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gnsldtrnlion n part of tlio liaxnril of
&i(fnnsatlnuttc flight, members of the
"Gjher cntM-oiTnii expedltloni loilny
rontinttril to mnturr tlielr plan for
flight, with tlie next full moon, throe
weeks hence. From Ilnrlior fit arc came
word that the llnnillo.v Page super
bomber would be in the air within ten
day, Instead of a fortnight, ns the as
gfmbllnc of this machine is being ex
pedited. Captain Aleott. of tbe Anglo-American
team whieh will attempt a flight in
k Vlmv bomber, expects the latter ma
chine to rencli here tomorrow or Friday
two hours' fuel supply on hand and
with the weather clearing it was rie
cided to descend and Hbccrtalu our exact
position.
Sent Out ".Messages"
"Our radio kept up sending mages.
assuming that the torpedoboal ile
Mro.vers were pit king them up. We did
not know the radio was u-eles and
that tbe detroers liml not heeu re
ceiving the messages.
.ll the crew thought the ea would
aged in the Mr I, billows that u'c were Hint there .'an be found In the peace
unnble to rise again. conditions one single trace left of I res-
We were sixtv mil,.. soTiilmest of blent Wilsons program. .
rico when we nllshteil. the nnsltinn "And here begins America s definite
being where we had figured wc were duty to step in. America cither must
before coming down put its fourteen points through or it
"The clearine of the weathei nrmrcl ,.,, ,ininrn ,Kni It l unable to do so i
rnu.i n-mporary. lor laier a Mora ramri ,l . , in, nn( want to no .o.
being just and holy, the settlement
must be of like motive and quality.
For this we can fight, but f- nothing
less noble or less worthy of our trad!
tfons."
"And the Oerman people demand
nothing more than that which Presi
dent Wllon announced In this declara
tion. We demand nothing more than
that Americans place the fourteen points
opposite the peace terms. We do not
believe that any one in the Fnlted States
will then have the coinage to claim
"Monumental," Says
Penrose of Charter
C'ontlnurd Krom Pesa One
is to be tnkrn in the lionise until week
ofter next. Hy that time Senator Fen
rose is expected to return to llairi"
burg and resume his drive in behalf of
the reform bills.
The revisionists nre, counting on the
Senator again to lead their linhf nml
are depending on his arrival week after
rxt. , .
Vare leaders nre'jubilHnt over the re-' Officials Take Reins Under Commls
suns o! yesterday s hear he. The
tee. Mr. White, counsel for the re
vlslonlsts, failed to satisfy those at the,
beating that the hill was a practical i
lilll. On the contrary, he ahowrd other
wise." . J
If the present program Is carried out
amendments to the charter bills will be
submitted to the. House committee on
municipal corporations next week. At
torney (ienernl Schaffer, Mr, While and
.Mr. Connelly will offer the amendments '
CAPE MAY REORGANIZED i
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up nnd continued for fort eight hours.
so that in no
case ma. the world be
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While here bo will ue lis his !,,,,(. the I ."."... ""'. '""", .V :'"'.." '.V"": "7 1 In hrliere that America desires to
V , , ... . I "'iim,iiiis nisi linn 111" llllll U'nKlllK nun .,., .. .. rrt.
Mount Penri plateau aiidiome acntc. t i f t, mnrlilnr damaged, the liave the peai e conditions i mini as l res
by Hawker. Flying light to liailmr, planes n tossed about like a intk , ident Wilson s fnurleen points
Grace he will there take on a full load
of 81m gallons of gasoline before "hop
ping off." His plane will hnw n innge
' of -440 miles. Captain Aleott said to
day that be would cnrr. as life-saving
equipment mil nn Inflatable vest, ns ho',,j,
ftl nfdni in i-nlitflln tlirt t Am ! I n 1 M (T i 'Pl.nl io ulir llrilinnil. tO Wllll'll WC
17(1 gallons of fuel we decided to 'vail' , jE m r cannot imagine what argu
Inndnnrd. hoping to sight a destrmer, ,,. frnm the American side would be
mi nn win . iwii nr (i if i inn pas ;
single liip until we i cached 1'ontii Del
gada. Off the poit declined pi uffcicd
considered other mntrhnnoos of ueh
doubtful value that he would not bur
den his machine with tliem.
lSepnirlng Martins; dp
The skeleton of l'rederiikit Itnui
ham's MnrtmsMle plnnc n thing
of frail nppenrnnce stripped of its im
erlng of linen nnd veneer, was sol tip in
a repair simp twlav to be reassembled
Cflntnln C W. F. Morgan indicated
h the destio.MT Harding, which
had been sent out to meet u. and
'taxied' into port under our nun power.
"Dining the two ila.s igil of seek
ing land or iccuo ships we tired all
our distress signals, none of which np
pnienth were seen.
"Without infomiing the crew of the
fear thai I hnd that we wmild lie Inst.
I pnrked our lug in u wnteipmof imn.
tied it to n lifeboat nml wa prepared
to i asl it adrift when Hie NS I! sunk
The neiinux strniti was terrible
nfTcctUo ngnint it.
Demands Not .Justified
The neaie commission
Statement
gnve (he following
that lie would not tlr with K:ilihain in, while we wete drifting mid the men
he nfiomnt t win fatne for which Hie m"Kc(i im e.santlv iins wns the mil
machine is being lebuilt. He said when
he recovered fiom his Inmries he would
make an ofTott to obtain n new plane
and start nn independent High! for the
British Isles.
An attempt is to lie made In the sp
eral cxpedilionets lieie prepai'tig for
flights to obtain mote sntisfnctnn
weather reports than an heietofoie ob
tained. ,leteorologist of t Im evpedi
tlons met last night nnd cnniderei de
fects due to transmission dela; and .1
request will be made of the llntili air
ministr for more oliitninous icpoits.
ALL 0. PLAiS'E NC-3 !
ANTICIPATED DEATH
Crew Gave Vp Hnpo While
Adrift at Sea, Toners Says
Ponta Delgada. Anres. Ma 1 -Xieutenant
Commander Alheit C Iteml
flew here esterda from Iloila in the'
American seaplane XC A.
"Kxceptionnlly bad wi'iithei. which
was totally unexpected, was the sole 1
reason for the fnilute of all thiee of!
tire Americnn nnv.i's seaplanes to tl I
from Trepassej, Newfcnindland. to
Ponta Delgndn on si hedule time." said 1
Commander John II. Towets to the 101
respondent of the Associated Press.
The man who loiniunuded the mcr
seas flight in his tlngshii XC " and
the members of his ciew. who had te ,
ceived 11 seveic huffeting both f'om the
storm oerhend and the turbulent sen I
when the plane was damaged Satur
day in nliglitnig on the water wete
much refreshed after having regained
sleep lost while bucking the storm for
sixteen hours nnd being ndrift rift v
three hours more, entirely out of com
munication with the world.
Crew (lne l"p Hope
"Individually." said Cnmmander
Towers, "the members of the crew of
the XC-" virtual! gao up hope of
being rescued Satutihi night, but 10I
Icctively they showed no signs of fear
nnd 'carried on' until thej nrriied in
port here Monday and heard the forts
tiring salvos in welcome and witnessed
the scenes of general jubilation 01 er
their escape from the sea.
"Having run shnit of fuel nnd en
countered a heavy fog. the XC-."? came
rlown at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon
in order that wo might obtain our bear
ings. The plane was damaged as it
leached the water nnd wns utinhle again
to rise While we were drifting the!
20,r miles in the henv stmm the high
seas washed over or pnuiyled the plane j
nnd the boat began to leak So fa-t j
j did the water enter the boat that the'
members of the crew look turns in b.il j
jng the hull with a smnll hand pump. 1
while others stood on the wings in nider
to keep the plnne in balance. Mean
while we were steering landward. I
"That our radio was out of commis
pion was not known to (lie crew until '
our arrival heie. Communication hnd
been cut ofi since !l o'clock Monday
morning, owing to, our having lost our
ground wire.
Smoke to Keep Anake
"We ite ihocolate and drank water
from our radiator. This was nnr nnl
means of subsistence The 1 rew smoked
heavily in 01 dor to keep awake while
we were drifting. No one nf us oh
taincd more than four limns 0f sleep
after leaving Tiepnssey until Ponta
Delgada was reached."
The hands of nil the members of the
'crew of the XC :t were bndl swollen
ns a result of their heroic work at the
pump. Otherwise they did nut undergo
jiny suffering, except Lieutenant Coin
roander McCullough. one of ihe mints,
-who had n rather severe utt.irl, of sea
sicknets. The men hne now fullr re
covered from tfieir tring epei-ien,-e. 1
"The XC ,'5 encountered henv tlouds1
at 1 o clock Saturday morning The
light instruments on hoard failed, audi
Te. sailed the plane nhoe the 1 louds in
order to get th benetit of 11 moonlight
reading of the instruments
"We kept in sight of the XC 4 unt,i
nearly dnlight Saturday unil with the
vl'-l until short A after dnrli"l,t Ail
the planes were fliug in formation, hut
the XC 1 mid XC i were mnloi nc.ith
the clouds part of the time, heiaune
their light instruments were good
"The NC :i had no difficult! 111 being
guided by star shells, enn blights and
smoke frnm the station ships until we
reached Station 1 1. whiih wns not seen I
''I assumed that we weic off our1
course, but did not know 011 whicli side, I
nnd began flying 11 parallel cnuise in
what I thought was the ilireition of I
Corvo. Shortly nfter da, light we en
countered a hem fog. inin squalls and 1
high winds, nil of which continued un- '
til the NC II WPiit down upon the wnter
"Before alighting on the surface nf
the sea my calculations showed us to
be ju the vicinity of land, but with only
thing that kept them nwnke.
"I helieie transatlantic flight Is
pr.11 lii able without a slop ullh planes
11 little larger than the XC tjpp. The
engines of all three of the planes winked
perfect I anil could hae 11111 oonil tulles
more if theie had been stiftirient fuel on
board.
"Who Itoiible m the 1 list 1 11 nirtit
Imnrd was the ineihani.nl defci t c
peneneed by the T ,T "
Germany to Refuse
to Sign Treaty
CnnlltiliPfl from Pace line
the prosecution of the task of win
ning the war) with all the gi cater
7cal nnd enthusiasm liei-ausc we know
tlvat for us tins is 11 wai of high
pnnciplc debased hr im selflsh nni
bitimi of 1 nnquest or spoliation.
it is lieiause 11 is for us u war of
high disin'eicsted purpose, in w hit ii
nil the free peoples of the world aie
handed togilher fm the iindiiuttou of
right, a win for the proserin! inn of
mir nation and ofnl that it has
held dear of piineiple nnd of pin pose,
that we feel ourselves doubly con
stiained to propose for its outcome
nnh 1 lint whnli is iighteous and of
irreproni liable intention, for mil foes
us well as for mil friends The muse
of the Na
tional Assembli met witli tne canimi
st C o'clock Monday evening, the session
being under guard and held in strictest
secrecy. F,en membeis of parliament
not belonging to Hie committee wcie
bailed. Heinliiiril Dernburg and Heir
Wissel. minister for socinl policy, who,
haw returned frnm Spa. participated i it J
the discussion The gnwrnmout estei
da nnnounied that forecasts 01 tne
fJerninii lepl. sent out by scleral
fnieign loriespondenls. were wholli
without foundation nnd were based on
indn idual cntitei tines
Such lomment ns it was possible to
nddiiie in nthcial quarters permits the
inference Hint the tiormiin official re
plj will b.isiuill unilei-simo the con
Haitii tion. alleged In tiermnnv. between
the terms of peine and President Wii
son's program, whiih. il will be said,
was accepted in good fnith bv both
parties as a basis for negotiations.
The Oim.in peine mission at Ver
saillos will, in the tourso of the net
few dais, tiausmit 11 series of im
portant notes dealing with the issues in
lolwd mi the eastern frontier in Alsace
Lorraine and occupied territory, the
sue of the indemnity, the manner of
its payment. Oerman priiate prnpert
in hostile countries and the lights of
lnbor.
amendments offered by the revisionists
themselves have met many of the ob
jections raised between the Vnre forces,
and there is n feeling nbout the Capitol
that the opposing factions are not very
far apart now on the charter measures.
Senator Vare's
Senator Vare
statement nfter the hearing
"City Solicitor Connelly. Mr. Oaf
ney and Senator Kdnard W. Patton, all
of them practical men who understand
the workings of the Philadelphia city
government, in their addresses showed
I how lidiciilous this charter bill is in
nianv wnis
"This showing wns made notwith
standing the fact that this bill hnd
been all ripped apart nnd amended be
fore it was brought before the tommit-
slon Form of Government
Cape .May. N. !., Ma.i 21. The new
city commissioners organized for their
four .icnrs of government under the
iciiiinission government law .wstcrday
nnd divided the city departments.
Frederick .f. Melvln was selected
mayor and director of the Department
nf Public Affnirs; William It. Shep- ,
pard was made director of the Depart
ment of Finance, and Oeorge P. Went- '
tl! v as named director of the Depart
ment of Public Property nnd Public
Woiks. 1
1 The commissioners elected William
Potter, a former assemblyman, oil
clerk, recorder, tegister of bonds nnd
superintendent of water works; Stephen
It. Wilnn, tionsurcr; Walter ,T. Fen
derson, tax rccelier; .1. .Allan Wales.
lassessor, and former Senator Lewis T.
ISteicus, city solicitor.
U. S. Leads World. Peru Holds
New orU. May ''l Peru's first
ambassador to the Tinted States. Dr.
Fraueism Tuodelai Varnrela. at a Pan
Ameiican Society luniheon heie oster
dnv. de, tared "Peru considers with sin
ceie grntiliiation the decisiie part which
liab fallen to the I'nited States in the
process nf world inustriii tinu.
J.fl.Aic Cullougk &Son
AUTOMOTIVE AND
GARAGE SUPPLIES
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"Garage Men
Use Manley Equipment
The Manley Garape Equipment
increases efficiency and adds
profits: Garace Cranes, Press
es and Engine Stands: Can be
used for a hundred purposes
inside the garage and out. Ask
us for further information.
I 11 balanced Siy"
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219-21 N. Broad Street
IFe co-operate icitli your dealer.
Buy through him.
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W& O AMERICAN Balanced Six .land.
t&J&figffiji&Z&Z'J&ffe- cnnstis that is an engineering
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a" $ffiJ!mM$(i& n' influence wrhlch this exerts In the Wffi'
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, Distributors
G. Allison Brower, President 2041 Market St., Phila.
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Piedmont Peanut Oil
is cold - pressed from whole,
hand-picked peanuts grown in the
"sunny south.
It i s a wholesome and easily
digested American food oil ideal
for both table and cooking purposes.
Ask for PIEDMONT
Buy
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Insist
That Your
Dealer Gives You
saffiiE
Heat and Steam Without Smoke
FOR DOMKSTIC USE Kck, Store. Cheitnut and Tea.
FQB STEAM USE Hucln, heat, Kite and Darter.
The Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company
The fact is
Over half the
truck Tonnage
o f Ameri ca
is carried on
Jlnttom
TIRES
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The food oil with '
the nut flavor '
"A man may be down,
but he is never out"
PLEASE GIVE!
Salvation Army Home Service Fund
HERE
we have the Men
and the Machines
TO KEEP YOUR TRUCK on the JOB
ONLY
7gX And you get your
Ow choice of these
WORLD FAMOUS
ELECTRIC
WASHERS
APEX PRIMA NUWAY
WESTERN ELECTRIC
1 TninK or u uniy tu nrst payment That s
all ou neea to pay nown ana you bci any one of
these brand-new ery latest model Elerirfo
Waeliers mat jou may select, aemereu to your
home
Then ou .an pa the hatanr In una t pas monthly payments.
tree Demonstration In onr Home ,
I'HONK M'Rl'CK Sins
In our hoiTroom ou ran ee neitrb all makea of elertrle washer anil rleaners.
DEFT DEVICES CO., Inc., 1640 Market St.
oii. movdu. HEDNEi)y am friikvy i;vrm.n(.s
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NOTICE TO WATER RENT PAYERS
WATER RENT BILLS FOR 1919
(SCHEDULE CHARGE) are now due. All
bills remaining unpaid after May 31st will
be subject to a penalty of FIVE PER
CENT. This Department will be closed
May 30th (Memorial Day). Payments
should be made at once to avoid the rush
which comes to this office the last day of
the month.
W. FREELAND KENDRICK
Receiver of Taxes
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Fellow
Help the Lass who fed doughnuts to our
soldiers.
The boys who bled in France may need
her help again.
Help Her to Carry
on Here
PLEASE GIVE
Salvation Army, Home Service Fund
$1,000,000 for Humanity May 19 to 26
This space donated by
McFarlane & Weinstein
Distributors
New
Auum
Sixes
252 South Broad Street
W. L. HAWKINS, Retail Sales Manager
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that the tire equipment is properly chines to give you this service. We
protecting the truck. have a complete stock of Firestone
Z We give you the right kind of ruck Tirf in .a11 shc A J68-
serviced applying new tires. Pcre yu tfind tircs. and sece ,that
, . keep trucks working and reduce
J We see that the tires are standing delays. Make use of our aids to
up to the work after application. economical trucking
Franklin Tire and Rubber Company
4312 N. Broad Street 2121 Vine Street
BELL WYOMING 4792 SPRUCE 3854
PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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XO BE SOLD
BYTHE
ALIEN PROPERTY
UUSTODIAN
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THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS
of
PAUL GROSSER
Known as the
GROSSER KNITTING MACHINE COMPANY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the uridersigne'd, Francis P. Garvan,
Alien Property Custodian, will offer for sale, at public sale, to" the highest
bidder, at the principal office of the Grosser Knitting Machine Company,
260 West Broadway, New York City, at 3 o'clock, P. M., on the Sth day of
June, 1919, the business known as and conducted in the name of Grosser
Knitting Machine Company, together with certain' other property described
and set forth in the Order of Sale.
Full description of, and information concerning, tlia property to be
old, the terms and conditions of inspection and sala1, and the order
thereof, may be obtained by application to JOSEPH F. GUFFEY,
Director, Bureau of Sales, 110 West 42hd Street, N. Y. City.
FRANCIS P. GARVAN,
Alien Property Custodian,,
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