New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1927, Page 1

¢ ESTABLISHED 1870 News of the World By Associated Press #)W§ IR1)IWN0)) -w;) PoJIRH “aq 1PV ¥ BRITA —— NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Average Daily Week Ending June 25& ey 14,189 PRICE THREE CENTS BYRD NOW IS NEARING PARIS AFTER LONG, STORMY FLIGHT FRITSON READY FOR VOYAGE TO ANTARCTIC AS BYRD AID IN FLIGHT OVER SOUTH POLE New Britain Man Ex- pects to Sail on Expe- dition With Other Arctic Veterans. Three Fokker Planes to Be Used — Edsel Ford, Rockefeller and Others Financing Cost. New York, June 30 (#—The New York American in a copyright story today says Commander Richard E. Byrd, now over the Atlantic on a scientific air journey to Parls, will sail September 16 at the head of a flight expedition to the South Pole. The American says work has al- ready been started on three Fokker planes which will be piloted by Com- mander Byrd, Floyd Bennett and Bert Acosta. A complete crew has been selected as well as a ship to transport the party south. Edsel Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr,, and others interested in Byrd's conquest of the North Pole will finance the newest project. Bennett was put out of the flight to Paris when he was injured in a test flight of the America, now con- veying the Byrd expedition to Paris. Ocosta, co-holder of the world's en- durance flight record, replaced Ben- ‘"’&mf’?.:fimiwfn Pilot, ‘and Lieut. George Noville, radio opera- tor, on the Paris flight, will be among the executives in the South Polar expedition. Practically all members of the North Pole flight will be on the new adventure. Fifteen men of the expedition with the three planes, supplies and equip- ment will leave from Norfolk on the C. A. Larsen, a 17,00 ton whaling vessel. Others of the party will go to Stewart Pointa, New Zealand, to meet the Larsen on its journey south, Frank Fritson of 326 South Main street, who was witlf Commander Byrd's successful expedition to the North Pole, expects to accompany his old leader if-he makes his pro- posed Antarctic trip, Mr., Fritson taid today. He dined with Byrd in New York a few weeks ago and at| that time the aerial pioneer sald he was planning” the South Pole flight, although he was giving his time primarily to the trans-Atlantic hop. Fritson and his companions asked if they would be given an opportun- ity to go with him, and Byrd re- plied in an emphatic affir ive. Commander Byrd wants “the old (Continued on Page 18) CHAMBERLIN AND LEVINE ~ HOPE T0 GREET FLIERS Arrive in Paris Today—Help Dedi- cate Memorial Tablet to Lindbergh i Paris, June 30 (P—Clarence Chamberlin ‘and Charles Levine, New York-to-Germany filers, ar- rived at Le Bourget flying fleld from Berne, Switerland, at 4:08 o'clock this afternoon. The landing of the American filers was perfect. Chamberlin said that the trip from Switzerland was delightful and that he and Levine would remain in Paris unti] July 5 when they would go to England and then would leave for the United States aboard the Leviathan on July 12. The American aviators assisted in the ceremony of dedication of a plaque commemorating the arrival of Charles A. Lindbergh at Le Bourget and then left for Paris and hurried to the .Arc De Triomphe where they pigged a wreath on the | tomb of the ¥bknédwn soldier. “We are tired,” Chamberlin said, “and we are going to a hotel to rest and will dine privately tonight, but we hope to be on hand to give a welcome to Commander Byrd when he reaches Le Bourget.” Wouldn’t Stoop to Real Work But Now They Will . Chicago, June 30 (UP)—Charles Huff and Gail Haines were arrested on charger of intoxication and asked why they never worked. ““Your Honor," lhey told Judge John 8. Barbaro, “we can not find work sultable to us. We wou!d not stoop to manual labor." The judge looked them over and replied: * “How would you like to be execu- tives of the Mopupus division of this courtroom ?"* They agreed. They were given brooms and mops to clean out the corners of the room and went' to work crestfallen, l Ready for Byrd Trip ! FRANK FRITSON ADNIT THEIR GUILT ASBANK STICK-UPS De Marco and Meyer Confess Part and Implicate Florian HELD FOR SUPERIOR GOURT Cashicr Olson and Wife Describe Hold-up at Hearing in Southington Court — State Police Sergeant Lynehan Forges Chain of Evi- dence.” Southington, June 30—Thomas DeMarco, Albert W. Meyer and Stewart R. Florian, the three sus- pects held in connection with the holdup and robbery of the Plants- ville National bank on Wednesday, June 22, were bound over to the September term of the superior court by Judge Lambert J. Degnan in the Southington police court this morning. Despite the pleas and arguments of attorneys for the three men, Judge Degnan refused to lower the bonds under which the trio has been held since their .capture and each man was remanded to the higher court with his bail fixed at $50,000. A battery of noted legal talent rep- resented the men in court this morning. Florian was represented by Noble E. Pierce of Bristol. De- Marco and Meyer wera represented Oy Joseph Lustfield of the law firm of Rankin & Lustfield of Chicago, 7il., associated with William J. ‘Wholean of the law firm of Spellacy, Berman & Wholean of Hartford. At the opening of the court session at 10 o’clock, Prosecuting Attorney H. C. Camp had just started to read the complaint when the three at- torneys waived the reading and en- (Continued on Page 18) WELD WRITES LETTER GREETING COPENHAGEN Eagle Scout Loomis to Carry Message on Denmark Visit A letter from Mayor Weld of this city to the mayor of Copcnhagen, Denmark, will be carried by Albert Loomis, New Britain Boy Scout who will be one of a group of Boy Scouts from America to re taken to Sweden this summer by Sven Knutsen, Arctic explorer, Mr. Knutsen will take 100 Ameri- can boys from all parts of the coun- try to Denmark as examples of the type of the real American youth. Young Loomis will be one of the 100. The letter. from Mayor Weld is as follows: “To His Excellency, “The Mayor of Copenhagen, mark. : “Honored Sir: “Through the madium eof Albert Loomis, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Loomis of this city, our community transmits its greet- ings to you and the residents ot your world known municipality. “Eagle Scout Loomis,—a distige- Den- (Continued on Page 18) ARMY FLIERS’ ARRIVAL AT HONOLULU Another marvel of radio transmission is this beautiful photo of the “Bird of Paradise” at rest on Wheeler Field, Honolulu. It was taken a few minutes after Maitland and Hegenberger ended successfully their 2400-mile trans-Pacific flight. the lookers-on are soldiers. Most of HONORS AGCORDED |England Willing to Have Parity With United States In All Kmds of Ships Suceess of Geneva Conference Seems Assured—-Agree- ment to Limit Maximum Size of Destroyers Reached Today. PAGIFIC VICTORS Ketive Social Program Arranged in Hawaii GET MUCH NEEDED REST Then Will Start Upon Round of Ac- tivittes Which Will Keep Thepq Actively Engaged Through July Fourth, Honolulu, June 30 ® — The rleasant penalties of heroism were fixed upon Lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hegenberger today as all Hawaii saluted them for their swift, sure flight from the Golden Gate to Honolulu, The two trim, wind bronzed, army aviators had spent the night in a private suite at the Waikiki Beach hotel, in an endeavor to make up for the sleep they lost in their flight of 25 hours and 50 minutes from Oakland, at the end of which they had nonchalantly landed their six-ton Fokker at Wheeler fleld, near here,. yesterday morning. Official Calls An active social program was arranged for the two. The schedule included a call at 9 a. m. on Major General Edward M. Lewis, com- manding the Hawalian department of the army; 10 a. m., a call upon Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, commanding the 14th naval district; 11 a. m, a call upon Governor Wallace Farrington; 12 noon, & community luncheon at which Mait- land and Hegenberger were honor guests; 7 p. m., a dinner given by Colonel John H. Howard, depart- ment air officer, and Mrs. Howard; 9 p. m., a public reception. ‘Will Have Busy Time Further social activities have also been arranged which will keep them busy the evenings of July 2 and July 4. Scores of congratulatory mes- sages were received by the flyers today. There was much speculation here as to what effect their suc- cesstul fiight will have upon public interest in the competition for the Dole prizes. The general opinion is (that the Dole flights will develop into a race for the first and second prizes of $25,000 and $10,000 for the first flights from the mainland to Hawall after noon of August 12. Beacon Was Defective The much discussed radio beacon which was to have guided the big monoplane, falled to work consist- ently, due to a defective recelving apparatus aboard the plane. When the honor escort left Wheeler fleld to meet them, Maitland and Hegen- berger were approximately 100 miles north of their intended course. As & result, they slipped in unescorted, surprising a great crowd which had almost gone to sleep waiting for them. Sighted Kawai First They firat sighted the island of Kawal. Being familiar with the | Hawaiian Islands the flyers immedi- | ately oriented themselves and turn- ed southward to Oahu. The aerial escort was far away, lingering between Diamond Head (Continued on Page 14) > Geneva, June 30 (A—The state- ment made by W. C. Bridgeman, head of the British delegation to the tri-partite naval onference, made cxclusively to the Assoclated Press yesterday, making clear that Great Britain does not seek naval suprem- acy aver the United States and has no intention of withholding parity between Great Britain and the Unit- ed States in all classes of warships, was the dominating topic of discus- sion in conference circles today. It was felt generally that Mr. Bridgeman's disavowal of any Brit- ish intention to seek naval suprem- acy over America, would undoubt- edly increase immensely ‘he chances of success of the conference, At the request of the .nternational correspondents here the ritish dele- gation today gave out Mr. Bridge- man’s statement to the associated Press for transmission to the corre- pondents’ papers in various parts of the world. An agreement to limit the. maxi- mum size of destroyers was reached today at a meeting of the naval ex- perts of the tri-partite conference. The experts also discyssed the ques- tion of ratio in the number of de- stroyers as between' the United States, Great Britain and Japan. It is understood thut an accord was virtually reached on the ratio for destroyers, but the experts today declined to announce the ratio fig- ures. wesiercts The maximum tonnag? of destroy- crs is understood to hu\'( en fixed at 1,500 tons, a line of &zmarcation | being drawn between deslronrs and cestroyer leaders. HELEN WILLS VICTORIOUS American Girl Reaches Finals at Wimbledon, Defeating Miss Fry in | Straight Scts. a Wimbledon, Eng., Juna 30 ¢P— Helen Wills, former American cham- pion, reached the final ¢f the wom- en’'s singles in the Wimbledon lawn tennins championships today by a straight set victory over Joan Fry of England at 6-3. In the match for the titie she will play Senohita De Alvarez of Spain, | who defeated Miss Elizabeth Ryan of the United States in the other women'’s semi-final today at 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. It was a pleasant promenade into the final for the Califoraia girl, as Miss Fry was unable to cope with Ler attack. Helen play>1 as though desirous of avenging the two Ameri- can defeats on the same courts. She showed the English girl no mercy, attacking relentlessly. Her speed of stroke than that of either Tilden or Cochet in the last few games of their long- «rawn match, THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: was faster | Mother and Daughter Married to Brothers, Divorces Given Both e S i East Greenwich, R. I, June 30 (UP)—A double divorce was won from two brothers by a mother and her daughter by a previous marriage, in court here. Mrs Bertha W. Cupwell di- vorced Earl M. Capweil. They had been married 12 years. Her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy L. Capwell, divorced Harold N. Capwell, brother of Earl. They had been married three years. Neglect to provide was charged In each case. BABY PEGGY IS MADE POLIGEMAN, FIREMAN Badges Pinned on Child Screen Star by Depart- ment Chiefs Policewoman 44, Fire Lieutenant Baby Peggy Montgomery spent to- day as the guest of the Herald, in! meeting the city’s officials and get-| [ting an idea of New Britain previ- ous to her three days appearance at jthe Strand theater on July 4th, 5th |and 6th. Baby Peggy, the “Darling of the Universe,” attired in a simple little |green frock and straw hat, opened her eyes at the Burritt hotel this /morning at 9:30 o'clock to find that | |a representative of the Herald, to- | \gether with Manager Finn of the' |Strand theater and her father, were | | waiting to take her on a tour of the | city. The first stop was the Herald | office where she met the office force and editorial staff of the paper. Ex- |pectations of a precocious infant {with “smart aleck” phrases and | stereotyped expressions were shat- {tered when the little girl of eight |charmed all hearts in the office with | |her spontaneous good nature and | her unaffected bearing. Baby Petg- gy is not a spolled infant, made con- ceited by the plaudits of the nation. She is, in the words of her father, “a little girl trying to be a good |little girl.” i | She has no “cute” phrases; she, has no pretty tricks which smack | | of parental tutilage in the art of be- |ing cunning. Baby Peggy speaks {only when she is spoken to, bearing | out the old axiom of little girls be- ing seen and not heard. When she | is spoken to she responds, politely and a little shyly, in a natural way which makes her responses all the more effective. After the Herald office force had {met the young lady, she was whisk- ed away to the office of Mayor Weld who took great pleasure in welcom- |ing her to the city. Mayor Weld expressed disappointment at Peggy's (Continued on Page 21) el St Sl olie ila A0t SRl e 0 il i ot i R S R e T T T i B g A Paris, June 30— —Weather ithrough which Commander Byrd and his compaoinns in the |aspects of Commander | near BAD WEATHER NOT LIKELY T0 CLEAR Unfavorable Conditions Through- ont Enure Tnp PARIS AWAITING PLANE Populace Anxlously Byrd and Companions—Trip Will Prove Possibility of Trans-Atlan- ‘Watching for tic Passenger Service. trans-Atlantic plane America bat- tled during the first part of their flight seemed likely this afternoon to be repeated at the end. From the southern coast of Ire- | land to the English channel and then down the air line to Le Bour- get field, the weather was rainy or uncertain. Big cloud banks obscured the sun, which peeped through only at intervals. Stormy Over Paris Over Parls itself storm clouds hung thickly during the early aft- ernoon, and the weather prediction for tonight was: “Cloudy, partially stormy, with rains and squ.\lls ‘Wind from south- west to west. It the weather man is right, the direction of the wind at least will be a factor in favor of the fliers. Just as the quiet courage of Lindbergh in his lonely flight across the Atlantic gripped the French mind, so have the scientific Byrd's at- tempt made its impression, and all Paris this afternoon was waiting impatiently for the outcome. Will Answer Question “This will really prove whether commercial aviation across the ocean is feasible,” was the tenor of the comment heard in the cafes, on | the street corners and in other places where people meet to pass |the time of day. | The press took the same tone as | the populace, and every commere praised the careful preparation and | scientific exactitude insisted upon | by the north pole hero. The point emphasized above all was that the result of Byrd's flight would demonstrate beyond question whether passengers can be carried over the long stretch of the Atlan- tic with a reasonable degree of safety and with reasonable certain- ty of reaching their destination. Arrangements Complete By carly afternoon every ar- rangement had been made, official- ly or unofiicially, to the end that, from the moment the fliers were signalled as nearing France, they would have every assistance that modern airport equipment could sive. With a view to the bare possi- bility that Byrd might be forced to land near the coast, special flood- lights were sent to Lessay fleld. Cherbourh—Lindbergh's last landing spot in France on his re- turn to the United States—for the aviator's guidance. Two American destroyers and a |injured and property damage total- Due at French Capital About 5:30 o’Clock This Afternoon, E. D. T.—Practically Entire Trip Has Been Through Rains and Freezing Fog and Out of Sight of Land and Water. Commander Richard E. Byrd’s scientific adventure in tha laboratory of the skies was drawing to a successful terminationt this afternoon as the monoplane “America” skirted Ireland and approached the coast of France. eastern daylight time. cation with ship and shore, the Log of America, Personnel and Some Comparisons By the Amsociated Press. ‘Wednesday. 5:24 a. m.—(E. D. T.)—Hops off. 6:30 a. m.—Over Watch Hill, R. I 6:41 a. m.—Over Saunderstown, .—Over Newport, R. L . m.—Over Plymouth, Mass. :22 a. m.—Pass Cape Cod, Mass. 8:04 a. m.—Reported 70 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass, 8:12 a. m.—Sighted 100 ‘miles east of Gloucester, Mass. 8:41 a. m.—Half way between Cape Cod and Yarmouth, N. 8. 9:20 a. m.—Reported 20 miles west of Yarmouth, N, 8. 10:00 a. m.—Over Meteghan, Nova Scotia. 10:55 a. m.—Over Cook's Field, Nova Scotla. 11:10 a. m.—Over Martin's river, Nova Scotia. 11:35 a. m.—Over Bedford, Nova Scotia. 12:15 p. m.—Over Nova Scotia. 1:30 p. m.—Over Gulf of St. Law- rence. 2:55 p. m.—Nearing St. Pierre. 5:12 p. m.—Off south coast New- foundland. 6:42 p. m.—Over Bellevue, New- foundland. 8:30 p. m.—Reported cast of St. Johns, N. F. Thursday. 12:30 a. m.—Chatham, Mass,, sta- tion of Radio Corporation of Ameri- ca, reports America's automatic sig- nals heard distinctly at distance of | approximately 1,400 miles. 2.32 a. m.—Byrd radios he has seen neither land nor water since 4 p. m. yesterday due to dense fog and low clouds. i 4:20 a. m.—Liner Berlin, 850 miles west of Land's End, England, heard call signals. 4:30 a. m.—Steamer Hamburg, 275 miles southwest of Irish coast, picked up signals. 6:30 a. m.—Valencia wireless sta- tion, Ireland, reports America’s sig- nals increasing in strength and esti- mated craft's distance as 300 miles from Irish coast. 7 a. m.—Steamship Pais received message from Byrd at 49:33 north 18:10 west, saying he was 10,000 feet up in a dense freezing fog. The position of the America was about 600 miles west of Land's End, Eng- land. | 11 a. m.—Radio from liner France | picked up at Land's End. England, shows plane has passed below Ire- land and is heading for French coast. 11:05—Radio from Byr1 picked up by Tuscaloosa City says: “Hope to sight land before end of hour.” It reported the crew “feeliag fine after strenuous trip.” Noon (E. D. T.)—Maritime pre- fecture at Brest, France, establishes communication with Commander Byrd. 12:05 p. m.—Intercepted message to British warship Revenge gives America’s position about 40 miles| west of Trevose Head, Cornwall. | 1:30 p. m.—French Cable com- pany in New York is advised from its Brest station that Commander Byrd has messaged Le Bourget fleld through English station that he ex- pects to reach Paris at 10:30 p. m., Paris time, (5:30 E. D. T.) Sherbrooke, 200 miles One Dead, Enormous Loss In North Dakota Storm Bismarck, N. D., June 30 (»—One man was killed, two women were ling thousands of dollars was caused by a heavy storm which struck here early today. George Affleck of Bay City, Mich., was killed and Mrs, Affleck was injured. Mrs. E. 8. De- laney of Bismarck ,widowed mother of eight small children, also suffer- ed serious injury. WHEAT PRICES SOAR Chicago, June 30 (P—More than five cents a bushel jump in wheat prices today resulted from black rust at a danger stage in the South Dakota spring ¢! On big buying French naval dispatch boat were (Continued on Page 8) made across the ocean it was estimated that the plane would * {drop down onto Le Bourget field at Paris about 5:30 o’clock Having set new records for keeping in frequent communis its landing place secrets wrested from the cloud-banked skies which may be of aid to future fliers. has not been revealed. Commander Byrd in one of his radio messages h:ving merely reported laconically that “we believe we have collcted some scientific data.” tcross the Cornish peninsula before tor leading housed, July delivery of wheat soared above $1.46 and Sep- tember over-topped $1.45. Based on the increasing speed “America” was also taking te What these secrets are . Oft Cornish Coast. Torquay, Devonshire, Englandy June 30 (M—Intercepted radio mes« sages received here today appeared to indicate that Commander Byrd was about 60 miles off the Cornisk coast at 5:35 p. m. London dullgh‘ time, The intercépted messages lndluh ed that the British warship Revenge which is in southern British waters was signalling to Commander Byr@ in an effort to give him an idea of his position. Pick Up Brest Station. ] New York, June 30 (P—The French Cable Co. is advised from its station at Brest that Commander Byrd has been in communication with the Le Bourget flying field through an Erglish wireless statiom and that he expects to reach Paris- at 10:30 p. m. Paris time. (5:30 eastern daylight time.) Le Bourget, France, June 30 P A message’ from Commander Riche.; arg E. Byrd relgyed by a station hcre stated that the. : van avidtor expected to reach by eleven o'clock tonight. m message did not specify whether this was Greenwich or French time, , Communicates With Byrd. Brest, France, June 30 ¢»—The radio service of the Maritime Pre. fecture was in communication with Commander Richard E. Byrd at § o'clock French daylight time this afternoon, (eastern daylight time.) Paris, June 30 (A—A Havas dis- patch from Cherbourg lste today stated that Commander Byrd had signalled his position to the Cher= bourg aviation fleld as 35 miles north of Land’s End, England. ‘The time of this message was not given, but it was expected that the commander would arriva over Cherw bourg about 7:30 p. m., French day« light time (2:30 eastert daylight time). LeBourget, France, June 30 (A)— Rodman Wanamaker, sponsor of the trans-Atlantic flight of Commander Richard E. Byrd arrived at the flya ing field here early this evening by, plane from London to be on han& for the arrival of the America. Torquay, Eng,, June 30 UP—AW, intercepted radio message to the' British warship Revenge gives Coma mander Byrd's position at 5:06 p. ma as 50.43 north latitude 5.54 west longitude, which is about 40 miles west of Trevose Head, Cornwall. This would indicate that Comw mander Byrd had shifted his course slightly to the north and that he will passing over the English channel tg France. Weather Very Bl New York, June 30 (#—Hame pered by strong head winds and dense fog the Paris-bound mono« plane America with Commander Richard E. Byrd and his crev.ot (Continued on Page-21) COUPLE HAVE WILD RIDE AS CAR BACKS DOWN HILL Machine Rolls Down North Stree$ Grade, Hitting Telcphone Pole, With Two Inside, H. G. Lewis of 37 Henry avenne, Stamford, and Susie Brown of Fair= tield avenue, Stamford, both colored, were injured about 9:15 last night when an automobile in which they were sitting, rolled backwards down North street hill near the Eliha Rurritt school, and crashed against a telephone pole. Miss Brown was cut on the leg and Lewls suffered s cut in the finger, by flying glass. They were attended by Dr. C. A Jarka. The automobile is owned by Robs ert M. Graham, of 37 Hanrah avenue, Stumford, who was attes ing the convention of the co Knights ot Pythias. Carl H. O land of 24 Gay avenue, Stam who told Officer Maurice Flynn ' had driven the car from Arch stre to North street. haud no puble ice operator's license and was not aware that it was service car. . Graham, ho the required liconse and § had driven the car from and would drive & hq; rests were made. H‘