Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1923, Page 4

=g Cross-Continent Air Mail To Be Launched August 21 Planes Will Leave New York and San rancisco at Same Time, in 28-Hour Trial, Says Postmaster General. General New has fixed the date for inaugurat- in the experiment which it is hoped will enable the Post Office Depart- ment to establish mail deliveries be- een New York and San Franclsco eight hours. On that day at air-mail plane will leave starting the through serv- ice to San Francisco, At the same time another mail pla will be leaving the Golden Gate with mail destined to arrive in New York twenty-eight hours late The Postmaster General cautions the t as yet the project is in a experimental stage. Final of approval was placed on the I service by the Postmast August 21 a tment who have just re- an_ inspection “of the ntal route. ce beginning August 21 e-dav trial. involving the night flights ever under- ehe United States, or, for atter, ir other country. 1 e Zone Ratex. Tn the the exper proves th hoped for, zo rates have been tentatively fixed for the serv The rates are § cents, 16 cents and 24 or fraction the first reg 1aken that m ev 1 require § > the second zome, ind into the third A possible were in over which the night this Post LAST OF 93 BODIES OF MINERS FOUND Hundred Workers Volunteer to Dig Graves—Japanese Among Victims. Company . 2 e plosion claimed the i believe they ¥ of Joo Roberts, o be recovered. The workers exhausted last night to thei which, it is ts' body a barricade ul at- s Tuesd were continue belie is removed too d, w 1 when R behind cted in an unsu tempt to shut out poison gases At an egecutive committee meet- ing of the Kemmerer Miners' Union last night it was decided to call a teday to decide on fu- ements. Immediate burial said to be necessary. fellow workmen of the he const ey i psves * Men!! | ment. Office Department has provide 1 light- ing equipment for everv possible need jor flelds, Chicigo, Towa Omana. Neb.: ' North and Cheyennc, Wyo. At each of these flve flel1s aas been placed two 600,000 000 candlepower arc lights, one for flood light and one for a beacon. Every twenty-five miles between Chicago and Cheyenne, emergency landing fields are illuminated with beacons and outlining lights. Every three miles are flashing smaller bea- cons. All flying fields on the route have been improved. New, specially designed slow landing planes have been provided. = Pilots have been trained In night fiying. Planes have been equipped with ~ emergency lights. A complete schednle has been work- ed out so that mail at any point in the country can be forwarded to the nearest point on the transcontinental route. Continue Advaneing Service. The advancing service maintained across the continent for the last two vea 11 be continued for the pres- ent time. It is by performing this service that the air mall has develop- ed to .such a point that through servica con now be undertaken. service for the past month of Jul typical of the efficiency set up by air mail personnel: the record | July put the service 99.66 per iperfect. Slightly better than the { claim for a well known brand of soan, | the month’s air 1 deliveries only missed perfection by the fact that one pilot wr cent for preparation of through mail route between New York and an et cutting _ deliveries | trom five d to twen zht hours, | the greatest endeavor in commercial | |aviation in the world, was given by | Postmaster General N Second Assistant Postmaster General Paul Henderson. under whose bureau the service falls F. cision of air mail. and pilots, mechanics and other employes and officials of the air mail. i | TAKE UP FLEET PLAN. Shipping Board Members to Con- | fer With Owners. The Shipping Board will confer | with representatives from the Ship Owners' and Ship Operators’ assoc tions Tuesday concerning - their views regarding the proposed new plan of | operating the government fleet. The plan Las been completed and probably would have been announced this week | had not the owners and operators sought a further hearin, Former Chairman Lasker ) terday | confe d with © board and present- ad s report of his inspection of the) United States Lines, operators of the Leviathan. He characterized the per- formance of the liner thus far as a complete triumph for the system of | operation. While her second trip Is not expected to show the finamcial re- the d ults of the initial voyage, It was pre- | dicted the next and forthcomng sail- ings would show continued improve- e —— | 1 | Japanese. It has been decided by their | | fellow workers that funeral services { for these men will be conducted by officials of the United Mine Workers | of Amerieca | Last ht on the shrouded chest of | form there was placed a car-! nation, a single blossom, the anony- | mous tribute of some unknown per- son, Throughout the night there came to the morgues men and women bearing roughly tied packages, which were piaced at the foot of each dead miner. These packages contained the burial clothing of the men Kemmerer is crowded with people | from the outside. It is estimated 1.000 people are here to attend burial services for the mine victim: Funeral expenses wil] be the mine company, Preside Quealy announced last nigh Sterling Watches. lllinois Sterling Watch $ 4.75 anteed solid white or green-gold wrist watches, fitted with 15-jewelled movements guaranteed. ON TIME ALL THE TIME Famous 21-Jewel on Beautiful Onses, Elgin, Hamilton, Waltham, Howard and all other standard makes of watches at standard No extra charge for our most liberal prices. terms. Latest Style Wrist Watches Fine assortment of the latest Special from $9.75 to $50.00 'Delegates Abstain From Visit leally all of President Coolidge's time, | No matter what kind of a BUSINESS you are in or what form of work vou do we are sure you will appreciate one of these guaranteed, dependable Illinois Refunded if you can buy this watch as cheap elsewhere either cash or every ome guaranteed for 20 Years. Just Say Charge It | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON D. C. THURSDAY. - AUGUST 16, 1923 GIRL’S CHARGE HOLDS LOS ANGELES PROMOTER Deserted After Traveling With Him, She Says, in White Slave Prosecution. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 16—Glen C. Toblas of Los Angeles,;sald to be a wealthy real estate promoter, has been arrested for the federal author- ities in Portland. Oreg., on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act. The complaint against _Toblas sworn to by Miss Ellen Dickens, twenty-three, of Joplin, Mo., was served on him at the Hotel McAlpin. United States Commissioner Hitch- cock held him in bail of $1,000 pend ]’r;s a further examination on August Miss Diciens charged, according to the police, that she was deserted by Toblas in' Portland, Oreg., after sha had traveled with him from Kansas City, Mo, to the Pacific coast, stop- Ping in &’ nurber of cities en route. Tobias declared there was some misunderstanding and that he ‘would quickly clear himself of the charges. He told the police he employed Miss Dickens as a stenographer while he was in Kansas City in connection with the sale of a large tract of land which he owna near Los Angeles Callf. While they traveled togethar. he said, their relations were entirely formal, the girl always Stopping at a Y. M. C. A. dormintory, while he stopped at a hotel in the cities whera stops were made. ———— Some men are healthy because no self-respecting germ would go any- where nea W. ‘AIR MAIL NIGHT FLYING SCHEDULE BETWEEN NEW YORK 8 SAN FRANCISCO. THE LARGE MAP ILLUSTRATES THE SIZE OF UNITED STATES DURING THE PERIOD OF THE STAGE COACH DIAG.(2) SHOWS THE NATION DIAG.(3) SHOWS HOW THE Al REDUCED BY RAILROAD TRANSPORTN RPLANE SHRINKS DISTANCE PREPARED BY DIV. OF TOPOGRAPHY P.0O. DEPT. PHILATELISTS EASE COOLIDGE BURDEN to President to Conserve His Strength. that were matters of occupying Realizing importance great practi- the American Philatelic Society, which | is holding its thirty-elghth annual convention at the Shoreham Hote! decided to set an example and sacri- fice the opportunity of shaking hands with the new Prosident. Despite the fact that the members | could have visited the President had | they so desired, the soclety unani-| mously applauded the sentiments ex- pressed by Howard C. Beck, a mem- ber, of this clty, when he declared that one of the great strains placed upon the late President Harding was the necessity of meeting visiting con- ventions practically every day, and that Mrs. Harding's illness was brought on by =0 y people desir- ine to shake hand: The society decided to send a_gold medal to the internatianal stamp ex- hibition to be held at Viemna. Aus- tria, this year. A resolution was also adopted indorsing the holding of an international _stamp exhibition in Philadelphia in 1926. A stamp bourse was conducted at the Shoreham Hotel last night, at which $500,000 worth of stamps was on display and during which many purchases and exchanges were made among the members of the society . H. Barnum of Cleveland, Ohlo, lected to fill the office of vice| president in the place of J. A. Harris, il W 4 : / / 2 flJA ’V » terms. 2% 22 Z 7 styles and shapes, guar- Z . WY el el A0 S Wil jr, who is leaving Cleveland. uy Boss' the rules of the ty make it n | dependently. sary for the board of vice presidents |and co to _be located in one cit of § This afternoon the members at-| tending the convention will visit An- napolis and, after a sight-sceing tour, will hold the annual convention ban- quet at Carvel Hull in thai city They will return to Wash night and tomorrow will ta unfinished business, after which th will go on a sight-seeins tour of the city. ter to run himself, in-cent and that it soon developed the He paid only 00 cash | purchaser was still in the employ of ted to pay the remainder | the Famous I ,000, the total price. | tion and had acted for them in buy- s said he never received another | ing the theater. The | b - a —_——— EXHIBITOR SUES FILM PRODUCERS FOR $529,575 | Anti-Trust Law Violations Charged | CIOSing Out Sale Asainet Tamous payer= ||| 1 housands of Dollars Worth of | High-Grade Leather UGGAGE Lasky Company. Dy the Associated Press. NEW YORK, A laint In a Sherman age suit for $5 in the fed. mous Playe ink picture prod its directors by William Marston bury, attorney for Joseph formerly 16.—Com- | v treble dam-i filed today | nst the F Boss alleged that in 1919 Famous | Players-Lasky and others conspired | to monopolize the moving picture in- dustry. Among the directors named in his complaint were Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, Cecil B. De Mille, Daniel Frohman'and Eugene Zukor. Boss charged that he had an under- | standing with Famous Players-Lasky he was to show their pictures exclu- sively in McAlester. After a vear a subsidiary of the corporation acquired | > a_theater opposite that of I and | 3 Wil Continue in Business howed Famous Players-Lasksy ‘r;’l:‘;i 3 At 1339 F Street N.W. 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