The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 23, 1924, Page 4

oe PAGE 4 ROSS WILL GET DISABLED VETS; ~ POST AGAIN Scheduled for Salary In- crease at Council Meet Mayor } M as frequently beer er of Seattle's light é ent,” and has it grow from a small beginnin: a $20,000, 600 itution. Confirmation of F appoint ment may be made by the city ¢ cll Monday Immediately after his election for his se . Mayor Brown an nounced he would Ross. A great deal of unfavorable commen} was directed at the t for failure to take action | Promptly. more HERE’S MORE ABOUT MAUGHAN STARTS ON PAGE 1 |} unstinted in thelr praise of Maugh-| an’s flying ability, demonstrated by| the way he brought his plane to a safe landing on the field, nearly knee deep in the mud. Maughan/ cireled the field once to get his! bearings and then shot downward. The wheels barely skimmed the| ground and did not mire. Auto horns tooted and the crowds} shouted their approval. Conditions were ideal for flying. A bright was shining. The air was clear and cool after | heavy rains during the night. The flying field was heavy as a result,| | but the crowd of spectators stood} in the mud and gave the daring ' aviator cheer after cheer. | | LEAVES DAYTON BEHIND SCHEDULE Maughan left Dayton an hour be- hind schedule time and pushed his | engine relentlessly om the jump to St. Joseph. It took him four hours ‘and six minutes to cover the 670 miles from New York to Dayton} and in flying from Dayton to St.| Joseph he covered the same dis-| tance in three hours and 37 minutes. Before taking off, Maughan walked the length of the field, test ing the ground, which was very soft. He was picking out the driest Places for the start. He walked slowly and appeared tired and weary. He scrutinized closely a weather map which was handed him by government officials. He took another long gulp of milk, a last bite from the sandwich, and mounted the cockpit. ‘The engine started with a roar and Maughan, heading westward, took off for Cheyenne, 540 miles away, at 11:37 a. m. SLATE RECITAL Radio KFOA Will Present 2 Violinists Monday Night { __A violin recital will be given by Miss Evelyn Heidenstrom and Rus- sell Pohl, pupils of Arnold Krauss, “concert master of the Seattle Civic “Symphony orchestra, over radio sta- tion KFOA, Rhodes store, at 8:20 _ Monday evening. Miss Evangeline | Hall will be the pianist, The program follows: seeseee Viottt «Mendelssohn Miss Heldenstrom. teseseseees Werdl Schubert-Wilhelmy oni. Viottt ris Dvorak-Kretsler (b) “Snake Dance” + Burleigh (c) Hungarian Dance No. 7 - z -. Brahms—Joachim feldenstrom. (a) “Meditation,” (Thais) .....Massenet (b) “Madrigal « Bimonetti (c) “Mazarka de Concerto’ Mr. Pohl, Sailor Beheaded; Standing on Train LONDON, June 23.—Riding on the top of a train proved fatal to Ensign J. Duncan, of the warship New York, here Saturday night. Duncan was standing on top of the train when it passed under a bridge, He was de- ' capitated. Hunts His Keys | Detective G. L. Gordon has lost his set of police keys and wants them ' back.’ Gordon lost the keys down- town and he will pay a reward for| them. Included in the bunch is a master key for patrol boxes, he ah + Muslin ARRESTED AT GUN’'S POINT Eugene Hitchcock, an itinerant worker, was arrested at the point! of a gun by J. P. Fletcher, special} agent of the Great Northern, in the railroad yards at Auburn Sunday night. He was charged with carry- ing concealed weapons in a com- plaint filed in Justice C, C. Dalton's court Monday, What's in the Air MONDAY, JUNE 2 KDZE—12:30 to 1:30 p, m. KPJC 0 to 4:80 p. m., 8:20 m. KYHPR—4:30 to 6:20 p, m., 6:20 to 7:40 p, m. KFOA—8:30 p, m, Pp AT CONCLAVE National Session Opened at Salt Lake City Intended Victim of Thugs Outdistances Pursuers Mar A 1439 Figh’ saved his pocketbook f dits wh Sixth ave. § but that he r left behind. necticut the thugs LAY an so POSTMEN P ' Hear Congressman on Pay) Increase at Picnic The postal pay tncrease bill wit! be re-enacted, Congressman Jobn F Miller told Seattle postal employes and their families at th picnic at Hall's lake, § over 1,000 attended. MI that when the bill ts pass president's veto, he belleved the In creased pay would be made retroac tive to July 1 Other speakers included A. M. T the day; W annual over the on program an of nt of of postoffice clerks; R. B, Whitham, president of the local chapter of the National As soclation of Letter Carriers, and I. J. Lorta, rey Ing the railway mail clerks. Cannery to Start Up at Grays Harbor MONTESANO, June 22.—The can nery of the Grays Harbor Canning Co, will begin {ts season's run in about two keeks. 2. C. Forsythe, formerly with the C Pack ing Co, at Vancouve oper: it. Loganberries, black berries, pears and string beans will be packed. Some experiments will be conducted with squash, beets and pumpkin. chair cal federation ifornia te City Employes to Stage Big Picnic On Friday, June 27, the woman's auxiliary of City Fire Fighters* loca! 27, in cooperation with the police and fire department salary revision committee, will give a plenic at the upper Woodland park grounds. Tho plenic will begin at 12 noon and will continue thru the afternoon and evening. The police band will provide music for the festivities; a ball game, tug of war, races and various other sports will be staged. On Saturday evening at 9 o'clock a dance will be given at the, audi- torlum, fire station No. 2, Fourth and Battery. All city employes are Invited to attend both events, to fur- ther solidify the movement of organ- ization of clvil service employes. Swedish Siivers. “ Concert at Everett EVERETT, June 23.—With every seat in the Everett armory filled, the United Swedish singers gave their second and final concert yes terday. The program was applaud. ed heartily and a number of en- cores were sung. Alex Philstrom, of San Francisco, directed the chorus of 300 voices. Edna Swan- son Verhanr, Chicago contralto, and Philip Hilstrom, Everett baritone, were the soloist Early Harvest Is Slated This Week WALLA WALLA, June 23.—~Har- vest of wheat, the carllest on record, will be started in this district this week, it is declared by the growers. | Entimates of crops are difficult, as the wheat ts very spotty. The recent raing, however, increased crop pros- pects by about five bushels to the acre, it is sald. POLICEMEN AND FIRE LADDIES AID FAMILY STRANDED IN SEATTLE LICH and firemen did their “good turn” Monday when they came to the rescue of a stranded family here, saw the hus- band to a Job in the coal minos and sent the wife und two chil- dren to friends in Portland. The family came from Arizona, but became stranded and was forced to sell its car near Port land. Just enough money to get here was all the quartet had. When it arrived the mother had just 25 cents. Hungry and dis- couraged, the four went to tho central police station. There, after the husband had been given a mine Job, Secretury Gallagher, of the Police-Firemen’s committee, and Assistant Fire Chief “Skipper” Clark dug into the benevolent fund for enough to buy tickets and food for tho mother and @ boy of 10 and a girl of 12 from Seattle to Portland, STARTS 0 HERE'S MORE ABOUT DEMO CONVENTION N PAGE support ¢ rys Wayne B, Wheeler, 1 L. B. Musgre b 1 the bourbon get McADOO LAUNCHES | FIRST ATTACK In launching his open attack alc this line, during an address to some BOOM FOR DAVIS Is WEAKENING | | 400 delegates gathered in his head | quarters last night, McAdoo cut thi | strings completely that might have been pulled on the leaders here In the minds of some of th Adoo leaders, the stand MeAd taken goes beyond the mere t Me} allties of the respective candidates, personal views, as a matter havo been almost lost #ignt of fact, of in the different struggles ragi | around tasues. > Wash. will) |FPIE nomi this year, tn the | opinion of such men as Gov Ww 'm. E. Sweet, of Colorado, will de- |termine the party's future for good Jand all “It {ws truly the party’s last chance Jin the West," says Sweet, who be-| Neves that if the West is disappoint | ) | | ed the farmers will provide the basis for a permanent third party. According to the best possible ex timates, McAdoo today could com- mand at least 650 delegates at the peak of his strength—a majority of the convention. He has selected a line of attack in the “home of the enemy” that appeals to many of the Western delegates. Up to the pres- ent the opposition, headed by the New York leaders and George Bren- nan of Illinois, have had the upper hand. Tom Taggart of Indiana, how- ever, continues aloof from that or- ganized opposition for reasons entire: ly understandable in view of Mc: Adoo's past ald to both Taggart and Senator Samuel M, Ralston, who ts Taggart'’s “first and second choice" for the nomination, see ‘OW McAdoo has begun to fight back, and McAdoo is a good two: fisted fighter, Whatever may be the ultimate decigion of the delemates, Concurrent with the diminu! the Davis boom, arri al trainioads of J « M, Cox nthuslasts from central and north Ihio, brought the 0 der er standard bearer more th Umelight. ANTLMcADOO ME IN CONFERENCE O* NDAY loader forces con of the nued 400 conferences, the last one preai over © Brennan and Franklin Roosevelt, Smith campaign, in attendance with | five or aix other Smith leaders, from different states, continuing unt midnight. There was no statement made as to the course of action con sidered for breaking the McAdoo lines, but there ts no doubt that they ved the Californian has not yet but certuinly will be, stopped There is no doubt that the psycho al strength of Smith's position before the convention has been in creased materially by the open, un stinted editorial support today of the New York World. Giving over the main portion of its editorial page to a frank and effec tive appeal for the New York gov- ernor, the World, at the same timo, struck out directly against McAdoo, eee McAdoo Asks His | Backers to Stick UNITED PRESS HEADQUAR TERS, Now York, June 23.—In a speech to 200 enthusiastic delegates who swept Into town today from the Pacific coast, William G. Me- Adoo appealed to his followers to “stick to the last ballot.” | His appeal brought wild cheers from the crowd and there were cries of “We're here to fight all sum- mer,” and “We are last ditchers,” “You have been told Jn the hostile preas that you will betray your trust after the first or second ballot," McAdoo shouted from the rostrum in front of his hotel headquarters, to the cheering delegates Jammed in the street. “But 1 know that you will not desert and that you are here not to betray but to execute your trust and that victory is as- sured.” ee . | Western Democrats’ Train in New York NEW YORK, June 23.—The “Me- Adoo special,” a train bringing the boosters for the Californian from the Coast and Western states, arrived here shortly after 6 o'clock today, and began Injecting pep into the Me: | Adoo campaign. | Led by a band blaring “California, | Here { Come," the Golden State dele- gation swept along Fifth ave. to the Vanderbilt hotel, where William G. McAdoo will address his most en: thuslastic supporters, A group of women danced and waved “McAdoo Sure’ banners, Three pretty girls in a taxteab bring ing up In the rear threw California oranges to the | Postponed Picnic Set for Wednesday | Cloudy weather prevented tho Vol- | vet Ice Cream company's annual | pienic from being held last Wednes: | day, June 18, but this Wednesday, June 2 25, has been substituted for that date. It In expected by com. | pany officlala that the delay will en. | able them to make even better ar rangements than before. 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