anaheim-gazette 1930-06-12

GUNMAN'S BLUE BY Edgar Wallace COPYRIGHT BY EDGAR WALC Final Installment He telephoned to the hanger and learned to his satisfaction that the pilot had arrived. He would have liked to advance the hour of his departure, but he knew that for once he must keep faith—Connor was a dangerous man, and he had no desire to let two enemies grow in the place of one. Once or twice, as he loafed about the less frequented streets of Pimlico, he had the impression that he was being shadowed; but when once he walked back in desperate boldness to interview the man who was following him, he found it was a perfectly inoffensive stranger to the neighborhood who was trying to find a street and a number. He had work to do—vengeful work—and he completed this in a teashop near Vauxhall Bridge. Making a wide detour, he reached the central post office and handed in the telegram addressed to Inspector Bird. It ran: The man who was concerned in the Taffanny robbery was Luke Maddison. He is attempting to leave London tonight. His wife and Gunner Haynes are aware of the double life he has been living. He signed it with his own name. Late as was the hour, he knew that the telegram would be delivered. He went back to meet his companion in misfortune, feeling more cheerful than he had felt all day. It was nearly eleven o'clock that night when Margaret had the car brought to the door and Luke's suitcase deposited. Her intention was to drive the car to the lower part of Villers Street and send the chauffeur with the suitcase to the cloakroom. She came into the south end of the Strand and the car had some difficulty in making its way through the returning theatre traffic, but after a long wait it appeared in Spain, where he is supposed to be. I think that can be worked—unless Mr. Danty Morell has got too far ahead of us." He peered forward again. "You've got a fur coat on—that's good. You can lend it to your husband. It'll look rather silly, but nobody will see him." "What are you going to do?" she asked. "I'm going on an airplane ride tonight, and he's going with me," he said. "As for you, Mrs. Maddison, your work is very simple. You'll return to London; you'll lie a little—I hope it won't hurt you very much—and leave for Spain tomorrow. If I can't get him there after I've landed him in France, I'm a Dutchman." There was a silence and then: "I know a better way," she said quietly. I can go with him." To her surprise, the Gunner did not combat that suggestion. "Perhaps you're wise," was his comment. They came at last to a dark and bumpy road, and here the car was stopped by the Gunner's instructions. He got down and pointed into the darkness. "Pull your car over there and shut off all your lights," he said, and when this was done and with great trouble the car had been maneuvered over the rough ground and the engine had been shut off, he came back to the girl. We're here first," he said. "I'm banking on Danty being cautious—look!" Lights were coming along the road from the direction of London. It was a car, which stopped a hundred yards away, and then after a while turned around. "They're walking the rest of the journey," murmured the Gunner with grim satisfaction. "Wait here." He walked back to the entrance of the untidy little aerodrome and slipped Marking the thirty-four arry of the incorporation Side Lighting company, the Southern California company Ltd., John B. Miller, the Edison company, The 5, laid the cornerstone of son general office building street and Grand avenue. The ceremony was attended and directors of the comment officials, several of and district managers and architects and builders. cluded a number of men Miller were pioneers in industry of the West and distinction of being Edgar five year men." Mr. Miller, using a cemented the solid granite into place. The ceremonial building was brief. Mr. Miller, the incorporation of the Lighting Company on June said that the difference magnificent building under and the small, one-story and plant of the West typified the great advance electrical industry in So Formia. The continuity standing and progressive company has been broken many years of its history, of loyalty and service of of the company today is in the days of pioneering said. At a luncheon following stone ceremony, Mr. Mill David and James Allison, It was nearly eleven o'clock that night when Margaret had the car brought to the door and Luke's suitcase deposited. Her intention was to drive the car to the lower part of Villers Street and send the chauffeur with the suitcase to the clokroom. She came into the south end of the Strand and the car had some difficulty in making its way through the returning theatre traffic, but after a long wait it turned down the steep street toward the Embankment, and at a signal from Margaret the chauffeur stopped the machine. It was raining heavily; there were few pedestrians in sight, and those were hurrying to reach shelter of the Underground station. She pulled at the catch of the door to open it, that the chauffeur might more easily take the suitcase at her feet, when out of the shadows, came a shabby-looking figure. He must have seen her difficulty, for he turned the handle and pulled open the door before the chauffeur could descend. "Thank you," said Maragaret, and handed him the piece of silver she had ready to pay the luggage-room attendant. As she did so she switched on the light. For a second she stared into the unshaven face and the grimy figure. "Luke!" she grasped. He was stricken dumb with amazement, was unable to speak or move. "Luke!" she said again. Then, as he shrank back, her hand shot out and gripped him by the coat. "Come in, for God's sake!" she said breathlessly, and half dragged him to her side. At the moment the chauffeur arrived. "Drive on," she said hurriedly. "This is a friend of mine." She only hoped that the man could not see the scarcerew who was seated at her side. "Where shall I go, madam?" "To—the house," she said. As the chauffeur climbed back into his seat, a third figure appeared. He came running down the street like a man pursued, and gripping the handle of the door, leaped into the running board as the car moved. She thought at first it was a policeman, but then a passing street lamp revealed the dark face of Gunner Haynes. "Don't make a fuss," he said, as he blundered in, slamming the door behind him. "I've chased your car from the Haymarket. Who's this?" He peered forward and she heard him whistle. "Is that Mr. Maddison?" "Yes, it's me," said Luke, speaking for the first time. His voice sounded pitilibly weak. He had been turned out of the police station—where he had been detained an a charge of vagrancy—in the early part of the afternoon and had not eaten since the morning. He made no this was done and with great trouble the car had been maneuvered over the rough ground and the engine had been shut off, he came back to the girl. We're here first," he said. "I'm banking on Danty being cautious—look!" Lights were coming along the road from the direction of London. It was a car, which stopped a hundred yards away, and then after a while turned around. "The they're walking the rest of the journey," murmured the Gunner with grim satisfaction. "Wait here." He walked back to the entrance of the untidy little aerodrome and slipped something from his pocket. He had not long to wait. Danty and Connor turfed out of the road again. Danty said nothing. Haynes could almost hear him shivering with fear. "Well, what next?" asked Connor. "The next is a long walk back to the nearest town, unless you've had the intelligence to keep your car. If you're clever you'll run—I'm afraid you haven't a chance." he added, as he saw the red tail light of the car moving rapidly away. "The police are controlling this aerodrome, and you've a snowflake's chance of getting away." "You're being a friendly little fellow and helping us: is that what you're telling us to believe?" sneered Connor. "Don't talk—walk," said the Gunner sternly. "I'm not in my best temper tonight. I've practically promised I wouldn't kill you, but it won't take a hell of a lot to make me change my mind." "Is that you Higgins?" asked Danty. "Is the pilot here?" "Everybody's here including me," said the Gunner. "Don't try any funny business, Connor; I've got you covered, and there's a silencer on my gun. You'll hear no more than a 'plop' and you'll be in hell!" "All right, Gunner, we'll go." Danty found his quacking voice. "Come on, Connor. The Gunner wouldn't put us in bad—" "I found the letters, Danty," said Haynes softly. "You know just how near you are to eternal rest, don't you?" Danty said nothing; he grabbed the arm of his reluctant friend and almost dragged him back to the roadway. They walked rapidly back the way they had come, and must have gone a hundred yards before Connor stopped. "I'm not going to stand for this bird—" he began, when a voice behind him said; "Walk!" and he obeyed. When he had seen them well on their way, the Gunner sped back to the car. Luke was awake; they were talking together in a low tone, he and this strange bride of his, and Gunner Haynes thought it delicate to leave them and interview the pilot. He found the machine waiting, with two weary mechanics and an impatient pilot, and to the latter he gave new instructions. The other argument he employed was a very effective one, for the airman agreed cheerfully to all conditions. "I can carry three or ten," he said. "There'll be no difficulty about getting "Don't make a fuss," he said, as he blundered in, slamming the door behind him. "I've chased your car from the Haymarket. Who's this?" He peered forward and she heard him whistle. "Is that Mr. Maddison?" "Yes, it's me," said Luke, speaking for the first time. His voice sounded pitifully weak. He had been turned out of the police station—where he had been detained an charge of vagrancy—in the early part of the afternoon and had not eaten since the morning. He made no attempt to explain his need, he was too tired and weary to care very much. The soft luxury of the padded seats dulled him into lethargy; he was nodding almost before the car reached the Embankment. "All right, don't wake him," said Gunner Haynes in a low voice. "He was arrested this morning. I've only just found out; one of my friends told me. The police are looking for him. Somebody sent a wire to the Sparrow—I suspect it was friend Danty. Where are you taking him?" "Home," she said. She was wrapping a rug about the chilled figure in the corner of the car. "You'll have a policeman waiting on the mat. No, you'll take him to Elford. What's this?" He kicked against the suitcase and she explained, and heard him chuckle. "You must be a thought reader. That's the very thing he'll require—not tonight perhaps, but in the morning. We're going to Elford. Do you know it? It's three quarters of an hour's run, and if we're lucky we'll reach there before two of the biggest rats that ever climbed out of Thames mud." She leaned out of the window and gave directions to the chauffeur. "Couldn't we drive on to Dover and get on board the boat?" she asked urgently. Gunner Haynes shook his head. "No, that won't work. The Sparrow's a good fellow, but he'd shop his own mother. And if, as I believe, Mr. Morell, or whatever his present name is, has blown—has told the story of Taffanny's—every boat will be watched. Besides, there isn't one till daylight that we could possibly catch. There's only one chance, and that is for Mr. Maddison to When he had seen them well on their way, the Gunner sped back to the car. Luke was awake; they were talking together in a low tone, he and this strange bride of his, and Gunner Haynes thought it delicate to leave them and interview the pilot. He found the machine, waiting, with two weary mechanics and an impatient pilot, and to the latter he gave new instructions. The other argument he employed was a very effective one, for the airman agreed cheerfully to all conditions. "I can carry three or ten," he said. "There'll be no difficulty about getting up. I've done this night trip hundreds of times." Satisfied on this score, Gunner Haynes went back to the car and interrupted the more than usually intimate conversation. "I've a little scrap of paper to give you when it's light enough to read it, Mrs. Maddison. It concerns the death of your brother—I'm sorry to be so brutal, but I think you ought to know that the man who ruined him was Danty, and—" "I guessed that," she said quietly. It was still, drizzling and the clouds were low, but neither of the three passengers evinced the lightest anxieties as, with a roar of the engines, the big monoplane swept into the darkness, up and up, through the thick mist of clouds, until they emerged with the moon riding in a clear sky above them and billowing white clouds beneath. THE END New Oil Supervisor A. W. Mason, Bakersfield oil engineer and former member of the state water commission, has been appointed as supervisor of all oil and gas activities in which the state of California is interested. Announcement of Mason's appointment was made by Lyman M. King, director of finance, who said that state royalties from oil and gas leases last month alone amounted to $52,859.02. This represents a new source of revenue for the state, and for the time being it will be safeguarded with but one gauger. Household hint: The best way to preserve fruit is to keep it locked up if there are children around the home. BLUFF BY EDGAR WALLACE Lay Cornerstone Of New Building Marking the thirty-fourth anniversary of the incorporation of the West Side Lighting company, predecessor of the Southern California Edison Company Ltd., John B. Miller, chairman of the Edison company, Thursday, June 5, laid the cornerstone of the New Edison general office building at Fifth Street and Grand avenue, Los Angeles. The ceremony was attended by officers and directors of the company, department officials, several of the division and district managers and the building architects and builders. The group included a number of men who with Mr. Miller were pioneers in the electrical industry of the West and who hold the distinction of being Edison "twenty-five year men." Mr. Miller, using a silver trowel, cemented the solid granite cornerstone into place. The ceremony at the new building was brief. Mr. Miller spoke of the incorporation of the West Side Lighting Company on June 5, 1896, and said that the difference between the magnificent building under construction and the small, one-story frame office and plant of the West Side company typified the great advancement of the electrical industry in Southern California. The continuity of the longstanding and progressive policy of the company has been unbroken during the many years of its history, and the spirit of loyalty and service of the employees of the company today is as strong as in the days of pioneering, Mr. Miller said. At a luncheon following the cornerstone ceremony, Mr. Miller presented David and James Allison, of the firm Service Men Buy Homes California ex-service men numbering 7,445 have bought homes and farms representing an investment of more than $35,500,000 under the state's Farm and Home Purchase Act. According to George Stout, secretary of the Veteran's Welfare Board, the veterans have already acquired $6,510,-000 equity in their properties. The proposed $20,000,000 bond act to appear on the ballot at the general election will enable the board to complete the farm and home loan program and benefit approximately 5,000 veterans. Stout said. BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WEIR Sealed bids for construction of a well at the mouth of the Upper Santa Ana Canyon, will be received by the Water Conservation Association, 3596 Main Street, Riverside, up to 10 o'clock A.M. Wednesday, May 28, 1930, by the undersigned. The work consists of approximately 7,000 cubic yards of rubble masonry; 1000 cubic yards of reinforced concrete; 10,000 cubic yards of excavation. Plans and specifications may be seen after May 16th at the office of the Association, 3596 Main street, Riverside; and at the office of the City Engineer, City Hall Redlands. $10,000 certified check on bidder's bond required. The Association reserves the right to reject any and all bids. WATTER CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION By C. J. KETTERING, Secretary. 5-22-31 DELINQUENT NOTICE Office of the Anaheim Eucalyptus Water Company, R. R. 3, Anaheim, Orange County, California. There is delinquent upon the following described stock on account of assessment No. 26, levied on the 14th day of April, 1930, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders as follows: No. Shares Amt. Cert. No.of Ricardo Ariza 497 1 $ 3.00 Mine Laxter 451 1/2 1.50 Mag Laxter 498 2½ 7.50 Helen B. Blake 369 3 3.00 Helen B. Blake 370 2 6.00 Katie Grahek 418 5 15.00 James Howard 545 2 6.00 Beulah M. Kryder 505 5 15.00 Bruno Negrette 503 1 3.00 George Negrette 502 1/2 1.50 Mench 529 1 3.00 Evelyn M. Casteel Evelyn M. Casteel Mench 530 4 12.00 F. C. Wetton 517 10 30.00 And in accordance with law and order of the Board of Directors, on the 14th day of April, 1930, so many shares of said stock as may be necessary will be sold at the office of the Anaheim Eucalyptus Water Company, at the pumping plant, R. R. 3, Anaheim, Orange County, California, on the 9th day of June, 1930, at the hour of 8 P.M. to pay delinquent assessments thereon, together with the cost of advertising and expense of same. Anaheim Eucalyptus Water Company, By M. E. BEEBE, Secretary. 5-15-4T NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS FOR MOTOR TRUCK Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received b ythe City Council of the City of Anaheim, at the office of the City Clerk of said City, up to the hour of eight o'clock P.M. of Tuesday, the 10th day of June, 1930, for furnishing to said city one motor truck in accordance with "Specifications for Motor Truck, Series of 1930, City of Anaheim." Each proposal must be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check, payable to City of Anaheim, in an amount not less than ten per cent of such proposal; check of the successful bidder will be held by said City until the delivery and acceptance of the truck, as a guarantee of the faithful performance of the contract. Specifications and further information may be obtained at the office of the City Manager of said city, and all proposals must be on forms furnished by said City Manager. The City Council of said City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. Dated this 13th day of May, 1930. EDWARD B. MERRITT, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim. 5-22-3t and the small, one-story frame office and plant of the West Side company typified the great advancement of the electrical industry in Southern California. The continuity of the longstanding and progressive policy of the company has been unbroken during the many years of its history, and the spirit of loyalty and service of the employees of the company today is as strong as on the days of pioneering, Mr. Miller said. At a luncheon following the cornerstone ceremony, Mr. Miller presented David and James Allison, the architects, and George C. Walker, vice-president of the P. J. Walker Company, the builders, and others. Speakers at the lunchon included Mr. Walker, Benjamin F. Pearson, manager of industrial relations for the Edison company, and L. Doolittle, chief designing engineer for the Edison company. Withstand Shock Mr. Doolittle told of the engineering and structural features of the new building, detailing the relatively low cost of earthquake reinforcement. To properly safeguard the building and inure against interruption of the business of the organization, the company constructed its engineer to design such building as would survive unharmed general conflagration, a major hurricane or an earthquake of intensity equal to that of the heaviest shock experienced since man learned to measure such forces. The considerations, Mr. Doolittle said, led to structural details quite different from those encountered in the ordinary frame. In the new edison building, riveted connections will carry the vertical loads, while electricly welded joints will meet the horizontal strains. The new building occupies a site by 175 feet at the northwest corner Fifth street and Grand avenue, opposite the Los Angeles central public library, an dthe natural contour of the site is adapted admirably to the typically American set-back style of architecture. The exterior finish will be anite, limestone an dterra cotta. Gifford Pinchot, while out on his campaign tour the other day, was stung by chornet. Well it's better for a candidate to bet stung in May than it is in November. Office of the Anheim Eucalyptus Water Company, R. R. 3, Anheim, Orange County, California. There is delinquent upon the following described stock on account of assessment No. 26, levied on the 14th day of April, 1930, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders as follows: No. Shares Amt. Cert. No.of Ricardo Ariza 497 1 $3.00 Mae Laxter 451 ½ 1.50 Mag Laxter 498 2½ 7.50 Helen B. Blake 369 3 3.00 Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSIST! Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbac Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatics DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART Safe Accept only "Bayer" package which contains proven directions. Handy "Bayer" boxes of 18 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. 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Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 17th day of July, 1930, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction and unless payment is made before, will be sold on the 4th day of September, 1930, at one o'clock P.M., to pay for delinquent assessments together with cost of advertising and expense of sale. L. J. SHERIDAN, Secretary, Anaheim Union Water Company, 303 East Center Street, Anaheim, California. 5-22-4t TIMETABLE In effect, June 1, 1930 A. T. & S. F. Ry. Coast Lines Trains to Los Angeles *No. 79 ... 6:35 A.M. $No. 71 ... 11:25 A.M. No. 53 ... 2.59 P.M. $No. 73 ... 4:55 P.M. No. 75 ... 8.43 P.M. Trains from Los Angeles No. 78 ... 2:00 A.M. No. 72 ... 9:42 A.M. No. 74 ... 3:23 P.M. No. 76 ... 6:41 P.M. No. 52 San Bernardino Train, 5:20 P.M. (Arrive Fullerton 6:00 P.M.) Through sleepers to Kansas City, Minneapolis, Chicago, Grand Canyon. Through sleepers to Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, and Grand Canyon connections. 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