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The evening world., 1919-09-26
THREE STATES NOW
INQUIRE |NTOLANE
MARRIAGE M|X-UP
Former Jersey Chancellor and
Others Directly Concerned
Appear Unconcemed.
JtIRlST STILL. SILENT.
Connecticut Prosecutor, Pastor
and New York Lawyer Meet
at Carmel Home.
JURlST STILL. SILENT.

Carmel. N. v. whore a World re-
porter discovered Mrs. Grace Hcrcht
BaehEate lane. was the meeting place
thu afteruou Of four persons who
have figured prominently in the cur
rsat story Of tho matrimonial troubles
Of Joseph Merritt Lane. former Vice
Chancellor Of New Jersey.
Prosecuting Attorney Kenealy OF
Stamford. Conn. who first heard
Mrs. Hercht Lanes complaint against
the former Vice Chancellor. arrived
at . O'Clock this afternoon in an au-
tou,obile. Tho Rev. Clarence Hill
Frank. who performed the marriage
ceremony at Stamford. arrived earlier
In the day and seemed disappointed at
not finding Mrs. Lano at home. Her
own counsel. Charles Il. Kelley OF
New York. was reported TO be on the
way 70 Carmel. And It was said that
A conference would be held this eve-
ing. II Is impossible to predict what
may happen when tho two lawyers.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
WOMEN ASK SUSPENSION
OF PORTER AND HOGUE
Charge Irregularities in Oiliee Of
State Division Of Foods
and Markets.

Application for the suspcrslon Of
Dr Eugene u Porter. head " the
state Division ~ Foods and Markets,
and George IIoEuc. head ot tho State
Dairy Division. was made to-day by
Mrs. Louis a. wclzmiller. who says
she represents 400. 900 women In New
York. State as chairman of tho Plenty
Food League and the Terminal !
Markets IrnguG
The application was rlrd win
George Gordon Rattlr. who II con.
duclng an investigation OF the State
Council OF Fnrms ami Markets 1T the
direction of Gov. Smith Mrs. welE-
miller charges irregularities In office
and asks that tho officials he suspend
I'd from duty until the results nf tho
investigation are made known Mr.
Rattle said he would give tho appii-
cation careful consideration.
John r Farrell, former Supsru.
tcndcnt Of Weights and Measures In
the council. and DanioI Franlslul. Sn
Investigator of licenses nt Delhi. N Y.
werc the nrHt witnesses cxumlned at
the resumption Of tho inquiry this
afternoon.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
R|EDL BUS PERMIT
REVOKED; WHALEN
TO RUN THE LINES
City TO Work Out Permanent
Plan For East Side Jitney
Service.

The Board OF Estimate to-day rc-
voked the permit OF Louis Ricdl to
operate busea on the east side cross
town lines abandoned by tho Now
York Railways Company. and gave to
Grover A. whalen, Commissioner of
Plant and Structures, n ten-day por-
init to supervise the buses whose
owners volunteered their scrviccs
after Rledl is alleged to have failed
to make good. The city in tho next
ten days will work out comprchcn-
sive. permanent plan OF conducting
the buses on tho old storage battery
routes,
Commissioner whalen. IN a report
to the board on the operation OF th"
buses said:
$50 far tho experiment hns been
successful. The buses arc well pat
runlzed and meet with the approval
OF their patrons. Tho people Ot the
east side have taken advantage or this
service In spite OF the fact that job u.
Hedges, receiver OF the New York
Railways Company. appointed by the
Hon. Julius NJ. Mayer. Judge Of tho
United States District Court, stated
that they would have To walk when
these crosstown lines ceased opera
ttUu.
"'rhe routes selected for tho opsra-
ton of the buses were almost idcn-
teal with those OF the street railway
lines which have been Abandoned.
For the first tiino the pesplo OF tho
lower east side have real rapid tran
sit through tho medium Of the bus
service which Is now being rendered.
and without AN incroase OF fare. Tho
running tiInc between terminals -
about half tho usual Time formerly
required by tho street surface rail-
way cars"
I,cidl to-day told Public Service
Commissioned Nixon that he had been
double crossed by Mayor llyln
and whalcn. Ho said he had been
prevailed upon. against his better
Judgment, To operate tho lines ana
then the city officials. by Bubterfugc'
had deprived him OF his rights ny
maintaining he had failed to put up
any money or furnish adoqu ilc
SERVICE
lie declared whalcn was operating
tho system for the sake of shedding
ustro on his own name or that somo
influential person or persons were
backing the Mayor and tho CommIs-
gOnur.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
CITY SELLS S2,833,752
WORTH OF CAR LINE LIENS
Amount Represents Unpaid Special
Franchises and Real Estate
Taxes.

The city this afternoon sold at public
nutcion. S2,s33,752 worth OF liens. ro-
presenting unpaid special franchises
and real estate taxes levied principally
on street car lines now controlled by
tho New York Railways Company and
the Tn rd Avenue Railways Hytem. The
taxes have been accunulating for nine
teen years. Special franchise taxes
cover the intangible right granted "a
tho railway companies in their use OF
the streets. as we'll Gs the use of tracks
and poles.
II the corporations In arrears buy the
liens the purchases will be tantamount
to payment Of the taxes II the cty
decides to be the buyer the liens In It's
possession will take the form Of mort
cages which may bo foreclOSed II pay
mentg are not made.
Among the lines indebted and the
amount are: Dry Dock. East River and
Battery. st5.O25; Kingbridge Railway
Company, 2i.Ole; Metropolitan Street
Ra lway, S435 5.OOO New York and Har-
lem, S54 900: Second Avenue and Thir-
ty-eight Street. s222. 900; Union Rail.
way Company, $4,000, ana Thrty.
fourth Street line, $1,000.
The evening world., 1919-09-26

the clergymen and the woman meet
Meanwhile the former Wee chan
cellor is apparently Indifferent to the
course OF events. while officials OF
three states investigate his domestic
affairs.
The states are interested. but there
Is no indication that any OF the sew
ernl persons directly connected Is at
present taking any interest whatever
in the strange case. Lane announces
calmly that he has dropped the af-
fair" Mrs. Geraldine Garrison Curr
Lame quietly supervises the prcpnra-
tlon OF her husbands dinner when
she might be inquiring. along with
the three States, whose husband he
really Is. And Mrs. Grace Hercht
Bathgutc Lane is just us peacefully
keeping house for herself and her son
at Carmel, N. Y. where she was dis
covered yesterday by reporter for
The World.
Meanwhile officials Of the States OF
New York. New Jersey and Connec-
ticut are asking three interviewer
questions as follows;
did Lane marry Grnco
Hercht Bathgate at Niagara Falls
in 1912 while he was still the legal
husband OF his first wife, Clara
L. witthebert Lane7
2-Did he marry Geraldine Gar
rison Curr at Newark last Janu-
ary while he was the husband OF
Mrs. Hercht3
3-Did he marry Mrs. Hercht
again at Stamford, Conn. on
April I OF this wear while he was
married to Mrs Gernldine Girri-
son Curr7
The flrst question Is OF interest to
the New York state authorities. The
second interests New Jersey. And the
third Is bolng Investigated by the
Connecticut authorities.
POSSIBILITY OF CHARGE CON.
siDERED IN THREE STATES.
Thus the possibility of n bigamy
charge has been considered In all
three states. In Connecticut the
prosecuting attorney said the charge
could not be mado because tho evi.
The evening world., 1919-09-26

OF the $50 saloon mon now In business
In Bronx County, Deputy Excise Com.
missioner William y. Gcrmaine said to-
day. only 10 have applied Tor ltenses
permitting them 10 continue after oct !,
The evening world., 1919-09-26

dencO indicated that whilc Lane may
have married Mrs. Grace ilcrcht Lane
there (which Lane refuses to deny or
confirm). the marriage was not con-
summatcd in that State and therefore.
under the Connecticut law there was
no bigamy.
A still more surprising situation
was encountered in New Jersey when
J. Henry Harrison, County Prosecu-
tor at Newark. looked into tho case,
ut appears" no said this morning.
that Lano married Mrs. Geraldlna
Curr Immediately after his divorce
from his first wife. The remaining
question is whether he was Mrs. Grace
Hercht Lanes husband when he mar
ried Mrs. Geraldine Garrison Curr
That would depend on tho alleged
Niagara Falls marriage. But the
Niagara Fulls marriage, II It took
place ut all. must have been bigamous
under tho Now York law and thoro-
foro void under tho New Jersey law
a<aho Nlh hoN FtbhkulAu MIs. beTCnl
Lane as his wife in the two days be
tween his divorce from his first wife
and his marriage to Mrs. Curr. ST.
II appears that no was iegally free In
New Jersey to marry Mrs. curr when
he did. There is nothing on which tu
base n bigamy prosecution in New
Jersey"
The only remaining possibility. then.
would have been a New York prose
cution for bigamy said to have taken
place at Niagara Falls in 1919. The
Evening Worlds correspondent at
Niagara Falls telegraphed to-day that
there Is no record in the City Clerk =
ofiice there OF the. marriage OF Lane
to Mrs. Iercht
The only statement Mr.. Lane made
to-day was through his stenographer
when he said:
"The hardest task I have ever as i
sumed Is to keep silence now. The
apparent injustice to members OF my
family and those who have been and
may wish to continue 70 be my
friends makes II hard. Nevertheless
I have elected my course and shall
The evening world., 1919-09-26
20 YEARS ARMY SERGEANT
ENDS LIFE WHEN DENOTED
News of Suicide Reaches Fort
SlOcum Just as Squad Pre-
parrS 10 Prevent Il.

The commanding officer al the re-
Celwns station OF the Army Recruiting
Service at fort Slocum had Just or
dcred sergeant and squad to take
the first boat to-day TO go TO the hume
Of Private John Smith No 10, Eagle
Avenue. the Bronx. and prevent him
from harmlng himself when the poliuo
notified him by Telephone that John
Smith was dead OF gas
The soldiers wife and children re.
turned from a visit out Of town to nnd
him lfeless m hig bedroom which was
filled with gas from an open Jet. A
lettcr TO tho public pinned to the
Kitchen table said that he had been
n sergeant for nearly twenty years ard
had been reduced 10 the ranks Ave days
ago without cause or any explanation
and he didn't wish to live any longer.
A similar letter to the commanding Of
ftcer at Fort Slocum was delivered this
forenoon,
The evening world., 1919-09-26

when visited District Attorney
Swami yesterday" said Mr.. Kelley.
"Ilc went over the case thoroughly
nnd assured mo that thoro was no
hint of wrong-domg on our part. lie
cOmplimonted mo on tho way I had
handled the cast for my client.
II have not seen nor communicated
with Mrs. Grace Ilcrcht Lano for a
week or so, She 10 the legal wife Of
tho former Vice Chancellor aud the
mother OF his child. Respecting her
wishes am bound by lcgid ethics to
give no further details Of the case.
Perhaps SHE will tell the whole story,
hut | doubt H. Tho present exposure
was not OF her making. and Hhu Is CON
tent to let the whole case drop. u
any lcEul action Is taken II will be by
some OF the other parties concerned
or by tho public authorities"
Tho statement OF Mr.. Kelley that
his client ~ content to drop Gus,
in which only few months ago she
was demanding legal action. oven d
prosecution on n bigamy charge. IL
taken as tending to confirm infornn-
ton obtained by District Attorney
Swami that financial settlement has
been made with Mrs. lIercbt Lane.
The amount is said TO have bean
$4,000 down in cash and n monthly
allowance for her support and tho
support OF her child. whom she calls
Joseph Lane jr.
Mr.. Swami was interested In the rc-
ported financial arrangement because
OF the possibility that II might show
a use OF money for the purpose OF
checking a prosecution. But he says
he is now assured that the money was
not for such purpose but merely for
the support Of tho woman and the
child.
In q talk with an Evening World
reporter MIR. Lane was asked whether
his parents still lived
They do" he said ''and II breaks
my heart to think Of their grief over
this matter. Personally / am case
hardened and | don't care"
He was asked the point blank ques-
ton.
why did you resign as Vice
Chancellor
Because cannot live on $4,000 a
year" he said.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
BENNETT DROPS RECOUNT
IN PRIMARY CONTEST
Failed to Put Up Bond Reured by
Law, Says Assistant Corpora
iion Counsel.

Theodore T. Baylor. counsel for
william NJ Bennett. who was defeat
ed by Congressman La Guardla for
Republican nomination for Prrsident
Of the Bonrd of Aldermen. said today
that Mr.. Bennett would drop HIS er.
forts for a recount According To Rus
sell !. TArbox. Assistant Corporations
Counsel Mr.. Bennett failed t. put up
the money required by law.
Mr. lirnnett declared he thought u
strange that the County Committee
did not furnish the money as had been
done In the Riegelman case In Brook
lyn. The cost, he added. was from
$4,000 TO sh 000 and he did not care
to bear that expense, lie further sa Id
that II was his understanding that
senator Calder or Samuel Koenig had
check to cover the cost hut he
could not say. what would be done
with this check.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
RICH NAN ilaAGS H,,iSELF
FROM APARTMENT FIXTURE
Manuel W CIaviio, Colombian,
FrunJ Dead When Employees
Enter SUITE.
EnItr SuIlt.

Manuel VI. C1vijo forty years old. an
'nplo,,r or the Investment arm ~ Liz
'cns a Co No - nro,dw,y. hanged
tlm-rif T." Chandelier IN The hall Of
his apartment on the oiguth noor at No.
us West i2d street Ills bOJy was
iound at O'Clock this incoming.
Cl'vjo apptr"nty Ia anluent ctr
cumstauces. occupied a luxurious apart
mont. When lac did not answer ro-
pcated telephone calls this niOrninr.
though he was seen TO enter his apart-
mont last night. n haliboy rntcrrd with
passkcy and found him dad tie had
used the electric wire from nIta,a,Es
instrument to hang himself frum he
chandelier
alone.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
LIVING FOR NY BOY. SAYS MRS.
HERCHT LANE.

Mrs. Grace Hercht Bnthgate Lane
was astonlshed when World re-
porter found her last night at Carmel.
How did you find me7" she cried.
Then she sobbcd and asked: why
did you come here7 But knew this
day would come. / have been expect
ing II. You want TO know II | am
Mrs. Joseph Merritt Lane. Yes. I am.
but please do not ask me TO say any
thing further about my trouble. You
can never realize the pain and suffer
ing II has caused me. am trying
to forget 1t all and live only for the
little boy. lie Is my son. the 10y Of
my life"
Tho boy camo downstairs then,
looking for his mothor. He is u
bright-cyed. sturdy youngstcr. with
rcd cheeks and dark hair.
This morning when the reporters
called again at the Carmel home Mrs.
Lane had gone away In an automobile
TO get away from reporters" some
one at the house said.
This morning Charles Z. Kelley,
No. 80 Pine Street. who was tho law
yer for Mrs. Heroht Lane when her
interest in the matter was much moro
lively. declared that ms far as he and
his client were concerned tho case
was a closed incident. and this at n
time whom District Attorneys. Con-
neeticut Prosecutors. and high ON
cials Of New Jersey were lntimating
that they considered It an incident
just beginning to opcn.
II laid all our cards ON tho table
The evening world., 1919-09-26

LONDON. Sept. 26.-Tho engage
mont has just been announced oi
Baroness Furnivall. daughter OF the
late Lord Potrc. to Mr.. f. n. Drough-
ton-Addersey. who in 1914 was the
hero OF famous Eton episode. being
expelled for breaking ground"
Lady Furnivail. who Is regarded as
the most beautiful British peercss,
Is tho daughter OF tho lith Lord
Potre. She Is only nineteen years old.
and at her debut Mt the opening OF
the season created n sensation by her
beauty. The Furnivall barony Is one
Of Britain's Oldest For years II lay
dormant. but six years ago WAS called
out OF abcyanco In her favor.
The evening world., 1919-09-26

persist in It unless and until my
Judgment otherwise dictates"
The most perplexing feature Of the
affair is the apparent indifference OF
those directly involved. II is natural
enough that the irst wife should be
Indifferent. because she stepped out
Of Lanes life nearly n year ago by
way Of a Reno divorce. Mrs. Hercht
Lane and Mrs. Curr Lane are both
apparently content, as Lane himself
Is. to let people say what they please
and to pay no attention.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
WARNS AGAINST INVASION
OF STRIKERS fROM OHIO
Wires Cox he win Rcglti Il as
an "Altack Upon Sovereignty
of State"

COLUMBUS, O.. Sept. sj.-upon
receipt to-day of telegram from
Gov. Cornwoll " West Virginia,
saying 5000 men from stcubrn
villo and other Ohio towns nearby
are reported to DO planning 70
cross the Ohio tine into IIancocR
County. W. Va. for the purpose
OF compelling workers to du!t.
Gov. Cox to-day wired w q.
Baker. Sheriff OF Jefferson Coun
~. tO use his best offices to pro-
vent any possibility Of conflict be.
tween citizens OF Ohio aud West
Virginia.
In his Telegram Gov. cornweii
said such an Invasion of West
Virginia by ONO strikers will bo
regarded as an attack upon tho
sovereignty OF West Virginia"
STUEBENvILLE. o.. Sept. "a
Local steel strikers will hold =
mass meeting ut the court house
hero tonight nt which workmcn
from the WclrtOn steel Co. mills
at Welrton, w. Va, near here.
have been invited to attend Union.
leaders have announced that II
Woirton men do not turn cut at
this meeting. locnl strikers will
parade to Welrton tho first Ot tha
week to hold meeting.
Employers OF the welrton steel
Co. aru not organized and tho
plant is reported by company ot-
tichie To bo operating 100 per
cent
The evening world., 1919-09-26
I.aw.on AIrpIane Damaged.

coNNELsVILLE, Pa. Sept. 2G.-The
Lawson ntinental Alrplane
which landed here yesterday with ten
persons en- route from Washington to
Dayton, o.. viii not proceed for three
or four days. Tho machine was slight
iy damaged whom forced 20 land be-
cause OF high winds.
The evening world., 1919-09-26
Washburn. Well known Miller,
Dies.

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Sept, &C.
John s. Washburn. President OF the
Washburn- Crosby Flour Mills Com
pany. OF this city. died suddenly last
night at Livermore Falls. Me-. accord
ing to word received here to-day. He
was sixty-one years old.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-31
Y. w. TO GIVE LARGE
NEW YEAR RECEPTION

The Young Womans Christian as
sociation will keep open house on New
Years afternoon from to O'Clock,
and a musical program will be given
during the course of the afternoon.
The musicians and readers who will
furnish entertainment to the guests
are: Mrs. Lois Reynolds. piano solo.
Mrs Wittmeyer. reading; John Cap
ron. violin solo with accompaniment
by Miss Margaret Schumacher: Mrs ID.
w. Faw. piano solo; Mrs w. p. Nc
Dowell. piano solo; Mrs Guy Rogers,
vocal solo, Miss Katherine Conway.
harp solo.
The committee in charge of ar
arrangements consists of Mrs +. b.
Garcia Mrs j. Finlav Simms. Mrs.
j. S. yesterday and Mrs. M. D. Schu-
maker The reception committee,
Mrs. W. H. Long. Miss Clare Il. Bah
cock, national secretary; Miss Erna
Ferguson, Miss Alice Boyd and Miss
Margaret Savage.
Tea will be poured by Mesdames j.
G.. Gould Roy Stamm. w. L. Hawkins.
S A. Bright and w. G. Hope, who will
be assisted in serving by the Misses
Mia FLY, Annie Snow. Frances Weight
and Raw Dorffman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-31
To STAY PRISONER
UNLESS GIRL ALSO
IS GIVEN LIBERTY

That he prefers TO remain a federal
prisoner in the Bernalillo lountv jail
10 gaining his freedom on bond unle $
Jene Spencere whom he SAYS is h
intended wife, is also liberated ON bail,
was he declaration yesterday OF Chts-
ter A. Nichols, the l9-year-oid boy
held 10 the grand jury twelve hours
previously in default of a 2,500 bond.
following preliminary hearing be-
fore United states commissioner Den-
mis- +. Mcdonald, Nichols has retained
w. A Keleher 10 represent him in his
troubles.
Nichols declares he is simply a G.
tim OF eli cumsiances and that the
story told by Violet Hudson the chief
witness against him. is untrue and will
he rebutted at the proper time. The
Hudson girl years old, testified at
the preliminary hearina that Nicholas
induced her to travel with him and the
Spencere girl IN an automobile from FL
Paso TO Albuquerque,
The triangle situation in viii h
Nichols finds himself playing the prin-
cipal role is a complicated one. Mich
OILS and the Spencere girl say they We're
engaged to be married when they left
California three weeks ago and that
their relatives knew they We're travel
ing together overland from Los An
geles to New Mexico.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-31
GREAT MUSICAL TREAT
WHEN "MAYTIME" COMES
TO THE CRYSTAL FRIDAY

"Maytime," the "distinctively differ
emit" play with music which MessrS,
Shuhert are to present mt the crystal
opera house Friday, January ,, May
time" is generally rated as the most
popular and successful musical enter
lainment the American stage has
known in recent seasons. II will con-
tinue as the biggest hit in New York,
where more than half million pat
rons have seen and heard ALaNtime'
since its initial performance on
Broadway a year ago last August Its
vogue with discriminating theatergo-
ers in Chicago last winter resulted in
an engagement of twenty-seven weeks
in that city, and at the present time
"Maytime" is chalking up other rec
ords in Boston This genuine dramat-
ic and musical novelty is the product
as TO hook and lyrics, of Rita johnson
Young, author OF Naughty Marietta, -
"Captin Kidd. Jr.," "BroWn of Har-
yard and other successes of recent
memory Its musical setting was
provided by sigmund Romhert, COM
poser OF Her Soldier Boy and many
of the song hits in the elaborate Win
ter Garden eXtraVagances. MAY
time" wasfstaged by Edward p TEN
pie under the personal direction Of
j. J Shubert
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-31
REPUBLICANS FOR AN
EARLY RATIFICATION
OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE

Leaflets have been received from
the national wOman's party bearing
the endorsement OF the national re-
publican committee for an early rat-
fication OF the suffrage amendment 4
unanimous resolution Was passed on
December 10. 1919. by The executive
committee recommending that pub
hcan legislatures ratiiX the federal
woman suffrage amendment, and
urging thar special sessions be called
in the sta.es that have not already rat
Ii ed
senator Curtis Of Kansas, republic
can Whip Of the United states senate.
urges ratification, and states that
There are few things which ! would
rather have go down in history 10 the
credit OF the republicans than the en-
REIMBURSEMENT of the women of this
country
WIN Hays, national republican
chairman, concurs in the endorsement
OF early ratification while republicans
in the United sta .es senate voted for
suffrage. 40 to 9. 81 per cent of the
republican voting strength in June,
1919.
Letters Will be sent to all state leeiS-
lators. urging their hearty co-opera-
iion and prompt action in ratifying at
the meeting of state legislatures
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-31
FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE
MET WITH Wholesale
GR0CERS LAST NIGHT

A meeting OF the fair price commit
tee was held at the Chamber of COM
merce rooms last night, to investigate
the price of groceries to the whole
salers. Among those invited TO be
present were. Milmot Booth. of the
Bond Dillon company: A. Boule. OF
Gross Kelly company. h, T.. PutneN
of the l.. r. Putney company; DAVID
Weller of the Charles llfeld company
NJ. A. Mallory OF Swift & co. was also
present at this meeting. as he was un-
able to attend the last meeting of the
committee when the price of whole
sale and retail meats was gone into.
The questions taken up last night
were the costs of groceries to the
wholesalers. their margin of profit
and their price to the retailer, upon
the information obtained last night
and that which will be heard at the
next meeting when representatives. OF
the retail grocery trade will be called
in. will determine whether a fixed
price will have to be set by the COM
mittee.
Thet representatives present last
night were asked to give their theories
as to the reason for the prevailing
high prices Foreign demand ana
competition. extravaganza on the part
of the public and a better grade OF
goods, together with the high govern
ment taxes, We're set forth as some OF
the reasons