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The sun., 1919-02-14
NEARING IN DEFENCE
QUOTES PRESIDENT
Bolsters Charges of Centred
Wealth and Ptutocrats.

Because Judge Mayer was c1".o'
about the word "plutocrat" as j. :"
used by leaders of radica! asitat'o
Scott Nearing occupied All hour o. =
trial in the United States District Govt
yesterday with the giving of dehn'o''
The defendants first explanation
that a plutocrat is a person Who eye
cises authority or control Over per-.
because he possesses wealth, T..
charts he talked at length on the "'".''
acation" of wealth in the United S'a''-
He quoted from many authorities to 81 .
port his contention that possession OK
| wealth has become centred in a 70
individuals. He used passage !ro
President Wilson's book. The Ne
| Freedom"
Judge Mayer tried to obtain >TT'
fcation Of the abstract technlcal'es
the witness. Nearing said that the Sl.
ject made philosophical accuracy o.
| reasoning necessary.
| Nearing accepted responsihN'N ~
MANY books on economic subjects "
! pride was not concealed when he is.''
fed about the large circulate" ~ NJ
text books. The trial will so on 'o-."'
The sun., 1919-02-14
CLUB MEMBERS FEAST
MONTANA VETERANS
Men From Mountain State Get
Hearty Welcome Home.

The Rocky Mountain Club not only
filled last night dozen cavernous and
lanky doughooys of the 163d Infantry Of
Montana-just back from France on the
Leviathan--with the best dinner that
Frank Case. boss OF the Algonquin Hotel.
where the club has It's rooms. could con-
coct, but also made announcement
through Secretary Bail Of the club that
from this time forward the Rofky Noun
tain Club is going to blow a whole lot OF
money. voted by the Legislatures OF
Montana and Wyoming and about to be
voted by Arizona. in giving blowout
after blowout to every returning soldier
of the Sunset Division when he hits
America.
The Legislature OF Montana" said
Secretary Ball. who thinks rather we'll
OF the Rocky Mountain Club. seems 70
think pretty well of this club also. Mon
tana has appropriated $4,000. Wyoming
81 900 and Arizona is appropriating an
other $4,000, and each Of these States
IS turning the money over to the Rocky
Mountain Club of New York to spend on
happy doings for the returning soldiers
from the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
slope States.
and tomorrow the club will place a
, notice in the New York papers calling
upon every mothers son and daughter
from the Big lIufnps regions now lNlnE
here to send in their names and ad-
| iresses to the Rocky Mountain Club. 81
! West Forty-fourth street. so that all the
! Big Jumps folk residing In New York
can get together with us In showing the
| Western boys returning from France
| hat the more impetuous out West prob
| ably would go to the extreme OF calling
one he'll Of swell time
| The dozen crusaders for democracy
who were all fed up at the club las
night were among severa, hundred West
! ern soldiers who were fed in the same
| club rooms on the evening of Thanks
giving Day. 1917. or Just before the,
| sailed for France. And from that fes
tive Thanksgiving spread Of more thar
a year ago until the equally splendid
orous feed OF last night they had not
they said solemnly, tasted real food
not q scrap. honesttnhgaWd
The sun., 1919-02-14
CROOKS MADE GOOD
IN THE TRENCHES
Capt. Flood Returns From
France With Report on
American Criminals.

Capt. BERNARD ], Flood who prefers
TO he known to his fellow citizens as
pain Barnes Flood of the District At
torneys office and headquarters. arrived
yesterday from France by the transport
Santa Teresa bristling with commenda-
tory words for the American criminal
classes that happened to get into the
war or went there from choice, unable
10 resist the attraction of martial eX-
element and adventure.
Capt. Food likes a little bit OF a stir
himself, particularly Of the military sort,
having tried It once in the Spanish
american war. After some delay lie
got leave Of absence from the Police
Department so ne might go TO France
TO overlook and regulate American and
other crooks who had crossed the seas
and had reached into the war zone either
~ soldiers. Conspirators or spies. lie
vas made chief of the Bureau OF Grim
| isal Investigation with headquarters III
Paris and had nifty officers and l,40O
men picked from the Secret Service and
police forces OF the United States.
Capt Flood poohpoohed the idea thai
f., there was an organization of American
, criminals in Paris that gangs Of apache:
! were terrorizng the French capital, Al
! per Partisan yellow paper. He sale
/ the story was pure bunk There were
! Doubtless assaults and ro"oerles IN Par!
I Just as there had been here. he was in
: formed. ana in other cities. Ihey wer'
+ the natural outcom" or war. Some o
/ the gentlemen he referred to as know!
I tn the police the captain said. ma.
have thought II good tim" to Sc
, France after they had done their hit
/ and few of them might have been un
able TO resist The influences of earl
training and decided to take whateNe
they happened to want without asklnl
I Tor checks or inquiring about the price
But they did not go in droNes, altAous
possibly there max have been groups O
! ;hrCe or four.
The sun., 1919-02-14
BARON'S WIFE GETS DIVORCE.
Third Matrimonial Venture of Won
DEWITT Ends With Decree.

Johannes O. L. Il. Won DEWITT, Danish
baron and magazine writer, lost his third
wife yesterday. In the Supreme Court
at White Plains Justice Seeger signed an
interlocutory decree of divorce In favor
of Mrs. Adele Freed Won DEWITT, whom
he married in Jersey City. May Il, 1914.
She was at that time Mile. Nalkyren
Freed. 10 years old. and had been a ball
let dancer at the Royal Theatre in Co
penhagen. The baron said at the time
that the wedding was q real romance.
but the baroness told Justice Seeger
yesterday that the romance had been
shattered for her when her titled hus-
band went to the Hotel Astor with an
unidentified woman. She is TO have the
custody OF their two-year-old son. The
baron's counter charges were dismissed
The baron's first wife. whom he mar
red May II. 1908. was Nina Pastoreili
premier toe dancer with THE Dancing
Daisies" April 4, 1911. he marrieo
Mrs Katheryn de Montford She Sc
cured a divorce January IS. 1912,
The sun., 1919-02-14
DENIAL BY MRS. C0NABEER
Refutes spiritual Love" charge
and Calls Husba Ideas Queer

Denial of allegations OF he- hhS'7'
that she has been wife 20 him IN -"
only was made by Mrs. Florer''
Conabeer. Jr.. wife OF John NhHr"
Conabeer. Jr,, in an answer 0'e' Nes
terday to his suit for an snn"n''"
their marriage. Justice Blur In Sn'r''
Court signed an order FOR the "\''''..
ton OF Mrs Lizzie ID, tonah'"r' m'.
OF the plaint!fY, Who lives in ere
Conn.
Conabeer alleges his wife rs poS-.'
Of certain religious convictions
them one that love is purely ~
This is denied by Mrs. ConaNe'' ''
says:
II have certain moral ''1'
which seem queer 20 my HUSBAND.
he told me that I ought not n..'
running around with other "o"'. -,
long as he was kind 10 me ! exp
a theory apparently never b"'"r' ','
by him regarding the spiritual h''t
love and the obligations of a iT"' 49,
band toward n decent wife. ..,
The Conabeers were married ~ 49,.
and lived together until A9r'.
The plaintiff was an heir Of " ''
coal dealer who died some 'ng
The sun., 1919-02-14

Theodore Marston, a moving picture
in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn. and
watched moving picture of himself
unreel itself upon one of the sober judi
cial walls
Marston is suing the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company
for $4,000 before Justice Van Siclen and
jury He alleges that his left knee
was crushed in February, 1918. at the
defendants service station on West Fiji
ty-fourth street. He says he was about
to enter the garage when n Ford car
emerged. He tried to avoid 1t. was
caught at one side OF the garage and
hurt. The injury, he added. had inter-
fered with the resumption Of his duties
as a film director for Pathe Freres. at a
salary. incidentally, Of $4,000 a year.
So he brought suit.
The case was taking the usual regular
course yesterday afternoon. Then. APP
parently In an attempt to show that
Marstons injury was not of perma-
ncnt nature as commended. the defence
placed Leo A. Day, moving picture OPP
orator, on the stand The jury listened
dutifully. but perked UP when the wit
ness told of having taken a moving pic
| ture of Marston on January 2j.
Plaintiff Seen Walking.
! The plaintiff was walking from the
! Hotel Gerard, where he now lives, to the
! Belasco Theatre in West Forty fourtl
/ street. Day said he had propped hit
! movie" machine in an automobile q
! short distance from the unwilling Mars
| ton. Another Aim was taken undei
more difficult circumstances. The ma
! chine was placed on a fire escape oppo
site a garage in West Forty-ninth street
When Marston approached to take on
his automobile he was again pictured.
William j. Dawley, counsel for the de
PENDANT concern, pleased the jurors
! Spectators and court attendants by ask
The sun., 1919-02-14
'O'LEARY WILL BARE
LIFE TO JURY TO-DAY
Defence Cites Washington and
jefferson to Support
Prisoners Acts.
PROSECUTION ENDS CASE
Nine. VictOrica's Words Called
Devilish Invention Of
Dragged Imagination,
PROSECUTION ENDS CASE

jeremiah a. O'Ieary's defence to 70
Governments charge in an Indictment
that originally contained eight counts al.
leging conspiracy to interfere with tire
operation of the draft and inspire mu.
tiny in the army WAS outlined yesterday
TO the jury in Federal Judge Augustus
n. Hands court by Arthur O'Lca.y
brother Of the accused.
The Government finished its case a,
noon and the rest OF the day was spen.
by Arthur OI.eary for his brother, and
William II. DAILY for Adolf stern. forms,
business manager of the Bull PublishlE,
Company and a codefendant. In telling
the jury how they proposed TO meet tie
Governments charges
At the conclusion of the presentation
of the Governments case the court re.
MED a motion to dismisS the Indictment
but gave permission for the defence 10
renew the motion when their evidence
had been put in.
Jeremiah himself will take the stand
to-day. II plans of his counsel are
! followed. he may be i'll the witness chalf
, two days or more.
Arthur O'Leary made an impassIon.a
talk to the jury in which he promised
to show that every impulse that attu.
ated his brother in his speeches ana
writings against England had been H.
spired by his intensive research Of Amer
| lean history and knowledge OF Englands
attitude toward America in and since tue
| Revolutionary days. The indications
| were yesterday that the trial might c'"-
tinue for two weeks more. az OLeagy :
counsel outlined protracted deten's
| that win cover a summary OF OLea!y .
entire life.
| Counsel for O'Leary promised 10 es.
| tablish the incrediblity of many Of the
| Governments witnesses and to prove for
| O'Leary a complete alibi in respect 10
| the testimony of Nine. Nictorica, the Ger.
| man agent, who told of meetings U.'h
! him al the Hotel Nassau, Long Beach,
! in July. August and September. 1915
| Arthur O'Leary promised to show That
at the time of the alleged meetings h,
| brother was in the Adirondacks end IN
| Canada.
Early in his statement TO the jIy
| Arthur OLcary said the defcndan; lad
in all twenty eight relatives in the sr:'
vice of the country during the war LID
, himself, he told the jury. had been an
officer OF the army, and he declared
that II he, believed any part of the Coy
| ernment's case against his brother mad
been well founded he would not raise
, hand to help him.
Ills only offence, IL II Ia an Offence
Arthur O'Leary began. us that he Wa
lanti-British before the war. and to some
extent perhaps since the war. His -
search in American history made Mn
feel that IL was his duty to say thing
about Great Britain. He believed Ers
land to be the hereditary enemy OF ta'
United States. This man Is unfortu
lnately an idealist and we will show from
his early history the bent of his n'int
toward England and English methods
on the expectation that the detenc'
would open its case yesterday lars
crowd OF O'Leary sympathtzers were i
court.
The sun., 1919-02-14
THIS BURGLAR SURE
JINX Is AFTER HIM
Pals Steal Loot He Gathers La.
bOriouSly and His Flat
Is Robbed.

Young Harry Mischief until recent!
was n humble but Industrious burglar
just trying TO get along ana at odd mo-
ments save up a few negotiable wedding
presents of silver. dress goods and the
like. while steadily climbing TO the Soc
ond story and beyond in his chosen pro-
fession. But luck had been against him.
so Harry explained yesterday when he
made what doubtless is TO lie Harry's
last public appearance in the city for
some years to come.
Inasmuch as Harry's fare We! oc-
CURED when he presented himself-was
presented, rather---before Judge otto
Rosalsky in General Sessions 10 be SEN
fenced. one might fancy that with the
breaking Of the-/had news which Judge
Rosalsky had in store for him he would
have no thought for other misfortunes
But he had
The sun., 1919-02-14

Judge, your Honor" began Harry in
sad tones when the Court asked him II
he had any farewell message for an at
tentive American people. 'ld never te
here to-day IL IL wasn't for the fact that
there are Il lot OF fat headed buns in
this town that never did draw honest
breath. It's been my bad luck always
to be the victim OF lot OF crooks
How so?' asked His Honor.
Listen. Judge, your Honor resumed
Pa contour Harry Mischief. zone night
go to a loft at Il Fast Seventeenth
street and | work Ike steam shovel
all night packing UP about $4,000
worth Of swell dresses. Down stairs
waiting FOR me is a taXiCab driver and
another crook, a friend OF the chauffeur,
both l-ing strangers to me. get the
next to the last avmful Of dresses
slowed away in the taxi and | go up
to the loft for the final load and bring
1t back To the sidewalk.
When | get there this taxi crook
has beat it with all them dresses I'd
worked so hard to get. What do YOU
know about that Judge. your Honor
for dirty trick?
| If grief over Harry's bad luck were
! convulsinE Judge Rosaisky he con
| cealed his sorrow admirably, His
| Honor merely murmurcd something
about the toughncss of Harrys lucl
and started in to pronounce sentence
The sun., 1919-02-14

cot William Barclay Parsons has sent
word to the Association OF Eleven, II
United states Engineers, Madison ave
rue. that the departure of the Eleventh
Engineer Regiment from France has
been postponed from February ii 10
March l. Preparations for welcoming
the troops will be made at meeting
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at 20
West Thrty-ninth street. The Eleven h
Regiment is credited with being the first
American troops TO night
The sun., 1919-02-14
HANLEYs HELD FOR DISCRETION
Children They Condemn Taken
Care OF ny society.

on arra!gnmeut III Bayoune yester-
day Frederick IIanley and his sister
Jennie, az first supposed TO be his wife,
were held without bail on charges of i'm
morality and atrocious assault in con-
uection with the deserton Of Hanley's
two children. Claude. s. and Harry. 4.
The police obtained a confession in which
both defendants asserted the children
were incorrigble and that Miss Hanley
fefused TO hive with her brother unless
he got rid OF them.
The boys are under the care OF the
ClSldren's Society in Jersey City and
probably will be sent Ia an institution
IN Virginia. where 1lanley formerly
fiVed.
The sun., 1919-02-14
His Flat Cleaned Out.

Judge. your Honor, you don't know
the half of It," interrupted Harry. lis
ten. Judge, your Hoior-do YOU know
what's happened to me while I've been
waiting sentence in the Tonbs? While
I'm In the Tomhs. harming nobody and
behaving decent and everything, what
does some cheap skate crook do but
jimmy his way into my fiat at 1874
Rivington street and clean It out till
It's as bare Of everything as used
oyster shell AS man to man. Judge,
your Honor. ask you fair If luck amt
against me"
at certainly is, my man" Judge
Rosalsky admitted. In fact. Mischief.
I'm convinced that more bad luck is
about to descend upon YOU. I; is tho
sentence Of the court that YOU he con-
fined in Sing Sing at hard labor for
Ave years"
And III bet YOU" murmurcd Harry
TO the court clerk. after he had given
his pedigree. they put me at some
work | don't like and give me rotten
cell -
The sun., 1919-02-14
B3 TAKEN IN GAMBLING RAID.
HostigaD's squad. Under New
Chief. Bring Prisoners to Court.

Thirty-three men we're arrested yes
terday in raid on an alleged pool
room on the third floor OF 2S Prince
street The raid was made by Lieut.
Valentine and six men OF the special SER
vice squad formerly commanded by Capt.
Jan Costigan. The prisoners were
charged with disorderly conduct and
held for arraignment In the Night Court.
Lieut. Valentine said he found playing
caras on the floor. racing chart and
memoranda that appeared to be records
a. bets. He said that n telephone was
found hidden under a stairway on the
street hoor and that beside II was a
push button that operated n buzzcr In
the room up stairs. The building is ir
she district commanded by Inspecto,
Joseph a Conboy.
The sun., 1919-02-14

A military court martial was made the
basis for divorce suit begun yesterday
In the Supreme Court by Mrs. Lima Ed
gerton of i23 St. AIMS avenue. The
Bronx. Edgerton is said to be n prisoner
at Fort Leavenworth Kan. having been
convicted of a crime April 27, 1918, al
Camp Meade. Nd, The couple were
married IN city Hall August $, 1915
The sun., 1919-02-14

The Brooklyn Bar Association voted
last night against admitting women law
yers 70 memberships. The vote was IS
ayes To 81 noes, bling lcss than the two
thirds majority required to chang" I've
bylaws. The rcin,uio. was PROMISED
by County JulgH Norman s, Dixie
The sun., 1919-02-14
ADV ERTISE MF>I,
FEBRUARY is A GOVp
TIME TO BUY AN OVEN
COAT. SIS OFF.

lust now II needed '' = wv
as n speculation. Is COCOA ,.''.
To buy ar oVcrcoat ] l.''.' ~
here the best place hoc'N5'
the reduction which IL pc '
ing of ORIGINALLY Favorable rr.'
You know | maxi .h,n' N
th.,n less and sell for i"S0 '.'.'
many. Everyone in corrrr' =
of all wool materials - --,
SOS. sac. SIS. q. y. NlN'
5S4.;o6 Sth Ave. roar 2.-
The sun., 1919-02-14
1900 TROOPS BESET
BY CYCLONE AT SEA
Seattle Arrives Here After
Mighty Battle With 1O2
Mile Wind.
SERGEANT PRAISES -
Transports Santa Teresa and
Peerless In With Wounded
Officers.
SERGEANT PRAISES IL

Fifteen hundred plain earth walking
warriors who arrived last night by the
cruiser Seattle from Brest declared that
they never had had such shaking up
by wintry seas as they endured because
they could not get out and march when
the Seattle was in midocean on February
Z. The able t,uejackets of the cruiser,
lauding 1t over the landlubbers, said
they had seen n!gher seas and made
light of the experience. but they ala
admit that they never had seen the
barometer drop any lower than 1t did in
so short a period--nine hours-on that
tempestuous day The Seattle went
through the quiescent heart OF
cyclone. and what was lacking In breeze
was made up in massive seas that nae
been piled up by the whirling quadrants
of the blast.
The marvel OF IL all was that there
were no casualties among the soldiers.
who we're kept pretty busy several hours
holding on, and when not doing this
picking themselves up. One man was
killed In the mutitudinous spillings. anc
he was a member of the ships company.
Albert NJ Powell of Arkansas, engine
man of the second class, who was
| iammed in a doorway His body was
| brought to port with that Of Ralph j.
Goorow. ships cook. who died after an
! operation for appendicitis. At the worst
| moment of the great blow according to
| the soldiers. the thermometer, II there
had been one aboard. should have regis
tered 102 miles. The sailors said that
was an exaggeration by at least two
! miles.
No Terror for Him in 13.
There was the usual scorner Of the
luckess No. 10 aboard. He is Sergeant
! g. r. Culver of the 10th supply Train,
| attached to the Forty-frst Division. His
| home Is IN Corsica. South D.. and it may
| be noted that the address as spelt here
! is made up OF 70 letters. He sailed
from this port on December 10. 1911
the trip across took l3 days, there were
| o3s mon in his command. and the dgits
! thereof make 10. on January 10 his
unit got orders to return home. and they
arrived in IIoboken, Jersey mote the
cabalistir 10 again on February IL
Also. 13 men of the command were
killed Altogether the Sergeant likes
the number. He may marry girl witt
a 10 lettered name. such as Anne Eliza
beth, and the Wedding day will bt
June l3.
Lieut. James liz Briggs. casual officer
OF the Ordnance Department, read in d
ccny OF the New York Times that M
picked UP aboard the cruiser that ht
had been killed in action He sent
wireless to his wife, 904 Dennis avenue
Houston, Tex. saviny he was all right.
Lieut. p. J. Byrne OF 2S2 Sherman
avenue The Bronx, went overseas
eighteen months ago as sergeant, wen
70 school at Langres. qualified as
Lieutenant. and had company of th'
1891 Infantry. lie fought on all sec
tors from the time the United state
started scraIS)ing and came out without
a scratch. which he regrets. as he be
lieyes he is entitled to few scars.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-11-22
HAVE THE GIFT OF
ETERNAL LIFE.
Living Organisms Discovered il
Ancient Papers.

Paris, Nov. 6.-Eternal youth seems
to have been accorded III full meas
ure to some microbes. Before the
Academy OF Science Prof. Yves De-
lange read paper purporting discov
cries by Dr.. Gallipe, who is credited
with finding in century old paper or
ganisms still living.
According to this report, these or
ganiams resisted heat Of 24S degrees
Fahrenheit.
"Timc no more the heat seems to
have had no effect on these little Or
Ganisms, as DR.. Gallipc has found
living ones in paper Of the fifteenth
and eighteenth centuries" said Prof.
Dclafc. They are capable Of cultiva-
ton and Of movement. More than
that DR.. Gallipc has found in frag-
mcnts Of pancr OF Chinese manu-
script dated before The az. O; print.
ing microo organisms still living and
able to move and that multiplied I'M
der suitable methods of culture"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-11-22
EDITOR TROTTER THANKFUL.

1t appears from the dispatches to
the daily papers that Editor Trotter
of the Guardian was forbidden by
tho chief OF police Of Richmond, Va,
TO speak about social equality"
These dispatches do not state what
the chief OF police meant to include
in that designation. Did he forbid
Mr.. Trotter to speak about dsfran
lynching, Jim-Crow cars
and equal educational opportunities?
these dipatches state that Mr.. TrOt-
ter at the conclusion Of his speech
tho police; but did not state
what he thanked them for We GER
tainly would like to know what, UNI
Ger the circumstances Mr.. Trotter
was thankful for.
Washington, D. c., Bee.)
Nar.E
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-11-22

Sallic Ducltworth, were placed in Jail
here today after the body OF Mrs
Samuel G. Duckworth was found In
a well at their homo near here
Tho woman's throat had been cut
from ear to ear and the body was bad
~ bruised. Signs Of Il struggle also
were in evidence around the we'll
curbng, which was despatched with
blood
a copper worm was found inside
tho Duckworth HON, officers said and
in field nearby a still to which the
worm belonged. They arc working
on tho theory that Illicit liquor-mak-
ing was the cause Of the tragedy.
Sidney Ware, colorcd was ordered
held as material witness in the
case The defendants deny any con-
nection with the affair.
When Wares wife asked early to
day where The younger Mrs Duck
worth was she said the older woman
replied: II heard the we'll chain rat,
tie; maybe she's in there" re wo-
man became frightened and started
tho search that ended with tho find
ing of the body.