New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1927, Page 1

R T A it AR o -BRITAIN HERALD FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927. THIRTY-TWO PAGES T"?g'fii’fl'n’ m" ““s ww;) Average Daily Circulation For May 14th . News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, PRICE THREE CENTS ESTABLISHED 1870 'LINDBERGH OFF ON FLIGHT; IS SIGHTED AT NOVA SCOTIA MYSTERY []F MIDDI.EFIEI.D | How Lone Airman Hopes to Accomplish Epoch Making Flight 'KILLING NOW CLEARED UP Daring Flier Reported Over Meteghan, N. S., at 1:25 P. M,, and Should Be Starting Big Jump From Newfoundland to Ireland at 7 O’clock Tonight-Due in Paris Late Saturday or Early Middletown Man Ad- mits Firing Shot That Killed Salvatore Gae- tano — Bridgeporter Helped Hide Body. State Police Make Arrests and Obtain Confessions —Shooting Over Money Feud, Accused Say. MILK SUBPLY HERE NOT HIGHLY RATED Only Two of 38 Soarces of Supply Found Clean \TWO ARE LABELED “DIRTY” City Bacteriologist Bowers Files Re- port Showing Net Findings on Examinations Covering Past Year | ~—Water Supply Excellent. Only two of the city's 33 milk| sources were found to have main- tained a satisfactory degree o cleanliness in laboratory examina- tions made last year by City Bac- | teriologist Chester R. Bowers. Mr. Bowers completed his report | for the fiscal year 1926-27 today. | He reports 21 sources “fairly clean,” 12 “slightly dirty” and three “dir- ty.” The results he reports are from average findings and are not based on any one particular sample, he states. Bridgeport, Conn., May 20 (P— Jolin Falbo, 33, of this city, and Paul Artello, 35, of 30 Cherry strect Middletown, were arrested in South Norwalk last night by Sergeant Frank Virelli and Trooper Paul Lavin of the state police, charged with the killing of Salvatore Gae- tano, 40, of 12] Steuben strect, this city, whose bullet riddled hody was found behind a stone wall in Ly- man's peach orchard, Middlefield, on Tuesday, May 3. Both Men Confessed. Complote. conteselons from the | From dally anaiyses of city water, e men are i Cthe hands of the | BoWers reports excellent _findings. Ltem‘oH‘:CSn e,,,,'; vmn’n Stateq | Difficulties attending the upturning e O rgeant N tated ot water at Shuttle Meadow reser- firing the shots which killed Gae- | YOIr last year as a result of which a | tano,” Sergeant Virelll said. “He “°';d"t“““ oo “’5';“‘"1“ "‘“'i"’l’ 10 sald “He | oquct was delivered from the| T e O e e 1o | mains, Wil be bettered through the | Eiantana amk"‘g from money mat- | NV fltration system he feels cer- | tain, s | e R ine " aoemered whout| Pneumonia was the chiet report- midnight, Friday April 29, the same | ‘l"‘”‘“xr‘l‘f" ;fxb‘::;’l‘;a(nh:::g :::: | date as that of Gactano's disappear- | {14 1i¥ss: ubercuiosd etfie ance from his home in Steuben | ith 3 { Accompanylng the statistical re- S Gaetano : street, The fight In Which Gactano | ACCOMPAIYIAR the sialioicn) was fatally shot took place in an | POrt ! automobile in the town of Middle- For the last two years there has heen a very marked incidence in field. After the shooting Falbo | i | assisted Artello in dragging the body A lhe number of cases of dmhtherla:\ into the peach orchard. Then the|Ior example, during 1924-1926 men fled from the scene in the [there wWere 188 cases of the disease automobile.” while during the past year there were but 23. Naturally enough this Had Becn Hiding. ; e o were arrested |has Tesulted In a corresponding Falbo and Artello Were arrested lloss in the number of throat and in South Norwalk where at ailogse I nose cultures brought to the lab- they had been in hiding since short- 1 Iy after the murder. They offered |Oratory for initial diagnosis as well 5 as a decrease in the number of | no resistance to Sergeant Virelli| and Trooper Lavin who had traced |Cultures examined for release from quarantine. them to their hididg place. After [aua taking the alleged confessions, the| “Throughout the year a constant check has been maintained on the state policemen took the two men with them in an automobile to the jcity water supply, samples having {been examined daily. It is pleasing | various points mentioned in their to report that the supply has main- SINCLAIR JAILED, | court here April 16, this year. { sentence. This map shows the two routes which were open to Lindbergh in his New York to Paris attempt. Sunday. —_— | By the Assoclated Press. “Lone Slim” Lindbergh was Paris bound today in his Ryan monoplane and a little over four hours after he hopped off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island at 7:52 o’clock this morning, an airplane believed to be that of the “Flying Fool” was sighted 10 miles south of Meteghan, Digby county, Nova Scotia. Seen Off Mass. Coast The heavy black line, although appearing shorter, is really 400 miles longer than the dotted line which follows the “great circle” and due to the earth’s circumference is really shorter. ALSD FINED $1c0, Muli-Millionaire Oil Operator Gets Three Months Term MORE APPEALS EXPECTED Penalty is for Refusing to Answer | Scnate Take Case to Highest Court, They | Inquiry—Lawyers Will ‘ Say. ‘Washington, May 20.—(UP)— Harry Ford Sinclalr, multi-mitlion- aire oil operator and sportsman, to- day was sentenced to serve three months in a “common jail” and to | answer questions of the Senate Tea Pot Dome committee in 1924. |pay a fine of $500 for refusing to i i ] i f Sinclalr, 52-year-old self-made | | man, was indicted in March 1924, on | an indictment charging contempt of the senate, and convicted by a jury | in District of Columbia uum—emei Justice William Hitz imposed the | Sinclair’s attorneys are expected to appeal to the circyit court of ap- peals and thence, it unsuccessful, to the U. §. Supreme court, and such | | actlon would delay the start of his sentence for months or even years. Both Are Mandatory Jail and fine sentences were both | { mandatory, the law specifying im- prisonment from one to 12 months and fine of $100 to statements, in order to check up the stories, The men are still in the |tained a high bacteriological stan- | custody of the state police and are |dard. However, considerable anx- | heing detained at the Westport bar- 'icty was felt last summer by many | racks without bond this morning | citizens due to the turbidity of the ! {water caused by the growth of al- gae and the occurrence of mlnulc‘ |crustacea. This trouble appears | leach year, and last year it was| I] !worse than usual, but undouhtedly‘ |with the proposed new filtration | plant in operation this defect in! Mrs. Elzina Thornton, 75, (Continued on Second Page) “The decrease in the number of (Continued on Page Two) $1,000. Sinclair's attorneys gave notice af appeal. His $5,000 bail was con- tinued. Sinclair himself, dapper in a gray | business suit with silk handkerchiet in the upper pocket, a brown overs coat over one arm and a brown felt hat and Malacca cane in the other hand, stood up and faced Judge | Hitz. “Have you anything to say?” asked the court. “I have not,” nate. Sentence was then imposed. !Lloyds Not Gambling sald the oil mag- London, May 20 (# — Lloyds, the city water supply will be rem- Of Stanley St., Suc- edied. | cumbs at Hospital Unable because of her advanced age to combat the after effects of burns received Wednesday afternoon when she poured liquid polish on a hot stove, Mrs. Elzina Thornton, 75 vears old, of 2030 Stanley street, passed away at the New Britain Ge! eral hospital last night at 10:35 o'clock. Mrs. Thornton was alone in her home when the mishap took place, but she managed to get to the tele- phone to call Dr. John Purney. Be- fore the physician was able to grasp the message the connection was broken by the hanging up of the re- ceiver. The police, whom Dr. Pur- ney asked to ald in clearing up the mystery, found her in great pain in her home and hurried her to the Steal Auto in New Haven, Hold Up Peddler Cromwell, Three Arrest- ed in This City. in The police in all parts of Connectl- cut were hunting today for Savino Pongetti of Howard avenue, New | ;Haven, and Frank Mauro of Lafay- |ette street, New Haven, both of hospital where Dr. Purney attended {whom are said to be less than 20 her. She was resting comfortably at |years of age. They were named by the Institution yesterday and heriy oo oo o e cen oo ! death was not expected. She was| ™" N SR burned about the face, hands, and |having taken part in the daring hold- S Die i Art ot hae b oA ‘nl) of Abraham Zlokower of 5 Lake Born in’ Kingston, N, Y., strect, Middletown, yesterday after- | {noon in Cromwell, which was pre- 1830, she received her earl tion in that place. About seven ye ceded by the theft of an automobile The trio- arrested | 4go. she moved to this city with her [in New Haven. hushand, who died on March 4. Had [here at midnight told a = complete the couple lived until the early pa =rmy of the theft and highway rob- of next month they would have cele- {bery and were turned over to the brated their 62nd wedding anniver- | New Haven police today. The auto- Sy |mobile, which is registered in the Mrs. Thornton was a member of {Name of Mrs. Storrs E. Brigham of Mark's Episcopal church, Sur- |20 Parmington avenue, Hartford, | l\ ‘ing her are two sons, John N.|Was recovercd at the time the ar- ‘Thornton of Francis street {rests were made. i | | harles J. Thornton of Brook Oflicer Atthony Kozlauskas saw | { Y.: a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth m(\kso,‘ the group at the corner of Main and of Waterford, N. Y., and two grand- ,\\mhr strects as he was going to- | children. l\mrds a police box to put in a duty Vuneral services will be held at|call at 11:45 o'clock last night and a the home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 |few minutes later he saw them go- o'clock. The remains will be taken 'ing east on Winter street. He was to Pompton Plain, New Jersey, and suspicious, and when he saw them intorment will be in the family ploll there. July 13. (Continued on Page 27) Youthful Desperadoes Trapped; Trio Caaght Here, T wo Hunted MYSTERY IN WATERBURY | been missing ‘Torrinxtion Bank I:)ss which will issue odds on almost any enterprise or contingency, is not quoting any prices on Captain Lind- | bergh's chances to cross the Atlan- tic. The underwriters believe risk Is too great. In government circles more or less |Interested in aviation, the venture | was termed “suicide,” although the | officials expressed hope for the best. ' TO ANNOUNCE FIGHT A blow by blow account of the Maloney-Sharkey fight as telegraphed from the Stadium by the Asso Press, will be announced the Herald tonight. The main bout will take place at 10 o'clock. Auto, Lighted and Engine Running, Found—No Trace of Its Occu- pants. Waterbury, Conn., May 20 (P— Mystery surrounds disappear- ance of the occupants of an auto- moblle that was found on the Mid- | dlebury road with lights on and en. | gine running early Thursday morn-| ing. Stanley Gruzas, 20, today identi- fied the car as the property of his| father, Stanley Gruzas, Sr., who has the car was found by the police. Shots were re- | ported heard in the neighborhood | during the night preceding the dis- covery of the abandone utomobile, | A woman's handkerchief and hat| were found in the car. the New’ York, May Falr weather scemed assurcd tonight for the Sharkey-Ma | loney heavyweight battle at the Yankee Stadium, postponed from last night because of rain. The sun was out at 2 p. m, up the big field and clear skies were promised for the rest of the day. ® — since Shippegan Island, N () — Commander Irancesco De Pinedo, Italian aviator, hopped off for Newfoundland at 11:55 a. m. to- ria 11 (day in his seaplane Santa M Said to Be $50,000 | p and intimated that he might make Torrington, May 20.—There Was|, gescent at Sydney, N. §. | no statement available at the Tor- |y athor was cloar when De Plneds rington National bank today bcar-‘mok oft. ing_upon the alleged irregularities | of F. Earle Joyce, former cashier | who Is undergoing treatment In sanitarium. It Is understood that the alle misuse of cash totalled about $5 000 covering a three-year period, | | and that manipulation was. through | use of drafts drawn on out of town banking connections. { a 3 THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair and cooler to- | night and Saturday. l. | On Lindbergh’s Chances | the | He proposed to follow the coast line | The | Late dispatches indicate that Lindbergh is taking the dotted line path., 1Air Beacons From Coast to Paris Flashing Welcome For Lone Flier French Press Expresses! His | Admiration for Courage — Ambassador Weather Bulletins On Conditions That Lindbergh May Meet New York, May 20 (P—The Herrick Planning Recep- | weather burcau reported only one tion—Weather Outlook on Other Side Is En- couraging. Parls, May 20 (P—All the air I'beacons trom the coast to Paris | have becn ordered lighted tomor- | | tow to show Captain Lindbergh his | way to the French capital. | The world's greatest searchlight, jatop Mount Valerian, just outside | Paris, will flash a beam that on a | clear night is visible for approxi- mately 200 miles. f Planning Welcome, The American Ambassador, Myr- !ton T. Herrick, was informed by the Associated Press of Lindbergh's i start eight minutes after the flier 'rose from Roosevelt IField. Mr. i Herrick is calling together various | | persons interested in organizing a i fitting welcome for the lone avia- i tor. Weather Looks Good. | dicted for Lindbergh when he ar- rives over France. |in a general report, | bilities are that he will meet with a ! slight northwest wind—regarded as I most favorable, weather, According to reports reaching the | weather office from ships at sca |and the other side of the Atlantic, |the only unfavorable spot is a de- pression_over the Gulf of St. Law- rence. High pressure areas, known technically as “antl-cyclones.” ex- tend over the Atlantic as far as Ireland. | The aviator should not go too far north, for low pressure will prevail | during the morning in the region directly south of Greenland and southwest of Teeland. | His Audacity Launded. The young American’s hop fs | characterized by the afternoon Par- is papers as tempt. " The fact that he is navi- gating by compassing, sitting in an jenclosed cockplt, evokes ment, and all the commentators cx- | press admiration for his courage. Hope He Makes Tt. 8t. Cloud, France, M to Paris, before the start of the Hunter- Torotra match, was a general topic | for discussion among the thousands of tennis fans gathered to watch the opening of the Franco-Ameri- can tournament. “Hope he makes it” was heard all sides as the news spread. Tonizhts Fight Will Be Seut Out bv Radio New Yorl asting of the Sharki Jat Yankee Stadium tonight over the {National Droadcasting company's | “Bluc” net work will commence at 10 o'clock eastern daylight saving time. The postponement of the bouts last night has necessitated a change lin time schedule, A regulu- program on WJZ continuig until 10 o'clock on aloney fight final bout which done had weather permitted fichts to go on last night. The same nctwork of stations as originally scheduled the event will ‘broadeast tonight. They are: WIJZ, WBZ, WBZA, KDKA, KYW, WRC, WIR the ORDERED TO VACATE New Orleans, May 20 (#—Women |and children were warned to eva- cuate Pointe Coupee parish today Ihx John M. Parker. flood diractor. Reasonably fair weather is pre- | There may bel ome fog, says the weather bureau | | but the proba- with general fine | “a most audacious at- | as onish- | 20 (| ptain Lindbergh's take-off on his| | trans-Atlantic hop from New York | becoming known here just | May 20 (UI')—Broad- | will prohibit broadcasting the semi- | would have been | | really “bad spot” shortly before mcon on the course being flown by Charles A. Lindbergh. Conditions were said to be not }unrawrnble as far as Cape Rice, de- | spite rain and mist, but there the bureau reported fresh westerly winds and dense fog. | The steamer West Eldora, how- ever, which is 320 miles southeast of the cape, reported by wireless {only light southeasterly winds and |light rain. | The conditions from New York to | Newfoundland were reported as fol- {lows: | New York westerly wind with light fog, New Haven southerly wind and low clouds, Portland, Me., northeast wind and light rain, | Eastport, Me, fresh northeast {wind and low clouds, Hali. fax, light northeasterly wind and partly cloudy, Sydney, N. §. light northerly wind and clear, Basque, N. F. fresh northwesterly wind and cloudy. Ot conditions beyond Newfound- land on the Lindbergh course the bureau reported: “Weather east of forty meridian, probably fair with local cloudiness, and showers from thirty meridian east to the Irish coast.”” Washington, May hydrographic experts who studied he maps today said Charles A. Lindbergh's weather prospects were almost perfect once the flier left the vfoundland coast. Low clouds, rain and fog were shown for the first, or land stage of his journey, but an arca of high pressure existing over his route w described as giving him an “un- usual” advantage for the actual | crossing of* the ocean. 20 (A—Navy nued on Second Page.) WRECKAGE SOMEWHAT LIKE MISSING PLANE | Wing Found Off Montauk Not Definitely \ Identified ew London, —An airplane | (conti | Conn., May 20 @ wing picked up in |Fort Pond bay at the extrenie end of Montauk Point, Long Island, last night and towed in here today by coast guard patrol boat 290 had jbeen in the water for months, it |was detern after inspeetion. When the piece of wreckage was picked up there Wwus an opinion h that possibly the wing was from the “White Bird” plane of [Nungesser and Coli, their attempted flight The wing was brought here and Captain H. G. Hamlet, base com- mander of the coast guard, gave it |an examination. The condition of the wing showed it must have been partly submerged in the water for a considerable period. other patrol Loats were to the scene from the base. And while the 280 pur- ued her scarch seawards. the 231 relieved her of the aeroplane wing, and towed it to local headquarters. Fort Pond bay is an open stretch of water facing the Atlantic ocean, |about five miles from the extreme tip of Long Island, and is in direct line with the course that the French fliers would foliow if thay succeeded in spanning the Atlantic and headed down the New England coast line, and this fact gave rise to the hope [ despatehea (Continued om Page 30) i | | | inavy plane 2 Lindbergh was sighted at before 10 o’clock this morning, for the Atlantic ocean 15 miles away. along at one hundred miles an hour and he was flying Halifax, Massachusetts, shortly, eastern daylight time, heading His plane was roaring low. The flying log of Lindbergh’s plane follows, New York day- light time: 7:52 a. m.—Left New York for Paris. 9:05 a. 9:40 a. m 12:25 p, 1:05 p. m.—Reported over Flight Schedule New York, May 20 (A—Flying one hundred miles an hour over the great circle for Paris, the Lindbergh monoplane is scheduled to reach the southwest coast of around noon, eastern daylight time, today and four hours later would be sighting the Newfoundland shores. Around seven o'clock (eastern standard time) the his friends call the “flying should be passing foundland on big jump across lantic heading away for Valencia, Ireland. Lindbergh, if all goes well, should reach Valencia at 2 ao’clock, eastern daylight time, Saturday afternoon, and then swing his course for south- tonight youth fool” west England and Paris, where he| is due to arrive at 8 o'clock Satur-| day night or 1 o'clock Sunday morn- ing, French time. Some Wonderment Shown Mineola, N. Y., May 20 (#—Con- siderable surprise was expressed on the flying fields today becaude of | the paucity of reports on the pro- gress of Lindbergh's “Spirit of St. Louis.” Flying men said that because of his heavy load Lindbergh would be forced to fly not higher than 2,000 feet during the first hours of his flight and would probably stay at about 1,500 feet. And at 2,000 feet, they said, the engine should be plainly audible from the ground, even it mist hid it from sight. “If he followed the course he in- tended to,” one flying man said, “many persons ought to have sight- | ed him or at least heard his motor by now. I don’t understand it.” Liners On Alert New York, May 20 (P—News of | the flight of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh’s New York-to-Paris flight will be radioed every hour to vessels plying the Atlantic, the In- (Continued on Page 14) - NON-STOP OCEAN HOP SUCCEEDS ONLY ONCE| But Atlantic Has Eight Times in Inter- rupted Flights. New York, May 20 (UP)—Only once has a non-stop airplane spanned the Atlantic, although the crossing has been made eight times | in all by dirigibles and airplanes which have interrupted their jour- neys. In June, 1919, Captain John Al- cock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown flew from Newfoundland te Ireland, 1,980 miles, in 16 and one-third hours. A month earlier Harry G. er, accompanied by Lieut. Com- mander Mackenzie Grieve, attempt- ed to fly from Johns to Ireland in a biplane but failed. They were picked up by the Danish steam- ship Mary approximately $50 miles from the Irish coast Also in 1019 the United States 4, commanded by Lieut. Commander Albert C. Read. flew across the Atlantic, with a stop at the Azores. A month after the Alcock flight the British dirigi- ble R-34, commanded by Major G. H. Scott, flew from Scotland to Long Island and also made the re- turn trip safely. The American *“‘round-the-world- fliers” crossed the Atlantic in their plane by way of Greenland in 1924, The Zeppelin R-3. now known as the Los Angeles, flew from Ger- many to New Jersey in the same year. Commander Ramon Franco, Spanish aviator, flew across the Atlantic in 1926 from Spain to Ar- gentina, but made two stops en route. Hawk- The made Francesco De Pinedo of Italy, who flew from French Senegal to Bra- zil, making stops at the Cape Verde islands and the Island of Farnande Da Noranha. most _recent crossing was Nova Scotia ! out from New- | At-| Been Spanned | last February by Colonel | m.—Sighted over East Greenwich, R. I. —Sighted over Halifax, Mass. m.—Reported over Meteghan, N. S. Springfield, N. S. In On Schedule Reported over Meteghan, Nova Scotia, at 1:25 o'clock Atlantic time, |the trans-Atlantic filer had success- fully passed over two hundred miles of sea that lies between Massachue setts and Novay Scotia where his course on the great Arctic circle would then carry him to Newfound- land. “Lone Slim” was apparently on his flight schedule. Weather Is Improving The early part of his journey over land and sea was made in shifting fogs and mists. Reports from New- foundland and Nova Scotia stated i that weather conditions were clear- | ing while over the broad jump ot |the Atlantic from Newfoundland to | Ireland a high pressure was causing | 1deal conditions for flying. Engine Possibly Skipping The plane when seen off Halifax, Mass,, was headed northeast on tha course sclected by the “fiying fool” in his attémmpt to gain the Orteig prize of $25,000, and one observer | reported that the plane’s motor was | skipping. Residents said the mono- plane, flying low, bore the insignia NX-211 ,the number of the Ryan airplane. Thirty-five minutes before {a big monoplane had been sighted { passing over East Greenwich, Rhode | Island, flying at the rate of one hundred miles an hour, Army air corps experts sald that | Charles A. Lindbergh's plane was | equipped with a motor which often {gave the impression that it was ‘missin This was caused, they | said, by the character of the design, ‘\\-h!c'h sometimes allowed the explo Ision of one cylinder to muffle the sound of another. Flies Through Fog. \ Lindbergh flew through screen- ‘mg fogs and mist during the first | few hours of his flight. Fairly good weather conditions are reported by | the weather bureau after he passes the Grand Banks that lie southeast | of the coast of Newfoundland. Cape | Race, Newfoundland. reported fog | this morning. Flying conditions |along the southwest coast of Nova | Scotia were fine. Government vessels and steam- | ships are watching for the intrepid wAr'wnr‘z\n but are not expected to sight him until he swings his air- plane off the coast of Newfound | 1ana. i (Continued on Page 23) 'FLIER’S MOTHER GALM IN GLASSROOM TODAY Mrs. Lindbergh Conduct- ing Classes in Detroit High School as Usual Detroit, May 20 (UP)—Mrs. Evane |geline, Lodge Lindbergh, mother of the young aviator who today set oft {alone from Garden City, L. I, for Paris in a monoplane, faced her chemistry class in Cass Technical |High school as though nothing had happened. “Your son left for Paris morning,” she was informed her arrival at ae school. “Well, that's fine, answered the wife of the former Minnesota cona gressman; “he’ll get there all right, And if he had room in the plane I would be right beside him now.” " Mrs. Lindberg passed impatiently into the building, carefully avoiding any attempt at an interview. Mrs. Lindbergh reported first to {the principal's office at school. Her demeanor was stoical. “Please see that 1 am not glven any reports,” she requested. “I wish to be undisturbed in conducting my class. No matter what happens, do not let anyone get through to ses me. And do not send in reports of the progress.” She immediately went to her class room. this upon BIRTHS EXCEED DEATHS. Tokyo, May 20 UM—Births ez ceeded deaths in Japan by $49,000 last year, it was announced today Ng the cabinst stetistigal