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The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
SOLDIER SOLICITED
MONEY FOR PRAYERS
Wounded Veteran Wins Free
dom in Court.

Ills simple story OF HE exploits In the
war won freedom yesterday for Samuel
SaplIo when ho was arraigned IN tho
Gates Avenue Court. Brooklyn, charged
with soliciting money In the streets. The
soldier presented to Magistrate Dodd a
citation for bravery signed by Gen.
crashing
II Wanted 10 get funds TO pay for a
mass to be said by the priests Of st.
LIcy's Church for my dead comrades
In France" Saplio SAID ~ served four
teen months and was wounded seven
teen times, I got tn, idea when / was
lying six months In hospital getting
over a wound In tho head, prayed to
ST. Lucy that II ever got well I
would pay for n maYs for the men OF
ny outfit who were killed In action"
The soldier said hc had been em-
ployed on the b. Il, q, and lost his Job
through the strike, To admitted he In
tended keeping his family n few days
oit Of the proceeds CT mis- collections
Tho Magistrate told Soplo he might So
llcit for tho Dass among his friends
ut not publicly.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
BROOKLYN TROLLEY
BOYS PLAYTHING
Strikebreakers Abandon Car
or SWitch.

It's poor strike that doesn't please
somebody.
When the strikebrenklng motorman
and conductor on a Vanderbilt avenue
car hit the wrong switch last night and
went careening through Brooklyn where
ever rambling rails led them, they be-
came disgusted with the vicissltudes OF
life In the borough beyond the bridge
and quit, leaving the tar In Park ave-
nue.. near Marcy avenue. They took
with them all the small change which in
previous days went 20 the company.
Hardly able to believe their good for
tune, crew Of small boys manned the
car. There were soon fifty-two ambi-
tlous motormen, several hundred conduc-
tors and absolutely no passengers. The
conductors rang up enough fares TO re-
move the b. r. T. from the depths Of
bankruptcy TO the heights Of aifiuence.
They ran tho car back and forth, each
motorman scrapping manfully for con-
troll. They did all the things small boys
with large imaginations could do to u
real sure 'nough trolley.
Then the good times ended with the
arrival OF the cops They shooed away
the boys and held down the wandering
trolley until an emergency crew arrived
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
POLICE AND FIREMEN
ASK FOR $500 A YEAR
Claims of $4,000 to Be Heard
by Board of Estimate.

Fourteen thousand patrolmon and fire.
men have filed with the Board OF Esti-
mate and Apportlonment petition for a
salary of $4,000 year. effective jan
uary /, 1921, The petition is signed on
behalf OF the patrolmen by Joseph T.
Moran, president OF the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association, and on behalf OF
the hremen by Albert f. Guinness.
president Of the Uniformed Firemen's
Association
Police Commissioner Richard Il. En-
right and Fire Commissioner Thomas j.
brennan viii appear before the Board
of Estimate to-day 10 discuss tho pro-
posed Increase In salaries The petition
FLED with the board says:
I'VE do not believe Il Is necessa ry To
present any facts or figures on tho cost
Of living or the wages paid by private
corporations for work involving less
hours day and no risk to life and
limb Such facts and figures are ap-
parent TO all officials and citzens. We
have learned BY personal experience In
all parts Of the city that the taxpayers
and the people In general are willing to
give the patromen and firemen a salary
sufficient 10 enable them to live prop
erly."
The salary paid to patrolmen and fire.
men, since the increases which went
into cffact August 20, Is S2,2S0 u year.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
JOKER REVEALED IN
FOREST HILLS LEASE
Tenant Asks Court to Strike
Out Owners Privilege to
Cancel Renewal.
CHARGES 40 P. G. PROFIT
Brooklyn Protest Committee
Gets Encouragement From
Mayors Board Counsel

Samuel Chandler. tenant In inc
Gardens Apartments, Forest hlllH' IN
stltuted yesterday n supreme Court he'
ton for reformation OF his lease The
butt In q test one, many tenants peIhs
interested In the outcome,
When he leased hia apartment OF INC
Gardens Apartments Inc, In lVlI tor
q period OF hye years At 500 month"; ne
asserts that he was Informed ny inc
owner, or his agent that the lease con
taIned renewal clause at the old rent
lie says that he has since learned thht
tho lease contains clause permitting
tho landlord to revoke tho renewal pro-
vision He wants this clause stricken
cut, because he has received notice thht
tho landlord wants Ss2b u month Tor
his apartment at the expiration OF hlA
Lease,
Chandler estimates that there are
500, 900 families In New York city VINO
are hard put 10 ind place 10 lWe'
lie alleges that the apartment mouse w
which he lives was assessed at |Soo,OVV
In 1918 and that the proposed rents WIZ
yield an annual income equal TO ~ per
cent, OF this valuation,
A committee representing nfty-sH
tenants OF ave apartment houses on
Sevcnty-nfth street, Brooklyn, were en-
couraged yesterday on appearing petpIe
Julius i. Wilson, counsel for the Mayor
Committee on Rent Prontccrng, 10 near
him expresA tho opinion that q JUSTICE
OF the Municipal Court would give them
"A years extension OF tenancy II they
Iald their landlord 10 per cent IN
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
POLICE HERE ADOPT
RAPID FIRE PISTOL
Nsw Weapon Discharges 100
Shots in Sir Seconds.

rev firearm, a machine gun In the
form Of a pistol, has been adopted by
the New York police, Acting Captain
Charles sohofield, head OF tho Police
Training School and commander OF tho
riot battalion received the first con-
alignment OF tho guns yesterday, Ten
OF them are being purchased by the de-
partment and the 400 members OF tho
riot battalion viii receive instruction by
squads In the use VI the new weapon
II In known 40 the submachlne gun
and In principal usefulness will be IN
street riots and IN chasing automobile
thieves, The gun, IN It's largest eallbre,
tho ,4b, which II the one the police VIII
use, weighs only seven pounds and nfeh
100 shots In five and half seoonds,
Fired automatically, II can be sprayed
like hose, By pressing an attachment
the gun ID converted instantly 10 a single
shot weapon, which can DO fired az faHt
as the finger can pull tho trigger
The gun In the invention OF Gen, John
\ Thompson, ID, \, NJ, who was chief
of the small arma diylalon OF the United
states Army during tho war, having
charge OF all small arms production II
In being manufactured by the Auto
Ordnance Corporation OF bOl Fifth ave-
nue. The gun IL said 10 be the simplest
made, IL has only eleven parts,
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
77S,OOO TO ENROLL
IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Increase Of $4,000 Expected
Over Registration Of
Last Year.
$4,000 IN HIGH SCHOOLS
Shortage Of Buildings May
Compel Part Time for
Some Glasses.

Officials Of the Board OF Education
arc making ready for the reception
next week Of 77a,0O0 pupils In the ele'
mentary schools OF New York city II IL
expected that registration viii reveal
an increase In tho five DoroughH OF hpou,
$4,000 over last year About ib'oOu
viii take up work In the high schools hn
increase OF three or four thousand oNeI
last year,
Y, A. Nlfeneoker, assistant 70 super
intendent of Schools Ettlnger said inc
Board Of Education had been promised
last week by tho Building Department
that within ninety days enoush new
school construction would have been
completed 10 care for the expected In
crease OF $4,000 In tho elementary
schools, Even 80, there remain $1,000
children who had 10 be placed on part
time last year, II ia feared that due "a
.he uncertainty Of the building situation
there will be more congestion In the
schools than u year ago,
Two new schools are being erected IN
Mahhattan, seven IN the Bronx, ten
IN Ohooklyn, three IN Queens and one In
Richmond or these ten Are expected TO
be ready this fall and seven during tho
winter, The actions where the congeB-
tion will be most felt are The Bronx
und the brownsville section In Brooklyn,
There will be no shortage OF teachers
In fact, there In u good sized waiting
list which can be drawn from, Tho In
creased salary schedules and the slack
anlng In other opportunities for women
workers are probably responsible.
This year the 1913 Continuation
School act goes partially into effect,
Last year, lsidor the existing law, 1000
children who had left school without
graduation and we're working had TO at
tend school few hours week, This
year the enrolment OF these pupils Ia
expected TO reach $4,000,
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
LEAPSTO HER DEATH
TO PREVENT ARREST
Woman Fatally Injured in
Jump From Window.

A woman who could MT endure the
modification OF arrest Jumped carly
yesterday morning rom a second story
window OF q house at 1855 East Fifty
sixth street. where she rented room
week ago.
Detective Meuchner OF the vice squad
OF Inspe ,lor Samuel Belton said his sus-
picions were aroused by thc actions Of
the woman and he followed her home,
He knocked az the door aid Informed
her she was under arrest
at will disgrace my mother and sis.
ter" he said the woman explained
She closed the door and ran to win
dow. The detective followed, but he
was not fast enough She had Jumped
to the yard. She died In Bellevue Hos
pital.
The police said the woman's name was
Mrs. May Walsh. A search OF the room
failed to yield any information regard
ing her relatives She was about So
years old.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
ENJOINS CHARGING
OF $40 GAS RATE
Justice Scudder Holds p. 5. c.
Cannot Fix Levy.

Justice Townsend Scudder, In the su'
preme Court, Brooklyn, granted an IN
junction yesterday restraining the
brooklyn Borough Gas Company from
charging Sl.40 per thousand cubic feet
OF gas to It's customers In the Thirty
first Ward OF Brooklyn, which includes
Flatiands and Coney Island,
Application for the injunction was
made by Gerald Morrell OF 2oll East
Thirteenth street The injunction also
restraints the company from entering
the home OF Mr.. Morrell to adjust his
gas meter, IN order TO compensate for
the difference between the previous rate
Of Sl.i6 and the present rate Of $40.
Justice Scudder holds that the Public
Service Commission had no authority to
flN either Of these rates. despite the feet
that the eighty cent gas dispute has been
set aside by the higher courts on the
ground that the law was confiscatory
and unconstitutional
Justice Scudder at the same time
granted permission to the city OF New
York to intervene as plaintiff and
suggested that the city bring action as
trustee TO have the gas rate fixed. The
courts, he said. have the right TO fla
the rate, and the company as we'll al
the city may bring court action toi
the same purpose
ut In my conclusion" reads the de-
clslon, that the Public Servl,e Commits
sion had no power TO make the ordei
fixing rate for defendant in excess o.
tho statutory maximum, although tn,
statutory rate IVES adJudged confsca
tory and void.
~ am also OF the opinion that the al
legation in the complaint that the s1.4'
rate is unjust. unreasonable, excessiv,
and exorbtant and is more than suffi
Client reasonably to compensate the de
fendant Is pleadable conclusion o
| fact"
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
BOY FALLS 4 FLOORS
INTO BABY CARRIAGE
Smashes Buggy, but Escapes
With Scratched Cheek.

Joseph vecchio, 10 months old, rolled
off his blanket on a fire escape four
stories above the street at his home,
9O5 East 1llth street, yesterday after
noon. Instead OF bouncing down the
iron stairs the infant plunged through
the we'll in the fire escape and hit
nothing until he got TO the bottom.
Then he landed In n baby carriage
which neighbor had left outside. The
carriage was smashed. but Joseph got
only u scratch on one cheek.
The chid's mother rushed down and
finding him still breathing carried him
to a drug store. The pharmacist looked
the child over, but could find nothing
the matter except the cheek wound.
An ambulance surgeon who arrived a
few minutes later confirmed the
diagnosis. The father, Antonio,
promptly offered to buy the neighbor
a new baby carriage to replace the one
nmashed.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
CHnDREN's CAMP CLOSED.
Outing Given Youngsters From
Tubercular Families.

The season OF the Summer Day Camp.
conducted by the New York tuberculosis
Association In cooperation with the De-
partment OF Health, closed yesterday
with a final outing for the children and
some speeches by the sponsors at the
Old Hunters Island Mansion, Pelham
Bay Park.
The mansion and the park were de-
voted to the welfare work without
charge by order of Joseph p. Hennessy.
Park Commissioner OF The Bronx. Mr..
Hennesay, DR.. Royal s. Copeland. DR..
John 8. Billings OF the tuberculosis asso-
citation, Arthur ]. o'Leary, Assistant
Sanitary Superintendent Of The Bronx,
and the Rev. william A. Courtney were
the other speakers.
All the children showed gains In
weight They we're taken from homes
OF tubercular parents and allowed TO
play in the park daily! being brought
back home at night. They were given
free dinners
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
.DERGDOLL'S GUARDS
LIKELY ACQUITTED
Sergeant 0'Hare Is Not Locked
Up After COurtMartial at
Governors Island.
YORK's CASE ENDED SOON
Defendants Testimony Differs
From That Of Friend and
Counsel Of Stacker.

Sergeant John oIIare, thirteen years
an army sergeant and with twenty years
OF service, was not taken into custody
at the close OF his court martial yeAter-
day at Governors Island for the escape
OF GrOyer Cleveland Iiergdoll, Phlla-
delpha draft evader, This was taken
to indicate an acquittal
Sergeant Calvin York; who with
o'IIare took Bergdoll TO philadelphia on
the way 10 HagerHtOwn, Md, was tried
In less than twenty minutes, and II Ia
believed was acquitted. The findings OF
the court must 20 TO Washington Tor
review
Sergeant O'IIare told a clear, direct
story which varied In some details from
the testimony OF Judge James Romlg OF
Philadelphia, a friend Of the Bergdolls,
and H. Clarence 0Ibboney of Bergdolla
counsel. O'Ilare denied having said
that the automobile which met the party
az Philadelphia was IN need OF repairs,
lle said although he never had ridden
In u passenger automobile before, the
car seemed % be working properly, They
took long ride before going 10 the
Bergdol homo and at no time did
O'HIarc see mechanic ut work on tho
car or have any cause 10 believe II was
working faulty, O'Ilare testified that
the party waited thirty hours at tho
Borgdoll home, and that the delay was
made necessary By the failure Of GLIB
honey to communicate any other ar
rangements TO him,
Bergdol escaped through second
door In room 10 which he had retired
and which was locked when Sergeant
O'Hlare tried II earlier In the day, ac-
cordlng 10 HIS testimony Just before
the escape he said Bergdoll, who hlth-
crto had been perfectly composed, ap-
peared 10 DO nervous, and walked up and
down the floor several times.
Before the court-martlal board retired
TO determine upon verdict Lieut.,
Thomas l., Heffernan, summing up, asked
the court to remember that the War Do.
partment, former Brlg-Gen, Ansell and
Llout-Col Hunt. commander of the dis
clpllnary prison at Governors Island. had
been duped by the plan, and In these
circumstances II was not remarkable that
an enlisted man had been taken In,
Lieut.Col. Charles CreAson. Assistant
Judge Advocate General on the stan Of
Gen, Dullard, testified that the Depart
ment OF Justice had information OF a
plotlto enable Bergdoll TO escape months
before May 2i. when the flight took
place, This information was not given
TO the War Department. so far AZ he
knew Lleut,-Col, Cresson said the plot
hinged on an attempt to obtain writ Of
habens corpus as soon as the prisoner ar
rived In Philadelphia and contained the
statement, the witness said, that Brig
Gen, Anscll IL 10 see about that"
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
SEARCH FOR COL" BETS.
Noted Sportsman In Wanted to
Face Charge OF Gambling.

A police search is on for Col" Lou
Belts, one Of the best known sportsmen
Of Long Island, who was indicted last
week by the Nassau county Grand Jury
as a gambler. District Attorney Charles
II. Weeks Of Nassau county asked the
New York police to find Col" Belts
after the sporting man had failed to
appear at his office.
Mr.. Weeks said counsel for "Col"
Belts had promised to produce his client
at any time and he had set 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon for the examination.
Counsel came, but Belts did not, ac-
cording to Mr.. Weeks. Col" Belts Is
said to have run Kings Cottage at Hew-
lett. The indictment grew out of John
Doe proceedings before Justice Town
send Scudder at Mineola which closed
last week. Col" Belts is about 60
years old. feet 6 inches tall, and
weighs 1876 pounds. He has gray hair
and gray mustache. His wife, suing
for divorce in 1908, referred to him as
the king Of gamblers"
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11

order OF Police Commissioner nnriEht'
Tho promotion was one OF twenty-seVen
announced from headquarters ana was
made possible by ruling OF tho Cor
poration Counsel suApandinG ths reHulA-
tions regarding appointment from tho
civil service list, .-,.,
Lieut. BuAby was on the old caplhlney
eligibility list which was superseded
during his war service by civil service
tests. lie oontended that he should ps
promoted IN the department from the
expired list, MS he did not have time 70
famIIiarise himself with technical
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11

changes In departmental admnistrsl lion
adopted during his absence
Lieut., Benjamln Austin received word
OF his promotion 20 captain on his INV,
second birthday, His father was man.
her OF tho force, aA IL his son, Iieu,
Theodore ID, Miller, q member ~ th,
force since i6e6, ana Lieut. Edward
Hayes, also twenty-four years In dspar
ment service, we're made captains,
Eleven sergeanta we're made lleIten-
ants, and twelve patrOlmer -Rll6 N
them world war yeterans-Wfra Fl,
yaneed 10 sergeanta
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
$4,000 JEWEL ROBBERY.
Another in Long Series of Borough
Park Thefts.

While Jacob ]. Hartmann, an insur-
ance broker, Of 1922 Eleventh avenue.
Brooklyn, was away from home with
his family Thursday, burglars entered
and stole jcwslry valued at 5000 The
police Of the Fourth avenue station In
Brooklyn lid not make known the rob-
berry, but 1t was confirmed yesterday by
Mr.. Hartmann,
The robbery Is one OF a series in the
Borough Park section OF Brooklyn
within the last fortnight
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
POLK TO ENTER N. Y. LAW FIRM
Former Under Secretary Of state
Becomes Partner October 1.

Frank L. Polk formerly Under Sec
retary OF State, will enter the law firm
OF stetson, Jennings & Russell on octo-
Der 1. Announcement of the new part
nership IVES made last evening. Mr..
Polk resigned his Federal post in June,
He was appointed counsellor Of the de-
partment In 1915 and later became As
sistant Secretary OF State.
When Congress created last winter the
office Of Under Secretary Of State Mr..
Polkewas chosen for the position. He
was member of the American delega-
ton TO the peace conference, and after
the return OF President Wilson and Sec
retary Lansing continued negotiations
for the United States until the close Of
the conference.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
ENRIGHTs CAR IN COLLISION.
DIR. Dayton Gets summons After
His Automobile In Wrecked.

An automobile owned by Police Com
missioner Richard f. Enright, In which
no IVES riding, was In collision early
yesterday morning with an automobile
driven by DIR. Charles r. Dayton OF 1872
Herkimer street, Brooklyn. The acci-
dent occurred at Pacific street and New
York avenue, Brooklyn. the Commits
soner's car turning from New York
avenue into Pacific street and crashing
into the physlcian's ctr, which was
wrecked
Immediately after the accident Com
missioner Enright's chauffeur, Detective
Sergeant Desire, handed TO DR.. Dayton
u summons to appear in the Gates ave-
nue. court, presumably to-day DR.. Day
ton procured C camera from nearby
drug store, and. according to a state
ment made by DR.. Charles Sedel, from
whom he purchased the camera, he In
tends TO sue the Commissioner. Neither
Mr.. Enright nor DR.. Dayton would dis
Cuss the accident
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
MEDAL IS GIVEN HERO.
City Employee HOnored for Res
cue o. -Four Children.

Henry II. Curran, Borough President
of Manhattan, awarded medal last
night to John Russell, an employee OF
the engineering division, at the annual
summer nights festival OF the EN-
ployees of the office or the Manhattan
Borough President. The medal was
voted by Russell's fellow empoyees be-
cause OF his rescue last July OF four
children playing on a raft in the North
River when It swirled into the channel.
Two of the children fell off.
The entertainment was held at Man
haitian Casino, TO raise funds for the
welfare work done from the Borough
Presidents office.
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
stettInius to Leave Hospital.

Edward II. Stettlnius. Of ]. p, Morgan
& Co., who underwent on operation for
appendicitis at Roosevelt Hospital re-
emily, will be taken home to-day or
tomorrow, II was said at the hospital
vegtcrJcv
The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-11
GEORGE BUSBY MADE
CAPTAIN OF POLICE
II Other Officers and II Pa
troImen Promoted.

Lieut., George Busby, attached TO tho
deteetiye bureau, who won promotion In
army service to ths rank OF Major, was
made A captain OF police yesterday by
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-19
Loses His Auto and
Must Paw $3.50 Fine
BY ALTMAN
BY LEO
by BLOSSER

Dick Carlo lost his auto and $3.50
when he pleaded guilty to charges
of liquor transportation In the fsd-
erai court Friday afternoon
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member Of Sigma Delta Chi. journal
ism fraternity, Friday night at the.
Hotel Sorrento.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-19
EARLY MORNING FATIGUE

When you awake In the morning
..ttno tired out, feeling worse In
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lre confronted with one Of the char
acteristic symptoms Of neurasthenia.
n IL due TO the rundown condititn
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Eng renewed strength and sleep re-
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-19
Wire Briefs

KANSAS CITY. Mo.--Armed
with sawcd-off shotguns. five men
hold up crew OF Missouri Pacific
freight and take motor struck full
of loot.
BATON ROUGE. Ia.--woman
suffrage voted down In house of
state legislature.
Observation-Disclosures w. Adams,
S5. former governor OF Nevada,
dead.
OTTAwA.-No middlemen except
rofiners and wholesalers allowed 10
handle nranulated sugar In Canada,
by order of board OF commerce.
SALT LAKE CfTy.-Utah's
1920 wool crop estimated at
IS, 900. 900.
YAKIMA.-Brcnltin down under
strain OF annual reunion here, sew
eral q. A. X. veterans forced TO
seek rest at St Ellzabeth's hos.
pital.
YAIlIMA.-G. A. r.. veterans in
annual encampment request that
Mt. Rainier DO renamed Mt Lin
coin.