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LXXXYIII— NO. 116 IS PACES °"'iIgtrLT."K.,SK."!.HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EYEXIXC, MAY 17. 1919. ""SWaRSSS ,J2, C S, HOME EDITION
AMERICAN SEA FLYER REACHES AZORES IN
FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN; NC-4 IS
FIRST TO MAKE LANDING AT FA YAL ISLAND
Commander
of Plane Is
Tnrned to
Horta
NC-3 REPORTED
OFF IN COURSE
NC-1 Passes Ship
19 at 6.14 Navy
Chiefs Hear
ALL PLANES ON
AZORES. BELIEF
OF OFFICIALS
By Associated Frtss•
Washington. May 17.—Al
though no word has come
from the XC-3 and XC-1
since early morning, naval of
ficials were confident early
this morning that both these
trans-Atlantic seaplanes had
reached the Azores.
At last reports they were
only a short distance away
and because of the time elaps
ed since those reports were
received it was assumed that
ships had steered for Ponta
Delgada instead of landing at
Horta to join the XC-4.
By Associated Tress.
Washington, May 17. —
The American naval sea
plane XC-4. under Lieuten
ant Commander Albert C.
Read, has attained its first
objective in the trans-
Atlantic flight, having land
ed safely at Horta. Island
of Fayal. Azores, at 9.20 o'clock
this morning. Washington time,
after winging her way from
Trepassey Bay. X. F., in 15
hours and 13 minutes.
NC-1 Close Behind
The XC-1. under Lieut.-Com.
Patrick X. L. Bellinger, was
close behind the XC-4. but the
XC-3. flagship of Com. John H.
Towers, was last reported at
5.15 A. M., Washington time, as
off her course somewhere be
tween station ships 17 and 18,
about one hundred miles from
Horta.
Original plan were for the planes
to land at Por.ta Delgada and it
may be that the XC-1 and XC-3 will
continue on to that port, which is
about 130 miles east of Horta.
I'og Changes Destination
Fog evidently caused Commander
Read to land at Horta and officials
here assumed that after taking fuel
from the cruiser Columbia, he would
continue to Porta Delgada to spend
the night before taking flight for
Lisbon. Portugal, on the next leg
of the overseas voyage.
Word flashed to the Navy Depart
ment this forenoon announced the
arrival of the XC-4. American naval
seaplane, at Horta. Island of Fayal,
Azores. The official dispatch to "the
Navy Department said:
XC-4 Arrives at 0.20
"The XC-4 arrived at Horta
(Island of Fayal) at 12.20.
"The time given was apparently
confused in some way and could not
be translated accurately into Wash
ington time, but was taken to mean
8.20 a. m." The Navy Department
later corrected the time of the ar
rival of the XC-4 to read 9.20
a m.
The XC-4 left Trepassey, X'ew
Foundland. at 6.07 p. m. yesterdav,
which would make her time 15
hours and 13 minutes for the 1.200-
mile flight to Horta from Trepassev
Bay.
Another message relayed to the
department was one from the XC-4,
sent at 7.33 a. m., Washington
time, saying she had sighted land.
It read:
"We have just picked up land
again. Think it is Pico."
This referred. Xavy officials said,
to the top of the mountain which
forms the western extremity of the
Azores group.
Xo Word FTom XC-1
Xo word has reached the depart
ment from the XC-1 since she
passed station ship 22. seventy-five
miles from Horta, thirty minutes
behind the XC-4. The last report
from the NC-S, flagship of the sea
plane division, was when she passed
station ship 13 at 2.25 a. m. Wash
ington time.
A later dispatch said the XC-1
passed station ship 19 at 6.14 a. m..
Washington time, while the NC-3
was off her course somewhere be
tween station ships 17 and 18, about
100 miles from Horta, at 5.05 a.
m.. Washington time.
An Intercepted message from the
XC-4 said she had passed station
ship 22 at 8.10. Washington time,
and that the "weather was foggy,"
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
U. S. Naval Aviators Making Trans-Atlantic Flight
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This photo shows the crews 6t the United States naval seaplanes, the NO-1. NC-2 and NC-S. Left to right, Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read,
I . S. N.; Pilot E. F. Stone. Pilot TV. Hinton, Radio Operator Ensign H. C. Rodd, Chief Special Mechanic E. H. Howard and Pilot J. L. Breese,
Jr. All are members of crew Xo. 2. Crew No. 1, Commander J. H. Towers. Commander H. C. Richardson. Lieutenant D. H. McCullough, Lieu
tenant i ommander R. A. Lavender, Machinist L. R. Moore and Lieutenant L. B. Rhodes. Crew Xo. 3, Lieutenant Commander P. X. L. Bellinger,
Lieutenant Commander M. A. Mitscher. Pilot Lieutenant L. J. Barin. Radio Operator Lieutenant H. Sadenwatcr, Engineer Chief Machinist Mate C.
I. Kesler and Reserve Pilot Engineer Machinist R. Christensen.
VANIMAN TRIED
OCEAN FLIGHT ON
OCTOBER 10, 1910
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia. May 17. The
first attempt to cross the Atlantic
by the air route was made by
Melvin Vaniraan in a dirigible
balloon named the America, Octo
ber 10, 1910. He set sail from
Atlantic City. When two days
out, the craft encountered a
storm and Vaniman and his crew
were picked up on the eighteenth
by the steamship Trent 375 miles
east of Norfolk.
Vaniman's second attempt, in
the Akron. July 1. 1912, from At
lantic City, resulted in his death
and that of his four companions.
At a height of piore than 500
feet the big gas bag exploded.
which was taken here to account
for the landing at Horta rather than
proceeding to Ponta Delgada.
Ahead of Schedule
Commander Read reached Horta
several hours ahead of the scheduled
time, officials having estimated that
twenty hours would be required for
the seaplanes to reach Ponta Del
gada. Had he continued to that port
at the speed he maintained through
out the long voyage, Commander
Read would have covered the 1.3 50
miles in a little more than 17 hours,
"lame Duck" First to land
The fact that the NC-4 was the
first of the three planes to reach the
Azores drew comment from naval
officers here. This ship was the
"lame duck" of the division from the
time it started from Rockaway
Beach. Long Island. Three of the
four Liberty motors which drove the
ship to the Azores were installed
after it left Rockaway Beach be
cause of trouble with the original
motors.'
Leads Way All Night
Commander Read was forced to
land at Chatham Light, Mass., on
the first leg of his flight to New
Poundland. He remained at Chat
ham for several days repairing. He
again was forced to make a landing
on the way from Halifax to Tre
passey to make repairs and at Tre
passey another new motor was put
in the plane before it started over
seas. Despite the handicaps the XC-4
led the way to the Azores practically
all night.
Lisbon Is Chief Goal
The machine which will achieve
the distinction of being first to cross
the Atlantic ocean will be that which
arrives first at Lisbon. Portugal, the
first European landing place of the
flight and starting point of the last
leg So Plymouth, England.
Performance Spoctamilnr
While the performance of the
N'C-4 is viewed as the most spec
tacular aviation achievements in the
history of heavier than air craft.
Commander Read has not equalled
the American Navy record eithe? for
duration or distance in seaplane
flying. The greatness of the feat, it
was said, lies in the fact that it was
entirely overseas.
Grow 20 Hours In Air
On last April 25, Lieut. Comman
der H. B. Grow piloted the navy
seaplane F-5 for twenty hours and
ten minutes continuous flight in the
vicinity of Hampton Roads. Va., cov
ering a tota< of 1.250 miles, the wind
velocity averaging 20 to 30 miles per
hour throughout the time of the
flight. The F-5. however, circled
around in the region of the air sta
tion in her endurance test.
Officials Rely on Cable
The message to the Navy Depart
ment on the arrival of the XC-4
came by cable from Ponta Delgada
and was more than an hour in
reaching Washington, the depart
ment receiving it at 10.59 a. m.
Officials explained that it was
necessary to rely on the cable be-1
cause the wireless set on the tender
Melville at Ponta Oelgade was not
powerful enough to "carry" to the]
United States.
Start Before Sunset
Three American naval seaplanes—
the NC-3. XC-1 and NC-4—whict I
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RESCUE AND REPAIR
SHIPS ARE NEARBY
Cruise Not Looked Upon as
Sporting Venture but as an
Undertaking For Advance
ment of Science and Sea
manship
, COMMANDER HAS HAD
LONG, HARD TRAINING
Trepassey, N. I"., May 17. —When
the giant American hydroplanes sped
[ away into the East, over the Grand
Banks and the broad Atlantic, they
j entered upon a course not only
carefully charted, but patrol
led by rescue and repair ships all
I the way to the Portuguese coast.
Booking upon the cruise not as a
sporting venture, nor as an attempt
: merely to win the United States the
1 honor of the first trans-Atlantic air
flight, but as an undertaking for the
advancement of science and seaman
ship, the American Navy placed its
1 own vast resources at the disposal of
the aviators, and enlisted those of
other government departments in an
effort to assure the safety of the
\ crews and to reduce to a minimum
the element of chance in the project.
Destroyers Close Together
A flotilla of destroyers, reinformed
] by battleships whose more power
ful wireless equipment was intended
to pick up messages from the flyers
in case the radio sets of the smaller
vessels failed to function, formed a
chain of communication across the
Atlantic while the planes were pro
ceeding to their base here. The fleet
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SOLDIERS WILL
AID SALVATION
ARMYCAMPAIGN
Businessmen and Fraternities
Assist in Drive With Big
Contributions
Fifteen doughnuts in a soldier's cave,
Yo, ho, and the coffee hot!
Down went the Germans, lickety
sjilit,
Yo, ho. how our dough ltoys
fought!
Harrisburg's executive committee
for the Salvation Army Home Serv
ice campaign which starts on Mon
day met at the Gilbert store head
quarters this morning with Capt.
H. M. Stine in charge, Capt. E. J.
Stackpole. Jr., receiving an impera
tive order to return to the hospital
for several days. Dozens of Boy
Scouts werq shot out over the city
and county, putting up posters and
streamers, the industrial committee
reported that through the efforts of
J. William Bowman 300 business
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Police Say He Picked
Lock to Quench Thirst
Said to have picked a lock at the
Merchants' Hotel in order to secure
whisky to relieve his thirst, Wil
liam Pines was arrested early this
morning by Harrisburg police. He
will be given a hearing in police
court during the afternoon.
When located by patrolmen he is
said to have been prowling about
in the hotel in efforts to locate the
whisky.
£far-3nfcpcnfrnt.
COMMAND E R TOW ERS
Naval Officer Who Is Directing
History-Making: Flight
Route Marked by Ribbon of
Destroyers Stationed About
Fifty Miles Apart; Battle
ships on Outskirts of Path
Taken by Planes
Washington. May 17. —Coincident
with the start from Trepassey Bay,
N. F., yesterday of the American
Navy seaplanes in an effort to make
the first trans-Atlantic air passage,
the Navy Department made public
an order, issued April 15 which gov
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FLIGHT RESULT
OF TWO YEARS'
NAVAL EFFORT
No Such Thing as 'Navy Luck'
Says Daniels, Just Off
Transport
By Associated rress.
New York. May 17.—The success
ful ocean flights of the American na
val seaplanes, which were reported to
have traversed two thirds of the 1,-
330 mile cruise to the Azores when
Secretary Daniels, returning from
Europe stepped ashore from the
transport Mount Vernon to-day was
attributed by the Secretary to pains
taking work in preparation for the
undertaking.
'"There is no such thing as 'navy
luck . said Air. Itanifels when one of
the party greeted him at the pier
used the phrase in commenting on
the progress of the NC squadron.
"We have been working up to this
flight for two years," he continued,
"and as in other projects within its
sphere of activities, what the navy
has done was due to perfect system
of operation."
Confidence In Towers
Secretary Daniels expressed, confi
dence In Commander John H. Tow
ers. and his associate aviators, say
ing that their work had fully justi
fied their appointments. He com
mended also the courage of the fliers.
The Secretary stated that he had
made It known In Great Britain that
the American trans-Atlantic flight
was not Intended as a competition
with the efforts of British aviators.
Its object, he said, was to contribute
toward the charting of the air course
from America to Europe,
LOVE FOR PRETTY
ACTRESS MOTIVE
OF AUTO THEFT
So Police Charge in Making
the Arrest of Three
Boys of 16
Infatuation for a pretty little ac
tress who appeared in one of the lo
cal theaters earlier in the week was
the reason given to-day by the police
as the reason why R. O. Proweli, 1602
Derry street, was arrested charged
with the theft of an automobile. Pro
well is 16 years old.
According to the police Proweli
was so smitten with the actress that
he determined to follow her when
she left Harrisburg for Reading. Ac
! eordingl.v, the police say, Proweli
stole a large touring ear owned by
! Ray S. Shoemaker. 210S Walnut
street.
| Proweli and Edward Lentz. 1630
I Derry street, were arrested in Read-
I ing, Lentz was taken along for com
pany until the love affair glossed a
! little more smoothly. Harry Shuster
another youth was arrested to-day.
He is said to have been implicated
in the theft of the machine.
Hardscrabble Cases to
Be Argued Monday
Argument of the Hardscrabble
case, which has been appealed to
the Supreme Court, will be heard on
Monday when the court meets in
this city. The case, which hns been
appealed, is one in which the Dau
phin county court ruled that the
city is liable for damages for all
property on the west side, of Front
street when it is taken over, re
gardless of when it was erected.
The city appealed from the decision,
contending it is not liable for pay
ment for structures built since 1871.
according to an act passed at that
time by the Leg'slature. The Su
preme Court decision will settle the
dispute and it is likely plans will
be made late in the summer to start
razing some of the buildings.
Wounded Men Are Brought
Here For Dinner by K. of C.
"Wounded soldiers to the number
of fifty-five from the Carlisle Mili
tary Hospital were the guests of the
local council of the Knights of Co
lumbus in Cathedral Hall this aft
ernoon. Refreshments were served
and they were given a program of
music and entertainment. Mayor
Daniel L. Kiester made a brief ad
dress.
The soldiers were brought here in
Army ambulances.
Rain Postpones Opening
of Dauphin-Perry League
Unfavorable weather conditions
to-day made' it necessary to call off
both opening day games in the
Dauphin-Perry League. The bad
weather of the past week, together
with the heavy rain of this morn
ing, left the fields in conditions too
soft for play.
Millersburg bad been scheduled
to open at Dnncannon and Matvs
ville at Newport. As a result of the
postponement of to-day's games, the
season will not open until next Sat
urday when Newport will be the at
traction at Marysvllle and Duncan
non at Millersburg.
DEWPSKV COVERS 10 MII.HS
By Associated Press.
Toledo. Ohio, May 17.—Jack Demp
sey. challenger for the world's heavy
weight championship, was up early
to-day for the first road work of his
training grind for his championship
battle with Jess Wlllard here July
4. He covered ten miles In the di
rection of the battle ground site in
the Bayvlew Park district.
11 SECTIONS OF
COUNTY ROADS TO
BE IMPROVED
Commissioners and the State
Highway Department Pre
pare For Work
•?86.766 FOR THE BIG TASK;
No Decision Made as to Which
Work Will Be Done
First
County Commissioners were noti
fied by the State that they should
outline in order the roadways in
Dauphin county which are to be fin
ished. for which the State will pay
part of the cost.
In tlie letter it was announced that
the State has available $56,766 for
road work in Dauphin county this
year on State aid highways. The
County Commissioners have an ap
propriation of $30,000 for such im
provements and may increase it.
A list of the applications for state
aid to make permanent improve
ments on sections of highways load
ing lo state roads in Dauphin coun
ty, was submitted with the letter to
the officials. here are eleven see
lions of roadways listed in Susque
hanna. Swatara, Upper Paxton, Jack
son. West Hanover, Derry, East Han
over and Lower Paxton townships,
and in I'onbrook borough.
Important Komlx
It has not been decided definitely
which one will be improved first, as
all of these are important secondary
roads leading to main highways, but
it is understood the County Commis
sioners have favored preference to
the one in East Hanover township,
about 16,900 feet in length.
The radivays for which state aid
petitions have been filed follow:
Lower Ipaxton, 18,480 feet, extend
ing from Paxtonia through Lingles
town to the Beaver creek.
East Hanover, 16,000 feet. from
Swatara creek at Lyonsville, to the
cross road on state highway west
of Grantville.
Swatara, 2772 feet, Mohn street,
along the borough line of Steelton.
Derry, 5160 feet, stretch of road
way between Union Deposit and Swa
tara Station.
Penbrook borough, 3000 feet. Main
street, from Hoffer's to Thirty-first
street.
I Derry, 7570 feet, from line of South
j Hanover and Derry townships to
| Derry Church.
i West Hanover, 15.540 feet, from a
! line cast of Matiadu Hill to line of
| West and South Hanover townships
i byway of Hanoverdale.
I Jackson, 23,760 feet, west of Flsh
j erville to Mountain house, Berry's
| mountain.
| Upper Pa ton, 13,600 feet, from bor
i ough line at North street, Miliers
burg, eastwardly on Berrysburg road.
Swatara, 1250 feet, main road in
i Oberiin.
! Susquehanna. 10.560 feet, from the
! Susquehanna river eastwardly Past
I Wildwood lake into Lower Paxton
j township connecting with Linglos
; town road. The road running the
; entire length of Wildwood Park con
■ neets at the northern end with this
! highway in Susquehanna township.
All Poles on South Side
of Walnut Street to Come
Down Before July 1
City Electrician Clark TO. Diehl
has received a communication from
the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company statins that all poles
in Walnut street on the south side
are to be removed by July 1, as the
overhead system by that time will
have been replaced by underground
cables. At present the company has
a gang of men laying conduits in
Walnut street from Reservoir Park
west, and later many poles in Wal
nut and State streets are to be re
moved.
Mr. Diehl also announced that he
has requested the various public
utility companies to remove the tops
of tall poles along some of the
streets, as the cross arms on many
of them are from 15 to 20 feet
lower.
In pulling cables through one of
the ducts in the downtown district
a few days ago Harrisburg Light and
Power Company men found seven
dead rats, and a few live ones. It is
believed they got into the conduits
from the openings at the manholes.
Wilson's Message to
Congress Is Transmitted
7?V Associated Press
Washington, May 17. President
Wilson's message to the extra ses
sion of Congress was in the hands
of Secretary Tumulty to-day, having
been received over the cable during
the night. It contains approximate
ly 4,500 words and probably will be
transmitted to Congress Tuesday.
HI'RT IX COLLISION
Miss Florence May, West Fair
view, was struck by a bicycle at
Fourth and Market streets to-day.
She sustained a fracture of the left
leg. She was taken to the Harris
burg Hospital for treatment.
THE WEATHER
For HnrriKhnrg and vicinity;
Showers, followed by partly
elundy thin afternoon; fair to
night and Sunday; eooler to
nluht. with lon est temperature
about 80 degree*.
For Eastern Pennsylvania; Show
ers this nfternoon; fair to-night
and Sundtty; eooler to-night;
fresh, south, shifting to Went
w ln<i.
Iti ver
The West Brunch will rise mar
whit. except the upper portion,
which will bcglr. to fail this
afternoon or to-night. The main
river and probably the North
Branch, will continue to fall. A
singe of about A.,1 feet Is indi
cated for Hurrisburg Sunday
Ml*il|> J
AUSTRIA TO PAY AN
INDEMNITY OF FIVE
BILLION GOLD MA RKS
Italy Gives Up Claim to Islands Off
Coast of Asia Minor, Clearing Up
Big Part of Peace Discussion
By Associated Press
Important developments have occurred in connection with the
efforts to settle the Italian problem before the Paris peace con
ferees. Primarily, the Italians have agreed to relinquish their
claims upon the Dodecanese islands, off the coast of Asia Minor,
in favor of Greece.
Italy has been claiming these islands by virtue of treaty rights
acquired after the Italion-Turkish war, although the islands are
largely Greek in population. I'lie settlement of this controversy
is legarded as a long step toward the solution of the Italian
problem as a whole, and the conferences among the peace con-
leaders are being continued to-day with a hopeful tone
pervading the reports of the discussion.
The peace treaty with Austria has
been further whipped inio shape
and it was made known to-day that
an indemnity of 3.000,000.000 gold
marks would be demanded from
Austria in the document. This means
a sum of approximately $1,250,000,-
000 or one-twentieth of the $20,-
000,000,000 Germany is required to
pay.
Pope Issues Appeal
Pope Benedict has taken steps to
communicate with "the head of one
of the most important delegations at
the Peace Conference" in an effort
to secure a revision or the terms of
the treaty of peace, according to a
d quitch jto in Rome.
The Pontiff, it is said, was begged
lo take this step by the Catholic
prelates of Germany, it being re
ported yesterday that Cardinal
Hartmutici, of Cologne, had appealed
to the Vatican. Whom the Pope will
address is not indicated in the dis
patch.
Germans Excited
In the meantime, mass demon
strations of protest are being held
throughout Germany. In Berlin, an
immense throng gathered at the
Reichstag building on Thursday and
adopted resolutions denouncing the
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I- lorlln I'opa, llarrUhnriri P.-tei T. I.lnk an<l Almlra L>. Ucu. * 1
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treaty which Germany is asked to
sign, in Hamburg, the same day,
I a crowd authored outside, the head
quarters of tlie American mission
in that city and carriey out a dem
onstration against the treaty.
I The Hungarian oliicial pres.". bit
| reau at Itudupest, according to a
i news agency message, reports tlio
| receipt of n Russian Soviet telegram
stating that the Ukrainian Red army
I has defeated the Rumanians, who
] are fleeing along the Dnoister river
I front. It is in this region that the
i Russian Bolshevik forces have been
I trying to force their way through to
| Hungary.
Police Arrest Man
Charged With Robbery
Oharged with highway robbery,
Horace Dean was taken into custody
early this morning by 1-larrisburg po
; lice. He will be given a hearing in
police court during the afternoon.
Deun is charged with holding up
! .Miles Howe. 1231 Wallace street, at
I Yerbeke and Wallace streets and
taking from him a watch and ring.
He was arrested less than an hour
after the alleged holdup by Patrol
men Dickey, Jackson, WTjlte and
Waters.