St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 9, 1929

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Ei 8 ca ORAS )? THE DETAILS, THE ONLY 1% MISTAKE SHE CAN J \ PossiBtr MAKE IS a oa & QUARTER. BUY Le A SODA > YOOR | | NO- BOT SHE IN | | warn, 6B-IT AL WON'T GE ; LONG NOW: : )VLL WAIT! ) 3 ~~ hee . ' # | — Bet VOL. 81. Bafter its sustained rise “ Dry and Coca Cola rising 2 or , Saee ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service a ee ORT FINAL el NO. 300. LOUIS, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1929.36 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS — qu STREET STOCK LIST Annecuar: MANY GAINS 'zees, was attacked by Bobby, 9- | year-old orang-utan, and bitten on | _both hands when working in the | Market Encounters Rather Heavy Profit-Taking in AMERICAN T. & T. AT A NEW HIGH : A Number of Utilities Bid Up to New Peaks—U. S. Steel Closes on a Lower Price Basis. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, July 9.—The stock market worked irregularly higher foday, although it encountered ther heavy profit taking in many tions of the list, inspired by | #iirmness of call money at 9 per | ent and a tendency on the part | of traders to exercise caution on | the theory that the market may be | By the Associated Press. feaded for a corrective reaction | of recent ecks. There was some calling of loans d it was feared for a time that mall money might g to 10 per nt, but it was reported iater that arge banks Were acting to keep erate from going higher. Bank- are still looking for’ better it conditions within a few days the fact that time money still at 7% per cent was’ viewed favorably. ~Features in Day’s News. Features o*° the day’s news were the statistics on June and the first gx months’ production of steel and Mtomobiles, both of which set new gh records for the half year. The m@iomobile figures, however, were Yewed Jess favorably than the ecl, as the two leading small car nufacturers accounted for 56 bercentof the output. The an- uneement that John Willys had bid his interest in Willys Overland d been rumored for some time. Food shares, particularly those companies whose business is ac- erated by hot weather, were bull vorites of the session, Bordens, tional Dairy Products, Canada ce ts to new high ground. New High on A. T. & T. ‘American Telephone was a strong | ture, rising 7 points to a record | A few of the utilities | ce at 241, fere again bid up in lively fashion the theory that the technical po- on ofthis group had _ been ngthened by recent profit-tak- People’s Gas was sent up 20 ints and Philadelphia Co. 16 to W peaks, Consolidated Gas and Ndard Gas and Electric were 1] bought. ' American Can, Continental Bak- Band Great Northern pre- were among issues reaching high ground. Bethlehem l was well bought. mounting ut 2 points, but United States l, after duplicating its previous hat 201%, fell back to 197%, closed only a point above that , off more than 2 points net. ler Hammer, Burns Bros.. Co- bilan Carbon, Lackawanna, eneral Railway Signal, Montgom- -Ward, Ward Baking preferred Midland Steel Products pre Were bid up from 6 to 11 L-% General Motors Down. tre Marquette, which jumped | points yesterday, however, fell k 10. Case Auburn Auto, which have recently ved upward in violent manner, about 9 points each, and Clu- t Peabody dropped 6 to a new 4 56. Such important issues Genera Motors, Chrysler, Gen- Electric, Radio and du Pont | i ed 2 or 3 points. the commodity mts received a setback, wheat. ping 2% cents. Corn lost a cent More. Cotton, however, was reign exchanges were firm, Sterling cables quoted well ee the incoming gold point at Sy. The Japane se yen, how- ‘ dropped about % of a cent. common had t6 absorb a deal of renew e2 realiz ng dur- This sell‘ng was in- ted Primarily by the proxim- Of its monthly resort on unfilled due at roon tomorrow. inary estimates do not indi- much change as sikely to be at the end of June, with *8 favoiing a slight increase. | | west portion. the day. Closing Stock prices with tables and market news he found on Pages 27, 28 ii feet, a rise of 1.1. in that company have Threshing and | markets, | | ORANG-UTAN BITES TRAINER ON BOTH HANDS AT THE ZOO. One Finger of Max Nall Nearly Severed by Bobby, 9- Year-Old Ape. Max Mall, trainer of primates at the Zoo and known to ‘thousands of St. Louisans through his daily appearance as ringmaster in the cage of the performing chimpan- | animal’s cage in the Mall, who has spent most of his | time for the last 15 years in the | cages of the Zod primates and who '/! | On many occasions has been the! | only person daring to-enter the ' quarters of the more vicious apes, had placed three other orang-utans in Bobby's cage to permit renova- tion of their cages. When he at- tempted to sepafate them, Bobby with teeth flashing and eyes blaz- ing. Mall hacked hurriedly toward the door, but the animal sprang upon him, slashing right and left and seized his hands in its teeth when he tried to hold the assailant | off. A helper ran to Mall's assistance and aided him out of the cage. He was treated at the Zoo and taken 'to his home, 4314 Maryland ave- | nue. SALE OF CONTROL OF WILLYS AUTOMOBILE FIRM REPORTED Head of Plant Said to Have Dis- Posed of Control; One Reputed Buyer Denies it. NEW YORK, July 9.—The per- sOnal holdings of John N. Williys, president of Willys-Overland,. Inc., tained by C. O. Miniger, George M. Jones and associates of Toledo, it was learned today. group control of the eompany. Jones is a Toledo: banker and} Miniger president of Electric Auto- | Lite Co. Both are directors of giving that Willys-Overland. Willys, one time Elmira (N. Y.) bicycle repair man, has been presi- dent of the company since he founded the business in 1908. By the Associated fT ress. WASHINGTON, July 9.—-John N. Willys of Toledo is considered | , mother’s counsel, Charles M. Hay. by President Hoover for a post in the diplomatic corps. It was said, however, that this would not be the French ambassadorship. By the Associated ‘Press. TOLEDO, O., July 9. ninger, president of the FElectric Auto Lite Co... said an announce- ment of the purchase by him and associates of John North Willys’ interests in the Willys-Overland Co., was unauthorized and not true so far as he was concerned. ‘” capital. been closed to my knowledge,” | Mininger said. MAIL CARRIERS GIVE $3500 GIFT IN DIMES TO CHIEF Men in Rural Service Buy Assist- : ant Postmaster Billany Auto for Farewell, By the Assoviated l’rcss. WASHINGTON, July 9.—Thirty- | five thousand dimes, each the gift | of a rural letter carrier, purchased a seven-passenger automobile pre- sented as a_ farewell surprise to Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral H. H. Billany. For the last eight years, Billany | has been in charge of the rural | letter carriers. Edinboro, Pa., ciation, made the presentation in behalf of his organization, which | includes 35,000 of the 43,700 rural letter carriers of the United States. “You have humanized the serv- ice.”’ Goodell told Billany. FAIR TONIGHT, TOMORROW; SOMEWHAT COOLER TonGnT THE TE =e RATURES l a.m > a Wh. 74 > » n. <0) = a i.) " Z = Sr 7) LIA Me eceeces R] a. = 7) 12 noon. . 81 ha. m 70 = vor. Sa * 2. m 71 2 Sarre St 2 i ae, 70) ip m Ri Ss &, mm, ; . oe ee 4 ee ee Relative humidity aut noon, 66 per cent Yesterday's high 92 (3:30 p. m.), low 70 (11:45 p. m.) Official forecast | | for St. Louis and | THEY'LL SOON vicinity: Fair to-| NEED FLY-COPS| night and tomor- FOR AIR. row ; somewhat | TR TRAFFIC cooler tonight. | Missouri: Gen- cooler in extreme south portion and extreme east portion tonight; somewhat warm- er tomorrow. southeast portion | this gre cooler ton somewhat warmer Sunset. 7:29: sunrise (tomor- ' row). 4:44 Stare of the Mississipp), 14.7 ‘Mrs. Verna Owen, School Teacher, Gets 24- Hour Stay — To Appear | Primate | | House at 8:30 a. m. yesterday. The |second finger of his left hand was ‘almost severed. } Many Sections of the List | - —Call Money 9 Per Cent. a ee ee Se EE SS ee — SE —C, O. Mi-| rhere | has been a deal for the purchase of | this stock by Chicago and Toledo | This deal has been under | way for several weeks, but has not) | ward Reddy. SO A, em, | N. H. Goodell of | forged. national president | erally fair tonight | and tomorrow; | lllinois: Gener- | allv fair tonight | a n d tomorrow, preceded by thun-' dershowers in! ea oe, a | WOMAN TO ADMIT SUBMARINE WITH FORGERY CHARGE, 21 ABOARD SUNK ACCEPT SENTENGE IN COLLISION 20 TO PENITENTIARY MILES OFF WALES in Court Tomorrow. ‘PROSECUTOR INSISTS ON FOUR-YEAR TERM | Former | Head of Rex Brokerage Co. | became enraged and made for him | | Accused of Signing Ac-: quaintances’ Names on Promissory Notes. Mrs Verna Owen, former school teacher, who has agreed to plead guilty and serve a _ penitentiary term for forgery in connection with the operation of the Rex Brokerage Co. in the Paul Brown Building, was granted a 24-hour respite by Circuit Attorney Miller | today in order that she might spend a day with her mother. Her attorneys had promised that Mrs. Owen would appear before Circuit Judge Taylor between 10 a. m. and noon today, but at the ‘last minute requested the Circuit been ob-| Attorney to allow the day’s grace. Mrs. Owen, they explained, had ar- rived in the city only this morn- | ing, coming on a train, which was | late in arriving. Mrs. Owen's Counsel had re- quested. a prisan sentence of not more than two years, but the Cir- cuit Attorney held out for a longer ter ersto years. | Pp , m, understood to be four years. | crash, The L-12 carried a crew It is expected that a four-year sentence will be imposed when she appears tomorrow. Negotiations looking to a plea of | guilty were begun by her attorney, Edward W. Foristel, and her Her decision to plead guilty was delayed because she considered the | term proposed by the Circuit At- 'torney “too high.” Agrees to Plead Guilty. However, Hay informed the Cir- cuit Attorney yesterday that she would plead guilty, and according- ly a special setting of the case was |made this morning before Judge Taylor. In order that Mrs. Owen might travel to Jefferson City without being in a group of prisoners, her attorney turned over $30 to the State to pay the fare for Mrs. Owen and her escort, Deputy Sheriff Ed- It was understood that Mrs. Owen would be “dressed 'in"” at the prison immediately upon arrival, Five indictments, each charging third-degree forgery, were returned May 31 against Mrs. Owen, who entered the brokerage business aft- -er abandoning school teaching. The indictments allege that Mrs. | Owen counterfeited the signatures and other ac- quaintances as co-makers of prom- s, which she subsequent- ly sold to other financial institu- of school teachers issory note tions. Recently, Client Loses Life Savings. One client. Allen A. Adams, 72- year-old retired merchant, lost life savings of approximately $25,000 through Mrs. Owens’ operations, and his son-in-law, Robert Voighi- mann, incurred liabilities of $3500 'which forced him into bankruptcy. The total loss suffered by the for- mer school teacher's clients is nu* | known. Voightmann testified today ina hearing on his own bankruptcy case in Referee Coles’ court that he understood others had lost ap- 833 | proximately $200,000 through Mrs. His own losses he placed at about $6000. His ease was continued until Sept. 12 to allow him to make inquiry into Owen's operations. the disposition of the alleged ¢200.000 with a view to levying claims against any of it that may be still intact. Five notes totaling $1975 are de- scribed in the indictments against The names alleged to have been forged and the amounts are: R. E. Strickler, 1636 South Theresa avenue, $375; May R. Me- Cluskey. 6531 San Bonita avenue, Griffen, 224 Col- Mrs. Owen. $300; Emily J. lege avenue, Webster Groves, $425; Lillian M. Clay, 775 Goodfellow avenue, thur. 5108 Waterman avenue, $450) Mrs. Owen formerly taught in) the Hodgen and Gardenville grade | schools. 1000 HOUSES WRECKED BY FIRE MOSCOW, July aed thousand houses. including all public build- Sunday at) Kutishva. a manufacturing town | ings, were burned near Sverdlovsk, Several death j}were reported. EE el ce at a trial of suits to collect on such notes, several per- sons declared their signatures were | Presumably were in the At that time Mrs. Owen é ; 'closed her office and disappeared. of the Rural Letter Carriers ASSO- | $425: Harriet E. McAr- Lcan constructor, John | power without escort. | | | ; } U. S.-TO-ROME PLANE LA NEAR SANTANDER, SPAIN, WHEN FUEL IS EXHAUSTED 47 tenant wy ve, COAST ENDURANCE Larger Vessel of Same Type, Lies in 270 Feet of Water. ee ONE MISSING. ON BOAT THAT SUNK IT | British Flotilla Is Returning From Maneuvers When. Accident Occurs. p By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 9.—The British | submarine H-47, with 21 of its! crew thought to be dead or en- | tombed, lies today in 270 feet otf water in St. George’s channel. otf the Pembroke coast about 20. miles to the west of Fishguard. The undersea boat was struck | by the submarine L-1z, a vessel] | twice as large, and sank so quick- | ly that only two of the crew of 23 were saved. These were Lieut. R. J. Gardner, commanding officer, and Sidney Cleburne of Devonport, telegraph operator, both of whom conning tower. Charles Edward Bull, chief sig- nal man of the L-12, is missing. Arthur Sampson, a seaman of the L-12, is in a serious. condition from injuries suffered in the of 41 men. As soon as word of the disaster was received the dock yard tugs Resolve and Grappler prepared to go to sea with salvage gear from Portsmouth. The First Lord of the Admiralty announced in the House of Com- mons this afternoon that there was no hope that the crew of the H-47 could be rescued alive. The H-47 sank in water about! three times deeper than that in which the American submurine S-4 sank in 1927, and considerably deeper than that in which the S-51 sank in 1925. Salvage operations at such a depth are exceedingly difficult. Returning From Maneuvers. It is thought the collision oc- curred while the flotillas, which have been-taking part in combined maneuvers off the § Irish coast, were returning to Portland or Portsmouth. There is a possibility that the new Italian apparatus, which en- ables divers to work safely far un- der the surface and which is being used in an effort to raise the liner Egypt off Cape Finisterre, will be used in an attempt to salvage the H-47. The battleship Rodney left Tor- | kay for Fishguard to assist in the attempt to salvage the H-47. The c2stroyer Vivien also left Torbay. Submarines of the H class are the smallest in the British navy and they are used almost entirely for training purposes. They were built to the design of the Ameri- Holland, and first were built in parts in the United States during the early stages of the war and were assem- bled at Montreal. They crossed the Atlantic under their own The British navy liked them as they were the AVIATORS BREAK REGURD; KEEP ON P. M., St. Louis Time. TO STAY UP WHILE MOTOR HOLDS OUT ‘Call for Rubbing Alcohol on Previous Day Indi-. Men Feel | cates That Strain of Flight. By the Associated Dress. CULVER CITY, Cal., July 9.—In | the biplane Angeleno, L. W. Men- | dell and R. B. Reinhart set a new world record for endurance flying, having remained in the air 175 The mark | 'longer incarceration of a woman. hours and 59 seconds. was made at 2:30 p. m St. Louis time). . (4:30 p. m. Cleveland, , last Saturday by Roy L. tongs tng ‘and Byron K. New- comb, who remained in the air 174 hours and 59 seconds, Before that James Kellv and Reginald Robbins had set the mark at 172 hours 32 minutes and one second at Fort Worth, Tex. The plane has been refueled 22 times so far and more than 2100 gallons of gasoline transferred to it. The flight started a week ago at 7:29:30 a. m. First evidence that the men were reaching the point of exhaustion was received in a message late yes- terday in which the flyers asked for a quart of rubbing alcohol. Ground officials interpreted this to mean that the flight was wearing them down They sent word, however, that they intended to stay up past the record and also said they intended to stick with their plane until the motor gave out, WILLIAM R. JOYES, HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT, DIES He Was Injured June 25 When Touring With Wife Near Hancock, Mo. William R. Joyes, 60 years old, 3854 Hartford street, died at Mis- souri Baptist Hospital this morning of injuries suffered June 25 in an automobile accident near Hancock, Mo., when he was touring with his wife. He entered the hospital here last week. Besides his wife, who is recov- ering from her injuries at the Bap- tist Hospital, Mrs. Joyes in survived by two daughters, Mrs. Stanley Aichner of Indianapolis, Ind.. and Mrs. T. E. Walsh of this city. Fu- neral services will be held Thurs- day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Christian Church. The body fastest and most reliable boats in | will be taken to Louisville. Ky.. the service. Later vessels of the EL. class, in which the Admiralty in- troduced many improvements, were built in British dockyards. Has Six Torpedo Tubes. The L-12 has six torpedo tubes | in addition to other armament, re- frigerating machinery for storage batteries, directional hydroplanes, | and three periscopes. Its length is | 229 feet. and its displacement 890 tons. It was the second of the “L” series. Three sister ships have been lost: The L-24. rammed off Portland, January, 1924; the L-109, a war loss, and the L-%. which | | reduction in the exportation of al- 'eoholic beverages from Canada io | - the United States through the port foundered off Hongkong in 1923. This last one was salvaged The submarine H-47 also was built under the program, carried four torpedo tubes. The sister ship, the H-29. sank in dock at Devonport in August, 1926, and | consequently’ was disposal list Other Submarine Disasters, The submarine H-47 belongs to | 'the sixth submarine flotilla, which | Lieutenant- | was coe manded i by Commander E. 8S. Felton. The worst post-war British sub- | 5, exported. Free Band Concert Tonight. Carondelet Park, 7:30 to 10.) marine disaster took place in 192 when the H-1 was sunk off Star Pcint with the toss of 68 lives. Ie the Garde. Theatre @ Success? YES | Ask the Yankees and the Browns.—Ady. war emergency | It was smaller than the | [l.-12, with a displacement of 440 | tons and a length of 164% feet. It | placed on the | / show that last June after the establishment of an increased bor- | | der patrol, only 112.878 gallons | points in the) l'nited States. while the figures for June, 1928, show that 470,033 gal- longs of alcoholic beverages were | | for intermcnt in the familv plot. The accident occurred when Joyes’ car wemt over a 24-foot| after | ‘embankment into’ a canal i swerving against a railroad track. Mr. Joves was president of the W. | R. Joyes Audit Co., Arcade Build- | ing. LIQUOR EXPORTS TO U. S. FROM WINDSOR DROP 75 PER CENT Increase in Border order Patrol at De- troit Credited With Forcing Decrease. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 9.—A large of Windsor last month, as com- nounced today by the gallons. The statistics, prepared for the | treasury by the Canadian Collector | of National Revenue at Ottawa, were exported to Bauer's band. WIFE RELEASED ON | past,” he said. | they're pared to June, 1928, was an-| Treasury | which figured a decrease of 357,155 | |have obtained second papers last BUND, MAN WANT U.9. [ODEPORT Ht Mendel and Reinhart Set Mrs. Henry Maack, Suing New Mark When They | Keep Plane Up Until. 4:30 | | band Made. for Divorce, in City Jail 30 Days on Charges Hus- HE SAYS SHE STOLE DRESS IN GERMANY 'Woman Denies Accusation Made to Government— | Return to Europe Hinges | on “‘Moral Turpitude.”’ A 3U-day effort of Mrs. Helene Maack to obtain release from City Jail, where she was he!l in lack otf $1000 bail under a deportation warrant issued at Washington June 7, ended yesterday when the bond of friends was accepted, to avoid The custom has been to require | The merennies record was set at cash bond or Liberty bonds, which | Mrs. Maack’s friends were unable to provide. Bond was signed by G. A. Hoehn, editor of Labor News and exponent of Mrs. Maack’s case to German-speaking St. Louisans. Evidence on which the warrant was issued was obtained by Mrs. Maack’s husband, Henry Maack, 73 years old. against whom her di- vorce suit is pending, with allega- tions of general indignities and a request for alimony. Deportation would end her suit, and Maack, re- tired proprietor of an architectural and industrial school at 1742 Chou- teau avenue, then could divorce her without embarrassment or ali- Accused of Stealing Dress. Theft of a cheap dress in Ger- many is the basis of the deporta- tion proceedings. Maack retained private detectives at Plauen, Mrs, Maack’s former home, and .ob- tained documentary evidence that Mrs. Maack had been convicted. Through an attorney he submitted it to the office of the Secretary of Labor at Washington. The led- eral Department ordered action by the district office, which previous- ly had refused Maack’s repeated demands that it take a hand in his domestic quarrel. It is mandatory under the immi- gration act that anyone convicted of a crime involving moral turpi- tude, prior to entry, be taken into custody and deported. Whether petty theft could be considered evidence of moral turpitude, with Mrs. Maack’s explanation and the known state of affairs in Germany after the war, will be considered by the Immigration Board. The record of Mrs. Maack’s hearing, held here last month, ar- rived in Washington last Friday. Second Assistant Secretary of La- bor W. W. Husband, who returned yesterday from vacation, said the case would be taken up at once. The record indicated that Mrs. Maack had appealed from the con- viction, but left Germany before her appeal was decided. The file included an explanation of the origin of deportation proceedings, and bore a ticket to expedite the 'routine, It was shown that immi- gration authorities, In an effort to had communicated with a brother in New York, who replied that he was unable to put up the $1000, Denies He Planned Deportation. Deportation, Maack declared yesterday, had been far from his mind when he explored Mrs. Maack’'s past for the guidance of immigration authorities. “She applied for citizenship un- der my name after she had left then I looked up her “Such things, once started, may not stop where you expect them to stop.” Mrs. Maack said he obtained her first papers six years ago and could me, and year without using her position as the wife of an American citizen. She said that her attempt to ob- tain citizenship on that ground oc- curred before she separated from Maack. “As my housekeeper, she was well,” Maack said. “As my wife. ee was always sick. Just after | | married her, | had to send her 'to a farm near Creve Coeur for three months for her health. “We agreed. before the marriage. Continued on Page 2, Column 5. IN JAIL FOR 30 DAYS ON HUSBAND’S CHARGE $1,000,000 OPIUM SEIZURE IN TRUNKS ; By the Associated l’ress. sul’s Spouse at Pier in San Francisco. By the Associated I’rcss. SAN FRANCISCO, daughter of the Chinese Minister of the Chinese mony. Mrs. Maack is 39 years old. | Vice Consul here, thousand tins of the drug last Friday as the result of reports received from representatives China of the United States ’ instructions from Mrs Ying was not entitled to dip- lomatic privileges trunks and suitcases act was a violation Chinese-American Ying was not detained. The vaiue of the by customs officers at Three other trunks, personal property of the Vice Consul'’s wife. were not but were held by customs agents pending tions from the Treasury Depart- to contain only Denies Opium ts Hers. was not her property and that she had not known the trunks tained the drug. been persuaded by friends in China” bring the 11 pieces of baggage into She said she had status and thought they had con- tained presents for friends in this smuggling ring. They said it had been made ir China, and was the most senate and desirable This same brand of opium figured | in a seizure several they said, as the result of which | Willie Rosa, clerk of the United States District Court of and two wealthy Honolulu Chinese | were sent to Federal Two Attorneys Withdraw. Before the examination of John L. McNab and Timo- thy Healy. San Francisco attor- neys retained by the Yings, with- drew from the case. Representing the his wife were Cohen and Vincent Surr. the search started they protested vigorously on the grounds that the search was a violation of a treaty between China and which baggage be- longing to members of the dipio- matic corps ts usualiy granted im- munity from search. e----- a ne 4 —By a Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer | S. HENRY MAACK. - = ATHFINDER LYERS PLAN TO CONTINUE THEIR FLIGHT Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams, Forced Down Three Miles From City, Obtain Gasoline. IN THE AIR 32 HOURS CROSSING ATLANTIC First Sighted at Comillas, | | ; 3000 Tins Found in Bag- |; gage of Chinese Vice Con- Washington thiet | The Rome-bound monoplane Path- . - , . ~ ‘ e ee Ee ee Asked to name the “wealthy and | -| speed of 135 miles. saying that since she /now knew the trunks avoid detaining Mrs. Maack in jail, | | gasoline, | finder, 'Orchard,. Me.. Where Yellow Bird Came Down for Same Reason June 14. —~—— eS SANTANDER, Spain, July 9.— |The trans-Atlantic airplane Path- UF OFHUIAL'S WIFE which took off from Old yesterday morning for Rome, landed at 8:30 p. m. Greenwich time (2:30 p. m. S8St. Louis time), tonight five kilometers (about three miles) from here. _ Lack of fuel obliged Roger Q. Wil- 'liams and Capt, Lewis A, Yancey to land short o ftheir goal. The aviators went to Santander immediately after landing for more gasoline. They will continue their flight to Rome as soon as they have filled their tanks, They left Old Orchard at 6:59 a. ©; m. (St. Louis time). brought from China to San Fran- | The Pathfiader, which left Old Orchard Beach a few weeks after the departure of their French comrades in the Yellow Bird, waz Sighted over Comillas, where the Yellow Lird landed for want of gasoline, shortly before Williams and Yancey made their landing at the village of Albericia. The two flights, which becan at the same point, thus ended almost in the same spot and for the same reason. Good Weather All Day, U. 8S. Ob- server Says, OLD ORCHARD, Me., July 9.— finder presumably was aided by tail winds and nearly perfect fly- ing conditions today, At noon Dr. James H. Kimball. chief of the New York Weather sureau, said that from now on the Pathfinder should be flying in “an ” | absolutely clear sky.” “Up until midnight last night. while they were over the ship lanes. they probably encountered a good deal of rain and low ceiling,” he said. “But the tail wind, about 20 miles an hour, still was steadily helping them forward, There were no severe storms. “At midnight they must have come out of the clouds, and by 8 o'clock this morning, Eastern time. they should have been north of the Azores, with nothing but clear weather ahead.” The start was made after two failures when the plane, Green Flash, predecessor of the Pathfind- er. was wrecked in attempting to take off. The Pathfinder ie a Bellanca monoplane, equipped wi'h a 220-horsepower Wright Whirl- wind motor. Its cruising speed isa 90 miles an hour with a maximum The plane carried 445 gallons of estimated as sufficient ' for 45 hours flying at its normal ‘| consumption of 10 gations an hour. At the last minute 55 gallons were left behind. to lighten the load. the flyers calculating that favorable | winds would reduce the fuel con- | | ‘er Of hat iwatior sumption. Willlams is an mechanical §en- gineer and has been associated with aviation since a youth, when he and his brother bullt and flew a plane near their home in Brook. lyn. He is 325 years old and mar- ried. During the war he served as an instructor. afterward becom. ing a civilian inatructor for the Curtiss Flying Service. tn 1927 and 1928. with Clarence Chamber- lin. he made several unsuccessful attempts to set an endurance flight record. He first became identified with a Rome flight project § last year when he was chosen co-plict by Cesare Sabelil. on bis proposed flight which was abandoned, Yancvy. who ts 38 years old, was born In Chicago. He went to sea and worked his way from cabin boy to master mariner. A tew years ago he ivf! the wea to enter atiation ax 2 narionter and tearh- Vs vy. + wil. nessed the eter! nner » . a I i | j :| | i |