New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1925, —EIGHTEEN PAGES ‘uwe)) ‘piIojyaeH “pdaq "MPY INCREASES IN ASSEu. s wogoouves AT MINIMUM THIS YEAR, IS 17 BODIES RECOVERED FROM MINE, FATALITIES LIKELY TO REACH 51 EXPEcrATION OF ASSESSORS Relatives of Sullivan, Ind., Taxable Value of Prop- [;[]N[i []’SULLWAN "N erty In Many stances To Be Kept At Same Figure As In 1924. pr Construction, Espec- ially by Factories, to Be Basis for Jump in Grand List. Fewer increases in the as- sessment of property held by individuals will be made on this year’s grand list than in many years past, it was learned this ! afternoon at the office of the board of assessors. There will be an increase of about $4,000,000 over grand list' of last year, but this will be made up through new con- struction, particularly of new factories which will bear the brunt of the tax assessment boost. The grand list of approxi- mately $97,500,000 is the basis upon which taxes have| been levied for next year, but it is expected that the list will | come closer to §98,000,000. Tt is the custom of the, board of assessors cach year to send an- nouncement to the owners of prop- erty where there is to be an increase in the assessment, and practically all «7 {hese announcements have gone out. They are comparatively few in number. In all but a few instances, persons who have made no changes in their holdings since last year, will find the assessment has not been in- creased. There are some instances where acreage has been cut up in building lots or additions have been made to buildings. The new con- struction will cause an increase and the land, made more valuable by reason of its preparation as building Tots, will cause :. booct, The reassessment carricu der the direction of Appraisal !-n- gineer Thomas Linder is responsible for the present condition where fluc- tuation in assessments 1is unusual. 'That is one of the objectives of the new plan, it is explained, since there should be no occasion for frequent changing of assessments once an equitable basis has been established. The tax revenue needs might require changes in the tax rate, but assess- ments will remain at practically the same figure, excepting when im- provements or neighborhood depre- ciation necessitate a revising. With the establishment of zoning #0on to go into effect, radical changes will be few and far between, mem- bers of that commission feel, and the present rate of assessment will be subject to few amendments. The grand list will be completed next week and issued on Saturday when the assessors will meet with the board of relief. City Mceting Board The eclty meeting board will be in mession, Monday evening, March 2, to receive and act upon estimates of iIncome and expenditure prepared by the board of finance and taxa- tion, and to pass on a proposal that the tax rate for the next fiscal year be 23% mills on the dollar. Mayor A. M. Paonessa signed a eall for the special scssion today. Amefdments to the budget must be submitted in writing to the city elerk within five dags of the meet- ing night. Robbers Steal—flfiing And Auto in Terryville Terryville, store of Meara and Finan, in South Main street was broken Into during 50 suits and $200 worth of neckwear taken, The burglars jimmied the front door. of last night and 25 overcoats, During the night the garage George C. Clark was entered and his brand new high priced roadster stolen, It is thought the men used the car to take away the goods of loss is the clothing firm whose placed at $2,000. Bullets_“thiz Thr:)ugh Hartford Street Car 21.—Two revolver or rifie shots were fired through a last evening, the bullets entered through the upper part of the windows on the north side of the car as it was proceeding west on Albany avenue, The car was crowded with passeng- The strange shoot- the police and officlals of the Connectl- Hartford, Feb, Baltimore street trolley car ers at the time, ing is under investigation by eut Co. Sternberg Is Jailed When He Fails to Get Bondsman 21.—~William J. who was arrested here Hodges, charged with forgery and attempt- ing to obtaln money at a local bank under falee'pretenses, was held by the borough court today for the su- perior court under a bond of $1,000, He was gent to jail as no bondsman The accused is wanted in charges similar to those brough: against.him | and Commander Naugatuck, Feb. Bternberg, under the name of Harry appeared. Bridgeport and Derby on here. Feb, 21.—The clothing J0Y RIDE' IN AR Flies Over National Capital as Guest of General Mitchell BY GEORGE H, MANNING. (Washingtoa Bureau of N, B, Hes ‘Washington, D. C., Feb, 21, resentative Patrick B. O'Sullivan of Derby, Conn,, went “joy riding” in an airplane today for about ar hour with General Willlam Mitchell, as- sistant chlef of the army alr service, who has created such a furore in army'and navy circles with his con- tention that the air services of the army, navy and post office depart- | ments should be concentrated in ione unified air service, independent {of the other branches of the gov- {ernment. O'Sullivan is a member of | special committee of the which has been Investigating the general subject of aviation from all viewpoints. It was the testimony of Mitchell and other authorities be- fore this committee which brought about the spirited controversy over aviation. O’Sullivan has had several con- versations with General Mitchell on occasions when the “stormy petrel” of the air service has appeared be- fore the house committee and today accepted an invitation from the | general to go “joy riding” in the | atr. They went together in General Mitchell’s private airplane, which he uses daily and operates psrson- ally much in the manner that busi- ness men use their automobiles. General Mitchell demonstrated in the hour they were in the air over all sections of Washington many of the testimony before the committee about the utter defenselessness of the national capital from attack by airplane, Mr. O'Sullivan said after his ride that he enjoyed the experience im- mensely. »¢ NEW HAVEN CRAFT 13 2 1 Aiciv Ao M RUNNER Nancy IL Is Captured— Schooner North Star Likewise in Toils New London, Feb. 21. — The schooner North Star of Newport and the gasoline launch Nancy II of New Haven were towed in here to- day as rum runners, following their setzure last night while bound shoreward from rum row. Each had about 150 cases of liquor aboard. The crews were held for hearing this afternoon hefore U. 8. Commis- sloner Earl Mathewson at the cus- toms house here. The North Star an old offender, was seized 193 miles south of No Man's Land by the coast guard de- stroyer Jouett. The members of the crew described themselves as Cap- tain Archie MeNell of Wickford, R. I, Albert Roberts of Boston and George Plerce of East Greenwich, R, L The Nancy II captured 24 miles south of Montauk Point after she had shoved oft from the British schooner Vincent A. White, one of the vessels jp rum row. Members of her crew gave their names as Captain James Brown and Richard Monohan of New Haven. Tt was on October 13, 1924 that the North Star with the same mas- ter in charge, was first brought into port as a rum running suspect. She, the Amriald, and the Aquidneck, all small two-masters, were brought in by the coast guard cutter Tampa when they were light, but supposed to have been bound for the liquor fleet, McNeil and his men, as well as the crew of the other schooners were discharged, but they recovered their craft only upon payment of a fine for infraction of the navigation laws in proceeding on forelgn voy- age without obtatning clearance pa- pers. WILL LAY KEELS Work on Two Submarines for the Peruvian Navy Will Start at New London Wednesday, New London, Feb. 21.—Keels for two submarines to be built for the government of Peru will be laid at the New London Ship and Engine Co. plant at Groton Wednesday morning with members of Peru's presidential family present. Alberto DeAyulo and his wife, Mrs. Carmen Rosa Leguia de Ayulo and Miss Isabel Leguia, the latter two being daughters of President Augus- to B. Leguia, who are now in Wash- ington, D. C., will leave there for this city Monday. They will be accompanied by Mrs. rk Howard Woodward, Rear Admiral Woodward, chiet of the American naval mission in Peru and Mrs, Luis Aubep house | the points he had stressed in his| wife of | Coal Shaft Disaster, Re- fuse to Give Up Hope as Rescuing Parties Con- tinue Efforts, Dy The Assoclated Press, Sullivan, Ind, Feb, 21, — Under lowering skies, with occasional show- ers, relatives and friends stood about the shaft of the City Coal company mine today awaiting word of the ef- bodies of 34 miners held beneath the debris of an explosion that wrecked part of the mine yesterday, Sixteen bodies were recovered yesterday and one this morning. The fatallties wiil total 61, officials say, Despite the insistence of Albert | Dally, state mine inspector, and oth- er ofticiuls that there is no hope for those still underground, relatives clung to the belief that possibly a few may have barricaded themscives from the afterdamp and would yet be saved. Rescue work, halted last night when it was impossible to ventilate the wrecked workings properly, was being pushed today, and officials hoped within a few hours to bring out additional bodies. The body recovered this morning was that of Harry Anderson, mine toreman. It was found near the opening into number three entry in which most of the missing bodies are believed to be located. Cave-in Halts Work A cave-in early today halted for several hours the work of rescue after 16 bodies had been taken out. Afterdamp, the dread poison gas of the miners, made first attempts to reach the entombed men precarious and part of the night was spent in repairing the mine's ventilating sys- tem. A new supply of fresh air made it possible for crews to penetrate into the wrecked underground pas- sages where the bodles lie after the debris from the cave-in was cleared away. Fire Completes Horror ‘The blast trapped all the men working in little rooms off the third and fourth and seventh and elghth entries of the mine. Flash of flames quickly consumed all the life-sustaining oxygen and the con- cussion of the explosion brought Joose coal and showers of mine tim- bers down on the ill-fated workers. Min® experts said a cutting ma- chine, working close to the wall of jen abandoned mine had eut through | a partition, releasing a flood of gas that had accumulated in the old working. A flame from a miner's lamp ignited the gas and caused the explosion. Rescuers were hopeful that all of the bodles remaining in the pit would be recovered today. Relief Agencies Busy. Sullivan dropped all other pursuits in its efforts to bring solace to the bereaved and alleviate the sufferings of the families of the victims. The local chapter of the Business and Professional Women's club un- the group of women at the mine. The Red Cross gave attention to the immediate needs of stricken fam- {lies. Fathers and Sons Die. In four instances fathers and sons were victims. These were Earl and Lex Robertson, Philip and Wayne , Walters, Florence and Emil Lecocq and Pearl and Frank Hawhee, men torking near the entries wreck- ed by the blagt was Elmer Davidson. (Continued on Page Fiftcen) COAST T0 COAST RADIO SERVICE ON MARCH 4TH | American T. and T. Announces Plans for Broadcasting Inaugural Exercises, Washington, Feb. 21.—A coast to coast radio net to carry the in aug- uration of President Coolidge was outlined today in announcement of plans of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the Radio Corps. of America. It will mark the first time the country at large has been able to listen to such a cere- mony by wireless. Statlons in the telephone com- pany's hookup will be WEAF, New York; WEEI, Boston; WJAR, Prov- idence; WTIC, Hartford; WOO, Phil- adelphia; WCAE Pittsburgh; WGR, Buffalo; WEAR, Cleveland; WYW, Cincinnati; WWJ, Detroit; WMAQ, Chicago; WDAF, Kansas City; WHO, Des Moines; WCCO, Minneapolis-St. Pa WSB, Atlanta; KFI, Los An- geles; KPO, San Francisco; KLX, Oakland, Cal. The Radio Corp. will transmit from WRC, Washington; WJZ, New York, and WGY, Schenectady. Other stations will probably be added to the list. FATALLY INJURED | Col. Simmons, Formerly Imperial Wizard of Klan, And Norris Moore Injured In Automobile Wreck. Atlanta, Ga,, Feb, 21.—Col, W. J. Bimmons, of Atlanta, former im- perial wizard of the K. K. K. and Norris Moore of Houston, Tex., preme knight recorder of Knights of the Flaming BSword, which Simmons now heads, were probably fatally injured in an auto- mobile accident last night 20 miles from Gainesville, Ga., it was learned here today. forts of rescue crews to bring out the | dertook the task of ministering to| The sole survivor of the 50 odd‘ su- | the | BARON WILLIE OF THE CABARET GIVEN RALL Vera Leightamer, Off for Paris, Where Clews Sojourns, Is Cool New York, Feb, 21.~Miss \'eml ‘POSITION MATTER LITTLE CHANCE OF OF LUCK"-BINGHAM SURCHARGE APPEAL Opposes Bill for Prelerred RNHouse Committee Favors Rail firement Pay for Officers | 1oad Pullman Levy CALLS T W INJUSTIGEO K. ON HAUGEN MEASURE Connecticut Senator Cites Instances ;Bll.l Would Create Co-operative Mar- Girl, 12, Rushes Into Burning Building to Save Seven Children St. John, N, B, garet Davis, 12 years old, saved of Equal Risk Being Run By Men | keting Board—Senate Foreign Re- | With and Without Commissions | latlons Committee Accepts Turkish | | Lelghtammer, who just missed sail- ing on the Mauretania tith Henry| Clews III, last Monday, was a pas- senger today on the Aquitania, ; Aithough her attorneys had an-| nounced she would marry Mr. Clews | abroad, Miss Lelghtamer denied that| she was engaged to the young man, whose grandfather was the late Hen- ry Clews, financier, “I don’t intend to marry Mr. Clews or anyone elsé at present,” she sald. {“I want it understood that I'm not pursuing him. If he comes to see| !me in Parls—well, that will be dif- | ferent. I shall stop at the Ritz there."” | Booked as “Miss Vera Robertson,” | Miss Leightamer was accompanied | {aboard the ship by her attorneys, a| equad of detectives and Baron Wiilie | Von Knobloch, a cabaret dancer, Miss Leightamer's attorneys sald | the detectives were on hand to see | that Baron Willle didn't attempt to accompany the young woman| abroad. Miss Leightamer even re- | fused to say a ship-board good-bye to the baron, as he stood outside her | stateroom pleading for *just one| more word, Vera."” | The baron was one of a trio who enacted a lttle tableau as the Maure- | tania sailed last Monday. Clews, | etanding at the taffrail wih arms outstretched toward Miss Leightamer | was a figure in the tableau. The young lady, standing on the pier be- side Baron Willie and with arms out- stretched to Clews, also figured. Accompanying Miss Lelghtamer to- day was Mrs, C. Oliver Gildersleeve, her Chaperone. MRS. BUDLONG MISSING AND 5013 HER HUBBY New York and Newport Society Tangle Becomes More Involved ( Newport, Feb, 21.—Although re- ports indicated that Milton J. Bud-| long and his wife, Jessle Margaret Budlong were on their way to New- port neither had arrived today. F'riends of Mrs. Budiong here said | the only reason for expecting her was a published report that she took | la train for Newport in New York | last night after her six-day siege in | her husband's Fifth avenue apart- | ment ended. | At the Reef, the Budlong estate on Ocean Drive, it was said no word had been recelved from Mr. Bud- |long. The house is closed for the winter, doors and windows are boarded over, and the water has been shut off. Mrs. Budlong recent- ly had occupied a cottage on Mann |avenue, There her aunt, Mrs. Mar- garet Wilgon, said that she knew nothing of Mrs, Budlong's plans ex- cept what was contained in news- paper reports. | Providence, Feb, 21.—No trace of Mrs. Jessie Margaret Budlong could be found in either Newport or Provi- dence this morning. She is not at the Reef, tate, nor could she be located at any of the hotels in that city. Ata local hotel, no word had been received re- garding her whereabouts, or of her intention to come here. Judge Mal- colm D. Champlin, her counsel | stated that he has no idea where she is and has recelved no word of her or her intentions beyond what he has read In the nows dispatches on the case, ied durir , seven children from almost cer- tain death in a fire that swept a three-story house mst night, After carrying to the street two children belonging to another family, the 12-year-old girl re- turned to the burning bullding and rescued her five brothers and sisters, the youngest of whom was 18 months old. (OCEAN LINERS BUMP EACK OTHER IN FOG Tuscania and Rochambeau Crash in New York Har- bor--Little Damage When United States Was at War.| Treaty With Reservations, BY GEORGE H. MANNING, {Washington Bureau of N, B, Herald) Waghington, D. C., Branding it as unjust to t the service and inadvisable from the standpoint of military policy, Sena- ‘The vote was 16 to 2, Representa- | tor Hiram Bingham of Counecticut |tives Barkley Kentucky, and Parks, | in a speech in the senate assalled the |Arkansas, democrats, made up the Bursum bill to provide retirement |minority. | pay for emergency officers who serv. | The house will have an opportuni- | the World War. |t to voto on the question, however, | Senator Bingham spoke from the “‘"‘P“” the committec’s action, standpoint of a former service man, | Provision repealing the surcharge Recounting numerous iacidents in|has been attached by the senate to connection with his own service as a | the independent offices appropriation filer in the U, 8. army to fllustrate |Dill, Which still is to come before | how the Bursum bill would be an|the house for final action. upfair discrimination against the en-| The house committee conducted listed man, the bill, he declared, |hcarings on the repeal bill after would make It possible for men who |charges that it had been pigeonholed were lucky enough to get commis- |had led to the circulation of a peti- sions in the army to be given six or |tion among house members propos- seven times as much aid as those |IN& to take the measure out of the who were not so fortunate if ‘hcy|comm|llm s hands and bring it up on wers diasbledl {the house floor. Under the terms of the bill which was Introduced by Senator Bursum of New Mexico on December 6, 1923, officers of the U. §. army, other than officers of the regular army, who in- curred physical disability of more than 80 per cent while in the service of the United States during the World War, would be eligible for re- tirement on the same basis as offi- | Washington, Feb, 21.—The house | |commerce committee today refused | to favorably report a bill authorizing | elimination of the Pullman sur- charg Co-operative Marketing. A favorable report was ordered to- day by the senate agriculture com- mittee upon the Haugen bill to cre- ate a federal co-operative marketing board. The measure is designed to carry ou the principal plank in the pro- gram of the president's argricultural ! New York, Feb, 21.—Two incom- ing ocean liners, the Tuscania of the Cunard Anchor line, and the Ro- chambeau's rafling were ripped, while the Tuscania’s stern was in- Jured. The Tuscania, with 220 pas- sengers on board, was returning ifrom a cruise to the West Indies. The Rochambeau carried 1025 pas- tired pay at the rate of 75 per cent on the pay they were receiving at the time of their discharge. The bill was favorable reported to cers of the regular army with re-| commission. It also is pending in the house. Adoption of the report was preced- ed by a lengthy executive session, in which the bill was vigorously attack- sengers from Havre, France, The Rochambeau had arrived at quarantine first and had anchored. Creeping through the fog, the Tus- | cania dropped one anchor and was |individual exposure to hardships and the Budlong Newport es- | sea swinging about when she struck the ed by opposing committee members. s French boat near the bow. The Yausanne Treaty. The Lausanne treaty for re-estab- lishment of full diplomatic and com- |mercial relations with Turkey was approved today with reservations by the foreign relations committee, The vote was nine to one, Senator Swanson of Virginia, the ranking democrat on the committee, casting the negative vote. The reservations were the same as | the senate from the committee on military affairs, although the war de- partment has expressed itself as be- ing against its enactment, In attacking the proposed meas- ure, Senator Bingham declared em- phatically that compensation should be given the wounded veterans on the basis of the disability incurred and not according to the rank they held. “Our soldiers and sailors should be pensioned according to the dis- abilities they have suffered,” he said. “and not according to their rank in the service or their stations in civil life. It is belleved that calm and unbiased reflection will convince one | of the wisdom of such a course. War | {8 so tremendously a matter of luck and chance, not only as regards an sengers were on the forward deck. there was no semblance of a panic. No one was hurt. The Tuscania anchored and wait- |ed for the fog to lift. In addition to losing some of her railing, the Rochambeau’s upper works were damaged. Captain David W. Bone of the | Tuscania sent a radio message to the |those reported with the German | | L yi ves- commercial treaty, - guaranteeng to |y ore ofiees saing ;:‘0‘;9:;'0‘,‘“‘, cach country freedom of action in| restricting immigration and leaving to congress the determination of a |policy of preferential tariff trml(-‘ ment for goods carried In American | ships, Deciston to force senate action on | 2 Monday. 20 DAYS AND FINE OF denger but also as regard his rank, preferment and opportunity that| classification of post war aid and as- | sistance according to war rank or Senator King, demo- | {administration. | grade is a course that could not fail {erat, Utah, appeared before the com- | £ lond to & complexity of injustices |Mitiee today for the third time to calculated to arouse the bitterest |01® oprosition, declaring the con- fedlings" |vention made no provision for pro- Senator Bingham related a num- | fection of christian minorities. Ho ber of cases from his own experi- Submitted scores of statcments from | ences to show how many deserving | church organlzations denouncing th.»i young men had no chance to secure | | treaty. | commissions as officers in the army. ‘ = | i | Place Booze Worth $250,000 Was Found “This bill provide that if an officer | s o Get D. S, C. Danbury, Feb. 2l.—Isaiah B. of the World War is 30 per cent dis- | The senate today approved with- | -innell, arrested on a farm on the abled, he shall be given the priv- |otu debate the house bill awarding | °iskirts of this city on January 23 ileges of retirement given to officers | {the distinguished service when the state police seized liquor of the regular army,” said Senator |the army world fliers, and advancing | *21ued at nearly a quarter of a Bingham. n other words, if I{them on the army promotion list. | million dotlars, was found guilty in had been disabled while flving as a | | the city court here today of keeping SHRINE HOSPITAL OPENS major and had lost two fingers 0” liquor with intent to sell and Judge medal to | one hand, I would be entitled to be | placed on the retired list of the army | and for the rest of my life receive a salary of $2,250 a year whereas if | Dozen Crippled my mechanic, riding in the front| g seat with me In the plane, subject| TO Institution—One Is From New Britain, | $200 and a sentence of 20 days in jail. State orney William H. Taken | Comley, of Bridgeport asked for the | maximum jall penalty of 30 days. | No explanation was made as to why | [less than the maximum sentence | was imposed Immediately afterward Linnell | was arrested on a superlor court warrant on a charge of fl- legal transportation of n(, tor zmrl as taken to Bridgeport. The m:\n appeaued from the sentenc local court and bail was Youngsters to exactly the same conditions as I, had been similarly injured. he could | recelve for the balance of his life | Springfield, Mass, Feb. for that permanent disability only |New England unit of the § $360 a year. Ipitals for crippled ehildren, “While taking my resc completed, received its first aviation tests in July, 1 today when a dozen crippled young- eola, I had it on my scheduls to re- |sters from many different b ceive training in w is known were entered. The for flight spirals by Captain Taylor of [tion will not come the army at 9 At 9 o'clock an- it will be a part of rine hos- e mil s ve military e , at Min- A3 nwl 4: he spring cer: sorge A. Borton of Bridgeport, POLICE SEEKING %00D | Paris Authorities Notified of Strange Disappearance of Son of Gen. | Leonard Wood. | By The Assoclated Press. Paris, Feb. 21 The police late to- day began an investigation into the disappearance of Osborne C. Wood, son of Leonard Wood, governor gen- |eral of the Philippines who has been missing since Monday from his hotel here. The inquiry was instituted at the request of his valet. ‘Wood's valet ignorant of his mas- | his prolonged absence, has been holding his rooms for him on the | supposition that he might return at |any moment. After five days had elapsed, how- ever, he thought it best today to| notify the police of Wood's contin- |- {ued and unexplained absence and | the authorities began the required | | |ter's whereabouts or the reason mrl | inquiry. | Several persons are said to have | seen Mr. Wood leave the hotel! where he has been living for nearly | |a year, and there has heen no idea | that he was absent on other than his lown volition and for personal rea- | THE WEATHER | —0— For New Britain and vicin- | | | fty: Rain late tonight and | Sunday warmer tomight. ‘1 *o —— |1esspn and h | T at that time lad the gr |1 was | stuek a | wa other pupll was to receive a similar [monial of Melb; id go up. This other pupll had the grade of serg the army, in the Temple of Shr T to be form ceived was a e girl from Britain, Conn., came in pany with Gove bull of Conne officers of Sph ford In order to st tients embarrassiv was made and the pub! members of t cluded, but « frem New E panied severa tients. of the &tate's 1 to appear in court two weeks , was in court today. Several witnesses how ever. reserye e were Due to force of circ more fortunate When T came on duty I received the | grade of major, when he came on duty just as early in the war as I did jor. party of e of Hart- Greeks \ll(med Up to March ympsonville, = ya opening | unoft were (f'omlnuml on Page 15) HE WAS SICK OF I7 So 70 Year Old Deaf Hermit in At- Invents System for (onlrol of Tlamc D'Anto lantic City Starts Out Armed to Kill Off Annoying Dogs. Atlantic City, Alvin Eberhard hermit of Egg Harbor strapped a belt about dagger In one 38 calibre revolver in the ot and walked down the st He met Mrs. Lucy 8 Wes s standing in front of he with a collie dog. Drawing his pisto! Et t s D es; —— heydeg; @ad g wonndet ol s Capitol Doorman Held e As Rum Rmz Member | sponded, but Eberhardt Washingt — Eli G arrested because the Wright a no warrant. Kelly tb was one him and took him before trate. The magistrate inquired of Eber- hardt by paper and pencil. why b was carrying the gun and knife and he explained that “Everyb sicking iheir dogs on } bitten five tin B Three Reported l\lllcd AR In Phila. Explosion rell of the 1 poli 7 adelphia, ¥ 2 mer ment. C 1 imber device in Hartford Drinks 15 Cups of Coffee ' i ,ha s He's (hampnon charged by d e & me ers of bootleg ring who w th others was charged with illega and liquor was t mplaint f Repr he' ha duty at yesterday th bei magis- bulld- aim to possession iy was m and he Pro in a| capitol majority of the Tuscania's pas- | Some of them were frightened but | ‘thduled Mediterranean cruise next | |the treaty at this session came ns a | |result of a direct request from the | | Is Danbury Man on Whosei | Samuel A. Davis imposed a fine of | | witnesses who | 2 to Leave] Average Daily Circulation Week Ending 1 1,87 . Feb. 14th .., PRICE THREE CENTS LOS ANGELES FLYING BACK T0 LAKEHURST FOLLOWING NIGHT FLIGHT TO BERMUDA Giant Air Cruiser Does Not Moor, Owing To Weather Conditions, And Turns Nose Homeward At 10:10 joying Trip, Predicts Commercial Airlines Will Supplant Steamship Routes. ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—The airship Los Angeles, which flew to Bermuda during the night from Lakehurst, left on her return journey at 10:16 o'clock this morning, the Navy de- partment was informed by radio. The great airship did not attach herself to the mooring mast of the tender Patoka as had been intended, owing to weather conditions, Arriving in sight of Bermuda at 4:48 o'clock the Los Angeles crufsed above the islands for several hours. | The sky was overcast and it was found that difficulties in the way of mooring were too great. , In returning without mooring th: officers on the Los Angeles followed a previously mapped plan, navy de- partment officials gaid, which pro- vided for a quick return if weather conditions were not favorable to the program originally outlined. Hit Up Fast Clip On Board the U. S. Air Liner Los Angeles En Route to Bermuda, Feb. 20.—(9:15 p. m.)—When darkness settled over the Atlantic on the route followed by the airship Los Angeles, the big craft was making 65 miles an hour in her flight to Bermuda. The evening meal was served on small tables rigged - between the seats in the passenger car and con- sisted of roast beef, spaghetti, navy beans, bread, butter, roffee, cake and fruit. Knives and forks were novelties, and llke everyihing els: on hoard impressed one with the ingenuity evidenced in weight sav- | ing. Nobody was allowed to drop any- thing overboard because it would lighten the ship and the officers guarded against the necessity of having to release helium in order to | descend, The air was somewhat warmer and bumpier in the unstable condi- | tions over the Gulf stream. | Assistant Secretary Robinson of | the navy. declared the experience | was “almost beyond comprehen- | sion.” “To think,” he said “that I left Lakehurst near New York this af- ternoon, will eleep comfortably to- ‘nlght and be in Bermuda when 1 |awake. I am glad to make this pioneer trip and expect this ship to make many others. In a few years commercial airship lines will be as commonplace as steamship lines, “It is fitting the navy should do | this ploneering, for commercial fliers will be as valuable to our air services in time of war as our merchant marine is to our surface \(SS"I! fABANDUNS ‘EXPRESS’ POLICY ON HARTFORD BUS LINE Co. Heeds U. C. by Public | Connecticut Protest | Made to P. Works Board Chairman. Express service on the New Brit- n-Hartford bus line was discon- 1ed today and the cars operating over that route will hereafter take on and discharge passengers at ail points along the route. Residents of Tremont street, head- od by Chairman Frank L. Comion public works op- system after trial, and Mr. e protest to the mission. After . M. Pao- s views were sought and when approved discontinuance of service the change war expr LODGE MEMBER JMLED W. Menser of Hartford Gets 1 Days And Fined $100 For Violat- ing Liguor Law. Feh. 21.—T. W. Menser, the Hartford lodge of 1l Order of Moose, was sens T to jail for 15 days and fined $4 1 costs today, charged with keeping liquor with intent te. eell, Menser and 18 others were arrested n a raid on the lodge rooms on February 14, Menser was “in charge™ of the drinks at the time of the raid. Of the 19 arrested. only two be- side Menser were convicted. Albert J. White and Thomas J. Carroll were ach fined $5 | being frequenters. H ord, and costs charged with & 4 Assistant Sec. of Navy En- b