Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) showers ton! n'4 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 B ——— Rt WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1928—FORTY-TWO PAGES. No. 30,730, NOISY WELCOME - GIVEN FRIENDSHIP CREW ON ARRIVAL ATSOUTHNPIN Shore Lined With Cheering| Throngs as Plane Alights | After Hop From Burry Port Liners’ Sirens Add to Din. CITY’S WOMAN MAYOR GREETS MISS EARHART | Atlantic Flight Trio Met by Dense Crowds—Plan Rest Before Going to London—Stultz Wants to Re- turn by Air — Says Motors Caused Some Anxiety. Br the Associated Press. LONDON, June 19.—Miss Amelia Earhart, transatlantic fiyer, arrived in London from Southampton by automobile late today and reached her hotel at 6:20 p.m. v the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, June 19. mechanic. Gt yellow bulk of tl transat- p’l’-ummflrn‘mmnednvag squall above thampton wal ‘n‘nu-ns 5 M:u The lantic © & few Entered as second cla post office Washingt GREATEST STRAIN WAS WAITING | matter D. C. he FOR TAKE-OFF, GIRL FLYER SAYS Y s P mon ] CENENGYTOTR : Declares in Her Own Account of | (]F BUS[}H SLAYERS Transatlantic Flight. BY AMELIA EARHART. The First Woman Aviator to Fly Across the Atlantic. By Cable to The Star and New York Times. BURRY PORT, Carmarthemshire, South Wales, June 18.—I have arrived and I am happy—naturally. Why did I do it? When one is offered such a tre- mendous adventure it would be too inartistic to refuse it. I have been a fiyer for years. I have planned to spend my vacation flying. I knew the moment this chance came to me that if I turned it down I would never forgive myself. | My trip across the Atlantic aboard the airship Friendship was all I had times. —————— + | imagined it to be as pleasure and much more, though prettv uncomfortable at This is my first trip to‘mlmhnd and it is rather funny dropping in by airplane again some day and make it in the same way, by Nevertheless, I hope to make the trip air. What [ wanted to demonstrate in this flight | was that this type of travel was comparatively { safe and ought to be developed. don. have. I | | | was the waiting swittly from the little town | Or e | started cutting out. motors picked ain; and, although they stammered once in awhile on the flight when eu“'id“vlm snow, I never had a moment of real trepidation about them or.doubt that we should arrive, I was a passenger on the journey—just a passenger. across was done by Wilmer Stultz and Slim Eve) that was done to bfln&oux - praise I can give them they ought to can’t pile it on too thick. Need of Instruments. You Transoceanic flying has to be done by pilots who can fly by instruments alone and I am afraid that some accidents which marred flights past have been caused by pilots not too sure of instru- ment flying. Despite the fact that the weather reports promised us fine visibility and fair weat had fog, rain and even snow practically al , we the way across. We only had clear weather for one hour out of the 21 we were on the way. The reason we came down here was because we could not see anything. We had just about enough gasoline left, we reckoned, to make South- MISS RART. —Associated Press Photo. FOUR FLIHTS FAL. : T0 SGHT NOBLE: - GAME 10 $0K, 51 2 T i fok g telesth i g 1 her t ad: venture, but appeared a little bit dazed by the commolon which she was At Soutbampton sgain the flyers :‘2‘1: made to relate the story of fly’lefl’ t. ing dn’t mind fly- “T'd like to use t is now In perfect “1 had no dlfi:}t‘!‘fl!y AMIVI‘I“DE{ way xS, te r y ;’u' ¢m where r‘Itmv/u all of the time, and when we struck Britain, I 6o net belleve 1 was more than & mile off my estimated course ” Miss Earhart and her two fiver com- jons left Southampton shortly after fl‘mmumwmflmtn tomobtles. VILLAGERS STAND IN RAIN. BURRY PORT, Wales, June 19 (#).— Pespile a heavy rain groups of & ood_sbout the hotel hes iy N * (Caniipasa on Page '3, Colamn %) it arly this i 1) Cannot Attract Them. | i ; I il P i ! ¥ i it i i g \ | i | i E : § ¥ E 4 | E g 3 i i i i | : T It : Eh EK B g & i 13 | i i H § i | 552& i 3 £ s it g P).—After tutile 2 | came without sighting the and snow, Larsen end Lieut. Luetzow Holm, out from the ice breaker Braganza terday in search of Nobile. determ! on Sundsy. After flying over they returned without sigh Later Nobile informed the is too rough for leads were still {00 narrow to the landing of & nwhy' ¢ (Continued on Page 3, Column Stranded Explorer Twice| Sees Rescue Planes, but ailigi : i i | Jure 19| KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, of fiyers This | scored, while Flagstead stopped at third. they | Regan to Todt. men on the vast white expanse of ice The Norweglan fiyers, Capt. Rilser- es- ined find hum after their futile attenmipt s ship Citta DI Milano by radio that he hldl seen one of the seaplanes come within z;o kilometers (1.24) miles of his posi- o n. Onlund.lynouhlddluzuulng both planes, sithough they falled ‘%hgm egian belleve the fce orw yers ve landing near Nobile, The ice floes, however, were opening T8 | considerably 1oday. although the water "™ | Radio ampton; but we did not dare attempt it, because we were flying blind, and we knew we had come beginning the hardest Sirain of sl b back to the , the ha s the ul'l"he flight, of col;n:e ';s.;bed:m? worry. That is what made it so tiring. But we n 'lhn all I can remember thinking of when we took off ay. Ja headed against the open sea, because 1 OITOW. all this flight in & way iled on toj s0 muc! I was not really sure till we had flown right, Bill would go back. Motors Soon Pick Up. When we started, there was such a burst of spray that the outside motors 1 was afraid we had made another false start, but the ) | GRIFFS DROP FIRST 1 Zachary and Lisenbee Are Hit Hard. i Bl o 5 Sfestid . Plagstead for a good catch of Ruel's liner. Tate batted for Lisenbee and sent a long fly to Flagstead. No runs. FPIFTH INNING. BOSTON--Brown now pitching for ‘Island, near which point Nobile ' Washington. Myer was safe when his | grounder fumbled by Reeves PFlag- to | stead walked. Todt sacrificed, Bluege |to Judge. Goslin dropped Regan's ly er {to left for a two-base error, It was a sacrifice for Regan. Talitt fan- he | ned. Bluege threw out Gerber. One coast | Tun. WASHINGTON-—Rice singled to - ter for his third hit of the l'nmn. H:;':l drove into a double play, Gerber to Regan threw Barnes. No runs. oA SIXTH INNING. BOSTON — Borry fanned. Russel singled to eenu?.’y Rothrock flled 3 {Goslin. Reeves threw out Myer. No runs, WASHINGTON — Goslin flied to Taitt. Judge filed to Flagstead. Reeves {80t his third straight hit of the game . i 1 Rothrock. No runs, gide s EIGHTH INNING. BOBTON—Gerber got a _single with uege. led set. to a hot ndlnr wll‘lhun' foul . Russel ted to Rothrock fanned. ": m WASHINGTON—Todt made - handed cateh of Judge's liner, Russell (Confinued on Page 3, Column 3) o Programs—Page 27 ! reaching a decision after once complet- | | the case. i Unable to Solve Russell, While | courts tha " | conducted | tember, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star. every cit. tion is d i “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers block and the regular edi- vered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,233 PRESIDENT DENIES | Declines to Halt Electrocution | of Proctor, Eagles and | Moreno Friday. |HOLDS MEN FAIRLY TRIED AND GUILT ESTABLISHED | Decision Affirming Death Penalty Reached After Hour's Study of Papers at Brule. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. CEDAR ISLAND LODGE. BRULE RIVER, Wis,, June 19.—President Cool- idge has declined to extend executive clemency to John Proctor, Nicholas Lee Eagles and Samuel Moreno now under death sentence at the United States jail in the District of Columbia for the killing of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch, and as a result these men will go to their electrocution Friday. The President lost no time deciding the fate of this trio after receiving the | review of their case and the accompany- ing recommendations from Attorney General Sargent yesterday afternoon. He carefully studied these papers and the appeal made in behalf of the three convicted men which accompanied the | former for an hour last night as he sat | alone in front of a huge blazing fire in the llving room of his Summer home. | Although the President was represented | as making no comment on affixing his signature which so completely sealed | the fate of these condemned slayers, it | is understood that he had no difficulty | ing the reading of the several papers in | Holds They Had Fair Trial. as represented today as having | & iz £92% il RITCHIE QUITS RACE REFORMS UP TODAY INFAVOR OF SMITH AT VIRGINIA POLLS ¥ | | Maryland Governor With- Old Dominion Vote Declare 1] " The legal point made in the appeal to that t tribunal was that the lower court erred in that it did not try the three tion men . _'The rejec by the Uni States Supreme Court closed a long legal battle which from as far back as ,» 1926, when Proctor. Eagles and Moreno were taken into custody for :('l‘l. mll.moum of Policeman Busch. o die last July. Their case was ap- pealed and the execution date extended to May 25. this year. A postponement then was granted by the court, until j | next Priday. in order to give the Presi- dent time to. consider the appeal for cl;’wy. esident Coolldge's consideration and disposition of this case is the first pub- lic business of lngl real Importance he has tr: d since coming here on his vacation. EAGLES SHOWS BRAVADO, Proctor and Moreno Silent ' When Clemency Is Denied. “O shucks, man, he wouldn't turn us down like that!" With this~final effort at show of bravado, Nicholas Lee Eagles, one of the three condemned slayers of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch, received the news to- day that the President had denied ex- ecutive clemency to him and his two com, 3 Coming from the death cell, which they will leave for the last time Friday morning, when electrocution is set, w Proctor and Samuel Moreno, the other two convicted murderers, received the news in stolid silence. Eagles Expresses Disbellef. Eagles, who has repeatedly sald he wwl’ go singing to his death, declared to newspaper men who broke the news to them: “I just don't believe it.” Of the three men whose last hope for life imprisonment was expelled by the message from the Summer White House, Eagles was the :&mnfly were ol:::{ one whose feelings it clemency had been denled. stood dashed by the word Proctor sllent for a brief mo- nent, star! stra ahead then he sald “ s out, it's h&r’m“"" He ived the information in the “ Blflfll long :'hm a s e a1 nfllna. m“iur with " Goatasnd oo i . Coun AND ALL DRE (P Means Associated SED UP FOR DRY WEATHER. DR. WORK SEEN HOOVER CHOICE T AS G. O. P. NATIONAL CHAIRMAN - Secretary of the Interior Picked for Expert Knowl- edge of Politics. Former Postmaster General Expected tc Reconcile Dis- | gruntled Factions. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Dr. Hubert Work. Secretary of the activity in the pre-convention cam- paign. which has brought him mto| and he the inside there. | has tne temj perament of a | - | leader and a_genial personality, some- | sidered for e | committee, from 3 - = = his many conferences with! ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 2. draws to Promote Party Harmony at Houston. | By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June 19.—Forces work- ing for the nomination of Gov. Smith of New York at the Democratic national convention were given impetus today with the withdrawal of Gov. Albert T Ritchie of Maryland, as a candidate. Stating that “it has become increas- ingly evident that the great majority of the Democratic party in almost every The | section of the country are ready and want to align themselves behind the leadership of Gov. Smith," the Mary- ‘ander, in pledging hi$ support to the Empire State chieftain, said that “Gov Smith embodies far and away the best chance to win.” = i Lauding Gov. Smith's record, w he sald, ggmum- the mpu'n faith in Democracy.” Gov. Ritchie sald that his withdrawal from the presidential field was prompted by a sense of duty which he was glad to perform on the basis that “whatever contributes to Demo- cratic unity will, in turn, contribute to Democratic victory.” Pleads No Ambitions. In al himself with the Smith [ ) tehie, In response to a uestion as to whether he would accept the vice presidency, should it be offered, made it clear that he had no ambitions in that direction, “I have not the slightest thought ot {the vice presidency, nor expecta ot it being offered me, or of accepting it {1t it 18 he sald. ' Of the opinion that Gov. Smith “\s tn every way fitted by experience, character and ability to assume the leacership of the party, the Maryland exocutive continued: “He has proved himself a fearless and efMclent administrator of the great- est State in the Union, His record is a guarantee that with him as President honesty in government would take the place of corruption * * * and the nat- ural resources of the country would be protected. Believes in Equality. “He belleves in equality for every class of our people. The welfare of humanity is the note he would strike ‘The financial and Industrial center of the Nation has shown its faith in him, and prosperity and good times have nothing to fear at his hands.” Asserting that the principles of self- government, popular self-rule and ordered liberty were challenging the attention of‘the country today as they have not done for the Mary- racy of the too." Wi Gratified that his own State should think_him (Con! | Light on Byrd's Govern- mental Program. By the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, Va. June 19.—Propo- nents and opponents of the five pro- posed amendments to the State consti- tution went to Old Dominion polis to- day to register an expression on the “'governmental reform program" of Gov. Harry Flood Byrd, which already has received the virtually unanimous in- dorsement of two successive General Assemblies. Light Vote Indicated. Early reports from all parts of the State indicated a light vote. The adoption of the amendments would bring many changes to the constitution, most of. which .are embodied in the “omnibus proj ," placed as No. 1 on the ballot. These proposed changes have to do with what their advocates term the revision of certain laws which make for inefficient government. Qual- ification of voters, composition of juris- diction of caurts.. compensation of State officers and amendments to the bill of rights' are ‘among’ the changes | home asked in this pro?oul The writing of the segregation prin- ciple of taxation into the constitution sought in the second proposed amendment, while proposals 3, 4 and 5 -are the “shorter ballots amend- ments” around which the storr clouds have hovered in pre-election speeches. Thelr adoption would make appointive by the governor the State treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and super~ intendent of public instruction. The -rpnlnunem of - these officers, now elected by the people, would be subject to the confirmation of the General Assembly, XPERT APPOINTED Will Suivey Local Street Railway Plan. R §gagik CE | >waiting approval of the '-,ubemunmee who are out Has Wide Experience. Mr. Maltbie at various times made investigations surface cle;‘:d lines of — | any ew York, | rallways of M‘:I:..h — cuse and Utica, N./Y., \d:l'mn for the City of time treasurer of the ¢ public utility 4 2 EE years g g i § of 8 gia3 38 ] |BOY, FREED IN SLAYING, | CENSURED BY COURT | - | By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, June 19. — Censured ‘by\hoeountorunul.hzllvlnlohl gstmd acquitted of the murder of Ross Ficaro, 28, alleged betrayer of his sister. A jury freed the boy after deliberat- ;n‘ 73 hours. The judge told the de- lendant “You had no t to law fnto your own honrd.a?' mdmuld‘: B it O Ing for the shooting. MO | The boy admitted shooting | saying he fired to defend his 'when;“tdhcm \‘::.um choked her. was ive gone to the Cirigliano to demand withdrawal of a suit Instituted against him in bebalf of the &irl he was said to have wronged. could crime Ficaro, mother in Connecticut. PLAINVILLE, Conn.. June 19 (.— John Coolidge is spending several days at the home of Gov. John H. Trumbull s the guest of Miss Florence Trumbull before going to the presidential Sum- ! mer home at Brule, Wis. TWO CENTS HOOVER AND CURTIS MEET HERE T0 PLAN CAMPAIGH TACTICS Senator Is Luncheon Guest of Secretary on Arrival - From Kansas City. Pr SEES PARTY VICTORY IN NOVEMBER VOTE tCommerce Chief Maintains Silence to Press—Kansan Sees McNary. | The campaign team of Hoover and Curtis was united today for the first time since its overwhelming selection last week at the Republican national convention in Kansas City. Joining hands in mutual celebration of their victory and conferring on the problems that lie just ahead, Secretary | Hoover and Senator Curtis girded them- selves confidently for “a fight to the finish.” The smi Indian-blooded and the mul‘:"h) defeated hlmm presidential nomination met at Hoover's | office a few minutes after noon today and after a preliminary u:h? of courtesies left for the seclusion of the Secretary’s home on S street for a he;lrt-w-hun talk the luncheon table. ) i B 3 » 5 i i i ii % ! : i B i g : L) ¥ ,, i i I § 7 : £ B § 1 3% i i fst L i ; | | i 5 | E!!EE Selit ¢ § § | own hands, Peter Cirigliano, 16, today | G4P% J. E. Lucey. JOHN COOLIDGE VISITING. | Guest of Miss Florence Trumbull |y o friends of He had just returned 1,000 to 2,000 Degree Temperatures Recorded in Fire Test: Ruins Still Ho Despite 48 hours of cooling and the eavy rains of last night and today, the debris in the ruins of the Bolgiano bulldlnfu. 1007 ‘and 1009 B street. where testa of the fire resistance of vaYious iypes of safes and filing cases are made, remained (0o hot to be tampe: with today At one t under the de- oris & thermo-cou unit recorded a emperature of 1, d tated by observers from Standards. During the fire the thermo-couples vegistered temperatures as high as 2,000 1 ‘The' heat may have been in L, It was e Bureau of 5 18 may the last of the safes £ Fig 3 2 | i £ ; i # i Davis himself is Missouri. vention. oo~ “I am