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FIRST in Metro & -No. Baldwin Man Dies Whe U; _ NION «@@» SHOP politan Long Isla « x r * d Réader-Bfififig Power Monday, August 15, 1927 Weather Forecast Cloudy, preceded by showers, today; tomorrow fair; shifting winds. Twelve Pages Report 2nd German Plane (MNM _ Returned To Base, Giving Up Trans Atlantic Flight GERMAN AIRMEN HOP DFF FOR V. 5. AON-STOP TAY Junkers Plane Leaves Germany Bound for New York Or Chicago FACE UNFAVORABLE WEATHER AT START If Successful Flight Will Be First West-Bound Non- Stop Hop New York, Aug. 16.-(P)-The Ger- man Junkers plane Bremen, bound for New York and possibly Chicago in trans-Atlantic . fight, presumably t- out over the Atlantic today. Head- »4 toward Newfoundlan* she had pit behind her the German coast, the English Channel and the last report to the Croydon Airdrome at London said she had flown over Kingston near Dublin. Another report given out by the Dublin police said a plane hal flown over that town ut 5:18 o'clock this morning London time at a height of about 800 feet. It was impossible to distinguish the nattenality. Previous reports, which would seem to be borne out, had the Bremen over WakeNeld, Yorkshire, and Formby, on the Tflish Sea, not far from Liverpool. Om reaching Dublin, the plane would have flown roughly about 850 miles since taking off at Dessau, Ger- (Continued on Page Two) oo NNOWNCE BILL FOR TONIGHT Performance at Lynbrook The- atre Will Be for Benefit Of Police Association A number of exceptionally fine acts have been billed at the Lynbrook Theatre tonight and those who attend the benefit of the Lynbrook Police Association are practically assured of m pleasant evening. Those in charge of the annual vaudeville benefit show of the Lyn- Wrook \coppers have succrsded in securing the best of talent and sev- eral very \well known and popular stars will appear on the program. Tickets have been selling well and Officer Ben Boyd, who is chairman of metivities, predicts a full house. The famous team of Dooley and Bales will act as master of ceremonies mt tonight's performance. | The re- imairider of the bill will inclute such vendeville artists as True Rice, Prank- Mn D'Amore and Company, Conlin mnd Glass, Grace and Eddie Parks, Al White, Rice and Newton, Lillian Bales,. Norwood and Hail, Ian and Wieanor, George McKay, The Crus- «ders. the Murray Sisters, Al Shayne, Victoria Regal, Myron Sisters and Ann Pulson. Other features are being arranged wnd will be added to the program as Wm: numbers. ~ The performance begin at 0:30 o'clock. Afuer you have decided where you will spend your rememb to outer sub- to. The-Mamau Dally ewing. cven If you are to be awiy only for wetks It will enable you to keep in ebnitant touch with every event it -liome Your Durrier will atterid to the details, or phone Rockville 1800, then ask for Cit- cultion, Department By Mail-Monhly 154. Amt y mmm acc Storms Force Flyers To Abandon Non- Stop Attempt Dessau, Germany, Aug. 15- (INS) -The second German trans-Atlantic plahe,- The Bre- men, returned to the flying field here at 4:20 o'clock, German daylight saving time, today, abandoning its attempted trans- Atlantic flight. Dessau, Germany, Aug. 15- (AP) -Negotiations were un- der way today for the dispatch of a third starter im trans- oceanic flight to replace the ropa. * The Junkers company was in communication with the North \German-Lloyd and Darmstaed- ter National Bank, who are fi- nancing the project with a pro- Josal to put Junkers D-1198 in lying .condition. Af .anagree« nent is re. ched the plane wi : ready ts hop off within two days. It, will be piloted by Edzard and Risticz and probably will «wo carry Knickerbocker. The -1198 was first selected to ac- company the Europa an d remen, but later was removed 'om the flight plans. aTILL 16 AT MASSAPEOUA Five Italians Arrested in \Laun- dry\; 200 Gallons of The second big liquor raid in less than a week was conducted by Capt. Earl T. Comstock of the Merrick Pre- cinet, Nassau County Police, and Ped- | ‘MINEfllA FIELDS BUSY PLANNING Fields Prepare to Receive Germans CHAMBERLIN PLANS Pilots at Same Hotel Where Lindbergh Stayed ' Mineola, Roose Aug. parations to receive the Junker plaie, the Bremen. which took off with the sister ship, the Europa from Dessau, Germany, last night on Its trip to Roosevelt Field. The Europa was forced down by the fog and engine trouble, but the Bre- men has been ieported at different placessincethat time althout i noth- Ing autheptic has been received. Here terday all that was wm cussed was the fight of \Old Glory to Rome and then, as if they expect- spectators turned their faces to the horizon, from which would come the German plane. Major Clarence Chamberlain plans to take off from Curtiss Field tomor- row morning carrying the American officials of the Junker com and pany he will cruise about 100 miles orso off shore in the hope of picking up the Bremen and escorting that ship to the landing at Roosevelt Field. TOGREET FLYERS Curtiss, Roosevelt and Mitchel AERIAL ESCORT Reservations Made for Junkers 15.-Curtiss and Fields, the fying centre for the east, was the Mecca angin yester- day for thousands who divided their between the plans of Licyd Bertaud and J.-D. Hillfor their ex- pected hop to Rome in the Fokker monoplane, \Old Glory\ and the pre- ed to see the plane coming in the THREE PERSONS HURT IN CRASH ontiac Roadster Hits Tree on Oceanside Road, Caus- ing Injuries POLICE SEEK DRIVER OF ABANDONED MACHINE Passengers in Picnic Bus Get Shaken Up in Hempstead Collision Three persons injured so they re- quired hospital treatment, one alleged reckless driver arrested and search for another drivr who abandoned his car after wrecking it against a traffic signal, were results of automo- bile accidents in Hempstead Sunday. The Injused were: Randall | Frasher, 31, of | 257 Franklin street, Hempstead, severe bruises on head and suffcred from shock. Edna Price, 25, of Maple avenuc, Gien Cove, abrasions on both knees and her nose. James Newman, 24, of 47 Washing- ton street, Hempstead, possiblyfrac- tured ribs. All three were riding in a Pontsc roadster, driven by Prasher, when it lerashed into a tree on Oceanside rocd; near Washington avenue, in Hemp- stea,d, at2:55 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. Two Fords Crash As a result of a collision between two Ford coupes, in which one was overturned without any one being in- jured, Jens C. Christiansen of Locust street, Hempstead, was given a sum- mons for reckless driving by Serrcant log: L. Feeley. . e Hempstead police held a Dodge roadster, waiting for the owner to clatm it, after the machine was smash- ed against a traffic stanchion at Nas- sau road and Henry street. The driver was said to have run away after the accident. Sergeant Feeley learn- led the registration for the car was issued to Thomas O'Shea of Davis venue, Inwood. Passengers in a hige bus owned by (Continued on Page Three) KELLY EXPLAINS LOW PRESSURE The civil and military authorities will combine, County Chief of Police plans for handling the crowds with the police and the soldiers. Yesterday Colonel Folouis met with Hydrants Do Not Have Regular Mains Yet The low water pressure reported by nel of the field to aid in policing the [Hempstead firemen in hydrants in the fying fields. immediate vicinity of the residen : of The Bremen is expected to arrive|James Arthur Pepper of Nassau road sometime tomorrow between noon Willow street, Hempstead, dur- 7 o'clock and Chief Skidmore, know-|MM# the fire there Thursday, was ing from experience what a ruth of notin any way the fault of the water a Net; 35 Prisoner, 4 , were plac- Willow streets (Continued on Page Three) Steam Shovel Uuysd To Combat Fire at Plgnt in Hempstead Com- TO U, S. STEEL MAGNATE Elbert H. Gary JUDGE H. CARY DIES SUOOENU Bare Announcement of Demise Given Out at Fifth Avenue Home New York, Aug. 15.-(AP)- Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of the United States Steel C i died at his home at 4 o'clock this morning. Reports of Mr. Gary's death fit began to circulate in the Wall Street district in the middle of the morning Confirmation was not immediateiy available at the offices of the United States Steel Corporation but when reporters went to the Gary home at 1130 Fifth avenue an employe on th: household made the bare announce- ment that Mr. Gary had died at 4 o'clock. He sud all further details would be given out in a statement a' the steel corporation, later. It was stated that the cause of Mr Gary's death was chronic myocarditis. He had been in ill health for about a month, At the offices of the steel coropration the exact time of death was placed at 3:40 o'clock this morn- Ing. Beyond that bare announcement it was said no details would be avail- able until some time during the after- noon. Judge Gary's vast estate at Syosset has long seen famous as one of the real show places on Long Island. His exhibits of fruits and vegetables, too, at the Mincola Pair has for years been one of the outstanding features, always vying with the Pra't estale and the Whitney estate for the very highest honors. Gary won many blue ribbons. Man Barely Escapes Injury When Auto Hits Telephone Pole Clarence P. Kaitenbach of 215 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, narrowly escaped injury when the machine which he was driving struck a tele- graph pole at the corner of Merrick road and John street, Lynbrook, about 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The driver's attention was occupied by a dog which was siiting in the front seat with him and he lost con- tol of the machine when the animal leaped amin at him. 'The car stopped agrinst the pole but the fact that it was going at a slow rate of jury. > The machine was wreoked and had to be towed to m nearby garage for . AGNES CELEBRATES FEAST St Roman Catholic Church . Agnes to give/at Rockville Centre was thronged this to celebrate the Feast of the ROE. SLIGRTLY IMPROVED Mincoin, N. Y., 'Aug. 1$.-(OP)- Continued slight t 'Texas banker and sportsman was injured a week ago during 'On Invariably, Judge improvement arms re- today in the condition of Pred game of polo at Port Wash- SCHOOL DISTRICT VALUATIONS FOR TOWN COMPILED Levies in 32 Divisions Hempstead Total 1927 Assessment of APPROXIMATELY 500,000 PIECES ON TAX LISTS) Special Franchises and Personal Property Only Small Part Compilation of school district valu- ations in the town of Hempstead was completed at the assessors' office in the Hempstead Town Hall Saturday. There are 32 school districts in the town. The total of their valuations is the same as the total assesment of all the property in the town, which is $166,828,567. In dividing the assesment roll, filed at the town clerk's office Saturday, Into school districts the assessors' staff computed the real, personal and special franchise assessments of the districts. The school district valum- Mons were prepared first after the completion of the assesment roll .in order not to delay the districts in determining their school tax rates for the coming year. An interesting bit of information was given by George Kicfert, mssist- ant chief clerk in the mssessors' of- fice, in an announcement Saturday that there are now close to a half million pieces of assessable property | I | (Continued on Page Three) SIX AGCIOANT over WEEX EN0 Freeport Crashes Result in No Injuries and Only Minor Car Damages Six automobile accidents over the week-end in Freeport resulted in dam- age to the machines involved, | but there was no one injured, according to reports at Freeport police head- quarters. This number of accidents, according to the police, is compara- tively small, especially when the heavy rains and wet pavements of last night are taken into consideration. At 6:40 o'clock Saturday night on Merrick road 200 feet east of Main street the automobiles operated . by Charles Shindledecker of 301 62nd street, Brooklyn, and Bert Romaine of 62 Southside avenue, Preeport, were Involved in a slight mishap. The automobiles driven by John Quinn of 4 William street, Wantagh, and Theodore Baldwin of 105 Lee ave- nue, Rockville Centre, were implicated In an accident st 8:41 o'clock Satur- day night on Rast Merrick road, near the East Line bridge. A collision between the automobiles driven by Peter Olella, Grand avenue, Bellmore, and Lawrence Lovig of Loines avenue, Merrick, occurred on Grand avenue, near Shonnard avenue, at 2:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Edward L. Labdan of 455 Southside avenue, Preeport, and Julia Connors Of East avenue, Freeport, were the drivers of two machines which crash- ed at the corner of Locust and Atlan- tie avenues at 4:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon. At the corner of Long Beach avenue and Archer street the mutos driven by John A. Hall of 31 Archer street, Pree- port, and Charlotte 8. Carl of Grand avenue, Baldwin, collided at 2:50 o'elock Saturday afternoon. Three automobiles were involved in an accident mt the corner of Long Beach and Atlantic avenues at 8:10 o'clock Bunday night. The operators of the machines were Frank C, Wille of 247 Southside avenue, Freeport David Oliver of 344 \oosevelt avenue.) Freeport, and Howard Carman, Jr., of Cornwall avenue, Baldwii. BROOKLYN MAN FINED $6 £ 0 Hembetesd tube signal \eith ing o tra red light against him, Jacob Kurt- v of Brooklyn .was fined $5 by Jus- tice Walter R. Jones of Hempstead Saturday. Kurterock was ticketed by Officer MyCance. | n Auto Plunges Into Ca HEART TROUBLE FATAL William De Crashed Over Bu William O. Denny, of 301 Fox over the bank at Baldwin Beach avenue and Arthur street, Bal making his rounds. Coroner Wilbur F. Southard were immediately summoned. at once were convinced that De vacant lots to the very edge of overboard. Chapman's two wr crew of men were soon on the sc Chapman. FIVE ARRESTED BY MERRICK COPS Woodmere -D ri v er. Pleads Guilty to Drunken Driving; R Is Fined $100 Five men were arrested over the week-end i» the vicinity covered by the Merrick Precinct, Nassau County Police. One of these paid a penalty of $100 for driving while under the in- Auence of liquor. Two were arrested for drunkenness and two others were arrested for driving while drunk. Clarence Joke, 22 years old, of 976 Bast Prospect street, Woodmere, was arrested at 4:40 o%€lock Sunday morn- ing at Hewlett Park by Patrolman Stadel for driving while under the in- fuence of liquor. He pleaded guilty and was fined $100 by Judge Johnson of Cedarhurst. Sidney W. Van Wort, 36 years old of 340 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, pleaded gullty to Judge Johnson of Cedarhurst of being a public intoxi- cant. Sentence was suspended. The arrest was made on Merrick Road, Merrick, a' 3:45 o'clock Sunday morn- ing by Patrolman A. M. Gocbel. Bernard H. McNelus, 38 years old of 29 Waverly Place, Oceanside, was arrested on a charge of driving while Intoxicated, the arrest being made by Patrolman Samilian on Merrick road, Baldwin, at 11:15 o%clock Saturday night. He was fined $10. Pohue Miller, 36 yefts old, colored, of Convent road, Amityville, was ar- rested on a charge of operating an auto while drunk by Patrolman John- neman gn County Line road, Massa- pequa, at 2:47 o'clock Saturday after- noon. Albert Snowden, 42 years old, col- ored, of 745 Althouse Place, Wood- mere was arrested mt his home by Patrolman Wood at 8:40 o'clock Sun- day morning on a charge of drunken- mess and disorderly conduct. The complaint was brought by Johin W Johnson of 747 Althouse place, Wood- mere Al Matzen Injured In Rear-end Crash While Making Tour Offcer Al Matzen of the Lynbrook Police Department sustained a badly sprained back when a machine which he was driving was struck by another opermtdd by 'Thaddeur Brown of 30 Broadhurst avenue, New York City, about 11 o'clock Sunday night. Matzen was on duty, making his mccident occurred. He had been driv- Ing north on Horton avenue and when he slwed his vehicle slightly, the machine erarhed through the end of Matzen's car. 'The latter able to go himself to the office . F. Maxwell Galloway, police who treated the lqllnad 3 machine was quite badly The rear of the body was in and the fenders damaged considerably, Matzen is 33 years old und lives at 57 Endview avenue, Lyn- At ___ _i__ Late. News Price 1m nal nny Found On Bank Early Today; Wrecked Car Salvaged * Police Believe Driver Lost Way in Storm and Ikhead; Evidently Struggled to Shore and Expired burst road, Baldwin, met deaths some time during the night, when his Ford touring car plunged in 18 feet of water at Madisom dwin Harbor. His body was found lying prone on the bank at 7:10 o'clock this morning by George Werner of the Evans Milk Dairy, while the driver was and the Nassau County Police Detectives McLaren and Brown nny's car was also in the canal when they traced the tracks of the wheels of the car across the the canal where the car went rechers from Freeport, with a cene, accompanied by Miss Mil- dred Chapman, ah expert diving nymph and daughter of Frank ' For more than an hour and a hal | the rescuers tugged and tursled is recover the war from the bottom of the canal, but each time the grap pling. irons slipped | Finally, iertert Southard of . che Chapman crew dove down in the deep Jand fastened the grappling books to \the wreck. Hundrews were on the scene while cars were parked in the vicinity | at y point of vantage As the wreckers pulled and tugged and the- -whesis of the submerged. car began to appear above the surface of the water, stout-hearted men turned their faces in honor, and wom»n gasped and shuddered with terror ex- pecting to see other bodies of the dead in the rruthed and crumpled car but the wreck was empty. When taken from the water the car was upside down Denny left mis home Sunday after- moon between 3 and 4 o'clock. As he failed to return at night, Mrs. Denny presumed that he had unex- pectedly decided to go to New York, where he is engaged as port steward |by the Mercantile Steamshio Com- pany. Denny was about 40 years of age. He is survived by his wife and one little daughter, Florence Denny, aged thrce years. Mrs. Denny: was formerly Miss Florence O'Terry. a daughter of Owen O'Leary of 162 Baldwin avenue. Baldwin, Richard O'Leary. a brother-in-law of Denny, is of the opinion that there was no one with him it the.time of the meat- detn In the dark of the night. Denny evidently became confused and lost his way. Wien the car plunged over- board, he cvidently crashed through the windshicld and eventually sur- ceeded in struggling to the shore where he finally expired. Whether death was dne to internal injuries ar heart failure is mere conjoctine Chester A. Pulton & Son, undertakers, took charge cf the body. VIE! 0 OF RAD THREE BOTTLES Freeport Police Believe Pro- prictor of \Disorderly House\ Was Tipped Off Although expected by the Preeport {police to result in the uncovering of a large amount of liquor, a raid conduc ed Saturday ngiht by Chief of Police John N. Hartmann, Detective Lieu» tenant Clarence M. Van- Riper and a half dozen police officers resulted in uncovering only two or three bottles of alleged liquor in the All-American Fishing Clubs on South End place, Preeport Elaborate preparations were for the raid and it is believed by the police that the . proprietors of the establishment had received advance notice from some unknown, eut well Informed, souree, that be rald wie going to be held.\ The raid was made following a series of complaints and al the piace had been watched, ac- cording to the police The raid resulted in the arrest of Joseph Schmied, 51 years old. propri- stor, whose address is 114-10 112th street, . South | Jamaica, . who | was charge «ith maintaining a disorder - ly house, . He was held in $507 to ap- bear before Judge Albin N Johnson for furtser examination at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning -4 Bulletin; TTW hamicide were lald today
