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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
SHERRY DECIDES TO
TURN CONFECTIONER
Noted Restaurateur to Cater
to Demands for Sweets
When City Becomes Arid.
GOING UP TO 58TH STREET
New Fifth Avenue Shop to
Turn Out Dainties of De-
licious Brands.

The announcement made recently by
Louis Sherry that he had sold the lease
OF the building 30 long occupied by him
at Fifth avenue and Forty-fourth street
to the Guaranty Trust Company was
followed yesterday by the announce
ment that Mr.. Sherry will retire perma-
nently from the restaurant business
within the next two weeks and will re-
establish himself as a confectioner and
caterer-the capacity in which he be-
gan business in New York-at Fifth ave-
nue. and Fifty-eighth street.
In making the announcement yester-
day, 1t was explained that-to be per-
fecly frank--there was no business
sense in maintaining Fifth avenue
restaurant with July impending, and
that since the confectioner seems to be
the man to whom New York will look
when 1t is deprived of it's liquor Mr..
Sherry had decided to turn confectioner
again In earnest.
He has taken In some new capital and
few partners whose names have not
been made public so far. and the rev
Sherry establishment IL to be run under
corporate management as the most IL
vanced thing of its kind in the city.
The place at Fifty-eighth street and
Fifth avenue will be. of course. only
the obvious or visible heart of the new
business. There Is to be a factory
location not yet made publc-which Is
to turn out sweets and pastries OF a
kind not yet seen In this city and which
will keep the Fifth avenue shop and the
catering arm OF tho enterprise supplied.
1t is not denied that the decision to
close the doors OF a restaurant which
for more than twenty years has minis
tered to the most exacting custom in
New York was made only after careful
thought and after Mr.. Sherry and the
men with whom ne will associate him
self had concluded that July spelled the
end of restaurant keeping OF the kind
for which Sherry's has always been
known and that the indicated course was
TO take time by the forelock and migrate
up town.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
YONkERS FARE is 1Oc.
DESPITE INJUNCTION
Increase Effective To-day,
Says Company Statement.

Despite the temporary injunction is
sued by Justice Plat in the Supreme
Court at White Plains on Saturday, re-
strainins the Yonkers Railroad Company
from collecting an extra nickel after
crossing the city line and ordering Il 10
resume the service in Hastings on Hud
son. which was abandoned April -, an
nouncement was made by the company
Yesterday that It's conductors would be
directed to extract ten cents from all
passengers again beginning to-day.
Notices of the increased fare were
placed in all cars yesterday.
The following statement was made
yesterday at the company's Offices, 1s0th
street and Third avenue:
The injunction relative to fares and
service OF the Yonkers Railroad Com
pany granted on May 3. 1919. has been
In all respects vacated and set aside by
an order of the Hon. Almet F.. jerks
Justice OF the Supreme Court, OF Brook.
Ign. MAY 3, 1919. The right or the Yon-
kers Railroad Company TO collect rs
fares is therefore the same as prior 10
MAY 3, 1919, The Youkcrs Railroad
Company will therefore on and after Q
o'clock A. NJ, Tuesday. May G. 1919. re-
sumo the collection of the same fare ms
was collected prior to MAY Z, 1919"
Tho injunction issued by Justice PIatt
Is returnable az White Plains to-day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
BOY WHO TOOK DARE
WINS RIGHT TO SUE
Steps on Electric Light Pole
Make Company Liable.

Judicial cognizance Of that part of
boys nature which prompts him TO
accept dare, no matter what personal
risk is involved. when proposed by COM
pamons, was taken by the Appellate Di-
vision of Supreme Court yesterday when
II ruled that Bruce Robertson, who was
injured seven years ago as a result of
boyish prank, should have his day in
court
In 1919 Robertson, while a pupil in
the Berkeley Academy, near South
Nyack, Rockland county, climbed a mole
belonging to tho Rockland Light and
Power Company. Near the top his hand
came In contact with live wire and
he was thrown to the ground He lost
three fingers which came In contact
with the wire. In the trial court the
complaint brought by the boys father
was dismissed on tho ground that III.
victim had been guilty of contributory
negligence.
An appeal was taken and II was
shown that there were several stems
nailed to the pole near the ground 10
enable l!nemen easily to climb It. In
his opinion Justice L1ughlin wrote:
Considering the plaintiff age, tho
circumstances under which lc came 10
climb the pole and his testimony OF how
II was equipped with steps for climbing.
the judgment Of the trial court that he
was guilty Of contributory negligence
cannot be sustained
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
FIRE KILLS WOMAN;
HAPPYLAND BURNED
Loss at South Beach Is Set at
$225, 900.

Fire wiped out Happyland, an amuse-
ment resort at South Beach, Staten
Island. Sunday. destroyed thlrty-ive ad-
Joining bungalows. burned a half dozen
other buildings and cost the life of Mrs.
Mary Autenreith. ~. wife OF the oper-
ator of one OF the concessions in the
park.
Mrs. Autenreith and her husband,
John Autenreith. had moved only yes
terday from beach bungalow to rooms
over the dancing pavilion in the park.
They were awakened by smoke about 3
O'Clock yesterday morning and both
made their way out of danger. Mrs.
Autenreith discovered she had left some
small possessions in the building. how
ever, and returned to get them. II IL
believed she was overcome by smoke.
Before aid could reach her the whole
building was enveloped in flames Her
charred body was recovered later.
The blaze called out every bit OF fire
apparatus on Staten Island, including
the fire brigade from Fort Wadsworth,
near by, where a guard was Immediately
turned out to protect the Government
property and the magazine.
Happyland WIS opened for the season
Sunday ana entertained record
breaking crowd The police believe the
fire started in bath house. where some
of the departed merrymakers had tossed
cigarette. The property is owned by
tho Hagenhahn estate and operated by
a syndicate OF which William Rumble
was the head, 1t contained dancing pa
villions. lighthouses and various amuse-
ment concessions. The loss was esti-
mated last night al $3.50. 900, mostly I'M
covered by insurance
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
BOMB EXPLOSION
STIRS EAST ORANGE
Lawyer Leber, Foe of Labor
Unions. Lives in Shaken
Apartment House.

Samuel F. Leber. general counsel OF
the Associated Employers of Fur Work.
ers Of Manhattan. Brooklyn and New
ark. believes the bomb which was ex.
ploded early yesterday morning at the
door OF his suite in the Van Cortiandt
apartment building. 646-4s Central ave
rue. East Orange, n. J.. was intended
for him because OF his activities in op
posing organized labor. The organiza.
ton he represents has several strikes or
it's hands in New York. and an efrort
was made recently to have the employ.
ees Of a large Newark manufacture,
leave their work
The bomb was Of amateur workman
ship. Judged from Its effect accordins
to Chief Of Police william H. O'Neill OF
East Orange. and Albert c. Gasser
head Of the Bureau OF Explosives and
Combustibles OF Newark, who conducted
an investigation.
Every occupant OF the twelve family
apartment building. with the exception
Of the man whom, the police believe, thu
Internal machine was meant to kill q,
frtghten. was awakened by the blast
The explosion occurred at 1 :43 o'cloch
and the substantially built structure
WoS shaken TO It's foundations, nearly
every pane of glass being shattered. lie.
her says the defamation awakened hi.
wife and she awakened him.
Two policemen at Harrison and Cen
trail avenue saw the fash accompanying
the explosion, but did not see any sus
picious characters in the neighborhood
The police believe the bomb was timed
and dropped inside the vestibule door OF
the apartment house. Leber's apart.
ments are Just off the entrance Foi
fourteen years he has been counsel fol
various firms having labor troubles ant
consequently has a great many enc
mics. He says he has received no threat
ening missives nor has any previous at
tempt been made upon his life.
A short time ago about fifty fur work
ers who are on strike from a Brooklyn
factory invaded Newark and ATTEMPTED
to persuade the employees of j. Hol
lander & Sons to quit work. SIX mer
struck. and these were posted as picket,
around the Hollander plant Lebe,
caused their arrest following severa
disturbances with the loyal employee,
and one was fined $40, while another /,
held in bail. An application was mad,
in court for an injunction restra inins
the union men from interfering with tn,
Hollander employees and the hearins
will be held to-day. The attorney be
lieves there may be some connection be
tween this incident and the bomb explo
sion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
sUFFs TO DINE KINGS LEADERS
Gerard and Tanner VIII Speak at
BANQUET in Brooklyn.

The Woman Suffrage party OF Brook
lyn will give a dinner at the Brooklyn
Academy OF Music at o'clock on the
night OF May 15, in honor of the Repub-
lican and Democratic district leaders Of
Kings county. and In recognition OF their
hospitality TO the women since their en-
reimbursement. Miss Mary Garrett Hay
will preside. and will be introduced by
Mrs. II. Edward Dreier.
Besides Miss Hay, the speakers will
include Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
James w. Gerard. former Ambassador to
Germany. and Frederick c, Tanner.
formerly Republican State chairman. Mr..
Gerard and Mr.. Tanner will speak on
"Women's Part IN Politics" Commits
eioner Jacob A. Livingston and John II.
McCooev are among those who will at
tend. Tickets may be obtained from
Miss Elizabeth b. Collier 2S2 DeKalb
avenue, Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
HELD FOR ARMY SALES FRAUD,
Two Federal Employees and Omcer
Among Four Indicted.

Three men charged with conspiring to
defraud the Government were held bv
Judge Learned Hand in the Federal
court yesterday. They were Arthur p.
Myers, q civilian employee of the War
Department his brother. Joseph L. My
ers. formerly lace importer OF 1879
Madison avenue, and Michael A. Kiely,
civilian employee OF the War Depart
ment. Bail will be fixed to-day.
Lieut.. Sidney w Neighbors, survey
officer attached TO the material disposal
section of the Bureau OF Aircraft Pro-
duction. was named in the indictment
as codefendant- He has been on duty
in Boston.
1t Is charged that information oh
tanned by Arthur Myers. Kelly and Lieut..
Neighbors was used to enable Joseph
Myers to obtain preferment at sales OF
army goods 1t ia charged that the con-
splracy operated from February 10
April "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
FARE SUIT FORCED
BY NEWARK MAYOR
Search for Argument Owe,
Payment of Extra Cent
Almost Hopeless.
CONDUCTORS TESTED
First Too Good Natured. SEQ
ond Too Weary to Make
Demands.

After meeting unexpected dif,c,,,i..
In laying the groundwork for an sctior
Mayor Charles p. Gillen Of Newark =,
length succeeded yesterday in bavIrs
a conductor on one OF the Public serv,c.
Railway cars demand cent fare fro,,
him.. Immediately afterward suit wa,
filed in the Second District Cour, +,
behalf of the Mayor to recover can,
damages. II Is TO be test case I,
obtain ruling on the legality OF n,
order OF the New Jersey Board Of Pub,
lie Utility Commissioners which per,
mitted the street railway company Z,
collect 7 instead OF cents. beginning
at midnight Saturday. pending tn,
working out OF the new zone system.
which Is later to be put in operation.
Mayor Gillen and party of city OF,
hciais left the Newark City Hall at
IL 80 o'clock yesterday forenoon witt
calm determination in their eyes Thc1
boarded northbound car on Broad
street and Conductor 27ol closed thu
gate behind them.
How much is the fare'" asked til
Mayor.
Seven cents" said the conductor wit,
a grin.
well. I'm only going to pay six"
declared Mayor Gillen, and lie dropped
nickel and a penny in the box TIA
conductors smile broadened. but he said
anxious.
Sec here, you demand another cent.
don't you?" he inquired.
THE company says Z cents; that's all
know" returned Conductor 27ol
HE isn't the right man for the test
at ALL" broke in City Attorney Kern,,
who was in the party. SO the Mayor
and the rest OF the city dignataries
clambered out at Broad and Market
streets, and hoped southbound Car
20sS. intent upon provoking trouble
Again Mr.. Gillen asked the amount o.
the fare, was told 1t was cents and
again he announced he would pay but 6
"Oh, all right" observed the second
conductor good humoredly, IN pay In;
other cent myself
Look here" said thaS Mayor. some
what nettled. you demand it, don't YOU
Ill pay II under protest and
"Oh, don't bother" returned the con
ductor YEARLY; "Tll pay 1t myself,
toll you"
For the second time the official party
decided It hadn't hit upon the right
conductor to force clear cut legal is
sue and once more 1t debarlSed. AT the
third trial, on Mount Prospect car 2o7s.
northbound, they found conductor
Marvin Ayres-who simply insisted that
every one drop cents in his box even
when Mayor Gillen said firmly he should
deposit but g.. After watching the
nickels and pennies until they had dis
appeared, the Mayor and his official fam.
lily left the car and Mr.. kerns and
Jerome Condleton. the City Counsel, put
the finishing touches on the legal papers
and the suit was formally begun.
For almost a year the Public Service
Railway, which serves 141 municipalities
In northern New Jersey. tapped every
passenger for 7 cents. On April the
fare was reduced to cents by order or
the court. II remained at that amount
until the recent order of the Utilities
board which the Newark officials are now
seeking to have overturned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
FOUR, FRUSTRATED
ON HOTTEST MAY S
Temperature Reaches IS Atop
the Whitehall Tower.

Up where only a few are permitted
to breathe the ozone the official mercury
climbed to So yesterday afternoon, and
down where the multitude perspired the
faithful street thermometers recorded
between 30 and 100. depending on loca-
ton. 1t was the hottest day OF the
date in the history OF weather govern
mentally managed. The hottest previ-
Gus May was in 1898 and that was
only so. Just what II was oficlally on
Sunday. Some warm summer days have
been no hotter than yesterday and an
early May record OF four prostrations
attested the ardor OF the sun.
The first sufferer from the fierce
lances was Nicolas Mica. soldier OF the
Seventy-sevepth Division, just from
Camp Mills TO make ready for the
parade and carried tns full equipment
with a thousand other comrades. He
was taken to a hospital and may not
be able to march to-day. Other suf-
ferers were John Ferley, lsborer. re-
moved from 219 Bowery to Gouverneur
Hospitals John Kristod, overcome at
Nineteenth street and broadway, and
taken TO his home. Eighty-second street
and Broadway. and Betty Simon, OF Ais
Christopher avenue, Brooklyn. removed
from 10 West Thirteenth street TO st.
vincent's Hospital.
While the mercury was at the tor
notch Of So. at 4:45 P. NJ. hopeful
thunder clouds that did not thunder
hereabout appeared in the West. They
dropped enough water to be classified
generously as a shower by optimistic
prophets who had predicted one. The
clouds were windy rather than watery
and their bellows blowers made the
green trees and bushes bend under a
blast of flfty-two miles for several min
utes and down went the mercury. allow
and aloft- In two hours 1t had dropped
to Sc, fall OF twenty degrees. and real
fall weather. This day is going to be
cooler the forecasters said last night
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
NOT IN LEAGUE WITH DEVIL.
Widow Mckenzie Fears to Testify
Lest People Think Otherwise.

Testimony concerning spirituslistic
seaDces and slate reading performances
by means OF which Lawyer Richard H.
Lane. who Is on trial for larceny in the
Supreme Court before Justice Vernon
NJ. Davis, is alleged to have obtained
$500 by false pretence from Mrs. Vic
toria Mckenzie, an aged widow. will
have to be given by witnesses other than
the victim of the alleged fraud Mrs.
Mckenzie, according to Alexander \.
Rorke, Assistant District Attorney, who
Is prosecuting the case against Lane.
fears to tell what happened at these
seances lest people get the idea that
she Is in league with "the evil one"
Mrs. Mckenzie was subjected to o
rigid cross-exanination yesterday by
Samuel Ecker. attorney for Lane. A
book Of poems which she is alleged by
the defendant TO have written, with
special reference to their relations, and
which he intimates is full of sarcastic
observations. was barred from tho REQ
ord by Justice Davis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
BABY's MOTHER DISAPPEARS.
Child Left in Hotel II Taken I,
Bellevue Hospital.

A baby girl about three weeks old was
taken from the Hotel Rutledge. Lexing-
ton avenue and Thirtieth street, to
Bellevue Hospital yesterday and the
police have begun a search for the
child's mother. who. 1t Is believed. has
met with an accident. The baby arrived
at tho hotel Saturday with a woman
about 26 years old who registered az
Mrs J. B. Sullivan OF Baltimore She
said she had como to town to meet her
husband. who was returning from
France with some incoming troops.
Sunday the child was heard crying
and It was found that the mother had
gone out. When she did not appear
yesterday the police of the East Thirty
dirth station were notified. The missing
mother 10 described as being about Ave
feet eight inches tall and having light
hair and blue eyes. She was dressed
entirely in black
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
NINE POLICEMEN SHIFTED.
Transferred From Detective Bu
reau 10 Uniformed Force.

Transferred From Detective Blu
reau 10 Uniformed Force.
One police lieutenant. six serEesnts
and two patrolmen were transferred from
the Detective Bureau yesterday for duty
with the uniformed force. In the alb
sence Of any stated reason II is believed
the transfers were made to redistribute
men as a result of promotions announced
last week.
lIieut Francis s. Stainkamp Is TO 60
to the headquarters OF the Fourteenth
inspection district at the Poplar street
station. Brooklyn. Sergeant Charles
Brummerhoff goes to the Clinton street
station: Sergeant Edward II. Conroy. to
East Eighty-eighth street; Sergeant
Samuel Dribben. TO East Twenty-second
street; Sergeant William II. Anderson,
TO the Amity street station. Brooklyn;
Sergeant Joseph s. Grossman. TO the
Ninety-hfth street station. South Brook
Ign; Sergeant James J. Cook. to the
Wilson avenue station, Brooklyn; Patrol
man William Coughlin. TO the East 177th
street station, and Patrolman Michael
]. Sheehy, to the East 126th street sta
ton
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
FILIPINO HERO TO
MARCH WITH 18TH
J. r. Amok Won Citation for
Extraordinary Service.

Out Iaphank way In the days when
the embryo Seventy Division
was being whipped into shape as a scrap
ping army unit from the cosmopolitan
aggregation of material sent out from
New York by way OF the draft, not much
attention was being paid TO one brown
skinned little private who found his
mates in Company !, S06th Infantry. He
was Private James Robert Amok, and It
didn't seem that he was much different
from any OF the others of his division.
which had a Chinese or two. a Japanese
here and there. and one or two others
from birthplaces in virtually every cor
ner OF the earth
A little later on Amok's comrades dis
covered that his native heath was the
town OF Bontoc, Island OF Luzon, Philip
pine IslandB and from then on Company
l boasted proudly that 1t had the only
really efficient exponent OF the head
hunters dance in the whole army. They
boosted, too. that tho weird shouts that
accompanied Amok's dances weren't a
marker to what he would emit when he
got over to France and was using his
voice to slgnaliZe the capture OF a Ger
man machine gun nest or two
Amok is back in town again and the
soldiers don't need 10 recall that a good
part Of New York saw him in the days
when he was an attraction down at
Coney Island. All they think OF now Is
the fact that Amok drew a special cita-
ton from Col. r s. Bowan. First, the
Filipino. just after getting to the front
lines. made use OF his extraordinary
powers OF observation TO discover q hid
den German machine gun nest after
many OF his comrades had failed on the
same mission. Yankee artillery quickly
extlngulshed the nest. Then, on the
night OF September 2S. in total darkness
and heavy rain. In the Argonne Forest,
Amok ran three kilometers through
heavy machine gun fire carrying i'm
portant information back to headquar-
ters.
Stili later he was with a platoon max
ing It's way to the rear during the fight
ing on the Vesle. II was caught under
a barraKe OF German gas shells. His
mask leaked and soon the left side OF his
face was black. He refused 10 go to a
hospital. kept on fighting, was treated
later and now Is recovered.
The only subject he would discuss
yesterday was freedom Of the Philip
pines. and said hn thought the Islands
ought to be kept for thirty years more
under American protection because OF
the present ignorance Of q large part OF
the incubation.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
GEO. VANDERBILT ESTATE WINS
Appellate Court Upholds Appraiser,
Ruling s05,OOO Is Untaxable.

The estate OF the late George w.
Vanderbilt will not have TO pay trans
fer tax upon s65 900. the amount OF NJ
teen notes given by the deceased TO the
American Security and Trust Company
of Washington. and secured by trust
deed on premises owned by him at 1912
X street, Washington. d. c.
After the death OF Mr.. Vanderbilt,
which occurred in Washington In Feb
ruary. 1914 the appraiser OF the state
Comptroller. who appraised the New
York estate for the collection of the
transfer tax. decided that $4,000 should
be deducted from the estate as an in
debtedness. Surrogate Cohalan reversed
the appraiser.
An appeal was taken and tho Appellate
Division decided yesterday, in an opinion
written by Justice Laughlin. that the ap-
praiser's ruling was correct. The Sur
rogate's ruling was reversed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
DRAFT CHAIRMAN is INDICTED
Birnbaum Is Accused of Getting
5000 with False Vouchers.

Frank Birnbaum OF 2029 Third ave
nue., formerly chairman of Draft Boari
No. 16l, which had an Office in tie
school building at 119 East Twelfth
street. was named in an indictment pre-
scented to Judge Learned Hand IN the
Federal court yesterday. He is charged
with defrauding the Government: Of 500
by alleged false vouchers.
Two other indictments named JACOB
Zenn of 800 West 125th street and LOUIS
Schotler Of 2245 Third avenue as co..
defendants on a conspiracy charge. They
arc alleged to have allowed their names
TO be certified as investigators Of tie
draft board in fraudulent vouchers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-06
"Baron" Held ON Check Charge.

man who described himself as the
Baron Alexander Stachelberg. a native
of Switzerland. but resident OF the
United States for the last three years.
was held yesterday for examination
Wednesday by Magistrate Corrigan in
the Jefferson Market court on a charge
of passing a worthless check for $25
He has been living in a furnished room
house at 40 West Forty-hfth street He
was arrested on complaint OF Jean Bar
rerre. manager OF the Hotel Brevoort,
Fifth avenue and Eighth street The
prisoner declared the incident was a
mistake" and that tho check would be
honored.