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Evening star., 1927-09-07
McGROARTY's FAMILY NOTIFIED
Young Man Lived at Falls Church for
Number Of Years.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, September
T.-Robert 3. McGroarty, one of the
victims in the New York tragedy
which claimed the lives Of three other
persons. was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. McGroarty of this city.
The young man was stage manager
in the production of James Cowps
new play, and was on his way home
from the theater, when struck by the
falling body of Steinberg.
McGroarty, an only son, was re-
Gently married to Mrs. Ruth Garner
Quick, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Garner Mrs. Frank Bevin, a
sister, is on her way from Rio de
Janerio, Brazil, and will arrive Tues
day. She has not been notified OF the
accident. Mrs. Carl z. Mackenzie of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, another sister.
is on her way to New York. Mrs.
McGroarty, the mother, left this
morning for New York, after being
notified of the young mans death. The
father of young McGroarty was con-
nected with the Southern Railway at
the Office in Washington for number
of years.
The victim of the accident was
20 years old. He received his school
ing here and had a number Of friends
in this section.
Evening star., 1927-09-07
PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY.
Flyers Have Lifeboat and Flares and
Can Float Plane.

ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, Sep
tember Z R.-A collapsible rubber
lifeboat, an emergency dump valve in
its gasoline tanks and supply Of
flares and rockets carried by the
monoplane Old Glory were cited by
aviation officials here today as a
basis for the belief that the occu-
pants Of the plane had chance of
saving themselves If they were forced
down at sea.
Lloyd w. Bertaud, one of the pilots
on the plane, tested the boat in Long
Island Sound a few weeks ago, when
it was found to operate satisfactorily.
The boat can hold at least two men.
The boat was carried in bag and
was placed in the plane within easy
reach of the flyers. The boat is in
fiated by an air pump and is pro-
PEELED by collapsible oars.
The main gas tank, with a ca
pacity of $40 gallons, could be emptied
and filled with air in as seconds by
means of an emergency valve, which
can be operated from the pilots or
the navigator's compartments. In an
emergency landing on water the air.
filled tank has buoyancy equal to
two tons and would keep the ship
afloat for some time.
Although flares and rockets were
carried on the Old Glory, it was
thought here they would be of little
service since day was breaking at
sea when the plane sent out it's dis.
treSs call.
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Evening star., 1927-09-07
GALE AGAIN DELAYS
TAKE-OFF BY LEVINE
Hinchcliffe Vetoes Proposal That
Flight to India Be Substituted
for Atlantic Hop.
BY the Associated Press.


CRANWELL, England, September
7.-Charles A. Levine again postponed
his transatlantic hop today, weather
reports showing that a 35-mile gale
was blowing over the North Atlantic.
Levine and his pilot, Capt. Walter
Hinchcliffe, arrived early this morn
ing at the Cranwell Airdrome, where
their monoplane, the Columbia, Is in
readiness. They were reluctant to
postpone their attempt again, but
bowed to the advice of the meteoro-
logical experts.
Some of the weather men with
whom Levine was in touch said three
or four weeks might elapse before
good flying conditions over the Allan
tic could be expected. Levine sug.
gested, in view Of this, that the Allan
tic fight be called off, and that the
hop be made instead in the direction
Of Karachi, India. Capt. Hinchcliffe,
however, demurred. and asked that
the waiting period be extended until
September Is.
Hinchcliffe is still hopeful of start
ing tomorrow or Friday, and Levine
is planning to come to Cranwell i'm
mediately If the weather over the
ocean shows improvement. After to"
days postponement he left for Lon.
don, while the Columbia was put back
in her hangar.
Evening star., 1927-09-07
TWO FORMER PLEAS
FROM AIR RECALLED.
Old Glory Distress Message
Is Third Heard in Re-
cent Weeks.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, September T.
The SOS call from the monoplane
Old Glory, somewhere in Midatlantic
today, is the third distress call of it's
kind to be picked out of the air by a
listening world in recent weeks.
1t particularly recalls the last word
that ever was heard of William II. En-
win, Dallas aviator, and Alan Eich-
waldt of Hayward. Calf, his naviga-
tor, who struck out over the Pacific
from here August 19 to search for the
two lost planes which participated
three days previously in the Dole air
derby to Honolulu.
Plane i'm Tail Spin.
Erwin and Eichwaldt, made a start
in the Dole race, but were forced
back by minor accident to their
plane. Their second start was made
in the hope of steering a zigZag
course, searching the great stretch of
water for the missing planes.
From midafternoon until Q o'clock
that night all went well. Eichwaldt
reported their progress by radio. Then
came an sos saying they were in
a tail spin. A few minutes later they
sent another saying they had come out
of the spin without harm, but that
they had been scared" Shortly
thereafter the radio of the plane. the
Dallas Spirit, was heard sending a
frantic distress message telling of a
second tail spin.
Then. as in the case of Old Glory,
silence. They were about 700 miles at
sea at the time. The Dallas Spirit
had vanished like the planes of Nun.
gesser, Coli. Redfern. Augie Pedlar,
Miss Mildred Doran, Villas Knope,
John Frost and Gordon Scott.
The other SOS call had a happy
ending. In July, Ernest Smith and
Emory Bronte sent distress calls from
their plane while flying from Oakland
to Hawaii.
Flyers Escape.
When few hundred miles from
their destination they asked for help,
saying their gasoline was about gone
and they would be forced down in the
water. Three or four ships raced to-
ward the position indicated. A few
hours later they reached the Island of
Molokai and landed in kaiwee tree
just as their last drop of gasoline had
been used.
Evening star., 1927-09-07
LEEDS, HEIR TO TIN-PLATE
FORTUNE, FLYS TO CAPITAL
Young Man Reported to Be
Seeking License on
Air Trip Here.
Two Companions Are Inter-
eSted in Commerce
Flying Firm.

William 3. Leeds. jr.. heir of the
tin-plate manufacturers millions and
husband of Princess Xenia of Greece,
arrived at the Naval Air Station, Ana
costa, last night after dark, ostensibly
to apply to the Commerce Department
for a pilots license.
He registered at the Mayflower Ho-
tel at 10 o'clock last night and today
refused to see any one. Shortly after
noon he left the hotel for an unknown
destination.
Maj. Clarence NJ. Young, director OF
aeronautics of the Department of Com
merce and acting "air secretary" in
the absence Of William P. MacCrack-
en-, jr., said early this afternoon that
young Leeds had made no applica-
ton for a license. However, Maj.
Young explained, Leeds could fill out
the necessary forms and demonstrate
his ability to pilot an airplane this
afternoon and return to New York
Upon receipt of the results of a
Young added, the license would be
granted.
Leeds made the trip to Washington
last night in q three-engined Fokker
monoplane, which was used in service
between Philadelphia, Washington
and Norfolk last year by the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Co. This plane
has been acquired by r. j. Reynolds
jr., son of the tobacco manufacturer,
who has established flying service
called Reynolds Airways, Inc
These words are painted on the side
of the fuselage of the monoplane
which is temporarily housed at the air
station this afternoon.
Should Leeds use the Fokker t.
demonstrate his flying ability it would
undoubtedly be eligible for a trans
port pilots license" His practica
flight test for such a license would bs
as follows: Glide from 1,500 feet ant
land, in normal landing attitude, By
wheels touching ground in front o
and within 200 feet Of a point desig
mated by the examining officer; glidt
from 1900 feet and land, in norma
landing attitude. by wheels touching
ground in front Of and within Is fee
Evening star., 1927-09-07
ROYAL WINDSOR TAKES OFF.
Starts for Harbor Grace Without
knowledge Of Old Glory.

OLD ORCHARD, Me-, September Z
P).-The Royal Windsor scared grace
fully into the air to resume it's trans.
atlantic flight Englandward at ASS
o'clock this morning, and as the first
streaks of dawn were tinting the East.
ern sky. headed it's nose toward Har.
Dor Grace. Nova Scotia, it's next stop.
The take-off was perfect. The giant
monoplane rose without effort after a
short run and after a short circle of
the beach, raced out to sea.
The flyers, c. A. Duke" Schiller and
"Phil" Wood. took off without knowl-
edge of the flight of the Old Glory.
Their plane was last seen as 1t headed
into triangular opening in the
clouds through which the first rays
of the rising sun were cleaning.
Ready Before Sunrise.
Refreshed after a long nights sleep
at the home of Fred N. Boston of
Gardner and hot bath this morning,
the flyers were up and ready to get
away long before sunrise.
The machine, which had been
brought here yesterday from Scar
boro, near Portland, where It came
down last week after an earlier en-
forced halt at st. Gregoire, Quebec,
had been refueled with $50 gallons of
gasoline and the same force of me-
chanics which had worked over Old
Glory had declared it fit for the fight.
There was a last-minute test of the
motor. thermos bottles filed with hot
soup, hot coffee and iced water were
put aboard and the pilots hoped ir
Weather conditions were fairly
favorable. The sky was partly cloud
ed. but the clouds were light and
broken. There was light wind from
the west as the big craft gathered
speed in its run southwark along the
firm sands of the beach. The Royal
Windsor picked up momentum quick
ly and at Prouts Neck, headed for
the sea.
Plan Stop for Fuel.
Wood and Schiller estimated they
would reach Newfoundland in between
eight and nine hours. There, they
said, they would take on additional
fuel and their hop-off for ngland would
be made at the first favorable moment.
The plane was believed to have
headed due east after leaving here.
1t was reported FIVE minutes later
over Cape Elizabeth.
Weather along the coast was good.
but slightly cloudy.
The distance between this place and
Harbor Grace Is approximately 800
miles in an air line.
Schiller and Wood left Windsor,
Ontario, last Thursday with the an.
nounced intention of making a non.
stop fight to Windsor, England, and
an eventual landing at Croydon.
Evening star., 1927-09-07

Continued from First Page.l
flames, but this necessitated quick
and rough handling. AS a result the
flyers, who had planned to start across
the Atlantic yesterday. were forced to
put in the day overhauling the plane
and making minor repairs.
These were completed last night and
the CARING took the air in good shape
this morning.
If Tully and Medcalf reach London
safely they will receive $4,000 prize
offered by the hackers Of the flight.
The Sir John CARING is Stinson-
Detroiter, equipped with a Wright
whirlwind motor. 1t is almost identi-
cal in construction with the Pride OF
Detroit, world-cruising plane.
Refuse Request to Wait.
The plane took the air easily. Just
before the take-off thermos jars or
coffee were put abroad.
The CARING flyers had received a
request last night from Phil Wood
that they await the arrival of Wood
and Duke Schiller on the plane
Royal Windsor before starting across
the Atlantic, but they decided that
in order to be sure of favorable
weather 1t would be better to make
the start this morning.
Preparations were made at the air.
port here to refuel the Royal Wind
sor, which was expected to reach here
from Old Orchard, Me-, this afternoon.
Tully and Medcalf ate a hearty
breakfast before going to the air
field. They went over their machine
carefully and found everything to
their satisfaction.
Without ceremony they jumped into
the plane. Just before they started
both expressed confidence that they
would have lunch in London tomor.
row. Medcalf made an appointment
with motion picture camera man
to lunch with him In New York three
weeks hence.
The plane took the air easily and
scared over the harbor at an altitude
OF about 500 feet. Then it sheered
off to the eastward, gradually rising
to 1000 feet and keeping at that
height until it passed out of sight
over Capt. st. Francis, 80 miles away,
Evening star., 1927-09-07

Continued from First Page)
Before the Old Glory started on its
gold and silver flight to Rome, eight
persons, seven men and a woman.
had gone out over the sea in ships
and not returned. In addition two
United States naval officers were killed
while preparing for a challenge to the
ocean.
Capt. Saint Roman and Comdr.
Mouneyres hoped off May S. from
st. Louis, Senegal, for Pernambuco.
Brazil, and were lost in the South
Atlantic.
Three days later Capt. Charles
Nungesser and Francois Coli left
Paris to fly to New York. They were
never definitely heard of after head
ing out to sea.
There were no more fatalities until
August, when the ST. Raphael giant
Fokker plane, left Upavon, England,
to fly to ottawa, Canada, with Prin-
cess Lowenstein- -Wertheim, Capt.
Hamilton and Col. Minchin aboard
The big plane was cheered on its
way by Irish fisher folk and not heard
from again.
Paul Redfern flew away from
Brunswick, Ga, bound for Rio de
Janeiro and never reached his destl-
nation, although unconfirmed reports
have been received OF his being over
or In the vicinity of land
Two lives were snuffed out In
preparation for transatlantic flying.
Lieut.. Coudr. Noel Davis and Lieut..
Stanton II. Wooster met death at
Messick, Va, while testing their
plane, the American Legion.
Takes or i'm Sunshine.
It was 1928, Eastern standard time.
yesterday that Old Glory took on
bravely and optimistically from Old
Orchard, amid the cheers of well wish
ers. There was no indication of
trouble ahead. The weather was fine.
and the silver and gold of the air
Leviathan giistened in friendly sun
shine as she took her course.
Throughout the afternoon and eve
ming reports came back, from one
place and another, indicating that Old
Glory was going well. At 11;57 o'clock
last night the steamship California
sent a message saying that she had
sighted the plane about $50 miles
east of Cape Race. Still everything
appeared to be all right aboard the
monoplane.
This was the last report received,
however, until the SOS given out
here at 4 o'clock this morning. East
ern standard time.
Wives Reach New York.
Mrs. Bertaud and Mrs, Payne, wives
of two of the three men in the Old
Glory, reached New York today on
the Harbor express, but were protect
ed from a squad of newspaper men
and spirited away by special police al
the Grand Central Station.
The women had been informed OF
the Old Glory's sos by the Associ
ated Press at New Haven, Conn,
earlier in the day.
Evening star., 1927-09-07
11FLY TOCARTAL
! NATLANTICPLANE
Fonck Brings Huge SikorSky
Pair Round Trip Craft
Here for Tests.

Carrying II persons, the big Sikor-
sky biplane s-37, built for an over.
ocean fight, few down to Washington
today from Roosevelt Field, N. Y,
in two hours and ~ minutes, on Its
maiden cross.country trip. The flight
was made for the purpose of installing
a compass, celebrating the radio equip.
ment and installing some additional
radio devices.
Lieut.. Lawrence w. Curtin, naval
aviator, on leave from the service to
act as pilot and navigator of the
Sikorsky, told The Star on his ar
rival at the Naval Air Station at
A~.costia that the big plane would
Ay to Paris and back to New York.
Originally it was the plan of Capt.
Rene Fonck. French ace of aces and
leader of the aerial expedition, to
make the first nonstop fight from
New York to Paris for the Raymond
Orteig $4,000 prize. His attempt,
about a year ago. c~s9.3 in disaster to
the expedition on It's take-oT >ANnd
since that time three American planes
have reached Europe from America
without stopping.
Many ObjeCtives RumOred.
AS the big Sikorsky plane neared
completion, many rumors emanated
from New York as TO its mission.
These included a nonstop flight TO
Constantinople, a flig&A around the
world and a nonstop round trip 10
paris from New York. Lieut.. Curtin
said today, however, that the flight
would be TO Paris. where supply OF
fuel would be taken aboard and the
tourney resumed as soon as possible.
The plane this afternoon is testing
its radio equipment. and according 10
announced. plans Will return 10 New
York before nightfall. No date for the
denarture of the expedition has been
set. but Lieut.. Curtin said he felt GER
tain the Sikorsky would be headed
for the Old World in about two weeks.
Immediately on landing, Capt.
Fonck and Lieut.. Curtin asked for
news about the Old Glory, and when
told that It had sent out distress sig
nails they remained silent. Lieut.. Cur
tin later, however. on receiving al
ditional details of the sos signals ex'
pressed the belief that the big mono
plane encountered low-pressure area
and was in the teeth of a Storm
Others on Trip Here.
Those who made the trip this morn.
ing. in addition to Capt. Fonck and
Lieut.. Curtin, were: Mrs. curtin,
igor Sikorsky, designer and builder
OF the plane; Edwin Seton. vice pres
ident of the American Overseas Cor
poration, promoters of the Fonck
flight; Ensign S. A. Edwards, U. s. N,
on leave to act as radio operator;
Arnold c. Dickinson, vice president
of the Sikorsky Corporation, and his
father, C. P. Dickinson; II. ]. White,
general sales manager of the Sikor-
sky Corporation; Boris Labiensky,
airplane en- ,ineer, and George Hon.
neur a mechanic from the Rhone.
Gnome,Jrpiter factory, in France,
builders of the two 450-horsepower
air-cooled radia1 engines with which
the biplane is powered.
Fonck, Ensign Edwards and possibly
Honneur would make the trip, in
addition to himself.
Evening star., 1927-09-07
BAND CONCERTS.
TONIGHT.

BY the United State Army Band.
Curtis d. Away, captain, Infantry,
commanding, at the Sylvan Theater
at 1880 o'clock, William J. Stannard.
band leader. conducting.
March. Entry of the Bojars,"
Suite, Scenes Pittoresques."
Massenet
(a) Marche Franchise.
(b) Air de Ballet.
(c) The Angelus.
td) Fete Boheme.
Speciality, "Sextette From Lucia"
Donizetti
Thomas f. Darcy, first cornet: 10.
seph Dufresne, second cornet; William
+. Raymond, first trombone: August
GarcZorZ, second trombone; Amiel
Bushkovski, third trombone; Samuel
l.. Johnson, euphonium.
Religious, "Celebre Popule Meus,"
A notable composition from Vene.
zuela, specially arranged for the Army
Band by Master sergt. Theodore
Bingert.
Grand scenes from "Mefstofele,"
Boito
Mexican march, "Tampico". Espana
Intermission.
AHOlIIdS - AdFCy, SeCOHu IodQef,
conducting
"Over to Oberon". Weber
Two selected pieces:
(a) Celebrated Minuet" .Paderewski
(b) Minute Waltz Opus 64. No. q,
Chopin
The Minute waltz" is a special ar.
rangemen. for military band, by
Thomas F. Darcy, second leader.
Two popular Gongs. selected.
Collection Of favorite Spanish melodies,
MeyereIles
March, "The Charlatan". .Sousa
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Note-This program will be repeated
at the Capitol steps tomorrow at
1880 pm. 1t will also be broadcast at
that time through the courtesy of sta
ton WMAL.
At 7:30 o'clock at the bandstand.
Navy Yard by the United States Navy
Band, Charles Bentor, leader; Charles
Wise, second leader.
At United States Capitol at 7:30
o'clock by the United States Marine
Band, Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur
S. Witcomb. second leader. Wagner
Evening star., 1927-09-07
Ballot Boxes Needed.
Watson Is in Hospital.

ROCHESTER,, Mimi, September 7
R,.-Senator James E. Watson of
Indiana, chairman of the Senate com
mittee on privileges and elections,
who is in a hospital here, last night
issued a statement on the joint meet
ing of the two Senate committees in
Chicago today.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania"
he said. "wrote me that strong
effort should be made to preserve the
ballots cast at the last senatorial cleo
ton in that State for the use of the
Senate next session"
Evening star., 1927-09-07
STEPHENSON CASE
GOES TOU.S. COURT
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Sought on Grounds Trial
Violated Constitution.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated RreSS.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, September Z.
ID. c. Stephenson, former grand
dragon of the Ku XIX IkIaH and now
life prisoner In State prison. carried
his fight for freedom to the United
States District Court here today. 1t
was the second time he tried for re-
lease by habeas corpus action.
William V. Rocker Of Indianapolis,
the prisoners attorney, cOntended
Stephenson was held for the murder
of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indian
apolis girl. without due process OF law
and in violation of his rights under
article of the fourteenth amend
ment to the Federal Constitution. An
error in certifying the change of venue
from the Marion County Criminal
Court to the Hamilton Court invali-
dated the trial there, he declared.
Holds U. 8. Court Has Power.
Federal courts have jurisdiction over
State courts in cases of void judg-
ment, Rocker told Judge Thomas ".
Slick, United States district judge.
Attorney General Arthur l.. Gillian.
opposing issuance of the writ, de-
clared the same question now was
ready for decision by the Indiana Su.
preme Court. 1t was taken to the
higher court on appeal from the re-
fusal of Judge Harry L. Crumpacker
of the Laporte Superior Court. to is
sue the writ last December. Gilliom
represented Walter H. Daily, warden
of the State prison, a respondent in
the case.
Giiliom declared that whatever
timely objections the petitioner might
have raised to the Jurisdiction of the
Hamilton Circuit Court were waived
by him by going to trial"
Rocker and Gilliom disagreed over
what would happen If Judge Slick is
sued writ. Rocker held that il
would mean complete freedom-that
Stephenson would have been held In
jeopardy and could not be subjected
to further court action.
Gilliom contended that victory for
Stephenson would mean return to
Marion County for trial, as If no trial
ever had been held.
STEPHENSON LEAVES CETI
Evening star., 1927-09-07
MINER
SLAIN IN AMBUSH
Another Probably Fatally
Wounded-ChiIdren Driven
From School.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, September 7.-One
non-unio1 miner was killed and an
other wounded on Moon Run today,
when they were fired upon by uniden-
titled persons hidden in dense under
brush. The men were walking on a
road leading to the Moon Run Mine of
the Pittsburgh Coal Co. when they
were attacked. James Toots of Cleve-
land, Ohio, was killed instantly. Joe
Vargo was wounded, perhaps fatally.
Vargo was sent to a hospital. He
was unable to make a statement.
Toots, identified by naturalization
papers issued in Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, August 26 last, was shot in the
back and the face. Vargo was wound
ed in the abdomen and the head.
Fog Aids AssaiIants.
State troopers reached the scene
shortly after the men were shot. They
reported that heavy fog aided the
assailants in their escape.
Officials Of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.
today announced they had appealed
to the State superintendent of schools
and the State police for protection for
100 children of non-union miners, who,
they allege, were driven from a school
yesterday by union pickets and sym
pathiZers.
The children live at the Gallitin
mine Of the company near Mononga-
hela. The company officials, charged
that the children were driven from
the school property by union pickets
and large number of women and
children.
Evening star., 1927-09-07
NAVY SHIPS 1900 MILES AWAY
Rescue Efforts up to Commercial YES
sells in Atlantic.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The efforts to rescue the crew of
the Old Glory will devolve by force
of circumstances on commercial ships
in the Atlantic, it was said today at
the Navy Department, since the avail
able naval vessel nearest the spot
where the Old Glory sent out distress
calls is 1900 miles away. This ship is
the cruiser Trenton, now in New York
Harbor.
Rescue of the aviators depends al.
most entirely upon the ability OF Old
Glory to keep ahoat or upon the OPP
portunity which the aviators had of
initiating their raft, naval officials be-
lieve. The close proximity of the
Pennsylvania. and other steamers on
the traffic lane appeared to Navy ex-
perts to increase the prospects OF
sighting the plane. The reported
heavy seas might increase the chanc-
es of disaster, Navy Department Of
ficials said, but they regarded the out
look today with considerable optimism.
The Navy radio early today broad
cast the Old Glory's SOS.