New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NRW BRITAIN HERALD Amaq “pdoq “JARY VT 9B} IN913hU0) nmw BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES CHAMBERIAIN SEFS [Lieut. Williams to Try For Spted Record of 300 Miles An Hour and May Attempt His Flight Tomorrow EXCELLENT CHANGE FOR MAVAL PARLEY Believes Temporary Arrange- ment Regarding Gruiser Build- ing Is Possible Now ENGLAND CANNOT MAKE IMMOTABLE AGREEMENT 'nmm- Dclegates Return to Geneva and Conference Will be Resumed Tomorrow—U. S. Not Expected to Agree to Any Terms That Would Handicap This aNtion in Naval Strength. London, July 27 P—Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, in a statement in commons regard- ing the naval conference at Geneva, sald that in the opinion of the gov- ernment there need be no difficulty in arriving at a temporary ar- rangement regarding the immediate future of cruiser buildjng. Sir Austen added, however, that the British Empire could not be ;asked to give to any such temporary arrangement the appearance of an immutable principle which might be treated as a precedent. Great Britain has no desire to destroy equality of sea power as be- tween herself and the United States, {Chamberlain told the house in his statement. “Despite the efforts of our dele- gates at Geneva,” he said, “serious Imisapprehensions of the aims of ithe British government still prevail in some quarters. His majesty's Igovernment even has been charged with the desire to destroy that ‘equality of sea power as between the United States and the DBritish Empire, which the Washington con- ference contemplated—a suspiclon for which there is no foundation.” Hopes For Success Sir Austen told the house that the British plenipotentiaries who have been consulting the cabinet in Lon- don, were returning to Geneva to continue the negotiations which it was trusted would reach a success- ful conclusi®n, In the opinion ef the British gov- ernment, he said, there need be no difficulty in reaching a temporary arrangement regarding the immedi-’ ate future of the difficult question of cruiser building. Answering a question regarding a statement said to have been widely repeated abroad that 600,000 tons in cruisers were demanded by the chief British delegate at the begin- ning of the conference, Sir Austen said that W. C. Bridgeman, chief of the British delegation had never mentioned the figure 600,000. Discussing the essential purpose of the Geneva conference which was called on the invitation of President Coolidge, Sir Austen said: “The basis of the conference, as we understand it and in the presi- dent’s own intention, is to reconcile the limitation of armament with na- tional security and that is the only basis for the limitation of armament that can ever be brought to a suc- cessful issue.” Geneva, Switzerland, July 27 U —The American delegation to the tripartite naval conference was fir formed today that W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the admiralty, and Earl Cecll, are due back at Geneva from London tomorrow morning. The situation here continued ex- tremely uncertain today as no {nti- mation has reached the American and Japanese declegations concern- ing the British attitude on the out- standing jroblems of the conference especially the question of 8-inch gun cruisers which the United States insists it must have the right to build. Possible Suggestions In some quarters it is thought possible that the British may sug- gest reaching an agreement on the total tonnage of submarines and destroyers and upon the number of 10,000-ton cruisers which Great Dritain, the United States and Ja- (Continued on Page Ten) Priests Ordered to Keep Away From Public Beaches | Milan, Italy, July 27 (P) — The Catholic clergy of Lombardy will be instructed not to frequent the beaches or public spectacles without i special permission. A collective pastoral letter to this effect has been decided on by the bishops of Lombardy, meeting here under the presidency of the arch- bishop of Nilan. The letter also will exhort the faithful to dress modestly at summer resorts and beaches, par- ticularly attacking the scantiness and tronsparency of women's street clothing as “worse than bathing suits.” Couple Observing Their Golden Wedding Today Pocasset, Mass, July 27 (®—In the little brown house by the water where he was born 82 years ago, “IU'ncle Dan"” Kendrick is observing his golden wedding anniversary to- day with his wife, whose black halr and unlined face belle her 80 years. Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick, both of whom aro exceptionally active, were married 1n Brockton B9 years ago. Last year in anticipation of what | | 1 Has 1,250 H. P., 24-Cylinder Motored Plane and Experi- menting In “Opening Her Up” Probably Will Take Place Somewhere Near New York. ‘Washington, July 27 (UP)—An attempt by a United States navy flyer to go faster than any man be- fore him engrossed the attention of the aviation world today. A speed attempt may be made near New York tomorrow by Lieut. Alford J. Willlams, in a 1,250-horse- power plane designed to split the air at a five miles a minute—300 miles an hour. . Willlams' first flight, with pon- toons on his special plane, will be designed to recapture the world re- cord set over American waters near Norfolk, Va., last year, when Major flying enthusiasts, and is equipped with a 24-cylinder watercooled motor, which in power “goes far be- yond any engine known to have been built anywhere in the world,” navy flying experts sald. Under international contest rules, Williams must better the previous records by at least four miles an hour to have his speed recognized. He probably will make the speed at- tempt over a 3-kilometer straight- away course, although a triangular 50-kilometer closed course like that used in the Schneider races is also considered, officials said. | The power of Williams' motor de Bernardi, a Mussolini Legionnaireq takes him into an almost unexplored won the Schneider cup races at 258 miles an hour. It successful Willlams will replace the pontoons with land plane wheels, offering less wind resistance, and seek the world’s record for that class, now held by Bonnett, a Frenchman, at 278 miles an hour. Williams' plane was built at Gar- den City, L. from donations by Humans With Tails realm of aerodynamics as soon as he “opens her up,” and the slightest miscalculation as to his machine's tain death. National Aeronautic assoclation officials will make official observa- tions of Williams’ flights, and his trically to fractions of seconds. Like Animals Excite Interest of Medical Men Australian Father and Three Chilaren Have Well De; veloped Appendages, Snyder News Investigator _ Reports. Sydney, Australia, July 27 (UP) —Reports of a family in which every member except the mother possesses a perfect tail which, in the case of the father can be wagged as though it were a dog's has ex- cited the interest of medical men here. The father, a 10-year-old son and two daughters, three and six re- spectively, have tails. The grand- parents of the children were normal and the father and the children are normal except for the tails which grow from the bases of their spines. No ill effects have been suffered by any member of the family. The growth of the tails has coincided and has been in proportion to the growth of the remainder of the body. A medical man who was ques- tioned by a representative of a local | paper regarding the family said: “It is a case of.atavism. tailed father and the children who edly throw-backs. It is intermit- tent heredity. It is all harking back due to the re-assertion or which have lain for several genera- tions latent or unexpressed. There {is no doubt that this family pos- sessing perfect tail appendages is anthropologically very important. They are noteworthy links in the chain of man’s evolution.” A reputable Sydney newspaper in- vestigated the story of the tailed family and vouched for its exis- tence, MRS. ULLMAN, WIFE OF POLITICIAN, PASSES New Haven Woman Vicfim of Infection Suffered in Egypt New Haven, Conn,, July 27 (A— Mrs. Isaac M. Ullman, wife ef Col. Isaac M. Ullman, prominent repub- lican leader, died carly today at her summer home in Woodmont where she had been receiving medical treatment for some time. Mrs. Ullman was Flora V. Adler, daughter of the late Max Adler, be- fore her marriage to the colonel on February 2, 1892. Besides Col. Ullman, Mrs. Ullman is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frederick Wetzler, one grandson, Frederick Wetzler, Jr, and one brother, Frederick Adler. Mrs. Ullman was deeply interested in the many civic projects and charities of the city and while she rarely played a prominent part in | their affairs, she was always to be found in the background with the ‘workers. Several years ago, upon returning trom a trip through Europe, Mrs. Ullman was found to be suffering from an infection in one. of her limbs, which was attributed to the bite of an insect in Egypt and her physicians found it necessary to am- j putate the infected leg. Since that fllness, Colonel Ullman has to a great extent withdrawn from politics which were up until that time occupying his time almost constantly, and voluntarily retired to home life. HOLDUP IN NEW HAVEN Three Men in Stolen Car Rob Man of $5 Recently Released. New Haven, July 28.—Three youths who first stole an automobile from a parking space and then held up and robbed Emil Larson of 552 Chapel street, early today are be- ing sought by the police. ; Larson reported that as he was walking along Chapel street, a ma- chine with only one head light work- ing, drove wup to him and three young men jumped out and sprang on him. While two of them held him up against the Y. W, C. A. building, the third rifled his pockets getting about $5 for his trouble, Frank Kelly, a New Haven road watchman. chanced to come along at that point and ran to Larson's as- sistance but the trlo beat a hasty re- treat in the .machine which was later found abandoned near the railroad station. Police clalm that the descriptions and Escape—Trio Belicved Uncle Dan spoke of as thelr “uext | of two of the men tally with those 38 years togoethe ‘was remodeled, aewly furaished. " the old house | of & palr recently released from jail redecorated and |and these are the men that are be- ing sought, VETERAN OF L.F. & C. DIES IN 71ST YEAR |G. W. Weyh Worked for One Concern for 53 Years Just as he was approaching his {71st birthday anniversary which {he would have observed on August {6, George Willlam Weyh of 178 | Winthrop street passed away this | morning at 5:30 o’clock at New Bri- {tain General hospital after & long |life of accomplishment. Among the |many unusual incidents in Mr. Weyh's life was the fact that he was employed only one place, Lan- ders, Frary, & Clark’s, where he was pensioned off two years ago after | working there for 53 years. Mr. Weyh was born in Germany on August 6, 1856, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam and Suzan (Sto- randt) Weyh. He came to Collin: ‘\Hle with his parents at an early |age and when he was old enough to |80 to work he came to this city. | That was 53 years ago. He was {hired by Landers, Frary, & Clark |and workeq at various occupations | for the company. For many years |he was an inspector, but towards the end of his services he did cler- ical work. | He was never interested in fra- | ternal associations. Instead he con- | fined his time and efforts to his ichurch, the Peoples Church of | Christ, of which he was a charter | member and deacon. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. | Mathilda J. Weyh; two sons, Carl W. Weyh of Forestville and Fred R. Weyh of Sacremento, Calif, a daughter, Mrs, Willilam E. Hyde of Bristol; two sisters, Mrs. Richard Schaeferand Mrs. Willlam Fieneman of New Britain, and three grand- children. Funeral arangements, of B. C. Porter Sons, plete. SIX HURT IN CRASH in charge are incom- | Head-on Collision Between Two Au- tomobiles Occurs Today in An- sonia. | Ansonia, July 27.—Six persons | were injured here today in a head- |on crash between automobiles oper- | ated by Clement Wolf of Middlebury |and Walter R. Meyers of New | Haven. Those who were Injured were Mrs. Catherine Bridakas and her daugh- ter Adella of Seymour; Mrs. Tillie | Sennis and her son Edward, also of | Seymour; Carl Thompson and Wil- llam Crock of Naugatuck. The car operated by Meyers was taking a crowd of Boy Scouts to | their homes from a summer camp and was crashed into by the Wolf {car In Wakelee avenue. Wolf was held on a charge of operating an automobile without a license. \ strength would result in almost cer- ! speed probably will be timed elec-' “The ! inherit the appendage are undoubt- to a more or less remote ancestor | re- | awakening of ancestral contributions | |QUEEN MARIE BEGS | THOSE N AMERICA TO REMEMBER HER In Associated Press Interview She Denies Oft Heard Charges of Political Ambition JUST BROKEN--HEARTED, LONELY WIDOW, SHE SAYS Weeps Over Erring Son, Carol, and Sorrow He Caused King—Declares She Draws No Class Distinctions and if Daughter Really Loved An American She Would Not Oppose Marriage. | Bucharest, Rumania, July 27 () | —A plea to the people of America i not to forget her in her sorrow was made by Queen Marie when she re- ceived the A. P. correspondent at Cotroceni palace while King Ferdi- nand !ay dead in an adjoining room. She spoke iIn tender terms of her husband, how he would have liked before he died to have scen the former Crown Prince Carol; and characterized as ‘“cruelly false” words of her critics and adversaries that she was an ambitious woman king's death. Her Soul Is Seared. “Death has torn my heart and seared my soul” she said; “it has taken from me my dear hushand and the gentlest and most dutiful of | kings. I shall sit cloistered and alone in thi agony which God has thrust upon me. Let not the people of America | forget me in my sorrow. Let: the women especially give me their | sisterly love &nd consolation. T am only a widow now. My throne is gone. I need the support of my dear American friends to bear the lings and arrows which even in death are directed against me by the outside world.” A Pathetic Picture With a huge crucifix resting on the wall just above her head, and with her face enveloped in decp black veil relieved by a mantle of pure white, which gave her fea- tures a far greater beauty and spirituality than any jeweled crown, | Marie resembled a mother superior in a convent more than a queen, her words, spoken from the deptls of her soul and at times broken by convulsive sobs, were accentuated in their solemnity and pathos by the atmosphere of death which per- vaded the palace. Dramatic Interview Probably no interview was ever before given in a more dramatic or sombre setting. Only the muffled shuffling of peasants’ footsteps passing the king's coffin in the ad- jacent death chamber could be heard. Burning incense and flick- ering candles cast an' eerie pall over the room. One could not escape a sense of awe as he sat between the dead king and the living queen. At her side were a Bible and other re- was an exquisite illuminated holy ikon. The queen, whom Americans so recently knew by her vivacity, youth- ful animation and glowing personal- ity, now was a stricken, tragic fig- ure, consclous not only of the loss of her royal consort, but of her throne and prestige. Denies Being Ambitious “My critics and adversaries say I am an ambitious woman, that I wanted the regency, that I wanted to be a modern Cleopatra, that wished to be queen,” she w “This is cruelly false. I wish only to be aljowed to carry on the kin work for the good of all Rumania. In any station of life when a hus: band dies, it is the duty of widow to stay at home and after the children. The king was I am their mother. Surely they still want me to guide them, not only as queen, but as mother. With the king gone, I shall have a two. fold duty to perform for my coun try . . his own and mine. King's Mind Clear “Throughout the Kking's long re- curring illnesses, his mind was per- fectly clear and normal. Had I wanted to succeed him upon his death as absolute ruler of Rumania, I nced only have asked him and his choice would have been supreme. But as a matter of fact, we never once discussed the question in spite of the fact that from time to time various persons and political groups urged me insistently to become sole regent. “Those who think evil things of me say T dislike my daughter-in-law Helen (Carol's wife); that I am jealous of her; that I even begrudg (Continued on Page 11) i i THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with slight chang- es in temperature; gentle southerly winds. | | *. * | | | (July 28—Daylight Time) | New London 9:59 a.m., 10:11 p.m. | New Haven 11:56 a.m., 12:07 p.m. | * HIGH TIDE | | * who wanted to be queen after the | little room to bear the | ligious books, and in front of her | look the father of the Rumanian people. | Planning Another Visit to America QUEEN ' MARIE. WANTS TO CONTINUE Coming Back When Mourning Is Over Bucharest, Rumania, July 27.—(® —Queen Marie has decided to visit the United States again. She hopes to start soon after the period of mourning for King Ferdinand is over, she told a reporter for the As- soclated Press today. In a talk with the reporter the {shock of Ferdinand's death ](!\ut she wished to travel next time | as a private person o that she could | go whepe she pleased, do as she Fwanted, not be a burden to the avoid quarrels among her followers. “There are a thousand and one omitted seeing journey and legions of people T failed to meet” Queen Marie said. “I want to see one of your great na- tional political conventions and if time and my duties permit next sum- mer, it is possible that I | able to leave here such a gathering.” The queen also told the reporter in time to see a book of her impressions of the United States and the American people. “I carried back a thousand pleas | ant memories of my stay in your mistakes made which | tified on the next trip,” she said. CAT CLAWS UP FOUR OAK PARK POLICEMEN F.line, Left Behind By Vacationist, More Than Match For Bluecoats. | Oak Park, I, July (TP)— {Four Oak Park policemen nursing feline scratches today and | four policemen’s wives were mend- |ing torn uniforms, but the Thomas, ‘thl at a vacationist forgot to “put | out.” enjoyed the best of care. | “I forgot about my cat when I i\\-vnt away,” a telegram received by the police department from Robert Regan read. “He's been alone with- | out food in the house for three days. | Please rescue him.” | Sergeant William Koerber went to | the Regan home and pried open a |window. The cat jumped out, | paused a moment to claw its bene- factor, and disappeared. | Koerber called three patrolmen to look for the animal. It was finally ®| found in some shrubbery and cap- | tured after more scratching. Four disheveled and bleeding cops ged the cat to the police station they found a second telegram, ing: Please take care of Thomas until | T return. He's a good cat and de- serves the best of care.” The telegraph company refused to ransmit the policemen’s answer. | Col. Lindhergh Hops Off From Springfield, Vermont Springfield, Vermont, July 27 (P— Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh com- day and hopped off Albany, N. Y., at 10:20 a. m., east- |ern standard time. He flew over Plymouth, Vermont, President Cool- idge's home town, veered off to N. I, and coming back to Vermont. | Prisoner of Mexican Bandits; Is Released Washington, July 27 (P—Release | by Mexican bandits of Russell John- son, an Amerfcan who was kid- napped July 19, was reported to the state department today by the American consul at Chihuayia, Thomas McNelly. The message sald no detaifs of Johnson's release were available at the time it sent. Man’s Arm Drawn Into Gears of Steam Shovel Norwalk, Conn., July 27 (#—TLouis Canto, 20, was oiling the gears on a steam shovel today when his right arm was drawn ® into them and crushed. It took an hour to extri- cate the young man. Surgeons were called to give him his hypodermics while machinists worked as fast as they could could to disengage ma- chinery. At hospital Canto’'s condl- tion was regarded as fair, HER AMERICAN TOUR Rumanian Queen Intends ! queen, who is recovering from the | | state and municipal authorities and on my | shall be | that she hop d to find time to write | | country, but there were also some | i can be rec- | were. pleted his tour of New England to- | from here for | IBOLTS START FIRES | IN FURIOUS STORM House on Mill Street and Stanley Quarter Barn Struck BRISTOL STREETS FLOODED' | Many Trees Blown or l(nockedi Down in Bell City While Light-| ning Darts Out of Clouds in S(ormt Which Terrorizes Residents. | nru; thunder and | Spectacular lightning flashes, companied by heavy sheets of rain, gave. New Britain al noorrday thrill today. The light of the sun was shut off and electric | lights were called upon many | | homes and bus places. The business center was deserted except for those who huddled in doorways. ! Toward the latter part of the storm | hail of large dimensions fell. Storm water sewers were taxcd to their | | capacity but absorbed the unusual | load. | in ness i Mill Street House Hit | Struck by a bolt of lightning while | | the storm was at its height, a three- | jfamily house at 243 Mill street took {tire and was damaged to the exten of about $1,200 this noon. It is be. lieved the lightning followed the electric wires along the outside of the house, entering the first floor tenement, which is occupied by Mrs. Pauline Hoppe and family. The {blaze worked its way into the parti- | tions and gave the firemen a hard {fight, threaterling several times to spread to the upper tenements. Pete) Mack owns the house. In the heavy storm, two boys ran | to No. 6 fire station on Kensington | avenue and gave the alarm at 12:45 o'clock. No. 2 company was sent to help and at 12:57 o'clock an alarm was sounded from Box 223 at the corner of South Main and Brook streets, bringing other compan Henry Hoppe, aged 20, was ad- mitted to New Britain General hos- pital at 1 o'cleck this afternoon for treatment for painful burns to both hands. He told hospital authori- ties he had touched a match to some gasoline in the cellar, causing the burns. He was in great pain and will be under treatment for some time. First Deputy Chief E. F. Barnes of the fire department did not know of the boy's injuries until informed Gf the hospital report. He said he inquired of Mrs. Hoppe and others at the fire whether or not there | was ang theory cther than lightning and they said they were taken by | { surprise and were at a loss to ac- count for the sudden outbreak of tire. Mrs. Hoppe made no men- tion of her son's burns to Chief Barnes, the latter said. | There is no doubt in Chlef | Barnes' mind that lightning set fire | to the house. The electric meter, which was just inside the cellar | window, was blown out, indicating | that the bolt of lightning had gone to it. 3 Traffic Jam Blocks Chief When the fire department chief's car swung into Main street with Driver Robert Smith at the wheel it was held up for several minutes y A sedan driven by | n had stalled in other icles headed northerly turned out Cars going southerly added tragic confusion. Patrolman (Continued on Page Ten) GOYERNOR FULLER HAS MADE SECOND VISIT | Now Known to Have Been At| Prison to See Condemned Prisoncers Last Night. Boston, July 27 (—Governor Al van T. Fuller apparently paid his second expected visit to s e pri on, where Nicola Sacco and Barto- {lomeo Vanzetti await his {last night entirely unobs decision, | ed. ing seven ye tree, after islipped away from his executive of | fices in the house, ran into jrumors that he had also visited the i prison. | Prison | l‘ te officials finally admitted | that tt governor called there last night but refused to tell how long stayed or with whom he talked. ides Sacco and Va tti it was t he might have wished Celestino s asserted Providence g of which h member murdered the paymas fand his guard and not the two men who have been convicted. i Both prisoners continued their hunger strike today although Van- | zetti drank some coffee at breakfast | | time. { | R e, | { Three Killed When Big | Passenger Plane Falls | Berlin, July 27 (® — Three per- {sons were killed and two injured | 'this afternoon when a passenger {airplane of Luftha the German jair ‘service, met with an accident and damaged by fire, The ac- cident occurred between Cassell and Giecssen. Father of Six Motherless Children Dies of Injury | Middietown, Conn., July 27 (UP) —Sulvatore Shonte, bl-year old father of six motherless children, died at a hespital here as a result of injuries received when he was strugk by a trolley car. The accl- dent occurred when he stepped in front of the car while working on the state highway. | but failed | Efforts to Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending July 28rd ... 14,021 PRICE THREE CENTS ICIOUSNESS OF WINSTED MURDER STAMPS IT ONE OF WORST IN STATE'S HISTORY DEMPSEY IS OFFERED $300,000 FOR BATTLE Boston Promoter Wants Second Bout—Sharkey Is Willing Boston, July 27 (®—A flat guar- rantee of $300,000 or 40 per cent of the gate rcceipts has been offered Jack Demps: for a return battle with Jack Sharkey by Tom Good- win, matchmaker of the Suffolk A. A. of Boston. Goodwin feels that his offer is substantially better than any terms the former champion can make with Rickard for a bout with Tunney and that the differences of opinion concerning the events lead- ing up to the knockout of Sharkey in the seventh round leave plenty of room for another try. Goodwin's telegram sent late last night to Dempsey said: “Am prepared to guarantee you $300,000 and give you a 40 per cent privilege to hox Jack Sharkey either at Braves IYield, Boston, or at Polo Grounds, York, about Septem- ber 22. Braves Field can seat 80,- 000 with additional stands and seats on ground. If you prefer New York, will stage show at Polo Grounds in conjunction with Jimmy Johnston, who has New York club charter. Will post $300,000 with Los Angeles | bank in Escrow as soon as you sign { contract.” While Goodwin would like to stage the fight in Boston because of the prestige it would give other match- es arranged here, he recognizes Dempsey’s drawing power in . New York and the Californian’s hanker- ing for the big city. Goodwin later in nounced that Sharkey had signed articles for the fight on a promise of i 20 per cent of the receipts. Goodwin said that one strong rea- son for wanting to stage the fight here was that he would not be up against any price limit on tickets. He felt confident he could give 70,000 persons in Braves fleld as good or better seats than they could have | in the Yankee Stadium. Newton, Mass., July 27 (A—"Of cou I would,” was Jack Sharkey's answer when asked today if he would meet Jack Dempsey again if Tom Goodwin should succeed in his efforts to arrange a return bout. “I'm always in condition to fight,” he said, and the suggested date of September 22 would be all right for me. I am fceling fine now although I was sick Saturday and Sunday. I am certain that I received no in- jury which would prevent my meet- ing Dempsey again.” Sharkey was busy again today { cleaning up his affairs so that he can leave with his family in a day or two for their camp at Epping, N. H. P ONLY 38,559 FEET This is Altitude Credited to Lieuten- ant Champion in His Recent Sen- sational Flight. Washington, July 27.—(P—The barograph which Lieutenant C. C. Champion fought so valiantly to save in his spectacular altitude flight Monday morning, tfoday registered for him a disappointing figure of 3 feet. Champion. with an altimeter which he said showed a height of 1 47,000 feet stuck to his blazing plane during a courageous descent, to save the instrument which he thought would yield him a world's record. Today the bureau of standards, whose cold analysis must be the inal word in such matters, announc- | ed through the National Aeronautic as official must try association, that se far records go, Champion again. The recognized record is 40,820 { feet, held by Callizo. of France. By climbing to 35,559 feet Lieu- tenant Champlon exceeded his previ- ous high altitude record by 604 feet to equal the American rocord of 38704 feet established by Lieutenant MacReady of the army air service on Januvary 29, 1926, over McCook field, Ohfo. BEQUEST IS T00 LATE Word of $25.000, Which Might Have Saved Woman's Life, Comes Two Wecks After Death. New York, Ju (UP)—Willlam Bode, the 11-year-old hoy whose heroic struggles to provide for his small brother and his mother be- came known two weeks ago when Mrs, Bode died in poverty, learned today that he might be heir to $25.- 000, Agents of the Children's soclety sald they had been told an estate of that sum had been bequeathed to Mrs. Bode by a relative In Austria. reach her before her death were unsuccessful, Willlam and George, three vears old, were In children’s court where provision was made for them by the Cathollc Sharity association when they were informed of the {nherl- tance that might be thelrs. the day an- ! Billadella, Confessed Slayer, Calmly Relates | How Girl, Trussed and Unable to Move, Lived More Than 48 Hours. | First Attack on Child Oc- curred July 23 and Two Days Later She Was Still Alive When He Saw. Her. Winsted, July 27 (P—The grew- some story of the manner in which John Billadella killed ten-year-old | Kose Bordino whose body was found in tie bushes of a swamp at High- land lake Sunday afternoon, was itold in part by Coroner Samuel A. Herman, of Litchfield county, today. The coroner went to Litchfield jail yesterday afternoon and for an hour talked with Billadella, who has act- |ed with indifference since his arrest. Today the coroner said that Billa- della told him that he enticed Rose into tho abandoned factory of the New England Pin company, in Ridge street, on Saturday, July 16, in the morning. This was the day on which the girl disappeared and search for her begun. Buried Child Alive Billadella sald that he took the girl to the boiler house of the plant, and later drew a burlap bag over (her head and tied it about her neck | with a large sized cord. He also tied her arms and feet together. The coroner said that Billadella said he then carried the girl to a nearby !coal bin and covered her with large | heavy boards. The little girl was alive. Billadella said he returned to the girl the next day, Sunday, and the was still alive. He saw the girl again on Monday and she was breathing. His next visit was Sun- |day afternoon, the 24th, when he iremoved the body to an automobile, and took it to the swamp near the Inorth end of the lake and where he was seen to place a bundle in the bushes. Coroner Herman said that the re- mainder of Billadella’s story would be told to the court. He will pre- pare his finding holding Billadella responsible for the homicide and permit the county authorities to take him on a warrant for arraign- ment in court. Billadella at present is held on the coroner’s formal or- der. Prompt Prosecution 1t is expected the action of prose- cuting officers will be taken quickly and without advance notice in order that the court may not be the scene of a gathering with possibilities of turbulence as the feeling is sald to be intense over developments in the case. The story related by Coroner Her- man clears up for the police many points on which they were hazy be- cause of the callousness of Billadel- la. They had the impression that Billadella strangled the girl with his hands after an assault. They had not had any clear intimation that the child remained alive for more than 48 hours, it being assumed from Billadella’s story that he strangled her after the assault on the 16th possibly after she had said she would tell of what he had done. Coroner Herman yesterday said that in his many years of criminal investigations he had never had one which was so distressingly deplor- able as the death of Rose Bordino, He did not at the time relate what Billadella had said to him but to- days preliminary to his finding he did briefly speak of the confession made by the youth. CHANGES HIS PLEA Portuguese Makes Sccond Degres Murder Admission in White Plains Court—Gets 20 Years to Life. White Plains, N. Y., July 27 (®— At the beginning of the second day of his trial for the murder of John Pier who was shot to death here six weeks ago in an argument about 4 woman, Jose Luiz Pinheiro, Por- tuguese sailor, asked to be allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder. Supreme Court Justice Tomkins accepted the plea and sen« tenced Pinheiro to serve from 20 years to life in Sing Sing. Pinheiro was arrested at Marion, Massachusetts on June 28 last. Memphis Woman, Fearing Operation, Is Suicide Memphis, Tenn., July 27 (A—Mrs, Ella Armstrong, wife of the Rev, W. ‘W. Armstrong, pastor of the Galles way Memorial Methodist church, was found dead in the gas-filled bathroom of her home early today. Mr. Armstrong who was uncon- scious beside her was taken to & hospital in a serious condition. The police report listed Mrs. Armstrong's death as suiclde and said the minister was overcome im trying to drag her from the room. ° She was 55 years old and her hus. band 66. : Mrs. Armstrong’s fear of an im- pending operation was blamed by & daughter for t’hc tragedy.