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The Characters HELEN, an ancient lady with modern ideas. MENELAOS, her husband while she stayed at home. HERMIONE, her daughter and severest critic. ORESTES, her nephew—young enough to be a reformer; old enough to have ambitions. ETEONEUS, gatekeeper by calling; philosopher by instinct; moralist by observation. ADRASTE, handmaiden and friend to Helen; scandal to most everybody else. CHARITAS, the lady next door. DAMASTOR, a boy who strayed from the family doorstep. Troy has been taken and sacked. The Grecian hosts have abandoned the smoking city—some bound for home; some intent on further adventures. Arrived home. Menelaos is taking stock of the estate which he has not seen for ten y6 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER IV “Menelaos," said Eteoneus, the old gatekeeper, “I’ve hoped for a few minutes of your time ever since you came home. You’ve been absent from Sparta a long while, and I dare say you’ll want a report of the household.” “Nothing wrong, is there?” said Menelaos. “Orestes has b oov ) here, wr wife’s sister’s son. I had some doubt whether I ougm;to min m. “It seems to me,” said Menelaos, “you imply something rude about my wife’s relatives.” “To tell you the truth,” said Eteoneus, “I had no idea, until you returned, that you still counted your wife among your relatives.” “You were about to speak of Orestes,” said Menelaos. “I was,” said Eteoneus. “When you went away, you told me to look after the house with peculiar vigilance, since your strongest men were with you, and your daughter Hermione remained here, with considerable treasure still in the vaults. Then Orestes appeared. Perhaps I should have asked him in, like any other stranger, and found out his errand afterward, but in your absence I couldn’t take the risk. I kept him out until he would say who he was.” “I dislike family quarrels,” said Menelaos. “I hooe you didn’t come to words?” "I fear we did,” said Eteoneus. “He wanted to know what had come over this house, anyway. He complained that having begun with a comparatively excusable slip, such as the infidelity of your wife, we had sunk at once to a point where we were no longer hospitable. I assured him that with us nothing was more sacred than the rights of a guest, but that recently we had become interested in the rights of the host, also, and that since these had been ignored once in this house, we were a bit nervous about goodlooking and anonymous young men.” “I see nothing in that speech to insult him,” said Menelaos. “Well,” replied the gatekeeper, “that isn’t all I said. When he made that remark about your wife, I asked him whether it wasn’t more delicate to leave your husband’s roof before you betrayed him, than to be false by his own fireside while he happened to be absent. Orestes 'got the point—that’s why he was an|ry.” “If (jtestes understood you,’- said Menelaos, “it’s more than I do.” “I suppose you haven’t heard,” said Eteoneus, “but your sister-in-law Clytemnestra your double sister-in-law, I might say, your wife’s sister and your brother's wife —has been living with Aegisthus ever since Agamemnon went to Troy.” “This is a terrible situation for my brother to return to,” groaned Menelaos. “But after all it may be only gossip. Women so beautiful as those sisters pay for their gift in the malicious rumor of envy.” “These rumors that spread about beautiful women are often malicious or envious, as you say, but they’re rarely exaggerated,” replied Eteoneus. “That’s digression we needn't discuss,” said Menelaos. “So Orestes went home angry? Frankly, Eteoneus, I should like to hear his side of this story.” “You may, easily enough,” said the gate-keeper, “fore he’s due in a day or so.” “I thought you didn’t let him in?” “I didn’t, but he never asked permission again—he just came in. I ought to add that he came always to see Hermione, and she arranged it somehow.” “I can’t believe anything scandalous of my daughter,” said Menelaos. "Os course I’ve been away a long time, but her character seems to me essentially unchanged. I’ve always thought her propriety itself.” “So do I,” said Eteoneus, “and when it comes to the conventions, Orestes is rather strait-laced.” “But if you agree that their meetings were entirely proper, what on earth are you talking about?” said Menelaos. “Why didn’t you let him in, in the first place? They were intended for each other, before our family life was upset; now that we’ve returned, I dare say they’ll be married shortly, if they wish to me.” “Menelaos,” said Eteoneus, “I’m a family gate-keeper, and the sense of responsibility makes me alert to what I let in. Orestes, I’m quite sure, brings with him some new ideas. If you realize l what it would mean to your house to let in new ideas, you’d be on your guard. I want to find out whether you know ibout them and dislike them, or whether you share them. I’m teribly afraid you share them, and if you do, I suppose I ought to leave you, old as I am, for I’m too old to change. The reason I suspect you’ve picked up some of these new ideas is—well, when the ship was sighted we learned that Helen was coming back with you. That was anew idea, Menelaos. But we got used to it, and we rehearsed what we thought would be respectful manners toward the repentant captive brought home in disgrace. But she doesn’t seem aware of any disgrace, and she isn’t repentent. She doesn’t behave—neither do you, in fact—as though she were a—” "Look here, Eteoneus,” said Menelaos, “I’ve taken all I’m going, to from you. You pretend to have household business on your mind, but what you really want all along is to manhandle my wife’s reputation. Tm home now, and I’ll run the house myself. You get out where you belong, and watch the gate —Here, wait a moment! You wonder why I didn’t kill Helen. Well,

she was too beautiful. You don’t resemble her in the slightest. Be careful!” “The gods be praised, Menelaos,” said the gate-keeper, “you talk now like your old self!" “Finish up with Orestes, and get out,” said MenelaOs. “Well, here’s where Orestes comes in,” said Eteoneus. “I used to believe Hermione looked at things in the old fashioned way. But I had a talk with her one day about him—told her what was going on between Clythemnestra and Aegisthus, and warned her against compromising herself with that branch of the family. If you’ll believe it, she actually defended Clythemnestra. I could guess she had the argument from Orestes. Though her aunt wasn’t doing right, she said, Agamemnon hadn’t done right, either; he asked her to send their youngest daughter Iphigeneia, pretending he had arranged a marriage with Achilles, and when the delighted mother got her ready, and safe to Aulis, he killed the child as a sacrifice to the winds, so the fleet might sail. After that, Hermione asked, what loyalty did Clythemnestra owe to Agamemnon. r*replied that Clytemnestra’s conduct wasn’t sanctioned by religion, but sacrifice was. She laughed at me. I call that dangerous, Menelaos. If you hadn’t changed, you’d thank me for putting you on your guard.” “Now that you’ve got to the point at last,” said Menelaos, “I don’t mind telling you I have indeed changed. I’m not afraid of new ideas as I once was. We’ve been away a long time, we’ve seen many countries and other people, and we must have broadened. ,1 won’t say I like these ideas of Orestes, but they don’t, scare me. When Helen went off with Paris, I followed to kill them both. Now here she is home with me again. You can't get over it. It’s the one new idea you’ve had in twenty years—your handsome surprise that my wife is at home and not in the cemetery. I’m rather surprised myself. I can’t explain it —I can only say, with you, our ideas change.” “Then, I gather, Menelaos, that you think a great deal of good has come out of the war. The logic of your position, I suppose, is that your wife did a good turn when she ran away with another man.” “I don’t know that my gate ever needed watching so much as it does at this moment,” said Menelaos. “Did you happen to favor my wife with any of your conversation just before she left the house for Troy? I’ve often wondered what drove her away; Paris was never reason enough.” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1925. by the Bobbs-Merrill Company) GRILL FIREBUG ABOUTRECORB De La Tour Denies Connection With Marsden Ring. Detectives John White and Charles Sumner grilled Maurice De La Tour, confessed fire bug, for several hours today in an effort to bring an admission that he was a member of an organized incendiary ring, that has set fire to thousands of churches in this country and Canada, during the past twentyseven years. De La Tour, denied he was associated with Ray Marsden, 41, of Flint, Mich., arrested recently at Sandusky, Ohio, on a charge of looting the Our Lady of Consolation shrine at Carey, Ohio. Marsden is said to have admitted the gang burned and robbed churches in every State in the Union, probably 7,000 in number, and took loot valued at SIOO,OOO. De La Tour seemed more interested in the habitual criminal charge he is to face, according to Chief Worley. He pleaded that they try him only on the charge firing ,St. Patrick’s, Our Lady of the Lourdes and St. Joan of Arc Churches. Records show he has served other sentences for arson, and Worley plans to ask the life sentence under the habitual criminal act. De La Tour told White and Sumner that the story from Georgia prison that he was seeking vengeance on the Catholic church, because his sister is a nun and his brother studied to be a priest is false. He spoke only of a dead wife, and insisted he has no living relatives. 650 BIRDS ARE BANDED Persons Carrying on Work Report Progress at Meeting. Approximately 650 birds representing about thirty species were banded during the past six months it was revealed at a semi-acr.nual meeting of persons carrying on bird banding work Thursday night at the home of S. E. Perkins, 3251 N. Pennsylvania St., councilor for the Indiana Bird Banding Association. The annual meeting of the Inland Bird Banding Association will be held in Milwaukee this fall, Perkins announced. About twenty-five representatives of the organization reside in and near Indianapolis. ASK $40,000 DAMAGES Four Persons Hurt at Anderson Sue Traction Company. Bv Times Svecial ANDERSON, Ind., July I.—Suits filed here against the Union Traction Company demand a total of $40,000 damagees as the result of a company car striking an automobile at a crossing here June 20. Four persons were hurt in the accident. They are residents of St. Augustine, Texas, and were here attending the Chinch of God camp meeting. S. E. Barrertt asks $5,000; his wife, $5,00; Lona Roberts, $5,000 for herself and $25,000 for an injured daughter.

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RELIEF FROM • HEAT WAVE DUETONIGHT Cooling Breezes Predicted, With Thunderstorms as Accompaniment. 89 DEGREES AT 9 A. M. Three Deaths and Several Prostrations Reported in Indiana. Hourly Temperatures Thursday 7 P. M 86 8 P. M 85 9 P. M ....85 10 P. M 86 11 P. M 86 Midnight ..; 85 Today 1 A. M 84 2 A. M 83 3 A. M 81 4 A. M 80 5 A. M 79 6 A. M 80 7 A. M ’. 84 8 A. M 87 9 A. M 89 10 At M 90 11 A. M 90 12 (Noon) 89 1 p. m ..92 The heat wave, hotter than ever, settled down on Indianapolis and the State today for its last stand. For, according to Weather Bureau predictions, the torrid winds from the southeast which brought the hot spell will be routed late tonight by cooling breezes from the northwest. But indications were that today would be the hottest of the threeday warm spell. The 9 a. m. temperature, 89, was 2 degrees higher than Thursday’s 9 a. m. mark. At 5 a. m., the lowest point of the morning, the mercury recorded 79 degrees, 4 degrees higher than the same hour Wednesday night, also that night’s lowest mark. Three Lives Taken The heat took a toll of three lives and caused numerous prostrations over the State Thursday. Four persons were overcome here. Anew high temperature mark for the season, 94.3 degrees, was reached here at 3:40 p. m„ Thursday Previous high mark was 94, reached Wednesday. Temperatures last night also were severa l degrees higher than Wednesday night. The temperatures continued higher until noon, when a very light rain, hardly noticeable on the streets, brought the mercury down to 89, one degree.lower than Thursday. But at 1 p. m. it had risen again to 92, the same as Thursday at that hour. e Predicts Thunderstorms According to J. H. Armington, weather bureau head, local thunderstorms probably will accompany the cooler spell, but will not be its cause. The hot wave was caused by a high pressure area in the Northwest drawing the warm southeast winds from a low pressure area in the Southeast. Now the areas have equalized. It already is cooler in the plain States, Nebraska and the Dakotas, and late tonight the northern and central part of Indiana, including Indianapolis, will feel the cooling effects of the breezes from the northwest. The southern part of Indiana will not get its relief until Saturday. A light rain fell in some parts of the eastern section of the city last night, according to Armington, but had little cooling effect. Three Die of Heat Deaths in Indiana were: Walter McAtae v 26, Greencastle, overcome while playing baseball. Joseph Kalonowski, 45, Hammond, steel mill employe. Harry Dargin, 18, Valparaiso, highway construction worker. Those who survived heat prostration included Jerry Enyeart, stricken while playing in the same baseball game with McAtee; L. M. Anderson, 34, Pennsylvania railroad shop employe, Logansport; J. T. Schwartz, Indianapolis, overcome while on a business trip in Columbus. The heat set off fireworks displayed in the show window of a drug store at Plymouth. Damage was SI,OOO. With a temperature of 100, Columbus was the hottest Indiana city, Thursday. Other temperatures: Shelby ville, 96; Logansport, 94; South Bend, 96; Lafayette, 93, and Petersburg, 91. Heat forced farmers near Petersburg to quit plowing. Many Victims in Chicago Bu United Press CHICAGO, July I.—Heat has claimed almOst a score of victims within the last forty-eight hours and no relief was in sight until tonight. Showers promised for last night failed to arrive. While the heat wave was broken to some extent in parts of the middle West, most sections were still sweltering. A/OTE FOR CHAIR DEATH Illinois Solons Pass Bill to Replace Noose. Bu United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., July I.— Electrocution would be substituted for hanging as the legal method of execution in Illinois if Governor Len Small signs a bill passed by the State Legislature before adjournment early today.

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Girls of Big Top Are Finest World Knows, Declares ‘Circus Mother of Sixty Children

Mouse Makes Animal Trainer Hysterical; They Don’t Have

About 1 this morning, a "mother” stood on the back platform of a train moving out of the city and, as a little ripple of breeze touched her forehead, she smiled and waved, “S’long, Indianapolis.” She is the mother of the circus—John Robinson’s—which gave two performances here Thursday. Her name is Mrs. Emma Stevens, and the sixty women performers of the circus are her “children.” All modemly equipped circuses have someone like her nowadays—a woman who not only supervises the dress and physical needs of the feminine portion of the show, but who is a sort of welfare worker. One who knows that Tiny, “the human butterfly,” if “plumb off her feed,” because she’s home sick, and that “America’s most graceful bareback rider” fell off her horse yesterday and needs arnica on her bruises and soothing words to bolster up her feelings.

Proud of Daughters Sure, the girls are a generally happy lot and “don’t get down in the mouth” very often. But girls the world over have secrets and problems, and that’s where “Mother” Stevens shines. She’s proud of her girls—mightily. Never was so brave and clever an animal trainer as Miss lone Carl, for instance. “Why, she takes chances no man would take,” brags the “circus mother,” then adds indulgently: “Os course, the little girl’s afraid of a mouse. She almost went into hysterics when one ran from behind her trunk over in Kankakeu but she’s a living marvel, just the same.” “They’re all that, and the finest, cleanest lot of girls in the world,” she went on. “I guess people think circus folks are kind of hard boiled, but I know these girls’ hearts. I’ve got nothing against, college girls, but I’d stack these up against them any time for morals. Circus life is strict.” Social Activities Limited “I’ll say it is,” spoke up the little Japanese wire act artist, Tetu, who was born in a circus tent twentytwo years ago. “Circus life is the strictest in the world. Everything moves by clock and rule. The girls don’t have time or opportunity to cut around any. Why they don’t even have time for beaus—or at least how can they?” and she crinkled her cute little Jap nose and batted round little black eyes merrily. “Well, of course,” remarked “Mother” Stevens, “they’ve some social life. Usually it's when they’re in winter quarters and not so busy. A good many of our girls are married. Some have families that they leave behind. She pointed to various open trunks where photographs were tacked up. “The girls live in their trunks, you know. All their treasurers and possessions are right under their trunk lids. It’s certainly tough around here if any of their trunks go astray.” Dress in Hast: Those trunks are marvels, by the way. Practice and necessity make the girls get more into them than FILL LEGIM BOATS Reservations for Paris Trip Due by July 15. Howard P. Savage, national commander of the American Legion, warned Legion members today that July 15 will be the last day Legion members may make reservations for the France convention. Practically all the large liners assigned to the Legion are now full, but there is room on some of the other ships, Savage said. The first of the Legion ships will be the President Harding from New York on Aug. 10. Most of the ships will sail from Sept. 1 to 10. Return sailings as late ,as Nov. 3 have been arranged for Legionnaires who wish to spend considerable time abroad. The steamship Leviathan, flagship, will sail on Sept. 10. An elaborate entertainment program has been arranged for the week of the convention, Sept. 19 to 23, Savage announced. A general holiday has been proclaimed in the French capital for Sept. 19, the opening day of the convention. RAID NETS CHOICE WINES AND WHISKIES Costly Steins and Decanters Also Found in Cache. Armed with a search warrant for the home of William E. Brezette, 58, near Keystone Ave. and FiftyFourth St., Thursday night Federal prohibition agents and deputy sheriffs found a room in the basement, they said, lined with valuable German beer steins, fancy wine cruets and cut-glass decanters. Dust-cov-ered bottles valued at $1,200, were found in a closet officers say. The cache contained, officers say, eight-year-old Canadian whisky, fifty-nine quarts; Pernod Fils (Paris) absinthe, one quart; Johnnie Walker "Old Highland” whisky, six quarts; Rob Roy Canadian ale, sixty-two pints; French wine, four and one-half pints; Quebec cognac, two quarts; Royal Scotch Cream whisky, one pint; kimmel, ohe quart; Baker bourbon, six quarts, and Canadian beer, twenty quarts. Views Gas Station Plans State Fire Marshal Alfred Hogston today ordered all filling station plans, with storage tank capacity of more than 4,000 gallons, submitted to his office for approval. Anderson Youth Drowns Bu Times Soecial ANDERSON, Ind., July I.—White River here Thursday gave up the body of J. B. Wooten. 18, Negro. He had been missing since Tuesday morning.

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Time for Beaux.

BY ELDORA FIELD

some folks put into a two-room apartment. It’s a lesson in haste and efficiency to watch the girls dress from them, after bathing in buckets set against the tent sides. Not much chance for false modesty here. No time. “Listen, there's the music for 'spec, ” (spectacular parade), they exclaim and two minutes after the dressing tent is practically empty. ‘Fine girls,” remarked "Mother” Stevens, picking up discarded garments here and there. ‘They Just wouldn’t be late for anything.”

Mrs. Emma Stevens, John Robinson circus mother, and some of her “children" making up in the woman's dressing tent.

Byrd Tells of His Escape

GUESTS IN FRENCH FISHING TOWN

Death Is Barely Averted

United Press Staff Correspondent VER-SUR-MER, France, July I.—Commander Richard E. Byrd, still tired after his heroic flight and its nerve-testing finish, today summarized the last aerial hours of the America’s flight to France.

“We were trying to land on the sandy beach,” he said. “Our landing wheels broke. Our ship skimmed on out to sea. We returned safely in our rubber boat. “I thought, but I was not sure, that I was ovfer Paris around 2 o’clock this morning,” Byrd added. “But for a long time I did not know ivhere I was.” As he talked, what appeared to be the wreck of the America was being pounded by the channel seas. But the fliers themselves were safe. Byrd and Lieut. George O. Noville were up, though still tired after a log-like sleep of only six hours. Bert Acosta aud

Bernt Balehen, exhausted, still were sleeping. The United Press correspondent found the America lying like a broken-winged bird off the beach. Back-fuselage, wings, and tail were broken. In the center of the big single plane was a hole, two feet in diameter, into which the seas were pouring. The undercarriage had been swept away. The three propellers were broken.

The plane itself was tied to the shore by ropes, but because the tide had come in while it was moored there, it was floating, and the seas were buffeting it as if in anger. “Shortly before 5 o’clock we found it obviously necessary to land. Wheels Knocked Off “We tried our hardest to get down safely on the sandy beach. But our wheels struck the ground too hard. They were knocked off, and we and the plane skidded out a hundred yards into the sea. “When we stopped, we thought it a good time to test the rubber boat we had brought along. "We climbed in, all Jour, and rode safely ashore in it.” Commander Byrd continued that after reaching shore, he and his fellow voyagers made their way to the village, a mile away. Go to Mayor’s Home They went to the home of Mayor George Bonnet, he said, where the motherly Madame Bonnet’s first thought was to go through her husband’s wardrobe and get them clothes to replace the drenched garments, already stiffening with salt water, they were wearing. They had been standing wearily, It seemed from Byrd’s story, appar-

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ently afraid of damaging the furniture with their dripping garb. Byrd and Noville volunteered to leave Mayor Bonnet’s modest home, able to harbor only two of the four. Acosta, the pilot, who had borne the brunt of the work, and Balehen, remained and went to bed. Byrd and Noville went further into thp village, and found refuge at the low-ceilinged fisherman’s cottage occupied by the village barber. There, welcomed with hospitable solicitude, they gladly went to bed at 8:30, Byrd said. TWO INJURED BY AUTOS Woman Steps From Curb Into Path of Machine. Miss Ruth Snarthing, 48. 1114 W. Tenth St., and Ernest Walker, 20, Danville, Ind., were injured in auto accidents late Thursday. Miss Snarthing stepped from a curb at Tenth and Illinois St., into the path of an suto driven by Miss Elsie Johnson, 617 E. Twenty-Third St., police said. Walker, was driving an auto that collided with one driven by George Wolf, 912 Edgewood PL, at Guilford Ave. and Fall Creek Blvd. Both were treated at the city hospital and taken home.

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M’CLURE BEACH MAY NOT OPEN Watei Still Is Impure, Says Dr. Morgan. Unless the board of works installs more adequate sewage pumps at Fifty-Fourth and Meridian Sts., there is possibility that McClure Beach will be closed all summer, Recreatiort Director Jesse J. McClure said today. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, who ordered the beach closed because of contaminated water, told the park board Thursday that the water is still impure. The pumps were started several days ago, but are inadequate to carry the north side sewage into the regular channel, allowing part to flow into the stream above the beach. Chlorination has failed to entirely clear up the condition. Morgan said. He will not authorize use of the beach until tests show there is no pollution. Board of Works President Virgil Vandagrifft promised McClure the board would do “everything in its power” to increase capacity of sewage pumps at Fifty-Fourth and Meridian Sts., so seepage into White River would be stopped. McClure bathing beach can not be re-opened until the contamination is removed. Vandagrifft said the board would hasten action for the sake of children. BOARD BUYS AUTOS Two Roadsters to Aid Recreation Department. Purchase of two Ford roadsters for the recreation department was authorized Thursday by the park board. C. O. Warnock, and Smith and Moore each received a contract for one car. Carr Auto Sales Company als j bid. All firms bid $397. Robert Nipper, boys’ supervisor and Walter Floyd, assistant, will receive the new cars. Miss Lola Pfeifer, girls’ supervisor, will receive a car formerly used by Nipper. The board authorized Recreation Director Jesse P. McClure to change for efficiency watchmen at Williard and Ringgold parks. W. A. Swails, 223 N. Addison St., will replace Earl Sheets, Ringgold, and Ralph Leslie, National Rd., will replace Chester Housing, Williard. PREFER INDIANAPOLIS Nearly Half of State’s New Business Ventures Launched Here. Os 502 new businesses opened in Indiana during June, 214 were in Indianapolis, according to a summary of the Business Digest published by the Indiana Clipping Service. There were nine changes of Indianapolis ownership, forty-three changes of location and thirty expansions of business. , /

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air mmm of sea H BY BYRD W Officials Say Practicability of Hying. ■Sgfe OVERCOME OBSTM - Bad Weather and AIiKSB in Water Were Final ByJS for Plane. Liu I nit erf Press WASHINGTON, July 1.—’M strictly speaking he (ailed pose—that of landing in Commander Richard hailed by experts here today MM finitely having completed thcßjbfh quest of the air for practical poses. The skill with which he his trans-Atlantic (light, nature of his difficulties, andHrS fact that he “came through” specially provided rubber boat alighting at sea—all these attempt ot historic and scicnHß value, it wa ssaid. While the previous trans-AtljMl flights of Lindbergh and were more in the nature of ”stunß9 the Byrd flight was of a practiHl nature, the plane carrying four sengers and keeping in touch the world at all times by radio. The scientific data secured Byrd is expected to be most va|H able in planning future oceanic flying, whether it be by plane or dirigible, which some perts consider best for ocean travel. Had Weather Throughout Km Byrd had bad weather practicalij| his whole route, but was able (to make his way through it by information furnished by radio, turnlg south from England when adviiji of storms there. Naval officials stress the fligMs demonstration of th ereliability If the air-cooled engine and oft% effectiveness of radio in train* oceanic air travel. Byrd’s radio, operating on 690 meters, established 1,000 miles daylight range communication with Roosevelt Field and a range of 1,600 miles night communication with the Radio Corporation of America. By it the America obtained numerous radio compass bearings. Power Without Weight Capt. T. T. Craven, chief of nOfl communications, pointed out radio apparatus, like the mhotor, is being so developed high power Is being obtained by lfl and less weight, so that sets llg]H enough for airplane use will be pefl feeted in t.ie future permitting dfl rect communication with land afl the way across the Atlantic. * Assistant Secretary Warner, charge of aviation, said that til provisions made by Byrd for sufl navigation and for keeping coni stantly in communication, “mark ll definitely as another step towarcl the safe and regular employment off aircraft over long stretches of sea.j not as a single bold adventure, but is a normal incident of normal operation in the service of mankind.” PENNSYLVANIA STREET GROUP NAMES HEAD Harry Wert Succeeds F. C. Shlnke as President. Harry W. Wert, Pearson Plano Company sales manager, today succeeded F. C. Shinke, Walkover Shoo manager, as president of the Pennsylvania Street Business Association. The annual meeting was held at the Spink-Arms Thursday night. Other officers: Edward Hart, J. C. Hart Shoe Cos., vice president; Eugene Short, vice president Bankers’ Trust Company, re-elected treasurer; and Carl Etter, Liggett’a drug store, recording secretary. Will Hough, Keith’s manager, Is anew director, succeeding C. Roltare Eggleston, former Keith's manager. Other directors were reelected. TWINS FINISH LONG HUDSON RIVER SWIN Girls, 13. Make 162 Miles in RecordBreaking Time. ■ Bu United Press 1 NEW YORK, July I.—Bernice anJ Phyllis Zitzenfleld, 13-year-old twins! completed their 162-mile Albany-to-I New York swim Thursday in record J breaking time. r When they emerged from Hudson at the Battery at 4:51 Py ml the girls had spent a total df 53 hours and 20 minutes in the water since starting Sunday, June 20. The best previous time was 57 hours, 11 minutes, established by Mrs. Lottie Schoemmel last year. Phyllis and Bernice were tired at the finish, but expressed confidence they could conquer the English Channel later in the summer. TheyJ will leave for training quarters m France. J PAYS $116,000 FOR HAM Interest in Aetna Trust Bullfl and Site is Sold. ef’f An undivided half interest building and site occupied oH Aetna Trust and Savings N. Pennsylvania St., was by R. W. Spiegel, president* - Continental National bank W&. ■ as an agent for an unntmtffl- 1 ’ The purchase was from tjplj of Edward Schmidt, proved late Wednesday fc Mahlon E. Bash of ProbM'. - ' ' The price was *116,000,