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I in xv- k. i ii i Extfastv JUsoctatcd Pttss Jirvtt The Oakland and vicinity-Fair and mild with fog tonight and Tuesday; moderate westerly winds. Untied Press VOL. CIX- THREE CENTS SUNDAY, TEN CENTS OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1928 Copyright. 1928.

by The TRIBUNE Publishing Co. i 32 PAGES NO. 79 sr i i nu J2M flsTl mm mm MM mar aw ay a. ar" 1 LiKyi uuuu I I i REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT HURRICANE LEAVES DEATH AND DESOLATION IN WAKE AS IT SWEEPS FLORIDA INSANITY IN BABY KILLER'S Decorated MISS EMILY MARX. New York lawyer and Republican candidate for assembly, who re Red Cross medal for life saving.

Didn't Talk Hollywood didn't know that EDNA MAY. screen star, had a husband until she filed a divorce suit to'get rid of him. P. A. photos.

UPON AGREED 1. ivSS-- 1 40 PERSONS REPORTED BURIED IN COLLAPSE OF SCHOOL BUILDING Radio Message From Palm Beach' 7 rZ a- mj iliiiWlriftwtSaidjk asmn limn Says Havoc May Eclipse Disaster" at Miami; West Coast RESORT HOSPITALS FICHED I Meager reports by radio from the devastated area in Florida over which the West Indies hurricane is indicate an undetermined number dead with the property loss enormous. Reports from Falm Beach and West Falm Beach lay that the situation there may eclipse that of Miami in 1926. But one building on the main street of West Palm Beach is FARM TOLL Father Slaying Suspect Tells Police of. Miner's Death; Bodiesf Victims Are Hunted Under Floor Young Northcott Is Pictured as Apelike and Subject Only to Mother; Parent Says Own Life Periled BY ASSOCIATED PSE18 LIASES WIBE 10 TJUBtTSI LOS ANGELES.

Sept. 17. Talking "Ilka atreak" and piling een-aatlon on aenaatlon, Cyrus O. Northcott today had added another murder to the four In which hia aon, Gordon Stuart Northcott, already had been accused of having been Involved and directed the officers in a new search for the grave on- his Riverside farm of three suspected victims. Riverside authorities last night aald murder complaints would be filed today against Gordon Northcott and his mother, Mrs.

Louise Northcott. Tbe new slaying, according to the father, was. in a minor's cabin on the desert several miles from the so-called Riverside "murder farm," and in It young Northcott was aald to bare" been aided by miner. The father, who had denied knowledge of the murders when he first was taken Into custody aa a material witness' after his 15-year-old grandson, Sanford Clark, had told an amazing story of the torture and slaying on the Northcott farm last night, according to detectives atarted talking "like a streak." ROniFS HUNTED UNDER, COXCRETK. He aald that Gordon and young Clark had told him of the murders, but thatrlie "didn't believe them." Under directions, which they said had been given In the elder Northcott'a atatement.

River-aide officers began digging Tinder th concrete floor of the farm garage. There, they said, he had declared the bodies of three boys had been burled, In Ills statement to police the olderly mail aald his aon and a miner had been In a cabin on the desert when the minor's partner arrived. There waa an i argument over profits and the partner waa killed by the oilier two. After the slaying, young Northcott found a bod hiding In an old shaft near the scene and, fearing he might talk, compelled him to go to the Riverside ranch. A few days later, he said, the miner came to the ranch and killed the boy.

He said this was tohl to him by Gordon and Clark. The father painted his son as man" over whom only an Indulgent mothed had any control. own mfe Periled BY WIFE AND bOS. He charged his wife and son with making repeated attempts on his life. He said ne left them Canada and came to California, but they followed him.

The last attempt on his life, ha declared, was alx weeka ago. The elder Northcott started his statement to the police after he had been Informed that hia grand-daughter. Jesele Clark, had told a similar efbry to Vancouver, B. authorities. While Riverside Investigators yesterday hunted with pick and hovel about the Northcott farrn.

In search of the bodies of three boys and a Mexican youth, whom Clark said were tortured by Gordon Northcott and slain, one 'of the officers uncovered a half bones, still linked by flesh and skin, what appeared to be part of the foot of a 10-year-old boy. All were taken to Los Angeles labora- Continued" on Page 3, Col. 3) By K. G. B.

A DAILY feature. THAT HOLDS a lookinj glass. UP TO human nature. AND BLENDS bum or and pathos. AND COMMENTS en life.

AND AFFAIRS of Ox line. ALL MEANT te increase, THE JOY of living. BEGINS TODAY" In the. MAGAZINE SECTION of the INCREASES botit People Things FAMILY TOLD Speed of Jury Picking Sets Record for Murder Trial in Local Courts; One Peremptory Challenge Used A 1 i i 8 1 Appearing as Neutrals, Hold Findings Secret Until Cfilled Upon to Take the Stand All recorda for the speedy selection of a Jury in a California murder trial were shattered today In the court of Superior Judge Fred V. Wood, when four women and eight men were sworn in to try Errta Janoschek, aged 17, for the murder of the Infant daughter of Dr.

and Mrs. Erie Liliencrantz, 1109 Mandana boulevard, June "25 last, exactly 22 minutes after the case was called. Mrs. Maria Janoschek, mother of the schoolgirl murderess, was the first witness called. She took District Attorney nrl Warren, who is personally prosecuting, by surprise by admitting, under examination by Public Defender Willlard Shea, that her husband's counln and her own brother had both been Confined in Insane asylums.

Erna is standing on' a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity." The defense, as represented by the public defender, will contend that the girl was insane on the night she strangled the 17-months'-old daughter of the physician and hia wife, because of some fancied pique at Mrs. Llliencrantz. DKFKNSE USES NO PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES. The Jurors are: Paulino S. Amaral, 209 Joaquin avenue.

Ban Lcandro; Mrs. Anita Louise Gnge. 1024 Seventh avenue; GllklKirg, 721 Trestle Glen Hoed i Mrs. J. Ii, Guldner, S507 College avenue; Fred T.

Hale, 6141 Miles avenue; Mrs. Esther M. Hughes, Hurrlnon John Peters, 1780 Hopkins street; Edward Rogers, 63a Trestle Glen Rood; -A. II. Seeconib, 1833 West street; Iaura B.

Trenschel, 675 Thirty-Ixlh street; K. E. Trout, 89 Yo-sonilte; C. D. Wilson, 1215 Mitchell street.

The defense exercised no per emptory challenge, and Public Defender Willlard Shea contented himself with asking the venlromen only th usual question regarding the free and open condition of their mind. For the first time In Califor nia legal procedure alienists In a murder trial are appearing by appointment of th court and are not reoresentlnz either side. Dis trict Attorney Earl Warren today predicted that this case will set a precedent In the trial of murder Insanity cases, and he said that he. will sponsor a move to change th California statute to make such an alienist commission obligatory In ceses of this character. PROSECUTION TO PRESUME KANITV.

Following the reading of the In formation, District Attorney Warren announced that th prosecution would stand on the presumption of sanity. Shea, In his opening Address to the Jury, said: "You are the final judges aa to her tewity. We will ImvC 15 to 20 wltncwea to testify and rebate outstanding acts of hers that we I hope will lead yoit to find Iter "These wttnewte will be 4eo-ple who know her sufficiently to relate things to lielp you solve yoor Intricate problem." The. girl, who pleaded Insanity after admitting freely the killing of th baby on th night of June waa greatly interested, as court opened, in th report to be made by four alienists who have had her under investigation. "Maybe I am Insane.

I don't feel any horror. Something must be wrong, course. But I fdel more like laughing than shuddering when I think of It." OBSERVATION OP GIRL KEPT SECRET This waa her reaction today aa court opened. She waa carious about th verdict mt thos four physiclana who are serving as alienists in her case more curious about their findings than about the verdict that is to come later from a Jury. By agreement between District Attorney Earl Warren and Public Defender Willlard Shea, no expert will be called except th four physicians: Dr.

O. D. Hamlin. Dr. Robert L.

Dr. Sydtfey K. Smith and Dr. 0. 1 Chamberlain.

On the night of the murder of the Llliencrants baby, the 17-L year-old nurse herself called the' police. Site telephoned that tlie boby bsd been msrdered, and when police, arrived she ad- mltted the act, Just aa ahe told tbern when they entered the boose, polk found the child strangled to death by a knotted towel and hidden beneath the mattress la Mis Janoschek's bed. Tbe girl I dear-lined in kinina la detail. snd frequently laughed as ahe told of the marder. Polic hav never been able to discover a motive for th slsylng.

Th girl has said tim and again that "I Just wanted to do it," but has never disclosed any motive. "In fact, I Ilk Tbaia better (Continued on Page 17, CoL 2) 1000 Dead As Famine Threatens Porto Rico Three Hundred Thousand Hdmeless, Hungry in Wake of Wind. RV ASSOCIATED MESS LEASED WIRE TO TRIBUNE SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 17. With the hurricane death toll conservatively estimated at 1000, the specter of famine stalked through Porto Rico today.

At least 800,000 persons werestatefl to be hungry. Disease waa threatened. Half of the Island's population of almost 2.000,000 was thought to be homeless. It was feared that the property damage would pass $100,000,000. Declaration of martial law? requisitioning and rationing of food and drafting of all able-bodied men was nrged upon Governor Horace M.

Towner by a group of leading citizens. The group, in a petition, asserted that so far neither the government nor any other agency had taken adequate steps for relief to prevent sickness and starvation nor to as certain th facts as to Immediate needs. GUARD ORDERED OUT TO PREVENT LOOTING. The National Guard ha been ordered out to protect property from looters. Efforts were made to stop profiteering.

Nine of the Islands' 7T towns re ported more than 250 dead. Others reported no loss of llfe and communication with others lacking. It will be weeks befor accurate, reports can. be received from the rural sectton in which- more than-70 per cent of the people live. Physicians ami others familiar with conditions, said tiiat a death toll with loot) a a final figure was a conservative estimate.

No' Continental Americana have been roporli'iM-ltlier killed or Injured. Th known dead in the varloua towns reporting were: Cayey. 76; Guayama, 60; Hqmaeao. 60; Ponce, 26; Areclbo. 16; Aguadilla, 10; Ma-gunbo, 10; Las Pledras, 6, and Fa-Jardo, t.

MOST OF FOOD CROPS DESTROYED. MoHt of the food crops were destroyed. Hair or the homes, even those of tlmKh, were do stroyed or tin Hinged beyond repair. Probably the most seriously shunted were the "Jlvaros." the poor country folk, numbering nearly 1.000.000 ho have no renerv. resources.

Tales of their suffering wrro reaching San Juan. Joaquin VUlanueva, a university instructor oT Vega Baja, said the country people were coming Into town by hundreds begging for food. Hard pressed merchants gave them as much as they were able. VUlanueva with hia family walked most of the 25 mllea from Vega Baja to San Juan. Paul Maloney, who motored from Neguabo on the east coast, said.

a man with a bag of rice, a bag of beans and a side of pork was literally mobbed by 260 homeless and hungry people at Naguabo Playa. A petition to Governor Towner said that 300,000 peroons were hungry and would have nothing to cat for another week unless Immediate and drastic action was taken. These four proposals were laid before the governor; i Martial law throughout the land be declared, with officers of the 65 th Infantry In command. All food, supplies and materials In the inland lie requisitioned to be Issued only on permit following a definite plan of rationing. Vessels In San Juan be loaded with food and medical supplies and sent to other ports for dls.

trlbntlon for relief In the Interior. The army plan followed during the Kan Onrlanp Hurricane of 1H1 be Include' drafting of all able-bodied men for employment in public works, on farms or elsewhere as need, with payment In food from commissary stores. Governor Towner announced later that he had invited leading citizens and officials to meet to assist In formulating plana for organized relief. 1: PLEA SENT FOR REF1EF FUNDS. Governor Towner urged the aec-rttary of war to Bend Immediate funds In whatever amount available and mora when possible.

He asserted the island had suffered th worst hurricane ever recorded in the West Indies and that facts "are worse than have been reported." The governor alsa urged presidential spproval for a general appeal for aid through the American Red Cross and asked that a Red Cross rehabilitation unit sent to Porto Rico. As a result of great damage to th crop, coffee Jumped from 41 cents a pound to 65 cents In some stores. In some place milk Jumped from II to 22 cent to 10 and 75 cents a quart. city was mostly without ice." Th price of lumber sosred from 146 to 175 a thousand and cement was boosted 1 bag. The itemized list of estimated lossea was: Coffee crop, tlt.000,-000; coffee trees, $10.

000, 000; sugar cane crop, sugar factories, citrus 1 (Continued en 2, CoL 8.) Commission of Experts Will Study froblem, llig six Nations S. Likely to Be Asked for Its Help Cancellation of War Debts by This Country Denied as Part of Plan; France Blocks Evacuation Plea BY ASSOCIATED HISS LEASED WIBE TO TsIBulTE GENEVA, Sept. 17. Europe has decided that the time has ar rived for complete and definite settlement of the reparations problem. To that end th statesmen of the big six" Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and, Belgiumdecided yesterday to constitute a commission of experts to study the matter.

No agreement was reached concerning the German request for total evacuation of the Rhlneland but an' accord in principle waa achieved whereby both this subject and tho question of replacing the allied troops by a siieclal commission of control will be handled by special official negotiations. Germany accepted the allied Idea of Instituting what is called a com mission of "verification and conciliation." -The big six were split, however, on th question of how long the control commission should function. According to German circles, France formally declined th Ger man request for total evacuation, saying that it was impossible for the moment at least. Chancellor Herman Mueller immediately voiced his "deep disappointment," accord Ing to Germans, who also claim that Lord Cushendon said England would share the German disappointment that accord on this point was unattainable at present, RIB CTI.V KEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS. It was further alleged in German r-iri'les that Lord Cushendon had announced that Great Britain would reserve it liberty of action In connection with the presence of British troops in the Rhlneland.

British circles admitted that Cushendon had labored strenuously to advance evacuation but denied that he had entered any reservations, Despite Inability to agree on the problems of evacuation and the control commission, there was' a general feeling in Geneva today tiiat a big men forward had been made. This was not only becauHe the negotiation on these problems will be pushed, but mainly on account of the derision to tacklo the problem of reparations. "France and Germany have decided to put their relatione on a business basis." said a German authority last night, referring to the reparations agreement. "It la a long way to Tlpperary and there will be a long period of difficult negotiations, but we are hopeful." GKRMANS PROTEST DELAY BEYOND 1935. The impression prevails that the French link the question of complete evacuation with a definite set.

tlement of th reparation problem. The split on the question of the, commission of verification and conciliation arose when Chancellor Muller refused to budge from his position that th commission should cease to function in 1935. The allies preferred to have this commission operate within the framework of th Locarno Rhine pact, to continue as long as th The chancellor told the press that under no conditions would the German people permit a commission of the kind proposed by France to have any existence after 1036. There Is some suggestion of a possible compromise on this difficulty by agreeing to hold a new conference of tbe Interested powers in that year. Th decision to study the reparations problem has special interest for the people of the United States In that the question of European war debts may brought Into it.

Th chief concern of all delegations last night was that their agreement should not interpreted as a united frorlt against America. BAWER PLAN MAY BE REVISED. The British made it clear that they adhere to th Balfour declara tion concerning no Unking of debts with reparations, and a German authority declared, "Germany la by no meana willing to allow itself to be drawn, into any movement for eventual cancellation of European debU to th United States." From qualified circles It waa learned -that tbe negotiations probably will mean a study by the European power of the possibility of revision of the Dawes plan, study of the possibility of commercialization of the reparation bonds, and tbe study of re- Uttoae between- rrpratfcwi set tlementa and tnter-allled debts. It seems to be th desire to hav Americans collaborate In the last two matter. An eminent statesman said.

"Of cours th United States should be Invited to collaborate In tb reparations negotiations. but either with or without Ameri can collaboration the work should steadily pushed forward." iiillillllsevrw li N. Y. Woman Candidate Gets Red Cross Medal for Life Saving. That one can be a politician and yet be a heroine is demonstrated by Mlxe Emily Marx of New York, Republican nominee for the as sembly from the Ninth district who has Juet been awarded the American Red Cross medal for life saving, For a number of years, Miss Marx, who la a lawyer, taught swimming.

She Is the only woman nominated for the assembly by either of the major parties In New York. As a candidate for the office at a previous election, ah succeeded In cutting down the usual 6000 Democratic majority In her district to 1800. She expects to -win this time. WOMAN CRIPPLE KILLS HERSELF S. F.

Recluse Found Dead in Home With Her Throat Cut. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. Pollc investigation of the death of Mrs. Mamie Dally, 49, a crippled recluse found today In her home.

4002 Folsom. with her throat cut. Is ended with the report that the woman committed suicide, according to Lieut. Charles Dulles of the homicide aqitad. Th nude body was found on the floor of her bedroom, wit an open razor nearby.

The body was dlacovered when Mja. Flora Wood, a neighbor, living at 4000 Folsom, returned to her home after elng out of town over the week-end, and calle-' at Mrs. Daily's homr. When she got no answer to knocks at the front door. she called boy, who climbed In a window and feund th body on the floor.

Frank Fanning was a roomer at the house until a -veek ago, when he entered a hospital, where he is now being treated. The woman lost a leg aeveral yeara ago and since that time baa seldom been aeen outslda her house. She waa last seen alive by neigh bo. when Mrs. Wood last Friday paid her a visit and took her-a bowl of soup.

Practically nothing la known of her hlatory a police have been unable to dlscow-r that she had relatives. Kelley's Sentence Set For Tomorrow LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. Leo meat cutter, will appear In court tomorrow to sentenced to hang for th murder of Mrs. Myrtl Melius, society leader.

At that dtlm Kelley counsel will ask for a retrial and In vent of a refusal will appeal the verdict. A Jury of seven men and five women found Kelley guilty after leas than two hours' deliberation Saturday. Veterans' Net Title Won by New Yorker 4SS0CIATID HIM LEASED Wlkl TO TKIBVIE vrjHirHT HII.L8. N. Sent.

17. Henry ft. Bassford. 60-year-old New Yorker, won the National Veterans' singles tennis championship this afternoon, defeating Fred C. Bagga, gray-haired metro politan glove manufacturer, a-l, l-l, Is, the final eamntv K.C.

Raises S5000 For Storm Sufferers NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 17. 0 Th Supreme Council of the Knights- of Columbus snnounced today It has contributed 16000 to th relief of tb sufferert la the hurricane la Porto Rico. a hotel is said to have crashed known dead with possibility Fifty are in hospitals. Two are reported dead In rt.

Louderdale, south of Palm Beach. A message relayed to New Or. leans says that towns from Para-pano to the Palm Beache. hav' been devastated. Fifty persona are believed buried In the debris of a school building that collapsed at Boynton.

ins atorm la sweeping over' Florida, to th wst coast from which no reports have been r-t. celved of serious damage or loss of life. A Blmlni radio message to Miami says that a 18-mll wind destroyed nearly every house there. No lives were lost, but many war Injured. whltb- woman and five Negroes ar dead at Del Ray, south of Palm Beach, according to Lellonnaire on relief duty.

JACKSONVILLE, Sept. IT. Gilford Grange, local radio amateur, today received the following' message from station 4-AFC, Palm Beach amateur: Loaa nf life at tills time undetermined. IKx-tors and needed to io with situation, which we believe after careful survey, may surpass Miami disaster. Local chapter's fund to- tally lost by closing banks last year.

Immediate action la neces- Bary." Grange also received the follow. Ing message this morning from West Palm Beach: "No known dead, but undetermined number of persons In. Jured In hurricane which struck -Palm Beach and West Palm Beach at 6 o'clock Sunday night. Many home were wrecked." Grange said th messag was algned H. Conkling." Th pub-lisher of th Palm Beach Post la named D.

H. Conkllng. The message continued: The building which are atandlng are filled with refugees. 'Center of tbe borrletine la believed to have entered Florida at Jel Ray. 10 mllea south.

Wind changed northeast to east and to south at daylight and dropped to 17 miles an hour. Tli) Times, Evening Newspaper building, was partially wrecked. The morning newsimper, practically intact. "No estimate of damage posKlble. "Hospital partially destroyed.

Red Cross lias temporary hospital. "Aid hot officially asked for In this message, but believe needed." Th messag waa addressed to' the Associated Press and was th first direct word from th Isolated atorm area. Grange aald he caugbt th mes-saga as It was being transmitted by amateur station 4FC at Palm Beach to an amateur radio operator at Tavares, on tl meters. Grange was unable to get In touch with the Palm Beach station because of lack of power for his own set. BY ASSOCIATED FBES8 LEASED WIE TO lAistnrr TAMPA.

Sept. IT Wind velocity of SO to (0 miles an hour by a. m. was forecast today by W. J.

Bennett, government meter--orologlst here. Th center of th hurricane, which moved inland from th Atlantic yesterday, he believed, wa somewhere north of her. At 7 a. nu the wind was blow- 1 Ing at SO miles an hoar here, tb sky was overrsst and an occasional rain sqaatl came from the north. The barometer reading at that 'hoar wss It.oo.

a drop of IT points la four boon. Th steamer Cuba, due to eai! yesterday for with pur-aengera and freight, was anchor1 in Tampa Bay, to remain until tv etnrm dansseii aeenrr Peninsular and Occidental company effices. Advice from the Gulf ar! Southern Tampa, doe here terday with peTieer i freight from New ehe wse ri'1'n cnt sell at tfe month of 'i I oii' I dk i i' reported standing. A chimney in through fifteen floors. Two are this number may climb steadily.

TUTSI 14 Three More Bodie'i Taken from. Debris of Factory Razed by Tornado. ROCKFORD. Sept. 17.

M) Recovery of three additional bodle from th debris of Chair Factory today brought th total Of th tornado dead here to 14 and led authorltlea to believe there might be one more body In the ruins. The last bodies to be removed were those of August J. Peterson, Ounnar Ryden and an unidentified man. Six Russian Fliers Rescued By Steamer BY A8S00IATID MtEM LEASED WIRI TO TEIBOSE MOSCOW, Bept. 17.

Six men of the Russian plane "Soviet of the missing sine August 22, on a flight from V'adlvostock to Leningrad, hav been rescued by the steamer Stavropol. Their airplane was wrecked dur. Ing a storm near Kolyuchln bay, Biberia, and th -crew, apparently unhurt, walked mor than 200 miles over a bleak and frozen plain to th Ice-bound coast where the steamer took them aboard. M. Krasslnsy.

head of th party and a mechanic, returned to the wrecked plane for their equipment. Th men attempted to fly over the edge of the Arctic crlcla to Leningrad, exploring the little known, coast line ofBlberla and Russia between Bering Strait and th former Russian capital. Spanish Balloonist Dies. Seeking Record MADRID, Sept. 17.

(4) Major Benito Molas, noted Spanish balloonist, who participated In the 1927 Gordon Bennett cup race at Detroit, was found dead last night In the bag of his balloon while on a flight to establish a new altitude record. The major waa using th same balloon, th property of the Aero club of Madrid, which took to the United States for the Gordon Bennett race, Th balloon waa found near tba village of Caravaca In th province of Murcla, It was believed that the major died when hia air Una tailed him whll at a great altitude. Sixteen Killed in Island Train Wreck MANILA, 8ept. IT A report to constabulary headquarter her today said sixteen persons wr killed and fifteen Injured in a train wreck near Cadlx, Occidental Negro province, Saturday. Th report atd th train waa operated by th Negroa Philippine Lumber company.

The engine waa derailed, pulling ten loaded cars of logs down th embankment. All th victims were laborers. World Series Will Start On October 4 NEW YORK. Sept. IT.

The World Mm 1SI1 will slari on Thuraday, October 4. In the park of th club winning the American -Leagu championship. Commissioner Landla announced her today. The dat was choeen in preference to October because of th close race In both leagues. anl the tiecesi'v tl handling vast number of 01 actt OD Divorce Action Gives Public First Hint That Film Actress Has Husband.

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 17. Hol lywood Is still gasping over the fact that Edna May, film star playing opposite Johnny Hints li hia next First National picture, hi busy getting rid of a husband that Holly wood dldn know ahe ponsesaed. When Mrs.

Edna Clark filed a divorce suit against Hyatt Edson Clark Pn the grounds of desertion and non-support, filmdom didn't "get wise." But tods- everyone knows-that Mrs. Edna Clark Is the same film rtar, who came to Hollywood originally to work In the wardrobe department of -w7 studio as a seamstress. At that time she had no screen ambitions and even turned down her first offer of a Job as extrt girl. Edna May came to Hollywood fromi St. Joseph, Mo.

Her first screen work a small part with Pcla Negri in of the Night." FIG DELAYS TO Fliers Hope to Get Away Late Today for 4450-Mile Flight Across Sea. PORTLAND. Maine. Bopt. 17.

C4) Thick fog "kept the transat lantic Roma on the ground this morning, airport officials declaring there was "not. chinae" that the big Bellanca would take off oi a projected 4460-mlle trip to Rome before this afternoon. The crew of the Roma remained at Old Orchard while the plane rested at the Scarhnro flying field near here. When the fog lifts the Roma will be flown to bid Orchard to take on its gasoline load of 1400 gallons. The take-off wil' be made from th beach.

The expedition Is headed by CcKare Kabelll, former flight lieutenant in the Italian air form during the war, but now an American cltlsen. Roarer Q. illiams of Richmond N. a rvrttsi field pilot, will be the ehlef pilot, while Ir. Ii.

M. Ptetnlle of New York, one of the financial backers of the expedition, will observe the effect In a physical way of the Mrs In of the flight on the other three. Tbe Roma la a land plana and is not equipped with pontoons. In event of a forced landing tta chief reliance must be on the bouyancy of Its gaaoline tanks. Its crew admit that their chances will be slim if they are forced down in a rough aea.

The plane la equipped with a 0-490-meter aet capable' of tending a message 2000 miles. The call letters are WRCA. Trainmen Propose -Appeal to Coolidge CHICAGO. Sept. 17.

0P The possibility of presidential intervention in the wage disagreement be tween TO. 000 railroad trainmen and conductors and 57 western rail roads was discussed today after a fortnight's effort to reach a set tlement had failed. Commltteea representing the men and the roads, after meetings with members of tbe United States Board of Mediation, appeared no nearer agreement than when negotiations began. 4 strike has been anthorlied iT the conductors and trainmen, but it baa been held up pending the result of negotiations. It may be necessary, committeemen aald, tor President Coolidge to appoint a fact-finding commission to Investigate the situation.

Th employee are seeking wage brcreasea ranging ap te II per I 1 cdOrCI cent..