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DIPLOMATIC CORPS T0 RETAIN LIQUOR Members See Principle In- volved Affecting Interna- tional Basis. (Continued From First Page) must have been misinterpreted by the | Virginia prohibitionist. Expressed Views Limited. Ambassador Howard could not be reached yesterday, but at the British embassy it was intimated that he had done little more than state the orthodox | diplomatic position on immunity, with the additional statement that any prac- tice which a host country, through the properly constituted authorities, desig- nated as obnoxious. would be a matter of special consideration. The first information which the; President had of the Carter letter with the inclosure from Sir Esme Howard ‘was obtained from the morning papers yesterday. The correspondent was lo- cated in the State Department where it had arrived through regular channels and President Hoover expressed a de- sire to see the letters. He will make no | statement until he has scrutinized the contents. Secretary Stimson also has made no study of the letters and de- | clared yesterday that they would not | be given out at least until he has had time to examine their contents. ‘The official contacts of an embassy with the American people must be through the State Department. It! never can be officially aware of any| objection to its conduct unless this is conveyed to it by the State Depart- ment. Not only has the State Depart- ment never made the slightest intima- tion that diplomatic immunity with re- spect to liguor was displeasing, but, on the contrary, has rendered every serv- ice possible to facilitate obtaining sup- plies without unnecessary red tape or annoyance. Consequently the diplomats have no reason to believe that the ex- ercise of this immunity is not entirely satisfactory to the Nation which is their host. Obviously, it was pointed out, if the State Department did express an ob- jection to any phase of the exercise of this immunity a special situation would be created which would have to be dealt with when it arose. The standard of diplomatic conduct, it was pointed out, is essentially the established standard of conduct between gentlemen. The American Government is the host of the diplomats. No gentleman is in- clined to unduly stress his rights to the discomfiture of his host. Possibility of Agreement. ‘Thus a gentlemen's agreement might be reached, if the State Department expressed a desire for such an agree- ment, but it would be so framed that it could not possibly be considered a precedent for waiving diplomatic im- munity. On the other hand, some mem- bers of the corps intimated that such an expression on the part of the State Department would be well nigh incon- ceivable in the light of established usage. Unless there is some clearly under- stood special consideration, a diplomat lives in the country to which he is ac- credited in comformity with the .laws of the country he represents. He must be judged as a law-abiding citizen ac- cording to the laws of his own country. If this were not the case, it was pointed out, & e oconfusion would result er or later would lead to consequences somewhere, Laws and customs vary enormously thout the world. It would be practically jmpossible for a ‘western nation to sehd a representa- tive to some oriental countries and ex- pect him to be governed strictly by the code of those cotntries. Some country might pass a law requiring & man to have 10 wives. If=! United States required the envoy from that country to abide strictly by its own liquor regu- lations it could hardly expect that country to accord the American repre- sentative the privilege of only one wife. Yet, the envoys feel, such would be the implication of s precedent giving up the rights of diplomatic immunity in any icular unless under very exceptional circumstances difficult to_imagine. If any diplomat grossly abuses his diplomatic fmunity in’ respect to liquor, to the extent of making himself objectionable and obnoxious, it was pointed out, the probable procedure of the State Department would be to signify a desire for his recall. In ac- cordance with the gentlemanly standard obtaining between nations it is hardly conceivable that this would be denied. However unlikely it might be for the representative of one nation to forego his own diplomatic immunity, it would be out of the question for him to make the same concession for representatives of other governments. A dean of the corps, such as Sir Esme Howard, how- ever, might engineer a gentlemen's agreement among all the diplomats sta- tioned in Washington not to take ad- vantage of diplomatic immunity under some particular circumstances, but it i extremely unlikely that this would ever be entered into as & formal agree- ment actually committing the diplomats to anything. Favor Retaining Privilege. Both the Spanish Ambassador, Alejan- dro Padilla, and the Minister of the Irish Pree State, Michael MacWhite, indicated their unwillingness to accept voluntarily the withdrawal of the privilege of importing diplomatic liquor. ‘The Spanish Ambassador declared that Sir Esme Howard was expressing his own private views and nothing that he wrote on the subject of his willing- ness to forego the privilege could be accredited as any expression on be- half of the diplomatic corps. “So far as the Spanish embassy is concerned,” he told a representative of ‘The Star, “the situation is the same as it always has been and will con- tinue to be until the President of the United States or Congress takes such action as to withdraw the privilege.” ‘The Spanish Ambassador explained that the question is not before the diplomatic corps and although the British envoy is dean of the corps by virtue of his senfority, he cannot | commit the corps on this question. ‘The Spanish embassy, he explained, intended to take no steps unless the matter was placed officially before the diplomatic corps either by Sir Esme Howard or by the President. The Minister of the Irish Free State was more emphatic in stating that Sir Esme had no right to speak for the diplomatic corps as a whole. “Certainly he is not speaking for the Irish Free State legation,” he said. The Minister made it plain that the British envoy's letter is open to mis- interpretation as it merely expressed Sir Esme’s personal views on the matter. “The question of diplomatic liquor.” he said, “is solely one between the Irish Free State government and the Govern- ment of the United States, so far as our position is concerned.” He doubted the authority of a Minis- ter of a foreign country voluntarily agreeing to cut off importations from his country, liquor or otherwise, without governmental action. To do so, he ex- plained, might put his successor in an embarrassing position in event he wished to import liquor. No Communication Received. At the German embassy the opinion was expressed that Ambassador Howard addressed himself as an individual to Mr. Carter. It was said that the Ger- man charge d'affaires, O. C. Klep, had not recefved a communication from the British Ambassador nor had the sub- ject been discussed. While deciining to comment. formally on the subject, attaches at the German embasy sugsested iaal the use of THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTO N D O, MAY 1929— PART 1. Effect of Law Commission’s Irving Fisher, Dry, an forward their case. For this reason Th forces. prohibition Jeadership by his book, “Prol of the eighteenth amendment. Austen the Moderation League, is a nationally of the issue. Prof. Fisher. 1 NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 25—In the sense of & wholehearted facing of the facts, it is my belief that the Pres- ident's Law Enforcement Commission, headed by George W. Wickersham, will | neither try to whitewash prohibition enforcement nor permit the cnmml(-‘ sion to be used as a forum for wct propaganda, in any attempt to show that the eighteenth amendment is the | basic cause of all law violation 4 dis- | respect for law. | In his public speeches Mr. Hoover | has repeatedly shown that violation of | the prohibition laws is but a small| fraction of all law violation, and that | disrespect for law in this country had obtained a fairly vigorous growth be fore the eighteenth amendment was | adopted. t It has been stated that the spirit of the administration is to educate the people to the necessity of respect for | all law, and to win their support by | measures which would gradually Te-| move, through orderly processes and not sensational drives, abuses of pro- hibition enforcement and disregard fer | other laws. By this means President Hoover hopes to get the best and | majority opinion behind the laws. Survey Held Proper Function. It would be a proper function of | the law enforcement commission, | therefore, to make a survey of defects | and abuses in_applying the eighteenth amendment, thus preparing the bli'(“ facts for a concerted appeal for lead ership, through all appropriate agen- Ccles af the Nation, in correction of | abuses and in general ohservance ol‘ the amendment. Mr. Hoover has declared that his ad- ministration would oppose ~ coercion, | bureaucratic extensions and centrali- zation. His will be the policy of in- forming the Nation, sclentifically and from unbiased sources, of the facts oi abuses. When the facts are made known he would invoke the power of informed leadership to remedy the abuses and to organize voluntary ef- fort in securing general observance of | the law. In his administrative work the Presi- dent had invariably offered co-opera- tion to representative groups of men and women in States and local com- munities. By applying the principle of decentralized organization, leaving the execution of detalls to local autonomy and to volunteer committees of lead- ing citizens, Mr. Hoover succeeded largely in regulating the food supply of scores of millions of people in Eu- rope during and after the war; by this method he conducted the United States Food Administration and reorganized the Federal Department of Commerce. His methods are those of an engineer, of first assembling the facts, for which, in this case, he relies upon Mr. Wick- ersham's committee, which will also centralize ideas about the facts: then of decentralizing their execution through organized leadership in the States and communities. Facts Will Be Best Ally. I note that already leading radio | chains have volunteered their services | to the President in behalf of programs for law enforcement. I belleve the | President realizes keenly, from his own | experience in the war canvasses for foodstuffs and materials needed at the front, nnmbllc appeals through the press, the ri chains and the movies and sound bring about rapid changes of the people, and he has about him a corps of men and women who have be- come veterans in executing plans that affected the voluntary act of whole nations. Of course, he is also the head of the | law enforcement agencies of the Na. tion, and he has already notably strengthened them. But I am assured that in this matter his most important ally will be the facts, impartially gath- ered by the commission, and the power of public sentiment in remedying de- fects and in making the eighteenth | amendment more fully effective. (Copyright, 1920.) liquors by the diplomatic sorps is, after all, of minor importance in so far | as the subject of diplomatic immunity | is concerned. n of privi- lege or withdrawal of the immunity would, it is felt, concern directly Lhe‘ larger subject of the status of foreign governments. In view of this, the Ger- | man embassy was represented as doubting that any such request as sug- ted by the Virginian would come rom the American State Department. On the other hand, it was said that the diplomatic corps probably would accede tc such a request, but not with- out considerable discussion and per- haps a definite understanding as to the extent of such a development. ‘The whole subject was received some- what amusedly and while respecting | the spirit of Ambassador Howard's letter to Mr. Carter, it seemed to be the consensus of attaches of the Ger- man embassy that the matter rests with the American State Department and further, that the State Department will not make such a request. At the Cuban embassy and the Cana- | dian legation it was said that there was no comment forthcoming. | Question Called Delicate. The le question of the importa- tion of liquor by embassies and lega- tions in Washington is a “very delicate matter,” according to attaches of the Japanese embassy. It was stated at| the embassy yesterday that Ambassador | Debuchi would make no comment upon the statement attributed to the British Ambassador, since it was based entirely upon a private letter, ‘What the attitude of the Japanese might be, in the event of a suggestion | from the American Government that it would like the members of the diplo- matic corps to surrender the liquor privilege, no one at the embassy was willing to predict, although it was ex- plained that, of course, the Ambassador would consuit the government at Tokio Before making reply. Ambassador Tellez of Mexico de- clined to make any statement in the absence of instructions from Mexico City. An attache of the embasy inti- mated unofficially, however, that if the matter should be brought to the at- tention of the Ambassador by the Gov- ernment of the United States, it might meet with approval, in view of the recently announced dry policy of President Portes Gil of Mexico. At the Swedish legation it was stated that Minister Bastrom would not have anything to say, unless the matter should be broached by the American Government in some manner. No concerted action has been taken BOTH SIDES OF PROHIBITION AWhen the personnel of President Hoover's Law Commission was announced a few days ago, its province in examining the possible bearing of prohibition on law enforcement immediately became a subject of national controversy. was apparent that the activities and the later findings of the commission would become an important public issue, with both wets and drys already putting ments from two outstanding and opposed representatives of the contending Prof. Irving Pisher, professor of economics at Yale, assumed a place in |'end,” but rather that it | The fugitive law of 1850 “made every Efforts Is Discussed by Prof. d Austen G. Fox, Wet. It e Star has obtained the following state- hibition at Its Worst,” a thesis in favor G. Fox, as chairman of the board of known controversialist on the wet side Austen G. Fox. NEW YORK, May 25 —There is per- haps nothing in English or American | history that stands out more clearly than the refusal of the English and American people to bow down to the recurring _demand by _constituted | authority that the people must respecl‘ all laws without limitations of any kind. Hence, I take as the subject of this statement “The President’s Commis- sion and the Limitation of Law.” | The subjéct is by no means new.| Even a cursory reading of the history of the English and American peoples shows that often they have rejected the doctrine of the autocrat, that there is no limitation to the duty of obedience to any and every law, and that they have insisted on the great truth that law has its limitaions, no matter how free it may be from successful attack on the grounds that it is unconstitu- tional. The most recent public statement of that truth was made in August, 1922, before an audience at least as well fitted to appreciate its force as any in the country, the American Bar As- sociation. The speaker of “he day hld‘ chosen as the title of Tis address, “The Limitation of Law.” He was not only a member of the bar, but he was the immediate predecessor of Mr. Hoover | in the office of President of the United | States. With characteristic terseness, | Mr. Coolidge summed up the plain hi toric truth. Quotes Coolidge Statement. “In a republic,” he said, “law reflects | rather than creates the standard of | conduct. To dragoon the body when | the need is to convince the soul will | end only in revolt. % Mind the word “only.” did not say that such Mr. Coolidge ‘, in revolt.” It was agains: the inevit- able, not the probable corsequence of such legislation that he uttered those pregnant words. Let the present law enforcement commission, selected by his successor, disregard at their peril the | solemn warning of Calvin Coolidge in | Contrast the words or President Coolidge with those spoken on the floor of the Senate by Senator Jones of Washington when he offered the act that bears the Senator's name: “In a republic there is no such thing as liberty.” Already we see our juries refusing to convict citizens indicted for violations of this law that changed overnight a misdemeanor into a felony, and permitted cruel and unusual pen- alties, Mr. Hoover filled his inaugural mes- sage with assertions of the duty of obedience to each and every law. This is nothing new in the mouth of authority, but the people of this country | have shown no more than one occasion | that they do not share this view. “Foree” Laws Lack Respect. Pugitive slave laws, prohibition laws nd the force laws enacted in the effort to enforce the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments _ar alike. man in Massachusetts liable to official summons in aid of the return of es- caped slaves” (Emerson's Diary, May 3, 1851). Each instance was an illus- tration of what President Coolidge called “the limitation of law.” In the case of the “force” laws the Govern- ment found that even with the ald of the Army laws could not be enforced and at last gave up the attempt. Once again the Executive and Congress will find that laws which do not reflect “the standards of conduct in the republic” are_unenforceable. Within a few days the daily press has carried accounts of attempts by prohibition agents to hire undergradu- ates in Harvard and Brown universities as sples to “snoop” on their brother students and betray them to the Gov- ernment for pay. For all such conduct, unless disavowed and disapproved, the sanction of the Chief Executive is fairly to be assumed. Speaking in 1791 on Mr. Fox's '.bel bill, Erskine, England's greatest advo: cate, said: “I consider the jury as the commons house of the judicial sys- tem—the balance for the people against the prerogatives which it is necessary to trust with the crown and its magis- trates, but which will often, when un. balanced, degenerate in to oppression. Charges “Grave Abuses.” Judge Crane of the New York Court | of Appeals, in a public address, said recently: “The jury is the last vestige of pure | democracy that remains.” No matter | what the President’s commission may report, no matter what Presidents may say, the American people will continue to refuse to respect law which is not re- spectable, and juries will refuse to con. vict In cases in which the Government stoops to ignoble methods. The American people are still capable of righteous indignation at the un- broken series of “grave abuses” of which the President is quite well aware. (Copyright, 1929.) POLICEMAN MAKES PLEA FOR PRISONER AT BAR ‘“Pleasure to Arrest Him,” Allen ‘Tells Judge McMahon in Police Court, Policeman R. J. Allen of the third | precinct again adopted the role of | protector of the prosecuted yesterday ' in Police Court, when he requested lenfency of Judge John P. McMahon for a man whom he had arrested. | “It was & pleasure to arrest him,” de- clared Allen when testifying to the | events which led to the arrest of Wil- | liam Smith, colored, of the first block | of F street’ northeast, on a charge of intoxication. | | According to the evidence, Allen ar- | rested Smith when patrolling his beat | at Twenty-second street and Pennsyl- | vania avenue. He said Smith was “prac- | tically inebriated” and “totally unable to navigate.” | “However,” said Allen, “he conducted | himself in such a gentlemanly manner, acted so well and was so agreeable as well as being willing to accompany the arresting officer, that I think he should receive clemency.” Smith told of stopping to watch a friend fish on the Potomac and of im- bibing a small quantity of ardent spirits, but denied being “practically inebriat- Despite Allen’s plea for his prisoner Judge McMahon imposed a $10 fine. Graduation i by diplomats in Washington on the question, it was explained at the Chilean embassy, nor is any such action in sight | at this time, so far as known. Chilean Ambassador, Senor Davill was added, has received no suggestion, | official or otheiwise, from the United States Government about the liquor question, and under the circumstances preferred to make no statement. | In the absence from this country of Minister Van Royen all comment was | withheld' at the Netherlands legation. | No comment was made at the Italian embassy, where it was stated that Am- | bassador Martino had given no con- | sideration to the questyn raised in Mr. | Carter's letter to Sir e Howprd, Presents Here | as T do. | motor from the block up. | Worth was accomplished this morning, V| other mark for sustained flight. dancing, waving at friends and giving | every indication of beng able to carry | ENDURANCERECORD FALLST0 2 TEXANS Question Mark’s Time Beat- en—Pair Set 200 Hours as Flight Goal. (Continued From First Page.) that he had already operated it for | 500 hours and that it had been nusec before he purchased the monoplane second-hand. “I know everything about the motor as it is” he told representatives of the manufacturer, “and I like jt. If it was | rebuilt it might be a better motor, but I wouldn’t know how to coax it as well It's been going good and I'm afraid to take a chance by changing | In the sixteenth refueling operation | 110 gallons of gasoline with food and | oil were transferred. Robbins and | Kelly wore broad grins as they took on | their cargo and indicated in pantomime | that the motor sounded as if it would run_forever. The crowd seemed much Interested | in the refueling contact, which was ac- | complished above the flying fleld. ! Several worn parts were replaced, but | no attempt was made to rebuild the | A factor in the smooth performance in the grueling test is the provision | made by Robbins and Kelly for greas- | ing the rocker arms. Once a day Kelly climbs out under the nose of the plane | and from his precarious perch applies | the grense. Refueling Ship Ready for More. Worn rocker arms caused the failure of one of the three motors of the Ques- tion Mark and forced the plane down. ‘The fifteenth refueling of the Fort and K. K. Hoffman and H. S. Jones, who handle the supply plant, made preparations to continue servicing the endurance ship for another 60 hours. A large crowd gathered at the air- port today to watch the final phase of the assault of the record of the Ques- | tion Mark, which far surpassed any | Wives of both of the pilots were on hand. Lady Heath arrived by plane today and went up alongside the Fort Worth to catch a glimpse of the endurance | flyers. | For establishing a new world's record | Robbins and Kelly each will receive | $5,500 from the Fort Worth Association | of Commerce. Hoffman &nd Jones will | receive $2,500 each for their efforts in operating and refueling the plane. Morning Refueling Difficult. “This morning’s refueling was one of | the most difficult of the flight. A low | ceiling and bumpy air forced the pilots to fly 40 miles to the northwest before they could make contact and even then | the air was bumpy. | ‘The fiyers were increasingly jubilant | as the zero hour for the world's record | drew near. Back and forth across the | fleld the plane swooped. The pilot off | duty was standing in the rear cockpit. every evidence of overwhelming happi- | ness. Pilots expressed amazement at the fact that Robbims and Kelly, with prob- | ably less detailed preparation than any other big flight has had, were apparently so far from the end of their rope. Record Planes Compared. ‘The Question Mark was thoroughly tuned, carried a five-man crew so that ! there was time for every one to sleep, had a refueling crew which had prac- | ticed the operation carefully, and its| own crew also had practiced refueling. | ‘The Fort Worth, on the other hand, had only a 15-minute trial hop the| morning of the take- and neither the refueling crew nor the crew of the | Fort Worth ever had refueled the plane in the air. The first actual refueling occurred almost 24 hours after the flight was under way. The only practice| either crew had was two experiments in which a hose was lowered from the refueling plane and caught by the Fort Worth. No gasoline was lowered. CALIFORNIAN SEEKS RECORD. i | Weather Conditions “Good” For Flyer | After Solo Endurance Mark. | METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los ' Angeles, May 25 () —Herbert J. Fahy, | attempting a new record solo endurance flight, passed his sixteenth hour in the air at 9:09 p.m. today. ‘Weather conditions over the San ‘ Fernando Valley, where the aviator was | flying, were described as “good.” Fah: started at 5:09:29 o'clock. | Fahy, chief test pilot for the Lock- heed Aircraft Co., was circling over this section of Southern California with | on_for the required time. | To win a new solo endurance record, | he must hurdle three previous records. | First he must pass the mark which Col. | Charles A. Lindbergh set on his New York to Paris flight. This was 331, hours. Then he must beat the time of 35 hours 24 minutes and 59 seconds set | | Robinsdale, by the late Royal V. Thomas at Roose- velt Field, May 3, 1928. The third obstacle is the record of 35 | hours 33 minutes and 21 seconds made | by Martin Jensen at Roosevelt Field last | February 6. { Fahy will have to stay up until 4:42 | | p.m., Pacific Coast time, timOITOW, o equal Jensen's record. Under the National Aeronautical As- sociation rules, a record to be beaten must be excelled by one hour. That would mean that Fahy would have to fly until after 5:42 p.m., Pacific | Coast time, tomorrow. | The Lockheed-Vega monoplane Fahy is using was loaded with 435 gallons of gasoline, nine gallons of oil and other supplies sufficient to last 40 hours. | Plenty of sandwiches and coffee was taken. Also one rabbit's foot went along. It was the same good luck charm used on the Army plane Question Mark | when it set the first world’s endurance | record for all aircraft. PLANE STARTS IN KANSAS. Two Commercial Pilots Take Air iIn| Wichita, Seeking Endurancs Record. | WICHITA, Kans.,, May 25 (#.—The | Cessna monoplane Miss Rangers, | which took off here this morning on a | refueling endurance flight, .was going | smoothly at 9:54:30 o'clock tonight | after 13 hours of flying. | Two contacts were made tonight with the supply plane. Owen Haughland, Minn., and Gene Shank | Minneapolis, the flyers aboard the craft, | were in high spirits. | The aviators took off from the air- | port here at 8:45 o'clock this morning and the motor of the plane was func- | tioning perfectly late today. | Instead of flying over a small area, Haughland and Shank plan to in- corporate several long cruises info their flight. After two refuelings, one this evening and another tomorrow morn- ing, the commercial aviators plan to spend a day soaring over their home State, Minnesota. Then they expect to return South, flying to Ranger, Tex.. by way of Wichita. A refueling ship will accompany them on the proposed trips and if they are successful in their | attempt, the aviators will complete the’ flight here. Shank and Haughland took off in their single-motored monoplane despite forecasts of probably unsettled weather Haughland, who holds a transport pilot’s license, is from Minneapolis, and Shank, rated as a limited commercial fiyer, conducts a flying school at Robins- | dale, Minn. The motor of the endurance plane is equipped to permit a complete change of oll while the ship is in flight In addition to the regular fuel tanks, the plane carries an auxiliary tank in the cabin. giving it a total gasoline capacity of 140 gallons. | Both flyers left instructions, before taking off, to have reports on the en- durance flight of the Fort Worth given them. ARMY RECEIVES REPORT | ON CLEVELAND DISASTER Coroner’s Statement to Chemical | Warfare Service to Be Basis | of Laboratory Tests. | By the Associated Press. | Coroner A. J. Pearse of Cleveland | yesterday placed before Maj. Gen. Harry L. Gllchrist, chief of the Army Chemical Warfare Service, his com- plete report on the recent clinic dis- aster in Cleveland. Maj. Gen. Gilchrist, who personally investigated the disaster, will examine the data and forward them to the service’s laboratory at Edgewood Ar- | senal, Md. | ‘The general said he believed the material would be “highly valuable” in assisting the laboratory in the experi- ments and investigations which it is making into the prevention of such disasters in _the future. Coroner Pearse said he wouid have | forwarded the material by mail, but de- sired to consult the general and point owt the more important findings which | had come to his attention. rman automobile manufacturers | Ge fear hard times. | was given his | We'll take this one.” | almost eclipsing in dangers that of re. | operations were necessary, but impossi- liwalk” and be hurled through space. BRONCOS, Kelly, One of Pair to Set Rec- ord, Learned to Fly 90 Days Ago. Rebbins, Ex-Auto Mechanic, Learned to Pilot Ship | Without Teacher. Special Dispatch to The Star. FORT WORTH, Tex., May 25.—A ‘West Texas cowboy, tired of the hum- drum of everyday life aboard the hur- ricane deck of bucking broncos, plung- ing over the plains of the Texas Pln-I handle, and an automobile mechanic, who “simply never learned to fly,” climbed into the cockpit of a rebuilt monoplane at Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Sunday morning, May 19, and began another colorful chapter in the romantic story of American aviation. One hundred hours later—almost five days and nights of continuous flight—these strange partners aboard their bronco of the air had brought to America, from France. one record.| Soon after, only 50 hours later, they had surpassed the record established by the United States Army's tri- motored Question Mark. Robbins a “Barnstormer.” Tess than 90 days before he entered the cockpit of teh plane Fort Worth, Jim Kelly left a West Texas ranch, came into Fort Worth and began to study for a pilot's license. He license but six weeks ago, and at that time bid farewell to his cow-ponies. In“Fort Worth he met “Reg” Rob- bins, a commercial pilot, who ‘“never learned to fly.” Robbins originally was an automobile mechanic. He took up flying as a pastime, but refused to take instructions from professionals. He simply purchased his own ship, be- gan flying, and became one of the most popular Barnstormers in the South- | west, Thirty days ago Robbins and Kelly | decided they would undertake an en- durance flight, at the instigation of the aviation department, Fort _Worth | cess of refueling in the air. Association of Commerce. 1In the| For this work, Robbins and Kelly course of events, it was naturally pre- | Selected as their aid K. K. Hoffman, a Simed by the sponsors that Robbins | veteran pilot, whose training dates back and his cowboy pal would demand a| !0 the war and the days he spent in new plane—at least & new motor. | Mexico fying pay rolls from city to | city. Robbins Sure of His Ship. [ Rich Oil Man Helps. Robbins insisted that his monoplane, _ While refueling the plane of the en- having ~cruised the airways of the durance flyers and Hoffman were within Southwest for many months, carrying 20 feet of each other from time to hundreds of passengers without an ac- | time. The refueling ship is owned by cident, most certainly would withstand | H. S. Jones, wealthy Texas oil man. any test he contemplated. He finally | Jones became so interested in the pro: agreed to rebuild the ship, however. | When the question of a new motor | developed, Robbins' characteristic de- | cision was, “That motor has carried this | ship over 50,000 milés. I know that motor. I wouldn't know a new one.| And they did. Among the peculiar questions arising, JIM KELLY. While the record-breaking pilots are “colorful” in every sense, progress of the flight depended naturally upon suc- fueling. was the method by which Kelly, the cow-puncher, serving as me- chanic, could make repairs on the motor while in the air. Changes of spark plugs, greasing rocker arms, and similar | ble from the cockpit of the plane. The two devised two ‘cat-walk: leading from their cabin to the motor— a walk 8 inches wide without guards. Cowboy Riding “Herd” on Plane, During the course of the flight, the former cowboy could be seen 2,000 feet | above the airport, standing on the cat- | walk, ngaking some motor adjustment while the plane was speeding through | the air at 60 miles an hour or more. | For the first three days the strange | partners refused to be bothered with parachutes. 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NEW YORK., May 25 (#).—Eleanor Painter. prima donna of the Philadel- phia Grand Opera Co.. of which Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis Bok is chalrman. has been engaged to sing the leading role in “The Light From St. Agne: an opera in the English language by Frank Harling, American composer, which is to be presented in Paris June 19. She will sail for France Wednesday The opera was presented by the Chicago Civic Opera Co. last season, with Rosa Raisa in the leading role. It is being given in Paris by the Ameri- can Opera Co. recently formed by | Jeanne Gordon. Chicago opera star, to give only the works of American com- posers. Miss Painter. a former light opera star, made her American debut in Philadelphia last season in “Carmen.” El | ect that he served throughout the flight as an assistant to Hoffman, and lowered the refueling hose, oil, food and com- munications. By a prearranged system the two planes at times of refueling headed directly for some particular point upon | the horizon. It was necessary that | neither swerve during the operation | and that neither lose or gain altitude. Kelly was married six weeks ago lRobblns is also married. Wives may | find something of interest in the fact | that Mrs. Robbins and Mrs. Kelly, dur- ing the flight. visited their husbands twice daily. The “visits” were arranged by other planes, which carried the wives at the same altitude as the en- | durance plane. and there they were | permitted to signal | _ At the time of the 100-hour mark | Robbins and Kelly had claimed from France the endurance record of a single-motored ship, carrying two men The previous record was 96 hours. Weather Doesn't Hurt Flight. One of the important phases of thr flight was atmospheric conditions pre | vailing over Fort Worth. The men were not molested in any manner by weather during the early days of the test and enjoyed moonlight nights. 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