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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-17
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LINDA AvERILL believes her elder
" cousin. AMOS PEABODY was
murdered when he fell from the second
story balcony Of the Averins' Long
Island home because OF few words he
Easped before his death Linda rushes
upstairs Someone tries to strange her
There are four guests IN the house
al suspects OF the crime They are.
Mr., STATLAEDER. business associate
81 TOM AVERILL CAPTAIN DE VOS,
handsome Belgian; MARVIN PRATT.
sHAUoHyEssEY, irish writer. -'
since there Is no evidence on which
70 base an arrest. Linda and Tom her
husband, agree they must keep the four
men in the house until they have dis
covered who Is guilty. They pretend to
They are aided IN their plan when
DIR BOYLE. medical examiner, sends
word that every one must remain until
he has questioned them Boyle is on a
fshing trip and can not return for
several hours.
Linda finds the towel with which the
attempt was made to strange her
identified BY smear Of sunburn ONT
rnent. She learns that ROSIE, the maid.
mas promised to launder shirt for
Shaughnossey.
Tom believes the shirt may be an I'M
portant clew and goes TO have a look
at ~. Shaughnessey discovers his
quarters have been searched. TO set
matters right Linda tells him the whole
story and asks him to help untangle
the mystery of her cousins death
Tom Linda. and Shaughnessey have a
long tax. discussing ali the cleWs When
Tom explains why suspicion points TO
Shaughnessey, the Irishman becomes
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

HER detection was so unfeigned
L Il that it seemed to penetrate
the militant egotisrn OF the Irish
man. With one Of his mercurial
changes Of front, he threw back
his head with peal Of laughter.
"'Tis 10 years Of age you are,
Mrs. Averill, and not a day older!
Sure, who could be angry with a
mere child like yourself
IF youn forgive me. after I've
apologized for resenting that your
husband gave me what I asked for,
I'll be glad enough to side with you
instead Of against you-and that
goes until the police are called in,
if called they must be, and another
man marches of with them to the
lookup. Is it a bargain?"
"Oh, that's grand" Linda's eyes
fairly sllone in the dark. "Sit down,
dol Tom, pour some more Of that
punch Now, Mr.. Shaughnessey,
what comes next?"
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besides the danger of being heard
And If it was either Mr.. De vos
or Marvin, why should either one
have brought towel with him,
expecting me to come and get
strangled?"
"Excellently reasoned cried the
Irishman, now in thoroughly good
humor. You should be a lawyer
or at least writer of fiction, Mrs.
Averilll That sounds to me like
a perfect reconstruction What
would you say, Averill?"
Just that" answered Tom warm
~. How that towel got there has
bothered me more than I've ad-
mitted to you. Binks.
After all. as you say, no one
would bring towel to strange
some one who isn't expected to turn
up at ALL Now the question is
who took it away?"
ITO Be Continued
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4 RI'lK
a DAY
BY BRUCE CATION

WHATEVER rank history may
w give Winston Churchill as a
statesman, there is little doubt that
it will rate him very highly indeed
as a writer. No other world leader
of recent years has had anything
like his literary gifts.
His newest book is Amid These
Storms" and it is something of a
disappointment. A series of sketches
about events too trivial to get into
his other books, it represents, so to
speak, a pocketful of small change.
1t is interesting enough, but when
you finish it you haven't read much
Of anything.
Nevertheless, you won't go to sleep
over it.
Mr.. Churchill tells, for example,
about the one and only spy scare"
in which he got involved-an occa-
sion when he and some naval Off
GERS found searchlight on the
roof of a country house near one
of the base so the grand fleet, but
learned, after some fuss, that ii
was perfectly harmless.
He gives a very good description
of the German army's spring often
siye in 1918, and helps you to I'M
derstand why it failed. He tells
how close the submarine campaign
came to success and shows how it
finally was conquered.
He recites his experience as a
combat soldier, tells how he learned
to pilot an airplane, and explains
the joys of an unskilled amateur
painter
It's fairly thin stuff, but it does
put you in contact with a man who
has astounding energy and a great
zest for living.
Published by Scribners, the book
sells for $3.50.
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room he had has only a hand
basin.
Il believe he may have gone
across the hall to take tub bath
and used towel from the rack
there. He was very tidy soul
and think would bring the towel
back to leave the place clean for
any one else.
In that case, he easily might
have hung it where Rosie often
leaves clean towels-over the back
OF that little rush bottomed chair
by the door.
I've thought all along that Who
ever was there simply stepped be-
hind the wardrobe there-what
other place would there be to hide
in a hurry?-and then wnen I
passed, stepped out again. He
could have caught up a towel from
the back of the chair.
an fact, that's the only place he
could have got it from, for he didn't
have time to go into the lavatory,
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But I'm not threatening you.
All this, as l said, is between our
selves, for the present, at least
Don't you think, however, for your
own sake you should give us youl
version-your side Of all these Incl
dents or accidents?
After that-my wife said vol
limited at something you had tc
tell"
The Irishman was silent mo-
ment.
It's not I that should explain
myself" he said angrily. II will not
be called to account for my actions.
I'm sorry you take that attitude, ;
answered Tom quietly. "And yet
l m not sure altogether blame you
You must know, however
Shaughnessey, that it makes me less
Wiling to talk this over with YOU
thSn If you definitely cleared your
self of suspicion"
Talk it over or not, as you will.
answered the other. Twas not
WHO suggested IL.
Very well, Mr.. Shaughnessey
That is for you to decide"
1t was hopeless. Linda saw that
whatever had gone wrong, their at
tempt to enlist Shaughnesssey had
failed.
She sighed unconsciously, nor
did she realize how disappointed
and appealing her voice sounded
as she broke the flat silence.
"Oh, dearw she mourned. 81
hoped you wouldn't act that way:
It's a worse mess now than it was
before, and I thought you and Tom
and I were going to straighten it
all out.
Now, you're cross and Toms
cross, and I don't know what to
do. Oh, dearp
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Next, think said the big man
judicially, you tell me what it is
you have against the others. Is that
fair, Averill?"
Il suppose so" Tom tried to
speak cordially. linda felt that in
his heart he still was far from
pleased that this had been forced
upon him.
I've spoken Of the various quar-
rels the other three men had. It's
six Of one and half a dozen Of
the other leading up to this morn
ing.
But one clew came out of the at
tack on Linda that is tangible and
important. We have the towel with
which she was choked."
Shaughnessey listened in silence
to their account of its finding.
I've been thinking" said Linda
slowly. Cousin Amos was alone
here in the house last night. You
know that little lavatory in the
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THEEYoTELL Ne s ~ !
Ga~~Sfzn fE5F1=7TgCW1> 6N

ison, Vincennes, Seventh district
chairman, and Benjamin Huffman,
Rockpprt, Eighth district chairman.
Emison, injured in a recent auto
mobile accident, may not care to
accept the post, even if it offered.
From what they tell me, John w.
Scott Of Gary; aggressive First dis
trict chairman, who long has been
disconnected with the so-called
leadership of Morgan, may head the
verbal attack, which means that the
chairman will be in for a very dis
agreeable time, because Johnny
knows how to fay.
A good time is expected by all ex-
cept Morgan.
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McgEPn5 MdRDER-5bl1s af szsEl

you step over me. across the bal
cony, into the empty nursery on the
other side.
you all knew It was empty, be-
cause my little boy was at his
grandmother's. The door leading to
the service stairs is directly oppo-
site.
"You could step across the hall in
a second, go down those stairs,
through the empty kitchen and out
the service door, which would bring
you round that end of the house
just as Tom ran up the lawn"
Shaughnesssey laughed shortly
And then-the talk with Rosie, the
shirt, the--I. suppose you overheard
more than you say-the kissing and
coaxing. Yes. All very neat, Mr..
and Mrs. Averill. 1 congratulate
you"
Shaughnessey rose suddenly, a
vast blur, darker than the dark air
about him. THE only thing isl
didn't do it. Goodnight"
"Oh, wait!" Linda's hand was
again upon his sleeve. Don't be
angry, Mr.. Shaughnesssey! You
asked us to assume There are
things against the others, you know.
Plenty Of things"
AS before, he seemed to waver.
Then he laughed again, but more
pleasantly.
Il hope the cases against them
are stronger-for your sake as well
as mine" he said. Surely. Mrs.
Averill, you can see how thin this
Isl"
II linda rejoiced secretly in Toms
IL hrmness of tone.
Not so thin, Mr. Shaughnessey.
Think it over. You would certainly
be held If 1 reported it to the police.
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Tarzan of the Apes had witnessed the entire
encounter from the moment the lion had
leaped upon its prey. For sometime before he
had been watching the GIRL When Numa at
tackled her, the ape-man had at first been
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that prompted him to interfere. Doubtless
the British would be glad to question her. Tar
zan not only recognized her but also the lion.
Like all jungle creatures the ape-man had that
miraculous senss q SCENT
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ASK FREE SPEECH ZONE
Civil Liberties Union Hopes to Get
Ara St Acsln L.. rNn..sAnI


81 Scripps- HoscdTd Nersp0pcr Auiance
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. - Plans
to- set aside a free speech zone"
in the nations capital, similar to
Hyde Park in London. have been
started by the American Civn Lib
critics Union.
At nesting of the Washington
committee of the union. q sub
committee was named TO confer
with District of Columbia commits
sioners to secure some place where
massed and marching men might
encamp while lobbying congress for
relief and other matters. Ak pres
ent there is no set policy for nan
ding such demonstrators.
Several congressman are interest
ed in the move, among them Sem
ators Costigan and Mcclellan and
representative La Guardia.
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BY Williams
BY Crane
BY Small
BY Martin

by which ne could recognize individual
animals He knew this lion had reason to re-
member him. Those uninteiIgent sounds Olga
had heard caused Numa TO draw back unde-
cided whether to charge or flee as Tartan
came towa-1 him.
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CHAPTER THIRTY -FOUR

TOMS answer came evenly. 81
A. am not a detective. amateur or
otherwise, and I simply am doing
what you asked me to do-assum-
ing your guilt and giving you the
complete picture of yourself as you
appeared to others since you have
been here"
Either realizing that there was
no quarrel there, or again COM
manding his rising temper, Shaugh-
nessey agreed to this with note
of apology in his voice.
Averill continued.
Coming to this morning, you
will remember I was in the water
when the accident, as we have
called it--happened. Linda = Mrs.
Averill - was directly under the
balcony. She ran upstairs.
From the raft I saw her come
out on the little balcony and saw
her pitch forward and fall. 1 got
in as quickly as could and ON my
way up the lawn you came strolling
around the corner of the house."
And how, pray, could be up
there to pitch off the old man and
still come around the corner Of
the house at the same time?"
Tom turned to Linda. "Your
story starts here" he said.
CTRIVING for Toms clear exposi-
- tory style, Linda spoke as calmly
as she could.
Il was attacked in that guest
room, Mr.. Shaughnessey. My hus-
band didn't speak Of that a few
moments ago, when he ran over the
events of the day"
Il thought it thin Just there" said
the Irishman with satisfaction
why should you be so sure of muir
der? Excuse me, Mrs. Averill-go
on!"
Cousin Amos spoke a few words
before he died. They told me some
one had thrown him over-thats
why / left him and ran upstairs"
"Plucky," commented the Irish
man.
'Well-impetuous!" Linda laughed
little. Then she told of hearing
voices in the room on her way down,
OF her hasty passage through the
apparently empty room after her
cousin had fallen, of the sudden
sensation of choking, of the quick
vision of Tom diving. and of the OBJ
livion which had descended as, she
felt the cloth loosened, too late to
save her from losing consciousness.
MY turn now" said Tom. LAS
I dove-after I saw her fall
saw man standing behind her in
the doorway. Whoever that was,
Of course, had hidden in the room,
hearing her coming-had realized
that she knew there was some
thing wrong, and seeing her go
toward the railing, had stepped
out and tried to strangle her as
the only way of keeping his iden-
tity secret.
MY presence on the fioat-the
fact that I showed I saw her by
waving to her-saved her life"
And II still do not see. how
that mysterious, invisible aSsail-
ant could be identified as my in
offensive df bad-tempered) self"
This way" Linda saw she
must bear the onus of that explana-
ton. Il fall. Tom dives. In that
second when no one sees him-as-
sumo it is you, Mr.. .Shaughnessey-
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Jet the lion have his way with her. What
was she but hated Red spy Had he not seen
her in enemy headquarters comforting with the
nigh commando And later, masquerading Is :
BRITISH ofacer2 Il was the latte- thought
Evening star., 1932-01-31

Three waves" from the
Dance of the Sea-" to be
presented by the Lisa Gar
diner Dancers at the Bal
Boheme, February 7. Left
to right: Faye Rogers.
Christine Stewart and Eda
Vonachka. @ Harris & Ewing.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

Marking time. Connie
Mack, long lean pilot of
the American League
champions, gets in his
daily round of golf at Or
lando, Fla, as he waits for
the base ball training sea-
son to open.
@ Associated Press Photo.
Evening star., 1932-01-31

y Gov. William "Al-
falfa Bill" Murray of
Oklahoma has some
opinions for Congress-
He is shown shaking
hands with Chairman
Collier of the House
Ways and Means Com
nittee, before which he
testified on his recent
Washington visit.
\ 9 VII e World Photos,
Evening star., 1932-01-31

Sylvia Lent, violinist, who
will be heard under auspices of
the Community Institute at
Central High School audi
torium Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 2. She is the first Wash
ington artist to be presented
by the institute.
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REDS S|CKENED
BY POISON lunch
Ohio Communists Taken Vic.
lsntly III Following Repast
at MassiIlon

Massillon, O., July 1S.-(R)-More
than 100 persons were suffering Mon
day from malady believed to be
ptomaine poisoning, apparently from
food eaten at luncheon held in
connection with the communist par
tvs state ratification conven o n
here.
Approximately 300 were stricken
with illness following the luncheon
Sunday and hospital facilities were
taxed beyond capacity to care for the
sufferers. Most of the victims were
cared for in emergency stations and
later were released, but about 100
were kept under treatment and sew
eral remained in a critical condition.
The luncheon consisted of potato
salad. luncheon meats and coffee.
Shortly afterward the victims, more
than 20 of them women, were
stricken.
Confusion fell upon the convention
then nearing adjournment, as the
delegates, suddenly made i'll and fear
ing for their lives, began appealing
for help.
The convention opened Saturday
night, to ratify the party's platform
and to endorse candidates for the fall
campaign. 1t was estimated that 700
from all parts of Ohio, attended.
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Beulah Child Dies
Under Auto Wheels

Beulah, N. D., July 18.-(P)-Fu-
neral services were held here Sun
day for l5-months-old Evelyn Bue-
chler, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. An
ton Buechler of Beulah, who died at
a Mandan hospital Friday night,
three hours after she was struck by
an automobile.
Internal injuries, suffered when a
car driven by Frank Collins. Beulah,
passed over the childS body, caused
her death.
Collins had driven the baby's
grandfather, John Wetzel, home and
talked with Wetzel and Mrs. Buech-
Ter in front of the Buechler home.
He walked around the rear of the
car and started away, but in the
meantime the baby had crawled
close to the front wheel. Collins
struck the child as he started to
drive away. He took the baby to a
Mandan hospital Immediately. Col
Inns was absolved of blame and nc
inquest was held.
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Duluth Man Held as
Suspect in Robbery

Duluth, Mimi, July 18.-tP)-Har-
old w. Ross. 81, Duluth, was arrested
Sunday as a suspect in the Bank OF
Cameron, Wis, holdup Friday il
which Emmett Jones. q, Duluth, was
killed while attempting to escape
with the loot, S40.
Five witnesses viewed Ross. One
positively identified him as one OF the
robbers. Others made partial identi-
fication.
Sheriff Jean l.. Douglas of Barron
county, Wisconsin, will take steps to
extradite Ross. Ross is expected to
fight extradition and seek release
Monday on habeas corpus writ. This
is the third time he has been arrested
as a robbery suspect, once for $4,000
North Dakota drug store robbery and
again for a Stone Lake, Wis, bank
holdup Each time he gained his re-
lease through habeas corpus proceed
ings. Ross about two years ago sueG
the warden of the state prison at
Saltwater for combining him On a
robbery charge longer than the time
decreed by the court. He won the
case, being awarded $3.50 damages.
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POLITICAL RIOTS
KILL IS GERMANS
Government Bans Outd ool
Demonstrates Following
Bloody Weekend

Berlin, JPuly 18-tP)-The German
government issued decree Monday
banning all outdoor demonstrations
following a weekend Of political
rioting in which Is persons were kill
ed and scores injured.
The cabinet was faced with a num-
Der of other possibilities, such as de-
claring a state emergency, as de-
manded by various political groups,
forbidding the wearing of uniforms
as the Centrists and trade unions
wanted, or outlawing the communists
as the Nazis demanded, but it con-
sidered general ban on all outdoor
professions and demonstrations the
most effective method of avoiding
further bloody week-ends.
The most severe clash was at Al
tona. a city of 10000 persons near
Hamburg. Twelve were slain and SO
injured when 5000 National Socialists
and Communists fought savagely. Po-
lice succeeded in breaking up the
battle at midnight.
At Griefswald, a small town in
Pomerania near the Baltic Sea, tive
were killed and Is seriously wounded
in another battle between Nazis and
Communists.
One Nazi was killed in pistol firo
exchange in Alte Jakobstrasse, in the
heart of Berlin. At four other points
political riots occurred; at Ketschen-
dorf, near Frankfurt, on the Aurich-
Norden highroad in east Friesland
at Kempten and at Rheydt, near Dus-
seldorf.
The battle at Altoona began while
the Nazis were marching in a 'propa
ganda parade" through the Commun-
ist section. Communist sniperS open
ed fire from housetops and attics
Police also were fired on.
The Communists swarmed from
their hideouts when the police drew up
their lines. At the same time the line
of Nazis broke and the streets be
came a swarming mass. Some were
picked up dead in the streets. Others
died in hospitals.
The fight was scarcely ended wher
another broke out in nearby Saint
PAUL., the sailors quarter of Ham
burg.
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Cakes, Lisbon Golf
Stars Reach Finals

Valley City, N. D., July 18.-tP)-
K. w. Bush OF Cakes and Bob Sch
ritz of Lisbon reached the final of
the annual southeastern North Da-
kota golf tournament here Sunday.
They will play the final match Mon
day.
Lyle Ramsey of Lisbon won the
medal with a 81. There were liz
entries.
Les Stern of Valley City, defend
ing titlist, was eliminated in the first
round by Sam Dahl of Valley City,
3 and 2, and Ramsey was defeated
in the same round by Paul Sitz OF
Marion, also and 2.
C. S. Buck of Jamestown won the
driving contest Sam Dahl of Valley
City won the approaching contest.
La Moure was awarded the 1888
tournament and H. E. Gotham of La
Moure was named president of the
association.
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1.-THE waterway will probably re.
quire 10 years for completion, during
which time normal growth of traffic
in the nation will far more than COM
pensate for any diversions from
American railways and other Amer
lean port facilities. The economic
gains from improved transportation
have always benefited the whole peo-
pie"
To Control Diversion
The treaty provides that the diver
sion of water from the Great Lakes
by the Chicago drainage canal shall
conform to the quantity provided un-
der the U. 8. supreme court decision
of April 81, 1880.
No further diversion is to be auth
orized except by authority of the in
ternational joint commission on
which Canada and the U. 8. are
equally represented.
Each government will arrange FOL
construction in its own territory Of
such power houses, superstructures
machinery and equipment as may be
desired for development Of power.
Each is free to settle the purely
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Calf Is Blamed for
Farm WOman's Death

Dickinson, N. D., July 18.-(P)-A
playful calf was responsible for the
death in a Dickinson hospital of Mrs.
Vinton Gregg of Gladstone, 23-year-
cid mother of four children.
Mrs Gregg was engaged in hang
ing clothes in the yard of her farm
home when the calf hunted her into
the clothes basket, causing an inter-
nal henorrhage which resulted In
her death three hours later.
Neighbors living quarter of mile
away, to whom Mrs. Gregg had sent
her four-year-old son for help, found
the woman. She died shortly after
arriving at a Dickinson hospital.
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domestic question Of the utilization

domestic question Of the utilization
of water power.
Another article provides tor equal
division between the U. 8. and can
ada of the water power utilized Tor
power purposes in the international
rapids section Of the river ana 1or
regulation of the flow OF the st.
Lawrence to protect shipping tacll-
tiles.
Either party is allowed to construc!
in its own territory alternative canal
and channel facilities for navigation
in the international section Of the
river or in waters connecting the
Great Lakes.
Rights of navigation accorded I'M
der existing treaties are to be main
tanned, Notwithstanding the provi-
sions for termination contained In
any such treaty.