| Show Will STAY ur UNTIl SHIP OR OUT Pass Hour Mark but Refuse to Halt Endurance Endurance Endurance En En- durance Test MOT MOTOR 0 R REPAIRED Sheriff With Writ Waits for Their Landing By STANLEY WHITAKER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO July 3 UP The UP-The The City of f Chicago piled up hours atop I th the St St. Louis Loui Robins Robin's old refueling refueling endurance record today and con continued con continued I reeling off the tho hou hours chasing a th o wip wIllo wisp goal goat that always danced away when th the flying Hunters Hunters Hun Hun- bra neared it THo Tue hour was left leU behind at p. p m. m C. C D. D T. T and the flights flight's end nd was was not in sight When they ascended on June 11 John and nd Kenneth Hunter Hunt r said they v would ld be be content to b better the St. St Louis Bobins Bobin's rec record rd of ot hours and d' d theY did The nex next ambition w was s' s to rs i accomplished yesterday Y then to fly hours With that done the Fourth of July beckoned the he S pe monoplane onward toV The Ine plane was wag he Big B Ben n in the hour th ended at a. a m. m C. C CD D D. T. T 01 Z Ambition for tor f or even greater grenter wt f 1 and fame today caused the Hu Hunter ter I family to announce the endurance airplane will remain aloft until either ither m man n or or machine gives out Am Among ng th the financial rewards be beIng being being be- be ing received by the fliers filers is is' 1 Jl per minute from the Blue Ribbon Malt company 1 The Tho dollar a of 01 offer offer of- of fer ter started at 6 6 P p. p m. m T Tuesday and will continue until the tho end of ot the light flight for radio talks MOTOR CLEARED CLEARED Pilots John and Kenneth reported the motor of the second hand Stin- Stin son monoplane 1 d been cleared of all aU trouble bave abandoned their original Intention of t J landing the plane tomorrow The The other members of ot the Hunter Hunger family connected with th the light flight denied de de denied nied indignantly that the presence of Sheriff Sherlf Matt on the field below was any inducement for the endurance plane to remain aloft Sheriff had a writ or ordering John and Kenneth to confer as soon a as they land with ith several former partners partners' and managers of an endurance endurance endur endur- ance flight night in which the Hunters participated a a. year yea ago The writ It charges the promoters and backers of 01 the former flight Continued en on page 2 WILL STAY UP UNTIL SHIP ORMEN OR ORMEN ORMEN MEN GIVE OUT Continued from p page o 1 l. hold a mortgage on the Wright 6 J motor of ot the City Cily of oC Chicago Chi cago and requests that the Hunters pay tho lien with with port part of th tho 00 00 they expect to earn through tho the present endurance flight A I request to hold court in theair theair the Ute air next Tuesday was made by the tho fliers filers it when hen informed a a. court hearIng hearing hear hear- ing on that day y was scheduled The idea was abandoned however cr when Judge Michael telegraphed tale tele graphed ho would wait walt until the fliers filers landed ed before calling caJUn tho case A few more managers and backers backers back bark ers era and well we'll have set another record record record rec rec- ord said ald Walter Valter Hunter who with Albert another brother handles tho the refueling plane Big Brg Ben John Hunter dropped a a. note this morning vigorously asserting tho the Hunters Hunters' Intention to remain aloft Indefinitely Say who in blazes put this stuff In the papers about Kenneth wantIng wantIng want- want Ing to come como down he asked Whoever Whoever Who ever did Id it had bad darn dun little to do with him running this ship night and da day trying to bring the record back to Chicago I 1 only told you youlie ou he lie Wa was i hard to wake up Beans Kenneth cane came atrie neAr near jumping out In a 8 parachute when he read that stuff This ts ts' s an endurance flight night Ineer in er e every sense said Wilson Herren Hen manager o of tho the flight It will continue continue con con- as long as as' as the men and the plane can stand It Alluring offers of oC bonuses for additional additional ad nd- flying time and recognition of oC tho the value of tho the flight to aviation were wera credited with keeping up the morale of the endurance pilots For every day dRY th the elt City of oC Chicago remains aloft from now on the tho Hunters will profit by almost i t was said ald An Al' oil firm which promised for every hour the hour 40 record of ot the tho St. St Louis Robin was exceeded already dy owes the Hunters TO 10 BROADCAST TALKS The Tho largest portion of or the quarter quarter ter kr ter million dollars or so o o which the Hunters e expect to receive will be paid them by airplane and accessory accessory sory Oly companies They also have havo signed contracts to tell the story of the flight over er tho the radio Among ng tho the felicitations t f received was vas 30 a a. telegram sni from Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh which rea read Congratulations on the success of bf t our our wonderful flight The City of r Chicago was v paid a aalt call alt yesterday by the transatlantic piano ilano Southern Cross Major Charles Cha Jes Smith Kingsford-Smith and his companions on the recent eastward crossing of ot the Atlantic flew over Sky Harbor and saluted the Hunters Huners Hunters Hun Hun- ers before landing at atla ata a nearby field The Tho Southern Cross fliers filers spent the night here en route from Now New York to California Tho The legal entanglements which face tace tho the Hunters are the result of an nn endurance flight which they at attempted attempted at- at tempted a s year jear ear ago In the CIt City of Chicago which then was known as as tho ho Chicago We Will Four stockholders stock stock- holders of or the Chicago We Will corporation corporation cor cor- I obtained the writ The four Hunter brothers and Bernard MaJewski he head d of oC the corporation corporation cor cor- are named in the bill which asked that the plane bo be kept within v court Jurisdiction The h stockholders charge that Majewski 2900 of the corporations corporation's funds runds on a n new motor for the plane lost last winter r. r Subsequently they the charge Majewski asserted that th he ho had sold the plane to tho Hunters Hunterson on a a. lien for the price of the tho motor WOULD HALT SALE The writ questions whether Ma- Ma kl ever sold tho plane to the Hunters and indicates the stockholders stockholders stockholders stock stock- holders will seek seel to hold up the sale of the motor by the tho Hunters as has been heen rumored for i to the Wright Motor company com pan whIch would use tho the engine for tor experimental experimental expert expert- mental purposes purpose Members of tho the ground crew pr predicted pre the City of Chicago would itay up at least until Sunday Sunda mornIng mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing when the plane would surpass tho ho former record b by just one week Walter Valler and Albert said they believed be be- the thc ship might be kept going until tho the hour GOO mark is reached Only two persons on the field ap appeared appeared ap- ap anxious today for the City of Chicago to conclude a its flight They were Irene Iren Hunter who tho the cooking of ot th the bo boys boys' s meals meal and Mrs Irs Hunter their mother who ho gets ets awfully worried every time tho ho boys go out on that narrow little catwalk to repair the motor Excursions out on tho ho catwalk were less frequent toda today however Indicating the motor was functionIng function function- Ing Ing- better John and Kenneth made madeno maderio no rio mention of motor trouble In their notes to the field and It was as as- umed the tho engine had ceased censed to pump oil in eVeT every cylinder as they reported yesterday Confidence that the CIt City of oC Chicago Chi Chi- cago will stay up until Sunday was wan expressed b by man many of tho the pilots a arid and d airplane mechanics who ho listened to the hum bum of the motor as 18 the ship hll dipped low 10 over the field to mark the pawing of each itch hour Their confidence was reflected by b the action action ac ac- ac- ac tion Uon of or the thc Hotel Sherman in sendIng sending send send- In ing thirteen beds and a man to take care cart of them to the field for forthe forthe forthe the indefinite use of newspaper men |
