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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18

Some amateur gardeners grow i'm.
patient because they cannot grow
anything else.
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G. 0. p. CLUB TO MEET.
Coolidge and Dawes League to Dis
cuss Campaign Tomorrow.

The Coolidge and Dawes Republican
League will hold It's last meeting Of
the Summer. tomorrow night at 8
o'clock at tho Cleveland School. r
street. between Seventh and Eighth
streets.
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Some OF the most useful metals Of
today were scarcely known so years
ago.
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DR.. and Mrs. R. S. Beale
Formally Announce
Daughter s Betrothal
Miss Elizabeth Marbury
Beale to Wed Ensign Will
liam H. Leahy. U. S. N,
Saturday, 8 O'clock P. NJ.

DIR. and Mrs. Robert S. Beale an.
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Marbury
Beale, to Ensign William Harrington
Leahy, son of Capt. and Mrs. William
D. Leahy, u. S. N. The wedding will
take place Saturday at s o'clock in
the evening at the old Christ Church
in Georgetown. The arrangements
for the wedding are quite informal
no invitations having been sent out
and a small informal reception will
follow the ceremony at the home OF
the brides parents.
Miss BeaIe will have as her at
tendants her two sisters, Miss Sophie
Beale and Miss Florence Beale. Mr.
Tracy Ansell, son of Gen. and Mrs
Ansell, will be the best man and there
will be six ushers, all ensigns. who
graduated in the same class with the
| bridegroom elect.
| Miss Beale made her debut II
| Washington two or three Winters ago
and was one of the most popular bud:
| of the season. Ensign Leahy ant
his bride will leave almost imme
diately for the Pacific Coast, where
| the former will be stationed at SaI
| Pedro.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beatty Mellor
of Fifth Avenue. Pittsburgh, Pa, an
nounce the engagement of theil
daughter, Miss Sarah Cordelia Mellon
to Allan Magee Scaife, son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. James Werner Seattle. No date
has been set for the wedding. Mis-!
Mellon is a graduate of the Spencs
School, New York, and a member o.
the Junior League, having served a!
president last year. Mr.. ScaIfe is {
lgraduate Of Yale, . h:n a.. !.
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Women's City Club Pays
Honor to Defense Hiehwa,

Among the board members and
chairmen Of committees OF the Wo.
mems City Club who attended the
ceremony dedicating Defense High.
way" yesterday afternoon, and the eel.
ebration which followed in Annapolis
last evening, in which officials Of the
Nations Capital and the Capital of
Maryland took active part. were Mrs.
Edgar T. Brown, chairman Of the
committee on arrangements; Mrs. J..
Garfield Riley, president of the club;
Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. Lyman B.
Swormstedt. Mrs. VIM. E. Chamber.
lin, DR.. and Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
Mrs. Laura A. Bradley. Miss Myrtle
Bum, Mrs. Jennie o. Berliner, Miss
Pearl Mccall, Miss Loretta v. Barnes,
Miss Helen N. Johnson, Miss Virginia
Benjamin, Miss Olive Beatty, Miss
Jessie Lane, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
Miss Mary E. Lazenby. Miss Elaine
Eppley, Miss May Belle Raymond,
DIR. Edith Coale, Miss Florence Stiles,
Mrs. Wymond Bradbury, Mrs. w. j.
La Varre, Miss Julia Bannigan. Miss
Ethel Bagley, Miss Phillis Robinson,
Mrs. E. J. Brennan and Mrs. Graf
tan Kerans.
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81 Young Americans
Prove Their Fitness
For Consular Service
Nineteen of Class. Many
Bearing Historic Names,
Assigned to Posts for
Diplomatic Career.

The fourth class to be graduated
with honor and assigned to posts in
the consular service as preparation
for q diplomatic career, contained Il
names. OF these, 10 are about to depart
for their posts, and z, MIR. Lawrence
Higgins Of Boston and Mr.. Noel HaVl'
land Field of Cambridge, Mass, are
temporarily detailed to the depart
ment, but will probably receive their
assignments before the end Of the
year. Many of these young candidates
for diplomatic honors bear honored
names, such as Washington, Sherman,
Cabot, and several are from well
known Washington families, with
parents holding prominent positions in
the community's esteem.
After their recent assignment to
foreign lands, several have followed
the lead of Cupid and will take their
| brides into the new life. Mr.. John
| Belden Ketcham of Brooklyn, N. Y,
| who has been sent to Singapore, India,
was married last month to Miss Deck
of this city, and g. few weeks previ-
Gus Mr.. Walton Candy Ferris Of
Milwaukee married Miss Perrine, also
| Of Washington, and both these young
couples are already en- route for their
future abode, Mr.. Ferris being
Palermo, capital of Sicily. Mr.. James
Ernest Black Of Pittsburgh was mar
ried in that city early in May and he
also has sailed for his post, Bremen.
| Mr.. Nathan Scarritt of Independence,
Mo-, is likewise taking a bride from
his native haunts to his post in the
capital city Of Uruguay, Montevideo.
| Mr.. Cabot Coville, son of DR.. and
| Mrs. Frederic c. Coville, will marry
Miss Lillian Grosvenor. daughter OF
= IContinued on Seventh PageJ
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MRS JOHN WILLIAMS. mother of Letter
Notes of Special Interest
To Capital Social Sc,

Senator and Mrs. Frederick H. Gil
lett are at Bar Harbor, Me-, having
motored over from their home at
Springfield, Mass.
Representative and Mrs. Parker
Corning, who are at Bar Harbor for
the Summer, entertained at dinner
last evening for their daughter, Miss
Mary Park Corning.
Associate Justice of the District SUI
preme Court and Mrs. A. A. Hoehling
and Miss Louise Hoehling and Mr.. A.
A. Hoehling. jr.. are sailing today on
the Minnetonka" for Europe, where
they will spend the rest Of the Sum
mer.
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor and her
daughter, Miss Lillian Grosvenor
whose marriage to Mr.. Cabot Coville
will take place July 90. have returned
to Washington after spending about
q week in New York.
Miss Grosvenor was the honor guest
at luncheon yesterday of Miss Frances
Saul and Miss Rose Saul.
Mai. and Mrs. Carey Brown and
tnelr Sinall son, AlStoH Law bToWu
LAft Washington yesterday by motor
with Mr.. and Mrs, John w. Belt tc
spend the week end with Mrs Belts
mother, Mrs. Ida M. Starr, in hel
home. Hope House. on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. Mrs. Starr gave
a large buffet supper and dance last
evening for her guests.
DR.. Everett NJ. EIiEon and hi.
young daughters, Alice Elizabeth
Margaret Isabel and Nancy Doris, are
the week end guests OF DR.. and Mrs
william Otis Bailey on their country
estate near Aide Va.
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Diplomatic Corps Members
Guests at Summer Resorts
Several Legation officials Sojourning Abroad
Others Out of City for Week End-Special
Notes of Embassies.
season.

The Ambassador of Great Britain,
Sir Esme Howard, who came to Wash
ington for a few days stay on official
business, is remaining in the city and
will probably not return to the Sum-
mer embassy at Manchester, Mass,
until the end Of the week.
The Ambassador of Italy, Mobile
Giacomo de Martina, is spending the
week end in New York and will return
to Washington the first Of the week.
The Ambassador Of Japan, Mr..
Tsuneo Matsudaira, is spending some
time with Nine. Matsudaira and their
family at Englewood. N. j.. where
they are established for the Summer.
The Ambassador Of Chile, Senior
Don Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal, IS the
house-guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. II.
Jacket at Southampton, over the
week end. The Ambassador was the
honor guest at dinner Friday evening
Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Higgins at
A5IlLOl AOOA' SAPO$S~A
turn 70 Washington the first OF the
week.
The Minister Of Uruguay and Nine.
Varela and their children sailed yes
terday on the President Harding to
spend several months in Europe.
The Minister of China, Mr.. Sao.ke
Alfred SEE, who is with his family at
Monterey, Pa, will return to Wash.
ington this week. The Minister will
attend the sessions Of the Institute
of Politics this Summer at Williams
town, Mass.
The Minister of Haiti and Nine.
Price will leave Washington next
week for Sherwood Forest, where they
will spend the remainder of the
Summer.
The Minister of Honduras and
Sonora de Bogran have as their
guests at the legation the formers
brother and sister-in-law, DR.. and
Sonora de Bogran. who came with
their three children from Philadelphia.
Sonora de Bogran was formerly Miss
Janet Dougherty at Philadelphia. and
with DR. fBogran ARd their .tanaiiy she
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is spending the Summer with her
relatives. DR.. and Sonora de Bogran
will be in Washington for a week.
The Minister and Sonora de Bogran
spent the first Of the week motoring
in Virginia.
The Minister of Venezuela, Senior
DR.. Don Carlos F. Grisanti, will leave
Washington next week for Canada
to join Sonora de Grisanti and their
family, who are established there for
the season.
Senior Don Juan Barberis, will leave
Washington next week for Canada,
where he will pass several weeks.
The assistant military attache of
the French embassy and Nine. LON.
bard will sail August for a two
month stay in Europe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Frances, Carusi, parents of
Nine. Lombard, will sail on the same
steamer and will accompany Maj. and
Nine. Lombard on motor trip
through Normandy and Brittany.
Mr. and Mrs. Carusi will return to
Washington in September, Maj. and
Nine. Lombard making several visits
in France before returning to this
country in October.
The naval attache of the Italian EN-.
bassy, Comdr. Alberto Lais, will leave
Washington the first Of the week and
sail Tuesday on the Conto Rosso to
spend the rest of the Summer in his
own country.
The secretary OF the Italian EN-.
bassy, Signor Luciano Mascia, left
Washington yesterday to join Signora
Mascia in Canada, where she Is estab.
lished for the Summer season.
The first secretary of the Irish Free
State legation, Mr.. William J. B.
Macaulay, and the second secretary of
the Polish legation, Mr.. Jan Stalinski,
are guests over the week end of Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Summerlin. jr., at
their cottage at Gibson Island. Miss
Margaret Zolnay is visiting her
brother:in; law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Summerlin.
The .attache. of the sEcuadoran 1ega.
tiop.s Senior Dom Carlos ;Mantilla, Is in
New sxsasap shsss 4or several weeks.
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CAPITAL Maintains Record
For Hospitality, Despite
Summer Season Handicaps
.Diplom ats and Home Officials Assemble in Groups
for Social Pleasure-Dinners and Lunch
=. cons Special Feature.
BY SALLIE V. II. PICKETT.

rVEN with the thermometer co. diplomats and
necessity or choice courage dine large and small
OF last numbering least 40 guests
Mwnter The Ambassador Of Chile Miguel
Iocona host to one OF the largest luncheon m
Sonora Gar6a who leaving Chile where the colonel will
are not only frequent guests frequent
udweek Mr. and Mrs Calhoun and others dinner parties
THE hospitality Dr. l. Rowe the PanAmerican Union
Building before he left for New York preparatory sailing for
night
The its and the several hsndfsd
The dramatic of Oan authentic Inca drama wish
the PanAmecn Union has
d the series OF concerts for the entertain
ment OF Washngtons music lovers
THE Egyptian government long list
especially legation
opposite the legation which by that
Mhmoud Samy Pha has been house hunting for time and his
yeTy ud;ous The proosy beons ss 0 Mrs. @ f au
derson who other legations and embassies including the
chancelery absence
white the Egypon legation will be the show places
Egypt the poteries
cries and pictures and atmosphere their will obtain through
THREE weddings week. and each taking
standing the Importance of the wedding of Miss and Moat
the Wedding Miss Monda and Mr. Gregg xen
Tor the treasury carries more interest because likely be
make the event other than simple wedding adapted the
OF Newcastle Wyo, and the whole countryside will
MRS JOHN WILLIAMS mother of Mrs Josenb Letter has oo,e
JUST now society stands gape at her house
ssnt stree just block from the home of the Secretary
building the ordinary white stone urn ogsde o. ine
but the inside of verab p design The living rooms are
beds hunks built the entirely ship styIe
will be a mess hall ~ ~ . " p " " TOOL" and there
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Senator and Mrs. Frederick H. Gil
lett are at Bar Harbor. Me-, having
motored over from their home at
Springfield, Mass.
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Miss Anne B. Hacker
Visiting in Bay State

Miss Anne Brownlow Hacker left
yesterday for Taunton. Mass, to be
the guest Of her brother n-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. William Emmons
Forbes. She will stop en- route in
New York to spend several days with
Miss Minerva Damon.
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Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur
OnC Observation-Disclosures
Entertaining Friends Aboard the Sylph-Senator
and Mrs David A. Reed Going to Europe.
Summer Vacations Scheduled. -.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. owen Thompson. at
their apartment on Bancroft place.
Mrs. L. B. Cartlwell and her grand.
Continued on Fifth Page.l
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Rev. DR.. Peter of Richmond
Paws Visit to Capital

Rev. J. Freeland Peter. d. D.. OF
Richmond, Va, who arrived In WASH $
ington yesterday, IL stopping at the
MAydowsr. --,e,...-. -
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SEPPALA THE ACE OF
 DOG TEAM RACERS
 TELLS EXPERIENCES

sas City few days before Mir Sep pala arrived. where he had unveil- ed the immense war memorial. It was stated that immense crowds attended the unveiling of the mon ument. but Mir. Seppala was told by officials of the paper that his exhibit drew greater numbers of people than did the President and the unveiling The parades drew such crowds that it was necessary for the police reserves and the motor cops to patrol the streets along with MT. Seppala to keep them from crushing him and his dogs. While at Kansas City. MT. Seppala met our old friend of Nome. J. C. Brown. the discoverer of the Third Beach Line at Nome. with whom he had a long and friendly talk.
 From Kansas City, he next went to Dayton, Ohio. where he met any presons he knew, among item. Lieutenant McNutt. who was one of the New York to Nome J. s. Army flyers. At Dayton. MT Seppala was very much feted, and Was wonderfully received. He took in 50 towns in three days with his dogs and in each of these towns he gave a ten-minute talk Here, it might be well to mention. that MT Seppala was provided with an i'm mense auto truck. the fore part ol which was constructed like an Els kimo Igloo. the back part being fiat. to afford the best possible view of the Siberian racing dogs. which everywhere were great curiosity ard much ado was made about them. Mir. Seppala had his ex- hibit about three miles from Day ton, on farm. More than fifty thousand people visited him there in one day going forth and back in automobiles. Many parades were given at Dayton where again 1t re quired the entire police depart ment to hold the tremendous crowd in check. At Dayton, Mr. Seppals vas honored with an Alaska Ban. quet. which was attended by 5t
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07

Leonard Seppala, the we'll known turned from long trip through ehe Eastern States with ms racing team. Mr.. Seppala has been good enough to give a representative of tie Mug. get. c. J. Woofter full account of al! the outstanding features of hls rip hut of course there a.. many more things to tn' than is ccntain- ed in the following sketch. which of necessity. and lack of space must be but an outline.
 MT. Seppala arrived in Nome on Monday afternoon. May 2nd. es- corted from Solomon by many dog teams. totaling about hundred dogs. and their drivers, and was met at Solomon by his wife and little daughter. His welcome was the usual boistrous. hearty. but all ways sincere welcome back to the Northland. always extended to the wayfarer returned. Harry Phil lips was on hand with his movie camera to get all the news for his outside representatives, and many Ike daks and cameras clicked a wei come which could not be expressed iM words.
 MT. Seppala left Nome October 18th on the steamer Panama with 42 dogs. several of that number being pups which he took out for dogs. and number of reindeer belonging to the Bureau o1 Education and 16O reindeer belong. ing to the Lomen Reindeer Com pany. MT. Lavoy. a movie man was also aboard. The trip to Se- attle was uneventful.
 From Seattle seppala went to Bellfngham, Wash. where he show. ed his dogs in a department store and took two teams, totaling 20 dogs up Mount Baker.
 From Bellingham he went tc Kansas City, Missouri where he had a contract to show his dogs in the interests of the Kansas City Star Big parades were arranged and i'm mense crowds attended them, Pres ident Coolidge had just left Kan.
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til ten o'clock. then both killed when combined together.
wickersham Files Injunction Treasurer

JUNEAU. May 6. l49-Lke bolt of the clear sky. James Wickersham, for himself and all other taxpayers similarly situated as Plaintiff Smith, Territorial Treasurer, against the payment from Territorial funds, $17.6s0 for the office of the Governor. and $2170O for the office of the Terri torial Secretary. for the special expenses involving the completing of the Territorial Legislative Jour nals. He declares that the act of the Legisla- ture in making the appropriations is ultra wires and void and not within the legislative powers of that body Federal Judge T. NJ. Reed issued an order to show why the order of injunction should not be issued o'clock May 11th.
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LEGISLATURE
PASSED ElGmrY.1wo LAWS

JUNEAU. May [, LP)-The Territorial Legis- lature passed total of eghty-two laws. forty-nine of which originated in the House and thirty-three in the Senate There ninety weight bills in troduced in the House of which thrty-three were defeated and three died in the Senate and Seven in the House without being considered and were laid on the table and three were withdrawn
 Out of seventy measures in the Senate | irty- three passed both Houses and twenty-five were lost died in the House and two died in the Senate without consideration, five being withdrawn
 An agreement reached on the Murray Compensation Bill which increases the existing schedules of the Workmens Compensation Laws about seventeen per cent.
 Benny Benson the designer of Alaska's first official flag, will only be sent to Washington and not to Paris proposed to attend the American Legion Convention. At Washington he will pre- sent the flag of Alaska to President Coolidge
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07

people, all of whom had been ID Alaska. The Mayor of the city the Chamber of Commerce and all the prominent men of the city met Mr. Seppaia on his arrival in Dayton.
 In Dayton, Seppala worked for he Rike kumler Company. the largest department store in Day ten, and the advertising manager of the store. w T. White. managed Seppala's exhibit. and showed him many favors, and rendered much assistance
 After the banquet was over and i he was being introduce to those i present, one man asked him what i boat he came to Nome on in 1900
 Mr. Seppala replied. "on the Ohio" i The gentleman then asked him ] ii he remembered Captain Boggs. who skippered the Ohio at that time. which of course Mir Seppala i did. The young man was the nephew of Captain Boggs, and was passenger on that same boat and arrived here at the same time as MT. Seppala. After that he met the man who built the first N c. i deck in Nome in the early days. but he does not remember the name of this man.
 Thence to Detroit, Michigan, i where he met some people whom It | is well to mention. Among others, he met the sister of Bobby Brown, who died in Candle some years back and whose mangled body MT Sep pala brought into Candle on his dog sled. He also met the sister of the Rohn Brothers of Nome, Ed. and Fred, twins. Also while there he met Captain Wilkins who is now at Barrow Dan Crowley was there too and assisted him with his dogs and in other matters. Mr. Crowley was there in the interests of the Lomen Reindeer corporation. Sep pala had dog race at Belle Isle, and many parades. He went to the schools, hospitals and department stores. where again his Siberians
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SEPPALA BACK k--TELLS OF TRIP
NOME DELEGATION BRINGS HOME THE BACON
CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN COURT AGAIN

LOS ANGELES. May :. (P,-Counsel for Charlie Chaplin today disclosed that Lita. his last wife, set million hundred fifty thousand dollars the for which she would settle the divorce suit. Chaplins attorneys in fo nal statement answered the charges of Lta's counsel, saying that Charlie to settle the case fairly out of court. The statement continued At all times Charlie has been willing give Lita ill ex- cess of her share of the community property, and a million and quarter is more money than Chap lin possesses Simultaneously d counter state ment was issued declaring that Lita asks only six hundred fifty thousand with the addition of the trust fund for Charities two children and a share of the receipts from his uncompleted picture "rhe Crcus''
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Juneau. Alaska. May $. 192

Juneau. Alaska. May $. 1927 Nugget Nome.
 All first class mail will leave Seattle tomor- the Silver Wave. Advose that you arrange to have all Nome mail given direct to the airplane It is doubtful if the Governor will have sufficient time to make arrangements with the postal au- thorties to take the mall from the postofhces at Nome and Nenana Would advise that plenty of mail be given to the airplane when it leaves Nome. end it would be very advisable write the Governor. Delegate to Congress and Postmaster General on the plane leaving Nome with air mail
 THOS. GAFFNEY
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TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED
 AFTER MEMORABLE SESSION OF WORK
Ga6ney's Aviation Bill passes Senate Especial Nugget Correspondence).

JUNEAU. May 5. -Unexpected obstacles de- layed the passage of the Gafney Aviation Subsidy Bill which, however. passed the Senate last night The bill provides that the Governor is authorized to pay the sum of not to exceed five thousand dol lars and not to exceed twenty-five hundred in any one year. by subsidy contract for not less than two airplane trips during the period from April fifteenth to June first between Nome and points the railroad, and touching at Candle. Keewalik unalakeet and Ruby. Such acceptance obligates the carrier to carry not less than hundred pounds of mail to be carried without charge. In addition the plane is to carry at least passen- ger. and that the Governor is authorized to range with the Postal Department for the dispatch and service of the mail to be carried, Efforts will be made to have the plane leave Nenana by the ninth of May and return the twelfth catch the mail train on the morning of the thirateenth
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MRS. sNYDERs MAGNETISM PULLED
 HIM THREE HUNDRED MILES TO KILL

NEW YORK. May 2. N9-Henry Judd Gray yesterday testified that Mrs Snyders personal mag netism pulled him three hundred miles to help her kill Snyder. Gray told about travelling from Syra- cuse to New York to be led by the hand of Mrs. Snyder. Both of them were armed with lethal instruments at the bedside of the sleeping husband He testined that he had seen Snyder and that he joined plot to help Kill man against whom he had no enmity whatsoever
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ADMINISTRATION AND PARTY LEADERS
 HAVE BREAkFAST WITH COOLIDGE

WASHINGTON. May :. 1Pl-President Calvin coolidge yesterday had the Administration and Re publican leaders in brea kfast at the White House To conference, before which appeared William M Butler, Chairman of the Republican National Com mlttee, who has just returned from western tour NIT. Butler said the Administration is in very high standing in the far western states The guesfs at breakfast includer Secretaries Kellogg Mellon Wil Dur and Work, Speaker of the House Loneworth. senators Curtis of Kansas, and Borah Idaho
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07

DAkAR. West Africa. May s. t!p,-Captain St- itoman, a French aviator left St Louis Senegal at sN-ehlrX yesterday morning in attempt fly across the Atlantic in nonstop flight Perna m puco razi distance of eighteen hundred miles.