La Grande evening observer., June 25, 1930, Page 1, Image 1

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VOLUME XXVIII
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1930
EAST7UIN OREGON'S IdiiYDING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 265
PROGRESS IS
BEING MADE
1 BUILDING
Completion of Depot
Foundation Work is
to Take Place Soon.
HOTEL ANNEX IS
K NEARING THE TOP
Woi-kmen Laying Brick
r on Seventh Floor
; Other Projects in City
Are Moving Ahead.
With carloads ot sand anil grav
el unloaded at the site of the new
.Union Pacific J150.000 depot In
La Grando yesterday, preparations
are heading up for the completion
of the pouring of concrete for the
basement. Concrete has already
heen poured for much ot the foun
dation but the basement proper
was still In process of excavation
yosterduy.
. Work has been progressing as
rapidly as possible on the depot,
and It Is expected that It will be
completed sometime this fall.
Work oil Seventh Story
k Brick layers arc at . work now
on the seventh floor of the Saca
Juwea Inn. the pouting ot con
crete having been completed. Th&
upper floor of the annex to the
hotel building, which is being
erected by Julius Ho.esch, will con
sist of apartments.
Work on the annex was started
early this year and has gone
ahead with very little delay, story
after story going up with the pass
ing of the spring weeks.
When completed, the Sacajawea
and the annex will give Mr. Roesch
and La Grande a block of build
ings very rarely found In a city
of comparable size.
Other Work Moving Ahead
Other construction "work in La
Grande Is moving ahead very well.
Threo projects lmvo been compet
ed in tho last fortnight the Per
kins Firestone Btatlon, the A. R.
Hunter station and the new Ob
server building.
' The concrete work , (or the L.
('. Smith apartment building on
'Washington between Elm, and De
ipot has been completed..
On tne sue wnere inw masonic
association will erect a two.-story
;buildlng to be occupied by the J.
C Penney company, excavation
hns been completed, part of the
concrete has been poured for the
basement and the workmen are
going ahead with the, remainder.
East of tho Larison Chevrolet
garage, giant timbers are on the
(ground for tho garage annex to
:bo built by Mr. Itoesch, and con
crete foundation work has been
taken caro of.
In addition to these buildings,
several other projects of size, In
cluding tho Cemetery Memorial
works on East Adams and other
residential and business construc
tion, is under way or elHe being
planned for this year, ,
I'crmltN $100,000
, Building permits at present are
'almost $400,000, which figure Is
expected to puss tho ha'r million
mark. before the year ends, which
will make 1930 the second largest
year In local building history.
MAN WANTED
IN TACOMA IS
JAILED HERE
B. Terry and Sylvia Cummins,
15-year-old girl, wero taken from
the la Grande city jail yesterday
by a Walla Walla guurd who wqs
to deliver them to Tacoma officers.
Terry is charged with enticing the
girl from her home. Ho was ar
rested hero Friday after local of
ficers received a wire from Wash,
ington. . ,
Myers And Ryder
Trial Under Way
PORTLAND, Ore., June 25
(AP) Trial of Donald E. Meyers
and Korrest Ryder, of La Grande,
who are charged with the opera
tion of a still near Elgin, Ore.,
continued In federal court here
today.
MPPLY HILL VOTE BLOCKED
WASHINGTON, June 25 (AP)
Consideration of tho second de
ficiency appropriation bill carry
ing funds for starting tho Boulder
Canyon dam and various other
emergency appropriations was
Mocked in the senate today by
Senator Couzens, republican, Mich
igan, who, demanded prior con
sideration of tho houBo measure
regulating motor bus transporta
tion. WEATHER TODAY
7:30 a. m. CO nbove,
.Minimum: 45 nbove.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 73, minimum 48
above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WEATHER JtXE 25, i2
Maximum 81, minimum 61
above.
Condition: clear.
Company E Will
Arrive Home At
Aboui 9 A. M.
La Giande Guardsmen in
Portland Today on
Leave 'Start for East
Oregon Tonight.
Company E. 186th Infantry, will
arrive In La Grande about ?
o'clock tomorrow morning on a
special train, according' to reports
t-odjiy from railroad officials here.
Tho guardsmen left Camp Clat
soop this morning, whore they
have spent the last 15 days, and
were to spend today in Portland
on leavo, entraining for Eastern
Oregon this evening. Besides La
Grande guardsmen, the companies
from Baker, Pendleton, Union and
The Dalles were to come east on
the special train. ,
liy Charles Cook
(Observer Correspondent)
CAMP CLATSOP, Ore. (June 24
by mail) With just one more day
of trnining at Camp Clatsop, Com
pany E, La Grande's nutlonul
guard organization, is eager to go
home after two weeks of successes.
The company was outstanding In
athletics, a La Qrande man win
ning first place In tho 100-yard
dash' In the field meet and a La
Grande team winning the Oregon
national guard championship In the
tent pitching race. Company Es
baseball team won the regimental
championship, also. The company
played an outstanding part In tho
great combat demonstration held
Saturday and was an efficient
guard detail on Saturday night.
Company E played an Important
part in the sham battle held' on
Saturday afternoon. . Company E
men held 100 yards of the half
mile long battle front and went
through its part in the big show
without a hitch. After the heavy
artillery in the rear had begun its
barrago and the machine gunners
had raised cloudw of dust on the
opposite hillsicTe, the skirmish line
went forward and added to the
din. Tho line moved forward and
a second line followed, adding to
the noise which blank ammunition
and contributing to the spectablo
by setting off Bmoke bombs. Tho
third wave got its chanco to show
off when the final rush was made
and 1500 yelling men dashed up
(Continued on Pagd Five) .
Starr Praises
Normal School
In Rotary Talk
C. L. Starr, former Oregon Nor
mal school regent and present
member - of the state board of
higher education, was a visitor In
La Grando ' today, visiting tho
Bastern Oregon Normal school.
President H. E. Inlow, ex-Governor
Walter M. Pierce and many,
other friends In this city.
MV. Starr, who is from Port
land, was guest speaker at the
Rotary club luncheon at noon at
tho l.a Grande hotel, giving a
brief outline of tho work of tho
new state board of higher educa
tion. Ho then spoke of the local
Normal school, saying that there
la no doubt among those who
know the facts as to the Bplenrtid
work of President Inlow and the
faculty, already proven by the
quality of the graduates turned
out this spring. Quality rather
than quantity Is his idea.
Mr. Starr also stressed the fact
that all state institutions are paid
for by the state os a whole and
that partisanship should bo void
od. College Quartet
Will Sing Friday
Tho male quartet of the North
west Nazarene college will sing at
the Church of tho Nazarene Fri
day evening. June 27. It was an
nounced today by the Kev. G. E.
Sharp. Accompanying the quartet
will bo the Rev. U U. Meggers, of
Ontario. All are invited to attend
the program which begins at 8
p. m.
Albert Hopkins
Accepts School
Albert Hopkins, a student of the
Eastern Oregon Normal school
and a letterman In baseball at the
Normal school and major sports
at the Norman, Okla., high school
where he graduated, has accepted
tho position as principal of the
Oregon Trail school. Tour miles
south of Nyssa. Mr. Hopkins at
tended the University of Okla
homa In '29 and Is now completing
his work at the summer session of
tho Normal school.
Missionaries Will
Speak At Mission
Louis Johnson and Arland Wa-
cell, missionaries to Borneo, Dutch
East Indies, will speak at the Gos
pel mission Thursday and Friday
evenings at 7:45 p. m. These two
missionaries will be leaving for
the Dutch East Indies In August
of this year, where thousands of
people are being taught the old
line gospel. Mr. Wasetl plays the
piano accordion and both men are
good singers and speakers. It !
CLEAR ROAD
FORSECOND
HOOVER VETO
Branded ".Bad Legisla
tion," Veterans Kehef
Bill Goes to President.
G. 0. P. LEADERSHIP
SUPPORTING HIM
If House Fails to Over
ride Veto, Another Vet
erans Measure Will be
Formulated.
WASHINGTON. June 25 (AP)
Tho road was cleared for President
Hoover's second slinging veto of a
veterans relief bill today by house
acceptance of senate amendments
to its measure to aid world war
soldiers.
Branded "bad legislation" by the
president, It goes to him at once.
Ho Is expected to repeat his objec
tions in a decisive veto message,
after which the hot) He will be called
upon to sustain or override him.
May Not Reach Senate
A two-third vote Is necessary to
override a veto and, with the re
publican leadership behind Mr.
Hoover, proponents of the bill are
expected to be defeated. The sen
ate would not then be called upon
to act on the veto. The house will
begin formulation of another veter
ans bill aimed to overcome admin
istration protests.
Tho first such bill vetoed was
for relief of Spanish-American vet
erans. Both senate and house over
rode Mr. Hoover's wishes. He re
peated his objections to that legis
lation after It was enacted into law.
Will Support Veto
In a caucus last night of 154
republicans, it was agreed to sup-
(Continued on Page Five)
JULIUS MEIER'S
HAT IN THE RING
Portland Business Man
Willing to Carry, on Sor ,
Called Joseph' Platform
PORTLAND, Ore., June 25 (AP)
Julius L. Meier, prominent Port
land business man, today nad en
tered the ranks of receptive can
didate for the republican nomina
tion for governor.
A statement he Issued last
night Indicated that ho would carry
on the so-calted Joseph platform,
but "I will not stand In the way
of man who is wholeheartedly In
sympathy with tho Joseph Ideals'
The boom for Meier started in
Klamath Falls from where dis
patches named him as the logical
successor to the nomination to suc
ceed Senator George W. JoHcph,
who died suddenly at Camp Clat
sop. .
"If I personally can help to
carry out the will of tho people as
demonstrated at the poUs in the
form of tho Joseph platform, I
shall be satisfied," Meier said.
Invited to Attend
Coolidge Reunion
Mrs. Richard Shanks, of this
city, who is a second cousin to ex
Presldent Calvin -Coolidge, has re
ceived an invitation lo attend the
Coolldgo family reunion to be
held at Water town, Mass., on
June 28 in honor of John and
Mary Coolldgo (who came over to
America 3u years ago) and all
tlietr descendants.
Reports Still Persist That Pope
Is Indisposed, Despite Denials
VATICAN CITY, Juno 25 (AP)
Iteportn stilt persisted today
that Pope Pius Is indisposed, de
spite a denial by authorized offi
cials that ho Iff suffering from a
uremic crisis.
It was learned that several Ro
man doctors have been consulted
recently concerning tho pontiff's
aggravated bladder trouble, nnd
that the possibility of an operation
has been discussed.
It is most difficult to ascertain
the exact nature of tho pope's re
ported malady since Plus XI, un
like his predecessors, has not ap
pointed an "nrchlater" or papal
physician.
The result is that whenever the
pontiff feels the need of medical
advice Dr. Milan!, director of pub
lic health service of Vatican City
state. Is called in. He Is in no
wise the pope's personal physician
and is riot In daily contact with
him and his calls on his patient
nro extremely Intermittent.
Vatican spokesmen. In support
of their denial that there is any
thing grove in the pope's condi
tion, pointed to the energetic fash
ion in which he conducts audi
ences of large groups the quick
ness of his step as he circles
around the big halts, the vigor and
clarity of his speeches to pilgrims
and above all his unfailing joviality.
Shansi Troops
Enter City Of
' Tsinanf u Today
Allies of Rebellious North-
, em Faction Capture
Important Chinese Cen
ter; no Bloodshed.
TOKYO, June 25 AP) A Ren
go news agency dispatch today
from Tsinanfu, capital of Shan
tung, said one regiment of Shansi
troops, allies of mo rebellious
northern faction, entered the- city
this afternoon. Northern occupa
tion of the city was orderly as Na
tionalist forces had evacuated It
during the early morning. .
Han Fu-Chu Nationalist com
mander, left Tsinanfu on a special
.train at 3 a. m., and the evacua
tion of his troops was completed
an hour later.
The Shansi army arrived four
miles west of tho city last night and
the vanguard made an orderly, en
trance today. Anticipating possible
disorders Japanese authorities' In
the capital city summoned all wo
men and children to places of ref
uge last night. - , '
Although anxiety had not ended)
official circles in Tokyo were grati
fied that there had been no blood
shed and saw therein justification
for Foreign Minister Baron Shido
hara's "hands off" policy.
RVACATION UNDER WAY
PElPINQ, June 25 (AP) The
forces of tho Nanking government
began the evacuation of Tsinanfu
yestorday morning and troops of
the northern coalition aro expectec?
to enter tho city today.
A number of Japanese and other
foreigners already 'have left and
arrangements are being made for
assembling tho other foreign resi
dents in places of safety in case
of need, although It ia generally
felt that serious disturbances dur
ing the transfer are unlikely.
According to a dispatch from
Mukden, the northern party has
reached an agreement with Chang
Hsueh Liang, the Manchurlan war
lord, regarding Chantung.
HEART ATTACK
IS FATAL TO
MARION JACK
PBNDLFPON. June 25 (AP)
Marion Jack, 60, prominent Pen
dleton pioneer, died yesterday In
his cabin In the Blue mountains.
Death resulted ' from a heart at
tack. With him at the time of
death was Colonel J. H. Ualoy,
lifelong friend and pioneer of this
cotmtry.
News of the death of Marlon
Jack was received with sorrow In
La Grande, where he Is very well
known. Mr. Jack Is a former
member of tho state game com
mission and ono of the very prom
inent republican politicians in
Eastern Oregon.
Exclusive Casino
Raided by Officers
NEW YORK, June 25 (AP)
Guests, officials rtpd waiters of
tho exclusive Central Park Casino
and the, RitzCarlton roof wero
held in ball ranging from $500 to
$1000 today on charges growing
out of raids by federal prohibition
agents last night.
Ball of guests charged with pos
session of liquor was fixed at $500.
Officials of the RItz-Carlton were
held in $1000 ball on charges of
maintaining a nuisance and tho
waiters were held In a like amount
charged with sale and possession.
DOLP IK ELIMINATED
OAKMONT, Pa.. June 25 (AP)
Winston Fuller, University of
Southern California, defeated John
Heale, Union college, one up, and
will meet the other Southern Cali
fornia entry. Allen Moser, in the
second round.
Knox M. Young:, Geneva, elimi
nated Vincent Dolp, Oregon, two
up and ono to p la y.
Tho spokesmen further said last
Sunday ho refused to take the
elevator from his private apart
ment to descend to St. Peter's for
a canonization service, insisting
on walking down tho long stair
case before mounting the "sedla
gusiatpr" or portable throne.
However, those close to him
during the ceremony noticed that
several times he passed his hand
in front of his mouth as though
slightly distressed and it was ob
vious to all those In the front
ranks of the great congregation
that he was perspiring profusely.
Otherwise, his flrmnens of step
and resonance of voice wan re
marked by every one.
Among those Inclined to take
tho Vatican denial "diplomatic"
In character, destined to quell ap
prehensions, It was stated that
yesterday's audiences ended sud
denly at 6 p. in., an unusually
early hour and no explanations fur
tho sudden ending were given.
Normally the pope receives right
up to 9 p. rn. when he dines.
A communique issued today said
the pontiff began work this morn
ing at 8:30, receiving special re
port from four prelates and at
10 o'clock began his regular audi
ences. He wound up the morning
receiving about 40 pilgrims in a
collective audience.
FIRST TO COMPLETE WESTWARD
Captain Kings ford Smith nnd his tlirco companion aviators, flying (lie "Southern Cross," arrived.
Bnfely at Harbor Grace, N. onrly today after flpuiinliur tli Atlantic ocean, Tho quartet Is
tho first to successfully com pic to it westward journey ocross tho ocean from Europo to American '
shores. ,
Condemned Man
May Offer Self
For Experiment
SANTA FE, N. M., June 26 (AP)
Woo Dak San, a Chinese, con
demned to electrocution In New
Mexico for murder,' mny be given
tho alternative o.f death r of
offering himself as a human ex
periment to the efforts of science
to combat trachoma.
Dr. Polk Richards, of tho Unit
ed States Indian service at Albu
querque, and Dr. S. I. Proctor,
noted oculist of Boston, and now
o.f Santa Fe, have discussed tho
possibilities of experimenting with
Woo Dak, it was learned yesterduy
after the state supremo court de
nied a rehearing on San's uppoal.
-.JPlfr j court commanded .. San's,
case to District Judge' Carl DuqN
form at Silver City to have tho
method oC death changed from
'hanging to' electrocution to. con
form with tho new state uv and
to have tho data of exein set.
Dr. Richards said today ho and
Dr. Proctor had talked with - At
torney General M. A. Otero over
the t possibility of obtaining the
man' .sconsent 'for such an experi
ment and that ft was suggested
that they request Governor H. ,C.
Dillon for permission to talk to
tho Chinese on tho subject.
Specialists believe they have
isolated - the trachoma germ, Dr.
Richards said, and while experi
ments havo been made on mon
keys, science needs a humnn spec
imen to obtain positive proof of
whether inoculation with f.ho germ
discovered will produce trachoma.
Should Woo Dak Snn consent
for specialists to use hi in for a
i-achom'a 'experiment, ho wo.uld
in all probability suffer no ulti
mate effects from tho inoculation.
Dr. Richards said today.
(Continued on Pago Four)
Tornado Damage
Around $250,000
PRATT. Kan., June 25 (AP)--A
tornado that struck four miles
west of Pratt last night cut a
swath a half mile wide and 4 miles
long, injured two women, c!u Hi
nged a dozen farm homes and
laid waste hundreds of acres of
ripened wheat.
Damago was estimated at $250,
000. Portland To Get
500-Foot Channel
PORTLAND. Ore., June 2fi
(AP) Tho chamber of commerce
today received a telegram from
Senator McNary in Washington,
D. C, stating that Portland would
have a channel GOO feet wide and
35 feet deep to the sea. The sen
ato and hotiKo conference commit
tees agreed on tho width provision.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Jun 25 (A Pi It
was nip nnd tuck todaj fid ween
traditions that urged speculative
buying of wheat and corn at this
time, and current economic devel
opments which tended toward an
opposite procedure.
Taken as a whole, tradition won
for at least tho time being sr to
wheat, but not so. as to corn.
Throughout tho day. wheat prices
averaged higher, notwithstanding
much apprehension expressed re
garding grain storage facilities
southwest becoming overcrowded
owing to harvest progress and
relative lack of export demand.
Wheat clofjd nervuus-c a
bushH higher than . yesterday's
finish. Corn closed H-c off,
pats 1.4-e up, and provinions
varying from Htc decline to a rise
of 17c.
FIND LONG LOST
EXPRESS PLANE
Search Continues For
Maurice Graham, Missing
Since January 10.
L.OS ANGELES, Juno 25 (AP)
With tho discovery yesterday of
tho wreckage of his plane In tho
Wasatm mountnins, eight miles
south of Cedar City, Utah, offt
eluls of Western Air Express to
day aro pressing a search for Mau
rice Graham, airmail pilot, who
disappeared In a snowstorm last
January 10. '
Jimmy .Carson, Graham's- bud
dy on tho Los Angeles-Salt Lake
City airmail run last 'night .def
initely, identified as Graham's the
jacket, boots aria parachhto found
by sheephcrders near tho. wrecked
plane. Carsou loft Cedar City
early thin morning to' view the
wreckage.
Whllo. officials of Wostorn Air
ExpresH bellovo Graham wns not
killed. In tho crackup of his plane,
they feared ho wandered In deep
snow, became exhausted and died
of exposure.
Ward Mbrtenson, 10, and El
burn Orton, 10, who found the
plane, said It was not badly dam
aged and that tho steel npill vault
beneath the pilot's cockpit appar
ently wns unbroken. The motor
was Intact. Tho parachute on
which tho name "Maurlco Gra
ham" was stenciled, was found
hanging on tho motor.
Graham, a World war flier, was
last seen when he took off from
Las Vegas. Nev., on tho night of
January 10, for Hale Lake City,
Utah. A blizzard was raging, and
Graham apparently wuh forced to
land on tho mountainside.
Since then hundreds of persons
on foot and horseback, and scores
of planes havo scoured tho bleak
desert and rugged mountain coun
try along tho Nevada-Utah mall
route. Tho search never was
abandoned. Carson was flyfn
over Nevada deserts when tho
piano was found.
Graham has a wife and two
children in Los Angeles.
TWO HANGARS,
27 AIRPLANES
ARE BURNED
CHICAGO. Juno 25 (AP) Two.
hangars and 2 7 airplanes, 12 of
them trl-motor passenger planes,
woro destroyed by fire at 'the mu
nicipal airport early today. Tho
loss was estlmnled at more than
two million dollars.
Tho hangars destroyed wero
thoso of the Universal Airlines,
Inc., and the Grey Gooso Airlines,
tho latter under lease to the Tout
Ali'llnqi The firo followed an
explosion of undetermined causo
In tho Universal hangar.
Rail Extension To
Bend Considered
ALBANY. Ore., June 25 (AP)
HiiHlness men of Albany today
continued to discuss the possibility
of an vxtenflfon of tho Oregon
KkfCtrlc. now under construction
up tho Sunt lam valley.
They mild H would require but
40 miles of construction to pro
ceed through the Santlam pass
across tho Cascades Into Bend.
Hurh a line would reduce tho dis
tance between the coastal coun
ties of the state and the eastern
section.
'LANK 'V 332 HOMES
CHICAGO, June 25 (AP) The
endurance plane "The City of Chl
cago" had' completed 332 hours
of continuous flight at 2;4) p. m.
today.
OCEAN FLIGHT
60-Cent Wheat
Actuality For
Some Farmers
KANSAS CITY, Juno 26 (AP)
With tho harvest rolling In from
tho Bioat winter wheat territory
of the southwest, on tho new crop
prices dropped Tuesday to tho low
est level slnco 1914 and wheat at
around 60 cents a bushel was an
actuality for tho farmer, at some
country marketing points In Kan
sas. ...
,' New wheat sold at this primary
mnrkct at SO Vi to 87 cents a
.bushol. . Ton cars of new. wheat
arrived In Kansas City, GO at Wichi
ta and 301 at Fort Worth.
- Wheat futures closed down here
3 to 4V4 cents a bushel, with
'July at 81H,,.'' ... . .
As yet the federal farm board
has made no attempt to Influence
prices on .'(he new ' crop. Loan's
wore made on last yoar's crop on
the basis of f 1.18 a bushol at Chi
cago; then considered, a fair price
for wheat.
Somo prominent whoat farmers
in Kansas aro advocating that the
new wheat be stored In tho opon
on farms In tho hopo of higher
prices. Simon Flshman, who con
trols 11.000 acres In Groely coun
ty, declared ho would pllo his crop
on the ground rather than "sacrl.
flco" It at present prices.
George Bylander to
Withdraw P.S.C.
Petitions, Report
' POKTLANIJ, Ore., Juno 25
(AP) Qoorgo Bylander, Portland,
sponsor of tho initiative petitions
abolishing tho public servlco com
mission, today announced that
petitions which had beon submit
ted tu the county clerk for chock
IliK would bo withdrawn.
Tho cblof registrar In tho coun
ty clerk's offlco snld Hylandor's
reason for withdrawing tho peti
tions was that they did not meet
tho requirements or approval of
tho secretary of stuto.
Tho petltons will "hot be re-clr-culated
us amended petitions must
bo filed by July 8.
Youthful Fliers
Killed In Kansas
WICHIA, Kas., June 26 (AP)
Death halted the first cross-country
attempt of two youthful fllora near
here last night when their plane
craHhod In a forced landing. Leo
pold C. Kchuinachur, Palo Alto.
Cal., tho pilot, was killed and his
companion, W. 10. Kdwardson,
IJrooklyn, N. Y., was injured, per
haps fatally.
The youths, both students at Ice
land HtanTord university, wero at
tempting to land because of low
fuel supply.
Lost Boy Scout
Is Safe at Home
COIWJtfA, Cnl., Juno 25 (AP)
Harold Johnson, 12-yenr-olil Hoy
Hcuut, In wife lit home today,
proudly pxlilliltlnir n. set of rattle
from a nniiho ho killed hlsll up
on tho rocky HlopeH of Mount San
Jnclnltl whero ho wan lout for four
duy nnd nlxhtu whllo forest ruiiK
ertl and fellow scouts Bearched
for him In vain.
AMi:.VI.S HKDKAFT
WASHINGTON. Juno !5 (AD
Tho houfto Interstate commerce
committee today nmended Its re
draft of the sennto railroad con
solidation resolution to furbid
consummation of tho proposed
merger of tho Great Northern and
tho Northern Pacific railroads un
til after next March 4.
PLANE LANDS
AFTER NIGHT
IN DENSE FOG
Southern Cross Safe This
Morning in Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland
COMPLETEFLIGHT
OVER THE OCEAN
Will Continue to New
York Tomorrow Short
age ,of Fuel Prevented
Reaching U. S.
HAH DOR GRACE, N. P., Juno
25 (AP) Tho airplane Southern
Cross landed here early today after
spanning the Atlantic ocean from
Ireland and tho filers Immediately
mado plans for flying to Now
York, then to San Francisco. Such
a flight would virtually complete
an around-tho-world flight for tho
Southern Cross, .which previously
had been flown from San Fran
cisco to Australia and England.'
The plane had gasoline for only
four hours flying timo when it
landed. '
Tho piano touched the ground at
5:57 a. m. B, S, T. (8:27 a. m.
Newfoundland V. 8. T.) It had
been circling ovor tho field for
ubout half an hour.
All four tilers " wero reported
well.
The flying1 field Is In good con
dltlon and a supply of gas and oil
is 6n hand for the hop to New
York.
Conquer IXxnso Fog
Happy that they had landed
safely, aftor flying through a dense
fog which provided little or no visi
bility during the night, tho flyers
said they would refuel and tako off
for Now York.
Tho plane fought its way to tho
Newfoundland coast through a
night that presented almost every
dangor to aviators. The filers said
that for more than on hour during
tho night thoy had flown blindly
not knowing whero thoy wero or
In which direction they, were head
ing. Tho filers wore finally directed
by radio to the landing field hert.
Aftor clrcllrtff the field, for con- .
sldorublo3tlme hey asked, that 'a w
plane bo sent up to guldo them "
down. This was dono ; and, - th
Southern Croira glided safely onto
tho field,
. Tho four aviators were In good
condition and although disappoint
ed in not being able to reach theu
goal, said they were determined to'
finish their flight to New York.
1 rabies Iladlo
Aftor landing Captain Charles
TClngsford-SmttU In charge of tho
Southern Cross, said tho plant
would never havo reached Harbor
Grace but for the "wonderful radio
wireless." Ho said the plane would
have had to fly about waiting for
the visibility to Improve If It had
not boon for tho means of com
munication which pormltted the
piano to seek aid fiom the radio
stations here. With rjirt tow
hours gasoline supply In the tanks
the captain would not chance a
guesa at what might havo happen
ed. Kingsford-Smlth said: "But for
tho wonderful radio wireless we
would never have got out of the
fog.M
Appealed for Guldunca
Tho plane appealed to land sta
tions for guidance and was directed
to tho field here. Led by a piano
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CATERPILLARS
ARE MARCHING
ON MINA, NEV.
TONOPAH, Nev., Juno 25 (AP)
Destroying all vegetation as they
go, green-bodied caterpillars with
a saw-like tail are advancing ns an
army between Turning and Minn,
Nev. Tho saw-like tall Is used to
cut down twigs of greasowood and
sagebrush and locomotion fur
nished by 15 legs on either sldo
gives a strong resemblance to tho
centipede.
Farm experts say they never
heard of such a visitor before In
any farming area. They march In a
solid body nnd orin motorist who
drove through the "army" asserted
it coA'ered a length of 75 miles and'
was advancing with incredible
speed.
In the wako of the Invaders
there is not a trace of vegetation.
Whero tho pest originated provides .
a mystery, as the fertile country
west of whero they were observed
had not beon visited by them.
BASEBALL
AMRJUCAN LEAGUE
K. It. E.
Detroit -.. 8 .2
Boston 3 7 1
Uatterlea: Hogsett and Hayworth
Desautejs; Kussell, Durham and
Berry.
(First Game) R. H. E.
Chicago ...4. . 17 1
Philadelphia 8 12 0
Batteries: Lyona and Tatej Earn
shaw and Cochrane.
NATIONAL IiBAGrE
Tloston at St. Louis postponed,
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