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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Lewis'S Wealthy Father
Silent Over Tragedy

Pittsburgh, Jan. L. Wenman A.
Lewis. wealthy retired coal operator
and father Of Bernard w. Lewis. who
was being sought I'm connection with
the murder Of Grace Roberts IN Phlla-
delphia, had heard nothing regarding
the whereabouts Of his son until IN
formed by press dispatches tonight OF
his suicide in Atlantic City. He refused
10 make any comment.
Bernard w. Lewis was we'll known
here, having been associated with his
father i'm the coal business and at one
time was connected in an official capac-
ity with five coal companies IN West
Virginia. Three years ago he became a
member Of one OF the largest stock
brokerage houses in the city, but re-
tired from the firm one year later.
During that time. however, his bust
ness frequently took him 20 New York,
where his friends declare he soon made
acquaintances which familiarized him
with the night life OF the city. From
that time they date the beginning OF
his failure I'm business. Domestic
trouble later complicated the situation.
His residence here was closed, and Mrs.
Lewis and her little daughter went TO
live with his parents In a fashionable
section Of the city.
Personal financial ventures in which
he WAS concerned. particularly the
ownership Of a Pittsburgh theatre. also
failed. and although efforts were made
by his family and friends to re-
habilitate his fortunes, he gave them
little encouragement. they say. Last
November he announced his intention
Of going 10 New York to engage in tho
automobile business. Little mad been
heard from him by his father since
that time and 10 was not known here
that he had been in Philadelphia or
had any intention of visiting that city.
Genuine surprise was expressed by
his friends tonight when they learned
that his name had been mentioned IN
connection with the murder Of the
model. as he had never been vicious.
Instead. they said. his misfortune had
come about through the possession o.
a large amount of money and his pleas
ure-loving disposition.
Archibald Mackrell. captain OF city
detectives, said tonight that he had
received no official information regard
ing Lewis's suicide. and that no effort
had been made by the local authorities
10 ascertain his whereabouts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
LOVE PENSION HE
HELD UP CALLED
BAR TO MARRIAGE

No young woman ought 10 be pa
fer remaining single, in the opinion Of
James l.. Knox, Boston publisher.
Such a pension would be utterly op-
posed 10 public policy, he says. and on
these high grounds asks the Supreme
Court 10 annul a contract which he
had with Miss Leonora NJ. Eide, OF
Washington.
Knox also said in his answer to
suit brought by Miss Edie that he was
threatened into making the contract,
which provided for a sort OF love PEN
sion OF Sl50 a month. Knox had been
engaged 10 marry Miss Edes and in
stead married her niece Miss Florence
Caroline Mol. He was 10 pay the $3.50
a month up 10 $4,000, unless she mar
ried in the meantime.
Knox says that he paid $4,000 and
then was advised that because of the
threats USED he was no longer under
obligation 20 make payments. He then
called of the contract. Miss Edie is
now suing him FOR $1,000, which she
says is due. Knox also mas filed
counter claim. asking for the $4,000 ne
has already paid, because of the in,
validity of the contract.
Knox says that il was 10 avoid threat.
ened notorlety and TO spare the feel
ines Of his mother. for whose life and
health he feared, that he was induced
TO enter into the arrangement with
Miss Eide. lie names Mrs Jessie r.
Nelson. a sister OF the plaintiff. as
the intermediary who submitted the
terms OF settlement and also the threats
TO him. These threats were. he alleges,
that unless he paid large sum. action
would be taken against him. would
bring him notoriety and ALLEVIATE mis-
mothers affections lie even feared
bodily harm. says Knox.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

ing for political reasons, tho President
being a political candidate"
The Presidents insistence on passage
of the Adamson act, Senator Works De.
clared. was "deplorable," while the re-
cent confirmation Of a Supreme Court
Justice furnished a shocking example
Of unwarranted influence.
"The course Of the President in Mex
ico," he continued, "has been one Of
arrogant and arbitrary, If not unla"-
full. exercise Of power. Twice has tho
President appointed commissioners
without local authority to nego-
tiato with commissioners appointed by
Carranza TO settle our relations win
Mexico"
The Senator also denounced the
Presidents appointment Of personal
representatives in Mexico, and SAID
that the United States had twice gone
to war with Mexico without the sane
ton Of Congress.
Advocates Single Term
Advocating single Presidential
term, Senator Works said that the idea
Of a President being the leader OF
political party was obnoxious, ana az,
tackled President Wilson for alleged
leDu0ldtlOn OF the rluEit htiiH
the Baltimore platform. He said the
present patronage system was "degrad-
ing. deporable and dangerous
Lavishness of campaign funds and
"pork barrel legislation also were
scored by the California Senator, who
gave in detail appropriation records OF
the Democratic Administration. He said
there had been an increase Of mill
taristic spirit because the public mind
had been shrewdly perverted, largely
by those having selfish interests.
A new alignment Of political parties
suggested by Senator Works to meet
these evils would contemplate union
Of progressives Of all kinds under the
name of the Liberty People" The
Progressive party, he said, had been
deserted by its leaders in It's hour OF
need. the Republican party had become
hopelessly disorganized, and the Demo,
cratic party was as hopelessly divided
between reactionaries and progress
sives.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
FRIEND OF MODEL
COMMITS SUICIDE
Continued from page I

kicked in the door Of his bathroom,
which was also locked. There he lay
where he had dropped into the tub
Bernard Lewis had made his getaway
The trapped man had written no yles-
sage before he died.
He had removed his coat. and was
dressed in a blue shirt. black trousers
and shoes. His fingers and hands were
scratched in several place. Apparently
the abrasions had been made several
days before. Bloodstains were also
found on a handkerchief which lay upon
the mans bed.
Beneath the faring headline Of the
paper spread out upon his bureau was
a two-colurhn picture Of Grace Roberts.
When County Physician /. K. Souder
arrived he examined the body and an
nounced that death had been ing'anta-
ncous. According to patrons G.. the
States Villa. Lewis arrived there late
Wednesday night. He was morosc and
and kept 20 himself
I'm former years. Lewis frequently
visited Atlantic City. While here he
moved in circles similar to those with
which he associated himself IN New
York and Philadelphia. Four years ago,
his father and mother rented house
near the States Villa. He was with
them here for almost the entire sum
mer in that year.
The men who have been at Lewis 5
heels since his name was first linked
with the murder finally caught up TO
their quarry late tonight, when detec-
tives from Philadelphia arrived here
by Elwood Powell, the
chauffeur who drove the man. 10 the
house where the Roberts woman lived.
Powell positively identified Lewis as
the man who cheated him out of $40
fare. The police Of Atlantic City dis
cussed the case with the Philadelphia
detectives for several hours. Il was
rumored that they were trying to i'm
plicate another man in the case,
although Detective Callahan, who
headed the Philadelphia squad, said
that he was certain that the slayer OF
Grace Roberts now lay dead in the
States Villa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Gregory Takes Up Matter
on Trade Commissions
Evidence
CRIMINAL ACTIONS
MAY BE INSTITUTED
President Wilson in Close
Touch with Inquiry Into
Production Methods

Washington. Jan. 4. The Department
OF Justice. at the request Of the Fed
cral Trade Commission. has taken up
the print paper question. Information
collected by the commission in its in
yestigstion into the cost Of news print
lee TO the conclusion to-day that anti
trus; action by government prosecutors
might be warranted.
A letter 70 Attorney General Gregory
from the commission to-day said that
tho inquiry "has now reached a stage
where the further cooperation Of the
Department of Justice would be advan-
taCcous."
Mr.. Gregory said that he would have
attorneys of the department meet the
commission or IT'S attorneys and 60
over the data to determine what furth-
cr steps should be taken. He added;
Il know, Of course. from what has
already been brought out that seri-
Gus condition exists m this trade. and
that any remedy which the law may
afford should be applied at once
Wilson Actively Interested
President Wilson is actively inter-
eSted I'm recent disclosures Of practices
pursued in the production and distribu-
tion or print paper. and is understood
% be following the inquiry closely.
A mass of complaints and testimony
and a large number Of secret reports
from the commissions Held force Of in
vestigators have been placed IN the At
torney Generals hands.
For several weeks past Department
of Justice officials have been in fire.
Quent consultation with the trade com
mission on the situation and arc under
stood 10 have under serious considera-
tiOn the carly institution OF grand jury
proceedings. AZ which indictments
charging violation of the criminal sec
tion Of the law will be asked.
10 is understood that department Of
iicialS arc prepared TO institute speed
ilv "a dissolution suit against any
manufacturers within Federal jurls-
diction who are believed to have con
spired in restraint Of trade or 70 ef-
feet d monopoly.
To Digest Evidence
At the same time it was made clear
that the evidence adduced by the COM
mission would be thoroughly digested,
so that no injustice might be done
manufacturers innocent Of Illegal prac-
tees.
Department officials are understood
20 be preparing TO ask for criminal in
dictments. and 10 is believed these
proceedings, if undertaken. would be
rrrssed ahead of civil proceedings.
Where such proceedings might be con-
Quoted is said to be under considera-
ton.
officials say that they are handi-
capped by the fact that more than half
oil the print paper consumed IN the
. United States is produced in Canada
hv manufacturers who would DE out
side the jurisdiction Of American
courts Ina any proceedings that might
be deemed advisable This condition,
however. would not apply to American
agents of such manufacturers.
The trade commissions investigation
was conducted in response 20 Con-
gressional resolution, and report 10
Congress viii be made within few
DAYS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
ROB HARVARD CREW HOUSE
Thieves Loot Red Top Quarters and
Society Residences on Thames

New London. Conn. Jan. 4.-Search
is being made by the police Of this city
ard Norwich for a band Of river pirates
who within the last three days have
Numbered cottages and summer resi-
denccs. including Red Top, the train
ing quarters Of the Harvard crew, for
distance of seven miles along the
Thames River, from the harbor 20
Gales Ferry.
Everything Of value in the "Wigwag.
the cottage occupied by the Crimson
oarsmen during June, was taken and
even the boathouse was plundered Of d
quantity Of lumber
Among the cottages robbed were
those of Herman A. Wolf and George
A. Ashby, Of Montclair, y. j., and
George Frost. Of Montville. The latest
burgiaries reported were those at the
residences Of James d. Lynch and Mrs.
NcCoskry Butt. of New York, and Mrs.
Otis X. Dimock. Of Hartford. in the
fashionable Pcquot summer colony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
SLAYER Tried to Conceal
Crime by Suicide RuSe

philadelphia. Jan. NO murder ~
recent years so thoroughly aroused the
police and the public az me mysterious
crime brought 10 light near mldnl en1
last Saturday. when Grace Roberts
sister. Miss Colbert. after repeated 81,
forts 10 get her on the telephone, cailed
at her apartment
The colored janitor OF the apartment,
house, finding the doors locked, CLIMBED
through "A window az the solicitation OF
the sister and discovered the terriDly
beaten body Of the beautiful GIRL clsu
only in violet silk pajamas, lying on the
bed. The form was covered WIN
sheet, and a clumsy effort had oeeh
made By the murderer to indicate SUI
eide by attaching a rubber hose TO a
gas jet and placing it over the muir
dered girls face. But the murderer
overlooked the detail Of turning on the
gas.
Circumstances made il apparent that
the girl had been dead many hours
when her body was found She had
been cruelty beaten, her teeth being
knocked out, bruises and cuts were all
over the body and apparently she had
been beaten over the head with hat
iron. A silk stocking was knotted
tightly around her neck.
Letters and photographs found IN
Miss Cobert's apartment served 10
associate several prominent Philadel-
phians with the girl. and they were
summoned before the detectives and
questioned regarding their association
with her.
Grace Roberts, who formerly was
Maize Colbert, was about q years old.
She came here from Kane, Penn, eight
years ago and soon afterward assumed
the name OF Mrs. Grace Roberts Her
relatives assert, however, that she never
was married. She was 20 essed OF
great beauty Of form and face and this
led to her selection as model FOR ad-
ueriisinr, nhntoprnnh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Convinced Lewis Killed
Woman, Tate Declares

fIrom a STAT Correspondent oi Tie lrplNe
Philadelphia. Jan. 4. - The case
against Bernard Wesley Lewis was
clinched Yesterday when the blood
stained shirt and collar found in the
room where Grace Roberts was muir
dered were identified as those Lewis
wore on Thursday night. a Few hours
before he nhadc the taxicaD journey
alone TO the Wilton Apartments, at
Poplar and Fifteenth Streets. The
identification was made by the Misses
Ethel and Mabel Kyle, sisters and pub
lie school teachers in Germantown, who
were with Lewis on Thursday evening
81 have every reason to believe that
Lewis committed the crime" said Cap
tain Tate when informed o. the suicide
81 base this assertion on my assurance
that the shirt and collar found in the
Wilton we're his We will not stop
work on the case altogether. however
There are few details ! wish TO round
ont Int I believe hat these viii only
bear out tho belief ! have entertained
several DAYS, which is that Lewis was
the guilty man.
This was the only statement the de-
tective chief would make.
Lewis is supposed 10 have killed the
woman as d result oil an old quarrel,
which was renewed Friday morning.
Lewis was an old fame OF Grace Rob
erts. but had not seen her for. many
months. He had purposely avoided
PHILADELPHIA. he told friends, because
he said the town reminded HIM OF the
distressing affair" of his falling out
with his former sweetheart.
Lewis was still hiding IN Phlladel-
mia when the police completed their
case against him. Captain Tate, there
lore. caused Elwood Powell, the chauf-
feur who drove Lewis 10 Grace Rob-
erts's apartments for the last time, TO
swear out warrant charging the
/ wanted man with defrauding cab
driver. This charge, violation OF an
/ act Of Assembly, IS not an eNtradItaoIe
offence.
The police were unable TO lay their
/ hands on Lewis at once, and the lugI-
/ tive LETT town last night To-day was
a pcriod of suspense. For a moment
/ Tate feared his quarry had slipped
through his fingers. On chance a
detective was dispatched 10 New York
Al > o'clock this evening. however
Captain Tate's men located Lewis IN
Atlantic City. They had tapped the
KYLE residence telephone and were
"listenmg in" when Lewis called up
Captain Tate at once notified Chief OF
Police Miller, IN Atlantic City, and an
effort to arrest Lewis on a charge o.
suspected murder prompted the suicide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
LEWIS ATTENDED YALE
Member of Glass Of 1901, Quit in His
Junior Year

New Haven, Jan. A. Bernard w.
Lewis. VINO committed suicide at At
lantic City tonight, was a member OF
the class OF 1901 at Yale. but was not
graduated. The university catalogue
shows that he attended college from
1897 20 1899.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Presidents USurpatiOn OF
Power Menace to Nation,
Says Senator
EXECUTIVE CALLED
COMMON LOBBYIST
Submission by Congress
Illuminating, Declares Cal
ifornian in ValedictOry

Washington. Jan. with an ar
rairnment of President Wilson's Ad-
ministration and Of what ne called
decadence in American society and gov
eminent. Senator Works, Of California
who retires March 4, began valedic-
tory speech to-day in the Senate. lie
dcplored tendency toward central
lied. unchecked and unlimited power
on The part Of the President, denounced
pronigacy Of wealth. recommended that
the idle rich be compelled by law to
work, and urged formation Of a new
progressive political party known as
the Liberty party"
Recess for the night interrupted the
speech after two hours, and the Sen
ator will finish tomorrow.
Senator Works declared usurpation
Of power by the President had amount
ed practically to a dictatorship" Re
ferring to Executive pressure on leg
islation, he said:
"If this kind Of Executive coercion
is persisted in and submitted to by Con-
cress. then our government is no longer
a government Of the people It is not
"A democracy. 1t is not a republic. II
Is a despo.ism worse than any known
monarchy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Telephone. Girl Gives Clew

The telephone. or rather a telephone
operator. figured in another important
pbase of the case. Detective Edward
Farrell and a young woman operator
al the Bellevue Stratford Hotel estab-
ished that Lewis was bound for Miss
Roberts, rooms iu the Wilton. when
he left the Kyle girls in Germantown
Thursday at midnight and took the
long taxicab ride alone TO Fifteenth
and Poplar streets.
Detective Farrell discovered On the
Stratford switchboard record a call TO
Poplar 5279," Grace Robcrts's num-
Der. made at 1880 p. m. on Thursday
The telephone operators description Of
the man who made the call fitted Lewis
exactly. At 1880 o'clock Lewis and
the Kyle sisters were just leaving the
Bellevue Stratford. following a few az
ter-theatre fox trots.
The story the school teachers told
the police also made positive the be-
lief IN the police mind that the shirt
and collar found in the murder room
belonged TO Lewis. The shirt was
new one, size 10. and had been pur-
chased in New York.
Lewis came here from New York on
Wednesday, December p. and on
Thursday he telephoned the Kyle girls
and asked them downtown for tea.
They had tea at the Ritz-Carlton. and
Lewis told the young women he had
lost his baggage and was obliged 20
buy his linen as he needed DO. After
tea at the Ritz the trio went TO the
Adelphia Hotel for dinner and 20 dance.
Lewis Wilted his collar AT the Adel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
WOMEN TO FIGHT
GRANDMA LAW
Queens League Backs Up
Mrs. Bersinger, Who At
tends It's Meeting

The graudmothcrs' rebellion is on il
Queens. Headed by Mrs. Clara Der
singer. who went TO Jail rather thar
support her three grandchildren, The
women of Jamaica last night started Z
movement to abolish the grandmother
clause" in the ordinance.
The meeting was held last night al
S19 Fulton Street under the auspices
of tho Women Citizens League, OF
which Mrs. Alfred J. Emo is president
and the presence Of Mrs. Bcrsinger, the
Joan Of Arc Of grandmothers. was q
surprise to most of the women.
She kept her seat discrcetly in the
background while stout woman with
p6eitive views stated some plain truths
about the duty Of grandmothers and
uothers-in-law.
Her Thought in Disfavor
81 have known mothcrs-in-law," she
declared, "who would put their sons
up to leaving their wives if they didn't
happen to get along we'll together. In
such a case l think it would serve the
grandmother right 20 have to support
the children"
"Oh, say, now" came from another
part Of the room, eff mother-in-law
did that 70 me-and I've cot four chill
dren-l would never allow her TO
come near one OF M children. I'd
die rather than take cent Of her
money"
There's a woman That's the right
spirit" II was the stranger in the
corner speaking. She turned and
faced the club 2 little embarrassed,
but aAsme with the same spirit which
inspired her BiacEwelrs Island So
journ.
Ladies! am Mrs. Bersinger. !
heard about tins meeting tonight and
/ had TO come, TO let you know my
point Of view in this affair. / went 70
BlackwelPs Island for principle.
Never Saw Grandchildren
'My daugnter-in-iaw never had any
thing 10 do with me unless she wanted
money. She never brought my grand
children 10 see me. ] don't know those
children She way always after money,
though, and now, instead Of going to
work, she thinks she can make me sup
port her i'm idleness. I've got an in
come Of $500 / have saved for my old
age. Why should ] give it up to her
and her children She can earn SO a
week as a telephone operator. as she
did before she married my SON"
LouC applause greeted Mrs. Ber-
singers speech.
"We're all Of US i'm danger Of being
'bersingered, said Mrs. Emo, "if we
don't do something about this law. II
seems to me that it is a grave menace
10 all women, If their sons can shirk
their espOnsibilities"
Mrs. Emo then read letter from Ed
gar f. Hazelton, Mrs. Bersinger's law
yer, in which he stated that the release
Of the militant grandmother was OBJ
tanned by a technicality connected with
the jurisdiction Of Magistrate Miller
/ in the case and that there was no rea-
/ son why a conviction could not have
/ been forced upon Mrs. Bersinger un-
I der other conditions Of trial. This
reused the women, and they voted en-.
I Enthusiastically for a resolution voicinl
+ their indignation at such law and de-
handing that Z be abolished at once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
Calls President a Lobbyist

he reviewed the Wilson Administrs-
ton IN great detail. In urging repeal
of the Panama free rolls clause, he said
the President had descended to the
level Of a common lobbyist" and the
submission of Congress he described
as y "humliating spectacle
Efforts to force the shipping bill. he
said were shameful" adding that the
reserve act was passed by presidential
dictation and caucus rule and the
child labor bill by "humiliating lobby
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05

eide Of Lewis. and Captain Tste's con
clusion.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-25

support our ideals as the occasion may require.
 If the training is universal then the service must be universal. Uni versal training with voluntary serv- ice only would be absurd.
 For these and many other reasons which I will not take the time to state, I have become firmly convinced that the nation has everything to gain, physically, morally and economically. by remaining loyal to the spirit of the fathers. in deed as we'll as speech.
 But in our haste to indulge in uni- versal military training let it be clear ly understood that the needs of the hour are transportation and food. The administration will be blind tn- deed if 1t does not sec that just now we should concentrate all our energies upon escaping or sinking submarines
New Britain herald., 1917-04-25

them make the vegetable garden the fashionable salon for the season of 1917. The handsomest; brayest, sweet est women in the world today are the English and French girls in trousers and caps making munitions for their husbands and brothers and sweet hearts at the front.
 For more than two years we looked for our duty in a thrifty, indifferent neutrality and we failed to find IL there. For more than two years we tried to convince ourselves that cow ardice is ga virtue, and we failed again for obvious reasons. We see our duty now. We must train our boys to defend their country and We. must feed and equip the boys that are already at the front, If we would avoid bitter tears of regret and long years of conflict