New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1927, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 F W 1] WS Vuuaauuo) V.BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, 'MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1927. —TWENTY PAGES. Average Daily Circulation For Week Endlng l 4,3 43 June 4th PRICE THREE CENTS FLIERS ARE FORCED TO LAND a STATE BARRED FOR HIS YALE IS NELS NE New Britain Airman Elated at Success of Flight From United States to Germany. | Lieut. Dixon Originally Chosen to Ride in “Columbia” on Its Long‘ Journey Across Atlantic. Clarence D. Chamberlin, the avia- tor who has just broken the world’s | record for long distance flying, was | banned from fiying in the state of | Connecticut because he was an in- | efficlent pilot, according to Nels J. Nelson of this city, onc of thej pioneer aviators in the country. Mr. Chamberlin was a frequent visitor at Mr. Nelson's place of business at the Aero Garage at 278 Elm street, and only about a year and a half | ago, Chamberlin purchased an air- | plane motor from the local man and has used it in fiying his own plane | in various parts of the country. In his many visits to this city, Mr. Chamberlin became acquainted with many of the residents of New Brit- ain, He is an intimate friend of the | local aviator and of Lteut, Carl Dixon of the Connecticut Natfonal | Guard Air Squadron, | ..8peaking of Chamlerlin, Mr, Nel- son revealed the fact that Lieut. Dixon was originally scheduled to be | the pilot with Chamberlin on the | persons and injury to 2 CHAMBERLIN BOWL STUNT; LSON'S FRIEND 25 KNOWN HURT N WEEK-END CRASHES (Three Are Killed in Connecticat Over Sunday ACCIDENT AT TORRINGTON | Party of Six Fishermen Hurt When | Their Car Rams Into Tree—Beer | and Hooch Reported Found Machine. New Haven, June 6 (A—Week- end accidents brought death to three | § in Connecti- cut. There was one suicide. Mrs. Albert B. Strect, 25, of this| city, was fatally injured in a gaso- line explosion Sunday aboard the | power launch “Penguin” at anchor in New Haven harbor. E. J. Chaine, 121, killed when an automobile in which | he was riding ran up a bank ami overturned on |Hazardville road. John Durith, 35, of Orange was| found by an officer in East Derby, Aufterl from a fractured skull be. l\ohe’n inflicted wen he was nU'll(‘l\ by a “hit and run” driver. He mgwmum after being tak- |en_to 8 hospital TntHe yacht explosion, Albert B. Street, 33, Harvey R. Clark, 27, and of Thompsonville was instantly | n' ‘ | | the Thompsonville- | | Picture shows Wright-engined Bellanca monoplane at start of runway at Roosevelt field as Chamberiin. and Levme began their trip to Germany early Saturday morning. Inserts, left, Chamberlin; right, Levine. CRILDREN ‘LOSTIN Chamberlin’s Old Home Town Goes Mrs. Luella A. Clark, 23 all of this New York to Paris flight planned by |city were, seriously but not fatally the owners of the Bellanca plane |injured. and only two months ago, just a few | Annal Egelevik 18, driver of the weeks before Chamberlin and Acosta (car in which Chaine was killed and broke the world's record for sus- Iona Slabinkas, another passenger tained flying, Lieut. Dixon and Liecut. Nelson flew from Hartford to Has- | brouck Heights, N. J., on the re-| quest of the owners of the plane to | inspect it. While there, Lieut. Dixon was asked whether he pre- ¢ ferred steel gasoline tanks or ones made of duralinium. Tieut. Dixon's | choice lay with the steel tanks. In the meantime, the plans of the own- ers were changed and Lieut. Dixon was left out of the flight plans. About three years ago, Chamber- lin flew to New Haven and to the Yale bowl where a football game was | in progress. He circled over the| stadtum and then flew so low that | Major T. O. Freeman, head of the Connecticut National Guard aviation and Clarence Knox, now head of the airplane commission in this smt» but at that time both jointly charge of aviation in "‘om\actk-m banned Chamberlin from flying in | the state. They stated it is said that | his actions at the Yale bowl dem- | onstrated that he was not a fit pilot | and to eliminate any chance of ac- cidents, he was told to stay out of | the alr over the Nutmeg state. About two weeks after that. Chamberlin arrived in Hartford vnll\ a plane that looked much the worse | for wear. He planned to enter an aviation meet which was fo he staged there but when officials in charge inspected his machine with its tattered wings and creaky joints, they threw up their hands in hor- ror and recalled that Chamberlin was forbidden to fly in Connecticut. Nevertheless, Chamberlin sent Ralph Barrows, Hartford pilot, up in his plane in the meet and the | machine was good enough to carry | off & large silver cup for the work | it performed. Chamberlin was what Is known in aviation circles as a “Barnstormer,” according to Mr. Nelson, That (Continued on Page 10) | Former Local Man Saved | From Drowning Is Sound Ansonia, June 6 (B—Robert T, Terrill, son of Mr. and Mrs, Mor. imer B. Terrill of this city, one Of two young men drowned when | heir small sl00p was capsized in a | udden squall oft Port Washington, | . Y., yesterday afternoon. The other victim was Lowecll 8. Stoner of | New York cit third man in the | chting part; H. Pillard of | New York was rescued by the | schooner Empr: | Mr. Terill's parents were notificd | by telegram this morning of their son’s death but are without details | except for those given in the morn- | ng New York papers. Terrill, a graduate of Yale and a | veteran of the World War was con- | nected with the Colgate and Com- pany of New York for many years | before going wWith the association of Natfonal Advertise . The Basil H. Pillard mentioned in the above item is a former local young man and a graduate of the New Britain High school. |both received minor lacerations in " FIRE'FOUND SAFE Neighbors Search Newington ‘ot Meriden, which drew up abruptly | tomobile, | Ke { Snulll Recond | holdups within about half an hour, Ruins for Little “Victims” that accident. Accident At Milldale S ———— Eight persons received minor in- juries on the Milldale road, near Cheshire, S\mday afte rnoon w hm an ; BOTH ARE WITH RELATIVES of Bridgeport, crashed head on into Blaze Reported Discovered in Two a car operated by Fred Schinke of Hartford as the Breene car was at- | tempting to pass another automobile operated by Miss Mildred Lamphier Parts of House Which is Burned to Ground Becausc Firemen Can't because of engine trouble. Battle With Flames. A Greenwich policeman, William | y Suspicious circumstances surround | Pyne, was one of the five injured |the destruction of the home of l‘omini(‘k Lucowicz and family ewington early Sunday morning. ‘dllrmq the temporary absence of lhve family. Fears that two chil- ren might have been lost in ‘the ‘fl’\mr‘s were allayed last night when the missing youngsters.were located. The fire was discovered between and 3 o'clock yesterday morning. It first was seen by women, John Cammes, | sides nearby, was called out of bed /by his mother who noticed the smoke pouring from the Lucowicz ! house. Cammes notified Prosecuting | Attorney Harold Lucas, who is a former fire chief and who lives near. |by. The men broke into the house, which was locked and unoccupied. According to Cammes, there was a fire in two different parts of the building at the same time, TFire was discovered in the cellar and on the second floor. Fire Chief and Con- | stable J. W. Walish said today that he did not know of any fire except {under the cellar stairs, but corro- borated the report that a pile of burning papers was seen there, The hous: was a two story frame building., It stands quite a distanee west of the car tracks near the Wilson station and was so far away (Continued on Page Four) Al ROB PARKED C CUUPLES AT POINT OF PISTOL Highwaymen Operate on | Road to Shuttle Meadow Lake Two daring hold-ups netted auto- mobile highwaymen about $23 last night on Shuttle Meadow avenue, | and in Southington, the same thugs are believed to have robbed B. R. Shapiro of Hartford of a large sum. The police of several cities and the {state policc were at work on the case today, bhut no arrests were made. Kenneth McKenzie of 60 Hawkins street reported shortly before 11:30 last night that as he was in his au- which was parked, three men in another car pulled up along- side of him and at ths point of a revolver, robbed him of $8. Me- zie reported the number of the markers. At midnight, Stanley Jerlat of 151 | Lake avenue, Bristol, reported at {police headquarters that as he and a young woman were in his car, | which parked on Shuttle | Meadow avenue, a car in which four | Borotra and Mme. Bordes today won men were riding, pulled up, and the mixed doubles crown in the one of the men demanded “your internatfonal hard court champion- money or your life.” meanwhile S ting William T. Tildcn of flashing a revolver. Jerlat said his, :d States and Senorita Elia companion quickly pulled two rings | De Alvarez, 6-4, 2-6, 6 off her fingers and threw them out| Today's defeat took from Tilden of the car, but the bandits rifled his | his last chance to win a champlon- pockets and took approximately $15.|Ship in the three events in which he At the office of the state commis- |had been entered, the singles hav- sioner of motor vchicles it was|ing been won by Rene LaCoste and lcarned that the markers on the [the men's doubles being an all highwaymen's car belonged on an ' FFrench affair, Tilden and Francis T. automobile registered in the name |Hunter having been eliminated last of Mrs. Harry E. Braflshaw of 28| weck. t, Meriden. The | Tilden played rather carcle Meriden police were notificd of the 'day and appeared very tired. hold-ups and they reported back |match was disputed in rather a spirit that the markers were stolen oft |of levity, both Tilden and Borotra at- Mrs. Bradshaw’s car yesterday. {tempting many fancy shots while {their partners carried the brunt of the work. | Mrs. Peacock and Miss Fsther Heine of South Africa captured the {women's doubles championship, de- | feating Mrs. P. H. Watson and Miss | Peggy Saunders of England 6-2,.6-1. | (Continued on Pame 10) Tilden’s Great EEJI’ts All Meet With Failure St. Cloud, France, June & (P-—Jean ly to- Southington, June 6 ) — Two ! nearhy The: in today. pots, were reported here netted the holdup men, (Continued on Page Four) The | t COOUIDGE CABLES | Wild At News of His Great Feat JFSSAGE '|‘[] HJER The Sheriff Orders “The Lid Off” and “Everything Goes” In Great Celebration. Denison Ta, June 6 (P—"Atta boy rence. Congratulations. A royal welcome awaits you in your home town,” was the cablegram, signed Denison, Towa, that hurried over the wires to Furope when word was received of the success of Clar- ence Chamberlin's trans-Atlantic flight. Denison was in a furore that matched the Armistice celebration as Sunday bulletins brought word that the intrepid son of Towa and his campanion, Charles A. Levine, were nearing their goal. A hush, how- cver, spread over the community in the early morning hours of anxiety, when the fate of the fliers shrouded in doubt, only to give way 1o renewed rejoicing as word: was flashed over the telcphone that the lane had landed. Fire whistles wers Llown, auto horns were sounded, hlank cartridges were exploded by the score, and automobiles and the was (Continued on Page Two) SPANISH WAR SHAFT DEDICATION PROGRAM 'Street Parade to Precede Excrcises at Willow Brook Park A tentative program for exercise attending the dedication of memorial to veterans of the ish-American war June 25, has beer prepared by a committee headed by 1ke T. Hills, a feature of which will he a street parade in which Col. W W. Bullen wil be ma ay the commi hal. > was advised J. Edwin Brainard and ainard will be in the city to participate in the program Invitations have been extended to patriotic societies to take places in the line of march. A reviewing st will be placed at the north end of 3 opposite City Hall. Mr and Mrs. Brainard, Mayor Weld, Past Dep Comman, nk P. Fenton of Willimantic, and Rev, T. Leo Sullivan, formerly of this city, will be in the stands, a will & number of officials and invit- od guests, 1t is expected that Wil- liam Jones of New York city, past commander-in-chicf of the United Spanish American war veterans will attend. The parade will form on Fast Main street and move through the central avenues of the city. After réviewing stand, the 1l go to Willow Brook where the dedicationd will take lonnm(hm for the 1 committ tn; John F. . assistant Mrs. Jennie And Piper, tre; rd G. Kind Norton, Myron Young, E William Roosa, A. Carlson, ) A 3 Imma Irecze, Mrs, Catherine Hills, Mrs. Jennie Morey, Mrs. Nellic Leonard, Mrs. Nellie Hiltbrand Finance committee: Tke T. Hills chairman; A. W. Piper, John I Rurns, Mrs. Cora May, Mrs. Emma Freeze, Mrs. Nellie Leonard Parade committee: Edward G (Continued on Page Four) " SUCGEEDS IN SUICIDE ON SECOND ATTEMFT Joseph Schweitzer, Hangs Self in Hawkins Street Home Believed to have been mentally deficient, Joseph Schweitzer, aged bout hanged himself last even- ing at the home of Frank Neubauer, Hawkins street. Neubauer re- turned home about 10 o'clock and was unable to open any of the doors. He finally crawled in through a small rear window and found the iody dangling by a rops which had been thrown ove 1t is believed Schweitzer plannec «ct and waited purposcly for bauer to leave, as an attempt to end his life by taking gas a few weeks £0 was frustrated, according to Scrgeant Flynn's report. Dr. John Purney, medical’ exam- iner, is of the opinion that Schweit- r's mental state prompted him to nd his life. e had not worked for three months, and had lived in the city about six months. Little is known of him, except th he was a member of an organization known a ] tephen’s society, Pric view {he John J. \Us funcrat parlors on Last Main strect until the time of the funeral. Although final arrangc- ments have not been m will he announced late rrant. may romains at GAS l ATAL TO THRER Montreal, June 6 (UP)—Three small children were found dead from escaping gas in their home at Rosemount, a suburb of Montr today. The bodies were discover: when the milkman home of Albert ( Jan at Brother Andres sh children were Laure months, John THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight; Tuesday in- creasing cloudiness; not much change in temperature. (R Congratulates Chamberlin on His Non-Stop Record OTHER OFFICIALS, Sceretary of State Kellogg Adds m\ Message of Congratulation Wilbur Likewise st Secretary Tribute to Aviator. Washington, June 6 (P)— m congratulating Clarence Cham- berlin on his flight to Germany was sent today by President Coolidge. “Congratulations upon your won- rful feat in setting a new non-stop cord in conquest of the air,” the mesage said. “Our country rejoices with me in your safely making first | sustained Germany people.” flight from with our gi America to Secretary Kellogg Wires hington, June 6 (UI)—Sec- reta of State Kellogz today sent the following congratulatory mes- sage to Clarcnce Chamberlin through Ambassador Schurman in Berlin: “1 congratulate you on your splendid achievement in l‘nxl; from New York to Germany. accomplishment and should be impetus to the development of com- mercial aviation, which, cuttin down as it cventually will the time of direct communication Lurope and the United States, ing the two continents more close- together You will the pion ment.”" cretary ited: “I am delighted at Chamt 1d Leviy It Jdemonstration not only of of the pilot, but also of t} ty of VI|< « and pl Moffet nantics, W ed as t de- always he ree rs in this gi of Navy Wilbur com- the success of is a new the skill abili- adequately in a pr repare v carrying a York to ILurope, lin has proved that commercial or military, can carried wcross the Atlantic, and | hat this occan is no longer the bar- it has been supposed to be.” nan assador Malzahn cabled Chamberlin and American \mbassador Schurman congratula- tions. v from qa, Rmhoad Sues Autoist Who Ran Into Locomotive Spri feld, Mass., June 6 (B— first suit filed in superior here by a railroad company ever court against a motorist for damages in a grade erossing collisis was that filed today by the New York Central ; d company azainst Carl E. sch of Westficld. railroad 2,000 damages, alleging that Krisch's antomobile “came into vio- lent collision with the plaintiff com- "he | pany’s locomotive and highway cross- ing bell equipment at Amenia, N. T SEVENTY MILES FROM BERLIN HERE THEY ARE, STARTING FOR GERMANY Chamberlin and Levine Come Down First at Eisleben to Refuel After Setting New Long Distance’ Record of About 3,800 Miles— Then Resume Flight But Get Off Course and Descend in Marsh Near Kotthus— Propeller Broken But Two Aviators Are Un- hurt—May Continue Tomorrow. Berlin, June 6 (AP)—For the second time in little more than a fortnight an American airplane has spanned the vast Atlantic and landed safely on the European continent. Fuel Supply Runs Out The non-stop flight of the Bellanea monoplane Columbia, piloted by Clarence D. Chamberlin with Charles A. Levine as his companion, ended at Eisleben, Saxony, 110 miles southwest of Berlin, at 5 o’clock this morning (midnight New York day- light saving time) when the fuel supply was exhausted. Lose Way in Clouds Taking the air again, the fliers made a brave attempt to reach Berlin, but apparently lost their way in the cloud banks and adverse winds met during the morning, and came down at last in a marshy field at the village of Klinge, near Kottbus, Brandenburg, 70 miles southeast of the capital. In alighting the propeller hit the ground, the wheels of the Columbia set- tled into the marshy ground and further progress was impos- sible. The plane had travelled 120 miles from Eisleben, and if headed in the right direction, would have landed at Berlin. Set New Record The fliers failed to achieve their goal, Berlin, but they established a new long-distance sustained flight record, having covered about 3,500 | miles from Roosevelt field, New | York, to Eisleben. Starting from Roosevelt field at !6:05 a. m. Saturday they had been in | the air 42 hours when forced to land 'at Eisleben, as compared with 3313 | hours for Captain Lindbergh's 3,610 i mile flight from New York to Paris a little over two weeks ago. News of the Columbia's start and the subsequent dispatches telling of its progress had brought Berlin to fever heat and the great Tempel- | hofer field, nucleus for a web of Geological Survey } Puts Mileage Made By Fliers at 3,905 Washington, ne 6 Chamberlin and Levine were credited with a flight of 3,905 miles today by the Geological Survey which measured the dis- tance from Roosevelt Field to Eisleben. The survey's Lindbergh flight were 3,610 mile The computation was made at the request of Carl F. Schory, secretary of the National P— figures on the Aeronautical association. commercial airplanes, was massed [ with crowds waiting to welcome the | Americans. Many waited all night. American Flag Shown An American flag was run up the main flagstaff, the band of the Luf« AL'so' A tele- a use- | Here’s Flying Log of Bellanca Plane By the Assoclated Press. Saturday | | | . D) a. el !ull | oS00 a. Ma m.—Hopped off at Roose- | N X. m.—DPassed North West- | m.—Tong Pond. Mass. fleld, M p. m.—Yarmouth, N. §. m.—La Have Harbor, P .| Apegey's Point. N. .| Chebuckto Head, N. p. m.— p. m. . m.—Shag . m.—Wedge Island, N. m.—Steamer Salac plane 50 miles south of Miquelon. Ledge Light- | N | e . N. F. Sunday m.—Circled steamer 360 miles west of Sicily 11:30 a. Mauretania 3:20 p. m.—Lands' south- | tern tip of Engla | 5 p. m.—Padstow, 4:10 p. m.—Plymouth 7:00 p. m.—Boulogn Eisleben, of Berlin, (E Midnight—TLan, 110 miles southwes non-stop fli m.—Tassed Ma 80 miles from Berli About 7 a. m.—Landed of Klinge ar Kottbus, outheast of Berlin over village | Judge Ben Lindsey Loses Fight in Supreme Court Washington, June 6 (UP) udge Ben B. Lindsey fod lost his joh on the bench of Denve juvenile | court. The U, supr court | denied him a review of Color: supreme eourt ler h Y leaves the state court’s order in nal effect, and no further appeal is possible. S, ne New Britainite Saves Drowning Man at Lake Fast Hampton, June 6 (A—D>ax Sehultz of New York was today en- | thusiastic in his gratitu to Dening Hewett of New Diritain, who leaped fully elothed, into 65 feet of water | on Lake Tocotopang yesterday and rescied Schultz after he had gone | down for the third time. Both were in the lake in eanoes. Bothe he and Hewett were picked up and brought nshore by a power boat after the | latter y exhauste | HARVESTER CO. UPHELD Washington. June 6 (A—The In- ternational Harvester Company was eld by the supreme court today to have compifed with the consent de- ree arranged to restore competitive market conditions in its fleld. I pho | muna, | one thansa, or German Air league, play- ed lively airs and officials bustled about making arrangement for the | reception. As the morning wore on rain and winds chilled the ardor of the thoue sands waiting, and recurring con- flicting rumors added to the general inconvenience. The airdrome offi. cials appeared to be without reliable information regarding the Columa bia's whereabouts. Sighted Off Dortmund The plane was first sighted over Germany at Dortmund, in the Ruhr valley, at 4 a. m. but thereafter be came a phantom ship until its ap- pearance at Eisleben where it came to earth for fuel. The American ambassador, Dr, {Jacob Gould Schurman, and his offi- !cial party left Templehofer fleld at .19 a. m,, after having waited for four hours, but returned when it was re. | ported that the Columbia was over Magdeburg, less thdn two hours® | flight from Berlin. As soon as the landing at Klin, {became known the ambasador con- ferred with German officials regard- ing arrangements for their care, and a plane hurried off, carrying Ameri- ican and German officlals. Resting at Kottbus This was immediately followed by a half dozen other machines bearing newspaper men. At first it was thought the alrmen would be brought to Berlin in a Lufthansa machine, but later it was decided they should be taken to Kottbus motor and permitted to rest un- |1l tomorrow. It was said this afternoon that it was doubtful whether the Columbia could be put into proper condition to permit the Americans’ flying her ta Berlin tomorrow. Shortly after noon, when news that the airmen had lost their way and had landed at Klinge was mega- d to the watchers at Tempel. ficld. the crowds there began ng away and in less than halt an hour the great airdrome was de. serted melt Given Full Credit Despite the disappointment. the Americans were credited with a ind sensational flight. It s pointed out that Chamberlin en- countered thick muggy weather as soon as he crossed into Germany, and his failure to find the trail to Berlin was ascribed primarily to the heavy cloud banks and confusing winds. Although a flock of scouting planes went out to locate him soon ter he was sighted over Dort. he wandered too far to the Had his course been a direct after passing over Magdeburg he would have arrived at the Tem- pelhofer field. east. the Bellanca plane landed toc is a small village fif- (\ N kilonieters (9.2 miles) due east lof Kottbus, and a little over four {miles west of the town of Forst. Had Motor Trouble. Kottbus, Germany, June § (P— Motor trouble and a shortage of gas: Klinge, wh (Continued on Page 8.)