Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1928, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 1928.° ——————__———'——':t__—-—:—' LINDBERGH'S PLANS STILL UNDECIDED Flyer Studying Feasibility of Atlantic Hop—Lanphier Not to Join Him. Enough rumors to fill the air, based on his New York to Paris flight, have | been manufactured about his future | plans, in the opinion of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who has put his foot | down on them with such finality as to | make further speculation dangerous to | the yarn weavers. The latest of these reports had it| that all was set for a flight to Europe | by way of Greenland; another said Maj. | Thomas G. Lanphier, head of the first | pursuit group at Selfridge Field, Mich., would be Lindbergh's companion on | this venture, and a third declared the | Ford Motor Co. would provide the plane | which, upon arrival, would be taken on | a tour of Europe. | As to the first, Lindbergh told the Associated Press that he was studying | OFFICIALS GREET FLYERS IN NATION'S NAME, NATION'S WELCOME AND AWARD | GIVEN BREMEN CREW IN CAPITAL, 4Jontinued from First Page.) fleld and then turned and brought the fiyers straight toward the crowds that had gathered in the stand. 'The band played “My Country 'Tis of Thee.” The band then struck up *“The Star Spangled Banner,” followed by the Irish Free State anthem, a ‘“Nation | Once Again,” and then the German | | “Deutschland Uber Alles.” | | In the meantime, officials invited to | Bolling Field to welcome the flyers, had | arrived. Maj. Gen, Charles P. Sum-| | merall and Deputy Chief of Staff, Maj | Gen. Bryant Wells, arrived in-the first | automobile followed by James J. Davis | Secretary of Labor; Willlam P. Mac- | Cracken, jr. Assistant Secretary of| | Commerce " for Aeronautics; and Col.| Lindbergh, Capt. Emory F. Land, a: sistant chief of the Bureau of Aero- | nautics; _ Minister Smiddy, _Capt. | Rickenbacker, the Austrian Ambassador. | the German 'Ambassador, Mr. Davison | and Secretary Kellogg. Grouped in a box in the center of a' large horseshoe-shaped space filled with | chairs and directly behind the German | |and Irish flag, which were flanked on | elther side by the American flags, Col. | Lindbergh chatted with Capt. Ricken- | backer, Secretary Kellogg, and now and then turned to meet someone who had| obtained an introduction. i Received by Ambassadors. Flying Baron Sees BeautyRequirement For Marriage Bids The stock question reserved for all | unattached celebrities who visit these | shores was fired at Baron Gunther | von Huenefeld at the reception to | the press today a few minutes after their arrival from Bolling Field. | “Have you received any proposals for marriage?” the baron was asked. ‘The genial German stared at the questioner through his monocle and | then replied: “I'm no beauty.” the Capitol to the Treasury, then up East Executive avenue to the hotel. | ‘Throngs lined the streets en route and | gave the airmen hearty cheers as they rode by. At the Mayflower another | troop of cavalry was present and | saluted the fiyers while a large crowd | cheered as they pulled up to the curb. Flying Crosses Awarded. The ceremonies in the rear grounds of the White House, when President Coolidge formally presented the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross to each of the | Several thousand persons, CAPTAL'S AR AL LN IALEIRATED Thousands in . Weleoming Ceremeii.s at Bolling Field. The air mail came to Washington last |night and was given a rousing and enthusiastic greeting. many of them guests of the Washington Board | of Trade, which arranged the welcom- ing ceremonies, flocked to Bolling Field shortly before 9 o'clock and loudly ac- claimed Pilot A. M. Banks as he glid- ed to earth, jammed on his wheel brakes, swung around on one wheel and taxied up to a little g headed by Postmaster 8. New, who officially in: service as far as Wasl cerned. The plane arrived at 9:30 o'clock and | 15 minutes later leaped into the dark- | ness over Bolling Pield carrying three sacks of mail for the South. At 11:30 o'clock a second plane running on the regular schedule and piloted by V L. Treat, landed at the fleld, took imore sacks and disappeared In . Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of | the Al Air Corps; Secretary of the | Navy Wilbur and the British Am| dor were the last to ive. the feasibility of a transatlantic hop | by the Far North route, but a_final | decision depended upon the results of | this tnvestigation yet to be compilsted. | three airmen, were simple but impres- |stve. Only a'small company of persons | darkness. ~| was on han addition to the Presi- E Y iced. | dent and the fiyers. The German Am- e He characterized as “incorrect” any re- | ports as to his plans in this direction. Two Land Stops on Course. . while carrying { two land the two dbergh, took occasion to deny the re- port that he would accompany the fiving colonel on such a flight this Sum- : mer. As to the report that the Ford Motor Co. would lend Lindbergh a shllgo for the icy journey, William B. Mayo, Ford's chief engineer, said flatly at Detroit | that no such arrangement had been | made ! Of all the reports and rumors, one is certain to be borne out. That is thm‘ Lindbergh will return to Europe some | day to complete the tour he began| thore after landing at Le Bourget and | which was interrupted when there was 8 wiid clamor for his return home. Famous Plane Made Ready. Meanwhile, Lindbergh's equally fa-| mous partner, the Spirit of St. Louis, | is being made ready for its last trip| today as the final touches are being pul! on by a detall of mechanics at Bolling | Field to preserve the famous plane as| » historical relic throughout the ages to | came. Following a_conference between Col. Lindbergh and Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian Intsiution, yesterday afternoon it was decided to place the Spirit of St. Louis in the arts and industries building of the Smithsonian within the next few days. | 210 GOLFERS TEEOFF | IN LOCAL TOURNEY | | Qualifying Round Begun in Spring | Invitation Event of Wash- ington Club, tWashington's first golf tournament of | the Spring ‘season started today. From 7:30 o'clock this morning en- | trants in the golf season opener—the Spring invitation event of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club—were starting off the elevated first tee at the course, with the last of the tional amateur championship last year. A. L. Houghton of the Manor Club, who won the event last year, is an en- trant, as is Henry D. Nicholson, runner up to Houghton. Maurice J. McCarthy, who carried Robert T. Jones, jr., to the eighteenth hole in the amateur cham- pionship, is one of the entrants, and a possible winner Mateh play rounds will start tomor- row morning. Prizes will be presented by Representative R. Walton Moore of Virginia, president of the club, Friday, the final day of the towrney. The prize presentation will be made between 4:30 and 5 o'clock Priday afternoon. ed Press Photo, WILKINS PLANS RETURN. |SINCLAIR DECLARES HE AND STEWART NEVER TALKED BONDS Continued from Pirst Page.) GREEN HARBOR, Bpitzbergen, May 2 P).—Capt. George Wilkins and . Carl B. Eielson plsn to fiy their airplane soon from here to Advent Bay, in i;gimvun. about 100 miles away, for it aboard the steamer Inger !:;znlfim due to leave for Norway on 8y Wikins himself hopes to be able to lezve on hoard the steamer Hobby with- in five or six days. PIMLICO ENTRIES YOB TUMOBKOW. E—The and of the resolution calling for the inves- tigation. Declines to Comment. “I cannot take that view of. it." said Senator Walsh, and then Sinclair sald he did not care to comment, “Well, what are the facts as to your ownership of the bonds?” ‘Benator, 1 testified yesterday sev- eral times that I had no means of knowing that they were Continental bonds.” “You were to get a part of the profits ) | of the Continental?” Sinclalr was asked. “No, 1 was to get a part of Mr, Black- mer’s profits.” “You knew that you were o got the profits out of the 25 cents margin the | Continental got?” “I didn't care where the profits came from.” “Yow did not care, but you knew Jugsden | where the profits were coming from 4% | You were paying the Continental” | “My companies did” Sinclair said, adding that st the time Littioton made | his statement to the jury he did not be. Patape-o up: clsimiog Steeple- Duree. o Bawyer. Head € Vocailan murder ¢ | tal securities Where did you think they came { trom?” | "1 did wot think | from Mr. Blackmer" | Where did ypu think he got them?" “I did not know.” In Doubt About Btatement, Asked about Littieton's statement to Lie trial jury thut Binclalr never prssed bonds o Fall or any one on behall of Pall, the withess suid he could not sey whether that stalement wes true oF not true “The evidence before this committes is conclusive that you did pass such bonds,” Benator Walsh observed, Binclelr could offer no explanation why Blackmer hrought the Continenta) 1 knew they came Portle S K Bryson entey E Bennert Handloap. ACE Ty BO000 adned B furlmgs, 0 1% 198 pesmering 132 Typnom i §iy 106 { Co, nio the dea) instend o n Toady o0 108 | contracis himse)! SRR P The committee finally ruled that 8in- | clair need not answer n question by Iepublican, New 108 cing him to comment on the o | deeision of the Bupreme Court csn- | celing the ‘Teapot Dome lease Chatrman Nye brought up statement yesterday fi,u he did not | make any econtribution to Gov. Alfred | B Bmith's 1924 campign. The wite nese explained that he may have con- tributed 10 & committes in New York Blate “s think 1 confPay 1 did not con- Greano: SIXTH RACK, gl GO Ui kG Beawel Westher clear | lieve he knew the bonds were Continen- ' sinclatr's | : tribute to Gov. 8mith's campaign fund,’ he added. “I may have contributed [ also to a Republican committee in New | York State.” Before excusing 8Sinclair, Senator Walsh asked that he furnish the com- mittee & letter he wrote to the Sinclair Crude Ofl Purchasing Co. transmitting the $757,000 of bonds, renuullnm the | on its books. A. M, Fisher, a committee mvemfin‘; tor, explained to the committee story wgkeh was made public in Chica- go concerning a package sent to “P. L, | Biddons” at Washington, Iil, that turn- |ed out to be a package of stationery sent to & ]unt\o: of p.th:un"lllr{;:t MPI‘E;. lumbis Court of A . Justice - | erick L. Siddons of the District of Co- | lumbis Supreme Court at the time de- nied he had received such a package. Fisher sald nothing had been found to indicate that the package had been addressed to “F. L. Siddons,” The pack- he said, was readdressed at Wash« on, 1L, to Justice George E. Mar- ourt of Appeals BISHOP FREEMAN TO BE HONOR GUEST AT BANQUET ag ing tin of the Right Rey. James E. Preeman, Bishop of Washington, will be the guest of | honor and one of the principal speakers at & banguet to be held at 6:30 tonight i the Parish Hall of the Bt Paul's | Church Bchool st Webster stroet and | Rock Creek Church road. ban- | quet 15 belng held for the pur of | acquainting parents of upils with the work #nd progress of the school and | there will ‘'be more than 150 in tendance. | " Other speakers include Willlam Tyler | Page, clerk of the House of Representa- | tives' and suthor of the “American's | Creed,” who will recite the creed: Wil- | liam Knowles Cooper, Eemnl superin- tendent of the ¥. M. C, A; Rev. Dr ¥, J. Bohansn, pastor of Bt Paul's Chureh, and others. Charles P, Kin of the school faculty, will be toast- ]mnw | e committee in charge of the ban- | quet i3 composed of the following mem- | bers of the faculty: Arthur Anderton | Tewis T, Miller, H, Lawrence Choate A. L. Patterson, Harry Hamilton, Frank Btewart and Charles F. King. ‘The following musical program has been arranged: Contralto solo, by Mrs James K. Kerr; violin solo, by Herman Weihe tenor solo, by ¥. E. Kingshur; selections by a trio composed of Hi man Weihe, violin; Spencer Prentis cello, and Mrs, B A Weihe, nist, Mrs, Jumes K. Kerr 1 leader, /4 8) B Staft Photos. Upper: Greeted by high Government officials at Bolling Field, lefi o right Secretary Kellogg, Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of Wai Koehl, Dr. von Prittwits und Gafiron, German Ambassado m Baron von Huenefeld ,William P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secretary |stated he had just met “the finest flyer | maurice, Capt. Hermann Maj. James Fitz- of Commerce, and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Center: The heroic fiyers leaving 3olling Ficld for the Mayflower Hotel, where they reccived members of the press. Lower; Arrival in Washington for made at Union Station showing, left to ri Baron von Huenefeld. the Nation's official reception. Pleture ight: Capt. Koehl, Maj. Fitzmaurice and | CHRISTIAN CHURCH UNION SEEN REMOTE, IS BISHOPS’ REPORT | ntinued from ) in the so-called companionate and trial | marriage.” | The denominational attitude of oppo- | sition to divorce except upon scriptural | grounds was reaffirmed. Ooncern was expressed for the “mor- | als of the community as affected by the | perverted and poisonous character of so many of the theaters and of so rauch| of current literature, Fashions Hurt Morals. “It is needful that devotion to fash- |{fon be subdued by concern for morals. We register the conviction that pro- | priety demands in many things not only resistance of forward tendencles but the adoption of far less obtrusive customs than at present prevail, le!.n{ up war and peace, the bishops | 531 18 manifest that for war no | | remedy has been found, because no sub- stitute has been ed upon. We | register our conviction that a world| court and a league of nations in some | approved form have a real in any tical program for world peace” | ‘We are not far enough along to urge | i the discontinuance of our national m‘l’fi" tary and naval schools, yet where we are in control we should prevent, and where we are not we should discourage, compulsory military training in school and ocollege, & course of action altos gether consistent with any sane theory of patriotic obligation.” he bhho}m declared against profi- teering and for the conscription of capl- tal and labor in time of war, THe younger generation sinned against than sinning,’ ops sald, ‘Touching on fundamentalism, | bishops asserted: “We steadfastly main- ”tlln our unshaken loyalty to the great | basic doctrines, but we would not be | allent as to the widely discussed con- flict of science and invention, We be- lieve that every real advance of knowl- | edge will be to the greater glory of God." Approve Local Autonomy. Discussing the move for larger local autonomy' 1 the forelgn felds, the bish-~ ops declared themselves in hearty a cord with “these new national aspir: “is more the bish- the n | Noting that the world parish had un-] | dergone radical changes during the last quadrennium, the bishops nua': P ress must in all these lands be ult | mately by indigenous agencies, and in its direction will ba by native leaders, | After emphasizing prohibition as the | major tssue in the presidential cam- | { palgn, the committes on temperance, rohibition and public morals at the ethodist Episcopal conference here has demanded a “bone dry” plank in| the platform of all natlonal parties, H A demand was made by Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the board, that voters be told exactly how all ca) didates stand on enforcement of the prohibition law, While Mr, Wilson did not mention the name of any presidential candidate, R, V. Johnson, field secretary, sald the board opposed the nomination of Clov, Bmith of New York and Senator James A, Reed of Missourl, Controversy Is Averted. An attempt to Inject the moderniste fundamentalist controversy Into the rmrnl conference of the Methodist iscopal Church here was headed ol st the outset of today's sesslon, whan the 866 delegates voted almost 10 to | nst conslderation of the lssue, he question was ralsed In a reso- | dution Introduced by the Rev, Harold Paul Sloan of Haddonfield, N. J.. chafr- | It | shakes, Capt. Koehl hung on as Lind- | man of the New Jersey de n. asked that the conference consider ‘wide-spread disloyalty throughout many divisions of the church to the doctrines of deity, virgin birth, original sin and the second coming.” Dr. Daniel L. Marsh, president of Boston University, immediately pro- tested against consideration of the reso- lution. Bishop William P. McDeell of Washington, presiding, said the matter was so controversial that it would have to be voted upon. A resolution opposing further appro- priations by the Government for the nation's naval program, introduced by H. E. Woolever, of the National Metho- dist Press of Washington, was referred to ‘the committee on the state of the church, . Meningitis Hits Haiti. SANTO DOMINGO, May 2 (#).—All traffic on land or sea between Haiti and this republic has been halted be- cause of the epidemic of meningitis Hai, Pulling up to the concrete line where | nirplnne: c%me to a halt, the flyers| | stepped from their car and simuliane- | { ously the official reception comraittse in | | the name of the Nation and the two| governments represented by the fiyers | marched forward. It was composad of the German Am- bassador, Minister Smiddy, Secretary Kellogg and Mr. Davison, Acting Sec- retary of War. ¢ 2 Just before stepping to the ground the fyers' automobile made one tour | | down the fleld for a short distance and ‘ble up again, with the flyers sitting | | high up on the back seat. They were | cheered and applauded lustily, and as| | they met Secretary Kellogg the crowd | ain burst into applause. | | "“Maj. Davidson introduced the flyers |to the officals, who came out to meet | | them, The‘Army Band rlnyed the Ger- | man and Irish national anthems, and | |then the awmen walked toward Mr.| | Kellogg's box to receive the official wel- | come, | Welcomed by Kellogs. | In a brief address Secretary Kellogg | said: | It is with feelings of the degpest admiration for your magnificent "e: ploit that 1 welcome you today on be- | half of the Government and people of | this country. Your task was indeed one to test the powers of human en-| | durance, and its successful accomplish- | ment has stirred the entire Nation. You have marked another milestone on the | path of man’s conquest over the forces | of nature. “Moreover, I like to consider your achievement symbolic of the ever-| narrowing distances which separate the | | nations of the modern world, both in a |real and in & rative sense. Your | un-lertaking itself was an example of | international _co-operation, and _its happy outcome is all the more gratify- ing to this country, to whose upbuilding the German and Irish nations have so richly contributed.” ‘After submitting to a barrage of cameras Maj. Fitzmaurice and Capt. Koeh! were led up to a microphone and asked to say a few words. | Smiling his famous Irish smile, ths | major said: “About all I can say is that [n is much better here than on Greenly Island.” During the photographing three addi- tions were made to the party in the persons of Mr. MacCracken, Col. Lind | bergh and Capt. Rickenbacker. T | colonel shook hands with each airman | cordially, as did Capt. Rickenbacker, | and a few moments later when Capt | Koehl spoke into the microphone he fnl the world.” ' Wanted to Meet Lindy. | capt. Koehl, during his visit here | Saturday, had told newly made friends | here that Lindbergh was “the one man | {in America” that he wanted to meet. | As the youthful airman grasped Capt. | Koehl's hand and gave three hearty | bergh sought to withdraw and added | two more hearty greetings himself. As the brief ceremony neared its end three Army pursuit planes appeared overhead diving and zooming an aerial welcome from above. The three planes are attached to Bolling Field and flew to New York Monday to act as an official mlfi;lh for l‘)‘\,e“’nzers on their | supposed t to hington. They Klex New York at 8 o'clock and arrived |a little after 10. They were piloted | by Licut. Peter Skanse, Lieut. H. R. Angell and Lieut. Ellwood R. Quesada | The brief ceremony over, the flyers | headed for their automobile and at that | moment the Army Band struck up the | national airs of the three nations in- | volved in the exercises, Troop F of | the 3rd Cavalry at Fort Myer snapped to a saber salule as the airmen ordered | their machines Escorted by this troop to the end of | the military reservation, the fiyers were picked up 'by a detail of motor cycle | police and convoyed to the Mayflower | | Hotel. The route carried them along in | Nichols avenue, Eleventh street south- | east, down Pennsylvania avenue past| bassador and the Irish Minister, As- sistant Secretary of War Davison and,| Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mac- Cracken and the President’s military and naval aides were the only others present. The ceremony was brief, and follow- ing each presentation the President shook hanas with the - gratulated nim upon ment. The citations were read by Col Latrobe, the President’s military aide. Although only & few persons witness- ed the bestowal of the medals on the flyers, more than 1,000 persons were gathered about the driveways in the front grounds of the White House and along West Executive avenue and Penn- sylvania avenue. The transatlantic he- Toes were given a great ovation upon their arrival at the White House and upon their departure. When they left the three flyers paused long enough to permit many of those in the crowd who had cameras to photograph them, but this socn came to an end when there was a mad rush to shake hands with the three men. The airmen went directly from this ceremony to the Nationel Press Club, where they were introduced to the large gathering, after which they returned to the White House to be honor guests at luncheon. Besides President Coolidge and the three fiyers those at the lunch- eon were: The German Ambassador, Secretary of State Kellogg. the Minis- ter of the Irish Pree State, the secre- tary to the President and the Pesi- dent’s military and naval aides. FETED AT BANQUET. Crew of Bremen Entertained at New York—3.500 Attend. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—The much- feted crew of the transatlantic mono- plane Bremen will be back in New York B Although thousands of eves and ears were trained in the northeast direction for first glimpse of the little Pitcairn “Mailwing” single-seater, Pilot Banks | slipped into Washington unnoticed until |he was about 300 feet over Boliing Field and at a gliding angle. Down th~ | center of the airdrome he flew. pulled | up. ecircled over the Anacostia » {and then approached center of the feld Disregarding the big B. B. T. flood- uthwest | light established at t. | of the field for his landing. Ban ed on his wing lights and. guide the rays they played upon the gri landed in a dark and shadowy po! of the field. Less than a minute elapsed | between the time he put his wheels | down and the time he had taxied up to the center of the roped-off crowd. As Postmaster General Ne other welcoming officials crowded about the smiling pilot, the “left wing™ of the horseshoe-shaped roped-off area broke and, like a frenzied mob, the spectators ran at top speed, cheering as they came |toward the plane. The remaining sec- tions of the spectators remained order- {ly. Maj. Howard C. Davidson, com- manding Bolling Field. h the help of |a few officers and enlisted men beat {back the crowd and in a few mi the people had been restored to t designated places. Mail Truck in Service. As the plane came to a stop, a mail | truck from the City Post Office dashed | up and unloaded three sacks of mail | These Mr. New took and formally hand- ;ed to the pilot. Official chservers of the inauguration were W. Irving Glover, Assistant Postmaster General in charge | of air mail; William P. MacCracken, jr., | Assistant Secretary of Commerce in | charge of aeronautics; Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics: Postmaster William A | Mooney and Maj. Davidson, for the { tomorrow for a continuance of festiv ities before leaving for a tour of the country, probably May 8 Their New York visit came to a temporary end last night with the city’s banquet at the Hotel Commodore which 3.600 leading citizens and representa- tives of Germany, Ireland and attenged. Tribute to Bennett. Just after Maj. Pitzmaurice, Capt. | Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld en- tered the audience stood in silent tri- | buts to Floyd Bennett, who gave his life attempting to carry aid to them on Greenly Island. The flags of three nations, Germany, Ireland and the United States, formed the decoration of the hall, with a tiny | roduction of the Bremen suspended | from the ceiling. In addition to “The Wearin' of the | Green,” “Deutschland Uber Alles” and “The Star Spangled Banner,” the band plaved the songs “Skvbirds” and “Mitche! Field or Heaven,” written by August J. Koehl. uncle of the German fiyer. in honor of the Bremen's crew Mayor Walker in introducing the fiyers said he believed the city's greeting was one of the ‘finest demonstrations of the bheart” he ever witnessed. GATEé BEING REMOVED. | Workmen today began the removal of the gate hanging on the posts at the| entrance of West Executive avenue, be- tween the State, War and Navy Build ing and the White House. Congress aj proved an act last month giving the gates ta the Spiegel Grove committee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. The gates are to be removed without expense to the United States. The act giving the gates to the Ohlo | organization does not carry authority | to remove the large stone posts on| which they have hung for many years. | Officials have been anxious for some time to have the posts removed because of danger to vehicular traffic, H FLYERS RECEIVE MEDALS FROM PRESIDENT | Banks, the | | y. As Banks stood up in the cockpif cartridge belt and revolver were HE | yealed about his waist, strapped under his parachute harness. The pilot ac- jcepted the three sacks of mail, ex- {amined them carefully. saw they were safeyy stowed away in the m I'partment forward the co | wiek. By Pt o} . N. J, the rt of New York ;and Philadelphia, had been deposited. | _The ceremony over, he announced he [ Piane was'cicartd of the ot pariy of the offic the Wright Whirlwind emin?‘nm& over and out into the field he taxied A second later he was in the An- other circle of the field, a dive down :ge ee'?,ter":un headlights full on and en the . green and white run: lights disappeared to the sou;!wfl:’.“‘nx Northbound Plane's Arrival The northbound plane came in at 2°35 o'clock this n?ommg but L(rhe:; [ere B0 ceremanies attending its ar- Banks sald he had a “nice trip” down from New York, adding Lh::ml: was clear all the way and he could see | the powerful revolving beacon atop the water tower of St Elizabeth's Eospital | for 20 miles out of Wi ton. For L) few minutes prior to the air mail plane's arrival. the crowd was entertained with an exhibition of night ?A‘mbnuu by Lieut. G. H De Baun of | the Naval Air Station at Anacostia | Flying a Curtiss “Hawk” land plane Lieut. De Baun drove down on & i several times and executed a of loops high in the darkness movements were followed the green and white runr s on blane. % $1.300.000 MAIL CARGO. First Postal Plane From South Reac New York. (M.~The first air mail he South nrnfl\x:d ?’!‘nofl tWo hours late today, carrving -pound cargo. valued at more than $1.300.000, at Hadley Meld. South L N. J. The plane, BANK'S FLYING LAUDED. Credit Given for Clean-Up of Air Mait Sehedule. PHILADELPHIA, May 2 (#).— to the fine v fiving of A, M - night alr mail between New ork and the South was cleaned up shortly after 7:30 a.m. today. The New York-Atlanta service was started last night. but part of the schedule was disrupted when the second South-bound plane from New York turned over in a spot at the Phil- adelphia airport and was wrecked. The pilot. Verne E. Treal, was not injured and the mall was undamaged. VISITOR LOSES $450 CASH. | Ty, Haggard of Nashville Misses Roll Upon Arrival Here. Dr. Willlam D. Haggand of Nas Tenn., who is stopping at t Hotel while here to attend the Medi- cal Congress, reported to palice upon his arrival yesterday the loss of $480 in currency. Before leaving the Q#d- son House, in Cincinnati, Oblo, to come to this city, he said, he fastensd the roll of bills with a bar pia set with rhinestones, and missed the money | when he reached here. Tone poem. He sald he did not know whether he was the victim of & plokpooket or whether he had lost the money on the way. Detective Richard H. Mansfiel! s conducting an investigation - . e BAND CONCERT. TONIQHT. By the United States Marine Band Or. chestra At the Marine Barracks, at 8:13 o'elock: Taylor Branson, leader Overture, “Mountains of the North.* Arthur Tregine Exoerpts from act I of the music drama “Ishtar" Edward Potter “Indlans of America Siegireid Schardau (R) “Qriet” Deane Shure | () “The Sacreat Sepulohre,” | Qrand march, “The President Coolidge pimning the Distinguished Flying Cross en the coat of Cinb Fitsmaurice in the vear “‘hlln\ House grounds at nvon today, is Bavon von Huenefel Koehl is seon standing a litle to the right of Maj Filewaurice, and at his vight —Star Mt Phete oy, H. Doane Shure President,” Arthwe Tregina M::"\‘::- hymn, “The Halls of mfm« “The Star Spangled Banner*