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Sir Oliver Lodge In "Past Years," published by Scribners, Sir Oliver Lodge tells the story of his own life in a simple, rambling but delightful way. intftrtat centers upon the space he devotes to psychical researches. mum BY WALTER D. HICKMAN HAVE been authorized by Henry T. Schnittkind of the editorial department of The Stratford Company, 289 Congress street, Boston, to announce their prize contest for a historical novel. The author of the prize winning novel will receive SI,OOO in cash and in addition “the author of the prizewinning novel will be paid a royalty of 10 per cent on the first 2,500 copies of the book, 12',£ per cent on the next 2,500 copies, and 15 per cent thereafter ” Also “the author will be paid 50 per cent of whatever price the publishers may receive for the motion picture serialization and translation rights on this book.” The judges will be the editors of The Stratford Company. Manuscripts submitted in this contest must be typewritten and must contain from 75,000 to 110,000 words. All American authors, regardless of whether or not they have had a novel published before, may enter manuscripts. All manuscripts must be original and not translations. Every manuscript will be judged solely on its merits. Manuscripts must be typed and submitted not later than Nov. 1, 1932, to the Prize Novel Contest Editor, care of The Stratford Company, Publishers, 289 Congress street, Boston, Mass. The novels submitted in this contest are to deal with any phase of American history before 1920 or with any famous man or woman in American history who is not alive now. The story must be adventurous, full of action, rather than psychological, something along the lines of Edna Ferber’s "Show Boat” and “Cimarron,” “To Have and to Hold,” by Mary Johnston, and the like. tt a a The Viking Press announces the publication of “Stalin: The Career of a Fanatic,” by Essad-Bey, translated from the German by Huntley Paterson. mum Brentano's lists the following as the best six sellers in non-fiction in New York: “Loads of Love,” “Summers Night,” “Mr. and Mrs. Pennington,” ‘Mary’s Neck,” by Booth Tarkington, "The End of Desire,” and “The Second Omnibus of Crime.” nun Professor William Lyon Phelps in choosing the ten best stories of 1931 includes “The Lady Who Came to Stay,” by R. E. Spencer of Indianapolis. Phelps’ list also included Willa Cather, John Galswortny, Booth Tarkington, Edna Ferber and John Erskine. HUM Mrs. Sara Alpert Fichman, 437 East Thirtieth street, by reviewing Booth Tarkington’s latest book, “Mary’s Neck,” is the winner of this week’s book review. As soon as she gets in touch with this department, she may have the choice of one of several good boons. Her review is as follows: "MarVs Neck” is the latest of Mr. Tarkington’s mirth-provokers. It is the story of a typical prosperous mid-western family’s attempt to break into eastern society as exemplified by the exclusive New England summer colony at Mary's Neck. The story begins with the Massev family s early arrival at the resort, ana while waiting for other vacationists to arrive, Mrs. Massey and the two daughters set out to satisfy a hitherto stifled lust for antiaues. After some seemingly wonderful work in the arts of tact and diplomacy, they manage to gain entrance to one of the old homes tn the vicinity. It contains a veritable treasure of breathtaking antiques and negotiations to purchase a “few’ of them, including the staircase and chandelier. are soon under wav. But to the delight of Mr, Massev and the disconcertion of Mrs. Massev. Enid, and Clarissa, they learn that the old home is an antique furniture store operated nv the "datiing. ouaint. old New England" couple, and the antioue fevei receives a severe but efficient cure. The other families finally arrive, and after a brief period of social ostractzaiion because of their newness, the Massevs finally break into the group through one of Clarissa's school acquaintances. The social whirl begins immediately for Enid and Clarissa, while Mr. and Mrs. Massev are eventually accepted by the elders of the group. So begins a series of amusing events whereby the Masseys are constantly in fear that their social connections are not Just right. First one family is paramount in their eves and then another and another until tne leading names are exhausted and the Masseys catering to the first choice again. Mr. Massey is the butt of most of the humor in the book. The reader sympathises with the successful businessman lut weak parent and. husband, whose daughter “had to call him a Ktwanis three times before he gathered she didn't mean if for a compliment.’’ The Massey family is “honored" by the appointment of Mr. Massey as chairman or the house committee of the Rocky Meadow Club, but Mr. Massey soon resigns due to unlooked for. but soon discovered problems which such officer must cope with. Another amusing Incident deals with Mr. Massey's winning favor In the eyes of a foreign opera star through her checkerplaying husband. A misunderstood affair starts the tongues wagging and Mr. Massev Is put to some discomfort until the amiable singer labels Mr. Bullfinch, the scion of the colony at her old lover, as a practical *oke. The “mentally elevated*’ Enid gives poor Mr. Massev many trying moments with her interest in the modernistic arte, and the conduction of a lecture on “the Ogilluwayas. Their Ceramics end Basketwork.” Tne exceedingly humbrous events recounting the experiences of Mr. Sweetmus. the gardener, which had previously been published as a short story in one of the national magazines are also Included in this enchanting book, and although the book contains numerous short stories tn themselves, the thread of the major plot is never lost by the reader. All together, the clear character portrayals and the amusing complications of its various minor plots make the book a most entertaining work of literature.

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‘BABY BONDS’ ARE BAIT FOR HOARDED CASH Denominations May Run as Low as SSO, in Drive for Slacker Dollars. VIEWED AS BANK AID Public Purchase of Issues Seen as Needed Spur to Confidence. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Plans for issuance of “baby bonds” in small denominations as another means of extracting noardetl dollars from socks and mattresses virtually have been perfected by treasury officials, it was learned today. Although Representative F. H. La 1 Guardla (Rep., N. Y.) insists that all I future bonds of the new reconstrucj tion finance corporation should be of small denominations, the treasury department does not contemplate using this method of obtaining funds as a part of its regular financing. It will be resorted to solely as a method of restoring confidence, and present plans contemplate a comparatively small issue, though the size has not been determined. The bonds would -be short-term issues bearing a low rate of interest, possibly something less than savings bank accounts pay. The denominations will be as low as SIOO, and may run as low as SSO. It is estimated that hoarded dollars amount to from $1,200,000,000 to $1,700,000,000, but there will be no attempt to match this sum in the proposed anti-hoardiug bond issue. After Slacker Dollars It is hoped that people will buy these issues because of the confidence they have in government bonds, and that this confidence will become so contagious that it will extend to securities bearing a higher return, and regarded as a sound investment. , The proposed friendly raid -upon hoarded funds is simply part of the general campaign to enlist “slacker” dollars and credits. The other parts of the plan are the general campaign headed by Col. Frank Knox and the Glass-Steagall bill, which is designed to loosen eligible paper now held in banks’ portfolios. There is no intention of reviving Liberty loan campaign methods, according to treasury officials. The bonds probably will be sold through federal reserve banks in various cities, and agencies established by Colonel Knox may be used in some communities. To lessen the cost and inconvenience of distribution and bookkeeping, headquarters may .be set up in various cities where the public can purchase the bonds without any personal inconvenience. Seek to Avoid Competition Proceeds from sales would be left in banks throughout the country, tnus furnishing those institutions with cash which would keep them in a liquid state. The purchaser would be expected to hold his bonds until maturity, or, in view of their expected market ability, dispose of them to meet obligations. In view of increased taxes facing many citizens within the next few years, purchase of these securities may prove to be an easy way of setting aside means with which to make tax payments, as is done by large corporations. Deposits of the proceeds in banks may be necessary to offset possible withdrawals of deposits with which to purchase these bonds. If purchasers should buy the government securities with money withdrawn from banks, there would be no improvement in the situation possibly no increase in the amount of money in circulation. The interest rate will be placed at a figure lower than savings banks, to induce hoarders to place their money in banking institutions Otherwise, the proposed issue would become competitive rather than helpful to the very structure it is desired to strengthen. Borinstein Is Named Appointment of Louis Borinstein, paresident of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, as director in Marion county of President Hoover's anti-hoarding drive, was announced today by Colonel Richard Lieber. state director. George J. Grigsby of Princeton, was named director of the division A, Seventh district drive, and Raymond Springer of Connersville, was made director of the Tenth district campaign. Indiana headquarters are in the Illinois building. An office suite has been donated by A. L. Block. Dudley A. Smith, Indianapolis News reporter, will be in charge. Other district chiefs are: C. W. Bader, Gary, first district; Ralph Gates, Columbia City, fourth; George A. Schall, Terre Haute, sixth; and William Storen, ninth.

TERMS SHORTENED FOR BANK BANDITS

By United Press * PORTLAND, Tnd. ; Feb. 19.—Sentences of three bandits captured after robbery of the First State bank of Dunkirk last Dec. 24 were shortened for assistance they gave the state in the case of Ira Barton. Lorenz Capelli, Albert Frabotta and Frank Valentino pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges soon after their capture and were sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. Following the sentencing of Ira Barton they were granted new trials. AH again pleaded guilty. Capelli and Valentino were sentenced to twelv* years’ imprisonment and

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MADELINE SLADE’S FATE HANGS IN BALANCE

Gandhi’s Only English Disciple Must Choose—lndia or England

BY HELEN WELSHIMEB NEA Service Writer TTirHAT is going to happen to ’ * Madeline Slade, who has been Mahatma Gandhi’s oqjy English woman follower? .She has been ordered out of Bombay. Refusing to leave, she was sentenced to three months in jail. She can minister no longer to the personal wants of the little, brown-skinned Nationalist leader for whom she gave up her family and friends and a fortune. Will she pine for him, now that they must be separated? Will she keep right on wearing her onepiece native dress, and spin from early morning until 6 o’clock every night? Will she speak up boldly and tell England what she thinks of the way it is treating India . . and the mahatma? Or will she change her mind about the whole question and try an English comeback, when she goes free? Will she buy some new clothes, start to attend Mayfair tea parties, and forget her recent life? And if she does decide to come back, will the people of England accept her? They shook their heads very severely when she joined the Indian cause six years ago. They still were shaking their heads when she accompanied Gandhi to London last fall. She wasn’t accepted in any sense of the word. And she didn’t want to be. u n u THERE are two courses open to the 39-year-old woman who has been Gandhi’s devout (and in a way, favorite) disciple. She may live as an alien in her native country. Or she may break every vow she has taken, and try to forget the last six years. Either way she will find difficulties. If she decides to live the simple, humble life of service that she has been following in India she can’t watch the fashions. She will have to wear a khaddhar dress, which is made from home-spun yarn. She will have to sleep out in the open, on a cot, without mattress or springs. She will have to rise at 4 o’clock for her morning prayers, and go to bed at 9, just when other people are starting to the opera or

FIGHT PAROLE - FOR KIRKLAND Prosecutor Asks Board to Deny Expected Plea. By United Press HAMMOND, Ind., Feb. 19. —Any attempt of Virgil Kirkland to obtain a parole from the prison cell where he is serving a conviction on charges in connection with the death of Arlene Draves, will be met by vigorous opposition, it was learned today. The Gary youth will become eligible to parole this June, at. the end of the first year of his one Jo ten-year term in the reformatory. Prosecutor Robert G. Estill ha asked the parole board to deny an expected petition for parole, It was said. A number of Gary residents also have written the parole board protesting against possible leniency for the convicted youth. No move has been made to obtain a parole, according to Oscar W. Thiel, who headed Kirkland’s defense counsel, but he admitted that such action was under consideration. DELAY MPG CASE Two Lottery Defendants Ordered Rearrested. Donald Cutshaw, 602 North Sherman drive, was the only one of three defendants to appear Tuesday when the butchers’ and packers’ lottery case was called in municipal court three by Judge Clifton R. Cameron. Cameron continued the hearing after ordering rearrest of the other defendants, Fred Baldridge, 2360 North Illinois street, and Herman Wiltsee, 2738 Napoleon street. Charges were filed Jan. 4 against Cutshaw and Baldridge by Wiltsee, and he, in turn, also was arrested. Wiltsee alleged that he held a winning ticket for $1,300 but was refused payment. Finally, he accepted.s6so in settlement and then filed the charges. M’FERREN HEADS CLUB Named Hoosier A. C. President at New Directors’ Meet. E. E. McFerren was elected president of the Hoosier Athletic Club at the first meeting of the new board of directors Thursday night. Others elected were Edward Mantel, first vice-president; Otto Roos, second vice-president; Edwin F. Scherer, secretary; Louis Fehrenbach, corresponding secretary, and A. F. Wejtlund, treasurer.

Frabotta was given a ten-year term. Capelli and Valentino had admitted participation in bank robberies at Hartford City and Montpelier, whereas Frabotta was involved only ip the Dunkirk holdup. Barton, who confessed that, as sheriff of Blackford county, he conspired with the bandits, was sentenced to twenty-one years’ imprisonment on a plea of guilty. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Feb. 19. —lra Barton was No. 15,222 in records of the Indiana state prison here today. He was assigned to work in the &irt factory. i

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* > Slade won't be permitted to malt theater. She will have to live on any purchases from English store! vegetables and fruits and water. o< L even . a bar of soap or a tube 0 It hardly will be possible for her toothpaste, to live in a small hut, six feet * * * square, such as the one she has oc- v • ' T>UT if she decides that life a cupied in India, but she certainly D Gandhi would have her live i can’t live in luxury again. 1 WMW&mmW'M ,is much too hard a thing to try ii

theater. She will have to live on vegetables and fruits and water. It hardly will be possible for her to live in a small hut, six feet square, such as the one she has occupied in India, but she certainly can’t live in luxury again. m u /'AVER in India, for the last six years, she has been a member of Grandhi’s party at the “ashram,” or college of devotion, near Ahmedabad. She has been using the India name of Mira Bei. If she is loyal to her cause, she will have to keep this name. She worships Krishna no,?, one of the Hindu deities. She must continue to pray to him' and not be influenced by the Westminster chimes if she continues her present life. She can’t marry, either, for she is sworn to celibacy.

To the Rescue! Sportsmen Save Furbearing Animals Marooned by Floods.

Fur bearing aristocrats of the animal world, who were washed from their woodland haunts by high water, have been rescued by relief corps of sportsmen, organized under the fish and game division of the state conservation department. According to Walter Shirts, division chief, game warden crews

have rescued hundreds of rabbits, oppossums and other fur bearers stranded on small islands. They were liberated on the mainland along the banks of the swollen streams. Animals found on log and brush drifts soon would have perished, Shirts said. “But the high waters have been an immense benefit to the fish life in Indiana streams,” he explained. “The decayed vegetable and animal material, and dead and stagnant water of almost two years accumulation have been washed out, leaving a clean stream bed for this year’s spawning.” Reports to Shirts’ office show the ground has been so thoroughly saturated with water that springs almost are back to their normal flow, practically assuring a normal water supply in the streams this spring. SEIZE WHISKY LEFT IN AUTO IN GARAGE Fifty Pints Valued at SIOO Found in Costly Car. Fifty pints of liquor valued at SIOO were removed by police from a costly automobile which a man left in a public garage at 2119 East Washington street Thursday. Operators of the garage told police the man, who said he was James Smith, 423 East Eleventh street, rented parking space several months ago. Police claim records in the office of the secretary of state sho w sale of the car to Ralph Hillman, Box 91, Maywood. Suspecting the car was being used in rum running, the owner was ordered not to bring it into the place and the rental agrement canceled, officers were told. Returning Thursday, the man left the car and removed the license plates. Several hours passed and he did not return. Police were called and pried open a compartment which, they said, contained the liquor. TOTAL DISARMAMENT URGED BY EDWARDS Offers Only Hope of World Peace, Says State Connell Secretary. Renunciation of armaments by all nations is the world’s only hope of realizing the dream of universal peace. Dr. David M. Edwards, executive secretary of the Indiana Council on International Relations, stated Thursday night at the winter’s night college at the First Baptist church. “Signers of the Kellogg pact have not had enough faith to disarm,” Dr. Miller asserted. “They go right on paying for past and future wars.” He pointed out the United States now is spending 72 cents of every dollar it receives f or .

Her beauty faded under India’s blistering sun, Madeline Slade, shown above, former English schoolgirl, now known as Mira Bei, is fighting an order to return to the home she once scorned. Sketches of Mahatma Ghandi, whose disciple she is, and Miss Slade flank her picture. Her real work In India has consisted in inspecting the “khaddar” depots where the* natives have made hand-spun cloth in an attempt to boycott British goods. Asa true disciple of Gandhi, Miss

MAYOR VOTE IS BLOWTOG, 0. P. Cleveland Result Dampens Hope for Ohio. By Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Municipal election returns from Cleveland have given a thrill to Democratic leaders and discouraged Republicans. A Democratic mayor was elected Tuesday for the first time in the seventeen years since Newton D. Baker was chosen. President Hoover carried Ohio by 763,336 votes over A1 Smith in 1928 Two years ago Senator Robert J. Bulkley, Democrat, upset the Republican majority and won by 200,000. In the interim, Youngstown and Columbus have placed Democrats in charge of municipal affairs, while Cincinnati and Dayton have substituted nonpartisan officials for Republicans. In Toledo, Postmaster-General Walter F. Brown’s machine has been upset and independent Republicans elected. Old guard Republicans have taken a defeat in Akron too. Cleveland’s repudiation of the Republican organization is regarded here as additional proof of the turning of the political tide in Ohio Redent confidential reports to Postmaster-General Brown and Senator Fess have indicated that the Ohio Republican situation “is not good.” MINERS DISCUSS PAY Operators Also in Session on Wage Question. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 19. Indiana coal miners and the men who employ them met in two secret sessions here today to discuss wage proposals over which a stormy session is expected when a joint meeting is held Feb. 29. The miners continued their biennial scale and constitutional convention. With the session drawing to a close, instructions that will be given the scale committee which will meet with operators were believed to be the topic under consideration. At a meeting of the Indiana Coal Operators’ Association, the wage proposals which employers will offer to miners were believed being drafted. It was intimated that they would ask for a reduction. Last Tuesday, the convention adopted a resolution stoutly opposing any wage reduction proposals. HOOSIER BOY SCOUTS WILL VISIT EUROPE 25 Indiana Youths to Make Tour Under Y. M. C. A. Auspices. Twenty-five boys from Indiana will go to Europe this summer under auspices of the state Y. M. C. A. They will be part of a contingent of 400 American youths who will return the visit of 150 European boys who were world conference delegates and Y. M. C. A. camp guests in the United States last summer. Adult leader for the Hoosier state will be R. J. Duke, assistant state secretary. • Camping and hiking will make up a large part of the program during the thirty or forty days the boys are to be in Europe. The American delegation will be split up, the different groups going to various parts of England and. the continent.

Slade won’t be permitted to make any purchases from English stores. Not even a bar of soap or a tube of toothpaste. MUM BUT if she decides that life as Gandhi would have her live it is much too hard a thing to try in England, she will find nearly as many difficulties. In the first place, it takes money to live in England. She hasn’t any. Her father, the late Admiral Sir Edmund Slade, left a fortune. When her mother, Lady Slade, died, she left a will, which didn’t mention Madeline. It wasn’t because of Lady Slade’s disapproval, but because the lowly disciple of Gandhi had requested the omission ot her name. Asa true disciple of Gandhi’s party, she had to endure poverty. She will have to win her way into the good graces of the people

One Wet and One Dry; Both Facing Recall

By NEA Service Mayor jghn c. porter of Los Angeles is an ardent dry. In France last summer with tour-

ing American mayors he refused to drink a toast in wine and walked out on the party. Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta drank the toast and declared prohibition in the United States is a failure. Noj? the two mayors have one thing In common both face recall

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actions. “For more than two years certain underworld groups have en-

deavored to hold this threat of recall over my head,” Mayor Porter declared after a citizens’ committee filed a petition bearing 100,000 names and demanding his removal. Mayor Key, who 5,000 citizens think should be ousted, declares his op-

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ponents are “whiffle bats,” explaining that he means, “a queer bird that flies backward” and not going anywhere. AUTO DEATHS INCREASE Indiana Only State of East North Central Group to Show Gain. Indiana is the only state among those comprising the east north central group which reported more deaths due to automobile accidents in 1931 than in 1930, according to a survey made by the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Deaths in Indiana last year were 1,192 against 1,146 in 1930, an increase of 4.01 per cent. However, the group which includes Indiana showed an increase of only 1.8 per cent.

NEW COURT. FIGHT FACED BY VEHLING

The administrator for estate of two persons, in connection with whose deaths Coroner Fred W. Vehling was convicted of bribe solicitation, moved today to prevent the coroner from collecting burial fees. * Scene of the coroner’s legal difficulties shifted to probate court, as Herman Stickel, administrator, announced he would contest Vehling’s claim against the estate of Benjamin Stickel, gas victim. Charging the fee solicited by the coroner is “exorbitant and unreasonable,” Stickel late Thursday sought legal aid. Meanwhile, Vehling’s attorneys sought leniency from a two to fourteen year sentence, it was learned, provided their client resigns from office. Vehling is at liberty under SIO,OOO bond. The cofoner was found guilty by a criminal court jury on a charge of soliciting a bribe from relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Stickel and .William Cobl& gas victims.

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who used to be her friends. They aren’t going to forgive her, very easily, for opposing her own country and siding with India. Then, too, they don't approve of her actions. They have heard that she milked Gandhi’s goat for him. laundered his loincloth, performed other personal services. Then, too, Madeline Slade shared Mahatma Gandhi’s cabin when he returned to India from London. Harmless as it w’as, it may be held against her. She has worshiped a heathen god, which is another fact that has to be considered, especially since her grandfather was a Church of England clergyman. EVEN if she does get herself adopted socially, she will have difficulty in conforming to the new schedule. She used to be a debutante. She rode, swam, danced . . . did all the things that English girls do . . . when she was younger. She has obeyed a strict service code ever since the day that she came across Romain Rolland’s life of Gandhi and. seven years ago, decided to join his cause. Gandhi refused to let her unless she first served a year’s probation. During that time she was to become familiar with the Hindu scriptures, i learn the Hindu language, learn to I spin, and give up luxuries. She came through with flying colors. When Gandhi undertook his campaign of civil disobedience, he placed Miss Slade in charge of the “ashram” during his absence in jail. Since Gandhi believes that menial tasks should be glorified, she forgot that she used to have servants of her own and swept, scrubbed, cooked, or did anything else that she was asked to do. Last spring when the mahatma and the British viceroy were trying to find some workable plans pf agreement, Miss Slade carried the Indian leader’s food to him. M M M MIRA 8E1... or Madeline Slade . . . according to relatives, has always been swept away by youthful enthusiasm. But this one has lasted for a long time. If she will find another cause which needs a devout follower, or if she will continue to keep her heart in India, in the “ashram,” remains to be seen.

AVIATORS FACE STIFFERTESTS Strict Requirements Added to Prove Competence. By Scripps-Hoicard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The commerce department has taken action, it was learned today, which will at one step not only make flying on the airlines safer, but also will help airline pilots in their fight to have their work continue in the status of a profession, rather than sink to the level of a common laborer. The action was the promulgation of a “certificate of competency” for airline pilots, raising the standards for aviators who fly on the scheduled airlines far above the present requirements. This action not only will eliminate employment of incompetent pilots, but also will set up anew standard of competency for the 600 or 700 pilots now flying half a million farepaying passengers over the nation annually. The commerce department makes it clear that this action has nothing to do with the present strike of twenty-two pilots on the Century airlines running out of Chicago. The proposed amendment requires that all pilots flying in interstate commerce have at least 1,200 hours solo flying time, 500 hours cross-country, seventy-five hours night flying, and that all pass a test in “blind,” or instrument, flying. COAL BILL SUPPORTED Department of Labor Backs Measure for Bituminous Regulation. By Scripps~Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The Kelly-Davis bill providing for creation of a government commission to regulate the bituminous coal industry will have the active support of the department of labor. "Secretary Doak has informed me that the bill meets with his approval and we plan to urge President Hoover to incorporate it as a part of the administration’s relief pro g r am,” Representative Kelly (Rep., Pa.), said today. Kelly said the measure will end “cut-throat” competition, one of the basic ailments of the coal industry, and permit groups of operators to combine for selling their output at fair prices without violating provisions of federal anti-trust laws.

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The administrator is attempting to probate estates and insurance holdings of Mr. and Mrs. Stickel. Vehling was charged with threatening to return a suicide verdict rather than one of accidental death unless he was ’'aid $1,975 in life insurance policies, $l5O in cash, and automobile and household furnishings. The suicide verdict would have blocked collectioi of double indemnity on the policies. Vehling has filed in probate court a claim of $510.70 against the husband’s estate and a claim of $418.50 against Mrs. Stickers estate. Attorneys revealed that Mr. Stickel’s estate totals only $350. Double indemnity was not paid on his policies, because he was more than 70. Claims held by Vehling against the Coble estate have been paid by Sidney Stine, administrator. Unless an agieement is reached, contested claims will come to trial before Probate Judge Smiley N. Chambers. . IMt

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BAN ON HELP TO AGGRESSOR NATIONASKED Capper Bill Would Forbid U. S. Shipping Supplies to War Maker. LEAGUE’S HANDS TIED Lack of Information on American Stand Proves Big Handicap. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreirn Editor WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Senator Arthur Capper (Rep., Kan.), soun will introduce in congress a resolution to forbid the United States or any of its nationals aiding an aggressor nation with supplies of any kind. The Capper resolution will be general in character and will not oe aimed at Japan or any other particular power. It would have an important bearing on the Far Eastern situation, nevertheless. Should the League of Nations assembly, now almost certain to meet, decide to boycott Japan, the resolution would mean that the United States at least would respect the boycott. Abroad this is regarded as vital. U. S. Stand in Fog Passage of some such clarifying resolution as this is seen as increasingly important, if world peace machinery is not to collapse under its handicapping burden of hesitant and groping member nations. Thougn the United States is not a member of the League of Nations, and thus is without legal obligations under its covenant, it took the leading part in promoting the Kellogg pact, the fundamental object of which coincides with that of the covenant. That is to say, the prevention of aggressive war. Notwithstanding all this, the United States has not seen fit yet to enlighten the rest of the world as to what its attitude would be in the event the Kellogg pact is violated flagrantly. Even the Sino-Japanese conflict has not brought out America’s intentions in this regard. Japans conquest today entered its sixth month. Japan is waging a major offensive at Shanghai. Manchuria and Mongolia have been torn bodily from China and made into a socalled independent state, a protectorate of the Japanese empire.

Covenant Is Flouted The covenant of the league today, more than ever, is being houted by Nippon. Also the nine-power treaty, guaranteeing China’s territorial and political integrity, framed by the United States, and the Kellogg pact, another peace machine made fit America. Japan and the world peace machinery, thereiore, have arrived at the supreme showdown. Meanwhile, Great Britain and the other powers are moving heaven and earth trying to find out how far the United States will co-operate to make peace machinery function. The trans-Atlantic cables and telephones are known to be fairly humming with the query, but in vain. Thus, in the moment of its greatest peril since 1914, the world is left up in the air, waiting for the crash. This week, in the house of commons, the debate turned on wliat Geneva was going to do to stop the war in China. Whereupon everybody wanted to know what tne United States would do should the league council or assembly decide to boycott Japan. Attitude Is Important This, it was pointed out, was pertinent. The attitude of Britain largely depended upon the answer. Were the United States to insist upon its “right” to sell supplies to Japan, a boycott either would be transformed into a perfectly futile gesture, or, in an attempt to make it effective, the British navy might find itself pitted against the battle fleet of the United States. This is regarded as being anything but an exaggerated statement of the situation. The league covenant not only calls for sanctions* but for armed force if and when’ needed to compel observance. Having sponsored the Kellogg pact, it is widely felt here, the United States owes it to the world to clear up its attitude thereon. Having, in effect, officially proclaimed that nation an outlaw which deliberately violates the pact, would it now turn around and” supply the outlaw with the wherewithal successfully to get away with its crime? That is the question which the Capper resolution would seek to answer in the negative. SOVIET TO SELL FURS

Dozens of Foreign Firms to Bid at Second Annual Auction. By United Press LENINGRAD, Feb. 19.—Representatives of foreign fur dealing firms are expected at the second Soviet fur auction here, March 1, to bid for the largest supply of furs ever offered at one time in Russia. The first Soviet auction took place here last year, and drew buyers from sixty-seven firms, the largest representation, nineteen firms, being from the United States. Actual sales for $1,384,000 were made, about 95 per cent of all the furs available being purchased. CHILDREN TO gIT MILK Orders Are Issued for Free Distribution in Elwood Schools. By United Press ELWOOD, Ind., Feb. 19.—Orcera have been issued here for free distribution daily of 471 half-pint milk bottles in Elwood schools. It is the largest number to be given out since distribution was started several weeks ago. Os the bottles, 170 will be supplied by the Elwood Tuberculosis Society and will be given to undernourished children of indigent families.