and her desk, and she didn't keep
the jewelry there"
Captain Strawn, when you
searched the dressing table and desk
for the gun or anything of impor-
lance, did you have any reason to
suspect a secret drawer in either
of them?'
mo, Bonnie. They're just ordi-
nary factory furniture. I tapped
around for a secret drawer, of
course, but there wasn't even any
place for one" Strawn answered,
with an indulgent grin.
Il want to see Penny Grain"
Dundee cried, making for the door.
"Then you'd better come along to
the courthouse with me-" Sander
son called after him. Il sent her
back to the Office as soon as the in
quest was adjourned"
The two men passed through the
now deserted morgue chapel and al
most bumped into a middle-aged
man, obviously of the laboring class
in spite of his slicked-up Sunday
appearance.
you're the district attorney
amt you, sir?" he addressed San
derson in a nervous, hating I'M
dertone.
Yes. What is itp"
81 come to the inquest to give
some information, sir, but it was ad-
journed so quick I didn't have
| time
who are you?" Sanderson in
terrupted impatiently.
I'm Rawlins, sir. I worked fol
the poor lady. Mrs. Selim-garden-
ing one day a week.
Z y
"COME to my officei" Sanderson
~ commanded quickly. as lin
gering reporter approached on a
run. mo, mol I'm sorry, Har-
per-" he said hastily, cutting into
the reporters questions. Nothing
neWl
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HE6N HERE TODAY


.JUANrTA SELIM IS murdered At
bridge. Possible suspects include LYDIA
CARR. the maid; DEXTER SPRAGUE.
JOHN {. DRAKE. JUDGE MARSHALL,
Eitss landlord, TO whom she paid no
rent: POLLY BEAJE and Give HAM
MOND. In the soiarium together az the
time Of the murder. FLORA MILES.
JANET RAYMOND. and RALPH HAM
Flora Miles admits she was in Nita's
closet reading a note which she thinks
is from her husband TRACEY. but
which is really from Sprsgue. Raipn
HAMMOND. engaged to Mia, fnds out
that Sprague is her lover, but his state
ment that he spent the night a. cheap
hotel irving 70 drink It on and his
Innocence Of Nlta's death until the next
morning seem 70 clear him.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR DUNDEE
Is interested in finding out who paid
Mia $40 600 since her arrival In Hamll-
ton At the inquest most OF the eYi-
dence is withheld stress being laid on
the theory that Mia was killed bY a
LYDIA has arranged for Eita's crema-
ton. as instructed. and is given rer-
mission to take from the house the vel
vet dress 10 or 10 years old. which
Mia chose for her shroud. and which
Dundee suspects Is wedding dress.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
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Tarzan's opponent had been dressed like him
self in loincloth and leopard skin. A guard
escorted them across the arena and halted them
in the sand below the emperor, where the mas
ter of the games announced that the two would
fight with bare hands in any way they saw fit
dungeon gate was left open for either to
flee, 1.-The would
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"WTELL, what are you getting
Wv at?" SanderSon- Urged.

w at?" Sanderson urged.
well, the extry said the police
had found some footprints under
the front-most of them two side
windows to Mis- Selim's bedroom,
and went on to talk about the rose
vines being tore. and straight off I
said to the missuS, "Thenl's nv
footprints, Minnie - Minnie's nv
wifeS name"
your footprints!" Sanderson
calculated, then shook with silent
laughter. There goes Strawn's
case, Bonnie!" But Immediately he
was serious again, as the import of
this new evidence came to him.
Tell us all about it, Rawlins. :,
When did you make those foot
prints?"
Friday, sir. That's the day I
gardened for Mis- Selim. You
see, sir, the poor little lady told me
she was kept awake nights when
they was a high wind, by the rose
vines tapping against the windows.
Says she, I think theys some
body tryin' to git into my room,
Elmer and I could see the poor
little thing was mighty nervous any
way, so I didn't waste no time.
II cut away a lot of the rose vine
and burned it when I was burnin'
the garbage and papers in the
Generator out back"
''Is that all, Rawlins?" Sanderson
asked.
"'Bout all that mounts to any,
thing the laborer deprecated. But
they was somethin' else that struck
me as a little funny, when I come
to think of it.
'Well?" Sanderson prodded, as the
man halted uncertainty.
well, it's like 1 told you, it was
my job to burn the papers. That
scar-face maid Of Mis- Selin1's put
everything garbage and trash-in
a big garbage can outside the back
door, and I burnt 'em up.
$50 was kinder surprised Sat'dy
morning, when I went to stoke up
the laundry heater. to find some
body's been meddlin' with my drafts
and had let the fire go clean out.
had to clean out the ashes and
build a new fire"
you're trying to say, I suppose,
that you could tell by the ashes that
some one had been burning papers
in the laundry heater?" Sanderson
asked. with a quick glance at Dun
dee's tense face.
Ito Be Continued)
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There is the gate" Tarzan whispered. point
ing to the far end of the arena Escape while
you are yet alive" The crowd roared. 'I shall
tear you limb from limbI" shouted the murderer.
7 am here" said Tarzan calmly. "FleeI"
screamed the murderer. and, lowering his head.
he charged ike an angry bull.
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"You may say that the police have
thrown out a dragnet" and he
grinned at the trite phrase-for the
gunman who killed Mrs. Selim, and
will offer a reward for the recovery
of the weapon-a Colts 80 equipped
with Maxim silencer.
Come along, George, and Ill ex-
plain Just what Mr.. Sanderson
and I have in mind"
The district attorney and Dundee
strobe quickly away, and the man,
Rawlins, after moment OF indie
cision, trotted after them.
"I don't understand, sir, and my
name amt George. It's Elmer"
You don't have to understand
anything, except that youer not to
answer any question that any re-
porter asks you," Sanderson re-
torted.
When the trio entered the recep-
ton room of the district attorneys
suite in the courthouse, SanderSon
paused at Penny Grains desk
HBring in your notebook, Penny.
This man has some information he
considers important"
A minute later Sanderson had be-
gun to question his voluntary, but
highly nervous witness.
your name?"
"It's Elmer Rawlins, like told
you, sir" the man protested, and
flinched as Penny recorded his
words in swift shorthand.
ut was my wife as made me
come. She said as long as me and
her knowed I didn't do nothing
wrong, I'd oughta come forward
and tell what I knowed."
Eyes, yes!" Sanderson encour-
aged him impatiently. "You say
you worked for Mrs. Selim as gar
dener one day week"
Eyes, sir, but I tended to her
hot water and her garbage, too
twice a day it was I had to 90 and
stoke the little laundry heater that
heats the hot water tank in sum-
mertime when the steam furnace
amt being used.
81 live about mile beyond the
Grain place, that is, the house the
po0r lady was killed in"
Did you come to stoke the laun-
dry heater Saturday EVENING""
Dundee interrupted. Excuse me,
sir, ne turned to the district at
to- ley, "but this is the first time
I've seen this man"
"No, sir, didn't stoke it Sat'dy
night" Rawlins answered uneasily.
"You see, was comm up the road
to do my chores at half-past six,
like I always do, but before I got
to the house I seen a lot of police
mems cars and motorcycles, and I
didn't want to get mixed I'D in
nothing, SO I turned around and
went home again.
Il didn't know what was I'D. but
when me and the wife went into
Hamilton Sat'dy night in our fiivver
we seen one of the extries and read
about how the poor lady was muir
dered. But that amt what I was
gettin' at, sir"
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Williams
BY Blosser
BY Crane
Martin

The ape-man sprang into the air and came
down upon his antagonist. and what happened
happened so quickly that no one there other
than Tarzan knew. AL they saw vas the mr-
derer lying stunned on the sand. while the ape
man stood with folded arms looking down upon
him. The crowd rose from the benches. shrek
ing with delight.
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The crowd booed It was to ser blood that
they had come to the arena. They shouted in
suits at the master of the games, but they
cheered Tarzan. His opponent was a low
browed brute. with great, buIging muscles. as
heavy as the ape-msn but shorter. He scowied
ferociously as he circled about, looking for an
opening
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-12
Pay the Southern Bonds
Chicago Tribune)


Though the legal obligations Of the United States
do not include payment Of the defaulted southern bonds,
there are other reasons no less urgent for Americas
assumption OF this indebtedness. The bonds here referred
to we're valid debts before the civil war began and, though
the buyers, many Of them from humble homes in Eng
land. had a just grievance, several Of the southern
states protected their default by legal measures Of re-
~pudiAtion. The eight defaulting states, Alabama,
Arkansas. Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi. North
Carolina, and South Carolina, have defaulted debts Of
some $400, 100000, and Of these bonds q good part are
held in England. SO far a. the flotation or the default
Of southern bonds Is not involved In the rebellion, aided
by Great Britain, from 1861 to 1865, the United States
should take measures for their payment. A deduction
from the British war debt to America, 90 Great Britain
In turn can pay the bondholders. would be the obvious
procedure.
Though the United States cannot legally be held for
debts which she had no part in making. she protects the
debtors. on the other hand, by the eleventh amendment
preme court OF the United States for redress by an en-
forceable judgment. BY q kind Of internal Monroe
Doctrine the United States tells lenders to the states
that they must take their own risks. But the fact remains
that In the name Of good feeling, II not in Law, this
country should give help.
In Mississippi, for example. bonds were floated largely
in England, according to Lord Redesdale In the British
house Of lords. amounting to $7.000. 900 between the years
Of 1881 and 1888, for banks. docks, railways, and canals.
In l84l Mississippi defaulted on both loans. Before
1853 the state ~repudlated both loans on the ground that
the investments had proved unremunerative. Clearly
the civil war had nothing to do with these loans and
their regulations. Clearly the matter is, AS Theodore
Roosevelt said, a shameful. and painful record"
The southern bonds should be studied BY congress with
4 view toward early and fair repayment.
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A BETTER TREATMENT FOR
APPENDICITIS

Doctors who are unacquainted with
the natural methods Of treatment,
such as fasting and hydrotherapy. are
usually Of the opinion that an opera
ton is the only treatment for ap-
pendicitis. This is not the case. how
ever, as I have personally directed
the care Of several hundred cases OF
this dreaded disease without having
q single death result, and I know that
other doctors are doing the same
thing.
If operations were an infalliblc cure
| without the danger Of p~ost-operative
complications, there might be some
excuse for rushing these cases to the
hospital. But operations are not in
fallible. and complications frequently
ensue, ven when the patient RECEIVERS.
There are no doubt many cases where
the patient feels vastly more i'm
| proved following an operation, but
| equally good results can usually be
obtained without the operation II the
right treatment is used.
Almost every day the newspapers
record operations upon prominent
people and occasionally they report
that death occurred. Sometimes one
hears that a later operation was
necessary to remove the adhesions
that resulted from the first. There
are many other cases of less promi-
nent people Of which no account is
given.
It is considered almost sure fatality
If the appendix has burst before the
operation. On the other hand, I have
seen a number of ase where the
appendix had apparently burst and
a complete recovery occurred without
an operation when the correct treat
ment was used. You will ~undoubted-
ly be interested in knowing Of the
treatment used in these cases, and I
will explain it in tomorrow's article.
but first let us understand some of
the causes leading up to a case of ap-
p%endicitis.
The appendix is a worm = shaped
hollow organ located near the potion
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Editorial Comment
The King as a Symbol
tMinneanoiis .Journal)

When King George v. observed, the other day, the
twentieth anniversary Of hts accession to the throne Of
Great Britain. Ireland and the Dominions Beyond the
oels, London newspapers commented on his devotion to
duty, his self effacement and tact, and his punctiliovs
observance of his functions q 4 constitutional monarch.
The Laborite Herald added that the monarchy Is even
more strongly enthroned In public esteem than when
he succeeded to its crown and scepter.
He Is just 4 symbol, this king somewhat puSzling
symbol to many Americans but 4 mighty one to his loyal
subjects. When the British press cxtol his devotion to
duty, they mean his duty to represent British power and
glory. British steadfastness, British ideals and standards.
Just as the British constitution Is unwritten, so, also.
Is that for which the king stands an envisionment Of
the mind, at once tangible and intangible. He Is unwrit-
ten and invisible, II we may strain . metaphor. and then
again, he is the visible embodiment Of British pride and
British sovereignty.
He Is the center and core of respect for constituted
authority, In other words. And this is something rather
beyond any possession Of the American people. We
respect our president, and we ought to and mostly do
revere our constitution. in our American way. But the
president Is a man instead Of IN office, since he has
large duties and responsibilities that are actively Of
government, rather then passively Of symbolism. And
our constitution Is a written document, explicit. In .
sense, where the British charter Is implicit. We are not
insrained with respect, nor h~abituated BY precedent.
And sometimes It seems that We need some such symbol
as is a part Of the British scheme Of things-not .
throne, a crown. 4 scepter: not q monarch, In any
sense Of the word. or anything else than a republic OF
our own jealous maintenance. But II we had . sign and
symbol. apart from our workday governance, might We
not, cherish that deeper reverence for law and order
which we sometimes appear to lack? We would not ex-
change our government for that Of any other people.
But do We honor its essence as we might?
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Wanted: A Rather

Page Russell Reid and Clel Cannon, two rising young
naturalists Of North Dakota. They have gathered much
data and many pictures for the edification Of their fel-
low Dakotans on the fauna and flora Of the state, but
they need 4 proddine now, for they have a big opportun-
iy to serve native curiosity again. Everybody wants to
know whether 4 bullsnake can kill q RATHER and whether,
In fact, that Is their mission in the design Of nature.
The bulishake Is In captivity. All that Is needed 10 to
provide a RATHER for trying out the tradition on sinbad.
whose training quarters are down on Main avenue. where
he works out somewhat like A pusilist but on sewer
rats as ~sparrins partners.
Won't somebody 30 out and capture a rattlesnAke for
the battle? Two rising nAturalists, for instance.
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No Time to Fire the Warden

II Is possible that his record as warden Of the Ohio
psnitentiary calls for the dismissal Of Warden p. Z.
Thomas. some conflicting stories have been presented,
but for all we know 1t may be perfectly true that the
man has outived his usefulness there.
But there Is no question that the Ohio authorities are
entirely justified in refusing to suspend him now on the
demand of the convicts. To do SO would be to destroy
discipline in the prison and admit that the state is pow
erless to restore order in its Anticipated bastile.
The matter Of Warden Thomas fitness for his job can
be decided later. Just now the states foremost job Is to
make its convicts understand that they have to submit
to rules imposed on them by the authorities. TO give in
would only be to invite very serious trouble.
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voice trailed away wistfully. and
her eyes held a far OF. dreamy ex.
preston. Absent.mindedly. she took
his arm. seemed to cling to him.
Alan thought. as they moved to.
ward the elevator. that Phillipa
was sweetly feminine. He wondered
IL Natalie had ever been in . toy
department.
For all she knows about kids.
she'd probably buy a doll buggy for
/! Bobby" he surmised. Then he re.
membered that he'd yet to tell her
about the possibility that Bobby
might some day be under his
guardianship. The prospect did not
appeal to him.
nuANG 1t all. why didn't I tell
- her the other morning and
have it over WITH" he reproached
himself. thinking of tho morning
after he had been called to Berna.
dimes house. He could sec his
courage was slipping and still Nata-
lie wasn't told.
Suddenly the thought came to
him that It might be asking toe
much Of her. Perhaps any woman.
/. He turned to Phillipa with q
very serious expression when they
got OF the elevator and made their
way toward tho street door.
"WhAt would you do. Miss West,
II you found yourself obliged Ia
adopt q child?" he asked her.
Phillipa was startled, but not Cd
her guard.
"I'd rather" she said instantly,
have one OF my own"
Now It was Alan who was star
tied. But he. too. found words
quickly.
I'm sure you would" he agreed
unquestioningly: "but just suppose
you had to take this other child
suppose it was a solemn duty"
Then I'd love 1t. Of course
Phillipa declared.
! Alan felt grateful to her. sh.
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Something ACCOMPLISHED

1t may be a trifle carly to appraise completely the work
done at the naval conference in London. Nevertheless
1t becomes evident that the whole thing was well worth
doing, even though the high hopes entertained when 1t
opened may not have been altogether fulfilled.
As Secretary stimson says, the habit Of mutual agree
ment has received one more successful precedent. The
principle Of limitation is strengthened by its successful
practice"
The treaty may not be all that we had desired. New
ertheless, the conference was not held In vain. Ccmpe-
tition in ornaments received q real check; and that, Aft
er all, was the real purpose Of the conference.
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ARB

An Austrian barber broke the
worlds shaving record by shaving
himself in 43 seconds. What you
might call a hair raising event.
\ 4
An Iowa attorney wrote that WON
en- are like whiskey." What a COM
pliment this might have been in pre-
prohibition days!
X X
A report from the public library in
Elizabeth. N. j., says that reading
has increased in proportion to idle
ness. With 500 new books just re-
ceived at the white house, President
Hoover is in a rather embarrassing
position.
Copyright, 1880. NEA Service, Inc.)
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idea himself. Suppose we so to.
gether?" he suggested. "You know
the stores, and I haven't been near
a toy department since I was 4
kid"
Phillipa was delighted. 1t was
just what she was hoping for.
"This afternoon?" she proposed.
We've a lot Of work to do this
morning"
"Fine." Alan agreed. Lets pitch
into it."
He did not think OF the shopping
expedition again until Phillipa re-
minded him OF It about three o'clock.
His pleasant anticipation had been
lost in the mountain Of business
that always was towering over him.
But he became enthusiastic again
as soon a. he found himself sur.
rounded with wagons and trains,
drums and blocks and sleds. and all
the things any boy dreams OF own.
ING.
He wanted to buy everything In
sight Phillipa induced him to be
content with the purchase Of q huge
woolly camel upon which Bobby
(bhe had dug successfully for the
little shaver's" name) could ride.
you'll bs going to see him
again." she remarked, as though
there could be no question about It.
Alan did not answer. Neither did
he insist upon buying more toys q
the time.
"It's much nicer to take them
something new each VISIT" Phillipa
went on instructively. "Childreu
are dear. aren't they?" she added,
with . sigh.
At the moment she was standing
before a row Of dolls. looking long
ingly at one that was so cudd,y
real It seemed about to COO. Alan'l
glance followed hers.
Don't think that would do for q
boy" he vetoed.
Phillipa laughed. "Silly." she
said: Il was just thinking" Her
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in refusing to perform the operation the boy needed. The
police hac the rules with them when they passed up
three hospitals to get to the city institution. All the way
through, everything was done according to regulation.
But, unfortunately, the boy died.
The tragedy Of the whole thing, you see, lay in the fact
that not one Of the men involved could rise above a set Of
rules to save a human life. The bonds Of RED tape were
too strong.
That, probably, is one Of the penalties we pay for liv.
ing In a world 30 complicated that 1t has to have a thou-
sand ard one rules ana regulations for It's own prcscrva-
ton.