Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bursau Forecsst.) mnfllm am. today, on page 1. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 No. 31,105. post_office, Entered as second c! ‘Washing! in WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. q Star. * The only evening in Washington Associated Press service. per the news Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,742 TWO CENTS. SPANISH FLYERS- RESCUED UNHURT AT SEA NO HOPE IS GIVEN CLAUDEL FOR DEBT EXTENSION OF TIME Committees Called to Hear Text of Ambassador’s Report. ; FUND FOR WAR STOCKS 1S DUE U. S. ON AUGUST 1 Finance and Foreign Affairs Com- mittees to Meet With Cabinet to Study Matter. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 29, —Amerlmn secuury of State Stimson Claudel no hope (ol' t nvonble de- cision on the French request y for postponement of maturity e( th: French debt for American war stocl 1t appeared today at a meeting of me cabinet wdhtlschmc:n‘i:dere? Ambassador Claudel’s re] ‘The Prenc‘l"l‘ cabinet met this morn- ing and received the report of Am- ‘bassador Claudel, who yesterday asked the Washington Government to grant postponement beyond August 1, of the $400,000,000 war stocks debt. Word was immediately sent to the finance; and foreign affairs committees of the Chamber of Deputies to meet with them this afternoon and hear the text of the French Ambassador’s cablegram. The cabinet will meet with the finance committee at 3 p.m. and with the forelxn affairs committee an hour kesman said the result o( M. I's efforts would be made known after these meetings. The finance committee of the Cham- ‘ber, which was informed of the contents of the. Ambassador's reply, adjourned * without taking action until Tuesday. It 'fll fl!n consider further the ques- tion. ratification of the Franco- Aluflun and Franco-British debt set- tlements. ‘Ambassador Claudel reported that Stimson received um requen French Chamber f him as d to Decem- the $400.. wv.o ed yes- | out, by Ambassador Claudel under Poincare. mm.ly be- & postpone- ding was that such be conditioned uvon French ratification in_ the meantime r agreement which provids e- mnt of that and all other war and post-war obligations of Prance to the United States. it was voted on too late to mlve the signatures of the presiding officers. and Secretary Stimson u at 2 loss as to whether the it could be put off unconditionally without specific con- gressional ‘The Scnate will not meet until August 19, and the House, which acted first on the condi- tional postponement ruoluuon. wm not be_assembled until September 2: In congressional circles, memwhfle displeasure has been aroused by state- attributed to Franklin Bouil- it of the foreign affairs committee of the French Assembly, to the effect that the United States was trying to force ratification by France of the general debt settlement agree- ment. Borah Comments. Citing that the debt first fell due 10 years ago, that the agreement was reached more than three years ago, “that we settled with France for lbout 50 cents on the dollar,” and that “Prance is now the most prosperous mation in Europe,” Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations com- imittee, said: “It is perfectly evident that such gentlemen as the president of the for- | eien affairs committee of the French Assemsbly are not fighting for time, be- csuse they have had all of that: they are not fighting for justice, because they have that in the settlement. ‘There must be something else.” { WARNED OF SPEEDING, VON PRITTWITZ THINKS; Police Department Report Says|p German Ambassador’s Offense Was Double Parking. Herr Friedrich W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron, the German Ambassador, whose name was included in the l\st of diplomats forwarded to the Senate yesterday by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, uu- perintendent of police, response the Caraway resolution, asking for 1n- formation regarding representatives of itn countries who had been s the police for traffic offenses, ex- ined today that he thoulht he m boen warned for exceeding the ‘Maj. Pratt's report read “Von Pritt- witz, Germany,” and did not indicate the offense. The Police Department sald that he had been warned for double parking. it STUDIES GERMAN CAVALRY For the first time since the World ‘War the American Army has assigned a cavalry officer to study at a military schoo Capt. Ihy T. Maddocks of Fort Riley, oo an the First Annulment Of Companionate Marriage Asked By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., June 29. —An unusual court record was filed here yesterday when W. D. Halfhill, Muskogee lawyer, asked annulment of a companionate contract enured into & month ago with Flora S. Ferry. Because of the precedent the case may establish by virtue of the pleadings of the prenuptial agreement, considerable interest ‘was aroused in I circles. The question of whether an annul- ment can be granted will be de- cided by the same official who performed the marriage cere- mony—District Judge Enloe V. Verner. Judge Verner said that so far as he knew the case was the first on record asking a judicial opin- ion on a companionate marriage. JONES SCORES 215 10 TAKE OPENLEAD Sarazen Second, With 218, at End of Third Round. By the Associated Press. WINGED FOOT CLUB, MAMARO- NECK, N. Y. June 29.—Bobby Jones regained the lead in the third round f the national open golf champion- ship today by scoring 71, one under . His 54-hole total 0( 215 put him three strokes ahead of Gene Sarazen, ';rmfi‘llflim back from the wp with 76 Al Espinosa of Chicago, who shared the lead with Sarazen after 36 holes, also slipped on the last nine to card 77 and drop back with a total of 219. ‘Tommy Armour of Detroit, the 1927 champion, likewise finished poorly, tak- ing 76 for a total of 221. Jones, start- ing the day two strokes behind the pace-setters, overhauled the incoming nine. As on his previous rounds, the gjen Georgian was wabbly at the start, t he shot a sensational eagle 3 on the ninth to break par for the out- ward nine with 35. “Spurred on by this, he played the last nine almost lm.lumly. offsetting two poor shots short thirteenth with his fine birdie 4 on the twelfth. At least three or four pum on other holes failed to dmp by nosiers feored's [ oo sound, 8 temporary lead over the m 218 for 54 I?GI!L Shute Is Fourth. Densmore Shute, 24-year-old Colum- bus (Ohio) pro, followed three of the other contenders in striking trouble on the homeward nine. After a fine 35 Shute finished with 76, and a 54- hole total of 220 that put him in fourth place. He had started the day even with Jtm% but lost five strokes to on the last nine. A blustery wind swept the course and fast-fying clouds threatened more rain S e e , accompan Cruickshank. " o He rounded the turn in 36, even par. Armour’s w!coh l 4 4 1 3 4 5-36 4 555(‘01‘&—40—76—22]. momm Espinosa Loses Stroke. Al Espinosa, swarthy Spaniard from Chicago, joint leader with Gene Sarazen on the first two days of play, had the following: 54344444436 Espinosa’s incoming card: 55444555 44171219 Bobby Starts With 144. Bobby Jones, two strokes behind the leaders at the start of his third round with 144. went off Wl(h fully 75 per cent of the gallery at his heels skies had partially cleared, but the wtnd blew strongly. The Georgian lost a stroke on the first hole as his second shot missed the green, .and he chipped short, taking two putts and a 5. He made a try for his birdie on the second, but putted wide and took 4. The crowd gave Jones a big hand as he sent his tee shot hole high to the 217-yard third and broke his jinx. He got his par 3, missing the 10-footer, where he had taken 5 and 4 on the same hole in his first two rounds. Jones was down in par nmru on his next three holes, taking 5—5—: The Atlantan had a slight hock on his second shot to the 406-yard fourth, and it rolled off the green into the rough. His chip was short. He missed a 4-footer and took 5, going 2 down to Gpar lh‘ux far, oing too strongly for the 517-yard fifth, Bobby hooked his spoon second to a trap just off the green, chipped dead, but again missed a short putt, not over 4 feet, and took 5 for par, Jones Has Crowd. The Georgian hooked his tee shot widely from the sixth, but got a “break” when it hit a tree, bounded clear and left him a good path !o the n. He seized the advantage to h 7 feet beyond the hole tQ sink '.he putt for a On lhe 170-yard seventh Jones cut his No® 5 iron too sharply and juat reached the edge of the green. His a proach putt was 6 feet short, but sank for 3. A booming drive and beautiful No. § iron left Jones 18 feet above the cup on (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CHICAGO TO BERLIN AND RETURN PLANE 10 MAP AIR ROUTE Five-Day One-Way Flight + Over North Circle Begins Tomorrow. BOB GAST AND CRAMER TO PILOT BIG AMPHIBIAN Commercial Line Carrying Pay Load Ultimate Purpose of Journey. BY TOM PETTY. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, June 20.—The Untin Bowler, a big gray amphibian plane that has been chasing its shadow across home- land skyways will hop off wmorrow‘ morning from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, on its greatest adventure. It will be more htan an adventure. for before its two pilots, Bob Gast and | Parker (Shorty) Cramer, and Reporter Bob Wood returned from a round- trip flight to Berlin they will have charted a new air route News Note: Secretary Stimson’s Philippine goat has been denied admission because it comes from a country suffering from mouth-and-hoof disease. over the great North Circle from the| heart of America to the industrial cen- ter to Europe—from Chicago to Berlin and back. The Bowler will fly west before it wings its way to Europe, for the purpose of the flight is to establish Chicago as a terminus for a hitherto unplotted great North Circle route flung far above the fog banks off Newfound- land. The Bowler will beat its own path through uncharted territory and will endeavor to link two worlds by an almost overland air lane. Nosing up the Hudson over a familiar route, the Sikorsky air yacht will drop low over Albany and then hurry on to| "aNN ARBOR. Mich. June 20—Isle Ay its’ respects to' Buftalo. , Royale, Michigan's island of mystery No Long Jumps. in northern Lake Superior, will be in- From Buffalo the fiyers will go to|vated this Summer by the forces of Cleveland. They may remain overnight { science in an attempt to make it yleld there, for there will be no long jumps | the keys to riddles as old as this con- Chicago the Iollovmn day, the pune will be given its . final Municipal Pleld and a few days Sunda T selunt, ot o b Wibsde by writg | PIAnt and animal life, whuh, it 15 ex- 00ds the story of the flight, and head for the | Pected, will continue througd the Sum.- far Nofthhnd u an ice and ocean- | mer of 1930. lnlnl fiying boa trlpwlllnotbensmnt h'fll be a sclgnum: survey of the most a!nrpfl.hbeweenteomnm New Worlds. Gast and Cram« were chosen Oomlke'-hefi‘lvbyonl Robert R, McCormick, pfl:. , who is the owner of the e ‘The party will study prehistoric mine pits, mm which an unknown people took the native copper centuries before ists, botanists and zoologists, armed the most modgm equl ment, lre undaunted by under dvmthlo.n" e'hu! Lt‘::?dmmu for untold ages. ‘The oldest Indian tribes of the Chip- 'was found by Jesuit fathers when 'y _penetrated to the l]gp!l’ Lakes in the late seventeenth cen sald Isle Royale was the home of the great Mani- Colum Anheo and skilled n-vm g s Lot et e round trip num will be made since they first were introduced. Cramer, is familiar with |VANISHED RACE IS SOUGHT ON LAKE SUPERIOR ISLAND Scientists Hopc to Deciphcr Story of Isle Royale by Study of Ancient Copper Mines. tou, and the flerc} storms and treacher- ous waters defended it against invasion. Old Indian legends have long since vanished under the cold scrutiny of the white man. Minong. the ancient name of the island, is no longer believed to be a single huge mass of ¢o) floating about Lake Superior. It been mcuy mapped; its inlets and bays and rocky fieldhn& on the maps of the lake survey. More o ke S gy 4 Soeent and :hlr!d uon of {ts rocks. And yet it of _ | virgin w\lflerneu h in most respects as unknown as when it first emerged lrmn benenh the.last great glacial ice sheet. Occasionally, a visitor plunging into the jungle of spruce, balsam and pine has cauam. a ?llmpu of a bird or flower identified proved to be a species, nob of Michigan, but of the Arctic T 5. icy waters of Lake ts | Superior, varying little in mmgen from Summer to Winter, foster the life indigenous to Far Northern lands. This strange fact was noticed first by party dispatched years aj by the Unlvenlty ol Michigan to island. But lack of time and funds prevented (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) the Arctic country, ha made several exploration flights into the Far North IN TRAFFIC WAR 111, to Stockholm, Sweden. 305 Alleged Violators Re- Cramer and Bert Hassell were forced down near Mountevans, Greenland, at corded Throughout City in 24 Hours. that time, and on this trip Cramer ex- pects to fly directly over the spot (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | TEXAS QUIZ INVOLVES FOREIGN RELATIONS International Effects Seen by Brookhart From Evidence Secretly Given. The police campaign to make Wash- ington streets safe for motorists and pedestrians alike moved ahead today with the records at the Traffic Bureau By the Associated Press. o showing nearly 100 more arrests for SAN ANTONIO, Tex., June 20.—Evi- | traffic violations during the 24-hour dence which Senater Smith W. Brook- | }t’n"hdh ending at tdotgn::c thgu morn- hart of Towa sald “might have an im- l than were made during same tions” was before the Senate patronage wh:lepu:;:’lom 8t 8 am. today, h&o T-m“ committee today as it continued its in- | Sheet showed that L vestigation of the manner in which the | of, traflic rules ,’,‘,,_, A e Republican party bestowed offices lnl 24 hours, res at 8 o'clock Texas, fim morn!n. revu d that only 223 The evidence referred to by Senator had been nrreot‘edl h:::r&rg the 24-hour period ending af e. Brookhart was obtained by the com-| The .rn.'u by the recently aug- mittee in executive session yesterday,!mented Traffic Bureau motor cycle and will not be revealed for the present, | Squed during the two periods jumped s " | from 98 to 131, indicating that the more rigid enforcement of traffic regu- “It was an executive session, and we lations since the umrun got under have no further statement to make | way I.s due in no small degree to their other than we heard more than one By the Associated Press. LONDON, June ”.—Munwlhhlnl of Britain’s naval bases in the West suggested by chlr Webster, rrofeuor politics at the unlvenlt! 0{ WIIGI. in a contribution he current issue of the Nation. ‘Webster, author of numerous polmul works, once assigned to the British general staff, argues that such a move would advance greatly a- better Anglo- American understanding and that the pruenz is particularly appropriate for Kans., has been ordered to report to the ‘German cavalry school at Hanover for s ml of instruction beginning Oc- tober 1. { chln es in the governments of both ‘cuuncrlzl have removed barriers which ( could have hindered before, he writes, in full flood u that to ease it the A:n”,‘\n be elimina 'y Britain Urged to Relinquish Naval Bases In West Indies to Cement U. S. Friensdhip ted from any dia- step. d 11 witng he added. sy ess,” Pleased With Results. It was known that at least two wit- Inspector E. W. Brown, head of the Dathes Sestited. They yere 0oL T. 4wtk - Wiresu ssd commander-in- Hennessey, !o'rmer co—vrd.\nlwr of the| chief of the u(e campaign, is Sth ‘Corps Ares, who alresdy had oM | well with the Tesults obtatned the committee of differences between with larger motor pat.ml now undur Texas customs and immigration officials, | pis immediate m um he and B. T. Needham of Cerralvo, Mexico. | contemplating steps to m permanent !aamra of hll dzpmmsnt When the I;n was in- augu! ago, i Henry G. tt, superintendent of police, call- s _led 15 nwwr men from the precincts and detailed them to the Traffic Bureau, incre the number of men available L'"h:zr the + tv‘.’e'm although th n new syst ough the eunlons which the two nations may | number of men doing traffic duty is not “or:‘ “b; “y'v"; ‘ > mfll‘gy l’;nm the entire number is mob- concentrated on ain issue immediate direction of one man, where- tween the two nations, m.nuly. m-ne- as they were formerly scattered through the cts under the direction of It is felt that the new sys- tem makes for increased efficiency in of the motor cycle men. ctor Brown insists mnt tion of naval armaments manner t parity will be pnurvut" He adds: “We could produce an im- flect American it ndonnd mn' we have long r-eogm-a that m Paited States has a paramount interest there and it is time we demonstrated clearly Chr! our strategy recognizes that fact. “If it is true, as we constantly afirm, that our naval policy is in no way direct against the United States, lnmmhmhctelur !lletys the West Indies would rather than diminished hy such !lqoh‘lnotlnmled larger he feels that the number o (Continued on Page 3, Column 'l‘ New Canal Tonnage Mark. mummm‘mk 680385 ‘omg the Pacific in the central office under the | ins WOMAN GETS YEAR INPOISON ATTEMPT Mrs. Grace Marie Zell Pleads Guilty to Simple Assault on Husband. Mrs. Grace Marie Zell, 33 years old, was given a term of one year in jail by Chief Justice McCoy teday on & charge of simple assault in connection with an alleged attempt to poison her estranged husband, John M. Zell, last July. The woman had been indicted for an assault to kill by mixing poison with a drink intended for her husband. The couple had not been living to- gether and Mrs. Zell had told her sis- ter-in-law, Mrs. O. G. Manion, of her intention to get rid of her husband, who had been annoying her. The sis- ter-in-law told the husbandg of the plan, which was to take him for an auto- mobile ride, to give him a drink in which a had been - mixed and then to 3” litch the automobile in an effort to make the death appear ac- eidental. Zell notified police and was told to meet the wife lnd g0 through with the plan. Zell and his sister met Mrs. Zell at Washington Circle and a malnr mp to Rockville was proposed, ortly after the machine llft the elmla the police interfered. Mrs. Zell was permitted to plead to the slmpla assault charge and was given the limit under that violation. HOOVER GIVES UP TRIP. Heavy Rains at Fishing Preserve Kedp President in City. President Hoover mmea to forego the to his Virgini % Vi, et e ::ke a short auw- l!kr recelving reports from the serve, which said extensive rains drenched the forest and made a mire of the infrequently used mfl- ing into the camp. | Bank Statéments l Wi hlnnon clearing house, $5,085,~ “ Treasury balance, $400,646,906.83. New York clearing house exchange, guv York clearing house balance, MOSCRIP GONFERS WITH PRESIDENT Farm Board Appointment Believed Discussed—Stone, Denman, Williams Named. ‘W. B. Moscrip, secretary-treasurer of the Twin City Milk Producers’ Associa- r | tion of St. Paul, Minn., held a lengthy conference with President Hoover and Seeretary Hyde today at the White House. Although official word was discussion was possibility dw*m-t‘kfi.imonm- Federal Farm Board. Three members of the Fai created by the new farm rfilzt hw. have been appointed by President Hoover, it was lnnouneed hlc yesw- day. They are agricultural co-upenuva uwcilmom and were recommended for member- mponthebo-rdh:hmvmnh tions. They are James C. swna of Lexington, Ky., president of the Burley Tnha:o Growers’ Co-operative Association, whi does an annual business of mmooo C. B. Denman or Chicago and Farmington, Mo.. esident, of the National Livestock icers’ Associa- tion, a farm ative operating in 12 States and doing an annual business of $150,000,000. Carl Williams of Oklahoma City, Okla., former president of the American Cotton Growers' Association and vice chairman of the National Council !armerl' Co-operative Marketing Asso- When he announced these three ap- pointments late yumdly afternoon, Pr‘ealflent Hoover said he to re- ceive th more members of the new board by the middle of next week and expected the whole bo'.rd of eight members would be strong belief here that Mr. Stone wul be designated. When he was in Wash- ington recently to see the President, Mr. Stone said he could not afford to reun uish his present position except B the chairmanship of the farm ‘n-o days ago the President offered a place on the board to Alexandria H. Legge of Chicago, president of the International Harvester Co. No word has yet been received from him and he (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WALSH WILL SPEAK ON PEACE IN FORUM Member of Senate Committee on Naval Affairs Will Broadcast Talk Over Radio Tonight. The fleld of international relations, with especial reference to the subject of world peace, will be discussed over the radio at 9 o'clock tonight by Sena- tor David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, who will speak in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast- ing system. A member of the Senate committee on naval affairs, Senator Walsh mlyl be regarded as reflecting the view of the minority on the subject of naval disarmament. The imminence of a further international conference on the subject makes the Massachusetts Senator’s address ll!nll! He is the first Demournt elected to the Senate in his State since the Civil War and is highly led as orator and debater. e need of education in mnh the world peace idea will be empha- sized by Senator Walsh. Dry Agents Continue Raids. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 20 (#).—Six squads of Federal dry raiders, each ac- companied b’ a city policeman, launched lueondl crusade today, and ex- h'.flu to add 40 mflnfl prisoners umMemmmmm. Rldlo Pro;ram—,?a‘e 25 Mav 15, and sieaiing & purse contain- :x or Tien |BRITISH VESSEL FINDS ' MAJ. FRANCO’S PLANE NEAR AZORES AFLOAT Four, Found 100 Miles Off Island, Are Aboard Aircraft Carrier Bound for Gibraltar. AVIATORS FROM EAGLE DISCOVER WRECKAGE AS HOPE WAS WANING Great Demonstrations Are Held in Mad- rid When News Is Received, Rain Failing to Dampen Ardor. By the Associated Press. MADRID, June 29.—All but given up for dead, Maj. Ramon Franco, famous Spanish aviator and three companions who started a transatlantic flight to the United States by way of the Azores more than a week ago and have since been missing, today were en route | to Gibraltar aboard the British airplane carrier Eagle. Snatched from the waters of the Atlantic at a point barely 100 miles southeast of the Island of Santa Maria on the tip of the ?:nres Ahcihipelago, the airmen were reported all well by the British scue ship. H First news of the rescue was given out at the Spanish ministry — | of state which announced it had received the word from the Spanish { consul at Gibraltar, the consul's message read: “Franco and companions picked up alive by Eagle near Azores | coming Gibraltar.” Admiralty Confirms News. ‘This news later was ccnfirmed by the British admiralty in Lon- don,which received a message from the Eagle stating that the missing plane had been found in latitude 36.28 north and longitude 24.14 west. The time of the rescue was not stated, but it was assumed that it took place during the night er early today, the assumption being that the commander of the Eagle had notified Gibraltar by wireless as soon as possible. ‘We Are All Right,” Franco Declares in Message to Madrid ‘The position l'epomd by the ll‘ll indicated that the Spanish airmen either flown or drifted a conw distance toward the Island of Santa Maria after they were last deanlwy reported by the British steamship G don, which heard the sound of M motors about ‘175 miles southwest of MADRID, June 20 () —“We are all right. Kind regards and emsl‘ned) ‘Ra Pranco.’ « “Ramon & ‘That was the which had left Cartagena for the Azores on the first lap of their flight to New York. It was learned that Maj. Franco's seaplane was discovered by two planes sent out from the Eagle just when Street d!mommdonl of joy sponunmuy throughout Madrid & few after the government an- nwnoement of the message M j. Franco and his com) been found alive floating near fln Azores. Uflw‘hlhemefl.llbm not_dampen marching and cheering. 'x‘here was a rain falling, but this did their ardor and cries of “Vivo Francol” constantly resounded. m:ha ;nen ‘whose m‘:wm oa‘dded s, chapter to fiyers snatched from death um”muu at sea for many days wm . Ramon Franco, comman: ; Maj. Ed- lr-, t; Capt. uardo Jullo l?ma Alda, navigator, and Pedro _Mada! c. ariaga, A!ter hard Juck had dogged their foot- steps in their preparations for the m.,. motor _trouble developing with first plane and a minor fleld neclaem MISS MNNERPOLS 1S FORCED DOWN in Endurance Flight After Being in Air 150 Hours. Fails MINNEAPOLIS, June 20 (#).— “Miss Minneapolis,” piloted by Thorwald “Thunder” Johnson and Owen Haughland, failed today in the attempt to break the world's tagena, at 4:50 p.m. on June 21. endurance flight record after 150 hours continuous flying. The record is 172 hours, 32 minutes, 1 second. ‘The plane was forced down at Langdon, Minn., 15 miles from here, at 11:40 am. today 'by motor trouble. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, June 29.—Two men in a plane were fighting for a new world endurance record today as an oil leak menaced the flight of Miss Minneapolis,” piloted by Owen Haugh- land and Thorwald “Thunder” John- son. Barely 30 hours seperated the flyers| from their goal when ol began leaking from the crank case of the motor at at Wold-Chamber- Airport as| for more oil sent Oene Shank aloft i #%s rofueling ship with five gallons. It was taken aboard successfully and a gements were made to keep the fiyers supply con- tinually replenlahtd during the day and night. ‘The 15-gallon reserve will be main- tained aboard the ship if it becomes necessary to make contacts every 15 minutes, Shank said. A bolt in the crank case was believed to have fallen out. Ground observers expressed con- fidence that if no further leaks de- veloped, the fiyers would be able to keep the oil level mmmnuy high to con- tinue in the al ‘The plln! droned on to its 148th hour at 8 am. The present world mark is 112 hours, 32 minutes and 1 | second. GIVEN SEVEN YEARS FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY Man Accused of Taking Taxicab | From Driver on Down- town Street. Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 today imposed a sentence of seven years in the peniten on James N. Collins, colored, for highway robbery. Collins hired John W. Clark, a taxi-driver, to take him from Thir- over Cadiz unq then Clpa“fi’t’. Vincent, Portugal, they headed out to sea. Little !ufl.her was heard until the steamship Greldon picked up the sound of their motors Saturday morning. Long Silence Follows. Then followed a long silence, which finally was replaced by a series of re- ports and announcements that they had jarrived in the Azores, all of them sub- sequently found to be erroneous. M Premier Primo de Rivera himself ga: lout & Teport of their arirval, which he | was forced to cancel later. The chief cause of the misinformation smln‘ !rnm a nrbled radio dispatch 'trom mguu warship Vasco reported that the flym hld "landed safely in the Agzores and would continue their trip on Sun day. Apparently the warship had mere. SR b v Wi P! up regart flyers, but this, in turn, was picked uw. in garbled fashion. Further reports, all of which subse~ quently proved without foundation, re received that the men had reached e Island of San Miguel. When no confirmation could be obtained of the carrier Eagle, at that time en route from London to its station in the Azores. Meanwhile Italian and Portuguese ships and planes had started in search for t;:ee‘:ln and P:::; a German plane was g pre] mmm 'o'.h Spanish _reques y to the Spani it and the Eagle began scouring the seas between the European coast and the Azores. Airplanes were sent out and scanned wide areas, but without success. Finally the Eagle turned !O'lld Gibraltar to cover a line from W Column 7.) U. S. NEWSPAPER EDITORS MEET CHIANG KAI-SHEK China, June 29 (®).—A teenth and U streets to Third street ' told them and Pennsylvania avenue April 10. Arriving at the destination, Collins leveled a pistol at the driver, forced him to le-va the car and drove away vm.h the_vehicle. P. Johnson, colored, was sent to !he penitentiary’ for five years by Chief Justice McCoy for b) and larceny. She admitted hruun. nto the home of Mrs. Mary W. House, *1422 Maseachusetts avenue southeast, | mayor. e American re' uunmry leaders llt!r uuhlh.hnent of the re- publie. George Johns of St. Louis mwnM in behalf of the visitors, thanking the Drulflent for the cordial welcome. party then: was luncheon guests o( On clnn: Yin-Wu, Peping’s new 'IIl luve on Thurs« and 8hang.