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New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
77tll Advanced
Furthest of Any
u. S. Division
Made More Than 9 Per
Cent of Entire Gain Cred.
tied to American Forces.
General March Announces
Mssc York Tribune
WdshiuUtoa Pur..,

bdSHfngtoH Buredu
WASHINGTON, May Hover 9 ner
cent OF the entire advance of the
American forces against Germany was
made by the 77th Division, New York,s
own, Chief of Staff March announces
to-day in giving details of the front
line activities of United States troon.
The 77th Division advanced r. (
kilometres, equalling e.14 per cent ~
the entire advance movement of tho
Americans against the enemy. Tba
I'd Division of Regulars. with which tho
5th and 9Th Regiments of Marines
were cooperating, covered 60 kilo-
metres, the next greatest distance for
ward, and the 42d, or Rainbow. Divi-
sion, of which the old seth, New York
National Guard, was a part, made tho
third greatest advance, 55 kilometres.
The 1st, s9th and Sd Divisions came
next and comprised the American or-
CARNATIONS, which advanced more than
per cent of the entire American for
ward movement.
"The 77th Division" General March
said, twas organized in New York Citv
and recently has come back under
General Alexander. The records show
that the 77th made its greatest ad.
vance on the Vesle and in the Argonne
Meuse battle, going through the Ar
gonne Forest for distance of so kilo
metres from September 26 to Novem-
Der IL. The AID Division Is the Rain
bow Division, which you all know, and
it was commanded while abroad largely
by General Menoher. The I'd, 1st and
Sd Divisions are regular army divi-
sions. The 89th Division was raised In
Kansas, Missouri and Colorado, and
was commanded during most Of its
advance in France by Major General
| William NJ WRIGHT"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
''Stars and Stripes" to Stop
Publication on June I

PARIS. May II (By. Tho Associated
Prcss).--" Stars and Stripcs," the Of
ncial newspaper Of tho American Ex-
peditionary Forces, will suspend pub
licstion on Juno 18, it was announced
to-day.
Tho suspension Of the newspaper in
dicates tho rapid evacuation Of tho
American army.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
2,lOl, ,O29 Men Have Been
Discharged From Servic

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Discharccs
from tho army have reached a total Of
2,1Ol ,o29 officers and mon, of whom
lo9'oz7 were in commissioned grades.
Large numbers Of temporary officers
are availlng themselves OF the oppor-
tunity to retain connection with the
military establishment, 4l,e20 having
applied for reserve commissions and
22,5o5 for commissions in the regular
army.
Total forces in France on May 15
we're given officially to-day as 94S, ,005.
Voluntary snlistments have passed
$4,000
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

OF Ordnance, and Captain Percy ".
Foote, naval aid to the Secretary.
An accident that threatened for q
time to be serious occurred as the
Mount Vernon was steaming up the
bay. The steam yacht Gloucester,
formerly J. P. Morgan's Corsair, had
taken a party down the bay to meet
the Mount Vernon and opposite Fort
Wadsworth she was rammed by the
quartermaster's boat General Joseph
E. Johnston. A Vshaped hole was
torn in the Gloucester's side and it
was necessary to put her passengers
aboard q tender.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Two Killed i'm Seaplane
Fall at Pensacola Fla.

PENSACOLA, Fla, May 17.-Ensign
F. NJ. Fowler, of Salem, Mass, and
Chief Quartermaster Eyar were killed
here to-day in the fall Of seaplane
into Pensacola Bay. The plane was
wrecked.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

To-day's list was divided as follows:
Killed in action, 2; died of wounds,
:; died of accident and other causes.
IA; died of disease, II; wounded Sc
verely, a.; wounded (degree undeter
mined), IS; wounded slightly, 23O.
NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY
Following are the names from New
York City and vicinity:
Died OF Wounds
BROWN, Private David A. Newark. NJ.
Wounded degree Undetermined
BARTNICK. Sergeant Benjamin. Liberty
BEYER. Corporal William T.. Baldwin
.. cluDlcE Private Frank, ss Broome
INGLEsE. Private Ernest, Garwood, N J
IRELAND. Private Walter c. Williams
JoHMANNE. Private Emil. Long Island
MULLINS. Private Fergus P, 6s Lexiny-
ton Avenue, New York.
THATCHER. Private Raymond D., Philips.
zAJAc. Private Joseph. 2s5 Lincoln Ave
Wounded Severely
NORTON. Corporal Howard H.. Laurel
Hill. N. Y.
GAVIN. Private Joseph F.. 3sG ST. Marks
Avenue. Brooklyn.
GIBB, Private John r.. Glen Cove, N. Y.
HANNIGAN. Private Edward 307 East
Seventy-sixth Street, New York.
HUNT. Private Joseph j.. SO Hard Ave
nue.. Trenton, N. J.
KESsLER. Private Louis. 54 Walton
Street Brooklyn.
TARBELL. Private Leslie F., Rushford,
NY
Wounded Slightly
n.I1s,1s HoRN1NG; q Lieutenant Clarence e. Pen
YOUNG. lieutenant Donald, 55 Wall
Street, New York.
HALLQUIST Sergeant Fred. Corona.
HARLOW, Sergeant St. Clair A. "a
West l36th Street. New York.
WHITING. Sergeant Oscar L., 36 North
Church Street. Cortland. N. Y.
CORLISS, Corporal Richard j., 52l Pali-
&C cLEMisHIRE, Corporal @ Nv; V:re s' W.. w. pavids
Road. Schenectady. N. Y.
GRIEsI Corporal Alfred, 524 East Six
tcenth Street. New York City.
HAYES. Wagner Charles, Seneca Falls
NJ Y
DAILY. Private William j.. 177s Brooklyn
SLY Gi1sEHrE FEvass Rorso. ITO Page
GRAUER. Private Louis. 1928 G,atton
Street Brooklyn.
HAMERSCHLAAG. Private Harry, 1910
DeKalb Avenue. Brooklyn.
HOPKINS. Private Elvn. New Egypt
N. J.
KIRcH. Private Purley. AZ Garden Street
BLOCK. Private Jack, ss2 Rogers Place
Apartment 2. New York City.
CROSBY. Private Clarence Alison, Sack
etts Harbor. N. Y.
GlUDICE. Private Frank, 80 Broome
Street, New York City.
GOLDBERG. Private Morris. 1s6 High.
land Building. Brooklyn.
- Grooming. Private Andrew. Waterloo
N. X
HoLcoMB. Private Clinton H.. Poland
| N. Y.
HORAK. Private Vincent j.. So5 Laurie
Street. Perth Amboy. N. J.,
JEWETT. Private George j.. Malone
| Ne Y.
KELLEY. Private Edward. Kings Park
RETH. Private Joseph J.. 80 Orient Ave,
nue.. Brooklyn.
scERBo. Privae Samuel. 21s Boonton
Road. Boonton, N. J.
STEVENS. Private Everett j. Edmston
| N. Y 80
vIELOCK. Privats Adam j.. 218 yas.
seller Avenue, Bound Brook. N. j..
| ZEKOWSKl, Private Tony, A24 Chaunccy
! street, Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
$50 More Names
Added to Casualty
Lists by Pershingg g
81 More Deaths Recorded
in A. E. F.; Grand Total
for Army Abroad Now
Has Reached 294,736

WASHINGTON. May 17.-Genera,
Pershing's daily report of casualties in
the American expeditionary forces to-
day added 356 names to the list. max
ing the total of casualties in the armv
and Marine Corps to date 294,736.
Army and Marine Casualties to Date
Reported
v:n., May u. Total
n n:Iisa IN action. .::,.... 35.083
Died of wounds, accidents and
disease and lost at sea SO Al OR
Wounoea .'................. 319 286. COZ
niSslne NJ ............... G,5G9
~ ~ hanos OIL enemy. ....... %
Prisoners released and returned - 4.504
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 356 294,736
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

/ faults in child diet, child specialists
tell us is too much sugar. When sugar
rations were n wartime necessity chill
dren undoubtedly Jared better and
the fact that candy is still very eNpen-
sive IL no doubt a good thing for them.
Sugar of course. should have a place
in the child's diet, but it should never
be used in place of other food. The
chiids stomach is not adapted to di-
gesting this particular form of highly
concentrated food.
The child's diet should be made sat
isfying as we'll as nourishing. so satis-
flying that the child will not crave
sugar or any other food that 1t ought
not to have.
a sweet dessert, such as apple
sauce, custard. baked apple or rem
net, can he safely given to n very
young child But very little sugar
on the child's cereal should he enough
and, il it is given little weak cocoa,
this too should be only slightly sweet
ened. Don't begin tn sprinkle the su-
gar on tho cereal more and more gen.
erously for. although a child does like
sugar 1t is your fault if tho child gets
a craving for sweets. The eating of
sugar is largely a matter of habit
and can best be avoided by giving him
a little sugar. just enough To satisfy
his desire for Il. hut not enough to
'orm - habit Of eating it in larS'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Found

fOUNF--On road leading to Pasco
across the state line. black leather
hand bag, containing Doctors sup.
Iii.-s. Owner can receive same BY
leaving word at this office and pay
ing charges.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

ONLY 5000 for 10 acres. all under
government ditch. one mile from
Hermiston. Ore. is renced, not a
building, Is best alfalfa land. Joining
land has cut as high MS tons alfalfa
per acre. No rocks or gravel. soil is
sandy silt. Address Ed Maher, TIE.
nino, Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
All Lines Still Weak
In Open Cattle Market

PORTLND, June 5.--Eleven car
loads of livestock entered the North
Portland yards over night. but three
of these went direct to killers and did
not enter the market at all
These direct shipments consisted
OF cattle, and formed practically the
only arrivals for the day in that d.
vision. In general the trend of the
cattle market was considered steady.
although there was nothing available
to test sentiment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

nowadays"
"My dear Majah, I-ah-paid jes
nine dolIahs n quavt foh it, sah'"
I "Ain't that Il trfle expensive, Colo
nel2" esi
Not in my estimatioon, sab. 1t is
the fust time ! have evuh had tn
privilege of payiu' somewheh neah tn
figure I have always considered it
wuth.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

LOgr-32 I.uger revolver from my
car at the Pendieton Auto Co.,
week ago last Friday. $4,000 reward
is returned to Dave Nelson, lit Il.
Washington ST.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

LOST fox terrier dog. Black and
white spots. 1-2 months old.
Suitable reward II found. Pendleton
Fire Dept, City Hall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

The store ads grve YOU light on
he subject OF the next purchases you
plan to make. After reading them.
you KNOw--and do not have to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
GET A GOOD GRIP
ON HEALTH

Look out for the unnatural weak
ness that indicates thinning of the
blood and lack of power. 1t means
that your bodily organs are starving
for want of good nourishment; that
the red corpuscles are fewer, unequal
to demands of health. Hood S Sarsa-
parilla increases strength of the deli
cate and nervous, restores red cor
puscles, makes the blood carry health
to every part, creates an appetite.
If You need n good eathartie medi-
cine. Hood 5 Pills will satisfy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
HOUSEHOLD


One of the most frequent causes of
cronic digestion troubles. stomach spe-
ciaiists tell us Is faulty diet in child
hood, and one Of the most FREQUENT
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

Coupling experience in buying with
ap-to-date study of the 'ads." a wo-
man becomes a highly EFFICIENT
member of the home-makine partner
ship.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

FOR SALE-Furnished seven room
house with two lots. on one of best
locations on north side. House is new.
Price $500. Would consider y good
second hand touring car in trade, but
no inflated values. Address II. r.
this office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
DAILY EAST oREcoNAN OREGON THURSDAY
WANT ADS, CLASSIF'1
NO TICE S

The Remington Autoloading Rifle
lets go five one-ton- blow shots--you
simply press trigger for each shot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Beauty Shop

HAIRDREsSING, SCALP TREAT
men.. facials. Hair dyeing all
eolors. Marie Isobb. Room 21. Judd
Bldg. Tel 1850.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

LOST--32x3 i-2 Diamond treat tire
and rim on Cabbage hill road. Mo-
tify Il. o. office. Reward.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Swinc Nnlnc,s Wcnllen.

Only n small run of swine was
shown at North Portland over night.
totals being Sc head. compared with
109 last week, and lao a year ago.
The start OF the market was slow, with
nothing sold above $19.25, which was
considered about the extreme figure
for packers droves.
i.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

Slow tone and no early sales were
indicated in tho market for mutton
and lambs at North Portland. Senti-
ment as regards the price appeared
to be about the same as yesterday.
General sheep range:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Lost.

LOST--Butt Joint from fish pole.
Suitable reward IL left at fire dept.
city hall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

"Colonel. l hear, sab, yeh have
laid In new sut ply of liquor, an
l understan' 1t - Iight high in price
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Auto Repairing
Auto Wrecking

USED PARTS every description. We
buy your car, condition no object
Auto Clearing House, Garden & Alta.
Phone 1855.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

For Alfalfa irrigation district.
Teamsters and laborers, 81 for eight
hours. New camp, spring beds and
mattress furnished. Apply Waliula.
Wash. General Construction Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Taxi Service
Tailors

II reading the AIS VIII help you TO
buy more wisely. isn't the task worth
Rhile?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

FOR sALE--l47O acres of fine wheat
land. one and one-half miles from
station. Good house and barn. 500
acres in summerfailow. All plow
land. Price s25.00 per acre. Part
cash. bal. crop payments. per cent
int. w. S. Smith. lone. oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

FORD ROADSTER for sale, first
class condition. See +. II. Chatas
or call 315 w. Alta
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

FOR sALE--worid champion pedi-
greed male and female Russian
wolf hounds Six months old. Right
age to train. First $3.50 takes them.
II. S. Hill. 16s Court House. Portland,
Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
For Sale Continued

FOR sSALE--Ali kinds of insurance
J. II. Estes. GA Main st. Phone 604
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

FOR SALc-Good garage, good To-
cation in business part OF town.
Well equipped with machinery and
tools. good stock of extras and tires.
Must quit on account or health. ]. d.
Roger. City Garage, Pilot Rock. ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

AUTO Tires vulcanized, bicycles and
supplies, Savage tires. key fitting.
iPendleton Cycle Co, 22s e. Court
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Auto Washing

CARS WASHED call for and de
liver. Especially equipped TO han
die work right. Automobile Laundry
Phone 80, opposite court house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

EVERY article Laundered perfectly.
There's an agent In your town.
Troy Laundry, sos Garden Sc.
" 40
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Notices, Business Opportunities Locals Lost, Found,
For Rent, Etc. Classified for Easy Reference
Wanted

GIRLS WANTED at the Delta. No
experience necessary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05
Auto Tops

IF YOU NEED a New Top OF Cur
tains for your car. See Gadwa, 2ol
e. Court
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-05

-@-~---@~---~-@--@s7N~N77
LETTER HEADS, Envelopes, Bill
Heads, Loose Leaf Bills, CONNER
cial Forms, Dodgers, Placards, etc,
printed to your order. East Oregoni-
an Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
GIVE UP HAWKER

Continued from Page One.)
since they set out eastward thru the
air on Sunday in their Sopwith biplane
for Ireland was virtually abandoned
today Ey the British flyers preparing
here to take wing in their wake. News
of the safety of the NC-3 after being
so long on the water had been a source
of encouragement but it is recognized
that the Hawker-Grieve machine cars
as compared with the stout hull of
the American naval plane.
Undaunted by the Sopwith's diSap-
pearance, which must be taken into
consideration as part of the hazards
of transatlantic flight, members of
the other Cross-ocean expeditions to-
day continued to mature their plans
for flights with the next full moon
three weeks hence. From harbor
Grace came word that the Handley-
Page super-bomber would be in the
air within ten days instead of a fort
night as the assembling of this ma
chine is being expedited.
Captain Alcott of the Anglo-Ameri-
can team. which will attempt a flight
i'll a Vimy bomber, expects the latter
machine to reach here tomorrow or
Friday. While here he will use as his
base the Mt. Pearl plateau airdrome
vacated by Hawker Flying light to
Harbor Grace he will there take on a
full load of S65 gallons of gasoline be-
fore hopping off. His plane will have
range of 2,440 miles. Captain AL
colt said today that he would carry as
life saving equipment only an inflated
vest, as he considered other contriv-
ances of such doubtful value that he
would not burden his machine with
n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
HUNT 'EM BY AIR
Revenue Agents May Use Airplanes
To Find Moonshiners.

Washington, May 21.-Moonshiners
may soon have revenue agents in air
planes on their trail. Beset with diff
ficulties of finding Illicit whisky stills
in mountain wildernesses of the south.
revenue agents developed the idea of
spying upon the hidden liquor makers
from the sky. So Revenue Commits
sioner Roper asked the war depart
ment for the loan of several airplanes
which it was proposed to equip with
telephotographic apparatus to take
pictures of moonshine stills while fly
ing low, the pictures to be used as evil
dence when the moonshiners were
caught and brought into court.
The war department is considering
the request, but meanwhile army
Camouflageurs suggested that stills
might easily be concealed beneath
trees. So now the revenue agents are
bordering this new difficulty and con-
tinuing to hunt moonshiners afoOt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
NATIONWIDE GANG.
Criminal Organization Working
From Coast TO Coast.
Directed by New York Syndi-
cate of Master Crooks.

Chicago, May 21.-Investigation of
a crime gang alleged to have taken
$25O,OO out of the middle west in the
last six months assumed a national
aspect here today when it was discov-
cred that the plans for the robberies
were laid in New York City.
Among several score suspects under
arrest here, several weakened under
examination and confessed. States
Attorney Hoyne said these show the
gang operated from coast to coast and
border to border.
The crime gang exposed here was
said to be but the tools for a New
York syndicate of superlative crooks.
This syndicate. has been directing rob-
berries all over the country for many
months. it was said.
Car Thieves Syndicate.
Chicago, May 21.-Revelation of de-
tails of a syndicate of automobile
thieves operating turnout Illinois and
Wisconsin and perhaps other states
was believed today to await only the
arrest of from ten to twenty persons
alleged to be implicated in the alleged
confession of Harry Grob, Nenosha,
Wis, garage owner.
Grob, who was brought to Chicago
vest day. confessed that when he was
arrested there were sixteen stolen cars
in his garage, according to Detective
Sergeant Patrick Hamilton. Hamilton
said Grob's confession had given the
whereabouts of twenty more automo-
biies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
EDITOR is SUSPENDED
Publishers High School Scandal Sheet
Severely Disciplined.

The scandal sheet" episode at To-
peka high school has closed. The
new style journalism resulted this
morning in the suspension of one stu
dent and punishment of five others.
Otis Noll, who single handed edited
and printed the third and last issue
of the paper. 1t is said, was suspended
for the balance of the term and his
credits held up.
The other five boys, who admitted
that they published the first and sec
ond copies. this afternoon held an
audience with the faculty, student
council and representative of school
societies and others who had been ridi-
culed in the scandal sheet" They
publicly acknowledged the articles
they were responsible for. Later the
principal, r. r. Cook, will tell the en-
tire student body about the paper and
its editors. The boys, Ben Marsh,
Paul Kinkel, William Macarthur,
Marsh Smith and Dick Mckee, have
promised Cook that they will not re-
peat their journalistic endeavor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
GET FEW FINE DAYS
Continued from Page one.l

(Continued from Page One.)
shine. There has been more than
enough rain and sunshine is needed
badly now to furnish warm stimulus
to the plant life.
In the last twenty -four hours no
rain has fallen in Kansas. No rain is
predicted for several days. The roads
are drying up rapidly under the wind
and the sunshine. They are still
rough in the eastern part of the state.
Temperatures in the last "a hours
have been below normal turnout the
entire state. At 6 o'clock this morn
ing the reading here was As degrees.
The lowest temperature in the state,
SO degrees, was reported from both
Garden City and Scott City. An area
of high barometric pressure over the
Dakotas spreading down over the
plains states. caused the cool weather
here.
The temperatures TOMORROW will
range between about 45 in the early
morning and so In the afternoon, it is
predicted. The river is still rising slow
ly. 1t measured 9.6 feet this morn
ing. There has been a rise of about
one-half foot since yesterday. The
extremes or record for this date were
81 in 1902 and 81 in 1892. At 8
o'clock this afternoon the wind was
blowing at the rate of 20 miles an
hour from the northwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
Will Send More Notes.

Such comment as it was possible to
adduce in official quarters permits
the inference that the German reply
will basicaI1y underscore the contra
diction alleged by Germany be-
tween the terms of peace and
President Wilson's program, which
it will be said was accepted in
good faith by both parties as a basis
for negotiations. The German peace
mission at Versailles will in the course
of the next few days transmit a series
Of important notes dealing with issues
involved on the eastern frontier in
A1sace-Lorraine and occupied terri
tory, the size of the indemnity, the
manner of its payment, German pri-
waite property in hostile countries and
the rights of labor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-21
ANOTHER OCEAN RACE
Anglo-U. S. Team and Handley-Page
Crew Prepare for Flight.

st. Johns, May with the result
of Hawker's endeavors in doubt plans
for another prospective race Mgan to
develop here similar to that for
which Hawker and Frederick Prayn-
ham were lined up here longer than
a month.
The Anglo-American team, Alcott
as pilot and Brown as navigator, Of
the Vimy bombing plane, which is due
to arrive here today, announced
that this flight for Ireland would be
undertaken with the coming of the
next full moon. Alcott has wired to
Vice Admiral Kerr at Harbor Grace
for permission to use the flying field
Of the Handley-Page plant now as
sembling there for take off" Alcott
said he would fly light from st. Johns
to Harbor Grace and there would start
with a full load on his transatlantic
journey.
The Handley-Page will be ready at
the same time, in the opinion of Ad-
miral Kerr, and a race for what may
still prove to be the first crossing is
expected to result.
The $4,000 prize offered by the
London Daily Mail apparently is still
open to competition, as the conditions
require the coast line must be crossed.