Blast in Mine Traps a Hundred As Many Escape

' - * V-- NET PRESS BUN t h e WBATHSa reneut bf O. «. Wrethw B«rM«, AVERAGE DAILV CIRCULATION New Beece for the month of Febnxai7 , 1920 increasing cloudiness with Ui^t 5,284 showers and ri^ g temperatnre; Member ot the Audit Bsrcav ot Friday showers followed by ftdr and Clrcalattoue subtly colder. VOL. XLIII., NO. 133. (Classified Advertising on Page 12) SOUTH MANGHESTER, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929. FOURTEEN TAGES PRICE THREE CENTS __________ —L," <S>- VARIOUS EPISODES IN MARSHAL FOOTS LIFE A L L M O U R N I BLAST IN MINE AT BIER OF TRAPS A HUNDRED G E N . F O C H AS MANY ESCAPE Highest Honors to Be Paid MOTHER EARTH First Reports 500 Were Generalissimo of Killed— Many Come Out Allied Armies. I S S T D i m of Shaft Miles Away from Paris, March 21— The fun F 0 R _ ^ Y E F Main» Entrance Which eral of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, France's famous soldier, Caused Wild Reports; Red will be held on Tuesday, it was Scientists Predict That officially announced this after Cross Crews Rushing to noon by General Weygand, the World is Destined for Bil late marshal’s chief of staff. the Rescue. Paris, March 21 — The highest lions of Years Before honors the French republic can confer upon a passing warrior and Kinloch Mine, Near Parnassus, national hero will mark the fun “ Big F ro s f Arriyes. Pa., March 21.— With 150 of the eral of'Marshal Ferdinand Foch. 250 men caught Imtbe recesses of generalissimo of the allied armies the Kinloch mine of the Valley at the end of the Great War, who Washington, March 21— By all Camp Coal Company by an explo died late yesterday. the geological and astronomical sion, safely above ground. Federal, Attired in the field uniform of a Equations, Old Mother Earth Is yet Marshal of France, the body lay at destined for billions of years of State and company officials confer rest today while a steady stream of red this afternoon as to the most notables visited the Foch home to existence before the cold descends, extend their condolences to the as the glaciers of the frigid zones, effective way of conducting rescue widow. 1— A recent photo of .Mai-shal Foch, taken at an iinjMntant inilitaiy conference; 2— ^Foch as a schoolboy of 12 in Southern France; 8— Foch and General Pershing on former’s slowly creeping onward, freeze operations in the blast torn mine Marshal Joffre, the hero of the visit to New York; 4— Foch, Pershing and Howard W, Savage (center), American Legion commander, in Legion parade in Paris; 5— ^Foch and Pei-shing when latter visited his chateau away the last vestiges of terrestial for the 100 still missing. First Battle of the Marne, and in Bi’ittany, Pershing holding Foch’s little grandaughter; 6— Mayor Hylan greeting Foch on aixival in New York. life. Nearly seven hours after a belt Myron T. Herrick. United States As viewed from the knowledge of Ambassador to France, called at the geological past— from the be conveyor was believed to have brok noon. King Albert of Belgium, who ginning of the disimentary age en, plunging down the mine slope served under Marshal Foch as com when rain began to fall— the pos and generating the fatal spark, mander of the Belgian Army, tele PICTURESQUE CEREMONY I LAWYERS RUSH 1 HARDING A LOYAL FRIEND sibility is remote but that the only one body had been found with graphed that he would arrive this earth will, do anything hwt meet “ a afternoon to express in person his natural death.” in the mine, and 150 men had made sorrow over the passing of the not AT NORWEGIAN WEDDING TO m OUT BUT WAS HIS OWN BOSS But there are possibilities — tbflr way to safety through the ed soldier. rotesquely remote, but yet exist-! connecting entry of the Valley Persliing Present ent— that before these billions of Gen. John J. Pershing, com years cool the earth and still all Camp mine several miles from the mander of the American expedi Crown Prince Olaf of Nor BOOZEjELLER living beings— there will cotne a scene o f the explosion. tionary force in T rance, and Mar SLEUTH’S BULLETS Former Attorney General ^CAUGHT IN MACHINE sudden termination of life. Rescue Teams shal Petain, anothjsr famous French They were outlined today by Dr. Two fresh rescue teams entered military strategist, arrived at the "William Bowie, eminent scientist, Foch home together. Beginning be way Married to Princess Reveals Some More About iSAVEDBYWORKMAN the workings this afternoon while MISS LOCAL MAN Attorneys in Various Cities of the United States Coast and Geo George Mccaa, Federal Bureau o f fore daybreak a mighty crowd be detic Survey. Dr. Bowies said: gan to gather in the street before Mines attache, superintendent ot Marthe, of Sweden; Na His Relations With the ___ “ If the earth should move very the wrecked mine, and W. J. Mc the Foch home. The men and wom Declare Jones Act is Too far away from the sun or go suffi en making up this multitude were Gregor, state mine inspector, con ciently close, rain would cease, or ferred as to the most effective way orderly and filled with reverent tion Has Holiday. Earl W. Howell, Arrested in Late President. Hilliard Co. Employe Has would be modified greatly, and con respect, but they filled the thor Severe— Call it “A Force of reaching the entombed men. ditions might he so changed as to None of the 150 men who es oughfare from side to side making make life impossiblfe. Our obser traffic impossible. As the throng New York, Fails in At Narrow Escape When caped were much the worse for Oslo, March 21.— In one of the BiU;^ EDITOR’S NOTE:— This is the vations, however, show no Indica their experience, and this led offi continued to swell Police Perfect third and final article based on tion of any material change in the Chiappe went to the scene in per most elaborate and picturesque cials to hope that many of the men tempt to Escape. an exclusive Interview with Har- Arm is Lacerated. yearly average distance between still entombed had "butressed them son to direct the handling of the ceremonies ever staged in this his lY M. Daugherty. In previous the sun and the earth. crowds. toric capital, Crown Princa Olaf; New "York, March 21.— The Jones selves away in the spacious recess articles Daugherty defended his "It would be difficult to visualize es of the mine, afraid to seek the -VJ JOO Police Guardians 1 Enforcement Act— which sends a of Norway, heir to the throne of his record as attorney general as how anything within the earth entries because of fear of gas or One hundred policemen w'ere Earl W. Howell, Manchester .well as the character of the late Catching his fingers in a coni could make it liquify or explode. massed along the sidewalk in front fathers, was married in the Church man to prison for a possible five flame. of Our Saviour, today, to Princess I YOung man, wanted by Rockville President "Warren G. Harding un pressing machine late yesterday The earth is too old, too stable. of the house. years for violating the prohibition Start Investigation Marthe, of Sweden. { police for theft of automobile sup- der whom he served. afternoon as lie tried to grab the ^ No Danger of Crash While the leaders conferred, Gen. Weygand, chief of staff to law— goes on trial today. "Nor does it appear that any dis Marshal Foch. a life-long friend Thousands of people, who had pHes from cars parked outside of end of the warp as it fell towards three Westmoreland county com made the pilgrimage to Oslo from Michel Feldodorff, charged with Sarasota, Fla., March 21.— Harry, turbance caused by the passage of the late marshal and a comrade the Vernon Center Gr. j\ge hall re the floor, John H. Larrabeo of SS missioners prepared to begin their all parts of Scandanavia to witness selling a glass of whiskey, is the M. Daugherty, attorney-general in near the earth of some other hea investigation Into the cause of the in arms, dressed in civilian clothes, cently, was arrested in New York Strant street, employed at the E. venly’ body could do more than dis sat in lonely vigil throughout the the ceremony, thronged the streets first man to face a jury under the the Cabinet of the late President blasts They were Elliott L. Hibhs, outside, while A the beautiful City today and made a futile at Warren G. Harding, pictured Mr. E. Hilliard Company, had his left tort a portion of the surface, or James F. Torrence and John Kil new law and will go down in alco cause tremendous, ocean tides. (Continued on Page 3.) church a distinguished assembly of tempt to escape. Harding as “ a loyal friend and a arm drawn underneath, the 400 gore, and they were to be aided by guests watched the future Nor holic folklore as the lad who took great president” in an exclusivesin- “ Of course, a,condition such as While on his way to the Tombs pound weight right to the shoulder Abner H en./ aqd Fred Trachner of wegian king plight his troth at the a chance. A plea of guilty would terview with International News that might destroy life but It would the district attorney’s office. altar to the beautiful dark haired to await extradition proceedings, Service at his winter home here to before the machine could he turn- seem that when the disturbance have given him but a six months Rescue teams from all parts of Swedish girl.

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