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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, 3IAY 17,; 1019. NAVY BOATS MARK IE OF FLIGHT con Destroyers Stationed Almost Every Fifty Miles. FLARES TO BURN AT NIGHT Radio Communication Will Be Kept Cp Between Planes and Ships Throughout Voyage, "WASHINGTON, May 17. Coincident ith the start from Trepassey Bay, X. F., today of the American na-vy sea planes In an effort to make the first trans-Atlantic air passage the navy de partment made public an order. Issued April 15, which governs the action of every aircraft and naval vessel con nected with the long flight and pro vides against almost every possible emergency which may arise during the aerial voyage. The order contains more than 2000 words and Is one of the most comprehensive ever issued by the department. When the plan for the trans-Atlantic flight was first conceived, the task of safeguarding the seaplanes and of ob taining meteorological data necessary to the venture was placed in the hands of the commander of the destroyer force. The order, which was made pub lic today, thus was issued by Captain Harris Laning, chief of staff, destroyers force. Xnvy Boat Every 50 Stiles. The order provides for the station ing and subsequent movements of 60 destroyers, four battleships and a num ber of auxiliary naval vessels In conr nection with the flight. Although is sued at New York a month prior to the actual start of the hazardous journey, the details of the order have been followed without the least hitch throughout the project. The route which the seaplanes are to take to the Azores is marked by a ribbon of destroyers stationed about 50 miles apart. These vessels have been on their stations for several days and have kept the department here and the naval officials at Trepassey Bay constantly Informed as to meteorolog ical conditions along the course. In addition to the destroyers, four battleships, the Florida, Utah. Texas and Wyoming, have been stationed on the outskirts of the course to furnish further meteorological data through out the flight. Constant Communication Assured. The seaplanes are in constant com munication with the naval vessels at .ill times. Every precaution has been taken to safeguard the fliers. In ad dition to the radio communication the destroyers along the route are provided with special illuminating torches, star shells and flares for use at night to mark the course and are in constant readiness to answer S. O. S. calls or other distress signals, should accident befall one of the big planes. Twenty-one destroyers are stationed on the Trepassey-Arozes leg with four additional vessels in reserve to replace any craft which may be called upon to answer an S. O. S. signal or itself became disabled. As the seaplanes pass above a '-. destroyer the latter obtains radio communication, ascertains the condition .of the planes and indicates the true course to the next vessel. During the night the destroyers on stations 1 to 16 will keep brilliantly illuminated to provide against the sea planes missing a ship and thus losing the way. To guard further against this contingency the destroyers are or dered in the event the seaplanes have not been sighted at the approximate time they should arrive, to make smoke clouds, show searchlights, fire star Bhells and notify the next ship to the westward. The next vessel in the line will make the same signals for three quarters, of an hour before the planes are due to arrive. Flyers to Carry Colored Rockets. Upon being notified that it has been sighted by planes or when a station ship sights the flyers, the vessel will immediately stop smoking or firing star shells, will take the exact course to the next station and will steam slow ly on that course to Indicate the proper route, and will keep in radio communi cation with the flying ships. Planes forced to land on the water during darkness will indicate their po sition and condition by radio, rockets and flares with the following mean ings: Green star: Can get off the water again, no assistance required: red star or flare: assistance required. In the event that one plane is forced to land the others will remain in the vicinity until a report of her condition is received or assistance arrives. R. A. Lavender, radio operator; Lieu tenant Braxton Rhodes and Boatswain L. R. Moore, engineers. NC-4 Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read, commander; Lieutenant Wal ter Hinton and Lieutenant E. F. Stone, pilots; Ensign Charles Rodd, radio operator; Lieutenant J. L. Breese Jr., and Chief Machinist's Mate E. S. Rhodes, engineers. PONTA DELGADA, Azores, May 16. (8:30 P. M. (By the Associated Press.) Final preparations were made tonight to receive the American naval seaplanes which are expected to arrive tomorrow, and the section of Ponta Delgada harbor where the planes will be moored has been cleared of all craft to allow a safe landing. Supply Boats Ready. If the seaplanes follow the sched uled course they will first sight land at Corvo,. which is 300 miles west of Ponta Delgada. Supply boats have been stationed at Corvo and also at Horta, on the southeast coast of the island of Fayal, in case a forced land ing is necessary. Two destroyers are being held in readiness to go to the assistance of the aviators if they are unable to find the harbor. All the de stroyers between the Azores and Lis bon are in' position. Intense interest in the flight is be ing manifested here, hundreds of per sons crowding the waterfront daily, awaiting the flyers. ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 16. Harry O. Hawker and Frederick P. Raynham, the British airman, announced that mid-Atlantic weather conditions for bade a start with their machines. BIG SEAPLANES ARE OFF (Continued From First Pare.) pected to determine the flying alti tude, but it was believed 5000 feet would be the limit. The NC-4, which was left behind at the start from Rockaway Beach by her sister craft because of engine trou ble and arrived here from Halifax only yesterday, was in the air today almost as soon as the flagship, rising after a swift 25-minute cruise about Matton harbor. The NC-1 made two unsuccessful attempts to leave the water while Commander Towers' plane soared above it and the NC-4, but finally it rose nine minutes after the flagship and followed in the wake of the others, which headed for the east as soon as it took the air. The aviators TieM a conference shortly before the start to decide means of lessening the 28,800 pounds burden which contribtited yesterday to ' the inability of the NC-1 and NC-3 to . rise from the . water and to select a place for the "take off." It was decided to attempt the ocean flight with the planes weighing 28,200 ' pounds, leaving behind spare propel lers and cutting down the gasoline supply from 1780 to 1630 gallons. The crews of the three planes are as follows: m NC-1 Lieutenant Commander P. N. L. Bellinger, commander; Lieutenant Commander M. A. Mitscher and Lieu tenant L. T. Barin, pilots; Lieutenant Harry Saden water, radio operator; Chief Machinist's Mate C. I. Kesler, and Machinist Rasmus Christensen, engineers. NC-3 C ommander Towers, in charge; Lieutenant-Commander H. C. Richardson and Lieutenant D. H. Mc Culloch, pilots; Lieutenant Commander f FLIGHT APPEALS TO BRITONS Start of American Aviators Bailed With. Keen Interest. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON, May 16.(Special cable.) Great Britain today hailed the start of the Americans on the trans-Atlantic flight with keenest interest, but there was some disappointment that the British machines were unable to at tempt a non-stop flight. Interest had been lagging until this evening's papers brought the first news that a start had been made by the Americans, because of the frequent but never materializing predictions of a get-away by Raynham and Hawker. Impetus to world flying. If the Amer icans succeed, and the experiences gained are expected to influence long overseas flights in the future. The greatest praise is expressed for the or ganization of the American flight and many experts hold the opinion that non-stop Atlantic flights should not have been attempted until such a plan as evolved by the Amei leans had been devised. JjllL INMATES ON STRIKE IMPRISONED I. W. W. IS LEADER OF REFUSAL TO WORK. Hourly RoIIcall Keeps Twenty Mu tineers in Line in Their Defiance of Authority. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16. (Special.) Under the leadership of Albert White head, convicted I. W. W. prisoner serv ing one year in county jail No. 2, the 20 striking prisoners of thrt institu tion today showed no signs of weaken ing in their refusal to go to work Whitehead has the men organized. Every hour he calls the roll of the 20. asking each if he wants to return to work, and each answers with a voci ferous "No." The strike has been in force for a week and is still going strong. The prison officials say its inception oc curred with the advent of the prisoners convicted at Sacramento Whitehead, Harry Donovan, Wilbur Miller, W. H. Faust and Charles Koenlg. Almost immediately after their ar rival, according to Sheriff Finn, the men began to spread their "no work" propaganda and one by one began to gather recruits until th" situation grew serious. Albert Whitehead, the alleged leader of the strike, is being held for deporta tion by the United States immigration authorities. He has been convicted of disloyal acts and is not a citizen of the United States. The strike is being in vestigated by United States Marshal Holohan, under whose jurisdiction the five federal prisoners are being held. They may be segregated. RESCUE SHIPS PATROL COURSE OF AIRPLANES Chain of Destroyers Extends to Portuguese Coast. SAFETY STEPS PARAMOUNT Commander Towers Is Confident Air Cruise to Europe Will Be Dem onstrated Success. .TKEPASSET. N. F.. May 16. When the giant American hydroairplanes sped away into the east, over the Grand Banks and the broad Atlantic, they en tered upon a course not only carefully charter, but patrolled by rescue and repair ships all tne way to the Portu guese coast. Looking upon the cruise not as a sporting venture, nor as an attempt merely to win for the United States the honor of the first trans-Atlantio air flight, but as an undertaking for the advancement of science and sea manship, the American navy placed its own vast resources at the disposal of the aviators and enlisted those of other government departments in an effort to assure the safety of the crews and to reduce to a minimum the element of chance in the project. Destroyers Give Protection. A flotilla of destroyers, reinforced by battleships whose more powerful wire less equipment was intended to pick up messages from the flyers in case the radio sets of the smaller vessels failed to function, formed a chain of communication across the Atlantic while the planes were proceeding to their base here. The fleet will remain on station until the birdmen have passed, the de stroyers so close together that an hour's steaming would bring one of them to the alighting place of any of the air craft forced to descend. Mother ships, tenders and other naval units, at in tervals along the course, have, me chancis, tools, extra parts and gasoline aboard, ready to give aid which would make possible resumption of its journey by a plane put out of commission by slight defects. The patrol fleet, in wireless contact throughout Its length and in touch with the United States weather bureau, as well as ships of various nationalities cruising the middle Atlantic, will keep the aviators posted on weather condi tions in the areas they are approaching, also co-operating with the navigators aboard the planes in directing the flight. No Chances Taken. "Give us no luck, good or bad. and the trans-oceanic voyage should be made without trouble." said Commander John H. Towers, chief of the expedi tion, commenting before the "hop off" on the completeness of the navy's prep arations. "We are not undertaking the impossible, we are not banking on chance. We are attempting a flight wholly within the mechanical possibili ties of the NC planes, hoping to der onstrate, without reckless risk of life or valuable property, that an air cruise to Europe is a practical proposition." One of Commander Towers' brother officers declared that a new branch of the science of navigation was growing up around the NC planes, thus making the flight an undertaking expected to contribute materially to the advance ment of the profession of the sea. Giant strides have been made in development of the steering and weather charts to be used on the flight and the crews are expected to accomplish worth-while re sults in the experiments above blue water. Gasoline Supply BIr. The naval aircraft, the NC-1. NC-3 and NC-4. huge flying boats which as cend from a "take-off" in the water and "land" also on the surface of the sea, are driven by liberty motors, four to a plane and aggregating 1600 horse power. They are of the biplane type, with a wing span of 126 feet, length over all 69 feet and length of hull 44 feet. The craft weigh 15,100 pounds with navigating and wireless equipment aboard, but without crew and fuel. The total flying weight is 28,500 pounds. The planes have a dual control sys tem, .with seats side by side, and for ward of the gasoline tank, for the pilots, each of whom has a complete set of Instruments, including compasses. The navigating station,' outfitted with the regulation marine instruments. Is in the bow, while the engineer and radio operator occupy the main compartment at the tanks. The planes are expected to cruise, without winds. 75 (land) miles an hour and the gasoline capacity of 11,400 pounds will carry them more than 1500 miles, considerably in ex cess of the longest lap of the ocean flight from Trepassey to the Azores without refueling. With Commander Towers in charge of the expedition, the three planes set ? out in command- of Mr. Towers, Lieu- i tenant-Commander A. C Read and Lieutenant-Commander P. N. L. Bellin ger. Commander Towers, who is 24 vxam of age. was born in Georgia and en tered the Naval academy in 1902. After service on various warships he was as signed to the aviation section for in struction three years before the out break of the European war. Midwinter of 1912 found him in charge of the aviation camp at the Guantanamo ma neuver grounds of the Atlantic fleet, and in September. 1914. as a lieutenant, he went to London as assistant to the American naval attache. After a tour of duty on the staff of the chief of operations at Washington, during j which he participated in the selection j ul nviiiiiDn stations ana won nis com mission as commander. Mr. Towers was designated early this year to develop the plans for the trans-Atlantic flight. Lieutenant - Commander Read. 32 years of age. was born in New Hamp shire. After leaving Annapolis he filled varied assignments until 1915. when he reported at the naval air sta tion at Pensacola. Fla.. for instruction. Two years later he took command of the aviation station at Bay Shore, on Long Island, later assuming a similar post at Miami. Fla. While on the staff of the chief of naval operations at Washington the following year he was detached for temporary duty in con nection with the camouflaging of sea planes at Hampton Roads, Va., later holding changing assignments until he 1 was named for participation in the ', trans-Atlantic flight. Battleships -With Patrol. Lieutenant - Commander Bellinger, born in South Carolina 33 years ago, went from the Naval academy to sea duty, which included command of a submarine. He returned to the acad emy for aviation instruction in 1912. and the following year joined the Guantanamo air squadron. After serv ice in 1914 on the staff of the chief of naval aeronautics, he was assigned to the Pensacola station, where he won promotion to the' command of the Hampton Roads aviation camp, to which he reported later in 1917. He was on detached navy department duty when h was selected as one of the trans-Atlantic flyers. The battleships New Tork. Arkansas. Utah. Florida and Texas, with" Rear Admiral Rodman's flag flying from the first named, are at sea with the de stroyer patrol, which is commanded by Rear-Admiral Plunkett on the cruiser Rochester. In "5 THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS BECAUSE IT SELLS FOR CASH" 9 Saturday's Special argane Eedgell Unusual Economy Opportunities! WARSHIPS FRONT SMYRNA AI;LIED NAVAL COXCEXTuATION HAS BEGUN. Movement Is in Line With Mandate to Greece to Administer Asiatic City. PARIS, May IS. An extensive allied naval concentration has been begun at Smyrna in connection with a mandate to Greece to administer the city. The British and the French each have fleets on the scene with landing par ties. The Greeks have a battleship and five gunboats and the Italians have five large warships. The United States naval forces are the battleship Arizona and four destroyers. The various allied naval contingents are drawn from the forces in the Adriatic and the Black sea. Troops also are being concentrated from Salonikl. It is understood that British and French forces are co-operating in the Greek administrative man date. The Italian attitude has not been dis closed, but the recent landing of Ital ian troops at Adalia, on the southern coast of Asia-Minor, and the presence of an Italian squadron at Smyrna leads to the belief that Italy is seeking to safeguard her interests in Asiatic Turkey. Advices to the peace conference say that transports carrying Greek troops have sailed from Salonikl for Smyrna. In connection with the military and naval movement at Symrna, L'lntransi geant says that allied troops already have been debarked. It says that the concentration at Smyrna is taken against the day when peace conditions imposed on the Turks will be put into effect and when the Turks may be in vited to leave Europe. ATHENS, Wedneseday. May 14. Greek forces landed today at Smyrna, the news being received here with great enthusiasm. A Paris dispatch Thursday stated that "an important point," in Asia Minor would "soon be the theater of an inter allied military and naval manifestation in which Greek . soldiers and French, British and Italian warships would par ticipate." A Paris dispatch received Thursday night stated that the United States battleship Arizona and four United States cruisers had arrived at Smyrna. . Great Britain's national debt is now more than 25,000,000.000. This sum equals the cost of 180 Panama canals. GIANT UNITED STATES NAVAL SEAPLANE, WHICH WITH TWO OTHERS, LEFT FOR FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN VIA AZORES. V- xjij' 'V-wj y, - Ml ! It St 5 i 1 , SHU', r s j -art t' f ft f - . X'' VT f- Ss. K XT J v - : ;: ; : , C C ' - incfertvood Undcrrwvo tfY A Complete New Stock of Mary Jane Pumps ' For Both Women and Misses In our popular shoe section Basement we have gathered a splendid stock of the fashionable Mary Jane Pumps in patent leather. Good reliable footwear with good soles and trimmed with neat bow. All sizes for women and misses priced as follows: Sizes 5 to 8 at S2.00 I Sizes 11 to 2 at $3.00 Sizes 8 to 11 at $2.50 Sizes 2Vt to 7 at $3.50 Boys' Tan Scout Shoes An exceedingly durable shoe, made of dark tan calf leather with chrome leather sole and extra well sewed throughout. A splendid shoe for summer wear. Little Gents, in sizes I Boys', in sizes 1 to 6 I Men's, in sizes 6 to 11 to 13V4 at $2 I at $2.50 11 at $3.00 A Sale of . DRESS SKIRTS In Fashionable Styles At $2.98 About 120 fine dress skirts in this special assortment. Fash ionable styles for both misses and women and especially suit able for street and sport wear. They come in checks, mixtures and plain poplins. Special $2.98 A Fine Lot of Children's Coats To Close Saturday at Half Price! A final disposal of some 100 fashionable coats at exactly half price. For that growing child you can well afford to purchase one of these fine coats to wear for best now, or for general wear next season. You have choice from silk or wool materials in checks, cords and mixtures. Sizes 2 to 6 in Copenhagen, tan, green, navy, black, white, henna, etc. All at one-half regular price. r W omen's Kerchiefs 10c Each Sheer ba"tiste handkerchiefs, with white and colored embroid ered corner. Also colored border effects. Initial 'Kerchiefs 6 for 29c Pretty initialed handkerchiefs of sheer batiste, with white and :olored initials in block, old Eng lish and script styles. Drape Veils Just Half Price Entire stock of Drape Veils to go at one-half regular selling price. The assortment includes all styles and colors. Black, brown, white, navy, taupe, purple. Plain, hexagon, mesh chenille, dotted mesh, chiffon border and hand some embroidered designs. Reg ularly selling from 59 to $4 On Sale Saturday at Just One-Half Price Slip-On Veils 25c Each These extremely fashionable veils come in black, brown, navy, taupe, purple, chenille dot and embroidered motif or plain silk mesh. Saturday Drug Sundries 5 Bars Ivory Soap for 25c Limit, 5 bars to each customer. None delivered except with other goods. i Palm Olive Soap 10 Creme Oil Soap 10 3 for 2o Violet Glycerine Soap 10 3 for 25 Rose City Glycerine Soap.. 10 3 for 25 Large can "Gets It" Hand paste .25 6 Cans Sunbrite Cleanser for 25c T.imit, cans to each customer. None delivered except with other goods. LaBlache Face Powder 55 Java Rice Powder 15 Diana Face Powder. ..... .39 Armond Face Powder 50 Pebeco Tooth Paste.... 45 Boradent Tooth Paste 25 Magic Dye Soap Flakes, all shades 10 16-oz. bot. Cedar Polish. . . .35 Women's Neckwear 75c Pretty new collars, vestces and sets in Georgette crepe, or gandie, pique, satin, bengaline, etc Plain, hand-embroidered and lace trimmed. Extensive variety of styles to select from. Auto Caps 98c A special underpricing of these serviceable caps for outing and auto wear. Colored M aline 25c a yard Fine quality waterproof maline in all colors excepting black and white. s 1 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS NC-4 IN HANGAR AT MONTAUK POIT, N. Y PREVIOUS TO START ON FIR&T LEG OF . ' JOURNEY. . Store Opens at 8:30 A.M. Saturday at 9 A.M. The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes at 5 :30 P.M. Saturday at 6 P.M. CHURCH 15 IN PMY PRESBYTERIANS DEBATE OX WORLD MOVEMENT. Question of Entrance Postponed by Delegates to Assembly After Sev eral Ilours Debate. ST. LOUT 3. May 16. After several hours' debate, delegates to thhe 131st general assembly of the Presbyterian church today postponed until later ses sions the question of whether the church should enter the Inter-Church World movement Paragraphs of - the New Era report pertaining to the movement finally were deleted and the report adopted for five years with the understanding that the question would be brought before the assembly later. Alliance of all Protestant churches is the foundation of the inter-church world movement. The new era report, as adopted, urges that arrangements be made for the caring of "returning soldiers and sail ors and that positions be found for re turning ministers who served in the war. The report .advocates that a greater brotherhood between employer and employe as a means of eradicating bolshevism and I. W. Wism be brought about and states that the church is the most influential society to bring this about. The report also advocates sex equality in church matters. SOUTH BEND WOMAN GONE Police Asked to Aid In Search for Alice Hudson. The sheriff of South Bend. Wash has asked the local police to assist him in locating Alice Hudson. 36 years old. who, he reports, disappeared mysteri ously from South Bend on May 13. The missing woman is described as five feet three Inches in height, slen der build, dark hair, large blue eyes, light complexion, and attired in a black velvet suit with trimmings around the collar and sleeves, and navy blue chif fon hat with light trimmings, gray gloves and black high top shoes. It is said that she is mentally deranged and that she is under a delusion that ehe is going to England. HUNS HAVE NO CHAMPAGNE Charges of High Living by Dele gates Are Denied. (Copyright by the Nw Tork World. '. Pub lished by arrangement. VERSAILLES, May 16. (Special.) German Food Minister Duncker em phatically denies charges made against him by French newspapers that he has bought heavily of wines and luxuries, particularly champagne. Duncker says the Germans have drunk only two bot tles of this wine since their arrival at Versailles. , The French Societe des Artistes and Union des Commercants has drawn up a protest against the Germans having the use of the little Trianon Palace gardens whtle the rhododendrons and azaleas are in full bloom, thereby bar ring the French public from seeing this unique collection of flowers. Six Graduate at Fossil. FOSSIL. Or.. May 16. (Special.) Commencement exercises for the 1919 class of Wheeler county high school were held tonight in the school gym nasium. There were six graduates: Malcolm Keyes, Tnglba Keyes Beth Keyes, Dorothy Kennedy. Jessie Barry and Margaret Simmons. Four members took the teachers' training course, and V ORE THROAT or Tonsilitis, gargle with warm aalt water then apply IOCS VAP0R1 YOUR BODYGUARD"-30f. 60. two the business course. Each member had a special part In the programme. The boys" and girls' glee clubs furnished music. 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