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Resistance
in the Ruhr
Is Relaxed
Leaders of'German Industries
at Conference With Chan
cellor Stresemann Agree
to New Policy.
Seek to Reopen Parleys
By Universal Service.
Berlin, Aug. 28.—Chancellor Strese
mann, who, in his recent speech,
made approaches to France, today
look the first practical step toward
carrying out his new policy.
The passive resistance In the Ruhr
Which, up to now, has been so rigidly
sustained that it was impossible to
rr* ftkjthrough, now will be gradually
It is learned from a reliable source
that this pronouncement is the result
of a conference held this afternoon be
tween Chancellor Stresemann and th«
‘ leaders of the Rhine and Ruhr indus
‘ tries, among whom are Hugo Stinnes,
Frit* Thyssen, Herr Klorckner and
i Herr Voegeler of Duisberg.
Up to the present it has been the
i opinion of all political authorities in
Germany that it was impossible to
! consider any weakening of the pas
sive resistance so long as the feeling
In the Ruhr was opposed to such a
plan. But now the captains of in
dustry have declared to Chancellor
Stresemann that they will not stand
in the way of the fulfillment of this
policy.
Points Agreed I'pon.
The conference agreed upon the fol
lowing three points:
1. To lift the ban against the rail
roads operated by the French and
i Belgians, which it is hoped to bring
i about with the co-operation of Ger
mans and officials in the occupied ter
ritory.
2. To permit German exports
| through the appupied territory which
I have been suspended since the en
1 trance of the French because the lst
j ter demanded that the customs bo
paid to them instead of to Germany.
The revenue from customs will now’
be paid to the French authorities.
3. Payment of the huge sums to
German wwrkmen who struck against
tai^Hfc'renoh seizure of industries will
^>e discontinued, as the government is
unable to keep up the payments on
the present large scale. The total of
those payments in the last month
alone amounted to 186,000,00(1.000,000
marks.
Better I'liderstanding Foreseen.
The natural result of the withdraw
al of this government's support will
be to force the German wor kmen Into
closer contact with the French.
The action taken by today's confer
ence, it Is believed here, is meant as
proof to Premier Poincare of Ger
many’s willingness to begin discus
sions. In this connection it is also
significant thfit on the same day a
permit is granted for a meeting of
representatives of Prussia, Bavaria,
Saxony and other German states with
the Rhineland commission at Coblenz.
This conference is called by the
Rhineland commission to take up the
food situation in the occupied terri
tory. This is the first time since the
invasion of the Ruhr that su^h a con
ference has taken place between Ger
man, French and Belgian representa
tives.
These two events are regarded as
indicating the approach of a better
understanding with France and arc,
therefore, particularly welcomed at
R time when the Internal situation is
most complicated.
Once more there are throats of pos
ble trouble on September 2 when the
communist nationalist organizations
throughout Germany are planning
'in^Od^mOnst rations.
Spillman Will Head
Probe of Gas Prices
y nneapolia, Minn., Aug. 28.—The
National Association of Attorneys
General, in annual session in Minne
apolis today decided to conduct an
Investigation into the prlceH of gaso
line and petroleum products to dis
cover whether there Is nny price
manipulation. The Investigation will
comprise every state of the union,
according to a resolution adopted.
A special committee to conduct the
Investigation was named by Clifford
Hilton, attorney general of Minne
sota. O. &. Spillman, attorney gen
eral of Nebraska, was named chair
man of the Investigating committee.
The committee probably will hold Its
first meeting in Kansas City.
Work Starts on Lincoln
County Drainage Project
North Platte, Neb., Aug. 28.—Work
lias started on the drainage ditch
which heads three miles west of Her
shep and runs east to a point a mile
west of this city and will drain Irri
gated land between the North Platte
and the Mouth l’latte rivers for a dis
tance of 15 miles.
The cost of this project Is $250,000.
tuis believed that through this drain
age a considerable area of land now
| affected by alkali and seepage from
Irrigation ditches will become more
l productive.
Hurt Playing “Indian,”
• May Lose Sight of OiVe Eye
B Falls City, Nob., Aug. 28.—Roy
Bp imsey, 7, may lose the sight of his
Heft eyi :ih result of being struck with
Hi spear thrown by another boy while
H>l.tying "Indian."
Funeral Service Held
for Nebraska Jurist
Final Rites for
Judge A. M. Post
Held at Columbus
Passages From Favorite Poems
of Eminent Nebraska
Jurist Are Read
at Services.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Columbus, Neb., Aug. 28.—Tribute
to the memory of Judge A. M. Post
this afternoon was pa^l when his
body was laid in Columbus cemetery.
Representatives of the judicial dis
trict and the state, which he served
so long in judicial capacity, gathered
in large numbers in the spacious
home in which the services were held.
An immense wealth of floral offerings
was in evidence.
The services, conducted by Rev.
William L. Blaker, rector of Grace
Episcopal church, were extremely
simple. The burial service of the
Episcopal prayer book was said, with
prayer by Rev. Bryant C. Howe, dis
trict superintendent of the Methodist
church; a lesson from the prayer
book; the reading of passages from
two of Judge Post's favorite poems
and prayer and benediction by Rev.
Mr. Blaker. There was no music and
no sermon. At the burial prayer was
offered by Rev. J. W. Little of Madi
son. many years ago pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Columbus.
The committal service from ths
prayer book was read by Rev. Mr.
Blaker.
Excerpts from the poems read by
Rev. Mr. Blaker during the service
were passages which Judge Post had
marked during his reading a short
time before his final illness. From
their nature it would almost seem
that he had a premonition that death
was near.
Court affairs in all the six counties
of the disy-lct in which Judge Post
presided were practically suspended
today, while nearly 60 members of the
district bar journeyed to Columbus
to attend the last rites.
Judge Broady of Lincoln was here
as personal representative of Gover
nor Bryan.
Food Prices in Omaha
40 Per Cent Above 1913
Foodstuffs were 40 per cent higher
in Omaha during June, 1923, as com
pared with the average cost during
1913, according to government reports
announced Tuesday.
Omaha's showing is good, the re
ports bring out, in comparison with
many other cities. For example, the
Increase was 56 per cent In Richmond,
Va.; 54 per cent in Washington, D.
C.; 52 per cent in Baltimore; 52 per
cent in Detroit and New York; 49 per
cent in Birmingham, Chicago, Phila
delphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton; 43
per cent in Charleston and Provi
dence.
Kansas City, Omaha and New Or
leans showed the 40 per cent-Increase.
Denver showed an increase of 37
per cent and Salt Bake City was low
est with a 25 per cent Increase.
Karthquakc Ih Recorded
at Tucson Observatory
Tucson, Arlr.., Aug. 28.—An earth
quake. starting about 4 p, m. today
and lasting for nearly an hour, was
recorded on the seismograph of the
Pnited States magnetic observatory
northeast, of Tucson, according to A.
J. I.udy, observer in charge of the
observatory.
The distance of the . disturbance
from the focal observatory could not
be determined, as the record sheets
will not he removed from the seismo
graph until Wednesday.
Superior Dam Out.
Special lll.patch to The Omaha Ilea.
Deslller, Neb., Aug. 28.—The tern
porary dam of the Southern Nebras
ka Light and Power company at
Superior went out Monday afternoon.
A large force hns been put to work.
It will require about two weeks to
repair the damage.
Harvey to Return to Post.
Washington, Aug. 28.—Col. George
Harvey, American ambassador to
Great Britain, will return to his post
in London September 8, according to
i White House announcement this
afternoon.
Pinchot to
Try to Halt
Coal Strike
Operators and Miners Will
Hear Pennsylvania Gover
nor at Joint Meeting
Today.
Scheme Is Kept Secret
By t'nlvrrnnl Service.
Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 28.—His pro
gram formed for averting the im
pending anthracite coal strike, Gov
ernor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsyl
vania tomorrow plans to make an
attempt to bring together officials of
the United Mine Workers of America
and representatives of the anthracite
operators.
The governor tonight asked both
delegations to remain in Harrisburg
throughout tomorrow, promising to
reveal the plan he has to suggest
some time during the day.
Plan Kept Secret.
No intimation came from either
faction of the dispute as to what this
plan might be.
It was generally believed at ‘the
state house, where the governor has
held executive and confidential ses
sions with the operators and miners
during the last two days, that a
program of arbitration will be sug
gested.
Governor Pinchot, it is believed,
will first ask a pledge of the miners
to keep the mines of the anthracite
field in operation during the period
of negotiation.
May Advance Wages.
The governor, it was believed,
would suggest to the miners that
they accept a small wage increase.
The figure 7 1-2 per cent has been
discussed by those known to be close
to the governor. The mlnerw are now
asking a 20 per cent wage increase.
On the other hand, it is quite gen
erally known, the governor will ask
the miners to abandon their demand
for the "check-off.'*
Should these two questions he set
tled by agreement, the remaining
points at issue, Including the eight
hour day, could be settled without
difficulty, both miners and operators
have stated on past occasions.
The miners and operators are both
in a position to take immediate action
on anything Governor Pinchot may
suggest.
Judge Miller of
David City Dies
Former District Court Jurist
Expires at Daughter’s
Home in Los Angeles.
David City, Neb., Aug. 29.—Judge
Matt Miller, 72, of David City, for
mer judge of the Nebraska district
court, died today at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ed Crane, Los
Angeles.
Judge Miller hud been prominent
In David City and state politics. He
served as a soldier In the civil war.
Joining as drummer when 15.
He was a member of the Nebraska
legislature in 1885 and 1887, and In
1891 he was appointed district judge
by former Governor Boyd.
He iss urvived by his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. Ed Grans of Los
Angeles and an adopted son, William
Miller of David City.
The Isidy will be brought to David
City, where funeral services will be
held at Judge Miller's home Saturday
afteronon.
Radicals to Support
Debs for Presidency
Terre Haute. Ind., Aug. 2S.—Alex
ander Howat. deposed Kansas miner
leader and William Z. Foster, note*!
radical, met in conference here today
with Kugene V. Debs, head of the
socialist party in the United States.
The purpose of the gathering was
not officially disclosed but It was
made known that Debs would start
from Chicago tonight on a speaking
trip that would take him through the
western states where the agricultural
situation has been particularly acute.
Local labor leaders said this trip
would be the forerunner of another
presidential campaign by Debs In
1924 In which the support of all
radical elements In the United State*
would be enlisted.
The support of Howat and Foster
was pledged to Debs, It was learned.
Greek General Reported Slain
By AMMteliteil I *r ♦*«*.,
London, Aug. 28.—General Tellnl,
president of the commission for the
delimitation of the GrecoAlbanlnn
frontier; Hurgeon Major Hoort, the
general’s chauffeur and his aide do
camp have been assassinated, says
an Athens dispatch to the Central
News. Word of the assassinations
comes from Janlna, Albania, the mes
sage adds.
Landis Opposes Pardons.
Joneaboro, Ark., Aug. 2K K. M j
I <jih'IIh, ctirmniHNioncr of hfiMchnll, ltd
«lr«*MR|ng the ntntci convention of the
ArkmiH.iR department of the American
Legion which opened It a acNalona here
Monday, declared h** hoped to ace tho
election of » president of tho United
States who would refuse to pardon u
single *'wuij prisoner.M
Secret Passage May
Huge Mirror 'or Is
Found in 1 > om
Have t v lo\\
iM.
W 28.—A secret
pp ^ the room which
c \ occupied at the
A ‘ .e was discovered for
the Monday. It probably ex
plains the draft dodger was able
to makv nis second escape, when the
hotel was surrounded by federal
agents.
The passageway in screened by a
mirror five feet high and more than
two feet wide, which swings on
hinges. The passageway leads to a
rear fire esdape.
According to employes of the ho
tel, Bergdoll paid for extensive al
terations to the room soon after he
occupied it. The work was said to
have been done by O. D. Sherley,
owner of the hotel and a former car
penter.
$9 Top Price
Paid for Hogs
at Local Yards
First Time Peak Is Reached
Since October—Yearling
Hereford Steers Net
$12.25 a Hundred.
For the first time since October
hogs on the Omaha market sold for
$9 a hundred yesterday, a gain of
10 cents over the price for top hogs
Monday. The top price yesterday was
received by George Neale, jr., of Fort
Calhoun, who brought in > load of
Hampshire* that averaged 228 pounds.
Two loads of prime yearling Here
ford steers were brought to the mar
ket yesterday by D. C. Henderson of
Atlantic, la. that averaged 942
pounds. There were 50 head in the
shipment that brought the top price
of $12.25 a hundred, the highest for
that class for the year.
A. H. Slbhernson of Arlington was
on the market yesterday with 58 head
of fine steers, averaging 1.179 pounds,
for which he received the top price
of $12.25 a hundred. He said it was
the last shipment he would make this
season.
A ghlpmcnt of *7 head of well Tat
tened beef cattle, averaging 1,401
pounds, was brought to the market
yesterday by Joseph Osier of Elsie.
They were good etiough to bring an
even $12 a hundred. Mr. Osier said
he found it paid beat to feed hla crops
to llveatock and that he was pleased
with the prices he received.
According to H. O. Mendenhall of
Sac City, la., who was a visitor at
the stockyards yesterday looking for
feeders, Sac county will put a large
number of feeders In the lota this
fall If the market, does not get too
high for the farmers. Mr. Mendcn
hall purchased two loads of 900-pound
feeders, shipping them to his farm,
where, he says, he will start them on
silage and corn.
Earl Stopher, cattle raiser of east
ern Wyoming, was a visitor at the
market yesterday, having a load of
cattle from Dewey, S. D., which he
sold as feeders, receiving $7 and $7.25
a hundred for most of them and $8.50
for the fatter ones. Mr. Stopher, said
most of the cnttlemen of his section
had been In a had way financially and
had been selling off their cattle so
rapidly that there was but a small
number of the normal supply on hand.
Czech Church Societies
Joined in Federation
Cedar Rapids, la., Aug. 28.—The
Young People’s federation, under the
rare of the central went Presbytery
and Evangelical union, was organized
today at a conference of the presby
tery and ith allied organizations. It
includes seven separate organizations
of young people df Czech churches in
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebras
ka, Kansas and South Dakota, with
a membership of 235.
Harry Piper of Eagle. S. I).. was
elected president, and Miss Emily
Kliment of Manitowoc. AY is., secre
tary-treasurer. Rev. Joseph Tepley of
Manitowoc will be Its pastor super
visor.
An agressive step was taken by the
presbytery proper with the adoption
of a budget of $3,000. almost double
that of last year, for Its nine mission
churches, most of which aYe in Bo
hemlnn farming communities.
llryun Silent on Charges
Against Col. Toni Majors
Special IHspntrli to Tlir Onmliti lire.
Lincoln, Aiik. 28. Oovernor
Charles \V. Pryun today declined to
rfllvulge content* of the complaint
filed hy Peru citizen* against Col.
Tom Major* of Peru, chairman of
the slate not null board, v hose reslg
nation Peru citizen* and democratic
politicians are demanding.
"1 understand ntill further rhnrges
are to be filed against Colonel Majors
and until then 1 am In no position
to take action," the governor said.
Two Cyclists Arc Injured
as Machines and Car Crash
Grand Inland, Neh . Auk 2* Curl
Mhfiver la In a hospital with i broken
kneecap ii the result of .1 oolllnlnn
of hla motorcycle with a dir driven
by V. C. Roach a* the hitter wan
turning; into hln farm homo
John GoettHf he, anther fnotoit > oTlnt
with Shaver, wna thrown Into a
ditch and knocked iinmiiMdutiH Sand
•*ra, a third motorcycllfit, escaped till'
(olildion Hoth motorcvden and the
»nr were considerably damaged.
Give ’Er a Yank, Cal—She’s Rusted Shut
five p
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Unique Exhibit
of Farm Figures
on Fair Program
Display of U. S. Statistics,
Originated by Nebraskan,
Bound to Prove Interest
ing, Says Secretary.
Lincoln, Aug. 28.—E. R. Danielson,
secretary of the Nebraska State Fair
association, received telegraphic as
surance today that the Cnited States
government educatiorial agricultural
exhibit would be on display at the
state fair, opening here September 2,
for the first time in history.
T! is exhibit, a creation of Charles
W. Pugsley, former Nebraska agricul
tural editor, who for a time was as
slstant secretary of agriculture, is the
latest and considered the most unlqua
display ever undertaken to make dry
farming a thing of Interest.
The exhibit is a continuation of
panels, painted in natural colors,
showing, for Instance, a herd of hogs
on one panel and a field of corn on
another, Indicating In printed figures
the amount of ocorn and other feed nec
essary to fatten the herd of hogs.
Every industry of the farmer snd the
farmer's wife snd the economy cost
of the Industry are portrayed In vivid
natural color*.
"II is the result of the efforts of a
Nebraska editor, Mr. l’ugsley, who,
after his appointment to a national
office, insisted that dry statistics be
made a thing o finterest to every
one," Danielson said.
Danielson, with E. R rurcell of
Rroken Row, returned today from the
Iowa state fair, where arrangements
were made for shipping a number of
the Des Moines exhibits to the Ne
braska state fair.
with many of our livestock ex
hibits surpassing all previous efforts;
with the Nebraska farmer facing a
bumper corn crop and big money tn
cattle and poultry raising, everything
Indicates that our extraordinary ex
penditures for art extraordinary fair
will prove worth while,” Danielson
said.
The rattle exhibit entries, now
closed, show that 1.200 head of cattle
will be on display this year, the larg
est in history and only 300 behind the
Iowa fair. There will be 3.000 hogs
on exhibit. “Every Inch of agricul
ture hall will be filled this year,"
Danielson said.
Suit Started to Revoke
Charter of Oil Company
Auilln, Tox. Aug 28.—A iutt
i barging the Humbto Oil and Refin
ing company of Hountnn with viola
tion of the alnte antitrust laws wna
Hied by Attorney General W. A. Keel
ing today. The attorney general
"eekn to have the charter and fran
'■hlt# of the Humble company for
feited anti lo have It reatralned from
doing any further bualnemi In Texan.
Hire e in Family Sneenmh
to Typhoid; Seven Olliers III
Sioux (Mty, In . Aug. 28.- Death is
•talking in the family of Henry
Kb we. whose farm is lot ted 11 miles
east of Sioux City
During the last month three mem
bers of the family have died and
| seven other members are critically ill
ttluck typhtyl fever is the malady.
Kearney to Have
| Semi-Centennial
Three-Dav Program in Sep
tember to Mark Town's
50th Birthday.
Kearney, Neb., Aug. 28,—Fifty
years ago Kearney waa founded and
next month |t will celebrate ita semi
centennial. A three-day program of
entertainment is scheduled for Sep
tember 11, 12 and 12. Former Kear
neyttes have been sent invitations to
return to help celebrate the 50th an
niversary and hundreds of accept
ances have f>een received.
On the evening of the ftnst day a
barbecue will take place on the high
school grounds, to be followed by a
a campfire gathering, Norris Brown,
pioneer Keameyite, will address this
gathering and Will Maupln of Gering
has been invited to preside over the
campfire rally. Band concerts and
field attractions will be sandwiched
in.
Wednesday morning a historical
and industrial parade will he staged
with over 100 float* In the after
noon 50 Indians brought tn from the
reservation, together with cowpunch
ers and other western characters, will
entertain. In the evening a free
three-ring circus la to be put on at
the fair grounds.
On the afternoon of the closing day
an open air style show will be held.
Free street attractions will be under
Way during the - entire day. On
Thursday evening the biggest event
of the celebration will take place, a
giant fireworks display, historical In
nature, and secured at an expense
of $1,500.
Senate Presiding Officer
to Receive Increased Salary
Washington, Aug. 28.—Whoever
succeeds Calvin Coolidge as the pre
siding officer of the senate In the
next congress will receive the salary
of vice president, Instead of that of
senator, the comptroller general ruled
today. The vice president's salary is
$12,000 and that of a senator $7,500.
Sonator A. It. Cummins of Iowa Is
president pro tein of the senate at
present.
Coolidge Sees Improvement
in Agricultural Situation
Washington. Aug 28 — Study of the
agricultural situation hy President
Coolidge has convinced the executive
that Improvement already has begun.
Officials both of the war finance
corporation and of the farm loan
board, it was said today at the White
House, hnve informed the president
that conditions are very assuring.
The war finance corporation re
ported thnt payments on Its loans to
farmers ate being met and that the
call for Credit has lessened.
Cornstalks 1.1 Feet. 6 Inches
Tall Shown in Pawnee City
Pawnee City, Neb .wVug. 2s J, L.
Myers, who resides northwest of this
city, exhibited on the streets two
corn stalks which measured 13 feet
« Inches each. The stalks had been
cut off at the ground. Each stalk
hud a large ear seven and one half
feet above the ground. The field
from which the stalks were taken. It
Is estimate !, will yield 75 bushels Jo
the acre. a *
Water Query
Is Voted by
City Council
V
Dahlman, Hopkins and Hum
mel Support Koutsky Reso
lution ; Police Head Votes
Nay; Two Absent.
City Commissioner Joseph Koutsky
obtained adoption of the following
resolution by city council Tuesday
mining. He was supported by Mayor
Dahlman and Commissioners John
Hopkins and J. B. Hummel. Com
missioner D. B. Butler voted against
adoption. Commissioners H. W. Dunn
and Dean Noyes were absent:
By the city council of the etty
of Omaha that the mayor appoint
three members of the council to In
quire Inlo the cause of the Impure
water supply furnished the people
of Omaha during the past week;
that the committee so appointed he
given the power to take testimony,
compel the attendance of witnesses,
administer oaths and redure the
testimony so taken to writing and
report hack to the council without
unnecessary delay, their finding to
gether with such recommendations
as may seem proper.
On roll call Commlsaioners Butler
and Hopkins exchanged acrimonious
words, Mr. Hopkins telling Mr. Butler
to sit down.
Mayor Dahlman named Commis
sioners Koutsky. Dunn and Hopkins
to serve as a special committee to
investigate the water situation. Mr.
Koutsky will be chairman.
Hearing IWfrrfd.
The mayor recommended that the
proposed public hearing of the water
situation he deferred until the return
of four directors of the Metropolitan
I'tllities district, to which Commis
sioner Koutsky agreed. The absent
directors will be homo next week.
Defaulter*? Nerve Fail?
When He Hear? Sentence
Denver., Aug. 2S—The Iron nerve
with which he evadtd the pursuing
hand of the law for eight years
broken, Coney Slaughter, defaulting
cashier, of the defunct ’Mercantile
National bank of Pueblo was placed
rn a train bound for the Vnited Statea
penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kan.,
here thta evening.
Pleading guilty to two charges of
cmhexxlement totaling $li;.!»ST, out of
20 counts pending against him.
Slaughter wna sentenced to serve con
current terms of six years and five
years on each count In Cnltcd States
district court here today
When Federal Judge J Foster
Semes pronounced sentence. Slaugh
ter reeled, burled his face in his hands
and sank into a chair.
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Shattered
in Flight
Plane Is Refilled in Flight and
Pilotg Given Meals by Use
✓ of Two “Mother
Shipg.
Flyers y\re Exhausted
By I'nlurnl Service.
San Diego. Cal., Aug. 28.—Captain
Smith and Lieutenant Richter com
pleted their last lap—the 108th—at
6:15 this evening and get international
credit for 5,300 kilometers at a speed
of approximately 88 miles an hour.
They did not land until 6:20 p. m.,
however, so their endurance mark
will stand at 37 hours, 15 minutes.
The figures quoted here are unof
ficial. It was said the charts would
have to be checked over before the
official times can be announced.
So cramped and exhausted were the
pilots when they brought treir plane
to the ground that they had to be
lifted out of the cockpits by heir
fellow officers. The accommodations
do not permit of resting at full
length.
"X can think of nothing save the
oft-repeated phrase Samuel Pepys
used, 'and so to bed,' " wanely smiled
Captain Smith as he was helped to
wards his sleeping quarters.
Get Fuel in .Air.
This distance is farther by 1.000
miles than the steamer route from
California ports to Honolulu, and is
Speed Records.
San Diego, Cal., Aug 23.—Speed
records set by Captain Smith and
Lieutenant Richter in the flight
ending tonight follow:
2.500 kilometers: 17 hours, 32
minutes 44 4-5 seconds. Set at
10:37 p. m. August 27.
3.000 kilometers: 21 hours 11
minutes. Set at 2:15 a. m. Au
gust 28.
3.500 kilometers: 24 hours, 37
minutes 8 seconds. Set at 5:41 a.
m. August 25.
4.000 kilometers. 28 hours. 6
minutes, 4* seconds. Set at 9:13
a. m. August 2S.
nearly twice the distance flown by
Captain Alcock of the British Royal
Flying corps, when he crossed the
Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ire
land In 1919.
The epochal flight was made possi
ble, MaJ. Henry Arnold, commandant
of Rockwell field, said this afternoon,
by means of the midair system of re
fueling developed at this field. By
the use of two mother ships, one
manned by Captain Ervin and Lieu
tenant McNeill and the other by
Lieutenants Seifert and Hlfiea, the
marathon fliers, were regularly sup
plied with gasoline, oil, water and
food.
"The pilots of the aerial service sta
tions,” Major Arnold said, "Should be
given almost If not quite as much
credit a* Smith and Richter. It wag
teamwork that made the teat a suc
cess. Precision, accuracy, adroitness
and courage were at all times pre
requisite qualities in the four aviators
manning the feeder*, as well as In
those driving the longflving plane.”
-Motor Big Aid.
Major Arnold spoke warmly of the
dependability of the Liberty motor.
"Despite the word from Captain
Smith that they have had motor
trouble, twice to the extent of almost
being forced down," the commandant
said. "I cannot be too enthusiastio
over the Liberty. The regulation 400,
horsepower liberty baa driven this
plane for the breaking of six world'*
records. Americans should feel Just
ly proud of this high achievement of
our motor engineers "
The first record to fall befora the
onslaught of Smith and Richter was
their own 1.500-kilometer mark. They
reeled off the distance at 85 S miles
per hour, as compared with their pre
vious rate of S4.7.
They continued on and at 3.000
kilometers again broke their own
record, boosting the speed for the dis
lance to SS.l miles per hour. The
third record to fail was the 3 500 kilo
meter mark of MacReady and Kelly,
which was lowered from 74 miles an
hour to $5 plus.
I *e Speedy Plane.
The 4 000 kilometer record of the
famous transcontinental pilots next
fell hv the wayside. Smith and
Kichter beating it by about seven
hours. The e 000 kilometer mark,
never yet established but allow ed fot
ir\ the International rule- was next to
feel the ax , after which the sus
tained flight record alone remained
to be shot at The 6."Hi kilometer
blank si-ace in the record book, the
pilots opined, might remain inkiess
for the present.
It was explained that the high
velocity maintained by Smith and
Richter was due to the use of a
plane built for speed, as compared to
the heavy load lifting T-! used by*
Mac Read \- and Kelly in their famous
flights. I'se of the lighter, speedier
plane was made pc-sihle. It was point
ed out, only through the system of
midair refueling
"'This flight demonstrates beyond
any doubt the practicability of ua
ing light and speedy planes for long
| distance fly ing with \ ce‘ planes
in attendance at intermediate points, "
said Major Arnold
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