Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.). Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow The only evening paper in Washington with the Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 Entered post_offl sece No. 31,119. Full report on page 3. Washington, ond class matte) D, WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929—THIRTY PAGES. CHINESE SOLDIERS REPORTED MASSED AT SOVIET BORDER Russian White Guards Are Lined Up With Manchurians, Messages Say. NO MENTION IS MADE OF RED CONCENTRATION Harbin Dispatches Tell of Steps to Settle Crisis by Peaceable Diplomatic Methods. Ty the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, July 13.—Tass, the official Soviet news agency, said in reports published today that Manchurian troops had advanced to “the very frontier” of Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. The Manchurian troops were said to include well armed Russlan white guards. The dispatches carried advices of seizure by Chinese officials of the Chinese Eastern Railway. There was no mention in the dis- patches of Soviet military activity. Harbin dispatches to Rengo, Japanese news agency, sald Soviet troops had mobilized on the Eastern Siberian fron- tler. s ‘The Tass dispatch read in part: *“Simultaneously with riews of seizure of the management of the Chinese East- ern Railway came the report of concen- tration along Soviet frontiers of Man- churian troops fully armed and on a war footing, which had moved to the very frontier. “According to the same reports, Rus- slan White Guard detachments which the Manchurian commanders intend to send forth on Russian territory, were lined up with Manchurian troops facing the frontier. “The report adds that the Chinese have arrested 40 Soviet railway workers. Lui Chun Chan ordered Emshanov, manager of the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, to hand over the management to Chinese appointees. Emshanov, on his refusal to grant the request, was re- moved, together with his aide, and re- placed by Chinese officials.” MEDIATION CONSIDERED. Steps Being Taken to Settle Crisis Peaceably, Harbin Dispatches Say. TOKIO, July 13 (#)—Harbin dis- patches today said that the consular body there was considering mediation ta seek a peaceable settlement of the Sino-Russian crisls precipitated by seiz- ure of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Rengo Agency reports that the former Russian manager and assistant man- ager of the Chinese Eastern left for Siberia_last night with their families 2nd other Soviet officials, complying with the Chinese order for their de- portation. Chang Ching-Hul, governor of the Harbin district, forbade public meetings. Rigid penalties for violations were es- tablished and the city was placed under heavy police guards, who instituged vir- tual martial Jaw. Two Chinese gun- boats anchored in the Sungari River near Harbin. Diplomatic Settlement Sought. A Moscow dispatch received at the Chinese Eastern headquarters in Harbin said the Soviet government had ap- pointed L. B. Serebriakov, a member of the transportation commissariar, as plenipotentiary to proceed to Harbin to seek a diplomatic settlement of the problem. Rengo dispatches from Harbin stating that Serebriakov was flying from Mos- cow to Manchuria to seek settlement of the new Sino-Russian crisis has served to allay much anxiety over the situation there. Negotiations Held Doubtful. It was considered doubtful, however, that the Harbin authorities would con- sent to negotiate the Chinese Eastern question, and it was probable, therefore, the plenipotentiary would have to pro- ceed to Nanking to confer with Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese foreign minister. The situation continued to perturb Japenese official circles. A government spokesman pointed out that Japan might be obliged to send troops to Harbin to protect interests of Japanese nationals, even if the trouble between Russia and China should not involve the Japanese- owned South Manchuria Railway. BURNING STEAMER ABANDONED BY CREW Seacocks on British Ship, Carrying Cargo of Coal, Are Opened. —— By the Associated Press. DURBAN, Natal, July 13—The Brit- _4sh steamer King Cadwallon, bound from Durban to Adelaide, Australia, with & cargo of coal, has been aban- doned by its crew, who have been taken aboard the steamer Ardenhall. King Cedwallon caught fire vl;?: the ship was' 500 miles out. It burned so quickly the crew was unable to control the biaze. They opened the before abandoning it to pre- vent its becoming a menace to ship- MEXICO SEIZES MINE OPERATED BY REBELS Court Orders Confiscation of Nueva Florencia Property—Employes to Be Owners. By the Assoclated Press. CcO CITY, July 13.—Enrique Medina, attorney general, today an- nounced the Second District Court of Chihuahua at Ciudad Juarez had or- dered the seizure of the Nueva Florencia mine, belonging to the former rebel Jeader, Gen. Marcelo Caraveo: the for- ‘mer rebel paymaster, Salvador Ateca, and Jose Corona :nd G;glemr::o Vn':yz: ‘The government grant employes of the'gn'l.ne the privilege of operating it as a “co-operative,” by which plan | the employes will manage the mine and divide the profits among themselves. th veo and Afeca are now in FALLRES OF BANKS N FLORDA T UP OVER 30000 Authorities at Work on Reor- ganization or Liquidation of Institutions. ONE OF TWO IN SANFORD CLOSED DOORS TODAY Seven Now Have Suspended, Two at Daytona Beach Going Out of Business Yesterday. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 13.—Ap- p-oximately $9,000,000 in depositors’ money was tled up today as State and Federal banking authorities worked to- ward the reorganization or liquidation of six Florida banks which have closed within the last eight days, five of them since Thursday. The latest to fall were two in Daytona Beach, the Merchants’ Bank & Trust Co.,, and the Atlantic Bank & Trust Co., which suspended business yesterday. Both were closed, according to notices on their doors, by State bank exam- iners pending reorgunization for the protection of their customers. The failure of the Daytona Beach banks brought a run on the two re- maining institutions in the city, which continued business despite heavy with- drawals, De Land, in the same county, suffered closing of the only two banks in the city, the Volusia County Bank & Trust Co. and the First Bank, Thursday, while the Colonial Bank & Trust Co. of Miami failed to open on that day. The People's Bank of Jacksonville closed last Friday morn= While banking department officials from the State and Federal Govern- ments audited the books of the six banks, John L. Fouts, president of four other closed Central Florida banks, pre- pared for preliminary hearing on three charges involving violation of State banking laws. Fouts was president and director of the State Bank of Bartow, the First National Bank of Lakeland, the First National Bank of Auburn- dale and the State Bank of Winter Haven. Fouts'is alleged to have loaned him- self $5,000 from one of the banks with- out the consent of the directors, at a time when the bank was not in a position to make the loan, and to have altered minutes of a directors’ meeting to show that the loan was approved. Sanford Bank Closes. SANFORD, Fla., July 13 (#).—The First National Bank, oldest banking in- stitution in Seminole County, was today with a notice on the doors that its affairs had been placed in the hands of the controller. The notice read: “In order to protect the interests of all its depositors, this bank is closed by its directors and its affairs have been placed in the hands of the controller of currency.” The First National was more than 40 years old. It had resourcesof $2,200,000 and deposits of $1,800,000. Only one other bank remains here, the Sanford Atlantic National Bank. PROSEGUTOR- ASKS JAIL TERM FOR HUGO STINNES Berlin Attorney Demands Eight- Month Sentence for Alleged Inflation Frauds. 8y the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, July 13.—The state’s attor- ney summing up the case against Hugo Stinnes, jr., today asked eight months’ imprisonment plus a fine of 100,000 marks (about $25,000) for the son of the late German magnate on charges of defrauding the German government by financial operations during the inflation period. Lighter sentences were asked for the six other defendants. SINGER HURT IN FALL DURING PERFORMANCE Misjudges Height of Window ‘While Evading Irate Father in Second Act of “The Jewess.” By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 13.—Jose Mojica, tenor of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., was painfully injured last night during a performance of “The Jewess” at Ra- vinaia. He fell as he attempted to leap through the window to evade the irate father in the second act. Mojica apparently misjudged the height of the window. His arm was wrenched and he was unable to con- tinue, his part being taken by Desire Defrere, stage director. Buenos Aires Hit by “Flu.” BUENOS AIRES, July 13 (#).—There are 30,000 cases of influenza in Buenos Alres at present, most of them of benign character. The municipal health de- partment has been attending 500 calls daily. The department, while recog- Natfonal |_ BUTLER PROMOTED 10 MAJOR GENERAL Succeeds to Vacancy Caused“ by Recent Death of Eli K. Cole. Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, famous | fighting Marine, the holder of two med- als of honor and the youngest general officer of the Marine Corps, who is now commanding the post at Quantico, Va.; | was today selected by President Hoover | and the Navy Department to be & major | general. He is elevated to the vacancy left by the recent death of Maj. Gen.! Ell K. Cole, commanding general of! the Department of the Pacific. | Gen. Butler attains the senior rank in the illustrious fighting organization at the unusually early age of 48, which he will reach on July 30. He is the senior brigadier general in the organi- zation, and, in addition to holding both the Army and the Navy Distinguished Service Medals, he holds many decora- tions from allied powers. He has served Uncle Sam in'many parts of the world, his mest recent service having been in China, from which he returned again to command the Quantico organization. Met Hoover in China. Incidentally, it was in China during the Boxer troubles years ago, that the then young Lieut. Butler became ac- quainted with young Herbert Hoover, | who was at that time embarking on an engineering career. The son of the late Chairman Butler of the House naval committee, Gen. Butler achieved fame in civilian life also as the director of public safety in Philadelphia, and a special tablet in honor of this service is on the walls of Marine Corps headquarters at the Navy Department. Gen. Butler won his first medal of honor at Vera Cruz, Mexico, his second being awarded after he led a daring raid on a strongly fortified bandit posi- tion in the mountains of Haiti: His Distinguished Service Medals recall his activities in France during the World War, where in spite of his pleas for duty at the front he was detailed by Gen. Pershing to clear up a threatening situation in the rear, on-the outskirts of Brest. Confronted with a sea of mud and confusion, where troops were poorly housed at best, and disease was break- ing out, the American Army summoned Gen, Butler as the man to clean up the Jjob. In a few weeks the great camp was a model of comfort and efficiency where 80,000 men could be handled in a single day with comfort. Entered as Volunteer. ‘When the United States declared war on Spain, Gen. Butler entered the Ma- rine Corps as a volunteer second lieu- tenant. At the end of the war he re- ceived a permanent commission, and was soon fighting in China in the Boxer campaign. There he was promoted by brevet from lieutenant to captain for heroism in action. He next saw active duty in the Philippine campaign,'and since that time he has served in Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, Santo Domingo, France and{ again in China; where he recently com- manded the Marine expeditionary force which crossed the Pacific to protect American lives and property. Altogether, Gen. Butler has been a veteran of 15 campaigns and expedi- tions. Upon his return to the United States after the World War Gen. But- ler took command of the Marine base at Quantico, Va., where he again won distinction as a builder and organizer. He fought post-war depression by or- ganizing a series of great maneuvers on Civil War battlefields in the vicinity of Washington. He inspired his men to repair their old war-time and beautify the reservation and en- couraged athletics and was the real force behind the first Marine foot ball team to win national attention on the gridiron. Gen. Butler recently led his men into the new barracks at Quantico | nizing the epidemic has a tendency to spread insists there is no cause of alarm. and has mapped out plans for making this post the madel one in the country. Gives Information By the Associated Press. Mrs. George M. Duvall, wife of one of the men arreted, gave John Gibson, an investigator, information which led to the arrests. ] Charges of burglary and grand lar- ceny were filed against three of the men—Duvall, C. A. Paddock and Fred They are alieged to have di- Domar. vided loot with a safe-blower, a in-law of dock. The loot had been obtained from a drug store on Ifsi " 11 and was estimated at $2, DOMESTIC RIFT CAUSES ARREST OF 7 POLICEMEN FOR ROBBERIES Former Sergeant Also Is Held as Kansas City Woman brother- | held Regarding Thefts. KANSAS CITY, July 13.—Domestic difficulties in the home of a Kansas City patrolman resulted toddy in the arrest of seven policemen and a former police sergeant, alleged to have participate d in several robberies. Six of the men—Duvall, L. T. Walker, A. M. Rust, Howard Thom. Lee Dawson and former Sergt. J. ‘War- nock—were with theft of a quantity of cigars and candy from 2 drug store last December. All of the men except Paddock plead- ed not guilty. Duvall was released un- der a $10,000 ond, while the others were under bonds of $5,000 each. iz it | " ~di0 Programs—Page 30 UMITED | BRIG. GEN. SMEDLEY BUTLER. SHIFT OF TRAFFIC COURT IS ARRANGED Police Judges Provide Larger Quarters—Change Will Be Made Tuesday. Continued congestion has finally forced the Traffic Court into new quarters and the change will be made Tuesday, when additional space will be provided by transferring one branch | of the Police Court over to the Dis- trict Supreme Court, where Criminal Divisions 1 or 2 will be utilized during the Summer recess, and moving the Traffic Court into the rooms evacuat- ed in the shift in the Police Court. The move was decided upon shortly before noon, after a conference of police judges headed by Judge Gus A. Schuldt. The crowded and unsuitable condi- tions of the Trafic Court, which has been housed in a small room of the Police Court Building, have increased since the beginning of the recent traffic | drive, which has filled the court to its maximum capacity every day. Prevented Prompt Procedure. The situation has prevented prompt procedure, as many defendants, police- men and witnesses, unable to find room in the Traffic Court, waited on trials in the corridors. Bailiffs and clerks were forced to search for them, delaying other cases. Several weeks ago it was declded to move the Traffic Court to new quarters, but no decision had been reached con- cerning a new location. 1In the conference this morning it was decided to transfer a jury branch of Police Court to the District Supreme Court Building. The United States branch of Police Court will be held in the present jury courtroom, while the District branch of Police Court will be transferred to the room now oc- cupled by the United States branch. Traffic Court will then be held in the larger Toom now occupied by the Dis- trict branch. “ Temporary Expedient. 1t was formely believed 1t would be un- necessary to transfer the District branch of the court, but after a con- sultation it was found that new quar- ters must be sought for the District to prevent assistant district attorneys and assistant corporation counsels from being inconvenienced by changes and records filed. ‘The present move is only a tem- porary expedient, and what may done ‘in the future is problematical. viafions Guring 34 houts ‘snding ot regulations du en a 8 o'clock this morning totaled 302. There were 230 arrests for miscellane- ous violations, 64 for speeding, 3 for reckless drf iting ving, 2 each for operaf while drunk and failing to after accident and 1 for dazzling lights. Girl, 7, Hit by Car. Seven-year-old Dorothy Altman of 1002 Quebsc st was treated at Gar- field Hospital for minor body bruises (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) _‘”W’nhln‘ gton clearing house, $5,208, ry balance, $248,450,000.88. New York clearing house ex 3 $1,489,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $1170,000,000. i be | eral offict 0 WAIVES HEARING Young Bennett Assumes Fatalistic Mien When Ar- raigned on Default Charge. Refusing to be “upset” over his plight, George Willard Bennetf, 25, former teller of the Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank, who has confessed to a defalca- tion of more than $100,000 today found consolation in a fatalistic attitude. The personable young man, whose po- sition of head paying and receiving teller enabled him to pyramid a small shortage into six figures in the course of four years, displayed a stoic optimism headquarters this morning. Neatly attired in a grey business suit and sport shoes, freshly shaven and | outwardly calm, Bennett took his place in the shuffling line of prisoners, in striking contrast to his nondescript associates. Bennett has engaged Willlam 8. Leahy as counsel and his optimism was shown in his words at headquar- ters this morning. “I don't feel so up- set about the thing because I believe that whatever is going to happen will happen.” he told a reporter from The Star. “I hope everything will come out all right. Believes Bond Excessive. excessive. I hope, through my attorney, Mr. Leahy, to have it reduced today. Although I would like to regain my liberty, I don’t believe I would put up the money necessary to regain my free- dom on the high bond, even if I d it. Of course,” he added, “I haven't got the money to pay for the bond. “I am going down to Police Court to- day, where I expect to meet my lawyer, and after the proceedure down there is completed, I may have something to Sy Bennett was taken to and from police headquarters in the patrol from No. 1 precinct, where he has been held since his arrest early yesterday. Reduce Bond to $90,000. Arraigned in Police Court, however, and held for action of the grand jury, his bond of $100,000 was decreased only to $90,000 by Judge Isaac R. Hitt. Attorney Leahy waived Bennett's right to a preliminary hearing following a | conference with Assistant United States Attorney W. H. Collins. Two Department of Justice agents questioned Bennett at length this morn- ing before he was arraigned, but refused to comment on the subject of their in- terview. According to Leahy, restitution of ap- proximately $15,000 has been made. In- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) KAO AND WIFE PUT UNDER $10,000 BOND Consulate Chancellor Also Arrest- ed—Smuggling Plot Chl\jgel Are Filed. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO. July 13.—The finding of opium worth nearly $1,000,- 000 in the trunks of Mrs. Susie Kao, wife of Ying Kao, Chinese vice consul here, resulted in the arrest of the two and Suen Foon, chancellor of the con- sulate, yesterday. Charges of violating the Jones-Miller act by participating in a smuggling plot | were filed against the trio and Federal officials declared that eight other prom- inent Chinese here had been impli- cated. The three l:vere released on each. nection w severed yesterday, however, and the arrests followed, Because of the diplo- matic status of Kdo the Federal offi- clals ly hesitated to arrest either him or his wife. The trunks had been brought into this country under consular_privileges. Federal officers declared that the eight Chinese were so powerful among their own people here that ! veloped. when halled into the daily “line-up” at i “I think, however, that my bond is| gy, Foening Star. () Means Associated Press. pasty g)l'm;dy and cflntlnued';nrm, fol- ‘Temperature—Highesi, 80, at 11 a.m. ated Press news today: lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. today. service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,271 TWO CENTS. FRENCH AND POLISH FLYERS DASH ON OVER ATLANTIC IN RIVALRY TO REACH SHORES OF AMERICA FIRST CULVERGITY PLANE ENDS RECORD HOP AFTER 246 HOURS Broken Stabilizer Abruptly Stops Flight on Eleventh Day of Test. By the Associated Press. CULVER CITY, Calif,, July 13.—The long flight of L. W. Mendell and R. B. Reinhart came to a sudden end here yesterday afternoon when the tail group of their biplane Angeleno was fouled, causing a tall flutter and forcing them to land. ‘The fiyers set & new endurace flying record of 246 hours 43 minutes 32 sec- onds, & mark far beyond the 174 hours 59 seconds established by Byron K. Newcomb and Roy L. Mitchell of Cleve- land. An examination of the fiyers and their - second - hand, 220 - horsepower ‘Wright Whirlwind motor immediately after the flight's end disclosed that both men and engine still were in good condition and might have continued in- efinitely had not the tail flutter de- e Praises Engine. “We have to give the engine credit for everything,” said Mendell as he clambered out of the plane. ‘“Never before has an airplane engine done anything like this.” And so it was with the fiyers them- selves. A physiclan who examined them indicated that the long grind had not greatly harmed them. Thus the flight, which after breaking all exist- ing endurance records turned into a duel between man and motor, ended in a draw so far as t angle was concerned. ‘The plane, a second-hand Buhl Airsedan, touched the landing fleld at | 2:13:02 p.n. yesterday, The take-off | was at 7:29:30 a.m. July 2. | Debris which collected on the stabilizer of the plane, coupled with a blow from a hatch cover which was torn off the cabin of the Angeleno, all | but forced the endurance craft out of control and abruptly ended its un- precedented- flight. Protested Fate. ! As the fiyers climbed stiffly out of | and Reinhart had messaged requesting a thirty-seventh refueling contact. As the auxiliary ship took the air and gained its position over the endurance plane, the Angeleno, with tail group wabbling badly, slipped away and landed sharply before the 5,000 per- sons who were watching the refueling attempt were aware that the hardy ad- venturers had come to the end of their ht, 2 Mengdell looked hale and hearty, while Reinhart, a bit more pale, stumbled as he attempted to walk away from the plane.. Both fyers fater said they found themselves strangely weak on their feet. Mrs. Ila Reinhart greeted her hus- band with a vigorous embrace before the pilots, in the face of protests, were whisked away to a hospital for the phyt"slul examination and a completc Tes Physically 0. K. Dr. Frederick Rhodes, who examined them, said that their condition was “much better than might have been ex- pected.” “The temperature, blood pressure and pulse of each was about that which a person would show after violent exer- cise ynder ordinary conditions, with the exception that the return to normal was slower. “While they came through fine, I wouidn’'t want to see anybody else at- tempt it.” Mendell and Reinhart both com- plained of slight deafness, but this had almost cleared away by the time they ‘were interviewed at their resting place lte;:'mbel. There they issued this state- ment: “We are awfully proud of having the honor to hold the endurance record for refueling. We wish to take this oppor- tunity to express our thanks and appre- ciation for all the help and encourage- ment rendered us during this flight. In setting this record we have put it as high as ible. It was our in- tention of making it 300 hours, but due to debris that had collected on the stabilizer and to the hatch blowing off and cutting a hole in the stabilizer of the Buhl, excessive vibration was caused and we were forced to land 53 hours short of our goal. Thanks Friends. “But we are very happy that we have won all records by over 72 hours. We desire at this time to thank the thou- sands of people, all over the United States who have sent telegrams and let- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Planes Take Off 45 Minutes Apart. SHIPS EQUIPPED FOR HIGH SPEED ' Flight Leaders Are Well Trained Pilots. | | I Upper: MAJ. CASIMIR KUBALA. Center: LUDWICK IDZIKOWSKL Lower: DIEUDONNE COSTE. Log of Over-Ocean Race to New York By the Assoclated Press. (All time indicated is Eastern standard; French daylight sav- :Lx;ng: time is six hours ahead of .) Majs. Ludwik Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala. Priday: 10:47 pm, took off from Le Bourget for New York. | 12:12 a.m., passed over Tours. 12:50 am., wirelessed Cher- bourg and Havre all well. 2:25 am., passed over San- tander, Spain. 5:10 a.m., reported over Gijon, Spain. 7:08 am. heard by ship off Cape Finisterre, Spain. TWO SLAIN IN FIGHT AT BROADWAY RESORT Third Man, Slightly Wounded at| Hotsy-Totsy Club, Is Taken Into Custody. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 13.—Two men were killed and another wounded early today in a gun fight at the Hotsy Totsy Club, a Broadway resort. The cause of the shooting was unknown. ‘The body of an unidentified man with three bullet wounds in the body was | found by police on the floor of the bar- room of the club. Half an hour later three men left a wounded man at a| hospital and departed without revealing their identities. The wounded man died an hour later. He had five bullet wounds. Police said the automobile had come from the night club and that the ;l{lg:ikm was William Cassidy, 36, of New ‘The third victim, said by the police to be a brother of Cassidy, was taken into custody. He was only slightl, wounded. S HOOVER SON .COMING HERE | Allan on Way From Stanford to Spend Summer at White House. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., July 13 (#).—Allan Hoover, younger son of the President, was en route to Wash- l:lfiwn today to join his parents. He spend most of the Summer at the White House, after which he enter Harvard for post-gradual lans to ‘work. MISS DETZER WINS PASSPORT ON MODIFICATION OF OATH State Department Permits Instead of By the Associated Press. Conscientious objectors and those who oppose the use of armed force are being permitted to “afirm” to “support” the Constitution in applications for pass- ports, despite the recent ruling by the Supreme Court that it is the “fundamental duty of every citizen to defend the Constitution.” The ruling of the State Department followed a week’s discussion between Dorothy Detzer, executive secretary of Peace and Freedom, and officials of the Miss Detzer refused last week to sub- “Support” of Constitution “Defend.” the Women's International Leagye for State Department. . Miss Detzer should Stimson to rule on | have been out over the Atlantic. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 13.—The steamship Cara informed the Associated Press by wireless to- day that it had sighted a gray airplane, believed to be the Polish plane, Marshal Pilsudski, about 250 miles off the French coast at 8:20 o’clock this morning, Greenwich time (3:20 a.m,, Eastern standard time.) By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 13 ®).—The air ministry announced this after- noon that the British steamer Esperance Bay, then off Cape Finistere, heard the French transatlantic plane Question Mark at 12:08 p.m., Greenwich time (7:08 a.m., Eastern Stand- ard time). By the Associated PT(? LE BOURGET, France, July 13. —Two rival airplanes, one bear- ing the colors of Poland and the cther those of France, today were speeding swiftly so far as known westward over the Atlantic in the first great transatlantic air race from Paris to New York. Perfect weather conditions gave every hope that the Polish and French rivals of the air were weill on their way, the Poles on a northerly route and the French- men on a more southerly one. Maj. Ludwik Idzikowski and his | companion, Maj. Casimir Kubala, their plane, a haggard sort of smile on Bturday: i i their bewhiskered, ofl-spatiered taces | | o 820 P Fafig™ ! 250 miles of | (B0 o ekt =1 4147 welonk not it and protesied the'tarn of ate | | capt. Dieudonme Caste and | | Bastern standard. thme) - while to-test thelr prowess. in & Dgnt 1o the | | J%gaiss, Bellonte, {Capt. 2 e, famous finish with the second-handl power unit. Te mufig‘e, for New York. French flyer, and Jacques Bellonte The end came shortly after Mendell ‘Saturday: 4 followed just 45 minutes later at 5:32 am. By 1 o'clock today both planes should The French flyers were reported four times in their passage across France from Paris over the Bay of Biscay and finally Santander, Spain, in the region of which two other transatlantic planes, the Yellow Bird and the Path- finder, ended so recently. Sighted Over Coast. The men were sighted over the Spanish coastal city at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 am. Eastern standard time), having covered nearly 470 miles in slightly less than four hours, in- dicating a good average speed of more than 115 miles an hour. The progress of the Polish plane was not so clear. No word had been re- ceived as to its whereabouts this aft- ernoon, but as it was last seen going strongly, having made the hazardous take-off with its enormous load of gasoline, the presumption was it too was safely on its way. Then, too, the Polish flight had not received as much notice as_the Coste attempt and the Marshal Pilsudski might have passed with but little attention. Both planes should reach New York tomorrow afternoon if all goes well, the French a little in advance, for their machine is faster than that of the | Poles. Although the two planes headed in different directions at the start, their courses come close together near the Azores, when both plan to continue by the same route, by way of Halifax, to New York. He had been mysterious as to his destination, letting it be known as Tokio, but this was accepted generally as deception necessary to evade French transoceanic flying restrictions. When he had departed the makers of his plane and its motor announced his destination was New York. German Flight. The North Atlantic has beep erossee but once before from east to wese by & heavier-than-air craft, Baron Ehren- fried Gunther von Huenefeld, Capt. Herman Koehl and Col. James C. Fitz- maurice ih the airplane Bremen crossed from Baldonnel air field, Irish Free State, to Greenly Island, Laborador, last year. Capt. Coste had planned originally to take off before the Poles. but he de- ferred his own start 45 minutes in view of the greater speed of his plane, which is capable of 125 miles an hour, against 110 miles an hour of that of the Poles. It was probable that the French plane, with its greater speed, would overtake the Polish craft very quickly and leave it comparatively far d. ‘The element of a race remained in the two flights, however, since greater skill of either navigator in choosing the route of least resistance casily could alter flying time. Given ideal flying conditions the French plane might expect to reach New York within 29 hours and the Polish_ecraft within 32 hours, or some time Sunday morning. Weather con- ditions over the North Atiantic, usually adverse to east-to-west flying, were ex- pected delay them, however. Equipped With Wireless. ‘Both planes carried wireless ap- paratus, that of Capt. Coste being equipped with two sets. At 6:50 am., 1 hour and 18 minutes after his start, Crerbourg and Havre that “All is well.” 1t was regarded as doubtful that the trouble was being encountered in as a principle; that a al to Secrei Poles’ radio would function, since they finding Chinese to_ transiate some of | scribe to the usual oath of alleglance, | SPPET 10 ke had had considerable trouble in tuning Mrs. Kao's o g calling for the applicant for a passport| " After s week's consideration, Miss | It. rs, Kso continued to ‘protest her Constitution.” | R, B.” Shipley, chief of the t| At Tours the Frenchmen were seen innotence when ‘she appeared before a | She agreed to subscribe to the alterna- | division of the department, at _6:34 a.m. D a Bates commitieas: She: sl N. Baldwin of |'Miss Detzer the department would con e routes of the two planes were istod iRt e had POtk ooy ©f berties sider the application if the subject -of soms speculation, but contents of the O ohes the|1926 and adopted after that date for|scribe to the so-called “Baldwin it was understood each intended to fly et et hem 1o ol coutisy aa s | cases where sppicants preferred (o af- | i which “support” of the Constiiion | SSerd 19,8 Bk Hortherty route favor to friends in China. e ot i e e to Halifax, cutting_down the Atlantic of the recent| Miss Detzer was granted the passport|seaboard to New York, in the|for a trip to Prague, Czechoslovakia,! It was this route that the Poles fol- State News, Pl[e 5 case, in which de- | where she will address the forthcoming lowed last year on their first attempt R e, tution vuupheld}nfiemmm.leomusotmm (Gunnnrimrwaa.odumb.) V]