Ufo Weather
Highest temperature yesterday.;.. 74
Lowest temperature last night.. . 51
Forecast for southwest Oregon;
Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Tuesday, warmer Tuesday.
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Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roeeburg Review
VOL. XXVIII NO. 110 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. ' MONDAY, AUGUST 29. 1927.
VOL, XVIII NO. 184 OF THE EVENINQ NEWS
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AVIATORS
REPORTED HELD
AS PRISONERS
Capture and Detention in
Mexico Announced in
'M '' Texas Telegram.
GOVT. AGENTS ACT
Plane Forced Down While
Hunting in Desert for
Shell-Shocked and
Lost Veteran.
(Associated Press Teased Wire) .
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 29.
"Belief Hint two army aviators.
Captain C. II. Reynolds and Staff
Sergeant Oua Newland of Foil
Sam Houston, have been captured
by Mexicans " was expressed by
friends of the men here today.
The men were forced down Sat
urday while returning from Phoe
nix, where they had been assisting
in the search for Alfred C. 'Men
ard, shell shocked war veteran who
. is lost in the desert.
Today a friend of Captain Reyn-
, olds received a telegram from
Mnrfa, Texas, saying that the men
had. been , captured by Mexicans
and were held at Vado de Pledras,
eight miles down the river from
, Puidosa. : -1' - .' 'i
f The ..telegram ' was signed , by
Colonel C. F. Babcock of the First
Cavalry at Camp Marfa. Babcock
raid that the plane was not hurt
i'.nd that ho was making arrange
ments with authorities at Ojinaga
to negotiate for their release.
Lieutenant Charles Douglas and
Rlnff Sergeant Henry Williams,
who also assisted in the search
for Menard, made the return trip
without incident. : i
Colonel J. C. McArthur, chief i!
staff of the second division, 1 an
nounced that he bad , taken the
matter up with Alejandro P. Cir
llllo, counsel general for the Mexi
can government! here,- yesterday
and that Carrlllo had wred his
government In Mexico City re
questing that the matter he cleared
up as soon as possible.
VISCOUNT CECIL
WITHDRAWS FROM
LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
(Associated Proa Leased Wire)
LONDON, Aug. 29. Viscount
Ocil, o Chelm wood, has definitely
resigned hia cabinet post na chan
cellor of the duchy of Lancaster,
it was learnerd today and will not
ro to Geneva for the forthcoming
meeting of the League Of Nations
assembly.
Lord Cecil vas closeted with
Prcmiei Haldwin last night and it
is understood the latter tried to
pewuadc him lo postpone his resig
nation until after the assembly
meeting. Lord Cecil, however, per
sisted in his resignation on the
ground of his dissatisfaction with
the government's course of policy
regarding disarmament.
JUH
Silas Lamere.'a deaf mute, of
Riverside, who has been employed
as a shoemaker in this city for
some time past, was struck by the
uouihhouud Shasta Limited yester
day afternoon whlie walking along
the edge of the railroad track near
the West Douglas stieet crossing.
He .was severely injured but his
condition Is not considered danger
ous. IamereB total loss of hearing
rendered useless the whistle of the
locomollve as the train approach
ed him from behind. That he was
not killed is due to the fact that
he was walking outside of the
rails. The projecting cross-beam
of the locomotive pilot struck him
In the back and hurled him several
feet away. Pafntul bruises result
ed but no bones were broken, a
fact determined by an X ray exam
ination at the offices of Ir. L. M.
Lehrbach, who attended him.
Larnere Is now at the home of
his brother on Short r.trret, in this
city.
FARMER BLOWS
r HIMSELF TO BITS '
WITH DYNAMITE
(Associated rrcss Leafed Wire) . 4
SALEM, die.,, Aug. 29.
William Kissling, 46, bachelor
farmer living l wo miles east
of Pratutn, committed suicide
late Saturday . afternoon by
placing several sticks of dy-
namile beneath his body.
Search was not started until
about 8 o'clock when he fall-
ed to show up at the home of
H. II. Paget, where he board-
cd. A Bmar? hole, in the Mao.
adain road, f ragmenrs or 4
tlt-sh and clothing and hlc
watih beside the road and a
'handkerchief on a gato were
found. Portions 'of the body
were located after daylight
Sunday in adjacent fields.
Later in the day a farewell
4 message' and names of minor
creditors were found scratch-
ed on the nearby gat?.. Kiss-
ling was despondent because
farm experiments had not
proved satisfactory and be be-
lieved himself a failure in
comparison with his brothers,
, neighbors state.
Incendiarism in Cambridge
and Boston Hits Eight y
Places; Police Are
Investigating.
f Associated Tress Leased Wire) , '
BOSTON, Aug. 29." A series , of
fires of suspected incendiary or
igin and thought in Cambridge, al
leged to be the work of Sacco
Vanzetti sympathizers, was' under
Investigation In the two adjoining
cities today while police of. both
moved to protect . fire t houses
which suffered In ' four of the
fires. .
Eight incendiary fires, nil within
a mile and a half of each other,
kept the flro apparatus of both
cities on the jump yesterday .after
noon and last night.
Two fire houses each In Cam
bridge and this city were set on
fire during the absence of the com
panies at ono or another of the
series of blazes- and under condi
tions which left little doubt in the
minds of officials that the out
breaks were planned and executed
by the same person or group.
Five of the fires were, in Cam
bridge. Two of thorn, those in the
fire houses, were set while the ap
paratus was busy battling flames
in an old barn. , The companies no
sooner had returned to find their
own quarters ablaze than two
chemical plants were discovered
burning after slight explosions.
In this city two other houses
were left temporarily ., uncovered
wbile the 'apparatus was called to
a multiple alarm from the freight
yards of the Boston and Maine rail
road' where a storage shed was on
fire.
That fire, which was the most
serious of the day, was subsequent
ly pronounced Incendiary by in
vestigating officials.
IS
Edwin Francis Held, a" well
known resident of Myrtle Creek,
died at his home Sunday evening
at 6 o'clock at the nge of 78 yearn.
He was horn in Ohio on January 4,
184U, and for the past 18 years has
been a resident of Myrtle Creek.
He is survived by his wife and the
following children, C. M. Reid,
Klamath Falls, Ore.; T). M. Held,
of Yreka, Cal., and Mrs. P. R. Wea
ver, Myrtle Creek. J. E. Gartman,
St. Helens and E. Gartman of Don
iphan. Missouri, are surviving
step-children. Mr. Peld was a mem
ber of the South Methodist, church.
Services will he held in the Meth
odist church at Myrtle Creek.
Tuesday morning at 10 a. m., and
interment will follow in 'Myrtle
Crepk cemetery. Funeral arrange
ments are in 'charge of TL C.
Stearns of the Douglas Funeral
Home,
INSPECTING ROADS
County Commissioners 'Beckley
and Clough and County Enelneer
Kiear left this morning for Reeds
port and Loon lake where they
will spend a couple of days mak
ing an Inspection of the road work
being done In that locality. The
construction work on the Loon
lake Job Is now progressing very
rapidly.
RI PUTSEi
TO DRODGHTALL
OVER THE STATE
Forest Fire Situation . Is
Greatly Improved by
' High Humidity.
BROWN ROT FEARED
Wet Weather May Cause
Some Loss to Prunes i.
'If Condition, Exists , '
: for Week, !' ;
Iloseburg today experienced Its
.first, rainfall since June 2S,- light
showers fulling during the morn-.
ins. , The ln, it is believed, will
do no damage to crops, unless It
continues for Beveral days, and on
the other hand is a welcome relief
to the forest protection crews.-The
forests have: been practically free
from fire, but during the dry
weather the protection forces were
kept, on a tension to meet ntiy
emergency, but now the high hu
midity is giving them a rest for a
few days at least. , .
The only damage that'.-can be
done. It is believed, is to prunes.
The weather, condition Is good for
tne development of brown, rot and
should' the rain continue 'some dam
age might be done. . -Many grow
ers, however, have", taken precair
tlons against brown rot so that the
loss may be. somewhat controled
by the measures used.
i( La Grande Gets Stor.m .
'J (Associated Presa Lcosei Wire)
IiA .GRANDE,? Ore.; lAug. 29.
An electrical storm, .accompanied
by .15 inches of 'rain descended
on La Grande last night.- No dam
age is reported. -The rain ended
a fortnight of drought.
Fires Put Out
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 2!). High
relative - humidity coupled with
green timber, aided firo ; lighters
in western Lane county over, the
week-end, and this morning the
fire which has been raging west
of Eugene, in the Triangle . Lake
district, was report under control.
Ranchers who wore trapped by
the flames were- reported safe. :
Rain rt Pendleton
PENDLETON, Aug. 29. A light
rain which fell In various sections
of Umatilla ccunty Sunday after
noon, did little noticeable damage
to crops, according to reports from
the sections affected.
Fire Situation Better
- PORTLAND. . Ore., Aug. 20.
While the forest service still had
large crews of men fighting fires
in the Columbia National Forest
today none of the fires was men
acing, rain was helping in the ef
fort lo extinguish the Ilames. '
Warm Weather Coming
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 29.
Light ruin, and cooler weather to
day gave hint of fall, hut the
(Contlnued'on page 3.)
KILLED ifJ WRECK
(Associated Prm hntcd Wire)
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 29.
Two englnemen were killed and
two other members of the crew in
jured seriously, when the Broad
way Limited, fiist Chicago to New
York passenger train on the Penn
sylvania railroad, was wrerked this
morning jut east of Gallitzln Tun
nel, 12 miles west of Altoona, Pa.
. The train was being pulled by
two locomotives and the lead en
gine left the track, pluhgllng over a
200-foot embankment. The Becond
engine hung on the edge of the
embankment, while the combina
tion baggage and club car also went
over Into the ravine below. Three
Pullmans were derailed, but dH not
overturn. The passengers, it was
snfd. were shaken up.
The dead:
C. L. Garrett, engineer, Plicate.
Pa.; C. R. Spangle, fireman, Derry,
Pa. .
The Infured: - '
E. F. Hartman, Conemaugh, Pa.,
fireman, serious with fractured
arms, cutft. bruises, and possible in
ternal Injurlrs; O. R. Hunter. Pitts
burgh, engineer, cuts and bruises.
SHOWER PUTS END f
TO MENACING FIRE
NEAR MARSHFIELD
. - (Associated Tress Leased Wire) : ; ;
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Aug. 29.4
A slashing and brush fire .which
threatened the pump station and
high power Hue to the jilunt of the
Coos Bay Water company near
Marshtleld, late yesterday,' was
practically' extinguished In the
night by a heavy shower. About
one-third ot an inch of rain fell.
- More than 50 men were engaged
yesterday and last night in fight
lug the blaze which had swept
nearly two and a half miles. - t
- Aside from danger to the city
water supply of both Marshfield
and North Bend, the fire was head
ed toward the residence district Of
West Marshfield and also the
small mill of the ' Marshall , Mill
and Timber company. -
One or two families moved from
their homes. yesterday while' the
tire .was at Its height. Practically
no loss was caused by the fire ex
cept the cost of fighting it.
TO BE FAR BELOW
Tax Commissioner Fisher's
Report to Kay Prunes
Amount to Extent ,
of $548,260.
'; , (AsBociatwl l'rera LpawhI Win)
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 29, Latest
estimates of the state tax depart
ment and the state . treasurer's of
fice as to the probable deficit at
the end of the' 'present biennium
have' reduced the 1 figure-'-from
51,5000,000, the 'estimate of several
months ago, to $961,739.60. J
A1 report by 'Tax Commissioner
Earl Fisher to State Treasurer Kay
gives' all- mi Mage tax receipts over
which neither the legislature nor
the state department have control,
receipts from all other' sources, re
quirements of state institutions, un
expended balances, revenues need
ed for general purposes, state tax
levies, and all estimated require
ments both under and outslde'the 6
per cent tax limitation.
Total state . requirements ' for
1927 and 1928 are estimated at
S21.3G0.228.72. but of this amount
$9,237,489.15 is not directly related
to state government, being mainly
millage taxes and continuing ap
propriations. The sum of 511,010,-
151.93 was voted by the people.-
Requirements of stale and state
aided Institutions for the biennium
arc estimated at $9,877,284.48 and
departmental and general expenses
of state government ' $2,245,455.09,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, a wall
known pioneer of Douglas county,
died at 'the home" of E. L. Settle
in Dodge Canyon Sunday morning
at 9 o'clock at the age of 84 years.
She was born In Iowa on Decern
ber 7, 1842i and won married to
leander Cole In Mankato, Minn,
fler husband passed away in 1908.
She is survived by six children,
Mrs. Ida O'Malley of Sacramento,
Cal.; Mrs. Sadie Settle., Oukland,
Ore.; Albert, of Chlco, Cal.; James
of Oerber, Cal.; Fred of Duusmuir,
Cat., and George of Eugene, Ore.
The body was rornoved to tin?
Douglas - Funeral Home where 1t
will be held pending the arrival of
'Mrs. Settle,, who with her husband,
at present are making a tour in
Canada, and will la tor be shipped
to Dunsmuir, Cal., for interment.
MULTNOMAH HOTEL
CASHIER HELD UP;
$5,000 IS TAKEN
(Anociated Prtaa Liwd Wire) '
PORTLAND, Ore., " Aug. 29.
Unmasked and alone, n robber at
noon today held up E. L. Fernill,
cashier of (he Multnomah hotel,
on a street corner in the down
town district and escaped in a
small car with $5,000 in cash and
checks. Forrall was on his wsy
to ji bank, walking along Oak
street, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, accompanied by Charles
(Joeckner, auditor of the hotel,
when, a tall man wearing a gray
slicker, stepped from behind a
parked roadster and thrust a pis
tol against Ferrall's chest,
"Stlck"em Up!" he said.
Ferrall thought he was joking,
but at a second' sharp command
he dropped a grip containing lh
money. Thf man pfrked It up.
leaped Into the rar, dashed east on
Oak to Fourth, turned south and
disappeared. :
ROUND THE WORLD FLIERS GIVEN
CORDLU. RECEPTION AT MUNICH
URN
SHIP
THOUGHT SEEN
Plane , Passing Over
Orinoco River Delta ;
and Headed For
The South
Report Heartens Wife and
.i Friends-r Able to Live ;
. Indefinitely If He
: ! Lands in Jungle. ' '
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
CARACAS, Vemmela, Aug. 29.
It v,'as reported here today that an
airplane was sighted over the delta
of the Orincoco, river at. 3 o'clock
Saturday attornoon flying in a
southerly, direction, .. ..
s.;'Tlie government operator at Tit
cupltu .Oily, -In the i center of the
Dellu territory, .wired the operators
at Ciudad- Bolivar Saturday that
a mall, enrrier. who left Barrancas
for Tucupfla-tiiat day, ,had inform
ed him he had seen an alrplaue at
3 o'clock flying over a small: river
In the .delta called tylacareocano.
It was proceeding In a southerly
direction toward the Boca Grande,
main outlet of .the Orinoco. . ,
The Orlucoco delta- Is. on the
course mnpped out by Paul . Red
fern, young aviator, , who left
Brunswick, Ga., Thursday -. after
noon in a lone attempt to estab
lish a world's -non-stop record by
flying 4500 miles to Rio Janeiro,
Brazil. , , , .
His route lay over the path, ot
the gulf stream, east of the Ba
hamas across the extreme tip of
Porto Rico and thence 6ver the
oaBteru part of the Caribbean Ben
to the Venezuelan coast; Redfern
plauned to continue over Dutch
Guinea and the .northeastern part
of Brazil until he reached Alacapa
on the north bank of the Amazon
estuary. If, conditions were favor
able he planned to continue to
Pemambuco,' JSO0 miles further
down the coast, or to Rio, another
1290 miles. i '
Since his' start there has been
no authenticated news of his being
sighted, although it was reported
from the Bahamas that a steamer
had seen his plane progressing
southward. '
Report Renews Hope
BRUNSWICK, Ga., Aug. 29. Re
newed hope that Paul Redfern
may nave reached South America
was given today to the wife and
friends of the aviator here today
on receipt of the Associated. Press
bulletin, from Caracas, Venezuela,
The news was communicated Im
mediately to the young wife ot the
aviator who-has been staying with
frlenda - here , since, her husband
hopped off at 12:16 p. m. Thurs
day for Brazil.
Redferns' course, however, um
not carry him over Venezuela and
If the airplane reported sighted
there -was the Port of Brunswick
the aviator had been blown off his
course a few hundred miles to the
west.
I : . 8peaulation
, Redfern's mapped schedule call
ed for his irassaite over the Oron-
jida Islands and the towns of St.
George Friday morning. A stretcn
of 4S9 mlleB of water then should
have brought him over the Tobago
Islands 39 miles from continental
land. Friday afternoon be expected
to be near Port of Spain, Isle of
Trinidad and Friday night he hop
ed to pass over the continent thru
Dutch Guinea, but It he cncouiuer-
ed aevere head winds he would
have been held back possibly until I
Saturday morning before entering
South America. ,
The Bouth 45 degrees cast course
would have taken Redfern Inland
over South America at .the mouth
ot the Coppcramn river In Dutch
Guinea, west of Paramaribo. ,
.storms Hie Problem
Since Redfern was alone and had
no radio, he had to figure out as
best he could his course In easel
Inds or storms swerved him from
the plotted route. The hope was
held here that the aviator. In try-
(Continued on page 8.)
SATURDAY P.M.
tFIRST ENTRIES
IN WORLD FLIGHT
' OF THE DETROIT
(By The Associated Press.)
' August , 27 Left Hui'bor
Grace, N. F:, 6:14 a. m, oast.
erh time. ' , - i
August 28 Arrived Croy-
don. -Himlnml. 5:35 a., in., K
V: T., I flying ' approximately,
2350 miles in 23S hours, :
August 29 .Left Croydon
3:32 u. m., -JS.'D. TV, arrived
Munich shortly aftor 11 a. m.,
E. D. T., utter flight of ap-
proximately, 000 rr.llos in it lit-
tie , more ;thnn seven houi'B, ,
'
LEVINE HURLS
BIG SURPRISE
BY LONE DASH
Slips Away From Paris
: in His Plane, Lands i
"7 at London With
. Great Bump .'
Two French Machines Give
Chase Unsuccessfully;
Drouhin, Discarded,
. ' ' Prepares to Sue , :
r (AeitorlaUMl Press tansM Wire)
LONDON, Aug. 29, Charjes A.
Levlno landed at the Croydon air
drome in hlB alrplano Columbia at
4:05 o'clock this aflornoon.' There
was difficulty in milking the land
ing and the Columbia circled .over
the.airdromo before coming down.
The Columbia landed vlth n 31-cat
uiiinp and lump and Levlno appear
ed rather , ne.rvmiB. Ho had noth
ing to say when, members of the
flying field force, who had watch
ed his performance; congratulated
him on his narrow cscapo from an
accident..
Levlne's flight from Paris was
an absolutely solo performance, as
be was unaccompanied, even by a
mechanic. Queried as to his plans
and whether Captain W. G. lllnch
cllff, British uvlntor, was going to
pilot him over the Atlantic, Levlne
snfd he did not. know and counter
ed by asking whore Captain Mlucb
cllffo was. When told that the
British flier was 111 Cologne, Ger
many, Levino had no .comment to
to make. ,
He was-attired In an ordinary
business suit mid brought no ling
gage ami no passport. Ha told his
questioners that he might leave
th: plane here nnd go buck lo
France.
Drouhin Will Sue
PARIS, A,ug. 29. Charles A. Le
vlne took French loavo of France
todny. Without telling any ono of
his Intentions, he flew his I rutin
Atlantic monoplane Columbia
away from Lo Bourgot Field nud
went straight to London, giving
Maurice Drouhin the moBt unpleas
ant of all tlio surprises that havo
come to the Frenchman since be
agreed to pilot Levlne From ParlB
lo New York.
When It was learned that Irvine
had slipped away in (lie Columbia,
two French pilots set out to
"catch" him, hut failed. Diciuhlii
then announced that he would sue
Levlno In the United Stales for
breach of contract. He snld he
had taken the precaution to have
the contract registered at tho
Americnn consulate.
Levlne, It Is nld, never posted
the three hundred thousand francs
which the contract called for as an
Insurance fund for Drouhlu's rmn
lly, and with tho Columbia out of
tho country there Is nothing which
can be attached in lieu of the
money.
Drouhin hns for his trouble, It
Is added, only 20,0011 francs of his
two months' pay of 100,000 francs.
Wife Not Informative
Mrs. Levlne Is leaving fur the
United States tomorrow. When In
formed that her husband was safe
In London, she paid site did not
know whether he was going ImiT
to France, hut added that he had
(Continued on page 8.)
HURRICANE, ELECTRIC
STORMS LASH PLANE ON
DASH ACROSS ATLANTIC
'Z, . Z-!..; 1 ; M z ' ' ' - ' l:'M
After Being Driven From Course, Brock and Schlee Find
Selves Eventually Oyer England When Guardsmen ,
Unfurl Union Jack Canadian Aviators Trying ,
. to Follow Them Foiled by Bad Weather.1 j ' ;
H t ,J , j I - I ( I, ,1 . l. ';'"-" l . C
' ' i (Associated ProBS Leased Wire.)
; : Followers of the Adventurous epic thnt airmen have been
scrawling jacross the sky this summer had to jceep their eyes on
three continents and two -ooeans (o read1 the latest, chapter to- :
day.-! .;'j'.'1-rs'; jii. Im ,
' j Tcrryi Tully, arid -James Medcalf toqk; off from London, .
Ontario,, pn a non-stop, flight to London England, but were ;
forced back by storm. : ! , i . . ' j ' : - .. ' . V ' ; :.
Xdward F. Schlee and William S. Brock made the second
leg of their round ,the world race against time begun Saturday
at Harbor Graqe, -flying from Croydon airdrome, London, to
Munich, Germany. ' '!:; '( ',-.' I i t
i;'' I ' Paul Redfern, lorie, flier, who. took off Thursday From
the "Georgia coast on" a' non-stop, flight; to Rio cle JnneirOi had
not arrived, and it was considered a certainty that he was
down, harmed or unhurt no one could tell, somewhere along
his long and hazardous course.,. There was one report that an
airplane had been seen; Over the Orincoco delta,' flying south
Saturday. ;. . - 1 --' . "" ,' ' -
' ' On the Pacific determined searchers were still .raking the
seas for the seven persona missing since the recent Dole air
derby from the west coast to, Hawaii. - - - - - -
, ' The Old Glory at New York and the Royal-Wiridsor in
Windsor, .Ontario, waited favorable weather for- flights to
Rome and Windsor, England, .respectively. . .1. vi.-.
In Europe several aspirants fqr trnns-Atlnntic honors bided
the weather-and a touch of hum.p.r was injected into the general
feeling of tension when Charles A; Levine, who has flown- the
eastward ocean passage and hopes to fly the westward, made
a mystery flight from Paris. He left without the knowledge of
his pilot and suspicion that the American intended to fly the
return journey, alone, was dissipated when he bumped down
onto the field at Croydon. ;
MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 29.
Completing tho second lap of their
projocted round-the-world - flight;
Edward F. Schlee and William S.
Brock arrived here In their mono
plane, Prlilo of Detroit, from Croy
don Field, England, this afternoon.
City and stule officials, the Am
erican consul nnd a large and en
thusiastic crowd, tho -members- of
which hud been waiting for several
hours, cheered loudly as tho grace
ful monoplune cume down at tho
Munich, airdrome shortly after
4 p. m.
Brock and Schloo wora each
handed a largo Btein of Atunich
beer us they stepped from tho ma
chine. (AMtM-lali-d'l'n-Mi Leuwil' Wire):
LONDON, Aug. 29. America's
round tile world rilers, Kilwitnl F.
Schloo und William 8. Brock, com
pleted the first lap ot their hazard
ous adventure the flight acroas
the Atlantic expanse from Harbor
Grace, N. F., to Croydon, lOugland,
Londou'B airport in z.i nours, n
minutes and won Iho distinction of
being first to mnko a non-stop
flight from America to London.
Although they landed at tho
Croydon Field In brilliant sdusblne
and only about 20 minutes behind
their schedule, tho hop was not
without Us perils, for during Sat
urday night, when some hundreds
of mlloB olt the Irish coast, they
ran into a hurricane t hat kept
them on tho alert for four or five
hours. Tho night was Inky black
as their, monoplane was , buffeted
about by the strong windH, and
rain potn'cil In streaks. There was
lightning and. thunder, and some
where about inid-Atlnntlc they
came through a had spell of fog
and slcol.
Bearings Once Lost
Before daybreak they got a
glimpse of green country, but un
able to determine Just where they
Even then they could not got their
hearings, anil Brock wrote a note
on a pleco ot cardboard and trap
ped it overboard, asking the name
of tho country' and rcfiucsting that
it he written ,on the sand of the
beach.
This and a second note were
carried awny by the wind, hut a
third, weighed by nn orange,
caught the eyes of coast guard men
who spelled out the word "Sea-
I !,
r-r r . I 1 J- u, '
ton.'- ' This 'did not help much, for
Iho name did not appear on -their
maps. - lip a short lime; someone
hoisted tho union jack nnd they
know that they wero over England.
Then after cruising further they,
came to the conclusion .that they
were over ihe uovou country on
the south coast, and .turned their
course northeastward, skirted Loir?
don's .suburbs and came down
gracefully at Croydon ; at 10:35
o'clock on a'peaceful Sunday morn-.'
lug.
Motor Never Falters "; ' 1
. Both Brock and Schlee 'took
turns at the controls during . tun
2,350 mile trip., Nuiiher slept anil
they were so preoccupied that they .
ate only a ham sandwich between
them. They drank some wnler and
cold coffee, their vacuum bottle
having failed, presumably nir ' ac
count ot the altitude, to keep tho
beverage hot. .
The :;, liters i were enthusiastic
about the way the plane limctlon
ed. "Ab for the motor.1 Brock... . re
marked, "she. never missed a rev."
moaning revolution, .
They estimated lliey used only
9 galloiiB of f-'ssoline hourly, mid
two gallons -of oil. '
.Record Not Equalled 1 "
The' Pride of Detroit, whoso
speed varied considerably, did not
establish a time record fur the
crossing. The first plane to blnzu
the Atlantic trail, from Newfound
land lo Clifden. Ireland, which wns
flown by , Alcock ami Brown In
1919, covered the distance of
1,900 miles In 104 hours, an aver-,
ago sliced of 120.9 miles-an hour.
Nevertheless, when tile aviators
went to bod at an early hour last
night, they expressed confidence
they would accomplish what they
sot out to do make a round-the-world
flight In less Ihim 2S days.
Canadians Forced Back"'
LONDON. Out., Aug. 29. Tho
monoplane Sir John Garling, bear
ing Captain Terry Tolly and Lieu
tenant James .Medcalf, which took '
off nt 5: fin o'clock this morning,
encountered a heavy storm and re
turned to Its stnitlng point nt 11
o'clock.
, Tully and Medcalf were bent on
heating "Duke" Schiller and Phil
Wood of the Royal Windsor as the
llrst Canadians lo succeed lu the '
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