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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
Battered BY Storm,
And Blinded BY Fog,
Plane Lands In Sea

PARIS, July l CP.-Battered by
storm and blinded by fog, with com
pass out of order ana out OF gasoline,
the giant trans Atlantic moncplane of
Commander Richard E. BYRD sped
swiftly to the sea at Ver-Sur- -Mer on
the coast of Normandy early this
morning, valiantly completing its
great trans oceanic hop-but ITS miles
west Of its goal, Paris.
Not until virtually the last drop of
gasoline was gone did the American
argosy give up its determined cropping
in the impenetrable fog for the land
ing field at LIE Bourget-a field that
lay awaiting eagerly for their arrival
at 80 this morning, French time,
after more than 40 hours in the air,
the end of the hearbreaking suspense
came.
1--WE had no choice but to seek q
landing" Commander Byrd told a cor
respondent for the Associated Press.
"I sent down a flare and then followed
with the plane
But there was more than that. The
great plane which had leaped with
such power from the runWa yat Roose-
welt field in the early dawn OF Wednes-
day was still mighty in its final sWoop
to earth. Landing in shallow water, it
tore the wheels from the fuSelage and
plunged out 200 yards off the beach
and then sank othe top OF It's wings
in the booming surf.
It was then that Commander Byrd's
painstaking foresight came into play
and the rubber life raft that lie had
been so careful to test before hopping
off proved it's service. Clinging to their
now helpless ship, the four American
airmen succeeded in. launching their
raft and, manning it, rowed quickly
to shore.
Not content with simply assuring
their own safety, the aviators true to
the traditions of their calling, made
several trips to the plane to obtain
their most important equipment, per-
sonal effects, sack of mail and some
of their precious records, although
much valuable scientific data was lost
to Commander. Byrd's great dlsap-
pointment.
They waited on the shore for two
weary hours until they succeeded in
getting in touch with fishermen, who
took them to the nearby lighthouse of
Ver-Sur-NGer and the home of the act
ing mayor, where they found food and
much needed sleep.
Today the great plane that had
served them SO well was dragged from
the sea by fishermen and naval men
from the port of Cherbourg under the
, direction of two of the crew of the
America. The engines were demounteo
and carefully gone over, while every
/ piece of equipment that could bc saved
was StoWd away.
Commander Byrd was hopeful that
the plane could be completely restored
! to USE
Despite the failure of the America
to reach Paris, two things stood out
tonight: the first was that if Com.
mander Byrd's calculations are correct
Continued on Page Tnree)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
CHAPLlN'S WIFE DENIES CHARGES
IN CROSS-COMPLAINT OF DIVORCE

unable TO answer specifically
Chaplin's charges that she was
unduIy friendly with a certain
young man" because she had no
idea of tic identity Of this per-
son. The actors wife made d
similar denial OF charges in
voIVing 'an automobile salesman"
Turning the charges into a
counter-attack upon her husband,
she said he had cruelty accused
her 0i improper conduct with q
mar at Il time when she was
an expcctant mother and ex-
tremeIy i'll.
She said she knew seVcraE
automobile saicsmcn hut that heT
friendship for all 0c them was
entirely proper. Again she turn
ed Chaplin's chatges against the
film comedian declaring that an
automobile salesman who Snc
knew recently was approached
by persons claiming to represent
Chaplin and accused of being too
friendly with her.
The salesman, she said in her ar
swer, had been urged to make
written statement admitting impropt
conduct with Mrs. Chaplin and prom
ised material and favorable cor
CONTINUED on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
COOLIDGE SHOWS
FAVOR TO AIDS
FOR AVIATION
Col. Lindbergh's Proposals
For Sea BeacOns Interests
President

RAPID CITY, S. D., July i P)--
Establishment of landing places and
beasons in the seas to- aid trans
oceanic fliers has been proposed by
Colonel Charles Lindbergh, pioneer
New York to Paris flier, to Presi-
dent Coolidge, who is disposed to
consider this an international prop
osition
Showing considerable interest in
the new accomplishments OF Amer
ica's aviators, in recent weeks, the
president revealed today that the
proposal for sea landing places have
been placed before him by Lindbergh,
and while the government has taken
no action there are indications thai
Mr.. Coolidge would listen to pro-
poSals for international negotiations
in this regard.
The record of the nations fliers
in recent years was pointed out at
the summer White House as indi-
cative that experience and knoWi-
edge was being gained which should
prove of urdoubted benefit to the
science of flying and navigation.
The flights OF Commander Byrn
over the north pole, as well as across
the Atlantic; of the army round the
world fliers: the army Pan-American
good will aviators; OF. Commander
John Rodgers toward Hawaii and OF
the two other recent trans-oceanic
and one Hawaiian expedition, were
recalled today by the president. Nc
plans are under way to receive any
of the more recent air heroes Of the
nation by MI. Coolidge here.
| Driving to the executive office
here today with Mrs. Coolidge the
president delyed into a review OF
business conditions Of the nation
which he considers very satisfactory
While he believes conditions may
not be as good as any one would de
sre. Mr.. Coolidge is encouraged Dy
government reports on business.
The labor department has re-
ported employment plentiful and the
postofficc department has shown in
creases in the sale OF stamps. II
was declared that prices OF farm,
products we're going up, particularly
cotton, corn and wheat. While hog
prices we're not so high it was sale
quotations on cattle were generally
satisfactory and higher than in re-
cent years.
Moreover, Mr. Coolidge is informed
that the huge movement Of rail
road freight is continuing. Rail.
road earnings may not be so higl
but he things this can be attributed
to greater wages given employees anc
which he approves, feeling this give
them greater buying power and there
by puts more money in circulation.
Two invitations to important event
were turned down today by the presi
dent who felt it would be impossibl
for him to speak either at the 150tl
anniversary OF the battle of Ben
nington in Vermont, on August lt
(Continued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02

LOS ANGELES, July 1 (PJ-
hita Grey Chaplin late today
filed an answer to the cross
complaint of her screen comedian
husband Charles Chaplin, deny
ing all his allegations and de-
cIaring them to be based prsl1-
cipally on lleresay and without
foundation in fact.
The first specific charge OF
improper association of Chaplin
with an unnamed woman, is
made in Mrs. Chaplin's answer.
The occasion, according to the
actors wife, was in july, 1925,
at about 1880 in the evening. In
bungalow owned by Chaplin
on his Hollywood studio lot.
Similar misconduct, she charged,
had occurred at other times In
the Chaplin Beverly Hills mani
sion and in other places in
southern California.
Answering the more sensational
charges of the film cOnedian's
counter complaint, Mrs. Chaplin
denied that during her marriage
she ever had been infatuated
with any man in any sense
other. than as an innocent,
friendly preference"
After declaring that She was
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
DISARMAMENT
PARLEY FINDS
PLANS DIVERCE
Great Britain Insists on
Maintaining High Cruiser
Strength

s GENEVE, Switzerland, July / N9--
The question of limiting the total
tonnage OF cruisers now looks as the
greatest problem before the tri-
partite naval conference.
All information Indicates that
Great Britain will probably request
figures so much higher than the
texisting tonnage and SO much in
excess of the maximum figures Sug-
geSted by the Americans that it may
be exceedingly difficult for Hugh S.
Gibson and his conferees to agree
to the British proposition.
It is understood that Great Brit
aim is maintaining its demand for
high cruisers strength because OF
its commitments to the protection
of the dominionss as well as the far
flung British trade routes.
In some conference circles it is
reported that the British may ask
the right TO maintain as much as
100000 tons in cruisers. Both the
American and Japanese delegations
are understood to favor placing the
total tonnage as low as possible.
Meanwhile it is understood the
Japanese are somewhat disconnected
by the reported 1lnfavorable reaction
tof American public opinion to theil
projected shifting on the question
I of capital ships and their probable
support of the British plan to in
sist on reopening that question al
! the present conference.
The correspondent unde r ia n d s
| that the situation now is definitely
| shaping toward discussion of the
| capital ship question at the end ol
i the conference, with adoption of 6
resolution or preamble 10 the treaty
to be framed here. This resolution
or preamble will, it is thought, EN-
phasize the desirability OF technica
-study of the sizes of warships ir
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
KEEP
ARMY AYIATORS
BUSILY ENGAGED
Maitland and Hegenberger
Attend Round of Func-
tiOns Saturday

HONOLULU, July l R).-Residents
of the hawaiian islands kept Lieu
tenants Lester j. Maitland and Albert
Hegenberger busy today and tonight
attending round of functions ar
ranged to give the two airmen added
honors for their successful nonstop
flight between San Francisco and
Honolulu.
During the forenoon the airmen
were busy answering messages of con-
graduation which continued to. pour
in from all sections. At noon the fliers
were luncheon guests of the Homo
lulu Engineers club. Tonight they at
tended an invitational dinner at the
Waialae Country club.
Two babies have been named after
Maitland. One is Maitland Paul
Sterns, the other Maitland Albert
lowell.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
19 HOURS IN
Of FOG,
BL|NDF0LDED
Terrible Experience Is Re
lated by Commander Of
America s
LOST IN FRANCE
Flew Around For Hours
Looking For Paris Until
Gas Exhausted

YER SUR -MER, France, July l H0
Here is Commander Byrds story
of his trans Atlantic flight as ne
related it to- j. E.. Angly, staff
correspondent of The Associated
Press.
1--WE had fairly good weather dur
ing the first part 0f the flight off
the American coast and kept up
good speed, even at the start, when
our load was extremely heavy.
From the time we sighted New
foundland until we had nearly
reached Europe we saw no land or
sea, the America being always in q
fog which at times was so thick we
could barely see as far as the tips
OF the wings.
1--WE had 10 hours OF high, dense
fogs and Clouds 1t may have been
clear on the surface at times, but it.
would have been impossible to go
up and down continuously, seeking
clearer weather, instead Of getting
on with the flight.
"Of course, that was a terrible
experience Imagine not seeing any
thing at all for 19 llours
1--WE were unable TO take our de-
parture from st. Johns, as we could
not see Newfoundland at all because,
of fog with which the whole country
was covered.
"After 19 hours OF that we man
aged, by very good luck to locate
ourselves on coming out OF it and
reached the French coast az Finis-
-. a,Ok1wy xxgla1 -
time it was for I've lost my charts
and most of my records, but it was
before sundown and we had made
very good speed.
1--WE first got in the fog about 4
O'Clock "wednesday afternoon) New
York daylight saving time and con
tinued in it until II O'Clock yester-
day morning.
"At Finistere, we set, our course
for Paris. Not long after we left
Finistere darkness fell, naturally, we
then followed the compass course,
having used it satisfactorily for q
thousand miles" sa
ITO our astonisllrnent and arnuse-
ment we came to a park near the
sea, instead of Paris. Something
grees and in the fog and rain we had
gone in circle. Something must
have affected the coinpasses. be-
lieved it was not the fault Of the
compasses for they worked most
satisfactorily. We we're now in the
predicament of flying around in a
very dark, rainy, foggy night not
knowing where we were going.
every few minutes there was rain
OF fog. BY then we had only enough
gasoline for a few hours more, proD-
ably not enough to Keep going until
daylight We would have to land
with it pitch dark if we could not
reach Paris again.
"We set another course for Paris,
but the effort was ended by low
clouds and rain. We may have been
near Paris We searched for the city
for hours
"If it had been clear there would
have been nothing to it; we should
have seen the lights.
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
ARIZONA COMMISSION
FINANCES HEALTHFUL


: PHOENIX, July R-The total
receipts in the office of the Arizona
Corporation commission from all
sources for the fiscal year OF 1927
27, ending June 30, 1927, exceeded
the total receipts of the commiss"
for the previous fiscal year ending
June 80, 1926, by $27,27O68, accord
ing to a statement issued today by
Loren Vaughn, member OF the COM
mission.
The report compiled by Glenn d
Grant, cashier for the commission
shows that for the fiscal year be-
ginning July l, 1926, and ending
June 80, 1927, the various depart
ments of the commission collected
in fees, a total OF $285, ,759.41 as
compared to total collections for the
previous fiscal year OF $3.50, ,4S8.74.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
CHICAGO'S HEAT DEATHS REACH
THIRTY THREE ON THIRD DAY, SAT.

CHICAGO, July / Up - Chi
cago'S heat deaths reached SO to-
day when the third day of in
tensely hot and humid weather
added six.
The heralded and anticipated
Thunderstorm struck the city
shortly after p. M, but the
mercury resisted stubbOrnIy and
at p. m. it registered 80 de-
grceS.
AT p. m. the thermometer
crept to SO which is near the
previous maximum Tor the past
two days humid Spedd. ON
Wednesday the maximum WIS
93.6 and yesterday the mercury's
highest mark was 93.
More than a score was reported
dead i'll Ohio from the hea:.
Most of them due 20 prOStratlOnS
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
MORE ARRESTED
IN OIL SWINDLE
IN Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, July l R-The
campaign of City Prosecutor E. j.
Linkley against persons accused o.
collecting usurious interest in loan
pools to the Julian Petroleum cor,
poration prior to the bursting of the
bubble of its more than four million
shares of oVer-issued stock, was re-
opened today with the filing OF two
new usury complaints.
Those named in the complaints
filed today we're I. Behrstock, Q
wholesale ieweler accused OF collect
ing $1,000 interest on 30-day loar
of $4,000, and L. A. Leayitt, bust
nessman, said to have collected $500
interest on a 40-day loan OF $12,875
Lickleg said, in filing these com.
plants, that they heralded a barragC
Of similar ones to be filed next week
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02

but some from drownings.
Temperatures in Ohio today
ranged from 50 to 81.
Thousands spent the day and
last night in the lake and parks.
crowds in the downtown area
were sharply reduced and the
pedestrian traffic was devoid OF
its usual zeSt and swing.
The heat wave continued un-
diminished throughout the mid
die west and districts adjacent TO
the south and north, but there
was a cool high area over
spreading the northwest and
considerable falls in temperatures
had been noted.
The expert opinion was that
tOmOrrOw'S hottest should be
about 80 degrees, with Sunday
even cooler.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
STOCK SALES
REACH TOTAL.
Of S125,3O0
More Than 600 People Buy
Stock In Ensuring Sue
cess Of Project
REAL BOOSTERS
Celebration Is Staged At
Successful Conclusion of
Campaign

Douglas sang its song of victory
last night after completed reports
showed that a total of $125,3OO worth
Of stock i'll the tourist hotel had
been sold to make, the project a
reality for the city of Douglas,
More than 600 residents the
city and surrounding country lo-
scribed to make up this total 4d
it is believed that it will reach aS4d
pass the $130,000 mark with the re-
ceipt Of answers to kilograms to
Douglas people who at the present
time, are out of the city.
ut is a great satisfaction to know
that we. put the hotel over said
E. w. Graves, member OF the hotel
organization executive committee at
the final banquet of the campaign
held at the Presbyterian church an
mex last evening
"But there is greater safisfac-
tion and that is the confidence
gained through putting this thing
over and we will be able to accom-
plish things in the future. We can
tackle anything and carry it through
to success in the future
the men who are the real boosters
of the community" said E. j. Hux-
table, sales manager 'sAt the start
OF the drive. it was my belief that
there were enough good citizens who
could afford from 500 to $500 to
put the hotel over and they came
through nobly.'
A. L. Webster, representative OF
the Hockenbury hotel system, ex-
pressed the appreciation OF the sales
organization to the ladies of the
Presbyterian church in arranging de-
lightful noon day lunches for the
workers while the campaign was in
progress in a few appropriate words
mo ten men have worked harder
for the success of the hotel than
have you ladies' said Webster. "It
is mighty fine and we all appreciate
it,
Webster also lauded The Dispatch
for aiding in the hotel campaign
and at the conclusion Of his speecl
the members of the sales organiza-
ton cleered the publisher OF the
newspaper.
II have one recommendation tc
offer and that is, that you keep the
program moving" Webster continued
"Don't let interest lag. You've
started something for Douglas nov
keep it moving.
'You men have the power to move
Continued on Page Elght)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
HonOIuIu to Pacific
Coast Flight Delayed
By Dissens;o IONS

MANA, Island Of Kaual,
Hawaii, July l R.-+The pro-
posed Honolulu to California
nonstop flight of Richard
Grace, Hollywood movie stunt
flier, was delayed tonight by a
K storm of dissension which baoke
out between Carl G. Spang, in
charge of the rigging arrange
ments on the Grace plane, and
Maston B. Roger, lieutenant in
: the United States naval reserve
5 and nechanician for the fligat.
Spang accuses Roger of in
efficient management and fail
ure to make proper prepara-
tions for the handling of the
plane here. Spang is also ve1y
bitter against the naval officers,
blaming the navy and social
activities at Kauai for the de-
lay in Grace's take-off. Soallg
told newspapermen, without
qualification, that Roger had
bungled the flight plans from
the start.
Grace is reticent about the
differences, evidently trying to
keep peace among his asSo
ciates by refusing to take sides
Meanwhile the naval officers
who were aiding in the flight
preparations have returned to
Pearl Harbor.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02

Copper easy; electrolytic
spot and futures 1880.
Lead steady; spos $50.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-02
BYRD TELLS DRAMATIC FLIGHT STOGtY
s******** *********
U. S. Embassy PrOds
Mexico in Regard to
HarUard Mans S Death

MEXICO CITY, July l tAP.
The United States embassy sent
another note to the Mexican
foreign office today regarding
the murder of Arthur Brewer,
former Harvard football star,
who was killed at Guadalajara
last month during a quarrel
over business matters. The note
expressed hope that the en-
basSy soon would be informed
of the success of the efforts of
the Mexican government to
apprehend and punish the mur-
derer.
0The embassy had made fsp-
resentations twice previously
in connection with the Brewer
case. The foreign office notified
the embassy on June % that
the municipal president of
Guadalajara had been instructed
to investigate the rnurder.)
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-24

mass meeting in the Bentleyville
Progressive Center, representing
eight or nine miners LOCALS. Rebecca
Grecht spoke on the general miners
situation and the desirability of form
ing Labor Party. This proposal was
received with great enthusiasm and
a rising vote of thanks to the field
organizer of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party was passed unanimously.
Although the miners are living on
relief rations, Communist literature
was in great demand. Many new units
were established in this district.
Glasses in the Fundamentals of
Communism were started. and striking
miners have already enrolled. An open
forum has been established which will
held meetings once a month.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-24
OUR STRIKE REPORTER.
MARGARET JANCsAR.

A few days ago, right in this min
ing camp at Martins Ferry, Ohio, two
company guards were coming down
the road in a machine and we called
them scabs. They stopped and asked,
"Who said that?" We said, "Try and
find out" One of them got so mad
that he took out a gun and said that
he would shoot US ALL Then a man
came out of house to see what was
going on. When he got on the road
he asked the guard what he was do
ing with gun in his hand. The guard
told him to shut up or he'd hit him
with the gun and then pushed him off
the road. Then a woman ran to tell
the marshall. When the marshall
came we told him that guard wanted
to shoot US. He didn't say anything
so we asked him what they would do
to the company guard. He answered
that they would take him to the City
Building.
They took him there and the next
day he was out after giving only a
small bond. They let him go because
the coal operators are backing him
up.
Then they took the miner who
came out of the house and put him
in jail. He didn't do anything, he
only said that if he had gun he
would shoot the company guard who
wanted to shoot US. He didn't have
gun but they took him anyway be-
cause they wanted to scare US and to
start some trouble so that they could
keep the injunction against us for
ever. But we aren't afraid of the
Jail or the guns either.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-24
Chicago Federation Officials Make Futile Gesture Against Injunction Menace
YOUNG COMRADE SECTION
AN APPEAL
y A Group Of Miners Children.

by "A GrOup OF MINERS Chlldren.
Our fathers are not working. They
are on strike, fighting the coal COM
panies and the coal and iron police.
We have nothing to eat and we have
no clothes.
The unisn gives out some money
but mostly it gives US old clothes.
The scabs have lots of money on pay
day. But we have no pay days.
We go to school hungry and cold.
But the scab children are well fed
and have better clothes. And they
have Coal and Iron Police protecting
them.
You, workers. children whose faith
ers are not on strike, must help US.
If you help US you will help our faith
ers fight the Pittsburgh Coal Com
pany and other coal companies and
the Coal and Iron Police.
All workers children are brothers
and sisters. So you must help us.
Only by all of US sticking together
and helping each other can we beat
the company. So help us
All you workers children! Organ
ize relief!