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SOLVIAN REBELS SCORE VIETORY Revolting Troops Are Be- lieved ‘to Have Ended in Triumph. *® » By the Associated Press. AREQUIPA, Peru, June 28—Revolt- ing troops, staging a brilliant military action on the heights above the city of 1a Paz, were believed here today to have ended the Bolivian insurgent movement in virtual victory. Information from La Paz, by way of Huaqui, Bolivian fort on the banks of Leke Titicaca, said that Dr. Hernando Siles, President-resigned, against whom the rewolt was directed, has taken refuge in the quarters of the papal nuncio. While there has been no direct, com- munication with La Paz since 12:30 pm. yesterday, it was believed here that_the military -directorate appointed by the revolting chiefs at Oruro would take charge of the government, and that actual fighting probably is ended. Saavedra Is Silent. Bautista Saavedra, former Bolivian President, refused to comment on re- ports current here that he had been called back to La Paz in connection with the political situation. In Anto- fagasta, Chile, it was said Col. Julio Sanjines. “a friend of Chile” wids the choice of the military leaders for Pres- ident. 3 ) The 3d Infantry regiment, the Avia- tion Military School ecadets, a heavy artillery regiment- and the “Abllivian” regiment at Viacha, important garrison point outside La Paz, revolted yester- day and proceeded to the “Alto de la Paz” or heights abové the capital city, which is situated in a valley 10,000 feet above sea level. From this position at 10 am. an ul- timatum _was sent the government forces still holding out in the city, giv- ing them two hours to capitulate and threatening bombardment of the city if demands were not complied with in that time. At 12:30 p.m. telegraph gervice with La Paz was interrupted. Many hours later there came the sparse information by way of Fort Huaqui, where a neutral cavalry regi- ment was stationed, indicating that the movenient ‘had succeeded. It was said also that the gendarmerie had joined the revolt .and that Santa Cruz, im- rtant city in Eastern Bolivia, had fallen. There were no figures available as to the number of dead during the past few days, but, many are believed to have perished. LINGLE’S DOG TRACK ACTIVITY EXAMINED Work With Capone-Backed Vent- ure Seen Involved in Murder, By the Associated Préss. CHICAGO, June 28.—The little elec- tric rabbit of the dog tracks flashed today across the trail of Jake Lingle's slayer—a trail already tracked with the prints of gamblers, gangsters and graft. The dog tracks, backed by the Al Capone bankroll, were suggested by in- vestigators as affording a possible motive for the murder of the Tribune police reporter June 9. %olpone. presumed to have been friendly toward Lingle, has long been understood to have a heavy investment in dog tracks in the Chicago area. The theory now under consideration is that Lingle's job was to see that the dogs kept running without interference of the law. MONUMENT PLANNED FOR KINGSFORD-SMITH Return to Oakland by Air, Follow- ing Atlantic Hop, Would Com- plete Circling Globe. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Calif, June 28.—Plahs are under way to place a monument to Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith at the airport here from which he took off May 31, 1928, on the epic world flight he continued from Harbar Grace, New- foundland, to New York yesterday. If he returns from New York to Oak- land by air he will realize a 10-year ambition to circle the globe by plane. Accompanying _Kingsford-Smith on the Australian flight, hailed as the longest over-ocean flight ever made, were two Americans, Harry Lyon, navi- gator, and James Warner, radio opera- tor. The co-pilot was Charles Ulm, a fellow Australian. If the plan is carried out the monu- ment to Kingsford-Smith will be placed near one erccted to Lieut. Lester J. Maitland and Albert P. Hegenberger, United States Air Corps, who flew from Oakland to Hawaii in 1927. HOOT GIBSON OF F[LMS MARRIES SALLY EILERS Couple Go to Canada on Honey- moon After Ceremony With Cor- rals and Horses as Background. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 28.—Hoot Gib- son, cowboy film star, and Sally Eilers, a screen celebrity, too, today were en route to the Canadian Rockies for a wedding trip following their marriage last nigt They were married in the presence of 150 guests at the Gibson hacienda, near Saugus, last night. Corrals and horses, seen through the windows, furnished atmosphere for the ceremony, which was read by the Rev. James Hamilton Lash of the Hollywood Congregational Church Attendants of the bride were Carmen Pantages, Marion Nixon, Marie Prevost and Mrs. Mae Sunday, while the bride- groom was attended by William Col- Tier, jr. Gibson, 36, twice before was married. s the 21-year-old bride's first mar- SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 28 (#).— Tlinois' cepital city went to the dogs yesterday. Headed by a band and Athena, Gov, Emmmerson’s pet, a motley drove of canine beasts of assorted sizes and col- ors romped through the downtown dis- trict in the third annual dog parade sponsored by the Illinois State Journal. Almost_every breed from pedigreed aristocrats down to just plain dog was Tepresented in the gambol. Dancaaught by Squares. Dancing steps are being taught by means of a checkerboard floorboard re- Driven to Refuge DR. HERNANDO SILES. WU AND STIMSON SIEN PARLEY PACT Treaty Providing for Arbitra- tion Is Ready for Submis- sion to Senate. By the Associated Press. A treaty binding the United States and the revolution-torn Republic of China to arbitrate their differences be- fore an impartial tribunal was ready today for submission to the Senate, representing the twenty-sixth such ef- fort in the past three years. At about the same moment the pact was signed yesterday by Secretary Stim- son and Minister Chao-Chu Wu of China, news dispatches from Shanghai reported that on the other side of the world a beleaguered Chinese govern- ment was concentrating its forces to throw back the Northern rebels, who have been struggling to cross the Yangtze River and overthrow it. Chinese troubles notwithstanding, however, -the fresh document is expect- ed to journey to the Senate to join eight other such treaties now in process of ratification. ‘The provisions of this new treaty are in substance the same as the eight now running through the ratification mill, and are fashioned along the sames lines as 18 other pacts recently put in force, virtually. all of which were initiated by former Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. - The pact, in brief, would pledge the two countries to submit all international differences not adjusted by diplomacy, and not settled by a commission of con- ciliation, to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, “or to some other competent tribunal CRIME PROBE GIVEN PROMISE OF FUNDS IF CONGRESS BALKS (Continued t_Page.) zation in law, as the commission was created to f'\nction for one year only. ‘The work of the commission is to be divided into two divisions in the future, Mr. Hoover said, one to cover the non- prohibition activities, with these carried out by the members in a separate ca- pacity. President’s Statement. ‘The President in his statement said: “I know that the appropriation re- quested by the Law Enforcement Com- mission for its work outside of pro- hibition has failed in the Senate. This deleted part of the appropriation is that devoted to investigation into the cause and remedy for crime in general and for the determination of the re- forms needed in our judicial and ad- ministrative machinery. “As a matter of fact, the enforce- ment of any one criminal law neces- sarily involves the machinery by which all criminal laws are enforced, and the country is concerned over the cause of increasing crime in general. Nothing indicates the situation better than the fact that in the last two years there was an in increase of persons in Fed- eral prisons for serious offenses from 8,400 to over 13,000, whereas in the previous two years the increase was from 7,100 to 8,400—in other -words, an increase of 1,300 in the first period and Seventy per cent of these prisoners are for other crimes than those arising out of prohibition. Our State prisons show about the same story. more vigorous enforcement of the laws has had something to do with the Fed- eral situation. What the causes and remedies are in respect to these 70 per cent is of vital importance. “With growing crime of all kinds and with insistenrt recommendations from every bar association and public body concerned that we should have an ac- curate study of the reforms necessary in our whole judicial and administra- tive machinery, that we should have some constructive program for decrease and control of crime as a whole, I cannot abandon the question for one moment or allow the work of this com- mission to cease. I have asked the commission to proceed with its full program of work and it has consented to do so. May Use Private Funds. “I have no doubt that there are pri- vate citizens sufficiently anxious for the Nation to know the whole truth as to what constructive remedies may be sug- gested by so eminent a body of men and women as this commission, that I shall be able to secure from private sources the $100,000 necessary to carry this work forward to completion, 'he commission are volunteers serv- ing solely out of regard to public terest, and all funds, whether con sional or otherwise, are solely for in- vestigation work. “The commission will, of course, need to set up a separate division to take charge of the non-prohibition section of their work, and will, of course, pre- side over it in a separate capacity.” LANDSLIDE KILLS 15 Two Coaches on Japanese Train Buried, 21 Persons Escape. ‘TOKIO, June 28 (#).—Fifteen per- sons were believed to have perished when a landsilde buried two coaches of a railway train 50 miles northeast of Shimonoseki today. Railway authorities said 36 persons were trapped in the coaches and 21 of these had escaped. Five hundred coolies were rushed to the scene and three bodies were recovered. Heavy rains causd the slide. LONDON, June 28 (#).—The air min- istry announced today that while the airship R-101 was fiying from Carding- ton to Hendon yesterday the meteoro- logical office transmitted weather maps to her by radio. cently invented by a dancing master of Berlin, Germany. It fits the average ,size room. The squares are numbered and a code tells upon which square the Fupfl'- feet should be for gach step. ‘The experiment was tried as a - sible advance in aviation safety, par- ticularly in connection with the pro- forthcomin t of the dirigi- el e a e ; cular Doric design, an increase of 5,600 in the last period. | | Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer, “There can be no doubt that the| THE AE\'ENL\'G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, /UNION'S AD TO WAR MEMORIAL LAUDED Mellon Praises Labor for Of- fer to Complete Financing of Doric Temple. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has commended the Central Labor Union here for its plans to raise the $20,000 needed to complete financing of the District of Columbia World War Memorial. In a letter to Frank B. Noyes, chair- man of the District of Columbia World W;\; Memorial Commission, Mr. Mellon said: “I understand that the Central Labor Union is undertaking to raise the re- maining amount needed to complete the financing of the District of Colum- bia World War Memorial. “I feel that this is a very generous action on the part of the union and one that will not only insure the suc- cess of the effort to build this memorial, but will make of it a more general and representative tribute from all the people of the District to those who died in the World war. I send you and the members of the committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Frank Lee my best wishes for success in this patriotic undertaking.” ‘The Memorial Commission itself has already raised in previous campaigns $135,000, which is in bank, for the beautiful white marble temple of cir- which is to be erected in West Potomac Park between the Tidal Basin and the Lincoln Memo- rial Reflecting Pool. The Central Labor Union has an elaborate organization set up to carry forward its campaign to raise the rest of the money needed, so as to bring the fund up to $55,000. Secretary Mellon contributed a large check to the memorial in the original campalgn. . FISCAL BILL DELAY THREATENS SERIOUS RESULTS FOR DISTRICT (Continued From First Page.) appropriation bill® might be considered a “sudden emergency.” ‘The Commissioners have fairly well in mind what can be done, assuming that the bill fails but the continuing reso- lution is passed. In this case, there would be available for running the Dis- trict approximately $29,094,235. The 1931 bill as passed by the House and now deadlocked on Capitol Hill provides $30,923,862 for maintenance and oper- ating expenses. Therefore, on the basis of maintenance and operating expenses, the District under a contiquing resolu- tion would lose appropriations for the various services of the Government amounting to $1,829,627. For betterments and improvements, including new projects of all kinds, such as school buildings, the Municipal Center, sewers, street paving and so- forth, the District would apparently lose $14,410,455. This figure is dependent on the exact wording of the *resolution and assumes that where a building has not completed, the resolution would not allow it be completed. It may be that the wording of the resolution would allow such buildings to be continued and in that case the amount of loss would be reduced by about a million and a half or two million dollars, If the $1.70 rate is continued and the continuing resolution adopted, the amount of “loss” would come into the Treasury but would not be available for expenditure. All of the work repre- sented by the loss, however, will still have to be done, and the net effect would probably be a larger appropri- ation bill in 1932 to make up for the items left out in 1931, District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, who is also the budget officer of the District, is ill in bed this week. He has not been at his desk since Monday. His absence at this stage, coupled with the uncertainty as to the action of Congress, is increasing the difficulty of the Commissioners in reaching & de- cision as to what their course should be. Mr. Donovan does a large share of the work of seeing the supply billg, through the committees of both Houses, At the same time, he has recently been engaged with the Commissioners in working out their 1932 estimates. There have been almost dally meetings fo consideration of the estimates for sey- eral weeks past. Accused 0il Man Out on Bail. OKLAHOMA CITY, June 28 (#).— S. E. J. Cox, charged with fraudulent use of the mails, in connection with the operations of the Universal Oil & Gas Co., Was released on $12,500 bond yes- terday, pending trial. He had been in jail two months. Cox at one time was associated with in oil promotion in Texas. Both served been started in the present year, but |9 penitentiary sentences for using the malils to defraud. 4 OB DISPERSES TRODPS ON GUARD North Carolina Militiamen Are Posted Around Seven Held at Concord. By the Associated Press. CONCORD, N. C, June 28.—A com- pany of the North Carolina National Guard called out.by Gov. O. Max Gard- ner to prevent possible violence to seven colored men held in jail here in cons nection with a criminal attack on a 15-year-old “white girl found a mob dispersed as it took up its post today. Gov. Gardner ordered Company E of the 120th Infantry to guard the Cabar- rus County court house, He had been advised at Raleigh that a crowd of several hundred persons had surrounded the jail since early last night. Sherifft H. W. Caldwell called the governor for aid after he had ulready ordered out troops. Vietim Injured Seriously. ‘The troops were the first put on duty in the State since strike disturbances last Summer.- North Carolina has not had a lynching in several years. ‘The attack was made on Ruth Cris- well at her home in the Roberta Mill community, 8 miles from here, Friday. The girl was badly - injured and required surgical attention, Eleven prisoners were arrested by posses that scoured the county with bloodhounds yesterday and lasc aight. Three were released and one vas taken to jall at Charlotte. Deputies zaid today they did not believe they had “the right man.” The crowd last night confined itself to shouting and to breaking windows in the jall with stones. Sheriff Caldwell allowed two members of tne crowd who sald they could identify the attacksr to visit the prisoners in the cells. When they reported to their companions that none was the one wanted, the crowd still refused to leave. Reports that the attacker had been apprehended several miles out in the country drew to that spot & number of those in the eourt house throng. Troops Ordered to Hold Jail. When ordering out the troops Gov. Gardner told Sheriff Caldwell in a telephonic @onversation “to hold the jail at all costs until the troops ar- Tived.” The sheriff also was told to announce that “every man who participated in any outbreak would be prosecuted to the limit.” TEXAS MOB FAILS. Attempt to Storm Jail at Beaumont Is Beaten Back by Officers. BEAUMONT, Tex., June 28 (®).— A mob which included several women early today failed in an attempt to storm_the Jefferson County Jail and seize Rainey Willlams, 39, colored, who has confessed eight attacks on Port Arthur white women in the past 30 ays. ‘Williams was brought to Beaumont from Port Arthur for safe keeping after an attempt to lynch him yesterday had been thwarted by peace officers and firemen. Arriving from Port Arthur bv motor at 1 am. today, the mob, a hundred strong, served notice it intended to storm the jail. Surging forward leaders grappled with the sheriff, who stood outside the building facing the mob. Deputies stationed in windows warned the sheriff’s attackers they were pre- pared to open fire and the men re- treated. Fire equipment was summoned and four policemen joined the sheriff's force. Tear g1s bombs were hurled into the ranks of the mob to stem a second at- tempt to enter the jail. A heavy stream of water was poured on the attackers, but firemen were quickly overpowered and the hose cut in bits. ‘Two hours after their first assault on the jail, the mob admitted its efforts futile and withdrew, a rope tralling from one of the automobiles. CANADTWHEAT SUFFERS Drouth, Hot Winds, Hail and Frost Are Blamed. WINNIPEG, June 28 (#).—The Manitoba Free Press said today that crops of Western Canadian provinces had suffered severe damage in the last 20 days and that permanent losses in wheat acreages would be extensive. Wind, lack of ample general rain- fall and a plague of cutworms and wire worms have been costly to farmers, Damage is common to all provinces, with Manitoba suffering the least, a review of the situation indicated. In addition to losses caused by drouth and insects, slight damage has been caused by hail and frost. By the Assoclated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., June 28.— The world listened in today on a tele- phone conversation between Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford-Smith, globe- circling aviator, speaking from the United States, and his mother, sister- in-law and his partner in Australia, 10,000 miles distant. The conversations, conducted between a short-wave radio experimental station of thg General Electric Co., located in the &l(‘n\‘ilh‘ Hills, a few miles north of here, and the Sydney station of the Amalgamated Wireless Australia, Ltd., at Sydney, were broadcast by Station WGY. Kingsford-Smith talked first with Charles Ulm, his business partner in the operation of an Australian airways system. Ulm was with him on the Aight over the Pacific. Disappointed Over Girl's Absence. One of the first questions asked by the transoceanic flyer was whether his flancee, Mary Powell, was present, and he seemed disappointed when told that she was in Melbourne, some 500 miles from Sydney. Much of the conversation with Ulm had to do with detalls of the flight across the Atlantic. Kingsford-Smith told Ulm that his plane, the Southern Cross, was within 40 or 50 miles of Cape Race, Newfoundland, for two hours or more. The compass was of no assist- ance to them in locating their position, but they got their bearings by radio and made & good landing. “Is everybody down in Australia pleased wiih our fight?” leader asked. “Yes, tickled to death,” Ulm replied. ‘Then Ulm sald: Will Return in August. “Hold the line, your mother wants to talk with you.” After greeting his mother, Kingsford- Smith asked for news of his tather and was informed that he wac 1ll. ":l;‘l is he now?” Kingsford-Smith the squad |- [KINGSFORD-SMITH SPEAKS WITH MOTHER IN AUSTRALIA Ulm, Business Partner Who Flew Pacific With Him, Tells Him Down-Under Folk Are Tickled to Death. the fiyer said that he expected to be back in Australia by the middle of August. YHow are you going to make it?” she asked. “Don't you worry; I'll be there.” ‘Then the flyer inquired about scme young woman in Australia, and added: “Is she getting ready to be a brides- maid?” “0, Lord, yes,” Mrs. Kingsford-Smith said. “Your baby boy is still alive and kicking, mum, and you'll probably take me by the ear when I get beck like you did in the old days.” Next Kingsford-Smith talked with his ssLst‘Et:!.nvllw, Mrs. Prieda Kingsford- mith. Walker and awarded scrolls Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford: Saul and John Stannage. At a simple ceremony, at their request, the Ireland-to- ed: mtih. New York fiyers were Mayor Walker (second from left) pinnin, an Dyk is left and right of Kingsfo: Capt. Evert welcomed to New York by Mayor James medal on the lapel of -Smith are Capt. J. P. —Associated Press Photo. IFLYERS WITHIN DAY | OF REFUEL RECORD Chicago Plane. to Set New World Mark at Dawn if All Goes Well. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 28.— A new world record for sustained flight by refueling will be written, i all goes well, against the background of tomorrow's sunrise. Fighting their two coaxing enemies— sleep and motor trouble— John and Kenneth Hunter, the brother pilots of the City of Chicago, had been aloft 402 hours at 10:40 a.m. (C. D. T.) today —only 19 hours 21 minutes and 30 sec- onds away from the record of 420:21:30 set by Forest O'Brine and Dale Jackson last year in the St. Louis Robin. If all continues well aboard the Stin- son-Detroiter cabin monoplane, the rec- ord will be equaled at 5:01:21 (C. D. T.) tomorrow morning—just as the pilots watch their friends the morning stars— Mars, Uranus and Mercury—fade into the dawn. Another hour must be droned, out, however, before an official record is made. * Plane Refueled 149 Times. Walter Hunter, who with his brother Albert make up 'the contact crew, said last night the Wright Whirlwind motor “sounds good for another 700 hours.” At that time, the 149th refueling con- tact had just been successfully made with Will ‘Rogers, the humorist, going aloft in the contact plane, Big Ben, to cheer the fiyers. The endurance plane flies with a constant list to the left. The gasoline tank in the right wing sprang a leak and to avoid trouble only the tank in the left wing is used. The brothers alternate in crawling onto the catwalk—grease gun in one hand and hanging onto a strut with the other—to lubricate the engine. This is the thrill for the crowds that have begun to swarm the fleld at Sky Harbor. The pilot dangles ori the narrow board— his head inches from the whirling pro- peller, which spins around 1,300 revo- lutions per minutes at cruising speed— 78,000 revolutions an hour—30,000,000 in'395 hours—whirling on in its eight- eenth day in the air. Pilots’ Sister Cooks Meals. And this same propeller whirled 261 hours in another flight last year when wil plane was called “Chicago — We Coffee goes aloft in gallon buckets on each refueling contact; meals, cooked by the pilots’ sister, Miss Irene Hunter, g0 up regularly three times a day, Yesterday for dinner the fiyers had roast duck. Last night the brothers flew low and dropped a note of congratulations to Maj. Charles Kingsford-Smith and his transatlantic Southern Cross crew. Weather has been ideal in the main for the flight. Last night there were cool winds to benefit the motor; today it was fair and warmer, but not the hot blistering days of the early week which forced the flyers to cruise at a high altitude. KINGSFORD-SMITH TELLS HOW COURSE WAS HELD BY RADIO (Continued Prom First Page) And that is what we did. Picture to yourselves Stannage and ‘ Capt. 1 back there in their tiny dark com; ment. Stannage, with his short-wave transmitter, could send out his calls almost around the earth. His long wave was mood for from 200 to 500 miles, Some ships had no short wave and so Stannage would call shore sta- tions, ask them to notify all ships at sea to listen in on their long wave and stand by to give us bearings. This is the way it was done: Stan- nage would pick up & ship southeast of us and ‘ask for our bearing in relation to that ship getting what is known as a position line. He would then fish around in the air for another ship, say to the northeast or southwest, and ob- tain from the operator aboard & bearing or position line in relation to that vessel. Quickly he would turn the figures over to Saul, who plotted them on his chart. The intersection of these two position lines would then be our position not only in relation to the two Next Flight to Be Dual. “We will call this the honeymoon flight,” he told her. “This is my last flight alone. The next will be dual control.” The mother came back to the micro- ghnm at Sydney and the aviator asked er if Amy Johnson, the England-to- Australia aviatrix, was still in the Antipodes. “Will Amy be there when I get back?” Kingsford-Smith asked. “She may be in England,” replied his mother. “She is dying to meet you.” “I had & cable from Amy,” sald Kingsford-Smith, “She said ‘I dips my lid’ (a cockney expression, meaning ‘T take off my hat') and I replied, ‘So ‘Will Meet Lindy. The fiyer exchanged brief greetings with several Australian friends and ac- quaintances who followed his mother to_the microphone. Kingsford-Smith left for New York by airplane at 8:45 am. He was scheduled to meet Col. Charles A. Lindbergh this afternoon.. Other engagements included the unveiling of a tablet, and a conference with the customs officials in an effort to avoid payment of an import duty on the Southern Cross. The plane was built in " the asked. “Not too good, * answered the mother. In reply to & question of the this country, but later was transferred to British regis ships, bfit our approximate position in relation to the rest of the world. Thus we knew where we were at that par- ticular moment—and no longer. But, then, the task was to find out where we were going, to check our com- passes and in our to provide almost complete substitute for navigation by observations. Poor Saul could make little use of his sextant without any celestial bodies to see. Immediately Stannage had obatined two position lines and their intersection, he would send out his call for more bearings from other ships, or, perhaps, a few minutes later get them from the vessels his original messages had come from. Saul would plot two more 1= ton lines on the chart, and then, find- ing the intersection, draw a line be- tween the two intersections—which would be our actual course, or very close to it. With the help of the com- passes for checking and these frequent observations we could correct our drift, something im ible to accomplish in any other fashion when we were flying without seeing the ocean for so many hours, A plane, of course, can point its nose on the correct bearing and still not be going with any degree of ac- &uncy!::wnd its vm:a-mr del::x:i ion. e winds may pumn’ e course at the rate of 20 miles an hour, or more, but the pilot cannot know this wi t the aid of his drift {in about the same position, 300 or 400 indicator, and the waves or smoke or some other external indication by which he can check his own travel. Some of the difficulties Stannage and Saul met and the speed and accuracy which they had to attain can be imag- ined when one considers all the factors of their problem. Remember, our plane was changing its position at the rate of 90 or 100 miles an hour. The ships from which we were obtaining our bearings were moving along at 10 to 18 knots, or faster or slower, on their par- ticular courses. Thus there was no op- portunity to repeat and go over a bear- ing and correct. Those boys in the “back room” had to be right the first time and all the time. So just as fast as they obtained one position they went after another, completing at least three operations -and computations on each finding. ‘When bearings began to come in slowly Stannage would call his shore stations on the short wave and ask them again to notify ships that might be in our vicinity to listen for our long wave. 3 I don't know that I have made this radio navigation clear to the layman. The theory is simple enough, but it takes some doing. It takes especially the complete co-operation of other sta- tions, and we certainly had that. They helped us most enthusiastically, those operators on shore and shipboard who kept up their unending watch over our passage. I would like to mention them all here by name, operators and ship captains, owners of the shore stations and the men at_the keys, but unfortunately I can’t. Perhaps they or their friends will see these words and receive my thanks through them. I will mention my friends, Messrs. Henitz and Jack Kaufman, and their radio chain, which aided us all the way across. As I look back over the two flights, the Pacific gnd the Atlantic, I am in- clined to belféve that the old Atlantic is the more uncomfortable for flying, even 1t the distance from land to land is shorter. We had the same radio facili- ties over the Paeific, but fewer ships. In compensation for that we had more stars and fewer overcast skies, so that we could take celestial observations. Deviation Still Mystery. It is not yet clear to me how we came to deviate so far from our course as we approached Newfoundland. It may be that the rapid magnetic variation had something to do with it. Then, too, it may be that we were tired and were not holding the Southern Cross up to her work as we did earlier in the flight. It certainly was rather awkward for three or four hours. There we were, flying a hundred miles an hour minute after minute, and going nowhere, ap- parently. It was all blind flying. and this condition, if a pilot keeps it up long enough, isn't conducive to accu- rate plloting, It is possible that we were circling. Our compasses certainly seemed to tell us so. They were going all around the place, our master compass and all. The instruments were fine, and they worked all right for us as we came down the coast to New York, but there seems to be some condition up there off New- foundland that affects the compasses. Col. Fitzmaurice tells me that Koehl and himself found the same difficulties miles off Newfoundland. Then Stannage got his radio bearing again and we discovered that we still had 200 miles or 50 torgo before reach- ing land, when we thought we were right_over it. It is merely a guess on my part, but I belleve that it is possible that the Frenchmen, Nungesser and Coli; Capt. Hinchcliffe’ and others got almost to Newfoundland and then, coming up against those magnetic variations when | they were tired, flew in circles and | went down or wandered off up into the wilds of Labrador. There was no radio to straighten them out and set them on their way again. Dutch Pilots Expert. It might be of some interest to say how our crew came to be gathered. When the flight was first projected, and even after I had committed myself to it, I had not picked a single one of the crew. I knew of the thorough way in which the Dutch pilots are | ti trained especially to fly blind. Those men that take out the Royal Dutch Air Line ships are trained for weeks to fly in an absolutely blind cockpit, gulding their ship by instruments alone. I took up the matter in Holland, where the Fokker Co. was doing every- thing possible to help me get ready, and my only stipulation was that the man should know his flying and that his family was able to get along if mething happened. 1 made this stipulation in the case of each member of the crew. Four men were finally selected and Van Dyk was chosen from the four, It certainly was a happy choice. Van knows blind flying better than most, In England, T was casting about for & radio operator and one day Stannage walked into my club. I knew his ability of old. He was the radio man aboard the “rescue plane that came after us when we were lost in Australia. His re- sourcefulness, courage, knowledge and speed made him the man for the ’{Ob, Well, we chatted a while, and finally he said, “You don't happen to be look- ing for a radio operator to fly the A lantic, do you?” I signed him on then and there. Then all I needed was a navigator. We were in Ireland then, making the last preparations. The Irish did every- thing possible to further our plans, and I suggested that if one could be found Wwho had the ability and wanted to go, I would like an Irish navigator. I was promptly informed that Ireland could furnish me any number of good navi- ®ators, and that is how we got Pat Saul. They way in which each one of them carried out his assignments is proof of how fortunate the selections were. There are several other points in connection with the flight and the whole flight around from Gakland that I would like to say something about, particularly to the future of air trans- rt over water. These I will take up TTALY TO EXPA ND BORDER DEFENSE $26,000,000 Added to Armed Forces Budggt to Meet French Program. By the Associated Pres ROME, June 28.—The council of ministers, with Premier Mussolini pre- siding, today took up national defense problems and issued a statement saying the action was taken because of France's preparations for fortifying her Italian frontier. “Several problems inherent to the national defense,” were taken up, ac- cording to the official communication. In order to raise more money for defense, the ministers, on the Duce’s recommendation, decided to raise the tax on exchange transactions and to work out a method of exacting the taxes from firms affected by it. In this way, the statement said, it will be possible to increase the budgets “ot the armed forces of Italy by & half ;blmcn lire (more than $26,000,000) at | the beginning of the 1930-31 fiscal year | and with the sum for later years to be determined. For the next year the army will re- ceive 300,000,000 lire more, the navy, 100,000,000; aviation, 80,000,000, and the Black Shirt Militia, 20,000,000 for equipping and arming. ‘The ministers estimated that the in- creased taxation would yleld also 15,- 000,000 lire more for agricultural work in the colonies, 20,000,000 for public works in Sardinia, 40,000,000 for a straight-line railroad from Bologna to Florence, 30,000,000 for rural credits and 100,000,000 lire for relief of Winter unemployment. 'LAVARRE SENTENCED TO 20 EXTRA DAYS Former Publisher, Punished on Charges of Contempt of Court, Had Appealed to Congress. By the Assoclated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., June 28—William Lavarre, former Southeastern news- paper publisher, today was sentenced by Federal’ Judge William H. Barrett to serve 20 more days in jail on charges of_criminal contempt of court. Lavarre has been in jail here since May 27 pending a decision in the case. The contempt charges were brought against Lavarre originally by Federal Judge Bascom S. Deaver of Macon, Ga., as the result of Lavarre’s failure to comply with court orders issued in connection with his litigation with Harold Hall, former associate in the operation of & chain of Georgia and South Carolina newspapers. The case was transferred to Judge Barrett's jurisdiction after Lavarre surrendered to Federal authorities in Augusta the Iatter part of May. Judge Barrett held a two-day hearing on the charges about 10 days ago, but withheld his decision until he could hand down a written opinion. Lavarre meanwhile was returned to the Rich- mond County Jail. A few days ago he sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in Washington a peti- lon asking congressional investigation of the conduct of-Judge Deaver in the Hall-Lavarre litigation. A House sub- committee is now considering Lavarre's charges against the jurist. ROCHAMBEAU STAT_UE DECORATION PLANNED Sons of Revolution in District Will Follow Annual Custom in Lafayette Square Tuesday. Following an annual custom, the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia will decorate the statue of Rochambeau in Jafayette Park at 10 o’'clock Tuesday morning. Prayer will be offered by Canon Peter of the Washington Cathedral and a wreath will be laid by Maj. Gen. John L. Clem. The chairman of the com- mittee is Dr. Marcus Benjamin of the Smithsonian Institution, who will have charge of the exercises. Maj. Edward F. Riggs, lleutenant of the color guard, will be present with the flags of the soclety. ‘The committee chosen to assist at this ceremony consists of the following: Capt. Frederick G. Pyne, U. S, N.; Rev, F. Bland Tucker, Capt. Howard McC. Yost, U. 8. A.; Maj. F. Cranville Mun- son, U. 8. A.; Alblon K. Parris, Joseph 1. Keefer, Richard W. Hynson, Edwin S. Hege, Walter E. Burnside, Capt. Robert R. Bennett, Col. Mervyn C. Buckey, U. 8. A, and ex-officlo members, Dr. Thomas Edward Green, president of the a‘:xcmy. and Dr. James R. Mood, secre- Y. $5 Autos in Scotland. my next article, uadron Leader Kingford-Smith's next and Rnal article Wil be pubTiahea o R 3 ou ow Jork o ARt resarved the New Times Co. . Used cars are reported to be selling for as low as $5 in Scotland. One owner said that his machine of ancient vintage, for which he paid that amount, could do 40 miles an hour, seemed to be free from vice and waa “by no means a bl%h.;illn." e V.. INDIAN' SOLUTION: BELIEVED NEARING Macdonald’s Conferences Seek Simon Report Changes to Satisfy Swarajists. By Radio to The Star and the Daily ‘News: ‘Copyright, ' Toso " *F® LONDON, England, June 23.—“&-‘ cussions are now taking place betwees Prime Minister Ramsay Macdchald, , leaders of the opposition and members of the Labor cabinet with & view to fa= cllitating a solution of the Indian probe lem by raising a constitutional struce ture in India which would be more sate Jsfactory for the Swarajfsts without traversing the boundaries of the Simom Teport. Nothing is definitely decided yet, but, according to reliable information, the following amendments in the Simon ree port are favored by a number of cabinet members 1. Regarding the executive council of the governor general, it is suggested that six of the nine members should be se= , lected from the party which is stro; s in the federal council. Their terfure of ofMice would depend on the length of time they enjoyed the confidence of their Dl.r?’, ‘Thus the central govern ment would really represent India. The three other members, appointed by the viceroy, would be in charge of matters reserved during the transitional period. The six Indis party members would not be called cabinet ministers at first, but “popular members.” \ ‘Would Restrict Veto, 2. The budget to be voted by the fed« cral council. The veto of the governor general would be restricted to matterg connected with the departments deale ing with matters reserved during the transition period. 3. Restriction of the veto powet of the viceroy to such cases where— outside reserved questions—the federal council conflicts with the council of state and the governor general agreeg with the latter. In these circumstances the viceroy should be empowered ta restore the expenditure by law decree, There will be no dyarthy, the executive council being the one body with a ma. jority of members responsible to the Legislature, As the time comes for the transfer of reserved subjects to the Jurisdiction of the Indians, the num- ber of popular members will be in- creased and the reserved subjects will automatically come under the power of the popular members. When all the reserved subjects are transferred. the leader of the house will ne called the prime minister and the executive cqun=- cil will beceme cabinet members with the title of ministers. This, it is belleved, would satisfy ' Gandhl's demand for “the substance of independence.” Plan Dominion Army. 4. Certain changes are also cone templated in the Indianization of the rmy. At present Indian officers are restricted to eight units. It is proe Pol that these would serve as a basis or a dominion army and British offi- cers now serving in the higher ranks would be lent until such time as Indian officers of approved merit could AIl their posts. A m"!u for training In- dian officers will established in India at once. In the Simon’report it is stated that once India is able to replace British troops by her own army the burden of military expenditure will be considere ably lightened. The new proposals pro= vide for such replacements as soon ag the Indians have made progress along the lines indicated. Meantime even the replacement of British officers by In- dians would resultin considerable save gs. These are the changes contemplated which should bridge the gulf between the British and Indian viewpoints. It is understood that a number of cabinet ministers favor these amendments, ale though there is a good deal of opposi= tion on the part’of certain ministers and opposition leaders. If this can by overcome it is probable that Mr. Mace donald will make an official announ ment on the subject within the fortnight. (Copyright, 1930.) o NEW TITLE PROPOSED * FOR KINGSFORD-SMITH Knight Master of the Air Suggest~ ed to Authorities by Former Navigator of Plane. By the Associated Press. SYDNEY, New South Wales, June 28, —Squadron Leader Charles Kingsfords Smith's father yesterday was confined to his bed from the effects of excite= ment and strain. Charles T. P. Ulm, who was Klfl- \ ford-Smith’s navigator on ghe i from Australia to Croydon, yesterday was joyous over the success of his former mate in hopping the Atlantic. He said: “Kingsford-Smith undoubtedly is the world’s premier pilot. He has cr three oceans and surely the authorities | will confer some signal honor upon him, I would suggest an entirely new title, K. M. A—Knight Master of the Alr, His personal triumphs in transocean flights are of inestimable value to the sclence of aviation. As a Britisher his achievements. have brought renown te the empire as a whole and to Australia in particul CITIES SERVICE COMPANY TO REACH PACIFIC COAS New Giant Concern Soon to Enfes California Oil Market, Do- herty Announces. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 28.—A new iant in California oil was seen yester- day in announcement by President Henry L. Doherty that the Cities Serve ice Co., bi#Mon-dollar Eastern oil mare keting corporation, will extend its s~ tivities to the Pacific Coast. Doherty, here to study California el markets, said his company plans to purchase existing facilities, but if those negotiations fail a new distributing and marketing structure will be built. “There was a time~ Doherty said, “when our organization felt there whs not and would never be any competi- tion from Oalifornia with our East4m markets, But we have seen California oil and oil products move in on us in great volume and people in the oil and gas business have been compelled to spread horizontally and vertically ‘to realize their expectations. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, this evening at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Pointner, assistant. March, '“Coronation March” “Die Folkunger”, .Kretschmer Overture, “Morning, Noon and Night,” Suppe Entr-acte— “Serenade Badine".... .Olbnel-lln' “Sweet - Mystery of Life”.....Herl Excerpts from musical comedy “The House That Jack Bullt”. Novells Characteristic, “Piccolo Pete”. . Baxter Waltz from comic opera “The Chocs olate Soldier”.......... B Finale, “Crazy Plourette". “The Star Spangled e