New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1927, Page 5

LATEST REPORTS . FROMRIOTZ0NE Y' (Continued from First Page) to predent troops being brought up. Fight Near Theater Fighting also took place near the ©pera house, which is not far from some of the leading hotels, from which, according to the correspon- dent of. the continental edition of the London Daily Mail, many tou ists looked on. The worst battle seems to have been fought around the city hall. Yielding to pressure from govern- mental leaders, the chief of police decided to rush machine gu there. These at once opened fir eeveral rioters being killed or ‘wounded., " It was stated that the fire was restrained until it was ap- parent the mob was going to rush the building. The square in front | of the city hall soon was littered with dead and wounded, and in a short time the interior of the build- ing resembled a field hospital, more than 100 persons lying bleeding on the floors. By this time the police had been reinforced and detach- ments of troops had also arrived with machine guns. Apart from this some of the most serious fighting occurred in the Lichtenfelst¥asse, where, according to the socialists, somebody fired on the crowd from a window. wound- ing one of the demonstrators. The mob thereupon stormed the house and threatened to hang a man they found in it to a lamppost. He was saved only by a hastily formed guard from the socialist ranks. The Vienna disturbances found no echo in the rest of the country, which, according to Vienna advices to the Havas Agency by Berlin, s calm. Thes : confirmed the news that the polica had succeeded in driving the moh from the center of the ecity into the suburbs at seven o'clock in the | evening, when a ‘battalion of fantry with machine position before the building. in- parliament Law is Victorious London, July 16 (P—The wild outburst of rioting and arson which | held Vienna in a state of terror for hours yesterday, and brought death and injury to a number of persons, was reported this morning to have ended in victory for the representa- | tives of the law. Widely divergent statements as to the casualties have been received here, the highest being 100 and 200 wounded. A rumor that Chancellor Seipel had been or is, en- dangered by the mob was current, but has wot been substantiated. According to some rumors, how- ever, the disturbance had been long preparing. A correspondent in Italy of the Daily Mail sends a report that 1t was actually a revolutionary coup D'Etat. The same correspondent re ports also that a ‘“red dictatorship” was established in Austria, and adds | that the gravest view of the situa- tion is taken in Italy, where it is feared if the revolutionarles mai tain themselves in power it may lead to dangerous complications for the peace of Europe. Relating some of the incidents he witnessed in the course of the day the correspondent of the Daily press says he saw one section of the mob chasing policemen down side streets and that when a polic man was caught he was ruthlessly Kkilled with sticks and swords. After a tour of the streets, the writer went to parliament house, which had been transformed into an emergency dressing station. “As I entered,” he says, “a girl was led in bandaged and a man car- ried in shot through the face. The howls of the infuriated mob outside were distinctly heard within the building. he tragic feature is the number of factory girls who joined in the | demonstration. It will probably be found many of them were among the victims. They shrieked at the £ | hours guns took a | killed | |shall be summoned to consider the | political situation, which has been made difficult by the riots. This question, however, has already been the subject of dlscussion between | the chancellor and the opposition | leaders. | Paris, July 16 (P—A dispatch to the Havas agency from Vienna says |that the situation in the Austrian capital seems to have improved. | Chancellor Seipel is said to have en- tered Into negotiations with Herr Seintz, head of the socialist party, | with a view to ending the trouble. Berlin, July 16 (P—News reaching |the Australian legation from Vienna indicates that the social-democratic |leaders are in political control of the situation there. The police are said to have been able to restore a tolerable of order, Rail and tram car traffic through- out Austria has been halted by the general strike and the city can only be reached by automobile or | plane. | One element of danger is now seen in the prospective mass demonstra- {tions on Sunday which may be | swelled through an influx of work- ers from outsi | Berlin labor leaders express the be- lief that the general strike in Vien- Ina will speedily contribute to stabi- lizing th situation and force a quick return to normal conditions. AVIATORS REAGH HAWAILAN ISLES (Continued from First Page) the-world-flight fame, now stationed at Wheeler Field. Because Smith was absent when the moscage arriv- jed, it lay unread for nearly two while thousands were won- | dering what had become cf the City 0 Oakland. Once their fate became army planes came to their aid and brought them to Wheelor Field. As Smith and Bronte received the plaudits of all Hawaii they each | gave credit to the other fur bringing the plane to land. Despite th that the planc’s receiving appa had broken down shortly start, and in spite of fog und appar- ent discrepancies in position veports as received by listening slu.ps, Bronte | bad pointed the way uncrringly. The | plane never had been far its known, off. course. Bronte guided it only by dead reckoning. DRIVERS FINED $80 IN POLICE CAMPAIGN (Contined from First Page) on Franklin square. The officer and | Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue tes- | tified that while the foot brakes on a light truck driven by Westman [were in fairly good condition, the emergency brake was useless, | Judge Saxe suspended judgment on the first charge and imposed a fine of $10 and costs on the second. Samucl Garston, aged 18, of 154 {Lyon street, pleaded guilty to the | charge of operating an automobile | without a license and was fined $15 |ana costs. Scrgeant Thomas J. | Feency testified that as he was turn- |ing into Rockwell avenue from Lo- |cust street about 1 o'clock this ‘morninn a car driven by Garston almost struck him. The sergeant asked him for his |license and the young man admitted never having one. Attorney Albert A. Greenberg told the court the young man does not |make a practice of driving but last night his father asked him to drive the car from East Main street as it | had a flat tire and it was necessary [to get it into the garage. | Bad For Bandits police in front of parliament house | shaking clenched fists and screaming *“murdereds. Parls, July 16 (—An dispatch to the Ha its correspondent Bi slovakia, quotes source untimed ava, Czecho. on the Austrian frontier, a “well informed as saying that the Viennese agency from | Viennese | authorities are complete masters of | the situation arising from yesterday’s disorders. Private houses and establishments, | gays the dispatch, were at no time menaced. The casualties in yesterday's riot- fng are set at 12 killed and wounded. Since the dispatch is un- timed it is not known whether these figures account for any casualties which may have occurred during the night. Council in Session Vienna, July 16 (Via Bratisl Czechoslovakia) —(A—The Aust council of ministers has declared it- Belf in permanent session to deal with the mrame situation arising out of the violent disorde d blood- shed into which Vienna was plung yesterday, The council held its fi meeting this morning in the offic Chancellor Tgnaz &eipel. J4 is announced that the govern- ment has taken all possible measures to prevent a recurrence of the trouble. “The cabinet has had lengthy con- ferences with Prefect of Police Schober and high functionaries of the apartment of posts and other ministries. When the strike of the posts and telegraphs employees was announced last evening, the chan- cellor took measures to protect for- | eign missions and communicated to them the plans decided upon for that purpose. No decision has vet heen reached as to whether the national assembly n 119 | vice, Washington Bureau w (below) and Mrs. Re- Sanford have sw smiles, they're bad medicine for gun- men. They frustrated an armed ndit who attempted to rob the Washington office where they work by slamming shaé the safe and aming for help. but from America y are being used in 66 countries. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1927. measure \ 'PARACHUTE COACH WHO FEARED DEATH ; LEAP NOW IS ABLE TO TEACH OTHERS | Parachute jumpers would not a | ppear to be superstitious. Above is | part of the ing class™ at the ! hute school. Lower left—Aly poised for a parachute j ump. Right—The “professor” as he s in school. Starr is chief bo | | atswain’s mate, U. Lakehurst, N.J. July 15(P—Alva 7. Starr has helped a hundred men “to die — and yet live.” Starr is “professor of higher education” at the navy's only parachute school. His latest class of eight just proven themselves | of packing parachutes and jumping | with them. And the ‘“professor,” who, in navy parlance, is chief boatswain’s mate, feels justifyably | proud that mone of his boys has “fallen down” in his studi Like the first hundred first parachute jump is est, instructor and pupils It felt “like legal execution,” said Willlam Coken, aviation machin- it's mate, second class, and one of | Starr's graduating class this sum- have competent the ADMITS FORGERY 10 BUY GASOLINE {Holiman Used Tailor's Name in Signing $27 Check Pleading guilty to the charge case continued in police court toda !until Monday morning. He asked the continuance for the purpose of retaining counsel, he said. Ionds were fixed at $1,000. i Hoffman, who has a long record | including a recent conviction on the | charge of using the United Stat mails to defraud, is said to have ad- | mitted to the police that he forge the name of Anton Brown, a Dwight | street tailor, to a check for $27 on| July 11, which he passed at the Su- | burban Filling Station on West Main | street, where he bought gasolin He was arrested last evening by De- | tective Sergeant William P. McCue | and Sergeant Michael J. Flynn, Salvatore Scapellati, aged 62, of 1616 Corbin avenue, had judgment | suspended, Judge S observing that from the testimony there ap- peared to have been a technical breach of the peace committed ye: terday forenoon, when Scapellati at- | tempted to restrain Merton Hodge, a civil engineer, and Attorney Don- ald Gaffney and Constable Francis Clynes, from putting up a fence on | property which he claimed was his. Mr, Hodge, Constable Clynes and| Officer Alfred Tanguay testified for | the state, and Mr. Scapellati and his son, Nicholas, testified for the de- fense. Attorney |39, of 109 Seymour street, had his | terard Casale, repre- | senting Scapellati, claimed he had a legal right to protect “his property, nd quoted Sections of the state laws which, he said, were violated by the | engineer, the attorney and the con stable when they entered upon Sca- | pel. and. William Droden, aged 25, of 17 |Lincoln street, had judgement sus- {pended on charges of breach of peace land drunkenness, with a warning to | discontinue drinking or he would find himsel! in serious trouble. Of- |ficer John Smigel testified that Dro- den was causing a diturbance at his A of | forgery, William I.co Hoffman, aged | mer. “But wken T began he added, “oh, boy, what nd glorious feeling.” Starr, veteran of jumps from every type of floating.” a grand aircraft, Ange land and kit balloons, still keenly re- members his first leap into space. He had been a witness of a fatal jump a few days before his turn ame. And his suspense was heightened by being forced to wait for a companion to leap. ““When my companion received the signal a most hideous and in describable expression, which doubt is surpassed by vietims an electric chair, passed over countenance,” Starr recall grim determiration drove attempting what he himself lieved could only end in a fatali was thankful that the in- his jump was short enough to leave him strength to release his parachute. “I must have been suffering from I of his “But him into home late last night and Mrs. Dro- ing heavily for two weeks and last night he had a revolver. Droden ad: “‘ed he was cated but denied he was making trouble. The revolver was not working order, he said. He had it for | Independence Day and threw it into | the rear y at his home last night, the officer finding it there. YWAS HONEST SKIPPER Finds 16 Foot Dory Filled with Li- quor—Turns It Over to Govt. and Gets Receipt in Return, Boston, July 16 (UP) While plowing through the water off Bos- ton Light yesterday afternoon, | Capt. Peter Ruden saw a trim 16- foot dory drifting about atmlessly with no one to guide her. Pulling alongside he threw out a line and jumped after it. Inside he discovered a cargo of 34 cases of Scotch whiskey and one case of Three Star. Capt. Ruden towed it ashore and turned dory and cargo over to the coast guard of fishermen on the dock that he let them sample the cargo. While expecting to give up the liquor the captain hoped he could keep the hoat. . Instead, he received a receipt for boat and cargo, and is now won. dering whether he should been so hone NT HAS 1,252 BERRIES Ore. July 16 —A strawberry plant with 1,252 berries upon it w found in a field near Lacombe, Ore. To the eas; 90 or more | including the Shenandoah, the Los | planes, sea planes | be- | den complained. He has been drink- | intoxi- | in | despite the entreaties | have Why Bald So Young? Cuticura will help You: Cuticura Soap, preceded by touches of Cuti- cura ‘Ointment. This treatment keeps the scalp clean and healthy and promotes hair growth. Ze. Sold every- Boap e, Olntment 2 and $0c, Taloum Ze, Sold,very the same fit of desperation as my | companion passed through. For as T recelved the signal I fiercely | threw myself from the plane and | passed into what seemed eternal | darkness to me. It was only m sub-conscious effort that compelled | { me to release my parachute.” | His first thought afterward was | that “dying was not so bad after all, for a death-like stillness rre- vails around you once vou have left the plane, and to me this still- ness denoted only one thing, that T | had been killed. These drops were made from an altitude of 5,000 feet, and no more surprised or happy person ever lived than myself when, aftcr a rather severe shock on landing, T found myself walking | around absolutely unimpatred.” Aside from “a couple of broken ribs,” Starr has never been injur- ed. He attributes his unusual rec- ord in training a hundred para- chute jumpers without injury to { “the mew type of parachute and to | | the good type of students.” [ Maidens of Nippon ‘ Prefer Businessmen | ! Tokyo, July 16 (#—The girls of | Japan, when choosing a husband, prefer young business men and Lank clerks, according to an investi- gation made by one of the big | matrimonial agencies of Tokyo. Of all professions, the inquiry dis- closed that journalism appealed least to the young women. Of 667 girls interrogated, only five admit- ted they would like an editor or reporter for a husband. Ranking rext to journalistic un- | popularity were the musicians, only | six girls declaring they would set | their caps for gentlemen of melody. SOUTH PRODUCES WRITERS Atlanta, July 16 (P—The only part | of the United States that has any | | manners le ccording to Frances | Newman, author, is the south, “The rest of the country has be- come cold and materialistic,” she says, “yet the scction below the Mason and Dixon line has retained | the culture and romanticism of past | | centuries. For this reason the | great writers of the next few years | will be southerners. TOURS BY AIR Paris, July 16 (P—Aan aerial tour of Europe in 19 jumps, has just been made by the Count Henri de La | | Vaulx. 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