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THURSDAY BROOKLEN TIMES UNION SEPTEMBER 5. 1935 STARTS PROBE DIXIE'S TRIP STORM AREA Federal Agencies Inquire Into Wreck Under New Roosevelt Sea Liability. Washington, Sept. agencies took initial action today to determine if new martime laws enacted by the last Congress were observed by owners of the liner Dixie. Two inspectors from Jacksonville.

were ordered by the Federal Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection to investigate the cause of the mishap which endancered lives of the 384 persons aboard the liner for nearly 48 hours. The department. it was announced, will cooperate with the ship salvaging firm of Merrit, Chapman and Scott, in charge of salvaging the Dixie. Should there be injury or loss of lite among passengers, the new lability laws signed last Friday by President Roosevelt would apply for the first time. The inspectors are expected to determine it safety at sea provisions of the new laws were adhered to.

The extent of the Southern Pacitic Steamship liability in case of injury or death of passengers is dependant upon the ability. of passengers to prove negligence on the part of the line or of officers or crew of the Dixie. The new liability law, enacted As result of the Morro Castle and Mohawk disasters, would increase the responsibility of the line and the amount of possible damages if knowledge of negligence was proved to have been held by the captain, the marine superintendent of the line, or its agents before the Dixie sailed from New Orleans. In the case of the Dixie the new legislation opens the way for legal action if it can be proved that the judgment of the captain in taking his ship into treacherous waters during severe weather was such as to constitute negligence. It -negligence could be proved the bill provides the company is liable to a sum equalling the tonnage of the ship multiplied by $50 for each.

ton. In the case of the Dixie this would be $409,400. 01 If no negligence can be proved then passongers of the Dixie would have no ground for suit. Prior to enactment of the liability law owners were liable only up to the value of their ship after the accidents had occurred, unless the owners of the vessel could be shown to have had previous knowledge of The new law gives passengers or their survivors six months in which to file notice of injury and a year In which to bring legal action. Maritime officials here said they had no reason to believe the owners of the Dixie had not complied with all provisions of the new law.

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Paths Long Used by Residents Cut Off. Alderman Louis Isnardi, of Coney Island, is leading the protest of taxpayers and property owners of the Ulmer Park section against action of the the B. M. T. in erecting fences on his right-of-way on Bay 46th st.

and Bay 47th at Cropsey and Bath aves. Residents used these street crossings many years have. for pedestrian and automobile traffic as means of getting to and from their homes. As result of the erection of fences, the residents now have to make a detour of three or four blocks. Isnardi and a delegation of homeowners went to see Borough President Ingersoll to restrain the construction of the fences.

They were told that the trolley right-of-way had never been ceded to the city and was private owned. Isnardi is undertaking a legal attack on the trolley company's action on the grounds that the crossing had been used by the public. and are a public necessity. DRINK MORE BEER 'PLOT' HIT IN COURT Sabbatino Criticizes License System as He Paroles Grill Owner. If Edward P.

Mulrooney, head of the State Liquor Authority, expects to change the drinking habits of the great American public, he is doomed to disappointment, Magistrate Sabbatino declared from the bench of Bridge Plaza Court today. The magistrate made his prophecy after paroling Charles Herman, 47, of 78 Sixth for Special Sessions, on a charge of possessing liquor for the purpose of selling it 1 without a license. Patrolman Victor Barkas, of the 14th Division, who arrested Herman on Aug. 20, said the man had 12 quarts of whiskey and one gallon of alcohol in his bar and grill at the Sixth st. address, but had a license to sell, only beer.

Magistrate Sabbatino condemned the practise of the State Liquor Authority in requiring separate licenses for beer and liquor sales, pointing out that the holder of only a beer license could bootleg liquor at prices lower than those possible to a holder of a more expensive liquor license. "I don't know what Commissioner Mulrooney': idea is," Magistrate Sabbatino declared. "Maybe he's afraid of losing his job if prohibition brought back, so he's trying to educate the American public to drink beer. But he'll never get them to do 1t." 7 FIREMEN TOSSED OFF TRUCK IN CRASH Drivers Unable to Halt Vehicle in Wet Street. While responding to an automobile fire at Church and Walker Manhattan, today, a Hook and Ladder Company No.

1 vehicle, being driven by Fireman Arthur Dorf, 29, of 1050 80th crashed into a truck at Church and White sts. The truck, driven by John Brancato. 35, of 38 McDougal was unable to stop on the slippery pavement as the fire apparatus approached. It struck the rear of apparatus, throwing seven firethe, into the street. Dort was left treated for lacerations of the leg and reported sick.

Brancato was cut about the left side and scalp and taken to the Beekman Street Hospital. The fire apparatus was thrown against two parked cars and was considerably damaged. CONVICTED AS QUACK Joseph Frey Guilty of Practicing Without License. Joseph Frey, 39, of 5602 12th was convicted today of practicing medicine in the State without a license, in Special Sessions Court before Justices Kernochan, Rayfiel and Gresser. He will be sentenced on Sept.

25. The complainant, Nettie Kuminsky, special investigator for the State Department of Education, alleges that in January she made several visits to Frey's office under the pretense of suffering from stomach ailment. He diagnosed it as liver trouble and issued prescriptions. Frey pleaded that although he did not have a license in the State he had been licensed physician in Austria. HUGH J.

GRAHAM DEAD Was Member of Water Department -Clergymen's Father. Hugh J. Graham, member of the Long Beach Water Department, died yesterday, leaving his wife, the former Elizabeth Fox, and four children, the Rev. Hugh M. Graham of St.

Bridget's R. C. Church, the Rev. Joseph F. Graham, Mrs.

Leo Nolan and Thomas E. Graham. He lived at 544 East Chester Long Beach. A requiem mass will be offered Saturday at 10. A.

M. in the R. Church of St. Mary of the Isle, Long Beach, and burial in Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, will be directed by Mrs. Frances Stenger.

SIX MEN, HELD IN AVE. MURDER -Times Union Photo. Photo shows six under arrest today for murder of B. M. T.

collector during $350 hold-up on Avenue station of the Culver line last Monday. 7. Clever detective work resulted in the arrest of the sextet. They are, left to right, Joseph Bolognia, 28; Theodore DI Donna, 30; Samuel Kimmel, 20; Eugene Bruno, 21; Dominick Zizzo, 34, and Sal vatore Scata, 18. HEART AILMENTS HIT WPA ROLLS One in Every 6 Called Physically Unfit, General Johnson Reveals.

General Hugh S. Johnson, administrator of the WPA today revealed that one of every six of the 30,000 unskilled laborers called for various projects, failed' to meet the physical requirements. Most of these are suffering from cardiac conditions, ulcers or nervousness. Some of those who have bee accepted on the preliminary examination have been rejected by the examining physicians on the projects. General Johnson said that the response of the white collared skilled workers was unsatisfactory today, when 1,000 appeared for jobs, He explained, however, that most of the men in this class have only one suit of clothes and, therefore, did not elect to go out in the rain.

There are jobs on the various projects. for approximately 16,000 white collar men. NORWEGIAN CHURCH SESSION CONTINUES M. E. Flocks as Far as Wisconsin Represented.

The 56th annual session of the Norwegian- Conference of the Methodist Episcopal continues today In the Sunset Church, Seventh ave. and 45th st. The session, which will end Sunday, began last. night. Those present included more than 150 ministers and laymen representing Norwegian and Danish churches as far west as Wisconsin.

This is the first session to be held in Brooklyn. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of New York is presiding. Last night's program included welcoming addresses by J. 8 Yndestad, the Rev. Hans A.

Ofstie, pastor of the Sunset Park Church; The Edward Sunset Evensen Park and choir Pater. Olsen. Outstanding features of the program will be a lecture by Bishop Hughes tomorrow night in the church, a banquet Saturday night. to be followed by. ordination services, and a concert in the Elim Swedish Methodist Church at P.

M. Sunday. The Rev. Ofstie is in charge of the arrangements committed, which includes Lars Marum, Peter E. Thompson, Olat Knutsen, John A.

Olsen, Mrs. Ofstie and Miss Ruth Nelsen. POLICE FISH STOLEN AUTO FROM WATER Two Men Accused of Driving It Into Bay. While two men were being arraigned before Magistrate Blanchfield, in Flatbush Court, yesterday on a charge of grand larceny, a police emergency squad was. grappling in the waters of Jamalca Bay, off the foot of Rockaway pkwy.

for an automobile the men were accused of stealing. The auto was recovered later in the ning. The defendants were Irving Cellar, 28, McDonald and Louis Latorre, 44, of 1651 st. They pleaded not guilty and were held in $1,000 bail each for further hearing on Sept. 10.

The defendants were arraigned on a short affidavit signed by Detective Harry Hansen, of the Parkville Precinct, who stated that on 'information and he charged the defendants with having stolen the automobile of Ida Wolfe, 28 East 56th on March 27 last, and with having run it into Jamaica Bay at the foot of Rockaway MARIJUANA PICKER HELD Pleads He Was Collecting Weed for Four Rabbits. Clyde Davis, 27, colored, of $90 Dean who was seen by, the police Friday carefully plucking marijuana from an Astoria lot, was arraigned yesterday in the Long Island City Court before Judge Jomas T. Doyle on a narcotic charge. Davis, in court, continued to. insiat that what he was plucking solely for the delectation of four rabbits that he possessed.

"Well, where are your rabbits now?" asked Judge Doyle. "I don't know, Judge, they gone and answered Davis. "Huh. huh. What were you ing to do anyway, make mountain lions out of those rabbits?" marked the Judge, preliminary to passing on the case.

Judge Doyle held Davis for Speclal Sessions under bill of $500. INGERSOLL SAYS CENTRAL LIBRARY WILL BE FINISHED So Informs Taxpayers' Group, Which Is to Drop Suit to Bar Harmon Site Purchase. The Community Councils taxpayers' committee, which for the past three months has waged a fight in the Supreme Court to restrain the purchase of the Wood-Harmon site In Flatbush for $1,600,000 for Brooklyn College, met last night and agreed to withdraw its pending taxpayers' suit after having received communication from Borough President Ingersoll pledging completion of the Brooklyn Central Library building. Samuel Douglas, counsel to the committee, announced the committee met at his home, 176 Clarkson ave. Those present included Frank Peer Beal, chairman and executive secretary of the Community Councils; William J.

Mackin, president of the Brooklyn Community Council; Frances 8. Boulton, taxpayer and daughter former Mayor F. A. Schroeder of Brooklyn; former Assemblyman Rudolph Bauer, Benjamin Harrison, civic worker; Maurice Deutsch, civil engineer and architect; Cornelius M. Sheehan, Clancimino, Edward T.

Meyer Blumberg and others. Mr. Douglas, speaking for the committee, said: ommunity Councils has always favored a free city college for Brooklyn and its opposition has only been to the purchase of a private owned site while a city owned site is available. The action we began in the Supreme Court is still pending. No court has ever given its sanction or approval to the purchase of the Wood-Harmon site while the action was thereby giving the Comptroller the privilege of proceding with the purchase of the site at his peril.

On 29 the city completed the purchase of the private owned site and turned over $1,625,528.86 to W. Burke Harmon of the Greater New York Development Co. This could have been saved by use of the city owned reservoir site. still believe that the city by purchasing the private owned site is wasting over 10: millions of dollars of taxpayers' money with a permanent loss of tax revenue and tax assessments. "Our.

committee feels that any further opposition at this time to the Wood-Harmon site might be construed as objection to a college for Brooklyn. We have always favored a college for Brooklyn to house the thousands of students now attending sessions in large office buildings in downtown Brooklyn. "We have requested that the city use the uncompleted Central Library building at Flatbush ave. and Eastern pkwy. and devote a portion of that building for college purposes.

We are assured that the $2,250,000 Central Library foundations and wing, which were abandoned about 15 years ago, will be put to use and the Central Public Library completed. This assurance was in a letter received yesterday from. Borough President Ingersoll. "The Federal administration has indicated that no funds would be granted or loaned for a college for Brooklyn while the present taxpayers' action is pending. "The committee has that it will withdraw its taxpayers' suit and also its objection to the Fed eral loan and grant of $5,500,000 for Brooklyn College." Bids totaling $1,175,868 for the construction of the gymnasium and the heating plant of the proposed new Brooklyn College were selected the lowest of the 32 opened yesterday in a lecture hall of one of the college buildings at 383 Pearl st.

The bids were opened by Phillip J. Sinnott, secretary of the Board of Higher Education, following addresses by Borough President Ingersoll and several members of the board. The occasion, marking the first step toward the construction of the first $5,500,000 unit of. the college, was hailed by Mr. Ingersoll as a "great contribution both to the beauty of the borough and education and cultural life of the young people of the borough." $1,175,863 Bids Picked For College Project FALL SALE of EXCLUSIVE COATS LOCAL PASSENGERS RESCUED GOLDIE GRILL BONDHOLDERS GET ST.

GEORGE HOTEL Protective Committee Makes Only Minimum Bid of 500,000 at Auction Sale. Ownership of the Hotel St. George passed today into the hands of the' Bondholders' Protective Committee when they made the minimum and only bid of 000 in the auction sale of the property today in the Brooklyn Real Estate Exchange, 189 Montague st. The sale was held by order of the Supreme Court to settle a judgment in foreclosure against the Clark Henry the owners of the hotel. Alvin J.

Schlosser, chairman of the bondholders committee, made the bid. He placed on deposit, with Crews and Shapiro the auctioneers, $500,000 of gold mortgage certificates series A on the hotel property, as a guarantee of good faith. Mortgages on the hotel amount in $7,999,000 of which the bondholders control 95. per cent. Mr.

Schlosser announced that Bing and Bing would be retained as managers and that plans would go ahead for the financial reorganization as presented to Justice Lockwood which was by the bondholders under section 77-B of the Federal Bankruptcy laws. BERMUDA RECORDS FIRST AUTO FATALITY Jail Truck Kills Deaf Woman Cyclist, Blackening Clean List. Hamilton, Bermuda, Sept, Bermuda, where the ban on pleasure cars forces both natives and visitors to do their traveling by bicycle or in carriapes, has just had its first fatal automobile accident. A lorry returning prisoners to the local jail work on which they were engaged outside the prison yesterday struck and killed a deaf woman cyclist. The lorry, according to the police, was traveling at a speed of only ten miles an hour at the time of the accident and sounded its horn before the collision.

MISS CONDIT NAMED Made Supervisor of Education at Children's Museum. Appointment of Miss Eleanor Louise Condit of Warren, as supervisor of education at the Brooklyn Children's Museum WAS announced yesterday. Miss Condit succeeds Miss Mary Mathews, who resigned to return to her home in Hauppauge, I. Is where her husband, the Rev. Jesse Thomas, is rector of an Episcopal parish.

A member of the Vassar Class of June, 1935, Miss Condit majored in anthropology and studied 30- ology, botany and chemistry. She received the Kate Roberts prize in zoology in her sophomore year and the Virginia Swinburne Brownell prize in the same subject in her senior year. She ts a member of Phi Beta Kappa. "It's the work I've wanted to do for years." Miss Condit said of her new post. "There is something about.

nature study that makes you feel at home wherever you Miss Condit said she felt that children's museum was "perhaps more valuable" to the human race than similar institutions for adults "because children are naturally curious, and I think they get more out of a museum than adults, excepting students, of course." As supervisor of education, Miss Condit will be responsible for all lecture and plan work at the museum. Her staff numbers workers. SHELTER ROCK FIRE RAZES CLUBHOUSE Employe Roused by Smoke Awakes Others; Damage Put at $40,000. Roslyn, Sept. Shelter Rock Country Club on the I.

U. Willets at Searingtown, near here, was virtually destroyed by fire early today. The cause of the fire was not determined. It was the second fire in seven years, a fire on Aug. 19, 1928, having caused considerable damage.

The fire was discovered by Max Bates, a waiter, who was asleep over the Bates found escape from his room by the stairs cut off by smoke and flames and climbed out a window to the roof of a one-story extension and slid down a trellis to the ground. Bates then entered the building and aroused another waiter and also aroused Alfred Marks, the with only the clothing they were steward and a his wife. All escaped able to don in haste. They lost the rest of their personal effects. A number of caddies who live near the club and who saw the fire hurried to the club and saved a quantity of golf equipment from the pro shop in the basement.

They also assisted firemen in saving a few valuable paintings and some costly furniture. Most of the furnishings of the club were destroyed, however. Club attaches estimated the damage at upwards of $40,000. DEMOCRATIC SLATE FOR COUNTY BACKED Italians Begin Intensive Drive for Regulars. At a meeting of the ItalianAmerican Regular Democratic Campaign Committee of Kings County, at party headquarters, 4-5 Court last night, this committee being a subsidiary of the regular county Democratic organization, an intensive campaign was started for the regular Democratic county slate.

The committee has devised the following campaign program: A house to house canvass, mass meetings of Italian-American Democratic clubs in all the Assembly districts of the county and the distribution of the literature of the regular Democratic county candidates. The meeting was attended by 200 members of the committee and 65 representatives of ItalianAmerican regular Democratic clubs of the county. The officers of the committee are Matthew T. Abruzzo, chairman; Dr. Vincent A.

Caso, secretary, and Louis Cmardella, treasurer, Among others on the committee working for the regular Democratic county candidates District Attorney William X. Geoghan, County Judge Peter J. Brancato, County Clerk John N. Harman, Peter J. McGuinness for Sheriff, and Register Aaron Jacoby--are: Vincent J.

Ferrerl, Dr. Joseph Gennaro, John Imperatore, Dr. Thomas J. Longo, Assemblyman G. Thomas Lo Re.

Jerome J. Licarl, Magistrate Gaspar J. Llota, Assemblyman James V. Mangano, Under Sheriff Joseph P. Marcelle, Assemblyman Carmine.

J. Carabba, Marasco, Anthony Louis M. Camardello, Coppolla, Assistant District Attorney Anthony J. DIGiovanna, Municipal Court Justice Michael Ditore, Deputy State Tax Appraiser P. Peter Petrucello, Alderman Peter H.

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Victor L. Anfuso today refused to accept the challenge of Assemblyman George Kaminsky to debate the latter's legislation record in the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum. In a letter to. the Assemblyman, Anfuso, who is opposing him for renomina- tion in the Democratic Primary in the A. D.

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