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MED FORD, OKKCIOX. TL'KSDAV. . .1 VSK 19, 1928. ..
Weather Year Ago
Mmliuiiiii Nit
Mluluiluil .. 47
No. 89.
Today
By Arthur BriiUna
Another American Girl.
The 'Stratosphere Plane.
Strange Sign of Love.
Other Pays, Other Greece.
(Cop)'right.: 1927, by New Tor.
KtodIoc Journal. I no.) .
Amelia Karhart lauds in
Wal'os, after twenty-one hours'
flight across the Atlantic.
lfcr courageous exploit . is
doubly welcome. It shows what
American girls can do, and will
make it.. unnecessary for other
American girls to risk their
lives, the thing having now
been done.
M
In Germany engineers oE
highest rank arc engaged ou a
"stratosphere airplane" to
climb ten miles. In that rarificd
air of slight resistance it is
hoped to attain a speed of 400
miles an hour. ; ' :
iFrom Berlin to .New York
iu five hours is the German
plan. And many that read this
will see it realized.
The German Experimental
Institute of Aviation, with the
German government behind it
and 'every important scientist
in Germany cooperating, in
dorses the stratosphere plane,
in which passengers will travel
hermetically scaled, breathing
artificially made atmosphere
above the. zone of natural oxy-
Au endurance exhibition of
diiiicing in New York, almost
ns bad us the cruel footrace
across the continent, interests
the public so mildly that tlie ex "
liibitiou probubly will not be
repeated.
Dancers drop from futiguc,
and one young man, who will
marry his dancing partner
when it is over, says: "If I am
able to. curry her around the
room night and day for a week
without wanting to kick her
iu the face, it must be love."
There are ninny grades of ro
mance. The Fijian savage used
to knock out his wife's upper
l'rollt teotll. UU the WClltlilll.'
tlaj'.
4-
In sympathy with Macedon
ian and Thracian tobacco grow
ers, labor in Greece calls n gen
eral strike. Sailors have joined
mid taken possession of Greek
war ships. '
Fhis would interest Alexan
der of Macedonia and Themis
tonics, who persuaded the
Greeks to build one importuut
fight ihg fleet.
"Moscow is responsible," of
course.
When ten men strike ou the
west side of Chicago, "Moscow
is responsible."
. Workers in old Greek days
were slaves. And iu Sparta,
those slaves, "helots," going to
their work at sunrise, were
often surprised and murdered
by young Spartans ns part of
the latter 's training for war.
4
.New ork saya
Chicago sent
KangstcrB that "put over'
a daring
n ... . i -.1 Q.,.Jn. ..ft...-
'iloon when li. J. Jerge, alias Kdward
Carter, stopped his car when the
red lt-lht flashed at a busy New
York corner.
lanotis mat nan irsucu nun
jumped from their car. shot three
omieis inio in. iieau, necR loit championship eight and
lungs, and then made their get- j California, champion of tho Pa-
o
and firing n lew mora bullets to,
make Burc.
The Rev. Thomas Whclpley, who
trll driving a New York taxlcab
between Sunday sermons to teat
tho city's morality, calls New York
"Gotham, the Godless." Ho says
the only commandment New York
known is "Don't get caiisht" Even
that Is an Improvement. In Sodom,
Gnmorra.i and ancient Rome, they
didn't care whether they sot caught
or not.
Not wsntlng to be caught Is the
dawn of conscience, just as a jelly
fish shrinking from the touch rep
resents the dawn of consciousness.
(Continued oa Part- Fpgrl
CAL. GREW
WINS RACE
HUSKY 3RD
Varsity Junior Closest Race
In College Regatta His
toryThousands to See
Event Penn Favorite,
With Washington a Dark
Horse Entry.
pot giikkkpsu:, x. y
June 19. (A) California won
tliu varsity race, .Columbia was
second niul Washington third.
l'OUOHKKKHSIK. June 19. OP)
The Navy Junior varsity defeated
Cornell by two-fifths of a second
in one of the closest finishes the
historic I'ouehkecpsie regatta ever
has seen in the second of today's I
aces. So cluse were the crews as
they flushed Into the finish line
that official constitution between
judges and timers was necessary to
decldo tho winners. .
POUOIIKEKI'SIISN. V.. June
19. () The junior varsity of Navy
and Cornell swept down to the fin
ish of the three mile Intermediate
raeo on the Hudson so close thnt it
seemed almost a dead heut. A I
tinal blazing spurt seemed to have I
Blv(!n Xavy ,m ll(,v,intUB uf Uut
few feet at the finish line. In the
frantic spurt ut the finish line, the
Washington shell appeared to have
nosed out Syracuse with Columbia
fift hand Pennsylvania last.
Officials withheld their decision
until the arrival of the time keep-I
er's boat.- . - run win do maue to Keep tne a-oo
j which 1h equipped with radio, In
I'OUGHKfclKl'Sll-; X. Y., June touch with the Nobile party.
19. (Pj The sturdy bluc-shirtcd I General Nobile has been inform
plebcs of the navy conquered six ! ed that during the next flight oi
crews in the two mile freshmen 1 the S-55 It will be necessary for
race,, curtain-raiser of the aiyiuul ! him to use his own radio to guide
Poughkcepsle reffuttn totday. Navy j the ,big plane as soon as it comes
led -Cornell lu the finish by two into sight. As hooii as Captain
cune third. - ' -
Showing surprising strenKth. i
Cornell juincd to a quick hjad at j
the start of tho sprint after the
race oneo hud been delayed with a
false start, caused by slippltiB an
oak-lock. Navy coasted behind
the Cornell youngsters to the rail
road bridge and then sprinted into
the lead with u steady rising stroke
that quickly settled all question of
supremacy. ,
After u slow start Washington
climbed close to the leaders and
finished In a bunch with Califor
nia, Columbia and Pennsylvania so
close that an officio! vertlict wiim
necessary to name tlie winner of I
the remainder of the finishers. !
Xavy's lime was nine minutes 4:i
seconds, considerably behind the
rceoru of nlno minutes, 11 3-5 sec
un,lH ot 'V Cornel! In VMlil.
4 nu juutji-n iict;nu-u IIIHI. ljasil-
j ington was fourth In tlie group
1 that shoved past the finish line
j bunched together.
Pennsylvania was fifth, Colum
bia sixth and California seventh.
POCGHKEIOPKlK, N. V., June
iXm -Cool and cloudy weather
Kieeted the thousands ot visitors
hero for the intercollegiate ltow
ins association's annual cham
pionship rcKatta today.
After a night of heavy rain the
skies had cleared up somewhat
but there was a hint of showers
to come later In the day. There
was a slight breeze, enough to rip
ple the surface of the Hudson
but racing conditions appeared fa
vorable. (By A LAV J. fiOL'LO. AsNOclntcd
n.MM SKrtn Kdilor.) !
POCGHKESKPHHS, X. Y., June
19. (A) Slim cedar shells were
given a last fond polishing today
as the greatest college fleet Pough
kcepsle has ever seen 20 crews
stripped for tho decisive tests oi
the 1928 Intercollegiate champion
ship regatta.
Late this afternoon, as the
shadows lengthen off tho ragged
west banks of tho Hudson and
after the freshmen and junior var
sities havu had their tests, seven
trim varsity craft will settle tho
I question of four-mile supremacy
lor another year, while perhaps
100.000 spectators look on from
the shores, boats, , observation
train, airplanes and possible the
dirigible I.os Angeles.
The thousands pouring in came
well equipped with the informa-
,, ,hn, lhe varsity race figured
!, bB a battle beivecn Columbia
'CiriC COMNt lor tile IHt Iwn vpnin.
They heard, too. tho last-mlnut
talk of Washington's rapid im
provement and her strengthened
chanees, of the dark horse poten
tialities in Ituiy Callow's spirited
Pennsylvania crew, of the sur
prises that the Nnvy or Cornell
or even somewhat neslected Syra
cuse might pull.
ItutklCA In !ark lliirw Ilolc
Ther wasn't much news in al!
this discussion nor In the pros
pects, except that the big race
appeared to have a better chance
of being a three-cornered affair,
with Washington as the uninvited
guest, where It had figured before
(Continued on Page Six),
NO TRACE
OFME.
Italian Major Makes', Futile j
Search for Dirigible Crewj
Last Explorer to Usej
fluin DiHin tn ftnirttl Do.
lief Plane Norwegian
Fliers Keep Up Hunt.
HOME, Juno 19. ) Major i
Mndunlena, Italian aviatur. made .
; an unsucccHadil reconnaissance iu'l
' search for tlie missing Nobile party i
' tliis morning and returned to Kings ;
8illherBen.
In is nlHnnln.T '
another flight shortly iu bis Sav-
ola-.Marchctti 65 . ' '
A messago received from CitU
Dl MMano, base ship and made ;
stefant aia that the Major .Mad-
dalona who arrived at Kings llay
fiom Norway last night, took off
early this mornlii.; and flow over
the Braganza and then on past
North Cape to the region In wniuli
General Nobile and his five stran
ded companions are awaiting re-
lief.
The Norwegian fliers. Captain i
Rifser-Larson and Lieutenant Luet- i
' "n aa iniieu m tnree pre-
v'u attempts to signt tue mobile
party, major .itaimaiona aiso was
unsuccessful ill his search and re
turned lo Kings May after six
hours. "
Now that visual' efforts to find
General Nobile and his red tent
pitched among, the rough ice off
Northeast land have failed, and ef-
Holm pnuirneu from the second unliKortuna. In eighth place, but was
succosBfuI recoiuiaiKsant'fl ;-yester.
day they wore informed Nobile had
cumi ttwiiii ut tliMtiimin nf unnria)v
a .inn.. ,,ii,i n lmif Tho i.vn m oil
then tnnlf off ill IllB snlnfl lllsno for I
n third attempt, hoplliK that he- j
tween tiiein they mi.jht see the No-
bile party, but again thoy were tin
successful and returned lo the base
ship tho Drigauzn.
KILLS LIVESTOCK
CHESTON, Iowa, June .19. (T;
A storm of tornadic violence
swept over the section between
Cromwell and Stringtoii. south
west of Creston, last night, de
molishing buildings, uprooting
trees and killing: livestock. No
i one was injured so far as reports
todliy ,ndlcat,,di bul ppled eon,-
munU.aUon ,!lu.a maue Bn accur.
te check of the damage lmpos -
,
h " "
Hush farm, including , the resi
dence, was blown down, and only
two head of livestock wero alive
after the storm had passed.
Buildings were damaged at sev
eral other farms near tho Bush
property.
MERGER HAS SOLI TO
iiiuiuut liny uulu iu
CALIFORNIA MEN
PORTLAND, Ore.,' Juno 19. UP)
Oregon liancorporation has not ,
been sold out to California Inter-j
ests and rumors that bankers from
the south nre seeking to make Ore
gon's banking facilities subsevlent
to California's are unfounded. Rob
ert E. Smith, vice-president of the
recently organized Oregon Reincor
poration, declared today after his
return from California. '
Stock 'in the local Bancorpora
llon which has been purchased by
Catlfornians has been bought pure
ly in a personal way, Umith re
marked, and no plans nre being
made lo merge with any California!
bank c,huln. J
Those in the south who are com- j
Ing into the local holding company)
are doing so because they sec Port-;
land as the logical bunking andj
shipping center for the Columbia :
basin. ,
Autolsts I toil I y Hurt J lielegatcs from nil cer the world 'a
KL'GKNE. Ore., June 19. A't the largest group of white plague'
Ray Gardiner. 1 T. and Phillip fighters ever to gather In Port
St. Clair, 17. both of Cottage land opened the National Tuber- j
(Jrove. were seriously Injured nnd'"ulosls association convention to-,
brought to the Pacific Christian day.
hospital up a result of an accidentl The convention embrace a num-
on the Pacific highway a mile
south of Goshen Sunday evening i health, medical and sanitation as
short 1 after 9 o'clock. Jsoclatlons.
WHERE ITALIA'S
1 ' i t 10. I t H W Jf A
DSLT-r 1
kL : , I -i -in
Hi-' 0!:.- k,:VA '
I I if i 'f f ,.m J :
Map ahowing the region where the crew of the wrecked dirigible
Italia has been awaiting rescue in the ice floes of the polar seas.
According to radio dispatches the men have been attempting to
cross the drift ice to reach Northeast land. - Powerful ice break
ers have been making efforts to reach them.
FLYING CLOUD
LEAD ON RIVAL
Melika Now 50 Miles Behind'
Caveman Entry, Who
Ran All Night Only Ac
cident Can Prevent Vic
tory of Present Leader.
EUHEKA, Cul., June 19. () i
At 11 a. ill. Flying Cloud, Grants 1
Pass entry in tho Uedwuod Indian
marathon, was loading Into Orlck,
Mad Dull is five miles liorlli uf 1
expected to got into simii uiirmB
aitornoon. mau nun was to ue
Eureka at 1:30 thia afternoon,
Ho was to rust tioro and continue
Oil iftor 8 few hours. Ho Is tiavel-
''t seven i miles an hour and ,
' nvXy KainliiK on the leailers. I
Only ten runners are left in tho
race.
Mcllka, the only Zunl left in tho
race, was twenty miles north of
JOurcka at 1 1 this morning. Re
ports were that he is only making
three miles an hour and that he lu
drawing on his reserve power.
Klylntf Cloud Is expected to ar
rive in Crescent City at ten o'clock
tonight. He is accompanied by his
trainer, Hill Huyward. It is be
lieved tho leaders may arrive In
drains Pass lato tomorrow night.
NCREASES HIS
EL'llKKA, Cal., June lit (fP) jitecree three days before marrying
With Klylng Cloud 50 miles north ni8 )rCHent wife. The first Mrs.
of liureka this morning, .Melika. ( hh)j waH iiclleved to bo living In
who Is holding his position In ; ll0 f,n ,.ty. alio will be ques
second place, was resting """ j Uuned by Investigators, police said,
this morning Hind Is ready to, Wlimjn 1 oHI puiice that he heard
resume at any lime. iie was
brought back here to rest ufter
Z'Zl
of Trinidad,
point 10 miles south!
14 miles north of
fiiKAlfn
, j,, CIom! rwtcd lMt (t Bu
iiekii and has been going con
tlnuouslv slnee .1 o'clock y ester
day afternoon.
EUHBKA. Cal., June 1 9 . (JPi
, 7', i t . i i n
ed to pull away from the field In ;
the $10,000 prize muruthon from!
San Francisco to tl rants Pass, Ore.
He ambled Into Trinidad, 28 miles:'
north of
ureka, at 1 : 1 0 lust;
night.
One hour later
his nearest rival,
-"
, lMra vnvl, waH niumth. who
put into the K ureka inn at 10:15
and said he would rest awhile.
The remainder of the field of
runners were scattered along the
highway south of Kureka. running i
on the hope that the leaders mnyi
not he able to keep the puce in the
trying stretch before them.
Flying Cloud was first In Ku-
j rea t0(ay ftt jo:2
A big crowd
was out waiting for his arrival ' stating thai they were totally tin
for hours. Great interest was; true and that everyhlng was absn
shown by Kureka people, who Mutely quiet. '
have six entries In the race. Fly- j - 1 " '
Ing Cloud will leave Kureka about
l nbOUt
iio is,
3 o'clock this afternoon
In good condition.
There has been no report on
Mud Bull.
-4
MEETS IN PORTLAND
ITIWL.IU IM I VlimiHW
TORTL.AMJ. Ore.. June 19. MP),
bcr of Joint sessions of other
MEN WAIT RESCUE
BRIDE IS HELD
OF
RICH HUSBAND
Mrs. Hazel Glab, 29, of Los
AY
Angeles Is Suspected ofjl3di;.h ;r,h "Cur,ta ,ur
Complicity in Murder oV.tXa !JtlvX-
John Glab, Wealthy Drug
gist From Chicago.
1-OS A.NtiKI.HS. June 1 9 .--,
,.. U.....I fiini. ....
.Mm. Hiiwl (lluli.
flvn IllllllthM'
tllah, wealthy
inldi-uf .lnhn 1
retil.c.d chll.UB0 aruBBlt,
who was!
shot .to death lust ulBht at Van-
NyH,n two other pe.-sons w-.re
hoolied on suspicion today. ,
i .,, n.i.,-u i,i-i(.i,..i were Jla
j i,;Bu,cl. Kancr. 17. of Oklahoma
,i City, Okla.. nlei-e ot Mrs. lllali.
and M. ,A. Uson, caretaker of
the tilah estate at VanNuys.
Formal arrest of the trio fol-
lowed a statement by the subur-
j ban captain of police that tho
; stories told by the tbee prisons
conflicted .in Important dutalls.
(Hub was shot through tho right
idlest as he apparently was about
! to enter an automobile In front
of his home. The police theory
j was that someone had been lying
in wait for tho retired Chicugoan.
J Hlmullaneuuuly with the urresis.
I police of Hollywood were reest
(cd to lucate ,Cbib's first wife, from
whom ho received
a linai mvoreo
tn(, fiMol wni,.i, jdiied tlie druggist
. with his wife and K. A. Krupp,,
nrjKMi,OI. w rnn t0 the front
the home, to find Cllub dead.
Mrs. Cllub said she and her
niece were playing cards In the
house and did not hear the sho
Krupp declared that
Wtllle hi
wns running across lhe street
toward the (Halt home he saw i
innn. leaving the Krounds of the
California
rluti near by. enter an
niiliimithlle nml drive aWaV.
rru i.u.. ..r I.- i.n.tv ui.-.
the rnnre of the bullet led to ii
II,... tli,...4. !...( tlin ui ii I-fir lirilll-
t hlmu,.if t h
had concealed himself !n the
front seat of the automobile,
Kinding of several hundred dollars
on the druggist's body disponed of
the motive of robbery for the kill
ing, but police sold they were lu
vesttgHtlnir reports that the shoot
ing might have been tho out -
irrnwih of a Chicago feud. They
did not reveal what the reports
were.
m
(ircck Revolution Denied
ATM IONS. June ,19. (A) The
I Creek foreign office today dented
reports published In Vienna of aj
, ronmiuiifst revolution In Athens.
. r ww rr-
Hiram Johnson lo
Take the Stump
J W W .WW
TOr tier Oert tlOOVer1 niinQ, Ueberry: Vance. Henge.
.jMcOraw, Wllloughby, Ferguson
. ,,.,,1 Hcliulte, ,etiun.
Ilnm Juhnnvn ttf rHlrm.ni11
will tiike the stump for Her
t bert Hoover.
This was announced by
Senator Johnson today on his
return from N'sHltingtun
Vton. I
The senator's animunee-
rnent was especially linpor-
tunt among California re pub-
Means as Johnson and Hoover
have been regarded as politi
cal enemies for many years. -
ft
iimnifrn
a;n vtn:
niinrip IM
1 uuniio IN j
" nrnninu
' .h. N
ULvvlUI 1
Nominees on the Republican
Ticket Eat Lunch Togeth
er After a Long Talk
Details of Campaign Dis
cussedCurtis Is Given
Hearty Reception.
WASHINGTON, June ill. -
Senator Charles Curtis, republican:
J vice presidential nominee, arrlv-j
j iiitf In Washington early today, j
prepared to plunge, ut once Into ;
j campaign activities. Tlie Kansan :
was met at tho railroad station 1
j by (ieui-Ke Akersun, representing
I Secretary Hoover, republican pres-f
jldentlal nominee, who Invited him!
' to confer with JKiover at noon and ;
to lunch with him at tho Hoover
home at 1 u'cnck this afternoon.'
Senator Curtis refused to discuss j
any campaign plans until ufterl
the midday conference.
v i tor u ui iui cuii vi Kuiion wii 11
Akuson, Scnutor Curtis went to
the home ot his sister, Mrs, lOd
ward K. (iann, where ho said ho
would romiiln until time to meet
Hoover.
The vice president la I nominee
was met at the station by a small
group of friends and admirers.
rap hers.
With Mrs. Ounn he posed for
10 minutes while the camera
clicked and tlie cameramen
deied him around.
Tho nomtnea said ho had hur
I ..i i . I,. , . , in.1""" F..i.-. - "
to WashlnBton to confer wit! , b ,., wock betme ,
Sl1- Houvcr. Ho expected that ...,.,
! many
I WoulU
of tho canlpalBn details
lie settled Thursday when
Hie republican national committee.
meets here.
Marly callers upon Hecretary
lluov4)i' Ineluded Hcnulor' Utllrttj
republfean, Massachusetts; Will
id m Itntlni'wiiiMh 1.1'fiulilnnt nf Ihn
I'nited Ktiitnti chnmiiff nf rnm.
nierce; .f . It. Nutt of Cleveland
and James V. Zurke of I'lttsburgh.
All of them wore principally In
terested in extending congratula
tions. Senator Curtis slipped nway
from his sister's homo and ap
peared unannounced in his office
In the somite building. Here he
found his desk covered with flow
ers and was soon In the center of
an Iiiinrnnintii rerentinn bv ein-
ployes and friends,
As soon as It was lerned the
vlce presidential candidate was in
his room, ho been mo tho magnet
for politicians, and numbers called
before he departed to meet Secre
tary Hoover.
E TO GET
OHIO'S FIRST VOTE
, MAXSFIEIJJ. ore., June 13
A') llonry Uriiuner, ehairman of
1 niulc ;-imiui uuiuueruiiu turn-
tlie stute centra
' iiiiueu, unnounireu iouuy - ma;
. Ohio's delegation to the demo
: crutlo national committee will
cast Its vote on tho first ballot
i for former Senator Alleo Poin-
, oreno.
"As to what we shall do on tho
second ballot that will bo dccld-
"I ufter we have east tho first
1 ballot,'
Urunner said.
Baseball Scores
!
( Hi. I.ouls ...
National
117
10
10
I 1 inciunau
J HullerlcH
Alexander, Sherdel,
! mid Wilson:
Donohuo, Jablonowskl
Kdwards and Plclnfch.
i -
Second game:
Ib ooklyn
! Philadelphia
j (Called off 3rd
; rain.
, lluiterles: Clark
jSwcetland nnd J.erlan
R.
11,
, P.rnoklyn 10 U
j Philadelphia 11 lfi
Jiatterles: McWeeny, Klllot
Huston-New Yolk
pftnlpuned ;
4 m,n'
j American
Second guine:
, Moslon ,
Washington
it. h.
7 11 1
16 '20 2
Rradley, Gar-
j Hiitterles: Itufflng.
rlson and Ilevlng
HrttlemeUr,
'jGaston, Marberry and Kennel.
First game;
R.
ft
I
If. K.
Itston
Wsnhlngton
HatterlPf: Russell
H 0
10 2
nnd
Derry
Xiirchary, I.tsenbee, Rrown and
Ruel.
Clevelnnd-Chicugu postpo n ed;
rain.
i iMust
Pay $20y ystom
Duties; a ined
, V
' w
NEW YOUK, June 111.
(Pi Mary Pick ford must pay
uddltlonul dutv on 20U(
' worlh of merchandise. In cx-.
vchn c the approximately
toOOO of her customs dcclar-
utlon, officials declared today 1
I nt the completion of an ex- j
anunuthm of the contents of i
! 12 trunks she brought hark
from Europe last week. j
r .mi linen or penalties win v
be levied. The authorities
fr mild they were confident she- 4
i acted in good faith In declar-
Ing her goods at the discount
she received hernutte of hor
4 fame a a film uotrcHH. rather 4
than ut the home valuation.
HE WILL STOP
t
Sp'lte Of Withdrawal 0T
Governor Ritchie in Fa
vor of N. ,Y. Governor,
Senator need ueciares
He Will Prevent Al's Nom
ination. HUl.'STON, Tex., June 19. (P)
; Withdrawal of Governor Albert C.
Hltchle of Maryland from the
democratic presidential nomina
tion raee has set political circles
national democratic convention.
June l!ti. It brought a statement
from the headquarters of Henatot
Jnmon A. Ttoed of Missouri that
the candidacy ot tho Missourian
would - prove;. an insurmountable
barrier in the way of tho nomina
tion plans of friends of Oovornor
I Alfred K. Hmtth.
Clem Shaver, chairman of tho
democrat lo national commltteo,
conferred behind closed doors with
political leaders and refused to
comment on the action of the
Marylund governor, but Kdward
S. VUlamoare, Senator Keed's cam
paign manager, declared the Mis
souri senator controls enough
votes to block tho nomination of
.yernr miihii.
Cliaractertzing
Heed as "the
ountry's most vallunt warrior,' Mr.
! Villuinoare branded as "propa-
ganda" claims that Covornor Smith
would be rewarded with nomina
tion. Vlllmoare said the Maryland
governor's decision "merely clears
lhe air, but docs not change the
Mary Piy
RED
CLAIMS
A SMITH
proJeonventlon outlook as fur,aBjcif tho Imperial Airways.
Itecd Is concerned." i A boat with Mrs. Frederick
Arrival of leaders from several
states, brought conflicting cluims
concerning doubtful delegations.
Henry TJooley, national committee
man from Porto Rico predicted
that the six votes from his terri
tory claimed by Reed, would go
to Smith on the first ballot,
(jorci-nor Ritchie Withdraw.
UAIriMOKR, Juno IS. Wl
Forces working for the nomina
tion of Governor Smith of New
York at thu democratic nationul
convention were given Impetus to
day with tho withdrawal of Gov
ernor Albert C. Ritchie of Mary-
laud as a candidate. '
j Stating that "It has become in
' creaslngly evident that the great
mujorlty of the democratic party j
I In almost every suction of the
! country are ready and want to
; align themselves behind the lead
: ervhlp of Governor Smith," the
Maiylander, In pledging his sup
j port to the empire stute chieftain
i said that' "Governor Smith em-
bodies far and away the best
.chance ta win."
j lAUdltm Governor's Smith's rec
ord, which he said "Justified the
people's faith In democracy.' Gov-
crnor Ritchie said thut his with-
it. drawal from the presidential field
0 i wus prompted by a sense of duty
3 which he wus glad to perform on
Inning account the basis that "whatever contrlh
j utes to democratic unity will. In
and Ueberry; turn, contribute to democratic vic
tory."
r
in aligning himself with tho
i Smith cohorts. Governor Ritchie,
; In response to a question as to
i whether he woihd accept the vlco-
prosldency, should It be uffitred,
made It clear that he had no am
bitions In that direction.
Casualties of the
Air Service
OOTHKNRCRG. Neb., June 111.
UP Injuries suffered yesterday
when the airplane In which he
;wus a passenger . dived Into the
Platte river caused tho death f
fi
Or. H. F. Glbbs, dentist, of Coun
cil Uluffs, Iowa.
Partly Cloudy
Partly oouldy and mild tonight
and Wednesday. Fog and mist near
the coast. Gentle variable winds.
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England Goes Wild Over
Miss Earhart and Cour
ageous Crew South
ampton Stages Greatest
Demonstration in Its His
tory Boston Girl Proves
Her Mettle..
LONDON, Juno 19. (fl) MIhm
j Amelia Karhart, trans Atlantic
, filer, arrived In London from .
.Southampton by automobile lato
1 today and reached her hotel at
; G;1!U p. in.
j Advance Information ' of her
! coming attracted big crowds uf of
fice workers who were just leaving
business and In the ubsenco of
special police protection the escort
ing party had difficulty In -getting
tho flier into her hotel which was
gaily decorated with American
flags.
Mho .was still in tho clothes In
which sho had crossed tho Atlan
tic Uh..' -.!. tin. I tit viuU Mi'U
j fughli Hna uacr to arrange for a
tow ciotncs.
SOUTHAMPTON, HllKland, Juno
19. (AV-Siiei'dinB swiftly from the
littlu town of Hurryport on the.
south coast of Wales, scene of -Ms
unexpected landing yesterday from
tho other side of the Atluntlc, tho
American monoplane Friendship,
carrying the first .woman ever to
fly tho ocean, arrived here- today.
. Houthampton has w e 1 u o m o d .
muny famous visitors, but none
, ,.ii.
muny famous visitors, but none
meudous welcomd than MMss Amelit
Karhart and her two. companions,
on their great flight, Wltmur StuUz.
the pilot, and Louis Cordon, ' me
chanlc. . . , , - , .-,';
The big yellow biilk-)f the truns--Atlantic
plane was first' discerned
through a tnisty squult over. South
ampton water a few minutes after
1 o'clock. l'or u. momeiit tho ma
chine uppeared off . Its course,
heading up ; the . river Test, but
her fast convoy or two ulrplancs
set her on the right course tiguin
and the Friendship came graco-.
fully to the surface at exactly 1:1!
after a flight from Hurryport of
two hours and two minutes.
From the cockpit showed the
smiling faces of . Htultz and Miss
; Earhart. As soon as the machine
(settled on the Water, the side doors
wore opened and Cordon dropped
to ono of the pontoons, pulled out
a cigarette and calmly lighted It.
Two ropes were fastened to the
, plane and It was towed three-quar
ters of a mtlc to tho landing stugo
Guest, sponsor uf the flight. Hay-
mund Guest, her son, A. K. Mills of
ltoston and tttd' Correspondent of
the 'Associated Press, tied up along-
side the plane and brought thu
party ashore, , jt ,
Miss Karhart was lukon off first
and as Mrs. Guest embraced her,
the sponsor of. .the flight said:
"Well done, my glrk" '
Overcomo With Kntottoii. " x
Miss Karhart innlled and thank
ed Mrs. Guest profusely. She was
quite Jolly but a little too over
come with emotion to talk much.
The parly wus then brought
ashore by John M. . Savuge, Amor'
icun consul and wua presented to
Mrs. I M. Welsh. Southampton'
woma nmayor, who wus resplend
ent In her chains of office. Mrs.
Welsh made a welcoming address.
hater, a little girt from the.
American consulate presented Miss
Karhart with n bouquet of Ameri
can beauties while photographers
took 11 to ru My hundrods of pictures.
, All the way up tho Southampton
water .the American filers wero
greeted With decp-throated sirens
and whistles from the ocean grey
hounds and other shipping.
' .. NolMi Is TerrlMr.
Everything that Would make it
noise wus used to swell tho wel
come,. Along the shipbuilding yards ami
docks the shore wns black with
workmen, some of them appearing
with tools In hand as they left the
workbenches to give Miss Karhart
a cheery welcome.
It was with difficulty1 the pbllce
cleared a path from the land of
the bout to the motor carriage. 1 "
Miss Karhart, Mrs. Guest and" ft
few friends Crossed the ferry Into
Southampton and the route vtin
crowded with spectators from th
poorest parts of the city who greet
ed the fliers with cheers.
When the party reached ths
other side of the ferry, they wcr"
picked up by a squad of mounted
police, who surrounded their wait
ing automobile, and escorted them
to Southampton hotel, wh?re thry
plunned to rest and Inter go to
London by rond. '
Miss Karhart, throughout the or
deal, remained a smiling, demure
figure ns If hM unronsclout of what
tha great excitement was about..
She1 talked, freely with her
friends of tho great adventure, hut
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