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New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Clew Is Sought
La Hospitals for
Slayer of Girl
Theory Her Assailant Was
a Morou Causes Police
to Scan All Old Records
Two Suspects Are Held
Prisoner Explains Blood
Spots on Clothes by Dis
playing Injured Finger

Records in New York hospitals and
police stations were combed yesterday
for evidence that might lead to the
arrest of the insane murderer Of seven
tecn-year old Mary Elizabeth Riddell
near her home in Glen Morris Wcdnes-
day evening
Examination of the evidence CON
vlnccd the police, as we'll as alienists
who were consulted, that the crime
was the work of moron, an adult
with the intellect Of child More
over, it was said the murderer might
possess. in addition to child's cratic
sense of csponsibility, little or no
memory OF his acts while working un-
der mental strain
IT. was suggested that this might
make the crime still more difficult to
solve. Since there had been no wit
ness to the girls murder it would he
next to Impossible to find her slavcr
unless he followed the beaten paths
OF criminals who seeking to concal
'heir crime, reveal themselves to the
ponce by the very thoroughncss of
'neir precautions, argued the detcc-
tivcs.
For that reason Captain Herbert
Graham, of the Richmond Hill station.
contended that the same symptoms tb.t
mad caused the man to attack Miss
klddell would have been manifested
PEI ore and would be described on the
history sheet of some patient in hos
pltai IN or about New York unless rhc
man had wandered into the city from
elsewhere
Meanwhile suspects were arrested in
malt dozen widely separated disticts
OF Queens and Booklyn. In some cases
they were released as soon as the no
nee were convinced that the men had
not been in the ncighborhood of the
klddeil home Wednesday. Two men
VINO were questioned by Capt. Cough
I'm of Brooklyn Detective Bureau we're
oelaiied Ia.,e to be questioned again to-day
William johnson, 1O7 Washington
street Jamaica, was released by Mag
lstrate Doyle in the Jamaica Police
Court yesterday after Johnson had Wig
orously denied that he knew ANYTHING
OF the murder, or even of the district
IN winch 1t had been committed. John
son son was arrested while CARRYING bun
ale OF old clothes that were damn as
II recently washed. and stained in sew
eral places with blood He said the
blood was from cut on his finger.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
dreaded dollar pound" butter definite
~ will not be introduced to consum-

dreaded dollar. pound" butter definite
ly will not be introduced to consum-
ers.
The price of cheese was ascending
steadily, having increased from 20 to
81 cents pound, when the added ship
ments resulting from the manufacture
of withheld milk began to be felt. The
cheese pice, while it has not been re-
duced, will show no increase for some
time until the flush milk season in
creascs the manufacture and brings
down the price
Speaking of the financial return to
farmers who manufacture milk into but
ter and cheese. Mr.. Foy pointed out that
the sale of fluid milk as such is far more
profitable. 1t requires eleven quarts Of
mllk to make one pound of butter. At
the price offered the farmers by the
large distributors, S.4 cents a quart
this totals 92.4 cents for the milk in a
pound of butter which WHOLESALERS at
66 cents
Five or six quarts of milk are re-
qulred for a pound of cheese. the milk
costing between 42 and 80 cents, while
the cheese is worth but 81 cents a
pound.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
1900 More Laud Hylan
3
For Appointing Hearst
Memorial From Brooklyn Is
Handed 10 Mayor With
Ceremonies

Bearing terms even more laudatory
than the one previously presented, an
other memorial was given last night to
Mayor Hylan by committee Of Brook
lynltes, wherein his appointment Of
william Randolph Hearst to serve or
the Committee to Welcome Homccom-
ing Troops waS approved.
The committee WAS received in the
Mayors Office, and, following the nrcs-
entatiop Of the memorial. which was
said 10 bear more tnan 1000 names, the
usual speeches were made. The Mayor
was complimcntcd by one of the com
n'ttec members on his administration
~ this city's affairs and he, inturn,
9eiped them IN their pfaiBe of sir
Hears.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Torn ST. Bill Causes
Arrest of Policeman
Half Found i'm Pocket Said 10
Match Portion Found in
Looted Cash Drawer

A man whose coat collar was turned
up about his ears levelled a revolver
at Louis Rousseau yesterday in the
grocery store of which lie is manager
at 356 East 142d Street. Tho Bronx
and advised him to retire to the store
room with his hands high Rousseau
followed the advice.
AS the intruder was busy at the
cash drawer woman entered. ne
ordered her out with flourish OF ms
revolver, snatchod at the money IN thss
drawer and fed. A crowd pursueo
him to 157th Street and Elton Avenue
There they seized running man ~
whom Rousseau pointed.
LIE GOT commanded the prisoner,
showing police shield. Hell es'
away if you hold me here; I'm po'
liceman."
He was, too-~John Morris. patrol'
man attached to the Alexander AvenVV
police station. He was arrested, now
ever, when half of a dollar bill ~As
found in his pocket and Rousseae
found another half in his cash drawsls
Morris lives at 1888 Boston Road, ins
Bronx He WAS held for exammatica
IN the, MorriSania police courtS
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
NikoIa Tesla Says
Radiogra'l's DO Not
Travel Through Air
Asserts Long-Distancc Mes
sascs Pass Through the
Earth: Also Assails Moon
and Lightning Theories

In an article TO appear in tho forth
coming issue Of "Thc Electrical En-
perimentcr.' Nikola Tesla, inventor.
classes as famous scientific illusions"
the generally accepted theory of the
moons aXal rotation, tho theory of
the pointed lightning rod and the the
ory that wireless messages go through
the ain
at is we'll known since the discovery
Of Calico that the moon. in travelling
through space. always turns the same
face toward the earth says Mr.. Tcs-
las article. "That is explained by
stating that while passing once around
its mother planet the lunar globe per
forms Just one revolution on its axis.
The spinning motion Of a heavenly
body must necessarily undergo mod-
fications in the course Of time, being
either retarded by resistanccs internal
or external, or accelerated owing to
shrinkagc or other causes An un-
altcrablc rotatonal velocity through
all phases Of planetary evolution is
manifcstly impossibe"
DR.. Tesla says that a cosmic coinci-
dencc which would make the moon
revolvc just once every time it makes
an orbltal journey around the earth
would be miraculous.
Ho" !hc Moon Kotatcs
"Thc moon docs rotate" he concludes
mot on its own, but about an ANS
passing through the centre of the cart h.
the true and only one
DR.. Tesla says that wireless messages
between stations any great distance
apart do not follow the carth's curva-
ture through the air, but pass directly
through the earth itself. He says that
Hertz'an. waves going. through the thin
strata of conductive air would constant
y be dchectcd against the non-con-
ductive strata close to the carths sur
face, travelling therefore in a sort Of
polygon and losing force immeasur-
ably at each rebound Only an infni-
tesimal bit of the original wave
strength, he says, would reach the re
ceivcr
He visions a great station which will
one day keep the earth charged with
just enough electricity to make wire
less sending tremendously simple
Says Experts Do Not Agree
Dr.: f. A. Weagant, chiefengineer Of
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com
pany Of America, said last night that
the majority of electrical experts do
not agree with DR.. Tesla on his wire
less theory.
Dr.. j. Harris Rogers, widely herald
ed for experiments said to be sue
cessful in sending wireless messages
through earth and water has written
Dr. Tesla, complimenting him on the
article.
DR.. Tesla's disagreement with Frank
lin on the lightning rod is that point
ed rod makes surrounding air attrac-
tive to heavenly bolts. Or. Tesla says
he has invented a rod with rounded sur
face which repels lightning
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
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n,.o,;n women members of the Marine Corps arc
pnovlng pg themselves excellent recruiting Of
nc ncerI, ,r Lieutenant 10 W. Millcr. in charge y'
Oh the station here, has found also that
many marines who enlisted for the war n",,.
want to stay four years
~, Charles S. Whitman and VIII II. Havs
VIII speak at a dinner to be given to VII
Iam ian A. Orr former Superintepdent OF
PRISONS at the Republican Club Januarv n
Max Lynar. who sometimes uses the title
OF count. has been held for examination II
brooklyn on charge of giving a check for
Tloo on bank in which he had no account
LIE was just one frame-up after another
the count said.
>, Charles l.. Miller. record clerk in tho
Hall of Records for twenty-three wears
dropped dead at his desk He was siXtv-
Street 's Ao't"
supreme Court Justice James c. Cronsev
IS Wiling TO run the same risk of burglars
told Police Commissioner Enriuht 40 ,'' ,,'sS ,aS
IN a letter king him to withdraw the nolirn
detail from the Cropsey home. '0''Ne
Franklin X Lane. Secretary Of tho II
terror. expresses the hope in letter to the
National Child Labor Committee that Ch;ld
Labor Day will be observed in synacopues
,',,inia v",ua'Y %, IN churches January 26 and in
january ~
&, assembly district organizations of the
socialist party have asked the national cxecm.
tlVc committee to call mass meetings ia mo
tea' against the presence of United States
troops tn Russa. SO far the executive com.
n'ttee m mas been unable to meet because seven
OF ITS members arc under indictment on tr;ni
or convicted of violation of Federal statntos
pr. John c. Hibbcn, president of Prince
ron University. has received from las Prince
lnting him on his appointment as an Officer
of the Legion of Honor.
Inc series of conventions with which the
ihe nation to It's VitM intcrcat ia the pcncc
conference will hcpn<Nvith the Atlantic Chm
-r'aS for u League of Nations to bc held
~ the Hotel Astor February ) and 6.
Among the epeakerD viii be William unmnrd
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

7 Ian'. an'o, James % ": Gerard Dr. A. Lawrcnc,
nowen s,, Mrs Philip North Moore Dr. Honry Icr'r.
Va" Dyke and Frank P. Walsh. 49, ''''''
American soldiers from Franco
IN England are more interes+n; V" leaN'
S1i"Nespeares birthplace than in a,,.h;s
I,se. according to cable message rncn;,'aI
v M me National War Work Council of the
ono OF the first bills which will he con.
la,I. Su by inc New Jersey Legislature world
''S'''~e sunday motion picture shows.
Inc Fire Department Aux;l;arv c-
.t ..ton'prs'ng 1000 men. organized IN ass;s+
we regular department after the draf Of
.ioine'ous ieS nremen tor war service, will pivs
I enehN t0,morrow afternoon at the Hin
podrome- The purpose is 10 r.;so - Up
eo'"p'eee the equipment of the corps. -
l. r;',,, hohes for the charity ball which tbc
SiisnuS S OF Columbus will give at Mad;son
square Garden February "a win ho au,So'' .ai1 'i
auction this evening at the Catbnl;c sofu ~, az
INC proceeds will he devoted to war relief
,.t samuel Silverstein. of Mount Vernon.
VINO was arrested Christmas Dav afte. III.
automobile had killed Anna Rush, at Central
ark west and Seventy-ffth Street has
neen discharged as not guilty OF criminal
"n'te Plains jury has awarded S15. .000
to the infant son and $4,000 to the widow
ol Sohn Schwarz. who was killed by a New
% lorh central train. The baby was born SIX
months after the accident.
Victor Gordon and William Wilshaw
lormer British soldiers have been held for
examination IN the Flatbush police court on
suspicion of burglary.
man who said he was Anthony Robert
son a, discharged soldiers and wore a Dis
t'ngushcd Service medal. WAS held yesterday
Tor the grand jury in the West side police
court for having peculiar collection in his
room at 800 West l'ifty-third Street In
thc collection were six black maska. an
automatic pistol, large bunch oI keys
several hiackjacks and tightly scaled can
which the police asserted contained chloro.
FORM
Upon examination. however. the can was
found to contain hcnEine and water.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Father Seeks News About
Marine Wounded i'm Argonne

Thomas NJ. Smith. of Riverdale- on
Hudson, wants to get into communica-
iion with any member of the SOth Com
pany, 9Th Regiment, Of the Marine
Corps, who knows the hospital to which
his son, Webster Smith, was taken in
the course of the Argonnc fighting sub
Sequent tc October II. He also would
like to find Gustavc II. Goctzc. a
strctcher bearer in the same company.
company, is.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
" ilson and Col. House Confer

PARIS, Jan. H. Colonel +. NJ.
House. who has been i'll for several
days, was so much improved that he
sat up to-day. Last night he had a
haif-hour conference with President
ilson, who drove to the colonol's
apartments As precautionary meas
urc, however. Colonel Houses phvsj-
clans will probably forbid his attcns-
ing the opening session Of the peace
conference on Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Texas Only State TO Benefit

BOSTON, Jan. Changes in telc
phone rates recently announced by
Postmaster General Burleson viii mean
an increase ranging from 25 to 30 per
cent in this state, according to state
mcnt made by William H. O'Brien. of
the Public Service Commission, at
hearing to- day.
Chairman Frederick J. Mcleod. of
the commission, said that the board in
It's study OF the rates had been able
TO find cnly one state-Tcxas which
would benefit by the changes.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

the usual day "person-to- person" rate.
on about Sl.s5. If Mrs A. is out or
refuses to talk to him, to his mental
anguish will be added the usual re-
port charge. Reduced night rates APP
ply only to "station-to station" calls
Minimum Night Rate Fixed
No person to person" "appoint-
ment or messenger calls viii be ac-
ceptcd Whcrc tho "station-to station
rate is less than l5 cents and the mini
mum night rate is 25 cents. Day rates
VIII apply ON calls made at night when
inc "statlon-t to-station' charge is loss
than the minimum night rate. "Col-
iect calls where charges arc reversed
may be made only in connection with
"pcrson-to- person" conversations.
. The new rates Will apply only to
calls outside the local service area of
each city. The local service area rates
VIII not be affected in any locality, so
1t stlll viii be possible to call Staten
island numbers from Manhattan for 5
cents although the telephones may be
distant far more than six miles.
Tie telephone engineers still arc
working on the rate schedule between
the different cities, but will complete
their labcrs before the new rates 90
into effect Tuesday,
Following is a sample schedule.
Assuming the air line distance be-
tween toll points to be more than 1lt
miles. but not more than 1872 miles. she
following initial period rates for ser
vice under the various classes offered
would apply
"Station-to-station" rate .........Sl 90
Comm lcted "person-to person" rate .25
completed appointment rate ... 80
'ompieted messenger cali rate 80
Plus messenger charges.
Report charge ............ o.
Rate between s:3O p. m. and II
midnight. Station to station
service only .............. 5n
Rate between - midnight and 100
a. M. station o-station" service
'"'S ''' ......'....... .......... 25
Michigan Delays Approval
A
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Chaplin in Sing Sing

Charles f. Chaplin. former city editor
Of THE Evening World" has started
tiS twenty year sentence Mt Sing Sing
for the murder Of his wife llc prob
abiy wlll be assigned to tho Office of
I'M" star Bulletin" the prison ncws-
paper,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Madrid Papers say Leninc
landed in Spain Rcccntl,

MADRID, Jan. 17.-Nikolai Lcnjnc
Bolshevlst Premier of Russia. was
among Russians who landed at BARGE
Iona recently, according to newspapers
here.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Levy of 20 Per Cent To Be
''Deathblow 10 Theatre, >,
Morris Cest Announces
Appeal Cabled TO Wilson
Merchants Associations and
Union Labor to Protes,
Doubling of The Tariff

The executive committee OF the
United Managers Protective Assoc;a.
ton, representing the big theatrical
interests of the country, met yeste,.
day in the Century Theatre building
and perfected machinery for waci,r
an aggressive nationwide 6cb,
agains the proposed increase in the
Federal theatrical admission tax from
10 TO 20 per cent.
Morris Gest, chairman Of the com
mittec, in whose Offices the conference
took place. announced that the in.
crease would prove "a death blow to
the theatre" The managers. lie said
were prepared TO fight The ssuc to
the end. The developments of the
second day of the managers fight
against the tax increase were As fol.
lows:
The dispatch OF a lengthy cable
gram by Flo Zicgfcld. ir, to Pres
ident Wilson. urging the Chief Ex-
ccutive to use his good Offices to
prevent the passage OF the addi-
tional tax.
Announcement by the Merchants
Association of New York and the
Broadway Association that they
will hold special meetings shortly
to indorsc tic protest.
The sending to Washington of
protest against the proposal by the
New York Real Estate Board point
ing out that considerable deprcca-
ton in real estate values would fol
low any Gripping Of the theatrical
business
Protests against the additional
tax by the Theatre Assembly of New
York at its regular meeting in the
Hotel Astor
The sending Of telegram of pro
test. signed by the managers asso-
citation, to Carter Glass, Secretary OF
the Treasury. urging him to aid the
theatres so they may be able to help
in the Fifth Liberty Loan campaign
A protest meeting by the Musical
Managers Association which includes
the managers Of prominent operate
stars and concert artists. held IN the
Aborn School
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
Opposition To Be National

Theatrical men who attended ycstor-
days executive meeting Included Ar
thus Ilammcrsioin. John l.. Colder,
William A. Brady and "Pat" Casey.
Mark IuCs schcr. representing Charlie
b. Dillingham;. and secretary Of the
committee, announced that tho four
minute an-taX speechcr, which started
Thursday night, will continue indcdn-
itely in Il eatres all over the country
The circulating of petitions TO he
signed by audiences, protecting TO the
CCngres ssional Conference Committee
against the increasing Of the tax. also
will continue IN every playhouse IN the
country, l. escher announced.
On Thursday night, with the cam
paign machinery incomplete, about
560 600 signatures to the petitions were
obtained all over the country accord
ing 10 Luescher The Greater City
contributed 1890 0of this number, he
SAID.
This is not to be a New York fight
exclusively said Mr. Iuescncr. "A
Storm Of protest is sweeong the coun-
try. If this goes through it means a
dcathblow to the theatre. Big men
everywhere have pledged their ala in
the fight. Benjamin Strong. of the
National Reserve Bank, told us to-day
that he would do all he could to help
Appeal to Labor
Officials Ct the American Federation
of Labor were due here late last night.
Lucscher said, 10 confer with Joe
Weber, president of the local union Of
the American Federation Of Musicians.
who are Joining in thc protest. as are
all Unions with members affected by
the status of the theatrical business.
The musician 5. he said. viii make al
cffor' To- enlist the A. f. Of J.. in the
tehr awriusl ,he tax.
ho .aDlo gram from Flo Z'egfed
lr. 20 President Wilson reads. in part:
The distressing gravity of the stu
alton inspires the sending q this
cable to vcu YOU as a genuine f. end
and we'll wisher Of the dramatic pro
fcssion. The American theatre have
sacrificed their own interests and will.
ingly suffered ih the greatest needs o.
their country. Now it rs proposed tina
his already severe tax of 10 per cens
should be increased TO 20 per cent.
Not only would such d drastic pro-
ccdure be an absolute ruin and CRYING
injustice to the theatre Itself but to
the whole American people. If this
appalling plan is carried into effect Z
would meet the death blow 10 all
American theatrical Interests, fer with
the aGded cost of labor and material
bankruptcy and ruin face all con
ccrned, managers. actors and workmen
alike. Theatres and companies viii be
forced 10 close and many Thousands
vii be thrown out Of employment
Il arnestly appeal to you as our
friera to use your every endeavor TO
ave'i an overwhelming catastrophe.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Jan. 1.-THE
Florida Railroad Commission viii make
application in the courts to-day for an
injunction to restrain the Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
from putting into effect rates for long
distance telephone calls ordered re-
Gently by Postmaster General Burlcson
to become effective January 21
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18
By BRIGGS

Railroad Commission to-day announced
that it had declined to give immediate
approval to new telephone rates in
Michigan IS provided for in an order
OF Postmaster General Burlcson
lhe commission held that the com
panlcs concerned, including the Bell
systcm, have neither advertised the
proposed new rates sufficiently nor
published their application for hearing
as required by the Michigan law.
1t waa made clear that the commits
slon docs not reject the now rates, but
viii not consider applications of the
companies until tho requirements of
the state law have been complied with.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Jam. 17.-An or
der suspendlng for five months the en-
forcemcn; OF the telephone rates. which
would have become effective in Illinois
on January Il, under a ruling of Post
master General Burleson, was entered
}y the Illinois Public Utilities Com
nliaslNn TO naN
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

Michigan Delays Approval
LANSING, Mich. Jan. 17.-The State
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

s;doras ono Of the first bills which will be con-
auaIaa Isueigu by the New Jersey Legislature would
'sa'@e sunday motion picture shows
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

pr. John g. Hibbcn, president OF Prince
ton University. has received from las Prince
,on , a'umm IN Paris a cnbcgram congratu-
of the Legion of Honor.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

IaMel aT '1mss M2s rHi,0 " GGara N1 D. A. Lawrence
van Dyke and Fra Frank FoP'n r wsE M9ore Dr. Henry
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

r, Charles J.. Miller. record clerk in the
hall OF Records for twenty-three wears
cropped dead at his desk. He was siytv-
Street "e9O iu''h
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

in Amer1san Fng1sna soldiers from France on leave
Ss,nakespeares birthplace than in anStb;ms Ssb;ms
hr I,se 10 accTrding to cable message rcceivei
9y me National War Work Council of ,So.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

-, MAX Lynar. who sometimes uses the title
o. DO count has been held for examination in
brooklyn on charge of giving a check for
Tieo p on bank in which he had no account
Lie was just one frame-up after another
the count said '''o'''e'
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

UharIcs s. Whitman and Win n H.,
VIII VIII speak at dinner to be given to VIII
I'm n A. Orr former Superintendent Of
1Ilsols, at the Republican Club Januarv a1
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

supreme Court Justice James c. Cropsev
is willing TO run the same risk of hnrS,
VISITS AS his Flatbush neighbors and has
ioid Ponce Commissioner Enright as much
IA IA, u letter asking him to withdraw the police
detail from the Cropsey home. 'o''~e
New-York tribune., 1919-01-18

franklin *. Lane. Secretary of the In
terror expresses the hope in letts,. '' ~ tna
National Child Labor Committee that Cbild
labor labor Day will be observed in synaeopues
January %. in churches january 20 and IN
public schools January q. '''' ~
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-30

from lack of clear knowledge of the
churchs teachings. Animated by a
spirit of Christian charity, we do not
invite or seek controversy, but simply
explain what Catholics believe and why
they believe it.
IAN interesting and instructive feat
ure of these exercises will be the an
swering of questions concerning the
Catholic church. box will be placed
at the entrance of the church and in 1t
the general public is invited to drop
questions concerning the Catholic
church. They should be written leg
IDLY and each question put on sep
arate piece of paper. No name need be
signed to the question. Answers to
questions will be made on the succeed
ing evening before the regular lecture