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7T- DOUGLAS
tI COUNTY
FIRST, LAST nd ALL THE
TIME
Consolidation of The Evening News and
The Roebur(j Review
vL DOUGLAS
COUNTY
An Independent Newspaper, Published for
I the Best Interests of the People
02
VOL. XXVIII NO. 288 OF Rl REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 52 OF THE EVENING NEW9
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Today
Up $142,000,000 More.
Man Hangs, Woman Spared
Mr. Rosenwald's Example
Reservoir of Sands.
' By Arthur Brisbane '
(Copyright 1928 oy Star Company)
Yesterday, for trie eleventh
consecutive day, ' Wall street
bought 3,000,000 shares of
stock or more. General Motors
"hit a new high," an increase of
3i points, adding in one day
$142,000,000 to the selling
value of that one stock. It is
the world's first THREE BIL
LION DOLLAR CONCERN.
Mr. Durant, who dreamed
that dream and sees -it come
true, must wish he could have
held on.
Railroads are cheerful. South
ern Pacific, for instance, an
nounces the highest February
profit in eleven years, an im
provement of $838,766 over
February, 1927. (
Several stocks went sky
rocketing. But be careful how
you deal with what brokers call
the "high-priced babies." There
is dynamite in some of them.
And don't sell short. Tears are
back of that.
'A Stock Exchange seat sold
for $335,000, a new record.
The buyer got a bargain.
In the course of the day
there was a "well organized
jind bitter bear attack." Don't
Haugh, please, it is no laughing
matter for those bears.
Canada has hanged George
McDonald, forger, confidence
man and murderer. His young
wife, saved from the rope by
public appeals, sent him word,
"I shall never cease praying for
you." She, poor woman, will
have time to keep that prom
ise, in her life imprisonment.
In Canada it MEANS life im
prisonment. Sparing that woman, is a
step toward civilization. Once
thousands a year were hanged
for petty crimes. Hence the ex
pression "as well be hanged for
a sheep as a lamb." Children
were hanged and quartered in
Franklin's childhood.
"Civilization" has stopped
hanging children and gradually
will stop hanging women, and
finally will STOP HANGING.
nd men, astonished, will see
crime diminish.
'
If each would stick to his
fnmily and his people as Julius
Roscnwald docs these would be
fewer poor houses and less
misery.
Mr. Rosenwald gives $5,
000.000 to buy farming land
for his co-religionists in Rus
sia, largest gift ever made by
an individual for Jewish relief
abroad.
The ignorant, associating
Jews with rlothing, real estate,
etc., ask: "Can Jews succeed at
farming?" They ought to. Ab
raham pastured his flocks and
herds long before the "Anglo
Saxon" farmer came into ex
istence. y It may be added that Mr.
Rosenwald's many gifts are
distinctly non-sectarion, or con
fined to those of his own race.
He is one of the largest con
tributors in America to work of
the Young Men's Christian as
sociation, Red Cross, etc.
Sir Oliver Lc ge, learned in
science, says "human beings
came from some reservoir of
life where they had no iden
tity. Each was given an earthly
body to develop indivii ually."
Interesting, but how di J thev
get into the reservoir) J
When told that the giant At
las supported the eartl, on his
shoulders, a few ancient skep
. (Continued on pago 4.)
r I
STRIDES
If'! NORTHWEST
INDUSTRY
Planes Now Vital Unit
of Business Life
Mail and Passenger Lines
Continue to Increase
in Popularity.
7 SCHOOLS OPERATE
Factories Unable to Meet
Demand for Air Craft
Great Excursion
Coming West.
fAMnolalcri Prew footed Wre)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 26.
Wjth a rush that scarcely is
believeable to those not in di
rect touch with the infant in
dustry, aviation has taken its
place in the commercial life of
the country and Portland has
made, great strides in this new
activity.
Characteristic of the swift
flight or air airplane,, and .set
ting the pace for a new age into
which the world suddenly has
been advanced, this business
has not had to go thru a long
period of pioneering. Within
the comparatively tew years
that the whirr of the airplane
has been heard overhead there
has come a big development
and already great fortunes are
invested in plants turning out
flying machines of all kinds.
The air mull, which now covers
the country like a network, has al
most overnight become an Indis
pensable adjunct to modern busi
ness. Air travel Is rapidly becom
ing' a necessity, as need of rapid
locomotion Is being felt. Air tour
ing travel and flights for pleasure
Is quickly gaining in poularlty,
'as safety becomes an element to
be relied upon.
Demand Exceeds Supply
One concern in Portland, which
operates an a't sort, sold during Uie
month of January 26 airplanes.
These went to all pnrta of the Pa
cific northwest This flying ser
vice reports that during the past
few weeks U has turned down or
ders for 30 to 40 planes which
could not be supplied. The planes
sold were about evenly divided be
tween commercial and pleasure
craft. An offfciol of this company
estimated that there would be mar
ket for 300 to 600 airplanes a year
in Portland. Most of the planes
sold had three and five-seated
cabins. V
There are seven aviation schools
In Portland and nearby points, In
cluding Vancouver, Wash. Tho
largest of these schools in Portland
has already turned out 200 pilots,
and has now enrolled 350 students.
Regular passenger service be
tween Seattle and California
points, with stops In Portland and
other Oregon points, has been es
tablished in the past few weeks,
and is now functioning daily.
Air Excursion! Numerous
Pleasure trips from Portland
around Mount Hood are run dally
on regular schedule, with large
cabin planes. Plans are under way
for other passenger air lines in
th Pacific northwest
The Port or Portland Airport,
on Swan Island, not far from the
business district, is being nut Into
Rhnpe for use at an enrly dote.
This Island, which has been hntlt
up by dredge i now measures 600
feet It? j, u.- ' 700 feet In width.
The F rt of Portland has establish
ed the oollcy of leasing space to
private "ompanles for hangars, and
already some are under construc
tion. Runways for landing and tak
Ine off are bring prepared.
Pending thr completion of the
city's airport, most planes have
been using th Rankin Airport.
Aerial "ouriats Coming
PORTLAND. Mar. 26. Portland
will b host next July to 200 areial
toirists who are srhuletl to
1 lave Wahlne on, D. C .Tune 15 In
2fi huge tri-motored planes on a
llO.OOOmile trip through the United
StMes and Canada.
With 40 more planes due here In
July, on h, national air tour.
tSwan Island iitinn field prom
; (ConUnt d on page 8.)
GIRL PRISONERS OF
L. A. JAIL ESCAPE
' (Associated Prea Leaied Wire)
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 26.
Three girl prisoners over-
came the matron of juvenile
halt shortly after midnight to-
day, and escaped. Police said
the girls, Irene Keljomen, 1(1;
Jesse Lloyd, 15, and Gloria
Lannes, -16, apparently had
lain In wait In a dark corner
and leaped upon Matron Ada
Stevenson while she was
making her rounds. They
used bludgeons fashioned
from materials they had se-
creted.
After beating the matron
unconscious the pirl prisoners
took her keys and left the ln-
stitutfon by way of the front
door.
The matron was removed
to a hospital as soon as she
was discovered and physl-
clans said her condition was
serious.
HON
PROPERTY
OIEMVOTE
onissuE
Not Necessary to Be Free
holder to Vote
March 28. ,
FOUR POLLING PLACES
Registration Not Required
for Special Election
Polls Open From 9
a. m. to 6 p. m.
It Is not necessary for a person
to own property In order to voto at
the special city bond election to bo
held Wednesday, March 28, for the
purpose of considering the issu
ance of bonds in the sum of $25,000
for the purchase and improvement
of an airport in accordance with
the plan submitted by Umpqua
Post of the American Legion.
There appears to be a general
Impression that only freeholders or
property ownerB can vote, but this
Is a mistaken idea, for "any quali
fied voter is entitled to cast a bal
lot on the airport project.
It is only necessary that tho vot
er have all legal qualifications re
quired by the state of Oregon and
that in addition he shall huve been
o, resident of the ward, in which ho
Is to vote, for a period of 10 days.
The city charter at one time con
tained a provision that only prop
erty holders could vote at special
city elections, but this provision
was declared to be unconstitutional
by the supreme court becauso It
made no distinction between bond
elections and elections for officials.
As the state constitution permits
any person to vote for officers, re
gardless of property qualifications,
the city charter provision wns in
conflict and wna therefore void, so
until an amendment Is made speci
fying that only property owners
can vote at bond elections it Is
possible for all voters, regardless
of whether or not they own land
or other proporty within the city,
to vote nt speclnl city elections on
bond matters.
Voting by Wards
The city Is divided into four
wards, and there will be only tho
four polling placeB Instead -of the
10 ns In state elections.
Word No. 1 will vote at the
court house. Ward 1 Includes all of
the city east of Jackson street and
north of Oak street
Ward No. 2 votes nt the Junior
high school. Ward 2 Is that portion
of the city west of Jackson street
and north of Lane streets, Includ
ing West Roscburg.
Ward No. 3 votes nt the Rose
bnrg hotel. ThlB ward lies south of
Lane and west of Stephens street.
; Ward No. 4 votes at the city hall.
The ward Is east of Stephens
street and Jackson street and
south .if Lane and Oak streets,
there bplng a Jog in the boundary
from Stephens to Jackson street
on Lane, then following Jackson
Btreet to Oak street.
Need Not Be Registered
It Is not necessary for voters to
be registered for the city election,
so those who have not yet regis
tered, as is necessary for county
and state election, are still en
titled to vote at the special city
election on Wednesday. No poll
books are made up in advance for
a city election, such as this, the
Judges merely being furnished with
(Continued on page 3.)
liFLOOD WATERS
OF
ARE RECEDING
Two Rivers on Rampage
and Lowlands of Valley
' , Covered.
JAPS ARE MAROONED
Thirty Blocks in City of
Watsonville Are Under
Water Levees Pro- "
tect Sacramento.
(Associated Prew I.etBed Wire)
, SACRAMENTO, Mar. 20. The
high waters of tho Sacramento and
American rivers were believed to
have reached their crest hero to
day and now are expected to re
cede gradually. While considerable
areaB not protected by levees were
under water, no part of this city or
any other section surrounded by
levees was under water or in any
danger. .
The principal, damage of the
high water occurred in North Snc
ramento and lowlands along the
American River near Sacramento.
There a number of homes and
farms were surrounded by water
and in some cases as much as two
pr three feet of water was in the
buildings.-'
'Travel north arid east of Sacra
mento Is cut off except by circuit
ous detours.
Except for tho damage to furni
ture in houses in a few sections
there wll he little loss. There was
sufficient warning (o permit .the
removal of livestock.
Forty Japanese were reported
marooned in the 'lowlands near
Marysvllle, where the Yuba river
had escaped from Its banks. PlaiiB
for rescuing them were under way.
The town of Maloncs narrowly
escaped a flood when a 3 inch rain
in the mountains above Sonora
swelled the Stanislaus f.iver. The
danger was averted, however, by
lowering the gntes of the big Ma
lones dam and then raising them
to control the run off. During Uio
height of the flood a wall of water
seven feet high poured over the
parapet. The Stanislaus went out
of Its banks near Oakdale, and
drove a family of five Into the
trees, flooded half a dozen small
ranches and six hundred acres of
orchard and vegetables. The dan
ger In the Onkdale district was
considered past last nlghl.
The I'aJaror River flooded 25 or
30 blocks of the city of Watson
vlllo, Including part of tho busi
ness district. Many residents were
surrounded by water, and boats
were used for transportation.
QUINCV, Calif., Mar. 26 A sev
en Inch rainfall since Wednesday
continued unnbated today and al
though the Indian Valley was
flooded no towns were reported
endangered.
The bridges and roads In the
American valley, were threatened
and nil tho lowlands were flooded.
Slides and washouts held up
Western Pacific trains at Orovlllc
and Keddle.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Mar. 26.
The body of Zacharlnh Parker,
78, was taken from the swollen
American river shortly before noon
today. The aged man was drowned
as he wns leaving his flooded
dwelling for high ground lust
night. Neighbors believed I'nrker
became exhausted while wading
through the water surrounding his
home, and was swept away, lie
had six children.
MODESTO, Calir., Mar. 26. Hun
dreds of acres of crop lands along
the lowlands of tho Tuolumne and
Stanislaus rivers wcro under deep
submersion today following the ov
erflow of the streams caused by
the torrential downpours. Tho riv
ers were rising rapidly, It was re
ported. Damage to crops and propertj,
It was sold, will run into thou
sands of dollars.
Although the overflow at the
spillways of Don Pedro Dam, which
feeds the Tuolumne and Atme
lones, which the Stanislaus, were
diminishing, both rivers were re
ported rising in the lowlands.
The Tuolumne river was rising
at the rate of six Inches an hour,
while the Stanislaus was rising at
about the same rate.
W. H. Holmes, Irrigation engi
neer for the Modesto irrigation dis
trict. Bald It was the most acute
flood condition In the Tuolumne in
(Continued n page 8.)
1ENT
Big Bill's Book Censor Is Mutinous
; 0
Hermann Balks at
0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 0
Has His Own Candidate-And Shotgun
, ' (A'anrlutvd Vrru leased Wire)
CHICAGO, Mnr. 26. U. J.
'(Sport) Herrmann, whom Mayor
Thompson picked to rid the Chicu
go library of un-American history
books, has cut the political ties
binding him to the mayor Insofar
as the executive's Indorsement and
support of Governor Len Small's
third term candidacy are con
cerned. "Understand," said Herrmann,
"BUI Thompson Is still my friend.
It's Small I'm agnlnBt. How 13111
Thompson ever could climb back
on Hit) baud wagon with the gover
nor after tho way Len Small
doublecrossed him is Bimply in
credible to me."
: Herrmann wns asked if he had
not remarked that Mayor Thomp
son has dementia praecox.
"No, no, Herrmann answered.
"If t said anything along that line
I might have said Big Bill's got
dementia 'paradox'. Dementia
pruecox is ono thing. Dementia
KLETZING TAKES I
A FLING AT IKE
1 (AMoelalvd Pnm Lcuod Wire)
EUGENE, Ore., Mar. 26. Lewis
M. Kletting, field ageut of theNa
tionul Law Enforcement - Lengue,
fired back nt Governor I. L. Patter
son Monduy, decluring that the
governor's recent action changing
state prohibition policies "will
tickle the palate of every bootleg
ger and overy bootleg lawyer . in
Oregon," the Guard Btatod today.
! The governor recently required
Kletzlng to turn in the state badge
he had been using since Walter
Pierce was governor and he fol
lowed this by announcing thru the
Ouard that the-state would have
no more dry offlcors on "tho com
mission basis."
'The governor declared he was
In tune with recent declarations of
the Oregon Autl-Saloon league in
this respect and that liquor law
enforcement would go forward vig
orously but only thru the mudlum
of tho state's own salaried and
controlled men.
"Kletzlng, iu an' opon letter to
Governor Patterson, takes occasion
to correct what he terms certain
inaccuracies iu the governor's
statements. Ho declares that ho
personally has never received a
dime of compensation on the com
mission basis, being employed by
the national law enforcement
league on straight salary.
"Klotzlng conceded that from
time to time in some sixteen coun
ties contracts have been mnde
with the National Law Enforce
ment League for the running down
of bootleggers and that the league
has been paid various sums but he
insisted Hint no commission pay
ments have, gone directly to any in
dividual. "Klotzlng, who was In Eugene to
day, declares he has received the
blame for much of the bad feeling
that hns grown out of commission
operations when ns a matter of
fact the practico lias really beon
carried on mainly by the stato'B
own men nnd by county officials.
He gave quite a picture of tho in
side of liquor law enforcement in
Oregon.
"When a bootlegger Is arrested,
said Kletzlng, 'his first complulnt
UBually Is, 'why do you pick on me?
Why don't you get a lot of theso
other follows?' So often tho state
officers or the county officers
make an arrangement with him to
tip off on other offenders.
"'Our organization has never
used stools. It's tho regular offi
cers who have been doing this
right along, nltho I know wo hnvo
been getting the blame for It, Just
as it has been BUpposed we hnvo
had a very large force In the field
when as a matter of fact we have
had very few men, all of them on
straight salary, from tho league'
"Kletzlng is Inclined to blnmo
the misunderstanding with the gov
ernor In part to misunderstandings
with Sheriff Frnnk Taylor, mainly
due to Klotzlng's criticisms of Tay
lor s system of allowing many con
to run
victed liquor law offenders
the streets as trusties. He showed
an affidavit from one whom ho
o"toc1, ?n uTeveninrr a(
Kletzlng declares thnt these
trusties running at largo has Inter
fered seriously with law enforce
ment by tipping off other bootleg
gers on the activities of the offi
cers, which they would oc in posi
I iiun iu miuw in'iii iii-ii ,cn,..v
1 n tt,A t..ll tta ..laltna that anttIA
nK .nil jnii. ...i w .....v
of the trusties have even lndulgeo
u hatin nvnn intiti iirfti,
In bootlegging while on leave.
OALE AT UONOVIEW
rAnnHalM PrMt tjaM Wlr)
LONOVIKW, Wash., Mar. 20. A
gale estimated at 60 miles an hour
Rt the maximum.' last night blow
down two sides of the fence at
Athletic Park, tore part of the roof
off the Hess motor company build
ing, damaged a number of small
signs, trees and shrubbery.
Gov. Len Small
'paradox', that's different. I would
say that he is contrary.
"I'm still his friend. I haven't
seen him in five mouths. I can't
get in I- meun I could get in If I
wanted to go over there and wait,
but I won't wait' for any man."
Herrmann's remarks concerning
the mayor, whose crony he has
been for many years, resulted
from his Dlnn to place a banner
across Dearborn street, on his Cort
Theatre, urging the nomination as
.governor of Louis Einmerson, who
is running on a ticket which Mayor
Thompson opposes.
"Suppose the mayor should re
fuse you the permit to stretch the
Einmerson banner then what?"
Herrmann was asked.
"Then I'll put it up anyway,"
was the answer, "li.1 luko a shut
gun and sit in my office window
overlooking the sign. Then lot's
see anyone pull ' that banner
down."
-
BAD WINDSTORM
(Associated rren Leased Wire)
.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Mnr. 26.
Portland and the Columbia
River region were swept by a
severe wind last, night nnd re-
portB today from the upper
Columbia suld the storm con-
tlnued there unnbated. Tho
wind, which reached .a ve-
locity of 30 miles an hour
here In tho early morning
hours abated attor daylight.
Little damago was reported
In Portland.
From the Columbia rlvor
4 ' gorgo iCame ' reports of - auto-
mobiles stalled uy forco of
the wind, being unable to
make headway against the
gale. Two curs wero (.Tiched
on account of the Btorm.
Longvlew, Washington, ro-
ported the fence of Atlantic
Park blown down on TTvo
sides, the roof of a motor
company building partly torn
off, and damage to Blgns mid 4
trees. Tho wind at Longvltiw
reached a velocity of 60 miles
an hour.
SHOOTS WIFE AND
3 KIDDIES, SUICIDES
. (Ataoclatcd frcu Lcoaed Wire) 4
v LOWDEN, lown, Mar. 26.
The bodies of Lambort Mulor,
4 postmaster, Ills wife and
three children,' all shot to
death, presuninhly by Melor,
were found In his homo today
by Prod Meier, his father, and
M. M. Puul, tewn mnrshul.
Moier, 30, apparently slow
his family with n pistol, which
he then turned on himself.
Ho recently wns ordered re-
lleved of Ills duties as post-
4 mnster following complaints 4
4 of his hnndling of the office.
Tho children were Olive, 7i
Jean. 3, nnd a bnhy.
AN AIRPORT.
Roseburg's
BENEFIT TO CITY
"Just how is an airport going to benefit the city of Rose
burg?" one voter of the city was heard to ask in discussing the
Umpqua Post project, which comes to a vote of the people of
the city at a specinl election Wednesday, March 28. "Even if
we do vote bonds and buy and improve this propertyin what
way will the city receive any material benefit?" the man want
ed to know.
Such a question indicates the truth of a statement recently
made in this paper that the public mind is not keeping pace
with the rnpid advancement being mnde by aviation. A new
i term is cieeping into the langungc and people are being dc-
scribed as being airmtndcd.
itage. We have failed to grasp the fact thnt a new mode of
J transportation has developed with a remarkable suddenness and
come so quicKiy mat we nave
we can see its importance or the possibilities which the future
may hold forth.
Douglas county is vitally interested in the Umpqua high
way, the Roosevelt highway, the Tiller-Trail cut-off, a projected
chhi biiq west rHiirona mcse
1 . ...... .
, Whlrh w nr. nil Inmilmr nnrl
I
Of no less importance is an
should be built through the western part of Oregon every city
within reach of the route would be using every possible influ
ence to draw that highway within the city boundaries, realizing
that such an artery of travel would be of great importance to the
city. Such a fact is easily recognizable.
Just as highways are being built over the mountains and
through the valleys of our great western empire so today are
great lanes of traffic and commerce being mapped out in the
air. Just ns a city would strive to secure a place on a mighty
(Continued from page 4.)
DARING CREW OF
PLANE "BREMEN"
LANDS AT DUBLIN
Carry No Life-Saving Equipment But Have Re
volver In Case They Fail In Attempt
Decision Came Suddenly and No
Announcement Given Papers
' (Associated PresB Leased Wire.)
. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Mar. 26. The German Junkers
trans-Atlantic plane Bremen, on the first lap of a flight from
cast to west across the Atlantic, arrived at Beldonnel Airdrome
late today from Tempelhoefer Field,
FISH LADDER
AT
IS
Poachers Believed to . Be
Guilty Placing Charge
of Powder.
START INVESTIGATION
Effort to Halt Salmon Run
at Winchester Thought
to Be Motive for
Blasting.
Tho fish laddor at the Win
chester powor dum was destroyed
about 3 o'clock this morning by u
charge of dynuinlte, one whole uec
tlon of the flsliway being blown
nway .completely blocking the rlv-
or to the progress of fish up tho
stream.
It is believed that fish poachers
wore reBonslblo for the crime.
tho offlcors have bad a great doal
of troublo in tho past fow years
over Illegal fishing at Winchester,
With the salmon run Just Blurting
It is bo loved that the fish laddor
wus destroyed for the purposo of
preventing the flBh from getting be-
yond the dam so thnt ' a greater
catch would bo posslblo In the
(Continued on page 8.)
Great Need
Few of us have reached that
not yet renenca a point wnere
are innes or irnnspnriaiion wnn
. . .
r-nn a.... Ihixr imnnrlnnpM
'
airport. If a great highway
WINCHESTER
DYNAMITED
secrecy prevails
Aboard the Bremen wero Cap- .
tain Hermann Koehl, the pilot.
Baron Von Huenfold, and Me
chanic Arthur Splndler.
The German filers were met by
Commandant Fltzmaurico, chief of
the Irish Air Force.
The strictest secrocy ruled nt
the airdrome but it was. under
stood the German filers would
start their great undertaking
with New York as their oujootivo
nt the first opportunity.
A Daring Attompt
BERLIN, Mar. 20. Anotlior at
tempt to conquer the Atlantio from
east to weBt is believed to have
got under way today with the de
parture of a Junkers- plane -..from
Tomplehnefer Airdrome, . presum
ably from Baldonnel, Ireland, on
the first lap of the hazardous Jour
ney. i The plane, carrying Baron von
Huonereld, Captain Hermann
Koehl . nnd Mechanic Splndloiv
wont up lit 8:16 o'clock this morn
ing for what was said to be a
trial flight in prepnratlou for a
trans-Atlantic.
As the men had not returned nt
4 o'clock this nfternoon it wns as
sumed nt the Tcmplohoefer Field
that Ihoy had made n Becret get-,
away for tho Ilaldonnol Airdrome,
tholr hopplng-aff point for the At
lantic venture.
Neither Tcmplohoefer officials
nor tho families of the pilots pro
fessed to bo aware that a long dis
tance hop was planned so soon, as
tho men had announced thov were
up for a trial flight. The Bremen
was ' brought to Templehoefer '
Field from Dessau Snturday night.
Wife Not Informed .
Even Captain Koehl'B wlfo did
not know thnt hor husband wna
probably on tils way to America,
for ho told her that ho was merely
going to try the Bremen out on a
test flight.
In Lufthansa circles tho hop-oft
caused intense surprise. Captain
Koehl'8 automobile still stands In
the airdrome.
The Bremen took oft with only a
limited supply of fuel, and for this
reason It was assumed thnt Cap.
tain Koehl would attempt only to
reach Baldonnel.
The mechanic, Splndler, Is a
former nvlntor.
Had Made Denial
Koehl, still chnflug under last
year's failure to make the west
ward flight, bad fltcadfuBtly denied,
that ho was planning another hop
off although he was recentlv - In
Baldonnel for tho purpose of In
spectlng accommodations tor u
final take-off for America, from
that point.
Tho Bremen was favored by;
Ideal flying weather this- Tnnrnlng.
The plane Is named the "Bremen'1
which is lettered ou its Bilvorjr
gray sides with the number 11SJ7J
From Irelnnd the ncrmans bavn
planned a clrclo flight about 300
miles south of the Great Circle
route. They estimated that the,
hop might be accomplished in a
minimum of 20 hours with alto
gether favorable conditions and in
a maximum of 35 hours with con
stantly adverse winds.
Equipment Is Limited
The Bremen will carry fuel for
betweon 40 and 46 hours, giving it
a cruising radius of about 4500
miles, or 1,000 more than llo be
tween Its starting point and desti
nation. No radio, no life Bnvlng nppar
nlns nnd no rations went Into tun
plane, instead, a revolver, care
fully wrapped ''n oil cloth to keep
It ready for uc.lon nt all times,
was tucked awaj The baron was
said to have chosen this method
of terminating a failure. It was
a stranne trio who entered the
cnbln of the Bremen, tho paper
says. The baron, Prussian noble
man, wore his accustomc, mon
ocle. The pilot whose hobby in
painting, seemed equally indiffer
ent to the dangers he faced. The
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