New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1928, Page 16

Vashington, Feb. ¢ hiome of gany presidents and rich in political background, looms. largo | uiready a8 a battlefield in the com- | ing presidential .campaign. i Virtual certainty of a contest be-, tween Senator Frank B. Willis and | Herbert Hoover in the preferential | primary came overnight with de- velopments at Columbus and Wash- | ington that brought to light an un- der-surface struggle for convention | delegates that has been going on for | ;ome time. | At Columbuys the republican state committee gave a 19 to 1 endorse- ment to Willis and soon afterward Iiepresentative Burton of Ohio, an- | nounced here that the “dominant sentiment” in his state is for Hoover. Rurton urged Secretary Hoover to 1le his candidacy and challenged | Willis te a contest. The senator | promiptly accepted in a lu(er!xent‘ that warned that “this contest ‘will he no kid glove or powder puff af- | fair.” For several days partisans of Sena- tor Willis had sought in conferences | were with friends of Secretary IHoover to.smooth over the Ohio| situation to afford the senator a | clear field in the primary. | _The statements of Willis and Bur- ton clearly indicated that the par-| had failed and that if Mr.| ver enters his candidacy before | the closing date, February 24, it will | lie at lesst a dual contest with in- | Leresting ramifications. pective scrimmage are the political fortunes of two other Ohiocans who are mentioned as presidential possi- bilities—Vice-President Dawes, born in Marietta, and Speaker Longworth. Also on the battlefield, anxious lest. they fall as innocent' bystanders when the ballots bullets begin to fly, | are Representative Begg, who has announced for the republican nom- ination' for governor, and Senator/ Fess, who is sceking reelection. Longworth and Begg are under- | stood to have kept in close touch with developments here in the ‘Willis-Hoover parleys, but so far as| surface indications go. Vice-Pi ident Dawes has done no more than | reserve a seat at the ringside. Sena- | tor Fess’ only comment on the new- vst turn of events was that he re- gretted it, and that he “will stand| by Senator Willis, of course.” | Another possibility of the situa- tion is that if Mr. Hoover decides to abanden his position in the shadows | of the movement in his behalf and step into the sunlight of an entry in tha Ohlo primaries, Representa- | tive Burten very likely will run as a conventi delegate at large, pledged ‘to the commerce secretary. It was Burton who made the key. rote. speech at the last republican ! convention snd the former senator is equally pewerful in party coun- cils in his state and in congress here. * The situstion was sharply defined | in the announcement at Columbus | by State Chairman Fred W. Warner that “‘Senator Willis is the choice of Ohlo,” and in the Burton and Willis statements here. Contrasting with Burton's declaration that Ohio fav- ors Heover was Warner's conten- tion that any such sentiment is “‘manufactured.” | Burten. said he had made a 'ur-; ~ey of the Ohlo field- and had con-| cluded that it was inviting Hoover's | candidacy it he would accede to the | wishes of friends that he enter the primary, He stressed a contention that “the fact that a state has a candidate of its own should not pre- ! slude the people from expressing their choice among the candidates ‘rom other states.” Senator Willis and Burton agreed | that the contest should be a friendly | cne but Willie added that “it should | e understood by those undertaking to violate the decencies of politics by coming into the state and causing a development of political factions which will have serious effect upon our ticket for years to ceme, that this eontest will be no kid glove or powder puff affair. Things will be called by their right pames, provided | we arc able te think ef the word.”: Referring to Burton's sulcment’ that efforts had been made toward an agreement on selection of con- | vention delegates. the senator said the proposed agreement was pre- dicted on “conditions that no hon- ! orable man could accept.” “It has.been Insisted at times” | ¢ said. “that the Ohio delegation | “hould be so made nup that after castimg a ballot -or two for me, 1t was to be delivered to Mr. Hoover. | rtainly no melf-respecting man | ould agree to such conditions.” | None of the statements made ' mention of prohibition, but under| currents here have given indication that it will figure ‘to some extent in the campaign. Willis supporters ara confident that thetr absolutely | v candidate will show his greatest | ngth in the Ohio country dis- tricts while Hoover's strength | from city voters. They | would come velieve the city, ‘wets” wonld sup- nort Hoover and it is their hope | that Senator Willis wijl demand of the commerce secretary that he de- fine his position on prohibition. The Willis people fully expect mm te round up at least 30 of Ohlo's 51 delegates. but believe Hoover might capture 12 in the cities. In that connection it has been recalled that when the late Major General Leonard Wood against Harding in Ohio. he man- aged to win 9 votes make him a prominent figure in the convention of 1920 SPORT TABLOIDS Ry tra United Press, Manhattan, —The Oklahoma Aggies defe 1 Kansas Agzgies 34 to 33 in a basketball game. Brooklyn, N. Y.—Mrs. Molla Mal- | lory, former national champion, will | meet Miss Eleanor Goss in the final round of the Heights Casino annual indoor tepnis tournament today. | Miami Teach, Fla.—T. W. Pal- nier of Miami, won the Miami Beach | mew's amateur golf fournament by /4 | amateur, were leaders in the 18 hol ran ! that helped | (6sboating M. M. Brica, vet am Bonch, § to 7. Laneing. Mich.—Michigan State mmmww: a basketball game. | Atlanta, Ga.—The New York Cel- | tics defegted the Chattanooga, Tenn.. | Rail-Lites 50 to 25 in a professional | hesketball game. ¥ Pinehurst, N. C.—Mis Glannn! Collett, of Providence, R. I, and Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, were to meet in the finals of the women's mid-south open golf taur-: nament today. i 1 Columbla, Mo.—Francis Lucas, | captain-elect, of the University of | Missouri footBall team, was ruled in- eligible because of scholastic diffi- cuities. Ia.—Kansas university de- | to 19 in a Ames, feated Jowa State 21 basketball game. i Emporia, Kans—Harold Grant, | athletic director of Emporia college | resigned to accept a similar position at the Rolla School of Mines. New York—New York university | defeated Fordham university 37 10| planes that are designed to carry it also is the rhost maneyverable, | freight, passengers, and mail instead | There ‘is no acrobatic 25 in a swimming meet. Atchison, Ka athletic director of St. Benedict's| college, announced his resignation | efective at the end of this year. | Los Angeles, Calit.—The Holly-| wood Stars of the Pacific Coast league acquired Third Baseman | Jullan Wera from the New York | Yankees. ! Los Angeles—The University of California defeated the University of | Southern California 35 to 34 in a| basketball game. I Miami, Fla.—The University of | ‘Miami defeated the University of : by the allied forces during war days. | Involved to a degree in the Pros-|Hayana, Cuba, 38 to 14 in a basket- | These better power plants, together ball game. | New Orleans, La.—Justice F., an English colt, owned by William Danjel of Chicago, won the $50,000 New Orleans handicap, feature of the winter racing ses N [ San Antonle, Texas—Tom Boyd. ot Stapleton, N. Y., professional, and Earl Berryhill, of Sapulpa, OKI amateur-professional best ball event | as a preliminary to the seventh an- nual Texas open golf tournament, | New York—Willie Hoppe defeat- | ed Kimay Matsuyama in a handicap | three cushion billiard match 60 to 47, | Lexington, Ky.—The University o(’ Kentucky defeated Washington and | Lee university 34 to 29 in e basket- | ball game. | WOWAN AWATTEDT0 CLAIN HAN' BODY Believed to Be Wile of Suicide at Sante Fe | Santa Fe, N. M. Feb. 4.—UP— Authorities here today awaited the return of a woman who claims to be the widow of W. Barton French, scion of a prominent New York family, who took his own life Wed- | nesday, before completing funeral arrangements as requested by his| mother who is living in France. | The young woman appeared yes- | terday, and after announcing she | had been married to French at Al- buquerque, January 4, last, demand- | ed that he be buried on a ranch/| near Bland, N. M., where he told | friends he went to ‘“escape the temptations of the. city.” ! While friends said French was known to have been twice married and divorced, they could not recall| having heard him mention a third marriage. The manager of the ranch | at Bland, said he had never seen the After demanding that be buried “on the ranch he she left for Albuquerque with the announcement ehe would | obtain proof of the marriage. 8he declined to identify herself, but de- clared that she was a member of “The Lee family of South Carolina.” She insisted she met French in| Asheville, N. C., and said their mar- | riage ceremony was performed by a | Rev. Father Good. Church officials at Albuquerque did not recall a| ther Good. fhe also attacked th~ | suleide verdict returned by al jury, declaring "he was , to happy to ha It the woman fails to obtain proof of the marriage, authorities said ar- | rangements would be made for burial at Richmond, Va.. as request- | ed by his mother, Mrs. Felix Baca. Albuquerque county clerk, reported there was no record of a marriage license being issued to French fhis year. French, who was the son of the late Seth Barton French, of New York, at one time connected with J. P. Morgan & Co.. had experienced 2 series of financial reverses and hie income recently was limited by a court order to $125 a month that the remainder might be applicd on debs, NOW SEEKING BODY N SUMMER ESTATE fContinued from Firet Page) The observer on the surface watched the bottom through a tub- ing. The device is equipped with | vastly fmproved for another thing. NEW BRITAIN Moders Witar Airplanes Greatly Improved Over Pursuit, Bombing, Observation and Training Craft are | Vastly Superior to War-Time Ships in All | Vital Qualities. (BY FRANK J. CARNODY.) ’ Right or wrong, the average indi- vidual seems pretty well convinced | that the airplane is a well-night om- | nipotent war weapon. There are | many who are ready to ascribe this attitude to the fact that the air- plane is a colorful creation and that | |the crowd inevitably ia caught by veloped with remarkable rapidity | color whether it be in a prize-fight- | er, ballplayer or a machine. At least, | there is no dearth of evidence to | | show where the average man stands | yyeen the planes of 1918 with those in regard to military aircraft. | Not In Public Eye. i Of recent months, however, vari- | ous aspects of civillan aviation have crowded the military variety some- | what out of the spotlight. Attention | spectacular because in addition te increasingly is being centered upon of those which bear guns, deadly | —Larry Quigley, | gages and bombs. An opportunity | pursuit ship. to review military aircraft of all types, however, proves that the evo- lution of planas of this field has| been remarkable since the World | War, In the main, here are four types of military ships—pursuit, bombing, observation and training, and in five moet significant ways all have betn amazingly improved since the war ended. The modern plane is faster and far more maneuverable, because | it is equipped with an engine that is vastly superior to the Ilispanos| and Libertys used nearly altogether | with superior construction methods and better materials have increased reliability in truly astonishing fash- ion. | Strength Versus Weight, | Strength in relation to weight is} The engines now uscd are of higher power but of greatly reduced poun :- | age. And, the low gross weight of the ship represents a striking a vance. Not only the planes have been improved. Their armament is far asuperior. And, further than this, the next war will see this armament used to far more deadly effect be-‘! FACTS— CcoN 1y for feed, farm. annual total. The largest item is feed—hay, ducts which keep the stock fat and fit. on the amount spent for feed for domestic and poultry placed this expenditure ut $12,590,290 for one year, fed to live stock cost $6,178,000. Labor is another big item which cuts down $10,602,210 was the total amount that went for labor protit. during a recent year. of $4,784,301. respectively, $4,103,420. X Hartford Only comparatively recently have Connecticut farmers spent large sums for fertilizer which encourages otherwise barren soil Between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 is to produce large crops. spent yearly for fertilizer. all other counties together. totaled $2,599,290. Lumber, posts. dollars, to $1,584,310, Har Connecticut farmers sold farm products ‘worth $7,954,808 at co-operative markets in the state during 1924. year, supplies purchased in the same way amounted to $1,101,- G86. Monday~—Cutlery and Edged Tools; Springs| {Navy planes, according to some re- Compiled by CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 30,000,000 Spent Yearly On cannemiut ‘farmers spend approximately $30,000,000 annual- fertilizer, labor and lumber for improvements on the Hartford county farmers spend at least a third of the Fairfield and New Haven were second and third In 1899 wages paid for labor in the state totaled Expenditures for fertilizer in 1890 poles and firewood also take the farmer's This jtem for the state a year or two ago amounted S cause accurate shooting from a fast woving plane, whether the trigger being pulled is that of a bomb re- lease or a machine gun, has devel- oped amazingly. This particularly is to be noted In the dropping of bomha in spite of the fact that ac- curacy in this respect was belng de- | | | when the World War ended. | Comparison of Performances. A comparison of performances be- of 1927 simply and effectively illus- trates the evolution of aircraft. Take the pursuit ship, for instance. This type, the smallest of the military | planes, undoubtedly is the most | representing the ultimate, in speed, | trick thae | cannot be done in a first-class The modern pursuit ship of the | Army Air Service will fly 60 miles | an hour faster than its 'war-time | predecessor. Recently, during the National air races, the free-for-all pursuit ship race was won at an average speed of 201 and a frastion miles an hour. What a contrast this is with the pursuit ship that early in the war was a wonder if it would do 115 m. p. h. Equipped witn a supercharger that is reliable, the modern pursuit ship can fly ano fight at an altitude aimost undream- ed of during the war, For instance, the Navy's Vought Fu-1, a fighter. which is the equivalent of the Army's pursuit type, is declared to be the fastest and best performing ship ever built at altitudes above 20,000 feet. Incidentally, the smallest craft of the Navy and Army present an . teresting difference. At present, the former is powered by air-cooled mo- tors while the latter adheres to the water-cooled type. While the latter are the faster ships, they do not compare in maneuverability with the ilable critics. Plancs Are Better In both services, however, the pursuit and fighter planes are 2 1Cy T Farms, grain, mill teed and other pro- The last available data In 1899 the feed the fagner's county led with an expenditure tford county spends more than In the same Merely Margy, An Awfully Sweet Girl YOU KNOW 1TS FUNNY, MARGY. THE WAY | FELT T — LAST DALY HERALD, The latest. bomber, the next mast |- spectacular type of military’ craft after the pursuit ship, almost dwarfs the war-time bomber in every re- spect. The new Cordor built by the Curtiss Company for the Army Air Service 18 a revelation to those who contrast it with the 1918 craft of this type. 2 When the war ended, bombers capable of flying 80 miles an hour and carrying loads of 1,200 pounds were iu service, The Condor will fly at a speed of 120 miles an hour, has 2 crulsing range of 800 miles and will carry 2,600 pounds of bombs alone, In addition, the ship has no blind spots that would permit an en- emy to come close beforg detection. It*carries three machine guns, one in the forward end of the fuselage and one in the rgar of each engine nacelle. All in all, this ahip is about the most deadly looking aerial wea- pon ever developed. Its powerful armament and great flying range indicate emphatically | what it could do behind the enemy | epac. lines. Latest Type Drive Two 606 horse-power engines of the latest type drive this acrial giant which is capable of carrying a use- ful load of 7,280 pounds and of reaching an altitude of 14,000 feet, nearly three miles, and certainly high enough to cscape harm from any weapon save another plane. In additioa to {ts.attack armament, this ship is designed to.serve in observa- tion and photographic roles. Obaervation and training planes are “middle grounders” are not blessed with a capacity to draw crowds comparable with those that collect aroynd the tiny, grace- ful ‘pursuit ahips or the giant bomb- | ers. This. ia explained by the fact that the observation and training planes are neither so fast as the pur- suit ship, nor so large as the bomber. But, they are neverth&leas much better ships than during the war, for | the rcasons previously stated. With their machine guns, demoli- | in respect | to the attention they attract. Thoy? Hickman, who had flushed holly! i | prove the average man right ing the plane high as & war we | There has been a tremendous | wrought since the tirst days of {war when enethy pllots merely waved a friendly greeting to eacn other when they passed en oObser. vation expeditions. | (Copyright by ihe Ullman Feature | ‘ Bervice), HICKMAN PLANNED SCENE IN COURT (Continued from First Page) H | praecox, as contended by the de. 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