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, 1922-06-13
HVE-MIZE AIR SHIP SUBSIDY
LEAP IS MADE Is DEMANDED
Worlds Record of
24,2O6 Feet in Par
achute Is Set in
Daring Jump

DAYTON, Ohio, June 49,
(By The Associated Press.)-
Lashed and whipped about by
a 120-mile gale more than
four and a half miles above
earth on the verge of suffoca-
ton. caused by loss Of his oxygen
tank. and compelled 20 cling to ropes
and straps attached to a parachute
for fear that a whiriing cross current
might weaken and cause them to
break. arr several OF the mere de-
tails related today by Captain A w.
Stevens. aerial photographer, McCook
field who yesterday broke the worlds
p~arachuo jump record. when be de-
scended - ,206 feel.
The fact that Il was Captain Stew.
ems first drop" tends to made his
feat n of the most remarkable in
h history of a, iation. He suffered
no Ill effected from his hazardous trip.
The plane in which Captain Stevens
assembled. a twin riotored Martin
bomber. piloted by Liuetenant Leigh
Wade. broke the worlds altitude rec
ord for this particular type OF ship,
carrying three passengers when it at
tanned a ceiling of 24,2os feet Ser
geant Roy Langham was the third
member OF the party.
Captain Stevens was reluctant tods
to discuss details of his experience. 2
For a long time I nave wanted to
make a parachute drop" he said. ''pri-
marily to obtain first hand information
as to he sensations one feels. 1 am
highly gratified TO think 1 was able to
bring another record to McCook field.
When the plane reached the ceiling
I made ready to jump. As near as I
could judge we were over Springfield .
Ohio. Bidding my pals goodbye. I
jumped.
THE opening or the parachute
the oxygen tank to become loose
from its ~fastenings on the front of
my clothing. Grasping it with both
hands / endeavored to retain it
The wind which was travelling at a
speed of 100 miles per hour. whipped
the parachute around like a jackstraw.
chute. in an effort to check oscilla-
ropes and straps which heic me to the
chute. in an effort to check oscilla-
ton. which. threatened to weaken the
supports. It was then that 1 lost the
tank. 1 think it fell some place near
Springfield.
ut was an experience l never shall
forget. Before settling down To a low
err altitude L thought my time had
come as l was nearly suffocated due
to the of h atmosphere.
Dropping out of the gale into calmer
N---.- w. -.
, 1922-06-13
ARMY NEED EMPHASIZED
BY SECRETARY OF WAR
IN WEST POINT SPEECH

WEST POINT. N. Y. June Ia
Assertions that tho United States
does not need an army were met by
Secretary Weeks Of the war depart
ment in an address at the gradual
ing exercises OF the United States
military academy today with the
statement that the civilization of
the world rests on no surer founda-
ton than did the civilization of Bos-
tom at the time Of the police strike
nearly three years ago.
force Of the military establishments
of the nations of the world he de-
clared, ian INDISPENSABLE state OF
choas would result and civilization
would be rapidly exterminated
through slef destruction"
To say that United States does
not need an army. he added. is just
as reasonable as to say that Boston,
Chicago and our other large cities
do no need a police force"
The question Of the. size of the
army. he declared. would always be
a matter of controversy, especially
as after a great war there is IAN
alarming tendency for the overbur,
dened taxpayer to forget the les
sons OF the past and cancel his in
surance, trusting to luck for at least
a few years without the national
protection which those more familiar
with military matters INT require
ments deem necessary"
, 1922-06-13

Sound off City Island strewn with n
wrecked and capsized boats. AT least
40 visitors to CITY Island were drowned
In h disaster and the police are
convinced that the death list will reach
as high as 10. 1t will be days before
the total loss Of life WIN be known
The Bronx grand jury has started an
investigation of the wreck of the fer.
ris wheel at Clas@I Point in which
Seven were killed aIl 40 other visitors
seriously injured. Officials viii .ex-
anime the wreckage to see IL tho huge
device was originally Constructed along
safe lines The owner, who was ar
rested after the tragedy will face the
grand jury today.
The property damage resulting from
the twisting winds runs into millions.
Electric light and power lines were
destroyed for miles as the poles bear
ing the cables snapped in the blasts
The loss from plate glass is only cx-
ceeded by h Black Tom explosion,
according to insurance companies COW
ering such risks.
, 1922-06-13
HARDING WANTS TARIFF
BILL BEFORE
BONUS p RATIO

immediate and lasting results. He
commended that thousands OF soldiers
who otherwise would accept the ad-
iusted service certificate plan would
accept land settlement n given such
assurances of protection as he claimed
were afforded in the proposed recla-
nation Measure
The Wyoming senator declared the
nation owed adjusted compensation to
the world war veterans as a matter Of
justice. He added that his convic-
tons were mot recent or pre-elec-
tion." but were formed when he visit
ed the battle line in France during
the war.
Calling attention That congress had
paid 50. 200, oo0. 900 to war contractors
and So. 900. 600 900 to the railroads, he
asked IL it was to be said that con-
'gress. in the light OF this, was to fail
to compensate the men who offered
to sacrifice their lives for their coun-
try. He charged that among the most
vigorous opponents of the bonus were
scme of those who made great profits
curing the
, 1922-06-13
Dead Beats On
Decrease, Say
Credit Experts

CLEVELAND. o., June 1s.-Per-
sons who never pay their bills. usu.
ally referred to as dead beats" are
rapidly disappearing. according to
delegates to the Retail Credit Mems
National association in tenth annual
convention here.
THE female of the dead beat
species used to be more deadly than
the male" Mrs. Verne Zimmerman,
credit manager of a Sounth Bend,
Ind. dry goods store said. THE in
creasing number of women in bust
ness. education in the nationwide
value of prompt payment and a
credit rating r eliminating the
thoughtless women buyers"
In his annual report, President e.
w. Nelson, of Lincoln, Neb.. recon-
mended enlargement of the bad
check and prosecution service and
establishment of a department in the
national office for recording deroga-
tory information on "skippers" or
persons who make a practice of
leaving without settling tneir ac-
counts.
, 1922-06-13
DECLARE WAR ON
SPEEDERS, JUDGE BACKS
UP ARRESTS WITH FINES

'"The speeder is the greatest men
ace to the physical well being of the
people in the United States today"
were the words with which Police
Judge John A. Murray accompanied
severaI $40 fines for such o~ffenses
last night. THE people are going to
get protection" asserted the judge.
A heavy hand is being laid on all
traffic violators in the city. Little
leniency for offenders is the motto
adhered to by the new magistrate.
Ignorance of the law is no longer an
excuse for thase who run counter to
city ordinances. whether these ordi-
nances be regarding speed, parking.
or of similar nature. With character
istic exactness, Judge Murray draws
the stipulated toll from those who are
hailed into his court.
, 1922-06-13

Win Ihe case, Dut declined TO CIV
further information.
Mrs. Brunen was escorted from her
home in Philadelphia yesterday after
noon by two men from the offices of
County Detective Ellis Parker CT Bur
lington county. Her relatives asserted
the men said she was wanted
in Mount Holly for questioning and
they were much surprised when she
did not return home last night They
knew nothing of her arrest until to-
day.
Mrs Brunen's brother, Harry Mohr,
and former employe of Brunen's cir
U.S.. Charles Powell. are under ar
rest on murder charges. Powell is
declared by the authorities to have
confessed that he did the actual shoot
ing of Brunen at Mohr's request.
among circus folk. was killed by a
charge from a shot gun as he sat
reading in his home at Riverside. N.
J. Mrs. Brunen old the police she
vas IN the second floor When she
heard the shot and ran down stairs.
Through a window. she said. accord
ing to the police. she caught a glimpse
of WI men running along a walk be-
side the house. AS she enteTed q e a
room she heard a motor car start
ing.
For weeks the authorities YER mys-
titled. But Parker. who had been u
friend of the dead man. continued his
search until in April Powell was ar
rested.
, 1922-06-13

of the country and Honolulu were In
line in the pageant, forming -four great
divisions Nearly as many bands as
there were temples were there to see
that the resplendantly Inverted hosts
kept in step. With even, snappy
steps. a lively as any weil.trained
hosts Of patriots marching off to war,
the marshaled throngs OF the view
Islam wended their way in n great
triumph along the main thoroughfare
from the minarets at the ferry tower
to the Bedouin village in the civic
center where they were reviewed by
the imperial potentate and his grand
divan and a number Of civic mobiles
The city forgot Il wind its alarm
clock last night. expecting to be
awakened by tie blare of a half hun
dred bands and the snrilling of a
thousand Arab horns 1t was not dis
appointed. Shortly after the dawn the
gaily bedecked hosts began to fill the
streets and as no shriner can march
his prettiest without music. every
band vas swapping out toe-tickling
melodies.
Then there were the drum corps and
Continued on Page Four
, 1922-06-13
Lusitdnid Case
Plan Abandoned
By the TeutOns

BERLIN, June 1s.-tBy The Asso-
ciated Press)-The German gover
ment has decided not to request that
there he a neutral observer present
at the raising Of the steamer Lusi-
tania in order to d, .ermine whether
the ship bore a military character
when it was torpedoed. The Berlin
newspapers recently ave suggested
that a neutral be appointed as an ob-
server should the hulk be raised.
' The government holds that II is not
privileged to request the presence OF
n neutral observer, as the attempt to
raise the Lusitania is to be made by
a private company.
, 1922-06-13
Cavern Opened
On Farm, Hole
Has No Bottom

WEIR, Kansas. June 13.-The
Rafferty, farm. seven miles south
of this little Cherokee county town,
has been the scene of inquisitive
hundreds. attracted there by a phe-
nomenon of nature-a cavern
seventy feet deep and ninety feet
across, which vas said to have sud-
denly appeared a few days ago.
The cracked condition of the earth
nearby portends another caye-in.
observers say
At the bottom of the pit there is
a small pool of water. which rises
and falls at intervals and persons
who have experimented declare that
a sinker let into this pool by means
of Irvine failed to reach bottom
All the earth which went down
has completely disappeared, as well
as a tree about forty feet in height
which, it is said. stood on the
ground. Local naturalists express
the belief that the cavern was caused
by an underground river or lake.
, 1922-06-13

streels Bnstening under the myriad
lights, and giving a twang to the air
that went from head to pes
The shriners were UP early for the
great pageant. advertised as the
Browning event of the jubilee As
early as z o'clock they began to gather
on the wide Embarcadero. the starting
point nj the sidewalks began to fill
with spectators at the same hour. AT
least an hour before anyone appeared
in the dripping g~randstands. many
who knew that the pageant would be
worth the long wait. appeared with
boxes and umbrellas and sat com
p~lacently on the edge of the roped off
sidewalks waiting for the festivities
to begin. The marques of the thea
tiers and the business buildings were
in great favor with those early Corners
and afforded ample protection.
The pageant. scheduled as a parade
of uniformed organizations was really
the escorting of Imperial Potantate
Ernest Allen Cults of Savannah, Ga,
and the grand divan. to the opening
of tho forty-eighth annual convention
of the shrine.
Seventy-two temples from all parts
, 1922-06-13
WASTE AND NOT Mash
PLUGS UP CITY SEWER

The thougnressness OF some per
son in attempting to stop h thrush
of water in a flooded cellar some time
ago. with a large bundle of machin-
lists waste, caused a great deal of in
convenience ard some labor for the
sewerage department Monday after
noon.
The waste became clogged in a man
hole between Oak and Spruce streets.
causing. the manhole to fill with wa
ter and deposit the overflow into the
street. Laborers from the sewerage
department were summoned, and in
a short time. the trouble was located
and removed.
, 1922-06-13
Proposal to Pay Compensation in Cash by
Special Tax or Banks and Inter-
est on Foreign Debt Made
June 13.-President- Harding, it was
said today at the White. House, hopes and expects that the
tariff bill shall be passed prior to soldier bonus legislation.

ton bill attached to the soldiers
bonus measure az a land settlement
option were begun today IN h en-
ate by Senator Kendrick, Democrat,
of wyoming. He asserted in a. pre-
pared speech that the plan would
prove of lasting benefit to the nation
as well as of assistance to thousands
of former service men.
Senator Kendrick argued hat the
land settlement plan outlined in the
house bonus bill and discarded by the
senate committee would not meet the
situation and would be lacking in both
, 1922-06-13

= Addressing his remarks p~articu-
larry to the graduating class, the
secretary declared that you cannot
DO an officer and a gentleman I'M
less you r Just, humane. thor
oughly trained; unless you have
character. n high sense of honor and
an unseifish devotion to duty. Be
an example as such to overy one.
Do not countenance low and i'm
moral things. Let It be said by the
citizens OF the republic that the Of
ficers Of our army are our examples
and protectors. that we can abso-
lutely depend on their honesty. their
uprightness OF character. their abb.
ity to serve tho nation. and II need
be. their willingness to die for it,
, 1922-06-13
KILOGRAMS IN
MURDER Trial
Offered AGAIN

LOS ANGELES. Cal, juno ia
series of kilograms which passed be-
tween Mrs. Madalynne O~benchain and
j. Bolton Kennedy, for whose MUIR
der she is now on trial for the Sec
ond time, were expected to be e to
the jury when the case was resumed
in the superior court here today Ac-
cording to the prosecution, these tele-
grams and scores of letters which
have passed between Mrs. obenchain
and Kennedy show the motive for the
crime.
, 1922-06-13
S12,ooo,ooo IS
PAID FOR RANCH

Los ANGELES. June 13.-An Eng
lish syndicate, headed by the Duke OF
Argyll. has bought the Buttonwillow
ranch. comprising 10000 acres in the
San Joaquin valley OF California for
a consideration of s12, o00, 900 accord
ing to sadvices published by the Los
Angeles Times today. Tho ranch was
part of h Miller and Lux holdings.
It is the intention Of the purchasers to
subdiviside and put the property on
the market. the Times reports.
, 1922-06-13
HOUSE WARMED
by HARDING IN
TODAY
Labor Federation Adopts
Resolution C~ondemning
President Demand

WASHINGTON, June 10.
--(By The Associated Press.)
President Harding has noti-
fed Chairman Campbell of
the house rules committee
that unless the ship subsidy
bill is passed prior to adjournment, he
would feel obligated to call a special
session solely for its consideration.
Writing under date of May IS, the
president said 80 much is involved
and such a difficult and d~iscourasinE
situation will follow IL fails
to sanction the merchant marine bill
that I should e = myself obligated to
call congress Immediately in extraor-
binary session to especially consider II
II II vent over through any neglect
or delay beyond the present term"
, 1922-06-13

r. Kaemmerling. was taken at about
the same time. and left directly in
front of the sheriff's office. Author
tiles r unable to determine wheth-
err the incident was intended for a
joke. or whether the abandonment
was forced.
One enterprising young criminal
elected to try the downtown streets
while residents of Casper were cast
ing an eye over the carnival. He
climbed into a machine near the
Y. W. c. A. drove one block, thought
better of his misdeed. and used his
legs instead. The owner. found his
machine possessed of the art Of self
locomotion. standing peacefully near
, 1922-06-13
AUTO THIEVES ACTIVE FIRST CARNIVAL EVENING
LEGION TO GUARD MACHINES FOR REST OF WEEK

Monday. the first carnival day,
promised a gala evening for the au-
tomobile thieves, but ended sadly.
Nevertheless, the holiness with which
the miscreants operated. makes a
Tightening of the law forces neces-
sary.
grounds proved easy targets for the
men. A car owned by C. r. Hag-
ems was taken from the grounds at
8 p. m. Monday and at 10 a. m.
Tuesday had not been recovered
either through the city police or the
sheriff's office.
Another car. the property OF w.
, 1922-06-13

the curb. just a block from where
he had placed 1t.
As a safeguard to autombile own
ers who wish to park their carr in
the vicinity OF the Workman show
grounds. the management of the
company and the American Legion
have made arrangements to have
automobiles parked therein guarded
by ~ex-service e Electric lights
are being strung today so tina the
space will be amply lighted. A
nominal charge Of Is cents win be
made 10 the expenses of
steinging the lights and paying the
attendants
, 1922-06-13

TACOMA. Wash. Tune 1s.-Fire or
iginating from an explosion in the
engine room of the Mineral Lake Lum.
Der company plant at Mineral, 40
miles southeast OF here, destroyed the
mill and lumber stored in the yards
at an estimated loss of $500 900 last
night. Fire apparatus was sen from
Tacoma on freight cars to save the
town from being wiped out. At mid
night the fire was reported checked.
, 1922-06-13
PASS BLOCKED BY SNOW.

LANDER, Wyo, June 13.-Skiing
and snowshoeingN is now being in
dulged In on the summit Of Two-Gwo-
Tee pass over which autos will be
passing next month to and from the
south entrance to Yellowstone park.
Residents of that region who have
just returned from there report ten
feet of snow on the pass.
, 1922-06-13
Capper Tincher
Bill Is Favorable
To Com m itte e

WASHINGTON. Juno 13.-Favor-
able report lou the CapperTfncher
bill to amend the future trading act so
as to meet the ece decision of the
supreme court declaring sections OF
that act imperative, was ordered to
day by the house agricultural com
mittee. The measure. which was re-
ported as introduced. is expected to
be taken up in the house Thursday.
, 1922-06-13

Total Deaths in New York Disaster to
Reach 20, Police Beliepe; Search for
Bodies Off City Island Continued By
Use of Graphing Hooks on Launches

NEW YORK, June 1s..The death ton resulting from the
cyclonic storm that smashed and swirled its way through
New York and itssuburbs Sunday evening continues to grow.
The known dead now total 45 with 16 other persons reported
missing Police launches continued to grapple TODAY for
bodies of those still missing after the storm left Long Island
, 1922-06-13
PAGEANT MARKS OPENING
IMPERIAL SHRINE AT FRISCO
Hosts of Islam Out Early for Ceremony
Ushering Potentate TO Seat in
Forty-Eighh annual Meet

SAN FRANCISCO. June lathe opening day of the
great golden jubilee of the Mystic Shrine found a heavy mist
trying to test the colors of the garish street decorations and
the good nature of the shrine hosts, and coming out second
hes. in both instances. Throughout the night what might be
termed as a half RAIN fell, leaving grandstands soaked and
, 1922-06-13
Edison Receives
Honorary Degree

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. June IS.
A. Edison, now in his seven
year, was given the honorary
CT doctor of science by Rutgers
today.
, 1922-06-13

Airmen on Last
Leg of Return

BAHIA. June 13.-The Portuguese
i. aviators. Captains Sacadura and Cou-
tinho left here at 1885 o'clock this
morning on the last leg of their air
ship flight from Portugal to the
Brazilian capital.
, 1922-06-13
MASSACRE OF
BRITISH DENIED

LONDON. June lat is stated Of
ficiedly to-day hat there is no auth
GRITTY for the news contained in a
semi-official dispatch : from Athens
Sst night reporting the massacre by
of twelve British soldiers in
the neighborhood of the Dardanenes.
, 1922-06-13
FOREST FIRES
in NORTHWEST

VANDERHooF, b. C., June Ia
Fire fighters were busy today attempt.
ing to control a forest fire burning for
miles along the right of way OF the
Grand Trunk Pacific.
, 1922-06-13
FEARS Held FOR
YACHTS SAFETY
IN THE PACIFIC
Nothing Heard from "Inpader" Carving
Party of Wealthy Los Angeles People
on Cruise to the Samoa Islands

PANAMA, June 13-(By The Associated Press ,-co,
siderable LEI concern is felt here for the safety of the steam
bound for Cocos Island with Mr.. and Mrs. John PercivaJ LEFT
ferson and a party of wealthy friends from Los Angeles IN
, 1922-06-13
MRS. BRUNEN UNDER ARREST
Investigations of Circus Owner's Murder
Takes Sensational Turn Today With
Arrest of His Widow

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., June 13-Mrs. Doris Brunen,
widow OF John t. Brunen, circus owner, who was shot and
killed on March 10, is under arrest here today on a charge
of murder. The authorities said that she was arrested upon
Information furnished by persons already held in connection
, 1922-06-13

WASHINGTON, June 10. a Pro
posal to pay the soldiers honus ia
cash, the financing to be done by
means of special taxes on banks and
through use of the interest on the
foreign indebtedness was made today
in the senate by Senator Ladd, Re-
publican, North Dakota
, 1922-06-13

Los ANGELES. Tune 1s.-Nev,
was received in Santa Barbara, Cal.
June 1 which told OF the safe arrival
of the yacht Invader at Tapeete Ia
hih and plans to remain there until
June 8, when it was proposed to sail
for Pago Page. American Samoa. The
yacht is owned by John Percival JEFF
ferson of Montecito and in addition
to Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson there are
on board as guests Mr.. and Mrs Todd
Ford of Pasadena. Cal. Edward Spar
row of New York and DR.. L. Y. How
ell of Brooklyn.
The Invader left the harbor here
last December for \ cruise through
the south seas and several times since
rumors spread of possibility of the
craft being lost. but in every instance
relatives of those on board expressed
no alarm.
, 1922-06-13
RECLAMATION BILL MAY
BE Tackled ON BONUS.

WASHINGTON, June 1s.-Efforts
10 have he-Smith-McNary reclama-
, 1922-06-13
SUMMARY OF
NIGHT NEWS

LONDON-Twelvc British soldiers
have been massacred by the Turks
in the neighborhood of the Darda-
nelies. according to q semi-officiaI
dispatch from Athens.
BERLIN-Dr. Wo3fgang Kapp,
leet.er o fthe Kappist revolution in
Berlin in 1920, died IN Leipsig.
BRAWLEY, CAI.-Tho Colorado
river levee broke mt Raab ranch,
near Blythe, CAL, according TO adj
vices The gap measures 200 feet
and Is expected to widen. Two thou.
sand acres. inundated. Blythe not
in danger.
TIENTSIN-Aftcr heavy fighting
all day Sunday between Chinwang-
tao and Schanhailrgan, the Feng-
tien forces Of General Chang Tso-
Lin withdrew northwards toward
Saskatchewan. The Chilli forces
of WI Pei-Fu r pursuing them.
NOGALES, ARIZ.-Ffve bandits
were killed and three are known to
have been wounded in a hoIdup of
a combination freight and passen-
ger train CT tho Southern Pacific de
Mexico. near Rosares. between MAJ.
latan and Tepic. Sonora, Mexico,
late Saturday afternoon, according
to q conductor who arrived here en-
route to his home in Los Angeles.
Twenty other bandits in the attack
ing band fled without any loot.