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R08EBUR0, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1924.
VOL. XII. NO. 69, OF THE EVENING NEW8.
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Iff
IIKO MYSTERY
dence Points to Suffoca
tion and Not Poisoning,
the First Theory.
fl WOMAN'S GLASSES
:her Says He Will Spend a
illion to Solve Mystery
of Death and Find the
Boy's Slayers.
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(Associated Areas Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. May Zi. Con
sideration of committee reports on
plans to carry on its work perman
ently and other subjects marl ed the
concluding program today of the
national conference on outdoor rec
reation. A number of paper's con
taining suggestions for cooperation
of federal, state and private agen
cies were presented.
Gratification was expressed gener
ally hy the delegates over the pro
gress of the conference, which was
called by President Coolldge to de
vise plana for co-ordinating the
country's recreational resources.
Theodore Rossevelt, assistant secre
tary of the navy and chairman of
the conference, described - the re
ports of the 19 committees as con
taining plans of inestimable value to
the health and welfare ot the nation.
TRACK MEET WON
!BY HIGH SCHOOL
Asiorlated Press Leased Wire.)
HI'AGO. Mhv 24. A police
td was hurriedly thrown about
home of the millionaire miner
,hert Franks arter anonymous
klione calls had been reported to
ittire ui nit- ,,.-.
k today. The calls contained a
hit of tanner violence i me in
Latlon was not stopped.
Ciinvnioiis telephone calls to tlie
Iks' residence, the father report -
k the state's attorney, wurneu or
her outrages If the mint lor tlie
rn ronliniKHl. tTilel or i'oiice
fail A. Collin and Chief of le
krt Hughes, after a protracted
Irrvncc, Issued a joint statement
tine "pointed developments"
i.. baffling and tragic mystery.
I woman was buusiii luua; iui
tt time in connection with the
ijlng and death of Robert
In. 13 year old son of a nnli
re manufacturer.
lur men. one an instructor and
r, a former instructor at the
school which the Franks boy
ded, were detained for furtht
kestionlng.
least two slight clues pre
Ay had pointed to the possihil-
ut a woman was involved. The
was the pair of heavy rimmed
rles picked up near the culvert
the boy's nude body was
i on Thursday. These wern
aight bows, such ' as usually
I by women and narrow from
tie to temple which occulists say
worn by a man of narrow
j1 of a woman. The second
was the statement of a woman
R near the swamp by the cul-
wno told of seeing In the nelgh
od a man and a woman In an
apparently in a disagreement
kime kind. Authorities appar-
were in agreement on the be-
' f coroners chemists that death
wn caused by suffocation but
h that few statements or theor-
pvere generally accepted by the
SCHOOL WILL
CLOSE THURSDAY
Seniors Making Preparations
for Graduation Exercises
NexWeek.
RECEPTION PLANNED
Parent-Teacher Association
Will Give Reception for
Graduates at Higk
School Tuesday.
Roseburg Athletes Carry
Away Honors in Contest
Held Yesterday.,
DEATH SENTENCES
INDUSTRIAL
MANY ATTEND MEET
Myrtle Creek Wins
School Match by
Margin City Schools
Are Handicapped.
Grade
Wide
(Associated Prees leased Wire.)
LK.NlNGKADB, .Russia. May 24.
The supremo coiirt today, after 27
hours ot deliberation, condemned to
death 17 former Judges, court offi
cials, lawyer and persons connected
with the operation of the new eco
nomic policy who had been tried on
charges of corruption and bribery.
SALEM IfflS FPU
rltii
I the men detained by the Dolio
are teachers and one of them an
uctor at the fashionable pri-
whool which Robert Franks at
lJ. The two instructors. Fred
food, who formerly was a science
per at the private school and
r Wilson. Instructor In mathe
s were questioned at different
09. The others held are Fred
Ij'rs and his son, Joseph, friends
nnein liooth. until recently I
mate of one of the school in
r'ors.
ponce nave sought to ques
closely all persons connected
the school In the hone of turn
pip some new lead for Investiga
te coroners Jury chemical
"is Of the internal nrrnni nf
fa telephone calls were recelv-
ram a man ask In & if Jacob
ks was at home. Franks had
instructed by the oollce to take
s.in.om or sio.000 to a 63rd st
store.
P" letter, according tn Snmnel
P-'telson, attorney and friend 'of
family, purported to come from
kidnapers and threatened death I
members of the family unless
investlcation was stopped. A
:;n had teirnhnnerl In the hntiso
fly before about a confidence
un whom she had been inti
and who she said, according
Ettelson. had talked about
Fring. This was helm' InveqM-
h,. said. '
' Police intimated that develop
ment result in an arrest
e Attorney Crowe said the
mreatened that Franks daugh-
r"l be nett. It sua written
"crit.Min. fashion
"r Collins today received a
I'urpornng.to be from the man
k"led Robert Franks in which
iw said he was sorry and
Would he riend whan the
r s received.
' tclllns a!rl h het(d It
written on the same typewriter
-"r oemandlng ransom
'he boy's father.
ICAC.o vtTTV.
... t . science io-
P " satisfied th. ....i .1.1
rt Frank. " l u
,THnnnair vinj .. ......
t hen kidnapped for ransom,
"nee too had ontnted tha w.v
Mlfication of the ownership
If cuhar rpecUcles found near
H-ontlnuei on page aix.)
Roseburg school children are
xlbusly looking forward to the closing
or schools for the summer vacation
an occasion which has been fixed for
next Thursday. Final examinations
start Monday, and the pupils of the
city schools are reviewing and work
ing hard in anticipation of the tests.
In the high school the final ar
rangements are being made for the
graduation of the lnrge class of
seniors who are to leave school this
year.
The annual baccalaureatte servlco
will be held on Sunday at the hih
school auditorium with Rev. II. I..
Caldwell delivering the address. The
service will Btart at 8 o'clock. Special
musical features will be provided by
Roseburg high school completely
walked away with the high sihool
meet in the annual county track and
field meet yesterday afternoon. . The
local athletes placed in every (vent
took first and seconds 1n a great
number of the different matches.
Sutherlin took second place with 20
points. Myrtle Creek third with 11,
and Oakland fourth with 10. Looking
Glass took 4. Glendale 3 and Yon
calla 1. The Roseburg school took,
95 points, the pole valut being the
only event In which the local boys
fell down. Roseburg scored third in
the pole vault with Oakland first and
Yoncalla second.- Oakland took first
in the running broad jump with
Roseburg In second and third places.
Rapp and Burr took nearly ever) thing
in sight in the way of the dashes and
high Jump, and were absolutely un
beatable. The 100 yard race was run
In 10:1 time which is very fine for a
dirt track.
Myrtle Creek won the honors in
the grade school meet. Although the
Roseburg schools had a handicap ot
25 points, Myrtle Creek didn't need
the handicap to win. Their athletes
were in every event and scored 66
points made up of g firsts, 6 seconds
and 8 thirds. Hen sou school took
second place with 62 points from
which were deducted 25 points han
dicap. Benson won five firsts, eleven
seconds and four thirds. Oakland had
3'J points, five firsts, three seconds
and fiv, thirds.
Rose school had 44 points, but
handicap of 25, and Fullerton school
had 88 polntB. Other scores were
Wilbur 11, Green 15, Glide 5, Looking
Glass 3, IJays Creek 3, Culilas Valley
IS, Drain l'J, Sunnydale 1, Yoncalla
29, Edenbower 6, Olalla 1, Peol 2,
Sulherlin 14.
The track meet was witnessed by
thousands of people many ot whom
came from distant parts of the coun
ty to encourage their contestants. En
thusiasm ran high and the cheering
tor tlie various teams was loud and
vociferous. The matches were handled
HON IFJ DEBATE
(Associated Press Leaned 'Wire.)
PORTLAND. May 24. The Sa
lem high school debating team de
feated a team representing Union,
Oregon. High School by the unani
mous decision of Judges here last
night thereby winning the cham
pionship of the .high school debat
ing league.
The Salem team upheld affirm
ative of the subject: Resolved, that
the policy of federal subsidies to
states, accompanied by federal sup
ervision, should be abolished. The
debate was broadcast from a local
radio station.
FLAX 1US1
IS
PARAD
E IS HELD
Floats Entered by Local Busi
ness Houses Are Excep
tionally Good.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
First Award Given to L. W.
Metzger for Showing of
Lines of Materials
' Handled by Firm.
GO1 TD PRISOI
(Associated Press l.enat-e Vtr.)
SACRAMENTO, May 23 Prose
cution of member's of the Industrial
Workers of the World admitted
their affiliation with the order
while testifying in behalf of con
federates charged with violating
thn criminal syndicalism act was up
held by the supreme court today In
affirming the conviction of five rad
icals in the superior court of Sac
ramento county. The five defend
ants who will go to Sun Quentin
prison as a result of the decision
are II. Johansen, A. G. Ross, R.
Wood. Crls Pederson and Albln
Brattland. They were brought here
on subpoenas to testify in a case.
While testifying each admitted
membership In the Industrial Work
ers of the world and after they had
testified the five were arrested on
charges of violating the syndicalism
act, tried and convicted.
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II
It VILLI
Ani FLIERS
Thousands Greet Globe Cir
cling Aviators Who Visit
ToRlo Short Time.
(AasncU-ed Prm Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, May 23. Through
agreements reached today between
trustees of the Oregon development
fund of the chamber of commerce,
and Governor Pierce and the flax'
growers of the Willamette Valley fi
nancial aid will be extended the
growers to aid .tht& In placing the
nax growing industry on a suosian
tint- basis.
The agreement provides that
twelve flax pulling machines, costing
a total of (27.0U0, shall be purch
ased for the growers, each of whom
agrees to grow a minimum of fifty
acres of flax a year. Of the pur
chase nrice of tlie machines. Gov
ernor Pierce has agreed to advance j
to the growers S12.000 and the
trustees of the development fund
will lend them the remaining $15,
000. The loan Is to be paid back to
the Oregon developmen fund and to
the state from proceeds of the sale
of the 1924 and the 1925 crops.
the high school music department,
On Tuesday evening the high school 1 1 a mallner showing careful prepara-
parent-teacher association will give a
reception for the members of the
graduating class. On Wednesday
evening will be held the class day ex
ercises. This program will be held at
the high school auditorium also and
the usual features will be presented,
with a fine musical offering in con
nection. The commencement exercises will
be held on Thursday night. The pro
gram for this event is as follows:
Commencement March, Dorothy
Cordon..
Vocal Solo "Hark! Hark! The
Lark!," Evelyn Quine.
Presentation of Scholarship and
Awards, Principal H. B. Johnson.
Valedictorian, Thelma Smith.
Salutatorian. Marion Nichols.
Vocal Selection, Senior double mix
ed nnnrtettn.
rnmmoneement address, rres. vt .
J. Kerr, O. A. C.
Presentation of Diplomas, bupi. ai
S. Hamm.
Vnni soin "fnllin Mo Home to
rrtnrein. Harold Bemis. .
Tha memhers of the graduating
class are WllHam Thrall, W. Ferrolij
lies. Carrie Gilbert, Thelma 1 reiren
tion and organization and' there was
no confusion or disorder, in spite of
the fact that there were hundreds of
children competing in the meet.
Tbe declamation contests in the
morning were well attended. The
prizes were awarded as follows:
Division 1. (Uoys): ... ....
1st prize, Ralph Warner, Fullerton
school, Roseburg. Second prize. Max
Dick, Camas Valley. 3rd prize, Em
melt Fullerton. t anyonvllle.
Division 1 (Girls):
1st prize. Leota Davis, Sutherlin.
2nd prize, Elva Kohlhagen Fullerton
school, Roseburg.
Division 2 (Hoys):
1st prize, Edgar Howard, Green.
2nd prize, Loyal Goff. Sutherlin. 3rd
prize, Kenneth Wymer, Myrtle Creek.
Division 2 (Girls) :
1st prize, Shirley Knight, Benson
school, Roseburg. 2nd prize, Lucia
Rogers, looking Glass. 3rd prize,
Irene Walker, Oakland.
The winners In the high school de
clamation contest were as follows:
Girls:
1st prize, Daphne Hughes, Rose
burg.. 2nd prize, Dorothy Rogers,
"I O 1 II.. --I...
Randall Sinclair, rerci v. - , u.,,herlin
Clark. Eugene Bowden. Mary Burslk.l Duer, butherlin.
nia.lv. Velialn. RaV Martin, Alieeu,
Tetze, Blanche Lahey, Gordon Hibbs.
Esther Edman, Marion Nichols. Eve
lyn Quine, Vernon Taylor. Marguerite
Rusho, Grace Cordson. naroiu
ruff. Mildred Cochran. Joseph
Laughead, Katherlne Draper. Helen
Churchill. Flovd Church. Victor Arun
del, Richard Homey. Arthur McGne
hey, Glenn Reymers. Louise Jennings.
Harvey Roser. Raymond Parslow.
Harold Bemis. Louis Heidenrelch. Lu
cille Lenox. Marie Lane. Lyle
Mildred Long. Margaret snienis. . ')
1st nrlze. Norman Hess, Roseburg.
2nd prize, Mnnell Weber, Sutherlin.
3rd prize, Emniitt Cronk, Looking
Glass.
mm mil
Godfrey, Phil' Singleton. Noah Hat-j
(Associated I'resa leased Wire.)
SALEM, May 23. Bond holders
along the Pacific coast who hold
something over J2.000.000 worth of ir
rigation district bonds In the Warm
Springs project of about 20.000 acres
in Malheur county, this state, will re
ceive
according to an arrangement
yesterday between the Irrigation se
curities commission of the state and.
the Flelshacker Interests of San Fran
cisco, heavy holders of Oregon irriga
tion securities.
The state will cover about 19.000 of
the interest due under Its guarantee
and the Flelschukor people will ad
vance the balance of 128.000 throuRh
San Francisco banks. Without this
arrangement the Interest on the
bonds would have been defaulted.
Future Interest payments, until the
land can handle them, is expected will
be met out of a $600,000 appropria
tion fr Irrigation now pending in
congress.
Fleischaker representatives told
the securities commission that the
Irrigation securities Interest guaran
tee law should be repealed by the
next legislature or It would wreck the
state of Oregon. It is stated that
about 11.000 acres under the Warm
Springs project are now under cultivation.
INDUSTRIAL PRIZE WINNERS
1st prize, L. W. Metzger.
2nd prize, Rosebura Sttam Liun
dry.
3rd prize, California Oreaon Power
company.
Honorable Mention:
Pacific Telephone and Teleoraoh
vompany.
Crocker's Drug Store.
Rapp Brothers.
Heinline Conservatory.
Roseburg National Bank.
An exceptionally fine Industrial pa
rade, over a mile In length, was the
feature of this morning's carnival pro
gram. Roseburg business houses gave
exceptional cooperation and there
were more displays entered than In
any previous year.
The parade was led by Chief
Cooper who was followed by the
colors, carried on horseback by
George Ward. After the band and the
queen's float came a beautifully de
corated float entered by Crocker's
drug store, advertising Free Johnson's
famous Ice cream.
Qulno and Goodman had a unique
display, a small house on a trailer
from which smoke poured attracting
attention to the sign advocating the
lines of insurance handled by' that
firm.
The Roseburg National Bank had a
very pretty entry in flowers and rib
bons.
Following the Lockwood special
racing car came a float entered by
the Imuglas County Creamery from
which girls flung small boxes filled
with delicious Ice cream. A display
was then made of Ford and Ferdson
models, and C. 11. Arundel, piano
tuner followed with a decorated car.
A very pretty float with the fiery
cross and the' altar was entered by
the Ku Klux Klan, and several klans
men marched on each side of the
float.
A Joint showing was made by the
Hudson Electric Store and The Cali
fornia Oregon Power Company. Mr.
Hudson entered a float showing the
old hot kitchen of by-gone years
wlille the power conipany'B float de
pitted the modern electric kitchen
Following this came a number of the
! employes of the company in cars.
Roy Catching entered his wrecking
car towing a broken down automobile
MAN IS SLAIN
DURING ATTACK
Glenn Young, Illinois Klan
Worker Is Victim Last
Night Near Herrin.
RUSSIA WARNS FLIERS
Aviators Not Allowed to Land
in Russia and, Warned to
Leave Territorial
Waters.
GUN FIGHT IS STAGED
One Bandit Is Dead and
Others Are Under Arrest
, After Pistol Encounter
With the Officers.
(Aspnetated Pr Leased Wirs.t
SANTON. Mnss., -May 24. A woman
field Robert Belt Dorothy Ness. Bill; EI'CKNE. May 23. At her senior' and six children were killed In a fir
Rurr Orville Davis Roberta Harrol-j recital la.t nf?ht. Annabel Denn. of : which d-stroed a two family house
Ion Weldon nradfo'rd. Iris McAilster. ; Roseburg. pleased her audience by here liday. The victims were !rs.
W. WrlBht. Paul Trueblood. Stan-! her finished playing. Miss Denn plays j Anrln-tta D'Amateio and two of her
""f F",t Gutbridise, Eva with Ii'e. and with what the French children and the four children of Jo-
w .h vIL Flni Pri Dorothy call "verve." Her performance of the .eph LeClaire.
Ward Young. Elna Pr'- ' , ' ... h dellc,.. ... Tn. ,.. ,)f ,tle fire Is nt known
Winston. Orllla Bounds uu heavy has! Apatrolman rescued D'Amateio and
Miles. Harold Kruse, Agnes J.1"'' ,?'?.. IT. .ni.tr. .nd her Inter. , n ,,f his children, but was driven
heir July payments of interest '-."-- r,-,. .l' "T'
madui e--" . " V
or tnal DUSiness. une ui uie um
horse-drawn carts of the year 1902
was followed by a broken down auto
truck scrapped several years ago, and
then came a float depicting some of
the modern machinery In use, after
which followed the four uptodate de
livery trucks now operated by the
business.
The Dodge, Flint, Durant and Star
dealers followed with a large num
ber of autos.
The Heinline Conservatory present
ed a colorful and unique display, a
number of the dancing pupils of the
school appearing In costume and
dancing the full length of the pro
cession. Little Helen Virginia Yount
was one of the dancers whose cunning
dances attracted a great deal of ap
olause.
Tbe Denn-C.crretsen entry displayed
the fuel and building material lines
handled bv thst concern.
Following the Hoy's Band came the
Standard Oil fleet of trucks.
A beautiful entry was made by the
DoukIiis Flouring Mills, the big truck
t.elnir loaded with the products of
that nlant.
A display of tractors, sprayers and
farmlnir Implements was made by
Arthur Marsh.
The Shell and 1'nlon Oil trucks
then followed in line, after which
came a truck enlered by Oil's Music
Store on uhlcb a player piano was
mounted, and music was dispensed
along the entire line of march.
A very attractive float was enter
ed by the J. C. Penny company.
L. W Metzger had a unique dls
ralllnr attention to the lines
handled by that firm. A huge load of
lumber was carried on a truck, then
FIRE IB EAST
CAUSES 7 DEATHS
Schmidt, Thelma Smitn, .".. , h,.r recital a delight- bark by flames when be attempted to
Willred Thornton. '"", f " ' rein h the others.
George,
Cooper.
I ful occasion.
(Associated Press leased Wire.)
HERRIN. 111.. May 24. Jack
Skelchor was killed and two uni
dentified accupants ot a heavily,
curtained touring car, all suspected
by officers of having participated in
the attempted assaslnatlon or- o
Glenn Young, Ku Klux Klan liquor
raider laat night, were captured In
a gun fight with police here today.
The three men were armed with
automatic revolvers and a machine
gun was found In the wrecked car,
which turned over. It was reported.
Police here gathered on the west
outskirts of llerrln to head off the
men when it was reported their car
hud gone through Curtervillo, six
miles est of here, traveling at high
speed.
OKAWVILLE. III., May 24. S.
Glenn. Young, East St. Louis, Il
linois, Ku Klux Klun dry raider, and
his wife, were .wounded late yester
day while riding toward St. Louis
by unidentified auto gun men on the
Atlantic-Pacific highway at the
Okaw river bottoms the sedan pas-
The bone in Young's right leg was
shattered by the bullet which struck
him.
Ynnnz has been conducting a ser
ies of talks of klantauguaa" In ci
ties in southern Illinois and was re
turning to St. Louis from llarrls
burg. Illinois, where he had made a
talk Thursday night, when he and
his wife were attacked.
Young said "my wife and I were
driving to St. Louis when I observed
a sedan following us. J tnir.s. mere
were four men In It. When I ar
rived at the embankment near the
Okaw river botoms the sedan pas
sed mv machine on the leit. just
as the two cars were abreast three
of the men In the sedan poured a
vnllov of shot at us. My wile anil
I l.nth ducked and escaped being
killed, bullets nassing through the
coach work of the auto right over
nor henrls."
"I had no chance to gel my auto
matics or my ub-mac!iine gun
which I had in the adto. I swerv
ing mv machine to the right I nearly
drove down the embankment into
tbe river."
Young, who for many months was
the paid dry leader in the klan In
Marion, Illinois. In a series of spec
tacular raids In Williamson county
was -sent east to St. Louis, 111., re
cently to take over the aftalrs of
the East St. Louis Klan and attempt
a reorganization. H has been ac
tive In raiding activities throughout
southern Illinois for many years Bnd
It is thought the gun men were
among those who have been arrest;
ed by Young.
FOLK KIM.KI IN SMASH
TOKIO, May 24. Toklo took the
American filers to Its heart today. A
welcome unsurpassed In cordiality
and enthusiasm was accorded the
three aviators who are circling the
globe by plane, and their mechanics.
The day was a round of official calls
and engagements as each of which
notables expressed admiration for the
achelvement of the Americans In
crossing the Pacific. Several cordial '
references to Japanese-American re
lations were made. A crowd ot thou
sands shouted "Bantais!" and surged
about the platform at the railroad sta
tion where the Americans arrived
from Kasumigaura. Lieutenant-Gen
eral Gaishi Nagoaka, president of the
Imperial Aviation Association, greet
ed the filers as they alighted from
the train, addressing them as "heroes
of the air" and expressing the vast
admiration ot their feat held in Ja
pan aviation circles.
From the station the little group
of guests went to the American em
bassy to make an official call ot Am
bassador Cyrus E. Woods and pre
sent their respects.
Mr. Woods thanked the aviator
tor leaving the work of recondition
ing their planea at Kasumigaura long
enough to come to Toklo. Then the
Americans made calls on the minis
ters of war and navy, after which
Ihey were guests at the first func
tion In their honor here, a luncnoon
by Minister of War Ugnlkl, at which
both General Ugaikl and Ambassador
Woods were speakers.
The great flight of the Americans
around the world and tbe terrible
weather which they encountered on,
their record breaking trip was viv
idly described today by Lieutenant
Lowell 11. Smith, the acting ,com
mnnder. "Its been one battle aftur
another," snid Lieutenant Smith.
'one continual flight to keep the
airplanes from being damaged by
the terrific weather through which
we have gone. Wo knew that the
Trans-Pacific leg would be the worst
ot our flight. It was ten times
worso thnn we expected.
"Fog, snow, hail, rain, wind and
more fog conspired to prevent us
from crossing the Pacific. The na
tlves In the Aleutian Islands said it
was the worst winter and spring ln
ten years. We believed them. , i
"Naturally we are glad this leg 18
over, although we never doubted,
that we would come through. We
are more confident than ever that
we will come through. The rest of
Ihe trip, by comparison, should be
easy sailing. It will be easier to
cross the Atlantic where better con
ditions are assured."
Lieutenant Smith talked reluct
antly and modestly while he and his
five companions were rldrhg from
Kasumigaura to Toklo by railway,
the first traveling except by air
planes that they have done since
they left Prince Rupert B. C.
Dressed in spick and span uni
forms, rested after their long flight,
they were Jovial and rhatty, being
Interested In the news of the world,
from which they hud been cut off
for so long and the reception ar
ranged for them in Japau.
None would admit that he had
done more than his "mission."
(Assrxlatert Press 1-eBJrd Wire)
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 2 1
Olvls N. Wei. I). US, Louisville, busi
ness man, his wife and duitghter
Jmenhlnn. and the latter's husband.
Hrent G. Webb, were killed toilay
when a Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tune number ot the employes I .Hr,. .truck their auto at a grade
each driving a car bearing a banner I crossing near HoHon, lnd.. They
, .... . w.r lli.ua nf hnlM-l w.r, returning hv motor Car from B
uenoiiiis ,. - - -
(Continued on page three.) pleasure trtp to V. ashlngton V. L.
TOKIO. May 24. Russian authori
ties on Bering Island, where the
American aviators' rode out a snow
storm on the night of -May 16, while
on their way from Attu, In the Aleu
tians, to Parsmashlru. In the Kuriles.
objected to the Americans taking
refuge In Russian territory, Ltauten
snt lwell Smith told the Associated
Press today. The planes had come
down and were riding the choppy
seas off Knmandorskl. Smith said,
when Russian authorities put out In
a boat and approached the flagplnne.
The visitors were notified that they
would not he permitted ashore and
must leave Russian territorial waters
Immediately Smith said.
"They were decent enough, but
made it plain that we were there
without a welcome because the Unit
ed suites and Russia have no treaty
relations," said the lieutenant. "I told
them we were not there because we
wanted to be and that we'd be damn
ed glad to leave their country as soon
as possible."
The aviators rode out the storm for
six hours tn the darkness and then
hopped off. at 8 o'clock on the morn
ing of May 17 for Paramaahlm.
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