New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1927, Page 1

FINAL EDITION ESTABLISHED 1870 LKL T ang m,,,,,“;,’"fi" NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JU BRITAIN HERALD NE 4, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES Average Daily Circulation Fer say en - 14,339 May 28th ... PRICE THREE CENTS LEVINE WITH CHAMBERLIN ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR JOURNEY e — g W ey AUTO HITS BRIDGE ABUTMENT ON HIGHWAY IN SOUTHINGTON SENDING FOUR TO HOSPITAL Thomaston Girl Has Fracture of Skull and Three Companions Are Painfully Hurt. Dirty Windshield Blamed | for Accident Near Hart- ford Battery Co. Plant as Car Is Wrecked. (Special to the Her: Southington, June 4—) Springer, aged 20 years, of ' ton, is in the Meriden hospital in Helen Lomas- Miss Beatrice LaBeau, skull; 2 Bristol, , of Landry street, is a patient at the same institution \\'llh! an abrasion of the forehcad and la-| cerations of the leg, arms and fa and William Doumot, 24, of 41 North Main street. Bristol, and Na- poleon Christian, 24, ot street, Bristol, were treated there for ' ca: and lacerations fol-|has orders lowing an automobile accident short-| june 11. Iy after midnight today at the bridge'a good sailor a near the Hartford Battery Co. on|g; minor bruises the Milldale-Southington road. The party of four, travelling in a|av.ra n, was iy highway | when the car crashed head-on into|tsche, said he would speedster operated by Christ proceeding north on the the abutment of the hridge which separates the trolley tracks from the highway. Henry Austin and Frank both of Cheshire, who wer 160 feet from the scen cident, picked up the inj tet and rushed the hospital. eyberg, -4 quar- Christian, explaining the accident| id that| this | at the Meriden hospital his windshield was dirt obscured his vis He said that he saw the abutment when he was about 25 feet aw He attempted to swerve the car away but the wheels were caught in the tracks. Austin and Neyberg stated that the car appeared to b a moderate rate of s crash came. Miss Springer was sit- ting In the seat beside the driver and it is thought that she was catapulted against the windshield. The automobile was totally wreck- ed. Constable Graham Thompson of Southington, who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident oc- curred, is Investigating it. PEONAGE CHARGES IN GEORGIA ARE PROBED Governor Orders Immedi- | ate Investigation But Doubts Stories Related Atlanta, G laborer's charge that he was held in peonage on a Georgia plantation for 17 months with other negroes and that five of them were slain, has caused Gov. Clifford Walker to or- der & rigid investigation. Gov. Walker said he placed little credence in a story James told Danville, Va., police and the negro's charges were denied in de- tail by Dr. W. R. King, a prominent whose trial on 4| Lindbergh embarked on t serlous condition with a fractured|c age| 3:35 o'clock this afternoon for his| .aurel| hergh aboard at 4 p. m. (11 a. m.! erE, | o about | 1. of the ac-| m to the Meriden | ravelling at | peed when the ! June 4 (A—A negro! | the Felton | s is scheduled to be- | Athens, Ga. a farm of about near Lexington, Gu., in Ogelthorpe, one of the largest coun- ties in the state. Lexington is about 30 miles east of Atlanta, within 75 wiles of the South Carolina line, Telton told the Danville police that he escaped from ‘arm owned by a “Doctor King" tbout two weeks ago after being ¢ tained by armed guards for mor: than a year. Dr. W. R. King was indicted by a federal g the specific allc ment of justice agent that Dorsey, a negro, was compelled work on his farm without pay. agent also charged in a that another ne an white men were involved. Dr. King denied the charge, waived preliminary hearing and after the grand jury action, made bond of $1,000 for his appearance tor trial Felton char whil ation of a The several d he w - returning from Florida in Jan- when his automobile the King farm ifty ed with him med guards, adding that some of shangh on Page 15.) a Georgin | lordinary frugality. ind jury last December on | depart-| ge Sonney li¢ they could not get mear enough tolto him ashore. complaint| ang fist od | under, LINDBERGH STARTY JOURNEY FOR HOME i(}herbourg Turns Out En Masse| to Bid Flier Farewell IT’S POSSIBLE THEY MAY TAKE ROUTE SIMILAR TO THIS 'SAYS AU REVOIR TO PARIS Heroic Atlantic Flier to Be Guest of Governor on Fast Cruiser Mem- | phis for Trip Back to Wash-| | | i ington. MIGHT REACH BERLIN ON HONDAY HORNING Probable Time of Arrival if Germany Proves Destination Cherbourg, June 4 (P—Captain Ameri- n light cruiser Memphis here at| | voyage home. Memphis Wrights Anchor Cherbourg, June 4 (UP)—The phis raised her anchor and d for Washington with Lind- | e ern daylight time). The vessel to reach Washingtoz lecause Lindbergh is not might become it the cruiser wers forced to | her maximum speed of > of 23 knots will be ed on the VOyage across. in White, United States n Berlin, June 4 (P)—Aviation cir- cles believe that, with favorable fly- ing conditions and barring any un- toward incident, the Bellanca plane will reach Tempelhofer airdrome in the carly hours of Monday, if Pilot Chamberlin is actually aimin Berlin in his trans-Atlantic flight. In the absence of any definite news as to the destination of the plane, it is taken for granted that the aviators are heading for this city and the police officials are working at high pressure perfecting arrange- ments for their reception and hand- ling the crowd W were not ill. t Chocolate Cake Asg > chocolate cale b replica of Lindbergh's plane and rge enough for every member of | the Memphis' crew to b d the cruiser toda ph oj Mrs. Lindbergh was hove the h Lindb | Gre | i would enjoy the engine room aboard the Memphis, Burrage in- formed the ¢ Lindbergh probably wonld be among them al great de and that he was not to be asked for autographs nor other- wise bothercd May Fly At Sca gh may fly if he s dur- 1ge to Washington, The with plan ipelhofer 4 1 t the southern end of Werlin. T field is the terminal station for all the airplancs plying between Berlin and other cities, Huge hangars provide shelter for the planes, and a big hotel is in the course of construction for pa: who are obliged to wait o nanging from one air line to other. SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS ALL THAT SAVED PLAC Attempt to Burn Up or Blow Up T w 1l engers er in an- Lindbe ing the vo. Memphis is equipped whose wings collapse and a cata | The airman never has been from such a contrivance so far as| was known, but having demons ed his ability to fly the ships pro- vided for him in England and| | France, it was believed that a cata- | pult and a navy plane would not | | perplex him. | The spirit {the Memphis—in cr; | was dismantled at Gos) {and shipped to Southampton where | | the Memphis called for it. | | Cherbourg, June 4 (®—The de-| ot Vic ge, of the U. 8. S. D and the French Rear Admiral C: queray and other notables from ! Cherbourg for Camp 1 y, at 8:30 o'clock this mornirg was the signal for the gathering of large throngs to greet Captain Lindbergh. His land- ing place at Camp Le 40 miles | from Cherbourg, was too inaccessi- [Vle for the multitude and most of | people a ed in front of the | Prefecture for wireless news of his | landing. | Many lined up front from which Lindy's private ot St. Louis 1s Providence Hotel Is Frus- trated by Automatics. Pro ce, R. 1, June 4 (® — Police investigating a fire in a pool room of the Crown hotel here carly today found that an attempt to burn or blow up t had been frustrated by the sprink- ler system. The cloth tops of all the pool tables had been saturated with gasoline and crude fuses of paper connected the different \bles. Another fuse with a detona.- tion cap attached led to a sub- stanee which the authorities lieve is an explosive, probably dy namite. Among the 463 guests of the ho- tel are many members of the Na- tional League of Masonic clubs, pool room, in the basement of the hotel, before the sprinklers put fire. The pool room is condu: Morris Billingkoff (Young treal) a boxer. French'A\lators Hop Off On Paris to Tokio Flight Le Bourget, F . June 4 (UP) cgnol and Costes, . ook Off at 9:02 a. along the water they could see vacht” the Mem- phis, at anchor. Others gathered | around the Cherbourg Maritime | station, where he was to embark on steam launch for the crui People Are Anxious As the hour set for his arrival approached, the people became xious, A six-year-old lad wearing | a seaman’s cap, with an improvised band on which were the words “Memphis—Lindbel expressed the general feeling when he inquired of lis mother standing on a quay, ‘shall we ever see him.” A thriving trade was done in fleld throughout the morning. Normarw people, despite their indulged for the es in this luxury 10 be sure to get a glimpse Lindbergh aboard the Memphis out the a1 by Mon- » flight was not intended as a non-stop voyage, but they hoped to reach 7Tchita, Lake Baikal, a d tance of about 4,435 miles, be making their first landing. That be a new distance record. Tehita Is in Siberia, of Transbaikali | e 'Reported tugboats, skiffs | els were in great de- | mand. permen and photo- ol : ul plana G sia which To graphers competed for them with | L1° MoRoplane Columbia which took {owiifolic wiib Wanton) t got Fihaca| ot :_Ir\s HCen for Rurope, intends a5 5 e M s [to fly to France and then it its uphis than could be | 40 ' Mo e e e ,’.;;ygl'x.n. supply will permit, to go to cou : d flout was engaged long before A | wood, clos the hours of Lindbergh's arrival, | poc, 1% A natty white launch from thefjett, He said the announcement Memphis, which whizzed back and | had been authorized by Charles Le- fourth frequently the outer|yine before he and Clarence Cham- basin to the port was watched with | barlin took off. great interest as if each time ft| Lockwood said he had given Le- vine a letter of introduction to U |'S. Ambassador Fletcher in Rome. capital Having Letter To Ambassador at Rome Garden City, N. Y., June 4 (UP)— Motor launches, N5 ves s friend of Levine's, sgid from (Continue on FPage 13) be practically according to this map. > structure | was scarcely damaged | or Charles Lock- | MRS, LEVINE REGOVERS * AFTER INIAL SHOCK Becomes Reconciled to | Facts After Husband | Actually Leaves 1 ty, L. L., June 4 (UP)—| Nova Levine, who fainted | at t field today when her husband, Charles Levine, lett for Burope with Clarence mberlin without telling her goodbye, turned |Spartan a few hours later after Mrs. | Chamberlin comforted her at the! {Garden City hotel. | “If my husband s courageous/ enough to fly to Europe, I am cour-| ageous enough to stay at home and take care of the children,” Mrs. Le-| vine said. | There are two children—Floise, 9 years old, and Ardith, nine months. | Neither was at Garden City., | Levine is a manufacturer of air- planes, not an aviatar, and Mrs, Le: vine, untrained in the stoi which fliers’ wives stay quietly at home while th i ads trust their lives ood and metal and canvas, was unable at first to with- nd the shock and surprise of her husband’s unexpectcd fight. Mrs. Levine herself was, in a w a more dramatic figure than the men who set out for Europe, o knickers and ons in a busincss Police Captain Willlam Youchum was told a few minutes before the flight started to guard Mrs. Levine. He was one of less than half a dozen persons who knew of Levine's plan. | When Levine clambered into the !cabin just as the plane started down {the runway for the first attempted takeoff, the captain told her Levine was going for a test tlight. Mrs. Levine, incredulous, ran toward the plane. She reached for the side of the cabin — and the craft started down the runway. Youchum snatch- cd her away barely in time to pre- vent an accident. Mrs. Levine screamed. She p led a handkerchief to her lips swayed as if she were about to faint. he plane came to a stop. Mr | Levine, convin® d that her husban | did not intend to go, after all, laugh- ed with hysterical relief and turned [to talk to friends. She paid no at- tention while the plane was jockeved into position for a second attempt. Then the plane started again. Mrs Levine was not to be hoaxed a sec- o | n t. | (Continued on Page 15.) | Robert l;chim. Stage and | reen Actor, Is Dead , Calif., June 4 (UP)— stage and screen died in the Hollyweod h re at 2:40 a. m. today of bral hemorr: His wife, formerly Dorcas Matthew ndoned & stage Kim 17 years ago, was at his bed- cere- | McKim never regained conscious- ness from the time he was placed on a train at Salt Lake City on day. The hemorrhage followed second shock of paralysi “Mobile Bill” Ready For Marathon Swim Lake George, N. Y., June 4 UP) William C. Jackson, Mobile, Ala., was ready to begin training today 'for the 24 miles marathon swim | down Lake Georga July 12. | “Mobile Bill,” who led the Cata- | lina channel swimmers for nearly | two hours, arrived last night and | too. a preliminary plunge in prep- | aration for the effort he hopes will win some of tha 810,000 prize nmoney. son was forced out of | here suveral hours after the plane | the Catalina swim by the cold wa- % ter. Others already in training for the | swim are Meyer Mendelssohn of Montreal, and Andrew Ault o? Fonda, N. Y. The local post of the American Legion is sponsoring the Wife of Aviator Who Admits She’s Worried ] MRS. C. D. CHAMBERLIN CHAMBERLIN ALWAYS QUITE A DAREDEVIL .:..:: 32 Year Old Ex-Cowboy- Aviator Became Flier During World War N Duncan Chamberlin, me cowboy, becams here he engineering, Towa State colleg studying electrical ioin the army. Chamberlin we the army air servic instructor at several fly and has remained a L. the years that berlin, with many hou cial tlying added to his tir ile in the army, has 10 serious accide two years ago near Hem Island, while the international races were being held, and re a lieutenant rving of New plane kept him inactive for weeks. With Bert Acosta, now of the Byrd New York-to-Pari pedition, Chamberi holi orld’s record for e The pair, in the Columbia, flew ov York last month for minutes and timated that that tin straightened ssenger a pa RBellanc r and around 51 hov the distance out from New 1rope. Slightly more than a hing a new endu Chamberlin won week ance t flight part of the la ing gear smashed but C) by skilitul manuevering, wchine to earth without cither to himself or his three p; sengers. Chamberlin, who is 32 vears Towa. himself in the although admit that he “always something of a dare devil.” w York, June 4 (P)—Clarence year old one t an aviator dur- ing the World War when he quit the as an s fields— ollowed, Cham- commer- in the d but 1t happened pstead, Long air ed in the Killing of Lawrence Buranelli, in the to himself that member i New | he said “and there is no 11 It was es- s 5900 miles, which, s Ostend Extends Welcome would have brought them well into re another vic- taking off in the Colum- n, brought the injury ol s H parents reside there. They are confi- | dent that their boy can take care of | the bee THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight and Sunday; warmer Sunday. | race. L This map shows the course which Chamberlin had previously said he probably would follow on his trip to Paris. | Since his present destination has not officially been announced it is of course impossible to say that he is following the route outlined here, but should he be making an ocean hop with any of the European capitals in mind it is likely that his trip would | This map, incidentally, shows the route that Nungesser and Coli elected to take. BERLIN NEWSPAPERS FEATURE BIG FLIGHT |Expect Chamberlin Wil | Accomplish Reported [ Trip Safely Berlin, June 4 (UP)—Berlin morn- ayed in ban- al of nberlin in Berlip on a non-stop flight from New York. Pr dictions were made as to the time of his arrival at the Tempeliofer field in the southwestern « utskirts of Ber- lin, There w all question in German minds but that Chambrelin would arrive here safc Plans were being made give him a great welcom of which wus indicated i cial of the foreign office who told the United Press he belicved “the ception here will execed that ac- corded to Lindbergh in Par d London, although German efficiency ought to assure the utmost order- line: The reference to orderliness doubt- less referred to the breaking of po- i by crowds at the air fields and London when Lind- bergh arrived there. Recalling the | difficulty Lindbergh had in landing because of the crow s Deputy Chi of Police Weiss announced that spe- al m were being taken to he police and assure Cham- berlin a landing safe both to him- self and to the spectators. Police already have conferred with the Ameri regarding ar- ran amberlin’s arrival. Americ Jacob shurman and members of the G man cabinet will be included in the reception committee, the plans being made as though there were no doubt as to the objective and the comple- tic the flight rapidly to the scope an offi- ociation by the United 1t created a huge sensation. Ambassador Schurmann will be host to Chamberlin and Levine her: An will meet the £l nd they will ing disturbed Byrd Thinks Chamberlin Has Very Good Chance Tield, N. Y., June 4 (@ —Comm: ichard yrd, who flew over the North Pole and who Also expects to hop off for France in id that Chamberlin llent ch for maki Roos or hamberlin is an exc he can not equal Lindbe achieve- To Visiting Rotarians o L ¥ ie resort was beflagged today and all plans were completed welcom Rotarians from 40 na- tions of the Rotary International, opening e tomorrow. Six Cunard liners, headed by th bringing delegates to Delgian shore Ostend was already crowded last night and ma to seek lod; in nearby resorts. FACES MURDER CHARGE Bridgeport, Conn., Frederick Peterson, 49, of 274 West Sth street, New York, w ci 45, and Stamping Company, who % |during an argument Wednesday. 1) ent of commerce. On each side of |that she knew her husband nd, Belgium, June 4 (A)—This for Carinthia are v visitors were obliged Jufe 4 (P— was held | hont bond on a charge of mur-| der today and his case continued fn court perding the result of the coroner's inquest next Tuesday inta | the death of Edward J. Thompson, foreman at the American Tube dled | | yesterday from a stab wound alleged to have been inflicted by Peterson Wife Becomes Hysterical When Husband Climbs Into Plane and Starts Without Tell- ing Her of Intention—Hop-off at 6:05:27 A. M.—Destination Not Settled, But May Be Either Berlin or Rome. New York, June 4 (AP)—Single motored plane, the C_olumbla, today roared out along the new Great Arctic Circle air line to Europe, carrying a millionaire in a business suit as a passenger and alternate pilot beside a pilot who announced “we will fly until we drop.” May Go to Berlin Lifting itself into the air at 6:05:27 a. m., New York day light time, the plane was over the Atlantic, off New Englan'd, less than three hours later, bound “probably for Berlin.” If Clarence D. Chamberlin and his backer-passenger, Charles A. Levine, don’t reach Berlin, they will go some place else, they said. At any rate, they assured the 2,000 who “saw them off” at the flying field, they would beat the non-stop flight record of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York to Paris in 33 hours and 29 minutes, 3,670 miles. Out For Distance Chamberlin, who left without a navigator in order to take along his friend Levine, is “out for distance,”—Berlin is 600 miles further than Paris—and he has a background of having stayed in the air on an endurance flight longer than any other aviator in the world except the man that went up with him for more than 51 flying hours at a stretch. The Two Hop Of | Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 4 (7] | —Seated @ by side in the Bel~ |lanca monoplane Columbia, design. Bulletins Traci || bulle racing {ed for trams-oceanic flying, Clare Coll“e Of Flien ence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. | Levine, managing director of the Columbia Aircraft corporation, | hopped off at 6:05 this morning for |a flight to an unnamed European | destination. | It was a dramatic moment as they soared aloft from the run-way, where on May 21 Captain Charles A. Lindbergh began his epochal flight to Paris. Levine sat beside |Chamberlin clad in an ordinary | business guit. There was no hat en {his head. Neither showed~any emma- tion as they prepared for the flight, with spectators standing about tha plane not knowing who Chamber- iin’s companion really would be une |til Levine climbed into the cockpit, By the Associated Pross. 6:05 A. M. (E. D. plane hops off. | 8 A. M. Bellanca plane sighted at North Westport, Mass. §:25 A. M. Plane sighted | Long Pond, M 8:50 A. M. T.) Bellanca | over | 12 believed to be | the ed over Marsh- i tield, 9 A M. A plane sighted over Prov- incetown, Mass. (Not believed to be | Bellanca plane.) 9 A. M. A second plane passes | over Marshileld, Mass. Distinguishing marks on the Co- Wite Greatly Worried | lumbia are: } In Garden City hotel, several | On each wi o letters and |miles away, Mrs. Wylda Chamber- i erals is the lin, the pilot's was in great | special license symbol of the depart-|anxiety. She had said previously was fuselage in large numerals ¥140." |taking his life in his hands. So she de of 11l in small let- Staved away from the field, to keep g in her mind a picture of him that lso is printed in small She treasured, saying goodbye to spices of Brooklyn cham-|him at the hotel, but Mrs. Levine, B or oo |wife of the surprise companion of Midships on ecach side of fuselage |Chamberiin, was on the run-way. “New York— She said she did not know whe that followed the was going with Chamberlin. And was painted out. then her husband stepped into the clage is a silvery gray. The |cock-pit and waved»good-bye to her wings are a dun yellow. as much surprised, she said later, as any spectator. When Levine stepped abruptly Ausonia, Conn., June 4—A plane into the plane, its motor throbbing ring the markings C-137 passed | for the take off, his wife hurried fore over this place at 7:15 flying east. Ward in apparent surprise. A police captain tried to reassure her, saying her husband was “only going to make a test.” Mrs. Levine Nervous. Then the Bellanca shot down the runway on its false start. When it returned to its starting point for the second attempt, Mrs. Levine apepar- ed pale and nervous. Several friends stepped forward, gesticulating as if to pacify her. A moment later the Bellanca shot down the runway again, Mrs. Levine staring after it in agonized amazement, “You ought to be proud of him,” said John Carisi, factory superintendent for the Co= lumbia Aircraft Corporation. “He's a very brave man.” Mrs. Levine could not reply. She became hysterical, sobbing wildly and gesticulating in great excitee ment. Five men hurried forward ate tempting to calm the woman. Fore mer State Senator Charles C. Lock= wood of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, led Mrs. Levine to the automobile of Kings County Judge William Martin, who drove her to the Garden City hotel. Flight Under Way The deftly designed monoplana, its propeller whirling and its motor Iroaring, taxied down the run-way and lifted itself clear of the earth about 000 feet, from where tha spectators stood. A flight that had kept millions in anticipation for Provincctown, Mass., June 4 (UP) |weeks was under way at last, —A monoplane pa d over this| The true start of the plane was town on the tip of Cape Cod at 8:40 | preceded by a false one, the a. m., E. D. T. today. taxi-ing down the run-way The plane was seen by Mrs, C. G.|about 500 feet and then returning W. Fuller, United Press correspond- to its place at the western end of ent. She reported that it was f1ying |the run-way. 0 high she could not make out the Levine's Surprise markings. The plane was heading| TLevine was in the plane at that almost due cast, she said. !time, but it was not expected that {he would go. Immediately befors Weather Is Ideal [thi8 Levine had refused to say. inm Boston, June 4 P—Residents of his wife's presence, whether he Ma: tts, mindful of the route Would go; all he would say was " n Lindbergh took at the |that Chamberlin would not go start of his flight, watched eagerly |alone. today for sight of the Bellanca plane | AS the plane sped down the run- | Columbia, When a resident of North way on its final start, Mrs. Levine Westport reported that he had seen |turned pale and her hands fluttered the plane passing over there it seem- to her face. ed probable that Chamberlin was fol Destination a Secret lowing in a general way Lindbergh" The destination of the Columbia air path, cutting across southeastern | ¥as not announced prior to the de~ Massachisetts and planning to come |parture, but Chamberlin said yes- loul over the ocean again somewhere terday that he would fly to Newe C-137 Is Sighted | North Westport, Mass. New Bedford, Mass., June 4 (P— Harry Reed, North Westport, re-| ported that the Columbia passed over that town at 8 a. m. today. heading toward Boston. The plane | was flying about 1.000 feet high and [ Mr. Reed said it was easily identi- ed from its pictures. 1 Over New Bedford | New Bedford, Mass., June 4 (UP) —A monoplane, heading northeast, | passed over the north end of this | $a. m. E. S T. tods , said to be flying at ble speed, was reported to| have been seen from the office of a local newspaper. It was reported flying low. Several persons saw the mono- plane but none was able to identify |it from markings. A. D. Anderson, manager of a | north end rope company, reported the plane was flying low until it | neared the spot from which he was hing it. Then, he said, it rose| or rapidly. s Selleck, drug clerk nd's corner, and firemen at st Lund's corner, also saw at |L tion the plan Off Cape Cod, Too. (Continued on Page 15) (Continue an Page 130 4 i 4