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- I ■Ml UMKi>KyLiKiJJAYVfiHUJ.O ^ r ,^ P H E .A S S O C IA T E D PRESS - . | V 3 '• \ ' -FRi ; ~ ; 3 £ S v PRICE THRFE V. : -•v. GRAND JURY REPORT IN BOOTLEG INQUIRY STIRS P H I L l i i i f t r f ; 4 k . ‘ c m o n y \ ; ^ U o m R e - is io n o f C o n s t it u t io n hanging C ,W n ;fr-x oiri; Republic ; to onarcKy/ ~V\ Itepub- ans Displeased , i Over Half of' Number Invited Ac cept Invitation ttf Join— Speed With .Which Nations Accept Plan Greatly Pleases /State Depart ment at Washington ■ ’ ' i , 0 >\ *?,«/\i {was sworn,4h';as; king of r /. 'x'before''the; NatiQnai As- WnooW ~ The.-x-ergmony :•■ N nq ' { the constitution • from1 a ..republic Mali •>■ e,/Seif> -iornale - ' (hat (leation' of ' the Litton and ‘his Se throne. '■ ■£%5ifhes , to Tirana ornaie-^,? ^ -I ;•*?«« - bat tbe. v ;‘‘L i-vt'-vV n, only 15 ! . A ; , \,// • j to decide-', to ’feiV-VC. . ’!«** /Pfc#v* n/Wt/tAfei v- - I. / Washington, Sept. 1. — (JP)—Fprts coun'tries-r-mpre than half the-number Invited—Have,, signified adherence * to the Kellogg-Briand pact to' renounce wa.'. - ’ ’ . • •Thus the treaty 'which is attempt' ing to ' briny' about universal. peace is rapidly reaching the.' 'fulfillment tbat„. Secretary Kellogg, envisaged when’;;he sought the .co-operation of the nations of the world to this end . Included' in the sovereignties ' to accept the1 invitation to become party to'the pact signed at. Paris'Monday ■is Soviet Russia. The 'Moscow /gov ernment made clear , that it,'/lias neither enthusiasm- nor admiration for the treaty; but accepted it;’because “it does Impose certain obligations upon countles -hefore the bar-of public opinion.” ' ' - • The pact, said the Russian note of adherence, likewise, \give^-the Soviet ;Inlon a: new possibility .of submitting ' ‘ill-.,tiie -signatory nations a question e, more; Inclusive'• term because 500,000 Albanians reside within gd-Slariari\ 'borders., \ ado, Jugo-Si^ri\^.; Se'pt. i. —UP) Central Commltt‘ee,tof the Al- Republiean organization today all European chancelleries * party would use weapons', as ■■'n-.iffiO, to prevent theascen'-. Vut. to the throne, ,of : A1-. w urge the powers'ito ay , urpatlon” 'Of tlie throne.# which so many the pact— greatly e ’ Department at I of the1'acceptances ‘lean, diplomatic of- Soviet *■ Russia, Invitation '* from '■“iiccomtMjnlea ‘ by ex- Ef.il??* Y&AX'J&CX** for thevprlvilege pri-ssio/ti-. of udlv Thehe ances w ..^.. • adhK'ijhgi'i’v-X 1. T c.es aiiT-rtsi, wys^-S, batch of accept- State Department prSlarla,’'- Finland, *11,', Panama - aivl ‘ ‘ 1 ' .'J f , **/ 'v£? Finding of Investigating. Body That PoKce^-bn R a y r o I^ if^ ^ lJ. gers Arouses Citizens— Prelimmarji^kepord^ ^Thousands of Dollars Has-Been Paid'KJrifc^^Viftn- tinue Declares Judge Edwin 0. Lewi, ''' -Philadelphia, Sept. 1.—(#>—A. find- power ’of-flrid.'^out rH^Vjriariy -,mQ- ’ury — -- — -^tor- cars’ every- '.polibei^ah'^mas;lioifr: many diamond' rJnES,'. the .lavish: scale, he.1 lives' ;p'n;' the' Jmoney ■he'; , h'as,7 and to find\ out if he^tis. ■ District^ 'Atto'rney.' -iTShn'' JXpnaghan revealed ,;r ecortl :of ifegiaf t-;payment j>t $10,000 indicated .on account-books In his pos-;- session, along -lwitli';datfa' showing'uthat': records'- were kept;' 0 £ rpaym'erits:;tff/'po lice ranging froirivl$spo.'. a';.'mqnth,‘/jaiia upward’and downward,' --i'A The disclosure he, sai’a-^ere ’pniy^al “a scratch - on-* the’ surface,' of;V,wriat' further investigation^ -.of books' of Marks . WeIiiberg‘f an(l-:V,Cbm- pany, • public' accountants,- T4 would ■' re veal. Thus far liis' informotlori: con-, cerned a single philadolphla's-^'alcohpl plant;' 1 r ... ‘.‘It would appear from''thisv(record,\ he said, ‘‘that these people, ;over' > a period of five, .months.'paid. $29,400 to persons designated “cops.\ ' ‘ . “Individual entries were, there also. One-sum of $10,000 was charged this vmy: ‘Chief Cop,v'$10,000'- under this was the full.nnme-of a high pojice',of- flcial..-After, this was another -.‘$800 per month, then others.'; ■_ • \-v: •-‘‘I amTnotf ready.tp reveal names of. police ' vriio tmve, -taken bribes.,.; Teat, will .bfe dpiie later'and'arrpsts made..' The' grand jury;,'which will'.,recess over, Labor Day, reported-.that the Information it had gathered from ;40 wituesses.was amazing, iu its character and almost uubelievabie . In its signifi cance.\ \ • \ ' ;; “As a regularly conducted .part \of this'unlawful scheme notorious crimi nals, /gunmen an'd tbugs.ihave been ipiit .upon;the streets\'.of •Philadelphia..wijfh; ■deadly, weaponsi.-.who^ have'-,. notl\,be$I. 7 -> tated fo.:indulge<in bloodshed and wan-' tori brutality;?,,.. ‘ - •• , J ‘ , “These -menv.without/'appnreht ’-fear of- apprehonsion jlihye commltted ‘:brib- ecsy-robbery'i j assault,, murdcr -K, In.' fact ,ha.fe -, r u ^ . the.uwh'bl’e -gamut .pf:'.c'cinie-i 'openly and brazenly.’’ . .- . go-\ er^v-;v X?T< '> ait- some time in disarmar^vr-^ In'g' of a Grand J that police are <y> tMe’ payroll - of bootleggeis and bi>ve received hundreds ' of thousandsy^per- baps millions of • dollars in/bribes caused a stir today. ; '-The charge was contain^ in a pre- 'Htnlnary report-'of a G/and Jury In vestigating lawlessne^r-^The, - report further charges th-^ liquor interests have been protected for years iiy an alliance of ponce* and “misguided\ politicians, and that the • menace of gunmen and/gangsters threatens , to make this^clty a second Chicago,-with target practice holds in the streets and human -beings the 'targets. •/ All this and more was set forth yes terday in a preliminary report of the Grand Jury ' called two -weeks ,ago to Investigate gang' murders, .bootlegging and other underworld activities. Judge Edwin O. Lewis after reading: the report, granted the jury’s request to continue 'its Investigation’ into or ganized lawlessness. Rum rings must be broken up, lie declared in addressing the jurors,' Their trail of murder and corruption must’be'eliminated. If the Police De partment is not purged, he’ said, l?y the proper city officials and the Clvil- Service -Commission,.. he . will appoint a commission under the city 'charter that ,will have power to subpoena ,any witness, no matter- what his station,' to testify. ' '• \I will do this,\ Judge Lewis ..said, “If it takes' the commission-'-years to complete the.-task, and if- it'’-‘.■neces sitates the nse/.of the/,.most;^1 extra ordinary methods ever ' evolved \ to combat crime here. - ‘ ( . ' ‘I have information , that . gunmen have been hlredi in the-business .world of our .city. These ha've'been brought here to-, carry <m\ trade, rivalry— '.the, blowing up- of-! business houses,' the assassination' of • business .rivals.'; .They do it.in ' 'Chicago* and St. Louis, ?,now they are trying to do- It here, but'^e \are .-not going; to,-let. them.....',.,,.'' ‘,:The' Civil 'Service'Commission ha? Charge.- pf;,Using Mails to Defraud LodgediAgainst Albany Men — Indictments . Carry ’ 6 5-year ,, Priso^ jlerms. For Each .Person -^Wager j i Run; Into ^-'Millions ■\ T e a rly :'i;\ ^ ^ ;.:NeTY- .-York,1- Sept: -;1.— accused.ibf fraud'lti^.tbeAoROTatlotf .<sf a;..bae^i>all • pbol’-i ln> ;saiaj,ajplayej‘sicbarie#';0f..,w^|ng;was •1 * ;to 'J.0,000\ todj|yy^ere' under \indict-' m'ente/ 'earrylng'; 65 Vear -prison' terms for‘_e»'ctf !nj'J)i^tevept-'oi corivlction,' ' The'^ndictmehts'^harged use“pf 'the m’ails , to jd^rau.d/.ana'* eaqli' included 1 3 .''coiints.> tindfer ' n f fhnrn v-v Rieiiciio^^By-;Norwegian Fisbing Vessel Near 6rou]£.:Q£ Islanas..Off ,-Trumsoe, Norway — V \ ^Plane- Lef t Spitzbergeri- June ] 18^Arriundserix the The- lawln’g “contains aim- is. the< elk/J of obligations'^ esi>ecially /frown reser.yatlons,' formula out- nd'* says -it Xons ‘-whose ny -likitiood; j '?aceJ”f II , ^.British f 'I-—W —A state- V; ;h% ® '% ndolph Hearst ex- \f tlie Democrats D 'lv*n 'Vs^ul *u Pres'* ^no*:H'.'H..i.'Bay caused a stir | itv ; i^ r y | \ ■ , u i a i - -tta tement,', which Pbletl from Europe to the Brook- was taken by Repu'tiUcan- 's to mean that he would su&orf fct Hooker in the election,\nl- F* the' statement did ' V/f: Ically pledge 'Mr. Hearst to tliit ; ' , \1 lo not think the Democrats will Kessful in this campaign on the tohlMtlon iss\ie which Mr.''Smith led Into the campaign after lie ■eceived the nomination',”.,. Mr.- t says. He gives as his reasons' the prohibition issue In a presl- d campaign “is distinctly a false and \the people of the. United b do not want Tammany ia con- >f the nation.” 1Ir- Hearst expresses ,tlie that prohibition is- proving ; a e in the United States, he Is one , ^ , 01111 0112 ™st majority pfop.e of this country have not . , or at least hope, in pro- ,1. ® temperance measure.-,-' ™ Pat Harrison of Mississippi. V f the Democratic National M T itte e . said he believed li lo\'od his Personal feel- 10 influenco his judgment.” ■ ;'Ir Hearst is not fond tttinn, ’ h SiMCe hls Political “ta me olipp-rl by the Pov- HarriS!0'i said. The with t0 rnn on th0 s«kini^IJ?mJ rhen th0 r>l,l'llsller r«th»STr ^ Domocrf>flc noraina- he United States Senate from Uv J ” .1!)22' Tn the, last tarct hn1]01™ tho \overnor a'nd -t had sharp exchanges;” Republican Nominee to Rest After Week of Grinding Work at General Headquarters grahd 'jfary yesterday.- ag'a 1 nst' \Y11jani l J ^ virpw;ai'th of New York-, ''a/locoladrj Uve:.'engineer.; William j'. ,.'Prlhg;ei.:'.'ai' leged‘\‘ treasurer of the;. so-ealledvKAl bany pool;' ,John .Otto- and .his'. '. twc sons, John and' James, a n d • WalterT.jJ Kane,,all,of Albany.-, *' --' ‘ Pringle and Howar’tli, had/,been '^in dicted here previously on \ charges' of furtherlng»a--lottery.' James Otio and Kane received, suspended;- sefitences^pf, a year, anc}’ a*-'day each\ in Bos'tonViast November on -cpnv:lction, 'ot» using !ffie •mails', to promote a lo.tte'ry. /. ...Federal Attprnei-,.Tu'ttVe /said1 new indictments.,'■;which-v-for‘'the first time charge, that., the lottery -‘is, a swindle, .were., made'.('p6ss,lble;’..becau!se stimez members.,of .(.the, 'pool ,ha.d begun to ■alk.-; t -v’ .-'V? - ■.»}?■< -.-“Thie, present *• indlctmen'tsf','!> hY.'sora^ “cha rge’ ,lri .effect' that.- by]^the^usepof\';a; number- of . plays' by-, n^mlifsrs^ln.Uhe Albany ptopl;*'after ,,the ;k$j^numb$ca. had been / ’ determined ^before they had-befen announeedprize money, >vcis diverted .from-;' ttie?.gen,cftne^pfay< ?rs;?'...; ’ -By' this method - the pool- was. g(ven the .appearance of - great - public*Ll'nt^r- e?'t\-\vlth pretended ' pcizefs-. aggrega'tlijf ^75,000,- lie said. l;._-,.Even • if It,' w(6re legitimate,^ he ,c6ntinued,'v tbe, '.; 0 dds . against, ^’inning were! 1. to^lO^pOO-'anrt by •■using fcrooked‘ methods •; tlie'*1 piiol vastly increased ^.-these odds virtually robbing persons of small 'means of; the money'-they invested'in tickets.-,- '’ ! Wagers in the Xlbany pool,' he. said, run' .into-'-the 'millions .-of,\ dollars yearly: i - Five previous indictments -in - this, district ha've resiiited i n ’ prison sen tences for ■' three- of the, alleged pool agents. . I-;1;* i c ‘Norway^S«wti'^^'(A. T .)1— Tht first definite clue to Jtne |ite;of Roald A^undlW nfan^^ accompanied bim on hjs ^xpeditHmVt^|reKue,'s)n«eMb“er*t'q^ was brought a, iBoat^tpm the seaplane in which the Amundsen , ibx^a d^^fVf'e gianv fishing vessel, the * Brood. BA'ce--td the French ;navai seaplane ■ jide^tii ;Rejae: Guiljbaud as pilot. Com- tended ;to ^confirm :^ e ; . v . .. j ^ ■?-, , , V''* catried vLijeiitlvLief <*'A■niiiriVlKifin'' f f li n n i iQ l- X 'fir * In tprv- •‘R n r i n p ’ - R h V r ilf \ n n r i . UN) PLANE CRASh (By James J j . West, Associated Press ■ Staff Writer) Washington,' Sept. 1—UP)—Herbert rest a while after ork'at his general w ^ 'ffsa ■program of recrea Griffin Stadium, other :Kew in W8 WEATHER FORECAST ^ nSfck S Mf' .1-Vest- and tly c5oiull' kwers Sun£ , .ncl)aj': Probat».V w; sliehth- u-nJ? no-r h pPr' 1,1 portion* m* r ,HT ln s°uth- ^ . hwest to- *nas “ t c o m i n ; ; Pittsburgh, Scpt.-l.—(JP)—A successfully flown frjpm Englaj^ t0 South Africa and back-by ono a vlatrlx- vime close to being'a/death machine f>r another ’woman flter, who had eitned her fame by/being' the first of ht\. sex to negotiate, the treacherous AtXntic. A\ Rogers' Field, near here, last nigh\ Miss- Amelia Earhart, .Boston socia\worker, and co-pilot of the I transatlantic plane Friendship, craokekV-Up. the - English Averin-Avian, once thepropefty of Lady Heith. As Misi Earhart was making \ landing, a-wheel became mired ,r rut.'1 - \\ The plane served, stood on its nose for a moment Vd appeared to stagger in the wind. %en, as it seemed cer tain it must Um over, it settled, nose ln the ground w\ji its tail 15 feet in the air. Miss Earhart ahd her passenger, George P. Putnani, Xew'Tork publish: er who recently pla°d Miss Earhart'S book on her trftn's-Ai<intlc\trip on thq market, were uninjurd. \ A lower left wing w>s broken and the ‘landing gear was -mashed. He- -pairs are to be expedite^ through the 1 sending here of a dupl>ate Avian plane from which necessar^parts will be salvaged. , ' \ \ Undaunted by her experiete.- Miss Earhart stated she, would, rinain in ritfslnircrh until repnlrs w<fo com pleted, admitting she did not are to continue her journey .in any other plane. The woman flier also stfted it was her first crash in 1 10 year-^ 0f flyin,:. ‘ * v \ \ automobile; He'has no'eu- gagments'-'sK:'-^,/;^' :f, Jay, .but prpbab-> ly .will piitHV5?.^'(5! ?.f' - ---- accumula-t A' . - - . ' j vnext .-weeks* Cob.ver p la n a % c ,^ / ;v \^:fi»iilng: t rip, of \several flce-.cleanlng' tfon of mailf ’'■Vbout,the\ Hoo.i angling .for; fev^vq'fK! aboupfeoff ttf ! Rlver.-f.-He wl'.\ this trip by '■'\ * is. safifixfe'-Bay,', her-fi*h'xha'r the- Potomac' tnpanfedT'on ..w ^personal ’esh, TE.M pe RA i CUES' liermometcr) Dept Jlic ax1mum 1£>28 1927 Wmun, ‘ ............. 63 69 Dn riscs todi v* V V- 51 54 0:33 Prohibition Defeated Australia, Sept.: 1.—(^)\ Sydney, Prohibition was defeated by to one in the New p\ frienis A-'ieal basen stanijard-bearet baseball games', here as comme: his desk cl6ar opportunity to st ly important ,se League. While he will main., grandstand nuts along, with t probably will shi than .the thousand -: . . love of peanuts IsVi.- ->iv> love of.baseball,.an'-;<;'ft at least two calls ■ the regulation time V;: . Hoover'will find ft:!., ...V - on'the billowing sk&.K)- ■} ' ; peake quite different/' /_ the whirling;-streanri California, but the no..'new: one to. him Ytr>. ^-!> *,' has fished ; off','the Pt-^np.y.'-, use a rdd,' but; some ot ■ accompany him --will-V? , and will; revest, to , ttvle If-they can find V: nd the boat cabln.-shelferei ^ J v 4. .-ze. Wlndine up the mon, . Republican • attended even years : i and\. with' self p'f an- in a hlgh- _r 'American ' \ in. the „ och pea- 'i ./I, but he -i' - isanshlp ■ -n. ' His to. his. -1 makes ! during :■ i boat -■Siesa- ig In \v. loved ;-,U be ■f, '- >ntly Will \. ■ Will • * lox Jne week In Washington shy « t tour, the Republican n , lifl; than two to one in cne x>e« Wales r.quor. referendum today. ^ ¥ . [ , e0^ ® r£ ln the south o was compulsory. The count showed ;non worlv_^ ^ Tnmpg . 105.145 in SOS,092 against it rial; •grtll ............ 'favor of prohibition andVtructions* to James Sl\; <-.'r alV -- - ! >’■-■! ' Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio, who said conditions in his,1 state- were \very sat isfactory former Senator Joseph T. Frelinghuyseri,, otS.ts'ew Jersey; and William' J. IDonovan, assistant United Stages . attorney general. The.---'nom inee’s-engagement lfsb, for- this fore noon included Frederick; M. Prince, bonker iand railroad man;„.of 'Bostv-; .and.-'-Senator. Arthur. 'E. '.^Capper, oi Kansas^/ . > VU' 1 » K F 0 « HIS FISTS Suspended and Fined .* Chicago, Sept. l.-(/P)-Earl Tnilte- hill, veteran Detroit Tiger. P'tcher, was suspended for five days and fined 5100 by President Barnard of the American League today for his coil duct toward Umpire \Van Grafian In game at St. Louis yesterday. ■C' vjwa, western campaign coiduct an economical eai con belt. ; ' . r :>'■, >*, -1* also received a n M i i i ! . , ^ . ^ - ,. Mrs.\ Henrv Breckenn^gi,,i;- v \ • ■ , York, to address tbe a n n « a U ^ .u v<^ n - the CUld Health A'socinfld^ .i ^ ifc h he is p:esident. at Chlcaeo -m-October. He took the invitallon (under advise- . /’pv.'';'5' j /,; /'• ^ •, -• - :L ob : Angelegi'iSept^' 1— (^)-^Tom. Mix screen-;, towtwy/.-'and- -. former -..Texas ranger,'-today,stood vindicated by the court^:for;vusinj .his--'fists' :to reply to the “wiser crack*”, of vWHl. Morrissey,' stage comedian,1 about ?the future of Tom and his tiorse Tony1 in the-' talking movies.- ■ Mix was acquitted -of.' battery charges in his trial-in Municipal Court yesterday aftor the Judge had declared that the -.Western-star- had acted;as. “any prudent,, red blooded man\ would act in the battle, that came early one Sunday moralr^ at the end of a house warming party. \ ' 1 , 'Summing up the evidence ' In ,the case, Judge Leonard Wilson concluded that both Morrissey and his wife, Midgle 'Mllle?, were intoxicated at the time of the after-party struggle’; that the comedian provoked Mix by a vol ley of-profanity and that the screen actor-,had a right to defend himself from the-verbal and fistic attack.\ -i-'Mhc brought a support cast of film and ; business notables to the court room with him. They included -Monte Blue,'' Dorothy Dwan, and Mary Alkin. ThevMorrisseys were arrested on drunkenness charges' when they ap peared at a police station after the en counter, but^the charges were dis- mlssedson /•-■ technicality, the com plaints'charging them with being in toxicated , on the street while police could testify only as to their con dition In the,police,station. TO SET LONG DISTANCE FLIGHT :'A,U-ea,dy liptecl' foi.;iils, daring^ expedl- tlonsxirito/the, Arctic, darkness,-/Am\ind- 'sen”-lettx-hl8vDai|Te^l^n^t^rlyV in liflO in t«id Ing' :to' dwifr'f or--thfe .Nor tTi'-POl^,.:. r»' ' •-jV'n.-it’itlWv' r iUlt-U? * 1 iW. denly-/.^c%nged^j'fiJ»^4>Va^ t : ^ ' . ^ aN4>:i south Vnnd:'aft'ei;r.ri)nii 1 qg/a/speetaMl?r; x.?spb ^ Le ■ Bourget, France, Sept. 1 .—(.'P)— . ---------- — ----- 0 :28 a. m.; today. .In'- an*-.'attempt;' to, break the world non-stop' diitance rec-' ord. -j;\. , They headed for Calcutta-'and hoped' to be-able to stay In theairW l hours. Jlotor trouble cut-.'the. flight'nhort for word came .a'.few ;hours aftor the start .that .the airmen had'.been^fprced Stuttgart'when a leak'developed in the, oil 'fee'd IJne.,'.'* - L^infe Start i A tla n tic Flight from French Field , ^ t th;:'fqur. re^iitlng!.'as'many'natl 6 hSvPlaB'teQ-'th 'Xpi-wegiah; flag fat ^'t^e*'b'6ttoiil'1bf?tne e,artti>- December,:, 14,-/1911.' \ .-Of the other.Expeditions; tlie.-British Antarctic.,Party, headed- by -Cnpt.'/ R. F: - Scott, - was',;the only ono to 'reach •tie pole,; arrivingat the ’(jar tU’s [south ernmost extremity January - IS,1' -1012,' just-34 'days behind Amtmdsen.,' Scott arid his tliree cbmpanioiis.-perished.tvyo months, later. In, a bllzzarcl 'whlle.V.B-' turning to?' their base. iT.he Irecprds, found, with'their, bodles\,showed /that: they., had discovered the \'land. marks erected at the pole by Vtiie.. ..Intrepid. Norseman. <• Expedltlons'.vropresenting Germany, Australia and 'Japan,./all-of, which started.at about'.the:',same.time, as the Norwegian and-lBrltlsh, /ailed lo reach thein diisthiaiiori,.;; , , ' . ;At Polo Tliree\ jDays, Amundsen, remained Xfe-.the-pole .'for-' -three,',days,- taking- ,obM,txatIqns 'nnd, charting. theSterfltpry.,,i»j»||>eS.t''ljei;could. 'With. Mhn'. were' five ;jneh,- four pledges. anrt'S- dogs. J ': y\'- . Leaving the'-pcle'Doc’ember;.;17.*1911, the>lltble party- ’made; a ■- speedy,:.trip back to its })'ase’, and'-j:; informed! ';thc wiirld 'of/its’ achievement,'.-, '■•‘For. sev: ernil weeks 'after Amundsen’s return to-'cl'vlUr.ation- he ’-,{alled;V^o^! teethe full 'credit, for hisvdl^cov'eryij'due . {to the fact' that -nothlng -hadjbeen -hearcl from the' 3 cott-,parfT^Y;In',fact ,many. explorer#, and ’'scleritlstat-' fam iliar, with tbe plans-of both 'expedltions' were-in clined . t o 1 the -belief,-: that .:' 8 cot.t -.had reachsid ^the !'pi»!e' »!lri^^J?^ipi^e*.. 1 tlie failor«>of-i -.Amund*eni',-^tp'-fflACl. any traces' of-.'arpi^ece«iii^>>>;:, s<:' if.i ThfT. re&veVy^of'icotftlhbodyi how ever.--and' an\ a n a i j f i l ^ ' r e c o r d s fouild with it, prptedvthat^'Amundsen was entitled’ to “all/honors as dls^'oVer- pf the' South . Pole. ! -Ho ’ was ,ac later-'.;'reachM' Berin^/.Stralfand'-'th*^ Pacific,'-Jthe jAtet,E h t t > V ^ k ocean'' 'to'/oc’eair.nortli: o‘f -Taragohl'a^fj ■ 1 'Having'; rbachcd'tte/ilagneUc . ;Pol_eN-Am\indseu! ‘immediately .began‘‘' m'aking' plans / for;-'ariother-’ expedltloii ,' /whlcli :.woiild,iakeYhl'm,-to'the .true'pple. -Hii-;-firstreaV'ttttempt.'-rho-v^ever, was ' ;nd£;--'niade''^iStliyittl 8,--;'J-wli'^i lift steamer\- v-ATavde'; - fo^.;Noio'o,;A;laskn,vihtending^^^ sa'll: da^' fia'tf:Motit:h\is'itheiico' woiiid' permit, arid’ er claimed by th.e'. people- of ,>'orway'_as;;a notional hero :a:.d yoted an- 3tor ----- -..Paris, Sept. 1-r^P)— Charles A. Le vine has changed; his, ’mind about us ing England as i starting point for his attempted non-stop flight to America, he-told newspapermen today. He said he probably 'would take off from Le Bourget. T-he French flleld, Mr. Levine ex plained, is the most suitable one avail able for the take-off of the heavily loaded -‘‘Queen of the Air” in which he. his pilot, Bert Acosta, and Miss Mabel Boll plan to.make the trans-Atlantc! hop. - .. Levine mentioned the possibility of starting the'^ flight-today but was ex tremely vague on this point. . Reserve jjasollhe tanks , must rbe 'In stalled in the''plane’s,; spacious cabin before It can be. deemied in readiness for the attempt. ; , *\. ment. _ Other callers Incl ded Senator Robbers-In Cort’and Cortland, X, T„ Sept. 1.—UP)—A series of robberies here earlv today iietted thieves a new automobile from a garage. $1,100 from the safe of an Ice company and smaller amounts from other business places. - Try Out Air Mail Route Sydney, ’ Australia Sept. 1.—(JF)— To determine the feasibility of estab lishing an air mall and .passenger serv- 're between Australia and New Zea land. Capt. Charles Kiugsford-Sralth m d Charles Tip Ulm, co-pilots of the Southern Cross on Its flight from Cali fornia to Austrila. will hop oil' from here Saturday for Chr’sl Church, Xew Zealand. They plan to use the same I-lane -in which they ciossed the Pacific. qiiiirj;!ers,:'frir:'iipr6ri^\thel. coast'Of Asia. T-Si^'LfollowIpg^year.^hfc.', returned * to 'Seattle]'' Ttaiih'.',\*l5ecails^ -,of-van accident 'the!.Mautie.','antVCaTmo'ur>ced that he- -would': be; nnnhle.' tp: resume his. dash- ,ifp.r-;at''lea'st another'' tvear. * He had .de cided, to, take'an-alrplarie.into.'.the'f^r north, lio .said.';ahcl .would'attempt -to flyvoyer tlie Xortli^Pol^c ‘If^'it ;were found, impossible’tov ririftfpast it. - •‘TVliile .testing'a monoplane', at Miola, Pa.'. rJn April,: 1022,' .he - jiarrowly/ es-. caped' death '.in'' a:'-cra^b': of ?.■4,000 feet when t,tho plhne-encountered -a terrific storm.-.' , • ... * ' r;<\ 1 , ; * f _ 1 » ■ ' t- Pontoon Identified .. , .Copenhagen,Sept. 1..— cilO ^ Dig. piitchesj, to establish reporting the Arid: • ing 'of. one of the’ pontoons -of ‘ ’ ■, }.ho Am\mdsen’;: h,vflro’:a 1 fp 1 anp' say that-'the float 'bore -marks of having1 been-vio lently, to m froni'.the machine. ' I t had ei*idcntly be'eriv in the water a. long timo..v'’,-'‘i';-' ' t * Acquaintances..;of', Amundsen, .who were present swjienV ho ‘ started ' his Journ^;,.Have* identified the.ppntoon as belohgins^to the -French seaplane.' KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT • -Glens ' ■ Falls,; N. T., Sept. l.— (.f)—. Andrew ;-,-.Eenson was killed and.'five- mot orln^’i Companions: all.o f Corinth,\ were -njured i -here, early today:-\\.It; -Ii believed .th'ey turned Into a street sel- . doin used because of its steepness and- their ear, out of control, plunged down the grade- and' struck a house at the foot. nulty by.1 tbe Storthing. . - Gold 'medals were awarded him -by- geogrnphiq,-'s6- , pieties'of the United' States, Great 'Britain. France'and Italy.' -‘ Roald Amundsen was born in Sarps- burgh, Norway, July 10, 1872, son of a s^a <'aptaln and ship builder. It was'-the stock of .which' the yikingsj C ,v>rkttf. - R came—sturdy, virile, nerveless, aivl, I f U S L I V c p U l L C v l with a natural Inborn craving Tor ad-' venture and the wl’dernesK./- The boy Roald was destined by his parents -for the medical profession, but after a year in..-the University of Christiania, he abandoned ‘ his books and went to sea in a ! Norwegian whaler at the age of.,19. - ' • v J Started ExploHng. in 1897. 1 - His first real taste for exploring came in 1S97, when he sailed ns first officer on Gerlach’s South Polar ex pedition, The. trip .filled . him V, with aspirations to make/discoveries ■ on his own account ln the ..' Arctic regions, and especially to; discover, the long sought Northwest Passage. In 1001 he had raised\ 130,000 'for ' the trip, contributing most of It froni his own slender savings. A small whaling ship, later famous as Tbe GJoa, was selected for the ven ture. By 100.3 she had sailed around the north end of North America from East to West, reached King 'William Land, where she remained frozen In for two years. A sledging excursion lo the Magnetic North Pole was ac- •’nmrlished and the Coast of Victoria r nfl was chartod to 72 degrees north In July. 1003. the little vessel freed herself from the ice and one month at Canandaigua - Canandaigua, N. V., Sept. 1.—!^P>— The earliest frost In this vicinity, in many years was reported in Canan daigua today. Early morning risers said house tops and lawns were covered. Old time residents of the city wero unable to recall a frost earlier than the middle of September for many years. Farmers 'said they expected but lit tle damage Irom it. Meadows to Return • Pittsburgh, Sept. 1—(/P)—Lee Mead ows, veteran bespectacled liurler of the Pirates, who was placed on the voluntary retired list last week will he back in a Pirate uniform next spring, Barney Dreyfuss. president of the Pittsburgh Club, announced today. ‘•It is Meadows’s intention to come hack next spring,’’ Dreyfuss said. •‘He believes lie Is far- from done but did not wish \to a:ccept further salary this year when he could not give serv ice in return.”
