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New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
BOAT IS DESTROYED
Unfinished Shipping Board Frcighter Is Burned For Junk at Noank Shipyards.

New London, Conn. April 14 P - Smouldering embers today were all that remained of the unfinished hull of q shipping board freight steamer at the Noank Ship Yard Inc. Noank. The gaunt hull, abandoned when the armistice was signed, was raZed by fire to salvage about 150 tons of fastening bolts and strap iron. At the stage of construction she had reached when the armistice was signed the ship represented about sl5o. 900 in ship structure. Mnch oi the yellow pin and fir tihcr in her upper construc- ton was salvagcd.
 Three hulls were left unfinished at the close Of the war. On May 19. 1924. one of them was complete ly destroyed by fire and second was partly burned. Fire was later used 10 rage the half burnt hull.
 A group of men in the service of the department of agriculture stopped their fight against the corn borer long enough to lend their equipment for burning the hull.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Waters Flooding Into Oklahoma Mine Trap 27 Men-Bridges Are Swept Away and Peo- pie Are Marooned.
Towns in Arkansas and Texas Are Damaged by Violent Windstorms To- day-Rocksprings Death Toll Now 6l.

Hcnryctta, Okla, April II Pl-- I"enty-scven miners trapped in the old Wise or Cato coal mine near here today by flood waters of Mic Donald Creek escaped death when they sought refuge on a level above the water. Six Of the men had been rescued before noon and it was be- lieNed their companions were not in danger.
 Communication had been estab- lished with the T men still under- ground. They were 70 feet beneath the surface at a point three-quar ters of mile northwest of the mines opening.
 The shaft was flooded when the bed of Mcdonald creek gave way under the load of flood water. Water III the shaft was reported to have reached a depth of 45 feet
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
CHANG WARNS OF
 GREAT WORLD WAR
Chinese Foreign Minister Issues
 Appeal to Americans
CRITlCIZES U. s. GOVT.
Declares Administration Is Leading People to Participating in Mas SaCre in China"-COnditions at HannOW,

New York. April Is tCP) - Eugene Chen, Chinese nationalist foreign minister at Hankow charged today that the United States govern ment was leading the American peo- pie to participation in massacre in China in comparison with which the World War would be a mere ripple on the sea"
 In the form of "an appeal to the American people,
 Chen's statement was received and made public today by Ernest K, Moy, representative here of the Ma tionalist News Agency. It charged that Japan, Great Britain and the United States had decided ''to plunge into d new world war to solve all British, Japanese and American diff fculties in the Pacific"
 Moy's Statement
 Noy prefaced the statement as follows:
 The seriousness with which the nationalist government Of China re- gards American participation in the identic action of the powers, made without waiting for a neutral in vestigatiou of responsibility for the deaths of Chinese and foreigners at Ranking, is made evident in the fol- lowing cabled statement just reCeiv- ed from the office of Eugene Chen. the minister for foreign affairs of the nationalist government at Hankow.
 ''lt is essentially an appeal to the American people not 10 participate in European intervention in China"
 Message from China
 Chen's statement was as follows:
 'Hankow. April IA:
 ''The nationalist government did noi expect to See America so reck- lessly burning behind her the bridges which might have led to peaceful cooperation between re- born nationalist China and demo- cratic America, the defender of liberty.'
 The Chinese people believe the American people are not aware Of the crimes their government is com hitting. So the Chinese people say
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Druggist Denies Arson Charge
 But k Held m $1Q0O0 Bond
Leo Grichtman of This City Accused of Plotting Fire in His Hartford Pharmacy.

Leo Grichtman. aged o3, Of 154
 Lyons street. this city, is one of
 three men bound over 10 superior court by Judge Nathan A. Schatz in
 Hartford police court today on the
 charge Of arson. The others are
 Frank J. Bowlen. aged 3l, Of 77 Capitol avenue, Hartford and Mer- Till Haines, aged Is, Of 1853 Welh- erstield avenue. Hartford. Bonds in each case Were set at SlO,U00. The local man was represented by Attor- ney James Ravich. The others had
 no counsel. All waived eXamina- ton.
 The arrests were made last night by Detective Sergeant Gallicchio and Acting Detective Sergeant Daley Of the Hartford police, who were assigned to investigate report by Deputy Chief Coggshall of the Hartford fire department that he suspected arson in connection with fire in the United Pharmacy at 39l Main street, Hartford, early last Wednesday morning. Grichtman. who is q part owner Of the store. is said to have arranged 10 have Bow len and Maines set the fire by lcav- ing a burning cigarette near match on a closet shelf close to rolls of paper and other lnham- mable articles. Bowlen was a clerk in the store and he and Hain.s were to have been well paid tor set ting the fire, according to admis- sions which the Hartford police say they obtained from them.
 The fire was discovered at s:SS Wednesday morning by Sergeant Rohan and the damage to the con tents was estimated at $2.6o0. Dam age to the building amounted to about S1,000. but 40 families living in the upper stories were driven 10 the street by the heavy smoke. and the entire structure. five stories in height, was threatened
 The Hartford police say Gricht- man was hard pressed for money and hoped 10 collect on his fire insurance policies. Bowlen is said to have told the police Grichtman confided to him q number of times that he must raise money and gradually he work ed up to the point where he propos- ed that fire be set. Bowler en- tered the employ of Grichtman and Rertram J. Reilly in the pharmacy on February l5. Reilly was fined in Hartford police court in February for selling liquor in the store.
 After the fire. Grichtman com plained 10 the federal authorities .hat q quantity Of liquor on which seal had been placed by Federal Agent John J. Kelleher following the raid was missing and he suspected that the firemen stole it. The cir surrounding the fire and irichtman's actions prompted the
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
AC0STA AND CHAMBERLAIN REMAIN IN CONTINUOUS FLIGHT 51 HOURS
 AND F MINUTES FOR WORLD MARK
Airplane Used in Epoch-Making
 Trip Remarkably Light and Fast

hooSeNelt Field, April II (UP)-
 The Reliance monoplane in which Bert Acosta and Clarence Cham berlin today broke all worlds air plane endurance flight records. weighs 1850 pounds. or is just 25O pounds more than the weight Of the oil supply which Rene F'onck had aboard his Sikorsky biplare when he tried to take off for Paris last year.
 Fonck's plane, loaded, weighed -S'"o0 pounds or 14 tons, about nine times the weight of the Bel lanca with it's load.
 Fonck carried 2.c90 gallons Of gasoline; the Bellanca 2S5 gallons.
 Foncks plane was one Of the largest airplanes ever built; the Bellanca is among the smallest and without it's load weighs only about 25o pounds more than a Ford car
 The Sikorsky plane built for fonet easily could carry the Bel lanca machine alott.
 Specifications of the Beilanca are:
 Wing spread, 46 feet. 6 inches
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
SERIOUS FL0C;<> ,>, >;;2 %,H HEAVY WINDS CONTINUE TO RAIH><sS' SECTIONS 0F
 COUNTRY IN MISS. VALLEY AND WEST
Two Million Dollar Loss in Fire
 That Sweeps West Virginia City
Entire Morgantown Business Block Wiped Out and For
 Time Whole Section is Threatened

Morgantown, ". Va. April II Hpl- An entire business block here was wiped out by fire early today, caus- ing damage yariously estimated at between $l.500,000 and S2.0o0,O00. A thcater, jewelry store, hardware store, music store and other build ing were razed.
 For time the blaze imperilled the whole business district Of this col lege town home of West Virginia university. Only tn" fact that q building at the south end Of the block was torn down last week to make room for new structure say- ed property in an adjoining block.
 Nearly 9 families, occupying above the stores. were made homeless by the fire.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14

Four tiremen were trapped in the basement of the Orr Brothers de- partInent store. where the flames Were first discovered by two police men, but gwere rescued. Two of them were overcome. Later they were seriously burned when engulf- cd by sheet Of flame while fighting the blaze from atop the city hall.
 Several other fremen suffered minor injuries.
 Gaining headway with great ra- pidity, the fire destroyed the old six story SWisher theater building in less than go minutes. When the walls of the structure crumhlod they wreck ed the front of building untouch- cd by the flames.
 The fire was checked after a four hour battle.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Earnings Issued

New Orleans, April II P)-Rccont heavy and froOucnt rains over the middle Mississippi valley and west ern tributaries of the Mississippi river have augmented the flood waters and increased the seriousness of the situation. 4 revised river for"cast and flood warning issued by the United States weather bureau said here today.
 Old Lc>ec Breaks
 Cairo. III. April fl P}-Thc old lryce at Columbus. Ky, which has been caving for the past two weeks, washed into the river over a length Of 1a feet today. Residents Of the town and volunteer workers from other towns, who have been fight ing to keep out the rising waters, gave up the task and began cutting the leyee at the lower end.
 \ new lovcc thrown up hastily in an attempt to support the old en- hankment, would not hold more than q day or two. il was decided, so the cut was made 10 permit water to back up into the town and prevent the full swept of the river through the village.
 \ general exodus 10 the hills was ordered and stocks of stores and fur niture were moved to houses and barns on farms behind the town.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Wallingford Boy Crushed
 To Death Under Tractor

Wallingford. Conn. April 14 lpl- William Wright, IT. employed as d farm hand by George l.. Cass. in the North Farms dis 't. was crushed by a tractor and taken to the Meriden hospital where he died.
 Wright crankcd the tractor while It was in gear and as it moved forward it pinned him against the barn. His chest was crushed. The lad lived in Branford and his par ents were notified and went to Meriden.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Deaths Reach 6f

Rocksprings Texas. April 14 Upl-- The deaths resulting from the tor nado that levelled this plateau town Tuesday night was increased to Gl today when scv ral of the injured died in a hospital at San Antonio where they had been taken last night. It was expected that at least q dozen more of the more than lT0 injured may die.
 Immediate relief work will be yir- tually complete today with arrival al San Antonio of another train bearing injured from Cvalde. 75 miles south ot here
 The new group of injured was given first aid at Uvalde. A weary game Of life and death was being played today in the hospitals. Sons calling for mothers. sisters for brothers. mothers separated from Their hai,ieS. some left in l'valde. others divided in san Antonio, anu S ! others separated forever by death, kept the sense of tragedy live.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14

Length, 26 feet, 3 inches.
 Width of wings. feet. : inches.
 Height, feet, 2 inches.
 Area Of wing surface. a72 square feet.
 Weight, unloadea. 1850 pounds
 Weight, loaded. S,VS0 pounds.
 Gasoline capacity. 2S5 gallons.
 oil capacity 2l gallons.
 Maximum speed, 139 miles per hour.
 Cruising speed, 47 miles Der hour.
 Landing speed, 1T miles Der hour.
 Engine. g cylinder. radial tyne. Wright Whlrlwind, 20o horsepower.
 Bellanca. who designed the plane. had his hour Of triumph when he saw the plane still in flight when the hour which it must pass to Set new record. licked bv,
 He was heartily congratulated and later in the day c. A. Levine chairman of the Columbia Aircraft builders Of the plane,
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
QUAKE IN CHILE;
 SEVERAL KILLED Reports From Argentina Also
 Tell Of Deaths There SANTIAGO FEELS EFFECTS
Capital of Chile Panic Stricken Fires Add To Fears Of Populace -Meagre Reports Trickle tn From Country.

Buenos Aires. April 14 Pl--Ten persons are reported 10 have been killed in this mornings earthquake at Mendoza, Argentina, in the foot hills of the Andes and more than 100 miles northeast of Santiago, Chile. About 50 were injured and considerable damage occurred.
 The quake also was felt here but no damage is reported
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
100 Persons MarOOnCl

Fort smith, Ark, April If Pl- One hundred persons are reported eight miles north of keota, on the Arkansas river where a bridge has been swept away and the town is threatened. Water was said to be two feet deep in Blaine. Homes in iiartshornc, Okla" were reported standing ln two feet Of water
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
SECTION CREW HURT

Bennington Nt, April If CTN- Four Bennington men, members of the Rutland railroad. were seriously injured today when their motor driven hand car lcaped from the rails near Petersburg Junction. N. '. The injured men were brought to the Putnam Memorial hospital
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Santiago Suffers

Santiago. Chile. April 14 P.-- Police reports say there are seven known dead here in the earthquake which shook the Chilean capital this morning. Fifty-tve were in- jured here.
 Most Of the casualties were in the residential sections.
 Only few persons Were in the streets and they scurried to open spaces for refuge. The population in general rushed from their houses mostly in night attire.
 Numerous fire alarms were turned in and the fire engines were kept busy rushing to various parts Of the city. Telephone and telegraph serv- ice was interrupted with all points except Los Andes and Conccepcion which reported that while they felt the shock, no severe damage was done.
 Lights Go Out
 Santiago's lighting system failed soon after the quake service was resumed within a few moments. Only after an hour did a majority Of the scared populace return to their houses.
 Workers in the offices of morning newspapers and others on duty at the time joined the general exodus from the buildings. Large pieces of plaster fell from the ceiling of the Fl Mercurio plant, which is in the center of the city. In the Plaza de Armas and the principal thorough fares. coraices Of buildings and large sigr crashed to the ground.
 The quake was felt at Valparaiso, about 60 miles northwest Of Santl- ago. but only meagre reports Of damage there have been received.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
ni TEETH EXTRACTED, DIES

Stamford. April II TP) - Ex- traction of ol teeth today was be- lieycd fo have caused the death Of Harold faucctt i". q pharmacist Two days after the teeth were re- moved he hecam. violently ill and died within 48 hours.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
Damage From Winds

TeHarkana. Ark, April 14 R)- Aak.. and Mount Pleasant and Avery, Texas. today damaged buildings and injured more than q score of people. No fatahties were reported Several buildings were blown down at all three towns and a score were said 10 have been injured at Greenwood and five or more at the Texas towns.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
FREE TANtS FOR AGED

Carlisle, Pa. April IA (UP)-All aged and intirm persons in Carlisle who wish to attend church Easter may ride there in a taXicab free Of charge if they notify Elmer Ieigler, owner of a local taxi company.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
HARTFORD JEWELER CEASES WOMAN
 SEVERAL BLOCKS TO RECOVER RING
Hundred Million Hot Cross Buns Will Be
 Eaten by Britishers

London. April 14 R,-One hundred million hot cross buns Will be eaten in England to- morrow, Good Friday, say the master bakers, This constitutes high record. Twenty million buns are being baked for Lon don alone
 Business will cease as usual.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
IS FIRE ALARMS

New Haven. April If aPl - The city lire department was busy this morning. lt had IS alarms. Non. was for blaze Of material consc. QUcnCo.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
CARROLL STILL IS IN
 COMA, BUT IS BETTER
Condition of Patient, on Way to Prison, Re-
 ported More Hopeful

Grcenvillc. $. C.. April If LP) - Earl Carroll. theatrical producer. who collapsed yesterday on the train bearing him to the Atlanta federal penitentiary where he is to serve year and day for perjury, showed slight signs of Improvement this forenoon, his physicians re- ported, although he had entered the 29th known hour of coma at Il o'clock today.
 Dr. c. o. Bates, ons of the pro- duccr's physicians, sad that. al though an improvement had been noted. Carroll's condition still is considered serious. Dr. Bates de, clared the patient lis rapidly re- gaining use of muscles that were inert yesterday and We hope he may recover consciousness during the day. The physicians so far have been unable to locate the cause for the collapse. he said
 James Carroll, the producers brother, also said that there had been a favorable turn. He described the collapse as due 10 mental strain.
 Mrs. Earl Carroll, Mrs. Alice Carroll Snyder. sister, and Norman Carroll, brother. arrived hero from New York early this afternoon.
 New York, April II [P) - Mrs. Marcclle Carroll was en route to Grecnville, s. C., today where she will join her husband Earl Carroll. theatrical producer. and proceed with him to Atlanta.
 Before leaving New York yester day afternoon. Mrs. Carroll, said: T will stick by Earl in his trol ble. I will live near him in Atlan- ta. Since our marriage we have had an agreement that neither of us was to nag at the other over petty details arising in the life of every actress and every theatrical pro- ducer. We have kept that agree ment and remain devoted pals"
 Mrs. Carroll left for the south immediately after receiving a .ele- gram notifying her of her hus- bands illness.
 Mrs. Carroll met ,he producc1 when she was q well known French actress and he a chorus man.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-14
LcScc Reported Burst

Memphis, Tenn. April II lR--A telephone message from Clinton, Ky. reported that the private levee protecting the city of Colum a, Ky. from the Mississippi river flood gave way at 2 o'clock this morning. between Columbus and Clinton was cut off before de- tails could he given beyond the re- port that water was sweeping into th4 taMn.-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-07
CHINESE CIVIL WAR
ENDS LOOM NEAR
Chang, Chang and Yen May Rule
Out Feng-Yu.

Chang, Chang and Yen May Rule
Out Feng-Yu.
BIZ United Press
PEKIN, June Marshal Chang
Tso-Lin's spokesman today an
nounced that a definite peace move
has been started to end the current
civil war.
The movement was started, the
announcement said, on the basis of
an agreement between Chang Tso-
Lin, who rules Manchuria and for
the time being controls Pekin,
Chang Kai-Shek, who is the leader
of the moderate Nationalist at
Nankink, and Yen Shi-Shan, Gov
ernor of Shansi Province.
Under the terms of the agree
ment, Chang would undertake not
to oppose the principles of the late
DR.. Sun Yat-Sen, upon which the
Nationalist, or Cantonese, move
ment originally was based. But,
Chang would continue his OPP
position to communism and to the
extremist Nationalist faction at
Hankow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-07
Fishing The Air
BY LEONARD f. PEARSON

Hawaiians if they fish for XII, Los
Angeles, at 7:3O p. m.
Medleys Of popular tunes, past
and present, will be featured at 6
p. m, the Stromberg Carlson of
WIZ and the Blue network. George
Olsen's Orchestra. his vocal trio and
soloists will be heard.
The Hotel TT. Des Moines Orches-
ira tunes up from 8 to p. m. and
II to midnight. Dial for WHO, Des
Moines.
The artists on program OF
WGY, Schenectady, at 8 p. m, are
the Rice String Quartet.
Chief Gonzales and his Barcelon-
ians entertain receptionists of KOA,
Denver, at 9 p. m.
George Olson's Dance Orchestra
plays at $3.50 p. m. from WPG, At
lantic City.
The Everready Orchestra's new
concert series, commencing p.
m, will stress the place of the
saxophone in modern orchestration
tendencies. This is feature of
WEAF and associated stations. An
other episode in Vivian's life goes
on the ether at 8 p. m. over the Red
network.
AS a dinner diversion try the Ho-
tel Mayflower Orchestra at p. m,
broadcast by WRC, Washington.
A new composition, ITO Child"
will be offered for the first time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-07

nUICK QUAKER cooks in less
~ time than it takes you to pre-
pare plain toast.
~ That means a hot nourishing
breakfast in a hurry.
1t means an excellently balanced
-sration; combining protein, carbo-
hydrates and vitamines - plus the
8 bulk" to make 1axatives less often
needed - cooked and served without
llnuss or bother.
Why go on with less nourishing
floods? Quaker Oats and milk is the
dietetic urge of today. Start every
day that way.
Your grocer has Quick Quaker
also Quaker Oats as you have always
known them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-07

Mrs. Dona GaiSer, a depoS,tor OF
the Studebaker Bank, Bluffton, has
filed suit against all other depositors
of the bank, asking payment Of
1920.
A pen sketch Of Spirit Of st.
Louis" Captain Charles Lindbergh's
New York-Paris plane, made by w.
H. Henderson, is on display at Peru.
Letters of administration have
been issued in Jay Circuit Court
to Mrs. Grace B. Hart, Dunkirk, in
the estate of her husband, T. Fran
els Hart. The estate is valued at
$4,000. The widow. three sons and
two daughters are heirs.
Edward Groher, Jr., son of a
Jeffersonville merchant, has suffered
the loss of an eye while visiting in
California,
Emmett Scott of Marion Town
ship, whose occupation, so far as
the Lebanon City Court could learn,
was doing nothing, has been sem
fenced to six months on the state
farm and fined $50 for wife and
child desertion.
Mrs. ]. D. Moore, Phoebus, Pa,
is asking aid to find her long lost
niece, Mildred Clark, Evansville, in
order to bequeath her some property
Westlake Clark, Portland, has
been bitten on a hand by a horse
The injury is not regarded serious
Lebanon public library will re-.
main open until 8 p. m. daily to per-
nit longer reading for those who
live out of town.
Sixty-two children have entered
the reading club fostered by the
Anderson public library.
Mrs. Oscar >Doty has received
$1,1O0 from the Wabash railroad in
a suit following her husbands death
at a South Milford crossing.
A horse belonging to John Cocklin
South Whitley, evidently thought it
was being insulted by being tied to
an auto. The horse kicked and
broke Cocklin's ankle.
Seven prominent Marion ministers
were present with the chief of police
and his aids at the destruction Of
several hundred gallons of liquor.
DR.. and Mrs. j. G. Todd, Bloom
ington, plan to spend the summer
in Colorado.
G. r. Nelson, Hammond, has been
named captain of the purdue Uni
versity track team for 1928.
Hassan Hamey, Terrible Turk"
of carnival wrestling repute, is
bothered by a new antagonist, the
law. He has been brought from his
home town of Michigan City to
LaPorte, charged with passage Of a
bad check.