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********9 * ASSOCIATED * * PRESS * * DISPATCHES * ********* VOLUME XXIV LOWER HOUSE GIVES THOUGHT TO CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT Amendment Sent to House Last Night After It Was Overwhelmingly Defeated in the Senate. STATE BUILDING GETS APPROVAL Several Other Matters Get Final Attention—Adjourn ment May Come Tomorrow Night After All. (By the AMnclat.il Pren.) Raleigh. N. C., Aug. 22.—Discussion of the child labor amendment to the IT. S. constitution today was expected to take up much of the time of the North Carolina House of Representatives. A resolution rejecting the amendment was adopted by the Senate last night by a vote of 3-1 to 4. and sent to the House by special messenger. With the sine die adjournment close at hand today wns expected to be taken up largely with action and discussion on the few remaining public measures on the calendar. Most of the local legisla tion regarded by the menibers as neces sary has been disposed of. The House last night enneted into law the bill providing for a $500,000 office buildiug to house the automobile depart ment of the Secretary of State’s office before taking up child labor. The Long Senate amendment to the state child la bor law forbidding the employment of children under 14 years of age in fac tories. witli or without a permit, wns unanimously adopted just before the Fed eral amendment was taken up. The Senate during yesterday besides rejecting the Federal amendment, approv ed two commissions apitoin'ted by Govern or Morrison under bills passed at this session. The first was the commission to study tire east-and-west trunk line railroad situation. The second wns the port commission. The port commission will have charge of locating terminals and operating them if the bill for a bond issue of $8,500,000 is approved •at the polls in November. The House last night took action look jugjto securing; r ir,-WttfifflSiJ. Jtatk fyr west Wu, North Carolina. A resolution orig inating in the Senate for a commission of five to present North Carolina’s claims was amended in the House to provide for a commission of eight in order that places might be made according to Rep resentative Todnsoml, who introduced the amendment, for representation from the republicans of the state. Senate Planning tto Adjourn. Raleigh, A «g. 22.—The Senate today took steps to insure its adjournment from the extraordinary session into which it was called by Governor Morri son for the puri>«>se of passing upon the report of the port commission author ized by it at the last regular session, and for correcting an error in the proposed amendment to the constitution relative to the inviolability of the sinking fund, when cleared its calendar, and passed a resolution ordering all bills now before the committees to be reported at 4 o’clock this afternoon, to which hour it adjourn ed. It was the shortest session of the Senate since the extra session was start ed. lasting only 40 minutes. A few roll call bills are now pending which must be read tomorrow. To avoid staying in Raleigh later than tonight the Senate plans to clear its calendar tills ’afternoon or early tonight, and then ad journ nntil five minutes after 12 o'clock midnight, and a few minutes later vote on third roll call bbills. The pension of blind confedreate vet erans will be increased to S3OO annually by a biil which was lea seed and ratified by the Senate today. The bill providing for the free treatment of indigent tuber cular patients received similar action. Searching For Italian Aviator. Aboard U. S. Cruiser, Richmond, on Patrol between Iceland and Greenland, Aug. 22 (By the 'Associated Press). — Rear Admiral Thos. P. Magrnder has ordered the U. S. cruisers Richmond and Raleigh, and the destroyer Barry to make a search cast of Cape Farewell, Greenland, for Lieut. Locntelli, Italian aviator, who accompanied the American round the world fliers. House to Vote on Amendment Tonight. Raleigh, Aug. 22,-i— The resolution to reject the child labor amendment to the United States constitution was made a special order of business in the North Carolina House of Representatives for to night. The measure, which was favor ably reported by a majority of the com mittee on institutional amendments was passed by the Senate last night. Representative R. O. Everett, chair man of the committee, announced that he wfls in favor of rejection of the reso lution, and asked that Representative Murphy, of Rowan county, handle the bill for the committee. May Adjourn Tonight. Raleigh, Aug. 22. —Following the ex ample set by the Senate earlier in the day, the House recessed at 1:30 until 8:30 this afternoon, when it expects to get the calendar in such condition that • the extraordinary session may be ad journed tonight. Dawes Plan Bills Adopted in Berlin. Berlin, Aug. 21. —The reichstag, con sisting of members of the governments of the federated states, tonight adopted all the executive hi>ls dealing with the Dnwes plan. Befog* the vote was taken the reprnmtattTa of Mecklenburg- Strelltf declared his government disap proved of the London pact and requeet ed him to rote against the bills. The Concord Daily Tribune ] SAYS COOLIDGE FAILED IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH ; John W. Davis Charges President Has Failed to Meet Issue of Corrupt km. Hr tSe Associates Pwo.) Seagirt, N. J, Aug. 22.—Jehu W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee. , made it clear in an address here today that in his judgment President Coolidge failed In his acceptance address to meet the issue of corruption in public office. Referring specifically to the oil, vet terans* bureau and the prohibition senn ; dais, Mr. Davis declared that the Re publican party could not escape responsi- I bility for the acts of its high officers, elevated by it to high places of power. Then he added: “If the fact is that the public resources have been squandered, is it any answer to say that a budget system has been installed?" "If unfit and Corrupt men have been i put and kept in office and left to their own devices, is it a sufficient defense that . the administration was not actually de ' sirous of dishonesty? ’’lf the- wounded veteran lms been defrauded of the care that was his due. is there any comfort to him in the fact that Congress has made lavish appro priations?*’ Klan Condemned. „ Seagirt. N. .1., Aug. 22.—Calling the Kir Kiux Klan by name, John W. Davis, Democratic Presidential nominee, declar ed in his address here today that this or ganization or any other wiiieh raises the standard of racial or religious prejudice "must be condemned by all those who be lieve as I do in Americnu ideals.’’ Having thus made his own position clear, Mr. Davis expressed the hope that President Coolidge, as the Republican presidential candidate, would see fit "by | some explicit declaration” to join • with him in entirely removing the Klan issue from the filed of political debate. WILL CALL ANOTHER ARMS. CONFERENCE NOW President Coolidge Thinks Final Settle ment of Dawes Plan Most Important Question at Present. (By the Associated Press.) Plymouth. Vermont, Aug. 22.—Presi dent Coolidge regards the final settlement of the reparations problem as the para mount world problem, and until the Dawes plan is put into opera tion, he does not consider the time ap propriate for the calling of another arms conference. Fear of invasion and attack must be removed from the relations between Eu ropean nations, he feels. Likewise, Mr. Coolidge thinks inquiries of nations as to their war debts due this country shopld await complete settlement of the repara tions problem. CONDITION OF SWINDELL STILL REGARDED AS SERIOUS Relieved; However. That He Rj« 'Even' Chance to Recover Unless Complica tions Set In. (By the Associated Pressi Elizabeth City, N. 0„ Ang. 22.—The condition of .Toe Swindell, who wns shot down in his cell early yesterday by .1. D. Farrier, of Wilson, remained serious this morning, it was stated at the hos pital where he is being trented. Physi cians ,removed the bullet from Swin- side at 10 o’clock last night. They say he has a good Chance to recover un less complications develop. . Swindell was to have gone on trial yesterday on a charge of improper con duct with the grand-daughter of Mr. Far rier. THE COTTON MARKET Opwcd Barely Steady qt Decline of 18 to 21 Points.—October Off to 2&.60. "(By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. 22.—The cotton mar ket opened barely steady at a decline of 18 to 21 points today, under continued selling which had been in jirogress late yesterday. It was encouraged by Liver pool cables, a hope that the tropical Storm would move too far North to do much hnrm to open cotton, and forecasts of favorable weather for plant develop ment otherwise. October sold off to 25.00 and December 25.15 in the early trading, or 18 to 20 points net lower, but the market was steadied a? these figures. Cotton futures opened barely steady. Oct. 25.70; Dec. 25.25; Jan. 25.20; March 25.47: May 25.67. "NATIONAL DRILL DAY” PLANNED FOR JAPAN Celebration Will Be Similar to “Defense Day*’ Planned in This Country. Tokio, Aug. 22 (By the Associated Press). —The military reservists organi zations toil ay formally launched an agi tation for the observance of "National Drill Day,” October 22, officially pro claimed annually as festival day at the national military shrine of Tokio. The vernacular accounts of the agita tion mention the similarity of the Am erican “Defense Dny" September 12th. Officials say no attention to the reservist organization’s proposal has yet been giv en, and they see no connection between the American and Japanese activities. Portrait of Col Grimes Given to State. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 22. —A portrait of the late Colonel J. Bryan Grimes, who served as Secretary of State of North Carolina from 1900 until 1923, the time of his death, has been presented to the office of the Secretary of State by Mrs. Alfred Williams of Raleigh, sister of the late Secretary. It has been hung over the fire place in the private office of the. Secretary of State. Mr. Everett, the present occupant of the Secretary’s office and successor to Col. Grimes, as well as a friend of many years standing, declared the portrait, which waß painted by L. Freeman 1 , of Washing ton, D. C., to be an excellent likeness of the former secretary. Mrs. Parks Rafferty and Mrs. P. B. Raeford are giving a pnrty tonight in honor of Miss Gwyndolin Lentz, of Win ston-Salem, and Mias Lola Belle Paris, of lato, Junaluska who are the attract ive honee' guests of Miss Kathryn Car penter. CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1924 I Couldn’t Decide HP&9II Hi ■ Is JH| in Jordan* the judgea oeft) and “^uerite UNIVERSITY HAS HEAVY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Season Will Open September 27 Against Wake Forest. Chapel Hill, N. (’., Aug. 21.—The com plete football schedule of the University of North Carolina was nuuounced here tonight by Charles T. Woollen, graduate manager of athletics. It is the same ns last year's, the dates and places excepted. Nine games are booked, and four of them are to be played in Chapel Hill. The opener is with Wake Forest at Wake Forest on September 27. The contest with the University of Virginia, Carolina’s ancient rival, will be played in Charlottesville, in keeping with the -plan Os alternating between tile two institutions. The big contest at home will be with V. M. I. on November 8. For the jiast several years this game lias been played in Richmond, where it proved an increas ingly big drawing card. Richmond want ed badly to keep this game and probably would have but for the recent Univer sity ruling that all games be played on college grounds insofar as /practicable. The complete schedule fallows: Sepj-mle'r 27-rWahj' forest at. Forest. October 4—Yale at New Haven. October 11—Trinity at t'haiiei Hill. October I(5—N. C. Stifte at Raleigh. October 25—University of Maryland at Chapel Hill. • November I—University of South Car olina at Chapel Hill. No. B—V. M. L—at Chapel Hill. November 15— Davidson at Davidson. November 27—Virginia at Charlottes ville. ERNEST DINKINS MAY FACE TRIAL FRIDAY Solicitor Spruill Plans to Try Greens boro Negro at Finish of Murder Vase. Lexington, Aug. 21.—As soon as the murder charge against Kenneth Hale and John Leak is disposed of. trial of Ernest Dinkins, Greensboro negro who is charged with being an accessory after the murder of Charles Garwood and with beiDg an accessory after highway robbery, will be begun. Solicitor J. F. Spruill stated this afternoon. The ease may be reached Friday- The state will attempt to show that Dinkins, although Leak had told him of the murder of Garwood, not only failed to report the matter to officers but gave evasive answers when questioned by officers searching for Garwood's mur derers. Leak and Hale will both probably be used as witnesses for the Vtate. Automatic Speakeasy. New York, Aug. 21. —Frank Jan kowski, of Brooklyn, today demonstrat ed the modern automatic "speakeasy” so thoroughly that he was permitted to furnish SIOOO bail when taken before United States Commissioner Atkins. Three innocent-looking push buttons in a rear room led to his downfall, ac cording to prohibition agents. Agents of the Brooklyn staff called upon Jankowski and requested liquor. The proprietor pushed the first button and the room was alight. He pressed another and a small trap door appeared. The third'filled a glass with whisky. Tracing the tube from which 'the liquor issued, the agents found a cask hidden under a bed in an upstairs room. Mrs. Mors’ Jewels Smuggled Into the United States. New York, Aug. 21.—The greater part of the jewelry owned by Mrs. Theresa W. Mors, of Los Angeles, for whose death Kid McCoy, former pugilist, is held in that city, wns smuggled into the United States, according to information in the hands of special treasury agents. The federal officers who made this as sertion late today said that no further details as to the smuggling could be made public until they had completed an investigation. Notes Sentenced to Jail. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 22.—5. H. Noles a former policeman, was sentenced to eight months in jail in city court here when he was found guilty of violating the Turlington prohibition act. He was charged with having 15 gallons In his possession when he was arrested on July 9. Gold Coin in Germany. Berlin, Aug. 22.— Tre government con templates the reissue of gold coins, un known in Germany since the outbreak of - the war. ' The denominations will be 10 and 20 marks. SENATE REJECTS CHILD I LABOR AMENDMENT, Senators Ebbs, Evtwett. Harris, of Wake,: and Hicks Support Proposal. I Raleigh, Ang. 21. —The proposed I amendment to the federal constitution i giving Congress power to regulate the 1 employment of minors under the age of > 18 years was rejected by the North Caro lina Senate tonight. The vote was 34 to 4. The measure was immediately transmitted to the Infuse by special mes senger. Those voting for Ratification of the amendment were Senators Ebbs, Everett, Harris, of Wake, and Hie Ks. The federal amendment was transmit ted to the Senate unexpectedly last night following completion by the assembly of the work laid out for it in the call and the governor’s message. It was trans mitted with the simple statement that it was transmitted at the request of the sec retary of state of the United States and that three-fourth of the state legislatures must approve it before it can become a law. 11-YEARsOLD SCHOOL BOY APES LOZ ANO LEOPOLD riaath Threat li» Letter Demanding SB,OOO From Franks Bdy’s Father. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Earl Smith, an 11-year-old school boy, who thought "it would be easy pickin’ to get some money out of Jake Franks," wns arrested late today as he was searching through a cubbish box for a "package of money” lie had demanded from the father of the slain'Bobby Franks, on .the threat of death. The boy was hurried- to ‘the Detective Bureau, where he wns confronted with an extortion'letter demanding SB,OOO be left at a specified place, “or your (rife and daughter shall be kidnaped and mur dered.” He admitted to Captain Wil liam Shoemaker, Attorney Samuel Ettel son and Mr. Franks that he was the writer of the letter. From the boy the detective gained the admission that the stamps with which he mailed it had been given him by his older brother, Fielding, and search was begun for the latter. Visits Jail to See Man She Eloped With. Shelby. Aug 21. —An unusual fea ture developed in the Francis Pliil beck elopement sensation last week when Francis and his wife visited the county jail where Sloan Philbeok, charged with eloping with the handsome Mrs. Francis, is confined. Mir. and Mrs. Francis said they were there to visit someone else, but not being admitted to tile cells, oonversed briefly with PJiil beok from the walk ouside. Just what their mission was or why Mr. Francis should bring his wife to the jail to see the man with whom she eloped is not known. So far Philbeck has failed to raise bond, but it is reported that a number of business men here and at Earl will join together in bailing him out until superior court. Novel Punishment Mftted Out for Petty Larceny in Chins. Tsingtao, China, Aug. 22. —The park police here demonstrated a new and ef fective mode of punishment for vandals recently when two men were caught stealing flowers. The officers took the culprits to the main boulevard and made them kneel. To the prodding of police * rifles they were made to shout to all passersby why they were being thus treated. For fifteen minutes they were com pelled to shout “I took what did not be long to me and promise never to do it again,” while they were made to hold the stolen flowers aloft. Ten-Hoar Day in Potanfl. Warsaw, Aug. 22. — The cabinet has introduced a 10-hour working day for three months in the metal and iron in dustry in Upper Silesia, after a series of conferences with representatives of labor unions and industrials.* The la bor unions made this concession as a means of enabling Poland to produce more cheaply and compete on better terms with foreign industry. • Cut OH Prices. Pittsburgh. Pa., Aug. 21, —A fifteen cent cut in the price of oil in the lines of the New York Transit Company and a similar reduction of Bradford dis trict crude was announced today by the South Penn Oil Company. The new. price is $2 85. Canada’s tobacco crop this year is estimated st 5,000,000 pounds. I MOVEMENT WOULD CLEAR ROADS OF ADVERTISING . Sandhills Fair This Year Will Take In- Kiative by Abandoning This Sort of I Publicity. I Southern Pines. Aug. 21.—‘.‘Mr. Tufts has decided not. to do any advertising ■ °*. the atandhills fair through road signs thi« year,” said O. W. Picquet, the seere tary. “He will use the newspapers, and such other forms of printed matter as are possible, but the standhills fair will not defile the highways with signs.” For a long time Mr, Tufts and Mr. Picquet have been trying to clear ad vertising signs from the highways, and to make the roadsides an attractive fea ture of outdoor life in the standhills, and they have finally issued the order that the fair will depend on advertising that will not detract from the appearance of the highways. (iradnnlly the care of the roadsides in Moore county has been extending. An organization hnv ing for its aim to plant trees and shrub bery in the county along the roads has been at work for several years and the farmers are takings to the idea, and help ing the gssociation by planting in front pleastfn^^ a^'*fl ® 1 'rtiis step by the fair management will bring the question more forcibly than ever into prominence and it is believed that the movement is gaining such head way that before long the sandhills will have a different landscape along all the highways. The local papers are ener getically helping to clean up the road sides, and public sentiment is awaken ing to what can be done, and the out look is promising. KILLS ANOTHER MAN THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF Bowman Newton Dead and Charlie Reams Critically Wounded at Clarks ville, Va. Oxford, Aug. 21.—Charlie Reams, aged 30, is in a critical condition nt Rrant wood Hospital, Oxford, having been rushed here this afternoon after he is alleged to have killed Bowman Newton, aged 31, and then shot himself. The two men entered Atkinson's store, at Clarksville, when the shooting took place, it is said. The cause of the tragedy is unknown. Newton was rushed to Oxford, but died on the way to the hos pital. Itoaflk is not expected to live. Both are well known men at Clarksville. Virginia. \ WHI Hays Invited to Charlotte. ♦By the Associated Press. t Charlotte. N. C., August 22.—An in vitation has been extended to Will H. Hays, Motion Picture Commissioner, to speak at the semi-aanual meeting of the North Carolina Theater Owners' Asso ciation which will be held here early in December, according to announcement by R. D. Craver. local member of the or ganization. Mr. Craver said he believed Mr. Hays would accept the invitation and address the association. The association was organized here fourteen years ago and its membership embraces most of the theater owners in North Carolina. H. B. Varner, of Lex ington, is President, and .Tames Es tridge, of Gastonia, is Secretory. With Our Advertisers. Toujours Fidele —a delicate perfume adopted by the critical women of Am erica as the smartest fragrance of the season. Sold by Gibson Drug Store. Old suits made to look like new if sent to Bob's dry cleaning establishment. If you need to borrow money see the weekly loan department of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Special hour prices on bargains at. the Piggly Wiggly Saturday. See ad. Fresh Morehead City Fish and native spring lamb at the Sanitary Grocery Co. The quality of the bed room furniture never decreases, says a new ad. today of the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. Now is the time to buy coal for the winter. See ad. of A. B. Pounds. Mr. Armtleld on Commission. Raleigh, Aug. 21.—Governor Morrison today appointed the commission to direct legal action seeking the restoration of the C. F. and Y. V., authorized by the i port bill's companion measure, and the i senate in executive session at the close l of the morning's business voted its con . Urination. > Composing the commission are Repre sentative T. C. Bowie, of West Jefferson; J. G. McCormick, of Wilmington; E. B. Jeffreys, of Greensboro, Frank Arm i field, of Concord, and E. W. Timberlake, of Wake Forest. ’ IC, PEHN STORE OPHEOTOPIIR STOfIEfERY MODERN Company Enjoys Good Pat ronage During First Day’s Business and Successful Life Predicted For It. COMPANY’S HOME MODERN ALL OVER Goods Are Attractively Dis played and Stock Is Large , Now Although It Will Be Increased at Later Date. Concord’s newest firm, the J. C. Penny Co., had a most, auspicious opening this morning when the doors were opened at 9 o'clock and an immense crowd of eag er shoppers thronged the store in search of the excellent goods which they knew would be found there. It is safe to say that they were not disappointed sinee this store carries quite a complete line of goods iu all of its many depart ments. Mr. Sherbondy, tlie manager, announc ed, however, that his stock was only 05 or 70 per cen't. complete. It is the pol icy of these stores, of which there are i7l scattered throughout the length nnd Breadth of the United States, to stock lightly in order that i't may be seen just what sells best in each locality. At its opening then, the Concord branch of Penny's is by no means complete; the patrons may look for constant improve ments. After the public has been sounded out and it is seen just what is desired, the stock will be increased to to its full capacity. Also, with five hundred and seventy other stores to fall back on, there will be no dead stock carried—it will be sent where it is need ed. it will not clutter Shelves if it does not sell. Despite the fact that this firm is one of a national chain, Mr. Hherbondy. who is making his permanent home in Con cord, is a one-third owner. This gives it the necessary local touch that is needed, keeping it from being merely one link in a chain. It is really a home town en terprise with a home town man behind it. Tlie new store is most attractive in every respect. It occupies the storeroom which formerly housed the Belt” & Har ris Furniture Co. The entire infer- ’ ior lias been thoroughly renovated and remodeled in a very modern fashion. The display windows on the outside are at tractive in the extreme. They are, of course, quite the latest thing and the costumes contained iu them leave noth ing to be desired. The fixtures inside are beautiful. The counters are of a most attractive fumed oak, which not on ly adds to the appearance of the place but are capable of a vast amount of hard service. New floors have been laid and have been stained and polished. Especially is the floor iu the ladies’ furnishings de partment lovely; it is so polished that it could easily be used as a ball-room. The Concord store, which is number 510 in the chain, lias an excellent ar rangement of the goods. The groupd floor on the left side contains a Indies’ department iu which are the dry goods, notions, hosiery and underwear in the order mentioned. Some . unusually good values are offered in these departments. On the right are men's and boys’ cloth-; ing and furnishings. At the rear is a shoe department with a complete line of footwear of every description. A mezzanine floor at the rear contains a beautiful display of ladies’ ready-to wear and millinery with every conven ience toward making the shopper com fortable and satisfied, such as, full length mirrors, ample dressing rooms, etc. In the front of the store over the show win dows is another mezzanine story wherein are contained the cashier’s cage and bus iness office. A basement lias sufficient storage space for reserve stock. J. C. Penny Company was founded at Kemmerer. Wyoming, and has grown to elephantine proportions. There are now 571 stores over the United States. Thede stores are in every section, with the most recent development in the South,' particularly in North Carolint, where within the last year nine new stores have been started. The reason is due to North Carolina's increasing prominence. Concord may pride herself on being one of the nine most prosperous and wide awake cities in the state since only those cities were chosen. The new store, after a successful op ening, is destined to a successful ca reer in a group of Concord's successful business firms. The entire city welcomes the new department store and extends every good wish to it in tanking its debut into the “Best City in America.” Passanger Train is Lose in Storm. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. 21.—Passen ger train No. 272 on the Chicago, Min neapolis, SL Paul and Omaha road, a branch line between Mondovi and Fair child. is lost in, a storm between those ipoints, Omaha railroad)* officials de clared tonight. Today Is Last Chance To See “THREE WEEKS” —at — Pastime Theatre 000000000 • TODAY’S 0 @ NEWS 0 0 TODAY 0 000000000 NO. 198. mtjwim FLIGHT AND IRE SAFE NOW Completed Hop From Ice land to Greenland Thurs day and Should Have Easy Time on Rest of Journey. PLANES LANDED CLOSE TOGETHER Airmen Were In the Air Al most \2 Hours as They Took Off Early In Day.— Good Weather Part of Day. Reykjavik. Iceland. Aug. 21 J) p. m. (By the Associated Press) (Delayed). The American army world fliers have ne gotiated the hazardous hop from Iceland to Greenland, arriving safely tonight at Fredericksdal. their goal, near Cape Fare well, on the southern tip of the Green land coast. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, commander of the flight. landed at 6:10 p. m., and Lieut. Erik Nelson at 7:15. The airmen left here at 8:15 o’clock this morning. No word has been receiv ed as to the innding of the Italian aviator Lieut. Locatelli, who accompanied them on the flight. Weather conditions in the early stages °f Ike flight were favorable with good visibility, and a helping wind, but as the airmen neared Cape Farewell at the southern tip of Greenland, they had to cut their wny through a mist and * drizzling rain. In the mist, they apparently missed the l . S. cruiser Raleigh, which was sta tioned off tlie Cape, and which reported she had not sighted the fliers. Previously the Richmond, destroyers Reid, Billingsley and Barry had sighted them passing each ship on schedule time, and flying low so as to receive the bene fit of the cushioning effect of the water. A dispatch from the destroyer Barry declared that the flash reporting the ar rival at Frederiksdal of Lieut. Lowell Smith and Lieut. Erik Nelson, did not mention the arrival of Lieut. Locatelli, the Italian aviator who was accompany ing them. Locatelli, who had flown to Reykjavik from Pisa. Italy, in order to accompany ' Meats. Aaitb awtnw tfte'At-'' ' InnHo, was nsing a faster plana thaw the Americans, and in the earlier stages of the flight yesterday had outdistanced his companions. Hop Off Again Tomorrow. On Board thj U. S. S. Lawrence, In dian Harbor. labrador, Aug. 21 (By the Associated Press) (Delayed).—Wireless advices received aboard the Lawrence this morning indicated the American ar my world fliers planned to continue on from Frederiksdal to Ivigtut on the west coast of Greenland tomorrow, Friday. From Ivigtut, it was stated, the aviators expected to hop off Sunday for Indian Ha rbor. GREENLAND HAS BEEN REACHED IN ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT Fliers Arrive at Landing Place at 8:10 Thursday Evening, Making Trip of 885 Miles. Washington, Aug. 21.—Although no official word had been received early to night at either the war or navy depart ments concerning the progress of the American around-the-world aviators, press dispatches from Halifax conveying indirect word of their arrival at Green land were taken as confirmatory of the belief held here from the first that the fliers would make the 825 mile hop suc cessfully. Difficulties in communications when the fliers were stationed in Iceland al most invariably meant a delay of sev eral hours in transmission of messages and it was assumed that similar difficul ties had been eneountred today, explain ing the absence of official advices. In terest in the flight, however, was at its height. Officers of both services were at their desks awaiting word, while the general public beseiged newspaper offices with a constant stream of inquiries. The possibility of the fliers making slow time in the jump from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Frederiksdal, Greenland, was recognized, especially in view of the heavy loads the planes were carrying and the probability of their encountering ad verse weather conditions. The planes are- understood each to have taken 400 gallons of fuel on board at Reykjavik. Past performances have in dicated a consumption of 25 gallons an hour, which would insure 16 hours con tinuous flight with a maximum radius in that time of about 1,000 miles. Three figures would hold, it was declared, only if every element was at maximum effi ciency—with juet the right wind to fur nish the greatest “lift” and with pon toons unweighted by immersion in water. A flying time of 12 hours was the aim of the aviators in their flight today. what sMirrrs weather oat RATS M Mostly clout}; tonight and Saturday,., probably showers Saturday.
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