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News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD ITALIAN FLIERS LAND NEAR NATAL, BRAZIL, AFTER THEY MAKE NEW AVIATION RECORD Travel 4'4" Miles in?Mother Takes Son’s Hat, Huge Amphibian Plane in First Non- Stop Flight From Eu- rope to South Amer- ica. Lost in Fog After Second Take-Off They Abandon Attempt to Reach Rio, Where Thousands Await Them. Rio Janeiro, July 6 (T)—Safely reaching the coast of Brazil last 4 night after a brilliant record-break- ing dash across the perilous Atlan- | tic, Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo P. Del Prete, Ttalian idrmen, were lost in a heavy fog for many hours in an effort to continue from their landing place at Point Genipabu on to Rio Janeciro. Start Southward The Ttalian fliers took Point Genipabu, ten miles north of I'ort Natal, and started southward hut soon were caught in unfavorable weather conditions and for many hours sought « ¢ landing place only to find then eventually north of Point Genipabu to which they had tried to return ves Finally they made a safe landing | at the town of Touros which is about 50 miles north of Port Na During the entire night the lighthouses on the Brazilian as well as the warships anchored in air fhe harbors threw their searchlight | heams into the fog anf mist in an ffort to guide the aviators to Rio | lights | powerful enough to scrve | Janeiro, but the were not as a beacon. Leave Disappointed When the news tinally was receiv- ed that Captain Ferrarin and Major Del Prete had landed for a ond 2i fime in northern Brazil, ¥ waiting it the Affonso landing field, outside of the Brazilian pital, went home disappointed. The Italian air- men were expected to arrive be- tween 6 and 7 o'clock this morning and the welcome which was ready for them would h been one the greatest enthusiasin. Touros is 70 miles from Nort Na- tal by automobile and all the Bra- zilian authorities and members of the Italian colony were rushing from Port Natal toda apparently hospitality of Rrazil All was well abourd plane according to th reaching Rio Janeiro 4,417 Mile Plight Landing at Point Genapabu last night from Montecelio airdrome, Rome, Captain Ferr Del Prete were flight of 4,417 miles. This was more than 600 miles farther than fhe rec- ord of 3,909 miles set a little more than a year ago by Clarence Cham- ) berlin and Charles A, Levine. After a rest of an hour and 2 the latest men's word (Continued on' Page 19) MAYOR 0. K.’S WATSON AS WATER BOARD HEAD Successor to Commissioner Hatch, Resigned, Not P Selected Important developments in the water service extension projcct came today with announcement by Mavor Paonessa. that the water board's ac- tion in naming Commissioner James 3 J. Watson as chairman is approved, as is also the original filtration scheme, providing for a slow filter system in preference to a mechani- cal plant. Coincident with this the mayor announced that William 1. Hatch. who relinquished the chairmanship last night, will retire from the hoard. either today or fo- morrow. As to whether he had asked Hatch to quit. the mayor had wo information for publiea- tion and he also said he has not &e- lected a successor to the retiring board member. It is the mayor's expectation that the board and the special advisory A committee will ceme before the common council at its July maeting with a recommendation that per- mission be voted to proceed with the filtration plant and necessary up- purtenacess involving an expendi- ture. of approximately $1,000,000. “To carry out the job a bond issue of $1.225.000 will be recommended. Although the primary object in having an advisory commitiee was to determine whether slow or me- chanical filters are best for this } city’s supply, the commitiee will not 4o out of existence mnow that this point has been determined, the vor said. Details of construction will come under its supervision as will also the financing arrange- ments and the contracts to be enter- cd Into with Hazen & Whipple, the (Continued on Page Nine) statement, % off from | coast | thousands | of | to welcome | the aviators and to offer them the | Part of C. N. G. Uniform, To Keep Him at Home ¥earful that he would be sent far away, an anxious mother whose soa recently en- listed in the Connecticut Na- tional Guard. seized his service hat and would not give it to him this forenoon, with the result that mother and son came to the police station and aired their squabble. Captain Kelly advised the mother to allow the boy to have his hat, and pointed out to her that he could enlist if he cared to and she had no reason to be alarmed about it. 'NEARS AND COLLYER ARRIVE IN GERMANY 'Plan to Leave for Moscow on Round-World Dash | Berhin, July 6 ®—John H. Mears and Charles C. D, Collyer, who are trying to establish a new record for fast trav vd at Tempelhof airdrome 9:08 today by plane from Cologne. Americans arrived one and a £ hours later than they scheduled, having started from Col ogne at 4:08 a. m. This was due to a forced landing on an open field at tandshers on the Warthe river, 80 miles cast of Berlin. “We had a heautiful flight out of | Cologne until we reached a chain of lakes south of Berlin,” Mears suid. There the weather was very misty und we lost our way. We were car- vied east, Finally we decided to land and get our bearings. We came down on an ordin: field at § “The furniers did not grasp what we wanted as we could not speak their language, but s000 a man on a I bicyele came by who told us w were At Landsberg, After that it wey 1Sy 1o resume our way to Berli Collyer's first question was re- garding weather conditions on the route to Moscow, thei rnext stop. When he was informed that with to- day’s strong following wind he might make Moscow by night if le flew d reet, he gave orders for an immed ate refuelling of the plane., Collyer and Mears decided they I \would attempt to reach Moscow to- | day if passport and other formalities could be arranged quickly, we: {HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS MUST BE KEPT PROMPTLY Surgeons Notified to Be On Aand I At Time Scheduled For Their Operations Surgeons operating at the New Dritain General hospital must re- port at the operating room at the time they scheduled their opera- tions, or they may lose their turn 'according to orders issucd at the in- stitution. | board in the staft room today point- ed out that patients of certain dila- {ory surgeons have complained that |they do not like waiting until 8:30 lo'clock for an operation scheduled for 8, The bulletin stated that the con- plaints have been considered by the hospital board which is considering when the surgeon does not appear on time, until all other operations have been completed. | ATTORNEY GROEHL T0 | DEFEND JACK SHERER Bridgeport Man Will be Represent- ed by Attorney of Gerald Chapman. Bridzeport, July 8 (F_Attorney (F. J. Griehl, who defended Gerald Chapman wlhen the latter was tried (for murder. will represent Jack Sherer. 36, of 725 Fox street, New York, when the latter's case, fn which Sherer is charged with com- plicity to commit arson, comes up | for trial in superior court. This was |revealed in city court today when Shearer, extradited from New York, | was arraigned before Judge William {J. Buckley and bound over when he waived examination. | Sherer is the first of three alleged {members of the arson ring to be brought back to Bridgeport since the arrest and conviction of Jack Scgall, proprietor of the Reduso Rubber company plant here, was sentenced to one to two years in state’s prison. Sherer, who was bound over to- day, is alleged to have put into Se- |gall's place the sewing machines |and other equipment destroyed in the fire, and upon which insurance totalling many times the estimated value of the machinery was carried. WOMA 1S INSANE Captain Kelly was notified this afternoon that a woman at 40 Booth |street had become insane. Sergeant {McAvery and Officers McCabe and ‘\\’nlmc!fll were detailed to invesii- |®ate and learned that arrangements |had been made to remove the woman to a state hospital today. 1 around the world, arriv-| A notice on the bulletin | a policy of postponing operations | - NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928 —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES AMELIA EARHART I WELGOMED HOME {Gomes Back to New York in Triumph RIDES UP BROADWAY Whistles Blow as Girl Who Accom- | panied Stultz and Gordon Across A step which will result in the formation of the first state park in Hartford county, will be taken this evening when the Sunset Rock asso- | ciation of New Britain meets at the Chamber of Commerce for the pur- _pose of offering the association pro- i perty 1o the state for park purpos | In addition to the offer of the pro- perty now owned by the Sunset Rock association which comprises 13% nother four acres owned by Frary & Clark immediate- Atlantic Occan Reccives N. Y.'s| P New York, July 6 ndits. (UP)—Amelia Up through lower Broadway where New York ehouted its ac- claim to Lindbergh, Chamberlin and Byrd rode the Boston girl who join- | cd the select band of Americans who ihave conquered the Atlantic by air. |ly adjoining, will be donated at the With her were her companions on 'same time, making a total park arca the flight from Trepassey Bay to | of 17!z acres Wales—Wilmer Stultz, the pilot, and | As a st_ie par’s, the association is |Lou Gordon, mechanician. | % ured that the properiy can be Met by Whalen | saved in its present picturesque state The first woruan to fly the Atlantic |and that its natural be v will be was met by Grover Whalen, chair-|carried forward and pre man of the mayor's reception com- | definitely, mittee, who went down the bay in| The ‘“ate park commision il [the city tug Macom to escort her to begin as soon “ e property is Ieity hall. | transterred, planting trees and de- | Mies Earhart, Stultz and Gordon | veloping it from the standpoint of iwere taken off the S. 8. President | utility and so”ty as well as for | Roosevelt. Waiting to greet them |scenic reasons. It is expected the |were Mrs, Stultz, Mrs. Clara Stultz, | state will develop windiug paths, mother of the flier, and Miss Anna‘fllal" trees and pipe water there for Bruce of Brookline, Mass, whohe use of the public. i |promised to marry Gordon if he flew| The project means the carryving ithe Atlantic and who will keep her | 9ut of the desires and original plans | of the association for suce Haurbor craft swung into line andl | Mec {Association Which Has Held It for Years, and Landers, Frary & Clark to Give Site for First R of Its Kind in Hartford County—- Rich in Scenic Beauty. ation erations and th T the andbition of S deavored 10 sew the park erial years ago the estute which the site is Jocated Property oi an esiate the timber was sold. George . At- well, anxious to save the property for perk purposcs, purchased 1. He crganized 1l Sunset Rock associa- tion, selling sharcs at cach to pay for the purchase of property. The timber was saved and today insct Rock is consid 4 one of the beauty spots of ed high on top of a rocky, zrass grown hInff, it presents a full mile of irontage overiooking the town of Plainvillo. Tt has been for vours the a of hotanists and n: who say it has many ra tiful specimens of plants a age. William R, Rossherg chairman of the board of water coni- mirioners, is presicent of the so- ciety. B. B. Bassette is secretary, and treasurcr. The executive com- mitiee consists of W. R. B. B. Bassette, J. B. Minor, E. A Sheldon and Carl £ Neuman Mr. Atwell now is seeretury of the New Hampshire Audubon socicty. ization of who have en- perpetuation of upon the upon which reh- lovers 1 beau- 4 foli- former Rossherg, |made a lanc of dipping flags and | {shrieking sirens as the Macom pointed it nose toward the Tattery | and steamed up the bay. On the | upper deck stood the crew of nw‘ |monoplane Friendship, waving a | greeting. | |~ Rain, which had been falling | thironghout the morning, ceased just before Miss Earhart and her com- MAROONED FLIER SAVED BY PLANE, Lions vouraea the - tas, wur wnc Ligllt, Lundborg I§ Taken From skies were murky. In Modish Gown | | Miss EBarhart bore little resem- | |blance to the girl, who, dressed in Sirpi— | flving togs, waited impatiently for | the weather to clear at Trepassey | Bay. She was dressed in a modish | ITALIANS ~ STILL ~ THERE |had displaced the leather flying D. nils of Rescue Lacking But Con- | Ioe by Swede | helmet, | A line of automobiles was drawn | {up at the Battery, Smiling broad- ly. Miss Zarhart, Stultz and Gordon, got into the first car for the short | ride to city hull. | | As the parade swung into lower Broadway motorcycle police pushed !the crowds buck to the curb. Out of |the windowe of skyscrapers came ticker-tape and confetti, ! | Both employes and employers quit work as the procession passed and leaned from windows to shout a greeting to the fliers. | At city hall Joseph McKee, act- |ing mayor, extended the city's offi- | ial welcome in the absence of Mayor James J. Walker, who is on a vacation in Hollywood. i | Compared to Lindy | _Tn welcoming Miss Earhart, Me- | Kee compared her flight to those of Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Byrd and the crew of the Junkers monoplane ' Bremen. He said the Friendship| had demonstrated that ocean flights could be made without risk of life provided adequate were made. firmation Comes to Wifc of Man Who Saved General Umberto No- bile. Berlin. July 6 (®-How th Swedish aviator Licut. Lund- borg, marooned with the Nobile an ice flor near was rescued, s told briefly in a despatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Virgo Bay. With great daring two Swe ish planes penetrated through the fog to the Nobile encamp- ment and dropped provisions. The pilot of one plane, believed to be Licut. Shyberg, observing open water, decided to risk a landing. He succeeded in thix and took Lundborg aboard, and rejoined the other plune. As the weather is improving, there is hope that the re- mainder of the group may be saved within a short time. Stockholm, July 6 (P—The chicf preparations' of the Swedish rescuc mission tele- graphed from Spitzbergen today that McKee then presented the medal Lieut. Einar-Paal Lundborg, Swed- of the city of New York to Miss ish airman, had been rescued from Earhart, Stultz and Gordon and also 'the ice near Ioyn Island. lLieut. gave them a scroll of welcome. !Lundborg was marooned Miss Farhart responded briefly: |planc overturned in an attempt fo Glorlous Reception {take off survivors of the Italia dis- “This is the most glorious recep- uster. jtion 1 have ever had, It is always a | | pleasure to come to New Yorlk, but | this time it is greater than ever. The shyberg is Rescuer The Swedish war department ceived u message from the b ship (Continued on Page 19) FLIERS 10 SEE KAISER |Crew of Transaflantic Monopiane by the Swedish flier Shyberg No mention was made of the five members of the Ttalia's crew. After taking off General Umberto Nobile from the ice floe on June 23 Lundborg returned to pick up the {other five men who had been strand- Bremen, led since the Italia crash on May Including Fitzmaurice Land at Doorn to Visit Ex-Kaiser, Amsterdam, July 6 (A—The (Continued on Pagc 12) when his | - Quest that the rescue was effected | - constitutionality of BLACKMER'S CASH ORDERED SEVZED $100,000 Confiscated by Com- mand of Washington Judge IS MISSING OIL WITNESS Failed to Appear at the Recent Trial of Harry Sinclair in Wash. ington—similar Amount Taken a Year Ago. Washington, July 6 @ A sccond hundred thousand dollars of the property of H. M. Blackmer of Den- ver, missing Teapot Dome witness was ordered seized today by Justice | Jennings Bailey in the District of Columbia supreme court hecause of Blackmer's failure to appear as a witness at the trial of Harry I Sinclair on last April 9. Walsh's Law The action was taken law sponsored by Scnator Walsh of Montana upon petition of Distriel Attorney Rover. The latter asked Justice Builey to sign the order re- quiring the United States marshal 10 seize the property and summon Blackmer to show cause on Octo- ber 15 why he should not forfeit it. Blackmer, ness in the trial subpoenaed as a wit- Fall-Sinclair conspiracy last October. failed to appear and $100.000 of his liberty bonds were used. While final action w vending on the forteiture of the: bends e was summoned as a wit- ness in the separate trial of Harry Sinclair, charged with conspiring | with Albert B. Fall to defraud the government in the lease of the Tea- | pot Dome naval reserve in Wyoming. He again failed to appear. Loses $100,000 The Walsh law provides that citizen living abroad who refuses to return to the United States to tes- tify in a criminal trial must forfeit up to $100,000 of his property. Blackmer's counsel attacked the the law and (Continued on 22) | transatlantic flyers, Capt. Hermann Koehl, Major James the Soesterberg airdrome, near | Ctrecht, shortly after noon and were taken fn a motor car 10 Doorn house where they will be the former kaiser's guests. tvt sarar Yon s wor | Ratilroad Preparing to Bridge | The fleyrs took off from the Bal- | donnel airdrome at 7:40 o'clock. flying in the Europa, sister ship of |their transatlantic plane. When |they left Traland it was understood |that they planned to drop down at | Doorn, en route to Germany. to pay their compliments to the former | | emperor. Dangerous Crossing Wili Be Eliminated if Plan to Span Four Adopted. Lines 'Elm City Newspaperman July 6Tt was ! Dies at Age of 53 |1carned on good authority last even- New Haven, July 6 (M—Otto|ing that the N. Y. N. H. and H. :K"‘“:“'e:"r‘.mffi" ‘30 j'e’fl"! ld "9‘:‘ Railroad Co. is planning to build a reporter in this city died today al AR |his home in Mount Carmel at the|Crid€e over the railroad crossing at age of 53. Newington Junction. This is a Mr. Kannegiesser's first newspa- {per post was with the Times-Leader 1and in late years he had been on the staff of the Journal Courier. He is survived by his widow. two isons, Robert and Ernest and one sis- |ter, Miss Hedwig Kannegiesser. Smith to Attend Rascob Funeral in Maryland Albany, N. Y., July 6 (UP)—Gov. Alfred E. Smith abandoned all plans for political conferences today as 800n as he learned of the death |of William Rascob, 2nd, a son of John E. Rascob, chairman of the board \of General Motors, The gov- ernor made arrangements to attend the funeral at Centreville, Md., to- morréw, Newington, rate tracks, two ‘of which go through New Britain to Waterbury and two which go through Berlin to New York. tained, the railroad will confer with the sclectmen of the town in an effort to have the road straightened at this point. Officials of the com- pany are of the opinion that the road should be straight in order to give a clear view of the crossing to approaching motorists. In order to accomplish this, a strip of property will be purchased from Kent E. Stoddard and also from Frank E. Martin. The property damage will be large, should this plan be carried out, it s said.” The erecting of & main line crossing with four sepa- | According to the Information ob- | | I8, Govion sand he erte (s ot Tracks at Newington Junction bridge longir sid would leave the house bhe 1o Mr. Stoddard on the west ® ¢t the highwav far below level of the road Property of Urederick E. Brown, Jr. John 1 Patrick Hoye also b of Waterbur will | damaged. " The crossing has been the scenc of many accidents. Clifford Johnson of Maple Hill and two friends were killed last Thanksgiving. Two small children were also injured in the same accident. It is understood that the railroad company will acquire the necessary property as soon as possible and that work will also he started on the bridge in the near future. * | HIGH TIDE — JUiy 5 New Haven 1:56 a.n 9 p.m. New London 1:30 pm. = * | THE WEATHER | New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday; warmer Saturday. ¥ | under the the | Sunset Rock Offered to State |SMITH MAY TNIIR 'MRS for Public Park Development; | ENTIRE ([ Total Land Area of 17 1-2 Acres gy yunins o g 5 10 Make Speeches ! Argue Personality is Strongest Asset | and Would Be Lost on Radio— | 75 Citles May Be Visited By New | Yok Gover | or. Albany, N. Y, July § (UI) | Lespite the desire of Gov. Alfred [ | Smith to spare himself a strenuous {presidential campaign, it is prob- able that the democratic presiden- tial candidate will be kept on | roud most of Scptember and Octo- ber, Hundreds of mie pouri in on the governor, most | of them insistent, that he show Himself in this or that town through [the west and far west during his | campaign. A tour embracing a dozen ov fif- teen of the largest cities in the na- {tion had been outlined for the can- {tiidate, to be supplemented by radio talks and press interviews, but on the eve of the visit of Senator Key | Pittman to the governor, this plan {scems about to be abandoned. | Valuable Asset, ! Tt is argued that Smith's most valuable asset is his personality ges have hegun " |and that this is entirely lost by lll~‘\‘l' | dio, so he the people, 1 While the in the best must get out and governor is now feeling physical condition of |years. he is not taking any too | Kindly to the idea of 50 or 75 talks |in as many different cities, embrac- |ing miost of the west, northwest and | Pacific coast states, | But on the other hand Smith likes [ to meet people, and this more than fany other one thing, may induce i{him to submit to a long speuking trip. | Expect Pittman, Sen. Pittinan is expected here late |today, and will probably be the {Week-end guest of the governor at !the mansion, |scttle, with the governor, the date {for the official notification e monies, expected to be held in Al- ‘Yull v, | Smith is devoting i loday 10 a vacation to hegin late {next week, during which he will | prepare his acceptance speech. He [ has been advised to go to Maine, |and also has an offer of a summer mansion in the Adirondacks at | Brant lake. He also has an idea [ that he might remain in Albany and | make a number of short trips from {ere leaving the work of the state | overnment to his assistant, I B Graves, Two Engagements His schedule nest wee only two engagements. On Tuesday he will visit the Boy Scout camp t Bear Mountain, and on Wednes- he will confer with the national democratic committee in New York, At that time he will meet his run- [ ning mate, Sea. James T. Robinson, for the first time since the nomina- | tions were made at Houston, DISTRIBUTION MAY - BEHELD FOUR YEARS j‘\bsence of Eye Witnesses to Loewenstein Death Causes Mixup some thought | alls for Brussels, July 6 (®—In the ab- scnee of actual eye-witnesses of the disappearance of Captain Alfred |Loewenstein and in the event that his body should not be found, liqui- | dation of the Loewenstein estate may | e postponed for four years under the Belgian laws regulating similar cases. | The Belgian law has ne definite { provisions for just such a case as {that of the Loewenstein death and jdevclopments are being watched {With the keenest interest in finan- [e1al circles, especially if any of the [raptain’s business associates, for | personal or financial reasons, should oppose any attempt at liquidation. A stock exchange commiftee has interviewed the representative of the Loewenstein family with a view to reaching an agreement in behalf of [ the stocke owned by him { M. Caudelier, Locwenstein's secre- fary. today denied reports that it | was impossible to open the «xit door lof & Fokker machine while in flight [ leeause of wind pressure. He said |that only last Saturday. he had [ opened the door during a trip from Brussels to Paris The sccretary declared that un- {doubtedly Captain Loewenstein leas- ing the lavatory absent-mindedly | pushed. in his usval decided way, (the wrong door and had fallen through before he knew what hap- pened. Locwenstein, he said, was not a man to commit suicide which he considered cowardice. “He was not in the hearted owing to any recent set- backs' ‘the secretary continued. | “and three days ago developed be- fore me a vast scheme for a fresh combine which he was contemplat- ing. least down- TO FIGHT DU Havana, July 6 (®—Senator Mo- desto Maidique has challenged Dr. Arturo Don, newspaperman, to a duel with rapiers. The senator is believed to have taken offense at re- cent newspaper articles attributed to Dr. Don. This will be the second dued to be fought in Camaguey province in a month. Connectient"s Advt. Dept., taly Hartforq, Conn, ests | MAYBAYE 1O AGGEPT CANDIDATES PASS STATE BAR TESTS While here, he will | George | Five New Britain Aspirants Suc- cessful in Examinations ONE WOMAN'S NAME ON LIST: 4. 4. Casale, W, L. Hagearty, F. R. hevler, d 10 MceDermott and H. N. Williams to Be Sworn in as Connecticut Lawyers Tuesday. Ifive New ed in the Brit men are includ- list of 63 successtul appli- cants for admission to the practice | of law who took the state bar ¢ [ aminations last month, it was nounced today in New Haven, They are William E. Hageurty of Prospect street; John Cusale of Vivian street, Maple Hill; Harold N. | Willianis of Glen street; Francis . Keeler of Doris street, and John I McDermott of 84 Hart street, Attorney Hagearty is the son of and Mrs. John W. Hugearty of 22 Prospect strect, and is a native of this ey, ed from Ma parochial school, and | from New Britain High sehool in the class of 1 He prepared for his profession at George Washington college, Georgetown Law school, and Nutional Law school, all located at Washington, D). His law degree was awarded him at the lust nar \\l| institution. He plans to practice here, Attorney Casale Attorney 8. Gerard asale, with whom he will be engaged in the | practice of law atter he has received the attorney’s oath. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Casale of 22 Vivian street, Maple Hill, After | graduating from New Britain High school with the class of 1924, he entered Fordham Law school, re celving his degree last month Aftorney Williams has been 50~ ciated with the law firm of Kirk- ham, Cooper, Hungerford & Camp for the past year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank N, Williams of Chinook, Montana, which was the place of his birth. Before entering Harvard University 1o train for the legal profession, he was gradated from Oberlin college. He will con- tnue his connections with the lo- cal law firm. Attorney Keeler horn Malone, N. Y., the son of Mr. Mrs. Herbert Keeler. He attended ranklin Academy at Malone, and then entered Albany Law school, from which he was graduated in He then took the New York state bar examinations and was ad- mitted to practice, opening offices at Malone. He recently married Miss Michaelina Jagodzinska. who Is a law clerk and who had been a clas nate at Albany Law school. He will practice in this city. Attorney McDermott received his law degree at Fordham College month. He was graduated from Connecticut Literary Institute at Suffield before taking up the study of law. He makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Russell of 84 Hart street, whose nephew he is. St is a brother of at and One Won Successful New Haven 6 B—Mary . Coughlin of Stratford alone of the wonien who took the recent state bar xaminations. was successtul, the list of those who had passed issued by | the bar examiners today showed. h of the successful applicants will appear in superior court here next Tuesday to be addresed by the court nd sworn in after cus- tomary payment of the #i fee. The list follows: A Blumenfeld, Rayvond Bow- crs, E. G. Brennan, W Burns, J. J. 1. Casale, €. G. Cipriana, H. L. Cohen, William Conley, R. I, Cork- Mary €. Coughlin, R. Dana- her Pasquale De Cicco, G. 1. Di . B Dully, ¥, F. Ehrsan, ) P L. Epifanio. A. E. Feldman, Ar thur W. Fine, G. N, Toster, Joseph , 'recdman, M. R. Friedman, George (Continued on Page 21) H | St Defcats Henrt Cochet in Wimbledon | Finals in Four Sets—Always Holds | Upper Hand. Wimbledon Stadium, England. ! July 6 (UP)—Rene Lacoste, cham- pion of the United States, today | wrested the all-England tennis | singles championship from kis | French fellow-countryman, Henri | Cochet. Lacoste, Tilden's old conqueror, | won in four sets—6-1, 4-6. 6-4. 6-2. Lacoste completely outplayed his countryman. 1In the first set, Cochet had no control over his game. His hackhand was weak. he over-drove, and he misjudged cross-shots from | the net, where Lacoste repeatedly passed him with brilliant drives that clipped the corners and side lines. Occasionally Cochet showed flashes of championship form with an easy | style and with brilliant service aces | i or, crosses. Watching the match from the | roval box were King Alfonso of | Spain, Princess Helena Victoria and Marie Louise and Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer. The weather was dull and windy. | Uit Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending June 30th .. 14,766 PRICE THREE CENTS SHAVER RAPS SMITH ARLATAN AND FAKER' AND REFUSES TO AID HIM Declares Democratic Women Will Not Back “Dripping Wet Ticket and Joke Platform ' Named By Tammany at Houston.” Winds Up Denunciation by Saying “More Than One Political Funeral Will Be Celebrated Before Cold Weather Arrives.” Washington, July 6 (®—Charging Governor Smith, democratic had “stamped himself as & charlatan and a faker,” Mrs, Clem L. Shaver, wife of the democratic in a statement nominee national chairman today declared “we democratic wo- men will not support the dripping wet ticket and joke platform named by the Tammany delegates at the reeent convention at Houston,” Mrs, Shaver, who is chairman of the tern division of the national woman's democratic law enforce- ment league asked “how many times hus Tammany supported the party nominee in the past sixteen years? and answered "not once.” She also took occasion in her statement to tuke a sarcastic fling at various democratic leaders who have ane nounced they would support the ticket and platform adopted at Houston. Mrs. Shaver said: Leaders, tegardless of what democratie leaders from top to bottom may de, we dry democratic women, will not support the dripping wet ticket and the joke litform named by the Tainmany @ l:gates to the recent wention :t Ilouston. And furthermore, we do not be- licve more than a few of the mil. lions of the democratic women in this country can be fooled as all of _ the democratic leaders appear to have been fooled by it. ‘The idea of men like Josephus Daniels, Dan Moody. Joe Robinson, Carter Glaas and Jed Adums saying ‘I am a —1 shall support the party wi “How many times has Tammany supported the party nominees {n the past sixteen years? Not onee. Yet they have fooled these heretofore able democratic leaders into saying ‘I am a democrat. I will vote for Tammany, whiskey and a trick plate form." We say a man who will shut his eyes like an ostrich to the things which the democratic party has ale ways stood for is a ‘boose-o-crat,® not a democrat, “Stands for Whiskey.” “The democratic nominee has ale ways said in his public utterances that the party should make the plat- jform and a candidate should stand on it. He has always said that hig one outstanding issue is whiskey and hooze—the return of the legalized liquor traffic which means the re- turn of the licensed saloon, every politician knows it, and when the party adopted a ‘dry’ platform, it (Continued on Page 19 HOWARD JOHNSON IS ADMIRAL OF FLEET Coolidge Makes Him Com- mander of His Canoes on Brule River Cedar TIsland Lodge, Wis., July ¢ (UP)—Yesterday Howard Johnson, . 8. N, wasa chief petty officer as- 1gned to the presidential yacht Mayflower. Today he is an admiral. Jolinson, who has been on spectal duty with President Coolidge’s party {here. was called before the chief ex- ecutive today. “You are the only navy man in my ial party,” the prestdent said. make you admiral of the fleet.” Mr. Coolidge waved his hand offs |toward a flotilla of canoes bobbing jerkily on the tiny Brule river. That was how an admiral was made, Admiral Johnson's new duties in- clude scrubbing “Beaver Dick,” the president’s personal fishing canoe, and keeping in immaculate condition {the boathouse which shelters the various small water craft on the Henry Clay Pierce estate. Admiral Johnson expects to re- view the fleet at an early date. Plans for summer maneuvers on the Brule already are under way, he said. Heretofore, Johnson’s only duty at the summer White House was te operale a motion picture machine which furnished the President and Mrs. Coolidge with the latest screem productions and news reels. When on board the Mayflower he is chiet electrician. The officer accom- panies the executive on most of train journeys, metion pictures within I’:WW vate car, and is the most party. 3 e T

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