Medford mail tribune., April 30, 1928, Page 1, Image 1

The Weather
PrvxtUilQu Showers anil cooler
touigtit, clearuur Tuesday.
Maximum yesterday Tl
Minimum today , 47
M
EDFORD
mum1.
Dtlf Ttot7-thlrd Ita
MEDFORD, ORKOOX. -MONDAY, Al'IML :!(. ms.
Today
By Arthur Briibuit
Congratulate John D.
10,000,000 Share Days?
Ladies, Spare Your Legs.
Beer and Dinosaurs.
(Copyright. 1!7, by New York
Evening Juurntil. Inc.)
John 1). Rockefeller is a
(treat grandfather, thanks to
Mrs. Abby Rockefeller Milton,
iTit young mother. Yon may be
sure the great grandfather is
more interested in that than in
all the oil wells he ever saw.
Other mothers and fathers
will wish the new baby good
health mid a long life, for, by
the expenditure of millions,
Mr. Rockefeller and his son
have waged a noble fight
against children's diseases.
. -f
Stock exchange brokers and
clerks, exhausted by a long se
ries of 4,000,000 share days, are
told that 10,000,000 share days
are coming. William Palmes
stock, who predicted AVull
Street prosperity "greater
than in the MeKinley boom,"
four years ago, says the entire
rics and banking arc solid-
iHin ui Dorrowmir iiioncv
1 per cent. The 10,000.-
ore skyrocketing with
victory ot l'oincare, bank
.1... i . .1 i. .
n.i juutuiin uiu nmniiiviii-
in Europe, perhaps busy as
Ami Uvitiuli snorMilnrriva Jiro
happy! Within a month Brit
ish stocks have increased $300,
I'00,000. Alas, poor bears. .
Dr. Charles Mayo, learned
surgeon, tells women they are
"ruining their legs with high
heels." Throwing the body out
of balance, high heels cause the
calves to shrink. With such
heels, women enn't walk and,
not walking, they grow shorter,
wearing higher heels to make
up for it. I
Alas, warnings are useless, j
Women ruined their noses with j
noso rings iuu,ifuu years ug,
ruined their liver and other in
sides with tight corsets until
recently. Their destiny is to do
foolish things until they decide
what, it is they want, perhaps
100,000 years hence.
'Organized labor in New York
state says solemnly: "We want
beer and wine."
Xo harm in wanting.
Scientists would like to have
diiioKjaurs, alive and kicking,
but they ean't get them. They
arc extinct.
. lieer, that workmen once
nscd, is also extinct. Hootlcg
whiskey is plentiful, and boot
leg crime.
There won't be any change in
the situation for many a day.
Taul Shelley, 70, who went
poorly dressed, bis clothes fas
tened with string and wire, no
shoes, necktie or handkerchief,
used to say, "I can make n wash
boiler of soup for 4") ents that
feeds me for a couple of
weeks."
He is dead now, and $250,000
is found in his shack. People
ask, "Whet good did bis money
do him!"
It made him independent,
free from fear.
Only the old, money Rnd
friends gone, know what that
mens. '
When he it forsaken,
Withered and shaken,
What can an old man do hut
" die! '
(Contiouid on Page Four)
AUTO ML
SUNDAY N ; feWsiW'
Score Injured As Death :
Rides the Highways !
Three of Family of Six!
Killed at Crossing Babe;
Among Victims Trag
edy Near Salem.
PORTLAND. Ore., April 30. (A) !
Six dead ami a score injured, i
three perhaps fiitully, was ti-f;onH ;
traffic toll over the week-end.
A single accident involving an
automobile and a Southern Pacific
train, took three of a family of six
und may claim two more, lives.
The dead:
Mrs. deorge M- Hice, 2S.
Charles Rice. 8.
Wallace Rice, 4 months.
Alexander Whittman. 77.
Mrs. C. S. Snyder. 70.
L. T. Ruysinger, Kah-ui. Or.
Three in embers of the
family were nt the Oregon
nice
my
hospital today, all suffering from
serious injuries. (leorge M. Hice,
33, the father, had Internal in
juries; his son, Ocorge M. Rice, Jr.,
U, possible skull fracture; Harold
Kdward Uice, G, hud internal In-1
Juries and bruises.
The Hice family was riding J
along the Clackumas river yester-J
day and In crossing the Southern!
Pacific tracks at Park place, near'
Gladstone, the car was struck by rtj
Southern Pacific passenger train.!
Charles Hice was hurled into the
river, and the body had not been'
recovered this morning.
Alexander Whit! man was killed,
when hit by an automobile on the'
Columbia boulevard as he stepped
into the roadway. .
Mrs. w. c. tsnyoer aiea irom in
juries received in a collision be-!
tween an automobile and a street!
cur. . -. ' v . . ' 1 .
U T. Ilayslnger, of Salem, was I
killed near Amity, Ore., when hit;
by an automobile as ho was ad-j
Justing headlights of his car( j
SAI.K.M. Ore, April 30. W) L. I
T. IIiiy-iinKcr of Snlonl was slrurkj
und ii I most iiistnnlly killed shortly
before U o'clork Sunday ninlit:
when he stopped to fix u tail linhtj
on his automobile about two milei:
south of Met ny on Hie west slue ,
Paeitic- hiphway. llaysinBer failed ;jn(, WUM lml)1(.( i,eieved an uir
to park his machine off the pave-. ))lanp (,,ve from n Rreal heKht
ment and I . I). Knox or r.imene
crushed into the rear ot his ear,
r,,ill,,,. t sen the other vehiele be-
fiilllllK to see lite oiner venieie pie-
cause of the ruin anil il simnt i ise :
In the highway, llotlx ears were
headed south. an airplane wlnB which bucliled
Mrs. r.nyslncer was sllnhtly 1"-1 yoHterdny . iih the flier tried to
jured and Is sufferini; from shock. ;.ni,ck the drop, sent the trio
In the Knox machine were four ; nurt;nK 3r,oo feet to earth, where
passengers, Oliver Hill, A. W. Os-,heir crumpled plane burned be
tenson and Uuth Kroh. all of V.u- ( fore the bodies could be exlrl
gene, and Martha Dixon of Port-1 ,ated. Several hundred persons
land. None of these was Injured. j,nw ,ne cras,,
1 i.- !. The dead: 'VVilliain Spaletta,
VKUKA. Cal Apr, 3 ;.-tV- j worl(, war fler who lMrne, avi;1.
flli.lliiio iivuikiii iiiii. v.....
killed and his wife nnd child .so
Muriou.sly injured that they are In
a hospital, in a head-on automo
bile collision that occurred lai
n.Kht near Cla.ello.
The occupants of the other auto
mobile, members of a Dunsmuir
baseball team returning from n
Kfime nt Medford, were slightly in-j
JUDICIAL
Announcement was made today ,
by the OreKonian that Lawrence T. i
llarris of KuKene, former justice of! Tho dend: H. E. Lnrue, 34,
the s'ate supreme court, had! pilot; ren Craven, 20, Llttietoft,
agreed, nt the Oreponian's' sugnes- J t 'olo.; Kmll Deltrlch, 21, Bright-tlon,-
to investinate charpes made: ton. Colo.'
atialnst Chief Justice John L.
Hand. I
JThe renort of the committee. 1
wntcn ts to ne cnosen ruesnay, win snnrp rusl oi winu iM.uii mines at Toshan In Shantunt;.
he made before the primary elec- catch one wins and the ship went ( t.nina nas heen hurried to Chow
tlon. May IS. i into a tail ppln. Walchers saw. ff .
developed out of the litlatiom over
the Womrne case, (ieorne u. jo-
seph Portland attorney, recently
asked Justice Hand to explain his
' nealinps and transactions wnn
Judwe E. AV. Wlckey nnd Thomas
Manntx, who were concerned in
the case.
PRESIDENT CABLES
WASHINGTON. April W.iPt
Presided Coolidge has sent a mes-
sage to Kmperor lltrohito of Japan
conRratuiatlnx htm on his 2Sth
birthday annlvermiry yesterday.
beg of your majesty to accept
cordial Qilrthday congiatulatloiw
and my best wishes, for your con-
Untied health and happiness," said
the president.
GREEK CITY IN
X COR1NT.H 1 N tS-4i
Cable reports indicate Corinth, Greece, is in mini following earthquake shocks. Photo above shows
city before the disaster; map shows location.
VlENXA, April 30. (A1) Terror Austrian scientists said today the The people of Corinth, where but
reigned todiy -imong the people of Q"kes were of tectonic character, a lew weakened structures have
Houthenstern BulRurla and the lath- "irtln. of Riant survive,!, were panic stricken i when
, tit rata irom vertical to horizontal, another imiUe occurred. I ncttn
mus of Corinth after a continuance jTh(.y thought the tremors might . finned reports said much damage
of the Beries of earthquakes which J extend to other parts of the. Hal- , had been caused in Isthmia ami
has beieaved them ant) made them kuns which have been devastated Vtdos and. some at Assos ami
destitute. ' by similar disturbances. Xylokastrou.
TRAGEDY ENDS
NOSE DIVE TO
E
Eureka, Cal., Musician, His
Hearing Impaired, In
duces Friends .to Do1
Aerial Stunt, Despite Pre-1
monition of Death Drop1
3500 Feet. j
EfREKA. Oal April 30. (Pi
Three men lire dead here today;
)l0 .llUMO musician whose hear
. . ,..,, nis n,uy to eati h
l,ne B)lter n(ltes ot tin ori hes-
.' Zu 1
aVal01. um u fellow mtlsieian to
aU(. ,.)t ,he ,uve wi,, ,m and
tlon at Santa Monica, Cal., and j
has recently been a partner t !
(the Redwood Air line hero; Wll-j
Hard Winze, 45, pianifd and com-j
! poser, whoso hearinp was prow-1
lins defective to an extent which)
1 hampered his work; Lurry Reatty,
j musician and friend of Wlnzel.
WinKel's widow said he had
rpa( q ment reJJorl(J lhat nil.
lolune Hives Imnrove defective
henrlnB nnd had determined to
fU'V it. nlthotiKh he had a premo -
nitP.n that tho flight would kill
Ihlm.
T r-r, . T 1 1 -a tax
I DKNVEIt, Colo., April 30. W
1 full vinui nt no ton 9000 ner-.
CUR
DEAFNESS
sons, a plane beinff flown on it- , .. . , '""'" i".-" -,iions. promises to be the most Im.
' minute trips with passengers from " ""'.-n- also arc report- lllt. ,.,,,,,.,. .cached their ear. ,. commit,,.,, at the conven
.the Denver Junior oirnort. wentlf". have des royed n ral way A portion of the New York ll-ll(,n. tom,n-
. .
out of control at an n.tuuae
1200 feet nnd crashed in a corn
Sunday
kUling the pilot and two
nassenircrs.
The plane wns returning irom
ll flight with passenBers and made
n steen hank Unto the wind. A
shr-rt swoops toward the Bro"ni1
nno men. apun'-nny ui.u.
Impulse of violently drawn con-;
trol, pulled shortly out of the tall
spin imo a nose nuu uu....
on striking the ground.
KT.YIiTA. Ohio, April 30. (t 1
An obsesioi for aviation which led '
them to fly a second-hand Mplane
purchased only two weeks ago was
blamed today for the death of Oer-'
aid Miller, nnd Myron Kellcy,;
I 21. hoth of Klyria. . t
The youths were killed when, at.
nn altitude of about 200 iWt. thel
plane went Into a tall spin nnd I
'r,h.,, i f-nme. on torn -lhli
i miles south of here yPKtffrd.iy. It'
w aH 20 mimlU.n l(Pforp th(1 ch,irrfd
hojp,, Were recoverrd. ,
' CAPFTOWN. t' n I o n of (South
TVfrtca, April 30. (V I-ady Mary;3v0 meters a program put on the
Itailey. widely known Prltlsh
woman flyer, nrrlved In Capetown
today by airplane, thus completing
!a flight from Croydon, Kngland,
Urom where the tortcd March 9,
RUINS FOLLOWING
Baseball Scores
Nlltlnllnl.
It. H. K.
7 HI II
; 8 is i
Weinert, Malone and
fill mi's, Miljus mill
ChlcuRo ...
Pittsburg .
Ibltterics.
Oonzules;
(ooch.
R.
Ilrooklyn 4
Now York 14
flatteries: Petty, M o
lleuline;
Henry and UoKan, Haff-
ner.
li. 11. K.
Itoston 13 10 4
I'hiindelphia C 1" -
flatteries: Ttohortson and Toy
lor; Ferguson. W'llluUKhhy, Ah;
' (iraw and Wilson.
Anieritiin.
U. It.
1 il 14
.1 10
:.
1 I
r
nnd
St. luis
Cleveland
ll.itteries:
t ii.iiieries: t; i a e uniucr
; KehaiiK; Ituekeye, llrowns, r.ayne
""'I
A il try.
11. II.
10.
Detroit
t'hii-aBo ....
I latteries:
C 8 1
10 14 0
Whitehill. Smith and
Vooilnll, Ilollowiiy. Correll; Ka-
UlanUenshln ami t'rouse.
Thomas.
It. H. 1
rhllliellihia 4 7
1 lost on 0 (1
llatteiies: W'alberK and Coeh
nine; Huffing and Hoffman.
TAIANFU DEFENSE
CAPITAL HEARSIh
( PI'-KINC, April 30. (Pi Xatlon-
;alist forces are reported to have
; .nk(.n throuKh the northern de-
j fense system north of Talanl'u. .1"
utiles south of Tslanan. und to be
,. , , ,.
1 1
i... L.i . i
H-inue at .Minusnui uno to nave
.pnn. Ihi "tmvn llf f.hnwlKll
" , , .
Tslnan on the railway between
Tsinana and the Important port of
TslnKtao.
Many Chinese of northern Hhan
tuiiK arc on their way to Tientsin
to take refuRe there.
TOKYO, April 30. (P) A de
, tn(.nimMlt of lno j,;iwnw
se tionps
jKuardii.K Japanese-owned coa 1
-..nint. r.f ,r.,w.. tu thai n.A ii.
Wfts lplne jilundered.
Wixty of the fifthly Japanese
rc.Mlrt(.ntM of rhowtKUn havc fi,.n
j fnm thp pnop
.
t. .. ... .
M I KNKCT A f V. N. V.. April W
Kflr, rMn American radio
fnr,H lnrd to ..Mist, alia today.
For fourteen minutes station V;V
of the fJeneral Klectrli company
re-broadcast on its wave. bnrth of
ir at the dedication of a new
ntuilio at Station :FC nt Kydney.
j Austra'iii. and sent half
Inround the world on a wave of 28.6
mcteii.
EARTH SHOCKS
,
rnuinARn mm
oi a mm IM
oLHl blKL m
1 1I HOLD-UP
s s and '
; I
! Usherette, Frightened Byi
Masks of Gangsters,
Screams and Automatic;. If v."
I New Vi
Roars -
Rnnriitc; TplTnl'-
DdllUllb It-IIUI
ize Crowd and Flee
Waiting Auto.
CHICAGO. April 30. iV)-
slayinB of women has bri
ulileil
to the blood and terror repertoire ;
of Chicago Muiinn'ti.
Thev slew 17-year-old Pearl Ki.'-!
Kcrson la.-t iiImIiI as she cowered
under their mius In the cashier's
cane of the KHz theater In jicr -
wyn, a suiuiri), lie cause sin
screaiiied at the sin lit of eyes that
stared tliroiM;li uval liiasss, tinil
O.Ulins that poked at her from out-
side the Klass wall. , , . ...
"" ," ''Tr' """i" - : ,t: "" """ r,,,,c
the little usherette fell. The man '"'
with the iisiol and bis companion
j with a sawed -off shotgun opened
the door to the ticket booth,
! H'.cpprd over the girl's body anil
over that of the cashier, Miss (ler
. tunic I'liinte, wlio had fainted, and
j scooped up JI.'.Ol) of tho theater's
1 ! With the loot In their arms the
robbers used their mius to hold
persons In the ticket line,
d to the curb, where, a
mpiinlon walled at the wbei'l of
an iiusomol.lle lieiirliiK a M'W ul K
urease. i-.aco iii'-u o.simm hi ..."
ilirectlon of the crowd lielore leaji-
nil! into inn nmcniiiM ami ui.i.-
pcariim "'' ins"'-
Charges from the shiUKun
,,,,.-. ,,..,
were found burled In Hie lobby
walls. These wi
the shots fired
i ..... ,
...,. t. f ., i in -u u-iim'
. . ?V." " " ' ... . J
I:1"1""" " "
SEAGULLS EAT UP
MAflSIIPIKLD, ne., April 30-
A'f A master k "iih wanlen has
' Itci-n oi tiered stat oii'mI at the
' mouth of Indian cie.-k, tributary
of Kocue river 1o ward oir aitacKs
of seaK'Hls who have formed the
habit of Katherlntf at the mouth n
the early nioiniiiK to gorgo (tn
younj; salmon liberated durlntf the
night at Indian creek hatchery,
'I ho bii ds a It eniiy have
destroyed
thousnnds of finwei IIhk. The
warden hns piircluoed ainiiiunitiou
to be used In frlKhleniim the buds,
Passing of the
Early Pioneer
Pi:Ni)I,i;TON. Ore.. Apill 30
(A' Mrs. W. M. IteyeiN, t3. the old-
-fi Hniniin jn renoietn a no a
resident of this city
Sine I " 1 'I.
died at her home here Kunday
; toot ning, death resulilng from the
hnf limit ( of oldQ'ge. Hhe w;im
'torn In Wurtenburg, Oer many. In
1135 and canio to Ami-ilcu, ut tho
ugo of fifteen,
CAMPAIGN
QUIZ AIM
Primary in California To
morrow Vital to Smith-
Hoover Sure of G. 0. P,
Delegates Name Key-1
note Speaker for Houston
Convention.
; VASI1I.:TN, April 30. (?
JThe senate tud.ty ordered an inves-
tiHUiion of prcidintlal campaign
; expenditurcH.
! Within a few minutes after it
was offered a resolution by Sena- j
j tor lloliinson, Arkansas, the demo- ;
ciatie leaiier, proposing the inquiry
t was aduptrt!.
; The resolution went thru with-
I out ilehate or a record vote. The '
j audit committee to which it was
'referred after being Introduced at
.the opening of the session, liniitd
'the expenses of the cummlttee to
: $:r,ouo.
SAX FltANlMSl'o, vri 30 (P)
Three iteiuocrats lteed. Smith
and Walsh will contest for Call-foi-nla's
lilock of Jli votes at the
state presidential primary tomor
row; a republican, Herbert Hoover
will obtain his parly's il deleRiitcs,
1 In an uncontested election and a
prohibition candidate, Daniel A.
j I'ollllK of .New York, will Ki't bis
' iii Kanli'.atlon's thirty deb'Kates in a
like manner.
The democratic race is so Im
; portant that the outcome may de
iternitne the parly's nominee at the
Houston convention In June. The
mere obtainlm; of the t'alifomia
Icli'Kiitiou. political observers
jani'i'e. will be fur olilsbailowcd by
i hi,. psyciioioKicai .treet thriuKh-
Ul t lie country.
erinir 'Alfred K. Stnllli of
ork wins Hie ileleirat ion. It
ls v,,'' 1'rolnililp, pnlltica! seers
Mli,llti ,, Il(
SENA
j 1 1 Illusion will follow.
, If Senator .lames A. Keed of
j -Mi.snurl or Seuutor Frhomas J.
I Walsh of Montana oblain the dele-ik-ales.
then It Is held likely that an
opposition Kioiiii of delemites may
The ''e ol'Kanl.ed to inevent tbo nolul-
' ",l,l,"i or smllh.
lteed may provo tho deciding
faclor. Political followers il.i n,
c.uiceile bim much chance of vlc-
'". out tney say that he may Bet
sulllcient votes to cause defeat of
j' - "1"''' Smith or Walsh.
WASHINGTON, April 30. W)
rl le i- 1 lowers, editorial writer
' .' , ' "' '' " . '
democratic national committee
charged with making arranKe
meuts for the convention flowers
name was proposed y .irH. Leroy
Sprint;:;- of South t'arolina. jH
selection .ih unanimous.
liuwci Is a former lndlanan.
SEW VOKK, April 30. W) The
New York Times salil today lhat
Sllliliortei-S of t lovei-ii..! U...IH. I
.about ilcclile.l i,. i,,.... i.- ..
i ltsevclt, who placed tlovernm-
I .SniHh n lallon at the lnv.t
convent ion.
perform Hie same role
. .jinust.m
.Mnvor Walker, who
had been
'tentatively selected for this dole
inay be made the New York mem-
,.,. r me eoninilll
i Ullw w)li,.h ln .,
on i-esolu-
expeeted ali-
" - i"u cnniesis in tie eua.
..
I , " 'l- anNamee. who Is
neauintr
""ii'i ii'n otu 1 1 n h nre-
eonvenllon campalKn. has been
eliminated from serious considera
tion for chairman of the national
eommlttee. Henator Gerry of
Ithodn Island has been suiiKesled
but he has a en m palull for re
election this year which ho mliilit
feel will demand Ills llttenlloii.
Itaymond V. liiKi rsoll, who man
itt'eil Smith's KulM rnatorliil cam
paiKn In J!U4, has also been huk
Kesled. CI.i;vi:i,ANI. April 3(1. fp, A
letter siKlied by (he hemls f
twi lve national labor oiKllntzatlons
silpportiiiK the candidacy of Hern
iary Hubert Hoover in tho Imll
ana primaries. May h was made
public today by I. H. Robertson.
preNith.nt of the Krothei hood of
I iuuvo Mremen and llnKlnc-
; ,!-
"
Fruit Prices Today
HAN KltANClHCu, April 30 oPj
i Federal Htate Market News
e.. a W,KS Itoxes: Cnll
forniu Newton n Ploitln r.mr-ti.n
; .2:,; 3'i,-ler. V'.Ontt 2.611'
f,.w higher; ioorcr. low as! I.
( 'n-tfon ami nhlnetn Knmn
1 flcjiiillctf vtr-i f. t t t it, 1 r..
fancy .:,)' 3 00- Vcivtown pin.
' nin extra finwc !, flini.
I :.:,n it 3 : ' vieynp eTira fancy
:i,:T, i 3. Mi; fancy, 2.STi 3 1 .V
1 Arkansas I Mucks, extra fancy 13 li
J 3.i'&; funcy, $i.703.ou, '
P V1 3 AMORS
Ir-.vi v i
li 1!
. Ilutton, N. D., a town of 1,000
inhabitants, has entered a period
of excitement, unprecedented in
its annals with tho news of the
accomplishment of one of its
sons, Lieutenant Curl Eicjson,
who accompanied Captain George
II. Wilkins on a flight from roint
Harrow, Alaska, to Green Harbor,
Spitzbergcn, a region never be
fore seen by man. '-Their flight
took them 200 miles south of the
North Pole. The flyers arc ihown
above, Wilkins top, and below is
a view of the plane in which they
accomplished the flight. -
Li
OF TALENT CAR
Life of Federal Dry Aide Is
Endangered By Malicious
or Accidental Shot Bul
let Deflected First Mis
taken for Pebble.
Tho Ufu of Federal Officer Terry
Talent was endangered Into last
night ns he was en route to his
homo in Ashland front Medford,
when u bullet, presumably from
a .3J cnliWc gun, struck tho wind
shield of his roadster, ln which
he and Federal Officer C, A.
llerr of Portland were rldinfc.
Ilerr sustained a few small cuts
on his hand from the glass, but
the bullet, after breaking a smalt
holo In the glass, glnnced away.
There Is also a strong possibility
tho shot was accidentally fired.
The report of the gun was
heard by Hlatn Traffic Sergeant
Charles 1. Talent, Terry's father,
who was driving in his own ma
chlno a few hundred feet it head,
but at that time he paid little at
tention tn the noise, which he did
not associate with the tllschargo
of a revolver.
The un was fired apparently
at an ungle and the bullet, if ll
had penetrated the- glass, would
havc struck tho of Jeer In tho
chest. The car was moving at a
fairly good rate of speed near tho
Jnekson lint Springs when the
shot was fired.
Officer Talent said today that
lie saw no suspicious appearing
persons along the roadside, or
pinked cars, and at first thought
a rock had glanced onto tho glacs,
but an examination of tho wind
shield today revealed a nearly
perfect imprint of a bullet.
KCOKNi:, Ore.. April 30
Police Officers Pollock and lloyt
.took three fthots at n fleeing auto
I mobile at 1 a. m. today when the
I car, believed to have been occupied
' by a man and a woman, failed to
I stop at their command. The offl
jcers were at the north entrance of
Mho city awaiting a car described
ly Corvallts officers ns that driven
by holdup". Tho pair escaped nnd
chics soulh were notified at once.
Oregon Weather
Showers tonight, clenrlng Tues
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German-Irish Heroes of Air
Ride Up Broadway in
Paper Blizzard Wives
Greet Them at City Hall
Reception The Mayor
Gets Kissed.
NEW YOHK, April 30. )
Three trana-Atlttiitle fliers from
furelKn altorcs wore taken to the
city's heart today and lven a tu
mult nous welcome that left them
breathless.
The occasion was the official
welcome tn Huron Gunther von
liuenefelil, Cuptain Hermann Koehl
mill Major James Fitzmaurlce anil
it was a welcome tn which all the
city seemed to be participating.
After a triumphal tour ot the
harbor during which the Irish air
man, like a boy at play, amused
himself by manipulating the city
tug's siren, in answer to the shrill
salutes of hundreds ot flag-decked
craft, the fliers were led through
the deep canyons of the lower city
by 10,000 troops for their -official
welcome by the mayor.
A IlKht rain fell upon the pa-T-caul,
but it went unheeded alike
by tho guests of honor and those
who stood long hours for a chance
to see and cheer them.
The rain was light, but a storm
of another sort, the paper blizzard
that New York stages for its he
roes, raged unabated and the
streets were ankle deep with ticker
tape.
NKW YORK. April 30. tfP)
As the crew ot tho Bremen drov
thru cheering crowds from their
hotel to the city tug Mucom they
gave every evidence that they pre-
ferred the artificial blizzard to tho
swirling snows ot abradcr they so
recently had experienced,
Tho fliers, as they left the Rltz
Carlton hotel wore the clothes in
which they flew the Atlantic and
endured the hardships of their two
weeks -exile in the north. Major
Fitzmaurlce was jaunty tn his
Irish Free State uniform, Captain
Koehl wore blue serge and n
white uniform cap and the baron,
monocle fast in place, hud a blue
suit und felt hat.
Tho M acom was boarded at a
mid-town pier und set forth to
circle tho Statue of Liberty among
flag-decked harbor craft that all
seemed to hijve their sirens tied
open.
While tho fliers wore receiving
the marine welcome In the harbor
the wives of Captain Koehl and
Major Fitzmaurlce and tho latter's
little daughter, Patsy, nrrivlng
from Kurope to take part In the
celebration, landed at the Buttery
and were driven to City Hall along
I (road way deep tn ticker tape and
lined by expectant crowds. - -
As the Macom nenred the Bat
tery four alrplunes droned over
head as nn aerial escort and fire
boats spouting water like gigantic
whales led the way.
The Impression made upon tho
fliers themselves by tho reception
was best shown by their exclama
tions when they first vaw the
crowd estimated at 50,000 waiting
for them ut the Battery.
"Ach, hlmmol," said the baron.
"Wonderful," cried C 11 p t a f n
Koehl.
"Marvelous, too marvelous," said
the Irish major.
When the filers reached the City
Hull they were greeted by Mayor
Walker. Mrs. Fitimaurlce and
Patsy climbed onto a stenogra
pher's table nnd Mrs. Koehl onto a
chair for the first glimpse ot the
men they had not seen since they
flew nway on their perilous adven
ture. ;
As the aviators were shaking
hands with tho mayor the two
pilots looked over his shoulder and
smiled at the two women and a
child who were throwing them
k isses.
Through all the excitement Patsy
kept tight hold of a large Teddy
bear.
The fliers were in high spirits ns
they drove up Itroatlwuy through
the clamorous throngs which were
with difficulty restrained from
bursting Into the street and block
ing the parade.
Major Fitzmaurlce craned up
ward at tho towering structures of
the financial district and grinned;
"Behold," he said, "the tall tim
bers of New York."
Tho baron asked what In the
world could he wanted with all the
pictures that had been taken of
them on the Macom nnd during
the ride to the city hall.
"I guess they will put the plates
In the chamber ot commerce," he
decided.
"Not so," said Captain Koehl In
his precise Knglinh. "They will be
put in the chamber of horrors.'
It developed that the baranehad
stolen a march on his comrades tn
the way of preparation for the
welcome by the city's populsc.
Before leaving his hotel he stuffed
cotton ln his ears and when the
shriek of si sens became so pierc
ing that Koehl and Fltsmauilce
put up their hand.', tho buron
suilled. at them sagely JjA