New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press: ESTABLISHED 1870 WEB OF EVIDENCE BEING TIGHTENED AROUND FREDEDEL New York and New Haven Police Trace Movements of For- 'SUSPECTED OF SLAYING NCTRESS IN NEW YORK Seem in New Haven Store om Jan- uary 2 and Only Last Wednesday Was Known to Have Talked to Man Now Out on Bonds — New York Sleuths Are Following up Additional Evidence. New Haven, Jan, 10 ®—The web which New Haven and New York police have been weaving around ¥red W, Edel, former Meridenite, suspect in the murder of Mrs. Guy Harrington, New York actress, was drawn & little tighter today when information came out that the man was here as late as last Thursday morning. Scen ou January 3 Police have also learned that on January 2 Edel was in a store here and two women with hirh ordered a . number of articles of apparel which were to be sent to the Hotel Taft. When a messenger ‘came & check for $200, understood to have been drawn in favor of Mrs. Har-: rington and which had an endorse- ment on it, was offered in payment. The messenger would not take the check ad returncd with the articles to the store. Also Seen Wednesday Last Wednesday, police say, Edel| was seen talking with a man who at present is under bonds to np~‘[ pear for trial in superior court. This mam, they say, has related -some of the conversation and the points in it were that Edel said he! was going to leave the city, There! waa nothing in the conversation, as| repeated to the police, that bore! upon the New: York case. The check | is sald to have figured in the taxi! trip of Edel and two women from Springfield. Emil Angers, the driver, refuscd fur garment which one of the “om- en had in payment. This garment has since been | | identified as one taken from Mrs. apartment. New York detectives who return- ed yesterday were cxpected here to- day to follow up whatever evidence | the local police have ohtained. PLAINVILLE GROSSING WILL BE ELININATED State to Spend $100,000 on East Main Street Improvements | (Bpeclal to the Herald | Platnville, Junuary 10—The" elim- | ination of the East street grth‘ crossing at the expense of mnqre than | $100,000 and the conversion of Kast | street into a link m the College | Highway is planned by the state highway department for the near | future, it was made known today. A petition asking for permission to abolish the present dangerous grade crossing has been sent to the public | vtilities_commission, and this body | has set Thursday, January 26, as the | date for a hearing at the state cap- itol In Hartford. Notices of this| hearing were reccived today by the | selectmen and by propertys owners on Pine and East strects near the crossing in question. | The plan of the state highway de- partment is to construct an over- head crossing, Commissioner John A. Macdonald informed the Herald to- day. He could not give any details of the plan or of the estimated cost, as these had been filed with the pub- lic utilities commission, but he said that more than $100,000 would be required to carry out the highway department’s project. The petition which Commission:r Macdonald submitted to the public | utilities commission reads, in mrv | as follows: “Pursuant to the provisions of | Chapter 266 of the Public Acts 0(‘ 1925, your petitioner, the highway | eommissioner of the state of Con- necticut, herehy represents as fol- lows: That a dangerous condition | exists where the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail-| road eross East street in the town of Plainville at grade. vz That If the comminsion orders | the elimination of said grade cross- | ing, it #e the intentien of the high- | way commissioner to improve and | include the street as a part of the | trunk line road from Cheshire to! T'armington. > That the New York, New Baven & Hartford railroad company and the state highway department ! have prepared a tentative plan that is submitted herewith, together with specifications, estimate of cost of all labor, materials, engineering service, | and land damages for the elimina- | tion of tiis grade crossing. “Wherefore, T do hereby petition ! your henorable commission for ru- thority to eliminate said dangerous condition in accordance with the * Pindas against ) ‘prepey K £RITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928 —TWENTY PAGES, 'All Downtown Parking Banned In FATAL NINUTE AS Chicago in Traffc Esperiments| py[ DING RARED o = Sewreses |Experts Hope Thus to Relieve Congestion—500 Police- men Enforcing Order—Taximen Jubilant. Chicago, Jan. 10 (UP)—Chicago today embarked on a drastic experi- ment designed to solve its trouble- some traffic problem. Effective at ‘7 a. m., all parking was prohibited in an area nine blocks by ten embracing the entire downtown business district. Hardships to motorists who desir- ed to leave their cars while they shopped or transacted business was expected by proponents of the plan to be more than balanced by speed- ed traffic due to relieved congestion. Many of the streets in the district are barely wide enough for cars to pass each other when parked cars are lined along both curbs. The no-parking law is the most drastic action yet taken by Chicago traffic experts, and the result of the experiment was watched with inter- est by experts of other cities. S8imilar plans have been considered else- where but” seldom tried in major communities. Restricted parking will be permit- ted in the Loop at night and on holidays. Taxicab drivers were jubilant over the new law. They were confiflent shoppers and business men alike weuld park their cars outside the restricted district and taxi to their destinations. Merchants, on the other hand, feared the ban would cause shoppers to patronize suburban stores. Fiye hundred policemen were de- taileq today to keep motorists from parking in the banned district, and to help them finding parking spacc in garages and outside the Loop, The police ‘were ordered not to make any arrests for the first few days except in extreme cases. ALD, “'AI/I'ER L. FALK 'POLICE BOARD HEAD ATTACKED BY FALK Ior Ignoring Nightstick Assault FAYORS FORGE SHAKE-UP| | Alderman Declares Woods Was Wrong “When He Knew Evidence Did Not Warrant” | Case Being Brought To Court, Chairman R. W. Chamberlain of the police board and Prosecutor | Joseph G. Woods were rapped to- day by Alderman Walter L. Falk in £ sweeping ' denuncidtion of police- men who Wi thefr a weapon of attack, basing his objection o the clubbing of Ignatius Wisk by Policeman Jos- eph Curry Saturday night. Wisk was arrested by Curry, a su- pernumerary policeman, on charges of drunkenness, breach of the peace | and resistance. In police court y terday morning Judge M. D. after reviewing the evidence, made a nightsticks as finding of not guilty on all threc | charg Publicly Commends Judge Saxe Discussing the today, Alder- man Falk, a republican and chair- iman of the council’s finance com- mittee, said: “Prosccutor Woods was {Con:lnued on Page 17) MRS, OSTMAN DIES AT 85; RESIDED HERE 29 YEARS Ot‘tultt‘lllmn Passes Away Today at Home of Daughter on Ellis Street Mrs. Marguareta Freder man, 88 years old, who for the past 29 years had been living in New Britain with her son and daughters, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Nilsen of ¥ Ellis street. Mrs. Ostman came to this country {t0 join her three children after th.: death of her husband, teacher in Sweden. a school vals and had been active for a per- s0n of her years. | She was born March 7, 1839. Sur- viving her besides Mrs. Nilsen are a daughter, Mrs. Anna Engdahl; a son, ! d Gustat Ostman; 10 grandchildren: and fonr great-grandchildren. Funcral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home. Rev. C. J. Fredecn, pastor of ithe Swedish Bethany church, will “officiate. Burial will be in Fairvicw cemetery. R Claim Fraud in Land Deal, Ask $5,000 Damage | Suit for 0 damages was | brought today by Michacl and Annie Anthony and Antosi ndarutis and Domenica Aikus plaintitts ciaim G defendants ndarutis fraudulently transforred Berlin land to Aikuska to avoid pay- Prosecutor | the alderman | .| Warden a Ost- | MRS, SNYDER WANTS Prefers Black Silk to Wear fo Electric Chair DRIVILEGE 1S UNLIKELY Simg Sing Warden Probably Wil Make Her Wear Ordinary Garb— Governor Smith May Yot Even Make Decision On Pleas, | New York, Jan. 10 (®—Apparent- | Iy resigned to death in the electric | chair Thursday night, Mrs. Ruth | Snyder has told her mother she would like to die In her own black | silk gown, Mrs. Josephine Brown said ler | daughter told her she is tired of {the coarse cotton and gingham |uoth1ng she has been forced to w {since her confinement to Sing Sing | prigon and would like to wear her :nlk garments once again if only {pr l er exccution. Wish Hardly Likely. Warden Lawes, however, indicate the condemned woman would not b granted her wish. He explained th family would have nothing to sa ubout what she would wear and | probably Mrs. Snyder would don for her execution the same kind of gingham house dress she has been wearing except that the color would be black. Mrs. Brown, following a visit her daughter during which both were said to have wept, was resignes | warden her daughter | to death. Expects No Clemens “Ruth is blue,” she said, { has given up hope | for the end. she expeets no clem- | cney from the governor.” nry Judl Gray, her one-tinie lover who also is to die on Thurs- day*for his part in the joint murder of the woman’s husband, was also reported to have made final prepa- | rations for death. Gray made a will in which it vas understood he made his wife, Mrs. | Isabelle Gray, and his ten-year-ola | daughter Jane hix sole beneficiarics. Gray Is Normal. Lawes said that both | prisoners were bearing up well un- der the strain. Gray, he s perfeetly normal, both ment: | physicall; and Mrs, - Bnyde though highly nervous and inces- | santly weeping, was normal mental- : ¢ | Governor Smith, upon wWhose clemency rests v lly their only hope of repricve, has declined to dis- cuss the case, having announced T'll talk about that when I'm goml ,and ready. The goverhor appeared dr,opl\ concerned about the iliness of his | wife who was operated upon for ap- ! pendicitis. Her condition had b&, ' scrious, but her physicians an- rounced she now was on the road ‘0 recovery. Lawyers In Conference. A partial reconciliation, at least. was cffected by Mrs. Snyder among her counsel after differences had de- veloped over further legal moves to “Bhes (Continued on Page 12) CLOTHES ON LINE DRAG WOMAN FROM VERANDA doscph Kern, Street, Falls to Ground and Breaks Ankle. She had lived | with her son and daughter at inter- | | Mrs. 1104 Stanley In an effort to prevent a laden clothes line from falling to the ground and soiling the clathing she | by dragging them in had washed, the dirt, Mrs. Theresa Kern, aged 47, wife of Joseph Kern, was pulled over 1 the second story veranda railing at her home, 1104 Stanley street this forenoon and dashed to the ground. She suffered a compound fracture of | the ankle and is at New Britain Gen- mnl hospital under care of Dr. E. ‘urran. Ko far as was m(ermlne lhc‘ injury to her serious result of the s, Kern said she h ished hunging out the wash when the line broke under the and she thought she could hoid it ccident. provisions of sald Chapter 266 of the !ment on a note held by the plain- |long enough to remove some of the | Publie Acts of 192 (Continued on Page 17) » The i |tifis In the amount of $3,170. !writ was drawn by Attorney D, | Dunn. !articles and repair the break. Ehe had not allowed, however, for the strength of the pull of the line. TOWEAR OWN GOWN| to | told the | and is preparing | cavily | nkle was the only | 1 about fin- | weight. | §4 15 DESCRIBED C. E. Rood, Junior Olfcer of Time of Tragedy, Relates Crowded Happenings SAW STERN OF BROKEN §UB HEAVE UP AND SINK Chief Quartermastér Becomes s Bit | Petulant When Closely Questioned as to Distance from Sub When Sighted—Scaman Testifies | He Thought Fishing Stakes, First Periscopes Were Boston, Jan. 10 (#—One crowded minute on the bridge of the coast guard destroyer Paulding just be- {fore that vessel rammed and sank the submarine S-4 off Provincetown on December 17 was described to- day before the naval court of in- quiry investigating the S-4 disaster by Charles E. Reed, chief quarter- master of the Paulding, who was | HENRY L. STIMSON STIMSON EXPLAINS WHY MARINES ARE acting as junior officer of the dccl;‘ at the time of the collision. Into that minute Reed crowded a | variety of activities, he testified. On hearing an ejaculation from the bridge he looked forward and saw Lwo periscopes just oft the port bow of the Paulding. He shouted th.n‘ there was a submarine ahead, moved immediately to his emergen- cy station at the cngine room tele- graph and rang “full astern.” His next move was to pull the siren for | collision alarm. He was on his way to take the ship's bearings “hcn’ ‘the impact almost threw him oJY {his feet. As he sighted for the Woodend coast guard station fn | taking the bearings, he saw the sterwe of the submarine leave up | and vanish. ' Betrays Some Petulance The witness betrayt « slight | petulance when questioned by the ‘judge advocate, Commander Leslic | Ky /Bratton, as to his “impressions’ {when he first sighted the peri-: | scope: ' My impres; were too cl my station | he said. Anothcr witness heard today was | Walter C. Reingans, seaman first class, who was quartermaster on lwateh on the Paulding when tne | collision ocurred. He said that | | When the periscopes appeared he thought them to he stakes for | marking fishing nets or lobster traps. l ion was that they for comfort and that ' w at the telegraph,” | Reed First Witness, The first witness to take the stana today was Charles E. Reed, chict quartermaster on the Paulding, who was acting as junior officer on the ! k at the time of the collision. | The moyements of the Jaulding she approached Provincetown harbor on the afternoon of Decem- her 17 were doseribed in detail b Reed, who went over ground pre- | viously covered by Licut. Command- 'er John 8. Bayliss, commander «t' the troyer, and Ensign M. Phannemiller, officer of the deck. Reed said he had been in the ravy eleven yeass prior to joining the coast guard service five months pago. His last rating in the navy chief guartermaster. He said he had had little experience in obse ing submarines operating submerg- “I don’t think anybody has had | | tauch,” the witness remarked. Reed said that as a general thing | he would be able to recognize a sub- marine underway at periscope depth | (Continued on Page 17) NOW INNICARAGUA Declares Al Polmcal Factlons i Want. Elections Protected— Sandino Only a Bandit HMEANWHILE FORCES ARE ON WAY T0 FIGHT ZONE Today U. S. Soldiers Ten Deserters Who Quit Nicara- guan National Guard to Join Rebel Leader—American s Makes safe Landing in War Area —Sandino Reported Aided. New York, Jan. 10 {1928 by United Pre ¢ the Nicaraguan made today for the Henry L. Stimson. of war, recently -(Copywright An analysis situation was United Press by former secretary appointed governor cneral of the Philippines and prob- ably the outstanding authority on Nicaraguan affairs Stimson set forth: 1—For a century the United States has protected the indepen- dence of Central Amcrican republies, not only against Europe but som- times even gainst themselves, The present occupation ) o (Continued on Page No Action Taken on Any 13.) New Haven Road Dividend New York, Jan. 10 (A—Directors of the Now York, New Haven and Hartford Rzilrond took no action at their meeting today on the resump- tion of dividends on the common tock. Only routine business was acted. E. 0. Goss, president of the Sco- vill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., was elvcted a director to sue- cecd Harris Whittemore, who died. MRS. SMITH COMFORT! New York, Jan. 10 (P— fred E. Smith, wife was resting comfortably cent's hospital today, soundly all night, . Al- at St. Vin- aving physicians report- rwent an operatfion for appendicitis last Saturday, Burr Makes Categortcal Reply To Crltmsm Atmed At Schools Takes Point by Point at Meet- | ing of New Britain| Woman’s Club. Secretary Henry T. Burr of the “hool committee, in a talk before |members of the Woman's club thi afternoon answered much of the criticism which is directed toward | ‘the school in the topic “Schools and ! Critie: Matters which espe | opinions: The schools are not as good | they used to be. | The schools devote too much time ! 1o “fads and frills” and ncglect the fungamentals, The product of the schools is not | | sutisfactory to employers—as citi- | | zens. | The schools cost too much, Mr. Burr touched fon ally werc the following e THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; mot much change in temperature, i #* 'Non-Suil ls Entered in Action Over Drawbridge Rridgeport, Jan. 10 (A—Judge E. Llarle Garlick in common pleas court today granted a non suit in favor of | the city of Bridgeport, defendant in | an action brought by Thames River Line company of New London. The company sought to recover damages of $500, claiming that twice | during the month of July, 1924, the | the tion when its hoats, 'J. M. Worth" ind “Cape Cod,” attempted to pass |through the draw with cargoes. The motion for non suit was en- tered by City Attorney A. L. De- laney and was based upon the con- tention that the plaintiff should have taken its action to the federal courts. Small Sum of Money Found in Old Dresser Owned by B. A. Hawley On old-fashioncd dresser. once the property of the late B. A. Hawley, which had traveled sev- eral miles and had passed through the hands of numerous owners, movers and painters, was'found today to have a small amoant of money sccreted under a newspaper of 1911 edition. The new owner, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Roche, a realtor, made the discovory today when she took swapaper out of a drawer are Tralling | Aviator | of the governor, ! slept STUDENT FLIER 1§ KILLED AND PILOT LIKEWISE MAY DIE ’G | Knovlton ol West Opton, | Mass, Victim of Crash Near Gralton GAPT, STIGREY, TEACRER, " MAY BE FATALLY INTRED -—— \m England Aircraft Company Ma- chine Falls to Earth While In- structor and Pupils are Making | Practice Spin Shortly Before Noon —Captain Served With Lafayette Escadrille. Grafton, Mass, Jan. 10 P— |George W. Knowlton, 3rd, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Knowlton {of West Upton, was killed and Cap- | tain Henry E. Stickney of Hartford, pilot of the New England Aircraft corporation at the Worcester avia- tion field in North Grafton, was probably fatally injured at noon to- {day when an airplane in which Cap- !tain Stickney was giving instructions |to young Mr. Knowlton made a nose |dive of several hundred feet into a istone wall. Captain Stickney is in Worcester City hospital with both arms and both legs broken, and the (I|4uu< against his recovery. Cause Is Not Known The cause of the accident was un- nown at noon, as no investigation ad been made. and the only ones kn(mnls what happened were the injured men who were rushed to [\\'orucslcl' City hospital. According to employes working in [the vicinity of the hangar, some- thing apparently went wrong with {the machine some time before it ‘llfl.!'l\‘d to the ground. The pilot seemed to lose control of the plane, {and then regain control, the on- lookers said. The machine was fly- ing low when it crashed to earth, The machine was so badly wreck- cd there is a doubt if it can be re- paired. It is the property of the w England Aircraft company. Captain Stickney suffcred frac- tures of both legs and both arms and Mr. Knowliton suffered internal in- juries, lacerations and contusions all {over the body. Stickney is on the danger list with the chances against his fecovery. Men at the airport say that Captain Stickney was giving Mr. Knowlton instructions in how to make a forced landing when the plane got into difficulty and he was not able to right i completely be- fore the crash came, Mr. Knowlton is one of the best known businessmen in central Mass- achusetts, being head of the Knowl- ton Hat factory in West Upton, Was War Pilot Hurtford, Jan. 10 (P—It w « the office of the New [England Aircratt company at Brainard field that Captain Stickney has been at | Worcester for two months instruct. ing future pilots at the company's | flving school at Whittall field. Knowlton was a student and the ace cident occurred as Stickney was in- structing his pupil. Captain Stick- ney has been emiployed by the com- pany as a pilot for six months. During the world war, Captain Stickney was a member of the I'rench air scrvice, fighting with the l‘u(u eite Escadrille. He is approxi- y 33 years old and Knowlton was .S. The company sail Stickney’'s home was not here, but somcwhere in | Vermont. SENT 70 PRISON slaughter and Gets 18 Mouths to Two Years. New Haven, Jan. 10 (@) James Pickett, Negro, Harry Smith, of like race, at a picnic in Hanover park, Meriden, last August 4. today pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to state prison for 18 meonths to two ' Pickett was to have been tried be- | forc a jury commencing today on a charge of second degree murder, State's Attorney Samuel Hoyt said to the court in asking that a plea to the lesscr charge be aceepted that he took full responsibility and felt i that the ends of justice would be met by a sentence imposed upon Pickett for manslaughter. The court | acceptzd Mr. Hoyt's rccommenda- 1 tion, More Than 1,0 1,000 )00 Children , Are to Be Vaccinated | Yellow Mill bridge refused to fune- | Middletown, Jan. 10 (UP)—More | than 1,000 school children will be «vaccinated tomorrow and Thursday s a precautionary measure in con- nection with Middlesex smalipox epidemic. The total number of cases today | had been increased to 27. Hundreds |of persons already have been inoe- | nlated. State health authorities have | held two meetings at Middlesex hos- | pital to consider the situation, 1$237,000 Is Bequeathed | To Bridgeport Boys’ Club ! Rridgeport, Jan. 10(#—A bequest fof $2 000 of an estate of $300,000 is left to the in the will of Jerome Orcutt, form- jor genvral manager ard vice presi- dent of the Metallic Cartridge com- here. The balance of the es- fate gocs to relatives and public in- | stitutions in Bridgeport. Mr. Orcutt | was a director of the club. He died lon January 1. James Pickett Pleads Guilty 1o Man- | Bridgeport Boys' club | WRECKAGE OF | i{ Reaches 90 Tomorrow GOTTFRIED HOOGE ENJOYS SOUND HEALTH, ATTAINING 90TH YEAR Reader But Never Uses Spectacles On the tick of midnight tonight Gottfried Hooge of 230 Bassett street will reach the 90th milestone of his life. In eplendid health for a man of his years, he is looking forward to his birthday with pleasant anticipa- | tion. The passage of time has not left its mark on his faculties to any discernible degree and although he spends a large part of his time read- |Ing and writing he has never been forced to wear eyeglasses. He is an interesging conversationalist, discuss- |ing events in a manner which con- vinces an interviewer that he keeps abreast of the times. Born in East Prussia, Germany, on January 11, 1838, Mr. Hooge came to this country in 1897 and has spent the last 30 years in New Britain. Most of his life was spent at farm work although he worked 15 years for Hiram Flejscher, who was in business in this city. He has three sons and four daughters. The | | of this eity and Fred Hooge of Han- over, Germany; his daughters are Mrs. Paul Winkler and Mrs. August Buchholtz of this city, Mrs. Marie Kieber of Buchien, Germany, and | Mre. Henry Noyes of Stamford. He has a sister, Mrs. Louise Werth of Hannaford, North Dakots, and a | brother, Fred Hooge of Osteriode, |Germany. His grandchildren num- ber 21 and his great-grandchildren, 12. ‘When 88 vears old he took a 1,800 mile automobile trip to North Da- kota where he visited his sister |whom he had not seen in 36 years. |He is a member of the German | Baptist church and resides with Mrs. ! August Buchholtz of 230 Bassett | | street, ALLING WILL EXPLAIN RIVER DIVERSION FEUD | Attorney General to Speak on Dis- | pute Between States Now in Supreme Court. Benjamin 'W. Alling, attorney | ‘general for the state of Connecti- cut will speak at the meeting of the | Kiwanis club tomorrow on the !river diversion controversy between {Connecticut and Massachusetts. | The United States supreme court esterday granted a motion filed by who fatally shot | he state of Connecticut for leave | ,to file suit aglinst the state of Massachuscits, restraining that state from diverting the waters of the Ware and Swift rivers, tribu- | taries of the Connecticut river, Massachusetts has been given until March 5 to file the answer. The charge by Connecticut offi- cials is that the city of Boston is ‘attempting to “stific” the Connectl- cut river for it own purposes. Harry C. Billings, vice president, will preside. SMALLPOX INCREASES Five New Cases in South Farms | ! Brings Total Number Up to Thirty Two Today. Middletown. Janm. 10 (P—The number of smallpox cases in Middle- |town county was increas:d to 32 to- day when five more were diagnosed | by state and local health officers county's | Routh Farms section and two in the city proper. “WETS” FORMALLY ORGANIZI Bismarck. N. D.. Jan. 10 (®— North Dakota republicans who favor modification of the amendment, have gffected an organ- ization, adopted A platform and en- dorsed candidates for national and statc offices. Average Daily Week Ending Jan, Tth . Gottfried Hooge Steady ! i | sons are Willlam and Edward Hooge | iid | Three of these were found in the | efghteenth | (ir tion For 14,816 PRICE THREE CENTS PLANE, LOST IN NEW YORK STATE SINCE SUNDAY, FINALLY LOCATED Bodies ofTIlree Occu- pants, Horribly Man- gled, Found in Debris Near Canajoharie— Had Crashed in Fog. Disaster Occurred About 100 Yards From Farm- house, But Visibility Was So Poor That None Knew of Nearby Tragedy. Canajoharie, N. Y., Jan. 10 (P)— The wreckage of the airplane which has been missing since Sunday after- noon and the bodies of its three pas. sengers were found in a fleld sevea miles southwest of here today. In. dications were that the plane crashe ed in a fog. The victims of the accident were Lieutenant George R. Benedict, Cur- tiss fleld fiyer; Raymond Henries of Buffalo, the pilot and Captain Ed- ward M. Pauley, Albany aviator. Crashed Near House The fog was 8o thick throughout |Sunday afternoon and all day yes- terday that, although the aircraft crashed to earth within 100 yards of the farmhouse occupied by J. E. | Bartlett, no one in the vicinity knew lof the accident until Sheriff E. J. |8heehan of Montgomery county, at |the head of a party-of searchers, lo- |cated the bodies and the wreckage | when the mists were dispelled this morning. The bodies of two of the men were buried under the wreckage, while |that of the third occupant of the plane was found about 40 feet away. The farm on which the airplane crashed is about one mfle west of | Rural Grove, about eight miles from Fonda and seven miles from this village, on the south side of the Mo- hawk river. The region s sparsely settled. Radio is Used Radio played a prominent part in |the search for the missing aircraft, |a Fairchild monoplane, which took off from Mineola for Buffalo on Sun- day. Station WGY of Bchenectady broadcast last night the news that the plane was missing. Shortly aft- erwards several listeners-in whe liv in the vicinity of Rural Grove re- ported having heard the drone of an airplane motor on Sunday afternoon. followed by a sound like a crash. ‘Acung upon this information, 8heriff Shehan and a party of searchers spent the night exploring the woods |and ficlds near Rural Grove, fiicker- ing lanters providing their only il- lumination. ¥ Henries and Lieutenant Benedict were aboard the plane when it left Mineola. Stopping at Albany, they took Captain Pauley aboard, and then headed their ship toward Buf- falo. The plane was sighted over 8chenectady arid Fonda shortly aft- erwards, and then all trace of it was | lost. | Horribly Mutilated | The bodies of the three avistors were fearfully mangled. The one | that was found apart from the plant {had the head split open, while one |of the men buried in the wreckage [wu decapitated. It was impossible | to identify the bodies until after the | arrival of the coroner. Apparently the plane was coming {from the northeast when it struck at !an angle of ahout 33 degrees. This “ould indicate that flying over or through the fog, the pilot did not |realizé that he was near the earth. |'The plane came down with its engine |running. It struck & small hum- jmock of earth, bounded in the air and hit the earth again, only to re- {bound once more, clearing a wire |tence without breaking a strand of [vure The first impact was in @& ploughed fleld, but after jumping the fence the plane, or what was left of it, stopped in a meadow. Motors Torn Apart The plane, after first crashing, either bounded over or tore along the ground for a distance of about 100 yards. So great was the impac: | (Continued on Page 18.) | | MILITARY FUNERAL | Special Honors Will be Accorded at | Services for New London's Vicm | of 8-4 Trageay. i Jan. 10 UP—Th body of Arthur Frederick Hodges. | 28, New London’s only native son 1o g0 down on the £-4, lay in & flag |draped caskct at the home of his \momrr Mrs. Sophia Kenerson, to- The body was met at the rail- [road station last night by Mayor {James A. May and a detachment of {1ocal police. | Funeral s will he !morrow afternoon (rom Brainar: |lodge temple. A. F. and A, M., o which Hodges was a member. Del« gations from the Mohegan lodge } 0. 0. F.. the Thomas Hose eom pany and Brainard lodge will act » bearers. A military escort will b+ provided by the submarine base hiereg a delegation will attend th services from the Veterans of For |eign Wars, and Mayor May has ve- quested all council members 9 at- |tend the mervices in behalf of the | eity. New London, held to