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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1927, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature winnip5c free press thermometer Reading 7.30 ., july 15.___ -i-g8 10.30 ., july 15 i2.30 jum., july 16 2.30 ., july 16.r. For full report or meteorological office Sec Page one. 10 july rises 4.35 sets 2032 Moon rises 22.14 sets 6.27 july rises sets 20.31. Moon arises 22.42 sets t.46 Wenj Nipes saturday july 16, 1927 and warm scattered showers. Price 5c per copy edition comic lock 40 pages mrs vol plane Down on isolated Section if Hawaii Leper Colony when gasoline Supply exhausted fell of left behind on latter part of journey sent ships Rushing to Aid dramatic flight in All aspects overcome Strong head winds made big demands on gasoline eclat United news Cable to free press by free press private wire by ii. R. Elun s Honolulu . July re sized to Rescue them. Ernest i a Smith and Emory Bronte vol planed i their air plane. City of to the Edge of the Island of Molokai and at 9.35 Honolulu time today completed the first civilian first trans Pacific flight. The monoplane had no gasoline left then the miraculous Landing not Lii out the mishaps which have dogged Smith was accomplished. Smith Ivas in the Pilot s seat. The aviators left a Trail of signals behind them throughout the latter part of , which they sad sent when they discovered their gasoline Supply was running Low. It was a dramatic flight in All its the fliers were lighting against fog part of the journey across the Ocean and then had to fight against the possibility of falling into the sea. Some of their messages had bid that they actually were preparing to make a forced Landing on Wator and to risk their lives to the rubber Lifeboat which they had taken along. Fuselage of plane smashed fortunately for them when the gasoline Supply did give out they were St Molokai the Leper Island. The monoplane glided to land a Short distance from the water s Edge. A Sale Landing was impossible due o the heavy growth of Kitwe Bushes Llie plane s fuselage was tangled in growth and was smashed. Smith scratched taut Bronte his Navy who had done such a marvelous w in getting the plane to the Dot of islands in the Pacific an incredibly Small target was unscathed. Judge Edward Mccorrison the t a Ltd news correspondent and the continued on Nguc first air mail from states arrives out of the Blue at 12.30 Friday afternoon came sailing the first air mall Ever received in Winnipeg from., the United. States. The plane which came . Was in the nature of a Goodwill emissary from across the International Border and was welcomed such upon its Trie plane came to rest on a Field North of Portage Avenue near St. Charles eight Miles West of Winnipeg. Above Are seen the crowds of officials and spectators who crowded Forward to Greet the airmen As their plane Sank to the ground. Four transatlantic flights three at 24jhpur intervals being planned in Germany special United news Cable to free press by free press private wire Berlin. Germany Only 15. Plans for Forir transatlantic air plane hops three of the planes to Start at 24 hour intervals As soon As a Trail Blazer has landed at new York Are planned by the Junker company according to newspaper reports today. First plane will Start in August it is declared. As soon As it la Nils on american soil the report says the other planes will hop off in sequence. All the flights would be from the Dessau works of the Junker company and would be planned to show the feasibility of regular transatlantic ser vice. At Solsville . Gasoline engine of Ontario and Western Railroad hits Auto truck associated press despatch Volca . July persons Ere killed at Solsville 36 Miles from this City tonight when an Automo bile truck in which they were Riding lilt by a gasoline engine on the Ontario and Western Railroad. Kills thousands of sheep goats in South Africa he free press private wire London. July 15. Thousands of goats Are dead in South wires richest sheep farming District cause of a disastrous drought .iv news Cape town dispatch do cared tonight. Many farms have Wen deserted the dispatch said. Newtoft Odow h in votes Canada to negotiate on development of St. Lawrence a rajkot Dominion government asks for time to consider appendices to he Boardl s port. Vancouver is chairman Dominion wide organization for the conservative con at 3. Men saved and one is when Holland America liner with and sinks off 1. Free killed four badly burned ten Auto crashes nto Hall breaking to pumps at san Jose 1. And on Island Hawaii Leper colons when. Exhausted Piarie badly Peter Heenan says a basis of was ached by . And i. Handlers averting Ted 100 killed in bitter Vienna dispatch received in London dictatorship set 1. Ence of great importance to were and Consumers in Western held in 4. W. Bingham tells Christian 1 association russian people at 5. A extends Welcome to to International soil science Jones sets new record in British open coif tourney re 27. Division of Teleg Raphers age Oblations with commercial 8 Hodge Nan and Harold Par Amateur Golf final. No and Weir. Chi Manitoba Tennis fourth straight Victory of 2d imposed on liquor 6. Two Brothers drowned near Edmonston youth at Oak fatality Canadian press despatch it. Jolin. . July Tho Post 24 hours no less than four Fatali ties have occurred in the province of new Brunswick. Today two Brothers. Bernard and Kenneth Ethier aged 12 and is years respectively of Edmunds ton were drowned in the St. John River near that place. One Sank in the Stream while the other went under in an attempt to Rescue his brother. At. Oak Bay. Near St. Stephen Reginald Hewen 20, drowned while swim Ming. Near Newcastle James Kane. 45, Well known Lumberman was fatally Hurt when Tho car in which he was driving overturned after skidding in passing another car on the Highway and died two hours later. It says killed estimated two years needed to repair damage in pales Tine and trans Jordania associated press Cable Jerusalem Palestine july government announced today that As far As had been ascertained. 192 per sons were killed by the recent Earth quake in Palestine and go in trans Jordania with nearly injured in both territories. It was estimated that two years would be needed to repair the havoc wrought by the quake which lasted Fri or seconds. Half of the towns of Ramlah and Ludd and a third of the old Park of Nablus must be rebuilt. The government is appealing for subscriptions for Relief work. Crops ruined by heavy storms in Rhineland towns special United news Cable to free press by free press private wire Wiesbaden Germany july 15. Crops were ruined and Many cattle killed in heavy Hail and electrical storms that swept Frankfort and other Rhineland towns today. Tele phone and Telegraph communications Are interrupted. Son of Toronto Archdeacon and guide were drowned near North Bay Fred Roberts Cody s com Panion escaped when Canoe upset in Eddy Canadian press despatch North by out., july 15. A prom about eleven feet of water at a Point about 300 feet from where they met their deaths yesterday the bodies of Maurice Cody. 30. Only child of Ven. Archdeacon a. J. Co div of Toronto and Oft pan Pardiac. Aged 20, of North Bay we re recovered in the Martin River 37 Miles North of Here this afternoon. The body Picody was re covered first and Pardiac Abonit five minutes later. The two were separated about ten feet. Fred Roberts of Man. In the Canoe was Able to swim to Shore. Capsized in Defly the three Young men paddled Down the Martin River about. Eight Miles when their Canoe was capsized by the Eddy at the foot of the rapids below a narrow opening into a Lake formed by the widening of the River. The current was so Swift that they were unable to strike out for Shore. Roberts left the Canoe first and managed to reach land the other two men still hanging onto the capsized boat. When he safety he found that his companions had Dis appeared after searching the Shore for some Trace of them our for their Camp through seven Miles of Virgin Forest. There a search party was formed but the bodies were not located until today when grappling Irons sent out from North Bay were used. The bodies were brought into North Bay. That of Cody was sent to to Ronto tonight. Pardiac is survived by his widowed Mother three Brothers and four Sis ters. Three. Dead four badly burned we motor car hits gasoline station associated press despatch san Jose Calif., july 15. Three men were killed outright four were badly injured and a collection of buildings Here were burned in a terrific automobile crash that was Fol Lowed by an explosion this afternoon. The dead Are Albert Odermatt 42 Ernest Allenbach 25 j. Schonta Hier. The car dashing Down first Street careened into the a. Pool Hall and. Broke Down two gasoline pumps machine with Gaso line and then exploded. The the Fri int of the Pool Hall and front the neighbouring garage As Well As those imprisoned in the automobile wreckage were burned while hundreds looked on horrified. Los Angeles capitalist beats business associate with Hammer shoots him special United news despatch to free press by free press private wire los Angeles gal., july 15. Jacob f. Goldstein 56-year-old capitalist struck Down s. A. Stearns a broker and associate with a Hammer and then shot him four times tilling him instantly he reported to police tonight. He was arrested on a charge of murder. Stearns death followed a Long Battle which wrecked two offices on the fifth floor of the Hellman Bank building and climaxed a bitter argument Over business connected with the Rothschild mortgage company. Thief police patrol Wagon Joseph Johnson steals Flash after hard Chase Montreal ice peddle must have hard head hit by 25-Pound Block of ice has Cut dressed and works on Canadian press despatch july Schawalt ice peddle miraculously escaped death Here today when a Block of ice weighing 25 ibs., dropped from the third Story of an apartment House and landed atop his head. Schaw Lap was not even seriously Hurt. He suffered Only a slight Cut on the. Top of his head treated by a physician and re turned to his work shortly afterwards. Establishes new record for flagpole sitting special United despatch to free press by free press private wire Cli Cafro. Tils., july 15. Chicago s High life has ceased to exist for hold pm Joe Powers. Powers came Down from his Perch 637 feet above Chica go s Loop at 5.10 Today after set Ting a new record for flagpole sitting on the High staff on the top of the forty Storey Morrison hotel Here. He to his Perch june 29, and has sat there continuously Ever since. He established a sitting1 record of 16 Days two hours and 40 minutes As against the Mark of 16 two hours and by spider Haines in Denver. Freighter sunk by liner All but one of Crew saved Holland american liner Venedam crashes into norwegian Steamer Nagaland off Nantucket lightship Twenty of freighters Crew leap aboard the liner and five others picked Jap from water by lifeboats. Associated press despatch new York. July 15. Twenty five men were steaming into port tonight on the Holland America liner. Veen dam while their Oliv Craft the norwegian Steamer Nagaland and one of their comrades Lay in 30 fathoms of water off Nantucket lightship. The Venedam and the Saraland col idea before Dawn this morning live Miles East of the lightship and. The norwegian Steamer a Craft of but tons Gross Register loaded with pounds of sugar Sank in 15 minutes. The Nagaland carried a Crew of 23 men. Including Captain a Pederson. As the two vessels collided 20 of these men were Able to leap to the towering Venedam a ship of tons. Five others were picked up from the water by the Venedam s life boats but one Sailor was not found although the Venedam cruised the Vicinity for an hour. Captain Krol of the Venedam re ported by wireless to the associated press after the collision that his Shio was undamaged and that he was feeding to new York. Ocean Steaki Shors Steamer Mir Medosa Bosi Vertri. Arrived at Liverpool Arix sep one of Tho most Axi Dacloush thefts in the records committed at.7.50 last night when Joseph John son a went to the. Police patrol Wagon momentarily left by the officers and an elec tric flashlight which had been left on the seat of . He was leaving when the officers returned with an Ordinary drunk they had taken into custody and the Light was missed. They called on the., stranger to Stop but he hastened when he saw that the officers followed1 him ran to rough a Back fences and there was quite a Chase . The flashlight was his pocket and he was taken to the police station and charged with the the eff. The imputation was. Not denied and. The. Accused will appear before the police court this morning. Geneva delegates to is. Members say Britain and Japan must agree on naval limitation Sprowal Unildo Trews Cubit free press by free press private wire Geneva Switzerland. July disarmament delegates prepared today for a week end of conferences with representatives of their own governments before resuming negotiations next week on the unsolved question of Cruiser allowances. W. O. Bridgeman of the British Dele gation saw Baron Sako. Japan during the Day but no Progress was reported. United states delegates say it is up to Japan and great Britain to agree and that the United states is Likely to accept any solution they. May be Able to draft. Wea Tulik report the following is uie weather report issued from the Winnipeg meteorological office at 7 pm temperature 70 Maxi mum for the preceding 12 hours. 80 mini mum. 64 barometer 29.91 North wind at 10 mile1 per hour sky fair. Showers have occurred in Many Sec Tion throughout the West and there is Little change in temperature. A. My. A. My. Or rupert___46 74 port Arthur _s4 63 52 76 Cochrane a 56 7i Parry 78 86 London-------_66. 74 63 Toronto---------64 70 Victoria Vancouver Kamloops. _ Calgary _ Edmonton 54 70 Kingston Swift cur. 72 Ottawa Battleford -.52 53 _ 54 or. Albert med. Hat Moose. Jaw Saskatoon Regina 74 Montreal 74 Quebec. 72 John 77 Halifax --------56 " 54 ___50" 72 Western provinces moderate Canadian Hunter. Loa winds scattered showers but partly fair from and moderately warm. Montreal Superior moderate to Iresh winds tartly Cloudy with much the Tern Montreal Pesature local Thunder Howors. Set up at will possess authority Over commander in chief of army associated press Cable China july military Council which will possess the right authority Over the commander la chief of the. Army has. set up by the moderate nationalist govern ment which has its. Headquarters at banking. The Council was formally inaugurated today when its members tuck the oath of office. Koo Yin fun Tho presided said that the Council would have functions similar to those of the ministries. Of War Navy and air in Europe and that the army s Cona Mander in chief would be subject to the Council s orders. Chiang Kalisi Iek seeks armistice f associated press Cable peking China Jaily 15. General Chang Tsung Chang commander for the Northern peking chinese government has notified his government that a representative of general Chiang Kai Shek military., of the banking. Moderate nationalist government has visited him at teen Anfu and requested the opening of negotiations aiming at an armistice Between the banking and peking re Gimes. Worth h Uron writ out nominations for by Kiev ton Oil sept 5 polling sept. 13 Canadian press despatch Ottawa july 16. The writ for the by election. In North Huron ont., made necessary. By. The. Death of the Lato John w. King was . Nominations will take place. September 5, and polling Day will be on monday sep tember 12. Courtney Hopes to Start Atlantic flight next week up Octal to United news Cable to free press by free press. Private wire Southampton 1 Ugland july 15. Captain of t. Courtney commenced , tests of his transatlantic sea plane today and Hopes to hop off for new York Early next week. Nine killed in collapse of1 Bridge in Spanish Village a associated press Cable Madrid Spain july 15. A report from Palencia in the North Western part of Spain says that nine persons were killed through the collapse of a Bridge in the Village Baierl. The Accident occurred As various passing Over the Bridge in connection with a fete. A ooze Alq Hutek three a Day at sea Shore . Asks treaty on St. Dominion government wants More time to consider appendices of engineering report says Canada will then be pleased to discuss whole situation with . At Early Date Kellogg says scheme will serve Industrial Well being of both countries Canadian press despatch Ottawa ont., july govern ment of the United states has invited Canada to enter into negotiations leading toward a treaty Lor the joint development of the St. Lawrence River As a waterway for Ocean traffic. The government of Canada reply asks for further time in consider certain appendices to the report of the joint engineering Board before deter mining its policy. After these Appen dices containing certain alternative plans have been received Canada will have pleasure in disc passing with the United states at As Early a Date As possible the whole essence is the effect of the correspondence just passed Between prank b. Kellogg Secretary of state for the ten died states and Premier King Secretary of state for external affairs. It is the latest development in a lengthy series of negotiations and investigations which commenced in 1909 regal Ding the St. Lawrence River development. Secretary Kellogg s note to the Adlan. Government is dated april 13, and Premier King s reply is dated july 12. All the correspondence was exchanged through the Canadian min ister and the american minister in Ottawa. Secretary Kellogg s note the note from. Frank. B. Kellogg Secretary of state to Hon. Vincent Massey Canadian minister Wash ington., dated april 13, stated the. St. Lawrence River commission appointed by the president to advise this government on the. Subject recently undertook an examination of. All of the economics As. Well As Engineer ing facts bearing upon the proposed development and has made a com plete report covering All aspects. It concludes that the construction of the Shipway at proper Depths would re on Page three Story of terrorism in Illinois is told taking of evidence at trial of Birger Newman and Hyland begins special United news Pera Aleh n free press by free press private wire Benton july 15. The Story of gang warfare and terrorism in Southern Illinois is beginning to be told As. The Burger Newnan Hyland murder trial enters its third phase. Eye witnesses to the murder of mayor West City related from the witness stand in the Franklin county court today How Adams had been shot Dojun. By two assailants. It was the beginning of testimony up on which. Prosecution attorney boy Martin Hopes to convict for the. Murder of Adams. Or. And mrs. Boy Adams no rela Tion of the slain mayor told How they were walking near the Home of Adams on the night of the murder when two youths hurried past them. A few minutes later they heard shots and saw the two men flee from the porch of the mayor s Home they said. Entering the. Home they found Adams on the floor fatally wounded. The two men the state contends were Harry and Elme Thomasson. Members of the Birger gang. Harry Thomasson has confessed he killed Adams at the command of Birger. He will be a state s witness later. Meets rioters leaders sex at Sivit la Chancellor Austria negotiates Wlton leaders of. Rioters who engaged in Des perate1 Street fighting in. Vienna yesterday dictatorship set up during socialist it handlers of c.n1 a did strike Hon. Peter Heenan says basis of agreement denial by Mosher president of Railroad brother Hood says sleeping and dining car trouble settled Canadian press despatch a Ciciora. Ont. July 15. A basis of settlement has been arrived of and the danger of a strike of employees members of the Canadian brotherhood of railway employees of the railways eliminated according to a statement made Here today by Hon. Peter Heuan min ister of labor. A report from Ottawa however quotes a. B. Mosher presi Dent of Canadian brotherhood of railway employees to the contrary. I. Am now in a position to state that a basis of settlement has been arrived at and All danger of a strike is or. Heenan stated when interviewed at his Home today. The basis is not Given out. The dispute Between the employees and management involved freight handlers clerks and checkers. It has been of Long standing and concerned wage and working conditions schedules. The workers accepted a four cent an hour increase in wages recommended by a conciliation Board but the award was not acceptable to the Cana Dian National management. Negotiations followed and the company com promised offering general increases of two and a half cents an hour. This the men refused and a strike vote continued on. Page five gunmen in Montreal capture quor car Choice spirits and wines Worth stolen Canadian press despatch Montreal july 15. Two gunmen swooped Down upon an automobile Laden with Worth of Choice spirits and wines this evening in the East end of the City held up its two occupants and after forcing them to alight drove away with the vehicle. Later the car was found abandoned and empty. The police Are investigating a clue which May Lead to an Early arrest it is stated. Series of earthquakes alarm Calexico Calif. Associated press despatch Cal Xlyn Calif., july 15. A series of earthquakes of Brief duration but sufficiently severe to cause residents to Rush into the streets was Felt Here at 6.02 this evening. The tremors lasted 20 seconds. The tremors were described As beg the heaviest Felt Here since last Janu Ary when Over a half million dollars in properly was damaged by disastrous earthquakes. Rioting starts after acquittal of former soldiers accused of murdering socialist Palace of Justice burned offices sacked apartments looted and police stations raided rioters hold strategical Points while leaders negotiate with Chancellor Seipel i5.v associated press Vienna was the scene or bitter riot ing and Street fighting yesterday. Virtually isolated from the remain Der of Europe Complete and even accurate details of the situation were slow in seeping of trough but estimates of its casualties ranged up to 400, with the dead from 12 to 100. Through the veil of silence came one report from a furl that a. Ked dictatorship had been set up but other dispatches from Border towns said that the situation had been mastered by the authorities. The rioting started the acquittal of several former soldiers accused of murdering a. Socialist. The Palace of Justice was burned and records destroyed. Special dispatches received in. Lou Don stated that the rioting was really part of a coup d eat but no confirmation of this was a sports reached Paris late last eve Ning that the police station in tenth Ward Hud been burned Down and that three policemen had lost their lives there. Forty policemen were Salt to have been encircled and besieged la the Wing of the Palace of Justice touched by the flames and to have an Insull client Supply of ammunition and arms to hold out. They May surrender it was stated. If the rioters were not halted. A general. Strike was reported to. Have been culled tonight with the rioting mob waiting at strategical Points while negotiations Between their leaders and Chanc Ejvor Scalpel proceeded. Newspaper offices were sacked apartments looted near the place of Justice and police stations raided. Says opera House set afire july Turin dispatch to the Dally mall filed at j0.30 Said that it was reported Flora. Vienna that a red dictatorship had been proclaimed in Austria. The dispatch says that messages received from Vienna at i o clock this evening reported that 100 persons had been killed and 200 wounded in the rioting today. Many of the wounded were not expected to live. The dispatch said that the Vienna opera House was reported to have been set afire by communists and that Tho socialist Leader Otto. Bauer was Winnipeg warmly welcomes International soil experts thirty different countries represented in gathering of nearly 200 scientists visiting agricultural College to make examination of of government at banquet. In an to ascertain a univer Sal soil classification a party of. 190 official delegates from All parts of the world to the first Congress of soil science held recently at Washington d.c., arrived yesterday afternoon in Winnipeg and wore Given a rousing of the province the City and the Winnipeg Board of Trade. Included in the party were some of the leading soil scientists of the universe and Over thirty distinct countries Are re presented. The party travelling by special train Over Canadian National lines arrived m. The 2 of clock where they were greeted by representatives of the province the agricultural College and the Winnipeg Board of Trade. Hon. Albert Ere Fontayne of agr culture and j. H. Evans represented the government Dean w. C. My professor t. J. Harris of the Field husbandry department re presented the agricultural College while overs a Hundred members of the Young men s Section of the Winnipeg Board of Trade were present with their car which they placed at the disposal of the visitors. J. H. Of the agricultural College. Himself Fin. A Larate authority on soil science met the party during the morning at Brandon and accompanied them to the City. The first International Congress of soil science opened at Washington d.c., june 22, when an interesting ten Day session was held. It was then decided to stage the inspection tour of the american continent in order to examine and classify the numerous varieties of soil in that vast area. From Washington therefore the party went South crossing the Mississippi River at Memphis Tenn. And. Enter ing Canadian territory at Vancouver last monday. At 10. O clock last even ing following a banquet in their Honor at the fort Garry hotel the. Party left for Fargo ., from where they will tour the country within thy continued on , rive continued on Page two from the free press Flics july 16. Fifty years ago among Tho passengers who landed in Winnipeg from the Minnesota Joseph Fahey a Young railway Man from Firat bus appeared on main Street route from opposite the free press office near the Corner of Schultz water Street to Point Douglas round trips every hour fare ten cents glib los of the Northwest Angle stages manager. Forty five years ago a warning sent out by the Dominion Treasury that some packages of unsigned is and 42 Bills Lead been stolen and though worthless were lation did not cause any Lurry in Winnipeg As nobody in the i thriving Metropolis Ever handled a Small As that. The Winnipeg letter carriers in their Brand new uniforms looked decidedly Tony. Forty a cars ago work commenced on the elevator Portage la Prairie which expected to be up in time to handle the season s Winnipeg and Minnesota rowing association meeting was attended by h. M. Howell a. F. Gait e. W. H. Van Allen w. E. Bram Nall Walter Hal Costa c. E. Wheeler m. C. Hamer and f. Stobart. Thirty five years ago or. And mrs. Rudyard Kipling arrived in Winnipeg and registered it the Manitoba asked As to the Worle upon which he was at present engaged or. Kipling intimated that task upon which he was most earn Estly occupied was the eluding of interviewers stated that he was go ing East and thence Home be on his return from a honeymoon trip to India. Thirty years Aro miss m. Winstanley Prudham re turned from a. Highly con i Ert tour along the m. All the Tikal Napers bore witness to the qual Ity arid popularity of. The concerts of which eur were Given at each town Twenty five years ago Bob Fitzs Lymoris and Jim were training hard for their coming Battle at san Francisco on the 26tn the rest surpassed anything of the kind in previous puget Etc history the Odds favored Jeffries but old Bob had a Good supporters too. Two nov years ago messes. Saulta Pollard a newly incorporated company took Over free press Job printing Twain interviewed As to to England said it had made him seven years younger and be had hence Noti fied to undertaker that wac. Funeral would shot take place on the Daffy. Arranged ;