New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 BALLOONISTS HAVE THRILLING TIME IN RAGING STORM Bags Forced Up and Down -at Rate of 8,000 Feet a Minute ALL PILOTS EXPECTED 10 LOSE THEIR LIVES Two Killed When Balloons Are Struck by Lightning—Craft Made Lighter to No Avail by Dropping Ballast—Men Never Encountered Such Conditions in Their Exper- fence, Pittsburgh, May 31 (P—The na- tional elimination halloon race, broken up soon after the start by a disastrous storm that Killed two of the balloonists, today was at an end | with the Army No. 1 Fied, Belleville, 11, travel more than a the starting field. Army No.'1 came to rest at , at 6:10 o'cock this ¢, race headquarters here | were advised in a telegram from the pilot, Capt. E. W. E. Kepner. The experience of the balloonists who rode the winds into a seething and flashing storm soon after the take-off in the race, were told to- day by the pilots and their aides gathered about the race headquar- ters, All the men, several of them vet- erans of lighter-than-air craft rac- ing with many hours in the air to their credit, said they had never be- fore encountered such a storm and that never again did they want to attempt to ride out such a tempest. There were tales of h“rmsm. too, especially that of Lieut. U, G. Ent, aide to Lieut. Paul E\rrl of the Army No. §, which was struck by lightning, killing Evert. Ent de- clined to jump in his parachute after the balloon had taken fire, re- maining in the basket to bring the bag to earth at the risk of his life. He was unhurt. In Center of Storm Lieut. J. G. Fisher, aide on the Army No. 2, said that 35 minutes after the take-off his balloon was apparently in the center of the storm. He said the craft was ehot up and down in the air with the opening of valves and dumping of ballast having little br no effect. IForty miles an hour was his esti- mate of the speed attained at times, and he said that ascent on occasions was at the rate of from 1,500 to 3,000 feet a minute. “I am glad to be here. I never: thought I would be,” remarked Iieut. J. H. Stevens of Vandalia, Mich., pilot of the Navy No. 1. In describing efforts to maneuver the ship through the storm, Stevens said ballast was “spilled all the while and T don't mean by cupfuls; it was, sacks at a time, sacks and all.” The Navy N trees after Stevens said he decided it was time “to take to the rigging. After hitting the trees Stevens and his aide, Lieut. G. F. Watson, Shell- man, Ga., climbed down and sought a farmhouse. from Scott the only bag to few miles from . 1 was carried into | | following his investigation of the dis- | headquarters in which bricks were v NEW BRITAIN HERALD TALE JAY EXPEL ADOZEN OR NORE RIOTING STUDENTS ' Dean Mendell Has List of Ring- leaders and Plans Action Saturday SAW SEVERAL OF THE UNDERGRADUATES HIMSELF Melee One of the Worst in History of University—Police Headquar- ters Stormed By Boys—Officers Pelted With Eggs and Ripe Fruit When They Arrest Rioters After Exciting Contest. New Haven, May 31 UP—A dozen or more Yale students, today faced {the prospects of a premature “grad- uation” as one of the results of the riot here Tuesday night in which several hundred undergraduates participated. In addition to their difficulties with the college authori- ties five students are faced with ‘pumshmpnt at the hands of the lo- ical courts for their alleged breach lof the peace. Dean Clarence W. Mendell of {Yale college, has a list of students |who are suspected of having taken part in the riot and every man on the list will be questioned and pos- sibly expelled or disciplined. Some of the men on the list were recog- nized during the riot by the dean himself, and ether names were fur- nished by the campus and city po- |lice. Authorities Thankful Both college and city authorities were thankful of the fact that the rioters confined themselves to the central green, which lies between the college buildings and police head- quarters and the streets immediately |adjacent. Danie Goth of Middle- (town, one of those whore names was given out by the police as having been arrested on a breach of peace {charge, was not arrajgned with the ‘o'her five in city court yesterday | when continuances until Saturday were given, and it later developed that he had not been officially book- d. It was eald at police headquar- ters today that some reason for re- leasing Goth had evideptly come Wp {between the time that the were given out and the time . that they were entered on the official blotter. Action by the Yale authorities in the cases of the five students ar- rested is held in abeyance pending the arraignment of the young men in police court Saturday morning when they will be general breach of the peace. This etatement was made last night by Dean Clarence W. Mendell turbance which ended in a massed attack by the students on police hurled through the windows in their efforts to rescue their comrades. The dean said: “We have always poliey with students who interfere with public affairs. Any breach of the peace is up to the city authorities | and we will back up the police.” | The five young men who faced city court yesterday after passing used the same names | jinent businessmen charged with | Tissed Over Water | several hours in cells and still wear- | . J. Hill, Detroit, and A. J > |ing their pajamas under their suits Bchloscr Detroit, crew of the De- (Continued on Page 13) BRIDGEPORT PRANTOM STABBER OUT AGAIN This Morning Bridgeport, Anna Rauch, 2 May 31 (P—Mrs. . an employe of the tac shortly before seven o'clock | this morning, it is believed, by the | “phantom stabber” as she was on her way to work. The attack, which is the 26th at- tributed to the phantom stabber, oc- curred on Colorado avenue about 100 feet north of Beechwood ave- nue, of the street, according to the story she told police who rushed to the scenc in response to an alarm tele- phone to headquarters by Dr. Alfred Kornblut, police department geon, who was called to attend the woman. The ‘“stabber” apparently at- tempted to plunge his weapon into Mrs. Rauch’'s left breast, but she holding a flat pocketbook under left arm, and her arm was bent so0 that it protected her breast and took the force of the blow. The weapon cut through the cloth and lining of Mrs. Rauch's coat sleeve and lac ted the flesh of the | foreacm. The woman moment when was stunned for a she realized that she had been stabbed. Then she decid- «ed to go to the home of a friend to | have the wound attended to. Arriving at the home of Mrs. Henry F .Bergen, Mrs. Rauch told what had happened. Mrs., Bergen | summoned Dr. Kornblut. Upon being told that the patient had been attacked by a “stabber,” Dr. Kornblut telephoned to head- quarters and the two emergency Bridgeport Couch Lace Co., was at- | :d near a hedge on the west side | sur- | | custody of Prof. Tweedy. Attacks Mrs. Anna Rauch' Shortly Before 7 0’Clock |taken by the university against the | Times {from Grand Canyon, {lost and cruised for nearly two hours 'flmndurd Oil Company beacon near | i vilot, finally seeing the beacon, made | were: | Allen, freshman of Opeida, N. Y.; |Holland V. Williams, sophomore, of | cases in police court. | strong in his condemnation of the Gordon B. Tweecdy, & junior and son of Prof. H. H. Tweedy of the Divinity school: Dan T. Morse, fresh- man of Washington, D. C.; Hamilton |Buffato, N. Y., and Herbert §. Connell, Jr., of Scarsdale, N. Y. All were released without bail in the Nothing to Say Dean Mendell when asked for a statement as to the probable action five students declared he had nothing |to say pending the outcome of their Acting Mayor Thomas A. Tully is outbreak, saying “such an occurrence after a great athletic victory can be | overlooked but it is impossible to overlook an affair of this kind.” Investigation shows that the riot (Continued on Paga Three) LINDY LOST, FINALLY LANDS AT LONG BEACH | Manages to Come Down When Police Turn on Beacon at Flying Field. Los Angeles, May 31 (P—A dis- patch from Long Beach, Cal. to the here today says Cononel Charles A. Lindbergh, who caused his fricnds some anxiety when he was reported overdue on a flight Arizona, was above the hills surrounding the | Merced, Cal. The dispatch says that the famous an unsuccessful attempt to land at Merced. He did not land in Los An- gles, it was learned, because none of the airports here displayed the bea- con he expected to find. That he was ablé to land at Long Beach shortly afterward was due to/ the thoughtfulness of police there who heard the roar of the motor and telephoned the custodian of the field /w//wz,f/ 7?74;, 30 & R Q BT NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1928, —-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES City Honors Old Glory and Men Who Gave Lives for Their Flag Left to right, seated: Mahon and Spencer H. ing: Richard Jackson, Albert Remington, (Indian wa back row: George Root and the color guar SIX MEN HOLD UP INDIANAPOLIS CLUB Get Cash and Jewels Worth| Quarter Million ' 200 GUESTS ARE ROBBED| Line Up Dancers Will in Fashionable Broadmoore Country Club Forcing Jewels and Money to be Dropped Into Canvas Sack. Indianapolis, Ind., May »— In one of the most spectacular hold- ups ever staged here, six men late | last night “stuck up” about guests at a speedway day dinner dance at the Broadmoore club, just northwest of limits, and escaped with jewelry and other total value of which, club offici: said, was between $150,000 and 250,000, Prominent Victims Several of the city's most prom- and department store owners were among the vic- | tims. The dinner dance was held in connection with the annual 500-mile race at the Indianapolis motor speedway yesterday. Many out o town guests were present. It was said the club members and their | Buests were wearing much valuable | Jjewelry. No clue to the identity of the | robbers was obtained although good | descriptions were given to the po. lice. The men spent about 20 or Country | the city mone valuables, the parting. Rush Into Ball Room Just as the dance was in full pro- gress, four men rushed in the main door and forced A. 8. Lubell, club manager, to hold up his hands. Two men with sawed off shotguns went into the ballroom and with several companions guarded the entrance and foreed all of the dan other guests to line up aga all. The guests were ordercd to toss their jewelry, watches, bill folds and all their pocket money into a large canvas bag. Ernest Fisher, a guest, was struck on the head when he did not comply with or quickly enough to suit the robbers. A thorough search was made for a safe in the building despite the efforts of A. M. Rosenthal, presi- dent of the club to convince them that there was none there. Halls and rooms were by the bandits for might have hidden, Several shots were ball room over the guests when some of unruly and women ened. scarched guests who in the of th bedame | fright- | fired heads them became spentl Half Hour After about 30 minutes in clubhouse the invaders, made their exit in an orderly manner and | sped away toward Indianapoli Irvin Barker, Indianapolis traffic officer who, with his four children, was driving past the clubhous while the robbery was in progress was hailed by a man belicved to | have been one of the emplo Barker went to thetnearest far house to summon aid but found no telephone. Just as he was leav- ing the farmhouse he saw the car of the robbers leave. He drove in pursuit but did not fire fearing for the safety of his children. He suc- ceeded however in obtaining des cription of the men and other clucs. the CRAP GA RAIDED Danbury, May 31 ® — A squad of state police from the Ridgefield tarracks led by Lieut. John C. Kelly, raided a place in the busi- | ness center of the city at 1:3 o'clock this morning arresting men engaged in or watching a crap being proprietors of the pl: the others with being frequ Bonds were taken for the ance of the men in the next Monday. appe: 400 FISHERMEN I Tokyo, May 31 UP) — Newspaper cispatches from Sapporo say that 400 fishermen are missing and be- lieved drowned int a huge tidal wave which destroyed the fishing flect of Sarubutsu on the northeast coast of patrol cars were despatched to the scene and started search for the phantom stabber. 3 \ The custodian immediately switched on thé beacon and s few minutes later Lindbergh landed. the island of Hokkaido. Official confirmation of the dispatches was Wood, commander: | funeral parlors of game. Two men were charged with | ¢ —FPhoto by Collomb VETERANS OI" FOUR WARS ernberg, Michael Mc- Second row, stand- Lucius Goodrich, Herman Fleischer, s) and Dr. Thomas Mulligan; Color bearer, Charles Whaples, Charles Highy and d. Vivid memories of the days of 1861, 1595, and 1917 were brought home to New Britain yesterday as the stalwart veterans of three wars paraded through lines of flag-wav- ing and cheering citizens doing honor to comrades who answered the final “Tap: Though the “Boys in Blue” en- feebled through the years, could no longer gallantly step to the martial strains of the music incident to the days of their youth; though the men who answered the call to lift the op- pression of the Spanish Don from down-trodden Cuba are beginning to develop here and there a halting step, the same indomitable spirit that carried them behind the Stars and Stripes into 1he face of the withering fire, shone from their eyes and kept their heads erect as the “buddics” of the World War, chests out and heads erect, tramped over the line of march intent on keeping alive the custom inaugurated by the G. A. R. of honoring the memory of the war dead on each succeeding May 30 Tears were not missing among the onlookers. Here and there as the colors gwept on and the veterans of the Werlda War with their uniform verseas cap set Jauntily upon their h smilingly pussed by, a bowed head revealed a gold star mother, the great loser of the conflict, a sis- ter or a brother whose childhood pals had passed beyond or perhaps a sweetheart, with a lonely heart and a sad memory her only souve- nir: b Britain observed Memorial Day in an impressive manner. All close: the percentage nd since the holiday came in niddle of the week only a small of the city's population {161t for the shores. The curbs were crowded from v in the morning. The parade started exactly at 10 o'clock from Franklin square and Pearl street and ' {1t made its way toward Main street {minutes in the building before de- (C 13) MOTHER, ILL, NOT T0LD OF HER SON'S DEATH ntinued on Page Renshaw Boy, Victim of | Pneumonia, Laid at Rest While Clifford Renshaw, the 19 year old boy who died of pneumonia Tnesday, is being laid at rest this afternoon; his mother, Mrs. Mary Renshaw and his sister, Claire, are at the New Brifain General hospital | fighting a battle against the ravages | of the dis » which caused his death. aring that word of his death would have an adverse effect on the mother and sister, no word of his death has beer given tnem by | | relatives, His mother is &till on the cri cql list and is so sick that the hos pitai physicians feel it inadvisable to tell her and as his sister is just re- gaining her health and a set-back at this stage might be fatal, the au- thorities feel, His father, George Renshaw, who is recovering at Hartford hospital, knows of his son's death Funeral services were held at rank P. on Main street this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at Erwin chapel at 2 o'clock. Burial was in Fairview cemetery. FOUR ARE REAPPOINTED T0 CITY COMMISSION Mayor Paonessa Names Members of the Finance Board to Succeed Joseph Stone Macomber, Paul Nurczak Frederick A, members of the board of fi- and taxation whose terms ex- . tonight, have been reappointed 1d will be sworn in for new terms of three years each tomorrow. Other commissioners whose tgrms expire today are: Assessor I'rank M. Zimmerman; Chairman G. K. Macauley and Louis Faletti of the city plan commission; Commissioner irnest W. Pelton of the water board; Chairman B. W. Brown and nan pil | Commiseioner H. P. O'Connor of the garage commission. vor Pao- nessa has made no announcement relative to the officials included in lacking. this group. tl ctories, stores, and offices were | Duffy, | SCHODL DEDIGATED IN POLISH PARISH i State in Attendance 1,30 MARCH IN PARADE|_ Addresses by Distinguished Guests =Bishop Nilan Dedicates Building Many Present at Banquet. A celebration that surpassed many previous demonstrations by the Pol- ish people of this city was shared yesterday by thousands, when the new Sacred Heart Junior High school on Orange street was dedicat- ed by Rt. Rev, John J. Nilan, bishop of Hartfor in the presence of church, and state dignitaries, From early in the morning peo- ple began to prepare for the numer- ous ceremonies connected with the celebration. The homes in the im- mediate vicinity of Sacred Heart church were decorated with the colors of the United States and Po- land. The new school was draped with similar colors as were the parochial residence and other build- ings of the parish. School children from the early hours were prepar- ing their costumes and staging last minute rchearsals for the parade, displaying eagerness and a certain pride usually shown by youngsters at such celebrations. Long before the time for the sol- emn high mass which took place at 10 o'clock, parishioners and many out-of-town visitors began filling Sa- cred Heart church and by the time services began, the edifice wa crowded to capacity, At the stroke of the hour a procession marched from the parish house, the Sacred Heart society preceding the cele- brant of the high mass, Rt. Rev. Theeodor Dubowski. Heads were bared as the bishop passed through the multitude gathered on the left flank of the church, many kneeling as in homage to the man who had gone through unheard of trials dur- ing the war between Poland and the Bolsheviks in 1919 and 1920, Bishop Dubowski lived for weeks in a mau- soleum in a cemetery during the his- torical drive of the Bolsheviks to- wards Warsaw, exposed to many dangers but administering help tq those who were in need until finally he {ell into'the hands of the enemy. (Continued on Page 12.) 'WISCONSIN CHOSEN AS SUMMER WHITE HOUSE {Coolidge Plans to Leave for Middle West Early in June Washington, May 31 (P)—Presi dent Coolidge has selected a sum- mer White House on the Brule river, 89 miles from Superior, Wis- consin. the heirs of Henry Clay Pierce, to |occupy “Cedar Island Lodge,” situ- Jawd about six miles from Brule. he summer White House will be mhmn 12 hours from Chicago. In all likelihood the White House |executive offices will be established |in Superior while the lodge will con- | stitute merely the residence. 1‘ President Coolidge as yet has not decided the exact date of his de- parture, but it was said today that he would leave Washington as soon |as possible after June 11, when he is |scheduled to deliver the budget {speech here. The estate surrounding the sum- mer White House comprises several ’hDubm\d acres mostly wooded but Ithe actual living quarters of the President will be situated on a |small island little more than an |acre in area reached from the main- wmm by a narrow footbridge. | The living quarters on the island | consist of a one story bungalow of |white birch bark and comprising |cight bed rooms. The dining rooms, [Kitchen and scrvants’ quarters arc |in a corresponding burgalow on the | mainland at the opposite end of the footbridge. The estate is at an approximate altitude of 1,000 feet. It commend- ed itself to Mr. Coolidge. it is un- | derstood, for the good fishing that is reported in the Brule river. In ad- dition the temperature is cool. thus meeting another of the require- {ments for a summer presidential ’refildsnce | Although woods cover most of |the estate a garden is available close to the bungalows on the mainland. Tho estate is criss-crossed by many (Continued on Page Three) Shugrue of This City Is Fined and Jailed Meriden, May 31 ® — William Rhugrue, 24, of 68 West Main |street, New Britain. who was ar- rested here yesterday, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 10 jdays in jail in the police court to- day when he was arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehi- cle while under the influence of in- toxicating *liquor. He was also fined $25 on a count of driving without a license. * THE WEATHER New Britam and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday; little change in temperature, | | ! | | * Leaders of Charch, City and| Mr. Coolidge accepted the offer of | ‘woy) Plnj)w, o Yapy CAPT, KINGSF.ce5" FROM OAKLAND TO HONOLULU BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA 7,788 MILES AWAY e, Lacyan Bojnowski Exsiid fn Senator Heflin Accused of Beln In Pay of Klan While Making Hls | Speeches Attackmg Gov. fl Smith ATTEMPTS SUICIDE WHILE l]ESPI]N[]ENT | Plainville Man Broods Over Wel-‘l fare of Family Abroad i CUTS THROAT WITH RAZOR Town Authoritics | bama | Alfred I, Fear Attempted | Murder When Weapon Cannot Be Found, But Discover It Later in Pillow. (Special to the Herald) Plainville, May 31 — Worrying over the wife and three children whom he left in Poland when came to this country and fearful | that he could not provide for them, Peter Geblowski, 44, of 39 Fierce street, cut his own throat early this morning in an attempt at suicide. He recovered consciousness at the New Britain General hospital late in the morning and it was believed he would recover. Because of peculiar circumstances surrounding the incident, particu- larly the fact that no weapon could | be found, the authorities at first feared attempted murder. About noon a razor was found in the wounded man’s pillow and the inves- tigating officers, Constable George Schubert of Plainville and State Po- liceman Albert Backiel of New Brit- ain, came to the decision that they | had only an abortive suicide to deal with, Geblowski s employed at the Plainville Casting ., and lives at the home of his sister; Mrs, John Kempi. Mrs. Kempi went to his bedroom about 6:30 o'clock this morning intending to call him to go to work, and found him lying un- conscious on the floor in a pool of blood. She summoned Dr. Lawrence H. Frost, who had Geblowski re- moved to the hospital. Constable Schubert was called in and immedi- ately became suspicious at the ap- parent absence of any weapon. Relatives Questioned Schubert questioned Mr. and Mrs. Kempi and subjected their oldest son, Walter, to a long grilling. Wal- ter had gone tor work this morning and left after being there only an Tour. His story, told to the officer, in the firemen's room of the town hall, tallied with that of his parents. After thrice searching Geblowski's room and listening to the tales told he | { (Continued on Page 15) AIR RAGE TO SOUTH POLE IN THE MAKING Wilkins Against Com- mander Byrd to Reach Bottom of World New York, May 51 vace to the south pole Was in the making toda Captain George I1. tralian aviator and recently fle oss the Aretic, will | open headquarters for his Anturctic expedition at the Waldorf-Astoria on Monday, it was announced, while ! half a mile away at the Hotel Bilt- more Commander Richard . Byrd is rushing final preparations for his expedition to the same goal. Both men hope to fly from t rim of the southern ice barrier to the pole and back before next Christinas, Meanwhile their prepa- rations and traveling schedules take on the aspect of =~ competition completion of the fir Byrd plans to sail from Hampion Roads, Va.. in bis supply ship, The Sampson, about Angust 15. Wilkiny who is now in Berlin, will arrive in New York on July 2 and expec to sail from California about Se tember 1. Both men will stop at New Zea land for supplies and then pro to the Bay of Whales in Ross s which is 2,300 miles from the near- cst inhabited land and about 8§00 | miles from the pole. Both expect to | arrive at the Bay of Whales early in December. After that bases will | be established and flying equipment | put in condition, and from then on the flight to the pole will be open Wilkins, explorer, who Aus to both explorers. Where Byrd's expedition will be | elaborately outfitted and manned by | 55 men, Wilkins plans to make the effort almost ingle handed. He will use the Lockheed Vega plane in which he flew over the Arctic. His expedition will include about five on| six men, including a co-pilot. Lieut. Carl B. Efelson who accompanied him over the Arctic will not be on the new expedition. to resume business in Nome, Alaska. " . | tucky, | {into the various states, | plied the (Pr—An air | {in the course of events here. tee Hears Testimony to| Average WOek Ending May 26th ... Dulcml‘w 14,810 PRICE THREE CENTS HOPS OFF :Tri-motored Fokker Monoplane Roars Down Runway and | Into Air at Mile-and- (‘ampalgn Funds C ummn- a-half a Minute Speed This Effect From (.cn~;l“light Commander Accom- eral Counsel of K. K. K. | —Alabaman Himself to| Be Asked to Appear. Washington, M mony that the | paid 1 Klux Klan nator Heflin, democrat, 2 implacable foe of G Smith's presidential can- for spe ©S 1N various states | was given today by William Zum brunn, general counsel for the or- ganization, before the presidential campaign committee, Zumbrunn testified after Repre- senfative Snell, of New York, had | 'Jld«n panied by Two Ameri- cans and Another Aus. tralian on Longest Water Flight Ever Attempted by Man. Oakland, monoplane Cal, May 31 P—The Southern Cross hopped genate | off from the municipal airport here lat & 51 a. m., today on & 2,400 mile non-stop flight to Honolulu en route fold the committec he knew nothing | \© Australia. of Governor Smith's expenditures, He 6aid he understood that Heflin got $£250 for speaking in Ohio; $250 for | speaking in New York state and | | Carcens Down Runway. The big ship bounced and careene ed down the runway at the take. cither $150 or $250 for speaking in ° PICKINg up speed every second Towa. The Alabaman was paid by the state klan organizers, he said he national organization had not | ontributed for these meetings or to | |any political organizations or candi- dates. State Ovganization Work Steiwer asked what the klan had done to circulate senate speeches by Senator Heflin and the witness re- plied that the national organization {had done nothing along that line. He added, however, that state leaders had told him of arranging for Hef-| lin speeches. The klan attorney told the com- mittee that it could get information about payments to Heflin from these state klan leaders: Joe Huffington. Ralph W. Hoyt, of James W. Colescott of | Columbia; and Dr. Amos W. Duncan of Charlotte, It Heflin was paid for his recent speech against Smith at Winstc Salem, N. €, Zumbrunn said he d not know it. He added, however, that he might have been and that Dr. Duncan could give the facts, “When Heflin started these speeches, they were devoted wholly to relations between the States and Mexico, and if Smith's name was mentioned. it was purely inecidertall” Zumbrunn said. “We've Irifted into that. oW relationship 1 lowship forum to the klan? Senator Barkley, democrat, Ken- referring to a weekly pub- lished in Washington. “No relationship whatever,” was the reply. “But it s sympatheti The Kklan counsel said the meet- ings arranged by the state klans were started to help klan organiza tion and were not political in cha acter. Other men of national prom- and | United | the fel- | ked | | inence besides Heflin were hrought | he said. John A. Livingston, Washington correspondent of the Raleigh, North Carolina, News and Observer, and the Winston-Salem Journal, read a statement to the committee explain- ing the basis on which he publish- ed a story of the “Smith gumshoe compaign™ in that state. “For that T have no apology to {make.” he said. Livington denied that he had sup- committee or anyone clse witl names or information as to the Carolina, aside from his news dispatches telling of a secret” Smith organization. He also denied that he had been paid by anyhody for political work. Livingston said the Smith org zation in North Carolina had d very existence, “The only other organization we ad in the state which did that was the K. K. K. he added situation in North | traltans ! commander; tin until 4,000 feet' from the start Cape tain Charles Kingsford-Smith, tlight commander, gave it the stick and the Southern Cross rose about a foot from the ground, The speed, however, was met sufficient and the plane settled back to the runway. More gasoline was fed to the motors and attaining & speed of 90 miles an hour the plane soared into the air near the end of the mile and a quarter traek, Four in Crew tri-motored Fokker mone- carried ‘a crew of twe Aus- and two Americans. They Captain Kingaford-Smith, Captain C. T. P. Ulm, James 'Warner, radio ator and Lieut. Harry Lyén, navigator. Warner and Lyon are the Americans, An early morning haze made for noor visibility but the ship pointed its nose into the west without diffi- culty. The flight is the first leg of a 7.788 mile flight to Australia. It was announced before the hop. off that Warner and Lieut., Lyon, hoth fornier navy operators, would g0 all the way to Sydney. Son of Rear Lyon is a son of Rear Adl’nll‘ll Henry W. Lyon, U, & N., retired, of Paris Hill, Maine. The younger Lyon was a lieutenant commander of the transport Westerner and first licutenant on the cruiser 8t, Loule during the World War, 20 Years Experience. He has"had 20 years experlenes navigating the Pacific ocean. Warner served under Lyon as chief radio operator of the St. Louls and is described as one of the most effls cient radio men developed by the navy. All the flyers were extremely confident on the take-off and ex- pected to be in Honolulu within 36 hours. They said they would ar- rive there about 11 a, m., Pacifie coast time tomorrow. The men were given maps shows The plane were co-pilot; (Continued on Page 21) POPE PIUS CELEBRATES HIS 7IST BIRTHDAY Vatican Astir Early as Pontiff Reviews Guards and Says Mass Rome, May 31 Kingdom of the early today with (UP)—The little vatican was astie preparations for The witness denied any knowledge | tho celebration of the 71st birthday of Smith campaign expenditures in or Pope Pius XI, now in the seventh and s he had rges in that r Frank B, ator Sim- North Carolina, never made any ch: & in his Hampton, se 1ons, demo had furnish formation for his articles, fied. After Livingston was excused d him considerahl he testi- the committee suspended until two p. m. | by when Senator Heflin is to appear. Watkins Attempts to ¢ of his pontificate, T courtyards and corridors ef the Papal Palace resounded at dawn with the clatter of swords and the .| commands of officers, as the units in- of the pope's mir ature army pree pared for the review that was a feae ture of the program. Pope Pius began the ¢ ving mass in his private chapel. Later he attended another mass said by one of his private chaplains. Members of the Swiss guards, in thieir picturesque uniforms with yel- as usual ('all Mother-in-Law 1ow and purple stripes, their quaint May 31 (P—Togrr W. ing Hartford broker. rested in this city and partic- Hartford, atkins, mi is still int ularly as concerns his wi children. Early this morning Wi kins, from some distant point, at- tempted to family by telephone it is understood, that the family would hear from him again today. The telephone call was received was the case, attempts to get in touch with his family, was for Mrs. Zula Treaslar, his mother-in-law. RETIRED JOURNALIST DIES home. He was in his $ist year. and two 4 communicate with the | .and promised | at the Hotel Bond Annex, and, us with all his previous | New York, May 31 P — George Frederick Parker, retired journalist congratulatory messages and president of the Grover Cleve- Eielson expects (land sssociation, died today at his {hats and long pikes with streaming pennons, attended mass in squads of ten at a time. Other components of the papal my—the carbineers dressed like the warriors of Napoleon's old and the Palatine guard, were teviewed during the moraing. The “Noble Guard.” one of the most aristocratic corps in the world, being recruited from members of |the Roman nobility, was on special duty in the ante-chambers of the vatican. Princes and counts ef ancient lineage stood sentinel owte side the pope’s reception room. Receptions occupied most of the ! pope’s morning and early afternoen program. Later there was a cofe cert in the courtyard of St. Damases, Thousands of telegrams guard, ‘plr'u of the world were Pupils in Catholic scheels wese |a Bolidar.