Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1924, Page 1

WEATHMER. Mostly cloudy tomight ard tomor- row; moderate temperature. Temperature for 24 hours ending at p.m. today—Highest, 86, at 2:30 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 67, at 6:30 a.m. to- day. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 b N 29,336. 0. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. YOUNGTO ORGANIZE STAFF T0 GONTROL REPARATIONS PLAN S. Parker Gilbert, Former Treasury Official, Likely as Permanent Administrator. COMMISSION MAY NAME APPOINTEES TOMORROW TReichstag Fight Over Adoption of Agreement Expected to End Thursday. By the Associated Press PARIS, August 25.—Owen D. Young of New York is to serve temporarily as agent general under the Dawes reparation plan, probably for three months, during which time he will Zet the staff well organized and break in his permanent successor. In this work he will be aided by Rufus C. Dawes, brothe= of Gen. Dawes, and Henry M. Rooinson, who, like Mr. Young, served on the expert commit- tees, which drew up the plan. Sevmour Parker Gilbert, recently under secretary of the Treasury, is mentioned for the permanent post of agent general, but in reparation cir- cles it s said the selection has not | yet been finally made. | The reparation commission is ex-| pected to meet tomorrow to act on the sappointments which were vir- tually decided upon during the Lon- don conference, but the meeting may be postponed and In any case the final decision will not be recorded! until after the London agreement is| signed, it at all, | Officially, the Dawes plan is inop- | erative pending ratification by the French and German Parliaments and signature of the agreement, which has thus far been only initialed by the negotiators. Fight in Reichstag. The French Senate will probably reach a vote tomorrow or Wednesday but the Reichstag session is likely to last until next Thursday. This is causing anxiety, although the latest information available to the repara- tion commission members is that the Germans will probably approve the | agreement regardless of the loud out- | cries from the Nationalists. 1 The appointment of an American as | a voting member of the reparation commission is understood to be still uncertain. James A. Logan, jr., the American observer with the commis- sion, is favored for the place, but he refuses to discuss the suggestion and it is known that many of his friends believe his considerable influence | mixht better be exercised by continu- ing in his unofficial capacitie leaving another American to assume the vot- ini power. Rufus Dawes and Mr. Robinson will probably be the only important ap- pointees to be named by Mr. Young, as the garious governments will choose their representatives and the total personnel of the agency general will not be large. TRANSITION TIME HARD. Britain Worried by French-German Trade Pact. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, August 5.—The transi- tional period between the agreement reached at the London conference and actual application of the Dawes plan is proving far more troublesome than any one anticipated. Suspicions long held in the back-| ground are reappearing in new forms. | éffering complications not only for the | politicians in the work of making the Dawes plan a practical instrument for | reparations payments, but for the tinanciers upon whom will fall the re- sponsibility for floating the $100,000, 000 loan for Germany. British indus- try fears German competition, but feels that it could cope with German indus- trialists if they were left to work out their destiny until alded by France. Will Conclude Agreement. France will conclude shortly a trade | agreement with Germany, leaving Great Britain’s vital industries, such as mines, iron and textiles, facing a combination powerful enouzh to domi- nate Europe. Fears are felt that this combination will spread from commer- cial to government circles, with the result that Prime Minister MacDonald has decided to appoint an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the principal British industries to assist and guide the government in dealing with the new industrial com- bination on the continent. As soon as the Dawes' scheme be- gins operating, the advisory com- mittee will concentrate its attention on commercial treaties between Ger- many and the other allies analysing the effect and the reach of the com- bination and suggesting methods of counterbalancing it. It fs likely that several of the committeemen will be detailed to study the system of de- liveries in kind and the character of the investments made by the trans- fer committee under the Dawes plan. Premier Herriot's success in curing approval of his work during the London conference is very satis- factory itself, but his denial that he offered to keep the British govern- ment informed of the details of the commercial pact with Germany only ®increases misgivings on this side of the channel. As a matter of “fact, Herriot did not promise Mr. Mac- Donald to keep him informed of each move in the deal with Germany, but agreed that negotiation of a com- mercial treaty between the individual allies and Germany should begin si- multaneously in November. Assured Date Only. Obviously Great Britain desired t¢ follow this course in order to prevent one nation getting ahead of all others which would be impossible if all ne- gotiations were begun at the same time and proceeded along parallel lines. Therefore Herriot was right when he denied giving the British government his promise to divulge details of the Franco-German pact, his assurance relating only to the date of the negotlations. Labored efforts on the part pf some sections of the British press to rrove that America is still dissatisfied with the terms of the German loan ap- peared today. The Daily Mail again declared that Wall Street financiers ‘want Great Britain to guarantee th loan before American banks will is- sue bonds. American bankers in (Continued on Page 5, Column %) |ing houses Head Dawes Plan. Upper—S. Parker Gilbert. Lower—Owen D. Young. ECEVER MAVED FORWILSON & €0 Chicago Packing Firm’s Debts to Banks $30,000,- 000—Will Fight Action. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., August 25.—Wil- son & Company, Inc., one of the large packing establishments, has been placed in the hands of a receiver. On complaint of Maurice 1. Klein of Newark, Vice Chancellor John H. Backes has temporarily named State Banking Commissioner Edward Max- son received for the company. In a lengthy complaint attached to the insolvency charge of Klein, it is alleged that the big packing concern is indebted to various banking insti- tutions for nearly $30,000,000 and has a funded debt outstanding of $47 177,000. Klein claims that he is holder of 25 shares of Wilson'& Company stock with a value of $2,500 and contends that in at least two recent instances where interest fell due on the com- pany’s stocks and bonds the defend- ant had no cash on hand to pay the | stockholders. Lixted on Stock Exchange. Wilson & Company recently ac- quired a rendering plant on the out- skirts of Trenton and has large pack- in many parts of the world. Its capital stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and other leading exchanges throughout | the world. Specifically, Klein's complaint sets forth that 202,500 shares of no par value common stock have been issued by the company and are outstanding, together with $12,000,000 in 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock. First mortgage 6 per cent bonds worth over $22,000,000 due Apri 1941, are included in the company funded debt, together with convert- ible 6 per cent gold bonds in the sum of over $15.000.000, due December 1, 1928, and $9,136,000 in 7% per cent bonds, due December 1, 1931 Klein charges that on June 1, last, there became due $400,000 to hold- ers of the 6 per cent convertible (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SON HELD AS SLAYER. Protection of Mother Plea of Pris- oner at Monroe, N. C. MONROE, N. C., August 25.—Leslie H. Park today was in jail here charg- ed with slaying his father, W. L. K. n;he shooting occurred last night at the Park home, about 15 miles from here. It followed an alleged attack by the elder Park upon his wife. Young Park surrendered to officers declaring that his father had mistreated his mother when she re- turned home from a trip to Lancas- ter, S. C. Mosquitoes Drive People Off Streets, Golf Courses and Beaches in Chicago By Consolidated Press. CHICAGO, August 25.—Life through Illinols and Wisconsin has turned into one long battle against an attacking army of mos- quitoes whose viciousness has most of the population quelled and subservient after the week- end onslaught. Such a savage offensive, uni- wversity zoologists and old-timers say, hasn't been witnessed in these parts since civilization sought to exterminate the hungry pests. Their present campalgn has car- ried off any honors that New Jer- sey 'skeeters may once have laid claim to after their raids on the countryside. Beaches Sunday were swept clean of swimmers despite swelter- ing weather, golf courses looked for all the world like nothing more than empty cow pastures, children were ordered indoors in most Chicago suburbs an only a few hardy persons ventured on the streets here after dark. Heavy jwarms of the attacking mosquito WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D O, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, NATS BEAT BROWNS INOPENING TILT, 24 SECOND GALLED OFF Johnson Holds Sislerites Hit- less in Seven-Inning Contest. BARNEY SCORES INITIAL TALLY OF ENCOUNTER McNeely Contributes Stellar Field- ing Feat—Goslin’s Triple Accounts for Run. BY DENMAN THOMPSON The masterful huriing of Walter | Johnson in the first game of today's double-header with the - St. Louls Browns, when the invaders failed to | register a hit off his delivery in the ! seven innings played, when rain halted | further proceedings of the fray, was | the big factor in the defeat of the Browns, 2 to 0. o Dixie Davis, long-time jinx of the Griffs, opposed Johnson. While wild, Dixie, nevertheless, puzgled the Bucks with his slants and tightened up in the pinches. The second game of the scheduled | double-header was called off on account of rain. | A double-header between the Griff-| men and Browns will be played tomor- row afternoon, starting at 1:30 o'clock. FIRST INNING. ST. LOUIS—Tobin flied to McNeely. Robertson walked. Sisler forced Robertson, Harris to Peck. Williams | flled to Goslin. No runs. WASHINGTON—McNeely walked. Harris sacrificed, Robertson to Sisler. | Rice flied to Williams. Goslin fouled to Robertson. No run: SECOND INNING. 'ST. 10UIS—Peck threw out Mc- Manus. Jacobson fouled to Bluege. | Severeid lofted to McNeely. No runs. WASHINGTON—Judge hit a double against the right field fence. Bluege fouled to Severeid, in an attempt to bunt. Jacobson came in and made a slidng catch of Ruel's Texas léaguer. Peck singled to left, and Williams fine throw to Severeid flagged Judge trying to score. No runs. THIRD INNING. ST. LOUIS—Gerber was called out on strikes, Davis flied to Rice. Tobin bounded to Judge. No runs. WASHINGTON—Johnson singled to left. McNeely popped to Severeid try- ing to sacrifice, Johnson went to second on a passed ball. Harris fanned.Rige beat out a rap to Gerber In deep short. Johnson taking third. Goslin walked, filling the bases. Judge walked, John- son being forced in with a tally. Bluege forced Judge, Gerber to McManus. One run. s FOURTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Robertson rolled to Harris. Sisler dled the same way. Williams flied to McNeely. No runs. WASHINGTON—Ruel beat out a bunt to Davis and took second on the pitcher's wild heave. Peck was credited with a hit when Davis throw of his bunt arrived at first too late, Ruel held second. Johnson sacrificed, McManus making the play unassist- ed. McNeely popped to Robertson. Harris flied to Tobin. No runs. FIFTH INNING, ST. LOUIS—McManus skied to Rice. Peck tossed out Jacobson. Seversid took a third strike. No runs. WASHINGTON — Gerber backed up for Rice’s fly. McManus threw out Gas- lin. Judge cracked a double down the right field line. Bluege popped to Me- Manus. No runs. SIXTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Gerber flied Davis lofted to McNeely. ed to Judge. No runs. WASHINGTON—Ruel lined to Wil- liams. Peck flied to Gerber. Johnson took a third strike. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Robertson rolled to Judge. Sisler popped to Bluege. Williams walked. McManus fouled to Judge. No runs. WASHINGTON—McNeely lined a sin- gle to left. Harris sacrificed, Sisler to McManus. Rice flied to Williams. Gos- lin tripled down the right field line, scoring McNeely. McManus threw out Judge. One run. The game was called on account of rain at this juncture. A double-header will’ be played tomorrow. to Peck. Tobin bound- Goldstein to Defend Title. NEW YORK, August 25.—Abe Gold- stein, world batamwelght champion, will defend his title in a 15-round match against Tommy Ryan of Mc- Keesport, Pa., at the Queensboro A, C., in Long Island City, on September 2, it was announced today. forces in broad daylight attack people on the streets. Recent steady rains are held re- sponsible for the situation by uni- versity scientists Tourists bring word that the armies of man-eaters have bested automobile travelers in parts of ‘Wisconsif. In Winnetka, Chicago suburb village, crude oil and tin sprayers have been purchased and put into operation on all open water holes. Meetings were held last night to organize a move before the next Tilinois legislature calling for a definite appropriation to be used in fighting the pests. After invaders had penetrated to the heart of the Chicago busi- ness district, swarming _after people brave enough to venture on Michigan avenue, Dr. Herman Bundeson, health commissioner, came out with a warning against scratching as relief from mos- quito bites. * Scratching, however, has be- come the most popular local past- time. ére's nothing that seems to take its place, the bitten ones say. aB. Tobin, rf. | Robertson, 3b .. Sisier, 1b .. . Williams, If ... McManus, 2b.... Jacobson, ct.. Severeid, c.. Gerber, ss Davis, p Total WASHINGTON aB. 3 2 4 3 3 McNeely, cf...... Harris, 2b .. Rice, rf Goslin, If.. Judge. 1b.. Bluege. 3b... Ruel. c... ..... Peckinpaugh, ss Johnson, p .. Totals.. 3 3 3 2 26 SCORE BY INNINGS i 3 SELOUS. ...ccoinisssssssnansas O O (O o o 1 SUMMARY Washington........ Two-base hits—Judge (2). ‘Three-base hit—Goslin. Sacrifices—Harrix (2), Johnson. Left on basea—St. Louls, 2; Wash- inst DAWES 10 CONFER WITH PRESIDENT Political Situation to Be.Dis- cussed by Candidates This Afternoon. By the Assoclated Press. PLYMOUTH, Vt, August 25.—The political situation was up for dis- cussion at a conference here today between President Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes, his running mate. The visit was arranged. vesterday on invitation of Mr. Coolidge. Mr. Dawes spoke on Saturday in August Me., voicing opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, which he mentioned by name. The President made mo com- ment on either Mr. Dawes' speech, news of which was said to have been given to the President for the first time last night, or on the address on Friday of John W. Davis, Demo- cratic nominee, who asked the R: publican nominee to join him “by explicit declaration” in eliminating the Klan fromcampaign debate. This is the first time since he start- ed his vacation here nine days ago that Mr. Coolidge has entered into a discussion of the campaign, keep- ing close to his father's home, mean- while receiving only a few visitors and successfully seeking rest. He has given some attention, it was said, to Government business, taking care of urgent mail each day and reading the report of the Tariff Commission on the proposed reduction in the duty on sugar, but no decision is expected to be made by him on this before returning to Washington Thursday. Members of the Michigan Grange who are touring in this section will be received tomorrow. DAWES ON WAY TO PLYMOUTH 'BOSTON, August 25.—Responding to an invitation from President Coolidge to confer with him, Charles G. Dawes, Republican candidate for Vice Presi- dent, left Boston early today for Plymouth, Vt., where the President is spending his vacation. The conference will be the second between the mnominees since the 1and convention. Ol Vhether the Ku Klux Klan ques- tion would be discussed was not known when Mr. Dawes left here, al- though the matter has been brought to_the fore by the challéhge issued by John W. Davis, Democratic pr —Continued on Pags b Column 1) _ Radio Programs—Page 16. \ UTIFYING n 0 [ o o0 0 o [ o (1) (U] le lescmceccc? slemcenmnme? R 1 [ o [ IcNNNI-&C#F alosvcccocuc? clcceseccceF 15 3 " (] 2 « s 8 7 0o 0 0 o0 0o 0 0 1 Bares on balls—Off Davis, 3; off John- xonm, 2. Struck cut—By Davix, 2; by John- ~on, 2. / Proxed ball—Severeid. Umplires—Mexars. Nallin, Holmes and Svans §00,000 ROBBERY STORY DISCOUNTED Federal Agents Find No Evi- dence Old Money Stolen En Route to Mint. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 25.—A train rob- bery story to the effect that months ago thousands of dollars of United States money was stolen while ed route to Washington for renovation, has been investigated by Federal agents who put no credence in it, it was learned today. A prisoner at St. Joseph, Mich., declared that Edward Risdon, alias Edward Meyers, a fellow prisoner, had told him that he had knowledge of such a robbery and as a result Federal agents went to St. Joseph and attempted to question Risdon, who had been arrested on charges of possessing burglars' tools and carrying concealed weapons. Ris- don’s cellmate said Risdon did not admit any part in the robbery and did not state when or where the robbefy was supposed to have oc- curred. Reports from St. Joseph today said that the supposed robbery had taken Place near Pittsburgh a year ago. — SOVIET BANDITS CAUGHT. By the Associated Press. 5 WARSAW, August 25.—A Soviet bandit gang, led by Bartosz and Gas- cula, was captured on Saturday, dur- ing a raid on the eastern border of Poland, by a strong police detach- ment after a four-hour fight which was enlivened by the use of hand grenades and machine guns by the Russtans. There were:several other fights be- tween police and raiders at different points on the frontier. At Radoshko- vichi 'another gang was dispersed by the Polish authorities, some of its members being captured and others being driven back across the border. The government, it Is stated, is tak- ing strong measures In its attempt to protect the border from these raiders. Father Arrests Prodigal Son. the. As iated Press. BT PLAINS, N. Y., August 25— When:Joseph Murray, 18. walked into his home last night after an absence of several months, his father, Thomas WASHINGTON? BOX SCORE l ST. LOUIS Murray, a patrolman on the White Plains force, promptly arrested him on a charge of third degree burglary. ¢ Zoening Star. 1924 —TWENTY-SIX PAGES. | | BOY SLAVERS DEED LAD T0 HEREDTY AND ENVIRONNENT Darrow Says Wealth Proved| Curse in Lives of Loeb and Leopold. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 25.—Character | analysis based on hereditary and en-| vironment was the theme of Clarence | 8. Darrow today as he pleaded ancw | before Judge John R. Caverly for the | lives of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, jr., co-kidnappers and mur- derers of Robert Franks. : “The weird, mad act” of the youths ! was mentioned only incidentally as! the veteran of the American bar went | back of the crime itself to trace from | childhood the influences which had | surrounded his clients. The effects | of these he acknowledged could nol} be told with certainty but limits of human knowledge were blamed for that. Wealth Partly Blamed. Wealth denying no desire was “the terrible misfortune in this terrible | case,”” Mr. Darrow said. and then he ! took up the eases of each of the boys, starting with Loeb. He spoke of him as “Dickie” and said that the phan-| tasy of being able to produce a “per- | fect crime” grew naturally from the | youth’s habitual reading of detec- tive stories, super-imposed upon a, brain “forced like a hot house plant | to_absorb book after book.” His parents might have done bet- | ter if they hadn’t had any money. sald Mr. Darrow. | ““Nature is strong and pitiless,” he | philosophized. “She works in her | own mysterious way and we haven't much to do with it ourselves. Let us be honest with each other. We all know youth is without thought | and without a care,” and he drew audible comment from his audience as_he added: Quotex From Seripture. “Congressmen, judges, lawyers— yes, even State’s attorneys—have in youth done something that was| wrong. That they were not caught | is their own good fortune. He quoted St. Paul's epistle: “When I was a child, I saw as a child, 1 spoke as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man put away childish things.” “That was written 20 centuries ago,” he said, “but let us not forget it here.” Finds Leopold Ungoverned. Leopold, Mr. Darrow said, was “an intellectual machine, running with- out a governor and without balanc without emotional life in any degree. The pleader spoke of him as “Babe, explaining he thought the family nickname more fitting than the State's attorney’s use of the word A “This intellectual machine was, of course, not understood by his father,” said Mr. Darrow, and he launched into a dissertration of the Nietzschian philosophy of the superman, beyond good or evil. He denounced that philosophy as idolatry, and said: “The question here how did (Continued on Page 5, Column 4. —— ALEXANDER T. STUART IN “SERIOUS CONDITION Attack of Heart Disease May Be Fatal to Veteran School Official. Alexander T. Stuart, director of in- termediate Instruction in the District public schools, is seriously {ll at his home, 3162 Seventeenth street, and is not expected to live. He was at his office in the Frank- lin School until last Tuesday, when he was stricken with a heart attack, but his condition did not alarm his family at first. Mr. Stuart is a veteran in the school system, having been connected with it for more than half a eentury, both as teacher and official. For a number of years he was a’supervising princi- pal in the eastern division, and in 1900 was appointed superintendent of sehools, which office he held for two terma, until 1906. Afterward he was appointed director of intermediate instruction, and has held that office ever sinee. | sengers. All well.” | Ing great handicaps of fog and heavy | here, who pointed out that the ven- * Saturday’s Circulation, Sunday’s Circulation, as fast as the papers are printed. 82,987 96,097 TWO CENTS. LOCATELLI RESCUED; ADRIFT 1 25 MILES EAST OF GREENLAND Italian Flyer a nd Comrades Weary But Unhurt When Found by Richmond. FORCED DOWN UPON OCEAN AND DRIFTS 100 MILES IN FOG American Flyers Make Short Hop to Ivigtut and Prepare for Flight To Labrador. Br the Associated Press. ON BOARD U. S. CRUISER RICHMOND, EAST OF CAPE FAREWELL, Greenland, August 25—The Richmond rescued Lieut. Locatelli, missing Italian ai rman, at 11:35 o’clock last night. He was picked up 125 miles east of Cape Farewell. The Italian flyer and his worn out by fatigue. companions were uninjured, although Motor trouble had forced Locatelli to come down on the water during the flight on Thursday from Reykjavik, Iceland. He was unable to bring his plane into the air again and drifted for 100 miles. Locatelli requested that his airplane be destroyed and his wish was complied with. Search for Locatelli Hindered By Intense Fogs Off Greenland Lieut. Locatelli, the Italian avfator, | has been found. ‘The message telling of Locatelli's rescue came from the cruiser Raleigh and said: P “Locatelli sighted by Richmond at 23:24 (11:24 pm. Sunday) latitude 59.06, longitude 39.48. Embarked pas- The position given in the dispatch, which was received at 7 am. today. by the Navy Department. is almost due east of Cape Farewell Started Out Thurxday. Lieut. Locatelll had been missing® since Thursday, when he set out with Lieuts. Smith and Nelson, the Ameri- can world fiyers, on their perilous hop of 825 miles across icy seas from Ice- 1and to Greenland. The last heard of the Italian avia- tor during the flight gave his position as 40 minutes ahead of the Amer- icans, but when the latter reached Frederiksdal, their objective, he was not there, and it was thought for a time he had overshot the goal. American naval officers and avia- tors, with the aid of Danish officials and natives familiar with the tor- tuous coast alcng the southeastern tip of Greenland, have conducted an intensive search for him since it became known he was lost, but few details have been obtained by the official naval wireless here despite continuous efforts. It was known, however, that the searchers were fac- weather. Hold Flight Success. Locatelli's flight to Greenland is considered a success, in spite of his failure to reach the United States. by Wing Commander Mario Calderara, air attache to the Italian embassy ture was undertaken for the purpose of testing Locatelli's plane in Arctic reglons for the proposed flight to the North Pole next year. The plane had been specially de- signed to negotiate the low Polar temperatures, and to afford safety to the airmen manning it, in case of forced descent. This, according to Commander Calderara, was success- fully accomplished. He belives the fact that Locatelll and his three col- leagues managed to survive three days drifting on stormy and lice- swept geas guarantees a good chance of success in the forthcoming polar flight. Spare parts for the Italian plane had been stored in New York, and pre- parations had already been made by the Italian embas:y to rush these to Greenland, when the news was re- celved that Locatelli had destroyed his plane, thus removing any chance of completing the flight to the United States. Prepare for New Hop. The American world flyers prepared at Ivigtut for another hazardous lap in their journey, a 500-mile jump across water to Indian Harbor, Lab- rador, today. Meager reports received at the Navy Department last night told of the flight of Lieuts. Smith and Nelson from Frederiksdal to Ivigut, pre- sumably yesterday, in 2 hours and 19 minutes. It was assumed here that | they took advantage of improved weather conditions to get to the Ivig- tut base because it offered more com- plete equipment than was provided at Frederiksdal for changing their engines and overhauling their planes, which Lieut. Smith reported would be completed before the flight is resumed. Mexsage to Patrick. , Lieut. Smith’s message, addressed to Maj. Gen. Patrick, chiet of the Army Air Service, said that a pontoon on his plane had been damaged by ice last night, even though protected by the Island Folk, a Danish steamer, and that sailors and natives had been employed to keep the ice away. Another radio dispatch, also ad- dressed to Gen. Patrick, came from the Milwaukee, and gave the terse information that the planes took off from Frederiksdal at 1:50 (Green- wich mean time) and had “arrived 0.K.” at Ivigtut at 4:09 p.m.—2 hours and 19 minutes later. Nelther message indicated clearly that the flight was made yesterday, although Army and Navy officers here were certain this was true. Smith's dispatch was not timed or dated. The message from the Milwaukee ar- rived here at 3:55 p.m., Eastern stand- ard time. Liut. Locatelli, had been missing since he hopped off from Reykjavik, Thursday morning in company with Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. Erik H. Nelson. He was last seen several hours later flving along the course from the Icelandic port to Frederiksdal, Greenland, but he fail- ed to reach the latter place with the Americans. During the earlier stages of the long hop across the Atlantic from Iceland to Greenland, the Italian avi- ator, using a faster machine than the tvpe in which the Americans are making their globe encircling trip, outdistanced his companions. passing the United States cruiser Richmond, some 70 miles southeast of Reykja- vik, 5 miles ahead of Smith and Nel- son. Americans Start Search. When the Italian failed to arrive at Fredeiksdal or to be reported from any other point near Cape Farewell at the southern trip of Greenland late Thursday night> Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder ordered the American war vessels on patrol near Greepland to search for him. It was this search which was rewarded last night. Locatelli's unsuccessful attempt to accompany the two Americans on the hazardous journey over 825 miles of the North Atlantic, followed a sue- cessful solitary flight from Pisa, Italy, to Iceland by way of England and Scotland. The flight was made with the sanction of the Itallan gov- ernment and in its later stages, par- ticularly from Kirkwall to Hoefn Hornafjofd, Iceland, with the aid of the facilities which previously had been used by the American flyers, and which had been put at Locatelll’s dis- Pposal by the United States authorities. Postponed Flight to Pole. The Italian originally was to have been one of the pilots on the aerial expedition which Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, planned to make to the North Pole, and which later Wwas postponed indefinitely. Locatelli then decided to make the North Pole trip, but postponed this effort until next year, considering that he needed more experience in Arctic flying be- fore attempting the daring feat of reaching the top of the world by airplane.. He set out from Pisa July 25, in- tending to follow in the wake of the American round-the-world airmen. Later, however, he realized that their enforced delay made it possible for himm to catch up and this he did, reaching Iceland in time to take off with them on the hop to the North American continent. This trip, he had announced before his departure from Italy, was to be in the nature of a trial flight as a preparation for his North Pole attempt, which he de- clared he would make next year. Experience of Hawker. The mishap to Lieut. Locatel!t re- calls the similar and perhaps more harrowing experience of the late Harry G. Hawker, who in May, 1919, attempted a lone flight from New Foundland to Europe. On the evening of May 18, 1919, Hawker and his companion, Lieut. Commander McKenzie Grieve, left New Foundland and started on their flight of 1,925 nautical miles. For six days the plane was not heard from and the two aviators were given up as lost. Then on May 25 the British admiralty learned from Butt of Lewis, the northernmost point of the Hebrides Islands, that the little Danish steamer Mary had passed that point and had signalled that she had the aviators on board. Hawker and his companion had been to descend on the waters be- cause of a clogged water pipe in the plane’s engine and had come down on the water about $50 miles off the Irish coast on the night of May 19, They were picked up by the Mary, which, having no wireless equipment, was unable to transmit the news until she was in sight of land. Hawker was killed in July, 1921, when his plane fell in flames at the Hendon air fleld. Wil Carry Fuel Supply. NEWPORT, R. I, August 25.—The Navy fuel ship Patoka, to which is attached the dirigible Shenandoah's mooring mast, has been detached from the North Atlantic fleet, to bring oil to refuel the fleet which is patrolling the course for the world fiyers. The Patoka is expected to leave for the ‘north today or tomor- row. Zannie Waits New Plane. HANOI, French Indo-China, August 25.—Maj. Pedro Zanni, Argentine world fiyer, is still waiting here for the arrival of a new seaplane which will enable him to continue his jour- ney. His old machine was so badly damaged in landing here August 19 that it was found impossible to.ce= pair it.