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Newspaper Page Text) Etta Weather Highest temperature yesterday... 81 Lowest temperature last night.5Q Forecast for southwest Oregon: Fair tonight and Sunday, cooler tonight. - DOUGLAS COUNTY BURG U1"'M , of OrcK"1 "ThiEr40tthe fj j; ' lomeeker's Trail'' DOUGtCOUNTY Consolidation of Tho Evening New and The Roseburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published t4 the Beat Interests of the People VOL. XXVIII NO. 109 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 27. 1 927., , VOL. XVIII NO. 183 OF THE EVENING. NEWS SWSE Kmm tcw km&v BY ....... BRIDGE AflflTTER .DISCUSSED BY CITY COUNC Delegation Seeks Removal of Present Structure to New Location. COST IS NOW ISSUE Citizen Committee to Make Investigation and Bring in Report at Next Meeting. Tho plan, for the removal of the proaent Deer Creek bridge to a new lowillon on Fowler or Pitzcr street, when' the new Deer Creek bridge Is h I iir ted, 'Wiis civen thnrontili eon. . ; Hlderatibn at a special meeting of inn cuy council taut, night. A large delegation 6f inlerenteri citi zens waa present to discuss the proposition with the council, the meeting continuing until a late hoar at night while the various angles of tho project were dis cussed. As a result of the meeting a citi zens' committee composed of A. C. Marsters, H. O. Pargoter and George K. Qulne, was named to meet with the city street commit tee to investigate the matter in a more thorough manner and pres ent a detailed report showing the expense which would be incurred.. The city recently voted bonds in the sum of $1.7.000 to build a new bridge across Deer Creek, to re place the present structure, which is not of sufficient strength nor width io continue ,' carrying -the heavy traffic. ' As this bridge is i located ' on ;n Btate highways , the plans could' be drawn only by, the Bt'ato '" 'bridge 'department; and thfc Itate en'phieera have caused a igreat ilea) of delay by theiv failure to got nut the "plain and specifications as rapidly as had been expected! ft will still take considerable time to get. the work started so that before the. actual work is begun the .fall weather will be encountered ' Detour Puzzling The matter of detouing traffic . while the new bridge is being built is now giving .the council a good deal of serious thought. It Is planned to build a temporary wooden bridge across to main street and detour through the nst end of the camp . grounds. Tins v. ill cost over $1,000. It will take at least DO days to build a new bidge and get. it open to traffic and twice that time should be alio ted in order to get the JaqsX possible job at the least expense. If the contractor could be glvW'fIVe or six month's ko build the structure 'it Is believed (that a .saving of 52,000 - could be made over rushing the project through to hasty comple tion. . ' Kiren a flO-day period will carry! the work up to the time of the! flood period It will be necessary i to detour over a poor road during j tho wet winter months, and there la nlu'ni'o Hin Hannar nf Ilia ' lom. i norarv bridge washintr oak and lnnvlng the highway blocked and the north part of town Isolated from fire nroteCtion. Costs Considered Sneakers before the council last nicht stated that the estimated cost of movine the present Deer . (Continued on page 4.) An enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Umpqua Post American Legion drum corps was held last night at the legion club rooms and plans made to reorgan ize the corps' for the fall and Win ter season. The organization is to represent Roseburg at the fall jubilee' at Medford September 15, at which time Lindbergh Is to be given a reception. "Scotty" Ray nor was elected director and will take over the task of instructor. Mr. Raynnr, who. operates the Roseburg Rose Farm, was a drum corps insructor in the Canadian army during the World war and his group wan one of the prl.e winners- among the overseas con tingent. He has been playing -in ihe drum corps during the past year. The return of Ted Post will also be a valuable addition. Mr. Post has been playing , with the Portland organization. Alvin Knudtson was reelected drum ma jor and drill instructor and Glenn McAllister was reelected -manager. I The corps will start rehearsing iwice phcii weeK. Wednesdays aim - Fridays. . , . : , , , v. Stork Hovering Over Japanese Palace O -3 tt Populace Is Praying For Male Heir AMociutM Pi-cm I-oumm! Wire) TOKYO, Aug. 27. Hoping, that tho stork would bring a boy to the imperial palace, tbousuuds of per sons were praying today on bended knees in front of the palace and lu temples throughout : the empinj. The first imperial child was a prin cens, born in December 1925, A large corps of physicians wns in attendance on Empress Naguko today. Bulletins twice daily have pronounced her condition excellent. More than 100 newspaper nwn have stood guard at the palace day and night, ready to get the news to their papers as quickly as possible. Telephones are scarce and for the most part they must depend- on reaching their of fices In automobiles. ; : When the baby is horn, the im perial cannon, always fired at noon each day, will discharge two shots for a boy and one for. a girl, no mutter whether the birth occurs during the day or night. Messages will be sent immediately to Japanese embassies and lega tions abroad and the happy news will be broadcast by radio. As there is imperial mourning for the late emperor Yoshlhito, no C LOSE BATTLE AT U.S. CONSULATE Mob, From Its Barricade, Hurls Stones and Coal , and Receives Water From Fire Hose. CHERBOURG, France, Aug. 27. Cacco - Vanzetti, sympathizers two thousand strong, fought n pitched battle with the forces of law and order, from 8 o'clock last night until long past midnight In an effort to; roach the American consulate. About v15 of them at tained the goal at midnight, hut In charge; .of jpolieeinen Wjho liad ar rested, tltem, ithe; consuln(a: being lrans.f6rmejrt,.- ' InlQ n. i temporary police station. Realizing there was no chance of getting the better of the police and soldiers, the oth ers-then dispersed. Altlippgh at times the encounter was a savage affair, the mob thow Ing stones at the defender's of trie consulate from behind a barricade of coal wagons and barrels, no great .harm was done, A large number on both sides received minor. hurts, -but nobody was seri ously injured. Windows, of the military .club and other buildings. and street lamps , in the district were smashed. The manlfestants were opposed, in addition to the police and sol diers by mounted gendarmes and firemen. The latter brought their hoses into play, forcing back the crowds at various points with streams of water. The concentrated movement against the consulate followed a meeting of protest against the elecf trocution of Sacco and Vanzetti. WOMAN CROSSES HIGHWAY TO DRINK; KILLED BY AUTO (Afcrnrintwl Press a(mI Wire) THE DALLES. Ore., Autr. 27 Mrs. E. U. Gallatin. 54. of Bartley. Nebraska, was killed late yester day near Mosfer, Oregon, when she was hit by an automobile as she was crossing the hiehway to a drinking fountain. Witnesses re ported to officers thnt she appar ently became confnsed and step ned Into the nath of a cqf driven hv Andrew Nirschel, of Wasco, Oregon. 1 DEAD, SIX HURT fAMoclsted Preai Leased Wire) NICE, France, Aug. 27. Seven persons were Injured, one fatally, by the explosion of bombs thrown from a railroad track into an open air dancing establishment at Ju.ui-Les-Plns, near here last night. The bomb fell between dances, otherwise more persons would have hppn hurt. Th dtincern !led 'precipitately, leaving all their ef fects behind. Louis Toledo, ft Russian, one of those Injured, died this morning, i The police are inclined to believe the bomb was thrown by an an archist who hoped to Iniure some of tuc wealthy forelgnera gathered 'at the fashionable Riviera .eaort. Three French citizens and tluee ; Russians were slightly Injure'- by the bomb. It is staled .that a nunv ber of others were wounded, but refused to make themselves known to the authorities. , No Americans were Involved. - r : ; . ...... 7 Empress Xnguko of Japan celebration or parades as usually accompany an imperial birth, will be permitted. Emperor Hlrohlto and Empress Nagako were married In January 1924. nn uun TRAFFIC WILLBE T Dry Bureau' at Washington and Canadian Customs Men Seek Tighter Enforcement. - - WASHINGTON, A u g. 27. A three-day conference between the Royal Customs commission of Canada and representatives of the state and justice department, pro hibition, coast guard and customs services will begin 'here Monday to discuss problems .of: law enforce ment, especially, in relation to prohibition; on . the international boundary. . i - The international border parti cularly in the vicinity of Detroit, is regarded by i government- offi cials as presenting a serious law enforcement situation. . - Before Assistant Secretary Low man succeeded General Andrews, the latter had perfected plans fori a itgnt. on smuggling or liquor, narcotics and aliens. The principal contraband smug gled across the line is whiskey, but this by no means goes "on a one-way street" Lowman declared tQdajfc While runners also are very active in exporting alcohol to Canada. Liquor is manufactur ed illicitly across the border . and' peddled at a figure which enahleB them to undersell the Canadian whiskey dealer who must pay a government tax, he pointed out. ; MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 27. With one prospective. presiden tiaVcandidatc already openly con demned from tho platform and the trap set, for all .candidates refus ing to become avowedly prohibi tionists, members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union plan ned today to shape their, program for the next year. Senator James A. Reel of Mis souri was the f'rst person among the presidential possibilities to draw fire from the platform. He was attacked by a fellow Missour ian at last night's mass meeting as being unworthy of the support of the union because of his alleged "wet" tendencies. COUNTY ENCIRCLED BY FOREST FIRES EUGENE, Ore., Au?. 27. Hem med In by I'lanicK, which were sweeping a 3,0000-acre area on Nelson Creek, on Triangle Lake, 35 miles west of Eugene, five or more families were last night re ported unable, to leave their homes. One family, that of Hoy Spry, could not bo located, and the fate of the seven or eight members was unknown. Carl V. Oglesby, supervising warden of Ihe Lane county forest patrol association, and a group of j assistants! were also believed ; closed In by the conflagration. ! Telephone lines to Ihe farming district went down last evening, and Utile information could be ob tained. Smoke from Ihe rapidly ( spreading fire darkened Eugene j Inte yesterday afternoon. I I Tho families hemmed in by the j fire are believed to be safe, as their dwellings were surrounded by large rlearlngs. Danger from I flying sparks anil embers, however, jwas great. The flames were be lieved to have reached green tlm- ber last nlgbt after burning over j approximately 3,000 acres. A brisk 'northwest wind made fire fighting IS RESCUED AFTER 30-HOUR FIGHT Complete Recovery Looked for Unless Pneumonia Should Develop. LIMBS ARE NUMBED Workers Compelled to Sink Thirty-Foot Shaft Next to Cave-in to Help Trapped Victim. '(Associated Prew Leased Wire) AUI1UHN, Mass., Aug. 27. Re leased after III) hours of confine ment due to a cave-in of a 30-foot well he was digging, Fred Leneau today was winning back his rug ged strength with every prospect of recovery unless pneumonia un expectedly 'should develop. Physicians were amazed at the vitality of the 37-year-old Iron moulder as they worked over his numbed limbs in which circulation had been stopped by his cramped position at the bottom of the well. Cautiously they gave him liquid nourishment, the first which has passed his lips lu a day and a hair. ' Grateful for Rescue , "Thank God, thank God, they saved me," were his first words early this morning, when, hand ed fiom worker to worker, he was (Continued on page 4.) Training School for Leaders to Be Conducted Thrift Campaign Also ; ' : Planned. 1 1 A tentative program for fall and winter has been prepared by the Douglas Coos Council Boy Scouts since the beginning of the organi zation of these counties as a First Class Council organization work has been perfected by degrees. During the first year it was neces-i sary to organize boys Into scout troops and secure scoutmasters to lead them, also to form a council organization of men. Then during the second year scoutmasters were trained, some of the troop commit teemen were trained, patrol leaders of troops were given considerable attention, and the community or ganizations within the council wor. perfected. Now that' the organization lias alt ready enjoyed two successful yenrs, this year will be given over to the training of all men connected with the organization so that they can render more assistance to the scoutmasters In the (raining of the boys. There-1h rt g&od number of men -who are ready and' willing to do anything they can to aid scout ing but who feel that because they do not understand the technique of scouting that they are unable to be of any help. Arrangements are being made whereby the execu tive along with other members of the council will hold meetings in each community under the juris diction of this council for the pur pose of training" these men. These meetings will be held one night each month at Roseburg, Yoncalla, Myrtle Creek, Melrose, Camas Val ley, Sutherlln, ' Powers, Myrtle Creek, Melrose,- Camas Valley, .Sutherlln, Powers, Myrtle Point, Coqullle, Bamlon, Port Or ford, Marahfleld and North Bend. It is hoped to give such training during these meetings that tho benefit will he Immediately passed on to the boys of the troops and that by the second week of February every troop will be in a position to stage a first class demonstration as a part of the anniversary week pro gram. Then beginning February 15th the annual Round-Up for the purpose of securing new - Scouts and advancing those already In will be conducted, this to last un til April 1st. Then the summer camp rallies of out door nature will be conducted to last until May 15th. Then a thrift campHlgn among the Scouts In to take plsce until school In out and then, of course, after that time all atten tion will be given lo summer camps until about the middle of August. Such a program properly car ried out will result In a great amount of training which during this age Is so essential for the development of boy into gentle men. . WELL DIGGER SCOUT PROGRAM FOR iEiiiiii :i MOIVTHS ADOPTED Democrats Of I Nebrdska Boom ; Chas. W. Bryan ! ' (Aisoolaled I'rm Xr OM.AHA, Neb., 'Aug. 27 "Bryan for president1; may, echo through another luitloual nollitcul ,'ani paigu. '-':') -: . , Charles WJ Bonn, fdrmor gov ernor of Nebraska and a candi date for vice president in WM, has been endorsed for the demo cratic presidential nomination in 1H28 by the Nebraska Democratic club. The organization, represent ing one of two opposing factions of the party in this, Htute, passed a resolution last night favoring the election of Eugene O'Sulllvuu of Omaha as national committeemmi to place Mr, Bryan's name before the 1928 convention of Ihe demo crats. Mr. Bryan, at Lincoln, was told of the Omaha club's action. "t arn not an active candidate for the nomination for president," he said. i Friends, however, pointed out that Mr. Bryan's statement. left the door open for his candidacy later. The former governor said he might later have a statement to make discussing the issues of the coming national campaign. j Both Unconscious in Union County Hospital; Flask of Liquor Found .. Near Woman. t AsMX-intnl J'roiw J-eimnl Wire) LA GRANDE, Ore.,, Auk'.- 2t, R. Li Hlle, about 45 or. 50, Spo kane! Washington! carpenter, and Mra. Marjorle Wykoff, about 30, of La Grande, are unconscious nt Ibej rHot' Lakep ttnnntorlum? and lllbolnj lurge? caif is a total Wreck, the result to.f aniaccfdeut near Hot Lake, Oregon, on the Old Oregon Tra.il. highway late .yesterday, j 'Imports I ftyih! (Hot, Lake this morning stated" thatj both; were very iserioualy injured' about the head. Mrs. Wykoff has never re gained consciousness. Kite, al though delirious . this - morning, Is also unconscious. Sheriff McDuffey, tof Heppner, Oregon, who was at Hot Lake, was one of the first at the scene of the accident : and he reports that he found a bottle of moon shine near Mrs. Wykoff and local officers who investigated the af fair declare that both occupants of the car had been drinking. The car was unable to make a turn, struck a projection and roll ed over twico, coming to rest up on Its toi. Mrs. Wykoff was thrown some distance from the ma chlno. ,. ; Hite, officers say, came here a short time ago from Spokane and put his car In "hock." Yesterday ho Is said to have redeemed the machine and, with Mrs., Wykoff, started on a joy ride. Mrs. Wykoff Is divorced from 'her husband and has two children. Mrs. Hite arrived In La Grande tins morning, officers say, ufter an all-night drive from Spokane. J. Bagley of Reedsport, business man of that place, was here yes terday on his way to Ashland. SUPERHUMAN GOLF PLAYED BY JONES AT MINNEAPOLIS ' . ( Amtoclnifd tHM l-cuird Wife) j MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, Aug. 27. Bobby Jones closed his spectac ular performance lofiay by shoot ing nn eagle three on the 512 yard ninth, where his spoon shot, after a screaming drive, stopped two feat from the hoie, to the applause of the gallery nearly a mile long, lining both sides of the long fair way and banked deep around the green. He had scored two blidles and not been one over par. He wns rive up at the first turn, although Chick Evans, except for a badi six on tho ninth, had scored even fours. Coming home Jones mndn it six up on the tenth with a birdie and after losing his first hole at' the eleventh, again made It six up al the 15th when Evans was short with his approach when It hit the gallery. And, after toning the 16th with hla only three putt green, he took the home hole for his third lead of six up when Evans pulled his approach to a trap and took five. Evans wan up against what most of the other contestants have be-n, a superhuman gmn of golf that could not he equalled by any living golfer except Jones. The British champion has acored tm undr fours for the entire week. Includ ing the had 78 he had Wednesday when he barely escaped defeat in the first match round. His four choice rounds, the IhhI three of them In a row were (17-68-69-67-" 271, as compared with the recotd of 286 Evans set on this course in 1316 In winning the national open. DETROIT OLD GLORY STILL WAITS; NO WORD FROM REDFERN GEORGIAN MAY HAVE8WERVED TOWARD LAND Nothing Seen of Plane on Sea Lane After : Its 2nd Night in the Sky Belief Exists Aviator Has Been Forced to Choose' Closer Goal ; Offers 1 of Aid Made. (Awoclalrtl Trcu Iovk Wire) DCDMAUDIIln B.-.ll A.. nt Up to 8 ..o'clock - this ..morning tho progress of Paul R.dfern, American aviator flying from Brunswick, Ga., to .Brazil.-. , , RIO "JANEIRO, : Aug. 27. Dis patches from Para at 8 o'clock this morning said that that .city was without news of Redfern. ' i : Aid Is Offered 1 MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 27. Prepara tions were boltig made here today by Edward Nliuinulfr, hond pilot of the BlHcayno filers, lending com mercial aviation unit' In those wa ters, to send Ihree seuplnnos to the Hnhainns and as far south as Turks Island to search for tho Port or Brunswick, the monoplane piloted by Paul Redfern which hopped oft Tlfursday from Brunswick, On., for South America. Niranialer telegraphed Mrs. Red fern In Brunswick lust night vol unteering the use of his planes and pilots. He planned to have two of tho plnnes based on Nnsxnu, fly ing north mill south 300 nilles east of the Bahamas, Willi .another plane based on Turks Islnlid, to lly south toward Pnrto Hlco and probifbly over the lesser Antilles, refueling at Snn Junn. In order to expedite- the search, Nlramaier said ho would request tho const feiinrd base at Fori Lau derdale to furnish one 'cutter to act as a fuel ship lor the plalies senrchlnp! on Itndfern's course eutit of tho Bnhamus. Weather Favorable Weather conditions were rennri- ed favorable for the searching party hy Illchnrd W. dray, II, H. meturologlst In Mluml. who Ih.uk, l his report on .Information obtained from ships lit sea. Three powerful wireless Hint Inns the Tropical Radio and Telegraph company at Miami, the British gov ernment station at Nassau and the united states naval station nt Key West reported lodnv Ihnv will riiii keep a shary watch for nny word about tho Brunswick from ships In Cnrrlbbeun and Hoiith American Watei-B. Wife Hopeful BRUNSWICK, ()u., Aug .27. Mrs. Paul Redfern todav receive,! a telegram from a 'Miami, Flu., air- piano company Informing her Unit three Beuplnnes were available in case sho desired to slart a search fur her husband, Paul Reiliern, Brunswick tn Brazil flier. Mrs, Iteilforn referred the (lu gnim lo tho local flight committee and ns yet no action has been lak on. "f believe Paul Is still In Iheolr nnd that a report of him will come la today.", she said this morning. Two Nights Passed BRUNSWICK, (in., Ang. 27. With the blackness of two moon less nights behind lilni. Paul Heel fern today sped his gisnt mono piano thru Its sccwid successive dawn nnd onward to tho goal of his solitary flight lo Brazil, unless a whim of nature or mechanics has stopped him short In a tropic region out of touch with mi iiiMr. Jy waiting world. I Only once In his Journey have: even vague tidings been received of this newest viking of the clouds. I Thursday night a vessel reported , him about 300 miles east of Nas-1 sau, Bahamas, but this information, remains unconfirmed. No Alarm Felt ficarelly of news wss not trans lated Into alarm, however, for the course that Redfern laid out car ried him over virtually trackless seas and land. Continued silence (Continued on page 4.) PLANE STARTS; 22,067 MILES IN ' 240 HOURS PLAN OF DETROIT MEN (Anoelttnl Prcu Leued Wire) , j NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Tho ex pected jumps lu Ihe Pride, of De Holt's (light around the world follows--: - ! , I , ' , -Harbor Clrnce, Newfoundland. London, Knglnnd,- 2350 miles. '. Stuttgart, Germany, 400 miles. Belgrade,: Jugo Slsvlu, (110 miles. Coii8tnntln6ile, Turkey, GOO miles. Aleppo, Syria, G!)0 mlleB. Bagdad,' Irak, 48fi miles... Bender Abbns, Persia, 885 miles. Karachi, India, 710 : miles. ; , ; Allahabad, India, 1125 miles. Calcutta, India, 485 miles. ' Rangoon, India, 005 miles: Toui'ane, Frencli lido China, 775 miles. . '' Ilongkongi 880 nilles. ' Tokyo, Japan (radio beacon) 10820 mlleB. , i Sand Islands, of Midway Islands. U. S. (radio beacon) 2480 miles, j i Honolulu, ;U, S. (radio beacon) 1440 miles. .'" , . r8an Frnnclsco, 2400 miles. 1 Cheyenne! 925 miles. ChlcnKO, 865 miles. ' Detroit, 257 miles. Harbor Grace, 1550 miles. .. Total mileage 22,007. Total Hying time about 240 miles. I1 Gasoline Supply Good for 51 Hours; Had Declared He Might Not Be ; " : Seen Enroute. -' ' (AHaoclatcd Prcu Ij-nicd Wire) BIIUNISWICK. ' On., Aug. 27. As the time ' for lJnul Redforn's scheduled arrival In Brazil drew near this afternoon without defin ite word or the monoplane slnco it took off from Glynn Isle beach at 12:40 p. m. Thursday, Brunswick hold to Its faith thnt the young flier would terminate his voyage successfully. Bofore climbing into the cock pit to begin the hazardous trip, nedfern hlmsoK hod expressed the opinion Hint ho might not bo sighted before his arrival at his goal. Ho figured 60 hours as a minimum for trip.. . , . Mrs. Redfern, while growing more anxious 08 the hours sped by without word of her husband, .still was confident , "thnt Paul, wilt get there." Pnul V. Varner, chairman of the flight committee, had not taken action 4n an offer by Miami avia tors to go In search of the "Port of Brunswick." Ho miiintulned his belief that Redfern, oven It hold back by head winds, would cer tainly reach Para, Brazil. Redfern had 618 gallons of fuel In his tanks when lie left and had estimated that the Wright whirl wind engine would not consume over ten gallons of gas hn hour. On this basis, the aviator, If all went well, could stay in Ihe air for 51.8 hours. "I'll stay nlort nnd keep going ubend as long as there Is any gas In Ihe tanks, If I do not reach my goal before the fuel supply Is gone," Redfern told newspaper men before leaving. -. Brazil Watches Sky RIO J)K JANIOIRO, Aug. 27. Brazil gnzed anxiously at the skies today In the expectation of seeing Paul Redfem's plane. Although last night passed with out information of his where abouts being received, no grent fear fnr the safety of the Ameri can aviator wns expressed. It wns pointed out that nil of this fore noon may pass without informa tion of the filer because it was considered Improbable that lie would be seen before crossing the Amazon river. Prior to crossing the river ho would be flying above jungles and afterwards over fron tier regions of the east central states, great parts of which are without telegraphic facilities. It would be possible inr Red fern to arrive within 500 nilles of Rio de Janeiro before news could he sent to this city announcing his location. Mrs. Erwln Hopeful. DALLAH, Texas. Aug. 27. Mrs. Constance Krwln, 20, whose Iiub band. Captain William P. Krwln, was lost nn a irnns-Paclflc flight, will attend memorial services for (Continued on page 6.) AROUND EARTH IN TEN DAYS IS FLIERHLAN Brock and Schlee Dash' From Newfoundland t ! j ; For England on ; n ; First - I !:'?- i U , Unfavorable ; Weather Still! ! Prevents' "Old Glory" i . From Taking Off ',' j ' ' on ''Rome TripJ 1 ' ' i i (Auoclited PrcM Lenicd Wire) ' HARBOR GRACE, N. F..; i Aug. ; 27,-t The monoplane Pride of Detroit: hopped off for Croydon, England, at 5 :1 4 a. m., eastern standard time to day. , , "- .. jThej Stinson-Detroiter,, which . i i carries William S.' Brocki pilot1 4: and Edward F,. Schlee,, Detroit business man, is off on the first leg of an attempt to set a' new , record for1 a trip' atound , the) world. The record of 28 days 14 hours and 30 minutes for globe-girdling, vhich ' Brock and Schlee hope to break, was set last year by Edward S. Evans and Linton Wells, who used ships and ' trains as well as airplanes. V The distance between Har bor Grace and Croydon, near London, is 2,350 miles. , The Pride of Detroit has al ready negotiated easily at an average speed of about 1 00 miles ah hour a hop from Ctu--tiss Field, New York. . to Old Orchard; Maine, and . that of yesterday of about 1,000 miles to Harbor Grace. Old Glory Still Held f nOOSEVKJf, , FIELD, NBW -YORK, Aug. 27. With rnln drops dripping from Its golden wings, tho monoplane Old Glory, huddled nt the runwny top today nbovo a sodden field that aviators snld . would prevent a hop off on Its non-stop flight to Rome until Mod day. , . ',. . L. A,-Tokyo Flight Off I.OS ANGELES. Aug. 27. TIlO Times snys Sid Grauman, Holly wood theatre man. has agreed to withdraw his 30.000 prize ofrer for a Los Angeles to Tokyo flight at Iho suggestion or the Los An geles chamber of commorce. , ' Grnumnn said he had not been : notified officially as yet of the ac tion of the chnmber of commerce, but that ho was willing to net In nccordance with Its wishes,! parti cularly In view of the dfssstcrs In tho wake, of the recent' Honolulu Onto Might. The chamber of commerce board of ' directors took Its action against the Tokyo flight plans on the ground that no reasonable good could come from Buch an at tempt nt. Ibis time. Others To Try Atlantic CURTISS FIELD, N. Y., Aug. 27. ' Phil Wood, Detroit merchant, and Pilot Duke Schlllor, made a secret getaway today for Selfrldeo Field, Mich., on their wny to Windsor. I Ontnrlo, whence they plan io take ofr ns soon an weather pennllH for Windsor, Englnnd. Britons Hesitate UPAVON. Emrland. Aug. 27 Captain Leslie Hamilton and Colo, nel F. F. Minchln. who had hoped lo Btnrt their trana-Attnntlc hop to America this morning, nnnounced Ihe slnrt would have to be post- pnned until Monday at least, j Bad Outlook For Detroit j BELFAST, Ireland, Aug. 27. i Wealher conditions for the flight i of Ihe Irnils-Atlantic plane, Prlilo of Detroit, over Ireland appeared Unfavorable- In the Oalwny district . this afternoon, hut better In Ihe 1 soulh. 1 The Free Klate army local com mander at Oalwny reported sun shine and fairly good visibility, but ; added that a windstorm wns blow: ' (Continued on pa so 6.) j difficult. l V