LOST AVIATORS REACH
ARCTIC PORT SAFELY
Cordova,
— - a . ' ■ f
FfMlflfR L. ,
limy,
April ».
thfy left Chlgnik tn tMr nnsd
tlw world fli|kt, ars safe at Pert
Molier, Abate. A radio mamft
nu nmItmI bars from Major Martin
this morning.
The aviator* owed their nin'nm,
the ra4infrra laid to "concentrated
food and nerve." Exhausted the flight
commander and his mechanic finally
lunched a trapper's cabin at the
northernmost point of Port Molier
bar, on the morning of May 7.
they found food and regained suffi
cient strength to walk the beach tnrse
days before they were rescued.
The plane struck a mountain near
Port Moiler an hour and a half after
leaving Chignik, according to Major
Martin's meaaage. Although the
ship waa completely wrecked, neither
of the aviators was hurt, he said.
Port Moiler is 1M miles west of Chig
nik.
The message from Major Martin
which reached here at 1 :lt u'clock
this morning came from Port Molier
via St. Paul island.
Nothing in the message indicates,
aa It waa understood here, how many
miles Major Martin was from Port
Molier boy when his machine, the
flsr plane Seattle, was wrscked
against a mountain. Thus It waa not
known here today bow many m'len
'%* and Sergeant Harvey forced their
way through the wilderness before
they reached the trapper's cab n and
found something more to eat than the
concentrated rations they carried. It
la known, however, that they were
at least a week on their Joumer.
Sooth of Port Molier bay, tho ptn
tnsula is only 28 miles across tr the
Pacific ocean, the bay being a branch
of Bering Sea on the north side of
the peninsula. The country ir still
under snow and no food is to ha
tim air iwet commander lert ui*
nfk fat w great a storm that th« Hil
ar members of the expedition, then
waiting for him at Dutch Harh..r, and
Lieutenant Clayton L. Biaael. who
mad* all arranamanta for the flight
from Seattle to Attn island at the
waatera end of the Aleutian chain,
had considered it certain that the
commanding officer would not fly
that day. Although the day had
Pawned fair and clear at Dutch Har
bor. northwest gales soon started, and
violent winds carrying much snow
■rose almost the moment the Seattle
had taken the air.
Major Martin had flown to. Chig
nite April 25 from Kanatak. This
Journey of 1150 miles was mad? in
such a storm that he alighted midwny
in Kunlik bay and for SO minites,
with snow heating into his face, stud
ied maps and the surrounding lard
acape in an effort to get his bearings.
The next day he went down with a
leaking crank case and was found in
Portage Bay near Chignik by the
United States destroyer Hull. At
Kanatak he installed a new engine in
hia plane aa it rocked and plunged in
in the water.
The three remaining planes of the
expedition, under command of Lieut
Lowell H. Smith, reached Attn island
Friday, and according to latest ad
sices were awaiting a favorable mo
ment to make the Jump of S78 milea
serosa the Bering aea to Paramaahire
Wand in the Kurflea. at the north end
ef the Japanese empire. This hop is
the longest in the 47.000 mile circuit
•f the earth aa being made by the
flsit
Washington Elated Orsr
AilaWri Safety
Washington. May 11.—Safe arrival
at Part Motler. Alaska, of M«jor
Frederick L. Martin, commander ef
Mm army world flight expedition, and
Ms Mechanic. Sergeant Alva L. Har
ts the army and nary air ssi liues and
Mm coast
n» IHikt t—lMtri m April M,
when Ma airplane ctmM ii—III H •
G«ml Patrkk hu/um »Tr aerriea
1 hri "*•»* last lityt-" II w*M ha
iHw* Major Martin.
OffWda bar* pointed aat that the
I two fHara carried two weeks pnrla
iona, ami wsre clothed to naM tha
frl(M temperature of the arctic sir.
Unlrn injured in la mi inc. It waa eon
MhM all along they stood a rsaaon
ahle chance of making their way to
snsne settlement along tha coast.
The National Geographic society,
describing tha territory where Major
Martin crashed Into a mountain aide,
describes the whole coaat In tha ra
rlon aa extremely ragged, with num
erous indentation* and offshore in
let*. A short distance inlaiuf riae
volcanic mountain*.
Although tha Aleutians era aa far
north aa central Canada, the geogra
phic society says the climate ia not
severely cold. Rather It may be said
to be always chilly, damp and foggy.
The inlands are trealeaa, lave for
a few ncrahhy widows along the water
course*. Dense growths of grasa and
moss cover tha hills and mountain*
and small pa tehee of lowland. The
few Aleut* who lira on some of tha
islands maintain themaelves entirely
hy fishing, banting and trapping.
At Port Moiler a aiteable cannery
ia in operation.
Air service officers here ware Ba
uble to describe the "condensed food"
refned to in Major Martin'* message.
Before the fliers hopped off, they
•aid, Martin waa furniahed fund* to
nrorlda for tha food wanted.
The opinion of an officer prominent
in mapping out the route waa that
Martin carried raaarre food which
weighed about fire pounds. That
milk tableta were included waa con
aidered likely and the regular army
ration, given to man who are to be
away from their baae for some days
consisting of condensed beef, coffee,
■agar and Won, waa probably in
cluded it was said.
Establishment of Major Martin'a
safety was received with great en
thusiasm in army circles, where what
had developed Into a 24 hours a day
planning division had been engaged
with the work of directing the search
for him.
All through the 11 days the air
plane Seattle had been missing, the
belief bad been held staunchly that
Major Martin would be able to save
himself and hia aide. The resource
fulness of Major Martin had been one
at the qualifications upon which he
was picked to land the flight around
the world.
He is 42 yeara old. an experienced
aviator, a former artillery man, and
has many times been through the rig
ors incident to a career in the army.
Sergeant Harvey la the youngest
member of the expedition, being only
22 years old. He enlisted at Cle
burne. Texas, when 17. Air service of
ficers expressed the greatest confi
dence that the two were well able to
take care of themselves under almost
any conditions.
Major Martin was born in Indiana
and graduated from Perdue university
aa a mechanical engineer. In 1908
he entered the army aa a second
lieutenant, coast artillery corps. He
received two promotions in grade
during his stay in the artillery
branch, in 1920 transferred to the air
service with the rank of major, lost
his spurs and won his wings.
Who Should Have the Front
Seats, Blacks or Whites?
Memphis. Twin.. April M.—Pollc*
and deputy ilwriffi were etIM to
quell a riot tai Um tenth district R»
puhlkan convention yesterday, whan
the mm clashed orer the queetion
at whether negroes or whites should
occupy the front row mti in the cow-j
vratioM hell- the bmi—t ut the
Shelhy county courthiasi.
Nohody knew exactly how the riot!
started hut the flffct fat away to a;
— n !■■■« ■ st * .♦ *--■* si,- Mt , j
Riow«iv nvt Dvivrv uw oiihii i t
•ad fists ware employed as weapon*
and several members of both the
white and nsyru delegations were
slightly injured. Nona wars seriously
hurt
The "Illy white" faction ftaally as
sussed control of «ka meeting and
the "black and teas" bolted and or
ganised a convention of their own In
2S TEAM WOK SLAm OT
WOMAN
Fmnmmr CkW W >t
' tor Mft —<wt U C. JmMm, for
wr chief of police of Thomaeville,
triad m the charge of rfayhf Mn.
gllaa bath B. Jww, wtfe of Thomas
F. Jonas, of Appalachia, ▼«, «i Thorn
urffli last March tt.
Jndge Henry F. Um rniUinj
1 of fron 28 to *» years at hart labor
)a tk* state prhm. Formal untie*
if appeal **« given and bond wan
flaed at RR,Mt ft hi reportad that
no effort will he made to famish the
bond and the appeal may not ha per
fected.
In pmnnnnHn* sentence, Jodir*
T jine spoke of the women "who anare
man. and whoae feat are planted In
hall," and of one who had learned
that the "wagea af sin la death." But
ha did not evenee the man who fol
j '"wed after, and declared In thia cane,
1e da had Ml Waaghl death to
1 'he maa. it had brought him sorrow,
■home and heavy punishment.
Tod re I .an* said ha agreed with the
i 'wry In not returning a verdict of
first degree murder; that there wan
»mple evidence to Justify the eertlct
returned, and that the Jury would
not have been open to eensare If they
■ had acquitted Jenkins. In view of the
i wide dlvenrence of teatimonv befnrr
them. It la reported no votea were
: ant for acquittal.
The body of Mm. Jones waa found.
' n March 14, hi a room that ahe and
Jenkins and the little girl. Pearl Pon
. der, niece of her htnhand. which bad
: been given to her cara. oecnpled In
"Oinmairville. ft waa thought there
•bat JenMna and the women were
maa and wife. She made other trip*
| 'o sea Mm at Thomaeville.
Tbe little girl guarded the body for
many hours, until the room waa en
tered. Mrs. Jones waa dead. In a pool
of blood, a ballet hole In her body.
JenMna fled from Thomasville. hot
letut ned In a few days and gave him
•elf op.
He claimed that the woman bad
"mmittaa auK tde hi hts presence
JenMn* tanfraaed to (IHcit rela
tiona with the woman. Her husband
waa ignorant of that, according to
himself, and said that he and his
wifa were not estranged JenMna and
hia wife ware not estranged, either
according to the testimony. Jenkins'
wife stood by him throughout the
trial.
Brim Kenublican Cwtj
Greenaboro. May 8.—It took I rul
ing by W. G. Rrmmham. chairman of
the North Carolina Republican •*»
rutire committee. to eettle • faction
[al diapute in Guilford comity a boat
who ia county chairman. Mr. Brara
ham decided that Kenneth Brim,
fnoni lawyer here, ia the regularly
elected chairman. Announcement waa
made Wedneaday.
Two chairmen had been elected, the
rther man being H. H. Eavea, alao of
CuilfoH. Mr. Brim waa elected at
a meetinr of Republican delegate*
early in March, but another meeting
waa called, oatenaibly to make Cam
tirn plana, and another faction, of
which C. D. Cobb waa a leader, un
united Mr. Brim and elected Mr.
; Fnvea. Mr. Cobb waa formerly coun
ts chairman. The Brim faction ap
•~nled to the atate committee and
won.
Ravea. la at night wrote Mr. Bram
l»m a letter aaMng the atate chair
man Juat what ha baa to do with a
-oonty fight.
DEMOCRATIC TAX - PLAN
B ADOPTED
win a a p.
A* the kill now atand* th« tmly por
tion of It raaembliRg the Mellon pUui
la tlw mtetiar claim*. The mt of
it ia a Democratic maaaui'a.
While Manatur NoriMtk larturri
the Republican* upon their failure to
conaider the plight of tha farmer, tha
Republican leaders automatically con
tinued tbetr effnrta to liae up tha in
aurgent*. bat were ana-Ma to make
tha slightest dent in tha airtight com
hiaation between tha Democrats and
tha Waatorn farm bloc.
Senator Smoot, for tha Republi
can*. perfunctorily offersd to tom
pmniiae tha Mellon aortal rate* with
tha n par rent Maximum by offer
ing a naw arhedule with • maximum
of S3 par cant.
Thia waa rejected by a vote of 4?
to M. Tha next atop wa* to offer
tha rataa included in tha Longworth
or House plan, with a maximum sur
tax of 37 1-2 par cant. In place of
this tha Senate adopted tha Simmon*
surtax rataa by a vote of 40 to 39.
Tha same rataa had previoualy bean
adopted in tha Committee of tha
Whole by a rote of 3 to 40.
Senator Smoot. looking dejected,
and bewildered, threw up the ipongv
and accepted the inevitable. The
Simmon* normal fate* were adopted
without a roll call.
The only hope of securiag a bill
that may hear the semblance of a Re
publican label reata in tha conference
committee, where the House fight for
the schedules adopted there.
Not satisfied wfth having howled
the Mellon ideaa oat of the bill, in
which had already been included the
Jones graduated corporation tax, with
its maximum of 40 per cent, in place
of the Republican tax of 4 per cent
tha Democrat-Insurgent Coalititlon
proceeded to take farther libertie*
with the
Methodists Favor Uniting of
TIm Church
Springfield Mass.. May 7,—A new
chapter in the history of American
Methodism was bogrn today when a
report for the unifies'ion of the Metfc
>dist Episcopal church with the Meth
odist Episcopal church. South was ra
tified by Mt rates to 17 at the con
ference of the former body here. The
thoughts of the delegates next turned
toward Nashville Tenn.. where s gen
eral conference will be called by the
Southern church to consider ratifica
tion. It fell to Bishop F. William Mc
Dowell, jf Washington, the second of
the histi ips in point of seniority and
the chairman of the cotrmiMion which
reported the unification pi*a, to make
the speech of the occasion. When
he had finished the entire audience
rose to its feet with long applause.
Fifteen minutes later when ratifica
tion was accomplished the 8.000 vis
itors and delegstee Joined in the sing
ing of the doxology.
"Eighty years sgo," Bishop Mc
Dowell began, "our fathers, for con
science sake, took action that led to
the existence of two Methodist Epis
copal churches on this continent and
elsewhere. The iseue that divided
that church is no longer a vital issue.
The issue now before the church is a
uniting, not a dividing one. Of all
the matter to cocas before us this
month, no single one surpasses this in 1
importance to the church of Je
Christ."
"It Is the afternoon of life for me," |
he concluded, "but la is the morning
for the church. May hsa»sn send
that today aad every day we shall
do the thing upon which Jeerie Christ
pronounce thy
TIm unification report If ratified by
the southern general aiwNison will
go ta the annual conferences of that
church for action. The adoption by
the northern general mnhiiiais Was
nmltoiJ as final, this being the
taw-making body of the,
AND THIS OCCURRED
IN CHRISTIAN AMERICA j
attaaapt thaae yeara ago la rob *
bank, raauitod In the murder of a
■mm, want la tfcatr daatha at tha and
of a noaaa today in tha Tangipahoa
pariah Jail.
They ware executed in pair*, tha
aged rowled hanrman running frnm
tha improeiaed platform immediate
ly after each pair had dropped tan
faat to eternity, only to raturn aftar
thoir hodiea had haan cot down la
prepare tha nnoaaa for thoaa next.
Si* eaaheta wer* in tha mor|ga at
Hammond tonight awaiting tha tralna
that would take tham to tha It final
reatlng placea.
Three of tha man wara 21 yarn
of age whm tha rrima jraa eimunit
ted. Four laft widows and children.
Two had aar* ad in tha world war
arith tha American forraa.
Thra« wara Julian nation*'* Mid
tha remainder of Italian par n»«*a.
Tha Italian ambassador at W uhmf
'm pleaded with Governor Parker for
rhe Hvea of hla countryman hot Ma
plaaa aa. well aa thnaa of Italian
A merirans want or heeded
The men ware hanred on tha dou
ble ratiowa at 30 minute intarrala
with clocklike regularity, four dying
'•almly and tha other two, one aa a
reault of an attempt at nitride, and
'he other of nervous eollapaa. realiz
ed little of what waa ht progreaa. Tha
rxecutiona batran at noon.
t-amantia. while Leona and Dee
more. the first pair to hanr wara
«w»ylnr from tha gallowa and Rinl
and Ciglia ware waiting in tha cor
ridor to hagin their walk to tha acaf
fold, took advantage of an Inatant
whan tha turnkey had fated another
direction, obtain ad a small 'pocket
■nifa ha had aarreted and stabbed
md gaahad himaelf in tha chest sev
en! timaa.
AH of tha piiaonari were mrck
<>d laat night for weapona and where
f-amantia had conctaled tha kntfa>
no official mold learn. Ha hid
thick hair on hla head and tome be
'ieved it probably had been hidden
there. Rini and Giglio were return
ed to their cell and Lamanti* waa
taken into the corridor for an exami
nation by phyalrlana. They pro
nounced the wounds superficial and
thoae in charre of the executions lent
Ijunantia and Bocehio to tha acaf
fold.
Bocehio becauae of hia eollapaa aa
a reault of failure to obtain a laat
minute reprieve, had to be carried
up the acaffold. When placed on tha
trap he could hardly aland and a
prleat put hla arm about hia ahoulder.
keepinsr It there until ha fall with tha
trap.
Ijunantta with Ma aMrt atalnad |
with blood from the aeIf-inflicted
wound* could or would not atand and
he waa seated In a chair on tha trap 1
and went to hia death In that manner.■
Five of the men went to Inatant
death, the drop breaking their necka,
hut Giglio, one of the laat pair to
die. strangled. Giglio turned hla
head just aa the trap waa sprung,
*lippinr the knot from the vital spot,
swayed and aa the rope atraightened
with the fall Ma body writhed.
The authorities had expected trou
ble with Leona and Deamore, both of
whom had ahown indirationa of lun
acy during the laat two weeks, hut
thay went to their deaths with firm j
are killing
drrtls m aatiefled."
V
r. iriio
ernor ftilwT They
the seventh man tn the
conspiracy «u hot declined
war. A seventh man la believed to
have switched not the lights (■ tka
hank sinroKanentialy with the arrival
of the mhher ear In ItidqwiiNw.
Oily one of the sextette M tha
actual »hooting The other* war* la
a parked automobile several Moeka
■way at the time Tka hand vaa
'•ont on robbing tka vault of tka hank
at Independence, which wa« ffllai
with money for tka stiawharty
K«i>(ark* llaa Ita Fleet Triyk h>
scat lea ky Bartrtdtf
Eddyville. Ky.. May t.—Kentucky**
firot triple execution ky aUw ti mutton
waa accomplished In W«at»m
Penitentiary krra today whan
Thomaa, George Weick am
Millar, tha latter a nsgru. paid tka
panalty of death for murder.
Thomaa. pant wwnti. tka oidaat
man aver executed in tka fltate, waa
•entanred for tka murder of Lao Ar
hguet. a friend and benefactor. In Jef
ferson County. Weick died for tka
murder of William Oelka. near Luel*
▼ilia, and Miller waa coo /ictad of tka
murder of two railroad guarda hi
Breckenridge County.
Aged Man Walka Far To A*
Ford for Jot V
y^Ctroit, May • John WIBtalX
Walter, seventy-four yaara old, la ta
day a "goaet" of Detroit charitable
institutions. after walking from
Francisco to "see Henry Ford
i joh.Tennlless and without relatHraa
in thia country. Walter Mid ha
eand of 1
in Detroit
Aakad what kind oft Jokka
d. ha r« plied that ka wanted to "talk
'hat over with Henry Ford." Walter
aid antomoklHats helped kirn along
•he journey. He began kit hike ftk
ruary 26.
Foo to Show Ho'* Not
OW
Washington, May
tnre Hammer, North Carolina object
ed to being called
-nndmother" ky
n Ian ton (D., Tex) at todays i
of the Hooae District of CofamMa
Committee and it took a food deal a#
ffort by otkar committee membera
'» keep them apart.
Mr. Hammer first let fly a folding
-hair at hia antagonist. When that
lid not hit the mark he grabbed the
bulky District of Columbia Approp
riation Bill. There* fte- the twe
members made several iungae at udl
other ncroaa the table, bat the mast
ing ended with handshakea.
A disagreement over the calling tf
the meeting caused the outbreak.
Publishes Red Hot Platform
New York, May 12 —Prank T.
Johns. 85 years old, a carpenter, of
Portland, Ore., was ao«inated for
President of the United State, at the
national convention of the socialist
labor party today.
The party, represented bj 40 Ma
rataa from IB state. alao nominated
Verne L. Reynold., », of Battiwara.
for the vice pmljiin).
in national affairs and .xprmin* sor
row over the death of Premier Lentaa
of Russia, were adopted, ft was sat
ed te hold a ratifiesttaa wetter of
rtor. Durtaf the war he «h • car
penter ill the Pnrtl—il ihlp Mi
has been fottovinr that lull «W
tinea.
*1 an • raal n|iiiiwhUw af da