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NEW BRITAIN "fflEKALD
News of the World
By Associated Press
Average Daily Circulatioa For
i4;o85
ESTABLISHED 1870
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1P27. -TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
PRICE THREE CNTS
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HOLLAND-AMERICAN LINER
RAMS AND SINKS STEAMER
Veendam Reports Col
lision With Norwegian
Vessel, Sagaland, off
Nantucket, Lightship.
All on Board Doomed Ship,
With One Exception, Are
Rescued Accident Oc
curs at 4:40 a. m. Today.
New afork. July 15 W The Holland-America
line announced today
the receipt of a wireless from the
captain of . the company's liner
Veendam stating the Veendam col
lided with and sank the Norwegian
steamer Sagaland four miles east of
Nantucket Lightship at 4:40 a. m.,
today. All aboard the Sagaland
were saved except one, the message
Eaid. The Veendam was undam
aged and is inbound for New York.
The Veendam, out of Rotterdam
July 5 and Southampton July 6, is
due at Quarantine, New York, at 7
o'clock tonight. On board are the
Sagaland'n " survivors.
' The Sagaland left Manzanillo,
Cuba. July for Boston. The ship
was 2.677 tons gross register and
was built in 19291.
The Veendam, a vessel of 13,000
tons, 'canied 73 first class passen
gers, 39 second class, .and 66 third
class passengers.
Details IVot " Available
Details; as to the cause of the col
lision were not available in the first
message received here by the Holland-America
line. '
The Sagaland, a freighter owned
in Norwax, is believed to have car
ried no passengers. Its crew is said
to number around 25. The last
time the craft was in New York it
docked at the West Indian Steam
ship company's pier at Brooklyn
where today it was said the Saga
land's cargo afths time of the col
lision was sugar.
SS. Veendam At Sea (By Wireless
to the Associated Press, New York)
July 15 The Veendam at 4:40 a. m.
today when about five miles east
from the Nantucket lightship, col
lided with the Norwegian steamship
Sagaland from Nanzanilla, Cuba, to
Boston, with a cargo of 2SI0OO bales
of sugar. Captain A.. Pederson in
command and chartered by the West
India Steamship company, of Brook
lyn. Twenty men of the Sagaland crew
immediately jumped on board the
Veendam and five men in the water
were saved by the Veenda'm life
boats. One sailor, missing, was
searched for during. an hour, but
no trace of . him was found. . .
The Sagaland sank in fifteen min
utis afier the crash In 30 fathoms.
The Veendam suffered no damage
:and Is proceeding to New York, due
at Quarantine at 8 o'clock tonight.
Signed "Krai, .Master.."
SERIOUS RIOTING IS
tfCCURRING IN VIENNA
Crowd ; Rushes Palace
Justice Much Prop
of
erty Destroyed
V London, July 15 (P) A dispatch
.tip the Evening News from Vienna
aaVa that a riotine moh set fire to
ibi palace of justice. Gendarmes
were flinging the furniture from the
windSpws as the dispatch was sent.
VlenJna,' July 15 (PV A crowd
rushiad the palace of Justice today,
smashing windows, forcing doors
and! throwing documents into the
street. The manisfestation grew
out Af a' Jury verdict which acquit-
' ted it number of former soldiers
who wtere accused of having killed
a socialist Jn a fight in Schallen
dorf in Jjanuary.
The poJlice were powerless to clear
the buikviiig, the iron gates of which
were demolished.
Manifestations also were carried
.out in ''front of the nationalist paper,
'Wiennftr Neuste Nachdichten, which
su(lcredsam damage.
- The cifawd grew during the day
and the sMre.'t car traffic was com
pletely halted In the center oT the
'city." . H
Documents and papers seized by
the crowd (in the palace of justice
wore burned In the streets.
It is reported: that thirty people
were injured when the police tried
to eject the -demonstrators.
I HACKS IN ENGLAND
SaBdowjV. England, July 15 tfP)
Lord Corby's Colorado won the
Eclipsa Stafcol run ' hero, today. The
a KkflTi' Marlb was second and
Lord iVoltaWVs. Coronach was
third, fifaafc'- iran
PRICE OF GASOLINE
IS REDUCED HERE
Some Stations Bring Cost Down
. to 22 Cents
PRODUCERS DENY DROP
Retail Distributors Quick To Fall in
Line When , Others ; Precipitate
Downward Movement General
Price' in State Reported 20 Cents.
, Although oil companies disclaim
any knowledge . of a decrease Jn
gasoline prices in New Britain to
day, the fact remains that motorists
are purchasing gasoline at two cents
a gallon lower than they were at
this time yesterday at the majority
of the stations.
This same situation is general
throughout the state, according to
Arthur Fifoot, executive secretary of
the Hartford Automobile club, which
has been waging an aggressive cam
paign for lower prices for several
weeks. Mr. Fifoot informed the
Herald this aternoon that the price
of gasoline had dropped at the retail
stations two cents a gallon all over
the state. The general price in the
state he said, now is Jo cents a eal
lon. ; , '"-
In- New Britain many places put
the two- cent drop Into effect last
evening, bringing the cost to 22
cents, tax included;
One' station ' after another an
nounced a drop of on'.-, two or three
ce,its. Today the situation in -New
Britain is somewhat) confused with
the motorist purchasing gas at al
most any price between 20 and. 25
cents. By this evening or tomorrow,
those who are selling the gas ex
pect the market to be stabilized.
Although the larger oil tympanies
deny any knowledge of a drop or
the probability of a drop, one dealer
stated this morning that he had
been authorized to drop his gas to
21 cents from 24.. which ha said was
one cent under the present market
price. Thisis what is known among
gasoline dealers as "a confidential
discount." i
This so-called "confidential dis- :
count" is felt by. gasoline dealers to
be the real cause of the price stam
pede today. According to one dealer
a number of the smaller companies
have been giving these confidential
discounts from their tank wagon
prices, with the result that retailers
were enabled to sell gasoli'ie cheaper
than co?npetitors.
Secretary Fifoot of the Hartford
Automobile club said today it was
impossible to tell whether or not
there would be another drop
throughout. the state.. Asked what
the Connecticut Chamber of Com
merce was doing, Mr. Fifoot, as wel.
as Secretary Ralph H. Bensson of the
New Britain Chamber, stated that
they ' were' unable to learn: Efforts
to get into touch with Clark Belden,
secretary of the Connecticut Cham
ber, were not successful, but it was
learned from other souvcjs that the
state Chamber is taking little if any
active part in forcing a price re
duction. .. .. . ..
Mr. Benson, who is chairman of
Mayor Weld's committee cn the lo
cal investigation of gasoline prices,
said today that he had no official
knowledge of any new developments,
although he knew there was a drop
in price at many local stations, His
committee has called a conference of
gasoline dealers, both retail and
wholesale, for Monday furenoon at
the Chamber headquarters. At that
time the situation will ue discussed.
Wholesalers were non-committal
on the situation this afternoon. At
the Standard Oil station it was stated
that "There is no reduction that we
know of." Told that retailers were
dropping their prices, the reply came
"That is just the service stations."
"We know' nothing at all about a
price reduction" was the statement
made at the Gulf Refining Co., plant
"Wo have no company owned sta
tions and none of our stations have
gone down." !
"Don't know a thing about price
reductions" said some one at the
Texaco plant." It any stations have
reduced the price, they are paying
the loss, out of their own pockets. 1
In the meantime, according to j
many, a general reduction of both re- :
tail pumps and tank wagon prices is
expected through the entire state.
Hartford, Waterbury and'New Hav
en already have announced price de- j
Joker Reverses Flag
Flying at City Hall
Early .morning, visitors to the
city were surprised today to see
the flag on city hall hanging
backwards and upon inquiry
learned that the janitor had
placid the emblem properly
this morning but that some
jokesmith had reversed it. The
flag was promptly returned to
it proper position.
CLAIMSTWO MORE
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Vic
tims Die Since January 1
SEDAN CRASHES BIG TRUCK
Driver of Truck and Autotst Who
Previously Sldeswiped Him Were
Reporting Accident When Fatality
Occurred.
Bridgeport, Conn.," July 15 OP)
Milford turnpike claimed its six
teenth and seventeenth victims for
the year shortly after midnight last
night when John W. Shreve, and his
wife, Adele, both 42, of Rye, N. T.,
were fatally injured when the sedan
in which they were riding crashed
into the rear of a large truck parked
along the roadside just west of the
Milford-Orange town line.
Both died at the Milford hospital
from compound fractures of the
skull.
Driver Is Held
Austin J. Kittridge of 52 Howe
stredt, New Haven, operator of the
truck was questioned by police and
then released for appearance before
Coroner Mix this morning in New
Haven. Milford authorities arrest
ed Thomas F. Mitchell of 195
Church street. New Haven, driver of
the coupe which had sideswiped the
truck half an hour before this fa
tal crash. .
-The. truck driver and Mitchell
were in West Haven, reporting their
accident, when the crash in which
Shreve and his wife were fatally in
jured occurred. Reports to the po
lice assert there was no tail light
on the truck at the time. The cra&
occurred just west of the Pansy
farm at one of the darkest spots on
the turnpike.
In his report, Kittridge said he
had parked hmis truck, owned by
Purdy and Bleeker company, 412
Herkimer street. New York city, at
the side of the road just after 1
o'clock daylight saving him. The
vehicle was heading west.
Sideswipes Van
A small coupe driven by Mitchell,
traveling west, approached the truck
five minutes later. He apparently
drove too close, for his machine
sideswiped the big van. ran into a
lot nearby, and overturned.
Kittridge ran to assist Mitchell.
The latter had escaped injury al
though his machine had been con
siderably damaged. Mitchell claim
ed that the truck had no tail light
but this was denied by Kittride.
Th,- two decided to report the mat
ter to the police and started for
West Haven, leaving their two vehi
cles unguarded.
It was while the two men were on
their way to West Haven that the
fatal accident took place. Just how
it occurred, Milford police have been
unable, definitely to determine. Ap
parently, they say, the Shreve car
was going at a ,fair rate of speed,
for the impact stove in the entire
front of the car, causing a com
plete wreck.
Mr. Shreve was for many years
head of the Kle'ctrlc Cable company,
this city, which he organized.
After that company went into the
hands of a receiver Mr. Shreve in
partnership with James Coyle, for
merly of Bridgeport and New York
city, took over the Essex Wire com
pany in Newark, N. J.. of which he
became president and changed. the
name of the company to the Shreve
Wire company.
Mr. and Mrs. Shreve ore survived
by four children Nelson 10, Jack
12, Polly 15 and Adele 21.
MISS ANNE WARD DIES
AT AGE OF 87 YEARS
St. Mary's Parish Loses Member of
00 Years Standing Funeral
Tomorrow Morning.
St.' Mary's parish lost one of its
oldest members late last night when
Miss Anne Ward, age 87 years, died
at the Leghorn home at 90 Lincoln
street. She had been a member of
the chur.ch for 60 years, having
joined the parish in 1S67. She was
born iff Ireland.
She is survived by two nephews,
M. P. Leghorn of this city and Jo
seph Leghorn of College Point, L. I.,
and three nieces, Sister Mary Irenaus
of St. Francis' convent New Haven;
Elizabeth J. Leghorn, principal of
the Monroe school and Miss Mary
Leghorn of this city.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's
church. A solemn high requiem
mass will be celebrated. Burial will
be in St. Mary's cemetery.
FIGHT IS POSTPONED
Detroit. July 15 UP) The Sammy-Mandell-Phil
McGraw lightweight
championship boxing match sched
uled for tonight was postponed to
day until tomorrow night because of
rain.
BOBBY JONES AGAIN WINS
BRITISH OPEN GOLF TITLE
Plays 72 Holes In 285 Which Is New Record Robson
and Boomer Runners-up With 291 and
Kirkwood Finishes In 293.
St. Andrews, Scotland. July 15 OR
Bobby Jones, with an awe inspir
ing total of 285 strokes for 72 holes,
today won tie British open golf
championship for the second time
in two years. Long before the At
lantan finished his last round, .when
he scored 72, one under par, he was
conceded the title again.
Only Fred Robson and Joe Kirk
wood had a chance to tie him and
they would have had to do golfing
magic dreamed of but unseen. Rob
son came in with 74 giving him a
total of 291 and establishing him
with Aubrew Boomer as the runner-up.
Kirkwood also took 74 and
finished with 2?3. The 291 scored
by Boomer and Robson was the old
record made by Bobby Jones last
year and James Braid in '1908.
Jones' score was six strokes better
than has been compiled in a Brit
ish open and a stroke under Ameri
ca's best open golf score, made by
Chick Evans in 1916.
Never before had Scotland seen
such a frenzied finish to a great
golfing event. Frenzied golf was
played by the title holder and fren
zied crowds of people rushed pell
mell over the course to see it." Bobby
made his final shots through a nar
row lane between solid walls of hu
manity stretching from the' 18th tee
to the home green.
Eobby's final mashie niblick to the
last green sailed true and far be
tween the almost breathless specta
tors but struck a steep bank on the
green and rolled back instead of to
ward the cup. It came to" rest" 20
yard3 away. The title holder just
missed the birdie and holed the par
I with nonchalance.
Jones' victory marked :the sixth
(American success in British open golf
I chamrtonahips in the last seven
j years. He also was the second play
er to repeat in a championship,
James Braid winning In 1904 and
1905. When Bobby won last year he
was the first amateur to take the
title since Hanold Hilton won in
3 897. Arthur Havers, whose score in
this championship was 12 strokes be
hind that of the champion, was the
only British player to win since 1921.
BELL RINGS IN TREE
TO FRIGHTEN BIRDS
Starlings Again Invade
Bristol and Refuse to
Emigrate
(Special to tha Herald)
Bristol, July 15 Residents of
Summer street and several other
sections are again entering com
plaints because of the activities or
I rather non-activities of the English
starlings, who take up :their abode
I each night in large maple trees
I bordering the sidewalks. Thousands
I of the birds, which have been termed
, pests by the local health authorities,
congregate each night and the prob-
lem now confronting city, officials is
how to get rid of them. On
Wednesday night Chief -John , H.
Hayes of the fire department de
railed one company to spray the
trees on Summer street with water.
The birds immediately took flight
but after continuing for a short dis
tance alighted in trees on an adjoin
ing street.
A large, flock of the birds has se
lected for its nightly habitat the
maple, trees in front of the residence
of Superintendent of Public Works
Oscar Anderson on Church street,
Fcrostville. In an effort to scare
; them away, Mr. Anderson has had
j a bell placed high . in one of" the
trees and this is rung each evening
' shortly after dusk. The birds fly
l to a large elm tree across the street
ana wnen everytning is quiet again,
they wing their way back to their
original perch. This was particular
ly noticeable last evening. The see-
jond time the bell was rung, fully as
many birds left the tree as did the
first, time.
The condition this year is a repeti
tion of that of last fall and officials
are frank to admit that they have
as yet failed to determine just what
steps can be taken to eliminate an
undesirable condition.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. probably local
thiimlcrshowcrs; not much
change in temperature; mod
erate winds, mostly south-'
west
HIGH TIDE
I July IB (Paylight Time)
I New London 11.28 a.m. 11.39 p.m.
I New Haven 12.47 a.m.
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BOBBY JONES.
Two of the American winners, how
ever, were British before they were
citizens of the United States.
jock Hutchinson won in 1921,
Walter Hagen in 1922. Arthur Ha
vers in 1923, when he barely bettered
Hagen's effort and Hagen again in
1924, Jim Barnes in 1925 and Bobby
Jones last yea. and again this year.
St., Andrews, -Scotland, July 15 UP)
The most prized British golf pos
session, the open championship
trophy, is not going to- America
with- Bobby Jones. The, champion
has decided to leave it here in the
custody' of ' the Royal arid- A'ncie'nt
Golf club. ' ' - . '--
Nobody in all Britain 'begrudges
Jones his great -victory, after his
wonderful, exhibition. :bpt the an
nouncement to be made in front of
the old grey stone clubhouse, when
the trophy is presented to him late
this evening, will undoubtedly make
him more popular than he is now
j in this land of golf.
! The champion feels that no more
j appropriate setting could be found
! for the famous trophy than a- St.
Andrews where golf is life itself.
LONG LIST OF GUESTS
AT SHAFT DEDICATION
Committee Tries to Include
All Who Are Eligible
for Invitations
Every precaution Is being, taken
not to overlook any persons eligible
; in' sending invitations to the laying
of the corner stone for the World
jWar Memorial next Wednesday.
Chairman George H. Dyson .of the
"general committee and Chairman B.
I F. Gaffney of the invitation commit-
tee 'are striving to get in- touch
Wlin everyune lu wjiuiu mey icn ail
Invitation should go.
Every gold star mother and every
gold star father has been invited or
if anyone has been overlooked it has
, been through an oversight and the
'committee wants to know it. , '..' ...
Officers of the American' Legion
(Continued on Page 21)
GASOLINE REDUCTION
ALSO HITS ELM CITY
One Company in New Haven An
nounces Slash of Two Cents
Per Gallon.
New Haven, Conn., July 15.
(UP) Following a price cut of two
cents a gallon at all gssoline sta
tions In Hartford, a reduction has
been announced by the, Mayflower
Company here of a similar amount.
Officials of the company said it
had been contemplated . for some
time. A two cent reduction in Dan
bury at the station of the Standard
Oil company and a one cent reduc
tion of the same company in New
Haven has been announced. With
Standard selling in New Haven for
22 cents, the. Connecticut Gas. and
Oil Company cut Its price to 19
cents.
The Gulf Refining Company an
nounced today that a decrease
would be made in its products soon.
Gasoline in Bridgeport has been sell
ing for prices ranging from 19 cents
to 20 cents, and no reduction . was
contemplated there.
Existing prices of 21 cents near
the state line, which have been in
existence for several months will not
be lowered. It was the three cents
difference in price between Hartford
and Thompsonville 20 miles away
that caused the present gasoline
flurry. Waterbury prices which have
been 24 cents, are now two cents
lower.
PENALTY OF SINS
PAlDlOALLOffS
Three Murderers Simultaneously
Hanged in Chicago
EHCUTION AT SING SING
In Last Named Execution Condemn
ed Man Goes to His Death Refus
ing to Reveal His True Identity
Another in Alabama.
Will County Jail, Jollet, 111., July
15 (UP) Death .claimed its stakes
today In the daring gamble three
men made to escape the punishment
for murder.
At" 6:14 a. m., Roberto Torrez,
Charles Duschowski and Walter
Stalesky' were hanged simultaneous
ly from the same gallows, paying
the state of Illinois the supreme
penalty for murdering Deputy War
den Peter M. Klein in their escape
from the state penitentiary in May,
1926. . ,..
' Sensational Escapes. .
' The three men were originally
sentenced to life .terms in the state
penitentiary for murder. With four
other "lifers" they . plotted to win
their, freedom at the expense of
slaying Warden Klein.
They were caught, convicted of
Klein's murder, and sentenced to
die. Twice more they attempted to
evade justice by breaking jail and
twice more they were recaptured.
The . three men went' to tteir
death smiling. As they walked out
of the red trick . Jail into the day
lig'ht oMhe'Jatl' yard where the scaf
fold awaited them, thay were greet
ed with a crowd of- more than 1 1,050
persona who had gathered to wit
ness the spectacle of a triple execu
tion. Many nipro- waited outside on
th streets, "denied admission to the
death chamber.
Grin At Death Watch.
But-the deemed prisoners appear
ed unafraid. They grinned at those
who had to watch them die. -
Torrez, the little Mexican song
bird who sang "La Paloma" hours
at a stretch last winter to drown
out the sawing of iron bars by his
comrades; Torrez, the most colorful
of all the men. shrugged his t,houi
ders as he walked down the lane
that was opened for him and shout
ed a good-bye to a few deputies
whom he recognized In the throng.
Shortly, after 6 ft. m., the proces
sion from the jail started.
Sheriff Albert E. Markgraf led
the way. He was followed by four
priests, including a former Francis
can monk. Then came the prisoners
Torrez inr the lead.
Torrez wore a white shirt, blue
trousers, and house slippers and his
mates were similarly clad.
A' heavy fog hung low over the
jail yard, but ' the high scaffold
stood out plainly, showing the three
nooses hanging limply at their
places.
As the three men ascended the
scaffold, the priests offered them
the ast sacraments. But Duschow
ski,' with the same sneering bravado
that he has shown throughout his
captivity, turned away. He chose in
stead to smile down at the throng
gathered below him and then up to
the loose hemp that dangled just
above his head. He seemed to ex
amine it closely with interest.
Duschowski was first to feel the
hemp about his throat. Stalesky was
second, and : finely the-noose was
adjusted on Torrez. .
The. long white robes next were
fitted on the three men and .without
further preliminaries the trap was
sprung. ' .
. Keeps Identity Secret.
Ossinir.g. N. Y., July 15 (P) Re
vealing as he was about to go to
the electric chair at Sing Sing prison
that he had been convicted under an
assumed name, a 21 year old youth
went to his death keeping the secret
of his identity.
Convicted under the name of Wil
liam Wagner, the youth was electro
cuted last night for the murder of
Peter Basto, a stranger, who came
to the aid of the daughter of a
Brooklyn rooming house proprietor
(Continued on Page 11)
TRACK WORKER KILLED
One Killed and Another Badly In-
' Jured When Handcar is Struck by
Train Xear Westerly, R. I.
Westerly, R. I.. July 15 (JP) Peter
Lorclla, 70, of 102 Liberty street, was
instantly. kiled and Charles Orlando
and Michael Lewis, the latter a sec
tion bofc were badly injured when
struck by a work train near Wetue-tetouci;.-
The three men with three others
were riding on a'handcar when the
approaching train was sighted. All
six Jumped but the three whose
names are given attempted to get
the handcar off the tracks but the
train bore down on them before they
could escape from Its path.
. Orlando and- Lewis were removed
to -the Westerly hospital. .
Shortage of Gasoline Causes Smith and Bronte
to Descend in Pacific, More Than 500 Miles
From Hawaiian Islands-Have Pneumatic life
Raft and Food Supplies Nearest Ship Lets
Than 100 Miles Away.
Honolulu, July 15 (AP) Short of fuel and more than 5Q0
miles from land, Ernest L. Smith, civilian aviator, and Emory
B. Bronte, navigator, faced an undetermined fate today as a
radio report was received that their monoplane City of Oak
land YiqA moAa a lanrlinrr nn l-o enrfara rf fVio TafiGi of
a. m., Honolulu time. They were trying to reach Honolulu.
Whether the fliers were afloat, still in the air or struggling
in the sea was left undetermined when all radio stations in' the
i i i . f . i t r . i j u i xi 1 -..-.i.i. i
wesueiu nau ui uie iraciiii; wen; oiieuteu iiiat uiey uugui near
the frantic S O S. calls which Bronte was sending out. , j'
ARMY'S GIANT FOKKER
HAY ATTEMPT RESCUE
Plane Which Made Pacific
Flight All Primed
for Start
Wheeler Field, Hawaii, July 15
(IP) Preparations have been started
to launch the big army Fokker
"Bird of Paradise" which Maitland
and Hegenberger flew to Honolulu,
to the aid of the monoplane City
of Oakland.
Refueling of the Fokker was
completed .at 8:40 a. m., Pacific
time, but officers on the field point
id out that there would be little
use in sending it out unless ths
steamships located the plane. Or
ders for sending the "Aloha squad
ron," a group of four small planes
which were to escort Smith into
Honolulu were cancelled.
. Washington, July 15(P) Dis
patching of rescue craft to the aid
of the Hawaiian flyers is within the
discretion of Rear Admiral McDon
ald, commandant of the naval sta
tion in Hawaii, it was stated today
at the navy department
Officials said Admiral McDonald
had authority to take whatever
steps he deemed necessary, includ
ing the sending to sea of two de
stroyers now at Pearl Harbor, and
the ordering out of seaplanes at
the naval flying base.
While the destroyers are among
the fastest in the navy, it would
take many hours to reach the loca
tion of the City of Oakland.
BANKER TAKES BRIDE
WHILE AT CONVENTION
William E. Pease of Commercial
Trust Co. and Miss Venable of
Little Rock Marry
Word has been received here of
the marriage on July 11 of William
E. Pease, an auditor at the Com
mercial Trust Co., to Miss May Dell
Venable, daughter of Mr. and Mr3.
Richard J. Venable of Little Rock.
Ark. ' The ceremony was performed
at the Book-Cadillac hotel in De
troit. They will reside at 35 New
field avenue this city.
Mr. Pease left New Britain a
short time ago to attend the Inter
national Bankers' convention at De
troit, as a delegate from the New
Britain chapter. His marriage comes
as a surprise to his co-workers and
friends in this city.
FIGHT IN COURT
Accused in Stamford Rushes Over
and Punches Husband of Woman
in Case.
Stamford, Conn., July 15 (UP)
Joseph Lombardo, 31 years old, of
this city, created confusion in the
city court here today when, after
he had been held in bail of S5,ft00
for trial in the supreme court on a
statutory charge, he ran across the
court room and struck Natalo Ru
bino, husband of the woman in the
case, and half stunned him.
Lombardo was hustled off to a cell
amid .hysterical shouts of Rubino's
friends that they would "get him."
This Is St. Swithin's
Day and Weather's Good
New York, July 15 (UP) Today
Is St. Swithin's Day.
"Well," the New York World ask
ed, "what of it?"
The World assigned an Investiga
tor to check up on the Swithlnian
legend, which says that, according
to tradition, if it rains today, it will
rain for 40 days, but if today is fair,
the next 40 days will be fair.
The investigator reported that
year by year, the saint, was invarl
afety wrong but that although the
Iend had been debunked every
yr. It still cropped up annually.
I It's just a lot of bunk," he reported.
Landing in Water -
A radio message direct f rom tht
monoplane, saying they wer "land- .
ing in the water'', and to rush help
was intercepted by the navy at San.
Francisco at 7 a, m., Pacific stand
ard time. . . - n
The last known position of the
plane was about 620 miles east ail:
north of Pala, Island of Maui." That
was at 7:50 a. m.. Pacific time when
the liner Wilhelmina, about,
miles from the plane and steaming
to her rescue, intercepted a message
saying the plane still was.begrlng
for help with her own radio. Equip
ped with provisions enough to llast
ten days, a pneumatic life, raft ani
facilities for distilling water, 'the
fliers had the consolation that, they
might remain adrift If they could
make a safe landing in the open
sea but they knew nothing. Of -the
help that was rushing toward them
because their receiving ' set hrplie
down shortly after leaving . San
Francisco yesterday.. -. .
Besides the rubber life raft, simi
lar to the type Commander Byrd
and his crew used after being forcetl
down off the French coast. Smith
had a pair of collapsible ooars, a tire
pump, rubber patches,, two dozen
flares and a signal pistol. ''
Two small water stills, one j'for
each man. were provided, for the
rendering of sea water into drink
able fluids. ' '','?''',
Four Get Call'-'. ' ,
Honolulu, July 13 WVHThe trans
pacific monoplane City of Oakland,
flying to Honolulu, struck the watr
some 500 miles from land at 7:45
a. m. Pacific standard time today
after running. out of gasoline and
summoning four steamships to her
aid by the timely use of "her'radlO.;
The liner Wilhelmina. 75 mile
from the spot where the monoplane's
last SOS. was heard, was speed
ing to the rescue to the flyers. .
Two other ships, the liner Pre. '
dent Pierce and the army transport
Kneowis, continued toward the'
plane's last known position1 and ,
game of hide and seek over hun
dreds of miles of open sea was en-.
Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, July 15 (
The mine sweeper Pelican; left
here at 8:55 a, m. Pacific time, go
ing to the rescue of the monoplane
City of Oakland. ., ....
San Francisco, July. 15 (ff The
safety of Ernest L. Smith and Emery
B. Bronte, who were forced down
on the sea about 500 miles out from
their Hawaiian goal, was the para
mount interest here today. - .
Anthony Parents. Smith's financial
backer, received word of the forced
descent, with "I want everything ti
be done to rescue those two gallant
boys. I will not rest until I kadw.
they are safe." - ,
Arthur R. Wild, Sm'ith's ; ehief
mechanic, said "lei's first get those
boys rescued and then we'll atart
analyzing why they ' were forced
down." . '..-, . ' '
Why the plane should be forced
down for the lack of gasoline . puz
zled Captain William H. Royle, flight
manager. -
"My only explanation Is that
Smith and Bronte bucked heavy'
wind and that this may have caused
the motor to consume more' gaso-
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IS CHAMPION "SITTER"
At 6 O'clock Tonight Joe Powers
In Chicago Will Have Been
Atop Flagpole for 16 Days. ;
Chicago. July 15 "(L'P)-r"Hold
'Em" Joe Powers planned to de-'.
scend from his perch tonight with
the title of champion flag pole sit
ter. '.....'.
At 6 p. m. he will have 'been aloft
16 days, three and one-half hours,
exceeding by a small margin, tht
time made by "Spider" Haines,
Denver flag pole expert' He plan
ned to come down then.
"I want to beat Spider, but I'm
coming down Just about as soon as
I do," Powers telephoned down to-;
day. "If any of you birds think this
hasn't been a tough racket. Just try
it some time."
The new champion will be
ed by a physician, two
Mary Philbln, movie star, a barb,
and his manager when he descends, '
A dinner in his honor is planned fe
tonight. ,. , . . .V