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""VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 29. 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 154. 'First to Make The Western Flight Two Army Aviators Arrive Safely At Honolulu In The Early Morning Lieutenants Maitland and. Hegenberg er Make Train*-! Pacific Trip in 25 Hours and 43 Minute* AKMY IS WINNER Fliers Rearh Destination Before Civilian or Navy Planes Set Forth on the Adventure WhMler Field. Island of Oau hl*. June 29.?(AP)?Flrnt to m*k? the 2.500 mile Night be tureen San Francisco and Hono lulu, the Army filers. Lieutenants Maitland and Albert Hegenberger rrrived here at 6:29 a. m.. today. The Army filers, who left Oak yesterday finished their trans-Pa cjfic flight In 25 hours and 50 minutes. Throughout their long flight they hud been reported seen only ? by the steamer Sonome. when 760 miles from the Califor nia" coast. The Army filers came In through bright sunshine that had __cmaredaway the rain and gloom #f the night that shrouded their landing place. Thousands who had waited through the long night had begun to' disperse when Maitland and Hegenberger came through the base to a triumphant landing. San Francisco. June 29.? (AP) ?Cloaked in the darkness and si lence of the open sea, the progress of the big Army monoplane dash ing from the golden gate to Ha waii was hidden from a waiting tlons were that at midnight. Pa cific time, she was less than 900 miles from her goal. A message to that effect re ceived by the Army radio station at Honolulu reached here early today. Previous messages re ceived from Honolulu at Portland. Oregon, declared that all was well *wtth her two man crew. Lleuten rattta Lester J. Maitland and Albert j Hegenberger. led to the belief * that ehe would reach the eastern most ahore of Oahu Island at dawn or even before. All Hawaii faced east in expec tation of their arrival within the 24 hour period elapsing from the time of the take orf at Oakland, which was at 7:09 a. m., yester day. A landing at Wheeler Field, itteld Barracks, 25 miles from lulu, at or before 4.39 a. m., ilulu time, would bring them to the end of their dash within the ft hour estimate. If the time and figures of tho report are correct, the air adven turers well within their schedule and If their plane accumulated speed with the lightening of their load of fuel they were gaining ai every turn of their propellers in their race with the clock. Nosth ?|?t by east trade wind was giving them a friendly push, and ba rometric and temperature read ings were favorable, although the aky 'traa overcaat In that area p_ la San Francisco and at Pal. on ^Oahu Island, the two radio bea con stations Industriously pumped their signals across the 2.400 miles of water In the hope that Maitland and Hegenberger still v,were following the wireless lane aet up by the directional appara tus. The exact distance flown at the tlm# the Pearl Harbor to Port land meaaage was sent (10 p. m. Pacific time) could not be com puted because the distance north of tM San Francisco-Honolulu bee line was not given. It would In dia ts however, not less than 1,500 ?llles In a little more than 14 hours Tho Liner Sierra, 1915 miles west of 8an Francisco and directly In the path which the fliers In tended to follow, reported overcast skies snd a fresh wind. Mr. and Mrs. J% W. Maitland. parents of the pilot, remained awake In their Rurllngsme home all night to receive news of the adventure. They showed no signs of worry and expressed the belief that the big Fokker would get there If such a fest Is possible. With the hour of victory ap proaching tho Army stood within resch of claiming tho honor which the Kite Commander John Rodgers of the Navy South snd lost sfter a Ptto^bsttl* slmost two yesrs sgo. ^^Hpsrs snd his crew w. r. ?raw* wlthlnn 100 miles of their " goat and they drifted nine days ? before belag picked up. meanwhile It appesred thst the honors would not be divided, the little Monoplane of Rrnest L. Smith remslned deserted at the Oakland Airport after he had abtadoued all attempts to race the army plane because of failure of a windshield on his plane and the subsequent refusal of his nsvl^ fa tor, Charles Carter, to resume their flight after they bsd taken off some two hours befeiid ths (Oc*tinned on pass t) They've Reached Hawaii Upper left?Lieutenant Albert F. Hegenberger, and right. Lieu tenant Leater J. Maltland, Army fl lera, who have made the hop to Honolulua. The United Statea A rmy Bent two of Ita aviators to Honolulu In a three-motored F okker monoplane, but not a* en trant* In prise content*. Lieutenant* Le?ter Maltland and Albert JT. Hegeoberger hopped off from San Franclaco, California, Tuen day. Map ahown the proposed 2,360 mile route. June 28. 7:09 a. m.?Lieuten ants Maitland and Hegenbeger start from Oakland Municipal Air port for Honolulu In Army Fok ker monoplane. 9:36 a. m.?Ernest L. Smith civilian pilot and Charles Carter, navigator, start for Honolulu in monoplane "The City of Oakland." 3:4fi a. m.?Smith and Carter return with damaged air deflec tor. Attempt to fit new deflector loaned by Army. 10:25 a. m.?Army plane sight ed three miles off California coast by unidentified ship. 12:06 p. m.?Smith's backers postponed flight indefinitely j when Navigator Carter declined to start so late In day and after Army plane has Imposing lead. 10:26 a. m.?Army plane sight ed- 300 miles off California coast by unidentified ship. 7:36 p. m.?8teamer President Pierce, 6CT0 miles off *hore, hears Army plane radio request for bearing from Steamer Cleveland, approximately 1,160 miles from California coast. 8:30 p. m.?President Cleve land reports Army piano more than 1,100 miles out with rain falling, light wind. 9 p. m.? Pearl Harbor radio station Informs Portland. Oregon, of a report that plane was 900 miles Northeast of Honolulu.. 10 j>. m.?Army station at Hon olulu reported plane 9<N> miles from Honolulu. 3 a. m.?June 29.?'Navy radio station at San Francisco received report via Army radio saying Army plane was 700 miles from Honolulu. 7:30 a. m.?The San Francisco Kxaminer correspondent In Hono lulu reported the plane had been sighted 140 miles from Its goal. TR1FJ) FOR ASSAULT IS NOW OUT ON BOND Hertford. June 29.?Roy Zach ery, committed to Jail In Justice Darden's court yesterday In de fault of bond In the sum of 9100, later In the day succeeded In ar ranging bond and was released. Zachery is charged with assault on Otto Burk. RVCXRATVOftAV, Fin NT TO UK MAI)K FOB IfKW TRIAL Ashevllle, June 29.?-<AP)? A sensational fight for a new trial for Mrs. Anna K. Montague, 4S. who facea a prison sentence 12 to 20 years for the murder of Mrs. Mary R. Cooper, 91 year old wid ow tad her employer, was lauached by Mr*. Montague's at torneys today In a move to Im peach the jury In the ease on grottids It was not Impartial. NIXON PRESENTS ROTARY REPORT Other Hertford Kotarian* Explain How They Got Off Road Hertford, June 29.?The pTe- . sentatlon of the annual report of Tbomaii Nixon, retiring president, j and an accounting on the part of Rotarians Aubrey Shackel. Silas , Whedbee and Joe Towe for the fact that, returning from the Cav alier Hotel Rotary meeting last week, they did not discover they were off the road borne until they were halted by Currituck Hound at Point Harbor. The three Ro-, tarians did some tall explaining but It was not tall enough. In the opinion of their fellow club mem bers. to account for auch utter ob-1 livlon to all their surroundings. With next week's meeting be gins the administration of the Rev. Edmond T. Jllson as presl dent of the Hertford Rotary Club KIWANIANS HAVE VARIED PROGRAM Addrpim !>y Harlxirs Hcpre arntative, Reports and Music at (lull Snpprr An addreas by Cornish Railey. field representative of the Nation al Rivers and Harbors Congress, reports by I)r. H. H. Tenipleinan I and Dr. John Ssllba on activities In which the club Is Interested, and a jazzy musical program tiy the Jass 8tompers. a colored or-' chestra. combined to form a lust ful and varied entertainment menu ! at the weekly Klwanls supper at | the Parish House Tuesday night, i Mr. Railey's address followed the general tenor of one he de livered earlier before the Rotary! Club, outlining the advantages I that might accrue to North Caro-| Una from the consummation of the Inland Waterways program | along the Atlantic Seaboard, Dr. Terapleman reported brief ly on the orthopfdlr clinic h.-M Saturday and announced that steps | wero being taken to provide a children's camp off the river shore, { on a tract loaned for the purpose i by Dr. Hallba, owner of the Elisa beth City Hospital property. In his report, Dr. Sallha dealt specifically with the various de formities. physical and mental, en countered In the clinic, and with plans to correct them. He paid high tribute to Dr. J. S. flaul. the examining surgeon, and expressed deepest personal Interest In the success of the clinic. They Dashed Into Ocean Darkness Here'* the largest parly iver to attempt the Atlantic croiudng by airplane. The picture of Dyrd and hi? companions waa takfn while they won* preparing the big triple-motored monoplane, America (above) for her ocean Jaunt, with Ktirope the goal. l^eft to right the men are Hert Acoata, Com mander Richard k\ Ilyrd, Lftuteiiant. George Noville and llernt Halcheii, "paaaengcrri." White Way Proving Fine Except For Residents Thin city's new while wJiy. turned on Saturday night for .o first time, has functioned admlr ably in the four nights in which It ha* been tried out. according to J. C. Parker, superintendent of public utilities here. That is, It is a great improve-, ment in the opinion of Just about, everybody except a scattering of folks living along it, Mr. Parker explained. The huge Otwt-caTidlc power flood lights bavw turned darkness into day. to an extent thdt enables residents along the white way. to read newspapers on their front porches. This is a little too much of a good thing, in the opinion of C. F. Derrickson. F. M. fJrice, Sr., and others living on Hast Main street. They complain that they no longer can enjoy the evenings oil their verandas. There are 120 lights in the white way system, which covers the principal business streets and the reeldential thoroughfares as far as the city's principal church-1 es. Except for two lights at each street intersection, the system is turned off at 11 o'clock. Mr. I'ar ker estimates that an houi lias i been added to the night life of the' city by reason of the immensely brighter illumination. Sacco And Vanzetti Granted A Reprieve Boston, June 29.? (AIM -Gov ernor Alvan Fuller, today granted a 30 day respite to Nicola Sacco and llartolomeo Vanzetti, whose conviction for murder has attract ed international attention. Their execuion had been set for the week of July 10. i WHITE WAY HRI\(,S i REMARK IBM DUG TO ELIZABETH CITY A strange bug of a variety approximating the monsters one views occasionally In one's sleep, after having supped in judiciously on much mince pie. was brought into The Advance office Wednesday afternoon by JCrkln* Duff, of this city. The bug wa? exceedingly large, and of a dull gr?? nl?h color suggestive of certain 'ree llxards. His outstanding char acteristic was a pslr of power ful horns, or nippers, set verti cally. Instead of horlxontally like those of a sand fiddler. Ho was very much alive. Mr. I)uff reported that the bug was captured by his fath er. W. P. Duff, president of the Duff Piano Company ll?' baa wings and two Mts of eyes - spe?klng of the bug, not Mr. Duff. The theory Is advanced that the blaarre and prodigious ln a#ct was attracted to Kllr.abetb City by the attrpax^ing bright ness of the new white way. Advantages of Carolina Over New England Cited By Returning Traveller ItoiiKe and Fart- Paint Husines* Ohv'umsly M in Korth eastern Slate* and Canada, Waller I.. ( ofiiwii De clare*, Ui?cii**ing Things lie Observed 7 o M otli the Tlx- superior attractIveness North Carolina's serenely smooth beaches, uh contrasted with tli* riirtyihoftgoT New KiiKland, Wft emphasized today hy Walter L. Cohoon, attorney living hero, who has Just returned Troni a trip to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and on into Canada and back aloiiK tin- roani of Maine, N#w Hamp shire and Massachusetts. Mr. Cohoon reminded that for mile* And miles in New F.ngland, one sees only a shore lin? of for bidding cliff*, with but an occa Nlonal beach. Though It wan late in Jiiiic, ho saw no evidence of the beaches there being used for \ bathing, although many have been ' enjoying the Hurf along the North Carolina shore land for a month past. In nil his trip, Mr. Cohoon stated that ho saw not a single girl with any evidence whatever of having "touched up" her cheeks or Hps. "The rouge biiHiness must be pretty had up there," he com mented, with a hiiiHe. Going first to Portsmouth, Mr. Cohoon delivered the principal add reus at the National Council I of the Junior Order, I'nited Am- j * rlcati Mechanics, and spoko also; at memorial exercises held during the convention. Thence lie Jour- I neyed Into Canada via Niagara j Kails, visiting Hamilton, Toronto,! Montreal and Quebec. Though he was a leader in the I fight for prohibitlou in North Car-! olina some 20 years ago, Mr. Co hoon declared he was convinced I that Canada's method of handling i the liquor problem wag far bet- ; ter than the situation that had do- j v eloped In the I'nited States since the passage of the Volstead Act. j "I did not see one drunken per son In all my trip through Cana da,*' he remarked, adding that the ! Dominion had worked out an ar- ' rangement whereby an individual; Wishing to buy liquor had to pay 12 for a permit That might be re-1 voked at any time, for cause. With reference to Canada's handling of crime, the Kllzabeth City attorney pointed out tlnu In the rase of a man convicted of a1 misdemeanor, an Investigation was made to determine the effect of his Imprisonment both upon his family and upon the work In which he was engaged. If It was found that the family would suffer, or that an Industry. bnslnoM or profession would be handicapped in, any material de gree, the defendant was required to servrtilR tlnj. at night and was set at liberty In daytime to work as usual, Mr.j Cohoon was In formed. He pointed to the obvious advanfsgos of |?nch a plan. New Knglantt Is facing serious Industrial prob.om*. with fhe |(f|* Jlle Indnstr^ steadily moving Month snd with the shoe manu facturing Industry facing labor difficulties that are prompting It to head westward, Mr. Cohoon de clared, remarking that the section ?had lUlle agriculture. Knd It was^ hard to tell what would happen i there If th?? InduNtrlal mIkrution 1 continued. While In Aroostook County, Main*', he ntnt( d that he saw a 1.200 acre flcld of Irish potatoes, stretching away from the highway an far as the eye rould reach. Po t a torn are dim there In September, he added, only one crop being krowii an compared with two cropn annually In North Carolina and elsewhere In the South. Incidentally, Mr. Cohoon re called Iiwit while In Portsmouth lie patronised a barber, 7r, years old. who Informed him that he had performed like aervlces many ttttci for John <ire?-iiltaf Whlt tler, the poet. Funeral Mrs. Allen At Wake Forest On Thursday The body of Mm. W. O. Allen, mother of Mm. I. M. Meeklna, who died here at S o'clock Tuesday night at the ago of 8A after an i Illness of three weeks. was put on board the Norfolk Southern 12:16 train here today to be taken to j Wake Forest. to her old home, for burial. Funeral services will he held at Wake Forest Thursday , morning at 11 o'clock, with Dr. R. T. Vann, former president of Meredith College, and Dr. W. R. j Cullom of the Chair of Hlble at Wake Forest College officiating. Hhe was related to both the Pure foy and the Poteat families of Wake Forest. In addition to members of the Meeklns family who left here on tlu> train with the body to attend | the funeral was Mrs. W. O. Rld dlck of Aahevllle. who was at Mrs. { Allen bedside when the end came. At Wake Forest the party will be joined by other children and I grandchildren. I A surviving daughter of Mrs.: Allen beside* Mrs. Meeklns and I Mrs. Riddirk U Mrs.?C. J. Sawyer! of Windsor. There are also II | grandchildren and five great' grandchildren. Among the grand-1 children la William Meeklns of Henderson, who began hta prac tice of law In this city. g PAYH COl'RT fOHTH Tobe Pool, colored, was let off, upon payment of the court coats In a case before Trial Jnstlca Saw ter Wednesday morning. In which e submitted to a charge of reck lees driving and tendered evidence that he had paid for repairs to an; automobile belonging to J. KJ Jordan, of Mt. Hermon township, as the aftermath of an accident here a few nays ago. The darnag e* totalled |17. Commander Byrd and His Crew of Three Take Off In America at Early Dawn AMERICA'S LOi. (?? T?. tNHMt.4 tt 24 m?Th* America hops land" Hoo""*'lt Ml Long ..^i00 .01?kUulmant Novlllel "J" w'releaa from A rlca "Kv erythlng going f|n?." -j m' ? America .Ighted I ed over Watch Hill, Kbode l.land. ' J a> m- The Byrd plane Warn? 8**nd,-r"lo"n. Uhode! s 8" s> Homeric and' nii^tin L ,e"d wlreleia re-, .natlc*? *r'ng Amer'?-- ?uto tnatlc Newport. Khode laland. ! ed nv?, "ni"1' Btf<l P1"11? reporl ed_over Plymouth. Ma.sachu.elt., | from ii^h? ~<K U T.)?Radio! ' m Hyrd aayn America naaaed ft??-Cod. Maaaachu^u.^ 108 miles an hour. 7:26 a. m. ? (R. n t > a a North" "lsh" America It) mile. Norlheaat ?f c,,^ Cod 8:12 a. m.? (E. D. T.)?u 8 de?lroyer .Ighted Byrd plane ioo TtlZtr 0'OUC""r- *?'? s",;;rr j sl:x. 8 41 ?? n>i?IE. D. T.)?Extra HyrdTdl""'""' Cn",t,a" ???"l?. wlreleaaea f|y|nK altitude 'l^t") ml*. letting chMly adlp mi't'ea' d"tOK the'r job. ,l|ce me?P ' 3:09 a. m.?(E. D T I?HvrH ml Ami?,eBB m}*tiona to "tand by .. America K?l,.,?pur r -Ilea .eat Discovery Of Booze Disturbs Honest Coast Guards , * Hr?blom o( an unu.ual .on la K lh? toaat auard of the "etrenlh dlatrlct. 1? the matter of ?rSo"Vh.?,' * J" of contraband Km rih?f w"h?l aahora near Kill Devil Hill atatlon, .otne 65 r;r..rh~' A ten gallon keg of whl.kv bearing a foreign tmde mark wai discovered in the .urf n..r 7Z regular be "kCO"' Guardaman on !rar,:r:::z." ? fleS"r~i? L*?,rk In tarn notl nUr'official'*' ,nd M nJLkJ aCOn,rnun,ca,,on to F. c,,?tom. y;. LrM',drpuly ^Hector of cu?U>mB at Klliabeth City. h? Price and Mr Newhy E t - S'i c t, 'h*' P" "'tween n?,tnt. ? d down ">* aound oo,.r?mu"Iir',u:%om1r,r1^ br * vuY'tki k? J"*' wl1" ^ "lone CttvTn^r ? c*rt*,n Klliabeth '?'k V" 'reel, e?. ?' "" official flnderoftbe V"" BRITAIN AGREES AMERICA RIGHT Bui Keenly De.lrou. of Opportunity to IWnt Itn Virwi 0?>noya, June 29-- (APi n.M. r.rl:^boS\%c\?w';tr,i:r.; at the present tripartite I eoafereoeo hero without til ?onwnt of the VTnlted fttata* an Thi? Waahln*ton algnatorlea | ofT5S 3r,rd "r"l,h ???>????? I Hon Uf * h" h0,W"n,r-' Brlllah delegation aeemn keenly I d ? rou. of aa opportunity to pre j aent Ita view, before a plenary aeaalon of the gonferenre. | I'KMCHMd TOStroHT BLAtKWBM. MKMIIKIA., ?tn*? .Ww E Oood? Of Reld.vllle ;"L?r ".r*'<"?*ht ?? Black wall Memorial ( k.reb at eight o'clock I All mombera of th* church and! ??b"? ganarally i?|Mi Storm* That Held Them Bark for a Month and m Hall Still Threaten But They Deride to Go SMALL CROWD THERE Great Three Motored Fok* Iter Plane Sliootn Down the Incline and Whir* Away Into Mint and Rain (?f Tka Aimtim rr?M) Through screening fogs and showers. the Giant monoplane . America roared Its way today along the Nova Scotia whore head ed away from Paris after a hop off from Rooeevelt Field. Long la land. at 6:24 a. m., Eastern Day light time. three companions In his throe mo tored Fokker. had compass trou ble over the sea mid-way from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia due to the extra gas tanks. The trouble was adjusted and the America short I y after 10 o'clock waa re ported over Meteghan. Nova Sco tle. It was at Meteghan that Lind bergh hit Nova Scotia on tbt nose on his flight to Paris. The Byrd plane reeled off the 400 mllea from Roosevelt Field'In four hours and 34 minutes, tak ing Just one minute longer time for the distance than Lindbergh. The America hud indifferent weather for the flight and contin ually bucked Into showers and fogs along the first leg of the great circle, stormy weather waa reported off the Irish coast today but Paris Hald conditions In France, were improving. James H. Scarr, New York forecaster, said conditions generally were favor sble. Kooaevelt Field. N. Y., June St ? (AP)?Clomuiunder Richard B. Byrd und his three man crew took off on their long delayed widen- ] liflc air expedition to Fraoica In the monoplane America at dawn today. The groat three motored Fok ker took the air at 6:24 o'clock Kastern Daylight time. Just 41 seconds after being released from the top of the runway where It had been tied for the past six V days while unfavorably weather forbade a flight. The storms that have blocked a flight during the more than a month and a half that tha Byrd plane haa been waiting at the field semed loat night to be as great all obstacle as ever. But In the early hours of the morning Commander Byrd suddenly announced that de spite the weather man's report he had decided to leave. Immediately there was a great bustle and last prepuratlorts were made for the third time In a weak. But this time the preparations ?eemed somehow to be more con clusive than before and the small I crowd felt ?ure as dawn ap proached that they were to be more fortunate than thousanda who have flocked to the fleld on other nights. Everything went forward In m buslueas-like manner, shortly be fore 6 o'clock Commander Byfd with his crew, Bert Acosta, George Novllle and Balchen, drove out to the plane. T. Harold Klnkade, Wright motor expert, climbed aboard and tuned up the mutofa The crew waved a last far#' well, climbed to their placea and signalled "to give her the gun." ? mechanic standing behind tfce plane Rlaahed at the restraining rope as the engines roared and the great ship shot down the Incline and whirred across the field In the misty light of a rainy dawn. Hi* tenths of a tulle It drove across the field and then alowly as though the men Inside were lifting her upward by main strength. It Moated upward aad soared Into the air. The take off was the occatloa for a rumor that Klnkade bad stowed himself away In th* plane. Yesterday afternoon Byrd had said he Would like to have tba motor expert along and Klnkade replied: "Well you may find me there after you get away." I^ater Klnkade confided to re porters that he Intended to at tempt to stowaway and when ha was not seen to descend from the plane after tuning up the motora It was believed that he had act ually gone but he was back at the hangar about half an hour after the America left the ground. Klnkade raid a five pound tin of tea belonging to Commander Byrd made him decide to remain behind Byrd and hln crew, he said, checked over various sup plies to see if room could be made for Klnkade, they discarded first the mud guard* on the landing gear, then a pair of moccasins and two cans of oil "Then," aald Klnkade, "thay ware about to throw off the Cobh maader * five pound tin of tea. That decided me. I figured tbey (Continued on paga t>
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