New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1927, Page 1

V BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES Average Daily Circulation For My i 14,314 May 14th ... FINAL EDITIO ESTABLISHED 1870 'LINDBERGH'S PLANE SIGHTED OVER IRELAND EARLY TODAY IALCOHOLISHDEATH | ADVERSE WINDS PREVENT RATE S GROWING) Be( | ANCA PLANE'S START Y PRICE THREE CENTS ) " ENGINEERS THINK MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI IS CUTTING PARIS PREPARING !;Wirel;m From Dutch Steamer Tells of Seemg RflUSINfi WELGUMH Flier 500 Miles off Coast of Ireland Early This e | Morning Going at Full Speed—Later Dispatch \French Capital Captivated by | Vi By Radio Says He Flew Over Valencia at - NEW CHANNEL TO THE SEA {New York Health Commissioner Sees Serious Problem Possibility Seen That! River in Future May Run to Gulf Through Atchafalaya Basin. | One Section More| Than 200 Families Are| Trapped by Floods and Boats Are Sent to Their | Rescue. | In New Orleans, May 21 (P—Possi bility that the Mississippi river might | be changing its course so that in ihe future the stream would run to the Gulf of Mexico tb.ough th Atchafalaya basin, occupled river en- The opinion that this might hap- 'n was expressed by Major John Gotwals after a survey of the situa- tion at Melville, George Schoenber- | chief state engineer, and John v Orleans levee board en- gineer, said they believed it impos- sible, However, 1. ( engineer in charge of the lower river, said all that was keeping th mighty current from cutting a new | and shorter channel to the Gulf was 4 pair of stone sills. Whether the would hold against the terrific fore of the current was problematical, he believ Refugees Pouring Gut Refugees continued to pour out of Psinte Coupee parish as a result of a warning issued by John M. Parker, state relief director. A crevasse in the levees in Pointe Coupee would inundate about 2,000,000 acres, the | last of the fitile “sugar bowl” sec tion, and affect about 100,000 pel sons. The danger zone is from 130 to 150 miles above New Orleans on the west side of the Mis While the e a force of 2,500 men who work- 11 last night, were fighting des- tely to save the levee at McCrea, 10 miles below the point where the Atchafalaya joins Old river, Hoover Gives ming Because of a warning delivered personally by Secretary of Commerce Hoover to residents of the St. Mar-; tinville section, the stream of re-| fugees pouring into Lafayette was toads were clog- ow moving lines of | ed a v trucks, automobiles and wagons mov- | ing out of the doomed section and | lines of empties going b in for other loads. Water is expected to ] reach Martinville, the heart of | Ala., to Macon. Waddill, fed- ;" | vestigate, arrested Edwin Melander | gceur.” e Acadian country, by noon tomor- | row | Move to Second Floors ! Residents left at Breaux bridge | had moved into the second stories of | their homes. From the windows of “the top floors the flood waters were ! visible, constantly creeping nearer. | The streets of the town were expect- | «d to he flooded by noon. Residents spent yesterday moving their furni- | ture on scaffolds and preparing to evacuate, Telephone advice from New Theria | were that refugees from Loreauville and other points in the' lower Teche country alrcady had started to pour in there. Arnandville, Cecilia, Port Barre, Leonville, Henderson and ' other settlements already were un- der from three to ten feet of water. | The water, which is coming from the breaks in the Bayou des Glaises fovees and the Atchafalaya levees at Melville, was reported to be rising. | Rain Still Falling | Eight thousands refugees had been registered at Lafavette and of- licials of the camp there said they were coming in at the rate of 300 an hour. Preparations are being made | to take care of 15,000 by the end of the week. Rain_ falling almost all day ves- torday in the Lafayette district made rescue work almost motor. H More than 200 families in the Ar- naudville section were reported to have been trapped by the advancing flood, and plans were made to send boats to their aid. trainload of boats, manned by Legionnaires who have been doing rescue work in northeast Loulsiana, | was unloaded yesterday near Breaux ! bridge and immediately started | reseue work. | impossible by Former Torrington Bank Man to Be Arraigned | Torrington, Conn., May 21 (@—! 1°. Earle Joyee, former cashier of the Torrington National bank, who | is accused of embezzlement from | the bank in a warrant issued 1hls‘ week by United States Distriet At- torney John Buckley, was brought to Torrington last night from a | sanitarium in New York by his| tarher. F. H. Joyce. and another | member of ti family. He will b ar 1ed fore United States commissioner Uartford this morning, the in i rear fender of the truck and pushed der, NEGROIS LYNCHED BY [NEARS PREWAR RECORDS| MOB IN MISSISSIPPL < st i e veus s o] Be Actually Far Short of Number | of Persons Who Really Died From Taken From Police Guard While on Way to | This Cause. 1‘ . | Washington, May 21 (P —The| Macon Jail number of excessive drinkers in the | [the p United S ent time to be a “‘matter of | Macon, Miss, May 21 (®—Dan great public interest,” according to| Anderson 32, Negro, was lynched Dr. Matthias Nicoll, Jr., New York | by a mob late yesterday as he was state commissioner of health, in an being transported from Tuscaloosa. address today on deaths from alco- He was alleged to | holism in the United States. ave confessed the slaying of C. T.| In their relation to public health | Edwards, young white farmer of before the 25th annual conference of | Cliftonville, Niiss. state and territorial health officers! The mob, numbering between 350 | with the public health service, the| und 500 men, followed Sherift T. B. | problem s admittedly serious, Dr.| Adams, of Noxubee county, Miss, | Nicoll declared, whether the number | from the Alabama town to a point | of excessive drinkers in the country | just across the Mississippi line, |be greater or less than in former | where they took the prisoner and | years. | riddled his body with bullets, ac- | Problem Is Serious | cording to Charles Richards, Macon | The seriousness of the problem, :y, who was with the sher-|the speaker said, is emphasized by | the fact that the total number of who had been sought | deaths in this country, officially | was arrested |ascribed by the United States cen- | sus bureau to alcoholism and | The Negro was taken a short dis- | cirrhosis of the liver, from 1920 to tance from the highway and more ' 1925 inclusive, was approximately | than 200 shots fired into his body, 57.000. a fisure which actually falls members of the sheriff’s party said. | “far short of representing the actual = = number of deaths directly due to HURLEI] FRflM AU’"] | these two causes, and which throws | 'no light on the steadily mounting Youth Taken to Hospital | number of deaths from accidents| land violence of which over indul-| and Brother, Driver, Arrested ce Sunday t Elrod, Ala. | gence In alcohol is the immediate | cause. | Dr. Nicoll presented the results of a study of figures relating to deaths| | for alcoholism and cirrhosis of the !liver, a disease which ix “general | accepted by the medical profession as largely due to chronic alcohol- jem.” From the data in his posses- |sion he drew these conclusions: | | Deaths Increase | “The number of deaths directly Raymond Melander, aged 16, f gy, to alcoholism in the United | 40 Commonwealth —avenue, —was g ’yoSincreased since 1920 and | thrown {rom an automobile driven ¢ o8 S0, CETETE L onich pre- | by his Dbrother, Idwin MMelander, y,y109 year after vear in the pre-war aged 18, of the same address, at llle[dfly!_ intersection of Lafayette and Wash- |~ wrhe date of increase has soma- JiEton s trgelyiabons this morn-| (e giminished sinca 1024, al- | ing, their automobile colliding With ' (ough the trend. from the last of- an automobile truck owned by the!neial report obtainable, is still wp- Beaver street bakery and driven by ward. : Henry Scurti of §39 High street.| wrhe number of deaths from this Officer Thomas C. Dolan, who was' cause, officially reported, is far be- det Rival to in- Jow the number which actu.liy iled by Lieutenant on the charge of reckless driving In police court, a plea of not guilty was entered and the case was con. ain General hospital by Officers Do-| Obtain Little lan and Lyon, and will be under| treatment until Monday at least, it Loot in Store on Main Street is expected, for a cut over the left eye and a cut in the left knee joint. | . He had a narrow escape from more Burglars ‘rious injury, as he was thrown | heavily and without warning. Two | stitches were taken to close the cut over his eye, which was caused by | glass from the windshield. | Officer Dolan reported that the ! bakery truck was going west on Lafayette street and the other car going south on James A. Spinctta's store at 439 West Main street, was entered about 5 o'clock this morning through a street, according to the driver. Me- | Window on the west side of the lander said he was driving at the building, and the safe pounded “'"hi rate of 20 miles an hour, and Scur- | & sledge hammer which broke the| ti said the truck was not going fas- | combination knob and the handle, | ter than eight or ten miles an hour. | but so far as is known, nothing was | Melander sounded his horn as he |taken except some bananas and approached the intersection and | oranges. A box in the cash register | Scurtl said he heard it, but he was | was smashed but no money was almost across the center of the point | found. | of intersection when the collision oc- | Sergeant P. A. McAvay, who was| curred. Measurements taken by Offi- | defailed to investigate the case, | cer Dolan showed that the point of | learned from a woman who lives collision was 173 feet west of the |above the store that she was awak- | east crosswalk, or about 214 feet be- | cned about § o'clock by noises down- | yond the exact center of the point | stairs, but she thought a clerk or of intersection. | the proprietor was opening earl Melander's car struck the and she did not bother to investi- | gate, Had the police been notified | then, they would probubly have| made a capture for the marauders | must have been at work for some | time, judging by the damage to the | safe, -and 0 in view of the fact| that beford it was worked on it had | been dragged from ils place to a| hidden poigyt, despite its weight. | In other pjaces that have been en- | tered at night during the past few weeks, sledge hammers have been | found beside damaged safes, and| the police suspect that one person | or one gang is operating in this way. | Th: head of the hammers are bound | | by store aprons or other cloth deaden the noise, as the blows are struck on the knobs and handles. | Near the Spinetta safe, a nail puller | and a sharpening iron were also| found. | wanna railroad into the Passaic( Serseant McAvay found that the) FIVEE. | building was entered through a Kerrigan was found on a small, Window on the east side, but as the | and in the river gfter his cries | trap door leading from the cellar attracted the attention of motorists | to the store was locked, the burglars | on the shore. He told police that were oblized to retrace their steps| when he was in the middle of the |and malk: another entrance through | bridge, the vibration caused by afa Window on the opposite passing train threw him into the | river, [} right e latter vehicle sideways in manner as to break the left rear left front fender and dlight and the radiator of Melan. car were smashed by the im- Officer Dolan summoned as witnesses, Scurti, Raymond Melan- Officer Lyon, and William O'Brien and George Lawson of Washington street, who were pass- | ing when the collision occurred. Falls Off Bridge Into River 100 Feet Below | Paterson, N. J. May 21 (P— Patrick Kerrigan, vged 66, a silk weaver, of New London, Conn., to- day I8 in General hospital in a seri- ous condition from injuries receiv ed when he fell 100 feet from brldge of the Delaware and Lac such | (Continued on Page 12) | ates is sufficiently high at | - | approximately ‘ automobiles. one car and the name of the owner | | en partition running through 1t is possible that the par- | side, | ! Reports at Roosevelt Field Indicate That Columbia May Hop Off Tomorrow Morning—Lt. Pond Hinted Bertaud’s Successor Roosevelt Field, N. Y., (UP)—A flurry of excitement was caused here early today when it was announced the Bellanca plane C lumbia would start for Parls at dawn. Mechanics started working on the plane, which has been held to the ground by an injunction for several days. It was reported Lieut. George R. Pond, U. S. N,, retired, had been s d to fly with Clarence Cham- berlin. After mechanics had worked for an hour on the plane, it was an- nounced the flight had been post- poned because of adverse winds. The Columbia was to have been flown by Chamberlin Bertaud, but the latter was remov- cd fronf his post as navigator after a dispute with Charles Levine, backer of the proposed trans-At- lantic attempt. Bertaud obtained and Lloyd | i\\’ilh its full load of 14,500 pounds substitution of another aviator. The terday. that the Bellanca plane might take off tomorow moerning. Although several thousands per- sons gathered in | Capt. C terday, only a few hundred be preparing to start. Commander Richard Byrd’s Fok- ker plane America was given a short test flight this morning and it was understood it might 'be tried later in the day. Its pilots have planned the full load flight several times, but each time the trial has been postponed. TWO GARS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN GARAGE Damage of $2,200 Caused by Blaze on Booth Street The second garage fire in this city in a week did damage estimated at $2,200 to a garage and three automobiles at 122 Booth street early this morning, and threatened several tenement houses in the surrounding neighborhood. Had the garage been of frame con- | struction, the fire would have spread through the street, according to the | firemen, as the flames were shooting | through the doors on two sides when they arrived, and the wooden verandas of a brick tenement house were only a few feet beyond them. The building is owned by Marion Zaleskl, who also owned one of the ‘W. Stokarski of the third was not secured. It was the latter car that is believed to have | caused the fire, as it was driven into | be- the garage about 30 minutes forc the blaze was discovered. Al- though the building is of brick, the doors are wood and there is a_wood- the interior. tition took fire from the car. The flames did not reach the sec ond story, although the sheathing on the interior was badly burned. Discovery was made in time to sum- mon_the firemen before the flames reached the upper section, other- wise there would have been slight chance of saving anything. Two of the automobiles were practically de- istroyed, and the top was burned off the third. The fire department was icalled by an alarm from box 336 at Booth and Broad streets at 1:55 o'clock and the recall sounded at FOUR OF FAMILY KILLED IN CROSSING TRAGEDY Sedan Containing Seven Persons Stalls on Tracks at Sodus, New York. Sodus, N, Y., Ma v 21 (#) — Four of a family of seven were killed | late last night at the New York Central crossing two miles east of here when their sedan stalled en the tracks and was hit by an east- bound passenger train. The dead are: Mrs, Blankenburg; her daughter, 6; son, 4, and a baby, two months old. Blankenburg, driver of the ma- chine, was pinned against a trec and may die. He and the children, all seriously injured, were brought to & hospital here. Pola Negri and H;sband Start for United States Paris, May 21 (®—Pola Negri and her new husband Prince Serge | Mdivani, started back for America today, she to resume her screen to! work and he to engage in the oil | busine: They entrained this morning with a compartment full of baggage, for Cherbourg, Wwh they will sail aboard the Aquitania. el | * | THE WEATH New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with slowly ris- ing temperature tonight and Sunday. | | | * * owned | William | 'Lindbergh, if Successful, Will Have Gone 60 Hours Without Much Sleep | i New York, May 21 U® — Like a| races where Americany boy bound for Lindbergh a day's picnic, “Lucky” carries five andwiches to see him through to! Pa president of the builders of his plane, the flier's food supply. “He is carrying two ham sand- wich two roast beef sandwiches and one hard-boiled egg sandwich. I had to press the last one on him. He sald four would be enough,” Mahoney asserted. “He carried two canteens of wa- ter, about four quarts in all, but 10 coifee or liquor. 1 had a ther- mos bottle filled with coffee, but he refused to take it. He never drinks ner smokes.” The reserve rations he carrles are mall cakes of highly concentrated food sufficient for one week. The plane also has a device for ma water out of the moisture of one’ breath. “We were anxious for take more food and we talk him into it before off,”” said Mahoney, tried to he took would last him a month. ried no life prescrvers and no parachute, and so far as I know he carricd no special insurance. flares which signal for aid forced landing.” | J. Stumpf, of the | Chamber of Commer representative of Lindbe cial backers to be present take off, said the young aviator seemed to have no other interests than aviation and that he is a great reader of technicnl the subject It Lindbergh Paris on schedule he will have passed 60 hours with only an hour or two of sleep. The rest he obtained from ight Thursday to 2 ) day was the young flier's only in the strain of the trans-Atlanti flight and its preparations in al- most three days. Although many expressed fear that the youth would he unable .o go so long without rest, isted the thought of the sibilities of the flight woull keep his mind active until his goal is reached. Lindbergh took but comparative- Iy few hours’ sleep on his wa | here from San Dicgo, but when he stepped from his plane in New York he was still the ruddy-faced young man that he was before he began his cross-continental trip. could be in the us st. the lone mid- Wants to Be in Paris Says Donor of Prize Pau, France, May 21 (®—DRay- mond Orteig, donor of the $ 000 | prize for which Captain Lindbergh |is trying. left today for Paris, de- | claring he was going there in hope | of being on hand to welcome the daring tlier. He expressed the fer- vent wish that the flight would be! nual | successful. | “You know how glad 1 would restraining order was dissolved yes- | It was reported at the field today | a drizzle to sec| arles Lindbergh start yes- York to Pari were | thu: the Dellanca plane was believed to | fear TRAVELING WITH BT | * LIGHTEST OF ATIONS | Where Lindbergh was to land it he | VA5 somewhat cloudy over the Eng- |reports 12:10, G. M. T., Lindbergh B. F. Mahoney, the 26 year old | Ryan Air Lines, | Spirit of | St. Louis,” today told of the young | ing | s | him to | “but he laugh- | |ed and said what he already had | He car- | The ! plane is not insured. He carried two | d as a| event of a | potel in a closed automobile by way Louis | gh's finan- | at tho | books on | reaches | Lindbergh's Daring | |TICKETS FOR AMERIGANSi | lAny Native Yanks In Paris Who May 21|a temporary injunction to prevent | 9A M By the Assoclated Press. harles Lindbergh was 500 miles off the Irish coast at 7:10 {o’clock this morning (eastern standard time) speed on his non-stop course to flying at full Paris. A ecryptic dispatch Wish To See Landing Will Be Ad- picked up by the Canadian government wireless station at Cape | mitted To Ficld—Planes To Es- | cort Fiter In. | | Paris, May 21 (UP)—Paris pre- pared today to give a rousing we come to Capt. Charles Lindbergh if he succeeds in his flight from New but despite the en-| of hostile demonstrations | against him was felt in some quar- ters. Taking Precautions For the most part, the French public, with its flair for the dram tic and the foolhardy, scemed cap- ted by Lindbergh's solitary at-| tempt to span the ocean. Race, N coast. Plane keeps full speed.” . F., from the Dutch f: { the American mail flier was “sighted 500 miles from the Irish reighter Hilversum stated that This was the first authentic word that had come of “Lucky” since he soared over the sea from St. Johns, Newfoundland, at T7:15 o’clock last; night. AsA sighted by the Dutch steamer, Lindberg appears to have iricreased his speed of one hundred m displayed by Frenchmen miles an hour, and if he maintains his course on the great cir- present today during the brief time | over the young pilots daring flight, | cle, he should be sighted off Valencia, Ireland around noon today. Fine weather is reported o nthe last laps of his course. apart from rain off the ti generally good. | Cherbourg reported a fresh southwest wind was blowing and p of Ireland, co_nditions for flying were Paris is agog with excitement. Le Bourget flying field, from Never-| Which Captains Nungesser and Coli hopped off, will glow with theless, authoritics remembered the, brilliant lights if Lindbergh lands after dark. | anti-American reaction reported in | some quarters after the failure of | Charles Nungesser and Francols Coli to reach New York, and pre- cautions were taken to prevent un- leasant incidents. Much Betting Reported At Le Bourget flying field, where | ungesser and Coli starte and | | completed his journey, many avi- | ators expressed confidence that the | American would arrive. Much bet- | | ting was reported. Odds varied, but | |all moncy offered against Lind- | | bergh’s arrival was quickly covered. | Bars Open All Night | Downtown bars, cafes and ter- | gather in| | Paris kept open all night and crowds | {of Americans and Frenchmen hov- ered around newspaper electric signs where progress of the flight was announced. Cheers greeted each of the meager reports of his pro- gere Every American In Paris who de sires to sce Lindbergh's arrival will | be given a ticket to Le Bourget | | fleld, it was announced. Plans were | made for cooperation of police and | the military to control the crowds. | Welcoming Escort | The French government planned to send a fleet of planes to meet Lindbergh when he reached the rench coast, and the Paris-London | air mail route was ordercd lighted to guide him on the last leg of his | trip. He was not expected to reach | France before dark. Two sets of plans for his recep tion, depending on his condition | when he arrives, were made. If| the young pilot, who will have gone | 64 hours with only two hours sleep if he reaches Paris, is not exhaust- ed, he will be the guest of honor at a banquet of 35 leading members of the American colony and a few high French government officials. The dinner will be held at a little hotel ncar the field. | Bed In Readiness If Lindbergh is exhausted he will | be taken at once to an unnamed ! | hotel, where he can be in bed 20| minutes after he lands. To avoid ' any possibility of hostile demon- | strations he will be taken to the | of side strects, A room had been reserved for him at the Majestic hotel, but it was understood this | was a blind Dr. Al Hipwell, prominent mem- ber of the Paris chapter of the tional Aeronautic association, will be at the field ready to give Lind- bergh medical attention if it is | needed. Will Guard Plane Arrangements were made for Lindbergh's plane to be put at once in a hanga, which would be locked and guarded by French troops who | would not permit any person to en- ter the hangar without the flier's authorization. The eustoms service ced to waive the customary for- | malities to permit Lindbergh to get to bed at once if he is in bad con- dition. This morning's papers devoted | their front pages almost entirely to | Lindbergh, repeating every available detail of his romantic history and stressing his sportsmanship. | | Hopes For Success | The papers generally expressed sincore hope that he would be suc-| Quotidien referred to reported | “sordid transactions” in conmnection | | with the plans of the Bellanca plane | Columbia to attempt the flight, and | said: “We should greatly admire| Lindbergh's gesture.” | In contrast to the Bellanca diffi culties, the paper added, “Lind-| bergh's mad rashness appears like | splendid sportsmanship, and all | Frenchmen hope he will be repaid.” | /ECT OFFICERS | 1 WILL F | at the an | officers will be elected meeting of the New Rritain | echapter, American Socicty of Me. chaical Engineers at the state trade have been, as a Frenchman myself, school Wednesday. The meeting will it Nungesser and Coli had succeeded | open with « dinner. The speaker will in reaching New York from Paris.|be E. V. Crane of the Bliss Mfg. Co.. | lantic squadron to be on the look- { I hope Lindbergh will be more for- (tunate,” he said, Brooklyn, N. Y. He will speak on| | “Unusual Press Work.” | | not altogether | Lindbergh's | Cobh, | for Nungesse | conditions for Captain | the Brief Bulletins on America’s Lone Flier Havre, France, May 21.—(#— Tt lish Channel this morning, but with a brisk wind from the west and northwest, the weather garded as extremely favorable Captain Lindbergh. All vessels and wireless-stations in the vicinity are keeping the sharp- est lookout for the “Fou Volant” (Willing Fool), as the French call him. for Raining in Treland Dublin, Ireland, May 21.—(P— Rain was falling heavily over Ire- land today, so that conditions were favorable for the American aviator Lindbergh In his expected age over these parts on his way to Paris. There was lit- tle wind, however. Every coastguard station around the west coast is on the alert to catch a glimpse of the trans-Atlan- tic plane. Hundreds Watching Cork, May 21.(UP)—Hundreds of fisherfolk were clustered on the cliffs of counties Cork, Kerry, Clare and Gelway this morning waiting for a glimpse of Capt. Charles silver monoplane, pirit of St. Louis.” Although authorities announced Lindbergh was not expected before | noon, Trish time, the residents of the coastal counties were taking no chances of missing a view of the plucky American. Scamen predicted that if Lind- bergh had not been forced down at sea, he would be sighted first on the Galway coast and would fly southeast across Ireland in a direct line for Cherbourg. Destroyers are Alert Cobh, (Formerly Queenstown), d, May 21.—(P—TFour British stroyers are marking their personnel keeping a constant lookout for the approach of Captain Lindbergh's trans-Atlan- tic plane. The radio operators aboard are showing keeing interest in the flight, vicing with onc another to catch any word which may be flashed from ships at sea indicating the position of the plane, Two of the destroyers are just back from unsuccessful searches missing trans-At- lantic plane White Rird. Ocean Weather Good. Tondon, May 21 (P—Weather flight continued good today, as far s mid-Atlantic and the air minis- early this afternoon said condi- tions were liftle changed from yes- ¢ in mid-Atlantic. Off west Ireland there is a fairly strong west to northwest wind, with good visibility, and indications are that those conditions will continue, with a slight tendency to improve. (Dublin advices early this morning said rain was falling hcavily over Ircland, with little wind). Mancuvers S Cherbourg, France, Strong winds from the southwest caused heavy naval seaplanes to sus- pend maneuvers here today, but as soon as Captain Lindbergh's plane is reported approaching the French coast they are expected to go aloft and convoy him in. It has been arranged for all the lighthouses along the oast to flash word of the airman's coming, and tonight the air field at Camp De Lessay will be illuminated in case Lindbergh wants to aligit there. German Navy Watching. Berlin, May 21 (#—The German admiralty has ordered th: North At- (Continued on Page Seven) was re- | time off | Lindbergn's | | Laconic Message | St John's, N. F., May 21 (P—A | report relayed-through here said I!hat Captain Lindbergh was sighted | 500 miles off the Irish coast at 12:10 |a. m. Greenwich mean time. The laconic message from the steamer said: “Steamer Hilversum | sighted 500 miles from Irish coast. Plane keeping full speed. May be expected 8 p. m., New York time, in | Treland.” ! The wireless report was received {at the Cape Race radio station on | the southeasternmost point of New- foundland and relayed here. Nearing Ireland London, May 21 (®—A Dublin ‘disnalch to the Press Associated at | 2:50 o'clock this afternoon quotes a | message from Valencla, southweste {ern Ireland, as saying that Lind- | bergh's plane was sighted 100 miles | oft that point. New York, May 21 (#—The Hil- versum is a Dutch freight steamer, owned in Amsterdam, Holland, and |left Swansea May 10 for Montreal Lindbergh’s Schedule The flying log of Lindbergh's plane follows, according to eastern daylight time: 7:52 a. m. (Friday) York for Paris. 9:05 a. m. (Friday) sighted over | East Greeenwich, R. I | 9:40 a. m. (Friday) sighted over | Halifax, Mass. 12:25 p. m. (Friday) over Meteghan, N. 8. | 1:06 p. m. (Friday) reported over Springfield, N. S. | 1:50 p. m. (Friday) over ford, s. | 3:05 p. m. (Friday) passing over Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, and Straits lof Canso for Cape Breton. 5 p. m. (Friday) cleared Nova Scotla at Main-A-Dieu, the eastern- most tip. 7:15 p. m. (Friday) passed St. John’s, Newfoundland, and headed over broad Atlantic. 6:30 a. m. (Saturday) Indepen- dent wireless says a vessel reports Lindbergh 200 miles oft Irish | coast 8:10 a. m, Cape Race, N. F, has wircless from Dutch ship that Lindbergh was 500 miles oft Irish coast. 2:50 p. m. (Greenwich time), London Press Association despatch says Lindbergh. sighted 100 miles off Ireland. . 10:00 a. m., (Eastern Daylight), Radio Corporation says its Paris ofe fice reports plane over Valencia. 10:00 a. m., (E. D. T.) Halifax | received a wireless despatch that Lindbergh has passed over Valene cia. left New reported Mil. Probably Over Atlantic New York, May 21 (P—A lone voung cagle whose daring has thrilled the world, from all indica- tions was winging fast this morning over the 1900 mile stretch of the Atlantic ocean between Newfounds land and Treland Behind him New York and the dangerous northwestern Atlantio and before him was Paris and fame and fortune. Captain Charles “Lucky” Linde ! bergh, “Slim" to his pals, quit the coast of Newfoundland at 7:11 night, and with his * Spirit of St Louls” humming its challenge to the | Atiantic, the young fiier entered |the most hazardous stretch of his | 3,500-mile journey from New York to Paris. | Strong westerly breezes approache ing gale force were reported early today at St. John's, Newfoundland, jand marine authorities said they should be of great assistance. Speed Increases Alone and without radio or any signaling device, but with all the newest aids to air navigation, the | 25-year-old fiier roared on and each hour served to decrease his hazard. As his fuel decreased his specd could (Continued on Page 12)