Sherbrooke daily record, 6 juin 1927, lundi 6 juin 1927

[" (iO BS - K E£ L£l< cf» ,ix t.si Ai/v Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897.\t\tSHERBROOKE, QUE., MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1927.\t\t j Thirty-First Year NËW SU\tSTAINED\tLONG DISTANCE\t\u2022 FLIGHT RECORD Coaticook\tMan Drov\tmed-Reply To Brite\ttin\u2019s Note Is Received \u2018Columbia\u2019 Broke Propeller In Forced Landing Seventy Miles Southeast Of Berlin Clarence D.Chamberlin and Charles A.Levine, Who Flew!** From New York to Germany, Will Spend Day and Night at Kottbus, and Will Be Escorted to Berlin Tomorrow\u2014 Flight Had Previously Been Broken at Eisleben, Saxony, About 110 Miles Southwest of Berlin, at Five O\u2019Clock This Morning, When \u201cColumbia\u201d After Forty-Two Hours of Continuous Progress from Long Island Was Forced to Descend Owing to Shortage of Fuel\u2014Covered Approximately 3,800 Miles as Compared With Captain Lindbergh\u2019s New York-Paris Flight of 3,610 Miles.* * - ' ?FRANCE ADOPTS ENGLISH * *\tWORD \u201cSTOP.\u201d\t* : ! ?> YOUNG MAGOG LAD DIES FROM I HIS INJURIES Jumped Off Wagon in Front of Auto\u2014Died on Way to Local Hospital.MAGOG, Que~une 6.\u2014M.Four-j* , , nier, fifteen-year-old son of Mr.and j \u2019* v v v v v '* Mrs.Ferdinand Fournier, of this I place, was fatally injured on Satur-j day morning shortly after eleven i o\u2019clock, when he was struck by an automobile driven by Mr.C.H.Dingman, of Orford Lake.According to accounts received it *?* *4*\t***\t«£?\t*j* «j» «j» ***\t**?\t?j» *\tMOTOR TROUBLE AND A * *\tSHORTAGE OF GASOLINE * *\tCAUSED TROUBLE.* (Associated Press Despatch) KOTTBUS, Germany, June 6.\u2014Motor trouble and a shortage of gasoline, caused the descent of the American trans-Atlantic plane Columbia, said Clarence D.Chamberlin, arriving here by motor this afternoon from Klinge, where the Columbia is embedded in mud where it landed.A YOUNG GIRL REUNION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WAR IS ATTACKED , VETERANS WAS HELD ON SATURDAY BY MOTORIST IN CITY; VERY ENJOYABLE EVEN! Fellow Escapes\u2014Girl\u2019s Brother, Who Was Near, Failed to Get Car Number.LIKELY TO HAVE OBSERVERS AT CONFERENCE (Associated Press Despatch) BERLIN, June 6.\u2014Clarence D.Chamberln and Charles A.Levine, who flew from New York to Germany, will spend the day and night at Kottbus, and will be brought to Berlin tomorrow afternoon.The trans-Atlantic aviators made a forced landing in their Bellanca-designed monoplane, the \u201cColumbia,\u201d at Klinge, a small village near Kottbus, shortly before noon today.While here they will stay at the United States embassy.The propeller of the plane was broken in the forced landing, but neither of the aviators suffered any injury.CROWDS WAITED AT BERLIN TO WELCOME AVIATORS The \u201cColumbia\u201d was located by one of the Lufthansa scouting planes from Tempelhofer Field, Berlin, at the moment Chamberlin was making his forced landing in the marshy meadow, about seventy miles southeast of Berlin.On the receipt of the news of the landing, the bands stopped playing at the Tempelhofer airdrome and the great crowds waiting there were advised to disperse.\u201cCOLUMBIA\u201d HAD COVERED APPROXIMATELY 3,800 MILES The flight had previously been broken at Eisleben, Saxony, about 110 miles southwest of Berlin, at five o\u2019clock this morning, when the \u201cColumbia\u201d after forty-two hours of continuous progress from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, was forced to descend by shortage of fuel.Re suming the flight at 9.3'5, Chamberlin passed over Magdeburg in the direction of Berlin at 10.10, but apparently miscalculated the direction and swung slightly to the southeast instead of the northeast.While coming short of its goal, the \u201cColumbia\u201d In reaching Eisleben set a new record for long distance sustaining flight, covering approximately 3,800 miles, as compared with Captain Charles A.Lindbergh\u2019s New York to Paris hop of 3,610 miles.Captain Lindbergh, however, was unaccompanied in his flight.SWOOPED DOWN CLOSE TO GROUND TO ASK DIRECTIONS The Columbia was first sighted*-\u2014 -\u2014~ and identified over German soil when Chamberlin flew over Dortmund, 260 mil^s from Berlin, swooping close shouting: \u201cTo Berlin?To Berlin ?That was at four o'clock this morning.Then came conflicting reports.Aeroplanes sent from Berlin\u2019s air field, Templehofer, to welcome and escort the plane, returned without, finding it.The welcoming committee gave up its vigil and went home, believing Chamberlin had been forced down at some isolated point.Then came the news of the landing at Eisleben.United States ambassador Schurman went home, dress ed in warm clothing and a golf cap and prepared to fly to Eisleben.Meanwhile, however, it was learned that the \u201cColumbia\u2019 had again taken I the air.Then followed her sighting over Magdeburg and the forced landing at Klinge with the damaged pro-'idler putting immediate resumption ôf the flight out of the question.A Mysterious Flight From the Start It was a mysterious flight from the start, for when the \u201cColumbia\u201d hopped off from Roosevert Field, Chamberlin and Levine kept their destination secret.The possibility was reported of their swinging southeastward over Europe to Rome, or at any rate of continuing as far as their gasoline would carry them.Their fuel supply was believed to be sufficient for a forty-eight hour flight under normal conditions.When it became definitely known that the \u201cColumbia\u201d intended landing place was the Tempelhofer Field a crowd began gathering there.Early in the morning the brass band of the Lufthansa (German Air League) appeared and got ready for action, amid an outburst of enthusiasm from the watchers.Telegrams for Chamberlin and Levine began arriving at the field.Two Fliers Will go on to Berlin Tomorrow At the direction of the Lufthansa, a keg of Pilsener beer was put on ice to welcome Chamberlin with a glass of foaming brew when he should arrive, in accordance with the wish attributed to him in New York.It was shortly after noon when officials announced to the waiting crowds at the air field that the Columbia would not arrive, as it had suffered a propeller break seventy miles southeast of Berlin and could proceed no further.Ohamberlin and Levine will he brought to Berlin tomorrow on one of the Lufthansa\u2019s passenger planes.PARIS, June 6.\u2014The English * *\tword \u201cstop\u201d has crept into the\t*i *\tFrench language by way of\t*\tt\t, , *\tmotoring, much to the disgust\t * * »> * ?> * *:* ?> -> -> \u2022> * and finally succeeded in breaking awây, falling to the roadside.The young ruffian drove a short ! gets Horse,\t____ ____________ distance along the road, then turn-j Trooper Alex.Geo.Begibie, Kitchen-ed and came back without stopping, I ers Horse; Trooper Wm.Inckeen j and disappeared down the road, j No.3333, South African Gonstabul-j The young boy failed to get his car |,ary; Sergt.George J).Scoon, No.number or any very clear descrip-, 3265, 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers; tion of party.\tTrooper George Pennington No.Miss Wilder was taken to the 2574.Innskilling Dragoons; Farrier home of Mr.Goodrow, and it was'O.M.Sergt.W.J.Prinn, Royal found that she had suffered con-1 Field Artillerv; Private Miles How- siderable shock from the fall.Dr.' croft.1st Coldstream Guards; Corp.i\t- Brown was summoned and is Tom Keeley, 2nd Bath.Royal Berk- John Leo Lafond, Twenty Years attending her.\tshire Regt.; Rudolph Becker, Capet * -\t-\t-\t-\t-\t- Garrison Artillery; Trooper E T Croft, No.4972,\t18 th Hussars; Trooper Tom Cockburn No.9, C0ÂTICOGK MAN WAS KILLED IN AUTO MISHAP The absence of definite description has made it difficult to locate the assailant.GAVE NO INDICATION OF WEARINESS\u2014BOTH AIRMEN QUITE HAPPY &- A WONDERFUL FLIGHT, SAYS BRITAIN\u2019S FAMOUS AIRMAN LONDON, June, 6.\u2014 Sir Alan (Associated Press Desoatch) .GENEVA, June 6.\u2014The likelihood that both France and Italy will send observers or other representatives to the forthcoming tripartite naval conference is regarded in Geneva as of the greatest importance.The presence of representatives of the two countries which participated with Great Britain, the United States and Japan in the- Washington conference is felt to increase the chances of success of the parley.In political circles it is thought that the presence of France and Italy would make- British participation in the sessions heartier and move confident, and that it might even pave the way for later participation in the projected agreements.WELL-KNOWN LUMBERMAN DEAD (Canadian Press Despatch) RENFREW, Ont., June 6.\u2014-Allan Francis, internationally-known lumberman and reputed millionaire, died at his home here yesterday, aged 70.As a hobby, Mr.Francis owned some of the finest trotting horses and show horses in the country.Mrs.B.Morris, a daughter, lives in Western Ontario.Mrs.J.Anderson, of Toronto, is a sister.Cobham, Great Britain\u2019s famous long distance aviator, was most enthusiastic upon hearing the news of the successful flight of the Bel-lanca plane Columbia from New York to Germany.\u201cA wonderful flight\u201d, he exclaimed.\u201cNot only it is that because of the great distance flown, but by reason of the fact that for the first time a passenger has been piloted across the Atlantic seated in a cabin and not in a cockpit.\u201cThere is a hint of prophecy in (hat, although 1 am of the opinion that the day is distant when we shall have n regular trans-Atlantic passenger service.\u201d FRANCE TO TOKIO TODAY;FIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE DROWNED WHEN A SQUALL CAPSIZED BOAT new long distance flying Frenc{l F[;ers Hope to Make Long record or approximately j\t\u2022 t i Journey in two Jumps.\t- \u2014\t.-\t(Associated Press Despatch) PARIS, June C.\u2014 Dieudonne j CHAZY LAKE, N.Y., June (5 Coste and Captain Rignot, long dis- Five members of the junior and sen- 3,790 miles was hung up today by Clarence D.Chamberlin and Charles A.Levine, as a mark for airmen to shoot at.The former record of 3,610 miles, established by Captain Charles A.Lindbergh on New York to Paris flight, was shattered by the Bellanca monoplane Columbia shortly after it had passed Boulogne Sur Mer on the northwestern coast of France.The new record was established when the plane made its forced landing at Eisleben.abou: 1 10 miles southwest of Berlin.The Columbia in its trans-Atlantic flight also came near approaching the worlds record for sustained flight recently established by the same plane with Chamberlin and Bert Acosta when the pair flew over Long Island for more than 51 hours.The present endurance record was 42 hours, the plane having started from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, at 6.05 a.m.on Saturday and handing at Eisleben at five a.m.or midnight Eastern daylight time.Englishmen Were Original Trans-Atlantic Aeroplane Trail Blazers The daring voyage of the Columbia marked the third time the Atlantic has been spanned in non-stop flights by heavier-than-air machines.Alcock and Brown, Englishmen flying from Newfoundland fo Ireland in 1919, were the original trans-ocoanic aeroplane trail blazers.Lindbergh\u2019s great flight came next.Chamberlin used about nine and 'one half gallons of his 451 gallons of gas, an hour, said Giuseppe M.Bellanca, designer of the plane.This consumption would permit forty-eight.hours of flying, or fuel for a flight some distance beyond Berlin.Chamberlin and Levine travelled slower than Captain Lindbergh but their flight was 180 miles longer than that of the trans-Atlantic trail of Age, Employed at Rumford, Was on Way Home When Car Plunged Through Fence and Fell into Lake Glorette, Dix-ville Notch, N.H.\u2014 Body Brought to Coaticook.(Special to the Record) COATICOOK, June 6.\u2014 Failing | to observe a detour sign on the road where repairs were being made cost j John Leo Lafond, twenty years of ! age, lost his life on Saturday, when.| his car plunged over an errihank-1 ment into Lake Gloriette, DixviUe ! Notch, N.H.The unfortunate young man, who is the son of Mr.and Mrs.James Lafond, of this place, was on his way home to spend the week-end with his parents having come from Rumford, Me., where he was employed.Although familiar with the road the young man failed to notice that repairs were being made near Lake Gloriette and did not turn off on to the temporary road which had lire to Reach Berlin.Especially\tBeckonins\u201dskyiinè;\u2019\"Was til?ïo'ïï wiTniJArSi* The' When Informed of All-Night\tTh.m^An Appeal to Sto-i ^ \u201c,^iSrhÏÏ\"S, SS in connection with the work and over a deep embankment into the water below.The body was later recovered and ^ an inquest held, at which a verdict \u2019 1 11 i nf\t1 rînpfTi uroc Arrived at Kottbus by Motor This! n a rip a y a frrjp a »rip Morning from Klinge, Where | HALLALAUKlIiA ! C Their Transatlantic Plant \u201cColumbia\u201d Was Forced to Land.WENT TO HOTEL AND ORDERED GOOD MEAL SERMON GIVEN AT STANSTEAD They Freely Admitted Their Dis- Rev.P.W.Jones, of Westmount, appointment Over Their Fail- Gave Fine Address\u2014\u201cThe Vigil of Berlin Crowds and Arrangements Made There for Their Reception.(Associated Press Despatch) 'OTTBUS, Germany, June 6.-Clarence D.Chamberlin dents to Take the High Road \u2014Busy Week at Stanstead (Special to the Record) STANISTEAD, Que., June 6.-Centenary United Church at Stan- j of accidental death was returned.The body was brought here to tha tance, aviators, whose record of 3,415 miles from Paris to Djask, Persia, was broken by Captain , Charles E.Lindbergh, started Sat-his urday on a two-lap air journey to Tokio.The French fliers planned to make their first hop to Chita, Siberia, which they hoped to reach in less than forty hours, and then, after taking on gasoline at Chita, to go on to Tokio.lor classes of the Dannemora High School were drowned Saturday night when a heavy squall capsized their boat.A sixth occupant of the boat, a teacher, was rescued.The dead are: Thomas Tobin, 16; Edmund Rowan, 17; Katherine Canning, 15; Bernadetta Drollettc, 17; Kathleen Smart, 16.Miss Emma Dunk, the school teacher, was rescued by a youth J living on the lake shore.T/rL K \u2014Clarence D.Chamberlin ! sl®ad ^'as filled yesterday niormng, j residence of Mrs j M_ Gendreau, and Charles A.Levine ar- o,ien ° r3d,