The Herald Statesman from Yonkers, New York • 1

THE WEATHER Increasing: cloudiness tonight and Thursday; probably showers ERALB Servant Problem Solved By HERALD WANT ADS ClKCl'LATIOX MEATH TSAX AXf DAI LI ITHI.ICATIOX DETW KA MW YOHk AMI ALIUMt (KraiW AaAH Hanu ut ClnaUtluM) VOL. XXXIX NO. 8544 Twenty Pages YONKERS. N. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 15, 1926 Twenty.

Pages PRICE THREE CENTS LOCAL WATCH EXPERT HAS SIGNATURES OF GREAT MEN OF THREE GENERATIONS FORMER MAYOR ALONE WITHSTANDS GOP; ORGANIZATION All Other Candidates Of Republican Club For Convention Delegates Are Snowed Under lies And Wiesendanger Lose In The Seventh Storm Warnings Halt New York-Paris Flight Roosevelt Field. -Wretbury, Kept. 15 (United TressV-Four' courageous airmen, straining to begin an epic-making flight, three power- fu! motors, delirately tuned, a -Hear and radiant dawn yet the Hew 1 York-to-Pari flight of tha Giant Sikorsky airplane, 8-35, was postponed today. The reuse of the delay came In message! from ocean liners, far. out in the Atlantic, and from lonely land atatione on -the Newfoundland coast.

The-messages contained report of rainy weather 300 miles east of the Grand Banks, of low visibifitv and freshening wind. Thu the S-M. in which rapt. Ren Fnnck and hie three associate planned to span the'Atlantia without a stop wa forced to remain in it shed. The monster, measuring 101 feet long from wing tip to wing tip wee wheeled out at midnight, its motor were set pounding end myriad of blue sparks drifted through the air, hut soon the mechanics ran it back to await more favorable weather.

Fully 2,000 persons, unaware of Fonek's decision made at midnight not to' start his flight today, were at the field at dawn expecting to. ses tha big plane sail off over the Atlantic. Lou Ludlow had flown by airplane to the field from Boston, only to be disappointed. Ous party, the men in dinner eoats and tha women In evening gowns, had motored to the field from an all night festival at a night club and shivered In the crisp morning air for half aa hour before they finally gave up and left tha field. PATROLMAN GILL1S ON EVE OF TRIAL ARRESTED AGAIN AFTER ACCIDENT h.

Charges Of Intoxication And Reckless Driving Preferred Against Third Precinct Man- Commissioner Plans Additional Complaints Descision Reserved On Guilty Plea Of Officer Walsh, In Tuckahoe Case Trials -Of-Other Policemen Adjourned Mopday Next Patrolman John-Jr is at present-under suspension and awaiting trial on formal charges, was arrested at 11 :30 o'clock last night, on charges of intoxication and reckless driving, after his automobile had crashed into and overturned a machine driven by Dr. Caspar Folkoff, superintendent of the Bedford Sanitarium, on Central Avenue. HTH VARD LEADERS RETAIN fOSITlB CLOSE CONTEST Recount Shows Simpson Victor Mrs. Stiles Also Successful Five Republican Leaders Lose Places In Committee After Yesterdays Balloting Maudlin High Man On Ticket But Fails To Carry Own Ward For, Underhill; Latters Majority In County Estimated As Being Close to 6,000. LfiBing-YonkerH, hin home city, by a.total of 169 votes, and vl cities Tmdf rom: thr rural diatricta of th? county indicating: much' larger reversal, former Public Safety Commissioner Alfred II.

lies, waa overwhelmingly defeated by Thomas V. Underhill, of White Plains, for. the Shrievalty, nomination iii yesterday' Primaries. The vote cant in Yonkern was almost a complete victory for the Republican Organization both in the Shrievelty con-test and in that for control of the State Convention delegation from the Fifth Aaaembly District. Here former Mayor Ulrich Wiesendanger withatood the -He was' the only one of the 16 delegates and alternates designated by the Yonkers Republican Club to be' elected.

lie trailed Sheriff Arthur. S. Maudlin, high man on the ticket, by-lSS and was outvoted by four other organization candidate but he Won out. The lies vote jn the city wa 2427. This represents what may be the balance of power here in future Republican voting, The.

latest reports from Republican quarter at White Plains give Underhill a total of. 4,643 and lies 742, -in the county outside of YonkerB, with several districts yet. to be heard from. Mr. lies did not poll one yotc in the little town of Somers it is Unofficial 'returns this mnniinjr flved' the majority of Mr.

Underhill. at present holds the position of criminal investigator in the Sheriff1 office, at between. 5,300 and .6000. wa esti- 1MD TO HAVE hy Misa Mary MrKellar, Mr. Wicsen-langer'a did not eland for re-election this but tlie organisation farces designated Row She received.

70 vote- J. Ilentiringo, an added whose name was written in, received the sup-port of 20 voters The contest in tlie Second District of the Seventh Ward led to the rom Jilete defeat of tlie Wiewndanger it licing here list Mrs. member of tlie county committee for the past wveral year and 'an. active worker in the Yonkers Republican Club, went down to She. received only 64 votes, 10 more than her run1 (Csatlssel Pace Memo B) T.

CORNWELL In a jewelry shop on New Main Street sits a man, no longer, young, with a watchmakers glass screwed over his eye, examining intently the ailments that afflict the timepieces of our citizens. He is an expert at his, -craft, which has long since become mechanical to him; and while he works on watches he thinks of other things, of his extensive-travels and of thegreat men of three continents whom he has met and conversSf'Wlth and who have signed their names in his book of autographs. The book, containing the names of the men about whom the history of our time and that of our fathers is written, is one of the finest of its kind in existence and its proud owner. values it at $26,000.. 1 (realisms Tmmt (Mwbbb f) ENLARGED STORE When Gillie wps arraigned City Judge Chartes Boots, flbi(( morning, Dr.

Folkoff said that hti had been informed of patrolman -position and said that ha did not want to persecute hint- 'He Boot if he should 'withdraw chargee, Questioned, informally, by, Judge Boot Dr. Folkoff-Aeacribed the accident last night, after which Judge Boot insisted that the charges be pressed. Judge-Boots said, "If it it true -that this men was driving while intoxicated and in a reckless manner, we must take hie-license away Dir. Folkoff then signed the charges against GillU. At request that he be allowed to secure counsel, Boots adjourned.

the. matter' until tomorrow morning; paroling Gillis in the enstody of Captain'- Charles A. O'Mara. The story of aeeident, as told by 'Dr. Folkioff and by hit Joseph Folkoff, who 'accompanied him in tbs ear, was as follows: "We Were riding north on Central Avenue on our way Another, automobile war a short distance in front tf us, going in the.

same direction wa A' short distance, south of Crisfieid Street, a ear appeared moving south. A the south bound ear, which' waa driven by Gillie, passed the ear ahead of ours, it suddenly turned to the left side. of the street and headed directly toward our machine." Dr. Folkoff. said, that the ear driven by Gillis rig-sagged across the street and thert headed for hie car.

"It hap. pened so quickly, I did not have time to do His tar crashed into the left 'side of ours, turning- us completely oyer." 1 All of the -windows in his -ear were smashed. Folkoff said, adding, It was miraculous that my brother and I escaped being hfirt. Shortly after the aeeident occurred. Patrolman Patrick Whalen of the Mo-torcyde Traffic Squad, arrived at the scene- and on the complaint of Dr.

Folkoff, arrested Gillie. Gillie waa taken to the Second Precinct Station, where he wet examined by 'Police Surgeon Philip 8. McCormick. Commissioner. of.

Public Safety Cameron was at Police when word was received of Gillis He went to the Second Precinct and learned of the occurrence from Dr. Folkoff. Walsh Plaadi Guilty Arraigned before Commissioner this morning on charges (dnllssri ala Pans a (Mania 4) HE CONFESSES TO MEE-HOLDUPS White Plains Police Say Man Arrested Yesterday Has. Implicated Two Men From Yonkers In Crimes White X. IS.

Fur-tlier light wee shed toddy on the 11 Urged activities Of -A' on automobile, parties Westchester' County in the report ((I'rimfeMlon of Frank OConnor, ID; of 70 Grant that he waa the driver of the' car in which the raid A made. 1 The polios announced -that O'Connor lied made a' full confession implicate in? hiinielf and five, others three Iiiild-iip. Previous eonfesiions. had linked the. gang with; two crime.

OYonnor. who wa arrested here on information 'furnished i iiy Chief of Police Edward J.Quirk, of Yonkers, was questioned for five hours by Assistant District Attorney Vmnk Coyne and Iatrolman Thomas Murray. OConnors admitted, the1. police. said, that the gang robbed Fred Smith and Arthur Barr, of The on.

Mount Calvary Road; Jesse Purdy, of Yon-: on Jtrdsley Road, and Block, of Kew York City, on' Sprain Road, all in Greenburghi OConnors was reported to' have said that they always punctured the tires of the ears with an icepick. He named as his companions John Revexxo, of Green burgh; JoeCorrello, of. this Louis Christina, lumbqp Place, and Patsy Roma, 175' Oak of Yonkers, and James Callous, of Albany. OConnors la being held without hail pending hie arraignment 'pt. charges of first degree robbery, SWIM TRY RXPORTED Abe Axelrod, 66 Woodworth nu.

is recuperating from the effects of ilia swim across the Hudson and half way back last Sunday afternoon. Axelrod was' forced to up the attempt owidg.to the roughness pf th 7 I i r- 5 i i s' I- r.i -i A-. 4 TO START WORK ON APARTMENT HOUSE Work on the half-mllllo dollar apartment hone te be built on Pond-Bald. Road will aoon be under war, now (hat the provisions In the plans that hava prevented their being approved for four months hava boon When -the were filed called for the'1 erection of a garage In the When thlu was denied tha project came to a standstill but Its spoasors have now decided to go ahead with the building without the garage and endeavor to. jet per.

mission for that later, 1 The property-la owned by Dweller's Eststss, Inc. and UviltuaUd adJa-eant to the Tudor Arms apartments. The building will be a six story, modern, elevator apartment house. The architect It a J. Ostte, of i Park Avenue, "New Tork City.

mated that hut 20 per tlie en rolled Republicans visited the poll in all. parts nf tha county yesterday, White rUina, Mr. Underhill's own city, gave him a handsome majority, Mr, lies rereiving less than 100 votes there, The figures reported this morning were 1,522 for. anil 00 for lies, a majority of 1.223 for the organisation candidate. Although unofficial figures assured Mr, Underhill of victory, ll.

UUs said at-White Plains this afternoon that the, official tabulation-'of 'return Will not be completed tlofTuw, Deputy County. Clerk 'Ben Koch, in charge of the Bureau of Elections, hail his entire staff at work -totalling the. figure today as they slowly drifted in from the rural diatricta. The vote, east for Mr. lie's 'in kiere waa.

disappointing to his who had confidently counted on a -big -complimentary vote liere. The extent of the defeat of the Hefiuhliren Club candidate ia beat seen in. the result' from tlie Seventh Ward, Mr. Wicstndsngers old stronghold, where not' only Underhill wa successful, but the former Mayor Tiiniself failed to get as large a vote as that gitei; Slier: iff chairman of the City Committee, who headed the organisations slat of delegates in opposition to that, ted by Wieneudnnger! Tho tetter received but 275 votes as against -404 rest for tho city leader. Just tlie was (rue in the '(CnllnU aa Fixe 6 falsm 3) FRANCHISE SALE By a vote so elneo that a recount was necessary before tlie result lied been officially determined, the two present leader of the District of the 11th Ward, Albert Rlmpson and Mrs.

Kdith. Stile, retained their positions in the -Hrpuhliran County in yesterday's Primary election. jlie two' leader ran on -opposing ticket, Mr. Kimpnon with hi running mate, Mr. Jeanette Barnett, having the support, -of Hay Cole, former leader o( the Ward, while Mr.

Stiles, end Duncan A. Woodmen, unsuccessful candidate against Mr, Simpson were reported to have-' had tha hacking of Public Safety Commission er William Cameron. Con tecta for the leadership of ten of tho 61 election districts in the city developed In lip RepubHem vPrimun ie, and the result led to several startling upsetr. flvb of the leaders who were candidates for re-election losing their seats in eonnty tmong the number being Norman E. Gray, executive member from tho Ninth Word, who was defeated by Fred T.

Chamberlain in tha First District. The other district leader who went down to defeat were Mrs. Anna A. Baner in tha Seventh Ward; Joseph Phelan, in the Sixth; Mrs. Margaret Welge in the Second, and Mr.

Agne B. Bullard the First IA the Uth contest, Mrs. Stiles, who has been the associate leader of the First District for two years, vu the high candidate in the matter of votes, receiving total of 1S7. The recount of the vote was made necessary because of tha narrow margin of two votes which separated the next two candidate, Mr. Rimpsnn, who has been acting a district leader since Maynard Underhill retired some month ago, and Mr.

The final count showed Mr. Simpson the victor, he receiving 17 vote to 13 east for Mr. Woodman, Mr. Barnett polled but Ml ballot. Seventh Ward light Two contests in the Seventh Ward resulted in an even break as between tha forces of the Republican City Committee and those of former Mayor WiAendanger, who in hie own candi-di wy and with that of Alfred H.

Ilea, suffered a serious setback in his former stronghold. In the Fourth District, Fred Waters, the present leader, end Sebastian Assart, both supported by Mr. Wtoeendangere followers, won, receiving 76 and Hi rote respectively. This Is the district that he led SMUTS BY G. 0.

P. LEAD Maudlin, Underhill And Wiesendanger Speak Of Primary Election lies Congratulate Opponent Tb principal' in yesterdays primary elections expressed themselves today pn- the result of the contests, Thomas Underhill, sue-eesaful candidate', of the Shrievalty nomination, thanks his supporters and commends Sheriff Arthur Si Maudlins leadership. The latter says- that. he will-, to work for harmony and former Mayor Ulrich Wieaen-danger said that primary contents do the Republican Party no harm' and that-the' i accepted -the spirit of' good losers, Mr. Underhill "First of all 1 want to thank my friends' in Yonkers tor their hearty support.

congratulate- the. city for haring Republican leader who. can control hi organization and piit it over. I think that the result show that harmony will prevail in the Party -in Yonkers in th future. If I am elected I shall conduct the office In euch manner that those who.

supported me will never have causa to doing so. City Chairman Arthur. 8. Maudlin enldt I believe that the Repuhliiwnt of Yonkers expressed themselves vester-day in manlier that rlearlv- indicate that they are in accord with the policies of their elected party leader. leaders jnvited scrutiny of their qualifications and the enrolled Republican have spoken through the "I have favored harmony ever since I assumed the leadership qt the Republican Party in Yonkers and I.

'believe tha manner' in whirh recent primaries were conducted is a clear indication of the policy I shall pursue whilo being honored by tlie Republican -of YOnker as their chairmen." Former Mayor Ulrich Wiesendanger, who was head of Mr, Ilea campaign committee, "The' result, of the primaries, yes-' terday is the expression of the will of tM; Republican voters and like ell other primary cqptests in which I have been interested. 'we' accept this expression in the spirit of good'. The Republican Party, asaparty. has never been harmed by a contest at this kind. I expected that the Republicans of Yonkers would support Mr.

He hetter than tlie' results showed and. I still believe that he. was deterring to carry the" city by a substantial This morning Mr. received the. following telegram from Alfred H.

lies, the unsuccessful candidate: Congratulations -upon, your victory. Every good wish for suerese." CIVIL WAS VXTXRAX DIES John Yoeom, a Civil War veteran, who for over two years had been patient at St. John's Rivera id Hospi-tel, coming hare Tram Tsrrytown, dwl this, morning at the local institution, Little ie known of tha veteran, except that he wee 87 years old. Takes Additional Space On Getty nouse Corner And Will Have Drug, Cigaf And Candy There Tlie United Srug subsidiary of the United Uigfcr Stores Company, lias leased additional spare- in the newly. renovated Getty House Xnd by late in November the enlarged corner store will be a combination cigar and candy, store.

-Thn United, which-has-occupied the store at New Main Street, and Getty Square for mally has' leased the tore adjoining 'on Getty Square ami mg her adjoining on the New Main Street side of the building. The tease wee obtained from the company headed by William H. Low, which has taken over the Getty House for a period of 20.. years, from tin Blatzheim estate. The realty firm ha been engaged for several months in altering the building and has leased several of the Mb stores.

The second floor is being made into office suite white the two upper floor will bn- conducted as a hotel. CLEARING HOUSE REPORT New York, Kept. 15. Bank clearings 8870.000.000; Clearing House balance Federal Reserve Bank credit balance 102,000,000. FIGHT; STAY REFUSED for two years." When the city firm sponsored the bit- plan tlie Yonker Railroad Company secured an inji turn restraining the 'city from sell: tlief ranchiaee on the ground that thin was injurious competition, Tw subsequent suit for gintiliar ihjunc (CnllsMi rift 10 Cslns 81 SEEKS OWNER OF DOG Sirs.

Newton', of Valley fotteage, writes, acrording to the Daily News, than Lahor'-Day she was given I mate, white poodle dog, which thi party presenting it claimed had been picked up in Yonkers about a montl 8 hy two -men on an automoMte The' dog' wear a black -collar. Tte owner may have' it by calling for it Mr. Newton's telephone number Nysck FEAR ABM GIRL TO BE KIDNAPPED Mother Reports Daughter Missing Says Boarder Left At Same Time--Po-lice Seeking School Girl Reporting her daughter, Angelina, 12, at missing from home, since 13:30 oclock yesterday afternoon, Mr. Angelina Capatriaaco of l7 Tren chard Lana, expressed a fear that the girl might have been abducted by a boarder, who, she aaid, left the house at the ame time aa her daughter. Mrs.

Gspabisnco told, detectives that her daughter is a student in the eighth grad at Public School 17, Midland Avenue. After attending the morning session at that school, Mice Gspabisnco returned to her home for luncheon. At about 12:30 she left to resume, her studies. The boarder, whoa name wee withheld, left at tha tamo time. Mrs: Capabianco aaid she had thought nothing of that occurence until the girl failed to return home after the etoae of school.

Mies Gapabianeo fa described as being five feet, 1 inch tell; weight 120 pounds, hat brown bobbed hair and brown eye. f. SPEEDERS FINED IN THE LOCAL COURT Four automobile drivers found guilty of speeding were fined by City Judge Charles W. Boot thie morning. Dominick Cumbetto, 158 Willow Street was fined $15 and Benjamin Schwarts, 163 Stanley Avenue; Arthur J.

Bell. Ml Warburton Avenue and Murray J. Wahler of New York City, $10 each. Jack Dembo of Kew City wa fined $10 for pausing a trailer par. and Meyer Brodet.

also pf Hew York was fined for a similar offense. 3 ALLEGED GUILTY IN SARATOGA QUIZ Albany, X. Sept. 15. Chart B.

Andrus, District Attorney of Sarntogn County; Arthur G. Wilmot, the Sheriff, and Dr! A. J. Leonard. 'Commissioner of Public Safety, are guilty of "wilful and criminal violation of public duty, Supreme Court Justice Heffernan held in his report on the investigation he made into chargee of gambling in Saratoga.

The report was mada public by Governor Smith today. FILE PLANS FOR LARGE HOTEL ON SITE OF PARK HILL RUINS Fifteen Bus Route Franchises Will Be. Opened Ti Bidders Monday As Result Of City's Secon Victory Trolley Conipajny Will Appeal At Once For the second time in three day a temporary victory, has been raging FiremanHfirt At. $10,000 Fire In An Unoccupied Dwelling Charles Acker Of Engine Now 1 Falls Through Hole Burned In Floor May Be Internally Injured Two. Alarm Crowd Attracted Fireman Charles Acker, of Track Company Xo.

J. wae painfully Injured last night at a spectacular two-alarm fire that caused damagf estimated at to the three -story stone dwelling owned by H. 8. SmSgsC, of Stroude-burgh; at 170 Shonnard Terrace. As the two hour battio of the fire combatting forces was drawing to a close.

Acker was' making an inspection of the first floor nf the. building. Tha chaired floor gave way under him end he started hasty decent to the cellar. His drop was stopped by a celling beam in basement which ho struck in a straddling position great Members. of Ackers company heard tlie crash and went to bis aid and carried him to.

tb street. In the. mean- time word of tlie accident, had been relayed to Chief James J. Mulrahey; who was standing at -the front of the building with Public Safety Commissioner William D. Cameron and Polica Chief Edward Quirk.

Arker went into' a hole," wad the cry. that -came from tho smoke filled structure. Mr. Otfneron demanded a rubber coat but' being unable, tar find One' on -the! fire engines started into the burning building, Ife was halted, however, at Arker wee brought to the street In the arms his companion. Chief Mulrahey ordered hie chauffeur to take the -injured man to tha' home of Dr.

George 8.. Mooney, department for treatment. The exact extent of the flreman'i injuries was not was said today. (Crallsoti a Pane 8 (Maas Bardley Company To Erect 258-Room Hpstelry On Of Old Hendrik Hudson Hotel-Total Report Brisbane In' Venture the plana for tha apartment building the site were disapproved, that a hotel would go up cm the site. It it ttf be a five-story structure but will he to constructed by deeper excavation at not to exceed the 35-foot limitation of tha zoning ordinance.

Mr. Pokress reported today to Gerald 8. Couieni, chairman of the hotel committee of the Chamber of Commerce, that the-plane for tho hotel bad been filed. The company ia ready to proceed with the work. Tho coet (including an item ef $130, 000 for landscape treatment) for furnishings, rite, everything complete and ready to operate ia $3,850,000, aceord-ingto Pokreia.

'The architect is Maurice Dentach (if 33 Mriden Urn, N. and the consulting architect Mr. Pokress states is (CntlracS Para I prism Plans for a 5 58 -room hotel, to be erected on the' aits of tho "Ruine" on lerk Hill, were filed yesterday afternoon with Building. Superintendent James W. This is' the 'site upon which it proposed to erect an 1 apartment hotel but the project had to he abandoned cause tbs plans violated the city soiling The Bardley Realty of which Herbert Pokress, a member of (he Hotel.

Committee of the Chamber, of Commerce ie president, ia build the new hostelry. wa reported today, but the rumor could not.be verified, that Arthur-. W. -Brisbane, editor-in- qf the Hearet who ie intereslAy large rmslty developments In. Manhattan, alao.

haa an interest In the local venture, Pokreee intimated shortly after be--. the city scored victory over the Yonkers Railroad Company when-'. Supreme Court Justice George IT. Taylor, refused to grant a stay, petitioned for by tlie trolley, restraining the rtty from offering for sate franchises for 15 bn routes. Tlie franchise will' be Offered to bidder Monday morning and the matter will subsequently to the-luhlic Service Commission" Meanwhile the trolley interests will jfile an appeal from Judge Taylor's decision with the Appellate' Division.

It waa said at tha offices of tho trolley company's counsel today that appli-. cation will' soon be filed with the Appellate Pivieion -for tiw Stay which was denied hy Judge Taylor. Tha battle the Mis franchises, in which the city hue scored at least NOW IT -CAN BE TOLD REFEREE WILLIAM S. LANGFORD, DEAN OF FOOTBALL 0HfICIALSti WITH A FIELD EXPERIENCE COVERING TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, GIVES THE REAL INSIDE DOPE FOR THE FIRST TIME STARTING ON SATURDAY IN THE YONKERS.