New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1927, Page 1

3 A » ’ i News of the World By Associated Press - NEW BRIT Week Ending July 16th ... Average Daily Circulation For 14,039 ESTABLISHED 1870 THRONGS OF PEOPLE CROWD HARTFORD STREETS HOPING T0 SEE FAMOUS LINDBERGH Today’s Welcome to Transatlantic Hero Greatest Reception “Capital City Has Ever Given Anyhody. ‘Flying Governor” Trum- bull Has Important Part in Exercises—Parade to Capitol Shortly After 3 o’Clock. Hartford, July 20 (A—Like a giant silver bird, “We"—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his “Spirit of 8t. Louis” swooped down -out of the sky at 2:25 p. m. on Braiifard Field, and as the plane ‘came to rest, the -old “minister without port- wearing his famous smile, stepped out on Connecticut soil to be met by the dignitaries of city and state and the roar of welcome that ascended to the heavens from thousands of throats. “Lindy, Lindy!" the crowd cried, and the idol of the world stopped a moment in his greetings to smile and wave at the crowd. Governor's Greeting In greeting Col. Lindbergh, Gover- nor Trumbull said: ‘ol. Lindbergh—you have been received, honoped ard welcomed by the presidents, the kings, the gov- ernments and the peoples of many lands. Nations - without number have welcomed you and have con- veyed to you heartfelt messages of admiration. Stypendous demonstra- tions and celebrations of welcome have been.staged in your honor. They have been.larged, more color- ful, more elahgrate, more interest- ing, perhaps, “but I assure you, Colonel, none have been more sin- cere than the cordial welcome that I, as governor extend tq you on be- halt of the state apd the people of Connectiout™ "~ “Nowhere. in the world are there more ardent admirers, not. only of your tremendous achievement but of those sterling qualities of character, that have endeared you to the hearts of everyone and made the feat pos- sible. “Two months ago today you start- (fontinne on Page 13) LINDY REPLIES T0 LITTLE ‘FRIEND NED’ Writes to Sick Boston Boy Expressing His Regrets. * Mitchel Field, N. Y., July 20 (#— Before hopping off on his country- wide tour in the interest of aeronau- ties, Charles A. Lindbergh paused in his preparations to tell a sick boy in Boston that he was sorry that he could not fly over the hospital in which he is a patient, as the lad requested in a lettér sent in care of the mayor of New York. The airman sent the boy a picture of “we,” his plane and himself. The letter went by airmail today o *“friend Ned” in carc of the may- i of Boston. Lindbergh wrote: “Dear Ned: “I saw your letter today just be- ore leaving on my tour of the coun- ‘ry. I can't fly over the hospital in Boston where you are because - it would be dangerous and against the law, but in order not to disappoint vou entirely I am sending you a pic- ture of myself and the ‘Spirit of St. louis,’” which you can show to the ither boys and girls who are with ou. “I hope you will be well soon and hat you can get back to your home n Spokane in time for the air races n_September. There will be lots of viators there and you can see them lose up. “With my best wishes. ‘“/Charles A. Lindbergh.” UT0S COLLIDE HEAD-ON, WOMAN PAINFULLY HURT Mrs. Constance Wightwood Injurcd Tn Crash at Elm and Stan- ley Streets. Automobiles driven by Willlam F. Keith of 339 Main street and Walter J. Wightwood of 32 Chapman street collided at Elm and Sfanley streets about 9:30 this forenoon, damaging both machines considerably and in- juring Mrs. Constance Wightwood of 171 Wilcox street. Bumbers, head- lights, fenders and radfators on the machines were twisted and knocked oft by the force of the impact. Officer W. 8. Strolls reported that Keith was driving his own car north on Elm street and Wightwood, driv- ing a car owned by Mrs. Arthur J. Cacchillo, was'going south on Stan- ley street. There was a misunder- standing of signals and the cars crashed almost head-on. The officer reported no cause for police action. Husband Spanked Wife i ‘Who Bobbed Hair, and Gets 6 Months in Jail L ‘Washington, July 20 (P—A husband has been sentenced to six months in jail for spanking “"his wife because she bobbed her hair. Judge Robert E. Mattingly in police court held the case con- stituted . “an unwarranted as- sault.” Mrs. Clyde L. Carr told the court her husband flew into a rage when she returned from the barber, grabbed her by her re- maining tresses and violently paddled her with the . his hand. The judge said his own wife had bobbed her hair without his knowledge but he “did not get into police court over it”. PURPOSE OF LONG FLIGHT EXPLAINED Not Personal Journeg, Lindbergh Tells Public IN INTEREST OF FLYING Noted Aviator Declares His Flight Through Forty-cight States Has palm of Nothing to Do With His Own Popularity. New York, July 20 (A —Before | starting today on a tour of the 48 ‘smlea Charles A. Lindbergh ‘pointed jout that his nation wide air journey is in no sense to be a personal jour- ney. It 18 being made, he said, solely to interest people in the possibilities of commercial aviation. “People throughout the country, have now begun to realize that avia- tion is a reliable means of transpor- tation which has possibilities of fur- thering the development of our com- mercial life and social welfare,” he said. “In almost every section the de- sire to do something to advance avi- ation locally has been expressed. Only An Advertiscment “Many cities have honored me by suggesting that the opportunity for their people to see my plane, “The Spirit. of St. Louis,’ which recently flew from New York to Paris, would possibly advance the development of aviation through encouraging the es- tablishment of municipal airports and focusing attention on air trans- portation and especially on the air mail. “While time and circumstance do not permit my going to all the citics which have invited me, I am start- ing out today to make one or more visits in every state in the union. The trip, which has been arranged and will be financed by the Daniel Gug- genheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics, is made solely to inter- est people in the possibilities of com- mercial aviation. Thanks Department “The Department of Commerce, through the kindness of William P. MacCracken, Jr., assistant secretary for aeronautics, has been most help- ful in arranging the tour and T want to publicly thank the department and Mr. MacCracken for their inval- uable ald. And at this time I want to thank again all the people in New York who have been so kind to me personally and who gave me a wel- come which I hope the development of aviation will justify. “Unfortunately, only a compara- tively, small number of stops can be made on a tour of this kind. Visits to many cities have necessarily been omitted and many local dates have been missed unavoidably, although T would personally like to have made them. “This trip is being undertaken in no sense as a personal journey. It is an opportunity for me, as one inter- ested in forwarding aviation, to join with local civilian gatherings all over the country to promote the cause. “I hope such a purpose will be accomplished, but it cannot be ac- complished by & limited number of people. The great development which will make the United States take its rightful place in leadership can only be accomplished.by the united efforts of people all over the country.” East Haven Inn Keeper And Helpers Fined $700 East Haven, Conn., July 20 (®— In the court room where she had on a previous occasion been fined for liquor law fvolations; Mrs. Nel- lle Green Talmadge, who has an inn on the Sound shore, and two of her employes, were fined a total of $700 and costs last night. State troopers secured evidence. One em- ploye was Edward Fertman, once a police commissioner in New Ha- ven. All" took appeals. Each had pleaded not guflty and offered no evidence in thelr defense. 3 BURNED TO DEATH Chicago, July 20 (P)—Three per- sons were burned to death ar four others, one of whom is not expetted to live, were seriously injured in a fire which swept through the Svea . hotel here early today. both_on the farms angd in the cities; NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1927, |CORNERSTONE OF WORLD WAR MEMORIAL TO BE LAID TONIGHT AT WALNUT HILL Exercises in 123 New Britain men who died in jthe World War as honor guests the city of New Britain tonight will do honor to their memory by placing a cornerstone ip a 94-foot claim their deeds of heroism. The cornerstone laying exercises will take place in Walnut Hill park at 7 o'clock, preceded by a street procession of World War veterans i which will move from American Le- gion headquarters at 6:30 sailors will take a place allotted to of citizens in the program. Mayor Gardner C. Weld, a mem- ber of the American Legion who fought beside many of the men in whose honor the city is erecting the | | memorial, will handle the trowel ! with which the cornerstone will be formally lald. The stone is one of six pleces forming the base of the | | circular base about which individual | name plates will be placed for every soldler and sailor who died in the war. be inserted a Bible, New daily newspapers, Uniled States coins, war relics, historical docu- ments and objects assaciated with in the exercises. Rev. Ozora F. Davis, a former local clergyman, now connected with Chicago Theo- logical Seminary, will be the speak- church, and Rev. William A. Ross of the First Baptist church. At the conclusion of the exercise, a two- hour band concert will be played by the American Legion band. Plans for the memorial were be- igun three years ago. Money was appropriated by unanimous vote of ithe common council last fall and ground was broken April 11 by Mayor Weld. The memorial will cost $160,000. It was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle and will be built by the Hayes Construction Co. of this city. Its dedication is ex- pected to take place before the close | of this year. ‘BOSTON BILLIE' GETS Now in Solitary Confine- ment—Escape Plans Frustrated Mineola, N. Y., July 20 (UP)— Boston Billy Willlams was placed in | solitary confinement in the county | jall today when kecpers discovered | in a cell he had occupied a silver | spoon filed down in the shape of a key. Sherift Willlam R. Williams fought keepers who re- moved him to the isolated cell and had to be handcuffed. “Ill put him in a strait-jacket it he gets any worse,” Strohson said. Williams, whose right name Is and larceny in connection with jewel robberies in wealthy Long Is- land homes. “I'll go crazy here,” Williams is alleged to have shouted in the new cell. “Let me out of this dump.” The isolation cell is a cell within a cell, removed from the corridor. sils showed a spoon was I missing, Warden John J. Dunbar suspected Arthur Barry, former pal of Wil- liams. He recalled that Barry had escaped from a jail in Bridgeport, several years ago, by filing down a spoon and picking the lock of his cell. A search In Barry's cell revealed nothing. Finally, by a process of elimination, the keepers came to Willlams' cell. Without making known their mission, they looked around and, according to Sheriff Strohson and District ' Attorney El- vin N. Edwards found the spoon on a shelf. They took it out without ‘Willlams knowing anything about it (Contlnued on Page 11), ‘With mothers and fathers of the | shaft ! which will rigse as a beacon to pro- | o'clock. | At the memorial site the soldiers and | them and join with the gathering | New Britain history of 1926 and {1927 particularly relating to the memorial. Choral singing, led by B. F. Arm- | strong, will have a prominent place | er. Religious features of the pro- gram will be conducted by Rev. Walter J. Lyddy of St. Mary's| VIOLENT IN HIS [IELL; Strohson said | James F. Monohan will be arraigned | tomeérrow on 17 counts of burglary | When a check-up on eating uten- | ‘When the First Stcp Was Taken For the Erection of the World War Memorial— Connection With Breaking Ground By Mayor Weld. Youth and Fiancee Pleading guilty to the charge of theft of canned fruits valued at $3 from the home of Dewitt A. Riley, street, and his flance, Grace P: terson, aged 16, of 637 West Main | street, were given suspended | sentences of 30 days each by Judge | Henry P. Roche in police court this | morning and placed in charge of the | probation officer. saved them from being bound over | them. “It is a very serious offense |and you have not offered any de |fense,’ 'he said, after Prosecuting | Attorney J. G. Woods told the girl | burglary. | Sergeant P. A. McAvay and Detec- | tive - Sergeant G. C. Ellinger tosti- {fled that the couple admitted their {109 Russwin road about !C:KO; o'clock Monday morning, David Johnson, aged 21, of 257 \Vhitlng jail | Only their youth | Turn Burglars Only Week Before Their Marriage Man Boosts Girl Through Window In Russwin Road Home and She Loots Pantry of Caftned Fruit. |gutit and Johnson showed them | where the fruits were hidden in the wooded section about Hhalf a mile from the Riley home. The pantry window being too high to permit of {being entered from the ground | Johnson lifted the girl and she gain- ed entrance and carried out the fruits. Mr. Riley testified that he discovered the burglary Monday {morning and reported it to the po- ice. He said the fruits were reas- onably worth 33. Johnson declined to make a state- 1shaft which will rise above a great | [to superior court, Judge Roche told | ment, but the girl took the stand and | said she committed the offense for {him. They intend to be married on turday. She gave no reason for stealing the friits, and sat quietly Into the hollow. of the stone wilt}zhe and Johngon were fortunate that | while Mr, Woods lectured her on thé Brigain | they. were not facing a charge of |seriousness of breaking into a home | /in the niiddle of the night. “Sup- | pose Mr. Riley had fired a bullet through your head?” he asked, but she made no reply. HORDES OF CRICKETS INVADING COLORADO Grain Belt Threatened— Poultry Guard Unable to Stop Pests’ Advance Hayden, Colo., July 20 (UP)— | Hordes of crickets threatened to de- stroy the grain belt of Moffat countries today. Farmers and men paid by the country to check the advance of the | insects which already have destroyed | crops covering a territory five miles | wide by 30 miles deep have little ter, county attorney, said. Unless the federal government or the Red Cross intervenes in the in- vasion with financial aid all grain crops here will be ruined, Carpenter { declared. The attorney has petition- ed the government to use gas bombs |in warfare against the pests. The crickets are crossing the line into Moffatt county. Men in the fields | have been working day and night to | stem the steady advance, Ranchers | |are making a continual noise by | whatever manner available, the most. | effective method to halt the insects, | Turkeys have been put into the | fields without success. After fecding on the crickets for a few days they | die. Chickens eat them for a while |and then lose their appetite. A few years ago a similar epi- demic destroyed every growing veg- | etable blade in a large Routt county | farm arca. The ranchers abandoned their properties, bankrupt, and never returned. irls Quit L. F. & C. Nine Because of Fans’ Remarks | Rebelling against the alleged unsportsmanlike attitude of the New Britain fans who witn. the twilight games in the Girls Industrial league, the office girls who represented the Landers, Irary & Clark team in a game this week have tendered their resignations. In the game in question the { fans crowded the sidelines and their remarks among them- selves and to the players aroused the disgust of the girls with the result that they decid- ed to forsake the game. Man- ager Ralph Recano has been forced to recruit a new team. Following the editorial in the Herald advocating the use of policemen at the games in Wal- nut Hill park and the roping oft of the field, the committee in charge voted to have each team playing furnish one policeman at the games, making two of- ficers who will keep peace. The field will also be roped off to prevent the crowding of specta- tors which has prevented play. ot Rt i L i s it e B S L LS e Routt and | ope of success, Farrington Carpen- | (CAPT. COURTNEY HELD UP UNTIL TOMORROW | ; {Faulty Wireless Causes' Postponement of New York Flight Clashot, England, July 20 (® —| Failure of the wireless apparatus | to function properly in a last min- |ute test fiicht, caused Captain F.: | T. Courtney, noted British airman |to postpone the start of his trans- { Atlantic fight to New York, set for | this morning. The pilot took his flying boat, the | “Whale,” into the air in rainy | weather, at about 7:30 this morn- ing to test the engines and make la thorough tryout of the radio out- fit. The motors functioned perfectly but on alighting afier an hour's | pight, it was learned that the wire- |less failed to respond to all the calls made on it. After consulta- ition with Navigator Downer and | Engineer Little, who are to accom- Ipany him, and with his business manager, Courtney announced ho | would postpone the flight until to- | morrow, when he hopes to hop off |at dawn. Marcon! experts immediately set to work on the instruments to rem- edy the defects and other experts took advantage of the postpone- ment ‘to make several small adjust- Y |ments to the Whale's controls un- [der the superintendence of Court- | ney, who announced he would stay | | by the machine throughout the day. | | Courtney was at the Calshot air- | field, elght miles south of South. | ampton, at dawn, all set for the| 400 mile hop to Valentia, Ireland. | |where he was to refuel and start this afternoon for Newfoundland |and thence to New York. Mechan- ics who had been busy throughout |the night, going over the boat from |stem to stern, declared the “Whale" | was in excellent condition and all |that remained was the final test of |the wireless. | Officials at the Calshot camp told |the Associated Press that Captain | Courtney wanted it understood he |was not out for a personal record lor to try to diminish the splendor |of the achievements of Lindbergh, (Continued on Page 11) | HIGH TIDE (July 21—Daylight Time) New London, New Haven, 4: | | * IS THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair and continucd cool to- night and Thursday. 4 —— ! the same years were 8,991 in 1903, i territory. —SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS KING FERDINAND OF RUMANIA DIES; LITTLE MICHAEL, SON OF GAROL, IS FORMALLY ANNOUNCED SUCCESSOR Late King, Successor and Carol 30,000 MORE CARS THAN A YEAR AGO And There Are 25,000 More Drivers in State 0,403 ALREADY REJECTED This Year the Ratio of Autos In This State Is One Car For Every Five and One-Half Persons Living Here ~—Fatalitics Decrease. Hartford, Conn., July 20 (®—On July 1 the nuhber of registered mo- | tor vehicles in the state was practi- ’nally thirty thousand more than a year ago and the number of li- censed operators, all classes, was ap- proximately 25,000 greater than a year ago. During the first six months of this year 273 more applicants for operators’ licenses were rejected by the state police examiners than were rejected in the first six months of 1926, | The total number of applicants re- jected during the first half of this year was 2,403. The number of ex- aminationg given during the first six months of the year was approxim- ately 2,500 more than were given in the same period last year. These figures were given out by, the motor vehicle department aud | show further that in 1903 there were 1,353 registrations, in 1916 there were 61,8 in 1926, 274,900, while the number of licensed operators for 74,279 in 1916, and 292,574 last year. The first year, 1918, when law re- quired that accidents be recorded in | the motor vehicle department there | were 1,987 accidents as compared to 24,326 during 1926. The number of | | registrations so far this year, with | an increase of approximately 30, fifl(h in the first six months, already is nearly equal to the total of 274,900 | (Contlnucd on Page 10) I 'DISTRIBUTORS RAPPED IN GAS PRICE INQUIRY Rate Higher Than in Other ‘ Place, Committee ! Reports | Excessive tank wagon prices were set forth as the reason for the high retail price of gasoline in New Brit- ain and vicinity at a meeting of the mayor's committee of investigation, {held this morning with representa- tives of gasoline distributors in this Chairman Benson made the following statement: | “From facts presented at the | meeting it appears that the tank wagon price for gasoline in New | Britain and the state at large is | considerably in excess of that in force in Massachusetts. When asked for an explanation of this differ- ence, the distributors reported their | inability to account for it. They | claim, however, that concessions given to retailers from tank wagon (Continued on Page Thirteen) FARMER FATALLY HURT Barre, Vermont, July 20 (P— | We . Seaver, 77, of Williams- town, Vermont, died today as the, | result of injuries received when his | horse ran away and dragged a hay | tedder over him. He was unhitch- ing the horse when the animal be- came frightened. HERRICK DT RECOVERING Cleveland, July, 20 (A—Myron T. Herrick, 73 year old United States ambassador to France who under- went what was then called a minor operation here Sunday, may be torced to submit to a second opera- tlon soon it was indicated today by his son Parmley Herrick, mfl.;"m«. e | prince do not think that |love of Mme. Magda Lupescu | | | Regency of Three Leading Rumanians, Probably Will Contin- ue Until Child Ruler Becomes of Age. Queen Marie and Daughter at Bedside of Dying Monarch as He Suc- cumbs to Long Wasting Ilness. Bucharest, Rumania, July 20 (P— Prince Michael, young son of former {Crown Prince Carol, will be pro. icaimed king of Rumania to succeed his grandfather at four o'clock this (afternoon, it was announced early today. Prince Michael, whose mother is Princess Helen of Greece, was born October 25, 1921, and was created | heir apparent on December 31, 1925, |on his father's renouncing his rights to the succession. PRINCE CAROL. CAROL NOT EXPECTED T0 GO TO BUCHAREST Heir Who Discarded the Throne Reported as Hav- ing No Definite Plans Paris, July 20 (—Former Crown ; Prince Carol of Rumania, who left | his villa in Neullly early dhis morn- ing for a trip into the country, re- i turned shortly before noon and was | still in his home at two o'clock this ! afternoon. No apparent being made at the villa this after- noon for a hurried departure and unless Carol leaves Paris by this | evening he will be unable to reach | Bucharest in time to attend his father's funeral. “His Royal H'ghnt‘ss regrets that cannot see you,” a correspondent 201 the Associated Press was told by lhe mmd who answered the door at illa. Only a few months ago th|s t.m\c maid had merely said: “Mr. Caraiman does not recelve | newspaper men."” Carol received no official news of the death of his father from the Rumanian legation in Paris, his in- formation coming in a telegram | from Bucharest. Friends of the former crown he will make an attempt to go to Buchar- est at this time, especially with Jon | Bratiano in power. Carol has al- ways held that Bratiano was his arch political enemy and believes that Bratiano was responsible for the decree of last year depriving him of his dynastic rights and expelling him from the country he had ex- pected to rule. Carol is said to be not overbur- dened with money. His mode of liv- |ing has changed greatly during re- cent months. He no longer is seen in Montmartre and the other resorts which he frequented in the early days of his residence in France. His life at present is little dif- ferent from that of the retired bus- inessmen who are his neighbors in | fashionable Neuilly. Neuilly, France, July 20 (UP)— Prince Carol, who because of his re- nounced his right of succession to the Rumanian throne, today learn- ed at his Neuilly villa of the death of his father. The prince told a friend who vi: ited him shortly after noon that am deeply grieved. Despite all the troubles I had with my family, I al- ways bore for my father a pro- found fiilial affection.” The friend also quoted Carol as saying: “I am not thinking of re- turning to Bucharest at the mo- ment.” (Continued on Page 11) preparations were | Some time ago a regency council |was appointed for Prince Michael, the regency consisting of Prince Nicolas, 23 year old son of King lerdlnand the patriarch of Rumane ia, and the chief pustice of the sue preme court. . Bucharest, Rumania, July 20 (P —King Ferdinand of Rumania died :at 2:15 o'clock this morning of | eancer. | The monarch’s long fight against | that disease came to a close at the Chateau De Pelishor at Siniai, the summer residence of the Rumaniaa | royal family. i ‘Wife and Daughter There. | The end came suddenly but was | peaceful. Members of the royal family were at his bedside, Queen Marie and their daughter, Queen . Marfe of Jugoslavia, having arrived betore death came. Former I\mg Gecrge of Greece and his wi \Elizabeth, another daughter of tha Rumanian monarch also were pres- ent. Ferdinand’s death had long been expected and the simple country folk who loved him more as a kind father than as a king knew that the disense which he was so stoically battling would be fatal. “Ferdinand The Loyal.” “Ferdinand the Loyal” was what the allies called him during the days of the great war and “Ferdie |nand the Loyal” was what he re- | mained to his own people who, un- troubled by the dynastic politics that disturbed the upper ctrata of Rumanlan society, looked to the aging king to lead them through the unhappy post-war years to hap- piness. It was Ferdinand's tremendous | will power that put death off for so |long a time, his friends avow. Kept Alive By Will. Last year, just after Queen Marie's hurried return from hee sit to the United States, his physie cians gave him up for lost. But the king was firm in the hope that he might help to place his country on | a stable political basis despite fac« tional disputes and conflicts among powerful interests. Then too some think he hoped to se once more be- | fore death came his wayward son Carol, “the niadcap of the Balkans.” Ferdinand's physicians urged him to go abroad to a warmer climate to | give nature a chance to assist their {own Thealing efforts, but dynastie and political elements played their ypart and Ferdinand decided to re- main in Bucharest. Body Wasted Away. For months King Ferdinand's body, assailed by many maladies, has been shrinking and his weighe ‘was reduced tc less than 100 pounds. One of the last acts of Ferdi- nand's reign was to oring about the creation of a government under the Bratianos whom he trusted and who with him, were infiuential in swing- ing Rumania into the great war on the side of the allies—an act in which Ferdinand flung himself against his own kin, for he was a Hohenzollern, Only a few weeks ago Prem'er Averscu, to whom dictatorial dreams were credited in some circles, was removed from the head of the gov- ernment and a more inclusive gov- ernment ‘was formed under Prince Stirbey, one of the richest Ruman- ians and long a favorite at court, to hold the reins until the Bratianos were ready to step into power again. Carol Definitely Out. Those who know Rumania are quite unanimous in the conviction that the regency for young Prince Michael, Carol's son, will prevail as provided by law and that there is almost no possibility of Carol as- cending the throne. Carol’s friends in Rumania are few gnd far be- tween and certainly are not strong enough to impose him upon the country. Nor has there been any indication thar Carol cares to comé back home. That he is not wealthy and that he does nat work, every one knows, but that he has suffl- clent sources of income to live & leisurely life near Paris is obvious to all who have observed his com- (Continued on Page 13}