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New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
.L|NDGERGH ANXIOUS
TO FLY TO new YORK
Committee Seeking to Dis
courage Plan-Crowds
Hard to Handle

New York, June F-Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh today entered
the discussion as to whether he
should fly from Washington in the
Spirit Of St. Louis and land at Miller
Field, Staten Island. or fly here in
an amphibian plane and land in the
harbor.
From the cruiser Memphis, which
is bringing him back from France.
Col Lindbergh radioed this message:
Not advisable to ship plane by
train. Crowd can be avoided by not
publishing time or place OF land
ing"
Chairman Whalen of the commit
tee replied
Sorry to disagree with you, but
you will complicate New York's
plan if you fly to Miller Field in your
own plane. Police commissioner
wishes me to emphasize that the
police problem in connection with
the city's plans for your welcome is
a difficult one and Joins with me in
requesting You to reconsider your
present intention to use your own
plane"
The decision to switch Col Lind
bergh's landing from Miller field to
the harbor followed conference at
which IT was figured that 5000 po-
lice and 1900 soldiers would be re-
quired to guard the route OF Col
Lindbergh's parade from Miller
field to the pier at Staten Island
where he would board the municipal
reception tug Macon to be brought
to Battery Park where the Manhat-
tan parade will start. AS the full
1000 OF city police will be needed
to hold back crowds in Manhattan
it was thought better plan to have
Col Lindbergh land in the harbor
in an amphibian plane
Another shift in the parade plans
was the withdrawal of an invitation
70 commercial aviators to stage an
aerial parade in Lindbergh's honor
Whalen, in withdrawing the invita-
ton. said it was thought too dan
eerous for planes to be flown above
the great crowds that are expected.
L. S. s Memphis, June 9 10
Here is a tip for President Coolidge
and others who are arranging for
Colonel Lindbersh:
Don't feed him chicken-he's
plumb fed up with it,
Lindbergh ordinarily likes chick
en-, but it has been placed before
him in one form or another at
nearly every formal luncheon since
he landed at lie Bourget field. Paris.
from New York.
At the field it was handed him IN
the form Of soup. Then in Paris he
| was served with the finest that the
countryside produced
When he few to Brussels. Il was
chicken again, capon and roasted
chicken, and during the luncheons
and hanquets in London the English
| brought prize fowls from Surrey and
Kent to tickle his palate.
On the Memphis. chicken has
been part of the daily menu, also.
Do
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
TRUCK Driver Burned
TO Death IN Machine
Tragedy at Moosup When
Train Hits Auto on
Grade Crossing

Mqosup, Conn. June P-The
driver OF a truck was burned to
death about noon today when a
train detoured over this division, be-
cause Of a freight wreck at Shan
mock. r. l., on the shore line divi-
sion OF the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad. struck his
truck at Clark's Crossing west OF
Moosup.
The truck was forced into a bank
by the train. and caught fire. The
driver. thought to have been the
only occupant OF the truck at the
time Of the accident. had been
caught in the burning machine and
could not extricate himself. No wit
nesses to the accident could be
found.
An Investigation Is being made
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
.CITY'S INSURANCE
FOUND INADEQUATE
Instances Of Failure to Cover Up
to 50 Per Cent,
ALLEGED FLAWS EXPOSED
Special Committee Recommends
More Equitable Distribution Of
Business Among Agencies In Re-
port Filed Today.

Many parcels of city property are
not covered up to the required 50
per cent co-insurance point, several
policies contain flaws. and the bust
ness has not been eQuitably dis
tributed, the common councils spe-
cial committee to investigate the
fire insurance situation reported In
a statement filed today at the Of
tice OF the town clerk
The committee recommends that
~ be empowered to request nearly
score of changes and report at the
August meeting whether or not the
departments involved have given
their cooperation.
In several instances properties
were found to be over-insured, but
these are greatly in the minority.
The report of the committee,
which was headed by Councilman
William D. Boyle, follows
The special committee appoint
ed to check up on the fire insurance
carried on property OF the City of
New Britain. especially the school
property, begs leave to submit the
following report:
The committee has held several
meetings and examined the policies
in effect in all departments, besides
going into the matter OF values of
buildings and contents and checking
the lists OF agents who responded to
the requests for this information.
The following recommendations
are the result of this committee 5
Investigations
II. That all insurable holdings in
the city building. including furniture
and fixtures be insured by the city
hall commission instead of by the
individual departments.
2. That all buildings and contents
on the town farm property be in
sured under the blanket form, by
the department Of public welfare, in
the amount Of Sl16.00o. to cover
the requirement of the 50 per cent
co-insurance clause.
"3. That the voting machines
owned by the city be housed in &C.
cupied school buildings owned by
the city and that the policies In eff
feet on said machines at present be
cancelled and rewritten under the
blanket form by the school depart
ment.
- That the insurance on the
Harvard street storehouse of the
public works department be reduc-
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 on account
OF ovor-insurance.
IS. That an increase OF $1,000 be
made in the amount Of insurance in
effect on Fairview cemetery Office to
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
Levine AND CHAMbERLM PLAN REGULAR ocean
AIR SERVICE Within A YEAR AND FORMER SAYS
He IS READY TO PUT TWO MILLION into SCHEME
PASSES 5OTH HOUR ON
TOP OF HIGH FLAGPOLE

Newark, y. j.. June P-
Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly. passed
his fiftieth hour on top of a flag
pole on a Newark hotel at noon
today. Kelly climbed up to his
perch Tuesday morning and an
nounced he was going to remain
for eight days and nights without
food, and only coffee and tea to
drink.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09

predicted the sale Of liquor would
settle down in a few more days to
as dull a routine as the retailing Of
groceries.
1t is still too early to draw any
definite conclusions from Ontario's
experience with governmental
trolled liquor sale. Dry leaders OBJ
serve a demoralzing tendency and
vets are confident the new law has
solved the liquor problem. but neu-
trail observers were frank to admit
today that they couldn't tell yet
what was likely to happen.
Record For Week End
Between so and so persons have
been arrested daily on charges Of
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
Building Inspector Stops Work
On Il Construction Jobs Today
Finds Defects and Puts Up Pacards Hating Progress
Threatens Prosecution If Law Is Evaded

Twenty-seven building Jobs were
piacarded as temporarily halted
when workmen reported for duty
this morning. Accompanying the
placards were orders from Inspector
A. n. Rutherford TO report at his
office in city hall TO explain minor
defects In building or violations Of
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
Is Convinced French Parliament
Will Not Ratiiy U. s. and
British ACCordS
FEELS FREE TO RENEW
FINANCE NEGOTIATIONS

Again Endeavor TO Secure Nfodi-
fled Terms From American Gov.
eminent.
Paris. June P-Pre:nier Poin-
care told the Chamber Ut Deputies
today he hoped to get better debt
settlement terms from the United
States and that he intended to try,
particularly as he realized that the
French parliament would not ratify
the accords with America and Great
Britain in their present form.
Explains Payments
The premier said that was why he
had made the provisional" pay
ments on the debt accounts-so as
to keep free to renew the negotia-
tons.
His declaration came after he had
remarked that the Freuch parlia-
ment does not seem to wish 10 rati-
fy' the accords, drawing from Jac-
ques Dubois. who was undersecre-
tary OF finance under Calllaux; the
question: Are you proposing that
the chamber ratify them"
The chamber suddenly famed into
Interest and pressed the premier for
an explanation.
Wants Better Terms
1 do not propose ratification of
the accords." he said, because /
hope to obtain better terms, and be-
cause parliament certainly would
not agree to bind the country for So
years
mat is why l voluntarily pro
posed provisional payments, SO we
would retain our freedom Of action
TO negotiate on new basis. Butain
order that We may fear rothing and
be truly independent Of cur creditor
countries, don't you think it would
be useful TO have foreign moneys,
and particularly money hat did not
come from those creditor countries %
Match Monopoly Loan.
The deputies, when the debt ques-
ton bobbed up, were debating con-
cession OF the French match monop-
oily to SVenska, the Swedish Match
Corporation which has offered to
loan the government s80,t60,000.
Premier Poincare was defending
this proposed contract, which he
wants ratified. Pointing cut the adj
vantage TO the treasury OF having
the Svenska's sso,ooO.o39 bond. he
added
This is an operation 10 which l
attach great Importance, The ex-
perts' commission has advised the
government to sign the accords with
the United States in hope of attain
ing foreign credit.
Certainly today the rise OF the
franc has permitted the treasury and
the Bank of France not only to re-
establish the Morgan fund but also
to procure stock Of collars and
pounds-but parliament has not yet
ratified the accords and does not
seem to wish 10 ratify them"
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New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
Would Use Multi. Motored Planes, Possibly Of an
Entirely New Form and Design, Capable Of
Carrying 1000 Pounds Each-More Honor.
Being Showered on Two FGers in Germany
and German Warshp May Take Them Back
to U. S.-Going to Potsdam Saturday.

Berlin June (AP)-Charles A. Levine declared today
that he and Clarence D. Chambeln planned regular trans
Atlantic aerial service using utotored machines capable Of
carrying 1000 pounds each.
Will Spend Two Million
Levine stated that he ready to put 900 into the
scheme and that both he and Chambern thought it could be-
come operative within year.
The plans envsaged by the two who spanned Allan
tic from New York to Germany in the Beanca monopane
Columbia would provide for regular lines from
America to various points in Europe
II ready at this moment to put S2000O0O into the
scheme Levine said because not only believe practicable
but that it can be realized even within year."
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
Two DEAD, Others
HURT WHEN1NlTR0
IN CAR EXPL0DES
Three Residences Destroyed and
10 Others Damaged BY
Terrific Blast
TRAGEDY OCCURS NEAR
TOWN OF BUTLER, PENN.

Explosives Totally Destroyed-1wo
Pedestrians Fatally Hurt-Force
OF Blast Is Felt Five Miles Away
Hole Feet Deep and IL Feet
Long Marks Place Of Tragedy.
Butler. Pa. June P-Two men
we're killed instantly and 20 other
persons were hurt, some seriously,
when an automobile truck load of
nitroglycerine exploded on the main
highway at Lick Hill. five miles
from Butler. today. Three Lick Hill
residences were destroyed and Is
others dana ged by the force Of the
plast.
Two Others Dying
Frank Greer, of Oil City. Pa,
driver of the truck, and an unidenti-
lied man accompanying him. were
killed. Two unidentified men. walk
ing on the highway were injured
seriously and doctors said their
chance for recovery was slight. oc-
cupants OF Lick Hill houses were in
jured, some seriously.
The truck, loaded with explosives,
had just turned from the main high
way to a side road, en- route to a
maya zine storage shed. when the
Ulast occurred. The nitro was to
have been used in blowing oil wells.
Tb, force of the blast was felt Ave
niles away.
Bodies 500 Yards Away
Parts Of the truck and the bodies
o: the victims were found 500 yards
way The home of Mrs. Edward
Redeig. nearby. was destroyed, as
we're two adjoining houses. Mrs. Re-
daig and two OF her children were
among the injured. Others known to
have been injured included W. D.
Wonderly. Irens Long, Mrs. s. ].
Turner, Sadie Arnold. Mrs. NJ. Wal
tiers and Nevada McFadden, all res
idents OF Lick Hill.
The Butler chapter Of the Amert-
can Red Cross sent workers to the
scene at once. state highway patrol
men and state troopers took charge
Of the situation.
Fire Follows Blast
Many telephone poles. carrying
telegraph, telephone and electric
wires, were ripped down. and gas
lines we're broken. Some OF the dam
aged houses caught fire.
Lick Hill is a sparsely settled
farming community. OF! we'll work
ors from the nearby region make
their home in that town.
According to reports from Rouse
Vile, where the truck was loaded. It
contained 400 quarts Of Iitro.
According to eye-witnesses, the
truck was turning from a paved road
into a mud road. and the explosion
occurred when rear wheel slipped
Oft the concrete into a small ditch.
A hole seven feet deep and u feet
long marks the spots where the ex-
plosive went off.
The nitro was owned by the Pro-
ducers' Torpedo company OF Butler.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
100000 FOR SEAT

New York. June 9 Rl-The high
record price for seat on the New
York Stock Exchange was raised
$4,000 today when arrangements
were made for the transfer of
membership for s22o,o0O.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09
the city ordinances.

1Ne CITY OTuIHdNCeS.
Instructions were issued In every
instance that repeated transgression
OF the building law will result in
prosecutions. Rutherford opened the
DAY with a flying visit 10 more than
10 jobs, completing his tour before
office hours
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09

NEW AUTO REGULATIONS
Toropto. June 9 @1Legislauon
requiring all motorists to come to
dead stop before crossing a provin-
cial highway will go into effect in
Ontario next week.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-09

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The Washington times., 1927-12-02
MEET UP WITH.
7 T'U-L|-GH'E En-

Everybody knows about Sam
lPepys' diary of the good old days
in London, but whoever heard of
T'u.li-ch'en?
One person who knew lots about
T,u was the late William Wood.
vile Rockhili, eminent diplomat and
explorer, who once served as
American Minister to China. Mr..
RockhiII died in 1914, and his
Chinese library, containing among
other rarities the diary Of T'u-li-
chen, has just been TURNED over
to the Smithsonian Institution by
Mrs. Rockhill.
T'u Is described in the Smithson-
ian bulletin as an eighteenth cen.
tury Chinese Marco Polo" His
priceless manuscript diary, dating
from the years 1712-14, contains his
record of an official journey 20
Turgut wherever that isl, and the
wonders he encountered en- route.
T'u was a conscientious diarist,
for his observations of two years
in Turgut extends to six volumes.
The Rockhill collection is expected
to prove of special value in the
study of Central Asian cultures
now being carried on by the sinolo.
gists of the Freer Gallery under the
Smithsonian institution.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
CHICAGO IN WAR
ON BOMBERS
ny international News Service

ny international News Service
CHICAGO, Dec. LESS than 10
minutes after Chief of Police Michael
Hughes had adjourned meeting of
his police captains. at which he told
them the "gangster bombing dis
grace" had gone far enough and
must stop, bomb No. IL in the series
that has marked the progress of the
latest gang war was exploded. 1t
damaged a two-story building on
west Madison Street, said to be head.
quarters for the Berthsche.Zuta-
Skidmore faction.
The meeting of police captains
had been called, it is understood,
at the instlgation of Mayor William
Hale Thompson. who is said to be
enraged over the widespread pub
lcity given "Chicago's bloody gang
war" The mayor characterized
newspaper accounts as grossly ex-
aggerated.
Chief Hughes summoned the cap
tains to his office at the City Hall.
This alsgraceful business has got
to stap, shouted the chief. Cam
bling and vice are at the root of
these bolnbings. Everybody knows
that. Now its up to you men to
close the joints in your district and
arrest the sangsters. When that is
done these bombings will STOP"
Chief Hughes said no excuses
would ~. He said the vice resorts
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
BRITISH FL|ERS
QUIT RACE

LONDON, Dec. 2.-Pilots of the
Royal Air Force will not participate
in future Schneider Cup races or
any other contests, it was indicated
here today.
The air ministry was understood
to be inclined to discontinue the
practice because 1t Is feared such
participation by It's members results
in publicity and hero-worship which
is distasteful to the Royal Air
Force as a whole and is not
conducive to good discipline.
It was indicated! however, that the
ministry will lend advice and pos
sibly funds for future air contests
in which British pilots participate.
But the planes will have to be flown
by civilian pilots.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Business Men to Change
Their Places of Meeting

The Georgia Avenue Business
Mems Association win try out a
new method Of holding it's meet
ings. whereby they will rotate from
one section to another until meet
ings have been held in all parts
of the territory covered by the
organization.
Ratification of the constitution
was held open until January 1, at
last nights business meeting, to
allow more new members to be
come charter members.
z. j. sabotka and Leo Hirschen-
baum Of the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association were guests OF
the club.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Ceremonies Will Mark
Placing Of State Stone

The New Mexico State stone will
be placed in the shaft Of the Wash
ington Monument at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon with appropriate
exercises. The Monument will be
closed to visitors from 1 o'clock
until completion of the ceremonies.
Senator Andrieus A. Jones of New
Mexico will preside. The ceremonies
also will be attended by Senator
Sam G. Bratton and Representative
John Morris of the border State.
The Marine Band will play.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02

whose busy month starts today
with distribution of the new tags.
These license plates are for pas
senger cars only. Tags for trucks,
taxicabls, busses and rental cars
will be available Monday. Appli.
cants viii be required to sign per.
sonally the application blank for the
tags.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
GEOGRAPHIC LECTURE

James L. Clark will describe his
s.OOo-mtle journey + rom the Indian
Ocean to the Yellow Sea before
members of the National Geo.
graphic Society at the Washington
Auditorium tonight at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02
Distribution of New
Auto Tags Under Way

Don't forget your 1897 registra.
ton certificates when you call
Tor the new, license plates at the
District Building, today.
This is the advice of. Wade H.
Coombs, superintendent of licenses,
The Washington times., 1927-12-02

in each district are known, that sew
eral have been bombed more than
once, and that there is no excuse for
not closing them up.
The Washington times., 1927-12-02

INSIST-On the delivery OF your
Times or Herald every day. II
you do not get your Herald By
a. m, The Times by 5 p. M.
or The Sunday Herald by 8
a. M, call Main $3.50. Delivery
is guaranteed and your copy
will be sent you Immediately
from The Times Company Office
by special messenger.
, 1927-11-02


ST. CROIX STATION.
London. October 31st. A sizty-mile
gale swept Ireland and part OF England
on Friday night ard property, md te.e
phone lines over q WIDESPREAD area were
damaged. An unfinished building III
G.uIb2mutOn Row, London, crashed TO
The ground, smashing shop fronts; A
total of line Ceaths has been reported.
Seas ian high along the Southern and
Ntsteln coast. Places We're flooded and
small craft wrecked.
Pernan buco. Brazil, Oct, 3lst. The
Ilaaan liner Rosetta" arrived on Fri
d4y nighS with q number Of survivors
tIcn the sunkip steamer "PrinciDessa
n a.8'da". Two of these, picked up by
III Rosetta" died on the way to port.
fordor. Oct. 3lst The WESTMINSTER
l.ze5le' learns that Frederick Lincoln,
.1.ed ez-nember Of Parliament, has ar
.l,sd In Fekiug disguised IS a Buddhist.
rs believed that he is trying to per
STAGE the IaucLau Lama to facilitate his
a. eling India BY way Of Tibet.
Havana. Oct. 3Ist. As torrencial rain
st,lm sw-pJ Havana on Friday and wide
surg.d damage is reported throughout
tIr country The MayabeQua river over
noof 4. ard cattle were killed and crops
1ul9ea. Mo loss of life has been repor-
ted.
Boston oct. 3lst. The schooner "Ho.
ratio M. 6oss", the crew OF which vas
nicked up on Friday by the steamer N0-
,endam'' was owned by Crowell and
TburIow of this city, and is the third OF
heir fee of four masters to have been
lost W thin two weeks. Two weeks ago
he 'FliZabeth Freemen", owned by the
same firm, was Destroyed by fire off the
coast oil Florida and a week ago the
Maurice f.. IburIoW went ;shoIe On
Diamond Shoal off Cape Hatteras. The
schooner ''HCratio M. Ross" sailed from
thI, port on Oct. 10 h for Po~inte-a-pItre,
West Ino.es, where she was due about
a week later. No report that she was
i'm distress had been received here,
Officials of the Maritime Exchange *
pressed the opinion that the schooner
had reached the West Indies safely and
had met with an accident on the return
voyage.
MARQUIS Of Cambridge was LAID to rest
IN the ROYAL Vault at Windsor Castle on
Saturday. The BODY was followed by
His Majesty the King and his three
Prince Arthur OF C0nnaught, Wis
count Lascelles and many other nOta-
HES. Previously Queen Mary, Queen
Maud If Norway and other ladies Of the
Family. entered the Chapel from
= ohoocaI and naTTciD9tpd in a SInDIc
, 1927-11-02

us Del'5feo Inal 0".IlS % ig.~ l.sAPI-
a4en were oII" neo 70 Z disaster on
I ~ "n ~ ~ NJ - "t.S, y .ue
80 49,. 80 gra. -
rg[[ oLa5 - u9a L.. 80 e., oga ~ - - o1g.
t,t+oro5 80 qa -. ~, AZ 1
TOW, oords Of e.. $780, 49,.
crafts from Western Ireland fishing
ports are u~naccounted for One OF the
crew of the M0eItIe Gfeboat. which
rescued tbe crew Of the hetcb .'Exceat
struck by the storm near Be8umaris
North Wales, died from exposure. Des-
pite its Water-Iogged condition. The life
boat stood by throughout the storm.
One of the rescued crew also died from
exposure. I'm minor wrecks on various
pag.s of the coast. lives were also
lost and in many cases ifeboats ef-
fected splendid rescues Of The crew of
small vessels. The material damage at
many coastal towns was heavy. THROUGH
out North Wales in particular. great 6ag-
&c was done to roads and I'M many places
railways were blocked Uv falling trees.
The damage at MoTecambe and Havsham
is estimated at G40, 600 and ali Aherys-
Wyth, in Wales. the promenade wall was
preached at several places and houses
flooded. Much pasture land is ladar Wa
ter in Northwestern England owing to
the flooding of rivers.
New York. Oct 21sf-Paw sroar FL
frrqs were rncba 81 A-n9rov4mara
sales were onIv 210 fone naaan,har