Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1928, Page 8

“ALL-IRISH FLIGHT" L] e o ! GREETINGS OF U.S. Ottawa Legation Transmits Congratulations to Bremen’s Crew. By the Associated Press . OTTAWA, Ontario. April 14 Through the United States legation at Ottawa the congratulations of President | Coolidge and the people of the United | States on the first western non-stop « flight of the Atlantic has been trans-| mited to the Bremon aviators on the lonely island in Belle Isle Straits The legation today asked the Ca- nadian government to transmit the fe lowing message from President Coo'- Adge to Capt. Koehl of the Bremen he President asks that the Ca- nadian_government be so good &s to r Koeh! his ESIDENT SENDS [SINLARS TRIL AWATS RULINGS Prosecution Rests—Justice | Baiiey Considers Two Offers | of Evidence by U. S. With all the sensational phases that marked the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy mistrial_eliminated, the case of Harry F. Sinclair, charged with defrauding the Government in the lease of Teapot Dome. awaited over the week end ruling by Justice Jennings Batley o two offers. of evidence by the Govern- ment The prosccution rested Friday, four and a quarter days after the trial started, about one-thrid the time it took to submit the Fall-Sinclair dence to the jury and which wa completed when the mistrial was clared last October. The dropping the mystery features of the casec ruling out of much documentary dence and the expeditious handling f the trial by Justice Bailey accounted | for the greater rapidity of the Sinclair P b ple of America.” The Canadian authorities also trans- mitted today the following messages “The War Department and the Arm: ol the United States proffer sincy congratulations on the achievement spanning the Atlantic from east to west. e accomplishment notably at- tests the skill and courage of th: Bremen's crew “DWIGHT F. DAVIS, “Secretary of W “On behalf of the Army Air 1 send you hearty greeting: est_congratulations on tX eassful m\n»sm? flight westwars the Atlantic. It is an accomplis of which the whole world is suprem. proud. “TRUBEE F. DAVISO! “Assistant Secretary of W: PLANNED THIS YEAR Bremen's Hop Hailed as Giving Stimulus to Aviation in Ireland. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN. April Pitzmaurice and {of the Bremen Vith Col. James to consider the re- Ireland today began sults of the transatlantic flight. " “Another bond has been created be- tween Ireland and America. and the !achievement will do much to develop airmindedness in this country.” said Col. Charles Russell former chief of the Irish PFree State air corps to the Associated Pres: 5. It was learned that already plans are for an 1-Irish Plight” ;xgflnfl for any such attempt was not ly. One possible result of the flight is a German-Irish entente of the air. In some circles here the German shipping interests who werc interested in the with Baron von Huenefeld 3 Days Only Saturday—Monday Tuesday his German_comrades | fl safe on Greenly Island, | Special close-out prices $33.95 100 Rockers i o — at $3.4 Last Chance 5,000 Sq. Yds. Extra Heavy Floor Cove Slightly Imperfect 709 G $t. NW, hearing Elimination of the entire question of the Continental Trading Co.’s 33,000.- 000-barrel ol deal, which furnished several surprises at the previous tripl, and the decision of M. T. Everhart o fy. abandoning his previous re- 1. left the Government with but few facts to prove. £237,000 Payment Admittea. t the outset the defense admitted THE _SUNDAY e | fury from the Government's own..wit- ness. Everhart also admittec he had re- | coiv 47$35,000 more from the ofl man. [but thaisted it wax for improvement of the property of which Sinclair was then part owner. | Acts of Fall Not Used. Much of the testimony introduced | the Fall-Sinclalr trial concerned d could not be used | However, | | at only acts of Fall against the ofl operator. the ~ Government introduced much | testimony that others had made efforts | to obtain all or part of the Teapot Dome lease and that their efforts were without success. Those witnesses said that the negotiations between Fall and Sinclair had been surrounded with | secrecy. { On the ruling of Jultice Balley will | depend whether the Government will | call Edward L. Doheny, jr., as a wit ness to tell of his trip carrying $100,000 | from his father to Fall in a “little black satchel” A bribery indictment | against him was nolle prossed yester- | day to permit him to testify. | The questions Justice Balley has under consideration are whether th Government shall be allowed to intro; duce testimony on a payment of $2 000 in Liberty bonds to Fall, and | whether it can introduce testimony con- | cerning the Elk Hills lease given to the | elder Doheny ~ Both transactions took | place after the time charged in the | indictment that the conspiracy was under way and the defense contended | could not be used against Sinclair. | STAR. WASHINGTON, 11 AIRCRAFT HAVE SPANNED NORTH ATLANTIC SINCE 1919 By the Associnted Press. Man has flown across the North Atlantic 11 times, 4 westward pasceges, including the flight of the Bremen, and 7 eastward. -+ Round trip—Dirigible R-34, Enz'and to New York and return, July, 1919, British, Fast to west—Dirigible ZR-3, Germany to Lakehurst, N. J., October, 1924, Gerrfan. Three airplanes, Iceland, Greenland to Newfoundland, 1924, United States Army. Bremen, Dublin to Labrador, April, 1928, German and Irish. ‘West to east—NC-4, Newfoundland to Lisbon via Azores, May, 1919, United States Navy. Vickers-Vimy biplane, Newfoundland to Ireland, Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. A, W. Brown, June, 1919, British. Spirit of St. Louis, New York to Paris, Charles A. Lindbergh, May 20, 1927, American. Columbia, New York to Kottbus, Germany, Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, June 4, 1927, Americans. America, New York to France, Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and three com- panions, June 29, 1927, American Pride of Detroit, Newfoundland to England, Edward F. Schiee and Willlam 8. 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