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T A2 xw» E. D. RHEEM FILES . ANSWER T0 SUIT Denies Deed of Trust Con- tains “Usual” Promises and Says Notes Were Paid. THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, Edmund D. Rheem, former_executive | vice president of Swartzell Rheem & Hensey, who was sued as a trustee un- | der a deed of ‘trust on the Shorenam ilding, today filed an answer it Broaght by Eloridge P. Rhoderick hers. | A Rieem dentes that the deed of | trust referred to contains the “usual| and customary” promises and calls the | court’s attention to the terms of the frust as recorded in the land records. He also denies that the notes Were not | paid in full and asserts that the “full ! amounts of said notes. together with the interest and other payments re- Quired by said deed of trust, were fully | paid in accordance with the terms of the tr He ‘oined in the release with Luther A. Swartzell, his co-trus- Yee, in strict conformance with the terms of the trust, he declares. He is represented by Attorney J. Barrett O e tparate answer is also filed by the | Shoreham Investment Co., W hich hal.n& title to the building, in which it denAef that any of the notes secured by a lrus-: of $2250,000 which was released by Swartzell & Rheem, trustees, July 16, 1930, are in default or overdue. It als> asserts that all the notes hn\_’e been paid in full in accordance with the terms of the deed of trust. The ds- missal of the suit is also asked. Attor- neys C. Bascom Slemp and Louis Titus i appear for the company. | | [ | i i FINAL BREAKDOWN IN NAVAL PARLEY SEEN IN LONDON (Continued From First Page.) 1t the French attitude causes the naval agreement to fail, Great Britain will probably give a more cordial ear to the German aspirations on disarmament | matters as well as the Austrian cus- toms project. Whether reparations and | allied economic issues will be discussed { in this Anglo-German confab, as ru-| mored, is too early to say now. i is significant that the foreign office d::nu WMm Foreign Minister Aristide Briand has been invited to this meeting, though the usually care- ful London Times previously reported a government hope that M. Briand would attend and Paris seems to have thought that M. Briand was invn:d. It t Mr. Henderson he has not seen Herr Curtius in a long time, and that hence an exchange of views is-desirable. (Copyright, 1931.) FRENCH POLITICS CONFUSED. Briend May Take Friends' Advice and Seek Presidency. PARIS, April 8 () —Difficulties aris- ing from the tripartite maval , the proposed Austro-German customs union and the coming Anglo-German parley have thrown French politics into conft fusion. Particularly, reported disagreements in drafting the naval pact, where com- te unanimity of opinion was believed reign, has created an atmosphere of doubt and uneasiness in political circles. “Never has diplomatic chaos been more complete,” “’l‘)u‘hi)e conserva%:e WSPa] ournal bats. “The 2 gl licies re- commitf gv!l’nm'.l which seek new upheavals Europe opportunities for 1¢ they had not dreamed of.” 4 On the other side of the picture is the conviction of some observers that Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will do his utmost to settle understanding y and by conferring with Cbancellor Heinrich Bruening and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius of Germany will arrange for a satisfactory settlement of the Austro-German question later in the Council of the League of Nations. The muddled status of affairs has egain led political circles to put forward the name of M. Briand as a fium“ candidate for the presidency of lic, At the same time the foreign min- ister's enemies are besetting him once more. They found powder in the sud- den announcement of the Austro-Ger- man pact, that he was behind the times, not know what is going on in the domain of European politics and is overconfident of German col- Jaboration. M. Briand’s opponents are attacking him now, it is said, in connection with the invitation that Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson extended to the Ger- man statesmen to meet in London, de- claring that he would play a second fiddle at this parley and that France is falling behind in the political game. Priends of the foreign minister said that M. Briand, weary of it all, will bow to the wishes of his many ad- mirers and consent to stand for Presi- dent at the election on May 13. FOR TOMORROW. . $1,200; maiden 3- b General Court. a Bill Nora . Springdale Rose. CRnres B Jayte .. gell MEET wii ir.-Palmwood Sta- bie entry b Middlebure Stable-William Ziegler, ir., entry 1 200; clatming: nes. » ry Kay Bonnie Laddie Redclife_ .. “Ebony Pririce *Poly ........ esr .. iso_eligiblo— mence g 858 S SIX ORATORS WIN INSCHOOL FINALS | { Names of D. C., Virginia and Maryland Students Sent to Contest Headquarters. i | | With the two weeks of county elimi#| nations already under way, credentials | for school winners throughout The Evening Star's Maryland, Virginia and | District of Columbia territory in the | national oratorical contest are being | rushed to local contest headquarters. | Six names of intraschool victors, chosen | from among the thousands of students | who participated in the primary stages | of the contest, are the latest additions to the rapidly growing list of qualified contestants. Randolph ‘Leigh, jr., 14 years old, has been selected to speak for St. Alban’s | School, Washington, at the private and parochial finals on April 13. Young Leigh won his school competition with an oration on “Edmund Randolph and the Constitution.” He is a freshman at St. Alban’s and a member of the tennis | team, Finals at Alexandria. | Three Virginia Schools' whith were 100 per cent in the first contest work this year report the elimination of all| but one of the many students who com: posed orations on the Constitution. At/ Alexandria High School, where 660 pu- pils participated in the intial round, John Haywood Davis, a scaior, 16 years old, was chosen as the speaker who will represent that institution, jointly with | Francis Rosenberger, at the City of Alex- andria finals tonight, when two orators from each of the Alexandria high schools will speak. Davis, who is the son of Mrs, G. S. Davis of 516 Cameron street, Alexandria, has been active in public speaking, dramatics, the litera: society and Latin club at his_ school. Foilowing his graduation this June he will attend George Washington Univer- sity to study engineering. | 1930 Victor Repeats. | Ray Swank, the Prince William Coun- | ty winner of last year, again will rep- resent Brentsville District High School ! at the county finals this year. Swank | has been prominent as athlete and lead- | et in other school activities, acting asf captain of the base ball and basket ball teams, a member of the soccer team, president of his class, editor of the mont school paper and chairman of the Af ic_Association. He is the son of Mr . and Mrs. H. W. Swank of Nokes- ville, Va. His father is a dairy Ilrmel’.l After the completion of his high school course this June young Swank will at-| tend Bridgewater College to study law. At the Franklin Sherman High School Louisa Arnold, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Arnold of McLean, Va., triumphed over the competition of six fellow finalists to win the honor of representing that school in the Fairfax County finals on April 10, Miss Arnold is editor-in-chief of the school paper, vice president of the senior class, a member of the girls’ basket ball and track teams, secretary of the Athletic Association and prominent in other branches of extracurricular activity. She chose as her subject, “The Virginia | Plan for the Constitution.” Girls Win in Maryland. Gordon E. Smith, principal of Frank- lin Sherman High School, presided at the preliminaries and judges were C. C. Carr and Thomas Chapman, jr., of Fairfax, Va., and Rev. R. H. Gentry of Sterling, Va. In the Maryland district Ellen Earn- shaw, speaking on “The Framing of the Constitution,” won the Brandywine High School finals. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Earnshaw of Town- shend, Md. While in high school Miss Earnshaw has been president of her class and a member of the field ball and voliey ball teams. Subsequent to her graduation this June she will become a teacher. Mrs. Leesee Dyson, Mrs. James Hogue and W. T. McPherson were the judges acting at the Brandywine meet, under the supervision of Miss Ruth Warren, principal of the school. Damascus High School, Damascus, Md., has chosen Ruth Peck, a 15-year- old senior, from among the 13 'local finalists who competed for the right to represent the school at the Montgomery County finals. Miss Peck’s oration con- cerned “The Men Who Made the Con- stitution.” She is the daughter of Mrs. A. E. Peck of Damascus. CENSUS OF STORES TO BE PRESENTED Merchants and Manufacturers to Get Data on Retail Outlets Tonight. A census of retail distribution in thé *Nolsy Miss THIRD RACE-—Purse, $1,400: the M 12 5% furlongs. L7108 Best Ace 103 1 110 Porteodine 1 126 Noajoyee .... 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Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary will speak on the census. Mark Lans- burgh, president of the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association, will preside. Because of the mass of expense, in- formation of interest to bi men in the re , the census method of presentation of the findings of the sur- vey was decided upon through agree- ment with Census Bureau heads. Among other things, the census shows the numgber of stores in each kind of business and their sales; the number of persons employed; the cost; the de- gree to which t extension has be- come a part of retailing, and the com- The census of retail distribution is the first of its kind ever conducted by the Government. the issue bonds to value of 3,000,000 gold soles (rl:=4£7$870.000) t5 cover the most of | Sehool. School Oratorical Victors ' School winners who will represent their institutions in the second round of The Evening Star’s area eliminations in the National Oratorical Contest. Left, Ray Swank, Brentsville District High School, Nokesville, Va. Haywood Davis, Alexandria, Va. High Lower, Randolph ' Leigh, ir., who will speak for St. Alban's School at the private and parochial finals. ‘Poor House’ Remark About Virgin Islands Resented by Paper By the Associated Press. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, April 8.—The newspaper, St. Thomas Mail, in an editorial captioned “An Til-Mannered Visi- tor,” decleres today the islands were “no poor house” when they were acquired by the United States, but the application of “stupid and unsuitable Federal laws” made them so. “Thus any American.” the edi- torial continues, “who insultingly alludes to the Virgin Islands to- cay as a poor house can cnly be devoid of decency, even though that individual be the President of the United States. He should have known better than to wound the susceptibilities of & loyal people.” HANDKERCHIEF CLUE IN MARINE’S DEATH REPORTED BY MAN (Continued From Pirst Page.) ed regarding the fight in the garage, but denied knowing anything about it. Sheriff W. Curtis Hopkins of Prince Georges County, who grilled Selbicky, said the Marine reasserted his previous claims of innocence in such convincing fashion that, unless new evidence is un- earthed in the meantime, he probably will be released tomorrow. If Selbicky is freed in so far as the murder is concerned, however, he still will be held on liquor charges, based on the alleged discovery of a quantity of beer and whisky in his home follow- ing his arrest. He will be held in 311.300 bond on this charge, Hopkins said. Working on the theory the Marine was slain in Washington and taken to the place of burial in an automobile, Chief Deputy Sheriff Thomas Garrison of Prince Georges County was in the Capital this morning runnig down sev- eral news clues. Three Other Women Questioned. After a brief visit to police head- quarters he left with Sergt. James Col- lins of the homicide squad to question a woman who is said to have been well | acquainted with Thorne. Garrison spent the greater part of last evening trying to locate the woman who is said to have had numerous en- | gagements with the murdered Marine. She could not be found last night, how- ever, and Garrison decided to renew his search today. Three other women al- ready have been questioned, but Garri- son refused to reveal the nature of the information obtained from them. The theory that the killing occurred on the earlier date was advanced by Garrison, who declared he had obtained information which not only convinced him the idea was correct, but also gave him a definite knowledge as to the place and circumstances of the slaying. Blackwell's investigation, however, has convinced him Thorne was killed in a “drunken brawl” somewhere in Prince Georges County. Although he refused to say exactly where the fight occurred, he declared he had visited the place and picked up scveral valu- able clues. ‘That an effort was bcing made to connect the case with the unsolved murder of Buelah Limerick, 19-year- old Poli's Theater usher, who was shot to death last December 31, was indi- cated last night when Richard Reed, the Sky High Whoopee Club secre- tary’s sweetheart, and David Limerick, her brother, called at police headquar- ters and held a brief conference with members of the homicide squad. Both men were held in connection with the Limerick slaying, as also were Vernon Limerick, another brother, and Robert F. Langdon, then a policeman. All | four of the men were later released, | however. Beulah, according to detectives who investigated her murder, attended a dance in Greater Capitol Heights, the same village in which Thorne’s body was found, the night before she was killed. The woods in which Thorne's body was found is in the rear of the home of Vincent Selbicky, a member of the Marine Band, who has been held in the Marlboro Jail since the discovery of the body. Plans to bury Thorne's body in Ar- lington National Cemetery were aban- doned today, when the corpse was or- dered shipped to Tabler, Ga. by the dead Marine's . sister, Bessie Thorne. The body was e to be sent to the Georgia city, which'is near ;rhqmz‘a home town, Augusta, at about Vatican Coins Ready April 15, VATICAN CITY, A} 8 (/).~The new Vatican be on sale be- ginning April 18, it was announced to- d‘l’? but a complete series will be avail- e pressing tive expenses. only for ‘chasers ve al- Right, | 'KING BETTER' NEWS HEARTENS ENGLAND Regtoration to Health by Next| Week Expected Following Chest Ailment. By the Associated Press. | WINDSOR, England, Aprd 8.—The| British public, which had been await- | ing, not without certain anxiety, news was heartened this forenoon by an of- fictal statement that there was a slight | improvement in the condition of King George. His majesty had been suffering since last Sunday from & chest cold, which | yesterday was designated in an official | bulletin as an attack of sub-acute bron- | chitls. | In view of yesterday's announcement | that his progress, while satisfactory, | had been slow, todays statement from | his castle residence that there had been | an improvement was especially opti- mistic. Clear-up Requires Days. ‘ Authoritative quarters pointed out, | however, that a condition like that of the King must take some time to clear | up, at least several days. Presupposing his continued progress, it should be well in the next week before he can look to‘ restoration to good health, | His majesty, it was learned, is still up and about his room. He was favored to- | day by an improvement in the weather, | there being periods when the sun streamed brightly through the castle windows. His physicians, Lord Dawson of Penn, Sir William Rees and Dr. Henry Mar- tyn, all attended him today. | Substitute Nurse Serves. Nurse Black, the King's permanent nurse, is on holiday, and her place was being taken today by Nurse Davis, one | of the four nurses who attended the King during his former prolonged ill- ness. But Queen Mary, whose unremit- ting care in the critical days two years ago played o great a part in the King's | recovery, is again helping to keep his majesty cheerful. The queen has spent many hours in the sick room each day since the King's cold developed on Good Friday. She left the castle just before lunch today, how- ever, for a motor drive, in view of the improvement in the King's condition. | ROSENDAHL NAMED TO COMMAND NEW DIRIGIBLE OF NAVY _(Continued From First Page.) | 2,400 cubic feet. | service. | company are Rosslyn, Clarendon, Cher- | LOWER GAS RATE PLEA GIVEN BODY Gloth’s Fight Against Arling- ton Levy Reaches State Commission. Special Dispatch the The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 8—Charges that domestic gas ‘rates in Arlington County, Va., are unjust and unreason- from the sick room of their monarch, able were made by the Arlington County Public Utilities Commission today when the Virginia State Corporation Com- mission began public hearings on an application for a reduction. ‘The fight for lower rates is being led by William C. Gloth, commonwealth attorney of Arlington County, and G. O. Basham, valuation counsel for the Arlington County Utilities Commission. Wilton J. Lambert, Washington attor- ney, and Virginia State Senator Frank L. Ball are representing the Rosslyn Gas Co., defendant in the rate pro- r ceedings. Gloth Has Statistics. Mr. Gloth and Mr. Basham are armed with statistics showing that gas dis- tributed in Arlington County at $1.50 for the first 2,560 cubic feet a month is purchased by the Rosslyn company for 65 cents a thousand cubic feet from the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies. This gas is manu- factured in Washington, it was said, at a cost of 35.2 cents a thousand cubic fect, exclusive of interest and deprecia- tion charges, The cost of manufacturing and dis- tributing the gas is to be one of the principal factors stressed by the Arling- ton County Utilities Commission in urging a rate reduction. Other ele- ments are to be considered, however, and there is a possibility that the valu- ation of the Rosslyn company may fig: ure in the argnments. Domestic Rates Stressed. ‘The Arlington County commission in- tends to center its fight for a reduction | on the £150 domestic rate. Average consumers, it is pointed out, do not | get the benefit of the secondary 90- | cents-a-thousand - cubic - feet rate, be- cause they must use 2,500 cubic feet within a month to get on the lower scale, while the average consumption is The present schedule of rates has been ! in effect since February 1. The previous | charge for gas was a flat rate of $1.50 | a thousand cubic feet for all types of | Communities served by the Rosslyn | rydale, Lyon Park, Lyon Village, Balls- ton, Fort Myer and Falls Church. The | company serves 3,448 customers. place, will be by far the largest fiying | craft in the world, with a cubical con- tent two and a half times that of the Los Angeles, nearly double that of the Graf Zeppelin_and 35 per cent larger than that of Great Britain's fll-starred R-101, which crashed in France last year. Rosendahl is now in Washington, where he has been on duty with the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics since July, 1930. Although still young, only 38, he is generally recognized as this country’s foremost authority in lighter-than-air aviation, largely because of his intensive study during the last eight years and a practical experience probably without parallel in its range and thoroughness, Dr. Hugo Eckener and a few of the other Germans may surpass him in hours and miles flown, but during his | Jong term as commander of the Los Angeles he carried through a program of training and experimentation that has not been equaled anywhere else in | the world. | His new command is considered the | supreme achievement of the airship | builders, embodying the best wisdom | and experience of this country and of | Germany. ( Although her length, 785 feet, is only |9 feet more than the Graf Zeppelin, | | her diameter is a third larger than the | Graf’s and her cubic measurements al- most double. Eight engines, with a total of 4,480 | horsepower, will give her a cruising range of 10,580 land miles without re- | fueling, as against 4,000 for the Los An- | lr{el?s and 6,125 for the Graf Zeppelin. | | She is designed to make 83.8 miles an | | hour. Survived Shenandoah. ‘The new pride of the Navy's air forces |is the first airship capable of carrying | an airplane. Being a fighting ship—the | Los Angeles and Graf Zcppelin are non-military craft—she can support a | | heavy armament of bombs, machine | guns and light artillery. ‘The Akron's new skipper began his flying career in April, 1923, when he was assigned to the Navy's dirigible base at Lakehurst, N. J. The Navy launched its first rigid airship, the | Shenandoah, in August, 1923, and two | months later Rosendahl became a mem- | ber of her crew. He continued to fly with the Shen- | andoah until she was destroyed in a storm over Ava, Ohio, September 3, 1925. Fourteen of her crew of 43, in- cluding her commanding officer, Lieut. | Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne were killed. | Rosendahl was the ranking officer to | survive. Six months later he took command of the Navy's remaining dirigible, the German-built Los Angeles, which he held until May, 1929. In August, 1929, he took part in the Graf Zeppelin's trip around the world. | Boy Who Risked Life to Bryan Untiedt, 13-year-old hero of the Towner, Colo., blizzard, in which five of his schoolmates were frozen to death when the school bus stalleld, 1is thrilled by President Hoover’s invitation to visit the White House. Here is his own ac- count of his reactions, written for the Associated Press. BY BRYAN UNTIEDT. What will the rest of the kids think? | Of course, that's the first thing to| come into your head when you've re- celved an invitation from President Hoover to visit him. I wonder if the others who went through that ordeal in the bus won't think I'm getting more than is due me. As a matter of fact, I think I am. It's hard to realize that the invita- tion came, and it's hard to realize just what it's all about. It's hard, too, to have everybody around talking about me m“f a hero and all that. I can think of lots of acts in history that were a whole lot \ more heroic—if they are going to in- slsccu ém calling me a hero—than what I N Shared Same Misfortune, The rest of the kids in that bus shared the same misfortunes that I did, and it seems ma; & little unjust for me v&fl receive the invitation from the Presi- it Certainly I want to go to Washing- ton. But dropping out of a clear sky as it did, the invitation leaves me with | tk;‘c feeling thet 1 can’t quite realize | whet v 149wl metn e way to g pleme |until 2 o'clock 1 meeting. Hero Says He’ Bus Stalled, Thinks He’s Getting More Than Due, But Is Thrilled at President’s Invitation. HOWARD FACULTY LISTS GRIEVANCES Six Complaints Drafted to Be Pre- sented to Trustees This Month. At a special meeting which lasted this morning, a group of the faculty of the Howard Univer- sity College of Medicine appointed a committee to present to the board of trustees six “grievances,” it was an- nounced today. The list of “grievances” follows: “1. Lack of opportunity to obtain full knowledge of the constitution or regulations under which the College of Medicine is operated, by whom framed, written or otberwise propounded, when and how some originated. To discuss and oppose substitutions and amend- ments to the same, or if such does not | exist, to draft a code of regulations gov- | erning the College of Medicine. | “2. The restoration of the rights and privileges which the (ncu]:g enjoyed from the establishment of the College of Medicine until the incumbency of the present_administration. “‘3—The disregard of the rights and prerogatives of the heads of depart- ments in the matters of personnel and curriculum for said departments and frequently not consulting said depart- nm;ul heads before such changes are made. “‘4—The disregard of seniority and efficiency in the mattter of appoint- ments and advancements. “5—The inadequacy and standardization of salaries, “6—And other matters of supreme importance affecting the College of Medicine which should be presented at the meeting of the board of trustees to be_held April 14.” It was understood the committee was instructed to urge upon the board full consideration of these matters at the lack of 500 AT SPRING DANCE About 500 employes, their friends and relatives atten the annual Spring dance of the Mutual Benefit Associa- tion of the employes of King's Palace Department Store last night at the Elks’ Club, 919 H street. Prizes were awarded in novelty contests and re- freshments were served the dancers. Music was furnished by the Carlton Orchestra. s Not a Hero Save Schoolmates When and T don't know whether I want to make the trip alone. At first I thought I might . not want to make the trip, but then I got thinking it over and de- cided it would be the best thing to do. Discourteous to Refuse. Even if I didn't want to go—and I sure do want to now—it would be pretty discourteous to refuse, wouldn't it? One thing I don’t want them to do if I go to Washington, and that is to say that I did anything more than anybody else in the same fix would do. I don't know what to expect. Gosh, I never heard a radio until I came to the hospital. Mother thinks it will be a fine opportunity for me, traveling that way, and so does dad. ‘What sort of makes me wonder is the long way it is to Washington. It's farther than I've ever been by my;eelf, but of course I'll make it all Tl have a new sult to go in and, of course, that will make me feel better about it. make you feel that i (Copyright, 1931, the Associated Press.) To Talk on Radio. By the Assoclated Press. i LAMAR, Colo, April 8—Colorado’s “children of the storm,” the 15 survi- vors of the Towner School bus tr: on March 28, will be heard in a nat wide hook-up of the National Broad- casting Company at 4 pm. (M. 8. T) tomorrow. . ‘The broadcast will be from Maxwell Hospital in Lamar and will be relayed by KOA, Denver. Bryan Unticdt, 13-year-old hero of the B i 3 - A2-ths of five will be one §i§ the sprakers, APRIL 8, 1931, When Victory | Was Assured CHICAGO’S NEW MAYOR CONGRATULATED ON ELECTION. HIS telephoto picture from Chi- cago, Ill, shows Anton J. Cer- mak (right), Democrat, being congratulated by Judge John H. Lyle following his election as new mayor of Chicago. Cermak’s vic- tory ended the reign of Mayor William Hale Thompson. Judge Lyle, a Repub- lican, was defeated by Mayor Thompson in the February primary. Lower: “Big Bill” Thompson. —A. P. Photos. AMELIA EARHART SEEKS NEW RECORD Leaves Pitcairn Fieldin Auto- gyro in Attempt to Set Altitude Mark. By the Associated Press. WILLOW GROVE, Pa., April 8.— Amelia Earhart, making an altitude flight in an autogiro today, was an- nounced to have made an unofficial mark of 18,500 feet. B the Associated Press. WILLIOW GROVE, Pa., April 8.— Amella Earhardt, first woman to fiy across the Atlantic Ocean, today went aloft to establish an altitude mark for autogyros. She left Pitcairn Fleld, north of here, at 12 o'clock noon in clear, cool #eather. A '12-mile ground wind was blowing across the field as the flyer took the “wind mill” craft into a cloudless sky, and began to climb rapidly. A crowe of a thousand persons cheered and wished her well. Smiling as she shook hands with her husband, George Palmer Putnam, New York publisher, she seemed confident as she stepped into the plane. She wore riding breeches, low riding shoes, | 8™ & white shirt, over which was a brown sweater. Over this attire she wore a leather flying suit, helmet, goggles, leather mittens and fleece-lined flying ts. Flying Standard Ship. The craft she flew is a standard Pitcairn autogyro powered with a 300- horsepower Wright whirlwind motor. 1t carried 38 gallons of gasoline and 5 gallons of oil. ‘The intrepid fiver hoped to exceed the highest altitude ever reached by an autogyro, flown by Pitcairn test pilots sald to be about 17,000 feet. The plane is equipped with an oxygen container which Mr. Putnam said his wife probably would begin using at about 15,000 feet. The cxygen is in- haled through a rubber tube, to which is attached a small mouthpiece, this being superior, in Miss Earhart’s belief, to the oxygen masks often- worn by others in altitude attempts. Ray Tests Plane. James G. Ray, Pitcairn test puot, es- timated the wind would increase to 60 miles an hour, blowing from the West and Northwest, at 12,000 feet. He did not think it likely, however, that she would run into freezing temperatures. The craft has a top speed of 125 miles an_hour. Before Miss Earhart took off the plane was tested by Ray, who took it up for a few minutes. At the last minute before the take- off, as Miss Earhart was walking toward the cockpit, it was noticed one of her parachute buckles was faulty, and che changed the parachute. The flight is being supervised by the National Aeronautics Association, repre- sented by Maj. Luke Christooher of Washington, D. C., who placed a sealed barograph in the plane before the take- off. LAUDS SWIMMING POOLS Army Doctor’s Magazine Article Cites Capital's Facilities. High praise for Washington's swim- ming pools is contained in an article written in the April number of Hygeia, organ of the American Medical Asso- ciation, by Maj. William O. Wetmore, Medical Corps, U. S. A.; professor of military science and tactics, George Washington University, and _sanitary officer of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks. Calling attention to the n offered the pool patrons from “the myriad invisible dangers in the form of pathogenic bacteris,” Maj. Wetmore as- serts: “In g ing of sanitation and purification have in mind the sys- tems used in the McKinley and Francis pools of Washington, D. C. They are typical of the hygienic methods used in the best pools.” — WORM DESTROYS WHEAT ALLIANCE, Nebr., April 8 (».—A type of cutworm, which farmers said had destroyed more.than 1,000 acres of wheat in the vicinity of Hemingford, Nebr., caused grain farmers in this sec- tion much concern. Armies of the worms moved across wheat flelds, mak- ing swaths 15 to 20 feet wide in a day. The State Agricultural College sub- station said the mild, open Winter had | | BICBILL THOMPSON DEFEATEDBY 19116 Majority for Anton J. Cermak Largest Ever Given for Mayor of Chicago. (Continued From First Page.) were those, however, who did not view Cermak’s triumph as a partisan victory. Among them was Municipal Judge John * H. Lyle, one of Thompson's opponents in the primary, who ran as an “anti- gang” candidate. Sees Double Victory. “Mr. Cermak’s victory,” said Judge Lyle, “is a victory for the Democratic party and it is also a victory for the Republican party.” Judge Lyle said that it was a victory for the Republican party, because it had purged itself of Thompson, adding that Cermak would make an excellent mayor. Both candidates held that Chicago’s future was the big issue of the race. Taxation and unemployment were talked about, but the cry of Thompson's oppo- nents was chiefly “clean out the city hall and free the city of gangsters,” while his proponents shouted their chal- lenge in the form of a question: “Shall we establish a Chicago Tam- many?” Despite this Thompson waged a losing battle, lacking the support of civic leaders normally Republican, such as Julius Rosenwald, Silas Strawn and Frank J. Loesch. He won but five of the city’s 50 wards. In addition he had a hard fight in the primary, although he triumphed over Judge Lyle, the self- styled “gangster nemesis,” winning a three-cornered fight, in which Alderman A. F. Albert polled almost 100,000 votes. Little G. 0. P. Solace. ‘There was a little solace in the re- turns for the Republicans, however, They succeeded in electing two out of three candidates for offices below: Mayor, naming James A. Kearns, city treasurer, and Edward Casey, associate judge of the Municipal Court. Peter J. Brady, a Democrat, was elected city clerk over his Republican opponent, Patrick Sheridan Smith, & ‘Thompson leutenant. For eight years Cermak has been al- most continuously the head of the county board and his victory yesterday makes him the undisputed chief of both the city and the county Democratic or- ganizations. His power as such is com- parable with that of the late Demo- cratic leader of the west—George H. Brennan. Cermak, born 58 years ago in Prague, ‘was brought to the United States in his infancy. He is a product of the grade and night schools, his career something like a Horatio Alger book. He served as a hired hand on Ilinois farms, dug some coal and came to Chi- cago when 16, earning his own way as s tow boy for street cars and by carting wood in the “back of the yards” dis- trict. Is “Dripping Wet.” Once he got into politics, however, his rise smacked something of the lm tacular, the political route carrying to the City Council, the State ture, the county board and, a the world's fair mayorship of Chicago. He describes himself as a “champion of LLNESS STRESSES CHANGES IN HOUSE Speaker Longworth Said “Providence” Would Have Hand in Reorganization. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The illness of Nicholas Longworth emphasized speculation here today on what might happen in the next Con- ess. A comfortable Republican majority last session put Longworth back in the Speaker's chair he had occupled for four years. In the Seventy-second Congress, however, Republicans will have only one or two more votes than 10~ crats. A few defections from either party could switch control. ‘The day the last Congress adjourned sine die and he became technically plain “Representative Longworth, Republican, Ohio,” the Speaker told the assembled legislators that something higher than they would have a hand in the estab- | lishment of the new House. “Abundantly Satisfled.” “Perhaps this is the last time I will | address you from this rostrum,” he said. “It is only an All-wise Providence who is going to determine which of the two major parties will organize the next House. “With whatever that Providence may decree, I am abundantly satisfied.” Longworth is one of what is called the House Republican “triumvirate.” ‘The other members are Floor Leader John Q. Tilson of Connecticut and Bertram H. Snell of New York, chair- man of the last Rules Committee. If Longworth were not present the Repub- licans "Y‘nmd they probably would choose Tilson as Speaker. Garner Has Chance. Because of the close division there is a possibility that John N. Garner of ‘Texas, the Democratic leader, to whom Lopgworth is “Nick” and the official Speaker’s automobile “ours,” might be seated on the rostrum. ‘The actions of Progressive Republic- ans and Democrats, who have outlined legislation they insist the controlling party must agree to next session, in all probability will decide organization, Three Sisters Elope Within Two Days, Win Parents’ O. K. Trio of New Sons-in-Law Brought Home by Girls as Easter Surprise. By the Assoclated Press. CHESTER, Pa., April 8—Mr. and Mrs. James Sharp of Linwood, near here, were “recovering” yesterday from the surprise &f having three daughters elope within two days and of learning about all three on the same day. “Mother and_father, we're married,” their 19-year-old daughter, Edna, an- nounced last Saturday, the day after she and Anthony Dundee, 21, had eloped to Chestertown, Md. Not_long after the two other daugh- ters, Ethel, 21, and Virginia, 18, - appeared. In the evening they returned. ‘Mother and father, we're married, said Ethel, clinging to the arm of her bal Edward P. Bickling, 22. 'Well,” sald Mrs. Sharp, with a smile, “we still have one daughter left. “But, mother and father, we're mar- e ginia. She and jen married in nister who hel and * ey m} cggs to hatch, whereas they generaily were frozens ‘~ pe?onu liberty” and as a “dripping wet.” One of the first to congratulate him was Alfred E. Smith, who wired him that his election is gangsters must vamoose.’ Cermek is a widower, the father of three children and has seven grand- children. " o «“Big Dul srxu" ‘map of 3 n Michigan avenue was extended, straight ind "tirougn ‘Himay butldings to. the an ug] lake. Boulevar’u!l‘nm&e extended. The fix“k system was created out of noth- g as land sprang up where there been water. He preached “‘America first” and the cculd point to amily as a reason, for he was the descendant of a general in the revolutionary war. He went into politics 31 years ago, a young man of ample means, fresh from the ranges of the West, where success rode with him. He was a he won to the City Count ‘Won by 140,000 Votes. He was popular, but no one thought of him as a candidate for mayor until one night during the 1914-15 holidays he rented a theater, raised the curtain and_disclosed huge bundles of pledge cards—140,000 of them guaranteeing votes for him. ‘They had laughed at him, the older political heads, but he won election by that figure of ,000. itil yester- day it was the greatest plurality of a Chicago mayor. His platform planks were “Drive the crooks out of town” and “Improve the street car service,” In 1919 they laughed at him again when he ran on a “Freedom for Ire- land” pledge. It brought him votes. So did criticism of America’s entry into the World War. He stepped to one_ side, then, and Chicego thought “Big Bill” was as William E. Dever, a reform Demo- crat, took office. Thin ent in 1927, four years later. He trounced white-haired Mayor Dever, but the real news was his attack on King George. Tt brought him international notice. It was based on the charge that British propaganda filled CI school history books. He saw to it tl Wil- liam McAndrew was ousted for alleged pro-British sympathies. May Not Be Through. Four years ago he produced two white rats on the platform, named them “Fred” and “Doc” after campaign rivals, and clicked. In the 1931 Spring primary it was an animal parade—elephants, camels and horses that daily threaded the loop. He put on a variety show at a down- town theater, charged admission, got capacity crowds. The fight against Cermak, however, went by with less showmanship and actually found the quiet Democrat with more tricks up his sleeve than Thomp- son. eorge, dictatorship, reminded his audiences of the “million-dollar prosperity drive” that let the city know he was pre- pared to conquer illness and run in the primary. Prior to this election he said: “If defeated, I'm through.” A formal statement from him last n]lg]hta d'i;i m'ph ’Fpe"c that, and he de- cline amplify. Chicago, cognizant that enemies are preparing to ME ganize the city Republican machine and set him outside, still wonders if he has something planned backstage, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine this evening at 8 o’clock in the Nl‘fl’gd- rium, Marine Barracks. Capt. Taylor 3 Arthur 8. Witcomb, “The Ride of the Valkyries.” Prelude to e th,” from “Tristan t.h-iuodn" Intd Walhalla, Prelude to “ A and from “Tann- hauser. “The Star Spangled Banner.” e g One-half the tractors from gle g‘nlbd States last Mm-m to uss: Tt