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the Pclice CommisslonorsMp, and was
rioat emphatic in say ng that he was
:**?* even a possibil ty, pointing out
?.oat Chief Kenlon had criticized the
relion? of the police at fires and
tc?jrC4*dy would have the confidence of
ihm UBifermed force, and that he was
?"pposed to organizations with n a city
?'-.apartment such as the Patrolmen's
Uenevclent Association.
"I have been given to understand."
I>a ?aid. "that the next Police Commis?
sioner will be a man who has played no
fcart in the conduct of the Po'ice De
T&rtntrnt. He will be a man in whom
tho Mayor will have absolute and abid?
ing faith, and, from what I am told,
wiH be given free rein to make any and
?11 changes deemed advisable for the
jtood of the department; in other words,
to do all in his power to give the City
cf New York the best police protec
tio? it has ever received."
Ttco Pickpocket Experts,
S?orn by Enright a to Quit
??mmsa and McKenna Will Re?
tire on January 21 to Engage
in Private Detective Business
Frank Casassa and Richard McKenna,
ior many years New York's leading de?
tectives do ng pickpocket duty, are
ubout to retire. They now are on vaca?
tion, and on January 21 will return to
i'rivate life, engaging in private de?
tective business.
The two men, who are reputed to
! now more "dips" than any combina?
tion in the country, have not been at
ihe regular work since Enright as
: umed command of the Police Depart?
ment. They h-.-.ve been retained in the
? Uieau. one on the West Side and the
(?ther in Harlem, doing routino de
"vctive work.
Like Inspector Thomas J. Tunney and
Lieutenant George Barnitr., the bomb
4 xijerts, Casassa and McKenna, without
season, have been buffeted about by the
? resent police administration, while
? cmplu nts of the activity of pick
pockets p led up at Headquarters,
W th their partners, Detective Ser?
jeants Mugge am! Gaynor, they made
','ew York so unpopular with pick?
pockets that for years it was a rare
ion-plaint for a commanding officer tc
s ?ceive. They hn.d what was then called
?i roving assignment--could go to any
*>art of the greater city -and in thai
way kept track o?' the "dips" and haltec
the drives contemplated.
It Is understood Casassa and Mc<
?ienna will go into business in th?
ff fth Avenue store district, and tha
-?hey have been assured a promising
: l?entele.
300 Honor Lieut. Farrell
At Welcome flome Party
Orphans Who Prayed for Lost
Airman Send ?Mjetoage and a
Gift to His (ahilaren
Lieutenant Stephen A. Farrell?every?
body called him Steve last night at a
welcome home reception in Turn Verein
;iall, Bushwick and Gates avenues,
Brooklyn?came nut of the wilds of
Janada with plenty .of strength, but he
oecame as weak as a kitten for a min?
ute last night when he looked at a little
box of candy.
A faint smile that had been on his
:race vanished, and three hundred per
ons wha had gone to Turn Hail to
.,o?or h m thought they saw a moist
less about his eye? when there was
banded to him a package for his two
children wfth the following message
penciled on it:
"To Eugene and Emily: We prayed
for your daddy, so you would not be
numbered among us."
The candy was from the children of
-in orphan asylum.
Mr. and Mrs. Farrell were the guests
if the 20th Assembly District Demo?
cratic Club und the Eastern District
Turn Verein, of Brooklyn, at the first
public reception in New York to any of
Che returned airmen.
John J. Haggerty, Assistant Corpo?
ration Counsel; was toastmaster. Con?
gressman David J. O'Conneli presented
a gold watch to Lieutenant Farrell and
a silver mesh bag to Mrs. Farrell.
Those on the speaker's platform in?
cluded the Rev. John C. York, pastor of
^t. Brigid's Church, Ridgewoodi of
which the Farrells are members; Will
sm F. Delaney, chief clerk of magis?
trates'court-;; William Schnitzpan, for
aVT under sheriff; li. T. O'Loughlin,
?orough Pri sident Riegelmann, Will
am E. Kelly, Count. Clerk; Conrad
Sngle, president of the board of trus?
tees of the Turn Verein; Congressman
O'Conneli, Franeia P. Pent, Commis?
sioner of Contracts, and David Koos.
VlcCormick Called Home ;
Wife Is Critically 111
larvealer Magnate and Son Race
to Chicago From New York
on a Special Train
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.?While surgeons ?
|t St. Luke's Hospital to-day were per- '
orming an emergency operation in an i
utempt to save the life of Mrs. Cyrus
:-L McCormick 2d her husband, the har- i
.'fster magnate, was racing on a spe
?ia: train from New York to be at her
aide
Mrs. McCormick has been ill for
jome time at the hospital. Her condi
.ion was not considered critical, how
over, until yesterday, when she eudden
y had a severe re apse. Mr. McCor?
mick and his son Gordon were in New
.7crk at the tima. Ilaro d F. McCormick !
-' graphed th-j.-a to come ho;iae imme- i
liately.
->r McCormick chartered two coaches
It midnight, an-t these were connec'.ed I
o tha rear end of a Pennsylvania |
:yer. The "race with death" half j
?croes -the contient began early this l
aorning.
To hasten it a special relay locomo- |
ive wai waiting at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
rhen the flyer reached there at 4 I
/clock. Th?; coaches bearing Mr. Mc- '
?.ormick arid his sou were shunted from
nyer and the engine, picking them
? p, dash'-rt ahead of the regular tram
or Chicago.
The( special arrived shortly after 7
? cock to-night. An automobile w?**
?aiting at the Pennsylvania station
n? ,ook the husband and son of the
'.oc'ety leader to her bedside.
??'!?? .-.?? ? ?' *? ??l??
Say i? It With a Warrant
fudge Calls on I r?*le<- Head to
Tell How Fund Was Spent
"The weekly anti-Catholic lecture of
^ fay W. Forrest, supreme grand mastoi
? >f *.hc Ban? and Daughter? of V/ash
v Bfton, before the Son? and Daugl t<;r:
It 'Jrya-it Hail, wai interrupted yestor
ay by th<- i4rr?nt of tha supreme gran*
pa? ter.
The supreme grand master ha
?,-nored, in h,s ?upremely grand rnaa
?rly way, two auramensea obta ned b
Mr?, Jeanette M. "-i Ijer, of 197 Loga
street, Brooklyn, who wants him to ex
?**je j .'??-. i oiieeted froi
? <-. gone and Daughters <>i Waahinj
.,'; terdey M??
itrntt ? i - ?? ? ?Id It with j ?*?*?
*M.
Ac (04 ? a'- he had >?? ?? releaeed ?
;.';?) '.-ni Mr. Fei ?? ' returned to iiryar
,;ajj **n<j resumed i
"T?# fight has juat begun," b? Mi
? 1st) BOW '.;:;?' ? DJ an v/i.'. t.; ir <
' ?d.f v. behind a woman'i "kin?), ar
hat la the k.nd o? men I like to fight
rwrolafceft K?-??? te '-*?? ??'"? ?,**'"^-1'.
'.'.'?./?te/? f,r',4>. ??/',? ?!'.]/?'! through /?in Trt
~/VV? Wu'.'. AH '?o'.Wf.na l'in,ue ????K</^
?->**.? A4? fU
Falsely Admits
i She Is Slayer to
Shield Brother
'Youth Disputes Confession
of Sister; Says He Shot
Husband to Save Her; Al?
lowed Her to Take Blame
I Woman Refuses to Retract
Stands by First Assertion;
Infant in Jail With Her;
3 More Children at Home
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
BALTIMORE, Jan. I6.--T0 shield her
youthful brother, who shot and killed
her husband, Richard Noun, Wednes?
day night in their home. 1631 Cuba
Street, as Nonn was choking her, Mrs.
Anna Nonn confessed to naving done
the killing herself.
Until to-day the police, forced to ac?
cept her self-accusation as evidence,
had only a slight suspicion that she
was guiltless. On this suspicion they
arrested the brother, Anton Frederick,
nineteen years old, who, after several
hours of restiveness in his cell at the1
Southern police station, confessed to i
having slain Nonn. His motive was the
protection of his sister, whom Nonn j
was abusing while in a drunken rage.;
Mrs. Nonn, who is in the city jail I
with an infant child, to-night refused '
to believe that her brother had con-I
fessed, and, believing that she was be?
ing tricked, stoutly maintained that
she had fired the fatal shot.
The young brother, however, ex?
plained that his sister's insistence was
part of their bargain made just after
the tragedy, in which she ag.-eed to
assume the blame on the theory that
her chances for acquittal were better
bcc?'.uao of her sex and her pitiful cir?
cumstances. i**he 13 the mother of four
children. i
Her story of the shooting, includ- j
irg the false confession in which she
assumed the entire blame, was ad- !
mirably told, the only weak point be- :
in.T her pnlpnble indifference.
In his confession admitting he killed
Nonn, Frederick said his sister came
to him crying, and said her husband :
had threatened to kill her. He advised
her to go home and he would follow, i
He waited in an adjoining room, and \
when his brother-in-law came he began i
abusing Mrs. Nonn,
The husband-, he said, took a picture
from the w;i!l and broke it over her <
head, followintr this up by threatening
to hit her with a chair. When she j
mished him away he caught her by the ?
huir and dragged her about the room. |
When he saw his sister's face turn ;
black, Frederick said he ordered Nonn !
to stop, leveling the pistol as he did so. j
Norm, now thoroughly enraged, cursed '
him and dared him to shoot. There- ?
upon Frederick fired and killed him.
After the shooting Frederick gave the
pietol to his sister and told her to tell !
the police the did the killing:.
! Negro Held in Murder
Of Annapolis Nurse
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Jan. 13.?Although
ncfro suspects have b*en under sur?
veillance here and in Baltimore, and
one negro was arrested to-night in the
latter city, the naval boprd of investi?
gation appointed by Admiral Scales,
superintendent of the academy, to in?
quire into the murder Friday night, of
nurse Harriet Kavanaugh, of Buffalo,
| had not solved the mystery. The
j board heard, however, from several
; women witnesses who bitterly protested
at the alleged unprotected state of the
f naval hospital grounds.
Nurses who testified at the secret
investigation are said to have com
' plained that while high walls and
many sentries protected the officers
i and their families in the main portions
of the Naval Academy grounds, they a'
i the naval hospital, ucross College Park,
I had no protection.
; Marines under Major Watson, cora
: mandant of marines at the Naval Acad
i emy, were put on guard duty around
| the hospital last night and to-night.
'. A guard patrols the road along which
I Miss L-'avanaugh was murdered. Nurses
j declared these were the first sentries
, they had seen near the hospital, one
of them declaring:
"Only a few days ago a nurse was
! insulted by a couple of midshipmen
j near the road. If there had been u
I guard there they would not have been
; able to insult her in the way they did."
I This nurse declared, a report had
? been made of the alleged insult, but
, said "nothing was done ??bout it."
j Cramp Company Calls
Oft* Labor Agreement
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.?U. H.
Mull, president and general manager
; of the William Cramp & Son Ship &
Engine Building Company, announced
| t?-night that the agreement made a
year ?go with the metal trades depart?
ment of the American Federation o?
\ ?M.t>ox hau been discontinued. Th<
contract, which provided that all inter,
ccurse between employer and employed
should be carried on through a repre?
sentative of the union, terminate?
December 31.
Notice of its discontinuance wa;
sent to the men January 1. The com
pany's action, Mr. Mull said to-night
was due to the breaking of agreement:
by the metal workers, about 50? o
whom went on strike December 22.
"We have decided to discontinue th
agreement with the metal trades dc
partment of the American Federatioi
of Labor and to deal directly with ou
own employees on and after January 1
1921," the notice to employees said
"We are convinc?4l that closer an?
more satisfactory relations can b?
maintained between you and ourselve,
by , direct intercourse, rather tha
through individuals disinterested il
the welfare of the plant and ignoran
of practical shipbuilding, but mor
'?(?nccrned over self-advancement, am
self-gain.
"We' are indiffurent as to whethe
our employees are mem bora of labo:
organizations or not. Non-discrimina
ti'jr, win be practiced by us arid w?
insist that our employes shall act ii
a similar manne; JVe shall recejvi
our individual employees for confer
enees when they desire.
"We assure our employees that the;
will share with us the prosperity o
th4; firm. Our prosperity depends upoi
the efficiency and economy which in
creases production and lowers the cos
th?r<,<>4/ "
i 3.>0 Kent Cases Dp To-day
More than .''5u casos affecting land?
lords, agents and tenants are listeii in
to-day's calendar of the Second Dis
| trict Municipal Court, 3 (S?d Street and
Brook Avenue, the Utonx. In addition
i,/ tlum** caaes, and more to come, the
court anticipate?? a large-fii?ed job in :
oosing of more than a huif million j
dollars deposited a* rontals in land- j
biwi-tiTianl dispute?. This money has '
been ?jepon? ted in the last fiv<; months.
Although the rent laws passed last j
fall have brought about a decrease In j
the numb?; of hold-over proceeding.?
to dispossess tenants, there arc still
hund? cd* of action? for rent, based on
the reasonable value of premises.
!r?-?J
! Pulls Own Tooth, Dies
Of Blood Poisoning
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16.?Mi?
chael Saiaki, a mill laborer at
Duquesne, died last night from
'? blood poisoning in the jaw. Sev?
eral days ago Saiaki had a severe
toothache, but because of unpleas?
ant memories of a previous visit
to a dentist he decided to try his
own hand at pulling the trouble?
some tootli. Obtaining a pair of
I pliers, Saiaki stood in front of a
mirror at his home and pulled the
? tooth without difficulty. His re?
lief, however, was short lived, for
blood poisoning set in immediate
i ly, and efforts of physicians to
counteract the sepsis were un?
availing.
? ,1, !.. I
Two Boys Confess
Many Robberies to
Confiding Poliee
Lads, Missing Days From
Homes, Admit Theft.-*
After Patrolman Aids One
With a Nail in His Shoe
Being a boy burglar has its excitinr
moments, but the career is not at its
brightest .?when the wind is whistling ;
bitter refrain through East Fifty-thin
Street and a nail in one's shoe i;
making it next to impossible even t<
hobble to the hallway that is to b(
lodging for the nijrht. That's why thir?
teen-year-old Martin Wonitowitz, hi?
burglarious veneer softened by these
misfortunes and the sympathy of Pa
trolmau Doyle, who had stopped hin
and was taking the nail out of his shoe
told the policeman his real name.
Doyle recognised it as soon as In
heard it as that of a boy who bad beei
missing for two weeks from Ins hom<
at 814 East/Fifty-fourth Street and, a
soon as he had fixed the nail, took Mar
tin to his fifteen-year-old companion
Kenneth Diengo of 2389 Webster Av
?nue, The Bronx, to the the Kr.st Fiity
fh*st .Street police station.
Then they were sent to the Ne*
York Society for the Prevention o
Cruelty to Children, after they ha
tohl of their adventures. Kenneth ra
away from home two months ago an
met Martin In the Grand Centn
Station soon after Martin left home.
With a third boy, whom they knew ?
"Topsy," who was unlucky enough t
get caught in one of their enterprise
they embarked upon a carer of crim
Yesterday afternoon, they said, the
jimmied the door of a shop at 241
Webster Avenue, The Bronx, and sto'
ten electric torches.
Only a few minutes before meeting
patrolman Doyle they had started to
force an outrance to u drug store in
Third Avenue near Fori.y-sixth Street.
They were scared away by the approach
of a pedestrian and started, shivering
and limping, for a hallway they knew
ot in East Fifty-third Street, where
they intended to spend the night.
Previously they liad broken into a
grocery store in Webster Avenue near
189th Street, where they found only a
small amount of money, u dairy in the
same neighborhood where they got $10,
and the apartment of B. Rosini in the
house where Martin lives, from whom
they took three rings valued at $200.
Gleave? Goes to Inquire
Into Killing by Japanese
MANILA, P. I., Jan. 16.?Admiral Al?
bert Cleaves, commander-in-chief ol
the American Asiatic Fleet, departed
to-day for Shanghai on the destroyei
Elliott, accompanied by members of ?.
court of inquiry who will investigate
the shooting at Vladivostok recently ol
Lieutenant W. H. Langdan, of th?
United States steamship Albany, by ;
Japanese sentry. The officers wii
reach Shanghai Tuesday and then
board the cruiser New Orleans fo:
Vladivostok.
Lieutenant W. II. Langdon, chief en
gineer of the United Slates cruise
Albany, was killed by a Japanese soli
try at Vladivostok in the early !*v*m
ing of January S. Various report
have been given out regarding th
shooting, but the sentry is tr be court
inartialed, and tht* United States gov
ernment has ordered a thorough in
quiry, which Admiral Gloaves will in
stitute forthwith.
TOKIO, Jan. 16..The Japanese goi
ernment has received from'the Ameri
can government u comprehensive con
munication relative to the shooting b
?i Japanese sentry at Vladivostok c
Lieutenant W. H. Langdon. Satisfai
tion for the incident is asked.
Hi-Th Japanese officials declared t<
day that the government was awaitin
c?mplele reports from the army at
thoritiea at Vladivostok and that Jap?
would make every reparation the inc
dent iusl.ifieri.
Jenks ?o Reintrodiice
Traction Fare Measures
From a Rtaff t'orrexponclrnt
ALBANY, Jan. 16.?Assemblyman Ed?
mund Jenks, of Broome County, is pre?
paring to introduce the service-at-cost
traction bills which he introduced in
; the Legislature last year and which
1 were defeated.
! The two cities mainly affected by the
Jenks bill are New York City and Troy.
! Under the proposed plan the new fares
i will be determined by a commission in
j each locality. Each commission will
; have as its personnel one representa?
tive of the traction company, one rcpre
| senting the city and one selected by
! the Appellate Division of the district
i in which the city is situated. If this
commission should fail to agree on n
proper rate of fare the case would be
submitted to the Public Service Com?
mission, which will be given power tc
decidj* tho question.
Opponents of the measure, coming
chiefly from New York City, say there
should be no legislation which will
tend to set aside fare stipulations madr
in franchise agreements. Those favor
ing the proposed legislation ?ay th?
traction companies must he given re?
lief, and cite the fact that the Public
Service Commission has found it neces?
sary to grant increased rares to street
railroads operating in thirty-five up
stato localities.
The Public Service Commission ii
opposed to the servicr-at-cost plan pro?
posed by Mr. Jenks, but asks broaden
powers, declaring that relief is needed
by the traction companies
Mr. Jenks says he will introduce a
bill giving the Public Service Commis?
sion power to suspend rate ?nc^ease^
by ga? and electric companfei pending
inauirv as to their justification.
Chira Iiac~pon Trial ?n March
Special Dispatch to Thn Tribune
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. .Inn. 16.-?
Th?* triiil of (.'lain Svnlth Hamon on n
charge of murder in connection with
the killing of Jake L. llam?n, Repub?
lican National Committeeman for !
Oklahoma, will b<* held early in March,
Attorney General Free ling announced
t?-duy, aftur a conference with Judge
Champion, of Ardmoru, who will pro
side. Mr. Freeling said he personally
would rep m Hunt the state, and that no
assistant from his office would be as?
signed,
Justice Ford
Writes Miller
Scoring Page
Attacks Appellate Division
as a Self-Perpetuating
Body Abhorrent to Our
Form of Government
?Opposes Redesignation
j
Says Bar Associations Are
Dominated by Handful
of Corporation Lawyers
Asserting that Justice Alfred R.
; Pnge, of the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court, "has become the ex?
ponent of the reprehensible practice of
discrimination among justices of the
Supreme Court," Justice John Ford, of
the Supreme Court, wl*o was renomi
nated and re?lected to the bench last
November, with the indorsement of the
Pvopublican and Democratic parties, has
written a letter to Governor Miller, in
which he opposes the redesignation by
the Governor of Justice Page to the
Appellate Division.
Justice Ford also attacks the bar as?
sociations, which, ho says, are "domi?
nated by a handful of corporation
lawyers" and whoso close afliliations
"are becoming more and more a mut?
ter of grave public concern." These
associations, he said "follow blindly
the Appellate Division" and undoubt?
edly will support Oie cundidacy of Jus?
tice Page for redesignation.
Calls Custom Pernicious
"The Constitution requires the Gov?
ernor to make designations of ju;ticesl
of the Supreme Court to sit upon the]
Appellate Division bench," said Justice,
Ford in his letter, "yet, of late years, i
the pernicious custom has grown un ot I
permitting the Appellate tody to select
their own successors. The prime eon-|
sideration with them is to select those!
who will be personally agreeable to |
them and sympathetic with their estab-j
lished policy. !
"A . self-perpetuating body is abhor-!
rent to our form of government. It
grows more and more out of touch with
popular interests and tends inevitably
toward autocracy. It is peculiarly ob?
noxious and dangerous when it exer?
cises the irresponsible powers which our
Appellate Division, justices have arro?
gated to themselves."
Assarting that Justice Page, who made
up the list of assignments last year,
excluded him from "the patronage parts
of the courts in the fourteenth year of
my term of ofhee" by failing to assign
him to any special term work, Justice
Ford emphasises to the Governor that
"as a practical man experienced in poli?
tics you will readiiy understand the
game they were playing to drive me
from the bench" at a time when Jus?
tice Ford's renomination was still un?
decided.
Charges Cowardly Act
"Incidentally," Justice Ford wrote,
"they were pinning their tag of disap?
proval upon my back. It was the high
sign for the launching of the cowardly
campaign made against me in the bar
associations."
The refusal of Governor Miller to re
designate Justice Page would, Judge;
Ford wrote, kill the practice of tlis
crimination, as the rest of the Appel?
late Division justices would "drop it
like a hot potato."
The designation of Justice Page to
sit in the Appellate Division expires on
February 3.
Farmers Bar Nonpartisans
Unite With Business Men in Ne?
braska Against the League
CLAY CENTER, Neb., Jan. In.?
Charging that Nonpartisan League or?
ganizers .are seeking the overthrow of
existing farmer.-:' organizations, farm?
ers and business men united at a meet?
ing called here last night by the Ameri?
can Legion to seek a method of halt?
ing the formation of a league in the
county.
Feeling was tense and, although the
organizers wero present, they made no
effort to speak.
A county mass meeting will be held
Monday, at which Earl Kline, former
state commander of the American Le?
gion, will be the principal speaker.
Cemetery Heeds Ban
On Sunday Funerals
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
M'KEESPORT, Pa., Jan. 16.
j ?Yielding to the demands of the
Ministerial Association here for
a ban on Sunday funerals, the di?
rectors of the Richland Cemetery
have agreed to obey the letter of
i the blue laws, and th?-' directors
of the Versailles Cemetery are
considering the que tion.
The liberal element, headed by
Gilbert F. Myer, a member of the
Methodist Church here and one
of the directors of the Versailles
Cemetery, is protesting against
what it terms "Puritanical big?
otry." Mr. Myer told a group of
ministers that called on him that
he would withdraw his opposition
to the prohibition of Sunday
burials if it was a question of
overworking the ministers, but
that otherwise he thought the ad?
vocates of a blue Sunday were
going too fai\
? . ...j
Whitman May
Demand State
Inquiry Here
('Continue?* from first pane)
of the conference between Mayor i
Hylan, Corporation Counsel O'Brien |
and Commissioner of Accounts Hirsh
field, reported to have occurred Satur
.day, after the Mayor and Mr, Bnright '
had been serxod by County Detective
Emil Kling with the grand jury sub
pceuas.
Evidence of (?raft Expected
There will be a very important de?
velopment to-day, it is said, when tiie
records seized by Assistant District
Attorney Smith from the office of the
chief clerk of the Police Department ;
arc examined. It is said that Mr. i
Smith expects to uncover startling ;
evidence of graft in connection with I
the loss and recovery of automobiles.
It is declared that this also involves i
a number of prominent insurance
underwriters and may lead to the dis- |
closure of another "arson ring."
A large number of witnesses other i
than those* ('.escribed also will be at
the Criminal Courts Building to-day.
The natu-e of the evidence upon which
their testimony will bear has not been
made public.
Walsh Inquiry Resumed To-day
The Walsh Congressional committee,
investigating affairs of tho United
States Shipping Board, will resumo its
inquiry here at 10:30 o'clock this morn
; ing. The committee will delve into the
i management of shin repair yards. A
number of witnesses have been sub
I p?naed.
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more than a breakfast
cereaUt is a substitute for
meat e$gs and potatoes for
any med?, much more nutri?
tious and costs much less.
Two Biscuits with hot milk make a warm,
nourishing meal ?ata cost of a few cents
the most real food for the least money.
?
Panama Flight
Applauded by
Naval Officers
Trip Over Unfamiliar 3,200
Mile Course Completed in
17 Days; Death of an
Electrician Only Offset
Heavy Storm Encountered
Seaplane Brings Physician
to Commander Totvers,
Stricken by Appendicitis
PANAMA, Jan. 16.?Naval officers
here are enthusiastic over the .success?
ful completion of the flight from San
Diego, Calif., to the Canal Zone by
twelve of the navy P-5-L seaplanes,
which arrived here .Saturday evening.
The two remaining machines of the
squadron are expected here at any
moment.
The flight, which covered 3,200 miles
and was completed in .seventeen flying
days, was marred by one fatality, Chief ;
Radio Electrician Cain having been j
killed at Fonneca Bay, on the. western j
coast of Central America, when he was !
struck by a propeller of one of the j
machines. The fliers encountered sciualls
in crossing the Gulf of Tehuantep.ee.
and were given a severe shaking up.
The flight, which ranks well up !
among the longest on record, was over I
a course never before traversed by air- '?
craft, and the aviators arrived here !
with a record of only one forced land- j
irg. Officials in charge of the s<*uadron :
were enthusiastic in their praise of the \
Liberty motora with which the ma- j
chines were equipped.
Trip Made With Nine Stops
Starting from San Diego on Decent- |
b-jr 30, the seaplanes made nine .stops,'
Bartolom? Bay, Magdalena Bay, Ban-'
doras Bay, Acapulco, Salina Cruz, Fon- i
aeca Bay, Punta Arenas, Pabia Honda
aid Panama. Captain Henry C. Mustin, '
commanding the squadron, taid upon ,
his arrival here that the flight was j
unique, hinco only two days woro taken '
up with the preparatory work, while
ether long flights had been preceded by
weeks, and even months, of prepara?
tion.
"We had good weather throughout
the trip except over the Gulf of
Tehuantepee," he said. "Squalls there
made me seasick, and I have been fly?
ing all sorts of machines for nine
years without a similar exper?encje.
The only forced landing was in Fo?
seca Bay. when a piece of waste paper
| caused the burning out of a motor."
Supply steamships left San Diego
only two days before the machines
started, and the journey was completed
with only three main supply bases, a
destroyer which was pressed into serv?
ice having become partly disabled.
Seaplane Brings Physician
Commander J. T. Towers, a naval
aviator who became famous when
American seaplanes suceeed?*d in cross
I ing the Atlantic, became ill with ap
! pendicitls on board a supply ship which
i did not carry a doctor, and received
I medical attention when a seaplane
i called by wireless brought a physician
I from another vessel.
The jump between Salina Cruz and
Fonseca Buy, nearly 500 miles, was
made by the fourteen machines without
stop, and was declared here to-day to
be one of the noteworthy features of
the expedition.
The delay of the two machines which
did not arrive with the main squadron
was due, according to Captnin Mustin,
to underpower, these planes carrying
only three motors, while the other?
carry four.
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Higli Spanish Officials
Join Employees' Strike
MADRID, Jan. 16.?Tho strike oi
government employees has had the im?
mediate effect of interfering with the
state machinery, high officials joining
with their subordinates in refusing tc
continue their functions, consequentlj
government checks are unsigned ano
persons to whom interest is due froti
the public debt, have been unable tc
collect tho money to which they an
entitled.
Use of the method recently intro
duced whereby new officials are give*
hifih positions upon passing examina
tion*. regardless of previous expeii
ence, is declared to In* the veal causi
for the strike. Bv this scheme iti;
maintained that veterans in the servici
are often passed by youths just jeavinj
universities. There also has been gen
eral discontent owing to the go*iem
ment's refusal to grant the demand fo
increased salaries to meet the higl
cost of "?vin?.
Two Arrests
Made in Drug
Raid at Ruben's
_(C?nttnuod from first e?n)
marked $20 bills for what~Ta7luT
posed to be heroin and morohine, when
Miller's "wealthy boss," who in tell
was Ralph Oiler, revenue office" it*
ciahzing in narcotic cases, fin<j c?,"
geant J. J. Mooney, assigned to "tiV
Imon's office, walked in
Sullivan was placed under arrest m.
a charge of selling supposed dnSfjj
Gervais was taken on the con.4irafv
charge. The arrest was made ?ffiK
and without the knowledge of an 0V
the other customers, Oiler said vS
evening, until Ruben himself ran um?
the police and charged that Mill?,
who is Detective Harry Sal's also a*
signed to Dr. Simon's office, hfi
"iramed" the waiter. *
When Ruben was shown that Gar
vais and Sullivan had been Mrested
on charges that appeared to be seri?te
Ruben, according to Oiler, calmed dowS
and promised to help the police in arv
way he could in prosecuting the case"
Sullivan and Gervais will be ?r
J-aigned to-day. Oiler s:iid. before'
United States Commissioner Hitchcock
Sails told of his experiences of ?
month with what he called high
priced food. "On one occasion," he
said, "I had two samlwiches, ? cup of
coifeo and a bottle of ginger ale and
the check '.Nap' handed m? was for
$2.70."
Mr. Ruben said last night that he
was astonished at the- arrest of his
waiter, whom he always had regarded
as honest, but that he would render
any assistance possible to the authori?
ties if he was convinced of the man's
etiilt.
guilt
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