Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1928 — Page 16

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lIRR HOOVER BID FOR OHIO POPULAR VOTE Willis Fails to Enter State’s Preferential Primary; Seeks Only Delegates. BY RAY TUCKER Scripps-Howard Staff Correspondent CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 18.— Herbert Hoover has been urged to enter the Ohio presidential preference primary against Senator Willis by Republican leaders in the field in what may prove to be the decisive battle in the pre-convention campaign. Willis has not filed in this phase of the primary struggle, which is distinct from the delegate fight the two are waging. Hoover’s strength is developing so rapidly, his supporters say, that he should make a bid for this pivotal State’s popular vote as well as convention delegates. It is understood Hoover will decide before Feb. 24, the last date for filing. Willis’ failure to file is interpreted as evidence he does not care to precipitate a contest which may show definitely how his home State feels about the two candidacies. Dry League Silent Though the outcome would not be binding on delegates, it might have a great popular effect, not only in Ohio, but outside as well. Another loss to Willis is the reported intention of the Anti-Saloon League to keep out of the primary fight. The League may indorse Willis, its Senate spokesman, but it will not tolerate any individual or organized attacks on Hoover’s record or personality. The dry officers are fearful of swinging its army against Hoover and behind a man who is not regarded even by the drys as a possible White House tenant. The League is withholding its fire lor A1 Smith, should he be the Democratic nominee. It does not want to make any primary commitments that would embarrass it in backing Hoover or any other man named by the Republicans. Forecast Hoover Victory Reports reaching Hoover leaders here have led to predictions of a ground swell that will mean a Hoover victory on April 24. Sentiment in the cities is reported to be from 10 to 1 and 6 to 1 for the Secretary of Commerce. Rural and dry districts regarded as Willis strongholds list Hoover as a4 to 1 and 3to 1 favorite. Though these reports come from Hoover men they are based on canvasses by veteran and native politicians. In Marion, the late President Harding’s home, sentiment for the cabinet member was said to be 3 to 1. Hope Donithon, Harding’s close friend, and Coolidge’s 1924 campaign manager, is listed for Hoover. MAN, 60, ‘GAY DOG,’ CHARGE OF WIFE, 38 Bride of Six Months Asks Divorce At Evansville. By Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 18.—Mrs. Loa Riddle, 38, suing Edward P. Riddle, 60, for divorce after being his wife six months, testified in court here that he was “a gay dog” and trifler with women’s hearts, having on at least one occasion been sued for breach of promise. The husband came back with testimony that his wife had a “sugar daddy” in Detroit, Mich., kept his picture on a mantel in the Riddle home, and that she conspired to get Riddle’s property valued at $4,500.

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THE STORY THUS FAR The jewel case in the apartment of the murdered Margaret Odell had been opened with a steel chisel after a futile battering with a poker.’ This leads Vance to the theory that Skeel did not commit the murder, but was hidden in the closet while the strangler did ris work. Vance traces a picture to Alys La Fosse, who informs him Mannix was with her the evening of the murder. Cleaver also has an alibi, but Vance shatters this. Spotswoode, who had gone out with the girl the evening she was murdered, asks to be allowed to visit her apartment again. CHAPTER XXX “T THINK it’s easily understandJL able, don’t y’ know,” remarked Vance, with a sympahthy I had rarely seen him manifest. “Your attitude needs no apology. History and fable are filled with the same situation, and the protagonists have always exhibited sentiments similar to yours. “Your most famous prototype, of course, was Odysseus on the citronscented isle of Ogygia with the fascinatin’ Calypso. “The soft ax-ms of sirens have gone snaking round men’s necks ever since the red-haired Lilith worked her devastatin’ wiles on the impressionable Adam. We're all sons of that racy old boy.” Spotswoode smiled. “You at least give me an historic background,” he said. Then he turned to Markham. “What will become of Miss Odell’s possessions—her furniture and so forth?” “Sergeant Heath heard from an aunt of hers in Seattle,” Markham told him. “She’s on her way to New York, I believe, to take over what there is of the estate.” “And everything will be kept in tact until then?” “Probably longer, unless something unexpected happens. Anyway, until then.” “There are one or two little trinkets I’d like to keep,” Spotswoode confessed, a bit shamefacedly, I thought. After a few more minutes of desultory talk he rose, and, pleading an engagement, bade us good afternoon. “I hope I can keep his name clear of the case,” said Markham, when he had gone. “Yes; his situation is not an en-

HOLMESJFILES REPLY Answers Slack’s Motion in Mayoralty Suit. Mayor L. Ert Slack’s motion to strike out references to a conspiracy in Ira L .Holmes’ quo warranto suit against Slack as mayor, was answered in a reply brief of Holmes filed late Friday in Circuit Coujrt. Oral arguments on Joseph L. Hogue’s demurrer to the Holmes petition are set for Monday at 2 p. m. before Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin. This is the first time this phase of the mayor tangle, with its many legal angles and lawsuits, has been argued in court. Judge Chamberlin is not expected to hand down a decision Monday. Mayor Slack was called the “principal actor in the conspiracy” in Holmes’ reply brief. The conspiracy alleged in the first complaint was between Mayor Slack, Police Chief Claude M. Worley and Corporation Counsel John W. Holtzman. . .. , Slack moved to strike out the allegations, and Holmes has now filed a reply brief in an effort to strengthen his position. BOY MALLET WIELDER BLAMES LACK OF WORK Assailant of State School Matron Tells of Start in Crime. By Times Special PLAINFIELD, Ind., Feb. 18.— Anson Hafer, 16, inmate of the Indiana Boys school here, who seriously injured Mrs. Helen Kirk, matron, recently when he struck her with a mallet in escaping from the institution, blames idleness for starting him on a crime career. Dr. C. J. Sharp, Danville minister, interviewed the boy in obtaining data for an address before the Danville Mothers Club. Asked why he did not “go straight” the boy told Dr. Sharp, “It was because I had nothing to do but loaf around town. With no work, to take my attention, I fell into the company of older men and yielded to temptations to steal.” Hafer, despite his youth, is serving a third term at the school. He was committed from Ft. Wayne where his mother lives. Poster Contest Entries Close. Several entries in the Realtors’ Home show poster contest being conducted by the Indianapolis Real Estate board have been received at the board office, it was announced today by Executive Secretary Donald Rider. Entry closing date is March 1. Cash paid for the gas stove you no longer use. Offer It lor sale through a Times want ad.

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viable one,” concurred Vance. “It’s always sad to be found out. The moralist would set it down to retribution.” “In this instance chance was certainly on the side of righteousness. If he hadn’t chosen Monday night for the Winter Garden, he might now be in the bosom of his family, with nothing more troublesome to bother him than a guilty conscience.” “It certainly looks that way.” Vance glanced at his watch. “And your mention of the Winter Garden reminds me. Do you mind if we dine early? Frivolity beckons me tonight. I’m going to the ‘Scandals.’ ” We both looked at him as though he had taken leave of his senses. “Don’t be so horrified, my Markham. Why should I not indulge an impulse? . . . And, incidentally, I hope to have glad tidings for you by lunch-time tomorrow.” (Friday, September 14, noon) Vance slept late the following day. I had accompanied him to the “Scandals” the night before, utterly at a loss to understand his strange desire to attend a type of entertainment which I knew he detested. At noon he ordered his car, and instructed the chauffeur to drive to the Belafield Hotel. “We are about to call again on the allurin’ Alys,” he said. “I’d bring poises to lay at her shrine, but I fear dear Mannix might question her unduly about them. Miss La Fosse received us with an air of crestfallen resentment. “I might’ve known it!” She nodded her head with sneering perception. “I suppose you’ve come to tell me the cops found out about me without the slightest assistance from you.” Her disdain was almost magnificent. “Did you bring ’em with you? ... A swell guy you are!— But it’s my own fault for being a damn fool.” Vance waited unmoved until she had finished her contemptuous tirade. Then he bowed pleasantly.

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“Really, y* know. I merely dropped in to pay you my respects, and to tell you that the police have turned in their report of Miss Odell’s acquaintances, and that your name was not mentioned in it. “You seemed a little worried yesterday on that score, and it occurred to me I could set your mind wholly at east.” The vigilance ofer attitude relaxed. “Is that straight? . . . My God! I don’t know what would happen if Louey’d find out I’d been blabbing.” “I’m sure he won’t find out, unless you choose to tell him .... Won’t you be generous and ask me to sit down a moment?” “Os course—l’m so sorry. I’m just having my coffee. Please join me.” She rang for two extra services. Vance had drunk two cupe of coffee less than half an hour before. and I marveled at his enthusiasm for this atrocious hotel beverage. “I was a belated spectator of the ‘Scandals’ last night,” he remarked in a negligent, conversational tone. “I missed the revue earlier in the season. How is it you yourself were so late in seeing it?” “I’ve been so busy,” she confided. “I was rehearsing for ‘A Pair of Queens;’ but the production's been postponed. Louey couldn’t get the theater he wanted.” “Do you like revues?” asked Vance. "I should think they’d be more difficult for the principals than the ordin’ry musical comedy. “They are.” Miss La Fosse adopted a professional air. “And they're unsatisfactory. The individual is lost in them. There’s no real scope for one's talent. They’re breathless, if you know what i mean.” “I should imagine so.” Vance sipped his coffee. “And yet, there were several numbers in the ‘Scandals’ that you could have done charmingly; they seemed particular designed for you. “I thought of you doing them, and —d’ ye know?—the thought rather spoiled my enjoyment of the young lady who appeared in them.” “You flatter me, Mr. Vance. But really, I have a good voice. I've studied very hard. And I learned dancing with Protessor Markoff.” “Indeed!” (I’m sure Vance had never heard the name before, but his exclamation seemed to imply that he regarded Professor Markoff as one of the world’s most renowned ballet-masters). “Then you certainly should have been starred in the ‘Scandals.’ The young lady I have in mind sang rather indifferently, and her dancing was most inadequate. “Moreover, she was many degrees your inferior in personality and attractiveness Confess: didn’t you have just a little desire last Monday night to be singing the “Chinese Lullaby’ song?” “Oh, I don’t know." Miss La Fosse carefully considered the suggestion. “They kept the lights awfully low; and I don’t look so well in cerise. But the costumes were adorable, weren’t they?” “On you they certainly would have been adorable.... What color are you partial to?” “I love tha orchid shades,” she told him enthusiastically; "though I don’t look bad in turquoise blue.

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“But an artist once told me I should always wear white. He wanted to paint my portrait, but the gentleman I was engaged to then didn’t like him.” Vance regarded her appraisingly. “I think your artist friend was right. And, y’ know, the St. Moritz scene in the ‘Scandals’ would have suited you perfectly. “The little brunette who sang the snow song, all in white, was delightful; but really, now, she should have had golden hair. “Dusky beauties belong to the southern climes. And she impressed me as lacking the sparkle and vitality of a Swiss resort in midwinter. You could have supplied those qualities admirably.” “Yes; I’d have liked that better than the Chinese number, I think. White fox is my favorite oxr, too. But, even so, in a revue you’re on in one number and off in another. When it’s all over, you’re forgotten.” She sighed unhappily. Vance set dqwn his cup and looked at her with whimsically reproachful eyes. After a moment he said: “My dear, why did you fib to me about the time Mr. Mannix returned to you last Monday night? It wasn’t a bit nice of you.” “What do you mean!” Miss La Fosse exclaimed in frightened indignation. drawing herself up Into an attitude of withering hauteur. “You see,” explained Vance, “the St. Moritz scene of the ‘Scandals' doesn’t go on until nearly eleven, and it closes the bill. “So you couldn’t possibily have seen it and also received Mr. Mannix here at half past ten.—Come. What time did he arrive here Monday night?” The girl flushed angrily. “You’re pretty slick, aren’t you? You shoulda been a cop Well, what if I didn’t get home till after the show? Any crime in that?” “None whatever," answered Vance mildly. “Only a little breach of good faith in telling me you came home early.” He bent forward earnestly. “I’m not here to make you trouble. On the countr'ry. I'd like to protect you from any distress or bother. You see, if the police go nosing round, they may run on to you. “But if I'm able to give the district attorney accurate information about certain things connected with Monday night, there’ll be no danger of the police being sent to look for you.” Miss La Fosse's eyes grew suddenly hard and her brow crinkled with determination. “Listen! I haven't got anything to hide, and neither has Louey,

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But If Louey asks me to say he’s somewhere at half past ten, I’m going to say it—see. “That’s my idea of friendship. Louey had some good reason to ask it, too, or he wouldn’t have done it. "However, since you’re so smart, and have accused me of playing unfair, I’m going to tell you that he didn’t get in till after midnight. But if anybody else asks me about it, I’ll see ’em in hell before I tell ’em anything but the half-past ten story. Get that?” Vance bowed. “I get it; and I like you for it.” “But don’t go away with the wrong idea,” she hurried on, her eyes sparkling with fervor. “Louey may not have got there till after midnight, but if you think he knows anything about Margy's death, you're crazy. “He was through with Margy a year ago. Why, he hardly knew she was on earth. “And if any fool cop gets the notion in his head that Louey was mixed up in the affair. I’ll alibi him —so help me God!—if it’s the last thing I do in this world.” (To Be Continued)

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