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The New York herald., 1920-11-07
RELIEF MISSION TO AID
BESIECED AMERICANS
Tuo u. S. Citizens Caught in
Mongolion TouDn.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Americans in
Pekin have launched a miniature relief
expedition in behalf of two of their
countrymen caught in the fighting at
Urga, capital Of Outer Mongolia, the
State Department was advised to-day.
They have mustered twelve Americans.
armed and provided with motor convoy.
and appealed to the American Legation
to obtain permission from the Chinese
Government for the expedition TO move
on the town which has been attacked by
Russians, Buriats and Mongols.
Reports have reached Pekn from
within the walls of Urga that the de-
Tending Chinese soldiery were demoral
ized and had begun looting the homes Of
Russian residents. The American Lega-
tion. the departments advices said, has
made urgent representations TO the Chi
nese Government that every protection
possible be afforded.
Although the legation reported the sit
uation in Urga as serious and that the
foreign residents were in imminent
danger, only two Americans we're men
toned. Their names were given az
Mills. an engineer. and Mclaughlin, an
employee of the Mongolian Trading Com
pany. The rescue mission was described
as being made up Of friends Of the two
men. They have planned to base their
operations on Kalgan, northeast o.
Pekn. on the great wall Of China and
on the southern edge Of Mongolia.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07

virtue of office. make no attempt at all
TO fight the demon rum, saying that they
can get no cooperation.
An incident or two. attendant upon a
game OF football played here not as far
back as thirty days ago. comes readily
to the purposes of illustration.
IT was a game between high schools,
not colleges. and as the day had broken
wet and cold a large supply OF preventive
medicine was taken TO the playing field.
Cheer was everywhere. Pockets bulged
all around. About the middle OF the
game certain public official-to borrow
from the inimitable James Smith OF
Centre street New York-decided that
the game was not properly umpired %
that he would step into the thick and
take charge.
1t puts the case family to say that he
had half a slop on. And as he was
about to go afield another official, him.
self alight like the gayest Christmas
tree. decided that he would accompany
him. Together they attempted the en-
terprise OF climbing the fence between
them and the game, and together upon
the far side they fell asprawl upon the
greensward. Then their friends, giving
them attention, took them up tenderiy
and bore them to a sequestered space
under the grand stand and parked them
there. And about the only comment
made by anybody on the case was one
to the effect that In previous years. when
there was only State prohibition, these
gentlemen were invariably circumspect
at ball games. never appearing at one or
them more than reasonably mellow, or.
put conservatively. half shot
The New York herald., 1920-11-07

been damp and sellers Of bootleg booze
had been thick at the game. and to get
a little OF 1t purchasers had to take
IL In unit measurement. a quart at a
time that is 10 say, ana villainous liquor
az that.
But when the case of Maine is all
summed UP It's situation differs little
from that of any of the States which
lie on the Canadian border. There is
more liouor drum, IN Maine to-day than
there ever has been before. II is worse
liquor. it is costing more than 1t has
ever cost. and more sorts of persons than
ever before-like the boys not yet out OF
high school-are drinking II.
Yet the citizens of Maine generally.
including enforcement officials and
judges and prosecuting officers, look on
with a certain complacency. Prohibition.
working at IT'S worst. Is no new
phenomenon to them. Prohibition, even
in Maine as a State, was never a sue
cess" they say. And it will never be
successful in any other place until all
the people want 1t all the time"
Tomorrow THE NEW YORK
HERALD will publish the second of the
series which viii deal with conditions
In Vermontl
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
WHISKEY RING
MURDERS MAN
WHO SQUEALED
Samuel BellinO, Shot 33
Times, a Victim of
Vengeance.
KNEW BOOZE GANG
Had Given Evidence of
Rum Running to the
Grand Jury.
BODY FOUND NEAR HOME
Police Theory Is That Liquor
Smugglers Killed Him to
Avoid Betrayal.

Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
BUFFALO. Nov. 6.-Samuel Bellino OF
Olean, whose bullet riddled body was
found near Coudersport, Pa, the other
day, was a victim of the whiskey
rings vengeance on squealer, the
police investigating the murder be-
lieve.
Bellino's body was discovered in the
outskirts of Coudersport with thirty
three bullet holes in it. For several
days there was no Identification, but
yesterday friends from Olean went to
the Pennsylvania town and definitely
established the fact that the slain man
was Bellino.
Bellino was last seen in Little Valley.
Catteraugus county. where he had gone
to give evidence before the Grand Jury
regarding the whiskey rings activities
In southern New York State. Most of
it's business was done in smuggling
whislxey to and from Canada and Penn
sylvania.
After appearing before the Jurors
Bellino boarded a car for Olean. 1t is
the theory of the police that he actually
reached Olean, where he was met by
ring and slain, his body being loaded
into an automobile and carried off to
the lonely hills of Pennsylvania, where
1t was accidentally discovered by a
hunter.
1t is not known what Bellino told the
Grand Jury, but 1t is said in Olean that
he knew enough about the rum runners
activities to send several men TO prison.
The Grand Jury has not reported, so
there are no known indictments Threats
had been made when the police began to
clean up the rum runners ring th2t
death awaited any "squealer." In spite
of this Bellino braved the almost GER
tain death he knew awaited him, the
police say, to aid the Government in
its prosecution of the ring.
Government agents are reticent re-
gardirg Beilino's knowledge of the ac-
tivities of the ring. but it is said he was
sufficiently in the confidence of the
leaders of the circle to tell great deal
that the Government needed to make Its
case.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
JAIL FOR BANKERS SON,
WRITER OF BAD CHECKS
Wine and Women Blamed by
Victim, HARVARD Man.

Harry B. Stedman, Harvard graduate
and son of banker of Hartford, Conn.,,
was found guilty yesterday before
County Judge Haskell in Brooklyn OF
attempted grand larceny and was SEN
fenced to serve twelve months in Jail.
He was arrested July IS at the Ritz
Restaurant in Brooklyn after he had
attempted to pass a $500 check. which
ne police learned was worthless.
The arrest of Stedman last July was
caused Indirectly by pretty women and
wine, as he later confessed. He said he
knew the police would get him sooner
or later and decided to have good time
while 1t lasted. He passed several
worthless checks. and the police say he
obtained diamond ring valued at 81 .ooo
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
And the Aftermn tn

But upon the evening Of that day
there was aftermath Of the football game
which made serious citizens shake their
heads The city streets and hotels and
restaurants overfiowed with high school
ads 1t would be very wide OF the
truth to say that drunkenness among
them was common, but to say that it was
not uncommon comes we'll within the
truth. In one hotel four lads who had
reached the state of insensibility were
carried upstairs before 6 o'clock in the
evening. In another six were taken to
their bedrooms even earlier than that.
and a score were refused entrance to
the dining room. At the motion picture
theatres that night the door men gave
careful scrutiny to every youth who
tried to get in and until late at night
automobiles streaming with school
colors and vocal with the shrieks OF the
young of both sexes. flew about town at
a speed which indicated that safety was
far from the first consideration of their
drivers.
The average of all these youngsters
was somewhere around IS. And 1t was
stated over and over again while the up
roar was on that in previous years
nothing like this went with inter-
scholastic football. But the day had
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
FIGHTS NOISY MOTOR CARS.

In commenting yesterday on the cam
paign against unnecessary noises in the
city. DR.. Royal S. Copeland. Health Com
missioner, reported that during the last
tx weeks he had received 125 complaints.
of which the majority relate to automo-
biles. DR.. Copeland said he believed
many automobiles are defective mechani-
cally. and he appealed to the public as
well as to the police to give information
concerning any machine which is op-
Grated in a noisy manner. He said the
campaign hod the support of Mayor
Hylan and Police Commissioner Enright.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
CAPTAIN HELD FOR SMUGGLING
Liners Commander Charged With
bringing Cocaine Here.

Adolph Candis. captain OF the Nafra
liner Cuszco, which reached port yester-
day, was arrested at Clifton. Staten
Island. on a charge Of smuggling.
According to Inspector Albert o.
Hokenscn. seventy-five bottles Of cocaine.
valued at $500. we're found In his cabin.
Candis pleaded not guilty when ar
raigned before United States Commis-
sloner McCabe in Brooklyn. He was
held in $4,000 bail
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
synthetic Mixtures Common.

II has been eaid already that the
nrice OF liquor will go higher in Maine
as colder weather sets III. This Is be-
cause. with the ardent winters for which
the State is famous and snow feet deep
On the ground, the booze runners VIII
have to lay up their cars TIL spring.
And Il has been said In the same con-
nection that as the price goes mounting
up the quality will come tumbling down.
The LIQUOR which is now coming into
Maine is bad enough already. 1t is fore
cast. by agreement of all the competent
authorities, that about the only liquor
which is not diluted now almost IN
stantly upon it's Introduction into the
state is liouor of which the alcohous
content Is so slight that further dilution
would turn 1t into water outright.
Months ago the draft became so heavy
on the supply available or to be avail
able In Canada that the distributors
there began manufacturing all sorts OF
dulterations and substitutes. And al
though the liquor which travels mostly
across the border now is bottled and Ia
bellcd in imitation of Canadian Club OF
pleased memory II never saw the dis
tnlery where Canadian Club Is made.
The labels are forger!es Just Ike the
'iquor which Is found inside The liquor
Is the synthetic mixture rapidly growing
familiar everywhere and made up OF
grain alcohol. ether. burnt sugar and
Drunes; and quite commonly the stamp
upon the bottles neck, II 1t happens to
be there at all. Is another forgery also.
The points on the border where the
liquor comes pouring in vary from week
10 week sometimes from day to day.
70 70 a little while go Port Kent Calais
and Port Elizabeth we're the principal
inlets. But the competent consider that
there will be bootlegg!ng across the
border until those forces OF United States
aw which are sworn to prevent II are
! numerically and morally far different
from what they are now. AS things
stand now the Federal Government
would have 10 set It's men about fifty
feet apart to keep the booze flood
damned. At that they would have to
oe 100 per cent. mor9land bribe proof.
and then. even then, liquor would as
suredly trckle in on nights when fog
vas abroad and nights when the moon
was overcast.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
SUES ON BAD BOOZE.
Detroit Man Paid $4,000 Tor
..Nood Alcohol and ChlOroform."

MONTREAL, Que, Nov. 5.-Ftve hun
dred cases Of what he paid $4,000 for
as rye whiskey were found to contain
connection of wood alcohol. chloroform
and so on" when delivered in the United
States, E. Davis of Detroit testified TO-
day in the trial of ]. a. Peasant ana H.
Ricor allaged traffickers In spirits.
Davis said he came 10 Montreal last
Nav bought the "whiskey" and had II
shipped to a Detroit produce dealer as
carload of potatoes. When the car was
onened. he added. the substitution was
discovered. Peasant and Ricor are
charged with obtaining S5,ooo unaer
false pretences and with having USED
false trade mark.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07

and an automobile worth $4,000 with
worthless checks.
Stedman is the oldest son OF Harry
B Stedman, president or the firm OF
Stedman & Redfleld, private bankers. AT
the time of his arrest his parents re-
fused to take any Interest In his case.
declaring he had been away from home
for several years and had been saved
from several scrapes by his fathers as
sistance. The police say Stedman had
been sleeping in lodging houses along
the Bowery before his arrest
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
NEWSPAPER MEN GATHER.

Fifty newspaper men were present yes
terday at luncheon of the Newspaper
Mems Benevolent League at the Press
Club. Speeches were made by George
Dobson, president OF the league, and
Miles Bath. vice-president. A midnight
supper. at which several theatrical stars
will appear. will be given next month.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
$4,000 FIRE IN FACTORY.

The cellar and ground floor of the
e. c. Fuller Manufacturing Company.
makers of printing machinery at 2S
Reade street, were damaged by fire
early yesterday. The fire worked
through to the rear of the building and
caused damage estimated at $1,000. Ma
chinery stored in the basement was
partly damaged.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
1s,os1 ALIENS INSPECTED.
Ellis Island Omcials Examine
4,5OO Others on ShipbOard.

During the last week l6.oSi aliens were
inspected on entry into this port by i'm
migration officials of Ellis Island.
In addition to these $500 aliens who
were cabin passengers were inspected
on board the vessels on which they ar
rived. The percentage OF detentions is
comparatively low. for most of the i'm
migrants are of a good class of work
ers. Many intend to seek employment
in the mines OF Pennsylvania, the mills
of New England and on railroads in
the middle West
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
Little Public support.

No one In Maine pretends that all en-
'orcement officers are enforcing. There
is slight public sympathy with such
officials as do enforce Certain off
als. 20 whom enforcement has been
lelor1 tod or nnon whom Y dcvolves by
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
CANADIAN BOOZE
FLOWS ACROSS LINE
Continued from First Page.

varies at from 11o to $50 miles. Trips
with contraband liquor are always made
at night, with all lights out and at an
average speed of at least fifty miles an
hour, and often the runners journey by
roads of which the character and sur
face would test the stoutest drivers
heart In the day time.
There is little secrecy as to who COM
pose the brotherhood that is fetching
liquor across. since moral certainty as
to who is who is one thing and legal
certainty. adequate for a jury, another
matter altogether. The boys in the trade
conduct themselves with quite an air.
wear the best of clothes, silk shirts, of
course, and are acquiring the art OF
dining. They keep much to themselves
in small groups and clubs of their own
and are studiously orderly In public
Also they do practically no drinking
themselves. In the profession which
they practise a man must keep his body
fit and his mind alert.
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
Hurled shoes In Auditorium.

Mrs. Talbot said that two other PITS
oners. Margaret Oulton and Mary Peters,
both troublesome. walked to freedom va
an unlocked door in the psychopathlc
ward. but these also were caught after
n hot chase Mrs Talbot denied a re-
port that four guards who saw the two
wild women" escaping turned their
backs and ran In the opposite direction
fearing to be attacked by the fugitives'
Reports were current that Dorothy
lett. one of the more demure prisoners
who had testified in the reformatory IN
vestigation last winter. had been at
tackled by Adele Scherer and others,
Adele figured with May Brlasco ana
Florence Gollasso in a fight which start
cd during a motions picture show when
one of the prisoners was seized by an
impulse and drew off her shoe and
hurled Il across the auditorium. The
qir was full of shoes In no time ano
there was a large casualty list, accord.
ing to the attendants. Mrs Talbot salo
there are now only 165 inmates at Bed
ford and fifteen babies in the nursery
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
Profits I'm Fancy Figures.

Primarily the strong lure OF adventure
made whiskey runners or most OF them,
but the profits the isks they take
are SO exceptional tha many a youth.
with none OF the spir OF romance IN
him. takes 10 the road night after nlght,
willing TO AXE the hazard of MS h'ch
and his liberty for the sake or so mucn
easy money Liquor or the Canadian
inc sells at about $3.50 for a full quart
Once across the border 1t becomes
mari,eta BILE ~ sI2 tn, cHso urart, or $50
a gallon, against the s14 gallon paid
or I. showing first profit OF s46, but
from which, OF course, must be dedrcteu
the expense of operation. graft paid on
the way or before OF terward, and
now and then-loss by breakage or seiz-
ure. Yet as the tr de as conducted ana
as will be shown, runner may lose MS
cargo and his car now ana then Gnu
vet not perish of heartache.
For of late weeks, dilution and reduc-
t,on nv adulteration after the liquor is
upon United States sol has sent the
profits Of rum running up into the fancy
figures. Suppose that runner, pur-
hasing forty gallons of whiskey In Cam
ada-and forty gallons is only reason
able load for a stror high powered Cur
brings it without rnishap into 'he
limited States. 1t has cost hin ABOUT
! $50. With IT'S strength cut ooWn Wy
silntion and it's qua ity impoverished by
,dulteration until eighty gallons are IN
hand where only forty gallons ever came
over th. roads, It fi1ds market fina
at s12 "case" quart. so that the uiti-
nate consumer (of inexhaustible patti
erce and In numbers also inexhaustioie)
paws back to the runner and his as
soeiates and con cfrrat me 1901 LOT
an original forty gallons OF booze. But
the runners always curry more than
forty gal ons and figure to make at Least
81 900 trip If one of them is caught
IN in fourteen trips Gas they seem 10
rigure they may be) there Is slS'ooo
qyailable from W ich 10 pay fine ana
cover the cost Of a car costing some
where between SO 600 and $4,000.
But even then the car Is rarely TO-
tal loss. AS has been said the rum run
! ming fraternity has It's legal hirelinss
Some one of these, running down the
law and decisions. saw how a car, mort
raged to an innocent third person. was
,eizable only to the extent OF the run
runners actual equity in it. FOLLOWING
a seizure. court of first resort upheld
him and the case Is now Under consider
alton on the Governments appeal. And
in the meantime and peudente lite, every
booze car going north in Maine Is mort
gagged to the drivers seat
The New York herald., 1920-11-07
RIOTING Is RESUMED
BY GIRLS IN BEDFORD
Continued from First Page.

the work which so sorely tried her pred
ecessors. Miss Helen A. Cobb and Miss
Florence Jones, was responsible for the
resumption of the warfare at Bedford
in the opinion of attendants and other
EMPLOYEES. They said Alma Lewis,
prisoner was allowed to carry the Keys
of the reformatory and that Alma let
May Griffin. a prisoner, escape. she
was soon recaptured." said Mrs. Talbot
of this incident. mo inmate is allowed
To have KEYS"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-15
BAD BREATH
Dr.: Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove It

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. the SUBJ
stitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant, sugar coated
tablets are taken for bad breath by
all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gen.
tly but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action,
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, Gckening.
gripping cathartics are derived from
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, paino any disageeable effects.
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint. with the
attendant bad breath. '';> '.''
Olive Tablets are purely a vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil; you
will know. them by their olive color.
Take one OF two, every night for a week
ana note the effect. l0c and &c.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-15
~ AtfN y ~ Naa 'kFts y a 49, g.. -
HEARD, OWN, BURIAL SERVICE.
Dying Millionaire Had What Might Be
f. : Called 4 "RehearsaI" In His ~

When Mr.. Parker Mason, a shrewd
and level-headed millionaire Of the
United States, was on the point Of
dyinga few years ago he conceived the
quaint idea of having a rehearsal Of
his own funeral service in his bed
room. He called in Presbyterian
minister, and a few members of the
church choir, and the full service was
,rehearsed in his presence and that Of
his family and a number Of his friends.
The clergyman preached an eloquent
and touching sermon on the virtues
and charities Of the dying man. and
the choir sang appropriate hymns. At
the conclusion of the service, which
the millionaire had followed with the
closest interest and attention, he warm.
IL complimented both clergyman and
choir on their performance. and after
Diminishing them sent for an under.
taker and made the necessary arrange
ments with him and had personal In.
terview with the pall-bearers. He died
ten hours later, and was buried with
the same service to which he had lis
tened when alive.-Montreal Herald.
First N. z. Church.
Baltimore has the distinction Of be,
ing the home Of the first American
Methodist church.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-15
PREDICTS NEW ALASKA RUSH
klondilke pioneer Expects &. SEQ Tent
City In Spring at
>>,..~ Hyder.

Seattle. Wash.-Hyder, Alaska, cen
ter of the Stewart river mining prop
critics, will become a tent city rival
ing Nome and other famous "strike"
towns, II the expected spring influx OF
prospectors is realized, according to
James w. Mcdonald, pioneer Of the
Klondike, who was in Seattle recently.
1.-THE world is going to see another
tent city in the spring." Mr.. Mcdonald
said. .'Hyder's futufe is assured, and
there is every indication that when the
snow goes or thousands Of people will
flock to the little town."
> Most of the newcomers will be dis
appointed, Mr.. Mcdonald asserted
Hundreds Of them are used only to
placer mining, while the Stewart river
properties are all hard rock. The dis
trict will not be fully developed fol
five years. he said.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-15
POLAND !. SEA NATION !!
Comes: 3 Back 70 It's own After
~. -. 1R Years.. -'.@ 2,
Treep. Dip coloe. From Own Soil In
L. .1idewaters Of the Bal
! tic Sea.

= Warsaw.-Polish troops, standing on
their. own soil, dipped the national
"colors In the tidewaters Of the Baltic
after the absence Of Poland as a sea
nation for 148 years.
! Throughout the new republic bells
tolled and a Holiday spirit prevailed
in commemoratlon of the: historic
event. AT Putzig, on the Baltic, Cen
-eral Haller, commander in chief Of the
!. Polish armies, reclaimed in the name
OF the, republic the sea coast which
fell from Poland to Prussia after the
first ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Poland in
1772., ~ e.: =: i'll.
simultaneously with Poland's reach
ing out to the Baltic the diet cele-
'brated it's first birthday. The most
) striking speech was made by Speaker
+: Thomsozynski, who proclaimed that
justice had at last triumphed, giving
Poland access to the sea.
poland will defend this historical
strip Fof land, with its, very last drop
of blood" he declared.
:. The diet decided on the construction
4-of port facilities in the region Of Put
zig, giving Poland her own gateway to
the sea. ri. ........ .