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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 8. 1928.
No. 17.
Today
By Arthur Briiban
A Rubber Crisis.
Noble Typewriter.
Longing for Solitude.
The Whipping Post.
4 (Copyright, 1927, by New York
T Evening Journl. Inc.)
Agitation in tV rubber busi
ness. One tireitt rubber win
puny, iiltliough it lias plenty of
money, passes its preferred
stoek dividend waiting to see
what will turn up. The British
abandon the attempt to monop
olize rubber and prices will
drop,
f
The rubber companies mijiht
find a way to distribute tires
more cheaply. If it costs as
much proportionately to sell
automobiles as it docs to sell
tires a $700 ear would cost ifl,
500. General Motors, willing to
Cry anything ami usually suc
ceediug; niay turn up as an au
tomobile tire manufacturer.
Mercedes OleiU swam the
Strait of Gibraltar on Wednes
day, from Spain to Africa, 27
miles. The lady is a typist
and that's the interesting part
of it. You marvel that a wom
an leading a sedentary life
should be so athletic. Type
writing develops nervous en
ergy. And dealing with dull
or ill-tempered employers de
velops mental determination.
That explains it.
Many old people long to re
tire from the world and escape
observation.
Tnlylnv Tmi-nvil ille lnyt.
irnmleruil away from his family
to be alonv".
James, Swinnerton has paint
ed an old Indian on the western
desert, retiring into a cave as
he felt death impending, with
ust strength enough left to
Mock the mouth with a stone,
"i and keeping out coyotes, wish
ing to die alone.
In Vermont an old woman
dies, having lived a recluse for
more than 30 years.
A strange desire. He gave
promises solitude sufficiently
complete to suit anybody. And
it will come.
Judge Buffington of the Fed
eral Circuit Court of Appeals
recommends the whipping post
for criminals. The whip fright-
tens the. criminals, usually phy
sical cowards, and a lashing
would cause a gang leader1 to
lose casle with his class, as
Judge Knvnnagh, of Chicago,
snys. '
The important question is
. would the whipping, encourag
ing and setting an example of
brutality, breed more crime?
If the whipping post comes
into fti'iicral use, it should be a
meohunicnl whipping post, de
livering blows of definite, le
:iilly established strength. Vn
der our grafting system, a small
fee would make the heating
mild, failure to pay would be
well punished.
In the "Judgment of God" trials
!n the Middle Ages there was much
cheating. An Influential bishop,
lor instance, was sentenced to
prove his Innocence and morality
K.. u.alLIti? hnrnfnnt on red hot
plough shares. The plough shares
were painted red, not heatd. That
cleared the bishop, nobly vindi
cated. The talented Russians have some
queer ideas. Including ideas of hu
mor. The story about an Armen
ian shooting Trotzky was an April
fool joke.
The U-arned writer of "The Gold
en HojLh" tells of Russian peas
ants ill the spring time seizing
their iriest. rolling him over and
O over
plant
(1 llie milU iiemj
fields to increase me crops,
ing-to the patient preacher,
and
of th
reek church, lion I oojeci.
it her. vou live on our crops,
1 l.ittl
W so h
us to make them better."
(I
Ltloued ob Pac 'our)
uipji Ainu
I HUM fllUL . -
OF LEGION iFcil Gf85
10 VISIT M '
National Commander Spaf
ford to Arrive By Plane I
Today State Command-1
er Also Here for Confer-
ence Banquet In Eve-:
ning.
Modtord Post No. 15 will be sig
nally honored today when local.
egionuaires will pluy host to their
national executive. Ciimmunder
Kdword E. Spafford of New York.
Commander Spaflord will arrive
liere tills afternoon by airplane
from Reno, New, which city he :
is vlHlilim today and will be tend- j
ered a public reception at the
Mcdford uirport.
All local citizens are invited to
gather at the grand-stand immedi
utely after his arrival, and to hear
a short address by the noted vis
itor. PIiiiib are being- made to
have the fire siren blow one hour
before his plane is to land at the
local airport. Due to the fact that
his visit lulls on Kaster Sunday
there will be no celebration of any j
kind, merely an lnloimul reception
to be followed in the evening by .
alt American Legion dinner at the
Hotel Medford. In the afternoon '
Commander Spafford will confer I
with local and state Legion of
ficials and will also be taken on
an automobile trip' over the val
ley, according to present plans.
Leglon representatives from Ore-:
goii aim aiuorniu win arrive nere
tomorrow to join with Medford '
Post in eieetlnc their national ;
commander who will continue his
flight by air to Portland the fol
hpwln day
All Medford merchants and busi
ness bouses are requested to dis
play their American flags all day
tpday In honor of National Com
mander Kdw K. Spufford of the
American Legion who will be a
guont of .MeUlbfd Post No. IB.
Htate Commander George i-ive
of tile Americun Legion was the
principal speaker at a special Le.
glon luncheon given in his honor
Saturday noon. About 25 members
of the post executive committee
and convention commission gath
ered In the private rill room of
the Hotel Medford and discussed
the coming .Medford convention as
well as today's reception to Nat
ional Commander Spafford.
In addressing the meeting Com
munder Ixive spoke of the stale
wide interest which has already
been shown in the Medford con
vention, and predicted the greatest
attendance in state history. The
speaker lias just completed a tour i
of me state utiring wnicn ne an-1
dressed fifty-five meetings with an ,
attendance of over 15.000 World
war veterans and he stated that
everywhere he found plans already
being made to come to the Med
ford conference In August. At each
meeting Commander Love told his
hearers of tne uig ceieoraiion
which is being pianneo ay met-
ford t'ost anu ins remarks met
with a ready response everywhere.
The state commander congratu
lated the local post on the splendid I
showing made in the recent mem
bershlp contest and stated that
the Medford record Is being talked
of all over the state. He also
complimented Medford Post on
the excellent civic and community
welfare work which has been ac
complished during the past year.
In reviewing state department
activities Commander Love said
thut the Oregon membership for
the first three months of 1928 Is
already greater than the entire
total for last year. The fine show
ing made by Medford helped mater- i
lally in establishing this record, ac-1
cording to the speaker.
Vic MacKenzie, national commit-1
teeman for Oregon, stated that his
i . f c.,nm n.n.,1.1 l.n n-all
uuum di i "
represented nt the Medford con
.,nl.lln.. n.yA thai tin UuA frMnl tho I
same spirit shown throughout the "f th n- f-hiwo na
atnte. Kert Hates of Roseburg bIbo ,ln"'11 interxrholustlc tournament,
made a few remarks upon the eon-1 T1 Pme w ewM-miaity dn
vention and concratulated Medford : tnnv from Mart to flnfoh. both
in wlnnine Hip recent contest I team playing rnutious banket-
from I'miinua Host.
Kpp v n . r in rman of t ie re-
atternoon and the dinner at 6; 30
p. m.
Big Legion Meet Monday
Another big meeting of the
American Legion Is scheduled for
Monday night at the Armory and
plans are under way to Increase
the Beating, capacity, to take care
of lhrt large attendance which is
expected. Over ISO World war
vbib" attended the last meeting
and a larger number Is anticipated
for next Monday's session.
Keports on the recent member-
! ship contest and the state conven-
tion w ill be heard and plans made
j for a big celebration to enmmem
: orate the recent Medford Post vic
tory over Kosehurgi The preBent
membership of Medford Post Is
centTon " to Sto ii'lllrf champions to a long1"1-"""; -ould reach Seattle bythls nlln)l)or S7,ISfi, or g,.T
CaCM?0r4Mil' The Kentucky Cam-1 -''" "" ce
plans for today's program and plons scored only Jour field goals, enr?"" "l't 6n ''"'i.. AnKT"' . Newpoit, It. I had the only
urged a UocaT legionnaires to be I l.t took advantage of Canton's "hor'l1 aJ " "'dn'Kht . would ,ect record of all the cltlea. Th
on hand it the Zr field in the ft to score seven points from 1 '" "" o'clock fn ix cars were stolen and 36
6:16 and It Is hojied to bring this"on flight, winning from Nauga-
l Conn., 29 to 28 In the final
luonunueu on rin dij
O
Visiting Legion Officials
u"
fp
Oratorical Calm Before Bat-,
tie Call for Watchers
Issued to Insure Right to
Vote Both Factions ;
High Confident.
CHICAGO, April 7.-
17P All
tonight
faster Sunday armistice
i, , ,u t.i . .w i mi
s", n'", lhc I,lB Herthas in 11,1
now Hottest and most aenmon-i
lous nrlniarv caiuoalun while the :
party cannoneers
Ullcal bnttlefront
Hlomr the no- I
treated to tho,
home line trenches to dig in for
the buttle of ballots Tuesday.
rh n,--,i,-in-,i ..,,, ,,,,ii., ,vni,
!
! National Commander State Commander
I E. E.-Spafford George Love
PU Pa ' Mill C ,1 aML Ml IIIIIMII
unibHuu ruLLo mm. ivorunu
Tn nr niunnrn nnnT rnn a in
lUDtbiMutu rum run urn
BY THOUSANDS EXPRESS LINE
muffled and the active campaign j 'n the state of Oregon, and will
of ull factions was ended except,; " ln0 onl' !ndlng place north
for last minute political sniping. f K"n Francisco. This an
, . , , ) nouncement was mndo yesterday
but on Its heels came the new(o (hu MM ,,,., ,,y w. K.
army that will referee next ffues- j carpenter, superintendent ot the
day s fight. In Chlcugo alone I American ltailway Express Com
thls army numbered nearly 30.000 j ,)nny llt s,ln irrnnciHco, and O. li
ned besides 16,000 precincts offl- Campbell, route agent at Eugene,
cinis included Ti.000 policemen. wno spent yesterday here making
H.t'OO watchers and challengersi pjrelinilnary uirangements for the
uf vci ious factions and 3.000 In-1 estalillshment of the local post,
dependent watchers, representing; h. h. Hniltli. superintendent of
noii-pi'litlcal civic, organizations tnH ,ivision will be here from
attempting to insure freedom of Portland during the week to round
expression at the polls. out th plans.
County .lodge Edmund K. .In- )n v,,,w or fnct ,)mt the
rei ki, in charge of election ma-1 transcontinental air express Is In
i-hlnery today Issued the call for t, extreme infancy, having been
liter
that I
reports bad been circulated
attempts were to be made to I'U'i
through thousands of fictitious
j votes.
From
the factional camps cm-
limited the usual confident pre- j
dictions of victory. Among th
j most sanguine nf the statements
was one from Colonel l-'rank In
Snth twl,.0 llPnl0(, (l B(,,lt ln
I nUe(, ,,,, KOnat(, ,)(.0,lllse nr
onlrllHiti'.-ns to his primary cam
lalgn two years ago by public
; service corporations. He said the
majority senatorial nomination
Tuesday over Thomas Glenn would
lie greater-than the 10,000 ma
jority lie received in the Novem
ber 1 f 2 G election.
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IH CHAMPIONS
rilK'AfiO. April 7. (P) Ash
land. K. tnniKht wiiri the hlRh
I wqhool baj-ketbrtU championship
. - -fen . Utiilo ri ef n f ,.'
Canton. 111.. 15 tn 10, In the final
' wl,h Anhhmd maintaining
k
i " ". iur-ea
tlie free throw line.
in winning, the Ashland team get!
what Is said to be a tournament
record, not being guilty of a single
' foul. It was n great game of clean
guarding on the part of the south
erners.
Captain Kills -Johnson led his
team males to victory, directing
the nlay on both the defense anj
offense,
HIb Buccess at the free
throw line with four free throws
was Instrumental In turning the
tide In favor of the Kentucky
champions.
Third place In the tournament
went to (irand Forks. X.
. D., by
win over Vienna. On.. 27 to 2n
ln the p.iy-off for third place.
Wheeling. W. Va.. look fhn connnl.
game.
In
State Designated By
Amorir-nn Railwnu FX -
HlllBllbdll nauway
. Cvtoncinn nf
preSS in tXltJIIblUII UI
i- 4 i o
Transcontinental berVICe
April 15.
Modford will be made one
b officlul pu:nts on the
trans-
continental air express
route
which now reaches from lloston,
i ... , ... ...in
" B"n """' u"u '""
bo extended as far us Seattle on
...M . r .I.J, 1 I IJn.n.,nl
Aii 1J- '""' ""
are the only two points chosen i
tho American ltailway Express
comimny only last September 1
ioca officials are elated over the"
fact thnt Medford has been sing
led out as one of the, Important
,)0ntH in the extension from San
nnncisco to seatue. nno me
only other point in Oregon be-j
Fine roriiana.
Thnt the cholco of Medford as
thn only point in Bouthrrn Ore
Knn, will mean thmiNumls of dol
lars a ytar nridpd to the local
payroll and will materially help
every industry In thp valley, was
tho comment made by Huperinlen
dent Carpenter, yesterday.
The nir express will supple
ment tho railroad service offered
liy the American Hallway KxpresN
company, and will handle all gen
eral exprpHH where expedience is
the factor. Shipments up to
Ifi.OOO In value. Including money
and Jewelry, may be sent by plane,
flu wnll nu wpnrincr nitunt'ol m p r-
I cant lie commodities, sporting
tcnods, retailers supplies, machine
parts, moving picture films and
perishables, when packed accord
ing to express 'regulations.
I The new points to be added to
the air express route April 1 5
will include. Medford, Portland.
Tacoma. and Seattle. Seoley Hall,
head of the Pacific Air Trans
port which is to be used by the
American Hallway Kxpress com
pany in their new project, in ex
plaining the new service said that
express placed on the planes at
Medford nt nine o clock in the
the morning. Illustrating thet
"'""f W"h Wh'rh 'XprC"a "h'P
ments can be sent.
Aviator Get! Pott
WASU1XOTO.V, April 7 lF)
Major L. It. Bourne, Jr., "aviator,
who ilew a marine transport air
plane to Nicaragua several months
ago, h.is been ordered from Quan-
Hr-n Vn tn .nmmnn-l nf ,l,n nl.u.
j va'tlon squadron at tho naval air
station at San Diego.
Pope Interested In Fllqht
nnVII.- At.rO tltn Tl.n .tnnn
Interest which Pone Plus has!
shown In tho forthcoming nolar
i flight of Ceneral I 'mlierlo Nnliile
I was again showed today when No -
hll received nn Fnlnr iFift frnm
Portland, Other City
the pontiff, thn wlft being a Bmalllty had been playing. The hroth-
statue of Our Lady of Iretto, theler. Kenneth. 8 years old, was r-
'natron saint of all Italian aviators,
HOOVER IN
LEAD WITH
D ELEG ATES
Overcome Lowden Last
Week Favorite Sons'
Hope for Dark Horse j
Stiff Fight In Two States
Unrestricted Votes to j
Decide Nomination.
WASHINGTON. April 7 (P) j
The political cross-winds of April j
are sweeping nway some of the -
clouds that have made It dltticult
to Size UP the trend Of the Presl-
dentiul campulgn but cnndldatesi.il, ,.,
,. , .. , , . . . i
j are too unstable for accurate June
forecasts. Rennior .MCMiiy, auuioi- 01 me,
Convention dcleenie,. r l,inBVndinu senate measure, those
clicosen at such a clip that a iol-
Illclan to . u lify a . expe?-
must have a head for figures a
well as know s. moth g about can?
naln ir.Ev . ,h,f, ,.,hi Jl
of the republicans who will hold
credentials at Kansas City nine!
U-n,lia liam ni,1 7R f l. n I
'delegates to the Houston ronven-'tlon
I Hon two weeks later remain lull be
; fneto,- add 1 10,
! the uncertainty of the days akend.
'.. 8 " "lnllll among repub- tion feo.
llcnn contenders, Hoover bf out , fassago of the pendine legis-
1 al,e'", w,tl ' Instructed!, aildllature measure with the equnli-
I claimed delegates. I.owden, In the ! icati-n fee is confidently predicted
loal ul"" "lla ,veeh' lm" an oven ! by ,;s sponsors. Furthermore.
' 10. CurtlH M. and Norrls Id with Senator McNary announced lifter
I tho preference of 80 in doubt
Of the democrats, Smltty is far
to the front with 1811 Instructed
and claimed convention votus. Reed
fOf Missouri had 36 and George or
! Geort-in linn win. 'iv in
Genera lv. it Is a.it-p..,l thn, l.,..
ting upsets Hoover Willi go into
','" " ""-"""'S " u ine
i ..'"at .n.-itTK4iLKa una iiiat-ine .New
York governor will ho In, tho same
i position nt Houston. !
Wllfttlmi- U(llw.f will n..lnM U
I , - - .un,T.i mi
sircngin to oo nominated, t nm will
toll.
Hnlh TInnv,- im.l a,in. i...,
uiemseivoB liued "i.v a.tinst , 'v,he
field." Some of-the commerce- sec
retary's supporters saw they see
victory In sight; others, more
cnnlious, are making ho clninis,
but are hopeful. There Is the same
division of sentiment in the Smith
camp.
As for their rivals, most of Ibem
are lolng on the theory that both
are far awuy from the nomination
and will never make I the irrnde
They foresee n domnnd for n com.
promise candidate or an opportun
ity for a "dark horse'! and are
making preparations to take nd-
uiiiuku ,,i ii, iy aucn orenss. i
,,-1 ...... . '
imever is nominateit at Kan
sas City must muster a majority
545 while at Houston, 733
votes two-thirds will he needed.
For the moment, the republicans
have their eyes on tho approach
ing Ohio and Indiana primaries
where Hoover is facing stiff fights,
and in Massachusetts. News York
- and Pennsylvania. The Hoover'
managers are seeking to strorith-
en the secretary's hand in the bay
state prlmnries April 24.' the same
nay, voting In Ohio will tell con
clusively the effect of Senator
Will Is1
,in, '
On nil sides there Is a tendenev
lo feel that the unlnstriicted dele
Kates from New York.; Pennsyl
vania nnd Massachusetts may have
the deciding say In the Kansas Cltv
convention and campaign plans are
being laid nccordiimly In both the
Hoover and anti-Ifoover camps.
sieal1auto
no longer easy
CHICAGO. April 7. Steal-In--;
an automobile and "gelling
away with It." Is becoming hauler
every year, according to C. A.
Vane of the National Auto Deal
ers' association tn discussing the
result of a survey of automobile
thefts In 28 American cities.
A total of 95.0S3 cars were stolen
in the 28 cities last year, hut of
this number 87,180, or 81.7 Per-
per-
Thlrty-
36 re
covered.
Detroit led I1,a Hut nt etltciB In
! hntli Mm t.ii..,l.. ,
and the number recovered. The
figures were 12,330 stolen nnd 1100
recovered.
SAN FIIANCI.SCO, April 7. M)
The McCormlek lumber schooner
Walllngford, which aHked lor help
inst night while en route to flan
Pedro from San Francisco, was
brought back to San Francisco this
I nrtnrnoon by tugs. Tho Wnlllng
I ford Inst lis rudder. ,
I.ONO VI i:V. Wash. Anrll 7.
i IA1 Hubert Miller, in . of Kninmn.
! was drowned in thn r,,i,i,i.i. riv..
Hate ymtor.lny when he nnd his
I lirol hep fell l.nm n . H ...ut-u
isuscltniod by Kalama flrsmen.
FARM 1
TAXBILLS
PER PLEXI N G :
McNary Confers With Pres-
ident, Who Threatens An-
other Veto Has Practic-
al Angle Auto and Busi-
i
ness Chiefs Oppose Mel-,
Ion Reduction Plan.
I'i
WASHINGTON. April 7. OT
-oMdcnt Cuolklge and farm lead-
era in congress apparently are
lt)ll ut odds on farm relief u ml
! ,li,ll n .1,-nirinnl riinfcrcilce
iaimuv uenv-,-ii lilt, I'I (IIIU LUIl Kill UI 1UIIUIIUV, ut mo
'. ' . .,J, i. ii,., i.h n.
i ho to the. White House believe
("nother veto Inevitable If the I
controversial equalization fee Is!
retained in the legislation.
Huwever. tho, w,.r some who
believer .Mr. (Volldge would give
his approval to most of the other
ut-i.i-iutiinu rf Iha iiumllnir lnirlulll -
und, It he returned, nnolhef
.McNnry-HaUKen bill, he would do
- 0 wm
ie-pass
the suggestion that it be
ised without thn enuallza-
the White House parley that he
was "standing pat" on the hill's
provisions. . What luck he had In
his conversation with the presi
dent about the lull wns not re
vealed. Earlier. Mr. Coolldgo conferred
also- with Secretary Hoover but
, wi1Pther the
controversial farm
problem was t lie subject of this
discussion was not revealed.
The legislation has broken in-
. 11,.0.,.,inVi.ntiim nnllticiil row
... . . . .. .
with two rctpubllcan presidential
1 candidates
standing directly opr
toyed tn tk. . ndm!ltriitlon- on
tlio citun ligation fee Frank Low
den of Illinois and Senator Wat
son of Indiana.
Friends of tile president be
lieve lie cannot go behind the
ruling of Attorney General Sar
gent last year that tho equaliza
tion fee is unconstitutional.
The modified McNnry-Ilaugcn
bill now before both the senate
and bouse still would resort to
i 'his r
as an alternative propo
sition for raising funds by tax
on committees to tnnrket the sur
plus which might develop for any
commodity.
WASHINGTON, April 7. (IP)
The administration tax roudc
tion program presented to the
senate this week by Secretnry
Mellon " Is ln for some severe
knocks next week by tho repre
sentatives of business and the
automobile Industry but the repub
lican senate finance committee
was confident today of holding
Its position for flic Mellon plan.
Public healings were to have
been opened Monday but both
the aiitomohllc people who asked
to he heard, and the - chamber of
conimoive of the United Blates,
which will present its case, hove
petltloned for hearings later In the
week and the public meetings of
the committee may not get un
der wny until Tuesday tir Wednes
day. Meanwhile Chairman Hmoot
of tho commlttco who is In charge
of tlie republican majority on the
committee, announced today thnt
the previous decision for a twelve
I per cent corporation tax was only
j tentative. He Indicated strongly
' that nn nttcmpt may he mndo lat
er to make this rate per
cent.
The corporation tax Is one of
the main points of contention in
the bill. The bouse voted to
slash this rate from 1 3 'i per cent
to 1 1 -4 per cent. Mr. Mellon snld
this was loo much. He favored
12 per cent nnd In Its first ncllon
the committee tentatively accept
ed this Cigure but now Henatnr
Hmoot nppenrs tn be ready tn
boost It up to 1214 per cent be-
iii.s., in owier prospecuvo rcnuc-
Mons.
SOLDIER HELD AS,
RAN FRANCISCO, April 7. (IF)
lroy llrusmer, a soldier at tho
Presidio, was arrested today on
complaint of a young married wo-
j man "'at he had attempted to at-
tuck her late last night
The woman with her clothes torn
reported the alleged attack at army
headquarters. Hhe said she had ac
cepted o lift in an Biitnmoblle
driven by the soldier and that
when she repulsed him ho attempt
ed to Ihrow her In the bay.
Our prediction of the hottest
summer ever is based on the fact
that all summers are thut hot,
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INSURANCE ANAT1QNT0
UPON FLYER WORSHIP AT
HALTS
Bremen Ready for Atlantic
as Weather Clears Irish
Free State Asks Family!
Be Protected Lady Avk
ator Announces Overseas
Try.
HALDONNKl,, April 7 (JP) On j
a mere matter of Colonel James .
C. Fiumuuiice's life Insurance,
, scorned to hang tonight the
ehnneuu fm- n tiiltiwiff ..llhr Intel-
.
.,77. i
man-Irish crew on n non stop flight
' America attempt.
The weather was auspicious for
" beginning early today,
ut, '" ' jrabla atternoon
"d iiinlitfull it appeared that
the insurance matter, an entirely
new hitch In their plans, mi;ht pre
vent taking off if there should be
a turn for the better.
Lloyd's will not open for busi
ness following upon the Easter hol
idays until Monday morning and
until then it did not look tonight
as if Colonel Fltzmaurice would
find anyone willing to help him
keep his promise to the Irish free
state government to provide for the
future of bis wife and child be
fore attempting the flight.
One race track "bookie" offered
to help and was willing to give a
policy "worth 2,000 pounds for 400
pounds, but even he withdrew bis
offer after mature consideration,
explaining that it looked as It he
were laying odds ot 2,000 to 400
against the success of the flight
and he did not like to do that
where humun life wan Involved.
What effect the Impatience of
the two Germans, ilaron Von Huen
efeld und Captain Hermann Koeht,
will have on Fltzmaurice In the
event better woathor does prevail
before , Monday morning was the
siifijecl or discussion-among 'his
friends, some of whom pointed out
that his daring amounted almost
to recklessness at times and that
he might hold himself released
from his prnmiso In the event
weather conditions cleared.
In the event a hop off should
be decided on, everything Is ready
the plane needs but to be trund
led from the hangar, and onto the
runway. lis tanks are filled and
mechanics have gone over It thor
oughly. Another angle to the flight de
velcpode today when It was learn
ed that llaron Iluenefcld expects
(150,000 lor the exclusive story of
the flight. This amount is con
siderably more than the highest
ot the numerous offers which he
has received from American news
paper syndicates. All of thesa he
has steatiily refused to consider,
and one, an offer of only 15,000,
he failed to answer.
HKKIJ.V. April 7. (JF) Franllcn
Thea Kasche. nermanv's famed
avlatrix. today said that she still
intends to make a trans-Atlantic
; flight and expects to reach Amer
1 lea by the latter part of April
I nl lha nm-lv ln rt iott
She declined, however, to divulge
any plans. Fraullon Knsche lias
arrived hero from an exhibition
flight Montlay, her first In tier
many Blnce her return from the
United States.
The Associated Press learns
from a reliable source that the
German avlatrix has ordered the
construction of a plnne for a non
stop trnns-Atlnnllc flight from a
Detroit firm.
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WITH FIRE ENGINE
8TON1NOTON, Conn.. April 7.
it tPi Hteslili.nlM : nf Ihlu tnwn
,hoUKht lcy wcre witnessing the
, fltn,n of . movl Pom,i ,,!,.
when a fire engine driven by a
j man clad only In pnjnmas roared
inruugn um central streets pur
sued by half a dozen uniformed
men on motorcycles. They thot
differently however, when, as the
fire engine slowed to a halt In
heavy traffic, one of the uniform
ed men Jumped from his machine
onto the fire engine, climbed up
In the driver's sent and clasped
handcuffs on the driver.
It dovoloped that the pajama
clnd driver was an Inmate of a
state Insnne asylum nt Norwich
and , hnd run off with tho hos
pital's fire truck.
IUvct nt l'lood Htugn
I.ITTLK, ROCK, Ark.. April 7.
UP) Far nbove flood stage at
several points and overfowlng
bottom lands, the upper White
river In Arkansas had vlrtunlly
reached Its crest todny nnd was
expected to start falling, while
smaller streams throughout the
stale were sweeping out of their
banks.
HOP EASTERTIDE
i '
Thousands of Visitors To
Capitol, Now Bright With
Flowers Religious Ser
vices to Be Impressive
Cloudy Skies for Middle
West.
WASHINGTON1, April 7. (JP)
Official Washington has completed
Its plans for a quiet Kaster but
horticultural Washington has flam
ed out in a' riotous mass of color
to delight the 35,000 visitors here
for the holiday. ,
Thousands ot visitors and many
officials will gatner ln the churches
for the religious rituals. President
Coolidge plans to attend the first
Congregational church to bear Its
pastor, the Hev. Jason Noble
Pierce. He probably will be ac
companied only by Mr. and Mm.
Prank W. Stearns of lloston, White
House guests, as Mrs. Coolidge will
spend her Easter at the bedside
of her mother, Mrs. Letnira Good
hue, at Northampton, Mass.
The first religious services will
take place with the sunrise on the
slopes of the great ampltheater of
Walter Reed hospital where the
gleaming white ot nurses' uniforms
will form a "living cross" at the
outdoor service which has become
the regular opening ot Kaster wor
ship In Washington.
Almost every hour of the - re
maining day will sue and hear
special services In the - city's
churches. '.
Vlelng with the churches will be
the unusually brilliant floral dis
play ot Washington's many parks.
Around the great half circle oi
Potomac basin .the 2,000 Japanese
cherry trees were heavy with
bursting blossomB and the wide
vistas of the water-surrounded
parks were flanked by: masses ot
flowering forHythia, purple, pink
and white Japanese magnolias and
lavendar Japonicas.
Along the river proper the long
straight rows of willows were com
ing Into full leaf.
CHICAGO. April 7. (VP) Rough
going tomorrow for Kaster bunnies
and boulevard paraders. Colder,
cloudy skies, some snow and more
rain, said predictions for the cent
ral west.
The heavy mantle of snow that
Isolated more than sixty Nebraska
cities was dropped today on Iowa
from six to ten Inches In depth.
Gentle rains thoroughly soaked
other parts ot the middle west,
turning to snow toward evening
as reports wero received of for
est tires In the east. Induced by
the hot dry weather.
Near freezing temperatures and
strong northwest winds were ex
pected to add to the discomfort
ot the Kaster procession. . ,
eearIFSerty
HER MOTIVE OF
PLOT AGAINST 300
FOtlKK, Ark.. April 7. A)
Dread of the poorhoiiae was be
lieved to have driven seventy-year
old Mrs. Nancy Linn to attempt
the extermination ot 300 people,
the Inhabitants of this lumber
camp.
When virtually all of the camp's
Inhabitants, men, women, and chil
dren, were taken III with symptoms
ot severe poisoning, the commun
ity well was plumbed. There,
over a pound of poison was found
nnd investigation revealed that
Mrs. Lynn had purchased a quan
tity of poison a' short time ago,
officers said. Today Mrs. Lynn
with her brother, Morris, faced
charges of assault with Intent to
kill.
Valuable timber holdings had
been left Mrs. Lynn's children by
their father and these had ' been
sold to operators who owned the
camp at which the poisoning took
place. Mrs. Lynn, her children
said, had tried to prevent the sale
ot the timber, holding to the Idea
that once her children had re
ceived their money she would be
left penniless and a charge on the
community. ; J
Authorities, reconstructing the
case, held to the theory that by
exterminating the lumbermen and
their famHIes, Mrs. Lynn believed
cutting of the timber would be
averted and her safety from pov
erty Insured.
The poisoned were all believed
today to have an even chance to
recover. Children were the worst
sufferers.
,
Secretary of State Sam Koier,
en route (o Sacramento, Cel., spent
last night ln the city, and will re
sume nil Journey by auto today,