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The Weather TVmxrat Probably fair tonight and Friday. Maximum yesterday ... 01 Minimum today 0 il Trie Weather Year Ago Maxim in n (in .Minimum -lit Dlly TwmtytWrd YmS Weekly Ftfty-ieTwith t MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, KEPT KM13KI No. 171, Medford Ma . - i r. ms. is Today NEW MM ! By Arthur Brisbane PO R F A I H Three Gilt Balls for F.; R. I T H I II I Yes, Maine Went. 1 1 wn ' n,u KingAlfonTo Talks. -': : C V Df OT f ll' Ttje Electron Is Real. LArLU I LlT (Copyright, Banks in New York raised in- I terest rate to 7 per cent lor I "lepitinuttc, business," not hint; to ilo with Sloek KxcliaiiKO speculation. And they, sny they would have to charge more than 7 per cent if there were too many demands for time money. That's how the Now York Times described the situation. - " ; And this is what the law of vr... v-..i. o.i. ........ J..t; i .i.n mini 1 '.iTQ ; . mm. i ...... p 'The legal rate ,of interest shall not be more than $ on ., ,, ; for onc ycal- ; Kveiy bank ehnrftinK morej than ti per cent interest is vin-j latilip the law, anil knows it. j , ,, .. . . i i ! In the ease nl private m.livid-1 Hals, any hank charuinir morei ,. . ill : than li per cent would be nn- able to recover in court. , , ' However, hoo.leKRcrs defy j the law, respectable business I i - r- . ineii despise me v.unsm unun. There is apparently no jiood reason why eminent bankers should not turn to usury for fi! little extra profit, and do their share to breed contempt for the law. Borrowers should send three larfre fiilt balls to be hniis; up above the Federal Heserve bank entrance, jmd similar ornaments to some of the hip; banks. Maine went Hepiihlienri hy the biKfrest vote, in history. Nevertheless, 'Willi Street, was hettm;; only to 1 on Hoover. Maine is naturally Hepublienn nnd has been dry n lnnp; time bnrriii(r hard cider, etc. The wise Republican will not attach too much importance to Maine results. M The King of Spain has talked , 1928. by Star Co.) i I for moving pictures, his voice .recorded by the Fox Movietone. Millions will be interested in j a real kintr, who casually says ; "I am very plail to say Christo pher was aided in cominp; to this country by my ancestors." He is a practical kinfr,' tins iAlfonso, with his mind on his subjects welfare. He urges .American tourists to come to 'Spain, telling them they will find pood roads, and "you may r drive as fast as you like. J, myself have driven too fast for twenty-four years." Cost important is the fact that talking pictures will en able everybody to see, study and know the most imortant. people on earth. -That really is progress. The electron, mysterious, theo retical, "smallest division of mat ter," is no imaginary "dot" in njiace. "It possesses definite size, revolving Inside the atom, as our earth revolves within the solar sys tem. j&'e go around our .hid once In 3t days. The electron goon around ITS sun, the nucleus at the center of the atom, billions of times every second. You cannot imagine that, or be-1 pvd I nt.,1 naon hAl Kiit uni. ence proves It to be a fact. Kecent important discoveries are due to an Englishman, Professor Thomson, and an American, Dr. Davisson of Columbia University j and the bis telephone company i L ' juouraiories. The electron may not Interest mnHnrno hi. It Int.rf. Mtirn and will Interest future ages more than this presidential election will, a good deal more. Yon may not like modern crime. or the sawed-off shotgun brigade, t Hut It is romantic In Its way with its loyalties. Enemies of Canone, known to his frWpads as "8 carfare." killed Tony Lombardo, so the police say. Bedford Day to Break At- tendance Record, With ; i Bright Sunshine and Good! Racing Program Tomor-! row Is Ashland Day. j ' ..TCMOItllOWS PKOGIIAM. .. ! ! . - Asldaml Day. Friday, . September 14111. This is also school chii- . drcn. day, when all children ; accompanied I parents or ! guardian are admitted free, l':00 a. m. A continuance l)f lh0 ,,, ,.,, contest. 10:00 a. m. to 1:00 m. The; public Is lnvte.1 t Inspect ! ll,e various educational de- Itl!,. at too p. M. Named race Purse $75.00. School children's race. , ,,.,,. nl(.(,purs,. oo. Human race. Five-eighths nl 1 1 e Purse $10() Special race Purse $125. : Chariot race. : 0", lianu concert in j grandstand. sj V::i(l ii. m. Hand concert on ! ii. m. ffrounds. kj. ffround.s. :JiO p. m. Junior Hiffh scliool harmonica hand and Junior drum corns. i. ,,.. ., Ai 8:,v . m. .MovinK pictures of timber resources and fire protection of the state of 5 fr Oregon. ! J R:ir p. m. Danolnf; In the I pavilion. , Mudfnrd (lay nt the Jackson County, Kalr and Oregon Pear Show gave promise before noon of new uttendunce recorJw as visitors be gan entering the grounds in large numbers during the morning hours. Ideal weather, the extensive dis plays and a top-notch racing pro gram each played a part in attract ing people from the city and the outlying districts. The Ulks' derbv la the racing feature today. Tiie bilks' Derby, feature track event of the Jackson County Fair and Oregon Pear Show, will be run off during the racing pro gram tills afternoon nnd is ex pected to provide plenty of thrills lor lovers of thoroughbred horses, In addition to a larpe purse the winner will iceeive a floral horse ishoe and a beautiful silver lov K Clln. all presented by the local Klks" lodge. Therefore number of fast horses at the fairgrounds nnd experienced track men are in charge of the I events, making the races tills year! except iomilly Interesting for the grandstand patrons. Although the attendance Wednes day, the opening day, was some what curtailed . hy threatening clouds, enough persons entered the grounds to pass the word about i.mi urn urn uhh yuui j nrnvlmiu annum Into vautnrfln v afternoon the horticultural build ing, the new automobile pavilion, the new educational building, rah hit and poultry houses, the live stock barns, merchants' building and the women's building were in spected by many who nnd nothing but- pratsa for the wealth of ex hibits. The Harris Carnival company rid ing devices and concessions will be In full swing this afternoon ami' evening on the Midway and at j 8:15 White Horton's orchestra will start their program in the big i dance pavilion. j The horse shoe tournament al- j ready gives promise of some hot s competition with the county's best j heavers toeing the pegs this morn ing nt the opening hour. , The Klks' bund will give a musi cal progiam in the grandstand be ginning at 1 :30 wheu the race horses are called to the post nnd the musicians will continue to en tertain throughout the day. According to traffic officers, the usual parking and trnffic rules will be enforced with plenty of men on houtl to see that recklessness Is avoided. One of the favorable feh tures of the Jackson countv fair grounds In the immense amount of lriilu l'ace vllab c'OHe 10 the . ' numwi"" ,ct,..cio. Judging in livestock, poultr. rab bit and agricultural buildings Is in full swing today, nnd blue, red and white ribbons are being displayed by proud exhibitors as proof of su- i Primarv in "'Si.1; Var,i0Uu,lBP a' Tomorrow Ft davl will he Asb Tomorrow Friday) will he Ash' ,aml and 8ch.001 children's dav with I prospects Ol B grettl lUrilUUl IFOm the sister city to the south, as bust ness houses will be closed In the afternoon. All school children ac companied by parents or guardian will be admitted free. An extensive racing program is included, a feature of which will be a contest for school boys of Ihe eonntv mounted nn their favorite nonles The'Ahln.l himl will dlnene '"' """"' """ w" "'snen . - (Continued on Page Four.) SEEK NON-STOP AIR DERBY PRIZE Emile Burgin (left), and Capt. Lewis Yancey, his navigator, beside the Bcllanca plane in which they hope to capture the trans continental non-stop air derby from Roosevelt field, New York, to Los Angeles. ITRIBUTES PAID PERSHING ON HIS B I RTH DAY . .... i .it n j. Leader of World War Bat - talions to Receive Last of I Foreign Decorations Is ' 68 Today Backs Anti-I War Pact. ' - WASHINGTON, Sept , V, celebrated the fiSlh milestone, of a life' rich In adventure nnd accom plishment, crowned by leadership j of. the battalions that fought 1:1 America's greatest war. Now fully retired after " : ' " a '""M nnd fruitful service in the army, the man who, with Washington 1 and a few others, rose lo the high t distinction of a full-ranked gen-! oral, found nn his birthday echoes : 01 i Hi" aeciiLiin w 11 n il it nut'iui ( world bestows upon those il rev-' eres. At the wnr department where General I'ershlng has a handsome I office, although he Is no longer j actively connected with that branch ! of the Kvernmen(, time was set ' aside today so that the. Keneralj om, woman told of beinp pres mlKht receive the four latest for- Cnt when P.arbara MauKer brought eiRn der orations which udmirfnK;a nations have conferred upon hlm.Uhe state alleges later was used i onuress, which must consent. consent before Americans may receive such decorations, nctei favorably last winter, but Secretary Davis of the war department postponed j the presentation so that it might take place today. ' The decorations were those con-! ferred upon the general by the president of Czecho-Slovakia in 1026 and by the president of Peru. the president of Poland nnd the pre ident of Venezuela In ir2V Nearby, In fact in the same hulldlne which was the selling for furlh(1. honoring Ihls American warrior, nnnlli.r ik.nnitniont of the government was pursuing efforts by which the world might be brought into universal pence and In this effort. General Pershing Ion, ., r,,ll u.ntnnt., I.a .11.1 In bringing victory nt arms just ten years ago. For him to Indorse the Kellogg ttriand peace treaty seemed to roll bnck the years for his friends tn that day in Paris 1 1 years ago when he exclaimed: "There must be no pence except a lasting peace." . 4 TO VISIT STORE Invitations to Medford business men were sent out by mall today hy I. K. Andres, manager of the new Montgomery-Ward store, ask Ing them to attend a pre-opening in spection of the establishment Fri day morning between the hours of 9:H0 and 10:30 o'clock.- All Mod ford business men are cordially in vited whether the Invitations have time to reach them through the mall or not. Walter If. Ietorette, owner of the recently completed building In which the new store is located, will act as master of ceremonies and the visitors will have the oppor tunity of meeting the store execu-1 tlves and enjoying an inspection or the entire Plant before the official n.u.ninv u,i,i,.h ,BiAl, ninn. Uninr. day morning !n the written Invitation the Btoro manager says: . .. "In entering your beautiful nil nrmzrenHivp cltv of Medford we to be l-lentKletl with every civic movement, and so conduct our btlslnom trnt we mav he looked com- mtinlly.' HEARS FLOW AS i2 WOMEN TELL OF LOVE ERROR i . i i r i Important Links Forged AgainSt RlCh Philadelphia Man Charged With Mur der of Common Law Wife Gun Identified. : l-OH axcki.es. Sent. 1:1. (A')- , Little Intimate glimpses of the (domestic lirn of llussell St. Clair ! ., , ,,. Ileitwl nnd his , -0.11111011 law wife, ': 11,.1-h.nn, Muiiein-. l n-vear-old Phil- , ma Kh., w,,h ,,eath ,, i i,.1,.l.nrt ,..n, imf.,,,,. his linurder trial jury on the second UUy of testimony taking. Women cried ns liiey testified yesterday concerning their vlslt.4 with tile Mtfiugi-r giri, and of tbo nts' wbicli followed her dlsap- ,,,,,,,,,. ubout j-;lnc 3. Krom the three grief-stricken j witnesses, who took the stand the 1 nrosecution was able to obtain t,.atlmi,py. which It claims forges an important link in the case againsi the man. who Is accused of killing the girl when ho found sne Wl8 t0 become a mother. pi:-tol from the bedroom, which ( to millet ttie iniee wountis wnicn , .caused her death, nnd described; it over the telephone ns a .38 .special. The witness then Identl-j fled a pistol, which the state pre- Minted as isvidence, as the one j .which she had seen that day. i Another neighbor woman test!-j i fled that Iieitzel told her on June -5 that his supposed wife had ; gone to Long Beach. Calif.. Tor toi few days. "I knew she was to I he should not leave her alone In become a mother and told mm I that condition, the woman told t lie court. I tears rilled the eyes of the woniin ns they told of the antici pation Harbarn Manger had shown when she told them of the picnic she and lleitzel planned in Laurel canyon June 4. It was in Iaarel cnny,)n that tlio nude and partly decomposed body of the girl was found many weeks later. ICOURT HALTS GOLDh PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1 3. (JPt The California Oregon Power com pany was granted a temporary or der In federal court here today against the city of finld Hill anil the Heaver-Portland cement com- j pany. restraining further work on I the wing dam on the Rogue river, j The power company cahrges j that the dam trespasses upon its ( property, diverting water vhih is i to be used in n largn plant to be ( constructed soon. A permanent Injunction will bej sought to quiet title. SNOVTMELTSFAST ! AT CRATER LAKE' The weather today at Crater t,nke was reporter) ns beautiful by ' motorists who (irrivpil from tliere Ithis forenoon, with the sun shin - i,n onrt the snow, which feii(ihere Tuesday and Wednesday, rapidly ""'" 'fhe snow reached a depth of ten inches before Ihe storm subsided. . last week from liuy Davis of Ihis.llome nt Kdxowood on a fishier tnd Its presence nn the road" lty. was found yesterday iihan- trip last Salurdny. His abandoned Unused some li-.iuhle to nmtnrlsls 'done.l i,..-,r .Mil. hell In c,i.m n 1 automobile was found ami officials b" '-' unused to driving in tin mm. It bud I. . n driven from li lired he mielil have dumped In I" humane TO HAITI: All Business in Porto Rico i Suspended As 90-Milej An. Hour Gale Rages West Indies in Path of t Violent Storm. I NKW YOHK. St-pt- 1.1 (P) A i Ktvi ri' lmrricitnt struck I'orio Kirn j 1'iirly today ami vvus expected to j reach the Island of Haiti before ! I liiKhti'ull, said cattle advices to lite ' rench Telegraph C'ahlc company offices. i All business has het-n suspended ,on I'orto Itii'o, the cahle maniiKor at San Juan reported, all land ' wires were down. No reports were received as to Iokh of life and pro- perty damaKc. I ; One nit-risaKc from .San .lunn said said an castnorth-east wind of ninety miles Vflocity was lilow inp, with the. barometer at L'll.fiO The storm is proluihly ki-iuth over a troudly part of the West indies. Its center last night was about .10 miles soulh of St. Kitts. It was moving west-north west waid and jwas expectttd to pass south of the VirB'iti Islands this morniiiK, skim tc ,!,.., coasts or pomo iu,-o and he ov-ci- or near southern Haiti tonight. Winds i.C hurricane force j were accompanying inc slow pro gress of the vortex of the dlslur I banco. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 3. WW I The weather . bureau today issued! the following storm warning: I "AdvlHory 10 a. m. Hurricane I central about 17 north, lir, west, j moving west-northwestwiii'd. This is dangerous stiirin. Clreat caution uilylHt'd vessels near purth. Its I ccnier win. imeiy pass soma 01 ! "" 1'itssage early tonight and ""' Pr slightly south of City of I Sato, Donilugo Friday iiinnilng." . j - " Plgim ft BOURBONS SEE DARK PLOT IN WAVE LENGTHS With Radio Trust in New:;- V;,"?4',"",1 wl,'" tlH! H,!n;f"r-V ric,-try'. bringing .. ti,. ,-er. ,tbn IMn h oili'e. 11 co-nnei-iitlnn with ' Station Allnr-atinnc OldllUII HllUOdllUlia Dnint r,t Can Uiehnrrl tn ' ,v train yesterday altev- rOini SI uen. fiaruura lU;iinoa on her arrival In that city, Prove Suspicions. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.1 (') The Democratic national commit- in n siuii-iui'iii neie loiiiiy mini that "the vigorous protests that have been made by Independent ra dio operators, particularly . in the middle west, over the new alloca tion of wave lengths Uneaten to find their way into the political campaign." "The charge Is made hy some of these owners," the statement said, "that the community of Interests between the administration and th Republican party with the so-called mdlo trust Is clearly demonstrated I by the federal radio commission. "The situation is further inten ! slfled, so far as the Republican mi-! : tionnl committee Is concerned, hy j the fact that Major General .lames! (i. Harhord recently obtained leave from the Radio Corporation of America so as to. devote his entire time to help raise the Republican campaign funds," the statement added. --- Jack Thomas, a former slage driver of this clly and' Klamath Fa IN, was placed In the county jail today for the theft Ibis morn- i ii k of an automobile from Charles'; Farmer, chb'f media nic of I he j local repair headquarters of a stage company. Thomas was ar- J rested in Crantrt Pass driving Far mer's machine. Farmer had the nllegetl ear thNf ) ;as a guest for brejiUfast this morn- iiig linn shortly alter the meal was 'over. Thotuas is said to have taken; :h!s car and fb-d. He will proimbly I 1 have hearing In the local Justice j court tomorrow. The Chevrolet, which was taken ! u grade and was badly wicckcd. ,, . , . 7 , j Still for Hoover pj ' J faI TO EM IN AERIAL fetl CAMPAIGN! MARATHON Although he has accepted the ; directorship of the . Association j Against the Prohibition Amend- j ment, Samuel Mather, capitalist, , of Cleveland, 0., announces he il j an ardent supporter of the candl- I dacy of Herbert Hoover. j BY DEATH OF CITY SADDENED IIDR. RJ. CONROY , ! 'Colt qIa I nrnfi nf Flki Wires That Body Will Ar rive Home Saturday Night After Which Funeral Ar rangements Will Be Made A wave of sympathy for the widow ami young children of Dr. It. .1. Conroy, who imssed away suddenly in bed at a Suit Lake M'lty hotel during Inst Tuesday night and was found yesterday ' mornliitr. bus swept over the city and county. Mrs. t'onroy wired u wotnuii frli'inl in., Mnlord: jiCUuJier . ar rival in Salt I. nke "City yesterday afternoon that she would arrive back home Krlrtay. On the other hand, Kxalled Kuler Curl V. Tcn wald of the Medford lodo of Klks, received a telegram from .1. Ed ward Swift, exalted ruler of the jSult r-ake City lodisK of Elks, last i nlIit that ttie remains of Or. Con roy won lil be shipped today for Medrnnl. that Mrs. Conroy left for I home last evening via Sacramento ind would arrive in Medford Sat- i u relay evening, and that funeral : arrangements would not be known ! until nft'-r her arrival here. i The Sail Lake City lodge of Klks. Ins requested by the "Medford lodge r. lOUtllVeS!'" lng distance telephone;, ItllllU'lNillUMI IMMWCfll rj.MllltM! the officials of Halt I.nke City post inf American Legion, met Mrs. iookcii alter lier comtnrt and wul- announced today that the Itepubll I fare until the time or bur departure can national 'committee had i e Ifrom that city nnd also is looltin.; celved assurance from friends of Inller all arrangements pertaining : former Governor Prank O. I.nw I to rare of the remains and shlp-jai n of Illinois that ho "will do ping of them to Medford. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 13.- W-.Thc b0(ly or 1)r .it . . Cnnroy. HO, nf Medford, Ore., was being held in the city morgue here to day while relatives were notified of his death yestorday morning. He was found dead In his hotel room here by a Salt Luke physician who had nttended him the night before. j Dr. Conroy arrived here Tuesday In company with Clayton Shaw his M(Mifm Han's widow arrived i ., SEATTLE. Sept, 13. . (Al bert Johnson, Republican repre sentative from (he third Washing ton congressional district since l!U'J, Ihik been renominated on the face of unofficiiil returns from all but I I of the precincts in the jdlstrfct. Totals for fit 2 , precincts I juhm-on .:i!l,17e u-id Hmnt Mone, Tacoma lawyer, 37,(170 ,ng Johnson a lead of KiiKi. was T. glv- ON TRIP, MISSING VltKKA, ("a!., Sept. Kl, (Ji Fifty men began searching the Hamburg district fur drover Jo- cobs, II, world wnr veteran, who has been missing since leaving Ills Klamath river. Mr. Coolidge Will Take Ac- tve Part and Plans to Bej Announced at Early Date' Has Long Conference; With Hoover. i I Uy .lame I. West, (Associated I'fess Staff AViiter.) WASHIXC.TON. Sept. 13. (VP) ; Pre.shlent Coolldije Is to participate : actively In the presidential cam-1 palBn and his plans probably will Atlantic monoplane, the Columbia, be announced at the White House !, t)(1 NVw. york (0 , os An in the near future. Ills part In the effort of the ! "on-stop air race, passed over republican party to retain control Tulsa at 11 a. m. today, of the national Koverninent forin-j It was the first or the fivo eil one of the subjects of u con-, pianos remaining in the race to feriMiee he had with Herbert Hbov- 1 1. SPon here. The plane circled cr al the executive offices late yes-1. Mcimy,,. airport at a height of terday after his return from his I about 400 feet and the pilot drop summer in the hills of northern I ped a messuge In a sack, telling Wisconsin. jhls identity nnd asking that the Tile conference was of unusual word he telegraphed New York. duration, lasting for an hour and; a quarter. There was no official announcement regarding the meet ing, but it was stated thnt the chief executive was anxious to be helpful in the campaign. ThlH nat-j orally led to the surmise that on1 his forthcoming visit to New Eng land, Coolidge will make one or more speeches in his home sec tion of the country, in some por tions of which the republicans know they have to contend with rather stiff opposition. Hoover made a rather complete report to the president on the po litical situation generally as he views It at tjils stage of the cam paign and the president in turn gave the republican presidential candidate his opinion as to the situation in Wisconsin nnd others of ' the northwestern states from which he received reports during bis stay at Cedar Island lodge in the Uruie river. Hoover and Coolidge were alone for nearly an hour in the presl- dent's office, sitting near the bowed windows overlooking the broad expanse of lawn in the south yard from which enme breezes to tamper the almost mid summer temperature which was in sharp contrast to that which the president left when he hoarded his train at Superior. The president preceded t h e party from his office to the front I door, being accompanied by Itoh Roy. his white collie, nnd his fa vorite among the While House nets. Secretary Mellon was close . . . him with Hoover and , .... 1.1. ...... nrw VfiliK. j Colonel John (I. Sept. Tilson, halrinan of t)10 eastern division of the Ke- I publican national speakers bureau. whatever is needed to help In ht Hoover campaign." kozertolIave OFFICE SEPT, 24 SALEM, Ore., Sept. 1.1. iV) Sam A. Kozer said today that he will relinquish tin office of secretary j of stale on Monday, Sept. 24. Hi will he succeeded on the same date by Hal E. lioss. Kozer resigns to become state budget director, nn if flee created by the 1927 legisla- Undbergh. lure. Hfws Is the Republican I night Miss Earhart was at nominee for secretary of slate ini('asa Grande, Ariz., the hist slop the November election. The gov-!"" n'r fl,Kht across the continent ernor's appointment of lloss to fill itn lt'"d the aeronautical show in the unexpired term has not yet prom-ess here. She planned to fly been announced, but Is expected in ,0 ''OH Angeles today, a few days, j Al the same time. Colonel Llml- Kozer said thnt his resignation bergh who thrilled the race crow ! has nto yet been presented to the j yesterday by flying at 200 miles an governor, but thai when it is pre- J l't,m' 1,1 during stunt performances senled it will be effective Hcpt em- ""Id " would appear in the air her 2t. Governor Patterson an-!"K,,in today for mote aerial acm notmeed some time ago that Kozer 1lcs. would be appointed budget direr-. Colonel Llndhergh stole some of lor, ' (bo Interest of the thousands of i i ... . .spectators rfom the air racers. Tim Weather. j The t rails-At lanlle flier, who vnl- Oregon I'nscitled tonight anil unieered to "do what be courTTror Friday, with rain in the north por-'tbe meet" was assigned the post lion; warmer In east port Urn to-j left vacant by the death of Lleui. night, Strong soul hwesterly winds! J. J. Williams. leader of the on the coast. janny's "Three Flying Musketeers'' SAMPLE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT I intend to vote for for President nt the November election. I om registered as n (Name party) Siffned (Name) Address .. ... .. , (Kill out nnd mail to Strnvf-Hallot-CnnteHt-Kilitor, Mail Trilililie, Meill'iiril. Oregon). 5 PLANES Col. Thaw Injured in Crash in Illinois Levine Entry Over Tulsa S p o k a n e Flyer Down in Wyoming Protests Filed in Class B Race. TfUSA, Okln.. Sent. 13. (Pi .lent. Commander Jack lseniau. flying Chnrles A. Levine's trans- - SI'OKANE. Sept. 1 It. W'l Nick Namer, Spokane entrant in the non-slop trans-continental r a o from New. York to Los Angeles was forced down, unhurt, at Ro land, Wyo.. at l:3S this morning, according to a telegram received here by his wife, Mamer was fly ing a Huhl sesimiplane. DECATtMt. Ind., Sept. III. () Colonel William Thaw 1 1, of ' Pittsburgh and Captain John 1". Morris, also of Pittsburgh, piloting a Lockheed,-Vega plane In the nonstop air race were forced down on a farm'lfi miles south of De catur, Ind., at 1 2; !I0 o'clock this morning, by a broken oil line. Colonel Thaw suffered a iljslo eated hip and both were badly bruised. They we're unable to summon aid and In Id" In ,th 'wreckage of their plane until found by a far mer' at ii o'clock this morning. They were brought to a hospital hero. When the avlatnrfl discovered their oil line was broken they dropped n flare in an effort in locate a field for landing, The flare was extinguished, however, before the plane reached the ground nnd it struck a fence. The plane was demolished. ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. V.. Sept. 1 3. (A) Five airplanes of the nine which' roared into the air at the start of the L'ftOo mile non stop const to coast air race were believed to be still winging their way toward Mines field, Los An geles today. Two of the nine were forced down not long after they had started and a third returned to the ! field. The other five, however. were believed -to be still headed toward the Pacific coast ami the Sr.'.Iton in prizes which await the four making the best time. High In the air and speeding along at 125 miles an hour, or bet ter, five of the planes were sighted over three cities along the rouic. Only one was recognized, the Marl-: jand orange Lockheed Vega piloted ! by John P. Morris and Carrving ,Co. William Thaw II,. veteran of jthe Lafayette encadrllle, as a pas senger. Thaw, as he hnd promised, cir cled over the air field at Pitts burgh, his home city. LOS ANGELES, Sept. I 3- dVt It one "if" and maybe two carry thru Unlay, spectators attending the national air races at Mines field will have the unusual opportunity of seeing the first woman and the first man to make non-stop Atlan tic flights. The "ifs" concerned Miss Ameli:i En r hai t and Colonel Charles A. (Continued on I'ge Pour.)