The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York • 2

LT.CGn Gil LIC.DAY, LTAV 11, ioney Island Crowd of 300,000 Sets Record for This Season 1 '-5 1 11 i JACHESDRAW JLTITUDESAS LIAHYTRYSURF Tires Injured on Busiest Day 150,000 at the Rockaways SIGNS OP THE TIMES AT CONBJY CIVIC LEADERS FAVORSUBWAY TO RICHMOND Brooklyn Men Pleased wili Plan to link Kings and Staten Island WEDDING BELLS MAY BING GENEVA PARLEY: BEGINS YQRK ON Aim-WARPACTi Comnjissioni Pre-o Fres WorJ for Anns Con- ference Next Year -rao i GENEVA. May 11 Vu.F5 A rfpeeiar Internal ioa Commission convened here today to consider the draft of a lew convention for the Strengthening of' means for preventing war. Tho commission, meeting under 'thf auspices of the League of will seek to perfect a world-wide 'se-rarity as a mean of aaanring the auc-: of the proposed World Aram ference at Genes in February of next Jf Delegate from 13 nations wet at the opening' session. They it was hoped that the be completed in time to be sub- milled to the League Council 'either daring it meeting later this month, or iar August: The delegates desired to. speed their work in order that the 7 council could consider the draft and priseat it to the assembly- of th league in September.

This program would permit.it final acceptance by all member of the league before the opening o( (he, Arat Conference, it was pointed out. Can summer day be far away? No, air not when these young women don bathing suits and forth into the surf at Coney Island. The sun was warm, but the waves were cold, A crowd which police estimated as the' largest so far this year Tisited Colley Island yesterday. It approximated 300.000. Several thousand of the visitors pent most of their time at the resort on the bear hi lolling abou in the sun and about 500 of them went in ha thin.

TH amusement parks and the shows, refreshment stands and other establishments along Surf avenne en-. joyed a day of brisk trade. Three Injured Three persons were reported at the Coney Island Police Station to have been injured incident to the influx, and air children were loet. Louis Birnbaum, 16 yean old, of 903 Middleton street, received lacera-i et the face when he thrust hia I through the widow of a B. hi.

T. subway train as it was leaving the Fifty-ninth street station in Brooklyn, kin face coming in contact with a concrete arch. He was treated by Dr. Hanptmaa, ad Coney Island Hospital, pea arrival of the train in Coney Island, and sent h'ome. Half aa hour later, Woodrow Woodford, 13 yean old, of No.

425 Sixty first street, when on hia way to Coney Island in the same subway, thrst hia an through a coach window near the Eighty-sixth street station in Brooklyn, and his right wrist was fractured by contact with a signal Wedding bells may again abeth, sister -of Mrs. Anne 1 engaged to tha Rev. Clyde H. Roddy, of Artmgtna, Elizabeth, sister -of Mrs. Anne Morrtrw I inihwgk, fa tts Vorrow that Is reported secretly H.J.I family ROBBER GANG IS WANTED IN FIVE STATES PARISH HOUSE CORNERSTONE IS DEDICATED HURT IN GAS Officeni of Brooklya civic organisation have expressed interest nnd, ia aeveral instances, enthusiastic approval of the plan for subway tunnel linking Staten Island with Manhattan by way of Brooklyn.

The plan waa outlined last Thursday night by Herman W. Oldeman, chairman of the transit committee of the Richmond County Chapter of the New York State Society of Professional before meeting of the Kluge County chapter, which appointed a committee to study the project and copoerate with tha Rich-mond group. Detail of the plan have been made public in the fora of report of Mr. Ordemtn'e committee. The report wae approved by the Richmond County Transit Conference; representing forty ivic organisation on Staten Inland.

Lewis H. Pounds, chairman of the Civic Council of Brooklyn, said that he had not been able to study the project carefully but it appeared to be well worth-while. The plan appeared to be in the best interests of both Brooklyn and Greater New York, as well aa of Staten Island, he said, pointing out that among other things it would open up additional teniory for the surplus labor of Kings County. Brooklyn ia in favor of just as large a rapid transit service with Richmond a can be obtained from. the city, he asserted.

Although the project aeemi somewhat expensive, it ia far sounder proposition that the much discussed subway tunnel to Bay Ridge. The plan waa characterised aa the beet that baa ever been offered by Dr. Francis Ward, president of the South Brooklyn Board of Trade. Not only will It benefit Staten Island, he said, but it will be in addition bring back the Red Hook section of Brooklyn by providing it with a rapid transit service. The waterfront could be improved to the exx-tent of building pier for and South American linen, for the ubway would bring it within a few minutei of Manhattan.

Lawson H. Brown, secretary of the transit committee of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber would be glad to consider the plan. He refused to express an opinion as to its mqrits until the transit committee had had time to study it. Official of the Board of Transportation also 'declined to comment on the project prior to it submission to them officially. According to Hr.

Ordemnn, th'e plan will be presented to the Board of Estimate as Soon aa Brooklyn civic bodie have endorsed R. It will then be forwarded to the Board of Transportation. He laid that many city offifficials had already expressed themselves aa favoring it. JDcatfjs uNs 5 '-y i vv uV 4 1 V'' v-A. V- Little Ernest Smith, of No.

9971 Fonrtli victim when some one threw a lighted match i an abandoned automobile near hia heme. He gian Hospital recovering from face and cheat "THB FIRE IB Bf Fran Weref, fee ark fed hj Gmf- fry Dunlop, Bom lerit Tt Book Leap of A sierwa. I TANK BLAST i i -5 i the gasohne tank of tha iag portiaa of rdnratiea as well, far are sea Uuangb aa Austrian's eyes the basraan of war sad tho canoes of revolution. VTcrtri has parlor ed his many arrows ia a differvnt manner than ws am acrontomed to sec them so that the rending of the hook women the kind of a pleasure tha makas a quiet evening at home wroth while. Of throa many atenq perhaps the sae ia which Lwotumot Ferdinand pat ia charge rf a firing squad tha most rivid and drama tic, bat from fain roDcrtiao off word partans it extremely hard ta sue that is worthy of anaianl raument.

for each ouo stands oat itself aw a masterpiece. Barbara's chutrh. the attack on the parfiamrot Wildings, the Par Hall Cafe; each areas breathes with power nod fife. After rrodiog the story, the reader's tray I anise tohrnkeo. for the Itte eff Barbara seens art as a soothing aad lolling yeti so toward one's of the fagthethood man.

fee get her. Her spirit aa. nat only as aa infiatneo at ever the reader Ora The hack is eaceediagfy worthy aad in an admirable piece off ktmtare. Far the Ameriran vevcisn. Dunlop ban not only dope a mutllas of tmmdatiom, hat has enoght the spirit of the atony pod has eerried that gait into the heart and mind at the tender.

FBODrCISO TOTH nwx PLATS. Bp Vary ff. feroff Tori: Jfctord K. Smith, sc. JX Hero in a dear, aearihty written leal fro thaw faevl with th task ot prodrome arontnr ptays or yagekata.

Beginning with the faactiean of Ike dirertro the aathor disc roots all th aad proUeros which inevitably ia potting a play, giving fall aad roropkt detail at I Motoring, Behring, make-up and all th other of pradrol'oo. The worth of the vadrone la enhanced hy a list of no tear piayn and where to get Chart and dab drama diroc- find Him Ratmirs roggen tiara and adrin mraloabie. ARE YOU T703IUSD? WlWMiro T1R5TV TWAM9 mimvtw MPtwtmg VMeft post He was treated by the same physician and went home. The third person injured was Mias Rose 8culliane, 18 years old, of No. 565 Monroe street who suffered a dislocation of th'e left wrist when she fell at the entrance to The Scrambler Ride, at Surf avenue and West Tenth street.

She went home after treat merit by Dr. Dickman of Coney Island Hospital. Six Children Lost The six children who were loet were tsken to the Coney bland Station, when they aon were claimed by their parents. The Rockaways yesterday enjoyed the biggest pre-season throng in history, according to Police Captain Charles Tribe, of the Rockaway Beach Police, who estimated that not less than 150,000 visitors were at the re eort. It was the first time this season that visitors had venturpd into the surf.

Hundreds put on bathing suits and played about on the beach, to the amusement of the thousands promenading the boardwalk. Automobile traffic was very heavy, especially on the Barren Island-Rock away Point Ferry. At times there waa a line of antomobUea about a mile in length waiting to board the ferryboats. Cross Bay Boulevard was congested all day and a score of addi tional traffic policemen were on duty regulating this traffic. MAYOR WALKER SCORES SCHOOL POUCYCRfflCS Condemns Attacks on Board of Educatidn Points Out Improvements If there ia anything wroBg with the educational system of the city and the National Republican Club charged recently that it was topbeavy with politics and inefficiency critics should register their complaints with Mayor Jtmes J.

Walker, not at the Board Education, which the Mayor defended yesterday as carrying out with unparalleled si- -ess the job of educating more than 1,200,000 school children throughout the five boroughs. Speaking in Central Park before a large group of children and their parents in celebration of Parents' Day, the Mayor joined Dr. William J. O'Shea, Superintendent of Schools, in a defense of the citye educational policy, drawing a round of applause when be told the parents: "That man ia an, enemy of this civilization, of the peace and comfort of the household, who attacks the confidence you honestly and justly have in the great public school system of- the City of New York. If tho people who have constituted themeelveq as critics must find something tc direct their fire, at, let them direct it at me and leave the Board of Education alone." Credit waa extended to Mayor Walker by Dr.

O'Shea for tha progress made in the educational system in the last few years. He called the Board of Education critics irresponsible people and men who 4re not Americans at heart The schools, he said, are ntxt in importance to the churchea for advancing the welfare of the ehildrm. Cheese Club Rehearsing I For Annual Presentation The Cheese Club, under the'fliree-tioi of Lteputy County Clerk Jamie Keilv. Larry Sharky and Larry Riley, is busy in rehearsing for Us aanual -Cheeae Club Caper. 1931." Mr.

krly is directing a skit of which he ia the author, entitled Coney Island, 1905." Group Closely Guarded by Police to Prevent Their Escape MORRISON, III, May 11 (U.PJ-A battle over custody of aix gangster, said to be the last of Fred Killer" Burke's gang, waa threatened today after a show-up in Chicago before one of the largeat groups of gang victims ever assembled. The men, sullen and non-committal, were held in the conty jail here awaiting removal to Chicago under heavy guard, to be paraded before witnesses of bank robberies in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan; witnesses of tho 8t. Valentine'4 day massacre in Chicago and aeveral kidnapping victims. Officials believed that six other members of the gaDg still were at libertyand the group here waa closely guarded by State Police to prevent any attempts to force their freedom. The aix in custody were captured Friday in a spectacular raid at East St.

Louis. Three of the men had been identified as members of a gang that robb-d Lincoln, Nebr, bank of approximately 12,500,000 last Sept. 17. They are Thomas P. Connors, Howard Lee and Thomas Hayes.

Four witnesses named them yesterday aa the bandits. Connors alto was identified as leader of a gang that robbed the Piano, 111, State bank last December. Lee's photograph was identified by M. C. Mott, cashier of the Mundelein State baqk as on of the gang that held him and hia family prisoners over- over-j jght before robbing the bank of 000 on April Others in the group are John Britt, Edward O'Hara, and William McQuillan.

Besides their connections with Burke, thay were accused of participating in robberies and killinge as members of the old John Shelton gang in St. Louis and the Joe Traum gang in Indiana. O'Hara waa said to be wanted by the Federal Government for 310,000 bond forfeiture in connection with a Terre Haute, liqqunr conspiracy. Police said they believed the group had participated in about twenty murders and several bank robberis in which loot totaled approximately In addition to the Chicago massacre of the George BugsMoran gang, the group will be questioned concerning the slaying of Detective Rsy Martin in Msy, 1929, when police attempted to trap kidnapers of Philip Bluemthal, and the killing last March of William J. Rooney, labor leader.

Charles Wheeler, Eighty, Wholesale Grocer, Succumbs ELMIRA, N. Msy 11. (UJS Charles F. Wheadon, SO. head of Bar-ten and Wheaton, wholesale grocers, died today.

He wae born at Himer, N. Y. He once waa affiliated with the McDou-gall Brothers Shoe Company, Syracuse, and aws later connected with the Richgrdson 8hoe Company of Elmira before entering the wholesale grocery bueiness here. Queens Presbyterian Church Oldest of Faith Haney, and H. N.

Holmes Speak The Rev. Dr. Howard A. North-acker, pastor of tha First Presbyterian Church of Elmhurst, Queens, laid a cornerstone yesterday afternoon for a pariah house to be built at a coat of 278,000 in Queens boulevard, near Grand avenue. Among the speaker! wera Borough President Harvey and Harry N.

Holmes, field secretary of the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches. More than 500 persons were present, Music was furnished by the OttilUe Orphen Home Band of Jamaica and by a vested choir of 100 voices. Among the articles sealed in the atone were a history of the church, which was founded in October, 1652, and celebrated its 279th anniversary last Fall; names of officer and members of the congregation and allied organisations, namea of members of the building committee and newspaper clippings. The church which waa originally m-tablished in a town house located on what later became the site of the home of Dr. Franklin Booth in Broadway, adjoining Clermont Terrace, was moved to an edifice opposite the present site, where expansions were subsequently made.

It is one of six in the country which served under three flags, the Dutch, the British and the American. For seven yean during the Revolutionary War, Elmhurst, which was settled originally at Newtown, dominated wae dominated by the British, who took down the Presbyterian edific. at that time and reconstructed th. l. that time and reconstructed the lumber into huta.

Some of the timber was sold for $250, according to historical records. The foundation stones for a new church were laid in 1787 nnd upon these were cut the initial! of the leading church members. This building was enlarged in 1838 and after tub-sequent renovation were used as a pariah house for the Sunday school until a few yean ego. The present Itrge brownitone building on the south side of Queen Boulevard waa erected as a memorial to John Goldsmith Payntnr, who waa a native of Newtown nnd died in August, 1891, Democratic Club Meeting to Hear Judge Taylor or "Crime' pmmmmmm How increased recreational facilities wilt help Brooklyn to diminish its -rime rate will be discussed to-night tv two expert; nt the meeting of the Twelfth A. D.

Regular Democratic Organization. The speaker at the Park Slope dubhoute. No. 811 Ninth nve-nne arc it he County Court Judge Franklin Taylor end John J. Downing, Park Department supervisor of xreetion.

This if (he latest ingle of the crime elk eerie that haa Oeen given monthly at the club on a plan evolved by Highways Superintendent Jeme J. Heffernen, the leader, to, combat by means of education, criminal tenden-eie and outlawry. Judge Trylor ia to talk on The Peevention of Crime." while Mr. Downing will outline the parke and playground program to Commissioner Brown and present some of the departmental problem end highlights la furnishing Brooklya with outdoor recreational 'facilities. KINGOFSIAM RESTING AFTER EYE OPERATION 4 1 Patient Reported to Have Spent Restful Night Subjects Rejoice PURCHASE, N.

May 11 UF5-i. King Prajedhipok of Siam was resting comfortably in a darkened room to-day after the removal of a cataract from bis left eye in' operation for which hr traveled, vtitb a largo retinue, half way around th world. Hi majesty was reported to have spent a restful night and felt no, in-. tense pain from the operation, which was made necessary by constant censoring of motion picture Lima -in hia -tivo country. While he lay recovering nt Ophir Hall, the great mansion on the estate of the late Mrs.

Whitelaw Reid, reports from the Siamese capital indicated tno 37-yeqr- old ruler's 11.500,000 subjects were rejoicing heartily over the news ol the ojeration's success. The cataract was removed by Dr. John M. Wheeler, brad of the ophthal. peal department of the New York Medical Center, yesterday, with aid of three other bulletin cabled to the anxious thousands, in Siam and also released here said The cataract has been successfully removed from the Kings left eye.

No -complication was found ia the oper- tiou, and we have every reason to believe the result will be favorable. The King is suffering no pain. i Th King's -eyes were bandaged and he wan put to bed ia a darkened room, where he will remain for aeveral days' Later his majesty will be permitted to listen to radio concerts from his conn, try. But at patent absolute quiet has ordered at Ophir Hall. Dogs Drown Many Shep Stray dogs have started a new sport in Scotland which is causing death to many sheep.

They round up bands of sheep and cause them to dash over aa bankment into a river whey th sheep are drowned. One shepherd near Alexandria said dogs killed twenty at a tint Samnel Maris IN6. Auctioneers Sell by Public Auction Mr Ott b9ratm wt Um btat LUDWIG NISSEN, -Deceased, To-Morrow, May 12 rnt 10:00 A. M. Sharp At 810 St.

MarksAve Brooklyn Psrnitnre and Furnishings, Oriental and Domestic Rag. Grandfathers Chime Clock, Silverware, Linens, China and Glassware, Brunswick. BaUte Pool Table, Far. Tranks, Etc. Exhibition: TODAY 1 A.

M. to 4 31 BENJAMIN MARX, -aucTiemin. avcTioaitrt trrtct: 21 Wrot Uth 8t N. Y. C.

Vsi. eras St0to BUEHRMANN On May 8, 1931, 1 Henry Bnehrmann, husband of the (late Ansi Kleein. Fanerml services at his residence. East Setauket, L. on Monday, May 11, at 2 p.

m. (Jersey papers please copy.) SWn On Friday, May 8. Mary Eh tinhe, wife of the late George Bush and beloved mother of ett. Francis D. Lashes.

Funeral services Monday, May 11, 2 iiO p. residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert R. Lasher, New Paltx, N. Y.

Interment Netg Paltx Cemetery. CAMMETT On May 1931, nt Bradford, Mildred Cammett (nee Anderson), beloved wife of Bert R. Cammett, mother of Mnriel Cammett andriaughter of John Anderson. Funeral services at the home of her father. No.

1S4 Eleventh street, Monday, 8 :30 p. m. Interment Tuesday, 2 p. m. Evergreen Cemetery.

CARTER William J. Carter, on May 9, 1931, at his residence. No. 2627 Cropsey avenue. Requiem mass at Our Lady of Folse Church, West Seventeenth street, Conev bland, on Tuesday.

May 12, at 10 a. m. He is survived by his wife, Susie, and son, James. DOCBLEDAY On May 9. 1931, E.

Stillman Doubleday, beloved hut-band of Ell T. Doubleday, aged 91 1 jenrs. Funeral services at bis home. No. 978 Bergen street, Monday evening at 8 o'clock.

DOWNS Suddenly, at Syracuse, N. on May 8, 1931, Edward husband of Sarah G. Downs, No. S07 Mam street. Port Jefferson, L.

I. Funeral services Tuesday, May IX at hut residence, 2 .30 p.m. In terment Cedar Hill Cemetery, Port Jefferson, JU JOHNSON Anna C. M. Johnson, on Miy 7, 1931.

Funeral services Monday, 2 p. 1 at her home, 441 55th at. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. I KRAMM Suddenly on May 9, 1931, Lena Madeline, widow of Frank M. 1 Kramm.

Service private. Interment Laurel Grave Cemetery, Paterson, N. J. MAGUIRE James on Saturday, May 9, 1931. Survived by two sisters, Mrs.

William Gerety and 1 Annie Maguire two nieces, Mrs. 8. Johnston and Margaret Gerety one grandniece and one grandnephew. Faneri form his residence, 3317 Farrs gut road, Brooklyn. Wednes- day at 9 a.

tenoe to the Church erf St. Vincent Ferrer, where a sol emn requiem mass will be celebrated. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. McCOY The Rich Rev. Mona.

John R. McCoy. LL.1), on May 9, 1931, at St. Antony's rectory, b62 Man-, battas avenue, Brooklyn, devoted brother of Elizabeth McCoy. Funeral Wednesday morning.

Mav i IX at St. Antony's Church. Divine hce at 9:30 oclock. Solemn mass of requiem at 10 o'clock. Interment Calvary Cemetery.

Kindly omit flowers. KcGUKE On Saturday, May 9, 1931. Catherine (nee Durmngl, of Thomas McGuire and mother of John T. Funeral from her residence, 114-67 Fsrmbe-s avenue, St. Albans, Tuesday at 9.30 a.

requiem mass at St. Catherine of Sienna Churrh. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. 8 Reverend Brother, ft 8. F.

James Tortune) died on Sunday, May 10, 1931, at St. Francis Monastery, No. 41 Butler Street. Solemn mass of requiem Tuesday, 0 a. at the Monastery t'hapcL Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Pi LE Joseph of Brooklyn, St Jem Beach, on April 29. unral held in Poughkeepsie, N. A w. enri-Isa belle B. Reviewed By DON TRENT The greatest test of a kook is the type of impression it leave npoa one.

Having red -The Pore ia Hear? by Frana WerfeC the reader ia lea in revery, since the peculiar qualities of the volume leave sne'a mind in state of uncertainty, not as ts the great value of the hook for that is conceded, but aa uncertainty coace lag life and Its relationships to Gi to, nations, and ts one's feUsw-kr-lngs. This uncertainty is perhaps due mostly to the fantastic tion the story and to the philosophic and ethical which it deal. The book haa aanarl depth and unusual power, and Ike insecure feeling of the reader par ly due to this power and partly dv to the broadening of one's viropoia to such an extent that the rendu left well-nigh breathless with a eyesight that fails really see thins but vaguely feels what hit sire to nee. The reader indentify and Catalogue his feeling and hence feels hind left ia the realm of the mysteries, even the most material things with which the book tJeak. The story ia that of Doctor Ferdinand physician on the hnry liner, Assuan," who is found standing at ths bow of the ship in the dead of night, faring off hits space.

dreamy and thoughfuL Slowly sad meditatively, he takes a white object from hia pocket and drops it iato the leadened sea. At this point, the aspect et the story changes and we are carried back to tbs Doctor' tarty life and we follow him thrsngh the various periods of his eventful life: bis childhood days, the years th war, the revolution after tha war. and tbs last period ia which he raau to realization of himself and receive bln degree as a phyririaa. ia through throe pages that we ham the reason for ths midnight incident aboard tile Assuan. Thrwighsut th story rnaa the influence Ferdinand of his childhood Barabara, and we ala fed th ha-riona that she made npn him a a child, aa a yoath, and as a grown It is really to her that the tribute of Ik Pm ia Herat ft given a a title to the bosk for ha been her motherly iotereot and her guiding star ts Ferdinand hia many year of trial.

Tat 'i boot an -fi ti KEEPER OFBEES ORDERED TO GET RID OFINSECTS Nighbors Makq Complaint Children Repeatedly Stnng, They Charge Mian Ann Yon Lehn, 39, of No. 1317 -New. York avenue, was ordered yb Higiitrat George H. Folwell in Flntbuah Court, to-day get rid of a hive of bees which the maintains near her home, becouse neighbor complained the bee bussed ail night, keeping them awake, and that women, children and doga in the neighborhood had been repeatedly stung by the bee. The young woman' father, Emil Von Lehn, explained that the bee were really friendly be, and bid never etung him.

They have to know you," he said. That's the difficulty," said'the Magistrate FolweL Most of these people who were stun; were stranger to the bees." Complaint wae made by the neighbors, and Mias Von Lehn waa summoned to coupon a charge of violating the Sanitary Code in keeping the beet. She explained she kept them so tbit her eieter, who a biology teacher, could engage la research work on the beet. On woman ahald abt had found 15 bee In her bedroom so morning; another said her dog feared ts leave the house, he bed been stung so often. Me giatrate Folwell said that unleaa MU Von Lehn got rid of the bee by May 21, be wonld entertain a barge apainst her of maintaining a pabHe nnitance.

She rlaed ge; r'd of the Sweepstake Bill OTTAWA( Ont May 11 UJ9. A bill to legalise sweeptatikes ia Canada is before the Benste, initiated because so much Canadian money wat going into sweeptatikes in Ireland. The bill stipulates that the sweepstakes, calculated to keep Canadian money nt home, ehould be far the benefit of hospitals. Mr. Nosey Why are you aura Mr.

Cheapley ia going to giv a bridge party? Mrs. G. Ossip I just taw her going 10-eest store-Ffw Yorker. 1 1 -V.