New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1928, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 NEE7 BRITAIN HERALD “fle w el THREE KILLED BY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES AS THEY ARE ARRANGING NEW HOME Bridgeport Young Man, Girl He Was To Have Wed On Wednesday, and Her Mother Are Death, Probably Caused by Small Gas Heater Ex- hausting Oxygen, Comes Upon Three Suddenly. Bridgeport, Jan. 16 (®—Howard J. Wade, 25, of 483 Windsor avenue, Stratford, Miss Ruth Dunlap of Beachmont avenue and her mother, Mrs, Minnle Dunlap were found asphyxiated in a house at 118 Sco- rield avenue today. ‘Were To Wed Wednesday Wade and Miss Dunlap were to have been married Wednesday and the house where they were found dead was to have been their future tome, The three went there yester- | day to fix up the place. The bodies were found by Harold Dunlap” 18, who, becoming alarmed at tho absence of his mother and | sister hurried to the new house with his brother and ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Dunlap. When the | three reached the Schofield avenue house lights were burning in the apartment but the front door was locked and they received no answer to their ring. Find Wade's Body The rear door, however, was open and the fi-st sight that greeted them as they stepped into the kitchen was Wade's body. ile had fallen with his | head towards a window, In & bedroom, the Dunlaps found their mother lylng on the floor at the foot of the bed and their sister on the bed, covered with a quilt. Both were dead. " The theory of the police is that Miss Dunlap became {ll from carbon monoxide gas caused by a small gas heater which had used all the oxy- gen in the apartment, and went into the bedroom to rest, her mother ac- companying her and probably sitting on the foot of the bed. Police Reconstruct Then, the belief i8' mother and daughter both became unconscious and Wade, finding them thus had started for the kitchen to get water or ascertain what the trouble was, wken death overtook him. The thrae victims with Mrs. Min- nie Wade and her daughter went to | the apartment which was one of four rooms on the first floor of a new house, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock to arrange the furniture which had come tome time previ- ously. Mrs. Wade and her daughter left at 4:30 and the other three were | to stay on a few hours longer. At midnight, Harold Dunlap called his brother Vernon on the telephone to say fRat his mother and sister 1 had not yet come home. Vernon told his brother not to worry that they probably would be late in getting. home. Sometime around 2-o'clock’ Harold decided not to wait any longer and went to his brother's house, geting him and his wife out of bed. The three hur- ried to their Schofield street apart- ment at the other end of the city in Vernon'’s car and there found the bodies of the three gas victims, The Dunlap-Wade wedding was to have taken place at Park street Congregational church at 4:30 Wednesday afterncon. §4 PROBE CONTINUES ‘Testimony Today is That No Time Wast Lost or Effort Rescue Sailors. Boston, Jan. 16 UP—N§ time was lost during the attempts to rescue six men known to be alive in the tor- | pedo room of the sunken submarine -4, Captain Ernest §. King, In charge of rescue and salvage opera- tions on the vessel, testified today before the naval court of inquiry in- Vestigating the 8-4 disaster. | Telling the detailed story of the rescue efforts at Provincetown pre- viously related to the court by Rear | Admiral Frank H. Brumby and Lieut. Commander Edward Ellsberg, | salvage expert, Captain King de- clared that “hours of stormy weath- er prevented rescuers from supply- ing air to the imprisoned men be- fore it was too late.” The actual diving operations of Sunday, December 1, the day after the B-4 went down, were conducted, the witness sald, under conditions which would have prevented such work hud it not keen that lives were at stake, and divers of the highest ability available. The witness described as imprac- Spared to | ! | mofe connection with | Miss Smith's room. {note still unopened. {here, ticable, suggestions that the hull of the 8-4 might have becn dragged o | shallow water. He said it was diffi- cult te attach & cable to the vessel, and there was no part of the suh- | marine strong cnough to stand the vesultant strain. la point near Le {the girl was wa WANY CLUES FOUND INSHITH MYSTERY Missing College Girl Reported in Portland Saturday SUICIDE THEORY STRONG Peculiur Odor in Room Strength- ens Possiblity of Poison—Girl Also Reported in Boston During Christmas Holidays. Northampton, Mass., Jan. 16. (P— The possibility of suicide as a solu- tion of the disappcarance of Miss Frances' 8t. John Smith, Smith col- lege freshmam, who has been mis- sing since last Friday, loomed a lit- tle larger today when it was learned that those who first visited the girl's room in Dewey House in search of her noticed a peculiar penetrating chemical odor, Among those who noticed it was the girl's mother, Mrs, 8t. John Smith of New York City. It is said that sufficient signi- ticance is being attached to this fac- tor so that it s contemplated cal- ling in a chemist in an effort to identify the odor. State Detective Joseph V. Daly directed his. efforts today to the Connecticut’ river and had a force of men cngaged in searching for Miss Smith there. Newspapermen from various points ran down clues that took them to Westhampton and Amherst but these came to nothing, The college authorities have broad: cast an appeal to the students ask- ing that those who have even a re- Miss Smith come forward and given any infor- mation concerning her that they may possess. Latest information in- | dicates that Miss Smith dropped out of sight about noon IFriday. Discovers Disappearance Miss Smith's disappeatance Wwas discovered by her closest friend among the students, Miss Joy Kim- ball of Newton' Maes. The girls wero elassmates and both attended the same preparatory school in New- ton, On Friday Miss Kimball wrote a note to Miss Smith asking the latter to meet her in one of the col- lege buildings and left the note in Saturday she went 1o the room and found the 8She then re- ported to the college authorities The missing girl, although low n some of her subjccts, was considered studious and mingled more with the girls of the student type than with others. She was particularly inter- ested in musi ich she was study- ing, and was an accomplished pian- ist. Hatfield, Mass, Jan. 16 (P—A girl whom Mrs, Roswell Billings of Hatfield today positively identitied as Miss Francis St. John Smith, mis- sing college student” stopped at the Billings home shortly before 6 o'clock Saturday evening, Mrs. Bil- lings said today. The girl, who wore a tight-fitting hat and a brown coat with fur- trimmed coliar, similar to that worn by Miss 8mith, knocked at the door and inquired of Miss Billings where the Bophia Smith Homestead was located. This house, the homstead of the Smith College founder, is now a tea room much frequented during the summer by college students, Mrs. Billings said it was unusual for the girls to go there at this time of year. She pointed out the house [to the visitor who then started off in the direction of the place. The girl, Mrs. Billings said’ spoke In a well-modulated voice and appear- | ea entirely compose Mrs. Lillian Olzendam, who lives at the homestead, declared the girl Adid not appear there | had not seen her, The Sophia Smith home is ahout | four miles from the college and ean {be reached on foot or by automo- bile, No automobile was seen in the vicinity Saturday afternoon or eve- ning. Reported Seen Saturday Portland, Me., Jan. 16 (P)—Miss Frances $t. John Smith, 18-ycar-old student, who mysteriously disappear- ed from Smith college last Frida was in this city on Friday night in the opinion of Elmer Bennett, an cmploye of the Cumberland Connty Power and Light company in San- ford. St. John 8mith, wealthy New York broker and father of the missing | girl, has u home at Falmouth, near She s a second cousin of Hen- ry 8t. John 8mith and of Mrs. Hen- pe Elizabeth. Sure it Was Girl After examining a newspaper de- scription and picture of the m\nuinx‘ student, Bennett declared he was positive that a girl he brought here from Sanford, in his automobile, was the one pictured in the newspaper. Shortly after six o'clock that night, Bennett sald, he was accosted ¥ a girl who asked him if he “were going to Portland.” He told her he not but when she asked him it he would bring her here, he said he agreed to do so. 5 Bennett said he went to his home, | cha d his clothes and returned to itt's theater, where ing for him. Dur- he said she told him (Continued on l‘d‘r 10 ing the trip, NEW BRITAIN, REPLUBLICANS SAID T0 BE AFRAID OF BiG CORPORATIONS Rep. Garner Assorts This Is Why Administration Is Blocking Tax Reduction Bill TARIFF ALSO BRINGS DEMOCRATIC BROADSIDE Senator Robinson Scoffs At Prosper- ity Talk and Says Living Costs Are Too High—Walsh Excludes Tele- phone and Telegraph Firms From Proposed Inquiry — More Fraud Charges, ‘Washington, Jan. 16 (M—Charges that the admimstration was blocking senate action on the $290,000,000 tax reduction bill because it had dis- covered that one of its provistons would = increase by $50,000,000 the tax paid by large corporations, and that she | were made in the house today’ by Representative Garner, democrat, of Texas, Robhinson Also Speaks Declaring that he would not un- fairly state the conditions of the country, Senator Robinson, the nocratic leader, challenged recent statements by President Coolidge and republican leaders in the senate, that the country is in & prosperous industrial and agricultural condition. The Robinson speech opened the debate on the McMaster resolution recording the scnate as in favore of a general revision downward in tarift rates, which is to reach a vote this afternoon, “Living costs in the United States continue too high"” the senator satd, “and there {s an intimate relation- ship between the tariff and the pres- ent condition of agriculture.” Cites Bank Failures Citing the record of bank failures in recent years, Senator Robinson asked wly President Coolidge and republican leaders insisted upon making prosperity “the sole issues.” “Do they believe the people of this country are so ignorant” ke asked “that they can be decelved into believing there is prosperity in the face of the facts we'know? “It is amazing how the President nd republican senators can boast of prosperity.” Walsh’s lnqulry Plan Telegraph and telephone. com- panies would be excluded from the proposed senate {inquiry into the financial and other affairs of public utilities corporations, the senate in- terstate commerce committee was informed by Senator Walsh, demo- crat, Montana, author of the resolu- tion for such an investigation. “Not that I don’t believe the tele- phone and telegraph and radio in- dustries should be investigated,” Senator Walsh explained at the opening of hearings on his resolu- tion, “but I did not want to take in any broader field than the light and power companies, “I am very hopeful that it will not be found necessary at all to have any congressional legislation on this subject. I would be very much pleased if our survey of the situation enabled us to report to the senate that there are no such abuses as call for legislation and that the states are taking care of it them- selves. I am rather hopeful that the publicity which would be given would result in the correction of any abuses that may be found to exist. Of course my hopes may not be realized.” When Senator Walsh concluded | his presentation ef more than an hour, former. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin told the committee that the joint committee of national utilities associations desired to be (Continyed on Page 14) VACCINATION CHECK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Children Who Do Not| Obey Rule to Be | Barred Acting under orders of Supt. Stanley H. Holmes' principals of all | | public schools in the city are to- | |day conducting a complete check- | up of all children under their care. All who have not been vaccinated or who have no certificate from a | physician testifying that it would not b: advisable for them to be vaccinated, will be ordered to leave CONNECTICUT, Two Young Damsels Doff Furs, Take Dj At M New Haven, Jan. 16 UP— ringilke ‘as was yesterddy not everyone would have the courage to do what two young women are reported to have dohe at Momauguin on the east shore— take a dip in Long Island eound. Winter residents thers said that the women drove up, doffed their fur outergarments reveal- ing bathing costumes and went into the . water. Afterwards they sunned themselves, put on their furs and left. The women are thought to be students at’'a physical culture achool hers. EXPLOSION NEARER INUNIVERSITY ROW Studeat Committee at Glark De- chares Facalty Is Unlair ADMITS PHELAN PLAY UNFIT Francis Schweitser, New Britain Man, Says Bditors of Oollege Monthly Did Not See “Obsceme” Story Until They Read Proofs, (Spectal te- the Herald) ‘Worcester, Mass., - Jan. 16—Ten- slon hung over Clark university to- day as speculation and confecture continued rampant on the status of four students suspended from the editorial board of the Clark Month- 1y, two of them suspended from the school itself and the other two withdrawn. The posaibility of dFas- tic action by the student body which nas gone on record as considering faculty action unfair in the matter of alleged abacene matter submitted by Frank Phelan Colapinto, former- ly of New Britain, Conn., for the monthly, has gripped -both student and professor. Faculty powers won a point todny when & student committee, after reading the' ome act play, “Bull Hossion,” decided that it was umfit | for publication, but lost ground when the committes voted that th: action against Colapinte, Francis Schweltser of New Britain, Bertrand Leveasque and Theodore Rothman unfair because the three hau, not seen the article at all and Cola pinto himiselt had ordered it “kill. ed".before: the proot had been sun- mitted by the printer. Colapinto declared that the ene- act play was an article which he had sent to the Bookman and that he had written it from old noten for the college paper because h. had nothing else to fill his column. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 16 P— The controversy at Clark university over the suspension of Frank Phelan of this city, Theodore Rothman of New York, Francis Schweitzer of New Britain and Bertrand Levesquc of New Bedford, student members of the Clark monthly editorial board by President, Wallace W. Atwood of the university on charges of prepar- ing an article which President At- wood considered obscéne, reached a | new climax this afternoon when the | student body adopted a resolution | demanding the reinstatement of | Bchweitser and Levesque tomorrow | morning without any loss of credit. This resolution will be presented to Dr. Atwood later in the day. Phelan has been suspended indefinitely, and Rothman has' been permitted to re- | sign, i —_— | Schweitser Issues Statement ‘ Francis Schweitzer of 27 Vance street, one of the editors of the Clark College monthly involved in a disagreement with the president of the school based on acceptance of an article written by Frank Phelan, formerly of this city, today issued the following statement in explana- tion: “Neither 1 nor any of the other editors of the Clark Monthly had read the article which President (Continued on Page Fourteen) SMALLPOX SITUATION State Board of Health Reports Con- ditions in Middictown More Seri- "an First Supposed. Hartford, Jan. 16 (®—The statc d>partment of heaith finds the small- pox situation in Middietown and vi- cinity much more serious than was first supposed. The fact has become known that a number of persons have been ill for two or three weeks with small- pox, but did met know the nature of ! their fliness. As a result a great number of peo- ple have been exposed to disease be- fore any one was aware that small- POX was present in the community. It has been learned that one pa- tient was working in a lunchroom. Another paticnt has reported that fifty to sixty people visited him after | school until they abide by the rules. The rule is expected to take cffect | tomorrow morning at the Senior High school and other schools are | expected to enforce the rule at that time, 8t. Joseph's school will also en- {force the vaccination rule aithough there are few in the schools who have not been vaccinated, Rev. John | F. Donohue, pastor of St. Joseph's church, finds. Pupils who have not been vaecinated, will be excluded to- ! morrow morning, the pastor sald to- ! day. What course Bt. Mary's and the Racred Heart parochial schools will him became ill and before the na- iture of his disease was recognised. Up to 11 o'clock this morning 63 cases in all had been reported as fol- lows: Middletown 46, Portland 3, East Hampton, Kuungworth and West Haven and Cromwell one each. take could mot be determined to- MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 925 —SIXTEEN PAGES Appointed Chairman of National Bank Board After Completing NDREW 60 Years With Institution J. SLOPER Al Sioper Retires as President of Bank;F.S. Chamberlam Named F. 8. CHAMBERLAIN TEST MOBILIZATION OF NATIONAL GUARD : New Britain Companies to|’ Assemble at Armory Tonight ‘The three National Guard panies in New Britain, Company 1, " Company H and the First Battalion Headquarters company, will gather at the state armory on Arch street this evening under a test mobiliza- tion order issued by the command- ing general of the 43rd division. The city fire ‘siren will be blown at 6:30 and all members of the National Guard companies will report at the | armory as soon as possible after. The companies will be at 8 o'clock under the direction of Capt. Willlam W. T. Squire of Com- pany I, Capt. William Litke of Com- pany H, and First Lieutenant Wil- there- !'liam H. Jackson of the Headquar- o'clock a re- be ters company. At 8:1 port -on the -mobilization will sent at Major General Morris B. Payne, commanding general, 43rd Division, at the Broad street armory, Hartford. The signal on the city's fire siren will be nine blasts in groups of three each, The test mobilization will be con- ducted this evening at all towns in | Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut, the 43rd Division being It is believed that other divisions will also mobilize. The test mob- ilization is being conducted to de- termine the strength of the division and to find out just how quickly the companies could be assembled in time of necd. Hartford, Jan. 16 (®—Orders for a test mobilization of the 43rd Na- tional Guard division units tonight ‘were sent today to the adjutant gen- erals of Connecticut, Rhode Island. Maine and Vermont by direction of ajor General Morris B. Payne of New London, commanding officer of the division. The four adjutants general were | asked 1o issue the necessary orders | (Continued on Page 12) com.- |§ mobolized | Villiam H. Judd Promoted | to Cashier and Harry W, Hatsing to Assistant Cashier by Directors Directors of the New Britain tional bank at their annual mecting ‘oday elected Andrew J. Sloper hairman of the board. Frederick 3. Chamberlain was chosen to suc- ceed Mr. Sloper as president. The directors then named William H. Judd as cashier, advancing him from the position of assistant cash- ‘er, a position he has held since 1914, ind Harry W. Hatsing was promot- d to the office left vacant by Mr. judd's advancement. 60 Years With Bank Mr. Sloper was completed 60 years i mervice with the bank. He was lired as a discount clerk in 1867 nd in 1875 was elevated to be as- istant cashier. In 1885 he was ad- vanced to be cashier and in 1888 | was'elected to the board. In 1895 he | became president, a position he has {held up to noon today. Mr. Chamberlain had his early | banking experience with the M« .mh Natiqnal bank, predecessor ew Britain Trust Co. He i to the New Britain Ilationai H»'mk ns cas®ier and in 1920 was vice-president and cashicr. m hau beerf a member of the hoard ce 1907, "Nir. Tuda began his banking career as a “runner” in 1897, and he has been employed in every dcpartment lof banking work, éxcepting teller | during the 30 years of his ¢ | with the bank. He was elected as- sistant cashier In 1914, oper Works Way Throv Andrew J. Sloper w 14, 1848, in Southington, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert E. Sloper. When he was two years of : {family moved to New PBritain a he received his clementary educa- tion in the public schools. He we led his way through New Br High school, graduating at the of 14 years, and entered the mal school. spending one in study. In 1865 he secured em- ployment as a photographer's ap- later went to School born July 1in age nor- | prentice, and one yea {work in the drygoods store con- {ducted by the late Darius Miller, {Several months later, against the ladvice of Mr. Miller, who warned lhim he would regre: the step he |was about to take, Mr. Sloper went to work in the bank ! He soon won the admiration of |the late Cornelius B. Erwin, at that (time president of the bank. and he jwon advancements. reaching the directorate in 18S8. In 1593 he be- me president upon the death of Mr. Erwin Active n Civic Service He served two terms as a coun- (cllman and was an alderman for one | made up of men from those states. |y vear. For one term he was on the police board and he was on the park commission during the devel- opment of Walaut Hill park. In 1896 he was the republican nomi- nee for mayor. In 1901 and 1902 (he served as a member of the gen- leral assembly, having been elected {senator from this district For the past half-centu been a member of the tist church and far nearly 50 years was treasurer. He is now trustee land a member of the committec on finance. He has also served as pres- {ident of the New Britain |for many years. He was responsible in a great |measure for the formation of the v he Bap- ociation | ir there | has Institute | NEW WORLD NERVY HOLDUP WAN 15 NAYY DESERTRR| (Man Who Took Policeman's, Pistol Admits Real Ideatity MICHAEL KAPLAN, HOLYOKE Prisoncr Tells Captors He Drove Stolen Autq About State and Out- witted Policemen By Using Cam- | ouflaged Commercial Markers, Grilled at Hartford police head- lquarters this forcnoon by Detective | Sergeant George C. Ellinger and Of- ficer William §. Strolls of the local | police department, & young man |who gave his name as John D. | Dawies when arrested yesterday aft- {ernoon at the home of a young wom- n friend at 103 Hamilton street, | Hartford, admitted that his correct | | name is Michael Kaplan and that he from the United States .t Norfolk, Va. on December 1927. He admitted, the police say, that he stole a Cadillac coupe m Hartford on January 6, near the | Heublein hotel, Hartford, and that |he held up Officer Eugene Kieffer of the local police department on | | East street, between Allen and| | Wells streets, about 2 o'clock Satur- |day morning. When arrested, Kap- an had Officer Kieffer's pistol in s belt. | The local police were disinclined 0 believe Kaplan's story which they stened to last eveningisespecially {his denial that he had been in the navy, because there was a saile {blouse in the stolen car and the name “M. Kaplan” was stenciled in ‘.. sailor's watch cap which wus also in the car. This forenoon, they told | Kaplan they had certain igforma- | tion which indicated that he had not I been truthf®l last evening. and they |advised him to make a clean breast of his escapades. In the presence of a Hartford detective, he admit- ted that his name was Kaplan and his home was 20 .Lyman street, Holyoke, Mass. He enlisted in the navy at pringfield, Mass.,, he said, nd had served slightly more than one year when he deserted. In many details’ his story last evening and that he told today are alike, and the police sald they are satisfied that he told the truth about the theft of the car, the hold- up of the policeman, and the gun- play at a Meriden filling station last Thursday night. He does not ap- ar to be inherently bad, accord- ing to the police. | Outwits Waitching Police In his statement to Sergeant El- linger and Officer Strolls, Kaplan said ho stole the cer, which is regl- stered in the name of Grace L. Long, 32 Lorraine street’ Hartford, amd drove it about the state after hav- ing removed the markers and re- placed them with a set taken off a truck in New Haven. He claims to | have believed the truck was useless and therefore decided to steal the | markers and re-paint them to give | them the appearance of pleasure | car markers. While the police about | the state were looking for a Cadil- | lac coupe with certain numbers, the | car was passing through various {1 \V(lNz every day, with the other num- cr plates protecting the driver from «rvu! | One night, a short time after the theft of the car, Kaplan called on a | Tremont street woman and asked to | rent a space in her garage directly | opposite West street. He told her lie needed the shelter for the car | #nd haa dickered with the owner of | another garage before calling on | her. After a discussion, she agreed | to a rental of $4 a month and he put his car in the garage at once | but did not make payment, accord- ng to her story to the police to- | day. She had no reason to suspect ! that the car was atolen, she said. he police this forenoon found fn | the garage the trousers of the sailor | blouss which was fovnd in the car | Saturday’ and there was also a sweat shirt and a cheap cape of the sort commonly used for kecping the | heat in radiators of cars. Empty | bottles with traces of coffee, and paper bags in which there had been food were also found in the garage | indicatirg that Kaplan had hu meals there. He told the police he slept in the car in the garage | few nights. Tells of Holding Up Kieffer Getting down to the hold-up of ! Officer Kieffer, Kaplan told his in- | quisitors that when the car ran out of gasoline on East street, he left it at the roadside and walked to Al- len strect, thence to Stanley street, and while a passing automobile deadened the noise of breaking glass, he smashed a window in the gasoline station mext to Officer Charles McCarthy’s home, 1208 Stanley street, and gained entrance | in search of the keys to the gasoline | pumps. He intended to draw off «nough gasoline to fill his empty i tank, but despite a thorough search he was unable to find the keys. He mitted that he took a can of au. al Average Daily Week Ending Jan. 14th ... | America, | completely overhauled | leak, Daily Circulation For 14,944 PRICE THREE CENTS COOLIDGE SOUNDS WARNING TO ALL NATIONS AGAINST INTERFERENCE 'Declares, in Havana Address, American Republics Will Work - Out Their Destinies in Their Own Way. President Machado, in His Speech, Makes Veiled Reference to Upholding of Monroe Doctrine. Havana, Jan. 16 (UP)—President Coolidge and President Machado of Cuba joined today in advocacy of & policy of mutual good will and re- spect for Amecrican nations. Their speeches opencd the Pane American conference. They disclos- ed, in somewhat veiled terms, the respective views of Latin American nations and of the United States re- garding the destiny of the western + hemisphere. Warning To World President Coolidee empliasized good will, but his specch contained a warning to the world that Ameri- can republics would work out their destinies in their own w “We realize that one of the most important services which we can render humanity, the one for which we are peculiarly responsible,” he said, “is to maintain the ideals of our western world. 0 one else can discharge it for us. “If it is to be met, it ourselves.” Gives Cuba'’s Seatiments President Machado's speech re- flected the under-surface attitude of the sister republics below the Rio Grande. Cuba's sentiments, he sald, were: “That nations here represented. though politically separated, should be united in the common name of some not allowing them- selves to be controlled by unjustified prejudices; others avoiding any dem- onstration that might rgsult in an involuntary threal." He took occasion also to stress Cuba's complete independence. The American delegation arrived at the national theater, where the we must meet (Continued on Page 8.) CHAMBERLIN STARTS THIRD TRY FOR MARK Goes Aloft With Williams Determined to Break Endurance Record Y., Jan. 16.— d by two previous failures, Clarence D. Chamberlin and | Roger Q. Willlame today hegan their third attempt within a weck to set a new world’s record for sustained | flight. The fliers 1071 Roosevelt field at 12:52:22 p. m. in the huge Bellanca monoplane they used in their previ- ous efforts, owned by A. R. Martine, Wall street banke! Chamberlin and Williams came within an hour and 2 half of bet- tering the present record Saturday |when they forced to descend ! because a leuky fuel tank had wast- ed some of their gasoline supply. They are trying to regain for the United States the endurance honors lost to Germany lust August when Johann Risticz and Cornelius Edzard stayed aloft in a Junkers plane for 52 hours, 22 minutes and 31 seconds. With a new wing tank installed to replace the faulty « the motor and a new set of instruments both fliers and their backer were confident that to- day's attempt would succeed. On their last flight the men faced many hazirde and hardships. Soon after the start their instruments went dead from the motor's vibra- tlon. When the fuel tank began to it spra; poisonous ethyl gasoline on their food. Then the heater in the cabin brok:, and they vere without warmth. As they climbed into the cockpit to begin their third attempt, both men still borc evidence of last week's flights. Iustead of resting, they had spent most of their time ay in working on the plane, and their faces were drawn, They were in good spirits, how- thing seems to be in perfect shape,” Chamberlin said just before the etart. “We'll surely make it this time.” The New York-to-Germany- flier is scheduled to leave here Thursday on an air lecture tour of the coun- {try, in which he will try to organ- ize flying clubs, similar to those which have enjoyed recent success in England. 17 he and Willlams suc- ceed in setting a new endurance mark, they would not return to obile polish but nothing else. Walking back ta the abandoned ist strects, so that he might have 1 clear view of the surrounding r. he went into a yard a short dis- | from the corner of Allen and | earth uniil late Wednesday or Wed- | nesday night. Leaden clouds presaged period of bad weather as the plane dis- !appeared in the southeast. Tt ca {ried a load of 473 gallons of gaso- American Hardware corporation and |landscape, and on seeing nobody |line, enough the fliers believed, to (Continued on Page 14) (Continued on Page Thirteen) keep them in the air 60 hours, ether |ln:'.on being in their favor.