The evening world. Newspaper, July 20, 1920, Page 2

Tie sect > Resolute wes jeadiig by fifty vards although starting behind. ‘At 12.30 Resolute had increased hor Jead to £00 yards, She was slipping along smoothly and fast under main- walls, club topsail and big, ballooners. Shamrock was dropping behind be- ML, It looked ds if Capt. Burton was in trouble again through bad judg- ment and aad setting. ) At 12.93 Shamrock lowered her fore stay sei] and jib and set an Eng- lsh Bowaprit spinnaker or balloon fore stay sail, She still clung to her No, 1 reaching jib topsall. Resolute was 300 yards ahead. At 12.50 Resolute was sailing along Gasily with her ballooner drawing fine while Shamrock was flapping the ‘wind out of her small reaching fib topeail and the itle forestaysail, ' which looked Nke a fisherman's stay- sail, as it was hoisted only half-way to the crosstrees. Experts were un- able to understand why Burton did _ net gt his balloons. ; HOOK, July 20.—At 12.65 + P.M, the breeze "began hauling to the . -eoutth, Resolute broke out her jib and » tt 'L o'clodk Resolute ran into a nS go apot am Shamrock drew up > *Lwitiin a quarter of a mile of her. ¥ SHAMROCK TAKES LEAD AFTER é PIFTY-FIVE MINUTES. At 110 @hamrock pagsed Resolute "to pwindward and took the lead agwin. ‘The Uttle feherman's etnysail et @head of the mast seemed to draw nicely. 3 At 1.25 Shamrock was quarter of a = { mile ahead. She picked up a draught "of mir and sailed around Resolute to ‘windward, luck being with the Ulster boat forthe firvt time, | Resolute still clung to her ballooner which seemed to draw well but could compete with Shamrock's baby yeohts had worked to the of the course to the first ‘at 1.80 Shemrock bore away Resolute more than*300 An inshore southweeter working out toward the i é g i i i & g Hl & be) M. Shamrock picked up breath of the, new south- and lengthened her lead to hait a mile, The first mark that time was ebout four leoward, o'clock with the mark to lee- three miles away, Resolute jib- over to starboard and headed for it, Shamrock had overstood the mark in an effort to pick up the new breeze, but us it failed she lost by iz}! £ 2 aa re uermomee meererest the move. ‘The breeze came in again trom the + weat, leting Resolute up and placing her less than a quarter of a mile % astern of Shamrock. Shamrock jibbed » | (two minutes later and headed for the mark. ‘The raco was postponed for fifteen minutes from the starting time set owing to the light breeze, which wae _"* gbout three knots. a Before the starting signal waa ie sounded at 12.15, both yachts circled © ,about the lightship on the windward ‘ end of the line, Al! doubt as to who would command Shamrock was re- 4 moved when Capt, William P. Bur- "ton, oriticieed for his handling of the chalienger in the first two races, was - geen at the wheel. Mrs, Burton was seated as usual in the companionway, ih + 4 angular courre, @.reach south south- .enat, both sloops manocuvred for their Place at the line. Five minutes before the start they ran up their jib topsatis «in stops. ; Resolute camé down and tacked underneath Shamrock. Then both stood along with only fifty yards be- tween them and Shamrock to weather. (Then Bhamrock breke away and hag back to the lightship, followed by Resolute; the wind was very soft and the yachts moved slowly. prathaan ha chats HYLAN FAMILY, BUT __NOT MAYOR, GO TO __ RACE ON POLICE BOAT > ee cause her three headMills refused to | th Btarting on the first leg of the tri-] Captains who had bron invited to go Mayor Hylan alone was missing, being detained at the City Hall after ft had been announced yesterday that ha would maxe the trip. Last Friday Acting Chief Inspector ‘Thor invited the assembled Inspectors and Captains to view the cup race from deck of the Hylan, In three groups, one to go each racing day, This pro- gramme was sbandoned when it was learned the Mayor had decided to go. Grover C, Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures, headed the sight- jacelng party, Among the twenty guests were Mra. Hylan, John Sinnott, the FOG AND LITTLE BREEZE AS YACHTS MAKE. READY Crews Go Over Cup Contenders and Give Last| (8p: HIGHLAN Touches Before Race. By Lindsay Denison. jal Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) DS OF THE NAVESINK, July 20,—The prospect for a ELWELL’S SLAYER LONG IN HOUSE, STORIES INDICATE (Continued From First Page.) ‘Mayor's pe ae and Mra, Sinnott, i contents that she never asked him wpe wae Mis Varginia Hylan rhe | successful race for the America’s Cup off Ambrose Lightship was less ery Aicle 3 Fa id of Col lana Whalen. fi et tet . ~ “I have read the letter myself an gnnounced WAL he ast mine, eh the promising at the start to-day than on Saturday, when the race was called | it iy moaningloss and. harrilews ayor n detained. The & : ‘ Clebaing! pepartmment Bend .was on | off for lack of wind to enable the yachts to finish within the allotted six | wel! had * in 4a possession for about “ ar and a half, she said.” hours. There was only a three-knot breeze when the starting signal was|” Str. Dooling was aaked by reporters ARM ROBBE BAND given at 12.45. to whom he made his statement . ‘ . a 7 {Whether he was satisfied with Mrs, FD R The wind had held from the northwest since dawn, but was steadily | washburn’s replies and he refused to HOLDS UP CASHER AND GETS $100 CASH (Continued Fr w First Page.) from Fowler, The thing was done In @n instant and before the startled milkmen could move the two bandits were racing east along the curb to- ward a black Ford car with top up which had come from the west side of the block at an easy speed and had drawn towar dthe sidewalk. The running bandits flourished their weapons to discourage pursuit. Jack Lewis, nine years old, of No, 427 West 29th Street, who was in the path of one of the running bandits, said the man stumbled over him and struck him with the butt of his pistol, knocking him dewn, Both bandits jumped into the car, the driver hav~ ing thrown open the door. The car shot acrosa Ninth Avenue, heading east at its top speed. It was last seen turning north in Eighth Avenu A grocer’s clerk, standing on the southeast corner of Ninth Avenue and 29th Streeg, realizing the Ford car was escaping, noted the license number and jotted * down on a paper sack. He gave this to the police when they arrived. His identity was shielded to avold any attack by Gophers. A Borden truck driver turned in an entirely different num- ber which, when traced, proved to be the Jicense of a big red limousine. The police acted #0 promptly on this ‘tip that within half an hour they had dragged the red limousine’s owner from his bed in West 79th Street and had taken him to the Weat 37th Burect Station, where explanations and apologies followed, ‘The police and detectives, after the alarm had been raised, began slop. ping all black tountng cars which were exhibiting undue haste. One evening newspaper reporter, hurrying to the scene In a black taxicab was held up in Tenth Avenue and made to furnish identification before he was released, description of the bandits given detectives was meagre. in black with a black cap. The two foot bandits were in black sults, one wearing @ black cap, the other a straw bat. All three were young nen, pdt MOVIE ACTORS SUE. Injured In Production, They Say, and Seck Damages. Lan Jee and Nellie Michel, motion pleture performers, to-day filed suits in Bupreme Court againat the Am: can Cinema Corporation, of No. 411| Fifth Avenue, to recover damages for injuries received when 4 balcony gave way in the midet of « production WARNS EXECUTRIX OF JAIL. Surrogate Cohalan to-day warned Mra. Josophine Blaha of No, 1396 First ing by Tuesday nest, ho will commit |her to Ludiow Street jail ‘week promised t it her When the police boat John ¥. Hylan rece y ane party and deflect the pin The Resolute The wind inshore freshened consider- ably and tilted her well over. who were despondent regarding rac- ing prospects were greatly cheered. The veloaity of the wind seemed to be @bout ten miles an hour. Capt. Burton is “at the wheel” of Shamrock Iv, means that his authority aboard the challenger is the same as \t was dur- ing the first race and Saturday's un- fintshed contest despite the painful confusion a# to whether he should be displaced after his poor showing with Shamrock in the abnormal and fluky weather of last week, All the conferences and the intima. tions and crew grumbling which grew out of the decision of Sunday to take Burton at his word when he said he would be glad to turn over the direc- tion of the yacht to anybody whos seamanship would be subject to less public criticism, have been wiped off the map. Remarkably enough, all the unhap- and bitterness which for a time made the situation phinful have Gisappeared like a morning fog be fore a July sun. and Burton played a round of golf at the Rumson Country Club yesterday afternoon, with Claude Hickman, Shamrock and aggressive admirer and friend of Burton, as gallery, Since the reports of Burton's pos- sible removal from control got back to England there has been a very etorm of protest and advice cabled to Lipton and all h the other side. signal has been flying almost contin- uously from the towers of the tele~ graph compantes on Sandy Hook. these messages protes, Bome of growing lighter without any indications of swinging to the eastward, as had been hoped, because a change of’ direction might bring with it a freshening, The fog which guthered eoon after ¢————————— daylight lifted a Uttle at 10 o'clock ever been and higher than it was be- and showed Shamrock standing out| of the Sandy Hook anchorage, about! the turn of the Hook, with her new| big club topsail, for which she ts tak- ing on 21 additional seconds handicap, spread. The breeze was hardly enough to tall expanse of Sham~- rock's #ail from perpendicular, though she was lose hauled just before mak- ing the turn to #ea, fore the racing began. and financier, successor of the of John R. Spears, The World's yachting analyst, left her buoy at 10.15, Those more to be said. again to-day, which robust in thelr yatchsman on the Montauk except her fast footing in which was ended by nado, 23-metre Shamrock aaid last night: at blind the racing so far hae she Sir Thomas Lipton Sig. Murigk and self fit for the work navigator of the with worn dime which he said he keep the rest of bie life as a his faith, Adding to their belief in the speed and handi- of their craft, they have gained added respect for the resourcefulness of Charles Francis Adams 2d, scholar as a deviser of wily tricks and daring stunts worthy of a late Charlie They concur exactly with the opinion yesterday, that Adams is as shifty a skipper as ever sailed a cup defender to victory, and declare there is no They were all aboard the steamer Montauk lying near Resolute behind Fort Hancock this morning, rollicking mood of @ band of college boys before a big game, from Robert confidence as the cause there has been nothiag in the performance of Shamrock [V. 80 far, twenty minules of Thursday’ miniature tor- hu suck almost without exception and have been robbed of any chance there~ by of having Shamrock IV, ‘air demonstration of her merits. Capt. Arthur Diaper, skipper of the and a volunteer tember of the crew of Shamrock 1V., “There's many 4 surprise in store for those who think that just because the yacht has shown she is not good man's buff—and that’s all OUnted Lo—~ is not a mighty swift and re- Hable ithe boat, She will show her- Sir Thomas brought her here to do. The yacht has never had her chance y Col. Duncan F, Neill, Lipton’s gen: eral racing man of affairs, echoed the sentiment of Capt. Diaper and showed reat earnestness a very thin “I have made up my mind to throw say. He also declined to answer an- othe} question as to what sort of an mpression she made on him. In con- cluding his statement, he sald: "I may question her again.” Her husband has been questioned, He is William Mayhew Washburn, an army officer who was at the Mexican border and alxo in France with the A. IF. According to Mr. Dooling, the husband did not know the slain whist expert. His brother, who did, has also been questioned by the Prosecutor, but no new facts have been brought out through him, Mr, Dooling sald W. M. Washburn, who was formerly an officer in the army, admitted he has a 45-calibre Pistol and ammunition. He hold Mr. Dooling, the latter asserted, he knew all about the check sent by Elwell to his wife and thar it had posited to his account. Attorney Bernard Sandler, who owna the house in which the whist expert was murdered, told the reporters tu- day the following story: Barr. Evening published in the “About a week before the murde W. Kmmons, the managing owner, Robert M. Bilverman, a retired real down, estate man who lives at 92d Street and If the Lipton people arg not so Riverside Drive, called me on the phone and said that he hud ‘a couple it Is ber ing asked me to secure Mr. Elwell's permission to take them through the premises. I phoned to Mr. Elwell, and he made an appointment for them on the following day. “Mr, Silverman and his friends went to the house about 6 o'clock on the evening and rang the ibell and hammered at the door for nearly an hour and got no response, Th leaving the couple In front of vi door he went to a telephone and called me up. While he was tellins | me of his (roubles another phone in my office rang and I was told that Mrw, Larson, Elwell's housekeevor, wanted me, “Auking Bilverman to wait I talked with Mrs. Larson, who wanted to know where my people were. Bhe wald that she and Mr. Elwell wore Waiting for them and { repeated to her what Mr, Silverman had told me. Bhe declared that neither she nor Elwell had hpard anything, ‘Then I told Mr. Silverman what she had said and he remarked that it Was strang: but that he would 4o buck and try the first race, make a again, “In response to his ring, he told méant to|me later, Mrs, Larsen opened the pledge of | door and ushered them into tse re- ception room where Elwell wan alt- ting and on a table was an empty associates from] it overboard If the yacht loses,” be|champagne bottle and two empty The Lipton private|said. “But there will be no need for | glasses. If there was anybody else in that, A. writer fellow who said he/the house besides Elwell and the was an ultramarine reporter, whaever that may be, showed it to some other men here of the yacht one day and said he did not know enough about housekeeper, Mr. Silverman and his Prospective buyers did not see the person.” When Assistant District Attorney been de-#the of prespective buyers for the house, | dificult and sometimes impossible with the men receiving the wages they did, The board has been fair and just in this complex and intricate problem.” The decision, after a preamble set- ting forth the history of-the board and the difficuities in the way of reaching satisfactory decisions, tubulated the increases according to classes of work. The document contained a list of the roads affected, including 95 per cent, of the rail mileage of the cou! try. men, —— WAGE INCREASES IN CENTS PER HOUR AND ALSO PER DAY Passenger Engineers Get 80 Cents More a Day, Freight L.*vers and Firemen $1.04. CHICAGO, July 20—The increases In wages to ra ‘oud men granted by phe United ‘States Labor Board fol- low: s Passenger Service—Engineers and motormen, firemen, helpers, 80 centa per day. Freight Service—Enaineers, fire- men, helpers, $1.04 per day, Yard Service—Engineers, firemen, helpers, 18 cents per hour, Passenger Service—Conductors, ticket collectors, baggagemen, flas- men and brakemen, $30 per month; suburban service passenger employees, $30 per month | Freight Serviee—Conguctors, flag- Men and brakemen, $1.04 per day, Superseding rates established by Railroad Administration. the board fixed the following schedules: Yard Service—Foremen, $6.95 per day, helpers, $6.48; ewitch tenders, $5.04. $6.24 per day; inside hostlers, $5.60 | per day; helpers, $5.04. The following increases were au- thorized for shop employees: Super- visory forces, machinists, ‘botlermak- jens, blacksmiths, sheet metal workera, erm, tenders and coremakers, includ- ing those with less than four years’ experience, all crafts, 13 cents an hour, Regular and helper apprentices and helpers, all classes, 13° cents an hour, Car cleaners 5 cents an hour. Telegraphers, telephone operators, agents, towermeh, levermen, tower und train directors, block operators and staff men, 10 cents an hour. tions, 5 cents an hour. The following increases were grant- foree: Construction forces, thelr as- siwtanta, section, track and mainten- ance foremen and assistants and ms chanics in these departments, 16 cents an hour. Laborers employed in shops and roundbouses, 10 cents ap bour, Meohanics, helpers in bridge and bullding departments, track jaborers, ecmmon laborers, bridge tender: hoisting firemen, pumper engineers, crowsing watchmen or flugmen and lamp lighters and tenders, 81-2 cenws an hour. Train despateohers are given an in- crease of 13 cents an bour and yard- masters and assistant yardmasters 16 | Hostler Service—Outside hostlers, | electrical workers, powermen, mould-_ Agents at small non-telesraph eta-| ed maintenance of way and unskilled | hour for engineers, firemen and ollors, while water tenders and coal passera receive a 10-cent increase. In the signal department foremen, inspectors, maintainers, signalmen and their assistants, 13 cents an hour; helpers, 10 cents an hour, ‘The ‘decision provides that em- ployees in the departments named who are properly before the Muurd and not otherwise provided for shall receive an increase equal to that ea. tablished for the nearest respective clasves. The following néw rates are estab- lished for employees operating rail- road car floats, lighters, ferries and tug boats in hanbor service New York — Harbar—Ferryboate: Masters and pilots, $220 per mogth; {first officers, § Tugboats ‘ind Steam Lighters: Masters and pivots, $220. Pilots in South Amboy, Porth Amboy and Port Reading coal towing lines, $220; mates, $160. Philadelphia, Camden ana Wil- mington district (rates based on an day.) Ferryboats; Mastere pilots, | $190.30; extra pilots, $13 Tugboats: Masters, 96; mates, $11, New Orleans, Anchorage, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Delta Point, Avon- dale, Algiers, Harrahan and’ Golds borough district, Southern: fc eight-hour and Philadelphia amt Norfolk Railroad, day freight service, tug captains, leffect In ending the trouble which has $280; ‘barge captains, $210; Cheaas | naraased shippers in New York harbor 7 : since last April 1, ‘They said the New Peake and Oblo tug mates, $160; }since last April 1. They sald the Nom steamer master and pilots, $215; |) 0"% 0 Oecauee yell Nie i ‘Jin the award because the, were on mates, $180 strike and that the Board had refused Norfolk Southern tugs, .master|to consider the cases of any men who (day), $180; captain, (might) $150. had not returned to work pending the Southern Ra'lroad, Atlantic Coast Line ferry and tug captaimay $180 to $190; mates, $145 to $160. Atlantic Conat lines, passenger barge, mas- tern, $122.82. Port of Baltimore! Baltimore and OMo rallrond tugs: masters, $201; ‘mates, $17. a ees JERSEY CITY MEN MEET. A mass meeting of the striking rail- road employees in the Jersey City yards —numberin= between 2,000 and 3,000— has been called for 7 o'clock to-night to discuss the award of wager, by wire with the strikera in Chicago. “I cannot discuss the ‘wage Increase,” the ‘said Chairman G, H. Evans of Louisiana, Mississippi, Gulf The Executive Council of the Marine Linea and Texas and’ Pacific boats|Affillation of (he Port of New York, arrying one mister, $230; two maa-|which 1s directing the strike of 4,000 ters, $220; mates, $140; pilots, $165. marine engineers, pilots and railway Newport News, Hampton Road |torminal workers in this port, sald to- and Norfolk district: New York,|}day that the award of the Rallway La- increased The meeting wiK be in touch astern Railway Men's Association this morning, “because we hgve not yet learned the details, ‘These will doubt- leas be received by the time the meet ing Kets together and we will probably take whatever action the men tn cago elect to take.” rae va WON'T LAY OFF RAIL MEN. N.Y. Cy Erle and Others Not Dis- poned (o Fell ‘The Pennaylvant # plan to discharge employees will not be followed by other big roads here G. Besler, President land ¢ ‘al Manager of the Cente ' Rylroad ¢ to-day said: “While we have been affected by this same Inefficiency and it has gt ua much concern, and while we have been studying ways and means to overcome this condition with the view of restoring our service to its pre-war effctency, we have given no thought to the matter of laying off any of our force at present.” Similar statements were made by of- ficlals of the Now York Central, t ow York, New Haven & Hartford, the and ‘Lackawanna Railroad: Rat! Wage Has No Effect on Port Strike Here. bor Board would not have the slightest ard and that the strike here did not tnvolve the wage question, but solely the eight-hour day, See the Racing Yachts Resolute& Shamrock IV FROM THE DECKS OF THE :MANDALAY, Passing close to Sandy Hook anchorage View the Races From the Hits of Atlantic Highlands Three Trips Daily, leaving Pier “9. M. & 8.00 P. M. fy oRnoINs, REFRESHMENTS. (70.80 Trip Way, ‘ewuttted Mons ) War Tax) Telephones Broad 7380-6034 oF The Old “The Survival VER since the ition is no less keen. has the fastest boat and supremacy more than a historic men of the stone age—the wars between Nations — the ing Roman Chariot Races and duels, con- tests for superiority have been held. In the Civilized Era of Commerciai enterprise, the com- ‘acht Race will decide whether Sir Thomas Lipton he will take the much coveted Cup back to England with him. LOFT CANDY attained its degree of against the race ha. might be suid to be a test of com- duplicated further than anyshing he ever thought to encounter, There wae a heavy fog after eun- | rise which persisted off shore after Avenue that unless she files an account| !t had disappeared from the beach, The confidence Mra, Blaha Yacht Club members who have Ron. , olute in charge in the ability of their trim little craft to dance away fvom 0 couptis edministratrix of the ea! epengs pee Shamrock over any course and in any matter ‘haps. the American practice of “jockeying at the start.” gested by the senders that trickiness in embarraming an opponent beforu actually begun and o deliberate effort to have him get off a @ disadvantage would not be tol- erated in golf er tennis, any more | than talking a man out of his stroke or waving of arms to distragt bis attention, however much auch tactice the New York yachts to know the mariinespike was different from a baby jib, but he had what he called a hunch that Shamrock would win and was willing to bet 08 it, So I took the coin from bim by main force for luck.” If the procession of steam yachts and observation steamers which ca! treaming down to the Hook int! early morning for an early start to the Ambrose Lightship means Any- thing, the race is stirring interest from day to day, It wae noted to~ day that the fishing fleets of Bheops- head Bay and Canarsie have made It is sug. start fluke ground: turned that way. Tt_was reported, but not confirmed at Sandy Hook this morning that Capt, Andrew J. Applemate of Sea r sort of » wind ia just as bigh a6 it has | ditio 9 onnniomcns Or ies TA TEM should the course be , @ well known Jersey skipper, had been taken aboard Shamrock to Soviet Capt, Burton with his knowl+ edge, of local tide and wind cop- ae . Dooling heard the story he said that Mrs, Larsen had not mentioned it to him and that he would again ques- $600,00,00 MORE IN WAGES AWARDED! Lan Joe of No, 13 Doyers Street a Fr Sandy Hook thelr rendesvous. There in “us complaint he was sitting at a | Pamative nerve and skill, it cannot] Very” nearly a hundred of them in twole beneath the'balcony’ when the| be sald that this entirely British|the test which came down soon after miructure wave way ‘wid precipitated| point of view has any open aupport|6 o'clock and busied themselves hal. poh ice hy paraphe! i lchel in the Lipton party, th: ing fluke out of the water in. the es exten an Ses teas sen te | Rion Darty, though Burton} Tver hours, and then hauled in| (Continued From First Page.) the balcony Tan Joe suse for $50,000, | has sald thei the tactics of the start! (eI OOM ee uty watch the i sale East as known to Americans have been| preparations for the muce end ite higher grades, such as train and en- Many of them doubtless planned to|ginemen. They averaged, roughly, 20 follow the races across to Lond) io 27 per cent, Demands by the unions had rup from 40 to 66 per cent, Judge R. M, Barton, after announce- ment of the awards seid: “This award necessarily, in the end. will result in increased freight rates, cents an hour. and station forces: Storekeepers, © and other clerical pipervisory for clerks with one or more years’ ralir 8, assistant parcel room employees, 18 cents hour, Janitors, elevator and telephone 10 cents an hour, or truckers, Freight hand 12 cents an hour. tions, storehouses and warehouses otherwise provided for, 81-2 cents hour, Clerks of less than one years perience, 61-2 cents an hovr, The following inereases are added| to the established rates for clerical] clerks, foromen experience, train and engine crew call- station. masters, train announcers, gatemen and baggage and erators, watchmen, employees operat- ing office appliances and similar work, common laborers in and around sta OMce | boys, messengers and other employecs | under elghteen years of age, 6 cents will have to be paid by the public and! an hour, ‘Stationary engine and boiler room “Mclent railroad service has been employoes were advanced 18 conta an since met and conquered of bein; LOFT CANDY VISITS ces, ‘oad an op- lers All not an ex- ‘The specitind woimht fending its title, and enjoying the proud distinction the MOST POPULAR CANDY in America. 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