Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1930, Page 1

ws WEAT TR "I (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tures—Highest, 3 lowest, 73, page at 3 p.m. , at 6 am. today. New York Markets Closed Today. — e L 4 ——— The only evening paper in Washington with the ~Associated Press news service. * 103,338 111,395 Saturday’s Circulation, Sunday's Circulation, Entered as geco post office. Wa No. 31,534 nd class matter shington, D. . ‘WASHINGTON, D, C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. FF¥ (®) Means Associated Pre CENTS. TWO HORN'S OWN STORY ISCORES OVERCOME GF FINDING BODIES OF ANDREE ARGTIC AERIAL PARTY TOLD Snow Mound Found Near Walrus Hunt Yields First Trace of Missing Explorers. Searchers Meet Surprise. INACCURACY OF MAPS NOTED IN RELIEF WORK Noise of Falling Ice on White Island Described as Emphasiz- ing Depth of Silence in Land ‘Where. Explorers Slept Third of a Century. BY DR. GUNNAR HORN, Ehief of the Norweplan esploration es: Pedition that jound the bodies of Salomon August Andree and his_companions of the aeronautical polar expedition of 1897. Given exclusively to the Associated Press and the Oslo Aftenposten, this is orn's first authorized statement about the discovery of the Andree expe- dition’s last camp on White Island, | Fridtiof Nansen Land. ABOARD MOTOR SHIP BRA- TVAAG, Skjaer Island, Norway, September 1 (by wireless to the Associated Press).—The Norwegian expedition to Franz Josef’s Land (now Fridtjof Nansen Land), in the Summer of 1930 was made with the motor sealer Bratvaag of Aalesund. The skipper was Peder Eliasen. It was planned that the vessel should at the same time hunt whales, seals and ice bears. _We sailed from Aalesund on July 29 and in marvelous weather we went morthward along the coast to Tromsoe, where we arrived on the 30th of July in the morning. That cvening we con- tinued our voyage, and by the next morning we were well out at sea, past Soroya Island. ‘We made our course for Hopen, our ‘We arrived the:e o ) and Island, which is the northwesterly part of King Kpri's Land. Yoe Conditions Favorable. “Because ‘from &' hunting expedition been north earlier this year, that ice conditions ‘were un! ble, and up to now we had not seen one floating ice- ‘Therefore, we decided that en route to Franz Josef Land we could visit the islands between Spitzbergen and Franz Ju:{‘uu.whuhua ly are hard to reach. These are Stor Island, White Island | and Victoria Island. ' So we continued, and early on the morning of August 5 we glimpsed a| great island's white peak through the | 'ot ‘We discovered that the map for this region is incorrect, as this island lays about 12 miles farther to the west than on the British admiralty map, and | that the mmdone by the Worsley- Algarsson jon in 1925 is quite We first landed on the southeast side of the island, where the coast is quite bare, After that we were on the north- east side, where there is a great ex- panse of bare flat land. “Just on the beach there is a pole | that marks the spot where a depot was | established by the Italians in 1928 for Nobile and Roald Amundsen. Beside | this depot we erected a hut that we | had with us, Hut Goed for Refuge. It is good to have a hut on this God- | forsaken place in case some ill-fated expedition should seck refuge there. _ At 5 o'clock we weighed anchor and #al eastward in ice-free waters, At the outset we were followed by our old friend, fog, but it socn disappeared, and | then we caught sight of the big white peak on Whige Island. 4 This island—Giles Land, as it is also called—is known to be one of the most unapproachable islands in the whole of the Spitzbergen region, and here we ‘were going full speed toward it in ice- Sree waters. ‘We certainly were lucky, and our joy ‘was great over the possibility of being able to Jand so easily at this rarely visited place. Little did we imagine then that our visit would lead to the final explanation of one of the most | tragic and mysterious happenings in ihe history of polar exploration, We came up under a bare flat land t we knew on the southwest side of the island.! ‘White - Island’s position also is incore Tectly marked on the maps, too far east. Dangers Are Detected. It was quite still and, there was a burning sun as we came to land. Very carefully Skipper Eliasen maneuvered his vessel in through innumerable pro- jections of land. . Fortunately some | stranded icebergs showed us where | most of the dangerous projections were | located. | The skipper dropped anchor ; and mombers of the expedition went ashore. These were the botanist, Olaf Hanssen; | Continued on Page 2, Colum: MR. AND MRS. CHARLES NEWTON AND SON ROBERT. The former two were killed and the lat- ter seriously injured. TWO PROBES OPEN AS WRECK KILLS 6 Capital Couple Die, Son Hurt in Deliberate Derailing of Fast Limited. By the Assbclated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 1.—A twofold investigation went forward foday into FIREMEN'S PARADE Thousands See Pageant Con- sisting of Maryland, Vir- ginia, New Jersey, Permsyl- vania, Delaware Companies CAPITAL CONTINGENT Visitors and Wnlhington.citizenl Throng Pennsylvania Avenue, With Many Weary After Night Due to Overcrowded Housing Conditions. Scores of persons were overcome by the heat on-Pennsylvania ave- nue today while a crowd esti- mated at 75,000 was watching the annual firemen’s parade. As the parade continued for two and one-half hours the shrill sirens of scores of visiting fire trucks was silenced so that the traffic would give way for speed- ing ambulances rushing the heat victims to Emergency and Cas- ualty Hospitals. Every doctor and into service and cots even set up 1;} the corridors to take care of the victims, so fast did they come into the hospital. Besides the hos- pital ambulances many private ambulances and automobiles were carrying victims to the hospitals as the mercury mounted over 93 degrees. At 1:30 o'clock it was estimated that 60 persons had been treated. Beneath a warm September sun and before huge throngs of local resid:nts and visitors from out of town, the Cap- ital staged its most pretentious fire- men’s carnival in Labor day annals. While most of Washington's official- dom, including President Hoover and members of his cabinet, observed the holiday in other places the rank and file of the city's population remained to view the spectacular pageant of fire- flght\ng progress which moved up Penn- sylvania avenue. It was a parade after the heart the laboring man and his ily—a one calculated to stir latent emotions of those who do not work so-herd as well. Restless Night for Many. Even aching backs and heavy e lids were forgotten by those who, riving yesterday without hotel accom modations, were forced to sleep on pal lets and even billiard tables, due to the extraordinary overflow. The population of the tourist camp was increased by occupants of more 100 extra auto- of nd the derailment near here last night of | mobiles, the St. Louis-San Prancisco’s crack pas- senger train, the Texas Special, in which at least six persons were killed. St. Louis County authofities and offi- clals of the railroad, who were con- ducting separate inquiries, were con- vinced that the derailment was the work of train wreckers. The Dead. C. E. Ray, 58, Newburg, Mo., engi- neer. E. T. White, 45, Maplewood, Mo., the an. Charles Newton and wife, Isabel, ‘Washington, D. C. Unidentified white woman, about 35. Unidentified man, probably a Mexi- can, about 21. The Injured. Guy W. Willlams, 55, St. Louis, audi- tor for the Prisco, fractures of the left ankle and left knee and lacerations. Daniel Russell, 30, College Station, ‘Tex., a college professor, lacerations and bruises. Atlee Wickersham, 37, Springfield, Mo., brakeman and baggageman, lacer- ations of head and body bruises. William M. Meador, 60, conductor, Springfield, Mo., fractured left leg. J. D. Bersch, 8t. Louis, Pullman con- ductor, broken left shoulder, _Lawrence R. Johnson, passenger (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ARCTIC WINT.ER’S PERILS MAY HALT FLYERS’ HOP By the Associated Press. ‘WINNIPEG, Manitoba, September 1. —Because of the dangers accompanying Arctic Winters, officials expressed the belief here today that Maj. L. T. Bur- wash and his pilot, W. E. Gllbert, would be forced to give up their contemplated :;finfll exploration of King Willilams nd. Mai Burwash and Gilbert left Fort McMulry more than two weeks ago in a giant seaplane. They went only to Fort-Hearne, northern trading post of the Hudsen Bay Co. W. T. Brintnell, managing director of the Western Canada Airways, said: “They must come out within the next few days.” It was on King Willlams Land that Sir John Franklin and 192 companions, seeking the Northwest Passage, perished 83 years ago. M has never been ex- plored during the Summer. SEPTEMBER BRINGS WARM SPELL; RELIEF BY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED Continuation of High Temperatures Forecast for Wash- ington District Tomorrow—Humidity Is Up. September celebrated its arrival today on the crest of ‘l r::;é‘wnveo‘u':; lers e o “wt shattered all heat in Washington last month. ‘With the Weather Bureau forecasting = continuation of high temperatures tomorrow, there was no indical that rain would bring any, relief to the sec- o R R R Wl e hl:'d and Southern Pena- sylvania. g:u at 6 o'clock. It was me‘ today would see a repetif An element that may ma afternoon feel warmer’ is the 8 o'cgk this B was 82 per cent, compared per_cent at that hour yesterday. Chesapeake Bay resorts were crowded and today ke thiy slightly higher humidity that is prevailing At morning the humidity with 76 with L Heralded by their tocsins, the “smoke- eaters” from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jerse; and Delaware joined with their local hel- meted brothers in storming the Avenue from the Capitol to the Ellipse. Getting under way at the Peace Monu- ment an hour before noon, the pageant was painted with touches of pathos as well as comedy. Crowds that were wont to chuckle good-humoredly at the hysterical antics of clowning fire fighters, changed their mood to more serious and reflective vein whims. Treat for Retired Steeds. human. There were, for instance, Bar- ney, Gene and Tom, venerable sur- gines, billowing clouds of smoke and steam, were pulled madly through car- rme-m(e.rmr ited steeds. Brought from green pastures—or once-green pastures—of the Home for Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains, the veteran trio of fire horses seemed to be sensing once again the lure of the clang- ing bells and swirling smoke as they swung into line hitched to one of the steaming steel mammoths of the past, the old Metropolitan engine. The horses, retired from service six years ago with considerable ceremony, are a feature of every Labor day Mardi Gras and ‘today they seemed to receive more than their usual share of cheers and applause, Some of the older specta- tors, with a far-away look in their eyes, ! were particularly vociferous in their greeting to the equine old-timers. Contrast of Apparatus. Barney, Gene and Tom were part of a special “pageant of progress” sec- tion depicting the evolution of fire fighting from the days of the hand- drawn and manually-operated pumper to today's massive, powerful and re- splendent apparatus and including a glimpse toward the future. The aerial fire engine of tomorrow brought up the rear of the “progress” section, It was a “Spirit of St. Louls” type airplane float, with two fire axes on the hull and “No. 27 Engine Com- pany” inscribed on the ship. Near the head of the procession rode the District Commissioners, Dr. Luther B. Reichelderfer, Maj. Gen. Herbert B. | Crosby and Maj, J. C. Gotwals, and not far behind them came the sovereigns of ‘Washington's two neighboring States, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland an Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virginia. ‘The officlal contingent included Sergt. A.'J. Bargagni, marshal of the parade, accompanied by a police escort on motor cycles and the Navy Band, and Odell 8. Smith and Rudolph Jose, chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Citizens’ Committee. ‘The Commissioners and the Governors left the parade pear the end of the route to enter a :mall decorated re- viewing stand in front of the District uilding. . * Across the Avenue was a larger stand containing the judges—almost 100 of them--who sat in judgment of the rlns units with a view to awarding ving_cups_and other prizes to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) rovelaibeirin e y Cotton Mills Close. Six Bom| cotton mills nurse at Emergency was called|, vivors of the thrilling days—seemingly |- not so long ago—hen snorting, fire en- | two men. r Heat Victims BY HEAT WATCHING| AS LABOR TRIBUTE| IN COLORFUL DISPLAY|_ o LABOR DAY ON SEPTEMBER MORN. Listed The following persons were among ne! Indbel Hirt, 34, A’rlh-u;lr;n‘at ayenue, 101.;; tration to-|€ndon, Va.; Perior Holt, 23, colored, T ened tremen's parade was 1n|12-3 Florida avenue; Miiford Roberts, 27, fireman, of No. 3 Engine Co., of 518 T street northeast, and Mrs. Mary Shel- | ton, 26, 624 H street. 8. Beatrice Dorsey, 20, colored, 346 E Randolph Bridge, 15 years old, of |street southwest; Susie Watts, colored, Middleburg, Va. 19, of 2214 Flagler place; Bella Harrison, Mildred Russell, 16, of 612 Ninth| 10, of 625 N street; Eunice Cowles, 44, street southwest; Thelma Aphey, 16, of | of 815 Massachusetts avenue northeast; Flushing, Ohlo; Henry Mazurski, 32,| Adelaide Stewart, 14, colored, 435 4460 Minnesota avenue southeast; Mil- | Rhode Island avenue; Viola Crump, 13, dred Bremerman, 15, of 1310 Emerson |of 619 Rock Creek Church road; Mary street northeast; Mrs. Anne Staples, 23, | Gittings, colored, 12, of 615 Pirst street; of 1302 Monroe street; Mrs, Neilman | Peter Gregory, colored, 64, of 931 Flor- Shank, 30, of 1416 Cameron street,| ida avenue: Helen West, 14, of 424 Til- Alexandria, Va.; Sarah P. Clark, 13,|Jey avenue, Ballston, Va.; Florence Togress: Margsy.t Sutton, 28 years old, and Mary, §#tz, 24 years old, both of Marcus Hook, P: jwu-d colored, of 420 Duncan street; Jean- nette Butler, colored, 21, 630 B street southeast; Susie Smith, 15, of 435 Hume avenue, Potomac, Va.; Raymond Win- chester, 14, of 512 Rittenhouse street; Louise Taylor, colored, 20, of 203 O street; Eleanor Gordon, colored, 16, of 911 Twenty-Fifth street; Gladys Jones, 16, of 1311 Irving street; Anabella Bris- toe, colored, 40, 1 Naylor court; May- belle Cumbie, 25, Roanoke, Va.; Mildred Dellgattl, Fairmount, W. Gant, 12, colored, 618 Twelfth stre southeast; W. S. Stewart, 12, of 225 northeast wl&l avenue : Mrs. Grubb, 36, of Edmonston, Md.; Alice Hight, colored, 19. of 2052 E street: Samuel D. Myers, 50, member of Royal, No. 14, Engine Company, of Harris- burg, Pa. Winfred Sylvester, 21 years old, of 1320 Kenyon street; Louis Butler, 12 years, of 4149 Nebraska avenue; Evan- geline Green, colored, 12 years old, of 929 French street; Ruth McManus, col- ored, 12, 1438 F street; Mrs. Samuel 8. Wright, 32, 914 Twenty-second street; John Artist, colored, 15, 1632 P street; Ann Johnson, 26, 1017 K street; Mrs. Nellie Jones, 28, Linwood, Pa. 615,000 THEFT LAD 70 DAY WORKERS Pair Toss Driver $100 Bill and Warn Him to Keep Mouth Shut. ‘Tossing a $100 bill to a driver and cautioning him to keep his mouth as the kaleldoscopic review changed its | shut, two men, said to be employes of the Southern Dairies; Inc., escaped last night after they are declared to have Everybody admires a hero, and not | taken approximately $15,000 from the all of the heroes in today's parade were | company's office safe at the plant, First and M streets northeast. Police were searching today for the Detectives were told by William J. streets by powerful, spir- | Whalen, a driver for the company, that the two men came to the company's office last night shortly after 10 o'clock and told the night watchman they wanted to get some of their personal belongings. Both men, he sald, ap- peared to have been drinking. They were admitted by the watch- man, he told police, and went directly to the office in which the safe is kept. Some 15 minutes later they came out and started away. According to Whalen, one of the men him & 100-dollar bill as the other cautioned him: “If you gpen your mouth, I'll get you.” They drove off in an automobile. Headquarters Detectives L. M. Wil son and Thomas Nally went to their homes this morning, but were told that the men had not been there last night. Officials of the company refused to discuss the robbery with newspaper men, but told police that the money stolen represented collections for Sat- urday and Sunday. One of the men sought, they said, knew the combina- tion to the safe. Whalen went out with detectives to patrol the city in search of the two suspects. ALASKAN TOWN FLOODED Secretary Wilbur's Wife and Son Forced to Go Aboard Boat.. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, September 1 (A).—Bulldings in the business district here were flooded today and many fam- ilies were forced to evacuate their homes as the Shena River swept over the east- ern and western ends of the city. At Nenana, west of here, residents were re- ported moving aboard the river steamer Alaska. Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, wife of the Secretary of the Interior; Ray Lyman ‘Wilbur, jr, and E. K. Burlew, Interior Department official, and his son. ar- rived here from McKinley National Park after being forced to transfer from a gas car to a ferry because of damage to a bridge near here. HAS 30,000-ACRE AIRPORT PICKETWIRE, Colo, September 1 (). —Pigketwire on Purgatory River claims 1,000 acres of airport for each resident—30 in number. t landed at ransport planes r 1 (#).—With| Picketwire in the course of a week and the town of 12 houses went completely bay today the number of work-| ajrminded. Bom| ers involved has risen to about 60,000 ‘Twenty-four mills now are idle. tion pllots Programs on Page B-16 Hinmine” ‘The cow waddies laid out a circle and erected a windsock as an invita- to to land on any of the semi-desert surrounding |3 ¢ Snow and Freezing Weather Reported In Montana Towns By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont. September 1. —A minimum temperature of two degrees below freezing recorded at Cut Bank marked the fading out of August in Montana. A light snow fell in the vicinity of Helena, where a temperature of 39 degrees was recorded. SOVIET GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES DIRIGIBLE |Moscow Residents Astonished at First Flight of Airship Over City. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 1.—The Soviet government launched a dirigible bal- loon of its own today, the first ever built in Russia. Its completion was timed with preparations for receiving the Graf Zeppelin here shortly. ‘The airship, which really is a blimp with a capacity of 2,500 cubic meters, cruised over Moscow to the astonish- ment of many thousand people who never before had seen a similar craft. It flew over the Kremlin and head- quarters of various government man- agement committees. clusively as a training ship. MAN OVERTURNS TWICE SPEEDING TO HOSPITAL He Escapes Further Harm in Third Accident. | - Overturning three times yesterday, twice as he was being rushed to the hospital as the result of his first ex- perience, falled to provide any serious injuries for Louis Cooper, colored helper at Alban Towers Garage, 3700 Massa- chusetts avenue, and today he is pre- paring to leave Emergency suffering -| from only a brush burn on the upper and lower part of his left leg. Md., after a trip in his brother’s car to Southern Maryland. At a turn the car left the road, and Louis was found a few: minutes r under the demol- ished automobile. A private car rushed him to Washington at a high rate of lR:ed, it being the belief of the driver that the colored man might be seriously injured. After a few miles, the car ran off the road, completing two revolutions before Louls again was buried beneath the machine. The other occupants were uninjured. Another car picked Louls up, and this time the trip to the hospital was uneven! ‘No 5:30 Star Today ' On account of the holiday no 5:30 or sports final edi- tion of The Star will be issued today. The new dirigible will be used ex- | Injured Slightly as Car Capsizes, | Louls was returning from Waldorf, | FIND SUNKEN SHIP WITH 55,000,000 Divers Locate Treasure Ves- sel After Long Search Off French Cape. . BY DAVID SCOTT. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ABOARD SALVAGE SHIP AR- TIGLIO, OFF CAPE FINISTERRE, France, September 1.—Lying on gray sand 400 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic the wreck of the Penin- sular & Oriental liner Egypt, with $5,000,000 of gold and silver in her hull, was identified today by Italian divers. A waving jungle of seaweed blurred the outlines of the sunken treasure ship and a cloak of brown vegetation covered the hull; the external fittings were gone and & tangle of splintered wood and broken cables covered the decks. After days of undersea search, however, there could be no doubt that the wreck on the ocean floor was the liner which sank in a collision in 1922, carrying 5 tons of gold and 45 tons of silver with it. Hunted for Six Months. After six months of hgart-breaking search one of the richest wrecks of modern times has been found, and the first stage has been completed of the most difficult piece of marine salvage ever attempted. The sunken vessel is standing keel upright among scattered rocks at lattitude 48 degrees 7 minutes N., 5 degrees 30 minutes W., about 25 miles southwest of the Island of Ushant and 30 miles off Point du Raz. ‘The wreck is lying 1 mile from the point fixed by the Swedish captain, Hedbach, who searched for it in 1916. It is almost impossible to see on the bottom, perhaps because the strong tides of the last few days had troubled the waters. At first the divers could not tell whether they were seeing the fore or after part of the ship. In the end it was seven hydraulic cranes, a type which the Egypt carried, but which are no longer used on ships, which gave up the ocean’s secret. The divers saw the cranes several times and also watertanks, insulators and sky- lights which correspond to those on the Egypt's plans. It was a week ago that the wreck was first located, but not until today were the divers certain it was the Egypt. The first descent was made by Alberto Bargellini, youngest of the Artiglio’s divers, after a night of thick fog, with the foghorns moaning incessantly on a gray green ocean. Diver Descends in Haste. ‘When the salvage ship arrived at the buoys the tide was slack and there was no time to lose. In less than half an hour the ship was moored and Signor Bargellini_plunged 400 feet to the ocean floor in his steel shell. On deck his mates crowded around the telephone and watched anxiously as (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) MISSIONARY STAYS IN BESIEGED CITY Lone American Refuses to Leave as Foreigners Flee Chang- sha Attack. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, September 1.—A lone American missionary, Allen Cameron, remained in Changsha today after all other foreigners had left the city in the face of a threatened Communist attack. Cameron, a member of the Faith Mission, declined to leave the city. All other Americans were taken aboard the United States gunboat Palos, and the gunboats of other nations received their respective nationals. Wireless advices said the situation re- mained uncertain, with machine gun and cannon fire going on outside the walls and & Communist army deployed about the e”v“!. ‘The arrival of additional government troops was reported, making the total defense force im the Hunan capital about 15,000, Due to the defense forces, a Red attack was con- though the Joyaity of many povermment en soldiers was regarded as questionable. Military authorities thought, 3 the Reds might feint an attack to con- ceal other tions. Other Red groups, mean COSTE, BOUND FOR U. S, SPEEDS PAST IRELAND ON FLIGHT FROM PARIS French Ace, Who Set Distance Record, Starts Second Attempt at Non-Stop Hop to America ROUTE LIES OVER SHIP LANES : AS HE FLIES HIGH AND SWIFTLY Due in New York at Sundown Tomor- row, He Would Be First to Make Unbroken Flight to City. he Associated Press. p ™7 “VALENTIA, Irish Free State, September 1.—The French transat- lantic airplane, the Question Mark, at 4 p.m. Greenwich time (11 -.m: Eastern standard time) today sent the following wireless message: “Off Loophead. Left Irish coast 3 p.m., Greenwich meridian time. The plane was seen by civic guards at Limerick a few minutes be- fore, when it was flying high and fast and heading for the Coast of Galway. Lhynerlck is about 560 miles by air from Le Bourget Air Field. Coste’s new Hispano-Suiza motor was doing an average speed better than a hundred miles an hour for most of his trip, despite the load of gasoline in his plane. he“’l""heo lQu‘e)st.igon Mark was flpying very high. Visibility was excellent at the time. The civic guards ottvgei:;ord, a city further east, ted sighting Coste’s airplane at 2:45 p.m. ae Wate%fordgis roughly 490 miles by air from Le Bourget Field, and lies on the northern circle route Coste said he expected to !truuw.? LE BOURGET, France, September 1 (#.—Capt. Dieudonne Coste, one of the greatest of French airmen, took off at 10:54 a.m. French Summer time (4:54 am. Eastel:n Standard time) today on a flight he Atlantic to New York. X ‘cm.:scgo;npanymg him in his plane, the Question Mark, which already holds the world long-distance record for sustained fluhs, was Maurice Bellonte, co—plk;’ts and mechanic and friend and com= ion of other famous flights. 2 P The take-off was one of the best in Coste’s long career. Althnug heavily loaded with gasoline, the plane left the ground with y a bump. 3 tart was considerably delayed because of weather condi= tlon:he’rfie flye‘gs were up at dawn and would have started then but for a veering of the wind to the north. The wind brought clouds and haze. M. Codos, a flying companion of commercial flying days, went up and surveyed part of the route to Cherbourg. He returned and forecast an improve- ment soon. Aftef a conference with weather officials Coste changed his departure time until noon, but with further improvement in the weather, took Due at Sundown Tomorrow. There lay ahead of him a trip in excess of 3,700 miles, which he shoyld traverse at an average of 100 ‘miles an hour. This would put him in New York about sundown Tuesday. Should he succeed in his flight he will be the first East-West transatlantic fiyer to land in New York without a prior stop. flight were accomplished in . perfeet fashion. History of Westward Flights. The North Atlantic has been crossed -stop flight only In Jul:;‘ wx:; Oungn Charles Kingsford-Smith an t-hmk‘ “n-nh: He charted his route as over South- | el 5:""‘ nnll:d n:d kxxitungu .;;d nce over the great circle. - pected to have & wind behind him dur- ing the first part of his journey. Last year when attempting the same feat he finally had to turn back when he encountered what he called a “wall of wind.” Coste got the big red plane into the air after a comparatively short run of 800 meters, The plane weighed seven tons, five of which was gas, enough, he said, to carry him 5,000 miles in favor- able weather. He said he expected to reach New York in 35 hours although well able to stay up over 50 hours, as he did last year when establishing the world long distance record by flying from France to Tsitsihar, Manchuria. The plane reached the end of the fleld at an altitude of 100 feet. Coste put its nose northward first and soon disappeared. His last gesture was fo wave at his wife. She continued waving foy several minutes after he was out of_sight. The plane, with a “?” on its side, is a Breguet which Coste has flown for years. It is a sesqui-plane, with a single Hispano Suiza motor. ‘Wife Is Pale at Parting. Capt. Coste, just before getting into his plane to take off, posed for photo~ graphs, shook hands with several friends and fondly kissed his wife good-bye. She appeared under deep emotion and her face was very pale as she patted her husband’s shoulder and wished him luck. On her white hat was a big red question mark. Coste got into his plane, and rising in its cockpit said in French to the few hundred people assembled around him: “Thank you for coming. We hope all will go well and we hope to have better weather at the finish than at the start.” Codos”_escorted Coste another plane. Returning to Le Bourget at 11:35 a.m., he said the aviator waved good-bye 10 miles north of Le Bourget and signaled that all was well. Codos sald that the first few miles of the Roosevelt Field, Long Island, fo Bourget. i ing their chances of success slim, turned back to safety. A 'similar flight o’ last Summer which ended disastrously was that of the Marshal Pllsudski, bearing the two Polish aces Idzik and Kubala, which eracked up in the Azores. Idal~ kowski was ed and Kubala was badly injured. 2 Ten lives have been lost in attempted east-to-west crossings. COSTE’S CAREER SPARKLES. Daring French Ace Holds Many Records for Flying. 2 By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 1.—Capt. Dieu~ donne Coste y attempted the most difficult feat of his 19 years of lllhou%h in those years he through the World War, accounted for five gnemy planes and seven and emerg Wwith international fi for his heroism. ‘Today the Frenchman, flying since he was 17, took off in an effort to master the air route of the Atlantic, down which 10 others have flown never : return. Only two planes have ated the route 'lll:flplmll success. His ambition fired by the crossing of the English Channel by Louls Bleriot . (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) COSTE BELIEVES HE WILL SUCCEED, AS WEATHER, FOE IN 1929, AIDS HIM The following dispatch from Capt. Diendonne Coste was recelved Jjust be- fore his departure from Paris. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, September 1.—We are start- ing out this morning, Bellonte and I, to try to fly the Atlantic from East to West. It is our second attempt, and in that we have been lucky, for we are almost the only ones of those who have started from this side who have been permitted to have a second chance. Last year, in July, we were forced back when we were north of the Azores by head winds which reduced our flying speed so much that we could not hope to cover the whole course with our fuel supply. We made that flight long enough to cover the whole distance if we had had fair weather. This time we are promised that we will have fair weather almost the whole way, per- haps all of it, and we have, too, a more | I powerful Hispano engine and a larger fuel supply. Por us the most nervous moment will be when we take-off from Le Bourget. We have tested our and have the most complete confidence in its capac- itles. It is & wonderful machine. We have worked on it for months and are ly confident that it will lift its o the Atlantic, along the steamer most of the time. We intend to high and plan to have reached a siderable height when we start the ocean. Probably we will not be sighted at all until we are in touch with the American coast. - However, we hope we will be in constant communication by_wireless. : We hope to reach New York within 45 hours from the time we take off, but our flying time, of course, will on wind resistance. H &si .giiifi i i B 4