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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE C I TV EDITION the wEATnnn OJtEQON: Cloudy on the coart and fulr in the Interior tonight and Huturday; continued mild. Dimia iHhlnn humidity In. the - interior. (Jenle variable wind. , " . VOLUME JftVL MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 1A GRANUE. OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88 NUMBER 277 u BOY SCOUTS' TO CAMP ON MONDAY MORN Reveille to 'Sound fbi' East Oregon Lads.Begin 10 Glorious Days r- SET IIP TENTS ON ' CATHERINE CREEK More Than 30 Boys to At tend First Week; More Than 100 - to Attend During Month. , , . Reveille wilt wound for the first time at the Kastern Oregon boy scout summer encampment next Monday morning when tt will call more than 30 boys to boffin one of 10 glorious days, crammed from dawn to taps with action, adven ture, study, recreation, discovery and fun. - ; , Everything Is s.'t to go the tents are being put up today by K. Itus sel! Scott, scout executive and Byr nn (Irow und Woodrow Damcrell, the food and cooking equipment is on hand In th new in ess hall and the whole great camp Bite seems eager for the arrival of the peppy scouts. Helpful, Busy Program While each day's busy program Is arranged to appeal to the Im agination of the scouts nnd to pro vide a good time Tor them, every bit of It has been prepared with the primary Idea of helpfulness. This idea has a wide scope' health, pioneering, nature, study, self reliance, orderliness, good sportsmanship, f; .construction und pioneering and general scout craft. Many believe character building to be the finest thing In the way of helpfulness to boys in such a camp. Certainly It pluys a major part. Excellent Ouiip The site picked for Camp Phy Is a strategic one. It puts the lmva Infn Ihn linin-t of thu wlldor- ness with rustic beauty, foaming mountain streams and tall plnes.at their best yet it does not tuko them too far away from 'civiliza tion" In ease of an emergency. It is centraiiy iocu.umiur.-i.Jiw vwt district. It is ldeiilly sltunteo' lor every type of activity from,, finn ing, swimming and pioneering to baseball. There Is atlll another feature thrft has a particular appeal to Mr. Scott. It Is the side trips, all worthwhile, that may bo taken. These will be in tho nature of ex ploration , trips and will take the boys Into - remote country tootiie times for overnight. John KHiott Allen, who will tie the camp director, Is a student of geology, and he vlll help the boys In their various craft studleB, Following Is a typical dully pro progrum; Reveille und Flag Raising Seltlng-up Kxercise Morning - Dip Breakfast and 1'ollclng Camp Sick Call Construction and Pioneering Scout craft Instruction Morning Swim Tent Inspection J 'Inner and Mall Delivery Trading Post Open ljulet Hour (letter writing, rest ing, reading) Artenroon swimming and In struction (Continued on Page ft) CLUB GOLFERS PLAY TOURNEY HERE SUNDAY Members of the La Grande coun try club will play in an 18-hole medal handicap tournament here Sunday, fhe tourney will be pure ly local. A fifty-cent admittance Vee-ls to be charged and prices will be given. The same handicaps that have been given on the ladder list ing will be used. Golfers may play any time during the day. C. H. Reynolds, chairman of the tournament committee. In an nouncing the local tourney tomor row also announced that the Maker Labor Day tournament, which was to have been, held here. Will after all take place In Maker. The local club .extendi d their courae to the Maker, club as a courtesy Inasmuch as Maker did "nut have hotel' accom odations. Since then, however, the Gelser-Orand has been re-opened and they Will-he aide to take care of the Baker. Pendleton und Walla Waliii visitors for the two days. Charge Man With j Reckless Driving '. L. Lnnsford was arraigned before County Judge I'. O. Couch this morning and charged with reeklens driving, following his ar- j rest Tuesday night when h cot lided with a car driven by Klden Hartley, of Klgin. Lunsfmd plead not guilty and his bonds were set at $50, which hp paid. O. B. IPakney and Hcott Boyd were with Lnnsford at the time of the accident, which oc curred bv the Allcel warehouse. Mrs. Klden Hartley and her baby sustained painful Injuries In the uccident. La Grande Man To Preside At Realty Session Sherwood Williams, Pres ident of Northwest As , sociation, Will Go to Victoria July 17. A La Grande citizen, Sherwood Williams, will preside this summer at one of the most important an nual sessions of tho entire North . west the Pacific Northwest Ileal Estate association which will con ' veno at Victoria, B. C, from July 1? to 22. Mr. Williams was ln ' stalled as president of the associa tion, making him executive hejid of ono of the outstanding regional organizations of tho day, last Jan uary. His selection to the office followed four years of active and j helpful participation with the or ganization and one year as Oregon vice president. Mr. Williams Is a La Grande realtor and president of the Equitable Savings bank. . With tho dates of the annual convention which by the wuy will always have a personal interest to La Grande because it met here two years ago imminent; an interview with Mr. Williams regarding his activities since being installed to tho office and on convention out look In general is of timely in- tercst. j Travels 3,000 Miles i ' Since January Mr. Williams has travelled 3.0UU miles and has spoken in 22 cities before cham bers of commerce and realty boards In tho interests of 'his ex ecutive position (to which he has devoted his energy wholeheartedly, i Tho upproach of the convention suggested the question, "What will bo the outstanding business to come before the body this year?" Mr. Williams outlined these, brief ly, as "there will be a considera tion of further extension of tho property owner's division, consid eration, of reports fron the tax committees, planning of corrective legislation in connection with II-, cense laws, and making further in vestigation of the possibilities of adding an educational requirement 'as one of thu requisites for obtain ing real estate licenses." j x The Big Problem Asked what the big problem, or question before realtors is just now. Mi. Williams Immediately re plied. . . . . "It is the relation of realtor and property owner to the tax situation. "I believe that our prganizatioti or reul ..estate men is Impressing moro cjearly than any other organ- (Continued on Page 4) , District Office Is Moved Here From Boise, Ida. I As further proof that luGrando, the metropolis of Eastern Oregon, 1 is the natural distributing center for the eastern und southern coun ties of the state. It Is announced that the United States Rubber com pany has just transferred Its dis trict sales office from Boise. Ida., to La Grande with F. E. Gaines in charge. , The territory covered em braces Umatilla, Union, Wullowu, Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney coun ties in Oregon and as far east in Idaho as Mountain Hume. Prin cipal lines handles will tie footwear. ; clothing and other sundries. Includ ing mechanical goods. MrvGafues ra nitty wrjl arrive In a few days. His first action upon reaching this city was to take out a membership la the Union county chamber of commerce. Routine Matters Occupy City Dads Only routine matters were pro seated last night at the city com mission meeting, which was ad journed from Wednesday. With all commissioners present the business was taken Care of In about half an hour. A communication was read from the Investment Bond club of Port land opposing so-called contracts for the purchase of bonds "under the guise of proceedings and guar antees to bid." The communica tion said that tills tended to the elimination of competition by other bond companies. The communica tion was filed. A letter from E. Russell Scott ex pressed appreciation 'to the city for Its assistance and co-operation In the staging of -swim week. Wrong Address In Observer Story In a story appearing in yester day's 'Observer the address at which Sheriff Jesse Brew hears con fiscated liquor Tuesday evening was Incorrectl) Jvtn as .Lias Jack son avenue. It should have been 13UC Jackson avenue.. ' Company Moves To ! Permit Repair Work The Bunting Tractor company is moving Into a temporary location next door on Kim street for a period of from 10 days to two weeks during which extensive al teration! and repairs will be made 'in the regular quarters. TRAVELOVER HIGHWAY IS ON INCREASE I Total Is Still Below Last Year's Figures in La f Grande, However NEIGHBOR STATES . SEND MOST CARS Washington Leads in Reg istration with 130, and California Is Second with 49. With the majority of tho tourist travel yet to come, a check on out-of-state registrations In La Grande show a somewhat less total for tills season to date comparud with lust year. However, garage men and ser vice station owners in la Grande declare that there has been a de cided Increase tourist travel over the Old Oregon Trail highway since the recent publicity on the road question, which -resulted In a meet ing of Ontario, La Grande, Pendle ton and Baker business men hero a short time ago. ' Tho check of foreign licenses automobile permits. Issued by 'the Union county chamber of com merce thus far this season. Indi cates that Washington led the tour ist list. The check, although It represents 6nly a small part of tho tourist travel as many register In other cities along tho Oregon Trail, shows that 130 cars have s gone through here from Washington. California Second California is second with 41), Idaho third with in and Colorado fourth with 12. California schools were open three weeks longer this year which accounts for the small er number from that state, it Is said. Other slalo totals follow: Mon tana G, Kansas 4, Nebraska 3, In diana, Oklahoma and Missouri, 2 each; Arizona, Iowa, .oulsiana. Manitoba. Michigan. Ohio. .Vir ginia, West Virginia and New York, 1 car , each. . "Permits are being applied for in increasing numbers dally und V (CmtlHued oil Page 6) EAGLESCONDUCT BEAUTY CONTEST Girls More Than 16 Years of Age Eligible Race to End on July 28 A bathing beauty con I est which Is to be conducted by the Walla Walla, Pendleton, Ii Grande and possibly Baker aeries of the Kagles lodge watt announced today. The contest will start tomorrow, July 7 and will end midnight July 28. Just before the four-city lOugle picnic at Meacham. Contestants will sell dance tickets and wilt receive five votes for each ticket sold or 2G votes for each new member they can secure for the aerie, providing he Is arceptPd by the lodge. They wilt also receive 2f points for bring ing a member into the Ladies' aux iliary. Kuliies must be over Hi years of age. They may make arrange jments for entering with H. T. Kd , wards or members of the -dance committee tomorrow night at the I'jHKlfH hajl, First, second and third nri'est . have been offered, The Katies lodge met last night, discussing plans for the contest and also for the pucnic which mUI be a In rue event, thev antlcioatc. A committee from the La Crnnde aerie will visit Baker tonight to present plaus for , the contest to that aerie. Lights Turned on Emergency Landing Field Near City LA CRANDU AfKl'tKLD. July fi (Special) Under the supervision of A. J. Hoover, government airway Inspector, the lights were turned on at the government emergency field last evening at 7:45 o'clock. The revolving lieucon. which tops the fi I -foot tower, burns a I 'KHi-watt bulb rated at two million candle power. Kach red light on the tower platform burnM a Goo-watt bulb. Ther are 31 Held lights in all 21 whites, two greens and 12 reds. The red or obstruct Ion lights which are on two sids of the field were not turned on last night but will be switched on as anon as pos sible. The whi4e ones oiitllne the entire field and a green one Is bl eated on the east and ulso on the west side. - The wind cone, which shows the I ft lot the direction of the wind. Is li;:hted with a ioo-uutt butb. Lights are controlled by an auto. matlc switch which is self winding and self setting, the only attention needed Is when a bulb or part has to be replaced. The beacon Is equipped with an auxiliary 10wwatt luH which Is Concert To Be Of a Patriotic Nature Tonight ' Several Stirring Numbers selected by band raul Knautz to Sing "My Own United States" The outdoor municipal band con cert to be given this evening at S o'clock at tho La Grande athletic Held, will be In the nature of a patriotic program, with several numbers of particular appeal to Americans to be played. m Among these will be the famous march by Sousu "Stars and Stripes Forever," Meaeham's "American Patrol" and a. vocal solo by Paul Knautz "My Own 'United States" .fullan Kdwards). Showers will not affect the eon cert. Director Andrew Ioney Jr. an nounced today, although la the event that a hard rain should set In before tho concert and continue, it would be necessary to postpone It. Weather reports Indicate that fair weather Is In prospeet. p The program for the concert fol lows: , March, "Stars and Stripes For-, ever" Kuusa Grand scenes from the up era "Maritana" Wallace (a) "Dnnse Turqtte" Polnk-Dantels (b) "Dunse des Sultanes" polak-Daniels "American Patrol" Meacham Descriptive Fantnslo "Tho Cav alry Charge" Luders Excerpts from the, musical com edy "Rose Mario" Ftiml-Stotlmrt Vocal, "My Own United Stales" , Julian EdwUrds i'aul Knautz Overture. "Fest" Leulnor La Grande Ends League Season At Walla Walla I Th e elm m plonshlp I .a Grande ' Pirates will wind up the 1!K Blue Mountain league season Sunday af ternoon at Walla Walla, , whoro a rejuvenated Bear lineup Is eager to take thu measuro of tho local club. Im Grande has three straight . wins over Walla Walla and Is the .only club that the Washington ' team has been unable to conquer at least once. Tho Bears won from : Pendleton the first game of the .season and l"ccntly defeated Baker in a leaguu contest. Walla Walla Is expected lo start Lefty Hill, a city-league rhukker, against the Pirates and from re ports, Hill Is a formidable pitcher. Baker was able to get Just six blows off Hill last Sunday and at pres ent the Klephunts are conceded to lie the hardest hitting club In the league. ' Walla Walla has also recently i added two r three men who have .1 clubbed thelr-way Into a high per crntnge. Yenney Is hitting AU2, Bailey .3G0 and Glassner .HG4. !; I -a Grande wllf start Haralson, light bander, against the Bears. In two starts, ono of them a league game, Haralson lias yielded but hits In 2J Innings, of which three or four have been of the scratch variety. Only six runs have been charged against him an average of about one every four Innings. If ho can hold to thla average, the Pirates are confident that they can drive In enough scores to win. I The La Gmnde club will face.. the Bears with the same lineup used at Baker Wednesday, leaving hero about 8 o'clock Sunday morn ing for Walla Walla. Boundary Board Meet Postponed The meeting or Hie district boundary board, scheduled for Id o'clock this morning dining the July session of county court was postponed until '1 o'clock this ntf ernoon. Meanwhile auditing of the monthly bills of the county has hold the concentrated attention or Judge lr. O. Couch, and Commis sioners W. W. Stevens and W. It. Ledbetter. Court is in its second day. ' At Government automatically placed In rucus when the first bulb burns out. Tim red light on the platform flashes the ! number of the field and the beam -.points the way to the next beacon. The. power Is supplied ,y the L. O. ( L. & P. Co. In the daytime a large concrete arrow painted yellow takes- (he ! place of the course lights. At the landing fields the building roof ; serves us the feather of the arrow. 'On the feather of each arrow the name of the route and the number of the field UKpainted in larue black letlet-s. " 'Vor the benefit of the aviators nyhen flying In day time the center Mf the field Is mark ed by a crushed rock circle !iu fret In diameter which is whitewashed. The airport Is a three-way field on which landings can be made from the east, west or south. Ac cording to Intmector Hoover it Is j to be used strictly as an emerg ency field and Is pot Intended to be used for commereial purposes. Mr. Hoover will have charge of the lights on the landing fields along the airmail route between Boise and Parco. Several are yet to be lighted. MRS. SHAVER RAPS SMITH AND TAMMANY Charges That Democratic Nominee is Charla tan and Faker SAYS WOMEN WILL NOT SUPPORT AL Attacks "Dripping Wet Ticket and Joke-Platform" in Statement in Washington Today. - WASHINGTON. July 6 (AP) Churglng that Governor Smith, democratic presidential, nominee, hud stampeded himself us a charla tan and a faker, Mrs. Clem L. Shaver, wife of the democratic na tional chairman. In a statement to day declared "we- dry democratic women will not support the drip ping wet ticker and Jokt-platform named by the Tammany delegates at the recent convention at VHous- , ton." I Mrs. Shaver, who Is chairman of the West Virginia division of the National Women's 4emoeratlc En forcement league, asked "how many times has Tammany support ed the party nominee in the past 1(1 years" and answered It by say ing "Not once," She also took oc casion In her statement to take a sarcaHtlc fllag at various democra tic leaders who have announced they would support the ticket and platform adopted at Houston. Mrs, Shaver said In her statoment: "Begardless of what democratic leaders from fop lo bottom may do, wo dry democratic women will not support the dripping wet ticket and the joUe-plutfoi in named by tho Tammany delegates to the recent convention at Houston. Scores Daniels, Moody "And, furthermore, we do not believe more than a few of the millions of the democratic women In this country cun bo fooled as all of the democratic leudets ap pear to have been tooled by It, The .idea of men like Joseph us Daniels, Dan. Moody, Joe ltoblnson, Carter 1 Glass and Jed Adams, saying "I am a democrat I shall support tho party nominee." "How many times has Tammany supported the parly nominee In the past HI years? Not once! Yet they have fooled these heretofore ablo democrats Into saying '1 am a dem ocrat. 1 will vote for Tammany, whiskey and a trick platform,' "We say u man who will shut his eyes like n ostrich to the things which the democratic party has al ways stood for Is a 'booze crate,' not a democrat. lifts at Smith '"The democratic nominee has al ways said In Ills public utteiunces that the party should make the platform 'and a candidate should stand on It. He has alwayti said i that Ills one outstanding Issue Is! whiskey ami booze the return of the- legalized liquor Traffic, which means the return of the licensed saloon, every politician knows it, and when the party adopted a 'dry platform If the nominee had been either holiest or sincere In his pub lit: utterances he could have done nothing but decline the nomination. He did not- and therefore stam peded himself as a charlatan and a raker who is attempting to prove that Lincoln was wrong and that you can fool all the peoplo all the time." Mis. Shaver wound up her state ment by predlctiugs"more than one (Continued on Page C Modern Woodmen Planning Picnic The Mode i'ii Woodmen or Amer ica met In the K. P. hall last night with A. L. Llnd, venerubhj counsel, In the chair. Two candidates were Inltluted after which luncheon was served in honor or members whose birthday anniversaries are In the month of July. Kinul arrangements were made for a picnic to lie held at. Immi grant Springs on July 1 4 and 15, lo which everyone Is Invited. Guns Stolen From L. K. Kinzel Garage I,. K. Klnwl. mm Foiiilli nlri'i'1, I'i'liortH lo llio pollri' that hlK itiir- jHiiniHlily hy a num. A .'AH Colt atito ! mutlc iiIkIoI and a lCftntiiKton rlfli. Iwlth nil of'lacon tiarrH. wpri: xtolfn. Ko'ilprtntH liroiln'l tlio gar a'K" Imt jciiif"! Una it uuh a man wlioytook thi? kiiiik. Two Drunks Fined $20 in City Court Jim Kelley and fbarbs Nielsen. a r rented over the Fourth ofc July I by the police, were found guilty of druukeneas In municipal court last night and City Judge C. M, i Humphreys fined each $20. I Loren Turner, charged with pos J session of liquor, w as fined $100 and then paroled. , t BEAUTY The Mormon (mirls wore won this year hv MUs Mildred CI iris teasel! or Ifanisvlllc, dab. She was clei'hfl queen In the Xorth Weber Mormon stake, or branch, Mpiilaiity contest In which many Mormon beauties look luirf. With the hoiioi went a bcmilirul string or iicui'Im. Tito queen contest marked tho con clusion or die Mutual Mormon activities for tlto seuson. SAVE LUNDBERG FROM ICE PACK Swedish Rescuer . of No bile Taken from Foyn Island by Shieberg STOCKHOLM, , July 0 (AP) The chief of tho Swedish rescue mission -telegraphed , from Spltz bergen today that Lieutenant Kln-ar-Paal Lundburg, Swedish Air- ! man. had been rescued from tho ice near Poyn Island. Lieutenant Lundberg was marooned when his piano overturned In an attempt to tako ore survivors or t bo Italia, dis aster. The Swedish war department re ceived a message From the ship "Qyesf that tho resoue was ef fected by the Swedish filer Shlo borg. ' No mention was made of tho flvn members of the Bulla crew who were stranded on, the Ico with. Lundberg. - t Arter taking off General Cm horto Noblle from the Ice floe on June 3 Lundberg returned to pick up tho other five men who had, been stranded since Iho Italia crash on May 25. He Intended to take off Natalo Cecclonn, motor chief of the dirigible ' whose leg was broken. As ho Rinded on tho Ire the plane overturned and the skllu were smashed. Unable to take off, Lundberg Joined those who were awaiting rescue on the Ice. I Details of Lieutenant Lundberg's rescue were lacking but conftrma- ' tion came to Stockholm directly from the lieutenant who sent a message to his wife saying that he hud been saved by his comrade, Lieutenant Shy berg. It Is believed probable In Stock holm that operations to rescue the (Continued on Page 6) HOOVER GIVEN RIG OVATION AT CONVENTION WASHINGTON, July G (AP) Secretary Hoover was given an ovation here- toduy when he mode a brier address before Iriifrie ordi nance committee of the national committee of street and highway surety, or which he Is chairman. The republican presidential can- dbhltf (Old Mm ciiiull.1nli.il It, ill M...I.. efforts toward adoption of uniform laws wero making headway and that the plan eventually would be accepted. t I !V ' , I It " Tragedy Stalks in Portland Court;, Man Pleads Guilty and Passed On PORTLAND, July 0 (AP) Tragedy stalked the municipal court room here today, "We have one more case this morning," the clerk told Judge Tomltnson. The prisoner walked Into the box. The Judge was mak ing notations on his document. "You're charged with being drunk," the clerk commented. "Oiilliy," came the words. Judge Totnlinson continued to write. "That sounds like Frank Oallsgher," he remarked on hear ing the prisoner's voice. "It is. Judge," the primmer whis pered. Tho judge corned : "Haven't seen you for a long time," ho said. Galliigher, a lumber tallyman and a good one too when he stuck to his Job, had one falling liquor. "I've been sticking pretty much to the straight and narrow, your honor." ' "What's the story tfuing to be j Posse Hunting ror rorter In Big Bend Area Negro Attacks 19-Year-Old Girt on Northern Pacific Train and Then Escapes. HPOKANK. July 0 (AP) A posse of thirty men. headed by Sheriff Sharer of Adams county, today searched the Big Bend coun try near Llnd, Wash., for a North ern Pacific negro car porter who la alleged to have attacked a 10-year-old white girl as she lay sleep ing In the Pullman car about 4:30 this morning. Th porter, whose Identity was not known by Northern Pacific of ficials here, they said, escaped rrour the train as It entered Llnd en route, to Spokane. He took up his duties In Seattle on train No. 4 eastbound. When the train arrived here ralli-oud orricluls took the young woman, whose home was said to be on the coast, to the Sacred heart hospital In un ambulance Her condition was reported as "not serious." Northern Pacific officers hier began a check with the train crew and the Seattle office, to dotormlno who was missing from tho crew. Pullnmn car porters on the road are not changed at the end of oach railroad division, as other tmti. crow members are, and the missing negro was scheduled to go to St. Paul. .Officers In Adams county be lieved the negro was hiding near Mild, awnltltiR) an opportunity to board another train and escape. ' Hospital officers ro fused to ro veal the girl's nutno and railroad men declined to spoculato on tho name of tho Pullman porter until his Identity was established beyond doubt?. j 100-Meter World Record Equaled . -' .5 Times Today H AltVAIt l 'STADIL'M. CAM MUIDGK, Mhhh.. July 8 (At) Claude Hracey, crack sprinter from It Ice Institute, Texas, and Frank Wyekoff, , senratlonal youngster from Glendale, Cal., furnished the sensations of the too-motor Olym pic trials today, wheft-oaoli equated the Olympic record of 10 36 sec onds for the second straight time. George Simpson, flashy Ohio state splinter, signalized the start of the flnul American Olympic track and field tryouts today by eb, nailing the Olympic record of 10 35 msconda for the 100 meters dash on u soggy track. Simpson was off like a scared Jack rabbit In the first heut of the loo, but he had to withstand a fin closing challenge by the Toledo high school boy, Don Bennett, to win by a yard. Bennett beut out Kiank Hussey, of New York, for mer natlonul champion, for second plaza. Hussey was being .pressed to gain the third qualifying place In a I tinsel with Weldon Draper, of Southern California, and others. .The Texas acot Claude lliucoy, (Conttnuod on Pnge 6) Prisoner Escapes From Death Cell UNION CITY. N. Y., July (I (AP) A youth under death sentence for murder escaped from the Union City Jail last night, leaving behind a note to Inform officers that "I have gone to seo my girl, lie back In the morning." failed to keep Ills promise today. Johnny Vauhn, 20, convicted of the murder or u rival In love, saw ed his way out or the jail, five other prisoners escaping with htm. Two of tho fugitives were cap tured. Four Boys Killed By Lightning Bolt " IIKNDJOItSON VILM'i, N. Y., July (I ( AP) l'our boys were killed mid two badly Injured when lightning struck a dwelling at Camp Minne haha, a summer resort near here, last night. this time," the court inquired kindly-Gallagher had been In the pris oner's box many times, always for Intoxication, He always told the same story. "I fell off again. Judge," ho would any. "But give me another chance and I'M run right back out to my sister's house, get cleaned up and go back to work inula." (iallagher began the same story today. "Well, Judge," he ick"ii, sheep ishly. "I did fall orf again didn't mean to " The voice trembled fell to a whisper. (iathiglinr's thin hands fluttered to hs gaunt breast. He crumpled to the cold flood. They carried him to a white, clean room upstairs. "He passed on" the doctor whispered. FLIERS MAKE NEW DISTANCE AIR RECORD Captain Ferrarin and Ma jor Del Prete Chalk Up ': 4,417-Mile Flight" ATTEMPT TO FLY TO RIO THWARTED Italian Birdmen Lost in Fog for Hours; Finally Forced to Land at Tour os, Near Natal RIO JANERIO, July 6 (AP)-r Safely reaching the coast of Brazil last night after a brilliant record breaking dash across the Atlantic, Captain Arturo Kerrarin and Major Carlo P. Del Prete, Italian airmen, were lost in a heavy fog for many hours hi an effort to continue from their landing place at Point Genl pubu on to Rib Janerlo. The Italian filers took off from Point Genlpabu, ten miles north, of Port Natal and .started south ward but soon were caught In un favorable weather conditions und for many hours sought safe landing place only, to find 'them selves eventually north of -Point Genlpabu to which they had tried to return.- J a .,. '. . f' IjuihI Safely t Tottroa ' ' Finally they made a safe landing at the town of Touros which is about 50 miles north of Port Natal, During the entire night the air lighthouses on the Brazilian coast as well as the warships anchored In the harbors threw their sedrch light beams Into the fog and mist In an effort to guide the aviators to Rio Janerlo, but apparently the lights were not powerful ,enough to servo as a beacon for the lost filers. - ,, Rio Crowd Disappointed! When the news finallywan re ceived that Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete had landed for a second time In northern Braill, thousands waiting ut the Alfonso landing field, outside of the.Brasll lan capital, went home In diuap-. rontment. The Italian airmen, had boen expected to arrive be lt ween t and 7- o'clock. (Hiis m,bFti-.. Hug un! the' Welcome which was" ready for them would have been one of the greatest enthusiasm. -Touros is 7U mties north or 1'ort, Natal by automobile and all the Brazilian officials were rushing from Port Natal today to welcome the aviators and to offer them the hospitality of Bra 1 1. . t AH was well aboard the men's piano according to the latest word reaching Rio Janerlo. ' , ' Break llntaiH5 Record Landing nt Point Genlpabu last night from Rome, Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete were credited with a flight uf 4417 miles. This was more than 500 miles further than the record of 3909 miles set a . little more than a year ago by Clar ence Chamberlln und Charles A. Levi ne. "? After a rost of an hour and twen ty minutes the airmen hopped off (Continued on page 8.) : MISS EARHART IS WELCOMED IN NEW YORK , NEW YORK, N. Y., July 6 (AP) Miss Amelia Earhart, first wom an to fly across the Atlantic step ped back on American soil soon ' after I o'clock today after a return Journey from Europe by boat, to . receive a noisy welcome from ad miring crowds and the official coiw grattilations of tho city. With her were Wllmer Stultx and Louis Gor- don, pilot and mechanic on her At lantic hop, ,. - " The filers arrived on the Presi dent Roosevelt last night but re mained on the ship at quarantine until they were taken off by tha city tug Macom this morning. As soon as the Macom docked at the Battery Miss Karhart and her com panions wero driven to the city halt for the official welcome. Tho woman flier said that she had received many otfers of thea trical engagements, buC none, of them had as yet been considered. She had also received, she ack nowledged, many offers of mar riage from persons who had read of her exploit. She said she had no plans, for the immediate fu ture. ; , j "I still have 'my-Job as a settle ment worker in Boston." she re plied to persistent questions as to her plans. . "You know 1 made tho flight on my vacation." IiASEBAIXi NATIONAL LLA;tsHC R. it. k: Nw York 11 lfl 8 Pittsburg 7 !." 4 ilu Merles: Oenewich, Faulkner and Hogan, Cummings; Rusaall, .MHJus, Dawson and Hargreaves; AMKItlCAX LEAGl'K Detroit-Boston, two games, post poned, rain. Two games tomorrow. St. Louis-New York, double head er postponed, ruin. Two games to morrow. ' ?1
