New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1924, Page 1

TN e News of the World By Associated Press ——————— ESTABLISHED 11870 EXPLOSION ON U, S. S. MISSISSIPPI WITH TOLL OF 48 LIVES, IS WORST PEACE TIME CATASTROPHE IN NAvy BY il 14-Inch Gun Flares Back, Belching Death And Destruction, But Cause Is Yet To Be Determined. ign Smith of Spokane Outstanding Hero as He Dashes Into Death Cham- her to Seek Survivors, ated Py § Cal,, June three officers and 45 enlisted ave been snutfed out aho; Ireadnaught Mississippi in the t's greatest p. time djsaster which brought to a tragic climax ¢k of sham battles and target prac tioe Aboard the hospital ship Relief to ay lay the dead, killed by a prema i explosion in the Missigippi's number 2 turret, and i d Aboard the U, 8. 8. New Mexico, flag- ship of division four the battle fleet, members of a naval board of i) quiry prepared to open their investi gation of the disaster, Aboard the Mississippi, outside the bLreakwater, « men watched the flame-shattered tur- ret where a 14-inch gun, with an un- exploded charge jammed in its breech meant that the danger of still another explosion had not passe Flarchack the Cause It was a “flare-back” from the guns that shot death in flames and poisonous gases buck into the turret through its open brecch, A second the breech locked, let loose in the harbor here as the Mississippi steam cd home with its dead and injured from the drill grounds and hurled a sleel projectilc dangerously near to an outhound puss liner, Shonid the third gun's explode betore it can bhe however, it be eved, that precautions already take) will render the firing harmiess, Ouly 8 Injured Of the injured there were strangely With a death list close to the hundred mark, only eight men numbered among the hurt, and injuries were comparatively eonsisting mainly of minor lnirns and \tions st how fatal explosion occur- I still was undetermined early today ongh from witnesses aboard the Mississippl and other vessels near her when disaster broke up their sched. target practice a fairly compre- ive plcture of the accident was obtain n Pedro, u The lives men the Pacific the 1 anchored Ticers and one of ger cliarge removed, is half ere thelr slight, | ed At Gunnery Practice The battleships Mississippl, Tennes- Idaho and California, the latter target, were off 8an Clem- 15 miles from here, and 12ing in secret gunnery prace ture of which was mass fir- irty-six 14-inch rifles trained gle target s about 1 o'clock. In the plot- room of the Mississippi electrie flashed one by one their signals as each gun was fired and re-loaded. ht of the twelve scheduled sal- «d been fired, each rocking the | t the 2 wi nte t el at the target. o r guns In other turrets re- ted ready for the next volley, but o flash came from Turret No, 2, near ye bow of the ship Hood the Magazines Tn the plotting room, anxlety grew. Attempts to communicate with the turret failed. Then came a terse com- v 1 “flood the magazines'” deck, men and officers hastened but it was more than an hour before any attempt could made to enter the doomed turret. ere were eighty-odd men there—q4s§ 1 perished. When the flare-back from the first inch gun came—Officers say it may @ been caused by a premature sig- al to throw the electrie switch set- & off the charge, or by a still glow- ragment left in the breech after previous firing—the only avenues cape were cut off by flame. Four caped through hatches to safe- All others In that part of the tur- containing the guns, suffocated in = atmosphere of flame, gas and pois- ous fumes, imp To Safety el, seaman from the New and another bluejacket at- 1 to the Mississippi lmried them- through an open hateh, with Macavin, New Mexico, boat- apulting after them. Ensign another observer t New Mexico, dived from the deck down the shaft of the pow- t leading away from the tur e rescue, 1" e 1eveassenr, ¥ flame ex ing agency on board was ted toward quelling the burning and the flaming oil drlp of the o aperating machiners T tehes were choked with dead water at first could be red through the entrances smith A Hero Ensign H. D Wash., to cro | to enter tf e an hot ory " Smith « okar tetan ame < now! the saster voun ing for death chose ause of rougi ms 1 gas and inspection ing an flames, made a complete (Continued on Twenty-Fifth Page) NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1921, —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES ENLISTED IN 1 192 Bridgeport, June 13 e phen Beto, scaman on the U, § Mississippi, who was killed in vesterduy's explosion enlisted here in September, 1921 and his 'm would have expired neat Beto's mother and father are decad and he made his hom here with his brothers, John and Joseph. A sister, Mrs. Ber | tra Christian, resides in Milford DRIDGEPORT SAILOR KILLED ON WARSHIP Stephen Beto, First (lass Seaman, Is Victim of Mississippi Explosion San Pedro, Cal, June dead, their next of kin, and residence’ as officially announced U, 8. 8. New Mexico, by l. N. Morg cations of , acting for A Wiley, follows Jlieutenant junior g Zellars, next of kin lars, home address Insign M. Erwin, win, Asherville N Iloyd A Raymond Milo W. Raymo Ihe ist of city of aboard the Licutenant communi Admiral H, omas I Beach, ('al Marcus Er Mrs. Long J aman first class nd, Floyda, liowa, Albert igg Harb Frederick ond class No. 3 Bradford Darazio, Mrs, A Darazio, , N, J Ever, Mrs, Percy Birmingham W, Smith, gunners' first class, Ephriam 15, Smith, West King street, Martinsburg, W Howard A. Walkup, Mrs. Birdie Walk scaman Ever, Michigay ¢ 8 , R ) mate 16 \a fir Crawle: seaman class; W. Va Cedrie Kerr, » Mrs, Nettie Kerr, Albert | Louis de N class; Ind first \man Terre Haute seaman Philadelphia seaman second Lawson, I, Lawson Suilivan, Cla (Continued on Second Page) MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CROSS COUNTRY IN AUTO Mrs. Or<ie and Child Camp Out Nights and Pass Through 14 States, Withont Losing Way, Mrs. 1, Orsie and daughter Ida Mae of Long Beach, California, arrived vesterday afternoon to spend the sum mer months as the guest of Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Worhley of 136 Main street, Mrs, Orsie s a resident of this city where her hus {band 1s well known and has lived for the last five in California. Mrs, Orsie and her daughter mad the trip in an automobile, They were unaccompanied and camped out nights, They left Long Beach on May 19 and traversed the 00 miles of their journey since that time, Mrs. Orsie acting as chauf They S8 years ur, ship as the guns belched their |od through 14 states and report that jarveq After the elghth [not even for one mile did they 1086 |ars drove over 11 thelr way becausa of the many rout ing signs along the highwa Mr. Orsie, before his fami eft for the East, painted on the back window of the coupe the words “Long Beach, California, to Hartford, " s0 that it the two occupants of the car should become lost \ lirected properiy Cont they could be BIG JEWELRY ROBBERY Merchandise and Cash to Amount of $13,000 Taken From New ork Jeweler in Morning Hold-Up, New York, June 13.—Three armed RLGOLFERLOSES ON THE I9TH HOLE Marian Bennett ol This Gily‘ Beaten for State Title ! PLAYS REMARKABLE GAME Shuttle Meadow Club Entry Wins Ad. | miration of Gallery As She Forces Mrs, Porter Into Extra Hols For Champtonship. Playing in the finals for the Con- women's state golf cham plonship at the Hartford Golf ¢ lay, Miss Marian Bennett of the Shut neecticut ub to- | t1e Meadow elub of this city, foreed’ H New Haven, golfer runner up in the ago, to g0 an extra hole to decide the match | which was won by Mra, Porter 1 up | 19th hols match at- | a large gallery who was as- | at ti nervy game put 15 year old New Britain | c Porter of and three y state tournament ars on the The tracted tonished up by the The contestunts started play at 10/ Mrs. Porter won the first two holes casily, At this point in the | her younger opponent hit her k the next two holes in shewed she was of They halved | s On the ter hooked m, drive On her sec | sliced across the fairway | and was on the fourth shot. Miss Ben drove straight down the center | fairway and her second shot brought her within a few feet of the On A mashie shot she, put the bail within two inches of the opponent conceded the hth hole, Mrs. Por-| short and on a bound the hall rolled across the brook on tha hridge Miss lennott's driv | rossed the hrook but hooked to the or ond shot Mrs, Por. | within a foot of the pin and took the hole on a short putt The ninth hole was halved after Mra, Porter had missed a short putt for a 1 and practically stymied Viss Ten nett. The New Britain girl sunk a t foot putt for a halve and they 4 the second nine all even Fiven At 10th Hole the 10th hole, Miss was straight down the fairway and second shot hrought to the edze of the Her mashie | shot was long and she took two putts for the hole On the 11th hole on t1 pitt playe o'clock and mateh stride and A manner which iamplonship calibre fifth and sixth seventh hole, Mrs the rough on her ond shot she .0 the rongh 1 I noett on groon short and on t pin hole ! tor's drive wa 1 Oon ter rolled . enter n Bennett's drive hop her Mies Bennett was 4 and missed a long ches for a \Mre, Vorter 1 i which stopped within inches of tae pin, The ved. Driving off the 12th nnett easily nd seemed sure of the hole opponent sliced intoa trap thitd shoet ereen in hy Ir mas? hole was Mise a R tes outdrove her opponent where on her ment time had gre woman too To the astonish gallery, whieh by this n lar the New Haven brassie and hit ou the trap to the gresn. The hole was 12th hole both Play he hrook and halved The 14th was halved after hoth players overran the green to the trap on their third shot |The 15th was halved for par when Mre. Porter sank a long putt for a three, The was halved after Mrs. Porter her approach, bound. | od her off the side of the eup. e 17 play hit Into the reugh but made good a of On the lthe hots tor par h was halved after both 1pproaches Mra. Port 15th We At e and Miss Ten. | (Cor Rixteon) SMITH FORGED DOWN | under COOLIDGE-DAWES [5 SLATE NAMED REPUBLICANS och-Making Convention Selects “Hell and Maria” General ' Alter Lowden Declines PARTY NOW GETS DOWN Ep T0 CAMPAIGN PLANNING - Chairman Butler Says Republicans Now Can Look Forward With Great Confidence to Victory in November =Final Scenes At Convention Rival Wildest of Any in Party's Political History. The Associated F Cleveland, June The campaign to elect President Coolidge to succeed himself and Charles G. Dawes of Illi- nois to he vice-president got formally | W today with organization of the new republican national com- mittee, The republican national convention Fa L Fireman and derneath Engine—Engineer Burned ( Average Daily Circulation une v 10,613 June Tth .. PRICE THREE CENTS FOUR AUTO LOADS OF BANDITS ROB MAIL TRAIN NEAR CHICAGO; BOOTY But Known as “Can Train." Cornwall Paw MacDor bu " ! - TRAIN IS WRECKED IR OGONOTIVE TURNS OVER Wil , and W ment Danbury Ne w I which started with almost depressing | Swift's | Milk nett, engineer, of fully scalded roed, 1 Danbury a coa ) w The 1 at thee | Bridge ! the pressure of 11t over the ties for ahou when [ tee eve n i Milforad, and man who was a h on the train was sligh Lovomoitve Turns Ove I'rain, n from lard time, rossing Doctors to tra an 1 attend a the | put DAWES calm, worked up steadily through the three days of its sessions Into a roaring, precedent.setting clima'x last night, and ended amid that soothed the hearts of the old timers, Unusoal Happenings Frank O, Lowden of Illino been nominated by an overwhelming vote, and had deelined. That had never happened before in the party's history, nor was it in accordance with the convention manager's plans, Then, after a recess to confirm for the last time Mr., Lowden's frequently reiter. ated decision, the “Hell and Mar| general from Chicago was swept into nomination that had not scenes had And tos, tinued on Page 23) SOCIETY GIRL T0 HAVE DOGS AT HER WEDDING Wouldn't Think of Getting Married Without Her Pets at Sime- bury Church, Yo e Nen Ju 3 owned by the bride will occupy a pew at the wedding of Miss Grace Virginia Pomeroy Hendrick to George W, Pat- terson, Jr., of this eity, on July 4, at Simsbury, Con Miss Hendri membar of th York societ Junior think logs bei The Four dogs o ks, who is an active vounger set in New 1 is & member of sald & woulds married” without he t ar e t of being w g prese 1sual we g & eds of terriers s assistant de 1 Eng chigar sia repre of t g of During ofticer in the Patt an o ctrical of Mi the 1 as an *, bandits today bound a Bronx jeweler Licutenant in Charge of American BOYS, 9 and 11, Arrested and his salesmen then ran- sacked the store, escaping with m chandise and cash said to amount to $43,000, Yoreing Samuel Hahn e pro- prietor, and his employe into t rear room of the store, the bandits made Hahn open the safe. They stripped it of et and unsct stones reported valued at 818 0 in money 1 bound Hahn and the salesman 1 took from their pockets a handful of wun- The bandits then scooped vy t set jowels up all the window and fled loose jowe in a show Lowden Not the First to Decline Nomination Tenn., 13.— Frank Lowden's declination of the repub- president Nashville, Tuine o liean nominatio or recails that Silas Wright from New " the democ in 1844 K. Polk, : cor Da a8 nominated by Baiti £ mate of 1 4 a nam York ie convention in nore Iames to be r 1 George M 1ae. WILL OF M. « will of wides a ery com- mittee tor ¢ sra ousehold fur and provides ¢ Aivided a dren of the tastator. 1o Awift 1he sstate be All-Around World Flight Has Had Fngine Trouble Three Times, By The Associated Press | Hong Kong, Jv Persons com | petent to judge do not apprehend that there will be any iculty to prevent Lowell H. Smith, ecom American round-world expedition, from continuing the giobe other fliers reached Tourane, Tnde- mith was forced down near by e 13 Licutenant mander of t werial around who ha China Hue, An Howes aquipment chanician, 14, some hey ean ineta)l landing from Saigo for the suitable with his P. Ar capected before 1otor and start on 530 n motor tre er, . wher nt Lestie t 8 Their place 18 about or one day's run Acstroyer which is to them. has given him serious of the six stages of was instailed at miles American a Smith's engir e motor trouble or e the e it Kasumigaura Father of Lila Lee Is Found in Switzerland ago, June 13.—Charies Appel, her of 14la Lee, motion plcture ac- , for wh has been made ast fa om- in Switzerland Her daughter. James Kirkwond ourney pan Chic om search Hetment on is t irere ar of is 1o becoms Mre. Appel said. bezzleme ie who is the wife wcreen actor a mother in August i For Trying to Wreck Train Danbury Tu 1 - vears old and the othey algned in the eity 8 on the New York, Hartford Railread vutskirts of this we of Theron Dickson 1is 1 the plates stopped his train by brakes prevent. evening, it sbemce i arr of tra city O vig an « r who or 1 emergeney ast on the ralls a 1 a wr Sunda the ed ck wan tosed v ourt. The cases of the boys was George l)lrfilca’nml)efelts Jim Barnes of New York ~in 1) to the Scotland nean of Great Barnes an e semi « June Britain today New York ampion, 2 of the 1 g0l tourna- eated R. G Geore defeat form- and 1 sand gu ment Wilso Ameri - fina cas protemsions Miten 1 a - . ' o THE WEATHER Hartford, June 13— orecast for New Britain and vicinity Local showers tomight and Sat- urday ; little change in tempera- ture. under a port be have 18 were Waterbury Killed In Wreckage raub engine their hands and arms and hea steam, The fon tha His lim age attended ish Brakeman as ser 1 an body Johnson gine ahead to throw engine jumped the iron "rown de ¥ ap at ya gineer doctorm [ bs and » scald in the opinion of the doctors 1 0 yroach 1s the t torn up. The today combination and then a cabooss on the rear o sharpest The point is notice trai ten ast three the w b caboo, ke away from the train and forward, abruptly that coal from it hundred went a ten foot the over the tracks and t engine ever each bther and twist an ous ways. we " morrow The train eo leaves six o'colck a Milford at 7:17 p. m was Wi Engineey t today rain” Johneon hospita Brak years dren in New badly e road wi m | mained or - IS AT FIRST PUT AT TWO MILLION Most Daring in Railroad History, Occurs At Rondout, Il.—Robbers Use Gas Bombs to Force Way Into Cars — Two, Who Secreted Them- i selve§ in Train At Chicago, Compel Engineer to Stop s Near Corn- HJIf” ’yong U Tami n"f‘lll‘ uuo) 410 G auy, | At Crossroads — Were Familiar With Cargo and chedule. d. Chicago, June 13.—In one of the biggest and most daring robberies in railroad history, four automobile loads of bandits last night held up a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul mail and ex- press train and escaped with registered mail valued at close to $2,000,000. Brakeman Rilled Un- Robbers Work Fast The train, en route from Chicago to St. Paul, was stopped at Rondout, Tllinois, 32 miles north of Chicago. Consisting of eight mail coaches and two express cars, it left Chicago at 9 p. m. cen- tral standard time. Fifty minutes later it was in the possession of the bandits. In 55 minutes more they gathered hetween 42 and 45 pouches of registered mail and sped away into the darkness. A few shots were fired but the only casualty was a robber shot by his fellows who mistook him for a trainman. The loss early today was estimated at about $2,000,000 but bank officecs said that a caveful check might show it to exceed that figure. Tive—Train Commonly 13 Dan- brakeman a Bridge, Conn., June i, Charles Straub, killed a mixed division of en and rossing fireman, of were in the w Y road Ben fear- train the tfo o Ha today Danbury, wa his engine Johnson also hurt James wh H. 1 was badly over o Robbers Use Gas Bomba train carried more than 70 mail clerks and guards, all armed, but only those in three cars were com- pelled to face the guns of the rob- bers. Those & carried the regis- tered and first class mail The robbers forced their way inte the cars by breaking windows and throwing bombs filled with chlorine gas. The clerks and 'guards, nearly overcome as the deadly fumes, wers forced to open the doors and allow the robbers to enter Officials are cortain that the holdup nas arranged by men thoroughly @miliar with railroad and rajlway mail clerks' work Two Bandits On Teain 1east two of the rohbers themseives abeard the before it left Chicago train had just gone through out and was traveling elose to 60 miles an hour. Two inen, carrying fashlights and pistols came from I The pass tly hu LATER ESTIMATES CUT 3 DOWN VALUE OF BOOTY known as 1t Press in, commonly ) number 574, and at Danbury at .45 a. m was wrecked in taking a mile below nwa engl rode the rails a lars behidn it one hundre T A o Associnted thorities were watel of several coun g all roais to the race of four auto ds of train robbers, Chicago, Milwauke: ul express and mai night, carrying away in registered mai I and bank officials, how sald the loot would by less than the early esti had ranged from $2,000,000 1 day ] for ! . mobile ¢ 0 The o robb and I train last ortune wl it foree St 1 11 went cara it eight over ' the Bradford Terry of to t calle Walk IN L inju mates which $1.000,000 to Although the holdup was one of the daring in raily i and was exceuted wit) and by large hand number of which ascertained, A chief vost offfve spector hem, decla would not 'exceed helr hiding place between the tender his opinior Fedoray nd the firs: coach, crawied across the bank officinis satd all shipn swaying coal tender and into the en- currency and securities from gineer's cab. The muazlc of ene the federal veserve bank of weapon was pushed against the back Chicago aggregated 875,000, Engineer 8. . Walte of Milwaukee, BABY FATALLY SGALDED E. J. Biddle, alse of Milwaukee. WITH HILK ON GAS STOVE Orndered To Stop W ca 1. Wrec Dank King 0 At special con- mat! The Rond- rom most history, precision the exact a o Machy taken from Both men dies o w at eman has not noon Germer, ad their {1 pression the pinn rand may eseaping 1 givi lone 8 » had Botn o escap men n of t l of n ki " at noon gave pin ingineer Bennett would live, | 1 been band ceived I8 very body g her “A half mile down the track you'll s#¢ a red light flashed on the wgst side” the man back of the engineer said ou'll stop the train, (f you lon't you're done.” e train roared on with slacken- INg speed as the bandit had ordered a slow application of the brakes, Just where the Buckley road, a popular auto route between Chicago and Lib- ertyville, cut the track, a red lght lared ciose to the west rail, “Now jerk it the bandit yelled Mo the engineer's ear, Before the train came to a full stop a third bandit cut the alr line, Stopped Across Road OFf the eight cars of the train only e cont 4 registered mail. The bandits directed that the traln be slowly backed =0 that the car was stopped eeross the auto road. Clerks in the car saw two automobiles on the cast side of the train and two on side, sensed something was wrong and, aceording to their orders axtinguished all lights When they refused open the loors the bandits hurled gas bombs rough the windows, and against tha teadly sourage of the men and their pistols were ineffectual, Outside re lined up with engineer, fireman, conductor and agmar clgaretta ter being amoked a » and t lo urt radly nso He ruised abou regarded Child, Less Than Two Years Old, Dies the ! s a Pollowing Accident in Orange 1 street Ho ! 8 i we treet Home because at ( ssary for a A sw Upsetting a pan of miik A gas stove oki koniecki y scalde which was Wednesday months old 28 Orange death oe wiling o C Stanislaw Skon 22 on of John was W ing yesterday he | y had Kkitehen t and in thie treet Be t 1 the eur ne " been playing on the or of in his home ird tenement 1 -1 ] T consists of a two burner af ed by a rubber tube to a jet and stood on a box a few Both parents of the m when, for an instant pan upsetting a manner as renc 1 e 16 engine 1 P which is t floor rear of Orange street nes T gas stove attac thnce of in was made the ing car, up west " as the [ empty a passe to g milk in thoroughly hed fquid. Mr., fka ki wspaper in the same stayed on the e had al aks 'rom engine rail 1 trucks or t Train le who fumes the e ident 1 sprang up to get v cap h separating so the tender Able o it ttempt other cars likewise were bomb gas and the occupants forced abe their heads, for air. Vs Gas Masks hes sought we middle ¢ a gray 10 feet ahead engl r o 1 wit To ated bank while the tender it, hands above found ach wever. robbers, a stocky donned a the chief re te iner Wa night and pronoy nt et erman Lyor derailment 4 i f Fanetal serv. w wearing suit, gas mask and fore or . Wanted reserve ship- d tomorrow morr ed Heart t Most of 1 lamag not be : Knew What The 1 nt the fed nts to Milwaukee, Minneapolis, 8t He utte Seattle and the leader announced. “1 want for my own special purpose. neigned ta Round- FRESH AIR FUND Contrhutions ena 1 pass fam « Rer Reecived by “Herald mysters abelied Mont was obtained. leader and the chief es to the ground mail waiting bag = Today Rring Som Up o $163— usswin Girls Give $20 forced the em 1o the Raflroad ation of Inquiry the badies of the wreek Liquid Oxygen Useful in Medicine, | q ant 1 oxyg paper r t T Comprons at r hasks, a bottle 1 a quantity of re found discarded at the track after the robbery. a deep pool of blood, v ded bandit were robbers b Several diecarde of nitro-giycerine a iy namite and from the wor tangibte ews the only T Also Blasting ty, N. J.. June 13— That 500 armed men quickly put work on the robbery included every available agent Milwaukee road, all the post- o inspectors of the Chicago Mil- 1kee offices, squads of police from Chicago and Milwaukee and a aum- sey More thar vd as a to They of the oifi: individuals they indicate ested ir ratioy Editor tedg made, an that the welfare izations ns are Frese} Air 1! ackn at may e Ambassador t today, #% 2 4o sl anors tnte the id oxvger Bedor ha ¢ the | ber of Crew All Milwaukee Men Milwaukee, June 13.—All members of the crew of the robbed train Hve in Milwaukee. They afe: Steve Waite, engineer; E. J. Biledle, fireman; James Sweeney, conductor; Sandy McRae, flagman, afld Henry Van De 1 brakema OFf the 70 mall ributions t R REJVCTED it was REPORT OFF Haven, Ju this afternc New - ircles stated st the state tro sn's executive nt an he clerke on the train, General Manager (Continued on Page