New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 17, 1926, Page 10

FREAKISH STORM + GAUSES BlG LOSY New York, New Jersey and| Conn. Sufier Heavily New York, Aug. 17 (P —The| metropolitan area today was count- | ing the cost in lives and property | of a freakish storm that caused damage on both sides of Manhattan Island. Two men were killed and two in- jured by a water spout that swept in from Long Island Sound last night over the wealthy and thickly popu- | lated suburb of Glen Cove, Long Is land. Another man was reportec missing. Cottages were W trees uprooted, wire communications broken, and the road along the Sound choked with debris. A stone wall was blown over and chimneys toppled. Ol Two racing sloops of the New York Yacht club were caught by the | spout in Glen Cove harbor and one | was capsized. One of the houses | demollished was that of Lynn Ham- | mond, the actor. Amid the whistling | of the wind and the swirl of water could be heard fire and burglar alarms set off by the crossing of electric wires. More than $500,000 damage was done two hours earlier in Bergen | county, New Jersey, just across the Hudson from 1 York. A church four houses and a garage were wrecked in Ridgefield Park. Police and fire departmer.ts were called out to clear the street A bank build- ing, a public waiting rnmn_mr bus passengers, an office building and the plant of a lumber company were | badly damaged. [l at | 0| of the Standard Oil romnnn( Elizabeth, N. J., causing an $8 loss in a t ze which was snrvn. (m-‘ many miles. The tank contained | only about two feet of oil. Damage In Jersey. _Ridgefield, N.J., Aug. 17 (®— A storm that swept northeastern New Jersey last night left in Hs' wake damage estimated at more than $500,000. Trees were uprooted, roofs of buildings blown away and windows broken by the gale, Theé Morsemere community church was completely demolished. Four homes and a garage were blown down in Ridge- field park. The storm lasted about half an | hour and was accompanied by the seasons’ severest lightning. New Haven Hard Hit. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 17 (P— Heavy damage was reported h.\ this city last night following a violent electrical storm during which more | than an inch of rain fell in a short time. Most of the damage from the destruction of wood block | pavements. The loss 1n this item | alone will be heavy, according to Director of Public Works Michael D. | McGovern. Five street cars of the Connecticut | Company were derailed by the wash- outs and delays ranging from ten | minutes to half an hour were oc- | casioned by surface water flooding | the tracks. Man-hole covers were forced from the sefers in many streets when the underground passages could not take care of the rushing water. Hundreds of cellars and basements were flooded. At the weather bureau it was said that the total rainfall of the day was 2.21 inches which is the eaviest in the last two months. It was explained that the unusual- ly heavy rainstorm was due to the low pressure area central over the lake region passing suddenly to sea. Wood blocks were washed out in Church street, Elm street, Whalley avenue, Whitney avenue and Win- | chester aver m | FIRST IRELESS WAS A FAILURE Find Marconi's Message in 1901 | - Partly Telegraphed Wood's Hole, —The first wireles hip to shore, a q tury ago, was saved by the intervention operator who substituted for conj, inventor of just been revealed Henry G. Haddon, the wireless office here an operator on the night ust 16, 1901, when Marconi sent his message from the steamer | Lucemi to President McKinley in | Washington, tells the story as rec- done was R 17T M| ssage from of a cen- | failure | relay | Mar- has Masg, A me ter s from of a wireless, it manager who of Aug- and no ome ever Lightning set fire to an ofl tank | (HERCE | channel | monoplane, | the channel NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, T ESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926. knew the Mitchell is dead. ther difficulty of night's pioneer transmission when a New York paper there had been delay and de ed to know where the trouble had been. “In answer. “‘We won't replied the New “The answer had shipboard coping wit scribing the Jack differ- ence tha the cow's tail’ came the print that York dai really been r's ingenuity in| problem of de- | unnamed antenna, | : copper cable hang- sts like | angrily a| AT EMPTY COFFIN \No Explanation Yef of Lord Kitchener Hoax 17. were any () —British raising the legal penalty London, Aug. newspapers today question whether could be ir vesterd leged to tain late Lord Kitchener wa ation and al- the Some of the papers say that the police and home office officials are studying the entire affair with a view to determining whether any- thing punishable has been done. Frank Power, the British news- paperman, who was responsible for the story that Lord Kitchener's body was picked up off the coast of Nor- way after the tragic sinking of the Hampshire, has given no nation yet regarding the empty coffin. The Press associ- ion has quoted him as saying that naturally he was very surprised to read that the coffin was empty and that he wished he had been present when the coffin was examined. finite exp It is understood that the govern- | ment has forbidden exhibition of a film of the alleged finding of the | body and the arrival of the coffin | in London. The manager of the firm owning the films is quoted as saying that he had given an under- standing not to exhibit it. In the meantime the coffin and other para- phernalia of what is now regarded as a hoax have been removed to the lost property department at land Yard. Coast Guards Face “Dry” Court-Martial Asbury Park, N. J., Aug. 17 (P— Three members of the coast guard, charged with permitting rum-run- ners to operate and with selling |liquor today on trial before a gen- | eral court martial convened at Ship- bottom station which already secret- | eight with ly disposed of the cases of other coast guards charged similar offense Captain John Boedeker, commander of section base No. 1 is president of the court. What disposition was made of the eight guardsmén tried was not re- vealed by officials who conducted the court martial for ten days be- fore it became public knowledge. Man First to Fly Over Channel Goes Once More London, Aug. 17. (A — Louis Bleriot, who in July 1909, made the first air flight across the English in a little 25- horsepower has just crossed the channel by air but this time as a 42 rsepower air his first flight across since his historic one liner. of 1909. M. Bleriot flown in France frequently since his eventful rchievement, but has always travel- ed by steamship hitherto in his fre- quept trips to England. has in A clock is belng made in Eng- land, the hands of which weigh half a ton. The minute hand is 15 feet long. Scot- | Taking the AN HUMAN LEGS, PLUS BICYCLE, WORTHY OF COMPETITION WITH GASOLINE Eery Youth at Some Time or Other Wants to Own “A Wheel” and of Late There Is Great Reival of Racing as a Sport. New York, Aug. 17. (P—Hu legs remain worthy competitors of gasoline propulsion power for wheeled travel in America. The humble bicycle, red the zenith of popularity in . not only still holds an import- ant place in cveryday transportation | of Americans, but has staged a tre- mendous revival in racing say officials of the cycle trades of America. | "hese officials predict t increasing congestion of caused by automobiles, the is destined to assume still importance in travel. 2,000,000 Bleycles 1t is estimated 2,000,000 bleycles which sports, | | that | traffic | bieyele greater there are” now in the United A department of commerce showed that 287.000 werc red in 192 but manu- v these figures were in- y more were ates. report manufac! facturers complete and that man; turned out. A modern version of the ancient fable of the tortoise and the hare is seen by the cycle experts in the relations of bicycles and automo- biles. The ability of the bicycle— the peddled “tortoise’”—to thread in and out of lines of traffic enable: to overtake the automobile—t motored “hare”—and in many stances {o make bet they assert, | Every Boy Wants One 1 Another advantage favoring the bicyele is the survival in the average modern youth of a desire to possess | a bicycle at some time in his yeung life. More than 30,000 pupils in 50 schools throughout the country. have been instructed in the use of the bicycle by a field force m tained by the cycle trades organi tion, Rules for safety are stressed, and the annual report of the organiza- tion for the past“year, states that there are fewer accidents among | children riding to or from schools on bicycles, than among those who walk. Statistics on bicycle acci- | dents, in fact, shows them be the lowest in percentage all | vehicular accidents. | More in the Fast | | *The center of the bieycle popula- | tion is given as the middle Atlantic states. Working people in New nd, in particular, use the two-| wheeled conveyance to good advan- | tage in traveling to and from work. At least 100,000 of the bicyele riders in the country now are girls, | | it is reported. Chicago, especlally, has seen an increase in bike racing. More than | 40 states have held elimination trials | to qualify riders for the sixth annual | championship races which the Amateur Bicycle League of America will hold at the sesqui-centennial ex- ! position at Philadelphia from Sep- | tember 10 to 12. Entry for the | races was sought by more than 1,500 riders. o The Cycle Trades of America will {hold its annual convention at At- lantic C from September 7 to 11. King Boris Reported i | Back From His Trip Paris, Aug. 17 ® — A as dispateh from Sofia says that King Boris has returned from his in- cognito trip to Switzerland. ter time, to of 3 bachelor Monarch of Bulga left his capital in the middle of July on | what was described in many quar- ters as a matrimonial errand. He was accompanied by his sister, the Princess doxie. Traveling as Count Rilskl, the young king went |to Geneva, Lucerne and other | King Borls, "l“ out of | was the ich He was last as leaving Geneva Switzerland, driving omobile. for from Geneva that King Boris' o Princess third daughter of King Victor En manuel of ‘Ttaly, was “considered accomplished fact.” There no confirmation on this lispatch said en- an port. CUPIDITY SEEN AS BASIS OF REVOLT Mexican Conspiracy in U. §. Not. mer Part of Religious Fight San Diego, ( 7 (P—De- ealth power and not Mexico's religious plight moving behind the of Ge | Enrique Estrada s to overthrow the sira for and concern for force plot lower Califorr lot wer United nd of Southern Califor ely 170 men into cu ¥, together with a 1 of arms and ammunition “When ous rev state awry when ag wtes departm e tremend- ecgin coming Mexicali dis- an 1 T brought to gi ne realizes t casy to which onso Pe said, from Mexi- nt has been filed against the men arrested. They are with violation of the neu- ty of the United States and with conspiracy to violate that neu- trality, In dition, they face a a section of the ng an or- movement against rnment. criminal coc ganized mili riendly gov The possibility that at least somce of the ring would face a firing squad also loomed as an in- vestigation started to learn if any of them are subject to deporta- tion. Conviction of any of the inst them would war- leaders would re the Mexic General Estrada, former secretary war of Mexico, still refuses discuss the revolutionary attempt nd a part of his faction arc held in the county jail, while others are at Fort Rosecrans r heavy guard. The last outward sign of the pro- posed march of lower California vanished late vesterday when 30 thered in Imperial Val . under the guise of laborers, d banded. Federal agents in Texas have en- tered the investigation to the ex- tent of keeping a close watch on exiled Mexicans mentioned in con- noction with former revolutionary outbreaks. The agents also are tempting to trace reports ~that quantity of arms and ammunition was Smugg across the border near El Paso, Saturday night. Boris to Reply To Little Entente Sof Bulgari Aug. 17 (P—The Bulgar government's answer 10 the joint note of the litt powers requesting that Bulgaria take steps to put a stop to incursions of cometadjis, or irregu ss the border, will be delivered after the eturn of King Boris to Sofla. The king has been on a vacation for the past two weeks on his brother Cyril's estate in Czechoslovakia. of en €108 0.Co. .00 pANTry has orded in the office diary. Marconi was the South Shoal sett station, and the White House “This first rconi's he less transmission through | lightship, Stacon- Wood Hole, to| in Washington. message expressed the future of 1 method of | all the Haddon over sending M wir bringing shores recalled count closer tc the | Mr “Pape the I | Y were ¢ the What none ined wa men first crude aiting their re- fact that was completed, | message fit broke “When Mitchell, messagy he 1€ wireless ser dowr the b operator at ‘Cut off for a minute and we'll message.’ It looked as though the first radiogram had about 40 words | still to go. In a few minutes he sent me the conclusion, signed ‘Guglielmo Marconi.’ Washington took it, and within an hour we| were retaking the president's ply to Marconi. “Meanwhile the apparatus had been repaired, and the rest of Marconi’s message was coming through. ‘Compare me close and his’ Jack Mitchell messaged me, 1 looked at the two, and except ytor differences in a few words, the two conclusions were identical. The oni mey) i Siaconsett, | Wa me, hington ish re- NTS ruin food. Spray Flit and kill them. Flit spray destroys ants, bed bugs and roaches, It searches out the cracks and crevices where they hide and breed, and destroys insects and their eggs. Kills All Household Insects Flit spray also clears your home in a few minutes of disease-bearing flies and mos- . Itis clean, safe and easy to use, Flit on your garments. Flit kills STANDARD OIL CO. DESTROYS Mosquitoes Moths Bed Bugs Roaches moths and their larvae which eat holes. Extensive tests showed that Flit spray did not stain the most delicate fabrics A Scientific Insecticide Flit is the result of exhaustive research by expert entomologists and chemists, It is harmless to mankind. Flit has re- placed the old methods because it kills all the insects—and does it quitkly. Get a Flit can and sprayer today sale everywhere, (NEW JERSEY) For DESTROYy Fliey to| | ] | | reported | Giovanna, | CONFESSED BANDIT NAMESHIS VICTIN - ™" Tom Johnson Does Not Wait for ¢ == on | Them to Identily Him Minneapolis, Minn., Johnson, and stick-up in lettin Aug. 17 confessed mur; man, does no his v identit —Tq derer initiative als who 1 to one sensation after brough he ha since T was vhere has confessed ous hold-ups here. He 1 police to spots 1, but described in detail and has mount of loot in police ed to where workec the berie the to form “show yesterd amo: up late and the Tatum, robbe the denly saun- Sud n and do you re you?" said Johnson, with her. answered here." ht shook I fine, ds she Mre. o a am It you ough itum's LJ] Johnson the rob- Tatum had tak to harm wou Mr. r their hter's sake. r little girl {hat Tatum, I pains come 7] an- fatally nu- not only he rob- cified each case. 1ave ly at those , of and band cc de- d 1 wouldn't that if I would be the little girl that would |sary I will have a blood test take o |I'm a lady on that matter,” 1 said | e do any harm. Knew suffer. hen Johnson stepped over to J. Nilsson of Minneapolis. “Remember when I shoved my g t you, and you tried to get| from me and I told you it?” Nilsson laughed and they shook hands. To the manager of a shoe store, which had been robbed, Johnson the Judge cally unable to work support his family. | not wilfully neglecting them. ungest child. aw and to Judge said “Did you get your feet wet that s ht 2" t Both laughed as they recalled incident. Johnson had tied the r to a large tub of water proceeding with the looting which Judge Mangan replied there is no evidence to the contrar { The state must submit the evidenc a nfessed that he wounded Leonard attorney and former 1 University of Minnesota football star, during a hold-up here. The inty grand jury met today to ir evidence in the case. t Kendall, an he BLOOD TEST AS PROOF | OF CHILD'S PATERNITY Wife Denies Husband's Accusation and Will Call Medical Science L to Her Aid The continued case of James Scott harged with non support, wa heard in police cougt today with 1 W. . Mangan representing Scott testified that they rried five vears and 1] with two men “And he better have | he claifhed. killed anybody fit{them there or I will, and if neces- she | his defense. he blood test will be for the | divorce cour! purpose of proving the paternity of cannot |to furnish a He therefore is |g0 to jail support | Alling remarked that there {is no evidence before: the court to | - © | prove Scott’s inability to work, to | LACtur that | tlure at his home |H | last It is not the defense to do so. Judge he did not intend to duty the said he said. Judge W $5 a k to for 30 days. INVENTOR Aug. inventor and stamp used STAMP D W York, Thompson, er of time business offices, Conn. night, aged He native of Some was </ New Arrival' ildren, one aged three and three months, and th cd two months. She has re- from her husband April She does not want support for herself but intends to compel him to support the children. She said he has a divorce action | pending and when it comes to trial | she will prove untrue her husband's | allegations that she kept company fears other ived no money since sick member Kindly gi A grand assemblage of al the home cozy—huge, cushiony Chairs, quaint or modern Tables, Lamps that beam serenely, and all the small Fully Protected There certing as to is nothing so discon- d that moths > lingerie, ' expensive wear- el. Discriminating ladies are using Cedar Chests, for they fabrics from t nioth On sale Dav’'np’rt Table ) (as il of the Table ve) is on The Davenport lustrated 2 makin owing of for the Au- of I'urniture. The finish is brought skillful coloring of 18.80 many we are cial s Rust adorable by spe- about American gum- § wood. A BETTER BEDROOM F [ Representing the one of our best quali with its lovely bow-end cious Dresser. The equipped with dust-proof construction and will furnish security for your clothing. Sale. . A. Liberal Terms; Small First Payment I the tasteful pieces that make pieces that fit gracious! belonged there. R S IRGIRS Just Supposing, Now— Who will it he—your husband’s “Boss”—for dinner tomorrow? HAT would be fine—an ideal thought . . . he might want to come to see you—the ‘wife of which your hushand is so proud . .. your home . . .the children . . . to see your husband as the ‘“master of his home.” No?. .. Remember when you were a little gilie— playing house? Wasn’t it fun? I know you haven’t forgotten the air castles you built then. Now, my dear, dispense with it . . . An automobile costs too much for one to oper- ate and it brings not nearly the lasting satis- faction as does a well furnished home. PORTIA JUDGE. SHOWING A DINING SUITE Just as you will buy it Now, doesn't it look just too nice for words. ‘Don't vou like the design—hasn’t it splendid character? An appeal was made to you several weeks e this matter your attention ATTENTION! Chamberlain Council, No. 2, Jr., 0. U. A. M. ago in regards to a on or before Saturday, J y into corners as though they there. Ali these and more are included in our August Furniture Sale at drastic reductions. This Great August Furniture Sale Starts Tomorrow 1gan disclose This will be done in the Alling ordered Scott to pay the support of angan said Scott is physi- | the oldest child, for six months, and $200.bond to do so or 17 (P—William manu- died of heart fail- on Riverside Drive ) .o manufacturers It simply is just adorable, this Suite is, And when ycu see the finish you will be more than pleased that you decided to visit this August Furni- ture Sale. Most everybody wants a better furnished home. Surely this is the time to $1 19 make the selection. Eight pieces. .. 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