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I A—2 | »x% “ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ DIRECTORS ELECT , Frank B. Noyes Again Named President—Paul Patterson Is First Vice President. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 21—The board; of directors of the Associated Press_to- | day elected the following officers: * President, Frank B. Noyes, Washing- | ton, D, C. Star, re-elected; first vice, president, Paul Patterson, Baltimore, | Md.. Sun: second vice president, George | B. Longan, Kansas City. Mo., Star; sec-| ‘retary, Kent Cooper; assistant secretary, Jackson S. Elliott; treasurer, J. “Youatt. Executive Committe—Frank B. Noyes, Adolph S. Ochs, New York Times: E. H. Baker, Cleveland Plain Dealer: E. La sing Ray, St. Louis Globe-Democrat; Robert’ McLean, Philadelphia, Bul- letin: Clark Howell, Atlanta, Ga., Con- stitutjon, and B. H. Anthony, New Bed- ford, Mass., Standard, re-elected, and| Richard Hooker, Springfield, Mass., Republican, as an additional member. Committees Named. ' *The following were elected as the Nomingting and Auditing Committees: Nominating Committee—W. Y. Mor- gan, chairman, Hutchinson, —Kans, News; A. L. Miller, Battle Creek, Mich. Enquirer-News; J. H. Dickey, jr., Butt Mont., Post, secretary; Frank H. Hi cock, Tucson, Ariz, Citizen; J. Thomson, New Orleans, La., Item; H. Dennis, Henderson, N. C. Dispatch; Charles H. Congdon, Watertown, N. ¥, Daily News, and gn]rlnuel E. Hudson, . Woonsocket, R. 1., Call. W iiving Commitiee—S. A. Perkins, Olympia, Wash., Olympian, chairman; John S. Parks, Fort Smith, Ark., Times- Record; John F. Rolfe, Hartford, Conn., Times, and J. C. Seacrest, Lincoln, Nebr., State Journal. At ‘the afternoon business session of ___YHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 'BYRD LOSES ‘"MORE THAN FRIEND'| AS IGLOO, POLAR TERRIER, DIES Admiral Cancels Play to Fly to Side of Dying Pet at Boston. Tiny Dog Knew Presidents and Heroes—Accompanied Flyer on Two Trips. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 21.—Igloo is dead The fox terrier that accompanied Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd to both the North and South Poles, died at 4 today ment. Admiral Byrd, who had temporarily "' suspended his lecture tour at Spring-, field, Ill, last night to hurry back to Boston, received word on arriving here. He canceled plans to fly to Boston and resumed his tour. “And now t Igloo has died,” the admiral said, ere’s nothing to do but B0 on with the lecture tour. I will leave here late today for Memphis, where I will speak tomorrow night. The Lex- ington, Ky., engagement, which was for today, cannot be filled, of course.” than a friend” in the passing of Igloo. Whatever rites might be held for Igloo will be delayed, Byrd said, until he returned to Boston a week from Wednesday. Igloo lived six years. He Was & pup when the admiral went to Kings Bay to prepare for the flight over the North Pole. The admiral took Igloo along to the ‘South Pole when he made that flight two vears ago. “But Igioo didn't go along in the plane as many people thought.” the ad- miral said. “That wouldn't have been right. In case of an accident, what would happen to a dog when the ship had to be destroyed?” BYRD'S FAMILY GRIEVES members late yesterday, of which was devoted to a discussion of radio .broadcasting oéo nel;. the following res- ution was adopted: ol"“ is the sense of this meeting that the officers and difectors (of the Asso- ciated Press) be requested to meet with a sympathetic view the representations that will probably be made to them by a committee from the American Publishers’ Association.” The resolution was moved by Charles H. Taylor of the Boston Globe and “seconded by Allison Stone of the Provi- dence Journal. Directors Re-elected. The following directors we e re-elect-, ed for s of three i.ars each: Clark Howell, Atlanta Consf'tution; El bert H. Baker, Cleveland Pikin Dealer; Stuart H. Perry, Adrian (Mich.) Daily Telegram; J. R. Knowland, Oakland (Calif.) Tribune; Richard Hooker, Springfield (Mass.) Republican. At the annual luncheon Walter 8. ,Gifford, president of the American Tele~ phone & Telegraph Co., forecast that | the United States would find its way out of business depression by *‘the demo- cratic road—by the thought and efforts of thousands of able, intelligent people.” Mr. Noyes introduced Mr. Gifford. \ Lawrence Tibbett Sings. ‘Lawrence Tibbett, opera star, sang to the almost 1,000 luncheon guests “Capt. Stratton’s Fancy,” the poem J¢ Masefield set to music by Deems Taylor, and responded to an encore with “Glory Road.” Jerome D. Barnum of the Syracuse Post-Standard objected to the use of Associated Press dispatches in com- ‘mercial radio programs, and Talbot Patrick of the Goldsboro, N. C., News- Argus said newspapers not assoclated with ra stations felt the edge was taken off the news when it was broad- cast, either under newspaper auspices or otherwise. ested that the remedy Mr. Ochs & lay in the hands of the newspapers in- . Igloo Mourned by Children of Noted Arctic Explorer. BOSTON, April 21 () —The death today of Igloo, Rear Admiral Byrd's famous little white fox terrier, plunged the home of the explorer in grief. The soft ways of civilization did not agree too well with Igloo. who had lived 80 mueh of his 6-year span of turbu- lent life in cold and hardship and danger, the inseparable companion of his explorer-master. He was & puppy in those perilous days at Spitzbergen when Byrd and Floyd Bennet flew over the North Pole. He was a full-fledged dog during the long, bitter struggle against the elements in Little America. Igloo was presented to Byrd six years ago by an admirer in Washington. He in Boston of an intestinal ail | Admiral Byrd felt he had lost “more | | ADMIRAL BYRD AND IGLOO. |grew from puppyhood in the bleak wastes of Spitzbergen, while his restless | master was making history in his aerial | conquest cf the North Pole. In those days there grew a mutual devotion be- |tween dog and master that became stronger with the passing years. | The fox terrier shered with his | master the adulation of civilized crowds. | He was petted by the then President | Calvin Coolidge and a host of other | famous men and women and the mis- | chievous little fellow good-naturedly | made friends with any one who seemed to be a friend of the man who ruled | his_universe. | _ The dog that acted as mascot to the | Byrd party was known to millions. | Those who did not see him with his | master read about him in Byrd's writ- | ings or saw him portrayed in movies of | the expedition. When Admiral Byrd started on his | lecture trip recently, Igloo was left at {home in Boston, where he became the | playmate of the Byrd children. Illness overtook the little dog suddenly. Byrd, nearly 1.000 miles away, hearing of | it, canceled lecture engagements and | hurried to Chicago to charter a plane. Igloo died this morning. GAPPER DISCUSSED FOR VIGE PRESIDENT | | Kansan Considered in Event Curtis Decides to Seek ! Senate Seat. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Until Vice President Charles Curtis makes up his mind whether he pro- pcses to run for re-election or intends to seek the Republican nomination for Senator in Kansas, there is bound to be all kinds of speculation regarding { President Hoover's probable running JAMES PARMELEE * RTES CONOUCTED Associate o: Late Diplomat Interred at Cathedral After Services. Funeral cervices for James Parmelee, who_died early Sunday at his residence on Klingle road, were conducted in | the Bethlehem Chapel of Washinglon Cathedral this sfternoon, with inter ment in the crypt. Right Rev. James E. Frgeman, Bishop of Washington, officiated<mt the serv- ices. He was assisted by Right Rev. Philio M. Rhinelander, former Bishop of Pennsylvania and warden of the WALKER ANSWERS CRITICS CHARGES Urges Roosevelt te Drop Re- moval Proceedings Brought by Committee. ____(Continued From First Page.) licenses issued to ex-convicts” was “one of the most unjust accusations in the complaint.” ©On the charge that the city had been losing not less than $33,000,000 an- nually in condemnation awards, he pointed out the largest amount ever paid in one year was $52,710,154.23 in 1928. He pointed out condemnation awards were made by the courts. The charge that the Department of “is prostituted to political he said, “displays not only ignorance, but viciousness and malice.” To the charge that he failed to in- vestigate and discover what city official shared a $250,000 pler lease fee with former Judge W. Bernard Vause, the mayor replied that Charles H. Tuttle, Republican United States attorney, with a grand jury to help, was unable to discover this,” and no city official profited, anyway. Asked for Waivers. The City Affairs Committee charged that “a particularly grave instance of the mayor's indifference to elementary standards of public office, and the best interests of the people, s found in his failure to act in the case of officials who refused to testify before a grand jury in a case involving serious mat- ters of public concern.” The mayor answered that he ordered the officials to waive immunity, in so far as offi- clal acts were concerned, but said they were asked to sign an illegal complete walver on all matters. As his answer to the allegation that “nothing more completely reveals the incompetence, ineffectiveness, unfitness and grave dishonor of the mayor than his relation to the problem of the magistrates’ courts,” he quoted a letter from Chief Magistrate Corrigan, which itemized the reforms in the magistrates’ courts under the current administration. He vigorously defended his police commissioners and their records and the department since 1926. Club to Act Tonight. The mayor's reply was revealed just after he had answered attatks on his private Jife, drawn up by & committee of the Republican National Club. He offered to match his private life against all the “pharasaical composers” of the attack. The committee will submit its draft of charges to the membership of the Republican Club tonight, but some doubt was expressed by newspapers that it would be adopted in its present form. W. Kingsland Macy, Republican State chairman, expressed retl’!l, that Mr. Walker had been attacked ®per- sonally. A committee of the Legislature which will inquire into conditions in New York is ready to function as soon as counsel chooges to proceed. uAflnsl‘erln( the Republicans, Walker said: “During the past few weeks, owing to the condition of my health and necessity for rest, the manifold require- ments of city business and the dignity of my office, I have ignored the un- founded and slanderous personal at- tacks that have been running in the gossip gazettes No one was expected to believe them &nd no one did. Calls Disinfecting Squad. “But when a body that enjoyed the respect of us all, like the National Re- creating internal dissent in the Demo- the_disinfecting squad. “Every man and woman of sense and sensibllity in New York this beautiful morning experienced a shock in their cited in detail the accomplishments of | publican Club, employs this means of | cratic Party, it seems time to call out | C., TUESDAY APRIL 21 ' 1931 Siam’s Queen Goes Alone to Reception KING INDISPOSED WHEN SHIP ARRIVES AT VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. W ITH King Prajadhipok suffering from an indisposition which kept him from entering into plans for his recep- tion, Siam’s rulers and members of the royal household arrived in Victoria, British Columbia. represented at the official greeting of the Canadian government by Queen Rombaibarni. Queen with her attendant on her way to greet the weleoming party, which bcarded the ship at Victoria, She is preceded by Pra Norarji, the King’s chamberlain, and followed by Mme. Thavara Chayant. Photo shows the —Wide World Photo. CHICAGD BANKS AID CRAFT PROBE Investigation of 17 Police | Captains Shows Huge Sums Placed in Private Accounts. } By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 21.—Special grand Jurors, seeking to uncover alleged police graft, today wers putting the private banking records of Chicago police cap- | tains under scrutiny. The records of the financial affairs of 17 captains were already in the jury’s | possession, and the information re- | ported to have been obtained led to an| announcement by officials that the ln-‘ quiry would be extended to include | every nook of the department, where | crookedness might be suspected. | Officials of more than 20 banks yes- | terday to.d the jurors what they knew of the accounts of 6 of the 17 captains, and while no official announcement was | made of exactly what they revealed, the Hearld and Examiner said it was | learned that one captain had been de- positing as much as $8,000 a day. | “We are on the right track at las sald J. A. Farmer, foreman of the jury. | “We found substantial sums which are suspicious at least. In the case of one police capta'n we found that he had | been carrying separate accounts in two different banks, In other instanc:s we found that the captains undcr ssrutiny | had transferred accounts io their) wives. Officials said_they eventually would REPUBLICAN HUNT FOR SPEAKER IS ON TO RETAIN POWER | time has been active as an ‘“under- cover man,” doing special work for the regular Republican organization. Rep-| resentative Carl Mapes of Michigan, who has handled several special jobs for the party organization, is considered | a promising compromise candidate. | Out of the dickering between the | regulars and Progressives may come & | deal through which the Eastern States | will be allowed to elect a speaker (if | the candidate is one who is not “offen- | sive” to the Progressives) with united | party support, provided that the West- | ern States are allowed to furnish the | House leader. But the first big fight for the Repub- lican party comes in the old Longworth district in Ohio. There the Democrats are preparing to make the most intens | sive campaign ever focused upon one | particular district by the party chief- | tains. There the Republicans have the | burden of proof—to explain away the | depression, the high tarifi —in’a district | that has never been too secure and | ich came near to defeating Mr. Long- worth in the last election. | If the Republicans lose that particu- lar district they have no advantage | whatever in the speakership with the House absolutely evenly divided and will probably lose to the Democrats, who will unitedly, to a man, support Representative “Jack” Garner. In that event, the only Republican hope would be pinned on one man, Representative Paul J. Kvale, the only third-party man in the House, a Farmer-Laborite. Almost any way you look at this complex situation, the Repubiicans | have an intricate problem to solve, and they have not been making much headway on it. Continued From First Page.) ORATORY INTEREST CANS IN EXED International Contest Again|L: ‘Will Draw Entry From Republic. ‘The International Oratorical Contest is in progress this year in Mexico on a larger scale than ever, according to a report received today by Randolph Leigh, director general, from Eduardo Elizondo, president of EI Universal, sponsor of the contest in ico. Mexico has made an enMable neputa- tion in the International contest, hav- ing won first place one year and second place another year. The Mexican win- ner of the International Contest was Arturo Garcia Fermenti, who in 1927 won first place in the Grand Finals. The Mexican contest is divided into eight major zones. The winner in each of these zones participates in the Mex- ican national finals held in Mexico City the last of May each year. The contestants in Mexico, as in the other nations participating in the con- test, discuss their own national ideals and institutions. For a number of years the Mexican contest has had an extemporaneous feature similar to that employed in the National Oratorical Contest in the United States and in the Intrnational Oratorical Contest in the different countries. ‘The Mexican contest has an interest- ing connection with the International Oratorical Contest, due to the fact that in 1925, before the expansion of the The King was | SIAM KING'S TRAIN | REACHES CHICAGD i Rulers Arise Early to View City From Yards—Wil Proceed to New York. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, IIl, April 21.—The spe- cial train bearing King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambaibarni of Siam and their royal entourage from the Pacific to the Eastern seaboard drew into the Chicago yards shortly before 9 a.m. to- day. The royal couple had arisen early to view what they could of Chicago from their train and to prepare to greet the few who would be permitted to see them here. The train was not brought into any downtown station, the King having ex- pressed a desire to remain in seclusion because of his indisposition and the haste of his journey Eastward. Arriving from Vancouver, B. C., over the Canadian Pacific-Soo line, the cars ‘were switched in the South Side yards to the New York Central tracks, over which they were routed to New York, running as a special. Only division sta-~ tion stops were planned, KING RESTS EN ROUTE. Queen Does Most of Greeting Crowds at Station Stops. ON BOARD SIAMESE IMPERIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO, OSHKOSH, Wis, April 21-—Siam’s royal ~ couple, jadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni, have beem virtu. ally in seclusion since their disembarke ment at Vancouver, British Colombis, last week. From Chicago will start the final leg of the party’s journey with the train headed for Scarsborough, N. Y., where the frail monarch will rest at the home of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid before going to Washington for the King's reception by Pr;_st:dent Hoover, e Oriental tentate, from eye trouble, romlllfl.fl bonfllm'ag and bronchitis, stood the ordeal of the long journey well, but every effort was made by the party to spare him any unnecessary effort. Secluded in the go- lum, the King and his consort whiled away the long hours reading, waving to the crowds that awaited their arrival at railroad operating stops and chatfing with intimate members of their y. The Queen, herself recovering from a cold, carried on the task of nodding to persons who greeted the special train, flashing her engaging smile and waving to those who came to see the Siamese visitors. The King sometimes joined her and at other times rested while his eon- sort carried on these duties alone, Present plans call for the King's re~ ception at Wi April 29 and for his operation at Ophir Hall, Mrs. Reid’s ho'r'vl.i! at Scarsborough, shortly after- ward. D. C. BANDIT ESCAPES WITH THREE CRONIES FROM LORTON PRISON _ (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) thrown around the woodland section near Accotink, and officials of the in- stitution made every effort to capture { the daring young Embrey. He is be- | lieved to be with Lawrence Sullivan, jWho was serving time on a larceny charge. Robbed Bank Runner. The guards are particularly anxious to capture Embrey, who proved his daring here some months ago when he dividually. jmate in the national campaign next ordinarily clean newspapers, thanks to | require more than 200 banks to fur- National Oratorical Contest into an Omitting Programs Suggested. Col. Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribyne said he believed “news is a small P&cenuge of the competi- | tion we feel” from radio stations. and asserted the Tribune did not publ'sh radio programs. He suggested other newspapers might refrain from publish- ing programs except as paid advertising. Walter M. Harrison of the Oklahoma | City Times and the Oklahom: ex- | pressed the conviction that broadcast- ing news increages newspaper circu- | lation. 1 A number of the publishers believed | the broadcasting of news involved fac- | tors outside the realm of the Associated Press and suggested that since the sub- | ject was to be taken up this week by | the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association a group from that body might communicate 1its conclusions to the Associatcd Press and other press associations. These suggesiions erystaliized in the offering and passing of the Taylor reso- lution. General Manager Reports. | The meeting acojtcd amendments to the by-laws of the Ascociated Fress making them conform to business laws | of New York State which now permit corporations as well a$ individuals 1o belong to membership organizations. | Kent Cooper’s ennual report as general | maneger was a record of continued | expansion and perfection of the | Associated Press. New leased wire | trunk lines have been run into Latin | American countries, European bureaus | have been enlarged and the volume of | domestic news has been increassd. The Aseociated Press now hes 1,297 mem- outstanding develop- the yeer has been in the service,” Mr. Cooper said. of financial “Effort was made during the business been a s rong candidate in Kansas and | POTtant business and industrial enter- | depression to report news a&s it oc- curred. without shrinkimg from the un- favorable aspects and at the same time without creating undue alarm among newspeper readers. The success of this | effort has becn indicated by the com- mendetion of a large part of the mem- bershitp.” REDISTRICTING IS VETOED BY MINNESOTA GOVERNOR Leg ‘utive Consent Is Not Necessary to ‘e Leaders Ccntend Exee- Make Reapportionment Effective. | B the Associated Press ST. PAUL, April 21.—Gov Floyd B. Olson last n'ght veloed a byl passed by the Minnesota Legislature dividing the State into 9 congressional districts in- stead of 10, as at present. Later Senate leaders announced that they would refuse to consider any fur- ther redistricting proposals, on the ground that the veto is ineffective and het'the plan adopted is legal Gov. Olson's message attacked the measure as “obviously an inequitable distribution of the p<pulation of Min- nesota,” which loses one Congressman as a restult of the last census. In a statement later, however, State Senator A. J. Rockne, Zimbrota, said that under the Federal Constituti:n copn- sent of a Governor to reapportionment plans is not necessary. He said he had eonferred with New York and Massa- | tn:um Btate authorities on the sub- ject. Senator Rockne sald a notice would be placed in the Senate Journal that Teapporiionment acticn has been eom- h&d and that the Governor's veto will ve no legal standing. Although the idea of blood transfu- ll.:nl or ‘l‘nnmll and no S B S old, year. The name of Senator Arthur Capper, also of Kansas, is advanced ncw in some quarters for the Republican nom- ination for Vice President, in the event Mr. Curtis should decide not to be a candidate. Senator Capper gracefully stepped aside in 1928 and gave his colleague in the Senate, Mr. Curtis. support both for the presidential and vice-presi- dential nominations. The gossip among politic’ans in the Sunflower Btate that year was to the effect that both the Kansas Senators, Mr. Curtis and Mr. Capper, were receptive candidates for the vice-presidential nomination. But Senator Capper soon eliminated himself in favor of Mr. Curtis and the latter became a vigorous candidate for the presidential nomination. Helped Ticket in West. After the Kansas City Convention had =elected Mr. Hoover to head tne ticket, it turned to Senator Curtis and nom:nated him for Vice-President. The Republicans showed their wisdom in so coing for Mr. Curiis helped the na- tional ticket in the West very con- siderably. Although it is well understyod that Presid:nt Hoover and the Republican leadcrs generally would be giad to have Vice President Curtis on th: ticket next year, the Vice President is not yet ready to announcs his plans. He will go to Kansas, probably in June, if not a little earlier, and look over the situa- tion there. It has b-en generally sup- posed that if he derired to do sb, he could have the Republican nomination for his old Senate seat for the asking. A Democrat, Senator McGill, was elact- ed to that seat over former Scnator Henry J. Allen last Pall, at th: same time the State was electing cratic Governor. Mr. Curtis always has the cpinion now expressed g-nerally is that if h= w-nt into the senatorial race he could win hands down, although there has been a good deal of discontent In Kansas. Delays His Decision. Not only is it understood that Mr Curtis may have the vice presidential nomination if he wishes it, but it is also underitood the word has been passed along to him from President Hoover thet his renomination would be wel- ccmed by the Chief E:ecutive. Mr. Curtls, it is said, may not reach a decision as to his own course until next Fall or even De.ember. Repub- lican leaders who have the interest of the national ticket at heart would like to have him come to a decision, as soon as he can conveniently do so, they say. ‘They are hopeful he will decide to s°ek renomination for the vice presidency, not only because they believe he wili help the ticket again, but also because they fear his withdrawal from the ticket would be hailed as an admission of the weakness of the Republican cause in the coming national election Senator_Capper of Kansas is out of the city. The impression herc, however, is that he would detlare himself strongly for the renomination of Vice President Curtis if the matt'r were put up to him. What he might say to the vice presi- dential suggestion, however, in the event of a decision by Mr. Curtis to run again for the Benate is another matter. WILL REPEAT MINSTREL Another performance of “Songlands Romance” will be presented in Stanley Hall st the Soldiers’ Home tomorrow night under auspices of Vincent B. Costello Post. American Legion. The minstrel ugenul previously has begp staged at the Washington Aud! torjum, at McKinley High School and at Walter Reed angl St. Elizabeth Hos 1s. meumlmw Cathedral's College of Preachers; Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of Wash- ington; Rev. Dr. G. Freeland Peter, canon and chancelor of the Cathedral, ard Rev. Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, Rev. | Edward §. Dunlap, Rev. Arthur B, Rudd and Rev. Raymond L. Wolven, ali canons of the Cathedral. Special music was provided by the Weshington Cathedral Choir of men end boys. under the direction of Edgar | Priest, Cathedral organist and choir- master. Notables Are Palibearers. Honorary pallbarers included Dr. C G. Abbot, secretary of the Smith- | sonian Institution; Wiibur Baldwin, Cleveland: William F. Barrett, Cleve- land; Wiliiam R. Beard, New York; C. <. G. Billings, New York; James| Campbell, Youngstown, Ohio; Admiral W. L. Capps, Washington: William R. Castle, Undersccretary of State; W J Crawford, jr, New York; J. 8. Crider, | Cleveland; H. P. Dalton, Cleveland; H. | P. Davison, New York: John H. Dex- | ter, Cleveland; -H. Marshall Doolittle, | Cleveland; James Garfield, Cleveland; | George E. Hamilton, Weshington; Ed- | ward 8. Harkness, New York; Parmley W. Hemick, Cleveland; Robert Lind- say, Cleveland; Eamuel Matg-r, Cleve- land;” Willlam G. Mather, Cleveland; G. W.Mead, New York; Garl Melchers, Predericksburg, Va.; Dr. John C. Mer- riman, Washington; J. R. Nutt, Cleve- land: 'John Penton. Cleveland; George Wharton Fepper. Fhiladelphia: Charles A Platt, New York: Jesse W. Ricks, New York: Dr. William C. Rives, Wash- ington; James Speyer, New York; An- drew ' Squire, Cleveland; ~ Corcoran | Thom, Washington: Frederick Walcott, Cleveland. Rollin A. Wilbur, Cleveland, and Dr. W. H. Wilmer, Baltimore. A life ong buriness pscociate of the late Myron T. Herrick, Mr. Parmelee was an officer and director of many im- prises, as well as a nationally-known connoisseur and patron of art. He was | first president of the Cleveland Stock Exchange. Had Wide Art Interests, | His art interests were recognized in his election and appointment to impor- tant offices in connection with the Cor- | coran Gallery of Art, the Carnegie In- stitution of Washington, the Cleveland | Museum,. th~ National ~Gallery and others. He wes also a member of clubs |in Wash'ngton, Cleveland and New | York Mr. Parmelee was for many vears a memb-r of the Chapter of Washington Cathedral. He was a'so a menfber of | the Bullding Comm'ttee, and was the donor of one of the four great crossing | plers that will support the central tower, Before coming to Washington he was a vestryman in Trunity Episcopal Church, | Cleveland | PORTUGAL ASKS HOOVER | CLEMENCY FOR CONVICT| By the Associated Press. | A message frem the President of Portugal to President Hoover, sking | clemency for Joaquim Picta Scaris, a | Portuguese, convicted of murder in Lowell, Mass., has been received at the White House and referred to the State | Dzpariment. | Soaris was convicted of the murder jof an 18-year-old gir! at Lowell and | sentenced to electrocution, It is the |sacnd messnge the Presicent of Pors tugal has sent President Hoover, and both have been referred to the State Department. The affair, it was said at the White | House, is entirely that of the State of Massachusetts, as the trial took place D @ Blate eourt. Unless the Pederal | courts become involved, there is little the Sunday work of a committee of the | Naticnal Republican Club. This com mittee, with no constructive program. | no civic pride, no regard for the fair | name of the city, labored and brought. forth a shower of sulphuretted hydrogen gas, offensive alike to decent Republi- cans as well as Democrats and inde- pendents. “As to my private life, T will match it against all the Pharisaical composers of that tirade. My conscience is clear. and I would like nothing better than to meet them eye to eye and let them at- | tempt to justify themselves in the sight of God and man. i “The papers assert that the chairman of the committee is named ‘A. Fox.’ This is evidently a mistake. There must | have been some confusion in the Re- | publican zoo. It should have been signed by the name of another animal.” | Fox Answers Walker. | Alan Fox, chairman of the National | Republican Club Committee, replied to Walker last night with the statement . that he was not interested in the mayor's | private life “just so long as it does not | interfere with his job.” ! “I1" he added, “he is so concerned | ebout ‘the fair name of the city’ why | didn’t he spend a liitle more pains on | his appointment of magistrates? Why | didn’t he find out what was doing in | some of the departments for which he | is responsible, especially after he was| put on notice that they would bear a | look or two? 1It's been the framing of innocent women by the police and a few | of the other little unpleasantries in de- partments over which the mayor has control that has put the cloud over ‘the fair name of the eity.’” Thomas Assails Reply. Norman Thomas said today th~ bulk of Mayor Walker's answer to charges ageinst him “consists in taking credit for eleventh-hour reforms forced on him by public clamor and by actual, or threaftned Investigation.” “It is grimly amusing to find the mayor teking credit for doing some- thing about unemployment in a city i | | adequate,” added Mr Thomas, who was | the Socialist candidate for mayor in | 1929. CHILD SOCIETY MEETS Annual Session Hears Speakers and Sees Girls' Club Dancers. Right Rev. John M. McNamara, Rev. Lawrence Shehan, Rev. Dr. Willlam Kerby, Elwood Street, Mrs. Thomas J. Sheridan, Mrs. Louls Arthur, Dr, John T Hill and Mrs. C. P. Neill were speak- ers at the annual meeting of the Christ Child Society last night at the Shore- ham Hotel. About 300 guests attended. Children of the Christ Child So- clety Girls' Club entertained with in- terpretive dancing, and the work of the various settjements was on exhihition along with the work of the ehildren at the Convalescent Home, Mrs. James Dudley Morgan, vice president, presided. Refreshments were served by members of the board, Police Seek New York Girl Here. ‘Washington Bolle! today were re- quested w mssist in the seareh for Pauline Pratt, 14 years old, who dis- peared from her home, at Watkins len, N. Y., more than & year ago. MHer mothera who formerly lived in Wash- ington, expressed the bellef that she may have run awa; ith the intention of joining friends . Two Dead in Political Fight. LIMA, Peru, April 21 UP).—Dispatches I possibility that the Fed=ral Government can take any action other than send the petition of the President of Portu~ sl &"m owm:u of \n,’o‘hu-m. from Cuzco to the newspaper Co- ! mereio today sald two men had been kilied and several wounded ip & political | the White Houe grounds. where public relief is so tragically in- |’ nish the jurors with records of police captains’ financial affairs. AUTOGIRO WILL TRY TRICK LANDING ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN (Continued From First Page.) the Executive Mansion. Unless the wind is from the south quarter of the compass, it s said, no attempt will be made. Ray Arrives Here. | “Jim” Ray arrived at Washington- Hoover Airport in his autogiro late 3 terday to make a perscnal inspection of | He was un- willing to make any comment on his | attempt because the il proper weather conditions is so slight, in view of the fact the wind has been holding southerly for two days and is expected to change. No decision as to the attempt will be made until 10:30 or 11 o'clock tomor- | row morning, it wes eaid. If Rey de- | cides to make the trial he is expected | to take off {rom the Capitol Plaza or the Capitol-Union Station parkway clearing, Senator Bingham said. The landing will be one of the most exacting pleces of airmanship Ray has | | undertaken in his career of teit Aying the strange “windr:fll planes,” during which he has made test landings under all manner of conditions. In order to make the landing he must drop down between rows of towering trees into a space only about twice the width of the rotors of his machine. Landing Held Possible. With a wind blowing the length of the narrow strip from the South it is believed the landing can be made, since the autogiro can be set down in the face of even a slight breeze with no forward motion at all. | The presentation of the Callier trophy will be one of the most brilliant aeronautical events of the season. For- mer_recipients of the trophy, headed by Orville Wright, are to be present. The Federal Government will be repr sented by its leading aeronautical offi- | cials and civil aviation will send its | most_distinguished represcntatives. Regardless of weather, according to | present plans, demonstrations of the autogiro will be made by Ray and | possibly other autogiro pilots and it is | possible a formation of the strange | craft may be flown, | The presentation is to take place at | noon. The landing in the grounds, if | made, will precede the ceremony. At | 12:30" o'clock, Mr, Pitcairn, Mr. Ray and their associates will be guests of | the Aero Club of Washington, chapter | o1 the National Aeronautic Associa- tion, at & lungheon in the New Willard Hotel. e W. P. WHYTE, JR., LAWYER, SUCCUMBS IN MARYLAND | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 21.— William Pinkney Whyte, jr., widely known law- yer and former assistant attorney gen- ! eral of Maryland, died suddenly yes-| terday at his home in Ruxton from | iC| heart attack. Mr, Whyte, who was associated in law practice with Isaac Lobe Strau former attorney general of Mar: was 59 years old and had been 8 mem. ber of the bar 35 years, He was the son of the late Hol- lingsworth Whyte and a grandson of | the late Willlam Pinkney Whyte, for- mer United States Senator and Mary- land Govemor. Surviving _him is his widow, Mrs, Camilla Herbert, Wi | | mother, U. S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SUGGESTED Harvard Professor Proposed Put- ting Problems of Industry Up ts Cabinet Member. | | | l | | By the Associated Rress. NEW YORK, April 21.—Prof. William | Z. Ripley of Harvard, an authority on | transportaticn, suggested yesterday that | a Secretary of Transporiation be cre- | ated in the President’s cabinet to solve | the problems of the raflroad industry. His proposal was made in an address | at_Columbia University. | To improve their condition, Mr. Rip- | ley said, the raflrcads need to find a | solidarity of interest among themselves | as a means of “disciplining their own | houses.” He called attention to the re- | cent proposal that the industry, like | the motion pictures, set up an umpire | of their disputes, 'but he expressed | doubt that it would be workable. | Instead, he advanced a plan once ! sponsored by railroad executives them- | selves—a_division of the functions of | the Interstate Commerce Commission, | leaving with it all judicial functions, | but turning administrative matters over to the Secretary of Transportation. PRINCESS ELIZABETH MARKS 5TH BIRTHDAY | Duke of York's Eldest Child Given | Terrestrial Globe by King George | and Sees Irish Guards. By the Associated Press. WINDSOR, England, April 21— Princess Elizabeth, elder child of the Duke and Duchess of .York, today celebrated her Hfth birthday, arising early and rushing into the oak room at the castle, where there were all sorts of mysterious presents. | Most of the gifts were such as would educate as well as amuse. Among King George's gifts was a terrestrial globe which she eagerly examined, asking to have pointed out where Uncle David and Uncle George were. Her the- Duchess of York, indi- cated the route of the princes’ return from South America. | The little princess was lucky In hav- | ing a burst of sunshine for her birth- day after the wretched weather of the | past few days. With _her beby sister, Princess Mar- garet, she watched the changing of the guard, clapping her hands in_delight at the Irish Guards Pipers, and later she took a ride through the park on the Shetiond pony her grandfather gave her for her last birthday. ELECTION IS TROUBLED Former Police Head Attacked in Chicago Suburb. CHICAGO, April 21 (#).—Former Police Chief Willlam Mendormack of Niles was bound, gagged and left in an outlying barn today—the first disturb- ance reported in any of the suburban village elections. Five Italians, believed by police to be interested in the Niles election, were seized In a raid and qkuemnned for the attack on Mendormack. . = Mendormack is active in Niles poli- cs. Montagu Norman Re-elected. | LONDON , April 21 (#).—Montagu | Norman was re-elected Govefnor of th Bank of England tod: and Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey was re-glected deputy ‘governor. international contest, an experimental contest was conducted in Mexico by El Universal, under a plan prepared by and under the general direction of Randolph Leigh. The object of that contest was to determine whether or not the type of secondary competition | which had proven so successful in the United States was applicable to forelgn lands. The experimental contest in Mexico proved 5o successful that, the following vear, the contest was launched as an international project, with five nations —England, France, Mexico, Canada and the United States—participating, Since that time, the Internationai Oratorical Contest has expanded until it now embraces the leading nations in North and South America and Europe. RUTH NICHOLS PLANS SOLO HOP ACROSS ATLANTIC IN 2 WEEKS (Continued From First Page.) and the vacking.” The Crosley Radio Corporation has agreed to lend her the ship and it was said today she had ob- tained the nccessary financial aid. The only. other woman to serlously contemplate a solo transatlantic flight was her friendly rival, Miss Smith. Two years ago Miss Smith, then only 16, persuaded her parents to let her try and went ahead with her plans. The flight was dropped, however, after her financial backer withdrew. One of the chief questions at that time was whether any girl was strong enough to get an airplane, carrying as much fuel as is needed for & transat- lantic flight, off the ground. Few women have ever flown as fast and tricky a ship as that in which Miss Nichols will set out for Paris. It was said today that the Crosley offi- clals laughed at her when she first They didn't think But Miss tried to borrow it a women could handle it. Nichols did. In the red Lockheed-Vega monoplane which she flew at a speed of 210 miles an hour at Detroit a week ago, she will take off from Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, to follow the Lindbergh trail to Paris Miss Nichols will fly from Jersey City, and Col. Chamberlin will accompany her as far as Harbor Grace. ‘The airplane, which belongs to the Crosley Radio Corp., Cincinnatl, is being overhauled at the New Jersey aircraft factory of Col. Chamberlin. who, it is said, vainly ‘tried to dissuade her from the tempt. Its Wnsg motor is being tested at the plant of the Pratt'& Whitney Alrcraft Co., Hartford, Conn. Miss Nichols, tall, slender and in her middle twenties, started flying less than five years ago. Before that she was known only as a society girl. She and Miss Elinor Smith now are regarded as the two outstanding woman pilots in the United States. Miss Nichols has set four records. Last Fall she flew from New York to Los Angeles and return, setting trans- continental records for women, both ways. On the return trip her actual flying time was shorter than that of Col. and Mrs., Charles A. Lindbergh, although she made longer stops on the ground. Last month, over New Jersey, she set an altitude record for women which has since apparently been broken by Miss Smith, although the official rec- oril have not -been n:\uxfcg‘nudi etk nd eewesls. ggo yesterday al he the noplane with its & -lined body trick landing 8¢ 210.685 miles an 1 . ur—the high- speed ever attained bfya woman, Miss Nichols could not ted to- . It was said lha The four prisoners were at work in the garage of the institution, where the escape was probably planned. They raced from the garage in Bischofl’s automobile and sped toward the Richmond - Washington lfl‘h’:.l'-{. while the “escape sirens” of the - tution shrieked their warning. Ten minutes later the squad cars the jail, filled with guards, took off pursuit. At Accotink they found the stolen automobile deserted—a rear tire had blown out and the prisoners had taken to the woodland section along the roadside. Surrounding the section the guards released the bloodhounds and entered the woods from strategic points. Two Youths Sighted. ‘The hounds picked up the trail of Wright and Wells, and it was only a matter of minutes before the two youths were sight:d running madly through the woods. When they saw the hounds they stopped and surrendered. Late recports declared that Embrey and his compnnlowmner had been sighted in the wi and that their capture was expected soon. Soldiers from Fort Humphreys are aiding in the search. Embrey was serving 14 years on two counts of robb:ry. With ‘Morris Beck and Carl Davis, he held Gilbert E. Hyatt, Mount Vernon Savings Bank messenger, at the point of a gun and | escaped with $4,000. | "He was at large for nearly a week, |during which time he sent Detective | Dennis Murphy of police headquarters ‘n: “?ox of salt-water taffy from Atlantic y. Sensing a ruse, Murphy searched day and night for Embrey. ‘Waits on Corner. Acting on information furnished by one of Embrey's girl friends, Detective Murphy waited at Tennessee avenue and C street northeast, where the girl said she was to meet Embrey. ‘When Embrey drew up to the inter- section in his automobile, Murphy leaped on the running board of the au- tomobile. Embrey reached for his re- volver, but Murphy “had the draw” and took him into custody. Later police took Embrey on a tour of the city, where he pointed out 20 houses that he had robbed before his clp&,ur& Some of the loot was recov- ered. Bischoff, whose automobile was used in the escape, was questioned in eon- nection with the death of Vivian Gor- don in New York City. Work is now under way at the re- formatory on a walled inclosure in which incorrigible prisoners will be confined. Money for the walled in- closure was appropriated for the Dis~ trict by Congress last yeal Steel Barons to Meet. BUDAPEST, Hungary, April 21 (®). ~—The newspaper A gel learned to- day that the next meeting of the In- ternational Iron IHT Steel Cartel will be held soon at Budapest. Among mat- ters to be discussed are the projected Austro-German _economic union and Rumania’s adherence to the cartel. Bl L ey BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. hn S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Antcn Pointnor, assistant. March, “Lincoln Centennial . Paull , “Poet and Peasant”....Suppo For strings and piano— “Last Dre; of the Virgin"..Massonet “Slumber Song from n‘nl'lllx" & ul Excerpts from the Irish musical comedy, “Eileen” Herbert Fox trot novelty, * Pcpular waltz song, ‘While’ .. Finale, “Mam’ Selle".... “The Star Spangled | | {