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I jAictlmi lnrtwLKing olonilkimw.
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Ibiaiiuuut today S4
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Weather Year Ago
Maiimum ......... AT
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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!"
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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
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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.' - . " ,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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-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. .,. ,
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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)
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