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\ WEATHER. y (U, &, We Bureau Forecast.) B Rain this afternoon: clearing and : colder tonight: tomorrow fair, : Temperatures—Highest, 60, at 3:30 |.|“._ vesterday; lowest, 47, at 4 a.m. today Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ) 30,12 0. ond cla: shington, matter DEIC, \ QUEEN AND PARTY REACH BALTIMORE AFTER G5-MILE TRIP FROM WASHINGTON ch WASHINGTON, D G, ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, First of Which Will Queen write her Marie of Rumania is to mpressions of America.” QUEEN WILL WRITE IMPRESSIONS Royal Visitor Agrees to Give Views Throughout Stay in Exclusive Articles, Appear Tomorrow. Journey, unique as it is in her exper- ience. The Queen declared herself to be “deeply touched” by the invitation and said she would, “with pleasure, give her ‘Impressions of America’ during her coming visit for you to convey to the people of America.” As readers of The Star know, this not the first time Queen Marie has written for American newspapers. In the Spring of 1925 she wrote a series under the general title, “A Queen | Looks at Life.” which appeared in this [pper. Just before she left Europe [ she wrote two articles, telling “Why | Lam Coming to America,” whic | appeared in these colum | "She has, as a ma writing for many books and many briefe come from her pen and she has shown | herself a worthy successor to Eliz | beth, first Queen of Rumania, who as Carmen Sylva, was known through- out the world. It is worth repeating that Queen Marie's “Impressions of America” will appear in Washington exclusively in The Star, and that this serles alone is authorized by her and entitled to Appezr over her signature. 6.0.PINKANSAS DECLARED STRONG Farmers, More Prosperous Than Elsewhere, Back Administration. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. TOPE! October 20.- 0o signs of revolt against the Republican party are discernible in Kansas, and if there is a little coolness toward the administration because of its opposi- tion to the McNary-Haugen farm re- lief bill, by many degrees it lacks the proportions of a revolt. Indeed, Kansas apparently pre- sents another political paradox in a vear which is full of them. Notwith- A, Kans, of the Sun Flower State are anxious for farm legislation and for want of other concrete plan look with favor on the McNary-Haugen equalization fee bill, the like President Coolidge and his Secretary of Agriculture, Wil- llam M. Jardine, himself a Kansan, who turned thumbs down when the McNary-Haugen bill was up in Qon- gress 1 Spring. There is an explanation In the first place, Kansas, large, and Kansas farmers are in better shape than they have been for No such conditions exist here for this vears, as are found in Iowa, for example.. There are no inflated land values, due to the war conditions, in Kansas comparable to those in Iowa, which the farmers must now live up to. They do not have to raise crops of wheat or corn on land which was priced at $300 and even $400 an acre and make the land pay. Fortunately for the Kansas farmer, he kept his feet on the ground during boom times and there was not the speculation in agricultural lands that was found in Towa. Tax Cut Approved. When a farmer is doing fairly well and conditions are growing better there is not the incentive for revolt or for denunciation of the administra- tion. So President Coolidge con- tinues popular in the State. The peo- ple like him and they like his tax and economy policles. is no crusade on among the for former Gov. Lowden of other Western man for the Republican presidential nomina- tion in 19 Comparatively little thought is being given by the farmers to the 1928 nomination, strange as it may seem to the politicians. ident Coolldge had to be again November © Kansas would cast its electoral votes for him sure as shooting. Gov. Lowden well liked in the State, but men well informed as to the likes and dis- likes of the farmers insist that he is no more popular than Coolidge, in e of the fact that Lowden has an- nounced for the principle of the Mc- Nary-Haughen bill and Coolidge has opposed it. There might reduction There farmer: Tllinois or an: 1 Pre elected is one thing, indeed, react against Mr. Lowden if | he were seeking the nomination to- | day. The Kansas newspapers, as those in other States, have been gi of excessive campaign and political _corruption Indiana and Pennsylvania. ple out here don't such expenditures. And it was re- called here today that in 1920 Gov. Lowden suffered defeat at the Re- an national convention large because of expenditures of money in Missouri and the pre-convention cam- aign for delegates. Gov. Lowden as not personally connected withr | these expenditures, which smacked of corrupt practices. But the ex- penditures were made by lieutenants who misused their positions in order | to_obtain del | Make no mistake, however, as to the desire of the Kansas farmers for legislation which will help in some in_Illinols, The peo- ympathize with 1tes wi of the farmer dollar with that of Column 1.) (Continued on Page 5, C lane IS Launched From Ship by Ex’plosipn of Powder! ! shipping is hugging the shore closely. zht-pound shell, was ex | ploded. " Tossed forward, the plane {gained altitude immediately and re. mained aloft for a half hour. The pline used in an e ad been fastened to the deck by cables and the engine was | running at full speed. The impulse | of the powder explosion snapped the The plane, a type that can land | cahles and freed the machine.” Navy officers who witnessed the demonstration said its success opened a_ vast field for projecting heav. in which a|planes from battleships hitherto be- , —— In Washington they will appear ex- clusively in The Star. Naval ~ Academy Cadets Annotncemen was made vesterday g 5 b ;o |that the royal visitor had entered { Parade in Driving - RaiN|into an agreement with the North Bk 3 y American Newspaper Alliance (of i After Marie Receives Pres- | which The Star s the Washington | - . member) for the writing and the pub- idential Salute on Way to lication of the story of her journey through the United States and Can- Metropolis. e p | The first of the articles from her I pen will appear tomorrow. The sec- SPECTATORS LINE ROAD ond wiil appear Friday and will he followed at brief intervals (perhaps ! four times a week) by others until TO GREET ROYAL PARTY |she nas returnea to Europe. This series will comprise the only | - articles authorized by Queen Marie 5 .| and entitled to appear over her signa- Reception Held at Home of Ad-|{l\. durin her Visit* The arrange. - ; : ment with the North American New: miral Nulton Following Review. raper Alliance resulted from an in- i .| vitation, extended to her some time | Visitors Then Leave for Monu 480, to make use of the columns of o % the 65 member newspapers for the mental City and Are Guests of |\ l0. ding of her Impreasions < thie Honor at Luncheon Tendered by a5 L By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 20.—Under s that frowned on royalty and! commoner with damp impartiality. | Queen Marie of Rumania ended a| pZ-mile automobile trip over rain-| _— washed roads from Washington and f Annapolis at 12355 pm. today. Roads Ask Right, to Cut Streets over which the royal en-| 8 : touage paced after cowing el 1ariff for Special Royal Patapsco River were black with hu- | Snanitys hats off in'the rain. Speoal | Entourage. . Dolice cordons kept a lane open in | S Thanover street to allow the €ars 104 4 v week trip across the Conti- pass on through the heart of the city | nant and back again on a de lux pri- to the Belvedere Hotel. where a 24- | vate train for $28 is the unique priv room suite. hung with tapestries and | ilege accorded Queen Marie of Ru- brocade and resplendent with massed | mania and her royal entourage of greenery was reserved for the Ru-|30 persons. At it This was revealed today, when the e e st { .| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, on be- SR half of nine othgr roads over whose Jackson yx:rv',\:wl the Queen and pre stems the royal party will travel, sided at a luncheon in her honor. filed with the Interstate Commerce - s - - o o | Commission application for special . REVIEW ANNAPOLIS CADETS. | ojuced rates over their lines, ef- REAS fective tomorrow. Royal Party Guests of State on Squipment will be furnished by the dourney to Academy. Pullman Co, the -Faltimore and Ohio 4 o % <tur | Rallroad, the Chicago, Burlington and Bpapun ""'"“(i""'l‘ [ Star. | Quincy and the Northern Paclfic, - ANNAPOLIS( "Md., October 20.—}(pich latter line will furnish the pri- ' Having completed a 40-hour round of | vate car Yellowstone, in which the brilliant official ceremony and enter- | Queen will travel. gainment in the National Capital, Her | Never before has a royal personage ‘Majesty Marie, Queen of Rumania, | traveling unofficlally in this country, ‘ and thetr Royal Highnesges Prince | benefited by such a “bargain,” it was ® Nicholas and Pri o lleana bade | S0id, as Queen Marie. Other royalty, e A o oty ond he |1t tshinderstoon, Fwhen ithelr trans came the guests of the neighboring | Portation was not paid by the gov- ate of N jand. Still the official | ernment, paid the usual railroad 1est of the United States Govern. | tariffs. ent, the Queen was esc 1to An-| Queen Marie last night gave the polis this morning for an inspec- { stamp of approval to her itinerary tion and review of the splendidly | jrer leaving New York on the un- frained cafets of the Naval Scadomy: | officl phase of Ner stay fn America Tl to T Cthe stest of Donor | and announced definitely that she will at a protentions municipal luncheon | ot visit California on her Western ot Neae { trip, as planned originally, because drizzling shy greeted her | of the non-co-operation of the rall- 15 she took her leave of the | roads involved. it o'clock this morn. ho has planned, however, to pay . g Queen vie herself | 4 visit to West Point, N. Y., and to in A bronze-green raincoat and wore fVictoria, British Columbia, two places an aftractive ooat of bronze velvet.|on her itinerary mot Neretofore in- Frincess leana wore a gray squirrel | cluded. Tt and chic purple hat. and Prince| Col. John H. Carroll, general coun- Nicholas was attired in the uniform of | sel of the Baltimore and Ohlo Rall- & lieutenant of the Rumanian navy. road, in charge of the Queen’s itin- erary, sald that difficulties with the eted Along Route. | Southern Pacific Railroad, which re- . over slippery higl « to | fused to Join with other roads in oo Wat completed | EFANLING o rate of $1 for transporting orie or i Aare I.,m,.Jmo special train over its lines, was el et \ed | responsible for the elimination of San e L e ed | Francisco, Los Angeles and other of Annapolis, throw- | California citles from her route. St e Officials to Make Trip. e acciden crowd of easer spectators, | o), Carroll, as well as Samuel Hill, pivits - undampened by - the |5 warm personal friend. who issued downpour of n. gave aipe first invitation for the Queen to . - to the royal party s | yigit this country, will accompany the n was vicated. and groups | yoval party, together with other rail- children and townsfolk | poad officlals. 3 were on hand to| The private car furnished by Gen. glimpse the The main street |y, v, president of the| of Maribore thickly lined with | pennsylvania Railroad, during the 1 . and | “official” phase of Queen Marie's visit e long procession | ¢, Washingtonfl left the city at 11:30 v 2 11t so that | g'clock this morning, bearing the serv- acknow the greeting | ants and Marie's pet cocker spanfel nders Greey to Baltimore, where the Queen - of Annapolis residentS | hoards the train at 3:45 o'clock. It < inside the demy | will arrive in New York at 7 when the roval car passed | where the Queen and her suite will be the parade grounds, where, (the guests of the Ambassador Hotel. od out vezimental forma- | The personnel of the party which Tion, werg € companies of erect, | will leave for Philadelphia tomorrow rain-soaked “future admirals.” ready | afternoon on the first leg ®f the 1o pass in review. | transcontinental trip was announced 5 s | prior to the Queen’s depirture this Given President Salute. | morning for Annapolls. It will in- A preside witillery sadute of | clude: Princess Ileana. Prince Nich- 21 guns thune 1 welcome to the | olas, Mme Simone Lahavary, Mme. el purty drew into the | Procopie, Miss Marr, Miss Loi Fuller, ademy g wots were fired | the dancer; Ira Nelson Morris, Ru- from au ba o s on the sea | manian consul general at Chicago, and wall overlo the Patapsco River.|Mrs. Morris; Miss G. Block, Mr. A bugle sounded electrifying | Maurice, secretary to Miss Fuller; note s the Queen left her limousine | three gentlemen of honer, one aide- and took her place on the field under | de-camp, two _secretaries to the & speciul canopy of canvas. On her | Queen, x maids and four men right were Prince Nicholas and Prin- | servants. cess lleana, and on her left was | — Admiral Nulton, superintendent of ! the Naval Academy, resplendent in | i s dress uniform of blue and | Falls From Window. Then the hand uck up the| Morgan Caho, 34 vears old. 19 P Rumanian nthem, while | grreet, in the employ of an awning the assembly stood tention | % o second-stor 2ol e | company, fell from a seco ¥ — Another trumpet sounded and magi: | TR 0 cround vesterday after (Continued on Page 4. Column 2) | ;. ‘wnile taking down an awning at 2 = { 3543 Sixteenth street and broke his THREE PLOTTERS SEIZED. it ies. He was given surgical ad ac . arfield Hospital. Esthonians Accused of Effort to fan. Slay Lx-Envoy to Russia. Heavy Ampl’nblan P LENINGRAD, October 20 (@), Three Bsthonians were arrested today charg with ttempting to a nate Ado Birk. former Esthonian minist to Russia According to the police, the men | By the Associated Press. nfessed that they were sent to Rus- | 5AN PEDRO, Calif,, October 20.— e et i Mieged | For the first time in the history of fes. If they succeeded | aeronautics, a 5,100-pound “amphib- f each was (o receive 1,000,000 Estho- |fan” plane was launched yesterday nian 1 . the police say, but their | off the deck of a battleship here by plans were strated i means of a powder catapult. Birk, who was relieved of his post by the Esthonian government for al-|either on earth or water, was “shot” Jeged partisanship toward the Bolshe- | off the top of the turret on the quar- viks, 18 still in Moscow, fearing his | ter deck of the battleship West Vir- life would be jeopardized if he re-!ginia by a catapult turned to his native countryy gharge of powder, equh'*nt to that !lieved impossible, Standing the fact that the farmers | that | ing no little attention to the reports j expenditures | ng Lowden. | ¢ to equalize the purchasing value | | i i { HURRICANE STRIKES HAVANA; 150 HOMES DESTROYED IN CITY Wind, Blowing 120 Miles an Hour, Litters Streets With Debris—Wires Crippled. FLORIDA CITIES PREPARE TO FIGHT COMING STIRM Schools to Be Closed in Miami, Prisoners Released From Jail. Key West in Path. By the Assoclated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, October 20.— Havana was struck by the West In- dian hurricane early today, the wind velocity reaching from 120 to 130 miles an hour. The streets were flooded and littered with debris of all kinds. The storm left Cuba headed northeast and it was indicated that the storm was traveling at about 10 miles an hour toward Key West. It was believed that it will take about eight hours for the storm to get to Key West. FElectric lights were cut off and transportation tied up. The streets were littered with trees, awnings, wires and electric signs. Storm Reported Dying Down. The Associated Press wire was set up into Havana shortly before noon, central ndard time. The first information was that the storm was dying down at Havana. The wind last night was out of the east, but this afternoon it was shifting to the north, which those who claim to know say blows the seas over the city. The newspapers late last night is- sued editions telling the people of the approaching storm and warning them to prepare for it. It is belleved that this may have prevented loss of life. The port of Havana was closed, and shortly after noon waves 25 feet high were dashing over the breakwater. Apartment Blown Down. A new steel apartment was bloom down by the storm and practically all of the windows in the houses near the sea were blown out. The PWX tower radio statfon was blown into the street. A few persons were slightly injured, but there was no report of loss of life. The city was completely prepared for the storm, which was the worst in years. *The Associated Press correspondent experienced the greatest difficulty in reaching the cable office to file this dispatch, having to fight hid way on foot when water was.forced by the wind into the ignition system of his alitomobile. The telephones were out of commission. 150 HOMES DESTROYED. Storm Reported Moving From Havana Toward Florida. MIAMI, Fla, October 20 (®).—A troplcal storm of great intensity, whipping out of the West Indles, was lashing Havana and the West Coast of Cuba today and threatened to leap across to Florida. Before all cable service to the Cuban capital was severed, reports received by the Cuban consulate here said that more than 150 homes had been demolished in the thickly populated Vibora and Jesus del Monte residential sections. The American embassy is in the Jesus del Monte district. No word has been recelved from the interior, Advices received from the Western Tnion were that the wind had attain- ed a velocity of 98 miles an hour in Havana and that the barometer at 30 a.m. was falling rapidly. Moving Toward Florida. Weather Bureau reports from Wash- ington, describing the disturbance as of “great intensity,” sald it was mov- ing North or Northeast and hurricane warnings were ordered for the south- ern Florida coast and storm warnings for central Florida. With northeast winds expected to reach hurricane force late this after- noon over extreme southern Florida, Miami took all precautions. All schools in the city and county made ready to close immediately on receipt .of the first storm warning and at noon the city jail was emptied of prisoners that they might be with their families in the event the hurricane strikes. They were put on thelr honor to return after the emergency. Meanwhile, Tampa and other cities on the west coast took similar precau- tions. The weather forecaster at Tam- pa, declaring it might be necessary to issue hurricane warnings before midnight, warned shipping and resi- lents to be prepared for an emergency. Seas High; Barometer Falls, The storm was kicking up high seas, the steamship Ulua, in the Gulf o Mexico, 40 Havana. advised the Tropical radio station at 9 a.m., and a driving rain was falling. The barometer reading was reported as 29.54. The Weather Bureau at 12:15 o’clock reported a steady drop in the barom- eter from 29.96 inches at 9 o'clock to 76, with a driving rain and a con- tinued moderate wind. Precautions were taken here on an extensive scale, with the fssue of newspapers shortly before noon with first storm information. All city em- ployes abandoned their work at the news and prepared for the storm. Dr. A. W. Ziebold, public service di- rector, announced that in the event of a storm every school will be converted into a relief station, with all nurses and physicians instructed to report to the nearest school for duty. Key West in Path. KEY WEST, Fla., October 20 (f).— Key West has prepared for the com- ing of the West Indlan hurricane, Storm shutters have been put up and Unofficial information from Havana | was that the storm center was ex- pected to reach here this afternoon. Hits Woman Bootlegger. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, October 20 (®).—Mayor E. J. Sander today told the State W. C. T. U. convention here that the worst prohibition problem in Steuvenville is the ‘woman boot- legger.” Radio p_rpgams—él?flée_ 37 miles west-northwest of | OCTOBER 20, MRS. MILLS' BODY WILL BE EXHUMED Dr. Hall’s Remains May Be Disinterred Also i Hunt for New Evidence. By the Associated Pre NEW BRUNSWICK., N. J., Oc- tober 20.—Steps have heen taken to exhume the body of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, buried here, chiefly that in- vestigators may view again the choir singer's slashed throat. There was also a prospect today that the body of Dr. Edward Wheeler Hall, who was slain with Mrs. Mills, would be removed a second time from a Brooklyn grave in the renewed gearch for evidence. Dr. Otto Schultze of the New York district attorney’s office, who exiyimed the slain pastor’s body four years ago, has been retained@ by New Jer- sey authorities to examine the body of Mrs. Mills. Slash Found Later, Dr. Hall was killed by a bullet, Mrs. Mill's body bore three pistol bullet wounds. Re-examination of her body four years ago disclosed that her throat had been slashed, aithough this had been overlooked in a first examination. Investigators decided the cut had been made no less than half an hour after Mrs. Mills' death. Charlotte Mills, the slain woman's daughter, declared it had been done by a jealous woman. It is now said that there were dis- crepancies in reports as to the nature of this slash. . Investigators have talked of exhum- ing Dr. Hall's body a second time, but no formalities toward that end had been disclosed today. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simp- son sald: “I would prefer not to disturb the bodies if it could be avoided. Body Ordered Exhumed. At Simpson's behest, Dr. John L. Suydam, Middlesex County physician, was served yesterday with an order for the exhumation of Mrs. Mills’ body. She is buried just outside the city limits, and Dr. Suydam was un- certain as to his procedure because of legal technicalities. He said he would consult with County Prosecutor Toolan today and decided what he would do. Mrs. Hall, the slain clergyman'’s { widow, and her two brothers, Henry {and Willie Stevens, go on trial for the double murder November 3. Her cousin, Henry Carpender, is to be tried later on the same charge. The grand jury will be asked tomor- row to indict three and possible four persons as accessories after the fact. There were forecasts of the arrest of a woman. PROHTBITION DEFEAT ASTONISHES NORWAY Premier Is “Satisfied,” Dry Leader Is “Disappointed”"—Amundsen Glad People Are “Sensible.” By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. OSLO, Norway, October 20.—Pro- hibition’s spreading defeat astonishes all circles. Premier Lykke expresses himeelf as “very satisfied.” “The Storting will be presented a bill abolishing prohibition. Now all citizens, knowing their responsibility, must unite to fight the illegal liquor itrade,” the premier said. “That is not the least result. Politically it was great good fortune to remove the pro- hibition question from the way of 1 greater problems that await solu- tion.” The prohibition leader, Halgejem, said: “Of course we are disappointed, but a crushing defeat is preferable to_a small majority.” 4 Raold Amundsen, the “Arctic ex- plorer, made this comment: “It is good to see that the people now un- derstand they were wrong when vot- have showed themselves to be sensible peaple.” (Copyright. 1026, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Gasoline Price Cut. The wholesale price of gasoline drop- ped 1 cent a gallon here and generally throughout the East today. The new tank wagon price is 18 cents a gallon. This price cut was made by the lead- ing oil companies. The retail reduc- tion, it was announced, would become ing for prohibition in 1919. Now they | every city bl tion is delive as fast as th “From Press to Home The Star's Within the Hour” carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- red to Washington homes e papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 100,282 1926—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. Fruit on Heels Of Suspect Leaves Trail for Police By the Associated Press. PEORIA, TL, October 20.--Per- simmons lald a trail that led to a jail cell for Andrew Bemley, 21- r-old negro, arrested at Canton, as the attacker of numerous women. DBrought to Peoria be- cause of fear of threats of lynching at Canton, Bemley was said by the police to have confessed assaulting seven women and to have admit- ted the slaying of Oliver Wysong, 81, husband of one of the victims. The persimmon trail started at the home of Mrs. H. G. Hirschley, wife of a physician, where there ‘is a persimmon tree. To Bemley’s heels were found sticking two of the puckery fruit. Mrs. Hirschley was attacked last night. Bemley, object of a police search for some time, was captured after @ chase by Ben Harter, Canton motor cycle policeman and husband of one of the women recently at- tacked. IMPERIAL PARLEY MEETS IN SECRET British Foreign Policies Taken Up at Frank Dis- cussion in London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 20.—The im- perial conference began its first busi- ness sessfon this morning at No. 10 Downing street with a frank discus- sion of foreign affairs—so frank, in fact, that it was held in camera. Sir Austen Chamberlain, the for- eign secretary, was to make an ex- haustive review which, it was under- stood, would be in part a defense of the Locarno treaty to which some of the dominion delegates are opposed. Will Be Kept Secret. (The Locarno treaty binds Great Britain, in common with the other signatories, to guarantee mainte- nance of the territorial status quo as regards the frontiers between Bel- gluf, France and Germany. Article IX specifically states that the treaty shall “impose no obligation upon any of the British dominions, or upon India, unless the government of such dominion, or of Indla, signifies its ac- ceptance thereof.) Today's proceedings of the confer- ence were to he confined to Sir Austen’s statement, and it was inti- mated that no part of it would be given out for publication. The pre- miers of the dominions will probably not make their statements on the sub- Ject of forelgn affairs for several days. Sees Need for Understanding. Premier Baldwin, in submitting to the conference his views on the naval policy of the empire, sald it was possi- ble to have separate fleets in a united empire, but not without having a common foreign policy to determine the action of the forces maintained in different parts of the empire. Cre- atlon of separate fleets -ould make it essential that the forelgn' policy of the empire be a common policy. “If it is to be a common policy Premier Baldwin added, “it is obv ously one on which the dominions must be taken into consultation—a policy which they must know, which they must understand and which they must approve.” s (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 100 EXPEDITION T0 LAND SUNDAY Rough Weather Makes Trip Hard—Poisonous Rep- tiles Break Loose. The City of Calcutta, modern ark, bringing more than 1,000 wild ani mals from East Africa to the Wash- ington Zoo, will reach Boston some time Sunday, a day ahead of her scheduled time. This news was contained in a radio message to the Smithsonian today sent from Midatlantic by Dr. William M. Mann, superintendent of the Zoo, who was in charge of the Smithson. ian-Chrysler expedition to the Tan- ganyika province, a veritable Eden of wild creatures. Dr. Mann is bringing back one of the largest collections of wild animals ever received in the United States. It will nearly double the animal popula- tion of the National Zoological Park and, it Is expected, make it the most complete zoological collection this side of the Atlantic. Rough Weather Encountered. The ship has been on the high seas 45 days. It has encountered a great deal of rough weather, during which extreme care was necessary to keep the anfmals, unaccustomed to confine- ment, in good heaith. Thus far, how- ever, they have had remarkable suc cess, Dr. Mann informed the Smith- sonian. His message was sent just after the freighter had come through an At- lantic storm. It was one of the most trying experiences of the whole ex- pedition. Some of the deadly poison- ous reptiles broke loose from their cages and a nest of spitting cobras, Whose fangs meant death, established themselves in a coal bunker so that progress was impossible until they had been recaptured. The prize of the collection is the giraffe, one of the few to be brought to the United States in recent yea which Dr. Mann captured especially for the children of Washington. It is_extremely difficult to bring in a living giraffe. This little fellow, however, Is in good health, Dr. Mann, the Smithsonian reported, literally had lived in the baby's cage during most of the trip, snatching a nap only at rare intervals during rough nights, and ready with medicines and blankets the instant the little fellow showed signs of suffering from the cold. Cold is deadly polson to giraffes. A slight chill and they fall victims to pneu- monia. 70 Monkeys in Collection. The animals are contained in 200 cages, constructed hurriedly in Africa by native carpenters at the time they were captured. The full list is un- known. Dr. Mann cabled a partial list which included seven large and 10 small cats, five hyenas, 25 reptiles, 70 large and 300 small birds keys, four swine, 60 other mammals not including a small collection antelopes. The actual bill of lading of the City of Calcutta, however, is much larger than this, but it s p: sible some of the animals may have died since the expedition has been on the way home. The ship, with its motley collection of jungle creatures, will go Into qua antine for an indefinite period at Bos- much as two Federal inspectors will ex- amine carefully all the animals to make sure that no tropical animal diseases will be introduced into this country. The port of Boston was selected because of the wild animal quarantine station maintained there by Hagenbach Bros., the great Ger- man wild animal coliecting company. 2, Column (Continued on Page 2 England’s Pioneer Aviatrix to Quit Flying, Charging Male Jealousy Is Too Blighting By the Associated Prese. LONDON, October 20.—The Daily Express says that Mrs. Elliott Lynn, England’s ploneer aviatrix, has r solved to abandon flying as a protest against jealousy, which she declares has made her life as a fiyer intol- erable, “For months,” she said, *'I have had to contend with a campaign of veiled innuendo and open maliclousness which has made life unbearable. It is all due to jealousy, because I have had too much publicity. I have been jeered and ridiculed by men who scoff at the idea of a woman becoming a successful pilot and sometimes the spiteful chaff has been so bad that I could hardly bring myself to go to the airdrome,"” Mrs. Lynn added that she had effective within the next few days, wv?wunlnnmtmmon can form a successful career for a woman, but “now I have been refused permission to act as an instructrés because it is sald I am taking bread out of the mouths of men pilots.” Mrs. Lynn said she canceled an ex- hibition flight arranged for next Sat- urday before the Dominion premiers who are attending the imperial con. ference, but she revoked the cancella- tion at the request of an officer of the air ministry. Saturday’'s flight, how- ever, positively would be her last, she sald. Mrs. Lynn is credited with being the first woman in England to loop the loop in the air. She jumped from a plane with a parachute at the height 70 mon- | of | CUNO H. RUDOLPH RESIGNS DISTRICT POST AS HIS THIRD TERM NEARS CLOSE Chairman of Commissioners Tells President He Seeks Rest After Years of Work in Washington Affairs. STAYS IN OFFIéEUNTIL SUCCESSOR IS PICKED Planned to Quit Year Ago, But Remained Until Fight in Con- gress Over Local Government and Fenning Was Finally Clear- ed Up. RY J. RUSSELL YOU Cuno M. Rudolph, rounding out his third term as District Commissioner and now the chairman of the Board of Commissioners, has asked Presi dent Coolidge to relieve him of his duties and to accept his resignation. President Coolidge, after hearing the Commissioner’s request today and his wishes for wanting to be re- fieved, agreed to accept his resigna- tion, but asked the Commissioner, at the same time, to withold a formal resignation ind&finitely—at least, un- I til he has had an opportunity to con- sider the question of a suitable suc- cessor. Mr. Rudolph has worked hard all his lif¢, and the years he has given as one of the civilian heads of the local government have been especial- y active ones, and he thinks the time has arrived when he should rest. {and possibly play a little. His plans { for retirement have included a trip | to Europe and other foreign lands with Mrs. Rudolph, and when he was discussing his resignation today he { admitted that he hopes to take the | trip in the immediate future. The Commissioner wrote to Presi- dent Coolidge two days ago intimating his desires and requesting an appoint- ment with him when he could more | adequately explain his position. He sald today that he was especially anxious to let the President know that he had been contemplating re- signing for nearly a year and that he had postponed taking any action when the District government and the board of Commissioners swere under attack by several members of the { House. Stayed Through Storm. He told the President he very quickly put out of his mind all thoughts of retiring when this con- gressional assault was launched, and eyen after Congress had adjourned and his colleague, Frederick A. Fen- ning, resigned during the Summer e decided to stand by his post, for the time being. President Coolidge was reminded by Mr. Rudolph that when the congres- isional fire had subsided, and after Commissioner Fenning had retired, he could have taken that as an oppor- tune moment to respond to his own desires and resign. Although the moment seemed to many as an ap propriate one for his contemplated step, he personally deemed it his duty {to remain at his post. Changes with | the view to bettering the running of ! the local government were to be made. | Besides this, he argued with himself that such a step would be not only disloyal but cowardly. To have quit then would have been disloyal, according to the way Mr. Rudolph viewed the situation, be cause the Board of Commissioners | would have had two new ecivillan Commissioners, which would have been extremely unfortunate, because the local administration was facing a period when a thorough knowledge of District affairs and experience in the affairs of the local government were absolutely necessary. The Com missioner added that he also argued ithat the President was considerably inconvenienced in selecting the caliber of man he wanted on the board to | succeed Mr. Fenning, and he person ally did not wish to contribute to the { President’s problem by having two vacancles to fill. Was Personally Assailed. Iurthermore, the Commissioner id it would have heen cowardly to retire last Summer Just because the smoke of the fight on the Commissioners at the Capitol had cleared away, even for a, temporary period. He personally had been at tacked. Insinuations had been made |in " connection with co cts the Rudolph & West Ha.dware Co., in which he s financially interested, had with the *District government. As | persions had been made during the inquiry being conducted by the spe cial committee of the House. To have resigned then would have been like | running to cover, he explained. He { had nothing to fear; his record was { clear and his service as Commission- | er honorable to the last degree, he | stated. But to quit then might very naturally have caused many citizens of Washington who did not know him so well to think thal he was seeking this r.eans as the easlest way out of an ugly situation. He argued further that those who did not know him would have thought that he was running because he was gullty of something.. “To run, then, would have been th& last thing I would have thought of doing,” Commissioner Rudolph said with much emphasis while discussing this part of his last vear as Commis- joner. “Besides, what I considered my duty, my appreciation of the post to which the President had appointed {to me and to which I had subscribed by oath, I was determined to stick then and fight it out because my own honor was at stake, My good name had been besmirched. I owed it to myself as well as to my office to re- main.” of 1,500 feet early in the year. On October ‘a‘; fiylng with a male - senger, she narrowly escaped death when, her machine crasheds The fact that Commissioner Ru- dolph has been entertaining a desire for the past year or more to retire to Continued on Page 7, Column 1)