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MIDWAY ISLANDS " LANDING POSSIBLE Maj. Horton, Former Gov- ernor, Says Brock and Schiee Could Stop There. Should William §. Brock ward F hlee, speedy globe fivers, decide, over the protests of their re tives and frienc » attemnt from Tokio to Midway Islang will find a suita plane down on the ground on Sand lsland, according to Maj. Jeter R. Horton, U. 8.<M. C.. now on duty with the Quartermaster’s Department at Marine Corps headquarters. who served as governor of Mid Islands and also commanding officer of the Marine detachment stationed on the isiands several vears ago. Sand Island.” said Maj. Horton, *s approximately one and a half miles Iong and a half mile wide. The north shore line for about one mile is prac- tically straight with a good hard beach and would be a suitable place for Janding an airplane. If the Pride of Detroit succeeded in locating this smull spot on the Paci 1 feel sure that she would experience no trouble in landing.” Describes TIslands. Maj. Horton's recollection of landing facilities at the Midway Islands is in direct contradiction of published re- ports to the effect that the sand is so soft, should the wheels of an airpl strike the heach they would sink down to the hubs causing i nose-over Furthermore, the condition of the beach would make it virtually possible for a land plane to take off. The zroup known Midway Islands, explained Maj. Horton. con sists of two islands. one known as Eastern Isiand and the other Weste nd Island. “These two islands.” continued., “are surrounded and protected from the heavy seas by a coral reef 20 miles in circumference, an ave height of 3 feet above low tide and from 20 to 50 feet in width. The group is 1400 miles northwest of Honolulu and in practically the same latitude as Galveston, Tex. as Light on Island. and Tsland, as its name implies, % nothing more than a heap of sand in midocean, an a'most verdurele al. with the exception of an occasional sand_dune covered with a few short, sickly-looking shrubs known as dwarf magnolia. It is with- ny vegetation. The island's highest point, known as Observation Hill, is only 40 feet above the sea level and it is on this hill that the Govern: ment light, with a range of 15 miles. is located. On Sand lsland lives the colony of 25 employes of the Commercial cific Cable Co.. while Eastern Is cupied, except by hundre: rds,.and covered entirely w dwarf magnolia bushes. which would be detrimental to the landing of an airplane.” i e s A SAFE PLANES PLEA IS MADE BY HOOVER IN FLIGHT COMMENT ntinued from First Page.) taken under such auspices. I have not been able to bring myself at the present moment at least to the view that responsibilities in these matters #hould b undertaken by the Depart- ment of Commer Governmental regulation would be too inflexible, It would mot be wise to suppress all flizhis or we shall suppress progress.” URGES U. S. REGULATION. Becretary Wibur Says vernment Should Supervise Flights. CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 10 (®). — Governmental regulation of transoceanic or other long-distunce fiying was declared essential tonight by Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the v, if human life is to be safe- guarded and any constructive stimu- 1us given to the science of aviation. Secretary Wilbur, en route to Wash- Ington after an inspection of the Pacific Fleet. was interviewed at the home of Stuart Cramer, at Cramerton, textile manufacturer and former class- mate at Annapolis, where he is 2 visitor. He plans to leave Monday for the Capital. General unpreparedness and inade. | euate equipment for hazardous flights, which place human life in jeopardy and can, even if successful. contribute little or nothing to aerial| mcisnce, were referred to by Secreta Wilhvr as cause enough to wa goverainental super 0 such adventurous enterpri: and Ed- sle place to put their im- | ernor of the this mere dot in the Paciflc. The above photograph of Midway Islands made hy Maj. Jeter R. Horton, U. islands, grapiically illusirates what faces Baeck and Schlee in their proposed jump from Tokio to S. Marine Corps, former gov- | But Aviators Have ated Pr September 10, | By the As NEW YC ences of airplanes which have tlown and_disappeared in the port of airmen recall that pilots of eaplanes have found much better {fortune in transoceanic flying. A num ber of planes have been lost, but the pants were saved. As early as 1919 one of three U. §. ¢ seaplanes flew from Newfound- land to the Azores, althougi two com- panion planes were forced down und wrecked on the way. The crews were aved. Since then a number have pited up mileage. skip port to port - Capt. Gago Coutinho and Capt. Sa cadura Cabral, bb-year-old Portuguese airmen, hud to descend on the sea. but jaway missing this vear completed flight after he forced down at se: Comdr. Ramon Franco. Spanish fiyer flew from Spain to Argeniina last ar, but he reached the mainland of Z1 with one propeller out of com- sion and was wondering if he would attain his objective as he finally left ihe sea behind him. Flew Through Rain. Capts. Coutinho and Cabral, griz old Portugucse sea dogs, set out in from Lisbon March 30, to fly to Pernambuco, Brazil ceached the Canary Islands after an experience in flying | through rain which prompted a | ment from Capt, Coutinho that had taken a walking stick aboard the pline when he should have had an nbrella. 2 i nfavorable weather held them until | 1 5. when they reached St. Vin- st, Cape Verde Islands. They were d to remain until April 19 when they set out for St. Pauls Rock, just above the Equator. northwest of the island ' of Fermando de Noronhz, Rough seas gemaged their plane be- | April 'SEAPLANES' OCEAN FLIGHT SAFETY RECORD IS SUPERIOR Many Have Been Wreeked in Attempts. ATAGKED IN SUIT Been Savcd: Noted Voyages Recalled. when they landed and they had to stand by for another ship. A new plane was sent them at the and of Fernando de Noronha and | they resumed their flight May 11, to fly to St. Pauls Rock. expecting to circle it and take up where they left | off. A strong wind blew them off their course and they were wrecked ag They iwere rescued hy a Bri Steamer. revolvers of the stranded airmen. third ne was provided and the: finally reached Pernambuco June Comdr. Ramon Franco took January 23, 1926, from Palos, Spain, at the same spot and hour at which Columbus set cut August 3, 1492, to discover Americn. The Spanish air- was hound for Rio de Janeiro. flew his hydroplane to Los Palmas, in the Canary Islands, the v. and hopped off again Jan- 5 for Porto Praya, Cape Verde which he reached in nine He reached Pernambuco, Prazil, January 31, although he was forced to land with only one of his propellers workinz, the other having been damaged by a heavy sea. Col. Francesco de Pinedo, Italian 'mn. who in 1925 made a round p flisht from Reme to Tokio, left i, Sardinia, February 13 roplane to fiv over Jurone, Africa. South rth America. n Out of Gas at Sea. He sst out from New York complete his trip, but ran out of gos in, the face of strong contrary winds and was forced down 240 miles west of Horta, Island of al, the Azores. His plane was taken in tow by an Italian steamer and he reached Horta May 30. Lieut. Comdr. Albert €. Read piloted a United States Navy sea- plane, the NC-4, across the Atlanti in 1919. The NC-1 and NC-3 wer forced down and wrecked. although the crews were saved, nnd the NC-4 continued on to Hor yal Island. vond repair hours. U. S. CANAL DISPUTE WITH PANAMA AIRED | AT GENEVA PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) friendship. saying that this greatly in- | creased the strength of the League of Nations. Sir Austen repudiated any insinua- | tions that the big powers were trying to run the counc ng that all the members were on equal footing. Referring to what he called the League. helped considerably to reas. =ure the smaller nations, the decline of the League. Both Briiish and French foreign ministers told of the League's work as a contrast to the recital of its I faults by critics. ¥hey declared that not only have they not lost hope. but more than ever saw promise of sure and steady progress toward a solid veace. They warned against haste makes waste and pleaded for a of faith in the League's to build ‘a road to universal | peace. | s T |NUNGESSER “MESSAGE” attracted by shots from the | Al who saw | FLORIDA SYNDIGATE Petitioners Seek Dissolution| of $2,000,000 Boca Raton Development Firm. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, TIl, September 10.—G. Frank Croissant, alleged trustee of | the $2,000,000 Boca Raton development syndicate of Florida: George T. Pre- schern, vice president of the Union Bank of Chicago and the bank itself, le defendants in a suit filed the United States District Court, by Frank A. Adams of Ports: | mouth, ‘Ohio, asking dissolution of the syndicate and a full accounting. The bill of complaint stated that the svndicate was organized August 15, 1925, with Mr. Preschern and the Union Bank as trustees. The bill al- leged that they collected $1,000.000 and Croissant $500,000 from sons throughout the country, . came certificate holders for the pur- pose of buying and developing 2,300 acres of land at Boca Raton, Florida. ‘Adams. according to his petition, - vested $14.000 and induced several { others to invest $30,000. The petition alleges that the de- | fendants executed contracts with Rob- ert G. Boyland, described as a chaut- teur, and finar irresponsible, for the purchase of four parcels of land for $760,000. the amount becoming a total loss because Boyland failed to | execute the contract, never having| | title to the land. The defendants were charged with | { maliciously defrauding the certificate | | holders of the syndicate, and know- | inz of Bovland's alleged financial ir-| { responsibility According to the bill, the Union| Bank of Chicago, as trustee, is still holding $1,000,000 of the funds in- vested by ihe certificate holders. Croissant was considered one of the | largest real estate operators in Florida | during the boom. He has since been | mode defendant in several s in- volving land deals there. | AIDS AMERICANIZATION. Station WRNY Puts on Citizenship Program Each Wednesday. | Station WRNY is putting on a program of great interest to foreign- d calculated to aid in Ameri- 1 tion work. “How to Become a i " is the subject covered in kly talks broadcast by Jonas Lipp- | man, through the Radio News station | in New York. { The author is connected with the | Bureau of Education, and is well in- { formed on the necessar, procedure | required of those seeking citizenship, ‘ll» speaks in, simple English cal- cnlated to be intelligible to all, and | individuals WR ids through W m. every | By the A | Great | the Battle of Brandywine, and upon | ute to the memor: | CHEERING CROWDS BRANDYVINEFGHT ISCONNENORTED British Join in Tribute to, Valor of Soldiers in Revo- lutionary Battle. | | | 1 q P ORD, Pa., of three nati Britain, France and the United | and of 1wo States, Delawars and Pennsylvania, today joined in ol sarvance of the 150th anniversary of | CHADI -Re September 10 presentatives ne. | tes, the site of that memorable contest of September 11, 1777, placed wreaths in ! memory of the soldiers who fell in! battle. | | Great crowds lined the fleld. and just as the wreaths had been placed the silvery outlines of the dirigible Los Angeles and the Army blimp -5 appeared through the clouds and ped in salute. kach ship circled the field several times. Prior to their arrival airplanes from the 103d Air Squadron, Pennsylvania National Guard, flew over the battlefield. On the wreath of immortals, placed to the memory of the British and American soldiers by Col. R. Pope- Hennessey, military_attache of the Sritish embassy at’ Washington, was the inscription: “From the British Ambassador and the staff of the Brit- h embassy at Washington as a trib of the ofticers and men of the British and American armies, who gave up their lives for their countr at the battle of the | Brandywine. Maj. Thenault, aviation attache of the French embassy, placed a wreath of lanrel in tribute to the American soldiers; Gov. Fisher of Pennsylvania. placed a similar wreath 1o the memory of, Gen. Lakayette, ho was wounded in’ the battle, and Maj Gen. Willlam C. Price of the Pennsyl- vania National Guard. dedicated wreath to the British soldiery. Dur- ine these exercises a hand plaved “The Star Spansled Banner.” Save the King," and the * laise.” GREET PRESIDENT | ON JOURNEY HOME| (Continued _from First Page.) other high officers of the State came aboard the President's train to pav their respects to the President and| Mrs. Coolidge. The stop at Madison was only 10 minutes. but it was lon enough to convince those of the Presi- dent’s party, that the people of this town are proud of their President and were happy to see him. even though many of them may differ with him politically. The longest stop during the trip to- day was at Brookings. 8. Dak.. where the President made the principal nd- dvess at the exercises incident to the | dedication of the Lincoln Memorial | of the South Dakota State | College, and where was conferred | upon him an honorary degree of doc- tor of science, and where he and Mrs, Coolidge placed a stone in the foun: tion wall of a Syivan theater on the college campus, which is to be known in the future as ‘“Coolidge Sylvan Theater.” Urges Spiritual Influence. There was no mistaking the deep impression the President’s address, in which he made an earnest plea for a greater spiritual influence .in educa- tion, made upon the several persons who heard him. Because of the demonstration at Madison tonight the President was prevented from retiring for the night as early as is his custom. Although he was on his feet much of the day, nd put considerable energy in the speech he delivered at Brookings. he showed no outward signs of weari- ness or fatigue when he excused him- self shortly before 11 o'clock to go to bed. He was in splendid spirits, and remarked several times du the evening how well he felt how much he was impressed with the friendliness of the people of the West and how much he was enjoy- ing his trip home. It is understood that all of the cabinet officers and their wives who are in Washington, as well as a num- ber of other high officials of the Gov- ernment, besides many personal s, will be at Union Station to- night te accord the President and his party a warm welcome hackr 1927 --PART V. SCHEDULE OF SCHLEE'S ATTEMPT TO LOWER ROUND- WORLD RECORD Miles. Haibor Grace, Newfound'and ¢ Iondon, England .. Munich. German Belgrade, Jugo: Constantinople, Aleppo T Bagdad. Irag . Buhder Abas, Karachl. Indi; Allahabad. India leutta, India . " Rargoon. India Hongkonz Shanghal Tokio. avia . Turkey. Pe radio heacon) 1 of Midway lio heacon).... io heacon) San Fra Cheyenne . Chicago Detroit Harbor Grace. Total mileage ... Mileage to last stop. . Mileage to cover... Round-world record Schlee time at noon today. Time unexpired. SCHLEE AND BROCK FLY FROM SHANGHAI ON WAY TO TOKIO FOR PACIFIC HOP (Continued from First Page) friends and others, but we are confi- dent of success. However, we wish o add this: The whole future of the flight de- pends on the condition of the fieid at Tokio. We are confident now of suc- cese, but many things enter into the Pacific flight. We intend to study the | weather conditions thoroughly, as well as all other phases. If all is favorable | and the Japanese flving fleld is suit- able, in all probability we will con-| tinue on our original plan. Left. Aug. 27 Arrived Aug. 28, 10:35 a.m.. Greenwich T. Auz. 29. 4 p.m.. Munich time Aug. p.m.. Belgrade time. Aug, 1145 a.m.. Turkish time. Sept. 2. passed without stop. 30 p.m.. Bagdad time. n.m.. Indian time. 53 p.m.. Indian time. 3:30 p.m . Indian time. 1140, a.m.. Indian time. p.m.. Tndian time. 1220 pm. Chinese time. 10, 5:30 p.m., Chinese time 4:14 am., Eastern 8. T. 31, K Minutes. an 48 “ that he and his pilot, Capt. Walter Hincheliffe. might fly eastward next week in attempts to break the world endurance and long distance flying records. The wife of Edward ¥. Schlee, co- pilot of the Pride of Detroit, petition- ed the Navy Department to inter- fere with the “suicidal” plan of the round-the-world flyers to jump across the Pacific. The Windsor-to-Windsor flight of “Duke” Schiller and Phil Wood was definitely ahandoned as well as the pilot’s proposal to search for Old Glo and plans were made for a from Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, to Windsor, Ontario. MWINTOSH IS INTENT The hop to Midway Island, of 2,500 miles, is the hardest and will require 430 gallons of gasoline. This is a big) load to get off the ground. If. after | studying all sides of the problem, we | find it impracticable to do so. we | will not continue, but there it stands | until we reach Tokio. Both of us want | to continue, but we can only wait and | see. | (Copyright. 1927, in the Tnited States Canada, Mexico, Cul Sonth America. Japan. Europe and the British Empire. by the New York Times Co. Al rights reserved.) SCHLEE'S WIFE PROTESTS. Joins With Others in Attempt to Pre- vent Flight Over Pacific. NEW YORK, September 10 (#).— Expectations that Capt. Rene Fonck and Charles A Levine would abondon their proposed transatlantic flight grew stronger today, and further at tempts were made to discourage the projected transpacific hop of Edward ¥. Schlee and William Brock. around- the-world flyers. as result of the inter- national wave of protests that has fol- lowed upon the loss of the planes Old Glory and Sir John Carling. In addition. the Navy Department was urged to take steps toward pre- venting further ‘ong-distance flights over the water, in a report Lieut. Ben H. Wyatt of the committee that inspected the Dole flight plans. There was dissent, however. from two quarters. In Dublin, Capt. Robert Maclntosh Is awaiting favorable con- ditions to start his airplane Prince: Xenia toward America. Ruth Elder, .year-old aviatrix, announced at mpa, Fla, her determination “to carry out her intention to attempt to | fly from New York to Paris. After the Navy Department had forbidden his assistants to engage in the Paris flight, Capt. Rene Fonck indicated he might cancel his plans. Levine's statement in London that he would abandon his flight to America ON SPANNING OCEAN Irish Free State Flying Colonel Replaces Wreford as “Princess Xenia” Pilot By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Septem- ver 10.—Coincidental with the an- nouncement that Capt. Anthony Wre- ford has withdrawn from the project- ed transatlantic flight with Capt. Robert MacIntosh, pilot of the airplane Princess Xenla, MacIntosh today em- phatically declared: “I definitely mean to undertake this flight.” “All this talk about the danger of flying is absurd,” he said. “I admit it must be controlled, but certain peo- ple are pushing off with machines un- able to do the job. “My macnine can last the range. 1 have had full tests in the air and on the ground. and have full confi- dence in Col. Fitzmaurice, who is going along with me as a brother pilot, instead of Wreford. T honestly think that though the season is nor- maily too late for flying, we shall have a late Summer. “ol. Fitzmaurice is an officer in the Free State Air Force, and a well known flye Capt. MacIntosh said that Wreford had withdrawn reluctantly, but be- came convinced that he would prove unequal to the work on the heavily laden machine owing to the effects of his war wounds. 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FOREIGN RADIO FANS LARGELY INCREASED Foreign radio listeners are increas- | fng materially, according to reports reaching the Department of Com- Germany now is said to have licensed fane, gain of over 78,000 during three months, Japan has at least 300,000 licensed listeners, Rumania about 4,000 and Switzerland at least 100,000, for her five largest cities plone have about 60.000 listeners on the past registering a | lute encouragement may be found. and emphasized that the relations and ipating remained unimpaired after the failure. He #aid that the lesson of the failure of the confer- | ence was that there was inadequate | preparation for it. ha Approves Arms Limitation. he continued, “de a’large and real restric- tion of arms. Our navy cannot be mpared th the navy before the 1. Our budget has grown less and s to S'r Austen dwelt upon the heavy | international burdens resting on the | shoulders of the British government, but said ke was ready in principle to {accopt the Finnish proposzal which | established an internatioral fund to the friendship of the powers partic- | | Ottawa Officials Skeptical of Pos-| sibility of News of Airmen Drifting to France. By the Assc OTTAW, September J0.— | s governhent Is here are sceptical of the | ity that a bottle message, thou |to have been dropped into the se the missing JFrench airmen, gesser and Coli, off Sable Island May, could have reached the I coast in four monihs, as was ported in a message received by French consul general at Montreal today. When Nungesser and Coli were first reported missing, Sable Istand, near Halifax, reported no sign of the aurmen or of any sirplane wreckage | | on 800 ) Exchange Is Contemplated. } In an effort nsider- anbl to eliminate ¢ interference reported between | ons WGY, Schenectady, on 790 Kilocyele meters, and WW.J, cyeles, or 3748 meters, and on 8§70 kilocycles, or 344.6 and WOC, on X350 kilocycles, 7 meters, the Federal Radio 1 is contemplating an ex- change of channels between sittions WWJ and WOC. ~ THis exc ange would be made with the mutual agree. ment of the station owners and would put WWJ on 850 kilocyel meters, and WOC on 800 kilocycles 574.8 meters. 150 WLS, mete Atier having worked with one fir but Weather Bars Hop. P), es for a PARIS, September 10 Bird, one of France's ent transatlantic flights, achieve rec ord-bre Lt today from Pari- to Marseille and back. The attempt. | however, although eminently success | ful, marked the disappearance of an other prospective pnte. nt in the to New York air race. ather is too miserable.’ 1 | Tarascon, who, with ulhe, pfloted the plane, said upon urning to Le Bourget. *“I would not think of trying a Paristo-New York fiight under these conditions.” The Tango Bird averaged 110 miles an hour, but, notwithstanding fts sat isfactory performance, Tarascon said: [t is too late to cross the ocean now. The American Navy is quite right in ango | the | Come 1 S EE thes cially and FISCH applying to him | 9 He speaks at H; 2 bsduy on the 870 a kylocycle or 309 meater channel. n Tomorrow e bargains listed espe- for the EARLY — PIANO SHOPPER. These unusual bargain Pianos were re- ceived in exchange on KNABE ER GRANDS and D. J. K. Niper Felt AMPICOS. 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This list. however. locates but 4 in| Yet he declared Britain in the course Moscow. whereas other reports give|of her h'story had submitted to arbi @ in thai city \eutta, India, has |tration a lavger number of impoitant o stters than any other countiy. just open=d a new and powerful broad- | matte: 0 R o The Pearemonies of | Allnding to the British rejection of vhich S « Jackson. the Gov-|the Geneva protocol, Sir Austen as on the shore. The island is inhabited by only a handful of people. Al ‘Canadian cable and stations and outlying posts in the Maritime Provinces were on the look-out for Nungesser and Coli after the fiyers left Le Bourget, France. Flying time of the new Moscow airline will bs their records. Zurich leads with 30. 000 1 Bern is naxt with about 16.900 fans New broadcast stations are spring- ing up_ everywhere abroad. Today wireless London- is offered at this ap- pealing price— frontievs of has th Top Of. Old Top! ROBINHOOD $4 Money's Worth or Money Back I L KAUFMAN 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave. HOT-WATER India stations. two in Bombay and | the ipess ":l'l "I‘"P_"I“ others at nd Rang - D RUATANEES IO . - e | : | <. CONSIDER THE T would he 1, r < DOUBT ST. RAPHAEL FIND. | -imt would be o y g i CHILDREN oy | elared, 1w devoted to th 1 2 . st O Melnls iETanat oA epokL | ot < Nablons, N gt even fox would I destroy that small: pague h is the Brit of Salvaged Plane Wings. PARIS, September 10 (P).—Reports publishel in England that French fishermen had found two airplane wings, b ved to be those of the missing British plane, St. Raphael, 248 miles northwest of Penmarch, | Brittany, were met by the navy and | air departments with the statement that they had no such information Inquiries in shipping quarters drew @& similar reply. Loud Speaker Name Changed. Now they are called “power-driven” herns. “Loud speaker,” so the 1928 radio annowncements indicate, is due for the discard. Experts are aiready showing preference for the “power- driven” term, since it expresses a truth in connection with these re- producers. It means that the horn of today must be driven by power in order 1o bring out the tone. Low fr quencies meed additional power in erder to be hrougii out hest ad- | the T aantage, and obviously e terma | Cectaration wer Ariv o the preper that thought. its Mothers strive all winter to keep the chil- dren from catching colds. They wrap thsm up carefully when they go out and tuck them in snugly when they go to bed. But is the house properly and systematically heated? Is every room com- fortably warm? If so, the principal danger is removed? If not, why don’t you consult us about it? NO DOWN PAYMENT 3 Years tc Pay gue old | Empire.” Sees Success of League. Continuing his defense of the Brit- ish government agalnst accusations that it has been adopting an anti- league policy, Sir Austen recalled that he personally had attended all the meetings of the council and the as- sembly. “Don't forget.” country can dit ment of the Le: »f Nations.” He added his convittion that the League, now an acorn, will grow to be a sturdy ouk. helpful to the world. Fears of the smallar world powers | that the League of Nations is falter- ing in its mission of consolidating peace amonz nations and neglecting to handle conflicts involving the great powers were somewhat quisted tod at the end of the debate in the fi week of the assembly moving expression of faith in ue by M. Briand and the by Sir Austen Chamber the tigh fgovernimant | whole pu upon toe and many other fine makes ... 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