The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1927, Page 1

FESTABLISHED 1873 -sProvided For Those Watch- * who watch the landings can tell when 45 m3 | wis Long Island, N YH. Campbell Dillon, Mon Stenhenso rH Wheeling, W F. Hughes 49 Tarrytown, N. Y. E, Detmer 50 Bradford, Penn. W. H. Emery 51 Madison, N. J. K. R. Unger 52 Yakima, Wash. M. H. McMechan 53 Oklahoma City, OR. W. Cantwell 54 Coffeyville, Kan. J. B. Sidowsky 55 Pittburgh, Pa. . E. Dake 56 Los Angeles. Brown WEATHER FORECASTS Fair tonight and yaa Warmer ¥ei MACI 130A ) Airplanes Ml ACHINES TO | Father Fights For Boy 3 Life STOP REPORTS STOP HERE FOR | FIVE MINUTES) First Ones Will Reach Here About 1:30 P. M.—to Land at Fort Lincoln MUCH INTEREST SHOWN| Plenty of Auto Parking Space ing Air Derby Ovér 30 Fc os hate been entered in Gloss “B” of the National Air} Derby from New York to Spokane | and will dand here the afternoon of | Dr. H. C. Hill (left), father of Harry Hill of Streator, Sept. 20, the Association of Commerce | been arrested, and charged with the murder of his mother, is doing all possible to clear his son of the crime. courthouse at Ottawa, Ill. has been brought from Seattle, W to the jail at Ottawa. earned’ today from derby. head- quarters at Spokane. Stopping here for five minutes, the planes will refuel and continue on, their dash to Spokane. It was cx-|{ pected that they would start coming; in at the Fort Lincoln field at about | 1:30 in the #fternoon. Located North of Fort The field is located north of the, fort buildings and plenty of parking space has been provided for those who wish to see the planes come in. ‘The Association of Commerce has dé arrangements so that, as soon | the planes begin to pull out of go, word will be sent here. The list of entrants in Class “B” who are to come through. here, as. well as the numbers of their planes, follow. By clipping this list. those the various pilots land by looking at the numbers painted on their} planes and finding the same number. on the list. Entries and Numbers The entrants are as follows: | i No, From Pilot Olympia, W. V. Gephart Richmond, Va. . Charles | Hartford, Conn. E, W. Fleet | woe, i y. L. Roberts H . Richter, dr. B. McMahan Philadelphia, P: Rock Island, Tl Fargo, N. D. Los ‘Angolea. Cal. P. City Bint! 38. LaGrone 41 Des Moines’ IowaL, Miller i “2 Tacoma, Wash. G. Smith 43 Missoula; Mont. R. R. Johnson 44 Erie, Penn, A. Litzenberger ' Long Beach, Cal, J. 57 Baltimore, Md. see 58 Los Angeles, Cal. Waiter Root” 59 Chicago, Il. 8. Darius 60 Ypsilanti, Mi Mich. E. G. E.G. Knapp Lemon Prices Soar | as Heat Wave Result Chicago, Sept. 4 A new rec- rd for lemon prices was one of the esults of the September heat wave. So insistent was the demand of Chi-; cagoans for lemonade wi the ther- mometer was in the 90’s that lemons soared in sympathy from 30 and 40 cents a dozen to 90 cents and $1.25, the quotations yesterday. alla A Weather, Fandivions at North Da- \i kota points. ‘ ad the. 24 hours ending at 7 a. m. Temperature - ta. m. Highest yesterday Lowest Jast night . Precipitation to 7 a. m. . Highest wind velocity ... Temps. | Precipitation inches in ii ‘State of Weather |who the hospital authorities insist; hospital to take back the baby girl jthe time Mrs. Sam Smith did, were possibility of their baby boys being! BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927 NTOSH HOPS OFF front of the La Salle beg Jones, attorney. Yeung Hil Judge » Playing ‘Solomon’ to Name Parents of Baby’: Smiths Claim Child Was Boy —Hospital Attendants Lal It Was Girl—Blood Tests’ May Be Taken to Determine! Parentage, Official Declares | Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 16.—()—A ' smiling little bundle of pink whose hospital designation is “Baby Smith, ; Female,” called Judge Carl V. Wey- gandt of Fairview park hospital to- ‘day to untangle her disputed identity. Though listed as a girl, “Baby Smith,” is named “George,” on the birth certificate. Mrs. Sam Smith, 1 iy tho infant’s mother, is equally: in- | sistent that the child born to her! was a boy. A habeas corpus action by Mrs. Sam Smith’s husband prompted the: personal investigationpby Judge Wey- |xandt. Smith seeks*to compel the and give the Sam Smiths the son jthey insist was born to them. ‘Two other women named Smith who became. mothers at the hospital about alarmed when they learned that Judge | Weygandt was transferring his court: to the hospital, for they feared the’. taken from them. Each insists she: has her own child. Claim No ‘Shuffle’ The hospital officials’. side of the story is that there was no shuffle of babies at all, but rather an error of record. Mrs. Sam Smith’s infant, hospital authorities have insisted. | was mistakenly recorded as a boy at the time of birth, this explaining the {“George” on the birth certificate. Judge Weygandt, in his role of | Solomon, has called several persons | to his aid. He said he desired their advice relative to the reliability of determining parenthood by a study of es characteristics of parents and el Smith’s attorney, Charles F. Me- Connell, also hoped to have ready for Judge Weygandt today a report on the possibility of persuading Cleve- | land physicians to sit in conference to determine the value of blood tests in establishing the parentage of the baby girl. GRAND JURY ACTION MAY FOLLOW PERJURY id uae Cleveland, Ohio, rere. '6.—{)— County Prosecutor Stanton announced today that “i ‘there is any j intimation of perjury” in connection jwith giving Mrs. Sam Smith a aby girl by Fairview park hosp of-| ficials after she asserts she had given birth to a boy, “he will call a | grand jury session to make a com- plete investigation of the affair.” Charles F. McConnell, attorney for, Mr. and Mrs, Smith, toid Vrosecutor Stanton, “There has been perjury in connection with the case.” “At least two witnesses have not failed to tell-the truth but have +;plainly shown that many details of Amenia .... 0 Clear BISMARCK © Cloudy Bottineau 65 47 0 PClidy. 0 Clear 0 PClay. 0 PCldy © Clear 0 Clear 0 PCldy, 43 0 Clear Jamestown . 89 0 Clear Langdon .. ® Cloudy Larimore . 0 Clear Lisbon .. 0 Clear Napoleon . ® PCldy. Pembina 0 Clear Pee a Le CH 0 pad loorhe: inn, . 0 Clear WEA’ ‘THER FORECASTS For Bismarck and vicinity:. Fair Tonight and Saturday. ‘Warmer to- nij 4 North Dakota: . Fair tonight and Saturda: Warmer. tonight. GENERAL ERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A high pressure ares is centered | Amer: ever Idaho this morning . while 2 “Low” covers the Canadian North- west. Slightly cooler weather pre- vails from the Fiaine Prcgpnity east- Wert the ‘Mival Vali ae over the Miss! iy Grget Lakes region. my iy ana vails psa ie sentany tain slope bu gf agen ures al ing ‘slowly over the ga west, Heavy showers « the upper Mississij where generally fair-weather pre- st ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Official: in charge. pty tye i Valley while how the case are being covered up,” Mc- Connell said. “The only way we can obtain every detail concerning this complicated situation is to bring it, to the atten- ‘tion of the grand jury.” Following the conference, McCon- nell set about to get all available data on the case into shape for pre- serftation to Prosecutor Stanton. Girl Left. Behind “Will Share Estate Bentonville, Ark., Sept. 16.—)—A woman who. waited in England 47 yearspfor her lover to bring her to ais to be rewarded with a share in his modest estate here. The will of the late James Hughes Seaton leaves a part of his estate to the girl he left behind in 1880, Bish token he came to America to seek 8 for ioe He, made the- will before Englafid: The woman is Miss I ith lish Harris. Seaton planned to send for Miss Harris.as soon as he was financial- ly able, relatives said. This time, » arrived late in his life and a Iness and death intervened. Harris is to share the estate with "Benton's two brothers and two sisters, thi {Latest Is That of Chemist Ill, who has Dr. Hill is pictured here in with W. C. Wash., 'England Launches Mightiest Warship | Liverpool, England, Sept. 16.—(®)— The $33,000,000 battleship Rodney, sister ship of the Nelson, has left the Mersey for Portsmouth. The keel was laid down four and a half years ago. The Rodney is 702 feet long tand 100 feet in breadth, with a dis- placement of 35,000 tons. The armament of the Rodney and the Nelson. make them the most formidable*war-machines on the high P seas. Each carries nine 16-inch guns of unrivaled . power, in nests of three in the forward turrets. There are twelve six-inch guns aft, and a number of smaller guns, the former firing shells weighing a ton, and with an extreme range of 26 miles. It is possible to relond afd fite each gun in 30 seconds. BOOTLEGGERS . BLAMED FOR 8 MURDERS Who Disappeared June 9 —Body Just Found Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 16.—(#) —The third murder within jess tice: | a month to be attributed to bootleg- | gers has been revealed by the otal covery of the headless body of, J. Athey Kerner, 22, chemist and gr: uate student of Johns Hopkins uni- | al | versity, who disappeared June 9. Kerner’s body was found in \state forest reserve near here by a boy camper. Onc of Kerner’s friends, Edward A. Rupp, declared he believed the chemist was murdered by boot- leggers to whom he had refused to give a formula for removing poison from industrial alcohol. Mrs. An- drew Kerner, his mother, also said she feared bootleggers were respon- sible for his death, ! Identification of the body was made by means of letters found in the pockets of the weather-beaten clothing. A Mittie more than three weeks ago two men—John C. Harrahy and Ches- ter Pugh—died here from bruises and burns after being waylaid on a lone- ly road, beaten, and left to die in a burning hous Police believe they were victims of a bootleg war. NURSE DENIES POISON GUILT Mary Atkinson Pleads Not|® Guilty on Arraignment— Hearing Is Sept. 28 Enid, Oklahoma, Sept, 16.—(7)— ring her own plea of not guilty to an accusation of poisoning one ot two members of @ minister's family who died under mysterious circum- stances here, Mary Atkinson, nurse Hi id long fine friend of the pastor hae agree jd to a preliminary hearing witl spite in. place of the . tears Carel) by her arrest a week ago. Arraigned yesterday on a charge of murder in connection with the death, of Mary Jane Bailey, daughter of the Rev, Charles Bi the 26 year old nurse waived tl ight of captain counsel with formal am not guilty.” ° She was i----ediately returned to her ‘cell where she has been held dur- ing a pathological examination re- vasling poison ‘in the~ ‘viscera of Mary S088. byl died a week age shortly after death of her mo nd the illmese of four other Bailey children. i Miss Atkinson’s preliminary hear- ing was set for September 28. ON TREND OF FARM PRICES Wild Market Fluctuations Caused by Statement Made Public on Cotton ‘DISCUSS INVESTIGATION | Agriculture Department Says Indications May Be Put to Harmful Use Washington, Seq Sept. Secretary Jardine has 1aehdea | that no more price forecasts, such as that which caused a vio- lent reaction yesterday in the cotton market, are to issued by the department of agriculture, Washingion, Sept. 16.—<?)—In all probability, the department of agri- culture's bureau of economics ert issued its last report on the trend farm prices, it was said today it the office of Secretary Jardina_ as a result of the wild allele pile tions caused by a report made publ [on cotton. Officials held that although the long range indications vat helpfal to farmers, they also. 1 harmful use other an iaeeae apecalation and that until the public ‘has been better educated to the pur- pose of the statements, the part of wisdom dictated that they be dis- continued, ' corron TAKES DROP FOLLOWING FLURRY New York, Sept. 16.—(4)—Cotton prices dropped nearly a bale to below yesterday's level in the New York cotton exchange today, Decem- ber selling at 21.20 cents a pound.! The south sold quite heavily at times, however, and the market recovered most of the losses on covering 4 by a private crop estimate ing a yield of 12,418,000 Hales. The bureau was flooded with pro- tests by southern congressional mem- bers and telegrams of inquiry con- cerning the validity of governmental crop price forecasts after the cotton report caused the New Orleans mar- ket to drop to a price of $6.50 a bale yesterday. May Have Investigation At the same time Senator Harris, | Democrat, Georgia, and other south- ern congressmen indicated an investi- gation by congress might be sought at the next session into the author- ity of the department of agriculture | bureaus under the law to make any ‘price predictions, The Georgia senator declared the forecast had cost southern cotton planters $100,000,000 by the break in the market and characterized the author of the forecast as “either a fool or a knave.” MORTON BOARD | CHAIRMAN DEAD J. W. Stevenson Dies at Flasher This Morning as Crash Result Flasher, N. D., Sept. 16.—(Special to the Tribune)—John W. Stevenson, 75, chairman of the Morton county board of commissioners and pioneer | settler, died t 6 a. m. today at his home here. Death came as the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident south of here several days ago. Mr. ee came to Flasher ae the Slope country about 25 years ago. netting on a farm a few miles east of here. He was appointed postmaster Flasher by President Woodrow W son and served two terms in this office. He was completing his sec- ond term as a member of the board of county commissioners. Funeral services are to be held} Sunday at 2:30 p. m. from the home here, under the auspices of the Flasher Masonic lodge. He leaves, besides his widow, one son, J. B, Stevenson, in charge of the Standard Oil company station nere. ae CAR PROVES ITEVENSON’S NEMESIS Mandan, N. D., Sept. 16-—(#)--A light type car proved the nemesis for John W. Stevenson, 75, chairman of the Morton county board of com- missioners, whose boast was he had driven everything but an “air-e- plane.” it | Drove Blooded Horses “Dad” Stevenson as « youth in his native Kentucky rode. or drove the blooded horses of the Blue Grass state. Forty odd years ago he was motorman of the first electric car Placed in regular service on the streets of Chicago. For several ‘years he drove the Pierre to Deadwood stage coach in South Dakota when tthe secret of the Black Hills cold became public. And it was John. Stevenson who drove the famous 40 horse team for the Barnum-Bailey’s clreus of yester-fears. TRAVEL BY “WAVE” Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 16.—(\—Two Georgia girls are traveling to Cali- fornia by the route of the “marcel wave.” Christine Jackson and Selma White, of, Cornelia, plan to conduct itinerant beauty parlors to heln de- fray their creas on the way from j home to Hol! * ‘ PHILLY’S NEXT MAY Here are the three leading aspirants to the Phil: tight they are ex-Mayor J. Hampton Moore fer the Republican nomination, which is equivalent t> elec edietith tindili aol tut ohooh ieetiaaceotate te tah nteneneiee A aoa alina neh canine nenede en eniea dian TRIBU! E PRICE FIVE CEN rs delphia_mayoralty, v ion. Macke: chine, ‘tis sai CR—ONE OF THESE Magistrate Edward Carney, and Harry Mack 10M IRELAND FOR U.S. a to Land Here Next ’ Tuesday MAKES START THIS MORNING FROM DUBLIN Heads For Newfoundland, Thence to New York— Plane Loaded Heavily - GOOD TAKE-OFF MADE Flight Expected to Take 26 Hours; Irish Air Official Left to candidates y has the backing of the Vare ma. which is to be filled soo CONTINUE HUNT Attempt to DISSOLUTION OF FOR MURDERER’ OF YOUNG GIRL. Cedar Rapids, la., Boy Disap-' pears After Virding of Child’s Body | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Si —Search for Lyle Messnei ar old son of Mr. and M A it G Messner, wanted in connection with the murder of six year old Kathleen Forest, continued re! y today | while Kathleen's friends paid final tribute to the Funeral services for the girl, whose battered, twisted and b ed body was found in a sub-basement beneath | the cellar of a v doors from her morning, were being held this while state and county official continued their search for the fected boy. both in Iowa and Mlinois. Disappears Tuesday - Messner disappeared shortly after six o'clock Tuesday evening, the night | of the erime, and has not been heard | from nor seen since. His parents,, grilled by officers, denicd knowledge ; us to his whereabouts. While the search for th’ Messner | boy continued, the net of evidence jaRainst. him grew tighter. Coronet R. A. Vorpahl investi- gating 4 story told by Virginia Gud- zus, Kathleen’s playmate, who de- clared that on the afternoon Kathleen was last seen alive, she, Kathleen and Maxine Messner were playing, near the vacant house in which Kath- leen later met her death. { Lyle Messner cathe up to them, Virginia said, and offered the Gud- zus girl a nickel if she would uccom- ‘pany him into the house. Virginia! refused, she told the corone ang ha boy, apparently angered, se: leen by the arm and, ae so sereams, The other two girls fled, bas ‘frightened, never again to see their playmate alive. Virginia did not tell her mother of the incident, however,! juntil after the body of the Forest girl had been found. TO AID WOMEN FIND POSITIONS, ment Bureau Here—to Help Employers, Employes Opening of a placement bureau to] aid in the finding of positions for women workers of Bismarck was an- nounced today by the Business and! | Professional Women’s club. Under the plan to be used by tne | club, applications and references will | be filed. Employers having positions | to be filled can refer to the place- | ment bureau and will be referred to} applicants. No recommendations are to be made by the bureau. With over 600 women employed in} Bismarck, the club members said; y, believed the bureau would fill! real need. There is only one other | similar bureau in the state, at Grand Forks. Reeords. of the bureau will be on} file at the Association of Commerce chambers.. Applicants for positions may get blanks and information from the following members of the com- mittee in charge: Chrissie Budge, Governor's office; Marte Hoff, Bis- marck hospital; Madge Runey, court. house; Alice Angus, secretary, mini- mum wage ‘commission, workmen's compensation bureau, and Henricka Beach, Provident Life Insurance com- pany. Blanks can also be obtained at,;the Association of Commerce | chambers. » _- NEW BATHING SUIT | Deauville, France, Sept. 16.—()—| The opening here brought out the newest in bathing costumes. One suit-had wide black horizontal stripes, There were a beit and sandals of red. The mannequin from Worth’s in Paris wore a long sleeveless black ; and white coat almost to her ankles. | i One of the largest fidelity bond Screw Safe Withstands ; sault—Lineman Killed Hunt- (@ itempted rob ulled her into the house. | e companies revorts there has heen an} Rob Buford | Bank Fail ils A ing Break in Wires Minot, N. D. bank of Buford, in Williay - cc ; failed someiime early today when th ° ‘erveksmen were unable to break into a serew safe on the inside of the vault, according to 0, J n, cashier of the institution. As an outgrowth of the robbery a. te ood of B: man for the ailway, was killed this forenoon when struck j by a train at Lakeside, Mont., while , traveling on a speeder tooking for a break in the telegraph wires which had been cut by the robbers in Bu- ford. The yergs are believed to have en- tered the hank some time between 1 a.m. and 5 a. today, due to the fact that the telegraph wires run- ning through Buford went out of working order at that time, accord- ing to a dispatcher at Havre, Mont. Small Change Taken Several safety deposit boxes on the! inside of the bank’s vault were h: mered open by the robbers, but th coltected oniy worthless pape! which were sirewn sbout the ban! Between $5 and (28 an change whien Was on the ouisids of the vault is re- ported b« Mr, Morken to be missing. Snerist A. R. siarsnall of Wiliams county was notifiz ly this piorn ing, samucdacay ature tne rope was discovered, and drove to Bufo... to conduct an investigation, No clues were lett by the burglars, The vault door was badly damaged by the cxplos.on wh.ch biew 1 open Bondy Sent Away Was only a small amount of he in the bank, and no new b according io Mr. declared that he sends the Twin Cities for suf and also ships away all cash won is not needed to operate the business. Wood, it is reported, was instantly | kinea Nostruck by tae tast train ie a load of silk, Lakeside, | where ne was killed, is a small sta~ tion just across the boundary line in Montana. Butord is a smail town located two miles east atte Moaka the Montane: boundary. Ea «con nn om OA MANY DUCKS Prairie Chickens Scarce, But Water Birds Prove Plenti- _ ful in This Section Along the edges of sloughs marshes this morning, hunters in wait for ducks, and they got whut they went after, The opening day of the season to- end day proved :ideal from the hunter'x, standpoint. There were plenty ot ducks and those returning to the city this afternoon reported ful! bags of nice, fat birds, Prairie chickens and grouse were few und far between, it was reported. but the plenitude of ducks made up! for this. No hunting season casualties were reported in thie vicinity, but one man was injtired ut Medind. according to Associated Press dispatches. He was A. J. Cummings of Detroit Lakes. Minn., a Northern Pac’ railroad employe. An exploding gun barrel shattered his left hand early this morning. One finger and the thumb were shot off and the hand was bad- ly iy isore. After treatment .at James- e left for St, Paul to enter the Northern Pacific hospital there. The comparative scarcity of the prairie chickens has been attributed Es | to post-season storms which kille off young birds in this section of tl state. state, however, plenty of birds are reported, The land at the southern tin of Manhattan is known as “The Bat- Sery” efter the Whiteside Rattery, consistine of 9% cannon. It | ousten proceedings. {that the colony be abolished, its as-; that th however. 26 In the eastern pert of the} ' PURNELL CULT _ TS REQUESTED, aunt Charges Colony Is ‘Pub- Kc Nuisance’—Says Per- jury Is Rampant ph, Michigan, Sept, 16.—) ing its charge that the House d colony isa “public nui- “immorality has | 1 in the name of reli- the leadership of Ben- ell, the state today filed a brief in the circuit, court asking dissolution of ihe cult: i The brief was filed with Judge Louis H. Fead, who several weeks | go heard testimony in the state's | The state asks sets marshaled and a receiver ap- pointed, to hear claims of those en. jHitied to share of its property. : Calls Conduct ‘Unlawful’ “Testimony in th se reveals a situation which has never been brought before a court of justice in ‘our state or elsewhere as far ay we lare able to find,”. the brief asserts. uch brazén, unlawful and criminal conduct on such a large seale and jover such a long period can seldom, if ever, be accomplished.” The brief reiterates the state's | charge that “trickery fostering of ‘perjury, and perjury itself has been; ; shown to have been taught and prac-} i ticed by large numbers of the leaders und the general membership, and that thcre have been numerous iraudulent practices.” Final xrguments of counsel are to be heard BOYS DREAKS Determined to Become Pugi- list, Youth Changes Mind After Bout New York, Sept. 16.4)— rc two minutes and 50 seconds, | William La Mance, sophomore at Cen- ter college, today was bent on a in dentistry, having abandoned ions to shine in pugilism. anne father, the Rev. William N. La Mance, Methodist evangelist of Beu- Ich, Mich trained his son for the ring and came here to see if he was ‘of complete fighting caliber. Joe fj aiurine, of Rochelle, “Iron | Horse.” convinced the father in an jamateur show at Long Island | At theystart of the bout, William | landed a Tew stout jabs, but with on- |ly a few seconds of the first round | remaining, “Iron Horse” brought one | around from nowhere to William's Knocked, lay, jaw and William went down and out} MacIntosh has not for five minutes. “I feel kind of funny,” Willia grinned at his father as he climbe out of the ring later on. “You should,” said his father, smiling, “but you ncedn’t any more— | machine hy Judge Fead September |, Is Only Companion Dublin, Irish Sept. 16. R. Free State, ) —- Captain H. Macintosh in_ his plane, the Princess Xenia, hopped off today, from Dublin on a_ transatlantic flight to America. The plane made a splendid take-off, getting into the air at 1 p. m. local time. It carried a heavy load including 720 gallons of gasoline.: Just prior to taking off Captain MacIntosh saw a black cat which he picked up remarking: “This is certain- ly an coer of good luck.” The plane carries a gona supply of food and water. To Head for Newfoundland Captain Intosh announced that he would head for Newfoundland and thence to New York. Before taking off he said he expected to make the flight in 26 hours. Captain MacIntosh’s. only compan- ion in the flight James C. F maurice, commandant of the I Free State air force, who succeeded as co- t Captain Anthony Wreford, who was originally announced a MacIntosh’s companion in the ven- ture, The trail on which the two in- trepid airmen set out is one that has Heed been followed to its western enc The two pilots, who fought in the during the World war and have flown steadily since, were confident y would be able to meet the “challenge of the Atlantic which claimed Nungesser and Coli, the French occupants of the “White Bird,” and the “St. Raphael” carry- ing Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim, Captain Hamilton and Colonel Min: chin. “I have every confidence success of our attempt,” in the jd Capta’ Mackintosh as they ‘finished their final preparations to hop off. “We have made every possible test of our nd the weather report is better than we have ked in a long tim The flyers were in danger of be- ing mobbed by admirers who crowd about them and their plane to delu them with congratulacions on the ae and perser » and the ishes for success on their daring Texture Fitzmaurice embraced his wife and ittle daughter d th stood by to e their handkerchiefs as he en- the plane. crowd checred_ lustily with “Good Luck,” as the s Xenia, named for the Ki n Wife of an American millionaire, cefully took the air, taptain RK, H. MacIntosh, who hopped off from Dublie today on a transatlantic fli is 32 years old, was a World War and a British Imperial airw. He has carried more th passengers and spent more hours in the air as a commereiai pilot. During the war he registered more than 300 flight hours in a bombing plane. His plane, the Princess Xenia, is Fokker 7-A, with a 510 horsepow Jupiter air cooled motor. Muacln' estimates the plane has a fl radius of 4,300 miles. He spent over 300 hours in the air testing the mo- tor before beginning the flight. T plane has no wireless, but carries ollapsible rubber boat as a safety measure, Seeks 25,000 Prize MacIntosh announced that he would head for New York and continued on to Philadelphia to claim a $25,000 prize offered by the Evening Bulletin. The newspaper. however, has with- drawn the prize in view of recent. Jong distance flight disasters and announced any change of destination since the with- drawal. * Flight Briefs | that way. I don't think we're going to fight any more.” Which means that Williem will study dentistry, that being his fath- ers choice of a profession for him. | Vicar Bans Confetti at Church Weddings Eltham, England, Sept. 16.—(4)-—- Confetti at weddings is all nonsense, believes the Rev. H. A. Hall, Vicar of Holy Trinity: Church here, who bas taken steps to stop the practice of throwing bits of paper because they make such litter. A notice posted within the church | precincts: “No confetti is to be thrown within the church precincts ut weddings,” and with the view of ‘insuring obedience of the rule, it is stated that “a special fee of half a crown (about 60 cents) will be charged at each wedding. which will be returned if no confetti be thrown in the church or on the church paths.” The notice adds: “This fine, if it was} has to be imponed, will be given to, by an author of 1850. He increase of 59 ver cent in dishonesty | erected during the closing years of] the nerson who has to sweep the con- among bonded workers, 4 | the {7th-century, PERT ey SA CASES Teun kn SN * fetti.” ERR yreereenees Belfast, Sept. 16.—(AP)—The plane, Princess Xenia, passed over Galway bay at 3:30 p. m., going steadily. Galway bay is approximately 115 miles west of St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 16— (AP)—Prospects were favorable today for good flying weather in the vicinity of Newfoundl land to- night and tomorrow when the Princess Xenia is due to reach these waters, Today the sky was clear with a light west wind. New Sept. 16——(AP)— Dr. Stmes H. Kimball, meteorolo- bia of aba local ee, bureau, meager re- rts of of North: Atle Praga Ba mracl Eee agile ce a for in clIntosh’s the. With but few European and northwest weather ier, toners in, he. said he could not give an ac- curate forecast until later, Frequent whi whipping of children was recommended as a healthful measure said it stimulated the blood and made the skin tingle.