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C HATHINS REPORTED “NOW GOING ABROAD Man Tovolved in Hartlord Stock ~ Case on Way to England ; Harttord 18 Rozr W Walkins of 1h National ure 1o the :ta follow d Ly v fnvestization inyestient concerns i i cported to have sailed for Englid. April 1 fron N 1 Mont« pecoived A askoi ociat P IED I W Underwriters Conn Wall il Com stock Associated » secur nse conissioney the hooks mon: on grounds o I 1s re- | mseribe U i resorted to 1ction 1 that s of irculariz- | W citort to tain a ch charter at a fi‘-mwbmv 1eeting neat Monday. Fhos: who wish t Sbunge in Menove the which will company from the con- trol of the banking commissioner, ‘@laim the right to set their objec- ® before the other stockholders. two-thirds vote is nec y to ef- | t the change. AMOUS ITALIAN WOMAN PASSES N Bhe Was the Noted Girl Fighter b of 1848 Ttaly, April 18 (®—In of the patriotic mobh at chased the Anstrian tyrants out ®f Lolozna back in 1845 was w ‘Banky, overgrown girl of 17, re- marked even above the men for her leourage and zeal, Her pigtails fly- ing. the ardent young tomboy kept ‘after the retreating “white-coat weing waatever weapon came and.. Then. order restored. she :!!unm to her work in the cre she was employed. ,_“Donna” Gertrude Lolli,” the pig- Railed patriot of four score years @go. died the other at the age fof 97. She married soon after the gout of the Austrians, and presented Aer husband and her country with sleven children. The family was 'poor, and for 70 years “Donna !Gertrude worked away in a tobacco factory. But that did not prevent her from looking after the welfare of ®thers’ children as well as her own. . The extraordinary old lady found- led a society for factory girls, still in .8 flourishing condition. Later, in | gonuection With that organization, | #hc founded an industrial school | for poor children, naming it in hon- ®r of the late Queen Marguerite, #ho was presented to the Queen and the eh. ' Bologna e forctront to re- mill XKing Humbert when they visited Bolozna 40 years ago, and when | ‘Bing Victer Emmaunel 1T and !Queen Elena came here in 1921 they gent for her. “A real combattant of %48, she was styled by the king. | CONSIDERING AMENDMENT | Washington, April 18 (UP)—An | 8mecndment to the &mith-Lever cot~ fon futures act, providing for south- ern deliveriss on New York con- tracts, is being prepared by Chair- wman Smith of the senate cotton in- | §estigating committes, he announc- 8d at toda hearing. * I am considering an amendment Whic’t would provide for deliveries at a zouthern point agrecd upon by buyer and seller and stipulated in the contract,” Smith said VIVE RILLED Mexieo City, April 15 (UP)—Five Passengers on a bus wers killed by | bandits on the Puehla highway to- Bay, the pewspaper Universal said. Among was Aureldo | Flores, official of the town of a- | Quixtli, the holdup o gurred the MAY MARRY (UP)—Suzanne Lenglen probably will marry Bald- | win M. Baldwin, California million- aliv, when he is divorced, the pro- | fessional tennis star’ , at Niec told the United I're lephone | today Thors which have Mlie. Lenglen. It would turn in a divoree and marry reports | and ha boer connected T n to PRINCL IS MARRILD enrdanc Otto K ndsaon of the | Iren ( today married Anni Tenghoom, daughtcr of a famous Bwedish architect Among those at 11 mony, performed Ly Docring, former chaplain Hohrnzollern court. were Von Hindenburg, Prin ericl. foreign Stresemann, memi and diplomat neellor religious cerc- Lev. Dr. ot the President : Litel Fric minster Gustave of the cabinet CHANGE Rock o AShS FOR ZOAE New Britain of land situs cemetery on ik the common the " 1 opposite St anley council tonight 10 change zoning of its property froin resi 1o in The land was occupicd by a stone crush- er for several vears, but the build- ing was recently razed, and it is the wish of the owner to continue its use for husincss purpose street nee S8 nses ) CLASSIFIED ADS | i BLST RESULTS | wireless company |then large mountain loomed ahead | Rising, continued flight. At noon saw { Fitzmaurice gone to Murray BREMEN FLYER Duke monoplane were the fi Note the unusual skid-pontoons w niller, famous Canadian pil t to reach the crew of took off Major James Fitzmaurice, NEW BRITS TN DAIL ’ BLEAK FAVEN 7 than remen My Letand telling he vis that U thantic Crew of th Left, 1 mount thziit, s ough ico Il way right, ship fought Lower ireenly AR uis Cuisinier in this specially, equipped Fairchield the Bremen on dsolated Greenly Island. There they Lrish member of the transatlantic party and returned to civilization. hich allow the ship to land cither on snow or water. ADDED NEWS OF OUEAN'S HAZARD More Details Received of Flighl; of Bremen Clarke From various seurces tod ditional details of fhe hazards through which the Bremen passed in | the first east-to-west crossing of the | City, Apzil 18 |North Atlantic have heen revealed, | Through the Point Amour radia | station near Greenly Island Huenefeld furnished the with a seription of the flight The Message “Bremen time flight 26 hours and a half,” xaid his message. “Struck | heavy fog off Newfoundland eonst. Forced fly abov Fog at two tho 50 feet of mount again. Very high seas. St west whole night, Heavy stars occasionally. wooded country. Could position also flew over ort de- | Found 1vnpr.<.-|lr|r~_i seende waves not large locate river, lighthouse, thought to ke Landed quite exhausted steamer But happy. Eay hy ‘ Canadian plane.” i Miss Greta Ferris, a nurse at the | Grenfell Mission, 15 miles from | where the plane landed, sent a| graphic story to the Times-Globe | and Telegraph-Journal of Sain Johns, N. B.. telling of the aviato fight with the clements, their land ing and their conduct. Baron Huenefeld, Miss Ferris st when he fearcd they were going fail in their flight, was ready to kil | his two companions and himself. He was near exhaustion when the plane landed. her story said “Thank God” in German and the st Taldonnel Trish, she said. was | the first exclamation of all threc | fiers when they landed | DEMOCRATS WIN New Orleans, La., April 18 (LP) Lousiana democrats overwhelms | ngly defeated republican nominees | ‘or offices, complete returns from yesterda clections revealed todayv Huey T' Long was the victorious democratic candidate for governor. A constitutional amendment pro- viding 4 $2,999,000 bond issuc to improve and enlarge the New Or- ans drain, of nd vored by voters State AMEND APPROPRIATION BILL Washington, April 18 (UP)—An imendment o the naval approp tion hill providing that none of the funds it carrics shall be used for military operations against a friend- Iy nation after December 2 introduced tod, ¥ Blaine, republican, Wisconsin. The object of the amendment is to cut off funds for continuing the marine occupation of Nicaragua un- less such a policy ix approved by | the =enate, Miss Junkers and Her l;ilot s Herta Junkers, left, daughter of Dr. Hugo Junkers, de- bsigm-r of the monoplane Bremen, and Fred Melchoir, Junkers pilot, are pictured here as they prepared to take off from Mitchel Field, Long Island. Naméci For The Bremen Flyers Triplets born to Mr. and Mys. Mary Plut in Chicago the other day were named after the flyers who piloted the Bremen from Ireland to North America. Left to right they are James, Her- man and Ehrenfried, with nurse Estelle Gill, PATHE GETS BACK WITH PHOTOGRAPHS Also Obtains Briel Interview . With Major Fitzmaurice New York., April 18 (UP)—Jath United Co-operates in covering news storic News with which the Press throughout the world, won the bt today to bring back ti tures taken e tirst of Major Juiics since the landing Trish licrs. Pathe planc, Seven Island It of th down pic flying from where the tures were taken, also brought the ! st personally-conveyd the Bremen's transatlaniic flight from the far north Relate Story it news ship trom Seven TIs- 1ds landed at Curtiss ield, Long story of rom the drums on the Seven Islands and was the destination plane.” said Tommy camera veporter, “The ficld was covered with crust- led snow vighteen inches decp, Wa | were cquipped with skis anticipat- {ing the condition and made an casy Handing. 1 Yumbled out and sct up [ I had hardly more than lexclled "the camera when we heard ihe drone of Schiller's motor in 1l | northeast. few moments Jater he SWung into a graceful landing in the | distance and taxied up right the ecamera. “Fitzmanrice stepped out of the Plane and called out: *Whe are you?' | “Pathe” 1 answered. “Then Major Fitzmaurice for a closc-up with the wild for a buckground. He fell into |conversation with Licutenant Fogy | the fiyer of the news expedition, Congratulations.”*kogg advance 's hard to realize that we are se g you. We thought you were done The whole world had given you air we suw the ice of the bay at knew that this ot Schiller Hogan, the suso- lin the paus Canadian 27 Asks Fity itzmaurice was plainly and honestly puzzled, apparently at the suggestion of anxi ty. “Well, you were missing for houry after we knew vou had run out of | ®as. With all the oecan to land on | your chances of meeting Davy Jones were what I'd call first class,” 1ogg [said. “You surcly had the luck of | the Trish.» Fitzmaurice grinned back at this {2nd fingered his Trish uniform cap, | the same fhat he wore on his jaunty head across the Aflantic. Mayor Col. Romcrill, of the lage of Seven Islands, was in grecting party, with a dog-team waiting to rush the Trish fiver to the hospitality and comfort of the vil- lage. “After the excitement of the ar- rival had passed. Mayor Romeril re- covered a bit of official assuranc Coffec Suggested | " Now, he warmed n |tend the official greeting and fre dom of our beautiful city of Seven Tslands. Also T suggest coffer and a #nack of real Canadian food.” “The party moved over to the mayor's official sled, with a snappy team tugging to be off. “The mayor shouted\‘mush’ and leracked his whip. The sled shot off |over the snow for the three-mile | spin into the village, with a the hand from ENLISTED MEN ARE READING HUCH NOW {3t Tofantry io China Has Little Else to Do Tientsin, China, April 15 (A—En- listed men of the Fifteenth infantry stationed in Tientsin do more read- ing per man than the soldiers of any other post in the United States army. This is the ' meaning of a letter of commendation from the war depart- ment in Washington received by the barracks library of the Fifteenth in- fantry, which stated that during the last year this library's records show- ed a higher ratio between totfal hooks loancd and the ported from any other post army. Conditions. of the service in China form the chief reason for this, says Captain Luther D. Miller, officer in charge of the library. Although civilians and officers usually find life in China full of interest, such is not the case with enlisted men, Captain Miller said. They ecome in contact with no real home life and decent associations and places of amusement open to them are fcw. The Fifteenth ng steadily and contains about 10 volumes, Two battalions of this regiment, totalling about 800, are on duty in Ticntsin, in addition to the Third Marine brigade, with its total in |Grenfell Says Bremen | Crew Was Very Lucky | Waterbury, April 18 (P—Sir Wil- fred Grentell, noted surgeon and hu- manitarian to the barren coasts of cwfoundland and Labrador, de- clared here today that the crew of the Junkers airplanc Bremen [were very fortunate in landing at Greenly Island. Had they come down |2 few miles inland, or a few miles |out to sva, the chances for their re- {turn to civilization would have been problematical. ‘Through his lifclong labors for the people of the northern coasts, Sir Wilfred is familiar with every foot of the territory into which the Bre- nien blundered in the fog. He told this morning of having once tra- velled 150 miles to operate on the lighthous: keeper on the island |Grenfel) missions are scattered at in. tervals of not mote than 100 miles from St. Johns northward and the flyers must have flowa over several or near the stations. Landing facilities, he said it iy true, are scarce, in the region in fhe sumuier, into | il- | the | wave of | enlisted | strength of the unit than was re- the | infantry’s library s | v |bama, dicd carly today at his home ' HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1925. GHRE TRATHG WAS - UNSETTLER TODAY Prices Decline as Buying Sup- [ part Is Withdrawn Niw on the today. York curh April 1 market w Prices showed e buying support was spparently i fear of i the Pederul Teserve jate and in view of LN requirements. A the market support xwinging chicfly favorites Motors and retained much of but the utilitics and Trading unsettied Iy declines withdrawn an inerease rediscount increased mars rally about stronger noon gave tune, with Bonn Aluminum rose i points to a new p B -2 on mnouncement that the oy s obtained | contracts and plans to inerease plant capacity and production. Subsequently it dropped bt recovered the loss. U. 8. Lo Battery, which opencd at 124 1.4, lifted 1o 154% and then shump- to 1 noving 1o Motors w strong. points. hut Auburn, Sparke Withington and othiers showed losses, Bancitaly and Canadian in demand, the poin haclk on Marcont fornicr moving Mengel, New per, United few ol down 8 lost 3 Zine., St Machinery reached new high [Co. was pounded | Firestone T Stores and Ty lectric: Bond Fleetrie Investors, [than 2 points cach. and American Light & Traction, down 10 1ed the decline of the utilities. Galena Signal Oil advaneed 1 POinis to a new high at 47, bhut other bils were weak. others Decre & points, Safeway cach and about § and Share and Inmping more FLAT CLAMS ARE OATHERED YEARLY ;Only One Harvest for These ‘ “Diggers” | South Duxbury, M April 18 P—Onee nyear nature declares an open s on “flat « " off this sreteil of New L After a fow scason inst other 3 | The biva Letlat clas b | seetion beequs | flat. They arve as {and white in color. They are toeted during the greater part the ¥ | | 1son " 'S cost. the Eng she di 1vs cluses the wers for the name of this wetually are are ziven cnts they Fes pro- of n mud P excent time of the year when falls to its lowest ol When the tide fell away this spring, leaving the mud flats ox- posed, thousands of “flat clam dig gers” were on 1he 1o [ their annual harvest. At 4 time 00 prrsons dofted o | of three to | Automobites from ked along the One digger ams that were because they lic where the water is d during the | the tide seone mike singhe sreteh long. were mile indand four tan hore cane with 50 Lirge that o 115 0or 16 could he erowded | 16-quart pail. Now | were turned up lence was anny | mto a Aand then clamg whose cirenmfer ger than that of a din- [ ner plate, “ The fides fall low enough | for only | the mnad these operatioe throe days. Then in which the els ms hibernate covered by the rising ocean wulcrs | for anather long season. ¢ two or flats 30000 THEFT REPORTED. Boston. April 1S (P—Theft of » [trunk said 1o contain diamonds and | platinum valued at $50,000 was re- | ported to the police foday by New Hon B. Eltinge, a jewelry salesman of 530 Fifth avenue, New York. He said he sent the frunk Copley-Plaza hotel {0 the Trinity Place station of the Boston and Al bany railroad and when hie arrived at the station five minutes later the trunk was gone. A youth is said to have been seen removing it from the latform PRINCE FINISHES SECOND. Wrangaton, Devon, Lngland, April 18 (P—Competing in the open nomi- nation race of the Dartmoor Hunt point fo point contests foday, the | Prince of Wales finished second. He | rode his well tried out horse Miss | Muffett. A big crowd witnesscd the | cvent. [ BISHOP BLCKWITH DIE Montgomery, Ala., April 1§ ( The Rt. Rev. Charles Mennegerode Beckwith, D. 1 bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Ala- of | | New photograph of George Ber uard Shaw, English dramat author. taken on the baleony of his new home in Whitehall court | London. iicers | from the | Strange Diving Suit Devised for Seekers of Sea Treasures points., New York, April 18 ald Jurs of sunken treasure is draw- ing another salvage expedition to e resting places of the Lusitania and other wreeks, many of which mel their dooms long of steam, Laquipped metal diving word in such [ rour adventur New York late next wonth for sts of the British 1Isles, I and Spuin, there to pit the 1y Of mun against the Whercin nearly 82 mdost jewels and gold [ 1o be locked. I L. Bowdoin of Whitestone, 1ong Island, inventor of the sirang: ldiving apparatu heading the {fparty, 1 zotiating for a1 huilt on the lines of @ cable steamer, which will be tised the base of operations, and hopes to g into action off the Livitish Isles some June Twelve anid have mto the making A old dane Was converted (A—The old, with a 1,400 suit—quite Praratus S exprets pound the last the ance watery dun- 0,000,000 zron is now n, foot voessel time in yeurs of study work of th hall st into 2 and in it Bowdoin plan replann built untii - he wa N the best fo the are of He made it of zone | huge suit. | White [ lahe ned [ rehmint that he | known diying, ton ory v and satistied cquipment deep sea steol and SCHOOL BUILDINGS & MUST BE INPROVED Supt. Holmes Outlines Program 10 Modernize Educaion Plant e this work af the of accomadations for sehanl authoritier m city providing adequate children i not [finished, although there there is no building construction xoing on at nt fime. e at least cight buildings which need improvement here and it is Supt. Stanley 1. Holmes opinion 1 should e modernized to l ‘m on an even basis with several first class buildings here, ording to Supt. Holmes needs are at the High sehool and Northend s but there is need for improvement in the Central Junior High. the Val- cntine B Chamberlain, €mith, Rock- (well. Bartlett and old Burritt schools. ‘The buildings which are at pres- ent taking care of the Senior High schiool enrollment need modern plumbing, modern electric wiring ind lght fixtures, modern furniturc and vodern chemical and physical laboratorics in the academic build ing and improvement in lighting fix- tures and an enlargement of the Ii- brary room in the vocational build- 1he hetore the | ingenui- | is belicved | aluminum and devised & system of Ilevers and cogs so that the man | vithin the cumbersome suit could move easily along the ocean botton The arms and the body can I turned to almost any angle, and I the stecl claws that scrve as the hands are ablc to pick up tiny ol jccts, A 500-watt light, specinly do vised by the Westinghouse company. has been mounted in s searchlight attached to the top of the suit. This lamp will permit () liver to soe ohjects 25 feet distan at deptis to which no daylight pen- ctrates. Bowdoin plans to put similar lighting unit on cach shoul der of the grotesque outfit, Air s admitted through the fa- il tube. and the dives out into s world of wi- four set into exlindrical s =uit, rubber windows, ies of the e off the IDPATIIUS Wi sus from 1he e into the the e test 1 t the pended on g cran of 4 tuz wind lows cable. A tost was mnde AN occupant it hoon by a succosstul p e i 100 into his ot suit withom feet stean o ered 200 aet, where 1 15 minutes. 1 Withstand Ui pressure at Bowdoin stocl to remain tostepped pnber il wa o will teot, for expet ' ing. Better torium Ymnasivm facilities, andi ing el plunbing fis tures and fiveproof sliirways eeded the wihend, Ch lain, Swith, Central Junior well Bartiett, and - old IN TEAPOT CASE Fall's Son-in-Law Appears Be- fore Senate Inquiry Burritt April 15 (®)-—Clar Albert Washington, ence C. Chase, son-in-law of B, Fall, Senate Teapot Dome committes that the mysterious memorandum found in the committee records which said that Fall never received any monc: from Harry F. Sinclair was written on the same kind of paper as that used by Fall in writing former Sen- ator Lenroot of Wisconsin in I cember 1923, The witness also said that ot would seem that the two document. were written on the same typewriter at the same time, but he added that he did not know that. testified before the READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS I'OR BEST RESULTS President Opens D. A.R. Meeting I'resident Coolidge voiced a plea for' preservation of local self- government in address at opening of annual congress of Daugh- ters of American Revolution in Washington. He is shown with Alfred Brosseau, D. A. R., Dpresident general, and Bina D: | | | T g i o =Y e 2

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