Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and elightly cooler tonight; to- morrow increasing cloudiness. Temperatures—Highest, 86, at 6 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 11. ah Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 26 and 27 30,356. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, No. \WWASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1927—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Slar. # The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,752 TWO CENTS. (UP) Means Associated Press. - CHEERING THOUSANDS HAIL LINDBERGH IN TRIUMPHAL PARADE ALONG AVENUE A CONQUERING HERO COMES HOME AT LAST NATION’S HERO PAID GREATEST TRIBUTE IN HISTORY OF CAPITAL Roar of Throng Rocks City as It Takes Conqueror of Fog, Sky and Sea to Its Heart. PRESIDENT BESTOWS MEDAL IN FITTING WELCOME CLIMAX Flyer Sets Foot on Shore to Most Wofl- derful Reception Ever Accorded Any American. America, intrepid pioneer of nations, today, like a proud mother, joyful to tears, threw her arms around the bravest and best-loved of her children, home from the sea. He was a blond, modest, Middle West farm boy, who, so au- daciously and all alone, had challenged and conquered those three ancient, snarling terrors of the human race—Fog, Sky and Sea. Such a welcome never before had been accorded a peace-time hero as that which awaited Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh when his bold flight finally ended in a surging ocean of flags and cheers and welcoming hearts, out of which the dome of the Capitol of his country rose like a rock. : Shores of Potomac Jammed. The climax of the welcome came on the Washington Mon- ument grounds, when the President of the United States, act- ing for a proud people, pinned upon the breast of this New World Galahad the Distinguished Flying Cross, designed as a symbol of all those varied emotions which hav ed in the heart of the Nation during the historic fortnight since “Lindy” winged his way out into the sunrise. It was a fitting end to an exploit which has written the name of this twentieth century child of the Vikings with the names of the legendary heroes of old—with Bay- ard, Tancred and St. Louis. The President spoke briefly. His words expressed the senti- ment that was in every breast. He emphasized the one feature of the whole magnificent exploit that has brought Col. Lindbergh closest to the hearts of his countrymen—his unaffected modesty. “He has returned unspoiled,” Mr. Coolidge said. “He has brought his unsullied fame home.” Hero Modest in Response. Nor did the Chief Executive forget the real substantial service rendered to the cause of world friendship—the element of the flight that has raised it from a dramatic, picturesque incident to am event in history. Lindbergh replied even more briefly and simply, in keeping with his modest character. In three sentences he told the vast audience that the heart of Europe was sound and generous. Before the events on the Monument Grounds Col. Lindbergh had received a welcome on his way through the streets of Wash- ington sufficient to turn the head of any lesser hero. - The U. S. S. Memphis had come up the historic Potomac between green shores crowded with people cheering and wavin; flags. Airplanes, like a flock of eagles, escorted it overhead. Cruisers attended its triumphal progress. Bands on shore struck up martial airs. The ship docked at the Navy Yard, and the hero was greeted first by his mother—the mother of a Viking. She, came to him below decks, where he had retired just befow the Memphis docked that he might have a moment alone wi/i her while the still greater mother, the Nation, patiently waited until he should come to her. What passed between the “Detroit school mistress and her son, who had stood before kings, remains hidden in the privacy of their own memories. Homecoming Greatest in History. A moment later he came down the gangplank and set foot on the soil of his native land, to such a homecoming as never had been accorded an American before. Flags, bands, cheers—flags, bands, cheers—all the way over old Pennsylvania avenue, down which the triumphal processions of so many of the Nation’s heroes have passed of yore, there was a continual repetition of these expressions of America’s jubilation over her heroic boy. Princes and-captains and kings have honored Lindbergh dur- ing these past two weeks, but the tribute today was of a tenderer sort—the welcome of home folks. 5 The procession to the Monument Grounds was a continuous roaring ovation. Deafening cheers arose all the way as the car bearing Col. Lindbergh and his mother, seated together in the back seat, passed by. ¢ John Hays Hammond, chairman of the local reception com- mittee, rode in the front seat. The crowds grew denser as the hero’s car and its guard of honor approached the Monument Grounds, where a densely packed mass of epthusmsuc humanity awaited for the great moment of the welcoming. Col. Lindbergh was welcomed home on the Monument Grounds by President Coolidge as “an illustrious citizen of our Rgpubllc, a conqueror of the air and strengthener of the ties which bind us to our sister nations across the sea.” President Bestows Medal. Promptly at 12:43 the President and Mrs. Coolidge appeared on the stand, standing while the Army Band massed in front of the stand played the National Anthem. While waiting the arrival of the guest of honor, the President and Mrs. Coolidge visited with cabinet members and their wives, including Secretary of State Kellogg and Mrs. Kellogg, Secretary Mellon of the Treasury, Sec- retary of Agriculture and Mrs, Jardine, Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Davis, Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Work, Everett Sanders, Private Secretary to the President and Mrs. Sanders, Col. Blanton Winship, U. S. A,, and Capt. Wilson Brown, U. S. N., the military and naval aides to the President. “As President of the United States I bestow the Distinguish- ed Flying Cross as a symbol of appreciation of what he is and ; what he has done upon Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.,” With these Page 2, Column 4) _ . (Continued o Col. Lindbergh and his mother riding with John Hays Hammond and the President’s military aide, in the parade on Pennsylvania avenue.. lWE[[}UME ROARED BY 63 AIRPLANES Flyer Stands on Bridge as Los Angeles and Other Craft Hover About. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh stood on the bridge of the cruiser Memphis to- day and heard more thun threescore Army, Navy and Marine Corps planes roar out a welcome to him from the sky as the rigid airship Los Angeles floated gracefully overhead. At the last minute about 20 Navy planes were unable to join the escort into Washington from Hampton Roads, but their absence was not felt, in view of the fact that approximately 65 military airplanes romped about the sky, joyful over the opportunity of giving a greeting to the noted air- man that probably appealed to him more than any ground event. As the Memphis moved slowly up the river between Mount Vernon and Washington 43 Army planes, which had been assigned the north bank of the river as their territory, flew past (Continued on Page 6, Column 3. A Page of Lindbergh Pictures on Page 4. Washington Star Photos. Bestowing upon Col. Lindbergh the Distinguished Flying Cross, President Coolidge spoke as follows: “My Fellow Countrymen: “It was in America that the mod- ern art of flying of heavier-than-air machines was first developed. As the experiments became successful, the airplane was devoted to practical pur- poses. It has been adapted to com- merce in the transportation of passen- gers and mail and used for natlonal defense by our land and sea forces. Beginning with a limited flying radius, its length has been gradually extend- ed. We have made many flying rec- ords. Our Army flyers have circum- navigated the globe. One of our Navy men started from California and flew far enough to have reached Hawaii, but, being off hsi course, landed in the {water. Another officer of the Navy has flown to the North Pole. Our own country has been traversed from shore to shore in a single flight. “I¢t had been apparent for some time that the next great feat in the air would be a continuous flight from the mainland of America to the mainland of Europe. Two courageous French- men made the reverse attempt and passed to a fate that is as yet un. known. Others were speeding. their preparations to make the trial, but it remained for an unknown youth to tempt the elements and win. It is the same story of valor and victory by a Ison of the people that shines through every page of American history, Cites Lindbergh's Career. “Twenty-five years ago there was born in Little Falls, Minn., a boy, rép- resenting the best traditions of this country, of a stock known for its deeds of adventure and exploration. — His iagusp e | ’TEXT OF COOLIDGE SPEECH TO FLYER' lic service, was a member of Congress for several terms. His mother, who dowered her son with her own mod- esty and charm, is with us today. Engaged in the vital profession of school teaching, she has permitted neither money nor fame to interfere with her fidelity to her duties. Too young to have enlisted in the World War, her son became a student at one of the big State universities. His in- terest in aviation led him to an Army aviation school, and in 1925 he was graduated as an airplane pilot. In November, 1926, he had reached the rank of captain in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps. “Making his home in St. Louls, he {had joined the 110th Observation Squadron of the Missouri National Guard. Some of his qualities noted by the Army officers who examined him for promotion, as shown by re- ports,in the files of the Militia Bureau of the War Department are as fol- lows: ‘Intelligent,’ ‘industrious,’ ‘ener- zetic,” ‘dependable,” ‘purposetul,’ ‘alert,” ‘quick of reaction,’ ‘serious,’’ ‘deliber- ite,” ‘stable,’ ‘efficient,’ ‘frank,’ modest,” ‘congenial,’ ‘a man of good moral habits and regular in all his business transactions.’” One of the officers ex- pressed his belief that the young man ‘would successfully complete every- thing he undertakes.' This reads like a prophecy. Lauds Air Mail Career. “Later he became connected with the United States Mail Service, where he exhibited marked ability, and from which he is now on leave of absence. “On a morning just three weeks ago yesterday this wholesome, ear- nest, fearless, courageous product of America rose.into the air from Long Colugn 23 e e e LINDBERGH SMILES AT GREETING AT SEA Flyer Stands on Bridge as Planes Swarm About Memphis in Salute. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD UNITED STATES DE- STROYER GOFF, East of the Chesa- peake Capes, June 10.—Charles Lind- (bergh, transatlantic non-stop flyer, | homeward bound aboard the United Statescruiser Memphis, stood smilingly on the bridge of that vessel yesterday afternoon, and as his blonde hair waved in the stiff breeze and while naval signalmen waved the vari- colored signal flags, he saw a welcome from fighting craft such as has never before given a conqueror. Five fleet destroyers, trim in their OVATIONS FROM LAND MARK PROGRESS OF CRUISER UP POTOMAC Great Crowds Line Banks of River in Wonderful Re- Flyer. ception to ALL ALEXANDRIA TURNS OUT TO GREET OVERSEA AVIATOR Navy Yard Celebration Bur Force When Memphis Slowly Approaches Dock. sts in Full Escorted by Coast Guard boats and scores of airplanes, the cruiser Memphis, bearing Col. Lindbergh, warped into the dock at the Washington Navy Yard at 11:45 o’clock this morning. From the time the Memphis weighed anchor, off Piney Point at daybreak, the trip up the river had been a succession of ova- | tions from the flyers and thousands of persons along the shores of the Potomac. As the cruiser neared Washington the greeting grew in vol- ume, until, when Alexandria was reached, thousands turned out. Salutes were fired and whistles split the air. Progress of Cruiser Slow. From this point onward, progress was slow, despite the ef- forts of the Coast Guard Rundreds ¢ t escort to clear the path of hundreds of craft which filled the river to give their occugants just a glimpse of the youthful hero on the bridge of the Memphis When the Memphis finally glided around the curve in the Anacqstla River and came into full view of the official welcoming committee on the Navy Yard dock the welcome broke into full force. It was then 11:20 o’clock. As the Memphis turned sharply she was forced closely to the channel marker poles as cannon at the Navy Yard bellowed a 14-volley salute. It took 20 minutes to dock the ship, while Lindbergh stood on the bridge and anxiously searched the throng for his mother. g Mother Is Escorted Aboard. Just as the gangway was put into place Admiral Guy H. Burrage came down, took Mrs. Lindbergh by the arm and escorted her aboard for the culmination of the dreams of every mother— the welcom_ing home of her son, while the world acclaimed. The trip upriver, which ended when the Memphis tied up at the Navy Yard, began at 4:32 o'clock this morning from Piney Point, where the Memphis lay at anchor last night. Except for a short respite during the night, Lindbergh’s sage through Hampton Roads and up the river to Washin was a colorful parade from the moment his yesterday off the twin capes of Virginia. A convoy of destroyers took their places about the Memphis as she came into home wa- ters, and private craft fell in behind to pay the honors of the sea to the shuung shipshape cruiser and her illustrious passenger. Even while the Memphis lay at anchor through the short Summer night off Piney Point, just inside the mouth of the Po- tomac, the quiet of the wooded shores was broken now and again by those who would not be denied the privilege of paying homage to fl]e sleep;ng celebrity. One motor boat, loaded down with his admirers, circled the cruiser, sending up the strains of that old classic of welcome, “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.” Starts at Daybreak. The Memphis did not tarry long at her anchorage after day- break had picked out the shore lines and suffused with gray the bordering hills of Maryland and Virginia. % . At 4:32 o'clock the ship was under way for the last leg of her historic homeward journey. She left her overnight station alone, but she did not long remain unheralded in her winding northward passage up the Potomac. A new surface convoy joined her to keep the channel clear and multiply the glory of the homecoming, while overhead a thundering air convoy dipped and circled in the morming sunshine. The Navy dirigible Los Angeles, on special mission from her home port at Lakehurst, speeded across country to become a sort of gigantic flagshlp of the air armada mobilized to welcome home the Nation’s premier airman. Both Army and Navy planes, some from distant posts, had stations in the roaring clouds that hov- !ered above the Memphis like a swarm of honey bees as she plied {her way northward to her pier at the Washington Navy Yard. | Not to be denied its place in the sun, the Coast Guard had the task of policing the river channel. The cut- ter Apache and a brood of picket pas- v gton ship was sighted late Commander Byrd boats played up and down ahead of the cruiser, warning private craft out of the way. Picnic crowds who had gathered early to watch the pageant from shore found vantage points here and there near the water's edge. Passage Closely Timed. The Memphis had so timed her passage up the river as to arrive off the Navy Yard at 11 am., Eastern standard time, a full hour ahead of the start of the parade to the Monu- ment Grounds. At the aviator's own request the interval was given over to greeting his mother in the privacy of his stateroom on the cruiser. Lindbergh _went to the bridge as (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Erheid STREET CARS COLLIDE. Many passengers in two Capital Traction ‘cars en route to the Navy Yard about 9 o'clock this morning, wanting to get near the navy yard to get a glimpse of the returned hero, grim gray paint, surrounded and pro- tected the fast cruiser bearing the youth to Washington to receive the Nation’s plaudits and its reward. On the surface were the destroyers, mak- ing a submarine screen, such as sur- rounded the Natlon's precious troop power during the war, while overhead (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) Radio Programs—Page 36 12 were shaken up when a rear-end colli- sion occurred on Pennsylvania avenus between Sixth and Seventh streets southeast, None of the passengers was serlous- ly injured, police reported. James Smith, 37 years old, of Keyser, W. Va., sustained a slight injury to his leg, while Katie Robinson, Driscoll Hotel, was injured about the face and her eyeglasses broken. Both refused hospital treatment. The accident de- layed - street car traffic for a short To Notify “Lindy” Of Medal Award Comdr, Richard E. Byrd. first to fly across the North Pole, has been Jisignated to notify Col. Charles A. “indbergh of the award to him by the National Geographic Society of the Hubbard gold medal Thus Byrd, whose ambiti 1 to fly first to Paris was : et aside by Lind- bergh, v il formally notify his suc- cessful rival of the awar which Byrd himself received at the hands of President Coolidge a year ago this month. The notification will take place a: the National Aeronautic Associ- ation breakfast Monday morning, which will be attended by a small group of America’s most famous vers. ‘The Hubbard gold medal is Amer- ica’s highest award for exploration. Only seven men have received it in the 39 years of the National Geo- graphic Society’s history, including Peary. Shuck'~ton, Stefansson and Bartiett. $100,000 College Pledges Given. WORCESTER, Mass., June 11 (#). —Pledges of §75,000 from the Rocke- feller Foundation and of $25,000 from the Duke estate were announced last night at the eighty-third annus! New England conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church for the Livingston, N. C., College drive of §250,000,