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BYRD PLANS REST AMID MOUNTAINS President of Panama to Aid Explorer’s Visit to Boquete. By the Assoclated Press. BALBOA, Canal Zone, May 15.—For the first time in a year and a half, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd set foot ' on American territory yesterday, re- turning from the southernmost regions of r.he world on the steamer Rangitki. ith him were five members of the lx‘pemtlon which made history in the Antarctic—Lloyd Berkner, Charles E. Lofgren, Willlam C. Haines, Richard Konter and Russell Owen, correspond- ent of the New York Times. They had remained at Dunedin, New Zealand, after leaving the polar regions, while t of the other members had gone ither to the United States or the Canal %one previously, or are traveling on the other Byrd ship, the City of New York. After about two weeks here, the time to be spent in assembling as many of the expedition members as possible, the party will steam to New York for a tri- umphal return to the homeland. Big Day for Panama. For the Canal Zone the arrival of the explorer probably was the biggest Pnddmt Florencio Harmodio Arose- The explorer told the President he plumed to h.ka a rest at Boquete, in the mountains, and the President said he would lnve the governor of Boquete meet the admiral's plane Monday with a car for the trip to the mountain sanctuary. ‘The visit to the President concluded Admiral Byrd's official functions for the day and then he turned to thoughts of lighter clothing. He purchased sev- eral tropic suits. TWO0 SiJSPECTS ARE HELD IN DEATH OF IOWA GIRL Witness Is Unable to Identify Either as Men Who Invited Victim for Ride. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, May 15.—Carl McCune, 34, and Elmer Gibson, 35, were held by police today in connection with the slaying of Evelyn Lee, 9-year-old Des Moines schoolgirl, who was found dead last Saturday. She had been crim- inally assaulted. Sheriff Park Findley secured warrants for the arrest of the two men last {l ht, and they were later arrested by ice. 'l‘hey sald they had returned l’rom a “week end trip.” Witnesses who said they saw an au- tomobile drive ur side the Lee gir] her for a ride were called to identify either of the two men, if possible. One of the witnesses, police said, said he could not positively do so. to the curbing along- and the driver invite THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D SPECTACULAR FIRE - DESTROYS ELEVATOR $750,000 Loss Sustained in Burn- ing of Armour Grain Building. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May 15.—One of the “30- day” elevators, bullt by the late Philip D. Armour, sr., in his 1898 wheat battle WOLVES SPOIL WEDDING Portuguese Xsrrymlk-u Flee as Hungry Pair Enter Assembly. BEIRA ALTA, Portugal, Msy 15 (). —Two uninvited guests yesterday at- tended a large outdoor wedding banquet at Queljeiras and as a consequence the other sts had no refreshments. The, feast was at its height. Sud- denly ‘two huge hunger-crazed wolves trotted into the assembly of farmers. The guests fled shrieking in all direc- tions. The wolves unconcernedly de- voured the roast pigs and .ambs and licked up enormous dishes of sweetened with Joseph Leiter, was destroyed by | rice. fire last night, with an accompanyin; property loss estimated at $750,000. De!c‘rlbed by Fire Chief Michael Cor- rigan as “Chicago's most spectacular fire in years,” the blaze started with a spontaneous combustion of grain and for more than an hour threatened all of Goose Island, in the Chicago River. Two fire boats helped fight the flames while thousands of people looked on. The Rosenbaum Corporation, owners of the elevators, placed their loss at $300,000, including 200,000 bushels of rye; Water seeping into underground lin- seed oil tanks of the Archer-Daniels- Midland Co. caused a $400,000 loss, while other adjacent properties also sus- tained small losses. 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