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VOL. XXVI. NO. 143
THOUSANDS CHEER GLOBE-GIRDLING FLIERS AT BOSTON
GEORGIA CAMPAIGN
QUIET WITH VOTING
BUT MM
Large Number of Unopposed
Candidates Augurs
Light Returns
The home stretch has been reach
ed in the Democratic state-wide pri<
nr-y, and there is now only one
remaining before the balloting
ißLlns Wednesday morning, Sep
t ‘>ber 10. In many respects the
Ccnipaign has been one of the quiet
est in the history of the state, with
few speakings and no joint debates.
There are many who predict that
the vote cast will be one of the
smallest in recent years, because
so many state officials are without
opposition. It has been a long time
since a governor has been nominat
ed without opposition, as will be the
experience of Clifford Walker. Rep
resentative Herschel H. Elders, of
Tatnall county, entered the race
against Governor Walker, but sub
sequently withdrew.
Leading the ballot sent, out for
the voters to mark are the names
of United States Senator William J.
Harris, and Thomas W. Hardwick,
a former governor ' and United
States senator. Governor Hardwick
has made a speaking campaign of
the state, but Senator Harris has
spoken only a few times, as he made
a complete canvass last summer,
speaking in every county in the
state.
\ Agriculture Race Hot
Another race attracting attention
is that between J. J. Brown, com
missioner of agriculture, and G. F.
Hunnicutt, editor of the Southern
Cultivator, for the post of commis
sioner of agriculture. Both con
testants have made a number of
speeches, but they have met ifr joint
debate on only one occasion, in Hape
ville, the home of Mr. Hunnicutt.
Still another interesting contest
is the one between Major C. E. Mc-
Gregor, pension commissioner, and
Colonel John W. Clark, of Augusta,
who was pension commissioner un
der former Governor Hardwick, ap
pointed to fill an unexpired term.
Fort E. Land, for many years a
suprevisor in the state department
of education, is a candidate for state
school superintendent Dr.
N. H. Ballard, the incumbent.
* There are two contests for the
public service commission, Repre
sentative Albert J. Woodruff, of
DeKalb county, opposing James D.
Price, incumbent, and Commissioner
hn T. Boifeuillet being opposed
by Representative O. R. Bennett, of
De ’ -3 county.
Others Unopposed
Other state officals, including Jus
tices Samuel C. Atkinson and S.
Price Gilbert, of the supreme court,
and Judges Nash R. Broyles and
W. Frank Jenkins, of the court of
appeals, are without opposition.
In congressional races, Congress
man R. Lee Moore, of Statesboro,
is opposed by former Congressman
C. G. Edwards, of Savannah, in the
First district; Congressman Frank
Parks, of Sylvester, is opposed by
E. E. Cox, of Camilla, in the Second
district; Congressman William D.
Upshaw, of Atlanta, is opposed by
Max Wilensky, of Atlanta, in the
Fifth district; Representative Ben
Fowler, of Bibb county, and Rep
resentative Sam Rutherford, of
Monroe county, are fighting for the
seat of Congressman Walter Wise,
in the Sixth district; Congressman
Charles H. Brand, of Athens, is op
posed by Representative Frank Hold
en, of Athens, in the Eigthth dis
trict, and Congressman Thomas M.
Bell, of Gainesville, is opposed by
Sam G. Brown, of Gwinnett county,
in the .Ninth district.
’ GUva- Georgia congressmen are .
without opposition in the primary.
i'he * congressmen who will be re
nofrunAted without——opposition aie
Charles R. Crisp, of Americus, rep
resenting the Third district; W. C.
Wright, of Newnan, representing the
Fourth district; Gordon Lee, of
Chickamauga, representing the Sev
enth district; Carl Vinson, of Mil
ledgeville, representing the Tenth
district; W. C. Lankford, of Doug
las, representing the Eleventh dis
trict, and W. W. Larsen, of Dqblin,
representing the Twelfth district.
The state officials who have no
• opposition for re-election are Gov
i ernor Clifford Walker, Secretary of
State S. G. McLendon, Attorney Gen
eral George M. Napier, Treasurer W.
J. Speer, Comptroller General Wil
liam A. Wright, H. M. Stanley, com
missioner of commerce and labor,
and Judge T. E. Patterson, of the
prison commission.
A coincidence that will help swell
the voting in five of the largest
counties in the state is the referen
dum on the fee system of paying
'county officials, to be held on the
same date as the primary in DeKalb,
Chatham. Bibb, Muscogee and Rich
mond counties. Although held on
the same date, this referendum elec
tion will be conducted by separate
election officials, under provisions of
the law.
The recent session of the Georgia
legislature passed an act giving
counties of from -14,000 to 150,000
population the right to change from
the fee system to the salary basis of
; <ttying county officials, provided.the
Voters of the county desired the
Change, and set September 10 as tho
leterendvtn date.
lhe Weather
DORECAST FOR TUESDAY
■Virginia: Probable showers and
thunderstorms.
North Carolina: Generally fair.
South Carolina and Georgia: Gen
erally fair.
Florida: Unsettled with probably
Moca 1 thu nde rshow ers.
Extreme Northwest Florida and
Mississippi; Generally fair.
Alabama: Probably fair.
Tennessee: Fair; cooler in west
portion.
Kentucky: Fair, slightly cooler.
Louisiana, East Texas: Generally
fair.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudv.
West Texas: Partly cloudy.
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CHINESE FIGHTING
DECISIVE BATTLE
FOR KET POSITION
SHANGHAI, Sept. 6.—(By the As
sociated Press.) —Despite at least
two previous repulses, during one
of which hand-to-hand fighting oc
curred in tha streets of Liuho, the
forces of General Chi Shieh-Yuan,
the tuchun of Kianghu, were again
hammering away at the line held by
the Chekiang army near that town
tonight.
According to an eye witness from
Quinsan, where the Kiangsu army
has established its headquarters,
Chi’s officers consider this battle
along the bank of the estuary of the
Yangtse with the Woosung forts as
its objective, as the most important
of the present campaign, and rein
forcements are continually being
sent thereby land, while junks are
waiting to take more men to the
fighting line as soon as Liuho has
been captured. It is the belief of
these officers that the fall of this
little town, heretofore considered of
little importance, will open the way
to Woosung.
American destroyers are reported
anchored off the town ready to af
ford protection to Americans, of
whom there are several in the Sev
er.th Day Baptist Mission hospital
there.
Eye Witness Report
The eye witness who saw much of
the Kiangsu army says the men
have a good smnniy of Lewis guns,
and lots of ammunition, reported to*
be of French and Italian make.
Chi also suffered defeat, accord
ing to the defenders, on his right
wing at Hwangtu, being driven back
six miles.
The strategy of the move was ex
plained by a messenger who arrived
here tonight with the first direct re
ports from headquarters, of the
Kiangsu troops at Quinsan, about 35
miles west of here.
He explained that General Chi’s
objective was Woosung, at the en
trance to Shanghai harbor, north of
the city.
The messenger reached Shanghai
by traveling northwest to Chinking
on the Yang Tse river, thence by
boat to Shanghai, the -entire trip
totaling about £75 miles. He brought
reports from the Tt*»ngsu headquar
ters of the warfare during the open
ing days, which was characterized
as unimportant, so far as the
Shanghai-Nanking Railway com
pany was concerned.
The reports forecast that the prin
cipal Kiangsu move in the next few
days would be at the extreme north
ern (coast) end of the battle line,
starting with an assault on Liuho,
with the capture of the forts at
Woosung as the objective. This
would give General Chi practical
control of Shanghai harbor.
Rich Sisters
Wed Father’s
Hired Men
LENOX, Mass., Sept. 7.—Misses
Emily and Kate Winthrop, daugh
ters of G. L. Winthrop, banker, of
New York, were married to Corey
Miles and Darwin S. Morse, respect
ively at Interlaken. Mr. Miles
Morse, an electrician, was formerly a
chicken man on Winthrop’s estate,
and is master of Lenox Grange and
deacon in Lenox Congregational
church.
Rev. Charles Trowbridge per
formed the ceremony at the parson
age.
Mr. Winthrop, it was reported,
was not aware of his daughters' in
tentions until he returned from New
York after the ceremony had been
performed.
The Winthrop family has long
been prominent in Massachusetts so
ciety. Mr. Winthrop ds a direct de
scendant of Governor vWinthrop, one
of the first executives cf the com
monwealth.
Schooil Bonds in Dade
TRENTON, Ga., Sept. S.—Dade
county on Saturday voted a fifteen
thousand dollar bond issue to build
a high school building at Trenton.
This makes a total of $30,000 for
• thau purpose.
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LEAGUE ISSEMBLI
LAUNCHES PLffl TO
BAR FUTURE WARS
GENEVA, Sept. 7.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Settling by pacific
all disputes which may arise
between the nations of the world is
the basic idea of a resolution adopt
ed unanimously by the assembly’ of
the League of Nations Saturday
amij scenes of wild enthusiasm and
after dramatic addresses by Prime
Minister MacDonald, of Great Brit
tin, and Premier Herriot, of France.
The resolution declares that, with
a view to convocation at the ear
liest, possible moment by the League
of Nations of an international con
ference on armaments, the disarma
ment commission of the league shall
study all matters affecting the dis
armament question, including the
security pact of guarantees and the
articles of the league’s covenant
touching upon arbitration and the
reduction of armaments. The com
mittee shall also examine the possi
bility of making more precise the
obligatory clause of the world court
of justice protocol in order to fa
cilitate its general-acceptance by all
countries.
Thus was launched in concrete
form with the approbation of the
forty-six countries represented at
Saturday’s session, an historic and
united effort to make future wars
impossible.
Text of Resolution
The text of the resolution:
“The assembly, noting the decla
rations of the governments repre
sented, remarks with satisfaction
that they contain a basis of under
standing tending to establish and
secure peace and decides as fol
lows:
“ ‘With a view to reconciling in
new proposals the divergencies be
tween certain points of view which
have been expressed, and, when an
agreement has been reached, to en
able an international conference on
armaments, to by the
League of Nations at the earliest
possible moipem:
“ ‘(1) The third committee is re
quested to consider the material
dealing with .security and reduction
of armaments, particularly the ob
servations of the governments on
the draft treaty of mutual as
sistance prepared in pursance with
resolution 14 of the third assembly,
and other plans prepared and pre
sented to the secretariat since pub
lication of the draft treaty and to
examine the obligations contained
in the covenant of the league in re
lation to guarantees of security that
a resort to arbitration and reduction
of armaments may require;
“ ‘(2) The first conflnittee is request
ed to consider, in view of possible
amendments, the articles the
covenant relating to settlement of
disputes, to examine within what
limits the terms of article 36, para
graph 2 of the statutes ’establish
ing the international court might be
rendered more precise and thereby
facilitate more general acceptance
of the clause; and thus strengthen
the solidarity and security of the
nations of the world by settling by
pacific means all disputes which
may arise between the “states.” ’
Delicate Task Confronted
Now that Great Britain and France
and all the other states have shown
their will to arbitrate all disputes,
the real work of the assembly be- !
gins, for projects of arbitration and
security must be drawn up which
will receive the approbation of the
great world powers. Premiers Mac-
Donald and Herriot left Geneva ap
parently without any agreement on
the vital question of how much mili
tary help Great Britain will accord
France in case arbitration decisions
are not obeyed, and the general opin
ion in Geneva is that the fate of
the new movement to insure perma
nent peace depends on the answer
to the question: “How much secur- '
ity will Great Briatin give, and how '
little military aid will France be
contented with?”
The attitude of the delegates to
day demonstrated clearly that, al
though all the countries are ready to
accept obligatory arbitration, this
form of settlement of conflicts must
have as a corollary security guar
antees based on the employment of
force.
This became evident when M. To
litis, eminent Greek international
jurist, delivered an Illuminating dis
sertation on just what league cove
nant stands for. He argued that the
history of arbitration proved indis
putably that compulsory arbitration
to succeed must be backed by force,
because human society has never
been able to rely solely on suasion
for the protection of the lives and
liberty of its citizens.
The countries of Latin-America,
which took a prominent part in the
discussion, all concurred on the ne
cessity of guarantees as a noncom-
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
NEW YORK.—Eddie Cantor is
chosen president of the Bryan and
Davis theatrical league.
WASHINGTON—Secretary Mellon
annouhees issue of treasury certifi
cates of indebtedness for $350,000,000.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Jones of
New Mexico declares the “election of
a Democratic house and senate ap
pears to be certain.”
ESTES PARK, Col.—More than
700 boy scout executives attend the
opening of the third biennial scout
executives’ conference.
BOSTON.—American world air
men spend Sunday fitting their
planes for hop-off for New York and
subsequent cross-country flight.
NEW YORK. —Louis Lacey, cap
tain of British team, will be unable
to play in first game of international
polo series because of illness.
WEST ORANGE, N. J.—Loren
Murchison, Newark, A. C., sets new
world record, 24 7-10 seconds for 250-
yard dash at A. A. U. meet.
GENEVA. —Brazilian spokesman
at Geneva pledges nation’s support
to plan to make compulsory arbitra
tion foundation of international law.
FRANKFORT, Ky.—Three train
men are killed in a head-on collision
between a Louisville and Nashville
work train and freight near Frank
fort.
NEW YORK?—Efforts to have
ZR-3 BEHAVES LIKE VETERAN
ON SECOND TEST FLIGHT;
PILOTS HIGHLY PLEASED
First Regular Trans-Atlantic Air Mail to Come to U. S. on
Big Ship—Observers Hopeful of Starting
Voyage Overseas by September 20
FRIEDRICHAFEN, Sept. 7.—(By
the Associated Press.) —Enthusiasm
over the airship’s excellent behavior
was dominant note here last night
when the giant dirigible ZR-3, built
by the Zeppelin company for the
United States army, had completed
its second official trial during which
the ship covered about four hundred
and eighty miles at an average speed'
of sixty miles an hour, remaining in
the air eight hours and forty-five
minutes.
Dr. Hugo Fckerier, director of the
Zeppelin company and Lieutenant
Garland Fulton, U. S.
N., were in high spirits concerning
the dirigible’s behavior when they
landed this evening. They said a
thirty hours’ duration flight over the
Baltic byway of Berlin and Ham
burg would take place next week
and they asserted that it was likely
that the ZR-3 would start on her
trans-Atlantic trip to Lakehurst, N.
J., about September 20.
American observers on the flight
todaj’- were impressed by the ship’s
performance. All enjoyed the trip
with the exception of Lieutenant Carl
Schmidt. U. S. N., who had a narrow
escape from being overcome by gas
while he was inspecting the gas
compartments soon after the ship
started on her flight this morning.
Schmidt climbed aloft into the frame
work, and. while making an inspec
tion of the interior workings, en
countered gas which had been pur
posely let out through a valve. Some
of the fumes got into his lungs but
the lieutenant rapidly descended to
fresh air and after half an hour
was quite all right again.
Daring the flight the ZR-3 car
ried S 4 persons, ■which is a record
for dirigibles, according to Zeppelin
officials.
The ZR-3 took off in a fog. but
encountered sunshine soon after
leaving Friederichshafen for Munich
which was passed before noon. The
airship then proceeded to Nuerem
berg and luncheon was served while
the ship passed over the city. The
flight continued to Stuttgart and
Esslingen, near where the late Count
Von Zeppelid is buried, the ship
making a great circle and reaching
Lake Constance at 5 o'clock, where
Dr. Eckener maneuvered the ship
and made a safe landing.
The only motor trouble encoun
tered was just after passing Nu
remberg, when an engine was stop
ped a few minutes m remedy an oil
feed pipe which was not working
properly.
The ZR-3 is insured for nearly
$750,000 for its first flight by Eng
lish. German, Dutch and Danish
companies, several of- which had
representatives aboard. The news
that the airship was coming was ex
tensively spread through all the
Jews settle in Crimea and Mexico’s
invitation for them to settle there
both are disapproved by the Zionist
organization of America.
OSSINING.—WiIIiam H. Anderson,
former state superintendent of the
anti-saloon league and now a prison
er at Sing Sing, will take up teach
ing in the prison school.
VIENNA.—Marie Valerie, young
est daughter of late Emperor Fran
cis Joseph, of Austria, and wife of
Archduke Franz Salvator, of Tus
cany, dies at age of 56.
SHANGHAI.—GeneraI Chang Tso-
Lin, Manchurian war lord, declares
vzar against Pekin government and
General Wu Pei-Fu, military dicta
tor of (jhi-Li province.
PARIS. —Premier Pierriot, at ban
quet commemorating tenth anniver
sary of Marne, reiterates France’s
determination that “there can be no
disarmament without security.”
BOSTON. —British peace plan,
winning first prize in competition
inaugurated by E. A. Filene, pro
vides for strengthening organization
of League of Nations and settlement
of reparation within 16 years.
MADRID. —Spanish forces ar3
compelled to evacuate number of po
sitions in Morocco with considerable
losses, communique announces. Pri
mo Rivera, head of military director
ate, to end “grave ills from which
country is suffering.”
cities and towns along the route
and thousands assembled on the
house tops and waived their hats
and tablecloths in greeting.
Just after leaving Friederichsha
fen the airship raced a train which
was badly outdistanced at one time
when Dr. Eckener increased his
speed to seventy miles an hour. On
the next trip it is planned to make
eighty miles an hour.
LARGE QUANTITY OF MAIL
TO COME WITH AIRSHIP
ABOARD THE ZR-3, Sept. 7.—lt is
first regular transatlantic air mail
will be brought from Germany to
the United States on the new air
ship' ZR-3. When the ship arrives
at Lakehurst, N. J., American postal
officials will be on hand to receive
a large quantity of specially for
warded mail and expedite the trans
mission of the letters and post cards
to their destination.
German postal authorities have is
sued a special series of air mail
postage stamps and aerial post cards
for the transatlantic flight. Stamps
of 5, 10. 20, 100, 200 and 300 pfen
nigs and post cards of 50 pfennigs
have been issued. The rate for the
cross-ocean air trip has been placed
at one gold mark for letters of 20
grams or less and 50 pfennigs for
pest cards. All letters and post carls
carried by the ZR-3 will be specially
marked in addition to bearing the
special air mail postage stamps with
the German inscription: “Sent bj’
airship ZR-3.”
American postal officials have
been informed by the German au
thorities that probably 250 pounds
of .ordinary letters and post cards
will be aboard the ZR-3.
Breaks From Deputy
And Kills "Other Man
HELENA, Ark., Sept. 6.—Break
ing from the arms of a deputy who
had placed him under arrest, Dr.
J. A. King, local physician, shot and
killed Ward Ligon, alleged “other
man” in a triangle, in the sheriffs
office here late Friday.
The shooting followed a street
quarrel, in which King had warned
Ligon to stay away from his home.
King was held in the county jail
today on a charge of murder.
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Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, September 9,1924
HELP. NOT PROBES.
PROMISED WESTERN
FARMERS 81 DIMS
OMAHA, Neb. Sept. 7.—(By the
Associated Press.)—A readjustment
and lowering of rail and water
freight rates; tariff and tax re
form, and government aid in stimu
lating the co-operative marketing
movement and in establishing an ex
port marketing commission, consti
tuted the cardinal points in a farm
relief program presented her last
night by John W. Davis in the first
address in his campaign for the win
ning of the west.
In offering this platform before
an audience in the city auditorium,
the Democratic presidential nominee
Vigorously assailed • the Republican
party for what he characterized as
the discrimination against the farm
er in favor of the manufacturer and
for its failure to co-operate fully in
the restoration of economic condi
tions abroad so ■ to furnish a
market for American farm products.
In this connection Mr. Davis ex
pressed his resentment at “the be
lated attempts” of the administra
tion to capitalize the possibilities in
the Dawes reparations settlement
“as a political asset.” He declared
that if Americans had in fact “by
their unofficial presence” aided in
this settlement it laid “a crushing
burden of blame and responsibility
on the shoulders of those who for
five long years prevented any form
of American participation” in solv
ing the reparations problem.
Charges Evasion to G. O. P.
Taking up the Republican pro
posal as outlined by. Charles G.
Dawes, the vice presidential candi
date, that the entire farm relief
problem be submitted to an "impar
tial, non-partisan, competent com
mission, under economic guidance,”
Mr. Davis asserted that there al
ready has been sufficient investiga
tion and charged that in proposing
a new one the administration was
“seeking to evade a decision on mat
ters of principle."
“The Democratic party,” Mr. Da
vis said, “has a definite program
by means of which we hope to re
store to the farmer the economic
equality of which he has been un
justly deprived. We undertake:
“To adopt an international policy
of such co-operation, by direct, of
ficial. instead of indirect and evasive
unofficial means, will re-establish
the farmers’ export market by re
storing the industrial balance in Eu
rope and the normal flow of inter
national trade with the settlement
of Europe's economic problems.
“To adjust the tariff so that the
farmer and all other classes can buy
again in a competitive market
“To reduce taxation, both direct
and indirect, and by strict economy
to lighten the burdens of govern
ment.
“To readjust and lower rail and
water rates, which will make our
markets, both for the buyer and the
seller, national and international in
stead of regional and local.
To Develop Waterways
“To bring about the early com
pletion of internal waterways sys
tems for transportation and to de
velop our waterpower for cheaper
fertilizer for use on our farms.
“To stimulate by every proper
governmental activity the progress
of the co-operative marketing move
ment and the establishment of an
export marketing corporation or
commission in order that the export
able surplus may not, establisJa the
price of the whole crop. *
“To secure for the farmer credit's
suitable for hi; needs.
“This is our platform and our pro
gram: and if elected, I purpose with '
the aid of a Democratic "congress j
to put it into effect.
“This program is made up of both i
administration and legislation. I am •
not sure that of these honest and
effective administration is not the |
more important. No law, however I
beneficial in its purposes, carr ac-;
complish good results if it is badly |
administered. It is quite as impor j
tant to the farmers of the United I
States that existing agencies should I
be administered to their interest a=
it is that new laws should be passe 11
for their aid and benefit.
“While the farmer shares the |
general interest of every citizen in j
good government, he has a peculiar |
interest in some of its activiti*®.
The' department of agriculture, cre
ated in 18S9 under a Democratic
president, and presided over under
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
SEES "DEO" SHADOW
BEHIND IS FOLLETTE
BALTI'"ORE, Sept. 7.—Dedicat
ing a monument to Lafayette, “a
true son of world freedom,” here to
day, President Coolidge warned
against a “deliberate and determin
ed attempt to break down the guar
antees of our • fundamental laws”
and called upon the American peo
ple to decide now “whether America
will allow itself to be degraded into
a communistic and socialistic state.”
The president mentioned no
names in the movement he saw to
switch the power of the supreme
court to congress but he declared
such action must be stopped “be
fore it is begun.”
“The time . for Americans to
range themselves firmly, squarely
and uncompromisingly behind Ameri
can ideals is now,” he declared.
“Those who want to continue to en
joy the high estate of American cit
izenship will resist all attempts to
encroach upon their liberties by en
croaching upon the power of the
courts.”
The message, delivered from the
base of a monument to George
Washington and facing the eques
trian statue of Lafayette, was re
ceived with enthusiasm by the La
fayette-Marne day celebrators, who
also gave a warm reception to Mr.
Coolidge’s plea for abolishment of
war hatreds and service in the for
eign relations of this country.
Recalling that Lafayette had
“fought to establish American inde
pendence,” the president declared
this country had “kept clear from
political entanglements with other
countries” but at the same time
had dedicated itself “to peace
through honorable and disinterested
relations with other peoples of
the earth.”
Before delivering his address, Mr.
Coolidge placed a wreath on the
monument to Lafayette as it was
unveiled, standing for a short time
at attention with his military and
naval aides, Colonel C. O. Sherill and
Captain Adolphus Andrews at his
side at the base of the edifice. He
listened also to messages on the day
from the heads of the French gov
ernment and army delivered by M.
Andre de Laboulaye, charge d’af
faires of the French embassy at
Washington, and to a welcome from
Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, and
Mayor Jackson, of this city.
Detailing the history of the for
mation of the supreme court and
relating its functions in government
the president devoted the major por
tion of his address to a vigorous
defense of the courts which he de
scribed as under attack.
Miss America
Crown Won by
Philadelphia Girl
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 7.
“Miss Philadelphia,” Miss Ruth Mal
comson, was chosen for the title of
“Miss America,” of 1924 at the close
of the year’s Atlantic City beauty
pageant by fifteen artist judges here
last night. After her selection “Miss
Philadelphia” was crowned queen of
the pageant with which goes pos
session of the golden mermaid for
one year.
The beauty trophy has leen held
by “Miss Columbus,” as Miss Amer
ica, for two successive years.
“Miss Philadelphia,” an unbobbed
brunette with a wealth of curls, i«
18 years old. She weighs 132 pounds,
and has blue-grey eyes. She won
the silver sea shell as the grand
prize for amateur beauties in the
pageant of a year ago.
“Miss Columbus,” Mary Kath
erine Campbell, the “Miss America”
of the- past two years, today won
second beauty honors. “Miss Santa
Cruz” took third place, “Miss Los
Angeles,” fourth, while “Miss Man
hattan” and “Miss Chicago” tied for
fifth honors.
Os fifteen who survived the first
elimination tests, nine remaining
contestants were unbobbed. Eight
of the fifteen were brunettes, five
were blonde, one had auburn and
the last red locks.
In the final eliminations the beau
ties of Milwaukee, Newark, Wash
ington, New Orleans, and Youngs
town were the first to lose the cove
ted chance. Atlanta, Oklahoma City,
Cape May, Hoboken, and Greater
New York followed, leaving five to
range alongside “Miss America” of
1923 in the final comparison.
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MAGELLANS DF M
REACH HOME PORT
AFTER FIVE MONTHS
Elated Officials Join Throngs
In Welcoming Modern
Magellans
BOSTON, Sept. 7.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—Six U. S. army air
men entered Saturday upon last
stage of their journey around the
world by airplane when they ar
rived in Bokton, their first objective
on the Atlantic coast of the United
States. The three big cruiser
planes, completing a 125-mile jump
from Mere Point, Me., where they
were forced down by fog yesterday,
dropped to their moorings in Bos
ton harbor five months to a day,
after the fliers hopped northward
from Seattle in April.
In these months Lieutenant Low
ell H. Smith, commander of the
flight, with Lieutenant Leslie P.
Arnold" in the flagplane Chicago,
and Lieutenant Erik H. Nelson,
with his mechanician, Lieutenant
John Harding, Jr., in the plane
New Orleans, have flown 23,000
miles. The flight, taking them from
America’s west coast around the
world, through the tropics and the
far north to the American east
coast, wag regarded by army offi
cials as having virtually attained
today its object, the -circumnaviga
tion of the globe by air—for the
first time in human history.
There remains now only the
transcontinental journey, no longer
accounted a remarkable feat in
aviation.
Those five months, too, have seen
mishaps. Os the four planes that
hopped off, only two reached Bos
ton. The original flag plane was
wrecked in a crash against a moun
tain in Alaska in a fog. Her crew
escaped. Another plane, the Bos
ton, was wrecked when engine trou
ble forced it down in the Atlantic
between Scotland and Iceland. Lieu
tenant Leigh Wade, pilot, and Lieu
tenant A. M. Ogden, mechanician,
resumed the flight in the Boston II
from Pictou, N. S.
Great Throng Honors Fliers
At 5 Sunday morning the work of
ton air port and a delegation of
high-ranking army, navy and civil
officials rendered tribute to the ar
riving airmen. The fliers were greet
ed with the national salute of 21
guns, customarily accorded only to
presidents and to the rulers of for
eign powers. Harbor and city join
ed, in a pandemonium of shrieking
whistles, ringing bells and roaring
sirens, as the'planes, escorted bV
12 land-flying machines, circled the
harbor and as the aviators, after
flighting, iyere taken to the recep
tion
Then the great crowd of 75,000
at the air port fell silent and stood
uncovered as a band played the na
tional anthem., and later “Home,
Sweet Home.”
The fliers were met far up the
Maine coast by Major General Mason
M. Patrick, chief of the air service,
and Assistant Secretary of War
Dwight F. Davis, with 12 planes.
With the world fliers in advance in
a triangle, the escort made the trip
in a huge spearhead formation, some
what higher than the round-the
world planes. At the tip of the
spreahead was General Patrick.
They reached Boston just before 2
o’clock, daylight time, and alighted
ten minutes later, taxi-ing easily to
the buoys where they were moored,
while whistles blew and the anti
aircraft guns boomed their salute.
First Word to Mother
For five miles the shores were
lined with spectators. A launch put
out to the planes and the avia
tors were brought to the official re
ception barge where high officials
of the army and navy, city and state
were drawn up in line to receive
them. Striding quickly up the gang
plapk came Lieutenant Smith, com
mander of the flight, with General
Patrick <it his side, and behind hjm
the companions of his flight.
As Lieutenant Smith took his first
step toward the receiving line, a man
handed him a portable radio mouth
piece, with the words: “Your mother
is listening in at Los Angeles.”
“Hello, folks,” Lieutenant Smith
said in a low voice. “It’s good to
be with you again.”
A military band struck up the
“Star-Spangled Banner” and the
fliers stood at a stiff salute. Then
came their formal introduction to
those in the receiving line.
“It gives me the greatest pleas
ure,” General Patrick said, “to in
troduce to you the men who made
the first flight around the world.”
The cheers broke out again.
Tonight the three planes were
guarded by harbor police boats,
augmented by a quartermaster corps
cutter which was to throw its
searchlight around the planes from
time to time throughout the night.
At 5 tomorrow morning the work of
getting the planes to dry land re
conditioning them and replacing the
pontoons with wheels was begun.
On Monday the fliers are to leave
for New York City on the first Ipg
of the transcontinental trip which
will complete the circling of the
globe.
An unconventional tribute was
paid the fliers by Major General
Andre W. Brewster, commander of
the First corps area, while he was
awaiting their arrival.
“I’m a general and they are lieu
tenants, but I’d be glad to clean
their boots,” General Brewt-Ur said.
Only one thing marred the joy of
the fliers in today’s homecoming.
Members of that close-knit society a?
men who fly, they heard the news
that Lieutenant Alex Pearson had
met death a few days ago at Fair
field, Ohio,,and after that they could
not quite rejoice.
All six, Smith, NeTson, Leigh
Wade, Leslie Arnold, “Hank” Og
den, and “Big Boy” Jack Harding,
knew and loved Pearson and all
showed their sorrow even in the face
of their great triumph.
The fliers stepped ashore and
amid the clicking of cameras, re
corded their names in the visitors’
book at air port Then thev
swung back in an automobile to the
barge, talked for a moment with a
score of newspapermen and were
taken across the harbor to automo
biles which conveyed them to their
hotel;