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BEVPOTY-FOURTir YEAR
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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1924
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TESTIIIf
ALIENISTS IS
Defense to Introduce first of
Lay Witnesses to Prove
Leopold and Loeb Deserve
Mitigation "f ?
LOEB IS IDENTIFIED
AS REAL BOY SLAYER
Dr. Glueck Testifies That
-M Youth 'Admitted Strick
- inp fatal Blow '
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. (By the A.
P.) The defense temporarily ex
haostedlts source of expert testi
mony today, forced an early ad
journment, and tomorrow will in
troduce the first of its lay wit
nesses who will continue to give
Judge John R. Caverly evidence
on which is based the plea for
mitigation in the punishment of
Nathan P. Leopold, Jr., and Rich
ard Loeb, kidnapers and murder
ers of Robert Franks. : ' I
The "startling development of
today's sessions of the hearing on
the youths' plea of guilty was the
identification of Loeb as the act'
ual slayer of the Franks poy;
" ' Loeb Admits Gnllt
The myBtery as to which of the
two " actually administered the
death dealing blows with a coM
chisel had . remained unsolved
through weeks of Investigation
and 12 days of the hearing until
Drv Bernard Glueck of New York,
the - third mental, pathologist to
' testify" for the defense, calmly and
casually in his monotonous line
of testimony replied to a question
of Benjamin Bachrac of defense
counseL
-'"Did, Loeb say who struck the
blow asked Bachrac, , ,
"He told me throughout that he,
Loeb struck the llow, replied
Dru Glueck. . . f ;r , . .4 , n
The significance of the delayed
revelation1 apparently was lost on
the crowded court room. It came
with unexpected suddenness just
as the' doctor had settled into what
promised to be further vivesectlon
of the youth's personalities 'along
lines brought out twjce previously
by Doctors W.v A - White-of Wash
ington and William. Healy of Bos
ton. ; ':
i Testimony Is Attacked '
' Upon cross-examination- Robert
E. Crowe, state's attorney, launch
ed a vigorous attack ' upon ' Dr.
Glueck but was met by a similar
comoosure that refused to be flus
tered. . . '.
- - n . . - 1 , '
ins prosecutor lorceu iu numis
minn frnm tho navht9trfnt -that he
did not have in his vohimlnous
notes which lay . in his lap any
direct reference to striking with
the death Implements. i
"Read the notes that Loeb told
you he actually struck the blow,''
demanded the -prosecutor. , : (.
"Profound - lack at adequate
. emotional response in presence of
Intact intelligence,' read the spe
cialist and maintained under a
rapid fire of questions that it
"conveys to my mind the absolute
conviction that this note refers
to that when I discussed with him
the details of the murder." j ' :
Disordered Personality
The state, arguing the import
ance of the point, forced a recess
for Dr. Glueck to search -for fur
ther reference to the actual mur
der, but when he took the stand
at the afternoon session he re
ported his inability to find any
of the Information. Dr. Glueck
concluded from his examination
of the defendants, he ' testified,
that Loeb was "disintegrated, suf
fering from a disordered person
ality, the nature of which prim
arily, is a profound discord be
tween his emotional and Intellect
ual life, and. is incapable . of en
; dowing his surroundings with an
adequate emotion," and that Leo
pold Is "of a' distinct paranoid
personality and is developing ! a
definite court of paranoid psycho
sis." Testimony yesterday brought
out that "psychosis" is the mod-
(Continued on page 2.)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair . Thursday
except cloudy or foggy along
the coast; slight temperature
changes; moderate westerly
winds.
LOCAL WEATHER
(Wednesday)
Maximum temperature, S 2.
Minimum temperature, 62.
River, 2.3 feet; stationary.
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere," clear. . "
Wind, west. . '
ALL COMPLETE
MULLIN FINDS
FAMOUS STAR
1 0N STATE JOB
Dick Jose, Who Sang Old Fa
vorite Songs Throughout
World, Is Official
.it
W. A. Mullin. deputy state real
estate ' commissioner, and who
years ago was in the show busi
ness, enjoyed a unique experience
and a happy renewal of old ac
quaintance while in San Francis
co 'recently on! state real estate
business. In the San 'Francisco
office of the California real estate
department Mullin ran across
Richard Jose, famous tenor and
minstrel of an! earlier day, who
won a world-wide reputation as a
singer of "Silver ' Threads Among
the Gold."" and - other old-time
favorites. flj - v '
' Jose sang all over the world, it
is said, and traveled with Prim
rose, West, Doekstader and other
eminent minstrelleaders. ' Phono
graph records; that he' made' 20
years ago- are; being - reproduced.
' Jose is now a deputy real estate
commissioner for northern Cali
fornia; with 'offices in San' Fran
cisco. In his early life he wad a
blacksmith in Reno, Nev. '
Demented i Stranger Proves
to Be Former Inmate of ;
'Stale4'
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 6. The
mysterious woman r found near
Junction City jlast Saturday "was
today Identified asLu i&Ttil' Vesta
Granger,' a registered nurse who
worked at the . Roseburg Mercy
hospital during the' early months
of -1922. !;; ' 1 ' '
Identification was made by Mrs.
Rudolf ., Hansen of Walker who
worked with Mrs. Granger af the
hospital. This morning a letter
was received M by- Sheriff' Frank
Taylor from Mrs. Hansen saying
that she had j known Mrs. - Vesta
Granger and 'giving a description
similar' to" that' of the1 unknown
woman in the county t ' hdspltal.
The sheriff sent a special deputy
to bring Mrs. Hansen1 add -'she
positively declared the patient to
be the woman she had known.
Records at the' state hospital for
the insane show that Mrs. Berta
Grainger was committed to the
hospital February 15, 1924, after
she 'had ' voluntarily appeared' at
the Institution and been detected
peering in at the windows. For
several days the woman did not
speak and she was identified only
when, her picture was published
in newspapers.' She previously
had' been an linmate' of ;ne hos
pital' In 1 9 2 2, having; been com
mitted from Roseburg where she
was a nurse, j From Roseburg she
was said to have wandered to San
Francisco. . ' sister, ; Mrs. J. E.
Dooley, lives at 700 Fremont
street, Portland. Mrs. Grainger
was paroled May 1& last. Her
mother Is said to live in Walla
Walla, but her came la not known
here, ; .
FUGITIVES NEARLY
Accomplice' Effects Opening
of Side Door to Shaft
No Break Made
PALISADE, Colo., Aug. 6.
Having evaded a death trap '. set
for them last night, the three
fugitives in the workings of a
coal mine here, suspects In a
$15,000 postoffice robbery all but
got the better of guards and offi
cers who are seeking - to take
them, dead or alive, when an al
leged accomplice 1 of ' the trio to
day slipped past the armed poss'
men and opened a door in the east
air shaft of the mine. How tne
accomplice gained entrance to the
shaft and opened the door with
out being ' seen is ' not known.
That particular spot : has been
brilliantly lighted . at V night and
guarded at all times,! according to
federal ; and, county authorities.
Despite the j opening of the aii
shaft, none lot the- fugities at
tempted to escape, according t
the officers; The i accomplices'
tracks to and from the air shaft
entrance were found, but guards
said they j believed the fugitives
had not. learned of the. efforts. tf
a ' confederate- in ' opening - the
shaft.
IDENTITY BF
111 FOUND
LABOR RECORD
Former Secretary of Labor
SoUght to Have Federa
tion' Defer Endorsement
of La Follette
NOMINEE PRAISED FOR
EFFORTS FOR UNIONS
Gompers Takes Issue With
Statements Madef Re-
fuses Proposition l j
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Writ
ing under date of August 2, Wll
ftam B. Wilson, former' secretary
of labor in the cabinet of Presi
dent Wilson and ffor years act! ire
In the organized labor movement
in this country, suggested ' to
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American ' Federation of Labor
that 'the executive council of thf
federatici refrain from taking any
"definite political action" until
cfter John W. " Davis.' democratic
candidate ' for, president,' 'delivers
his acceptance address at Clarks
l urg, W. Va., Ausust 11. ' ' f
The text of the letter was made
public tonight by the democratic
national 'committee.' In it. Mr.
Wilson reviewed the labor recbrd
of Mr. Davis praising him for his
record of years past and announc
ing that he had accepted an invi
tation from the dsmocratic na
tional committee to assist in the
campaign for the election of Mr.
Davis.
The federation endorsed the if
depenaenx canaiaacien oi senaiora
La- Folette arid Wheeler August 3.
Gompers Takes Issue :
ATIlANTIC CITY, Aug. 6.
Samuel' Gompers today took issue
with Mr: "5 Wilson's' version' ' of
DaTis' history in' connection with
the1 " enactment '-' of " the Clayton
law ''and "'declares that retor ts
wduld be prodnced In due tim.f,
"in none af which does Mr.' John
W: Davis appear' r: ' '
" "But quite 'apart from . all
this," the .Gompers letter conti i
ues, "your request 'that'-1 Our
executive council adjourn to go to
Clarksburg, W. Va., and there re
convene after considering his (Mr.
Davis) acceptance address is ut
terly ; impossible and inconce'y
able. The suggestion could be
made : wMh equal propriety "thut
we' attend the ""acceptances cere
monies of President Coolidge.
PACLKN WINNER BY 10,000
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 6. (AP)
Lieutenant Governor Ben S.
Paulen won the republican guber
natorial nomination in Kansas by
a plurality 5 which will run close
to 10,009, incomplete unorriclal
returns from Tuesday's primary
indicated tonight. J. M. Davis,
democratic Incumbent, easily out
stripped his nearest opponent, ex-
Mayor Harry Burton of Kansas
City.'; l ' ; ...v,
There Are Good, Kind
Campers in the Oregon
Woods; Grouse Prove It
You hear a good deal about the
careless camper, the criminal
camper, the - camper who builds
camp- fires and does not put them
out, but leaves them to start de
structive forest fires :
But no one has lately come to
the defense of the great body of
campers,' who are good,: kind
campers, considerate of the rights
of others -
And now comes a lady grouse
to mutely tell in plain pantomime
of good campers, who- are kird
even to- birds, and respect their
rights and their security under
the laws of the land. M
She Uvea by the side of tin
mountain road leading to the
mines on the Little North Fork
of the Santlam. She lives at Clear
Creek spring, where all travelers
that way stop for a cooling drink
of the water, which is almost Ice
cold; and which some one has en
closed In a new log house. i ' -
There Is a fine camping place
by the spring, much used by peo
ple seeking rest in the Invigorat
ing - mountain air: This grou30
waits for the travelers passing.
sitting in a welcoming attitude, a
much as to say,; "Good morning,; I
hope yon may pitch your tent aid
stay a ifew days." ' She has evi
dently had her wish satisfied fre
quently, and numerous campers
have 'patently given to her of
their bountj. She shows that site
WILL MOORE
WAS FORMERLY
REAL COLONEL
State Insurance Commission
er Held Place on Staff of
Governor Chamberlain
' Some! men are born to com
mand, others achieve command
and still a few others have com
mand thrust upon them. .To ibis
latter class belongs Will Moore,
state fire marshal and insurance
commissioner. ..
Whether Mr. Moore takes his
title as Colonel Moore seriously is
not known. Perhaps the memories
are cherished deep in his heart or
again perhaps he does not choose
to flaunt his rank before less for
tunate fellowmen. But anyhow,
locked tight in his office safe are
(Continued on page 5)
FORD TO BE H
' F0H SEMITE SEAT
Friends Circulate Petition to
'Put Auto Manufacturer's
Name on Ballot
DETROIT, Aug. 6. Circulation
of petitions here today to place
the nanie of Henry Ford on the
ballot as candidate for the repub
lican nomination for 'United
States "senator," further complicat
ed the ! approaching race for' the
senatorial nomination, proposing
the fifth republican candidate.
Although officials at the Ford
Motor 'company today character
ized asi "absurd" the idea that
Ford , is seeking the senatorial
toga,, some of those favorable to
his candidacy have 'pointed out
that Ford has run for office four
times, twice as a republican and
twice as a democratic candidate
in Michigan and in each case has
been placed on the ballot without
his formally anonuncing his can
didacy.; In no case has he with
drawn is his - narafE- after - it-was
placed! on the ballot of either
"rf .
Severe Storm Damages
' ' j Property in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 6. Wis
consin's most - severe storm In
years has taken a heavy toll in
property and life) Property loss
will 'riin' Into millions of dollars
and eight deaths are traceable to
the storm. Blasting of large con
crete bridges near West Bend,1 to
permit! a faster flow of flood wa
ters sd a necessary measure-was
going forward todjay.
More than fifteen bridges, on the
Chicago and Northwestern ' and
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroads between; Milwaukee' and
Green Bay were Washed away and
train service on . north branches
has been discontinued. ' ' 1 '
COMMERCIAL. TREATY SIGNED
LONDON, Aug. 5. After many
months af negotiations a commer
cial treaty and a' general treaty
have been arrnged between Great
Britain and soviet Russia, i
likes the crumbs ' that fall from
the tables of campers. She
things! all campers are good and
kind, and she is unafraid. She
has a j wistful disappointed look
when they drive an after quenlh
lng thsir several thirsts rat the
wondeful spring. "
Of course, thera is a closed se.
ton for grouse. But that' shady
nook up in the Cascades Is far
from (human habitation ad
grouse! meat (is good. , '
The! lady bird is a native grouse,
consort of the hooter male, and
the is a beautiful lady bird, graot
ful and supple and withal good to
look at. She is usually "wild" in
the extreme, because she makes a
princely dish, prepared and server
as most Oregon farmers' wives
know1 how to prepare and serve
her, and she fears the deadly shot
gun In the hands of the rfarmer
boy. j; .. k
But up there in. the Cascades is
a "tame" grouse,- made tame b-
the treatment of kind and consid
erate and henest campers, and the
tame .kind cf mining men passing
that way. - 1 '
May her tribe; ; and tnelr tribe,
increase. We will not have toi
many such 'campers, and we will
not have too many native grouse;
indeed their numbers have cteal-
Iily diminished - In the past ht.1"
century.
GERM PUN
CHEERS DAWES
Wearied Allied Delegates
are Pleased By Concilia
tory Attitude of Marx and
Associates ; '
ALL OBJECTIONS SAID
- CAPABLE OF SOLUTION
American Authority Thinks
Ruhr Evacuation Will Be
Only Difficulty
LONDON, Aug. 6. (By the A.
P. The German delegation to
the International conference which
is seeking to evolve plans for put
ting the Dawea plan' into effect
cheered today the wearied allied
plenipotentiaries who have been
struggling , with the question for
three weeks by being ready early
this morning with a memorandum
outlining the German 'opinion of
the program' which the conference
has adopted for launching a new
reparations era. ' i-I 1 '!
Chancellor Marx and ' his col
leagues worked throughout last
night and until 3 o'clock this mor
ning to complete the draft of their
views for presentation to the dele
gates to the conference held fin
the British premier's official) resi
dence in Downing street at 10J30
o'clock this morning. The final
meeting of the "biff seven" . pre
ceded the ) arrival of Chancellor
Marx, Foreign Minister Strese
mann and Finance Minister Luth
er. When the Germans came into
the meeting room the' hig seven
called in additional members: to
ther respective delegations and
the conference, counting the Ger
mans, thus became the "hig It"
which, is the committee of chief
delegates who will take the lead
ing role during the remainder of
the conference. A
7 While the delegates awaited a
translation of the 1 8-page Ger
man memorandnm ' Chancellor
Marx in a speech summarized the
German objections to the plans of
the experts for launching the
Dawes project."- T;'t?';:F"-r!' -
After studying the German ob
jections carefully, - an j American
authority said there existed a good
basis , for the settlement of every
objection the Germans had raised.
He added that the issues outside
the purview of - the conference,
such as military evacuation of the
Ruhr and regarding allied railway
on the German railroads, iwould
cause more, .trouble, but he was
optimistic that there would be a
satisfactory settlement JP these
problems. ;
E
' BREAKS L
World-Renowned Race Rider
' May Never Ride Again,.
Says Doctor '
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. iY.,
Aug. 6. Karle' Sande of Salem,
Or., one of America's best jockeys,
who was seriously injured today,
will ride no more this: year, and
may never again take 'the saddle,
according to local physicians.
" In a mixup in the first race to
day, in which' four horses ; fell,
Sande suffered two fractures of
the left leg, one" just below the
hip and the other below the knee.
One of his ribs also . Was broken
and, he was unconscious for an
hour. - i.: ' ' - '
Earl Sande Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Sande, 1965
Trade street. - He has been riding
as a professional jockey for the.
last seven years and this is his
first accident, Mr. Sande said yes
terday.' ' . ' ' ' "
Both Earle Sande and his wife
were in Salemf during the holl-t
days, though they did not arrive
in time for Christmas day. It was
about a year ago that' Sande rode
Zer' in the big international race,
winning over Papyrus, the English
entry, by a long lead." He also
rode Zev in the race with' He
mOrlum, whileMan-oVWar "is an
other of his mounts, g He has been
astride nearly all the famous race
horses in this country.: .He; was
riding Spurt. In the race Wednes
day when the accident occurred
" Mr.' and' Mrs. John Sande. Hr"
to.'Salem' from Idaho about (Tiree
years ago. , Mr. Sande. is enipjoyed
at the Spauldlng'Logglng company
mill here, ' : , "i
JOCKEY
SD
i
Names of Candidates in
Seashore Trip Contest
Released by Statesman
Xames appear in today's paper.
See that your name or that of
your friend is among the list of
contestants this is your oppor
tunity, to get in the race and stay
to the finish an early start
means much.
y'The prizes offered the ten
ladies: receiving the highest nuri
ber of votes will win ten free Pa
cific seashore vacation '.-.trips.
Viewing the scenic beauties of the
Pacific agashoreand participating
in all the joys of seashore vaca
tion life that make life pleasant,
easy and delightful and with your
expenses paid by The Statesman
Publishing company, it is doubly
delightful. Nominations have ben
coming to the Contest Editor in
a" steady stream. From all over
the district candidates are enter
ing the contest, and from the
great interest that is being mani
fest on all sides, this Is the great
est vacation contest ever held ia
this part of the state.
Select your favorite candidate
in-the list which is published to
day and vote Immediately. If
your favorite candidate has not
already been nominated use' th
nomination blank in this issue aid
send same to The Statesman Coa
test Editor.
The opportunity to win is equal
to all; it makes ' no difference
where a candidate resides, wheth
erTin Salem, or elsewhere
Marion or Polk counties. ' Re
member there, are ten ', grand
Examination t)f Gun May De-
"termine Fate 6f Allegecf
j . Murderer n r
BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 6.
The'state is depending on the re
velations of a microscope in the
hands of fire arms experts to con
vict Earl Seely. charged with the
murder of William Frinks, a taxi
driver. May 25 last. The prose
cution: has an automatic gun
found in a telephone booth Seely
is said to have used the night
the murder was committed, some
empty shells found in his home
4nd the two empty shells found
in Frinks' taxicab. : The firearms
experts, . Edward McGivern and
Police ChiefE. W. Ray of Lewis
town, Mont., say the shells found
in the Seely house and those in
the cab bear identical marks from
firing and the rifling of the. wea
pon that discharged them as the
empty shells of the telephone
booth ..weapon, which they tried
put.. , ;-j
Several bowling alley employes
testified that Seely exhibited such
a weapon three days before the
murder was committed.
Assassins of Mrs. Evans
Are Captured, Is Report
1 MEXICO CITY, Aug. C (By
the Associated Press) . The as
sassins, nf Mrs. Rosalie Evans have
been Captured, according to a re
port given out this afternoon at
the war department. The' report
came from General Roberto Cruz,
military commander In the state
of Pueblo, where Mrs. Evans was
shot and killed near her hacienda
last Saturday.
Former Governor, Foe of the
- - a f l . ' .
Klan, Appears vicxor m
Primary
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Ans.
i6.ITrailing at the heels of E. B.
Howard throughout the day, 'J. C.
Waltan, agairi jumped, into the
lead late ' this afternoon for tne
democratic nomination for United
States senator and upon returns
from 1918 of the. 2996 precincts
in the state 'was more? than 1 500
ahead of the Tulsa congressman.
"Ihrouiehout the day the former
governor; "toe -of 5 the, Ku Klut
Klan ran second to Howard, kleu
endorsee, but as reports from the
south 'and ' southeaKt sections of
the' state filtered Ih the Tulsan's
margin, which'1 at ' one time was
more than 4000, was reduced, and
late In the day Walton took thj
Iead.u " ' - l " " ;
WALTON ASSUMES
OUOil LEAD
. .. - - - , ' .-
prizes and you can surely get. o a
if you try. I
Advantages of Karly Start
Those who get in on the start
have the best chance of winning,
ko it is desirable that the name be
entered at once in order to get a
good start. Candidates who enter
this contest do not necessarily
have to be subscribers to The
biaiesman. i t:nter your name
and your friends will -help to do
the rest. You will be surprised
to eee how rapidly-the votes will
comei in and what little effort' is
is necessary to win one of' the re
wards offered. Get in - on the
start; and encourage. your friends
to vote for you; the rest will be
easy. ; You will rever know how
popular' you are until you enter a
contest of this kind. '
The ..votes, will be counted each
oay at noon and the result printed
In the .next . morning's issue of
Tne I Statesman. There will K.
short; write-ups in the DaDer each
day from now on until the close
of the contest and those enterctf-
can keep in close touch with the
contest and competine candidates
Certain It is that ten ladies of Sa
lem and vicinity are going to get
one Of these magnificent rewards.
and it Is left to the readers of The
Statesman to decide.
The contest wiU be conducted In
a strictly fair and imptrial ma i
ner and the fullest investigatin
is courted at all times. The bl-
( Continued on page 2.)
Conference With Gompers
and Labor Problems Re-
Quested By Nominee
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 6.
-(By. the ! Associated Press
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
said tonight that John W. Davis,
democratic nominee for president,
sought a conference with the la
bor leader in New York: July 17,
and ! later requested Mr. Gompers
to file with him "a statement of
questions which labor is chiefly
interested in." v. .
"The conference . was impos
sible." said Mr. 1 Gompers, "be
cause of a conflicting " engage
ment." The request was denied,
he added, because he could . not
submit -questions to Mr. Davis
which would not be equally : sub
mitted to other candidates for the
presidency." .
J That Mr Davis had communi
cated with J Mr. Gompers was Re
vealed in "a letter the federation
leader wrote William B. Wilson,
former secretary -of labor and at
present staff member of the de
mocratic j national committee at
Washington. '
The letter was in reply to the
one received from Mr. AVilson by
the executive council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor ' urging
that it defer endorsing La Follette
until Mr. Davis delivered his noti
fication speech.
POLITICS FELT
1 v, i
Reasons Named .for Main
taining Relief Zadi ;
Visits Rotarians
Politics, familiar enough In this
country but hardly associated with
conditions in Asia Minor, is the
chief reason of the necessity of
maintaining . relief work ia the
Near East, according to Mrs. Chas.
Gannaway of Medford, who with
her husband, a practising physic
ian, has. been closely associated
with the- relief work in Turkey
and Armenia since 1919 and who
spoke at the Rotary club luncheon
at the Marion " hotel Wednesday
noon. Mrs. Gannaway Is now en
gaged in lecturing throughout the
country iii the interests , of the
Near East! relief.
"Half of the conditions existing
in the Near East have not yet been
told," Mrsi Gannaway replied. In
answer to a question If people in
America can believe what? J'.oy
read In the newspapers, if 'The
Turks despise Christians and the
progress that follows Chrlstian-
(Continued on page 2).
mm east
WORLD FUEHS
ARE HID
FOR FEW DAYS
Condition of Floes on Green
land Coast Makes Land
ings and Trip Perilous for
Aviators
PLANE TO BE SENT TO
WADE AT NOVA SCOTIA
Unfortunate Pilot to Be Able
to Cross Continent With
Comrades '
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. G.
(By-. Associated Press.) A
conference was held .today by
Rear Admiral Magruder on board
the United States cruiser Rich
mond with Lieutenants Lowell II.
Smith and Erik , Nelson, the Unit
ed States army aviators who have
reached Reykjavik on their round
the world flight, with regard to
pressing on to their, next stop in
Greenland. Jt was decided at the
conference that the aviators
should remain 'here pending the
receipt of reports from AngmaE
salik regarding ice conditions on
the Greenland coast, which are
said to be bad.
Weatlu-r Ih Warmer.
- After Tuesday's gale, the weath
er here today was warm and clear
and normal Icelandic summer con
ditions prevailed. . The two Amer
ican cruisers and two torpedo
boats in the harbor are attracting
much attention. - Thy are the
fiivt-American warships that have
ever anchored at Reykjavik.
. ' WfRtircW Fueerz, head of the
rr.iniMry of Iceland, paid a formal
visit to Ih lliPhniond this after
noun and invited the officers of
the- cruiser, together with the
filers 4o visit the old Kite of tho
Iceland parliament tomorrow.
' Fliers to V HcM Vp.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. De
cision to hold the American worl4
fliers at Reykjavil: until weah
er and ice conditions assure rea
sonably safe -landings on th
Greenland coast waa announced
today by the army air service.
The proposal that a 1,000 mile
hop Trom Iceland to Ivigtut be at
tempted if efforts failed to estab
lish a base at Angmagsalik was'
rejected after careful considera
tion as subjecting the remal'lnf;,
two ships to the possibility of al
most certain injury. - '
"Should temporary weather ?nd
ice conditions hn the Greenland
C-oaet preclude immediate landing
of the expedition there," a Btute
ment from the - department sai-J.
"the flight will 'remain at Ice
land until conditions improve. It
Is not contemplated that an at
tempt will be made for a' "nonstop
flight from Iceland direct to the
coast of Labrador' . r
DanKor Kurk.s In Wiiif.
A wait cf several days at, the
Iceland capital was admitted by
officials as adding to the" danger?
of even more adverse weather con!
ditlons ensuing because" "of the '
advanced season, but hopo waa ex
pressed for an "ippen spell" which
would be the signal for the next
advance toward the goal of aerial
navigation of the globe. "
The ice pack reported to have
formed around the Greenland
roast Is not considered In Itself
as .an impossible ! barrier to the
continuance "of the flight, army
experts; sad, because it had been
proved i entirely, feasible for the
planes to land beside vessels at
sea and refuel. While the ire it
self Is not a barrier, should a
forced landing be hecef ary rescue
of the fliers would be difficult...
Kxpcdftion Was 'a tight.
'It may be recalled." a state
ment issued today said, "that ex
actly ' 34 .years axo this month
Nan sen 'e expioratju. jiarty was at
tempting to pierce the interior of
Greenland from the . west coast
near the. place the. American avia
tors Intend to land. The explor
ers' party, became marooned on a
large ice floe which floated down
the coast for several days before'
rescued."
Apparently abandoning the
long-held hope that; the Doston,
accidentally' wrecked at sea last
Sunday, might be ialvn?d and re
paired, the air in-ico today or
dered ta substitute pl;ine sent to
Indian harbor sj that Irs pilot.
Lieutenant L Ijr'ij: Wade, .at leaft
migit romiany his comrades o-i
the; wcas crmntryj trl? So Seattlo
attr they have made the Atlantic
flight. ' :
; 1 Piano to lie Rent;
Tho plane, a Douglas of thn
same type as those iued la the
flight, will be flown Irom Lan?-
(Continued ou pac 5J
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