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(•or flgi qur Westchester First MORE AUTOMOBILES TROIMESOME BOYS ILL-FATED WINDOW TO ARREST JUMPERS — LOUIS It rllATI.I --- - J The official statement Is made* that automobiles in Westchester i County ars increasing in number at ! a rate of sixteen per cent over last I - ------------ -- ------------------ year. We are not quite sure wheth- | er that is to be regarded as good » UL. 1 — NO. Ml news or not. Certainly our facill- j , — -------- — — — -------- ties for handling the added traffic is not Increasing at a like rate. Our congealed highways, cramped park ing facilities and accident statistic* all testify to the fact that we have now about all the automobiles we can take care of. It seems now as If about every one owns a car. but the growing number of car owners suggests that w* are still far from the saturation point. Making our highways ample for the increase in the numfibr of ! * automobiles U a problem almost as ] W j|| La,,,,,.], Drive in Sep timber to Interest New Business Men and Re sidents in Work A UTOMOBILE NO. 7W -1289 WINS F REE MEMBERSHIP IN WES TCHESTER AUTO CLUB f $be Jattj) Dress I BBMHiTOM CENSUS 3! POPULATION 1929-35000 ' Complete Wire Reports of THE UNITED PRESS Great cat World-Wide News Service « (NDEl ’ KM'KNT NXMSl'AlTCK WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., THURSDAY. MAY 23, 1920 ftmuauxo evo PRICE THREE CENTS ; CHAMBER WILL COLLEGE WINS SEEK TO DOUBLE FIRST TILT IN MEMBERSHIP BRONXVILLE [possible as the problem which Confronted the half-wit who tried to | figure out how he could get two ' quarts of wster into a quart meas- The- Salvation Army collected a little more on Its annual lag day. Major Anna Westbrook, who is 86 years pld. In sisted in spile of her age that sbe^ wgs able to be an actii in the day's-program and her « lection for the day amounted something over *50. She was < of the original seven members Hje Salvation Army who came thia country from England 47 yei • Ossining police will tell you thal ( lh« toughest customers they ever / trailed were two boya who recently ^•escaped from the Children's Village at Dobbs Ferry'- These boys literal ly ran the police ragged. For aev- eral days they engaged the police in a game of hide and seek. They wsre In and out of every possible plsce of concealment, they climbed onto roofs and defied- the police tb get them. When they were finally eaught both of them were suffering from exposure. It will be s long time before the Ossining police for- The proprietor of a Yonkers gift •hop. Sirs. Eleanor Gilman, begins lo think that automobiles are bent on pulling her out of business. Automobiles show a strange Inclina- Y °$i k ooo ONLY 3\>0 NOW BELONG se mat sne. waiter Gilpatric Is Name* ntT^her^col- Chairman of Special Com mittee — Moses and Bogle To Aid , TO HELP OFFICIALLY Will Work To Enforce Or dinance to Regulate Rooming Houses The Ite Plains Chamber of will In the near future n organised drive lo present membership so double its j new quarters In the new year. II will be able to boast of an enroll ment that will represent the entire city of White Plains. There arc now approximately 350 business men of tha city who are members of the Chamber of Com merce. At the meeting of the board of directors last night. It was un- snlmoualy agreed that ths rapid j ln J un< growth of While Plains In the past few years has led to many men In terested In White Plains not being a member of any organization that can combine for the betterment of Resident* Near Sarah I-aw- rence College Denied In junction Against New Building!^?' — \ - . JUDGE ORDERS TRIAL Petition Denied Without Re gard to Merits of Case, Says Justice Taylor COMPLAINED OF NOISE Students' Noise Disturbs the Rest of Neighbors, Is Claimed / \ For the rest of this schpol year at least the girls of Ha rah Law, rence College. Bronxville. can make just aa much whoopee n» they llkr and the college can begin erection of all the new buildings they please, exasperated and protesting weal\ residents of the restricted and elusive areas adjacent to the col lege to the contrary notwithstand ing. Young Simonette Is Awarded $2,000 For Injuries From Auto Settlement of the action brought by Antonio Himonet- tl. Grove Street, thia city, agnlnst Mary Connolly, also of this city was ordered to day by Supreme Court Jus tice George H. Taylor. Jr. Settlement as to be made for the sum of *2,000. Young SENATE MAY ANNUL ACTION OF COMMITTEE STRIKE STILL STOPS WORK COUNTY JOB Sheet Metal Workers and a Few Plumbers Remain on Job; Majority of 100 Employe* Are Out / CONFERENCE TODAY j May Reach a Settlement in j the Dispute Holding Up j Work on Recrea tion Center CARPENTERS QUIT PLOT TO BURN MOTOR CAR FOR INSURANCE EXPOSED BY POLICE Realty Vallies Have Risen In Proportion lo Parkway Growth Barrett Tells Exchange Club Senator Morris Questions An- j Dispute Hinges on Employ- thprity of Committee to nient of Outside Sprink- Suhpoena United Press • ler Workers “ Bureau Head Not alt union men working [ CALI. ROLL ON MATTER Not all union r County Recreatl Wealthy I Seek Source of Information ill Executive Roll Call Vines on Noin- j ara \X^khJjf^n the n 'boller i i and a' few plumber* arc at ned this niornllig j - — — 1 worker- - REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPHTHAL IS DEAD AT 62 Commander of New X ork State Naval Militia Died Sinldi-nlv Tb,- Morn ing at Hi* Home Justice Taylor in a dr they asked I AT PREMIUM POINT (ion to enter her store and si had to I repaired tutos Insist on crashing ---- — me communll y. more than gets the front repaired! Present plans call for a drive to after one accident than another I begin In September. A committee car hangs Into It. Mr*. Gilman! comprlalng Walter H. Gilpatrlck. might have a detour built in from chairman. Eugene Mo.ea and J N nr her More and see if tha automo- --------- biles would respect that. (Continued on Page Eight) Playland at Rye could hardly have annexed a bigger drawing card than It has done by securing ths services of Gertrude Ederle who will have charge of the new • wlmmlng pool. Everybody who has never »een the flrst woman who swam the English channel will be sure to visit Playland to see her and the swimming pool, which Is - ----- ' *■» be a popular feature of of the Institution fron additional bulldinga I the college campus dentlal dislriet. He matter brought to tr In part two of Specie i- aulhorlth feting two | extending i ALL PRESS IS BARRED Arc Denied r plumbers are atlll about • tasks even though the vast ] majority of the 100 men employed j there normally are taking a rest by artier* of their unions. The Kaisler Heating Company of | New fork which. It ia said;, has | <• been the cause of the svtkk be- , ' rr ‘ rauitc of its action in hiring more ] nol> Whitman, Smith and 'teamfllters and sprinkler Staff* of Cm [ban the WejKchrstrr l. regulations,-allow, atlll Floor Privileges— May Repudiate Action (Continued on-Paga Four) LOCAL STORES WILL OBSERVE , MEMORIAL DAY Merchant* Reach Decision — 1 Wednesday Half Holiday To Start July 10: Will End August 28 The justice said that th lion for Injumgion is denied wan es of the contending parties\ Jus tice Taylor denied the Injunction on questions of law and ruled that -------- ----- 'lould he jKcheatei e union. . .. . a ffirce of four men engaged I the preliminary work on their con it was a*ld by Parkway execu tives this morning that the laborers working ‘ with Ihese New York lent dispute is settled. \\ 1 out t i Jury 1 New York. May aloclf market was today. With call money In supply at 6 per cent on the Exchange and that \ r figure shaded In the outside mar ks! Wall Street last Its fear of a rise In the rediscount Yale \by the New York Bank today. Prices opened higher and con tinued to advance In the early trad ing. In the early arteruoon they were holding around their highs. Packard Motor shot up four points, and gains.of three points more were made by Chrysler, Amer ican Can. and American A Foreign Power. Radio. Anaconda. New York Central. U. 8. Steel. Union rifle and Consolidated Gas wert more than two points each Mercantile shares joined the vance which spread to every part of the list. Dealings were on a larger scale than at any time this month. Yesterday's break of mori 11 points In the Industrial average helped bring strong support for the Industrial leaders. One thing that tha market expect ed was a large decrease In broker age loans In the statement to be k nounced at the close. 1:30 p. m. prices were hlgher- Ad vance - Rumely ___ 48 «*' Air Redact ____ ____ .12WH 123 Alleghany Corp - , -------- S3\ 32 (Continued on Page Five) Clearing Home Statement The Merchants Association of the Chamber of Commerce of White . Plains decided al their meeting last | bee' 1 ' night that the stores of the city ' « r * m - wtll be closed Memorial Day. May 30. Several of them Indicated the UP> '~H e f * Cl ,h,t ,hry WOU ' d b * °* >,n th '' ie upgrade i n | K ht before to accommodate any business that might be carried on in anticipation of the holiday, e The'July and Augurt Wednesday half-holiday of the association was also confirmed It will begin on' July 10 and last throughout thr month of August. But by that time college will be over for the year and »o meanwhil- joy at the college may be unre strained, as\ the court says, and un rellnrd, as the neighbors say. The residents sat<t that noise and mpsic from the college buildings! ••fsr into the night\ disturbed them and they objected to paying large price to live in a restricted a'cn and then have the college furthri invade the mitd-mial sec'Ions. They asked the Injunction to hold up the college authorities from occupying ' two additional buildings recently acquired In eon- wlth an expensing pro- sshlngton. May 23 (UP)- A. r was started In the Senate to- I tr « Uwirn would go to overthrow a)! actions of j pletton of their work today. Rules Committee In connection j thl i United Press publication of Roosevelt: Prominent in Stale Affair* New Rochelle — Rear Admiral ■outs M Josrphthal died at his tome al Premium Point here to- . , - uere for lO years. tradesmen I j (pllr Admiral Joenphtba! * cn inr nm- i „ - \ the stuff of . Governors Wh ion. of for- 1 - A ** P , , u “ b V* WOr * t ' ! Smith and Roosevelt sod rior Roy O. lnK for H, “ w * 1 •<*» **>Uh. eon- , promln , nl [n civic affairs he, ngaged In the plumbing the building, packed t ‘ night and withdrew I until such time that (Continued , calls by ate confirmed num rner Secretary of Interior Roy O. West, and United' Slates Customs Judge Lenrool. Senator George W. Norria (J^e- j publican 1. Nebraska, made a point of order to Vlce-Prrsident Curtiaj that the Rules Committer was _ _ __ _ . without authority lo introduce res- U. S. GOLF OPEN ohitlon* and therefore without au- 1 7 — — « United PrcssTVho has been ordered , Plajred at Winged Foot Club, to appear before the commute, on M.maronecU; 1,000 Entries Monday. The committee Is seek- 1 s suddenly t • He la survived by hi* widow. Edith Guggenheim Josrphthal and two daughters. Mrs. Robert Butler, who live* in England, and Mrs. Cor nelius R. Love Jr. of New York City, now returning from Europe aboard the liner Majestic. Funeral srrungrmrnla have not PORT CHESTER FIRM TO PAVE KENSICOAVE. tlon on the roll calls. The point'challenged the author Ity of the' committee In seeking to discipline the United Press nnd It* correspondent. Mellon, by tyrring them from the senate floor privtl- I New York. May 23 it Ramsay, chairman of th< ship commit ti Pi. — H. H. j champloi United | The ROOSEVELTS “ — CAPTURE GIANT rrii PAUDA IN CHINA Arrest Two Stamford Men Who Fired 'Packard Sedan — CJive Plausible Hold- Up Story, THfen Con fess — Held Here A clever arson plot wag Airport Site Now A Marsh. He Says. No Immediate Inten tion* of Pushing Forward On exposed by police here to- TKat Proirr! 1 da > ’ \hen Louis Scicli, 21. rojecL j of T79 Elm itreel SUnifort< in introdiiring H*nry r . itarreit. i ('onYr., and Frank Yesurer. change Club al its weekly meeting >Uimford. confessed that la**, night. Nicholas Fiiardi, chair- they poured gasoline on the man in chvfce ofthe gatherii^ toM . cushions and interior of a t „\:rz new and* greaier tiungs Packard sedan .and set fire .,r the world, a man wb * iik«iy io ‘ . to it on Westchester ayemie, overlook ihr wonden. of what was near the gate house of the nelxhburhooti* 1 ** b “ ' ‘ y ‘ rd \ hitelaw Led estate, short- Mr. Barrett briefly oufllned to the >>' before midnight last night, club some of the thing* that the IM'hln four hours after they re- Parkway Commiaskm has sponsor- , P\ried to the police that they haA ed in the past |le(*ade R Is a won j • ’ cn \hem up\ by a passenger, po ll-r story to listen to the manner in , *' c e had wrung a confession and a which Weal cheater County has d- ; signed statement from each of veioped within the memory of even them, and had booked Scicli on a the youngest member of the Ex- ' charge of arson and Yeager as an Change Club, and If Mr. Barrett : accessory and a material witness to was brief In Ills remarks. It was Llhr crime only because of the fact that the I Arraigned before Acting Judge subject was far too vast to Be en- ! Frederick H Bergcx Jr. in City compassed within I he short time of , Cpurt this morning. They were held thirty mlnutra. A* it was. a very; without bail pending ji check-up of (Continued on Page 14) \ < h ' r * «r* any.pra- j vloiis arrests ur convictions, ball FENNO TELLS -'-nned in advanlv goes to Patroi- n Edward J. Faulkner and Wil- n Hulliran. who were assigned i J tt case when It was reported CITY PLAN Investigation aAd questioning of lb« REALTORS OF •ellms of a hold-up cicll and Yeager first msmtalnad t Sficll. who owns a tagi business • Stamford, had been called to e some gasoline to a stranded lorlet near Stamford When he there. Yeager accompanying i. he said he found~nh car but' a a was standing In the road who ------- / : said. \Never mind the gasoline. Charles C Fenno. special counsel I Take me to Whltn Plains \ or the JTity of White mains. In J Jteicli agreed to do so for *5 and harge of rity planning, yesterday ! they started. As-they were enler- iddrrssed the While Plains Chap- , mg the city on Westchester avenue, er of the Westchester County Heal- j Hctcll said the passenger stuck a Board al their luncheon meeting ’ gun in his bock and o Special (amiiHel lo City Urg ed Full Co-operation of j Beal Estate Men in De- velojiing tlie- Cily J today that trie* for the United States opei barred all championship tournann Dirigible Blamed In Death of Youth 1 i sec racy Investlga- on Page Eight) Dally A Merritt, of Port Chealri. this morning was awarded the con'i iraet for paving, curbing and lay- j Waterbury. Conn, May 23 (UP) j mg storm water drains In Kensico - Poilcebelleved today that a trip ' avenue from Lake street to Grant of th. dirigible Los Angeles here avenue The Port Chester firm stlb^ may have been partially responsible mltled a low bid of *55.470.50. for the death of 11-year-old Charles I Other bids opened by officials of Nelson, Jr, who was struck by an ,h P Department of Public Works ! automobile last night. Late News Dispatches By Direct United Press IP ire John C. Forgle. driver of the automobile which struck th* boy. was believed to have been leaning out of his moving machine to see the dirigible over th* city when the accident occurred. Forgle was arrested on a charge of operating while under the influ ence of liquor after he and two companions were treated at a hos pital for Injuries received when their machine overturned after striking the boy. The dirigible passed Plain* about S:30 last night. r lyilts Patterson 4 P Conn, *56.562.65. William F, Cabs Contracting Company. White Plain*. *56,960 63:; AmarilloSon. Whit* Plains. *57.482.73;: Peter Lu ciano. White Flams. *59.688 50: Im- mlek Company. Meriden. Conn, *59.893 30: Louis Petrlllo. Mount Vernon. *63.702.49: and Ds.ve Rich ards. While Plains. (64.610.73. Work on the Job will be started In the Immediate future and rush ed to completion as part of the 1929 (al i B w , paving program. report* met today with Secretary of Tress ur>' Mellon, with the expectation ol receiving I he New York Rrservi Bank a application u> increase IU rediscount rate. Buenos Aires. May 23 (UP>- lephonlc communlca- No British professionals are en-1 ___ ____ tered this year The tournament laj Kt-nilil Sailing With Skeleton scheduled for Ihe Winged Foot Club . , .. - at Mamaroneck. June 27v to 29 of Karr Animal: He Say* i *• t — ><■<•- w« - Porto Kieun 'Office Shanghai. China. M*y 23 (UP) - Kermlt Roosevelt, who/with ‘ brother Theodore has been hunting in the Interior of China, arriv ' day from Saigon. French of a giant panda, one of the rare trophies which the brother* cap tured on the Chlna-Tlbetan border. Hermit Roosevelt wl 1 sail Friday for San Francisco aboard th* Presi dent McKinley. Col. Theodore Roosevelt remained In Saigon for a month's further collecting. Kermli saliThis brother would ac cept the governorship of Porio Rico have been burled In the vicinity o{. Avenu Eighth street. Coney .The police rescue squad V&nd ■land, t Washingtor Mar-23 ' Too Many ‘ Damns ’ Methodist Minister \Damns ” Congregational Minuter ’ s Y. M. C. A. Play for Profanity; _ ___________ Stalk* Out of Performance in Protest WANTED BOOKKEEPER- STENOGRAPHER WRIT* BOX 404. DAILY TIMES Danbury. Conn, May 23 (UP). — There was too much \damn\ and \hell\ in the CongregatlonallA min ister's Y. M. C. A. play last night and the Methodist minuter didn't like It. High school studants Were giving \The Seven Chances\ before an au dience of lBGO.when, in the middle of th# first aqt, a volc.e tn the audi ence thundered \stop tbs pUy; cut out those words!\ The startled cast faltered, peered out over the foothght* Into the dar- keaed auditorium and thea mum- Cbar(es S. Gray's grim figure stalk ing down the aisle. \There was overmuch profanity In the play.\ the clergyman decUr- ed. \If those w#ds sre used again. ' he shouted, \I will walk out of ttjls hall and ever)' Christian in the au dience will follow me.\ The Rev. Carl Leggr. middle-aged Wilton Congregation preacher, de fended the lines of th* (flay, which he coached. Legge was cheered by the audt -hangar Into place. The tou enee. Gray walked nut. The audlrnce during the remain- Ing two acta cheered every \hell\ Pontiac. Mich, May 23 (UP) - After pledging sobriety to his wife for th# rest of his life. William Anderson. 40. wrote his will and two notes with fune-ai instructions and th*i shot himself through the head. Brooklyn. N. Y, May 23 (UP) — Gangster bullets took the life of Cataldo Pellegrino. 35. today As he was walking at Herzl street and i.'wport avenue several men Bred pistols from a passing automobile and Pellegrino slumped to. the street. A [■ajsei'by found him dead. Akron. Ohio — One of thr most Intricate engineering feaU ever at tempted ha, been completed with out a hitch at the new Goqdyrar- Zeppelin hangar her* today. En gineers boUted the top span of the flrst 360-ton arch of the new brought gigantic legs, 'constructed of 275 of steel each. The arch la 20. feet high. \• the Attorney-General In charge of anil-lrust rases was announced to day by Attorney General Mitchell* Fort Worth. Texas. May 23 (UP) — Reg. Robbins and Jim Kelly, two tired but determined avlatora. roar ed on towards the 100-hour mark today In their attempt to establish a new refueling record for sustain ed flight. The filers completed their fourth day In the air at 11.33 a. m. <C. 8. T.J today. Spokane. Wash. May 23 (U Pi- Police and s score of enraged citi zens searched Ihe Hangman Creek district today for an assailant who riddled William J. Johnson. 29. an electrician, with bullets, attacked hi* companion. Mliia Hazel Hull'... 28 . and then tied the two together ~ “ *• \ copper wire, chloroformed left them In their burn- The Roosevelt Nove iber lefrtfew on their c expedition for t he of Chicago. TTfrvz financed by William Field Musei peditlon wi V. Kelly, pw-sidrn! or the Mlrhle Printing Co, of Chicago. Tlje specimen brought back by Kermli Ilooaevelt 1* a giant specira of the ponds, a carnivorous, cat like animal which abounds In the highland* from eaatern Himalaya to northwest China. The 'ordinary panda is somewhat layer than A eat. with rich, reddish-brown fur. It has a white, striped facjkugdth s ringed tall tipped wllh blitk. n the Whl Tract! i pull this audience the progrrsa (hat plan ning had mode and revealed to them thal widening projects would soon be before the cily council for action and that other proceeding* would follow, He pointed out that city planning meant so much to the community tliat a s-paiate department had been established within Ihe Depart ment of Public Works and that a deputy commissioner was In. charge of thr work and un% him the men who were mapping th* plan and directing the surveys. pointed ont that In order lo obtain a workable city.plan It was essential lhal local improve ments be advocateu\ which would harmonize with Improvement* made by the county government and the Westchester County Park Commission. The co-ordination of ; these pr og r a ms, he said, was a eon-1 precedent -*- xny-orderly I _ r*od. i took all my money, the gasoline in ihe-floor 'Continued u BOY MISSING Michael Porte Report! l^Year-OU Son Not Seen/Sin May 20 Mlcha el Forte.- 28 Martina avenue, came, to police headquarter* yester day am! reported his 18-year-old son, Joseph, has been missing sine* May 20 Ai t y left home, he _ a brown s ________ black shoes. He Is described, as being 3 feet. 10 Inches tall. 130 pounds. Mack hair, grey eyes and slun*pulld. Local News Digest J Take mol tr a ■ from local O' P*«* t Mr. Fen of real estate developers and brokers In the development of IfiST city plan because: he said li very nature ufthings these were directly Interested in al provident* undertaken by th« city, j Garden Section meets June £ si rs; iu ; srss ss: Plains Hospital by Patrolmen J. 1 __ _ Exchange Club: Charles Fenno address*) ____ men. Page 1 Acolyte festival at Grace Church, Pag* C Sullo add A. Trapasso. After ixamination he was ordered held 'or observation by Dr. Klein who laid he was fullering from gastric llh a o ie girl ai ing c Bridgeport. Conn, May 23 (UP)~ A gunpowder explosion at th< Remington Arms' Company plant here today critically. Injured workman, .ahatterad a small j der mixing shed and shook the side of the city. Norris Atkins taken to Bridgeport Hospital after the blast of unexplained cause oc curred. \ Hunter Wins Again Westchester Player and Helen Wills Defeat French • Stars in Second Round of Mixed Doubles at Auteuil Holland Garros Scadlbat. Auteull.i\ Th# Californians were eliminated France. May 23 (UP.) \Helen Wills] Bftar , wo h» r d fought sets. 8-6. 6-4 «nd Edith Cross preje beaten to.la> ! , . v ,„ r |. T j m'lhe quarter f|nala In the French L M ‘ \. \ llU Kr,ncl * T hard courts championships by Keaj U- » A, defeated Mile Neufeld and ; Rouman of Holland and Ull D A1«; Dahct of Fyance ln_ ths second' varex. round of the mixed doubles. 6-1.'64. Dr. Fame « Club.' Strike still tfr. Pngs 3 address local Kiwanis P*f* T )ti Can- ; Recreation ( igers nrgai^m. ^ ” Y\ villagers Local Day Chamber of Commereo to msoAershtp drive. PageT •mortal Pw x WF-AT1 Washington - Forecast In Thursday and Friday! em New York: cloudiness and warmer with showers l». north ''and ( tral portions tonight; Fri shower*; cooler in north and central portion*: south and -southm probably Friday- STEARNS- KNIGHT WILLY8- KNIGHI RICE BROS. MOTOR CO. SALES — 51 MAMARONECK AVE. White Plains, 8668-8669 ■EKVICE; 610 Mamaroneck Are. Whippet tWUSUAL VALUES IN. USED CARS
