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Newspaper Page Textd Mail Tribune llj TPfltj-fourth Yf. Ittiij Kthjr-wtMith VfM. MEDFOKD, ()KK(i), SUNDAY, .IUIA' I'S, 1!)!). Today 'ROBIN ENDS; si By Arthur Brisbane ' f f" f"r I I lfl IT Russia As Kill-Joy. Smoking and Flying. Li -3 of a Billion. I Sheba's Camel. JlCopyiltOit by KIiik Ki'aUiios tiyiKllcalc, Inc.) !. AVilh I lie iicai-e ilovc! at the oi r Ins privli, tin liii; nil ions llial don't want pi'ospcr ly ilis! 1 1 i-lcil hy war eiiiwiitii litint: cni-h mIIut, ahmn futics Jussia, all out nl' tune. . The CliiiH'so say liussiiiiis an' juilty of "provocative acts.'' Jiussian citizens in Cliini; mve been beaten and tortweil. 'It is a daily oceuiTciico." Se 'ere punishments arc inJ'lieted niMiiissian laborers. "Peace, imiee and there is no peace." Two I'riends, one smoking ligars, the other cigarettes, sat .ide by side in an airplane yes .erday, looking down on pleas St. Louis, at 100 an hour, isioually "stunt ill,'" close b the ground. Jackson and O'Brinc, the two 'Hers, $2,4(!0 a day, say they vill stay up until their Texas iompetilors in the Houston en liirani'e plane, "The Hillion dollar City," conic down. ; They may underestimate the lY'Xans. , ('ommen'ial planes are in crested in the refueling prop )sition. .Major Young, aero iuuties director of the depart rient of commerce, believes hut transcontinental planes, VAieliiiji at intervals, will frdss the eontinent, without rtoppini!, carrying 1SIK) pounds liore cargo and ISOII pounds ess gasoline. Investors with nioiiey seem !o think that the stock in Vmei'ican T'lephone & Tele :raph eompany, al'feclionntcly mown at "A. T. & T.," is good iropcrty. The value of the 1'-', 100.0011 shares outstanding has licreased this week by if:i:i.,- nn.'iii. ; A thii-d of a billion in five jays is not bad. Tin- vn.-tn of Slieba. witji all ler wealth, rolled and lurched )tl a camel's back when she iled King Sohunou. hat would she think of a lew laxicali that .Mireii r. Sloin .lr., head of Cencral Motors, presents' for Ihe ap proval of Mayor Walker, in Sew York City? ; This taxi will carry six pas leilgcrs besides lite driver, ooks "like a million dollars" )ll I he outside, and. inside, is a .adio to amuse the passenger )il his journey, and the chauf :etlr in his idle moments. limit is aclvcrtisiiiL' power, rile name Waldorf-Astoria, so well advertised throughout Ihe jolintry, makes way for h new Waldorf on 1'ai'k avenue cov jriiiir a whole block, costing il8.0HO,IMIII. The architects. Si'liull.c ami Waver iind I ' Ihnowitz, the bnibb'r. mi It'Ujiiee features that will in J,i Pm out of inwn builders, in-clildiii'.- a siding for private riirs under the hotel, row I win s enal'liiiL' guests to step Iron: their automobiles into eleva tors, a ballroom four stories high ami J.2'Mi nimiiv I ! . Jlilllllfitrturers (if silk iiiul ollirp MnckiuifN ItMpf tlmt ;tl fccri i.sini; will emiUf them tn llriw nil) (he "liHI'e ley I'Tfte " HOW ufrlictiiiL' lovely wnimtn I MoiHlUlnn appeals tn mmiest 1 rtnoment won t do. i'.nre lecf niut , bo, lanishei. Hs the almost uni-; vernal habit of chewiiiK tobaci t f& Vanished hy public opinion Wake women realixe that an ini: , latton of a butcher shop U not ar (.Continued on I'Bge Four) OF FLIGHT All St.- Louis Flocks to Air port to Watch Piano Make History Engine Still Works Perfectly Endurance Flyers Make $116 Per Hour. ST. UL'IS. July 27. uVj ' iihcaci of their nean-.st rivals the ; pilots of the "St. l,uuis Kuhin," ( Dale (lied) Jackson and Forrest O'lhine, still were winwiny; thpir slow, nuniutniimis eireles above the airfield here tonight, deter-1 mined not to nuil until they hud Kiven their best. At 1 U r 1 7 p. in., ' (C. S. T.) they had completed ar.lj hours aloft, and tlro'e on toward :i "reeuid that will stand." ST. I.Ul'lS. July 2 7. (I'j Th- 1 "St. Louis Uubin" completed its IJiiUth houi' iu the air at 9:1 7 ' o'clock tnnit,'tit. A new load of 1 fuel was delivered just before-; dark and the pilots reported tli-'1 motor was working smoothly. i ST. I.OriS, July 7. tPt Still resolved lo fly their monoplane "Si . I.ouis Jvobin" until the niotoi Hiiils. ale (Red) Jackson' and l'"orest (t'lirien tiniht were neai-ly nl tin- rinse of Iheii- fifteenth day iu the air and tin1 motor was show ing no sius if "uiviiiK in." At r; 1 7 p. III., they had been up M hours. The fliers were somewhat .jubi lant over huvinu eonijnered their ilea rest rival, the Houston, Texas, j end lira lice plane, "Million Dollar City." which was forced ,down this morniiiff. hut this attpeared t ci spur them on rather than to tempt them to land. One of the laiuest crowds that ! has gathered at l,ainbert-St. Louis ' field since ihe fliers broke the record of the "AiiKeleno" last Tuesday, wale lied tin; pla ne circle jjracefiilly'' alnive :thu- airport to niIit. Special tra ffic a no policing arrangements were made for whai is expected to lu- a record crowd tomorrow. If they are still up tomorrow, it will It,- the third Sunday for Jack son ami o'hriuc in the air above Lie field. In a note addressed (o newspa per reporters, dropped 'n,m uic plaue today, Ihe fliers said: "Wo are sorry we are keeping the people of St, Louis v-ailinn waiting so long, but we are try ing lo put the record where the people of St. I.ouis will be pro ml of it for some I jiue sa me as I he Spirit of St. Louis,' which will al ways stand. .May your patience he fully rewarded." Karlier in Ihe day th-y had dropped" a IWecram for forward inc to (ilMm Looimis and Jot irlHS9, pilots of the Houston. TcNas. pldtie. in which they said "Sorry you were forced down." and wished I he Texa ns "better luck next time," Jackson ami O'ltrine declined t hat 1 he a ir -copied 'ha llenger inolor in Ihe "St. I.ouis Loldn" is "running just as good tts the day we look otT" and were confident llo y uoilld be aide lo complete the I In rd week iu the air, w;iich I hey started loday. ! The flight, sponsored by Ihe t'ur ' t i.NM- lloliei tson Airj) la ne .Manufac i luring company of St. Louis stnit j eil two weidis ago this morniiiK as la test for the engine, No goal was set hy Ihe company. The ea minus of l lie fli;i s as rapidly mounting toward the ("'Hi mark tonight. 'I'heir eompen jsation, which started after thc j broke the record, is piling up at the rale of S ) 1 ti between them for jeaih hour they remain aloft. This j is in addition to hundreds of pi '-s-c-nts donated by St. Louisans. Hol'NTo.V Tex., July I' 7. !' 1 j Houston's t wice downed end nr-! ; atu e fliers, whose crippled engine j i l;i rly I oil ay brought thein down I j after L' I! ;t hours ami It seconds j in the air, will make a third try: ! for a win Id -rerord within two I Weeks. j They plan to Use the same Still- son- I let l oiter monopla n , LiNiou lioll; Oiy." but i moior w ill be installed, j "The third time," th "The IieW id, ' "iii'tst be a charm." A f' W hours afl er heinc forcnt : dow n at a a. in . I hey wm-p in conference w ith iheir backer. Har i ry Stewart, talkinc o r plans for the third attempt, on their fir-d ! tr- they remained up only 2' ! hour but on the flitfht which j ended todav they had eclipsed ; ret opN made by the (juecHon Mark, the Fort Worth Roldn and '-, the City of Cleveland and were w it Mn I 1 hour- of rea-dum: ' be rnaik set b the AukcIi-ihi. I'laeK j ifit; .d the pi-ton -Mid piston Pin I m cylinder "ne re-p-.n-ibb' for the forced lntidini; .M I LU'.M'K KK. . .Li'y JT A9- -Afraid lo all for help be cause tio-v had ifoto- switninitiK in IH" M leh en without lathifm sui:-. John Kiw, 17 witc rlinwn ,m1 nd Tonv 'larin. 14. had a nar row t'-c-l io- ; elei d.i.v. MANCHURIAN WAR Asnnciatrtt 'r.i Phota Gen. Chang Hsueh-Llang (Inset) has moved his troops to the frontier to guard the Chinese Eastern railway during the present dispute between Cfiina and Russia. Picture shows some of Chang's troopo. PLAN A CENSUS OF BUSINESS Savin of Millions For Merchants and Trade Crude and Prodigal Prac tices to Be Shelved Distribution System to Be Studied. W A S li I N ( '. Ti X . Jul y 7 . (A -A saving of millions of dollars was predicted tonight by Secretary L:i iiiont as the result of the nation wide census of distribution -which will be taken next your along with the regular dcceiinia I census of population. "We shall obtain a ' vivid picture of the ways in which merchandise moves in our American business system," hn sai'l iu a radio talk over the i '(.I tin i Ida broaH cant ing clvtin "The eventual result prom ises to be Ihe elimination of count less wasteful practices in distribut ing; crude, inept . prodigal practi ces, thai now levy toll of millions of dollars ;nn ually on the purses of our people." 1 escriting t he survey as a "pioneering venture in the determ ination of economic truth," the commerce secretary explained that it will be the first time such study lias eej- heen attempted. "One of the reasons why we have not made more progress in increasing the effieieney of distri bution." he said, "is the taci mat iv r possess relatively llnle compre hensive information about the move men I of comniodii tes." Frederick M. Folker of New York, appointed by Secretary La in on.! as chairman ot an advisory committee to assist in preparing for the d isl rilitil ion census, said thai facts and figures would he gathered which would "have a far reaching effect on ll future pros periiv of every business man in our country." ADET i;i i;i;m:. pit., .inly t. tay A record breakini; crowd witness ed the iid usl r ia I pa rade of the Sunset Trail pageant here today. It was two miles lone taking more than an hour and a half to I'll"1 a picn point and was said to have been the tonp'-st parade o any kind -;er j;ien In Ihis s'fiioii of Ihe state. Distinguished iMt"is from all over the slate biotluilt the pat. op to proportions merit tntf statr'Wid.' ilden st, (ioverioo' I'atlerson was pi--u-nt from Sah-m; R II. U lhox, pre; idem of (),.- t'orltand chamlier 'f cm io ;,!'! if. was fi a nd ma '- ha I. riding wit h .Mayor 11. ;. U lldei . Kune ; .Ma t si i a I Hatia, l'o t la nd. s ho da s the part ot t lie uonccp in the pageant, appcarii .th I r At Jlol.l (letoielt Hall, pl-cidi pi of the t;niersiiy of oreiron. The t hiril it ml last pr'sHitat ion of do pueanl was- Hivifi at Hay wunl fiepi tonight hefro-e hundreds of persons floiii all oxer ihe J i -e.flo coast. S M,LM, 'oe . July J7 op, fiiviiL-i- . Wimin of ibditiiKhMio " ted pe.l.,.. o' f,e I'H- clf iC .Vol' t hw est Lf.ilt ol s' asOcl antHial i -id veil! jnri here v'fictd i .. Siloms. Not ,ulHy. i:i;i:L!N. ,IiiK J7 . -VV Uui;.. SMrir:". Jr.. stn of thp Uernian ee.r-,wti Irsdu- ; ii 1 mawnai". wa de, not Kuilly tody of al ien: p'iiik to defraud ihr (brinan o '( ruiicnr in oiralo-ii- w-.ih i. j .' i man u ar loan bonds. i AND IT WASTE LORD MOVES TROOPS TO BORDLK ; r ' Nobody Finds You in J5i City, Says Youthful Runaway I'Oirn.AXI). Ore,. July L'7. lf .Murel ilawley. l-l, ap peared at the police station here in tears and implored t hat 1"' be -s'""1 homo. Tressed for his address Hie boy said he lived at Caribaldi. Ore., and that the other three times ho had run away, some one always found liiin and had taken him Uome. "lint Port la mi's different." he wept. "In this place they don't find you. You gotta find yourself." 1" CO-EO SLAYER Prof. Snook Alleges Girl Gave Him Drugs That Made Him Crazy at Time, But Not Now Jury Box Still Unfilled. I'dLLMfiL'S, O., July 27. -tP) The lega I pa t lis w hieh led ' leoi-Re He nit is, former (Mucin nut I hoot log king, lo fi-eedoiH after slaying hlM wile muy be followed by Dr. .tan':- H. Snook, dismissed uhio iState university prolessor. in an effort to escap; (he electric chair lor the killing of 'I'heoia Hlx, 1M, his co-ed mistress. Kemus, who shot his wife, Imo gene. to death, was acquitted a! 'i ne i una I i a ft or convincing t ho Jury he was temporarily insane. He was confined to ihe stale hos piia I for t he criminally insa ne at Lima several months and then was declared sane, and freed by I he appellate court. Snook's defense, his counsel have indicated plainly In three days of examination of prospective jurors in his first degree murder iri'il. will he temporary insanity, induced by the use of narcotics al legedly given him secretly by Miss llix to experiment with their rela 1 ions. THIEF TAKES TAXI I'MKTLAMi. on-., July 21.- -iPi A robber held up a toxical) driver lure today, stole Ihe cab, ia'ed anoint) te west side of o,ii ,iud then the east sidi:, crash ed into an automobile, drove around the black and smashed into a KM: and then thd afoot. A. L. Tonillnvn, cab driver, told police liis fare Mm list a small re volver in Ills fact and ordered htm j from the cab. , I Am hoi itb-h aie still looking for I the ihe f. The Noted Dead i.K,AM), Hit. July "J7 MV .1. Ilnwiiril I'rl.e. :, I . shlpluii Id -. ' I -UKl 'll'ltllMSU uf the tli'niunlm; onimlllee nf Ihe I'llll'll KliUd sliipplrm li.niril dntitig Ibc World w;n. ili.d at It I m home here to- diiy. He Is suivivi-d by a widow, TO USE REMUS j INSANE DODGE Ml-., t i.-neli-ve i'rlce, and a son, w hi. b lie had Just drawn from i Horace. jliHiik here. Keril Inn nd Kei liter, ot. Al wiiiius times, I'tl.e whs en- j prnn1etor of h sods irrlll. was fa irsKcd in ttie shipbuilding bu-iness ! tally niiot. by one of three bandit In Onklsnd. Kurekit. I'nri hin'l. ! w ho '-neaped with a Mark bug con-.-:'-a't!e, and .iiuouv.;r, Wanh. . taitnnis th money. i FRISCO SOVIET E Miss Whitney, Once Par doned For Syndicalism Again Arrested Carry Banners In Front of Chinese Consul Protesting Against War. SAN l-'KAN'MSCd. July 27.lI,J A k'roiip of men and women hearing banners protesting annlnsl "(Miinese imperialtsm against Huh sln," were, arrested today dm they stitKod a demonstration before the (Milnese, cunsuhite here. Among i-Uom till a U.iln-y, wlio xvua arretted in Oakland 10 yeaiH ago under the criminal syndicalism aid and pardoned in I!:i7 hy Liovernor (.'. i '. Voting. Thif charges against MIsh WTi i t n ey and nine others taken Into custody included violation of the penal code making It lllca I to carry banners as a gesture of op position to organized government. This is a felony. i Arrested with MIkh Whitney, now (LJ yeai'H old, were Ktnil (lardos, who described himself as the com munist leader of San I-rnneiseu, and Itenjamiu Keo, said to be the chief of the iMiinese communists. (.JanloH said the demons! rat km was made mm a "protest against the attack on the soviet adminis tration in Kussin by China." MIsh Whitney and others waved bunnera! on w hich whh Inserlbed: "Support the- communist party in Its at rug- , j;le HKalntd war." i iM I hb Whitney whs released mi $ I JMHi ball. Preparations lvere ; made by fi ienda of the other prls- j oners to obtain their release also, j The demonstrators, about "Jii in number, were marched In a body from the Chinese consulate lo thel hall of justice, wh'-ro la of them! w ere arrested. I !a i d os a nd M iss Whitney pro tested ihelr arrest, assorting I hoy were within their rights In protest ing against war. K.U.K.M. On-.. July L'7.- II'l llfflr.-M ur (lie Ori-RMtl rt'scrvdl I'Ml, 1 1 I jt I o mI iii'ln- of ftfi Men. wi:rr' I'l.'i ! 'I h"M' I y nt Ihr. 1-I..MP nf Ihe llilrly-pliilllh Ki'i'iil c'llini'll .lulill J.HII. I'nll In li'l. WHS fkrt cl ir;H Hiii-lM-ni ; l-;(llsnM ItHllilRtl, SI. f I i-lfiiH. Iin'.. Moiilnr NHKnmitrn; 1. h'iiu lliitiK, I'm I In ml. f.'11'iit Jinii"! HjiKniiinic; Hi'Miy HwlTI. I'ihMhimI, Kl-fiil liruphi'l; IO. M. W rll... I'lirlliui'l. Kri iil 'hi.'r n( ii'i-- ii'lw; .1; h lliihn 1'nrlliiinl. n-iil Iii-imt nf witliipiiln: (li-iirt'ii I'. I.ny.i'fl. AmIucIh. Kii'iil Irii-.!!-!'; T. KiiHtiiti. HhU'iii, kh'iiI Hiinii.ip; .1 1. MiiiiiiiIm. I'iiiIIhiiiI. (.M-rnl nilliinawii l 'llf furil (iiuilniT, I'm l. Iiuiil, uvpmi kiihiiI uf wIkwhiii; 'nil I'lir'llli. M'-iiriuil. Kiclit, Ktlnril i.r hm'1-.i. W '. -. I'nhl. AkIdiIh. l.i'H r. In. ..by. Mcilf.,nl. mill A. K. I'''l J.iwk. I'nrlliiliil, Wl'I'f! iihiikmI iim llll' r. .11 l.iiiiMl nf iipin-iiln. lilJHSHHIX July 27 W'i Mn I lis I ilium1 are fill bidden becsilM' the l s water sui ply Is dn IigcruUsly lilTKAU. Julv 7.- iT At- I lift IIS lie aliKllled Ilnm IllH n ninmulille in his home with 1!IU0 GROUP HELD N i i nfliMniTlflNR PAClFlL IJIJI 1 1 J I I 1 1 Jl 111 I IDEAL FOR Worst Forest Fire Danger of Year Now Prevails Low Humidity Over Land Forest Service Com bats Carelesness Care In Timber Urged. Ortf;oii : lalr, tcinppriil m-o above nurnial with luw hu midity ami IncreatiinK flro hazard in th Inlcrlui': itukI iTato iiui-tiu'i'ly wiiulH on llio I'uilM. WASH I .S'tt'I'll N, Jul y 7 . (I'l 'IVIi'KraniH ai'i'lvlui; luilny al tlw llnlteii Ktnti'H forest si'rvii-o tuld uf thn fmut furi'Ml firo nituutluii uf llio year. I'Yuin Callfurniti. from Hie N'urlhweM, frum MiuneNola, eunio reports of low humidity, hot winds, hluh temperatures flro weather. Oilier reports to airrlrulturfl und weather bureau officials liave In dicated unusual drouKht conditions and hoi weather In portions of Kurope. KiiKland. Koulherii China. Australia. ArRentiiui, Western Can ada and also in part of the north western, cenlral and Now KnRlund stales. Twenty-five iiilles from All urns, t'al., ;i(KI men were reported flght ItiK a lire which started July 3 in Ihe Modoc forest. It has swept over CiOUO acres of timber land and -'IIHI acres uf ln-uul. lui.H .i..ui...... ., .-.-..ivj-lllR approximately bll.uOll.OUUboard All liulldliiKS except the main mill of the franc Creek Lumber company burned. Tlin Sail I4ei-it,,-,ll.., ....ii i forest In Kotilhern California also has suirerod severely. Klrcs tliat slarled July IX, and which sllll flare fltrully In canyon pockets, liurued two hURn areas. Collterlnit Iu Santa Ana ciinyuu. one fire burned over 4l)u) acres of brush land, ' dcslroylliH important water shod protocllon. Thn second fire. In Cherry canyon, burned 3. 001) acres of brush, and destroyed Iho barn and tool house of Hie Marker Hencli ranker slatlon. District Forester K. W. Tinker, of Milwaukee. Is In nei-K.mnl ,.. maud of Ihe flre-flKlitlng campaign in nupi-iior uaiiunai roresl near Hrille lake, not. the Hrule where former I'resldont Calvin CooIIiIkc fished. A blazltlK 8Un. clouilli-u skies, and furnacn brealb wliwiu aided tho leauluir flames a weather report, "contlnneil li,.i and cloudless," promised little Hun- uay resplle. Twenty forest fires have flume III Washington, Idaho und Man. tana timber lands. Hped onward by high' winds, they crossed fire lines, destroying limber and brush on large urreageH. Must wide spread dainogo In tills section was near Hartford. Wnsh w,e,.n tin. 000 acres were burned. Forest service statistics ul,,. Dint approxllnRlpIv n nr ..i.i.i ..r iho forest fires hid inun-ciiused, and Hint carelessness Is Inn chief lire fnelor. time started, however. Ihe ilnm. age bears ii direct relallonshlp to wimi, temperature, hllinldlly, In. flammalillltv of fni-eit ...t..iu ninouiil of molalurn Iu the duff or utter, on Ihe forest rh,,.,- i.-ni, a "duff hygrometer'' this moisluro Is measured. Given Iheso factors forecasls of flro tlanger can be de al least IM hours in advance, permuting the forest Hi.i-vii-e I,. slreiigtbcn lis gin. Ml at danger polnls. ('Ire wealher sIiiIIihim ..li-n..,l., ii.ro functioning In Now Kngland. ik-w rum, I'oitland, Ore., and Hcrkeley, Cat. Kt. I 'mil Minn i.- an cxperlmeiitiil slnllon, and on lis nnoiiigs a ruturo servlcn will bo based. I'.'xperlmental slallous uro also being estalillshed In other boc llons of the I'Mltitry ns fast an fllllils will pcnnll, W, a view In ward an cvcnlual niitlou wide ser- vice. CLUE TO STILLS t'M-JVKbANfJ. July a?. 1P,--A btlMilotiM eon-, HluiublirtR In uncer tain ui'irlM! from thn brink of a brook In HroHdvlew MelKht, hroiiRht Mayor Lloyd Hiirrf und u nthtiiiK nurty n a iiPHrby burn Inst niKbt, eHUNltiK thn dUcovery of two MtlllM and f.( jcHllnritf , of Hlb-Ked whiskey. The owner liftd Tied, but IiIm fire wero Htill hurfilnu. HiiirlK hh Id h dMlryrnan told him he hhw hlh ro- -ilriK nfler tiikliitf h drink und inveMilKitted. To IllH Mlon.ernent the row' brejilh nme.( oT Hleohol. He (raced lite ofior to wnlor mid HiRnee ti Mtremn to the bHrn. Win report b) Han In eiiUHed th raid. VBKKA, Cal.. July 21, !?) i.ouis tiarroute wan sentenced from one to 10 years In Han Quendn for cattle huBtllny. RED DEMON i x AMcnnroinrMT IV n IT I I TI u hi rnm n mi Last Minute Preparations Completed Under Extra Guard, to Hold Anxious Crowds at Tacoma Hour of Departure Kept Secret. TACOMA, WhnIi., July D7-- iP) (hisollno supply for the ' City of Tiieotnu monoplaiio l which Lieut. Harold lromley will at tempt a non-stop nolo fllK"t to Tokyo, tirrlvod at the airport here ai iu o cioeK tontKiit unu was tnk-i en to I he nout Invest end of tho runway from where Bromley j hopes to hop off. The plnne Was j still In the htuiKiir and Bromley wuh asleep neur by In an army tent Kuiirdod by a double pulrol of Natlouut Riiardsmen, It was expected that tho phine would be rolled to the end of tho runway to tnko on her more than It 1)0 fiallnns of Busollne for the Iohk: fllRht when Bromley awnkes as ho left word on rot Irl tiff that he would personally supervise the fuelinK. TACOMA. Wash.. July 27,(P) Lieutenant Harold Bromley re ported to Tn co ma flotd, from where he will start on tin attempt ed flight to Tokyo, Japan, at 9 o'clock tonight and after orderlmr I hut Ids .ship bo moved to tho southwest end of the runway for furling, went to bed in a Nallonul Uuurd tent that had boon especial ly prepared for him. X doubly armed unrd was placed over ll;o tout. Jt was stated by C. W. Paxaort,. motor expert who htis pronouneed Bromley's plrine. Tho City of Ta eoma, In shape, Hint "Bromley, will take, off In tho morning, If lie hasn't a orusa wind," Bromley wan so heavily guard ed ho could not be readied but let it bo known through his guard thaL ho wuh ready to go at a mo ment's nuticc, JJurller in the day ho announced his take-off of filial ly for dawn Monday. TACOMA, July 27. P) Pre parations wero under way at thn Taeoma airport late today for fueling Lieutenant Harold Brom ley's piano, the (.'Hy of Tacoma, In which he is soon, to attempt a non-stop fllKht to Tokyo. Tank wag out with Ko:t gallons of giiso llno and 25 gallons of oil reaehod the airport and It was planned to begin soon the process of straining the fuel through cham ois and Into the fuselage and wing tHtiks of tho big Lockheed monoplane. At Lieutenant Bromtey'a person al requoHt the guards ii round his plane were doubled and all spec tators and automobiles were kept st a distance tu prevent a chance spark Igniting ihe gasoline and bringing the flight venture to an untimely end. Ktenm rollers stfirted a laHt dressing down of the MOO-foot runway this afternoon and as Iho evident preparations for an early lakeoff begun excitement spread through tho throngs gathered at the airport. Monday, however, lather than Kunday at dawn Is tho more prob able lime for the attempt. Lieu tenant Broniley himself mild, "Wn won't bo qulle ready Hunday morning," he said, "but everything will be all set for Monday. De spile this word persistent rumors Insisted I hat the flight would be- ulu al dawn Kunday, as It Is knwnn Mint Lieutenant Bromley Ik doMlrouN of having as small a crowd present for tho takeoff as possible. A final test, of navigation Instru ments was made today and al) were found functioning perfectly. Weather report a from over Ihe course which Bromley plans to flv eon II nued today to be unfavor able, but the filer has said he will wh It only for reasonably good wealher between Tacoma and Hut eli Harbor, ,M link ft. Mk leg of the fllghl on which he will be m okI heavily losded. Beyond thai, point he will take whatever (he elemeulH offer, trustlim In the power and sp'rd of his lightened plane. M INN KA POLLS, Minn.. July 27. t.Vt Tho slxlh day of their en durance refueling fllghl was be gun tonight by Owen Hn ugh la ml and Captain P. L. Crlchtoii in the monoplane the Minnesota, Thev went ii(i at 1:40 p. tn., last Mon day and at that time tonight had completed 120 hours of flying. IT T KLAMATH KALLH, Ore., Julv tl. (I) The second election on the n ut t Ion of Usulng bonds to the amount of $Ti 0,000 to estab lish an airport for Klamath Falls will be held August 0. FIRM fflD nimu uui Conference In Virginia Hills With Cabinet Heads Cru cial General McCoy Slated to Head Board to Reduce Defense Expenses Plan Military Survey, MADISON", Vu., July 1! 7. Tho mountain fastness of presi dent Hoover's fishing preserve was the scene today of a series of conference which may have ;i far reaching effect upon America s expenditures for national dnfene. Determined to red u c o the mounting cost uf army main (en - ance, with a reaultlng saving tn federal disbursements that can he applied to tax reductions, the chief exocutlvo went Into a detail ed study of the situation with Secretary Oood and other high war department officials who were his week-end guests. The group Included Assistant Secretaries K Trubbo Davison. and Patrick J. Hurley, (ieneral Charles P. Huiumci-all, chief of staff, and Colonel Campbell Hodges, the prenldont'H military aide. Others In t he party were Secretary Wilbur of t he Interior department, (.leorgn Akerson, the president's secretary, and Lieuten ant Commander Joel T. Boone., the White House physhduu. Although some time waa de voted to diversion, horseback rid ing and horseshoe pitching, mm o time was spent In work than In play. . Tho occasion offered Mr. Hoover his first opportunity for a. concentrated attack upon , th'i problem. ' ( ,. Tlve firql step ,waa, cuusldcral ion of the personnel of tho commis sion of leading general stuff of ficers, which the president early In the week said would iniuir Into the powlbUtty, of, cuttlrg down military expenses. Tho names discussed were not disclosed. However, Mr. Hoover fs anxious that the committee be gin functioning at an early date and Jt wan . thought as a result of' tho week-end conferences Sec retary Oood might announce the commission next week. Brigadier General Frank K. M Coy has been prominently men tioned for chairmanship of the com mission It was Indicated that he may be given, If not this as signment, at least a pluco on the board. McCoy, who has had a distinguished army career. Is to boeomo a major general early tu September, he supervised tho Nlc araguan elections lust fall and at one time President Hoover had him under consideration to be gov ernor general t?f the Philippines. At present McCoy is serving as chairman of ihe commission ar bitrating thn Bo It via Hungarian dispute. He la not a member of the general stuff but is etlglbl" foe appolnlmont to It, and such an appointment la expected In some uitartera after conclusion of the arbitral work In the near fu ture. The mllltafy survey will bo made with a view td determining whul. HCivicea have been made obsolete by scientific advance ment and can bo abandoned, and whether soma army programs can be extended over a longer period than originally Intended, with the entire Inquiry pointed toward maintaining a completely adequate national defense. WASHINGTON, llnly 17. fTi- -I'resldont. Hoover In expressing gratification today that I'Vanco had ratified the Mellon -Berenger debt agreement, (old the American pen- pic that "litis aett lenient, in ef fect, -wipes out the entire Indebl 'd n 'ss of KrHhce which arose dur ing the war period, and simply pro vtdes for the -payment of advances to Kroner lifter the armistice ." "I . think In fairness to the American people nm justified in ti tent loulng' the libera lit. v of the settlement," the president said, adding that the French debt to the United Wales on June I ,. n:;i. was $4.,10.000,000 and that on a flv per e h t ba sin v h Ic h the Kreiieh obligations ber the pres ent wilue of the payment in the. Mellon -Berenger agree nmni con cluded stibso'iuently Im Jl.tisi, 000. 000. The president uahl the advances lo Kranee after the armistice ag gregated with accrued interest .oi.OfHi.fliHi, and continued: "While one of the alter-armh.-tleo advances was made for (tin liquidation of obllgal Ions Incurred Iu this country by the French kov ernment during the war, consid erable advances during t he war period Itself were for permanent Improvements: for shipping. f?r the meeting of obligations to pri. ate creditors Incurred prlnc to the entrance of the United Hi ales Into the war, and hdvunces to the Bank of France for credit and exchange purposes." Mr. Hoover aald ho was "giving these facta ao that In recognition (Continued on rage Four)