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fmvkhkitv or nttS! MuiiAnr KUUKNU. uut The Klamath News "THROW AWAY YOUR HAMMER GET OUT YOUR HORN" CIRCULATION Dally svrug distribution fur th Baulb suiting Menu II, 1MT The Klamath News; Official PajxW "'. of Klamath Fall 3694 Mcbr Audit Hurato of Circulation SI I Vol. 4, No. 108 Price Five Lindbergh May Next FlyAround The World Rumor Says Hero of France it to be Offered Two and a Half Mil lion for Flight PARIS. France, Mny 26, (U. P.) "If 1 had thoiiKht that rroiuiing t ha occun would end my career as n flyer, I never would have started." Captain Charles A. LimlbiTKh, hero of Frnnco for the pant five daya, told the prem here today when asked is he would consider roposnl for a world tour for which Albert DrCourvillc, Itritiuh millionaire, in rumored to have offered 12,500,000. "If ueh an offer romri, I cer tainty will ronalder It," "Slim" Lindbergh stated, "because flying l my buaineaa." I 'ndurrgh'a raona waa th flrat Inllmallou lit, ha maito lol hn will accept any of tho "big money thai has bwi offered him In connection wlib motion pic ture and vaudeville contract. Wholly MiNtnl lie haa repeatedly ridiculed otter of stage and mnvl rooiracta be cauae ha do, not cnoaldcr himself an ortor. Modi-aty. utterly unattest ed, haa li'i'H ahown to bo hla nut ntandlng tiiururterlalle. The adaptable pots whit h haa suaiulned l.tndhsrgh throughout hla many receptions and apsochca In l'arla, faltered for tha flrat time to day when ho visited th homo where tha terribly dlaflgured veteran of tba world war ara housed. Moved lo Team Tears streamed down hla far when he rlartcd the hsnda of dla flgured avlatora. Inmatea of the homo endeavored to amllo throuith artificial maak which once were probably handanmo farea. "You had bad lurk," Lindbergh aald. (Continued ou psffo five) Air Derby Between East-West Planned NKW TOIIK. .May 18. (AD Tho KvcuIuk Tout tar a today (bat It baa learned tliat plan for an air der.-jr from New York to Bpo kan. Hh prUta of $60,000 for Did winner, nero auumttted to the rout out committee vt the National Aronauilial naaoclatloo In Waah ItlKton Inriajr hy representative of a group of Spokane buitnrsa men and at to lorn. SPOKANE, Waal,., May SI. (AD Price of $60,000 for a croaa country alrplana raco from New York to Hpokane. have been pouted by the Nut ion ul Air Derby aartocU tlon, . an orgnnlintton of buaineaa men of this city, It wmh announced hero tmtny. The air derby In be ing apohaered s nlao Vy the local chapter of the American Aeronnti tlral nnaoclnllon and the air aervlcn dlvlHion of the Washington nation al Kuurd. Judge Leavitt Not ; To Try Walsh Case A domnrror filed In behalf of Mr. and kin. Harry Walsh, Indicted hy the grand Jury on a charge of attempting to blackmail K.1 Dun hnm, nuto denier, wnn overruled hy the court Thuradny. The de murrer wn filed hy W. II. A. Hen ner. attorney for the defendant. The demurrer wa hoaed on griiuuda that the iiamon of I ho de fendant had not nppeured In the complaint. Kollowlng tha court' action, tho defense rounael pro ented a certificate of prejudice ngalnat Circuit Judge A. L. Leavitt thus throwing tha cro Into the ' hand of another circuit Judge for trial. Who will alt on tha bench for the trial when It cornea up In June, could not ho '.earned Thura dny. At their nrrnlgnment yesterday, both tlefendahta III tho alleged blackmail caae pleaded not guilty. Demurrera filed In tha cnao of II. P. Iloolh. Indicted aa C. F. Wil bur on n chutg of forgery, will be argued In court Monday. At Thurs day's arraignment, both Prank Dark and Junto It, (Irayaon, Indicted .on .hooting rhargna, entered picas of not guilty. Cents $40,000 WORTH OF WISE-CRACKS FROM JOLLY WILL ROGERS I.OK AMIKI.KM, May Ufl, (f I') Will Ihnlrrs, rlf-iuilliliNt representative for Prraldi-iit (ml Irilti' ami mayor of lieverly II Ilia, will attempt to wUe-rnuk 000 worth hem June 10 III Itw OcrVlcnlnl College Aluiunl Unit quel. Tho banquet will mark the final drive to rnlac that amount for lb completion of Occlden Inl'a liew If) nuuutlum. Venire is Drawn For D'Autremont Trial at Med ford One Hundred Name from Which to Choose Jury for the Retrial of the Youthful Alleged Siskiyou Bandit. MKDI-Olin. Ore.. May :. (A"l A venire of 104 Jurora will be drawn for aervlro at the re-trial of llugl Ia Autremont, alleged filaklyou tun nel outlaw, charged with the raurd-r of ( harlea O. (fori,.) Johnaon, dur-j tna the oroareaa of an attemDtel ! train robbery at noon on October II. I!, In which four Southern Pacific trainmen were ala'n. The drawlag will be nude by Sheriff Jrnnlnga In the preaence of etale attorneya and attorney liua Nrwburg of the d " fenae counael. Kred L. Hmlth. chief defenae coun- lael yeaterday afternoon filed verbal objection to any of tha veniremen from the Aahland dlatrlct being oo the Jury Hat, aa all of the murdered trainmen, lived or were well known 'In that city. The etate, through ' Dlatrlct Attorney .Newton t'haney ind Special proaerutur Ceorga M. Kob- erta. oppoaed th propoaal. The court ruled that the drawlnga j be made In the regular way, with no oiarnminaiion aa 10 ni.iaenre, an! that the defenao could file objec tion to tallamea from the Aahland area aervlng, when, and If, they were called to tho Jury box. . With tho Jurora called for tho term of court tithr-m aeaalon, the re-trlal of I)e Autremont nit for Monday. June th, will have a jurv Hat of lit namea, and It la eipectel that another Hat will have to be called. The court late ycaterday flled an order letting the re-trial for June 6th. According to the authorlllea there will be no 13th or alternate Juror t the ro-lrlil, no provlalon being madt In the Oregon law for thla aafeguard. Th next legal move in the caae real with the defenae. who oppoeed the aettlng of the trial date before September. Affldavlta filed by Chief Counael Fred L. Smith Jf Eugene aald that owing to their be lief that th trial would not be call ed until September, he and Attorney John A. Collier of Portland, had ar ranged cieea In the Lane and Mult nonfnh and federal court that con flicted with tho re-trlal date, and hlnied that by reaaon thereof t might be that De Autremont would be forced to rrocure new attorneya, owing . to the main coga of hla original ataff being unable to at tend. Croesbeck to Head Honor Court Meet It. V. Crooabeck. recently ap pointed chairman of the court of honor board of the Klamath county boy acout council, will flrat officiate In that role Friday evening Id tho city library when one of tho big Rt'st courta of honor of the season la to be hold. In lieu of other mom bora of the court of honor board who have not yet been appointed, G. J. Walton. XV, K. Lamm and lloitry E. Terklna will an nint drocaberk with the work of tho evening. In the chnlr Oroea heck an creed h Lamm, elected presi dent of the council, ' At Friday evenlng'R court, fifteen boya will be ushered Into tho top poult ion nn first clans ncouta, whlln ten srotita will he promoted from tenderfoot to act-on d cIakb positions. There will ho 15 now aeon la brought Into tho org-nntKntlon nn well na thoae promoted, according to II. Hlerlna, acout executive. MORE MONEY FOR ROADS AND SCHOOLS WASHINGTON. May 28. (API Countle In which national forests are located will receive more mon ey for road building and school de velopment thl yenr from tho gov ernment which return annually 26 percent of their collection In lieu of taxea. In tho flrat three quar ter, nf Ih vear S.l .Iftfl.KSS hail ! been taken In, or fill, 010 moro than In the aamo period a year ago. Sale of limber accounted for $2. 1 203.324. Oregon and Waehlngtnn j national forests collected 1923,8(17. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY Russian Believes British Want War Say Break in Diplomat ic Relations, Complet ed Thursday. Reveals Attitude of English MOSCOW. May 26. (IP) -That KnKland in pishing to. ward war by the breaking of! diplomatic relations with Kur aia, in the Ktatement made by M. M. Ltvinoff, aiwiHtant com miwiiar for foreign affair, this afternoon, "The break i not the reault of the Arcoaa raid," Raid Ltvinoff, "but the reault of the Intentions of England to break relations, meaning that England Is puxhing to-' ward war." LONDON. May it. It'I'l The flrltlab houaa of cemmona haa voted to aever diplomatic relation, with aovlet lluaala. tt Ily veto, of 3(7 lo 111 bona eipraaaed Ita confidence In the government of Premier Bald win, which had announced It would realgn unleaa commona took thie act Inn. The aeveranc of relatione alao enda the trade agreement algned by Ituaala and (ireat llrltaln In 1921. Ituaala'a diplomatic rcpreeentatlve In ltndon, foraeelng that the ac tion of the hauae of comraonn waa Inevitable, already were parking op to depnrt when Ihe vote waa an nnunced. Ilrltlah labor oppoeed the break with tha aovlet government, and labor members of parliament Intro duced s motion demanding Investi gation of the dlfflcultlea between Ituaala and Oreat llrltaln before re latione wer severed. The labor motion was defeated by a vote of 367 to 111. The vote which luoant the end of the diplomatic relatlnna with Ihe aovlet came on s amendment to the laborlte motion. ferrate Itrntnul. a ronaervatlve M. P., moved an amendment to the labor propoecd aa follow: "Thla bouae apprectatee the gov ernment forbearance In the face of acute provocation In trying lo main tain diplomatic relatione, but ap plauda the declalnn to withdraw privilege that hav been an gravely abuaed, nt Ihe aame time putting no obatarle In Ibe way of legitimate trade relatlnna with Ruaaia." Thla amendment waa dealgned tn obtain a direct vote for or againat a break with Ituaala. It aurceeded. the houae kupport Ing the government' action by a big majority. Aa tor the break In diplomatic relation meaning a break In trade relatlnna Sir Robert Home, a form er prealdent of th board of trade ridiculed Iho Idea. w OILING CREW SHIFTS SCENE OF OPERATION Dampne of a stretch of Thn Dallea-Californla highway between Algoms and Ihe Fort Klamath Junc tion, prevented oiling early thla week, forcing the oiling crew of tho elate highway department to hlfl their camp and equipment to a point lx mile north of Creacrnl, from whero they are now operat ing. Thl la according to C. C. Sceley. atate highway engineer under whose aupervlalan tha oiling la conducted. Hy Thursday night the oiler had progroaned from their northerly starting point Into the Crearont region, maintaining their dally aver ago of four mile. K. D. COMPANY IS SUED FOR $3,000 In s complaint filed lu tho Cir cuit court Thursday. E. A. Qualff aerka 23.000 from tho Klamath Development company tor alleged damage to hla land and property. Qualff charge that the Klamath Development company haa for a long time been running hot water pi pea cloao to hi property. That the plpea wore permitted to leak and flow ovor hla land, causing the foundation of hla buildings to de teriorate' and decay. Qualff con alder thla sufficient causa for hla suit for damage, ot 23,000. ONE IS BORN EVERY MINUTE, STORK WAS BUSY IN THIS TOWN WII.UIWH, t'allf., Mny aa, (I'. P.) -A aiiiuolti eoav aaleaiiian Willi an milallc "throe-CMaea-of.rofvMI-liu(-r r if a m-aoan-for-M-vraily-five rent a-vrrj--rronlile.f0r-a n t lw h'li-ftm,l-wMip" put one over on thia town Hie other da. Ilouarwlvre. ntlrarlnl hy the "bargain", learweil ialer that IN Ihrev rake of aoap, aeally iackeil III a fajii-y Im,v, hail hern rut lip from one rake of laundry mm p. rt-lalllng al five ecm la local atorra. Portland Hotels Balk at Negroes rOltTLAXl. May U. (Al) IMM-lalmlng Intention to dlPCourage land, but In.l.tlac that dlarrlm - (nation muat be ierid in bona- tug negro Uelaiea. crank w. itrirn, erreiarr u n ronmna ""'.'J iTf: ,u.r board of th Voang Worn' 1 nrwiian .nwiaiiui, ,van,,,v wltk nett year's ronventloa tenia- lively awarded to Portland had been refuaed. In a letter from the T. W. f. A i boaid. ihe demand waa made that all delegatea. Includlag negrne. rouat be entertained at Portland ho tel without dlarrlm laal Ion If tha convention ebnutd be held here. "Such a thing cannot be done." aald Iteacb. "aa hot! men have learned from pa at einerlenee and on, i"1 " " " i tM.t We ee wtttiae tn toke rare nM folk ,,, a, dl-rlm- of theee folk, Inate. "Thl la the flrat lime In my ex perience that sorb s condition boa arlaen tn thla rlty. and we alniiily muat aland by oor old policy, with no dealre whatever to offend Ihe delegate.." Mr. J. J. Panton, secretary of th local branch of th Y. W. C. A. aald Ihe Portland board had taken no action nn th matter. Member aald It waa part of Ihe Y. W. C. A. work lo promote better rarial un derstanding In th world. Site of Central School on Market Keallting. as aoe every other In terrated rltltra that th property la loo valuable for school purpose. Ih school board of Dlatrlct Nn. I now haa under cenalderatlon -lan for placing Ih old Central arhonl building and Ita valuable ground on the market. Thl wa tha state ment of C. II. rnderwood. chair man of the board, to the Klamath Newa yeaterday. "W have given It a lot of thought and know that It locating I no longer auitahl for what It la being used for. However, there sre many things to consider In mar keting thl piece of real estate." ke continued. "It I s big transaction and although we want to sell It to the very best advantage poaslUe. w do not want It to go to spec latora who will reap profit that belong to thla dlatrlct." It I a case where many anglea are to be considered, one of which I the crowded apace which Ihe achool children already occupy. The main thing of Interest to Ihe tax payer la the announced attitude of the board to bring thla property on th market In due time. It la not thought lhat Ihe' bond laane for the Mill Addition achool wi fall to carry Saturday for It la common knowledge that th Mil's Addition achool I badly crowded. Will Revise Road In Willow Valley ltevlalon of s seel Ion nt the road In Willow Valley, north nf Iingell'a Valley, at s point whero "the road croases s narrow dam wa announc ed Thursday by Jnseph Jcnson. county engineer. . Tha Willow valley road has for aome tlmo crossed a canyon through nao of the reservoir duin which I nnt more than 10 foot wide, Jcnson stated, and la considered dangerous. Dy constructing two grades Into the canyon and a small brlrigo be low the dam, passage over the dnm will be eliminated. Work by county crow which aro now preparing for tho Job, Is scheduled to atart Monday. Farm ers of that section will do th grad ing and team work, while Iho comi ty will have charge principally of the brldgo construction. .IIHI'I.ANK t'HASHKS VENTURA', Calif.. Mny 2, (A. P.) Ray Priest, automobile dealer: Traffic Officer Smith and an uniden tified girl were probably fatally hurt when an alrplano struck a tele graph wire and crashed Into a sand bank today. 27. 1927. 2 Billion In Grain Destroyed Tl TTf Bv r lames Fire Sweeps Vast Area in California, Wiping! : HANKORD, Cal., May HANFORU. Cal.. May 26.' M 1 D Dn n by high Ifltla. flame awept through an area j 37 mie frt lenjTth toniR ht and 1 , . . .- I r,,,,' I,.' i. " ,w. npiarr im preerat etalted ruler ). e;rin, a dozen farm home. fr oa of tk larg., ttng, la' , . .able farm equipment ana ms - tKnery. Martin H-darto. II. aa employe I we. la OBaeaneemeat of prominent I of th. Hitua-ltaa company. waa' Ik- ronriu.lon burned lo death wna Ike lire ttaa- tl tketr regeler meelrag. ped him In Ihe middle of s vaa I Joeepk r. tltaak-k of th, Porl.nd grain field. SV Iailo waa tkroea i h4e. and pceaideal at ibe m., j from the hone k w riding when ! eaclaiHM, will bead ih. ii.i ' he attempted lo force Ihe fngaiened animal I a direction other tkss that In arhli-b. 11 M.Bla1 lA r. cording I esuker uas w.rklsg r I ' eisi ' ni aecom- r,c" iimoer are... seats, field and wk a 4'r Mr. HteoS Lmm 'rrk. die- Additional evidence that the On to eurcrrlly flee trooj Ik 4- grand ealid rlr forlson Trunk resided that Its rig k La vanclng wall of flame. rtos enntk ewa) somber of Med-1 In th Klamath basin hi keen Tha wline. t Ibe tragedy Waled b. u. u. .,1-d. fro. a .r..,l2V W " " Inltlat - hill a. be wa rsaalng la a Ullr, , ,. 4...,, , ,. to aa re him from th fir. aVuno wa. anrrownded by fir refer S..' .v. u. LT' ' ' . . lolftrsal ! IS k'l Indg expect coald make get.. sr. Urs-t -i.t lk ... been A force of llS saea kav Wea!. m ik n tpie ince Its called out to flsht Ike fir. wkKk 4ieila la ISIS, at s late hour Thsredey sight was. jj. itvr, tssirman of the reported psrlislly asder restrel.eiettalnsl resxwlti working Slight statement of Ik. wind ! ita einsia wnk K B. Hall haa ed Ih fire figkt. tw Tl f I and. " , music end era hie heedsay ever th flame. ade!l tnal., and there If th wind renew. It sftrsea ! win k w eh, kaaanet nerved j vigor, however, it n imv4ku l prruici now tar ii.aae. , travel In the drying grain. Maar TSe -nrawva IS tflclal Elk farm home and ewiSeiMist, aa wklkatlna will W a ti,. malls to well a grain, II I th pata tbj tkow-asd s-i. Hai.rclay. . flame were laklsa Tkaredsy aiskl rvrrv o Dalatp. w president snd will k dea.oll.hed wala Is 'of tk ala'. naMii and Wilson big crew aarrerde la c.-M Iks' Wliev. pant M,h, deputy grand tire. j !! rl-r se oe-. south will Origin of Ik tire I sksws. k kx ste4. sllhougk th genaral lellef H that - - II started from soars, from a - f n IfT,mJ Q gin. Many if lb farm were at- terly wlibost Inaarasr sklle of th grain waa ntilaaared. a1 eeperially ssalnat fir. ent holorit e wiikat refe4't Woman is Held on Conspiracy Charge Th aotoTlnw Ten Mil r - d - InfA ) K l w It K.ll -W, ...m, 1t dav with Ik srr.ii-saaeaf Mm: flert C. Thomss. t. 9. ewmmlaatew,. of Edna McDonald, arre-nrd early yraterdsy oa a ronaplraey cbarr. The womaa la a I treed t nave, cnnaolred wltk Td Welak .sat t- - lllgglns, arraigned Wednesday. Ha break Ibe prohibit k-a law. Iter bond waa placed at SIS, wktrh waa to have been raised Tksrsday night. The arraignment of tank) Knight. Kenneth Moore and William Kirk. Indiana from the Klamath reserva linn, charged with an attempted assault upon a ynnng whit girl last Sunday near Chlloquln. waa poat pnned by the commlssinner pending investigation ot the rase by a fed eral operative. KIWANIANS EDUCATE new cLMEMBERSj Kducatlng the new members to the workings, Ideal, snd program of Ihe Klwnnl International waa tho principal business carried on hy the Klwanlans at their week I v luncheon yesterday noon. The meeting was In charge of Ihe Educational Committee, made up of Ralph Crego, who spoke on the history of the Klwanla Internatlnn al, Dr. O. A. Massey. and Howard Uarnhlael. both of whom gave short talk. M. O. Mordott snd Fred Peterson, sre Ihe new members of Ihe Klwanla club. OIlKfiON WKKT IMlTl:HH WASHINGTON. May 22, (VP) Two Oregon hoys, both from Med fnrd. will graduate from West Point military academy thla year. The, I are Jease Dressier, appnlntrd from Ihe Oregon National Guard, and liana W. Holmcr, from the regular any. (Every BOOTLEGGER IN A huwrar,yt VERDICT t'rl'i1? d"'-' f tiTe'ft hat he hot ao ga.r.1. .ortrn ,J1. I.r, ll. walked of nwrt a trm aalnuiea hrfor, a , hrowghl ta . ,mHrt of ' iuaor rnM.( I llHm-lke'a e i --. 7,7 waa not he reading scaped all Klamath Elks Will Hold Biff Conclave 5ral Prominent tk from' i Oolker Paris nf rL. ., ,, ... . .. I' " j MS Wall aw al DeUgationa. i H Plana are W.aa laid t,. E. Hall M Hall peat tatt4 rule, a, ,:. i, .m.i ."!- '- a onrif I loral CI I rirrl lhal ha. , - r satntJar. 'j an, 4, a Ion fnf Wblrh ane.-lal ' diapm-tio. ba. b... ,r,. Th), . I "mlneai Kite to h. preeenl at kl KMill, It ho, of Mlnavill lade and wrrrtary of : "' re-. ia mnm resent. l !. 4 ,1,. iui- fir. B4iiis avuiiiini.u sal, Sea May do Down Krsr lVMB-vt. rt.. May 22, I r I 4a fwwa CVSed ce from the Shaw, aland- to lav ll-e swaowe kiaxlo. rammed Km smvt ree-wster. Indicated ibst M a.H m einry to re- fm .! sad crew or "' Vf the She and Inter cea-1 bete. ' I sr - off. csssin ran k 4 s.iiatsnce. oug- 1 wmmm av ", Ii -"-- ' T rri ev Tse la;ve stt T the Shaw' oseasa ws tskew ker to indicate that ts wr--kw Is Commlssion wkkk left kor at 1 o'clock ! ikt asernls. sd tk lug Reso ilst. strtiase 4 J T. Merritt out f New York kad reerked the side lot Ike liner. Bip Trapshootint? Tourney to Start I rt ncvl u.. S. (P) With Ike offlriel r-a'rit of Ihe sec - a . . ,t divisional 1 I i',U iniHi , m IT t n." --- 1 i handicap trar-akravl ,lluiea lor v ri HW Ta 1 1 as eewal is .if hi r Beats Mother j arriving sine y.terd)r mornl '! ; and It l expected that 75 or 100 ; U1 pvrtklnste In th8 Pfsc"c-!i shoot billed tor this af"M,n0011 Todav'a skor, will l' a I tarset events. These will D ! event of 22 tsrreta esft'- from ,he l-yard line, and a tnrgct-mtss-and-ont handicap In k"nor ' Hy Gverdlng. Portland. The dlrlsloaal shoot l one of the tour largest In the Vailed States. Klamath roomy wilt hare "ix of It arattrr-gnn experts takinar part In Ih big handicap scheduled tn start at Kngene thla morning, and local enthusiast are confidently expecting them lo mk a good snowing against the Ic"11" marks men of the Pacific northwest. Those who will represent this I city and ronnly are W K. Lamm, ! Chavlea Moore Itr w. R. Hoyd. I Krorett llarrienhrtok. Erl Deweose I and A. W. Schuupp, Morning Except Monday) Probability ofJointUse of S. P. Rail Eliminated Construction Crews are Building North from Sprague River, Pre empting Right of Way BEND, May 26. (UP) Oregon Trunk construction crews have started work in L- I . 1 A . . . A , "'""ln counly nna 01 pr- . Rer landing, thereby safeguarding their "D route I survey into Klamath Falls and eliminating any probability of tnint lis f that liitharn T. p.,. 7" " . lnt the objective City, Information rerelred ker Indl- r", th,t Hanaer conatrartloe company force I working nnder tb ""T ' Southern Pacific's cb' lr ,B KUatstk boaln. the jKtmhom line, forestalling any erg- mnt OT" eo"in"a "aer right ia Jeopardised oy a possible aorta- rd ext., Im,"?! extension of the O. C. at R. presented by th speed wh construction crew wer or- ganised to start building aorta from Sprague River. , The right of way has evidently been pre-empted by nrtnal. move ment ot dirt, leaving the Oregon. Trunk In s position to .bargaiaoa equal terms with the O. ,C. K.. for common nser rights southward In exchange for similar privilege xterlhward ' . - ". t-' Truck loads of men snd' equip-" ment secretly - moved 'to' the . enil ot ihe Biieiiu-lli -'on logging rstr rosd from here, were sent swiftly Into the Sprague River country months before It was . -nected that, any O. T. crew would hs's 'reschd the ares southeaat of Pann;-s. -0 When the trucks reached Ithe (Continued on Page Fowr) Three Flyers Plan i To Enter New Race SAN FRANCISCO. Miy 2. ") Three flyers hare decided def initely to sttempt trans-Paclfle flights in sn effort to lift the rick ""CSS oeing oonaiea ,or .uansi- ful trtpa to Honoiuia ana Manila. San Francisco officials left Thurs day to begin plan for having tha flight start from the municipal sir port here, snd It seema probable that more than one million la prise money would be put up by inter ests in Honolulu, Manila snd Cali fornia. The Bellanra monoplane Colum bia, will try to reach Honolulu for one. Roland Thompson of Oak land, former owner of the Weatsrm Airwaya company, operating plasea between San Francisco snd Los ' Angeles, snnounced plsns to pur chase a special three-motored Fok ker plsne for the flight. Martin Jensen, of Honolulu, com mercial filer, previously hod de--dared Ma Intention to try for th Jamea D. Doel prise of 232.00, for s flight to Honolulu. Bert Hall, nviator with flying service in France, announced In Salinas thkt. It inducements are sufficient" k will build an sirpisne and attempt to fly to Japan, with three com nnnlnna v 1 To Death in Rage FLINT, Mich.. May 2. (UP) ISO- Shortly after he confeased to beat four Ing hia 20-year-old mother to death because he "couldn't stand her nag ging any longer," Harry F. Me Clcnnan. aged 40, waived examina tion and was held to circuit court on a murder charge. 1 "I came down In the' morning and went to the kitchen snd had Just nl.-ked up a hammoe to nail up the back fence when mother came In." he told police. "She started the old atory about time and money I waa spending bn Mrs. Cbaprln, whom I Intended to tnsrry this summer. ; '. "Suddenly something happened, I don't know whst. But I struck her on the h.tsd with s hammer Shs foil to the lioor. Then I realised that if she rams to, I was dona for, so I hit her a few times mors,