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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Martin Weebs 0sPark CROWD CheeySHl1m
COOLIDGE WANTS TO
REWARD THE FLYERS
BY PROMOTING THEM

COOLIDGE would Ike % re-
" ward the world flyers with
promotion. be intimated in teie-
grams 20 each Of The six men
here Sunday The flyers. as soon
as they stepped from their
planes. were handed the follow
ing telegram from the president:
ION final completion 0f your
flight. / desire 10 again offer my
congratulations and express 10
you the thanks Of your country.
Under the law ! do not under
stand that / have any authority
TO reward you by promotion and
other appropriate action.
Il wish. however % announce
10 you that on the cOnyening Of
congress I shall recommend that
such authority be granted IN or.
der that your distinguished ser.
Vices may have practical rec.
ignition from your country"
tSiEnsdl
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
HARVEY ABSENT
Martins Mechanician Only
Flyer Not Here

There was one man at Chanute
field. Illinois, Sunday. who should
have been in Seattle. That was
Staff sergt. Alva Harvey. mechani.
clan on the Inflated world cruiser
No. /. the Seattle, which was
wrecked in Alaska in April. while
plotted by Maj. f. l.. Martin.
Harvey was the only member OF
the original flight squadron which
hoped eff at sand Point, April s,
who was not present again Sunday
afternoon, when the first aerial cir.
COMMUNICATION OF the globe ended.
Harvey is once more back at his
duties in the air service headquar.
tiers at Chanute field. slipping back
with military precision into every
day duties. after hts brief ascent
into international fame. A few days
more. and the young men who did
complete the flight will have once
more donned dungarce overalls and
will be back nj the monotonous du.
ties Of peace time flying.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
THRILLS CROWD
WITH STUNTS
Lieut.. Moffett Makes Thou
sands Gasp
nY pANA W. NORRIs


.NTIuIE spectators al Sand Poiat
w awaited the return OF the world
flyers Sunday. they were treated
20 the most thrilling exhibition OF
alfmanahlp ever seen IN Seattle, The
air acrobat vas Lieut., Reuben c.
Moffett. army air service. Tying one
OF the new T.. w. s.Curtis single
scatter combat planes. capable Of aus
tanning a speed Of 200 miles an hour
and Ehid by army hirmcn 20 be- the
fastest type Of aircraft IN the world
For a fun hair hour before the
flyers appeared. Moffett twisted.
looped. zoomed and whlrled about In
the air while spectators gaspsd.
Sweeping down 30 feet aboys the
field az speed estimated o. go
miles an hour he would tkyrocket
straight up IN tho air again. coming
up upside down, then would DO a
series Of Immelmann turns. cork.
screw twists and end up with fan.
ing leaf" II looked as II his plane
was entirely out OF control as Il nut
tered carthward Then suddenly he
would right II ana zoom up again.
His eorkscrew twists were per.
formed. one after another. In less
than one second each. II seemed M
II his plane would be twisted apart
by the suddenness With which he
whlried Il around on IFS axis In the
air.
The crowds gahped rs he executed
a vertical bank. flying with tho
wings OF his plane two thin vertical
lines in the sky. for over half a mile.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
BOY HURLED TO
HIS DEATH
Thrown Under Street Car as
Auto Truck 0verturnS

A boy was instantly killed and
one lad was seriously hurt and
another youth was Jailed. fol.
lowing spectacular accident at
Second ave. W. and W. Roy st. Sun.
day afternoon.
An auto truck, driven by Linn
Green. is. 4ie Aloha st, was speed.
ing at about IS miles nm hour, going
west on Roy St. police say. A
Kinnear steet car was travelling
north on Second ave. Green tried
10 avoid the street car and skidded
sideways for 10 feet. The truck
overturned. throwing Harley Wiley,
Is, 5i4 Broad st. under the wheels
OF the street car. The boy was in.
stantly killed.
Harry Larson. Is, 223 Taylor ave,
who also was riding on the truck,
was taken to the city hospital with
n shattered leg.
Green was uninjurod and was TAX
en- 10 the city Jail and held for the
coroner.
The street car was operated by
Motorman +. d. Beals.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
CroDds Unerring In
Picking Out Planes

The crowd which greeted the fly.
ers at the field seemed guided by in
stinct in greeting the world planes.
Moro than tcoro Of airplancs
were in the mir ht various times and
Just preceding the world flyers n
squadron OF seven air ships came
swooplng In over lake Washington
from the South. They werc the 90.
cort planes
But tho minute the squadron with
the world flyers at its peak appeared
a cry Of welcome went up from
thousands Of threats. Tho boats In
tho lake began sounding horns and
sirens and tho autos huzzed their
greeting.
The planes were easily distinguish.
able, being larger than their COM
rade1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
They're Unengaged
So Step Up, Ladies

Mash notes covering every one of
the ~ nations travcrsed and repre-
senting almost every age to which
n woman will confess were received
by tho six world flyers now In Seat
tie at the official end Of their trip.
And the answer is mo. we have
no engagements"
Jack Harding denies he Is engaged
to n Dayton. Ohio. girl as reported
in newspapers after the Chicago
stop. He confcsses he's Interested in
Dayton girl, tho.
Ogden steps up with general
denial and Is followed by each Of
the other pilots and mechanics.
so there's still hopes, girls The
Prince OF Wales was adamant. but
these Yankee flyers are new tar
gets, tho hardly less bosct by the
fair damsels Of the world
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
BANKER AND GIRL
ARE KILLED IN
PLANE CRASH
George F. Rodgers and Miss
Claire Crew Are Victims
PILOT is SLIGHTLY HURT
Rodgers Was Shipbuilder
and Oregon Mayor

CALEM. ore, Sept. 2s.-George r.
- Rodgers. o., president Of the
First National bank here. and Miss
Claire Crewe. Portland, died Sunday
a. result Of injuries suffered satur-
day AZ the fair grounds when an air.
plane IN which they were riding.
crashed from a height Of 200 feet.
Richard RushlIght, pilot. was dis
charged from the hospital with only
minor injuries.
Rodgers was owner OF a large
shipbuilding yard az Astoria during
the war he organized the Rodgers
Paper company here. and was az one
time mayor Of Salem.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Argentine Flyer to
Hop Off in China

TOKYO. Sept, 29.-Major zanni,
Argentine aviator attempting to fly
around the world. was expected to
fly today from Shanghai to Kago.
shima. japan. II weather proves
favorable.
Zanni was to have made the flight
yesterday but adverse weather con.
tlitions prevented.
Elaborate preparations for Zanni's
reception here have been completed
Warships have been posted to patrol
the course and military aeronautic
officer and mcchanician detailed TO
render aid.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Gray Hairs Noted
On Smiths Head

a good many people thought Lieut..
Lowell Smith. young man that he In,
showed n fow more gray hairs than
when he left Seattle last spring.
Gray streaks in his head of black
hair could be easily seen as he
pulled off his helmet at Sand point
Sunday.
Perhaps the responsibility OF lend.
ing his men around the world, thru
all sorts OF hazards, successfully, has
added those gray strands TO what
might otherwise be n head OF black
hair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Not One Accident
MARRIED the Big Day

Lake Washington looked like n
water carnival Sunday. Every type
Of vessel. from a slender canoe TO
huge ferry boats. were lined in front
Of the field nj Sand Point, awaiting
tho flyers.
At Madison park, where the flyers
landed, from II, +. Alexander's yacht,
the Aquilo, additional thousands had
waited two. three and four hours. As
tho flyers passed thru waving their
hands, cheer after cheer arose.
Soldiers were only used Mt Sand
Point where the crowds were roped
off the landing field. A battalion OF
600 men In command of Lieut.. J. l.
Moody kept the enthusiastic crowds
back. Port Warden Paul Edwards
patrollcd the water and directed
movement OF the vessels. Not n
single accident married the day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
All Seattle Turns
Out for Greeting

East Madison st. was in gala Mt
tire and thronged with enthusiastic
spectators from tho ferry dock to
tho wooden viaduct Sunday after
noon three hours before the flyers
arrived and they stayed until after
the fIower-dccked parade had es-
cortcd the intrepid visitors from tho
dock TO Volunteer park.
Several thousand banked the ferry
dock to catch glimpse Of Smith.
Wade and Nelson and their me-
chanics, Harding. Ogden and Arnold,
in addition TO the thousands Mt the
landing field. Thousands gathered
early at Volunteer park and on
Second ave. for the downtown par
ade to the New Washington hotel.
Seattle has never made so general
n turnout in its history.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
RINGS PRESENTED
BY DAVID WHITCOMB

Mayor Edwin J. Brown then In
troduced Chairman William Gaines
Of the board OF county commission
ers. and then Maj. Gen. Charles O..
Morton was introduced as command
ant Of the Ninth corps area, rep
Eesenting President Coolidge and the
war department.
Rear Admiral J. v. Chase, new
commander at the Bremerton navy
yard also spoke briefly.
Then Seattle showed its apprccia-
ton of the project by It's gifts.
when President David whitcomb Of
the Chamber Of Commerce present.
ed the men with gold and platinum
finger rings and platinum ayiators
wing insignia. Martin was included
in the presentation and was given
the wing insignia for his mechanic,
+. Alva Harvey, who was unable to
BE present.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
He Steals Violin
as Well as Auto

A thief not only stole an auto
owned by Fred Heller, Jr.. Virginus
hotel. but also otok Heiser's an.
tlaue violin. valued at 5000, Heller
reported the loss Sunday night.
A burglar aboard the Admiral orr.
entail liner President Grant, robbed
Capt. N. NJ. Jensen Of Chinese
money and Jewelry by entering and
rnnsacking his Btateroom.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Chase Gives EN- a
BOX Lunch" Party

Rear Admiral J. V. Chase. the
new commandant at Bromcr,on nav.
al yards. entertained tho visiting
Canadian naval officials from the
destroyer Patricia, with box lunch
while tho planes were winginE in
from Vancouver. Wash.
The entire party with ladies, found
Heats in "a trench which parallels the
field for drainage purposes. Mayor
Brown. Passing by. said:
We'll Admiral, / SEQ you are &C.
cupylnE the first line trenches"
Tho admiral, mouth full Of sand.
witch, sputtored laughing reply.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
MARTIN
STARTS ON PAGE1

pressed forward. the most sorely
tried Of all the thousands who had
gathered to pay homage to the spirit
Of America.
"On the whole, II was the most
happy day Of my lIfc." he asserted
later. To-day my emotions are ali
OF gladness and pride--pride in the
service whose Uniform wear-pride
in the addition to the history OF
America and the world. Glad that.
thru the grace Of Providence. / am
here. alive and well, TO greet them"
Maj Martin will leave coon for
Hampton Roads. Va. where he viii
attend field officers school on
tactical training and large air units.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Society Looks On
As the Flyers Eat

A group Of Seattle society leaders
accompanied the reception commit
tee on the Yacht Aquilo. which took
tho flyers from the Sand Point field
10 Madison dock. After washing
the CRIME from their hands and
faces, the flyers were ushcred into
the yachts dining room. whore a
tasty luncheon was served.
The ladies, newspaper men and
other guests filed idly by the win
dows as the sayory odors OF food
streamcd out
MY" said pretty matron OF
rather ample proportions, did you
ever sec such appealing pic and ice
cream"
II WAS long past the regular hour
for luncheon and everyone was get
ting passably hungry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
FORMER LEADER
PRAISES men
WHO WON
Twenty Thousand Voices
Ask for Major
FLYERS ARE INTRODUCED
Took Ten Minutes TO Quiet
Cheering ThrongS
UNIARrIN. Martin. We want Mar.
Nl t{,rs

oNIARrIN, Martin: We want Mar.
Twenty thousand voices appraised
with this cry Sunday afternoon. ana
when the tall major stepped forward.
tears frankly eoursing down his
cheeks they gave him the biggest
ovation OF all the oyations al Volun-
teer park. lie was Mai Frederick l..
Martin. who commanded the world
flight until his plane. the Seattle,
was wrecked hack o. Port Aellcr.
Alaska. in April.
The demonstration followed the
cheers for the successful flyers and
for Lieut.. Leigh Wade ana his me,
chanic. who were forced out % the
race on the final hop 70 the North
American continent.
II don't belong In this eclebra.
ton exclaimed the major. who mo,
tored over from Beliingham. where
he IS on n furlouEh. II came here
Just as one OF you to honor and greet
these men"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Mechanics Go Back
As Staff Sergeants

Lleuts. Arnold, Ogden and Hard.
ing. world flight mechanics, win 70.
turn to active duty as staff ser.
geants, following formal completion
OF tho flight. according TO Maj. i.
l.. Martin, former squadron com.
mhndnr.
They were given reserve corps
commissions for tho duration OF the
flight and viii return TO regular
army status in their noncommis.
Hioncd ranks, he said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Throngs Reminded
of Tragedy on Lake

Merrymakers, forming a holiday
crowd from Madison park 70 Sand
Point by ferry. patrol boat and naval
and private vessels. Sunday passed
close by harbor craft dragging
Lake Washington for she body Of
william Ruddell. one OF four storm
victims Of the Sunday before.
The lake was calm and CLASSY
compared with It's storm.tosscd bois.
torousness Of a week ago. md cheer.
ing hundreds hushed their voices as
they watched tho harbor crew drug.
ging the deep waters.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Could Get by With
Any Kind of Camera

Just before the planes arrived. OF.
ficcrs ordered everyone but news
paper photographers from the land.
ing field. a long line Of camcrhmcn
got ready FOR action along the north
side OF the 'dromc-and included in
this line were some people with
Brownie camcrnA. There was nj least
one 81 camera IN tho lineup and n
couple OF $3.50 boxes" what news
papers these cnmeramcn were shoot.
ing" for. remains an unsolved mys-
trry
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
SUCCESSFUL AIR,IEN

Martin. Martin, Martin. the
crowd reared. sure you belong"
Martin paused. his face working
with emotion. lie was deeply NOV.
cd and his voice grew husky. Then
ho continued.
Il realize better than any OF you.
the courage. hardihood and stiek.to-
it-iveneSs that these men needed to
complete the flight certainly
hate TO face this crowd today for
II my flight was a disappointment
TO you. it was a much kecncr one
TO me-"
He hesitatcd again ana sought his
handkerchief. And the hugo crowd
which ovcrfiowed the green lawns
atop the hill. reared out with one
great voice their appreciation Of the
man.
The flyers. with their escort.
made the trip from Sand Point TO
Madison park dock on the yncht
Aqulla. lunchlng en- route. They
moved to the park in long string
OF automobiles which passed thru
r-z.,.a. IN 80 L Nfv.ffsr-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Portland Man Is
Killed by Train

PORTLAND, Ore. Sept. 29.-Des.
mond Gee, 81, was killed yesterday
by n Southern Pacific freight train
near the jefferson st. depot. His
mutllatod body was found after a
train passed, but no one saw the
accident.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
"Three Cheers for
Red, White and Blue"

Three Cheers for the Rcd. White
and Blue" was the selection OF stir.
ring martial melody played by the
Fort Worden Artillery band as tho
flyers Ellded TO earth Mt Sand Point
Sunday afternoon, amidst wild
cheering and the below Of countless
whistles aboard craft ON the lake
front.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
BEDLAM REIGNED WHEN
AyIATORs ARRIVED

The demonstration which began
in the park as soon as the nirmen
drove in sight. was second only 10
that enthusiastic momen; when the
huge, drab-colored Douglas cruisers
bounced onto the landing field TO
the accompaniment Of a cannon sa.
lutte and martial band music.
1t took 10 minutes OF continuous
pleading before Police Chief W. B.
severyns could gain quiet for the
flyers TO be introduced at Volunteer
park. The crowd had waited. as at
Sand Point. many OF them since IL
o'clock and it forgot the four or
five hour walt AZ tho idols Of the
nation arrived.
Acting Governor W. J. Coyls wei
coined the flyers In the name OF
the state OF Washington. In the
forceful words Of the great West. ="
he declared, were damned glad 70
see you. fellows"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Cold, Doc? If Not,
Why the OUercoat?

Mayor Edwin J. Brown appeared
on the deck Of the Yacht Aqulo
with n heavy, black overcoat. but
toned up neatly. James Hoge. the
banker. was chatting with Daniel
Trefethen, OF the Chamber OF Com
mcrco reception committee, when
the mayor strollcd by. IL was ono
of the hottest September days in
years.
"Oh, Doc!" shouted Hoge. Didn't
you forget your arctics and mufflor.
Wait. III have one OF the boys get
you pair OF oilskins"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
THOUSANDS on HAND
WHEN AIRNiEN ARRIVED

Thousands Of cheering persons
lined the field at Sand Point sun
day afternoon when the world air
men swooped 10 the ground, Of
fciaily ending the flight
OF the four planes that left Seat
tie last April. two returned. Mai.
Frederick Martins plane crashed in
Alaska and Lieut. Leigh wade's
plane was wrecked In the Atlantic.
Lieut. Wade. however. was given a
new ship. and was with Lieuts. Eric
Nelson and Lowell Smith when they
ended the long Journey Sunday.
Aitho the great crowds were con
oentratcd at Sand Point field, at
Madison park dock and at Yolun.
teer park. the whole city practically
turned out TO greet the flyers. Tops
OF downtown buildings were used by
many MS observation platforms.
while thousands saw the planes
wheel In from the south from the
lawns OF their homes.
Major Martin, striving to keep
back his emotion, was the first to
greet the airmen as they landed.
He visited each plane. gripped the
occupants by the hand and ex.
changed a few words with each.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
String of Balloons
Causes False Alarm,

@Ihe crowd at Sand Point had two
false alarms before the flyers got
IN One was when a child let 10
string OF small sausage shaped bal.
looms and somebody cried. There
they are" There was neck. stretch.
ing for them-and more n few aec.
ofids later when the escort squadron
came into view and Few more en-.
thuslnsts decided that Here they
farert
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
u. S. Senator viii
Have Foot Cut Off

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Sept. 90
While surgeons prepared TO ampu-
tate his right foot at the ankle.
United States Senator Hubert
stephens of Mississippi talked poli.
tics today. SKEgWWEW
Senator stephens recently cut n.s
foot with an axe. Blood poisoning
developed, and physicians said ampu.
tation was necessary to save the loss
OF the right limb, and possibly the
senator's life. The operation was TO
be performed today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
Improvement Club
Elects Officers

At recent meeting OF the Inter-
laken'Montlake Improvement club,
ut the Seattle Yacht club, the follow
ing officers were elected: Edward
Taylor, president: William Hamet. y
vice president; Roy Cadwalder, secre-
tary and Edward Merritt, treasurer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
NOT WORRIED MUCH.
SAYS HIS MOTHER

You know. didn't worry half as
much about Leslie on this trip as 1
did when he was learning 10 fly at
Princeton and down AZ Waco. Texas.
in the early days Of tho war. Lowell
Smith promised mo he'd bring my
boy back safely and ! knew he
would"
Then Eho told about her young
sters early days IN Connecticut and
how he forsook his career to Join the
air service: Of her fears during tho
time he wns n student flyer; OF let
ters from Romornn,in flying field In
France and from Coblentz, Germany:
and OF his homecoming from tho
great war.
I'm lust the proudsst and hnppi-
est mother in the world today she
said. with n smile. while Mrs. Mar.
ain. hardly knowing whether TO
smile or cry. smiled with her brave.
~. az she watched her tail husband.
put out OF the running by cruel
quirk Of fate. talking TO his fellow
flyers.
Mrs. Cole. n winsoms young WON.
an, smiled with her mother and gen
tly squeezed her hands. They were
too happy to talk much. They
wanted most to talk 10 Leslie. up In
the dining saloon. eating hungrily
after the appetite.crehting trip from
Eugene and the exhausting work OF
being congratulated.
Mother had hard time being
her boys best friend Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29
CHICAGO GIRLS
PRESENT WELCOME

For Licuts. Lowell Smith and Hen.
~ II. Ogden. crew of the Chicago,
there was a special greeting from the
Misses Virginia Butler and Mary
Leyden. representing the Illinois
city. Both girls were kissed by the
flyers.
Then police detail and an escort
from tho Fourth infantry at Fort
Iawton took the flyers to the Sand
Point dock, where Major Paul Ed.
wards speed boat carried them TO
the Aquilo, private yacht of II. f.
Alexander. Aboard they were served
n lunch, received committee OF
women and talked for quarter of
an hour to newspapermen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-29

Dosen't hurt one bitl Drop
little 'Freezone" on an aching corn,
instantly that corn stops hurting.
then shortly you lift It right off
with fingers.
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle
of "Freezone' for few cents, suf-
ficient TO remove every hard corn.
soft corn. or corn between the toes.
and the foot calluses, without sore
ness or Advertisement.