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Evening star., 1928-04-23

BY the AebGe1ated Press,
NEW YORK, April 23,a~Capt George
H. wilkins. aerial c0nqueror 0f the
Arctic, spent his last cent on his his
toTy~TDaking fight.
Burt Mcdonnell, one u his closest
friends, said here:
wilkins has done q bigger thing
than people realize, This flight nc
made IL much more difflcilt In q nayi-
CATION way than any flight ever made
by aHgDody else.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Corinth Devastated, Lutraki
Hard Hit by Series of
Earth Tremors.
TERR0RIZED P0PULACE
SPENDS NIGHT IN OPEN
Members Of American School Be-
lieved Safe-Confusion Blocks
Complete Check-up.
BIZ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS. Greece, April 23-At least
80 persons were killed and heavy mate
rial damage was caused in a series Of
earthquakes which have been shaking
central Greece during the last "a hours,
the heaviest damage being in the town
of Corinth and Lutraki.
More than 20 separate shocks, vary
ing In strength, were felt over the
Peloponnesus.
Reports from Corinth stated that 20
persons were killed there and that the
population, in terror, spent the whole
night In the open. The local power
house was destroyed and the town was
in darkness. There was possibility Of
further deaths, as complete check-up
was virtually impossible in the
confusion.
Corinth Is Devastated.
At least 30 per cent Of the houses IN
Corinth were destroyed and many Of
the remaining buildings were In a
dangerous condition. The prison
collapsed
Members of the American School who
have been excavating the city Of old
Corinth, which was destroyed by an
earthquake IN 1858 and lies miles from
the new city, are believed 10 be safe.
Old Corinth was a historic city of
ancient Greece.
The bathing station at Luacki near
the Corinth Canal was destroyed and
hotels and the casino there collapsed.
Canal Closed to Vessels.
The canal. which runs through the
ISthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf
Of Corinth with the Aegean Sea. vas
not damaged. As a precaution, how
ever. the passage Of vessels was tempo
rarily prohibited.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Wilkins Spent Last Cent on Flight
Over Top of World, Friend Says

"One of the most interesting things
about wilkins is that he IL personality
everybody liz attracted 10. lie spent his
last cent ON this expedition lie didn't
tie up with anybody. He bought his
own machine with his own savings. lie
sought out the pilot he's had for two
years, prepared his expedition without
any fuss, got his own wireless Eet-~-line
fortunately 1t didn't work and went
forth on hts own as surely as real
man could do
Evening star., 1928-04-23
SINCLAIR IS CALLED
|NSENATE OIL QUIZ
Teapot Dome Committee to
Question Operator on
Continental Profits.
By the Associated Press.

Harry r. Sinclair was summoned to-
day 10 appear before the Senate Teapot
Dome committee for questioning about
the Continental Trading Co. Liberty
bond profits.
The subpoena was issued within 40
hours after the acquittal Of the wealthy
oil operator by District Of Columbia
Jury on a charge of conspiracy TO de-
fraud the Government in connection
with the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve
lease.
Sinclair. with his family, is taking a
vacation on the operators Rancocas
Farms. in New Jersey, having proceeded
there yesterday after the verdict Of not
guilty had been returned by the jury.
What Is Sinclair TO be questioned
about2" Senator Walsh Of Montana, the
committee prosecutor, was asked.
We'll, Ii is assumed he knows some
thing about the Continental Trading
Co. bonds" was the reply.
Immunity Claim Not Expected.
The Senator then explained that Sim
clair was assumed 20 have received u
fourth part OF the 5000, 900 profits OF
the Continental, whereas thus far the
committee had traced only about $780,
600 Of the S750,000 share which II was
assumed the oil operator received.
Il do not think he will claim i'm
munity now" observed the Senator
with smile.
Members of the committee took c0un-
sci today al to the possible effect OF the
appearance tomorrow OF Robert w.
Stewart. Chicago oil operator. upon the
contempt case brought against him by
the Senate and which Is 10 come 10
trial on May n.
The chairman Of the board Of the
| standard Oil Co. OF Indiana was sum
moned specifically for questioning as 10
certain deposits OF first 81 per cent
Liberty bond coupons In the CONNER
ciai and Continental National Bank OF
Chicago, but some committeeman were
OF the opinion that ii he SO elected.
Stewart could now give the answers To
the two questions he refused t0 reply
to last January.
There was doubt In the minds OF
the committeeman, however. whether
| this would In any way affect the con-
tempt proceedings as the indictment
stands and, as WAS the situation IN the
case Of Sinclair, the Government would
| CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
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LlNDBERGA SEES 0LDS.

Col Charles A, Iindhergh conlerrca
here today with uladegseeretary OlClS OF
the state Department and. As usual
the visit started q hatch OF rumoFs -
20 the fyeTS future plans
MoSt az the runiorS dealt with q peS-
sihle trip by Llndhergh 10 Europe, ellt
there was no vertsAeati0n OF any az theHA
Col, lindhergh took IL the air at
PIN, for destination he did not dl-
vulge, Ae was flying alone,
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Harbor. Svalbard. Three parts Of the
way was above an area never before
seen by man. Our course led from
Barrow to longitude rs, latitude 81,
thence to the northwest end OF sval-
bard. II weather favored. We planned
to land at Kings Bay q week ago,
At Barrow we were hopeful. Today
we are thankful that aeronautical en-
gineering skill, conscientious workmen
and our accumulated Arctic experience
has brought us through safely in COM
.~a~atf,,o oa,,nfort
Evening star., 1928-04-23
by the Associated Press,

SEATTLE. Wash. April 2S,~~Havlng
developed into an ardent cigar smoker
ut the age OF 3. Freddie Riggs. Seattle
youngster. has become the subject OF
much speculation among doctors,
The boys mother, Mrs, Ralph Riggs,
Evening star., 1928-04-23
FAILED TO CROSS POLE.
wilkins Flew Over Grant Land, Danish
Paper Says.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 70
~ Capt 0eOrge II wilkins Is quoted
by ft9s syelSka Dagbla6et sS saying at
Cgeen HaThor. 6pltZt,ergen, that he did
n0t pass over the North Pole. on MS
fiz4g{ across the polar regions, but few
eyer Grant Iaue west VI Greenland,
WORD received from EYaibafo fSpitz-
bengenj said that the lower part ot the
asarpis1e was slightly damaged IN land
ing
I.aeut. Carl f. Eielg0n Capt. wilkins
companion, has teieHfapaed his father
thai be soon Wi! he h0nae again, which
IL interpreted ~ mean that ne anc
Capt. wilkins plan " ny 70 Norway, 81
there ig no connection by snip before
%1e enc " May
Evening star., 1928-04-23
One Dies, IL Hurt, in Fight.

BOMBAY, India. April 20 Ny.~~One
striker wan killed and twelve injured
during i0~ninute fight between stflk~
ing mill hands and police today. seven
c0ngtatJieg also were injured.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
ELIMINATED FROM MAP.
zeposted Land Not Sighted by wilkins
stefanss0n finds,

kgW YORK, April z5 ~, ,-Fiye re-
gIJF1ea oT imagined masses Of land have
been eliminated tiom the maDs ny the
fight of Capt George IL. Wilkins and
Lieut., Cari r. Eielson over tile roof of
TIE world
yilaIaludr Stefsnsson, wilkins for
rnef chief after considering data re-
Gpiyed by radio. noted today th8t on the
~ivft from Point Barrow, Alaska, ~
Feen Bay. Epitzs3efgen, oyer the Polar
lCoutana4ed On Ps6e j. Column ~
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Tracks Washed Out by Rain.

ALBANY. Ga. April 2s Os9.--Seven
and one-half inches Of rainfall We're
recorded here over q 21-hour period
ending ut 7 o'clock this morning. Many
waShoutS occurred on the Central OF
Georgia, Atlantic Coast Line and other
railroads.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
WILKINS IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE
SPTTZBERGEN WITHIN FEW DAYS;
RELIEF PLANE REACHES BREMEN
CAPT. WILKINS OWN STORY
OF FLIGHT ACROSS ARCTIC
BY CAPT. GEORGE II. WILKINS.

to The Star anda
spitzbergen, April 2-Whh Carl Ben
Elson skinfl plotting reliable gasoline
and oil GOOD weather careful navigation
we have travelled Alaska Green
Evening star., 1928-04-23
On PeriIous Fright.


MURRAY BAY. Quebec. April %
R)--Five hundred miles of frozen
country remained for Mai. James Fit2-
maurice and Bernt Ralchen to traverse
today In the Ford relief plane before
they could reach Qreenly Island and
the transatlantic monsplane Bremen.
FitZiIlaurice and Balchen were forced TO
land at Seven Islands Sunday after an
early morning take-on from the Lake
st. Agnes airport, near here. and flight
OF $50 miles. The flyers had hoped 10
win through 70 the Bremen In one hop.
Already delayed by the illness OF
Bennett, the Irish commandant and his
companion have battle against time,
as the Spring weather threatens TO
soften up the ice, making take-off
at Greenly Island difficult.
Bennett. who rose from sick bed to
attempt TO carry aid to Capt. Koehl
and Baron Won Huenefeld. held priosner
rushed 10 the jeffrey Hale Hospital al
Quebec by airplane yesterday, suffering
with pneumonia
Comdr. Richard r. Byrd, whom Ben
nett accompanied on the North Pole
flight two years ago. decided To come to
Quebec from Boston, alarmed by reports
OF his friends Illness. Mrs. Bennett and
DIR. A.. l.. Barach, lung specialist, we're
summoned rom New York City.
The take-off at the airport near here
was risky one with the big tri-motored
plane weighing $4,000 pounds, Balchen,
also Ill. but determined to continue the
flight, took the big ship off the Ice
only after run OF more than a mile.
He barely cleared the low hills which
surround the lake. Gaining altitude
with every turn of the three big pro-
pellers, he finally brought the plane
around out OF the wind into which he
had taken of and headed her for
Seven Islands. The flight was made
In about 8 hours.
SNOW DELAYS FLIGHT.
Evening star., 1928-04-23

hts stopping eating Aside from
smoking he hAs one cigar every night
Evening star., 1928-04-23
GAME is CALLED OFF.
Rain Prevents Contest Between
Nationals and Yankees.

NEW YORK. April 20 IN THE base
ball game between Washington and the
New York Yankees was called on THIS
afternoon on account Of rain.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
rsland CLOSED 70 Ships.

By the Associated Press
OSLO Norway. April 23.-Capt.
George H. wilkins, who made peInouS
fiieht across the Arctic wastes 10 ca
More them. was icebound at Green nai
Dor, SpitzDergen, today. -
Radio adyiceS said that ne ano hls ~.
oilot. Carl B. Eieison, could only Nas. '.
the northern outpost OF europe as Law
hsd come from Point Barrow. AlaSKa-
by airplane. .,.,,.s sn,ns
from reaching the flyers haven exLenos
for many miles to sea. No veSsel can
anproach until the general thaw In May
loosens il. The message stated extreme
cold prevailed and a fresh snow hae
faIIen The thermometer stood AT 10
degrees below zero. Fahrenheit.
Forced Down by Storm.
Can't. wilkins, in making the mrs.
fight from Alaska TO Europe, was torceu
down by srlowstorms and tempessua91s
weather on uninhabited island OF Doeo-
,nsn@oesra fDead Mans Island). He
and FieIgon were marooned there ior
eve davs AZ they awaited faVoraDie
heather for a take-of for innaniteo
land. - H.
ycrable and they hoped on again.
Tney arrived at Green Harbor. on Is
ford lice Fiord), without further Gum
cs,lty Al IL am. Both Capt. wilkins
and Eielson are in good health.
They viii receive every attention and
comfort during their involuntary stay
a. the harbor, which Is not iar lron
the Isongyear coal mines, where several
huntred people live throughout the
year.
Conditions Seen Favorable.
Discussing the flight. Roald Amund-
sen. who few over the Pole In the d.
riatble Norge In 1926. said apparently
TIE flyers had not been bothered with
ice freezing on the craft. as had been
the case OF the Norge. He believed
conditions for flying the polar regions
were more favorable now than In May
when fog generally sets In
"Eegides being a splendid sporting
enterprise" he continued, such night
has great scientific value. adding much
geographical knowledge"
Evening star., 1928-04-23

Radio program-page 2S
Evening star., 1928-04-23
TAKE OFF AT $40 A. M.
Fitxmauriee and Balchen Leave for
Greenly Island.

Greenly Island.
SEVEN ISLANDS. Quebec, April 2s
lby the Canadian Press The Ford
relief plane hoped of from Seven
Islands for dreenIy Island at $40
this morning.
The plane. piloted by Mai. Fitz-
maurice and Bernt Balchen, was ex-
pected to make the 500-mile journey TO
Greenly Island In less than six hours.
1t Is capable of doing a hundred miles
an hour. On the first lap OF its trip.
from Detroit to Murray Bay. Friday
800 miles were flown In little more
than eight hours.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
Graft, Slightly
Damaged, Can
Be Fixed.
ARCTIC AIRMAN
WRITING REPORT
May Reach Oslo in
Weeks Time, Re-
port Says.
Nv ,ha Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 2S.-An exchange
telegraph dispatch from Copennasen
today said 1t was understood tnat Capt
George H. wilkins viii leave Green
Harbor, Spitzbergen, where ne iaiiueu
from Point Barrow, Alaska, WITHIN tne
nsxt few days. He is expected to reach
Oslo in about a weeks time.
His machine was damaged in LANDING
h,,t !, is now reported that the damage
was only slight and can be repaired
Cant wilkins Is busily engaged III
preparing the official report OF ms
flight. ,oaa,,
An Gay Sunday. the air was ~ laaen zen
with messages OF congratu,la1lon or,,,,,nie ~ ie
cations with svalbard. all MESSAGES ne-
;na r'U sent through wireless in northern
Norway.
Evening star., 1928-04-23
WEATHER.

To- 8. Weather Bureau Eorecastl
Ram this afternoon and tonight: to-
morrow fair; not much change In tenn
perature
Temperature Highest, 81. at Sis
pm. yesterday: lowest, a.. at 1880 am.
today. Full report on page s.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
HORSE EXHIBITOR
TAKES own LIFE
Family, However, Believes His
Death Was Accidental

White Plains. N. Y, Aug. 8.-P)-
G. Davies fainter. well-to-do horse
exhibitor committed suicide yester-
day by shooting, Acting Medical Elk
aminer Huntington announced to-
day, but his family declines to ac-
cept the verdict, believing that death
was accidental.
His body was found in the saddle
room OF his stables at Sammis farms.
with q charge of shot in the head
and a shot gun near by. An en-
ploye. William Wilkins. said he talk
ed with Mr.. fainter in his stables
late yesterday and he appeared in
excellent spirits. Soon afterwards,
another employe found the body. No
one heard the shot.
Members of his family said he had
no financial worries, his health was
good and they could assign no
motive for taking his life.
Ttainter was So years old and was
born in Worcester, Mass. where his
mother lives. He came to White
Plains in 1914. having lived in
other Westchester county towns for
a number of years. He was an ardent
horse fancier and always exhibited
his mounts at county shows.
He is survived by his widow and
three children.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
SAYS CITY BOYS HAVE
MAKING OF FARMERS
Manager OF Farm II Ohio for Chi
Cages Unemployed Asks for
is More Youths

Chicago. Aug. RIThe story Of
the country boy who goes to the big
city ana becomes a bank president
or something equally substantial is
an old one. Now comes the story of
the city boy who goes to the coun-
try to dig fame and fortune from
the soil.
The Chicago police departments
bureau for unemployed boys today
made public a letter in which A. E.
Willoughby, manager of 1000 acre
farm at Plymouth, O., requested Is
more boys of the calibre he has Just
given six months trial.
Give me the city boys for intelli-
gent farm work, for they sure make
good Willoughby wrote. Il feared
at first that they would Just be at
tracted by the novelty of outdoor
life. Instead. their interest in the
farm seems to be increasing and
they are not only hard workers, but
also show great adoption to agricul-
ture."
The boys were promised $50 a
month, with room and board, cloth.
ing and shoes, for raising onions and
potatoes. Some have advanced Their
wages to SIS a. month.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
SAYS CANDY is HARMFUL
Smith College Doctor Says Smoking
Is Better for Health Than Too
Many Sweets.

Northampton, Mass. Aug. 8 (uP)
-College girls who smoke are not
harmins their health so much as
smokers who eat lots of CANDY,
This is the conclusion reached by
DIR. Anna M. Richardson, Smith COL
lege physician. after a survey of
cigarette popularity among students
at that institution.
In an article entitled How Well
Are the Seniors" in the current is.
sue of the Smith alumnae quarterly.
Or. Richardson gives facts and fig
nres on the student smoking situa-
ton. AS regards the class which
graduated in June, she found that.
Two-thirds Of the girls were &C.
casional or habitual users of cigar
cites.
p per cent smoked to 20 Gig
arettes per day.
p per cent smoked to 1 Gig
arettes per day
20 per cent smoked occasionally.
either to be in it socially or not to
feel that they are silent rebukes to
their friends
IS per cent did not smoke.
Considering the effect of tobacco
on the students health, DR.. Rich.
ardson said that 'actual harm in the
smoking itself is probably not 20
great as continuously to nibble
sweets"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08

last resort. her face IL against her"
How he relies in part on his faith
in physiosnomy. the art of reading
character from the face. and in
phrenology when he decides Glenn
ency cases. even when the question
is one Of life or death. was revealed
by Gov. Hardman in Thompson's
case.
When the governor refused to
respite Thompson a few hours be-
fore his execution the other day. he
recounted various legal reasons for
his action. and added:
Believing that the verdict is lust
and that the parties are guilty. and
with the additional impression of
the pictures of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Thompson and reading as best l can
their physiognomy and phrenology
feel that the court rendered q right
eous verdict"
Gov. Hardman was 4 practicing
physician before he went into poll
tics. and has made special studies Of
facial characteristics. phrenology.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08

in Chatsworth. Ga. . year ago
Robbery was the alleged motive. All
three we're sentenced to death.
A few hours before the execu-
ton of Thompson and Moss the
other day, Mrs. Thompson told au-
thorities that her husband and the
negro we're innocent She and a
secret lover plotted Coleman's death.
she declared. because Coleman knew
of their relations. She NAMED a
prominent resident OF Chatsworth
as the lover.
Gov Hartman and other officials
promptly branded the confession as
false, and Thompson and Moss w,re
executed.
Il never loved my husband. 7
didn't feel sorry for him, told the
truth because something in me fore
ed me to tell it," Mrs. Thompson
said the next day. To-day | feel
better than l ever have in nv life.
even though ! know my telling the
truth at last will place me in the
electric chair"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
and finger prints.

and finger prints.
He believes careful physical ex-
aminations. paying especial atten-
ton to faces, heads and finger prints
show whether prisoners are Grim
inal types and whether they are in
sane. He holds to the theory that
finger prints. if thoroughly under
stood. would tell not only who but
what man is. In time, he believes
science. by studying finger prints.
will be able to determine the exact
type and degree of human mentau-
ties.
When Gov. Hardman gave Nm
medicine for business, he ALWAYS
studied the heads of men with
whom he came in contact in bust
ness ways.
Gov. Hardman's application of
his beliefs to the case of Thomson
and his wife is but one strange fea-
ture Of the girls plight.
The Thompson pair and a negro.
Jim Moss. were convicted of shoot
ing Coleman Osborne, a storeekeper
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESS
Believe There Will Be Early sigma
lures to Pact Between Britain and
China

London. Aug. 8 characterization
between Great Britain and the
Chinese nationalist government re-
garding the Marking incident of
1927 are stated in diplomatic circles
to have progressed satisfactorily
leading to the belief that early sig
natures will be affixed.
1t is believed that Great Britain
and the United States will have
equal advantages in the new agree
ment. The United States recently
came to an agreement with the ma
tionalist government insofar as the
lives and property of American
citizens were concerned in the Nam
king difficulty.
1t is understood in financial cir
cles that as soon as the agreement
is signed, a credit of $4,000, 900 will
be arranged in London for the Nam
king government.
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Fragments of Seaplane
Not Mrs, Grayson'l

Chatham. Mass. Aug. : (UP)-
fragments OF a seaolane's prov.
washed ashore here yesterday ana
believed at first to have been parts
of Mrs. Frances Wilson 0rayvon's
lost monoplane Dawn. have been
Identified by naval officers a. sec.
tons of 1917 model H-boat.
After the World War, many craft
of this type were purchased by ciM-
lians Some were used in this VI
cinity and it is believed that II wae
from the wreckage Of one of them
that the fragments came.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
Find Woman's Body
When Parrot Calls

Boston, Aug. 8 Rl-Insistent cries
u a petition parrot belonging to
Mrs. Hattie Bittrich, 6s year old.
Dorchester widow. reused neishbors
10 enter the woman's flat where
they found her body slumped in
chair near the birds cage.
Police said she probably had been
dead since last Sunday and express
ed the belief that she had been
victim Of the excessive heat on that
day.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
W0MAN'S face IS
USED AGAINST HER
Georgia Governor Believes in
Reading Physioenomy

Atlanta. Ga, Aug. s-Eula Mae
Thompson. %. who waits in the
county Jail here for word as to
whether she must follow her o.
year-old husband to the electric
chair to expiate a murder. is pretty.
by ordinary standards. Also she is
dimpled. But in the eyes of Gov.
l.. G. Hardman, to whom her hus-
band appealed vainly for clemency
and who soon may become her own
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
French Justice Is Taking
Up the Blackmer Case

Parls. Aug. 8 RIDocuments
concerning the American request for
the eXtradition of Henry NJ. Black
mer have recently been sent by the
French foreign office to the ministry
OF justice for legal ojinion. This
may be forthcoming in about ten
days.
The length of time which has
elapsed since the act for which
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08

The queer question OF the effect
the confession will have on her own
fate arises now.
Her death sentence has been ap-
pealed. under her original denial of
any knowledge of the murder.
But # her lawyers stil press the
appeal, they will be handicapped by
the knowledge that the girl has ad-
mltted the blame for the murder.
though in different way from that
pictured by the states evidence,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-08
TELLS PARENTS on EN-"

Morgantown, W. Va. Aug. 5 UP)
Sheriff Jared F. Rodehaver APP
parently has found a way to stop
petting parties along the highway.
According to Sheriff Rodehaver
little trouble has been experienced
with the violation this summer. The
sheriff's rule is to warn first Of
tenders against highway parking
with the lights off. The second time
the parents of the youths, or owner
Of the autopobile is notified. Third
offenders are arrested.
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PITY POOR PORTERS

London, Aug. UP)-London
railway porters are finding it diff
cult to make living nowadays and
blame feminine styles for their
plight. Women. because of the
scantiness of modern attire, travel
without trunks and carry their own
small suitcases.