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New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
SACC0 ENDS FAST;
STARVED 50 DAYS
Doctors Threats Of ForCible
Feeding Frightened Him
TAKES QUART OF BROTH
Wife Present When Physician Com
pels Radical to Take NOurislmcnt
Submits as Motion for New
Trial Is Filed.

Boston, Aug. Is GP-Nicola Sacco
broke his fast after starting upon the
3oth day of his hunger strike by re-
fusing breakfast. During forenoon
he took a quart of beef broth.
The end of the fast came when
DR.. Joseph Mclaughlin, prison ply
scian, threatened Sacco with forci-
bic feeding if he did not eat. Mrs.
Rose Sacco, wife of the condemned
man, and Michael Musmanno of
counsel for the defense were pres
ent.
For several days Mrs Sacco has
been urging her husband to eat but
he had steadily refused and started
the day in his usual manner by pay
ing no attention to the breakfast
that was brought to his cell He
drank several glasses of water. how
ever.
Although Sacco showed the effects
of his long abstinence from food his
condition was reported as fairly
good. He is weak but otherwise ap-
pears normal.
His wife and supporters have be-
lieved that the threat Of forcible
feeding would cause him to end his
hunger strike. -Four years ago he
went on similar strike while in the
Dedham Jail but brought it to an end
after having been fed forcibly.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
Mother Asks Police
To Help Her Find Son

Mrs. Anna Gates of "a East street
today asked the police to try and
locate her 10 year old son who has
been missing since August T. She
is at loss to account for his alb
sence and she fears he has met
with an accident.
The young man is about five feet
six inches in height and OF slim
build, his-mo other said.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
DRIVER HAS NO LICENSE

William C. Collins, aged %, of
101 New Britain avenue. Hartford.
was arrested this forenoon by Off
Ger Fred Wagner on the charge of
license. The officer stopped him on
South Main street and found that
he had a Massachusetts, license but
no Connecticut license although he
was driving a car with Connecticut
registration.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
Officer Leape From
Motorcycle to Save
Bride Trying Suicide

Boston. Aug. Is CUP)-Leap-
ing from his motorcycle, Officer
Daniel X. Eldridge OF the East
Boston police plunged fully-clad
into Boston harbor Sunday and
rescued a bride of three months
who had attempted suicide.
The woman, Mrs. Clara Whe-
Ian Ross. 10, formerly Of Lynn.
was pulled to safety by the po-
liceman and later taken to
hospital, where 1t was reported
she would recover. She refused
to explain her attempt to take
her own life.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
CLAIMS WORLDS RECORD

Bulawayo, South Africa. Aug. Is
LP-Arthur Newton, South Africa
distance runner by covering 60 miles
in seven hours, 80 minutes and So
seconds claims a new amateur rec
ord for the distance by margin or
more than ~ minutes. Newton'a
claims for records now include all
distances between 30 and 400 015oG
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
WALKER WILL FILED

Chatham. Ont, Aug. Is The
will Of Arthur r. Walker, who in
hcrited the millions of Edward II.
Searles, Methuen, Mass, recluse for
whom he worked as secretary, is to
be filed in New York today or to-
morrow, Walkers secretary. E. T..
Rudd, said today. Rudd said copies
of the Walker will have been given
to relatives here, who declined to
give out information regarding the
requests.
Walker, who died at Lawrence,
Mass, on August Z, was buried here
on Saturday.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
L.F.&C. TREASURER
resigns POSITION
P. G. Hickey Takes Office With
Commercial Trust Go.
WITH FACTORY SINCE 1919
Post of Executive Vice-Prcsident
and Trust Officer Created BY Bank
For New Official Who VIII Assume
Duties After Rest.

Announcement was made today
that Pardon c. Hickey of Worthing-
ton ridge, Berlin, has resigned his
position as treasurer of Landers,
Frary & Clark to become executive
vice-president and trust officer of the
Commercial Trust Co.
Mr.. Hickey two weeks ago sub
mitted his resignation to the manu-
featuring concern with which he is
connected, intending to take years
rest and to do some extensive travel
ing. News that he had resigned i'm
mediately brought the offer from the
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
COMMITS SUICIDE

Branford, Conn. Aug. Is ~
Maurice ]. Russell, member Of a
we'll known family here. today kill
ed himself by shooting.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
Dense Fogbank Hats
Europa, Hampered by
Engine Trouble-Fiers
Wend Way Back to
Airdrome Lost in Roll
ing Mists.
Circle Around Half Hour
Trying to Find Landing
Place Tail Of Machine,
Undercarriage and Pro-
peller Damaged - Re-
pairs Will Delay

Bremen. Germany, Aug. Is Pl-
Misfortune logged the Junkers
monoplane Europa after her excel
lent start from Dessau last night
with her sister plane Bremen in an
attempt to be first to make west
ward nonstop fight across the
North Atlantic.
The Europa and Bremen flew to-
gether as far as Madgeburg, but
after passing over that city lost
touch with one another. Cornelius
Edzard and Johann Risticz, the
Europa's crew, then decided to
shape their course farther to the
north in hope OF meeting better
weather.
The motor went well, driving the
plane at a speed Of ego kilometers
(about 1876 miles) an hour, until the
fiers had progressed we'll out over
the North Sea. Then motor trouble
developed which the pilots tried TO
remedy in vain.
Return to Land
Their difficulties increased when
the Europa ran into a dense fog. 1t
was then decided it would be hope
less TO continue. and reluctantly
turned back toward land. So dense
was the fog, Edzard said, that he
could not see his hand before his
eyes. In his opinion it would have
been criminally foolhardy to con-
tinue.
The airmen We're able to discern
the Eighth Of the Bremen airdrome
only with great difficulty, and
circled around a half hour trying to
find the landing place. Eventually
they made a bumpy landing. The tail
of the machine went into ditch
and the undercarriage and propeller
were damaged.
None of the three men, Risticz.
Edzard and Hubert r. Nickerbocker,
representing the New York Ameri-
can, was injured.
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
Count WithdraWs

Cologne, Germany, Aug. is Up
Count Solmslaubach. at the insistent
request of the German Transporta-
ton ministry, has renowned the
right to accompany Lieutenant Otto
Koennecke on his attempted trans
atlantic fight. The ministry insisted
that only a radio operator OF many
years experience ought to undertake
the task of establishing connection
with ships and radio stations during
the flight.
The count today said remuneration
was extremely difficult for him as
he had set his heart on the expedi-
ton, but that in the interest of
koennecke's safety, he would with
draw in favor of an expert opera
CONTINUED on Page Fourteen)
New Britain herald., 1927-08-15

CONTINUED on Page 14l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
BelIanca Plane
Cuts Corner -
Heads East.
Is AZ MINUTES
BEHIND TIME
After Passing Nova
Scotia. Favorable
Winds Aid.
b. the Associated Press.

r. the Associated Press.
The hrst leg OF the Chamberlin-
Levine transatlantic flight, the
1000 miles from New York to the
eastern coast OF Newfoundland
was covered in y hours and Is min
utcs. slower than Lindbergh's time
over the same distance by only AZ
minutes.
The Bcllanca monoplane Columbia
LETT Roosevelt field at 8 :05 o'clock,
eastern daylight time, Saturday
morning and was sighted at Cape
Race. Newfoundland at go o'clock
eastern daylight time. From that
point it headed eastward out to sea.
When Lindbergh reached New
,foundland a dense fog was rolling
in at Cape Race, which is at the eX-
treme southeast tip. so he cut up to
ST. Johns instead. His running time
till then was II hours and . min
iutes. Nothing more was heard OF
Lindbergh until a German steamer
sighted him off the coast OF Ireland
when he had almost completed the
l,900-mile water jump from New
ioundland.
BY being able to cross Cape Race
instead OF going up to St. Johns,
Chamberlin and Levine were able to
'cut a corner" on Lindbergh and so
pick up some of the time they had
been falling behind his schedule. At
one time. over Nova Scotia, they were
three hours behind his time.
Although Chamberlin left the Amer
lean coast about 6:20 Eastern daylight
time. while Lindbergh did not head
out TO sea until 7:45 Eastern daylight
time, the Columbia was actually be-
hind the schedule made by the Spirit
of St. Louis. for Chamherlin, by head
ing eastward over Cape Race cut off
nearly 100 miles Of northward flying.
which Lindbergh did before quitting
the coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Mysterious String of Pearls Plays Part
In Life of Baron Won Nathan Family

a string of pearls. He said they would
bring luck to the family as long as
their color was unchanged and they
remained in the possession of the
Nathan family. SHOULD the pearls
change color, however" he warned,
"it means that the head of some
branch Of the family will die"
The story continues that in 1916
Joachim Nathan, in an alteration
with other members of the family as
to the material of which the pearls
were made, mutilated one of them.
Thereupon there was an earthquake,
accompanied by lightning, killing five
persons on the Nathan estate.
In 1850 q sister of the then owner
of the pearls was in financial straits
and offered them to the grandfather
of the present Ambassador. The lat
ter, however, restored them to his
Silesian cousin. their rightful owner,
1t is claimed that the pearls still
continue to change color when deaths
occur in the family. They are treas
ured carefully at Militsch as a tails
man, the continued possession of
which Is to bring luck to the family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
SLAYS DIVORCED WIFE,
MAN AND THEN HIMSELF
Wisconsin Father Shoots Woman
Before Their Child-Smashes
in Window.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GRANTSBURG, Wis, June A.
After killing Lester Anderson, q, a
railroad telegrapher, John Erickson,
40, early today proceeded to the home
of his divorced wife near here, shot
and killed her in the presence Of their
seven-year-old son, and then killed
himself.
Mrs. Erickson obtained a divorce,
charging desertion, last April. Erick.
son threatened her and last night ap-
peared at the Northern Pacific Rail-
road station here, where he killed
Anderson, relief operator, and then
proceeded to the home of his former
wife. He shot and killed her as she
attempted to telephone for help. Both
were dead when the sheriff arrived.
The killer broke int his divorced
wife's home by smashing through a
window. Mrs. Erickson Immediately
telephone Sheriff Charles II. Saunders,
whom she had warned some days ago
that she feared death. The sheriff
heard her appeal for help, and then a
gasp as the woman was jerked from
the telephone. and a clatter as the
transmitter fell OF the floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
NEW FLOOD THREAT
IS SEEN BY HOOVER.
Commerce Secretary Fears
Second Inundation Where
Water Was Receding.
BY REX COLLIER,

STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 4.-Back to
extend a steadying hand to mud
plastered Dixie, Secretary Hoover
learned on arrival here this evening
of new floci threat facing the Mis-
sissippi Valley.
A second flood crest is gathering
momentum and size along the Missouri
and Arkansas stretches of the here
tofOre subsiding river, and the Missis-
sippi tonight had again passed the
flood stage of 80 feet here, with sew
eral more feet rise predicted in the
next few days.
Hoover, plainly was worried over
the new development, which comes
just at the time when he had arranged
to tackle in earnest fashion the seri-
GUS reconstruction phases of the
disaster. ess
81 don't like the looks of IT at alr'
the Secretary announced, with a shake
of his head, on being advised that the
new waters already have passed
through the previous Dorena break
and have swamped large areas of
muddy land in Missouri, recently
planted in cotton.
Expects Second Inundati0n.
No one can tell yet how extensive
the damage from the new crest will
be, he explained. He indicates his be-
lief, however, that nothing could pre-
vent the water from flowing again
through present crevasses ard inun-
dating for a second time. territory
from which the water was receding.
Definite information with regard to
possible consequences of the latest
flood probably will be given Secre-
tary Hoover when he confers Eere to.
morrow afternoon with various ccun-
ty rehabilitation committees frcm this
State.
This conference, set for . o'clock,
was to have been for the sole pur.
pose of putting the finishing touches
to the program for economic recovery
| in Missouri. It may broaden into a
discussion of measures needed to con
| troll the new situation, however.
| Recent torrential rains in the Mid
| die West are responsible for the ris
| ing waters again menacing the val
| ley, it is said The fear has begun tC
| take hold that much of the work OF
/ r6ll6I anu fe0dDlIlIaIlO1 may rave LC
! be done all over again. This would
add many more millions of dollars tc
the monetary toll exacted by The
river that won't stay put"
Submerged by Flareback.
The Hoover train this Afternoon
passed through mile after mile o1
land submerged by the watery flare
back" Most of this water will find
its way into the Mississippi and will
augment the swollen stream in its
course to the Gulf. The Secretary
vice chairman Fieser, of the Red
Cross, Capt. l.. o. Pick, of the Army
/ Engineers, and George Akerson
executive assistant to Mr.. Hoover
arrived here from Washington at
o'clock.
Secretary Hoover plans to make 6
| thorough survey of reconstruction
activities in Missouri, Arkansas s
Mississippi and Louisiana.
Committees from five Missouri
counties will report. OH agricultural
conditions since the April flood al
tomorrow's conference, to take place
in the Hotel Statler.
Missouri has just about gotter
back on her feet" Mr.. Hoover stated
tonight. Unless something inter
rupts the plans. Missouri Should
Continued on Page 3, Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
a BUILDINGS BURN
IN ALABAMA CITY
% Destroyed in Montgom-
ery-Dynamite Used to Save
Wholesale District.
By the Associated Press,


MONTGOMERY, Ala, June A.
Twenty-three downtown buildings
were destroyed and IL damaged by
fire here late today at loss estimated
at more than $1,000,000.
Four men. Arthur Johnson, George
Wilson, NJ. w. kimbrough and J. w.
Willbanks, were injured during the
confusion, but it was not believed they
were seriously hurt.
The flames started in pile Of rags
in a junk yard next to the Cudahy
Packing Co.'s building on Commerce
street and for time threatened the
wholesale district of the city. After
destroying buildings on the west side
of the street the flames leaped across,
burned the Imperial Hotel and corr
tinued eastward, destroying stores on
Bibh street from Commerce to Lee.
Dynamite was used to bring the
fire under control and meantime the
fire departments of Birmingham,
Mobile. Opelika, Wetumpka and
Selma sent detachments of men with
equipment here, and soldiers from
Maxwell field, the Army flying field
near Montgomery, aided local fire.
men.
The principal buildings destroyed
were those occupied by the Imperial
Hotel, Owl Drug Co.. Pickwick Cafe,
Planters Hotel, George p. Haardt
Clothing Co., Mercantile Paper Co.,
Frank Tenille Furniture Co.,. Gay
& Sightler Furniture Co, Schlessin-
ger Candy Co. and the Harry Monsky
Clothing Co.
The top of the city hall caught fire
from flying sparks, but was eXtinguish-
ed; the building occupied by the
Western Union was damaged and the
company's employees forced to vacate
their quarters. Prisoners were taken
from the city Jail for safety. The Gay
league Hotel was somewhat damaged
by smoke and water.
Crowds of Saturday afternoon shop
pers swarmed to the scene and all
policemen in town were called out to
keep them back and preserve order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

By the Associated ffess'
BERLIN, June A mysterious
string of pearls plays a remarkable
role in the history of the family OF
Baron Ago Won Nathan, German AM
bassador to the United States, accord.
ing to Baroness Louise ReisnitZ-
Nathan, aunt of the Ambassador.
A legend says the pearls, which are
in the possession of the Silesian
branch of the family, were presented
by a goblin in 1888 to Baroness Eva
Regina Maltzan in the ancestral castle
at Militsch, in Silesia.
One night, the legend goes, while the
baroness was beside the cradle of her
first-born child, a goblin rose up out
of the ground and asked her to move
the lamp to some other corner of the
room. He explained that the oil from
the lamp was dropping on the bed or
his grandchild, which. invisible to hu.
man eyes, was directly underneath.
The baroness obligingly complied with
the request of the supernatural visitor.
Nine days later the grateful goblin
reappeered and made her g present of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
TODAY'S STAR.
PART ONE-i4 PAGES.

General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges-Pages is and %.
Maryland and Virginia News-Pages
%, "a, % and 26.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 81.
Around the City-Page 81.
d. A. r. Activities-Page 33.
y. w. c. A. News-Page 35.
Loudoun County, another of series
of articles on nearby communities
Page 3S.
Radio News and Programs-Page 40.
PART TWO-16 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
w. G. r. u. News-Page s.
Activities-Page 9.
Tales of. Well Known Folk-Page IL.
News of the Clubs-Page u.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
LINDBERGH WISHES CF1AMBERLIN
ALL LUCK IN FLIGHT ATTEMPT
Victor, Leaving Shores of France With
Regret, Hopes Bellanca Pilot
Will Be Successful.

That is what we airmen are really in
terested in, after all, and none wishes
Chamberlin's exploit will be more sue
cessful than l do.
1t was certainly good to step on
deck of the Memphis with Vice Ad-
miral Burrage this afternoon and
know that in seven days we would be
entering the Washington Navy Yard.
1t was generous Of President Coolidge
to place such an excellent ship at my
disposal, and I am anxious to thank
him personally.
President and Mrs. Coolidge have
very kindly invited me to stay at the
White House and have also extended
an invitation to my mother, which is
really more than I expected.
/ have been looking forward to this
rest aboard and the chief thing /
have in mind is to catch up on sleep
have lost. The people of France.
Continued on Page 6, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
CHAMBERLIN AND LEVINE.
AIDED BY GOOD WEATHER.
ARE SPEEDING OUT TO SEA
Log of Columbia's Flight
eastern daylight time)

BY he
eastern daylight time)
605 a.m.-Bellanca plane hove off.
am-Bellanca plane sighted at North Westport Mass.
825 a.m.-Plane sighted Long Pond, Mass.
$50 am-Plane believed to be the Beanca passed over
Marshhed, Mass
12O pm-Passed Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
120 pm-Coumbia reported off Peggys Point Nova Scotia
80 pmChambern nearing Chebuckto Head Nova Scotia.
IS pm-Columbia passed Shag Ledge Lighthouse
Nova Scotia.
$50 pmA plane reported less than 50 miles south of ST.
Pierre AIqueon by steamer Salacia
6H pmBeanca plane reported passing St Shots New
foundand
90 pm-Plane reported passing Cape Race, New
foundand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Electricity From Dust and High Winds
Now Blamed For Injuring Kansas Wheat

have no knowledge that growing
plants will give off sparks. After
such disturbances growing wheat
fields turn brown and the wheat dies.
The after-effects are similar to those
of a severe frost"
Dean L. E. Call, head OF the divi-
sion of agriculture of the college at
Manhattan, said not a great deal is
known as to what causes the dying
condition of the wheat, which has
been noted recently. Extensive eX-
periments will be made this Summer,
he added.
Prof. S. c. Salmon Of the agronomy
department of the college confirmed
the statement that the atmosphere
sometimes becomes so heavily
charged with electricity that it kills
green plants with which it comes in
contact,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
SICK MAN CLAIMS
HE IS CHARLIE ROSS
Declares SO Years Silence After
kidnapping Was to Pro-
tect Mother.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 4.-The Times
says that John w. Brown, ill at the
general hospital here with a disease
from which physicians said he could
not recover, told its interviewer to-
day that he was Charley Ross, kidnap-
ed more than so years ago in Phila-
delphia.
Brown. who said he had kept
silent all these years to guard the
honor of my mother" declared he was
kidnapped from his home in 1874 by
his foster father, William Henry
Brown, for revenge, when Mrs. Ross
declined to have anything further to
O with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH

By Wireless to The Star and New York
Times.
ABOARD THE u. s. CRUISER
MEMPHIS AT SEA, June 4.-Here
am on my way home after two short
but strenuous weeks in Europe-prob-
ably the most strenuous of my life,
and as / stepped aboard the L. S. s.
Memphis / learned that Chamberlin
had taken off for a nonstop flight to
Berlin. Well, he is a fine fellow and
a good friend of mine and wish him
all the luck in the world / hear the
weather is generally good along that
wide. silent stretch of the Atlantic.
and for this I am much relieved. l
hope he makes it, for such flight will
add another page to American aero
nautical history and contribute gem
erously to the development of flying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05

bJ Vic ASSuCldtcu 1lCSS'
Topeka, Kans., June 4.-Elec-
tricity generated by dust and high
windstorms on the Western sweep
of the Kansas prairie has been addeu
to the foes of the Kansas wheat crop.
Reports Of "electrocution' of thou.
sands of acres of growing wheat this
Spring have been given cogniZance
by the State Weather Bureau here
and by the division of agriculture of
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege at Manhattan.
1T is a pretty well founded
theory" said S. ID. Flora, State
weather observer. in commenting on
the reports today. During dry sea-
sons the dust carries charges of elec-
tricity. Wire fences and windmills
are charged and the electricity will
give eff sparks half an inch long. I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
PART THREE-1O PAGES.

usements-Theaters and the Photo
play.
Music-Page 4.
Motors and Motoring-Pages and 6
Civilian Army News-Page Z.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page 7.
Girl Scouts-Page Z.
Army and Navy News-Page I.
District National Guard-Page S.
Serial. 1.-TWO Flights Up"-Page 8.
Reviews of Spring Books-Page 9.