Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1929 — Page 3

FRANCE JAILS MANY BANKER MILLIONAIRES Latest Case Is That Os Charles Baratraud, Involved In Two Murders By Richant D. McMillan.. .. (United Pres* Staff Crrenpondent) Paris. June 29—( UP)—The United State* may have its Sinclair case but France has been busily occupied dtp--lag the past few months In jailing many of her millionaires. The affair started in the ranks o’ bankers. There was an epidemic of suspicious failures In business and investigations led to many interesting disclosures regarding the transactions of many notable men in the world of finance and likewise led to prison for the individuals concerned. The latest recruit among the moneyed jail birds is painted as a much more sinster figure than any of the others, however, since his financial t rangetions are alleged to have Involved the violent deaths of at least two people This man declared to be the most remarkable character to have appeared in a French criminal trial since the days of Landru, is 33-year-old Charles Barataud, being tried at the Assizes at Limoges, In southwestern France Every day when he is conveyed from jail to the court-house he is surrounded by a squadron of cavalrv to lieat back the angry mob, clamoring for the head of the youthful millionaire. Enraged Mob The trial hud to be postponed one day because the general commanding the local garrison wrote to the judge stating that he could not supply a force of troops sufficient to ensure the safety of the prisoner against the enraged mob in the streets. Barataud is accused of having murdered the driver of a taxi-cab for the sake of his money and to have later shot dead a youthful friend who knew Barataud'* secret. It is alleged also that he planned the murder of two other persons who, however, suspected his intentions and were able to overcome him when they kept the rendezvous he had made with them in the woods near Limoges. The weak point in the prosecution's case is to show cause why Barataud. the son of a millionaire and himself ranking as having a like amount of wealth, should kill a taxi-driver, unless he had been overcome by mania. Two Suicide attempts All kinds of legends have been woven around Barataud by the local people He was credited with the declaration that he would never be brought to trial. Twice he was found in his cell with knife wounds and nearly died both times. Another time a warden found a 50 dollar bill carefully rolled inside a packet of cigarettes which had been brought him. The trial is likely to go on for weeks yet. Meanwhile, fresh forces of infantry and cavalry have been requested from neighboring garrison towns. The town is well placarded with hills denouncing the partiality of the Court towards the prisoner, since it is con tended that his money is in his favor This case recalls that of another millionaire and aristocrat, the Comte de Rojac, who a few months ago received sentence of seven years imprisonment for the murder of his son born to the family servant girl. There was an out cry then because it was claimed that the family’s money had saved the noble youth’s head from the guillotine. 0 — Royal Residence Buckingham palace is situated in London at the west end of St James park. The building has been many times changed and the present facade Is 300 feet in lengtii. The great state rooms are the throne room, 66 feet long; the green room, 50 feet long, 33 feet high; the grand salon, 110 feet long, 00 feet broad; the picture gallery, 180 feet long, There are 40 acres In the garden. — o Poisonous Snakes There are about 592 species of pol sonous snakes known throughout the world, but 28S of them belong to a group of snakes known as the Opisthoglypha, which are only mildly poisonous, few of them being deadly to man. — Worth While Humidors have done so much for general appearances. They have nearly eliminated the man who felt that he must thrust his cigar into his mouth almost entirely and pull it out again before he lit ft. —o— History of the Pen To the metal stylus which originated In Greece we owe the modern pen. Goose quills follow the stylus; next came the steel pen of Joseph Gillot, 1820. o World’s Largest Book The biggest book in the world Is the “Golden Book of French Industry." It measures fourteen feet by seven and contains three hundred pages. — -o— Word’s Meaning Differs The words “sick” and “Hi” are em Ployed with little distinction In the United States. In Great Britain, however, “ill” is always used to mean "ill health," whereas “sick" Is used In the lense of “being nauseated.”

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Memphis. Tenn.. June 29 -(UJ ) Matrimonial problems of I- -'b 1 ■ Powell have "stumped" Memphis courts. The theorum, as stated by owell, was: . He was sentenced to prison for bigfrom 1.1. mi. marrlsee a". as|(|e !|e decree is set aside, an "i "> "7 "X - ■ Sts -xHl.” “X «««! M» l" K «»- mi He moved to Memphis Ind after six weeks obtained a divorce

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. decree— unlawfully, because Tennesj see law requires two years residence. Later he married again and-his first wife learned of it and asked his divorce decree from her be set aside. Before the case came to court he was convicted of bigamy, but was pardoned soon after he arrived at prison. She then dropped the case. The first decree was left in force, although obtained illegally. If he asks the decree be set aside so he can ob taii a legal divorce from his first wife in ordet to institute divorce proceedings against the second, he immediately becomes a bigamist. Lawyers have told him this is the only way to free himself of both wives He asked the courts to help him. — Get tne Habit-Trade at Home, It Pay*

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Marion McGinnes being measured for backless bathing suit violations In James Uovajian, life guard at Evanston. Hl., bathing beach. Evanston s chief of police. William O. Freeman has announced that he will arrest atty woman who walks through the streets in a backless bathing suit and nothing mote.

PARISI ANS DISCOVER THEY TOO PREFER THEM BLONDE

By Richard D. McMillan (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, June 29—(UP)—A change is overcoming the feminine face of Paris since the French capital has experienced a decided invasion of blondes. The typical Parisian woman is definitely Latin in type, but since the World War and the rush of visitors to France from Nordic countries which has occurred during the past few years fairhaired women have become more and more prominent in the life of the capital. Among mannikins In the fashionable houses of the Rue de la Paix and even in the lesser renowned couturiers in Montmartre fairhaired women are becoming increasingly popular Thus girls from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany and Alsace-Lotalne who come to par partly with the idea of seeking adventure, partly to earn a living find it easier to get jobs than at any other time before. Among dance instructresses in the fashionable night clubs, among entertainers in the high-class supper cabar-

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ets and restaurants blonde women now generally predominate ami, where contrast is sought, the effect is usually secured with American wmen creoles, who are able to supply the pep in song which the Uordios lack. Nordic Cabaret Girls Registrations of Nordic women employed in luxury trades in the l-'reneh capital have shown a big jump. Their presence undoubtedly adds variety and color to the Paris scene, which for long years was dominated by burnettes. As reception clerks in the hotels, as "vendeuses” —or saleswomen — as clerks in tourist and other offices the blonde girl has been gradually coming into their own in France. A certain fashionable night cabaret which claims to give the most diverse entertainment of any night resort in the wofld has changed its pulley regarding its women entertainers, all of whom are now fairhaired. 0 — — Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Koos, of east of the city, were in town yesterday.

PROGRESS MADE ON PLAN FOR OCEANIC “SEADROME” SYSTEM PROVIDING AIRPLANE ISLANDS By Paul W. White, United Proas Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 18.—(U R>—Pet haps progress can be measured largely in terms of safety and speed In the development of transportation and communication. If that be true there Is at present under construction a device whir h if successful Is destined to mean a breath-taking advance in civilization. It is a "Seadrome," a synthetic island which within a year will be anchored half way between New York and Bermuda. Fleet passenger planes would speed to tills artificial oasis, rest, then race off to a real and earthly island.

But the Inagination of E. R. Armstrong, the Inventor and designer, does not stop there, lie foresees a day when eight seadromes regularly spaced across the Atlantic would bring New York within 33 hours of Paris and London He goes further. Eventually IS of these giant dromes, constructed and placed at a cost of "only" $50,000,000. would link the land airlines of every country to the United States would revolutionize world shipping and would bring to America for the first time commercial supremaif of the seas. Armstrong, n technical engineer, Is convinced that his plans should not be labelled dreams. "The Key to future commerce," he told the correspondent in an interview, “is through the air, either airships or airplanes will supply the answer to the shipping problems of succeeding generations. I put my faith in the heavier-than-air machines first on the basis of cost and second on the basis of adaptability. "And the only way that planes can fly safely across the ocean is In short hops so that the pilots can have the benefit of the radio beam and definite, exact weather information.” Limitless Resources Armstrong is not alone in his views. His seadrome system is backed hv a number of wealthy men identified with General Motors and du Pout interests If the first ’drome proves practicable he declares the resources at his command will he limitless. Thus there is a good deal of activity at Fishing Creek, Delaware Bay seven miles northwest of Cape May There the first seadrome, which already has been given a name. "Langley," is being constructed. When it is completed, which will be either next winter or next spring it will be towed out to sea to a point 395 miles south east of New York and there anchored The cost of each seadrome is estimated at $1,750,000 ami into its making goes 10.000 tons of iron and steel. From the air it will look like an oblong table, set for two. and with no center-piece. It will have a landing platform 1,200 feet long and an amphibian plane can land in less than onethird of the space. At either end the widtli is to lie 200 feet. This extra space will be utilized feet. This extra space will be utili ed at one side by a hangar, meteorological station and radio equipment; at the other by a hotel The hotel will, have accomodations for 125 guests in addition to the 50 persons or so who will compose the regular operatingperionel of a seadrome. Little platform Sway Tin* platform will rise more than 60 feet above the water, not being touched by the highest waves that ever lias been recorded. The 32 "legs" dropping into tile water will consist of steam lined buoyancy chambers and ballast tanks. Large disks art al tile bottom of these Io lessen the sway Twin cables, one or two miles long, will hold the anchors in place. Experiments on Armstrong’s model tested under wind and wave conditions which would wreck the strongest ship afloat have proved, according to the designer, that tile seadrome’s pltcl. would be comparatively slight, hi other words the ocean lias been outwitted and neither tempest nor breakers would unduly affect this man-nm’de

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island. Constituting himself as sort of cross examiner the Interviewer put so-ward several objections to the scheme and was answered on every point. As a matter ot fact a remarkable thing about thr venture Is the thoroughness of advance detail. For Instance: "How can a pilot find his way unerringly to what after all will only be a speck In the sea?" asked the correspondent. "By a beam wireless”, Armstronk re plied. "A visual Indicator In the plane will warn the pilot of ho deviates at all front th” course. Al night powerful searchlights will light up the sky ” "What If a forced landing becomes necessary?" "An »mergency plane and a seasled will be at each seadrome.’’ How About Winds? “Whaf If there is a tremendous wind that would prevent a takeoff?” “Then the plane and passengers will remain on the seadrome until the elements quiet down They will be thorough!; comfortable as we plan elaborate lodging facilities and a bar.” This sort of thing went on until the questioner gave up. It mtght be added parenthetically, however, that weather endltions will be more favorable than < n the "Lindbergh route” because of the transoceun service as planned the seadromes will be placed largely along lattitud* 39, which is below the “cold wall" of the Atlantic. "The distance between New York and Brei.t on our route will be 3,914 miles." Armstrong said. "That is several hundred miles more than the socalled great-circle comae but it will be much more pleasant. And I think we really will make *'ctter speed because of more favorable flying conditions.'’ To il'itstrate the thorough preparantion for the project It may be said that the other seadromes for the Atlantic alreidy have b Q en named. In addition to to Langley there also are Chanu <•. Wright. Maxim, Hargiuve, Henson, Phillips and Farman Between Hargrave and Henson a stop I- scheduled for the Isle of Flores, In the Azores. International Problem The i ians called lor "junctiuns." For instance planes would tly direct to seadromes from Halifax, St. John's Boston and Notfalk on the west and Plymouth Bordeaux, Vigo, Lisbon and Cadiz on the east. A similar network ct seanromos is env'sioned f>r the Pacific Jn case the Atlantic experiment Is successful Anchoi.'d landing fields at sea would p ovnle a knotiy international problem :u <• there is no doubt a meeting ut Hie rejv-esentati >< s of all nations weald be necessary to Iron out the civ;: and ni'iitary status. The senirome ,v •.t ’ !e n< nor a vessel nor an isl-.ml -i ih< ordiu !•*. definition of the two and hence there is notlitng in narillna I • i > control and operatic • it might possibly Im t.- ,t tuo seadrome s, ' ■ ii wii it i '.»••< t • he fotHti"lsland” making up an Individual state. Hut that Is a matter for the future. Still, after talking with Armstrong, this reporter is a little bit dazed and is apt to celebrate today the anniversary of an event that occurred next week.

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