( The Weather I jAictlmi lnrtwLKing olonilkimw. ) minium yesterday Ibiaiiuuut today S4 M nn EDFORD Weather Year Ago Maiimum ......... AT Minimum 43 Mail Today j By Arthur BrUbaa Tunney on Shakespeare. Another Flood? Maybe. In Any Case Thanks, need Championship. 'A Ipyrlght, 1927. by New York ;. Kvenlng Journal, Inc.) flciie Tnnney, world chnm pit, told the Yule boys about 1 fS! ikcspeare yesterday, invited by iofessor Phelps. '.nnnoy wondered "whether ghtkespoare would be n boxing in."- Probably not. But jBhikespeare described real jfigtiting,' without a purse, bet fp than anybody. ("Istftute the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the I-1, blood, DUkhI"8 faJr nature with, hard ly -x tavour'd raKe, Then lend the eye a terrible aspect: Let It pry through the portage of ; the head, tt o'orwhelm it. at the teeth and atreth the nnntt-ll wIHa - Hold hard the breath, and bend up ftverv BDlrlt To. his full height!" - Dempsey used to do all that, Slid mora. i i .! -M , . "-flood waters of the White river have ovcrswept five coun ties in Arkansas. In Mississippi te Tom Bigbee and Lnpailln Stivers are nearing the danger fBtSge., More rain before Wed aisday would mean , serious danger. V.'Pei-haps the goveiuincnt will jdecide that $750,000,000 invest iti in flood control would be 'tsricapor than another flood. LMr. W. S. Crifford, president 'theA'nerican'Telegraph and Ulephohe company', will spend two thousand million dollnra on iveSv const ruction In the next jfive years. Uncle Sam is rich enough to spend one-third that aniowit to save crops and lives jot his nephews In the Missis- ! iifipi valley. ' ; I Senator Hefliii says, ."Calvin Cbolidge was' elected by the (Cftholics." Mr. Coolidgc, says it, in return for the Catholic 'Vote,' "Agreed to interfere in ijlexico and Nicaragua and 'Ave ' them for the Roman ; Church.". 1 1; It'Uie Catholics did elect Cal lyiii 'Coolidge, Americans, in- cluding the Protestants, are jipiich obliged to t hern. - It was i successful election. This country again holds the loiiiobile Kneed championship. nnlnn 907 .RS miles nn l-X v l fc""t 'Mour, took the rccord.frpra Cap 'tiiin Campbell, British. I . . f Frank Lockhart, wiio recent ly shot into the ocean with his jlBlaek Hawk" Stutz, is tuning :,tjp to. beat Kccch. lie was jiilled today..: : i I While such speed is not use ul in real life, it does, ns Mr. SIoskovic8 says, compel the building of better machines. j On the second day's cclcbra (tion of Rome's birthday, yester day, Mussolini gave a sabre fencing exhibition with an army ;otfieer. Ilis health and heart nJht be sound, for he kept tip ' tM savage fencing for a quar frr of an hour. Three thousand j five hundred, musicians, led by i Jfascagni, of "C'avalleria Rusti cana," played the war "Hymn i Of the Piva." When Mussolini Celebrates a birthday he really i Celebrates it. A .woman about fifty could not i remember her name or ddre. (Doctor will Investigate. We all j aymnatblte, forgetting that hun fdred years hence, nobody now llv- tag will remember bis name or ad j dress. In all probability. W may j ot eren remember the name of the i planet n which we formerly llrcd. : can't remember the names or Mdressea we had before we came Nicholas M. Schenck, president (Continued on Page Four) DR. PORTER JURY QUIZ FAMILY IN II! Chowchilla, Calif., Woman' Killed As Result of Auto! Crash Yesterday Mrs. Porter Sustains Broken Ribs Medford Folks on Trip, Mishap Victims. CHOWCHILLA, Oil., April. SB. A) Sirs. B. F. Saunders. 110, of mis cuy was Kilieu insi nigm wnrn , n she was hurled from the automo- j dltlonal larceny of public money I William Mc MacDermott of the pro bile of II. F. Snunders in n collision i indictments against District Attor- motional deiurtment of the Meth wlih the machine driven by lir. I nPy Newton e. Chaney yesterday j odlst Kplscopal church. The pro K. II. Porter, of Medford, Ore., j nfiernoon, the grand Jury this : posul will come officially before on the Paohcco Pass highway, i forenuon ndjournedt until next i the supreme bodies of both denoml Those Injured are: Dr. E. 11. Porter, hand lacerated and body bruises; Mrs. K. H. I'orter, body bruises and four broken ribs; Berlhn I'orter, daughter, bruises and contusions of the tjody; B. F. Saunders. 64, possibly Internally Injured; recovery despaired of by doctors; Murgaret GlendeniUn, . 1 1-, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs: i Saunders, ubraslons of both letjs, cuts on body; Kdward (llendennln, 13, bruises. The Porters were picked up. by passersby and taken to a Madera hospital. Coroner Jay of Madera took charge of Mrs. Saunders" body and an Inquest will be held this after noon. The Saunders party was enroute to dine with the Olendennin fam ily when the cars crashed on'Pa checo Pass highway, six miles southwest of the Golden State highway. Dr. and Mrs. Porter were enroute to San Francisco from Los Angeles. CHOWCHILLA, ul., April 25.- vn airs. n. r- """" Injured hero ywiterday when an automobile driven, by Dr. B. H. Porter of Medford, Ore. Into the one operated crashed by the Sanders. Mrs. Porter suffered a broken rib and two grandchildren of the Sanders were bruised. Both cars were wrecked. Dr. and Mrs. Porter and daugh ter. Bertha, left last Thursday in thir touring car for Los Angeles, where they had planned to spend a week or ten days visiting friends and attending to business matters and outside of the dispatcn, no other information had been re ceived, here concerning the crash. Dr. Porter last year with his fam ily, took a long motor trip thru the eastern states and encoun tered no trouble during his seve ral thousands- of niiles of driving. Both Dr. nnd Mrs. Porter are well known in this city, where they have lived for many years. FLOODED BY PIPE DETROIT, Mich., April 25. IPI A break in a four-foot water main' today paralyzed Detroit's Industrial section for three hours, flooded sections of the city with four feet of water, marooned pe destrians and forced the closing of transportation lines until the broken main . was partially re paired. Autos and pedestrians were ma rooned by the rush of the water and were not rescued for nearly an hour, when- city busses and horse drawn wagons were sent Into the high water area. Hun dreds of basements were flooded. Several factories, including-the Packard Motor company, without water for the boilers, were forced to close. WESTON TOKEEP IIS ONLY BANK PENDLETON. Ore., April 25. (Pi Weston, Ore., will keep lta Farmers' bank and the Institution will not be moved to the First Na tional bank of Athena as planned a week ago. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Weston bank yesterday It was decided to remain independent, 215 shares favoring the plan against 40 for liquidation. The hank, capitalized at $30,000, was founded 37 years ago. 1 The Noted Dead BnrsSBLR Apr. 25. OP) Baron Peter Wrangel, one of the Runsfan leader who unuccKful)y tried to holt bolshevism, died at 4:30 o'clock today. OF GHANEY EXPE Criminologists Draw $250 Per Day and Star Wit- nesses Heinrich Among Experts Star Witnesses Get PVJ Per Day Trial Grand Jury cesses Again. Until Re- Following the return of ten nd- Wednesday to continue Its special j session . which, began -over two months ago- It is thought that the Jury Is shifting its investigations to other, fields after having con- centrated them on the handling of the county prohibition fund since February, Among the expenses of. the gromi jury nted at the county clerk's office aro two Item char-ft ed to Luke H. May, Seattle crlnt InoloslHt, who on one warrant wak paid $500 by the county and who on another' wus paid $114.. May appeared before the Jury an a wit nts and spent two days In Med ford. K. O. Heinrich of Berkeley, Calif., a well known criminologist of national- fame, wuh paid $250 to tentify before the Jury, lie was the KcU'ntiflc link In the DeAutre mont case. He testified .lust Wed nesday. . ' The HUniH of $1S4.80 each were paid-to W. M.-Wllklo nnd Gladys Wilkle of Halem for witness fees. Kiand jury brouRht Jn Itu first in- j dietment against District Attorney Chaney. April 11. They will prob ably he the star witnesses at the trial of the district attorney, here May 14: .' . Until the trial begins,s"Mr. " and Mrs. Wilkle -will each be given flO per week for the support of them selves and family because of the reason which was given In a court order, that they are poor people and only recently came from Idaho, adding to their family ex pense. Their testimony, according to reports, will ' probably be nround the Issuance of a check of $310, which wilkle claims he never re- j celveti for services - ns .an under cover agent here over two vyears ago. He spent several weeks here during that time and succeeded in sending a number of local alleged bootleggers to ' sentencos in the county jiill for the sale and pos session of' moonshine.- - ' . Wilkle Is' ft cripple, hnving one lame leg, and has several children. Outside of 1000. which was drawn In two warrants of )300 and 350, respectively, and paid to Attorney J, N. Johnston of Ornnts Pass for services as. a spe cial prosecutor In charge of the grand Jury Investigation, other, ex penses of the grand Jury are In smaller amounts but arc numerous including the expenses of the Jury members at $3.00 per day and mileage since last February and expenses of other wi-sses, some of which nre as low nn 12.00 llnw. ever, In the eases of several of the witnesses, who were forced to come some distance, the expense Is necessarily higher, Inasmuch as 10 cents per mile Is allowed for traveling expenses. It was Indicated In the court room yesterday afternoon that District Attorney Chaney would be tried on each of the 11 Indictments that have been brought against him it he fs acqquitted on the first trial. While the first trial Is set for May 14, Circuit Judge Thomas said from the bench that he would arrange a list of trial dates for other charges and refer en me to Circuit Judge Kklnworth of Lone I rountv who In In nrclrln nt , V, a trial here.' - . " , . . : f OF STATE GOOD PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 25. (&) The weekly Oregon crop report of the weather bureau today says: Winter wheat Is mostly god In the mid-Columbia counties and In southern Oregon, but In the Wil lamette valley needs sunshine. Keeding of spring grata has been seriously retarded by rain and growth Is slow. Little frost injury 1 fruit was reported during the week, but cool, cloudy, rainy weather has been un favorable for pollination of pears, cherries and prunes in western dis tricts and It In thought that th crop will be contderably reduced. Apples are coming Into slowly. bloom nittf tiipi ntiii ....... - i iiumurjuriun HcpuDlirwi'i elect 78 uninstructed delegates: Smith favored by majority of democratic delegate,.- N V MEDFORD, OHEGOX, PROPOSE UNI BREMEN RELIEFPILOT DEAD 10 Ufj 1 OF METHODISTS 'd ,4 PRFMFRiANS farM VIMJUKI 1 1 To' Be Considered By Su preme Bodies of Both Churches Next Month 17 Million Members, 35, 000 Churches Affected, More if South Wings' Favorable. CHICAGO, April 25. (P)- Un ion of the Prosbyterian and Meth odist Episcopal ci'urche;-, involving 17.nOn.nlin rnmmiinlcHitta In :iK nftft churches, was uredlcted today., bi' nations next month. Dr. Kay Allen of llornell, N. V., will present n memorial tor union with the Pres- j byteriun to the quadrienniul gen-1 eral conference of the .Methodist Episcopal church In Kansas City, McDermott Bald, and an unnamed delegate to the general assembly of the Presbyterlun church at Tulsa, Okla., will offer a similar resolu tion. . There are approximately 7,S00, 000 church members with an added 10,000,000 Including Sunday school pupils and other adherents, who will be affected 11' the uuion takes place. Should the southern branches of both denominations also subscribe to the plan, it would affect almost 24,000,000 persons.-' The proposal would cause also readjustment of hundreds of mil lions tn property values. The Methodists have 25,000 churches, thousands of parsonages, hundreds of colleges, hospitals and institu tions with a total value of about $550,000,000. The Presbyterian denomination has 10,000 churches and property valued at $300,000,000. . ENDS 01 LIFE AFTER ATROCITY Vancouver, Wn. Father ' Murders Family With Hatchet and Knife No Motive for Tragedy, Dis covered By Neighbor. VANCOUVER, Wash., Apr. 2G.; (tf) Stark, unreasoning madness, or deliberate Intent, today stood forth ns the only explanation of the brutal tragedy that yeserday , wiped out a family of four per ; sons. -Their heads crushed by a hatchet, their throats slashed, Mrs., Amelia Kentl, her daughter, liuth, 11, and her son Alfred, 4, were; found dead In their home, 11 miles from here, late yesterday. j Near the house were found frag-i ments of the body of Tobias Sent!, husband and father. A terrific I blast of 20 sticks of dynamite had torn him into bits. The coroner and fientl had beat- en and slashed his family of three to death and then had chosen to die himself by dynamite. j The tragedy took phrce a few hours after dawn, but It went un discovered until near evening. A neighbor woman, searching for a cow, came upon the mangled legs of Sent! In a wooded pasture. Hhe hurried to his house and found It locked. Officers were summoned and crashed the doors, und with they found the victims. Her skull crushed, the throat ter ribly mutilated by knife slashes, the body of Henti's daunhter was found in he panry of he house, Hhe has been preparing breakfast. In a tiny bedroom the little boy was found dead his skull crushed and his throat slashed. The mother suffered similar wounds. Her body was found in a shed nt the rear of the house. . Beveral cold waffles and some bread, freshly sliced, was mute evi dence that the girl had been pre paring the teaming menl. After the killing, the' coroner said, HenU went to the barn where the dynamite was stored, obtained 20 sticks of It nnd killed himself. In the tattered pocket of his trous ers, pollre found a bottle contain ing poison. This led them to be lieve that the slaying was premedl-j tn.ua. -Neighbors today could give no motive for the tragedy. A brother. Albert Heatl, was saW by nelch- bors of the family, to live at Rai nier, tire. . 4 LOS ANOKLEH Lillian Olsh ! wins directed verdict In supremo brought by court for $5,000,000 Charles 1L DuelU WITH DYNAMITE WKPNKNDAY. APR Hi w l f A' Tn nn rn nr nnorn Piloted by. Floyd liennelt, left, and Jltrnt lialchen, a Ford trl motored monoplane took off from Detroit. MU-li.. lust week, carry ing supplies to the stranded German trans-Atluntte plane lirenien on Greenly island, off Labrador. 1'holo kIiows type of plane used, lien nelt wns stricken with pneumonia and died today at Quebec, Can., after l.lndljei'Kh hud flown with serum to bis bedside. Ilalchen con tinued on with W. r. (Duke) SchilVr. . .The .plane shown above Is the type In whli h the stranded aviators of the llremen will continuo to New York. '' T KEARNS WITH A LEGAL WALLOP; iDEMPStY RAPS iIITE RIBBONS i i Suit of Ex-Manager Near Portland W. C. T. U. Mem Collapse His Plea for bers Refuse to Attend Non-Suit Denied Court t Lunch in ..Seward,. Head Threatens to Quash. " 1 barters of Smith Cam NEW YORK. April 25. (P) The almost complete collapse of the suit brought by Jack Kearns against Jack DempHey was indicat ed today when Federal .lutlgo John C. Knox declared he "hail In mind throwing out 'clauses two, three and four. - In Kearns' charges." These involved over $500,00(1 of i the approximately $700.1)00 sought by tho huxer's former manager under their old contracts. The pails of Kearns case threatened with being unshed before going to the Jury deul with his efforts to recover n percentage of DeniDHOv'M eurninirH fnr tho Int. ter'M ffmt fitrhi with r: T,mn.v In I'hfladulphla In September 192G. The contract under which Kearns claims his share of the money ex pired in August 1H 2 6. Keui-ns tacitly acknowledged de feat when his attorneys moved for a non-suit but tho motion was promptly denied by Judge Knox. LEAD OF PAYNE Sl'LLIVAN, 5lo April 25. (JP) Philip Granville, ila-nitltnn, C'an nda, nKro, showed his heels to the bunion derby Held today, ti-avers-InR the 42.0 miles from Holla In 5:46:29. 11 was about two miles ahead of Peter Oavur.zi, 1-lnKland, at the finish. Granville's lime for the 2.012.7 miles was 3711:41:11. Gttvuzzl finished second In 6:00:13 and threatened to over come the 3fi minute lead of An drew I'nyne, youthful Claremorc, Oklu.. race -leader. Gavuzzi's elapsed time Is 337:0$: 05. Baseball Scores National. . . R. H. E. , Philadelphia 2 5 1 I P.rooklyn 3 8 2 naileries: Hwcelland nnd Wil son; Khrhardt and Ha'rgr.eavns, New York at Roston postponed, wet grounds. American R. If. K Washington 4 11 2 New York - 12 15 1 Batteries: Marherry, VnnAl styne and Ruel; I'ipgras and Otnb- OWriKl. R. 11. K. Chicago 2.9 1 Dutrolt 3 7 1 il.itlerle: Adklns nnd Iterg. Crouse, M-Curd; Whltehlll and Ilnrjfrave. n. ... 2 ... 8 and It. K. 0 0 1 llcrry; Ronton i Philadelphia I Hatterles: Morris Glove and Cochrane, '2', ILL'S. SLAP BOYCOTT ON AL'S HOTEL paign Council Refuses! Request to Remove Sign PORTLAND, Ore., April 2.ri. V, MiM-ause the Sewaid hotel Is head quarters for the Governor Alfred l:; "ih committee, a number of u omens hrlsthiu Temperanco union members today refused to enter the hotel to attend a lunch eon to'plau the annual benefit for the children's farm home. In a sidewalk conference outsldo the hotel they appealed' to Mrs. W. ft. I'orhett, president of the ; M ult nonmh county W. ( T. U. to remain out of the hotel, but Mrs. Corbett and about forty members attended the meeting:. She sold she had ncllilng to do with arranK Iiik the meeting hut added that no more mcelluuH In which tho V. C. T. 17. wns Interested would bo held there.'.' ' PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 25. (IF) The city council today refused to accede to n request from the Women's- christian Temperance I'nlon that a banner advertising Governor Al Smith's candidacy, "Al for All- A II for Al," he taken down from a position L occupies across one of tlte flowntown streets. Mrs. W 11. C'orhelt, spenklng for' the W. T. -P.. said that Gov. ernor Smith was generally known as a "wet." and that she consld-j ered It Improper to "flaunt such a sign before the nubile, because of Its influence upon the youth of toduy." 1 RIGHT OF WAY 1 VVAHIIINfiTON, April 25r-(7P 1 Fmn relief formally' was given the legintntlve right of way in the house today with tho adoption of a resolution ' m'aklig the Hnugen; bill the order- of hm-Ancs. Twelve hours were set aside fur general debate with a final voto expected iu about six .days. - - . FOR WEEK HALTED Of 'KAN I'AltK, Cnl., April 35. (A') The marathon dance contest hern was halted by the manage ment at IJ i'i p. m. today, with two remaining couples declared Joint winners. Norrls Heolt nnd Kvelyn Tor rance, No. Li, and Horace Dunn and Violet Pomprl, No. 20, were the joint winners nf the contest which begnn Inst Thursday. Both cou plet are from Ocean Park. A Secretary Wins 31 of 51 Delegates in Bitter Fight Wins Massachusetts and Michigan With. Hope for Penn. Smith Strengthened. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25. (JP) Complete returns today from , the only close district In the state j showed that Secretary Hoover would have St of Ohio's 51 dele gates at the Kansas City conven tion. The commerce secretary cap tured all the seven delegates at large by wido murgins, and gut two delegates from each of 12 districts. Anti-Hoover delegates, originally pledged to the late Sen ator Frank B. Willis, were elected in 10 districts, giving the opposi tion a total of 2a delegates. For a while toduy it looked as If Hoover might pick up one of the two delegutes from the tenth district, but reports from all pre cincts made both the Willis dele gatus winners. WASHINGTON, April 25. Taking into account the big batch of dek-Kates namtd In yesterday's primaries In Ohio, Pennsylvania, .Massachusetts and Alaska, and by Kansas democrats and Oklahoma republicans In conventions, 7U8 of tho 1089 republicans who will hojd credentials nt Kansas City have actually been named. Of the 1100 delcBatcs voted at Houston C38 or nearly 100 less than the two-thirds majority needed for nomination, have been designated. . Of tho republican delegates 288 are generally conceded to Hoover; 176 to Lowden; 28 to Norrls, 24 to Curtis nnd 11 to florali, with the preference of 242 listed ns doubt ful. Among the democrats Smith has increased his cuncoded total to 414 or 4U votes more than he polled at his peak In tho 1924 convention, but slightly more than 300 shy of tho 733 ',4 necessnry for nomina tion, l'omereno of Ohio Is credit ed with 47,' Reed with SO, George of Georgia 28; Ayres of Kansas 20, and Hitchcock of Nebraska 16, with tho preference of 77 demo crat delegates selected to date re garded as doubtful. riKTROIT, April 25 VP) Mich igan's seven delegntea nt large to tho republican national convention nt Kansas City will carry Instruc tions to vote for the nomination jof Herbert Hoover for nresident. The instructions, decided upon by the republican state convention here will bind the delegates to "voto for Hoover as long as he is a candidate." Twenty-six delegates elected by Mlchlgans 13 congressional dis tricts, also have either Instruc tions or recommendations to vote for the commerce secretary. WASHINGTON, . prll 25. iP) To all appearances, the voting In Ohio, Pennsylvania nnd Massachu setts primaries of yesterday had strengthened tho hands of Sec retary Hoover and Governor " Al Smith of Now York as oontendeni for the republican and democratic presidential nominations. Hoover, in the face of a bitter contest, carried a majority of the '1 delegates In Ohio. Ills man- agcrs claim he will have the sup port at Kansas City of more than a score of Massachusetts dele gates of 39. They hope, on the showdown, to land tho 70 unin structed delegntes from Pennsyl vania, who will be headed by secretary Mellon. rrom tne Hmitit camp comes the prediction that at Houston the New York governor will have the Mnssachtlsotts delegation, with 30 votes back of him to a man. will have the support of nil but a few of Pennsylvania's delegate Votes, and beore tho balloting Is over, will receive the vote, of at least 40 of the 48 delegates rep resenting Ohio. f -WEST TRIP SALEM, Ore., April 25. ) governor ratterson is making plans to nttond tho republican national convention nt Kansas City. The governor said today that he Is ex pected to fill a speaking engage- ment In Chicago early In the sum mer and that ho hopes to attend the nntlnnal convention the follow. Inq week. 1 Oregon Went her. Fair east, Inrrenslng cloudiness west portion tonight and Thursday, Cooler east portion with local frosts tonglht. Moderato easterly winds on tho coast. No. 34. u EM IS DESERTED, Berliners to Leave Greenly Island in Relief Plane ; Bennett, Who Flew to North Pole, Pneumonia Victim Lindy's Valiant Effort Futile New - At lantic Flight. .,. , - Highest Mcdulx Bestowed WASHINGTON. April 25. iP) Kloyd Bennett was the holder of two of the highest awards within the gift of the American government, the congressional medal of honor. and the distinguished service r medal. The medal of honor was awarded "for distinguishing nnnseir by courage and in trepldlty at the risk of his life as a member of the Byrd Arctic expedition and thus contributing lurgely to the success of the first heavier- than-nir craflt flight to the North Pole and return." The distinguished service medul was awarded "for ex- ceptlonally meritorious ser- vice to the government; his courage nnd ability contribute 4 ed lurgely to the success of the first ' heavier than air craft flight to the North Polo and return." '. POINT AMOUK. Que., ApHl 25. (By Wireless to Associat ed Press) The Marconi oonx- ; pany agent here learned today . that ,the trans-Atlantic fliers marooned on Greenly lslund. had decided to attempt, to leave for Murray Bay In the Ford re lief plaue this afternoon If the weather conditions favored. It was learned that the trans-Atlantic plane Bremen would be left on the -Island, having; de-. veloped engine trouble. LAKE STG AGNES, Que.. April 25. (By the Canadian Press). Messages received today from the marooned trans-Atlantic fliers on Greenly Island stated that soften ing lee had caused them to aban don their hope of flying to Murray Hay in the Junkers monoplane llre men and that they would leave the Island In the Ford relief plane pi loted by Berndt Balchen. The message was received here nt n o'clock and at that time the fliers had - not hopped off. The plane which they will use la the official New York relief plane and the flight was sponsored by the North American - Newspaper alli ance and the New York World. It carried, spare parts to the Bremen In the hope that the reconditioned trans-Atlantic plane could continue Its flight to the original destina tion, New York. LAKH STE AGNES, Que., April 25. (P) A snow storm on the route Irom Greenly iBland today held the trans-Atlantic conoplane Bremen on the Ice at Belle Isle straits, repaired and ready for a resumption of . Its flight to New ' York. The district within a radius of 100 miles of take Ste Agnes was In the grip of a storm of mid-Winter . Intensity. '' Two fliers with Paramount News-1 Associated Press photographs who . made- a non-stop flight from the -Island to the airport here yester day, said that when they left the llremen she was ready for a take off. They reported good weather at the Island and for some distance along the route, but It was believed the Bremen's crew had received word of the storm here and had postponed their take-off until more favorable Conditions prevailed, Wllllami Winston and Harry Cuthbertson, the two filers, said tho propeller of the Bremen had , been straightened by Ernest Koep- : pen. the Junkers mechanic, who flew in on the Ford rellefe plane, ' and It was decided to use it In stead of one taken In because It had been built specially for the , llremen and waa better aulted for the plane, r Captain Hermann Koehl and Baron Uunther Von Hut-nefeld, the 1 German members of the Bremen crew, were confident the engine waa In good shape and the plane airworthy. QUW1EC, QUe., April 25. () Floyd Bennett, who flew over the North Pole with Commander Rich ard K. Byrd, died at 10:10 a. m. to day from double pneumonia. Bennett's death came while his wife was near him, herself a pa tient in the same hospital with ton stlltls. Ills closest man friend. Commander Byrd, was also there, having cancelled 'all engagements , and rushed here as soon as Ben nett's condition became serious. Colonel Charles -A. Lindbergh was also In Quebec, havlna: flown (Continued oa Pag Slant) ft 4