The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1921, Page 18

ae ENE KILLED, FVE BYSTANDERS SHOT NSTEETBATE Two Women Victims of Bul- lets That Fly When Feudists Open Fire. After District Attorney "vineen and the police had questioned @ score of witnesses early to-day It was announced that a gambling feud had probably the wattle that resulted in one man's Leing killed and five persons, two of them women, wounded, at Chrystie Street and Schiff Parkway, sbortly before midnight. According to the investigators an east side gambling ring was recently organized by Italians to promote race track pool rooms. There was a con- troversy over several thousands of dollars of the funds. Several persons areyheld as witnesses until a fulles inquiry is made. Though a score of sliots were fired only one of the pi tidipamts in the buttle was hit. Witnesses told the polic: that a few moments before ihe sheoting they saw two of the Italians walk- ing east on Schiff Parkway, followed within a few yards by two others. ‘The two in advance were directly be- fore No. 16, which 1s close to the ndFthwest corner of Delancey and « tie Streets when the two in thé tear drew revolvers and started firing, The mien ahead whirled about and returned the fire. One of them staggered, dropped his weapon and fell to the sidewalk after perhaps six shots had been fired. The other three continued firing, while dozens of men, women and ohildren sitting on the sidewalk be- tore their homes rushed for safety. Mrs. Annie Waxman, proprietor of # dyeing establishment at No. 16 De- Assistant caused revolver Jamcey Street and her daughters, lena, twenty-two, and Bertha, eighteen, were seated in chairs ag@pinst the wall of thelr place with- infa few fect of the first two Italians n the shooting started. They at- teiapted to run into the dyeing shop bw the mother and her eldest daugh- ter dropped, each with a bullet in vhe leg. Nick Veniuro of No. 24 Delancey Street was shot behind the left ear ami in the chest. Isaac Feldman, forty-five, a chauffeur, No. 1078 For- est Avenue, was hit in the left foot as he’ ran into a hallway. Edward Nie- poth, No. 601 West 132d Street, was hit In the left thigh as he ran out of achaberdashery shop in Chrystie ‘Street to see what was happening. Two ambulances were called from Gouverneur Hospital. Drs, Leach and Blumkranz found that one of the two Italians first fired at was dead. The police said papers in his pockets identified him as Cicenzo Alfalo of No. 8 Prince Street. The five wounded were taken to Gouverneur Hospital, where it was sald that, with the exception of Ven- tuto, none was seriously injured. His cObdition is critical. Patrolman Kringer of tue Clinton OBIECT TO SITE FORPOST OFFICEIN SUNNYSIDE YARDS panies Protest at Hearing Before Commission. The Congressional Postal Commis sion began its hearings ow postal con- ditions in New York City fn the Hotel Pennsylvania to-day, The under consid jon was the selection of new site for a General Post Office at the Sunnyside Yard of the Long Island Ratiroad in Long Ifand City) or the enlargement of the present General Post Office in Kighth Avenuc Slat Street to Sid Streets Those heard at the early session in-| cluded Dock Commissioner Murray Hulbert, Police Inspector John O'Brien In charge of traffic, Howard Fuller| of the New York Chamber of Com- merece, James E. Sheehan, attorney for the Butterick Publishing Company, | the Designer Publishing Company and | question from the Ridgeway Publishing Company Mr. Sheehan spoke agninst the! Sunnyside Yard proposition, He| sted that the companies he repre sented sent out several thousand tons | of mail a year and that it would cost them at least $1,000 a month more| to hati! the mail over*to Long Island | than it does at present, and that he was in favor of the enlargement of the present post office. Inspector O'Brien, questioned re xarding traffic conditions, disclosed that in 1910, when the postal tubes were jn general operation, there were about 75,000 registered autoino biles in the metropolitan district, while in 1920 there were 802,000, ‘The | Inspector stated that it was his be- lief that a resumption of the tube system or the building of tunnels to connect the post offices would great- ly relieve traffte, William Neisal of the Literary Di- est also spoke against the Sunny- side Yard proposition. George H. Follmer, for thirty years an employee of the Postal Service and for many years Assistant ‘Superin- tendent of Mails in New York. ap- peared as the sepresentative of the Mer hunts At sug ation, “L pelieve that the mail service was better as far as first class mails are | concerned, twenty-five years ago than it is now,” he declared. Sel bebiha:t~ 02 MARRIAGE ONLY HALF DONE ‘otentant Style Wanted Ceremony, Too. ride Wed Cathe! Because Thomas Whiteside would not ko acrose the street to a Catuolio| chureh, following his marriage to Pa- cifiea Crespi, performed In a Protestant church on Dec, 28 last, the bride im- mediately left her husband and went | home to her mother. ‘To-day the} mother, Tulla Crespl, as guardian of) her daugtter, asked Justice Gavexan to marriage on the ground of | annul the fraud: Mra, Crespi said that her daughter knew Whiteside, who now lives at No. 839 West End Avenue, six months be- fore the ceremony took place. He had promised to marry Pacifica in her chureh after the ceremony in fils, and | she gave her consent Herbert B. Lee, attorney for Pacifica, testified he Whitesidi had = papers served on on March 28, but he had wer, Justice Gavegan re- n, “Black Cat? Owner Wi! Point in Dance License Fight, @treet Station, arrested Salvatore Viéconie of No. 310 Bast 106th Street, wear the scene of the shooting. —— S. 1. FERRY PAYS CITY WELL. Hécord Receipts, $4,187, Last 6 day, #890 Up—New Trolley Oar New York City made money, Com- woagsioner Whalen of the Department of Plant and Structures said to-day, on the reoripts of the Staten Islanu Ferry and ‘Mvnicipal trolley lines last Sunday, A NeW record was made. Passengers to thd number of 136.991 dropped niokels into the ferry coin boxes and 2,328 pald auto fees, netting the city $%,187.87, or $390.37 more than the previous best day, Aug. 8, 1920 ‘There was no delay us two extra boats were added to the four regularly in nétvice between St. George and the Bat- Sato The municipal trolleys carried 39,503 more passengers and to-day fourteen ears reached Staten Island on a caf float for service to-morrow and day. on: Lea SES INJURED FIREMEN IMPROVE. Surviving Victims of Crash Recov- ering—Junk Dealer Held. R. Ruderman, part owner of the junk yards which were burning when the Perth Amboy fire truck was wrecked Wednesday night, resulting in nine deaths, was arraigned to-day before Re- e@tder Pickersgill on a charge of disor- derly conduct. Bail was fixed at $1,000, ich was furnished by Phillip Ruder- . brother of the defendant Tie negring then put over for a week. © defendant was arrested yester- day when there was a second fire in the pares chit sr ereen Charlies engie is conducting the investiga- 119m for the departinent, » ree of the injured men are still in the hospital, and were reported to be tmproving. The fund being collected for the families of the dead volunteer firemen has reached $1 DISAGREE IN $25,000 SUIT. Second Trial of Boy's Case Against Yonkers Restaurant End The second trial of the auit for $25,000 damages for alleged injuriea against aa Healy, a Yonkers restaurant proprietor, by seven-year-old Nathan Kessman, through hia father Iaidore Kessman of Yonkers, has resulted in a ‘eement before Justice Platt and a in Supreme Court at White Plains. a trl} will Ue held the Justice Whitaker to-day grantol a writ of certiorari to Louis Paserin, vice president of the Black Cat Res- taurant, Ine., allowing him to review) the refusal of a dance hall license by | Comminsioner of Licenses John F. Gil- christ, ‘The police stopped dancing at the eating place on May 16 last. IM Donatds Sheed | LETHE BIG STORE WITH LITTLE PRICES | 344 SIXTH AV JUNE LOW in Black and White. OXFORDS in all leathe tions of Black or Oxfords, Pumps and All sizes. Basement CHILDREN’S PLAY OXFORDS and Barefoot Sandals oo2 98 Counsel for Publishing Com-! OF SPORT AND DRESS FOOTWEAR AT SAVINGS UP TO ONE-HALF STRAP PUMPS in White, Brown, Black and Gray Kid, Black Satin, White Linen in combinations of Gray and White. Nubuck $6 to $8 Value 95 WOMEN’S LOW SHOES Canvas, Patent and Dull Values up to $5 FIVE MILLIONS ADDED 10 ARMY —— BILLISCERTAIN ny Steering Committee Approves It—This Means Curtailment to 150,000 Men. THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1921, SOLD ONE GLASS OF HARD CIDER; PAYS $400 FINE Catskill Hotel Proprietor Con- victed by Jury With Two Others. CATSKILL, N. ¥., June 17.— The first conviction in Greene County under the new State Pro- hibition Act has been obtained here, Mendal Pollak of New York, proprietor of a hotel near Catakill, was convicted. of selling one glass of bard cider. He was | fined $400. Nicholas Sasso and Max Rosen- thal, other New Yorkers, pleaded guilty of selling liquor and paid fines of $200 each. (From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, June 17. —Ap- by Republican Steering Commitiee of crease of $5,000,000 in the Army Ap proval the the House to an in-|————————— . = MARY’S GUARDIAN propriation bill was forecast this morning at a meeting of the com-| NOT YET SELECTED mittee It was found that the only way to reach agreement with the! 4; vearOld Girl With the Re- senate on the measure so it could sap aheE ls i was to make the increase, ‘This markable Voice Still in Care will provide that curtailment of the of Judge’s Wife. army to 150,000 by the first of Ovto-| white lawyers argued before Burro. ber may the part of the act gute Foley to-day as to who was the This is in direct opposition to the policy of the War Department, as fa- proper person to have the custody of Mary Blizabeth Harrington, the eleven- vored by Secretary Weeks, fe and] year-old child with the wonderful others fear it will be dangerous soprano voice, Mary sat with the the army to be cut from 220,000 to] Judge's wife in an ante room obliviou 175,000 men, Members of the House|f Just what was transpiring, Her who are also inaiating on a smalier|4Tandmother, Mra, Matilda Connel, seeks to get Mary, and her father, John, navy than the Sen: are demanding and his brother Joseph, seck other that the size of the army be kept] orangaments. small, On May 18 last Mary was taken by Action of the Steering Committee, | her grandmother in an automobile to whieh virtually directs what is to be| Mrs. Connel's home. I uncle, Joxeph done in the House, was requested | Harrington, charged the grandmother | with kidnapping when the cage came up before Magistrate McGeehan, who de- this morning in order that the $5,00 000 increase might have the sanction ri, Little army men appeared |¢ided to take care of Mary uneil the of les , and offered no objection to the conn Ce « pie could settle the fam promise. who was reported dying House members of the conference | !t Harlem Hospital, a1 on the naval bin, who withdrew yes- |My apparent? in the bes tenlay, aay they do not intend to sv | Wianscd back until the Senate shows a dispo- | sition to proceed with negoti The House will inaist that the site, 000,000 increases for the navy hy dropped. © will ay come up > TRYING TO CRIPPLE BRITISH RAILWAYS Sinn Fein Acoused of Widespread Cutting of Wires and At- tacks on Signalmen. | LONDON, June 17 (A» vwiated Press). —A campaign of widespread cutting of railway and signal wires and burning of signal cabins around London, at-| tended by violence against signalmen, | was carried out during last night by | men who the police declared wer| “ginn Meiners and members of the Irish Self-Determination Ceague.” Nine men were arrested, a!l of whom |+ gave local addresses, They were young Irishmen between seventeen and twenty-two. Oe ogee FOUR CONVICTED IN $180,000 ROBBERY Sentence Deferred on Six New Yorkers in Wyomissing Bank Case. RPADING, Pa., June 17.—Four men charged with robbing the People’s Bank at Wyomissing, near here, last February were convicted in the Berks County Court to-day. ‘They are Stewart S. Wallace, Cart Scott, John Russo and Charles Stark, also known as Rosen, all of New York. James Tobin, alias Minogue, and Bernstein, also of New York, jed sullty and their sen- organization r tence ‘The bank w: 000 in cash ant was recovered. robbed of about $180,- securities, most of which clothing values. . 3 DOORS NORTH OF 21% STREET marked our clothing Sizes to fit all builds effect : SUITS formerly ticed at sre 5. SHOE SALE and Every heel height. rs, including combina- Tan and White. SUITS formerly priced at $50, $55 and $60. Sailor Ties in White Clothes been offered at sale prices, We are determined to make this initial sale the biggest clothing event ever attempted. We have assembled from all our stores our entire stock of Donniebrook Clothes under one roof and priced every garment to assure a tremendous response. Every Garment is this Season’s Product—created to meet the most critical scrutiny of exacting men who know and appreciate Donniebrook Clothes have always been priced with a conscience. determined to make this sale the most talked of event in our Great City and have at the foll gac- rifice prices that will defy Poel Dayal ‘Now priced ~ ‘Now a3 8 CHAIN SHIRT SHOPS 1268 Broadway IMPORTANT. During this sale at our McAlpin Annex store, 1268 Broadway, bet.32nd and 33rd Sts., NewYork, no cléthing will be sold at any of our other 50 stores. KIDNAPPED BOY WAS IN OSSINING Varotta. Chikd Seen in Village Several Days Before He Was Murdered. Although the police sald to-day they had nothing definite in the Varotta kidnapping case, it was learned they have evidence that the murdered boy Was seen with several Italians in Ossining several days before he is supposed to have been thrown into the Hudson. A boy answering the description of little Giuseppe was also seen in an | automobile with two young Italians at Highland Falls about June 5. Those who gaw htm say he had been cry- ing. They had not heard of the kid- napping at the time. None of the recent clues proved of value. Detec- tives have information that the kid- napping band had several women members, a ee | R. C. VANDERBILT { Government Would ‘Make Him Pay on Bequest From Brother, Ifred G. | Reginald C. Vanderbilt renewed to- day his effort to avoid the payment of 88, with penalties and interest added, which the Government claims he owes his income tax for 116. Through counsel, Anderson & Anderson, din the Federal District Court a| demurrer asking that the claim be d@ missed on the ground of insufficient statement of facts. | Mr. Vanderbilt paid $3,741.20 income | tax for 1 representing his income for the year ag $154,779.91. 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