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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Indians Take TO Aviation
Rich Osages, Weary of Autos.
Buy Airnlanes

he famous Usage stomp dance held
at Amite, Okla, won additional fame
this year because some Of the wealth.
lest members of the nation attended,
going to the dance from their homes
by air said B. A. Parker, of Tulsa.
IN Washington. The Usage Indians
are the richest people in the world
that is, there is more wealth. per cap
tia among them. Their wealth is de-
rived from oil and gas wells on their
lands in the Usage nar;on, one of the
richest mineral districts in the world.
"Only recently the people of tho
Usage nation divided nearly $4,000 900
as the semi-annual royalty from these
oil and gas wells. Their wealth is ac-
cumulating SO fast that they are driven
to find new means to spend money.
MANY Of the Usage Indians have
grown weary of rich limousines and
touring cars and have purchased air
planes. OF the 1000 Indians who at
tended the stomp dance this year the
ajority motored to the festival in ex-
pensivc automobiles, not a few of them
being driven by white chauffeurs,
which is no uncommon occurrence in
the Usage country.
In the old days the Indians who
had ponies to ride were considered
fortunate, but nova days those who use
the horse arc considered old fash
toned and unprogressivc." w ASKING
ton Post
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
House VIII Not Act ON
Senate Mandate Refusal
Republicans Decide Not 10
Arouse Dislike of Friends
Of Armenia

WASHINGTON, June 4-Decision
not to take action on the Senate reso-
luton denying President Wilson's re-
quest for authority to accept a man
date over Armenia was reached to-
night by Republican leaders of the
House.
Speaker Gllett told Republican
members of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittec. which had reported it favor
ably that some members wished to
abandon action on the measure because
they did not wish to arouse dislike of
persons sympathetic with Armenian
aims.
Democratic members of the commit
tee expressed opposition to the Senate
resolution in d report presented to-
night to the House. The report, signed
by Representatives Flood, Virginia.;
Linthicum, Maryland; Stcdman. North
Carolina, declared the language of the
Senate resolution to be "a direct, de-
llberate and Gratutous insult to Presi-
dent Wilson, The report added that
the measure "injects the spirit of po-
litlcal partisanship into a question of
importance to peace and civilization. ="
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Board Named to Settle g
Anthracite Pay Dispute
Public, Miners and Operators
Represented on Commission
Appointed bv Wilson

WASHINGTON, June "A commits
sion Of three members, representing
the public, the miners and the opera
tors, was appointed to-day by President
Wilson TO settle wage controversy in
the anthracite fields. The members
are:
William @. Thompson, president Of
Ohio State University, representing the
public; Neal J. Ferry, of McAdoo, Pa,
g member OF the executive committee
oe the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, representing the miners, and Will
lam l.. Connell, of Scranton, Pa, repre-
senting the operators.
The commission will hold hearings
PROBABLY in Washington, and if posi-
bic, will render rs award within sixty
day. Any increase in wages granted
viii be retroactive to April j. The
awards will be made the basis for a
new wage agreement, replacing that
which expired on that date.
Under the agreement by which the
President intervened 10 have the con
troYersy settled both sides pledged
themselves 70 abide by the commits
sion's decision and there VIII be neither
strikes nor lockouts in the industry
while the commission is reaching it's
decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Provost Found Guilty of
Stanley Browns Murder
Judge Orders Investigation of
Perjury in Testimony
of Witnesses

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, June 4
Lloyd Provost tonight was found
guilty of the murder of L. Stanley
Brown, son of the millionaire cigar
manufacturer, by a jury in the Circuit
Court here. The jury was out approx
mately three hours. The verdict re-
turned was ."guilty of murder in the
first degree"
, Atter the jury had RETIRED Judge
Lamb, in a statement, charged that
perjury had been committed and or
dered an investigation by the prose
cutting authorities Of the county
In all my experience as a Judge y
he stated, 81 have never encountered
SO much perjury as have in this case.
Inc testimony has been so contradic-
tory and there has been so much per-
jury as to make it apparent an effort
has been made to cover up"
Should an investigation by the pros
ecutng authorities prove unavailjnp
Judge Lamb said, a grand jury should
be called
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Mrs. Lee Begins Second
Suit for Separation
Clergyman Charged With Vic.
lating First Agreement and
kidnanino Son

For the second time Mrs. Catherine
+. Lee is suing the Rev Burton How
ard Lee for a separation. The wife Of
the clergyman filed her suit in the Su-
preme Court yesterday and asked for
SIS week alimony. The first action,
brought in 1915. was Settled without a
trial through the Offices Of Justice
Alfred K. Page, who had separation
agreement drawn up under which Mr.
Lee was to pay his wife SIP a week
and each was TO have the custody Of
one OF their two sons.
Mrs. Lee now complains that hcr
husband violated this agreement. She
also charges that Mr. Lee kidnapped
ner SON lemplcton whose custody was
awarded 10 her. and that She was COM
PEELED 20 institute habeas corpus pro-
ceedings TO get him back. In that PRO
ccedlng, says the wife, Mr. Lee "madc
anda Gus assaults on my characters"
Mr.. Lee was formerly q chaplain at
SIN Sing Prison, at the same time
holding the office Of rector Of the Epis-
copal Church Of ST Paul Later he
left the ministry and was admitted to
the bar in New Haven, Conn. He re-
turned TO the pulpit and is now rector
OF u church in Nyack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Il Would Be Brokc,'
SAYS Porter Case
Policeman; Quits
Herbert Wheelwriglli Re
signs From Force; Will
Answer Any Charge eff
Given Square DcaI'

Patrolman Herbert Wheolwlight, one
Of the two policemen who declared
they found former Deputy Commits
sioner Augustus Drum Porter in a dis
orderly house on the West Side. has
resigned from the force, saying that he
would abe broke anyway" if ne had
remained
Wheelwright, who had been in the
department for two and a half years,
resigned on May 20. No action was
taken on his resignation and he then
took matters into his own hands; went
to Headquarters, turned in his police
property and quit.
YES, | have resigned" he said last
night at his home at Rockaway Beach,
where he lives with his wife and two
children. "The salary is too small to
support my family. Because of the
veteran law. which gives service man
out of the army or navy, it is practi~
cally impossible for & policeman not
a veteran to win promotion.
Besides, if l had stayed in the de-
partment there is no question in my
mind that would be broke, anyway.
81 am ready to face any charges
against me- If given a square deal
would have no fear of the outcome of
the charges of neglect Of duty made
against ME. | obeyed the orders OF
my superior officer. If l had rofuscd
to obey these orders l would be up on
charges. BY obeying the orders they
have brought charges against me, any
how"
When Wheelwright and Fred Sorger
his running mate on the detective force
came forward with their story concern
ing Porter, both were charged with
neglect Of duty in not having arrested
the Deputy Commissioner when they
say they discovered him, and were sent
bocl 70 uniform 0,,ty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
$sYou Lie - Croker Tells
Som, Who Attacks Wife
Richard .gr. EIushcs, but Is ST.
lent Under Fathers Dennln-
citation in Open Court
Special Dtspdtci. to The Trib'n


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, June 4
Richard Croker jr., son of the former
Tammany leader, resumed the stand
to-day in his suit to determine the
competency Of his father to manage
his own affairs.
When the younger man intimatod
that Eula Croker, his fathers wife,
had been the cause of all the family
isagreemcnts, the ex-boss rose and
stepping up to where his son was sit
ting, said heatcdly:
You lie and YOU know in your heart
sou are lying"
The son flushed, but remained silent.
When attorneys for Richard ST., took
him by the arm and led him back to
his seat, he apologizcd to the court,
explaining that he couldn't restrain
himself when the son talked about
Mrs. Croker.
When Richard ir. resumed his tcsti-
mony h was notably excited and
talked IN a loud tone. His version Of
many Incidents is at marked variance
from that of the testimony of Richard
sr. and his wife. Trivial incidents
were gone over and over because they
were held in the aggregate to prove
Mr.. Croker's Incompetence.
Contradicting his fathers testimony
that at the time of the separation from
his wife. Elizabeth, about 1897, he pro
Vldcd trust fund of 100000 for the
support Of his family, Richard ir ties
tllled tnat the sum was 500 600 which
by accumulation now amounts TO $l3O,-
600, and that, in addition, his father
gave his mother 5000 600. This is one
of he points on which his father has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Staten Island Bungalow
Owners Dem md Trolleys
Commuters to Manhattan Or
ganize to Investigate Trans
norfafiOn Dreak.D Down

Indignant bungalow owners Of the
Staten Island beaches. who commute to
Manhattan daily are organizing COM
mittees to investigate the break down
of transportation in Richmond. eve
want the trolleys and we don't care
who runs them" is their slogan.
Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of
Plant and Structures, has been petit
toned to install buss lines between
Cedar Grove Beach and New Dorp sta
ton, as we'll as between the beach and
the st. George terminal. Commuters
are ready, they say, to pay extra fare
for these services.
Profteering by privately owned iit-
neys is complained of by residents, who
say they are charged from Is to %
cents a ride. At present the beach
dwellers are obliged either to use the
iitneys or walk to their railway sta
tions.
Many commuters, it is said, are for
feiting deposits made on bungalows at
Woodland Midland, Graham, Cedar
Grove and New Dorp beaches, rather
than risk being marooned by the sea
with no trans portation connections to
the city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Theater Is Closed
For Ignoring Ban
Against Sex Film
Some Wild Oats Barred
From Production at the
Harris; Owners Seek Re-
strairing Order in Vain

Those who had bought seats for
"Some Wild Oats" sex hygiene mo-
tiCn picture which has been shown
for several days at the Harris Theater
were confronted at the theater yester-
day by a sign informing them that the
film could not be shown because OF the
action Of the Comm ssioner of Licenses
Comm issioner Gilchrst revoked the
theatcr's license after the management
had ignored an order to stop showing
the picture.
Selwyn & Co. hold the license and
the picture, which purported to demon
strate the consequences of youthful
folly on two young men, was owned by
the Hygienic Films Company.
The owners endeavored to obtain a
Supreme Court order restraining Com
missioner Gilchrist from interfering
with the production but were unsuc-
cessful.
Commissioner Gilchrst said that he
had prohibited the picture because he
considered it an otfense against public
morals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
5. 400 "Hello" Girls
Transferred TONY.
Since Jan. |, 1919
City of Syracuse Protests
Before Commission That
Practice Has Weakened
Upstate Phone Service
SpccinL DfSpntch to The Tribune


ALBANY, June 4.-E. H. Lewis, Cor
poration Counsel of Syracuse, to-day
critized the management of the New
York Telephone Company for expenses
incurred in transferring telephone
operators from upstate cities to New
York City to relieve the unprecedented
traffic cor oston there. Lewis ap-
peared before the Public Service Com
mission on the complaint of the city
of Syracuse against the phone rate.
Chairman Hill, of the commission,
explained to Mr.. Lewis that the COM
mission for months had been cooperat-
ing with the company in its endeavors
to improve conditions in New York
City, including the employment Of
operators.
The New York Telephone Company,
in its efforts to increase its operating
force in New York City to take care
of the abnormal growth of the service,
1t was pointed out, has increased it's
operating force in that city from $500
on January /, 1919, to over $4,000 on
May Is this year
While Mr. Lewis was cross xamin-
ing one of the telephone company's
witnesses on thA expenses incurred for
QUITO town operators, Chairman Hill
interrupted him by saying:
II do not quite see how you are
going to make much out of that, Mr..
Lewis. What are you going to prove ?
That it cost them so much a week in
one place and that you could have
found cheaper place? Is not that
matter Of management? Hasn't the
management got to determine those
things?"
There WAS very serious operating
situation in New York City and the
commission investigated it several
months, and it still is investigating
The commission brought great press
ure to bear On the company, of course
and judge from this that they had to
bring help from outside and they had
to offer all sorts of inducements to
those girls to come"
Witnesses for the telephone COM
pany were cross examined by Mr.
Lewis on earnings and expenses in the
Syracuse district, methods used in rate
making and depreciation in valuations
Of telephone facilities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
-Four Indicted
As l'rOfiteers
In Sugar Here
100, OOO-Pound Hoard AL
legged i'll Charges Against
Two New York Dealers
Accused in Three Counts
Lusk investigation Ends
Committee Told of Great
Store in Czecho-S loyakia
That l. Open to Purchase

Eo,r ;r.jct,,or4s o,
avs va ''i"A Se'
pf0h''e'lng IN sugar were returned
Yesterday by the Federal Grand jury.
Marcus Lessin. 7o5 Homo Street
RE-, ,,, 1o,,;, ,. -,
ioSth street, Manhattan, are accused
Jointly of boarding 1866 900 pounds of
Suoa, Tho ;n1;c.,,,o,,+ oa,,.,;,,. +hxoo
counts upon each OF Wh!ch LeSSlh ana
Aaronson, if convicted, can be SEN
fenced to two wears in the neniten-
,;or,. ora e,ol e. ooo ha+,,
=, I,,'o' eV'V, ~ "oV"
Lyman Cherrnay, OF the W Grid Food
Products Company, Inc. and Arnold
I.andres were indicted. for nro6toeri,o.
''oVV P0u''''9 - s"s'"' PD'o'i"Se" |1P'li
~ I9ZO, at cents . Pound and sold
TO the manufacturers Union on the
same date a p cents pound.
SUGAR Inouiry Ends
Thoro ;s $50 ooo Tow, 80 c,,,
Czecho- Slovakia available for exnort
that could be imported into this coun-
try and then he rctailed at Is cents a
pound. according to testimony given
by Irving Schwartz before the Lusk
Legislative Committee yesterday. Mr.
Schwartz is member OF the firm of
kuenzier Co. exporters and i'm
porters. of 10 Wall Street.
A. the conclusion of Yesterdays
hearing Deputy Attorney General Sam
uel A. Berger announced the commit
tee had completed its inquiry into
sugar costs and would hold further
hearings beginning Monday, June a..
on the general food situation.
Mr.. Schwartz told the committee that
his information concerning Ccecho-
Slovakia was contained in q report lust
received from representative of the
government He said that the new re-
public is sorely in need of phosphates
10 fertilize land impoverished by The
var.
"Since 1914" he said. "no pbos
pilates had been imported into that
country. and because of the Inability
10 arrange credits TO enable the Gov
eminent to make purchases in 1918and
1919. the soil used for the cultivation
81 sugar crops is naturally curtailed
ar lack of phosphate.
C.h. >-s, No.,
Aeens wee" 'iones
The United States has refused 20
rant Czecho- Siovakla enough credit
10 permit her to purchase this phos-
innate. We must wake up to the fact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Widow " ants More Than
500 Weekly From Estate
Mrs. Julia kEalsteaeI's Attorney
Tells Court &i60.N00 Should
Yield larger Income

Mrs. Julia llalstead. sixty years old.
through her attorney, opposed an APP
plication in the Surrogates' Court yes
torday to adjourn an inquiry now in
progress before referee into the
management Of the estate of Mrs. Hal
stead's husband by George ". Carr, a
lawyer and executor of the estate.
Mrs. flalstsad complained that Mr..
Carr has allowed her only $50 week
income from the $4,000 estate left
by Mr.. llalstcad which was not sutli-
Gent TO enable her TO live in the man
ner she was accustomed to.
The application for an adjournment
Of the hearings until next fall was
made by the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany, of Maryland. which is on the
S35oo0Q surety bond of the executor.
V. II. Sullivan, attorney for Mrs. Hal
stead, told the court that the estate
had been mismanaged and that Mrs
Halstead had not been receiving all
Of the income she was entitled to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
u. S. Will Await
Def s1ise Guaranty
+ % IN Mexicans
No! Considered Probable
President viii, Give Nor
scn:i,au Z e c Ap-
pOintrnent as Envoy

From The Tribuns's Washington, Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 4---Failure Of
the Senate to confirm the nomination
of Henry Morgenthau as American
Ambassador to Mexico is not expected
to result in recess appointment of an
am bassador to the Mexican post by
the President. The White House is
understood to be anxious for the new
Mexican government to give definite
assurances that it will compose all diff
ferences among the factions there and
restore stable government south Of
the Rio Grandc before any step toward
recognition of the de facto govern
ment and the appointment Of an am
bassador will be taken
The opinion was expressed to-day
that it is not likely that the President
will withdraw the nomination of Mr.
Morgenthau from the Senate and make
q recess appointment. Instead, it is
expected that Charge d 'Aifaire5 sum
merlin will be permitted to remain in
charge of the American diplomatic Of
fee in Mexico City until the Decem-
frmation of Mr.. Morgenthau will be
considered. By that time, it is be-
lievcd, the new regime in Mexico will
have had ample opportunity to demon
strate its permanency, and thus give
this government assurance that re-
sumption Of diplomatic relations is
warranted.
The release of Ignacio Bonillas,
former Mexican Ambassador to the
United States, from the prison in Mex
leo City was reported to the State De-
partmcnt to-day by the American En-
bassy in the Mexican capital. Bonil-
las, who was imprisoned with other
members of the Carranza party, WAS
liberated June 2. 1t is understood here
that he satisfied the new Mexican au-
sponsiblc for the death of the former
Pres dent
The American Embassy in Mexico
City was instructed Immediately after
the reported imprisonment of Bonil-
las to make inquiry as to his safety
At that time there was no apprehen-
sion felt for the former diplomat.
Press reports from Chihuahua City
reaching the State Department to-day
confirmed earlier reports that Villa
and the Federal troops in the garrison
at Parral had engaged in brush, and
the rebels were forced to retreat with
losses. To-day's dispatch to the de
partment said that the people of Par
raj celebrated the victory of the local
garrison.
Secretary Daniels to day ordered six
of the American vessels in Mexican
waters to be relieved by a similar num-
Der to he sent Sunday from New York
he vessels ordered to Vera Cruz are
the Breckenridge, Bernadou, Barney,
Blakely, Crowninshield and the Preble
The fiotila will be under the command
OF Commander II. A. Baldridge. Owing
to unsanitary conditions in eastern
Mexican ports, the Navy Department
has adopted policy Of making fire.
quent changes in the naval personnel
on that station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Philadelphia Longshoremen
Denied Increase in Wages

WASHfEGTOE June T. Demands Of
striking Philadelphia longshorcmen for
a wage incrcaxc a|efaTinH twenty
cents an hour we're denied to-day by the
shipping board. which held that an IN
erase in the cost u opcrating fncr-
chan. Yessel. could not be approved st
this time.
The striking lonQehorernen, csti-
mated ny the board 10 number 4,0O0
non receive eighty cents an hour.
Thic wage, the hoard explained, WAS
fzet, M commission after an inycsti-
yat3on which tDok coInizance Of in
efeased living cnsts.
The board said it accordingly had
deeided that a dollar IN hour wage was
uitbeqt Qualification.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Mrs. Dixon at Sing Sing;
TO Die i'm the Chair
Woman Convicted of Murder
First Female Prisoner in
Jail in Seven Years

OSSlNING, y. Y, June 4. Mrs. Hat
tie Dixon, the first female prisoner re-
ceiycd in Sing Sing in seven years. ar
rived tot day from the Bronx and was
lodged IN the temporary womcn's death
house over the chaplain's Office to
await the electric chair
Mrs. Dixon. by an odd coincidence
has son. Theodore, seventeen years
old, who is prisoner in the mems
department Of the prison. Shorir
Donneliy TWO deputies and mutron
escorted Mrs. Dixon to tho prison and
turned her over 10 Major Lewis T..
Lawes, the warden Warden Lawcs
has hired three matrons to attend Mrs
DIXON.
Mfs. Dixon and her son were both
sentenced to the electric chair for the
murder Of Margaret Morton, but Gov
crncr Smith commutcd he sons sen
tcrce 70 life imprisonment.
The Morton gin Nag found dead In n
lot in tho Bronx November lG, 1919
It waa alleged by the prosecution that
tho motive for the crime was 10 obtain
the proceeds Of IA $500 life insurance
policy carried by the victim and having
Nrs. Dixon as beneficiary. Mrs. DIXON
wse tried on the same charge n year
ago, but The jury diaagJcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Woman Killed by Truck
Companion Injured When They
Are Run Down in Rain

Two women walking under the az"
structure at Third Avenue and Fifty
first Street. early this morning to pro-
tect themselves from the rain, were run
down by a threc-and a half ton motor
truck. One of the women. Katherine
Fay, twenty a stenographer, of 1853
East Forty eighth Street. was taken in
the truck to Bellevue Hospital, where
she was pronounced dead Her COM
panion was attended in the East Fifty
first Street police station
The truck is owned by II. and T. NV
man, fruit dealers, of 405 East 1O3d
Street, and WAS operated by Max Ruben,
of 32l East Tooth Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Rabbi Sent to Prison:
Sold Wood Alcohol
One Customer Blinded by
Whisky Containing Poisonous
Fluid as Ingredient

Rabbi Jacob Radowitz, sixty-six
years old, of Al Attorney Street, was
sentenced yesterday to an indetermi-
nate term Of six months to three ycars
in the pcniteniary for selling wood
alcohol. Radowitz was convicted in
Special Sessions of disposing of two
gallons of the fluid, a part Of which
was drunk by Samuel Schneider, of III
Broome Street, who became totally
blind. Sentenced was pronounced by
Justices Frcschi. Moss and Murphy
This is q very important case" said
Justice Freschi, land concerns not only
the defendant but all the members of
his congregation who obtain the whis-
ky. 1t is a serious matter, and N
order to set an example to others it
becomes our duty to send this man 10
the penitentiarV"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Dispatch to The Tribune

ST. LOUIS, June f. Herman H.
Philips, of Berdan, H.. formerly Of
Company Z. 166th infantry. Rainbow
Division, is in the position Of awaiting
the arrival OF his body. The BODY Is
coming in a government casket direct
from the cemetery at Chateau Thlerry.
Philips is on the paNToll OF the Ga
cago a Alton Railroad at Berdan.
He recently made trip to Wash
ington, but was unable to convince the
officials he is not dead.
Philips father received official
notice two weeks ago that the body of
his son was being sent TO him and was
told to be prepared to receive it. Later
ne received a telegram giving further
notice of the shipment Of the body. The
War Department, the father says, has
been told repeatedly that Herman is
alive, but the records show he is dead,
and the department not only stands on