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New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Witness for O'Learv
Says He Is Citizen
OF "lrish Republic''
Stephen Johnson TestiEes
All Speakers at Harlem
Meeting Expressed 10y
atty, Including Defendant

The defence of jeremiah A. OLeary
yesterday introduced as a witness
Stephen Johnson, who described HIM
self as citizen Of the Irish Rcpub-
lic." Mr.. Johnson said that he was one
of the organizers of the Friends of
Irish Freedom. He was interrogated
about meeting held at Sulzers Har-
lem River Park in August, 1917, at
which the defendant made a speech.
lie swore that the speakers at this
meeting all expressed their loyalty for
America and that nothing was said
which might indicate desire to op-
pose conscription.
Mr.. OLeary and his co-defendants
are charged with conspiring to obstruct
the operation of the selective service
act.
In direct examination Mr. Johnson
testified that he was born in Cork, Ire
land, and that he was a classmate of
Major William Redmond, son of John
Redmond. He then described meeting
held at Carnegie Hall, where he acted
as an usher. He said that Nine. Vic
torica and another woman asked him
to find them seats, which he did. The
next time he saw her, he swore, was at
lhlrty-seventh Street and Broadway
while soap box meeting was in prog
ress. He said she again spoke to him.
and at her suggestion they went to the
Hofbrau House to dine and talk about
the Irish question.
Says Nine. Victorica Used Alias
The witness remembered that when
Nine. Victorica approached him JAY
Willard Robinson was talking At the
Hofbrau House, he testified, thew
talked of Ireland and Irish politics
and she spoke OF producing a moving
picture to be shown in South America.
lie said she sought 70 ascertain the
names of the Irish leaders in America
from HIM and he told her of Victor
The witness said he thought at the
time that Nine. Victoria, who was
using the alias de Vusssiere, was
either French or Spanish.
Federal Prosecutor James w. Os-
borne took up the cross examination
for the government. In answer to his
questions the witness said that he
came to the United States in 1909 and
IS now citizen of the "Irish Repub-
llc:" He explained that he automatj
cnlly became citizen of the Irish
Republic" when it was declared free
from British rule. The cross examina-
ton of johnson will be continued to-
day.
"OLeary Denounced Lusitania Act"
Charles Noonnn. silk merchant
and director Of the American Truth
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
ROBERT h. BLACK

Robert K Black, elevated railway
builder, died Sunday at his home in
Scarsdale at the age of eighty-two.
In 1867 Mr. Black helped IN the con-
structlon of the experimental section
OF the elevated running between Ba.-
terry Place and Cortlandt Street, Fol
lowing steady broadening of his
work as supervisor Of various con-
struction and repairs he was, in 1881
made roadmaster of all the lines of
the Manhattan elevated system. He
was chosen president of the Roadmas
ter's Association of America in 1895
He invented and devised manv i'm
provements. For fifteen years. also
he was the vice president of the
Dressed Railway Lamp Works.
Born in the old first ward of New
York, Mr.. Black was a sportsman and
a traveller. He is survived by his
widow, two daughters and a son, Rob
ert X. Black. ir
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Mayors Committee Names q Secret

WHO'S who the Mayors Committee of Welcome still
w Attempts made to obtain list
members the time when large being made the
ttee by the designations of who objected William Ran
doph Hearsts connection with the welcoming body
Mayor Hyan refused the M giving his the
fact the committee still incomplete.
Now, however, the committee complete Whaen,
the Mayor said yesterday But he tell
O.
"When will the of committee members?"
Tribune reporter asked Mr. Whalen
II say" replied Mr. Whalen
II" the makeup of the committee awaiting Mayor Iyans per
sonal approval?"
ut is not" asserted Mr.. Whalen.
Are there the committee ied?"
NO. they all filled" Mr.. Whalen declared
Then why not who is the committee"
"The the
Nh Whalen
You then indication when the
will be made?"
"No," Mr. Whaen replied.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Ftofters To Be Held
Until After Wilson
Goes Back TO France

Spanish Reds arrested here Sunday
following information that the assas,
slnatlon of President Wilson was
being planned, will be deported as
alien anarchists. Unable to fasten
any dchnlte proof of completely in
plot to Kill the President upon the
prisoners, the United States secret
service operatives yesterday turned
,l Ine case over to the immigration
Department.
Immigration Inspector Hayes and a
spanish Interpreter spent Yesterday
al iternoon and several hours last night
at police headquarters questioning the
men. After eight of the fourteen had
peen examined it was announced there
was ample evidence to cause denor-
'atlon of five of them. Two of the
prisoners, FREDERICK Madini Bertier
ana Placldo Santa Maria, are said to
nave been posted by Local Draft
board NO; 106 for failing to report
aUr .tlasslhcatlon. They may be held
IN any event, it is unlikely that anv
OF those taken in the raids here or
the ten anarchists arrested in Phila-
aclphla early yesterday morning will
De set at liberty until after the Presi-
March 5. '' No A0r france on
The fact that the secret service
rather than the Department of Justice
engineered the arrests is taken to IN
dlcate conclusively that The raids were
a,Cuated by the belief that there was a
plot to attack the Preside 1t. The two
dutles of the secret service are to ap,
prehend counterfelters and protect the
President There was no suspicion
that any of the Spaniards were coun-
terfeters
Before turning the prisoners over
10 the immigration Commissioners Of
nee, Chief Peter Rubino of the secret
service conferred with Assistant Unit
Cd States District Attorneys Ben A..
Matthews and Joseph A. Burdeau.
1t had been expected that tie prison
ers would be arraigned before Federal
commissioner Hitchcock curing the
cay, but their interrogation at police
headquarters took too much time. They
may be arraigned to- day.
Those arrested in PHILADELPHIA were
Eduardo Parades, Cuban, reputed
leader of the Spanish |. W. W; Pas
quale Surreno, Jose Gomez, Jose Rigo,
CARA Marquee, Ollvero Blanco, Leon
and Cara, Juan Rodriguez, Jose Con
zales and Jose Antonio Pena.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Com Declines to
Enter Controversy
With Mayor Hylan
Former Police Deputy Says
He Has Written Reply to
Letter Charging Him With
Having Neglected Duties

John W. Goff, jr., former Third Depu-
~ POLICE commissioner, who resigned
that Office two weeks ago, yesterday
refused to discuss the published letter
from Mayor Hyan to him, in which
the Mayor crticises his official conduct.
Mr.. Goif said he had written letter
CT reply, however, which he expected
to have published within a day or two.
lie lntlmated that he would throw fur
ther light upon the police situation
after the publication of his reply.
81 do not care to be drawn into any
controversy with the Mayor or any
body else on police matters" said the
former deputy commissioner. "ln this
letter | have gone into the various
matters eliminating in my resignation
and quote from two letters the Mayor
sent me after he wrote the letter of
December IA. These subsequent let
ters contained praise of my work and
ought to prove interesting reading at
this time.
The Mayors letter to Mr. Gof said:
Your letter of December 9 received
| have had many complaints, both writ
ten and verbal, about your conduct
since your appointment to Office ! was
therefore, compelled to call this to the
attention of Commissioner Leach.
II find, also, that you have little in
terest in your work, coming to vour
office late and leaving early and doing
less work than any other deputy, and
that police officers submitting to YOU
matters upon which you should give
advice have received little satisfaction
for the reason that you seem to have
no interest in or give no attention tc
such matters.
"The explanation you make in your
letter is not at all satisfactory, and
unless your conduct officially and pub
licly improves | shall be obliged to ask
the Police Commissioner to request
your resignation"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
FREDERICK HALSEY DE VOE

Frederick Halsey De Voc, graduate
Of the Paterson High School, former
Master of the Paterson Boy Scouts and
one of the most popular young men in
that city, died Thursday at Ashville.
n. c., whittier he had gone in an at
tempt to regain his strength following
his recent dismissal from the Naval
Air Service Mr. De Voc, who was
twenty-five years old. had been taken
i'll with pneumonia at the Brest debark-
alton camp. He belonged TO the Wesley
Methodist Church. from which his
funeral viii be held to-day He was
a son of George c. De Voc. who re-
sides at 517 Fourteenth Avenue. Pat
crSOn
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Smiling Robbers Blamed
For Two Store Hold-Ups

Two smiling young men entered the
cigar store Of Charles Finn, at 95S ST..
Nicholas Avenue, last night. They
smiled their thanks when Finn changed
dollar bill for them. Then still
smiling, they pulled guns and cmptied
the cash register Of S110 cash and a
500 Liberty bond They were grin
ming broadly as they walked out with
the loot.
Soon aftcrward two men of similar
description robbed Solomon Friedman
in his tailor shop at 230 Fort Washing
ton Avenue. One, aided by a revolver,
smilinrly detained Friedman in the
rear while the other "lcd the money
til in front.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Strangle Hold by
Wrestler Puts End
To One Crime Wave
Police See Calagradi Take
to Court Man They Had
Been Seeking for Weeks;
Other Crimes of a Day

One former wrestler, armed with
nothing more deadly than a knowledge
of the use Of his arms and legs, ended
yesterday the oneman crime wave Of
which Broadway business men have
been complaining.
The police had succeeded in obtain
ing accurate descriptions of the hold
up man, but Vasilos Calagradis, owner
Of restaurant and formerly wrestler,
got a strangle hold on his neck and
finally led him into cell.
Early yesterday the hold-up man and
companion entered Calagrads's res
taurant, at PAT West Fifty-first Street
The leader pointed a revolver at Gala
grads and ordered him to hold up his
hands. The restaurant man was COM
plying when the chef blew a police
whistle
The hold-up man turned to look and
Calagradis dropped one arm about his
neck. With the other he struck the
revolver, which fell from the robbers
hand and was discharged. While the
former wrestler was picking up the re-
volver the hold-up man fed
At Fifty-seventh Street and Broad
way Calagradis and two detectives
overlook him. The wrestler got an
other hold on his throat and this time
he didn't let go. He had the same
hold when the prisoner appeared be-
fore Magistrate Koenig in the West
cbn Lot
The captive said his name was
Charles McGovern. The police accused
him of about twenty other hold-ups of
recent date, and he was held in $4,000
bail.
Two negroes entered the butcher
shop of Louis Brodereich at $40 Lenox
Avenue, early yesterday, and attacked
Brodereich with blackjack, rendering
him unconscious. They took about $40
from the cash register, and carried
away a pigs head and tail.
More than $4,000 worth of furs,
silks, railroad bonds and currency were
stolen by burglars who concealed them
selves in the loft building at II East
Forty-eighth Street Saturday night
and looted in leisurely manner on
Sunday. 1t was the second robbery of
the place in two months
Policeman John j. Mahoney, Of the
lst Inspection District, and Charles
Doenig, of the Elmhurst fire depart
ment, were arraigned in the Flushing
police court yesterday to answer the
charge of felonious assault Each was
held under $4,000 bail for examination
on March 10. Mahoney made coun-
ter charge of assault against Edward
Logan chauffeur, who, he declared,
was one of eleven men who attacked
him and Doenig near the policeman's
home in Elmhurst Saturday morning.
While they were defending themselves
Logan was shot, said Mahoney.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
WILLIAM P. GOODSPEED

William P. Goodspeed, business man
ager of "The Buffalo Evening News, "
died in Buffalo yesterday. Last
Wednesday Mr.. Goodspeed escaped ap-
parently unhurt from an automobil"
collision. An hour later, however, after
he had driven his slightly damaged
machine downtown. he became uncOn-
sc.ous Eemorrhage Of the brain had
Developed Mr. Goodspeeds connec-
tion with 'The Evening News" date
from its founding by the late Z. H.
Butler, IL 1877. He was sixty-eight
wears old.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Misstatcs Age, Loses Wife

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Feb. "a
supreme Court Justice Arthur s.
Tompkins to-day signed an interlocu-
tory judgment annulling the marriage
of Bertha Andring Winfield. of Yon-
kers, from her husband, Edward S.
Winfield, who is in the military SER
vice at West Point. because the testi-
mony showed that the defendant gave
his age as twenty-four. whereas he
was only twenty years old at the time
Of the marriage.
Mrs. Winfield testified Winfield told
her he WIS Presbyterian and she
discovered after the marriage that his
parents were Orthodox Jews,
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
MRS. IRENE HARTT

Mrs Irene Hartt died last night at
the residence of her niece, Miss Mar
garct Widdemer, 21 Larchmont Avenue,
Larchmont. She was sixty-six years
old.
Mrs. Hartt was daughter of the late
Ephraim s. and Margaret Taylor Wild
demer, of Philadelphia She was de-
scendant of the Rev. John Watts, who
established the First Baptist Church in
Philadelphia in the seventeenth CEN
tury, and who was a brother of Isaac
Watts, the hymn writer.
Mrs. Hartt was a member of the So
ciety of the Daughters of Pennsylvania,
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the Emma Willard Association.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
WILLIAM FREDERICK sCHuLTZE

William Frederick Schultze, for forty
years manager Of the Philharmonic
ociety of New York, and who sat under
the baton of Richard Wagner, Anton
Seidl, Theodore Thomas, Van der
Stucken, Victor Herbert and other
masters, died Sunday at his home in
Beechhurst. Mr.. Schultze was a Ger
man by birth and pursued his musical
profession actively until year ago,
when, at the age of sixty-nine, i'll
health forced him to retire from his
position as leader of the Globe Thea
ire orchestra. He was a member of
the Actors Fund, the Musical Protec-
tive Society and the Aschenboli Society.
He is survived by his widow, who was
Mile. Babetta Them, of France, and
two daughters.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
London Publisher Dies

LONDON, Feb. 24.-sir Bertram
Lewis Lima, chairman of the company
publishing "Thc London Daily Mirror"
died here to-day of influenza.
Sir Bertram Lima was captain IN
the Canadian army. In addition to
"The Daily Mirror" he controlled "Thc
Sunday PICTORIAL" "The Glasgow Daily
Record" and "The Leeds Mercury"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
JOHN NJ. HUGHES

John NJ Hughes, eighty-two years
old. former proprietor of hotel in
College Point, where notables of the
athletic and political worlds congre-
gated, died Sunday at his home there.
Among the pugilists with whom he was
credited with giving start we're Jack
McAu!iffe and Jack Dempsev
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
These Mem and Women
Want to Be Your Agents
of Mercy.

lAmss L. BARTON. Chairman: SAMUEL T.
Do D0oo1dosi vlee. chs!rmsn: CLEVELAND H.
cs,9nmpsisn Chairman; WILLIAM d. MILLAR.
so; so.; WILLIAM hoWhRD TAFT. hon
snsonGnnIhAva cHAsLns ". IIlor. jAMes
CARDINAL GIBBONS. VANCE c. MCoRMtCK
william sIoaaE. oScAa 8. sfsAus' ssffn MS. I's
OLIVER HARTMAN, MISS HELEN V. sos.
WELL. MRS: NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTTER,
hI hfv: DAVID u. GREER, MRS. WILLIAM
GJaGEhHEiM. MISS MARY GARRETT Hay
mss. ss. hDeiAn isE!is Cd. MRS. WILLIAM
,Nf, mhs WILLIAM A. READ, MRS. OGDEN
BILLS REiD. MRS. 0REh ROOT HABBi STE
r.En =; WISE, Mss: aEoEcI vAnbsaeiLT.
mhs, sslnar - bguhkE cocknAh.. mrs. LEWIS
asSoy caSarss i. esAAssk. eAsk HafaDs Hs'fsoaSs eua: E.
IIis, ARTHUR 1. BRoWh, JOHN 8 CALVERT.
w 4 CHAMBERLAIN. HAsolo A. HAYcH.
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npzslssop lsssfprs0x snsx sxs6s sxsSs
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corr WILLIAMS
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
MISS FLORA TORREY wAGsTAFF

Miss Flora Torrey Wagstaff, an at
torney, died Yesterday at the age of
sixty-tive. At one time she was the
legal adviser of the late Mrs. Hetty
Green. For some years she was the
law partner of her father, Judge Will
liam r. Wagstaff, who was a Governor
of Kansas.
travelling West to look after oil prop
critics left her by her father, when she
was stricken with paralysis.
She lived with her sister, Mrs.
George Kemp, of 76 East Fifty-sixth
Street
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
EDITH LIVINGSTON BROWN.

Mrs. Edith Livingston Brown. wife
of the Rev. Meford Losee Brown,
rector of the Church of the Ascension,
Mount Vernon, died Sunday at her
home on Prospect avenue, that city,
from pneumonia. Mrs. Brown, who
was thirty years old, had been prom
inent in church and charitable work
for years. She was the daughter of
the late John A. Livingston, of this
city, who for years was prominent in
the industrial world. Mr.. Brown is
also seriously i'll from influenza.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
IMPORTANT NOTICE

Birth, Engagement. Marriage. Death
and In Memorlam Notices may be
telephoned to Tho Tribune any time
up to midnight for insertion In the next
daY,s paper. Just call
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
MARRIAGES

BREESE- MOMAND-At Trinity Church,
February -. 1919. by the Rev William T.
Manning. D. D. Grace Lucille. daughter Of
Mrs. Ragland Momand. TO James Lawrence
BreeSe.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
WE ARE. ENCOURAGED

G God is Good
81 The Editor thanks Him out Of the pits of
his sinful heart for the generous responses to the
first instalment Of our Bulletin.
G You are entitled to receipt for every Of
fering
Ct Please don't forget to make your offering
in the name of God and His Charity.
G The house-to-house canvass begins next
Monday morning
G We want SIX millions of dollars to feed,
clothe shelter and start on new life nearly four
millions of souls
81 They are all human beings, men and
women and little children like you and me- dear
reader-vith this exception: they were perse-
cuted for years before the war,-and the Turk
tried his best to completely destroy them during
the war.
Ct The Editor would be Aattered bevond
belief if million dollars could be raised by
means of this Bulletin before our campaign be-
gins.
q We have a dear friend who is a railroad
President Of a road that runs out of quiet town
across the North River It's road the comic
writers and artists poke fun at, betirnes, and the
good President, being man Of fine humor, ioins
In the laughter.
q 1t he knew we were trying to write so that
could touch human hearts, he might send
check that would give still more announcement
to all Of U.s.
q But don't wait, dear reader, for this rail-
road President to start the big" gifts in His
Name. If your charity prompts you to start it.
please do it now
q There are those who, like Peter. have
neither gold silver. We need them. too
They give their prayers in the morning. at
noon, and at night, for the success of this under
taking
We close our second nstalment of the
Bulletin with this thought:
j II cents a day,
$5 month";
$50 year.
Will keep alive one Of these unfortunates
One w.v of n,;.u :. ~ These Mem and Women
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
CEMETERIES

THE WoopIAWN CEMETERY.
'ssd st. by Harlem Train and by iroiieF
Lots of small size for sale.
Onc8, 20 East ESD ST.. n. 4 -4
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
BIRTHS

LEAKE-Mr. and Mrs. Richard b. Leake.
Jr., of Sanford. Conn. announce the birth
of a daughter on February -.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
Beekman 5000

and send the notice as you wish It In
serted. Bill for same Will Ice mailed to
you later. The notice viii reach over
100000 readers daily
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
One Way of Doing 1t Now

oho way OF Dong Ii Now
MIR. CLEVELAND H. DODGE,
I~easurer Armenian and
Syrian Relief Committee.
No. ! Madison Avenue,
New York City.
Dear mr.. Dod0e:
1 am very glad, indeed. 10
mute this httIe altering in the
name Of Cad md His Charifv
for the relief Of The drmenians.
Syyians and Persiuns. Please
send me literature.
Yours for
"They Shall MOI Perish,"
Nawe ...-...-...........
ddd,ess ................
New-York tribune., 1919-02-25

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Reds Drew Lots Half of | Pct.
Here for Two to Alcohol limit
Murder Wilson Set for Drinks

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New-York tribune., 1919-02-25
ALPHONsE A. e. CARDINAL

Alphonse A. E. Cardinal, senior
member of Cardinal & Becker, large
silk manufacturing firm in Paterson.
died Sunday at his home, 319
Park Avenue. Paterson. Mr.. Cardinal
was born in Lyons, France, in 1881. A
silk specialist by trade, he established
the present firm which bears his name
in 1890, his partner being E. j..
Becker, of New York He also had in
terests in the Tioga Silk Company, of
Athens, Penn. He had been i'll year.
Mr.. Cardinal belonged to Paterson
Lodge No. 60, B. P o. E., and is sur
vived by his widow and three sons.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-17
SALE NETS OVER S100.
First Church. Raises Good Sum for
 Foreign Missionary Work.

The annual food sale under the auspices of the Young Women's For cign Missionary society of the Center Congregational church. which was held Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles l.. Mitchell of Rus sell street, netted over $100 which will be given to foreign missions. Of the generous contributions of home made cookery, comprising bread, pies cake, preserves, biscuits and candy, given by the members of the society. practically everything was sold, the few remaining articles of food being donated to the Children's S Home.
 Mrs. Arthur Bacon was chairman of the committee of arrangements for the sale. Mrs. Charles F. Mitchell acted as hostess. and members of the society had charge of the various tables Tea was served, Mrs. Martin q. Pasco and Mrs. Charles H. Mitch- ell presiding. Airs. F. r. Warren sold Easter cards.
New Britain herald., 1919-03-17
CITY ITEMS.

Wed. S10O day, 36-nch bleeched cotton cloth,:5 yards for st.0O. The Dress Goods Shop, 100 Main street -adYt.
 The Holy Family Circle will hold St, Patrick's day whist Tuesday aft ernoon in school. hall. The public is invited to attend. Proceeds will be given to charity.
 Dollar Day at Damon's shoe store, Wednesday.-ad
 At the regular meeting of the Royal .Arcanum Tuesday evening, plans will be made for forming a. minstrel troupe. Several -candidates will be initiated. All having applica- tions are asked to present them at this meeting. Refreshm will be served after the meeting,
 Martha Washington council, D. of A. will meet this evening at 7;f5 o'clock. Members are requested to be there promptly at that hour.
 Stanley Woman's Relief corps will hold a social and public meeting in Wentworth hall a 2:30 o'clock We'd nesday afternoon. Members of Stan ley Post the $. of V. Auxiliary, the Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary and friends are invited.
 Miss Dorothy Booth. of< Forest street, had for guests over the week end, Miss Margaret Peterson and Miss A1etha Knapp, of New Haven.