New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1927.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending July 9th .... 14,085 PRICE THREE CENTS FLIERS FORCED DOWN AT SEA, 'RESCUE SHIPS SPEED ON WAY HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINER “RAMS AND Veendam Reports Col- lision With Norwegian Vessel, Sagaland, off Nantucket, Lightship. All on Board Doomed Ship, With One Exception, Are Rescued — Accident Oc- curs at 4:40 a. m. Today. New York, July 15 (A—The Hol- l2nd-America line announced today the receipt of a wireless from the captain of the company’s liner Veendam stating the Veendam col- lided with and sank the Norwegian steamer Sagaland four miles east of Nantucket Lightship at 4:40 a. m,, teday. all aboard the Sagaland were saved except one, the message eaid. The Veendam was undam- aged and is inbound for New York. The Veendam, out of Rotterdam July 5 and Southampton July 8, is due at Quarantine, New York, at 7 o'clock tonight. On board are the Ssgaland’'s survivors. The Saguland left Manzanillo, Cuba. July for Boston. The ship was 2,677 tons gross register and was built in 19291, The Veendam, a vessel of 13,000 tons, ‘carried 73 first class passen- gers, 39 second class, and 66 third | class passengers. Details Not Available Details 25 to the cause of the col- n were not available in the first | tsage received here by the Hol- land-America iine. The Sagaland, a freighter owned in Norway is believed to have car- ried no passengors. Ite crew 1§ said to number around The last time the craft was in New York it docked at the West Indian Steam- was caid the § s time of the cel- §8. Veendam At Sea (By Wireless to the Associated Press, w York) July 15—The Veendam at 4:40 a. m. today when about five miles east from the Nantucket lightship, col- lided with the Norwegian steamship Sagaland frem Nanzanilla, Cuba, to Boston, with a éargo of 28.000 bales of sugar, Captain A. Pederson in command and chartered by the West India Steamship company, of Brook- 'raye been giving these confidential siderably damaged. lyn. Twenty men of the Sagaland crew immediately jumped on board the Veendam and five men in the water were saved by the Veendam boats. One sailor, missing, searched for during.an hour, but no trace of him was found. ‘Tha Sagaland sank in fifteen min- uths after the crash in 30 fathoms. The Veendam suffered no damase and is proceeding to New York, due \at Querantine at 8 o'clock tonight. % Signed “Krol, Master. SERIOUS RIOTING 1S " OOGURRING IN VIENNA Crowd Rushes Palace of Justice—Much Prop- erty Destroyed London, July 15 (A—A dispatch % the Evening News from Vienna salys that a ricting mob set fire to iha palace of justice. Gepdarmes were flinging the furniture from the windows as the dispatch was sent. Viewna, July 15 (P—A crowd rushfd the palace of justice today, smaphing windows, forcing doors and} throwing documents into the strebts. The manisfestation grew out ®f & jury verdict which acquit- “ted number of former soldiers who ‘whre accused of having killed a socfaljst in a fight in Schallen- dorf in Jjanuary. The pofiice were powerless to clear the building, the iron gates of which were demolisbed. Maniifestatlons also were carried _out in'front of the nationalist pape! Wiennr Neuste Nachdichten, which suffered) some damage. The crowd grew during the day and the #trest car traffic was com- .pletsly haited in the center of the city 1 Documerits and papers seized by the erowd dn the palaces of justice were burneil the streefs. {s reported that thirty people o injured When the police tried to ciect the demonstrators. RACES. IN ENGLAND _England, July 15 (P— the | 'w_ Colorado won stakol run’ here today. The 'y 6 was second and 's Coronach was SINKS STEAMER PRICE OF GASOLINE IS REDUGED HERE MILFORD TURNPIKE CLAIMS TWO MORE Sixteenth and Seventeenth Vic- tims Dig Since January 1 SEDAN CRASHES BIG TRUCK 'Some Stations Bring Cost Down to 22 Cents | Driver of Truck and Autoist Who | BOBBY JONES AGAIN WINS BRITISH OPEN GOLF TITLE |Plays 72 Holes In 285 Which Is New Record — Robson and Boomer Runners-up With 291 and Kirkwood Finishes In 293. St. Andrews, Scotland, July 15 (&) —Bobby, Jones. with an awe inspir- ing total of 285 strokes for 72 holes, today won the British open golf champlonship for the second time | in two years. Long before the At- life- Was | sutomobile club said today it Was|.les unguarded. \PRODUCERS DENY ~DROP Retail Distributors Quick To Fall in Line When Others Precipitate Downward Price in State Reported 20 Cents. i Movement — General | Although oil companies disclaim | any knowledge of a decrease in | gasoline prices in New Britain to- | day, the fact remains that motorists | are purchasing gasoline at two cents |a gallon lower than they were at this time yesterday at the majority |of the stations. | | This same situation 1is general | throughout the state, according to | Arthur Fifoot, executive secretary of | the Hartford Automobile club, which has been waging an aggressive cam- paign for lower prices for several | !weeks. Mr. Fifoot informed the | Herald this aternoon that the price | of gasoline had dropped at the retail stations two cents a gallon all over the state. The general price in the | state he said, now is 20 cents a gal- lon. 5 { 1In.New Britain many places put | |the two. cent drop into effect last | evening, pringing the cost to 22 | cents, tax included. One station after another an- nougeed a drop of one, two or three | ceats. Today the situation in New | Britain is somewhat confused with | the motorist purchasing gas at al- | most any price betweéen 20 and 25| cents. By this evening or tomorrow, those who are sclling the gas ex- pect the market to be stabilized. Although the larger il compames“ |deny any knowledge of a drop or| the probability of a drop, cne dealer | |stated this morning that he had | been authorized to drop his gas to | 21 cents from 24, which he said was |one cent under the present market | price. Thistis' what is known among | oline dealers as “a confidential | iscount.” | This so-called ‘“confidential dis-: count” is felt by gasoline dealers to ' | be the real cause of the price stam- | | pede today. According to one dealer ! a number of the smaller companies | | discounts from their tank wagon | prices, with the result that retailers | were enabled to sell gasoline cheaper | | than coinpetitors. | Secretary TFifoot of the Hartford | |impossible to tell whether or not |there would be another drop | throughout the state. Asked what the Connecticut Chamber of Com- | merce was doing, Mr. Fifoot, as wel. | | as Secretary Ralph H. Benson of the | New Britain Chamber, siated that ! |they were unable to learn. Efforts | [to get into touch with Clark Belden, | lgocretary of the Connecticut Cham- | | ber, were not successful, but it was | {learned from other soue:s that the | state Chamber is taking little if any uctive part in forcing a price re- duction. |""Mr. Benson, who is ctairman of | Mayor Weld's committes cn the lo- | cal investigation of gasoline prices, | caid today that he hal no official | {knowledge of any new dzvelopments, | |although he knew thers was a drop | lin price at many local stations. His | committee has called a conference of |gasoline dealers, both retail and | wholesale, for Monday furenoon at the Chamber headquarters. At that |time the situation will ve discussed. | Wholésalers were non-committal | on the situation this afternoon. At the Standard Oil station it was stated | [that *There 1s no reduction that we | know of.” Told that retailers were | dropping their prices, the reply came | |“That is just the service stations.” | “We Lnow nothing at all about a price reduction” was the statement made at the Gulf Refining Co., plant. |“We have no company owned sta- |tions and none of our stations have gone down.” | “Don’'t know a thing about price | reductions” said some one at the Texaco plant.” If any stations have reduced the price, they are paying the loss out of their own pockets. | In the meantime, accordink to | many, a general reduction of both re- tail pumps and tank wagon prices is | expected through the entire state Hartford, Waterbury and*New Hav- en already have announced price de- | creases. | ;Joker Reverses Flag | = Flying at City Hall Early morning, visitors to the city were surprised today to see | the flag on city hall hanging | backwards and upon inquiry learned that the janitor had placed the emblem properly this morning but that some jokesmith had reversed it. The flag was promptly returned to it proper position. s Previously Sideswiped Him Were | Reporting Accident When Fatality Cccurred. Bridgeport, Conn., July 15 (P— Milford turnpike claimed its six teenth and seventeenth victims for the vear shortly after midnight last night when John W. Shreve, and his wife, Adele, both 42, of Rye, N. Y., were fatally injured when the sedan in which they were riding crashed into the rear of a large truck parked along the roadside just west of the Milford-Orange town line, Both died at the Milford hospital from compound fractures of the skull. Driver Is Held Austin J. Kittridge of 52 Howe strect, New Haven, operator of the truck was questioned by police and then released for appearance before Coroner Mix this morning in Ne Haven. Milford authorities arrest- ed Thomas F. Mitchell of 195 Church street, New Haven, driver of the coupe which had sideswiped the truck half “an hour before the fa- tal erash. ; The truck driver and Mitchell were in West Haven, reporting their accident, when the crash in which Shreve and his wife were fatally in- jured occurred. Reports to the po- lice assert there was no tail on the truck at the time. The crash occurred just west of the Pansy farm at one of the darkest spots on | the turnpike. Kittridge said he had parked hmis truck, owned by Purdy and Blecker company, 412 Herkimer street, New York city, af the side of the road just after 1 o'clock daylight saving him. The vehicle was heading west. Sideswipes Van A small coupe driven by Mitchell, traveling west, approached the truck five minutes later. He apparently drove too close, for his machine sideswiped the big van, ran into a lot nearhy and overturned. Kittridge ran to assist Mitchell. The latter had escaped injury al- though his machine had been con- Mitchell claim- ed that the truck had no tail light but this was denied by Kittride. Th: two decided to report the mat- er to the police and started for West Haven, leaving their two vehi- In his report, It was while the two men were on their way to West Haven that the fatal accident took place. Just how it occurred, Milford pe 3 unable definitely to determine. Ap- parently, they say, the Shreve car was going at a Jfair rate of speed, for the impact stove in th front of the car, causing a com- plete wreck. Mr. Shreve was for many head of the Electric Cable cor this city, which anized After that company ‘went into the hands of a receiver iir. Shreve in partnership with James Coyle, merly of Bridgeport and New York city, took over the E pany in Newark, N. J became president and cha . of which he ed _the name of the company to the Shreve Wire company. Mr. and Mrs. Shreve ore survived by four children—Nelson 10, Jack 12, Polly 15 and Adele 21. MISS ANNE WARD DIES AT AGE OF 87 YEARS 's Parish Loses Member of 00 Years Standing—Funeral Tomorrow Morning. St. Mary's parish lost one of its oldest members late last night when Miss Anne Ward, age 87 vears, died at the Leghorn home at 90 Lincoln | street. She had been a member of the church for 60 v having jcined the parish in 1567. She was horn iar Ireland. She is survived by two nephews, M. P. Leghorn of this city and Jo- | seph Leghorn of College Point, L. L, and three nieces, Sister Mary Irenaus of St. Francis' convent, New Haven; llizabeth J. Leghorn, principal of the Monroe school and Miss Mary Leghorn of this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church. A solemn high requiem mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery. lantan finished his last round, when light | he scored 72, one under par, he was conceded the title again. Only Fred Robson and Joe Kirk- wood had a chance to tie him and irhey would have had to do golfing | magic dreamed of but unseen. Rob- |son came in with 74 giving him a jtotal of 291 and establishing him | with Aubrew Boomer as the run- er-up. Kirkwood also took 74 and finished witk 203. The 291 scored | by Boomer and Robson was the old record made by Bobby Jones last year and James Braid in 1908.! Jones' score was six strokes better | | than has been compiled in a Brit- |ish open and a stroke under Ameri- ca's best open golf score, made by | Chick Evans in 1916. | Never before had Scotland seen Isuch a frenzied finish to a great igo!fing event. Frenzied golf was | played by the title holder and fren- |zied crowds of people rushed pell i mel) over the course to see it: Bobby made his final shots through a nar- |row lane between solid walls of hu- manity stretching from the 18th tee ito the home green. | Bobby's final mashie niblick to the last green saled “true dndl far. be-| St. Andrews,.Scotland, July 15 () |tween the almost breathlcss specta- | —Lhe most prized British golf pos- [tors but struck a steep bank on the :“Oi‘:;‘ ls”‘:ot ?’o‘i: C:‘:mg‘;‘:”};t’;’ green and rolled back insiead of to- | TOPRY, E | ward ‘the Cr\lp, 1t came to qré&t 20 | With- Bobby Jones. fThn champion {vards away. The title holder Ju“:ha- decided to leaye it here in '?'e !missed the birdie and holed the par |custedy of the Royal and Ancient with nonchalance. Golt club. Jones' victory marked the sixth| Nobedy in all Britaln ~begrudges American success in British open golf | Jones his great vietoty, after his champlonships in the last seven | woaderful, éxhibition, 'but the an- vears. He also was the #econd play- | nouncement to be made in front of jer to rep: in a championship, | the old grey stone clubhouse, when |James Braid winning in 1804 and | the trophy is presented to him late 1905. When Bobby won last year he ! tlis evening, will undoubtedly make |was the first amateur to take the 'him more poputar than he is now title since Harold Hilton won 1in in this land of golf. 1897. Arthur Haver: hose score in: The champion feels that no more | this championship was 12 strokes be- { appropriate setting could be found hind that of the champion, was the | for the famous trophy than a* St. only British player to win since 1921. | Andrews where golf s life itself. BELL RINGS IN TREE |LONG LIST OF GUESTS T0 FRIGHTEN BIRDS Starlings Again Invade Bristol and Refuse to Emigrate BOBBY JONES. | | Two of the American winners, how- iever, were British before they were citizens of the United States. Jock Hutchinson won in 1921, | Walter Hagen in 1922, Arthur Ha- | vers in 1923, when he barely bettered | Hagen's effort and Hagen again in 1924, Jim Barnes in 1925 and Bobby Jones last yea. and again this year. Committee Tries to Include All Who Are Eligible for Invitations (Special to the Herald) { Bristol, July 15—Residents Every precaution is being. taken i of 'not to overlok any persons eligible Summer street and several other 'jn sending invitations to the laying ctions are again entering com- ;or the corner stone for the World plaints because of the activities or War Memorial next - Wednesday. rather non-activities of the English (Chajrman George H. Dyson _of the starlings, who take up their abode “general committee and Chairman B. each night in large maple trees p, Gaffney of the invitation commit- |bordering the sidewalks. Thousands tee are striving to get in- touch of the birds, which have been termed | yith everyone to whom they feel an by the local health authorities, | invitation should go. . regate each night and the prob- | Every gold star mother and every lem now confronting city. officials is gold.star father has been invited or how to &et rid of them. - On if anyone has been overlooked it has Wednesday night Chief John H. been through an oversight and the Hayes of the fire department de- ' committee wants to know it. tailed one company to spray the | Officers of the American Legion trees on Summer street with water. | The birds immediately took flight | but after continuing for a short dis- | tance alighted in trées on an adjoin- | \ing street. % | A large flock of the hirds has se- lected for its nightly habitat the | | mapie trees in front of the residence of Superintendent of Public Works Anderson on Church street, crestville. In an effort to scare them away, Mr. Anderson has had a bell placed high in one of the |trees and this is rung each evening !shortly after dusk. The birds fly . to a large elm tree across the street | NV Haven, Comn, July 15— {and when everything s quiet again. | (Hk)==bollonls g-price ot ol two [they wing their way back to their C€eNts a gallon at all gasoline sta- {original perch. This was particular- 10nS in Hartford, a reduction has |1y noticeable last evening. The sec. 'been announced by the, Mayflower ond time the bell was rung, fully as | COmpany here of a similar amount. many birds left the tree as did the | Officials of the company sald it Aleahfbes "had been contemplated for some | The condition this year is a repeti- | time. A two cent reduchon in Dan- tion of that of last fall and officials PUry at the station of the Standard are frank to admit that they have Oll company and a one cent reduc- as vot failed to determine just what (on of the same company in New |steps can be taken to eliminate an Haven has been announced. With |indesirabls condition: Standard selling in New Haven for 22 cents, the. Connecticut Gas and | 0il Company cut its price to 19 cents. The Gulf Refining Company an- nounced today that a decrease would be made in its products soon. (Céntinued on Page 21) GASOLINE REDUCTION ALSO HITS ELM CITY New Haven An- | | One Company in nounces Slash of Two Cents Per Gallon. ¥ | THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight Saturday, probably local thundershowers; not much change in temperature; mod- erate winds, mostly south- west and ing for prices ranging from 19 cents to 20 cents, and no reduction was contemplated there. Existing prices of 21 cents near the state line, which have been in existence for several months will not FIGHT IS POSTPONED Detroit. July 15 (A Mandell-Phil McGraw lightweight championship hoxing match sched- uled for tonight was postponed to day until tomorrow night because of rain. e Sammy- | be lowered. It was the three cents difference in price between Hartford and Thompeonville 20 miles away that caused the present gasoline flurry. Waterbury prices which have been 24 cents, are now two cents lower. HIGH TIDE July 16 (Paylight Time) w Tondon 11.28 a.m. 11.30 p.m. | ! New Haven 1247am. | | * | AT SHAFT DEDICATION, Gasoline in Bridgeport has been sell- | PAID ON GALLOWS Thres Murderers Simultaneously Hanged in Chicago EXECUTION AT SING SING In Last Named Execution Condemn- ed Man Goes to His Death Refus- Another in Alabama. Will County Jail, Joliet, IIl., July 15 (UP)—Death claimed its stakes today in the daring gamble three men made to éscape the punishment for murder. At" 6:14 a. m, Roberto Torrez, Charles Duschowski and Walter Stalesky were hanged simultaneous- ly from the same gallows, paying the state of Illinois the supreme penalty for murdering Deputy War- den Peter M. Klein in their escape | from the state penitentiary in May, 1926. Sensational Escapes. The three men were originally sentenced to life terms in the state penitentiary for murder. With four other “lifers” they plotted to win their freedom at the expense of | slaying Warden Klein. They were caught. convicted of Klein's murder, and sentenced to ! die. Twice more they attempted to evade justice by breaking jail and twice more they were recaptured. The . three men went to their death smiling. As they walked out | of the yed brick jail into the day- | 1ight o the Jail yard where the scaf- fold awaited them, they were greet- ed ‘with a ecrowd of more than 1,029 persons who had gathered to wit- ness tha spectacle of a triple execu- tian. Many more waited outside on thé atreets, denied admission to the death chamber. Grin At Death Watch. But.the dccmed prisoneérs appear- ed unafraid. They grinned at tho: who had to wateh them die. Torrez, the little Mexican song- bird who sang “La Paloma” hours |at a stretch last winter to drown comrades; Torrez, the most colorful of all the men, shrugged his choui- ders as he walked down the lane that was opened for him and shout- ed a good-bye to a few deputies whom he recognized in the throng. Shortly. after 6 a. m., the proces- sion *from the jail started. | Sherift Albert E. Markgraf led the way. He was followed by four priests, including a former Francis- can monk. Ther. came the prisoners Torrez in‘ the lead. Torrez wore a white shirt, blue trousers, and house slippers and his mates were similarly clad. A heavy fog hung low over the jail yard, but the high scaffold stood out plainly, showing the three nooses hanging limply at their places. As the three men ascended the | scaffold, the priests offered them the ast sacraments. But Duschow- ki, with the same sneering bravado that he has shown throughout his captivity, turned away. He chose in- {stead to smile down at the throng gathered below him and then up to the loose hemp that dangled just above his head. He scemed to ex- amine it closely with interest. Duschowskl was first to feel the i hemp about his throat. Stalesky was ! second and- fina)ly the noose was adjusted on Torrez. The long White robes next were fitted on the three men and without further preliminaries the trap was sprung. = Kecps Identity Secret. yealing as he was ‘about to'go to the electric chalr at Sing Sing prison that he had been convicted under an assumed name, a 21 year old youth went to his death keeping the secret of his identity. Convicted under the name of Wil- llam Wagner, the youth was electro- cuted last night for the murder of Peter Basto, a stranger, who came [to the aid of the daughter of a Brooklyn rooming house proprietor (Continued on Page 11) TRACK WORKER KILLED One Killed and Another Badly In. jured When Handcar is Struck by Train Near Westerly, R. I Westerly, R. I, July 15 (P)—Peter Lorella, 70, of 102 Liberty street, was | instantly _kiled and Charles Orlando and Michael Lewis, the latter a sec- tion bo® were badly injured when struck by a work train near Wetue- i tetouci:. | The three men with three others were riding on a’handcar when the { approaching train was sighted. All {slx jumped but the three names are given attempted to get the handcar off the tracks but the train bore down on them before they could escape from its path. Orlando and. Lewis were removed to the Westerly hospital. PENALTY OF SINS | Shortage of Gasoline Causes Sith and Bronte to Descend in Pacific, More Than 500 Miles From Hawaiian Islands-Have Pneumatic Life Raft and Food Supplies—Nearest Ship Less Than 100 Miles Away. Honolulu, July 15 (AP)—Short of fuel and more than 560 miles from land, Ernest L. Smith, civilian aviator, and Emory B. Bronte, navigator, faced an undetermined fate today as.a |radio report was received that their monoplane City of Oak- :land, had made a landing on the surface of the Pacific at 5:15 ing to Reveal His True Identity— | out tha sawing of iron bars by his | Ossining. N. Y., July 15 (A—Re- | whose | {a. m., Honolulu time. They were trying to reach Honolulu. Whether the fliers were afloat, still in the air or struggling in the sea was left undetermined when all radio stations in' the ! western half of the Pacific were silenced that they might hear the frantic S O S. calls which Bronte was sending out. ARMY’S GIANT FOKKER MAY ATTEMPT RESCUE Plane Which Made Pacific Flight All Primed for Start | Wheeler Field, Hawaii, July 15 (M—Preparations have been started to launch the big army Fokker “Bird of Paradise” which Maitland and Hegenberger flew to Honolulu, to the of the monoplane City lof Oakland. | Refueling of the Fokker was completed at $:40 a. m, Pacific time, but officers on the field point- éd out that there would be little use in sending it out unless the steamships located the plane. Or- ders for sending the “Aloha squad- ron,” a group of four small planes which were to escort Smith into | Honolulu—vere cancelled Washington, July 15 — Dis- patching of rescue craft to the aid |of the Hawaiian flyers is within the discretion of Rear Admiral McDon- ald. commandant of the naval sta- | tion in Hawail, it was stated today at the navy department. Officials said Admiral McDonald kad authority to take whatever steps he deemed necessary, includ- ing the sending to sea of two de- stroyers now at Pearl Harbor, and the ordering out of seaplanes at the naval flying base. While the destroyers are among the fastest in the navy, it would take many hours to reach the loca- | tion of the City of Oakland 'BANKER TAKES BRIDE WHILE AT CONVENTION Trust Co. and Miss Venable of Little Rock Marry Word has been received here of {the marriage on July 11 of William E. Pe: an auditor at the Com- { mercial Trust Co., to Miss May Dell Venable, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Richard J. Venable of Little Rock, {Ark. The ceremony was performed |at the Book-Cadillac hotel in De- |troit. They will reside at 35 New- | fleld avenue this city. Mr. Pease left New Britain a short time ago to attend the Inter- | national Bankers' convention at De- treit, as a delegate from the | Britain chapter. His marriage comes {as a surprise to his co-workers and | friends in this ¢ FIGHT IN GOURT Accused in Stamford Rushes Over and Punches Husband of Woman in Case. Stamford, Conn., July 15 | this city, created confusion in the |he had been held in bail of $5,000 for trial in the supreme court on a | statutory charge, he ran across the court room and struck Natale Ru- | bino, husband of the woman in the case, and half stunned him |amid . hysterical shouts of Rubino's friends that they would “get him.” This Ts St. Swithin's Day and Weather’s Good New York, July 15 (UP)—Today is St. Swithin's Day. | ed, “what of it?" The World assigned an investiga- tor to check up on the Swithinian legend, which says that, according ito tragition, if it rains today, it will rain for 40 days, but if today is fair, the next 40 days will be fair. The investigator reported that year by vear, the saint was invari- | ajdly wrong but that although the {lqfend had been debunked every v4.r, it still cropped up annually. ‘It's just a lot of bunk,” he re- ported. William E. Pease of Commercial New | (UP)—| Joseph Lombardo, 31 years old, of | lcity court here today when, after| Lombiurdo was hustled off to a cell | “Well,"” the New York World ask-‘ Landing in Water | A radio message direct from :the !monoplane. saying they were “lands . ing in the water” and to rush help was intercepted by the navy at S3n | Francisco at 7 a. m., Pacific stand- ard time. : The last known) position of.the plane was about 620 mites east afd | north of Paia, Island of Maui- That | was at 7:50 a. m., Pacific time when | the liner Wilhelmina, about.-260 | miles from the plane and steamifg | to her rescue, intercepted a message saying the plane still was. begging for help with her own radio. Equip- | ped with provisions enough tolast ten days, a pneumatic life raft and facilities for distilling water, the fliers had the consolation that they | might remain adrift it they could make a safe landing in ‘the open sea but they knew nothing. of-the help that was rushing toward th because their receiving set brgke down shortly after leaving . §an Francisco yesterday. . Besides the rubber lite raft, simj- to the type Commander Byrd d his crew used after being forced down off the French coast, Smith had a pair of collapsible ooars, a tire pump, rubber patches, two dozén | fiures and a signal pistol. Two small water stills, one ~for each man, were provided ‘for the rendering of sex water into drink- able fluids. 1 Four Get Call Honolulu, July 13 .UP—The trans- pacific monoplane City of Oakland, lying to Honolulu, struck the watér some 500 miles from land st 7:¢§ a. m. Pacific standard time today after running .out of gasoline and summoning four steamships to hér aid by the timely use of herradio.. The liner Wilhelmina, =75 ‘miles from the spot where the monoplane last § O S. was heard, was speed- |ing to the rescue to the fiyers. | Two other ships, the lner Presi- ' !dent Pierce and the army transport Kneowis, continued toward ’ the’ plane’s last known position-and ‘'8 . game of hide and seek over hune dreds of miles of open sea was en' Pearl Harbor, Hawali, July 16 U® —The mine sweeper Pelican left: here at 8:55 a. m. Pacific time, go- ing to the rescue of the monoplate City of Oakland. | san Francisco, July 15 (P—The safety of Ernest L. Smith and Eméry B. Bronte, who were forced dowa | on the sea about 500 miles out fram | their Hawaiian goal, was the para- mount interest here today. v Anthony Parente, Smith’s financial backer, received word of the forced | descent with “I want everything te be done to rescue those two gallant boys. I will not rest until I kndw |they are safe.” % 4 Arthur R. Wild, Smith's . chiet mechanic, said “let’s first’ get those boys rescued and then we’ll start analyzing why they were forced down."” Why the plane should be forced down for the lack of gasoline.puz- zled Captain William: H. Royle, flight manager. “My only explanation {is that Smith and Bronte bucked heavy wind and that this may have caused . the motor to consume more gaso- (Continued on Page 21) IS CHAMPION “SITTER” At 6 O'clock Tonight Joe Powers In Chicago Will - Have Been | | | Atop Flagpole for 16 Days. i Chicago, July 15 (UP)—"Hold ['Em" Joe Powers planned to de-. scend from his perch tonight with the title of champion flag pole sit- ter. At 6 p. m. he will have been aloft |16 days, thre¢ and one-half hours, exceeding by a small margin. the time made by “Spider” Haines, Denver flag pole expert. He plan- ned to come down then. S “I want to beat Spider, but I'm coming down just about as soon as I do,” Powers telephoned down to- | day. “If any of you birds think hasn’t been a tough racket, just try it some time.” The new champion will be grest-: ed by a physician, two Mary Philbin, movie star, a Wi’ and his manager when he descends, ' A dinner in his honor is planneg fer tonight. ;