New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 7, 1928, Page 1

| ESTABLISHED 1870 ROCKEFELLER WILL BE 89 TOMORROW Is Rounding Into Final Lap on Gentury AMASSED GREAT FORTUNE Has Given Away More Than Half Billion Dollars to Charity—Will Attend Church But Not Play Golf. Tarrytown, N. Y., July 7 (UP)— John D. Rockefeller is rounding in- to the final lap of a century on earth. The man who in his time has given away half a billion dollars to philanthropy and amassed one of the greatest fortuncs the world has ever seen, looked down the vista of the past from the pinnacle of his 90th year and apparently found it good Calm, satisfied and serene, he will observe his $9th anniversary tomorrow much as he observes oth- er days in the twilight of his life. The only exception will be that, tomorrow being Sunday, he will not have his usual game of golf. Rocke- feller beligves firmly in fresh air and exercise to prolong life, and his weekly golf game is the bright spot of his daily existence. Tomorrow Rockefeller will go to the Baptist church instead, in keep- ing with his life-long religious con- victions. He will spend the afternoon with his son, John D., Jr.—moulded after his father in every characteristic— and with other members of his im- mediate family. There will be a quiet family dinner, and an early bedtime. The most interesting thing about the venerale oil croesus in his old age is his outlook on life. Rockefeller finds the world good and is satisfied with the part he has plaved in it. His activity has been | making money and distributing it where he thinks it is needed. His princely donations to social, educa- tlonal, medical, missionary and other work exceed by far the national debt (Continued on Page 12) [TALIAN CAPTAIN I3 THOUGHT T0 BE DEAD Started Out to Hunt for the Lost Crew of Dirigible Aboard the Steamship Braganza, En Route Northward From Kings Bay, July 7 (UP)—Captain Sora, who commanded one of the ice sleigh teams that started in search of three missing members of the dirigible Italla on the far side of North East Land, was missing today and it was generally believed he had met death on the ice. Sora had started alone, leaving his 10 Italian chasseurs behind, to locate the three men. Since then he has not been heard from and the ice has been breaking so rapidly that it appears inconceivable that Sora could have lived, The 10 chasseurs still are on North East Land. The Braganza left Sora on North East Land a fortnight ago. He and his 10 chasseurs started with a dog sleigh team to search for the three men—headed by Finn Malmgren— who had walked away from the lce encampment of General Umberto Nobile, The men faced a bleak task of walking over an jcy waste hunting for the little group. They had no idea of the direction the men took. They had to rely purely upon ob- servation, On June 27 Sora left his com- mand and started alone to search for the three members of the Italia crew. He left his 10 chasseurs to make observations. Sora had dis- regarded the advice of Lieutenant Luetzow-Holm, Norwegian filer, against making such a single handed march, Since then the ice in that region has broken rapidly. The Braganza today, pushing northwar®. in search of the Italia crew, has encountered great masses of broken ice. The en- tire northern ice area has started breaking up as the summer season set in, Sora has not returned to his com- mand and it was felt here that he probably had died in one of the treacherous ice traps—one more vic- tim of the dirigible Italia’s ill fated flight to the North Pole. VICTIN'S WIDOW SECORITY FOR DEATH AR DRIVER Mrs. Luchitsky Furnishes Bond for Daptula Following Fatality in Cheshire, Pending the finding of Coroner J. Gilbert Calhoun of Hartford county, Alex Daptula of 85 North street, this city, is at liberty in $1,000 bonds posted by Mrs. Martin Luchitsky of £3 Bilver street, this city, whose lusband died at New Britain Gen- +ral hospital Wednesday night of in- Jiuries sustained in an accident on the Cheshire-New Haven road ear- lier in the evening. Daptula who was driving the car in which Luch- tsky was riding, was given a pre- vminary hearing on the charge of reckless driving Thursday, and his relcase on bonds was arranged. FINAL EDITION Coolidge Has Not Told New Guide Any Jokes Superior, Wis., July 7 (UP)— President Coolidge told a joke to his guide, the guide didn’t know the president was joking, and now there is a new guide. Jack Pollock, 25-year-old north-woodsman, was the first guide. On the first day of his executive assignment he took the president on a trout voyage, with Rob Roy. White House collie, ac- companying the men. As the president got into the canoe and Rob Roy followed him Pollock said “He's a nice dog.” “Yes,” the president agreed. “He’s a very nice dog,” Pollock eontinued. Then the president joke. “Rob Roy’s subject to fits,” he said. That night Pollock handed in his resignation, and the next day John La Roque, Chippewa Indian was appointed. President Coolidge has joked with his new guide. G.0.P. HEADS T0 had his not teemen to Meet Hoover \WILL MAP OUT CAMPAIGN | Senator Moses Mentioned As Possi- ble Eastern Manager—Headquar- ters To Be Sct Up In New York and In Chicago. Washington, July 7 (A—>Members {of the republican national commit- jtee from eastern states were invited |to confer today with Secretary |{Hoover and National Chairman Work upon the establishment of a regional campaign organization, Several of the committecmen re- iporled that they were unable to at- tend, but some of these sent proxies and =nough were on hand to go into a discussion of the political situation in the east and to map out a plan of campaign. Secretary Hoover is perfect his campaign before leaving the capital and to this |end a similar gathering of national committeemen from the west ha been announced for next weck. Moses Mentioned The plan is to set up divisional headquarters at Chicago and New York with a central office in Wash- ington. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, who was called to to- day's conference, has been men- tioned as a possible manager for the New York office, while it is expected that James W. Good, Mr. Hoover's |pre-convention campaign manager, will be put in charge at Chicago. One of the early arrivals for to- |day’s conterence, Earl 8. Kinsley, of Vermont, has accepted a campaign | post as assistant to Chairman Work. He will be located in the Washing- ton office, Mr. Work yesterday made public a letter sent to members of the na- tional committee, urging them to |thrust religion and prohibition into |the background and wage an “in- |formative and constructive” cam- paign. The national chairman asked |too, that the tariff and the party's record be stressed. He termed the tariff “one of the outstanding sues.” anxious to Not An Issue Expanding his referance to prohi- bition in a later, oral statement, Mr. |Work declared the party manage- ment “did not propose to make pro- hibition an issue in this campaign.” He added that no further expression of republican views might be expect- ed until Secretary Hoover delivers his address accepting the nomination early next month. BREMEN CREW GUESTS OF FORMER KAISER Doorn Decorated With Flying Flags for Visit of Aviators Doorn, Holland, July 7 (#—Three transatlantic fliers, Captain Herman Koehl, Baron Von Huenefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice, today were the guests of former Kaiser ‘Wilhelm of Germany in his Doorn castle. It was the gayest day that the castle has seen since the present master took possession, after his flight from Germany. In their honor the former ruler gave a ban- quet last night to which 25 guests were invited to meet the airmen and their families. At this function the former Kaiser said that during his reign he always took the greatest interest in the development of Ger- man technology and pever missed an opportunity to further it. The village of Doorn was gaily decorated with German, Irish and Dutch flags in honor of the fliers who drove from the Boesterberg airdrome near Utrecht in one of the imperial cars. They were escorted by Prince Ferdinand, son of Princess Hermine, Wilhelm’s second wife. Cologne, Germany. July 7 (P — There was no commiitee of city fathers at a local airfield today to welcome Capt. Koehl, Baron von Huenefeld and Major Fitzmaurice on their arrival from Doorn where they visited the former kaiser. A reception at the city hall had been planned, but the local magis- (Continued on, Page 12) HOLD CONFERENCE Bastern State National Commit- organization | is- | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1928 —SIXTEEN PAGES HELEN WILLS WINS ENGLISH T 1 Defeats Spanish Star in Straight Sets at Wimbledon WAS NOT USUAL SELF Trails at Three Love in Second Set But Then Smashes Through Op- to Take ponent Six Straight Games, Wimbledon, Eng., July 7 (P — Helen Wills, American tennis star, |retained her championship in the women's singles at Wimbledon to- day, defeating Senorita Elia de Al rez, brilliant young Spanish play- er before a great crowd which ina cluded the king and queen. The score was 6-2, 6-3. Wonderful Effort The Spanish girl made ¢ wonder- ful effort in the second sct and had la three-love lead before the cham- pion steadied and ran out six straight games. Scnorita Alvarez, who has been suffering from an attack of Lar gitis, seemed anything but a sick |girl as she extended Miss Wills to a 'greater effort than she has been |forved to exert before this year. i The challenger cxhibited a fault- | less backhand and sent many low, | raking shots skimming past the | ,nets, until the middle of the second | set when her game suffered a col- | lapse. | | With the game score tied, the American girl swept ahead irresist- libly. She took the seventh game from 15 and then captured the eighth after a long desperately fought ducl which was carried to deuce. _The ninth and final game | was casier, the champion taking the game at love and with it the set and match, Brings Surrender The champion’s heavy artillery finally brought surrender. Miss Wills was not her usual accurate self in the first set and part of the second, many of her shots intended for the corners, going out. Once she got the | proper range she pounded the weak- | ening Spanish defenses until she got ner victory. | The Spanish girl, who has been suffering from a cold, said this morning that she would play. “My cold isn't much better, but after consulting my doctor 1 am determined to play in spite of it,” (Continued on Page 12) Asks 5500 for Injury To Thumb at Funeral Claiming negligence on the part | of the driver of an automobile in | which she was a passenger, Agnes Monahan brought —suit for $200 | against John A. Wood and Thomas | F. Farley of Hartford through At-| |torney William Greenstein, The wr Istates that while the plaintiff was jentering an automobile which was | {hired out at a funeral by J. A.| Woods and which funeral was in| charge of T. Farley, the defend- | ant arley carelessly and negligent- | ly closed the door of the auto upon [the right hand thumb of the plain- tiff smashing it badly and neces sitating the care of a physician. | Tt is further alleged that the in- | jury caused permanent disfigure- | yment of the thumb and that the| | plaintiff was obliged to expend a| large sum of money for medical at- tention and as a result of the in- jury was kept out of work for a | considerable length of time and lost | MAYBE YOV'LL ! flare of New York's greeting past to the city hall, where they were monies, including a speech by over an extended radio hook-up. “Lady Lindy” is receiving a medal from Acting NEA New York Bureau After an early landing in New York, were escorted up Broadway officially welcomed. The cere- Miss Earhart, were broadeast In this picture the smiling Mayor McKee. FRIENDSHIP FLIERS | VISIT NOW INFORMAL | Start Monday for Their | Homes and More ' Entertainments ' | | New York, July 7 (#—The first the crew of the transatlantic plane Friendship today faced an inform- al schedule for the remaining two days of their visit here before start- ing for their home cities and more welcomes. Monday Miss Earhart and the two men who piloted her to England, fly to Boston where a great welcome | has been planned for them. Then Tuesday Medferd, Mass.,, where the Boston social service worker lives with her mother and sister, will wel- come them. Miss Earhart's family did not come to New York prefer- ring to await her arrival in Boston. After the visits to Boston and Medtord they will have a week's | rest before they start west to visit Willismsburg, Pa., home of Wilmer Stultz, pilot of the plane. They ex- pect to visit Williwmsburg on July 17 and then continue by train to Chicago which also claims Miss Ear. hart as a home-town girl because she graduated from high school there. A four day celebration has been planned by the Windy City. Louis (Slim) Gordon, third men ber of the Friendship triumvirat lives in Texas and it will be quite a while before he gets home but he got his own private welcome from his fiancee, Miss Anna Bruce of Brookline, Mass. “All atwitter,” she said e went down the bay on | the Macom to meet him yester, morning and to tell him that he was | the pilot of their ship, and A‘u:l(; whatever date he wanted to get | married would suit her. She declin- | ed to commit herself on an official HOYT THIS WIGK.’ C%l OFF WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE —~, QuETEST Four Zives HisTorY [y HOMING PIGEONS END FLIGHT FROM FLORIDA Two Birds Reach Bristol After Seven Day Trip (Special to the Herald) Bristol, July 7—"Pilot” and “Blue Diamend,” two of the oldest racing pigeens in the loft of William A. SAVED FROM ROCK IN POTONAC RIVER Man Perched 1 {-3 Feet Above Raging Waters SAT THERE FOR 17 HOURS Starts GCut to Recover Bodies of Drowned Women When Canoe Capsizes—is Marooned Ledge. Washington, July 7 (UP)—Sixteen men from the U. §. navy yard res- cued Herbert Lugenbeel, 31, at dawn today from a tiny rock amid swirling Potomac river rapids mnear here where he had been marooned since On Tiny 1 p. m. yesterday. All through the night search- lights had played on the solitary prisoner perched on a rock slab, 2 by 3 feet, jutting a foot and a half above waters in which no man could survive, About midnight the navy men put out in a strong boat to one of three islands between the Maryland shwe and Lugenbeel's rock: to this island they made fast a rope, which [they played out until they reached the second island. They repeated the process until they reached the third, Sat There 17 Hours Then they fastened ropes to two of their number, who picked their way among rocks to Lugenbeel's side. A two-foot water drop over- night aided them in reaching Lugen- | beel, who fell, weak and exhausted, into their arms from :rn(‘k where he had sat cramped for 17 hours, Struggling against the current, but laided by the ropes, they | Lugenbeel to the nearest island and {the navy boat. The rescuers then reversed their process from island to island to the shore. By this time Lugenbeel was re- covered sufficiently to smile and ask: “When do we eat?” Lugenbeel and J. H. Angel, both Inoted for heroic water rescues in the past, set out in a canoe yester- HERE S |day to “shoot” the rapids in search Bawiield of 120 Goorge strost, this |ter the bodles of two Aremncd city, have just compicted a flight [ women, one of which had been from Wlorida. hese birds were | gighteq wedged 2mong the rocks, shipred to Tallihassce by express | Canioe Capélses a erated at 6:30 a. Satur- A and liberated at 6:30 a. m., Satur Their own canoe capsized, as had day, June 30, just 1,000 miles from home via the air route. “Blue Diamond,” which last year tlew the same distance, beat his own record this year, Last year two weeks were constmed, (actual flying time 200 hours,) while this yvear he made it in three and one-half days that of the two women. Each man- aged to reach a rock an cling fast to equipped with a rope gun, which (actual flying time 56 hou made its way by fastening to suc- Pilot,”” one of Barnfield’s most |cessive rocks and finally took him consistent winners, who for threc | off in breeches buoy fashion. years in succession won the 400 mile | Meantime the bodies of both tace from Calvertown, Vo, made ' drowned women twere recovered remarkable time for his attempt | downstream. Tt was believed the over the longer course, celling Blue Diamond’s lust year, tak tual flving time 96 hours.) 1 Mr. Barnfield is the only one in this section of the state, whose birds have successfully flown this distance, he pigeons are exposed to terribie rds all the way up the coast ch as heavy fogs which completely bewilder the birds; hawks, which at this time of the ar are very ag- (Continued on Page 12) even ex- record of only six days (ac- su THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity Continued fair today and to- morrow; no change in tem- struggle to save the two men had dislodged the body that had been held between rocks in the rapids. Associated Press Man Is Dead in Japan Tokyo, July 7 (—Douglas Adam, first correspondent of the As- sociated Pess in Japan and a vet- eran journalist, died today of heart failure. He had recently been an editor of Rengo, a Japanese news service. [ s 5 p.m. her wages. Papers were served by invitation from Chicago to hold the | perature, | New London 1:37 a.m.2:20 p.m, | Deputy Sheriff Herbert H. Bissell of | wedding in the Trianon, a Chicago | | Hartford. ballroom. B * * | * * IS WEEK'S AFFAIRS by Knight TAX COLLECTOrL LOOMIS TunAs TO CITY TREASURE IC Al Som OF OVER BIC AMOWNT, AONE— i G T (W E) zfillh&u& (] B8A o .M&-A‘ISF N AUTHOR - Wk //,/I s, carried | the slippery | NEW BRITAIN HERALD i RAIN AND +us ..ONG COAST PRICE THREE CENT§ «JUND THE OF BRAZIL MOST DIFFICULT AIR MYSTSERY 15 STILL UNSOLVED Discussion of Loewenstein’s Dis- appearance Goes on Daily CANNOT FIND HIS BODY His Friends Opened Door to Look Over Land or Sca—Deny the Suicide Theory Maintain He Often Still Scarching for Body. London, July the m: of apace today. Efforts to find his body at the {point where the crew of his plane jand its other occupants assert he channel fell into through the the plane spent a fruitless search. English accidentally opening exit door of the plane have been futile. The pilot and mechanic of several cruising about the spot in a tug in 7 (P—Discussion of Captain | owenstein's death by a fall from his airplane into the sea went on Make Tests Tests made at Le Bourget Alfred hours Did Not Mind the Long Hop Across the South Atlantic But Were Nervous Flying Blind- ly in Mists. Struck Terrific Heat Off African Coast Which They Could Not See From Above the Clouds — Engine Temperature 92, Rome, July 7 (#—The most ait- ficult part of the long distance rec- ord flight of the Italian Savola-64 by Capt. Ferrarin and Major Del Prete was not the long hop acrose the south Atlantic, but was the long {period while the aviators were fly. {Ing in fog and rain along the coast of Brazil seeking a landing place. In an official report to the Ital- ian government, the two fliers told how they flew back and fourth along the coast and then, fearing the exhaustion of their gasoline, finally made an emergency landing at Tau- 108 beach, after 59 hours in the air. the air- |it. Angel's position was 200 feet from Lugenbeel's and even more hazardous. He was rescued by a ' |special fire department squad drome, France, to determine wheth- er it was possible to open the door of a plane in flight showed it was not easy to do so. The mechanics, using a plane similar to that from Which Lowenstein disappeared with the motor running at full force, found that the air pressure was so |great that the combined strength of |the two men was just sufficient to jopen the door wide enough to per- mit one of them to pass through it. Yet friends of Lowenstein maintain {that he often opencd the deor of | Lis piane to look over the sea and the landscape. Rumors that the whole affair was a gigantic hoax were circulated in {brokers’ offices and other concerns |interested in dealings of the stock jexchanges of London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. One suggestion was |that Lowenstein never left Croydon. | Another rumor was that he landed With the plane somewhere between |Croydon and Dunkirk, where it was (Continued on Page 12) AMUNDSEN 19 DAYS The report, the first full story of the brilliant flight, was made pub- lic by the ministry of acronautics today and was “Ws left Montecelio field at 6:51 p. m. (all hours indicated are Green- wich time). the take-off was exceedingly the machine sustained .itself well in the air and we made for Gibraltar, passing over Sardinia at §:28, “We saw the lighthouses at Cape Fernando and at Cavoli Island with- out noting the torpedo boat escort. Coming near the African coast nmear Alglers at 400 metres were surrounded by very hot The air temperature rose unexpect- edly to 35 degrees centigrade. temperature of the radiator water was 92 and the ol 86. v from the coast to seek a lower tem- perature, Encoun “At 3:15 a. m., near Cape Gata, | we encountered low over the sea which accompanied us clear to Gibraltar. Punta Almira between low The air was very disturbed. plane, notwithstanding the fact that its gasoline supply was still heavy, responded well. First Full Story follow: Notwithstanding that long, height, we air, The We got aw ter Fog hanging fog At 5:07 we saw clouds. The very | Famous OVERDUE; NO TRACE Has Explorer Been Swallowed Up by Arctic Vastness “We proceeded along the African coast without seeing it since we were navigating above a cloud field at an altitude of 1,000 metres. At 12:15, near Cape Juby, the weather (Continusd on Page 12) MEARS AND COLLYER Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, July 7 () —Roald Amundsen was overdue at Kings Bay today and all search for him and his panions has been have Leen swallowed 19 days five com- fruitless. They up as com- pletely by the Arctic as have nine members of the crew of the Italia and scant hope is held that any of them will ever be found alive, Captain Ravazzoni, flying a large ARRIVE IN Noscow Say They Are 17 Hours Behind Round-the-World Schedule Ttalian seaplane, searched the waters and islands N V: expedition without success. He flew ears and Charles G. D. Collyer, at- from Tromsoe, where fest. Italian airman, body, he found of such a discovery. With Lieut. Einar-Paal Lundbor, Swedish flier, rescued from the fce shared the since floe on which he had fate of five Italla casta June 24, there was hope that Amundsen started on June 18, past Hammer- Landing at Hammerfest, the questioned men concerning the report that fishing vessel had found Amundsen’s no one who knew ways fisher- tempting to set a new around the world travel record, arrived here by plane from Berlin at 10:15 a. m. to- day. The Americans, who left Berlin at 1:35 p. m. yesterday stopped at Koenigsberg at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon leaving there again at 2 o'clock this morning. From Koenigs- berg they made a direcct flight to Moscow without stopping at Smol- ensk. Mears said he was leaving today for Kazan instead of Ufa as he had a the others would be taken off soon by plan Lieutenant Shyberg, an- other Swedish airman, is understood to have effected the rescue by land- ing in open water not far from where the marooned men are en- camped. | The Russian ice breaker Krassin as again making slow progress toward the castaways today after having been blocked by pack ice. STRIP STOLEN CAR Hilding Nelson’s Machine Found Near Shuttle Mcadow Farm—Po- lice Investigating. An automobile owned by Hilding Nelson of 425 West Main street was reported stolen at 11:45 last night on West Main street, near High street. This morning the police re- ceived word that the machine was recovered near the Rogers farm at Shuttle Meadow. The tires Nad been removed and everything else of val- ue stripped. An investigation is be- ing made. Vincent Ribes of 90 Broad street reported to Supernumerary Officer John Nolan at 11:50 last night that his automobile was taken in front of his home between 7 and 11:25 p. m. Five minutes after receiving the re- planned. 17 hours late on his schedule ow- ing to the fact that way of Berlin and that he was de. layed at Koenigsberg and New York RECALLS SMITH'S VISIT F. G. Russcll Remembers Dem cratic Leader Coming to New Britain Eight Years Ago Although few met him on the oc casion of his visit here, Alfred 1 Smith, democratic nominee fc president, was a caller in New Brit ofticials o ain in 1920, meeting Landers, Frary & Clark on trucking matters, Governor Smith came in the in- terests of the United States Truck- ing Co.. of which he is chairman ef the board of directors, ferred with Fred G. Russell, traffic manager for Landers and others. He left after a few howrs for Waterbury on a similar missien. The democratic leader had beem defeated for governor of New city in the Harding landslide of preceding November and devoting his atteation te port, Officer Nolan found the car|ing business which he left in front of & house at 113 Broad | ecensien of Ms firat street. SrBeR He asserted that he was he came by 10 THIS CITY IN 167 and eeam. several