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; WEATHER Partly cteadyi local thaader showers Monday aad Taeadajr. a yaar fro. "4 ffnal I Mm nilnuN sat t"fc4 missJat itaM eon. VOL! OX. NO. 139. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CHITS. kne news i -' HAWKER TOWERS AND WEATHER AUSTRALIAN STAKES ALL TO BEAT AMERICANS I TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT Hawker and Grieve Began Most Perilous Airplane Flight in History Sunday Afternoon Bound for Irish Coast ASCENT FROM ST. JOHNS IN SOPWITH MACHINE 4 WAS WITHOUT NOTICE Expected To Reach Iriih Coast This Morning, Barring Acci dent, and Thereby Win Glory : And Pnrte of $50,000 Of fered By London Newspaper; It Is a Non-Stop flight and ! Different Class of Attempt ' from That By the Nary-Curtis .Machines Now on Their NOTHING HEARD FROM HAWKER AND GRIEVE y SINCE FLAKE STARTED Bt. John's NVr, May HV-tTp to a o'clock tbii (Moaday) morning no word had been received from Barry G. Hawker since be itarted ob hit traas-Atlantie filgt. ' Weather re port! fro the Atlantic were favor abl and 'indicated Improvement ia tome of the storm area. ' i Bt. Jonas, N. F, May 18-(By tha Associated Press.) Harry 0. Hawker, Australian aviator, and Commaader 'Mackensio Grieve, hie navigator, art ' winging their way acrott tha Atlantic tonight on the moat periloui airplane fiifht la history. r They took the air at 8:55 p. m. today, Greenwich tine (1:65 p. ra. New York , time), and expect to reach the Irian ; coast in twenty houre naleie tome ae "cidcnt forcea them to plunge into the ilea. May Win Glory aad t5,M. When tha Bopwith biplane paaaed from view beyond the hills to the north west, headed for the open tea, it left behind with shattered hopea Hawker . English rival, Frederick P. Baynham, who had hoped to bo flrat aeroaa in a Martiasvde plane and win glory aad the loOjuOQ prixe of the London Daily Mail. Eagllshmaa Coalda't Follow. '; Baynham was tuning np the engine of his' machine when Hawker flashed over the Englishman! airdrome, drop ping al he went the undercarriage of his Bopwith to lighten tha load he must tarry. Roynham and his navigator, Charles W. F. Morgan, .realised then that the Australian was on hit way. In ttantly they determined to follow nlm ' for all their -preparations had beea made weeks ago, but misfortune intervened. At the Martinsyde "taxied" along the Uneven, surface of tht runway prepara tory to tha take-off a rear axle broke inder Its heavy load and tht machine ploughed into the ground. Pilot and navigator were jammed in tha wreck- lire, but apparently neither was ser iously hart. , Flight Without Nolle While Bayaham's injuries were being treated Hawker wat well oa hit way. Ruaday sightseers, listlessly watehing whit they supposed wst to be a trial ' flight of tha Sppwith, were amated whea they aaw tha undercarriage drop like a plummet near tht Martinaydt airdrome. They knew it meant Hawker had de termined to tarry no longer for it left him without laadiag equipment but lightened hit craft for hit hazardous ; toysge. v - If tht daring Australian wins his gambit with death it will bring him flrat honors in tht aoa-atop trans-At-i lantlo race, undying fame aad a rich prise. Ht decided to risk everything whea he heard of the arrival of the Vai led States navy's teaplaat N. C-4 at Horta and reiterated bit statement that ht would "beat tht Yankees aeroaa,1' although tht venture of tht navy air craft hat no bearing oa tht Daily Mall tontert, nor did they attempt a noa- itop flight Dat 0 Irish Coast Thle Morning. Tht twenty-four hour Jouraey plaa- - ned by Hawker would land him oa tha Irish coast at about 1:55 p. m, Green wich time tomorrow (9:65 n.m. New Fork that). Ht it flying straight for Irelsnd, winging hit way regardless if shipping lanes. Bawker got away in a, lurching 300- ' ard ran, bumping hazardously aver tht uneven field. Tht little plaat ca reened aad rocked recklessly aatil a hammock lifted it and its wings "took - tht air" for a low, twinging ttsrt. Iawker was at tht eoatroL . . Waved Quick Farewell. . The Bopwith began tq apeti pp. at I .. , , ,.r. - ' ts' : ' TAKES CHANCE IN GAMBLE WITH DEATH; HAWKER'S FLYING PARTNER WHO ALSO ' HOPPED OFF SUNDAY Uctrr. comm. Griavt It navigator . for Captain Harry G. Hawker, who haa been, wait ing with a Bopwith plaat at Newfound laid for a favorable moment, to start a a traht-AtlamUa flight- Ttaterday ht "hopped off" with Hawkef la hit Bop. soon ai it floated into the air and Hawker headed straight into the north east. When ht dropped hit undercar riage he and Grieve waved a quirk fare well. . Flying straight, without kwerving a hair from the chosen course, the little plane faded rapidly from view. Ia five minutes it had dwindled to a speck ia the sky and ia six minute it was out of sight beyond tht hills. Staked Everything to Boat V. 8. Hawker's start wat made in the fact of weather conditions which he charac terized as "not yet favorable but pos sible." He and his navigator gravely considered tha hazards of tht attempt and decided to stake everything on aa Bert to "beat the Americana." Overnight reports to tht meteor ological station had showed increased atmospheric pressures, smoother teas and fair barometer eoadltiona. : Al though winds and pressures were not all they hoped for, Hawker nnd Grieve ordered their hand satchels packed aad made ready for the start. ' No Use Ftr Fajamaa. 1 Hawker considered weight of utmost importance. Lifting Mackenzie Grieve's bag, ht found it heavy and inquired so licitously it bt eould not dispense with "pajamas on tht trip." Whea asked if ht thought ht would have a ehanet to aleep during tha voyage, Hawker re plied : "Well have a long sleep coming at the end oi it. It was 6 o'clock in tht afternoon, Greenwich time, when Hawker ordered hia Bopwith plaat out of its hangar for a ground and wind test. Over in tht Quidividi field at the other and of the eity Raynham had found erott wind sweeping over his Martitysidt "take off' grounds. -Good laoagh. r. Hawker tried out the Bopwith for a minute or two and called eonditiont for a start ' good enough. Grieve agreed Tht plant wat then given a final in tpeetion. . - At 8:51 Greenwich time, tht 8opwilh waa ready. At 6:55 sharp Hawker gave tha word and tht ground erew "let go." Tht littlt plaat jerked forward, then moved steadily aver tht s seven ground. , Hawker gathered speed rapidly as ht bowled over tht turf, recking heavily. At EW yards ht waa going fairly well but awayiug badly. . A hammeek "lift ed" him at 800 yards and with a last lurch the Bopwith "took tbt air." ' . Bht't Of.!" . , From the instant it "set tail" directly aortneast, winging higher aad Usher. When tha undercarriage waa dropped. tat "ttie group oi spectators tried tut "Sht'tofrr Baynham at Quidividl heard tbt roar of tht Bopwith engine as tha plaat rots well into tht air. Ht ordered tht Mar- tinsydt made ready at taet aad wtnt into hasty consultation with hia aariga- wr worgw., .v.. Collanat of lagliaa Machine. Within aa hoar tht Uarttnsydt was taxing for a start, with Baynham at tht control, bumping heavily aad reck ing from tide to side tvtr tha ronah ground. Suddenly a rear axlt buckled and tbt machint crashed oa Its aide, plowing into tha earb. Baynham aad v. ! (CoaUaaed an Faga Twwj FLAGSHIP MISSING STOPS N-C 4 FROM RESUMING rWVY CRAFT SCOUR THE SEA IN VAIN Apprehension As To Safety of Commander Towers And His Flagship NOT A WORD SINCE EARLY SATURDAY MORN. N.C-1 Badly Damaged But Crew Saved; Bead and His No. 4 in Good Shape and Was Beady To Resume Flight On To Lisbon Sunday But Weather Prevented PROSPECTS TOR FLIGHT BY NO. 4 TO LISBON TODAY. London, May 18. The air ministry- report issued today, says : "Conditions generally are favor able for continuing the flight to Lla boa. Tht barometric pressure i. fall ing somewhat in the Azores, and there is 'mist at Ponta Del Gada, but the winds are light and west erly. Conditions on the direct Atlantic route are improving.' Washington, May 18. Apprehension at to tht safety of Commander John H Towers aad his erew of four men, who in tbt seaplane NC-3, have been lost st sea for more than forty hours bad be gun tonight to displace tht feeling of confidence among navy official! that tht trans-Atlantic fliers soon would , bo found by searthinjr vessels. ' No word had beea rveaived from tht XC-4 nines I :U a'sl hrni Mt.i.ln m i&K when 'Commander Towers reported that felt plant tht flagship of tht squad ron, was off her course some 800 miles from the Island of Fayal, Azores. Dis patches from Rear Admiral Jackson, aboard tht U. 8. 8. Melville at Ponta Del Gada, Azores, tonight laid a gait wat awerping the teas northwest of tho A sores and that high waves wore run ning. NC-4 Ready To Proceed. With the NC-4 at Horta, groomed and ready for the next leg of tht trnna- Atlantio flight, and tht erew of tht NC-1 safely aboard tht cruiser Colum bia at Horta tho navy with its vast force of vessels, concentrated to aid in the trans-Atlantic attempt, waa bending all of its energies to tht finding of tht lost flyers. Two battleships, the Florida and Texas, and nearly a store of destroyer, wero scouring the sea over a wide area all day today and tonight. Tho fog which, it it supposed, forced tho NC-1 to the open tea whea within a few abort miles of Corvo Headland, the objective point of the aerial argonauts had been dissipated by strong westerly winds tkil morning which increased to a gale by a. m. and whipped up a nasty, choppy sea, the most menacing condition possible for n seaplane riding on tho surface of the ocean. No. 1 Badly Damaged. Massages received from Rear Admiral Jackson late tonight telling of the dam ago to the NC-1 eaused by the heavy seat running at tha time tha plant was found, served to increase the apprehen sion felt for the safety of tht erew of tbt NC-3. The lower planet of tbt NC-1 were badly damaged, one pon toon was entirely carried away, tho right wing was badly broken, the left wing ribs were damaged, snd the eleva tors were smashed. Chances Against Flagship. Naval vessels standing by in aa effort to salvage tha big boat reported to tht department that the teal were running so high thitlt was Impossible to save it st this time. It wat pointed out that (CoaUaaed an Pan Three.) snunuwnioiinim i ... h Tt TTTT Ft AJ J XJ IV I NOW! Homo building it given im petus in Raleigh and North Carolina by a series tf ad vertisements beginning to day in tht' interest of ' . "Build Now;' , i ' : There art numerous con cerns serving tht building aad contraetiag trades that . will lnd h to their advan-.. , tagt to advertise right bow. Address: - TTa New and Observer Far Ratal aad Information. TWO OF THE PILOTS NOW OFF WITH THE N. C. SEAPLANES ON TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT 4 Lieut I. T. Ba.rin, left, and one of the Navy-Curtis aeaplane now off in trans-Atlantic flight. Search Of Destroyers For Commander N-C 3 As Yet Unrewarded NC-1 Safely in Tow of Route to Horta, Where the Successful No. 4 and Commander Read Were Forced to Re main Over Sunday able Weather Conditions. . (By The Associated Press.) . Ponta Del Gada, May 18. The NC-4, which arrived safely at Horta Saturday morning, reported today that the weather there was unfavbrable for a continuation of the flight to Ponta Del Gada. NC-1 Safely In Tow. , A wireless message from the destroyer Fairfax was towing the NC-1 into port. The crew oi the NC-1, headed by Laeut. pected at Horta tonight on the them. ....-mu. Searching for NC-3 Flagship. , . (By The Associated Press.) Ponta Del Gada. May 18. Fayal, reported shortly after cepted messages passing between destroyers to the effect that missing seaplane NC-3 had been forced to alight between sta tions 17 and 18, where the seaplane was last rieard from at 9:15 o'clock, Greenwich time, Saturday morning. The Co lumbia reported that destroyers were searching for the flag ship oi the seaplane fleet. - Still Searching for Washington, May 18. Destroyers and battleshiDS stii: were searching today for the Atlantic flight squadron, which, with Flight Commander John H. Towers and his crew of four men. has been missinsr since 5:15 o'clock. yesterday morning, when it reported that it was oil its course some 300 miles NC-1 Reported London. Mav 18. Llovds with the crew of the American at Horta Sunday, and that the M wfwtJ ana oi r lores. . F REACH ER SHOOTS FOUR ft BULLETS INTO A MAN. - Richmond, -" Vs.," " May 18. Robert Spencer, 32, business man at Bucking ham Courthouse, was brought to a pri vatt hospital hero tonight suffering from fonr bullet wounds said to have beea Inflicted by Rev. C. T. Brail, pastor of tht Baptist churches at Dillwya and Buckingham Courthouse. Burgeons pro aounet tha wounds fatal " , ,N-C 1 - ' 'kft; ::1 Lieut. M. A. Mitscher, pilots of Towers And Destroyer Fairfax, en on Account of Unfavor . the destroyer Harding said that Commander Bellinger, is ex steamer Ionia, which rescued The cruiser Columbia at Horta noon today that she had inter " Tower and Flagship. NC - 3 flagship of the naval trans- from the Island of Fayal, Azores. Sunk; Crew Saved. rennrtn that tVi iini Inni, seaplane NC-1 aboard, arrived NC-1 sank 120 miles of the Isl r Tho Count May Not Return.' Ysrssilles, May 18 (By tht Asso ciated rress.) It ii quite possible that Count von Broekdorff-Ronttau, head of tht German peace delegation, who left hert last night, will nut return to eon duet further negotittiont at Versailles, according to reports received hert to da from Spa, - ' ' : ' f MING FLIGHT niFPFBWR mvim 111 1 UlXULlVILiU 1U1 II Ulill HUN PEACE DELEGATES GENERAL FOCH TO E Col. Al Fairbrother Makes Trip To Washington To Complete Arrangements SOUVENIR EDITION OF BOOKLET GOES WITH IT Battle of Guilford Court House Recalled in Memoranda for French Commander; Colonel Pratt Called To Washington; Senator Simmons Arrives For Opening of Congress By S. R. WINTERS. (Special Leased Wire.) Washington, O. C, May 18. The hickory cane from Guilford Battle' ground, fashioned from a log-hewn in tht forests of Guilford county for prt entation to General Foeh, commander in chief of tha Allied armies, will soon bo itarted on its journey overseas Col. ind Mrs. Al Fairbrother, tf Greens boro, were la Washington today com pleting arrangement! with Secretary of tht Navy ' Daniels whereby tht $300 walking staff will bt transmitted to tht Anted Jnlmander.', " "- Colonel tad lira. Fairbrother eamt to Washington with ths intention of ob taining pissporti for entry to Euro pean countries but tht difficulty of tt' curing traveling pipers led them to abandon their original plant' of present ing the token of appreciation to Mar shal Foeh in person. While in the eity Colonel and hire. Fairbrother presented ona of the souvenir editions explaining tho objects of the rsne to tht t'ongres sionil Library, which was graciously ae cepted. .The tastily arranged booklet, handsomely bound in morocco, contains the names of the 611 subscribers to tht fund nuking ' possible the purchase of the 300 gift. Only four of the sou venir edition! are ia ei'stenee one being sent Oiyier.il Foeh along with the gift, bnf for the Greensboro library snd the other for the State Library ia Ra lelgh. Gift From People. The idn as happily conceived by Colonel Fairbrother was popularly sub scribed to by 611 Guilford county peo ple and is many more would have quickly grasped the opportunity had not the funds been attained arid further support declined. Old men, women and men in the prime of life, and even tots, offored to subscribe to the idea which so pleasingly weaves together the threads of the unest sentiment and pa triotie impulses. Soma children wished to contribute five cents. The hickory tree from which the staff was carved grew in the forfait of the Guilford Battleground and as Colonel tairbrother so cleverly describes, "Just within the shadow of Greensboro that the famous Guilford Bsttleground, now a' national park, basked in the sun and on its fertile lands for over a hundred peaceful years had been growing the forests which the sport of nature plants. Out there was a hickory tree, and why not cut it why not fashion that into staff into something that you could use something thnt you would appreciate and send it to you appropriately de signed carrying to you a message of lov snd good cueerT Staff Ia Hand-Made. The staff is hnnd-mnde and hand' wrought, and the goldsmith of New lork consumed three months in fash inning tho rane. The end is ivory tip ped, and tha gold-embossed hnndls hears this greeting to General Foeh "This hickory staff was cut on the Gull ford Battleground where in 1781 Gen era". Greene won (he decisive victory in tue American war for Independence, On the cover of the' souvenir edition explaining the' objects of tho 'token Is printed tins message: "To General Foeh, whose military genius won tht inde pendenco of tht world." Withla tht psges of this booklet, written in the inimitable style of Colonel Fairbrother are these words: Why Tihea It Given. The prefatory remnrks are mode is this picturesque language, "Pardon thia intrusion, but permit me to say that while you, s grim strategist of war accorded by tht nations of tht carta Srst plica ia military achieve Stents winning . thai . recognition and that fame by reason of yonr wonder- fu' resourcefulness and genius found net only ipplause in tht war depart ment! an in official circlet of the different governments of tho world whoso honor you so grandly def pided and Whose victories yon ra signally GET HICKORY CAN .(Continued n ' JV4 . INJURED; Head of German . Delegation Goes To Have a Heart-to-Heart Talk with the Ebert Government. VON BR0CKD0RFF MAY NOT RETURN TO PARIS ndependent Socialists of Ger many Represented as Still Favoring the Signing of the Peace Treaty Ia Fact of Strong Opposition; One Del egate Quoted as Saying "We'll Be Hacked To Pieces if We Return Without Sign ing" ; Hungarian Treaty Pro cedure Held Up (By tbt Associated Frees.) Sharp differences hart arista among tht members of tht German peace dele- -, gation over tha peace treaty aad Codat voa Broekdorff-Raatzau, head of tht Teutonic plenipotentiaries, may return to Berlin to discuss with tht Ebert gov ernment whether tht tarms presented by tht Allied aad aaaodatad govtra- mentt shall bt signed. Ht hat tlrtady . reached Spa aad conferred with tech nical experts, , A majority of tha delegates. Includ ing tht ffnaneial axperta, art l started to bt ttroagly against submission t tht terms, and at marked has bseomt tha division between tbt vppoeiag factions that it Ja ossUt prtbablt Count voa Brackdorff-Raataaa will not agrta ta ra mala a party to tha negotiations. Unofficial advieet from Bps art to tbt effect that tht Count already has asked to bt relieved of hit arduoai task. Tht departure of tht bead of tht German delegation will not necessarily rauss an interruption at tht negotiations. however, as these may bt conducted. - meantime by those members tf tht party remaining at Versailles. Tht Independent Socialists tf Ger many art still in favor of signing tha peace treaty, in tht fact) tf strong op position oa tht part of tha non socialists supporter! of tht govtramtat In this connection ent member of tht German delegation, ranking as a coun cillor of legislation, ia quoted as haviag declared: "We will sign despite all, because wt -will be hacked to pieces if wt return te Berlin without signing." Aaatrlaa Treaty Bold ta. ' r ''The failure of tht Hungarian dele g.ites to arrive at St. Germain aad the . uncertainty ss to conditions in Hun gsry art holding up tht pressatatioa of tht treaty to bt offered tht Ana triani for signature. It ia expected now that tht document will not bt handed to tht Austrisn plenipotentiaries until late in the present week. Thus far the only business trans acted by tht Austrian! at St. Germala has been with the inter-Allied rtprt sentatives in connection with tht meth ods and details of tht revictuaUing of Vienna snd the remainder of Austria si thst state f constituted it present Indication! are that Italy will take a leading part in tha negotiation! with the Austrian as tbt Entente powot most concerned in them. Fighting la Smyrna. Serious fighting attended tht Isnl ing of Greek troops at Smyrna last Thursday. Three hundred Turks aad one hundred Greeks wort killed during the encounters. . - PRESENTATION OF THE Al'BTRIAN TREATY DELATED. Paris, Saturday, May 17. (By tho Associated Press. Tho Austrian peat treaty according to indications today, wilt not be ready for presentation be fore the latter part 'of tht next wsek. It is understood that tht failura of Hungarian delegates to arrive aad tht) uncertainty regarding eonditiont then mused a considerable redraft of por tions of the document concerning over--topping question! in tht former daal -monarchy. . ... Meanwhile tht members of tht Aus trian delegation at St. Germala kavt as yet dona little tsrept to accustom themselvei to tht pleasures of tht his torical aad beautiful place. ; NEW ALBEMARLE PAPER 1 WILL BE STARTED -SOON (Special to tha Ntws aad Observer.) 'Albemarle, May 14. The Stanly County Herald is tht namt of news paper to bt established in Albemarle within tht next sixty days. Tht paper will bt tdited by A. C Huneycutt, ne sttorney of tht local bar. It will bt published weekly. Tht company, which will bt incorporated, trill parehatt a eomplett newspaper plant in the near future and haa leased a store roeavi It it believed thst then Is a good Sold here for s good weekly paper, Tht Newt, a trl-weekly, being at protest tht only newspaper, published ia tht county, .