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RALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 21, 1919.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
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PRESrarS MESSAGE
URGES REVISION OF WAR
TAXES, ABOLISH EXCISES
Recommends Repeal of War
Time Prohibition Against
Beer and Wine, But Not
As To Distilled Liquors
FOR A TARIFF LAW THAT
WILL PROTECT INDUSTRY
FROM FOREIGN ATTACK
Outline and Text of First Mei
sage Ever Cabled From
Abroad and First One Read
By Clerk in Congress in Six
Tears; Program Respecting
Labor Outlined, He Counsels
Speedy Passage of Equal
Suffrage Measure By Sen
ate; Land For Returning
Soldiers and Other Features
(By Tht Associated Press.) '
Washington. Mar 20. President Wil
ton, la his messages to Congress today,
recommended repeal of the -war time
prohibition law so far si it applies to
win and. beer only; announced defi
nitely that the railroad systems and
telegraph, and telephone lines would be
returned to private ownership; urged
a revision of war taxes, particularly to
abolish the manufacturers and retail
sales excites, and outlined generally a
program respecting labor.
These were the "high spots" of the
President's message cabled from Paris.
Woman Suffrage; Tariff.
Besides that, he again urged enact
ment of the woman suffrage constitu
tional amendment; recommended that
the tariff laws be supplied with teeth
to protect American industry against
foreign attack; spoke for legislation to
facilitate American enterprise through
the expansion of shipping and backed
.. rj . . . . .
returning soldiers.
Of the Paris Deaea conference and
the league of nations the President
merely said K would be premature te
discuss them or express a judgment. He
alto avoided diteassioi of domestic lei
islation at length because of hit long
absence irora Washington.
VaiejM Document.
Congress heard a unique document;
the only one of its kind ever trans
mitted across the octsn from a Presi
dent on a foreign shore. For the first
time in tit years it heard a presiden
tial message read by a reading clerk,
instead of assembling to hear the Presi
dent deliver an address in person.
The recommendation for the repeal of
war-time prohibition and for return of
the rail and wire systems, while not un
expected by some, contained the greatest
element of surprise and provoked the
most widespread comment of the many
tasks set before Congress by the Presi
dent.
War-time Prohibition.
In his reference to prohibition, the
President did not enter extensively into
the considerations involved. Demobili
sation, he said, "hat progressed to such
a point that it seems to me entirely
safe now to remove the ban upon the
manufacture and sale of wines and
beers." This ban, laid several months
ago to become effective oa July 1, could
only be removed, the President said, by
Congressional enactment.
Bis recommendation regarding return
of the railway and wire lines was the
direct authoritative declaration by the
administration 01 its ruiuro poncy ana
" greatly surprised many members- who
had interpreted the developments of the
past few months to mean that Mr. WU
on eventually would propose some form
of permanent operation. On the con
trary, tht directness of the President's
declaration on that point left no doubt
that he war through with any possible
scheme of permanent retention.
Wires Te Gs Back te Owners.
"Tht telegraph and telephone lines,"
turned to their ownen at toon at the
Maaav hi h. aitl wirhAnft aAmiia.
' ittrativt confusion. The railroads
wui D nanuea over 10 weir owners mi
the end of the calendar year.
In tht ease of each the President
, asked for legislation to make easier
. tht readjustments necessitated by the
change.
P rot action of New Interest.
In hit reeommenditio for readjust'
meat of taxation tht President made it
clear that he did not expect a funda
mental readjustment of the domestic
tariff rates that have been operative for
the past six years. Ht asked for tariff
thanges only to protect special new in-.
terests likt the dyestufft InduttryBome
reductions were advocated in war time
excess profits taxes and tht present taxes
on retail tale the President tnongnt
could be dispensed with entirely.
Action Bv Cant-rest Doobtfal.
vi Bat f.Al. vrw t- tvjiy v- -
1 1 - 1-.MM m tkM vtvAfutaala Ka
ramo at one the topic of discussions
IIUI UVHISH IV .. 1' -
avamhera about the eiDltol. la re
turning tht railroads, it generally wat
raneeded. the Beoublicta leaden will
readily ftrt the President their co
operation. But as to prohibition ana
tariff and internal revenue taxatiot the
ease was more doubtful.
These are problems en which no very
clear sentiment apparently bat beta
formed ia either of tht great parties.
The recommendations regarding labor
wre general, but the President called
attention to the need for a partnership
(Ceailanot Pag Tar.)
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TH
CONGRESS
Many New Bills Presented;
How Republicans Regard
Wilson's Message
Washington, May 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) President Wilson's
cabled message outlining legislation for
the extra session of the new Congreit
waa read separately in the Senate and
House today by elerkt and arrange
ments were made by congressional
ltadera for immediate consideration of
the vast legislative program with the
equal suffrage resolution to eomt up
tomorrow ia the House.
Bepublieaa leaden met the Presi
dent's proposals for early return of pub-
lie utilities by statement that tuck
legislation already wat planntd. At
to the prohibition recommendation both
Bepublieaa and Democratic "dry" lead
ers joined in vigorous statements dis
senting from the President'i suggestions
and predicting that no beer and wint
repeal would be passed. Opinion in
both Senate and House as ascertained
by leaders was general that the ban on
beer and wine would not be lifted.
Presentation of the President's mes
sagethe first ever transmitted to thit
country by cable waa the principal
business of today's session.
Brief Sessions.
Neither the Senate or House were in
session much more than an hour, the
former adjourning until next Friday
and the House until tomorrow. Before
the President's message was read, the
House arranged to take up tomorrow
the woman suffrage resolution. Its
adoption before adjournment it planned.
senate leaders nave promised prompt
action la the upper body, probably early
next month.'
The principal measures introduced ia
the Senate taxed for eopiet of the peace
treaty, for definition of the American
policy in Butsia, adoption of woman
suffrage, establishment of a federal
budget system and repeal of the luxury
taxes and daylight aaving law. All
were referred to committees, Demo
cratic Senators objecting to all requests
lor immediate consideration.
Investigations Plan Lannched.
Republican plans for many investiga
tions were launched in a resolution by
Chairman Greene of the House mer
chant marine committee proposing in
quiry into operations of the shipping
board and emergency fleet corporation.
Representative- Welty, of " Cdrtoriskett
for an investigation by a non-partisan
committee of "irregular and,, unlawful
expenditures.
Organization of Senate and House
waa pushed forwa.d today at a com
mittee conference of House Republi
cans, a meeting of the Republican
steering committee with Speaker Oillett
and an Initial meeting of the Bepubli
eaa Senators' committee on committees.
The Democratic Senttort' steering com
mittee win meei tomorrow to consider
minority changes.
Comment Oa Recommendations.
Of the recommendations in the pai.
dent's message, those for return to
private ownership of railroads and
wires and repeal of war-time prohibition
against beer and wines drew most com
ment from Congressional leaders. It
wat agreed that legislation dealing with
the public utilities virtually ia assured
at the present session. Leaders also
were interested in the President's state
ment thst if he was familiar with ad
ministrative questions affeetine- tel.-
graph and telephone systems he could
name the exact date for their retura
also."
Legislation Necessary.
In proposing the beer and wine re
peal measure the President said that
"demobilization of the military forces
hat proceeded to inch a point that it
teemt to me entirely taft now to re
movt tht bin upon manufacture and
sale of wines and beers.;'
Legislation ia necessary te remove
the prohibition provisions, the Presi
dent said he had been informed by
hit legal advisers.
Opposition te Repeal.
8enator Sheppard of Texas, Demo
erat, and Representative Randall of
California, Prohibitionist, champions of
the war-time "dry" law, and other pro
hibitum advocates, issued I ttatementt
announcing determined oppotitioa te
repeal legislation. They declared a
large majority of Congress favors pro
hibition and predicted the repeal meas
ure wquld not be enacted. Some Be
publieaa letdert charged tht President
with thifting responsibility to tht Re
publican Congress and laid that all be
would gain would be criticism of pro
hibitionists, v
Ways aad Mean Committee Plans.
Republicans of the House Ways tad
Meant Committee plan to meet before
the end of the week to eonaider tariff
and other revenue legislation. Bepre
tentative Terdney of Michigan, chair
man of tht committee, declined to com
ment on the President's assertion that a
general revision of th tariff wat un
necessary. Other Bepublieaa members
taid that hearings of business met
should decide whether there should be
tariff revision, while some taid a gen
eral revision wat impossible because of
tht uasettled condition of world af
fair. . . ,
COURSES TAKEN
pjts OCCAM, ,
INct
Azores
Map shows widely divergent coarse
United State Navy plane. Doable Use
coarse tsken by Harry G. Hawker, tke
I
Military Preparations Contin
gent On Refusal of Ger
mans To Sign
TIME HERE FOR HUN'S
BILL OF PARTICULARS
Thursday The Limit To Make
Known Their Views On
Peace Treaty; Voluminous
Record of Objections Ex
pected To Be filed; Belief
Still Prevails They'll Sign
(By The Associated Press.)
Before Thursday of the present week
shall have passed the German peace
plenipotentiaries at Versailles are to
make known in full to the delegates of
the alliel and associated powers on
what points of the peace treaty the)
acquiesce and what points they object
to and desire modified.
Thursday it the time limit for the
Germans to make known their views ot
the peace treaty that has beta headed
them. '.No extension haa been granted
the German Who are expected to pre
sent to the members of the peace con
gress a voluminous record of objeetiont
and of acceptances of tht clauses of tht
document. Although the leader
throughout Germany have declared that
the treaty at framed ia unaeceptablt
and that it will not be signed without
modification, the opinion in Paris
seems to prevail that after the repre
sentatives of the allied and associated
governments have considered the oh
jeetions raised by the German plenipo
tentiaries and formulated their final
Teply, the German will affix their sig
natures to the compact.
Taking Nothing for Granted.
Marshal Koch is taking nothing for
granted as regards the probable action
of the Germans at Versailles. He lits
made a visit to the occupied area and
has Informed the Council of Four of t lie
military preparations that have hrea
I made contingent on the Germans refill
ing to accept the allied peace terms.
Pershing Delays London Visit.
Likewise General Pershing, the
American commander it wide awake to
the possibilities of the situation.
trip to London planned by him for the
p csent week, where he waa to be the
guest of the British nation, has been
indefinitely postponed, aad he will re
main on the Bhine until all is settled
at Versailles.
Foodstaff Aad Reparations.
American financial experts are still
discussing economic matters with the
Germans at Versailles particularly with
regard to Germany's ability to pay for
foodstuffs and the method of payment.
The reply of the Couneil of Four to
the German note regarding reparations
will declare that it is impossible to dis
toeiate responsibility from repsrationt
and alto decline to admit that tht Ger-
(Centiaaed en Pag Two.) .
PROGRWIHE
Reports Last Night Giving
Totals So Far of Number
of Conferences
Nashville, Tenn, May 20. (By the
Associated Press.) Ths St. Louis con
ference made its initial report today a
total of $o61,000 against a quota of
I723JI7 being reported. Other late re
ports were from the Central Teass eon
ference, 1 ,003.000; 'West Oklahoma,
(306310 and Missouri, 1208,724. The
largest totals reported include those of
the Memphis conference, 11,100,498;
North Georgia, 11,250,000; Virginia, tV
264,748; South Carolina, 91,028,000
South Georgia, 61.554,333; North Ala
bama, 1983,000, and Tennessee, 938,000,
Director General Beauchamp todav
sent out messages to the conference tnd
district leider ' nrging that ehurehet
which htv reached thetr quotas to'
tinne their campaign and obtaia the
rmst possible over-subscriptions.
Over Million For Sooth.
Kashrille, Ten a.. May 20. Official re
ports received from thirty-five confer
ence of the Southern Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, show raboeriptiOBi
for the Ceatcnarr fund amounting to
FOCH AND PERSHING
READY FOR AC
METHODIST DRIVE
20,6224.
BY HAWKER AND
of American aad British aviator. Broke Una shows flight completed by on
show proposed eontlaaitioa of the American Sler's coarse. Solid line shows the
Anatrsllsa aviator. All distances indicated art la nautical miles.
0
RECORD IN EUROPE
Writes Secretary of War Baker
Letter of Congratulation On
Work of Army
UNIVERSAL ADMIRATION
FOR AMERICAN DEEDS
Secretary of Navy Quotes With
Approval German's Tribute
That 'The Americans Fought
Like Devils and Behaved
Like Gentlemen'; How Con
gress Standi
By 8. R. WINTERS.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, May 20. "As my first act
upon returning to Washington, I desire
to write to you to express in a wsy
that must be most inadequate, my sense
of appreciation of the accomplishments
of the American army in Europe,'
writes Secretary Daniels to Secretary
Baker. "No one who remains at home
ean sens the magnitude of the achieve
ment, th sublimsnose of the courage
and the lasting affect of the victory to
which th American army contributed M
large a part
! hid of course, ia a way been In
touch with the big preparatioat under
your direction for tht grim task set
before our trmy, hut when I visited
seme of the port! through which nun
dred of thousandi of soldiers have
embarked in going to the front and in
returning home, and until I had seen the
great engineering feats whieh have made
possible the big tasks, I eonfess I had
not been able to visualir.e Its greatness
Until I had visited the battlefields,
where I was privileged to have the efn
eers who had been in the e fights to
point out the positions, I had mot under
stood the hardships and the (train and
the glorious deeds of our soldiers. I
bad also the pleasure of visiting the
army of occupation in Germany aud to
observe i these times when there is no
fighting going on, the perfect discipline
and the splendid bearing of our fighting
men. It heartened me, and I know it
would have cheered every American
heart, to, aee the spirit of these, mea
and the wise direction given to them
by their officers in these days of transi
tion.
Waa Universal Admiration.
"I found everywhere I went in Europe
the eenee of the obligation the world
feela to tho American army for their
broad spirit of cooperation and the com
radeship with the soldier of all the
allied nations. Their courage and
valor and endurane characterized by
a spirit of bonaines and cheerfulness
won universal admiration. To hate
seen what our soldiers endured and (he
hardship that confronted them a thev
went into battle calm, unafraid aad
confident, was indeed in Isniration.
"Through General Pershing, who is
deservedly held in high esteem with
those with whom he is associated abroad
as well as at home, and the officers and
men of the splendid army of our coun
try, I was able to ret aa Inside nolnt
of view that gar me a new realisation
of the supreme value of our contribution
ir winning the war."
t. congratulate you. Mr. SecreUrv.
upon having the honor and privilege of
guiding our forces in this victorious
campaign, the like of which ia unparal
leled in our history. It ia our National
pride to find a the close of the war
that the tribute paid to our army by
some German "the Americans fought
lit a a. I
ua yarns ana oenavea like gentlemen,
is mosi aeterving. ' .
Forecast of Saffrac Vote.
Here ia a forecast of the result of
suffrage amendment ia the Senate, whieh
win useiy do victorious:
Thirty-seven Btatoe will rive a ma
jority vpte for suffrage; seven States -
all Southern Democratic a majority
vote against ; four States are eauallv di
vided or uncertain; 18 Western and on
taster Mate will vote solidly for suf
frage in both Rous and Senate; ont
8tate, Alabama, aow ttanda anlidlv
against the intendment. Senator Borah
in Idaho, Moses in New Btmpshire,
Hitchcock in Nebraski, Wolcott in Dels
ware aad Hale ia Maine, prevent a
unanimous vote from their States.
West Virginia, new unanimous ia Sen
ate, may give olid vet in House.
Iowa and Michigan delegation are
olid ia both houses, except for one rep'
reoeatative la each ease. .
Connecticut, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Now fork, Wisconsin, Missouri. Pen.
sylvaaia, all hav majorities ia lower
House. Both Seaator ar opposed 1
ANIELS PRAISES
CeUaa4 ea Pag Five)
NC4 SEAPLANE
MOVING I ORDER
L
Congressman Brinson, of New
Bern, Finds Himself Without
Office Quarters
FICKLE POLITICS HAS
MANY CHANGES MADE
Tar Heel Law Makers Vacate
Spacious Committee Booms
To Take Smaller Offices,
While Republicans Prepare
To Take Over Leadership in
Both Houses of Congress
By S. R. WINTERS.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, May 20. Although over
wbelmingly elected as Congressman
from the Third North Carolina District
and duly sworn into ohice yesterday,
Representative Samuel Hnnson, of New
Bern, today found himself without ofhee
quarters. He Has been assigned to room
ISO ia the House office building, but
the tardiness of the occupant ia moving
to other quarters has temporarily de
prived Representative Brinsonof being
located la hi offlciarx assignment. In
quire at to the whereafouta of the New
Bern Congressman and you will be
directed to room IKS, which ia occupied
by Bepresentative Mason, of New York.
The latter is temporarily forestalled
from vscating because tne cnuirman oi
the Insular Affairs loathes moving day
-hence aa eadlest tie-up.
Ui u.Cu .ukKc... .uc
energy, breakage to furniture and 'r-
MIIIIV UruUKCIJT VI UlUVlug ua nyoum
it is the homesteader who spans thou
sands of miles of trackless desert, tlic
shiftless tenant escaping the domina
tion of a haughty absentee landlord
or the dignified representstive in Con
gress who by force of circumstam-es es
changet spacious committee quurtcrs for
a single room. Holding down eight
chairmanships, an unequalled number
of assignment! perhapi in the history
of the American Congress for a single
c-iaie, veniaoiy u ia mowng ua, i..r
norm larouns representatives. io-i
day it was an endless procession in
shifting their scene of operation from
quarters in the espitol building to the
House office building.
Doaghtea' Lacky Star.
Thanks to a lucky star, Representa
tive Robert L. Doughton, of the Eighth
North Carolina Congressional uistncl,
offers a plan In moving that at once
savet lost motion and merits widespread
duplication. He simply moved neat
door. At chairman of the Committee J
on Kipenditures for tha Department of
Agriculture, he occupied rooms 500 and
3(11, fifth floor. House oAico building.
Tar Heels searching for his headquart
ers during the session of the Sixty-sixth
Congress will find him in room 602,
same building. Other than a reduction
of the size in allotment of space, the
change wou' 1 not be discernible.
Not quite so fortunate in previous
location, Representative Claude Kitchin
after years of residence in the capitol
as chairman of the Committee on Wayt
and Meant hat been asaigned office
quartert in room 317, House office build
ing. He haa mado the change and con
stituents from the Second Congres
sional District will find him, largely
relieved of the insistent duties and re
sponsibilities of directing the affairs of
the Committee oa Ways and Means'.
Even Harry Parker, faithful door
keeper to the committee, is flexible in
hit service and chiaget with the ad
ministration. Other Coagressmea Move.
Representative Edwin Yates Webb,
former chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
was today vacating the commltteV'ro'Sms
(Con tinned on Page Five)
STEAMER STRIKES MINE
AND SINKS; CREW SAVED
Gothenburg, Sweden, May 20. The
American steamer Lake Placid ttruek a
Submerged ' mint near the Island of
Vinga, aetr here, yesterday tnd sank
ia five minute. All those on board
were .rescued.
The steamer Lake Placid, or 6,200
tent, was owned by the United States
Shipping Board and under assignment
to the Atlantic Transport Company for
operation. She left Baltimore on April
20 with a cargo of coal for Gothenburg.
Th itearaer wit built ia 1917 at De
troit, Mich. ; . . ... .
DAY I P I
READ AND HIS SEAPLANE
0
READY FOR FINAL HOP OFF
TO LISBOHNIPLYIOTH
NEVER A WORD FROM
ER OR GRI
Ships Unsuccessfully Scour Sea
From American Coast To
British Isles
London, May 20.-10:10 p. m. -Tuesday
passed without word of any kind
concerning Harry Hawker and Lieut.
Commander Grieve and their Sopwith
biplane in which they left St. John's
Sunday afternoon.
BRITISH ADMIRALTY
ISSl'ES STATEMENT
London, May 20. Midnight. (By The
Associated Press.) Up to this hour
there is no word of Hawker and his
navigator, Grieve. Not a single report
hat betn received from any of the an'
merout airplanes, destroyers, min
aweepers and light craft of all descrip
tion! which are sweeping the seas off
Ireland. Their task haa been hampered
br for and rain.
In an official communique just issued
iuatifving the attitude of the govern
nient in relation to the cross-Atlantic
flight which has ended in disaster, the
Admiralty warns the public that in view
of the vast areas involved the chances
of finding Hawker and Grieve are very
remote.
The communique, referring to recent
critirisms. snvs that the attitude of the
air ministry has leen to enjoin caution,
rather than to urge such attempts and,
while anxious to do the utmost to save
ffnlliint and intrepid airmen as Hawker
and Grieve, the government feels bound
to warn those who may in the future
attempt to fly the Atlantic that its re
sources make it utterly impossible that
the immense task of patrolling 2XX)
miles of ocean can be undertaken,
mitleat Search.
St. John't, N. F.. May SO.-Shipi at
ea from th American roast to th Brit
ish Islet twept the air ia all direction!
thrnuirhout tht nifc-ht with wlrelesa
aueries renrding the fate of Harry O,
Hawker and Commander MacKenzie
Grieve, unheard from since they set off
from St. John s in their Hopwith biplane
. .., their unnrece
trilrfllAtlllntic ,ir journey, but
I radiograBli hieh had reached Cnpe
, uaca op to this morning from more tnan
twenfy ,,.,, were nrKntive. The Sop-
with plant had not been sighted and
repetition ot Its can icuers
went unanswered.
. ... ... ... itntri"
Probably Lost Esrly On Flight.
tendon. Msv 20. No definite news
t the whereabouts of the Sopwith air
plane carrying Hurry Hawker and
I .iunt Cnm. MacKenzie Grieve having
. iv-a y,-re it , believed in
.1(,mirHty tlTeea Uiat the daring avia
. . , :, , aftor fr)f,
(f( m shorvt 0( Newfoundland fun
dav afternoon.
According to all reporta no messages
came from the biplane s wireless noi
even a note of farewell and it is be.
lieved that Hawker would have sent
some message unless he met with s
accident soon after ths start.
Off the Irish coast tho wenther is
. , , an(, ,hPr, ,r, no furttie
... ... sah marine fell
into the tea within sight of tht River
Shunnon
Never Acknowledged "D. K. A.
St. Johns, May 20 Ha .ker'e asso
elates here, disappointed over the Brit
ish admiralty's announcement that th
reports were unconfirmed that the 8op
with had descended when forty miles
short of the goal L the Irish coast line,
'xpressed grave fears today regarding
the missing aviators. They questioned
whelhe. the life preserving aide esrried
by the two men would prove seaworthy
under stormy "nuitions.
As an indication of the weather ter
vice sccorded the airmen, the Admir
tlty radio station here picked up last
night a wireless message addressed to
Hawker warnig him of storm conditions
off the Irish coast. Hawker a friend
are prepared to believe that this story
may prove to have caused the deaths of
the two aviators. The center of the dis
turbance was said here to be approxl
mately 300 miles from the spot where
the Sopwith was reported to be oa the
water.
There le nn record of any aeknowl
edgment of "DKA" of the storm warn
ing.
Plans for Another Flight.
With the result of Hawker's endear
ore in dqubt, plans for another, pros
pective race began to develop tooay
similar to that for which Hawker and
Frederick P. Ray n ham were lined up
here longer than a month.
The Anglo-American team, Alcott as
pilot end Brown as navigator of the
Vimy bombing plane, which it du to
arrive here tomorrow, announced thit
flight for Ireland would be undertaken
with th coming of tht next full moon
Alcott today wired : to Viee-Admlrnl
Kerr it Harbor Grace for permission tt
I us the flying field of tht Handler-Page
plane now assembling there ror a -taat
off. Alcott said be would ny light
from 8t. Johns to Harbor Grtet at
there would start with a full load on his
trans-Atlantic journey.
Handley-Page Maehls.
Tht Haadley-Pagt will be ready at th
1
EVE
(Ceatlaaed oa Pago Two.)
n Excellent Condition The Lone
Hope of The N-C Planes Is
Tugging at Anchor Wait-,
ing for Better Weather
LEW 150 MILES TO PONTA
DEL GADA YESTERDAY IN
ONE HOUR AND 44 MINUTES
Navy Department OfflciaHj no
tified of Sinking of If O-l and
That NO-3 Was So Badly
Damaged That It Ia Being
Dismantled; What Naval Ex
perts Have Learned from
The Performances Thus Tar
In the Trans-Atlantio Flight;
Bigger Ships Necessary
IXPECTS TO START
AT THIS MORNIXO
Poata Del Gads, May -
The Associate! Press.) Ueat. Casn
maader Albert C. Bead, la csaaeaaad
of th American seaplaa NC-4, as
pects te start for Lisbon at 'clack
Wednesdsy morning. Be none to
reach there before dark.
If all le well with the Sight, an
overnight stop will bo msde at Lis
bon and the NC-4 will proceed oa
th last lap of the trana-Atlaatt
joaraey for Plymoath, weather per
mitting. The NC-4 waa overhauled hero to
day aad took oa a fall sanply of faeL
SINKING OF THE NC-L
The NC-1, which waa In coaasaaael
of Llent.-Commaador BelllaawT, sank
off Co rvs this aftrna, after tho
Halted State destroyer Fairfax waa
aaabl to calvage her. Tho heavy
aeaa mad tewing laneasible and tho
destroyer stood by waiting for tke
weather to moderate. Bat tho body
of tho machine filled with water aad
the wlits were broken off. Thl
combined with tho weight of tho
oaglaaa caeake) tho plan to
many fathetaa deep.
(By tht Associated Pre.)
Washingtoa, May SO. Tugging at
anchor in tht harbor of Poata Del Gtda,
Azores, tht Seaplane NC-4, th loll
surviving entry of tht American navy
lor nrst trant-Atlaatie flight hoaort
wtits only favorable weather for the
start of the 800 mile dash to Lisboa,
Portugal.
After three days at Horta, where she
landed upon completion of the record
breaking flight from Newfoundland,
Lieutenant Commander Albert C.
Head's big ship flew to Ponta Del Gada
today in remarkably fast time, covering
the 150 miles in one hour aad 44 min
utes. This was it the rite of spproxi
mstely Mi miles an hour.
Ia Excellent Coaditiosu
Rear Admiral Jackson ia report! a I
the arrival of the NC-4 at Poata Del
Gada said th pi a a was "O.K.-. gad
Flight Commander Joha H. Tower to
night reported the plane to bo ia
cellent condition." Naval official her
expect the NC-4 to get away tomorrow
unless weather condition are vary
bad. The flight to Lisboa should aot re-'
quire more than ten hour. After re
plenishing fuel supplies and beiag over
hauled in Portugal, th NC-4 will Ba
il cr take the 1st leg of the voyage to
Plymouth, England.
Now the Solo Reliance.
The NC-4 wit definitely made th
sole reliance of the American Navy ia
an attempt it thit time to era th At
lantic through the air through a report'
received tonight from Commander
Towers st Ponta Del Gada, who la
formed the navy department of th
sinking at sea of the NC-1 aad com
mencement of the dismantling of th
NC-3 preparatory to ahipping th plan
back to the United States. Previou re
port had said the NC-1 waa oataid
the port of Horta ia bad condition aad
it waa presumed ty navy official ler
that her how wa torn out by destroyer'
attempting to tow her into port. -t
NC-1 Oat of Race
It had been thought that the NC-3, de
spite the damage wrought during nearly
sixty hours spent on a high-roaning tea
might be put in shape to return th
flight. Commander Towen evidently
after examining hit flagship decided to
leave tht field to the NC-4 aloa.
Naval experts laid todsy that tht per
formances thus far in the trana-Atlaatit
flight hav demonstrated that great
ttridet in aviation have bee a mad from,
an engineering standpoint, but that th
development of seaplanes ha not jet
reached the stage where they are of -
J . . - 1 . 1 -M
aemonstratep. commercial, vaioo. u ap
parently are agreed thit bigger ihip art
necessary for trant-Atlmtie flying.
Fog th Only Thing that Prevewted.
Officials emphasised, however, that th
work of Commander Tower' squadron
had been highly satisfactory and they
ar convinced that fog alone prevented
ill thret of the flying craft from reach
ing the Atores through tho air. The
value of tht design also wat demon
strated, they taid, by tht ability shown
by the NC-3 to ride through a storm.
Snecwlatieaa.
It wat taid that tht planet undoubt
edly would havt dont much bettor had
they been equipped with geared Libert)'
motor, thit it motor of 800 hone
power but with no greater weight thaa
the 400 horse-power engines. Engineer
still art working on tuck a motor. An
other problem which expert art trek-
(Ca tilted oa ttm TwoJ