New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1928, Page 1

five an- id- eir ner lay o ite, un« ‘ ESTABLISHED 1870 |r|nsr EDITION | ‘NEW., ‘ -wm \“’ E—————— i AW oot w)‘ Ayl #RITAIN HERALD ~EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1928 —EIGHTEEN PAGES Week Ending April Zsti Average Daily Circulation For ' 14,908 PRICE THREE CENTS SOUTH CAROLINANS RUN BEFORE FLOOD Saluda River Valley Deserted as Dam Weakens 20,000 PERSONS IN FLIGHT Innkeeper, Noticing Break in Wall, Sends Out Waming of Danger— Refugees Take But Few Posses- sions With Them. Greenville, 8. C., lapse of the big carthen dam at Table Kock cove on the Saluda river, 31 miles north of here was believed | impending, Calloway Mills, con- tractor who constructed the con- duits to pipe the water here said today on returning from the scene. The leak around the outlet valve at the base of the dyke was grad- ually growing larger and a crack that extended the full length had de- veloped in the crown, Mills said. He left the dam about 6 a. m. Suluda river, immediately below the dam, has ceased to rise, despite the flow of water through the leak, D. A. Talley, below the dam, said. Greenville, 8 C., May b (®—The Saluda river valley wag deserted to. day as the spectre of disaster by flood haovered over the mill towns and farms along the river's banks. Impending collapse of the huge new earthen dam of the Greenville water system sent 20,000 residents of the valley to higher ground last night, when B. W. Andere, Table Rock innkeeper, broadcast a warn- ing that the 5,000,000,000 gallons of ‘water impounded in the artificial lake were pouring leak around the outlef bottom of the dykes Thousands Leave Home The innkeeper's warning was car- ricd by courier and telephone and the thousands left their homes to the mercy of the floods, taking only what posscssions they could carr valve at the Throughout the night the river | rose rapidly as waters poured through the leak which gradually grew, while other sections of the dam showed slgns of weakening. Seepage in the huge dyke which 1 700 feet long, 14 feet high and 750 feet thick at the base, with a 59-foot crewn was noted yesterday and shortly after 6 o'clock last night the innkeeper discovered the leak about the outlet valve and hastened to notify the families living im- mediately below the dam. Alarm Spreads Quickly The alarms soon spread through the valley and within a short time the exodus was under ws Today it was believed that every one who lived in the endangered area had heeded the alarm and sought safety on nearby hills. Water behind the dam, recently completed to give Greenville a con- stant supply of water, measured 115 | feet in depth when the lead was found and ten hours later the gauge had dropped only two feet, leaving 113 feet of water to sweap down the valley should the rapldly weakening dam collapse under the pressure of the immense lake. Four miles below the dam, the Raluda rose at the rate of a foot an hour. Other Places Endangered Greenville, seven milen east of the Tiver was not endangered, but the lower sections of, the mill towns of | (Continued on Page 15) DOZEN MEMBERS OF CREW OF GREEK STEAMER LOST| Others, Tossed Into Sea When Brit- ish Warship Rammed Boat, Rescued. London, May § (UP)—Twelve members of the crew of the Greek | steamer Ioannis Fafalios were re- ported today to have perished after the ship had sunk in a collision with the naval supply ship, Bacchus, in the English Channel. Among those who died were the clief officer and mate of the vessel, the report here said. Ten members of the Greek crew were reported to have died immedi- ately after the accident. The two others were picked up by the Bac- chus but they died before that ves- #¢l reached port. The Greek vessel sank within three minutes after it had been rammed by the Bacchus, reports here said. Portland, Eng., May 5 (#—The erippled British supply ship Bacchus | was safe in port here today after a | collision with the Greek steamer Toannis Fafalios in the channel. Ten Greek saflors including captain and mate were drowned and two other Greek satlors died after being picked up. The Bacchus brought the two | survivors, one of them ‘injured. The supply ship was navigated to- ward port stern foremost since ft was down by the head. The ship was %o badly crushed that it was in grave danger of sinking. Once the crew and the two Greek survivors abandoned the warship, but the water tight compartments held and some of them returned. Later the battle cruiser Tiger and two tugs took the Bacchus in tow. The Greek vessel sank in one and & half minutes. There were no casualties aboard . the Bacchus, which came into port with a skeleton crew. Thirty-five members of her crew were trans- ferred to other ships which landed them at Portland with the two Greek survivors, May 5 P—Col- | who lives four miles } through a big | High Police Officials as Well as Other Prominent Bostonians Involved in Vice Ring Scandal Facts to Be Presented to Grand Jury Next Week— Conspirators Alleged to Have Extorted Money for Protection Which Failed to Materialize, torted ve money for promised place was visited and ordered closed, the hotel man told his story to the a former broker, a prominent inves- tigator for a nationally known uplift |Foley have been quictly gathering for more than two wecks was to he spirators met the hotel man to talk | placed before the Suffolk county Over a new offer of protection and grand jury next Monday, it hecame their conversation was taken down known. Ly official stenographers. One of the The inquiry will be one of the men was followed to the office of most important and sweeping in the lawyer involve years, it was said, with the possi-| In addition, the district attorney | bility that it may involve high po- was said to be in possession of sev- . officials as well as other prom- eral letters written by the lawyer which mentioned the names of seve cral police officers assigned to the liquor squad inent persons. i The former broker, who was said Boston, May 5 (P —Grand jury in- recently raided by police and liquor estigation into the activities of an squads. lNeged rum and vice ring whose ~The conspirators wirc alleged to embers were said to have included | (orice protection which, however, several police officers, a prominant was not forthcoming hecuuse of an [lawyer formerly attached to the of- unexpected ¢ of officers in | {fice of the federal di attorney, charge of raiding s When his society and others, loomed today. ~ district attorney Information which agents on the Operatives of the district attorney | |staft of District Attorney William J. were concealed in a room adjoining | that in which two of the alleged con- | Small Force of 8,000 Jap Sol- Dr. Pullen Advises Public fo diers Defending Foreign Quarter, Use Reasou in Dressmg |ALL AMERICANS ARE SAFE “WATCH GLOTHES” SLOGAN | Additional Dispatches Tell of More Common Sense Garb, Proper Food, Than 300 Japanese Resldents Kill- Gunicient sjed p and Avoidance of od When Nationalist Forces Lot Omers Afilicted with Colds Pre- | City—sttuation Grave. | scribed by Health Dept.. Head. | Peking, May 5 (P—Scant advices and cold p | from Tsinan, battleground of Chi- v now, is distinet nese nationalists and of Jupanese Dr. Richard W troops who formed a protective ., ‘cordon around foreigners trated there, today indicated that the situation continued to bLe ex- tremely serious. (Word was received at concen- going without su 1 to guard azuinst sudden we Shanghai to be out on bail on an appeal from | a bucket shop conviction, was de-| The part that the others played clared to have confessed acting as was not revealed in advance of pre- “bagman” in the “shake down’ of sentation of the case to the grand the proprietor of a South End hotel ; PRESIDENTIAL VETOES 33 STORES ATTACHED | ARE BROADLY HINTED IN SUIT FOR $30,000 {Flood Control and Farm Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Relief Bills Not Satisfac- I‘ Co. Sues Service tory to Coolidge i Appliance Co. ury. The store of the Service Appli- ance Co. at 141 Arch street has been Washington, May 5 (® -—— Three major pieces of legislation, two Inij ) f o= Horto St of attachment, |the last stages of their journey 10 jsucq in hehalf of the Eureka the White House and one under de- | Vacuum Cleaner Co., a competitor, bate in the senate, are now claim- Sevking damages of §28,000. The ing the attention of President Cool- “UY, 1 ':"'“fj’r‘l" At SiEbt by idge, with prospects that two, un- jeputy sheriffs and constables work- less further revised, will fail of ihs ing in the citics in which the 35 approval. Connecticut stores of the defendant These are the Mississippi flood company are located. New Britaln control and MeNary-Haugen relief | Was the second city visited, the Arch measures, A conference agreement Srect place of business being put o the Tormer s o be under padlock after three branches taken up in the house today, and indications {had pointed to speedy approval. [The farm bill also has passed both |houses and has entered conference. | Quick action on this also is predict- ed, as only miner differences remain | to be overcome. Proponents of both measurcs . have forecast presidential approval, | release of the attachment, clalming that nearly all of the ex-| Similar lawsuits are now going on jecutive’s objections had heen met. |in other states, breach of trade President Coolidge disagrees, how- | agreement being_allcged. {cver, on this point. After a caretul | Trinity Students Hurt study of the two bills he feels that neither has been revised suflwn-mly [to meet his views. In Hartford Accident | On the other hand, he belie Hartford, May o (#—A fire alarm box was smashed, two Trinity col- lege students were slightly injured, in Hartford had been closed. Until recently, the Service Appll- ance (o has handled products of the Eureka Co. but it is now fea- turing another type of cleaner, those in charge of the local office said to- day. Temporary offices have been blished next to the former of- pending filing of a bond and ves | |the Boulder Canyon dam bill now pending in the #enate conforms to the .needs of the Colorado river and a milk truck and the car in situation, and he would like to see | Which four students were riding it passed by both houses at this |bore marks of collision, following an session. He feels that the proposed |accident at Washington and Park dam would meet the flood control | Streets early this morning. Win- requirements and that the bill's en- | ston 8. Fliess, 24, of Woodbury, was actment would give southern Cali- |held on charges of operating an fornia a better water supply. | automobile recklessly and without a Since power development, license. Henry Uhlig, 22, of 98 Ver- in his opinion, would be only incidental to non street, and E. W. Ljongquest, |the main objectives of the plan, he 24, of 60 Beacon street, were- cut believes that this should not stand |and bruised. The fourth in the in the way of a the problem. | tified. The president appreciates that | many changes have been made in | the McNary-Haugen bill, but he | (Continued on Page 15) | {WOMAN FALLS DOWN STAIRS | THEN FIGURES IN CRASH | final solution of | party disappeared and was not iden- Being Removed to Home by Her Husband When Auto Is in Collision. Mrs. Waclaw Anisko of 170 Grove street fell down a flight of stairs in | a house on Quecn street last eve- | ning, injuring herself. and while be- | ing driven home by her husband, about 9:05 o'clock, she suffercd a shaking up as a result of a collision between her hushand’s car and a sedan driven by Joseph Winnik of 340 Chestnut street. Winnik was driving north on High | street and Anisko was driving west | on Broad street. As the former made a left turn into Broad strect, his car struck Anisko's machine. The drivers blamed each other and Winnik left to c a policeman, While he was away, Anisko decided to bring his wife home, as she was | in pain, so that when Winnik re- | turned to the scene, he could not | find Anisko. The latter, when he | returned, could not locate Kinnik, but he went to the police station and gave his version of the collision, Officer Louis E. Harper found no cause for police action. The front | bumper of Winnik's car was pulled off on the right side and there was some damage also to the right front fender. Dean Brown to Preach Last Sermon at Yale New Haven, May 5 (P—Dean Charles R. Brown of the Yale Divin- ity school tomorrow morning will preach his last sermon at Yale be- fore his retirement as dean of the divinity school and a departure on & trip to the Orient. He has served as dean for 16 years and has helped to train nearly 1,000 men for the ministry. SICK (N B&ED wi THE GRIP from the Tsinan consulate that all | present time ther: Americans were safe), la a number of cases of ill- The firing which continued all day e yesterday, however, ccased at 7 p. fliiro! notl resLI(n e T m. Four hours later a messa ommunicable dis- Tsinan said there was no more fir- e ing at that hour. I'hi act ;7"‘\(: | Jap Women Assaulted | | Advices sald several Japanese {women were assaulted and killed | |by the southerners (nationalists). | The naked and maltreated body of | \urintic 1ie o jone Japanese woman was found near portable natu | her countrymen's lines of defense. ||y comumu The Japanesc captured from the |i; i not F AT A e | nationalists two mountain guns, 20~ | gure law., From what conversation 1000 shells, 2,000,000 rounds of rifie SR hysicians the ammunition and 2,000 hand gre- | conclusion scems to he that the ill- inades. ation would b ss complained ble nature accurate. Ap- is of a non-re- *, thongh it is distinct icable. By that we mean it the sic t a communic not his conclusion The last information put the .Yup-‘:‘m“m“:,, j»m, vn;n‘:r {anese military casualties up to 10 | GHNN SO0 S a. m. yesterday at 10 killed and 38 | wprioy, the st is this | wounded. Waeather several The northern government pro- | ot T T 1ch as to tested to the Jupanese legation . 1* MO U0 of common |against the sending of Japanese ‘“ he o 1d is, of |troops Into Tsinan on the groung (°ldS The comm Sl {that the Chinese authoritics were COUIST reatdily communicable, more able to maintain order. llgee (o ibe mern faroec SR s at @ low cbb of viiality by rea- Besieged in Tainan by 40,000 na- (800 of undus esposure. One warm tionallst troops, only 3,000 Japanese | ¥ followed by a very colid day may today were available to fight m de. |I4¥e the ultimate cifect of lowering tense of the foreign quarter, where 1 CPIe's resistance to kuch a point persons of various nationalities have |tha! colis can be contracted very ibeen concentrated for their safety, <2sily. J¢ this state of aifairs con- Major General Toakura, Japanese |[INUCs over an extended period o |{commander, took every available |Ume, it s casily understood how !man from the Tsingtao garrison and [114NY persons may be extremely was leading a forced march of 2,000 |Susceptible to common colds. One troops along the line of the Shan-|Wears a heavy coat today and finc tung railway to relieve their be-|it 100 warm. The next day one leagured comrades, | eides 1ot to wear the coat and th There was no confirmation of the | Weather turns cold. This, of course, loss of any foreign lives other than jmeans undue exposure and conse Japanese. The Japanese military uuent lowering of resistance. wireless stated that the troops were| “We have ited in this depart- | protecting other nationals. From |ment before that the function of | clothing was to make it possible for the body to its normal temperature, I ment holds good for any this it was assumed that the two American consuls, Edward F. Stan- jton and Ernest B. Price, and the remaining American residents, most- muints the | tions were forecast owing to |fighting. There was much conjec- |ture as to the effect of it on the 1 northward campaign of the nation-! | | WEATHER New Britain and vicinity Showers; cooler tonight. Su ¥y generally fair and cooler, | alists. Experts believed it would be checked until the snarl with Japan (Continued on Page 15) * | tion of relinquishing his post. r of the National Aerc ciation. arrived at & p. from Washington to | crtity the time. Absolute seereey th flight and it was not tew hours before the actual breaking of the record that the news leaked out of the navy vard. Navy officiuls ex- plained that they did not wish to ave their future course hampered the event of failure or mishap. he attempt was conducted under the supervision of Henry C. Cocklin, project engineer of the naval air- craft factory here. The plane spent the first day at ' Bt of 300 fect, making short runs up and down the Delaware riv- er until late last night when the plane cireled the ficld at an alti- de of about 830 feet until the wsoline supply was exhausted Weather conditions were b The plane is equipped with two | R-1750 Wright a 1 whirlwind motors, an enlargement of the | model used in Lindbergh's Spirit of Louis. Winners of Trophy Licutenant Gavin last year the | winner of the Schiff trophy, an hon- lor given to the flier who completes | th test number of hours in the i during a year without mishap or accident to plane, passenger or |equipment. He flew 847 hours to win the trophy. Licutenant Gavin has a long record of achievement [to his credit. He was a member rmly | that ship, with the F ly missionaries, were inside the Jap- |the vear. When t are warm | anese cordon. The American lega- | obviously we should not dress warm- tion at Peking has had no reports |y for the heat regulatory mecha- | from the Tsinan consulate since [nism s put to undue strain and Vlay 1. | may be temporarily upset. The re- Hard March Ahead se of this statement is likewise The troops from Tsingtao had a true. If we do not dress w | difficult march of some 200 miles enough on a cold day, & similar | before them since the railway be- strain on heat regulatory {1925 under the late Commander | tween Tsingtao and Tsinan had been | mechani To simplify the |John Rodgoers systematically destroyed at a dozen cntire maticr then alysis of | lLieutenant Soucek is a Pacific places. Advices from Tokyo said conditions now show cer- |coast flier, statione avy the Japanese military stores at vard here, and is a ion | Tsingtno were sufficient for only a (Continued on Page 15) superintendent of the aeronautica few days. | |engine section of the Philadelphia Serlous international complica- navy yard. | 40,000 CHINESE IN WEATHER T0 BLAME Navy Fliers Set New World Mark DRIVE ON TSINAN. FOR GRIP EPIDEMIG ~ For Seaplane Endurance Flig ht; Remain Aloft More Than 36 Hrs. Lieutenants Gavin and Soucek Better Old Record by 7 ‘ 3 Seconds — Flight Was Hours, 25 Minutes and 4 Carried On in Secrecy, Is Officially Recognized. 1 vor seaplan ho Zens Soucek, crew of t « echanic, and H. F. Dayton, a mem- r of the Wright Acronautic com- pany. Took Of he PN-12 took of oon at 2:56:1¢ Pt its course unti 2:51:30 a. m nternation:l for holding tests and s proved that n the flig s more than 48 ours in length the old record must exceeded by one hour. When flight lasts from 24 to 48 hours, old record falls when it has been vded by one-half hour t was recog 1 offfefal- hory, an official tim- of the crew of the I 1 and ail 9, Nos flight to Ha: attempted a WARREN DENIES RUMORS New York, May 5 (P—Police Com- missioner Joseph Warren told re- porters today that relations betw him and Mayor Walker were “very pleasant” and that he had not inten- | THIS WEEK'S AFFAIRS . . . . . by Knight KATE A STANLEY FUND WitL PEOVIDE SCHOLARSHIP FOrL MOST PAOFICENT MUSICAL STUDENT MLL'F‘I,W!YD.AW — THAT" CAL 'HELPING HAN| & WeLP/’ PICTURE OF THE EDITORIAL GENTLEMEN, WHO APPEAR TO GE. LTERALLY SWAMPED WITH NAMES OF ENTRIES (A HERALD— FUMOTT ACKIEVENERT MARBLE SHOOTING U RNAMER e =} cs. CALDWELL mcllo St WILL TWIST LION'S TAil AT LUNCHEON MAY 8§ — QU7 — * tion's -9 No. 3 when in | Race of Women With Hoofs Ahead, States Osteopathic Doctor Minneapolis, Minn, May 5 (UP)—Women eventually will hav Lo instead of feet, if they continue to wear high- heeled shoes, Dr. Clifford Groff told the Minnesota osteopathic convention, RUMANIAN PEASANTS ADVANCE ON CAPITAL To Demand Change in Govt.—Bucharest Adopts Desperate Measures Alba Julia, Rumania, Ma Aroused from their eastern le thargy, « vast horde of peasants was plod- | ding into this city today to voice widespread demand for a change in th he regime at Bucharest, Many of them are illiterate, the majority know nothing about poli- or government, but they are nsitive 1o wrongs and eag- © 10 participate tomorrow in the great national referendum of the national peasants party, which will vxpress the will of the 15,000,000 peasants who constitute the back- bone of Rumania. This meeting will | protest against the liberal govern- ment of Vintila Bratlanu. Julin Maniu, leader of the peasants party, : has promised to give them a bettep nment. uch a tremendous meeting is un- p wralleled in the history of Rumania but neutral foreign observers be- lieve that it will be a long time he | o the peasants party realies its The Bratianu regime cises complete political mastery and h; ironclad control over the na- productive life, Tte firm grip on all the treasures of the coun. including rich oil flelds, coal mines, forests, fisheries, foundaries and factories, granaries, water pow- r transportation, banks and great corporations. The most that s expected is that the congress will make known to the world some of the grievances and disabilities under which the untutor- ed masses are suffering. “I will not how to mob pressure and yield the reigns of government {to the inexperienced, incompetent rabble,” is the attitude of Premlier | Bratianu to the demands of the | peasants party. Despite the action of the govern- |ment in requisitioning all automo- biles, reducing the number of trains and interposing every form of Im- pediment to the success of the con- | gress, Maniu declared that by tomor- row, 250,000 peasants would be in Alba Julia. Many of the pilgrims left their weeks ago. They slept in 1im; homes ! (Continued on Page 15) - DOUBLE MURDER, SUIGIDE +| STARTLES NEBRASKA TOWN | Two 70-Year-01d Men and 28-Yea | 0ld Woman Found Dead By Woman’s Husband Plattsmouth, Neb., May § )—The | bodies of a young woman and two | ar-old men, each with a bullet drilled through the left temple, were ound last night by the woman's husband. | The bodies were lying in the bot- Mle-strewn dining room of John ;\.\r;i« 's home, varada was one of |the dead. Hans Tams and Mrs. | Pearl Enbury, 25, were the others. 1 A note signed by Varada indicat- | ed it had be la suicide. “They were going to get | me, but I got them,” the “I am ridding Enbury of his wife. There was more to the note, but it as not made public. nbury, a railroad worker, be- {came alarmed on returning from | work to find no one at the Tams' lome where Enbury and his wife {lived. He crossed the street to the | Varada residence and forced his way | through a screen door. | Varada's note, lying on the talle, | was weighed down with $50 in cur- {rency and silver and Varada's watch, | The Enburys formerly made their 'home with Varada, but following slight differences they moved in with | Tams, a widower. 'New Braking Law for Autos to Be Recommended | | Hartford, May 5 (#—Among the {new laws to be asked of the next convention legislature will be one authorizing all automobiles register- ed in the state to be equipped “with | at least two braking systems, with two separate means of application,” | and so constructed that if any way | connected, the breaking of any part will not put the entire breaking ays- tem out of working order. This new | legislation, on the safety equipment | of automobiles will be sought and recommended to the general assem- | bly by Motor Vehicle Commissioner | Stoeckel as the result of a resolu- | tion passed at the last meeting of |the eastern conference of motor ve- 'hh'lo administrators, held a few | montts ago in Casada, \ :n a double murder and | note said. ! AVIATORS WILLING TOVISIT HARTFORD Must First Obtain Approval of Their Embassy Ofcials {PLEASED AT INVITATION Germaa and Irish Governments Anxious To Have Transatlantic | Fliers Return Home To Avoid Fatigue Which Receptions Causc. New York, jcrew of the tra | Bremen will v Hartford on ) 20 or 21 if it is at all possible, It Blythe, personal representatives lo¢ the fliers ed yeste noon to Cudric W. Foster, who presented requests of Gov. John 11 Crumbull, Mayor Walter Batterso and the Hartford Cliamber of Cow | merce that the aviators make a stop at the Connecticut capital on their return from Boston to New York. | Mr. Blythe explained that bo |embassics had asked the fliers 1o | terminate their stay in this country {as soon as possible. This was ag tuated by fear that they migh break down under the strain of v tainment and they might be un jable to accept the hundreds of i | vitations to visit cities in all part of the country, Atrmen Willing Following an interview on Gunther von Huenefeld and C tain Hermann Koehl, Mr, Foster that both the German birdmen ex- pressed their willingness to stop in Hartford 1f the approval of the stop was given by the German em- ,bassy, the Irish Free State embassy and Mr. Blythe. Stop with B i Mr.and Mrs. Foster presente 'the German baron and captain « cablegram from Count Fellx von Luckner, famous German sea-rald- er, in which he expressed his con- {gratulations to his countrymen on their noted achievement on being the first to &pan the North Atlantic waters on an east to west flight, | After he had read the cablegram, Von Huenefeld autographed it and returned it to Mr. Foster, saying that he would write the count his appreclation. ! Speaking in halting English, Von Huenefeld expressed his appreciation of the message and sald the count was a close personal friend and com- panion in sickness in a hospital in Hamburg. “We were in rooms side by side," he sald, “and became fast friends. He was having his—what do you call it—having his appendics in trouble.” As he spoke the baron motioned with his hand in a criss- cross manner on his side. Monocle fast in his eye, the baron spoke for some time with Mr. and Mrs. Foster telling mostly his grati- tude for the reception he recefved with his companions and of his hope to make another flight. Aske regarding what flight he had in vie lie sald it had not been decided. Koehl Clicks His Heels At the time Mr. and Mrs. Fostor were introduced to the German flie Major James Fitzmaurice was nof in the room. They were presented to him later. Captain Koehl, able to speak but a few words of Eng lish, and to understand hardly mor:, icked his heels together in a mili- |tary fashion when the introduction {100k place. Refore any woras we |spoken the chuuky German Ml iflashed a fascinating smile and said “Thank you.” Baron von Huencfeld. acknowi | cdged the introduction to Mrs. Fos bowed low and kissed her hand | Upon bidding his adicus he eate {the same gallant continental gestur Extreme difficulty in reaching th | fliers was encountered by Mr. and | Mra. Foster despite their letters introduction. Police swarmcd through the Ritz-Carlton hotel only by means of a pass through t Fe Bl dn e S L ninth floor where the aviators wer receiving the callers, In their snit: were uniformed police and severci members of the force in plain | clothes. The confusion in the hote} was considerubly augmented by the presence of Prince Potenzian, gov ernor of Rome, who arrived in Ne: | York yesterda NATSUI LOSES IN RACE T0 ENCIRCLE THE 6LOBE Japanese Frustrated When Liner Aquitania Is Six Hours Late in Docking New York, May 5 (—Six hours delay in the docking of the Cunard liner Aquitania, due to fog oif th Grand Banks of Newfoundland, is believed to have lost Ryukichi Mat- |sul, a race around the world from Tokio and $1,000. The delay in the arrival of the bie liner caused the Japanese traveles to miss the westbound air mail plane | which was to have carried him on {the first leg of a flight to Victoria to catch a Pacific ocean liner to- night. If he had caught the liner he could have arrived in Toks ahead of his ‘rival, Toichiro Araka, who is traveling the opposite direc- tion and who, unless delayed by un- foreseen difficulties In his journey across the trans-Siberian railway will win the first prize of $1,500. Second prize is $500. Matsul left last night for Califor- nia by train and sails Wednesday for ‘Tokio. Araki should arrive at Tokyo May 13 or 14, ten days before Matsui can get there. The rivals recently pass- ed each other in airplanes hetween lflnnuur. Germany. and Amsterdam, Helland, g