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Evening star., 1926-05-14
NINE PLANES READY
FOR CURT|SS RACE
80-MiIe Dash to Begin at q
0'CIock-Star to Give
Each Group Prizes.

Nine Navy planes are waiting in
the water and on the beach of the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia for
the starters gun this afternoon to
send them roaring up and down the
Potomac River for the Curtiss marine
trophy.
While the nine racing pilots are
giving their craft a final inspection.
the sky above Hams Point forms
stage for numerous aircraft of the
Marine Corps. exhibiting all the ma
neuvers of military aviation.
At 4 o'clock and in the succeeding
8 minutes four groups of planes will
shoot over the starting line for the
SO.mile grind--i0 miles down the
river and 10 miles back, around
which course the planes will make
four laps.
Prizes for Each Group.
The chances of winning the trophy
do not lie equally with every pilot, be-
cause of the presence Of two speedy
pursuit planes. but, nevertheless, the
personnel in the four groups will ny
their fastest for gold wrist watches
offered by The Star to the victorious
airmen in each class.
Naval airmen here are confident
that the mark set in 1924. the last
time the event was flown. OF isl
miles per hour. will be raised by at
least 90 minutes if the two Curtiss
hawks" finish the race. the last
race was flown at Miami and won by
Lieut.. F. V. Grant, U. s. NJ, nying
a Vought seap!ane.
Observers of the National Aeronau-
tic Association, the governing body
for aircraft contests in this country.
under whose auspices the event Is
being held, will be stationed at the
home pylon off Hains Point and also
at the turning point at the other END
of the course, below Mount Vernon.
Under the rules of the race, planes
must maintain virtually horizontal
fight at an altitude of not more than
400 feet when making the 1S0-degree
turns at each end of the course.
Army Planes Out.
The Army today was forced to with.
draw from it's share in the advanced
program of entertainment owing 10
the fact the personnel and planes II
intended to use are still part1clpat-
ing in the annual bombing and ma
chine gun exercises at Langley Field
Hampton, Va.
This last-minute changed turned the
entire stage over to the Marine ava
tors from Brown Field. Quantico, Va
and four Navy parachute jumpers
The detachment from Quantico IN:
cluded six Boeing pursuit planes OF
the fastest type on military duty IN
the United States; five De Hav1lano
observation planes. and two Martin
bombers. One of the bombers IS
scheduled to drop a smoke curtain
around the spectators. The curtain Is
one of the latest improvements or the
Chemical Warfare Service over the
old and more familiar type mere.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
.FENN|NC APPEALS
FROM DAVIS STAND
Says Auditor Misconceived
Law in DisaI|oWing
Commission.

Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning,
through Attorney W. w. MILAN, to-
day filed in the District Supreme Court
exceptions to the report OF Herbert l..
Davis, auditor of the court, in relation
to the lunacy case of Adolph Adler.
MIR. Fenning objects to the findings of
the auditor made public yesterday that
he be required to pay the premium on
his bonds as committee of the insane
veteran and that he be allowed no
commission for his services during the
past year as committee.
Another step in the guardianship
inquiry was taken this morning also
when the House committee approved
legislation to improve conditions in
the administration of estates of insane
war veterans.
The exceptions filed by Mr.. Fennins
read:
ITO that part Of such report which
disallows his expenditure for premium
upon his bond and requires him to
pay the same from his own funds and
denies his right to accept and retain a
commission on said premium.
Holds Law Misapplied.
Such exception is on the ground
that the auditor in arriving at his
decision on this point has misapplied
the law in that his report, in effect.
requires that a rebate on the bond
premium shall be made to the ward
in direct violation of section 54 of the
code of laws for the District of Co
lumbia, has misinterpreted the de
cisions, which he cites, including even
one of his own, in that he has found
an analogy between the case at bar
and these decisions where none eX-
lists and has ignored the evidence which
showed that the commissions on bond
premiums received by the committee
were taken as a regular agent of the
surety company and did not deplete
the estate and has, without giving
any weight to such evidence, so mis-
conceived the other evidence in the
case as to find that there was SUCH
wrongdoing on the part Of the COM
mittee as to justify penalizing him to
the extent of disallowing, not only
the commission on the bond premium,
but the entire premium.
NO. 2. In refusing to allow the COM
mittee any commission whatever.
This exception is based upon the
fact that the auditor has erred in md
ing that practically only routine mat
ters We're handled by the committee,
such finding being contrary to the
evidence and even to the facts shown
by mere inspection of the account it
self. and in holding that the fact that
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Evening star., 1926-05-14

by only one man, and then after a
lifetime of struggle.
Yet I cannot feel puffed up or
very enthusiastic about our personal
achievement in flying over the Pole
1t was not so difficult to do. My en-
thusiasm is rather for aviation.
What a marvellous thing the air
plane Is. to traverse in 16 hours thou
sands Of square miles of area, barren
bleak, and almost inaccessible by foot
Praises Benefits Skill.
And from our fight altitude of sew.
eral thousand feet we were seeing in
these few hours tens of thousands OF
square miles of ice and snow.
But my enthusiasm, too, is for my
shipmate, Bennett. He Is the one who
with the assistance of Neville Qieu
tenant and flight engineer), Peterson
naval mechanic) and Kincaid (engine
expert) has accomplished the most i'm
portant thing-that of keeping the
motors going. Our lives and the sue
cess of our effort depended upon our
Wright motors.
My job from the start has been
made easy tor me. First. Edsel Ford,
John D. Rockefeller. jr.; Vincent
Astor and other patriotic citizens
backed the expedition and made it
possible.
Then great corporations, like the
Standard Oil Co. and Armour. made
donations Of needed supplies, and
practically all the equipment that was
not given was sold to me at cost
cannot agree that adventure of
sports are not still strong in the
hearts of Americans.
Companions Were SpOrtsmen.
Now | come to another one of nv
enthusiasms-the members of the ex-
peditior. It would be impossible to
get together by planning or prepara.
ton a more sporting, manful, loyal
group than that which left New York
on the Chantier on April 5. We knew
the 40 in our party were just buddies
by some good twist of fate.
The personalities of the individual
men have been fused into a proper
chemical to make just the right com.
posite spirit for Arctic adventure.
These fellows have written a story of
the do or die spirit seldom equaled,
certainly in time Of peace, and 1 have
heard numbers of them say they
worked harder than they did during
the war.
The obstacles when we reached here
about pm. on April 20 seemed in
surmountabie. The Norwegian gun.
boat Heimdal was alongside 1ho Cnly
available dock. taking on cod - Rs
to be prepared for any eNseey1@eY "a
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On Wednesday and Thursday the
Norge was called by al naval radio
stations in Alaska throughout the
night
Ruse Is Suspected.
A dispatch from Nome. Alaska, to-
day suggesting that arrival Of the
dirigible Norge there might have been
delayed by a ruse Of Roald Amundsen,
directed attention here to two reports
that she had been reported at Point
Barrow, $50 miles north Of Nome,
after passing the North Pole
One Of these reports said the Norge
passed Barrow at 80 yesterday
morning. Eastern standard time. The
other. appearing "A hours later, was
that the diriSihle tioated over or near
Barrow at noon yesterday, Eastern
standard time.
Observers here waited eagerly for a
suggestion rs to why arrival Of the
Norge at Nome had not yet been re-
ported. since the flight from Barrow
to Nome was figured at about seven
hours
Evening star., 1926-05-14
Air Field Rockies
Steal Plane, Fall
And Land in Jail
BY the Associated Press.

M1NNEAPOL1S. Mimi, May Il.
Three recruits of the Sd Infantry,
l.. s. A.. Fort Smelling. here. Dor
rowed" an airplane yesterday at
Wold,C Chamberlain Field, crashed
with it and finally landed in Jail
The trio-Shubert Knapp, Still.
water Mimi, and Herbert Weir
and Laben r. Feds, both of Little
Rock, Ark. each u years old-had
just arrived at the fort.
Knapp told his buddies he was an
experienced flyer and they decided
TO so for a fight. They boarded a
plane and took off. Up about 40
feet the ship fell to the ground.
The plane was wrecked, but the
youths We're unhurt and they fed.
Av1ators at the field pursued them
and they were captured after Weir
had been slightly wounded in the
shoulder.
They are held without charge.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
AIR BILL APPROVED.

The Senate and House yesterday
accepted the conference report on the
bill to encourage and regulate civil
aviation and it now needs only the
signature of the President.
One of the proposals designed to
carry out recommendations of the
Presidents Air Board and would es-
tablish a Bureau of Civil Aeronautics
in the Commerce Department under
an assistant secretary.
The conferees struck out a House
provision for Government-owned air.
ports and lightened the penalties pro-
posed by the House for violations OF
the act,
Evening star., 1926-05-14
LAND GIFT PROTECTS
MT. VERNON SHRINE
Indianapolis Woman Donates 26
Acres Adjoining Washington's
Home to Preserve Isolation.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May IA
Mrs. Hugh Nick. Landon of this city
has made a gift of 26 acres of land
surrounding the estate of George
Washington at Mount Vernon to the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1t
became known today. The gift, made
last Fall, insures Mount Vernon
against encroachment of any COM
mercial enterprises.
The acquisition Of 26 acres of land
adjoining Mount Vernon by gift to
the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
by Mrs. Hugh Nick. Landon, OF
indianapolis, frames the picture of
this historic estate, and will forever
prevent the encroachment of anything
modern close to the shrine to destroy
this picture, according to II. HI. Dodge,
superintendent of the estate.
The land starts at the northeast
corner of the estate at its junction
with the Potomac river, runs north
about a thousand feet, and its western
line is just east of the present rail-
way station and automobile parking
space, Mr. Dodge stated. 1t is a
valuable acquisition, he said, from the
standpoint of preserving the original
appearance of the estate. The land
is covered with a generous second
growth of a variety OF trees, Mr..
Dodge said.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
PusUDsKI REPORTED WOUNDED
Message to Paris Embassy Says Gen.
Sosnowski Tried to Kill Self.

PARIS, MAY Il OP).-The Paris
Midi reports that Gen. Pilsudski. head
of the military revolt in Poland, has
been slightly wounded.
Eighteen persons dead and 50
wounded are the casualties of the
street fighting during the last As hours
in Warsaw thus far reported, says a
communication from the Warsaw gov
ernment to the Polish embassy in
Paris. The communication added that
the estimates of the seriousness of the
fighting varied.
The statement proclaimed Marshal
Pilsudski "a rebel and outlaw
Sosnowski Tries to Kill Self.
The message said the government
was confident of crushing the revolt
and restoring order rapidly. 1t added
that the provinces were unanimous in
condemning Pilsudski for his attack
on Warsaw. It declares the morale of
the troops in revolt had been greatly
shaken. Gen. Casimir Sosnowski.
comma nder of the Posen troops march
ing upon Warsaw. is reported in the
message to be in an extremely serious
condition because Of an attempt at
suicide by shooting.
The statement was the first official
break of the trouble in Warsaw.
Prague advices reported serious
fighting yesterday around the palace.
saying that IS persons had been killed
and 80 wounded in the streets. The
dead included two officers. The trou-
BILE Is the outgrOwth of a demand by
Pilsudki and his adherents for the
resignation of Premier Witos and the
establishment of ministry to be
drawn from the party of the left
SikorsM Reaches City.
A dispatch to the Havas Agency
from the Polish frontier said that Gen.
Sikorski, former premier and once
commander of the Polish army on
the northern front, with a force of
loyal troops, had arrived at the gates
of Warsaw and was giving battle to
Pilsudski's men.
Advices from Berlin quoted a War.
saw dispatch to the effect that troops
from Posen were marching upon War
saw to uphold Witos.
AS yet there has been no direct in
formation from Warsaw except a COM
munique from the Polish Telegraph
Agency. This said:
1.-The ministerial crisis and divers
incidents which marked it's develop
ments, caused a certain effervescence
in military circles 1t added that
regiments quArtered in the environs
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Evening star., 1926-05-14
P|LSUDSK| HOLDS
WARSAW; 45O DIE
|NSTREET FIGHTING
Reports Say Marshal Has
Captured Members of
Cabinet.
LABOR AND SOLDIERS
JOIN REVOLUTIONISTS
Papers Seized by Dictator, Who
Controls Railroads-Dis-
orders Increase.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
VIENNA. Austria, Nav l4-The
Polish legation here has received
direct advices that the Witos min
istry has fallen. but that President
Wojciechowski is still maintaining
his position.
By the Associated Press
BERLIN. May 14.-Government
officials are reported here to have fed
from Warsaw as a result Of the
revolutionary movement headed by
Marshal Pilsudski.
Government air forces are reported
to have bombed the revolutionary
headquarters of Marshal Pilsudski.
1t Is estimated that 45O persons have
been killed in street fighting thus far.
Foreigners are fleeing the country.
A Czech Agency dispatch from
Prague says that Marshal Pilsud 8
troops are holding up trains coming
from German frontier at Skierniewic.
so miles from Warsaw. The tracks
have been destroyed or have been
occupied by his troops from that point
to Warsaw.
Controls Rail Lines.
BY controlling the railroads into
the city. the dispatch says. Marshal
Pilsudski has been able to intercept
the passage Of government rein
forcements.
According to this dispatch Premier
Witos was reported to have been taken
prisoner. Pilsudski also has con-
fiscated all Warsaw newspapers. only
permitting the publication of his own
bulletins.
The 36th Infantray Regiment.
which is supporting Pilsudski, has
occupied Lodz. according to private
reports from Danzing.
The reports stated that Marshal
Pilsudski had captured Belvedere
Palace after a terrific battle and that
several cabinet members were taken
prisoners. The entire city is now
stated TO have fallen into Pilsudski S
hands.
OF the provisional garrisons. the
dispatches say. the one at Wilma alone
appears to have voted in favor OF
Pilsudski although its departure from
Wilma is viewed as hazardous in that
it would expose Wilma to invasion by
Lithuania.
AQNlC6S ITOTil OSlIdu :
position is growing stronger and that
he is winning numerous recruits from
the army the majority of the younger
officers casting their lots with him.
Intervention of labor on his behalf
is also proving effective. the dis
patches say. as the railway workers
are beginning to halt the transporta-
ton of troops.
Food Prices Soar.
The economic situation is rapidly
becoming worse. the prices of food
and other commodities soaring.
Reports from Warsaw received here
at noon said disorders were increas-
ing, with bands of civilians marching
through the streets shouting, Long
live Pilsudski.' Persons who refused
to tip their hats when the marshaPs
name was mentioned were clubbed.
A dispatch to the Wolff Bureau
through Danzig says Pilsudski has
appointed Roman Knoll, former Polish
Ambassador to Turkey. as commits
sar for foreign affairs in the "revo-
lutionary government"
Evening star., 1926-05-14
ByRD'S OWN STORY
A VIVID ACCOUNT Of.
NORTH POLE FLIGHT.
DauntIess Courage and Skill
of His Men Given Credit
by Explorer.

The first instdU,nent Of Consdr Byrd s
ndrrdti,e. printed beio,r. has been delay
ed in tronsmission from hinns Bay,
Cb1Rtier tbe story Of his great polar
ddrenfure. bv me clo00in1 o. the rire-
less Wifh details Of the For1ts departure
and the necesSry for some time o. main
tdinin1 comm munjcdtiOn rim me 0irShjp.
ToniH nHicdfioB triih Kings BAY is nor
story. IN inSfGNfHenfs, is nor erpected 10
reach the United Sidtes more Quick'y.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
EskimOs and the Wilkins Party
Watched Airship for Hour
Cruising Toward Nome.
FLYING AT HEIGHT OF 500 FEET
PASSED POINT IS MILES INSHORE
Alaskan Radio Stations Electrify Air in
Efforts to Pick Up Dirigible.
Amundsen Ruse Suspected.
~ the Associated Press

Assoc
SEATTLE. Wash. MAY 14Dawing of the fourth day since
the dgbe Norge left Kings Bay ptzbergen to fly
North Pole Nome Aaka the world anxously awaiting
word from her.
Chief operators OF Alaska naval radio stations spent another
night listening for word OF the great arshp carrying Road
Amundsen and his II companions
Radio efforts reach the Norge have been particularly thor
ough Three stations those Paus Island Seward and
Hnchnbrook reported hearing the Norge
am Yesterday Eastern standard time but nothing has been
heard
Evening star., 1926-05-14
Favors Washington Plan.

A favorable report on the bill to au-
thorize the construction Of a replica
of the house in which George Wash
ington was born, at Wakefield, Va,
has been transmitted by Secretary OF
war Davis to the Senate committee
m public buildings.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

periences as vivid
on paper as they
are in my mind.
1t is difficult for
me to realize as l
sit snugly warm
in my catin on the
good ship Chan
tier, that just a
few hours ago
Bennett a n d l
were on our great
adventure. flying
over the white
waste of the Po-
lar Sea, aiming at
the goal that had
lured men for hun
dreds Of years to
death. and which
had been reached
Evening star., 1926-05-14
VISIBLE HOUR AT POINT.
Eskimos First to Sight Dirigible Near
ing North America.
RY Earl ROSSMAN

Special Correspondent of The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance
POINT BARROW. Alaska May 13
(by radiol--The Norge was visible
here last night wednesday, for about
one hour She was flying at about
shortly after passing Barrow the big
ship nosed down and then rose and
continued on her course. which was
south.
The Norge was first sighted while
Robert Waskey, our radio operator
here. was sitting in his shack on the
Arctic Ocean shore. Several Eskimos
rushed in eXcitedly. shouting: Air
ship. Airship'''
500 Feet High.
Every one rushed outside to see the
dirigible. which was visible flying 500
feet high. Wilkins, Lanphier and
Wisely were dining at the mission at
the time. They Immediately hoisted
the Stars and Stripes in salute.
I began this dispatch at 10 pm,
Barrow time, Thursday (3 am. Fri
day, Eastern standard time). We are
surprised to hear that the Norge has
not been heard from yet at Fair
banks.
The weather here remains foggy,
Wilkins awaits clear weather.
William c. Lyon. correspondent of
the New York Times. and Leo Bundy,
his radio operator, arrived here to-.
night. They were about 35 miles
from Barrow when the Norge passed.
lyon, former member of the staff
of The Evening Star, had been re-
ported missing for 10 DAYS. He had
been muShing across northern Alaska
from Nenana 10 Point Barrow)
Lyon and Bundy were south of
Barrow. Lyon said that when the
Norge passed them she was flying at
bf0 feet and dipped and shut off her
engine, evidently TO take bearings.
then rose and flew directly over them
across the tundra. He could plainly
see the cabins and lettering on the
Norge Apparently the Norge was
taking the direct overland route to
Nome. | obtained a motion picture
record while the native village and
white settlement were pouring out to
view the dirigible. The Eskimo Pres
byterian Mission Church was holding
prayer meeting, but this suspended
while the mission workers and their
guests stood and watched the ship.
May Have Iy%nded.
It is apparent that the Norge has
either landed, wandered from the
course to Nome or made much slower
progress than she did in her trans
polar flight Her total elapsed time
for the 2,100-mile flight was As hours
and 25 minutes, an average of about
4e miles an hour. at 10 o'clock last
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Evening star., 1926-05-14
Boy Is Is Arrested.
Seven Cars Recovered.

Among automobiles recovered by
the squad as a result of this arrest
were those reported stolen from Ken
meth Gather, 10 Bryant street: Rob
ert S. Dean, 923 Longfellow street;
Mrs. J. j. Boynton, 1878 Lanler place,
apartment n; Raymond G. Eanet of
Colmar Manor Md; Joseph L. Moore
of 712 Seventh street southwest, and
Albert A. Zoltrow of the Brill Rent
a.Car Co, 9OS Twentieth street
Zoltrow told police that the rented
car had been stolen from in front of
the house of client to whom il
had been delivered before he was able
to go downstairs and get the ma
chine.
Evening star., 1926-05-14
BY LIEUT.. COMDR. r. E. BYRD,

KINGS BAY, SpitzberGen, May IA
Now comes the hardest part of our
polar eXpedition-telling about 1t. l
only wish l could make our ex-
Evening star., 1926-05-14
AUTO THEFT RING
FOUND BY POLICE
Seven Capital Cars ReCov-
cred in Alleged Fence"
at Conway, Md.

An investigation into an out -Of-the-
way ransformation post for stolen
automobiles by Detectives Davis. AL
mobile squad ended last night with
the arrest of Allen Morgan. 80 years
old, proprietor of Il garage at Con
way, Md. on the Crane highway, 10
miles from Annapolis. on charges of
grand larceny involving the alleged
theft of seven automobiles from
Washington streets.
According to police. an inspection
of the garage at Conway revealed ap-
paratus for changing bodies of auto
mobiles from sedan type to roadster
type and vice versa: instruments for
changing engine numbers and other
means for Disgusting automobiles.
Boy Is Is Arrested.
An arrest of a 15-yearo old boy, Rob
ert Suter, residing near Conway, by
Policeman DE Busky of the first pre-
cinct a short time ago led to the in
vestigation. lie was charged with at
tempting so take an automobile from
a downtown street. and later in Juve-
nile Court was placed on probation.
Davis decided to investigate a bit
around the boys home and while
near Conway heard rumors concern
ing the garage. He finally had Nor
gan arrested and according to the
police. Morgan has confessed to hav-
ing obtained seven automobiles which
had been stolen from Washington
streets
Evening star., 1926-05-14

BY the Associated Press
VIENNA. Austria MAY 1.-THE
Polish legation here has received
direct advices that the Witos min
istry has fallen. but that President
Wojciechowski is still maintaining
his position.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

10. s. Weather Bureau ForecastD
Partly cloudy with occasional light
showers late tonight and tomorrow;
slightly cooler tomorrow. Highest IS.
at $3.50 pm. yesterday lowest, ST. at
am. today.
Full report on page 3.
Evening star., 1926-05-14

The railway strike was settled ri
tho following terms. agreed upon be-
tween the companies on one hand
and the National Union of Railway
Men. Associated Society of uocomo-
tive Enginemen and Firemen and the
Railway Clerks Association on the
other:
Those employees who went on strike
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