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New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Confesses Heirs
Named in Will
Never Existed
Mrs. Jennie Brew in Affida-
Wit Admits She Led Timo-
thy Hurley to Believe He
Was a Father

Mrs. Jennie Brew, Of 451 West For
tieth Street, has made an affidavit,
which was filed in the Surrogates' Court
yesterday, that the 1.-TWO natural sons'
to whom Timothy Hurley, partner in
Jacks Sixth Avenue restaurant, left the
residue of his estate, never existed
mother of the boys. The Appellate
Division last week sustained a verdict
by Surrogates' Court jury that Hur-
ley was Of unsound mind when he exc
cuted his will, and therefore it should
be declared invalid.
Fo lowing this decision, Mrs. Mary
Minehan, a sister of Hurley, has petit
toned the court to revoke the letters
Of administration issued on her broth
cr's estate to Jack Dunstan, a partner
of the decedent in the restaurant Mrs.
Minehan said she and brother arr
the only heirs. She said Dunstan has
in his possession 400 shares of "Jack's, ;"
valued at 800 share, and other prop
erty belonging to her brother.
Until the remarkable affidavit Of Mrs
Brew was made public yesterday there
was no doubt that the two sons Hurley
mentioned in his will really existed
He even mentioned them by naNe and
said in his will that his attorney would
aonfde to them the story Of their birth
1t now develops that the two sons,
who it was believed were disinherted
by the decision Of the Appellate Di-
vision in setting aside the will, were
only myths invented by Mrs. Brew to
humor Hurley, who had great alfec-
tion for children.
Mrs. Brew is the widow of a waiter.
She obtained job in Jacks as scrub
woman. She said Hurley had prom sed
that she would be we'll taken care Of.
Instead of leaving her anything in his
will he left the bulk Of his estate to
his supposed children, of which he be-
lieved her to be the mother. Asked
if Hurley ever asked to see the chill
dren, Mrs. Brew said, 81 kept putting
him off from time to time. l told him
they were down on Staten Island"
Mrs. Brew admitted that she sought to
continue the deception after Hurley's
death by writing to her brother in Ire
land and instructing him to say, if
inquiry was made Of him about the
sons, that they were with him.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Craig Stays Away
During Arguments
In Contempt Case
Jurisdiction of Federal Court
Questioned in Action
Caused by Criticism of
Judge Mayors Attitude

Additional arguments in the case of
Comptroller Charles L. Craig, cited some
time ago for contempt of the Federal
Court, we're presented yesterday before
Federal Judge Julius NJ Mayer AS
in the previous hearing before Judge
Mayer the Comptroller remained away
from the courtroom. Edmund L. Mooney.
counsel for Mr.. Craig, explained that
the Comptroller's presence would con
stltute an admission OF the courts
jurisdiction, which the defendant had
questioned.
The contempt proceedings followed
letter the Comptroller wrote to Pub
nc Service Commissioner Nixon, criti
clzing the attitude of Judge Mayer to-
ward certain traction companies. Craig
maintains he wrote the letter not as
a private citizen, but as an official
and member of the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment
Case Sets Precedent
Mr.. Mooney argued that this case diff
ters from all other cases on record in
tnat the court "has never had juris-
dlctlon or sought jurisdiction over a
munlcipal body or the Board Ct Esti-
mate.
"The court '~euad no Injunction or
restraining order. disobedience Of which
would have brought the defendant into
a clash with authority" Mr. Moone,
continued. "Wc do not urge that tho.
be no authority in this court to punish
an o1hcor OF nun pa, body = th;..
oi1lcer is guilty of dsrcspect or eva
sion. But Comptro Ter Craig must be
regarded as acting only and so ely in
his OFFICIAL capacity with regard to this
charge"
United States Attorney Francis G.
Naffey, in arguing for the prosecution,
stated there was no question o. the
courts jurisdiction in the matter, and
SAID IN regard to the point Of privilege
raised by the counsel for the defense
tlrat in pub ishing the letter to Mr.
Nixon Comptroller Craig brought him
SET outside his official duties and
therefore was not entitled to immunity
whlch would have been due him had
he confined himself to his official duty
Court Traces Letter
Judge Ma er later asked Mr.. Mooney
how the newspapers obtained the let
ter. Mr.. ooney answered that re-
porters who were present at the meet
ing took notes on the letter. and after
the meeting called at Mr.. Craig's Office
and asked FOR a complete copy
when these a'ert and enterprisjrg
notes on the letter. A;r Mooney re
sponded when the gcnii was out, and
fer the sake Of verify and verify alone
they Went to the ERIK, what else was
there, to do but give out the letter?'
Judge Mayer then announced he
wou'd allow the defense a week to file
memorandum with the court on The
.egal points raised yesterday. Mr..
Mooney agreed to f.e this by O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Woman Arrested in
Court Record Fraud Case

Thomas A. McGrath, assistant dis
trict attorney, yesterday announced
that extradition papers would be for
warded shortly to Chicago, where the
police have arrested Annie Roman, an
alleged shcplifter wanted here in CON
nection with alleged discrepancies in
records of the Court of Special Ses-
sions.
John !. Cotter, secretary to Chief
Justice Kernochan, advised Mr.. Nc
Grath yesterday that the Roman
woman was fighting extradition.
She is one of four offenders said to
have escaped prosecution for alleged
shoplifting through alteration of ,urt
records. Cases were marked dis
posed Of" although they had never
been adjudicated. In one case papers
were pilfered.
A former clerk of the court of
Special Sessions in the Tombs, charged
with passing worthless checks, is said
to have knowledge of the irregularities
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
$50, 900, Suit
Before Court To-day
Motions in New Haven Railroad
Stockholders Restitution Ac-
tions To Be Argued

The restitution suits for $150,000,00
instituted by two groups Of stock
holders of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Company against
William Rockefeller and other officers
and directors of the company. pending
for more than three years in the Fed
eral District Court, will come up to-
day before Federal Judge Julian w.
Mack.
The case viii come up in connection
with motions by Saul 8. Myers asking
that his clients, Henry W. Belden and
other stockholders, be allowed to in
tervene in previous action brought
by Edwin Adams and another group of
stockholders. A second motion re-
questing the appointment lin
tied receiver to prosecute the Adams
litigation is also to be argued by Mr..
Myers.
The evidence concerning the alleged
irregularities and waste of the New
Havcn's property and funds will be
presented to Judge Mack in reports of
Investigations made by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the testi-
mony taken at the trial of William
Rockefeller and others for violations
of the Sherman antitrust law.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Miss Liberty Has a Rival
Marble Columbus to Greet
Ships at Buenos Avres

ROME, Dec. 1O.-Members of the
Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
to-day visited the studio Of the sculp
tor Zocchi, who is carving a colossal
statue for the monument to Christie
pher Columbus which is to be erected
in the port Of Buenos Ayres to greet
arriving ships, as does Bartholdi's
Statue OF Liberty in New York Harbor.
The statue of Columbus is 20 feet
high and is cuptured from the largest
single block of marble used for MANY
centuries. The entire monument when
completed will be about 90 feet hirn.
The Italian government will provide
ship to transport the monument to
Argentina next year.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Anxious Mother Slabs Self
Feared Son Had Perished in
Fire in Their Apartment

On her return from an errand yes
terday Mrs. Charles Scafadi, of 1O4
Bergen Street, Brooklyn, found her
apartment ablaze. She had locked her
eight-year ar-old son, Charles, in the
house, and, believing he had perished
in the flames, she went into the cellar
and stabbed herself with hat-pin.
The boy, however, was found unhurt
in the back yard. He had overturned
an oil lamp which set fire to the
draperies and then escaped through a
window. Mrs. Scafadi's iniprv ~
slight
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11

Colorcd Engrapings
from old French prints.
Very beautifully done, and
very amusing and decorative
for many different kinds of
rooms.
Colored Etchngs
of: old cathedrals, by IA
nous artists.
English Garden Prints
charming in color and very
attractive for a young girls
room.
English Hunt Prints
Particularly suitable for a
gift for a man. A series Of
he : =, dacOrat;vo friezp
for a gun room or den.
Eighth Gallery, New Building.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11

vey Of electric railway conditions in
this state. This showed that, of the
fifty-six incorporated villages and
cities within its borders. thirty-one are
paying increased fares on their car
lines. In another three cents is charged
for transfers, in six more relief has
been granted by the establishment of
zone systems outside the town limits.
and in three more reduced rate tickets
have been abolished.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
The Picture Store

The Picture Store
has innumerable sugges-
tions. A trip there will an
swer many of your Christmas
Gift problems. for there are
gifts for the man, the woman
who prides herself on her at
tyactive home, the beauty-lov-
ing young girl.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Fine street
Wr0ps
at a third less
Today, $l25 to $475
We're Sl75 to $725

~ CsC ~ ~ ~ tp %
Forty-eight Of the finest
street wraps the Wrap Sa-
Ions have had this season
have been reduced-wraps
Of the finest of materials
combined with lovely furs
and fashioned with the ut
most Of skill and clever
workmanship.
Silk duvetyne, fine velours,
fortuna cloth and evora
cloth com bine d with
natural squirrel, Hudson
seal (dyed muskrat), mole,
beaver and nutria.
Several of the coats have
vests or entire fronts of
mole. All of them are lavish
ly fur trimmed. In beaver
colors, dark brown, mid
night blue, Pompeiian red
and black.
Some of the models are
great loose coat wraps, some
are frankly capes, others are
more of the conventional
coat line.
There are no two alike in
the collection.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Good morning!
This is December IL!
The a0eather today aOiU prob
1bly be fair.
What a dreary
day yesterday
was!" She said

Il did not find it So" bright
faced cousin of hers replied, II had
such happy day in the big Wana-
maker house, where I spent the
whole day, lunching in TIE Tea
Room, and then afternoon tea and
a hot bun and back home from the
Down-Stair- Store Subway. I had
dry feet and no cold. When I
counted up my days work 1 was
not bit tired, and best of all. half
of my Christmas shopping was fin
ished I'D crossed off my list.
II just want to tell you truly
that the
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11

Gifts of IA karat 6ol0 :
are featured by the Jewelry Store
These the not-too-expensve gifts of char
acter and charm that embody newness of design and
decided loveness in their answer to the Christmas
gift problem.
Gifts for the woman
Bar pins and brooches, wrought with fine fill
gree work and with semi-precious stones and dia-
monds. Many made with beautifully designed
platinum tops, and have the appearance of beng far
more expensive than they really are.
Individual rings in unusual and beautiful de-
sgns-cameo rings, rings with enamel to be worn
with tailored costumes, rings set with serni-precous
stones, such lapis-lazui, topaz and aquamarine
Most of these in fine green gold
Mesh bags, very soft and fine, new in design
Vanity in green gold. Gold pencils
Small green gold oval mirrors for the purse.
For the man
Cigarette cases. Knives.
Cuff links with 94tractve engine turning.
Also parti -ly good selection of scarf pins
set with semi-pre~4ous stones in and elaborate
mountings.
Main floor, Old Building.
Motor Entrance Tenth str~et
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
A Gift that
is alWays q pleasure

gift that brings with it lasting quiet enoyment-one
that is always correct always in good tastes framed
print of some fine old or modern painting
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
Reproductions of

the canvases of Inness for
the library and study. Of the
famous paintings of Leighton,
Reynolds and Romney, Gains
borough and Raeburn, for the
drawing-room or boudoir.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
TW0 Very
lovely lyChristM1as
gifts
Au Quatrien1e
Au Quatrieme

Two beautiful Aubusson rugs Au Quotrieme are wajr
to be bought for ones Christmas day They are b
very lovely rug it. II f. g. has deep maroon
background which arranged scrolls and flowers n
gold and and gray with faint suggestions of maua
and rose This is priced $725.
Another smaller rug is all very blond in it's color KEY
An arrangement of lovely flower medallion Of roses and
poppes in the CENTRE surrounded by scrolls and sprays
Fourth floor. Old Building
New-York tribune., 1919-12-11
For Miss of II to 20
t0gs

Sports t0gs
In a Corner" of their own
we shall introduce
New riding habits
Correct models-not ultra
styles-in the best mate
rials, at $55 to $95.
Riding habits for girls of
6 to IA, $35 to $62.50.
Separate breeches and
vests.
New sports coats
Topcoats to wear over
ones habit. One model comes
in a stunning Shetland
tweed, at $780,.
Nearly all the coats are in
the new English materials
some as soft as down-in
cocoa, brown, natural color,
and heather mixtures. Some
of the coats are short, others
are long; full-length capes,
too. $59.50 to $98.50.
New sports suits
"Sportsangora" (brushed
woody suits for Northern or
Southern wear.
Golf suits of cross-barred
tweeds and a new heavy
knitted material, $55 to S95.
Suits of a new Eng ish
silk and wool material -
these for wear in the South
land; $89.50.
Second floor, Old Building.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
The False Alarm Fiend.

You can set ii down as automatic thai
whatsoever strikes a false alarm of flr6
needs Immediate attention from the
authorities lntr1Istcd with the public
safety. Persons who do such things are
either drunk, crazy or 50 wilfuliy malicious
that they have no regard for human litc,
anv ono Of which conditions morits long
continued treatment under the lock-and-
key system.
f. iday nights false alarm outragc,
which sent two members of the Fire De
partment to hospitals suffering from severe
injuries, was the latest and worst ot the
fake-frc fends acts With which the
authorities have had To contend. only by
the mercst and most fortunate chance dld
il escape becoming fatality, and indeed
from the reports made Of il, i barely dodg-
cd beng a succession Of fatalities. he
pcrpctrator. il caught, should hc dealt
with ,and doubtless VIII # the mood oi
the police and frcmcn IS any basis ior
Judgment Just rs har~hly as the law per
mits and very righ;fullyso-
ust here arises tho question as TO
whether the Law is adequate 10 punish such
crimes. Considering the fact that every
false alarm oi frc that is struck IS quite
capable Of dong what Friday night
did. then we say that nothing short q
stiff Jail sentence is cepah Of coping with
the evil az which the city has experienced
entirely too much and Of being com
mensuratc with the crime Of course Il
the false alarm fcnd is mentally irrcspons-
iblc-the pcssrssor Of a mama for seeing
fire apparatus dash through the streets #
the insane asylum immuring walls give
the public sufficient protection.
The incident seems to us 20 afford food
for thought to tie Legislature. insofar rs
making the punishment fit the crime IS
concerned and to Tie general public re-
garding the need for municipal control OF
the Fire Department.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
SPARING THE ROD.

In the 1919 schedule Of moral and
material rehabilitation the little children
should not be forgotten At least that
seems to be the opinion OF n California
educational society which has sent out n
letter to parents in which il roundlv rc-
Dukes those who slap or spank their little
oncs. protesting TO believe that they get
their authority for tins punishment direct
from the Bible The society wants II
understood distinctly that Spare the
rod and spoil the chiId" ian I found in the
Good Book. u fact which it thinks will sur
prise great many hard handed parents IN
California and elsewhere The famous
provcrb that has brought PAIN and dis
may to SO many little victims was the
work of old Samuel Butler, poet and
satirist. about 1870 lie may have taken
the thought from still more ancient John
Skrlton, another FnRlishmnn who assert
cd that There is nothing more displcascth
God than from the children 10 spare the
rod So the authority fer this rod dsnving
process comes from satirist and bigot
and not from the Bible
II will surprise many parents 20 learn
that this ancient form Of correction is still
largely praCticed and that biblical authority
is supposed 10 sanction IT, but II this IA the
case, the Californian society would seem to
have an excellent new year opportunity 10
uphft the standard OF parental conduct. .-
G (leycland Plain Dealer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
THE REAR-END COLLISION.

Too frequently comes 3 distressing re-
minder that all the safeguarding resources
Of railroad science are us yet unable to
abolish the rcar-end collision, though
they are largely concentrated on that OBJ
jectlve and no form Of accident is 50 mex
cusablc in any circumstances. Not III
ecent years have appalling examples in
qui K succession been afforded as has now
happened on the New York Central, Sun
day night, and on the Reading, Monday
night.
1t is a question in both these eases
whether the mechanical agency of pro-
lection failed, or the human element, and
that has always been the question. The
former works automatically, and the ut
most care is tax to sec that it is always
IN working order q matter Of no great
difficulty The dependability of the hu-
man element is less easily guaranteed, and
unfortunately for he security OF the com
bincd system, human and mechanician, il
will fail unless the locomotive engineer or
fireman, or the men who may have the
duty Of supplcmenting the automatic
signals with flags, torpedoes or lights, are
fully efficient when the mergency arises.
This individual efficiency is subject TO
conditions over which the higher command
Of . railroad can exercise 10 control. They
may be beyond the control Of the man
himself p evidence Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
PRESS COMMENT
THE EXTRA SESSION.

An extra session Of Congress is certain.
This is not simply because of important
matters connected with the transition to a
peace basis; it is primarily because the
appropriation hills are not sufficiently ad-
vanccd to be got through before the 4th
of March. The Revenue bill, while not
yet passed. has emerged from conference,
and should not be greatly delayed in be-
coming law, but Of Ii appropriation bills,
only one has even been reported IN the
Senate. Meanwhile subordinate subjects,
like the Ford -Newberry Senatorial con-
test, arc being given place on the pro
gram of debate, and this will cut still
further the time for consideration OF the
finance bills.
The situation is not due to any organiz-
cd effort to force an extra Session. The Re-
publicans are not sure that this would be
good politics The lack of leadership,
especially with the President abroad, Is the
chief explanation. Things drift. Re-
publicans who, without caring to fight
openly for procrastination, would like To
see an extra session, contribute TO that
end by merely not being in hurry. The
Democrats themselves seem TO have bc
come affected with n kind OF fatallsm
about It In word there is no real driver
on tho box, and the horses slow down To a
walk. Bv contrast, the extra session, with
its problems of organization, promises to
be exciting New York Evening Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
WORK AND PLAY.

II seems that the tendency everywhere
is 70 get away from the old plan of long.
wcarisome working hours Where such
consideration was not glvrn workers III
peace times, war stepped in and gave them
the benefit Of its great influence.
)r Woods Hutchinson once said IN a
lecture that the business man Of the
future will not spend half the time at his
desk that Is spent there by the business
man of today lie showed that the biggest
men Of the country are those who usually
play as hard as they work, and who de-
vote much time to recreation. lie con
tended that efficiency demands consider
able vitahzmg pas,lme The body must be
gwen exercise to create the energy that
develops BRAIN power
The same theory is applied hy thinking
business men TO tho forces IN their employ
who work with their hands. II may not he
that he future worker Will spend but half
the time spent At toni by the worker Of
today, but the future worker, with rare
exceptions, Will hc the man who both tolls
and plays His eight hour basis, his Satur-
day half-hohday, VIII give him time to
maintain maximum energy Of body and
greater cOntentmcnt. knoxville Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
Lost, Strayed or Stolen?

What, gentle reader, do you immaginc
has become of old Dad Winter We've
asked the weatherman and he only snorts
scornfulIy at us, although he's the right
person to ask such things. We've asked
ourselves. mindful of the time when VIC
were Youngsters and made and hurled
'soaker" snowballs, and skatcd and woro
tippets and pulsewarmers--all in Febru-
ary, too--but we give it, up Just hike we
gaveit upwhy the Hun Hunned, or James
age, or why two and two sometimes are
shown to make three or five, when we
know perfectly well they make four.
Giving the riddle up or not. We do know
that something has happened 10 the sea-
sons and that in the past few years they
have gotten fcarfully and wonderfully
twisted and mixed up. Here we are well
into what we have been taught from time
immemorial is the winter season and we
haven't had any weather that even re-
motely resembles the kind it ought to he.
Yes, we've had its huInan-life accompani-
ments-beavier underwear, Christmas,
colds varying in degree from 'the snif-
fles' to those that threatened pneumonia,
higher prices for eggs, scrapplc tthat
delectable dish discovered by the Pennsyl-
wanna Dutch shortly after they learned
their delightful doublc-endcd language),
and all the other things by which We know
winter, except cold winds and snow.
1t may be that something has happened
to the seasonal motor truck tire trouble,
carburetor "on the blink, or stalled on
that bad stretch of road out of Whining
ton northward Whatever that 'sumpln
is, no deliveries of winter arc being made
and we fear that when things ret gong,
the whole will he down upon us hike ton
Of bricks Still, we've got one Joy ont "t
the situation--we've twiddlcd = scornful
bunch Of fingers ~ tho coal man.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
TRAINING FOR DEMOCRACY.

There was . good deal said about max
ing the world safe for democracy and then
II appeared that there was mans size
job in making democracy safe for the
world. In large international way both
propositions are well ut the head OF the
list OF world Jobs But there is another;
To make the people Of the several de
mocracies safe for their own democracy.
If kings and czars, kalsers and emperors
are 10 be everlastingly relegatcd and the
people are to rule with any sort of IN
telligent and safe self determination, all
the people must be educated up TO the
duty of citizenship.
Every citizen o sovereign" sounds
pretty well in q political speech; but in
diligently doing the individual sover-
eighty business, bearing the individual
share of the governing, performing the
personal civIc duty with conscious re
sponslbility and sane ability is another
matter In our own land, rs nearly self
governed as a representative republican
form Of government can be, there Is much
TO be done III training citizens for the duty
Of sovereign citizenship Savannah News.