New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD wuo) ‘pI0JIICH “pdaQ IPY qr] ATS WINIUUO) SACCO AND VANZETTI LOSE BATTLE IN MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT, BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, BISHOP SANCTIONS | NEW POLISH PARISH‘ { Favorable Report to Be Made to Holy Trinity Assn COUNSEL SAYS RADICAL IS INSANE ‘ot Will Go to Death Tues- day Unless 11th Hour Appeal to United States Highest Court Succeeds. Preparations Made for “World-Wide” Protest on Day of Execution of the | Two Anarchists — De- cision Made at 9 Today. Boston, Aug. 19 (A—The full bench of the Massachusetts supreme court today overruled the exceptions by Sacco-Vanzetti defense counsel to decision by Justice George A. | Sanderson of that court and by { Judge Webster Thayer of the su- perior court and refuse to grant a writ of error. The decision was announced just after 9 a. m. by the supreme court recorder, with whom the justices filed it yesterday. The decision upheld the ruling of Judge Thayer that the motion for a new trial came too late because | sentence had been pronounced. either the judge nor any of his associates had jurisdiction,” the de- | cision said, to entertain the motion for a revocation of sentence. With regard to the petition for a writ of error the decision says: “The wording of the statute is clear and must be construed as meaning that the issuance of a writ of error in a capital case rests in the sound judicial discretion of the | single justice to whom the applica- tion is presented,” and that “the pe- tition was rightly denied.” ‘Writ of Error Dismissed. The petition for a writ of error submitted to the full bench was dis- missed bocause “a writ of error coram nobis at common law has b come obsolete in view of the expre: purpose of the legislature as manl- fested by the statute.” The exceptions were to the refus- | sl of Justice Sanderson to grant a rit of error and to the refusal by Judge Thayer of a new trial, & re- | vocation of sentence and a stay of | execution. Arguments on these ex- | ceptions were made last Tuesday | hefore four justices of the supreme | court sitting as the full bench and | at the conclusion defense counsel | filed a petition for a writ of error | direct with the full bench. The court had querled Arthur D. Hill detense counsel, as to why this pro cedure had not been followed in the first place. | Arguments for the state Twere made by Attorney General Arthur K. Reading. The four justices were Henry K. Rraley, who presided in view of the illness of Chief Justice Arthur P.| Rugg: Edward P. Pierce, James B. Carroll and William E. Wait. Based on Prejudice. | These legal steps by counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zett] whose respite from execution for murder expires at midnight on | August 22 were based chiefly on a allegations of prejudice on the part of Judge Thaver who presided | at the trial and whose previous re- | fusal to grant a new trial was up- held by the Massachusetts supreme | court last April. “The defendants, Sacco and Van- | tti, who were indicted, tried and convicted of murder in the first | degres, alloged exceptions to rulings | at the trial, as well as to the de- | nials of numerous motions for a new trial, on various grounds, and the rulings of law thereon, which were overruled, and a rescript was | sent accordingly on May 19, 1926. “The defendants, on May 25, 1926, | filed a motion in the trial courts for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence, ~which | was denied subject to the exceptions | of the defendants, duly entered and argued in this court. On April 5, | 1927 these exceptions were over- | ruled. | “The argument for the defend-| ants was full and exhaustive cover- | ing every error claimed to have | been committed either at the trial ; or any subsequent proceeding, and it was decided as a matter of law there was evidence which would warrant a jury in finding the de- fendants guilty. On April 8, 1927 sentence of death was imposed in accordance with G. T. C. 35 V 2. the defendants were delivered to the sheriff fn execution of their sentence and application for clemency was mad eunder the provisions of Chap. . 1, Article 8, constitution of the commonwealth. The applic having been denied. the defendants on Aug. 6, 1027, filed a motion for a new frial on grounds of mewly dis- covered evidence and for revocation | of The hearing of the motion the trial judge refused not only to rulc as requested by the de- fendants, but denied the motions, | and the defendants excepted, raising the ques pted by the rec- ord in the cases at bar. fons pres fivst of the Motion Too Late “Tt is contended tt in support of the motions show s prejudice against them by the siding judge at the trial on (Continued on Puge Ten) ilar grating in an alley on the |side of the saloon. | Short. ‘rhants who dare | police. | Italians Saturday |they are awaiting deporta | cent in the retail CRUCIAL FIGHT FAILS IN BAY STATE S BARTOLOMEO VANZETTI Boston, (UP)—The 10 steps already hour fight to save Sacco and Vanzetti from the chair were as follows:— | 1. 2. Filed motion for new trial in Appealed to (Denied). 3. corpus and writ of error. 5 6 executlon. (Denied) 7.—Sought Justice Sanderson’s approval of an appeal to the full bench of the state supreme court from his decision denying a writ of error. (Granted). 8.—Petitioned Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the U. 8. superior court (Denied.) 9.—Sought Judge Thayer's approval of an appeal to the full bench (Granted). 10.—Appealed to the state supreme court on exceptions from Justice Sanderson’s denial of a writ of error, and Judge Thayer's denial of a new revocation of sentence and stay of execution. for a writ of habeas corpus. from his three adverse rulings. trial, ruled). Chief Justice Walter Perley Hall of the state superior court to have a judge other than Judge Thayer hear motion for new trial —Petitioned governor for another respite. 4.—Petitioned Supreme Court Justice Sanderson for a ¥rit of habeas (Denied). Appealed to Judge Thayer for new trial. Appealed to Judge Thayer for revocation of sentence and stay of COMMITTEE REPORT READY| Delegation Which Interviewed Head of Catholic Diocese Received In- formation Project For Church is Approved. { | Members of, the Holy Trinity as- | sociation will meet tonight to re- lcsne the report of a committee set- ting forth that Bishop John J. Nilan | |of Hartford diocese considers in a | | favorable light their movement to | establish a new parish here. | The committee was appointed | several months ago and has had | numerous conferences at the Epis | copal residence in Hartford, but has made no previous announcements to indicate what attitude the diocesan head took toward the movement, This was by agreement with the | bishop who has now sunctioned a | report to those who will be parish- |ioners in the new congregation. | The failure of the committes to | | report speedily caused a rift among | sponsors of the new parish idea sev- | eral weeks ago, but this difficult; | has been cleared up and both fac- | tions are now united. wwhile NIGOTA SAGGO me on Farmington has been purchased. ! taken by the defense in the lllh‘ Tonight's report which Is the first | definite sanction is expected to lend momentum to the movement and make for speedy erection of the | church, leaders say. A feeling among the members of the Sacred Heart parish that the accommodations of that church | have been overtaxed by reason of the rapid growth of the northwest- ern section of the c¢ partly | responsible for the new church plan. It is also the desire of sponsors of this movement to install mor modern notions of social life am the Polish Catholics, one of which { would be the sanctioning of danc- ing by men with women. tI is their feeling that the rules of the Sacre Heart church are too rigid in th: {respect and this complaint was made to Bishop Nilan at the open- ing conference. Suffolk superior court. (Denied). (Granted). (Denied). 9 THROWN FROM BEDS: WHEN BOMB EXPLODES Owner of Building Had Caused Arrest of Italian Gangsters Philadelphia, Aug. 13 (& — A saloon was wrecked in North Rhil- | adelphia early today by a bomb | which police believe was planted by members of a blackhand gang. ne was injured. Immediately after the explosion, which shattered windows through- out the block, two men ran from the building, fired two shots at two youths standing about 50 feet away, and escaped in a taxica~. The bomb was placed No ra cel- north The saloon was The homb exploded a from the home of James The bla turncd and wrecked furnitu 1l shattered all windows. Short, his wi and Mrs. Short's mother, Mrs. Mar- caret Blount, $3, lifted from their beds in second floor rooms into wreckage of furniture and window lass. All were stunned, but d clined hospital treatms James Tracey, owner unoccupied. few fec and five childven, Ve £ the saloon |told police that a group “The Tioga Blackhander: the bomb. Trac At gang has been operat |extorting money from aot Ttalian mer- complain to Tracey caused the arrest of five by charging that they demanded a sum of money from a neighborhood cob lice held two of the five on charg on carrying concealed weapons and three were sent to the immigration | station at Gloucester, N. J., ion. where FOOD PRICE Washington, Aug. monthly index of t lobar, issued tod cline of DROP 19.—(P-—The de revealed a de- three per of food be- and July 15 of this cost |tween June Sacco Case Booms Insurance by More Than 300 Million Hartford, Conn., Aug. 19.— (UP)—Since the Sacco-Vanzetti case reached a crucial stage, riot, civil commotion and explosion in- surance totalling $30 has been written M 2tts, according a made public here today. Individual policies included one for $25,000,000 on a Boston department store, one for $1 000,000 on a South Boston fac- tory, and one for $325,000 on a Boston church It ported near Boston had pl 000 such insurance buildings. Most of the insurance had been written in Boston, Worcester, and Fall River, it was sald. 000,000 chu- report in to was that a city od $1,000,- on its public partment of | Mother Has Hopes Her Boy Aviator Will Return (Exceptions over- Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 19 (P— ‘Hour! of waiting tod ad not |dimmed the confide of Mrs. Golden Eagle plane of the Hawaiian s Will Go to See Brother‘ “My boy will turn up safe and {Just a year ago this CROWD OF SISTER UF A | sarah Stewart Scott, mother of Gor- | {don Scott, navigator of the missing alr race, that her son's ability as a navigator would carry him through. | g |sound—I just know it said Mrs. in Death House |Scott as she fought as: Immedlately | same mother waited in suspen: |it was in August of last year that New Yor 0 | her son, then navigator of the 40- 200 s el Mot by Y | foot vacht Jubiloi race was lost at | ympathizers, Miss Luigia Van-|gea for seven day: on turned |zetti arrived today from Italy on the |up then,” s smiling, Aavitania to make a final plea fn | “and be will o it agai on is person on behal? of her brother, "*v_“a";a!o‘r. We :;n?mi” ‘r:k:n\rl [x;r;o!cmeo Vanzelilin ol sfaciica” (WhatTasina nisned ftodeley thcm) uled to be executed with ay be s chooner with Sacco at Charlestown prison, Masy. |T2di0 apparatus has picked them next week. up It was e t e Miss Vanzstti would be delayeq | TORONTO IN SACCO an hour Lefore landing, owing to| Toronto, Ont., Aug. 19.—(P—Aft- customs inspections and other for- | ¥ 2 Speech by Miss Emma Goldman, malities. |2 mass meeting in the labor temp As the big Cunarder nosed into itg | 125t night passed a resolution of pro- pler Sacco's wife, Rose, arrived with | test at the failure to grant Sacco Mrs. Jessica Henderson, treasurer of | 2hd Vanzetti a new trial, the Citizens’ National Sacco-Vanzet. | Miss Goldman declared the truth ti committee, and Aldino Felicani, | Of the case was that Sacco and Van- treasurer of the Boston Sacco-Van- |Zetti, ause of their devotion to zetti defenso committee. They had | thEir class, are thought to threaten motored from Boston, arriving here | the ruling class more than the Je: at 3 o'clock this morning. 1t was|fersons and Patrick Henrys e lanned that Miss Vanzetti would | threatened the English crown. ve for Boston immediately by au- | PROTEST AUGUST 19, 1927. —TWEN TY-FOUR PAGES Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg Aug, 6th 14,056 PRICE THREE CENTS VAST OCEAN GIVES NO CLUE TO FATE OF FLIERS; HALF A HUNDRED NAVY SHIPS SEARCHING VAINLY FOR LOST SCHOOL TEAGHER AND FOUR AVIATORS 2~ TRUMBULL DECLINES T0 PROBE GAS PRICE Says He Lacks Authority to Investigate Costs in State Governor John H. Trumbull has addressed a letter to Mayor Gardner C. Weld of this city, stating that gasoline prices could be not made a matter of state regulation except by special act of the legislature, The communication is in reply to a recent communication received from Mayor Weld asking that the governor conduct a state wide vestigation of prices. Governor Trumb opinion that, while tive could not regulate prices, federal government court. He said, however, that he was opposed federal regulation of prices. “I do not agree that the governor would be exceeding his powers in conducting a state investigation,” said Ralph H. Benson, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and n of the mayor's committ, id that while Gover- undoubtedly knews whereof he speaks, it does not seem as though to interfere with an investigation of price: ation iy all we e said do not ask the nor to mpt to regu simply to conduct an inv gation Aid. (.mnnur rumbull in an inter- w is reported to hay id: “I ainly feel that gasoline prices should be the same as in neigh- tates after allowance has n made for our tax. There seems > no good reason why Connecti- i) ould be discriminated agalnst as she apparently has been.” Arthur Fifoot, secretary of the Hartford Automobile club stated to- v that while he did not know the powers of the governor were he did not think the latter had the power to create a to i ate with of I sislature. i Automobile club has completed a stat of gas prices the state execu- Y gove atte pric ti The report will be submitted at a meeting of the board | of governors within a week, at which time some action will be re-! quested. Blast Wrecks Bridge Of Pennsylvania R. R. burgh, P Aus. —Tracks of the ad on t bridge K w charge, appare over Chartiers y of nitro-glycer- ne, which was set oft early today T tween Washington and arnegie was tied up for several hours. After § a. m. o to proceed at low s Much of the mines in that vicini that route. Several homes occupied by negro m in West beth ra wrecked by explosions early oday. v is hauled over THREE FISHERMEN DROWN, ¥ A 19 (UP)—Three fish- rmen perished today when a water- spout overturned their smack. tomobile with Mrs. Sacco, Mrs. Hen- | |@erson and Felicani. When Mrs. Sacco was informed of |the latest decision of the Massachu- setts supreme court, denying a new trial to the condemned men, it was d she remarked that that was ust what she had been expecting. Mrs. Sacco Won't Pose Sacco refused to pose for aphs before the lined docked sed she would do so when Miss Vanzetti landed Among the delegation which met | | Miss Vanzetti were Ruth Hale, prom- | inent fizure in the activities on be- half of the two radicals and wife of Heywood Broun; Dorothy Parker, poet, Adolph Wolf, sculptor, and | Carlo Tresca, editor of an Italian newspaper. No banr Shellmound, Tenn., Aug. 19 (P— A granite walled ca ¢ i stronghold of freebooters, housed | in its uncharted answer to the fate Ashley, goologist | ground explore who within its deep rece morning. Nick-a-Jack of Chattanoo 14 | man that possibly had rs of the sort in evidence | wonders more widely thar at the recent Sacco-Vanzetti muss |person. Ashley, ever |meetings were carried by members | its mar held the cavern |of the delegation. The crowds were |er regard than Mammoth cave. orderly but police officials had as seventh party of explorers fook |signed 25 patrolmen and a squad of | up the search for the missin | detectives to guard the pler. gist last night when the sixth | Commenting on the Mas © weary, bleary-eyed seckers {supreme court's action today, exhausted out of its murky e {€aid he had never cherished the ince after a futile S-hour tramp Jiihacitiebul EhSnchSvo id through the mysterious windin, the decision. slow. painstaking journey thre Plan “Death Watch” n subterrancan pa York, Aug. 19 (R—The evealed no trace of the mis |cialist party, when apprised of the |und only a cryptic sign, of the Massachusetts su- jg5" scrawled on rock far court in the Sacco-Vanzetti!in, which fricnds believed announced today it would g0 merely a guide marker 1 with plans for a “death wateh | yshley or the lives of two innocent men" Ash 0 be held in the Community church |intended penetrating deep on the night of the scheduled execu- ve for further investigations, tion. ered the cavern with only a few Former Assemblyman sandwiches and a small quantity of Claessens, seere arbine tor his lun | party, searchers concluc |the hours They d a faint | ties, ilope t it he caped & watery grave in the clear river run- gio disappe s8¢ Mo cave, miles fast lau any other by six of New 0- decision | preme | case |ahes | hat he into the advising ¥ August tary of the socialist a statement attacking Massachusetts judicial authori- and called upon the “common {people of the country” to flood | |Governor Fuller with telegrams and | ning to unknown avenues, he may even President Coolidge in an ef- be wandering alive within the im- fort to procure pardon for the con- |penetrable darkness. Others fear he |may have met the Collins, in being | both of which | issue consumed | (Continued on Page 21) imprisoned by a, | side | tain fate of Floyd || [Fear Geologist Locked In Dark Cave Tomb As Was Floyd Collins rock slide and held sub- beyond their reach. ng here to- helpless in a wwern Ap day s crystal ask the possibl the -Jag for state militia to to and in Nick-a governor for state cue work. ated at the mountain near and St. llmound, ssist of wille, Chatta ailroad depot ir Chattanoog of the secret re: who inf main ent r and mouth thout 30 yards wide. th and e-hooters he rive t the cave is is arched w rystal ¢ to the of the stream and > explored in ifs innermost re- only in a small boat. Just how i the cave the moun- ascertained. ar, flow penetrates has never been THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday: little change in temperature, F HIGH TID] (August 20—Daylight Time) New London 3:38 a.m., 4:31 p.m New Haven 5:31a.m., 6:36 p.m. I * the | to | there could be anything | commission | ut a special act | just | ewide investigation | 190 (UR)/ Pennsylvania rail- | re thrown out of line by a.‘ trains were | coal from non-union | of |7 1t| the | is about 15 feet. | dually con- | S BOARD RESENTFUL OF COUNCIL ORDER But Public Works Commission Changes Conduit Contract AWARD T0 SUZIO CONCERN | Crowe Willing to Stick by Guns and City Engineer Willlams Voices Mild Skepticism and Still Favors New York Contractor. The board of public works at & speclal meeting this morning voted to award subway contracts to Peter | Suzio and Staff of this city, mean- | common council's refusal to approve a recommendation that the G. M. Gest Co. of New York be hired to | do the work. At Wednesday nigh | the council without a dissenting vote registered its disapproval of the | | board’s action in selecting an out of | town contractor when a local bidder | submitted a lower figure. At the re- meeting, | council voted to authorize a contract | with the Suzio concern in the event | the board so desired. This was done lto expedite the job for completion | before the winter weather added | new complication: t The decision to accept Suzio's bid was made on motion of Commission- er John Anderson, seconded by Com- missioner John A. Moore, after | commissioner Thomas W. Crowe | had moved to reconsider the original | |action. | Chairman Reginald Towers favor- |ed engaging Suzio since the council | will not approve Gest and the work | must be done without delay. “Polite Order” From Council Commissioner Moore chara ed the council action as order to give Suzio the job” and he ou riz. | acquiesced on that 2 Commissioner Crowe, who made the motion to enter into contract ith Gest, said he did o to uphold the city engineer, whose opinion it is that Gost is the proper contractor. It it is still opinion of Engincer i Williams that the work should be |done by the New York concern Crowe expressed willingness to stand | by the original choice. “The engineer and the chairman riticism,” Crowe declared, “and for |our part we can sit back and let ‘kid’ as much as they want to, 1 teel we should Willlams Expresses Views Asked for his views on the ques- n, Engineer Willlams said: Theoratically the contractor's bend nd our inspections work. But vou'll get what you pay | for, no more, and perhaps not that. The work must be done and if the |common council wants it done this way then they must take the grief. There will be about 1,000 fect open at a time and no inspector can see | everything.” | Commissioner John ! | | (Continued on Page 17) | officials | | PROBE SMUGGLING Canadian and lot its investigation cross the international border, the adian stoms commission sit in Washington this month. Th commission, headed by Chiet Justica |J. T. Brown, of Saskatchewan, will begin about A t 29 a conferenc with officials and re- ceive from them as to h might be ta. to pre- smuggling of liquor from a to the United At the ime the smuggl general handise from the United into Canada will be gone i This conference will nary to a reopen between the L. Fagan American Customs Join to End Taking Liquor Into the States. 19 (P~ part into smuggling h¢ be prelimi- tiations for a re- ainst into some years ada agreed to notify uthorities of the aden ves: to cou sion smt § ago whe United aranc Canadian tiguous to the United States and lalso consented to the twelve-mile limit of ocean search. JEWISH IN nstantinople, i ies PROTEST. Aug. 19 (A—The Turkish authorities were faced to- day with the first grave minority in- 1ce the inauguration of the | ic when thousands of Jews following the hearse of a Jewish girl murdered by a Turk staged a tic demonstration, blocking c for hours and repulsing the attempts of the Turkish police to es- tablish order Scores of manifestants were ar- rested. The governor and chief of police are carrying on an investiga- tion, while the entire Jewish colony is agitated. while expressing displeasure at the | quest of members of the board the | “a polite | re the ones who must take all the | (CONTRAGT IS AWARDED | guarantee the | is to | 'MIL’ DORAN'S HOME TOWN PRAYS FOR HER Flint Receives False Re-| ports Only to Have De- nials Crush Joy Flint, Mich., Aug. 19 (P —Stopped abruptly in the midst of a ebration following radio reports | ling of the discovery of Miss Mil- dred Doran and Auggie Pedlar, missing Pacific tliers, Flint turned to prayer today when it was learned that the reports were untrue. “Let every resident of Flint re- { member Mildred Doran and Auggie | Pedlar in their daily prayers, and pray for their safe deliverance, the statement fssued by the local ministerial alliance. The organiza- |tion of ministers also announced special prayer services to be held in the churches of the city on Sunday. Early reports last night that “Auggie” and “Mildred,” as Flint {now knows the two lost fliers, had Joytul | | been found, brought an unexpected | | celebration. Announced from the [stage of a local theater, shortly be- | fore the close of the last act, the message brought prolonged cheers | from the audience, and a demonstra- tion was held in the theater. Im- promptu parades were staged in the downtown district, and the whole town was so ormed that the pair were reported safe. Willlam Doran, Mildred's brother, who had not slept for more than 24 hours, left the newspaper office where he had maintained an all day vigil. After telephoning Mildred's father, who lives on a nearby farm, land notifying the eleven vear old ster, Helen, whom Mildred had “mothered” for five years, William started for his home, | He was recalled, however, by re- rorts that the fliess had not been tound?’ *Newspaper men tried to soften the blow, and succeeded by | persuading the younger Doran to n to his home for a few hours Mildred will come through,” he insisted. *‘She's too good to go that Mildred's father refussd to com- | ment on the denial of the early re- ports. He continued his work on the Doran farm. It is threshing time out on the farm,” William Doran, the son, said, and everyone is busy, working hard and trying to forget, until the right kind of news comes along.” 'FOR RAPHAEL BUILDING Rise on Main Street Louis R. Raphael today announc- ed that he has awarded the contract r his new building on the west ide of Main stret to the S. C. Por- iss Co. of Hartford. The building will be located on the sites formerly occupied by the Stevens, Walsh and Lee buildings, |in the heart of the city, next to the | present Commercial Trust company |building. The properties were ori- | ginally acquired by Mr. Raphael for | his department store. | Hopkins & Dentz of New York, | who prepared the plans for the new { Commereial Trust Co. building, are ! Mr.-Raphael’s architects. The Poriss Co. is completing the new home of the Hartford City Gas Light Co, structure will be one of the of its kind in the east. Raphael's plans call for a five-story fireproof building with a basement. The street floor will contain six stores, the second floor | six large shops and the third, fourth Wd fifth floors will provide for bout 50 offices with modern con- ces and service | n the street floor to the third | tloor the exterior will be of highly polished granite, which is consider- i the most costly and most ap- ling for a business structure. | The remaining exterior will consist of a combination of terra cotta and ta y The cornices will be of the newest design of terra cot- wh Mr. Fron (Continued on Page Ten) Grandmother of Eight _ Has Prettiest Ankles Stonington, Me., Aug. 19 (UP) —Mrs. Harry Wood of New York, nearly 60 years of age and eight times a grandmother, won the prize for the prettiest pair of ankles and calves in all the sum- mer colonies of the Penobscot Bay region. More than 100 wom- end and girls ranging in age from 15 to 70, entered the contest. They lined up on the stage of | Experts Five Story Structure to| Town Hall at Deer Isle with the curtain raised raised just enough to exhibit their ankles and calves, All Reports of Finding Dole Prize Contes- tants Denied — Spec- tacular Hunt Over 2,- 400 Mile Stretch of Water. Fear 12 Foot Swells of the Pacific May Cut Off Drifting Refu- gees From Sight of Plane and Ship. Honolulu, T. H., Aug. 19 (UP) — The search for Miss Mildred Doran, Michigan school teacher, and the four aviators missing with her in two Dole flight planes. had becoms a determined struggle today between man and the Pacific ocean. Ships, submarines, the radio were called into play in a spectacular hunt that meant a thorough search of virtually every mile of the 2.400-mile stretch be- tween here and California. Confidence was felt here that the t fleet would find some trace of planes, the Golden Eagle and Miss Doran, from which no definite word has been heard since they out of the Golden Gate last sday headed for Hawaii. False hopes had been aroused here during the night by recurrent reports that the Miss Doran, carry: ing the school teacher, Johm Pedlar and Vilas Knope, had been found but confirmation of ail the reports were lacking. Report Causes Joy The most circumstantial of the re- ports was from a Honolulu news- paper correspendent on the Island of Maui, who sent a dispatch sa that the Miss Doran nad been found at Hanomanu bay and that its pas- sengers had been taken off. The report gained wide circulation and caused great rejoicing, but sub- sequent investigation failed to sub- stantiate it, and it appeared that the correspondent had been mistaken. The correspondent, Joseph Oliviera then apparently discovered after sev- eral hours that his first report should have been qualified. Cut off from means of communicating with his offica ,he was unable to get word into Honolulu. The word that Miss Deran had been found spread with amazing ra- pldity about the islands. Planes and ships were sent to Maiui and -all available communication systems were employed. Another correspondent, informed his paper that a red, white and blue plane had been seen drifting toward Maihiku, below Keanae and that a Japanese sampan was attempting to overtake it. Then came a report from Hana Sag, a plane with red, white and blue markings had been seen drift- ing along a channel between the islands. As the various reports came into Honolulu confusion grew. New at. tempts were made to reach Oliviera without success, The army and navy wireless services were unable to confirm any of the reports. Another report, that Pedlar, Miss Doran and Knope had taken a launch and were on the way to Ka- haual, arrived in time to add to the steadily mounting confusion. Finally, Oliviera reported. “Hold report,” he messaged at 10:55 p. m., Pacific standard time. A short time later Deputy Fleming retur to Hana, on the island of Maui, from a fishing trip to Hano- manu bay, where the “Miss Doran™ had been reported found and said he had seen no traces of the plane. “My fishing sampan was painted blue and equipped with a wind- shield,” he said, advancing the opin- jon that it had been mistaken for the “Miss Doran.” Search Wide Ocean xperts today estimated the arca of ocean to be searched at 540,000 square miles, and added that the navy's present efforts should cover the cc in four days. The area is 450 miles wide at Hawaii, extending 50 miles on either side of the ex- treme islands, and tapers to the Faralon islands, 30 miles out of San Franc over which all four Dole flight competitors flew Tuesday aft- ernoon. The Langley will cover about 125 miles of the course between dawn and dusk daily, sending out its land planes in pairs to cover various sectors of the widening lane to the westward. The seven destroyers now from 100 to 500 miles out are expected to deploy and speed westward to the halfway mark, covering about miles daily. Four other destroyers under Admiral R. H. Jackson will make similar speed, patrolling segments of the course around the halfway mark. Twenty-three submarines stationed at Hawail and three sub- tenders will work eastward, supe plemented by airplanes and sea- planes from the islands. They will make about 125 miles daily. In addition, an average of one steamer daily leaves the islands for airplanes and sco, with its 28 planes (Continued on Page 21)