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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-14
An Epic.of.the.Air
Col. Charles
Lindbergh
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ing, was not injured in any way.
The parachute was still held open
by the wind and did not collapse
until in one group of lines.
During the descent all the 9TH
er planes broke formation and
arched around us. Every ship
within sight proceeded at full
speed to the spot and before long
the air was full of machines. Sew
eral of the DeHavilands landed in
the blowing and within half an hour
two planes with extra parachutes
were sent to take US back to Kel-
ly. About an hour after the crash
we had two new SE-5's and were
back in the air again.
The parachute is marvellous in
vention, experimental with as
early as the sixteenth century by
Leonardo da Vinci.
The first parachute was built by
Frenchman in 1884. This para
chute was a rigid structure COW
cred with very strong paper and
fabric. 1t was used in a jump
from a building in Paris.
About a year later, the same
type of parachute was dropped
from hot air balloon in England.
Soon jumps began to be made from
balloons with other types of rigid
parachutes.
About 1880, Captain Thomas
Baldwin made a name for himself
by jumping from hot-air balloons
with a chute which was a fore
runner of the present type. He
was the first really successful
jumper, but success in those days
was judged by how long a man
lived in this profession. ..
In 1912 the first parachute
jump from an airplane was made.
The container was attached to the
plane and the man who did the
jumping pulled the parachute out
as he fell.
The war really proved that the
parachute is a life-saving appara-
tus for use with airplanes. Early
in 1918 the Allied pilots reported
that German pilots were using par
achutes to escape from their
planes whenever they were out of
control or set on fire. This was
the beginning of insistent demands
on the part of our allied pilots
for parachute equipment. The A.
E. F. tried to produce a satisfac-
tory parachute by combining the
good feature of several chutes al
ready in existence. All of these
however, were very bulky and
heavy and hard to get on the plane.
During the summer of 1918, the
United States Air Service officials
appealed to Washington for good
airplare parachutes. A large num-
Der of tests were made. Finally,
after combining all the good points
of foreign and American chutes,
satisfactory free type of para
chute was developed. By free
type | mean the kind of parachute
which is entirely independent of
the plane.
Stories often come out in the
newspapers about parachutes that
fail to open. What probably really
happens is that men who make
jumps from planes are killed be-
fore they are able to pull the rip
cord which opens a parachute. In
the past there was always a great
deal of danger in testing out a new
type of chute, but now they have
been developed to such a high de-
gree of efficiency that there are
practically no fatalities. Each para
chute that is used by the Govern
ment is repacked every month and
tested every six months.
Ito be Continued)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-14

James and George Raymond,
who left London in July, 1926 to
walk around the world, recently
reached Egypt after covering 6,875
miles Of their journey.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our friends and neigh
bors for their kindness during the
sickness and death of our be
loved one, William Conely; also
for the floral offerings.
Mrs. William Conely
w. l.. Smith and Family.
Mrs. Dan Cornell.
Mrs. Katherine O'Donnell.
Patrick Conely.
Liquor put in lemonade being
served at Chicago church social
by a practical joker was detected
before anyone became tipsy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-14

Roy V. Light of Glencoe, Ill.,, is
in hospital after looking for a
gas leak with lighted match and
finding it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-14

FARM WAGES DECREASE
Figures gathered from all coun-
ties in Minnesota during the first
week in June by j. IS. Jones, of
St. Paul, executive secretary of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18

Those endangered by the revela-
tions Of police corruption have sent
forth the word that too much is
being spilled across the bar of JUS
tice, authorities declare.
Death Sign Effective
Francis j. McKeown, former
owner of a Germantown saloon and
counted on as one of the States
star witnesses, was under $4,000
bail today. charged with "wilful
and deliberate perjury"
Why? McKeown took the witness
stand at the trial OF Matthew Pat.
terson, ward politician, and former
Police Capt. Charles W. Schoenleber.
The defendants are accused Of
conspiracy in alleged collecting from
saloonkeepers for police protection. A
scowling spectator trailed his fore.
finger at right angles across his
throat. Perhaps he was arranging
his necktie. McKeown stared, then he
startled Assistant District Attor.
ney Lemuel B. Schofield by repudi.
ating testimony supplied a few
weeks ago under examination.
just Beginning
Judge Edwin o. Lewis held
McKeown On a charge Of perjury
when AL Hendrie, lager baron"
testified at hearing to paying So 900
a months right of-way protection for
his beer truck fleet. four men in the
court roam snapped their fingers
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MALE HUNTRESS
IS SOUGHT
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a husband" Mrs. Frederick said
in Nashville today. miss Davis
advertised for travelling companions
and we answered the advertise
ment. Then she had our pictures
taken and wrote and sold stories
TO newspapers all over the country
saying We were on a husband hunt.
I'VE didn't know this until after
we had started. She made me put
up $3.50, and Mrs. Howe 5000 for
travelling expenses. Yesterday told
her that / was tired of all the fool.
ishness and was going back to Wash.
ington.
II asked her for my money and we
had an argument. Now Miss Davis
Is gone. and I've decided it is a mat
ter for the police"
The Nashville police department
has broadcast a lookout for Miss
Davis, and other developments are
expected. Mrs. Frederick probably
will return to her home here to
| morrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Church Leader Urges
Lions to CO-Operate

Bishop Irving P. Johnson, Epis.
copal Bishop of Colorado, was the
principal speaker at the luncheon
of the Lions Club. which was held
in the garden of the Msvflower
Hotel yesterday. Bishop John.
son stressed the need for the laity
TO be more in accord with the
clergy. He said that there was
much need of cooperation between
the laymen and the members of the
clergy.
Another speaker at the luncheon
was Professor William 3. Burrows,
of Missouri, who spoke on the sub.
ject of concentration.
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WETS HIT BY
BISHOPS
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committee on labor relations. which
was presented at a joint session
Of the House of Bishops and the
House of Deputies Monday. Al
though this is true, many promi-
nellt laymen in the church are
connected with the larger indus
tries.
Green Asked Aid
The Episcopal church was asked to
help solve the complicated indus
trial problems which have arisen
since the World War, by William
Federation Of Labor.
Explaining the purpose and aims
Of his organization, Greene said:
''The ultimate object OF tie Amer
ican Federation Of Labor can bo
expressed in two words, Human
Betterment.
Declaring that the church could
help, through a study Of human re-
lations in industry, in solving in.
dustrial problems. Greene expressed
the feeling that ''it is in accord with
organized labor in its efforts to
abolish child labor and sweatshops.
to protect the health of the work.
ing men and women and to secure
the enactment of scientific and ade-
quate workers compensation legis-
lation."
Harper Sibley, of Rochester, n. Y,
in presenting the other side of the
question, asked the church to help
combat greed" and ''selfishness" in
business. He described organized
a F1stnT les ~
enemy Of the worker.
e. P. Hutchinson, president Of
the Bethlehem Fabricator Com
pany. expressed opposition to the
church "as 4 corporate body in
jecting Itself into industrial mat.
tiers, though he Endorsed the in
fluence Of the church on industry.
The House Of Bishops 10 expected
to act favorably on q resolution
adopted yesterday by the House Of
Deputies. The resolution commends
the Kellogg treaty for the outlawry
of war.
The Rt. Rev. Charles p. Ander-
son, bishop of Chicago, was elected
vice chairman Of the House Of
Bishops and the Rt. Rev. Hugh
Latimer Burleson, missionary bishop
VI 0OAb1 A|cNhOldt WctS tAO
assessor of the House of Bishops.
Bishop Burleson fills the vacancy
caused by the death of the late
Rt. Rev. William Cabell. Brown
bishop of Virginia.
Asks Claggett Memorial
Bishop Freeman offered a resolu-
ton asking for the appointment cf
a. committee to place q memorial to
the Rt. Rev. John Cla1gett, first
bishop OF Maryland, in Washington
Cathedral, where the bishop is now
buried. Bishop Claggett was the
first bishop to be conSeerated on
American soil. Bishop Freeman
also asked the appointment OF q
committee to cooperate in the re-
storation Of Wakefield, the birth
place Of George Washington, In
time for his centenary in 1892.
I Arrangements were made, on the
motion of the Rev. DR.. John e.
Sulger in the house of deputies, for
the placing of q wreath on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Sat.
urday. in behalf of the convention.
Both houses adjourned at 4:S0
to attend the reception in the
Bishops Garden at Mt. st. Alban.
The reception was given in honor
OF the bishops. clergy and lay deler
gates by Btshon and Mrs. ErSArAAA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Cancer Can Be Cured
In Early Stages,
SAYS DR.. Mayo
. InternatIonal NeWe eerviel

BY 1ntefnat1onal News Service
CHICAGO, Oct. 1s.-Cancer Is
hereditary. There IL no cure for
it in the advanced stages but It
can be eradicated in early symptom
stage.
DR.. Charles Mayo, head Of Mayo
Brothers clinic at Rochester,
Mimi, addressed 5000 nurses and
workers Of the American Public
Health Association in annual con-
vention here today on the subject
Of cancer.
"our mission is to educate the
public to know the symptoms Of
cancer, and once knowing, begin
then to start a Campaign to rid
death-dealinz dissase," DR.. Mayo
humanity Of this malicious and
said,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Local Men Enjoy Byrd
Trip. KessIer Radios

Charles L. Kesslef, 80 FoxhAll
Rd., n. w. former marine and
orderly assigned to the Navy Build
ing press room. yesterday sent a
radio message from one of the ships
of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition
to the Navy, Department press
room, saying that Washington men
on the expedition are enjoying the
venture.
Nearing the line Equator) and
our initiation into the Ancient Order
of Neptune Rex part Of which will
be a head shave. We have an un.
official race on with the City Of
New York and it has popped things
up. There is plenty of work and
the Westinghouse along with the
others are going strong. Best re-
CARDS to the gang"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Black Squirrel With
Ivory Tuslxs Killed
In Wis. Park
~ Interuatlonal News service


BARABoo. Wis, Oct. LA
freak found here recently was >
dead black squirrel. with . tusl<
protruding from its mouth. The
tusk is about ~ inches in length,
and appears to be the very finest
Of ivory. but It Is in the form Of
a coil about three-fourth Of an
inch In diameter.
During the past four years
the squirrel has been noticed al
most daily in the public park
here, but no one had ever no
ticed that the squirrel had .
tusk, It Is presumed that the
animal was killed by q passing
car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Gets As Days in Jail
On Assault Charge

Alphonse Purvis, colored, 1900
block Church st. n. w. was sen.
fenced to 45 days in jail by Judge
John =. Mcmahon in Police Court
yesterday on charge of assault
against Aaron, Morgan "a shoe
maker.
The complainant testified that
Purvis came into his shop Monday
took dollar from the cash regis,
ter and then drew a knife. chasing
the shoemaker from hts own shop.
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across their threats. Pehaps they
were rubbing their stubbled chins.
Things are just beginning to pop
open," said the district attorneys Of
flee as three more police captains
were suspended.
And more than bottles will pop If
this splitting keeps on" ominously
predicted one who claims to know
the inside Of the rum ring here.
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Yep WILL VISIT
M|DDLE-WEST
CITIES
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flight dictate and no set itinerary can
be made.
Anxious to Visit Cities
DR.. Eckener is anxious to take his
big dirigible over as many as pos
sible of the cities which have re-
quested visit from the transatlantic
airship. He would like to fly across
New York State passing over Albany,
Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, If
weather predictions at the start OF
the tour permit. From Buffalo the
dirigible would fly over Lake Erie
to Cleveland and Toledo and then
to Detroit, where a stop is scheduled.
a more direct route from Lake
hurst to Detroit would be over the
atrnail line across Pennsylvania.
Captain Schiller's judgment based
on late weather reports viii decide
which course the Zeppelin will follow
and 1t may not be known which way
the dirigibe Is going until just be-
fore the start.
From Detroit, where the Graf
Zeppelin is to be moored to a
mast, DR.. Eckener plans to fly to
Chicago. Milwaukee has urgently
requested a visit from the dirigible
and 1t Is hoped time will permit the
Graf Zeppelin to circle that city
before it strikes out for st. Louis.
A shed at st. Louis will provide
accommodation for the airship II
an overnight stop there is deemed
necessary.
The course of the Graf Zeppelin
on the return from st. Louis is
more problematical. 1t may follow
the Ohio River to pass over Cincin.
natl, Dayton and Columbus and re-
turn to Lakehurst across southern
Pennsylvania, or it may swing
south from st. Louis. The former
return course was considered more
likely, as plans were being made
today.
See Ford as Baclxer
DR.. Eckener was to examine the
Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst today
to note progress of repairs to the
damaged stabilizing fin. He will
discuss plans for the inland tour
with his officers and it was re-
ported that he was to have con-
ference at Lakehurst with men
financially interested in his passen-
ger Zeppelin project.
A number of planes have been
placed at DR.. Eckener's disposal by
Ford airplane officials which gave
rise to rumors that Henry Ford
may be one of the hackers in
Eskener's transatlantic. service. No
confirmation of this report was OBJ.
tainabIe today nor would anyone
connected with the project name
any persons who have interested
themselves financially in the pro.
posed new era" travel corporation.
1t is possible that DIR. Eckener
will 20 by train to Detroit on Mon,
day and fly to Chicago in Ford
plane. He will be accompanied to
Chicago by Harry Vissering. d.
rector Of the Goodyear.Zeppelin
Company: Capt. e. A. Lehman, first
officer of the Graf Zeppelin, and
perhaps one other of his officers,
Ford planes have been made avail
able at other points between Lake
hurst and Chicago. but DR.. Eckener
has not decided what use he will
make of them.
No information was given out as
to who will! enter the Chicago con.
ferences with the Zeppelin builder.
His trip there IL something of a
mystery. It Is believed an i'm
portant business meeting has been
arraignod in Chicago and that DR..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
3 Haitian Physicians
To Study at Howard

The Rockefeller Foundation of
New York city has issued fellow
ships to three Haitian physicians
TO study at Howard University Med
zeal school. it was announced today.
They are DR.. Jean Joseph Francis,
who VIII specialize in biology; DR..
Francois Mare Ethart. in physics,
and DR.. Paul Leon Salmon. In chem.
istEy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Three Seals Soon Due
At Washington Zoo

Three sealskin coats will arrive
at the Washington Zoo in the very
near future. the backs of their
original owners-three fur.bearing
seals from the Pribilof Islands, off
Alaska.
The seals are the gift of the
Coast Guard and are in answer TO
the desire of DR.. William NJ Mann,
director of the Zoo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18
Death Sign Silences
Crime Witnesses
By DAVID r. sENTNER
international News Service

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1s-A menacing forefnger across
the throa-the underworld death sign the squealer
lowered over the Phladephia Investigation today.
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Gales MENACE
ATLANTIC
Filler
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the western coast of ireland first
used by Alcock and Brown in 1919
He is well known here for his
daring. He received the distinguished
service cross before retiring from
the navy in 1926. His experience
in navigation gained in the navy
is expected to aid him on his trans
atlantic venture. Last May Mac
Donald attempted to fly from here
to India but was forced down at
BdSdad. On the way way he was
forced down on a desert and held
prisoner by an Arab tribe until res
cued by an Italian armored car.
All vessels in the northern ship
ping lanes have been notified Of
MacDonald's flight. but no reports
Of his having been sighted have
been received here.
No Surprise to Wife
The. flier's vito learned Of the
start of her husbands venture
through a radio announcement. AL
though anxious. she said she felt
confident he would be successful.
she knew when he left England
that he intended making the flight,
SO the news of~hiS, start was not a
surprise to her.
Mrs. Macdonald revealed that be-
fore Macdonald left for America
she and their friends tried to dis
sua8e him from making the at
ybSxnpt. but "since he was so deter :
mined we did not persist
Naturally, I am anxious: she
said. but l have every commence
Ia nv husbands skill, and am GER
tain it will bring him tnroug q
safely. His courage and nerve are
Unbounded. we can do nothing but
wait and hope"
Carries No Radio
Many here view MacDonald's niSh'
In such q small plane as a fooI
hardy adventure. but an equal mum
Der believe he has good chance OF
succeeding In view of the favorabl:
weather reports from both sides y
the ocean.
MacDonald's plane carries nc
radio, unless he is sighted by {
shin he viii not be heard from
until he makes a successful land
ing, A forced landing on the oceaT
is something upon which Mac
Donald 10 gambling not to happen
His plane is not equipped witt
floats.
The last successful transatlanti,
flight to Europe was made from
Trepassy to Wales by Miss Ameli;
Earheart in the tri-motored mono
plane Friendship with Wilmer Stult:
at the controls.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Oct
1s.-AH doubt that Comdr. H. c
Macdonald had actually started
upon a transatlantic flight disap
peared today when his plane failed
to make 4 temperance at the Har
Dor Grace flying fields.
Although many here believed
when he took off at 1:21 .. IN
e. s. IT, yesterday that he wa.
only making a test flight, it is nov
regarded as certain that MacDon
aid availed himself of the fine fly
ing weather prevailing to emulat,
Col. Charles A. Lindburgh in
solo hop across the Atlantic
no reports of his progress hav'
been received here as yet. Weathe
conditions continued good today owe
the eastern part of the Atlantic.
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Eckener is going there immediately
by train because he will be unable
to stop on the inland tour of the
dirigible.
Following a dinner given in his
honor here last night by the board
of trade for German.American com.
merce, DR.. Eckener made known
his dream of establishing q regular
transatlantic aerial service.
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HICKMAN EAGER
To co To HIS
DEATH
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dope out why I did it. did the
whole thing by myself, too. All this
talk about there being somebody
else Is pure bunk.
Anxious About Mother
Hickman showed anxiety concern
ing his mother. During his con.
Versations he frequently asked his
attorney and Warden Holohan
whether or not his mother would
come to see him before he dies. He
is doomed to disappointment. Mrs.
Eva Hickman is in hiding in the
country near Kansas City, her
home. Broken in health, she will
be unable to make the trip West.
The Fox" today wrote a letter
to Judge Trabuco, who sentenced
him, According to Warden Holo.
han, the letter was one of thanks
to the judge for imposing the death
penalty.
SAN FRANCISCO Oct. 1S.-Armed
with affidavits from c. NJ. McFall,
psychiatrist of the University Of Vir.
ginia, Jerome Walsh, chief counsel
for William Edward Hickman. was
to make a last effort today to save
Hickman from the gallows. The
McFall affidavits express the belief
that Hickman is insane.
Walsh, it is thought, will present
these affidavits to Warden HolOhan
today in. an effort to have the
warden request the district attorney
of Marin County to appoint a board
to examine Hickman's sanity.
McFall has examined Hickman "A
times while the SLAYER of Marion
Parker was confined in the Los
Angeles County Jail and in San
| Quentin.
| Los ANGELES, Calf, Oct. Ia
On the day before William Edward
Hickman is scheduled to be hanged,
there is no forgiveness in the heart
OF Perry M. Parker, whose daugh-
tel, Marion, was slain by the Fox"
| If / were to say we could find
1t in our hearts to forgive the man,
it would be an obvious Iie," he said.
Il hope there will be no further
| delays in the contamination of JUS.
ttce-not because l am vindictiva
but because / am anxious to have
il all finished.
Maybe the years to come will
bring back a little of our peace of
mind. hope So"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-18

Miss Gray, Mt our office, will assist
80 Y Locating Your apartment needs II
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a Cleeeatasd rental ealunaas.
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