New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 23, 1928, Page 12

NEARLY KILLED Pianges Into Surf af Rate of 935 Miles Per Hour Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 23 (P, —Because he let his standards of sportsmanship outweight his better judgment, Frank Lockhart, youthful racing driver, must temporarily dis- miss his dream of driving a power- ful automobile at a greater speed | than has ever yet been attained. Smashes Car His tiny Stutz Blackhawk was | smashed beyond hope of immediate | repair when it catapulted from the beach into the ocean here yesterday | afternoon at the rate of 225 miles per hour, and Lockhart is recovering | from severe shock and minor in-| luries at a hospital. It was the roar of the crowd for action that gave fortune a chance to frown and smile in turn on the | young Indianapolis pilot. Despite a wet beach and poor visibility ! brought on by low hanging clouds. | he responded to the loud urging of | the throng and went to threaten the | record of 206.9 miles an hour which | Captain Malcolm Campbell of Lon- | don, had established Sunday. | Lockhart's chances for a new | mark went glimmering when his car swerved. beyond control and | turned a complete somersault to right ftself in the sea. Chisels and blow forches were necessary to extricate Lockhart from the pilot's seat where he had been pinned in the crumpled machine. Breakers swept over his head while he was in this defenseless position, semi-conscious, adding drowning to his other dangers until the £70,000 speed creation could be towed from the water onto the dry sands above. Last Day With today the last day of an of- ficial attempt to beat the record igainst time it semed that Captain Campbell's record would stand un- loss he himself ghould raise it with his Napier Bluebird Special. The huge 36 cylinder machine owned by J. M. White of Philadelphia was | definitely barred from official com- | petition yesterday because it did not meet mechanicab requirements of the American Automobile associa- | tion. | Lockhart had yesterday decided | conditions were too unfavorable for | an_ attempt against the Camphell | record and was about to withdraw from the heach when he reversed his decision in consideration for the thousands wha had gathered to watch his effort. | For several hours after the acci- dent, Lockhart was unable to give an account of what happened to his | machine, but William F. Sturm, | Lockhart's representative, after talk- | ing to the pilot last night, said he bhelieved the diastrous behavior of the car was caused by too sudden ! application of the brakes. Tells Story Sturm quoted Lockhart as say- | ng: “I was travelling down the beach | at a high rate when I glanced at my tachometer to see how many revo- | lutiéns the motor was making. It} was doing 6,500 (between ) and | 230 miles per hour) just before the | accident happened. 1 drove through a bright place where the sun w shining—then ran into rain and could not see—and the next thing I know I was in the occan. | Sturm advanced the theory that | when Lockhart entered the arcaVof | poor wisibility he jammed on the | brakes too quickly, causing the rear | of the machine to swing around. | Lockhart's chief injuries were | cuts on his left wrist and a bad cut | on the chin. The Stutz which Lockhart drove | was built under his own supervision | on his pet theory that = scientifical- | Iy built automobile designed to| climinate resistance, could attain greater speed with a small motor than larger cars with. Jarge power plants, His car had a 16 tylinder motor, developing 400 horsepower, and Lockhart was the only pilot who had ever driven it. Visiting 1 Resolutions on Dr. Rapp Officers and directors of the Visit- ing Nurse association have adopted resolutions in appreciation of fhe sjees of the late Dr. Lonis W. Rapp. who showed a profound inter- est in the success of the n.\,\nvmlmn.; Dr. Rapp served fthe association faithfully for fwo years “attending three conferences ch week, skill fully advising and counselling many mothers in the care of their chil- dren,” the resolutious sa adding: ““The Visiting Nurse association fecle 2 keen loss in the death of Dr. Rapp and will always remembers himn as tr ed friend and sympathetic ad- John Old Scout! You're Growing As Thin As A Rail He used to be such 2 ma ing fellow with good fr fine figure, but flesh hardly cover absolutely skinny Pretty tough on Jolin to hats friends talking about Lut the health Mountains are such John's who ner and thinner » themselves. s why every underwe 1 and woman should tike adv of McCoy's generous offer. Coy takes all the r this ironclad guarantee. takinz 4 sixty cent hoxes of Tablets or 2 One Dollar hoses thin, underweight man wo doesn’t gain at least Is ool completely sati with marked improvement vour druggist is authorized prie his im that wa resorts and poi s thin wi to or 5 po il in healt to hase 2k for Mclor s Tablets store in America at / | rocket: | 25,000,000 miler. | no claim | would be rather null, not to | In such event, Dr. | Condit has not { rocket after by Professors as Venus Takeoff Nears Columbus, ., Feb. 23.—(UP)— Good wishes mingled with serious doubt and a share of utter cynicism it the whole project, expressed by two leadipg Ohio astronomers, will accompany Robert Condit, of Con- dit, 0., when he starts from Miami Beach, Fla.. on his rocket joyrney {to the planet Venus late this mbnth. Dr. Jermain G. Porter, director of the observawry at the University of Cincinnati, who is a mild little man and hates to discourage any proiect. in the interests of science, doesn't exactly condemn the pro- posed flight, hop, voyage or What- ever sort of trip people, make in but he is rather doubtful on several points 28 Million Miles To begin with, says Dr. Porter, the distance from Miami Beach, to the closest part of Venus is about | Dr. Porfer lays to comprehensive know- ledge of pyro-technics, but he did advance the:belief that it would be a signal engineering achievement to construct a rocket with power to carry it that far. Of course, he pointed out, after traveling 15,000,000 miles of the dis- tance, more or less, the gravity of Venus would do the rest. However, another obstacle crops up right here, as obstacles will. Should Condit's conveyance deviate an inch from its | selected course, his reaching the much chances of sought planet void. Porter says, the rocket would shoot past Venus and meander about the universe for sev- | eral million years. That is, if it didn’t collide with some other heavenly body such as the sun or one | of the stars. And another thinz: it seems that arranged for a fire- man to inaintain a fire beneath his it passes Leyond the range of the earth’s atmosphere. It has been proved that the ether throughout the universe will not support flame any more than it will life. Which leads to the question, “what will the prospective trans- universal aviator use for air?” The problem of food is comparatively simple, inasmuch as he might be able to pack enough condensed milk, sardines, and things into a rocket to last 15 years—if the rocket is large enough. But air Dr. Porter shook his head gravely, saying nothing. Might he De-Atomized There is also the possibility that if Condit should complete his journcy, both his machine and the planet would de-atomiz . be entircly dis- integrated, as it were. However, that is only the scien- tific side of the matter. To the la ‘man, many other horrible diffi ties suggest themselves. Granted th Condit arrives at Venus, how will he be treated by the inhabitants, if any? Unless he shaves before he makes his appearance at the Venusian air- ort—or rocketdrome—his visage Will be so obscured by earthly whiskers that no one will recognize him. And maybe the people there don't have the same kind of whis- kers Then, there 1s the matter styles, something of importance to very Amierican 'man. He may be drossed in the latest carthly attire and find the Venusites still wearing fig leaves—or ome other kind. Condit has refused to take an; Yody along on his perilous voyag and it appears he will have a. lon. some time for more than a decade, not forever, as the planect may be uninhabitated. Prof. Edmund 8. Manson. of the astronomy department of Ohio State of University. wasn't the least bit op- | tomistic about the project and seem- ed to have no scruples about di couraging ambitious rocket-hopper “Why, the man is absurd,” said Maneon. “His rocket is absurd. The whole plan is absurd. He has about | 28,000,000 miles to travel where he will have no oxygen to hreathe, and if he takes enongh along fo survive the trip, ne won't have any when he gets there. And if there is no oxygen, there are no inhabitants,” the pro- fessor pointed out. 1 '| Mother! ' | Danger of that Cough or Cold? Mather, if the youngsters play hard and kg bold, *af fur eny wons they get * fast as vou can. Don't that stay and stay Too often a cold lead cation. If any of your youngsters develop a cough hangs cn, use sensible precau- and give them Creomul- Help their strong. youthful bodies to or a cold t] tions immed sion. 1 Do You Knowlt'hc <ick with a cold.” stop it as too often lead into monia or flu or chronic bronchial trouble. However, in the face of all un- toward incidents, both astronomers agreed that the starting of the rock- et from the earth.would make a lovely fireworks exhibition, MINOR PARTIES WILL * GONTROL JAPANESE DIET Only 23 Seats Between Two Or- ganizations Which Wil Run Legislature. Tokyo, Feb. 23 ® — Two minor |parties, with 23 seats between them, will hold the balance of power in the next diet. Returns from Mou- day's election today indicated that the seiyukai, or rovernment party and ihe minseito, or opposition, jwere deadlocked. Some returns from Kyushu, southermost of the main islands of Japan, are missing, and the ver- |nacular papers in general stated that it was anybody's race as far as the major parties were concern- ed. They asserted either might win by one or two seats. The only ofh- |cial figures obtainable, those com- piled by the home office, claimed | |a government victory by three seats. Of the minor parties, the inde- Ipendents elected 15 representatives and the proletarians eight. They thus constitute a block in the diet [capuble of swinging the power to either the seiyukai or minseito, On the whole the political com- plexion of the new diet appeared to have heen changed but little from {the diet which Premier Tanaka {dissolved in January, despite the {fact that the electorate was en- [larged for the first time from 3.- 000,000 to nearly 12,000,000 This was brought about by the operation of the universal manhood suffrage |law which extended the franchise to some 9.000,000 non-tax payers above the age of | Many of the new parties formed in the interests of the new voters, {however. failed to survive the cam- paign. Neither a strong party rep- resentative of the tenant farmer |class nor the urban industrial lead- ers appeared in the returns. Mis givings in some quarters that the |vast number of new voters would |change the political complexion of the dict were apparently without foundation. ‘Edmo|';_fl;c—id¢;|t— m China Has Been Settled | Amoy, China, Feb. 23 (®—The Ed- more incident growing out of the | shooting of a Chinese boatman by an American steatship officer, which threatened a boycott of American goods in this port, was settled today. The Chinese accepted $5.500, Mex- {ican, as indemnity from the United | States Shipping board. All claims |against the shipping board freighter | dmore were dropped and the ship | FEAR OF BOMBS IS FELT IN CHIGAGO Homes of Prominent City Offi- cials Guarded by Police Chicago, Feb. 23 (F—Homes of 14 prominent Chicagoans including those of the mayer, police chief, comptroller, city collector and some city judgeg—all more or less closely aligned with the administration— were under heavy guard today as fear of the homb wave spread. Guards were placed last night about the residences of Superior Judge Fmmanuel Eller and® his father, Morris Eller, city collector The Mdrris Eller home was hombed September 2, 1926, The police on guard duty have been told to bring in no prisoners. They are to shoot to kill if bombers appear. In a few instances the police pro- tection has taken the form of pa- trolling detective squads which drove past the houses under guard. In the case of others, however, includ- ing the homes of Mayor Thompson, Police Chief Hughes, State’s Attor- ney Crowe and Judge Eller, officers stand on duty corstantly. Guard Judge’s Home, Both entrances of Judge Eller's home were heing guarded, and there was added protection from detective patrols. Homes of Mayor Thompson, City Comptroller Fitzmorris and Dr. W. H. Reid have been under guard since the mysterious bomb warfare broke out with almost simultaneous da- tonations at the Fitzmorris and Reid home six weeks ago. The police and the state’s attor- ney's office admittedly were no near- er a clue than before. A reward ot $10,000 offered by State's Attorney Crowe for information has brought no clue. A helisf that discord amonw gamblers seeking control of certain distri was the motive for the bombings was entertained hy police. Acting on this theory the lid was clamped tight last night on the Shef- field avenue police district in which is the home of Lawrence Cunce, brother-in-law and secretary of State’s Attorney Crowe. His homs was bombed recently as also was the alleged gambling place of Louis Bar- sotti in the same district. CREATE TROUBLE Paris, Ieb. 23 (P—A Shanghai dispatch to Le Petit Parisicn » toda said that 60 Irench war veterans created a violent manifestation against the film “Beau Geste” when it was shown at the Cariton theater in the international settlement, {sailed for Hong Kong. On February 9, Chief Officer 10! | R. Willarts of the Edmore attempted | [to shoot.a Chinese alleged to have ' been stealing flour from the ship and the bullets struck a Chinese boatman who died later. After the boatman’s death laborers struck and refused to | {unload the ship and presented a ser- | ilf" of demands to the American con- |sul Harvey Lee Milbourne, who car- | ried on the negotiations in hehalf of the shipping board. No prosecution of Willarts is planned. The United States destroyers Preble and Bulmer! which came here after the boycott was threatened, ex- {pect to leave soon. | e | State Normal School Adds Half Hour to Day In an effort to make the time schedule at the New Britain State |Normal &chool consistant with that of other normal schools in the state, {a change has been made which will | result in a half hour being added to the school day. According to the |which will go into effect soon, the |day will begin at o'clock in- ;x!nml of 9 o'clock and will come to |a close at 3:40 instead of zbout 3:30 |oretock. new schedule f & % of a dozen other rea Colds pre- let it hang on. s into a fatal compli- money can buy. And it’s TRAL JUNIOR HIGH BUILDING 35 YEARS OLD Citizens and Press in Flurry of Ex- citement When Its Erection is Delayed On Washington's birthday anni- versary, 25 years ago yesterday, the present Central Junior high school | building on Main street was occu- | pied for the first time when three class rooms were moved from the Swedish Bethany church. The chil- dren went to school for a half day | on account of the holiday. A few days later, the rest of the enroll-| ment which totaled 444 was moved into the new building. The building was constructed ug- der the direction of ex-Mayor Orson | | F. Curtis, who was a contractor, and |it vequired more than a year. The| | site was formerly occupied by a| | high school, a wooden building. The | plan followed was to construct a brick addition in the rear. Then it was decided to raze the building in front and construct the front half | of the building. When the front Lmilding was razed, discovery was | | made there were no doors in the| | rear building. all of them having |been in the wooden structure in | front. Newspapers of the day carried on | a strong campaign to hurry the com- pletion of the building. CEN Cuba Will Prohibit the Entry of Negro Labor Havana, Feb. (P —Entry of ‘West Indian Negro labor into Cuba, which has been authorized cvery | vear hy special presidential decree at the request of sugar mills need- ing harvest hands, will no longer be permitted, it was sfated in offi- cial circles toda The entry of such labor was prohibited by a mili- 1. decree issued by the late Gen- eral Leonard Wood 27 years ago. The decision to bar the labor this vear is understood to have been reached at a cabinet meeting. No legislative action will he necessary becanse the doors of Cuba are au- tomatically closed except when open- ed by presidential decree. Although this labor is supposed | to e brought in under bond and { shipped back after the harvest sea- | son, there are 70,000 British West Indians registered at the’ British consulate general of Cuba, i ARCHIMEDES CLUB MEETS | Officers of the Archimedes In- dependent Political club met last | night and heard reports of progress on the program laid out for came paign activitiss. The officers are re- | vising the membership lists and con- ducting a drive to increase the size | of the voting list. After the nominees | of Loth partics arc made known, the irluh will hear each side and endorse one. ANOTHER victory for science! A salt that can never harden or become lumpy. Inter. national Salt. 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