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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Officer Hurt in Wreck of
Plane at Mitchell Field
Lieut.. Mcspadden Misjudges
Distance in Landing and
Strikes Flag Pole

Second Lieutenant Lewis McSpadden
was seriously injured in an airplane
crash while attempting to land his ma
chine at Mitchell Field, Mineola, L. l.,
yesterday. He had just completed IA
flight from Langley Field, Va, and was
accompanied by Captain Albert w. Ste
vens, as observer.
McSpadden apparently misjudged his
distance, and the wings of the machine
struck steel fagpolc standing out
side the residence of Colonel Moose
commander of the field The machine
then went into a side-slip and crashed
into bedroom in Colonel Moses
house. The airplane, DH-4 biplane,
was wrecked and McSpadden was
pinned beneath the motor.
Captain Stevens was uninjured and
he and a number of mechanics rushed
over and extricated McSpadden, who
was unconscious. He was taken to the
base hospital. He was badly bruised
about tie head and body. Physicians
have as yet been unable to determine
the nature of his injuries.
Lieutenant McSpadden made the
flight under orders to make a mosaic
map of New York CITY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Bellboy Finds Girl
SenseIess From Poison
Guest of Martha WASHINGTON
Hotel Leaves Sealed Note
to Mrs. Grover. i'm Ohio

Blanche Grover. of Lima, Ohio, was
found unconscious in her room at the
Martha Washington Hotel about
o'clock lats night, apparently having
tried to take her life by SWALLOWING
belladonna. She was taken to Bellevue
Hospital. Her condition is serious.
About 8 o'clock a man telephoned to
the hotel and asked for Miss Grover.
The switchboard operator got no reply
from her room, but the wan was in
slstent that Miss Grover nuts be there
so a bellboy was sent He found the
door open and Miss Grover on the floor.
senseless. Near her lay bottle labelled
beiladonna
There was sealed letter on the
table addressed to Mrs Grover. 739 y
West Wayne Street, Lima, Ohio. That
is the address Miss Grover gave when
she registered at the hotel on August
a. She is about twenty-four.
In the excitement which followed the
discovery of Miss Grovery everybody
forgot for the moment about the man
who had telephoned to her When the
call was remembered he had discon-
nected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Edison, Wearing SO Shoes,
Plays CobbIer IN Public
Inventor Takes One Off Before Delegates in Ediphone
Anniversary Celebration and Prunes Loose Sole;
Says He Wears $2.75 Hats Urges Economy

WEST ORANGE. N. j., Aug. H.
Others may wear SIT and $1S shoes and
So and 81 hats, but Thomas A. Edison
has made another discovery.
A pair Of Sc shoes which the "Wiz-
ard has worn almost year played
their part in the celebration of the
forty-third anniversary Of the inven-
ton Of the Ediphonc, attended by 1876
distributing delegates at the Edison
laboratories here to-day. At least one
of them did.
Mr.. Edison shifted the reading of his
speech to his son, Charles Edison, and
during the discourse calmly unlaced
his right shoe, took it off and pruned
piece of loose leather from the sole
with his jack knife. He had made an
other discovery. The sole Of his shoe
was loose. The gathering was more
interested in the operation than the
speech and when the inventor paused
he was given good-natured ovation.
~ went over to New York to buy a
pair of shoes and found they were
asking ST and $18 a pair" the inven-
tor said, interrupting his son. II
didn't object to the price, but the toes
were all pointed and l wanted broad
toe. | went down to Cortlandt Street
and in a cellar l noticed lot of shoes
i saw a pair that struck my fancy and
bought them for Sc. have been wear
ing that pair of shoes for nearly a
year."
Mr. Edison had finished the pruning
operation by this time and pointing to
Edwin c. Barnes, delegate, he con-
tinued
Barnes wouldn't have done it that
way. He would have gone up on
Broadway and paid SIT or SIS pair"
Hats Cost Him $2.75
eyes, but would wear them three
OF four years." retorted Barnes.
Barnes pays Sc or 81 for a hat"
said Mr.. Edison, while I would go
down to Newark or over to New York
and pay $2.75 for one"
Barnes met the last statement with
silence.
When Charles Edison had finished
his fathers statement Mr. Edison again
drew the attention of the delegates to
some Edisonian economy of time as
we'll as of mcaey. He produced a
nightly he said he wrote his tasks for
the following day. To-days slips die
tated fifty-seven different duties.
"If everybody tried it for six months
it would be a surprise to know how
much can be done in ten hours" he ex-
planned. Ten hours, however. every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Paws Six Cents ON Dollar

Judge Stickel signed an order in
Orphans Court, Newark, yesterday al
lowing creditors of James Smith jr.,
former United States Senator and for
mer political boss, cents on the dol
lar. Mr.. Smith formerly was president
of the Federal Trust Company of New
ark and owned two newspapers in that
city. He was credited with nominating
Woodrow Wilson as Governor of New
Jersey, though later they were oppo-
nents.
Mr.. Smith resigned as president of
the trust company in 1915 and made an
assignment of his assets for the bene-
fit of creditors. The final accounting
filed yesterday showed that the Fidel-
ity Trust Company, of Newark, the as
signee, had assets amounting to $751;
1876, while Smiths liabilities were
$2,31O,686.
A claim for s2a9,s79, entered by a
firm of brokers, is being contested by
the assignee on the ground that it rep
resents marginal dealings in stocks
and therefore is a gambling debt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Airplane Finds
WOnnan's Body:
Boy Is Missing
Miss Alice Wing, of Boston,
Drowned Off Southamp-
ton While i'm Boat With
VIM. Russell, of New York
Missing a Day and Night
Last Seen by Bathers ON
Beach; Dozens of Craft
Take Part in the Search

SOUTHAMPTON, L. l., Aug. 12.-
Men in an airplane which joined this
afternoon a search Of nearby waters
for Miss Alice Wing, Of Boston, and
her nephew, William Russell, twelve
years old, discovered the woman's body
several miles from shore. The hunt
had been in progress twenty four
hours.
The body Of the boy, who was the
son of Philip Russell, of the law firm
Of Wing & Russell, ID Wall Street, New
York, has not been found. All hope
that he might have survived the acct
dent in which his aunt lost her life
has been abandoned, however. The
search for his body will be renewed to-
morrow.
Miss Wing was the sister of Thomas
E. Wing, of New York, senior member
of the firm of Wing e. Russell. She
had been visiting at the cottage Of her
brother law, Mr.. RUSSELL on Flying
Point Road. Yesterday morning she
and her nephew, who had been Ill, took
a rowboat and were observed by
bathers rowing just beyond the break
ers at the beach.
Extensive Search Made
That was the last seen of them.
When they did not return for lunch
Mr.. Russell became alarmed, and life
guards along the beach started to look
for them. They learned from bathers
where they had been seen and rowed
far out from shore, scanning the sea
with glasses.
Their efforts were fruitless and the
coast guard station was notified, and
the crew joined the hunt, which was
kept up until darkness. Shortly after
sunset one of the boats picked up an
oar in Mecox Bay which is believed to
be one of those from the boat used
by Miss Wing and her nephew.
Encouraged by this discovery, the
boatmen believed that the craft for
which they were hunting could not
have drifted far from the spot where
the oar was found. They rowed for
miles, circling the place and shouting
across the water. There was no reply
to their calls, nor did they come upon
any further trace of the lost boat.
This morning the search was re-
sumed. There were rowboats, sail
boats and motor boats by the Dozen
They put in at noon, defeated but not
discouraged.
Boat Washed Ashore
While the searching feet was beating
back to land word came from John
Cooper, bathing master at Bridgehamp-
ton Beach, that boat believed to be
that in which Miss Wing and the Rus
sell boy set out, had been washed
ashore there, empty.
This news dashed the hopes of the
searchers. Although rowboat is
sea, the sun glinting on it's flank when
a roller hits it, enables the eye to pick
it out of the waste of waters when a
sodden body would float past un-
needed.
Mr.. Russell, however, had heard that
there was an airplane in the vicinity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Home Builders to Get Aid
Money at Low Rate Available to
City and State Employees

An organization to be known as the
City and State Employees Savings and
Loan Association, to aid city and state
employees in building their own homes
by advancing money at low rates, pay
able on an installment basis, was
launched in this city yesterday at the
Office of Frank Mann, Tenement House
Commissioner.
Mr.. Mann was elected president of
the association. His Offices in the Mu-
nicipal Building will be the headquar-
ters of the organization. Other Off
GERS are Lawrence Mcclure and Frank
J. Prial, vice-presidents; John P. Leo,
treasurer; Roger p. Doyle, secretary;
Duncan McInness, auditor, and William
E. Walsh and Adelaide E. Mcnamara,
accountants. The first day of the ex-
stence of the new organization was
marked by flood Of applications for
membership. Details about the meth
DDS and purposes of the new body can
be- obtained from any of it's officers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

delegate knew, are only part Of an
Edison workday.
In presenting small slken flag to
the inventor, gift from his assembled
employees, George M. Austin, of Phila-
delphia, the spokesman, said:
eve ask you to hang this in your
library to remind you of the distrib
utors' loyal representation of the in
vtntion--the debating machine--which
and our love and respect for you as the
creator and supporter of great indus
try into which your discovery has grown
in these forty-three years. We have
chosen the American flag because it
seems to us more fitting as Americas
leading citizen. In all our relations
with you you stand for Americanism
in its highest form"
Why Office Worker Is Satisfied
Mr.. Edison's speech in reply said in
part;
Everybody takes hand these days
in discussing industrial problems, but
| don't hear much about Che white COL
lar workers in the office.
"Do you know why the Office worker
is as we'll satisfied as anybody with his
lot? It's because he sees and under
stands the problems of his boss and
he's satisfied to see the president paid
$4,000 salary because he is close
enough to know he earns the money.
"If you could make the industrial
worker understand what capital and
management are doing for him it would
go a long way to cure this sc-called
unrest
"The average factory hand to-day
has no conception of what capital is
being invested for him in better ma
chinery and tools to make a better job
for him.
"The typewriter started the ball roll
ing for machines in the offices. Scholes
back in the early 70's brought his
first model to my shop and l helped
him make it work.
"If you want to get perspective Of
progress with such things as the Edi-
phone or the typewriter, just imagine
if all the offices had never heard of
longhand or shorthand and you at
tempting to remove the typewriter and
debating machine substituting the
hand method of getting out the mail
business simply would stop.
"In a few years machines will do
about everything in an office just as
they do in the shops. All office work
ers will have better jobs and compare
lively better pay the more they use
the automatic devices"
The delegates attended a luncheon
at the Essex Country Club this after
noon and tomorrow will continue their
sessions at the Hotel Pennsylvania,
Manhattan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
Man Resembling BergdoH
Captured Near Oneonta
Snecial nisnnfcA TO Tha rrihun

Special DESpofch to The Tribune
ONEONTA, N. Y, Aug. PA man
answering the description of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy draft
evader, was arrested near here this
morning by State Troopers McQuade
and Turner, of the Albany department.
The subject is being held awaiting the
arrival of an officer of the Department
of Justice. He said he was George
Lenno, of Buffalo, that he was recently
at work in Glens Falls and was on his
way to Binghamton to seek work.
He seemed alarmed when taken into
custody and has told conflicting stories
of his movements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

and had kept the telephone wires hot
searching for it. His quest was sue
cessful and this afternoon the plane
arrived and began to search the sur
face of the water at height Of q few
hundred feet.
The observers in 1t found the body
Of Miss Wing a few miles, from shore.
A nearby motor boat was signalled, and
it bore the body to shore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13


at the Empire Theater on August 81.
1t is comedy by Jean Archibald.
The Columbia Theater will open its
regular season of burlesque Monday
afternoon.
Advance sale for "Spanish Love-"
the new Avery Hopwood and Mary Rob-
erts Rinehart drama, to open at the
Maxine Elliott Theater next Tuesday
will begin to-day. Seat sale for
ENTER Madame" the Gilda Varesi-
Norman Trevor vehicle, at the Garrick
will begin to-day also.
Henry Miller and Blanche Bates will
begin the thirty fifth week of "The
Famous Mrs. Fair" at the Henry Miller
Theater Monday night
Arthur Donaldson, stage and screen
player, is the latest actor to open a
theatrical producing agency. His
Offices will be at 220 West Forty-second
Street
Hugo Riesenfeld, of the Rivol The
alter, has engaged Vera Myers, a lyric
soprano, to appear at the Rivoli, be-
ginning Sunday.
The Montauk Theater, Brooklyn, will
open its season August 80 with "The
Storm"
Lillian Bersc has been selected from
vaudeville for a leading singing role
in Gus Edwards's Revue OF 1920"
ho =
hall Theater, are to move to a larger
playhouse in the center of the theatri-
cal district.
"Thc Lady of the Lamp" will open
at the Republic Theater next Tuesday
evening, August II, instead of Monday
rs originally announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
The Stage Door

He was an Englishman. He wore a
monocie, mustache and handkerchief
in cuff He approached the box office
OF the Broadhurst Theater, where
Come Seven" is playing, and said, ac-
cording to the press agent:
Would you mind. old fellow selling
ne q couple of tickets to When the
Seven Arrives'?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

Pat Rooney and Marion Bent will
make their first appearance in musical
comedy, under the management of Max
F. Wilmer and S. Romberg, soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

Malcolm Williams will appear in
"The Love Woman" the Selwyns' new
play that is to open the new Times
Square Theater next month with Flor
ence Reed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

George M. Cohan announces that Ar
mold DAILY will begin rehearsal of "The
Tavern" on August 16. The play is by
Cora Dick Cant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

Call the Doctor" the first Belasco
production of the season, will be seen
at the Empire Theater on August 81.
It is a comedy by Jean Archibald
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

Owing 10 typogra phical s,-
sesaay eTu gsanns Of The TrbuS @
iaN matinee of Ladies' Ni1h,.sn at the
Eisingc Theatre would be given nsss - q. The
urday This is incorrect The -. Sat
continue at the Eitinge Tbes,.s VIII
definitely. neatrs ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13

The Columbia Theater will open its
regular season of burlesque Monday
afternoon
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
BLASTSHOPE
0FL0W PRICES
Economic Expert Scouts Fall Of
n. C. Says II Can't
Be Done in a Day.
By MILDRED NORRIS.
Interna tisnal News Service.

There is no hope Of a radical or
permanent reduction in the cost OF
living, according to W. Jett Louck.
consulting economist and recognized
authority on prices.
As wholesale prices now stand, he
stated today, they are approximate
ly 1874 per cent higher than they
were before the war.
SMALL EFFECT ON FAMILY.
Thus far the reductions in whole
sale prices have had very small ef-
feet upon the necessary outlay OF the
average family" Louck said. 1.-THE
ultimate consumer, up to this time.
has foand relief only in a slight re-
duction in food and clothing. As ap-
and his family this has amounted to
only approximately 8 per cent. The
cost OF fuel, light. housing. and sun
dries continue to advance.
Retail prices OF foodstuffs, fabrics,
and clothing have not as yet fully re-
sponded to the recent fall In whole
sale prices. and some further reduc-
tions may be expected, but there Is
no ground for the hope of an early
and radical reduction in the cost OF
living or any very great decline In
retail prices because of the tendencies
which are now operative.
FARMER VIT HARDEST.
"The distress OF the farmer should.
II would seem, be to the advantage Of
the consumer. II he receives less for
his wool and cotton, the consumer
should pay less for clothing. Unfor-
tunately, our system Of production
and distribution does not function in
this way.
1.-THE hope for the farmer consists
In developing organizations and
agencies for cooperative selling to
escape from the control Of corpora
'tions. manipulators. and spectators.
1.-The consumer must secure the en-
actment Of laws to prevent Drofiteer-
ing, price manipulation, and the use
Of credit in the speculation for the
necessaries Of life"
The Washington times., 1920-10-29

rains. Many mountain women are
preparing to go eight or ten miles TO
the polls.
HOT FIGHT IN MAINLAND.
Senator John Walter Smith OF
Maryland. Democratic veteran. IL
fghting the hight OF his political life
against o. Il. Weller. Republican can
didate. All reports agree this con-
test is getting more and more intense
as election day comes nearer. Sen.
ator Smith hopes to save himself by
the entrance into the race or Haw-
kins, the colored candidate for the
Senate. who Is appealing TO the vote
Of his own race. Moreover. Senator
Smith Is telling his friends that he
has served the State for many years;
that he Is getting old, and wants TO
end his years In the Senate.
The Maryland Democratic organiza
tion. II is pretty well understood, is
giving much more serious attention
to the effort to defeat Weller than
II Il to Cox. Most prognosticators
look on the state as doubtful. though
some able Republican leaders predict
II will go for Harding. and also for
Weller.
BRANDEGEE SEEMS CERTAIN.
Senator Brandegee, though he has
had a hard contest. is expected to be
reelected In Connecticut.
In Missouri, Senator Spencer's
prospects are materially helped by
the attitude OF Senator James Reed.
who has declared against Cox on the
League OF Nations issue.
The Watson-Taggart struggle In
Indiana Is going to be long re-
membered az one of the fercest the
Hoosier State has ever seen. and this
week has been a grilling one. Tag
CART and his organization. well
backed with funds. are combing the
state for votes and on the other hand,
Senator Jim" Watson, who Is a
stump speaker of rare ability. and a
handshaker OF the hrst water, Is
working day and night. backed by a
competent Republican state organiza-
tion. The best advices are that Hard
ing will carry Indiana by at least
$4,000 and probably more than that.
II this eventuates. Watson will win.
Everybody pronounces the Watson
Taggart campaign beautiful fight"
OKLAHOMA SEEMS DEMOCRATIC.
Oklahoma, noramlly largely Demo-
cratic, Is not counted on by most Re.
publican leaders outside the state to
go either for Harding or for Harreld,
The Washington times., 1920-10-29
CONTINUED from First Page.)


leaders close to Cox have practically
given up hope OF his election and are
centering all their attention on an
effort 10 elect Democratic senator's
II possible to make the Senate Demo-
cratic. and in any event to hold the
Republican membership In the Senate
to the minimum.
TRADE-OFFs ARE RUMORED.
Some talk OF efforts to trade off
Cox votes In order to get support for
Democratic candidates for the Senate
Is going the rounds.
Leaving aside the talk about trad
ing and the ] Ike. It Is at least true
that certain of the senatorial con-
tests are growing more and more
intense in these last days. This is
true in Kentucky. Maryland, Connect
icut, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana.
Wisconsin. Nevada. Arizona, Oregon,
and two or three other States. Sena-
tor Phelan is ( ghting a hard fight
in California to save himself from
defeat at the hands OF Samuel r.
Shortridge, the Republican candidate.
Senator Cummins. Republican. has
strong opposition in Iowa and the
contest there Is highly animated.
though as Harding vii carry the
ctdtS Dy pTOpdOly iOO,OOV, thc PIos-
poets are that Senator Cummins. who
is being opposed largely on account
Of the Esch-Cummins bill, will be
returned.
NORBECk GAINS.
In South Dakota, where Governor
Norbeck Is running for Senator on
the Republican ticket, and where he
has encountered some stiff opposi-
tion, the conditions are daily gett ng
more favorable for his election.
In Kentucky. the race between
Senator Beckham, Democrat, and
Richard p. Ernst, Republican. re-
mains close and doubtful. Every
body knows II is no easy thing to
defeat a Democratic candidate for the
Senate in Kentucky. Becknam. how
ever, has some elements OF weakness
and is not regarded as being as
strong as Cox in the State. The
registrations are running nearly
enough even to keep the campaign
managers of both parties on their
toes to the last. Much will depend
on weather conditions in the noun
tain country, which is heavily Repub-
lican, and where the voters cannot
go to the polling places IL the creeks
and mountains roads are flooded from