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New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
NliiA Survey Is Begun
Under State Authority
Senator Introduces Bill Provid
ing for Dairy Commission
of Five Members
Slnf Cn1.l.esno,,E den

ALBANY, Jan. 27-The Council Of
Farms and Markets to-day began sur
vey covering the production. distribu-
tlon and consumption of milk and milk
products in the State of New York. 1t
Will be under the Immediate direction
of a committee of the council, consist
ing of William l. Dana, William F.
Pratt, Datus Clark and Johnathan C.
Day.
The first session viii be held Friday
at Glens Falls
Senator Salvador Cotillo, Democrat,
of New York, at the instance Of Dis
trict Attorney Swami of New York CITY.
introduced a bill tonight creating a
state dairy commission. consisting Of
five members, who shall be appointed
for iive-year terms at salaries of So
200. The commission is empowered to
fix maximum price on milk and its
products. All producers shall pay an
annual license fee of 50, and all dis
trl5uters license of from Sl00 to
$500. The commission may exempt dis
tributers from this impost when their
turnover Is less than $500 monthly.
The commission is given quasi-judi-
clal powers and may conduct investi-
cations and issue subp@nas not only
for the production of witnesses. but
documents, books and other materials.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28

that can be reached by an adventurous
climber on the face of the Palisades is
entirely in keeping with the mysterious
death Of the girl victim Of the tragedy.
1t is just 250 feet above the Hcndrck
Hudson drive through Interstate Park,
TO which there is a sheer drop with
nothing but a few struggling shrubs
and giant powders Intervening
From the point where she met death
black waters of the Hudson to the quiet
village of Riverdale. To the north the
lights of Yonkers blinked. while the en-
tire panorama. of Manhattan, outlined
IN millions of lights, was visible to the
south.
There was every evidence that the
victim Of the tragedy of the Palisades s
was familiar with the lonely spot
whore she met death and that she
walked to it willingly. To one famil-
lar with the locality it would be COM
paratvely easy to walk to the edge of
the cliff and climb into the narrow
coffin, formed of rock as if to furnish
a setting for the death scene.
Police Suspect Tryst.
But to take a resisting man or
woman to this spot would be next to
impossible. The slightest misstep on
the part OF either assailant or assailed
would have plunged them over the
the rocks 250 feet below.
1t is because of this fact that the
police are convinced the girl went to
her tryst with death by appointment.
If she had been in the habit of meet
ing an as yet unnamed man there, it
would have been simple matter to
have lured her there for her final
farewell, they argued The drug would
have accomplished the rest without a
struggle.
Even if the girl had been rendered
unconscious before reaching the spot
in machine possiblv-it would have
been next to impossible for even two
men to have carried her body to the
spot in which it was found Sunday.
To Chamber into this perilous spot un-
incumbered would not have been any
too easy task at night. Carrying d
body, it would hardly have been at
tempted by the most foolhardy, think
the police.
Going over the evidence once more
during the afternoon, the detectives
found nothing TO contradict the theory
that the girl had walked to the
lover, who is believed to have decided
bore all the signs Of mud that might
have been expected on shoes that had
borne their owner over the wet ground
from the paved road to the brink Of the
Interstate Park cliffs. Her golf stock
lngs, her uncorsctcd attire, and her
loose garments all pointed to the make
up OF the athletic girl, accustomed to
walking and climbing ir the very dis
trict in which she met her death.
Bandagcs Deny Suicide
There was still another indication
that 'he girl had not taken her own
life. The four bandagcs that encircled
her head, probably of hospital gauze
and exactly the material used in hos
pitfalls for administering drugs, had
been neatly bound about her nostrils
and pinned behind with safety pins.
Each band was pinned with a separate
pin, as is the case when drug il be-
ing administered by Il nurse or "A ply
scian under the most desirable condi-
tions.
No girl about to take her own life
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28

could have moved with such calm de-
liberation as this operation would have
required, the police declared, pointing
to the necessity for preparation far in
advance-the purchasing of the drug,
the gauze and the pins
But here was found another contra
diction-one that pointed to the re-
verse Of the arguments advanced by
the believers in the murder theory
Each Of the neatly attached safety
pins was upside down and its head
was pointed in the direction opposite
to that ordinarily expected where pins
are attached from an ordinary posi-
ton. They took the natural position
that pins usually do when attached by
q woman to the back of her own gar
ments.
girl had been the one woman in a
thousand who, going to her death,
could calmly work out every detail
just as nurse would work out the
details for difficult operation upon
another. Or, as was suggested among
the poss Utilities of the situation, the
pins might thus have been inserted in
the bandages by second person, who,
standing up and leaning over his vic
method of handling them.
Although nothing could be learned
at the Rialto Theatre as to the holder
of the ticket stub found in the girls
purse, the police still hope to learn
something from that clue to-day. The
stub numbered 424359, was the war tax
receipt for complimentary ticket.
These tickets might be given to the
press, for Autographs, or for other
services. In nearly every case they
are given to some specific individual
and, because of this fact, can be traced.
The police still hope to trace this par
ticular pass" Moreover. they believe
possession of this free ticket seems to
point to the possibility that the girl
was ION the inside" either of the the
atrical profession, or on terms of
friendship with somebody who was.
Dress Showed Good Taste
A careful examination Of the girls
clothing revealed the fact that she
dressed in very good taste, but not
with the extravaganza of girls who
might be expected to be familiar with
the ways Of Broadway. Her suit was
a blue gabardine that might have cost
S75 when it was new, probably last
fall. Its edges were bound with braid
The skirt was short, for comfort in
walking, though not quite in con-
formty with the latest styles
Her low brown walking shoes were
Of the variety that more often are
made to order than found in shoe
shop. They were number 5 on a B last,
bearing a stock number 2727. The
makers name did not appear in them.
Her stockings were cncircled at the
top with little bands of red
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
FRANK D. SHELLEY

Frank D. Shelley, secretary to
Michael F. Loughman. Commissioner
of Public Works of Manhattan, and
formerly secretary to Frank L. Dow
ling. when the latter was president of
the Board of Alderman, died Of
pneumonia yesterday in st. Luke's
Hospital after brief illness. He was
thirty years old and lived at 452 Fort
Washington Avenue. Mr.. Shelley was
educated at the Clason Point Military
Academy and Fordham University, be-
ing graduated from the law school Of
the latter institution in 1912, with
the degree Of LII. B. He was one of
the organizer and the presden Of
the Young Mems Democratic League.
He leaves wife and two children
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
kaplan Receiver Named
Man of Many Countries Is Sued
for $500

Justice Finch yesterday appointed
David B. Simpson receiver for the
property in this state belonging to
Nathan 5. kaplan, formerly affiliated
with the Russian Art Film Corporation
and now at Santa Cruz, Cal, under
the jurisdiction of a supervisor and
bonded to the Federal government for
S100,0 900.
Nathaniel A. Reichlin applied for the
receivership and is suing Kaplan for
$500. kaplan claims this money was
paid by him for stock in Tudor. Inc. a
jewelry corporation. The plaintiff said
that Mr.. Kaplan formerly claimed he
was native-born American. later
passing as a French citizen born in
Germany. He went to Russia. and on
his return was not permitted to land
by the United States authorities, being
taken first to Angel Island, Cal He
was later permitted to go to Santa
Cruz under bond
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
800, 100000 Food
Relief Bill Agreed
L pom by Conlerrees

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-An agree
ment on the Adm nistration bill ap-
propriating Sl00, 100000 for European
famine relief was reached here to-day
by the Senate and House conferrees
after a brief session.
No material changes were made in
the bill by the conferrees. All OF TIE
'eNatc amendments, with minor
changes in phraseoloey. were adopted,
including that b. Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, Republican. providing
hat wheat donated should be bought
~ far as practicable in America
Prohibition added BY the Senate
gainst distribution Of food to enemy
Peoples also was approved by the con-
ferrces, but the provision was redrafted
so as to insure that Armenians and
ether friendly peoples in enemy terri
tory might become the subjects of
relief.
Later Representative Sherley an
nounced he would present the report
to the House at the opening OF its
session tomorrow and press its adop-
ton. Administration leaders antic-
pated no difficulty In obtaining quick
and favorable action both in the House
and in the Senate, and expected the
bill to be on its way 20 President Will
son at Paris before the end of the
week,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
Army Romance
Suspected i'm
Cliff Mystery
Continued from page l

sack to look at the clothing. 1t is
hardly probable that he would be able
to recognize the face. because of his
Heeting glimpse of 1t aA that time. and
also because of the changes that death
has brought to it,"
me crew was accepted as of tho
greatest Importance by the prosecutor
because it threw light upon the prob,
aple comparisons Of the girl and offered
clear field for investigation. More
over, 1t did not contradict in anv wav
the theory that 1t was q case Of suicide
by nurse or murder by g. member Of
the medical profession.
some time tomorrow it is expected
mat officers of the medical CORPS who
nave been stationed at Camp Merritt
VIII be the subject of an inouirv bv
the police here Right here the investi,
gators arc confronted by stone wall
rms camp of embarkation has not been
popu ated by the same organizations
Tor more than the bricfest periods. The
units that came here left within a few
weeks, some after even shorter periods
Some Of those that went abroad have
been returned to their homes and been
disbanded. Others still arc overseas.
Chauffeur's Story a Clew
Another bit of evidence that turned
up during the day tended to strengthen
the theory that the girl was the victim
OF a premeditated murder The infor-
NATION came from William White, a
chauffeur who drives a machine from
the Fort Lee ferry to the homes of the
wealthy residents of the district.
White said that about six weeks ago
ne was driving along Sylvan road, half
mile from the spot whore the body
was found Sunday, when machine
suddenly drove out Of a shaded part of
the drive and he was summoned to
stop by it's driver. When he came to
stop the man. evidently excited asked
him to assist him in handling woman
who had been injured.
"She was run over by a machine and
| want to take her TO the hospital" >"
said the driver Of the machine Hud-
sen Super Six, according to the chauf-
fcur.
81 found that woman was lying in
a sem conscious condition at the road
side,' said White. 81 offered to take
her into ny car, since it would have
been easier to handle her that way.
But the man protested, saying chat he
would take her to the hospital himself.
Drove Toward Hospital
$50 ! lifted her into the machine and
he Immediately drove away, saying that
he would go to the Englcwood hospital.
He was driving in that direction at the
time"
No man bearing any such victim Of
an auto accident ever appeared at the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
Congress May Restore Crews
100000 in Liberty Bonds

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. - Congress
may be asked to authorize the reissue
of $4,000 in Liberty Bonds, the prop
crty of the crew of the U. s. s. San
Diego, lost when the vessel sank off
Fire Island last summer. Although
the Navy Department has listed the
San Diego as lost, Treasury officials
have ruled that destruction of the
bonds "has not been established by
clear and unequivocal proof" Secrc-
tnry Daniels said to-day if the Treas
ury officials adhered to this ruling he
would appeal to Congress in behalf Of
the crew.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
Women's Bills i'm Senate
One Would Require Telling of
Age Only Once at Polls

ALBANY, Jan. Ex-senator Charles
d. Russell, of Kings County. tonight
introduced in the Senate bill provid-
ing that a woman need tell her age
but once when she presents herself
for voting, and that thereafter when
asked how old she is, she may answer:
Told before The provisions Of the
bill also apply to men.
A second bill offered by Senator
Frank l. Adel. of Queens County. au-
thorizes a political party to provide
that state committee shall be con
sttuted by the election Of one woman
and one man from each Assembly dis
t~ict. At present only one Of either
sex may be elected from an Assembly
district. The purpose of the legisla-
ton is to give equal representation.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
''soapboN'' Law Upheld
Socialist Efforts to Secure Re-
peal Fail TO Get Consideration

ALBANY, Jan. 27.--The two Social
ist members of the Assembly tonight
made futile attempt to get consid-
Grafton of their resolution calling on
Congress to repeal laws enacted dur
ing the war to prevent street-corner
gatherings of the red-fag orators, and
which resulted in sending 10 Jail a
lot Of paciiists, |. W. W. anarchists,
conscientious objoctors and othcr dis,
loyalists. Both resolutions were sent
to the Judiciary Committee without
comment.
Asscmbiyman NJ NJ. Fcrtic. Of The
Bronx, introduced resolution asking
that action be taken to better housing
conditions in The Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
JOEL A. HAYES

Joel Addison Hayes. son-in-law of
Jefferson Davis, late President of the
Southern Confederacy, and for twenty
five years President Of the First
National Bank of Colorado Springs
died in Los Angeles Sunday after a
long illness
In January, 1876, Mr.. Hayes married.
in Memphis, Miss Margaret Howell
Davis. Mrs. Hayes died in 1909 One
Of their four children, Jefferson Hayes,
changed his name TO Jefferson Hayes
Davis b. special act Of the Legislature
o. Mississippi in 1899.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
MRS. MARTHA S. JOHNSTON

Mrs. Martha Stuart Johnston, widow
Of Abraham Johnston died yesterday
at the home of her niece, Miss Eva
Stuart }90 Putnam. Avenue, Brooklyn
she was sew enty-siX years old. Mrs
Johnston was born in lower Manhat-
Tan, 'he daughter of Thomas Stuart
who came from Scotland and who
1ought in the War Of 1912. She was
the aunt OF Wilmer Stuart, prominent
ly identified with The Associated Press
and Of B. Cumberland Stuart. who es-
tablished the Standard News Associa
ton. Funeral services will be hello
Wednesday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
GEZA DE POLGARy

Geza de Polgary, a widely known
portrait painter, died at Atlantic City,
\. j.. yesterday of heart disease. He
was tifty-seveh years old Mr. Pol
gary was born in Hungary. He came
to the United States in 1908 and be-
came an American citizen. A num-
ber Of his paintings rad been pur-
chased by the government of Hun
gary He had painted portraits of
former President Taft. Mrs. Russell
Sage and many other prominent men
and women.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
i. X. Next TO Lincoln

Resolutions adopted at II memorial
meeting, held by negro citizens Sun
oay AZ salem Methodist Church,
,snaracMrized Colonel Roosevelt as
ne "greatcat patriot Of the new day."
The speaker at the meeting. who
.efe }. +. Wheaton. u. A. Johnson,
n,rs. 81. 81. Lawton. D. &. Butlcar and
1smts Fulton, declared that in the
sStimation Of the negro population Of
We country Colonel Roosevelt stood
sTseond only 10 Lincoln, With booker
:. Waghirgtop third in rank, az the
greatest American.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
Descriptions Correspond

ment for her elsewhere.
Descriptiors Correspond
White says that the victim of the
accident" was slight Of build. wore a
fur coat and, he thought, carried a
small mesh bag such as women carry
for small change. This description
that of the victim of the Palisades
mystery.
When the chauffeur called at the
Greanleaf undertaking rooms here to-
day and looked at the distorted features
OF the dead girl he said he was unable
to identify her Whether this was
due to the ravages o. the weather on
the face Of 'he victim. or because of a
lack Of similarity in the features, he
was unable to say.
The parents of Miss Helen Bartop,
of Allentown, Penn, who disappeared
from her home there about five
weeks ago, wired to the Bergen
County prosecutor saying that they
we're convinced the dead girl was their
daughter. They promised to come to
Englewood Immediately in order TO
make an attempt to identify the body
An aunt and another relative of the
missing Allentown girl arrived here
shortly before midnight, looked at the
body and Immediately announced that
it was not the missing Helen Bartop.
The resemblance was strong, they said,
but marked differences convinced them
that this was not the girl who had
fed from her home troubles.
Some time to-day the body Will be
examined by relatives of the missing
Dorothy Armstrong, of Hampton, Va,
who disappeared from her home on
Christmas Eve. She disappeared from
the Fa.l Rivcr Line steamship Priscilla
after mailing a letter to her parents,
in which she said:
II am going TO destroy myself, and
no one VIII ever be able TO find me-
If my body ever is found it cannot be
identified"
Both threats came close to being
carried out by the girl whose body now
lies in tho Grcenlcaf undertaking rooms
here II was found only by rare
chance, and the efforts made to con-
ccal It's owners identity were complete
One element Of mystery that pre-
vented the police from deciding even
what the cause of the girls death may
have been, had TO do with the drug she
had inhaled. The three ounce bottle
that was found, stil bound tightly to
her nostrils, had contained either chic
roform or ether. But this quantity of
either of these drugs, physicians SAID,
could hardly have caused death, par
ticularly when administered in the
open air, whore the effect of the poison
would be ncutraized almost as fast as
it could be inhaled.
Because Of this fact it was believed
some evidence Of blow. or other bod
lily injury, would be revealed with the
post rncrtcm, which viii be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. 1t was
not hello to- day because Of tear that it
might interfere with efforts to Identify
the body.
Dr. William +, Ogden, county physi-
can, and Drs. Walter Phillips and
Frank Haskens viii conduct the post
rnortem examination. They announced
that special care would be taken TO
learn which of the bruises found upon
the girls head and body we're due to
her own movements, natural dccom-
pcsition and possible blows.
The spot at the very highest point
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
Woman Dead, Knife Found

With stab wound in her left breast
and bread knife lying near by, Mrs.
Sadie Flood, widow, aged thirty eight
was found dead by her daughter early
yesterday in the cellar of her home
at 37S Communipaw Avenue, Jersey
City. After an inquiry, the police re-
corded it as case Of suicide. Mrs.
Floods husband died year ago. She
subsequently suffered from nervous
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
MRS. CAROLINE p. GILLESPIE

Mrs. Caroline Burns Gillespie, wife
OF Lieutenant Colonial George Gillespie,
comandant of the aviation field at
Brunswick. Ga died of pneumonia in
that city Sunday Mrs. Gillespie was
born in Huntington. L. l., where she
lived until a few years ago. He was
graduated from Smith College, Mass.
and had been a contributor to a number
Of leading magazines. She was married
to Colonel Gillespie a little more than
year ago. Besides her husband she
leaves her parents, four sisters and one
brother
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
Thousands Admire
Hotel Commodore
AtNotaDle Opening g
Belated Electrician Still
Tinkers in Balcony as
I'hrong Views the Attrac-
tio1ls of Hinge Hosiery

The only Wy 10 open q tremendous
new building. so the people who ought
20 know say. is to throw VIDE the
doors and gently pry the workmen
out. AS long as the public is ex-
cluded. the plumber viii manage to
tinker along At 50 a day with $3.50
for his assistant; the painter viii
touch up the spots he may have
missed; and the rug layer Will grow
peevishly meticulous about the cor
ners of those Turkish gems.
Thus. it was no surprise to find yes
terday at the informal opening of
the gigantic Commodore Hotel, an
electrician plying his trade in the
balcony which surrounds the ball
room. Beneath him Hazay-Na-zy and
his orchestra drew blood from the
heart of the great god Jazz; thousands
of guests munched sandwiches or
drank champagne--y the electrician
carried on.
BALLROOM Breaks Record
Not that such thing would in the
least detract from the interest taken
in the rooms If the rev hotel Far
from it. Each one has it's new and
attractive features. Perhaps. it is
the ballroom which viii he most com
mented upon because it is the largest
thing Of its sort in America. It's not
every ballroom anyway, that you can
enter By merely stepping out OF your
limousine. Drive INTO an elevator
biz enough to hold trunk be
yhisked mp a couple of fights and
here You are. Think, too. of thou
and couples dancing in the same
Dom without humping into each other.
However, among the 10000 or more
Who inspected the Commodore yester-
LAY were many who journeyed down
stairs to see the grill, the Pompeiian
oar and the lunch counter. Then,
here Is the entrance and the lobby.
They are different and deserve special
mention.
Lobby Biggest in World
The centre door, On the Forty-second
street side, leads stra ght into the
basement and thus to the grill or bar.
On either side stairs lead up to the
lobby Here size once more plays a
part, for one learns that it is the larg-
ct hotel lobby. In form it is a great
Italian courtyard, designed to give the
appearance of garden, surrounded bv
an arcade above which is gallery.
The hotel is twenty-six stories high.
by decorated beams. At one end is a
terrace, defined by large terminal
figures, leading TO the main dining
room. Majollca vases on the floor and
boxes along the gallery railing give the
desired garden effect.
Here are some interesting figures.
The hotel is twonty-six stories high
with five moro below the level of the
street. 1t contains 1000 rooms. all
outside, and 1000 baths. 1t employs a
staff of 5000 men and women There
arc SIX dining rooms, capable OF serv-
ing 1000 persons at ono time. or 1000
at one meal. The skeleton of the
building contains $4,000 tons OF steel.
Again, there is no room t3, nor mail
box l3, nor elevator 13, nor anv an
pearance whatsoever Of that unpopular
number
John McF. Bowman. who was head Of
the motel and restaurant division Of
the Federal Food Comm 5sioa. is pres
ldent of the company operating tie
hotel. and George w Sweeney is vice
president and managing director. Mr..
Bowman will give a dinner dance to-
night
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28
CAPTAIN SAMUEL. FTICArr

Captain Samuel Filgate. 100 ve.~
old New Years day, a veteran nav;ss.a..
OF the st. Lawrence is dead in Nont
real lie was born in Toronto ons
ouiIt and commanded the first ;rnn ~r
steamer to ply the st. Lawrence IRON
New-York tribune., 1919-01-28

Englcwood hospital If the victim of
the accident had been injured as he
said, he evidently decided to seek treat
ment for her elsewhere.