New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1927, Page 1

News of the World | By Assoclated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 5 "ula([ "-‘PV LWL 7S TR0 NEW BRITAIN, PHILANTHROPIES BENEFIT BY WILL OF B. A. HAWLEY; $100,000 Testators Love For Children Reflected in Bequests Affecting| Their Welfare and| Happiness. $20,000 for City Condition- al on Its Paying $2,000| for His Trouble Naples Case. Many philanthropies are included in the will of the late Benjamin A. Hawley, including gifts totally more than $100,000 institute for the erection of a me- morial library. The will which was admitted to probate today, reveals graphically the interest Mr. Hawley took in children. rovision for the payment of $20,- | 400 to the New Britain park com- mission for park extension or bfau- ing, provided a bill of $2,000 is paid the Hawley estate for services rendered in the Naples case. Mr. Hawley, who died Wednesday at his home on Hart street, was general manager of Russell & Erwin's and a -president of the American in| to the New Britain | It also contains | FOR INSTITUTE SPEEDS 70 DEATH AGAINST TROLLEY Rnthony Louikoes, 33, of Spring Street, Dies in Wild Ride |CRASH ON WEST MAIN ST. | Victim Rushes Down Toroughtare on Left Side of Road at 40 Miles an Hour Terrorizing Other Drivers Before Collision. After having driven through | West Malin street at a rate of speed sald by witnesses to have been be- |tween 40 and 50 miles an hour, on |the left side of the highway, pass- ing other automobiles and terrorizing |their drivers, Anthony Louikoes, |aged 33, of 33 Spring street, was taken from his automobile as he hung almost lifeless over the driver's wheel after a collision with a Plain- ille bound trolley car akout 10:10 ilast night, and died at New Britain General hospital at 12:45 this morn- ing of a fracture of the skull and | multiple bruises. The coi'lsion oc- curred between Lexington and Grove 'I\TT‘ Hardware Co. L HilL It is said unofficially that Mr. Skull: Fracture Causes Death Hawley's estate s valued at be- tween $350,000 and $400,000. 1 he will contains the provision | that the sum of $20,000 be set aside and the income go to an aunt, Har- ette R. Manvel of Greenwich, Conn., and upon her death the| principal go to the board of park | commissioners’ of New Britain for | beautifying parks, providing that Dr. John Purney, medical exam- iner, was notified of the futality and viewed the remains at the hospital. He pronounced death due to the fracture, which was at the base of the skull. Louikoes bled profusely from the ears, nose and mouth, Dr. Purney found, and none of the oth- er injuries were of sufficient serious- ness to cause death. The police and medical examiner are at a loss to account for. the recklessness which characterized Louikoes' last ride. Instances of | driving on the wrong side of the highway for short distances are | quite common, they point out, but Louikoes continued aloag the left side for almost a mile, according to the witnesses. Dr. Purncy said the | hospital internes reported to him that they were unable to detect the odor of liquor from the breath, a fact which tends to discount the theory that the man had been drink- ing heavily and was not in proper control of his senses, Day| . Motorman Exonerated. Nursery. John A. Frawley of 69 Highland Income from $5,000 to the Wel- | Terrace, motorman of the car, was fare association. | exonerated of all blame in connec- $10,000 to be set aside for a free tion with the fatality, witnesses bed fund for children at the New |making statements to the police Britain General hospital. which show that Louikoes turned $5,000 for the Newington into West Main street from Bradley for Crippled Children. street, which is west of Black Rock $5,000 to the So Congregation- | bridge, and drove on the lett side of al church for Christmas festivities |the street until the collision occur- for children. |red. Motorman Frawley applied the 0 to the Congregational |prakes as soon as he rcalized that *h of Dorset, Vt., for Christmas | the crash must occur, ivities for children. |brought the trolley car to a stop $5,000 to the Society of the Chil-| within a few feet, according to ¥e dren of Mary Immaculate Concep- | yitnegges. He rushed to the man's tion of New Britain. assistance and helped lift him from Income from $10,000 to the New the seat, after which he placed him Rn'u'\ Fresh Air camp. on the grass near the sidewalk. Of- §5,000 to the Boys' club of New | ficer Daniel Cogrove and Amerigo nm" Anselmo of 412 West Main street, - M. C A well known High school football player, took him to tho hospital. Witnesses Tell of Higa Speed, Frank Fiermian of 61 Main street within a year after the death of the aunt the city pays to the Hawley estate the sum of $2,000 for services on the Naples case $1,000 to the Greenwood cemetery at Brooklyn, N. Y., for maintenance of the family plo $500 to Helen Carlson, the Hawley home. $20,000 to the Brooklyn home for Aged Men and Cripples as a me- morial to Mr. Hawley's mother. Income from $10,000 to Children’s Home in New Britain. $5,000 outright to the ChHdren's Home. Income from $5.000 to the Vis ing Nurse association, $5,000 to the New a maid at the = Britain Home | New Britaln. 85,000 for the St. Lucyan Home for the Aged of New Britain. s $10,000 to the Jerome home ofi | east on West Main street, accom- and he| told the police that he was driving | $50,000 to the New Britain insti- tute. 250,000 and accumulations of a number of personal frust funds to the New Britain institute for the erection of a memorial building in memory of his mother and dedi- cated to the welfare and happiness (Continued on Page 16) TWO ALLEGED HOLDUP MEN FINALLY CAUGHT Badly Beat Hartford Storekeeper But Are Clnsgly Pursued Hartford, Conn., May 13 (®—Two alleged holdup men were captured | this morning after they had badly Leaten a storekeeper on Zion street | in an attempt to rob him. The “stick up” failled when Al- fred Rancour, the store up a hard fight against the ban- its. He was finally struck on the wd with the butt end of a revol- ver in the hands of one of his as- sailants, but his shouts had attract- | ed the attention of persons in the | vicinity, The robbers ran out of the store, Rancour got to his feet and made a desperate cffort to pursue them, hut dropped to the walk in front of his ple He was bleeding freely from a severe wound in his head. His condition is serious. The hold up men “split” when they left the store and the pursuit | s taken up by citizens and police officers. Frank Lirelli, 22 of this city, who has heen at Cheshire reformatory, | It hiding in a ‘parked car nearby Clay \n Phelps, 22, of Windsor, ptured after a struggle in Ponc's park by Policeman Willlam King. owner, put | panied by Gordon Prescott of 211 | Corbin avenue, and both estimated that the speed of the ill-fated ma- | chine was at least 40 miles an hour. | L. C. Demeritt of 125 Main street |sald he was driving east on West ain street and Louikoes drove past {him at the corner of Vine street. He |said Louikoes was driving at the | rate of 45 or 50 miles an hour. He | helped 1itt him from the car a few lmmmcs later. Walter Winchell of 111 West Main | street, Plainville, who was a passen- ger on the trolley car, corroborated | Motorman Frawley's version of the collision. The trolley car loft the cen- ter at 10:01 o'clock and was going |at a moderate rate of speed at the |time of the collision. The front of | the automobile was smashed and the | steering wheel broken by the im- pact. Loufkoes, instead of thrown clear of the car, was jam- ! med with terrific force against the wheel, which he was grioping tight- | ly, and when lifted out, his body | was causing the horn to hlow inces- santly, because of contact with the | button on the wheel. | Sergeant Thomas J. Feeney and Ofticer Danlel Cosgrove conducted the investigation into the accident. | Louikoes 1§ survived by his wife. | The funeral will be held Monday {morning from St. Andrews' church. | The hour of the services will be an- nounced later. Arrangements will be gompleted by J. M. Curtin Co. ‘Grabbed Woman on Street And Is Given Jail Term New Haven, May 18 (A—Elmer | Lawrence, 22, arrested after four complaints had been made that he had been grabbing women on the street, was sent to jail for four nionths today with additional time | on another charge. The police had been told several | times that at night in the vicinity of the county jail a man came up from behind and put ' his arms around women. A watch was set |and a suspect was traced. to A house and Lawrence arrested after resistance, being | CHEAPER GOAL FOR CONN. FAMILIES 1§ NOW VERY LIKELY Freight Rates Reduction Wonld Save Nearly Million a Year il Passed on fo Gonsumer R. R. ACTION IN LINE WITH GOYERNOR'S PLAN New York, Ontario and Western Only One of Eight Oarrier Lines Trying to Carry Out Provisions of Law and Trumbull Demands Oth- er Seven Be Compelled to Reduce Rates as Well Hartford, May 13 UP—A reduc- tion in freight rates on anthracite coal which, if passed on to the consumers, will mean a saving of at least $700,000 and possibly $1,000,- 000 annually has been practically assured to this state. This is the result of a voluntary| adjustment of rates by the New! York, Ontario and West:rn Rallway company and the New Haven system and is directly in line with the ob- jective sought by Governor John H. Trumbull in his recent efforts to throw the resources of the state be- | hind the rate reduction ranovement. The manufacturers’ assoclation of Connecticut has also been ‘working along the same lines, Effective on June 1. The New York, Ontario and West- ern railway, the Central New Eng- land railway and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad has filed with the commission & schedude of reduced rates on an- thracite from mines on the New York, Ontario and Western railway to Connecticut, which unless sus- pended by the interstate commerce commission will become effective on June 1. The decision of the New Haven road and its subsidiaries to adopt the lower sachedule of rates is re- garded by the governor and his as- sociates in the rate duduction ef- fort as significant of a determina- tion on the part of the New Haven railroad management to cooperate in this movement in a manner ich will uitimately serve the best interests both of the coal shipping patrons of the rallroad and the con- suming publie. The governor has already re- quested that the commission and the attorney general file a petition in the federal courts for a writ of mandamas commanding the several carriers to comply with section four of the interstate commerce act (Continued on Page 23) MRS, LINDSAY IS DEAD AT AGE OF 89 YEARS Liberty Street Woman Lived Here for Over Half Century A resident of New Britain for more than halt a century and a member of the First Congregational church for that length of time, Mrs. Margaret C. Lindsay, died at 8§ o'clock this morning at her home at 50 Liberty street, in her 89th year. She was a native of Scotland, the daughter of Alexander Micklem and Isabel Nichol Micklem. Her period of residence In New Britain was close to 63 years. Her husband, the late Robert Lindsay dicd in 1896. Up to last October she had enjoyed remarkable health but since that time illness incldent to her advanc- ing age set In resulting in her death today. Surviving sons and daughters are: Robert E. Lindsay of East Hartford, Alexander’ W. Lindsay of Oakville, and John A. Lindsay of this city, Misses Isabella, Mary and Euphemia J. Lindsay and Mrs. Margaret F. Muir. Five grandchildren survive. They are: James Lindsay Mulr, Robert . and Raymond Lindsay of Kast Hartford, Margaret J. Lindsay of Oakville and John Bennett Lind- say of this city. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jean Hart and Mrs. | George Kay, and two brothers, Alex- ander and John Mieklem of Merl- | den. | Funeral services will be held to- | morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at! the home on Liberty street. Rev. | Theodore A. Greene of the First Congregational church will officiate and burial will be in Fairview ceme- WIFE AND $100 GONE | Broad Street Husband Reports Her Disappearance, Believing She Has Eloped With Male Companion. Frank Bartusewicz of 178 Broad street reported to the police this| morning that his wife left home on | May 6, with a paramour, taking | |$700. It is understood the money ' | was in the bank in her name. Julian Lauretty of 317 Lincoln istreet reported to the police last | |night that Nellle, his 18 year old |} daughter, left in the morning and {did not return. ‘He thought she was CONNECTICUT, - . Imposes Sentence On Couple Today Intensive Search on Land and Sea Brings ser and Coli. Additional Reports From Northern Newfoundland Repeat Belief Airplane Was Heard Monday. | Washington, May 18 (A—The | feasibility of sending the dirigible Los Angeles as far north as the | coast of Labrador in search of the ;mtssmg French fllers was taken under consideration today by the navy. The Los Angeles is covering the North Atlantic coast today and there were indicationgat the White House that the dministration would like to have it make a thor- ough scarch while it is out. A message to the navy depart- ment from Lieut. Commander Rosendahl, sent from the Los An- geles off Nantucket | here shortly before noon, said the dirigible had encountered heavy fogs in that vicinity, the visibility was “very low"” and the ocean's surface was ‘“totally obscure.” Still No News. Intensive search on sea and land still brings w0 tidings of the find- ing of the French aviators, Captains Nungesser and Coli now four days overdue at New York on their flight from Paris. Revkjavik, Iceland, sent word to- day that a watch on the Icelandic JUDGE TOWNSEND SCUDDER. MRS, SNYDER, GRAY | SENTENCED 10 DIE Both Calm as They Hear Judge Name Week of June 20th T0 SING SING MONDAY Stand Near in Courtroom But Each Ignores Other's Presence—Wom- an Says She'd Like To See ¥ormer Paramour. Courtroom, Long Island City, N. No Tidings of Nunges- | planes, and received | adding that | W BRITAIN HERALD — DIRIGIBLE L0S ANGELES MAY BE SENT AS FAR AS LABRADOR IN HUNT FOR TWO LOST FLIERS: CONDITIONS DO NOT FAVOR COLUMBIA'S START SPONSOR OF FLIGHT' OFFERS $5,000 REWZRD FOR RESCUE OF TWO FLIERS' taud Anxious to Start Orteig Posts Fund Which Also Will Be Paid Any Avia- tor Finding Trace of Lost Plane ‘Washington, ward of $5,000 for any aviator who | discovers either of the missing French fllers or traces of their air- has been posted by Ray- mond Orteig sponsor of the $25,000 New York-Paris flight prize. Announcement of the reward of- fer was made today by W. May 13 (A—A re- \Cr;\(‘ken Jr., | merce department. P. Mc- | assistant secretary of commerce, in charge of aviation. Orteig, an American, is now in Paris. He cabled the offer to his attorney, George W. Burleigh, of New York, who notified the com- The fund was posted with the Bank of America, 44 Wall Street, New York City. NOT 10 BE DENIED Mississippi Through Two Crevasses FERTILE LAND INUNDATED Today's Break is 150 Miles North- west of New Orleans snd Sugar | Finally Bursts| POWER OF FLOODS FEDERAL OFFICERS IN BREWERY RAID 16,000 Gallons of Beer Seized in' Waterbury Hanl NEAR EAGLE WAREHOUS "l‘hh Is Believed to Be First Suc- Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending May 7th .. 14,208 PRICE THREE CENTS !Chamberlin and Ber- at 1 A. M. Providing Weather Permits. Lindbergh Possibly May, Race Other Birdmen But Won’t Start Unless ; Everything Is Right. New York, May 13 (/) — Weather conditions at sea this afternoon showed no improvement over those which caused postponement of the Bellanca plane flight until Saturday morning. Await 11 P. M. Report The forecaster declined to make any predictions on the weather until later in the day and the Bellanca taviators expected to wait until they ‘could obtain the weather chart at 111 o'clock tonight before finally de- ‘cldlng whether it would again be necessary to defer the start of the | fiight to Parts. . ‘Weather conditions were none too |favorable today for the planned start |of the Bellanca monoplane early |Saturday morning for Paris. Captain cesstal Raid on a So-Called “wild | 1indbersh spent today over his plane Cat” Brewery in This State— and Rice Districts Are in Path of | ‘Waters. New Orleans, issippi today charged through two crevasses in the Big Bend section of the Bayou Des Glaises levee,150 miles northwest of New Orleans, to invade | May 13 UP—Their | conquest of the upper valley com- | plete, the flood waters of the Miss- | Ownership is Doubtful. ‘Waterbury, May 13 (#—Federal prohibition enforcement agents un- | der direction of group head Edward | B. Doolan and Anthony Mannon, early today made what is believed | to be the first successtul raid upon Y., May 13 (UP)—Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray stood before Justice Townsend Scudder today and heard the sentence of death passed upon them, as their punishment for the murder of Al- bert Snyder. Justice Scudder ordered they hu electrocuted at Sing Sing prison the week of June 20, 1927. Suburban housewife and corset salesman, caught up in an illicit romance that shattered two homes, they were straining and tense as Justice Scudder pronounced the doomsday words: “You shall be put in solitary con- finement at Sing Sing prison until the week of June twenticth at which time you shall be put to death as prescribed by law in this state,” the Jjustice slowly pronounced. Neither Shows Emotion The expected outcrics, such as| condemned men and women some- | times cannot control as they face the forfeit the commonwealth de- mands, did not materialize. There was suffering in Ruth Sny- der's eyes and her head was bowed but she did not weep. man survived the fateful sentence. To Prison Monday Both defendants will be spared | (Continued on Page ) Stamford’s Tax Rate Is Stamford, Conn., May 13 (UP)— Tax rates fixed today by the city of | Judd Gray's/ eyelids closed and his jaw q\u\erml} but the composure of the stoic little | \ | waters had failed to sight the miss- ing “White Bird.” The minister of posts at St. Johns Newfoundland, has received word that Fletcher Back, of Sound Is- land, Placentia, heard the hum of an airplane last Monday in the fog | overhead but this-and other reports | that the whirr of a motor in the | fog had been heurd by three resi- dents of Harbor Grace, has led to nothing definite in the hunt for the | French aces in the wilds of New- foundland. Searching Ships Ordered. St. Johns, N. F., May 13 (P— | The governor of Pierre today informed Sir William Horwood, ad- ‘minmramr of the government in | absence of Sir William Allardyce, that he was sending a ship to search Placentia Bay and neighbor- ing waters for the French airmen Nungesser and Coli. The Newfoundland government | has placed the telegraph service at | the disposal of those engaged in the service and has promised to aid the } hunt in every possible way. Major Sydney Cotton, United | States aviator now in Detroit, and who is familiar with flying condi- tions in Newfoundland, states as his opinion in a message to Premier Monroe that it the Harbor Grace reports of hearing the plane flying over there are authentic it would { seem likely that the “White Bird"” had come down on the western part of the island, towards Port Aux | Basques. | Now Highest in State | Search Still Goes On New York, May 13 (P—A thorough the extreme northeastern Atlantic ' Points to Increasing En- scarch of wild and rocky areas of | lat 130 Lasalle strect, but Sergeant |Flynn reported she had not gone \there. coast was under way today for Cap- tains Nungesser and Coli as new re- ports bolstercd the theory that their lost biplane passed over the fog- covered region last Monday morn- ing. Support to the bellef that the rench aviators reached the Atlan- Stamford gives Stamford the dubi- ous honor of having the highest tax rate of any town in the state.| City tax rates here are 17.4 mills. for the first and second tax di tricts and 12.3 mills for the third. The town tax rate is 15.9 mills | so that the combined town and city | rates are 33.3 mills and 28.2 mills|tic coast was seen in the report of | ‘Waterbury, Smmford'sitwu lobster fishermen that an has a tax rate of 31.51 respectively. un- closest rival, mills. Vandals Cause $5,000 Damage At 0ld Catholic Cemetery, Beatty St. (Continued vn Page 27) Smashed in Night Raid By Miscreants the | re- What is considered one of most wanton acts of vandalism ported in this city in some time, came to light today at the old Catholic cemetery on Sexton street, where monuments and grave mark- ers were found to have been toppled over and smashed, in some instances beyond repair. James Lannon, supe intendent of cemeteries of Mary's parish, reported conditions to Captain Kelly shortly before noon | and a police investigation was im- plediately commenced. According to | during the evening. Mr. Lannon the damage cannot be| It s possible that maliciously in- repaired at a cost less than $5,000. |clined boys committed the vandal- The police are working on the |ism, although consideration is being theory that the vandals attempted |given to the theory that one or more to burn a wooden building at 14 |persons actuated by motives of jeal- Beatty street, complaint having been | ousy or dissatisfaction planned it. | #* vised the latter to call in the police {in an effort to run down the guilty parties. Mr. Lannon said he was at the cemetery about 4:30 vesterday after- noon. In all probability, the vandals |operated under cover of darkn and the police this afternoon were endeavoring to learn whether or not residents of the vicinity of Beatty and Sexton streets had seen suspici- ous persons about the neighborhood made by Peter Wroba that he dis- | covered a large hole burned in the wall of the building near the | cemetery. Detective Sergeant El- linger was assigned to this com- plaint. Rev. * | | THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair tonight, prob- ably showers Saturday; not much change in temperature. Matthew J. Traynor, pastor of St. Mary's church, planned to| | make a personal inspection this afternoon, to ascertain the extent of | | the damag: to the cemectery, He % the fertile sugar and rice districts of |2 so-called “Wild Cat” brewery in scuth central Louisiana. ‘lhe state. The raid occurred on The break ended more than & | the outskir o e week of fighting on the part of | ¢ ta o Matetbuy; whieie levece workers to hold back the | LOF More than six weeks the federal climbing waters which streamed |Men have had under surveillance a down upon the Bayou Des Glaises |building, the Eagle Storage ware- embankments from crevasses on the | house, a one-: story building built of west bank of the main stream above | hrick and having heavily padlocked | Vatchez and Vicksburg, fed by the |doors, one of the buildings of the flood waters from Arkansas and by | old Eagle Brewery company. the overflow and backwatcrs of tm\ Many Suspicious Trucks, river. Tons of water pressure came ! After observing the trucks that against the narrow Bayou Des ' were constantly passing in and out Glaises levees. Situated ut the 00t | of the place, the federal men decid- of the inland lake, submerging ed the time had arrived to seize evi- uortheastern Loulslana, the crest or | dence and make arrests, the flood moved slowly toward lher At 1 (ololack this morning seyen Gult of Mexico the waters reached | enforcement agents gathered at the top of the ramparts and, and | Naugatuck police headquarters, The despite the desperate fight of hun-|ofticers were Doolan, Mannion, dreds of men to restrain them, | Holtz, Raffile, Briggs, streamed over the top yesterday in|Keane, from Brid several places. Rains Add to Hazard Rains added to the hazard, weak- geport, New Lon- | don and New Haven. | They procceded to this building and observed a truck come out. The ening the embankments and satur- | truck was followed and in front of | ating the workmen. Many refugees |the Chatfield company on Bene- who fled today were men who had | gict street, the driver was ordered been struggling against the Tising | to stop. He proved to be John M. Kenna of 163 East Main street, Wa- | terbury. The truck was owned by | his father, J. F. McKenna, also of Waterbury. The driver was placed | under arrest (Continued on Page 33) the sixty or more half-barrels of SLADE RECOMMENDS NEW H. §. BUILDING e ioszs en e s “Tnebeee | alconolic content. | The driver of the truck was not | admitted to bail but was taken to once to Naugatuck police headquar- ters and locked up. rollment as Supporting | 16,000 Gallons Selzed. Avery and | | unde charged with trans- | | porting liquor and the agents seized | {at present inadequate ! the | a briet resume Grave Markers and Monuments Toppled Over and| | will de was notified by Mr. Lannon and ad- | | will Suggestion recommendations Among many | concerning the Senior High school !by Principal Louis P. ade in his annual report filed, today are a larger auditorium, better gymnasi- um and bathing facilities which re and unsatis- factory, a larger library to the place of the present one room af- fair, a more modern type of science laboratory containing better equip- ment and lunch room facilities. Members of the school tee will give these matters consid- eration at the monthly meeting of school board this afternoon. Mr. Slade’s report which contains of his history and development of the 1916 also estimates how the school elop in the next five years. Following is the number of stu- dents accommodated in the school from year to year since 1916: 1916 -7T46; 1918—701; 1919 enrollment is 1,025, Judging by enrollment in 1,400, £lade. There tion for about Mr. Slade feels. The principal sums up a remedy in the following statement: “It will be practically impossible to remody these defects unless a third building is erected between the academic and vocational build- ings, so planned as to provide an auditorium with a capacity of 1,800 to 2,000. Two gymnasiums, one for young men and one for young women, with adequate bathing and dressing room equipment. A library, and offices for the principal, etc. “If such a building is erected, room would be released in the aca- demic and vocational buildings which could at a reasonable ex- 1921 according to Mr. will be accommoda- 1,415 at that time, increases be pense be converted into approxi- mately 20 additional school rooms, with a total capacity of 700 pupils.” school since | | After making the seizure of the |ruch with its load of beer, the fed- leral men turned their attention to the alleged “wild cat” brewery. In the building they seized about 16,000 gallons of beer as well as paraphernalia for preparing it for the market. In the seizure at Waterbury fed- eral men believe they have got at the source of supply of “good” heer | which has been flowing into many cities in the few months. Officials at the old Eagle Br | ery company denied having any in- commit- | pany denied having any in terest in the place raided this morn- ing. The federal men are now mak- ing an investigation to determine the ownership of the place. Is Owner. Conn.,, May 13 (P— Julius St. Lucia, of Waterbui is | recorded in the town clerk's DYF‘CL‘ here as the owner of the raided by federal forcement offi property prohibition en- als here last night. St. Lucia could not be located up until a late hour this morning. The | plant is situated on a portion of the old gle brewery was formerly works. Joseph seized truck, was brought before U. 8. Commissioner Edward J. Finn property, and used as a bottling | here ¢his morning, and the case was under | continued until bonds of $1,000. ing arranged for McKenna this morning by E. E. Reiley, Jr., and William B, Fitzgerald, his ator- neys. Federal agents, said to be headed by Stanton Briggs, of the plant this morning. were said to be seeking the owners of the plant. The previous report that the property raided was that of the Eagle Fireproof warehouse company was erroneous. The warrant carried by the agents who made the raid is understood to have been made out in that name, though the property actuaily raided was on adjoining land, and not on the warehouse tract the 23rd, Bonds were be- te during the past McKenna, driver of the | were in charge | They | |““the Spirit of St. Louis” and sald he {did not propose to hop off until the weather is promising. New York, May 183 (#—Three i American planes slated fo. non-stop flights to Paris were berthed on Long Island flying fields today, and indications were that two of them at least would take off tomorrow morning in a race to be the first to | cross the ocean. Three Plances Ready. | At Curtiss Field was the Bellanca | “Columbia,” in which Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd Bertaud had 1 hoped to hop off early this morning | until unfavorable weather reports caused them to decide on postpone= {ment until tomorrow morning. Beside it was the Ryan singie seated monoplane, “The Epirit of St, |Louis,” in which Captain Charles Lindbergh flew from San Diego, Calif., in two days preparatory to a flight to France which may now de« velbp into a race with the Bellanca, And at Roosevelt Field was tha Fokker monoplane “America” sent over from Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., last night for the flight of Com- mander Richard E. Byrd. This flight l1s to be postponed, however, until |the fate of the missing French fliers, Nungesser and Coli, is deter- { mined and until Byrd has recovered {from a broken wrist injured during |a test flight. The “America” still has | several days of testing before it can be pronounced fit for service. Plan Hop In Morning. Although regret was expressed in many quarters that the Bellanca | fiiers had not been able to get off (Continued on Page 27) ‘GOAST GUARD TO AID MEN TRYING BIG HOP %Smoke Screen Will Be Used as Partial Guide for Fliers Washington, May 13.—(P—Dis verting part of its interest but none of its activity from the search for the miissing French fliers, the coast guard will take every possible step to aid the American pilots who ex~ pect to take off from New York for Paris tomorrow. | The Cutter Dodoc, on duty with the international ice partol off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland has been ordered to a point in the Atlantic approximately 1500 miles in an airline from New York. She will throw up smoke screen at latie tude 42 longitude 50 at 1 o'clock to- morrow afternoon when the Bel lanco would be due to pass overe head as a guide for the fliers. | The three seaplanes of the coast |guard air corps stationed at Gloucester under command of Lieut. Commander C. C. Von Paulsen, have been ordered to escort Ber- |taud in the Bellanca out of Amer- ican territory. Protection will be afferded over a considerable stretch of the early part of the | Night by coast guard vessels. Five destroyers are in the lane over | which the aviators will pass. They |are searching for the Nungesser- Coli plane. There has been no relaxation in | the quest for the missing French- | men. The Cutter Mojave, which was | scheduled to put to sea with a sea- plane is being held at the Boston coast guard station, however await- |ing word either that the French | filers are located in an area where she would be most useful or infor- | mation sufficient to warrant her ‘irlp Should developments bear out | reports that a plane thought to have been that of the Frenchmen was heard in Newfoundiand. It is pos- sible that one of the coast guard planes may be sent from Gloucester to ald in the search. The coast guard cutter Tampa will be avafle able for duty in that district after she refucls at Halifax.