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VOU XXVIII NO. 149 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, . OCTOBER 14, 1927,
VOL. XVIII NO. 223 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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MANY
PANES
ON HISTORY
MAKING TRIPS
Junkers Plane Arrives !
Safely at the Azores
Today.
FLYING TO BRAZIL
French Airmen Hop Off
From Africa Man and
Woman in Light Plane
on Journey.
( Assoc at (Ml Preu I.onrl Win-)
While Ruth Eider and George
Haldeman were safely proceeding I
toward the Azores on a rescue1
steamer today, their plane, a burn-1
ed wreck, two European planes r
were headed toward tne . unitea
States by way of the same islands.
The Junkers D-1230 landed at
Horta, on the Island of Fayal, one
of the Azores group, this after
noon, having completed the first
leg of its Journey. The Heinkel
" hydro-airplane D-1220 reached Am
sterdam at 1:55 p. m. from" Wil-j
helmshaven, prepared to head for.
Meanwhile, at Old Orchard,
Maine, Mrs. Frances Wilson Gray,
son postponed her flight to Copen.
hagen because of reported storms
at sea. It was thought likely that
her plane, tha Dawn, would take
off before 7 o'clock tomorrow
morning when low tide would
make conditions favorable , for a
run along the beach.
The French fliers, Costes and Le
broix, were in the air enroute from
Africa to South America, in their
plane, the Nungesser-Coli.
h ' (Awoeiult'il I'ruw I.'-iim-mI tt'lri')
LISBON, Portugal. Oct. 14.
Lilll Dillenz, Viennese actress,
who Is a pnsseuger aboard the
Junkers plane D-12.10 today ox
pres.se:! the hope, before at'irtlng
ntf for the Azores that she would
meet l( nth Elder, co pilot of the
American (lirl at Horta. x . I
' ' I
The Junkers hydro-airplane
u-i.u, nuppeu ou iroin isoruerney,
i,ei-muuy, on uctoner 4 tor
Irans-Atluntic flight to the United
Slates by way of the Azores.' The
plane made Its first lap to Amster
dam without difficulty and the
next day left for Lisbon. The plane
was forced to descend, because of
fog, at Santa Cruz near Lisbon. It
was towed into Lisbon Harbor
next day but made the last por
tion of the trip by air.
Had Weather held the plane at
Lisbon until this morning.
AMSTERDAM, Poland. Oct, 14.
The Heinkel hydro-airplnne D-1220
enroute to the United States by
way of the Azores, arrived here at
l:fiii p. m. from Wllhelmshaven,
'completing the first lap of Us
flight.
HORTA, Island of Fayal, Azore3,
Vt. 1L The Junkers plane
1)12:10 arrived here safely at 2:15
o'clock local time from Lisbon.
DAKAR. Senegal. Oct. 14.-
Diemloime Costes and Lieutenant
Joseph Lbrix, French aviators.
hopped off at 6:23 o'clock this
miirnin on tho. traus-Atlantic sec-
Hon or their flight from Paris to
lluenos Aires. Their immediate
di-Htiiiuiion is Port Natal, Brassil.
a distance of about two thousand
miles.
. DAKAR. Senegal, Oct. 14. No
news of the airplane "Nungesser-
Ooli", since its departure from
Saint Louis had been received
here up to 2:45 p. m., despite calls
by radio stations along the coast.
Before taking off. Dieudonne
Costes agreed to send a message
hucu even nour. n was pre-
siimed that his radio equipment
got out of order.
CROYDON. England. Oct. 14.
l?iir-h carrying a small suitcase,
Mrs. Keith Miller and Captain W.
N. Lancaster climbed into their ;
light airplane "Red Rose" this ar-
teraoon and started on a flight of
1.10(H) milf-s to Australia, the long.j
est air journey ever undertaken
by a woman.
They will fly In stages across
Eurone to Africa then along the
Imperial Airways route to India
and over Burmah. Sfam. and ihe
Dutch East Indies to Port Darwin
northern Australia.
IOWA CITY, Iowa. Oct. 14
Captain Frederick Giles, who plans
; an airnlanp flight from San Fran
cisco to New Zealand by way of(
Hawaii, hopned off from the air-1
: port at 6:47 this morning after
liciPt delavAfl for more than a
W Wffk hv DilvcraA n-nllinr fiml a I
' broken oil pump f Qlte surprised and then pointed to
Captain Giles, who Is flyine his the bade oa hlfi aP ttna Mid
i TToss Blnrd. expects to follow . 'Don't you see the badge on my
the air mail route to Ran Frnnrio- cap?
(Continued on pas S.) "Then I told him that I could
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FIVE ALARM FIRE
IN FRISCO TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.
A five alarm lire broke out
today In the 8(10 block of Har-
rlson street between 1 Fourth
and Fifth streets and spread
to a three story apartment
bouse, a candy factory, slabl-
s. a machine shop and sev
era! dwellings. Hundreds of
employes In the various et-
in tnblishuients fled for their
liven. It -w a a not known
whether any one was trapped.
Mis. Julius Slndt of Melrose
brought a bouquet of mixed flow
ers to thin office today. Mrs.
Slndt grown a great variety of old
fashioned flowers on her ranch,
and never fails to remember this
office. i . '
GETS A SCARE
Ordered" to "Stick 'Em Up"
He Thinks Burglar Has
Him' Covered.
j-J R S
GUN CLICK
If He'd Had a Gun Someone
Might Have Been Killed,
He Says Officer
Is Surprised. .
'Officers who pull their guns and
shout "Stick 'em up". before mak
ing an Investigation are quite like
ly to be "pushing up the daisies"
tome of these, bright days if. they,
do not quit tampering with "Sour
dough Jim," well known local
truck driver. ,
', In relating an experience yester
day morning, "SourdougD. Jima
face grew quite sober as he said
with emphasis, "I got the scare of
my life and If I'd had my gun with
me i might have, shot the night
bull.
It hannened that Jim had left
his loaded truck at the Ned Dixon
Service Station the night before at
the invitation of the service sta
tion manager. He planned to arise
) t.arly , ih8 morul,ig to start ou a
trip to Coos Bay.. Arriving at the
service station at about two o'clock
a. in. he tried to open the sliding
door and it became fouled in some
manner. Shoving on it vigorously,
ho finally opened it about a foot.
Going to the Inside of the stall he
pulled on it tome mure, making
some noise in his efforts to open
It. Finding it impossible to budge
tho door, he emerged from the
stall, wiping his brow. At this
point in the proceedings, a small
car drove up Into the gravel about
seventy feet distant. A man in long
overcoat jumped out, and whipping
a long horse pistol from his pocket
he levelled It at Jim and yelled,
"Stick, 'em up."
"Sourdough .Jim" was astounded
and realizing that he had a sum of
i muitey in his pocket decided to
' make a stand to protect himself,
t Only a few moments before he
had taken his gun from his pocket
, and shoved It under the front seat
! of the truck. He had a riashligiu
land determined to advance slowly
, towards the figure with the gun
land, if possible, grapple with him.
j "Stick em up," again came the,
. command and the man with the
j gun Jumped a few feet closer.
At this point Jim's own words
are a more graphic description of
1 what happened. .
"He was clicking that gun at
J every step and 1 heard it snap
about twenty times. This gave me
more confidence for it the gun
wouldn't work, I was pretty tale.
He yelled at me several times to
'Stick e'm up,' but 1, had that
money aud 1 needed It.
"We advanced to within about
three feet of each other and It was
very darki An j coultl see was the
ong overcoat and that gun poked
at roe
Aa' we faced each other peer.
ed throueh the darkness and said.
'What's the matter with ya?1
"He lowered his gun a bit and
said, 'Why, it- that you, Jim?' Then
1 knew it was the niuht bull.
"He dropped the gun and said,
'Why didn't you stick up your
arms?'
"I said, 'I didn't know you were
an officer. I thought you were a
robber, hollerfn' at me every step
to 'stick 'em up'
" "Hell no,' 1 answered, . 'can't
you see you've got an overcoat
on?'
"He looked down at his orercoat
FROM NIGHT COP
OFFICERS ASK
NCR EASES IN
Nearly Ten Thousand- Dol
lars More Asked for
Next Year.
BOARD WILL MEET
Expenditures for Coming
Year to Be Considered
at Meeting Called
for Monday.
Increases totalling around $10,
000 are asked by the various coun
ty offices in their tentative bud
gets for next year. These budgets,
outlining proposed . expenditures,
have been filed with the county
clerk and have been compiled in
to a complote budget which will be
submitted to the budget board for
revision. ;
The budget committee named by
the county court consists of
Spencer Hinsdale of Reedsport, C.
O. Garrett of Gleudale and Na
poleon Rice of Rosbburg. 'This
committee will meet tiextrMouday
ami after considering the tentative
needs for next year will reconj
mend a budget to the county court.
The Increases requested by tho
various offices amount In all to
$9,835.
The assessor's office Is asking
for an increase of $4u0 over last
year, J2U0 being-needed for filing
cabinets and- a like amount for
new typewriters. The entire In
crease Is sought for in order to se
cure needed fixtures for the of
fice. 4 - ,
The Rchool superintendent's bud
get Ik considerably changed over
last year, but the funds .ore ao
shifted around that (he increase
asked for amounts to only $120.
The county home is asking for
$290 more than was allowed last
year. The sum of $240 is asked
for the assistant superintendent
and $50 for lights ami water. ,
t The county agent's budget con
tains a request for $560 iu addition
to last" year, the amount being de
sired for salaries and expenses.
The couiity court has asked for
$359 more iu thlf ferry fund. In or
der to provide for needed repairs.
The couiity. -surveyor, asks $2UU
mora '.for; office texpense' aud' sup
pliesi ' '- 1 ' V , . ' .. ' V t
The health unit' seeks $1,800
more than was al!6wed last vear.
iMien year the unit has asked for
ait Increased allowance as it is the
pmn to have the couufy assume all
of the cpst of this -work. Under
the present arrangement the Rock'
errellen foundation, state and coun
ty cooperate In the' expense of the
unit, but the pIhii Is to have the
counties assume this cost after the
unit is established In order 'that
the Rockefeller and state money
may be used to start new - units.
The jail fund fs increased $150
to provide for board for prisoners.
The county clerk's ofiice- is
asking no increase. -
The county treasurer lias reduc
ed his budget by tho sum of $100.
Because of the fuel that two el
ections must be held next year li
will be necessary to provide funds
to cover the cost of taking the
vote, $3,660 being suggested as the
sum necessary.
The sheriff's office Is asking
81,300 for an extra deputy.. Be
cause of the great h mount of addi
tional work being thrust upon the
sheriff's office by the state
through handling of automobile li
censes and because of ihe need of
another officer to assist iu the lnw
enforcement work, the , sheriff's
office is seeking money to pro
vide for an additional officer.
The justice court budget hus
been cut $50.
- The district attorney in asking
an Increase of $300 for stenograph
er's salary and office expense.
The total amount- of the In
creases Is around $10,000, while
the amount by which the budget
I can be Increased and kept w ithin
:the six per cent limitation Is only
jlS.OOM so that It will be impossible
j for the budget board to allow all
of the requests.
I now but not when be first, pulled
down on me as It was dark. He ;
seemed nervous .and walked over
to where I had been tueging on tho
door and then whirled on me and !
said, "Trying to steal a car, eb?'
' I told him I was Just trying to ge
out my truck and get started on
the road. Then he seemed sorry
and I aked him to help nie open
the door. But I was mad, for, I still
was shaking from bavins (hat gat
stating me id the face. . -.
I "If he had said be was an offi
cer when he first yanked but that
gun, I'd stuck my hands up and
been glad to do 1L, but it's prob'ly
a good thing 1 didn't have my gun
on me, or I'd shot at him. I
thought sure he was a burglar."
COUNTY BUDGET
O. A. C. PROFESSOR
CRITICALLY INJURED
5 fAwia!rl Prr lel W(rf) c
CORVALLIS. Ore., OcL 14.
Dr. John L. Osboin, Instruc
tor iu zoology at Oregon Asrl-
cultural College,' was critical
ly injured last night when his
car collided head on' with a
car owned by ihe Ross-Ruaff
Motor company of Pallas, four
miles north of Co rv a I Us,
Dr. Osborn was thrown thru
the windshield of the car to
the pavement, suffering . a
Bkull fracture. He regained
consciousness toduy s u ffi-
clently to describe the acci
dent. Two men In the other
cur who suffered minor injur
ies believe On bom lost con-
trol of his car, skidding. to the
left side of the road, an the
wreckage seemed to indicate,
according to Sheriff E. J.
Newton, who investigated. Dr
Osborn was returning from
Monmont!:, where his wife is
instructor In the state norm
al . school. They have two
small children.
CO-EO KILLED;
Accident at Salinas 3 A ;M.
Today When Girls En
route for Game.
TWO MEN RELEASED
Car at; First Thought to
Have Been Struck by
Hit and RuVi Driver
but Men Not Held.
c (AHuoolntPfl I'rcM Iawd Wire) '
SALINAS. CALIF., Oct. 14.
One- University or Southern Cali
fornia .girl ,stuue.i; dead, two
others are badly Injured and two
men are being heid :n the Mon
terey, county juil here on I lie pos
sibility of Iheir being hit aud run
drivers oh the result of an uutomu
bile accident which occurred at 3
a. m. today on the highway 19
miles south of here.
The dead girl is Evelyn Vaughn.
Los Angeles, thSught to be a rela
tive of John Vaughn, wealihy
southern California real estate
operator. The two injured girls
brought to a hospital here suffer
ing rrom numerous cuts and bruis
es, are Lucy O'Brassey of Los
Angeles and Elsie Taylor of .San
Diego. The two men held on sus
picion are. Earl .Foss and Jack
Lamberton, both of San Joso. They
were driving a fiuv registered In
tho name of Odellu Lanegraf, San
Jose.
Tho three girls were members
of a parly driving In Palo Alto (o
attend the Standford-U. S. C. game
tomorrow. " ;
Neither of the two Injured girls
was able to give a coherent account
of the accident, which was appar
ently without eye witnesses.
Foss and Lamberton, after bciuu
held here several 11011114, were re
leased after District Attorney Al
bert E. Wurth took statement
from Miss Taylor and Miss O'Bras
sey,! absolving them'
Leave for Calafornla
Mrs. W. II. Brown, of Llvermore,
Cal and her' daughter, Mrs. Beat
rice Avery, of Corvallls, Ore., who
have been spending some time nt
the S. M. Kelley home at Kelloy's
Korner, have left for the home of
the . former in 'California. Mrs.
Brown Is sister of Mrs. Kelley, and
upon her arrival at her home in
Llvermore- will be met by Mrs.
Kelley who has been- in attendance
at the American Rubekah Assem
bly, which was recently held In
Hot Springs. Ark. After YlsW'iK
with her sister In California for a
short lime Mrs. Kelley will return
to her home near Uoseburg.
TWO INJURED
IN CAR WRECK
FOOTBALL FANS
.. . Will be afforded an opportunity to follow the major
football games of Oregon through arrangements made today
by the News-Review. with the Associated Press. By means of
the News-Review's leased wire a running nccount'of the Oregon-California
game at Portland, and the Stanford-U. S. C.
games will be provided tomorrow afternoon starling at 2:30
o'clock. This will not be a play-by-play report, but will be a
running description of the game, furnished in bulletin form.
These bulletins will be read and posted in front of the News
Review office. The bulletins will start as soon-as the game is
underway and will be furnished at short intervals until the
contests are ended. All football fans of this city are invited
by the News-Review to be present and hear these returns.
OF
ELDER FLIGHT
i ; t . . '.
SEEKING
Want to "Cash In'' on the
Daring Adventure of '
! Young Aviatrix. 1
ARE
being: panned
. I I i 1 :
Newspapers of Nation Draw
a Comparison Between
Them and Colonel
Lindbergh.
; fAuoclated Vrem LpikhI Wire)
NEW . YORK, Oct. 14. The
"cashing in" maneuvers accom
panying spectacular achievement
today occupied promoters of Ruth'
Elder's attempted flight to Pari.
, Backers of tho adventure wanted
a highest bidder for the girl's story
of . the flight, while indications
were that contracts for movie and
vaudeville work luvolvlug thou
sands of dollars would be offered
the pretty young heroine.
Declaring that the story of the
flight had been Hold to a syndicate
anything Miss Elder might say to
any other news-papers would ruin
the commercial value of her arti
cle, H. K. - Cornell '.of Lakeland,
Fla., declined to cable Miss Elder
instructing her to outline the flight
for American newspapers.
"We're going to keep this thing
bottled up until we sell it," said T.
1 H. McArdle, another one of the
1 promoters. "1 don't mind telling
you that the fliers were instructed
j to talk to no one until they heard
from us. .
'Anyone would be dumb not to
jkuow-llrere Is money In this. And
jwe would be dumb if we didn't
take it. Neither Miss Klder nor
! Haldeman will say-trt word until
they get the O. K. from Uf telling
j them who hus bought the story,
; We ve sent plenty of cables over
' thero making these instructions
I clear." .
j Long distance telephone calls1,
! usually from Wheeling, W. Va;, lu-
terrupted business conferences as
Joseph Holloday, one of the back
ers, "kept the wires hot," 'with ud-
j vice to the -men 'hero not to settle
! anything until they hud submitted
lit to him in his capacity a& lega
i adviser to the group.
While McArdle was busy, Cor-
1 nell talked. "We deserve some
thing out of 1 his,"' he said. "Look
tit -what we've done for aviation.
Why, we've put America ou tho
map with this fllghL"
McArdlo said lie would not con
slder anything less than $150,000
for the flight story, with aii Imme
diate Chan payment of $25,000, but
received 'only a bid of $1500. The
dickering continued with waning
interest until last bids which the
promoters were willing to consld
er involved a total profit to them
of considerably less than $20,000.
An unldentllled man who de
scribed himself as an independent
motion picture producer told Mc
Ardlo thot he was willing to pay
one domir to soul , an option on
Miss Elder's service as a film act
ress. The man said he had never
made a picture. McArdle agreed to
consider the offer, 1 '
Reports said that two of the
larger movie producing companies
! might offer Miss Klder -contracts,
land the Kellh-Albe vaudeville of
ficials asserted Ihey had a promise
j of Miss Elder's services If she de
cided to go Into vaudeville. Vin
cent Lopez BKtd he had' cabled the
j aviatrix an oHer of $10,000 a week
;for appearance with his orcheptra.
1 The potential return of Llnd
J bergh's. flight was estimated at
I several million dollars, but the
aviator turned down hundreds of
; stage, movie and testimonial pro
posals and began a nation-wide
tour under the auspices of tho
I Daniel Guggenheim fund for the
promotion of aeronautic,
i WHEELING, W. Vs., Oct. 14.
I.L D. Meniam, one of lb WhnH
: lug hacker nf the flight - nf -the
! American Girl said today that "if
Ruth Klder is able to capitalize
,her exploit In a monetary way thru
PROMOTERS
MONEY
RUTH ELDER AND HALDEMAN
LAND AT AZORES TOMO RROW
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BULLETINS
- (AMnciattd rim Umk) Wire)
FOUR ARE INJURED
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. Oct. 14.
Jetty, Oscar and Jasper Albera and
John Quinn, all residents of Siski
you county, California, were badly
hurt when their auto wem over a
hundred foot embankment on Elk
river, northern Curry .county. All
were brought to the hospital at
Bandon. Little hope Is held for
Qulnnn recovery. The others are In
a serious condition. The men were
coming to Coos Bay seeking em
ployment when the car sKiaaea
over tho grade.
QUAKE IN NEBRASKA
ORD. Nebraska, Oot, 14. Slight
earth tremors were felt here and
in a ten-hille radius at 1 a. m. to
day. No damage was done.
PORTLAND MAN KILLED
VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 14.
Herman Vetter of Portland was
killed near Pioneer, Wash., 16
miles north of here yeiterday when
thrown from his light coupe which
skidded as he tried to avoid hitting
stalled truck. A truck approach
ing from the opposite direction hit
him after he fell from his car.
FAVOR8 FIVE-DAY WEEK
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 14.
The national convention, of the
American Federation of Labor with
not more than half Its delegates on
the floor tor the final session to
day, recorded Its endonement of
the principle of the five day work
week. ,
INJURED BY FIRE WAGON
EXETER, N. H., Oct. 14. Be
cause the sound of a fire alarm
still possesses as much attraction
for Judge Henry A. Shute of xe.
ter, widely known writer of boy
stories, as it ever had for "Plupy'
and the other character In his
books, the Judge Is today In a hos
pital. He Is suffering from Injuries
he received when he responded to
an alarm near his home.
Judge Shute, 71 years old, ran
out when an alarm sounded. As he
stood oh a corner watching the fire
apparatus pats, he was caught by
a hook and ladder truck and
knooked against another car. One
leg was injured, his face was cut
and he was bruised. 1;
TO
STUDIO IN CITY
Clmnln (,'mcki'r,' ' woll known.
Ho(hurK iiiiiHlrlan, Iiiih muilo iir-
iHiiKcinents to open u xtuillo for
liiHlructioii In brims and ri'od In
struments und has securm! quar
ters In connection, with tltff Ilel
line conservatory, where he will
Rlvo cIhmk mid Individual InHHona
In the future.' Mr; Crocker Iiiih
nlxo'lieen eiiKHRed by I lie hluli
schools to direct their orchesiruj
this year, -and In tuklng over Hint
work Immediately.
' Mr. Crocker plans upon reorgan
ir.iiiK the boys' hand, which has
been for several years one of tho
tnoHt popular musical orkiiul.a
lions of the clly. He expects to
enlarirn the hand and hopes to de
velop one of the best Juvenile
miiHlcal organizations in lha slnto.
Me is a professional musician
who hart bad an unusual amount of
experience In various musical
lines, lie was a member of Hoho
buru's first Juvenile band, played
solo cornet In the O. A. C. cadet
hand and in the Douglas Coiinlv
Concert Hand Iu recent- years. Il
lias played In some of Ihe lending
orchestras of Ihe Pacific coast and
recently has beon connected with
orchestras al I'm timid, Klnmiith
Kails and Coos Hay.
-o-
M. A. Heed." district traffic man
niter of the Oregon Stages with
headquarters Iu Kuicene, was a
IuihIiicmi visitor here 'overnight
and t'.. morning went on to Med
ford. , .
some legitimate enterprise she
will have Ihe hearty cooperation of
Wheeling backers."
"We are not Interested In mi
personal profits and It would only
be wllb a desire "Id Ihe two
flyera that wa will he Interested 111
all In (heir financial ventures," he
said.
"Iie'splte 'the accident we je
believe certain good. has. been ac
complished. The fact thai the
2.G0O miles was negotiated hiiccch.
fully, part ' of the time through
heavy storms, demonstrates the
modern airplane la practicable In
all kinds of weather. The trip al
so proves a new field has been
opened for women's endeavor.
PLANE BURNS WHEN ATTEMPT
IS MADE BY CREW TO HOIST
IT ABOARD THE DUTCH SHIP
Both Miss Elder and Haldeman Are in Good Health
and Are Rested Backers of Flight
Urge Them to Go 1 4
On to Paris. irj
. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) '
Forced down at sea after battling storm and mechanical '
trouble, the flying American Girl, Ruth Elder and her comrade J '
in adventure, George V. Haldeman, were safe and sound today i
on the Dutch tanker Barendrecht, steaming steadily for tho
Azores. They are due to arrive there some time tomorrow'
morning, - .
1 heir monoplane, the American Girl, took fire after their :
rescue and lies beneath the waves of the Atlantic, a mass ; of . ,
charred wreckage.
When forced to alight they
miles from New York in the
over water.' 1 hey tell short of the European continent by soma
600 miles and of Paris, their goal, by about 1200. '
a mile, more Haul was thrown .
on their uerlnl OdyBBoy in a wire
loss message, from Captain Goos of
tho rescue ship. This showed that
they had encountored a storm tone
us predicted by the New York,
weather experts.
Fighting the storms for eight
honi-H, they' emorged Iriumplmnt
but found themsolvusi way to tho
south of their course. Then .lio oil
pressuro guago dropped, revealing
that tho feed plpo was brokou.
Thoy continued to fly as best they
could, thus handicapped, for five
hours, fearing lit every - moment
that the pistons would Jam, Thon,
about 350 miles nortlioaitt of the
Asuros, sighting the Murendroclit,
thoy headed for hor and alighted
ulongslde, ...
Sailors made fast the plane and
tho intrepid' girl and her compan
ion clambored aboard, . "well but
fatigued," as Cuptaln Ooos report
ed. Their flrflt thought was for
their boloved plane, "American
Olrl," and the IJntch captain
agreed to attempt Its. salvage as it
wa not damaged, so skilfully had
It been brought down upon the
witter.
' Unes were attached and tho task
of getting It aboard began when lu
some manner, probably thru fuel
spilling on the uvcr heated englno,
thu gasoline was ignited. Tiioro
were iwo explosions and the grace
ful monoplane which had served its
crew so well was soon 11 ma&B of
tlames, obliging the Dutch master,
lu view of the nature of Ms own
cargo, to drop tackle und sheor
off, leaving tho machine to Its fate.
So quickly and completely was II
burned that the sailors , were un
ablo to save anything on board.
"The glorious failure," u it was
hailed in Paris, both thrilled and
relieved the Kruiich public, purll
iilarly the feminine portion. Pa-
rlslennes Were' pleased that ono of
their sex hod sot a record for con
tinuous overseas flying,
Jlegret was voiced that a flight
which sucmed destined to end to
well should havo fulled from such
li small cause as tho breaking of
an oil pipe. At the samo llmo tech
nicians asserted that this was one
nioro iiroof that tran-Ailanilc
filers should use multimoturcd
planes ami not depend 011 one en
gine which could be disabled by it
small mcchunlca! defect.
I1KI.KAST. Ireland, Oct. II
Joseph Devlin's newspsper, the
Irish News, is very severe with
Ittith Klder and women filers In
general,
"A woman bad no biisinehs to at
tempt such a flight," the paper
says. "It was perfectly ridiculous
to read of this young person's
chatler, nf her preparations for the
event, her vanity bag, Chinese
ring, knli kers, black ami red four-
In-hand lie and paHcl-sliadcd hand
over dark brown hair and to re
member that she was going to risk
her life Just 10 gratify her stiipld
vanity.
"She Is n married woman. Her
husband wisely remained at home.
' ir Hutli has any sense loft she will
I Join in in now nnd keep houte for
jhlm.
j "Another American lady Is wan
ting to start on the same Journey,
j Khe should be taken homo by her
; relatives. It they used a slight rod
to tame her ardent spirits, no ono
would censure them too severely.
"Men In the summer may Hrlvo
to equal Lindbergh. Women should
slay at home."
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. Rejoic
ing from New York to the Canal
had covered more than 2.600
longest flight ever made entirely .
Zone marked receipt of the news
of tho rescue of Ruth Elder- and
Captain George Haldeman.) :
"Oh," exclaimed Mrs. Haldeman
when Informed of her husband's
safety. "If there were only golden
cloud's I d be walkln gon them."
MrB. Haldeman, who saw Her
husband off, praised Miss Elder hh . ,
the heroine of the-adventure.
"You know, my husband Is just
tho co pilot. Miss Elder Is the Im
portant person."-- -. . - . ,:'
At Anulston, Alabama, Miss Eld- -
or's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Elder, said their Joy was ,"un-'
bounded," ' ', -
Iu the Canal Zone, Lyle womack.
accessories sulesman husband, of
the aviatrix, received the following
messago: "Picked up by the steam
ship Hurcndrecht. Uotb. Bare, unin
jured. Love. Ruth." ,
Womack replied: "With love,
bravest girl In the, world, am an
xiously iiwultlng your return.".!
Womack said he might go. lo
New York to meet his. wife It that
would speed their reunion.
From Wheeling, W. Va., financial
buckors of the flight Instructed tho
aviators "go on to Parte."
"Miss Elder , wanted to go , lo
Paris," Joseph I, . Hollowny,
spokesman for tho backers said.
"Sho tried hard to get there' by
piano and to turn them back how
would be cruel."' . . ...
MILWAUKKI3, Oct. H.Kuth
Elder played an importnnt part In
tho development of commercial
aviation despite the fact she wuh
unnblo to reach her goal, lr' tho
opinion of William P. McCracken,
asslstnnt secretary of commerce,
who Inst night addressed a banquet
attended by Milwaukee aviators.
Miss Elder demonstrated that
thu southern Atlantic steamship
lane la tho safett under ordinary
conditions, said Mr. McCracken,
who is In charge of commercial
avlallou for the country.
"Tho fnct that steamships con
stantly travel the routo she select
ed probably suved her life."
NEW YORK. Oct. 14. Some
AmericHii women think Ruth El
der was "very foolish" to risk her
life In Ihe trails-Atlantic flight,
and "of much less service to hu
manity than a gooil typist."
While conceding the courage of
the pretty aviatrix. Dr. Katherino
K. Davis, sociologist, called her
adventure "a mistaken thing for 1
young girl to do". Mrs. Franklin
I). Roosevelt, civic lender, criti
cized tile needless risk Involved,
and Winifred Sackvlilo Hloner.
fnuudcr of Ihe league for fostering
genius, cxprcs.-tcd her preference
for good typists to Ruth Elders
and (iertrude Ederles.
Dr. Mavis said: "The only llmo
anyone should undertake a thlnir
that Jeopardizes the happiness of
dc.-ir ones is when he or she has a
definite chance of accomplishing
some! hing."
Mrs. Sinner voiced her' opposi
tion to what she described as "mi
necessary undertakings."
"(iertrurlo Kderle Is another ex
ample." she said, ".lust as I think
It Inane to swim across the chan
nel when there are ships and ulr
planes to take you across, so 1
think It foolhardy to attempt a
flight across the Atlantic when
nothing whatever will ho nccomp
llhcd by It.
"A fast accurate typist dne
more for the community than a
dozen flerlrilde Ederles or Ruth
Elders." ' '
Mrs. Roosevelt mildly crlllelie-I
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