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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
DISGUISED AS NUN"
BANDIT LOOTS SHOP
Mate in Holdup Wears Cdrb
of Priest.

Anatole Nodica Of ~ Greene street,
Jersey City. went out to get haircut
Yesterday afternoon and left his wife.
Mrs. Mary Nodica. In charge of his
store. Fifteen minutes later priest"
wearing heavy black whiskers and hav-
ing an unusually benign and devout ap
pearance. came into the store and said
he wanted TO have his shoes fixed.
MY husband is out now" said Mrs.
Nodica.
II will wait for him." said the priest"
smiling graciously.
He sat down and removed his shoes.
About the time he got the second shoe
OF the door opened and nun" walked
In. The nun" asked Mrs. Nodica for
aims for some charity or other. and Mrs.
Nodica turned to the cash register to
get some money. When che had opened
the register and turned with half a dol
lar the nun" was pointing a revolver
at her. and then the nun" commanded.
in the voice of man:
Don't make any noise, you wop, or
I'll shoot you"
The priest then put on his shoes and
locked the door and pulled down the
SHADES. Then the nun" lighted clga-
rette, handed the priest" the revolver
and while the priest" kept Mrs. No
dics covered with the weapon. the nun
ransacked the place. getting $3.50 from
under the mattress OF bed and $50
from a trunk. which he broke open.
When Nodica returned half an hour
later he found his wife unconscious on
the floor. but the robbers had gone.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
MRS. TURNER'S PLEA
FOR DIVORCE UPHELD


Testimony given in an examination
before Referee Felix Ingraham by
Aimee RADIUS, a dancer. led Mr.. 1ngra-
ham to recommend to the Supreme Court
that the divorce sought by Mrs Lyela
Studebaker Dandeis Turner from her
husband, Charles Wesley Turner, Wall
street stock broker, be granted.
Turner Is the son OF Charles Wesley
Turner, stock operator. who during the
money panic OF 1907 urged the Stock
Exchange to induce J. p. Morgan q Co.
to lend s25.00o.00 TO ease the specu-
lative market and relieve the business
depression which followed in the wake OF
the money shortage.
Miss RADIUS testified that she had
visited Turner on frequent occasions at
his apartments, 200 West Fifty ninth
street. She said she was not aware OF
the fact that he was married. When
Mrs. Turner brought the action for di-
vorce she named the dancer as CO.
respondent
The Turner's were married In London
in 1914. She was the widow of Hugo
Brandeis, an Omaha millionaire. Mrs.
Turner had her husband indicted In June
on a charge Of having converted to his
own use $4,000 worth OF securities he
had borrowed from her to protect his
margins on the stock market She told
District Attorney Swami she had given
S250,000 to her husband at the time Of
her marriage and later placed $3sb.000
in his charge for investment As Tur-
ner had Joined the army he was not
molested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
MOLLER'S MILLIONS
DROP TO S663, $50
Sugar Refiner's Estate Goes
to Grandchildren.

Although Charles q. Moller. retired
sugar refiner, was believed TO possess
property worth several millions of dol
lars at the time OF his death, in March,
1917. the appraisal OF his estate. filed
yesterday In the once of the Surrogate's
Court. shows that his total holdings ag-
gregated in value only see3,ess. Moller
was the son of Peter Moller. who at one
time was known as the sugar King of
America" Charles G. Moller was 10
years old at the time Of his death and
lived at $50 Madison avenue.
The net value of the estate is placed
at $630.907 by the appraisers of the
State Comptroller's Office. Tho largest
single holding Is the family residence
at 900 Madison avenue. valued at
$4,000. Personal property. consisting
principally OF mortgages and $3.50 in
cash. Is valued at s210.s11 and the rest
OF the estate Is in stocks and bonds.
The largest holding Of the latter IL 500
shares of United States Steel common,
valued at sS2,50 and $50 shares OF the
vandam Holding Co., appraised at
$4,000.
Charles @. Moller. Jr.. who died on
October 20, 1913, was the principal bene-
ficiary under his fathers will The es-
tate, however. passes on to the tesla
tors grandchildren, Charles G. Moller
Sd ana Ruth Moller OF 81 East FIFTY
fifth street. Each receives one-half OF
their fathers legacy. A friend. Ger
trude A. Cooper. of 152 West Sixty-fifth
street, is bequeathed S35.0oo in cash.
Moller was brought into public notice
when in September 1910. a year after
the death OF his first wife, he married
Mrs. Jane Brennan, a widow and a ten
ant OF one of his houses. The ceremony
was performed in the City Hall and the
family was not informed of 1t until after
the newly married couple had left on
their honeymoon. Moller was 65 years
old and his wife 20 years his Junior at
the time.
Three years later Moller began an
action in Supreme Court to enforce his
demand that his wife return a gift Of
$4,000 on the ground that he was
under the influence of liquor when the
presentation was made. In 1914 he
sought to have annulled his marriage,
but the courts decided against him.
No mention of Mrs. Moller is made In
the Moller will. which was filed for pro-
bate shortly after his death. Moller Is
said to have inherited a large part OF
the S5,0o0.o00 estate left by his father.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
VICTOR RATHER IS
ASKED TO RETURN
Father Writes Open Letter to
Missing Boy, IS.

Or. Leo Rather OF II East Ninety
seventh street appealed to the news
papers last night to aid him in the
search for his fifteen year old son.
Victor. who disappeared-lsst September
and whom the police have never been
able to locate. The boy was a student
at Clinton High School. and has been
reported by persons interested in his
disappearance to his parents. Recently
the family received an anonymous tele-
phone call from a man who stated the
boy was safe and was working in the
city. DR. Rather asked that the follow
ing letter be addressed to his boy
through THE SUN:
Dear victor-Your mother is sick
and broken down over your disappear
ance and your return will relieve a
heavy burden on your mothers heart.
1t Is hard for me to tell you in this
note what your mother has suffered.
She has not had one peaceful night s
sleep since you left us, and every day
she weeps like a child, and is constantly
praying that you will come back to US.
Ny dear boy. IL this letter reaches your
eyes. please come home. and all will be
forgiven you and we will receive you
with open arms. I am, your anxious
and devoted father.
LEO RATHER, NJ. D."
The boy is described as a bright,
clean cut lad, Of medium height, dark
hair and eyes and with a fondness for
study.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
NO BAN ON LOUD
TALK IN CARD GAME
Magistrate Refuses to Hold
Excited Italians.

There n, necessity for getting ex-
cited over card game. according TO
Magistrate Mcclellan OF late crap and
poker players have been getting dis
charged as rapidly as they were
brought before him because the Magis-
trate holds there is no statutory prohl-
bition against private games. but yes
terday he issued a word OF caution when
four Italians were arraigned in Tombs
court for disorderly conduct
Was there a kitty" demanded the
Magistrate. suspectiug that the energetic
coppers had again raided a card game.
mo, your Honor but there were talk
ing pretty loud" said Detective Brady
Of the Beach street station.
We'll, that's no crime" said the Mag
istrate decisively. "If they had been
Americans they probably would have
been playing poker without saying a
word or moving a muscle. Such ar
rests should not be made"
He then turned to the defendants and
advised them to adopt the American
style of play and keep their voices
down, after which he discharged them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
TAKES SHOES OFF
SLEEPER IN PARK
Starting on Trousers When
Policeman Interferes.

While he was walking through Cen
trial Park on his way home yesterday
Lieut.. Andrew Devery. brother Of for
mer Chief "Big Bill" Devery, who is
attached TO the night court, saw a man
later Identified as Frank Farrell, a
salesman, 4 Amsterdam avenue. remov-
ing the shoes from the feet OF a man
who was asleep on a park bench. Lieut..
Devery watched the process from afar,
but when the shoes had been trans
ferred to Farrelfs feet and Farrell be-
gar to remove the sleeper's trousers he
Li;erfered.
He walked up TO the bench. woke The
sleeper and asked him IL he was ac-
qua inted with the gentleman who had
Just taken his shoes. The answer was
negative and Farrell was taken to the
West Side court. where Magistrate Cor
rigan sentenced him TO thirty days The
sleeper was Martin McGowan OF AS
West Forty-eighth street. a brokers'
clerk. He failed 10 appear at the ar
ratknmsnt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
LAYS MINE
IN "SNUG HARBOR"
Asscmblyman Says Sailors
Home Is a Fake.

Assemblyman Thomas +. Curley, Of
Richmond. at the melting OF the Sinking
Fund yesterday attacked the Sailors
Snug Harbor on Staten Island. calling
II ''phony charitable institution" He
appeared in opposition to a report from
Comptroller Craig recommending the can
collation. OF unpaid assessments for pub
lie improvements amounting 10 $4,000
The organization owned property val
ued at 100000. he said, but did not
pay a cent of taxes to the city.
Comptroller Craig called attention to
the fact that the exemption was under a
State statute.
~ know It," said tho Assemblyman
land l have tried to get bills through
in Albany repeating this exemption.
which l know is the Idea OF the present
administration. But found that It
would have 10 be a Statewide law
which would be unfair to real charitable
institutions
In reply to question from Alder
manic President Moran as to what
would become OF the inmates, " the in
stitution were closed, Assemblyman Cur
ley replied:
They would go back to Maine and
Connecticut and other States where they
should live This State has few inmates
In the institution
The report was returned to the
Comptroller for more details.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
UNION DECIDED ON
BY PRESBYTERIANS
Southerners' Tender Accepted
by St. Louis Assembly.

ST. LOUIS. May c2.-Atter the re-
ceipt of telegram from the Southern
Presbyterians to-day stating that the
Southern body agrees to negotiate for the
organic union OF all Presbyterian
chur ches, the 13lst General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church. L. S. A., sent
a reply tonight saying the meeting here
Is ready to begin negotiations at once
and that It is believed close relation
ship will result
The Rev. ]. II. SnoWden. chairman OF
the committee on church work. declared
this ~as the most progressive step taken
in the church In sixty years and no doubt
would mean the union for which the
churches have been working.
Debate OIL whether women should be
admitted TO the ministry and eldersnin
OF the church was deferred until to-
morrow.
For the first time In history a repre-
sentative of secular organization ad-
dressed the assembly. Martin Carey,
vice-president OF the order OF Railway
Conductors. appeared before the COM
missioDers bearing response of the
conductors to a fratenal greeting OF
the day before from the Presbyterians.
Mr.. Carey said the conductors would
assist the churchmen in every way to
bring about a closer brotherhood for
the betterment OF mankind.
Speakers representing Belgium.
France, Switzerland and Scotland, also
made addresses
Major Pierre Blommaert read a mes
sage from the King OF the Belgians ex-
pressing gratitude to America for her
work In the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
COLUMBIA SENIORS
FACE CALMLY
Questionnaire Shows Majority
Like Water Best.

Columbia Colleges senior class Is pre-
pared for prohibition. The 1919 statis-
tics show that water is the favorite
drink OF the class, with beer and mill.
occupying second and third places re-
spectively. In response to the question
What will you do after July -" all
ninety eight members of the class said
Same as before"
Carlton J. II. Hayes was 1873 favorite
professor. and his course. History 1920,
was believed to be the most valuable
Brander Matthew's course in American
literature was the favorite.
Twenty-eight members of the class
have selected business for their future
occupation. Twenty-four expect to be
lawyers. -Four will be clergymen. Six
ty members OF the class are Republi-
cans: twenty-eight Democrats: eight
Socialists and two Prohibitionists.
Forty-six seniors smoke and thirty
eight drink. Fifty-three approve Of
kissing.
Thomas ]. Farrell. president of the
class, was voted the most popular and
the most modest. He also was believed
TO have done the most for Columbia
Percy Cowan, who has always played
women's parts in varsity shows, was
voted tho cutest. Jack Lott was voted
the handsomest, the most respected and
the most typical Columbia man. Hor-
ace L. Friess was called the most brill
liant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
ShGntung pOngee
dresses, $40. rs
For girls of 8 to II

Copies of two of our best
models--one with adorable
little Empire bodice and the
other in box-pleated Rus
sian style.
Excellent soft quality of
natural colored Shantung
pongee.
Collars and cuffs of white
organdie-,ruffle edged and
finished with touches of
colored stitchery.
S10.75 is a ridiculously lit
tie price-pongee is ono of
the most fashionable mate
rails for Summer.
Second Floor. Old Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
BARNES CALLS CONFERENCE.
VIII Discuss wheat Plans With
Bankers and Jobbers, :

Julius Barnes. Federal wheat direc-
tor. sent out yesterday $50 invitations
to grain exchanges and dealers, flour
Jobbers and bakers and producers or
CARNATIONS TO meet him and the Grain
Corporation organization In the Cham
Der OF Commerce In an all day confer
ence Tuesday. June 10.
Mr.. Barnes said that In view of the
probable large wheat crop he would like
TO consult the grain handling and flour
trades of the country regarding plans
and policies TO be formulated. (which
will make the 1919 crop guaranty eff
fective to the producer and properly
reflect to the consumer through wheat
products any reduction in the resale
price of wheat on the part of the Gov
ernment" A similA< conference was
Asld last year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Again Heads Blaine Club.

Joseph Levenson has been reelected
president OF the James G. Blaine Re-
publican Club. the district organization
of the First Assembly district. The
ladies' auxiliary, OF which Miss Anna
]. Maisel is head, will hold a Maytime
Gay evening. The proceeds will go to
the fund which Is being raised to COM
memorate the work OF the Seventy-sey-
snth Division IN France.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
WOnien's Unite
tub skirts
Characterized by fneness
and Individuality

A collection we believe to
be, on the whole, the most
complete and best-thought-
out collection Of tub skirts
in the city.
Sizes run from 20 waist
up to 80. In some models
the waistlines run up to 80
inches. And these latter are
the models that have been
designed to give the most
flattering lines to the large
woman. Prices, $3.50 to
$3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
A new gas range
with "hreless" oven

can be used in every way as A
usual gas range, BUT after the
roast of meat, pop-overs, bread.
pie. baked potatoes, Boston
baked beans, etc, start to cook.
then the gas can be turned of
and by a single motion Of TIA
lever the oven becomes air-tigh,,
retaining the heat and cooking
the viands. Explicit directions
tell the cook just how long each
kind Of food should remain in
the fireless oven. Priced sl2n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Dainty nightgowns
So and $685.
in the White Sale

Of very, very fine batiste :;
made entirely by hand.
At $2-ribbon-run hand
hemstitched casing and
around the cap sleeves.
At $3.85-OD large motif
of double hemstitching and
embroidery; (2) punch and
drawn work on sleeves and
front-a lovely gown.
Third Floor. Old Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Domestic Science
hreless cookers

are the best we know. They ara
made especially to our order
One, two and three compart.
ments holding one to six vesse,
of aluminium. Each compart.
ment lined with seamless alum.
mum bottoms for sanitary rea.
sons. These cook the entire
meal at any hour you like and
keep it piping hot. There is no
such thing as going home to
cold dinner if you leave it in tho
fireless cook stove. SIT to $45.
Metal stands to fit cookers,
$500 to Sc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Jewish Relief Worker TO sneak.

Morris Engelman. secretary OF the
Senrai committee for Jewish War Re-
lief. who has just returned from HoI-
.and. viii address the Institutional Syn-
sgogue at the Mount Morris Theatre
sunday morning on his experiences An
Europe among the Jewish war sufrsrsrn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Play shoes
for boys

First of a1l-they have no
lining to shrink and wrinkle
when the shoes get wet Gas
all boys shoes do, very fire.
quently). That's a big point
in favor of comfort.
Then, the shoes are made of
hardy hide, tanned twice-frst
is chrome to make it soft, tough
and strong, then by a vegetable
process. The result is leather
which will wear so per cent.
longer than elk leather.
II you clean and oil them once
a week, they will stay strong,
soft and comfortable.
Sizes 10 to 1216.....$3.50
Sizes 10 to 2. ...... 3.75
Sizes 2h to 51s..... ATS
Sizes 6 to 10. SIS
Boys Shoe Shop,
Burlington Arcade floor, New Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
NeU freLess
cook stOUeS
65-just in time for
re-0pening of
Summer Cottages

Much expensive fuel and
enervating heated kitchens
can be saved by a little good
sense in these days Of
science.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Concert by the
National Staff Band

and Male Chorus of the Saliva
ton Army. Conductor: Adju-
tant George Darby.
3 p. m, in the Auditorium,
New Building, there will be
Salvation Army Rally with the
National Staff Band and Male
and Mrs. Staff Captain Ham,
mond (recently returned from 1S
months with the Salvation Army
in France).
The Public is cordially invited.
First Gallery. New Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Girls Unite shoes
are ready

Wanamaker S t an dard.
Shaped carefully for grow
ing feet. Their excellent ma
terials stand the hard wear
which young girls give. Ex-
perienced filters will serve
the young folk quickly and
pleasantly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Tub House
fOcks, S7.85
$50, in the White Sale

One style is of French
wolfe with three-tier skirt,
tucked white voile chemisette
and white revers and collar.
Another lovely style lis of
checked organdie with
waistcoat effect and cuffs of
white organdie finished with
handkerchief buttons and
double faced picot satin rib
bon.
This has a charming sash and
is just as pretty as anybody
would wish.
Two very effective models in
gingham. Almost any color.
Sizes "a to AZ.
Main Aisle and Third floor. Old Bids.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
In white gabardine
four models at $3.50

The materials are irreproach-
able. Every detail of belts,
fastenings and seams are fin
ished with excellent workman
ship.
We have studied the effect of
the pockets of these skirts when
worn under a sweater or short
sports coat-as woman is most
apt to wear them-and have de-
signed the pockets and placed
them in the skirts accordingly
all the pockets are new and
original.
You see we have thought of
everything.
At SIS are four models.
At $5.95
are ten smart models, that dis
play original treatment of pock-
cts and fastenings.
White and lovely pastel
tinted skirts of organdie are also
$5.95.
At s6.75, gabardine and surf
satin.
At $3.50, surf satin; some in
black and white combinations.
Second Floor. Old Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
We don't knOU
lUhO LUOUe
the first rag rug, but

we DO know that the best
rag rugs woven today are
here in the Wanamaker col
lection of Summer rugs.
And that the prices are
right. Here are the sizes and
prices of the various kinds.
None, except the hand
braided, are subject to the
Federal tax.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
The Grand Old
Salvation Army
Has at Last Come
Into Its OUN

The Army and Navy fellows
returning home, to the last man,
are its best witnesses.
Not one of the letters sent
home during the past four years
to mothers, wives, and other
girls expecting to be wives some
day soon, was filled with aught
but heaped-up praise and thank
fulness for the angels of the
night as we'll as the day, who
came like little mothers to the
wet trenches, caring for the
wounded and dying, and taking
their last messages to loved ones.
Can any of us hold back, now
that we are thinking of such
noble deeds of service, that none
but a woman could give, in its
real fullness, heroic service?
Aye! More than that, it was
holy and Heaven-inspired.
Is there anything too much for
US to do to show our love and
appreciation to these life-savers
who risked their own lives a
dozen times a day?
Only two days remain for the
Salvation Army drive.
We must not lose another day.
[Signcd]
%~&* !'!;,!:!
May 20, 1919.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
SdLUntiOn ARM
Day Today

At 2:30 p. m, in the Rotunda
of Stewart Building, there will
be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Log cabin rag rugs

in a large range of colors, hit
and miss, and plain centres with
hand borders
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
Hand-braided rag rugs

From New England, made of
new cotton and wooden mate,
rails entirely by hand, which
makes them extremely durable,
pretty and practical. Some of
the sizes
23I37 in. $625 43x75 in. $23.25
5lx5l in. $ll50 49xS7 in. $29. 50
3Sx63 in, $3.50
Silk rag rugs
Made of remnants of silk. Hit
and miss effects. Very heavy
and durable.
24x3o in. Sl7j S1l0 f., sIS75
ok Oft. $ll 9xl2 IT,, S2450
Dimity rag rugs
Hit and miss, plain or plain
centers with lowered borders.
77x54 in. $3.50 BIO f., 3475
3OI60 in, s. Al IT,. 1918
---. Third Gallery. New Building.
Charlevoix county herald., 1919-09-05
HAS LIVED A CENTURY
But "Aunt Dude" GoodaII Works In
Her Garden.

"Aunt Dude" Goodall celebrated the
one hundred and first anniversary of
her birth at Marion, ILL.,. recently. Mrs.
Goodall was born the year Illinois was
admitted to the Union, and has lived
ali her life in that state.
She Is in excellent health for per-
son of her age, and works practically
daily In her garden and with her chick
ems.
Mrs. Goodall was born in Saline
county. Her maiden name was Mere
dith. Her husband has been dead for
20 years. She was the mother of IL
children, three of whom are still liv-
ing. Mrs. John Charida, Mrs. d. l..
Thompson and Mrs George Pulley.
On her one hundredth anniversary,
held last year, the entire city and sur
rounding community turned out to do
her honor. The celebration took place
at the large Williamson county fair
grounds, which was crowded all day
with visitors. This year the family
gathered at the home for a dinner.