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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-22
TWO SING SING
FUGITIVES AT
BAY IN WOODS
Men Answering Descrip-
ton of Convicts COrnered
in New Hampshire.
POSSES IN PURSUIT
Warden Lawes Leaves With
Guards to Take Up
Chase.
COUNTRYSIDE UP IN ARMS
Suspects Abandon Stolen Car
After Attempted HOldup
Of Restaurant.
COUNTRYSIDE UP IN ARMS

George Stivers and Martin Bassett.
the convicts who escaped from Sing
Sing last Saturday night after sand
bagging three keepers and stealing
rifles and automatic pistols. are be-
lieVed to have been cornered in the
woods near Warner, n. FL. twenty
miles west Of Concord. Victor Moore,
Chief of the Concord Police Depart
ment, telephoned to the prison last
night that two men answering the de-
scriptlons OF Stivers and Bassett fed
into the woods near Warner after
stealing an automobile and holding up
q restaurant keeper near Henniker,
y. H.. and that posses OF armed citi-
zens and policemen have them sur
rounded.
Acting Warden Nicholas Schatzel
telephoned the news to Warden Lewis
T.. Lawes. who has been attending u
prison hearing in Albany. The war
den ordered q half dozen Keepers to
meet him at Albany The keepers
left the prison within half an hour,
and late last night left Albany for
Warner.
Sing Sing officials said last night that
they had no doubt the two men cornered
by the New Hampshire authorities are
Stiyers and Bassett. Not only do they
answer completely the descriptions Of
the fugitiyes. but they abandoned. after
the holdup in Henniker. II green Cadillac
touring car bearing the Connecticut IL
cense numbers borne by the automobile
stolen by the convicts from William
skinner of Mount Kisco on the night
they escaped from Sing Sing.
According 10 reports which reached
the prison from New Hampshire Stivers
and Bassett abandoned the Skinner au-
tomobilo after IL developed engine
trouble In Concord and stole ear be-
longing to Hiram Gilkenney.
The two men went from Concord "a
Eiennilsor. where they went into n res
taurant and asked the walter for some
ham sandwiches. They rendered a ten
dollar bin In payment. and when the
waiter turned TO make change they
pointed revolver at him and ordered
him 70 hold up his hands.
Instead of obeyIng the clerk ducked
behind the counter. seized n revolver and
began shooting. Stivers and Bassetr be-
came frightened and ran. leaving their
automobile In front OF the store They
fled into the woods near the village. The
clerk notified Sheriff George A. Wooster
Of Merrlmac county. who at once formed
posses and surrounded the woods
Members Of the Sheriff's posse came
in sight Of tho two men early last eve
ming and fired several shots at them. The
bandits returned the fire and then re-
treated further into the woods. 1t is
not believed that they were hit by any
| OF the bullets.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-22
RECRUIT FOR RHINE DUTY.
Army Needs 200 Men TO Rcpinc.
quota in GERMANY.

WAsHIaGToN, oct. 2l--Recruiting for
the army In Germany viii be resumed
November / with 200 meen needed for
infantry units overseas Service on .he
Rhine has proved go popular. AdIt.-lien
Harris said. that lt took but six days
20 All the ranks when vacancies occurred
a year ago.
Few recruits also will be accepted
for the Thirtesnth Field Artillery. or
dered 20 Hawaii Under new army
regulations recruits nay specify what
foreign service they desire. with ths
result that oyerseas forces are prac-
ideally always full. the announcement
said
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G. o. p. COMMITTEE
ASKS FOR MORE FUNDS
SoIicits $1,000 Contributions
to Make Up Deficit.

The Republican National Committee
issued an appeal for more funds yester-
day. It has adhered rigidly TO the plan
Of making the maximum individual con-
tribution $1,000. but 1t takes a LOT Of
such amounts to roll up large fund.
In Arevlous campaigns the East has
furnished the greater part Of all cam
palgn funds because of the size OF the In
dlvidual gifts. With the limit fixed at
1000 Il has become necessary 10 yet q
great many more persons Interested III
giving TO those persons the appeal is
made.
Because OF the slowness of'collect!ons
Il has been necessary for tho committee
TO borrow money to finance the cam
palgn. Additional funds also are neoled
to continue the educational campaign, it
is stated
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$25, 900 BRLBE FIXED BIG
STRIKE ON 81, 100000 JOB;
GRAND JURY TO GETFACTS
480 Mile Trip by Truck
Nets Big Wheat Profit

OMAHA, Oct. 2l.-Unable to
obtain cars in which to ship
his wheat and finding local ele-
vators filled 10 capacity D. G.
Hibbard, Potter, Neb., farmer,
carried 10 bushels of wheat on
his two ton truck TO Omaha, 4S0
miles.
The trip required three days.
The total expense was $22.09,
or about q cents a bushel. The
wheat sold in the Omaha market
for $2 a bushel, which Hibbard
said insured him a better profit
than he would have received by
selling at home.
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Special Despatch to The Nrw YonK HEnALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., Oct. 81.

Special Despatch to THE NEw YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Oct. FL.
Joseph F. Tumulty. secretary of
President Wilson. went to Baltimore
day TO tell Gov. Cox how well his
campaign has been going since he
centred on the League OF Nations, a
turn of events which is not perceptible
except to a very few within the White
House circle. Another purpose Of Mr..
Tumulty was to make sure that the
Democratic nominee did not stray too
far from the White House position 'on
the league.
White House officials in the last few
days have been disturbed by the in
creasing prominence Gov. Cox has
given to his assertions that he will
accept reservations to the league cove
nant and that he is going to call in
those to whom the document as ne
gotiated by the President is in no
sense sacred. The campaign OF Gov.
Cox along this line is believed here to
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Iyo~pow. oct 2i--Two grave cues
tions nre EXERCISING the political and In
edustrial world. the hrst 90 what extent
the labor leaders are LOSING control Of
the workers second. whether q political
crisis and an appeal 20 the country VIII
develop out of the miners dispute.
Premier Lloyd George wn9 .n informal
conversation with some of the labor
leaders to-day. hut ii,te hore seems 20
pe entertained shat the Government will
recede from its position. insisting upon
an increased output or submission Of the
dispute to an Independent tribunal as a
condition Tor an increase IN wages.
Even had the Government been In
clined e. recede from this position. y Is
felt II could hardly do 40 now Ia the
face of the rallwaymen'a threat. I'm
Continued on second Poge.
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SAY MACSWINEY
WAS DECEIVED
Tricked by Physicians While
Unconscious. His Rela-
tives Declare.
GAVE HIM CUP OF BROTH
Scurvy Spreading and Scien-
lists Doubt Possibility of
His Recovery.
GAVE HIM CUP OF BROTH

Special Cable e. THE NEW YeRK IIEn.LD. u,
Copyright, 1870, 0y TIE NEW YORK IlEgHp.
New York Herald Bureau,
London. oct. 81.
The long fast OF Terence MacSwney,
Lord Mayor OF Cork. who is on the
SEVENTEEN day of his hunger strike in
Brixton Prison, has been broken. He
says he has been tricked, and mean
while his relatives are sending mes
sages TO friends in Cork, asking them
TO pray for "a a.speedy death for him
Prison physicians say a cup Of beef
broth was placed At his lips while he
was delirious and that he swallowed
quite voluntarily" Meanwhile. ac-
cording to n late bulletin by the Irish
Self-Determination League, The phy-
sicians continue to force nourishment
on him while he continues IN a de-
lirious state. Bulletins are being is
sued every hour. They report his con-
dition critical in the extreme ana say
he is not expected TO last out tonight,
meanwhile being unable TO recognize
ILLS relatives or friends
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scurvy Spreads over BODY.

The physicians report that there has
been a serious spread OF ecurvy over
:he whole CT MacSwirey's body.
At 2 o'clock tonight reports said his
relatives were at his bedside. believing
his end was near.
While these things were occurring last
night Mt the MacSwiney bedside the
Lord Mayor Of Cork was to-day the sub
jcct Of a controversy in the House OF
Commons Lieut.. Commander J. NJ
iSenworthy. Liberal, asked II Mac
swlney was beins fed torcibly and
against his viii Edward Shortt, Home
Secretary. answered tlat the feeding con-
sisted merely Of holding cup 20 his
tips and letting him drink It's contents
and that he swallowed quite voluntarily
Fo said that In every case f0rcible feed
ing had not been ill gal. adding that ~
some cases it becomes necessary. This
was Srectal with Hears e. Answering
rad not been proved that nourisnment
Aad been given him before.
Macswincy's sister to-day sent q
despatch 20 friends m Cork that "fodN
was given when W. were shut out Of
the prison. This II worse than anything
imaginable" she continued. "Get Cork
to pray God FOR his speedy death"
Tonight aha sent anotaer despatch %
a friend In Cork asking him 70 come to
London al oncc as the end was near
While MacSwiucy's fast is definitely
aroltcn. tho Lord Mayor OF Cork Is now
saore than ever before The subject OF
Intense interest on the part of scientists.
some physicians here Insist that It is i'm
possible after sucr fast for man TO
take food and digest a. They expect
h!m % succuml 10 congestion. and the
experiment is being closely watched BY
them.
Brixton Prison physicians f-ankly ad-
MT they are doing everything possible
90 keep him alive
MacSwincy's family protested against
feeding an Unconscious man, saving It
was only adding 20 his torture.
The Grrrnhticr- ivcrnlrht frou Stew York.
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Mythical Race Track visit,

Il went to the race track with IT,"
said Backer.
did you have st when you cams
back"
Il did not have anything when I came
back" replied the witness.
you did not steal it2" asked Mr..
Untermyer
Il lost IT, said Backer
Mr.. Untermyer reminded Backer that
on May II, the day Levy gave him the
money. there were no racea. At this
point Senator lockwood called 20 Levy
to come 70 the front % the room 50
ne could hear Backer's testimony. Mr..
U.tcrmycr asked broker named Ra-
talsky TO stand up. and then asked
Backer n no had not told the broker
"a month ego that he had paid $4,000
70 Rrindell Backcr said he did not re-
member Then he denied that ne had
paid It TO Brindcll
who did YOU pay9" asked Mr.. Untcr-
myer.
y paid couple OF strangers" sell
Backer
He said he met two men in The lobby
of the Hotel Chatham between II AMI
O'Clock on May II ana gave thcm
$4,000
Then the race track story was jus.
rnyth?" asked Mr.. Untermycr.
Yes"
Backet said he hnd seen me men fcpr
or five times before but did not know
their names He said they were walk
ing delegates O, some union adding
,hat A., rotph, 80 tha Ora fsara' f~nlDp ["
hacker described walking delegate as
IAN N-workingman.
Tall Man aud short Man mob Tn.
The two men, n tall one and short
one. had come to Bscker thc witness
said. several times while tne s.'ke Wts
in progress and told him tn1t t.ev
could yet " called off for rfc iA
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na dicnI Change Occurs.

There ia no doubt that d radical
change has occurred In the condition of
MacSwiney just nj Il time when many
questions are being asked in Parliament
about him. The Sim Fein office here
insists that until last night no food had
passed his lips since his arrest on August
i2. Yesterday afternoon he became
delirious and while in "a semi-conscious
state during the night prison doctors
gave him meat broth which they poured
between his lips and he swallowed It.
MacSwiney's relatives passed last night
in Brxton Prison, but were not per-
mitted 70 see him this morning. as he
was not able 70 recognize any one. This
morning he had violent fit OF vomiting.
but during intervals OF consciousness
evidently tasted the juice Of meat in his
mouth and exclaimed:
They have tricked me and I did not
know II ,'
This seemed 10 aggravate his condi-
tion, and during his delirium he con-
stantly and violently beat the air with
his hands, shouting:
Take il away"
He continued delirious during the day
and often was violent. while his limbs
worked spasmodically officials con-
tInued TO put liquid nourishmcnt in his
mouth.
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Excitement Mt Hearing.

Levys testimony and the seizure OF
papers from the offices Of HeJtrlck and
the Cut stone Contractors Association
at l65 West Thlrty-first street kept the
investigation NJ q high pitch Of excite
ment all day.
The raids were made while Hettricl1
was on the stand. The lawyer. whose
elaborate colored card system has
caused him 20 be severely questioned by
Mr. Unterinycr. was adJudged in con-
tempt by Senator Charles c. Lockwood.
chairman OF the committee. Samuel A.
Berger. Deputy Attorney General. en-
gineered the raids. Documents which
Mr. Hettrick refused 10 produce are nov
/ In the hands OF the committee. Papers
I said TO be OF great importance also were
taken from tho uptown Office.
Following the testimony OF Levy at
the afternoon session Backcr was
called to the stand Hc was unwilling
TO discuss the story OF the S25.Oo0. but
said that "if Mr.. Levy says it's so. then
it's so."
Early in his testimony Backer took
occasion TO say that the bricklayers. who
did not go on strike at the Levy build
ing, nad tle oilS ut~f"e N''i'' 80 NN
city" Later he modified this by saying
that the union had "the only decent
methods" lie undertook 70 look after
the building for Levy for $4,000. Then
came the strike.
Mr. Untermyer finally pinned Backer
/ down 20 the admission that Levy gave
him $4,000 as a first instaiment. Mr..
Untermyer asked him where he went
with Il.
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warm welcome In Buffalo.

Senator Harding arrived at Buffalo in
the late afternoon ana received a cordial
greeting from many thousands IN the
streets as no took his way TO the
Iroquois Hotel There. with Mrs Har-
ding he received hundreds of persons
from the western counties. At \ y. VI.
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Brines Engineering Student.

Inquiry ar the University of Penn
sylvania disclosed that the name OF
Brines Is on the rolls there as being n
student or the engineering school In
the freshman year. Instructors are not
sure as TO his attendance at classes
during last week, but are positive he
has not been there this week. Major
Wynne said tonight that Brines has
not been at the Chestnut street house.
whore he lived with his mother, since
last week.
Major wynne was unwilling to say
whether he connected the death OF
Drewes with n ring OF automobile
thieves, but that theory has been ad-
vanced by detectives. II IL thought
Drewes came to Philadelphia after re-
ceiving letter from Brincs telling or
a car selling so cheaply that Drewes
could not afford to miss the chance
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The Heart Of the League.

"rhere is one statement Of your teie-
gram that does give a definite idea OF
where you stand upon what Mr.. Wilson
declares to he the heart Of the league
the general alliance of Article y. by
which the United States would under
take TO guarantee as against external
aggression the territory and tndepen
dence Of every member Of the league and
TO make that guarantee good by war u
necessary You say in your telegram
that you viii accept reservations that
will clearly state to our associates In
the league that Congress and Congress
alone has the right TO declare war. and
that our Constitution sets up limits in
legislation or treaty making beyond
which we cannot go
"'rhat. IL seems, Is what you are will
Ing 10 do about Article Y. Well, II Is
absolutely nothing. Everybody knows
already that only Congress has right
to declare war. and that there are limits
to legislation and treaty making power.
All governments Of all civilized nations
know II. You accomplish nothing by
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Contractor Says Graft
Eventually Reached Noted
Labor Leader.
$50, 900 ASKED AT FIRST
Witnesses Before Housing
Investigators Squirm and
Show Poor Memories.
PAPERS TAKEN in RAID
Office Entered of Lawyer Who
Defied Legislators-Woman
Burns Documents.
PAPERS TAKEN IN RAID

A story OF how Ephraim Is. Levy.
a contractor and real estate owner
paid $4,000 last spring TO have a
strike settled on a 81 900, 600 building
job he is having done at Seventh ave-
nue. and Thirty-first street, produced
a sensation yesterday 8: ina hearing
that Samuel Untermyer is conducting
before the Joint Legislative Commit
tee on Housing
Levy testified that he PAID the
money to George Backer a well
known builder, who has put up thirty
large buildings in this city in recent
years. Backer told him, he said. that
the money was for Robert p. Brindell,
president of the Building Trades Com
rnittee, and. the labor committee as.
sociated with Brindell. The money.
Levy said was to Elk" the strike
which had held up work on the build
ing for two months. Levy said Baclker
assured him there would he no diff
Guilty in settling the strike
The $4,000, Levy said, was paid In
two parts. a first payment Of $4,000
was made and when the men went
back TO work the remaining $4,000
was given.
The job was being paid for by Levy.
but Backer was assisting on the con-
tract JOB. Brindell's name was brought
into the investigation Wednesday. when
Mr.. Gntermyer drew from him the ad-
mission that he got fifty cents a month
from $4,000 dock builders, Levy, until
few weeks ago, was one Of the clients
OF John T.. Hettrick OF 165 Broadway
attorney for three groups OF contractors
It is said that disagreement witt
Hettrick caused Levy to divulge tar
story OF the s25.O00 which he says he
paid to "aN" tho strike
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Father Johns Medicine X safc hnf
.rovcn family medicine Tor colds rrd body
buildiag 30 dtnga. SAFE f,r nli.--Aur
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- hirh uuAlity of men sntwerpd our Hclr
v,ant.I' Ads it Tho Sew Work. Heraid
writes DE Talhius Rous C0rp0laliom. Wcst
tt.hrtt ff.
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Roots Reply to Cox.

Mr.. Roots telegram TO Gov. Cox fol-
lows in full:
II have to-day received your telegram
dated yesterday. i would not willingly
do you injustice. and do not think
have. You began your campaign by an
interview with the President and an
authoritative statement that you and he
were in complete accord upon the
League Of Nations. I cannot be mis-
taken about his position. Throughout
the long struggle IN the Sena te he stead
fastly refused 10 give his assent TO any
reservation which substantially changed
the covenant as he brought ii back. He
certainly has not changed. His very re-
cent utterances show that.
eff you have changed from that com
piete accord with him, have not heard
OF IL. Such "A change is not indicated by
the vague and general expressions Of
your telegram saying that you viii ac-
cept reservations that will clarity. that
viii he helpful. that will reassure the
American people that you would SIT
down with the members OF the Senate.
that you would confer with Mr.. Wilson.
Mr.. Taft and myself and all others who
have sincere purpose, &c, because
you are the one who would determine
what was helpful. what would reassure
the American people, what advice you
would follow. and you are solennly,
publicly pledged 70 AN agreement with
Mr.. Wilson concerning the covenant he
brought back from Europe.
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ROOT WIRES COX,
GIVING PROOF
Repeats Statement Candidate
Is Pledged to Wilson League
Without Change.
TELLS HIM HE SIDESTEPS
Reply to Demand for Retrac-
ton Gets Quick Response
From Ex-senator.

Instead OF complying with Gov.
Cox's request that he retract what he
said in Carnegie Hall Tuesday night
about the Democratic Candidates po-
sition in regard to the League Of Ma
tions. Elihu Root sent to Gov. Cox yes
terday a 1000 word telegram repeat
ing his conviction that Gov. Cox in
tends. II elected President. to insist
upon the acceptance Of the Wilson
League of Nations without "any real
change whatever"
The words OF Mr. Root in Carnegie
Hall upon which Gov. Cox based his
demand for a correction were: mfr.
Cox declared that he will insist upon
the treaty just as Mr.. Wilson ne
gotiated it." In his reply Mr.. Root
offers this proof that he was not mis-
taken:
You began your campaign by an
interview with the President and an
authoritative statement that you and
he were in complete accord upon the
League Of Nations I cannot be mis-
taken about his position"
Mr.. Root also said that the reservations
which Gov. Cox IS willing TO accept as
to Article X. amount 70 absolutely
nothing" He accuses Gov. Cox OF side
stepping a plain question when at Prov
idence on Tuesday he evaded answer
ing this query from the audience
Would YOU accept the Lodge reserva-
tions to the League az Nations?"
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canllnn.d on $50 panc.
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Evidence Is withheld.

While county detectives, headed By
Major Samuel 0. wynne, are sure they
are on the right trail. they refused to
give their reasons for directly connect
ing young Brnes with the murder, nor
explain what they hold as the motive.
They are Withholding much direct evil
dence. Major Wynre said TO connect the
movements of both Drewes and Brines
on the night Drewes lost his life.
AT the present time we have much
evidence which directly points TO Brines
as being responsible for the death Of
Drewes" said Major Wynne tonight.
This evidence is of such a character
that we deem 1t inadvisable TO make it
public at this time
The yellow automobile found in Ger
rnantown last night" he continued.
"was the property Of Brines. In side
pocket was found n .32 calibre Colt
automatic pistol, with which We have
reason TO believe the murder was com
mitted The warrant charges murder.
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OWNED YELLOW CAR
Automobile Was Aban-
doned Wednesday
Blood Spot Oh Side.
PISTOL IN A SIDE POCKET
Two Cartridges Missing From
Clip, Detectives AS
sert.

Special Despatch 60 TIM NEW York HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.--A warrant
charging him with the murder of Ell
mer c. Drewes. Dartmouth College
student. has been issued for William
l.. Brines. a University of Pennsyl-
vania freshman.
Brines. the police state, is the owner
of yellow automobile found aban-
doned about mile from where the
body of Drewes was discovered early
last Sunday morning. The machine
was discovered about midnight on
Wednesday in Germantown. Police
believe the cars owner became fright
ened upon reading accounts OF police
suspicious of the automobile used, and
left the car TO be found, possibly to
lead the trail astray.
Examination of the records at Har-
risburg showed that the license nun =
Der of the car (513.477) had been is
sued 10 Brines. On the side Of the car
when found was a small blood spot.
and stains on the floor are believed
10 be those Of blood. In the body OF
the car. 1t was said, were found two
empty whlskey bottles. The detectives
discovered an automatic pistol in one
OF the side pockets. Two cartridges
were missing from the clip.
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