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The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
PRICES OF DIAMONDS
WILL BE MAINTAINED
Syndicate Gables There Will
Be No Reduction.

No. matter what happens to the price
OF shoes and ships and sealing wax, the
price Of diamonds is not going down
That fact was made apparent yesterday
when a cahlegram was received here
from the Diamond Syndicate Of Lon
don, which controls the output OF stones,
stating that its policy is to maintain
prices"
The Diamond Syndicate, which holds
about 80 per cent Of the entire diamond
,utput Of the world including the stones
f1om the De Beers Consolidated Mines.
is probably the greatest and strongest
trust in the world What II says goes
in the diamond Industry. When demand
slackens the syndicate cuts off the
supply.
The cablegram was received here by the
JeUelers' Circular, t,ade publication,
which requested statement on the fu-
ture policy Of the syndicate. L. Brett
meyer head OF the syndicate replied
Diamond Syndicates policy has all
ways been to maintain prices, and there
IL no intention to depart therefrom. You
may make use of this information as
YOU think best
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
BRONX MAN FOUND
DEAD IN BATHROOM
Bullet Wound in Breast
Left Wife at Office.

Mrs. Carmine Minus of 1711 Univer-
sity avenue, The Bronx, went down to
10 West Thlrty-fourth street yesterday
afternoon to visit her husband, Albert
md after he had talked to hcT FOR tome
time he told her he had to 80 into an
other room to meet some business asso-
aiates.
Wait for me-" he said. 'I'll be back
n a moment
Mrs. Minus waited in the office until
imost dusk, and then she went home.
When she entered her apartment she
discovered the body of her husband
wing in the bathroom on the floor with
\ bullet wound in his left breast. Mrs
Iohn Dixon, nelghbor, told Mrs Minus
and the police that she had seen Mr..
Minus come home about 8 80 o'clock,
lnd that a few minutes later she had
card Z shot
Dr. Carl Kennard, assistant medical
Examiner, said last night that Mrs,
Minus had told him that her husband
recently had very serious business re-
,erses and had lost between 100000 and
$4,000 Minus was an electrical
,ngineer.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
HELD IN PLOT TO ROB
LIQUOR WAREHOUSE
Three Men and Car Seized in
Forty-fifth Street.

Detective Joseph Leary and Patrol
man Corrigan Of the East Fifty-frst
street station arrested three men yes
terday after an alleged attempt to rob
warehouse at 301 East Forty-ffth
street. in which $4,000 worth Of liquors
are stored. The men gave their names
rs Jeorme Melville of 200 Dyckman
street Joheph Quinn Of 2S2 Tenth ave-
nue. and Joseph F. Noonan of ISL Third
avenue. They were held in $4,000 bail
by Magistrate Corrigan in Yorkville
Court, charged with suspicion of bur-
glary.
Patrolman Corrigan said he saw an
automobile standing in front of the
warehouse yesterday morning. Melville
was in the car, he said, and Noonan
standing across the street Presently
Quinn came out of the warehouse with
his feet stained with plaster Leary
arrived soon after in response to a tcle-
phone message that the warehouse was
being robbed and the three men were
arrested.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
TWO WIN FREEDOM
IN ECKERT MURDER
No Homicide Evid enc e
Against kain or Moloney.

The charges of homicide against Will
lam Mcloney,' proprietor Of the Manhat-
IAN Hotel, at South Beach, and Charles
kain, in connection with the murder OF
Frederick p Eckert in a Staten Island
boo,lcgger's quarrel, were dismissed yes
rarday by Magistrate George w. S!mp-
son in the Second District Municipal
Court at Stapleton Mrs Irene Moloney.
the hotel mans wife, and Joseph Dono-
hue, his bartender who were held as
material witnesses, also were released
Joseph II Maloy, District Attorney Of
Richmond county, told the court that al
hough he had examined fifty-five wit
ncsses he had been unable to obtain evil
lence sufficient to hold Moloney and
Kain. Kain was the owner Of the au-
tomoble in which Eckert was riding
when he was killed. and he and Moloney
were accused of having been in the car
at the time Neither has made a state
mont since his arrest
The release OF the two men accused
and Of the witnesses clears the court
calendars so far as the Eckert murder
Is concerned. The charges Of illegal
whiskey selling which grew out Of the
case are pending before the Federal au-
hOrities.
Howard Tiernan, cousin of Judge
Harry Tiernan Of the Richmond County
Court, and Henry Hugot, who were ar
rested in the investigations following the
murder of Eckert, were arraigned be-
fore Judge Chatfied in the United
States District Court in Brooklyn yes
terday and pleaded not guilty to charges
of selling and transporting liquor. Their
bail of 81 600 each was continued.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
MAETERLINCK ASKS
100000 DAMAGES
Files Counter Claim to Pond
Lyceun1 Damage Suit.

Maurice Maotcrlnck, Belgian poet
Ncd yesterday an answer to the suit
.uonght against him by tEc Pond Ly-
ccum Bureau, conducted by James T..
Uord for $4,000 damages for alleged
breach Of contract, Maoterinck says
.lat Pond repudilt5d the contract and
he Cthp pocD has fled a counterclaim
lu 100000 damages
The litigation grows out Of n con-
unct which Mactcrlmck signed in Jan
Uary 1919, IN Belgium, to lecture In the
United states Pond asserts that Mae
.crlnch agreed 10 lecture In English,
ylt changed his mind after trying ou,
his English delivery on an american
audience ut Carnegie Hall Thereafter
he insisted upon locturIng in French,
After tho controversy Mdcterlinck
vent on his way without lccturins at
TIC places which Pond had rsed 10
have the poet appear. Mactcrlinck says
that this was b,clusc Fond announced
on January s, 1920 that he had re-
pudatcd the contract, and had failed
to pay the guarantees under tae con-
I0ct
rhc Pond Lyceum Bureau filed a
petition In bankruptcy in Newark last
week, and SCH du'ed the $4,000 claim
.gainst Maetelllnck as an asset.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
BIGAMIST Is SENTENCED.
Record as Romeo Tells
Against Him.

John H. F. McGraw, 80 years old an
advertising solicitor for the Advocate,
an Irish weekly, who confessed week
ago 70 having two wives, was sentenced
in General Sessions yesterday to not less
tnan one year and nine months and not
more than FIVE years in state prison. A
plea for clemency was made by John
O'Connor editor and publisher of the
AdUocdte, stating that McGraw COM
mitted the second marriage upon the
spur of the moment and that the de-
fendant is n capable man and has the
business enterprise and integrity of a
useful citizen"
A probation officer stated that In
addition to the two wives McGraw had
been intimate with other women, one
half sister, who was said to be in an
asylum at the present time.
The second wife, Lima IL. Schierbaum.
with whom McGraw lives at 142 East
Fifty-seventh street, Is suffering from
nervous breakdown. Her brother asked
the court for a heavy sentence. The
first wife was Agnes VI. McGraw of SCI
Sixth street, Brooklyn She has four
year-old son by McGraw.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
TWO TRUCKMEN HELD
IN THEFTS ON PIERS
Accused of Taking $4,000
Woollen Rolls by Subterfuge.

Two truckmen were held yesterday
by United States Commissioner Hitch
cock in 100000 bail each, for action by
the Federal Grand Jury, charged with
the theft Of goods in interstate COM
merce The arrests, detectives say, are
due to months of investigation OF pier
robberies Of woolens shipped to this
city from New England mills.
Tho prisoners are William Shea, 80
years old, and Theodore Higgins. also
E5, drivers for d. Gilroy & Sons, Of 81
Worth street Inspector Louis Smith, OF
the New England Steamship Company's
police, charged Shea and Higgins with
the theft Of six cases Of woollens valued
al $4,000 from Pier IA, North River.
He said the men had a system whereby
they copied the numbers of the cases
lying at the piers and made out bogus
delivery orders, which were honored
when presented to the pier agents
The 100000 bail was requested by As
sistGnt United States District Attorney
Cottcr who said he had evidence to con-
meet Shea and Higgins with other rob-
berries.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
NJ 'ADOO DRY AND
NO PUSCYFOOTER'
Recalls Silence of Cox and
Harding as He States
Position.
FOE OF BEER AND WINE
Opposes Any Effort to Liber-
alize the Eighteenth
Amendment.

II Gov, Cox and his Tammany sup.
porters have an Idea they can wink at
the Eighteenth Amendment and get
away with 1t they have forgotten to
reckon on William C, McAdoo, formerly
Secretary OF the Treasury and near
nominee for the Democratic Presidential
nomination.
Mr. McAdoo took the trouble to state
cmphatcally yesterday that he opposes
anything and everything which looks
like an attempt to break down prohibit
ton, and open the way for the sale OF
beer and light wines. Gov Cox has
been silent on the prohibition issue, ana
that silence Is being interpreted gen.
orally by the country as a tacit acknowl-
edgment that he Is wet candidate, Be-
fore starting out on the stump yester-
day for the Democratic ticket, Mr. Nc
Adoo made known that he does not
stand for any such pussyfooting cam
paign methods.
His statement was given, Mr.. McAdoo
said, in response to a question as 10
his position on the prohibition amend
ment" The suggestion was made by
some one trying to read political signfi-
canoe into the statement that he was not
In sympathy with the viAws Of Gov Cox
and the Democratic bosses on the booze
question He said:
II do not recall that either Gov. Cox
or Senator Harding has declared his
views on the wet and dry question since
he was nominated II would not be
fair inference 10 say am not in sym
pathy with the party on the question
for the party platform declares strictly
for strict prohibition"
Mr. McAdoo Joins hands with William
j. Bryan and warns the country against
electing a Congress which would restore
the "breweries and wineries 10 political
power and re-establsh the debasing and
immoral liquor traffic" Further, he
cautioned the country against "a favor
ing President on the beer and light
wine proposition. This brings two of the
leading figures Of the Democratic party
in clean cut opposition to the silent cam
palgn by which the Democra are
seeking to win the support of the vets.
Prohibition does not mean license in
any form, Mr.. McAdoo said, and to
amend the law to permit the sale of
pect ana HS't "ll!e ID " open crack
in the door which soon would open the
door full width. He is opposed TO any
modification, he said. His statement
continued;
mo law which provides for a drink
containing a certain percentage of
alcohol can be successfully enforced. If
the law should permit thousands of
breweries and wineries to be reopened
and TO manufacture beverages with a
specified alcoholic content it would he
impossible to prevent the manufacture
of these beverages with larger per
centage of alcohol than prescribed or TO
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
TEACHERS TROUBLES
ARE CLEARED AWAY
Increased Pay Provided by
Concurrent Resolution.

In spite of the threatened trouble be-
tween the Board OF Education and the
ComptrOlers office over payment or the
Increase In teachers salaries the teach
ors viii get their money after all, and
the only casualties Nntween the two fac
lions viii result from argument over
which Is the better friend Of the schools
The Board Of Aldermen in special ses-
sion yesterday passed unanimously q
concurrent resolution from the board OF
ysl!,0ats appropriating S3,66S,6o2,Jl to
pay the Increases authorized by the last
Legislature, Deputy and Acting Comp
tualler Frank II Prial gave out state
mont saying that the payTolls OF the
teachers VIII De ready for payment on
Friday Of their return 10 duty.
This statement" he said, should end
he silly rumors being spread for political
eject concerning Comptroller Craig's at-
t,tude toward the school teachers, He
81 absolutely the only one In authority In
Inc Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
men, or the Board OF Education who IN
tercsted himself sufficiently in the wei
farc Of the tclchers TO insure TO them
the funds whcrowth the increases would
be- paid"
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
200 MILE PLANE
ENTRANT HONORED
FareweU Dinner GiUen for
S. E. J. Cox.

Two American racing planes, said TO
he capable Of 200 miles an hour, reached
France yesterday. They will compete
for the Gordon Bennett Cup. which this
country has Won twice.
Last night S. e. J. Cox, who entered
the machines, and Mrs Cox were guests
at farewell dinner at the Vanderbilt
Hotel prior to their sailing to-day for
France on the lmperator. Twenty-Five
friends, including Glenn Curtss, who
once won the cup himself and whose
company built the Cox racers, wished
them good luck in their effort to bring
the trophy to this country for the third
time, which will mean its permanent re-
teution here.
Among hose who attended the dinner
We're Lieut.Col. and Mrs. Benjamin +.
Castle. Harry Boissot Mr.. and Mrs,
Joseph Chapple, Gutzon Borglum, Mr.
and Mrs. r. J. Beamish, A. J. DreXel
Biddle Joseph a. Steinmetz, president
Of the Aero Club of Pennsylvania, Capt.
Ciaude r. Collins, president of the Avia-
tors Club Of Pennsylvania, Edwin A.
Fitzpatrick, city editor Of the Baltimore
Erening Sun, and Temple N. Joyce OF
Baltimore.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick and Mr.. Joyce flew up
from Baltimore in a Morane Saulnier
monoplane to attend the dinner. They
made the trip in two hours and ten
minutes To-day Capt. Collins expects
to fly over the Imperator in an Aero.
Ltd. flying boat to drop flowers.
The diners and aeronautical men in
general believe Americas chances for
lifting the Gordon Bennett Cup excel
lent, for not only are there two Cox
Curtiss entries, pioted by Roland
Rohfs, test pilot for the Curtiss COM
pany, and Clarence Coombs, test pilot
of the Ordnance Engineering Company.
hut there is also an Air Service entry
piloted by. Major r. w. Schroeder and
a Dayton Wright entry, One of the four
machines will will be compelled to drop
out in elimination tests. as only three
may be entered by any one country.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
THEFT SUSPECTS IN
POLICE NETS CATCH
Alleged Bond Lifters, U. S.
Mail Ransackers and Coun-
terfeit Experts All Present.
FIND POSTAGE STAMPS
NcgFo Is Third Arrest for
Stealing Railroad Bonds in
Mail Shipment.

Robert Moorhead 10 years old, OF 226
West Nnoty-nfth street was held yes
terday In $4,000 bail for examination
next Monday by Magistrate Schwab In
Tombs Court Moorhead was arraigned
on an affidavit alleging suspicion OF
crlmnally receiving a Liberty bond OF
$4,000 on Sept, 4. He was arrested
Tuesday night Moorhead Is now con-
ncctcd with an investment company at
Pine street,
Detective August Mayer told Magis-
trate Schwab that the bond which Moor
head is alleged to have received was
part Of 100000 worth Of securities
stolen from Deerng 4 Deering, 1876
Broadway, on Feb g. Mayer said that
Claude Lasell was arrested in Philadel-
phia Tuesday and would be brought
here and charged with burglary and
grand larceny in connection with the
bond which caused the arrest OF Moor
head
third arrest in connection with the
theft OF bond and mail matter ship
ment from the General Post Office sew
cral weeks ago was made yesterday
when Detectives Browne and Newman
Of Police Headquarters arrested Aaron
Lave Stll, negro, 27 years old. of 42
West l36th street. The detectives found
a package In his home containing $542
worth Of postage stamps Still waived
examination when arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hitchcock
and was held in $1,000 bail for trial, In
default Of bail he was committed to the
Tombs.
James Johnson, driver OF mail truck,
was arrested several days ago, following
the theft Of mail matter containing rail-
road bonds valued at 100000 consigned
TO Paine, Webber Company. Thaddeus
Starkey was arrested last Monday night
charged with acting in concert with
Johnson.
Antonio Amradeo, proprietor OF news
stand IN Beaumont avenue The Bronx,
vas arrested yesterday hy Capt. John S.
Tucker OF the United States secret ser
vice and arraiFned before United States
Commissioner Hitchcock on a charge Of
counterfeitlng half dollar coins, Am
radeo was held in $4,000 bail for eNami-
nation September 16,
A SIMILAR charge was made against
Mrs. Eugonia Branca, who has fruit
store at 2597 Eighth avenue, She was
arrested by Peter Rubano, a secret SER
vice agent, and was held in $1,000 bail
for hearing September l6.
Complaints had been received that
both Mrs. Branca and Amradeo had
been passing out counterfeit half dollar
pieces
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
GIRL WHO AIDED BURGLARS
IS SPARED PRISON TERM
Safe Was Taken to Her Home, but She Is Adjudged
Innocent of Criminal Intent and Is Placed
on Probation.

II during the next two and a half
years Anna Westervelt, lS years old,
falls Just once to conduct herself in a
eircumspect manner she will he sent to
prison, Anna pleaded guilty yesterday
In General Sessions to aiding a band
Of burglars who on August II entered
the home OF Mrs. Eliza ]. w. Stevens
at 927 Fifth avenue and stole a safe
containing $500 worth Of jewelry, bat
after several persons appearing as wit
nesses declared their belief in her inno-
cence, Judge John F, Mcintyre decided
to place her on probation for two and
a half years.
AT the same time Judge Mcintyre SEN
fenced Walter McKeon is years old,
of ia East Eighty-fifth street, to Elmira
Refomatory, George Rubino another
OF the band, was sentenced last week
TO five years In Sing Sing, His brother,
Rudolph, Is in the prison ward at Har-
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09

lOm Hospital and his case has not been
disposed of.
The testimony at the trial showed that
on the night OF the robbery the safe
vas taken in a taxicab TO Anna's home
at 14l2 Second avenue, where II was
opened, The husband Of Mrs. Stevens
said he had made an investigation ana
was eorVinced the girl was innocent
Detective Harry Marks OF the East
Nighty-eighth street station told the
court the girl had been Of much help
to him In getting evidence against the
rest Of the band, McKeon himself when
arra!gned said that at the time OF the
robbery Anna was waiting for him on
Fifth avenue, near the Stevens home,
as she had theatre engagement with
him,
Arna formerly had position as
file clerk, but she Is out of employment
now A. j. Mack, probation officer said
another position will be found for her,
Mack said that his Investigation showed
that the girl did not know a burglary
had been committed until she reached
her rooms,
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
STATE CALL FOR BOYS.
All Between 10 and 10 Must Regis
ter for Training.

Gov. Alfred E, Smith by proclamation
Yesterday ordered all the boys of the
State between 16 and 10 years old to
register at the nearest public schools on
September 20 for instruction under the
state military training law The schools
Will be kept open from A. NJ. to 8
T. NJ. on that day for enrolment.
In the proclamation the Governor
stated that there is need of preparation
for duties of citizenship and for CO.
operation with the State forces of law
and order. Lessons of health and
ygiene. the habit of discipline. devel-
Cpment of qualities Of leadership were
some of the reasons the Governor as
slgned for the law. He urged also that
this system will break down class dis
motions. Certificates of enrolment
will be issued and other certificates will
be awarded upon completion Of the
course.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09

prevent adulteration after manufacture
and the effect would be 10 nullify the
prohibition amendment
Gwen II the saloon itself were not re-
opened, light wines and beer would be
sold at every soda fountain. at every
lunch counter and in every restaurant
and hotel A largo enough chemical
plant with n sufficient force TO analyso
the alcoholic content OF these beverages
could never be provided. II is a notori-
Gus fact that drunkards begin by drink
ing light wines and beer when young,
and as the appetite grows the desire for
stronger drink Is developed, II We turn
loose upon the country light wines and
beer to be sold at every drug store, soda
fountain, lunch counter, hotel and res
taurant we have destroyed the prohibi-
tion amendment and brought back upon
humanity curse greater than war Itself.
IF Congress can by mere majority
vote with the approval OF favoring
President license beer and light wines,
then prohibition, which required a two
thirds vote and Presidential approval,
plus the consent OF three-fourths OF the
States, can be nullihed by majority OF
the Congress with the approval OF the
President. The breweries and the wine-
res know this fact"
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
UPSETS MARX LATE
BAY STATE RETURNS
Primary Surprises Noted in
Both Parties.

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SPtc'di N I'VE sun AM We" 'oNh i'E''N'D'
BOSTON, sept H--MassacAusel's V"tetS
performed some amazing pNitica'
stunts in yesterdays primaries t'r
the nomination o. c'hdida'cS 10 oe 'oteH
for at the November election IN the Case
or several VINO "eht 10 f''eP at iht'
hour last nlght saddehed ny apafen'
defeat OF themselves or the'r iaVoflte
candidates, there was great surprise TO-
DAY when complete returhs reversed inc
late night or early morning returns Ihe
biggest surprises may be summarized as
follows;
Representative Avian !. Fullers VIC
tory over field OF four in the race for.
the Republican nomination for Lieuten-
anf-Goyernor'
The defeat OF Richard II. Long, third
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
MAIL PLANE ON WAY
ACROSS CONTINENT
Regular Service Is Inaugu-
rated Between San Fran
cisco and New York.
CARRIES 10000 LETTERS
Service TO Take West Bound
Mail Stamped Too Late for
$40 Night Train.

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The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09
Move to QuaSh Murphy Indict-
ments.

Charles F. Murphy, Tammany leader
and others indicted with him for alleged
attempt to defraud Louis n. Hartog,
manufacturer of a glucose product, and,
incidentally, deprive the United States
Government of excess profits taxes,
filed notice yesterday of an application
to dismiss the indictments. The code
endants who join in the petition are
Assistant District Attorney James f,
Smith, Arthur ]. Baldwin, who acted as
Murphy's attorney; John A. Mccarthy
Ernest 3. Walden and the Corn Prod
nets Company. The latter corporation
g alleged to have controlled q product
which Hartog needed in his business,
The application will be argued Monday
In part of the Supreme Court
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-09

Six carloads OF up State apples were
delivered at the Fort Lee freight yards
of the New York Central yesterday for
sale by Commissioner Of Markets O'Mal-
ley at Sc barrel or 50 bushel. The
consignment, Is the first Of 8 lot pur-
chased on trial in an attempt TO break
an alleged combine Of brokers who were
said to have planned to control the State
fruit crop. The apples will be sold at
the railroad yards