-i
- . CIRCULATION
THE WEATHER
Fair today with . normal
" humidity, Saturday fair and
mild; Ifax. Temp. Thursday ;
83, Silo. ,47, river -2 feet,
parti cloudy.
Average . ,
Distribution
June, '81 .
7038
Net paid, dally, Sunday 6710
vexuzv. A. X. o.
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FOUNDED 1&5I
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning," July 10, 1931
ElGUTY-tinST YEAR
No. 3
SHIPPERS 110
! FIEHT UPflO
RATE I0CREHSE
Committee : Organized Jcr
- Collecting Data to As
. ; sist Thomas
Not - Only Oppose Raise as
Sought by Roads but
- - Want Decrease v
" Shlppen of the state Thursday
- erranlzed to aid official Oregon
la protesting the proposed In
crease of 15 per - cent In ' freight
rates asked by the railroads, ana
ta urre immediate decision on
- the northwest petition now he-
fore, the Interstate - commerce
commission for reduced rates on
fmita. Thirteen counties -were
represented at the hearing called
by Charles M. Thomas, publie
utilities cimmlssloner, delegated
by as many different organiza
tions Interested in shipping mat
ters. Election of an executive com
mitted of tea from various Indus-
tries to aid the commissioner was
the chief accomplishment of or
ganization. Thomas was elected
president of the state-wide - pro-
test movement, with AT F. Har-
vev. of the commission's staff
. elected secretary-treasurer. A res
olution opposing the rate request
and requesting a bearing in the
' west by the Interstate Commerce
.commission -. was unanimously
passed.' '.,..-
Executive Group i
; To Complete Data
The executive committee,
- whose duties will be to compile
data to aid- Thomas In fighting
the increase before the commis
sion, will consist Of W. A. Curtin,
Portland, representing business;
' H. J. Cox, Eugene, for the lum
bermen; H. ; R. Richards, The
Dalles, farm groups; H. M. Dex
ter, Hood River, fruit growers;
B. M. Burns, Portland, canners;
S. R. Sorenson," Portland, grain
trade; Warren B. Snider, Lake
Tiew, livestock; Carl Haberlach,
Tillamook, dairy Industry; A. C.
Marsters, Reseburg, -commercial
interests, and A. ; R. - Shumway,
Milton,, gTl0.-TZ. " p '
Delegates present vcieed vlgor
1 ous protest against the proposed
increase in view of the general
market and business conditions,
speakers pointing out the high
rate as compared to receipts. The
session not only urged a fight on
the increase but stressed the need
for a reduced rate on freight. ;
Commissioner Thomas. In open
ing the session, declared that im
mediate action was necessary in
order to impress the 'Interstate
Commerce commission with the
facts andMata against a proposed
rate Increase. He declared con
ditions at this time were differ
ent than ordinary in a rate, case,
that the railroads claim they are
In distress as do the shippers. It
is therefore necessary to present
a formidable case for considera
tion. .
. Thomas further declared that
It Is necessary to Impress the In
terstate Commerce - commission,
with the fact that "railroads have
no right to 'charge more than
, the service la worth to the ship
pers. Utilities have set aside the
factor that they are perfprming
governmental . function and can
not charge more than the service
rates, but are adhering solely to
the other factor that they are en
titled to a fair return on their
lnvestmentV Congressional ac
tion will also be sought In this
campaign, he stated. ,..
Klamath Lumber
Interests Hard hit -
Increase In rates as proposed
will cost Klamath county lumber
men between a half million and
three-quarters million dollars a
year more, and the industry un
der the present condition cannot
stand, this burden, R. E; Brad
bury of Kamath Falls stated.! The
Increase will also mean -an addi
tlonal cost of $30,000 on pota
toes; $18,000 on . livestock f and
$85,000 on grain shipped out of
that county.
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" PENDLETON HOTTEST
PORTLAND, July . AP)
Portland's maximum temper
atwre today Was onlj T7 de
grees, SO degrees less than that
of Tncsdaj. .
Pendleton reported a nlgn
temperature today , of '102 de- :
grees. Dakar reported 4, Med
ford 04 and Roseburs; 78.
- WOUNDS CRITICAL
KLAMATH FALLS, July S.
(AP) Cecil Beckley, if, who
shot and kUled his wife and step
daughter on. their farm near Dix
oavllle last week, was In a critical
condition here today from self-in-clicted
wounds.
Beckley apparently had been on
the road to recovery but complica
tions developed and hospital at
tendants said they held small hope
for his recovery.
ONE- FRACTURES LEG
PORTLAND, July 9. (AP)-
Three . women wereXlnJured. and
1 To the Victor Goes the' Trophy - 1 -
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ii isillsi ifflHilsY is fin
Scene following the close of the record "marathon golf snatch In history of the United States national
i open tournament, with H. H. Ramsay, president of the national association, presenting the tournament
-trophy to Bfllie Burke, the new champion, with George Von Elm, rnnnerup, looking on. They were
tied at the clone of the regular rounds last Saturday, tied again ta a 30-hole playoff match Sunday
J and Burke won by a single stroke over the same route Monday. Burke smokes cigars at all times while
j: playing, and atill has one in his hand in the picture, which was transmitted by Bell system telepbo
.i to from Cleveland. .. 1 tj :! r . ij ;r
EXPENDITUBE UPOn
EG
T
Appeal Will be Carried
to
Highway; Commission;
Board Convenes
Appeal for a 13000 to S4000.
eipejuiltiirei thtr winter, for .the
improvement of Champoeg park
wilt be carried to the state high
way commission here Thursday by
the special Champoeg committee
appointed by Governor. Meier. The
committee In session here yester
day morning; decided ipon this
action at the request of Senator
Spaulding, one of Its members,,
and a member of the state high-1
! (Turn to nasre 2. col. 31
RAILS CilBl
OPPOSES jCKE
SAN FRANCISCO. July f .'
( AP) The California state rail
road commission in a telegraphic
message, to the. interstate com
merce commission today went on
record formally as opposed to the
is per cent freight. rates Increase
asked by railroads, of .the, country..
Announcing- the . commission's.
standi President Clyde I Seavey
declared Commissioner "WUlIam J.
Carr and , Rate Expert W. P.
Geary of the commission, will leave
Satu rday for Washington to at
tend preliminary hearings of the
federal commission.
HCarr will represent the Moun
tain Pacific utlimea commission
ers. He returned today from Salt
Lake City where the commission
ers took a stand snnilar to that
of the state commission on the
rate increase proposal.
: The California commission's op-
Dssltion to the increeee was based
Bitha. following points; that. the
increase Is not J us tilled by any
emerr'ericy and would be "un
sound'; that even temporarily in
creased rates would have an "un
fortunate effect on business by an
tagonizing shippers," and that the
increase would diminish the vol
ume In shipping many California
products.
i
Weather is Moderating
Slayer' Expected to die
Crash Injures 3 Women '
- Carrot and. Grass Fight
two automobiles were badly dam
aged in an accident here today.
Mrs. Mildred Reese, 44, of Oak
land, CaL, said to have been the
driver, of the car -which collided
with one driven by Mrs." Bessie
Watts; Portland suffered a bro
ken right leg and possible Inter
nal injuries, hospital attendants
reported. Mrs. Lulu Fagg and Mrs.
A. W. Schlador, both of Portland,
who were riding with Mrs. Reese,
were cut, bruised and shocked.
Mrs. Watts was not injured.
-. CLAIM SAME SOIL
1 PORTLAND, July P. (AP)
Etldene of a subterranean strag
gle between. a carrot and a blade
of grass was discovered today by
Mrs. P. J. O'Leary when she pull
ed the carrot from her garden.
"The carrot and the grass ap
parently had tried to grow la the
same spot. Neither giving way,
the grass blade had pierced the
carrot horizontally and continued
upward to sunlight. Both were
thriving.
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Gas in Well
Causes Fall
And Injuries
, .,
' Overcome by gas while he was
being, pulled from a well he had
been cleaning, C. P. Langdon of
Sunnyside, on . the Pacific high
way five miles south of Salem, at
7 o'clock yesterday evening fell
28 feet to the solid bottom of the
pit, receiving severe I shock and
possibly broken ankles. .
He was Immediately taken by
ambulance to Salem General hos
pital. The attending physician re
ported late last night that while
Langdon. was suffering from
shock of the fall, te; ian was
resting well. X-ray pictures will
be' taken 'this morning to - deter
mine whether bones in both of his
ankles are broken, as was feared
last night. ;- ,. : - ::;
At time of the accident, Lang
don had let himself by rope into
the well,' at rear of the Crawford
service station at Sunnyside, with
the Idea of cleaning It. He smelt
ed the gas, however; started to
climb to the surface, clinging to a
rope pulled- by assistants, but
was overcome before he could get
above ground. -i
? One of the men helping him had
to descend and tie a rope to. the
unconscious Langdon to lift him
from the well. He had gained con
sciousness when . he reached the
hospital. ' :
Langdon lives-with' m sister,
Mrs.. Sarah Jenkins, on the C. H.
Taylor place at Sunnyside.
Rumbling Heard
OfNewGaSWar
. At Golden Gate
.SAN FRANCISC0.1 July 's 9
AP) -.Rumblings of . anptber
outbreak -of the gas war in San
Francisco were heard today when
f Joseph Devencenzi," president of
the Retail Service Station Dealers
association, announced " members
were potting a price of 15 cents a
gallon atr their stations. , r --"
Some Independent dealers were
selling at. 14 cents. It was -reported
by Devencenzi, In comparison with
the II H cent retail price quoted
by the major oil companies. - -
Officials of the major compan
ies Indicated they were not alarm
ed over the price cutting. They
said they had no intention of
cutting the tank wagon price of
13tt cents a gallon.
. 1 " '
Lightning Cause
' Of Large Blaze
ear Elk River
ELK RIVER,, Idaho, July t -(APJ
A lightning let I fire In
cat-over forest landj fanned by
a high wind, raged two miles
rVeuth of here tonight, 1 Thirty
men were fighting it.
Starting at noon, the blase had
covered 100 acres by 6 p. m., and
residents of this town feared for
their homes if the wind, contin
ued. Ashes were. showered upon
the town. . :. :
Lightning set another blase on
Hemlock butte, seven miles north
of here at 1 p. m.. It was report
ed to be In merchantable timber.
KNOCKOUT EARLY -NEWARK.
N. J., July S(AP)
Baby Goldstein,- New York wel
terweight, knocked tout Danny
Cooney, .Trenton, N. X, la 44 sec
onds of the second round of their
la-round hotif bars tonight. Gold
stein, weighed .142, Coney Its. -..
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r
M OF HOSPITAL
IS ALTEDED JtCAiN
Unit System With Change of
Site Proposed; Delay
. Final" Settlement
Construction of a hew $90,000
state -tuberculosis - hospital tunlt
was again delayed yesterday, by
the state board of control In or
der to permit a committee of ex
perts to .investigate the present
structure, and to report whether
the present site and the system
of one central building was to be
followed In the new structure.
Governor Julius L. Meier, indi
cated it might be found advisable
to construct a unit system hospi
tal and State Treasurer Holm an
said he felt it was an error to lo
cate the new hospital on the west
slope of ground used for the ex
isting structure. .
Last month orders had been
(Turn to page 2, col. 7), '
BREAKS .BAD FILL
LAGUNA BEACH. Cal-i July
-(AP) Earl Roberts is lucky
man. ' If he wasn't he wouldn't
bo able to describe himself as such
today. . -" ii-, ? '
Roberts, a San Diego real estate
salesman, was driving his automo
bile on : the coast-' highway .: this
afternoon. v He rounded a turn." A
survey party was sth the middle of
the road just around - the turn.'
Roberts swerved his machine and
In so doing the automobile plung
ed -over an eighty foot embank
ment. ; . T : -The
salesman was thrown from
the automobile, a touring model.
laud landed on the rocks.. But the
rear seat cushion, also thrown
from the car, had reached the
rocks first and Robetts landed
on-it. His only .Injuries were a
fractured, wrist and a lacerated
leg. ,
Don't Worry" is
Longevity Rule
Of Jacobs, 104
ALAMEDA, Calif. July .
(AP) Nathan M. Jacobs, 104
years old tomorrow, has Just four
mottos he keeps and on these he
bases his claims to longevity; ; .
"Be moderate: be contented;
keep a clear conscience ; and
don't worry over trifles," he said.
He doesn't believe la prohibi
tion. Is an Inveterate smoker.
plays bridge, whist and pinochle
and with the aid of a magnifying
glass reads the newspapers daily.
Noisy Shaving
Causes Police
To Investigate
PORTLAND, Ore., July fi.-l-(AP)
Patrolman Bell , today
hurried to ISA East ESth street to
Investigate a report someone was
making a terrific noise there.: He
found Owen Ticknor In the bath
room. -...- . .- , ' i ;. . -
"Mr. Ticknor told me," the pa
trolman reported, "he had been
singing while shaving. He said
he'd shave snore quietly In the fu
ture." . , .- A ::
FASCISTS TJ
1UST
II BELONG TO"
Sol Rules Musso!inirIn - new
T Attack- on ; Status ; of
Catholic Group.y
Vatican . Calm Considering
Decision Will Clarify
' - Involved -.Issues'; .
ROME July f.(Ap').-The
question of the - stability : of the
concordat end -the Lateran- treaty
with the Vatican was raised today
when Premier Mussolini launched
another attack, upon the Catholic
Action society .by. forbidding fas
cists to belong, to its several or
ganizations. .
. The duce himself Initiated the
Instructions, which were issued to
the approximately two million
members . of - the fascist party.
in which It was declared member
ship 1 in the party and In the so
cieties attached to the' Catholic
Action is incompatible. : The pre
miers pronouncement was regard
ed here as his answer to the ques
tion raised by Pope Plus .en the
differences between fascism ' and
loyal Catholicism. . ; ;.'
Will Clear Up
Problem. Belief
The Vatican was regarding Mus
solini's order with a degree of
ealm, Vatican circles saying that
it served to clarify the question
of membership In the fascist party,
and Catholic Action which has
been troubling both sides for more
than a year. .This question, the
Vatican believes, is at the base of
the present strained relations.
The number belonging to both
the fascist party and the Catholic
Action is not large. It was said In
Vatican circles, and it was added
that the large proportion of those
who do are members of the uni
versity groups where 70 per cent
of the v membership of Catholic
groups also, belong to tne fascist
university organisations.
POST B Gum
TO TDUH GOllfllBY
NEW' YORK. July (AP)
After the last cheer has fallen, to
silence and the ultimate welkin
has been rung in Oklahoma it'll
be back to barnstorming for Wi
ley Post; but this is to be a sort
of high hat barnstorming that's
a far cry from the ordinary cloud
clowning from .. which . the world
flier rose to fame.
- Post and Harold. Catty will
tour, the country for about six
weeks, visiting at least one and
often .two towns a day, and tech
nically they will be listed as "art
ists." . ; . :,
The world circling Winnie Mae
will merely make a conventional
landing and out will step Post and
Gatty; artists, , lecturers, .young
men 1 Intent on making a nation
air conscious.
j From a platform on the field
or at some hall In town, according
to local arrangements, the tilers
will deliver addresses on aviation,
telling of Its' advance to 'the date
of their" great world - flight' and
predicting the further advances to
come. " ' . . . s'
Don Kay Bests
Own Record For
JlSpeed on Water
OARDONE, Riviera. Italy, Jnly
9 (AP) Kayo Don, British
sportsman, broke his own. world's
speed boat record today by pilot
ing 'the Miss England. II, over a
measured course at a rate of
110.223 miles an hour. Don set
the previous record of 103.49
mllenn hour in Argentina earlier
thl syear. - ' . ,:
": Don made two runs over the
Lake Garda course at speeds of
107.S78 miles per hour and 112.-
56 to smash the record. :
c Today's record-breaking . run
marked the end of nearly three
months of effort here by the Brit
ish sportsman.
Film Education
: Tests Success,
. Savants Agree
i, WASHINGTON. July 9 (AP)
Visiting educators, representing
each ; of the states today passed
a resolution sayiug:
; "A notable contribution to the
advancement of education" has
been made In the Hoover-sponsored
visual education test. . "
Forty-nine boys a.nd forty-nine
girls who are taking the tesU
Joined with their chaperons In
praising the experiment and ex
pressing thanks to the federal of
fice ef education and other agen
cies making Itpossible. : . .. .
V "U VENDOR ON SPOT . .
- NEW YORK, July t.TT-(AP)
Carmelo Lecontt, said to have
been an Important figure in the
bootleg : alcohol business, . was
slain in a mid town hotel room to-
Hoover NdmesGi bs
Official
Lftiiidon
Ambassador to Belgium had. Part in Original
- ; Discussioh: of - Moratorium Proposal ; -
U. S.-Influence to be. Used
WASHINGTON;. Juljr 9(AP)-The ulorce of Ameri-
adjustment of- unsettled det&ila of the intergovernmental
debt moratorium.' . - r -
; President Hoover -selected his close friend and Advisor,
Hugh S. Gibson, ambassador to Belgium, to serve as official
. -. .-.oobserrer for the United States
he mam
WEATHER IS NOTED
Chill 47 Degrees Thursday
Morning Followed by
85 in Afternoon !
Who wants to guess on Oregon
weather? . The' weather man is
tired of trying to foretell' what to
expect and the Idea seems to be
that your guess is as good as his.
For Instance Thursday morning
with - its blanket of low lying
clouds came along as a chilling
surprise of 47 degrees minimum
after the jolly warm day Wednes
day of 13 degrees and thereabouts.
Thursday's heat reached 85 de
grees with a bit of urging and a
large part of the - populace were
happy, wearing coats... Monday
most people dripped perspiration
at the thought of a coat. It Is said
two thermometers on the wall of
a downtown building recorded 108
and 110 degrees respectively, and
Inside of 48 hours the sky was
cloudy and the air felt as though
a January rain was in the offing.
Loganberry Growers - -If ;
Welcome Coolness 'Ml 'f
For the change of cool for hot
weather the owners of loganber
ries are offering thanks. Berries
were getting so soft on the vines
as not to be worth picking. , ij - ,
But the farmers with hay and
grain .to get ready for fair are
boosting for warm days. With
them are joining confectioners, the
owners of "stands" -along the, way
of tourists, and beach resort own
ers.'' .- .' - - - i v
- No wonder the weather - man
rets Into a jam. With so many
varying demands to satisfy about
all he can do Is to give a sample
of each, to all. For. today It is ex
pected that low clouds will hang
about until late morning and then
sunshine as It was Thursday. ,
sTRinaER euiLiY;
APPEAL PROPOSED
BAKER. Ore- July (AP)
Attorneys for John stringer, con
victed today of assault upon Ro
bert N. Stanfield. former United
States senator from Oregon, to
night were preparing to appeal to
the state supreme court. ' . 1 1 -
Following return of the verdict
by ' a circuit court jury. Judge
Hall 8. Lusk sentenced Stringer
to three months Jn the Baker
eountr iaIL When Stringer's at
torneys Hied notice of appeal,. he
-suspended v execution of the i sen
tence and continued stringers
11500 bond.
Stanfield t was run uown ana
seriously injured by Stringer's
automobile last April after the
two had quarreled about a fence.
Watermelon is k
. Cause of Death
MOSCOW, Idaho. July t.
(AP) Believed to have been poi
soned by watermelon she ate Jnly-
4, Mrs. T. R. Warren; 24, wife or
University of Idano dairy, in
structor, died at a hospital-here
today. Besides her husband, an
ll-months-old daughter survives
her. i.
Milk Controversy Nears
Settlement, is Report
ifflv nrodnpers and distribu
tors in Portland assembled, have
made noteworthy, progress in tne
last three-days in i Ironing ii out
their difficulties but an agreement
between the two groups hasjaot
yet been consummated. iThis
rA . ftrnnrht back to Salem
yesterday by Max Gehlhar, state
agricultural airec-or, m.ier -
spent two days and nights In eon-.r.M-wfti
the two croups in an
effort to reconcile their differen
ces and avert a milk -stnae- or
-war" which was looming.
As yet the producers ana uisin-
butors are not in complete ac
cord. . Wljen the meeting broke
lata wdnesdav. distributors
representatives agreed to go back
to tneir organiiauons buumu.
tentative-contracts while today
nmtBra In the various coopera
tive units will be caUed upon to
consider - their unit - boards,, me
tentative contracts, i
Price to be paid producers has
not been Ironed out nor has there
been a meeting of the minds on
on
. : s : . - ' .
oa the experts .committee .. to
which - further . negotiations - have
been, consigned.- . "
. He will be assisted by Freder
ick Livesey, assistant . economic
adviser of the state ; department
who Is - on his way to London
where the' experts will meet next
week, i Livesey Is an authority
on reparations and war debts.
Until today, state department
officials, Including Acting Secre
tary Castle, had indicated Amer
ican participation in the experts
sessions would be perfunctory. At
most, officials had said, treasury
experts would participate. - .,
In. May and early June. Gibson
was a house guest . of President
Hoover., He had many talks with
the chief executive-on the Euro
pean situation. - Speaking recent
ly at1 Brussels, he said he par
ticipated in the development of
Mt-- Hoover's moratorium pro
posal, i
FALL MAY EfHEB
WESMI PRISON
Feasibility arid Legality
Of
Move Viewed by:
Justice Bailey
WASHINGTON, July 5 (AP)
Out ! of a hearing - today on
whether to send Albert B. Fall te
jail came the possibility he may
serve his sentence in the high,
dry air of a western prison. "
Justice Bailey in the District of
Columbia supreme court took un
der advisement the government's
request that Fall's sentence be
executed immediately.- He ' also
asked counsel for data on his
power to send Fall to a prison
outside the district. ; 4 -!;
Frank Hogan, attorney for the
former secretary of the interior,
who was convicted of bribery in
the oil lease eases, said he thought
Fall must serve a year in the dis
trict jail unless his sentence were
suspended. His motion for sus
pension on the basis of Fall s phy
sical condition also was taken
nnder-advisement. "
Atlee- Pomerener- special prose
cutor, read a memorandum from
Assistant Attorney' - General
Youngqnlst which expressed the
(Turn to page 2, coL 8)
Richard Hatton
Movie Actor is
Killed in Crash
.-j-. . . .-
LOS ANGELES. July 9 -(API
Richard Hatton, cowboy actor
And film director, was fatally In
jured here tonight in a' traffic
collision -Involving his own and
two other automobles. ' !
The three ears collided at a
street intersection and Hatton
was crushed between the steer
ing wheel and wrecked door of
his machine. He died just as be
was -brought to a hospital.
Hatton. 41 years old. played
In "The Boss of Rustler's Roost"
and other western : films.
DRUGGIST EXECUTED '
McALESTER, OkUu, July 10-
(AP) Paul D. Cole, former We-
woka, Okla., druggist, was ex
ecuted : In the electric chair at
12:10:30 a. m., this morning for
the murder of Ernest Irby, wit
ness in a liquor conspiracy case
against Cole. , . -
the vexing problem of surplus
distribution, but at the conference
It was quite well agreed that here
after the producers would supply
distributors only with the .milk
necessary for their retail custo
mers and would keep such sur
plus as there was for their, own
sale.- - - v lfc ,
. This 'would putthe producers
into the distribution of surplus
and would eliminate a basis for
suspicion which has prevailed on
the part of producers towards dis
tributors who have been frequent
ly accused of using surplns milk
for regular retail sales and thus
reducing the average - price per
hundred paid producers. -- j
Distibntors representatives In
conference this week emphatically
denied that this practice prevailed
and made volunteer offers to ex
hibit their books as proof positive
the milk purchased for regular re
tail sale was paid for at the high
est rates.-:-""--" .-
Gehlhar said the matter of sta
(Turn te page 2, coL. 1)
FLIEHS.DECI
fn Thu in i
it
tin .
i
lUiini JibiilL;
forced dolv::
Weather Makes Ship
- After Heavy Load cf
-:. Gasoline Taken '.
Larger Engine to be Placed
; In "Fort Worth" Before
- Second Attempt
'. --.i'-.T-
NOME, Alaska, July 9 (AP)
. Plans for another attempted Seattle-Tokyo
flight were announced
tonight by Reg I i Robbins and
Harold S- Jones, Texas aviators,
less than 14 t hours after they had
been forced down on Solomon,
beach, 30 miles east of here, early .
today following a successful refueling-flight
from Seattle, i
Arising at 5:30 p.m., (8:30
p.m.. PST), after a long sleep,
Robbins said a larger engiae
would be placed in the Fort Worth
for the next attempt. At 3:S0
a.m., PST) today the two men had
set the Fort Worth down at Solo- -mon,
26 hours and 63 minutes af
ter Staking off from Seattle early
yesterday. . -
The same refueling plane will
be used. Robbins said. The two
men had completed nearly half of
their 5,000 mile proposed .non
stop flight when heavy winds
made the Fort Worth unwieldy
after a 300 gallon refueling, aid
the landing was necessary.
Take Long Sleep, - L
Then Talk Plans
The four men, Robbins and
Jones and the crew of the refuel
ing ship, James Mattern and Nick
Greener, flew here later In the tri
motored refueler from Solomon,
going to bed within a short time.
Later today the weather became
worse here, with no flying possible
between Nome and Fairbanks, .
I traversed less than 24 hours ago
by tne two planes. .
We are sorry we were unable
to continue the flight," Robbins
said. "We tried as hard as we
could but - could not manage the.
plane arjer we had loaded 300
gallons of gasoline. -
"It's tough, but we couldn't see
any-other way out and the weath
er was so bad and visibility ail.
we would hare killed ourselves
outright in attempting to get
through, i So we decided to land
at Solomonr
The. failure of the two men
ended the 'fifth attempt to con
quer the north Pacific by air in a
single jump. -Fow
Sncceseful
Refnelings Sfade
With successful ref uelings made
by JameS J. Mattern and Nick
Greener, the crew of the refueling
ship, over Fairbanks, twice en the
route to Norton Sound and again -over.
Solomon, the weather was -blamed
for the forced landing.
However, a 300 gallon load of gas
was taken aboard before hopping
from Seattle. - - .
Their plans called for a canaeitv
load. 435 gallons, to be takes -aboard
over Siberia. r The plane
was not flown in a test flight with
a complete load at Seattle before
the hopoff. "v
In their quest for a 8 2 5.04 1
prise of fared by a Japanese news-:
paper, Asahl , Shimbnn, the men
expected to take from II te IS
hours, with the two alternating at'
tbe controls.
DISiliOTD
PEACE ITALY-1.3
(Copyright, 1931. by Associated
i -:---'f 4 Press) -ROME,
July 9. (AP) Pre
mier Mussolini Informed Secretary,
of State Stimson in an interview
today that peace and disarma
ment have been chosen as the ob
jectives -of Italy.
' "Here are two roads," the Duce
declared after the two statesmen
had conferred together for some
time, "A road toward war, and a
road toward peace. I told Mr.
Stimson today I have chosen the
road toward peace,
' Italy, he said, will go to the
disarmament conference at Gen
eva next February "with a sincere
desire for" peace."
"The success of the disarma
ment conference," Mussolini said,
"is Indispensable. so that peoples .
may have faith In .their govern
mental The people must not be
disillusioned. -The date of the con
ference must not be postpo: ed."
Hs ; and J . Secretary Stimson .
agreed,1 he said, that European
tranquility would Insure economic
recovery. "Secretary Stimson told
me." he said, "and I agreed with
him that if Europe Is tranquil,
we sire going s.head toward cer
tain economic recovery."
Luther Seeking
Loan in France
i . . - '- i i - t -
PARIS. July 10. (Friday)
(AP) The Echo de Paris said
this morning that Dr. Hans Lu
ther,, president of the German
Reiehsbauk who arrived here last
night from. London, was seeking a
loan of 12,000,009,000 francs
(about 1480,000,000) from the
reserve banks of France and Eng
land far Germany. -