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]. B. ASWELL Dies;
VETERAN IN HOUSE
Heart Disease Is Fatal to
Member Who Served
More Than is Years.

BY the Associated Press.
Janis Benjamin Aswell of Natchi-
toches, La, Representative from the
eighth district for more than 16 years,
disd at his residence here early today OF
heart disease.
DR.. Aswell's death was sudden, coming
at 2:15 am, few hours before he
planned to leave for his home in Lou
isiana for the Summer.
AS ranking minority member on the
House Agriculture Committee, he took
an active part in the formulation OF the
legislation that created the Farm Board,
and last Fall he was the leader in the
fight against the administration to in
crease the drought loan fund to $45,-
100000.
DR.. Aswell had served continually
since he entered Congress in 1913. He
was elected to the Seventy-second Con-
Continued on Page 2, Column D.
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HOOVER EXPECTED
To LEAVE CAPITAL
LATE WEDNESDAY
viii Sail From Norfolk Next
Morning for Porto Rico
and Virgin Islands.

While President HooYer's plans for
his voyage to Porto Rico and the Virgin
Islands on the battleship Arizona are
not complete, the indications today are
that he will depart from washington
by train sometime Wednesday afternoon
or evening for Norfolk, from which
point he will sail early the following
morning.
Neither has the President completed
the personnel Of the party to accom-
pany him on this brief vacation trip.
However, the company viii be stag
and will be limited in number. Mrs.
Hoover expects to take this opportunity
to visit Herbert Hoover, jr.. and his
wife at their cottage on the outskirts
of Asheville, N. c.
Secretaries Included.
Those who are expected to accom-
pany the President, according to pres
ent plans, are Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur, whose department has recently,
by order of the President, taken over
the management of the Virgin Islands;
Secretary Of War Hurley, under whose
department the affairs of Porto Rico
come; Lawrence Richey, one of the
Presidents secretaries, who is working
out the details for this expedition; Col.
Campbell Hodges, White House military
aide; Capt. Russell Train. naval aide,
and Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House
physician.
just how many newspaper correspond
ents and cameramen will be included
/. the party has not yet been deter
mined. Because of the limited space
aboard the battleship, the number OF
these men will be necessarily restricted.
1t was learned today that the Presi-
lContinued on Page 2, Column l.
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TWO DIE AS TOWN BURNS

BAGNELL, Mo, March 16 H9.-Two
men were burned to death and two
women were reported missing after fire
DESTROYED the business section of this
little town early this morning.
The bodies of two men had been re-
covered from the ruins of rooming
houses at O'Clock.
One of the bodies was later identified
as that of Jess Brown of Ravenden
Springs, Ark, an employe on the power
project
Nineteen buildings were destroyed be-
fore a fire-flghting force from Jferson
City checked the flames. Damage YVES
estimated at 100000.
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Creditors to Get SO Per Cent
of Value of Holdings on
Basis of Figures.
REPORT PLACES TRUST
RELEASES AT $4,895,549
Biggest Liability by Far in Seized
ule Filed by Trustees of Bank
rupt Mortgage House.

Listing total loss of $1,972, 457 80,
the audited report of the trustees for
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, bankrupt
mortgage house, was fled today with
Fred j. Eden, referee in bankruptcy.
The report, submitted after an ex-
haustive examination of the bankrupt
company's books, listed the total assets
Of the firm at $S,14s.565.s5 and the to-
tai liabilities at S5,122,O2367.
On the basis of these figures. cred
itors of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey.
when the trustees have liquidated the
assets, will receive about 60 per cent Of
the face value of their holdings.
The trustees-Julius l. Peyser, Henry
F. Blair and Michael NJ Doyle-were
understood to be pleased with the show
ing IN the report which was prepared
Dy the accounting firms Of Wayne
kendrlck and William Clabaugh Co.
Final adjustment of the bankrupt's
affairs, 1t was believed, may result in
some slight increase in the estimated
assets and similar decrease in its liza
bilitieS.
Various Assets Listed.
According to the report, by far the
biggest loss will result from the alleged
release OF trusts without corresponding
payment to the noteholders. The
schedule of liabilities lists an aggregate
OF $4,o95,549 in this category.
The various assets listed in the re-
port are as follows:
Cashed and uncashed checks, ST.
411.47; bank balances, $50, 82s. on: Gus
toners checks returned unpaid, 1888 GO.
cash surrender value Of insurance poll
cieS, $12,383; customers accounts.
debit balances, 20,510.40; accounts re-
ceivable, miscellaneous, 500, 986.1S; ac-
counts receivable from rented proper
ties, $2,325.75; accounts receivable, in
surance, $l1,670.74; notes receivable,
1891, 424.99; preferred stock of the
Wardman Realty g. Construction Co.
d,2s5 shares), s128,50o; real estate
equities (baSed on assessments or total
trusts, whichever Is greater), minus
taxes due, $4,1e9, 421.14.
From this list of assets was deducted
an item Of 81, 049 1855. 90, representing
an estimated loss Of IS per cent in the
liquidation.
Schedule of Liabilities.
The schedule of liabilities was set
forth as follows:
Customers accounts, credit balance
(including allegedly released deeds of
trust. under which credit to the note
holders was set up on the books of the
company without cash payment to
them, $2,907. 099.4T; customers credit
(installment accounts), $6.050;
notes released and paid to Swartzell,
Rheem & Hensey and not credited to
the accounts of the holders, 81 ,988, 450:
notes payable, unsecured. $40,306.51;
notes payable, indirect liability, $9,25o;
outstanding checks, S13,576.94; checks
drawn and held for clients, $2,917.68;
checks drawn and not sent out, $201. 43;
checks sent out and returned unde-
livered, $2,171.65; accountants payable,
$155. 421 .54; accountants
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column A.
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GAS MERGER DATA
DUE TOMORROW
Corporation Counsel Expects
Roberts Back After Re-
search in Boston.

Corporation Counsel William w.
Bride said that he expected William
A. Roberts, his special assistant in pub
lie utilities matters, to return from Bos-
ton tomorrow with information concern
ing the new ownership Of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co., which carries with
it also ownership of the Alexandria Gas
Light Co. and several other companies
in the neighborhood of Washington.
Mr.. Roberts left last week on an in
vestigation trip following news from
Chicago that group said to include the
Central Public Service Corporation of
Illinois had exercised an option and &C
CURED control Of the Seaboard Invest
ment Trust, a Massachusetts, common
law trust, owning about "a per cent of
the common stock of the Washington
Gas Light Co.
Change in Name.
simultaneously news came of the
change in name of the Seaboard Invest
ment Trust to Washington g Suburban
Cos, and a group of New York f1nan-
ciers issued a trade letter offering for
sale securities in the Washington &c
Suburban Cos, which were stated to
own equities in the New York 81 Rich
mond Gas Co. as well as IN the Wash
ington & Alexandria Gas Light Cos.
The interest of the Central Public
Service Corporation has been variously
confirmed, denied and reconfrmed, and
the present ultimate ownership OF
Washington's distributing companies
is hopelessly beclouded.
The Department of Justice has been
requested to investigate the matter In
an effort to decide who now owns the
local companies and whether this
ownership, or any of the sales leading
up to it, are in violation of the La Fol-
lette anti-merger act, forbidding the
purchase, holding or voting of stock in
local utility companies by foreign hold
ing or public utility corporations.
Obtains Copy of Opinion.
r. A. Van Orsdel, counsel for the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
yesterday asked for and received copy
of Mr.. Brides opinion holding the re-
cent issue of 100000 worth OF COM
mon stock in that corporation and its
sale to the American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. illegal.
Mr.. Bride ruled that the act of is
suing the stock without first securing
a certificate of authorization from the
Public Utilities Commission was in vio-
lation of the Public Utilities Commits
sion act of March 4, 1918, and that its
subsequent sale to the A. T. & T., which
is classed as both foreign public
utility corporation and a foreign hold
ing corporation was violation OF the
La Toilette anti-merger act above re-
ferred to.
Mr.. Bride has pending request from
the commission on what steps to take
with regard to the issuance and sale
of this stock, and the opinion is expect
ed to be forthcoming toward the end OF
this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
OF SHAMROCK AT BAR
AWAITS IRISH LEGISLATURE ACT
Emerald Isle to Celebrate ST. Patrcs Day by wearing
of the Green and Fetes

special services in all churches. There
VIII be an imposing military parade
and review through Dublin in the fore
noon, with the minister of defense TAX
ing the salute at College Green. Air
planes will circle overhead and a sprig
OF shamrock viii be worn by every
soldier.
Athletic events are arranged for the
afternoon. Amusements and ceremonies
VIII have national character and the
celebrations will be no less ardent in
Cork, Limerick, Athlone and elsewhere
than In Dublin itself Everywhere the
Saorstat youth will dance the night
through
In Ulster the Duke Of Abercorn, gov
ernor, will give a reception at Hillsbor-
ough Castle. A sporting program has
been arranged for the northern coun-
ties also, with the Rugby finals for the
school cup as the eliminating event.
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PERU GAINS DOWN
UNDER ULTIMATUM
Insurgents Accept Government
Personnel-Serious Economic
Problem Is Tackled.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIMA, Peru, March 16.-Peace came
to revolt-torn Peru today with accep-
lance of the southern insurgents OF the
personnel of the government organized
by David Samanez Ocampo, Arequlpa
rancher and statesman.
Faced with an ultimatum from
Samanez which threatedend blockade
of their port, Mollendo, and other CO.
arcive measures, the Arequipa insurgents
withdrew their objections to Samanezs
secretary of war, Lieut.. Col Gustavo
,Jimenez, and promised collaboration IN
the government.
With the problem OF warfare removed
the new ,Tunta could turn itself to the
problems of peace-a return to constl-
tlltionalism and meeting an acute eco
nonic situation which Saturday LED TO
notice of negotiations for moratorium
on part of Peru's external debt.
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EMBASSY DEAL READY
Garrett and Fascist to Sign Title

Garrett and Fascist to Sign Title
Conveyance on Rome Site.
ROME, March 16 CP).-The site of
the new American embassy will be
transferred to the United States Gov
eminent this week, probably on Thurs
day, when Ambassador John w. Garrett
and Giovanni Giuriati, secretary OF the
Fascist party, sign final papers convey
ing full title.
PAYMENT of a balance of 100000
lire approximately $850,000) will not
be made until next year.
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MAN HELD AS DRUNK LIKES CITY,
OFFERS TO PAY DOUBLE FINE
But Judge Recprocates and Takes Personal Bond From
Theft Victim Whom Police Assisted

theft and, by gosh, they had my clothes
back the next day. Judge, this Is a
great town"
"Well," answered Judge Ralph Given,
"having such a break from the city
you should find it easy to pay this $40
fine"
"IIl pay 1901" the man said.
"No, I couldn't let you do that; I'll
take your personal bond" the judge,
surprised, replied.
Conlon grinned, stepped quickly
toward his honor, grasped en- unex-
tended hand, and, still mutteriiig praise
of his National Capital, walked briskly
from the court room.
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PRESIDENT NAMES T. G. JOSLIN,
NEWS WRITER, AS SECRETARY
Correspondent of Boston
Transcript to Succeed
AkerSOn.
Formerly With A. P. and
Covered Salem Fire and
Titanic Sinking.

Theodore G. Joslin, correspondent
of the Boston Transcript in Washing
ton, was today appointed by President
Hoover as one of his secretaries, to sue
coed George Akerson.
Formal announcement to this effect
was made at the White House today.
At the same time, it was said that just
when Mr. Joslin will enter upon his new
duties has not been determined, but it
will not be for several weeks.
The secretaryship TO which Mr.. JOS
Continued on Page 2, Column e.
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FRIssELL PROMINENT.
Director Has Notable Record as Ex-
pIorer in Arctic.

plorer in Arctic.
NEW YORK, March Is GP).-Varick
Frissell of New York, whose chartered
sealer Viking was reported today to
have exploded at sea, has conducted
explorations along the Labrador Coast
for several years He is Yale grad
uate and a fellow of the Royal Geo.
graphic Society.
Last year a Varick Frissell expedition
left New York In January and returned
in March with a Photographic and
sound record Of the Labrador sealers at
work capturing seals on ice foes 100
miles on the coast OF Labrador. Capt.
Robert A Bartlett, who captained
Peary's ship in the North Pole expedi-
ton, was captain for FriSsen.
It was believed in motion picture cir
cles in New York that Frissell was in
the North making another picture Last
year he exhibited THE Silent Enemy
and the year before Vikings of the
North" both of which were made with
native characters in the Hudson Bay
country.
He was associated with w. c. Chan
Ter of New York in the production Of
these pictures. No American actors
were used.
Frissell's mother and sister live in
this city. The sister said her mother
would not be Immediately informed Of
the reported tragedy.
Frissell's first experience with the
dangers that confront the sealers was
in 1923. Upon his return from that Ex-
perience he raised sufficient capital to
finance his own expedition. Most of his
pictures during the expedition of last
year were taken in the vicinity of
Greenly Island, where the German
transatlantic monoplane landed. The
vessel on that trip was out of sight of
land for two months.
Bowring Bros, Ltd, received a tele-
gTam from their offices at st. Johns,
Newfoundland, shortly before 2 o'clock
today saying an explosion was heard off
the coast in the vicinity in which the
sealer Viking was operating.
New York officials of the company
said the explosion might have been
dynamite used by the ship to cut
through ice. The telegram said nothing
about the fire reported in news dis
patches.
Lloyds Register Of Shipping lists a
wooden auxiliary barkentine Viking.
owned by Bowring Bros, Ltd, of st.
Johns, Newfoundland. Representatives
OF the owners said the ship was built
for service in the sealing industry.
1t is 586 tons gross register, 154 feet
long and was built in 1881.
Messages from Horse Island, White
Bay, reports explosion on steamer. Vik-
ing only steamer in vicinity. Will ad-
wise particulars when available"
Bowring Co. officials said the steamer
would be in the thick of the ice
THE crew could easily escape on the
ice, If ANYTHING happened" they said
In addition, the whole sealing fleet is
within hailing distance and could quick
ly render aid. There is a hospital at
Glencoe, st. Anthonys, across the bay,
which could be reached over the ice"
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BY the Associated Press.
nuRIIN IRISH Free


DUBLIN, IRISH Free State, March 16
The Saorstat may drown the sham
rock tomorrow If the Dali gives de-
cislon expected some time today on a
bill legalizing open public houses for
a few hours on ST. Patricks day.
Otherwise only Ulster and North Ire
land, where liquor restriction laws ere
Tess strict, will be the only section Of
Emerald Isle which can carry out the
old custom with fervor.
This year st. Patricks day promises
to be one of the happiest in years, de-
spite the economic depression. The past
year has been marked with less of the
political turmoil of which Ireland has
known so much in recent years and the
spirits of every one are remarkably
high.
There will be military parades and
open-air mass in the barracks and
squares all over the Free State, with
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MISSING TWO WEEKS,
RICH WIDOW SOUGHT
By the Associated Press.

By The h58OClhLtu FItbb.
BREVARD, N. c., March I6.-The
mysterious disappearance Of Mrs. Norma
Shipman, 40-year-old wealthy widow,
two weeks ago, and the subsequent dis
appearance of a youth who lived at her
home, led officers to make a search for
them today.
Sheriff Ed Patton said Mrs. Ship
mans home had been rified of valuables
and a bloody sack had been found in
it. He ordered the search for her and
for Joe Bradley, 81. who had been as
sociated with her IN business and had
lived at her home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

washington made so good an i'm
preston on James j. Conlon of Miami,
Fla, that when he was arraigned in
Police Court today for being drunk
he offered to pay twice the sum which
the Judge assessed, and the magistrate,
not to be outdone by Southern courtesy,
suspended sentence.
'dThis is sure swell town." de-
clared Conlon effusively. Your honor,
I was stopping over In the city on my
way to Maine. / did little cele-
brating and awakened to find my hat,
arrested me, but I told them about the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
TEXAN AND GIRL DIE.
Shots Fired After Quarrel of Man
and Foster Daughter.

EDINBURG, Tex, March 16 Dr.
C. D. Walker, 80, and Christine Moss,
IA, his foster daughter, both of San
Juan, died today Of wounds received
in a shooting in the Walker home late
last night.
Mrs. Walker told officers her hus-
band shot the girl and then himself.
The family had just returned from a
trip to Reynosa, Mexico. Mrs. Walker
said an argument between Walker and
the girl preceded the shooting, but she
did not know what started the quarrel.
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FAMILY OF 6 WIPED OUT
Murders and Suicide by Owner of
Lonely Homestead Blamed.

Lonely Homestead Blamed.
SYDNEY, New South Wales, March
16 (4o).-Police today discovered an en-
tire family of six wiped out at the
lonely homestead of Denman, 80 miles
from Newcastle.
John T. Marriott, the homestead
owner was found dead on his door
step with wound in his head. Inside
the house were the charred bodies of
Marriotts wife and four young chill
dren
Police believe that he shot his fam
lily, fired the homestead and then killed
himself.
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BANK BANDITS DROP $500
Had Loot in Coal Bucket in Mary.
land Hold-up.

RIDGELY, Md, March 16 (P.-Three
yeggmen fleeing as fire alarm was
sounded following the robbery of the
Bank of Ridgely here early today,
dropped coal bucket filled with $500
in silver money. The money was re-
covered by a group of pursuerS.
Lawrence Wilson, cashier, estimated
the banks loss at $4,000 in cash and
a number of securities.
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BY the Associated Press.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March
16.-Unconfirmed reports here today
said the sealing ship Viking, commanded
by Capt. Abraham Kean, jr., with Var
lex Frissell, film director, and crew
of $50 aboard, had blown up at sea.
The report of the supposed explosion
came from Horse or st. Barbe Island,
White Bay, and said blast was heard
Saturday night and a ship seemed burn
ing. The Viking was the only sealer
in the neighborhood.
The ships crew numbered 1873, with
2 stowaways. With Varick Frissell, pro-
moter of the talking picture white
Thunder" were A. E. Penrod, camera
man, who had filmed Down to the Sea
in Ships" and Harry Sargent, an ex-
plorer who was taking leading part
in the production.
The tugs Foundation Franklin and
S. S. Sagona are being rushed to the
scene.
White Bay is an inlet Of the Atlantic
Ocean on the north coast of Newfound-
land and is about go miles long.
FRTSSFTI PROMINENT
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VariCk .FriSSeII, New York
Movie Director, in Party
on SeaIer Viking.
TWO TUGS ARE RUSHED
TO EXPLOSION SCENE
A. E. Penrod, Cameraman, and
Harry Sargent, Explorer-Actor,
in Newfoundland Blast.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March
16 (P).-Marooned on a loose ice
pack in the North Atlantic, surviv-
ing members of the crew of an I'M
identified vessel, believed to be the
sealing ship Viking, were drifting
seward with the foes of White
Bay, messages reaching the govern
ment from that point said today.
The vessel had burned to the waters
edge, the message said.
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WEATHER.

CU. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Mostly cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair;
little change IN temperature; lowest to-
night about 80 degrees. Temperatures
Highest, 40, at 1890 pm. yesterday;
lowest, "a, at am. today.
Full report on page 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton Is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16

Saturdays Circulation, 114,668
Sundays Circulation, I24,519
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-06-12
Parasite Imported to
Fight Japanese Beetle

A real foe of the japanese beetle,
a go-getter type of foe, has Joined
the ranks of the United States De
partment of Agriculture's army
which is campaigning against the
beetle, one of the most serious of the
insect pests to harass the agricultur
list of the eastern section of the
country.
Tiphia popilliavora. to give the
ally its right name, was one of the
parasites imported from Japan TO
fight the beetle, having been intro
duced in New Jersey in 1920. The
parasite seemed TO be slow starter,
but once it obtained a foothold it
Joined enthusiastically in the CAM
paign. The few original colonies
have spread now to cover an area of
three and one-half square miles and
have assumed such numbers that re
cruits for new AM advanced colonies
are now available.
The parasite attacks the beetle
when it is down, so to speak, bur-
rowing down in the soil until it finds
the grub of the beetle. Singing the
grub, the parasite lays an egg on the
grub. When the larvae of the para
site is Matched it lives off the body
fluids of the grub until it attains
sufficient size TO consume the body
of the grub.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-06-12

Scientific investigation has pune
tured the often accepted statement
that old-time houses were necessarily
better built than modern ones. Just
because the timbers were bigger and
hand-hewn does not mean that they
were more scientifically put together.
= Impartial comparison of the work
of old builders with that of their
modern successors. made by Donald
G. Tarpley for the Woman's Home
Companion. gave the following inter
esting results:
.'Old houses did not have insulation
In the outside walls Flashing was not
so good as 1t Is now. Plastering was
inferior. Metal lath was unknown.
Chimneys did not have metal threats
and frequently several fiues ran to-
gether. Modern chimneys have terra
Gotta fue lining, which is not only
smooth but which in one-inch thick
ness is equivalent to four inches Of
brick.
"Floors were usually only one thick
ness, whereas now we use two layers
of board with sound-deadening felt