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TAR NC 4 COMPLETES IRST LIGHT OVER ATLANTIC 'g HOP TO LISBON NOTED LEADERS THOMAS REELS PUT NEW EATHERS IN UNCLE SAM'S CAP TO TALK HERE 101 MILE (Copyright 1919 Underwood Underwood TODAY ON PACT RECORD PACE American June 15 dead 3 MANY DELEGATES EXPECTED STOP PLYMOUTH NEXT CROWD GASPS AT TURNS MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC TASK COMPLETED MAIN to vf Mile Hour was 5PZLIK The no 1 40 iaijuL i preHidenUuf Ohio' State I nl ttie first of its knd LIEUT HINTON LEAGUEPLACE all out of town visitors IS HUN PRICE to PLEBISCITE ANOTHER STRING De 1 been accom went well will CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN WEATHER ORECAST RAIN the blue Ballot CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 a examination showed the hull On McKenzie Grieve sensa 7 CONTINUED ON pASE THREE 7 in CONTINUED ON PAGE IVE 4t 7 I zt I and tern with no sound Into the north and put the seemed alter consulta attempt because passed the start gasoline and went at a speed which gasp for breath the track around with fhe accelera ensign' rood RADIO OPERATOR appearance of the sea a the division commander pilots agreed to make the of the League purpose of through a dls about while wave water The sail of me Assoc all 4 with 1 handli this The sta the bullets thieves in the for the license American Ready to Essay Ocean in War Plane COL TYNDALL CHIE 150TH SOON TO ENTER LOCAL BANK VOL Ifi COMMITTEE 0 KS REPEAL TAXES AUTO Read The Star for first RACE and most complete ANS on the Speedway classic1 Time 1:25:69 1:29:99 1:31:63 1:31171 1:32:60 1 1:34:81 1:35:30 1:35:37 1:35:63 held that not in coni hence could had done a more prominent economic issues suggested in the seized securities he escaped Secretary Daniels Congratulates Read operator and Chief Machinist Rhodes as reserve pilot in The was met at Lisbon members of the crews of who had preceded CHIE MATE RHODES RESERVE PILOT ENGINEER Daniels Nips Scheme to Wrest Honors rom Read WASHINGTON May By unani mous vote the House ways and means committee today ordered a favorable re port on a resolution repealing the so called semi luxury taxes in the war revenue bill question of union with AUTO Read The Star for first RACE and most complete ANS on the Speedwayclassic 11 Performance Breaks Marks Hung Up by Oldfield and "Start Is Thriller cloudy In probably be closed dav May 30i (be stores which will Car and Driver Ballot Rene Thomas Peugeot Howdy Wilcox Ballot Albert Guyot Packard DePalma Duesenberg Ballot Paul Bablot Peugeot Art Klein Durant Special 'E Hearne Stutz Earl Cooper Hudson Special Ira Vail Detroit Special Charles Kirkpatrick Will Take Place as Assist ant Cashier of letcher United Stairs Weather Bureau Special Re port for Tho Indianapolis Star I t4 Maximum 77 I Minimum the fcaine Date Last Ycai 75 I Maximum S2 1 Minimum for an attempt to cross alone in a I 2:30 the seas increased and coasting down the face of a big the lower elevator caught in the wrenching the rail badly and starting the elevator to carry away At 4 Cordial Invitation Extended to All Attend Tomlinson Hall Sessions AMSTERDAM May A dispatch received here from Eindhoven states that the Belgian' frontiers have been closed and that all Belgian soldiers have been recalled from leave It is reported that general mobilization will be ordered at the termination of the period given the Germans to sign the treaty of peace oreeastfor Indiana for nesday and Thurs navy goes the honor of first transatlantic flight intensely proud of your and thankful that It has pllshed without mishap to any one of the daring aviators who left our shores on tho first air Journey to Europe To all of them and tn you all honor Is due JPSEPJIUS The cablegram from the secretary to res I Wilson said you win be delighted to learn naval aviators first to cross Stores Will Be Closed Memorial Day ord which may Ralph Dealma nounced that he would attempt today Signing of Treaty Depends Upon Equal Vote Declares Reply Now ramed as spectacular was circuit of the two and one course at the rate of 100 hour plus The electric timer Wilcox had forced his blue Motor Policeman Killed in Chase After Thieves 1 91 4 Winner of 500 Mile Classic Shatters Two Track Records in New Ballot Car at Speedway orty Men of Allied Army Perish in ire Detroit Men Arrive for I Races in DeHaviland 4 Seaplane May Be Off Again To day but Trip Up Coast Is Mere Incident Thirty Indiana towns Announce That They Will Send Representatives IXJNDON May A building used as a barracks by the occupation troops at Ludwigshafen has been destroyed by fire orty soldiers perished and a hundred were injured according to a Central News dispatch from Berlin via Copenhagen Ludwigshafen Is In Bavaria on the Rhine opposite Mann heim no army or occupation at point is believed to be rench American army of occupation Is loned much farther north with central point at Coblenz approval a series and tonight MADE AT RATE 80 KNOTS Biplane Picked Up by American Ship satisfying Ship Begins Breaking Up the following morning (Sunday) stood the 2 to 4 watch the seas increased last night that had notified the they would send to the convention to be held in Xn jc in the the afternoon Tho To communicate by radio it was necessary to relocate the radio gener ator In the slip stream of the pro pellers This was done and by running the port engine we were able to radiate fora range of ten miles but although we could hear the patrol boats working our messages were nut acknowledged rom our supposed position Which later confirmed we were about for ty five miles southwest of Horta wind favoring us astern on a course toward the Azores Intercepted a wireless report that NC 4 was at Horta alongside the Columbia and ready to proceed to Punta Dclgada the next day N'C 1 was reported down with a damaged left wing and the search for her was on Al I rn we set the watch and I took the trick from 4 to Nothing unusual occurred In that period I got about three sleep though the racking of the wings on the hull and the swash of the water In the hull were rather disconcerting My sleep was far from NEW YORK May The Wall street district was the scene of a $25000 holdup and robbery this aftor nnr when Denis orest an 18 year old bank messenger was attacked and beaten as he was entering tne rear door of a Pine street building Th a assailants was carrying and Col Robert If Tyndall former com mander of Indiana's famous 150th Regiment of the Rainbow Division has laid aside tho garb of an olllcor of the United States Army fur the civilian attire of a modern banker Col Tyndall on June 15 will into the organ mi Special Cable to The Star Gives Complete Story of Valiant ight Against Unable to Answer Rescue Calls PHILADELPHIA Pa May Two men who offered a stolen motjpr car for sale in Trenton today speeded av wnen questioned closely They crossed the bridge over the Delaware into I Pennsylvania pursued by Abner Braun a Trenton motorcycle policeman who had been ordered to arrest them or twenty miles the chase continued with Braun steadily gaining At Bustleton a suburb of Philadelphia Brown over took the men and pulling an automatic ordered them to stop The answer was a fusillade of shots ive Records on irst Day of Elimination Trials him particularly qualified for hid duties in the world of finance "I am glad to return to tho work private man of business again'' Col (The Star presents herewith the (JraPhlc detailed story written by Com mander Holden Richardson on the thrilling and tempestuous Journey of the NC 3 from Trepassey Newfoundland to the Azores The trip was replete With unusual and exciting Incidents Commander Richardson's story narrates them In accurate and picturesque style 'He tells of the days when the NC 3 and her IliQ otvi i cuumum Lisbon Portugal It Is the first Note) Announcement was niade'yMM terday that the stores bers of the Merchants tion will Memorial exception clothing until noon DAYTON May 27 Howard Rine hart premier experimental aviator for the Dayton Wright Airplane Company of this city Is awaiting authority from the president of the company before he puts tho final' touches on his plane the Atlantic DeHaviland 4 army battle plane of the type made hero and flown In rance by American aviators Rine some Important long in thia country with airplane company one being from Dayton to United States Takes Honor of Ing irst Airship Across Wide Ocean tered as secnd Nass matter Jan IS 190S at postoffice at IndianapolisInd under tho act of March 3 1879 Commander of NC 3 Describes Long Battle While Adrift at Sea QUALIYING TIME IS 1:25:89 I uW as the letcher lank This insti tution has developed extraordinarily in the last fw years and I know It will bn a pleasure to become associated with members of H'is strong organization which Mr letcher has built The return of Col Tyndall to private life and bls entrance upon his new du ties on June 15 next will come after almost three years nt continuous serv ice In the United States Army or a long period he was on the Mexican bor Tormer President Taft Rabbi Wise Drs Lowell and Thomp son and Anna Howard Shaw on Program said Tyndall "and I am also gratified to connected with such a large banking institution n'nloctk In rU'ht will be held i jpcting will be the only one reserved seats will not be us Jorr wRurved at the other for the out of town delegates BERLIN Monday May 26 (By the Associated Press) The question whether Germany will sign the peace treaty it was believed here tonight depends altogether on whether the al lied and associated powers will agree to a plebiscite in all disputed territories and the reception of Germany into the league of nations as a member with an equal vole Both these issues are made the car dinal features of the reply which has boon approved by the Cab arid Count VonBrockdorff Rantzau his associates and which is being into shape for presentation within next thirty six hours Austrian Vote Demanded The reply in general will reaffirm the adherence of Germany tn tho prin ciples laid down in the armistice con ditions and will lay especial weight on the right of self determination which Germany is willing to grant in all con tested sections of her frontiers The allies also will be asked to abide by the decision of a popular vote in Aus tria on the Germany Some of the and financial allied peace terms Germany is willing to have adjusted by the league of na tion in which she expects to become a member orTa basis of equality If the world league were based on any other scheme of membership it was declared to the correspondent in author itative quarters tonight Germany would be forced to consider it as an alliance against her The German reply will agree that the German army shall be 100000 men on a peace footing but will urge that this limit bo not enforced until conditions kre thoroughly stabilized w'iH negotiate on this basis CONTINUED ON PAGE THIRTEEN hart has done distance flights officials of the of the longest Now York with Charles Kettering vice president of the concern on nonstop flight 962 973 I 949 949 945 I 942 I May 27 Refusal of Secretary Daniels to permit light Com mander John IL Towers to proceed from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon aboard the naval seaplane NC 4 with Lieutenant commander Read was commended to day by members of tho House naval affairs before which the secretary was testifying on the naval appropriation bill matter was brought up by Re presentative Britten Republican of Illinois who said he wanted to compli ment Mr Daniels for his decision 4It was a very delicate question to Mr Daniels said Commander Towers was mand as an admiral and not shift his Hag Read tremendously fine piece of work and I felt that he should be entitled to con tinue in command I know him very slightly while I have taken flights with Towers but all things considered I be lieved he should proceed with the same ciew with which he started nd in the game were very the wings slack urther to be leaking forward but nnt danger ously The hull longitudinals were buckled and cracked as well as eeveral floor frames Th bottom planking still held but the principal bulkheads were damaged locally where they delivered their load to the main hull trusses One truss wire was rarrledaway It was at once apparent that It would be impracticable to resume the flight even if the surface were smooth which was not the case Ten to twel ve foof waves were running superimposed on a heavy ground cl! ST Nefdundland May 27 Sopwlth biplane In which Harry Hawker and tempted to fly neross the Atlantic wa picked up In latitude 4540 north longi tude 29 OS west by the American ship Jxike Charlottesville according to a radio message received by the urness liner Sachem and i clayed here loiilgbU ISSUED KVERY DA BY STAR 1 DAI I2OC pcX') THREE IMRLTSH1NG COMPANY I Mail Zones GO to Ju cenis Lieut Col Vincent and red A Hoover of Detroit flew in a DeHaviland 1 plan from Detroit to Indianapolis ysterday In two hours and tw'enty three minutes They are the guests of red Moskovlcs vice president of the Nordyke Murrnon Company and will attend the Speedway races Co) Vin cent and Mr Hoover stopped fifteen minutes at the McCook lying ield near Dayton OX Col Hah and Kettering of Dayton will fly 40 Indian apolis to attend the races They also will be guests of Mr Mdskovfcs Three meetings at morning 8 morning at which signed sea in and visitors nnt inp was issued by the local committee yes renchman Takes Chances That Thrill Railbirds After Waiting for Wind to Die day: Partly north and showers In stouth por tion Wednesday and Thursday not much chanise in tempera ture gentle east Rene' Thomas Intrepid renchman winner of the 500 mlle race at the In dlanapolis Motor Speedway In 191 broke two track records at the Spted way yesterday afternoon by driving hisj new eight cylinder Ballot car one lap I at the rate of 1047 miles an hour Thomas was qualifying for Saturday's' race His time was 1:25:89 shattered Barney Oldfield's brilliant track record of 1026 miles an hour Oldfield drove the record lap in a Christie car which had l500 cubic inches piston displacement while the Ballot has only 300 cubic inches piston displacement The Oldfield record was made in the elimination trials In 1914 The second record to fall was track record of ninety nine miles an hour for cars with 800 cubic inches piston displacement Thomas bested record by five and seven tenths miles an hour a feat which was considered nothing short of marvelous by the racing experts who watched the renchman's record per formance Hundreds Cheer Dash 'Hundreds of spectators who watched' the elimination events during the afternoon cheered Thomas and his mechanician Lally as they passed under the wire In the record breakjng dash Almost half mile miles an showed Peugeot under the wire at just a trifle more than 100 miles an hour Starter Patterson cleared the track for trial lap late in the afternoon Thomas and other Bal lot drivers had been on the track at different times during the day and in unofficial laps had turned the course at more than ninety nine miles an hour Waited for Wind to Die Thomas hesitated to make the time trial until the wind had slackened on the turns Constantly during the morn ing and early afternoon a strong head wind brushed both turns When he de cided to make the trial he signaled Chester Ricker director of timing anti scoring to catch the speed Thomas no sooner tx than he the into the south turn made the spectators He roe midway on the turn all tne time tor well down Straightening up on the back stretch harassed the first mile in 40 seconds Taking into account the fact that the mile was largely on a turn record is said to be unparalleled in rac ing on the Speedway track Motor Runs Perfectly Down the back stretch shot like a bullet its engine running perfectly of a miss or a backfire turn Thomas sent bis car at an ever greater speed than when he took the first turn When he passed through to the stretch the racer seemed to come flying up the Spectators with stop watches clocked Thomas on the stretch and estimated that he was traveling several miles faster than his average of 1047 miles an hour More than a score of race officials viewed the sensational flash from the timing stand and all during thetrlal marveled at the speed attained by the pew racer rom the stand it was ap parent that Thomas might have forced his mount to an even greater speed ai the trim Ballot seemed to have re serve speed under the long hood rom many angles iz enurf around the oval Is not be easily upset early' last week an Commander Read lies Last 800 Miles of Transatlantic Trip in Nine Hours 43 Minutes Taft to Talk in Morning At tho morning session Mr Taft explain the revised covenant of ague of nations and will answer some of the criticisms made by United States senators who have expressed their op position to It The Indiana ronMrence is one of fifteen state conferences being held Under the auspices to Enforce for the lightening public opinion cussinn of the question Arrangements are being to handle large crowds at the three ses sions today The morning program will begin at 10 The session will be called WASHINGTON May Immedi ately on receiving word the NC 4 had arrived at Lisbon Secretary Dan iels cabled the congratulations of the Navy Department to Lieutenant Com mander Read secretary also sent a cable 10 President Wilson at telling hlrn that American naval avi ators had been the first to cross the Atlantic The message to Commander Read follows: "The entire congratulates you and your fellow aviators on your epoch al flight The ocean has Lean spanned through the air and to the American making tho We are all WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY 28 1919 or surface of ocean The air was so rough that the navigator was not satisfied with the accuracy of his 3 eights "We had sighted no patrols after passing destroyer 13 and considered It advisable to make a sea land Ing in order to determine our position The only vessel we had seen was far off to tne southward oi our course as we figured later It probably was the Marblehead rom the feasible and tlnn with the our gas supply running low and it was essential to 1 employ what we had to the best advantage Besides In snualls It was not Impossmie mac snoum suuacjuy iun uuu with mountains ahead Battered by Waves swung around for a farther eastward Irokcn until after the plane was safely moored for the night near the cruiser' we started to that would take us About 2 we BY COMMANDER HOLDEN RICHARDSON One of the Pilots of thNC 3 ri 17': 1 rUnn I I' 1 LUIUH uh nQn Maw York time) Saturday morning At that ti wNeredL 1200 knots or 1380 land miles in 153 hours rom the time we passed Station Ship No 13 we had passed through five hours of rain squalls and fog so Next Leg Is Easy or the next few hundred miles of bis epoch making journey Commander Read and his crew will be within sight of the Portuguese or Spanish coasts fn the sweep northward Skirting the coast of Cape inisterre they will head out across the Hay of Biscay to Brest tho most westerly point of rance thence direct to Plymouth The dek Btroycrs that will guide them acron the bay were already in position to night provided with the flares and bombs that have made the trip gafe thus far except for the fog that forced the other two machines of the seaplane division the NC 1 and NC 3 out of tho flight after they had safely tlated virtually entire distance from Newfoundland to the Azores Commander Read had with him'on the flight to Lisbon the same crew aS that which left Newfoundland on the NC 4 on May 16 Lieut St OOO of the Coast Guard and Hinton were the pilots with Ensign ROdd as radio Mate glneer by most NC 1 and them on a destroyer Helped Along by Winds ay The chart of flight as shown reports of the station snip de stroyers on progress today shows how the winds helped her along At times Commander Reads ship parentfy was whirling through the 174iUon of the letcher American National Bank ns assistant cashier and devote his attention largely to the BervIcrV'pnrlmnnt of that bank Announcement of the appointment of Col Tyndall as assistant cashier made yesterday by Stoughton letcher president of the brink work to be undertaken by Col Tyndall is tljut of building up and developing a new department the service depart ment and his work will be In the nature of giving attention to tho needs of the customers of the hank and developing the facilities afforded by that in stitution to ihe' Public Record Is Asset Col Tyndall's many years of practical as well ns business experience prior to the great world war gained for him a wide acquaintance with men of affairs In Indianapolis and throughout the state while his excellent record and executive ability as commander of Indiana's Rain bow Regiment have been such as to mke new 'S' I 4 The Indianapolis Bank Messenger Beaten and Robbed of $25000 LISBON May 27 After leaving with Right of Self Determination manded for All Disputed Territory Besides Mr Taft the speakers will be Rabbi Stephen Wise lender in phil anthropic work Ur A Uwrcnee Low ell president of Harvard Cnlversity nr Anna Howard Shaw prominent In suffrage circles Capt Thomas Cham berlain A John Walker re tiring president of the of Labor and Ur William versHy It was announced thirty Indiana cities local that aallant crew ware practically given up for lost by the world A I laKnn Pnrhn I VohIz uv a co i a i detailed account of the history making flight to be Editor's PTilay as follows: "Members of the League to Knforce Peace and all out of town visitors are requested to call at tho registration booth Claypool Hotel lobby where tickets for reserved seats will be distributed for the afternoon and night sessions of the convention to be held In Tomlinson Hall No scats for the morning session which begins at 10 o'clock have been reserved and Indianapolis citizens are advised that this will be the best time for them to hear William Howard Taft former President No admission fee Is charged and the general public istnvited to at tend all three sessions" Jt Is expected that In addition to the visitors who may be expected a large majority of the 1700 members of the League to Bnforce Peace In districts of Indiana outside Indianapolis will be present Word has been received that all the colleges and universities of the state are sending representatives WASHINGTON May 27 Blazing th way of the first air trial fromwestern to lic eastern heinisphereitM United States navy seaplane NO4 under Lieutenant Commander Alberts Cushing Rfad swept into the harbor Lisbon Portugal today the first bhip of any kind to have crossed thlLf Atlantic Ocean under its own powers and through Its natural element 4 Taking the air at I'onta Delgadai Azores at 6:18 a Washington tlmft on the last leg of the transoceanic portion of the voyage from Rockaway Beach lxng Island to Plymouth En'4 land flie NC 4 covered the 800 miles in 9 hours and 43 minutes maintaining an average speed of better than 80 knotflA an hour The total elapsed flying time from Newfoundland to Lisbon waaM hours and 41 minutes At the first opportunity the big plani will continue to Plymouth 775 nautili miles the north ofiaibly Com mander Read can eta rt tomorrow To tlie Navy Department however It makes little difference when he1 com'8 pie tea the journey Great Object Accomplished' The great object of all the effort lavished on the undertaking navig a oeupiano across the AtlnjM through the air has been accompU13' Twentieth century transportation 1S reached a new pinnacle and the UnitMl States Navy has led the way Naval officials emphasized that Hff long delay at tho Azores was du the weather and to no weakness of tli machine or Its daring crew nor to failure of the carefully laid plan tho department to guide the flier their destination The fourteen da stroyers strung from Ponta Delgad Lisbon reported with machine Ilk precision today as the flight progred' Tho plane was never off Its cour nnd there was no moment when officials In Washington did not know td within a few miles where it was in th air' To maintain adequate communlcatldt' for this stage of the jotirnev the d'' stroyers stuck to their posts' after th flying boat had passed relavlng back to Ponta Dclgada reports from ship farther eastward Tho chain not Indiana will record its the league of nations in meetings to bo held today 't' rta 1 1 ri i Hall under of the Indiana branch of the League to Enforce 1'eace Speakers of national prominence lei by William Howard Taft president of the League to Enforce Peace and uno of tho earliest propon nts of the league Of nations will urge Hooslordom to ap nrove the internntlonal union for Indi anapolls and vicinity for Wednesday and Thursday: Probably showers Wednesday Thursday not much change in pejrature gentle east winds 4 i We 1 G' rtw1 1 va tr I V4 spiral landing and' approaching the sui faee cautiously Picked a suitable op portunity throttled the engines close to tho surface and made contact The first contact was on the crest of a sharp wave which dropped from under us the next was on the far side of tho next wave In a deep hollow We hauled tip well and stalled the en gine expecting to stick but this wave also dropped sharply and' let us fall heavily on the sharp crest of the fol lowing wave The last blow was a sharp one and examination showed that the hull had been severely damaged The tubular struts of the front center engine were bent like a bulldog's legs and the flying wires In the engine panels slack duo to the settling of The aileron leads also Sun rlxcx at 9:20 I Sun sets at 8:04 WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY Relative am 50 pct I 1 1nu42 net I 8 prn 4s pct precipitation Amount during twenty four hour undine 7 in Total amount id hn 1 1B19 1563 Accumulated departure from normal glnce Jan 1 fdHRlency) 106 shota body vanished leaving Braun road The police are searching car which bore a Maryland tag A' 4 i 'I liii i rag '4' SM iTCirv i 4 5til Jr 1 I i tJB 193? HXvrK)UHIObAllt' I Im lCL O' Zu 7 a 5 africa T' 12 1 JLl I i tx'rstx JA V' 15 will go Into tr a S2 61 XR 6 v'jrV VVAJ lT IOt to zs 'r ix I.