Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1928 — Page 1

THIRTY-THREE BODIES FOUND IN DANCE HALL RUINS AFTER WEST PLAINS (MO.) BLAST Eighteen Persons Injured; Property Damage Estimated at $250,000; Explosion Occurs in Garage Below. [VICTIMS HURLED ACROSS STREET Building Immediately Bursts Into Flames, Trapping Many; Scores of Late Show Crowds See Tragedy. By United Press WEST PLAINS, Mo., April 14.—The toll of dead in au explosion which wrecked a crowded dance hall here Friday niglit, mounted to thirty-three today as rescue workers recovered bodies from the smouldering ruins of the structure. Eighteen persons were injured and property damage was estimated at $250,000. More than sixty persons were in the dance hall, many of them on the floor, when the explosion came. The walls burst outward, and many of the dancers were hurled out. of the building. Some were thrown clear across the street, witnesses reported. A moment after the explosion the dance hall was in flames, and many of the persons not thrown clear by the explosion were trapped without hope of escape.

The flames spread to nearby buildings. The lighting system was affected, and rescue workers were forced to work by the haphazard light of lanterns and automobile headlights. The explosion occurred in a garage on the first floor of the build*ing. The dance hall was on the second floor. Garage Owner Is Killed Many of the victims were burned beyond recognition. The cause of the explosion could not be determined, as the owner of the garage was killed by the blast. Force of the explosion not only caved in the dance hall, but also shattered windows in buildings surrounding the public square. the detonation was heard throughout West Plains. Bodies of al of the thirty-three known dead were recovered. Nineteen rested today in one morgue, and fourteen in another. Officials in charg at the scene of the explosion said they feared more bodies might be found in the ruins. The dancers were trapped by flames and falling walls, and many died without even a fighting chance to escape. The “second show crowds” were just leaving West Plains motion picture theaters when the explosion occurred, an dscores of persons saw the tragedy. Dance Was Public Affair All nurses and physicians in the city were summoned to the scene. The dance was public, one of the Friday night affairs usually sponsored by a dancec lub of young men and young women. It was attended by many persons from out of town. A general alarm was sounded after the explosion and all persons who could be reached were called for rescue work. Many citizens were, deputized by the city marshal to keep order. Electric lights in the vicinity of the building were put out of order, hampering rescue work. Residents from surrounding towns came to the scene of the disaster to aid. Mountain Grove, Cabool, Willow Springs, and smaller towns all contributed to the rescue work. West Plains is the county seat of Howell County in the Ozark region of Missouri. DIX _ SUFFERS RELAPSE Famous Movie Star’s Condition Serious Following Operation. ffv United Press LOS ANGELES, April 14.—Richftrd Dix, film actor, who suffered a relapse Friday after an appendicitis operation, remained in serious condition at Roosevelt Hospital here today.

Dental Hop-Off By United Press SHELBYVILLE, Ind., April 14. —while interest in the trans-Atlantic flight of the Bremen monoplane was at its height Friday night a woman walked into a local newspaper plant. “Have they been found?” she asked. “Yes, they were sighted over Newfoundland,” came the answer. “Newfoundland?” Why, where is that?” “Six hundred miles from Nev; York. It’s certain they’ve crossed the Atlantic.” “I can’t understand,” the woman said, “Why, I lost them in the public square.” "Well, aren’t you inquiring about the fliers?” VFliers? Oh, my, no!” I wanted to know if you had found my false teeth. Don’t you remember I put an ad in your paper?”

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Dead, Injured

Identified dead in the White Plains (Mo.) dance hall explosion included: R. G. Martin, 50, and wife, West Plains. Paul Evans, Jr., 20. Mrs. Kittie McFarland, 35, West Plains. J. W. Wiser, proprietor of the garage where the explosion occurred. Major Robert Mullins, 30, Missouri National Guard. Mrs. Carl Mullins, 20, sister-in-law of Major Mullins. John Bates, 25, railway clerk, West Plains. The eighteen injured were: Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Mcßride. Carl Mullins. Ralph Langston, Jr., 18. Boyd Gray, Moody, Mo. Mose Ashley. William Fritchett and wife. Glenn Moore. E. D. White, Doniphan, Mo. David S. White, Doniphan. Fred Archer, Mountain Grove, Mo. Charles Stockdall, Mountain Grove. Elias Unger, Cabool, Mo. H. C. Allen, 45. Dail Allen, member of dance orchestra. Miss Ernestine Cunningham, Willow Springs, Mo. Lewis Ashuff. Lev Reed, son of a Missouri and Arkansas chain stores proprietor. Miss Dimples Martin, pianist at the dance. Clinton Clemons, clerk. Mrs. Frances Drago, Western Union manager at West Plains. Miss Virginia Rogers, West Plains. Robert Murphy, Springfield. Mrs. Evelyn Conkren, West Plains. Ben Jolly, West Plains. Mert , who was asleep in a neighboring building. Charles Fisher, Ava. Ben Carter, Mountain Grove. Carl Jackson, Mountain Grove. Alvin Garner. Miss Icie Risner, Thayer. Mr. and Mrs. James.

In the Stock Market

(By Thomsen & McKinnon) NEW YORK, April 14.—The only news to which traders pay any attention Friday, was the decline in call money rates. This change gave further confidence to the market and stock prices reached the highest average for all time. Along with lower money rates came the latest National Bank report showing increased resources of nearly two and one-half billions, but loans and discounts were also up a billion. This was one disturbing feature and that came as bank acceptances reached parity with the discount rate and this situation, together with what we know of brokers’ loans and gold exportation, are factors, while being totally ignorant at the present moment, are quite likely to come to the foreground at a time least expected and demand and get their pound of flesh. New York Stock Opening , —April 14— Allied Chem 166 Amer Can 87 Amer Smelting 190 Amer Steel Foundry 64% Anaconda 6914 Beth Steel 69 Curtis 79 Chrysler 71% Cons Gas 155% Cont Can 111% Cont Motors 13 Corn Products 82% General Electric 168% General Motors ' 1940? 193 Goodrich 84% Hudson Motor 93% Hupp Motors 53 Kroger 77 Mack 90% Marland 40% Mont Ward 142% N Y Central 180 N Y. N H & H 63% Nash 88% Pan-Amer Pete (B) 46% Pennsylvania 69% Packard 70% Paige 37 Pullman 86 Radio 170 Reading 113% Rep Iron and Steel 63% Sears-Roebuck 103% Sinclair 27 % S O. N J 41 % Studebaker 67%

Helen Wills Confident of Winning Again

Hfrlcn Wills CHICAGO, April 14.—Helen Wills is on her way to New York, after a, brief stay here yesterday, on her way to Wimbledon, England, where she will defend the tennis title she won last year. “Little Poker Face” is confident of her ability to win on the English courts. “I’m going over to win,” she declared. “But if I don’t I won't be a poor loser. That’s bad for the spirit of international sport.”

200 ABE BURIED ALIVEjY SNOW Avalanche Isolates Entire Valley in Chile. By United Press SANTIAGO, Chile, April 14.—The Talca correspondent of the newspaper Nacion said today that 200 persons and 20,000 animals had been buried under a twenty-four-foot snow in the Los Girones region. Many of the people have been in the ravine for three days, the correspondent reported. Although no death list was available it was feared most of those snowed in had died from cold and exposure. The unconfirmed reports said that many of those buried were tourists. The snow, one of the worst in years, was reported to have completely covered the lake Los Girones region. The region has been isolated three days. Authorities rushed help to the stricken area today. Trucks carrying doctors, medical supplies, and other relief measures were sent from Santiago.

How the Market Opened

By United Press NEW YORK, April 14.—General Motors gave the stock market a shock at the opening today by selling down 4% to 5% points on a split initial sale involving 10,000 shares at prices ranging from 194 to 193, compared with the previous close of 198%. The entire market was irregular with losses in the leaders running from 1 to 2 points. . The reason for the abrupt decline in General Motors was ascribable to bunching of profit taking orders. The same thing occurred in General Electric which lost 3 points of its 12-point gain of Friday and held around 166 Vi.’ Radio sagged 4 points to 168, while Consolidated Gas, another favorite, dipped to 154. Schulte led the issues on the advancing side, soaring to 67 V* after an initial sale of 10,000 shares at 66% up %. Other tobaccos held strong, including Liggett and Myers “B” Congress Cigar and Tobacco Products. Motors and raiis eased with the majority of industrials. General Motors recovered in easy stages after the opening break. Describing the market, the Wall Street Journal’s financial review today said: “Friday’s spectacular advance in the principal industrials carried the Dow Jones average for this class of stock to 216.93, a new' high record. Many commission houses took profit on the theory that the swing was setting too rapid a pace. These factors included heavy selling in the early dealings. General Motors opened at 194 to 193 compared with Friday’s close of 198%. New York Curb Opening —April 14Bid. Ask. Amer Gas 129% 140 Amer R Mill 103% 104 Cities Service 56% 57‘/8 Cont Oil 17% 17% Durant 10% 11 % Ford (Canada) 579% 580% Gull Oil 115V4 115% Humble Oil 64% 65 % Imp Oil ... 61% 61% Int Pete 38 38% M&rmon 58% 59 Ohio Oil : 62% 62% Prairie Oil and Gas 50 50% Prairie Pipe . 217% 218y 2 Stutz 14% 15 Standard Oil, Indiana 77% 77% Standard Oil. Kansas 27% 27% Standard Oil. Ky 134% 135 v; Vacuum Oil 152 152% Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m— 46 9 a. m 34 7 a. m— 47 10 a. m..., 33 8 a. m.... 38

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928

IRISH ELATED AT SAFETY OF BREMENCREW ‘He Always Was Brave Lad,’ Col. Fitzmaurice’s Mother Says. FATHER DISPLAYS PRIDE Free State Flier Saw Little Chance of Success When Hop Began. By United Press DUBLIN, April 14.—A1l Ireland today cheered the safe arrival in North America of the airplane Bremen after a trans-Atlantic flight that Ireland’s own representative in the plane—Col. James Fitzmaurice —did not think would be a success. It was revealed today that in a final interview before the Bremen left Baldonnel Fitzmaurice said: “I 1 do not really think there is a sporting chance for success. You want three engines, sixty hours of fuel and a wireless,” he told interviewers. He was of the opinion that navigation was the chief cause of failure. “We have no data to work on,” Fitzmaurice said. “One is flying over uncharted seas against the rotation of the earth. Nobody knows what the magnetic effect of this wfil be on the instruments.” But if the happy-go-lucky colonel was pessimistic, he was the only one in his family. “Thank God my boy and the others are safe,” the flier's mother said. “He always was a brave lad.” Fitzmaurice’s father smiled and said the family had been sure from the start that the flight would be a victory.

Germany Unconvinced /fy/ f nitnl Prt *# BERLIN. April 14.—Germany today, despite the high hopes she held still was cautious about believing that the airplane Bremen had arrived safetly on the North American continent. Extra editions appeared on the street telling of the arrival of the Bremen at Greenly Island. They were slow about getting circulation on the street. About the sam etime the morning editions of Berlin papers were on sale at news stands, proclaiming in large headlines that there was the greatest confusion about the flight. A United Press correspondent went on the street about 8 a. m. and attempted to convince various persons on the street and newsdealers that the Bremen had arrived. He risked a sound beating because, as many said, he was: “One of those circulating false rumors.” Last night there had been reports that, the Bremen had arrived safely at Mitchell Field. The crowds around bulletin boards cheered lustily and made merry for several hours until it was learned the rumors were incorrect.

Daring Is Lauded Bu United Press WASHINGTON, April 14.—Teuton daring—and Celtic, too—was praised in America today as never before since that summer day in 1916 when little Captain Koenig and his submarine Deutschland poked its nose up the Patapsco River and moored in Baltimore harbor. The men lauded by thousands of lips today were Herr Baron Huenefeld, Herman Koehl, Germans, and their Irish companion, Colonel Fitzmaurice, who in the sturdy Junkers plane landed Friday on an island in Belle Isle Strait. With this one stroke of bravery, the Germans did much to give their country anew place in the sun. To many it was typical of the comeback of Republican Germany and symbolical of what the new democracy seeks to attain in peaceful accomplishments. In this light, official Washington hailed the deed of the baron and his nearvy companions. The men who were first to span the Atlantic by air from the eastward were accorded heroes, praise by the heads of the government. President Coolidge, it was anticipated, would have some message for them today, and cabinet members were ready to join in congratulations. Dearing Again on State Board Confirmation of the reappointment of Dr. William FT Dearing, president of Oakland City College, as a member of the State library and historical board by the State board of education, has been made by Governor Ed Jackson. The term is for four years. Memorial Group to Meet A special meeting of the General Memorial Association was set at Ft. Friendly for 3 this afternoon. Officers are to be elected and all patriotic organizations of the city have been invited to send delegations. Man Drowns in Auto By United Press LAPORTE, Ind., April 14.—Unable to free hiniself from his automobile when it slipped into a ditch filled with water, James P. Moran, 55, Lafayette salesman, was drowned about five miles south of Knox.

Fly Farther By United Press NEW YORK, April 14.—The westward trans-Atlantic flight of the airplane Bremen was equivalent to about 600 miles more than an eastern transAtlantic flight, Commander Richard E. Byrd believes. Byrd commanded one of the three planes which successfully flew across the Atlantic from Long Island last, summer. __ When advised of the arrival 6f the Bremen at Greenly Island, Bryd issued the following statement: “Great for Germany and Ireland. We were sure they could do it. I don't know how long it took the mto get across, but their distance through the air, going from east to west, is equivalent to at least 600 miles further than going from West to East, due to adverse weather conditions. “This, therefore, was a most remarkable feat and shows the great courage and skill of the three fliers.”

NAVY MEN TO AID SINCLAIR Elaborate Defense Planned in Teapot Trial. By United Press WASHINGTON. April 14.—Defense of Harry F. Sinclair, charged with conspiring with former Secretar yof Interior Albert B. Fall to defraud the Government of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, is expected to take nearly two weeks—more than twice as long as the Government took to present its case against him. The defense will open Monday with testimony of Navy and Interior department official* that they were responsible for the leasing policy which Fall put into effect. H. Foster Bain, former director of the Bureau of Mines, and J. K Robison, navy oil chief in 1922 when the leases were made, are the main witnesses on this point. A personal appearance of Edwin Denby, then Secretary of Navy, to assume responsibility for the lease, as he did in 1&26 in the E. L. Do-heny-Fall conspiracy trial, is expected. Fall's 150,000-word deposition also is to be introduced early in the defense case, although the document has not yet come before the defense and Government lawyers here for study.

ASK MOORE RETRIAL Appears for Sentence and Enters Motion. When Boynton J. Moore, ex-city councilman, came before Special Judge Paul G. Davis for sentencing upon his conviction o na bribery charge in Criminal Court late this morning, his attorney, Ira M. Holmes, presented a moton for a new trial. HOGS CONTINUE CLIMB; BEST SELL FOR $9.50 Heavies Up 10 to 20 Cents; Others Advance More; Receipts Low. Weights upward from 180 pounds were 10 to 20 cents higher on the local market today and pigs and under weights advanced more. The top was $9.50, paid for some material that sold at $9 Friday. Receipts were low at 2,500. Animals in the bulk. $8.50 and higher. Other divisions we re mostly steady with very light receipts. There were few animals on hand at the Chicago market and hogs were unevenly 10 to 20 cents higher. The top price was $9.25 with $9.40 bid for some choice material. There were 3,000 head received and 6,000 held over. FRATERNITY PIN STOLEN Badge and Girl’s Ring Are Lost at Dance. A fraternity pin, valued at S3O, was stolen from him while he was at the Columbia Club Wednesday night, Charles W. Mathews, resident of the Phi Kappa Psi house at Greencastle, Ind., told police here today. Miss Mary C. Panabaker of the Alpha Phi house, Greencastle, had a diamond set ring, valued at $l5O, stolen at the same time, he said. SPRINTER RETURNS By United Press MADISON, Wis., April 14.—Wisconsin’s track squad regained its full, strength today with the return of ‘CapV Gil Smith, sprinter, who had been declared ineligible for outdoor competition. Snow Falls in Indiana Bit United Press WARSAW, Ind., April 14.—A blinding snowstorm struck here today and for a time made visibility practically impossible for motorists. The snowfall continued for some time and the temperature dropped.

BREMEN CROSSES OCEAN SAFELY, LANDS ON TINY ICE-BOUND COASTAL ISLE

Fliers Forced Down When Gasoline Supply Fails Off Labrador. AIRCRAFT IS DAMAGED Flight Partially Clears Mystery of Fate of Other Airmen. By United Press OTTAWA, Ont., April 14.—The Canadian government steamer Montcalm has been dispatched to Greenly Island to bring the crew of the Bremen back to civilization. Minister of Defense Ralston issued orders to Captain Mercier to proceed with his vessel under full speed to the lonely island off the Labrador coast. The Montcalm was only 200 miles from Greenly Island when the orders were issued. A large amount of ice was reported in the straits. BY JOHN McIIUGH United Pres* Special Correspondent ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 14. —ln the bleak anil iee-locked strait of Belle Isle today three European aviators awaited the hour when they could be taken hack to civilization and worldwide acclaim as the first to fly an airplane westward across the north Atlantic ocean.* The triumph of the Jankers monoplane Bremen and its Ger-man-Irish crew is one of the greatest in the history of aviation and explains in part why seven other aviators lost their lives in three previous attempts to make a similar flight. A supply of gasoline which the best flyers of two continents had estimated would keep the plane aloft forty-five hours lasted only thirty-four hours and the Bremen was forced to land at noon yesterday on Greenly Island, between the mainlands of Labrador and Newfoundland. Only meager details of the landing are available here, due to the uncertainty of communications in this corner of the world. Enough is known, however, to establish that the German-Irish airmen were thrown far off their course, that they flew until their last drop of gasoline was consumed, and that they landed under the most perilous of conditions—on an icebound island no larger than a pinpoint on a big wall map. Still Far From Goal Today the Bremen, its propellor and tailskid broken and its fuel tanks empty, still is far from the goal its crew had set when they flew out from Dublin at dawn Thursday. “Mitchel Field of Heaven—that’s our fate,” Col. James Fitzmaurice, the big commandant of the Irish air force, said at Baldonnel airdrome. His two German companions, Baron Gunther von Huenfeld, backer of the flight, and Capt. Herman Koehl, agreed that the smiling Irishman had called the alternative destinations with accuracy. Operator Flashes Word

A Marconi operator at Point Amour, Labrador, about twenty miles from Greenly Island, sent the first word of the landing. It said merely that the Bremen had landed, was damaged slightly, out of petrol, and that the fliers were safe. The keeper of the lighouse on Greenly Island was reported to h*ve given shelter to the aviators, pending their crossing to the Labrador mainland. Later in the day they may start back to Mitchel Field, L. I. In this town, 400 miles southeast of Greenly Island, trans-Atlantic flying has been the one big sensation of the last year. Lindbergh flew out to sea from here last May. In more recent months the natives have been looking eastward, waiting skeptically for a glimpse of the first plane to fly out of the wide Atlantic from Europe. Thus far they never have seen one. Pushed Off Course The Bremen passed over to the north of St. Johns, probably thrown off its course by treacherous headwids—the same which aided Lindbergh when he was going the other way—or by the rotation of the earth, which no aviator has been able to reckon to his advantage. The inability of previous pilots of westward trans-Atlantic planes to cope with unfavorable headwinds probably explains their failures. The Bremen completed the 1,800mile overwater flight, but in doing so it consumed a supply of gasoline which its crew had estimated would carry it to New York with fuel to spare. Newfoundland still was twelve hours from its goal. On that basis the other planes, which were much heavier than the Bremen, must have exhausted their gasoline far out in the Atlantic and

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The three trail blazers of the Atlantic’s westward air track—a lane already strewn with defeat and —are pictured here. Top to bottom they are Commandant James Fitzmaurice of the Irish Free State air force, Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Iluenefeld and Capt. Hermann Koehl.

gone down, invisible monuments to the winning, but costly of man against the elements. Land in Snow The island where the Bremen came down is in the straits which lie between Newfoundland and La Brador and reports here today said that snow was falling when the gray monoplane wobbled through the mid-day sky and finally came to a landing. A lighthouse keeper is on the little island and there are only a few other residents. Even in summer it it a break and somewhat deserted country that few—and surely not these two proud Germans and the laughing Irishman—ever had heard of. To reach Greenly Island the plane would had to cross the northern tip of Newfoundland, probably fifty or sixty miles. The fact that the pilots avoided a landing there seemed incredible, yet it proved their courage and determination to fly as long as their fuel held out. Straits Are Ice-Locked Ice and snok pack the ground of the island. EVen the straits sometimes are frozen over and regular summer boat service, for mail and provisions only, does not start until May 10. There are fishing places close by, particularly at Blanc Sablon, five miles from where the Bremen came down. There is a radio station at Point Armour, about twenty miles to the east. But the fishing places are almost deserted at this time of year, for the cold makes much of this business impossible during the long, bitterly cold winter months. It was in this bleak, desolate country that the Bremen, after its tumultous ovation at the takeoff from Dublin, landed yesterday. It was strangely in contract to the landing the fliers had hoped to make at Mitchel Field, L. I.—a perfect landing field such as they had left at Baldonnel—and where thousands awaited them. Started From Berlin This flight actually started March 26 from Berlin. Without advance notice, the Bremen sailed away, carrying Von Huenfeld, Koehl and Arthur Spindler. An hour later it was learned the plane had started on a great air adyenture which already had claimed the lives of the gallant Frenchmen. Nungesser and Coli. and'five English people, including (

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Aces of German Aviation and Laughing irishman Achieve Triumph. STILL FAR FROM GOAL Dash Proves Calculations of Other Sea Fliers Greatly in Error. the Hon. Elsie Mackay and the crack British flying officer, Capt. Walter Hinchliffe. Von Huenefeld, a monarchist of the old royalist ranks and an intimate friend of the former German crown prince, had backed the flight. He had given his last pfennig to raise the necessary $50,000. The monocled royalist had chosen the stolid Hermann Koehl as his pilot. Koehl had been one of the German night raiders of the air in the World War. Went Into for Trade Flying Since then he had gone in for commercial aviation and before this flight was a night pilot for the Lufthansa Corporation. Spindler was a well-known German mechanic and flier. The plane made the flight to Dublin and there adverse weather prevented in immediate take-off. The fliers fretted under the delay. Spindler finally returned to his native land. Von Huenfeld asked Fitzmaurice. probably the most popular of Ireland’s flyers and the head of the Irish Free State air service, to accompany them. Fitzmaurice was eager for the opportunity. He had made one attempt at a start and had to turn back last summer, just as had Von Huenfeld and Koehl. He was a British flier in the war—but he was eager for the chance to try the great adventure with his former enemies. Hop Off at Dublin Then, Thursday morning, Just after 5 a. m. (or 12:38 eastern standard time), the Bremen roared down the long runway of Baldonnel field and was away. Five hundred persons, including President William T. Cosgrave of the Irish Free State, cheered the str Before leaving, .he crew said they hoped to be in New York in thirtysix hours, but had gtvsoline for forty-five. Next they were sighted passing out to sea near Galway on the western Irish coast. Their challenge of the great uncharted course over the North Atlantic was under way. They planned the Great Circle course—beating back over the Lindbergh trail. Two hundred ships at sea were on the lookout. Hour upon hour passed without word. Storms broke over the North Atlantic. Forecasts here were for increasing storms, headwinds, gales and snows. The snows developed in the vicinity of Labrador and a southeasterly wind whipped across the rugged territory. Keen Watch All yesterday the Northland was searched for reports of the fliers. There was a report of a plane being heard sixty miles off Newfoundland. It was found erroneous. There were reports a plane had been sighted in Maine. It was erroneous. The reports continued Just as they had when Nungesser and Coli attempted their flight; when Princess Anne of Lowenstein-Wertheim attempted a flight; when Captain Hinchliffe and the Hon. Elsie Mackay attempted their flight. By schedule, the fliers should have been over Newfoundland at midnight Thursday and in New York by noon yesterday. Fear Grows for Safety As Friday afternoon waned and still there was no report, fears grew that the Bremen—like the White Bird of Nungesser-Coli and the Endeavor of Hinchliffe had sailed into that Great Unknown, never to be heard of again. Meanwhile, the Little Point Amour radio station had received word that the flyers had landed safely. It has a low power sending apparatus and could not readily be picked up by other stations. Minute by minute the operator called and called, eager to give the news to the world. Finally, by relays, the news reached St. John’s and confirmation followed.

Baron Sends Messages

BM United Press GARDEN CITY, L. 1., April 14. Baron Gunther von Huenfeld sent two messages telling of the safe landing of :he Bremen at Greenly Island to Henry Schuengel of the North German Lloyd lines here. The final message from the baron was answered with one saying that a relief plane would be dispatched this morning from Mitchel Field. The three messages: “Made safe intermediate landing on Greenly Island, SUaiU'of Bell*