Nearly 900 Miles Better Than Previous Italian Figure St. Louis, Oct. 11.
Avviving home to-day after a trip to China and the Philippines, Con-grossman L. C. Dyer issued a' statement declaring that at the next session of Congress he will end Your to amend the Seaman's Act otherwise help to place American shipping on a basis of equality with other competing nations, his visit to Ching had convinced him the United States must avail itself of the best facilities for conducting in China, where trade is on the increase, American busines keep pace with China's growth and improvement and legislation should facilitate their efforts, he declared,—United Press.
Paris, Oct. 13.
The Air Ministry has received a report from the famous French aviator, Captain Costes, who, companied by his compatriot, Belonte, recently broke the world's record for non-stop long-distance clit by flying from Lo Bourget to 'a village north of Tsitsihar, Manchuria, The report states that the fig) Insted 51 hr. 19 min, and covered about 5,625 miles.
In accomplishing their flight to Manchuria Captain Costes and his! companion beat by about 875 miles the record held by the Italians, Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Proto, for their fight of 4,750 miles from Rome to Brazil.
Captain Costes and -Bellonte, it will be recalled, arrived safely at Harbin on Friday afternoon, after flying there from the village where they had made a forced landing on September 29, According to recent reports from Tokyo, they are flying to Mukden to-day—Reuter,
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