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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,"" AUGUST 22, 1S23
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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FMIL ROUTES
FOR AVIATORS
- - - . - - .-4' - - - : . f
Huge Beacons Project Light
for 1 50 Miles From Each
Station Between Chicago
and Cheyenne
VlfID IS HANDICAP
7 FOR WESTERN PILOTS
Time to East Coast Two
Hours Less Than for
' -"r Going Opposite
; OMAHA;"" Neb., Augr, 21. (By ,
The Associated. Press) As dusk
covered the 880-mile stretch be
tween Chicago and Cheyenne this
evening Illumination pt the first
night air way In the history1 of
world aviation was begun. :
At each of the United SUtes air
fields in Chicago, Iowa City, Oma
ha, North i Platte and Cheyenne,
36-inch electric, arc beacons re
volved completely around the hor
izon three times a minute, casting
a 450,000,000 candlepower beam
150 miles into darkness.. Anoth
er light f equal power flooded
the runways of the field, In the
center of which, flush with the
surface ot ' the ground, but pro
tected by an Iron grill was a plerc
ing cluster of red lamps. On the
root of the hangar, so lighted as
to be visible a thousand feet or
more floated the fabric cone
which to (he pilot Is a key alike
of the direction of the wind and
Its .Telocity. - Other buildings, ra
dio towers and the' boundaries of
the entire reservation were all
outlined In lights from cables car
ried - underground.
. Many Emergency Fields ' '
- At 34 points along the 885-mile
way are , emergency fields, rang,
ing from 15 to 30 miles apart and
from each of these point's an lnca
descent electric beacon, mounted
on a 50-foot tower cast a 5,000,
000 'candlepower beam completely
around the horizon every 10 sec-,
onds. In between these,, fields at
three-mile distances acetylene gas
beacons ot 5,000 candlepower
flashed 159 times a minute.
Into this path "of light, follow-
I- ing for the most part a" straight
air line front the Great Lakes to
the j Rocky;, mountains," the" 'first
planes , of the ppstpf f jce ; depart
ment's unique experiment flew at
dusk and from ft they were sched-
i-uledj to emerge at dawn. Due to
I retailing favorable winds, ' the
San' Francisco mall, which left
the Golden Gate at 5:59 a.. J.m.j
t western time today will reach
Curtis Field, New York, 2 S hours
later. .The New York" mall with
westerly winds as a, handicap will
' land on the Pacific coast 30 hours
aflejF the starts .'fi v-- - .'v..--r
V ' Ifistory Making Flight t f
vThe machinery functioning for
this history-making demonstra
tion has been a year in the mak
ing.? Its similarity to the organi
zation followed in railway opera
tion! is marked. A modern rail
way diTision ia about 250 miles;
the itfir hiail Is 500. "A railway
1 division superintendent is'" con
cerned s with the condition qf , his
tracks and right of way; "the flier
with the, weather at different al
titudes along his ronte. . ;'
Block signals,' and switch lamps
for the railway are paralleled in
the air mail by beacons and flood
lights, i A railway's motive pow
er and rolling stocW correspond to
tie cargo planes. And' in bgth'ln
etmces dispatching Is ' similar, -except
that th? radio Is employed ex
clusively by, the air .mail. f
Planes to Signal
. As the four, aircraft haf were
scheduled to traverse the electric
pith from .Cheyenne j to Chicago
rroreese4 at their ordjnarx. speed.
(Continued on page SI .
THE WEATHER -
OREGON jr Local'thunderr
storms Wednesday; , cooler east
oortlon. moderate southerly
' Loc Air (Tuesday) , -
Maximum' temperature,' 80.
Minlmun temperature, 62.
Rainfall, too slight for measr
urement. ,
RiTer, -1.3.
(Atmosphere, cloudy.
T7i3d, southwest,
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. The state rifle shoot of
the Oregon national guard on the Clackamas range ended to
night with selection of the team of 10 men and iwo alternates
to represent Oregon next month in the national rifle! match
at Camp Perry, Ohio. , ' f '
J Ten men who won places on the team, and their, winning
scores include:' j ' ' : C " 'i r."'"
First Lieutenant Leonard L. MeGee, 483rd company,
coast artillery. Albany, score 1135.
a Corporal William E. Purdy Company F, 186th infantry,
Salem, score 1059. ' ' i! ' " '
COKED IN
Dan Casey Requests Inter
Iview, Which Is Granted
,f By Executive
Dan Casey, who is scheduled to
die by the rope on' Friday of this
week for the murder of J. H.
Phillips, an officer In' Portland,
had a personal interylew yester
day with Goyernor Pierce. '"
The gorernor, who" Is consider
ing whether to commute Casey's
sentence' to 'life j imprisonment,
consented to see. Casey though he
is i ddubtful of the ": propriety ot
such an Interview entering : into
his deliberations on the case. -
Numerous communications
hare reached the ; governor rela
tive to Casey, most of them pleading-
for the commutation of the
sentence, ' but some of them urg
ing ' that the extreme penalty " of
the lave be'allowed to take " 1U
course. !'-. - ' ' " . "-J .
Judge Kavanaugh. who pro
sided' at Casey's trial, has writ
ten the governor 'urging a com
mutation of" the 'sentence "and the
governor , is informed , that' the
members., of the iury'will also in
tercede in vats' hehaf. i
f enec FoutsV Portland fttor,
ney7Tisited the governor yestci
da in Casey's interest!
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RIQCIIAPSI
-4
Former'Secretary of Salem
- Commercial Club. Passes
: - at Santa Cruz
Information was received in a
lembf.. the. .death ot , Frank" J.
Chapman at Santa, Cruz, Cat., yes.
terday afternoon. The message
was received here by MrgColihe
Klein, 1168 Oak street.
! Mr. Chapman several years ago
served for a time as secretary ot
Jhe Salem Chamber of Commerce,
then known as the Commercial
club. Also be. was with the Sa
lem Hardware" company ' for' sev
eral years and later with the Im-
'perial'Furniture company. He was
in the furniture business at Santa
Crux at the; time ; of his death
having left Salejn for that city
about two years ago.
Mr., Chapman visited .here ( in
June. jHe Is! said 6 have under
gone a. surgica operation from
Vnlch'he'did not rally.' He Is'sur
vived by his widow and one son,
Frank J; Chapman, Jf., .and a
bfo'ther. 'Linn Chapman ot Dallas:
He was a member of the Salem
lodge of Elks. ; The funeral, it is
'understood will be atSauta Cruz.
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Retail EoQd prices In
.. ; .Berlin . Qui qf proportion
BUI g. S21. (By the
Associated Press Retail: food
prices In Greater'- Berlin-- have
reached levels all out of propor
tion to the revised wage scales
agreed .upon last week, causing
added suffering among the, poorer
classes. ' i1- -i-:.-
Thfl municiDalitv has appealed
to the. federal government tot suM
... . LI A ".LA .1 1
Siaies 10 easuia b iu cKy iuc
street car lines and .power, and gas
plants in operation, as the city
treasury is -unable to meet the
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COIMG TEA!
POOL OPERATIONS
SHE IfJ EVIDENCE
Upward Movement Is Re
sumed By Stock Market -
Despite Short Attacks
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 The up
ward movement of prices was re
sumed in today's stock market
despite the intermittent selling of
the oil shares and occasional short
attacks against other parts of the
list. Pool operations were again
in evidence apparently . in the
hope of attracting an outside in
terest which has not been very
extensive in recent , months. :
Buying was f most effective in
the independent steels and Amer
ifian, Ca -
Baldwin. Studebaker and Unit
ed States Steel common which
were heavy in the early dealings,
all closed at: ; slight fractional
gains.",. --.;;. I "' "''
rThere. .were "new developments
to affect the course" of rtrading.
Wall Street ; was intensely in
terested noweverr In "the'-Trench
reply to Great t Britain's note
whichwhiclL. was delivered today
and probably will be made public
tomorrow. : . ' '
v The, first of the July railroad
earnings reports made their ap
pearance today. Ml
.Call money held firm at 5 per
cent. " -"' " ! (
; Most of , the prime commercial
paper moves at 5( per cent. I
Allied I exchange rates were
slightly firmer." "'Demand sterling
which touched a new low yester
day, 'snapped,' back to S4.55 and
French francs., rained ft points
4'Z k1 -ii .''.. 't f
tq 5.t3s cents.
SOW SUB
Divers Unable to Find lllfat:
ed Craft With Crew of i;
84 on Board
s TOKIO, Aug. 22. (By the As
sociated" Press) Divers today,
were unable to locate the Japan
ese submarine No. 70 which sank
yesterday, ofr Awaji Islands with
84 members ofuthe crew and work
ers from the Kawasaki dockyards
at Kobd. ' :5
T.The Vessel, which was returning
from Kobe from her first trial trip
a oiie of, hejatest; type" subma
rines. T Her construction was qnly
recently, completed. ' According to
Submarine Engineer Yanagawa,
who with' the captain, chief officer
and three officers was saved, the
vessel tiad' Just 'come to the f ur
f ace fwhen. she. listed! heavily and
started to sink. The captan ord
ered all the openings closed 'but
the submarine filled before the
creW.cduld 'cafry out the order.
She san ft I n "'3 1 ' fathomsof water.
Th6se"who";Vere Save'4 bwe
theiri lives" "to J he fact that they
were hurled through the. openings
of the eubmarfne uythe iorushlng
ot water. - ,s ? "
Awaji is ap island of Japan in
the sjrait betweenHonda ad h-
koku. i
, SEATTLE. WasV. 1 Aug. 21.-
Fred Johnson, a contractor whose
heme until trece.4il Was4ii Greens
boro N. C and rs. . G 3rtrud! '
McKenxie of Dang. Beach. Cal.J h
housekeeper, were drowned ! in
Gteen Lake in" this" city tpdar
when heatUspted 4o teach her
IS I LOCATED
Cave-In Darkens City Sup
ply Until Local Industries
are Forced to Close Down
Temporarily
HOSPITALS COMPLAIN
f SERIOUSLY HAMPERED
Medical Aid Almost lmpos:
sible; Packing Plants May
1 1 Soon Be Idle s
OMAHA, Neb. Aug. 21. Laun
dries, bakeries, barbershops, some
restaurants and several other local
Industries were forced ; to close
down here today when the city
water supply became muddy1 as a
result of a cave-in of a Missouri
river bank just above the intake
at! the Florence pumping station.
The ' condition of ' the : water Was
not noticed until early this morn
ing when busy housewives swamp
ed the city -water plant officials
with thousands of telephone' calls,
urging immediate action. '
5 -i Use' Tanks, Trucks - '
Despite frantic efforts of every
available employe at the city plant
water board officials declared; to
night that the conditions may not
be remedied for a week and possi
bly, longer. This announcement
caused hundreds of conferences
among businessmen who are con
templating closing their business
es until relief is afforded, i '
City officials of Council Bluffs,
on the eastern bank of the Mtf
sour! river, have assured Omaha
oriclals or their cooperation in
supplying ; water by employing
scores of tank wagons and trucks.
Although this action will guaran
tee the safety of the health of the
Omahans, it is said;; still it will be
necessary to close (jovn hundreds
ot industries so as to save as much
of the liquid as possible!. -" " '
! ? Bottles Are Used
i Unless' the 'situation is relieved'
by tomorrow, mornfhg, the heads
of South Omaha packing plants
declare they will Jbe compelled .c
close down." Hog killing'at'ji'ac
tically all the plants wa. suspend
ed this morning. " Should there be
a general closing of the packing
industry it ' is estimated that ap
proximately 8,000 employes will
be laid off.
f Hospitals seemed to be the most
sorely pressed. Nurses complain
ed that medical aid was almost im
possible" without water. j
The downtown streets presented
a spectacle of hundreds of citizens
scurrying here and there with; bot
tles, cans and every kind of recep
tacle, In search of water Express
wagons, trucks and hand-pulled
carts also, were brought Into play.
At 7 o'clock tonight the wafer
became muddier than ever instead
of clearer. I
TWO IIS LOST
Stayton Man Unctergo'es1 Op
eration for Removal of
f Injured Member
E. C. Downing of Stayton. whose
left arm was wrenched from his
body at the shoulder joint jin an
accident in his factory about 'a
week, ago, was compelled to sub
mit to the amputation of the; right
arm just above the elbow in orr
der to save his Jife. The j right
arm was. badly1 shattered in the
mishap and, the- physicians; said
the (circulation was destroyed so
that it could not be restored, and
gangrene developed. " 1 t 7"
i Downing was workinc in the
basement of his 'factory when his
pothing caught on a shaftj He
was whirled' on the mechanism
until "his left arm parted ' from
ris body.
. Downing will receive compen
Ration under the state workmen's
compensation act for life.4 r
i ' VANCOUVER HAS f FIRk :
j VANCOUVER, B. C Aug. 21.
j Fire tonight destroyed the mills
bf the British Columbia Lumber
torn pany on False Creek, causing
1 loss estimated at 30tO0O. . -
Bid. DOUG
DIAMOND DIET
GETS GERMAN
IN HOSPITAL
Swallows 0ems to Avoid Pay
ing Duty; Inspector. Says
No: Charge Made
SAN FRANCISCO,' Aug. 21.
Franz Butner, fearing he, would
have to pay duty on several dia
monds he was taking from Mexico
to his home in Germany, swallow
ed several of the gems just before
the ship bringing him here from
the southern: republic reached this
port today. ' He was sent to the
marine hospital at the San Fran
cisco presidio for an X-ray exam
ination after William B. Hamil
ton, collector of customs here,
had informed . him that his un
palatable meal had been unneces
sary. "" i;-, j !:- ' -..! f ; ,
Hamilton told him he could
have declared his diamonds, been
bonded and continued to Germany
without paying any duty in this
country. "
Had not Butner, tired - of his
diamond diet before completing
his meal, his j action might have
escaped discovery.! A local cus
toms inspector, ' finding the dio
monds Butner had not swallowed,
had a hunch. : :;. : :, '
"What did you do with the rest
of them?" he asked.
Butner involuntarily put ' his
hand on' bisstomach."
"Swallowed I them?'.' asked , the
inspector. f '
Butner admitted he had
done
so. : .;
Butner said he ' inherited the
diamonds from an aunt .who, died
ia Mexico. ; ; The Talue - of the
stones he swallowed has not been
determined. r
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JEW EIM1D WILL
SUPPORT CGOLIDBE
Former Vermont Residents
i Through Nation Will Also
Rally to Call
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GRAFTON, 1 Vermont, Aug. 21.
(By the Associated Press Ap
proximately 150,000 former resi
dents of - Vermont, now voting in
47' other states, are actively sup
porting a national movement : to
organize and enlarge Coolidge-for-President
clubs, John Barrett, for
mer director of the Pan-American
Union, announced today on his
return home from Washington and
New York, j j I i
In a formal statement Mr. Bar
rett, who conferred with President
Coolidge regarding, Pan-American
affairs while in Washington, as
serted he had been inviited : In
New York yesterday to direct the
movement but he feared other du
ties would prevent him from tak
ing the chairmanship of' a provis
ional campaign that had already
been formed.
" Mr. Barrett's statement folio w
ed one issued! recently by Senator
Moses of 'New Hampshire in
which Mr. Moses . . asserted M-r.
Cool id ge would be a candidate for
the Republican nomination ! in
1924 and that he should receive
the solid support of New England.
FRANCE REFUSES
TO LEAVE RUHR
International Re-Estimate of
Germany's Capacity to
PayRejected v
PARIS, Aug. 22. (By The As
sociated Press.) The French
government's reply to the recent
British reparations note asserts
that France refuses to withdraw
from the Ruhr except' as she is
paid and that she rejects a plan
for an international re-estlmate ot
Germany's capacity to pay. 4
The reply, made public at the
foreign office today, - maintains
that the French operation in f he
Ruhr Is absolutely ' legal. It of
fers to-consider the easiest meth
od ot exacting payment" from'Uer-
many when resistance has ceas-f
ed and expresses a willingness to
continue the recent ' discussions
with Great Britain.' V T "
!; COAL EDICT G1VE3T v
DUESSELUORF, . Aug. 21.
General DeGoutte, -. the French
commander, has issued a new or
der sequestrating all stocks of coal
and coke "and bj products' for the
.ISSSlil'fiS the ,9CCttPl0g powers.
MAKtSEFFDHT
TO FIX BLAME
Responsibility for Failure of
"Anthracite Negotiations
Will Be Pjaced Declares
Chairman fl K
NO FUEL SHORTAGE .'
. " WILL BE TOLERATED
Public Will Not Suffer From
Atlantic City Conference
1 Break-Down :
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
Failure of the anthracite opera
tors and miners to reach an agree
ment at their. Atlantic City confer
ence will not be permitted to in
flict a fuel shortage on the con
sumer, it was declared tonight at
the White House. While no in
dication of the 1 administration
program was given, it was an
nounced that President Coolidge
wished to assure the public that
normal requirements for fuel
would be met.
Chairman Hammond of the coal
commission, 'who discussed the an
thracite situation late in the day
with the president, said however,
an attempt would be made "to fix
responsibility for the failure of
the late negotiations and it was
Indicated that the commission's
findings in this particular might
be incorporated in an "emergency
report" to Mr. Coolidge which is
now in preparation. '
Commission Prepared
; Mr. ' Hammond declared the
commission did not consider the
situation yet warranted the sub
mission of this report. He denied
however, that, either he or -his
assistants proposed to take the in
itiative at this time in endeavor
ing to obtain a resumption of ne
gotiations between the operators
and their employes. : ? . i
"The commission," he asserted,
"Is prepared for eventualities."
Immediately -upon receipt of in
formation that the Atlantic City
conference had broken up over the
question of increased wages, Mr.
Hammond' went ;"to the' White
House for a conference with the
president. Upon leaving the ex
ecutive Offices he called an Imme
diate meeting of the coal commis
sion and after it had been in ses
sion less than an hour a recess
was taken to enable Mr. Ham
mond and Commissioner Nelll to
confer further with President
Coolidge." ' v . ' "
Coolidge May Intervene
The only. public statement re
sulting from this second - Inter
view was .the ' authorized ' an
nouncement that regardless - of
the.outcome of the anthracite con
troversy the fuel necessities of
the public would be met.
Officials who have followed the
anthracite crisis closely express
ed the opinion ' tonight that : the
president'- would not Intervene un
til the- operators and miners had
been given an opportunity to
come .forward with a " proposal
which might' serve as a comprom
ise upon which negotiations could
be resumed.
WAGE MEET FAILS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug.
21.--(By The Associated Press.)
Negotiations for a new wage
contract in "the anthracite indus
try ended abruptly today, leaving
unrelfeved the prospect of a - sus
pension of hard coal mining Sep
tember 1. .' ":" '
Miners' union officials," who
walked out of the joint meeting,
said . the efforts toward a peace
able adjustment of the conflict on
the part' of the industry itself had
terminated because the operators
were unwilling to concede any
part of the demand for increased
wages made by the men. The op
erators said that the breaking
point was the unwillingness of
the union to submit its demands
to the test of arbitration.
Both .sides, 'however, assented
to the submission of a report on
the situation to the United States
coal - commission, through - James
A. Gorman, secretary of the joint
conference. ;V - ': '
Nelther group looked for any
prevention of a protracted indus
trial struggle in the anthracite
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mi
1 .1ST0PJG:ME
Eastbound Craft Has Hard Time in Hopping
Off at Laramie, Wyo. Three Attempts Arc
Necessary; Will End Trip This Afternccn
under rresent rlans.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21w(By Associated Press.) Guided
by powerful beacon lights, two government,! mail planes
rushed toward each other through the night over the states
of the middle west tonight. Somewhere over Nebraska, they
were scheduled to pass. ' ' " "' " "v '
M LOn of them carried mail that left the. Golden Gate thij
morning, the other sped westward with mail from New Ycrl;
a few hours later and the flight marked thfe inauguration of
trials m the proposed 30-hour trans-continental air ir.:l
service. '..-,;
If all goes well the eastbound
plane will wing Its way' to earth
at New York tomorrow afternoon
while the ' westbound" ship will
drop with its burden of mail at
San : Francisco. ' ' ' " r
The westbound plane entered
the area of night travel between
Chicago '" and Cheyenne' when ' it
hopped off here at"' 6:56 p. m.,
central standard time, piloted by
Dean ' Smith. " Its" companion,
winging . its way : eastward, 'flew
up to meet the night from Chey
enne. The day: travel of the two
LARAMIE. Wyo., Aug. 21.
Air mail pilot H. A. Collison took
off at Rock Springs first at 3:02
p. . m. 'mountain time, but. vas
forced to return to Laramie at
5:50. p. m. this afternoon.' He
was nearly exhausted and suffer
ing from c01d.-He reported'that
he had - passed through a severe
storm and that he was almost out
of gasoline. "
LARAMIE, Wyo.. Aug. 21.
Air Mail Pilot Robert Ellis, In
the De HavilSnd mail plane, at
tempting a record trans-continental
flight j between San Francisco
and New York, passed over Lara
mie at 5:03 p.'m.' mountain time.
Jcott flew low and directly over
the city and - did not follow , the
regular course of air mall planes.
LARAMIE, Wyp., AugV Ait
Mail Pilot H. A. ColHson returned
to Laramie a second time at 8:05
p. mN mountain " time," after run
ning into low clouds' and fog. east
of here that made it impossible
to reach "t Cheyenne, a scheduled
stop of the eastward flight f tn!
trans-contlnentat mail plane.''
Collison said that after en
countering heavy clouds and fog
he discovered he was again short
of. gasoline Helpers at vthe avi
ation field were rushed after a
new supply of fuel.'" ;
"I'll : make Cheyenne If it Is
the last thing I ever do." Colli
son said, after. landing.'' ;
After Collison returned for the
second time the 'sky cleared here
and the moon camd out. ' He re
iterated i his -determination' : to
make Cheyenne tonight.
Collison took off at. Rock
Springs at 3:02 p. m. mountain
tlme but returned at 5:50 p. m.,
nearly exhausted and ,!with his
gasoline tank nearly empty. An
emergency call r for (gasoline
brought one barrel to the landing
field. This was added to the
scant supply he had in the tank.
When Collison left here the sec
ond time lie assumed the tank
was full, but it was little more
than half filled. '
His second take-off here was
at 6:53 p. m. "
LARAMIE. Wyo., Aug. 21. Air
Mail Pilot II. A. Collison after
making his third unsuccessful at
tempt to .fly from Laramie to
Cheyenne returned to this city to
night at 11:10 mountain time af
ter remaining in the air for 50
minutes in the attempted air mail
flight eastward from, coast to
coast. i "'
Collison had left here on the
third attempt at 10:15 p. m. after
replenishing his gasoline supply.
He said that he had flown east
ward for approximately 50 min
utes but because of clouds and tog
was unable to determine his desti
nation without being able to see
it. The , air - line distance from
Laramie to Cheyenne is between
40 and 50 miles. .
The mail pilot was quoted as
saying that he would make no fur-
(Ccstlgqed froa E8IS U
H TTbTfTr TTi
r
:, ' ;
planes, or In reality several planes
for planes and drivers "were Ire
Quently changed, was little more
eventful -than the mall flying that
has long been in progress. The
night flying between -Chicago and
Cheyenne, howevet, marked an
innovation in the plan for , con
tinuous air mail service betwee'n
San Francisco and New York.
The' planes are following to
night at what their height seems
a pathway over 885 miles of night
flying pt' the 2,68 0-iriild Journey
across tW continent." 4
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OMAHA,; Keb., Aug. 22. -Pilot
Jack Khtght who left Omaha fcr
Cheyenne on the last leg of the
night journey westward in tLa
trans-continental air - mail flight
arrived at. North. Piatt. Neb., at
1:27-this-morning and took off
again at 1: 47 a. m. Plot Yagei
at the wheel -of the eastbouni,
plan . passed over' Grand Island,
Neb. 160 mjles east., of y Nortli,
Platte at 1:45 a, m.
Although it is not deflnltel)
known at what . place the two
planes met,, it was . known that it
was approximately - half way be
tween Grand Island and North
Platte. Yager should arrive in
Omaha within an hour. -
. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. The west
bound air mail plane winging it3
way across the continent'- and pi
loted by A"rt Smith arrived here at
6:50 o'clock central standard tira
and departed ar 6 : 5 O'clocX wilh
Dean Smith aa -pilot on-its nt$ht
(rip to CQeyenne.';." The' plane Was
five minutes behind schedule in
arriyipg but- had made up about
1 5mlnutes time between Cleve
land and Chicago.: It leQ Chicago
four minutes ahead of schedule
' CLEVELAND; ! Aug. 21. Pilot
Art , Smith, driving . the air mail
plane 289 on the second leg ot the
NeW Yrk itf San:Franclsco fl'iht
landed at Brjan, Ohio, at 6; 03 p.
m. eastern -ime and left, for' Chi
cago at 6.12 p. tn. after taking on
a supply of gasoline and oil ac
cording to radio advices received
here by If. B. Shaver, manager of
the local air maif field.1 .
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IOWA 'CITY.." Aug.' 21. Plot
Dean Smith arrived" In Iowa City
from Chicago at 8:47 p. m. cen
tral standard time and left for
Omaha at 8:54 p. ml "He reported
that flying conditions - were v per
fect. - - ' '
DES MOINES, la., Aug. 21
An airplane believed to have been
the westbound mail flyer piloted
by Dean Smith passed 'Over Fort
Des Moines, 'four miles south of
Des Moines shortly ; before 10 p.
m., central standard time, accord
ing to officers at the army post
OMAHA, Neb , Aug. 22. Pilot
F. R. Yager, flying from Cheyenne
to Omaha, - landed at the North
Platte, Neb., field at 12.01 and af
ter refueling his machine left for
Omaha at 12:13, aerial officials
at Fort Crook were Informed In a
telephone dispatch.
'Flier Smith made a beautiful
landing at the Fort Crook field,
circling the field once and landing
just as the big searchlight wa3
Shut off and the. smaller lights
were turned on. He was greeted
by Second Assistant Postmaster
General Paul Henderson, and sev
eral aerial officers. '
As soon as the plane was mo
tionless, postofflce ' workers hal
the cockpit open and were busily
engaged In throwing - out tha
pouches, 45 of them. Three cf
the bags were tor Omaha and t! ')
other 42 -were transferred to t' :