New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1926, Page 1

mam| NEW BRITAIN ITE ESTABLISHED. 1870 HEAVY RAIN HITS NEW YORK STATE Sharp Lighufing and Miniature Cyclone Accompames GONSIDERABLE Roads Strewn With Wreckage, Wires Ripped Down and Streets | Made Impassable by Water. Syracuse, N. Y., Lightning of unusual intensity, record breaking rainfall and minia- ture cyclone struck Syracuse and central New York last night leaving in their wake roads strewn with the wreckage of buildings, tree and tangled electric wires, charred trees and the burned ruins of at least one building. r in the city w torrents of water. Sweeping down from the north, the storm’s greatest force"centered | near Liverpool, a suburb, “hpre hundreds of salt vats, trees and tele- | phone poles were tossed across fields by the wind and against housess Two Bolts Strike . Two lightning bolts strucks the city, one destroying a barn hear | st Syracuse with $1 the other splintering a Yarge tree. Electric service was disrupted when 1,500 feet of high tension wire was torn down betweg and Solvay, halting all trolley cars and causing all light in Syracuse to o out for o time. Fallen pol ed many highways to- the motor travel. DR, J. . KLINGBER® T0 START NEW HOME Daughter Mab‘e] to Be in| Charge of Chicago Institution A new children’s home, after the Klingberg home in this city, wh alone as the most unique tlon of its kind in the world, is about to be opened in the south side of Chicago . within a few wee! ceived here today. be opened by Rev. J. B ng- berg, founder and superintendent of the local institution, So far have plans progress it is understood 20 churches in the vicinity proposed home in Chicago purchased a large residence at a price of about $12,000 and are prepared to finance the proposition. The home will be at the corner of 63d place and Lowe avenue and will be entirely undenominational, as is the New Britain institution, Wi no definite date announced for the opening of the new insti oft, it is thought e plac Mabel Klingberg, daughter of Klingberg, and M Peggy Ol- , both from the New Britain in- stitution, will have charge of the Chicago home in addition to hired housekeeper. The Chicago institution will dif- fer from the New Britkin institu- tion only in the age limit of its children. While in New Britain children are taken in at infancy when ne ary and Kept until the girls are 18 years old and the boys are 16, in the Chicago home chil- dren between the ages of three and 10 years only will be accepted. New Britain people are well ac- quainted with the strange and in- teresting history of the Klingberg home, and the city as a whole looks with pride upon the institu. tion and its record. Starting with two needy orphans more thdn 20 years ago, discovered Children’s stands The D home will ed that | edish of the| by Patrolman Charles Johnson, an | active veteran the force, Dr. security for payment of his penses except his faith that Lord will provide,” built from that beginning an institution now worth hundreds of thaysands of dollars and which furnishes a home for 125 youngsters, gives them voca- tional training and sends them out into the world well fitted to make & satisfactory living. The Chicago home is an tional step in this work. Sues for $26,520 for Wife’s Lost Affection w York, Aug. 7 (P—A fiinter with a gift for statistics has suit here against George Ephriam, Chicago architect, asking $26,520 alienation of affection dama In an affidavit John J. Killi printer, explained he had arrived at the odd amount o damages by a computation basgd on his wife's salary as a waitress anfl her pectation of life as figured by her insurance company. . Killian obtained a warrant of at- tachment againgt $15,500 security Ephriam was eaid to have in a New York bank. policeman still Klingberg, with on no addi Wallingford Suspect Held in County Jail Hartford, Aug. 7 (P—=State police announced today that they were not yet prepared to say what action they will take concerning Antonio Espo- sito, 23, who, following his arrest in Providence in connection with the kkilling of Albert De Molino, known as “the Dixie Kid,” is being held In the county jail here. Esposito Waa still in jall here thia morzoa DAMAGE Northern Part of State Deluged— Aug. 7T P — a and “which limbs | made impassable by raging ! clares that he belisves that u 00 loss and | Syracuse | i s and trees have block- north | modeled | institu- | according to information re- | have | has been | it | about September 1. | a| filed | Maniac Who Mu - Have Become Ls=% Springfield, Mass, Aug. 7 (A—Po- |lice are relying on the interview they | expect to have today with Wilson, of Richard C. | Bearse ta supply the motive which| |turned the young son of the Hamp. den county treasurer into a ‘mani led him to torture his |mother until she died yesterday morning. Young Bear in the county jail charged with first degree murder awaiting formal examin by alienists named by the court . | Tirst Love Affair | Although the murderer is 26 years lold, his father, .Fred T. B sweetheart il his lson met Miss Wilson two weeks ago |he ha® never heen invofted in a love affair, and he lays to this in tuation the unbalance gvhich -made a killer and torturer out of the young !man popular in the gity's younger set. Young Bearse n‘umul from a call on his sweetheart just before {midnight yesterday, and it was dur ing the hours between midnight and 8 o'clock in the morning that he |Bouged out his mothe eyes and |ripped her body apart with his bare | hands. Neighbors Heart Cric me known last ni terrified through a night of ming, unsuspectihg hbors let Mrs. Bearse die. Sev- of them were wakened the tortured woman’s moans and s ibut it was several hours before they {became sufficiently convinced that foul play was being done to summon |tke police. Medical Exarn | eroick Jo: declared autopsy that Mrs. dead but a very short time body was found by police. Miss Wilson is in a hospital, a vic- tim of Thysterics and nervous breakdown induced by the news of her sweetheart’s crime, but po hope that they will be able to que tion her toda Another possible motive was seen in a conversation the elder had with h! n the day prec the crime. Richard, then app: Inormal, had spoken hopefuly of en- tering Business. It was thought he may have uns essfully ed |to obtain money from his mothe that by ri r had when her Bearse AN NF™ 59“ ‘Qs 0¥ W, CONNECTICUT, s ALD Average Daily Circulation For Week Endmg 13,097 July 31st .. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1926. -SIXTEEN PAGES [ PRICE THREE CENTS o “m B .\0’ “.\% ’Q <.vr May Slanced Because of Love Affair With Young Girl Father of Richard Bearse, Springfield Slayer, Advances Opinion—Police to Question Sweetheart Today— Young Man Spent Last Week at Grove Beach. eh’ divorced from ‘! usband, was supported by him. Iso had additional property she in- e her Young Bearse, although he never gave evidence of insanity, was known to bave a viplent and easily stirred temper. The theory has been ad- vanced that he tried to secure money from his mother with which to set up in business w1 thet the argu- ment when she refused led to the. unbalancing of his mind. The torture of Mrs. Rearse appar- ntly began soon after midnight. It was about 6:30 o'clock, when voman neighbor, who did not make herself known, telephoned that something was Bearse home. The pggice investigated but found| house dark znd silenf. Being unable to locaté® the woman whn| liad called them, they returned. Arn| hour later the sam> woman reportec gain that she had heard screams. he a that the disturbance first attracted her attention at 3:30 a. m. Spent Week At Grove Beach The son was a star basketball player while a student in the tech- nical high school. In 1924 he was graduated from, Northeastern uni-| versity in Boston as a mechan engineer. Until July 1 he was enf- | vloyed by the Springfleld Gas Light| company. He spent last week Grove B “onh., with a school nd and returned to Springfield few d ago to make ar 2 ments for starting his own bu Close questioning of all neigk |of the Bearse confirmed an all night struggle Mrs. Smily Poirier satd daughter heard cries as 3 but that she did not family gathered for 6 o'clock. They had wrong in the frie a e the f: preceded r until the breakfast at contin that the girl thought them | m. sick person. Another neighbor Frank hearing the sounds o'clock went to the Lome and shout “What ew” Young Bea mere short Bea is the z what is it to hbor did not report to the police until was found. you?? occ fter the body WIFE CANNOT DEDUCT f MONEY GIVEN HUSANI] |Tax Appeals Board Rules This Is Not Business Expense Washing A who contracts with on, A her husband to |give him half her income cannot de ;lluct that amount as a business e: pense from her boa; taxable income, rd of tax cppeals held today | The decision was given in the c {of Mrs. Edwynia Appleby Robinson of New York, who esplained th he and her husband, a sea captain, igreed upon their marriage in 1900 | that she would give him half of her |income and pay half of the home expenses if he gave up the sea. Testimony showed that all was |lovely until the husband heard the call of the sea again as a result of his experiences in the navy in w time. The contract, meanwhile, had cen destroyed in a fire but another was signed, reading: “I hereby agree, for value recei ed and on condition that my hus |band, William Appleby Robinson |gives up the sea-faring profession, land takes up no other that will take | him away from home, to divide all noncys coming to me from eve source whatever, share and share alike, he to take half, and 1 to t half, as long as we live together: 1l home and other expenses to be ared equally.” | Under her mother's will, ! Robinson was paid $12,645 in 1920. She gave half to her husband but |the board held that the entire amount was income. and |against her. PREDICTS CHEAPER COAL J. Larkin Believes That { | Attorney W. New England’s Fight At Wash- ington Will Accomplish Results: | Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 7 | Attorney William J. Larkin, special counsel for thd public utilities con- mission of Connecticut declared that Connecticut and other New England state: figh priced coal in the near future. Following motion filed with the interstate commerce commission Washington July 15 to close the |hearing, Larkin and Bdward W. Goss of this place plan to appear be- |fore the commission late this month | | ent carriers and anthracite produc- ers, he said. Larkin ~ commende® Governor Trumbull for his keen interest and activity in the interests of the house- hold consumers of coal in Connecti- cut and New Fngland and declared that without such interest, results obtalned so far would not have been possible. He ayetred that under the reasonable freight rates expected’ kmokeless coal would be obtainable fan 15 A ton laas than anthracite wife | the | ¢ Mrs. | taxable | will doubtless get relief from | at | to avoid dilatory action by respond- | NEW LEGISLATION 1N MEXICO SEEMS LIKELY - (70ng1'ess May | Adopt Less Stringent Church Laws Incomnw Mexico Ci in the struggle government and the Catho |in Mexico may possibly hrough the enactme "he een im- the caurch solved t of the new es Sept. 1, o rggulations *less drastic > which went into effect, a 1éast that s {held at present in some Legislation on the religtous ject is expected to be one of first things taken up by the new congres: It may result in con- gressional reaffirmation of President Calles' regulations, in a contest be- | passe be the subject or in milder regulations. Hopé of congressional modifica- | tion is based upon an announcement by the passage of at it is studying and preparing a draft law regulating Articte 130 of | the constitution, which is the re- ious section. The department will submit this bill to congress. President Calles’ regulated the religious. clauses the constitution, = but amendments to the penal code. Con- ot gress itself has not passed§a law en- | acting the religious section of the constitution and can still do so. This law, if approved by the presi- dent would supplement the present regulations. Mexico City, Aug. 7 (P—Today broughtgno lessening in the strained relations existing between the C: olic church authorities and the Mex- ican govgrnment over the govern- ment's. recently imposed regulations soverning the enactment of the re- | ligious clauses “of the constitution. There apparently were no prospects of a settlement of the controversy at an ly date. The priests contin- ued to absent themselves from the | churches, but the doors of many of |the edifiices were open for worship- pers to enter and meditite and pray. Business circles continued gloomy, | fearful that the ecoriomic boycott instituted by the national league for defense of religious fréedom as a protest against the religiols rela- | tions, might assume more serious proportions in the capital. The be- lief prevailed here that the move- ment calling for no expenditures by the people, except for absolute ne- essities, is being ‘obeyed much more in other parts of ghe country than in Mexico City, but there were evidences of its effect here, particu- larly in the small attendances in the moving picture houses and in the purchases of luxuries. Little news regarding conditions in other parts of the republic was available in Mexico City, but appar- ently, with the exXception of occa- sional purely local disturbances, the (Cantinued on Page 13), - a e police | Mini- | tween the president and congress on | the Department of the nterior | promulgation | facluded | ath- | "SHOE BOX MURDER" STORY 1§ REVIVED Mystery of 40 Years Ago Former Chief O'Reilly of Walling- | ford Claims To Have Known Identity of Slayer, Who Has Been | Dead For @wenty Years. Wallingford, May 7—With the finding of the bodys of Robert De- imolin in a vacant lot here Wednes- |day and the subsequent se his murderer by Coroner El Mix it |is recalled that forty years ago Cor- oner Mix came to Wallingford on his first important case—the fam- ous “Shoe Box Murder Says He Knew Slayer Although the mystery of the find- | Hv" of the torso of a man wedged |in a small wooden box of the type then used for packing shoe er been solved, officially, former Chief “Danny” O'Reilly, of the Wall- ingford police, told the Associated Press last night that the victim had been identified by him and that he had located the murderer who died |many years ago. Mr. O'Reilly and the coroner are the only two now |living of the many officials actively |engaged in the attempt to solve the case when it attracted attention two score | “Chier Danny,” as Mr. O'Reilly known to ndreds of nds whose estcem and affection he won during a period of polict service extending over three de s that he had consist to dis the any length for rch has ne at is uss 10t va Dead perpetr ) Years tor has Years,” the'veteran said, “and I know on why the descends relatives ofy this killer made to bear the ignom revelation of his identity pose upon them. {which T cannot me to change point, I the grave w the been dead police of no nts or should y uld im- Unless something now foresee forces my mind on this the® secret to He ac n h me. murderer had no the scion of one of | families, The shoe box m-m by a \\,un)\ about l”u. Yalesvill New England's h its co! picker in B yards from t road on be: 0 o] | xv‘,u Dann der, s ve the Associ as given to ollo His Version of Crime “A serious crime had bec { mitted against the state of ticut, a crime which me term state's prison for petrators it convicted. The mu ed man, whose home was in field county, knew all about the de- talls and the principals in crime, The authorities knew he knew it, and, what Is most im- portant, the principals in the slay- | ing knew that the ithorities w the' victim knew about other words, the murdered man would have proven, had he been permitted to live, a powerful | state’s witness against those whomgy the state had resolved to prosecute for the crime T ref to. T will his that In erred Wallinglord Kiling ~ Recalls WAS MIX'S FIRST BIG CASE| which | dded that | vaga- | e called back, bond bevond the pale of society but | P R 0 L Rhode Island Man, 84 and Blind, Father of Little Baby Daughter o I, Au "D $4 and blind, congratulations entire town arrival of yith a IMield is 45 and Mrs, Warren, R Warren Field, veceiving the practically the Warren on the atork at his ho daughter. M |] of age. || seven ran Fieldq, a for i] the is of of the baby ars Field have ot wh : f1 ¢ rs to of Philadelphia is nd a veteran of tive sailor il War. WINDOW CLEANER DIES| ~ INFOUR STORY FALL for | ‘Hartford Wm‘ker Tumbles to Death From Phoenix Bank Bmldmg (P—A paveme belo: Andrey our sult Protosevi ploye ing x of Windso; s Window Clear this morning. 0 was working o : third floor of » lost his 1 sult th the res k buildirg. struck his he in lead be !Ou )A 1 hospital in th His fall was un- rtfo MAN KILLED 45 CAR Fatality Occurs on Track Eight Miles North of Bridgeport port early 1d seriously in brother, Kenneth Farrer, MNETEEN PASSENEERS - ON'PENN. TRAIN HURT Bulvmg Freight Car S xdc- swipes Coach Passing f at Jeannette not mention the nature nor further | details of that crime, because every one would know who was of age that time, to what I refer: “It as therefore decided the victim out of the way on old theory that ‘dead men tell tale man whose torso w found in shoe box was conse- quently lured on a ruse to a lonely spot where heghad to an opening in a fence which stood | there, His body, passing through the narrow space, formed a perfect target. The victim probably never knew what struck him and_in all likelihood, he died instanti¥ from |a bullet wound. “His pody was then horribly butchered, his head, legs and arms being haglkced off. Tt was never dis- covered Where the dismembered parts were concealed. “All that was found was the tor- s0, in a horrible condition of decay emitting a stench thit drove us 40 feet away from the body when the wind blew against us. “The attempts made to divert attention from the real clues to the solution of the shoe box mystery {and the money spent to hush it up | have recently been duplicated in the Hall-Mills case in New Jersey." BACK FENCE SQUABBLE at to put the no he 1S the FBelleville, I, Woman Slain With Axe and on Death Bed Accuses Her Neighbor. Belleville, Til., Aug. 7 (B—A back fence squabble between neighbors resulted in the Kiling of ‘Mrs. Anna Vukelich, 40, with an axe and the arrest of Mrs, Bertha Hahn, 40, a charge of murder. Before death, Mrs. Vukelich made a sworn statement charging that Mrs. Hahn came into her kitchen and without provocation struck her on the hezd with an axe. Mrs. Hahn denied the charge, as- serting Mrs. Vukelich attacked her with an axe and in defending her- selt had pushed the axe back, acci- dentally’ striking Mrs. Vukelich on the head. The two families had been quar- reling for several weeks, the trouble starting, the women said, when their husbands accused each other of aheaking Wi of the other's wiie s through up of three RESULTS IN KILLING | on | Pittsburgh, n passen 1ss today when Pennsylvania r road ps nger ‘train No. Pitteburgh to Philadelphia local, east bound, was scraped by a freight car | which bulged from an wck at Jeannette, Pa. one of the passengers was seri- ously hurt and all continued on their journey after a delay of one and balf hours. Their wounds dressed by doctors at sburg ard Johnstown. Number 82, a slow train, press cars, a combina- tion baggage and coach a deadhead two coaches and two sleepers The gars on the ffont end bore the {ozic? the scraping. Windows were attered in 1 of the ches, showering passengers with flying glass. The accident occurred as 3 passing Jeannette. A wooden fr loaded with merchs d. | Doctors boarded t Greensburg and Johnstown and ren- dered first atd, At Altoona the train |was halted while new coaches were |obtained to replace those with she |tered windows. P 7 (A—Nine- by flying , Aug. were ¢ 1 adjoining a of seve co the u the Woman Jumps Off Ferry, Is Swept Over Niagara Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 7 (#—An un- identified woman leaped from the | deck of the ferryboat Jamaica in the | Nlagara river late night and | was drowned. | “The syift current is supposed to | have swept the body over the The victim wds about 40 yes | Her clothing indicated sl deep mourning. last | % HIGH TIDE Aug. 8 (Standard '] New Haven 11.08 am. New London 9.11 a.m. ime) 1111 pm. 9.22 p.m. \ | I — » * #* THE WEATHER Hartford, Aug. 7.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Showers tonight. Sunday fair and cooler bt e e | | | | | | i 15 HIT ON l)R[]SSINfii New r’ | erey g was made | | &t finjured |injury | Discovery Lena RAVE?, BGG‘YEARS OLIY 18 UNCOVEREY Skeleton of Young Boy Found in Obio Burial Mound MARBLES ALSO ARE FOUND to Belief That Boys Played This Game in Prehistoric Times—Valuable Relics Also Are Discovered. port Marbles An Old ( beli ame. marbles ‘were feved unsurpassed Is of mound archeolog 1led a stone carved in t to unusual in the They shape lly cut o > carved like eather a lizard rattles a chlorite re- nany well cut- pass of ling turquo designs, teet wolf, mountain 1 ha t they ornam r and other would str n and ‘a TH0 MORE MEHBERS 0F POISON RUM GANG HELD York State Troopers Ar Men With Truckload of Fatal Beverage, T Two 101 ephe: sted and cohol of the ed d the Niagar: seized near Lockport Ar lo, wood Thoma of B lons of persons frontier, d arrests wi wer " The troope madc stopped r by a state auto- in h len were Ihe liquor, taken YO said, in gallon 1 Lockport cher cans, ) per cent of wood ¢ The men said they iquor to Olcott Be was planned to serve a party to whi had been invited Argo and Graci before a federal comt lield for the federal of up LOGOMOTIVE EXPLODES were tak- wch wh it last night t out 40 g h & arraj issioner cked Engineer and man Killed Six Others Injured At Ashtabula, Ohio—Cause of Blast Unknown. Aug. 7 (P} Coyne and Fireman | both of Youngstown, | men were so badly re taken to a hos- red of | Ashtabula, Ohio, En- | gineer William w. Quinn, were killed, six ey we 0 o the freight and when Central hers s boiler tr pital York at- [ tive exploded here ye red n t opposite ork and | explosion » plant of the Hoe company were employe C of determined | Another Prison Break in Chicago Thought Planned 0 (R —Anothe npt w believed Cook county jall last| guards, actir on tier three of improvised ese W tossed in a| showgp at the raiders’ feet and the | ownership of note was discovered. Spoohs whetted to razor edges and a number of saws comprised the assortment Man and Woman Killed in Auto Accident in Canada Montreal, Que., Aug. 7 (/—A man and woman lost their lives this eve- ning when their automobile fell into the Soulanga Canal on the Montreal Toronto highway at Pont Des Ce- dres about 25 miles from here. oceu Amerl a h was not | explosion break atte averted at th t when son corps of descended seized dozens weapons. NEW YORK TOASTING time records of her five male prede- rid- | " la at IS EDERLE NOT ONLY IS - SUCCESSFUL BUT SETS UP N CHANNEL SWiM American Aquatic Star Negotiates Treacherous Waters in 14 Hours, 31 Min- utes and Finishes Strong Bright, Peppy and Ready for Another Swi im, She Declares T P d out of "clock this morning, an- and her sex to per- Walks Ashore Unaided Amid Cheers of Crowds Assembled to Await Her Coming. p and in good rose and pro- ediately to get ready rnoon boat from Boulogne, where quarters are estab- Dover, Eng. ) — The inglish channel has been defeated Gertrude Ederle, the 19-year- girl swimmer. Neptune, by old American o1 after numerous vrevious refusals. including Miss erle herself, at last has lifted his three-pronged spear and per- mitted a woman to swim across the turbulent waterway dividing Eng land from France. Makes Record Speed And as if in a most deferential mood, he accorded the former Ameriean and Olympic champion | such generally favorable conditions that not alone did she succeed in her task of crossing from France to England, but she accomplished, it In shorter time than any of the | five men who were able to make the arduous journey, from 1872 to 1923, Starting from Cape Gris Nez, lat 7:09 o'clock Friday morning un- der splendid tweather and tidal conditions, the New York girl churned the waters of the channel. almost continuously with her strong over-hand stroke and the. crawl Hen the baw 3 1o | kick that brought her fame as an e oy Ll | amateur natator, until 9:40 o'clock York newspaper office sending fre- |} 1047 evening. 2 bulletins to their mother Cpimtiieas helooms summer home in Eghe hen she touched bottom 7. Kingsdown, between Dover Henry Deal, and walked happily ashore it under the glare of huge bonfires e a built along the beach to guide her ot toward the chalk cliffs, and with s large crowds of spectators acclaim {ing her, | She had brought ashore with her a new record of 14 hours, 31 min- | utes for the swim, and was pleased with her achievement. “T am a proud woman,” she declared. That was all she said. ‘Was Very Strong at End dled.” | Notwithstanding the long time o Mrs. Nathan Barrett, Clara Belle's | She had been in the water, Miss mqgher, in Pelham, Q.. offered | Ederle required no assistance when Miss Ederle her congratulations and | She landed. Seemingly she was in daid hoped her own daughter | fin€ fettle. She even desired to take woil nak nnel Jagain, | to the water again and swim out ked. Miss | t0 the tug which had convoyed her Barrett was taken from the water | aCross from France. She was ad- two miles from her goal last week, | Vised not to do this, however, and. ifter swimming 40 miles, part of | entering a motorboat she was > time lost in fog. | taken out to the tug and started Mrs. Carrie Chdpman Catt, sutf-| back for France. e leader, recalled that 40 years| Gertrude Ederle is the sixth per- a feminist leader said, “Wo-|SON to swim the channel. The five man’s freedom would go hand in | Others were men. Her time of 14 hand with her bodily strength,” “the | hours, 31 minutes bettered that of oA 68 TAfe i enid Mys. Ghtt any of the male swimmers. Tira- far better specimen physically | bocchi, the Italian, previously held than two g ions ago, and is the record of 16 hours, 23 minutes wshamed to be ill.” | in covering an estimated distance, Glenna Collett, national women's|as he was carrled hither and golf champion, sald in Providence, | thither by the tides, of 27 miles. I, that e men will have to| Charles Toth was next with 16 gain to get the record back.” | hours, 54 minutes in swimming 28 sarlier this week Miss Collett wish- | miles. ed that she might play golf like a | Webb Was First man, but “this goes to show that| Captain Matthew Webb, of Eng- women can even beat the men if |land, who in 1875 was the first they try hard enough,” she declared |man to cross the channel, swim- terday. ming from Dover Sands, England, . to Sangatte, France, was In the water 22 hours and 45 minutes and swam approximately 39 miles. Henry Sullivan, of Lowell, Mass, required 27 hours, 23 minutes in crossing from Dover to Cape Gris KEY T0 FEMALE PROWESS | ez 1o nad to swim 45 mites. Thomas W. Burgess, of London, who was Miss Ederle’s mentor in Northwestern University Swimming | her victory over the channel, is the | other man who was successful in negotiating the rough and cold waters of the channel. He swam for 22 hours and 33 minutes before he was able to land at Cape Gris Nez from t Dover admiralty pler, and it is estimated he cover- ed a distance of 35 miles. When she took to the early Friday morning grin: deter- mination was written on the face of the American girl to acconplish the task she had set for herself. With her body thickly covered with grease so that she might be able to withstand the chill of the water, Miss Ederle started off easy, long swinging « won for her world 28 to 30 Her arms rosc ly at 28 to $0 ute as she r In the first miles out i was Kicki seas. The her, for withstan As th shores the wor The bre: and ther. she kept o. Goodwin Ss swimming goal, only s * TS SWIMMING UUEEI‘ » Miss Ederle’s Parents Overjoyed—Suffragists | Pleased (P —Gertrude he toust of of Manhat leaders, prominent at politicians, and traffic cops | here and neighboring commun; ties admired and drew conclusions from the feat of ghe 19 year old girl who was the first of her sex to swim the English channel and broke th her own today. letes, ssors, Work at her father's sausage fac- tory suspended for jubilation at and Bder her irel, her and foy ha was who | the cried for laughter 1de she ildren, of ol some bors. “I am the proudest mother in the | world,” she said, “but I knew Gertie 1ld do it this time. Gertie Is the i swimmer in the world, man or woman, But I feel sincerely sorry for Miss Clara Belle Barrett, who made such a splendid effort and | ed on page ‘SENSIBLE DRESSING 18 14) | | (Cont | | Coach Says Women Thirty Years Ago Were Hampered Chicago, Aug. 7 (A—Corsets, petti- and fear kept women 30 years o from achieving athletic victories t of Gertrude Ederle, binson, swimming instructor University for 17| Robinson coached | Bob Sket- | such &s Tom ¥ Northwestern years, d today Sybil Bauer, Dick Howell, n and other notab “A woman could not possibly have | omplished the same feat 30 years! " he said, “for corsets and other | ridiculously unnecessary clothing| ampered her physical condition and | deprived her of the muscular free- dom so necessary in the develop- ment of a good swimmer. The com- plete conquest of fear will do more to bring about the development of the woman athlete than almost any- thing else. As far as physical strength s concerned, women, since they first got into athleties in 1900,l have shown a prowess equal to men. “Physical education has brought about an evolution of common eense that has wrought a complete turn- over not only in woman's physical condition but in her whole mental attitude. It has taught her how to dress sensibly and comfortably, it has taught her to think more freely and it has helped her to enjoy life as she never had a chance to before < water Tt is believed that the victims were Edward Flyan o5 and his wile 3 I\ } As a result it as brought a new race % oinare Bl (Cont: RRSEETY