New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 SHEAN, PAL AND PARTNER OF GERALD CHAPMAN, WILL SEEK PAROLE SEPTEMBER 7 ‘Serving Sentence of One to Five Years for Part in Robbery of New Britain Store Where Policeman Was Slain. Prisoner Lost Clerk’s Posi- tion for Misconduct in Jail, But State Authori- ties Reported Not Op- posed to Board’s Grant- ing Release. Hartford, Aug. 31 (P—Walter E. | Shean, of Springfield, pal and ac- complice of the late Gerald Chap- man, who is serving a sentence of | one to five years in the state prison at Wethersfield for his part in the robbery of the store of Davidson and Leventhal in New Britain during which policeman James J. Skelly was fatally shot, will seek parole at a meeting of the board of parole a week from today. Has Served Year Shean completed his minimum fentence of one year on May 16 and although his eligibility for parole for | good behavior was cancelled by the authorities because he was suspected of sending notes outside the prison | in violation of the rules his con- duct since then has made him eli- gible for parolel there will be no opposition from state authorities to the granting Shean his release. For his conduct last spring Shean ! s transferred from a clerk’s posi- tion in April to the Shirt shop where he is at present working. The prisoner was suspected of having slipped notes outside the walls of the prison through Harris K. Smith, a guard, who was dis- charged for alleged violation of the son regulations the indefiniteness of evidence ag: him, Warden George Brudley said toda When fore the parole board next Wednes- day the prisoner, according to the rules, will not be represented by a ye Neither will State's Attor- v Hugh M. Alcorn, who prosecut- ed both Chapman and Shean, be per- mitted to take part in the proceed- ings unless the hoard calls him in for an expression of opinion or for advice. Mr. Alcorn said today that he knew nothing of the intention of the board to act on Shean's request for 4 parole. ALLEGED CHAPMAN ALLY HELD FOR BRIDGEPORT - Abrakam Silverstein Wanted in Con- nection With Intent to Kill Charge—Arrested in New York New York, Aug. 31 (P —Abraham Silverstein, 39 years old, who police caid was arrested in in con- nection with Gerald Chapman’s es- cape from Atlanta penitentiary h pital, was in the line-up at police headquarters today as a fugitive trom just in Bridgeport, Conn. He is wanted in Bridgeport for assault with intent to kill, in 1926. Details of the Connecticut charge were not ‘revealed, t, Conn., Au P— verstein, under arrest in New York as a fugitive from justice from this city, is alleged to have been one of the so-called “cue slug- gers” who came from New York to intimidate garment workers in cloth- | ing shops here and in Stamford. The | gang derived their fact that th name from the y used sawed off pool cues as weapons with which to beat up their victims. Following an attack on employes of the Fairfield Cloak Company during the strike of garment workers in 1926, police nabbed nine of the gang as they were fleeing towards the New York state line. The men were arraigned in superior court here and received sentences ranging from four to 15 years in state’s prison. Following a conference with State’s Attorney William H. Comley, the detective bureau today nounced that application would be made for Silverstein’s extradition to this city. McCRAY ORD Washington, RED RELEAS Aug. 31 (P—Tele graphic instructions were sent to Warden Snook of the Atlanta peni- tentiary today ordering the immedi- ate relea ren T. McCray of Indiana. He is ex- pected to be released during the day. TO GREET HUSBAND v Yok, Aug mind suddealy, Mrs. Leslie Jziailton, wife of the Dritish avia- d a transatlantic sland {o Ottawa to- for Canada at Ler It is understood | board’s | th was not arrested because of | Shean's case comes up be- | the New York | an- | se of former Governor War- | 31 (P—Changing | DEMOCRATIC WEST FAVORS SEN. REED Certain to Get Votes of Home! State of Missouri 1 GOV. AL SMITH POPULAR Prohibition Not Considered an Im- portant Issue in View of Farm | Rellef, Water Power and Ways | Development. Rapid City, 8. D, Aug. 31 (UP)— Governor Al Smith of New York and Senator James A. Reed of Missouri two wets, are the leading candidates for the democratic presidential nomination in the dry west, accord- ing to politicians of this region. They are the only two democratic possibilities who are even being dis- cussed and either of them at this time has an equal chance for the lion's share of delegates from the | west, it is said. The fact that they are wets has not stirred much commotion out | here because prohibition” is not con- sidered an important issue. Farm relief, water power and water ways development activities of Smith and Reed are given more prominence in | newspaper editorials and in street conversation. Reed, of course, has a little edge |, on Smith because he is certain to get his home state of Missouri. Re- ports also have been circulated here by responsible authorities that ar- rangements have been made for him to get Kansas, where a strong or- ganization is being buiit up in his | behalf. Even democrats of Nebraska, the home-of the late prohibition cham- | pion, William Jennings Bryan, are flirting with the Reed banner and there are indications that he may get some unexpected strength in North and South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Washington, California and some other western states. Reeds seems to be the beneficiary | of anti-Smith sentiment. Smith men (Continued on Page 17) ' DR, CHARLES GODFREY DIES IN BRIDGEPORT {Prominent in State Politics, | Physician to Barnum, and Scientist Bridgeport, Aug. 31 (P—Dr.| Charles C. Godfrey, local and well | known physician died here today. He was a native of Saybrook, was vears old, and son of Rev. and | Jonathan Godfrey, his father being an Episcopal minister. He was lineal descendant of Christopher | Goatrey, who settled in Green Farms in 1685, | Atter the birth of Charles, his| | father moved south and the family lived in Aiken, §. C., until the civil | war came, when all returned to| Greenfield Hill in Fairfield. | Young Godirey attended schools| lin South Port and Greenfield Hill, | 4 training in a military school in Stamford and graduated from | Sheffield scientific school at Yale in | 1877. He was graduated from the Colleg of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia and at Dartmouth col- | lege, the latter graduating him with |a degree in medicine | He was a surgeon of the Fourth | Regiment, C. N. G., from 1800 to 1893 and was surgeon general of the state of Connecticut in 1903 and 1904 | under Gov. Chamberlain. During the | war he served as a member of the medical committee of the Connecti- cut state council of defense. Dr. Godfrey at the time of his death was president of the American association of variable star obser- vers. ILee Smith, in $50,000 Torduto| | Marathon, Rescues Fellow Con- | \GERMAN CHAMPION TAKES | gressed but haif a mile, Neubeck was | | standing favorite for the $50,000 {1y viewed the German's closing in | mer had definitely abandoned | The crack passenger liner Princess | Charlotte of the Canadian Pacific "2W BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927. —.TWENTY PAGES. LEGLESS SWIMMER LOSES RACE BIT SAVES MAN'S LIFE| testant From Drowning LEAD AND YOUNG IS 0UT Winner of Catalina Island Swim Forced To Give Up When Attacked By Cramps—Was the Outstanding Favorite To Win This 21 Mile Lake Ontario Event. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 31 (A—Lee J, | Smith, of Herkimer, N. Y., a legless | swimmer, lost today's chance to win the $50,000 marathon, but he saved a man’s life, says the Toronto Star. | Elmer J. Neubeck of Butfalo, owes | his life to the legless man. After the marathon had pro-| seen in great distress and _sank. | Smith, swimming smoothly along | with the bunched crowd, was the first to notice the Buffalo swimmer | g0 down. He immediately dived and | brought his man to the surface. Smith weakened in the efforts, and | seven other swimmers went to the rescue of the two, and since such events are not swimming races, the | entire party of eight was disquali- | fied and taken to the emergency hos- | pital. \First Case of Kind Heard in: Rockefeller Thrilled By Police Chauffeur Matawan, N. J., Aug. 31 (UP) —A traffic policeman today commandeered John D. Rocke- feller's automobile and, with Rocketeller in the machine, ran down a traffic violator. Rockefeller enjoyed it so much he gave the officer, Le- roy Sproul, five shiny, new dimes instead of the usual one. The car ahead of Rocke- feller’s in a line of traffic, ran past a signal. ZONE LAW DEFIANCE| ENDS IN §2 FINE Palice Conrt Today WELINSKY 1S CONVICTED Found Guilty of Conducting Busi- ness Establishment in Residence C District in Violation of Terms of Special Exccption. | Samuel Welinsky of 1536 Stanley street, owner of property at 43 Wil- | low street, was found guilty of the | charge of violating the provisions of | the zoning ordinances in maintain- $25 and costs by Judge Henry P.| Roche in police court this morning. Attorney Donald Gaftney, represent- ing Welinsky, gave notice of an ap- peal to superior court and bonds were fixed at $500. The state’s case, which was the first of its kind in | German Takes Lead | Toronto, Ont., Aug. 31 (P—Clos-| ing a gap which at the four mile | buoy was 200 yards, Ernst Vierkot- | ter, German, passed George Young,| Toronto youth and Catalina cham- | pion, and took a fifty yard lead in | the $50,000 21-mile Lake Ontario| marathon at 11:08 a. m. A few moments after Young was passed by the German, Young gave up the race and was hauled into his boat. Young, who made the first four miles in the fast time of one hour| and 36 minutes, lost to Vierkotter | half a mile further on the course. | The German, swimming very| smoothly, 55 strokes to the minute, nosed out Byron Summer, California, from second place, and at 11:05 was ahead of the Toronto youth. i Forced To Quit | Young, swimming 51 strokes to the minute, continued for some dis- | tance further at a cool pace, making no effort to retain the lead. At 11:22 a. m. he quit the water, suffering with cramps. Young's withdrawal created great excitement, for today's race had been conceived essentially as a| tribute to this native son of Ontario. Ot the scores of widely known in-| ternational contenders, he, who| swam to fame in the Catalino $25,- 000 channel grind, was today's out- prize. i Ploughing through the water for the first four miles with long, beau- tiful and apparently effortless strokes, Young was cheered lustily by the thousands who lined the course. After he was passed, his| steady strokes continued, evidencing ! the coolness with which he seeming- on him. Battles With Cramps At the five mile point, when, struggling in the cold, the Toronto boy battled with the cramps, his ! handlers seized him. When it was clearly seen that the Toronto swim- the | course, cheers volleyed from the| German boat as Vierkotter's ham’l« lers cried encouragement to their| insman. Vierkotter, pulling through calmly the but strongly water, (Continued on Page 15.) SHIP GOES ON ROCK WITH 230 ON BOARD Wireless Messages State No Danger Feared—Expect Vessel to Float Again at High Tide Today. Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 31 (P— This s an organization with world | wide connections which is conducted in cooperation with the Harvard ob- | servatory. Early in his practice Dr. Godfrey | became personal physician to P. T. {Barnum and he was with Mr, Bar- | num when the great showman died | at his home in Bridgeport. (Continued on Page 17) e ——— Robber Slips Back to | | Jail on Banana Peel ||| | New York, Aug. 31 (Pl—A slip Il]lon a banana peel may mean | | 7 | | life imprisonment for Morris Weissman I me atched a purse contain- |[! {]]ing $40.58 from the coat pocket of Mrs. Dora Kallman, but was not quite quick enough and she ||| seized him. He knocked her ||| down and ran. Scores of wom- ‘ en joined in the chase, but || Weissman was going strong when his foot hit a banana peel —and he skidded. | The women grabbed him be- ||| ||| fore ne could get up and pottee i} arrived on the scene,a moment later. | Railway, with 270 passengers aboard ran onto Vichnefski Rock, near Wrangell, Alaska, at 9 o'clock last night. Radio messages received hge carly today from the vessel said that it was in no immediate danger but requested that the passengers be {ot Welinsky’s application for a special | ¥ | Rutherford this city, was presented by Prose. cuting Attorney J. G. Woods, and the state's witnesses included Councilman Samuel Sablotsky and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Wil- liam M. Greenstein. Relative to the bond, Attorney Gaffney cpressed the opinion that it was excessive, but Judge Rocbe replied that he be- | lieved Welinsky could post it with- out undue difficulty, but in the event that he could not; the attorney could | ‘ | so inform the court later. Had Gas Station Permit Clerk Thomas Linder of the board || adjustment testified that Mr. exception to the zoning ordinance was granted, approximazely onc y ago, to allow the use of the prem- |1ses as a gasoline station. | graphs of the premises were offered by L. G. Rose of the Murray studio, | after which Building Inspector testified that Council- man Sablotsky complained to him in March that the zoning ordinance | was being violated. Considerabl correspondence bearing on the al- leged violation was introduced, Mr. Rutherford and the law firm of Greenberg & Lewitt having carried it on. Welinsky's contention was that he had used the premises for | business purposes prior to the en- actment of the zoning ordinance. In (Continued on Page 11) WORK ON HOUSE"STOPPED BY BUILDING INSPECTOR Roofing Company Employes Ordered | To Quit—Welinsky May Be Arrested Again Another step in the campaign of | the building department to prevent violations of the zoning law was| taken today when Building Inspector | Arthur N. Rutherford and Sergeant | | Thomas J. Feeney stopped the work | of the Tyler Roofing Co. of Har! ford on a house on Carlton str It is also said that Samuel Welin-| who was convicted and fined| 25 and costs in court this morning for violation of the zoning ordina shot | will be again prosccuted for another | anything about that man again.” violation in a house being built across the street. It is expected that both Weli y and a roofing com- | pany official will be brought to court within a few da | Asked about the latest develop-! ments in the campaign, Building ment. |a statement k | distinguish them from plants which | {ing a used car and auto parts busi- | iness on the premises, and was fined | quently de-alcoholizing it for sale as | | sour £ 'etills in operation as has been the PUTNEY BOTHERED | BY MANY BREWERY FIRMS OPERATING cut Confronted With New Enforcement Problem 1 WILD-CAT BUSINESS IS REPORTED INGREAS[NG& Chse t’ Loath to Discuss Enforcement m\ Connecticut's Enforcement General and Admits That quuor’ May be Obtained With Varying Degrees of Difficulty in Various Places, Hartford, Aug. 31 (P—A new! {problem — wild cat brewerle:—cnn-i tronts prohibition enforcement offi- |cers in this state, and, according to) by Frank T. Putney, Inited States prohibition director in | Connecticut, may develop into one of considerable proportions. Wildcat breweries, so-called to; though licensed by the government | to manufacture and sell near beer | illegally sell real beer, are on the in- crease in Connecticut, according to | Mr. Putney. i Tewer Licensed Brewerles On the other hand, Mr. Putney stated, since the first of the present | vear the number of licensed brew- | cries in Connecticut which are per- | mitted to manufacture heer subse- near beer, has been reduced from | eight to three. In some cases li-| censcs were revoked when federal | jagents found that the plants were | selling real beer; in others licenses were not renewed due to irregulari- of various kinds, As to whether the sudden incep- tion and quick rise to prominence of e new illegal industry is in any to this curtailment of gov- licenses, Mr. Putney said give no opinion. bly those engaged i the il- it business feel that it is the safer 2°thod,” he'said. “Theylade not re- quired to put up bonds in earnest of good faith, and are not, of course, ct constant supervision by | our agents, as are licensees. Situation In General “As to the enforcement situation in g Mr. Putney said,” it is difficult to make any sweeping state- ment with assurance that it is en- tirely correct. There is liquor to be obtained with varying degrees of difficulty in various parts of the state. There is not, however, any real pply within the state. “What can be obtained, and it is| probably of worse quality than ever, must be imported from outside, “From what I am able to see, further, there are not so many illicit to case at several periods in the past. ransportation from othersstates in- 'to Connecticut is now the big prob- lem with which we have to cope.” RUTH DOESN'T CARE Mrs, Snyder Says She Is Not Con- cerned With What Happens To Her Partner in Crime, Aug. 31 (UP)— A r is through with Henry Judd Gray, with whom she was convicted of the murder of Al- t Snyder, her husband | don't care ever to Gray, snapped when Gray's name came up during a discussion with prison at- taches. I've got my own opinion of him.’ Mrs. Snyder had previously pressed concern over Gray. She’s entitled to her opinion,” aid Gray when informed of Mrs, remarks. ex- Pet Monkey Holds Crowd at Bay On Street When It Leaves Home Jungle Scenes Re-enacted{ in Belvidere as Crowd Tries to Effect Capturel' | the little beast turned | fon. The moniey wes | 1 her surveyed, for had | trated w in their dire monarch of a he not held at bay an officer of the also had he not succeeded | ing the stream of auto.traffic? fecd he had iRoute Will iMay Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Aug. 27th ... 14,136 PRICE THREE CENTS 62-YEAR-OLD PRINGESS FLYING OVER OCEAN IN PLANE BLESSED BY PRIEST; Pride of Detroit Nearly One-Sixth Around Globe With 3,950 Miles of Flight Com- pleted at 11:45 This Morning. ow Take Aviators to' Aleppo, Sy- ria; Bagdad, Irak, and Thence to Bender Abbas, Persia, on Way to India. l Constantinople, American plane Pride of Detroit, piloted by William 8. Brock and Edward Schlee, arrived in Constantinople, from Belgrade, Jugoslavia at 11:45 o'clock this morning. Here is the world flight log of the Pride of Detroit: Aug. 27-28—Harbor Grace, N. F,, to Croydon, England. Distance 2350 miles; flying time 23 1-3 hours. Aug. 29—Croydon to Munich, Germany. Distance 600 miles; fly- ing time about seven hours. Aug. 30—Munich to Belgrade, Jugoslavia. Distance 500 miles; fly- ing time 5 1-2 hours. Aug. 31—Belgrade to nople. Distance 500 miles; time 6 1-4 hours. Total distance, 3950 miles or nearly one-sixth the circumference of the globe. Previous record, 28 days and 14 hours around world, held by Wells and Evans who were still on Atlantic liner on fifth day. Aug. 31 (P—The flying Set One Record Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Aug. 31 (P— With one world’s record to their credit—from Harbor Grace, New- foundland, to Belgrade in four days —the American aviators William 8. | Brock and Edward F. Schlee hopped off for Constantinople this morning in continuation of their globe-circling venture. The start was made at the early hour of 4:30 and there was no offi- cial farewell, but their plane, the Pride of Detroit, was accompanied for some distance by an escort of | three Jugoslav military machines. Brock and Schlee show little signs of the ordeal they have been through thus far. Their plane also | appeared in first class condition as it roared away this morning, and the | aviators expressed the hope of mak-| ing the entire world trip without re- placing the engine at Tokyo. After covering the 500 miles Constantinople their route will take them to Aleppo, Syria, Bagdad, Irak and thence to Bender Abbas, Persia, on the way to India. From the time they started their round the world flight at Harbor| Newfoundland, Saturday morning, until they reached Bel- grade, the capital of Jugoslavia, shortly after noon vesterday (Tues- d: . Schlee and Brock covered 2,- 36 Grace, 450 miles in 2 littls less than (Continued, on Page Seven) 'LEVINE WILL NOT TRY IF BRITISH SUCCEED Abandon Atlantic Flight to Break Endur- ance Records London, Aug. 31 (A—Charles A. Levine will abandon his plans for a return flight from the Atlantic if the | Dritish aviators, Hamilton and Min- chin, succeed in their present a jtempt, he told the Associated Press (‘“H morning. He indicated that he in mind an alternative flight, | h might consist of an attempt break the long distance and en- w to cast. Wishing the British fliers “all the luck in the world,” he paid tribute | Ito their courage in starting in the round-the-world mono- | Constanti- | to| durance records, flying toward thci | the But Is Repelled. | taken off. The captain of the ves- | sel said he expected it would be re- floated at high tide today. The U. §. coast and goedetic sur- vey vessel Explorer, which had been bruising in Wrangell Narrows was expected at the scene of mishap | early today. The coast guard cut- ters Cygan and Unalga, as well as tugs, also were en route to the Charlotte’s aid. The steamer was en route to Van- couver, B. C,, from Skagway, Alas- The antics of a pet monkey, own- {ed by Robert Andrews of 1484 Stan- | {ley street, caused no little good na- tured commotion ~ in that section | early last evening”when, during the |temporary absence of its own little simian undertook to v neighborhood store. Seeing an unattached monkey the street proved too much for |small boys of the neighborhood and | ka. The passengers were mostly crowd quickly gathered. Modest | tourists from eastern United States |, , the monkey took refuge in,| and Canada. a tree. Further irritated by th | | i the gathering cyowd, which included numerous passing autoists, monkey descended, whereupon Victoria, wireless shortly B. C., message Aug. 3L (P—A received here before mid-night said that |crowd scattered to Canadian steamship Princess | ful distance. Charlotte was ashore in Wrangell |liam ) Narrows and had sent § O §. calls | patrolman as the monkey ad i asking for the removal of her pas- | the | the a_more respect- Came Policeman Wil- arthy, then retreated the| | | vanced jas to attack, baring its teeth and sengers. ing s e which were inter- There were about 250 persons|preted as growls. aboard. All passengers were report- Other attempts by onlookers to ed safe. capture the animal were easily frus- | last seen of the simian was taken home by a member of the owner's family. Look- | ing over the shoulder of his rescuer. monkey made several faces and gestures in the direction of the| crowd, the patrolman included, which could easily be interpreted in the on | HIGH TIDE (Sept. 1—Daylight Time) vew London 1:11am., ew Haven 2:35a.m., THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; little change in temperature. | * | face of unfavorable weather reports |and voiced the hope that yesterday's | announcement of his intention to start within a few days had not been | responsible for their taking to the {air_earlier than they planned. re are other long distance | | fiights to be made which will be as {great endurance tests as the Atlan- tic hop.” he said, “but 1 had hoped |to be at the head of the first expe- | dition to make the round trip across| the Atlantic. This has been my dream for many years.” London, Aug. 31 (P—Charles A. Levine, owner of the transatlantic plane Columbia, and his newly en- gaged British pilot, Captain W. G. Hinchcliffe, were interested in weather prospects today, for they in- sist that with the first indications of favorable weather, they will hop off on the transatlantic flight to the United States. The Columbia is resting at the (Continued on Page 18) |Krohg, a Norwegian vessel. | Gives Up All Hope | As hours -lengthened into days | Georgia-to-Brazil flier, his mother, Mrs. Frederick Redfern, of Roches- ter, N. Y., gave up hope of cver see- ing him alive again. she cried; “I know it; tells me.” HOPES FOR REDFERN STRENGTHENED TODAY Report His Plane Was Sighted Saturday Is Partly Confirmed something Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 31 (A—The slender thread of hope that has sus- tained watchers here in the beliet that Paul Redfern s safe, was strengthened today, with partial confirmation of reports that an air- plane had been sighted last Saturday | over the route of his flight to Brazil. The first report received from Caracas Monday that natives had sighted a plane flying southeasterly over the Orinoco Delta, was substan- tiated to some extent by another re- port from the government telegraph operator at Cuidad Bolivar that a plane had been seen flying over the village of Macarieto the same after- noon. Both reports placed the time of |in which case Redfern's gasoline supply, estimated to last not more than 55 hours, would have been nearly exhausted and he would have | been forced to land within a short |time. At 3 o'clock Saturday after- noon he would have been in the air hours. The intrepid aviator took off from here at 12:46 p. m., Thursday. Since then in addition to the Caracas re- ports, only an unconfirmed report from an unnamed vessel that he was sighted late Thursday 300 miles off |the Bahamas has been received. Mrs. Redfern continues to main- tain that her husband will be found safe. She declared she believed her husband had reached South America before being forced down. The Brazil government has point- ed out that if Redfern “ius been forced down in the interior, weeks may pass before he can make his way out or send word. Officials of Brazil also declared that if the intrepid flyer's plane was sighted over the Orinoca, he might have been making for Mansoa, | nearest Brazilian point from where the plane was sighted and also the safest, as the route would be over the negro valley in which there is considerable opzn country With |ranches not infrequent. Here too, however, if the aviator landed, it might be weeks before he reached means of communication with the outside world, as travel along river, practically the only route | the coast, is slow. Meantime Tnited Ste agents in British and Du land Brazil the state department to search for the missing flyer. | 52 ess | Seen By Ship Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 3 —1\What appeared to be proof Paul Redfern, Georgia-to-Braz flier, was still on his lonely way 24 | hours after leaving Brunswick, Ga., Thursday, was supplied here today in the log of the S. §. Christian The log said that Redfern's plane was sighted between 3 and 3:43 p. m., Friday in the Caribbean about I,- miles from Brunswick. Redfern and the Christian Krohg exchanged messages and signals, the log said, whereupon the flier pointed his plane in the direction in which land had been indicated and disap- peared. There was a detailed ac- count of tne meeting. The position given was 165 miles north of the nearest point on the Venezuelan coast. The substance of the log was that the plane circled over the ship and dropped three notes asking that the vessel point herself toward the near- est land and indicate approximate distance thereto by signals. The Christian Krohg, according to the log, complied with these requests, whereupon the plane flew away. without word of Paul R. Redfern, |y “Paul is gone, i i Canada, 2,2 \sighling the plane at about 3 o'clock | the | to| nanaes ot W}ORLD AVIATORS IN CONSTANTINOPLE Carrying Lunch in Hat Box, Noble Woman Climbs Into Cabin, Sits in Cane Armchair and Speeds Out Over At- lantic. S Course Extends Across 2,920 Miles to Qftawa, Canada — Plane Last Seen at 12:10 Over In- veran on Irish Coast. Upavon, England, Aug. 81 (P— Leaving land behind them and have ing now only the broad sea beneath for company, Princess Lowenstein Wertheim, and her courageous es- corts of the air, Captain Leslie Hamilton and Colonel Frederick F, Minchin, are somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, bound for Ottawa, 290 miles westward.. They set out in misty clouds but hoped for better weather they went along. The English coast was soon cleared and they crossed St George's channel to pass over Ire- land, above New Ross in Wextord, continuing to Tipperary and then reaching the west coast at Galway Bay and the Atlantic. The ocean’s silent challenge was accepted as plaudits sounded from a crowd of fisher folk who could hear the roar of the propeler as the two men Jand a woman sped away with a record to be made it they can defeat the elements and cross the ocean from east to west. Blessed, by Church The plane was sent on its. way with the blessing of the Roman Catholic church, of which" Princess Lowenstein is a member. The two pilots ahd their passenger grouped themselves uhder the spreading wings of the great bird, St. Raphael, and as the archbishop of Cardiff ap- proached. They fell to their knees. A Roman Catholic archbishop with upraised hands called Heaven's blessings upon the hazardous under- taking and sprinkled holy water on the ship. The princess kissed the arch- bishop’s ring, gathered her baggage, two brief cases, a small wicker basket of food and two hat boxes and climbed into her seat, a cane armchair, more like an ‘at home in a tea garden than an airplane. Log of Flight Left Upavon, northwest of | Southampton, England, for Ottawa, Ont., a distance of about 3,700 miles, at 7:32 a. m. English time, August 31. (2:32 a. m. ‘eastern daylight time). Reported sighted over 8t. Anne's Head, on the Pembroke coast of Wales, 150 miles away, at 9:20 a. m. (4:20 E. D. T.) Passed over New Ross, County Wexford, Irish Free State, 250 miles from start, at 10:20 a. m. (5:20 E. D, L) Passed oved Thurles, Tipperary, 290 miles from start, at 10:40 a. m, (5:40 E. D. T.) (Continued on Page 11) ‘SINGLE MOTOR PLANE IN ATLANTIC ATTEMPT Hamilton and Minchin’s Machine Originally Built for Passenger Service ., Aug. 3UP — The inchin plane is a v monoplane, h'.ll! in Holl?q\d for pase r service, before its passenger s were converted into reservoirs petrol and oil, it was capatie of carrying 22 persons. It has a wing d ol 60 feet, meagures 50 feet opeller to rudder, anl will nd three quartery tons t for 44 hours' fly- the marking “Gebto.,” s no wireless and is drawn by , a Bristol-Jupiter. Hamilton, who i& in the flight, has had ex- in both military and civilian aviation. He is 28 vears old, was educated on H. M. 8. Con- and is known in England ‘Aerial v." During the war he was a member of the air corps. He is the owner of two airplanes with which he has done commerical flying since the war. Lieutenant Colonel Michin is an Tmperial Airways pilot, navigating planes between London and Paris. He was in the air service before and throughout the war, and continued with the royal air force until 1920, Hamilton said recently that he exe pected to do most of the plloting on the long flight across the Atlantlc, but the plane is equipped with dual control so that the fiyers may take shifts. Minchin and Hamilton, who are old friends, announced recently that they intended to remain in only eight hours, and then sat out ° (Continued on Page { origin N! for , suffic