Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Furecast.) Ran this afternoon and tonight; morrow fair; not much change in tem: perature. ‘Temperature—Highest, 57, at 6:15 pam. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 7:30 today. Full report Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 — " No. 30,673, Entered as secol post office, Wa WILKINS IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE SPITZBERGEN WITHIN FEW DAYS; RELIEF PLANE REACHES BREMEN Craft, Slightly Damaged, Can Be Fixed. ARCTIC AIRMAN WRITING REPORT May Reach Oslo in Week’s Time, Re- port Says. he Associated Press. ”l‘DNDON. April 23—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today said it was understood that Capt George H. Wilkins will leave Green Harbor, Spitzbergen, where he landed from Point Barrow, Alaska, within the next few days. He is ex;:eclkd to reach do in about & week's time. OKHs machine was damaged in landing. but it is now reported that the damage was only slight and can be repaired easily. Capt. Wilkins 1s busily engaged I‘lsl preparing the official report of hi flight. @ay Sunday, the air was laden “&}1 m:s‘snaes of congratulation to u:z fiyer. There no cable emmuu{:c - cations with St rd, all messages o ing sent through wireless in northe | Norway. fsland Closed to Ships. By the Associated Press OSLO, Norway, gor i T v.‘;:nrrl'“ jcebound at Green Har- on page 5. nd class matter shington. D. C. to- ch ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION service. Saturday’s Cirenlation, Sunday’s Circulation, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news 103,195 113,126 WASHINGTON, D. ( 3 Juy MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. * CAPT. WILKINS’ OWN STORY OF FLIGHT ACROSS ARCTIC By Wireless to The GREEN HARBOR, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, BY CAPT. GEORGE H. WILKINS. Star and the New York Times April 23 . —With Carl Ben Eielson’s skillful piloting, & perfect monoplane and engine, reliable gasoline and ofl, good weather most of the way, with good luck and by careful navigation, we have traveled 2,200 miles above Arctic ice from Barrow, Alaska, to Green WILKINS, Harbor, Svalbard. Three parts of the way was above an area never before seen by man. Our course led from Barrow to longitude 75, latitude 84, thence to the northwest end of Sval- bard. If weather favored, we planned to land at Kings Bay a week ago. At Barrow we were hopeful. Today we are thankful that aeronautical en- gineering skill, conscientious workmen . and our accymulated Arctic experience has brought us through safely in com- parative comfort. EIELSON. Yet the trip was not without adventure. Our machine weighed, empty, 1,800 pounfis. Our load in the plane was 3,400 pounds; three times before we finally rose in the air we had tried to get off and failed. One pair of metal skis had broken after each try. Our Eskimo friends at Barrow, 33 men, shoveled | more and more snow, lengthening the runway. We finally abandoned ihe runway, 3,500 feet long, and with 10 men and 25 dogs hauled the plane over the snow to a lagoon five miles from Barrow village. Another runway, 5,000 feet long, was cut, this work occupying two perfect flying days. already a week late in starting. 80 Miles an Hour at Take-Off. We were On Sunday, April 15, the weather was still good. Elelson, with great skill and not a little nerve, guided the machine at 80 miles an hour along the 14-foot- wide ditch in the snow. We lifted 1,000 feet from the end of the runway and .| headed straight out on the first leg of our course, a Great Circle course, that would change 22 times in as many hours, sometimes as much.as 25 degrees at a time by compass The way was clear for the first 500 miles, Then a cloud bank obscured the ice for 100 miles, We hated to lose sight of ice, for each mile unseen was a mile unexplored. We flew for an hour at 3,000 feet altitude, needing to change the course frequently because of cloud banks. Strict attention to frequent compass changes made navigation strenuous but not more difficult than plloting, surrounded as we were with even grayness, no lights or shadows, no horizon. Then clear weather favored us right west of where Peary, Stefansson and ®| McMillan saw indications which led them to believe land might be in that vicinity. The horizon was clear on every side. We saw no sign of islands. Leads of open water were frequent. The ice in general was rough and closely criss-crossed with ridges, but was not heavily presséd and showed no indication of even shallow soundings. (Continued on Page 5, Oolumn 2. iy 5 |TOWN TURNS UT | SINCLAIR IS CALLED 0 GREET FLYERS| INSENATE OIL QUIZ Green Harbor Electrified by, Teapot Dome Committee to NOBILE HAILS FEAT. Wilkins Flight Is Aid to Arctic Explora- tion, Italian Says. STOLP, Germany, April 23 (#).—Gen. Umberto Nobile, for time & banguet was given in my honor. 1 saw immediately that 1 was meeting & man of great emergy and tenacity, who some day -‘T’ud atlain the purpose be had set himself. “I am delighted to hear that his efforts have been crowned with success, snd that he has been able Lo cover in & reverse direction, and by other means, the route we traversed in 1926, “Undoubledly this is an immense seronautical suceess, which gives grest satistaction to all those who are in- terested in the progress of Arctic ex-| ploration end in the greater develop- ment of communication by air, “] am convinced that this lnlendldl sehievement will not fall to yleld nchl hopes for the future” | FAILED TO CROSS POLE. Witkins Flew Over Grant Land, Danish Paper Bays. COPENHAGEN, Depmark, April 23 @) ~Capt. George H. Wilkins is quoted by the Bveusks Dagbladet as seying st Green Harbor, Spitzbergen, that he did oA pase over the North Pole on his Bight acrose the polar regions, but flew over Grant Land, west of Greenland Word received trom Svalbard (8pitz- | bergen) said that the lower part of the | sirplane was siightly demaged in land- ! in $seut. cari B Eietson, Capt Wiikins' | eompanion, has velegraphed his father | 1hal he soon will be heme sgain, which i nlerpreted v mesn that be ang | Capt. Wilkins plan 0 fly w Norway, as | there i5 no connection by ship nefore S end of May ELIMINATED FROM MAP. i Meporied Land Not Sighted by Wilkins, Blefansson Finds WEW YORK, April 23 A).—Five te- porved or imagined masses of land bave been elminated from the maps by the fght ot (,ugt George H. Wilking and Lieut Cerl B. Eielson over the voof of the world Viinjulmur Stefansson, Wilkins' for- mer chief, af'er considering dats re- ceived by radio, noted todey that on the Wilkins’ Arrival—Every Flag Run Aloft. By the Associated P Question 0 Continent: perator on al Profits. By the Awsociated Press. GREEN HARBOR, Spitzbergen, April 23.—Seldom 1f ever has this isolated | j i i : = 1 il i ing the local masse do len of the Green loomed Chiet Harbor less station wel them in tired. Both looked in the best of health and they were speedily taken indoors before & good fire given a hearty welcoming dinner. GAME IS CALLED >0FF. Rain Prevents Contest Between Nationals and Yankees. ball game between Was) L Ne‘l‘;tfll Yankees was called off this afternoon on account of rain, e St One Dies, 12 Hurt, in Pight. BOMBAY, India, April 23 (#).—One striker was killed and twelve injured during a 10-minute fight between strik- Harry P. Sinclair was summoned to- day to appear before the Senate Teapot Dome committee for questioning about the Continental Trading Co. Liberty bond profits. The subpoena was issued within 40 hours after the acquittal of the wealthy ofl operator by & District of Columbia jury on a charge of conspiracy to de- fraud the Government in connection with the Teapot Dome naval ofl reserve lease. Sinclair, with his family, is taking a yacation on the operator's Rancocas Farms, in New Jersey, having proceeded there yesterday after the verdict of not gullty had been returned by the jury. “What is Sinclair to be questioned about?” Senator Walsh of Montana, the committee prosecutor, was asked. “Well, it is assumed he knows some- Ihlnubmu the ntinental Trading Co. bonds,” was th® reply. Immunity Claim Not Expected. The Senator then explained that Sin- clalr was assumed to have recelved a fourth part of the $3,080,000 profits of the Continental, whereas thus far the committee had traced only about $500,- 000 of the $750,000 share which 1t was imed the ofl operator received, “I do not think he will claim im- munity now,” observed the Senator with a smile, Members of the committee took coun- sel today as to thé possible effect of the appearance tomorrow of Robert W. Stewart, Chicago oll o] tor, upon the contempt case brought against him by the Senate and which s to come W | trial on May 21. The chalrmsn of the board of the Btandard Oil Co, of Indians was sum- moned specifically for questioning as o certain deposits of first 3% T cent Liberty bond coupons in the Commer- cial and Continental National Bank of Chicago, but some committeemen werc ot the opjnion that if he so elected, Btewart could now givp the answers to the two questions he refused to reply o last January. ‘There was doubt In the minds of the committeemen, however, whether this would In any way affect the con- tempt proceedings as the indictment stands and, as was the situation in the case of Binclalr, the Government would ing mill hands and police todsy. Beven constables slso were injured. Over Top of ! PR | By the Amsociatea Press. NEW YORK, April 23 ~Capt. George H. Wilkins, serial conqueror of the | Aretic, spent his last cent on his his- ory-muking fight Burt McConnell, one of his closest friends said here: fi" thing ight he ybt from Powt Barrow, Alssks, 1 con Wy, Spizbergen, over the Polsr (Continwd on Puge 9, Column 6.) “Wilkins has done & big than ople reslize, 'This rmw:h more difficult in & nevi- than any flight ever made made {gation wa) 1by wnybody else, ““(Gontinued on Page 2, Column 3.) |Wilkins Spent Last Cent on Flight World, Friend Says “One of the most interesting things out Wilkins is that he is & personality everybody is mttracted to. He spent his last cent on this expedition. He didn’t the up with an He bought his own machine with his own savings. He sought out the pllot he's had for two years, prepared his expedition without wny fuss, got his own wireless set—un- !ummuul" it didn’t work-and went forth on his own as surely as a resl man could do.” Irish Pilot and Balchen Land Supplies. HOP TAKES LESS THAN 7 HOURS Bennett, I1l, Rushed By Air to Quebec Hospital. By the Canadian Press. MONTREAL, April 23.—The Ford re- lief plane, carrying spare parts to the marooned transatlantic monoplane Bre- | men, landed on Greenly Island at 11:40 | o'clock Eastern standard time this morning, the Marconi Co. here an- nounced. The relief plane, piloted by Bernt Balchen and Maj. James Fitzmaurice, Irish member of the Bremen's crew, left Seven Islands, almost 500 miles away from Greenly Island, at 5:10 o'clock this morning. The rellef plane left Detroit Friday morning and reached Lake St. Agunes in one hop, 800 miles, in about nine hours. Floyd Bennett, in charge ef the | expedition, fell 1l there of pneumonia and had to be taken to a hospital in Quebec. Balchen pushed on yesterday to Seven Islands and made gn early start this morning for Greenly Island. Carried Fuel Supply. The plane carried a propeller, both ski and wheel landing gear and various other parts for the Bremen, as well as & supply of fuel. Maj. Fitzmaurice, who flew out to civilization to get ald for his German ecomrades, Baron Von Huenefeld and Capt. Koehl, also packed into “the relief plane food, clothing and smoking materials for the marooned aviators. With Balchen and Pitzmaurice in the plane on the final leg of its flight were @ Junkers' mechanic, to help in recon- ditioning the Bremen, damaged in land- ing after the ocean flight a week ago last Priday, and a New York newspaper man. TAKE OFF AT 5:10 A. M. Fitzmaurice and Balchen Leave for Greenly Island. ISLANDS; - 3 23 lan Prew The gord A /,'///.— - TRILBY UP' TO . DATE; PRIMARIES T0 GIVE TIPONG.0.P.CHOICE Three Elections Scheduled for Tomorrow—Democratic Situation Also Affected. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Voters go to the polls tomorrow in three State primary elections which may determine in large part the Re- publican presidential nomination at Kansas City in June. The States are Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. ‘These same primaries have an impor- tant bearing on the probable Demo- cratic presidential nomination. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce, Republican, is battling in Ohio against the “field,” with Vice Presi- dent Dawes added openly in the Cin- cinnati district as an eleventh-hour de- i e P « tellef plane oft Seven mmm’ for m Island at 5:10 this morning. maurice and Oh ‘the first lap of its trip, from Detroit to Murra; Bl{ Friday 800 miles were flown little more than eight hours. ¢ On Perilous Flight. MURRAY BAY, Quebec, April 23 (#).—Five hundred miles of frozen country remngd for Ma). James Pite- maurice and Bernt Balchen to traverse today in the Ford relief plane before they could reach Creenly d and the transatlantic mongplane Bremen. Fitzmaurice and Balchen were forced land at Seven-lslands Sunday after an early morning take-off from the Lake St. Agnes afrport, near here, and a flight of 250 miles. The flyers had hoped to win through to the Bremen in one b Already delayed by the {iliness of Bennett, the Irish commandant and his companion have a battle against time, as the Spring weather threatens to soften up the ice, making a take-off at_Greenly Island difficult. Bennett, who rose from bed to attempt to carry aid to Capt. Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld, held priosner on Greenly Island for 11 days, was rushed to the Jeffrey Hale Hospital at Quebec by -1rszluw yesterday, suffering with pneumonia. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, whom Ben- nett accompanied on the North Pole flight two years ago, decided to come to Quebec from Boston, alarmed by reports of his friend's lllness. Mrs. Bennett and Dr. A. L. Barach, lung speclalist, were summoned “rom New York City. ‘The take-off at the airport near here was a risky one with the big tri-motored | plane weighing 13,000 pounds, Balchen, alsc 111, but determined to continue the flight, took the big ship off the ice only after a run of more than a mile. He barely cleared the low hills which surround the lake. Galning altitude with every turn of the three big pro- pellers, he finally brought the plane around out of the wind Into.which he had taken off and headed her for Beven Islands. The flight was made in about 3 hours, SNOW DELAYS FLIGHT. Surface Too Soft for Plane Skis, So Flyers Wait Over Night. KLES 3. V. MURPRY, pondent _of The Star and (he cwapaper Alliance, on e the Alliance is sending Special Disp et eriean Newspuvor Alunce BEVEN ISLANDS, Quebec, April 23, -Ma)j. James J Pitzmaurice yesterday began his journey to his two transat- lantic companions after & week of futile mufi‘nng to bring them ald, fully realizing that except for the unexpected they might have been stranded for weeks, He started back with the help | they need in the officlal rellef plane | furnished the mayor's reception com- mittee of the City of New York by The Star and the North Amerlcan Newspaper Alllance, ‘The Irish ace yesterday flew from Lake 8t mes, outside Murray Bay, down the winding mountains lining the B1. Lawrence, to & landing place here, Just 460 miles from the ugly little tsland where Capt, Herman Koehl and Baron Gunther von Huenefeld awalt him be- side thefr battered Bremen, It had been planned that the relief plane,, a three-enginer monoplane, should con- tinue its flight yesterday to Greenly Ia- land, but the elements, rarely favorable in this vicinity, forced an abandonment of the plan, The veliet plane, loaded with supplies for the Bremen, could not arise from the snow, then Inllln‘u fast and 8o sticky that its skis sunk 6 inches below the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) 4 to The Star and the North | = i b | L ?gfigfil o & £ man of the mittee, as second choice. Pomerene cannot of the delegates Smith, although there A. Vic Donahey be given a “ride” lon has yet to give a sign pul his attitude toward the Hoover candi- dacy; He has been in the past favora- ble to the renomination of President Coolidge, and, barring fhat, to the nom- ination of Charles H of New York. Mr. Hughes has declined to be a candidate. Reports from Penn- sylvania indicate there s much of sen- timent for Hoover in the State and that a number of the delegates, although un- instructed, will vote for the Commerce Secretary, In Massachusetts the Hoover sup- porters hoj to make an impressive showing. ident Coolidge has taken himself out of the pleture by request- ing the voters in his home State not to write his name on the ballots in the preference primary tomorrow. Gov. Fuller, who might have been a favorite son candidate, has sald he does not want to be a candidate and favors the nomination of Mr, Hoover, He inserted in all the Boston newspapers today a double column, full page length adver- tisement, recommending the nomination and election of Mr. Hoover and giving his reasons. Ohlo Campaign Bitter. Whatever happens to the candidacy of Mr, Hoover in the primaries to- morrow, it appears that Gov. Smith will recelve an added boost for the nomination. Only an unexpected vie- tory by the dry Democrats in some of the Pennsylvania districts can upset the apple cart for the New Yorker to- | morrow. He is not contesting for dele~ yates in Ohlo, ‘The three States, Ohlo, Pennsylvanin and Massachusetts, have a total of 169 votes in the Republican national con- (Continued on Page 8, Column 4.) “THE PENALTY" | “Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star To further traffic safety is being shown today along with the regular program Wt the Apollo Theater 624 H Street N.E. Fomorrow and Wednesday at the Avenue Grand 645 Pa, Avenue S.B Cigarette Price War Started as Stocks Decline Sharply By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—A cigarette price war, having as its first effect reduction of the retail prices of three leading brands to the level of two packages for 25 cents, started today. Wholesale prices to dealers were re- duced to $6 a thousand from about $6.40 by three of the largest com- panies. Prices of tobacco company stocks broke $3 to $12 a share on the New York Stock Exchange, with Ameri- can Tobacco B leading the de- cline. Reynolds Tobacco B showed a loss of $3 a share and American ‘Tobacco A dropped $9 and the B issue $12 a share. Liggett & Myers B dropped $9.75 a share and Loril- lard was cut $6.75. Blocks of to- baceo stocks ranging from 10,000 to, 15,000 were thrown on the market. HOLDS FARE RAISE - APPEAL PROBADL Brand Tells House Group Merger Might Delay Com- panies’ Action. Merger or no merger, Col. Harrison Brand, vice chairman of the Public Utllities Commission_admitted to the House District committee today that MAN NEAR DEATH; Half-Clad Victim Found oni Southern Maryland Road. Skull Fractured. Stripped to the waist and unconscious | woman Swamp early today by passing | motorists. At Emergency Hospital he is not expected to recover. surrounding his injuries are a mystery. Charles County authorities said | afternoon that ld: arrest is imj there is hardly any escape from an ap- | Dr. peal to the court by the local traction companies for an Increase in fares after t{ next year. Representative Rathbone of Illinois, who had expressed anxiety,about Con- gress committing itself to a $50,000,000 valuation for a period of 10 years, asked the Commissioner if he could give the committee any assurance that the com- panies would not seek a higher fare after the lapse of one year under which the present rate is to continue in ex- istence under the merger agreement. Col. Brand replied that he could give no such assurance. He added that the mndications are “extremely strong” that such a condition would present itself, but he expressed the belief. however, that under the proposed merger agree: ment the likellhood of an immedia appeal for higher fares would be more remote. Submits Statistios. ‘The committee demanded and re- cetved from Col. Brand a mass of sta- tistics bearing on the capitalization of the two traction companies, the condi- tion of their equipment and the operat- ing expenses, and went exhaustively into matters connected with the valuation fixed in the proposal and the reasons assigned for accepting $50,000,000 in lleu of $62,000,000 presented originally as the demand of the companies. Col. Brand put into the record figures show- ing that the rate of fare prevalling in Washington was considerably less than In many other cities comparable in sise, Including Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati and others. Considering the risk involved in inves- tigating local traction companies, when he showed that there has been a de- crease in the number of car riders since the peak year of 1919, Col, Brand reiter- in Washington. In addition to the skuld fracture it was found also that his left leg was A headquarters detéctive has been assigned to investigate the case, Deputy Sheriff Vernon Annie Clarke, of 800 Tenth street northeast, could assign any motive other than robbery. Knows of No Enemies. Mrs. Caroline Moneco of 608 Elliott street northeast, at whose home Maske has resided for the past four years, also sald today that she knew of no one who ht have attacked him as| the result of a grudge. Maske spent the at home yesterday, she said, then left after the midday meal. He was expected back | for dinner, but did not appear. | She sald Maske has some friends in | nearby Maryland with whom he some- | times plays cards, but she did not know their identity. The man shot was James Wald, 21 years old, of 1229 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, who was treated at Gallin- ger Hospital for a wound in the left arm, and told Detective James Lowery that he was shot when an argument broke out in a drinking party. He named his assailant and a warrant is to be obtained, police said, i Tracks Washed Out by Rain. ALBANY, Ga., April 23 (#).—Seven | and one-half inches of rainfall were | recorded here over a 24-houg riod | ending at 7 o'clock this morning. any washouts occurred on the Central of ated that he belleved the demand by od o e 3, Column 1) Qeorgla, Atlantic Coast Line and other railroads. Boy. 3. Thrives on Steady Diet of Cigars; Stops Eating When Deprived of Smokes By the Amsociated Press. BEATTLE, Wash, April 23 —Having doveloped Into an ardent clgar smoker at the age of 3, Freddie Riggs, Seattle youngster, has become the subject of much speculation among doctors. The boy's mother, Mrs. Ralph Riggs, explained that when Freddie was & baby he was weak and underdeveloped and refused to eat Jj until he chewed on A pipe. That was | he was 10 ¢ months old. Then he began to eat. ' He out his teeth on the same pipe. When he was a {m\r old he began 0 ehew olgars and shortly after that to puff on them. Efforta to make him quit tobneco have resulted in his stopping eating Aslde from amoking—he hus one elgar every night ) | { —he 18 a pormal and healthy child. He will be 4 next month. Dr. Ira C. Brown, public school phy- slolan, announced he would examine the youngster today in an effort to learn why he craves tobacco. “I have known many youngsters who smoked,” Dr. Brown sald, “but I never knew ane to start as as Freddie. There is a cell ing on in the youngster whioh gives im & craving for tobacco. There are cases on record where sick folks have benefited from smoking, but they are exceedingly vare. One benefits where a thousand are harmed. I have heard of boys 4 and older smoki it 18 their only short " | “1 have never heard of suoh & oase | before," declared Dr. David ©. Hall president of the King County Medical oolety. “Of course the ohlld would be irritable, cross, and ‘-:nuv- even €0 on & hunger atrike, his olgars were taken away from him. A grown person who attempts to quit smokiy also I8 frritable and nervous. 1 can understand a cohild's system needing nicotine," ASSALANTSOLEHT ting ' wide: | o | westy TWO CENTS. 30 DEAD AS QUAKES CAUSE BIG DAMAGE IN GENTRAL GREECE Corinth Devastated, Lutraki Hard Hit by Series of Earth Tremors. TERRORIZED POPULACE SPENDS NIGHT IN OPEN Members of American School Be- lieved Safe—Confusion Blocks Complete Check-up. By the Associated Press ATHENS, Greece, April 23.—At least 30 persons were killed and heavy mate- rial damage was caused in a series of earthquakes which have been shaking central Greece during the last 24 hours, the heaviest damage being in the town of Corinth and Lutraki. More than 20 separate shocks, vary- ing in strength, were felt over the Peloponnesus. Reports from Corinth stated that 20 persons were killed there and that the population, in terror, spent the whole night in the open. The local power- house was destroyed and the town was in darkness. There was possibility of further deaths, as a complete check-up was virtually impessible in the confusion. Corinth Is Devastated. At least 80 per cent of the houses in psed. Members of the American School who have been excavating the city of old Corinth, which was: destroyed by an in 1858 and lies 3 miles from the mew city, are believed to be safe. Old Corinth was a historic city of ancient Greece. The bathing station at Luacki near the Corinth Canal was destroved and hotels and the casino there collapsed. Canal Closed to Vessels. The canal, which runs through the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf ot‘O(l'inlh'lth(he nof Premier Liapchefl yesterday repeated to the Associated Press that foreign help must come for the destitute k L 3 o i§ 4 condolence to King Jugosiav Red Cross dispatehed dinars (about $12,000) as a stallme: loviating Bulgarian distress. New (Continued on Page 5, Column §) .| WALKER MAY OFFER SMITH AS NOMINEE Mayor Teltatively Selected to Place Governor Before Conven- tion, New York Paper Says. By the. Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—The New York Times said today that Mayor Walker had been tentatively selected to nominate Gov. Smith for the presidency at the Democratic national convention. Friends of the governor have become convinced that Walker is so popular with the Democrats of the Nation that his selection to make the nomination speech would be wise. John W. Davis, presidential nominee in 1924, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Smith floor leader in the 192¢ conven- tion, had been considered for the honor and are expected to take prominent parts in the convention. GLOBE RACER REACHES MOSCOW ON SCHEDULE Iy the Assoctated Press MOSCOW, April 23 —Ryukichl Matsus, Japanese globe trotter. who is traveling ward in & “round the world" race organised under the auspices of the Newspaper Jiji Shimpo of Tokio, ar- rived Moscow today exactly on schedule, He reached Moscow from Mukden, Manchuria, at 11 o'clock this morning and t0 leave for Berlin at 4 o'clock this afterncon. He is dwe New York on May 4. (Tolohi Araki, eastward-bound ocom- R‘l\'l‘a' in the race, arrived in New York the West on April 18 and left tha n} aboard the Aquitania fo same Chert LINDBERGH SEES OLDS. ! %o the fiyer's future plans. Most of the rumors dealt with a pos- sible trip by Ling there was no ver! Col. Lin h ook pan. for a destination vulge. He was fiving alone. . Radio Program—Page 2§ %