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U3RARY r- PSH National Newspaper Largest Circulation of Any Kentucky Newspaper 16 Pages Today VOL. CXLVII. NEW SERIES-NO. 21,691 LOUISVILLE, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1928. THREE CENTS.

ON TKALNS 4JHD BITOMD THIRD CONl fTTV rK.ITS. mEEE. KELLY AS THEIR HERO r- tn GOB stay: 11 ifirwr tMrtr Mi 0 -KjK MOT Mffi III zzt Thousands Jam Streets and See "Shipwreck" Kelly Win Test On Pole 1 ATOP POLE 100 HOURS AGEDViCTICI NEAR DEATH; ONE IS HELD Two photographs taken from the roof of The Cou rier-Journal and The Times Building shortly before 4 o'clock, showing how spectators were packed into the streets, and, in the center, Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly as he started down the pole after 100 hours standing on it, and Kelly as he slid down. Hope Waning for 100 Missing Miners i Smith and Hoover Gain During Week 36 Bodies Recovered From Blast-Torn Pit In Pennsylvania. Mather, May 20 The ultra-modern coal mining town of Mather was a camp of sadness tonight, with of her menfolk dead and the fate of 100 others in doubt as the result of a terrific blast which late yesterday wrecked the coal mine which Is the town's sole means of support.

The prospect confronting the saddened populace tonight was that within a few hours the 100 entombed miners would be found and their bodies added to the rows of silent figures which today tuned the community's model recreation hall Into a vast morgue. The first step in official inquiry into the explosion was taken tonight with the selection ofa Coroner's jury which viewed the bodies of the vic-ims as they lay in an improvised morgue. State mine inspectors were here and the State's inquiry also was expected to get under way at once. Seven Unidentified. The recovered dead, brought to the surface by rescue teams, were taken to the mine machine shop, where undertakers from all parts of the mining field were on duty.

Here the bodies were prepared for burial and removed to Recreation Hall for identification. Some of the bodies were burned and mangled, and seven were unidentified. As the grim work of recovering the "Shipwreck" Comes Down In Fine Physical Condition and Boxes Two Rounds. SPECTATORS BLOCK STREETS Sailor Happy As Sea of Faces Turn to Him In Last Watch of Vigil. The storm of applause for Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly swept Louisville off its feet Sunday.

After four day, four nights and four hours of sleepless vigil atop a flagpole on top of The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times Building, after weathering storms, rains, lightening, high winds, fair and foul days, the famous veteran of seven seas, four navies and thirty-five years of adventurous life, descended unaided amidst the cheers of a stupendous throng and within view of a hundred thousand eyes. It was one of the greatest spectacles and largest gatherings ever seen in Louisville. The Derby crowd Saturday didn't compare with it, th police in charge declared. Officers estimated that 75,000 persons were visible from the roof over which Kelly had stood. "Never Took a Chance." "I never took a chance in my life," Kelly said just before his descent, "and I'm not taking any now." A great human symphony roared, cheered, whistled, applauded, yelled and even wept when this red-faced, cheerful modern mariner came down from his crow's nest.

Across the beautiful Ohio a great clock stood one minute after four when Kelly set one knee down on bis ten-inch residence. One hundred and twenty feet bflow faces massed together so close they were as a sea glued all attention on the bent fig- (Continued on Page 2, Column L) 89 Taken From Liner Go Ashore Passengers of Mohawk Spend Night Aboard Coast Guard Craft. New York, May 20 OP) After spending the -night aboard the coast 4uard "cutter Seminole hi the lower bay, eighty-nine passengers of the Clyde liner Mohawk, victims of the fog which had paralyzed shipping in the harbor for twenty-four hours and caused numerous mishaps, wen landed on Staten Island today. The passengers had been taken olf the Mohawk last night after the liner went aground off Sea Bright, N. following a collision with the Old Dominion liner Jefferson.

The Seminole, with the passengers aboard, did not dare negotiate the craft-choked harbor In the darkness and heavy fog, and awaited a partial clearing of the weather today. Those taken from the Mohawk were part of the 1,000 passengers whose sea trips were interrupted yesterday when the fog snarled shipping and caused three collisions in which six ships figured, and the grounding of two others. The Holland-American liner Veen-dam, in collision Saturday afternoon with the Porto Rico steamship Porto Rico, returned to her pier early this morning. Many of her 700 passengers, bound for Plymouth, Bologna and Rotterdam, disembarked. The extent of the damage to the liner has not yet been ascertained.

The Red Star liner Pennland, which was in collision with the Isthmian freighter Anniston City, yesterday, was expected to return to her dock with her 207 Europe-bound passengers today. The Anniston City docked at a Brooklyn pier. A New Map of Europe Europe is about 100,000 square miles smaller than it was ten years ago. One great city of more than 100,000 people, Perm has been moved out of Europe into Asia. Many changes resulted from the World War.

These changes are shown for the first time on any map in the New Map of Europe obtained by our Washington Information Bureau. Copies of this up-to-date map. In full colors, with complete statistical data about Europe, may be had by any reader for a postage and handling charge cf 10 cents. Frederie HMkin, Director. The Louisville Courier-Journal Information Bureau.

Washington D. C. I inclose herewith 10 cents in coin or atampt) for a cop of the New Map of Europe. Name Street City Stat Mr. Raskin will answer any question a reader of The Courier-Journal asks.

Please avail yourself of this service. It Is free. p3 Prisoner Identified In Attack 1 1 a J. ot wiin nammeiHi oi. Louis' Cemetery.

THIEF GETS $1,020 W. A. Muse, 64. Beaten On Head; $626 Found On Captive, Cops Say. As an aged man bent over to lay flowers on the grave of his wife In St.

Louis Cemetery, at 8:45 o'clock Sunday morning, a robber stepped up to his back, beat him on the head several times with a hammer and robbed him of $1,020. Six and one-half hours after the assault and robbery had been committed, members of the homicide squad, working under Capt. M. Bay Yarberry. Chief of Detectives, arrested a man and eld Mm on charges of robbery and malicious assault.

His name, according to the detectives, was B-Jlard Ratcliff, 29 years old, a roomer at the Y. M. C. Street and Broadway. Muse regained consciousness early Sunday night and at 8:30 o'clock Ratcliff was taken to his room at St.

Anthony's Hospital. Muse identified him as the attacker. The identification was witnessed by Detectives Michael Canicato, Odios Hazel and Carl Pittelko. rtantnin Yaxberrv said that the de tectives found $626 In Ratcliffs pockets. man declared that he won the money at the races Saturday, but vm unable to remember on what horse he had bet, or what the odds had been, it was reported.

W. A. Muse, 64. a carpenter, boarding at 132 East Gray Street, was tl man attacked. With b'ood streaming from the weunds on his head, he was found stumbling through the cemetery a few minutes after the robbery by August Klehm.

of 1034 Fehr Avenue, another visitor at the cemetery. Blames Friend. A man just hit me and took $1,020 away from me," Klehm declared that Muse told him as he went to bis assistance. Muse was helped to the home of George Brand, superintendent in charge of the cemetery, where he de scribed the attack before lapsing into unconsciousness. He declared that the robber had been a man with whom he had been friendly for several months Approaching him just before he left for the cemetery, the man asked Muse If he could accompany him to the grave.

Must said he replied, "Sure. I'd like company." The man carried an umbrella with him. though It was not raining, and he went to lay it down near to the grave as Muse started to place the flowers. Muse related. He declared (Continued on Page 2.

Column 4.) Lost Boy's Body Is Found In River Lad, On Chum's Tip. Had Been Sought In Boxcars, Sandpile. Chicago. May 20 C4 Trie body of John Pyrek, 8-year-old son of a Chi cago fireman, who had been missing since last Monday, was found floating in the Chicago River shortly after noon today. On tips of Bruno Bog-don, a chum of the missing boy, police last week searched every box car on the Northwestern's system, moved 10.000 tons of sand, sought an alleged kidnaper and dragged the river for two days, in quest of the boy.

A railroad fireman saw the boy's body In the river and the crew of his switching train commandeered a rowboat with which to take it ashore. Police took the body to an undertaking room and notified the boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pyrek. The coroner's office will conduct an autopsy to determine if the child had been mistreated before he was submerged In the water.

THE WEATHER. Washington, May 29 OP) Forecast: Kentucky and Tennessee Partly cloudy Monday, slightly cooler Monday night; Tuesday fair. Indiana Mostly cloudy Monday, showers in East and-South portions; oooler; generally fair Tuesday, somewhat warmer in North and Central portions. OUTLOOK FOR WEEK. Ohio Valley and Tennessee Mostly fair until Thursday or Friday, when showers are probable.

Temperature normal or slightly below the first half of week and somewhat above normal the latter half. Cooler about Thursday. Comparative Temperatures Herd xesteroay 1927. 192S. ft 1 A 2AM 3AM 4AM SAM CAM 7AM SAM AM so 1AM 2AM SAM 4AM SAM SAM 7AM 6AM SAM ....63 ....63 ....63 ....63 61 3 63 ....63 .:..6 ....65 67 69 73 ....76 ....78 ....77 ....76 ....75 ....74 ...61 .61 .63 ...64 ...64 ...69 ...73 ...73 ...74 ...74 ...76 ...73 ...73 ...66 ,..63 A 10 A i 11 A 11 A ii i pa 113 1PM 3PM 3PM 4PM 8 4PM 1PM 1PM 3 P-M 3PM 4PM 5 6PM 1 DERBY THRONGS OUTWARD BOUND Trains, Motors, Planes Take City's Guests vHome; Bed Prices Fall.

The fifty-fourth Kentucky Derby was ancient history Sunday. It wasn't althogether Shipwreck Kelly that displaced Reigh Count in the The Derby always takes a brilliant course, stopping at the peak, like a skyrocket, with a brief colorful outburst. And grumbling Derby losers were as hard to find Sunday as the stick of a spent rocket. The winners, homeward bound, were everywhere. Those whose tickets were only souvenirs thought they had taken their money's worth in thrills.

The morning papers established the 1928 Derby legends, and the early afternoon saw the city almost back to normal. Roads In every direction carried double traffic away from Louisville. Most of the special trains pulled out Saturday night, and persons sufficiently hurried to fly to the Derby were at home, many of them by Sunday afternoon. Of course, the rest of the spring meeting at Churchill Downs tempted hundreds to stay, and hotel managers still had their hands full Sunday. Gold-rush prices for spare beds, however, were at an.

end. Emergency lodgers left the private homes that had sheltered them for the week end. Happy-go-lucky tourists took their last drink of Louisville water and moved their automobiles back into the highway. Sunday came a day too late, with its fair skies and pleasant breeze, according to thousands who the day before were soaked like a sponge at Churchill Downs. Minor discomforts, though, made a minor impression.

The memory everyone carried away was of the largest of all Derby fields, charging around the turn and down the stretch in a clean finish. And like the owners of prime 2-year-olds, who already began to look them over with an eye to next year's $55,000 purse, the city's Derby guests told one another Sunday, "See you in 1929." SENATOR WHEELER ASKS POST AGAIN Washington, May 20 UP) Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat, Mon tana, today announced his candidacy for re-election and forwarded to his State his petition for the Democratic nomination. In a letter to Mayor H. B.

Mitchell, of Great Falls, Montana, the Senator said he submitted his candidacy to the people "upon the basis of my record of service to them during the past six years." He said that he had supported the McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill; had fought for lower freight rates for Montana products; had opposed demands of the railroads "for excessive valuation of their had fought to "clean up corruption in Department of Justice and drive -the Attorney General, Harry -j-erty and his cohorts from office." AGREEMENT ON SHOALS REACHED House and Senate Conferees Decide On Making Both -Nitrates, Fertilizers. Washington, May 20 G4) Agreement was reached today by conferees of the Senate and House on the Nor-rls-M 1 Government operation Muscle Shoals Bill. The compromise, which will be put to an early vote in both houses, embodies the House plan for creation of a Federal corporation to operate the properties for the manufacture of both fertilizers and nitrates and the sale of The House before passing the Morin measure last week eliminated the provision for fertilizer manufacture and (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Bremen Is Damaged In Attempted Hop Plane Now Will Be Shipped to Better Place for Re. turning Flight. Halifax, N.

May 20 OP) The transatlantic monoplane Bremen was damaged in an attempt by Fred Mel-choir, Junkers expert, to fly the stranded ship from Labrador to civilization, advices reaching here through the Government wireless service announced. Although details of the were lacking, the radio operator at Point Amour, opposite Greenly Island, reported that it would be necessary to transport the plane by steamer to some point where suitable facilities would be provided for completion of the Bremen' interrupted flight to New York. Melchoir was dropped by parachute to the mainland near Greenly Island yesterday by one of two United States Army amphibian airplanes that flew to the Labrador Coast to aid in bringing the plane out of the section where it landed April 13 after the first westward air crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean. After observing Melcholr's safe landing near the Bremen, the Army planes returned to St. Georges, N.

F. Today they flew back to Pictou, N. to await the expected arrival of the Bremen and escort the ship on its projected flight to Mitchel Field, N. Y. 2 INSPECTORS HIT SCHOOL RECORDS Jipef ir.iency, Laoseness, Carelessness Are Terms Used In Reports to State.

By C. C. COLT. The Courier-Journal Frankfort Bureau. Frankfort, May 20.

Charges of inefficiency, looseness, wasteful ness and carelessness in keeping fi nancial records have been made against' the management of the Ken tucky Normal and Industrial School here for fifteen years, study of reports at the Capitol revealed yesterday. Successive State Inspectors and Examiners have Inveighed against the laxity in handling funds appropriated to the school, but successive presidents and Boards of Trustees have ignored their protests and recommendations. The reports were filed away and the school continued to run into debt, until now there are notes totaling $26,986 outstanding against it. For the last decade, the loose meth ods of financial control of the insti tution have been a source of continu ous protest from two State Inspectors and Examiners. Their complaints never have been Bookkeeping System Urged.

Henry E. James, Inspector and Ex aminer under the Morrow Administration, and T. Scott Mayes made recommendations for the installation of bookkeeping systems at the institu tion. If such systems would be put into effect, both men pointed out, the board be able to know where it stood financially. The two men also explained that, with such a system in effect, they would be able to trace where the taxpayers' money went to.

None of the recommendations ever was put into effect and practiced con sistently. Apparently no eiion was made either by the Board of Trustees or the President to heed the protests or the plans of the Inspectors. Current notes have been piled up from time to time, despite the fact that during the last decade more than $30,000 has been appropriated by dif ferent General Assemblies to wipe out the deficit. This $30,000 is in ad dition to funds given the school to pay for current expenses and other sums paid over to make permanent Improvements. "Careless," "poorly kept," "wasteful," "inadequate," "reckless," and "incomplete" are some of the words used by the two officials In describing the methods of recording receipts and disburse ments of funds of the institution.

Money Set Aside For Record Books. In each case, they have pointed out that money had been appropriated for suitable books to keep records in but no effort had been made to use the books with any degree of efficiency. The first of the series of reports is dated March 2, 1921, and is by Mr. James. The last was turned in by Mr.

Mayes on October 8. 1925. Mr. James, In his statements, referred to reports made by his predecessors. All of.

them, he said, show that the Institution's financial man agement always has been adversely and severely commented on. Mr. Mayes closed his statement with a prediction that the school (Continued en Psge 2, Column 4.) 1 Who was Lucifer? 2 What heavyweight boxing cham pion was covered with freckles? 3 How did the Count of Monte Cristo acquire his fortune? 4 What Is the Golden Rule? 8 What have the following in common: Lincoln, Exmoor, cotswoia. Ms Political Spotlight Turns On North-Carolina and Oregon. By TJLRIC BELL.

The Courier-Journal Washington Bureau. Washington, May 20. North Caro lina and Oregon furnish the latest high lights of the presidential contest Oregon because it' gave both Herbert Hoover and Gov. Al Smith of New York new Impetus for their respective party nominations and North Carolina because Smith backers seem to have captured the party machinery of that last of the McAdoo strongholds. Another week's political grind has given additional delegate strength to both Hoover and Smith.

Hoover has 327 actual delegates, and close to 500 potentially. Smith, with 491 actually instructed or committed delegates, appears to be potentially well past the 600 mark. But the die-hard op position to both candidates in their respective parties continues to be the chief matter of interest. Threats on the part of defeated groups in each case the dry, Protestant South in Smith's and the agrarian Middle West in Hoover's to break party lines is tinging the outlook with nerveracking, if remote possibilities, for the managers of both candidates. Third-party suggestions are heard-more frequently.

Oregon For Smith. On the Democratic side, Oregon has removed practically all doubt that Governor Smith will be nominated at Houston. In fact, the prospects are strong that he will be nominated before the third ballot. Beating both Jim Reed of Missouri and Senator Walsh of Montana, whom he also licked in California. Smith, in Oregon, made another remarkable show of strength in a state which is more than 90 per cent Protestant and dry.

He (Continued on Page 2, Column .) Calendar of Events Monday. American Federation of Musicians, all-day sessions. Brown Hotel, conven tion. National Clay Products Association, all-day sessions, Brown Hotel, con vention. Advertising Club of Louisville, 12:15 p.m., Tne Kentucky, weekly luncneon- meeting.

Electric Club of Louisville, 12:15 p.m.r The Kentucky, semi-monthly luncheon-meeting. Jefferson Post, American Legion, 12:15 Humler As Nolan's Res taurant, weekly luncheon-meeting. Newcomers Club, 12:15 p.m., The Seelbach, weekly luncheon-meeting. to Liberty Street, where she Immediately revived. Miss Gertrude Avery, 1116 West Oak Street, seemingly was the only one to faint In earnest.

Caught In the jam outside of The Courier-Journal Building, she was lifted through one of the Liberty Street windows, and after several minutes was revived sufficiently to be taken to her home. Window space fronting on Third and Liberty Streets was at a premium. A number of places charged 10 cents admission for the privilege of making use of this space. One fair looker-on came prepared to dead and searching for the missing went on in the dark recesses of the earth, men, women and children, with (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Rogers Awaits "Choose" Answer Puzzle Will Be Solved At Kansas City In 3 Weeks, He Says. Special to The Courier-Journal.

Hollywood, May 20. When a word, comes out and you don't know what It means, you rush to Old Man Webster. But when one comes out and even Webster don't know what it means, why our only chance to learn what it means is to ask the man that used it. But when he only replies, "It means what it means," why we are not any better Informed than we were at first. So we just have to wait till something happens that makes him divulge his secret.

Well, In Kansas City three weeks from Tuesday, it happens. We will learn for the first time on any stage, if "choose" means "yes," "no," "maybe," "I cant tell yet," "who knows," "search me," "probably" or "perhaps." I claim that it means "will under proper pressure," so don't argue. Just wait three weeks. Yours, WILL ROGERS. MUSICIANS OPEN SESSIONS TODAY 400 Delegates Arrive In City to Be Welcomed By Mayor.

More than 400 delegates and visitors to the thirty-third annual convention of the American Federation of Musicians of the, United States and Canada had registered at headquarters in Tne Brown Sunday afternoon. The convention, which is expected to be the largest in the history of the organization, got under way Saturday with a meeting of executive officers. It will end Saturday, May 26. Monday morning a parade, led by a band of 150 pieces, under the direction of Nick Denunzio, of Louisville, will march through the downtown district to the public Library. It will start at 11:30 o'clock.

Following the parade, Mayor William B. Harrison will welcome the delegates to the city and officially open the convention. In the evening delegates will dine at Fontaine Ferry Park. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who will address the convention Wednes day, reached the city Sunday night from Washington. NOBILE PREPARES FOR THIRD FLIGHT Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, May 20 04s) The next trip toward the North Pole wlU be made by Gen.

Umberto Nobile In his dirigible, Italia, prob ably Monday night or Tuesday, weather permitting. Preparations for this, the third exploration venture since General No-bile arrived here, went on uninterrupted today at the base of his operations, as the crew was thoroughly rested from the last trip which ended Friday. On that cruise the Italia was in the air almost sixty-eight hours and covered some 2,000 miles. Past Performances Of Today9 Entries A full chart of the past performances of today's entries at Churchill Downs will be found in this edition of The Courier-Journal on Page 10. Women Watchers Ffiint Faints And Get In Front of Kelly Crowd Binoculars Of fered At Nickel a Look; Windows Sell for a Dime; Trams Are Jammed.

50,000 to 75,000 See Police Guarding Him Estimate "It's Bigger Than Crowd At Derby," SergU Denunzio Asserts; Kelly Gives Fags to Girls, Probably thinking of the sheep- herder who called "Wolf, wolf," when there were no wolves, several fair lookers-on decided after the descent of "Shipwreck- Kelly that the time was ripe to- faint. No sooner were they brought Into the corridor lead A roar from fifty thousand throats greeted "Shipwreck" Kelly when he descended from his perch atop the flagpole on The Courier-Journal and The Times Building at 4 o'clock San- day afternoon after his vigil of 100 hours. A solid sea of faces turned up to Kelly all afternoon and the crowd WHAS "Programmes on The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times radiocasting station or today and Tuesday and other stations throughout the United States will be found on page 5. grew rapidly as the zero hour of 4 o'clock approached, until all traffic was 8 topped for four blocks in every direction from Third and Liberty Streets. A special squad of traffic officers attempted to keep the streets clear for a while early in the afternoon, but finally abandoned the entire region to the spectators and joined them in looking up at Kelly.

Police Sergt. Paul Denunzio, In charge of "Shipwreck's" personal bodyguard of police, said, "There are more people here than attended the Derby yesterday. There is at least 50.000 people watching Kelly." Sergeant Denunzio was stationed on the roof for the final half hour and had (Centinaed an Page Ghua 7 ing to the elevator in The Courier-Journal and The Times Building than they revived. However, they did not see "Shipwreck" leave the building from that point of vantage "I'm fainting!" This cry came a minute before 4 o'clock from a woman who was jammed in the seething crowd In the lnterurban terminal too far back to catch a glimpse either of Kelly or the flagpole. Amid cries of "give er air" "Pf" a Dt" w4 Prri- Dartmoor, Cheviot? Answers to today's "Ask Ma An other" ere on baek pages Psgt Ce'f.