Imperial Valley press., 1928-04-03
L|NDbERCH'
KEEPS 'EM|
GUESSING
Friends Deny Report
Flyer Took Off For San
Diego.
SILENT ON FUTURE
Lone Eagle Fooled Many
Yesterday by Taking
Surprise Course.
by United Press Leased Wire

SANTA BARBARA, April B.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbcrgh, who
has been playing hide and seek with
newspapermen since he winged his
way to California, was still III
Santa Barbara, Mrs. Harry French
Knight, his hostess, declared this
afternoon.
Lindbergh was still protected
from interviewers by guards at the
Knight estate.
Mrs. knight insisted he was still
at her home.
When reminded other persons had
seen Lindbergh leave she said the,
must have seen another plane and
pilot.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, April
3.-The future of America = air
hero as champion of new era in
commercial aviation was in the
making here today.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh,
guarding his movements with secre-
oy, expected to hold n series of
conferences here with Harry +. Gug.
genheim, president of the Guggen-
helm foundation for the promotion
of aeronautics, under the auspices of
which Lindbergh made his triumph
al tours after his Atlantic.spanni
feat.
Lindbergh arrived last night from
FL Paso with three of his friends
and hackers who helped him make
his flight to Paris year ago.
They were Harold w. Bixby, Of
lhe st. Louis chamber of commerce,
Major William b. Robertson, presi-
dent of the Curtiss Robertson Air
plane Manufacturing Co.. and Harry
Hull Knight, president of the St.
Louis Flying club.
Avoiding the crowds and inter.
viewers, Lindbergh hastened away
after landing to the Montecito home
of Mrs. Harry +. Knight, who was
recently divorced at Reno, New,
from the father of the st. Louis Fly
ing club president.
~ do not know what my plans
will be until | have talked with Mr..
Guggenheim, - Lindbergh told
friends. ~ expect to rest a while
and am told this is a fine place to
be. -
Lindbergh chose Mrs. Knight s
home in preference to the Santa
Barbara Biltmore hotel, where Gug
genheim is stopping, presumably to
allow him to escape the public gaze
more effectively.
Lindbergh landed his plane at
private field at Casa Iona, taking
advantage of the courtesy of Earle
Ovington, stranger, to escape the
usual rush of admirers. Ovington,
apparently advised in advance, had
an automobile ready for the flier
and his party, and Lindbergh wait
ed until the ear had drawn up be-
side the plane before alighting.
Lindbergh spoke enthusiastically
about his new plane which awaited
him at San Diego, according to Ov-
ington. 1t was expected that Lind
bergh would proceed there in a few
days to try out the new model.
SA0> BARBARA, Cal, April 3.
--Arn guards today enforced the
priva which Colonel Charles A.
Ling Ergh so earnestly desires, pa
trol&ng the estate where he is a
guest and denying newspapermen
and visitors entry.
At the home of Mrs. Harry knight
who is hostess to Lindbergh and his
companions, was Harry f. Guggen-
helm, president of the Guggenheim
foundation for promotion of aero
nautics, which sponsored Lind
bergh's national air tour.
The flyer and the millionaire held
a long conference this morning, dur
ing which much of the future of avi-
alton was discussed.
Last night and today n squad of
men, armed with shotguns repelled
all visitors to the estate and assured
Lindbergh a privacy more complete
than any he has known since he
sailed from New York to Paris.
Throughout the hedge-bordered,
tree-covered estate, walked the
guards, while within the elaborate
residence the nations idol talked in
utmost privacy with his co-workers
in the development of aviation.