Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1928, Page 4

4 LUNDBERG LETTER DEFENDS NOBLE Was Instructed to Ressue General First, Swedish Flyer Avers. | | B (he Associnted Press | ROME Lugust 4—General Umberto Nobile published a letter today which he had received from hix Swedish res- euer, Capt. Lundberg. declaring that the refiections cast by certain foreign news- papers on Gen. Nobile's courage were without foundation The letter stated that when Cant Lundberg had landed on the ice for the first he had nded to rescue all of the Nobile group one by one. He de- ibed how Gen. Nobile had asked him to take Natale Ceccioni first. Capt Lundberg had answered that his in- structions were 10 rescue th com- -chief before any the Rev. Arthur Crawshay A. Hall, 3 Capt. Lundberg. that Ceccioni be taken care of first. Thereupon the Swodisn flier remonstrated that this would b impossible without leaving behind him his fiying companion, Capt. Shyberg Capt. Lundberg's letter states that only after this declaration and the re- peated entreaties of the other sur- vivors did-Gen. Nobile consent to come away first In the course A’ a busy day today Gen. Nobile visited Augusto Turati, the secretary general of the Pascist party His injured leg appeared to be trou- bling him and companions helped him to alight from the automobile. He | was greeted cordially by the director of the Pascist party, who gave him a large bunch of flowers. He conversed with Secretary Turati for one hour Lieut. Viglieri, navigator of the Italia arived today by air. He was received by Admiral Sirianni. undersecretary of the navy, to whom he presented a long report on the wreck of the dirigible. | the condition of the survivors and the eircumstances of their rescue. Similar reports were presented by Capt. Zappi and Radio Operator Biagi Another repor{ is expected to arrive from. Capt. Mariano tomorrow. And scribes Search and Jack Binns. internationally known who fir<t gained fame by sticking_to abos: board the 8. 8 Minnewaska. Which res- cued Capt. Frank Courtney. transatlantic aviator. and his three companions. The following_story was radioed exclusively o The Star and the New k World News Service by Mr. Binns, BY JACK Bl ABOARD THE 8. S. MINNEWASKA August 4.—The rescue of Capt. Frank T. Courtney and his three companions from his siowly foundering airplane in all will be submitted later to Premier | midatiantic was one of the most dra- Mussolini. Ceccioni has entered a clinic | matic events in the history of the seven for the treatment of his fractured leg. | seas. . - T‘ Fn;‘st_ |(’ came llfl!r . }:Ifi:\:’re::; lay of ceaseless searc TWO WIN FREEDOM ~ | IN ‘KIDNAPING’ CASE | ship's officers and crew kept a sharp lookout in every’ quarter. Then, when the sun was just sink- ing below the Western sky, there came a hail from the lookout atop the mast. | . : A faint speck had been discovered oa Judge Rules Father's Taking of | the eastern horizon Just a few moments later and fate Child Is Not Illegal—Grants | would have taken the Minnewaska on | | & course that would have passed, out Habeas Corpus. | of sight, southward of the plane—the By the Associated Press | vast reaches of the midatianiic, wherein | captain, in fact. was just voicing the { order for a change of course when the | lookout's shout came rolling down. | tlorney, w Ships Combed Sea. on his way home tonight after his re-| Not since the wireless called desper- Jease from the Schuyikill County jail | ately for succor in the cases of the Re-' at Pottsville, Pa., yesterday on habeas | public and the Titanic has such a con- corpus proceedings. He had been held | course of ships swept the ocean as yes- August & charge of conspiracy in tonneelkmi'.,u in reply to the S O S sent by Wwith the alleged kidnaping of Henry | Operator Gilmour after the blazing sea- Grant, 1IL by his father, Henry Grant, | plane, through the miraculous pflolln( ir., of this city. of Courtney and the heroism of Pierce, Judge Hicks granted the writ of | had Janded safely. corpus releasing the pair when | Throughout, night liners in various he ruled that it was not illegal for a | parts of the Atlantic were frequently father to take his own child and that | inquiring for news of the plane, but | Gllmour, realizing it was necessary to conserve his weak storage battery power, { hen on‘l;"‘:ne 1] 'fl“:r o~ then w. untif daybre: preseg. Grant and s wile | peuing it e | hz:-fi o;:et-!l! sepa- | The second call was by the o lwn:iflt P sk thu‘“m&, Celtic, wgich mev asked: pur WEP- stiorn “Do you need assistance?” trip by sutomobile to Pottsville to-ald| Gilmour replied, laconically their feliow barrister. “Yes, bags of it.” Then he gave the sosition of the plane to the Celiic, which immediately broadcast it to every ship. By chance the youngest operator of the Minnewasks, a kid making his first sea trip, was standing by on watch in | the radio room, and had the thrill of { up the message. Governor's Representative cnm-;"hui“.h:,,..",gz S e el thivush the ship, and every passenger rose im- State - Zacks Fadoral mediately. lining the decks for the rest int i of the day and staring in a vain effort Sl A_zom s S | to detect the fiyers. e Assorinted Press 4 —Denun- | The captain of the Minnewaska im- PHILADELPHIA, August ciation of what he claims was discrimi- DISCRIMINATION SEEN AGAINST PENNSYLVANIA |of THE SUNDA Three members of the House of Bishops for many vears. whe will attend the Episcopal general convention in’ October. Left to right: Right Rev. Boyd Vincent. who ranks his associates in length of service with 39 years: vears, and Right Rev. Lewis William Burton, 32 years. v e i o COURTNEY RESCUE CALLED SEA MIRACLE BY RADIO OPERATOR Jack Binns, Hero of 1909 Disaster, De- Discovery of Men on Water-Logged Plane. on the hands and ears of the ship's operators. v Right | | STAR, WASHINGTON, TRID OF BISHORS DUE HERE INFALL |Right Rev. Boyd Vincent,! | Southern Ohio, Has Served | |39 Years in High Post. ‘l Talking this morning. Gilmour said | that throughout 17 weary hours while they were aflogt after the dramatic night landing he could hear all the ships discussing measures for their res- cue His direction finder showed that many ships had come almost close enough to discover the plane, when they would change their course in accordance with the rescue plans This was discouraging; for the drift was constantly taking them away from a broadcast position and their batte:- juice was too precious to waste except for the last desperate efforts if nceded. | Escape Was Miracle. After seeing the-flame-scarred plane there is no question of the remarkable skill and heroism of Courtney and Pierce during the fateful seconds whilc the plane was brought down to the ocean in the night blackness That all escaped unscathed wasone of those miracies created by human bravery. Gilmour's work after the plane had landed was magnificent, and adds another chapter to the brilliant annals of wireless: work. The Minnewaska's also were splendid, while the handling the Minnewaska by the ecaptain and crew was another tribute to the smart seamanship and bulldoggsdness of British mariners. ‘The work of the other ships, although | fruitless, was equally brilliant and nec- essary to the success of the rescue. (Copyright. 1928 COOLIDGE SILENT ON RETURN ST Has Failed to Reveal Plans for Termination of Vacation. SUPERIOR, Wis. August 4—With almost two months gone since President Coolidge arrived here, few indications are yet available as to what his plans are for returning East. He has been heard to remark that this year he would not go back to the Capital until he could be sure that he would not meet with hot weather there. three operators | mediately changed his course, increas- | gress was delivered by Charles A. Wi ing his speed to the limit, and rushed toward the vague position given by | ters, State secretary of labor and in-| dustry. speaking today before the An- thracite Education Exposition at Wil- | low Grove Pu'r; i | Addressing meeting as the repre- | sentative of Gov. Pisher, Secretary Wa- Pennsylvania is one I States in the , it has no representative on the Court of Custom Appeals, the Tariff| Commission, SBupreme Court nor the In- terstate Commerce Commission. STUDENTS TO DISCUSS SITUATION IN ORIENT China. India, Japan, Xorea and United States Will Be Represented. RACINE. Wis. (®).—A common ground of understanding of the social problems of the Orient and Occident is the aim of the Oriental students’ con ference here September 8 to 14 Imperfalism and the rise of national- ism in the Par East will be the chief topics of conversation, but other politi- cal subjects and matters of religion and education will be taken up The conference is largely de up of Oriental students attending colleges of the United Btates, but also includes invited American students Masatoshi Matsushita of Japan, a graduate | student of Columbla University, fs chatrman India, Japan China, Philippine Islands and Blates will be represented ENGLISH WRITER SAYS SUN ACTUALLY MOVES Reasons With Korea the the nited Based o Star and Bmoke LONDON ).~ A book attempting tn | prove that the sun revolves around the earth has just been published in Eng- land It war written by William Edgell of Gloucestershire, and sums up his experi rients extending over 30 years. For the last two years he has had a tele socpe trained on the Pole Star, and night after night he has watched for some sign of motion Has the star budged? It has not Bul the case of the sun is different In the morning it was shining in Mr | Edgell's front garden and in the eve.| ping it was over the back garden. The argument js impregnable, but the book ~ontains added proof in experiments with oranges, smoke, pendulums, eclipses | and tdes. Experiments Pole Oranges Fdison's Secretary an Inventor, william M. Meadoweroft, aged 75 gears. who has been & secretary 1o Thomas A. Edison for the last 25 years fs also sn inventor. He has been one of the grantest developers of decoralive electric lamps 1n the United Biates. He was one of the first experimenters with the X-ray. the missing plane. | Plane in Gulf Stream. Lookouts were sent to the masthead in bosun's chairs, while others, atop | every forward cargo boom post, began their ceaseless vigil for the tiny speck containing four gallant lives noon, the Minnewaska had o4 reached the point Courtney had given. iC«!"dKP 1o spend a short time in his Nearest us were the President Hayes, an oil tanker, and the German ship Columbus. Then began a checker- board search of the ocean more thor- ough than any mine-sweeping oper: tion during the war. Por three hours the cream of Atlantic shipping searched vainly. Then Gilmour risked his precious battery juice in the midst of the wire- less babel to send a new position ob- tained by Courtney. The airplane was in the Gulf Stream and the wind was causing it to drift § knots an hour, despite a drag anchor thus addeding to the difficulty of the search, The ships immediately rushed to the new position and again began their checkerboard tactics. And a few mo- ments before sundown the Columbus. on the starboard horizon course to the southward and the tank- er, far astern, did likewise. The Minne- waska’s captain turned to give his or- der for change of course and- Half an hour'’s steaming from the time of the lookout's hail brought the Minnewaska alongside the plane, In the meantime a lifeboat on the port quarter, with a picked crew in charge of the first officer, was swung out readiness for aid The airplane, wallowing in & heavy swell, had A white distress flag holsied on a boathook that Giimour had rigged up to carry the emergency wireless aerials The stern engine, badly scorched from the violent blaze brought the plane down, gave the ship & grim aspect. Within 10 boat, the first officer and his crew had reached the wrecked plane, but this only after a splendid exhibition of oars- manship. Crew Taken From Plane. changed its | in | tion shorter than previous ones, rise to the supposition that Flr would not leave Cedar Island Lodge before Labor day at any rate. Right Rev. Boyd Vincent, Bishop of Southern Ohio, will be conspicuous among the members of the House of Bishops in thd forty-ninth triennal general convention of the Episcopal Church, which will assemble in Wash- | | ington October 10. Although not the oldest member of this distinguished body of churchmen, Bishop Vincent is its ranking member in length of serv- ice, having been elevated to the Epis | copate in January, 1889 { Hale and hearty at 73, Bishop Vin- | cent is one of the most active part ipants in the deliberations of the Houte of Bishops. He is noted as a preacher. Chairman of the house at the conven- tions of 1910, 1913 and 1916, under the old order by which the ranking mem- ber became presiding bishop of the church, Bishop Vincent would now be | serving in that exalted ecclesiastical | | post. At the convention of 1925 the | new canon went into effect by which | | the presiding bishop is democratically {elected by the convention every six | year: { | | Two others among those who may rank as patriarchs of the church in the House of Bishops are the Right | | Rev. Arthur Crawshay A. Hall, Bishop | of Vermont. and Right Rev. Lewis Wil- | | am Burton. Bishop of Lexington. | Bishop Hall has sat in the house for 34 | years. He is & native of England. a | man of commanding figure with a shock of white hair and a strong, mo- | bile face. He exceeds 6 feet in height Bishop Hall is an expert on law and | doetrine within the church { Bishop Burton has served 32 years in the House of Bishons. He is one ! of the few members of the upper house | who it not elean-shaven, his flowing white beard marking him out among his fellows. A man of scholarly ability. an eloquent orator, Bishon Burton long has been a leader in the group of % churchmen. i | HONOR TWO ASSASSINS. | | A | Murderers Precipitating World War Paid Tribute. | { SARAJEVO, Jugosiavia (#).—Jugo- | slavia has erected a massive marble | | tablet to the two murderers who started | the World \far. | It marks the spot where 'Archduke Pranz Ferdinand and his archduchess were assassinated in 1914. | The monument glorifies the assassins because their act has resulted in the independence of all southern Sla He also | indicated he would not make this vaca- | wiving | It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. i ‘The possibility, however, has arisen | | that Mr. time in New England before returning to Washington. Gov. Weeks of Ver- mont had Invited President and Mrs | State before going to Wisconsin. Al- | though the Chief Executive was very well Inclined towards this suggestion, Mrs. Coolidge's condition of health be- | | fore coming here made the realization | of such a plan impossible Mr. Coolidge is sald to hope to be able to make such & trip late this Summer or in the Fall. He fs always areful, however, to emphasize to all who ask him regarding his plans that he must depend to a very large extent upon the condition of Mrs. Lemira | Goodhue | bas been lying very ill at Northampton, | Mass. since last December. The last reporis to reach Mrs. Coolidge were to the effect that she was resting more Biddy Fooled Again, KINSTON, N. C.—A hen sat several weeks and hatched—four alligators! Henry Crawford found an alligator's nest and put four of the eggs_under the biddy. She got perfeet | results. for Hour in Washin that | 10 minutes of launching his | Alongside the plane the crew of four | |i was taken off in quick lime gers signaled the Wigwag- bridge of the Min newaska for instruetions about sinking | the plane, but in view of the tremen dous amount of gesoline still on bord and the fact that burning was the only means available, it was considered best to endon her and leave it other ships to take the necessary ») to_destroy her The Jifeboat returned smartly. Court ney was the first man up the ladder He seemed little affected by the aar- rowing experiences of the night before Pierce and Gllmour followed him, while Hosmer stayed in the boat until it was rafsed 1o its davits, ‘he passengers sent cheer as each man reache waska's deck, then rah for the splends Minnewaska's erew. The rescue I8 A remarkable tribute o the efficiency of modern wireless and 10 the skill of the operstors. 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Mr. Moore has served in the Representatives ing for re-election upon his record. Mr. Hanes is a lawyer, a Representative in the Virginia Legislature, a member of the Virginia Park and Planning Com- | mission and a member of the State | audit committee. Friends of Mr. Moore express confi- dence that he will win in the primary, | citing the many things he has done to | benefit the people of the district. | In a statement fssued today, Mr. Hanes said he considered that he has an excellent chance. “Conditions have changed," said Mr | King George, Loudoun, Louisa, Orange, | BOTH CONFIDENT House of | for 10 years and is ask- | nd the great majority of the ' March. voters are now doing their own think- ing and voting their own convictions without fear or favor. I have been f; every nook and corner of the eighth district and am satisfied that the sen- timent of the people is with me in this contest."” ESCHEW DATE BOOK. 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