d 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
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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
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