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S. S. Van Dine A dog by the alluring name of Miss MacTavish has much to do in "The Kennell Murder Case.” Os course, it is the new S. S. Van Dine mystery with Thilo Vance very much in evidence. Published by Scribners. tt a a BY WALTER D. HICKMAN WANT you to meet Olivia Curtis on her seventeenth birthday In the very strict English home of her parents in England. Olivia is not even an English flapper and her thoughts do not even concern petting parties, fancy legal drinks of Great Britain or even sex. But Olivia, always surrounded with chaperones as well as her verv careful mother, really hates to have a birthday because a birthday breakfast is just something stiff and rather a bore in the Curtis household. Olivia knew that her elder sister Kate would be rather jealous but human in her kindness; that mother would have a very proper present and that Uncle Oswald—well uncle was a funny old dear—in fact the birthday breakfast would be just the same as she always remembered them. But it was different because mother gave her a marvelous piece of clothe for a party gown—a gown for her first formal function, a great waltz dance in the home of nobility. Even Uncle Oswald opened up his meager purse and poured gold into her birthday hands. You will meet Olivia, the Curtis family and the entire neighborhood in “Invitation to the Waltz” by Rosamond Lehmann, published by Henry Holt & Cos. Sells for $2. The beauty about this novel is that nothing really serious happens to Oliva and her sister. Kate. The thing that does start to happen is that both girls arrive at the mental conclusion that “life was going to begin” for them, that the shackles of strict home life no longer would control their every movement and thought.

Not very exciting you say. To me it is more so because it has truthfully reflected normal youth of England. not the exception. When it comes to character drawing of English characters. Miss Lehmann is just as successful as w'hen Booth Tarkington draws an American whether ne be old or young. There is one character which will Surely get into your heart and that is the old maid dressmaker. Miss Thompson, who “creates” Olivia’s gown for her first big party. The old maid is a gigantic collection of don'ts, ordered by her always ailing mother. Here is such a pitifully human drawing of a miserable human being that it becomes of the high lights of “Invitation To The Waltz.” Miss Thompson appears only in one chapter but you will remember this pathetic creature who has shut love out of her life on the orders of her mother. More tremendous character drawing is revealed in the collection of English men and women, old and young at the great dance. And Olivia discoveres that these men and women are over loaded with sex, strange ambitions, jealousy deceit and unsavory personal habits. Does Olivia want release from the apron strings of her mother. Nature and youth gives the answer although it is merely an echo. Here is tremendously fine and refreshing writing. I suggest you read “Invitation To The Waltz." tt a a Scandal? Well, so it must have been. Can you imagine what the Archdeacon thought when the custom officers opened his luggage and in one case dicsovered a flaming suit of ladies’ pajamas instead of the learned gentleman's vestment. If you want to get in on this delicious nonsense, then read “Elizabeth and the Archdeacon." bv George A. Birmingham. Published by Bobbs-Merrill. a a u Fannie Hurst has written anew novel and that very statement will put it in best selling positions for months to come. "Imitation of Life" is the rather unappetizing title. In this story you meet Bea Pullman who turned a waffle shop into a chain system and made millions with the aid of a Negro worn- 1 an. Delilah. Fannie Hursts Bea Pullman and Sinclair Lewis’ “Ann Vickers will be the most discussed women of Action for the next six months. Bea is a success in business, but a failure in love. m a a Both light and heavy books are found most in demand in non-fic-tion. according to reports from Brentano stores. The list includes: •Contract Bridge Blue Book,” by Culbertson: “Design for Living." the play by Noel Coward; "100.000.000 Guinea Pigs." by Kollet and Schlink: “British Agent,” by Bruce Lockart; “Money Contract.” bv I P. Hal Sims, and “Life Begins at rorty,” by Walter B. Pitkiru, I

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REGISTRATION LAW PASSES HOUSE, 72-12 Evans of Newcastle Offers Only Opposition to Ballot Plan. BANK BILL ADVANCED $106,720 Is Added to State Budget: Heated Debate on Bus Measure. The voters’ permanent registration law, a Democratic platform pledge, was passed Thursday night in the house of representatives by a vote of 72 to 12. Indorsed by the Indiana League of Women Voters, the registration law met practically all its opposition from Representative H. H. Evans ' Rep., Newcastle), who charged it is a needless expense. “We don't need it in Henry county,” he asserted. “Don't you believe in the sanctity of the ballot?” queried Representative J. Clinn Ellyson (Dem., Hammond). ”Yes,” retorted Evans, “but we have that in Henry county. I know you don’t have it in Lake county. If I had my way, all Lake county would be under martial law.” Rank Code Bill Advanced After an initial registration, no one would be squired to re-register unless he was disfranchised for not voting for two years. The administration’s new banking code bill passed second reading in the house with a number of amendments, chief among which gives the proposed bank commission authority to remove any director or officer of a financial institution who continues to violate banking laws. A secret trial is provided in such cases.A total of $106,720 was added to the state biennial appropriation bill when it came from the hands of the ways and means committee, which considered it only twentyfour hours. The usual procedure is for that committee to consider it for weeks and make numerous revisions before sending it on to the house. $3,900.0(H) Under 1931 The bill will be printed at once and probably passed on to the senate under suspension of the rules. Addition of the $106,720 made the appropriation approximately $3,900,000 less than two years ago. Spirited debate preceded passage of the contract carriers' regulatory bill by a vote of 57 to 35. Similar to the bill which provoked such a bitter fight in the 1932 special session, the measure puts all contract trucks and buses under public service commission supervision and allows that body to set rates, but exempts vehicles used for farm products transportation, school buses and newspaper ditsribution trucks. Called Vicious Measure Representative John N. Dyer (Dem., Vincennes), charged Judiciary B committee refused to allow the bill to be considered by the roads committee and had acted on “order of their masters.” ‘ The bill is a vicious one backed by the railroads and wall put 100,000 out of work,” Dyer charged. Representative William J. Black (Dem., Anderson), Judiciary B chairman, denied he had any “master” and that the railroads are back of the bill. "We had this bill before the committee for more than a week and no one seemed interested in it,” said Black. INDICTMENTS QUASHED Conspiracy Charges Against Eight Dropped by Prosecutor. Indictments against eight persons charging false pretense and conspiracy to commit a felony in an alleged fake advertising scheme were noil prossed in criminal court Thursday on recommendation of Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson. Those named in the indictments are Seldon Blumenfeld, attorney; Henry Freyer, Arthur Freyer, George Belber, Charles Johnson. Joe Goodman. George H. Hart and Henry Halfaker. The state's chief witnesses, Henry Freyer and Arthur Freyer, left Indianapolis and can not be found, according to Wilson.

Mussolini Scorns Corn Liquor: Ma’s Disappointed BY H. ALLEN SMITH Vnited Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Wearing four skirts and carrying a lard can and a broomstick. Mrs. Lydia Hodgkins. 33-year-old resident of Marshall, Minn., returned from her biennial visit abroad. The only disappointment of her entire tour, she explained, was the fact that she could not get an audience with Benito Mussolini, so she could present him with a pint of corn liquor that Mike Regan gave her back in Marshall.

“Mike's a bartender in Marshall." said Mrs. Hodgkins, "and he gave me the corn liquor to give to Mussolini. But the American ambassador wouldn't arrange an appointment for me." Mrs. Hodgkins ridiculed the suggestion that she had on four skirts because of the cold weather. "Good Lord!" she exclaimed, as she arrived Thursday, "it gets colder than this in Marshall. I'm saving baggage. I travel light." She was wearning a thread-bare plush overcoat that has seen her through thirty-five winters. A makeshift Sam Browne belt serves as harness for earning excess baggage. A knapsack and a lard can dangle from the belt. Her stave is a broomstick with a nail in the end, and she also carries a chianti bottle for fresh water. The lard can is used for making' coffee along the wayside during her wanderings. j

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JUST A VOICE ON THE TELEPHONE

Federal Sleuth Lands His Man on Calls From Unseen Timer

This is the third of a series of stories, based on information from the files of the United States Bureau of Investigation and other sources, telling for the , first time the bureau agents’ part in famous mysteries. BY LOU WEDEMAR Time* Staff Writer NEW YORK. Feb. 10.—Special Agent J-15 never saw the young woman in the case. She remained to the very end a voice on ithe phone. The United States bureau of investigation was requested by the iState department in the spring ol 1929 to help Canadian authorities [locate one Harry Oliver. “Caution advised,” said the comimunication. “Harry Oliver,” said the warrant, ‘did. with intent to defraud, feloniously utter a Western Union Telegraph Company money order for $2,500, knowing it to forged.” The story began at Port Colborne, Ont., where Nick Vanderveer was engaged in the legitimate sade of liquor. A ruddy-cheeked man, wearing nose-glasses, and notable chiefly for a slouchy manner of being welldresssed, was speaking: “I have a money order for the $2,500 at the telegraph office, Mr. Vanderveer. At least it ought to be there by this time. Let me telephone them.” The liquor dealer passed the telephone. “This is Mr. Harry Oliver,” said the customer. "Have you a money order for me?” Mr. Vanderveer heard the reply distinctly, for Oliver held the receiver a little distance from his ear. “Yes, Mr. Oliver, it’s here. “Thank you. I’ll come down and get it right away.” But before he left, Mr. Oliver convinced Mr. Vanderveer that it would be a great favor if he accepted the money order in payment for liejuor, saving a lot of valuable time. Mr. Vanderveer agreed and Mr. Oliver disappeared. Mr. Vanderveer found money waiting at the telegraph office, all right; but there was only $93, which Oliver had sent to himself. Mr. Vanderveer had been tricked out of $2,407 worth of good liquor. tt tt tt WHEN J-15 entered the case he had some information about Oliver’s whereabouts. He had been traced by Pinkertons and federal marshals to New Brunswick, N. J. But Oliver was hard to grasp. When any one thought he had him, he wasn’t there. Oirver must have received word that the bureau was on his trail, for on April 26. the very evening that J-15 started for New Brunswick, he prepared a getaway from his home on Livingston avenue. Deputy Marshals Jannatz. Van Camp and Yeager were on duty outside the house. Suddenly the doors of the garage flew open and out sped an automobile. The marshals got a glimple of Oliver at the wheel, a sawed-off shotgun upright in the seat. Before they could intercept him the car was roaring down Livingston avenue.

FACES DEPORTATION, WOMANJiNDS LIFE Commits Suicide in Cell at at Richmond Jail. Bn Vnited rrcstt RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 10.—Mrs. Donald Corder, 28, scheduled to be deported to Canada, committed suicide in her cell in the local jail late Thursday. Her husband, Donald Corder, arrested with her Jan. 7 in Dayton, 0., on a burglary charge, was sentenced to serve ten years in the state prison. Corder exonerated his wife of complicity in the burglary, but department of justice agents ordered her held for deportation. LEANDERHOOVER DIES Funeral Services for Retired farmer to Be Held Saturday. Funeral services for Leander Hoover, 85, retired farmer, who died Thursday night at the home of his sister, Mrs. Anna H. Lynn. 1930 Central avenue, will be held at 10:30 Saturday in the Hisey & Titus funeral home, 951 North Delaware street. Burial will be in Newcastle.

Mrs. Hodgkins explained that she is the widow of a Civil war sailor and that she gets a S4O monthly pension from the government. "It ought to be $50.” she snapped. "They gyp me out of $10.” But with this income, she manages to save enough to take a, trip abroad every two years, traveling third class. "I liked Rome.” Mrs. Hodgkins confessed. "I didn't like the hotels, so I stayed at the Salvation Army. I had an Italian guide. He got me an audience with the pope. You see. my daughter married an Irishman. He's not a bad fellow. "I went over on a French ship. Lord, did we have a good time going over! Something doing every minute! "This English ship I came home on is all right, but there's no pep. It's all right for old people, but give me a French liner!”

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A mysterious voice on the telephone sent agent J-15 scurrying to the spots pictured here, the restaurant at 43 Murray street, the Holland tunnel entrance, Bank street and the Pennsylvania South station in Newark. The marshals pursued. One mile, two miles—they were gaining. They suspected Oliver was on his way to the hide-out of a notorious New Jersey gangster, who was his friend. The intricacies of politics were such that the marshals felt it necessary to get Oliver before he reached that sanctuary. They forced their car to the utmost, and on the Post road they drew abreast. Oliver was too busy driving to use the shotgun, and they passed him. The marshals halted their car. Deputy Jannatz leaped out and stood in the middle of the road, holding up his hand. There was no doubt that Oliver saw Jannatz standing there. But instead Qf stopping, he'grimly stepped on the gas—and knocked Janntax down and ran over him. Without slowing, he drove on furiously. Before the other marshals recovered sufficient presence of mind to shoot, he had escaped. Jannatz was taken to a hospital, badly injured. it tt tt TX/'HEN Special Agent J-15 ’’ started on the Oliver case, these unencouraging details were all he had to work on. He made routine calls on the federal marshal at Trenton, at Pinkerton headquarters, and the local police authorities. Oliver's usual rendezvous—the Nest, Donohuje’s roadhouse, and various gambling houses in north New Jersey—reported he had not been seen for some time. An alarm was sent out over the state police teletype at J-15’s request, giving the license number of the touring car in which Oliver had vanished. J-15 and other agents began a check-up of garages. In South River, N. J., they learned the car had been at David’s garage; but it was gone when J-15 arrived. So J-15 returned to New Brunswick and went over the case thoroughly. He went to the postoffice, and found that a letter for

Students to Compete in Model Home Contest; Washington Trip First Prize The DnnAvfimitrr tt! pit ■**

The opportunity to visit the nation’s capital for an entire week as the guest of The Indianapolis Times, with all expenses paid, again is the first prize for which students of Indiana high schools will strive this year in The Times-Home Builders’ miniature );nodel home contest. Announcement of the annual event, which is a part of the Home Complete Exposition, to be held this year at the state fairground, April 23-29, was made Thursday. At a meeting of the board of directors Wednesday at the Columbia Club, it was announced by Ray Monaghan, chairman of the miniature model home contest, that the committee this year also would award a silver trophy to the school which received the most honorable mentions for its students when judging of the models is held. This trophy will be held by the winning school each year and will become the permanent property of the first school to receive the honor in two years. Already several Indianapolis high schools have announced that they

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C. T. Foxworthy C. T. Foxworthy, vice-president and general manager of the Roy Wilmeth Company, today expressed his complete confidenc in the return of the motor business. With the new Ford to go on display Saturday, he feels that the records established by his firm will be dimmed by the new records lying ahead. The Roy Wilmeth Company is the largest Ford dealer in Indiana, and Foxworthy has developed a strong sales staff, service and parts department, in one of the finest buildings on Automobile Row.

Oliver bore a return address on West Seventy-eighth street, in New York City. He searched the place, but found no one who knew the fugitive. One afternoon J-15 was watching the house from a vantage point some distance down Livingston avenue, when he had occasion to help an old crippled woman across the street. The old woman seemed grateful. “I know who you are,” she said. “You’re a government man looking for Mr. Oliver. Aren’t you, now? what’s your name?” J-15 smiled. “My name's Jones,” he said. “Glad to have been of service. a a a 'T'HE old lady hobbled away, still muttering her thinks. It was several days later, in the bureau office on Lexington avenue, Manhattan, that J-15 chanced to hear the telephone operator arguing at the switchboard. ‘ There’s no one named Jones here,” she said. “This is the United States bureau of investigation, but we have no one of that name.” “I’ll take the call,” said J-15, remembering his use of the alias. It was a- voice J-15 never had heard before. “You don’t know me, but you helped a friend of mine the other day—an old woman on Livingston avenue. Remember?”

MODEL HOME CONTEST Gentlemen—Please enter my name in the Sixth Annual Times-Home Builders’ Model Home Contest. Enclosed find 3 cents postage to cover cost of mailing complete set of model home plans and rules. School Teacher Class Name Address

will make a serious offort to capture the cup and the honors that go to the winning school. In addition to the all-expense trip which will go to the student winning the first prize, a number of other valuable awards will be given

Easier Way to Change Constitution Approved Another attempt to amend the state Constitution so other amendents could be adopted by a majority of votes cast on a question rather than a majority of all vbtes cast at the election, was approved by the senate today. Senator E. Curtis White (Dem., Indianapolis), author of the joint resolution designed to bring about this reform, declared that under the present laws it practicallvy was impossible for the will of the majority to be expressed on constitutional amendments.

White said his proposal was indorsed by the League of Women Voters and by many other groups interested in governmental reforms. Despite strong opposition from many senatorial lawyers. White’s resolution carried by a vote of 27 to 16. It now goes to the house for consideration. Following a brisk parlimentary skirmish the senate advanced the house measure eliminating city treasurers in Gary, Whiting. East Chicago and Hammond. Absence of Senator John Bright Webb <Dem„ Indianapolis) today because of illness, again postponed action on the bill providing for a survey of boundary lines between Perry and Decatur townships. Designed to settle the dispute arising over taxation of the Indianapolis Light and Power Company's new plant, the measure has been ready for a final senate vote for several days. Action is expected as soon as Webb returns to his seat. Repeal of the teacher tenure law, preposed in a senate measure which for * week has been allowed to rest

“I remember the incident. What do you want?” “I have been asked to help you, in return for what you did,” the girl continued, in the best fairy tale manner. “I will help you find that man Oliver. Here is my first tip Go to a restaurant at 43 Murray street, Manhattan.” Click! The connection was broken. More than half believing he was being hoaxed, J-15 went to 43 Murray street, and interviewed the proprietor. “Certainly I have a customer named Oliver.” he said. “But I haven’t seen him for a couple of days.” J-15 left his telephone number and went back to headquarters. Another case had come up requiring close attention, and he could not stay out of the office for long. tt tt tt THAT afternoon the restaurant proprietor called up excitedly. “Oliver just passed here, but didn’t stop,” he reported. “I’ll let you know if he comes back.” The next morning the mysterious girl called again, and sent J-15 on the second of a series of tips that was to keep him scurrying over the metropolitan area for three days. "Go to the Holland Tunnel and we will drive through,” she said. “Who are you?” J-15 asked curiously. “Never mind. I’ll call you up some time, when this is all over, and

to students who are chosen by the judges of the model contest as the next highest. Full details of contest rules can be obtained by writing to the Miniature Model Home Contest Editor, The Indianapolis Times. Students can obtain a set of plans for designing their model home, along with the rules, by inclosing 3 cents in stamps. Awarding of the prizes will be based on imagination and skill of the students, architectural merit of design and ingenuity shown in development, treatment and fitness of plans as a whole to meet the spirit and needs of the problem and practicability of construction. Students desirous of entering competition are urged to mail in the entry blank and obtain the rules and building plans. Wilbur Metz, last year’s winner, has written a story of his trip to Washington last year as the guest of The Times. He also is preparing a series of articles telling how his model home was constructed. The stories should help students who are entered in the competition.

quietly, was placed back on second reading on motion of its author, Senator Henry F. Schricker (Dem., Knox). Schricker explained that his move was to permit another open debate on the bill and to allow amendments to be offered by both friends and opponents. Saved from indefinite postponement by a strong defense, the house bill to put teeth into the fire boss laws for deep shaft coal mines was advanced to second reading Thursday. Senators William P. Dennigan (Dem., Vincennes), Ward Biddle <Dem„ Bloomington), Alanson L. Albright (Dem.. Cayuga and E. Curtis White (Dem., Indianapolis; led the fight in favor of the measure. Senator William D. Hardy (Dem., Evansville) led the opposition. "Any legislation that would reduce danger to coal miners and save just one man’s life is worth more than all profits derived by mine owners and operators,” White said.

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tell you—maybe. Now go down to the tunnel.” J-15 went, but did not appear. The next morning thA%> lice called again: “Go to Parkhurst street. Newark. He buys cigarets there. Wait for him. If he doesn't show up, look for the car on Journal square, where he is going to park.” No success. The next morning: He has friends in Bank street, in Greenwich Village. He will call on them tonight. You just missed him i yesterday.” | Again no success. Another source developed a lead in New City, where little of importance was learned, and J-15 returned in time to get another call from the Voice: “I won’t be able to call you again.” said his mysterious informant. “You'll have to get him this time or never, so far as I am concerned. Here is the tip: He is leaving Linden, N. J., in half an hour. He is going to the Pennsylvania Railroad South station in Newark, where he will take a train for California.” J-15. in all his days of investigation. never had seen Oliver, nor even a photograph of him. tt tt tt OO it was a nerve-racking job, waiting at that railroad station. If Oliver drove up unnoticed, he could board the train and be away—probably safe from the authorities for years. Just then a dusty Buick caught J-15’s attention. All that he could see of the front license plate was “5Y,” the rest being obliterated by dust. One man alone was in the car. Yes, he was heavy-set, ruddy, slouchy and wore nose-glasses. But was he Oliver? J-15 hesitated. It is no pleasant task to tap a strange man on the shoulder and call him a criminal. Still, it must be done. “Mr. Oliver, you’ll have to come with me,” said J-15. Then he felt that sinking feeling every investigator knows. The suspect turned calmly, frowned, and said in a cultured voice: “There must be some mistake. I’m Freeholder Arthur Harnett. You don’t want me?” Special Agent J-15 was nonplussed. A Freeholder is an important personage. What should he do? At that instant—for the last time —the mysterious voice came to his assistance. A group of men and women was waiting nearby for a bus. And—from somewhere in that group—came the words, “Why, if that.isn't Harry Oliver!” J-15 didn’t see the speaker. Neither did the suspect. But the suspect seemed to recognize the voice. He slumped. He knew the game was up. “You win,” he said. “I’m Oliver. Let's get it over.” J-15 tcok him to headquarters. Extradited, he was convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the supreme court in Welland, Ont. And Special Agent J-15 still is waiting for a certain telephone call. Next: Dynamite. *

SALES TAX FAVORED BY CITYJEALTORS McNutt Urged to Go Beyond Huge Budget Cut. Indianapolis* realtors and civic leaders today were on record as urging Governor Paul V. McNutt to go beyond his proposed $4,000,000 budget cut, and favoring a reasonable sales tax, adequate income tax, intangible tax and reduction of tax exempt properties. Realtors, at a conference with representatives of ten other organizations, adopted a resolution, previously passed by the other groups, urging revenue from sources other than real estate to relieve property taxes, and strengthening the $1.50 maximum levy law. Organizations represented were the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs, ButlerFairview Civic Club, Grandview North Side Civic Club, North Side Taxpayers’ Association, Women’s auxiliary of Thirty-eighth division, U- A. A.; Indiana Real Estate Association, Apartment Owners Association of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Home Builders’ Association, South Side Civic Clubs central committee, and Hoosier Taxpayers’ Union.

FOUR CAUGHT IN RAIDS UNDER $5,000 BOND Judge Sheaffer Orders High Figure; Merchandise Seized. After a skirmish in municipal court today, bonds of four persons, including two women, arrested on Thursday, following a raid on a house at Fifty-ninth street and Keystone avenue, were placed at 35,000 each by Judge William H Sheaffer. On pleas of attorneys, Sheaffer first was inclined to drop the bonds to SSOO. However, after detectives told the court the amount of merchandise found in the Fifty-ninth street raid and in another on Shannon avenue, Sheaffer ordered the high bonds to remain. They are on charges of vagrancy. The foursome under arrest are Rozell Todd, 21, of 1546 Shannon avenue; Fay Gates, Bedford, Ind.. and Charles Link, all arrested in the Fifty-ninth street raid, and Gaylord Harrcxi, arrested at the Shannon avenue bouse. CHECK-PASSER SuTciDE Son of Prominent Farmer Shoots Self In Office of Mayor. BEDFORD. Ind., Feb. 10.—George Lynch, 26. son of a prominent Lawrence county farmer, died in Dunn Memorial hospital Thursday night from gunshot wounds self-inflicted in the office of Mayor Henry S. Murray, where he had been taken for questioning in connection with the passing of bad checks.

EYES TURN ON HOOVER; WILL HE RUN IN ’36? G. 0. P. Shows Little Interest in Coming Speech, Except to Candidacy. MILLS ALSO TO SPEAK Kansas City Address Slated for Secretary May Reveal His Hand. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.—President Hoover’s plan to make his Lincoln day address at New York a call for Republican unification [ aroused little interest among G. O. P. leaders on Capitol Hill today. With many factions arrayed 1 against him, his first public speech j since his disastrous defeat is awaited i solely to discover whether he means to keep himself in the political lime--1 light as a potential candidate in | 1936. The politicians also are counting j on a Kansas City address by Ogden i L. Mills, secretary of the treasury, [ to reveal whether he wants to try ! his presidential wings, or will content himself with an indorsement of the Hoover record. May Ask Tariff Hike Although neither man has discussed 1936, both generally are regarded as possible candidates. Each probably will set forth his views of the path the party should follow during its years of exile. Although both will suggest co-operation with the Roosevelt administration without sacrifice of a minority party's responsibility, they may take a sideswipe at the next administration's program. Mr. Hoover will urge preservation of national credit, and warn against inflationist moves demanded by some Democrats. But he also may suggest higher tariff walls to guard against depreciated currency imports, whereas Mr. Roosevelt lias set his face in the direction of general reduction. Mills already has assailed the Democrats for alleged lack of a budget-balancing program. The minority house leader, Bert Snell (Rep., N. Y.>, who also may entertain White House ambitions, has protested openly against Mr. Hoover’s approval of the Democrats* reorganization plan. He says house Republicans will refuse to lodge so much power in the next President. Vote With Democrats On the senate side, Senator Charles L. McNary (Rep.. Oregon), who will head the Republicans in the next session, has voted with the Democrats and progressives on several important questions lately. Mr. Hoover’s demand for higher tariffs to offset imports from countries with impoverished currency finds little favor with most Republicans. Even Mr. Mills refused to sponsor the idea before committee hearings, and Robert Lincoln O’Brien, chairman of the tariff commission, has said additional boosts are unnecessary. In view of the defeat of such high tariff apostles as Senators Reed Smoot (Rep., Utah) and James E. Watson (Rep., Ind.) and of Representative Willis C. Hawley (Rep., Ore.) the G. O. P. strategists think the tariff issue loaded with dynamite.

Even the report of Mr. Hoover’s secretary of commerce, Roy D. Chapin of Detroit, does not make a case for increasing duties. CHARLES BOLANDER DIES Lifelong Resident of Citv Was Pcnnsy Employe for 36 Years. Charles Bolander, 69. of 637 North Seville avenue, who retired as an engine hastier for the Pennsylvania railroad three years ago after thir-ty-six years, died Thursday at his home. Mr. Bolander had been a lifelong resident of Indianapolis and was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and the Modem Woodmen of America. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. DENTIST'S WIFE DEAD Illness of Four Months Is Fatal to Mrs. Marie W. Stamm; Rites Today. •Following an illness of four months, Mrs. Marie W. Stamm wife of Dr. Alexander F. Stamm, dentist, died Tuesday in her home, 3139 North Delaware street. Mrs. Stamm was a member of the First United Lutheran church. Funeral services were to be held in the McNeely & Sons undertaking establishment, 1828 North Meridian street at 2 this afternoon. Cremation was to follow.

Swapped Leghorn Puilets for Brooder <o LEGHORN PELLETS, la7int~s cockerels; will trade for brooder house; sell or what have you. BE-3072. Mr. Amos, 6253 West Morris street, needed a brooder house. He had several Leghorn pullets that he did not need. He offered them for trade in The Times Swap column. Several persons offered to trade him brooder house. One offer was accepted. Now he has his brooder house and the only cost of the transaction was the nominal price of The Times Swap Ad. If you have some article that you’ wish to trade, call The Times Swap Bureau and we will endeavor to help you complete a trade. Place your Swap Ad at Times Want Ad Headquarters, 214 West Maryland Street. Ri. 5551.