American World Fliers
Only 16 Dmy Off
Are
Washington, Mf II.—The Amtv
They an 4m Mtt to Wf to lw
mi tar upon the sixth and final divi
sion with Um following lMp« by ate:
Holt. England. IK mOm; Kirkwall.
Orkaey Wanda, 370 aiUaa, Thorshavn,
ram Islands, 27S milaa; Homafjord.
Ira land. W milea; Angmagsalik,
Greenland, 500 aritaa; Ivgtut, Labra
dor, 572 miles; Cartwnght Harbor.
Labrador, 40 milaa; Hswkes Bay. Haw
Poundland, 290 Milaa; Pictoa Harbor,!
Nova Scotia, 420 milaa; Beaton. 620.
milaa; Mite ball Fiald, N. Y.. 176 aUlaa.
and Washington, 220 milaa.
The niara left Santa Monica, Calif..
March 17. and made their first hop of
370 aulas the same day to Sacramea- !
to. Leaving there March IS they
jumped 560 miles to Seattle, arriving
March 20 after stops at Eugene, Ore.,
and Vancouver, Wash. Leaving Beat
tie April «. they jumped M0 miles to
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, ar
riving the name day. Leaving April
10 they arrived at Bitka. Alaska, >00
miles distant the same day. and left
April IS for Seward, S10 milaa distaat
arriving the same day. They then left
April IS and arrived at Chignik, 460
miles distant, the same day. Leaving
Chignik April 1* they jumped 400
miles to Dutch Harbor, arriving the
«am« day. Then they left May S lor
Atka Island, S60 miles distant, arriv
ing the saate day. Leaving May t
they flew 690 milaa to Attu Island, ar
riving the same day, aad then laft
May IS for Paramaeehiro, Japan 878
miles distant, arriving May 17. Leav
mg May IS they hopped 800 milee to
Tetorofu, arriving the same day aad
May 22 left for Mteato, Japan, SS4
milaa distant, arriving the same day.
Leaving Minato May 22 they coa
riring the same day. On June 1 they
proceeded 350 miles to Kuakiasoto and
the next day want to Kagoehima an
other 360 miles. Leaving Eagoehima
their last atop ia Japan, they jumped
810 miles to Shanghai Juae 4, aad
then on June 7 flew 666 milee to
Amoy. Proas there they proceeded to
Hong Kong, 300 miles Jute 8, aad
then on June 10 to Haiphong. French
lndo-China, a distance of 600 miles.
Leaving Haiphong June 11, they
made Tourane. 800 miles away, the
same iay. and then on June 18 pro
ceeded to Saigon, 530 milea. Their
route then led them to Bangkok, Siam
875 milea, which they made on June
18. Prom there they went to Baa
goon, Burma, 460 milea, on June 20.
Leaving Rangoon June 26 they flew
to Akyab, 445 miles the samr day
and thence on June 28 to Calcutta,
480 milea.
From Calcutta, the aviator* hopped
to Allahabad, 476 miles, July 1, and
thence to Umballa, India. 600 raiiee,
on July Z. Leaving Umballa the
■ante day they made a abort jump to
Mnltan and the next day, July 3, pro
ceeded to Karachi, their I ait atop In
India. 475 milce. arriving before
nightfall.
Leaving Karachi July 7, they made
Charbar, Peraia, I* milea. the aamy
day and proceeded Immediately to
Bandar. Abbaa, Peraia. a diatance *1
MS nallae. arriving July >. Prom
Met Abhaa they left July S fori
Bnahire. 400 milea. and then for Bag
dad, Meeopetamia, 476 mile*, arriv
late to the day of Jaly «. Pram
Bagdad they went on Jaly I to A lop
pa, Sylto. 4M milea On Jnly to they
flaw from Aleppo to Constantinople,
approximately 000 milea.
Leaving Constantinople Jaly It they
ssrtved the mm* day hi Borharset
Bamanla, 900 milea, sad ths next day
preeeedad to Vims, with a brief
llip §t BuAuift, ft tot>l distance oi
W milea. Mapday they left Vienna
POOR LOT or TOBACCO
RABtD IN HUGNT KLT
TW PMmI Crap rw Iw
■tot Vitwi Crap
•d Mateelf when aakad about the eat
look. ffa declared that axim tkm
n< u Meal mm for Mm «nt two'
■Mki it hut the crop would uader- 1
re (till (raster I mm M the failll
cannot pt It li their bene Cm*
MMM|k for the rate it h ripening. Te
begin with, it la pstated oat, tha
Kraft »u temid about tea pari
raat thin year. and tha loaaw raueed
by tha adreree weather will briaf
tha crop'* redaction down to a low
record figure, it ia belie* ed.
Hastened to maturity hjr the rtini.
the crop ia one of the earliest known
ia mm tiaie and curiae it now going
aa aa a widespread Nth. It la de
clared that farmer* cannot ret the|
leaf in their ham* fast enough and
that aa unuauaMy hot period aow i
would play evea greater Ha roc with(
the crop. "What we need now ia
some rloudine«s and intermittent
nhowera," Mid one tohacco man
The short crop ia Hhewiae expected
to be poor tobacco. The crop will
be light and thin for the atoet part
with little volume, but the color ia
declared to he vary satisfactory. Toh
scco men who hare made inspection
tripe throughout the territory de
clare that the crop his literally goae
to piaeaa during tha last two weeks
ss it looked pretty good until this re
cent period with its mcsssant rains.
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SOLD IN • MONTHS
Emidi Sum P«U m 1*23
By 133,098 Big A*M|t
Gam P«r Month
Mm reports from the S4 American
ttrsncboe of the Ford Motor cooipaay
•how that over a millioa Fod can
ud track* were sold at retail dur
ing the first ill months of 1*24. The |
actual figure is 1,096.978, which ex
reeds the total retail sales for the
same period in IMS by 131.096 an
average fain of 22.182 per month.
A comparison between Ford sales
in 1*24 and IMS not only indicates a,
remarkable increase in the country's i
buying power but also shows that this
growth continues month by month.
In every instance the monthly sales1
in 1924 have shown a substantial in
crease over the corresponding month
In 1923. In Jane they reached 179.-1
747, which was approximately IOjDOO
nheyid of June sales in the preceding
year.
These figures are for retail sales
in the United States alone and do not
take into consideration the sales made
hy foreign Ford branches and asso
ciated companies, the majority of
which assemble cars from American j
made parts.
Perhaps the most encoaraging sign
of the times Ilea in the fact that these;
sales have been spread evenly
throughout the country and indicate
I general prosperity that is not con-;
Fined to any particular taction.
Ohhain. Hiiy 19—Babe Roth, who
In 1921 gave the baseball world solas
thing to talk about when he slammed .
nut 59 homers, taday has a right to
•**«k his chest out Jut a hit farther.
The Bambino has crashed Into the bat
tle tar leadership of the American
league with aa average of M4, leav
ing ~Blb- Falk. of the White Sex,
the leader a week ago. in second place,
aritb JM.
Rath, in his climb to the toy gath
»red IT kits hi Us last nine gam is.
roar of which won homers. This
(Ivm him a total at 1M hits thus far
his season and a string of M heme
runs, the high mark of the major tea
ramse inching tkmm* Widassday.
J
JU lb
Dot*. wVm af the
to
af
• wrlal fmrita. The fe
Han <f WMkinftMi knctoty njr> that
lb* ia every inch a tint Lady of tha
While har Imaband waa am.
to the cart of it Imaa
Hn. Davis waa a dacidsd social me
eaaa in Ixindow In Waahingt/m aha
waa ona of tha moat popular of tha
official hortaasM whila Mr. Darto waa
«nliritnr-ger,eral.
Whan interviewed hjr repurteis joat
•ftar har husband had nwl»«< tha
presidential nomination, Mr*. Davis
taid that «ha waa hoth proud aad
rlad "firm do I feel" aha ia report
ad to have (waa. "Wall I guess tha
beat way to expresa K ia to say that
il faal joat liha yoo would if it waa
roar husband who waa nominated. Of
rouraa, I am delighted and prood."
^iittinr it that wajr, every marriad
woman, no doubt. knows joat what
Mr*. Davis' feelings ara.
Mr* Faraaa Bach Pram foa»antioa
Mr*. Palmar Jerman. of KtWifk,
Prasidrnt of tha Stat* Pads ration af
Woman's aloha .has i etui nod from
New York whara aha waa a delegate
to tha Drasocratic national convention.
Coming (ram Loa Angela*, whara sha
attandad tha hiannial of the Gsnaral
Padaration af Woman's clubs, to Naw
York, Mr*. Jarman has had about 7
weeks of convention, until sitting ia a
convention had got to ha almoet nor
mal with har.
Tha two ro<>nations, however, war*
broken by a trip through the Canadian
Rockiea and to Lake 1 onios which
Mr*. Jarman declared to ha too beau
tiful for words to deacrihe, so that sha
came through the second convention
without being abaolntetjr worn out.
Mr*. Jarman said that *ha had noth
ing to add to the new* of the conven
tion, that she thought the whole coun
try knew about as much about it as
thoae who attended it did. She is much
pleased with the Democratic ticket
and declared both nomineea to be men
of tha highest type that tha whole
country might be prood to support.
U#*H Get* to Church an
Locust Valley, N. Y., July U.—
John W. Davis, Democratic nominee
for President. told correspondents to
day that Senator Walsh, of Montana,
who dined with him last nirht. wan
very sanguine a* to the prospects of
carryinr Middle and north wen tern
stotea despite the candidacy of Sena
tor La Pollette. Mr. Davis said ha
expected to make an extensive speak
ing tear of the weat which Senator
Walsh is understood to hare urged.
The nominee spent a restful Sun
day at his country home here, pay
i«f little attention to politics. He
arose at 7:30 o'clock and took a half
hour horseback ride to the Piping
Rock Country club, returning to at
tend the morning strvies at St. John's
Hpiscopal church, near his home.
Mr. Davis, attired in a Mae serge
suit and stiff straw hat and carrying
c walking stick, dices to ths little
clnrtk shortly before 11 o'clock, ac
companied by his wife.
Mrs. Davis is
Valley. His
of ths h«d of
A coroner's jory ia^amlid ihsrtly
' after the diateoafy of the nulm. re
j tarnad a nrtltt that the araty offi
cer came to his death of gaaabat
wound, inflicted by King and by "oth
er parties unknown la Ike Jary."
The Mtin far the killing, accord -
| in* to King's confeeeJon. was tabbaiy.
| After the major had takea King aad
his companion into hia car aad offer
ed to gtr* them a lift op the road they
' rooipeHed him to stop, at the point
[of a pistol, forced him to get out of
; the car. shot hia to death and carried
I hia body into the brush at the road,
aide.
Stripping tb» body of valuable*,
they returned to the car and drove it
to A»hevifle, thence toward Canton,
where King Htm. according to the
confession. After an unsoccessful at
tempt to cross Crab Tree mountain
near Canton they returned to the
Thickety section and pitched the car
unintentionally. Then, unable to ex
tricate it. they hid McLaary's belong
ings. stripped off the licenae toga
from the car, and flad. King going to
his home near Canton.
Today's confesaion was obtained
only after King had been once ar
rested and questioned, and then re
leased This afternoon, however, be
was again taken into rue tody and a
search was made of his boose. At
this time a shirt was found reeembltng
those found in the belongings of Maj
or MeLeary, and checking up showed
that the maker's label aad laundry
marks coincided.
Confronted with this evidence. King
broke down and said:
"Well, sen. Ill tell the truth. That
is his shirt. We did K."
King is a deserter from both the
United States army and the marine
corps, according to hia confession
Rifled Bags
After deserting the automobile in
the Thickety district on the night
of July 3 the men rifled the bags be.
longing to Major MeLeary, remov
ing from them several articles of at-1
tire, including puttees, breeches and
shirts, and burial them in the moun
tains. according to King. Why more
thorough dispoaal was not made of
| the remainder of the luggage, includ
ing papers and army orders belonging
to the slain man. was not made clear
in King's confession.
King's liking for the shirts belong
ing to his victim was his down fall,
according to developments, for up to
the time that the shig wns found in
his possession and identified. King
had maintained hia calm and had once ,
warded off questioners. He admitted 1
having taken the shirt from the bags
found in the automobile aad "for some
reason" took it home.
Although the confession was made
this afternoon, authorities kept all
news of it secret, until jate tonight
in order, they said, that their nest
movement in the apprehension of
King's companion in the killing might
procieil without the possibility of pre
fligfct
Wide Search Made
Major MeLeary was first
missing when, after stopping hi Ra
leigh on July I and telegraphing that
money he sent to him at Columbia, t
C., he failed to arrive at the Sooth
Carolina city and claim his shsck. An
immediate check-up was begon of the
movement ef the amjer who
ently droppsd out of sight
clue as to his fate. Amy
took up the The
ef Tens, North and South Carolina
North sod
Niagara Faila. K. T, Jwtf
falla and km M to toll tfto tola
The actor «w Wra. Anaa t Taylor
barrel to IMS. StoJMato ymm
"Aw. 1 caa 4a it." aeo(M Laaefc m
tto ava of Ma aaeond porilooa am
dartakto*. "I *a4a It tto tot Itoi
to a atoal toba. kit to a kaadpip
cinch to 4a it now ia mtf rafetor faat
ball. Atll rife tto hi* plows* *&<
a tobbia, and I want even fat a Jar.'
Tto rabtor ball on which "Bobby1
bet* bia life acainat W^M far *»
tion picture riftta ia »bapiil axacth
lira a R»*by fotball H naaurn
■even faat foor Inrtoa from and U
end and baa a width of foor faat ai
tto centar. ft ia Mad* of tto atuf
that balloon tiraa are compoead of
according to "Bobby", and coat bin
$3,400 Ita wtifkt, tana paaaanger
ia !W pound*
.)■»< Urft E*M|ti
In the interior ia a compart, ok.
long spnee, just Large enough to ac
comodate a man of Leach's diminu
tive proportion*. It is ktrt tkftt Ih
at each end and by «viral fixtures
m that gravity will keep but rick)
side op no Mter erfcick way tk<
ball turn* ia ita mad flight. Air eoaa
part menu arc at each end of the ball
Juat like it* smaller brother aad sis
ter footballs, the opening ia laced u|
from the outside •
"Everything's all eat," gleefnllj
confided "BobbT- today" "Bat alMi|
me. I've kad a devU of a time. Now
there's the authorities, they'll try U
■top me. IVe outsmarted tkem ever]
time before aad III do it again Thet
that airplane company where I ngtg
ed a pilot to tote me out aad drop bm
into the rapids above the Boceoehcx
Falls. You'd think, they was bein<
asked to a party to a murder ptot.
"Well, we drew up my 'death war
rant.' I signed my own name 'Bobby
Leach." aad they signed 'John Doe.
from China. And I hand 'em II,(XX
in cold cask when I get sewed ap h
my rubber ball. And that's that.
"Now, here's the way it's going b
work. At the head end of 'he ball ii
a big ring, by wh>h it will be at
Uiched to the hot'.- a of the airplant
•sj a rope A cut;»r, «p?rai-d from
the pilot's seat by a lever, will re
leaae the ball at the right place. II
toll them to drop me in the rapidi
near the Toronto power house. Thei
for the ride. There "11 he enough ah
inside the ball to keep me alive for ai
hour. But if I am not picked up he
low the falls within It minutes, IT
never be.
Another Obstacle
There is another obstacle bee ide tha
daly appointed anthoritiee that standi
between "Bobby" and his plana. Aal
ia hie family—"The old girt" and "tin
little girl" aa he calls them.
"He wont have a home any mora,"
threetetia Mra. Bobby. "If he hadal
already done It once I wouldn't any
anything. Let some one elaa do some
thing he haant done, and let him da
that." The "little girl" ia "Bob
by's" 16-year-old daughter. Pearl.
"Bobby" Leech ia noted for aw eth
er thing. He ia the only man In tha
world who has traveled from Lake
Brie to Lake Ontario via the Niagara
river. Though ke ia in porfsut health
despite kis « years, ao life Insurance
company can ha found that will gam.
Ma a pattey en htaa. They all knew
lil* baMta too wed.
"Money, yen know, that long green
iteff, thnt's why 1 want over the falls
a dMmw of SM fMt. th« Wgfcaaf Htc
1 hi th» world and a ihoot through th*
1 rapida. ha being tba only man to do
; thin and rnaa oat *Bt»
"THar» ia imtty on# thinr I
*I haven't (on* op th# fall* j*t"
URGES CONTINUED LIMING
OF SOILS
Expert Say* Do M Tk—k Yn
CaoStop I ioa«M H. Ei
pla— Tlaat
Do not get the idem that yoo cm
nfriT atop (Mine Nm. This Wik<
| mm from A. W. Blair, miihli
• noil chemist at the New Jersey CoJ
lefe of Agricaitare. New Bi uuaokfc.
, la the explanation of thia he Mjn
"There are a few plant* that 4a
fairly well on aa acid soil. bat if jmm
, are »n#ag»d in general farming or
, trucking, where the aupply of farm
manure is limited, jrou will ha atl
dantly rtmiM far the jiidicisas ase
, of lime hi nai form. Par the aim
ace eoil. anises known to ha highly
acid, one or two ton* of pulverised
in another form, once in a foar or
, fire year rotation, will usually ha
' sufficient.
-One who spends stl of his daf
> on the farm, and uhssi in canMgr
the effect of fertilisers and lima m
such crops as cloeer. alfalfa, aad alb
er soil-building legumes, is la a hat
ter position to maasare the effect ef
, lime on such crops than the one wthe
makes aa occasional visit to a farm
or to some experiasenta! plota. Ha
knows full well that coauaercial fer
tilisers cannot take the plate of lima.
The soil gradual* becomes add
not bees use of the fertilisers hat
basic materials must he added at ia
•errsls to replace certain awhetaacae
that are constantly being loot through
drainage wafers and the removal of
; crops.
"When mineral fertilisers havs been
used continually without time or maa
ure, it is practically impossible to cat
'lover and alfalfa to grow, hot add
liaie to this same land and volunteer
j rlover comas in even- to the partial
exclusion of timothy and other pus
es. This fact has been demonstrated
many thnee oa the soil fertility pia«a
I at the New Jersey Agricultural Ex
periment Station."
j Two Brother*. Farmer*, Am
Killed by Officer