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New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

a sort Of reinstatement in the good
graces Of the Partisan of the house
of Drecoll, which has been somewhat
criticized owing to the fact that it
formerly was an Austrian organiza-
ton, the parent house originating in
Vienna. But being able to substan
tiate its claim of English and French
ownership, this house weathered the
storm of criticism and is now in
full favor.
The costumes made for the plav
"L'Air de Paris" are very typical of
the work of the house of Drecoll.
which has catered more or less to
conservative taste, while at the same
time giving all it's creations the
Partisan touch so essential to sue
cessful local operations. The clothes
made for this piece are just such as
the smart Parisienne herself wears.
and are in no sense eccentric theat-
rical things.
Vivid Hats Top
Costumes of Gray
EXTREMELY typical is an after
noon dress shown at the left Of
this page. 1t emphasizes the con-
tinued popularity of pleatings and
the taste for the cape wrap in har
mony with the dress. The model is
developed in gray serge and gray
crepe de chine. Both the skirt and
the cape are of sun-pleated serge.
while the tunic bodice or top of the
dress is Of gray crepe de chine of
exactly matching shade embroidered
in black, the pattern being both light
and heavy. There is a narrow line
Of black embroidery at the bottom of
the skirt. The collar is of blue fox.
AS a striking contrast the hat ac-
companying this toilette is in one
Of the vivid copper or rust browns.
In this instance a very high tone of
coppery pink is used.
Green is apparently a favorite
color, as evidenced in a dress of
white cloth with a lovely matching
mantle lined with vivid green and
trimmed with black and silver en-
brolderics. This is completed by a
small tricorne hat having a split
brim in the same flashing jewel-like
green. You will find this model on
the figure second from the right in
the sketch,
Some in Black
And Some in Gray
EXTREMELY modest in coloring
and smart in line is a model of
black and gray crepe de chine with
lovely embroideries and soutache
braiding, which on the gray are
done in black and on the black in
gray. An important note in the
completion Of this toilette is the
vivid toque made of velvet and
wings in deep green, a turquoise
green shade which makes startling
but interesting contrast to the sober
gray and black of the dress.
Callot is showing a number Of
grays in her winter line, and some
OF her most successful dresses are
IN this demure tone. An ideal dress
developed in gray velours de laine
with trimmings of black astrachan
1ur and black embroidery is shown
al the extreme right of this page.
The fur forms the close-fttinp choker
collar and the wristbands. 1t also
straps the front Of the oblong,
square-cornered vest. Down the
center arc Uncovered buttons, and
between the lines Of fur are en-
broideries In black. One of Callot's
smartest customers wears this with a
double silver fox boa and a gray
1elt hat trimmed with curled aigrettc
IN vivid green. Again note the com
bination of gray and green.
Paris Puts Great
Stress on Lace
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

small, round turbans and coronets
almost entirely with these feathers
which form a fringe not unlike.
monkey fur but softer and more re-
fined looking. The proper adjust
nlent of these delicate breast feathers
is to have them practically cover the
top and sides of small turban and
hang in fringelike ornaments over
the ears. Marie Crozet is using
these feathers very successfully in
dark blue on close-titting turbans Of
dark blue velvet.
Iurbans Covered
With Feather Fringe
'E'HE great vogue for lace is not
confined to dresses. 1t was law
ishly used on autumls hats end 10
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
The Cape Wrap

A LII Of Paris has been laugh
~ ing over a play called
q "L'Air de Paris" in which
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
DECLARES FIGHT ON
TICKET SPECTATORS
State Senator Walters Will
Seek to Gust Them.

state Senator J. Henry Walters. who
recently became connected with the
atrical organization i'm this city. made il
known yesterday that he was after the
scalp of the ticket SPECTATOR. Mr..
Walters is highly incensed over the tao
tics employed by the spectators in
Broadway, and says he is going to APP
peal TO the Board Of Aldermen TO help
the theatrical profession stamp out the
nuisance"
THE ticket Spectator i'm this city
would bring the blush of shame to the
citizens of a third rate town." the Sena-
tor said. "To walk along Broadway in
the theatrical district Is like going
through the old midway of Coney Island.
It is a disgrace to New York and should
be stopped"
f. II. La Guardia, President Of the
Board OF Aldermen. favors an ordinance
that would stop ticket Specializing. Mr..
Walters declared Thus far tho law
has protected the Spectator IN his
work." he added despite anything the
Aldermen have done to protect the public
from gouging. So FAR as the barking
is concerned it certainly is a nuisance
and disgrace but | believe it is ques-
ton for police enforcement"
The committee on public welfare OF
the Board Of Aldermen has been con-
sdering since early summer a draft of
an ordinance introduced by Alderman
Charles J. Moore, Republican, Brooklyn.
This measure would provide that the
only place theatre tickets might be pur-
chased would be at the theatre box office.
and would make 1t compulsory for the
theatre management 10 display a large
diagram so ticket buyers could see where
their seats were located
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
TRIAL OF CONDUCTOR
FOR THEFT DELAYED
Accused Says Time Wasn't
GiUen Him to Ring Fares.

Thomas Kelly. or-motorman-
cashier on one of the municipal one
man surface cars on Staten Island, was
arraigned yesterday in the police court
at Stapleton on charge that his ring
ing of the register was very weak.
Grover Whalen, Commissioner of Plant
and Structures, complainant in the case,
sale that he wanted no nickel snatching
on any of the city lines and asked that
the hearing proceed without delay.
But there was a technical error IN the
form of the complaint and Magistrate
Croak ado lrned the proceedings until
December q. Mr.. Whalen started a
spirited argument against the postp me
ment, saying that the matter was Of too
much Importance to suffer a delay. He
said that since Kelly's arrest the earn
ings of tie company had increased.
Counsc. for the motJrnan said that
no crime was committed. because al the
time OF his clients arrest he had not
been given an opportunity to ring up
fares he had collected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
METUCHEN POST OFFICE
ROBBED; $4,000 GONE
Money Box of Express Com
pony Also Looted.

Bandits early yesterday morning
robbed the post office and the office of
the American Railway Express Company
at Metuchen, N. j., and then broke into
the real estate office of Edgar Campbell,
adjoining the post office. From the post
office safe, after batterng the combina-
tion to pieces with a sledge hammer. the
burglars stole between $1,000 and S10.-
900 in cash and stamps, and from the
express company they stole an iron
money box which is believed to have con-
tanned several thousand dollars The
box was found I'm the street a few blocks
from the scene of the robbery Day be-
fore Yesterday the bandits broke into
several freight cars in the Metuchen
yards and stole n considerable quantity
of goods.
The greatest loot obtained by the gang
was in the post office The bandits broke
a lock on the back door OF the building.
and then battered the combination of The
safe, after first closing a door that shut
II off from the sight of persons in the
street. The fact that the door was
closed was discovered by James Farrell.
post office employee. as he passed the
building at 3 o'clock IN the morning. He
notified the police, who found that the
entire office had ben ransacked, with
money order and postal savings blanks
and stamps gone. In robbing the ex-
press company the burglars ripped an
iron bar off rear window
Holdup men believed to belong TO the
same gang robbed seven members of the
Palisades Township Community Club at
Petersburg. obtaining several hundred
dollars
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
G. O. p. WOMEN DEMAND
EQUAL VOICE ON BOARDS
Hays Would Double All State
Committees.

Republican women State leaders of
the Eastern Division met yesterday in
the Republican Club in West Fortieth
street and declared for equal represen-
tation on all State committees of their
party. Will Hays, national chairman,
who addressed the gathering, number
ing fifty said he favored the doubling Of
all political committees of States by
the appointment of an equal number of
the recently enfranchised to serve with
the men.
The meeting, which was presided over
by Mrs. Arthur l.. Livermore, director
OF the Eastern Division. also outlined
an educational programme, which will
be adopted in every State and will be
Statewide. Education will be along
the lines of organization. history of the
party and practical politics. it was
suggested that an exchange of speakers
between states be arranged.
Among the State leaders present were
Mrs. Guy Gannett of Maine, Mrs. Charles
Sumner Bird of Massachusetts. Mrs.
Barclay Warburton of Pennsylvania,
Mrs. Samuel Prentice OF Connecticut
Mrs Edward S. Moulton of Rhode
Island, Mrs Lillian Feickert of New
Jersey, ard Mrs l. W. Jones of Della
ware. The women had luncheon at the
club, and continued their conference
through the afternoon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
TWO SARATOGA MEN
CONFESS GAMBLING
Proprietor of Indian Head
Tavern Pays 81, 200 Fine
Jail Term Suspended.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y, Dec. 10
John p DENIM, proprietor of the Indian
Head Tavern, pleaded guilty to-day TO
the Indictment by the Extraordinary
Grand Jury charging him with being the
proprietor of a gambling house and with
being a common gambler. Supreme Court
Justice Van Kirk at the County Court
House sentenced him TO serve six months
in jail and pay fine of $1,000. Inc
Jail sentence was suspended during good
behavior.
Elmer Latus of Albany, charged with
being a common gambler, also pleaded
guilty and was fined $500
Both DENIM and Latus were taken
before Justice Van Kirk in John Doe
proceedings, where they remained up To
a late hour this afternoon. No intor-
nation regarding the testimony OF either
was forthcoming from Deputy Attorney
General Wyman S. Bascom, who is pros
ecuting the cases of alleged vice ana
gambling in Saratoga county.
Latus, according to the Deputy Attor-
ney-General. has furnished the prosecu-
ton with material informa ton" during
the past few days, and. according to Mr..
Bascom, he (Latus) has promised to be
of material aid during the trial of several
other defendants"
Abram (Rachie) Brown. who was ar
rested upon a bench warrant In New
York city several weeks ago and subse-
quently released in $500 bail. pleaded
not guilty to two counts when arraigned
before Justice Van Kirk. The indictment
charged him with being an accessory to
felony and with conspiracy to defeat
justice. The conspiracy count involves
the alleged transaction between Brown,
julius Formel, City Judge Michael r.
McTygue and District Attorney Charles
b. Andrus.
At the adjournment of court this after
noon Mr.. Bascom announced that the
bookmaking cases of Saratoga Springs
would be moved for trial tomorrow
morning. Among the defendants are
James c. Fennell, William NJ. Doherty.
Matthew Byrnes, Alfred Duval and AL
fred PEPPER
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
MISS HAY AGAIN HEADS
WOMEN VOTERS LEAGUE
Other Officers Elected in An
nuoI Convention.

Miss Mary Garnet Hay was reelected
last night the big boss Of the New
York city League OF Women Voters at
its annual convention In the headquar-
tiers. 81 West Thirty-ninth street. Other
officers on the successful ticket are:
First vice president. Mrs. +. Louis Slade;
second ice-prcsdent, Mrs. Richard Al
drich: third vice-presdent. Mrs Fred
erick Crawford: fourth vice-president.
Mrs Elon Hooker; fifth vice-president.
Miss Rosina Hoyt; sixth vice-president.
Mrs f. Robertson Jones; seventh Vice
president, Mrs. Thomas Leeming; re-
cording secretary. Mrs. Thomas b.
Wells corresponding secretary, Miss
Alkaline w Sterling; treasurer, Mrs
Herbert Pratt
The borough directors are; Manhattan,
Miss Edith Morgan: Brooklyn. Mrs.
Alice Parker Hutchins; Queens. Miss
Eliza Macdonald: Richmond Mrs.
Charles II. Simonson. Bronx, Miss Edith
Bayreuter. The borough chairmen are:
Manhattan Mrs. Charles Tiffany; Brook
Ign, Mrs. George hoffman Queens, Mrs.
Alexander Trowbridge; Richmond, Mrs.
William @. Wilcox: Bronx. Mrs. Halsey
Wilson.
After the election Miss Hay and Mrs.
Tiffany outlined the future plans Of the
league.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
INSANITY WILL BE
WILLERS'S DEFENCE
Alleged German Spy Is on
Trial at Fort Jay for Desert
ing From L. S. Army.
SIX WITNESSES HEARD
Some Testify to Theft Charge
and Others to Prisoners
Confession
SIX WITNESSES HEARD

Insanity will be the defence offered by
former Capt. John A. Wiliers. alleged
German spy who was put on trial yes
terdav before a court-martial at Fort
Law charged with deserving the United
States Army in December, 1918, and
stealing Sc. 900 from his company's funds.
Willers was arrested in front OF the
Public Library last Tuesday when recog-
nized by former Lieutenant in his COM
pany. In the East Ffty-flrst street sta
ton. the police say, he told remarkable
story of German espionage and OF pelns
sent to this country by the GerfnansGoV-
eminent to join the army and betray ms
command. Later Willers denied these
statements. .,
Judge Advocate Major W. A. Turnbull
is prosecuting the case. Willers is de-
Tended by Lieut.. Col. w. Doane. VINO SAID
the defence would be insanity. In eN-
planning the defence. Col Doane re-
marked He was a rollicking good sol
der and his accounts were perfect until
he disappeared. Then his mind went
blank all Of a sudden worrying about his
family. who we're then living near Dan
zig, in Poland"
At the opening Of the trial half dozen
witnesses were heard including former
members of the regiment in which WIZ
lers served. Sydney =. Howell of 30
Hanson street, Brooklyn a clerk in the
National Bank of Commerce, testif1ed he
was a First Lieutenant under Willers IN
the Forty-eighth Infantry, and recounted
the circumstances surrounding Willers
disappearance, which occurred exactly
two wears before his arrest.
Wilers left Camp Sewer, near Green
vile. S. c.. December 7, 1918. Howell
said After he had been gone two days
Howell became suspicious and examined
Willers's personal effects. In a trunk
he found number of pay envelopes the
Captain had collected for sick soldiers
They had been opened and the money
taken out. The witness said he also
found charred remains of Liberty bono
receipts Willers held for soldiers.
Howell also testified that he was
member of the board of officers who IN
vestigated the case and learned thai
$4,000 of the company's funds had been
drawn from the Greenville bank.
Charles r. Hardin, LAG Bigelow street
Newark, another former Lieutenant with
the Intelligence Service at Camp Sewer
testified he had listed Willers as de-
serter and had notified the police.
Other witnesses described Willers's ar
rest and the sensational confession nc
made to the police. The trial was al
journed until the prosecution can set
certain documents that hitherto have not
been available.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
USED U. S. FLAG IN IRELAND.

The Rev. Father James Delahunty OF
san Francisco. who arrived yesterday
by the Cunarder Kaiserln Auguste Vic
toria. expressed his surprise that the
display of the American flag from tho
automobile in which he was travelling
in Ireland did not prevent the police
from searching It at frequent intervals.
He brought back 100 photographs to
be used as lantern slides to show the
results of reprisals by the Black and
Tans In Ireland. He is strong for the
Independence of Ireland.
The Hon. j. G. White of Belfast, who
also arrived on the Cunarder, had a
point of view different from that of
Father Delahunty. lie said "The
north of Ireland will never consent to
the partition of ireland from th~ Brit
ish Empire. The war cemented Eng.
land and the Dominions. and the dis
turblng element in Ireland will do well
to remember that they are fighting the
whole British Empire and not England
alone"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
CHINESE FLEE FROM SHIP;
BATTLE RICHMOND POLICE
Thiry-ive Coolies Reach Borough Hail. After Dodg"
ing Custom Guards-Shots Fired and Oriental
Skulls Cracked in Half Hour Struggle.

a desire TO quit their jobs on the
freighter Washington Maru and take
their chances on getting other jobs in
chop suey shops and laundries ashore
moved thirty-five Chinese coolies TO
rush the custom guards on the Ameri-
can Dock Terminal, Tompkinsville,
Staten Island, last night, and seek a
hiding place in Staten Islands Borough
Hall They were at the doors of the
Borough Hall when the custom men and
fifteen policemen overlook them, and
after battle marched them back to the
ship.
Wong Tong, first mate of the freighter
was on the bridge when a shout from
a guard at the gangway warned him
that trouble was breaking. He turned
in time to see and dodge an iron bar
that someone had flung at him from an
open hatch As he started down the
bridge ladder, the coolies rushed up from
the focastle. Each was armed with an
iron bar and knocking Tong to one side
they ran for the side next the pier.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
HELD IN THEFT OF
S1,1OO AND WHISKEY
Newark Man Accused of Fraud
in Withdrawal Of Ten
Barrels.

grand larceny charge involving ten
barrels Of whiskey and $1100 in money
came before Judge Humphrey in the
Queens County Court, Long Island City.
yesterday when Allan Kirphmann, 81
Jackson street, Newark, was arraigned
on the complaint of julius Link, proprie-
tor Of the Astoria Casino Link claims
that on July 80 Kirphmann got from
him a certificate permitting him to with
draw the whiskey from a bonded ware
house and money with which to pay me
necessary tax upon the booze. Link says
the whiskey belonged to him and he has
not seen the money or the certificate
since.
The information explains that Kirph-
mann represented himself as having au~
thority, under 100000 bond. from the
prohibition director in Newark 70 make
Withdrawals of liquor from bonded
warehouses.
Kirphmann pleaded not guilty yester-
day and was released under $4,000 bail.
Nine violators of the Volstead law
were sentenced yesterday to Jail terms
ranging from thirty days to six months
by Judge Bodine in the United States
District Court in Newark Edward
Franceshino. "a Ellison street, was SEN
fenced to six months in the Essex county
penitentiary. Other sentences ranged
downward.
Police entered the cafe of Otto SchuiI,
412 George street, New Brunswick, n. j.
Saturday with warrant to arrest AL
bert Johnson, an employee. accused Of
selling liquor. In the back room they
say they found Schuk selling whiskey
from dumbwaiter. After taking Schuk
to the station they were informed john
son was selling liquor in the cafe. John
son was arrested. They were both held
for the Grand Jury.
Five men charged with violating the
Volstead law were held in $1,000 bail
each by United States Commissioner
Hennessy in Brooklyn for a hearing.
They were John Berman. owner. and
Eric Frank. bartender, at 2572 Fulton
street; John Bulat. owner, and John
Fumeman. bartender. at 500 Third ave-
nue. and Louis Stoncah. Broadway Bou-
levard and Messing avenue. Jamaica.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
TRADESMAN CAPTURES
WOULD-BE GUNMAN
Turns Tables on Bandit, but
Gets Cash on Head.

Hyman Nankas was alone in his shoe
store at 667 Kelly street, The Bronx. last
night when a young man walked in and
levelled a gun at his head.
Put up your hands and come across
with your money" demanded the stran-
ger.
Its in the rear" said Nankas, turn
ing as il to fetch il.
Instead, however, he watched his
chance to catch the gunman off guard
and grappled with him. Nankas got a
bad blow on the head with the pistol
but he succeeded in wrestling it from
his assailant.
Now it's your turn" he said. "Put
up your hands and be thankful 1 don't
blow the top of your head off,
Nankas took to the Simpson street
station a prisoner who said he was Rob-
ert Williams. q years old. He was
charged with assault and attempted
robbery. Then Nankas went to a doctor
TO have his head patched up.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
FOOD EXPERT HELPS
RUMELY'S DEFENCE
DR.. Barnard Tells How Eve
ming MALI Conducted Cam
paign for Conservation.

The defence In the trial of DR.. Edward
A. Rumely. formerly publisher of the
EvcninO Mail. ended yesterday in the
United states District Court. DIR. Rune
Iy, recalled to the stand. read several
editorials and excerpts from articles pub
lished in the EreuinJ Mail during his
control. relating to preparedness and
his opposition to German submarine war
fare.
DIR. H. e. Barnard formerly Food
Administrator of Indiana, testified in be-
half of DR. Rumely He said that the
EUe1tin1 Aau was the first newspaper In
the country to foster n programme for
food conservation. He testified that UNI
der the direction of DR. Rumely he wrote
a series of articles which were published
in the Evening Mail and conducted in
1916 food conservation campaign. The
campaign was started several months
before Herbert Hoover organized and
assumed leadership OF the Food Admin
istration.
Several kilograms and other COM
munications that passed between the
Department Of State and the American
Embassy, in London in 1914. 1915 and
1916, were read into the court record
by Frederick Powell of counsel for
Dr. Rumely. The contents related to
objections of the American Secretary
of State to the seizure of vessels dur
ing the British blockade and to inter-
ference with mail by British censors
While on the stand DR.. Rumely testi-
fled that when Germany and England
were at war his sympathies were with
Germany because Of the English
blockade He was asked IL his attitude
toward Englan1 at present was the
same, he replied:
1.-THE important thing to bring about
is to consolidate European nations only
under the leadership of America, Eng
land and Germany. The paramount
issue to-day is to wipe out hostilities
of the nations and bring about CO.
operation Of the nations"
Frederick Knowles and John 70. Gull
len, both of whom served as manag-
ing editors of the Evenin1 Mail under
the regime of DIR. Rumely, were called
to the stand. Cullen testified that he
had objected on occasions to articles
which he believed were pro-Gerinan
and voiced his objection to Dr. Rune
ly. He was asked by stephen G. Bald
win. attorney for Rumely, whether he
| held any grievance against the de-
/ PENDANT He replied that 'he was sore
at DR.. Rumely at one time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14

Custom guards drew revolvers and
tried TO brighten them. but they paid no
attention and slid down ropes to the
pier Joining hands they ran shouting
along the face of the pier, turned inshore
and finally reached Marietta street.
There two policemen were pushed aside
and the escape began to look promising.
A telephone call to the Stapleton
police station brought Capt Quirk and
Sergeant Ainogue and "A dozen cops.
The coolies We're out of sight when the
motor patrol reached the dock, but the
reserves followed the throng of COM
muters running in the direction of the
Borough Hail. They found the escaped
Chinese trying to open the doors. The
fight that followed lasted half an hour,
and the coolies were constantly breaking
their way out Of the police ring and try
ing to lose themselves in the crowd. The
police used clubs and revolver butts to
subdue them and finally lined them up
for the march back to the boat.
According to Wong Tong. the mate,
young Chinese boarded the ship sun
day and excited the crew with long
harangue on life in Chatham square.