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MX TWO CENTS THE JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1829 aNoU156 Vol 5 THE CO DEMOCRATIC KEYNOTER GETS INTO ACTION 1 I 1 mwtWi 1 'X a 1 js OJ Ul lVA U1O11UH vail Vi i Igan address condemning the republican adminlstfatiOn its poli ty and let 'the convention rxinet Vkrei j4 re wt re Irti re zl rvni rm ''S Vire re re re re 'rel 1 re re re revre rel re I cwrevre re re rereg as re fW i The Weather yMCLX AvU 1 1 i reception 4 was Ss A stood And meantime the lead ers on all sides disclaimed heatedly that theie had been any funny business about the distribution of tickets or that the great hall was being packed for anybody NOTABLEON PLATORM A long list of notables in party achievements had places of honor on the platform the 'guest spaces in the great Jeretia and in the galleries were thousands to whom the' sultry of midday in June meant nothing sp long as they held the coveted iy places to see the great Show lines were early established keep back throngs who had no tickets but hoped to gain admission somehow With Smith and McAdoo man agers both claiming steady gains and the second choice candidates waiting patiently for the moment when they are confident both the leaders will wear themselves out all the forces wheeling into line to I' Suburban Days forget the grea bargain festival in La fayette business Wednesday and Thurs day June 25 and 26 month the enter prising merchants are two Suburban Days instead of one Itwill give shoppers a double opportunity to buy cheaply well All roads will lead to Lafayette on these days bringing buyers 'from near and far orty stores are" participating 4 in this latest Suburban Day project a' (Continued 'on 5age 12) NEW YORK June 24 lushed with success at the placing of a soldier on the republican ticket officials of American Legion arrived here today intent on put ting over the nomination of a world: war veteran 'as the demo presidential candidate 'John Thomas Taylor chairman of the national legisla tive committee announced his in tention of calling a caucus of all soldier delegates and declared that so far there were fire men in the field who be jicceptable to the legion These men are: Gen eral Henry Allen of Kentucky who commanded the American army of occupation on the Rhine Col Alvin Owsley of Texas for mer commander of the 'legion Gen Charles Cole ofy Massachu setts Major George Berry of Tennessee: and Governor James Scrughatn 'of Nevada The legfOn also will seek to put two planks into the democratic platform Taylor announced He will appear before the resolutions committee in behalf of a universal service measure and an adequate guarantee of assistance for dis abled veterans i NzUlING AC ANDI DATE Read: the latest and best news of the democratic national convention proceed Ings in the Dally Journal and Courier 'X 4 Here is Senator Pat Harrison as he will' appear delivering the keynote speech at the democratic convention Note the amplifying hornswhich carry the voices ofspeakera to all parts vention hall and the microphone which takes the speeches to the world At I TMW'frSi 4 i i' orecast fop Indiana: Unsetr tled tonight an! we a dnesday probably' 1 6 ca I i thunder in the ex LEGION CHIES WANT VETERAN PUT ON TICKET Intend to Call Caucus of Sol dier Delegates to Boom Vice Candidate ing the issues upon which the candidate nominated here and the democratic brethren generally wil seek to turn the republicans out of power BITTER INVECTIVES No political speech in recent years compares with It either in bitterness of invective or penetrat ing satire no speech has ever been fashioned like "it unless it be the denunciation of the Wilson adnlin istratiori made by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge afc' Chicago in 1920 or a few weeks later at Marion BU AS TAM What Representative keynote speech atCleveland lack ed An partisan fii is supplied in great abundance in Senator Har relentless retorts to the re publican platform of 1924 The keynote herehowever is exactly what the democrats want ed ot several days copies of it have len in circulation and from every quarter" have come expres sions of satisfaction with the document as plmosV a platform' in WILSON EULOGIZED Candidates' have been for the momenta forgotten Sensitive yAo the inner currents "of the conven lion and the menace of possible friction because of the factional uinerences tnax nave arisen Sen tot Harrison madAi a pleaAfor Party harmony His eulogy of Woodrow Wilson was in itself an appeal for a reunion of all ele ments in the party in a common cause 7 would seem he con cluded "we can hear the soft voice of sweet reasonableness coming to us from Monticello the voice of old Hickory coming across the 'Blue Ridge from the Herm itage and from that historic cript at SL Albans we hear the mighty voice of Woodrow! ''Wilson wist fully' calling' to us: you from falling hands we throw the Hold it high Hold It high Car ry on carry on keep the faith keep the At S' JI Vf I I HArH I Luu vULy WIN ROAD CASE Court Upholds Objectors in Maitien Highway Contrg versy Commissioners Contractor Lose A verdict for the demonstrators wfts returned by a jury in the Montgomery circuit 'couit at Crawfordsville in 'the' case of Ernest Clarkson et aL vs the board of commissioners of Tippe canoe countymnd David Vaughan Vaughan had the contract' for the construction of the Maitlen road in Wayne township 2 48 miles long Clarkson and number 'of other property owners to the quality of gravel used also to 3 8Jme cuts and fill which it was alleged' were not according tospecifications The commissioners accepted the road and the re monstrators appealed and' took a change of venue to 'Montgomery county' Andrew oley and rank Davisson represented the defend ants while Burleigh Davidson Joseph A Andrew ind Mc Gaughey of Crawfordsville repre sented the remonstrators Monticello to Have Open Air Religious Service on Sunday MONTICELLO Ind June Next Sunday June 29 an open air religious service and band con cert will be held in the city park at Monticello The affair is to be non sectarian all the ministers in the city acting together on the program committee The purpose is to provide a method of spend ing Sunday aJternoon in keeping with the Sabbath attractive enoughto compete with Sunday auto races and sporting events The affair will start at 2:30 in the afternoon The idea was orig inated by Mayor Coffin of Monti cello who appointed the commit tees toi work out the details unds were furnished the bus iness men CHANGE Of? VENUE The divorce case of Hester New nan vs Thoma's Newman has befen venued from ountain coun ty to the local courts They were married Oct 13 1879 and separat ed eb 24: 1924' She alleges cruel treatmenL To Sell resh Vegetables lathrough the Classified Ad vertising columns of the JOUR NAL AND COURIER TRUCK RAISERS there is1 fnotMieed for you to look for amarket for your fresh vege tables' whena Classified Ad willbring you such' excellent results'at 'euch small 'cost Phone your ad to 41 42 or 43 V' MONON ORDERS SHOPS CLOSING ourteen Days of Idleness fdr Local Employes Due Ito Slack Business on? the Railroad The Monon shops will close Saturday afternoon June 28 and will remain closed until the morn ing of July 16 Bulletins to this effect were posted in the' various departments Monday 'evening ully seven hundred and fifty men will be affected by the shut down The order affects only the mechan ical departments including the car shops coach shop! machine shop boiler shop blacksmith shop elec trical department The" round house will have a force sufficient for operation andemergency re pairs Men outranking others in seniority will take the places of the men in the round house dur ing the period of t))e lay off The closing order is attributed to slack business It will affect other terminal points along the line pro portionately is the longest lay off the men at the shops have had in several years Lutherans to Hear 4 Visiting Speaker Miss Anna Berkenpas who for the past several years has been a missionary in the Lutheran schools of Nebraska will address the members of class of St Lutheran church: and a number of guests at St James school hall this evening The talk by Misa Berkenpas will be pre ceded by a musical "program Ad mission Is free and the public 'is DEMOCRATIC HOSTS RING UP CURTAIN Ninety Sunday School Work ers Leave for State Con vention to Be Held at Michigan City A special coach on Monon pas sengers train No 2 leaving nere at 9 morning carried the Tippecanoe county del egates Jb the state Sunday school convention to Michigan City for the annual three day session The local party? ninety strong was headed wby 1 vice president of 'the county'' organiza tion land Miss Katherine Mandler secretary The convention opened at noon Tuesday and will continue In sessioii until Thursday evening tlie Lafayette delegation returning in the special coach SEN PAT HARRISON SOUNDS HIGH NOTE OR DEMOCRACY TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN LAUNCHES VICIOUS AT TACK ON REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION AND CALLS fALUSDEMOCRATS I OR UNITED RONT AGAINST COM MQN POLITICAL ENEMY X' Ltjytne Associated tress NEW YORK June America needs a Revere "not a in the white house tdcalldt back to duty and high resolve Senator Harrison of Mississippi declared today in sounding the keynote at the democratic nat ional convention A'X I ciqs bothdomestic and foreigntn temporary chairman called on democrats everywhere victory' their itigainst5 a common enemy "'Un tor one in tne wnite nouse" he said t'whosft heart might be metiedxandcodrags arousectt to sjmbaw Zand ifi we fbncafmoreniight 'see in that? honesty ota Cleveland the match less jstatennanship and the fine fighting qualities of a Woodrow Wilson 4 4 BITING CRITICISMS 3' Senator 'Harrison ran the gamut' of Harding Coolidge adminis tration in a series of biting criti cisms A large part of his speech was taken up with a resume of the disclosures of senate investi gating committees The oil' poll cies in particular came In for vig brbfiS denunciation "Show this admniistrat ion anoil well" he said "and it will show lyou a foreign has taken the measure ofthis she con tinued might have been able to free itself from the idolatry and have looked be yond the skies of New England It might have heard the groans of the distressed farmers of the west and sympathetically responded It might have sought markets and re moved the tariff jhms in the chan nels through which our surplus products move It might have vis ualized world conditions and cour agcously assumed the part tbetit tlng a great nation might have reduced costs redeemed pledges to the soldier followed a deflate domestic program and adopted a broad and statesman like foreign policy But even then it would' have availed it nothing with of corruption DEMANDS HONESTY' that the American people' expect of their public serv ants1 is commdn honesty They will forgive their passivcity overlook their indiscretions and too often their but' to them corruption is 'inexcusable graft is i SENATE Referring to senate "'inquiries Senator Harrison was unsparing in his criticisms of former Secre taries Denby and all former At torney General Daugherty Charles orbes former head of the Vet bureau and former? Senator Newberry of He paid high tribute to Senator' Thomas Walsh of Montana prosecutor? of the oil inquiry and others con nected with the various investiga tions them as they "will the American people know that it was these Investigations conducted 1 by democrats but through republicans committees that sent 4 Albert all to Three Rivers a disgraced man It" was these investigations that compelled Edwin Te tirement from the cabinet It vas these4 investigations that drpvo Daugherty back to Washington Court House It was these investi gations that caused conspirators against their government to take theirwn lives rather than tell the truth It was these investigations that pointed to the immoral orgy orbes Wd sickening scandals in The bureau It was these investigations that put a re publican congressman behind bars and lashed Newberry from the It was these investigations that informed the American public that the first official act of Calvin Coolidge was the? appointment of a private secretary had traded and trafficked in public patronage It was these investigations that led a republican senate to convictits own republican committee for a democratic senator because he dared to do the "Comparing 'the Investigations in to democratic and republican ad ministrations Senator Harrison said it was graft alone that (Conilnuia on page 12) I "nlght i0 ''Ixcal temper atures: Hi gh '1 0 65 mean 71 S' vx THOUSANDS PACK CONVENTION HALL 0R1RST ACT 0 GREAT DRAMA Harrison Keeps Sweltering Crowd: in Good Humor 'With tRepeated Jibes at Repub Leading Candidates Claim Steady GainsasDaHc Horses Wait Patiently for Deadlock arid avorable Opening 6 a A (By the Associated Press MADISON SQUARE GARDENZ New York June The democratic national convention came to order for its first session at After delaying the opening to allow the 'police to straighten a' traffic jam outside which was keeping hundreds of delegates and visitors from the hall 1 Chairman Hull brought down the gavel In brief ft words 4ie called the great assembly to order and gave way to Cardinal Hayes who offered the invocation The great audience stood silent as the voice of the prelate penetrated to the fartherest' part of the great 5aideii All the swirling Across currents which finally are cast up a democratic presidential nominee centered today about the great convention hall A GARDEN' IS' CROWDED Thirteen thousand party war horses delegates and spectators packed Madison Square Garden to see the curtain i rise on the first act of Hie great a stupen duous production with an all star cast many (supernumeraries' and an4 indefinite knumbeir of A few brief hdurs there waS a lull in the corralling of delegates and the claims of the campaign managers while all assembled to hear Senator Harrison of Mis issippi the temporary sound the clarion call of the par Al I accomplish some of thexnecessary routine preliminaries Probably one third asmariy peo ple got inTorthe first sessions as owd to roliabl 3 ha If as j' man DIPLOMAS OR GLASS Home Hospital School of I Training Annual I Commencement Exercises I at Trinity Church I The annual 'commencement of I the Home Hospital Training school for nurses will be held Monday 1 evening June 30 at 8 O'clock at Trinity church' Seven young women who have completed four years of training wil) receive diplomas and an elaborate pro has been arranged The pro gram be as follows: Organ Prelude Carley 4 Brown Invo cation Rev Williams Solo (Hasselmans) Miss Violet oster Presentation of Class Miss Myrtle ord principal school of nursing Pre sentation of Diplomas Robert 1 president Home hospt Vocal Solo Miss Una Dell Berry Address Dr Stanley Coul ter dean Purdue university Harp Solo Adieu to His Na tive (John Thomas) Misa Violet oster Rev Recessional Carley'" Brown The class irf composed of the following young women: Gertrude Owens 'Lafayette lossie Booth' Pine Village Wilma a Rush Otterbein: Grace puff 14 A Wolcott Hazel Musson Hoopes ton Ethel Knopinski Crown Point Mary Mildred Malsbray Romney Street Railway to Cut Capital Stock: The Lafayette Street Railway Inc' has petitioned the public service commission of Indiana for Authority reduce its authorized capital stock to $100000 At the present 'time the: authorized I tai stock of the contedn it $200 ooo aitnougn omy SBVfUuy wvim has been issued The? other out standing securities are first mort gage bonds aggregating' $200000 The company proposes to issue $20000 of its authorized capital stock making the stock $100000 and the petition recites that it would be for its best in terests and those of the public that its authorized capital stock 1 be reduced from $200000 tos $100 Accessory Thieves Reported at Work A Boycez motometer and a 33x4 Howe cordtire were Stolen Monday night from "the Lafayett Auto Parts company George Lang reported to the police that a car bureter a rear wheel tire and rim were stolen from his ord car parked in the rear of the nouse a Qira ana pvreeia A Monon Studying Problem of Moving Tracks rom Street President Kurrie Speaking at Business TY1 Cl cj ni Damohm 4" rt zs i iirAi'mmLI I Qdj vUowlUiCB AACiuaiu jure yTvivviuL Chamber of Commerce Leader Also Heard at Get Together Dinner That several almost insurmountable obstacles involving a vast financial expenditure must be overcome before the Mpnon railroad right of way now crossing the city north and south on ifth street "can be removed to the Wabash river banks was the statement of Harry Kurrie president of the Monon in a friendly at the get iogeiiier uaHquev ui me Lafayette Merchants and Manufac turers association Monday evening at the owler hotel banquet was attended more than a hundred busi ness and professional men all of whom displayed great interest in fVi a' AXTa 1 ii YAftmVaf LA1U xwxT the hotel jwas reserved 'for the evening and the program was car ried out1' there red O'Mara of the Zinn company presi dent of the and Manu' association acted as toastmaster A five piece orches tra furnished? music during tho Mr: Kurrie andf John Van der 'Vries of the United States' Chamber of Commerce were the only speakers of 'the 9 President (Kurrie was first called upon by Toastmaster and he received an ovation amiliar with the question foremost in the minds of his audience Mr Kurrie opened' his talk with' a discussion of thepossibilities moving the Monon tracks a civic improvement which is one of the principal aims of the local business organ ization BIG UNDERTAKING 7 of the MonoXraiiway prob ably thought of this matter long before the? residents' of Lafayette began to regard it he said fifteen years ago our company acquired by pur chase the old Wabash and Erie canal bed along the river bank with a view of removing the tracks to that However (mov ing of the railroad 7 right of way from ifth street is a pretty 'big Inn nn4 a heavy financial outlay whidh tntistr be borne by the interested Mr Kurrie stated that although the railroad 'company made extensive investigations regarding the feasibility of the project no solution of the two great barriers the Wabash 'river overflow and the ((Continued on page 12)' Adoo Aides Deny Plot to Pack Garden Managers De nounce Ticket Scandal as Malicious" ScKeme to In jure Their Candidate international News Service) fNEW YORKJ June! Charges that McAdoo boomers had permit ted tickets to the convention to efisappear as part of a plan to pack Madison4Square Garden with the friends were ve hemently1 denied today by Na tional i Committeemen Isidore' 3 DoclCiveilefKCalifornia anV Bruce Kremer? 4 Homer Cummings of Connec whosename was also asso ciated tvith ticket scandal could not be if located this morn ing "Not only is the charge Iack ing in truth i said "but the assertion is maliciously falseand 'made for the perfectly obvious purpose of injuring Mr McAdboiW'Jemais6pJy4o the charge was thatjlt is ridiculous and absolutely without HEAR EVIDENCE IN BANDIT CASE Dan Morgan on Trial at Delphi identified as a ankfort Robber Many Lawyers in Trial BULLETIN' Monroe Mead and rank jurymen in the Mor gan trial were taken ill Tuesday afternoon the condition being regarded seriouc It was necessary to postpone further proceedings until Wednesday Special to Journal and Courier! DELPHI Ind 'June 24 rcd Raker 1 employed at the Standard Oil filling station and tWalnut streets rankfort today positively identified Dan Morgan on? trial in the local circuit court as 'the man who held him up at the of a pistol on May 18 Baker detailed how he was in the act of closing the filling station when a stranger In hold ing a pistol in his right hand and demanded the cash! After secur ing? the Baker said the I bandit ordered him Into a side (room A car drove up and when Baker came out the visitor was gone The jury to determine the guilt or innocence of Morgon was se lected late Monday and is com posed of tho following Carroll County 'cifizens: Harry Mason rank lleckner' A Ward I on roe Meadq Truman Snoebarger Martin? Walker" Earl Douelass? Williams cVnv Ii A Shdffer James DeLong and Cash JJurtsonz Morgan is one of an alleged bandit 1 trio captured near rank fort May 21 Charges Norman an other member of the gang 'has been identified as one of a gang of seven bank robbers who escaped from the Newton" Kansas jail aft er having! been convicted The member is known as Landy The alleged bandits have em ployed seven attorneys to defend them The legal calendar gives the names of Judge Peden of the fqm of Peden Bradon Kahn Murphy of Chicago James Wassori and Judge' Pollardof the firm of Pollard Cartwright of Delphi Mike ans ler and Don Douglass of Logans port and Dan lanagan and Kranit'Pryor of "rankfort BThe state is represented by Paul lymon prosecuting attorney of Clinton county Dan Slenker pros ecuting attorney of and White counties John Hanna' of Delphi' appointed as special prose cutor by the' "court and William Robinson rankfort employed by the Indiana associa tion xX I rais a a a a a mi: rw ra re 'K'b a reiaaai'ea i 'i LAAYETTE TUESDAY' EVENING JUNE 24 1924 fr e' Hoosier Pilgrims VisitlWashinjgtoh County Agents and Purdue Men Arrive 1 in National Capital on Novel Motor Journey to East Special to Journal and Courier WASHINGTON June 24 Indiana county agricultural agents twenty seven strong with several representatives from Pur due university and three others arrived here at 9 this morning to spend four days visit ing the United States department of agriculture and historic points about Washington' The men getting in touch with the latest facts developed by the agricultural research workers of the depart ment and will visit the farms about Washington The first stop after the formal welcome by department officials which included Weed Harvey a Purdue graduate and1 native1 of Marlon was at' the bureau: of ag ri cultural whose work ings were explained by Clyde Marquis another Purdue graduate native of" West "Lafayette This took the 1 remainder of the mprning' A trip to Mount' Vernon and Arlington National cemetery was scheduled for the 'afternoon with a visit tovtha congressional library at night? The agents are encamped on the lawn adjoin! ng4he administration building for the de partment They will visit tlje White House tomorrow 5X'X xvAAi lOMBINATION TO DEEAT M'ADOO IRST SOUGHT Until He is Eliminated Dark Horses Cannot Romp rUHvumiuii id Qwunyij 4 Anti Klan A I By DAVID LAWRENCE' 1 Copyright 1924 by Lafayette I Journal and Courier I NEW YORK June Althpugh' the balloting fornomlnatlons will I not come till Thursday or riday' a number df things are develop I ingas the delegatesof the dem ocratic national: convention as I semblo give an interesting I line on what is going to happen I irst of alL (William Gibbs Me I Adoo and Governor Al Smith to i gether" control i more than 800 df the 1098 delegates? The so called "dark of whom there is an abundance depend entirely for their opportunity on a break up of the Smith and? McAdoo forces But preconvention strategy does not move as Tast now as it Iwill when the" balloting begins and only if every leader could appraise at its tfuevalue the promises of sup portpie has been 'given 'would itJ 4 be possible to form a definite ea timate of strength AGAINST McADOP 'To'date there Is a growing com bination whiieh has for its primary4" object the defeat of McAdoo be cause until hes is? eliminated there is little chance of Smith or any of' the dark horses 4 So the entire fiel ha been combed for a work Ing coalition: which will operate constantly: against McAdoo in as 4 many ballots as shall' be The hand'Ot tlwT anti McAdx? forces 4havlng sbeeri" Shown hls supporters hnve redoubled their efforts to hold their 'lines i snd 1 even McAdoo hlmsdlf has been receiving delegates for the last 24 hours arguing with them in person abopt the need for a progressive candidate speech denouncing certain NewV York newspapers for alleged un fair treatment is also apart of the pre convention strategy the same i representing an effort to win oh? the ground that the cards are stacked against him In the middle of all comes the' New York World 'with an ed (Continued on page eight) 1 1 STRONG PLEA OR HARMONY WITHIN PARTY Harrison in Eulogy to Wood row Wilson Urges Re pnion of all Democrat ic Elements 7 By DAVID LAWRENCfe Copyright 1924 by Lafayette Journal and Courier MADISON SQUARE GARDEN New York June 24 Pat Harrison senior senator from Mis sissippi dipciple of Woodrow Wil son and the chief haranguer of the democratic party In 'Ihri ate onened the residential cam peared Thedrone of hisX'motor paigne iaifcMasybysreclaim re vv re 4 re 4T re re re re re Ln TtrA I I in rt 1 re MAUGHAN SUCCEEDS IN NEW CONQUEST AIR Army Aviator Spans North American Conti nent in Less Than Mass of Excited Humanity Extends Ovation to Lieutenant i After Long Gruelling Journey (By the Associated Press SAN RANCISCO June 14 Lieut Russell Mau ghan wrote a new and spectacular chapter in the history of conquest of the air yesterday when he spanned the North American continent in less than a day The hazardous and gruel ling flight was his third at tempt He left Mitchell field New York at eastern standard time halted briefly at five refueling stayons enroute over mountains and plains fought fatigue and constantly re curring nausea for 21 hours 47 minutes 45 seconds and arrived at Crissy field San rancisco at 9:47:15 (Pacific time) last night TIRED AND NERVOUS Tired and nervous from his long struggle with the perils of the air and the illness which had gripped him the courageous trail blazer was engulfed in a cheering wildly excited mass of humanity which extended to him an almost un paralleled ovation upon his arrival "Gee but good to be he said as jubilant comrades of the air service lifted him bodily from the cockpit of his plane i i am urea outThe ostentations in sharp contrast to the lonely single handed battle which therair xpan waged throughout the day in his race with the sun Lieut" Maughan soared away from Mitchell ield in the waning light of a half moon undauntedby prospects of none too favorable weather and recollection of his twa previous failures rom the start he Encountered rough weather Lvt surmounted all difficulties as he drove his powerful army pursuit plane ahead' of the sun DARKNESS SHROUDS BAY Darkness enshrouded Sanran cisco bay as Lieut Maughan ap came to the ears or the waiting thousands and they broke into pro longed The filer encircled the Afield twice his plane blotted fronuview part: of the time by a light mist Then he shot down ward and taxied almost to the door I of army' headquarters in a perfect The belt buckle of the world qad been pulled up a few more notches DEAENING OVATION Lieut Maughan was borne away to army headquarters amid a deafening ovation There he re counted briefly story 5bf his difficult voyage and received a shower of congratulations includ ing a message from Major General Patrick chief of the service He declared' that he been' 111 two? or three dozen times during the sea to sea dash Lieut Maughan flew an erage speed of approximately 150 miles an hour he said making less than 'that above 2000 feet and more at or under that height GLAD TO SEE LIGHTS 7 "I was mighty giaxl to seeflie lights of Crissy com mented "I lost them for a while but quickly picked them up again bucked head winds for two thirds of the way and the rest of the way I bucked a heavy cross Jlis' plane he explained a type now being tried out by the air service'dlfferlng' only in that adjustments were made enabling him to carry eighty gal Ions Jinpre of gasoline The machine a 375 horse power single seater appeared to be In perfect mechanical condi tion when 4 he arrived It is nearly the same type as that6' in which he made his two previous attempts to span 'continent a day On the first flight July 19 1923 a small motor ailment mid way across the country abandonment of the flight Ten days later he tried again 'but at Rock Springs Wyoming' was forc ed down by 'an oil leak Lieut Maughan to i the home of Lieut Col William Gilmore in charge of the alrforce at Crissy field where he wilt be a guest several days Edgier ton A ppointed Trustee of Purdue INDIANAPOLIS June Pal mer Edgerton a farmer of near Marion today was appointed a trustee of Purdue university to succeed Perry Crane resigned term 4 expires in 1926 Edgerton is a graduate of Purdue of the class of 1906 1 I VX A X'lxx kJijl) 4 4 4 1 X4 4 reX xtx 4 'XX LAST ed1TI0N SHED 1881' A 1 1 'j K' X' 3KOooooooooo4Mia mrr Cf iMni X' IUb'w W' XX.