St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 22, 1929

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TOD REG U & PAT OF LONDON PM ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service SPO j RT FINAL > ie Hyon. 81. NO. 319. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1929.—36 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS a. fase 2 WALL STREET % = , a mks 3 TOCK LIST emits bed a ert “Des A Bie Beas aa By B! e : . a ng % . & , a : ‘Number of Standard Indus- | trials and Rails Range 1}. Down 1 to 5 Points, Few PU9 Specialties 10 to 22 Points. - % }suaRP GAIN IN | WHEAT FUTURES . ecord-Breaking First Half * Year Report Made by “ Chrysler Corporation - After Close of Market. : By the Associated Presr. ™ NEW YORK, July 22.—Ex- Biensive downward readjustment of prices, which carried a long list Wot standard industrials and rails “down 1 to 5 points, and a few spe- Beialties down 10 to points, in @ioday's stock market contrasted th a sensational jump in grain Bices. '@. There was nothing in the dav’s "Peews to influence the heavy sell- Bing of stocks although many brok- erage houses leaned to the opin- mn that the recent advance in many issues had been too rapid and that a “technical reaction” was due. Call money held steady li day at 7 .per cent, and there sno change in time money ates. Black of demand, rather than M@ererabundant supply, continued to Wieep the situation on call money ey during the day. Money Pwmokers reported enough funds on @mnd to take care of needs, not- 7 standing the calling by banks | mt between $20,000,000 and $25,- | 00,000, and the fact that Federal Munds again were being bid for @erather briskly as high as 5% per gent, Limited character of de- @mand for new accommodation dur- @ ing the last fortnight has some of “the money lenders considerably Muzied, in view of the apparent Petivity in the stock market. This : to one of two conditions, either that traders are financing themselves on a large scale by do- business directly through the ks, or that selling in some di- ections is releasing sufficient é@y to finance bullish activity in no ee: " Record Chrysler Report. On of the most interesting de- Weepments of the day was the : ‘public. tion of a record-breaking iim half year report by the Chrys- Me Corporation after the close of m@ market. With the exception of burn Motors, which closed near- 10 points higher, most of the Bewtomotive issues were under pres- although General motors, aft- Selling down to a new low, re- Pvered nearly all of its loss. ed Chemical broke 22 points rallied 4. Case Threshing Fetiine dropped 21 points. West- 7 #28 Union fell 6% points and such } Ment favorites as American Tele- | Public Service of New Jer- } #Y, Sears Roebuck, National Cash | Seeister, U. S. Steel common, Mex- (W82 Seaboard and Missouri Pa- he and “Katy” common closed my Sankey ‘te nearly 4 points lower. > General Electric Advances. © General Electric was one of the * Outstanding strong spots, soar- More than 11 points to a new Meh at 36214 and retaining all but Points of its gain, - Wall Street was a trifle per- eed by t' sharp drop in Allied emical on relatively light c>al- This weakness could not be e plained particularly ~am Consideration was given the \&e t that stocks in which it is be- eed to havo substantial interest, @erely Stecl common, and New Central among others, have =" such marked appreciation = are holding currently near the ee levels of their history. Allied Mmical showed $11.12 a share . for its common stock last =r after the usual liberal write- and is expected to reflect in e year’s results the operations of atmospheric nitrogen plant eted last year at Hopewell, adily pefeat futures ran up about 7 [= & bushel on the absence of 7 in Canada and _ unfavorable 7e reports from the American te “West; corn advanced about 3 ig * bushel. Cotton dropped - = & bale on more favorable r, ¥: ding in the foreign exchange et was featured by the ad- ? of about half a cent in Jap- > yen and a further advance in Pring cables to around $4.85 5-16. S.? tourist expenditures are * Tesponsible for the recent ad- Pin British and continental } Ncles, ME stock prices with READJUSTED New tables and market news - found on Pages 27, 28 mts ’ FAIR TONIGHT, TOMORROW; NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. _ Site lo a ~~ eh ok | =) Official forecast for St. Louis and IT WILL STILL BE THE LATE. VANDEVENTER | LINE. night and tomor- row, not much change in temper- ature. Missouri: Gen- erally fair tonight and somewhat warmer in cen- morrow; general- ly fair in south portion; possibly showers in north portion. Illinois: Gener- ally fair in ex- ; treme south por- tion, : cloudiness in north and central portions; thunder- probably tomorrow in showers increasing | i | | i | | i | | ! | | 3 CONVICTS KILLED IN RIOT OF 1300 AT MOUNDS GAMBLING RESURT 15 HELD UP DANNEMORA, N. ¥. BY 9 MASKED MEN vicinity; Fair to-| [wo of Penitentiary In- mates Slain Were Serving i Customers, Including Wo- men, See Robbery — Re- Life Terms—Revolt Lasts ports on Loot Run From for Five Hours. ‘tral portion to-| CARPENTER SHOP IS SET ON FIRE ; $3000 to $60,000. MONEY SCOOPED UP AND PUT IN SACK | Prisoners in State Prison : Raiding Gunmen Try to) Find Some One to Open | Fail to Rush Wall by Ladder Method After In- juring Two Guards. north and central portions, and in| By the Associated Press. extreme north portion tonight; somewhat warmer in north and central portions tonight, and cooler in extreme north portion. Sunset, 7:22; sunrise row), 4:04. Stage of the fect, a fall of 1.8. (Tomor- Mississippi, 18.9 GIRL MAKES FIRST PARACHUTE — JUMP ON FIRST PLANE RIDE | York Stenozgrapher Lands Safely From Height of 2000 Feet While 10,000 Look on. Special] to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, July = 22.—Miss Marjorie Klinger, 18-year-old stenographer, has realized an am- bition of almost a year to become a parachute jumper. Until yes- terday she had never been up in an airplane, nor did she know what it meant to leap with a parachute. But every Sunday for the past several months she has been visit- ing Roosevelt Field to watch others do it and to beg officials to let her try it. Yesterday John Wagner told her he would take her up, She strapped on a parachute. When they 'reached*a height of 2000 feet, she leaped, while 10,000 persons who had been told about it through megaphones, watched breathlessly. She made a perfect landing on the Westbury polo field and WaS!\ Rifle fire from the to the airport in an She was brought be- and made taken back automobile. fore the loud speaker ‘her first speech. SOVIET SHOWERS LUXURIES ON AMERICAN DELEGATIO Imports U. S. Coffee and Tobacco for 100 Visitors—Trade Negotiations Begin. By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, July 22.—Travel- ing in great comfort with all the conveniences and luxuries soviet Russia can afford, the unofficia! American delegation of about 109 business representatives, engineers, lawyers, journalists and educators arrived here today for a two-day visit. The party traveled from Moscow. where they arrived ~ last week. Their train consisted of eight of the Government's finest sleeping cars and two dining cars. A staff of interpreters and special attend- ants accompanied the visitors. The Soviet Tourist Bureau im- ported $1500 worth of American coffee, cigarettes and cigars so the visitors would not lack these arti- cles during their month’s tour. FLYERS KILLED IN NICARAGUA Marine Officer and Private Lose Lives in Crash. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July rine Corps headquarters late today that Capt. Euville JD. Howard and Private Robert MK. Moody were killed this morning in the crash of a marine Fokker air- plane south of Ocotal, Nicaragua. Capt. Howard’s mother is Mrs. Maud PD. Howard of Oakland, Cal. Private Moody is the son of George IE. Moody of Galion, O. The airplane was reported to have fallen in the Coco River. Both bodies were recovered. Marine headquarters also were advised that Lieut. Clarence M. Knight, a passenger in the planc, was serious- ly injured. 7500 AUTOS USE BRIDGE IN DAY Few Tourists, However, Cross New Chain of Rocks Span. Opened to traffic Saturday aft- ernoon, the new Chain of Rocks highway toll bridge carried. hun- dreds of automobiles across the Mississippi River on Saturday and yesterday more than 7500 cars crossed it. Less than 10 per cent of this traffic was thought to be of tour- ist nature, bridge officials said, as 997 —NMa- advised ' ' DANNEMORA, N. Y.., 23. —Three convicts, two serving life sentences, July of them were shot and killed during a five-hour riot | here today, i i _curred about 8 | ; i } , ; ; word that the structure was open. has not been spread generally. 15 BATHERS DROWN IN DANUBE | BUDAPEST, July 22.—Fifteen persons were drowned in and near Budapest yesterday. Among them was Otto Szelky, heavyweight wrestler. The drowning occurred when half the population sought relief ‘from the excessive heat by swim- ming in the Danuoec. i here of 1300 inmates of Clinton prison Warden Harry M. KXkaiser said in a statement issued after the revolt had been quelled and the prisoners had marched back to their celis early this after- | noon, i | | | ' } ' ; | Many inmates were in the prison | hospital being treated for gunshot | wounds inflicted by armed guards | ; | prise insisted it was only $3000. during the revolt. | The dead convicts, according to | the Warden, were: Herman Reese, 46 years old, of 3uffalo, serving a life term as fourth offender; Harold F. Brunner, 33, Tioga, Pa., serving a life term as a fourth offender; Clyde Shakelford, 30. sentenced from Albany County, serving a | _tols drawn and handkerchiefs tied | over their faces. bers took charge of the doorman'| | bers pulled | ; i | and pushed him on into the dining | i ; a term of 20 years to life, for mur- |} der, second degree. The attempt to gain freedom oc- | i es of convicts working in the car- penter shop aropped their work, hurled aside the guards and broke for the nearest prison wall, stopping only Icng enough to fire the shop. Guards on and almost at the same instant the prison siren wailed out its warning of an attempted prison break. wall turned back the prisoners, who had at tempted to scale it by the human ladder method, one climbing on the Shoulders of the others. Three Convicts Shot Dead. Three dropped to the ground, dead while others staggered back under the rifle fire. Two guards were injured. Thev were Phillip Murphy and F. C. Bressette, caught in the first rush of the revolting convicts. Murphy was struck on the head with a stone as the prisoners broke from the carpenter shop. Bressette was in the yard when the disturbance broke out and was badly beate before he esr aped of group ' gaming room, | tive Safe for Them, but Fail —They Disappear. .The Mounds Country Club, elab-' orate. gambling resort and road-' house on Collinsville road, in Mad- | ison County, Ill., was held up, last | night by five masked men while some 45 customers,.men and wom- en, looked on. teports current in gambling cir- cles today placed the loot at variouS amounts ranging from $20,000 to $60,000, but Harry Murdock, man- and enter- ager a partner in the According to Murdock. the rob- of the club at 7:30 o’clock up to the. front door! in an! automobile and rushed in with pis- | Two of the rob- room on the east side of the build- ing where most of the customers were assembled. The three others’ entered the to the west, where or six custemers were gath- ered about the dice tables. “Everybody keep quiet; this is a stickup,” a robber or- dered as one of the men moved to- |ward the cashier with a cloth sack. the wall opened fire | ; ' | Said, and roulette | | | } In the dining room, the orches- | tra was playing a dance tune and a'| 'few dancers were on the floor. ‘‘Sit | still and don’t raise your hands,” Was the order there. stopped in their tracks and the nfusic faded away as the musicians } opped playing one by one. Mur- dock, at a tabie among the custo-| mers, apparently nized. In was not recog- the the gaming room, robbers scooped available cash into their sack and ' ‘ from the mob which surged around | him with shouts of ‘‘Kill him!” The tailor shop, adjoining carpenter shop, caught fire from | room, the | then ordered the cashier to open the safe where most of the club's money was kept. The cashier pro- tested that he did not know the combination and the robbers ad- dressed their command to other employes with no success. Convinced that “the man knew the combination” was sent, the three robbers left the whistled to their confed- erates and hurried to their auto- who |mobile, disappearing in the direc- the spreading flames and prison of- | ' said they were in the place about ficials were powerless to combat the blaze, as the convicts held the prison yard. State Troopers Come to Aid. Meanwhile the regular prison guards had been reinforced — by every available state trooper and customs border patrolmen. Two companies of the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry arrived from Plattsburg Barracks under command of Col. John F. Madden. The infantry was held in readiness pencing receipt of orders from Washingtcn, but such orders were not issued, the War Department stated, as the request for troops did not come through the proper chan- nels. To the little village of Dan->- mora the prison siren carries a poignant message and every man and boy in the village rushed to the prison armed with rifles and pis- tols. The entire stock of guns in two hardware stores was cleaned out by the excited crowd on its way t» the prison. Clinton Prison. built upon the side of a mountain in the north- eastern section of the Adirondack range, is the disciplinary prisom of New York State. In addition to receiving convicts committed from the counties in the northwestern section of the State, the prison is the place to which are transferred the incorrigible inmates of the State prisons at Ossining, Auburn and Great Meadow. Another class of the _ prison population is made up of inmates of’ the other State institutions who are suffering from tuberculosis and have been sent to the Clinton prison hospital. Because of the disciplinary character, Clinton prison houses the most desperate and unmanage- able criminals confined within the limits of the State. the Associated lress, BRUNSWICK, Mo., .July Passengers on Wabash train No. 22, eastbound from Kansas City to St. Louis, were shaken up and a car- load of lemons was damaged when the passenger train crashed into the rear end of a freight train today. ay ee ~ we > ‘loud speaker St. Louis-Bound Train in Collision. | Sick children tion of East St. Louis. Murdock 10 minutes and did not attempt to rob any of the customers. THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR MISUSING BANKS’ FUNDS President of Closed Depository at Springfield, Mo.; Cashier Gets. 18 Months, the Associated Press, SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July J. C. Peightel, former president of the defunct New First National Bank of Springfield, was sentenced today by Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves to serve three years in Leavenworth prison for his part in misapplying approximately $85,000 of the closed bank’s funds. D. L Davis, former cashier of the bank, who was convicted re- cently with Peightel, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and Sam By 6 ) » —_-- + ~~ we l.. Eslinger, former vice president, | was fined $1000, which he paid. Peightel and Davis filed an ap- peal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis and were released under bond. Judge Reeves, in commenting on the acquittal of four other direc- tors of the defunct bank, declared the verdict did not “entirely ex- onerate”’ them. RIFLE SILENCES NOISY RADIO Then Texas Judge Receives Con- gratulations from “ar c..d Wide. Special to the Post-Dispatch. BEAUMONT, Tex., July 22.—H. C. Kean, acting county judge of Jefferson County, with his rifle Stilled a radio loud speaker next door. He fired hree shots, de- molishing the radio set. The aa- Sault came when owners of the Log Cabin. a rustic cabaret, failed to heed his complaint that the was disturbing his and his peace of mind. He has received’ congratulations from far and. wide. A _ telegram from Shreveport, La. read: “Con- gratulations on your heroic deed. We think the long suffering pub- lic should give you aie yote of thanks. Come to Shreveport and duplicate your noble deed.” The dancers | | souri i } ' } } | Murdock | the | stock ab-; | | ; ' ' New German Liner Cuts Atlantic Record 8 Hours j THE BREMEN OF NORTH GERMAN LLOYD LINE. “a4. ad . ed abd ae oe 22240ee ee AMEN Ne ge no Puaes SRR a SG eee es ope renee | ’ os" i = ' . 4 —Associated Press Photo MISSOURI LIFE BUYS FRM FOR $7,500,000 the | Purchases Control of Southwestern Insurance Co., of Dallas, Tex. The Missouri State Life ance Co. of St. Louis has chased control of the Southwest- ern Life Insurance Co, of Dallas, Tex., for approximately $7,500,000, the Post-Dispatch learned today. Missouri Insurance Commission- er Thompson was in St. Louis to- day and approved the deal. In- surance Commissioners from Tex- as, Iilinois, Indiana, Iowa, Arkan- | sas and Oklahoma also were in the city for a conference with Hills- man Taylor, president of the Mis- State Life. Taylor announced his company was buying a controlling stock in- terest as an investment. He said the stock was acquired from T. W. Vardell and T. L. Bradford, prin- cipal officers of the Southwestern Life. The transaction was ratified last week by Missouri State Life direc- tors. It is understood the com- pany was valued at $15,000,000 and control was obtained (for about half that sum. Operating exclusively in Texas, the Southwestern Life has heen prosperous. It has $270,000,000 of insurance in force; $2,000,000 cap- ital and $2,000,000 searplus. Its has been closely held. It will continue business as hereto- fore. The Southwestern Life sents another link in the insurance | chain of Rogers Caldwell, invest- ment banker of Nashville, Tenn. Caldwell purchased control of the Missouri State Life from M. E. Singleton and associates for $14,- 000,000 in 1926 and also obtained control of the Inter-Southern, Narth American and Cotton States insurance companies. as well as the assets of the defunct Interna- tional Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis. : Southwestern Life President Says Deal Isn’t Closed. DALLAS, Tex., July 22.—T, W. Vardell, president of the South- western Life Insurance Co., said today that the Missouri State Life Insurance Co. was negotiating for the purchase of shares of certain Southwestern stockholders as ar investment, but tnsisted that the deal had not been closed. There will be no change in the business policies or management of South- western Life if the deal is con- summated, &e said. FLAW IN ““JAY-WALKING” ORDINANCE DISCOVERED Counsclor Muench Finds That It « Applies Only to North and South Strects. A flaw in the new “jay-walking” ordinance, which would make it inoperative so far as crossing be- tween’ intersections on ecast-and- west streets is concerned, was dis- covered today by City Counseler Muench. The ordinance, as drafted by Al- derman Waldman, names individ- ually the north-and-south = streets between Fourth street and Twelfth boulevard, but does not designate the east-and-west streets. . Wherefore, Muench ruled, the ordinance will apply omly to north- and-south streets when it becomes effective Aug. 9 for a 90-day trial period with the exception of the open clause which requires pedes- trians to obey the signals of traffic officers at all intersections. This clause will apply at all intersec- Lyon 7:30 o'clock. Momeno'’s Band. } i | " Insur- pur- | repre- | BREMEN SETS NEW MARK, 4 DAYS, 18 HOURS, 17 MINUTES ENDURANCE FLYERS 23 HOURS FROM NEW MARK St. Louis Robin, in Tenth Day in Air, Will Set Rec- ord if It Stays Up Till 3:01 P. M. Tomorrow. COMPANION PLANE IS FORCED DOWN Oil Line Leak Causes Ham- mer and Shelton to Land at Lambert Field After 117 Hours. JACKSON AND O’BRINE PLAN TO FLY OVER CITY IF THEY BREAK RECORD F they are still in the air at 2 On Maiden Voyage, From Cherbourg to Am-| brose Light Surpasses Mauretania’s | Performance. i i | | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, July 22.—The new | German liner Bremen reached Am- | brose Light at the entrance to New York harbor at 3:02 p. m. this aft- ernoon, easily breaking the speed record for ocean crossings held by j the Mauretania. The Bremen’s time from Cherbourg on its maiden voyage was 4 days, 18 hours and 17 minutes, which beat the Maureta- nia’s time by 8 hours and 17 min- utes. Ambrose Light is 22 miles from New York. The Bremen is ex- pected to dock at wher pier in Brooklyn late this afternoon) Among the notables on the Bre- men is Capt. Paul Koenig, who in 1916 brought the large Germar submarine, with a valuable cargo in its hold, to the United States, landing at Baltimore. He is now an executive of the North German Lloyd. A radio from the ship to the line’s offices here said that from noon yesterday to noon today the ship logged 713 nautical miles, breaking the record she herself had set the day before of 705 imiles. She had maintained an | average speed of 29.5 knots, also a | new record. Plans were made for a welcome 'to the new champion by the city’s municipal tug, Macom, is to carry the committee to quarantine, where its members will board the vessel. The Macom and a fleet of tugs will then escort the ship to her pier. The seaplane New York, carry- ing a cargo of express mail, land- ed in the bay at 1:35 p. m, toda. It had been catapulted from the top deck of the Bremen while the liner was still at sea. Except for occasional fog patches the weather on the trip. has been perfect. The passengers were treat- ed to a superb bit of seamanship yesterday when Capt. Leopold Ziegenbein steered between two channels of the Gulf stream, avoid- ing the usual retarding current, messages from the Vessel reported. There has been the _ greatest amount of gayety.on board, in an- ticipation of the ship’s setting a new record, and one impromptu celebration has followed another. The fun reached a new climax with discovery of the inevitable stow- away. Th distinction of this par- tizular stowaway is his age, which is about 50, and his Iluxu-‘ant growth of whiskers. There was a storm Saturday night, but it was not of sufficient duration to raise a heavy sea, The comfort of te ship while traveling at high speed has been an agrec- able surp.ise to everyone. There has been pr.ctically no vibration. official Reception Committee. The ee | 100 SCA ELEPHANT FOUND DEAD IN POOL Mobi, 3000-Pound Beast Ailing for Several Days—Mate Recently Hl. 3000-pound sea in the Mobi, the Zoo's elephant, was found dead swimming pool at his quarters this afternoon. He had been ailing for a few days but seemed on the road to recovery. <A post-mortem ex- amination will be made tonight to determine the cause of his death. Mobi and Frya, his mate, came to the zoo about a year and a half ago from the Georgian Islands, They were purchased for $3000 but had developed and grown much larger so that Park Commissioner Pape. estimated that Mobi alone was worth $6000. Krya recently was ill for about a month, apparently from the same disease which caused the death of Mobi. 93 CHINESE ENTOMBED 1N MINE Rescue Efforts Fruitless, Because of Volume of Debris. SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, July 22.—Twenty-three. Chinese coolies were entombed today in a tin mine at Papan, in Perak, when half the face of the open mine fell in. Efforts to dig out the entombed men were fruitless owing to the volume of debris. It is thoug‘it a subterranean river runs through the mine, which is one of the old- est in the Malay country. Steamer Strikes an Iccberg. By the Associated Press, ST. JOHNS, N. F., July Lioyd'’s agents here received a mes- ** -~ we sage today from the steamer Vi- iniera reporting that she had hit an ‘iceberg and requesting a tug to. tow 0 herto Halifax. The Viniera said she was unable to use her engines. SAVED FROM OCTOPUS ON CALIFORNIA COAST Fisherman Hacks Off Tentacles That Grip Comrade and Rescues Him. the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, Cal., July The story of a fight between two men and a huge octopus off the By "9 —_—— coast between Redondo and Point! Firmin, near here, was told yes- iterday by Capt. Webb Monstad, a fisherman, who was saved by Roy Pettibone, andther fisherman. Capt. Monstad fell from his boat into a kelp _ bed. A tentacle wrapped, around his arm. Petti- bone, who was In a second boat, saw Monstad floundering and forced his way through the kelp. Monstad disappeared beneath the surface of the water momen- tarily. When he reappeared Petti- tibone hacked off one tentacle aft- er another that the octopus had wrapped around Monstad. Mon- stad said as soon as Pettibone cut off one of the tentacles another gripped him. He fainted - when Pettibone lifted him into the boat but was revived, TEACHER BITTEN BY SNAKE Reptile, However, Is Said to Have Been Not Poisonous, Miss Eleonora Wotli, 35 years old, 1530 Gravois avenue, a teacher at the Gardenville Public school. was bitten on the left ankle by a snake while walking near Imperial, Mo., yesterday. Hurrying to St. Louls, Miss Wotlil went to the City Hospital where the wound Was inspected by Rf. Marlin Perkins, reptile curator of the Forest Park Zoo, who said he did not think Miss Wotl!l had been bitten by a poisonous snake. Mise Wotli was reported improving to-| day at her home. j ] orctock tomorrow afternoon, the hour they will pass the existing er iurance mark, Dale Jackson and Forest O’Brine will pilot the St. Louls Robin over downtown St. Louis while fac- tory and locomotive whistles shriek a salute. On orders from Major Rob- ertson, they will fly high above the city, but persons in the street will have no difficulty in seeing the plane. If they are still up tomorro™ night a fireworks celebration will be held at Lambert-St. Louis Field in their honor. | Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine had been in the air 225 hours | their endurance flight at +4517 o’clock this afternoon, when hey reported the St. Louls Robin still functioning smoothly on its tenth day. The Missouri Robin, the second endurance plane, piloted by W, Gentry Shelton Jr., and Joe Ham- mer, was forced down at 7:61 a. m. today by a leak in the oil line after being in the air 117 hours and 20 minutes. It took off at 10:31 a. m. last Wednesday. With Hammer at the controls the Missouri Robin landed easily on Lambert-St. Louis Field, al- though the windshield of the cabin was smeared with oil from the leaking pipe. The leak developed during the night and, following an inspection this morning, the pilots found they could not remedy the trouble in the air, so decided to land. It would have peen impos- sible to refuel eafely with their vision obscured by the film of oil on the windshield. Shelton and Hammer were in good condition after their five days aloft, although suffering tempo- rary deafness from the constant noise of the engine. They had shaved yesterday and were in good spirits, although bemoaning the fact that a minor difficulty had prevented their continuing the pur- suit of the St. Louis Robin. After reporting to Maj. William B. Robertson, president of the Curtiss-Robertson Airplane Manu- facturing Co., sponsoring the flight, they repaired to “Loule’s Place” for a beefsteak breakfast. Their meals during the flight had been prepared by Mrs. Hammer, the principal meat portion being fried chicken. “Viuch Technical Data.” Major Robertson, in a statement issued after the landing, praised the performance of the pilots and the Challenger engine. “Much teachnical data of value ts con- tained in the log of the Missouri Robin and we are well pleased with the sho ..s made,” he said. Jackson and O'’Brine must re- main up until 3:01 p. m. tomerrow to set a new world’s endurance record. They hope to pass the mark of 246 hours, 43 minutes, made by Mendell and Reinhart tn the “Angeleno” at Culver City, Cal., at 2:01 p. m. tomorrow, but rules covering such contests re- quire that the new record must éx- ceed the previous mark by at least an hour to be official. In a note dropped this morning the flyers announced: “Everything is fine, motor is running better since we tightened up the mag. Still holding 1300 revolutions Please send up rags so we can clean the windows.” At noon Jackson and O'Brine dropped another note, which said: “Howdy, folks. Everything fine. Don't worry about us (Here fol- lowed a mass of technical data). If you're coming up this afternoon you might bring us some ‘ettes and matches. The air is pretty bumpy today.” tbe Shortly after, Maj. C. Ray Waa- sall, pilot of the x plar went aloft with P. V. Chaffee and transferred the requested cigar- Continued on Fage 8, Colne %,