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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-12

Dunlap Brothers are the largest
handlers and distributors of mer-
ChandiSe in Oklahama operating, as we do,
seventeen big cash department stores in
i seventeen good Oklahoma towns and cities. We are
also sole owners of The Dunlap Wholesale Company
of MuskOgee We have done business in Eastern
Oklahoma for the past twelve years and have made
an unqualified success of every business venture we
have undertaken. AS to our financial standing
and responsibility refer you to BradStreet and
DunnS mercantile agencies and to any bank in any
town or city in which we have ever done business.
Why We Can Save You Money
We buy merchandise direct from Americas largest mills
and factories in big quantities. Of and tanoad for
wholesale house and seventeen retail department there
by securing absolute bedrock prices everything You know
have had business ALL that the buying the big
quantity gets the low price every time.
g. We buy and sell tor cash. This the foundation which
have built business and devae from Paying cash
lot of money in the of discounts and selling
for cash saves thousands year bad debts
Location and reasonable rental On big building
about $5O00O0 location Main Street.
just one block west.
No delivery We deliver goods thereby saving several
thousand dollars good annually $4,000
month for each and driver and would
to handle our business.
And eUer'y dollar of these savings will go to
our customers in the form OF lover prices.
Our Tulsa Store
Will open for business Monday morning. March 27h with
grand opening sale lasting all the week.
Wait For Us
You will be do when beautiful
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
ESCAPED HANGING,
WOMAN NOW FREED
Anna Valentino, Who Slew
Rival. Served Ten Years
Of Life Term in Jersey.

TRENTON, April l2-Anna Valentino.
the last woman sentenced to be hanged
in New Jersey, was parOled by the Court
OF Pardons to-day. She had served al
most ten years OF a life term. to which
the death penalty had been commutsd
on the very eve Of the day vet for her
execution. About u year ago the woman
was transferred from the state prison to
the woman's reformatory at Clinton.
The case Of Anna Valentino attracted
attention throughout the country. and
while she a waiting execution In tho
Bergen county Jail q petition was circu-
lated In the middle West In her behalf,
II contained the signatures Of 100, 900
persons and was presented TO Gov.
stokes. then ex officiO chairman OF the
Court Of Pardons. After long delibera-
ton the court decided to commute the
death penalty to life Imprisonment.
The crime for which Anna Valentino
was convicted was shooting and killing
Of Mrs. Rosa Salxa. who tainted her with
having broken up the home which Anna
had helped to build. She was then the
common law wife OF an Italian, the
father OF her children. For years Anna
had shaved for the man who subsequently
deserted her n II was her hands which
laid tho bricks OF their little home.
Frensied by the taunts of The woman
Who had won the affections Of the Ital-
ian. Anna shot her to death. Her trial
and conviction followed In short order.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
COUNT AT HIS BIGAMY
TRIAL CARRIES PISTOL
L. :. Agents Swear Max Lynar
Offered to "Spend $1,000"
II They'd Help Him.

\ magazine pistol containing eight
cartridges rerosed in the hip pocket OF
Max Iynar. known better ms Count
Louden.' when he appeared for trial
yesterday before Judge Rosalsky In Gen.
erai Sessions. II was found By Detective
Russo Just before the prisoner was
taken 10 the Tombs pending the outcome
Of his trial on q charge OF bigamy.
I, developed that the prisoner had a
legal right to possess the pistol. having
a permit granted by an upstate police
Justice. but Judge Rosalsky and Assist.
ant District Attorney Minton could ANA
no ready reason for his carrying IL into
court. Russo. who arrested Lyman IN
October, will ave possession oil the
pistol until the case is ended.
I.ynar last week admitted three wives.
and the prosecution had Two women III
court. both of whom testified that they
had been married 10 him. The third was
not in court. Lyuar came under the
eye Of the Federal authorities n year
ago when they picked him up AS "A Ger
man spy. In searching out his history
when he made an application for a pass
port for himself and a woman he called
his wife they ran across CONNECTING
stories and his arrest and indictment for
bigamy followed.
Joseph 4. Baker aud \. .. Adams.
agents of the Department OF Justice.
swore the defendant had offered to
spend $1,000 II they would help him
eelpe prosecution on the State charges.
10 prove the higomy Mr.. Minton
called Amelia Wendt a: P~oughkeepsie
and Rose O'Biien OF Albion. y. Y. The
fi,st witness told OF her marriage In
1892. She Is now Mrs. Arnold. She
was married to the defendant under the
name of Mas Chimang. one OF the many
aliases used by the prisoner. After liv-
ing with hin for a yea Mrs. Arnold
said he disappeared ana she believed
him dead until she saw him last Octo-
Der after his arrest.
Miss OBrien testified that she had
been married 10 the defendant under
tho ndnie OF Max T.. Louden. who told
her lac was n count not then wearing
his title" Following the marriage. she
said, she gave him several thousand dol
lars and he disappeared. After he was
arrested on The present charge he re-
turned TO her about $500.
The trial will be continued to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
BREITUNG HEIRESS
TO SUE FOR DIVORCE
Action Expected as Soon as
Decree Is Filed Diminishing
Max kleiSt'S Suit.

Juliet Ereitung Kleist, daughter OF
Edward y. Breitung. the banker. is ex-
pected to file a suit for divorce against
Max Frederick Kleist. the ex-coachman,
10 whom she was surreptitiously mar
ried. This action will be started as soon
rs the decree Of the United States Cir
cult Court Of Appeals. affirming the de-
cision Of Judge Hough In the Federal
District Cour throwing out kleist's suit
for $3.50. 600 for alienation OF his wife's
affections against Mr.. and Mrs. Breitung
Is hled.
MIR. BreitunK told a reporter for
THE SIN. yesterday OF his daughters de-
cision TO sue for divorce. MY daughter
does not love Eleist and really never
did love him he said, Il am Informed
BY my attorney that a suit for divorce
will stand. vi II will no, be based on
any immoral act by kleist. II viii he
based simply On the question OF the
contractua. relationship Of marriage. ="
There are two grounds on which my
da lighter would he entitled to a divorce.
In the first place the marriage contract
was never contaminated. In me second
wv
IL would he against public policy for two
persons 20 be bound by a contract whet
they will live apart for the rest or the.i
lives Though the two were legally mar
ried. nevertheless l am advised that a
suit Tor divorce will lie.
IL expect the papers in "A divorce ac'
zion will be filed within "A short time
! probably in this state
: Mr.. Breitupx said he did not ever
know where Kleist ~ working nor where
he could be found He said he had paic
no attention whatever TO his unwelcomt
son-ln-law's movements.
Kleist and Miss Breitung were mar
ried q few days before Christmas, 1913
The young woman had met kleist. .
%coachman employed near her father
! country home at Marquette. Mich. ant
the two became friendly. kleist followed
the girl to this city and they were mar
RED AT GRACE Church.
BfSe!tung. finding oht Ab6ut~1hs mar
riage. gave his son-A-law a job IN ;
mine in New Mexico. But the cir
ceased 10 love her husband. kleis
blamed the end Of his romance upon hi
parents-in-law and sued them for aliena
ton. There was q mistrial and then
trial wherein Judge Hough took the CAS-
from the jury. finding for the defend
ants.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
WIFE DECLARED INSANE.
BroL~r says He Was MtsIed by
Childish simplicity.

Samuel r.. Einstein. a broker. testi-
fed before a Sherif's Jury that the sim
plicity and childish Innocence OF Miss
Mildred E>erill which led him to make
her his wife were due to an undeveloped
brain and a tendency to insanity. As
a result OF the testimony of Einstein and
others Mrs. Einstein was declared In
su ne and a committee for her person
and property will now DE appointed.
my wife's original charm for me was
her extreme innocence II simplicity
said EinsteiH THAT was the charm
that impressed me hen ] first knew her
and which ! finally war told was the
serious part Of her condition. So what
I thought was the beauty OF womanhood
was the mistake
Mrs. Einstein. who Is now 20 years
old. was married on April IL, 1911.
She showed evidence of mental trouble
three years later and was sent to DR.
Bonds s%anitarium in Yonkers. She Is
an English woman and her condition
did not become ircurable until she
learned that her youngest brother had
been killed in the war.
Or. George r. Stroll. An alienist.
testified that Mrs. Einstein has an 'in-
fantile BRAIN He does not believe she
can bs cured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
CHAUFFEUR DENIES
BAFF MURDER PLOT
Ferrara SwearS Police Beat
Him Until He Con-
fpSSed to Ii.

Frank Feirsra, the chauffeur Who
,nad. two confessions in which he told
Of akirG the murderers OF Barnet Ba
to West Washington Market ON the nigh
81 November "a. 1914. when BAN was
killed. went on the witness a in his
own behalf on a charge OF murder In the
first degree before Justice Shearn in the
Supreme Court. Criminal Term. Yesterday.
lie maintained that one OF his confess
sions. the first. contained all OF the truth.
The second. he swore. was obtained
through beatings and threats AT Police
Headquarters.
So stronel, did it appear that some OF
Ferrara's statements might be true that
Assistant District Attorney O'Malley
called IN rebuttal all OF the detectives
who worked on the case. az well as
Deputy Police Commissioner Scull. who
told OF the police rule in handling
prisoners. District Attorney Swami was
also called to show that Ferrara had
good treatment when he talked with him
in his office.
Ferrara's first confession sets forth
that he had driven the so-called murder
car. taking to the market several men,
all of whom have since been identified
as being In the conspiracy to have Ban
killed. In the FIRST statement he says he
did not know the purpose of the trip.
The second confession says that Fer
| iara knew the object OF the visit to the
market and that he had been In the con-
| spiracy to kill Baff. He denied yesterday
that he had been paid 800 az was testi'
fed to by witnesses in the case. but hat
| really got only his commission Of S12O
Several witnesses gave Ferrara a good
| character, II being shown hat he was %
wears old. married and tho father o.
three children. lie Is the first defendan
70 far in the case who can speak English
The trial will be continued to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
SCHOOL AD0NISES PICKED.
Sixty Trained In schools to Pc Ss~u
In shakespeare Nasaue.

Sixty high school boys chosen as per
feet physical specimens will appear
rs Greek athletes In the Shakespeare
masque At the city College Stadium
May % 10 -. according to an announce
ment made yesterday by c. Ward
Champion, director OF physical training
In the Department OF Education. The
schools have been searched for young
men whose physical measurements nearly
correspond with the statues of Greek
gods.
MIR, Champion believes hat the attn
letic training In the schools Is producing
results superior to those OF the old
Athenian games and festivals. He says (.
These young men chosen for the
masquo have received from eight TO ten
Years physical training in the New York
public schools and the spectators will
be able to observe - what extent mod
ern physical training exceeds in actual
beneficial and artistic results the old
Greek methods.
Two hundred and ffty women teach
ers will take part IN the masque. prin-
cipally showing the country dances of
Shakespearc's time, In addition there
are 100000 girls In elementary and high
schools h are dancing Shakespearian
dances In honor Of the tercentenary,
10000 OF whom will exhibit them pub
iic'y In the park fetes In May"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
DR.. RITTER TO MAKE
GERMAN DYES IN JAIL
German Held as Potter, Also
Promises GasOlcnp From
Natural Gas.

'oiu MBrs. Ohio. April l2.-The short
age of valuable dyestuffs due To the
European war and the presen, high price
OF gasolene will be overcome II the plans
of ~. i.meri.h Ritter, s~e,f-confcssed
German confidential agent. prove sue
cessful. Ritter. with the permission of
Warden Thomas of the Ohio penitenti-
airy. where the doctor Is confined. will
begin tomorrow TO show that he can
make the necessary d~yestufYs and also
to produce "A very high quality Of gaso-
lenc.
Dr, Ritter is a skilled chemist and
asserts he is the inventor OF ''liauid
FIRE"
Il worked IN a German dye factory
as confidential chemist and | positively
know the process said Dr. Ritter. Mrs.
Ritter, wife of the prisoner. is on her
way to Columbus from Cleveland with
small quantities Of material, with which
Dr. Ritter declared h. will demonstrate
that Naluable dy%eaturs. now so scarce
IN this country, can he made from cheap
products,
Warden Thomas also has given him
permission Ia worh on his plan of alb
stracting eIso,eue Of a high quality
from natural gas. br. Ritter did this
successfully II ~ sid. Just before he was
arrested in Cleveland last fall. Three
gallons of "7S per cent" gasolruc can
he taken from 1909 cubic feet Of dry"
natural gas, he declared.
pr. Ritter also proposed that he hr
| allowed To- institute a system AZ reducing
table refuse Of ulc peui,cntiary and
other State institutions. lie explained
! how lac could make ~ net profit Of
$7.Ojo yearly by converting the waste
into lubr,cating grease. starch, albu-
ininoids. deNtrin, glucose. glyCerine and
disinfectants He Will get a chance to
prove this also.
DR.. Ritter was arrested in Cleveland
last fan for completely in the Wellaud
Canal plots. The charge was later
changed TO carrying concealed weapons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
FEWER DIVORCES If
ARRESTS WERE MADE
Justice Crane Halls Undefend-
4, ed Action to Urge Law
Enforcement.

Though not in full sympathy with the
misdemeanor, Justice Crane OF the SUI
preme Court. Brooklyn. IL OF the opinion
that the law should b. relentlessly en-
forced. and yesterday %astonished twenty
five divorce seekers in his court. mostly
women. by saving 80. In one instance
a case TO he tried next week-ie sur-
ses,ed that the plaintiff have her hus-
band arrested as evidence OF good faith.
!. The Justice inveished at length against
the present day tendency TO divorce. with
particular reference TO undefended ac-
tons. He halted the trial OF an unde-
Tended suit brough, by Mrs. Sophie
eiegelstein OF 2i7 RutIedae street against
Charles r. Siegelstein to express himself
after a witness had testified that Siegel-
stein. though found in u room with a
woman not his wife. had not been ar
rested.
I'VE have placed money and property
interests above morality" Justice Crane
exclaimed. ~ a man steals $40 We
send him 10 jail quick, II he takes a glass
Of beer on Sunday one OF the strongest
departments OF the state gets busy and
the offence is prosecuted. but IL he com
mits an offence against the morals OF
The community he goes unpunished
Here Justice Crane read that section
Of the law which has made IA misde.
meanor OF infdelity on the part of hus,
band or wife. Continuing. he said
"Since that law was enacted | haven
heard OF a single instance of it being
enforced. The evidence is submitted
. week after week in divorce actions. ye'
nobody ever goes to Jail. That's Al
0bsurdity. / know man reasons why
the penal Law should not he as II II. but
so long as II stands. (, should De Ell
forced"
Then he said. as an afterthoueht ap
parently
III some Of the people who break theil
marriage vow were put into Jail ",
might have fewer divorces
Justice Crane reserved decision In tn.
Siecelstein case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
OUS7INC OF SEXTON CAUSES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH FIGHT
DR.. Denlinger, Pastor of Holy Apostles, Appeals From
Attack at a Meeting-Men's Club Is Split-Matter
Will Be Aired at Election.

regular meeting yesterday. When ii WAS
unanimously voted to grant the request
OF the Chelsea N~eighborhood Association
for n room In the parish house, to be
used for art works. and a rear room for
a library. This will involve the taking
of the first floor. The second will be
given over to church offices. RI top
loo will be used by the ~Neighborhood
Club. This will necessitate your moving
on or before May l..
we must adjust our economy TO meet
the necessary expenses. The vestry
hopes you will understand this IL u
business matter. We appreciate the feel
ing YOU must havs with your mother for
the premises that have 10 long furnished
you a home. The art room and library
promise 10 bring n community interest
to our church that must not lie lost"
DR.. Denlinser. after reading the two
letters. started 10 leave the room. but
stopped when Mr.. Patterson shouted /:
Please remain The chairman. WILL
lam J. Ballard. president Of the club.
called MIR. Patterson to order. but he
succeeded In making n speech calling
for a rising vote on u motion 'as to
whether or not those present want to
see the aged widow apd mate OF the
venerated sexton Of the church thrown
"a into the street"
The clanior that resulted caused
passersby to stop In from, Of the church.
Finally DIR. Denlinger. after appealing
to the gathering to make MIR. Patterson
respect his cloth. got out OF the room.
The motion was ruled out OF order. and
william II. Hockey succeeded MIR. Bal
lard In the chair.
Among the congregation az the meet
ing at the church last night there was
much discussion of the disturbance OF
the previous evening. 1t was said that
friends Of Mrs. Hayes and her son would
carry the fight into the election of ves-
trymen after Easter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
BIRTH CONTROL MOVIE TO-DAY.
Globe 10 show Film on hitch Crn-
sOrship hoard reed.

TIN subject Of birth control having
been dealt with already by PLAYS on the
spoken stage. It has remained for the
motion pictures TO take up the topic.
The Universal Film Manufacturing Com
piny is sponsor for "A picture called
Where Are My Childrsn"' which Will
be shown publicly for the first time at
the Globe Theatre this morning
An invited audience saw the Aim yes
terday. The National Board OF Review
of Motion Pictures. formerly the Ma
tional Board Of Censorship. has failed to
agree ON the picture. and the film Is put
ont over objections made hy some MEM
bers. Tyrone Power is the featured mein-
Der OF the company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13

A decision by the vestry' Of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church Of the Holy
Apostles, at Ninth avenue and Twenty
eighth street. TO Dust Mrs. Maria Hayes
and her son. Walter Hayes. sexton Of
the church. from their homo In the
parish house a caused asbig stir in the
congregation following a rumpus at a
meeting Of the Mems Netghborhood club
in the parish house on Tuesday night.
The Rev. DR.. Henry n. Denlinger. pas
tor Of the church. was the storm centre
until he left the room before'the meeting
ended.
Mrs. Hayes. widow of Sannie Hayes.
who was sextot--~ ~. Holy Apostles
Church Ter forty ysavs, is 81 ,ysarS old
For more than forty-ive years she has
lived on the top 400 OF the three story
parish house. She has reared thirteen
children there. Her son. Walter Hayes.
the present sexton. and her daughter.
Miss Margaret Hayes. share the rooins
with her now
Al the mems club meeting Dr.. Dem
linser started to read two letters sent to
sexton Hayes skiing him to leave the
pa irish house by May 1. Se~eru MEM
bers objected to tine reading of personal
correspondence According to James
W. Patterson. a coal merchant at 337
ninth avenue. the minister said that as
there had been gossip and an attempt to
stir up bad feeling the letters should be
heard by every one. and he continued.
The tirst letter. dated April and
signed by three vestrymen, Louis r.
Schvab, George Mills and W. r.. +.
Smith. said
We beg to inform YOU of the action
taken by the yestry Of the church at the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
osBORNE'S TRUSTEES OUsTED.
COmvicts Once Favored Kept Out
of Prison OMcs.

OssiNING. April IA change at Sing
Sing since Superintendent OF Prisons j.
NJ. Carter took office has forced the con-
vets favored By Thomas Mot, Osborne.
former warden, from the warden's office,
according to reports to-day.
Officers OF tho Mutual Welfare League,
who formerly had free access TO the Of
flee. are how kept inside the double steel
gates OF the key room and are not per-
,nltted TO go upstairs to the office with
out a special pass from Warden G. w.
Kirchwey. Some OF those hit by the nav
order are Charles Gondorf. king Of
wlretappe1s"; David MAier. Doc Rogers,
Peter Cullen. prison bridegroom O. X.
BIN Myers, efficiency engineer Of the
league, and John Mereno. About the
only TRUSTEES having free access to the
omics now arc George Hodson, switch
hoard operator: Joe Nathan, stcnogra-
phcr, and Harold Rich, clerk.
Some Of the prison officers see In this
chang a waning OF Mr.. Oohos.eNp IN
hnence since Superintendent Carter be.
San " rule.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
COL. WEBB WINS IN $4,000 SUIT
Relieves That he Did Not
Mistreat woman.

4 supreme Court jury rctutued a yer-
diet for Col. O.. Creighton Webb in "a suit
for $4,000 damages brought against him
by Mrs. Matte Bienenfeld. wife of a
lawyer. Mrs. Bienenfeld said that he
assaulted her when she was serving him
with papers in a legal proceeding. She
testified that she went to the Hoffman
Arms. at Gao Madison avenue, where
Col. Webb has an apartment, and that
when she handed him the papers lie
10 escape by jumping into an ele-
vator, When she tried to follow him.
she said. he first pushed her out and
then pulled her in.
Col Webb denied Mrs. Bienenfeld's
statements. He sa!d that she did not
have the papers ready when she saw
him and that as he did not care to be
served at the time he tried to avoid II.
lie decla red that Mrs. Bienenfeld then
grabbed him by the coat and tore it.
The jury believed his story. The Ease
was heard before Justice Gon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
CLAFLIN co. GETS BACK STORE.
West Broadway Block Taken Dive
for $1,000 600.

The " y Claim Company took back
yesterday in its own name the biz store
property on West Broadway. Worth.
Thomas and Church streets which the
Arm occupied for man years prior to
It's failure several years ago. When the
company went into receivers hands this
property. along with other assets, was
turned over to them and later was con-
,eye ed to the Mercantile Stores Corpora
ton. a wholesale concern formed 10 con-
tinue the Clahin business
Records Of the turning back of the
building TO the Clafliu company show
that $1,000, 900 was paid for the prop
erty, Of which $450.00O WAS lent by
The Mutual Life Insurance Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
MCLAUGHLIN HERES DEADl
InverIned Report Received From
Havana About ElOper.

Unverifed reports from Havana, Cuba.
say that Miss Grace Mclaughlin. helress
10 S25O,0 900 inc daughter Of h late
Patrick II. Mclaughlin. deputy chief
Of police In Brooklyn under Chief Devery.
who last December eloped with the
owner Of the garage where she kept
her car, Is dead In that city.
On December . Miss Mclaughlin and
George NJ. Stevens, a partner In the star
garage. l59 West l27th street, vanished
from New York together. the girl taking
with her several thousand dollars in
cash. jewelry and securities. In Feb
ruary her aunt. Mrs. Katherine Ingles.
I West i29th street. had detectives tran
the couple to Augusta. Ca, where she
requested that Stevens. who divorced his
wife IN springnsad. AAna. on October
~. 1915. bs arrested op . charge Of
bigamy. =