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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
HUSBAND SENT SNAKE
FOR XMAS, SAYS WIFE
Tells Court 1t Bore Card,
'TU0 of a Kind

An actual snake appeared in the Gar
den of Eden, inhabited once by Albert
Morris and his bride. Anna, according to
the story told yesterday in the Coney
Island Police Court Mrs. Morris. who
is 20 years old. and lives at 1868 Bay
Seventh street. Bensonhurst, said that
her husband sent her the snake. dead. in
a. box on Christmas. Tied to its neck
was a card bearing the words, Two Of
a kind"
The gift started her for the police
court where she applied for a warrant
to have him arrested on a charge OF dis
orderly conduct Her husband followed
her into the court and Mrs. Morris then
withdrew her application for the war;
rant. saying that she would start civil
suit instead. She said that she married
him about year go. believing him to be
a war hero, but that she soon found out
that after he was drafted into the army
he was discharged at Camp Upton for
physical disability.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
WHALE MEAT is WELCOMED
BY EPICUREAN EAST SIDE
Ancient Firm of Apicea & Sons, Which Began Bust
ness With Few Sardnes, Reaches It's Apogee

The firm of Joseph Apicella & Sons.
sea food merchants at 50 and "a Bayard
street. had it's inception generations ago
in hand basket carried by the first
giuseppe Apicella along the shores Of
the Bay of Naples in 1442 The basket
contained a few sardnes caught per-
sonally by the first Apicella Ia : sea-
net. He laid down the rule then, Con-
servatism in business is tie life of bust
ness. This business may expand TO
founders in n hundred years But my
greatgrandsons must settle that point
Tor themselves"
Without brass band at the door.
then, or any special notification beyond
the meat itself in packed ice the Bayard
street branch of the house of Apicella
notified the world yesterday that it had
reached its fullest expansion, or diapason
as Apicella himself chose to put 1t. by
displaying a choice line of whale steaks,
chops. outlets and stew meat. at 20 cents
the pound.
That the whale meat should be offered
for sale upon the eve of a new year was
coincidental with but not of the essence
OF the whale stage of the house Of
Apicella. When centuries have rolled
over the roof of a conservative but
BEAUTIFULLY expanding business what
significance has the arrival of another
year more or less? The exposure Of the
whale steaks yesterday meant merely
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
SINGER INVOKES LAW
TO INSURE HER BATH
Metropolitan ContraIto Fails
to Prove Case.

Miss Frances Ingram, contralto of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, splits
the rent of an apartment leased unfur-
nished for $50 with Miss Margaret Rim
gold, a pianist. 1t is in a dwelling at Al
West Fiftyfourth street and consists of
a single room, a bath and an alcove.
Recently IL was said TO have been so
cold that twice Miss Ingram had to
eliminate her morning bath.
Upon Miss Migrants complaint Mrs.
Berenlce Leventritt who conducts the
house. was arralgned yesterday in York
vile Court. The singer alleged that the
chill which had descended upon her
apartment constituted violation of the
section OF the penal law dealing with
proper heat and hot water service.
ut was so cold that a friend Of mine
who called had 70 wear his overcoat"
Miss Ingram charged. And then, OF
course, there were the two mornings l
had to miss my bath
Mrs. Leventritt was indignant at the
proceeding, saying she was a daughter
in-law Of former Supreme Court Justice
David Leventritt and that she always
furnished sufficient heat to the tenants.
The Magistrate decided wilful violation
of the statutes had not been shown and
dismissed the case.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
HYLAN GETS INQUIRY
IN COURT HOUSE ILLS

Tn an effort 20 put an end 10 scan
dals in connection with the new court
house." which have been a constant at
tendant on Mayor Hylan's admlnlstra-
tion the Mayor obtained yesterday the
adoption BY the Board Of Estimate OF a
resolution calling for the appointment
of a committee of engineers 20 find out
what ails the court house and prescribe
the proper course for the city before
any more money is expended upon the
project.
Tho resolution was provoked by re-
quest for an appropriation OF an addi-
tlonal $4,000 to complete construction
o, the basement. the only contract which
has not been cancelled. The contrac-
tors now find that there is more water
under the concrete floor than they had
calculated and the floor will have TO be
thickened or II will collapse.
"As far as | am concerned" said the
Mayor, I'VE have had all the scandal
about this court house we are going TO
have. want this committee 10 find out
what's the matter. We've got TO know
what this foundation needs and quilt
this tioing in process. The first thing
we know we will have 10 go half way TO
the bottom Of Manhattan Island to find
solid ground"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31

that the Apicell had them and We're
prepared to sell them.
In sense, though New York's East
Side, which surrounds tho Apicella fish
store on every hand. will find comfort
and guarantee in all the whale meat
there are 1000 pounds OF (which thus
comes 20 its ,:se and succor on the eve
OF :. festival in which, since wages went
sky high the East Eide has more and
more participated in.
1t is fundamental belief in the en-
consumed some time in the course of the
intolerable morning following the night
before will reduce the human head TO
human proportions once more and VIII
drive out that depression of the soul
which makes the day after what it is
And now If a herring is potent to do this
for one who has sat up late and seen
only friend or two. may not an East
Slider crank ND his limousine tonight
and hit out for the high spots along
Broadway with a clear outlook derived
from the slab of whale which he has
bought again the morning and parked
upon the ice?
Anyway. the East Side is trying the
experiment. Out of Apicella's thousand
pounds the half was already spoken for
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
the long line of limousines gathered
along Bayard street bore witness to the
unlikelihood of much whale remaining
by the time business ended for the day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
TEN HURT IN $4,000
FIRE IN W. -S9TH ST.
% Girls Flee From Flames
and Smoke by Fire Es-
cape in Rear.
ARTIST sL1DES ON ROPE
Surface Traffic in Sixth Ave.
Halted Two Hours-Tw0
Firemen in Hospital.

Two fremen were in hospitals last
night and eight others required medical
attention as the result of a smoky. stub
born fire that started late yesterday
afternoon in the basement OF a remod-
elled five story building at 40 West
Thirty-nnth street. causing damage
estimated at $4,000 Surface traffic on
Sixth avenue was tied up for more than
two hours.
Lieut. Rudolf Eisele of Engine Com
pany "a was taken to New York Hos
pital after being rescued from the base
ment where he had been overcome by
smoke. Capt. John Mclaughlin of En-
CINE Company 81 was taken to Bellevue
Hospital suffering from a possible frac"
ture OF the left leg. Firemen William
Kennedy and Timothy Dunn also suf-
fered from the dense smoke. but were
able to go home after being treated at
New York Hospital. Others suffered
from cuts and minor burns.
Lawrence Harriss. an artist. OF so
Stephenson street. New Rochelle. was
at work in his studio on the top floor
when the fire was discovered. When he
opened the door into the upper hallway
he found a column of flame roaring mp
the stairway we'll Outside one of the
front windows was a dangling rope left
yesterday by painters employed about
the building. Climbing out the window
Harr,u slid down to the coping above
the second story and thence walked
along to the adjoining building.
Abraham Isenberg, a cutter, of 80
Allen street. employed by the Hilgert
Shoe Corporation, which owned the
store on the ground floor and occupied
one upper floor escaped in the same
way. twenty-five girls employed in the
offices of the Bureau of National Lit
erature, Inc, were able to use the fire
escapes to the rear court yard.
The damage was confined to the one
building. Tons of water were poured
into the Hilgert shoe store, causing n
heavy loss to stock and fixtures. Paint
ings valued at more than 5000 in Mr..
Harrisss studio are believed to have
been darnage badly. If not ruined. Mr..
Harriss had moved into his quarters
only yesterday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
DENIALS OF GUILT
IN SAND TRUST CASE
Four Corporations and Three
Men Make Pleas.

The four corporations and three OF the
eleven individuals indicted Wednesday
by the Federal Grand Jury in connec-
ton with an alleged conspiracy TO con-
troll the output. market and price of
sand and graved used in building con-
struction, entered pleas OF not guilty
yesterday before Judge Augustus N.
Hand In the United States District Court
They have until January ~ 70 demur.
The four corporations were the Goodwin
Gallagher Sand and Gravel Corporation,
81 East Fortieth street Manhattan Sand
Company. Inc, AIS East Forty-ninth
street; Lenox Sand and Gravel Com
pany. Inc, Hudson River and 157th
street Colonial Sand and Stone Com
pany. Gnc.. 643 West Flftieth street.
The individuals were John ]. Gallag-
her. vice-president OF the Goodwin-Gal-
la CHER corporation; Lawrence Rukeyser
president Of the Colonial company. and
Martin Lanigan OF Lanlgan Brothers.
In cases Of individuals bail was fixed at
$4,000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
TRIES KIND WORDS ON HORSE
Trnme Cop Kicked 10 Times for
His Efforts.

Prunejuice, an innocent looking truck
horse. driven by Walter Cook of 40
Horatio street, slipped and fell down
yesterday at Tenth avenue and Twenty
third street. The traffic cop on the cor
ner, Frank Menek. of 332 East Seventy
first street went over to help Cook drag
the animal to it's feet. "All that's
necessary TO quiet him." said Menek, sis
to speak TO him kindly"
These words were hardly out of his
mouth when Prunejuce kicked him, as
nearly as he can now recollect, fifteen
times on the left leg. Menek told the
doctor who patched up his bruises and
cuts at the New York Hospital that any
man who says that a horse Is the mos
intelligent of animals IL q taokasa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
COMPTROLLER DENIES
FRAUD IN BOND CASES
Answers Indictment Charges
Will Moue Dismissal.

Max u. Steuer, attorney for State
Comptroller Eugene NJ. Travis. issued a
statement yesterday In Mr.. Travis's be-
half in answer to the indictments which
charge Mr. Travis. Comptroller-elect
James A. Wendell and Albert o. Judson.
broker with larceny in connection with
the purchase of bonds for the State.
In his statement Mr.. Steuer expressed
confidence that Mr.. Travis would win
his fight for an inspection of the Grand
Jury minutes. In such event. he said, a
motion will be made to dismiss the in
dictments land to relieve Mr.. Travis
and his codefendants of the odlum of
these absolutely unfounded charges "
Mr.. Travis's term of office expires to-
day, whereupon Mr.. Wendell will ascend
from the post of Deputy Comptroller to
the position TO which he was elected last
month.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
SUGAR GOUGE CHARGED
TO CHAIN STORE HEADS
$I2,430 Profit Is Alleged on
Sale of $4,000 Pounds.

Joseph Reiter. director. and Lester b.
Evans, secretary of the Federal Food
Stores. Inc. which operates 112 stores
in New York city. were arraigned yes
terday before United States Commits
sioner Hitchcock on charges of prof.
teering. They were released on $1,000
bail pending examination set for next
Thursday.
According to Armin W. Riley. head
of the flying squadron of the Depart
ment of Justice, the men were arrested
on complaint of John S. Johnson, spe-
cial Government investigator, who al.
leges the Lever act was violated in the
sale of $4,000 pounds of sugar TO the
Shapiro Candy Company of Brooklyn.
II is alleged that they sold sugar at
2Ol5 cents pound that had cost them
9la cents a pound.
Mr.. Riley said that Mr.. Reiter made
the contract with tire candy company
at 201a cents when sugar was high. for
future delivery. and when the price
dropped insisted on holding the buyer
to the contract.
Mr.. Evans declared that the transac-
ton was a private one and in no way
involved the Federal Food stores. Inc.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
CANNED FOOD FATAL
TO 8 ON FREIGHTER
Half Iocasti's Crew Ill on Ar
rival at Quarantine From
Dunkirk.

The Greek freight steamship Ioeastl,
originally the British War Chariot, fin
ished her first ocean trip under the
Greek flag on Monday and anchored off
Quarantine to await inspection by the
Health Officer. She is from Dunkirk,
France and It is said that she took
aboard there a quantity of canned goods
for her crew She signalled on Wednes-
day night that she wanted immediate
medical assistance and one of the
Quarantine staff went to -ier and found
Chief Officer Nicholas D'Assan dead in
his berth and half the crew III.
Five sailors, who seemed to be near
death, were removed to the Staten Island
Hospital. where two. Spnus Focas and
Stats Anastopolus. died yesterday An
autopsy made by DR.. George Morr, medi-
cal examiner. showed that the death of
Chief officer d Assam was due to "botul-
ISM" which. while applied to poisoning
caused by eating decomposed sausage.
also may be ella ssified as plain "ptomaine
poisoning"
According to testimony taken last
night, the poisoning was due to canned
meat, which those who partook of II
praised so highly that the skipper, a
vegetarian, was tempted to break his
dietary rule and ask for morsel of the
supposed good stuff. He learned that
all of the six cans had been eaten. The
supply of fresh meat had been exhaust
ed on the trip and that Is why the
canned stuff, which had been In the
ships galley four months, was brought
out.
The other patients In the Staten
a.. !
Nicholas D'Amtesco, are In critical con-
dtion. Samples OF the canned and other
food served aboard the Iocasti were
taken by the Health Department for an
alysis and the legal bureau Of the de-
partment will investigate the case.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31

THE barbarities and atrocities prac-
tised by the Bolsheviki in their raids on
Poland are beyond description. The
American filters in the Kosciusko
Squadron carried small bottles of prussic
acid to escape the Chinese fortunes that
Lenine's army inflicted upon prisoners.
1.-THE ingenue of the biggest musical
hit playing In Vienna gets what amounts
to SO a week in American money. and
the secretary to the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs in Austria gets the equivalent Of
SIS a MONTH
The remedy for all this must come
from the outside. according to Mr.
Browne, and that means from America
First he says, there must be a real
ALLEGATION OF Americas economic armies
In economic armies as in any other there
must be organization and order. Men
left helpless by the collapse of industries
temporarily nonessential must be given
work in those which still have demand
for their products. During this move
ment there must be, II necessary, a dis
tribution of food for these men and their
dependents. For America her own prob
lens must come first, because only a
sound and healthy America can lead the
way to world reconstruction, of which
every one must now see the necessity.
Meanwhile the children of Central Eu-
rope starve. If no help comes by spring
they will be dead, and with them the
visions of those lands restored. Recon-
struction takes long time, but children
starve quickly.
80 it is a very simple question. Is
IL better to let these children die and the
civilization of Europe perish from the
earth? Or shall we. difficult as it may
be, supply for time the funds 10 save
them for themselves and the world?"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
COSTS 12O DAYS TO SAY
HE LIVES WITH JUDGE
Beggar Makes Mistake in
Picking Home Address.

A man who gave his name as William
Hart was arraisned yesterday before
Magistrate Thomas j. Nolan In Tombs
Court, charged with soliciting aims at
Park place and Broadway.
Where do you live?" asked the Mag
istrate.
AT Madison street." was the reply.
Are you sure about that?"
well. l guess I know where live"
the man answered. II was brought up
in the same neighborhood with Gov
smith,
Then it might interest you to know"
said Magistrate Nolan, that I live at
Madison street, and I've been living
there a good many years.
He sentenced Hart to the workhouse
for four months.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
3 HURT IN ELEVATOR FALL.

An elevator with six passengers was
leaving the ground floor In the office
building Mt ISL Fourth avenue yesterday
afternoon when the cable suddenly
slackened and the car dropped fifteen
feet into the basement. Three persons
we're injured In the fall.
Eugene Sneathers. 30, Of 247 Belleville
avenue. Newark, and Thomas Stewart,
81. Of ass st. Johns place. Brooklyn,
were taken TO Bellevue Hospital sheath
erss skull was fractured and Stewards
right leg broken Doris Deri OF 1853
Morristown road. Elizabeth N. j., suf-
fered a sprained ankle.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
BRONX SHERIFF QUITS.
T. II. O'NeiI lis Appointed i'm the
Place of DonneIIy.

James r. Donnelly, who was defeated
for Justice of the Supreme Court at
the last general elections, sent his
resignation as Sheriff of Bronx county
TO Gov. Smith yesterday. The resig-
nation was accepted and Gov. Smith
designated Thomas III. O'Neil. Under
Sheriff, to the vacant office. Sheriff
O'Neil will serve until December 81,
1921
Mr. Donnelly said he would resume
private law practice. He was elected
Sheriff in 1917. His salary as Sheriff
was $4,000 a year.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
PUTS SPOUSE IN JAIL,
THEN BEGS HIM OUT
Owes $4,000 for Using Bad
Language, However.

John Saleeby of 292 Clinton street,
Brooklyn. throws a wicked vocabulary,
according TO his wife, Nazera. Mrs.
Saleeby had John arrested on the
charge that ne struck her last Thurs
day. Yesterday she begged Magistrate
Reynolds. in the Adams street court
TO give her husband another chance to
be good.
1--WE have nm agreement between us
that every time he uses a bad word
he must pay me So she said. "and he
now owes me 5000. But IL you'll let
him off this time, your Honor I'm sure
he will stop"
~ have no sympathy with wife beat
ers." said the Magistrate. II ought TO
send him 10 Jail, where he would be fed
on bread and water. but I'll suspend
sentence and put tho man on probation
for six months"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
cow Halls TROLLEY CAR.
Is Badly Damaged, as Also lis Her
Ownem

Harry Palonsky of 400 Pennsylvania
avenue, Brooklyn. was leading his COW
along Snedecker avenue yesterday when
she suddenly recollected a date. or some
thing, broke loose and galloped down
the road. on the New Lots road trolley
tracks she suddenly decided to stand
right there while she thought 1t all over.
Palonsky caught up and argued with
her. lat not in time. a trolloy arrived
at the same minute.
Both are doing as we'll as could be
expected. Palonsky's face and head were
cut up, while the COW is wounded In her
front and hind legs and in her deepest
feelings She dislikes the motorman.
John Prunibera, of 544 Ralph avenue, In.
tensely.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
NEW FIRM OF ACCOUNTANTS

Articles OF Incorporation have been
filed at Albany for the firm Of Stone,
a Esterhazy e. Veeck, Inc, public ac-
countants at gas West Nineteenth street
Edmund N. Stone is president. Paul o.
d'Esterhagy vice president and Herman
J. veeck secretary and treasurer. Mr..
Stone was at one time comptroller for
CASTOR. Williams & Wigmore. Inc. The
two others also were connected of one
time with that corporation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
Calder Presents Bill
for a Housing Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-A
new bureau, that of con-
struction and housing, would be
established in the Department
of Commerce, under joint reso-
luton introduced to-day by SEN
ator Calder, Republican, of New
York, and Representative Tink-
ham, Republican, of Massachu-
sets.
The director of the bureau
would receive $4,000 year and
he would assist in establishing
uniform building regulations
over the country and lend other
aid to a revival of home building.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31

in army uniforms who plumber and rob
and whose authority is self-assumed.
"Rumania and Jugo-Slavia are full OF
food, and If the Entente does not open
those boundaries soon the military will
"An Esthonian has a horse and a
Latvian plough. but they can't get to-
gether. The Esthonian will outlast the
Latyian because he can eat his horse.
but the Latvian can't digest his plough
I'm Vienna they are selling brand
of beer called "Kroner." That's because
they use a kroner note for a label be-
cause its cheaper to do that than have
labels printed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
Rumnnia Has Plenty.

Relief cannot be expected in compe-
tent measure. Mr.. Browne believes, until
a. reimbursement of international boun-
daries il made along economic lines, or
some adjustment of exchange values
that will permit of the free flow of food
stuffs and the easy exchange OF manu-
featured articles. Austria and Hungary.
while full of idle factories. are starving.
while Rumania is OVERLOOKING with food
and oil. Coal to operate the railways TO
move the foodstuffs from one country to
another Is the prime necessity, but. he
asks: How are the striker countries to
pay for coal when their money Is no
good?
Mr.. Browne sketched some isolated
phases that came under his observation,
but which illustrate conditions that he
said are fairly general throughout the
countries he visited.
THE people of Vienna and Budapest
who would work are prevented because
they've got no clothes to go to work In.
Those that have must sleep in their
clothes or take chances OF having them
stolen.
"yienna Is crowded with $4,000 func-
tionaries with nothing to do. Everybody
wants authority of some sort. so thou
sands go out and patrol the boundaries
and rob peasants of footstuffs wherever
they can.
a government they want they'll tell you
they want a good king. Send us an
American king they say. some one who
can straighten our money out for U.S..
"The cities of Vienna and Budapest
are overlooking with thugs and criminals
Arizona republican., 1920-08-15
FOR sALE-HoUSEs Buy Now and Save - Rent

$55pO for a good four-room frame ~Dhouse, good bath and porch. old cAshade, lights, water and gas; 5000 =" cash, balance.
 s4Z50 gets a good 4-room and bath and IT ! screen; good corner; part cash. TET50 IS a real cheap price for this good five-room prick p. D.. located - northeast on a corner rot; has Hardwood floors and built-in fea ahtures; 5000 cash, balance easy. s4500 will buy new tile F. D. house, with rooms. bath and large screen; built-in features, and To- cated on pavement; 5000 cash, balance like rent.
 5000, with, only 5000 of it cash. for a good four-room brick house. with r bath and screen, hardwood floors wand built-in features; terms on Et balance
 s5750 for a two-story house, with 2 ss1rooms and bath; fruit, flowers and ~seshade; northeast; and terms. East Willetta, where every one wants to live; four rooms, bath and 2 = = screens; hardwood floors, built-in features. shade and garage, on the ss pavement; a snap at s6250; terms = on part
 West WiIletta is another good one. New house with four rooms, bath -and 3 screens: hardwood floors, p1@built-in features and real home; ~-al1 for $S500; better hurry Swell home on East Moreland, with s five lovely rooms, bath and two ~.screens; nice basement; fine big E-lot, on the pavement; everything rkup-to- the minute. Why not look at this. Only sS500, with terms. If you have any property to sell or exchange, list same with me. I get results.
 ei SEE RAY SMITH, WITH Stewart Realty Go. 17-1West Adams Phone 1897
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