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SERVICE STAR LEGION
TO MEET IN DES MOINES.
Baltimore, Oct 10.- The Service
Star Legion, a national organization
founded here at War Mothers and
kindred societies after a rather
stormy closing session over the elec
tion of officers adjourned to meet
next year in Des Moines, la. Among
officers elected today were the fol-
lowing:
v Second vice president, Mrs. Sarah
Flannagan of Spokane, Wash.; fifth
vice president, Mrs. F. L. Dana of
Texas; corresponding secretary,
.' .Mrs. Louis Cummins McHenry, sis
ter t of j Senator Cummins, Des
Moines, la.
I PICTURE PLAY PIONEER.
New York, ' Oct. 10. Alexander
Black,' the pioneer picture play man,
waj guest of honor at a dinner at the
Friars' club, which celebrated the
quarter century anniversary -of the
first picture play shown on a screen,
and whicn was attended by represen
tatives of all branches of the motion
picture industry. v .
Parts of Mr. Black's first play,
"Miss Jerry," were shown by him on
. the screen to inform the guests from
what the present day picture play
.-. has grown. His pictures were shown
at the rate of five a minute, in con
trast to the 16-to-a-second rate of
tEe moden film reel.
Five of filmdom's most beautiful
women and some of the film mag
nates," including Adolph Zukor and
William A. Brady, j6ined the diners
in honoring the premier picture man.
Alexander Black is no longer writ
ing screen plays, but he is still en
gaged in literary work.
SINN FEIN JUSTICES
, REMOVED IN IRELAND.
Belfa:w Oct. 10. The Irish gov
ernment has decided to remove from
the magistracy all justices of the
peace supposed to be "tainted with
Sinn Feirism." The first ftep in this
movemen was taken in Fermanagh,
where two justices have been dis
missed on that charge.
ARABS OPPOiEPLAN
COD T VTTXf TC? U XT n XT' PT
London, Oct. 10. Jewish hopes
for a peaceful establishment of a
national home state in Palestine re
Y ceived another adverse jolt when it
was unolficially announced fhat any
scheme' to establish a Jewish state
in the middle of Arabia will meet the
most violent opposition from the
Arabs, who have developed strong
nationalistic tendencies and who de
. clare they want no separate Hebrew
state in their midst.
Prince Emir Feisal, son of the
king of Hedjaz. the famous Arabian
potentate who was hailed by Allenby
vas "among-my most valued friends,"
" has, it is understood, placed Arabia's
' case officially before the British pre
mier, and announced definitely that
. Arabic itf nrt rirnimctanrpt will
' ,bear a division of Arabia in -order
to give the Jews their national state.
EXPECT LEAGUE WILL NOT
MEET BEFORE JANUARY t. '
London. Oct. 10. It is now be
lieved impossible to hold the first
meeting of the league of nations at
Washington in November, as was
planned.! The general opinion is that
the session will have to be "post
poned at least until January. -"
BELGIAN CARDINAL
VISITS ROCKEFELLER.
Tarry town, N. Y., Oct Car-
dinal Mercier, the Belgian prelate,
accompanied by Archbishop Hayes
of New York, yisited John D. Rocke
feller at h country estate. The car
dinal wisfftd to thank Mr. ' Rocke
feller pertonally for the help he gave
to the Belgians. The two churchmen
made the trip from New York in
Mr. Rockefeller's big limousine
which he sent for their use.
EPISCOPALIANS FAVOR
ADOPTION OF LEAGUE. ,
Detroit Oct. 10. The Protestant
Episcopal church in America, in tri
ennial general convention here, will
record a united opinion on adoption
of the peace treaty and the covenant
of the league of nations in the opin
ion of leading church men attend
ing. -
Following adoption by the house
-of bishops of a resolution presented
by Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster of
Connecticut requesting the United
States senate to secure participation
of our country 'In a covenant of na
tions, the opinion was expressed in
the house of deputies that the same
resolution would be passed there.
Thomas Nelson Page of the Vir
ginian delegation, formerly United
States ambassador to Rome, com
menting on the action of the house
of bishops, quoted Byron's "Even
Saints Sometimes Forget Them
selves in Council." ' .
WRECKAGE OF RACINO
BALLOON FOUND IN LAKE.
St Louis, Mo., Oct. 10. The
wreckage' of the balloon Wichita, in
i which Cipt. Carl W. Dammann and
; Lieut Edward J. Verheyden, jr.,
) St Louisians, left here in the na
tional championship balloon race,
October 1, was picked up October 4
in Lake Huron, according to a tele
gram received by officials of the
race here. No trace of the two bal
loonist! was found, the message
amplified. n
MILITARY BUDGET OF
GERMANS ALARMS FRANCE.
Paris, Oct 10. Public opinion in
'France is greatly alarmed over the
announcement that Germany's mili
tary budget for the coming year will
be 1,500,000,000 - marks ($375,000,,
000). It is oointed out that this is
but slightly less than the 1913 fig
ures of 2,000,000,000 marksx($500,
000,000), covering both the army and
navy at that period. v
,The inference generally drawn is
that Minister of National Defense
Noske is planning' a regular army
of approximately the same strength
as that of 1914900,000 men in
spite of the fact that the treaty of
Versailles imposes a reduction to
200,000 men within two months after
,?eace becomes operative.
The newspaper reports a recent
boast by a high German officer that
"the whole world admired ;tie or
ganization of the German army at
the opening of this war and in the
next war the world will be stupe
fied with wonder,"
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TREATY IS
ATTACKED
BY NORRIS
Nebraskan Urges Amendment
of Shantung Provision in
Senate Charges England
Making Profit on U. S. Loan.
CORRECTS STATEMENT
MADE BY PRESIDENT
Characterizes Award as "Out
rage of the Age"'in Particu
larly Severe Attack Sena
tor Lodge May Speak Briefly
Washington, Oct. 10. Senator;
Norris, republican, Nebraska, urged
the senate today to amend the peace
treaty with respect to the Shantung
settlement so that "we . may give
back to China that which belongs
to China." .
No man had come forward to de
fend the award of Shantung to
Japan, Senator Norris said, adding
that even President Wilson had de
clared it infamous. I
Referring to President Wilson's
statement in his St Louis address
that German rights Sn the Orient
were given to Japan by the allies
to secure Japan's entrance into the
war, Senator Norris read a tele
gram from the president, dated . af
Garrison, Mont, during his recent
trip, thanking the Nebraska senator
for calling attention to the "unin-(
tentional' misstatement." Senator
Norris said he had withheld the
president's telegram until his trip
was'ended in the hope that Mr. Wil
sow' would, during the tour, correct
the statement in an address. ,,s
- Speaks Three Hours. ,
"The truth will" never overtake,
completely, the falsehood," -said
Senator -Norris. ; Senator Norris
said Japan entered the war in 1914
and the Shantung secret treaty was
not made until 1917.
When the Nebraska senator halt
ed for a moment, after having spok
en for three hours, with his speech
only two-thirds throueh. Reoublican
Leader Lodge gave him a breathing
spell by suggesting that the senate
shift to the reading. Senator Nor
ris vill conclude tomorrow. Sen
ator Lodge also may speak and the
senate will meet an hour earlier
than usual in the hope of speeding
up the treaty consideration.
The agreement for 11 o'clock op
ening was taken to indicate that the
senate will begin next week to put
in a longer working day- with the
hope of clearing, away the big
speechmaking program. At the
suggestion-of Senator Lodge "the
senate also adopted an agreement
to take up the Shantung amend
ments Wednesday, hut this does not
mean that they will be considered'
under the five-minute debating rule
then or that a -vote is any nearer
than it was yesterday". Senators ex
plained that this procedure would
enable the body to re,vert to the
section embracing the Shantung
provision, as the reading" by Wed
nesday may be way ahead of it. But
if senators want to keep on speak
ing that day and thereafter they
will have the right.
- "Outrage of the Age."
Senator Norris, speaking extem
poraneously, which is quite different
from the plan followed by mot of
his colleagues, was particularly
severe in denouncing the award of
Shantung to Japan. There was no
hope, he declared, of seeing that
province back under , the Chinese
flag, once it was taken over by
Japan ' under the peace conference
settlement which he characterized
as the "outrage of the age." He
charged that the American people
"had been coerced in some cases"
to subscribe to loans to support this
government .which was lending
money to Great Britain at 4j4 per
cent while Great Britain was lend
ing it to Persia at 7 per cent.
There .was only a brier reference
to the league of nations during the
"morning hour, tne time tor rul
ing the record with documents en
dorsing and condemning it Only
a few of these documents went in,
but some senators have explained
that if they undertook to print
everything bearing on tne league
from people in all parts of the coun
try, there would be little room in
the record for anything else. f
Prohibition Enforcement
Bill Sent to President
lVaeVi!ntn Or 10 'Rnarttnent
of the prohibition enforcement bill
was completed Friday by congress,
with the house adopting the con
ferenre rennrt. alresdv asrreed to bv
the senate, and sending the meas
ure to the president tor approval.
Preceding the house approval of the
rnnrt hv a vdte of 321 to 70. vain
effort was made to send it back to
conference with instructions to
eliminate a section permitting state
authorities to issue search warrants.
Contest Dry Law.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 10. Suit to
contest the constitutionality of the
war-time prohibition law was filed
in federal district court here.
ALBERT AND SON
SEE CANYON FROM
BAGGAGE CAR TOP
Eat Luncheon in Engine
' Cab x With Rail
road Men.
Aboard King Albert's Special
Train, Sacramento, Cal., Oct 10:
(By The Associated Press.) King
Albert, Queen Elizabeth and Crown
Prince Leopold completed their
transcontinental trip here. Tomor
row morning they will be in Santa
Barbara, where they will spend
three days as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Hoover before returning to
San Francisco. The change of
route from Oakland was made to
permit arrival at Santa Barbara at
the scheduled hour Saturday.
At Truckee Albert and his son
climbed aboard the first of the two
engines which dragged the train up
the heavy grades,, and remained
there until American canyon was
reached. They waved their hand
kerchiefs to the queen sitting cn the
observation platform as the train
crawled like a huge snake up and
through the mountains. They ate
their luncheon in the cab with the
railroad men, and enjoyed it hugely.
:, Risks Neck for Photo.
Not content wi,th the view from
the cab, they clambered to the top
of the baggage car, five miles east
of Blue canyon, and rode, there for
miles. ' Leopold clinging to hi3
father's hand to keep from falling
off. They climbed down from the
engine at American canyon, wiping
their grimy hands on oil-soaked
waste, but paid no attention to the
black streaks on their faces.
"It was a fine ride," exclaimed
the prince as he risked his neck on
top of a 2,000-foot descent to get
better snapshots of a mining camp
on the side of the mountain across
the canyon.
"It is such a wonderful country,"
exclaimed the queen.
Engineer It Decorated.
The railroad men with whom the
king rode almost missed getting the
decorations he - has bestowed on
others along the way, for George
Pletnick, secretary to the king's
secretary, to whom had been en
trusted the key to the strong box,
in his haste to file a telegram at
Ogden last night, left them lying in
the telegraph . pffice. He did not
think of them ; again until his
majesty caled ftr decorations. He
was "somewhat aghast at his plight,
but the trunk was broken open and
the decorations handed to the king.
Crowds v gathered at stations
wherever stops were made today.
The first was at Sparks, Nev. When
engines had been changed and the
conductor had shouted the time
honored "AH aboard" it was found
(Continued on Far Four, Column Seven.)
President Wilson's -Appetite
Improves and
He Has Good Day
Washington, Oct. 10. President
Wilson continued to gain strength
Friday and his physicians announced
that jiis appetite, one of the trouble
some elements in his illness, had
been restored to a satisfactory state.
He was kept in his room again
during the day and, was-permitted
to see no one except the physicians
and members of his family. He
talked over several matters of pub
lic business, however, with Rear Ad
miral Grayson, his personal physi
cian, who gave hinvsome detailed in
formation he had asked for.
The president now has been on
the mend for a week and his physi
cians seemed much . encouragedat
his progress, though they predicted
histecovery will continue to be very
slow.
At , 10 o'clock Friday night Dr.
Grayson issued the following bulle
tin: -
"The president has again had a
good day. GRAYSON."
A message of sympathy was re
ceived at the White House from the
emperor of Japan. .
Little Warmer for
Today Is Prediction
Of the Forecaster
In accordance with the prediction
of L. A. Welsh, federal weather
forecaster in Omaha, last night saw
an increasing coldness over the city.
Though no piercing wind was evi
dent, the air was exceedingly cold.
The highest temperature reached
yesterday was 42 degrees at 4 p. m.
Hour by hour the mercury fell un
til at 9 it was at 38.
Because of a subsidence of yes
terday's heavy wind, Forecaster
Welsh stated a killing frost might
come over the state. A slowly ris
ing temperature is predicted for to
day. The low temperature of 12 de
grees above freezing was reached at
several points in the "state, according
"to reports.
No snow was mentioned at the of
fices of any of the railroad lines
westward. No trains have been de
layed by the cold.
Unions Call Convention.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct 10. A spe
cial convention pf the state federa
tion of labor Ifas been called to be
held in Pittsburgh not later than
November 6 to consider "securing
for the steel mill strikers and all
labor bodies their constitutional
guarantees," it was announced here
after a special meeting of the cen
tral labor union and executive of
ficers' of. the state federation,
GERMANS
ADVANCE
NEAR RIGA
Advance Guard of Col. Ava-loff-Bermandt
Has Entered
City, Is t Report Vori Der
Goltz Troops Aid in Attack.
ALLIED WARSHIPS ARE ,
- CLEARED FOR ACTION
Capture of the South Russian
Center, Kiev by Bolshevists
Reported Sacking of Pe
trograd Legations Confirmed
London, Oct. 10. The advance
guard of Colonel Avaloff-Bermondt
entered and occupied Riga Wednes
day evening or Thursday morning,
according to the DaiIyMail's Hel
singfors, Finland, correspondent.
The British foreign office has no
definite! news concerning the re
ported advance of the German Gen
eral von Der Goltz towards Riga.
It has been believed that he started
three or four days ago on his re
turn to Berlin. It was known, how
ever, that there had been skirmishes
between detachments of Lettish and
German and Russian troops andjhe
indications were that it was the in
tention of the Germans to advance
through etvia to co-operate with
the White Russian army, who are
fighting the bolsheviki. It is known
that the Lettis troops lack the" Or
ganization to meet the German
troops and that therefore they had
asked the aid . of Esthonia. v
Troops Well Equipped.
Copenhagen, Oct j, 10. German
troops under General voS Der Goltir
together with Russians under Colo
nel Avaloff-Bermondt, attacked th
Letts, 30 kilometers from Riga, fnd
occupied Shlotsk, .which is -outside
the Demarcation line, according to
a report issued by the Lettish bu
reau at Riga The report adds that
the-attack was repulsed with san
guinary losses. ,
The forces of General von Der
Goltz include imperial German
troops with tanks and airplanes,- says
the report, which adds that the Ger
mans attempted to bomb Riga, Hut
were repulsed.
Allied Ships Cleared. ,
British and French warshjps in
the harbor of Riga have e'eared for
action, according to a dispatch from
Riga to the Lettish information bu
reau, on account of the attack by
German troops under the command
of General von' Der Goltz upon the
Lettish army defending Riga.
While the allied battleships at
Riga are preparing, according to this
dispatch; to open fire upon .the Ger
man forces attacking Riga Berlin
advices from Mitau, 27 miles south
of Riga, declare that the Russian
and German forces in that vicinity
have reached an agreement in re
gard to the gradual evacuation of
the country. The representatives of
the, entente at Mitau have been ad
vised to this effect. '
Lettish soldiers who have been
fighting with the British and French
at Archangel have just arrived at
Riga by steamship and rushed to
theront .
Report Kiev Taken.
Stockholm, Oct. 10. The news
paper FolketsTJagblad learns that
thebolshevists have retaken the city
of Kiev.
Report Legations Sacked.
( Stockholm, Oct. 10. The Swed
ish foreign department, in a com
munique issued today, confirms the
recent reports of the sacking of the
Swedish legation in Petrograd and
the consular offices in Petrograd
and Moscow by the bolshevik au
thorities. It is declared that valu
ables and private deposits totaling
12,000,000 rubles were confiscated.
It is reported that all the other
legations in Fetrograd were simi
larly treated, says the statement
Marshal Foch Tells
Germans Baltic Plan
Must Be Fulfilled
Paris, Oct. 10 (Havas.) The re
ply, of Marshal Foch, who was in
structed by the supreme council to
draw up the entente answer 'to the
latest German note concerning the
evacuation of German troops from
the Baltic provinces, will inform
the German government that ' the
coercive measures contemplated in
the entente's earlier reply, viz: the
suspension of supply of foodstuffs
and raw material and the refusal of
all financial facilities, will be carried
into effect if Germany does not
comply with the orders of the peace
conference.
The German reply had attempted
to plead lack of power to force the
German soldiers to comply with its
orders and protested against a re
imposition of the blockade.
The note of Marshal Foch will
furthermore state that an Inter
allied commission will be sent to
the Baltic provinces to watch the
execution of the orders.
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MACHINE IN
illOIHAINS
STATE TO WAIT
FOR EXPENSE OF
SPEClALSESSION
Agreement' Reached With
Governor Yesterday May
Grant City Other Pow
ers Asked For.
Omaha will not have to pass the
hat around to raise a fund to ad
vance the expenses of the' special
session of the state legislature,
called on accountf the urgent need
of remodeling the court house' and
restoring records.
Governor McKelvie had intimated
that the money would have to be in
sight before the legislators would
begin their deliberations, but a con
ference held Friday, afternoon ' in
County Attorney Shotwell's office
resulted in an understanding that
the state will pay the expense in the
first instance, on the understanding
that Douglas county will make re
imbursement Will Bind County.
- The county commissioners today
will adopt a resolution to bind the
county fo this obligation. At the
special session of. the legislature
next week the Douglas county dele
gation will offer a bill which will
authorize any county in the state to
pay the expenses of a Special ses
sion of the legislature when called
for local reasons, as in the present
instance. "V . '
Attending yesterday's conference
were the county commissioners,
Governor McKelvie, Acting Mayor
Ure, John P. Breen, Ben S. Baker
and John Latenser.
At the special session " Douglas
"county will be authorized to vote
bonds to the extent necessary to re
model the court house and restore
records. It is possible at this -time
(Conttnoed on Pay Tom, Cielomp Five.)
Rumor Untrue That
D'Annunzio Is Dead;
King May Abdicate
London, Oct. 10. The press asso
ciation r says it learns "authorita
tively" that a rumor that Gabriele
D'Annunzio had been assassinated is
untrue, but that the situation in Fi
ume is serious, as the Italian army
and navy refuses to obey orders given
them to expel D'Annunzio's forces
from the city.
"It is reliably reported that the
king of Italy has threatened to abdi
cate if the army and navy persist in
this attitude," the press association
adds.
Would Raise Crowder's Rank.
, Washington, Oct 10. The house
military committee approved today
the senate bill giving Maj. Gen. E.
H. Crowder the rank of lientenant
geujral on hii retirement,
M'KELVIE MAKES
MINUTES COUNT IN'
SHORT VISIT HERE
3
Attends City Officials Confer
ence and , Makes Two
Addresses. " v
Governor McKelvie was in
Omaha yesterday afternoon from
12:15 until' 4:20, during which time
he made the minutes count He
addressed the Kiwanis club in the
Chamber of Commerce at luncheon,
spoke to the American legibn con
vention in the city council cham
ber and then attended a conference
of public officials in the county at
torney's office.
"Straight thinking is essential to
the "preservation of good govern
ment," said the governor, address
ing the Kiwanians. '
"Thoughtful and unprejudiced ac
tion of the individual is necessary
for the safety of our form of gov
ernment," said the governor. "There
has been a disposition on the part
of some of our people to depart
from the fundamentals of the con
stitution of the United States, and
utterances thatf destroy confidence
in that constitution are harmful to
this country."
The governor stated that most of
the careless talk that is heard ema
nates from minds ignorant of the
principles of the constitution upon
which this government rests. . He
urged a better understanding of the
constitution among the people.
"It is highly important that we
should read the" constitution of our
country and understand what it
means," he said. "We must think
along practical lines, or we will be
torn, by conflicting emotions and
opinions."
Commissioner Tries
To Suppress Booklet
About Recent Rioting
With the appearance yesterday of
a rioti pamphlet, with a story and
pictures of the recent burning of the
court house and the lynching of
Will Brown, Commissioner Butler
immediately took steps" to have it
suppressed.
He was told, however, by the po
lice heads that Col. J. E. Morris had
approved its publication and sale.
The book, which contains .20 or
more pictures, including one of the
crowd standing around the spot
whof'e Brown was burned, was pre
pared by two newspaper men em
ployed on the World-Herald and
the Daily News. The pamphlet was
printed by the Beacon Press, a job
printing firm. .
Iowa Officer Dies of Gun
Shot Wounds at Columbia
Columbia, S.' C, Oct. 10. Maj. F.
L. Bryson of Marengo, la., died at
Camp Jackson here from gunshot
wounds. A board of officers will be
appointed to investigate.
AVIATOR DIES
WHILE PARTNER
GOESJOR HELP
Lt. E. V. Wales Killed
When Machine Crashes
on Elk Mountain Five
Fatalities in Race.
Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 10. Reports
ot the death of Lt. E. V. Wales at
Elk Mountain, brought here bv mes
senger, confirm the account given
cut by army authorities at San
Francisco, but state that when the
accident occurred Lieutenant Golds-
borough, the observer, walked three
miles to a farm house throueh the
snow and storm seeking help,' al
though he was slightly injured him
self. Lieutenant Goldsborough sent out
wora of the accident, it- was said
here, believine at that time that
Lieutenant Wales was injured, but
might recover. However, when a
rescue party made its way to the
plane, a trip requiring several hours,
the pilot was found to havedied.
Lost in Snowstorm.
Lieutenants Wales and Golds
borough were driving a De Havi-
land-4. Approaching Elk Moun
tain. Wyo., vesterdav. thev became
lost in a blinding snowstorm ' and
smashed squarely into the moun
tain. '
Lieutenant Wales was born In the
state of Washington. His mother re
sides in Los Angeles. .As an air serv
ice officer he has been stationed at
Washington, D. C, Ellington, Kelly
and Rockwell fields.He was trans
portation officer in charge of forest
fire patrol work, at Mather .field.
Postponed His Wedding.
Lieutenant 'Wales was to have
betfn married last Saturday to Miss
Jessie McKenzie of this city, but
the wedding was postponed until
after the flight.
Miss McKenzie, accompanied by
Mrs. William Goldsborough. wife of
William Goldsborough of Eugene.
Ore., Lieutenant Wales' observer,
went to Sacramento to await the
arrival of the dead flyer's bodv.
The mother of Lieutenant Wales.
(Continued oa Pace Four, Column Three.)
British King Signs
first Complete Copy
Of German Peace Pact'
London, Oct. 10. King George
Friday completed Great Britain's
ratification of the German peace
treatv. The document, ratified
him has been dispatched to Paris.
A special messenger took the doc
ument, which comnrisert nlsn lh
agreement concerning ' the Rhine
provinces ana the treaty respecting
roiana.
This will he the firct enmnlat
CODV of thd treat v ratified inH Am.
posited in Parit, -
Plane Climbs 12,000 Feet
Above Rockies to Escape
Heavy Snow and Becomes.
Almost Solid Hunk of Ice.
NO ACCIDENT DURING ,
- DAY AT OMAHA FIELD
One Observer Comes In on .
Tail of Machine to Prevent!
Nose DiveSmith Not Pen-:
alized for After-Dark Flying.'
Omaha, was the Mecca of the av
iation world yesterday, the hum-;
ming of the great aerial machines -resounding
high in the air above the
cUy throughout the , day.- More
planes congregated and passed on j
their way than were ever seen here'
before, with the possible exception '
of the time of the flying circus,
which visited the city several months
ago in the interest of the Liberty
loan.
The possibilities of the city as a
flying center for the United States -were
fully- and satisfactorily dem-;
onstrated, according to the opinion
of those directly interested.
v.;, Last Machines In. r. . s
Three planes . arrived just before'
sundown last night, all being from'
the eastr ' . ' i - ' '
A De Haviland plane. No. 8i pi-,'
loted by'Lt. Alex Pearson and Sgt.
L. R. Adkison, landed from Desl
Moines at, 5:21:40 and left in JO.
minutes for St. PauL being the last;
plane allowed to leave the flying)
field last night. - i
At 6:14:20 Capt Harry Smith and
Capt T. W. Allen landed from De
Moines in a De Haviland 400 h. p.
plane and were compelled to remain J
over in Omaha for the night , .
Soon after, Lt E. H. Mangelmaa,'
with Max Goodnough, a civilian mo-, .
tor expert, came in I from Des
Moines to remain until morning.'
This completed all pilots expected;
last night, from the east and west.
Lieutenant Mangelman brought
letter from a film corporation to the "
manager of the branch office here,'
telling him that as soon as the aerial -route
was established the corp&ra-r''
tion expected to deliver films en--tirely
by air route. ' .
Two More at St PauL i "
Two of the aviators participating",
in. .the coast-to-coast airplane race
reached St Paul, Neb, tonight- '
ready to "hop off at sunrise tomor-;
row. The men were Maj. John
Bartholf, piloting plane No. SI, east-.'
bound, and Lieut. Alexander Pear--son,
jr., westbound, pilot of plane
No. 8. ' ;v
Major Bartholf arrived at 6:30:10
p. m. from North Platte, having left
the latter city at 5:19 o'clock. Lieut -Pearson
arrived from Omaha at
6:53. i ,
War Hero Arrives.
Capt. J. O. Donaldson, piloting a
S. E.-5, arrived in Omaha, the sixth
man, at 2:46:15 p. m. He left at;
3:15 for St Paul and expected to'
spend the night either in North '
Platte or Sidney. ,
Captain Donaldson is one of the
(Conttnoed on Pare Four, Cotama Om.)
Maynard in Utah and
Smith in Ohio Lead ;
Contest of Flyejs
Chicago, Oct.. 10. Interest in the . ? ,
great transcontinental -air race at-.
the close of the third day centered
tonight in the hitherto unmatched .
contest of Lieut. B. W. Maynard.
leader of the westbound flyers, and '
Capt. L. H. Smith, pacesetter for',
the contingent from the west, either
of whom can reach his destination,'
tomorrow, winning first honors in -the
cross-country flight. 1
Maynard reached Salduro, Utah.
at 6:03 on the western flight, and ,'
Smith peached 'Bryan, O., on his
flight to the east. RntVi will !
sume in the morning. "
Lptam amitn, however, o .'
longer alone leads the eastbound
group, for two of his rivals, Lieut
E. C Kiel and Maj. Carl Spata,'
overtook him late today at Bryani'i
So either of the three good fortune
attendinsr them, micrht adU
reach the finish at Mineola, whence
the westbound men started.
Lieutenant Maynard, the "flying ,'
Darson. whose matrVilec. ..
across the United States for "three
aays has thrilled aviation enthusi
asts, tonight easily led the west
bound contingent 9lthnk r, u
. Drayton was a good second, 100
miies or more behind. Maynard.
was determined tr reh r..
cisco, 518 miles distant, "before sun
set. -
The lieutenant had u. .i
ing. due to a broken radiator at
Chevenne. Wvo.-Xunrf
for the daywith ; Salduro as his '
nignt control was only 487, while
Captain Smith, traveling . from "
Omaha to Br van O . i-iIh hA '
ered 591 miles. .
Maynard has 518 miles to fly M .
reach the coast and mi& tf . - -
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