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The Washington times., 1931-07-31
NEWMOUNTAINS
FOUND BY ZEP
IN ARCTIC
Range Thought Highest in
Polar Area; Balloons Give
Weather Data to Sci mist

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
July 81 G.N.SO an Arctic
voyage of discovery added to its
list Of achievements, the Graf
Zeppelin returned to its little
home town on the shore of the
Lake of Constance today.
Most of the population was
present to greet the Graf with
loud Hooks" as she came down
to repose in one of the great
hangers.
The log of the Graf now in
cludes, besides the penetration Of
the Arctic Circle, a voyage round
the world, crossing of the Equa-
tor. flights to both hemiSphereS
and passages over five continents.
Further details of the voyage
to the Arctic became known
when the Graf disembarked its
IS passengers, dozen of whom
were scientists and explorers.
Mountains Found
The expedition discovered q
new mountain range which men,
bers said they believed to be the
highest in the Arctic, more than
5000 feet. 1t stretches, they said,
from Northeast Cape to the
Taimyr Sea, ITS miles.
Existence of the Byrran
Mountains, between the Taimyr
Sea and Dickson Island, was also
definitely established. This range
was found to be 5000 feet high.
Prof. MoltschanOv, one of the
Russian members of the expedi-
ton, revealed that four of his
new weather balloons were re-
leased during the flight and
signalled valuable data autOmati-
cally from great heights.
Polar Bears Flee Yep
The Zeppelin had been iso-
lated from radio contact with
the outside world for 80 hours
by an atmospheric barrier which
he termed a "heavy-side layer"
the professor said.
Passengers described the fright
of polar bears, schools of walruS
and arctic birds when they first
saw the silvery dirigible.
A mystery of the flight, a loss
of all his money by Prof. Molts-
chanov, had not been solved
when the Zeppelin was slowed
away in its hangar. The Rus
sian scientist woke up one morn
ing while over Franz Josef Land
to find his wallet missing from
a pocket,
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
JObLess Situation
Reported Improved

PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-1m-
provement of employment condi-
tions in Philadelphia and other
Pennsylvania cities was noted
last week over the week before,
according to a report of the local
branch of the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce, which said:
employment in Philadelphia
is slightly better in some
branches of industry. the out
look for the textile and the
lumber trades being improved,
while the leather-wOrking trade
is quiet. Retail trade is normal
and wholesale distribution. ex-
cept hardware and jewelry, is
fairly active"
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
BANK MUST PAY
$4,000 NOTES

The Federal American National
Bank must pay $4,000 to Joseph
McReynolds, former Studebaker
dealer, it was ruled today by Dis
trict Supreme Court Justice
Oscar R. Luhring in McReynolds'
suit. charging that the Merchants
Bank and Trust Co.. had misrep-
resented the value of two notes
totalling $125, 900. which we're in
volved in the transfer of the
McReynolds Apartments.
The Federal American Bank,
as successor to the Merchants
Bank and Trust Co., was held
liable for the amount of the
notes, which were accepted by
McReynolds on the assurance of
the latter bank, that the maker
would pay them when due.
McReynolds claimed hat the
bank knew that the maker of
the notes was not responsible,
. and that the Federal American
Bank, in absorbing the Merchants
Bank and Trust Company, be-
came liable for the obligations CT
the latter.
Mr.. McReynolds had borrowed
$50,00O from the bank, using the
two notes as collateral. and this
amount is to be deducted from
the sum which he is to be paid.
He was represented by attorneys
. George A. Berry and Joseph j.
Malloy.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
Planet Pluto Loses
Some of Reputation

MOUNT WILSON OBSERVA-
TORY, PASADENA, Calf, July
81 U.SD. - Pluto, that ninth
planet about which the world
has heard so much recently, is
no great shakes after all, &C.
cording to an announcement to-
day that DR.. Walter S. Adams
has determined that it is only
about the size of six moons.
Although DR.. Adams calcula-
tions are not yet complete, it is
declared that the indications are
that Pluto is about two-thirds as
heavy as the earth
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
PepcO Sn1Okestdck
Is Blasted DOLUn

With the blasting of one of the
twin smoke stacks of the old Po-
tomac Electric Company at noon
yesterday, a landmark which has
for years marred the view from
the Capitol to the Lincoln Me
mortal was removed.
These two unsightly old piles Of
brick are being destroyed to make
way for the new building Of the
Department of Labor. The sec.
ond one will be felled in a few
days.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
9OO-Mile Hop From Nome Is Most
Perilous on Lindy's Flight
LINDBERGH

On their flight to Tokyo, Col
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
will travel more than 1000 miles,
although up until the time he
left, the Colonel could not def
initely predict just how many
miles, how much flying time. or
how many landings would be
made on the journey.
AS the Colonel remarke
There are no schedules on this
trip"
The first stop which will be
made on foreign soil will be at
Ottawa, Canada.
From Ottawa the LindberghS
plan to fly to Moose Factory, on
the southwest corner of James
Bay, about 480 miles from Ottawa.
From Moose Factory the
Colonel's plans call for a 75O-
mile flight around the southern
border of Hudson Bay to
Churchill
OutpOsts Are Scattered
Only a few scattered OutpOStS
of the Canadian mounted police
mark the territory over which
they will be flying when they
leave Churchill for Baker Lake,
a short hop of 800 miles from
Churchill.
Then comes the longest hop of
the flight. from Baker Lake TO
Aklavik, up by the Arctic Circle.
In making this hop the Colonel
can fly over either Great Bear
Lake or the Beaufort Sea. The
little town of Aklavik, objective
of this leg of the flight, is at
the junction of the Husky and
Moose rivers.
From Aklavik the Colonel plans
two comparatively short hops of
$50 miles-to Point Barrow and
thence to Nome at the north
western tip of the continent.
900 Miles Over Water
The longest Overwater jump
Of the flight will be encountered
from Nome to Karaginsk, Sibe.
ria. This is regarded as the most
dangerous 0OrtiOn of the voyage.
1t is almost certain that fog
and bad flying conditions will be
encountered on the 9OO-miIe
jump. KaraginSk is on a small
island on the east coast of ST.
IBERIA.
Leaving Karaginsk the Colo
mel will head for another town
in Russian territory, Petropav-
losk, 370 miles away on the Kan
chatka Peninsula.
From the peninsula Lindbergh
will fly south, passing over the
Kurile Islands and landing $50
miles distant on Nemuro. Ne,
muro is the largest of the north.
ern islands of the Japanese
group. Here the Colonel will
Lause and refuel for the last
planned hop, that to Tokyo, 47o
miles.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31

CHICAGO. July 81 GN.SO.
One man. little known, was credit
ed today with the 15-cent in
crease in the price of July corn
the past week.
Shorts struggled in the board
of trade today to buy July corn
at 7212 cents bushel. corn that
many have sold at so cents or
less. The sellers must fulfill their
contracts today or settle with
money.
Thomas M. Howell is reputed to
have bought between six and 10
million bushels in the past few
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
Obscure Trader Corners
Chicago Corn Mart
Photo by International

weeks, single handed. If this is
true, Howell has made more than
a million dollars himself and sew,
eraI millions for farmers possess
ing corn.
Two months ago, Howell is re
ported to have said:
"Tf corn is not worth more
than so cents a busheI i am
willing to lose some money buy
ing it,"
1t was this firm conviction that
the price of the grain was too
low that led Howell to issue the
buying orders.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
3 Women Bandits
"Make 1t Snappy"
In 500 Ho[dup

CHICAGO, July 81 G.N.SO-
Three stick-up women. one old
enough to be a grandmother,
who robbed a dress shop of a
$500 fur coat and a purse
containing SGT, we're sought TO-
day.
One who handled the gun.
a peroxide blonde about 49,"
told the clerk:
"NOw listen, dearie, don't
pull any fake faints, and keep
your mouth shut. This is a
stick-up and we mean business.
I'll fill you full of lead if you
don't follow orders. Get into
the basement and make it
Snappy."
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
W|GG|N PLACED
ON DEBT BOARD

NEW YORK, July 81 G.N.SO.
Albert H. Wiggin. New York
banker. who has been selected as
the American member of the
committee to be set up by the
Bank for International Settle
ments, will sail at once for Eu-
rope. probably tomorrow.
The committee will inquire
into the immediate credit needs
of Germany.
Wiggin. whose appointment was
announced here by George L.
Harrison, governor of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, is
known to be an advocate of war
debt revision.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
THOMPSON APPOINTED

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, July
3l.-Lewis H. Thompson, Demo
crat, well-known merchant of this
city, has been named by Cover
nor william Conley to fill the
unexpired term in the State sen,
ate of Harry P. Henshaw, who
was recently appointed a mem
ber of the State Road Commls-
sion. The appointee will serve
until after the election of 1882.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
0'SULLVAN WELL HEELED

BOSTON, July 31.-Valuation of
the estate of Humphrey O'Sulli-
van, Lowell rubber-heel manufac-
turer, is placed at about $4OO, 900,
and does not amount to several
millions, as was estimated, s++or-
neys for Cardinal O'Connell told
the court when the will was pro-
bated here.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
Bradshaw Staying
Trial Nearing JurH

SAN DIEGO. Calf. July 81 Il
N.SD.-With the final arguments
of attorneys scheduled for today,
the murder charges against Ross
E. Garrison. railroad commissary
clerk. accused of killing Hazel
Bradshaw. may be placed in the
hands Of a jury by nightfall.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
DIE
AFTER PLOT
ON CHANG
Execution Follows Futile At
tempt on Life Of Marking
Chief by Cantonese Thugs

LONDON, July 81 GN.SO.
An attempt on the life of Chiarg
Kai Shek, head of the Marking
Nationalist government, was
made at Nanchang in the prc'-
ince of Kiangsi, according to a
dispatch received in London to-
day. The president was walk
ing in a public park at the
time.
The would-be assassins con-
fessed. the dispatch said, that
they had been sent to slay the
Marking chief by the rival Can
tonese government.
Another report said that the
prisoners were shot.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
Marking Armies Hit
Rebels, Take Town

PEIPING, China, July 81
GN.S0 A general offensive
against the rebel army of Shih
Yu Shan was launched today by
Nanking and Manchurian armies
acting in conjunction, according
to a communique issued by the
Mudken overlord, Chang Such
Liang.
The capture of Shun TIE Flu,
so miles south of General Shih
Yu Shan's base, was announced
today by the Marking govern
ment.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
NEW CHIROPRACTIC HEAD

LOS ANGELES, Calf. July 81
1NS) Frank P. Margetts,
of Colorado Springs, Col. today
was elected president of the Ma
tional Progressive Chiropract1c
Association at the organizations
convention.
The Washington times., 1931-07-31
ARMY CONCERT TONIGHT

The United States Army Band,
William J. Stannard conducting.
will give a concert on the East
Capitol steps tonight at 7:30
o'clock. Frank ]. Jakubec will be.
soloist.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

Luxurious silk French crepe and
crepe satin undies-petticoats, gowns,
slips, chemises, panties and dance
sets. Lace trimmed, appliqued and
ribbon trimmed styles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
Washington Well Born
Wakefield Manor Inventory Refmtes Tradition That
First President Entered World in Humble Circunr.
,stdnces-Bnth place Then Worth $4,000.

field. On this land was another spa
cious house, where he lived for time
and where he died in 1743. This also
was destroyed In the next century
only the humble cottage which Losing
and Irving considered as representa-
tive of the birthplace was left on this
land.
Much UnStudied Data.
1t is only within the last few years,
association officials say, that any eff
fort has been made to examine the
actual documentary evidence in the
Virginia county seats dealing with the
Washington family. This now is ex-
tremely difficult to read and interpret
and, with the renewed interest in
Westinghouse is becoming badly dam
aged by frequent handling.
An effort is being made to secure
photostats made of the ancient rec
ords of Westmoreland County, which
can be handled at will by investi-
gators and then to have the original
files closed to the public
There still is, the association claims.
much undigested material which will
throw much light on the early career
Of the first President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
10000 WILL GUARD
CHICAGO ELECTION
Attempt on One Candidates
Life, SIugging and Kid
naping End Campaign.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 23.-An army Of
approximately 10000 today made plans
to maintain order In tomorrow,s may
orally and aldermanic primaries. with
reports already before them Of pre-elec-
ton violence.
The reports came from the eighth
and thirtieth wards and told Of an Of
tempt on the life of Theodore Clifford,
q candidate for alderman; Of two slug
gings and two kidnapings. Clifford re-
ported to police that two shots had
been fired at him from another auto
mobile as he rode along In his own car
last night. He was slightly hurt by ny-
ing glass, broken when q bullet shat
tered the windshield on his machine.
Bernard Sheehan, 81, and John c.
Grady, 80, complained they had been
seized and beaten by hoodlums when
they handed out campaign literature
asking the selection Of John O'Shay
over John S. Clark. simultaneously
O'Shay headquarters reported that two
unnamed men had been kidnapped In an
automobile and attacked by their alb
ductors before they were freed on the
outskirts of the city.
Credentials were issued to $4,000 poll
watchers by Judge Edmund K. JaT5cSi,
supervisor of the election. and a force
Of $500 judges and clerks of election
will be augmented by 5000 policemen
and a special city and county detail of
several thousand men.
AS primary day approached there
was speculation about Alphonse Capone,
the gang leader. Rumor had 1t that
he was in Chicago. His attorneys said
that he probably was, but Just where
could not be learned. Police said II he
had come back from his Winter So
journ at Miami, Fla, they did not think
he had returned for tognorrow's pri-
martes, but rather 10 appear In Federal
Court next Wednesday.
Capone's appearance was ordered in
connection with citation for contempt
of court, issued when he failed to come
in year ago for questioning about his
income tax. There was another rumor
that Capone would be indicted for in
come tax fraud, but George T.. @. John
son, United States district attorney, de-
clined to comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

rooms in Alexandria, which will be at
tended by the delegates to the
Memorial Association convention. The
annual banquet will follow the meeting,
at which Senator Simeon D. FeSs of
Ohio will be the principal speaker
The birth of Washington will be OBJ
served at mass meeting at o'clock
tonight in the Memorial c. NJ z.
Church, on Third street between New
York avenue and L street, staged under
the auspices Of the National Council
of Negro Ministers and other allied
organiza tons. The announcement of
the meeting was made yesterday by Or.
Simon P. w. Drew, president of the
council, who yesterday spoke on WASH
ington in his sermon at Cosmopolitan
Baptist Institutional Church.
The Filipino Club of Washington
observed the anniversary last night at
the Y. M. c. A. with a musical and
patriotic program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
HOUSE HEARS BECK
LAUD WASHINGTON
Representative Says First
U. S. President Sought to
Avoid Unfair Governing.

Contrasting Washington's ideals of
the Union with present political con-
ditions, Representative James NJ Beck
of Pennsylvania, former solicitor gen.
eral of the United States and recog-
nized as an outstanding authority on
the Constitution, addressed the House
by invitation today in a brief session
set aside for commemoration of Wash
ington's birth.
The House continued on a day-and-
night program after listening to Mr..
Beck and applauding his speech, in
which, after discussing at length Wash
ington as a statesman, he referred to
the fact that in the constitutional con-
vention and also in his farewell ad-
dress, Washington expressed the belief
that the Union would not endure unless
1t was based upon an equitable distri-
button of political power and a proper
tionate contribution by the States TO
the burdens of government.
Special Rule Bills.
The House had definitely set aside
today until o'clock for the considera-
ton of a program of bills reported by
the Judiciary Committee under spe-
cial rule.
In considering the future continuance
of that Union" Representative Beck
admonished his colleagues, Washing
ton today would be very de. ply i'm
pressed by a darXer of which the
American people are seemingly only
half conscious"
Nothing concerned Washington so
deeply" he explained "or did more to
Illustrate his purposes, than the fact
that the Is States most unequally re-
Sponded to the expenses of the infant
Government, and yet each had the
same voting strength in the Continental
Congress.
Equitable Government.
1.-THE great purpose of those who
were most instrumental in calling the
Constitutional Convention, was to con-
struct Government upon a more equi-
table foundation. Taxation was to be
imposed directly by new Government
in proportion to the relative ability of
the States to contribute and the politi-
cal power to appropriate was to be dis
tributed in the same equitable propor-
tionS. Such was the policy of Washing
ton, Franklin, Wilson, Morris, Madison
and Hamilton.
We know their wise purpose was
defeated by the smaller States threat
OF secession from the convention of
1877, and, TO secure any Constitution,
washington and his co-laborers, after
many months of fruitless discussion.
were obliged to acquiesce in equal
representation in the Senate. AS a re-
suit, a State which has less population
than single ward in the City of New
York has as many Senators as the
State of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
MONUMENT GROUP
HAS 1881 MEETING
98th Session of Society
Which Promoted Plans for
Marker Hears Reports.

In accordance with an almost CEN
tury-old custom, the Washington Ma
tional Monument Society, organized in
1888 to promote plans for erection of a
monument to the first President, met
this afternoon to elect officers and re-
ceive the annual reports of its officers.
Justice Van Devanter, first vice
president of the venerable organiza-
ton, presided and entertained the
members with luncheon following the
business session at the Metropolitan
Club. President Hoover is president
ex-officio of the society. Other present
officers include William r. Harr. sec
rotary, and Theodore w. Noyes treas
urer.
9Sth Meeting Held.
This was the 98th meeting of the
society, which was founded by in
duential citizens of Washington de-
Cermined to bring about realization of
the long-advocated memorial to George
Washington. Chief Justice John
Marshall was the first president of the
society. The first step was to launch
a national campaign for contributions
TO the project.
vited to submit designs for a ST ,000, 900
monument Robert Mills emerged
victor in the competition. His plan
called for circular colonnaded build
ing $50 feet in diameter and 100 feet
high, from the center of which rose
an obeliSk 10 feet square at the base
and 500 feet high. The colonnade fea-
ture later was dispensed with.
Authorized by Congress.
The society was authorized by Con-
gress in 1S48 to erect such a nonu-
ment, and the President of the United
States and the board of managers of
the society we're designated to select
q site. They chose a mound a few
hundred feet southeast of the point
indicated in L'Enfants plan as a site
for an equestrian statue of Washing
ton. The exact spot could not be
selected, because it lay in what was
then a marsh
The corner stone was laid July 4,
1848. Work progressed slowly until
1854, when the construction ceased for
lack of funds. In 1889 Congress incor-
porated the Washington National Mon
ument Society for the purpose of eff
fecting completion of the work. The
project Jagged for a number of years
and in 1876 the Government took over
the task of actual construction. The
design was revised to the present pro-
portions of the Monument, and in 1880
work was resumed The capstone was
set December g. 1884
The Monument cost $1,187,7l0, of
which the society raised 100000 by
free-will offerings The Monument was
dedicated formally on February 81,
1885, and was opened to the public Oc-
tober 9, 1858.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

Rayon produced in Japan last year
weighed 35,000,000 pounds, an increase
of 100000 pounds over 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23

of Alexandria. The lining was made
Of old silver that had been a crescent,
given by John Alexander to his brother,
Charles Alexander. John Alexander
was the neutrality-suspicious. of Miss
Calvert and was the donor of the land
upon which Christ Church is built.
The lining is of beaten silver and
extends over the fringe of the marble
basin with wreath of ivy leaves Ivy
leaves from the walls of Christ Church
were used as pattern by the silver
smiths, as was done when the children
Of the late Mrs. Mary Fleming, daugh-
ter Of Col. Richard Bland Lee, presented
the church with massive silver aims
basins in memory of their mother.
Tess Will Be Heard.
The Alexandria Washington Lodge
of Masons, of which Washington was
a member, will hold stated commune
cation at 6 o'clock tonight at the lodge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
Will Rogers
Says:

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Here is
what George Washington missed by
not living to his 199th birthday. He
would have seen our great political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-23
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Cloudy tonight,
minimum temperature about 80 degrees;
tomorrow, cloudy, with occasional rain;
not much change in temperature;
gentle to moderate north and northeast
winds.
Maryland - Cloudy with occasional
rain tomorrow and in western portion
tonight; not much change in temper
ature; fresh north shifting to north
east winds.
virginia-Cloudy followed by occa-
sional rain today and in western por-
tonight; not much change in tempera-
ture; moderate north and northeast
winds.
West Virginia - Occasional rain to-
night and tomorrow; not much change
in temperature.
Record for 20 Hours.
Thermometers pm, As; 8 pm, AZ:
IL midnight, SO; am, So; 8 am, SO;
noon. 40.
Barometer pm, 5000; 8 pm,
1910; IL midnight, 1910; 4 am, 5000;
8 am. 3013; noon, 1910
Highest temperature, At, occurred at
3 pm. yesterday. Lowest temperature,
SO, occurred at 1880 am. today
Temperature same date last year
Highest, SO; lowest, Al
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide, 5:56 am. and 6:3a
pm; high tide, l:49 am.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:29 am. and
1922 pm; high tide, 0:08 am. and
1924 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 6:51 am; sun sets
$3.50 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises GAO am; sun
sets 5:54 pm.
Moon rises 9:28 am; sets II $50 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Weather in Various Cities.