New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 4

STILL HUNTING MISSING BODIES Ten Unaccounted for in New " York Launch Disaster New York, Dec. 21 (M—Police and firemen today continued grappling among the ice floes of the Hudson river for the bodies of 10 men still believed missing from among more than two score workmen in search of jobs, who were drowned yesterday when the launch Linseed King c sized. Twent-seven others of more than 60 men who crowded the 42-foot craft in its perilous trip across the river from 95th street, New York, to Edgewater, N. J., were rescued after clinging to ice cakes and the sides of the ship for almost an hour. Young Skipper Arrested. Captain John Rohweider, t - year-old skipper of the craft, wh swam more than a mile towards the Jersey shore before he was picked | up, was under police guard at the Knickerbocker hospital today suffer- ing from shock and exposure and threatened with pneumonia. He faces technical charges of and nomicide. The other survivors were at var- ious New York hospitals. All were suffering from exposure but their recovery was expected. The ship was owned by Spencer Kellogg & Sons, linseed oil manufac- turers, and more than 100 men, most of them answering an advertisement, hered at dawn at the co pier for the trip to the plant the river. Captain Rohweider says only 60 men, less than the boat's es- | timated capaci crowded aboard tor the first trip, but some of the survivors place the figure close to 100. No Hole In Boat. Midway across the boat c but just what caused the had not been determined early to- day. Captaln Rohweider says the launch struck a huge ice cake that drove a hole through iis bow, but police were unable to find a hole in the boat. Others said the boat was shoved on its side by an ice floe, an the men rushing to the other sids t right her caused her to capsize More than rapped in the small cabin of the boat. Those on deck leaped overboard and clung 1o the ice floes and to the ship's side, although many, their fingers numbed by the cold, lost their grips and slipped beneath the wat 30 Bodies Recovered, Thirty bodies had been recover early today, but relatives of at 10 others, who visited the morgue, failed to find dent sast READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS he bodies they sought. | NEW Bkiiain DAILY HERALD, Finally Lands Its Cargo of Death Her bow crushed by a collision with ice floes and sub- merged until only her cabin roof was clear, the 48-foot motor cruiser Linseed King gave up a grisly cargo of 27 dead when brought to shore and raised by fire boats, Photo shows the smashed cabin from which the bodies were ve- covered by rescue workers. Eight were jammed in the (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc) tiny companionway, and 19 others, their frozen faces dis- torted in horror, were imprisoned behind them. Six others of the 62 passengers died of exposure in the icy waters of the Hudson river. Twenty-nine of the men were on the deck of the craft and leaped clear. The wreck was the most tragic of recent river catastrophes. Chief Hart also recommended that 1 plan be adopted wherel 100 which is now in the pension fund vested in another way her present system of drawing LAW MAY RETIRE i OLDER POLICEMEN f cent interest in the banl and four and a quarter per cent in- = torest in city bonds. He suggested hat the money be invested in mort- s wh would pay per cent FFinance Board Chairman Edward Hall pointed out that mort- s wonld have to be gold at a dis count if the call for money s im- No action was taken and 1 matters were left to the polict oard to stuc A long changes in t police and Chief Hart Hints at Compulsory Action by City Possibility of compulsory the volice department was hinted at b Chief William C. at a meet of pension boards of the polic and s in th office last nig The problem members t certain lice boards cording to Commissio odman Chan the matter will be studied board for a recommendation at the [told the members the firemen were the common coun- in favor of a change re they will give two per cent of their wa retiren &) discu on relative to » pension laws of the ments took nd after found it ot accomplish anything until thoroughly studicd o leave it to a special e which would report back at a later meeting. Deputy Chief Michael represented the firemen mayor's pensionin, partment en befor of ©omany years. ment made matier Second Sonney T He next meeting of W eil. with a few amendments. force, ) or Weld announced at his office tod Others Men Favor Retirement Oficer Willlam O'Mara, spealk- ing for the police department, told members of the hoards that the department favored retirement after 25 years' service rather than vears and that the period of serv- ice preceding the pension should be from the date of appointment as supernumerary officers. | It was polnted out that members supernumera force are A. McGra to contribute 50 cents out Mortoa usual night's pay of ;"wi”‘““ to the fund. Members of the poli board felt that a supernume officer had no right to collect a pe wl sion unless he was a regular f some years preceding his retirement The special committee will study the history of the department for 15 Kk to determine the expen sion if 1t were in effe during S years., Pension Revision Committee. Senator Edward F. Hall hool Committeeman Henry T. Burr will serve with representatives of the police and fire departments in a vision of the pension syste the commiitee Noble, Dap! i . Clerk T. J. Mes J. Dehm Timothy Shana- han, representing the fire depart- Chief William C. Hart, Chair- ¢ J. P rk missioner Ha man Wil the police de- are: Airm nelins and Commissioner | man Pe the B ' SYMPATHY . 21 (P—Diplo- matic and social circles of Buenos Aires are sending expressions of sympathy to the American ambas! ay over Ath of their 1 | otd dauhgter Bmily. The girl d last night after an operation for ap- and ' pendicitis. Sho had been suffering from sleeping sicknees for a time, ye {READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS s now in | FOR YOUR WANTS "|the canal zone. TUuedDAY, DECumbBiK 21, 1vZo. ARMY PLANES ARE (Continued from First Page) Start In V Formation The ships circled about the fleld, each awaiting until the one following had caught up. When they were all bunched they spread out in a V- shaped formation and headed to- ward San Antonio, They circled the Alamo City and were then off to the south for the Mexican border, which they expected to reach before 2 p. m. General Patrick's plane was about halfée mile in the lead, then |came the New York at the apex lof the “V" shaped formation. | The pilots waved goodbye to the {throng on the ground as they rose |into the clear air. There were about a dozen escort Imachines in the air following the |ight planes. | The only ceremony to the parting |was the goodbye kisses which pilots’ |wives bestowed on thelr husbands, |and also on the other pilots whose |wives were not present. Once on the runway the heavy |machines with their six thousand |pounds of weight, wasted no time to |be free of the flying feld mud. The |“dog” ship's wheels bounded atong the concrete and took the air. The New York was in the alr at 110:52. Between the takeoff of the |New York and of the last ship there was an interval of only four minutes, lthe St. Louls going up at 10:56 a. m. High Officers Present High officers of the army were present to see ihe ships away. Gen- | eral Patrick, as chief of the air service, gave the men their last word of advice and farewell. He told them the flight was the most momentous ever undertaken by the | army, and that its benefits to the United States and ~ South America wero inestimable. Captain A. B. McDaniel, the young bachelor pilot from San Antonio, as | {second in command, had the right | hand position next to Major Dar- | in le the flight formation. On of the flight commander ptain Tra aker's ship, the San Francisco, Captain FEaker being third in command. To Captain Me- Daniel's right was the Detroit, and fo Captain Faker's left was the St. Lonis. The route of the flight which will consume more than four months and include more than 20 natlons and §0 cities, lles to Brownsville, as the first stop. To South America The west coast of South Americ will form the landmark for the fly- until they reach France fleld in | Thence they will cross the continental divide to visit Cartagena on Colombia’s Atlantic coast. They will retrace thefr flight from that point to France fleld and again fly south, cruising along the nous coast of South America a, which is in about the zue the was OFF ON FLIGHT | | | center, north and scuth of Chile. Neuquen, Argentina, almost di- rectly east of Valdivia, across the Andes, is the next stop. The Equipment Pack. One of the most delicate of the numerous tasks in preparing for the long alr voyage was accomplished when the equipment pack for each plane had been safely stowed in the narrow limits of the hulks. The pack, which includes, among other things, 184 pounds of tQols, anchors, ropes, buckets, tunnels and similar equipment, and 75 pounds of wearing apparel for the men, .as placed 80 it would not move or bounce about when the ship strikes water, and yet has to be deposited 80 it will not displace the center of gravity of the ship. No cameras of any kind will be | taken. In an official statement from headquarters it was explained that since this Is a good will tour the pilots do not want friendly nations | they visit to think that the flight may be map-making tour or an ex- | pedition to gather secret informa- | tion. | The planes will carry letters, from | President Coolidge to the presidents of all the countries to be visited. These letters will bear the nation's official greetings and messages of | friendship. There also will be mes- | sages from the five cities for which the planes are named, New York, | Detroit, St. Louis, San Francisco and 8an Antonio. Each plane will carry at the start 200 gallons of gasoline welghing 1, 200 pounds, 20 gallons of oil weigh- ing 150 pounds, and 17 gallons ot water. The spare parts in each will | welgh 20 0 pounds. Loaded, che | planes will weigh three tons. The | 20 countries, and the possession of thres others, and make at least 50 landings. The end of the journey is | scheduled late in April at Washing- { ton, D. C. The first stop will be Browns. | ville, where they expect to land within three hours flying time f1 n San Antonio. From srownsville the | flight will skirt the eastern shores | of Mexico to Puerto, from where they will turn inland to Mexico Cit - From the Mexican capital, they will | sall across Mexico to Salina. NEW HAVEN ARMY MAN TAKES OUT LICENSE Licut. Marry Mhuw Elizabeth Alexander of Georgia —Naval Man To Wed. New York, De. 21 (M—An army, ofticer and a navy officer got mar- riage licenses here today. Lieut. Johxi Gibson Cross, U. S4/ now of New York but formerly or Brookline, Mass., was issued a li- cense to marry Mrs. Elizabeth Web- ster Passano Raynor, of Brookline, and Captain William Norman Thoma aJr, U. 8. A, of New Haven, Conn,, was given a license to marry Miss Elizabeth Lane Alexander, of Co- lumbus, G: The Cross-Raynor marriage was performed immediately by Clty Clerk Cruise while Captain Thomas and Miss Alexander announced they would wed tomorrow. Mrs. Cross wrote in her applica- tion that she and Lelcester 8. Ray= nor were divorced in- Massachusetts Thomas to five planes will consume 50,000 gal- lons of gasoline and 5,000 gallons 0!3 oil on the trip. They expect to be | gone more than four months, visit | on Nov, READ HERALD CLA FOR YOUR W4 New Britain Live Poultry Mkt. 98 Hartford Ave. Phone 4181 A great variety of native Foul, Geese, Ducks, Broilers and Turkeys at Fair Prices. convince you to call again. # parts of the City. Our service will Deliveries made to all Attention—Dressing Free Special Prices to Markets and Restaurants It Will Pay You te Remember the Address TO Gur aseé City of N. B. 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