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l BLIND GEM DEALER;
GET $100,000 LOOT
i
I Street Man nnd Escape "With
Precious Stones.
CASE PUZZLES THE POLICE
Jeweller Closely Questioned
but Clings to Story of. At
: nck Find No Clues.
Detectives were busy yesterday In
vestigate a diamond robbery which
promises to develop Into one of the most
ensatlonal cases or Ha hind over re
ported south of the old Fulton street
"dead line" In the financial district
Tlio story us told U one Involving
thi theft of unset gems worth between
$60,000 and $100,000 from the head of
a manufacturing Jewelry corporation,
who was rendered helpless by n darti of
popper In his face and eyes.
Though the robbery occurred on the
ninth floor of the Cockroft Building, at
Nassau and John streets, at 10:30
o'clock, neither elevator attendantnor
tenant saw the thieves make their get
away. The police In their investigation had
the cooperation of such modern acces
sories as a finger print expert and a
professional safo opener, hut even bo
they failed to uncover a suspicion of a
clue.
Telia of Attack.
Samuel Schonfeld, head of tho Schon
feld Manufacturlne Company or tne
Cockroft Building. 71 and 73 Nassau
kirit nmuri as the victim of the rob
bery. His story Is to the effect that he
was called on the telephone on Friday
by a stranger, who said the Schonfeld
concern had been recommended to him
as rollablo and that he Intended to call
to examine- somo diamonds which he
wnntfil Ret In n lavalllere.
Mr. Schonfeld. who Is slight, under
mrriinm hclirht and 34 years old, was In
his om.ee alone, he says, when two well
dressed strangers entered. One pro
fessed to be the would-be purchaser of
the three diamonds for the lavalllere.
The leweller opened his fafe and dls-
nlaved an assortment of unset stones,
'rom which three wcro selected and a
nurchase nrlce ngrced upon. The Duycr,
however, wanted the diamonds set Im
mediately. The trinket was to be a gut
to his wife.
A diamond setter who freauently does
work for the Schonfeld concern has his
s-hop Just around the corner In Nassau
rtrcet. Jlr. SchonreM uespatcneu nis
iKiohew. Joseph Schonfeld, with the
tones and the chain to have the jewels
set, the purchaser waiting In the olllce
meantime to complete the transaction.
The jeweller's front office, which he
uses as his salesroom, is a diminutive
apartment. A table, three or four chairs
and an old fashioned safe, In which he
locks up his precious stones, fill most of
the space. In the rear, ami separated
from tho front only by light wood and
alass partitions. Is a small shop, in
which were at work two of his employees,
Emmanuel Davidson ot 23 East 107th
street and Adolf Werthelm of 6G Me
mo D.
According to Schonfeld, he had re
stored the wallet containing tho" dla
monds to the Inner safe compartment
uofore his tlephew opened the door In
response to his. .summons and started
away with tho purchased stones. Then
lie purchaser, as though U'jtfefn" an after
.ought, suggested that he wanted a
fine diamond lu tho early future to be set
.ii a ring and, while here, he might as
rt ell look at some high class stones.
Mr. Schonfeld reopened the Inner safe
and removed a receptacle containing
loose diamonds to the value, he est!
mated, of $100,000, though he said yes
torday he would have to go over his
nooks and stock before he could glvo a
yet figure ot his loss.
Hurl Pepper In Eyes.
He was stooping In front of his safe
holding In his left hand the leather wallet
filled with diamonds, he says. One of
lilfl unknown customers stood above him
nnd directly at his left elbow. The other
waB about ten feet away, lolling at the
window sill, where he had subjected the
lavalllere Jewels to a daylight Inspec
tion. Suddenly tlie man nearest him, Mr.
Schonfeld asserts, dashed a lot of pep
per Into his eyes, blinding him. The
wallet containing the Jewels was
snatched from his hand and the second
thief, who had been near the window,
leaped across the floor and Jabbed him
with his fist In the pit of the stomach,
doubling him up on the floor, Schon
feld' says he did not lose consciousness
and ho heard the men rush out Into the
corridor
His cries of "Help! Police! Murder!"
rang through the building. The first to
reach him were his employees, Davidson
and AVerthelm, from the little shop on
the other side of tho glass nnd wood
partition. When Davidson, armed with
a heavy hammer which he had grabbed
from his workbench, rushed to the res
cue of his employer he found Schon
feld, he says, between the safe and tho
doorway of the Inner office, shouting
lustily.
An unexplained fact Is that both are
confident that when they entered tho
room they found tho Inner compartment
of the safe, wliloh Is fitted with two
steel doors, closed and locked. Schon
feld. when he Was questioned by the
police afterward, proffered no explana
tion of how the Inner safe came to be
locked.
Its stent doors are not fitted with a
spring lock, which might operate with a
mere push of the doors. To lock them
requires the turning of a dial. Some
body had done this and the Inner com
partment of the safe was not only set
curely locked but the key which Is neces
sary to leopen it was locked inside.
Had BIjr Jerrel' Stock.
Schonfeld, when asked It ho had
closed and locked the compartment after
the assault made upon him, said he did
not know, but he did not think he would
have btn able to do so, as he was blind.
Then they asked him If he thought his
assailants would havo stopped long
. enough to close and lock the Inner safe,
wlien they had to make their exit down
nine stories with their victim shouting
loudly for help all the while. Schonfeld
replied he did not know.
An ambulance surgeon from the Vol
unteer Hospital treated the Jeweler's
eyes. They had suffered no serious In
Jury and his normal vision soon was re
stored. He told the detectives, who were
speedily on the Job, that he was carry
Ing a larger stock than usual of unset
aiones, as ne was aDout to start to Chi
cago, where he hoped to make some
sales.
Onl- a few days ago he had retrieved
fl0m. l?laW" Kram"-. a salesman,
about $30,000 worth of diamonds, which
Kramer had obtained from him to be
cold on memorandum. He wanted to
take these, with the others, to Chicago
but now the thieves had cleaned him
out and the Whole lot had gone. He
said he believed about $30,000 worth
of the stones were covered by Insurance
Detective talent, which was soon at
work upon every detail of the story,
Included Lieut. Joseph McKay of the
Old Slip police station, Sergeant Thomas
Rellly, a fingerprint specialist, and De
tectives Pierce, J. Fleming and Edward
Kalbrielich, from tho Central Office.
Tierce, who was tho first to arrive,
examined Schonfeld and found In hit
left ear soma white pepper of the ordi
nary table variety. He expressed sur
prise, as crooks who use pepper to over
come their victims, the police, said, com
monly employ the red, or cayenne
variety, which Is far mora powerful.
The victim In this casa was able to
accompany a detective to headquarters,
where he made a futile Inspection of
the Itogues' Gallery, By the middle ot
the afternoon the Jewelry maker seemed
to have recovered almost completely
from the physical effects of the assault,
but he remained very nervous.
Safe la ISxamlued.
Lieut. McKay caused Schonfeld to
show him In pantomime Just now his
position and that of his assailant had
been at the safo whon tho pepper was
hurled. As Schonfeld. according to the
story he stuck to, was directly In line
between his assailant and the open
doors of the safe, which- was hardly
more than five feet from the thief who
threw the blinding condiment, the de
fectives expressed surprise when a
minute examination failed to show any
traces ot spilled pepper either on the
floor of the office or on any part of the
safe.
Anxious to make an examination of
the Inner compartment of the safe, and
to look for possible telltale fingerprints,
tho detectives telephoned to tho Mosler
headquarters and an expert arrived and
opened the Inner safe. Therein they
found the missing key and tho empty
space from which Schonfeld said he
had taken the wallot of Jewels Just be
fore the assault
No trace ot pepper was found Inside
the safe, though all the detectives In
vestigated carefully with eyes, fingers
and noses. Sergeant Rellly applied
black powder and powerful lenses to the
doors of the Inner safo compartment
and other parts of the strong box, look
ing for fingerprints that might be help
ful, but with negative results.
Schonfeld's story and that of his
nephew, Joseph, agreed substantially
except In one detail. Joseph, when ex
amined separately, was confident that
when he entered the door of the office
he saw his uncle standing there and
holding In his hand one of the red
leather wallets' in which diamonds are
kept.
The older man Insisted that he had re
placed, with the exception of the three
stones selected for the lavalllere, all the
gems In the safo refore Joseph entered
the) door and that his nephew had
started on his errand to the setter's
before the thieves Induced the head of
the firm to reopen the safe. "Joe" said
It was one of the red wallets he saw.
His uncle said the gems were In a black
one. When Schonfeld waB confronted
with these variations In the evidence he
became excited and berated his nephew,
exhorting him not to try to tell any
thing ho didn't know. Tho youth ad
mitted finally that he might have been
mistaken about having seen the wallet
In his uncle's hand.
Describe Assailant.
The Jeweller described the pepper
thrower as about 6 feet 10 Inches tall,
weighing about 155 pounds, of light com
plexion and wearing a soft black hat,
dark clothing and low Bhoes. The other
man, he thought, was about 35 years old,
6 feet 6 Inches tall ahd wore a black
raincoat and a Panama hat. He had
never before seen cither of his callers
and had no Idea of their Identity.
Lieut. McKay asked him If ho had not
felt fearful when he sent away his
nephew, leaving himself alone with two
strangers of whom he knew nothing and
with the safe open In which he had gems
worth many thousands of dollars. Schon
feld replied that he did not consider
himself exactly alone, as his employes,
Davidson and Werthelm, were Just the
other side of the light partition' and
within easy call.
Almost as early on the scene as the
police were several business men, who,
Schonfeld admitted, were creditors of
his and Interested to know the amount
of his loss. Ho held an animated con
versation with them In Yiddish and then
volunteered to place1 all his business
books and papers In the hands of the de
tectives If It would facilitate their task.
It was arranged that, with Mr. Schon
feld a counsel In attendance, representa
tives of the Police Department and an
expert accountanf would look Into the
affairs of the concern further tomorrow.
The manufacturer Insisted that he could
not precisely determine the amount of
his loss until he had consulted his books.
Mr. Schonfeld has occupied his present
offices about five years and has been a
manufacturing Jeweller much longeh He
came to America about seventeen years
ago and during the last decado has been
well known as a factor in the trade. He
la marited and lives at 753 Kelly street,
The Bronx.
WOULD DEPORT ALL
ALIEN REDS QUICKLY
Immigration Commissioner
Favors More Soviet Arks.
Frederic A. Wallls, new Commissioner
of Immigration, on Kills Island, went on
record yesterday a? favoring more Soviet
Arks.
Asked about the report that two new
"arks" would sail shortly with cargoes
of radicals, Mr. Wallls said he hail re
ceived no word from Washington on the
matter.
"Personally. I am In favor of tho
plan." he said. "To my way of think
ing the best way to get- revolutionists
out of tho United States and back to
their home lands Is the quickest way.
I can see no objection to Bending two
ships away as soon as possible. We
have only fifty-eight jf the anarchist
class on tho Island, but I am Informed
there are from 600 to 800 in Federal
prisons throughout the .country."
FOUH HELD IN LEATHER THEFT
Accused In ?1, OOO, OOO .Terser City
Pier Iluliliery,
Agents of the Department of Justice.
who ara Investigating the robbery of
learner valuta at more than 11. 000.000
from piers in Jersey City and Hobokcn,
arrested four more men late Friday
nigm ana arraigned tnem before United
states commissioner McGoldrick In
Brooklyn yeBterday on charges of vio
lating tne interstate law. The Drisoners
described, themselves as John W.
Jacquee, a train despatcher for the Erie
Railroad, who lives In Newnrk: John
Mathewson, captain of a lighter, living
In West New York; Harry Haugan of
IHM Clinton street, and Harry Solomon
of 10S Division avenue, Brooklyn.
Jacques was held In 125,000. and Com
missioner McGoldrick fixed the ball of
the other three at 110,000 -each. Several
arrests In connection with the thefts
were made laBt September.
OCTOGENARIAN TAKES BRIDE.
Preston "Williams 'of Itosrlnml, X.
J., AVeda Dnnahter-ln-Lnw.
Friends of Preston William, an octo
genarian Hying In Rosoland, N. J., were
surprised to learn yesterday that he
had married his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Alleen Williams, on May 17. Mrs. Will
lamp's first husband, Frank, died thirty
years ngo.
Jtr. Williams found It necessary to ob
tain his marriage license 'from his son,
E. A. Williams, who Is register of vital
statistics of Roseland. The Itev. Henry
Spultz. pastor of the Roseland M. E.
Church, performed the ceremony. The
residents of Roseland made a pilgrim
age to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will
iams when they heard the news and
serenaded them.
THE SUN
LONG BATTLE AHEAD
WITH FREIGHT MEN
Citizens Committee "Will Try
to Ureal; Transportation
Deadlock Here.
That time for talking has passed and
the hour arrived for the- marshalling of
fbrcos for a long and bitter struggle
was Indicated yesterday In tho rival
camps of the coastwise longshoremen
nnd the Citizens Transportation Com
mlttce, which will lead the battle to
break the transDortatlon deadlock,
Chief among the developments were tho
following;
Gov. Smith, whoso plea for an oppor
tunltv to brine about a peaceful settle'
ment by mediation, was rejected by the
longshoremen at their meeting Friday
night, was said to bo definitely out ot
tho case.
Tho Merchants Association announced
that It would proceed at once and with
the utmost rapidity to perfect its plans
to smash the stranglehold gripping the
transDortnt on facilities of the port.
Non-union trucks will bo on the streets
within a week or ten. days. Thoy could
be put In operation to-morrow, as thero
has been absolutely no trouble getting
equipment. It was said, but the Citizens
Transportation Committee does not want
to act precipitately. The door la open
for tho strikers to reconsider, they say,
Serious Effect Feared,
Tho committee held a long conference
In the rooms of the Merchants Assoc I a
tlon, after which William Fellow es
Morgan, chairman, said the decision ot
tho dock workers to remain on strike
may nave "a serious ami rnr reacning
effect upon the Interests of the C, 000, 000
residents of New York." Ho refused to
discuss the situation, but said the com
mittee will hold dally councils this week.
Gov. Smith, before leaving for French
Lick, Ind and San Francisco, expressed
disappointment that his Labor Board
had been unable to arrange a truce. He
feels that the longshoremen have as
sumed a gravo responsibility, Mrs.
Henry Moskowitz, secretary of the
board, said last night
"They have started something nobody
can see the end of," Mrs. Moskowitz
said. "The light vote Indicates many of
tho men don t care whether the strlko
ends or not, but that Is because inost
of them are now employed elsewhere. I
believe there Is mischief somewhere.
The men have been counselled unwisely
nil along. Tho Governor does not ex
pect to take any further action."
Union leaders have carried the fight
to the annual convention of tho Ameri
can Federation of Labor, which opens
in Montreal to-morrow. They will try
to rush through a resolution pledging
tho financial and moral support of tho
.(,600,000 workers affiliated with the fed
eration In their fight against the open
shop.
Federation Likely fo Support Men.
The resolution will bo Introduced by
Peter J. Brady ot the Allied Printing
Trades and supported by T. V. O'Con
nor and Joseph F. Ityan of the Long
shoremen's Union and William McCaf
frey and James Kohoe of the teamsters'
organization. It Is believed that the
convention will adopt It, In which case
the local labor chiefs will return at once
to New York without waiting for the
Convention to close.
Although unionists will not disclose
their plans It became known from a re
liable source that they are quietly mo
bilizing for a long and bitter struggle.
The appearance of the first "open
shop" truck, a union man said, will be
the signal that the time for talk has
passed and tho time to fight hascome.
Edwin Gould of the Teamsters Union
said:
"The plan of the Merchants' Associa
tion Is to attack organized labor In tho
metropolis of the Western Hemisphere,
wnero tne most trade unionists are
found. They are determined to fight
not so much against the teamsters and
longshoremen as to make the entire
city an open shop city."
It was officially annound at the Cen
tral Federated Union that tt.000 team
sters and) C5.000 longshoremen are now
allied under the Transportation Trades
Council.
William O'Neill of tho teamsters lik
ened the situation to a game of draw
K)ker. "They raised the ante from
PW.000 to I3.00n,000," he said. "We nre
waiting for them to lay all their cards
on the table. Wc have to see what kind
of a game the Merchants Association
Intends to play In Its general pub
licity campaign against organized labor
In New York,"
SWEDENBORGIANS MEET.
-uiie or Limrity in Human Bo-
clety" DLohmhI ni Convention.
The general convention of tho Swedcn
borglan, or New Church, was held yes
terday In the auditorium at East Thirty
fifth street, between Park and Lexington
avenues, nnd In the Scarboro N. Y
school. "The Llfo of Charity In Human
Society" was the subject discussed nt
the convention and at the seyslons held
In the Church of New Jerusalem, at
Monroe place and Clark street, Brook
lyn. The Rev. Dr. John R. Hunter of Log
Angeles, opened the convention with re
ligious services. Dr. Russell Eaton of
Brockton, Mass.. delivered the conclud
ing prayer. The Rev. Dr. Julian K.
Smyth, president of the. convention,
spoke on the relation of church and
State.
Following a luncheon at tho Hotel
Commodore the delegates went to Scar
boro, where they were guests at the
home of Frank A. Vanderllp. The con
vention came to a close nt a mectlnp In
the Scarboro school, where the state
ment of Henry P. Davison regarding
America's obligations in Europe was
discussed.
REINSTATE POLICE CAPTAIN.
Penboily Will Draw Full Pny for
Year Under Snspenslon. '
The suspension order that has kept
Capt. William F. Peabody from duty In
the Police Department since May 26
laBt year was rescinded yesterday and
he was restored to duty with full pay
dating back to his suspension.
He was relieved from duty following
his Indictment by the Grand Jury on a
charge of working In collusion with pick
pockets. The Indictment was dismissed
earlier In the week.
Capt Peabody has been assigned to
command tho precinct covering Staple
ton. Staten Island. IIu formerly com
manded In Flushing.
PAYING BLACK TOM CLAIMS.
i
Lehigh Ilond Gives Cheeka for
Property Damages.
The settlement of claims of Jersey
iuy properly owners against the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company for damages
caused by the Black Tom explosion of
July 30, 1910, began yesterday with
the handing out of checks In the office
of the Jersey City Law Department.
The claims are' being paid without
costs as a result of the recent decision
of the United States Supreme Court
which upheld the claims of tho Beth
lehem Steel Company and other corpora
tions. There are about 400 In all and
probably will total more than $100,000.
The damage lu most casese consisted .of
broken window panes.
AND NEW YORK '
LIBRARIANS RESIGN;
SALARIES TOO LOW
Bronx Community Council
Urges Increase for Employees,
Proteat against tho scale of salaries
paid to New York' publlo library om
ployccs was made last night at a meet
Ing In Morris High School, hold undor
tho auspices of tho Bronx Community
council.
tspeeches calling attention to Cm Im-
uurmnco ot tne librarian's work aa an
educational .factor wero made by James
M. Hamilton, Commissioner of tho De
partment of Correction, nnd Mrs, Frank
The New York Public Library Staff
Association, which has undertaken a
campaign to secure higher wilarles, nn-
i.uunvvH.inrougn miss Stella Maikowitz,
leader In tho motamnnt. thnt n,m.i,,,,u
in this city nre resigning at the rate of
ncariy inreo u week,
The maximum Balary now paid to a
branch librarian Is 11,020. To attain
this gradra fifteen ,years' nxnnrlenen u
required, and every library worker must
have had at least a high school educa
tion and one year of special tralnlifg at
nuinrj. HCJlooi.
Although thero am 591 librarians on
the city's payroll, thero Is some doubt
as to whether they can Bhare In the
J5.000.000 bond Issuo for Increased city
salaries, as technically they arc not
I'laiwvu us city employees.
HIS STORY TO GIRL
SENDS HIM TO JAIL
He Told of Silk Theft but Not
of Having a Wife.
Because of the unsought publicity that
goes along ns part of being arrested
.nres inaicner. 2U, who said he lived
in rniiapeipma, was tontenced yesterday
by Judge Mulqueen in General Sessions
to nve years In Slate prison, following
ma uunviuiiuii lor criminally receiving
stolon property. Thatcher, according to
.urns ncien iiraiuey, 20 years old, of 329
west FortV-0 ahth street. Iisi! hn
showing her marked attentions. He was
arrested charged with the thoft of J500
worth of eilkfl from the Falcon Silk
company, 440 Fourth avenue.
When Miss Bradley read of his nrrest
there wae n detail In the Item which hn
nau not neard of before. "Well, If he's
been married all this' time nnd I didn't
know It It's Just nbout time 1 told some
of the things I do know," she sold to
herself. And so her testimony of what
he had told her about the ellks went In
as part of the court record.
Rlcco Cosmos, 33 years old. a l.inllor
living at 53 Vb Spring street, was sen
tenced to two and a half years to three
years for the same offence. It wa'H al
leged that he stolo 1215 worth of cloth
from the American Ejshjcsh Company,
Bhlpped by Martin Melnhart & Co. of
215 Fourth avenue.
TRIAL TRANSFER REVERSED.
William Hamlin Child to Fucr Su
preme Court flury.
Supreme Court Justice Lydon yester
day reversed the order ho signed a short
time ago transferring the trial of the
William Hamlin quids Indictment for
alleged violation af the election law
from the Supreme Court to General Ses.
sloim. He said that he had decided to
vacate his former order because he had
elgned It under mlsapprehcneion.
While Justice Lydon was sitting In
Part II., Special Term, of tho Sunreme
Court the District Attorney's office pre
sented to him a proposed order trans
ferring the trial without giving notice
of tho application to Mr. Chllds or John
B. Stanchlleld, his attorney. Tho other
was signed as a matter of course In the
days business, as tho court's attention
was not called to tho fact that it had
an affidavit annexed showing the de
fendant had already applied for Dermls-
slon to Inspect the minutes of the Grand
Jury.
Koch Prices Make Downtown Shopping an
KOCH 6
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Closing Out at
Startling Reductions
Our Entire Sample Stock
Living-Roora Suites
650.00 Cane and Silk Ve
lour Suite; 3 pieces
675.00 Upholstered Tap
estry Suite; 3
pieces
595. co Upholstered Tap
estry Suite; 3
..pieces
695.00 Upholstered Tap.
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pieces
Consult the
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successful
HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 920.
FIGHTS IN VAIN TO
SAVE DROWNING BOY
Winifred Sinffli Makes Heroic
' Effort's to Aid Robert He-
A nicy in Hudson Itlver.
Robert McAuley, ig ycnrB old, unable
to swim, wnB drowned In the Ilit'lion
River off tho mouth of .Hpuytcn Duyvll
Creelt yesterday afternoon, deiplto
heroin attempt to save his llfo by his
companion, Winifred Smith of the Siiuy-
ten Duyvll Cuuoo Club. Tho canoe was
upset In tho swift waters of tho crock
and both youths were swept Into tho
river. Thero Smith's battle to save the
other nnd his collapso from exhaustion
when his grip on the overturned boat
was loosened were teeii by scorcB of
persons on. shore, k
Whon rescuers reached Smith Me-
Auloy was gone. Efforts were mmle to
recover thn body beforo shlftlnur tides
carried It to tho mlddlo of the stream.
Harbor pollco brought to tho surface
tho body of an unidentified boy, who np
parcntly was drowned several day ngo,
but failed to find that of tho canoeist.
McAuley, whoso home was nt 150
West 102d street, met Smith nt the club
houso ut th foot of 204th street at 4
o'clock. They had planned to paddle
across tnu river to the Palisades umi
spend tho remainder of the day with
campers. They got out an eighteen foot
canoe, donned bathing suits nnd started
away,
They were only 150 feet away from
tho clubhouse when swells caused by
wind nnd rain warned Smith, tho more
experienced, thnt tho crossing would not
be safe. He swung the canoe about and
started back for the Now York shore.
Gradually the wind carried them townrd
tho entrance of the creek nnd they pad
dled a short dlstanco Into It They were
under the ratlroad bridge that crosses
tho creek near Its mouth when tho eddies
combined with the set of the current to
rock tho canoe. Tho craft capsized,
throwing McAuley and Smith Into the
water.
McAuley. fought camelr nnd with
Smith's help was able to reach the over
turned boat He held on while Smith
tried to kick In to shore. Tho current
waB too strong and the canoe with tho
two hanging on drifted Into tho Hudson
Their shouts first were directed to
men on n tug that was icisslng up the
river. No intention was paid to their
calls. Then the canoe drifted to a posi
tion opposite several boathouses. and
while preparations were being raide to
Rer.u muncnes out someone toiepnoneu
to the Marine Division of the Police De
partment nnd asked for help. Sergeant
David Goss, a veteran in tho harbor
squad service, was rushed to Spuyten
Duyvll in a motor boat.
When Goss arrived McAuley was gone
and canoeists wero holding Smith. Ho
was exhausted and when Goss dragged
him Into the motor boat he collapsed.
He was revived later at Connor's Boat
Houso nt the foot ot 204th street. His
first, questions were for McAuley. He
was overcome with grief when he
learned his companion was dead.
Watchers on shore declared Smith's
attempts to save McAuley wero without
parallel In that section of the water
front. For half nn hour he held tho
drowning youth's hciid above water.
When his hold was broken he dived
after him. He finally became too weak
to give further assistance.
Sleeping Iloy'n Fall Proves Fntnl.
William Brinkman. 15, of 3044 Kings-
bridge avenue, The Bronx, died In' Ford
ham Hospital yesterday from Injuries
ho suffered earlier In tho morning, when
he fell from the third floor window of
his home. Frederick Brinkman, tho boy's
father, told the pollco that his son
walked In his sleep, Tho boy had been
to the movies the night before.
550.00 Upholstered Tap
estry Suite; 3
, pieces
350.00 Upholstered Tap
estry Suite; 3
pieces
450.00 Cane and Velour
Suite; 3 pieces. .
450.00 Cane and Silk Da
mask Suite; 3
pieces
275.00 Cane and Velour
Suite; 3 pieces. .
575.00
600.00
549.00
649.60
597.00
Koch Plan of Deferred Payments
extended-payment system nov in
operation in any depaitment store.
80 MERCHANTS SAIL
TO FORM TRADE BODY
r t
Kroonland Carries Delegation
to Paris Conference.
Eighty American business men from
various Jiarts.ot thfl United States sailed
yesterday for Pitrls on tho liner Kroon
land as part of the delegntlon of tho
united Htntes which win rorm an inmi-
national Chamber of Commerce. ,
The organization meeting of tho chnm
her. which, will he an International bus!
noss body, will be hold during the week
of Juno 21 nt Parli. Delegatos from
Fnu.ee, Belgium, Kngland, Italy and tho
United States will be prosont. This
country will have In all 200 represent
lives,
For the InM month John II. Fuhey,
vice-president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, nnd other Amer
ican business men havo been In Paris
making preliminary arrangements for
tho organization meeting. The general
plan for the chamber was laid at the
International Trade Conference nt At
lantic, City Inst October.
Also on board tho Kroonland was Ray
Carruthers, manager of tho Pennsylva
nla Hotel, who will spend his vacation in
Europe by mulilng a tour of the big
hotels.
ALLOWED TO TAKE
HIS FATHER'S NAME
'Poor Little Rich Boy' From
Lee Becomes Mills.
William Mill. Is to be tho name by
which William Crossman Lee, otherwise
known on "the poor little rich boy," will
be Identified In the future, according to
,an order signed yesterday nt White
Plains by Judge Frank L. Young of the
County. Court. The order was signed In
compliance', with a petition presented by
DeWItt II. Lyon, the boy's guardian.
Tho boy is tho son of William Mills,
Jr.. and Gcomla Crossman Mills. His
mother obtained a divorce In 1913 and
married Frederick Ie, a real estate op
crator of White Plains. In tho follow
Ing year the guardian was nppolnted nnd
Judge Young elgned an order permitting
the boy to uso the name Lee. But now
William wants to bo known by th4 old
family namo Mills, and the permission
reversing the original order was niea.
$20,000 TO POST-GRADUATE.
Gift to Ilnilowment Fund Mnde by
AVeatlnnhooHe Company.
A gift of $20,000 from the Wcstlng
house Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany, bringing tho week's total to $27,
059.50, nnd thus swelling the $2,000,000
endowment fund to a new mailt ot
$1,304,236.07, was reported to-day by
Dr. Frederic E. Sondern, president of
the New York Post-Graduate Medical
School and Hospital. Other large gift'
for the week were $2,500 from Mr. and
Mrs. W. K. Benjamin, $2,000 from W.
D. Thornton and $1,000 from Charles H.
Sabln.
Dr. Sondern announced that It will be
tho goal of the endowment committee
to raise nn average of $10,000 a week
throughout the summer, months, to in
sure a provisional expansion of the In
stitution's work.
Colnmbln Alumni Honors Chrystle.
Thomas Ludlow Chrystlo has been
nominated as -trustee ot tho alumni of
Columbia University It was nnriounced
yesterday to succeed Ambrose D. Henry.
Mr. Chrystie was graduated from Co
lumbia In 1892 nd from the university's
law School the following year. He will
eerve ns trustee for six years.
Tax Instalment Dae June 15.
William H. Edwards, Collector of In
ternal Revenue. Issued n statement yes
terday asking that the taxpayers send In
tho second instalment of their Jncome
tax, which comes due June 15, as early
as possible. Mr. Edwards Is anxious
to prevent a rush on tho last daj . Noti
fications have been sent to liS.OOO per
sons.
Extravagance
of
497.00
300.00
397.00
350.00
219.00
(B:
ART SALES.
ON EXHIBITION TOMORROW (MONDAY), IN '
Oil Paintings
Removed from tho Herald Square Hotel
and belonging to several Estates
TO BE SOLD AT .
ABSOLUTE SALE BY AUCTION
Thursday and Friday Afternoons
Commencing nl 4 o'clock each day
, JiUO
Collections of
Oriental & Domestic Rugs & Carpets
PROPERTY OF SEVERAL ESTATES
' INCLUDING
THAT OF A WELL KNOWN COLLECTOR (Deceased)
ALSO TH LATE MAJOR-GEN. A. R. CHAFFEE.
TO BE SOLD
On Wednesday, Thursday & Friday ,
Afternoons nl 2 o'cloclc Each Dny.
SALES AT AUCTION.
Extraordinary Salo of
Unusuul Furnfshinirs
Miller's Auction Rooms
and Art Galleries,
University Place, Comer 13th St.,
wu.h sri.i. nv riTiii.io auction
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Till! RTII AN I- UTII Of .TPNi;
Ttctlnnlrm- ol It A. M. Knrli I'nv
Home Adornments
nv oiinnt or a vnnv
Prominent Family,
TUB RNTlltR CONTENTS Of A.V
Jfi KOOM MANSION ni.'MOvni) I'llOM
Lakewood. N. J.,
AND CONPISTP oy THU ' 'HIV filOICKST
Persian Rugs
Chinese, Chippendale and Ma
hogany Dining Furniture; Ivory
nnd Mahogany Bedroom . Suites
Teakwood and Onyx Pedestals,
Hand Painted Porcelains, Placques
and Plates, Marble and Bronze
Statuary, Rare Miniatures, Silk
Hangings, Paintings, Gold Mirrors,
rino Unc-a-I3rac.
Antique Furniture
Of the Rare Kind
Knabe Upright Piano,
Floor nnd Table Electroliers,
Carved Sofas. Desks, High Boys,
Chippendale, Mahogany and Inlaid
Furniture, Cheval Mirrors and
Many Other Items of Interest too
Numerous to Specify.
2000 Books 2000
nNTint; LimtAnv op selec!
1.1TKHATURK
Table Glassware
FINK ASSORTMENT OOLD DECOItATIONS.
This Sale Affords an Unusual Op
portunity for Those Seeking Fur
nishings of the Kare and Uetter
Kind.
ON VTTC WT0M0RR0W
WiM Villi VV& TUESDAY
at the Cilleries of
IFfH AVEHOE fS'A..
Cor. 25th AglifVriftBa nAfiRse
Street HSJWIBUIU fflUUIfld
The Collateral for unpaid loans
made previous to and including
Feby 28th, 1919, by
THE PROVIDENT LOAN
SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Consisting of
J)i a monds
Watches, Chains, Rings,
' Solid Silver
cmitiiims; ri'K SETS, ETC.
To Be Sold by Auction , Wednes
day, June 9th, 1920, from
9:30 A. M.
Also to Close an Estate
Several Pieces of Valuable
Diamond Jewelry
HENRY A. HARTMAN, Aucfr.
Fine Furniture
Dining Room, Foyer & Boudoir;
Real Bronzes Sevres Dresden
Salon Vases, Piano, Victrola
and Records, Turkish Rugs
Tapestries Paintings.
Removed from THE CHELSEA
By order of
GHAS. DILLINGHAH WILDE
PUBLIC AUCTION
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
and SATURDAY
June I0th.llth.12th; 2 P. M.
DARLING & CO., Auctr's
242 5th Ave., 27th-28th Sts.
EXHIBITION
Commencing TO-MORROW (MONDAY)
nd up to day of Sale
NOTE: Exceptional and Valu
able Articles of Merit for Con
noisseurs and Private buyers at the
above sale.
COOKE'S
Auction Rooms
(Established 1869)
Auctioneers and Appraisers
209-2 1 1 East 1 25th St.
Between 2nd and 3rd Ares.
Jos. Wielar, Auctioneer
Wednesday, June 9th
at 10:30 A. M.
By Order of Prominent Merchant.
numerous uther Consignments
Added
High Class and Medium
Furniture
and Home Appointments
of Kirrjr Description nnd Kind
"Private Sale Department"
Entire Main and Upper Floors
Devoted to the Exhibition of
New Period Furniture
And Works of Art.
ART SALES.
Silo's Fifth Avelnue Art Galleries
40 EAST 45TH STREET
S. W. Cor. Vonderbilt Ave.
JAMES P. SILO & SON, Auctioneer
& Water Colors ;
now iulilrcw
42 & 44 East 58th St.
AUGUSTUS V. CLARKE
In iirrturntlon
Sale by Auction
(during thl month)
liyoitlirof
MRS. HELtH WOOD LOCKE
at ho' residence
14 West GOth Street
The rich modern and Colonial
furniture and other valuable per
sonal property.
I)ati of Sulci
In future onnouncejicnts
N. B. Mrs. Locke's rare and
valuable 'collection of old porce
lains and pewter, paintings and
antique furniture will be sold
during the coming season at our
new galleries
42 & 44 HAST 58TH ST.
SALES AT AUCTION.
A One Day's Rale In Our Upper Gallerjt
BENJ.S.WISE
WtUSellat Wise Auction my
428 Col. Ave. 81r:St."L'
'Tuesday, June 8 th, 1 0 : 30 A.M.
High Class Furnishings from ihe
BURDEN, ARTHUR, JOHNSON,
GOLDSMITH and other Estates
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS,
for the Bedroom, Living Room,
Library, Dining Room, Halls and
Servants' Rooms, Bric-a-Brac,
Curtains, Pictures; etc.
Mr-kfc. 100 Domestic Rufi & Carpets
iNoie. So!d Tut!diyi 5 p M
BIO CHANCE FOR DEALERS.
Cbntents of a Beautiful
PRIVATE HOME
BENJ. S. WISE, Auctr.
Will Krll nt ruhllo Auction
Wednesday, June 9th, 10:30 A.M.
Entire Contents of private house
20 WEST 82ND ST.
By order of Mrs. W. K. Gregory
Kranleh t llach llaby flrand; Mahogany
Bedroom Suites, Dining Room In Ma
hogany, Living Room and Halls richly
furnished, Oil I'alntlnss, Marble and
nronzn Statuary, Rues nnd Carpets, lace
curtntlns, lraperles and Brlc-a-Rrac,
Kitchen and Servants' Quarters. f
Cnsli Deposits. Dealers Attend.
ATTRACTIVE SALE '
BEAUTIFUL FURNISHINGS
B. N. GARDOZO '
Sells To-morrow, Monday, Jim 7th
At 4G8 8th Ave., Bet 30th & 31st St
At 10:30 KM. (Upper Salesroom)
Carved Dining Room Suites
Enameled. Bedroom Suites
Parlor and library Furnishings
Slrrllnc Sllrfr, 1'urioi, ltronrr,
MurliIc-1, PrdrHtnla, Cablnfti,
Klectrollrr. Ijtmpi, Clock Xeti,
Larsc Sort Ynnrs.
Mahogany Chime Hall Clock
Uric-u-brac, Orlrntal and I)o
mrtlr Rugs. Mlvalon Furnlturr,
Tainting-). Knerntlnci, Iiorlcs,
Cut (ilasn, Lace Curtains.
In All a Beautiful Sale
Arthur Kaliskl, Auct'n'r
Sell Thursday and Friday
June 10th and 11th
88 University Place
BT. 11th and 12th Sts.
Magnificent Furnishings
AUTISTIC FUKNITUJtE FOIt PAR-I-OK'
niNINO KOOM. LIBRARY,
11EDROOM. CHINA AND OLASS
WAUK, H1LVKR PLATE. CTT
flLASS IIRONZES, IMPORTED
BRlC-A-nitAC, PAINTINGS.
35 Oriental Carpets and Rugs
ALSO A NUMBER OF WILTON
OARPKTS AND RUOS IN FINE
CONDITION.
IN ADDITION TO ABOVE ENTIRE
CONTENTS OF A niOH ORADb
FURNISUED ItOOM H008K.
Exhibition Wednesday
Mary J. McShane
OI fen at Public Aucilo-
Tuesday, June 8th, at II A. t
A lanre and tine asortmrnt
LADIES' MID-SUMMER
DRESSES AND SUITS
From N. Y.' Most Prominent Famllln.
Large Quantity
Ladies' & Gentlemen's Shoes
UnrrrU nn 'aliaitm. ktruu- llfltn. iwanH
feathers, ban. eombi, buckle a"
wearing apparel, etc., at
ART GALLERIES
128 W. 49TH ST. ml
rL!L!i! T 1 P M. 1
bAIUUIUUH lU-lUUIiUW 1 "
-47.1, Edward A. McSbanl
Phone llrynnt .urttonear.
DeIrr Kopectally lnitrU.
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