The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Honolulu Flight Aviators
Are Found Alive Near
Island of Kauai.
By EDWARD W. PlcKARD

BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD
VIZ HEN hope for their survival had
wv been almost abandoned, the
five men who comprised the crew Of
the Honolulu flight plane Pho No. II
were found on Thursday afternoon.
afloat on their plane and all we'll.
Capt. John Rodgers and his four COM
panions had been at the mercy of the
sea for ten days when they were
picked up by the submarine R-4
fifteen miles east of the island Of
Kauai. This was considerably outside
Of the zone previously searched; the
plane had drifted about 200 miles.
passing to the north of Oahu island
on which Honolulu is situated. Lieu
tenant Osborne. commanding the SUBJ
marine that found the aviators, at
once notified the naval authorities at
Honolulu. and later message said
the crew and plane were being taken
to Nawiliwili on Kauai island.
The members of the planes crew.
besides Captain Rodgers. are: Lieut..
Byron j.. Connell. assistant = pilot,
Pittsburgh. Pa; Skies N. Pope. avia-
tion pilot. Jackson, Pa; William Ell.
Bowlin. aviation chief machinist's
mate. Richmond. Ind /; Otis G. Stantz.
chief radio man, Terre Haute. Ind.
G OMEBODY. is due to get a sound
~ thrashing in Morocco within a
short time. according to current dis
patches. II may be the Rifiians.
against whom the French and Spanish
forces are starting great offensive
squeeze movement whose objective is
Adjir. the capital of Abd-el-Krim. Or
it may be the Spaniards in the west
sector. for It is reported that the Riff
fans have them almost surrounded at
Tetuan and that the capital Of the
Spanish protectorate Is in danger of
capture.
At the beginning Of the week the
Spanish. under the personal direction
Of Dictator Primo de Rivera. under
took to land a large force Of troops
at Alhucemas bay near Adjr after
thoroughly bombarding the Riffiian po-
sitions on the hillsides. But they APP
parently overlooked lot Of machine
gun nests. for as soon as the legion
naires started wading ashore from the
barges storm Of bullets struck them.
They fed back to their boats. leaving
some 500 dead and wounded. Next
day. however. Rivera successfully
landed his forces at another point
with the assistance of French naval
and air units. Sixteen thousand men
were debarked and the heights domi-
mating Adjir were occupied Mean
while the French were moving up
from the south and the prospect was
that the Riffians would be squeezed
from their mountain strongholds.
From Alhucemas bay Rivera hurried
to Tetuan, calling for all available
troops from the Melilla front on the
extreme east He also urged the
French to start an offensive in the
Ouezzan sector to relieve the pres
sure In the Tetuan region, where the
Riflians had broken through the Span
ish line near Arzila and had cut the
Ceuta-Tetuan road and railway. The
situation there was considered ex-
tremely serious by the Spanish COM
manders.
Colonel Sweeney and other Ameri-
can aviators who make up what is
nov known as the Sheridan escadrille
are fully embarked ON their rather in
glorious adventure Already they have
made many flights. dropping thou
saands of tons of explosives on Rif1ian.
viila-es. Their exploits will not
grouse general enthusiasm in this
country.
THE revolt of the Senussi against
Italian rule in Tripoli is gaining in
Intensity and Mussolini has sent rein
forcements of 10000 troops and 800
airplanes Rome admits that the Ital-
i'm forces are being forced back to
the coast with rather heavy losses
AZ has been said before. President
Fen;sl Of Turkey is supporting the
Serrssi. partly because he figures the
revolt VIII embarass the French in