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BUTLER STORY IS TRUE, SAYS VANDERBILT Charge Against Mussolini Upheld in Letter to Friend in West. CITES HIS VISIT IN 1926 Writer Admits, for First Time. He Is Source of Information. LEICESTER WAGNER i (CoDvrißht. 1931. bv United Press) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4.—‘’Sure, the story is true,’' Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. said in a letter received today regarding the Butler-Mussolini Incident. The former publisher, writing a close friend in Los Angeles, said that a visit he had with Premier Benito Mussolini in 1926 formed the basis for assertions made by Major General Smedlcy D. Butler, for which the latter is to stand courtmartial. Vanderbilt, for the first time, disclosed himself as the source of General Butler’s information to the effect that Mussolini's automobile killed a child and moved on without stopping. Recipient Shows Letter The letter from the young author ana former newspaperman, who now is in Phoenix, was exhibited exclusively to the United Press correspondent by the recipient. The latter Is a writer of national prominence. No reference was made to the remark attributed to Mussolini by Butler, and for which the United States government subsequently apologized: “What is one life in the affairs of the state?” There were extenuating circumstances of the asserted accident, which accurred, the letter said, while Vanderbilt was in the car with Mussolini. One of these was that the dying child was cared for by occupants of an official car accompanying that of the premier, the letter said. Told Under Secrecy Seal The incident, now almost five years old, had been related by Vanderbilt to Sutler at a meeting' of lecture bureau heads and under a seal of secrecy, the former publisher said. Direct quotations from the letter, which was written at Phoenix on Sunday, were forbidden, for the time being by the friend to whom the commufiication was addressed, except for the phrase with which the epistle opened: “Sure, the story is true.”It asserted that Vanderbilt had called upon Itfussolini in Rome in 1926, when, in June and July, he made a tour of continental Europe Rnd interviewed Stalin, Pilsudski, Clemenceau, Doumergue, Poincare, Jo/Tre, Foch, Pershing. King Alfonso. Lloyd George, Baldwin, Trot--ski, the former kaiser and Mussolini. Interview Is Admitted The Italian government at first denied that the premier ever had met Vanderbilt or had taken any American as a guest, on a motor tour, but subsequently amended the assertion by saying that Mussolini had granted Vanderbilt a brief inte view. Substantiating his assertion that he had interviewed Mussolini, despite the original denial, Vanderbilt wrote his Los Angeles friend that he had in his possession a letter from 11 Duce. thanking him for the interview and the pleasant publicity consequent upon it. Stimson Gets Letter By o nited Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.—The state department has received from Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. a letter bearing upon his asserted part in the criticism of Premier Mussolini of Italy which led to the courtmartial of Major-General Smedley D. Butler. United States marine corps. ’ The letter was forwarded by Vanderbilt from Tucson. Ariz.. where he pow is, to Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. It reached the state department Tuesday. The department has refused to reveal its contents. General Butler and his counsel, Major Henry Leonard, had a long interview about the pending proceedings in the privacy of the Metropolitan Club here today.
OPENS ELEVATOR DOOR, YOUTH'S HEAD SEVERED Bot, 17, KMlrd Because He Is in Too Big a Hurry. By United Press CHICAGO. Feb. 4.—James J. McCormick. 17, was on the second floor of a Wells street building and in a hurry to get to the first . He forced open the doors to the elevator shaft to see if an elevator was coming down. It was. It decapitated him.
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GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED; CITY FIRM HEAD KILLED Picture on Pa*e Two.
Shot through the head when one of two rifles he attempted to take from his car exploded today, James C. Patten, 54, president of the Chromclite Corporation, died shortly before noon at city hospital. Today was Patten's birthday. Police said the shooting w r as accidental. According to friends and business associates, Patten, a major in the air corps was an expert with guns and well known as a hunter and target shooter. The tragedy occurred in front of the company offices, 401 West Michigan street, when Patton reached into the auto to take the guns from the rear scat of his car. One of them that he had used Sunday in target practice with Fred Wales, 4325 North Illinois street, had become jammed. Patten had removed the cartridge clips from both rifles and turned them over to Leslie Bailey. 630 Parker avenue, firm employe. Bailey was to have repaired the rifle.
FIGHT IS LOOMING ON PRIMARY BILL Secret Voting Clause in Repeal Measure Is Opposed; Referendum Up for Debate in Senate. Prohibition referendum, primary repeal and a bill to displace state and local school attendance officers by township trustees are scheduled for debate in the senate today, all but one being placed on divided committee reports. Although the primary repeal bill will have a majority report for passage it will be opposed by at least two members of the elections committee. The Niblack bill providing for special wet and dry referendum next November will have a minority report from the same committee for passage, but may be amended to put the questions on the regular election ballot in 1932. Prolonged debate on the attempt to abolish the state and local attendance officers is scheduled and the oratory got under wav before adjournment at noon. A minority committee report favors “adoption of the measure.
The primary repeal bill was introduced Tuesday with a bi-partisan gesture of approval secured by the author, Senator Joe Rand Beckett tßep., Marion). This was brought about by seven Democrats signing with seven repeal Republicans as sponsors of the bill. It provides for direct election of a precinct committeeman and delegate to a county convention by each party. The county convention will elect delegates to the state convention, one for each 1,209 population. One delegate would be elected to congressional distrirt conventions, legislative district (onventions and judicial district conventions for each 600 votes for secretary of state. The measure would be effective in 1932. All convention voting would be secret and delegates would be given an expense account and 10 cents a mile. The secret voting will be opposed by Chairman James J. Nejdl of the elections committee, he said but agreed to sign the majority report. Senator Thollie W. Druley (Deni., Wayne) also agreed to sign the report, but oppose the measure. It is being opposed by the Indiana League of Women Voters and other direct primary advocates. Coauthors signing with Beckett Merc Republican Senators Huff, Rowley, Clements, Berkey, Hoffman and Southworth and Democratic Senators Cuthbertson, Ketchum, Perkins, Lockard, Raber, Kehoe and Holman.
MAN SLAYS THREE Kills Wife, Daughter and His Brother-in-Law. By United Press SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 4.—Laverne Clark, 25, today shot and killed his estranged wife, their daughter and his wife’s brother. He then shot himself and was believed dying. The dead: Mrs. Ellen Clark, Gloria Clark, 3, their daughter, and Jack Anthony, Mrs. Clark's brother.
QUIZ SUSPECT IN POLICEMAN KILLING
City detectives today were questioning William Brown Jr., of 447 North Alabama street, held in the state reformatory at Pendleton as a suspect in the slaying of William Garrison, 34. a Rushville policeman, Tuesday night. Under heavy guard Brown was taken to the reformatory after his capture this morning a mile from the scene of the murder, because Lieutenant A1 Romine of the state police and Rush county authorities were apprehensive of mob violence from Rushville citizens. Garrison and Police Chief Levi Crull, Rushville. investigated the report of a drunken motorist a mile south of the city and found the automobile in front of the home of Louis Fritts.
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X 1 —a style accepted by a considerable number of people," says Amos Parrish, whose articles on "What's in Fashion?" will appear daily exclusively in this newspaper, starting next Monday, Feb. 9. "The public taste and the acceptance of preferred styles is the bfcjfs of fashion. "Fashion trends move slowly,
Police found the shell extractor of one of the rifles linked with the trigger of the other and the guns pointed toward the car door. Mrs. Patten, who rushed to city hospital, said she was not aware her husband had the guns in the car. She was broken with grief after his death and was unable to talk, even to close friends, who accompanied her. Patten lived at 3231 North Meridian street. In addition to the widow', he is survived by a son living in New York. The bullet passed through Patten’s head and narrowly missed Wales and Morton Gould, who w’ere in the company offices. Both men had been joking with Patten about his birthday a few minutes before the shooting, they said. Patten was a member of the Indianapolis Athletic and Country clubs and the Kokomo Country Club. He was a pilot in the war, having been taught to fly by Lindcoln Beachey, famous ace.
Never Too Big Even Jess Willard didn’t look too big to Jack Dillon, the Hoosier Hurricane. But, Jess gracefully dodged the match. Many other topnotchers didn’t dodge, but tliey would have been tickled pink had they done sfr, when they met the Hurricane coming in, fists flying with triphammer force. Jack Dillon was a marvelous piece of fighting machinery. And his career makes a marvelous story. Read the first of six installments in the Pinks this afternoon, and on the sports pages in the earlier editions Thursday.
ASKS TO AID DAISY — Millionaire Ex-Escort of Clara Offers Funds. By United Press MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 4.—Resources of a millionaire were offered here today in an effort to win anew trial and eventual acquittal for Daisy De Voe, former secretary to Clara Bow, who is awaiting sentence on charges of misappropriating the screen star’s personal funds. Telegrams offering financial assistance and affidavits intended to prove the secretary’s innocence were dispatched to Los Angeles from Milwaukee by Thomas O. Payne, Dallas <Tex.) oil man, former escort of Miss Bow. The “peculiar financial arrangements” that existed between Clara and Daisy “never have been revealed and carefully were avoided during the trial,” Payne declared. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 31 10 a. m 34 7a. m 30 11 a. m 35 8 a. m 31 12 (noon).. 36 9a. m 32 Ip. m..... 39
Three shots blazed out and the policeman fell dead. Leaping from the car the slayer brandished a revolver and threatened Chief Crull: “One move and I'll kill you!” The gunman fled into a nearby woods. In session when the report reached them, city council offered SSOO reward for arrest of .the murderer, and a posse of fifty men was formed by American Legion members. Three state policemen joined the hunt and bloodhounds were put. on the trail. Deputy Sheriff Ed Thompson captured Brown this morning. Brown’s father. William Brown, 65, said his son left home Monday to go to Cincinnati. The car driven by till slayer was stolen here Tuesday from A. N, Patterson, 1220 College avenue.
AMOS PARRISH WILL KEEP TIMES READERS IN STEP WITH FASHIONS
from season to season, and not overnight. Fashion can be traced, charted and forecast well in advance. Tilings do not need to be new to be in fashion,” says Parrish. "The present fashions are the result of gradual development.. The basic trends go back to shortly after the war, when a reaction began against boyish, unfeminine styles.
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931
KIDNAPED MAN BURIED ALIVE j BY HOODLUMS Crippled Chicago Salesman Tortured, Tied to Cross in Cemetery. MOANS BRING RESCUE Victim Terribly Beaten; Seven Arrested; Call Him Stool Pigeon, By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—George Wittbrod, 34, a crippled salesman, was rescued today from a rough coffin in which he was placed by seven men, who kidnaped him, beat him, let him hang on a cross in a cemetery, and then buried him alive. A farmer passing the cemtery before daybreak heard stifled moans and called police. Wittbrod’s coffin was fomid in a deep ditch, w'here he had been tossed after a night of torture unequaled in the history of Chicago crime. He was suffering from cold, exposure, the beating and fright. Officials to whom Wittbrod confided that he often had been the object of “practical” jokes by neighborhood hoodlums because of his affliction, hardly could believe such an attack as this had been intended as a “joke.” Seven Men Arrested Seven men named by Wittbrod as having’participated in his ill-treat-ment w’ere arrested. Several w r erc said by police to have confessed, accusing the salesman of being “a stool pigeon” who carried talcs about their street corner conversations to the authorities. The salesman said he was on his way home from a poolroom late on Tuesday night when the seven men seized him in an alley and knocked him unconscious. When he awoke, he said, he was in an automobile w’ith the seven men. They taunted him and told him they were taking him for a “ride.” His feet and hands were tied. Suspended From Cross - They took him to All Saints cemetery. There, he said, he was dragged from the automobile and suspended on a high cross. He was left hanging there and. as his body became numb irom exposure, the hoodlums watched and laughed. They were leaving, he told, when he managed to jerk one hand free. One of the men saw his move and called the others back. Seeing the rough box nearby, the gang leader suggested they take WTtbrod down from the cross and bu - ' him alive. Placed in Grave He was cut down, placed in the box, his hands and feet re-tied, and a burlap sack placed over his head. The lid of the box was nailed down and the box bolstered on to a convenient wheelbarrow. Nearby was a half-dug grave, which grave-diggers had left unfinished Tuesday night, attempt was made to force the rough coffin into the grave, but it would not fit when laid horizontal. It was stood on end in the grave while the men debated whether to get a shovel and dig the hole bigger. RELIEF FUND GROWS Red Cross Aid Total Passes $30,000 Mark. Contributions totaling $3,096.50 today brought the Red Cross fund for relief of starving persons in the drought-stricken areas of the nation to $30,780.51. The largest single contribution recorded today was that of SSOO made by the Employes Mutual Benefit Association of the Real Silk hosiery mills. Other large contributions included $250 from Mrs. James W. Fesler and SIOO each from Elmer W. Stout and Henry W. Bennett. * Indianapolis’ goal in the campaign is $72,000. TAX SALES BILL IN HANDS OF GOVERNOR House Passes Lindley Measure Under Rules Suspension. Passed by the house of- representatives under suspension of rules, the Lindley bill prohibiting collection of taxes for the current year at delinquent tax sales, now is in the hands of Governor Harry G. Leslie, Representative Fabius Gwln <Dem., Dubois and Martin), chairman of house Judiciary A committee, moved for suspension of the rules, citing the vital need at this time for such a bill, and pointing out that the Governor, may not sign the Weiss house measure which embraces similar aims, but is drawn to live only a year. Vote for passage was 86 to 3.
"TN 1923 the silhouette began to J. change from the straight line, the perfectly pencil-straight silhouette. There was the slightly molded effect at the waistline. "In 1924 and 1925 more of a reaction took place. Pleats were introduced in the skirt, breaking the perfectly straight lfljfes. "The trend toward more semi-
Quake Death Toll High in Hundreds; Evacuation of City of Napier Ordered
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DUVALL TO GO TO JAIL TODAY Former Mayor’s 30-Day Sentence to Begin. John L. Duvall, former Indianapolis mayor, convicted in 1927 of violation of the corrupt practices act, was to surrender himself to the Marion county sheriff this afternoon to begin serving a thirtyday jail sentence. A criminal court jury in September, 1927, convicted him of promising William H. Armitage, Republican politician, the privilege cf naming two members of the works board for the latter’s contribution to a campaign fund Saturday the supreme court held the appellate court’s affirmation of the guilty verdict was final. “I have no alibi to offer. My friends don’t need it and my enemies wouldn’t believe it. I shall serve my sentence and will neither ask nor expect any consideration other than any other prisoner,”- Duvall said today. ‘‘l do not, however, have any feeling of any wrongdoing, intentional or otherwise. I feel that I was the victim of circumstances, and a victim of avarice and cunning of some individuals —even some persons who had benefited through business and political affiliations with me. “I have every confidence that some day in the not so far distant future the whole truth will come out.” NOTED ARTIST IS DEAD Painter of Famous $1 Bill Succumbs at Home in East. By United Press WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 4. John D. Chalfant, 75; the artist who painted such a realistic picture of a $1 bill that it was confiscated by the government, died at his home in Ashley today. Chalfant’s dollar bill painting, exhibited in 1888, was sought by a wealthy westerner for several thousand dollars, but the government confiscated it on the grounds it might be used for counterfeiting purposes. SENATE BILL ASSAILED Measure for Health Officer to be Opposed by Civic Federation, Assailed as superfluous and costly legislation, senate bill No. 90, providing for the appointment of a city health officer with authority to name as many assistant workers as he sees fit, will be opposed vigorously by the North Side Federation of Civic Clubs. The -federation, contending enactment of the bill would cause a huge increase in taxation, will demand indefinite postponement. DERVISH FOILS HANGMAN Guards Unable to Find Man Who Flees Gallows Fate. \ By United Press MENEMEN, Turkey, Feb. 4.—A wide search for a fugitive Dervish who fled from guards a moment befdre he was to have been hanged Tuesday proved vain today as the bodies of twenty-eight other leaders of the Mehemen revolt were removed from the gallows. The fugitive escaped when * his guards had marched him to within a few yards of the gallows on which he was to have died. He fled in the mist of early morning, while he guards, pursued, firing.
ninity, more formality has been greater each season. More attention given to dressmaker details, to intricate seaming, to fit the body and to be more decorative. “Women want the new fashions. And they're getting what they want. They want more feminine clothes—and at the same timemore formal clothes for more formal occasions—and that's what
List of Injured in New Zealand Disaster Is Far Up in Thousands; Horrors Beyond Description. BY A. F. GRACE United Press Start Correspondent AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb. 6 (Thursday).—The extent of disaster caused by Tuesday’s earthquake was indicated today by the first reports of organized relief forces which invaded the ruined cities of the Hawkes bay region. With the death toll in three of the stricken cities placed at about 430, and with other regions unreported, a general order was issued for evacuation of the flourishing city of Napier, famous resort town on the eastern coqst of North island. The evacuation %avs ordered carried out within two days, due to the breakdown of sewage facilities and the fear of authorities that an epidemic would start unless the inhabitants leave at once. It was arranged to evacuate 5,000 women and children immediately. Entire Shore of Bay Raised It was revealed by aviators who flew over the region that the entire shore of Hawkes bay had been raised about ten feet by the' earthquake. The harbor floor was lifted eighteen feet, it was estimated. The shore in some places was raised more than ten feet. The flow of rivers was interrupted and waters were backing up in inland lowlands. The coast line around the bay appeared to’ have been twisted violently and thrown upward. The latest estimate placed the dead at Napier alone at 300. Twenty-six were known dead at Hastings. The injured already totaled thousands. The open air dressing station erected at Napier had accounted for 600 serious injuries. Fires still were raging at Napier at 7p. m. today. Many victims were incinerated. Seventeen bodies had been recovered from the ruins of the hospital and the nurses’ home. Attendants worked heroically to remove patients before the hospital collapsed. One patient was undergoing an operation, which was completed in the open air. Race Track Is Shambles , A temporary hospital was established on the race course, which was described as a shambles. Here surgeons worked throughout the night, performing operations by candlelight and the glare of automobile headlights. They completed five successful amputations. Prisoners were paroled at Napier to assist in rescue work. Two British cruisers reached the stricken town and the crews went ashore immediately to assist in fighting fires and administering to the injured. Palmerston, in the southern part of North Island, was warned to expect 5,000 refugees. An airplane service was organized for communication between the earthquake zone and relief centers. Meat Works Razed At Pakipaki, the meat works of Borthwick & Sons was razed, and four workers were killed. Recurrent earth shocks added to the panic of the population and the difficulties of rescue parties. The pilot of an airplane who flew over the earthquake zone said that magnitude of the disaster could not W appreciated without being seen. Hundreds of persons still were
makes Fashion—the preferences of the public.’’ MUM THE "What’s in Fashion?' articles will report daily the leading fashions in apparel and accessories, in furniture and home furnishings. The flsrst article will tell what’s going to be worn this spring. Watch ant see If Mr. Parrish isn’t right
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The waterfront of the town of Napier, New Zealand, where earthquake, fire and tidal wave combined to kill numbers of persons in one of the most unusual disasters in recent history, is shown a*; top. The quake toppled part of the high cliff into the sea, the town caught on fire, the water in the bay receded until the bottom was visible and then rushed back in a tidal wave. The map shows the location and also the towns of Ginsborne and Rotorua, where first reports said heavy losses had been sustained.
missing, while searchers probed through debris, threatened by the danger that other shocks would send damaged edifices crashing down upon them. Fires at Napier, fed by oil tanks and fanned by strong winds, still were out of control today. Ships in the bay reported the town looked like it might have been leveled by heavy gun fire. It was reported that many victims were burned to death as flames swept through the ruined city. Many Not Identified Many bodies were brought to temporary morgues. It was necessary to bury most of them without waiting for identification. The majority of the bodies recovered were those of women and children, reports said: Communications with the district remained broken and news from the earthquake zone was received only by ships’ wireless and radio-tele-phone. . . Pitiful tales of injury and death as buildings collapsed and wide fissures suddenly opened in the earth were received here. Churches and hospitals were not spared. Twelve persons were reported killed while praying in a cathedral. Horror Past Imagination By United Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 4.—First eyewitness accounts of the terror and destruction wrought by an earthquake on North island were obtained from survivors at Hastings today. “The horror and confusion were unbelievable,” one eyewitness said. “The business area was demolished. Buildings on Hastings’ main street collapsed like a pack of cards. “The whole town was under a cloutrof dust ahd fog. Many streets were obliterated. “The entire staff of the Grand hotel was buried alive. Half the population was injured. Every one was dazed, while the dead and injured littered the streets. Terrified survivors rushed from the ruins of the town and camped in the open fields.” “At least twenty-six persons were known dead at Hastings, including twelve buried in the collapse of a store. Rescuers attempted to save sixteen women imprisoned In the ruins of a drapery shop .and five others were trapped m a demolished apartment. “The injured were treated at emergency first aid stations, erected in public parks.”
Amos Parrish starts in by clearing away much of, the mystery about, fashion. He explains the difference between a fashion and a style, the way in which fashion trends are checked and fashions forecast months ahead. The first “What's in article itrill appear in The)Times Monday, Feb. 9. i i
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BANKERS FEAR PANIC IF CASH BONUS IS PAID Depression Will Be Made Worse If Plan Carries. Financiers Warn. MARKET ALREADY HIT New Yorker Shows Move for Immediate Payment Has Hurt Prices. , BY THOMAS L. STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The most severe indictment yet made of proposals to pay World war veterans a cash bonus was laid before the house ways and means committee today by George E. Roberts, vice-president of the National City bank of New York. He said a $3,400,000,000 bond issue—the amount estimated necessary to pay the face value of compensation certificates—would depress the government bond market just that much, absorb half the country’s available capital and retard business recovery throughout the World. Analyzing the domestic results Roberts said the bond issue would retard building an investment capital necessary to recovery from the business depression. He gave figures designed to show the depressing effect the bonus agitation has exerted on the market. Bonds on Decline In the period from Jan. 26 to 31, he said, long-term government bonds dropped 3 points; Liberty bonds 1.4 points; industrials 1.9; high grade municipals 1,5; with an aggregate depreciation in value of $1,100,000,000. Proposals to pay the bonus drqw further opposition from Rome C. Stephenson. South Bend, Ind., president of the American Bankers’ Association. He said that if a cash bonus is voted now “it is quite possible that the result thereof would be so serious that in the future the public would be inclined to oppose passage of other really deserving bills for the relief of World war veterans.” Meanwhile, it was reported administration leaders had agreed on a plan designed to kill all bonus proposals at this session of congress by prolonging the hearings in the house until near adjournment time, March 4.
Speaks for Depositors Stephenson said he spoke in the interests of depositors of banks throughout the country', including fifty million savings depositors. ‘‘lt appears,” Stephenson told the committee, ‘‘that the nation is headed back toward economic recovery and there is no further economic catastrophe lurking in the future to retard a gradual business revival. ‘‘However, if this cash bonus payment plan is to, eventuate, it would seem that these hopes are ill founded—that there is still another depressing economic surprise in store for the country to struggle with before it can consider itself on the clear highway to better times." ‘ The nation has suffered enough economic adversity already,” he warned. Roberts drew the pessimistic picture of effects of the proposed bonus during a detailed analysis of the domestic and international financial situation. Suggests Billion-Dollar Issu* Stephenson suggested that a bil-lion-dollar bond issue might he floated and the bonds turned over to the veterans for disposition of a cash bonus. Thornston Cooke, Kansas City banker, opposed this proposal, along with all other proposals before the committee, and suggested that an agency be set up in the veterans’ bureau to care for the needy veterans. Stephenson testified in answer to questions by Representative Hadley (Rep., Wash.) that a billion-dollar bond issue floated over a period of three to four months, and conversion of the present $784,000,000 sinking fund short term notes would have a far less serious effect on business than the larger issue. The smaller sum is the amount estimated as necessary to comply with the terms of the Garner bill for the payment of the present value of the certificates rather than their value at maturity. Representative Estep (Rep. Pa.) expressed fear that loan sharks might set up “in the public streets” and take advantage of veterans in trafficking in the bonds. Protected by Law Stephenson replied he thought the veterans would be protected under the law. The banks, he said, would be able to take care of these bonds. ' While the ways and means committee was considering the bonus proposals, the house veterans’ committee was hearing Administrator Hines in reference to the hospitalization program for war veteran*. Hines said no great increase was needed at present to take care of disabled veterans, but that many non-fireproof structures ought to be replaced. Lindbergh Is 29 Today By United Press ENGLEWOOD. N. J., Feb. 4. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh celebrated his twenty-ninth birthday today at the home of his fafcher m-law, Senator Dwight W. Morrow.