New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 POLITICS T0 BOOH 5197 NENBERS THROUGHOUT STATE|IN CONN, CHURCHES Political Dullness at an End| Gensus Inclades Catholic, Pro- in Connecticnt Friends of Secretary of State Pal- lotti to Meet in Unionville; Trum- bull and Salmon Will Run Once More, New Haven, Aug. 1 P—A politi- cal calendar came into use in Con- necticut today with the coming of August. The new month meant that midsummer dullness in politics was approaching an end. The first sheet on the calendar had for entries a barbecue by friends of Secretary Of State Francis A. Pallotti, who hope he will be nominated for licutenant governor at the Andretta farm at Unionville; of State Treasurer Ernest E. Regers at New London, where it may be suggested that he stand for the party nomination for lieutenant governor also; and the meeting of the democratic state committee at Hartford to fix various dates for gatherings. Urge Trumbull Yesterday at Suffield Governor ‘Trumbull as the guest of the seventh senatorial republican gathering heard himself urged to stand for renomination, an itude which al- ready he has said he would take if the convention desired. State Comptroller Frederick M. Salmon ennounced that he would like to run for that oflice again. his third term. The democratic state meeting this afternoon will when and where the fall convention will be held. It will also fix time for state primaries to elect delegates to the state convention. National com- | portional growth, mitteeman Thomas J. Spellacy was expected to have many ments to make about the work to be done in the coming w s he also was expeeted to give an out- line of the cooperation the state committee will give with the na- tional committee and the prospect of securing speakers for party gath- erings. Hold Conference The meeting was preceded this morning by a conference of party strars of voters and town chair- men where state Chairman J. J. Walsh was to urge them to pay greater attention than ever before to securing new voters and the prompt registration of them. The republican state committee will meet next Monday evening at Tarmington. Many At Mecting Hartford, Aug. 1 ® — A large number of democratie registrars and town chairmen attended a meeting at the Hotel Bond today, held in connection with the afternoon ses- sion of the democratic state central committee, State Chairman James J. Walsh of Meriden presided at the morning meeting which was for the purpose of recciving reports from various sections of the state on the (Continued on l’ag» 12) WATHINS RETURNING T0 HARTFORD SHORTLY Missing Broker, Arrested in Ohio, Will Soon Face Charges Hartford, Aug. 1 (A—Roger W. ‘Watkins, fugitive Hartford broker, arrested in Lorain, Ohio last evening | by Constable E. Harrison Hotchkiss of Granby, will be returned to this city speedily, according to informa- tion received today from Sandusk Ohio. County Detective Edward J. Hickey, who was in Malone, on another trail, when the was made, started this morning for Bandusky, where Watkins is held in jail, and it was expected that Hickey ! and Hotchkiss would start back for Connecticut with Watkins soon after Hickey's arrival. Sandusky, 0., Aug. 1 (P—With $6 as his total resources, Roger W. Watkins, 30 year old stock broker, was being held today for Connecti- eut authorities charged with the em- bezzlement of $167,000. Watkins, who was arrested in Lorain, O.. disappeared from Hart- ford, Conn., on April 5 when au- thorities began an investigation into R. W. Watkins and Company, which was the fiscal agent of the National Associated Tnvestors, Inc., another Watkins' concern. Harrison Hotchkiss, investigator for the attorney general of Connec- ticut, who with John Taylor, Sin- dusky detective, arrested Watkins at a Lorain hotel, said loases to Na- tonal Associated Investors, Inc., are expected to reach $500,000, Watkins had been sought throughout the country and finally was traced to Lorain from Water- a gathering at the home | He is on: committee | decide ! announce- and | {did not report in GATHERINGS ~ SCHEDULED 65 PER CENT CATHOLICS | tMERCHANTS SHOW TREND { have voted to date on the Chamber NEW BRITAIN HERALD testant and Jewish Enrollments Lutheran Churches in State Increase From 14,347 In 1916 to 42,827 in 1926—Episcopalians Branches Gain in Decade, By GEORGE H. (Washington Correspond B. Herald) Washington, D. C., Aug. 1.—The majority of church members necticut are Roman Catholic tics of the last religious ceneus re- veal, There are 557,747 members of the Catholic church in Connccticut, 89 985 members of Jewish congr |tions, and 205,465 members of five leading [Irotestant denomina- tion, according to the 1026 religious census, which is now practically complete except for a few small or local denominations, Protestant Church Membership Protestant church member- ship is distributed us follows: Pro- testant Episcopal, $9,434; Lutherans, 42,827; Methodist Episcopal, 40~ and Presbyterians, 4,642, These denominations have th | membership of the churches in the United Thus some 65 per necticut church memi lic. Despite numbers the of Both MANNIA the Protestant of Con- Catho- cent their smallness in total Presbyterians showed the greatest proportional incre in their membership. The increase from 3,143 to 4,642 between the 1916 and the 1 ligious consuses gave the Connecticut Presbyterians a rate of increase of 47 per cent. In making this comparison of pro- the Jewish con- gregations are not considered, be- cause they were not enumerated in 1916, the Lutherans are not con- sidered because various seets which ase re includ in the 1926 enumeration, and t Episcopalians are not considercd | hecause most of the churches report- | ed only confirmed members in 1916, while in 1926 they reported all per- sons bLaptized into the church, in- cluding infants christened. Increase of Worshippers The Catholic church in Connceti- cut showed an increase of 15 per cent in membership in the 10-year | period, rising from 453,834 members | in the state to 41 | The Methodists increased from | 38,006 In 1916 to 40,171 in 1926, a | growth of 5 per cent in church | membership, The Bapti 3 in 1916 to 25, of § per o increase, however, is accounted for by the advent of Negro Baptist churches into Connccticut in this period, as the mem iip of the churches in the Northern Baptist convention (white) declined from in 1616 to 22,873 in 1926, No Negro Baptist churches were re- ported from Connecticut in 1916, but 5518 members of Negro Baptist churches were reported in 19 Lutheran Churches The reported membership of the Lutheran churches of various sects in Connceticut in 1926 was 42,827 in 1926, as against 14,347 in 1916, but three sects with memberships of 11472, of 8,965, and of 664 were ported in 1926 from which there were no reports in 1916, The report- ed figures for 1926 arc 198 per cent higher for 1926 than for 1916, Of the Lutheran sects reporting in both however, one, the Svangelic: Lutheran Synodical Conference of North Ameri creased in Connecticut from 5, members in 1916 to 9,609 in 19 and another, the United Lutheran Church of North America, increased | from 7,996 members in 1416 to 11,- 393 members in 1 Thus these two largest branches of the Lutheran church, which were enumerated in both censuses showed | an increase of 54 per cent. | from | 26, incre: (Continued on Page 12) 10 NEW SATURDAY HOURS | Of 36 Votes, 20 Favor Making Pcr- manent Schodule Adopted for Summer Only. The majority of merchants who of Commerce questionnaire on the question of Saturday night closing, are in favor of making the custom a permanent one, according to the votes which have been counted. The questionnaire asks an expres- sion of opinion on the. subject of making the summer custom of clos ing at 8 o'clock Friday evening, an 6 o'clock Saturday evening, a vear round custom. The Chamber sent out 135 letters, of which 36 have been returned. The vote shows 20 in favor of the permanent plan, and 16 in favor of making it a summer program only. When sufficicnt votes come in A town, N. Y. He agreed to waive extradition and police were inform- ed that Edward K. Hickey, detecfive of Hartford county, was_en route to return the prisoner. Pending his arrival, Watkins is being held at the county jail here. Watkins' wife and brother-in- law were arrested at Santa Fe, M. At the tithe they Were appre- meeting will be called to take action. Corn Goe Soaring to 1 A Dollar a Bushel Chicago, Aug. 1 (®—Corn avail- able for September delivery went sodring in price today and touched largest | ling | pas—the | go b NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928 —SIXTEEN PAGES Spanish Flyers and World-Circling Ship attempted. men took off from Cadiz, chief pilot, both famous airmen of Spain. seaplane, the Numancia, alx)\e. s powered with 500-horsepower motors in tandem pairs. Spain, today, for the North American continent. to land either at l{ahfm or Placentia, N.F, They will fly by way of the Azores. Here are the men and the ship that are figulmg in the most ambitious world air-tour ever - Inset at the left are Captain Ruiz de Alda relief pilot, and Major Ranion Franco, Right is their mechanic Gallarza. Their hug Th The men e\pect REPUBLICANS WANT - 34000000 FUN) amn VA Work Issues Gall for Campaig . n:lu::a“wv 3 Contributions " "0 Baaew & weeed | VIl v = lLEADERS SET FIGURE —————————— el U. S. Is Leading All .. | In Olympic Scoring AND DAIF | Active Solicitation of | | | Punds Begin J. R Committee Treasu Very Soom, Nutt, T, Announces (UP)—Scor- four final day’s p rame its total —No Limit set. Washington, At publican campaign 000 was called for an work of the o today nati 2 the to he end of to- T he figure was fixe of party I R. Nuu, asurer; Jeremiah Milbank ern treasurer; Franklin W. Fort committee secretary, and Herbert utterson, exec tary, solicitation of funds will | begin soon. Mr. Nutt said | Meanwhile he reported many con- comm o ¢ L. ve sec France, 5 Madrid, Aug. coived 1 (P~ Radio ad- here state that Spanish transatlantic plane W en route to the unicated with sta- Lisbon and Oporto at . portin that the was being m without neia omr . de iin, Aug. 1 Ramon Franco intic for the second time e piloted his four motors Dornicr plane into the air on wmbitious around the world project. he h air adventurer head- for North America via the res and expected at Halifax or at Placentia, ) The start of this ambitious tr: Atlantic and globe circling flight ! was made at 2:15 a. m. (E. 8. T.) | Through the night I'ranco and his companions had been making {minute adjustments to their plane, loading aboard supplies and prepar- for the long hours that must (U'P)—Com- challenged to- Spe d | m | to land either last | Four Spaniards Start From Cadiz In Seaplane, Intent On Circling World; Are Heading for America | City Court Decides L. & H. [Begin Most Strenuous Flight Ever Attempted by Way of Azores, Newfoundland and New York; Thence to Havana and South America and North to Alaska, Crossing Pacific to Asia. |be made. jing. the first landing is to | Weather Good had been advised conditions were good across tic and that cverything was ious for their start this morn- Franco then decided he would start as near 7 a. m. as possible, Commander Franco was accom- panied by Captain Ruiz Alda, Capt R The! weather the At prop! de L. Plane Fueled Their powerful hydroplane, Nu- neia, was fueled for the flight to zores and all four motors were roaring loudly as the big machine split through the choppy waters of the annel. o w Commander Franco alr-ady he ;»'l"l’l judg atic ! made one successful challenge of the nl- ments over the Atlantic. Flew to Brazil On January 22, 1926, he piloted a Dornfer-Wal seaplane from Palos (Continued on Page 12) hi FIRPO MAY DECIDE T0 | ATTEMPT A COMEBACK “Wild Bull” of the Pampas | Will Fight Anyone Next May Aires, Aug. 1 (UP)—Luis Wild Bull of the Pam- man who ever gave Jack Dempsey o fight when the for- mer champion was at his best—may k to the ring to try to win the laurels that Gene Tunney has cast side, told the United Press to- da Buenos Angel Firpo, only e that Tunncy had relin- championship, Firpo dy w formed quished the said he alre tion with Tux Rickard, and that it he decided to return to the ring. as he wanted to do, he would be to fight anybody in the world next May. have been in light training for weeks,' said Firpo. weight from 260 pounds expect to start sparring within two weeks, and I have a bet with' a friend that T will regain my old fighting weight of 216 by Octo- ber 1 Firpo had ment to fight Monte 12, but Munn was defeated recently in a fight here by Clemente Sanchez of Cuba, and the plan was cancelled. Tirpo hestitated to make an open declaratio that he would return unfailingly to the ring to take Tun- ney's title, but he said: I think 1 have a good chance with the present crop of heavy- weights in the United States and Europe. T have made a big success | with my automobile importing busi- ness, and T have everything ready to incorporate it so that I will be free for other things. “Frankly. 1'm tired of business. There's nothing I'd like better than to return to the ring, and I'm sure I'd be in ghe best of shape by next M eig reduced m to 240, 1 a tentative arrange- “If 1 decide to return T'd be will- ing to fight anybody to prove my ability to come back, “l am only 33 years old. T've never smok or dran and al- though 1 am much overweight I can get back to form comparatively casil Firpo showed the his waistline bulge, but proudly pointed to four new holes he had punched in his belt in the last six weeks to gather up slack as his bulk decr “ni lmnmm- to get in shape at this rate,” he said, “I'll be ready to correspondent as high as $1.00 a bushel, 5 cents hended $40,000 alleged to be a part |above yesterday's closing quotation. of the missing funds, was recover- ed. Watkins had only $6 Evidence of increasing demand for in his [corn ready to be used at once was possession and said that was the |largely responsible for the bulge in extent of his finances. September quotations. tackle anything when pring comes again in the north.” Firpo indicated he would be will- ing to meet Munn in a trial bout | | here. (Continued on Page 12) s ip communica- | ready | “I have | Munn October | (o ion | ] ALBANY BALL POOL | gictment which ch; {game of chance. | courts in this district had no juris- !the corresponding month |of the month alone were $1,013,- {br TREASURER FILES PLEA Released in Bonds of $25,000 for Trial by the vew York, Aug. 1 (A—William J. Pringle of Albany, treasurer of the | so-called Albany B all Poof, in federal court today pleaded not | suilty to two indictments charging | conspiracy and use of the mails to | promote a lottery. The w continued in § bail tentatively fixed for August 20. Pringle appeared in court with | two lawyers Harold H. Corbin of | New York and Joseph L. Delaney of Albany. Federal Attorn sug ted August 13 as a tri tut Corbin protested, time to prepare I'ringle’s case. case 25,000 | lo 1l date, lit Corbin said Pringle had been re- to Unwin as his car was approaching Mr. Unwin claime that moved from Alban of $25,000 was set by a federal com missioner, only as to the second in s violationeof a section of the federal criminal code prohibiting use of the mails in the promotion of lottery or any ! Conviction for violation of this| carries a penalty of one year's imprisonment and a maxi- mum fine of $1.000. Corbin said later that conspira to violate a federal erimiral law which s charged in the other indictment {s punishable by two vears imprison- ment and a $1,000 fine. Corbin demurred to both indict- ments on the ground that neither sct forth any crime alleged to have been committed in this district of w York., and Insisted that the 2,140,977 TAX NONTH Collections for July $160,864 in Fix- cess of Amount Received During | Corresponding Perlod in 1927, at Tax collections for the month of July were $166,864.76 more than in of 1927, Collections for the month were § 140, . Receipts for the last day it 842.16. » { THE WEATHER ' New Britain and vicinity: | Showers tonight or Thursday: not much change in temper- ature. | ! *. * | * | pairs and lin a decision today ris D. and that | Hartford, plaintiff brought Chevrolet airc damages as a result its airplane on year, towed by n Gallarz and Mechanic Pablo for the purpose of advertising Com- {mander Richard Evelyn Byrd's lec- ture ing down the ly part of gent, Al money ac party \d'\ | for |Commander Richard E. local theater, ed at Central park. |first Deen landed on jand street Unwin, of collision | tight but Cooke |and two polic lane asking for | mok where his bond | the he did did too the Nearly ington street, are stealing wine, the narrowest of margins I; Officer Willia cyele light fade disclose cape. JUDGMENT FOR 3389 FOR DAMAGE TO PLANE Corp. Is Entitled to Damag Judgment to recover costs was hands B a Judge for the tion dow Raxe H. in city « Aircraft Corp damage su Pattersor which th r$ in against the Co. t company s 2,00 of d; TFebruary th; when a the truck to ral at the Str. r. In han: . Judge the accident most to unwatchfulness on th the defendant company who operated the hich struck however nt reason to und that was due could for cident. It is probable will appeal the decision to gher court. Judge Saxe d h sion on the following findings: was | advertisement | by | the as an to be ems that onun here a lecture plane delivered Byrd at The St point Mary from that was to rand th a point almost ater when a machine travelling south me highway owned by the ndant and eperated at that time in defendant comp w gs of th the ny. said the, “The proceeding slowly at about lock in the cvening when occurred. There was upon the it wa officers were ad of said plane to o5 away was testificd to that they shoute plane. not near any warning an not see the plane until it wr late for him to have avois colliston. (Continued on Page 12) WINE THIEVES ESCAPE THROUGH CELLAR WINDOW v Trapped at Strcet House, They Silently Fade Away Into Night Apparently t o home of Lazar David, believed made tL ir e n O'Day, on duty, was detailed by 10:45 o'clock and learned out. e, thinking the prowlers caught. A sea nyone, David told Officer O'D; R HI TIDE — AUG. 3 N. Haven 12:49a.m.,12:22 pm. N. London 10:53 a.m.,11:03 p.m. Mor- naging of being park xe like- machine wing of the plane. not find, favor the plain. tiff with a decision to recover ren- | the plane, which the | ! plaintift claimed could not b for a period of cight days after the that either and was to be station- plane had s field attached [to a truck and towed through the deaths of at luast Denies LO“CI‘) Guilt and Is 'strects of New Britain to the cor r of Elm and Chestnut streets and hen down Chestnut to Main street | and was procecding north on Main opposite it was struc] on! by lawrence employ truc’ protruded on both sides of the truck jand the truck with plane attached |of the for trial | wa the no | crane wings of the plane s very light at that poin walking rn auto- from that section, and Wi lahlllmon apped in a cellar at | 154 Wash- one or more men who to have been bent on pe by t night. motor- Lieuten- ant Rival to investigate the matter | that | David had been told by a neighbor | Were rushed fo {that someone was in the cellar. companied by Ac- two other men, David ran down the stairs and saw a flash- Footsteps were also heard and David summoned the po- were h of the cellar failed to| nd an open win-|Catharines. dow was probably the avenue of es- ay that quantities of wine have been stolen from the cellar in the past. Haiti, 5. Italy, 4. Norway, 3 |tributions, large and small, |in= into the republican il from all \mH ¢ the country 1924 campaign \n-rn estimated to more than h More Voters Discussing the incre Chairman Work merel that there were 12,000, voters this year 1 and that the alone would re amount. The | said the the needs and rec arious bur of anization ha of the have party i today hurdle States 12, follow uth Great Africa [ Britain oters 13, 41, Great United Canada 1 four years ago Germany in postage considerable Luire 2 nited States 21, Can- “nited 'NIGE PEOPLE’ NOT INMUNE, JUDGE SAYS ot et conirivu- P1aces Where Liquor Is for half million dollars,” | .\.n‘A and ’] ; «'(n'.]\"(hv:x l\\\ : Imblbed (a“ Be Pnd. locked, Jurist Says States 16, comm chai nonn or s aus republican n d that the paign will be about $4,000, Mr. Nutt declared th limit had been placed amount of contributions tion will be used.” Use Discretion L while upon no the it cre- - We tion Nutt ) is would accept one for 100,000 if we got it. We are not setting a lim- it but of course we are going to use | discretion.” Regular monthly tributions and expenditures will he given by the committee in accord- ance with the republican platform cton, Aug. 1 (A—Night 18 were buzzing here to- 1 court decision that such establishment in - which the adontedl af Mensts O drinking of intoxicating liquors is permitted is not immune from the padlock even though its patrons are {"nice people.” In the decision, {Judge Charles S. Hatfleld ordered Parad one of Washington's COLLAPSE OF STEEL reports of con- an he 5 pop! 9 one = relative term, ring to the plea a el at class of folks stomers and as such would indulge in the gar manifestations of intoxication.” “The drinking of intoxicating li- constituted its jures Thirty Others in Ontario 2 Catherines, Ont., Aug. 1 1P— lapse of the steel gate of Lock 0. 6 of the New Welland canal at Thorele, Ont,, today caused the nine workmen of which may to about 30 others. workmen were in the lock when the dis- | ice. 1 and none is believed | patro to have escaped death or injury. |poured The accident was caused by the | boom of one of the cranes slipping when an ffort was being made to raise a hu ) ton steel gate into place on the west side of the lock. Two crancs were at work at | the time, handling each uul crane nearest to the lock held but the at the lower end slipped. The | gate crashed into the steel 2t | BAte fabric at the east of the lock | and, smashing the work, fell 1o the bottom of the lock, crush- iing the workmen as it fell. Th who were killed were 50| o badly erushed that identification " was difficult. Jt was reported that o two men on the crane which fell “"“‘A with the gate were killed but their - bodies had not heen recovered. It is et also :d that al bodies d found beneath the great when the twisted steel is rais- 1s to permit workmen to walk h. following injured have heen 4 to the St. Katharines Gen- . Tom McLillian, 1 ard Cooper, William McLaren, Witliam Walters, William Merkley, Clearence Callahan, James John- ston, Joseph Lesqurick, Alex Wilson, Harry Watt, Christopher Wilson. Not only were the men who were |of society,” said the judge. ice people’ sometimes become intoxicat- ed and when they do, some indulge in conduct unbecoming their status in society Le Pa o nd injuries, prove serious, About 40 vicinity of t aster occurr some ralis was padlocked be- use the management served t-ups” of ginger ale and cracked The government charged that added to their liquors from private flasks. 179 ATTEND REUNION OF STATE DELEGATES| k k one vy The 7 the head of boom of the huge Conventions Gather at New London d lon. Aug. 1 (@ persons were fn attend- reunion of the Connecti- Rhode Island delegates to nt republican national con- . which was held here at the Treasurer Ernest E. fternoon in honor of Webster Knight, 1L of Provi- Sarah and s of Kansas, republican presidential - nomin Mrs, who attended the Kansas convention as delegate at ir om Rhode Jsl was greet- «d upon her arrival at the Rogers home shortly before one o'clock by tho host and hostess and a local offi- cial reception committee which com- e S ; wate into PUIScd State Central Committeeman [ place caught in is fall, but also | D% e S | Suniors, Belnein 55 srauhd fos| Sty own, Town working at the head of the P AR, Word L of: tha' Albaster heodore Bodenwein, quickly and a crowd imme '{ir!vlr-":”.‘\‘.“ May and Miss sathered about the locks, watching | ] i 5 the mass of ruins and the workmen | The formal reception took place in {far below as the latter carried out H Lns oo Musiy it them hauled to| 0¢10ck and luncheon immediately G top of From there they | (0/1owed. The rest of the afternoon goneral hospital | V15 KIVCD over 10 a discussion of the possible effort| forthcoming campaign and to the revival of events that transpired at living, but| ) " ational convention. 80 Hadly 119 BREONS : was held | Approxi- e d cut gat ed so admitts i 4 the Mayor Charlotte t '!w |in ambu Ivery was made to rescue the in many cases they were crushed that little hope | for their lives. The work of administering first | aid was carried on by physicians from Thorold, Merritton and St doctors were with | Ithe rescu. and administered | | relief to the sufferers before the trip to the hospital. The accident is without parallel in the history of the construction of the ship canal |Four Die in Carolina Grade C rossing Wreck | Charlotte, N, . Aug. 1 P—Fcur persons were n‘porlod killed and a fifth seriously injured when Southern Railway passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing at China Grove near here today. Those reported dead were: A Mr. and Mrs. Toplin of Oaks- boro, N. C. fon of Mr. and Mra. Toplin, aged nine years. Mrs. W. B. Hartsell, ' oY A Mr. Hartsell, driver of the car, was seriously injured and may die. he crew POPE P! BETT! Rome, Aug. 1 (UP)—The pope has recovered almost completels from the injury to his foot which caused him last week to cancel pub- lic audiences. of Oaksboro, ‘ N { J | Welland Canal Disaster In- o the night club's attorneys that | not | common and \'ul-( | auors is not confined to any stratum ! 'R. I and Conn. Members to | Chairman | Mr. and | after one | al o Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending July 28th Ay 14,633 PRICE THREE CENTS U. S. WINS DISCUS THROW ULT BUT SEES GAIN DEFEATED 'Percy Wlllmm, Cana- dian School Boy, Wins { 200 Meter Dash Be- coming First Double Victor of 1928 Olym- pic Games. Sabin Carr of Yale Clears Bar at 13 Feet 9 6-16 Inches — Houser Out- classes Field in Tossing Disc. | | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdun: Aug. UP'—A double triumph for the 1% year old Canadian hoy, Percy Williams, who added the 200 meters to his 100 meter victory to gain the world's sprint title, crowned another disastrous day for Americans on the Olympic track. Williams won as impressively as had in the 100, with the only American finalist, Jackson E&cholz, the defendant champion, tied with the German Helmut Koernig, for third, he Third Setbac It was the third Yankee setback of the day on the track, for the 110 meter hurdles were won by Sidney Atkinson from Stephen Anderson and other Americans while Lloyd Hahn's downfall was completed when he was forced to quit in the 1,500 meter trials. Shatter Record America found some satisfaction when two of its pole-vaulters, Babin Carr and Willlam Droegemueller, both shattered the Olympie record, clearing 4.10 meters, the equivalent of 13 feet 5 7-16 inches. Droegemueller again shattered the pole vault record a few mo- {ments later when he went over the ‘bar at 4.20 meters or 13 fect 9 6-16 inches. Bud Houser held up the United States reputation for strength in the i fleld events by winning the discus championship with an Olympic rec- ord breaking toss of 47.32 meters or 155 feet 2 101-128 inches. The Los Angeles dentist thus re- | tained his title won in 1924 when his winning effort was 46.155 meters fand broke his own Olympic record set on that occasion which is equi- valent of 151 feet 5 1-16 inches. Al Kiyl of Finland was second to Jlom«-r. and Jim Corson, an Ameri- |can, was third, all surpassing the Olymple record. John Anderson of Cornell, third U. S representative, was fifth. Carr Stays On Carr stayed with Droegemueller by duplicating his feat of clearing 13 feet 9 6-16 inches in the pole vault, adding another fracture to the old record Carr brought the United States the pole vault championship which, | together with Hauser's discus thrdw- ing victory, somewhat offset the defeat of Americans in the dash and hurdles earlier. Beats Scholz Among others the sensational Canadian schoolboy of 19 beat out the defending champion, Jackson cholz of the United States and the German ace Helmut Koernig. It was the first double Olympic sprint victory since Ralph Craig of the United States and the University of Michigan turned the trick in 1912, Williams flashed a | finish to overtake Kocrnig last 15 meters, Williams' victory meant defeat for the United States in the first two finals of the day and again the re- verses were at the hands of repre sentatives of different sections of the British Empire, the 110 meter cham- pionship having been won by Sidney Atkinson of South Africa. In both events the United States held the Olympic championships and failed in their defense. Defeat Presaged America’s defeat in the 200 meter | final was presaged by the elimina- [tion of three of its most prominent tandard bearers in earlier heats Scholz was left alone to carry the nd stripes in the final when | Charley Paddock and Henry Cum- ming found the pact of the semi-fin- !als earlier in the day too hot and [ were climinated while Charley Bor { ah failed to qualify yesterday | Williams’ showing was as uniforni- ¢ brilliant throughout the 200 meter preliminaries as it had been at the shorter distance in which he upset ! the dope by winning the champion <hip, and his victory in the final was a crowning achievement. Wins by Yard Williams won by a good yard from Koernig while Walter Wange- ley of Britain appeared to be third |but the judges wrangled and de- ayed the decision. Echolz, tho | American, was apparently fourth, The veteran started well but lacked speed in the final dash down the straightaway. Willlams, as in the 100, had tre- mendous speed left for the final dash after trailing the leaders until near the finish. The curly haired Canadian boy was unbeatable as the Americans were shut out in the Olympic sprints for the first time in 20 years. spectacular in the | stars (Continued on Page 13)