Medford mail tribune., June 07, 1928, Page 1, Image 1

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MEDFORD, OlilXiOX, TlirilSPAY. JUNK 7. iy8.
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' 'The Weather
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Evening Journal. Inc.)
jvistcad, with betting :w. to j
i iitiiiinst him, won tin iinrby. ;
llnrsi'.s, more fortuniite thun
men, can inherit u father's
iiialit'u's. KrfstoHtl's father,
Spion Kop, also won the derby.
K'u-h fathers, ask yourselves
what would have happened hU ;
Spion Kop left his winnings to
his son, to sciuindcr as he chose.
Would Felstead have won any
races.' '
.Inhii D." Rockefeller, .lr
telb
Fisk University students
that merely goiuy; to college
dloesn't necessarily.. mean (let
Vma an education. It may mcun
Ulllv 'forming habits of illdo-'
lenec, acquiring an unwarrant
ed sense of superiority, or be
coming dissatisfied with cir
cumstances and environment iu
which one's lot is east."
Mr. Rockefeller's definition
of what education Ollgllt NOT j surface. Ator the three futile
to be, should be posted in every I ",s, 11 ""n'T'..".
' 1 ' wait u little in the hope that the
college. It ought not 0 crillll lrcw would freshen during the
the mind with dates, facts, fig- , . r. .-.
' I Ths winil Hits afternoon eonlill-
i;res, produce shrewd, money- j Uei too light to make another nt-
seeking lawyers, turn out doc- ''""ed hop-off i';l--- ;
o blowing from the outh. indica
tors that reckon Miceess ill Jul- tions were that these conditions
lurs. oifitmellfoablwillcss,1 c"nli'iu uml1 n,-1,t!llU al
life that IS sharp, slic, slmdy.M Marling thin morning from the
4 j mouth of t ho harbor, the Friend -
Mr. H., who died in New York
Tuesday, had $10,000,000 a few
years ago. 'When he landed in
New York, twenty years ago,
Mr. K. had only cents, lie
died bankrupt, assets nil.
Yes, Mr. S. speculated. Those
who think they can win at gam
bling arc mistaken. Hull mar
ket or bear market, good times
or bad, iu the end they lose.
The mechanical man or "talk
ing robot." has been financed
!f'J."i,IM)0.0ll0 worth.
Mmi.metnru.1 in tlioncnnilc '
" ' i
he will be used lis a salesman,
mechanically ultvrint; certain
wnrils, luinding out vi paretics,
etc.
Vtin may say, "lint lie ciinmil
THINK, how can he be a sales
man'.1''
lie can lie THAT kind of n
snlt'Kiiwtn,
4)(iiut.
,'itid it's n numerous:
i
111 tills Ot SUUUt'll Clinili;0S
Voll ran 't bo SlU'C wluit a little j
tlHiiylitor in the cradle will do
wIlt'H she "ets OUt and develops 'were not favorable and the cap-1 Fwter has left his White House
. , ituin was waiting for the first op- desk In the summer.
Hieus. :portunity to fly northward to Joinl chirk is not expected to remain
III Ollio, fiftv years aO, an-Ucutcnant liuetzow Holm. nj1" Vi-consln for more than two or
, , ! brother Norwegian flier who al- 'three weeks after which he will
earnest .VOIIHf? .elerk d:, erh ' ink" nir 8Ur.i return lo Washington to take
IMiiitiw uni-lf.iil nil 1-iv inn1 auunn charge of the office force left at
hardware store, then walked'
i-iidit milps and hnek tn keiM) :
books for ft hlaeksmith. PhipjlS.
. . t
i lie oiaeKsinmi aim young jn-
drew Carnegie Went into theiWhleh lieutenant Holm Is "singf;lpnod to Ul(. xvhitw House , will be
iron business together n n 1,aSC t,Pt'auHU of n ,H'rHis,vntMm'',(-11- prolmbly by four or five
I'hipps aeeuinulated millions
and his daughter, the Hon. Mrs.
Frideriek Guest, wife of the
firmer British air minister,
uses some of her money to fin
anee Miss EarliHrfs flying trip
across the Atlantie.
Girls generally spend money
aeeumulated by rieh fathers
liioro w isely than boys spend
it. This confirms (jalston'
stiitemeiit in liis book on liercd-
ity.
that the father's genius is
inherited by the daughter.
Australia lins about the popula-
f Vn. Vhrlr f-llv A OUll OOrt
in flvlns genius. Australia's . -
noo.uun leaves New York's 6,00U,OO0
far behind.
Flve of the world s BiOitcst fllem
Sir H" Smith. Sir (ieorse V1.
kins. Harold Bert Hinkler. Charles
Klngsford-Smlth and Charles Ulm
ire Australians. One of our four
(Continued on Page Four)
Miss Earhart, After Four
Unsuccessful Efforts to
Get Monoplane Off Sur
face .of Harbor Gives Up
Hop for Europe Until
Later.
THKI'ASSEV. Juno 7. (Pi The
moiioplnnc Friendship made throe
unsuccessful attempts this fore
noun to take off from the harbor
here for Its projected flight across
the Atlantic. The iiliinc was ii-
pnrenlly loo heavily Union anil the
wind too light to eunhle It to rise.
The plane bearing Miss Amelia
Karhnrt. Boston social worker, as
passenger and Wilmer Ttulu. pilot
n,ul Lou lordon. mechanic, was
loosened from Its moorings again
at 10:30 a. m.. eastern standard
time and preparations were made
for n fourth ultetnpt.
Carrying a full load of gasoline
the Friendship rested heavily on
the water as it was lowed out for
the first attempt. The wind was
light ,anil shifting and eontrihiiled
little buoyant force as the motors
t.nllr.,1 tlw. Wjiit ri-iift nvi-i' the
jshlp taxied for uhout u mile at u
speed1 of.HO miles an hour but
could not Hho; The plane i-wa
brought hack and two oilier at
tempts were made without success.
Then the crew decided to wait
fur stronger winds. The plane was
moored and the fliers came ashore.
They left their boarding house
quarters quietly, walked 200 feet
it) the edjje of the harbor, jumped
Into a dory ami said goodbye to
the local ma gist rale and a news
paperman uml were rowed out to
the plane.
There was no crowd to cheer
them on their war. The only per
sons in the vicinity were a few
reslilents of the village, two news-
papei-men and a camera man. The
fliers, when Informed of tho re-
tiiin i.f the nlane Columbia, to
N' York, after starting for Old
ivu-eM.iiu. i-MM.u MiiM.nu
.i i l I.... I...
made no comment.
STORMS DELAY
,E
i
KING'S HAY, Spitsbergen. .Tune
. Captain lljahnai' Iliiser-
i T .... V Ant
fii,.ri arrived at King's lay today
tu n;-sist In the parch for the
missing dirigible ituiia.
w entner conauions tor uyum
'i-!.tenant Holm was unable
n,A nihnrn-i
weather. The prospects are
regarded as unfavorable for n
efficient search by tho
Hobby
Radio Flashes From
Nobile Heard on
,
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tlUllQ ixCHCr tjflip
KINOS HAY. Spitsbergen,
June 7. (Pi Twice today the
radio opeiator on the f'itta di
1 4. Tllnnn bnsp nlilii nf (Iplipral
! 4 i niberto Noblle'n lout isilar
expedition, heard weak Rlnalii
which he wo sure wer from
Opeiator ItlaKi, radio man on
the divisible llulla.
The pii;nal wero too weak
to decipher.
! W'ASuP.'GTON". July ". (pi
' UeiiieHentative Tlieoilore llurton,
i repulillean of Ohio, announced to-
lr that ho would be a candidate
, tor the aenale to succeed the late
. oenaior nun.
i "rlon has been a vWorousale. Fort William and Port Arthur,
i supporter of Herbert Hoover for was leavlm? Washington Harbor, on
"' republican presidential nomlna- Isle Koyale. when she struck t reef
tlon. I which split ths hull.
WHERE JAPANESE
1 iw1 -
Above, Gen. Saito, of the Japanese army, with his staff officers,
inspecting the wrecked homes of the Japanese and Chinese in
Tsinan after the Nationalist forces had evacuated the city in favor
of the advancing Japanese army. Below, Japanese troops caring
for their dead and wounded after an engagement at Tsinan.
PRESIDENT TO
IRK HARD AT
Chief Executive to Take
Big Staff of Clerks, Four!
Detectives, Five Dogs
but Pet Racoon Will Stay!
Home. ;
WASIlINtiTUN. June 7. (P)
Indications that .'resident t'oolidge
! intends that his summer vacation
j include a great deal of work as
well as amusement, were seen to-
.May in me preparations neing
I m- . nt flin t h ti I iillun til l! (
" .
ii l.i.,.., 1.... l,.,.l utr.rf -iii.l
! u
niui u iin.i i o .......
een the chief exeeullve's custom
in previous summers.
Tho contingent which will travel
to AViMooiitfln on a special train
next week in expected to number
! $s or 90.
j It Is known that 1'resident Cool
j idge is planning to spend every
forenoon In Wisconsin at his desk
jin Superior.
' Among those who will be al
. p.rulo this summer are Kverctt
Sanders, secretary to the president
nir.lt.Mir. T (h..-L iiii-u.iiii unnr...
jtnry to .Mr. Coolidgc, and Kudolph
j Foster, executive clerk of the
, wm i.uu. .i ... ..
, ...n... j..
the White House.
An extensive force of house-
keepers,
cooks, kitchen helpers,
SUMMERCAMP
chauffeurs, valets and maids will ' In the contests, defeating unln
, be taken from the permanent ! Ntructed or hostile delegations.
'Whlln II.Miun uliiff Thu pcrnli.r? V.tr 1.1 C.i'ai-n..i- ttxttt. ..f Ml-.
I (i,,taii uf Hecrt t service agents us -
Jlr. and .lrs. Cooltdgo will take
will not take Kebecca. raccoon, fa-
vorite of the Coolldgn household.
It was decided thnt the. trip to
; lirule would hi! too strenuous for
Kcbeceu who Miffern from chatiRes
In cliinute und environment
who. above, all Is made sick
railroad Journeys.
f
and
by
PEOPLE SAVED
(Pi
(ircat
IiUI.rTII, Minn., June
The steamer America,
lakes passenger boat, sank near
Isle Hoyale early tutluy, the Booth
Fisheries, owners, were Informed , 8ne Couldn't Resist
today. ; HAN KKANWSCO, tune 7. -ii'l-
The crew of M mid from ' to I Police Jili$ Joseph M. (iolden to
ut passengers were saved, the com- ly Have Mrs. Francos Cunipton, 61,
psny wbs told. The vessel, which
ROUTED CHINESE
FORM COMBINE
TO HALT SECY
E
- ,
Ruth Hanna
and L. L. Emmerson of
F COMMDK
.... , j u ,,'"' "'1 attic of the place. A nlml-l
Illinois Lead Anti-Hoover j i...- conn ivance was reported t0;
Forces for Attack
On
FaVOrite at 6. 0. P. COn-
V9nti0n
KANSAS CITY. June 7.
-Tl Tin.
ol "PPoocps iu
. . " " . T
lloover compteieo an orguiiizaiiou
I ' V
Here HM1HV III II CIIIU'L III DrllVl'lH
...... r ...i ... .i...
'
"-:.,,,,,, . I ,.,,11 ii.-. tlim:il ronvi'iil im
republican national eonv
next week.
I,. L. Kmmcrwon, republican
nominee for governor of 1 llinols
and a I.owden man, is the ;enural-
...,. llf Jll,.ii-.. ....ii n.w.(
organiation.
The combine and selection of
Kmmerr.011 was effected at a series
of meetings this morning at which
supporters of 1-owden, Watson and
Curtis participated.
I l i-u Mil I llnntiii M ('( 'i il'ln )lr nf
1 Illinois, also a Jowden worker, wus
made chairman of tho publicity
. m..- u...n ...
.... ... ......
, combination beiore the delegates.
With the perfection of the or-I
ganizatlon, the combined field de-
j elded also lo carry before the
eredentiuls committee the fight it,
I lost before the republican national
committee when contents were
brought for seats on the eonven- j
lion floor. Hoover forces picked
! up more than ixty pledged votes
tmuri ah m been retained by the :
! combine to press the fight against
j the national committees decl.-donH
it Is expected he will round up ft
' can ylng the fight to the U.st ditch,
j The series of meetings, most of
f which were held In Watson head-
quarters, had their Inspiration In
the Kenerully uceeti.-d belief
ainoiiK lloover opponenls that un
less hu could be stopped uud stop- i
I ped quickly the nomination would .
t;u to him. j
) The opposition contends thut till ;
1 11 needs lo do Is to prevent tint r
! cabinet member's nomination un '
'the first few ballots and then I
many of his delegate would begirt
j to forsake him. lloover adherents,
j however, claim that their man's
.support Is of the kind that slicks.
I Clarence I". Iluek. Ijwdcn 111.111 -
I aKcr. 111 continue In Hint capacity ,
but the general dheetlon of the.
, anil-lloover movenicnt will go to 1
Kmuierson.
1 01 Portland a sli months' suspend
I a pair of silk pajamas and some
silk hose from a Han Francisco de-
I partment store, fine said she j 1st
couldn't resist them.
FILM STARS AT
GAY PARTY HAV
NARROWESCAP
Fire Explosion at tlhe Rus
sian Eagle Cafe, Injuries
7 People, 2 Seriously,
but Charlie Chaplin, Jack
Dempsey and Others
Escape.
, HUULVWUOU, ful., Juno 7.
I(Pj A heavy expluslon which
wrecked the l;u.slan Kalo cafe
hero u lew iiiiuuicit ufier a ucorc
of fitui celebrities headed by
!(. buries Spencer Chaplin had fled
t lollowuiK nu alarm of fho early
j today injured ten peiMoiiM, two
i of whom may die. The blust oe
j i urred Iu the area Just west of
,the simllu center.
Theodore LochiJin.sUy, former
Kus.sliin army general and owner
of the eafe, Himtalned what phy
h it-Inns believed after firm exuml
nulloii tu be a basal skull fruc
turo, and severe heud laceriUioiiH.
J 1 if condition 1h neriuuH.
liviiiK J, Stroller, a guest, was
nlfo believed to have a Hkull frac- I
turo ami iusHiblo Internal in
Juries. I in addition to l-oehijinsUy and
Htroher, Chief Turner of the
(county lire department was in
iJnreU when the blusi blew him
llhroUKh a doorway. Others who
were burned or hint Inehiili!
Cupiain W. li. CUnser, leo K. 1
(roK!n,
vrroKitn. i narics ntiuur. arl ltcln
.inuller and M. . L'urson, till fire-
I men,
Chaplin uud the other
1 picture celebrities w're
I when the fire started In
motion ;
warned !
an ud-
JolnlliK nnlhtuu shop. They left
in tin orderly manner, and It was i
nearly an hour later when the i
explosion occurred. It Is due to j
this lapse of time that Inspectors j
Irom tho office of tho county
flro warden and thu sheriff's of-1
flcu doubted the maniuscr's lhii-1
cry that a una explosion resulted.
1 'AW InVcsllautlou by the sheriffs I
j ori'leo and the county fllo war
Mrifnrmir'li r11'" revealed that at six o'clock
iyicuormicK,st nlBht clBht t.uiiU(,H Bm.
rounded by a kerosene-soaked
I string had been found hurnluu
iioi-e neeii uiscovcreu ai mmmt;iH. ;
! renillllB cordlnutlon ot these :
Iflnils the sheriff declined to ex-j
l'rr n oiilnlon as to whether ;
j (ho fire und explosion wore ucci
dcntul or the result of a plot.
s Bay party was in proftress t
at the eafe. noniilar film r..i,e,.i
ijis the mldnlelif lioni- nfiMur.il
Willi the film eomediun were
-M ri ri ulj, ncl.nl--alul.se, husband of
i i.itorla Hwanson. John Met 'or
i " """"L ,V V"
been Mooier Itnno Airmw
i. .
iiin n, uiiiviur III1U I1IM Will. 1 .) I- .
Dpmnspv. Mm liKiiiuuii i-ut..n..
ii--ii Kiouie. iiene uoree, JllcK 1
i ' "
Jitylur) and aevurul other , film
folk.
j due of tho cafe, employee) dia
j covered flro had broken out in
the basement and warning was
'can-led lo the dining room. 0.ulek-
' ly tho plaee was emptied
of the
others
I Mini pcuple, only a few
: remaining. The blast occurred
few minutes after the arrival of
the fire department.
The walls of the building bulged
outward and the roof canto down.
High voltuue eleetrh: wires which
were' torn down charged metnljthe eountry for trace of him.
object contacted nnd made the ' 1 1
; work Qf remoVinj;
the Jnjmcd
daiigerous.
E
ATHKNB. firecee, June 7 tA')
The city of Corinth, struggling
tu repair the damage caused In
KrV,.ru recent disastrous earth -
!uokcn( Wfla aguln 8hukcn thi8 af.
ternoon
1 t.,nv hnllUhu ,ni,.tA nA
and
j H (nrfrl ol!l vr'h""S th
? "J" thu" l,?P",u,;,!; I
sponsible for tho quako. i
Man En Route to
Siem Lucky Holder
of Sweepstakes
, C'A IX'L'TTA, India, June 4
7. (pj Kumcwherc ut- sea,
enrouto to Slum, Is W. II.
Webb, who is now definitely
I tinderslood to be tho luelty
holder of Kelsteud's ticket
th,. Calcutta sweepstakes
,.,.rvin ,,r, of 11.H10 -
' tlllO.
Web who Is nbout fifty.
1 Is an Anglo-Indian oniployee
k tit a Calcutta, business firm.
. Ho Is on his way to Hlam
t for ,o holiday. It is not
known whether ho purchased
the ticket for himself or
someone else.
Miss Chicago"
Selected as ?the ' "most beauti
fully formed 'girl' in Chicago,
Miss Ella Van) Hucson, 22, will
be "Miss Chicago", at the Interna
tional Pageant lof Pulchritude at
Galveston, Tox.r "
Entire
and
Countryside
Arms
Pursues
Strangeri
Whn Attfvkpr) Littlp Girl
VVIIU HllaOKeU UUIL UN I
Fiend Makes
r..h.
on Railroad Speeder
C.ltANDI-: llOXOK. Ore., Juno 7
(Pi The enUre countryside
i "round here and at Valley Junc-
Hon turned out this afternoon.
armed
wiiii everyiiniig irom a
.,.,,. orf
shotgun to rifles, to
Search
for an unidentified man.
I" ,l eum um, nun .uuum?
ftbuiit forte veai-H old
iittaeked' a twelve vear ohl eirl on
the highway between Clrantle
Itomle uml n liny .lime.llon.
Thu at lack occurred near 'the
railroad tracks und thu man
escaped by leaping onto a speeder
used by a section crew. Tho speed
er was said tu huvo been located
two mites away ami the man be
lieved to have escaped into the
j hills
i The little girl, daughter of a far -
1 mor living near here, gave n brief
' deHeripilo n of her assailant to a
sheriffs posse which is scouring
Baseball Scores
CLKVHLAND, Ohio. June 7.
I (IV Babe lluth hit his twentieth
j home-run of the -ason In the
' ninth Inning of today's game be
i tween thi! Yanks and the Indians.
; Hhaute was pitching and two men
were on base. (lehtig
with his twelfth.
; American.
firflowed
H.
1 1
K.
i Sew York Ji 11 4
1 cl,v,!,,,nl 2 7 1
! I'lpgras and Collins; Khutite and
' - ,l-
Washington 7
t.'hlcaKo G
Hudloy, Marberry and
I Lyons, Connally and Mct'urdy.
I It. II. K.
J I'.oston 2 5 2
I llelrolt 5 11 3
Kussell. Huffing and llofmanii:
Carroll anil W'oodall.
National.
rt.
. a
.
If.
Kt. I.onls
New York
tthein and Wilson;
ID
Henlon and
O'Kurrell.
II.
Cincinnati 0
Ilrooklyu 1
1(11 Innings.)
Ilonohu" and I'lehlnh-h;
and llenllne.
It.
Chicago 2
Philadelphia 4
Hoot. Nehf and Ilarlnelt;
and !erlnn.
II.
H
Ii
j..
V
Douk ,
II.
6
10
llense
H. I'.
, I'lltsbnrgh
15
10
! Iloston
112 Innings.)
Hill. Uiirweil and Kmlth: Orfon
Held, It. Htnlth and Tuylor.
'iMLo i
SV- -4., , t I
T of
i MP !
OREGON IB
IS ON TRAIL OF
GIRL ATTACKER
FIRST EFFORT
m mil
IS A FAILURE!
i
Queen of Diamonds Loses
Way in Fog and Forced:
to Return to Curtiss Field
After Wandering
for Six Hours.
About
ffllTlKS KIKI.I), New York,;
June J. t;V) After six hours In !
the air during part of which time
it was lost In tho f"K. the munu-
piano t'olumblii returned lo Cur-;
tlss field today, lmvlng been till-
ahl to find Us way to Old Or-
chard. .Maine, on the first leu ;
of it Irans-Atlantlc (Unlit. I
HOOSKVKLT KIEL 1). NEW
YOHK, June 7. Ml The idnKle
motored monoplane Columtila took
lo tho air today on tho flint leg
another trans-Atlantic flight, !
and till" time It carried a woman j
as pasarmiOr. '
Last bu miner tho Columbia
J sprnlib Into fame as a truns-At-
lantlc passeuuer plane when Clar
i encc Chamborlin flew It to (ler
j many with Charles Levins ns a
passencer.
On the present flight there aro
two filers, Oliver loHoutllller and
Arthur ArRles, und Miss Mabel
Boll Is tho passenuer.
The Columbia took the air on
its latest venture nt 6:15. duyllKht
savin time, this niornlnif. with
Old Orchard. Maine. 270 miles
awoy. ns Its destination.
There the tanks will be fuelled
to capacity and atakeoff for Kii
rojie made as wealher pernilts.
Miss lloll hopes to beat Miss
Amelia ISarhart. now waltlnu 111
Xewfouiidlnnd to mnko u similar
attempt.
Kew people saw tho takeoff this
. mornlnK, not more, limn 100 bclns
scattered about the field, and mostl
I of them were reporters and pho
J tOKraphers.
Mrs. Jose p It 1 n e lloll, elderly
piother of- the "(lueon of lliu
monds." as Miss lloll Is popularly
known, was with her daughter un-
1,10 i,imu' ,oo,t h t,ie a,,' nnJ
: HK'i-ess or uie fiinht.
, Ti.ro wa little ceremony about
i today's takeoff.
I.evlno nrrlved at
U3bdJethe fi.-id with the filers Just at
j dawn, and within an hour tho Co-
lumblti whs In the air. The take
; off was made without apparent
(difficulty, although the planu did
not rise as quickly as observers
expected. it wns well above the
ground as It pusscd over the gully
where Captain Kent! Fonek's plane
was wrecked two years ago nt the
start of an ocean flight.
heltoutlltler told report nm be
fore the takeoff that while It would
be "very nice" to beat Miss Kar
hart across the ocean, tho flight
of the Coin m h hi was not a race.
"We nre going to take every pre
caution,' he said, "nnd wo wont'
bo Htnmpeded Into leaving before
things aro right. Hut we hope to j
got off first." J
After the Columbia returned Te-1
vino joined tho filers tit his air i
planu factory and a lengthy con-,
fereuco ensued at which it was do-'
i elded not to inako another attempt
, today. I
j It waH learned that lloutllller wus i
; " lavor or n non-Htop night from
' "ooseveu uexi miner iimn a siop
over at Old Orchard, hut it was not
generally helleved that lie conlrt
convince tho others of tho wisdom
of this plan.
Aviators said that considerable
work would havo to be done on the
Itoosevelt field runway before it
could be used for the take-off of rt
fully loaded piano and estimated
that two days might be required.
ItOOSRVIJIr K F K I, D, new
VOItK, June 7. !) Mabel Holl.
i "Queen of DlumondH," took off at
6:11. eustern daylight time, this
; morning .on the first leg of n trans-
; Atlantic flight
1 A stop was scheduled for Old
1 Orchard, where the gasoline tunks
j will be filled with almost 500 Ral-
Minx lloll, known as ths "Queen
11 0 . of lJlamomls," for the profusion
12 2 of her Jewels, Is mukltiR the nt
Kcnna;! tempt in Charles Levlnc's trans-
Atlantic monoplane Columbia.
NIIW VOIli;. June 7.li 1m
Pren.Ma. Kpanlsh language dally to-
day says that .Miss .Mabel Hull.
usplrant for the honor of being the !
first woninn ti cross the Atlantic
by uir has told the newspaper she
its the widow of Hernando Itocha
j SehopM. wealthy ranch owner, who
a Jwas killed In an auto accident near
i""-"'"1 oloiniila. late last month.
j The nowspnper says Miss Doll
ii'H'puun.'ii nir coniirmaiion ot a
j news Item telling of the accident,
j saying she wua Iho wife of the '.'o-
- jniblun.
Miter, says the IjiPrensn, she
said she am? Hochii had been
aciiualnted for uhout six years and
' j wero mult-ted In a Connecticut
' itown In 11)22.
I "Moon We Keiini'iited. itiv hnwl.i,twl
going to Koulh America and I to
;Ourope. and havo not aeen each
I other since. Ill lnt t..fii.i. l ,n
I was about six months ago."
Tho newspaper quotes her
saving she Intends to retain a Cu.
j lomblan lawyer to protect hor
rights an widow.
'Q PUNF
M TO
STAR!
Southern Cross Delayed by
Heavy Surf, to Hop Off
at 6 p. m Expect to
Reach Australia 1762
Miles Distant in Twenty
Hours Crew in High
Spirits.
SUVA, 1-MJI. June 7. tfl'i OkIuk
tu dulny in flllliis thu fuel tanks
of tho Kouthern Cross, the plane
was made safe for the nllit at
Naselai beach late today and tho
fliers announced they anticipated
taking off for Australia nbout "i
p. in. Friday, (tl p. in. Thursday,
Pacific coast time).
The plane, with lis fuel mid oil
lanks fully luaded, was haub-d
nhovo the IiIkIi water mark and
mado fast for the night.
SL'VA, Fiji, Jumj 7. iA') The
monoplane Southern Cross rested
on tho sands of Naselai beach to
day, awaiting the ebb of tide to
permit It to hop off toward Aus
tralia, the last sea leg of lis trans
pacific flight. The plane was
scheduled to start at 2 p. m, (0 p.
in.. Pacific coust time).
An unruly surf prevented the
plune from starting yesterday
afternoon as she was scheduled lo
do. When the government steam
er Plonoer arrived at Naselat with
800 gallons of gasoline, the wm k
of transporting the drums to shore
was rendered difficult and slow by
a rough sea. Ho great was the de
lay that dusk found the plune but
partially fuelled and thu tide com-
llff IU. -"'f-'v .
When It was deelded that the
Southern Cross would have to wait
another day. tho plane was hauled
above the high water lino and made,
safe for the night.
Tho craft was completely fuelled
today and all that remained to e
dona wan uncovering uf the three
radial motors and warming them
up a bit through Idle running;
Captain Charles Klngsford-Smlth
and Chuiies 1,'Im Australian pll-.w
of the Southern Cross, cstlmut-d
that they should cover the 1 7 0 J
tulles between Suva and Hrishatie.
Australia, In about 20 hours. Tin v
planned to stop at Brisbane and
leavo Harry W. Lyon uml James
Warner. American njemhers of the
ernw, before going on to Hydnev.
tho end of their 7.S00-nille air
Journey from Oakland, Calif.
lyon noted ns navigator durhiu
the plune's flight from Oakland lo
Hawnll, thence to Kuvn. Warner
was the radio man. The arrange
ments made before the flight sfarl
od In California were understood
hero to have Lyon and Warner
drop out of the expedition at Su
va, permitting the two Australians
to continue to their homo land
ulonc.
Hut since arrlvb at the Kljls.
Captain Klngsford-Smlth changed
his mind nnd announced thut ns
a murk of appreciation for tho
skill of the two Americans, he
wanted them to nccompnuy him
on to Brisbane.
STEWART CASE
READY EOR JURY
WASHINGTON, Jun 7 (A The
government and .defense rcxlcd
this afternoon in the trial of Hub
ert W. Stewart, charged with re
fusing to unswer questions asked
by the senate oil committee. The
defense then sought to have th
testimony of Senators Nye, North
Dakota and WulKh. Mnnlamti ;
stricken from the record but was
oven uled
Previously Justice Shi dons had
sustained the govern nvnt motion
to strike out the testimony of Kil
ward J. Mullock, vice presldeln nf
the Standard OH company of Indi
anu. that a quorum wus not (tres
ent when the commlltej exumlncd
Stewart.' ' ' '
Tho defense then movd that the
court direct the Jury to return it
verdict of not guilty. The court
meantime hud excused the- Jury
until tomorrow morning.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
POKTI.AN'D, Ore.. June 7 .(Pi
Imiuust wns ordered today over the
body of Henry Itunge, 71, Inmate
of tlie county farm, who was killed
last night by a "bug" roudsler near
the farm. Officers were reviewing
a report that brakes of the roud
sler, driven by Vern Alexander, a
youth, were dofoctlvc. '