MISCELLANEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1927, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

■o(Australian & N.Z. Cubic Association.) ENDURANCE RECORD BROKEN. J .ON DON, Aug. 5. A message from Berlin states Herrin. liesticz and Decord, flying in a Junker's plane on a circuit around the town ol Dessau have broken the world's endurance record, remaining alolt 50 hours 'id minutes, during whicn time they flew 3,410 miles, only 5,000 miles less than from Dessau to .New York. They were flying from 5,Jh on Wednesday morning till 11.13 on Friday morning.

The airmen described the flight as killinglv monotonous. They hope short|v to attempt a trans-Atlantic journey, starting from Dessau. Wri!KI,ESS TKLE I’H ()NY. EON DON. Aug. 5. Telefinder experts wirelessly tidephoned on short-wave 7.000 miles Iroin Xnincn to Villa Elisa, near Buenos Avres. The reception was clear and strong and it is hoped shortly to establish a commercial service. (JEN EVA BREAK DOWN. SOM E I’LA IN COMMENT. BARIS. Aug. 5.

‘■|’,e Journal" states the breakdown at the Geneva Conference was duo to the Eriited States which has ’been preparing fo secure the naval supremacy at a small cost. The United States imperialistic ambitions were first manifested in the war with Spain and had now grown throughout the country without a halt. Riches nciuinulatod during the w r and placed Ihe Cnitcd States in a position comparable with Germany’s just before the war. ‘ I.’ Matin" considers the ideal of the Imitation of armaments should be applied in all military matters in each country. BERLIN. Aug. 5. The " Deutsc he Zoitimg’’ describes the Conference as a comedy foredoomed to failure, and remarks the only result. is the retention of the old naval programme, and consequently possible fierce naval competition.

“RIXfXG-IN” CASE. ALCKLAND. Alii', it. Chief Detective Cummings mid Senior Detective Hammond have left for Sydney in connection with the trial of Walter .McCarthy, who is alleg’d to ho implicated in the alleged “ringingin" of the Xew Zealand horse I’romenade as Gathered Cold, in (lotting races in the Conimoinvealth. t nief Detective Ward, of Wellington. will control of the Auckland Detective Office during the absence oi .Mr Cummings. I’osrnoN rnciiaxt!ed. HAMILTON. Aug. 0. There was no change in the attitude cf the miners at I’ukeiniro Cilleries Ltd this morning and the strike continues (piietly. PLEASANT BURGLARS SP EC lAL T n f:»suit KS !’ KT tItX EL NEW YORK. May Ml. Two del. uiair burglars who tempered their crime with (ho gay c urtesr of a Unifies nave set all New York ringing with wonder at the audacity of their enterprise. Wall street especially is consumed with curiosity regarding the motives of their burglary, lor their victim is Mr Jesse Livermore, the most celebrated of stock sj -'ciilatar-.. who sprang into faint' as •■the hoy plunger'’ in tho panic of 1!M:T. and since then has been tho hero of a series of sensational Stock Exchange campaigns. As a financial gambler he is a mysterious figure ill Wall street. Inasmuch as the burglars last night chivalrously tossed hack it> Mr Livermore, his wife and their guests more than £20,000 worth of jewels, hut insisted on searching his private safe for financial data and documents, suspicion is natural that cash and jewels were not tho main object of their adventure. “UK NICE, PLEASE." Mr Livermore and his wile, with two guests. Air and Mrs Harry Aronsolm, were at their country estate situated on the shores of Long Island Sound when, a little after 4 a.m., Mrs Aronsohn, hearing a scraping sound j outside her window, sat up. She saw the ends of a ladder sec-sawing, along the balcony rail. A man’s head appeared. An intruder sprang into the roam. Another followed him. Both had electric headlamps and largo revolvers. “Nov, hush, please!”- said a. wellmodulated voice ns Mrs Aronsohn started to cry. “Be nice, please!” the voice continued, “and you won t get hurt.” Tho burglars turned on the lightThey were dressed immaculately, and instead of villainous scowls they wore subdued and humorous smiles as they searched the dressing-table and fumbled through Mr Aronsohn’s pockets before again approaching the bed. WATCH TOSSED BACK. “Better give us that ring,” one of them said, pointing to a sapphire and diamond ring worth C 3.500 visible j above the sheet which Mrs Aronsohn j was clutching. j She gave it to him. He then grasp- j ed Mr Aronsohn's wrist and took a , platinum watch set with diamonds, j hut a moment later tossed it hack, | saying: “Oh, well, madam, don’t cry. J Harry can have his watch.” 1 Addressing the couple in the most polite manner, the burglar then said: j “We have another call to make in this bouse, aiuf if you’re good we won't come back.” I They cut the telephone wire, locked j tho door, and disappeared bv tlie j window. A few minutes Inter they entered the bedroom of the Liver- j mores. They took a £IOOO ring from Mrs Livermore’s hand, but bowed low , and returned it when she cried. 1 boy ,

also, at her request, returned a ring taken from her husband's hand, hut they kept a £IOOO ring they found on the dressing table. From a drawer they drew out a £16,000 string of pearls. “Oh. dear!” said lilt's Livermore, “J do wish you wouldn’t take that. It's worth ten thousand times to me what you can get for it. Tt’s the dearest thing my husband ever gave me.” “All right, madam.” said the robber “you don’t have to lose it. Catch!” And he tossed it to her. “KS ZAT SO?”

“.Jesse." next remarked the burglar “what’s in the safe?”

“Nothing,” said Mr Livermore, “absolutely nothing, and T’ve lost the combinat ion.”

“Is zat so?’’ retorted the burglar. Ho pulled out a hammer, swore and then apologised to Mrs Livermore for his language. “I forgot myself; I won’t do it again.”

Finally the door of the safe yielded But the safe was bare.

“You always were a man of your word, Jesse,” said the burglar ruefully. “I intended to pay you this visit when yon were in Florida, and I wish now I’d done so.” After a further exchange of compliments tho burglars handed Mr Liver-

more tlio key of the Aronsolin’s room, saying, “Be sure to let them out, but not until five minutes after \vc have gone.” The two descended a ladder, helped themselves to a high-powered motor ear and drove away. Mr Livermore notified the police, who found the stolen motor tar parked some miles away, where the burglars had abandoned it for another ear. The Livermores place the losses to themselves and their guests at £IO.OOO. Two other guests and 12 servants slept serenly throughout the excitement. THE SO-XICE BURGLARS.

NEW YORK, June 8. A letter signed *' The Gentlemen Lurgi'ars “ received last night by Mi .Jesse Livermore, the multi-millionaire Stork Exchange speculator, has added to the melodramatic features ol the nocturnal visitation made at bis country estate by criminals who escaped with jewellery worth more than £19,000. Mr Livermore, as secretive as ever, has refused to make public much of | what passed between him and the two j debonair burglars who gallantly rc- | turned £20,000 worth of their loot to Mrs Livermore, hut insisted on seareh- : ing her husband’s private safe for ; documents bearing on his Stock Exchange transactions.

He says that his wife was the real heroine, who bantered the burglars with exCjiiisite humour, cajoling them into tossing hack her most treasured necklace. Now the burglars have written him :i threatening note reading, “ AVe ate coming to sec you again, and we are coming to see you ou business.” They have also telephoned to his butler saying. “ Tel] Livermore it will be a serious business if be does not heed our warning.” The police have established a special patrol on the Livermore estate, and a special guard inside' the house, while the victim of the gentlemen burglars has gone yachting with his wife.