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News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD ESTABLISHED 1870 “yaq 1apy Aaqry ey JRDIPIUUO)) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Oct. 23rd ... 13,732 PRICE THREE CENTS ARIZONA ALSO LISTED FOR CAMPAIGN INVESTIGATION ON CAMERON’S COMPLAINTS Republican _ Nominee NP A VEN LAWYER HURLS AN INKWELL Donated $100,000 Wmthev Kitorney Not Hit But Says Hydro-Electrlci Power Company has Fight His Reelection. ,‘ Indiana Probe Brings Out‘HAvE FICHT More Information About Activities of Ku Klan in Politics. EX-SEN. MAYFIELD NAMED AS KLANSMAN St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 28 (P — vestigation of the senatorial paign in Arizona was ordered today by Senator Reed, democra chairman of the scnate ca funds committce. Senator McNary, re In- cam- Missol mpaign gon, now conducting an inquiry into the campaign in his own stg asked to procecd to Arizo! as his present vork is conclu Senator Cameron, republican inee for re-election in Ar ed for an inquiry, charging t! $100,000 had been contributed by copper and hydro-electric power in- terests for use against him in the present campaign. Counter Charges Filed After reading Senator Cameron's telegram Senator Tced placec the record a telegram from S Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, that the Cameron charg “false and ridiculous” and stating that there were evidences that lar, sums were beinz used in Cameron’s campaign. Still another telegram from W. L. Barnum, der ocratic national com mitteeman from Arizona, was placed in the record. This asked for an in- vestigation of Cameron's 1920 cam- palgn, charging the expenditure of large sums cf money. Explaining that the committee had no authority to investigate a paign six years ago, Senator sald: “It's rather astonishing that it large sums have been spent in pri- mary elections, that the attention of the committee has not been called to it untll this time. Of course, it is impossible for this committee at this late date to go info all of the matters now heing ca tention.” was R Klan Activities William F. umbrunn, counsel of the Ku Klux Klan described here foday before th ate fund committee by Geor: Meyers of Marion, Ind., as the leg Jative agent of the Klan at Wash ington. % Meyers, a former member of the Klan in the Hoosier state, testified that Zumbrunn looked after matters | before congress in which the Klan was interested, including immigra- tion restriction, abolishment of parochial schools, “and the seat of United States Scnators.” Senator Reed, democrat, Missour!, and committee chairman, demanded an explanation of the atement about the seating of senators and Mevers sald Klan delegates to the Indiana republican convention in 1924 endorsed Scnator James F. Watson, republican, Indla for the vice-presidency because of his effort to seat Senator Mayfleld, democrat, Texal “They told us Jim Watson been active in seating Senator May- | fleld.” Meyers added. “They said we are under obligations to Jim Watson use he went down the line for the Klan.” | “Was Senator Mayfleld a Klans- man?” Senator Reed asked. “That was the general understand- ing," Meyers replied. Mrs. Wheatcraft Til. Indianapolis, Oct. 23 (A— Vivian Aracey Wheatcraft chairman of the Indiana r state committee, Is a patient today at the Methodist hospital here where arrangements are going forward perform an operation for appendi citis. Mrs. Wheatcraft, who has been in the Liberty hospital at St. Louis several days, left there last n general had Methodist institution, the s: pital where Senator Jamc son is recovering from injuries re- ceived in an automobile accident several weeks ago. Mrs. Wheatceraft c questioned as to whethe formed Senator James chairman of senate campaign fund committee, regarding her departure Senator Reed is desirous or having Mrs. Wheateraft testify garding Senator Watson's prima ampaign. Newspapermen told Reed Mrs. Wheateraft informed them weman chairman of Watson ization, formed ‘“poison ng women to circulato Wheateraft d uld not be | she in- gossop. Mrs. view. Noithampton Preparing To Welcome President Northampton, Mass., Oct. 28.—(#) | ags will fly here when President | and Mrs. Coolidge come home to | vote next Tuesday. The acting mavor has 1ed a proclamation asking support of the visit. The Coolidges will stay only briefly, but a visit to the home of Mrs. Coolidge’s mother, Mrs, Lithyra Goodhue, i$ regarded probable. | Stierilt Is Splashed Inkwell and Also S McCoy, Escorted From Room by Deputy. New Haven, Oct. 2 replaced day when two the ordin: parties to an alterc: | ed a bodily encounter. Assistant | Louis Sperandeo, David an inkwell at reco; hose that mes, and one s, and th: not the the court riff Lenzi. marks of the he Lt head to feot, 1 rt having T upo at er fr ro [ vy quietude of the common pleas court trial room to- yers on which . McCoy, 100, ibed other Speran orm to | N CORT) 2 Louis Sperandeo, Who Tosses the Klux cars at David | | Turmoil ot became | just, hurled | the | furniture Sherifl Is Spattered dent MeC oath by wit- neys p tne s taken Deputy attor Herewith is presented the picture of the proposed Masonic |Puilt, Sherwood H. Temple on Russell street, the illus- first |adjustment before the temple can be Raymond, an efficer of the corporation, learned to- day when he applied for a building y tration being from the drawing by | permit, and he announced an appeal — | Architect W. P. Crabtree, mittee in charge of the temple ex- pects to proceed with its construc- tion at the earliest possible date, special exception from the board o bore of black, 1 v trim it stru of as d from and white ck the | pattered | The com- [from the building department's de- cision will be taken. The appeal is a formality neces- sary to bring the matter before the It will be necessary to obtain a |board and is not indicative of a dis- ute over the city department's in- terpretation of the zone law, it is explained. The proposed building does not conform with the require- ments of the residence district in which it is plamned to build, hence the need for action by the board of adjustment. development will re y in building operations sinc the board of adjustment will not meet until November 10. = court’s | | oy Squares Off M t the room remark to 1 took an oath ar squared n to the e; pplled hurled k of C when exception hen hich wa as thy into stepping A civil suit ction had be two lawyers ha thro: jou hout ned to ployes c it give as he en the r a properiy on trial 1 court nee to remove k Henry Hig- nzi on well m been Fickett Sperandeo | ¢ to which t off to take physical excep- het Sperandeo had had e latter lLawyer Says He Believes They Use Coercive Measures The ghost of the Bordinaro case stalked through the police picked up of Elias Panish of 205 Lasalle street, fl scrapping case hot ew I 18 intent tra and ad- em AGOUSED OF MURDER, HE PRESENTS ALIBI Bridgeport Man in Park City on Day of Boston E cport, Oct. for Giovanni Morelli, a club, Vill t it ed up on a stat elli followin fect that he is Fairiield, bl wait was estab- ved er whi of | chegk- an alleged bottle toter, when Attor- told Jus was on the bench, that he does not 5- 'doubt that the police use force to wring confessions from prisoners. In the Bordinaro case, the charge in an attempt to compel certain an assav e accused man to make admissions. arrested prior to last Saturday night, testified that Officer Feen clench- ed his fist and glowered at him in the detective bureau, frightening been selling liquor. Supernumerary Officer Huck testi- fled that he watched Panish at a ball | at Ukrainian hall on Erwin Place last Saturday night and saw him go into a toilet with a few other men. When the officer entered, Panish was holding a tilted bottle and the offi- t liquor had been rested him. eney testified that Pan- at |ish admitted at police headquarters that he was selling liquer for 20 n |cents a drink. ing Officer Feeney to testify as to t made by Mor- |the conversation because the officer , to the ef- z at th club on the night that Michael Pictro, one of the best known boot- | Villa | criminate himse! di- had not told Panich he need not in- Justice Roche overruled the objection. Detective Sergeant Ellinger testi- leggers in Boston, was murdered in fied that Panish denied the charge, that ¢ but after a few minutes’ conversa- clli was one of six men arrest- tion, admitted that he had sold li- tomobile ing wk cated. ingfield to Bi from Sr on a John cha Doe 18. Morelli v T knowledge of the t b sat t nd night. Detectives who club were info months and n field a days but one day day off was 1 in suspect im with ha ou ly Sprir n five He w ton last night warrant ng knowledge f the murder of Dipietro on October denied any murder and e Villa club that visit med th been employed there il he left for Spring- £o had never had Morelli’s the proprietor of a week hursd of the club stated. Dipietro occurred on a Monday. New H-“';on i?.'md YAVants 18 New Locomotives [ady:t charges (P —The | ¢ inter- ¥ to a1 this fri w hington, New Haven state commerca approve an lssu equipment which it purchase new rolling st prog of 5 pro, All the stock of row owned by th Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 28 (P—The | years. Dauphin cou ed Sunday basc worldly emp! lation of th an action agains American league procesdin played An delphia ‘White Sox. resul ust 2 t o Iroad com c 1 off. th he s The murder 28 sked the sion t $4,00 trust certificates through to gnance 569,000 000 worth senger cted merger with the Cen Harlem railro: n ster tw Haven, S mer laws" “blue The decision uphol b o ht roads Penn, Conrt Also Lowers Bars on Sunday Baseball | y court today declar- | arrested and he naturally would in Pennsylvania and a vio: of 1 a g field | quor for 20 cents a drink. revol- Nair made the rame objection to this | aken Villa t Morelli had for ral the of | ling 18 loco- cars, ds. is The Attorney testimony on tLe same ground and again © led. The men who were with Panish testified that they did not see him sell liquor to anyone at the dance. Panish, in his own defense, testified wa d em up” when Offi- he poured he was “setting cor Huck came In. T efor the drin} from him. At police headquarters Officer Feency and anpther officer took him into a room and asked him if he had sold liquor. He sald he had not sold it. They spoke loudly and looked threatening- ly and frightened him, he said. He |had heard that the police make a practice of beating men who do not | nd a short time ago rd a prisoner was badly boat- en in the police station. He saw Officer Feeney clench his fist and ened him even more than their tone of voice, so he told them he was selling the liquor to avoid a heating. Prosccuting Attorney Woods said there is no question of Panish’s | guilt. He went to the dance and sold liquor from a bottle. He mitted his guilt to Sergeant and Officer Feeney and he should be found guilty, Woods said. Attorney Nair asked for a di charge on the ground that the state has failed to prove the charge be- yond a reasonable doubt. | * Panish was frightened in the po- lice station. He is 54 years of a and has lived in New Britain Never before has he béen be frightened when he found himselt alone with two policemen, especial- |1y after the newspapers last week 22 the state in | exposed’ the tactics employed by the > Philadelphia | police to ball club. from obtain admissions from prisoner. e| “I have no doubt that the police, ween the Phila- | in some cases, heat up prisoners,” thletics and the Chicago | = i (Continued on Page 15) WITH “THIRD DEGREE court | room this morning during. the trial | ney David L. Nair, defense counsel, | 1 ice Henry P. Roche, who | priva was made that the police committed | Panish, who was never | him into an admission that he had | | Attorney Nair objected to allow- | that the men hoard at his home and | -, §7C 5 8 & T the officer took the bottle | {trap for Fah | poration |ed ad- | Ellinger | | marks, | with | stated | record, | served OLICE AGAIN CHARGED Personalities Enter N. Y. Fight; Smith Challenges Mills to Turn Spotlight On His Private Life 'Republican Claims He Was Misquoted in Alleged Re- ish religious calendar a hall in Cal- ‘ mark and Denies Reflection on Governor — Milk occasional Issue Again Up and G. Sea Cow.” | New York, Oct. e lives of Governor Alfred E. Smith und his republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, are the subject of | the latest campaign exchanges be- | tween them. The governor on the stump last night read from the Sun which said Mills departed from a prepared | speech to say of Smith: “There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted cither in pub- | lic or private life.” ! The | Mills lives. challenged of private governor then to comparison Smith Gets Peeved “For five solid wecks,” he sald, “I have been-obliged to put great pressure on the men and womc n‘ in my headquarters to keep them | fréth speaking about the private life of Ogden L. Mills. If he has| HEAVY FINES IMPOSED FOR VICIOUS ASSAULT Four in Police Court for| Maltreating Police [ “Agent” (Special to the Herald) Bristol, Oct. 28 — William Me- Donald was fined $75 and costs and | Lloyd Goodrich, James Calciano | nd James Root were each fined | $50 and costs on charges of assault | day, October 26. Root was arrested on complaint of Willlam Fahey of Main street, who admitted having | as police informer on nu-| merous occasions in the past. Root, | according to his own testimony, had been approached on numerous | occasions during the past few d by Fahey, who wanted to secure a | gallon or two of wine. The result| was that Root talked the matter over with his three friends and as | a result it was decided to lay a This was done and | at the Instization of Root, Fahey | was taken across a vacant lot near | the plant of the Bristol Brass cor- where he was pounced upon by Root's friends. He assert- in court this morning that h | was bound, gagged and kicked be- fore he was tied to the railing | leading to the rear central fire station. There were no however, on his features to substaatiate his statements. The four boys were represented | by Judge S. Russell Mink, who laid particular stress on their past good record. This had considerable to do the sentence Imposed by Joseph M. Donovan, who that had they had a court he would have sentenced | them to jail. | | | Judge * THE'WEATHER | e | New Britaln and vicinity: Tncreasing cloudiness tonight; Friday probably showers. | | | | | * 28 (A — The anything against m |a considerable amount investigat | promised to care for, |on the governor's private life. | against Alfred F | campaign, T 0. P. Man Says New York in either my public: or private life, I defy him to produce it. Either he must pro- duce it or at the earliest possible moment retract that statement.” The governor said his public lite had been the object of the severest scrutiny. “One particular man of vast fortune,” he said, had spent ing him but did not find anything. Kept Marriage Vows Then referring to his marriage 27 years ago the governor said that in the presence of God he had honor and protect the woman of his choice and that if he were ushered before the great White Throne he would be prepared to establish that he had kept the promise. shouted: “Let the congressman lay private life alongside of mine. The New York Times says that its reporter who heard the specch of Mr. Mills in question did not detect any departure from his pre- pared remarks, which it says con- talned this reference to Smith: Versions of Quotatlons “There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life.” The Herald-Tribune, supporting Mills, marks as follows: “Men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in offictal or private life, and there is no truth in_Alfred E. Smith.” In the same speech Mills sald, referring to the governor “As for his presidential tions, they are simply ous.” In another speech he referred to the governor as t foolish man, who began the campaign by laughing and is ending it in des- peration.” Mills Denies Tnsult This morning Mills statement saying he had intended no reflection on the governor's private life which so far as he knew was proper. Ty meaning is clear enough,” it says. “I had no intent to reflect which the 1s quotes Te- ambi- far as I know it is spotless. More- over, I am not concerned with his private life. T am not campaigning Smith the man; am campaigning against Alfred E. Smith the governor, who | seeking re-clection. “On the further reflection T think governor will decide he know that even in would not reflect on the integrity of him or any other man.” Governor in Bronx The governor campaigned in the Bronx last night and devoted much of his speeches to praise of Robert F. Wagner, candidate for senator, who shared the rostrum. 3oth pie- tured the republican party as with- out principle on the liquor ques- tion, dry up-state and wet in New York ci Congres in Brook that milk under man Mills, ecampalgning m, denied that his charge sent into the city standard had injured was the | dairy interests of the state and re- | jected official reports that the milk (Continued on Page 15) Then he| his | preposter- | issued o | is was | door of tho|NAStY In his assumption. He must | the heat of the BELOVED BY FLOCK, DIES OF PNEUMONIA' ‘Pioneer of Jewish Clergymen Here Had Labored for His | Peaple for 36 Years | HEBREW R¥SIDENTS MOURN Religious Director Saw Community | | of His People Increase From Eight to 550 Families—Obsequies Ttkluy: Attended by Noted Assoclation of His Faith as Mark of Esteem and Love. Rev. |years died at 2 ing at the New Britain G Roscnberg 30 o aged 62 ek this morn- Elias neral hos- | pital where he had becn a patient for seven days. Death resulted from | pneumonia. | He was the first rabbinical cl man to come to New Britain, set | here in 1890, a few months atter he reached the United States to take up the religious work in preparation for which he had devoted 15 years of study in and about the province of | Kovno, Russia. Prior to coming hers he was engaged in his calling in Megiden for several months. During periodic trips to New Britain to min- ister to the spiritual needs of local | Hebrews, who had no synagogue and |no rabbi, he received and accepted an invitation to settle he; Pioneer Here Among Faith. TE: When Rabbi Rosenberg came to |Vessel, had a crew of hetween 35 and | w Britain there were eight Jewish families. Today there are 550. A small structure on Willow street, which at the time was the center of |the small Jewlsh population, was im- provised as a synagogue, and for the more impressive rituals of the Jew- umet building on Church street was rented. This was usually for the services of the Jewish population and its congrega- Supply So Watered It Might “Have Come From a tion advanced under the guidance of Rev. Mr. Rosenberg until in later years the synagogue at Elm and Chestnut strects was erected and be- came the center of worship. For | more than a quarter of a century |he was the only clergyman of his in the city. In more recent | faith years others have come heré and as- by lifting the burden of the | easing duties incident to the in- |crease in population. | Enjoyed Aftection of His People. He enjoyed an extensive acquaint- ance throughout the state, frequently | assisting in the rituals of congrega- tions elsewhere. Not only among the | exponents of the orthodox Jewry, but also among the more modern clergy | of his own and other faiths, his re- |Ugious zeal was recognized and re- {spected. Profound respect and affec- |tion marked the attitude of the en- |tire Jewish population of New Brit- ain toward their religious leader. Rabbi Rosenberg was a member of |the board of education of the He- brew school. He was a member of he Hebrew Free Loan association and active in the benevolent work of at organization. Fraternally he was a member of the Foresters, B'nai | B'rith and the Zionist organization. For many years he served as can- |tor of the Brotherhood Sons of Is- Irael, and when Tephereth Israel | Congregation Jewry was formed he |also served as cantor for that syna- gogue. | Leaves Large Family. | He is survived by his widow, and |11 sons and daughters, who are: David J.. who is in business in Cali- fornia; Frank N. a Buffalo, N. businessman; Nathan H., a merchant |in Hartford; Louis H. wholesale or in Boston; Edward, Boston : Simon, president of the Press Co., New York aurice, attorney in Stamford; Sam- uel, employed in the P. & F. Corbin |@ivision of the American Hardware |Corporation; Tsidore, teacher of | piano, of this city; Miss Anne Rosen- berg, a teacher in the public schools |here: Mrs. Louis Feldman of New York city. Funeral services were held |afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Talmud Torah on Elm street, foll ed by services in the synagogue of the Brotherhood Sons of Israel. In- terment was in Beth Alom cemetery where a service was also held | Assisting in the funeral were sev- cral of the leading rabbinical clerg: men of this state, including R Levenberg of New Haven, Hu of Hartford, Hoffenberg of Hartford, Hadas and Aronson of this city. this I ‘“Bmkc:” Hears Mother Is Slain by Father, Gets Having learned of the alleged murder of his mother by his father, a story in the Herald last evening, John B Frisone of Chatam street, Lynn, Mass., who has been erm- ployed for the past few days with a laboring gang in Berlin found himself without fund: with which to pay his way home to attend the funeral and learn | the details of the murder. | Last night he went to the lo- | cal police station and told his | story to Desk Sergeant Matthias | Rival, who telephoned to the Lynn police and arranged to have Frisone’s brother forward | 810 to him in care of police | headquarters. On recelpt of the money Frisone sald he would pay $1.30 for the telephone call and use the balance for trans- 1 portation to his home, abbath. The | PROPOSED MASONIC TEMPLE FOR THIS CITY RABBI ROSENBERG, NEW PERUVIAN SUBMARINE STRANDED OFF DELAWARE RADIOS FOR INSTRUCTIONS STEAMERS COLLIDE AND ONE GOES DOWN Recident Occnrs Near New Or- leans This Morning . DERTH OF OLDEST LERDER g gy 15 MiSSING Bearines Jumped Overboard With Life Pre- server and Is Hunted By Plane— Another Sailor in Injured in Crash. New Orleans, La., Oct. 28 (F— Ths steamship Louislana sank out- side South Pass early today after col- ding with the steamship Madison, officials of the Steamship Company were informed. The Louisiana, out-bound for | Miami and Key West, was struck by the Madison just outside the pass and sank a few minutes later. All | members of the crew were reported safe, although First Mate Adams of the Louisiama got a broken leg. The Madison was in-bound for Tampa. One Man Missing. Later, one man, a member of the crew of the Louisiana whose {dentity not been learned, was reported missing. He is sald to have leaped overboard with a life preserver after the accident The Louisiana is sald to have been | proceeding slowly through an im- pending fog when she was struck |amidships. The Touisiana, a freight- |er, carried a crew of about 35 men. | The Madison, a passenger carrying 40 men and several passengers. All passengers were reported safe. | The Madison was able to proceed |to Pllot Town, near the mouth of |the river, under her own power and {later loft that point to continue up |the river. although her bow was damaged. An airplane left Pllot Town to search for the missing member of |the Louisiana's crew. SHEPHERD AGAIN WINS Validity of Probating Mil- lionaire Orphan’s Will Upheld Springfield, IIL, Oct. 2§ (P—Vali- dity of probating will of Wm. Nel- son McClintock, ‘millionalre orphan’ bequeathing’ most of his million dollar estate to his foster-father, William D. Shepherd, Chicago at- torney, was upheld by the Illinois | supreme court toda | It was the second victory for | Shepherd. Last year he was tried jon the charge of having dictated the will of his ward, and o causing his | death eight months later by inocu- lation with typhoid germs. A jury returned a verdict of “not gulity Today's decision upholds the ac- tion of Judge Kickham Secanlan of |the Cook county circuit court in admitting McClintock's will to-pro- bate, and denies the attack on the will's validity brought by the young | millionaire’s ten cousins and his flancee, Miss Isabelle Pope. The | cousins, McClintock’s enly blood re- lations, were left nothing and Miss | Pope was left only an annuity of |$5,000, which was to be administer- ed by Shepherd. Lawyers for the cousins and Miss | Popa attacked the will not only as |influenced by Shepherd, but showing cvidences of his dictation. “It was not drawn by Young Mc- Clintock,” they said. | “Shepherd, his wife and a preach- or,” the appeal said, “held a prayer | meeting in McClintock’s bedroom the day of his 21st birthday anni- versary, and on that same day, while Shepherd and his wife stood by, the boy called fn two domestics and had them witness his signature to the wiil.” BISHOP IS PRISONER® Church Held Captive By Brigands in haf, Oct. 28 (A—Bishop T. ott of the Church of England ion, was captured near Wulaihsien, province. The bishop was proceed- ng from his headquarters at Taian- fu for a survey of his S ntung dio- cese when he was set outlaws and carried off. Bishop Scott has been a mission- ar;” in China since 100 24 Extra Trains for | Saturday Football Crowd New Haven, Oct. 28 (P—Twen | four extra trains, 12 each way, will | be run by the New Gulf and Southern | ' IN MCLINTOCK CASE of England Missionary Is bandits Shantung upon by the Haven railroad Wireless Flashed to ' New London Sub | Base During Night | Mistaken for Distress | Signals. Believed Burned | Out on R-2 and R-1 Is | Sent Back to Conn Shipyards to Get Help. ANXIETY FELT FOR SAFETY OF VESSEL | Washington, Oct new Peruvian 28 (® — The submarine R-2 on | her maiden voyage to Callao, lies 150 miles east of Cape Henlopen, | Del., with her main bearings burn« | ed out, and her sister ship, the R-1, | has returned to the New London, |Conn., submarine base to secure | assistance. | News of the breakdown of the R-2, sent to the navy department |today by the New London com- | mandant, helped clear up a mystery | which resulted from receipt of an SOS. signal last night Indicating |that the R-1 was in distress. Apparently a message saying the R-1 was in trouble was sent out by the steamship Veendijk. Radio | broadcasting was interrupted foran |hour and a half to leave the alr | free for further messages about the | submarine, but the next one that |came in was from the R-1 herself, | saying she needed no assistance land had sent no distress signal. She had, however, asked Amagan- sett station for radlo compass bearings. The message received today from New London did not indicate that the R-2, with her crew of 21 Peru- | vians, was in any immediate dan- ger. No rellef ships are available at New London, but two coast guard cuttors, aroused by last night's | 80S., already are near the vicinity of the helpless submarine. Her po- | sition s given as latitude 38.23 longitude 71.42. | R-1 at Dock New ILondon,-Conn., Oct. 28 (P— The Peruvian submarine R-1, which left here October 21 with its | sister craft, the R-2, on the 3,600 | mile cruise to 'the naval . base in Callao harbor, was back alongside the Groton dock of the Electris Boat company at 3:30 ‘this morne ing. According to officials of the com- pany, the R-1 was sent back by |the flotilla commander, Enrique Monge, when the . R-2 developed {burned out main bearings 150 miles east of Cape Henlopen, Del. The R-1 did not come for as- sistance, sald the officials, who said that Commonder Monge announced he would get aid from shore and | apparently sent the R-1 back be- cause “he was incensed” over the bad fortune of the R-2. Ships to the Rescue The vessel carrles a crew of 26 | officers and men. The coast guard cutters Gresham and Hammond from Atlantic City were reported to be searching for the stricken | submarine, and the 100 foot patrol | boat Eagle was despatched from | Block Island early this morning to oln in the search. The submarine, located, will be brought back to this city for repairs. Lt. Commander Pablo Ontaneda, skipper of the R-1, reported upon I'the arrival of his vessel here, that the R-2 first developed engine trouble late yesterday afternoon as |the two vessels, en routs from | Newport to Callao, Peru, were at |sca off Cape May. He said that | Commander Enrique Monge, head | of the Peruvian naval’ commission |1n the United States, who ealled on |the R-2 as flotlila commander, | ordered nim to return to New Lon- | don last night after all attempts to get a tow line aboard the R-2 in | the heavy seas had failed Bearings Burned Out | Commander Ontaneda sald that |the first indication that the R-2 was in trouble was given about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a | radio message was recelved by him from Commander Jose Alzamora, | commanding the R-2, to the effect | that five bearings of the main starboard engine had been burned out. A short time later a message was recelved that two bearings of the main port motor had gone. and that the vessel was drifting help- lessly and in need of a tow. Coma |mander Ontaneda said that he | maneuvered as ¢lose as possible to |the R-2 and aftempted to get a | tow line aboard her. Heavy seas | forestalled the success of the move, | however, and after many efforts had failed, Commander Ontaneda | was ordered to return to this clty | when i | | to care for players and spectators|for assistance. The despatching of at the Yale-Army game Saturday. it was announced today at the gen- | eral offices of the company here. | I | spectals | West Point, there will be | special trains and an extra section of a regular train from New York and an extra scction each addition to the two 11 car to bring the cadets from nine | the cutter Eagle followed a report | made by him upon his arrival to local coast guard officials. No Word Heard Today Attempts were made by the R-1 today to communicate with her ricken sister ship, but all efforts |falled, and considerable anxiety from | was felt for the vessel, from which Boston and Springfield. Tast year | nothing has been heard since the approximately 50,000 | train to the game. came by (Continued on Page Fitteen)

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