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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
COAL OUTLOOK HERE
GREATLY IMPROVED
Shortage Denied by Dealer
and Price Is Headed
Downward.

Improvement In the local coal situa-
ton by December is foreseen by one
New York firm so far as supply goes,
but the firm does not consider 1t likely
that prices will be materially reduced.
Yet by October Is this firms prices on
family coar' probably will have de-
creased almost 10 per cent. since Sep
TENDER /. On that date the price was
S14.75 a ton. For the first two weeks
Of September the price was s14.75 ton.
for the last two weeks in September si4
and for he first fortnight IN October It
will be rrobo bly, $3.50.
rho reduction is due 10 the increased
supply of coal cars, which has made
nossible more deliveries of coal con-
tra cted for. The firm cannot say
whether the increase In available cars
will continue indefinitely and cannot
predict prices for the last fortnight in
October.
1t is expected that because shipments
to the West will then practically have
ceased, early or middle December will
see plenty of coal In New York. At
present most of the family coal that is
mined In the East is shipped to Buffalo
for reshipment via the great lakes. a
good deal OFT is shipped from Buffalo
to Duluth. where 1t is stored for further
distribution later. November 25 is the
deadline for coal shipments to the West,
after which navigation and transporta-
ton become increasingly difficult. There
after New York will get more coal
Yet the experience Of the president OF
this company. he saye, is that the coal
shortage In New York is exaggerated.
He says nobody Is absolutely out of coal.
but that In many cases the reserve stocks
are not so large as usual He blames
what shortage there is on large exporta-
lions TO Europe. strikes and confused
facilities.
Lewis Nixon. Public Service Commits
sioner is going to try TO prevent an
other scare next winter because OF
coal shortage of the traction and light
ing companies. He sent word yesterday
to all local utility corporations to APP
pear at a hearing in his office Monday
afternoon to explain how much coal
they have In storage and under con-
tract.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
NEGRO HOLDUP MAN
TAKEN AFTER FIGHT
Two Detectives and Their AS
sistant Battle Long with
Huge Opponent.

negro feet inches in height
brought to bay at the edge of small
lake in Bronx Park at noon yesterday
following holdup endeavored TO fight
lone battle with two detectives. Two
o; his companions ran, but as the de-
tectives came up in an automobile the
negro. John Costello. stood his ground
and, It was said, began blazing away
with an automatic.
Detective William +. Fallon jumped
out of the automobile with the bullets
singing around his head. He fired five
shots from his own weapon. none OF
which took effect and the weapon
jammed. Feigning he had been shot
Fallon plunged forward almost at the
negro's feet. and rolled down the short
embankment into the lake.
The negro, believing this scored one
notch in his revolver stock. started for
Detective Arthur johnson. who had been
waiting. weapon drawn, in the automo-
bile. Johnson ducked behind the car
seat as a barricade and shot seven
times Costello escaped all the shots.
Fallon crawling bedraggled out OF the
lake, leaped on him from behind and
crashed his revolver butt against the
mans skull so hard the weapon broke
In his hand.
Costello went down for n moment, but
got up again and battled on. Johnson
and n negro. with whom the detectives
had been riding. Benjamin Winter Of
s74 Paulding street. The Bronx. Joined
in. One of the blows knocked Costello
over the lake rim and his head went
under. Before the detectives could pull
him out he had swallowed considerable
water.
The account OF the holdup was given
by Thomas ]. Dudgean. so years old. an
inspector for the Title Guarantee and
Trust Company living at 249 East 203d
street. The Bronx branch OF the trust
company is at $40 East 1851 street.
Dudgeon was taking a stroll in the park
at lunch time.
Near Goldfish Lake bridge he was
held up BY three negroes and forced into
the shrubbery. Costello. he said. stood
guard. while the two smaller negroes
worked. They took s20.S3 In cash. his
watch and a woman's watch and chain.
The men then started away. At that
moment, the detectives. on tour of the
park for Just such an eventuality. came
within halling distance. Dudgeon
shouted and fed Immediately. leaving
the detectives to take charge OF the
situation.
Costello was described as a stone cut
ter, living at 649 Crescent avenue, The
Bronx. His condition was reported criti-
cal nj Fordhfm Hospital
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
CALLS JUSTICE UNFIT
TO SIT AT HIS TRIAL
Chicago Man Makes a Nervy
Demand at Hearing for
Criminal Anarchy.

A record display Of nerve. though
perhaps not one OF discretion, opened
the trial yesterday In the criminal
branch Of the Supreme Court. Of Isaac
r. Ferguson and Charles =. Ruthen-
berg, indicted in November 1919, with
James Larkin. Irish agitator, on charges
OF criminal anarchy.
Ferguson who is a Chicago lawyer,
In the capacity OF attorney for himself
and Ruthenberg faced Justice Barlow
5 Weeks who presided, and calmly
read a long motion for the postpone
ment of the trial until the next term.
He made the motion on the ground that
Justice Weeks entertained such bias
and prejudice against him as to make
it impossible for the Justice to preside
over the trial in an impartial manner.
At the conclusion Of the reading of
the affidavit Justice Weeks promptly
denied the motion and declared that
there was no basis Of fact for the ac-
cusation. He also denied a motion to
dismiss the Indictment on the ground
that the facts stated in it did not con-
stitute a crime.
Citing previous trials for criminal
anarchy over which Justice Weeks pre-
sided. Ferguson stated in his afTidavit:
AT both these trials the court per-
SOnally look part IN the examination
of witnesses in such a manner and to
such an extent as to take over, in large
measure, the function of prosecuting at
torney. making impossible any due ju-
dicial consideration OF the questions of
the materially and propriety Of the
evidence. This occurred in connection
with the examination of practically
every witness who appeared in these
trials"
Ferguson also charged that tho court
examined witnesses in the previous
trials on matters not bearing on the
issues of the trial. the examinations
constituting "the deliberate use of one
trial to prepare for another" and that
the questioning was conducted '"with the
utmost severity Of q prosecutors cross
examination, indicating forcibly a
hostile. unjudicial attitude toward the
defendant then on trial and toward
prospective defendants in future
criminal anarchy cases"
When the court adjourned yesterday
afternoon only one talesman had been
examined. and no Sror had been chosen.
The great length OF examination Of the
solitary talesman by both Ferguson and
the prosecutor, Assistant District At
torney Alexander I. Rorke. indicates
that # may take the rest OF the week
to fill the jury box.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
SEES GERMAN BLOW
AT u. S. IN SHIP PACT
Clegg Says Hdrrir,an Agree
n1ent Has Joker.

The controversy over the agreement
entered into by the American Ship and
Commerce Corporation. OF which w. A.
Hartman is president, and the Ham
burg american Line was continued yes
teTday by a further attack upon the
agreement by Alfred Il. Clegg. vice
president OF the Kerr Steamship Com
pany. Mr.. Hartman. who made public
the text OF the agreement yesterday.
had no further comment.
Mr. Clegg sees In that clause Of the
contract which gives 20 the Hamburg
American Line the right TO establish
freight rates between Germany and
ports outside the United States, with
due regard to the conditions of the
trade" an opportunity for Germany 10
strike a hard blow at American trade
He thinks that just as soon as Germany
has rehabilitated her shipping strength
by means OF this agreement she will be
able TO use IL much TO her benefit and
our discontinue.
Foreseeing that Shipping Board vessels
may later be operated under the contract.
Mr.. Clegg said
'"The spirit OF equity is absent from the
whole undertaking. The second para
graph OF section 10 states that should
there be inequities n revision OF such
q greements viii be made'-nothing oblig-
atory. no vehicle in a twenty year con-
tract tor arriving at a desired conclu
fion no penalty What may be looked
for IN FIVE or ten years when, all the
pioneer work having been done. the con-
tract Is getting a little irksome 20 one OF
the parties?"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
noozE CASES ON DOCKET.

More than ESQ cases, good part Of
them involving alleged liquor violations.
were on the calendar In the criminal
branch Of the Federal Court in Brooklyn
yesterday. when Judge Edwin b..
Thomas Of Connecticut opened tho Oc-
tobcr term. u was said there never was
n calendar SO crowded.
Included among the liquor cases that
viii g. to trial is that " William r.
Tiernan. brother Of Judge Herman OF
the Richmond County Court The Tier
nan trial viii begin on October 20.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
GIVES HIMSELF UP AS
SLAYER AND DESERTER
Jersey Prisoner Says He SIeU
Customs Guard.

John Ferber, who described himself
as a Canadian, was locked up in Jersey
City last night following the telling OF
a remarkable story in which he said
he was deserter from the Royal North
west Mounted Police and a murderer as
well. Pending the reception from Og
densburg. N. Y, of information about
the death of a United States custom
guard. Ferber will be detained as a
fugitive from justice.
Policeman Pope of the Communipaw
avenue station was near the station
house when Ferber walked up to him.
I'm conscious sticken," said the man.
az took French leave from the Cana
dian mounted police couple of weeks
ago and since then I've killed a man."
Questioning brought forth few details
OF the alleged murder Ferber said he
crossed the Canadian line to Ogdens-
burg and there had an argument with a
custom guard. He said he threw the
man into the river and that he did not
come up again.
A tropical sun and white beaches
where he would be able 10 stretch out
and enjoy himself were the lures that
took him from tho ranks OF the mounted
police. Ferber said. lie decided to fore
go trip TO South America and give
himself up.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
WOMEN BEACH COPS
NOT DROWNED IN WORK
Only 8 Feminine Migrants
Arrested in Summer.

Prohibition. better policing and an
absence Of the oldtime conditions Eener-
ally so improved the atmosphere OF the
city's beaches IN tho summer just ended
that only eight arrests for vagrancv
were made by the force Of police women
operating under Mrs. Ellen A. OGrady.
Fifth Deputy Police Commissioner. she
announced in a report 20 Commissioner
Enright
Hundreds Of girls, however were adj
rronished that their "indlscretionsr or
m isbehavior might result in serious con
sentences to themselves. and the parents
OF many were warned 70 keep a stricter
rein on their offspring. The four police
women on duty az Coney Island can
toned total OF SOS girls, 1874 OF whom
were 16 years old or under. Mrs
O'Grady's report stated. At Rockawev
40 girls needed to be told TO correct
their actions. Eighty-seven were warned
"a North Beach and thirteen AT Canarsie
Other beaches whore the police women
operated were Pelham Bay Park and
South Beach
The eight actually arrested we're
charged with being habtual loiterers In
dance halls.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
CROWD AT AUCTION
OF ELWOOD CURIOS
Effects of the Murdered Gam
bier Go Under Hammer.

II was the usual bargain hunting
crowd that attended the first days sale
OF the home furnishings OF the late Jo-
seph b. Elwell, bridge expert and gam
pler' held yesterday at the auction rooms
OF Darling & Co., 242 Fifth avenue.
A thrill ran through several rows of
younger folk when a stained rug was
put up for bids. This was purchased
py dealer for S27. The auctioneer ex-
planned that the dark red stains were
evidences Of the mysterious crime, but
the purchaser said he could have the
rug cleaned, and II would look as good
as new. II was Wilton, 6 by 8 feet.
The chair In which Elwell was found
seated on the morning OF the murder
was Withdrawn at the request OF the
FAMILY. 1t had been a part of the nine
van loads Of china, glass and silverware.
mahogany and Chinese art objects from
MS recent dwellings,. The famous pink
kimono, the manager stated, would be
offered for sale Saturday. 1t hangs on
costumer near the entrance. and is
really Chinese coat of blue satin en-
broidered In gold.
An empty golf bag sold for SIS and
several pieces ST mahogany furniture,
which the auctioneer said had formerly
been In the Seventeen street house.
brought fair prices. The Sheraton dress
ing table, before which Elwell's feminine
guests were said to have arranged their
hair, went up to 800.
The highest price paid for any single
object was 1886 for Lot no. 1911, a
Vienna vase. which had been in the
Long Beach bungalow. This was pur-
chased by John r. Green. the largest
M y -
to more than $4,000. The total
sales amounted TO S19,32S. Furnishings
from the Seventieth street house will be
sold to-day. The sale will continue
through Saturday when the rare porce-
lains, jades. snuff boxes. curios and wood
crystal carvings of the Yang Shi and
Oshima collection will be offered
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
COX'S PLPEDREAM WORLDS
BEST LAUGH, SAYS DEPEW
Former Senator Adds He Is Shocked by Baseball
Scandal and That Dollar Is Returning to
Normal Value

have In regard TO dress Mr.. Depew said
he believes the men are to blame Tor
about half of them.
Women wear fine clothes because the
men like to see them" he explained
THE men are partly to blame for the
extravaganza. The responsibility. II re-
sponsibiity you can call 1t, is about
equally divided. You know none of US
cares to see woman in homespun. III
a man can afford it he always likes TO
see his wife in new bonnet. And III
they do wear silks and costly things
that helps industry and is a good thing
Country Going Dry.
From bonnets and silks, he passed on
to prohibition, asserting it is making the
country dry, not by its enforcement but
making it impossible Cor one to get
drink easily. He said the average man
will not go far to look for liquor and
that while there is a lot Of home brewing
going on the number OF persons who
know how to make it is in small proper
ton to those who don't.
Mr.. Depew then turned to the value
of the dollar, labor and wages and the
future of American industry. He said
wages must come down eventually with
the cost OF living and materials.
But they Will not come down 10 the
level they were at before" he said.
Labor Is going to get a larger share OF
the profits of concerns"
He then told OF the shock he received
when he read of the baseball scandal
and the revelations in Chicago
TITS a pity to find that our great ma
tional sport has been tinctured with cor
ruption," he said. THE game has done
much to relieve tension-the tension OF
the high cost OF living and of prohibition
and other problems the people have had
to meet since the war.
II read that they are talking of pass
ing laws to protect baseball. and L think
1t should be regulated"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
RADIO CABLE PILOTS
DESTROYER TO PORT
Magnetized Line on Bottom Of
Channel Used to Guide Big
Battle Craft.
LIGHTSHIP TO NARROWS
Perfect Trip Made Without
Any Other Directing Agent
OF Sight Of Course.

The destroyer Semmes came up Am
brose Channel yesterday with her navi-
gators vision shut off completely by
heavy canvas screens and her only
means of finding safe passage provided
by an electric cable laid along the ocean
bed, Thus the Semmes, coming to an
chorage off Fort Lafayette. demon
strated the value OF the radio plotting
cable. a device recently perfected by
officers OF the naval communication SER
vice.
The experiment was the development
of a series OF similar experiments the
navy has been conducting with the cable.
The wire was placed along the centre
of the channel on August 6, and extends
from just off Fort Lafayette to point
near Ambrose Channel light.
A 500 cycle motor generator located
at the fort provides the power that
charges the cable. This Is delivered at
nigh voltage but low amperage. The
current is interrupted by transmtter
and during the tests that have been
conducted the word NAVY has been
spelled at short intervals.
Commander Norton who is in charge
OF the Semmes. picked up the word
NAVY yesterday as the Semmes
sounded up near the lightship. His nav
gator stood at the Wheel and at table
on which were several receiving sets
connected with delicate instruments in
the hold sat half dozen radio men.
The Semmes finally picked W the sig
nails being sent out through the pilot
cable, and with careful turning and adj
justment these We're brought to the ears
Of the men at the wheel house receivers
Careful work was necessary to hold
the destroyer in position over the
cable Through the receivers. as soon
as she entered the magnetic field about
the cable. the signals came at intervals
sufficiently close together that the vessel
could not make 4 false move. The men
listening at the receivers could hear the
buzzing grow weaker if the ship began
to move away from the position over the
cable If the buzzing became weaker
In the receiver on their left ears then
the Semmes was creeping too far 10 port
and word TO the navigator righted the
error. A weakening of the sound In
the right ear receivers meant that the
destroyer was travelling to far to star
board, and this was righted inlmedi-
ately. The Semmes was kept in a posi-
ton straddling the cable, so to speak.
and so she came into port.
The value of the device, ii was pointed
cut, would be appreciated by navigators
who have tried to make port under con-
dltions of heavy fog. Several lays ago
the approaches to this port were locked
by q fog in which pilots Jared not try
to navigate.
Such delays cost big liners as much
as $500 an hour. The cable makes
such delays unnecessary. 1t costs about
$1,000 to install II.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
WALSH ASKS FOR PENSION.

Police Inspector Edward l. Walsh So
years old, yesterday requested Commits
sioner Enright to place him on the re-
tired list. on pension. He was one OF
the officials concerned IN the depart
mental shakc-up OF October I. being
shifted from the Seventh inspection dis
trict, In the Bronx whore he had been
for four years, TO the Fret inspection
district In Manhattan
Inspector Walsh was appointed patrol
man IN 1890. became "A sergeant in 1909.
n lieutenant in 1905. captain IN 1919
Commissioner Arthur Woods made him
an inspector In 1918
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
DEMANDS GUSHING OF POST.


The American Defence Society Joined
Yesterday the protest made by the Amer
lean Legion against the ban against
Americanization work at Ellis Island
ordered BY Louis f. Post, Acting Score
tary OF Labor
Asking for the removal OF Post. tho
defence society gave approval OF the
purpose of tho Amerlcanizatiou CSm-
mission and the American Legion, lat
ing the exclusion OF these agencies from
Ellis Island WIS contrary TO public well
fare. and would amount 20 faint upon
the Government il continued.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
Asks Annulment Because
Husband Is an Anarchist
MFRS. HELEN GROssMAN of

MRS. HELEN GROSSMAN of
131 West 10th street filed
novel plea yesterday in the
Supreme Court for annulment of
her marriage to John Grossman,
now a resident of Newton, Mass.
She says that he represented
himself to be a citizen who be-
leved in a democratic form OF
government, whereas he is an
anarchist.
For alleged Misrepresentation
and fraud Mrs. Grossman asks
that the court declare her mar
iage void. She says she married
on March 10 and separated from
her husband four days later upon
learning that he advocated the
overthrow of the Government by
force.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07

CHARLES ID. WETMORE
AND WIFE ADOPT SON
Boys Mother Joins in Petition
With Stepfother.

Nv and Mrs. Charles ID. Wetmore
adopted William Thomson Watriss yes
terdny In the Surrogates Court by per-
mission Of Surrogate Foley. lie is the
son of Mrs wetmore and the stepson Of
Mr.. Wetmore. The foster father is a
member OF the architectural firm Of
Warren & wetmore, 16 East Forty
seventh street and resides at West
Fifty-third street.
The adopted son has been living with
his mother and foster father einco Mr..
wetmore married Mrs. Sarah Thomson
OF Philadelphia in June. 1917 She had
divorced the boys father, Frederick ~
watriss The latter has since married
Mrs. Helen Barney Alexander. widow Of
Col. Archibald S. Alexander OF Castle
Point. Hoboken. She is the daughter Of
the late Charles II. Barney OF this city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
LABoRITEs DENoUNCE JUDGE.

The New Jersey State Federation OF
Labor in closing It's annual convention
yesterday in Newark adopted a resolu-
ton protesting against the decision OF
Vlce-Chancellor Buchanan OF New Jer-
sey for imposing $50 fines and ninety
day jail sentences on nine union ma
chinists of Hudson county who he ad-
Judged In contempt for violating a
strike injunction.
Charles II. Kenlon OF the Machnists
Union OF Newark said the decision was
more drastic than the Kansas Indus
trial Court and that the vice-Chan-
cellor should be impeached." John
Neumaker Of the Jersey City machinists
said his organization would fight the
decision to tho highest court in the
state and then TO the United States
Supreme Court.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
DRIVER CHARGED WITH
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Mrs. Elizabeth Plur1n,er, HUI
name Officer, Complainant.

George Rdckholtz. 30 years old. Of zoe
Ninth avenue. was locked up IN the
West Forty-seventh street station late
yesterday afternoon on charge OF
cruelty 10 animals preferred against
him by Mrs Elizabeth Plummer, OF ISL
West Kingsbridge road. The Bronx. n
member Of the American Society for
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals.
Buckholtz was driving an undertaker's
wagon In Ninth avenue at Forty-third
street when Mrs. Plummer noticed that
the animals mouth was badly cut where
the bit was placed. She stopped Buck
holtz and summoned n policeman and an
agent of the society. Mrs. Plummer
stood guard over the animal In front
OF the station house for nearly four
hours until the agent arrived
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
WOMAN DIES IN HOTEL LOBBY.
Mrs. Nieman stricIScni Husband
Identifies Body.

Mrs Eleanor Nieman, e5, OF 1915
Broadway. was stricken yesterday after
noon while waiting for a friend in the
lobby Of the Hotel Biltmore. and died be-
fore house physician could render aid.
letter addressed TO Harry Nieman,
3915 Broadway, which she carried. caused
police TO go to that address. Mr.. Nieman
went to the East Fifty-first street police
station and identified the body as that Of
his wife
DIR. Herzilkoff Of Flower Hospital. who
had been summoned by the hotel authori-
ties, said he believed Mrs. Nieman died of
mercurial poisoning. He said he found
on examination that her lips we're
charred. A hotel official handed him a
small glass containing a blue liquid
which he said the woman told him she
had just drunk.