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THREE
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SEAPLANES START
FOR
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AMERICA FIRST'
SLOGAN OF COHON
GROWERS OF SOUTH
American Cotton Association
Makes Public Table of Re
duction Percentages
rrrnRT cnp nrrDrscc
. t wi w wit KMiiLnvu
f IN ACREAGE SUCCESSFUL
J. 8. Wannamaker, of South
Carolina, Elected President
of Organization; Joseph A.
Brown, of Chadbourn, One of
Directors in Export Financ
ing Corporation
New Orleans, La., May 16. Southern
cotton grower in conference here late
today went on record at being for
''America flrat," against any aanetional
claims, when they declared it would be
better to "sacrifice every bale or cot
ton rather than to sell one pound to
' GermanT before the peace treaty is
ligued."
The action was in opposition to a
resolution asking eiport restrictions for
cotton be removed, which was taoieo.
mid cheers of the delegates.
A lubonttnittee will be designated
to perfect organisation of the $100,000,'
000 cotton export financing corporation,
Selection of a eity for the headquarters
of the new eoncern also will be decided
upon by the sub-committee.
J. 8. 'Wannainaker. of South Caro
linn, was chosen president of the newly
formed American Cotton Association at
a convention of the members today,
Pointing out that the South never
again will raise as large a cotton crop as . ,.
ii! th PMt because ofwhat were termed t four was concerned. Pres.d.nt Wil
"sueeeseful efforts towards an acreage son devoted the day to visits by a num-
reductkfh," the erop report committee or I
the newly formed American Cotton As-
aociatioa, vade public its findings at
meeting here today of members.
The following table of reduction per
centage by State is contained in the
report:
State Aeraae
Arkansai... , 2,537,00
Fet
20.0
1S.0
l Tennessee . .
759,220
,eS3
T.6
t ,370,850
&..0
uaiaoinns . x ........
Fl California . '
Ariaona .
. lAlabama ,
155,200
09,000
2,753,100
34,000
1,287,000
2,213,305
4,318,440
126,000
2,774,400
1,194,267
928,000
20.0
25.0
5.0
Virginia
33.3
20.1
28.1
North Carolina
j South Carolina
Georgia . ...
20.5
24.5
15.0
23.1
20,0
Florida rt
Mississippi .
Louisiana .
Texas
Total 3010,097
18.4
sAlabama deducted acreage ,753,100,
Total acreage 27,4297, per cent 20.J
(total average)
Alabama's acreage is an estimate,
hewing' an increased acreage of S per
cent.
Palaette Man President.
J. 8. Wannamaker of St. Matthews,
S C, was elected permanent chairman
of the American Cotton Association at
it meeting of delegates from the eot-
a. Ol.l.. 1. -
IT. ITZZ r.VU,. W
lata. ch..d -
chairman to president.
Joe Brawa Director.
Director for the Cotton Export
Fnaneing Corporation so far selected
follow:
North Carolina, J. A. Brown, Chad'
bourn.
. South Carolina, 8. D. Jennings, 8um
ter.
Georgia, B, T. Willingham, Maeon,
It was aafeonneed the export corpora
tion was a 'going eoncern,' a flfteea
minute after necessary preliminary
snbseriptions of 110,000 had been called
for more thaa 111,0000 was offered.
Th. eonsplet board of directors of
th export eorporation when elected will
elect th. principal officer.
BARNES TAKES STEPS
TO STOP SPECULATION
Open Trades in Corn Limited
To 200,000 Bushels To Any
One Corporation
New Tork, May 10. Julius B. Barnes,
Federal wheat -director, late today
formally notified L, F. Gates, president
' of th Chicago Bosrd of Trade, that th
xehang e&ouid mnstat us rule urn -
corn for any on Interest or individual
to 200,000 bushels. Hi luggestioa was
deaianed to Prevent undue speculation.
T tlma. DiSmm KAtaPfl fAmnKi 'wifti
thU euggeation, Mr. Brne will "feel
lurtlSed'1 in eablin Herbert Hoover.
director genersl of th Food Admlnis-
t ration, that further regulatioa , "may
not be necessary, he said.
Mr. Gate hs already replied that
th wheat director' suggestion will be
placed before the board of trade ex
ecutive officers immediately, adding
that he has "no doubt that th outcom
will b satisfactory."
Sedaetlo fer Roand Trip.
Washington. May 16. Special rates of
two-third ef th ntutl. round trip to
charge will b put Into effect toon oy
th Bailroad Administration ror travel
to religious, fraternal and educational
maatinn. This will cut the mileage
rat. from three to two eepts for hun -
'dreds of these conventions to be held
thia sum mar. The exact time woe
the will beeom effective has not yet I
bean determined, but it probably will!
b within week or two. ,
President's Message Sent By Cable r -r-
' Only Domestic Questions Are Discussed
"Jlaris, May 16. President Wilson's message to be read
at the approaching session of Congress will make approxi
mately 3,000 words. It is being sent forward to Washing-
ton tonight
The message deals entirely with domestic questions.
Some space in it is devoted to woman suffrage.
BAKER FOR UNIVERSAL TRAINING.
Washington, May 16. Secretary Baker is expected to
make a public announcement of a definite stand in favor of
universal educational-military training, with a statement of
his reasons. It is assumed here that President Wilson has
approved his plan.
The plan understood to be
contemplates the use of the
medium for training the youth of the nation; first along
academic and vocational lines and as an entirely separate
and subordinated feature in rudimentary military science.
The secretary's suggested program is said to be based
initially on the benefits which will accrue to the country
from the higher average of intelligence and the improved
standard of physical well-being of the young men who would
be taken annually into the training machine.
OFF DAY IN PARIS
PEACE CONFERENCE
Concentration of Allied War
ships Around Turkey; Huns
Preparing New Note
(By The Associated Press)
Friday proved an off day in peace
,ir,i,. M the council
jar 0f delegation nd individuals,
. dlolomata to labor repre-
sentatives, while Premier . loyd George
was absent from Paris, bidding far'
well to Welsh regiment that left for
home. The negotiation with the Aus
than peace delegation at St. Germain
m aTiuwt jul tn nerin the middle of
next week. The" Awrtriais probably
will present their credential at
meeting of the peace eongress Tuesday,
and it is reported unofficially that the
following day may witness the handing
of the peace terms to the delegation
Han Preparing Another Note.
The council of foreign ministers is
continuing its labors on the detaila of
the Austrian peace treaty connected
with the question of new frontiers. The
treaty, it is understood will not deal
With th 4iepotitKn nf Dalmstis, latna
or Fiume, merely calling for Austrian
renunciation' of Tight to these tern
tones. The . Italian and Jugo Slav
with American mediation will settle the
question of the former Austrian do
main between themselves if pending
negotiations reach a successful con
clusion.
Still another not from the German
peace plenipotentvtrie to the allied
and associated powers, aaid to deal with
the question of Alsace-Lorraine is in
That th. AUi.. .r. preparing for th.
eventful day, when the Turks are to be
reckoned with ia a peace treaty ie ia
die ted by the fact that British
French, Americas, Italian sad Greek
warships, with landing parties, have
begun a great eoaeentratioa at Smyrna,
Asia-Minor. Allied troops also are bet
ing massed at Bsloniki. Th eoueen
tratioa at Smyrna i connected with
the mandate givsa to Greece by th
peace conference to the minister of af
fair of th Turkish seaport whilo th
belief is expressed in Paris that th
masting at Saloniki i connected with
th enforcement of the peace terms to
be presented to the Ottoman, which it
is thought probable will include a de
mand that the Turk leave. Europe,
mince ublnet Resigns
Th peac negotiationa with Turkey,
and also with Bulgaria, are expected to
take plae in Constantinople. Saloniki
n ?
uv vuiuoaw cauincb w cxpcciea 10 nav
tendered it nsigastion, which Presi
dent Hsu Shin-Chang is said to have
declined to aecept. Th. eonferenc. at
Shanghai at which endeavor were be
ing mad to arrange a peace between
Northern and Southern China has
broken up.
Vienna advices report that many per
sons nav beea killed in elashes ha.
I tweea Serb and Croat at Agram, eapi
1 i roana.
BURLINGTON MAN IS
filVFN PRniY flC RIICDDC
nUIA Ut UUtKKt
. WMhlBt0B MV 1 Boy B. Fan
I " " Burlington, N. C, a Y. M. C.
I eereUry, was decorated with th eroix
I ae guerre nere loaignt xor valorous ser
vie with th maris corn ia Franc.
Fonvlll daring his ervic in Franc
lost th tight f one eye.
WARSHIPS POR AUSTRALIA
Gift f England In AprecUtloa ef War
Effort.
' Melbourne. April . fBv Main Th.
dozen warships lately rirea to Antrnlia
by th British government a a mark of
appreciatioa of Australia a nsral efforts
I during th war will reach th common.
I wealth probably la Juae. Th gift con
I lists of sis destroyer and tlx subma.
lrines. The' flotilla Reader i named th
I Ansae. The Acting Minister for th
Mvy, Mr. rpynton, ay On of th
problem faeing th government is how
to maa the Australia navy with Aua-
jxraiians.
favored by Secretary Baker
military establishment as a
E
E
hree Conferences To Be Held
Tl.u n. DI.M. r.. r : I
luuaj um ridiia rui uiyam-
ZatlOn Of NeW COngreSS
Washington, May 16.-Repreenttiv
Sanders, of Louisiana, vu r hones bv I
' ' "I
Ik. n.ml , nnuu.t.1 ... I
...y v.wvi., .i-K-.i.LMin "I'K"- I
ing Bpcaker CUrk, at their conference
.onigm, i..e cnarge or mcir ngm.
H was instructed to offer a resolution I
at the party conference tomorrow call
ing for election of a committee of sev
T"l
en
rf. . . . ..... .1
-to consider the advisability of
. . ! . :.. i I
vv
HnM mm aa. S aa I a aa o A l-aBi I
"uum "" v -""
o.f.renc
Mr, Sander, ia a statement regard
ing' th meeting,' referred to himself
and hi colleague "reorgaaizer
ra aa "nnmilnn H
and said the meeting waa "well attend
ed."
Three conferences to agree oa plans
for organisation of th new eongress
will be held tomorrow. Democratic ten'
ators will meet at 11 o'ektek. Democrat!
. .. . a,,. . I
of the House plan to fold a onfjfC
at noon, ana ttepuuiicaa rcprewntaiive
will confer tomorrow nirfit on ratiflca-l
ti. r th. ..m.iH.. ...;....
posed by the committee on committee.!
Routine iffairs only are planned for
consideration at the Democratic sen-
ator's conference. Senator Martin, of
Virginia, is scheduled for re-election as
leader and the conference will frame
a list of officers for formal presentation
against the Republican conference
slate. Senator Pomerene. of Ohio, is
amobg those diseussed for the Dcm
ocratic candidate for president pro
tempore. The Democratic leaders ex
pect the Republicans to elect their offi
ear and th conference slate to be a-
i,.j . .. ,k. u ..rat
Tk. M1 .1.. a.m. a ma.
....
ittee on committees to fix Democratic
e-mmittee pUces.
8UU Fighting Clark.
Opposition to th ehoic of former
a l. m..k .t..
inee for speaker and party floor lead-
. W
er constitutes the chief point of ln -
t et in conference of House Dem-
,,(. Tn. .rnnn nnnnain Mr. Clark
h.ll a ennfaranc. tnniirht. House Be-
nM;,.n. .,nt their nrincioal contest
GISLATORS AR
LINING TIGS UP
tomorrow ia-ht to eenter bout thdemnds upon westbound ocean frame
demands of forcea favorina n increase
. . .. i i
r.om nve to nine in me memuersiupi
of the party's steering committee. Lead
er of th majority group tonight pr
dieted that the question would be Bet
tied without difficulty, but Representa
tive Longworth, of Ohio, leader in the
fla-ht for the change, declared that n
would insist on flnsl action by th eon
ference.
The Republican committee on com
mittee meeting today approved its as
signment of members of the standing
committees of the House, as well as the
election of Representative Mondclt, of
Wyoming, floor leader, aad Repre
sentative Knutson, of Minnesota,
whip. Despite this, some Republican
suggested that a fight might be made
gainst Mr. Kautson, effort being mad
in the party eonferenc to tupplmt 1
him with Representative Greene, of
Vermont Th attitude of the latter
could aot .be learaed by hia supporters, I
Mr. Green being t lea returning from
Lurope.
Many Coa ference Held
Numerous conferences were held to-
day by both Seaato and House leader
oa plan for the ope ling esio. Tb
question of notifying President Wilson
of the assemblying of Congress wss dis
cussed and general sentiment seemed to
fsvor dispensing with th usual custom
of appointing notification committee.
Republican Leader Lodge atated that
h expected on Monday to announce
member pf th Republican conference
committee on committee which will
mak np Republican assignments and
deal with the progressives' opposition
to chairmanship for Senator Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, aad Warren, of Wyom
ing.
. Vic President Marahall and Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts, held a short
eoaisrenc tai toay. n wa neler
-a M a..' A J - M . a
siowi ipv winnq ei pror-njire wneu
in Benat convene next ALonday waalnp their rceidene- with Mis .Edith
aiKutMO. fc
i nri -rniuri ni ii rn iri innr iiriT i iirnr r
btAIKAVtLKULtb rUblliriUI-AU
rX ipaa rMnir nnnnTinn uriminr
n i ii in i el- iiiiiin i v in in iipii hi ii i inn ii,
in u dl lloo tviuiu or un i iiiu i en i urn.
BAKER ANNOUNCES
Close Relatives of American
Soldiers To Be Allowed Pass
ports After June 15
GENERAL POLICY NOT
AFFECTED, HOWEVER
Persons Not Prepared To Stay
Abroad at Least Six Months
Shouldn't Go at All; Poor
Chance To Oet Back On Ac
count of Troop Move
ment
By 8. R. WINTERS.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, May 16. Mrs. Elsie
Dortch Faison, of Goldsboro, who re
cently applied for a passport to visit
England, will be pesmiHe4 to go abroad I
after Jun. 15. Bhe has been tendered
a position with the British VounrMen's
Christian Association and for this pur-
poie she states that aha primarily de-
tn viait Kno-iana. eecretarv oi i
War Newton D. Baker has let down the
bars, effective June 15. and other North'
Carolinian will b permitted to travel
in foreign countries. Numerous re
nuaata hava nnt to North Carolina Sen-
h u th .t.tement ot sec-
retary Baker:
tod,T BOtifying the State De-
partment that on and after June 15 the
rr'T " V i J" I:::.. .J. :
'"!.? . -in a
!:.,.. k ;.k . n Kn.lthe radio sets of the smaller vessels!
-"-" r- a- -- .
w,., I, .kjttilri ha nndarariwtn that thll I
It ahould be understood tlial tnis
I . . i: . .L.
."r . " i
i "" "
. lMttmTi. but merely remove, tUe
. t . . .i - .1.. I
ing pMpom, mi
.necifie objections of the War Depart-1
speeme oojeetions or me war imparl-1 -- I
nlent (made early in th w.r i. respinwUd, the destroyer, so close .rth.r th.
to the
. ...t ..onoat. n... allia tn
i t u .lthem tn thn aliirhtinff nlaca of anv of I
permilllOK ciuao rviaiivca u& mriuuvia vi i
ft. Am."i(..B v.n.Hiinnr Fnrr.. to
' r I
gotofcurope.
t..u y,,u,.. -
rYL. al. a I
br .fpopi who nav. Prwn
Interests of various kind to look fter
la Korepfi Inavwhwaav tejeagak the
need of uniformity ia th applieatiaa
I ... au.k nnllra tn aaaka tk.ir nlaaa I
of any such policy, to mak their pla I
to go abroad during th early summer.
The rapid wtstwsrd movement of oar
officer and soldiers, it is believed, win
render it unlikely that many persons
will desire t lak. advaatag of th I
.t,.... til.. n. Rt.. Tnanartnaatltke viator posted on weather condi
- -.
will not grant psspon. 10 memoer. oi
the families of officers or ooldiers whose
orgiMtioll. ir, KtttA for wy niura
to the United State.
Difflcalt Living Conditiona.
I "It ahould be pointed out that in ad
" to the very difficult coaditions of
"" m Mrop., in. cOTl .i
. "
talntiea of obtaining transportation of
all kinds, there is the fundamental difn
eultv of ocean transportation,
"The War Department is prohibited
by law from carrying civilians upon
it transports and in the stress of west
bound traffic many officers, enlisted
men, aad many more welfare workers
who have served with the tronp nlirond,
are required to be accommodated owing
to the commercial lines. The War De-
I partment therefore, will he unable to
. . a.
I irnnauorwuoB,
I Th P,MT . "a
WT apartment is, tnereiore, to ois-
i twuragw iu aiipucai.uu. iOT r..Bn....
peron who re not preparea to
stsv abroad at least air montns. ana
representatives brod have beea in-
I A A .1 a. A ! J
sirucwa n to viw pawponi oi rnu -
l" 'or passage to the United States
the transportation of troops eon-
tinues, except In case of urgent necet-
I a'ty, ia order that the already heavy
sy not be incressed any more thaa is
I .kAln1 v aa..... w
BtMmaa Memorial Way speaker.
. . . r.. . .i
nepreaeniaave tnaa. as. oieaman "
I North Carolina has beea chosen aa th
speaker for the Memorial Day observ
ance by th. Confederate seetioa of th
Arlington National Cemetery, beginning
I at 3 p. m. Representative 8tcdmaa is
veteran of the Confederate army and
served ia the Bethel regiment.
I MR. DANIELS REACHES
H0B0KEN THIS MORNING
((By Leased Wire.)
Washington, May !, Edward E.
Britton, private secretary to the Sec
retary of th Navy, ha gone to New
York. Secretary of th Navy and Mr.
Daniel are expected to arrive at Ho-
bokea at 7:45 Saturday morning, prob
ably reaching Washington lat. Saturday
night or early Sunday.
W. A. Lueaa, a lawyer of Wilson, was
visitor to th nations! capital.
J. B. Collie, of Rhleigh, superinten-
I dent of the State Prison, is in th eity.
Mr. and Mr. Edgar N. Snow ware ia
Whingtoa tody .returning from their
honey noon to JVew York and other
eitie. They will mak their home ia
Greensbo.6. Mr. Snow was Miss Over -
maa, a daughter of Senator and Mr.
Lee 8. Overman. . ...
Representatives Pou. Godwin. Weaver
nd Stcdmaa nre mong the Tar Heel
congressmen that hav returned t. the
capital.
A. L. uiggs, clerk in the office of
Senator Overman, has returned from bis
home in Aaheville.
Dr. and Mr. Joseph Pogu hav re
turned from Raleigh aad other aouthcra
- cities wi er. iney nv nee a ujouratngl
I iL.t. t. - i UK . I
i ineir Bonrrmmm. iney win rK
wood t jiw w. itrMt, ;
It's An Undertaking For The
Advancement of Seaman-
ship and Science
THAT IS WHY THE U.S. NAVY
IS BACKING THE EFFORT
Destroyers, Reinforced By Bat
tleships With Powerful Wire
less Equipment, To Pick Tip
Messages From The Flyers in
Case Radio Sets of Smaller
Vessels Fail To Function
(By The Associated Press.)
Thenassey, N. F., May 16. When
the giant American hydroplanes sped
away into the east, over the Grand
Banks and the broad Atlantr?, they
entered upon a course not only care
fully charted, but patrolled by res
cue and repair ships all the way to
the Portuguese eosst
Looking upon the cruise not as a
sporting venture,. .!Kr...aa..n attempt
merely, o wiafor the United 8tte the
honor of the first trans-Atlantic air
flight, but as an undertaking for the
iumroii ui kiodc, auu aruuiau-
ship, the American navy placed its own
vast resources at the disposal of the
avi.tors, and enlisted those of other
governmcnt departments in an effort!
to assure the safety of the crews and I
to reduce to a minimum the element of I
clianct in the project.
Destroyers and Battleships on Gaar.
A flotilla of destroyers, reinforced I
i... i. .i : ... v ..1 I
.Wat... .nnimn.iit. ... Inland. to
t'T imiti.u t' wiiusu nine iiunoi lull
nick mure. from the flvera la ease
., . . . . . ..... jl
in ,' "
IBllcil lO Ilincuon. lurmeu a Cliaiu iri
cnntmnn nn ..rn.. th. Atlantic
... . I
while the plane, were proceeding to
Ik.ip k.. h.M Th. Anot will v.main nn I
V: V ,KV ;.. n. n;
their base hene. The fleet will rem
station until the birdinen have pas
n Hour s steaming wouia oring one oi
- i
the aircraft Joreed to descend. Mother I
. .-A .tk. ....1 ,,u.l
" IIV. ., .1" u. "
ML I II I T V Hill HIUI1K 1UI VUUI BWala IMmiW I
- - , .... ... ....
- r. i
IIO b'
1U pairui urn, in wiri-nrwa ruui.v.
.v ... i...,i. ...i i. ....k .ttk
patrol
.1- tT.n.a .l.. v....... ..I
ine (. niiw oiair, nrainrr uuivau, a.
..11 .hln. of various nationalities
cruising the Middle Atlantic, will keep
..... ...V!
IIUIIB in I. IV nrran pin a'iivavii.Hni
also cooperating with the navigators
aboard the planes ia
direetin the
flight.
Commander Tower Confident.
"Give aa no lurk, good or bad, and
the trans-ocean voyage should be msde
without trouble. said Commander
John H. Tower, chief of the expedi -
tion. commenting before the "hop off"
oa the completeness of the navy's prep -
arations. "W r not undertaking the
impossible, w ire banking on cnance.
We are attempting a flight wholly
withiL tb mechanical possibilities of
the NC planes, hoping to demonstrate
without reckless risk of life or vsluable
property, that an air cruise to Europe
ia a tracheal proposition.
One of Commander Towera brother
I officers declared that a new branch of
the science of navigation was growing
up around th NC planes, thus making
the flight an undertaking expected to
contribute matcriftlly to th advance
ment of the profession of the sea.
Giant strides have beea made in de
velopment of the steering and weather
eharts to b used on th flight aad the
I mm ..a.aaiail a. a.a M w 1 1 ai k BBaa m
icr.w. .,.v. . K:...F,....
while results in the experiments above
blue water.
Dcrtptia of th NC Aircraft.
I The naval aircraft, huge flying boats
I which ascend from a "take off" in the
water and "land" also on the surface
I . . . 1 . .1 ' v. T :1
of the sea are driven bv Libert v motor.
I fftur to a nlana and airo-rentinc 1.A00
horsepower. Tbey are of the biplane
- - - i
type, with a wing span of 126 feet,!
length over all 09 feet and length of I
hull, 44 feet. Th craft weigh 15,100
pounds, with navigating and wireless
equipment aboard, but rithout crew
(Coatlaaed oa Page Three.)
WISEMAN CASE GOES TO
JURY SOMETIME TODAY
Lawyers Complete Arguments
and Judge Long Will Deliver
Charge This Morning
(Special to the New nd Observer.)
8helby, May 1.-Cse of 'State
gainst Aaroa Wisemsn, being tried
here for the killing of Dr. E. A. Hen
nsee, of Burke, will go to the jury
Ssturday morning after Judge tang
h delivered hit charge, and it is ex
pected that a verdict will be arrived at
I tome time tomorrow. The specinl venire
lot 7i men from which to (elect the
I jury reported Tuesday at Boon,- and
1 two day were consumed in hearing th
I evidence. There were four speeches by
I attorneys for the defense and three by
I attorney for State, these arguments
consuming a day and half. C. R.JIocy,
for State, cloaed argument this sfter-
aooa and Judge Long adjourned court
until tomorrow morning, when b will
deliver hi charge to the jury.
Meat Nt a Jackaoa. Mia.
Knoxville, Tenn., May IS. Jackson.
Mist wit selected for holding th next
aanual meeting of th Bouthsra So-
. . - .
i eiologicl Congress. This announce
meat w made tonight by Dr. J.
IMcCullough, Kcrstary of tb oncT.
FINAL PREPARATIONS TO -
: RECEIVE NAVAL PLANES.
(By The Associated Press.)
Ponta Del Gada, Axores, May 16.
Final preparations were made to
night to receive the American naval
seaplanes which are expected to ar
rive tomorrow and the lectio of
Pont Del Gada harbor, where th
plane will be moored, ha been
cleared of all craft to allow a aaf
landing. The weather, which was
rainy and foggy today, i clearing
to ight. If th. teaplane follow the
scheduled course they will first sight
land at Corvo, which ia 300 miles
west of Pont Dclgada. Supply
boats have beea stationed at Corvo
ud also at Horta, on the southeast
coast of the Island of Fayal, in ease
a forced landing is necessary. Two
destroyers are being held in readl
nesa to go to the assistance of the
aviators if they are unable to find
the harbor and are compelled to
alight on the open sea. All the de
stroyers between the Azores and
Lisbon are in position.
Intense interest in the flight is
being manifested here, hundreds of
persons crowding the water front
daily, awaiting the fliers.
Uflvv Dpnartmpnt RpfVlveS
"J UCJJdl UIICIU nctcivcs
Wireless Dispatch That They
Are Near Station 9
Washington, May 17. Cryptic radio
gram from th seaplane division on its
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y curope, picsea oui oi me. a.r nJ
the naval radio station at Bsr Harbor.
PLANES 500 MILES
OUT
SAYS REPORT
nr.;-. 'that tl nlan wml'M "noloeaea Day viewed wit Is
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u h. ,;,;;i f th. deirtrnvar.
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lu me ticiiiiit vi i nr
station No. 9, nearly 500 mile, from
T..in R.w uah .(.. mMnitflit I
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The tliree macninrs len irepsascy
v" " "
and Were officially reported
as passing I
.t.tion .hin No. 6. 300 miles
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mora tha four hours toter, and th
,t i.di.tioa of their arotre wat
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i ... , 4.
I planes at a distance of more thaa
thnuaanit milea. The NC-1 was rallintl
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th Thteher ia the message the Maine
atntinn nvarhanrd.
Navy offlcUle assumed the Thatcher
was (till ahead ot the group or air
plane which had pamed other do-
1 stroyers in th. long line rlosely
bunched aad all making speed in ex
cess of the 00 mile rate they had ex-
I peeled to maintain. If no accident in-
I terferes, it waa said esrly this morning
I there Is every reason to expect the
1 plane will have rcachjd Ponta Dci-
I nda. Atorea. around mid-day today.
1 The moat difficult lee of the whole trip
f rom Rockaway Beach, Long Iit'and, to
Plymouth (England, was more :hnn oiie-
third covered when the signals frtin
the NC-1 were intercepted.
The plane were miking tonight the
only portion of th trip which will re
quire them to fly in darkness. Ap
parently they were keeping dead ou
their course down the long lane of de
stroyers which were dropping astern of I
them swiftly as they sped eastward oa
their journey.
MFRSflfiFS RFRIN Tfl flflMF
IN FROM PLANES EARLY
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, May 16. The American
naval seaplanes en route on the first at
tempt to reach burope from America by
air passed station ship No. S, the de
stroyer Ward, 300 miles from Trepasscy
Bay at 2:05 Greenwich time (10:05 p. m.
Washington time), according to a met-
I aaee received late tonight bv the Narv
Deuartment
The dispatch to the Navy Department
waa sent by the Ward to the U. 8. 8.
Prairie at Trepasscy Bay, which in turn
relayed it by radio to Ht. John N. 1
whence it reached Washington by cabl
and telegraph. The means of sending
the message hark indicated that the
U. 8. S. Aroostook alrdy had left Tre
passcy and that the destroyers line tie-
hind the swiftly flying planes was rap-
idly breaking up.
A delayed message rcr the same
route said the planes had passed station
I ship No. 3 at 8:03 p. m., flying with 12
minute difference between th passing!
of the first and the list of the trio.
The NC-1 was loading when station
ship No. 3, the destroyer Buchanan, was
passed.
Navy officials estimated the speed
nvade by the seaplane division up to the
time they passed Station Ship No. fl at
TP mile an hour. At this' rsto they
would raach Punta Delgsda about oa th
schedule of 19 hours, or 1 o'clock tomor-
rsw sfternoon, Washington time.
The radio station at Bar Harbor,
Maine, intercepted direct message from
two of th sesplancs shortly after mid
night. One message picked up at 12:27
o clock was from tbe NC-1 cslling t
tion ship No. 9, approximately. 500 mile
from Trepasscy Bay.
The first message from ths Bar Har
bor station to the Navy Department
said
'At 12:10 a. m., heard the NC-4, send-
Ing en four 50 meter, say: 'Psssed 414.'
Signs Is very weak,
It wa aot certain at th department
what the figure "414 meant,
The second mmg readu "At 12:29
heard th NC-4 tell Cap Race (Brltiah
radio ststlon): 'Am receiving Inter-
I . ' . ...
- 1 ference. G. ahead again !
HI "At 12:27 heardTIi NC-T call K 9
I tad tut 'Auwir.'
TAKE AIR FOR LONG
FLIGHT AT SUNSET
Commander Towers and Bo!5
Aviators of American Navy '
a.? Rk t II "
Given Rousing Farewell
CIRCLING OVER HARBOR '
THEY SOON GOT BEARINGS
NO-4 Which .Was Left Behind
at Start Was Up Almost Ai
Soon As flagship; Took
Their Course Towards Corvo,
1,352 Nautical Miles from
Port of Trepassy, j
Trepasscy, N. F., May M, ThrH
giant seaplanes of th America navy i
the NC-3, NC-4, and NC-1, rot law
today from th waters of Trepasscy Bay
and headed for the Atorea to mak by;
air ia th twentieth century a Journey.
dangerous as that Columbus madf
by water 427 yeara ago.
-Cwmanded jr; Commander John H.
Towers; Lieutenant-Commander A. C.
Read, and Lieutenant Commander P. N j
Bellinger, the planes left their ntoar
ings at the head of Trepassy harbor
toward th narrow.
Thel rn,hing into , wefterly wind.
they took the air. The NC-3, th "flag,
ship," rose at 7:32, th NC-4 tw. mi,
utea later, and the NC-1 at 7:41 (Nw
Foundland time, which i on how and
30 minutes ahead of New York tim.X
blvea Keening Cheer.
As they passed from view, aaUvc of
New Foundland who lined the shores of
ken aailnra lt.tinn.ri hum ia aanAina
:.u .' .
. . .
" rOUaiDK Caeer III SBSr
kan aviator, starting on their epochal
VOyagC.
Th. eplane. h.ped their eonrn
towardi Cnrvn waaiamnat Ulaaa
IT?' .C.T' SlL. .!l
to fly to Horta, oa th Island of Fayal,
Vv-
wner iney wui aetceaa u weataer con
u necemry. but ther wU
I Potbi t. Ponta C
.... ' ' .
Miguel lala.d. Uffl
I ...
allying.
Mak M Mile Aa Baar
I m. . . . .
I The plane were expected to main.
I taia aa average of 00 aaatical milea aa
"our, although they ar capable ef mak
ing 90 milea if circumstance demand.
Temperature wo expected to deter
mine th flying altituda but it wa be
lieved five thousand would be th limit.
Tb NC-4 which wa left hchiad at
the start by her sister craft because of
engine trouble and arrived her from
Halifax only yesterday waa in th air
today almost is soon a th flagship,
rising after a swift 23-miaut raia
bout Mattoa Harbor.
The NC-1 mad two unsuccessful aW
tempts to leave th water, while Com
mander Towers plane soarad bov. 1
and the "Taxing'' NC-4. bat it res nin.
minutes after th flagship and followed
iu the wake of the other which headed
for the Last as soon as it took th air.'
Crew Making Flight.
C tun mander John H. Tower, th
flight commander, announced the plan
were manned with th following
erews:
I NC-1. Lieut. Commander Pi-Hi- Li":
Bellinger, commander: Laeut. Com
K1 M. A. Mitachcr and Lieut. U
water, radio operator; Chief Maehiaa
ist's Mute C. L Kesler aad Machinist
Pasmus Christensea, engineer.
Jkt-3. Commander Tower ia
charge; Lieut. Commander H. C.
Richardson and Lieut. D. H. McCnU
locb, pilots; Lieut. Commaader B.
Li vender, radio operator; Lieut. Braxa
ton Rhodes and Boatswain L. R. Moor.
eogii.cers.
NC-4. Lieut. Commander A. C. Read.
commander; Lieut. Walter Hintoa aad
Lieut. E. F. Stone, pilots; Ensign,
Charles Rndd, radio operator; Lieut.
J. U Breese, Jr.. and Chief Machinist I
Mate E. 8. Rhodes, engineer.
NAVY DEPARTMENT GIVES
EARLY NOTICE OF STAtf
Washington, May 16V America naval
seaplanes atarted on the long projected
I flight across the Atlantic Ocean shortly
I after S o clock (.New York time) tonight.
This Affinal announcement waa made at
8:10 o'clock tonight at th Navy Daw-
liarinienw
The Navy Department announced thai
the NC-3 left at :08; the NC-4 at 6:07,';
aad the NC-1 at 6:09 o'clock, the tim -
being on the basis of New York N
putation.
The Navy Department earlier had re
I reived a dispatch eying th NC-4 had
started on the flighj. This dispatch wa
I followed by another saying the "four
had put back to Trepasscy Bay, th
starting point of the flight;' It waa as
sumed by officials that th first messiga
wss garbled in transmission.
Th dispatch said that the crew f
th. three scsplsnes were "in the pink af
condition and happy to leave" on their-
daring journey. It fixed th distanc t.
b. covered to Ponta Delgada Bay at
i fin nautical miles.
Th message also atated that a w
engine wa placed la the NC-4 last aigbt
after her arrival from Halifax, aad told
I of the first start of th "four" which
got into th air aad t'reled around th
harbor aad to th mouth of Muttoa Bay
before th actual (tart wa mad. Com -mander
Read then saw that th ethel
plain had aot stsrted and landed agtia
ia Trepasscy harbor. After th NC-1
bad lifted herself into th air, th NC-4 -made
her tecoud get-away without diffl
lyttltr.
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