New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1927, Page 1

mom] NEW BRITAIN HERALD '\“m:) c{“on.'.n“ ESTABLISHED 1870 IRISHREPUBLIGANS ARE AGAINST OATH Fianna Fail Deputies Will Go to Dail Eireann N0 VISITORS' TICKETS Anticipating Attempts to Force En- tranco Speaker Makes Ruling— Allegiance to King Resented by De Valera's Followers. Belfast, Ireland, June 18 (P— Dublin dispatches say that, in view of tha possibility of trouble.at the | opening of the new Dail Eireann next Thursday through republicans attempting to force entrance, the speaker, Prof. Michael Hayes, has decided not to issue tickets to visit- ors. Dublin dispatches on Wednesday said the republican deputies of Eamon De Valera's Fianna Fail party were expected to go for the first time to parliament house and claim their seats in the Dail when ; how- | it assembled. They would, ever, refuse to take the oath of alle- glance to ths king. The oath is taken in a private of- fice. and it was stated that the De Valera members would present themselves there for the purpose of specifically refusing to take it. Un- til the clerk of the house certifies that they have been bound by the oath, the deputies cannot under the Trbe State conatitution legally take their scats. Oath May Be Eliminated. Mr. De Valera, however, has de- clared the belief that the results of the recent elections, in which the Fianna Fail party made a large gain, would aid the movement for abolition of the oath. He was quoted as saying “T'he people will not tol- erate their (the republican depu- ties) being barred by the imposition of this penal oath.” The oath rcads: “T do solemnly swear true faith and allegiance to the conatitution of the Irish Free State, as by law established, and that T will be faithful to his majesty King George V, his heirs and suc- cessors by law in virtue of the com- mon citizenship of Ireland with Great Britain and her adherence to and membership of the group of nations torming the British com- monwealth of nations.” One of the republicans elected to the Dall, Samuel E. Holt, repre- senting the Leitrim division of Sligo. was quoted as saying in a speech vesterday: 3 Prepared to Help. “I¢ we are admitted with the oath removed, we are prepared to help the Free State government func- tion In every way possible, and work for tho people of this old nation.” He expressed hope that an ar- rangement would be made for some sort of government when the Dail meets next Thursday and that the Fianna Fail would be a part of that government. There was one defection from the republican boycott of the Dail at the late session, Dan Breen, who did much fighting in Irish strug- gle, taking his seat as deputy from Tipperary. He expressed belief that the fight against the oath should be waged inside the Dail. Breen was defeated in last weck’s election. MUCH CORRUPTION STILL LIES HIDDEN Says Senator Reed Assail- ing Centralization of Authority in Govt. Johnson City, Tenn., June 18 (P — Appealing for a return to the old time fundamentals of government, | Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, declared today in a specch before the Tennesseo Bar association that the time had come when the patriotic people of the country should rise up and drive out the “leprosy of cor- ruption” which has spread through- out the nation’s capital. The Missouri senator, who was chalrman of the senate's campaign funds investigating committee, charged that not one-tenth of the; cortuption had been exposed. Responsibility for the ‘condition: was laid at the door of concentra- tion of authority in the ideral gov- | ernment, which he said “invariably | brings in its wake the twin evils, in- | competency and corruption. “Indeed, it has already proceeded 0 far tha® there is scarcely an ac- tivity of life from the 1earing of bables to the massing of armles, which Is not now in some degrec subject to the surveillaace of gov. ernment officers, agents, sples and | courts,” he continued. He assailed the pending child la- | bor amendment to the foderal con- stitution as an effort to supplant the “’socialism of Lenine and Trotzky for the democracy of Washington and ! \oaneys testified that they did not Jeffersol He claimed that another phase of corruption was “great money prizes for the favorites of the ycvernment.” “We passed a law to tax all the people for the benefit of certain fa- vored manufacturers,” he added. “In turn these manufacturers were told | that they must periodically submit to the process of having the “fat fried out of them' in the form of political contributions.” DR. TALBOT DIES Cambridge, Mass.. June 18 (A— Dr. Henry Paul Talbot, dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol. ogy and one of the leading chemists of the couniry, died at the City hos- vital (a Boston today. ) Rl ki CLAIM MARY PICKFORD USED “REJECTED” PLAY Screen Star Charged With Plagia- rism in Production of “Spar- rows”—Accounting Asked Hollywood, Calif., June 18 (UP) | —Mary Pickford has been made de- fendant in a suit filed in the U. 8. district court here charging plagia- rism in connection with her latest plcture, - “Sparrows,” the United Press learned today. Minimum damages of $100,000 are asked and a complete accounting of receipts from the picture—probably more than $1,000,000—may be sought. The suit was brought by Philip Egerson Hubbard and James M. | Sheridan, the latter attorney for the | estate of-Harry Hyde Flanagan, late dramatist. It is alleged the movie infringes on the copyright of “The APy IEW BRITAIN, EDITORIAL AS50. VISITS COOLIDGE EGall on President Featore of Barbecue Program (CAL 1S 60OD FISHERMAN Trout Caught By Himself is Served At His Breakfast ‘fable —yBusy Week of Activities Planned—Does Not Mind Hail Storm. Rapid City, S. D.. June 18 (P— |Scveral hundred small town news- | paper editors and publishers came | CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1927. —EIGHTEEN PAGES AS LINDBERGH NEARS CITY Many Planes In Air Made Wonder About Future ular Flight Cross Country From New York. St. Louis, June 18 U — Aerial traffic over St. Louls became sud- denly so dense when Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ended his non-stop flight from New York here that the 32 airplanes which had accompanied him from Dayton, O. were forced to jockey for position and eventual- ly land at Scott fleld, IlL, 25 miles away. One of the planes carried an Assoclated Press correspondent. Just before the famous flier and Cry of the Children,” & StOrY BY |intg the Black Hills today to hola |Mi® escort reached East St. Louts. Hubbard and Flanagan. | The complaint recites that Hub- bard copyrighted his scenario in 1919 and later submitted it to Marfon Jackson, in charge of an elk and buffalo barbecue close | to the summer White House and to | [be received by President and Mrs. Coolidge. They comprised the delegates and Miss Pickford, who re- desnarlonyor Miae Flcktor [ usstarot tho Netions Batiario: o= More than 60 situations in “Spar- | Sociation’s convention which was | rows” are alleged to coincide with | held in Omaha and which is making | the Hubbard and Flanagan scenario. |4 Dost-convention tour of this sec- Most of the characters in the scen- tion of the country. arios, the suit alleges, are the same. | Barbecue Ready the smoke and drizzle became 50 dense that the theretofore carefully followed formation was broken up. Once over St. Louis, the army fliers, | to prevent a traffic snarl at the end of a record-breaking long-distance air parade, turned their planes Southeast, recrossed the Mississippi, and alighted at Scott fleld. The flight of the “Spirit of St. Louis” from Dayton with the army's crack fliers and swiftest planes ac- i knee, he left him lying in the road WOMAN FOUND GUILTY UNDER LOTTERY LAW Charge of False Pretenses Not Pressed in Court Found guilty of violating the lot- tery law, Mrs. Mary Likwata, aged | 43, of 250 Washington street, was fined $5 and costs by Judge W. C. Hungerford in police court . this morning. On the count of obtaining money under false pretences, she was discharged. She pleaded not guilty to both charges and was not represented by counsel, Sergeant P. A. McAvay and Ser- geant P. J. O'Mara testified that they investigated a complaint by Rev. Lucyan Bojnowsii, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, that Mrs. Likwata was selling chances on three articles of bed clothes for the benefit of the “Polish Children's Home,” without authority. They in- terviewed Mrs. Likwata and she re- fysed to explain her scheme except to say she had permission from the nun in charge of the Polish Orphan- age, and if the police wanted further (Continued on Page 15. | A half mile from the state gamec {companying it, was a triumphant | {Iodge workmen prepared for the big | procession over the 330 mile course. ‘outdoor event. Large slabs of buf- | Lindbergh did his best to delight| | falo meat and quarters of elk, both |those ‘“along the line of march.”! | obtainable within the park which is Associated Press Reporter Generations—Had Spectac- Colonel Lindbergh circled In- dianapolls twice, accompanied by his entire escort, and repeated half an hour later at Terre Haute. Then, with St. Louls a short distance lahead, “The Lone Eagle” began to | trotic. At the little landing fleld at St Elmo, Ill, he spun downward and did another of his perpendicular |zooms to rejoin his escort. A little ater he spied a train and swooped down to race it a short distance— but it wasn't much of a race. With he puffing locomotive easily out- distanced, he again went aloft and | assumed 2 more dignified air. Then it was that the pilots of the 32 ships began to sense what fu- | ture generations may have to con- 'tend with in the days of crowded skies and jammed airways. Flying ow over East St. Louls, some of | |the planes were confronted sudden- |1y by towering smoke stacks and las they zoomed up to clear them they heard the whir of other pro- pellers dangerously near. One by one or in small the planes veered and most of them landed at Scott groups | mileflight. southwestward | IST. LOUS AIR TRAFFIC DENSE [BENITO PREDICTS DEEAN AIR LINE Parely a Question of Proper Machines, Premier Says HONORS FOR DE PINEDO Mussolini At Also Calls Attention To Feats of Testimonial Dinner Daring By Americans and Others. Rome, June 18 M—Regular trans Atlantic air service is no longer a question of man-power, but only of suitable machines, Premier Musso- a dinner given by the under-secre- tary of aviation last night in honor of the ambassadors and ministera of countries which Commander Fran- cesco De Pinedo, fascist long dis- tance flier, touched in his 25,000 De Pinedo, who com- leted his flight here Thursday, was among the speakers. Mussolini cited the epochal flights of Colonel Lindbergh, Clarence Chamberlin, Licutenant-Commander Read, U. S. N.. De Pinedo, Alcock, Coutinho and Cabral, Franco and De Barros as examples proving the courage of man in piloting airplanes lini declared in a message read at| [MRS. MILLS WORRIED KING BEN AT TIMES Inmate of House of David Colony Tells of Her Antics While ! | | There. St. Joseph, Mic .., June 18 (UP)— Mrs. Estelle Mills of Niles, Mich.— known as “Tomboy Mills" when she was a member of the House of David colony—was resume testimony today in the state's attempt to dis- |solve the religious colony. She was on the stand yesterday land kept the courtroom in an up- {roar as she told of the pranks that ave her the name ot “Tomboy he now is 30 vears old. She said she went to the colony when but a chill and that “King" Ben forced intimacies on her when she was 12 years old. “I irked the leaders and King Benjamin by my pranks,” she said. “Once T fed tobacco to kangaroos in |the zoo. Another time 1 started | pulling the whiskers of the mien in the color ~. I hid under King Ben- | jamin’s bed while he was entertain- | ing young women in his room.” | She sald King Ben often had par- | ties in his roou He told risque | ,storivs and then, when the parties | were over, stood at the door and | | kissea each girl good night, fimally | ! selecting one girl to accompany him | | to his room, she testified. | | Mrs. Mills ran away from the col- | | ony in 1913 with her husband, Percy ! Mills. A sister is now an official in the colony, she said. Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending June 11th ... 14,374 PRICE THREE CENTS ST. LOUIS BUSY " HONORING HERO { Plandits of Western City Show- ¢red Upon Lindbergh \PARADE TODAY'S FEATURE i i Flyer Up Early to Start Program | After Uneventful Trip West From New York—To Get Gold Pass. St. Louis, June 18 (#—Back home gain among his friends and ardent |admirers, the intrepid trans-Atlantie |fiyer—known to the world as Col- onel Charles A. Lindbergh, but re- ferred to by his buddy army air mail pilots as just plain “Slim"—to- day will receive the plaudits of this city in the first round of a two day home coming celebration his honor, Fresh from in his long fiight from New York, which was uneventful ex- cept for the thrills he thousands who gathe route to watch his progress westward and the even greater thrills he re- ceived at the sight of his old home town, the noted flyer was up bright gave President Coolidge's summer resi- dence, were laid out on. roasting | |irons and from Rapld City came {truck loads of buns into which the | | steaming spicy meat was to be laid. | There was & hint that President | Coolidge, drawn by what appears to | be a zest to get the most out of the novel life which is his lot, might de- cide to become part of the merry | gathering but should such tentative | | plans be laid aside, the editors were | to journey the half mile from Camp | Galena where the barbecue takes |place to be received by the presi- dential couple at the state game lodge. In preparation for a busy day, the president's rising hour was set | early and there were fresh brook | trout for the breakfast table caught by Mr. Coolidge last evening just| before dinner. And Fishing Was Poor The president was warned by Cecil Gideon, who accompanied him on the fishing expedition, not to expect too much success because a rain has clouded Squaw Creek which has been set aside for the presi- | dential fisherman, but undaunted, Mr. Coolidge went forth in high hip hoots and came home triumphant. Earlier he and Mrs. Coolidge mo- (Continued on Page 15) TWO N. J. STATE TROOPERS GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER Men Who Shot Farmer Accused of Mistreating Cattle Are to Answer for Their Act. Flemington, N. J., June 18 (A—! Licutenant Daniel F. Rogers and Alfred K. Larson, of the state police, today were found guilty of man- siaughter in the death of Miss Bea- trice Meaney who fatally wounded when the’ police besieged her farm house at Jutland on De- cember 21 last. Twelve other members of the members of the force and two agents of the 8. P. C. A. indicted on a similar charge, were acquitted. It was on the afternoon of De-| cember 20 that two S. P. C. A. agents, described by the Meaneys as ‘strangers,” and a constable, ap- peared at the farm of Timothy Meaney, near Jutfind, to make an investigation on a warrant charging cruelty to cattle. Meaney said he had several thou- sand dollars on his person, was afrald the strangers might be band- its, and asked them to return in the | morning. They finally were ordered | oft the place and returned later with was | Trooper Larsen. ‘While at the farm, Larsen saw James Meaney, a brother of Timothy and of the woman who later was slain, approaching with a club. The| trooper said that he mistook the club for a gun. Shooting James in the and rushed to high bridge for rein- forcements. According to the testimony of the Meaney brothers, the attack on the farmhouse began shortly after night- fall and continued until after day- break. State police asserted that they repeatedly shouted to the in- mates that the attackers were mem- bers of the state force while the know the jdentity of their assailants until the next morning. When the police finally entered the house they found Miss Meaney lying on the kitchen floor mortally wounded. She had been shot while hiding in a closet. In another room lay the wounded James, The state charged that the state police had at their disposal 24 re- volvers, six repeating rifles, three gas tanks, two shotguns, a quantity of gas bombs, and 1200 rounds of am- munition. Witnesses testified that they counted 297 bullet holes in the house. Charges of resisting arrest and at- tacking the police were preferred HIT BY AUTO MAY 25, " MIGHAEL MEEHAN DIES {Emmons Place ‘Mnn Run Down in Storm in Kensington Michael Meehan, 44 years old, of 31 Emmons Place, died this morn- ing at 8 o'clock at New Eritain Gen- eral hospital as the result of injur- At Wilbur Wright fleld, Dayton, he | gave the crowd of 10,000 persons a thrill by swooping 80 close to earth that for a moment it appeared he would land, Then suddenly he zoomed up at a terrific angle cheered and the escort slipped up and grouped itself around him. * Over Wright Workshop The army pursuit group of 21 planes, regularly stationed at Sel- fridge fleld, Mich., led the way westward 1,500 feet over the little shed in which Orville and Wilbur Wright worked to perfect the first heavier-than-air craft. This group spread out fan-shaped before the “Spirit of St. Louls” and in similar formation to the rear and the right, flew the six planes from Bolling field, Washing- ton. The same formation was taken |l)y the miscellaneous group of five which joined the escort over Mec- Cook fleld, Dayton. while the throng! observation | fleld at about the time “The Spirit of St. lLouis” was signalied as land- in the face of hazards, adding: Not Fantastic “It is not fantastic to say that in ing at Lambert fleld. Earlier in the day, five airplanes of the Indiana National Guard from Indianapolis, arrived at Lambert field in military formation but they were not in the air when Lindbergh arrived. Among the day's air arrivals were Thomas Nelson, one of Lindbergh's “buddies” who had attended the New York festivities and returned to Chicago where he joined Tony Yac- key and flew with him to the home coming event. The long distance record was claimed by N. P. Putnam, and A. R. Ebright, who a few days ago flew | from Los Angeles to Washington, with several stops, then flew from New York to Dayton and arrived here this morning. In the group arriving from Dayton was the city’s official reception com- | mittee flying in a transport plane. INTEREST IN FOURTH FOR BYRD FLIGHT Conjecture as to Who Might Be Carried Across Ocean New York, June 18 (A —Interest in the projected trans-Atlantic flight of Commander Richard E. Byrd's giant monoplane, America, today shifted to the identity of a possible fourth member of its crew. Meanwhile unfavorable weather over the North Atlantic caused postponement of the take-off at least until tomorrow night. Commander Byrd said he has been deluged with applications from persons desirous of making the flight to Paris in the America. Many of these requests, he said, have come from women, but “the fourth, if there i3 one, will be a man,” he said. While Byrd withheld definite an- nouncement as to the probable fourth member, followers of the flight speculated whether a news- paper reporter, to act as official his- PANAMA' CANAL NOT TOPIC FOR. GENEVA Question of Hawaii Naval Strength Also Off Program | ! Geneva, June 18 (A —Simultane- |ously with the declaration of Ad- | miral Kobayashi, one of Japan’ |chiet delegates, that his country's | program at the naval conference at |Geneva Monday does not embrace | the questions of the internationali- {zation of the Panaia Canal ot re- | duction in the strength of the naval |bases at Hawait and Singapore, |Hugh S. Gibson American delegate, | asscrted that the United States would |not introduce any startlng sugges- tion, yesterday | FLIERS WIVES HAVE DIFFICUETY IN AIR Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Levine Ill During Flight | the near future regular trans-Atlan- tic air services will be developed, for it is now only a problem of suitable planes because the courage of avi- ators has already solved the prob-| lem of man-power. Read, Alcock,| ! Coutinho and Cabral, Franco, De | | Barros, Lindbergh, Chamberlin and ! | De Pinedo are the pioneers who } have opened up the skies to civiliza- tion.” | “Referring to the De Pincdo fight, | the premier's message said: | “The Italian eagle strengthened| { the bonds of sympathy among coun tries and peoples who are 50 clos | to us in spirit, yet so far in spac | He expressed thanks to the dip- Berlin, June 18 (M—Accompanied by their wives, Clarence D. Cham- | berlin and Charles A. Levine, Amer- ican trans-Atlantic fliers, were back lomats for the many attentions giv-|in Berlin today, making prepara- len by their respective countrymen | tions for their flights to Vienna and to De Pinedo and for the sympathies | Prague and possible visits to other shown by their peoples in the flight. | European cities to which they have Compliments of Britain | been invited. Sir Ronald Graham, British am-| They arrived by airplane at Tem- bassador, speaking for the diploma- | plehofer ficld last night — Mr. and tic corps, praised De Pinedo for hls|Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Levine in remarkable exploit and said: “At|a German Aerial league plane und this moment when the skies are| Mr. Levine as a passenger in a small still resounding with the phenome- | plane piloted by Fraulein Thea nal feats of the American aviators, it | Rasche, the only licensed wo! must be for the citizens of old Eu-| pilot in Germany. rope a particular satisfaction and| The first day in Germany of Mrs. pride that a son of the old world Chamberlin and Mrs. Lévine was a (Continued on Page 16) (Continued on Page 15) ARMY PLANE WILL ATTEMPT FLIGHT TO HAWAIAN ISLES MISS MACKAY'S MAID TELLS OF AGREEMENT Trial Will Be Resumed Definite Announcement to That Effect Made—Plan to Start Before July 15— Maitland to Be Pilot. |and early to participate in the five major functions on the day's pro- gram of entertainment. Following breakfast with his mother at the home of Harry H. | Knight, one of the backers of the {New York-to-Paris flight, who s host to the flyer during the home jcoming celebration, Colonel Lind- |bergh was to be escorted to the Cone 18ress hotel to receive the city's offi- cial welcome from a reception come mittee of 300, including Dwight F, vis, secretary of war, Governor m A, Baker and Mayor Victor Miller and those who helped pro- mote the trans-Atlantic flight. Turning out to witness and take \part in the city's tumultuous wel- coming, thousands 1 ‘housands of ‘eager admirers were on the gaily | decorated strecis to catch a fleeting iglimpse of the celebrated birdman, | who was to head a long parade after the official reception. Parade Plans Headed by Chief of Police Gerk, o will act as marshal, and a squadron of motorcycle policemen in wedge formation, the parade will start on Union boulevard, north of Lindell, on its route through the res- ider and business sections. behind the motorcycle tyuadron will be the machine con- taining Colonel Lindbergh wiih {Mayor Miller at his side. Immed)- in(vly behind will be the car in which the flyer's mother, Mrs. Evangeline L. Lindbergh, Mrs. Victor Miller, {Mrs. N. A. Mc:lillan and Mrs. Baker will ride. Secretary of War Davis, Edward {Hidden, chairman of the reception ommittee, Harold M. Bixby, presi- ‘dent of the Chamber of Commerce fand 7. Frank Carter, personal friend of Lindbergh, will ride in the third |ear while James E. Smith, and | Thomas N. Dysar., two of the fiight promoters will ‘ollow i1 another ma chine. Governor Baker, U. S. Sen- ator Harry B. Hawes and former Mayor Kiel are to trail in a fifth car. After the parade Colonel Lind- |bergh and his mother will be taken |to the Coronado hotel where they jare to be guests at a private lunch- | eon., torian, or a passenger would be car- ried. ies sustained in an automobile acci- that Lieut. i | Wadhington, June 18 (® — The The general understanding on the the American delegation s not anx {ious for any “bombs” from either [lulu in a non-stop airplane flight. the British or Japanese, such as an| After months of preparation, attempt to reduce the tonnage of |shrouded in secrecy, two | battleships or cruisers, to interna- |army fliers are now piloting a gaint | tionalize the Panama Canal or to|trl-motored Iokker monoplane {between San Francisco and Hono- | establish restrictions on the Hawaii !arcoss the continent to San Diego, | naval base. It is believed that Mr. |Cal. for final grooming and testing Gibson, in his opening address, will |{of the machine and navigation in- | eve of the parley, called at the invi- |army air corps is striving to be | tation of President Coolidge, is that |first in crossing the Pacific ocean crack | | Monday—Did Not Have to Deceive At Cardinals’ Ceremony This afternoon the air hero will |leave tiWe Coronado hotel for Sports- | man park, where he is to participate n the flag-raising ceremonies for the . Louis Cardinals. It is doubtful it Lindy will remain to witness the lgame with the New York Giants. as | he probably will prefer to return to Los Angeles, Calif., June 18 (UP) | —Trial of the beautiful Dorothy Mackaye on charges of suppressing i two down as they walked on the side dent in Kensington on the evening of May 25, Hp leaves his widow, trude Meehan, who lives at 6517 Forest avenue, Brooklyn. The American Paper Goods Co. in Ken- sington which employed Meehan, is caring for funeral arrangements pending the arrival of Mrs. Meehan. Meehan was injured while he and a fellow workman were returning from their dutles at the American Paper Goods Co. and were walking on the highway towards the center of Kensington to take the bus for this city. An automobilist ran the Mrs. Ger- of the road during a heavy rain- torm, later taking them to the lo- Other reports were Bernt Balchen, former Norweglan naval officer, associated with Byrd in his flight to the North Pole, and who has been active in preparing the America for its flight, would be the fourth member. Lieut. Balchen is an expert mechanlc. The present members oy the crew are Bert Acosta and Lieut. George 0. Noville. “We are carrying thirteen hun- dred gallons of gasoline, sufficient to take four to Paris and beyond,” Byrd said. A report that the America, instead of landing at Le Bourget fleld in Paris, would continue until its gaso- line supply was exhausted gained credence at the Byrd hangar at Roosevelt fleld. The fact that Byrd hesitasd to name a fourth member of the flight was taken as an indi- cation that he wanted to travel lightly to reserve all possible weight cal hospital where it was found that Meehan was afering from a broken leg and inirigfyo his side. The machin hich struck Mee- han was driven «Pasquale Lucco outline a definite plan of warship limitation as conceived oy the Unit- ed States. Admiral Kobayashl, whose decla- ration was made to the Associated s, emphasized that he and his low delegates would restrict theil cfforts to securing an agreement on warships not covered by the Wash- ington treaty; that his country was attending the conference in & spirit of conciliation, hoping a fair agree- ment would be arrived -t, and that the island kingdom mer wanted a total tonnage of warships that would assure adequate protection. Thus, the Japanese delezates would be more cgncerned with the quan- tity of sizable ships than to the ratio question. He volced the pleasure of his countrymen over the decision of the United States not to augment the American far eastern fortifications, | of Kensington. Meehan's friend who was also injured in the accident was Robert Satterheim of this city who was discharged from the Joa- pital soon after the accident, his in- juries proving of slight consequence. Lucco was not held by police au- thorities, their verdict being that the accident was unavoidable. B. C. Porter Sons, undertakers, are making arrangements to send the remains to his home in Brook- lyn. N. Y. where funeral services and interment will take place. British Fliers Fail In Non-Stop Flight Martlesham, Suffolk, England, June 18 (A—The British long dis- tance avlators, FFlight Licutenants C. R. Carr and P. H. MacWorth, who hopped ol from Cranwell, Lincoln- shire at 12:41 o'clock this afternoon for a flight to India were forced down at the Martlesham Heath air- drome this afternoon. The aviators were forced to de- scend because of & minor defect and despite the great load which their bombing plane carried for its long flight, landed successfully. The air- men were uninjured. agalnst the Meaneys hut the grand Jjury did not indict them. | Martlesham is near Ipswich, which s ahout 100 miles from Cranwell. for fuel. The plane now has a cruising ra- dius of nearly 3,900, almost 300 miles more than the distance to Paris. Thirteen hundred gallons of gasoline is enough to keep it in! the air forty-two hours. Compasses on the craft have been adjusted and nothing now remains but to place the plane on the run- way and fill its fuel tanks. Starting time Is entirely contin- gent on weather conditions, Byrd said. Even though conditions may improve over the Atl#ntic tomorrow, the fifer said it would take many hours before settled weather pre- vailed, in which event the hop off would not take place befére Mon- day. Floyd Bennett, the pilot. who was serlously Injured during a test flight of the America more than & month ago, today was given an op- portunity to see the plane once more, and say goodbye to Com- mander Byrd and his companions. An automobile to drive him from St. Vincent's hospital to Roosevelt field was placed at the disposal of the aviator, still unable to walk de- spite slow improvement in his con- dition. Friends were ready to carry him from the automobile to the plane, ’ while declaring the Japanese had no idea of requesting reductions near the shores of the United States, he strength of the British base at Sing- | apore. As the time draws necar for the opening of the conference, Ameri- can circles are discussing the naval strength of their country. It is stat- ed in these circles that lecause of | the many old cruisers, described as worthless in modern warf're, the ex- isting ratlo on modern :-ulsers is § for Great Britain, as compared with 2.7 for the United States. The point is made that as this ration includes six crulsers which will att in the 20- year age limit next year, the actual strength of the United States is but 10 7,500 ton cruisers, with the eight i lO‘O“D ton cruisers either in ‘hei ccurse of construction or contracted | States will have a modern cruiser strength of 155,000 tons. THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness, prob- ably showers tonight or to- morrow. 1 ! | ) o admitted they were worricd over the | vor, it 1s declared that the United | islrumcms for the hop. Final au- thorization’ of the flight by the war | department depends on the result | of these tests. | If they are successful, the hop- |off on the 2,360 mile flight will be ;made not later than July 15, from farch fleld, San Francisco. Iirst { Licutenant Maitland will be accom- | panied by TFirst Licutenant Hegenberger as assistant and navigator. The flight has been an aarmy project of long standing, Assistant Secretary Davison in charge of army aeronautics, declared, and was not motivated by the offers of prizes for the trip, for both army filers would not be eligible to re- ceive any awards if it was success- ful. Lieutenant Maitland not only is one of the army's outstanding rac- ing pilots but recently completed a 6,000 mile trans-continental flight, | carrying Assistant Sceretary Davi- son on an inspection of air sta- tions. Licut. Hegenberger for the past four years has,been chief of the instrument and branch at McCook fleld. Both are products of the army's war aviation tralning and also have familiarity with flying conditions in Hawaii through service at the islands. at Milwaukee, Wis., and Hegenber- ger at Boston. The two fliers will depend on the latest devices of navigation for the flight, including an earth inductor compuss of the type used by Lind- bergh, magnetic and celestial com- passes and a radio beacon. Their plane is a land machiue in contrast to the seaplane used in the previ- ous unsuccessful flight for the same objective by the late Com mander Rodgers of the navy in 1925. Unlike that trip they also will not have the aid of naval vessels stationed along the flight route. The plane, which is of the same type as that Commander Byrd of the navy plans to fly across the Atlantie, will carry 1,100 gallons of gasoline, suffiicent to carry it near- ly 1,000 miles beyond the Hawaiian islanda \ Albert pilot navigation | gained | Maitland entered the army | facts concerning the death of her actor husband, Ray Raymond, will | | be resumed Monday. Max Wagner, former roommate of Paul Kelly, who s under sen- [ tence of from one to 10 years for Killing Raymond, will be the first witness when court reopens, attor- vs announced today. | He will be questioned further, it |was expected, about parties in which Miss Mackaye, Kelly and him- ’sc!f were alleged to have figured. | Hollywood motion picture and | i n theatrical circles are taking scant interest in the trial, which so far has duplicated testimony given in Kelly's | trial. Kelly was found guilty of man- | slaughter by a jury which decided Raymond died from the efforts of a | beating administered by Kelly. The | prosecution attempted to show that | Kelly, a motion picture actor, was' in love with Miss Mackaye. When police were not told of Ray- mond's death until two days later and then were told he had died of niatural causes, Miss Mack: Dr. Walter J. Sullivan, who attend- ed Raymond, were indicted. Trial of Dr. Sullivan was postponed pend- {ing disposition of Miss Mackaye's | case. Miss Mackaye's former negro maid, Ethel Lee. testified yesterday that bitterness between the actress and Raymond over Miss Mackaye's reputed friendship with Kelly was overcome when Miss Mackaye re- turned home shortly after the two men fought. “I hope ecverything will be right after this,” Raymond quoted as having said. “Yes, darling, it will be,”” Miss Mackaye answered, according to the witness, “Then let's call the chapter closed.” Raymond was said to have replied. ‘The mald’s testimony was offered, Defense Attorney Jerry Gelsler said, to show that since Miss Mackaye angd her husband had become reconciled, she had no reason to deceive au- thorities as to what caused his death. i all was | his hotel to rest up for the reception to be given him ut the Cliase hotel | tonight. Colonel Lindbergh scheduled rive at Sporteman park at | o'clock where he |sure of all cyes of local Ifans. He will head ‘the park in whi | Mayor Miller, Commissioner of Base- | ball Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Pres- lident John A. Heydler of the Na- {tional league, President Sam Bread- ,on of the Cardinals: Rogers Hornsby, ‘(he club’s championship manager; to 2:30 be the cyno- baseball le around el Governor Baker, Bob O'Farrell, prosent manager of {the Cardinals and John J. McGraw, |dean of the National league mana- gers, will participate. | The Cardinal and Glant players | will fall into line and accompany the |officials to the flag pole in center [field where Colonel Lindbergh will sist Hornshy and O'Farrel in rais- ing the world's champlonship base- ball pennant on high. After the ceremonies at the flag pole, the pro- cession will wend its way bacK to lin front of the grandstand, where {Hornsby, O'Farrell and the Cardinal | players will be presented with diae | mond rings, emblematic of the cham- pionship. | To Get Gold Pass | Colonel Lindbergh will bhe pre- sented by President Heydler with an cspecially made gold season pass to Lall National league games. The token will be in the form of a gold baseball surmcunted by a minlature replica of Lindbergh's plane. the “Spirit of St. Louis."” Whether Colonel Lindbergh wiil return to his hotel, or remain to wite | ness the game will be left for him to decide. The dinner at the Chase hotel to- Inight will be formal. Secretary Davis, Governor Baker, Mayor Mill- er, Senator Hawes, Bixby and Knight will be the principal speakers. OAK STREET BURGLARY Moses Parparian of 76 Oak street reported to the police last night that his store was entered and two water- melons, one-half a crate of strawe berries apd one-half a box of oranges taken. Officer Maurios Flynn was unable to find any marks on the locks or about the doors, and concluded the entrance was made by using a key.