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DARING GRAY'S
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MAY 8, 192^
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AIRMEN ON PARIS TO NEW YORK FLIGHT; HOPE OF LIFE RESTS WITH MRS. SNYDER
EXPECT MERCY DEGREE
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^onfessccl:5layerDeclares He Is Gbd That Whole Truth O^Crim»ls Told
WOWAN CONFIDENT
WaSBlngfon Hears Plea By Sttu Borah For Recourse TbiHKIfaJmprisonment
THBBMHSHEIWENALTY
German Rioters A Peace Menace
COTm-Ol, TU May 7—
\19r-IBJ' ft mtUms, panulox tha one O^tma, irtl»   ouw   nr«   Juaa   Oray
ttmmaaghb to stnoln it
^tOian.  probably late llDndar.  the
Jury ratlna to dallbenit» on the fate
oC tti* iD^pars "Who, tbe state says, con-
. sp(r«l.t»Jclli .A mart Snyder, It mny bi
^ iU»t tie BtUtnile of ths Jury toward
f nuUx. Snyder •will preTsnt In her case
a reitllct«f murder In the flrst detrree.
And It BUT b* that the Jurors -will ug^IM tSat If one defendant Is spared tht fle».th penalty tho other also ahotfa rstain his Ufa.
Tjnt»Or»y, Trho sat In tho witness olwlt aniJ freely confessed fo partlcl- patlQC In tne aloylnir, baa his only hops fn tho Jury's attitude towmrd the mUtres9h» acuiuee na thtt dominating ficora kt,.«ho crime.
Kn. aayOer waa conflSont shs wBHia escRpe th»<leafh penalty.
Tbey Tvni nerer send a woman to th*' death bouse in thla state." shs wis. '^ think the Jury has believed my ttory."
Gray was resigned after hla Tlrtnal pl*k of rnnty.
"I nm not ofmld of the chair." he saM. -I suppose I ara golnff tn get It Tjot I feel bettor for ha\1ng told the troth. Considering everything, I ofUl have not ^veu np hope."
Would Spare Uvea TVkAtngtOD. May 7—The death pen¬ alty, to bo aomandcil for Ruth Bnyder aatt Juaa Or»y nt Lone Island City Mmday. Is not a proper punishment. Marderers should be locked up for life. aceordlnff to Senator William K. Bomh. of Idaho.
Tbe Idaho Senator, an opponent of capital punishment, told the United Press today ho waa convinced from his 20 years of criminal law practice, tbat no crimlnsl evor thought of the penalty while plannlnff or committing a crime.
Con.wqueatly, he said,  hanfiring nnd
Berlin. May-7—^Mlaor brawls be¬ tween communists and. members of the KatlonaJlst Steel Helmet, or war veterans aasootatlons. In which soores were arrested and several were reported wounded, occarrcd here today.
Tbe Incidents cotne on tbe ove of tomorrow's great demonstration apUnstt ths VorwalUea treaty and payment of reparations by Ger¬ many.
Police announced that SOS per¬ sons had been arrested. The news¬ paper Vorwasrts atato.se^-eral ar- rested wben police were compelled to tise pistols In dlsperslns steel helmeters and radicals who closed In the southooat section of the city.
The blgnat mlUtary display Ber¬ lin bas soen since the war was beld tonight wben German officers and service men, organized In the steel helmet organizations, revived the Oorman martial tradition wlfh a huge parade.
Tho former Kaiser's two sons. Prince AugTist 'Wllholm and Prince Oskar, who occupied revlewlnr seats next to war time generals and Steel Helmet leadera atood at attention while 80.000 former «er- Tlce men. carrying hundreds ot Oerman war standards with steel helmets embossed on them, goose stepped past the grandstanda
DISTRICT
Loss Of Three Hundred Lives And Millions In Property Accounted In High Waters
RELIEF FUND GROWS
Red Cross Minimum Goal Is Expected To Be Reached Surely By Monday
RAILROADS SUFFER
GOES IN REVERSE • IN THIS INSTANCE
Coal Company Officials Cause Raid On Place That Court Refused'To License
Washington. May 7 (UP.)—Further rises In the Mississippi river, south of the mouth of tha Red river, with more I In prospect, were reported by iii"| Weather Bureau tonight tn a flood] bulletin. I
The river was dropping slightly sl j New Orleans and con.siderably ahove j tbe Red river mouth.
Morphine And Cocaine Seized A^ Federal Agent Makes Raid
A traffic in dope in Luzerne and I.*ckawanna coun¬ ties wa.s declared ondetl vc^torday b.v aiithiiritie.s with the arrest of a man and woman. Morphine and opium in largo quantities were .seized tojrethrr witii paper.s that are expected to load to further arrests. Narcotic ajrcnts declare the two arrests are the most important made in this district in a .vcar's time.
The prisoners are Walter Parker, IiS, colored, and his wife, residents of 115 Penn avenue, Scranton. Tn default of ^2,500 bail each, they were committeed to tho Lackawanna county prison. They wiil be questioned further concerning the methods used in smuRfirling dope from Now York City into thc hands of peddlers and ad¬ dicts throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Joseph C. Meier of Forty Fort, with other State narcotic agents and detectives, entered the houso occu¬ pied by Parker and his wife at 8:15 o'clock yesterday morning. Parker was stil! in bed and was taken into custody before he reali7.cd that a raid was in progress. A search of the premi.ses revealed large supplie.-; of mor- phino and opium. Smoking paraphernalia used by opium addicts was also confiscated.
The authorities claim that Parker made frequent night trips to New York City where ho got enough dope to supply a large clientele in the two counties. Kor tho past eight inonths tho traftlc haa beon going on, it is alleged, and in recent weeks Parker's movements havi< been shadowed. An a result of this investitfation the arrest of a number of addicts is predicted.
HERO ACES OF WORLD WAR DARE FATE TO SPAN OCEAN
SEE CLEAR FIELD     ^Ite Bird canning Captains Charles
Nungesser And Francois Coii Fades Into Sky With Nearly Six Tons Of Cargo In A ttempt To Reach America!
FIX ARRIVAL FOR NOON MONDAY
FOR THIRD TERM
Republican Advisers Of The President Predict Squall Will Overtake Smith
WOMEN ACTIVE
Wa-ihlngton, May 7 (U.P.)—Red Cross omnals said tonight they ex¬ pect tho Jlo.Ofin.OOO minimum goal of the Mississippi flood relief fund to be completed early nrxt  week.
The fund tod.iy re«.-hed |«,«4S,11« at the  end  of  Its second   week.  The
BOY AND GIRL DEAD MANY OTHERS HURT IN A DAY'S MISHAPS
\VRj.!anKtnn. May T-IT. Ckar wom hnr for I'rfflldrnt *'nn||rlcw with PiCTiff of fin tm|)«'n<linv khuaII for (lov- wrnor Al Hmtth of New York nn Ifflrt- Inir i-an<llilHtr<i fnr thn llcpuhllrnn anft I>rmo<T«t ir rrr.».|i|i*ntliil nnmln«iuma Mt^i-ft rriul tntHKhl In IhA pnlttlral bur* om#t^r of th*» wr#»k> nventa li^rr.
rhaJrniAn WllhAm Mnrsan friend of Xh** Prf»»ltlfnt, rhe«r*(l Ihf ('m>llilK» fon f^ rnnnldembty ¦with « report nf lil« poIltt.nl Innpertlon of th* W>«t. tthlch has l«(l UnpubllrJin l*»d- sm hrrr lo prr.Ili t that lh« "WMI In fuifn for I'oolltJir*'."
Hlfl  i-fport   iirt'iM^fl a Whitfl IToiiM
j hrpwkfnst witti II of thr mont powerful
t>pttt)ltrAnn In  thr* rounlry nttendlnv.
Thny  NAtd  aftnrwanl   thnt  th* d*»tu«-
nlnn took on tho aitptotn of a Coolldg*
rally.
it^pofin of hrlirtit  propjifrt^ of aur-
j vfi^R tar Ihft pnrty In th« 19311 Hartlona
I w*r* dIartiiMr-d  wtthnut  ftvlng tiamm.
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be   rontinuert   if   the   dAinaK*   reports
PROPRIETOR HELD
continue  to  show help.
increaaed   need   for
In Hospital Where Father Already Is Patient
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AUTOS TAKE TOLL
Following complaints from ofnclals of Lehigh A Wilkes-Barro Coal Co, city detectives early this morning raided nn establishment at Parrish and High streets. A quantity ot liquor waa confiscated.
Anthony May, nged 87, of 28 Har¬ klns Lane, tbe alleged proprietor, was arrested. He will be charged with possession and sale ot liquor when arraigned In polico court this morn¬ ing.
The place Is located acrosa the [ street from ono of the shafts of Snuth Wilkes-Barre colliery of Lehigh A Wllkes-Barre Coal Co. Offlcials of the company complained that a number of their employees stop In thero on their way to work In tho moming and go Into the establishment after work In tbe afternoon.
When the possession and sale of li¬ quor \\a.H logiil It  Is s.iid that  It Impossible   to   get   a   license   for place.    \'arlous persons petitioned the
Ralknads Lose MllUona
New Orleans, La, May 7 (U. P.)—
Fighting elbow to    elbow    with    th 	
farmers of tho Mississippi river flood
area In an effort to hold the mighty ^ ^oy and girl gave their lives yes- waters In check and to begin rehablll- ,erday os a reault of arrldrnts here, tatvm work as the floods re<-c4e, aro j;,,^.pn „,her persons were Injured, sc- tha railroads whoso lines are In the \,o„,|ng ,„ j^e week-end survey of path of the overflow. ! mishaps throughout Wvoming Valley
They bave mct great    losses,    the | ^^ ,„„ ,„„ „ y^^„ p„,„^ ,^„ ^eath
Is Held By Heavy Bail
Court  Under
MINERS INJURED
Missouri Pacific alone estimating itji damage at 111.000.000, but as tho flood waters recede, work of r'-^to'-'ng the lines Is started Immediately.
Thoae hardest hit by thn disaster be¬ side tho Missouri PnclBc are tbe Texas < Paclflc,   Illinois   Central.     Yazoo    and MIsslSBlppI Valley. Vicksburg, Bhreve-1 port  and  Paclflc.   I.ouIslana  Southern i and Oulf Coast. j
TrafTlc,   however,   except     In    some i sectiona.      has     been     tinlnterrupted. Wben lined iwcamc covered with water shipments were re-routed and buslnei.a has been continued as usual.
The Ya7.oo and .Mississippi Valley, a branch of the Illinois Central system, has approximately 40    miles    of    Its
It Is said that It wa..» always denied Tbe place bos t>een operating the past sever.il yeara of tbe prohibition era. It Is alleged. ,
AMERICANS ARE READY FOR FLIGHT TO PARIS
tJie  plodrlo  chair did  not  acrvo  the:
purpoee   of   crime   deterrent.,.    Borah ! ff'^i;'_y^^^^_'f'¦,y«^.¦:_f<»:,;j[««"j"_•_bu'
haa followed tho Snyder trial with In¬ tents Interest, speculating on under- lylnr-causes ut this and similar crimes.
"In ray opinion, the killing Is a manifestation of one of the«phycbo- logleal results of ths world war,—a feeling of disregard for llfo," the Idaho suteaman aUted.
Lifo Imprisonment for murderers, ,¦ Borah helieves, can bo ths most ter-1 rible runlshm<mt that can be moted ouf, and, haslda thers Is always an opportunity for reform and some mea¬ sure of oxplatlon of tbo crlmo. Lock¬ ed away from all the things humanity holds dc^tr, ozcopt life lt..tclf and sun¬ shine, a murderer has a better chance ot rspaylnc his debt to society through work and reform than In cases when ths moaalo law of an "eye for an eye" Is enforced, he thinks.
Tntsreet In the caso Is high among ofljdals and members of Congress here.    Boiiators and Congressmoii dis
Curtis Field, L. I. May 7—Tho Bel- lanca monoplane "Coltmibla" was up for <; minuten tost flight before dark and when It landed Charles A. Levine. I'resldent of tbe Columbta Aircraft Corporation, said It would be ready for the New Vork-1'arls flight on Mon¬ day, If weather conditions are favor¬ able.
Tha Columbia will act as escort to the De Plnedo plane when tho Italian filer hops from Staten Island airdrome tomorrow. The "Columbia" will go about :o miles with DePlnedo and then
..pi tracks around \'k'k.sbnrg under water from flve to ,ix feet deep.
Tbe VIck.sburg. Hhreveport and ra¬ clflc. another bra^-h of the Illinois Central, lost the only river rail cross¬ ing between New Orleans and Mem-
i phia
1     The   Mlasourl   Pacific   lines  around Vicksburg  and  lowvr   Mississippi   are
¦ still  Interrupted  by the  flood.
I'he main line of the Illinois Cen¬ tral has l>een untouched by nood wat¬ ers and It In not likely to I.e.
.     Also   regardeil   safe   from   the   over-
I flow, unless uncxpe4'te.l hre.aks occur, are tho New Orleans and Great North-
' em, the Louisville and Nashville, the Southern   New  Orleans    and     I.Awer
i Coast and  the Southern   Pacific.
of Iha boy at the very tlmo hla father was getting ready to lenve a hnspltnl where he bad bean conflned kx n result of a previous accident. The girl. «ho was tho other f»tal Tlitlm. died of Injtiries Inflicted  hy an aiitomnhile.
Elevated on a ladder while i>nlntlng his home, Frank Ostrownki, seventeen, of Third  and    Heynolds    street,   Ply-
I mouth, lost hla balance and fell with considerable force lo the ground. The .iccldent occurred shortly after one o'clock     yesterday      afternoon.      Tlie
i youth receiveil a fracture of the skull and a broken nerk. He died In (Jeneral hospital one hour after ho wns admit¬ ted. The youth's fathor was In the same bospilal, having tieen admitted on May 3. suffering from Injuries re¬ ceiveil In a mine nrrlilent. When Ihe body of the aon was takne from the hospital tha father arrompanied tho remains to the fnmlly home.
Tbo victim Is survived by his par¬ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rernfln Ostrowski, and the following tirothers snd sisters; Vincent, Stanley, Helen sml Stella. The body was removed lo Ihe estab¬ lishment of Undertaker S J. Qront- kowskl and later move.l lo the family home.  Funeral services mil tnke place
fact.
was carried to the office of Pr It. A Weill who sent him home after treat¬ ing a laceration on Ihe he«.!. Hlalr wna released at the suggestion of the boy's father.
Thomas .VlcOraw, T, ot 84 Klml avrnue, Kingston, was struck yester- dsy by a Williams bread truck. A bono In one of his legs was broken. The l>or was taken to Nesbitt West Side bospltat where his condition last night waa descrtlwd ns favorable.
Kathleen, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McCall of Plains, had a narrow encapH from a horrible death when her foot became wedged between the Krlo rnllroad Iracks and which was not released until a freight train wns within two hundred feet of the child. Tho little girl Is a student pt Sacred Henrt school. While golnv <o har homo and passing over the rallroml trncks ber foul became wedced along the rail. .\fter a. struggle for several minutes rnd within view ftn njiproachlng freight lialn. Ihe child finally sur- eeeded in getting her foot out "f 'he [ shoe. Ten seconds later ths freight train made ribbons of the child's shoe.
Olher ArrMrnIa Daniel Williamson, twenty-three, tO Oregory street. West Wyoming, a laborer at Wyoming Hbovel Works, had two fineers of his right hand crushed in nn aniilent.    The meml*eri.
cuss the trial nt length over their return, limches and with callers, their In- If Clarence Chamberlln and Lloyd terest apparently being aroused as, Bortoud succeed In flying the plane much by the public's wide Interest i from Now York to Parts thcy will re- aa by ths public's wldo Interest celvo more than tiO.OOO In cash, ac- Inr and  Its alleged motives. cording to Charles A. Levine.
STATE'S PRINT SHOP DESTROYED BY FIRE
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Harrlsburg,   Pa„   May   7—UP—Tha loss  wers  praeUcally   all  tbs  printed
i^'ate and oounty print shop here was records of ths state legislative seaslon
cjtroyed by Tie tonight, cmtslr.T an *"'""» :^^,''i   *'•                         ,   ,
' An adjoining  garage  comalrlng  25
cttaated   loss of J1.500 OOU. automobiles was also bunied.
•nis four  story hrlck   hullding was The caose of the frc haa not bean coaipute'v gutted.    Inrl-ided    In    the', determined.
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nght   Against   Breaks
The battle of Bayou dea Qlalaea ts nn tonight. Af Big Bend, considered ono of tho weakest points along the levee, hundreds of men are piling sandbags and fighting to keep the flood waters from covering the rich farm lands to the south.
The Red river, swollen beyond all past records, continues to pour Its flood watera In the Miaairslppt through the Old river. It Is sweeping past Natehllochea, La., where General U. S. Grant received his first army train¬ ing as a Second Lleutennat. No new breaks were reported today, former Oovemor John M. Parker, flood relief director for the state, said tonight,
•All levees are holding and we are concentrating our efforts olont; tbe old Red and Bayou des Glalses rivers. We are going lo keep them from breaking if we can", he declared.   .
Rumors of crevasses bere and tbere were denied.
.Menace In  Quakes
i Memphis. Tenn . May 7—UP—Flood wrecked Tennejuee and Arkansas to¬ day were recovering from a new fright
(Continued on  page (, section  1)     'ing Mam
Tuesday moming nt Kt   Marj-'s Church j were later ampulnied.
In   Plymouth.    Burinl   will   bo   In   the new St. Mary's remetery.
Death yesterday cislmed Jean, two- year-old rtniighter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P.aker. S4» Putter avenue, Kingston, ss a result of Injnries re¬ ceived on Frtday when struck by sn automobile driven hy Donald P. Bush, 310 Rutter avenue. Kingston. After the accident Iho child was removed to Nesbit West Side hospital where death came e.irly yesterday moming. The driver of the car was Liken be¬ fore Judge John S. Fine by Kingston police nnd liall In tha sum of flve thou.sand dollars was furnished upon a charge of manslaughter. The Baker child. It Is reporte<l, stepped out from behind another machine whllo Busb was driving his csr on Rutter avenue. Bush later gave himself up to King¬ ston authorities. Beside her parents, the child is survived by these brothers and sisters: Edward, Helen, (Cather¬ ine. Harry. Jr., and Loretta The fun- eral wl;l be held Monday aftemoon at 2 oclork >vlth Interment In St. Igna¬ tius'  cemelery.
Run Down Br Autos
Oerald   Dunn,   13,   son   of   Mr.   and
Mm.   Jerry  Dunn,  of   Ilymouth,  was i
run down lart night at « o'clock by an i
automobile driven  by KIwood Barney
of BU.r street.  Piyomuth.    The acci- '
lent happened es the youth was cross-
Andrew August, ten, of West Nsn¬ ticoke, received Injuries to the Hght arm, leg and forehead when struck by an automoblla. He Is a patient at Nsnticoke hospital.
Benjamin Hoover, an employe of Plttston city street department, suf- fered painful Injuries when he at¬ temptod to remove a tin cnn near a horse's roof Tho animal became ex¬ cited, pranced ahout, bls bonfa strik¬ ing Hoover. Thn man suffered a laceration of the left thigh, a cut on the bead an brulaea on the rlgbt leg,
John Moofir, thirty, (1 Hospital street, Plttston. a laborer at Exetar power plant, was admitted to llttston Hospital for treatment for Injury to the left ankle when a rail fell on his leg.
Joseph Pramlck. twenty-one. 610 Main street Dupont, employed by Hill¬ side Coal A Iron Company at Butler rolllen'. Is a patient at Plttston Hos¬ pital. Pramlik auffere<l abrasions of the body when be slipped under a car
Frank Mulosky. lAent>-two. t> Union street, Inkerman, caught a flah hook In tho index flnger of his right hand. He was discharged after the hook was reiaovtd at Plttston Ifoa¬ pltal
Kellx   Caplshinsky.   forty-nine Brown strset. Duryea. employed at No
Meanwhile. Ihere were hints of pos¬ alble trouble for Xmlih, the leading candidate of tha Democrats at Ihla tlma Mrs Kdwanl Hmlth of St. Louis obtained coosldernMe publicity wltb her atstnment that "Smith la a nulll- flcatlonist" as far as polltica la con¬ cerned, and Democratio women chal- Isnge the Demm-ratio national commit¬ tee agnlnst n reiieiitlon of fhe Madison Square Onrd. ii   light   of   l!>ri  "
The statement was delivered to ths National Woman's D*mo<-rallc Imw Knforcen^ent I—?gua In convention here.
Although Dcm(x:rats generally bave not expected the I/iague to support Hmlth, (here baa been discussion con¬ cerning ths possibility of Democratio women turning ngslnst Smith, espe¬ cially In the South and West, where. It la stated, they are all dry. Senator Caraway, Democrat. Arkansas, has said thnt Ihe Democratio women will defent Smith
The discussion has nssumtd sufn¬ cient Importance to arouss tho Smith forrea to defensive tactics. Literature la being illstribiitrd explaining Smith's stand for enforcement of all laws on thn Btatuie txxiks Ills supporter. Senator ^>lwn^d». I>emocrat. .Vew Jer¬ sey, cnnit? forwnnl Immediately after ^Irn. Smith's et.eeth. wllh u sttttemeni in which he said:
"I make liold tn pfedlcl thnt If Smith Is nominated and electe<l law enforce¬ ment wlll tm lifted lo a hishnr plana and will be ma<te 60 per rent mors ef¬ fective that It Is under the present administration."
Meantime, Thomas Taggart Indiana politician, Inunrhed the long awslted lM>om for Kvjn (' Woolen, favorite Sim. Woolen Is cr-rtaln to hnve Ihe ' Indiana delegation nt the next con- ' ventlon and work will soon be under¬ taken to build up votes for htm out¬ side his stste
MOURNING THE LOSS OF FIGHTING CHICKENS
BiUhM. Canal Zon*. M«y 7.~A» in- tiirvlnff a pnihkm an aver provided by a h*n rooMt today ('•ntertKl upon tha wh*»r#wiboiit« of two gtunn rocka worth ISOO f>n<'h, whirh Oanaral Men- Xmn^t^To. hT* #*nrouta to Vnnwufrla, announred hud )t^u atolen  from him.
Kot only went tha chtckann expan- nivt, btjt th« Oeneral aald they had b*«n ron.'ilKned to him by I'resildant Marhado of ru(ta.-aa a ffift to Preal. dent Oomfz nf Vcnftstiela.
There were etx flffhtfnjr chlckena In all.    Now ther«5 ore tmt  four.
PLYMOUTH VETERAN
ENTERS SCHOOL FIGHT
l.a Bourget. Frsnce. May I Sun¬ day—l'p -llacing Into the west with Ike rising sun pursuing them. Cap¬ tains Charles Nungeeser and Frn.-nl« Coll, l>Yench war veterans, startetl to¬ day Olt an attempt to make the first non-stop flight front I'arls to N'ew Vork In n heavier than air machine.
Their Mg white biplane atarted frnm here With the da»'n and they hoped to settle on Ihe ^«aters of New York hnr lior l>«r.ire noon Mondny. estimating a maximum lime for ihe trtp of ap¬ proximately i.lOO miles nt SA hours.
Ths ons-eysd Coll snd (be Intrepid I Nungeasen, who shot down S4 enemy """•'¦•. planes and nine balloons during Ihe wnr. were off on one of the greatest argosies of modern times. After ris¬ ing they planned to drop their hesvy Isndlng gear when they start across the ocean, (rusting the water tight fuselage of their l.e N'asseur plane to keep them afloat If they are foroed to descend on the  water.
They would be unable to rise without pontoons If forced down on the At¬ lantic nnd must tni5t to passing iteamers tn pick them up. All ships at sea hnve lieen ndvlsed to be on tbe lookout.
The flight SUrted    at r<:t«    a.    m. (Il:l« a m. New Vork  lime) TaliM Air Fjially
The "While Bird " despite Its heavy Insd. took the air easily sonring grace¬ fully aloft after a run of approximate¬ ly too yards, a minut* and a quarter after ths start.
Tbe plane rose wlthnut difficulty to a great height nnd at 6 SG a m. was out of sight, headed acroas the stretoh of laml between Paris and tho Atlantic ocean.
The start gave NimgesMer and Coll tho edge In the Ititnrnntlonjtl race acrosa the Allanllc. for hIiIcIi Ilay¬ mond Ortrig has announceil u prisei of fSS.OOO. Nono of the American con- teitnnls WHS ready to start yet, al¬ though the llellanm plane to he pilot¬ ed by Clarence D. Chamberlain was prepared lo start froM I.ang Island this week.
Ill luck overtook the ambitious flight planned l.y C'nmmnnder Richard K. Byrd. who flew to tho Nortli Pols, anil he and hla companion, Moyd K. Bep- netl, were Injured tn a re«?ent trial flight.
Tim .Nungeaaer plane, called the "While Bird." mada nn Impressive sight ns It soared sloft. lis gleaming white body was relieved only by the Fiench trl-color pnlnle.! oti tho aide snrl Niingesser's wnr emblem, the skull
Btlll  rrnss  bones.
Nungesser  Pilot
The plsne hss a single lyirrslne motor of 4 60 horse power, capalile of lis horse power In an emergency. Ils maximum speed Is i:9 miles an hour and It Is expected tn a veraga sbout IIB nn tha Atlsntlo flight.
Nungesser will .lo ths piloting, whlla Coll. who Is an experienced navigator, will relieve his mind of thst respons¬ ibility.
Before starting both aviators wem given a dose of and-aleeping potion by their physician to guard them sgnlnsi falul drowsiness during Ihs long, hard ordeal,
Nungesser, a taciturn man of IB, raiher highly strung for an aviator, sat at ths controls, his eyss flxed ahead. Despite his msny wounds re¬ ceived during the war. and his more thnn a srore of surgical operations, he was pronounced In excellent physical shspe liefore starting.
Coll was an even stranger flgure with the bluck monocle tbat hn wears tn hldn the Iom of kls eye. He Is 4S and spent 14 years In the French mer¬ chant   msrine.     For   the   pnst   throe
n«v|.
yenra he hns rreon slud\lng ns n gator for a trnns-Atlunlic. flight. Hemove Landing liear Light landing gear waa removad from Ihe plane to<lay and heavier con. struitlon Bulif.iltute.1. Thl.H wa.s to In. crease the miirgin of safely wben ths machine tnkes off with IH linrden of gasoline. Once off the shores. .\un- geaser wilt detnch thi< wheei-i ami con¬ tinue iutoh:. fhe Atlnntlc wtihiiiil land¬ ing gear He nnd t'nil will come to rest In New Vork harbor If Ihelr luck
Is  goml.
The plane wtm ri'muved from ths hangar this afternoon and Ita com- liassen were adjusted. Kvery slrtJl was sllgni'il nnd every bearing olte<l Careleiieiiei.s on the eve of such an Milvrntiire probitlily woul<I menn death for the filers.
Niingesser's plane Is a single motor- oil craft with » water tight fuselaga which would pi-niiit It (o alight In the wnter wllh wifely
The weliflit of Ihe craft when fully loaded with fuel, aviators, food and oil wlll he aliout 10.9:3 pnunds. It waa believed Ihn plane wlll require about 16 lo l< hours to span (he Atlantic. Reaily for AccMents
Kvery reasonable precaution wsa taken for the safety of (he aviators •-    ase of accident.    They sat nimoat
In
signals   la
Bidn hv side. Coll only Bllghtiy lihTiid hl.H compiinion. Nungesser sat on a parachute, whllo Coll hnd one etrapped to his bnck.
The great weight of the ftiel tielng carried will makn It Impossible lo maneuver Ihe plane In caae something gtMs wrong Ho It was sgree.1 that If the motor stopn both men wlll prompt¬ ly Jump with the parachutes.
Thn plane carries a aystem of light* and fisres controlled from Nungessw^g seat by wires so (hat ho cnn auto¬ matically releane distrsan t'anr nf accident.
The nvlutora rarrled r^incentrated food In pill form for rations on the IS or )* hour trip In minimise (he In- convenience of enling They hav* wster and a iKitile or two nf wine to quench their thirst. The plane Is also equipped wllh a distilling apparatus to provide drinkable watsr from tho seat In case the plane Is foreed down.
Aithouah thn weight nf the plan* bas been rediiced to a minimum It* totsl dend weight wllh crew, fuel, etc, being nlmut iou?3 pounds, tho flyam could  II • A eight In th*
form nr md caVds for
frleniN I.    ' . t.iten.
At the last minute the wooden pro¬ peller was replaced hy one of metal because of the possihllliy of tho wood¬ en one bienking It a senlilr.! rung Int* It.
Csrry ^resl l,osd
When the under cnTlsge Is dropped the plane nlll b* Lghtened by tl9 pounds.
Coll from his seat cnn tnke *hre* ateps If hn wishes to stretch during the tedlouB flight, hut Nungeaaer wlll lm unnbin to move In hla seat unlesa hs changes places with Coll, Thre* huge gasoline reservoirs betwe«n tha motor and the aviators' seats will make It Itnpos.^ihle for them to reach the motor while In flight, so In caso of engine trouble their only alterna¬ tive will be to descend on tho ocean. They are staking everything on an uninterrupted flight to American shores.
Tbo aviators slept from 1:10 In th* afternoon unt" -i—¦. « - — -^»ji they were a' «.
Thef tben tiu ¦¦ ist
minute touches tu llli; pi.iiiu and warm¬ ing up the motor, nfter ten mechanics had  flllcd  Iho big gasoline  reservoirs,
A slight rain which ,ras falling laat night stopped about midnight and the weuth»'r was * xcellent for the atart. Despite tho precautions of the War Ministry, which hnd the flying fleld surniunded by genilarmca and troops (Continued  on  page   11. section one)
HALF MILLION GONE WITH BANKING FRA UD
lut tows.    Dunn '     (CMitlniMd an  page 1, section   11       lery.
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Capialn     Adnah      ( Plymouth   last   nlj;^ candLlacy   for   tbe      ¦ I school   director.    Ha   Is   om I mouth's   prominent   cltixens i served   ss   lax   collei ii.r     ii 27, th* Worid War wltl i tenaat, later being •
nin   i.f   lletteiv   C
Carson City.  Nev.. May 7.   (U.P,)—|    Oeorg*  A.  Cole,   Slate  Comptroller, '.rtage   of   I6U.000   In   state   funds i and   H.   G.   Clapp,   former  caahler  of rwed by warrants for the arrest of : the Carson City Bank, are named with J   hlgb   state   offlclsis   and   a   welt   Malley In warrants for their arrest, knowii banker, created a sensation In      Ofllclals iiivr.HiiKuting the shortagaa Nevada today. said  thnt   lh..  peculations,  .-overlng a
*:.|   Malley,   State Treasurer  for  the   ten year period, had been 'I
past  several terms, has heen remove.]   that   Clapp   confessed   i
,1.  .1-, feo'" omce and replaced by George B.   ulent  checks  on   his  ch«^. .v^  iiig
^j^  Rus**ll of Klko. shortages to ths araouni of I3»:.l)00.
of   Ply-I and   haa!
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