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New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
SURVIVOR DESCRIBES
TRAGEDY IN MID-AIR
Spanish Ralloonist Tells Of
Bag Being Struck by
Lightning

Malines, Belgium. Sept. 24.-Gome7
Guillamon, of the Spanish balloon Po-
lar which crashed here late yesterday
while competing in the James Gordon
Bennett cup race, had sufficiently re-
covered from his injuries today to tell
the story of the accident. Guillamon,
who is under treatment in the Malines
hospital. said the Polar was struck by
lightning while at an altitude of $500
feet. 1t had only a few seconds pre-
siously escaped crashing to the
ground. Penaranda Barca, the other
occupant, threw two bags of sand
overheard and the balloon shot up
right into the teeth of the storm.
Then came tie lightning bolt which
set the bag on fire. 1t burned speed
iIy with the exception of the lower
part. which was of slower combus-
tion and acted as a parachute. GULL
anon jumped when the basket was
100 feet above the ground and land
ed in soft. bush swamp. Both his
legs were broken. Barca was killed
BY the lightning bolt.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
Former Local Girl to Wed
Architect in Australia

Announcement has been received
here of the engagement of Miss Mar
ian Buell., formerly of this city, now
Of Melbourne, Australia, to Leslie NJ.
Perrott, of Melbourne. Miss Buell. in
tends shortly TO visit her brother,
Roy, in San Francisco, after which
she will return to Australia and be
married
Miss Buell. is the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. f, n. Buell. of this
city, Mr. Buell. having died suddenly
in Melbourne on New Years day.
Mr. Perrott is an architect in the
Australian city and was formerly en-
gagged in his profession in Boston.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
THREE ARE ELECTROCUTED
Auto Goes Over Road Onto Third
Rail Near Hazleton. Pa.-Train
Then Mangles Victims Bodies.

Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 24.--Two wom-
en- and man were electrocuted last
night between this city and Wilkes
Barre when their motor car crashed
through the guard rail of a bridge
over the Wilkes Barre and Hazleton
electric railway. A fourth occupant
of the car was seriously injured,
The machine struck the third rail
when it landed on the right of way.
A few minutes later an electric car
crashed into the wrecked automobile
cutting two of the victims bodies in
half.
The injured man who declined to
give his name was removed to a
Wilkes Barre hospital.
The dead are;
Dolores s. Angiuleano, daughter
of Thomas Angiuleano, president
of the Planters Peanut Co. Dorothy
Hogan and Robert Kemmerer, all of
Wilkes Barre.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24


them to identity her as a former in
mate of notorious Club in the old
Chicago tenderloin. None of the wit
nesses could identify Mrs Stokes as
having resided at the club.
Faces Her Accusers.
When Mrs. Stokes with her attor-
ney, and Mrs. Ann Miserva of Denver,
Colo, appeared at the county building
at 2:30 a. m. it was announced she
had come to face those who had
signed affidavits at the the instance
of W. Z. D. Stokes, the wealthy ho-
tel owner, that Mrs. Stokes was
known in Chicago's night life prior
to her marriage.
Later Mr.. Wharton, who previously
had been quoted as having said the
prosecutors were meeting difficulty in
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
u. S. is Third.

Nv The Associated Press
Brussels Sept. 24,--lnited States
army balloon SIS competing IN the
Gordon Bennett International race
WAS struck by lightning last evening
and Lieuts. Olmstead and ChoptaW
her occupants, were killed. This was
tie third balloon that met with accl-
dent since the race began yesterday
Five aeronauts have been killed.
Other Balloon Is Safe.
United States navy balloon Assoc
has landed at Putten, Holland, near
the Zuyder Zee. Lieuts. Lawrence
and Keichelderfer, comprising her
crew, are safe.
The Sc tragedy occurred last
evening near Nistelroode province of
North Brabant In Holland. the aero
club of Brussels officially announced
today.
Swiss Craft Turned.
The Swiss balloon Geneva was
struck by lightning near Beverloo and
burned in mid air at an altitude of
,oo0 feet. Peasants who ran to the
spot found the dead bodies of Lieut..
Won Gruningen and Lieut. Wehren.
Spanish Tragedy Too.
The Spanish balloon Polar also
caught fire from bolt and fell near
Heyst- -Goor Her pilot, Penaranda
fCcntinued on Twelfth Page)
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
WANT U. s. TO WITHDRAW

London. Sept 24,-An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Constanti
nople quotes an Angora message as
stating that the Turkish government
has decided to press for the with
draual from the straits of the fiotilla
of American torpedo boats stationed
at Constantinople and that Adnan
Bey. the nationalist representative in
had made representa-
lions to the United states high COM
missioner here.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
H. S. GIRL MURDERED
BODY of Millyille. n. j., Child Found
In Woods-Had Been Missing Since
september 13.

Millville. n. j., Sept. 24.---one or
more arrests In connection with the
Staying of 1o-year- Emma Dickson
the high school girl whose body with
the skull crushed. was found Satur-
day In a woods near her home at
Brickboro were promised today by
Cumberland county authorities.
Coroner Frank Carroll said he had
found nothing to indicate she had
been attacked before being beaten to
death. He said the girl apparently
had been killed shortly after she dis
appeared on September f3
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
Arrested for Violating
State Automobile Laws

Alex Mcintyre of Bristol was ar
rested by Policeman John Carlson to
day on a charge of operating mo-
tor vehicle without an operators Ii
cense. Elias johnson of East Hamp-
ton was notified today by Sergeant
William P. Mecue to be in police
court tomorrow to answer to charge
of passing standing trolley car on
West Main street yesterday at 12:40
o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
Canadian Steamer Floated
After Going Aground Today

Montreal. Sept 24,--After being
aground three hours and half the
Richelieu of the Canada Steamship
Co was flcated at $40 o'clock this
morning at Port Neuf on the St Law
renee and waited for the dense fog to
clear before proceeding. T. r. En-
derby operating manager of the COM
pany said the steamer went aground
at low tide when it anchored because
of the dense fog
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24

HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKET

New Haven, Sept. 24.-One of the
heaviest criminal doekets in the rec
ord of this court will be presented to
Judge Jennings when he opens the
New Haven superior court tomorrow.
While there are no homicides likely
to bring trial of fire degree murder
there are eases which may require
long jury trials. The lower Nauga
tuck valley liquor raid cases are on
the list.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
Several Villages Razed
In Persian Earthquake

Ry The Associated Press.
Teheran. Persia. sept. 24--Several
villages in the vicinity of Rujnurd are
reported to have been destroyed. with
casualties as far as known of 1s3 dead
and about 100 injured, in the earth
quake which shook the region last
Thursday. say dispatches reaching
here The shocks are continuing.
Damage is also reported in the dis
triet of ShirVan.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
Spanish and Swiss Balloons
Also Hit By Bolts and
Occupants Hurled to
Their Deaths.
American Navy Entry A.
$500 Safe-Army Bag, st.
Louis, Bursts Before
Start Of Race.
BY The Associated Press.

6s lHt AkEAIiatfu ffHkHs
Brussels. Sept. ei.--fiye airmen in
cluding two United States army lieu
tenants. lost their lives. another wal
seriously injured and five balloons
were smashed on the ground or de.
stroyed by lightning in the James
Gordon Bennett cup race started yes.
terday under the most adverse
weather conditions experienced In ths
history of the competition. The dead
are;
Those Who We're Killed.
Lieut.. Olmstead and Lieut. Choptaw
OF the United States army Balloon Sc.
Lieut., Won Gruningen and Lieut..
Wehren of the Swiss balloon Geneva.
Penaranda Barca, of the Spanish
balloon Polar
Injuries so serious that he may die
were received by Gomez Guillamon,
assistant to Barca in the Polar.
Two Reported rs Safe
The balloons. the L. s. Navy A-6699
and the Fernando Ill, a French entry
pilotcd by G. Blanchet, were the only
ones reported up to noon today as
having landed safely.
Fear for Others
In view of the terrific storm which
broke out half an hour after the last
balloon took off and which was raging
over northern Belgium and Holland
and the neighboring North Sea waters
until 10 o'clock last night, fears are
entertained for the safety of the ten
baloonists not yet heard from. These
are Rienaime and Raraine, balloon
picardy, France. DeMuyter and
Neentra, balloon Belgica, Belgium
Dunvile and Spencer, England. Arm
brlister and Picard, Switzerland. De-
lasierra and Magdalena, Spain.
Could Not Postpone race.
The officials of the Brussels Aero
club appalled, by the catastrophe,
point out that they had advocated
postponement of the race. but found
that the rules were absolutely infiex-
ibe. They will propose changes to
overcome this difficulty in future.
Many members however, favor can
ceiling the competition altogether.
The third American entrant IN the
race, the balloon Saint Louis, never
took the air bursting before the
start from the pressure OF her anchor
rope.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
TWO u s. RALLOONLSZy KILLED WHEN
LIGHTNING STRIKES Sc; MAKES FIVE
FATALITIES IN LN7ERNA 77ONAL RACE
ia n. STOCKHOLDERS VOTE
ON S2S5,OOO BOND ISSUE
Favorable Vote Passed Al Meeting
This MISUNDERSTANDING 90
Hun For so Years.

Stockholders Of Trant 4 Hine Mtg.
Co. Al a meeting this afternoon. voted
favorahlY on a recommendation OF
the directors that the company Issue
bonds 10 the value of sees. 600. The
bonds will run for term OF SO years
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
AMERICAN PLANE WRECKED.

London. Sept. 24.-The American
seaplane entered for the seventh an
nual competition for the Schneider
cup on September 2S. fell into the
sea near Portsmouth today during a
trial flight and was totally wrecked
The occupants we're picked up un-
hurt.
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24
Stokes SCANDAL IS
TAKING QUEER TURN
Six Witnesses Fall TO Identity
Wife as Notorious Woman
ADMIT HUSBANDS PLOTTING


Chicago. Sept ss.-Mrs Helen FL
wood Stokes. whose divorce suit Il
pending IN New York, faced sta per,
sons early today In the office OF
Charles +, Wharton. assistant state
attorney. who Is investigating Mrs,
Stokes charge that her husband has
sought TO defame her character by
affidasits obtained here, and dehed
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24

THE WEATHER

Hartford, sept. 2I.-Forecast
for New Britain and vicinity;
Fair. continued mild tonight
and Tuesday: gentle northwest
winds
New Britain herald., 1923-09-24

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New Britain herald., 1923-09-24

News Of the World
BY Associated Press
Evening star., 1923-12-20
POSTAL STATIONS
| TO Be OPEN SUNDAY
Three Branches to Take Mail;
Deliveries Breaking
Records Here.

Three branch post offices. in addition
TO the main city post office, will be
kept open next Sunday afternoon, in
order to allow late mailers to send
greetings and gifts for Christmas.
Most people here are mailing gifts
and cards early, as witnessed by the
tremendous flood of gifts, incoming
and outgoing, at the city post office.
Decision to keep the Park road sta
ton. 1413 Park road; the u street
station, 143s. u street, and the central
station. $50 14th street, open from 3
to 6 pm. next Sunday was announced
today by Postmaster Mooney. All sorts
OF postal business may be transacted
with the exception of money orders.
The main office is open twenty-four
hours every day, including Sunday.
There will be one collection of mail
Christmas day here, beginning at $3.50
am, but scarcely anything so col
lected will be delivered that day, as all
delivery of mail will cease at noon.
Parcels delivered here yesterday
totaled 1881. as compared with H.
634 delivered on the like date last
year. The peak of incoming parcels
is expected to be reached by Saturday.
1t is believed that the peak on out
going parcels was reached here yes
terday. when sacks dispatched num-
bered 1881. as compared with 14,5S9
last year.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
j. S. DRY BUREAU
TO Be PROPOSED

Establishment of a bureau of prohi-
bition in the Treasury, thereby re-
moving the enforcement work from
jur isdiction OF the commissioner of
internal revenue. will be proposed
in Congress soon with the approval
of Secretary Mellon. The new bureau
would be under personal direction of
Mr.. Mellon and would be presided
over by prohibition commissioner
responsible to the Secretary alone.
Mr.. Mellon still favors transfer of
prohibition enforcement from the
Treasury to the Department of JUS
tice, but as long as enforcement work
with the Treasury he believes
better results can be obtained
through a separate bureau.
Subject of Controversy.
Ever since the prohibition unit was
organized as a part of the internal
revenue bureau its proper location in
the network of government activities
has been a subject of controversy.
The Issues of the dispute have dove
tailed into a long standing disagree
ment as to the arrangement of Treas
ramifications included the celebrated
Dover-Blair controversy of some
months ago. Twice in as many years
the bureaus and units of the Treasury
have been realigned and shifted to a
new jurisdictional basis calculated in
each instance to accomplish a group
ing under the several assistant secre-
taries which would make for eff
cheney and do away with overlapping.
Readjustment Rumors.
Recently there have been recurring
rumors that Internal Revenue Com.
missioner Blair might retire from Of
flee and that another readjustment of
bureau relationships might be under
taken. These reports have not been
confirmed, however. by any respon-
sible official.
Most of the units of the Treasury
can be shifted about from one juris-
diction to another without action by
Congress. but the prohibition unit
was organized under a specific provi-
sion of law as a part of the internal
revenue bureau
Evening star., 1923-12-20
Gets Gems
From ShoU Case
As Throngs Pass

A clever Jimmy" thief today
robbed jewelry display case in
front Of the place of business Of
w. r. McCaw, 1903 H street, while
street cars, automobiles and pc
. destrians were passing.
The jewelry, valued at s15o. prob
ably had been placed in it only
few minutes before the thief pried
open sliding door and helped
himself to the contents.
Merchants and the police could
not understand how he could have
worked while so many persons
were on the street without being
detected
Articles stolen included a we'd
ding ring, watches, string of beads,
vest chains and "A diamond and
sapphire ring.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
WORLD AIDS SHRINE
BEING BUILT HERE.
Gifts From Lands Seldom
Heard of Reach Cardinal
Daugherb for Temple.

From seldom heard of lands and
from every corner Of the globe, gifts
of jewels and money are coming into
Washington to aid in the completion
of the $5,oOO.oO0 National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception. which is
being erected on the Catholic Univer-
sity grounds here, Rev. DR.. Bernard
A. McKenna, who has been assigned
the task of raising the necessary
FUNDS to build the edifice. said yes
terday. He returned to the city from
Phlladelphia, where he attended a
meeting of the building committee of
the national shrine at the residence
of Cardinal Dennis J. Daugherty,
chairman of the body.
DR.. McKenna was authorized to be-
gin work on the foundations for the
dome. They are to be 62 feet square,
ga feet deep of reinforced concrete,
and are to sustain weight each OF
18,O00,O00 pounds. The dome is to
be 80 feet in diameter, and the height
of the cross on the summit Will be
204 feet
DIR. McKenna reported the compile
ton of the northwest apse of the
lcrypt and told the committee that five
Sunday. Confessions. he also. said.
are now being held In the crypt and
that the rosary is recited there every
Sunday afternoon.
Referring to the gifts from other
lands for the shrine, DIR. Mckenna
said:
THE successor of Father Damien.
:aintly friend of the leUers among
whom he lived and died. has CON
| tributed to the shrine. He is a priest
III the Island of Molokai-that colony
| of the most pathetic of all sufferers.
There is Gift from Africa. one from
Australia, and many from Hawaii. A
Catholic prelate in New Zealand has
given money. bishop of a Central
American country which prosecuted
chain of his pectoral cross. There
are donors in Mexico and in nearly
every country in South America, in
Porto Rico and in Alaska.
Living Repeats History.
This Offering of Jewels and orna-
ments for the building of the shrine
repeats the history of the middle ages
Many of the great medieval cathe-
drals had their cost contributed, in
large part, in the same way. 1t was
customary for the people to give
brick and stone, and workmen gave
their labor without pay. The knight
brought his sword, with gold-crusted
hilt, or his brilliant helmet or a de-
vice from his breastplate, and laid
them, as 1t were, in advance at the
altar of some Catholic pile yet to be
reared. The lady gave her Jewels of
gold or silver to be melted or to be
exchanged for money, or else proffer-
ed laces and silks and damasks.
Peasants and heardsmen came with
sheep and swine. Ten thousand queer
and incogruous offerings were thus
Transmitted, so to speak, into the
marble and granite mosaics and color
full glass that went into the beautiful
their customs have left to their pos
! terity."
Evening star., 1923-12-20
SIX LIQUOR RUNNERS
CAPTURED. OFF BOSTON

BOSTON, ecember 20.-Six rum
running craft were brought into Bos-
ton harbor early today in the custody
of the revenue cutter Tampa.
A police boat passing down the har-
Dor was hailed by the Tampa, whose
captain informed him that he had six
rum runners under arrest. The craft
were tied up to the Tampa, where she
was anchored off New Haven pier
No. l. and were being closely guarded.
The captain of the Tampa did not
give the police the names of the cap
tured boats. He said that a ,state-
ment would not be issued until day
light Several liquor-laden vessels
were reported to have anchored
twelve miles off Gloucester yesterday.
Acting on the reports, the Tampa was
dispatched to prevent the smuggling
of liquor. Her captives are believed
to be. fast launches that were at
tempting to run the gauntlet of the
government revenue boats with liquor
for the Christmas holiday trade.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
GUARDIANS URGE
HOME FOR WARDS
Proposals for Caring for Fee.
bIe-Minded and TuhercuIar
Also Are Made.

Suggestions for the establishment
OF 4 permanent home for the care
of wards Of the board of children =
guardians needing institutional care,
and propositions for caring for feeble
minded and tubercular wards, adopt
ed at a meeting of the board yester-
day afternoon in the District build
ing, will receive careful and probably
favorable consideration from the Dis
trfct Commissioners when reached
officially, it was learned today.
The meeting of the board of guar
dams yesterday afternoon, which was
attended by W. w. MILAN. Frederick
". NcReynolds, Mr. Frank B. Noyes,
Mrs. Frederick Fl. Brooke and Mrs.
Henry II. Flather, ended by the MEM
berS adopting five suggestions or
propositions which are to be forward
ed to the commissioners with the
recommendation that If approved
they then will be submitted to the
child welfare code commission, after
which an effort will he made to OBJ
Evening star., 1923-12-20

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE AMERI-
ran Dairy Supply Company: An extra dividend
OF and one half per cent. in addition TO
the SENT nnual dividend of three per cent on
the capital stock of the American Dairy Sup
ply Company issued and outstanding. has bee
declared, payable TO stock holders of record
January l, 1924. Tie books for transfer of
stock will he closed and after December
20. 1929. to January /. 1924. WALTER Il.
WILCOX, Secretary.
Evening star., 1923-12-20

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE
HOLDERS OF THE COMMERCIAL NATION
Al. BANK OF WASHINGTON, u. G., FOR
THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS FOR THE
ENSUING YEAR AND FOR THE TRANSAC-
TION OF SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
UE PROPERLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE
MEETING. WILL BE HELD AT THE BANK
AT l. O'CLOCK NOON ON TUESDAY. JAN
rARY s. 1924 THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN
BETWEEN ]. AND O'CLOCK.
JAMES H. BADES, CASHIER.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
MEDIUM FAILS IN TEST.
Scientists in Paris Say "Ghostly'
Touch Easy to Explain.

PARIS. December 20.-A committee
Of scientists after experiments at the
Sorbonne with the Polish medium.
Guzik, issued a statement today saw
ing that they ARE completely and un-
reservedly convinced that the phe-
nomena submitted to them did not in
vole any mysterious agency"
The scientists found that in every
case the touches of ghostly hands
came from either the elbow or the leg
of the medium. When movement or
the limbs was controlled the phe-
nomena failed to materialiZe
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-08-25
Plea fOrAmerica
SIN Winning Peace''

when the whole world flourishes.
He insisted that Germany should
be made to pay as a warning to
others, declaring that a dozen un-
scrupulous but powerful men, delib-
Grating privately in Berlin had de-
cided upon the World War.
1T is no use abusing the Treaty
of Versailles" he declared. THAT
treaty was the creature of the vic
torious mood of the victorious Allies.
president Wilson, indeed, came
with a noble message of hope, but
unhappily in the sequel hope proved
to be his principal equipment. 1t is
fascinating speculation whether
had he been given health and
strength to pursue the campaign
which he contemplated, his idealism
and personality could have affected
the forces of the world.
II am bold enough even at the
moment when I pay the highest
tribute to his unselfish motives, to
doubt it. For the real truth is that
while the whole world requires the
encouragement and the light of
idealism, the whole world would
probably not survive if idealism were
given a complete free rein"
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-08-25
LEGION POST
FAVORS WHITE
County Seat Man Endorsed
by Local Men for Senior
Vice Commander of State

Raymond P. White, of New Bruins
wick, was unanimously endorsed for
the office of Senior Vice Commander
of the Department of New Jersey,
American Legion, last night at the
regular meeting of Post 45 held in
the local Y. M. c.. A.
The county seat legionaire in a
short talk to the local members stat
ed that, If elected he would do all
in his power to have the new bridge
connecting Perth Amboy and South
Amboy a memorial in honor of the
county soldier dead who made the
supreme sacrifice that America might
live. He also spoke on the work to
be done for the disabled ex-service
man.
1t was announced last night that
the local post would present res
olution at the county meeting, to be
held at the Harold Berrue Post, Pis-
Getaway, on Monday night, confirm
ing the idea of the memorial bridge.
The meeting on Monday night is the
regular county meeting, at which
time the various posts will present
the list of delegate/ to attend the
state convention to be held at Wild
wood, n. j., nSeptember, 13, IA
and 15.
The delegates to attend the big
state meeting from the local post
will be elected a tthe next regular
post meeting, Friday, September, z.
A dance to be held by Post 45 dur
ling the month of August was also
talked over last night.