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Newspaper Page TextGftaWMther Highest temperature yesterday... .98 Lowest temperature last night... .63 Forecast for. southwest Oregon: Fair tonight and Wednesday, tem perature above normal with low humidity. s Mews-1 DOUGLAS COUNTY BUM 0i oee" v1 "The End ot the ; Homesaeker's Trail" Consolidation o( The Evening News and . The Roseburg Review DOUGLA COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Published fQt the Best Interests si the People VOL. XXVIII NO. 99 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. 1927. ' VOL. XVIII NO. 173 OF THE EVENING NEWS IU1 rn Mi fa) ID O 0 in. Rose mw ft1 i TERRORISM AT Bomb Shatters Home Of Lewis McHardy Owner Member of Group of Twelve That Convicted Sacco and Vanze'tti. " 5 BLOWN FROM BEDS None of Family Slain, But All Receive Injuries ; ' Explosion Is Felt ' Mile Distant. . (Associated PrPM lcied Wire) ; EAST MILTON, Mass.', Aufl. 16. I An ' explosion, believed by, ; the police to have been caused by a bomb equipped with a time fuse, wrecked the home early today of Lewis McHardy, a juror In the Sacco-Vrnzetti trial seven years ago. McHardy, his wife and three grown children, who were blown from- their beds by the force of the blast,-narrowly escaped death. Alt five1 suffered' cuts and bruises and Mrs. McHardy. was thought to ' hnve suffered from concussion. "She waB trapped In her room' on the. second floor of the .'two' and o n e-half story wooden ' .house. Police rescued her. Her. husband was able to i work- his way from the ruins and 'hie two sons, 'Jack and Theodore, carried- their sis ter, Helen, from her room. Windows were blown ..from houses a mile away and nearby trees were stripped (.,of their lenves. . , r The sides of the McHardy house were blown .'out... 'The , granite foundation was cracked, the front piazzn .torn, off 'and a bulkhead was blown out of the back of the house. Pieces of the house were found 100 feet away.' A line of police was thrown about the wrecked house and an investigation started Immediately by state police. Guards were dis patched to. the homes of three other jurors who live In thevicin ity. Small Sedan Only Clue The blast occurred at 3:30. At three o'clock the polinenian whose beat passed the McHardy house, rang in his box about 300 yards nway. The patrolman said he saw nothing suspicious in the neighbor hood, but a report reached the police that a small sedan had heen seen leaving the vicinity shortly before the explosion. The fnmlly went to bed about 11 o'clock and had seen no one in the Immedinte neighborhood dur ing the evening who aroused any suspicions. The McHardy home is in a sparsely settled section of the town with woods bordering two sides of it. McHardy said that a long time ago he had received a threatening letter as had others of the jurors in the famous trial. He said that he had not feared an attack ad (Continued ou page .) SACCO IS TAKING GENUINE INTEREST AGAIN IN MEALS f AMnrlnlwl Prow I.wmhI Wire) .' HOSTON. Auk. 16. Nicola Sac- ro and Bartolomeo Vanzettl. radi cals convicted of two murders In n holdup, today had less than a week to live unless court proceed ings In their hclialf should BUcceed or there should he executive clem encv or further delay. Their legal forces were mar shalled for another court hearing today on the seven-year old case which has become known around the world. Should Sacco go to the electric chair early next Tuesday morning ho will have greater strength than on the night of Ail eusl 20 when the governor's respite saved him within an hour of the time appointed for denth. Yester dav he broke the fast he had maintained for 30 days and whllej he took only lloulds his diet will j e Duut up aa fant as nis nnoy can rccommodate Itself to digestion once more. , Sacco. In contrast to previous days, showed a renulne Interest In his breakfast today. Tie was given eggnng and cream toast and Indl rated that he would have eaten t more had the prison physician considered tt safe after his 30 day fast, broken only yesterday. STRIKES TRIAL JUROR PROPELLOR DEALS DEATH STROKE TO NOTED AVIATRIX (Associated Press I,e.ised Wire) YOUNGSTOYVN, Ohio., Aug. 16. Death again has closed the career of unother one of 4 the most prominent airplane pilots,' this time a woman, Mrs. Gladys Hoy, noted as an airplane stunts actress. She died here last night from in- juries sustained when un- knowingly she walked into the path of a fast spinning propellor, the blade tearing away her skull. The nvlatrlx' death also eliminated another potential trans-Atlantic flier, as she had been groomed recently for a' flight from New York to Rome with Lieutenant Del- mer E. Snyder, aa co-pilot. ' Mrs. Hoy, wife ' of Arthur Roy of Los Angeles, was only 25 years old but was na tionally known aa a flier. She also had established an en- viable record as a parachute jumper and held records for women for leans of from 200 to 16.000 feet. She was known, too, as a flying movie slunt actress. 4 HOTEL SECURES OPTION ON SITE Rose Investment Company Holds Agreement to Buy L , ; (1 Faulkner Home. " '.: ': HOPE TO BUILD SOON Desire to Erect New Fire ; . proof Unit to Provide1 i Accommodation for 1 ' '. 1 More Guests. ' ' .1 , An option was secured today by the Hose Investment company, the corporation owning the Rose Ho tel, on the Faulkner property 'im mediately east of the hotel build ing. The company plans on the construction of an additional unit to meet the growing demand for hotel accommodations in the city, construction, however, being con tingent upon, the success of the re financing plan now 'being pres ented. . ' The Faulkner property fronts on Lane street and will give ample room for a new unit sufficient to meet the needs of the hotel in the way of expansion. It is proposed to follow out the same style of architecture and the same type of construction as used in the pres ent building, so that the addition will be strictly fireproof and will be attractive in appearance. Tentative plans call lor a new structure containing from forty to sixty guest rooms, depending no on, the amount of money available for building purposes. On the first floor it is proposed to provide a room which can be used for ban quets and civic purposes. It is pro posed to have It so arranged that the platform and stage will be built at one end and civic meetings can be held, the room serving a double purpose, that of an audi torium and dining room. A lounge on the mezzanine floor will pro vide additional comfort. There Ib a decided n.eed in Rose burg for such a room, as at pres ent there are few places wherp conventions and other groun gath erings can be accomodated. At the present time the hotel management is oflfering a new re financing plan, to the investors of the citv. Through this p(lan it is hoped to secure Rufflcient'funds to retire the existing indebtedness nnd to provide money for building the new unit. The plan has proven Very popular with local investors nnd alreqdy a large part of the desirei pum ha been "enured and It is believed that definite assur ance of the construction of the unit can be given In the very near future. MISS DCPAN AND HER A AIDE START AGAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. Oakland. Calif., Aug. 16 Mls Doran displayed pluck this afternoon when she went into the Mr a second time bound for Honolulu In the airplane piloted by J. A. Pedlar which had been forced to return af- ter the first start because of motor trouble. ADDITION wmmm CITY CHARTER ARE PROPOSED Council to Consider Alter ing Rules Pertaining to Elections. ONE POLLING PLACE Elimination of Ward Voting in Special Elections Is Advanced as Econ omy Measure.. Several more suggestions for charter changes .were submitted to tho fltv nniiiii-il lnut hi iMi t. hv Purl ' V. Wltiiliortv tlm illt utlnmnv Many of the provisions of the pies tent charter are obsolete and out of date and a new charter is being drawn up to be submitted to u vote at some, future time. In order to adopt the new charter it will he necessary to hold -a city election, but before this is done the city at torney and council are very care fully going over the old charter to make such changes ns may : be found advisable and after the en tire document has been rewritten it will bo submitted for- approval by tho voters. A communication was addressed to the council lust night as follows: . 1 . - ' August 15 1927." Honorable ' Mayor and - Common ' Council, ' '- t ' 1 ' ' ' Roseburg,' Oregon. J 1 1 ''' ' Gentlemen: 1 I . .... ' With this and subsequent com munications concerning' the -' new city charter; I 'shall hand to - 'yon complete copies ot the sections of the present charter referred td In the'conununication. ' ' ; 1 ' ' " This communlcutioh refers to the subject of elections, "which is the subject of chapter III of the pres ent charter, being Sections' 10 to 2T inclusive. 1 ....... Section 10 provides' lha't" there shall be a general city' election on the first Monday In October of each year. This provision of the char ter has been changed by Section 14a of Article II of the state con stitution, which provides In sub stance that incorporated cities and towns shall hold tholr nominating and regular elections for the elec tion of elective officers at the same time 'that the primary and general biennial elections for state and county officers are hold. It will therefore be necessary to change Section 10 to conform to the above mentioned section of the constitu tion. - Section 10a provides that a special election shall be held upon a passage of an ordinance culling the same. I cap see no reason for the requirement of (he passage of an ordinance, as a resolution is sufficient for that purpose and U much more, expeditious. 2 McQull lin Municipal 'corporations - 1313 Sec. 633; 19 R. C. L. 8!)5 Sec. 194; Clinton vs. City of Portland, 26 Or. 410, 38 Pac. 407.; Section 10a furth er provides that the procedure for special elections shall be the same as that prescribed for general elec tions. This provision should be qualified by adding thefollowlng clause "except as herein otherwise provided, on account of a later provision in the charter which will provide that for special elections there will be only ' one polling place. Section 11 provides that the elec tive officers of the city shall b elected at the general election next (Continued on page 4.) RAINIER MAYOR, , RECALLED, SAYS HE WILL CONTEST (Antoclslcd TrcM l.M-d Wirt) RAINIER, Ore, Auk. 1G. Major A. B. Vi'iitoh. recalled hy a vole or 263 to 17!) In a sneclal election yesterday declared that he would contesl the election. Councllmen Von Knauf and K. P. UuuneberK also were recalled. The vote on Knauf was yes 2110. no 182; on Haugeberc yes 207, no 17fi. Mayor Veatch declared he would attack leenllty of tha election on three erounde: Changing of elec itlon date; failure to publish elcc Ition notice In the Rainier news paper, and alleged Illegal function. I InK of the election board. The recall election, which pnllt this town In n heated campaign, resulted from charges bv a recall committee that the mayor, and two connrilmen had been neglectful of duties, particularly whh relation to enforcement, of the liquor laws. HEAVY INCREASE VOTED BY COPCO ' STOCKHOLDERS (ArMietatM I'rcM Leased Wire) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. Stockholders of the Call- fornlu-Oregon Power company voted yesterday to increase the authorized capital stock from $15,000,000, divided into (fi.000 shares of preferred stock and an equal amount of 4 common stock, with $100 par 4 value, to $30,000,000, divided into lfiO.OOO Bhares of common and 150,y) share of preferred stock. The par value will remain the same. 4 The stockholders alsb vot- ed to re-classlfv the preferred 4 stock Into 44.200 shares of 7 per cent calmative; 10,000 Bhares of 6 per cent cumula- tlvo; and 95.800 shares ot 6 per cent cumulative 10,000 of 1927 Th last block will be redeemable at HO and 4 accrued dividends on 60 days 4 notice, at the option of the board of directors. . II EX DIES SUDDENLY Was Taken to Hospital This Morning But Died Be ; fore Operation. BORN NEAR OAKLAND Parents Were! Pioneers of , County ,Was Active 1 ; Worker in Lodge and ; Civic Circles. 1 Mrs, Anna-t Rice, 'wife1 1 ot ' ex inayor Napoleon Rice, died very 8uddenly,.shortiy after, noon today, following a ; short illness. While Mrs. Rice had not been In good j health for several weeks, her con dition was not serious until yes terday when she suddenly became very 111. She was 1 removed to Mercy Hospital this morning, aer an x-ray examination revealed an Immediate' operation to be neces sary and- Dr. Sether was culled from Eugene to perform the opera tion but before his arrival she pass ed away.- Mrs. Rice was a native of Doug las county. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Harvey, pioneer settlers of the English Settlement community east of Oakland.-. She was married there 41 years, ago and bad since made her home in Roseburg for the greater part of the time. She Is survived by her husbnnd and one daughter, Jeau ette Hewitt, and also by four sis ters, Mrs. H. S. French. Mrs. Win. Sponagle, Mrs. W. A. Pearce and Mrs. R. L. McLaughlin, and three brothers,- Win. Harvey, of Sacra mento; Robert Harvey, of Ook lund, and Thomas Harvey of Suth erlin. . Mrs. Rice was an active worker In the Eastern Star lodge and took a prominent part in all civic en terprises of the city. She was a woman whose endearing person ality won for her many close friends and her death Is a severe shock to her many friends. .Funeral arrangements have not yet heen made. . The bodv Is at the Roseburg Undertaking Parlors. From Drain Mrs. K. C. McCollum, owner of the Illwny Coffee. Shop at Drain, was a Roseburg visitor today. SACCO VANZETTI CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT MmocMM Ftpm Irf-xwd WlrO DOSTON. Aug. 16 The full bench of the Massachusetts supreme court, after hearing arr.iitiwitu Inilnv tinL' itn.l..t- A advisement bills of exceptions j tiled by counsel for Nicola Sacco and Ilartolomeo Van- zettl to decisions bv Judge Webster Thayer of the super- lor court and Justice George A. Sanderson of the supreme court. Just before court adjourned at 3 p. m Arthur . D. ' Hill, chief .counsel for the defense, filed a new petition asking the full liench of the supreme court to grant a writ of error. IS IE MAYOR SURVEYS GIVE VISION OF NEW RAILROAD LINE Crews Working in Timbered Area From Butte Falls : to Upper Klamath, , FIRMS SEEK OUTLETS Series of Events , Past Six Weeks Indicates Plans . ' to Tap Rich Region in 2 Counties. (Amorinted PrcM LcaK-d Wire) . MEDFOnD, Ore., Aug. 10. The Mall 'Tribune will say today: . , - Further signs of railroad develop ment In the timbered district between- Btitte Falls, eastern termi nal of the Paciric and Eastern line, a' generally reputed !, former Hill branch, now.' owned by tho Owen Oregon Lumber company, under the name of the Modtord Logging railway, and- the Upper Klamath lake, la foreshadowed hy the plac ing ot a surveying crew In tho field last weak, and tho coming ot a second crow to begin work tltlB week. . 1 ;- ' ' ' Arrangemonts have been tnnde for the survayiM? .crewa to obtain rood and shaltsr from homo leaden), and JowUtfjonirninillie sectlbiiMn wlilch ''.VeJ will work. Events Lend Proof. Tho activity Is coupled locally to I ho following series ot events; I . The lannouncemcnt' slxi. weeks ago by James W. Owen, gonornl manager' of tho Owen Oregon com pany plant In this city, that n rnll road could be 'built through the dis trict nt a reasonable cost. Owen made a trip through the district. Tho vioit in this .cltv lat week of Klamath Falls lumber men and representatives .or companies nom Ing large timber interests In east ern Juckson county. The belief that the Rogue River Timber company holdings near Prospect, comprising 46,000 acres, i n attrnetion for Klamath mill ing interests, and that they seek a rail outlet. -The Rogue River Tim ber company la owned by the Wheelers and nllled Interests. The timber runs .approximately Blxty per cent fir, the Jialance pine. The coming of tho Weyorhausor Interests . to Klamath Fnlla and their, plans to erect a mammoth mill there. The Weyerhausers own and control the groater por tion of the remaining Umber in the Klamath area. The fact that "the romnlnlng Klamath mill operators have llttlo timber left In their districts, ex cept government timber holdings. . olirlit or ten mill com panies operating there. They re cently pam tne reenru puce m $8.00 per thousand stumpage In competitive- bidding. Logplng Extenaive. I Most of the timber in the Rutte Falls district is owned by the Owen Oregon company, or by the government, In re-vested Oregon California land grants, or In the forest reserve, outside of the hold ing of tho Rogue River company. Tho Owen Oregon company is now logging In the district, with spurB extending from tho Medford log ging railway. Tho holdings ore In Inr.. hlnr-kd flltd SCnttercd BCC- tlons, easily accessible to their railroad tor the most pari. It is not thought that the Weyor hauaer Interests have any connec tion with the surveying crews, nnd their operations. ' Local tlmhermen and cruisers, while prorosslng to know nothing derinlto. set rorth that the most (Continued on pago 6.) HIGHTEMPERATURE AND LOW HUMIDITY ARE FIRE HAZARDS Hot wealher will continue over Wednesday with low humidity and Increasing riro danger, according to the report Issued by tne local weather bureau Blatlon this morn ing. A. W. Pugh, local meteorolo gist, has notified all rorest protec tion agencies of tho Increasing fire hazard so that necessary pre cautions may be taken. Yester day's maximum temperature was only slightly below the highest for the vear. The hottest day so far has been 98.2 degrees, while yes terday the mercury mounted to 97.8. Today'a mark, from appear ances early this afternoon, may break the record for the year so far. . DOLE AIR DERBY IN A NUTSHELL (Auoclatcnl Preu Leased Wire) MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Oak. land, Calif., Aug. 16. The first air race over the Paciflo from Oakland to Hawaii was to atart at noon Uday with nine air planes hopping off here. Details of the race: ; ' Purse $25,000 first;) $10,000 second. Donor James D. Dole, Hono lulu. Start 12 noon, Pacific stan dard time.. , Take-off Oakland municipal airport. - i i ' i " Entrants Nine planes, 17 men, one woman., - Route Great Circle steam, ship lane. , ' Destination Wheeler Field, Oahu Island. Distance 2,407 land miles. Estimated flying time requir ed 22 hours, 30 minutes. Changes Originsl entries, 13 In number, reduced to eight. Fa tal .accidents eliminated two planes; two others were dis qualified and a fifth was barred at the start of the race for In adequate fuel capacity. Survivals Of the eight planes that dashed off today, one crash ed and was out of the race. Three got away successfully and four were compelled to return on account of minor troubles Personnel Of Contestants For i ; i ; Dole Prize Money Of $35,000 ' H ' l And Data On Their Airplanes PAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 111. Following is the list of filers en-tered-in. the $35,000 James l). Dole air nice, in the ordor'set for tholr hop-orr today, together with data on their plunee;1 1 ' '","': " ' 1. Bennott Clrltfln,. of Okla homa Cltv,, Oltla. Accompanied by Al .Henley, of BartleBVlllo, Okla., as' navigator. Flying .Tmvelnlr monoplane. Using Wright nadlal motor. Backed by Bovernl.. Okla homa) business men whq-refuse lo reveal . their,; identity. . .They are, using, a special '.'lightweight, gnso lino, Bald to weight ono-halt pound per. gallon less than the ordinary aviation fuel. These men, planned to continue on from Hawaii toward the Orient. .''.; - 2. Lieutenant Norman A. God dard, member of the United States Naval Reserve, of San Diego, Cal. Accompanied, by Lieutenant K. C. Hawkins, ot San Diego naval air station, who was granted Bpeclal leave by Secretary of Navy Curtis D, Wilbur to make the flight. They are using a monoplane, designed and built by Lieutenant Onddard specially for the . Honolulu flight tlnsollne , capacity ,-.300. gallons. Wing area 283.B square feet. Pow ered with Wright radial motor. . ' 3. Major Livingston Irving, of Berkeley. Cal., son of C. S. Irving, former He.rkeley mayor. Army air seivlce war ace. Hacked by fellow employes of the Parnlflno company of San Francisco, lie plana to fly aloe in a monoplane built for him bv tho Rreose Aircraft company, of San Francisco, nt an appro! mate cost of S1B.000. Plann pow ered with a 220 horseiiowor radial motor capable of maintaining a Shore Beacons and Will Cooperate1 With Aviators To Keep Them in Hawaiian Ocean Lane ( Associated Press Lonici) Wire) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Hi Sunset on the Paciric tonight will be one or the zero hours In the big nlr race from the Mainland to Hon olulu. Planes which may have lost their bearings enn then check up on their positions by the positions of vessels In the stenmer lanes. Tho maps supplied each aerial contest ant estlmnte the situation of nil regular commercial ships as or 8 p. m. Pacific time. At that hour smoke or snareh llght signals will begin In tilny nnd each shin -will have a distinctive slenl bv which II ceo bo recog nized. Reference to the map will Ihen Bhow Ihe apnrrtxlnmte latl tudn and loncltude of the bunt and from this Information the planes can set tholr course nnd get -new bcarlnes. . First 3 Hours Crucial The first Ihree or four hot:-s of navigation are considered the mo:it crucial, for the aircraft will for this duration of time be paslnt through the coastal fog bolt which average a depth or aboul 400 miles. Those which lose communi cation with the armv radio beacon signal wphln or bevond Ihe fo belt will th.n have the onnorlunltv to correct their courses by various navigation methods or bv common lotion with or observance of the bins helow. providing there Is visibility. f; -. ) - Lieut.: N. A. Qoddard , Pilot of the airplane El Encanto that crashed In the hop-off In the Hawaiian . race this afternoon. Neither Goddard nor his navigator, K. C. Hawkins, were hurt. , The plane was so badly damaged that It spartioipatlon In the derby was out of the question. - orulsihj speod of between1 .100-115 miles per hour. Estimated cruis ing radius ot plane - 3500- .miles. Gasoline capacity 380 gallons, car ried. In , wins and:' fuselage .tanks,., Weight .ot plane .empty 150,0 pounds;' loaded' 4501) pounds. Wing area 200' square rnet.' diiBlrumonlB include earth Inductor compass; and other modern itlr navigation Ittsti-tmiriits. Cai'i-vllijr radio Bet: jfklrp( ,rockets, 1 (lare, rub'bkr..":)lto rail. i 4. John. W: FroBt, ot San Fran cisco, flyipg the , Vega caullov(tr! typo '.monoplane entered by George; Hearst, publlsheri of tho ISnn'Fran Cisco Examiner. Accompanied by aorilon1 Scott, of San. Francisco,; noronautlc engineer and' maritime-, navigator. ' Piano built hy Lock hood Aircraft company of Lob An-; geles at approximate cost ot $13. 000. , It Ib powered wllh 200 horse power Wright radial motor, .cap able of making 131 .miles per hour. Weight .empty 17G0 pounds loaded 4650 pounds. Cruising radius 3500 miles.. Wing spread 200. square feet. 'Gasoline capacity 350 gal lons carried In wings nnd fuselage. Carrying extra heavy wheels In ad dition lo regular landing gear which aro dropped afler take off. 5. John Auggln Pedlar, ot Flint, Mich. Accompanied by Miss Mil dred Doran, 22, known as . the "Flying School Teacher of Flint," whose homo Ib In Caro. Mich., and who flew with Pedlar from Michi gan to California preparatory lo Ihelr lak'eolf from the Northern Cnllfnmla starting nolnt. They do elarel they might be accompanied by W. n. I.awlng. chief aorogra- fConllnned on p-aee 2.1' Surface Craft lleglnning nt 11:30 this morning, the army beacon was placed In oih oration nnd It is to be kept going virtually continuously while there Is a plane in the air. At five minute Intervals alter nately tho radio he'acon slat ions ut oach end or Iho big span will bu silent to listen lor Iho beacon sig nal rrom the other sido of the wa ter. Plenty of Aid Private sleumshlp companies co operating with Ihe government ami private wireless companies have, charted Iho positions nt sea of steamships along the route and ar rangements have heen made for Ihe ships to signal with search lights by night to guide I lie fliers along Iholr course. Ships also will assist the filers In every way pos sible hy exchanging radio com munlrnllons with any passing plane equipped for receiving and sending messages. Bach flight plane has been given a map or the route with tho probable positions nitd name or steamships indicated. A landing any place on (he la land or Oahu will constitute uu oirlclal Mulsh but It is hoped by Ihe management that the planes will alight at Wheeler field at Scbofleld barracks or Luke' field. Pearl Harbor. John Rodger field near Honolulu, the otlginal pref erence for termination of the Might, was not gotlen III proper condition lo ninko It desirable. THREE OUT Of EIGHT ARE ON WAY TO GOAL Jensen. : Frost, Goebel ' Survive Field ' and Are Now Enroiite "' " to Honolulu '-; : Three Machine Return for Fresh Starts, Fourth Is ' Disqualified, Fifth 1 Is Wrecked. , ; i (JUKjo1oti.il Preu tcoiod Wire) ;. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, 'oak. land, Calif., Aug. .16. TKe Smono plane, El Encanto,. crashed as It was attempting to a eff the run way approximated 4800 feet from . the start anil "smashed 100 feet to the right. -'Neither of the occu pantstSf the ' plane was Injured. Tfte left wing of the plane was completely demolished and the mo tor partly buried In the greund; t .Both Norman Goddard . and . his . navigator climbed out of the cock pit and smilingly waved their v hands to the' tremendous ' throng . gathered :. around. Lieutenant K. C, Hawkins, the navigator, said the plane crashed because1 they could, not get the rudder Into action.', r i Goddard'S machlns iwas' thrown ; loff thq.oouree' by a side- wind. He had- raised the ship' approximately four, feet from the ground. It. was a. spectacular smashup and .those In the vicinity marvelled that ths pair had' come out uninjured, i f c i Three' Get Away' "." '. ' 'Sucee'asfui starts vore' mailer br llle' following: 1 ' ,' ' ' . , 1 The Golden -Eagle, piloted ; -Mr Jack Frost; the Aloha, piloted by Maitln Jensen, arid the Woolorair, piloted by Arthul; 'Goebel. , ) . ' The planes pllotod by Livingston. O. Irving and j; A. Pedlar 'failed .to attain , sufficient altitude .after leaving the runway and .were-, brought back tor' fresh 'starts. n wero the' Oklahomn, piloted ' by Bennett Griffin and the Dallas Spirit, by Captain William ,'Erwln. Pedlar's companion Is Miss . Mil dred Doras,' Detroit school tench' or, after whom their plane la named. . '1" Tho Air King, 'which was ruled out by tho committee because ol in sufficient fuel capacity, made no attempt to take off. -' ":. MUNICIPAL AIRPOllT, Oak land, Cal.. Aug. 16. Nine air planes, each carrying more than a ton' of gasoline, today pointed their spinning propellers toward' Oahu, an island ot the Hawaiian group, in the first long distant" norlul race In, hlBtory for 36,0fr0;lfi prizes, a gift of James Dole ot Hjn olulu. ' ' Although emphasis was plaee'l upon Bpeed of the planes nt rji starting line, there was nn unun.tr mlty among nviation experts tiisi the rnco was not ulono ror the swirt, but one lor the navigator understanding his problem .well enough lo chart a courBe along, the grout circle route. Long before the starling time, 12 noon. Paciric time, n heavy fog hung over llle entire bay district nnd the' visible1 lty was not more than two miles. A heavy off-Bhoro fog was also re ported In -the path picked by the liters for their estimated 22-hour Journey oT 2,405 land miles. The "celling" over the field hud roached 1500 feet, later coming down to between 300 nnd 400, so that rilors innking their teBt flights could be heard but not Been nbove tbaf height. Fliers Given Letters James E. Power, postmaster Hf San Francisco, gave each filer a short letter lo J. F. Woolley, post master at Honolulu. The letter said: "Please accept my cordial greet ings over the great airway ncross tho Pacific from San Francisco In Honolulu. "This communication will he presented to you by the first to nrrivo of the daring men who lire braving distance ami the elements -that the art ol aviation might ad vance." ' .' Thousand Thrilled No snorting ovent ever furnish" ed a more colorful setting. All th tenseness of the championship flghl : tho glamour or great racing meets: the blood atlrrlng thrill tif big roothall games, seemed rolled Into one for this contest of flesh) nnd metal. Teeming thousands -ot spectators caught the spirit na 1 huge caravans of automobiles and (Continued on page 8.) -- KsVrr I