DIME ME TUI!
FLYEB liNDS MOSCOW
THOM NEW TOOK CITY
MOSCOW, June 5, — James
Mattern swooped down onto the
muddy Moscow field out of a dark
ened and cloudy sky. He planned
to remain only two hours and did
not plan leaving the airport, per
sonally.
Officials supplied him with nec
essary information as to weather
conditions along the route and the
plane was serviced for the 4,300
mile journey across Russia and:
Sibebria.
Officials routed him via Kazan. |
Sverdlovsk, Amsk, Novosvkhaborvsk
and vetoing the direct route via;
Irkutsk because of the absence of j
landing fuel facilities in that area, j
GIVEN UP FOR LOST
LONDON, June 5, —Grave fears
for the safety of James Mattern,
daring young Texas flyer, grew as
the hours passed without wrord of
his landing anywhere in the Brit
ish Isles or Europe.
Mattern, on a projected flight
around the world from New York,
was hours overdue on this side of
the Atlantic ocean Sunday night
hope waned as the night passed. A
half-dozen reports of an airplane
thought, to have been the “Cen
tury of Progress,” his speedv mon- i
oplane, lifted hopes during Sun- j
day but none of them proved true. I
Mattern had excellent weather
* conditions over most of the Atlan- |
tis, meteorlogical experts said. He!
had a favorable tail-wind over the
western Atlantic as he left land in
North America. A northerly wind
was blowing on the eastern half
of the water hop and headwinds
p‘ awaited the flyer over Europe.
However, dispatches from Paris
and Berlin both indicated summer
weather prevailed. The authorities
at Le Bourge Airport, outside of.
Paris, and at Templehof, outside
Berlin, had the fields lighted up
and corps of mechanics standing
by to be of immediate aid to Mat
tern in refueling and goine over
his ship in minute detail
The weather over France was re
, ported sunny although a bit hazy
during the day and Mattern might
not have been observed if he came
over Paris flying high.
GERMAN TRADITION
» BROKEN Of PRINCE
BONN, Germany, June 5, —Hal
lowed Hohenzollern tradition, a
rigir “house law” since the 15th
century, was broken by the mar
riage of former Prince Wilhelm of
Prussia to Dorothea von Salviati,
a vivacious 25-year-old girl of “un- j
equal birth.”
The Prince, wTho will be 27 on j
July 4. once was in line for the j
. German throne, but by the mar- |
s riage he may forfeit all his chanc- j
es if the dynasty should return to :
power.
LEADS THE BAMBINO
CHICAGO, June 5, —A1 Sim-;
mons. slugging outfielder of the j
White Sox, was still leading Babe j
Ruth today in the popular vote to!
select an American League team,
of All-Stars to face the best in the i
National League here July 6.
440 MILES AN HOUR
ROME, June 5. —An unofficial
speed record at an average speed
of 440 miles an hour was claimed
by Warrant Officer Francesco An
gello, who flew 426.1-2 miles an
hour April 10 and who is prepar
ing for an official attempt soon in
his famous “Red Bullet.”
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THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
RADIUM IN CITY’S SEWERS
ALBANY, N. Y., June 5,—Some
where in the main of the city
sewer, between Albany hospital
and the Hudson river, $10,000
worth of radium is being sought.
The search is being made by Geo.
H. Leftus of New York who is
testing sewer traps in and near
the hospital with an electroscope,
which indicates the presence of
radium.
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BITTEREST FIGHT III
HISTORY OF DRY FORCES
LOOMS THIS MONTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5,—
America’s prohibitionists revealed
that the bitterest fight of their
history will begin this month.
Greatest activity in a decade was
apparent in the Bliss building
across the street from the Capitol.
There, in an atmosphere redolent
of furniture polish and strong
soap, the most powerful Dry or
ganizations in the United States
drew plans for what they predict
will be their epic battle against
intoxicating liquors.
Eight states so far have voted
to repeal the 18th amendment.
Eight more will vote this month.
“And this time the story will be
different,” exclaimed E. Scott Mc
Bride, general superintendent of
the anti-saloon league. “The eight
states that have voted were wet
states. The eight states which vote
this month are not wet states. We
concede none of them- We predict
confidently that all with the pos
sile exception of Illinois will go
dry. And that is just the beginning
of our fight.”
ORGANIZE STUMP OUT
RULE OF GANGSTERS
NEW YORK, June 5, — With
Carnegie Hall filled by youthful
of youthful crusaders from four
states, New York resounded to the
roaring strains of ‘Wake Up Amer
ica” and assertions from Gene
Tunney, Dr. Mather Abbott, com
mander-in-Chief of the Crusaders,
Fred G. Clark and Maj. Gen. J. F.
Foryan, that “racketeers must go.”
A 60-piece band, organized from
unemployed musicians who for
merly played under Sousa and
Pryor, played for hours. It is es
timated 10,000 youths between the
ages of 16 and 21 organized to
stamp out the rule of the gang
ster.
SPANISH GOVERNMENT
EXCOMMUNICATED CHURCH
VATICAN CITY, June 5, —The
entire government of Spain has
been automatically excommuni
cated from the Catholic church
for signing anti-Catholic decrees,
the Vatican department announc
ed after Pope Pius had issued a
surprise encyclical declaring that;
new Spanish religious laws con-;
stituted a grievous attack oh the
church.
COUNTESS HUNG
PARIS, June 5, —Death at the
end of a desert hangman’s rope
ended the adventurous career of
Countess d’Audurain, who sought
romance and fortune in Arabia af
ter divorce by her French husband.
A dispatch to the Paris Soir re
ported the Countess was hanged
for the murder of the sheik she
met and married in the Arabian
desert.
ROOSEVELT'S HCRIM
ECONOMIC RECOKRY
ON EDGE OF OISRSTER
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5 —
President Roosevelt's program for
economic recovery was on the edge
of disaster with Congress in serious
revolt against him for the first
time since March 4.
Over the week-end administra
tion leaders sought some formula
to placate Congressmen and Sena
tors who have broken away from
White House control on the nat
ional industrial recovery bill, most
important counter-attack Presi- i
dent Roosevelt yet has made
against the depression.
Senate Democratic Leader Rob
inson cruised down the Potomac
with Mr. Roosevelt fully aware of
the fact the Senate finance com
mittee had torn the recovery bill
to ribbons and was preparing to
meet again today.
Reports persisted that the Pres
ident’s advisers were counselling
him to veto the independent offi
ces appropriation bill because the
Senate limited the amount of
money that can be cut from vet
erans compensation. No word
came from the White House. As
the bill passed the House President
Roosevelt would have been em
powered to reduce compensations a
savings of about $400,000,000 as he ■
he pleased.
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American League
Chicago 13, 10. St. Louis 6, 2.
Phillies 0, 2, New York 6, 3.
Detroit 1, 4, Cleveland 2, 3
Boston 0, Washington 1.
National League
Pittsburg 2, 9, Chicago 9. 3
New York 2, 6, Brooklyn 0. 1.
Phillies 4, 6, Boston 0, 9.
St. Louis 4, 2, Cincinnati 2. 6.
Pacific Coast
Sacs 15. 7, Missions 10. 5.
Oakland 5, Hollywood 12; second
game postponed account rain.
L. A. 2, 11, Portland 3. 0. Second
game called in 7th by agreement. ]
S. F. 12, 1, Seattle 5. 10; 7 in- j
nings by agreement.
BEER IS ONE OF THE
CHIEF ITEMS OF DIET
LONDON, June 5, —Beer is one
of the chief items on the diet of
George Cummins, champion dis
tance walker. At the age of 59, the
veteran has started out on a 1,000
miles walk around Great Britain.
He announces he will drink a
quart of beer a day to help him
keep in trim. The beer will be a
little higher in alcoholic content
than 3.2 per cent.
BERGER IN AND OUT
Capt. Heinie Berger, master andi
owner of the MS Discoverer, re-1
turned to port Sunday from Cor
dova, where he delivered 100 tons
of Evan Jones coal, and. after tak
ing on oil supplies, departed for
Anchorage. Captain Berger expect
ed to return immediately to make
connections with the SS Aleutian;
also, to load 75 tons more Evan
Jones coal for Kodiak.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Balderston
and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hall spent
the weekend at Lawing, Lake Ke
nai. Mr. Hall’s speedboat Flamo
was taken out to the lake last
week.
From Anchorage comes the re
port that Mrs. C. H. Holmes has
let a contract to Johnson & An
derson for construction of an
apartment house. Three carloads
of lumber were shipped to Anchor
age Saturday from Seward
MILLIONS IN CLAIMS
MAY BE CANCELLED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 5, —
The administration railroad reor
ganization bill passed a third
reading in the House but because
of a lack of a quorum a final vote
was postponed until today. The
House approved the Rayburn
amendment repealing the recap
ture clause of the 1920 transporta
tion act. It cancels $361,000,000 in
government claims against rail
roads.
FIFTY-ONE NEW
KNIGHTS CREATED ON
KIND'S BIRTHDAY
LONDON, June 5, —The King’s
birthday honors list was published
and created 51 new Knights for
distinguished service to the Brit
ish Empire.
King George was 69 years of age
Saturday.
Twenty-seven of the Knights are
from Great Britain, five from the
Dominions, .14 from India and five
from the colonies and protector
ates. Canada, at her own request,
was omitted.
Lord Lytton, League of Nations
commissioner in Manchuria, wras
made a Knight of the Garter. Lady
Simmen, wife o£ the foreign sec
retary, was made a Dame Com
mander of the British Empire, in
recognition of her activity with
the international anti-slavery
campaign.
CHICAGO, June 5, —Amateur
radio stations W9USA and W9USB,
whose call signals were especially
assigned to the World's Fair Ra
dio Council by the Federal Radio
Commission in honor of their nat
ional importance, have been in
operation at the Administration
Building for a number of weeks,
contacting amateurs everywhere
and arousing interest in the Cen
tury of Progress Exposition and
the coming convention.
A corps of picked operators keep
the stations constantly on the air
with both code and voice trans
missions.
WITHIN A FEW DAYS
GROVE CITY, Pa., June 5, —
James A. Farley, postmaster gener
al, forecast the return of the two
cent postage stamp on letter mail
“within the next few weeks.” He
was speaking at the dedication of
Grove city’s new federal building,
when he made the announcement.
Farley said he expects President
Roosevelt to sign the postage bill
cut in a few days.
PARTING OF THE WAYS
NEW YORK, June 5, —Jack
Sharkey, heavyweight champion
of the world, and his manager,
Johnny Buckley, have definitely
come to the parting of the ways.
It was learned authorativelv that
Sharkey has privately announced
he will cast Buckley adrift and
manage himself after his fight
with Primo Camera June 29.
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TWO BANKS HELD UP
CULLOM, 111., June 5, —Eight
robbers held up tw’o banks here
shooting and wounding two per
sons, and escaped with about $2,
500 from each bank. The robbers
rode down the mai nstreet in two
automobiles, firing right and left.
DESPERATE DRIVES
LAUNCHED BY THE DRY
FORCES OF ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, June 5, —Prohibition
ists launched desperate 11th hour
drives for victory in the Illinois
repeal election.
They carried their appeals into
the churches, the press and the
streets. Repealists especially urged
voters to avoid over-confidence.
Both sides used the election Tues
day in doubtful Indiana as a lever.
Repealists urged that Illinois
pile up as a big a repeal vote as
possible tomorrow as an example
to its neighbor. Prohibitionists
urged that the majority be reduc
ed to a minimum for the same
reason. Both sides agreed that
this state is almost certain to be
come the ninth to ratify the re
t peal amendment.
“It is the solemn duty of every
voter to do his part to free us from
the slavery of prohibition,” said
Seymour Wheeler,- vice national
commander of the crusaders.
“The citizens of Illinois have the
; opportunity of purging their state
of the evils which have occurred
from 13 years under prohibition,”
said Gertrude Howe Britten, a
leader at Jane Addams famous
1 Hull house.
“The eyes of the nation will be
upon us,’ declared Mrs. William H.
Mitchell, co-chairman of the
women’s organization for national
prohibition.
Ministers and lecturers gave the
other side of the question. Admit
ted the state would favor repeal
they appealed for as heavy a vote
as possible against it urging that
if the vote is close then the vote
tomorow, in doubtful Indiana,
might go against repeal.
i Illinois goes to the pells today.
NEW YORK, June 5, — C. V.
Whitney’s “Equipose.” holder o?
the American turf record of 1.34
and two-fifths for the mile, won.
the 40th running of the Metropol
itan mile at Belmont Park.
Mrs. Dodge Sloane’s three year
old “Okapi,” was second, and the
Howe stables “Scotch Gold,” and
added starter, was third.
Ten ran with the top weight of
128 pounds in the saddle; “Equi
pose” ran the mile in 1.37 2-5,
easily defeating “Okapi” by four
lengths. “Okapi” carried 120 and
beat “Scotch Gold” by a half
length.
SCHMELING CHANGES
FIGHTING POSTURE
LAKE SWANNANAO, N. J., June
5 _A great change has come over
the fightng style of Max Schmel
ing, the youthful German whose
tenure as heavyweight champion
of the world was the shortest in
modern ring history. The ring
worms who look for a crouching
and weaving style, similar to that
of Jack Dempsey, will be shocked
at the new Schmeling posture.
SALES TAX REJECTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5,—
The Senate finance committee re
jected the sales tax as a means of
financing the $3,300,000,000 public
works program in the administra
tion’s industrial recovery bill.
BABE CLOUTS HIS 10TH
NEW YORK, June 5, —Babe Ruth,
clouted his tenth homerun Satur
day, playing against Philadelphia,
and Tony Lazzeri his ninth.