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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-26

to you as soon as Mr.. Hayward =.
ported to me about his tamperod ~,
son supply" Rankin's manner ~
came definitely accusing. "That VIC.
my first clue that you were inv"
Gated in the murder. And tbaro =
other evidence, just as incriminatir..
throughout the case, your conduct hs,
been suspicious and required invost,
CATION"
discriminating evidencef What 4.
you mean? Surely you don't cons,do.
me responsible for poisoning Stuart y,
1t was scarcely the response tho 4.
tective expected to evoke. Instead -,
alarm, Patterson's CONSERVATION A.
closed only establishment, and he staroA
ut Rankin with widened, incredulon.
eyes.
Nevertheless. the detective main
tanned his stand. what else am 7 =.
believer" he demanded harshly. "RS.
sides obtaining the poison. you admit
having the strongest reason for want.
ing to silence him. You could not face.
the scandal his speaking would causo.
you were frantic to conceal your ruilt
at any cost. The opportunity was also
yours; instead Of acting as Jordan's
sponsor during the initiation, you stood
behind him in a position to admin.
lister the CONNIE. And your nervous.
ness, afterward. :"
"But I didn't never thought o,
giving it to him! II the worst came tn
the worst, l was going to use it nv
self |"
The confession, rung from Ned Pat.
terson by sheer desperation, caused
a suspended silence of pure horror.
The students CHASTITY hue rivaled only
that of his schoolmates as they re-
garded him in shocked awe.
"You took it for yourself. =" Ran
kin began, breaking the tension.
But Stanton snatched at his mean
ing more swiftly and a note of pain
filed his voice. Med, my Cd, Won
weren't going to commit suicide? You
wouldn't have done 1t, old manr
Patterson shrugged his shoulders
despairingly. Il don't know, Ted" he
returned. II can't tell whether I'd
have had the nerve to go through
with 1t. l was beside myself, brood
ing over it; decided 1 couldn't bear
discovery-the shame of it, the loss of
peoples respect, perhaps even prison
term. And I wasn't going to involve
my family in my degradation. At any
rate, l was ready if l finally got up
against it. That's why i didn't take
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-26

part In the ritual on Tuesday the day
was too much of q strain for me-"
Trembling, he buried his face in his
apds again.
acting could have been as con-
rH e as his genuine wretchedness.
TT was too overwhelming to be as
sumed: his avowal sounded too SOL
emn to be merely q cleverly concocted
fabrication. Its very sordidness guar
anteed Its authenticity. Viewing the
sponsors conduct in this new light
Rankin understood the reasonable
cause of his distress after the Tragedy.
Az in the present interview, ne was
chiefly alarmed lest the intention ne
had harbored, now that he could aban-
dom 1t, would be disclosed And II Ms
theft Of the toxins was related TO MS
design of suicide only. the detective
was satisfied to overlook it completely.
He could almost sympathize with Pat
terson's predlcament; 1t was circum-
stances, he felt, and weak character
rather than any real viciousness, thal
had driven him to thieving. Even MS
determination to take his life rather
than be caught and punished suggest
Cd an innate sense of decency.
One particular needed explanation
however, before Rankin was ready 10
dismiss the possibility that he was
implicated in the PLEDGES death.
"Can you swear, Mr.. Patterson" no
asked sharply, "that no use was mace
Of either poison you selected Either
for your own purpose, or by anyone
else in connection with the murder
The student looked up listlessiy'
mo one except myself touched tne~
since took them, sir" :.
"Then what happened to almost nal,
Of the CONNIE? Mr.. Hayward reporter
the loss of two grains of atropine anu
six drops Of CONNIE; and all the miss,
ing atropine was in one vial IN YOU
dresser. But the other contained Only
three drops of CONNIE"
II spilled bit in pouring 1t out
Patterson responded unhesitatingy'
was nervous anyhow, and hurried ~,
fear Ken might return and interrup.
me. And with the liquid, my nanu
shook little and some fell outside tn0
test-tube" He spoke earnestly, Stuuy
Ing Rankin intently. "Tm telling ~
truth, sir" he added, whether you W
lieve me or not"
Ito be Continued next week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-26
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL

Crawford, whose absence from the
initiation to keep date at which his
female companion failed 10 appear,
still troubled him. His affluence and
sporty taste both suggested he was
the watch's proud possessOr; but RAN
kin considered 1t unlikely that he
would have parted with it voluntarily.
jerks was saying. "Savoulos ad-
vanced Patterson sixty on it and he
has three months to reclaim it. He
pledged it as Ned Parsons"
II believe, jerks, though I'm not
sure. that can Identify the owner /:
obviously, he isn't Patterson And
rye also a pretty shrewd notion OF
what he intends to do with the money
But the really important problem is
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-26
CHAPTER VIII
As a Thief in the Night

II brought you to headquarters
about comparatively simple matter"
Rankin informed the two students.
Merely to ask you about this watch.
Have either Of you ever seen it be-
fOre?"
As he held out the timepiece, STAN
ton shook his head negatively, but Ben
Crawford recognized 1t and fairly
snatched it from Rankin's hand.
"Why, that's mine, sir!" he ex-
claimed eagerly, with touch Of wos
der. "It was stolen from my r9r1 ~
Monday night, after the hazinG ~" on
"Stolen-on MondayT Raj
quired sharply. "Are you nn,n in
that? You didn't lost s-t posi.lse Oh
or give it to some2AN OF misplace II
keep for your zone temporarily 70
a. mo, nothing .iess Ele that" the student
th,nas - "TAs isn't the first time
honss we're stolen in the fraternity
vesteri since school began. 1 told you
- vNday that several of us stayed
up very late Monday to wait for the
PLEDGES to get in from the country /;
we figured on a little more fun with
them. But we all retired by two-thirty
In the morning and distinctly remem-
Der putting my watch on my dresser.
The next day 1t had disappeared; NO
one knew anything about it."
Then you were robbed early Tues
day morning. Which ID your room,
Mr.. Crawfordf"
"The second one along the second
floor corridor that runs toward the
back Of the house. It's opposite the
third-story steps, next to Ted's here.
George Patten shares it with me-"
Rankin leaned forward intently.
you say that other things have also
been mysteriously missing during the
yearf Do you mean there has been
q series Of robberies at the house2"
"Three Of them, Mr.. Rankin, in the
last few months" Crawford declared,
land always at night" \
"And no clue to the thief has ever
been discovered?"
It was Stanton who replied, reluct-
antly, but clearly perceiving the fulfil
ity Of any attempt to suppress the
truth.
mo, we haven't the least idea Of
the culprit's identity" he admitted
soberly.
you never informed the police of
these thefts, did your The detec-
tive turned bluntly to Stanton. That
would have been the proper action"
The president hesitated at the crit
icism. well, no." he replied at length,
because we scarcely wanted news of
that sort brulted about the campus. 1t
was really our own private business
and we were afraid of undesirable
scandal So we decided to keep 1t,
secret and not even consult the college
authorities"
still / should have been told Of 1t
after the murder" Rankin pressed him
more severely, INSTEAD of learning
quite by accident Surely 1t was your
duty then, not to conceal from me
these serious crimes in the chapter"
"The shock Of Stuart's death drove
them from my mind, SIR" Stanton de-
Tended himself quickly. They seemed
insignificant beside Tuesdays dread
full affair"
I'm sorry to inform you. Mr.. Stan
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whether he had any right to dispose
of it."
For ten minutes after jerks was
done and had left the Office. Rankin
silently fingered the timepiece, deep in
reflection. Then, reaching a decision.
he put through two phone calls in
succession to the Mu Beta Sigma
house. The first was to Stanton; for
tunately finding the president in
though it was barely noon, he asked
him to visit headquarters at once and
bring Ben Crawford along. Ten min
utes later, he got Ned Patterson on
the wire and requested his presence
also at city hall. But Immediately
after ringing off, he summoned Officer
Simpson, whom he instructed to keep
the sponsor waiting outside the Office
on his arrival, until he sent for him.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-10-26

Ito be continued next week.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
ANCHORAGE sERENADtRs
 LANCE HELD SEWARD
 DANGERS ALL RIGHT

Not until 6 o'clock this morning did the Anchorage (KFQD) Sere- naders cease playing for the large crowd of dancers who danced the night thru; from 2:30 a. m. follow ing the last act of Let Anne Do It., gave final blast and folded up their instruments anu called it a night.
 And what a night!
 Unceasingly this clever orchestra played number upon number ln re- sponse to popular demand and when the crowd began to thin out about o'clock, seemed to pick up speed and rhythm as the hours heightened. InterSpersed between dances the famous SOurd g h Trio, KFQD broadcast station art ists, sang, while Nell Hewitt, AL aska's premier concert pianist, rattled the worries with amazing precision and harmony.
 Art Heron, leader of the orches- tra, took occasion to personally thank the attendance and all Seward for the wonderful recep- tion accorded Anchorage visitors and complimented Seward for it's sportsmanship, in attending the matinee and dance in such large numbers.
 Roy Bunce, Chief of the famous Anchorage "Ice Worms. made a similar address in behalf of the AnchOrage cast.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
MAKING WHOOPEE

While the nress dispatches and radio broadcast an nounced high revelIy in many great ctes anu old towns of the United States in celebration o1 Ie eg zation of beer Seward waited patiently for the arrVal of the theatrca! performers and KFQD oerenaoelS V arrive from Anchorage at 12 o'clock midnight anu a' that hour began filing into the Liberty theatre
 With the repeal of the Alaska bone dly law au ,e absence of any governing agency statute to the contrary it might have been perfectly all right TOT anyone w9 could claim possession of egazed beer to have oHelea it for sale Possessors of home brew might nave hanoeo if around to their friends for general ceeDrat1on
 To the credit of Seward it would have been difficult to discover mali under the influence of liquor or exh iaraed to the degree of sembance of celebrating an epechol event.
 Instead what was whoopee nj ght in many places was an orderly refined gathering of sober people, satisfying thirst bv viewing clean, entertaining play ana 1Ol- lowing with dance equally welordered and edltylng
 This is something for the morals of the frontier ana an example to many Of those who scoI at US faulos and practices.
 1t is well to keep it thus.
 Both at the wonderful performance and dance last evening" Chief Ice Worm Roy Bunce of Anchorage, ad, dressed the attendance in few we'll chosen words or appreciation of he Anchorage visitors at the hearty res ponse their offerinos considering the late hour M oi presentation; l2:30 D. for the show Let Anne 10 It and a. m the beginning of the dance, because ot the train wreck at Matanuska which delayed scnedule Both the show and dance were we'll worth waltln0 all night for, Roy.
 Anchorage and Seward joined last night in wish ing each other Happy Brew Year"
 Clean and wholesome entertainment such of fered throughout the entire night by Anchorage enter tainers makes glad they are living In the Northano and proud of tine title Alaskan
 
 To the Anchorage show troupe the KFQD Serena ders and those good folk of Anchorage who their talented artists Seward local residents offer gratuations for their fine spirit and cooperation with the Seward Legion Post.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
NORTHERN LIGHTS

All salaries of Juneau city en- ployees over $100 per month have been reduced 10 per cent.
 *
 Captain Ira Nordyke, the first U. s. Commissioner at Seldovia, died recently at Juneau. He was well known throughout the Territory.
 
 The earnest effort exerted by the Seldovia school board to obtain a new school building is winning heartening echoes in many quar- terS, and finds expression in dis cussion, and letter writing to Ju- neau authorities.
 B. Ekkelboom of San Francisco, and w. A. Somers, of Silverdale, Washington, will leave Seattle on May 5th to make their home at Homer. The family of Lloyd West man, of Homer, informed the Sel- doyia Herald that his people will probably come to Homer from Cal ifornia, next month.
 * * * <
 E. Stiegelmaier and Bert Ahola recently elected members of the Panama school board, have elected Mrs. Corinne Call to fill the vacan- cy due to the resigna tion of A. B Webster.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
CUPID HAD BUSY TIME

Two marriages were performed by U. s. Commissioner E. P liar wood, the first Friday afternoon when he united Miss Millie Ches- ney of San Francisco and MT. Ru- dolph H. Koch of Anchorage. Wit nesseS were Mrs. Marian C. Painter and c. M. Culbertson. The second marriage took place this morning uniting Miss Margaret Lutcabish of Anchorage and MT. Clarence Bran non of Girdwood, witnesses were Minnie Albritton of Anchorage and c. M. Culbertson. The newlyweds left on todays train for Anchorage where they will make their homes.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
TEAR BOMBS

OTTAWA, H., April 7.--Illlnois state and county officials threw tear gas bombs at Rockford un- employed demonstrators en route to Springfield when they refused to break camp and return back to their homes. Some engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the highway policemen, and officials from adjoining counties rushed here to preserve order. Many wo- men were among the 1000 demon strators. They fell in their tracks when overcome by gas.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
LIMITED OBJECTIVE

SHANHAIKWAN, China, April q, The Japanese so-called limited objective" invasion of North. Chi na was rapidly approaching the importVnt treaty port of Chin wangto, 10 miles southwest of !lere. Japanese reports said that Japan csc and Manchurian troops were advancing from Shilhmenghai. which the Japanese seized April 1. A Manchurian force occupied Haiyangchen, north of Chinwang- to. early yesterday.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
'sOuRDOUcH BILL

Sourdough Bill says: "A che chako back East claims to have 'skivered a siWash word which lis tens like this: Quigwigglogoguskot- zucarskoftoftzozbozbutoto. That's what called the man who busts up my radio reception with a mo-. tor, only I spelled it with 'k."
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08

Abe Hansen, gasboat owner, was shot and killed by Harry DeGroot at Chichagof, where Hansen is thot to have been working A woman is being held as material witness.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
WHAT ABOUT IT?

HOLLYWOOD, April 2, Barbara Bennett, wife of Morton Downey, the singer, was here today for a visit. She was accompanied by her adopted son, Michael, three, and by her own son, Morton. Jr., three months old. Downey will ar rive soon, his wife said. She was greeted at the train by her father, Richard Bennett and by her sis ter, Joan.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
GROWN TRANSFERRED

ROME, April 8,-Innocente Bal guerra was removed as Italian heavyweight champion and Primo Camera appointed to fill his place by the boxing federation here. Bai-. guerra was removed and suspended for engaging in three matches ill New York while under suspension here. He will remain under ban until he pays a fine of 600 0lire.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
MAURICE SHARP

Director of Let Anne Do It" asked The Gateway to convey his personal appreciation to Seward for the kind reception to the cast and other Anchorage visitors and speaking for them, they look for ward to the time when they may have the opportunity to recipro- cate.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
NORTHERN LIGHTS

Between the number four and number 10 levels in the Alaska Ju- neau's deep level development program there has already been prospected 18,750,000 tons of ore that is expected to yield an aver age operating profit of S5 cents per ton.
 Rasmus Olson, better known as Admiral OlsOn," died last week at Juneau from heart trouble. He trolled for many years in South eastern Alaska.
 *
 Mrs. F. S. Moore, mother of Mrs. Earl H. Clifford of Juneau, passed away recently at Seattle.
 The 4O-foot gasboat Yum Yum, owned by A. w. Willard, fox ran cher at Port Beauclere, burned last week and is total loss.
 Chris Norholm was found dead in his cabin at his mine seven miles from Sitka. Death was caus- ed by freezing.
 xx
 A resolution presented by the Alaska Native Brotherhood, de- manding the dismissal of Henry O'Malley from his present position as United States Commissioner of Fisheries, was handed to the Ter ritorial House of Representatives last week. The resolution criticised the Commissioner and declared that the conservation of fisheries had been put entirely on the seiner and other local fishermen and not on traps A second resolution on the closing of bays and mlets to traps was also received and re- ferred to the same iommittee.
 < * z
 Abe Hansen, gasboat owner, was shot and killed by Harry DeGroo1 at Chichagof, where Hansen is tho to have been working. A woman is being held as a material witness.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08

AMBASSADORS WIFE DEAD
 PARIS, April 8.-Mme. Genevieve Delzaut Berenger, wife of Senator Henry Berenger, former Ambassa- dor to the United States, died after a IOng illness.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
OFFICERS ROPE COYOTE

TULSA, Okla. April ', P)-The wolf reported by alarmed Tulsa residents proved to be only a coy- ote, but difficult for officers to ap- prehend. Finally one of the pa trolmen borrowed a rope and las soed the animal.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08

Sunfreze brick ice cream Hi Neopolitan and Princess f1avors. frozen just right in our new frigid- air. Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-04-08
WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE WITHOUT CALOMEL And You'll Jump Out of Bed in
 the Morning Karin to Go

If you feel sour asd sunk and the world looks punk. don't swallow lot of salts. mineral water, oil, laMtive candy or chewing gum and expect them to make you suddenly sweet and buoyant and full of sunshine.
 For they can't d 1t. They only move the bowels and . mere movement doesn't get at the cause. The reason for your down-and-out feeling is your liver. It sho<A pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily.
 If this bile is not flowing freely, your food doesn't digest. It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up your stomach. You have . thick, bad taste and your breath is foul, skin oft ,reaks out in blemishes. Your head aches ] feel down and out. Your whole system ,oisoned.
 It takes those good, old CAMPERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS to get these two pounds of bile flowing freely and make yca lesl ':up and up." They contain vondeEtul. Aasmless, gentle vegetable extracts. amazing vhen it comes to making the bile 6ow freely.
 But dop't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carte1's Little Liver Pills. Look for the name Caxtef's Lstds Live p'ns on the red label. Resent suhs6tute.f ' / .
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-27
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE GAMES
By United Press

The Pacific Coast league leader.
ship remained unchanged as both
Sacramento and Portland, in No. ]
and No. 2 positions, dropped con
tests Wednesday,
Portland had a chance last night
TO pass the Senators, who were de-
1eated 8 to by Los Angeles. But
the Beavers IL hits off Page, Hol-
lyWood hurler, did not balance the
10 blows the Stars tailed against
Kallio and Fitzke. Hollywood won.
to 6, aided by four Portland err
rors.
, The Beavers took the lead In the
sixth, but three run rally by the
Stars in the seventh wiped out the
advantage.
Buck Newsom of the Angels set
the Senators down with five hits,
giving Los Angeles its second
straight win over the league pace
makers, The Seraphs tailed three
runs in the fifth, four in the sixth
and two in the eighth, hitting both
Hartwig and Saunders freely.
sacramento remained a halt
game ahead of Portland.
The failure of Joe Demaggio to
continue his hitting record, after
hitting safely in 81 consecutive
games for a new coast league mark.
was the high light of San Fran
ciSco's 4 to defeat of Oakland in
Seals stadium. Demaggio's fly-out
brought in the winning run for the
Seals. Big Ed Walsh of the Oaks
got credit for stopping the young
Italian.
Missions won a second straight
victory over the Indians at Seattle
IN a night game when Charles Lie
ber, Mission pitcher, scored the
winning run from third on wild
pitch by George Caster, Seattle
pitcher, in the IL inning. The run
made it to 7 for the Reds.
The Missions thought they had
the game sewed up in the 11th,
when Dahlgren singled with the
bases loaded and brought in two
runs, but George Burns, Seattle
skipper, poled out his 25th home
run of the season, scoring a run
ner ahead of him.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-27
SOFT CORNS
Moone's Emerald Oil Must Do Away
With All Soreness and Pain
Or Money Back

Get bottle of Moone's Emerald
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So marvelously powerful is
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sands have found it gives wonder
ful results in the treatment OF
dangerous swollen or varicose VEINS
Clements Drug Store is selling lots
of it. 'aoV'
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-27
PROOF THAT new
FACE POWDER WON'T
MAKE BLOTCHES

Many face powders are made. out Of COS
metics which darken when the oil in the per-
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Precipitation comes out through the open
ines Of your pores and the oil along with IT,
Every pore which is giving out oil is dark
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pores. Thus you have dark spots around the
pores and white spots between them. making
an ugly dolby face of blotches, especially
On the nose.
The new Mello-glo Face Powder contains
none of these inferior cosmetics which are so
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Prove it for yourself. Powder one side of your
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let your mirror give you the answer.
We challenge the world TO produce a finer
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Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-27

may determine the pennant winner
if Washington and New York con-
tinue to play on even terms against
other clubs.
The Yanks lost a chance to tie
the idle Senators yesterday when
they split a twin bill with Boston.
New Yorkers launched its road
campaign impressively in the OPEN
er, blanking the Bostonians, to
o, as Lefty Gomez bested Bob
Weiland in a five-hit pitching duel.
The Yanks were the same old
road team in the nightcap, losing