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« Miscalculates Land-
ing—Spectators Flee
STRATFORD, June 17 .-——Two men
were seriously injured, and scores of
spectators escaped serious injuries
when the aeroplane in which Wil-
, liam Jennings. 5:: Connecticut ave-
.nue, former U. H.‘A. aviator and
Edward J. (‘onklin. 583 Noble ave-
nue. both of Iii-,ldgeport were rid-
ing, crashed into two telegraph
poles on South Main street shortly
before 9 o’clock last night.
" The two poles were broken off at
their base, one crashing through the
top of an auto owned by Thomas L.
Joyce. 209 lilakcmnn Place. Strut-
tord, and coming within six inches
of striking the head of his two year
"old baby who was being held by Mrs.
Andie 15. Joyce.
Conklin, oWner of tho plane was
receiving instructions irom l..leut
Jennings .nnd they were practicing
figures in the air which attracted a
large crowd. Due to the semi dnrk-
flees. Conklln who was piloting the
ship, mlscalculated the distance to
the ground and "overshot".the land-
ing field, which is opposite the farm
of Cornelius Ahearn. As the. landing
gear struck the ground both Conk-
Tin and Jennings realized that the
-machlne would crash into a hedge at
’ the south end of the field.
1 At. the moment of impact with
the ground, however. headlights ”61'
an auto which had turned into the
lane at the edge of the field were
seen by the occupants of the de-
scending plane. Realizing that. unless
the plane was 'zoomcd"u up it would
crash broadside into the auto, the
Jpllot "glue. her the gun" and under
' the impulse of renewed power the
plane shot up just in time to clear
‘ the auto. but did not “zoom" high
enough to avuid electric wires
strung along poles on the east side
of the Stratiford road.
_ The propellor. whirling at 14000
revolutions per minute, cut through
the wires and ployed into the poles
cutting them off short at the ground
knocking one on the light delbety
car owned by Joyce. The left wing
was torn front its fastenings and the
plane buried its nose in the middle
40! the road.
Just as the plane crashed. either
j-Conklin or Jennings had the pres-
‘ence of mind to turn off the motor
‘isvhich probably saved the ship from
.bursting into flames. Jennings who
was in the front cockpit was knock-
‘ed unconscious by the impact, Couli-
lin. bleeding profusely tore off his
safety belt and crawled out of the
.debris. The spectators rushed to the
‘plano and followed the directions of
Conklin in cutting Jennings loose
't‘rom the wreckage. Jennings was
lifted out and laid on the ground as
soon as possible because of the fire
danced—#—
S WANTED FDR
f-MANSLAUGHTER.
GIVES SELF UP
.; BRIDGEPOIRT, June 17—Michnel
.flcaizi. nineteen, -10 Water street.
\Iurrendered to the authorities yes-
-. terday afternoon and was charged
'with manslaughter in the case of
Aleslo De Felice, twenty-two, 1.2
. Sidney street, with whom he is al-
, leged to have-had a ilstic encounter
'on East Main street, Monday even-
t ' ing which ended in De Felice fall-
ing and fracturing his skull, caus-
‘ ing his death a. few minutes later.
New. Canaan Church
Elects Its Officers
NEW CANAAN, June 17.—At the
annual parish meeting of St. Mark's
church Samuel H. Tuttle and Tho-
‘rnas McLean were elected wardens
and Myron Crawford. TheodOre W.
Benedict, Harry B. Thayer. Julius
Kruttschnitt, H. B. Clark. George
Blmmel, D. Putnam Brindley, R.
Harold Pagcet and Richard M. Colt
fwere elected vestrymcn. Richard
Colt was elected clerk and ’1‘. W.
Benedict treasurer.
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GRADT'ATE KILLED.
HARTFORD, June 17 (AP).—
John B. Forasticre, fourteen years
‘ .; old, a graduate of the Lawrence
’ street school was killed yesterday
sud his three companions severely
s7
were riding skidded and turned
turtle on the Berlin turnpike, four
. miles from Hartford tonight. Young
Foreshore, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Forastiere, of 173 Afflack
street, was believed to have
returning to Hartford to attend.. his
graduation reception. the card for
£3 which was found in his pocket. His
companions were Joseph A. Brady,
eighteen years old of 743 Park
street. a clerk who has an injured
,é‘vshouider and bruises, James Pen.
ehek, seventeen years old, of 521
lion street a salesman, bruises and
gents about body. and John Bliss.
:Bineteen years old, of 270 Jefferson
« streams milkman. who has a badly
lecerated right. hand, wrist: and
bruises.
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injuréd when the car in which they'
been .
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DAYTON, Tenn. Juno 11—Day-
ton isn't worried about the problem
of providing housing and food for
the 10.000 visitors it expects to come
here for the trial of John T. Scopes,
science teacher. for violating Tennes-
see’s anti-evolution law.
Dnyton's ofliciul reception com-
mittee, composed of C. E. 'i‘olllver.
S. C. Patton, B. M. Wilbur, W. N.
Morgan, representative citizens, be-
lieve the housing situation is solved
Incidentally Mr. Wilber is the magis-
trate before whom Scopes had his
initial hearing.
Those who cannot find ucconuno-
Dayton's reception committee—(left to right) 0. E. Toilit'cr, S C. Patton, B. M. Wilber and W. N. Morgan.
dations here. in the hotel. in private
houses. and tents. can go to Chat-
tanooga in the special trains and
buses that have been arranged for.
The roads are in fair condition and
automobiles can cover the distance
between Dayton and Chattanooga.
which is the nearest large city, in
an hour and a half
The committee has dete1mlned to
show the expected guests a good
time and the town marshal has
agreed to suspend for duration of
the trial all nuisance rules and Joke
truillc laws. The sign “Speed Limit
12 Miles an iio'ur" will be taken
down. .
Thu Presbyterian Tabernacle will
be turned into a dining room where
1,600 persons may be served at one
time. The ladies' old which will oper-
ate the dining room. will charge ti.
for a meal.
Hit dogs. soft drinks. ice cream
and fruit stands will line .the_sldcg
walks.
The committee has hired a Jazz
orchestra. which.will hold forth at
Morgan Springs. a. mountain resort
eight miles from Dayton. where
there will be dancing every after-
noon and night.
Thus Dayton will mix Jazz. hot
dogs adolitlon of automobile speed-
ing laws and other earthly affairs
with religion during the trial.
OLD SALT MAY' GET $600.000|
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that a
he said
When Cupp)’ learned
“story" was being sought,
with a laugh:
"I have a story for you that is
a good one," and he proceeded to
tell of how he expected to come into
a fortune.
It's this way. Over a century ago
France went‘ on it. rampage and con-
fiscated scores of American ships.
many of which were from llhode Is-
land, the homc oi' (fap'pys' ances-
tors. '
Among the touts conilscaidd and
their goods sold was the brig
"ilettsy," owned by direct descend-
ants of Captain Austin. ,
It now appears that I‘ncle Sum
through an arrangement with
France is going to settle claims, fil-
ed for losses suffered by owners of
ships. confiscated at that time.
Bill In Congress
A bill is pending before Congress
at the present and will come ‘up
when that body rcconvenes appro-
priating funds for the payment of
those French spoliation claims. Pre-
sident Coolidge is quoted as saying
that they must be paid.
The, trouble started about 100
years um) when Franco and the
i'nltetl States were getting along
very well. France became involved
in a bunch of treaties and as a re-
sult began to capture American
sailing vessels and soil the goods
being carried on Ult'lil.
01‘ course. the l'nited States
couldn't stand for that and the
issues-has been in dispute user since.
Every once in a while someone in
Congress crops up with a new stack
of evidence to the effect that the
claims have never been paid and. as
it result of the happenings at the
time. the l'nittd States owes the
heirs of the merchants large sums
of money.
literally the matter has been in-
vestigated again and it has been
found that this government not only
owed the money, but that it may
have to pay interest on it.
The United States at the time
promised to pay the claims of the
merchants to offset the claims
against the, French government.
Cnppy has now established the
fact that he is the only descendant.
of the owners of the “iiettsy.” They
filed a claim for $1,810.77. If Con-
gress decides at its next session that
SlTBMARlNE CAPTAIN CLEARED
PORTSMOUTH, N. It. June 17
(AP).-——A finding of not guilty
returned yesterday by a naval board
of inquiry into the case of Lieuten-
ant Commander Stewart E. Bray in
charge of the submarine 8-48 when
she Went ashore outside of Ports-
mouth harbor on January 29 last.
the French spoilation claims must
be paid with interest. Cappy Anitin
will have coming to him nearly
$600,000.
ls Very Hopeful
"I certainly bellow I am going to
get the money. There is no doubt
about it. Congress is going to or-
der those claims paid and then 1
will collect. "
Guppy ptodueed the papers show-
ing that the claim has been filed
and that he is the descendant of
the owners of the captured vessel.
it looks as if Guppy has a clear
case.
Csppy leaves Norwalk tomorrow
but hopes to conic back soon. He
has promised, it he collects - his
fortune, that he will come to Nor-
walk to pay a long visit.
“You have a. great little city and
I like it here," he remarked as the
reporter left his horse.
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Westport Voters Re-
sent Failure to Ap-
propriate Money for
Fire Truck
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WESTPORT. June 17. I—The fall-
uro bf the Board of Finance to act
favorably on the matter of recom-
mending an appropriation to par-4
chase a. new fire truck for the Vigi-
lant Hose Company resulted in the
voters at. the town meeting last night.
turning down almoat unanimously
the board’s ecommendation to up.
propriete no my to improve Compo
Beach. The cry of "necessities be-
fore luxuries“ was followed by a
motion to lay the beach proposition
on the table. which wus'passed with
but few dissenters.
Efforts to discuss further projects
for the beach all of which were
included in the call for the meet-j
ing. were quickly decided and a "10“
tion to adjourn was carried.
The delay of the Board of Ft.
hence in, recommending an appro-
priation to purchase fire apparatus
to replace the Vigilant Company's
present truck. which has of late
habitually stranded on route while
attempting to get to a fire, has
aroused the personnel of all four
tire companies and sympathizers.
This feeling inercasod when the
Finance Board recommended spend-
ing $2,700 for 00 ndditonal bath
houses at Compo Bench.
Expert on. Tariff
GIts'U. -'S. Post
Albertus Hatchison Baldwin,
a New York Republican, new
member of the U. S. tarifl com-
mission, is the author of many
s on foreign trade and is s
mulled authority on the sat» ~
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JERSEY CITY. N. J.. June 17
(AP).—Eight members of the Wes-
hawken police department. a Wee-
hawken councilman and a Jersey
City broken, were found not guilty
last night by2 a Jury of conspiracy
to smuggle. liquor into New Jersey.
Two of the original 12 defendants.
Police Lieutenant Philip McNulty
and Patrolman John Fisch‘er were
heed Monday when the prosecution
admitted it had no evidence against
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Edtson Willing to
_ Testify for Scopes
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, June 11
-Thomas A. Edison, famous invent-
or, has offered his services as to. wit-
ness for the defense in the Scopes
evolution case to be tried at Day-
ton. July 10. according to John R.
Neal. local chief defense counsel.
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