New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 5, 1923, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 WEBB EMPHATICALLY DENIES |New York Women Storm City Hall NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, HE EVER WARNED WIFE SHE WOULD BE DEAD IN 30 DAYS \cury sammers *Reading:|: ‘Says He Would Swear It On Ten Bibles— Hints At Mystery In| Doctor’s Statements. Mrs. Johnston Named by Dying Woman as Familiar With Nature of Deadly Tablets, Report Shows. New York, Oct. b, = Charles H. Webb, husband of Mra, Gertle Gorman Webh, who dfed. mysterfously last week at the Westchester-Blltmore | Country club in Rye, N. Y, today denied in an interview that he had told his wife she had only 30 days to live, Neatly dressod in o black cutaway coat, Webb met newspapermen in the corridor of the surrogate’s court in company with his lawyer, “IDid you tell Mrs, Webb that her doctor told you she had only 30 days ‘s0 you better make your will he was asked, . Makes Strong Denial “Have yon a wife? Would you tell her a thing like that? That's my answe said Webb, who fhen raised hig right hand above his head and continued: *I swear on 10 Bibles I did not. n't be any more positive than that, hio sald in a voice of determination, “Did Dr. Meyer tell you any of hi suspicions before Mrs, Webb's deat dearie',” he was asked. Adds to Mystery “Most of Dr. Meyer's communica- tions to me were by written notes,” Webl said. 1 have saved them all and am going to have copies made of them, “On the last day of her life, 1 heard rumors of suspicions, 1 went to him and demanded explanations. hen T got ceirtuin admissions rather not disen “startling Disclostres” Most of the reported *sta ros” in the death bed scene de- bed before the Westehester grand Jury investigating the death of Mrs, Webb by Mes, Maobert W, Johnstone and Dr. Wiltlam J. M ' Ho- lieved to huve heen diselos in a statement the doetor Jdst night. 1 made by Fablet nuise, dying, Takes Bloe The suspicions of a while Mrs, Webl v, in the revelntion th . Webb had s hine tabl which, might have contained the on £t had nermeated the birain and abdaminal of the wealthy woman, Mrs, Johnstone and the in the sickroom when Dr. Me, tioned the dying patient, he Told She Dying voleed organs qnes- seld, Dr, (Continued on Tenth Page). Famous ZR-1 Likely to Fly Over photographic | when | Il tling dis- | resulted ! sald | nursé were | Meyer toid of giving Mrs. Webh ! e e+ ~——— e ——— KNEW OF POISON MRS, R, 8, JOUNSIUNE JAGOBSON IS PRESENTED WITH FINE GOLD WATCH P. ¥, Burns, Who Got Him His First Baschall Job, Makes Ppesentation at Hartford Today. Merwin Jacobson, hard hitting outs fielder of the Baltimore Orioles, was given a great ovation by a large dele- gation of New Britaln fans at the | opening of the two-game series be- | tween Hartford and Baltimore at Hartrord this afternoon, and as the | tormer local semi-pro stepped to the plate he was met by Patrick I°. Burns and presented with a handsome gold | watch, a gift from his friend$ and nd- | mirers in his old home town. The wateh was suitably inseribed. Probably no one has followed Ja- cobson's career more glosely than has Mr. Bup who made the presenta- tion today. It was Mr. Burns who first saw the possibilities of Jacobson 'as a baseball player. Watching him . play with an amateur outfit in An- Irews’ iot one day, he asked the | voungster if he would like to go into i baseball as a profession. He then dis- cussed Jacobson with Hugh Duffy of the Portland team and obfained a try- ovt. From Portland Jacobson went into the Colonial league and was then abbed up by the Giants. The Giants sent him to the Cubs in the famous Zimmerman deal, and from the Cubs he'went to Ballimore, where he gince | has played remarkably fine ball, being sure fielder and a heavy hitter. BANDIT 1S TAKEN. Fort, Smith, Ark, Oct, | Lockhart, Oklahoma bandit, is in jail at Jay, Okla., today after six weeks of evading the law in Oklahoma and Ar- | kansas. T.oeckhatt was captured late | yesterday while he slept in a barn. New Britain on Trip to Boston WILL SOAR O DURING THE TRNOON This afternoon the following telegram was reeeived from the zommander of the ZR-1: “If the ZR-1 goes to Boston tomorrow we will fly over New Britain in the afternoon.” MUST OFFER PROOF New Haven Jawyer Questions Jurors On Their Stand on Evidence [T Liquor Cases. New Haven, Oct, 5.—When Charles 8. Hamilton, as coungel for a man ac- cused of transporting laquor charged | talesmen in superior court today, other lawyers were of the opinion | that this was a method taken to de- termine the attitude of prospective gurors on evidence offered in cases involving violation of the liquor laws. | Judge Newell Jennings allowed the challenges. Mr. Hamilton, among other questions, pressed for an answer from talesmen as to whether they would convict on less evidence than . they would in any other case. Legal opinion was that Mr. Hamilton sought to compel the state to offer more con- clusive evidence and less of circum- stantial character. Oklahoma House May Be . Called to Meet Oct. 17 By The Assoclated Press. Oklahoma. City, Oct. 5,—It was in- dicated in well InlorMPd quarters to- day that a call for the meeting of the lower house of the state legislature Was in progress and that it would robably go out soon summoning the ody for an impeachment session October 17. NEW CHINESE PRESIDEN By The Aswoclated Press. Peking, Oct. 5.-—Marshal Tsao Kun, ehief of the northern militarists has keen clected president of China, '| New Britain, of to Request of Chamber Commerce Referrved Comimanding Officer of Leviathan of Air— Is Tomarrow, the efforts of Miss soeretary of the Chamber of New' Britain people to- morrow probably will have an oppor- tunity of seeing the giant dirigible, ZR-1, It [that the Leviathan of fthe air will soar over this city on its trip be- | tween f.akehurst, . and Boston. The following tecgraphic correspon- dence bhetween the local chamber and | the bnreau of acronautics is self ex- | planatory: New Britain's Request, To Admiral Moffett, Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, ‘Navy Department, Washington, D. C. | '65,000 citizens in New Britain, Conn,, midway between New York and Roston, very anxlous to have ZR-1 Through | Curtin, Commerce, Mary at close range. is Is it possible for you to route the dirigible this way? “NEW BRITAIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE."” Reply Is Received The answer sent by Admiral Moffett follows: “Your request, ZR-1 to fly over has been referred to her commanding officer, Commander I R. McCrary of Lakehurst, with the re- aquest that New Britain be Included on her route ¥ weather and other conditions permit. . “Signed, “CHIEF OF BURBAU AFRONAUTICS, Washington, Oct. Weather per- mitting, the navy dirigible ZR-1 will leave its shed at Lakehurst, N. T, Saturday morning to fly over New England. Proceeding over Long fsland Sound, it will go over New f.ondon to Providence and from there on to Brm’klon to fly over the fair or b (Continued on I'ng(- Twenty-Six) 1 Flight | likely | fly over our eity enroute to Boston. | FRIDAY, OCTOBER In Antl-British Demonstrations “Lloyd George’s Hands Are Red With the Blood of Women and Children” —Police Reserves Called Out, Now York, Oct, 6.-—Police reserves today' broke up a parade of middle aged women outside of City hall carrying banners denouncing Great Britain where a crowd of severa! thousand persons had gathered to greet former Premier Lloyd George, Anti-British Demonstration than 20 women carried the - nr whlch read: vull the wool REV. 0% . WIN OF HARTFORD IS DEAD Was 84 Years Old and for Generation an Influen- tial Citizen Hartford, Oct. 6.~The Rev. Dr, Francis Goodwin, one of the most be- loved and influential of the descend- ants of Hartford's earllest families, and for a generation one of the first citizens of Hartford, died at an early hour this morning at his Woodland street home only a few days after the observance of his eighty-fourth birthday, Dr. Goodwin was taken ill a few days ago with a cold which de- veloped into bronchitis, Death came while he slept. Ior the past three years he had been 'gradually with- drawing from many of the connec- tions that took more of his time and energy than he cotild afford In his declining years but he maintained his membership in the boards of trustees of Trinity college, the Berkeley school of divinity at Middletown and Keeney Park and in the directorate of the Aetna (Fire) Insurance Co. He de- voted much valuable service to the work of the Hartford park and street commissions, of which until a few years ago he was a member, Dr, Goodwin ¥as a cotisin of J. P, Mor- gan. Francis Goodwin was born in Hart- ford Septemier 25, 1839, He was a direct lineal descendant of Ozlas Goodwin who came to Boston in 1632 from England and migrated to Hart- ford in 1639. After attending grammar and high school he served apprenticeship in drygoods stores in Hartford and New York and then decided to prepare for the Episcopal ministry. In October, 1860, he entered = Berkeley divinity school, Middletown, graduating in May, 1863, and was ordained deacon by Bishop John . Williams. He was appointed chaplain to the bishop .{and placed in charge of the missions at Durham, North Guilford, North Killingworth and Ponset, his resi- dence being at that time in Middle- town. He was ordained priest in 1868 and the same year received the degree of master of arts from Trinity college. On May 14, 1865, he became rector of Trinity Protestant Episcopal | church, Hartford, and continued there until November, 1871, In later years he was rector of St. John's church, Hartford, and Trinity church, Weth- {ersfield, and Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford. He was the first Hartford, an office I'ebruary, 1888, of until archdeacon he filled 1 EXPLOSION IN ANSONIA Denatured Aleohol in Cellar Believed To Have Caused Blowup—QOne Man Blown Out of Bed, Ansonia, Oct. 5.'~- An explosion carly this morning in a tire service station on Maple strect gent the plate glass wipdows across the highway, |dislodged foundation walls of the build ing and raised a man sleaping in a tenement on the second floor of the building two feet from the bed. Fire followed the blast, damages of $1,600 resulting before it was extinguished. The damage was mostly by smoke. The cause of the explosion which was in the cellar of the building has not heen determined but may have been caused by denatured aleohol. Nine Persons Killed in | Silesian Food Rioting Warsaw, Oct. 5.—Nine persons were killed and 14 wounded in the recent rioting in the town of Hindenburg in the German district of Upper Silesia, according to messages received here. |The fatalities occurred during a clash between the police and demonstrators against the high cost of living. AWAIT FRANCE'S MOVE, The Associated Press. London, Oct. 5.—The present pol- iey of the British government on rep- arations is to await the next move | from France now that Germany has “converted her passive resistance into passive assistance,” Foreign Secretary | Curzon told the premiers in address- ing the imperial conference today. MIiss vrmnnca WINS. The Assogiated Press. Rye, N. Y, Oct. 5.—Miss Alexa Stirling of New York defeated Mrs. Flizabeth H. Goss of Baltursol, N. J,, 2 up, today, in the semi-finals of gthe u.omrns national golf championship. | By By | ' Others Named by Chicago over your eyes.' “Hritish bootleggers rica with British boose,’ The police grahbed the huunlrl and | tore them to shreds, There were no arrests, Hits Policeman, Arrested During the meles & number of au- l tomobiles paraded past the outskirts | of the crowd circulating ant!-lioyd George statements, A woman struck a police sergeant over the head with | a banner she was carrying and it | taken into custody, The women sald they were mem- bers of the American Assoclation for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, Some of the banners destroyed by the police bore these inscriptions: “Mack Tans Here" “Lloyd Georg's black and tans are here," “Lloyd George's hands are red with the blood of women and children,” Because of the demonstration 50 more police were called out, | | STOKES 1S INDICTED | ON CONSPIRACY COUNT are fiw«lu. | His Attorn and Five Grand Jury v Chicago, Oct. 5.—W.'E. D, Stokes, millionaire hotel man of New York.' his attorney Daniel Nugent of New | York, and five others were indicted | by the county grand jury today on charges of conspiracy in eonnenth)n, with the charges of Mrs. Helen Wood | Stokes that her husband and his agents plotted the ruin of her reputa- tion in connection with his divorce suit. | The indictment containing nine counts comes on the eve of the re- hearsing of the suit in which Stokes seeks to divorce his wife. The hear- ing is set for Monday in New York. Those named besides Stokes and his attorney include a taxicab driver and four negroes one of them a for- mer Chicago deputy sheriff. 1923, —~TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES, PRICE THREE CENTS 'LLOYD GEORGE DEFENDS VERSAILLES PACT; DENIES IT'S CAUSE OF STRIFE LOST LEGION STILL HOLDS BACK GUARDS Kentucky Gonvlcts Withstand Terrific Hail of Bullets ASSAULT BEING HELD UPI Prison Fortress Strong Enough o HEREON VISIT | Bt S | | | Stand Off Regiment, Warden Says | —Troops May be Used Evimtually, Eddyville, Ky., Oct. 6.~"The siege of KEddyville'" entered its third day to- day. of three prison guards, Monte Wal- ters, Lawrence Griffith and Harry Ferland, convict murderers, still Jurk- ed behind the bullet riddled walls of | the two-story brick mess hall of the western state penitentiary. For more than two days and two nights the gunmen three had held the | ilmprovised fortress, despite combined efforts of prison guards, a troop of National Guerd machine gunners and volunteer citizon rifiemen to dislodge them. Have Desperate The desperate courage of v.ns lost legion—those men with “all to gain and nothing to lose"—carried the trio through two barrages from high pow- er rifles and two machine guns that drove a hail of steel jacketer bullets through the mess hall walls tearing out large holes in the north and west side at points where the fire was con- centrated; a gas attack released by tear gas bombs lobbed into the build- ing through the breaches in the walls and a bombardment of rifle grenades. Just before midnight Governor Ed- win P. Morrow ordered additional guardsmen to the scene. Acting up- on a request for reinforcements from ‘Warden John Chilton, who said the | machine gunners were worn out by | the strain of the long watch and need- SPEED OF 4 MILES A MIN. EXPECTED AT ST. LOUIS Tomorrow’s Events in International | Ariwmd, High i | Powered Airplancs. | $t. Louis, Oct. 5—The second day's events of the international air races here include the aviation country club | of Detroit trophy vace for ecivillan pilots, with light commercial planes and the merchants exchange of St. [.ouis trophy race for large capacity | welght carrying observation planes for service entrants. Other events in- cluded demonstrations by dirigibles and alrships, parachute jumping, bal- loon snipping and acrobatic fiying. Yesterday on the opening day of the meet a speed of approximately 140 miles an hour was attained by army planes which won all prizes in the Liberty buflders trophy race. The classlc speed event of the meet, the Pulitzer trophy race, for especial- Iy high powered army and navy ma- chines, will be run tomorrow, the concluding day of the races. A speed of nlmost four miles a minute is ex- pected to be reached. Four filers were forced down before the conclusion of the aviation country | club of Detroit trophy race. No one was hurt. The fliers were Lieut, winner last ye: hA Burns, . R.| Robertson and W. B. Robertson, On three other fliers remain in the race. Classie Will Cents H. R. Harris, | | GETS GAR LOAD OF BEER | Holyoke Police Go Into Ireight Yards | Where They Find Contraband Hid- | den Under Hay. | Holyoke, Mass., Oct. "he police | today seized a freight car load of beer | consigned to the Salaberry Brewing Co,, of Valley Field, Miq., to the| Holyoke Day Co. | The beer was concealed under hay| and was in 300 bags each of which contained a dozen bottles. An inves- | tigation is being made by the au- | thorities, 16 BODIES RECOVERED Work of Removing Remains of Vies tims in Casper, Wyoming, Train Disaster Continues Today. Casper, Wyo.,, OUect. 5.~—Sixteen bodies have been recovered from the | wreck of Burlington train 30 at Cole| Craek the night of September 27‘ last. Work of sfarching the wreck- age continued today with prospects that few if any more bodies would be recovered from the smoking car. AGED 100 ¥ ' Bridgeport, Oct. 5.—One years and four months old, Mrs.| Floryntina Kowolska, widow of Teofil Kowalska, died here yesterday, | 1 MONTHS hundred DI * | THE WEATHER | —— Hartford, Oct. 5—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair and continfued cool tonight. * | | | Trost tonight; northwest winds, || | *| | mentarily {dentally suggest ed guard relief, Governor Morrow or- | dered 25 members of Co. L, 149th in- from Maryland to the scene. May Use Dynamite. Twenty-five th nd rounds of am- munition together with a supply or rifle grenades arrlved late yesterday from Camp Henry Knpox. - In addi- tion the beslegers have - obtdined a quantity of dynamite and it has been intimated that an effort might be made to mine the building and raze it with a heavy blast of the explosive. Not All Killed Anyway Oplnion was expressed in some quarters early last night that the be- leaguered desperadoes had been kill- ed or seriously wounded by the vol- leys directed against their fortress. It was proved, however, that at least one of the trio still was able to walk when a figure was seen to emerge from the mesg hall doors greeted by a spurt of bullets from the rifles of watching guards, the man fled back into the dark interlor of the building, Later a guard in attempting to place to more advantage one of the torches, mo- deserted cover and three fired from the bullding fantry, shots were showing that the ammunitiot of the | mess hall defenders had not beon ex- hausted. Persons familiar with the interior of the mess hall explained that it would have been possible for the gun- men to have escaped the besiegers bullets by entering the prison ovens, huge brick affairs lined with sheets of iron. Assault Held Up Warden Chilton said further efforts to dislodge the men would be held up until this afternoon awaiting the arrival of three members of the state | board of charities and correction. ‘Warden Chilton said the convicts c\n]r‘nllv had used four ninety gal- 1 iron steam boilers in the front of th(‘ building and a steel sheeted bread | mixer in the rear as hiding places, They are located at the only en trances to the huilding, in the ward- en's opinfon the convicts could hide in | these places and stand off a regiment. Firing Resumed. iring upon the mess hall of the state penitentiary where three conviet murderers are barricaded was re- sumed shortly before noon. It was | decided to resume firing when guards- men at vantage points, with the aid of field glasses, reported a bellef they |could discern two forms recumbent {on the floor ofithe dining hall. No | sign of a third was detected. GONFERENCE ON RUHR stinnes, Gen. Degouette and Others in Session Today, Supposedly to De- cide Industrial Problems. The Associated Press Duesseldorf, Oct. i.—Hugo Stinnes, |the German industrial leader, arrived in Duesseldorf this morning and it is known that he and several others of! the Ruhr industrial group have ar- By ranged for a conference with Gen.| | Degouette, the ¥rench comimander in| the Rubr, this afternoon. Herr Stinnes flatly refused to talk| with the newspapermen but it is gen- erally belleved the Germans will pro- pose methods of restoring the Ruhr valley's industrial activity and inci- some modifications on the Franco-Belgian military occu- pation. WILL STAY IN NEW H\\I-A\ New Havenm, Oct _George M. Weiss, president of the New Haven bail team of the Eastern league today said that the New Haven team is go- ing to stay just as Jong gs he issable to keep it here. Calld Out—Dynamite | Their hunds red with the life blood | ' DAVID LLOYD GEORGE SUES PHILIP BARDECK FOR AUTO ACGIDENT DAMAGE Rio Bonola of Middletown Brings $1,000 Action Against New Britain Man. Philip Bardeck of Arch street, was today named defendant in a sult for $1,000 damages by Rio Bonola of Middletown, who alleges that Bar- deck, while driving an automobile on the Berlin turnpike on the night of September 10, ran into his grocery wagon, causing him bodily {hjury and damages to the amount of $1,000, The case has been made returnable in the court of common pleas at Hartford on the first Tuesday in No- vember. Attorney I. H. Rundbaken of Hartford is counsel for the plain- tiff. ’ . Bonola in his declaration alleges that Bardeck failed to slow down or give a signal when the plaintiff was leaving Berlin turnpike and going onto the Middletown road near the Berlin town hall. Bonola's wagon was struck, demolishing the conveyance, causing the loss of groceries, break- ing harness and causing such injury to the horse that the owner was forced to dispose of it, according to his complaint. He also sustained cuts and bruises that required him to remain away from work and he also incurred doctor bills. Asceltam Id;;tii;;f Pittsburgh Murder Victim Pittsburgh, Oct. 5.—Given a clue as to the identity of the decapitated body found Wednesday in a. riverside bath house and its head which was discovered later in the day burled in the river bank as that of William Be- land, former south side hospital at- tache, police are renewing efforts to track down the murderers. FLIMFLAMMERS IN RETURN ‘rank Domanskie Victim- ized by Strangers Posing as Philanthropists With Money to Give Away. Ifrank Domanskie of 114 North street is minus $4,000 this afternoon as the result of a flim-flam game play ed upon him by twe men posing charity agents. Domanskie rushed into | police headquarters shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon to report his Joss to Captain George Kelly According to his story two men, whose names he does not know, have seen him on varlous occasions within the past few days and told him that they had $5,000 in bills which they wanted to distribute among the poor people of New Britain. They told him that they did not want to make the distribution for a few days and in the | meantime warited him to keep the money for them. They came to him again this morning and told him that they would have to have some money for security before they conld turn the $5,000 over to him. Domanskie said that he thought the thing over and finally decidéd to draw $4,000 from the bank, which he did this noon, and 8 it to the men after they had give! him the $5,000 promised. He said that he wanted to meet the a certain store but they ro- They agreed, however, to meet corner of Lawlor and Al- 40 o'clock this Domanskie the $4,000 Wwith a men a fus I im at the Hlen streets at about 1 afternoon which they did. said that he gave them and in turn was presented handbag in which the | he would find the § as they r ed the m {the men walked on. parture he opened much to his surprise found that it | contained rolls of old newspapers. He | immediately reported to police head- quarters Domanskie said that he would be | able to recognize the flim flammers if | confronted with them. He said the spoke a Hungarian dialect. The older | one wore a gray topcoat and a brown suit while the younger one, who was the shorter of the two, wore a black suit. Chief William C. Hart detailed | Policemen John C. Stadler, James Mc- | | Cabe and Willlam Strolls to take Do- manskie in the service car to the sceme of the swindle and endeavor to ascortain in which way theyr traveled and where they went. 000. As soon ¥, he After !Say: Enrope’s Woes Re- sult From Improper Or Ineffective Opera- tion of Treaty. Sees No Ray of Hope in Ruhr Situation—Believes League Will Fail Without U. S. Membership By The Asscclated Press, New York, Oct. 5,~David Lioyd George, war premler of Great Brit. aln, today foot on American soil for the first time. Talks of the Ruhr Mr, Lloyd George did not think the Rubr situation was any more hope- ful now than it had been since the French occupation. It was difficult to make up one's mind about the exact status of an important matter men told him, | d, | their de- | the handbag and | he added declaring however that he did not think a rapproachement be- tween England and France was in sight on this question. Contrary and contradicting rumors hé asserted made it difficult for him to express an opinion about the possibility of es- tablishing a Rhineland republic, The former premier made it clear that his trip to this country had no officlal or‘political significance. Here Unofficially “I am very delighted to be here,” he said. “I do not intend to say any- thing or to bring any political mes- sage to this country. I should rather have preferred to have sald nothing at all. I have been very anxious for years to see this great country, I hawve been a rather long time in com- ing but I am rather a busy man and it has been hard to get away. I want to see America and the Americans.” I have been never to your coun- try before, Many years ago I crossed Canada but I saw little of ‘it. I should like to see it again and I ex- pect there have been great changes Voyage of Exploration “This is purely a voyage of explora- tion as far as the United States is concerned, I should Hke to play a game of golf or two and then J hope 10 newspapermen will be present. | also intend to call upon many of the | tamous men of your country. | “One of the visit® to which I look | with the greatest pleasure is that former President Wilson. 1 worlked | with Mr. Wilson i) great amity and cordiality for five months give me great p!mwmu again.” to Camera Men Thepe The veteran of hyndreds of encoun- ters with news gatherers flinched noticeably at the onslaught of a small army of camera men who rushed (Continued on Page Twent¥-Fivi GET $4,000 FOR OLD PAPER AVIATORS WILL ATTEMPT JLONG DISTANCE FLIGHTS Canada to Mexico Will Be-Featured By Re-Tuelling in Mid Air, Plans Show. SanDiego, Oct, b.—Two long dis- |tance flights of major interest and importance to the aeronautical world to be attempted by San Diego army and navy aviators. The flight from the Canadian to the Mexican borders with mid air re- }m.-unu part of the program will | be made by Capt. Lowell Smith and Lieut. John P. Ritcher about October [19. The most ambitious long distance flight yet attempted by American ‘m\\.u land plane pilots—from Cule- bra Bay near the western entrance to the Panama canal via the West Indies to Florida and thence across the continent to San Diego is the sub- ject for North Island fliers outlined by Captain Albert Marshall com- mander of the aircraft squadrons, bat- tle fleet. Twenty-four De Haviland airplanes will participate in this record smash- ing alr voyage. The distance is ap- proximately 3,900 miles of which more than 600 miles of which Caribbean sea, Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico. The flight will start immediately after {he conclusion of battle maneuvers by the United States fleet in Caribbean waters next April. TALKS WITH AUTO MAKERS. Oct. b.~President Coolidge who has been studying the transportation question through con- ferences for the past two weeks with leading railroad executives and repre- | sentatives of shippers and farmers |went into a new angle of the ques- ‘fiull today at a meeting with half a (dozen of the leading automobile | manufacturing executives of the | country as represented in the na- 1'|una| chamber of commerce. Washington, NOT A TRLCK Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 5.—A hearse Jls a passenger vehicle, the state des partment of pighways decided today. | The departmient announced that un- dertakers when registering tities to hearsed under the new state automo- bile law are to consider them passefs ger cars and not trucks. H EA'L"L