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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
THREATENS HOTEL MEN
IF PRICES ARE NOT CUT
Riley May Appeal to Grand
Jury to Aid Crusade.

His investigators failing to make any
Roadway in the fight to force hotel
managers to reduce prices of food in
their dining rooms, Armin w. Riley,
head of the flying squadron of profiteer
hunters. issued warning to the man.
ayers last night that IL his men con-
tinued to be INSTRUCTED in their work
he would ''precipitate an examination
of their books Should this not pro-
duce the desired result. Mr.. Riley said
he would request subpenas from the
Grand Jury and would compel the man.
ayers to appear before him and give
certain information.
According to Mr.. Riley several of his
investigators went into the dining room
of a large uptown hotel, the manager
Of which had agreed last week to make
a reduction in prices, to see IL the new
menu card was in effect. The investiga-
tors were virtually shooed from the
room, he said. Similar methods were
employed in a Broadway hotel not far
from Herald Square. Mr.. Riley said he
tried to get the manager of this hostelry
on the telephone afterward and was in
formed that the manager was too
busy"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
TWO YOUNG BRIDES DEFY
LAW TO BE WITH PARENTS
Girl Who Fled Lighthouse in Hudson River Spurns
Husband-Wrt Fails to Aid Man Who Wed
High School Student.

emotional outburst and said he guessed
he would get an annulment.
The Youmans case was practically
duplicated In White Plains When Doug
las Morton, 81 years. farmer OF York
town, went to the Supreme Court to see
his wife for the first time since their
marriage on October l. He had OBJ
tanned a writ OF habeas corpus too. and
Mrs. Elizabeth Morton. girl in her
teens, was there with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. George B. Mcclellan.
Morton charged that his bride was
taken from him when she went to her
parents house for clothing the day of
the wedding In answer Mcclellan, who
is well to do contractor, declared that
he regarded his daughter as too young
TO marry. He said she was onlv II
years old when the ceremony was per-
formed and that Morton is twenty years
her senior and divorced
This man." Mr.. Mcclellan continued,
waited outside the high school and
took my girl away In an automobile,
and it was a borrowed car, too
He denied that his daughter has oeen
locked up since the first Of the month.
A conference was held in Justice
Youngs chambers betweene Morton and
the girls parents. Later Justice Young
announced he would grant the father
time to obtain counsel to fight the writ
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
BROOKLYN Y. M. G.. A.
IS SUED FOR $4,000
Morris F. Mailer Says Negii-
gence Caused Sons Death.

Trial of a suit for $4,000 damages
brought by Morris f. Mailer OF Gal
Warwick street, Brooklyn, against the
Brooklyn Y. NJ. G. A. was begun yes
terday before Supreme Court Justice
Lazansky and a jury. Mailer declares
that negligence at the Central branch
Of the "Y' on Hanson place resulted
In the death of his son. Frederick Il.
Mailer on the night of December 8.
1918. Young Mailer was In the SWIM
ming pool when he died
MAILER could not SWIM" said Jay
S. Jones. counsel for the father, but
he entered the pool with several COM
panions. He was In the shallow water
when. without warning, the lights we're
turned out. His friends scrambled out
Of the pool but Frederick was missing.
When they called his name there was no
answer. After an interval the lights
were turned on again and he was found
drowned"
The 'Y" denies responsibility for
Mahler's death and claims that not only
were the lights turned Off slowly. CIV
ing the bather time to leave the pool
but that when the lights were out the
pool was not In darkness. IT 10 claimed
also that the youths death was not due
20 his presence In the pool and inability
to see but to a physical weakness
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26

were with him. She rstold the story Of
the capture in the Black Sea or the
steamship Soufirah. on her way from
Batum for Constantinople, by brigands,
mostly Tartars and Georgians, and the
robbery Of most of the passengers. Mrs.
Haskell was In the ship with her chill
dren when the brigands, who had hiAAna
aboard at Batum, came out and began
shooting up the vessel.
Mrs Haskell heard the volley In her
stateroom and later a Scotchman ran
along the decks shouting: "Brigands
have taken over the ship! Hide your
valua bles :" She had time to hide hers
in the bathroom before two burly fellows
entered her stateroom pointing REVIEWERS
and demanded her money and jewelry.
She told the brigands she was travelling
penniless. They failed to find the Jewelry
and left her. After footing the vessel the
brigands. about forty in all. compelled
the skipper to lower them In lifeboats,
taking in each boat an officer as a
hostage.
Commander Garrett L. Schuyler, As
sistant Naval Attache at London, also
got In by the transport He said the
cruiser Pittspurg, which ripped out a
large section of her bottom In the Gulf
OF Finland and later was patched up
and taken to dry dock in Chatham, Eng
and. keeping afioat on a trip Of 1000
miles by the use of compressed air. might
be in commission again by Christmas.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
ASKS $4,000; CLAIMS
BREACH OF PROMISE
Ethel Eagiesfon Brings Suit
Against Ohio LoUyer.

Carl T. Adele. a lawyer, stopping al
the Waldorf-Astoria, who has a resi-
dence in Cincinnati. was named de-
PENDANT yesterday In an action In the
Supreme Court for $4,000 damages
brought by Miss Ethel May Eagleston
who charges Adele with having failed
to keep his promise to marry her.
The plaintiff is n former student OF
music who prepared for n career as a
singer. In August. 1919. she says, Adele
proposed marriage and she accepted
The wedding day was set for October 49,
1919, but later postponed until Deem
Der l. Since that time, she asserts, q
reasonable opportunity has been af.
forded the defendant to make good his
promise. but he has not done SO.
In addition TO the wound to her feel
ings Miss Eagleston says she cancelled
her singing engagements. discontinued
her studies and suffered great financial
loss by reason Of the defendants con-
duct.
Adele does not admit the promise Of
marriage.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
FOUR NASSAU OFFICIALS
TO BE INDICTED TODAY
One Queens Politician Also in
Gambling Net.

Four officials of Nassau county and
one former official will be indicted by
the Grand Jury to-day In Justice Scud-
ders gambling Investigation. The list
of probable indictments also contains
the names OF a prominent Queens poll
tician.
The taking OF testimony has been vir-
tually completed and the jury did not
meet yesterday There remains little to
do but draw up the indictments and
possibly hear few more witnesses who
can strengthen the case against the
men under suspicion.
All the men to be indicted have taken
active leadership in the affairs of the
party. One Of the witnesses Saturday.
Allan o. Myers, an agency detective,
testified he saw one of the officials
named enter telephone booth and
Tip Off" pace In East Rockaway that
n gambling raid was impending.
Each man will be indicted on sep
arate count and the group may also be
covered by blanket indictment charg-
ing them with conspiracy to sell pro-
lection to gamblers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
CREOLE BEAUTY NAMED
IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Frank T. Berber Says
Husband Secludes Woman.

Frank It. Berber. head OF the Scully-
Walton Private Ambulance Company
of New York, has become so infatuated
with the beauty of young creole
woman whom he met in the West Indies
that he refuses to permit any one to
see her and maintains her in an apart
ment, the shades of which are always
drawn, according to charges made by
his wife. Mrs Helen A. Berber. who
Is suing for n divorce. Mrs. Berber
obtained from Justice Callaghan in the
Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday an
order which directs her husband TO
show cause why he shouldn't pay 500
week alimony pending trial of the
suit.
Mrs. Berber. who lives with her
daughter, Miss Helen Berber in Bay
Ridge, alleges that Mr. Berber left
New York on July IL, 1913. to make a
business trip through the West Indies
He was gone two months. While In
Jamaica, IL is charged, he met Mrs.
Banco Wilks, q creole. % years old.
Mrs. Berber says the creole woman
followed him to New York and was
met at the pier and taken to a house
In West Seventy-seventh street. There,
says the wife, Berber and the woman
were surprised by raid.
According to Mrs. Berber, her hus-
band has an income Of $4,000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26

Mrs. Veronica Beatrice Youmans. the
bride who left her husband In the light
house in the Hudson River near Hudson
and returned home with her father, told
Chancellor Lewis in Jersey City yester-
day that her husbands charge that she
was being kept away from him was not
true. The bridegroom, Daniel l. You
mans. obtained writ OF habeas corpus
Friday. alleging Mrs. Youmans was
being Kept in her parents home at
Keansburg against her wishes.
"She wants to be with me-" he said
in effect
81 don't want to return to my hus-
band" said the young woman in court
yesterday. II was not denied my lib
erty"
The bride then explained that she
consented that Youmans marry her be-
cause she was angry at her father. Out
side of court she explained that her
father did not let her go out at night.
Youmans was staggered at the turn
the case took. He had gone to court ex-
pecting that his writ OF habeas corpus
would solve all his troubles, but he
found it only had FASTENED his marital
affairs to a crisis. He restrained an
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
CUPID PICKS ROSLYN
HOME FOR PERSHING
Rumor So Explains the Gen.
eral's Coming to Long
Island Resort.

Gen. John J. Pershing will become a
resident of Long Island on November 1,
it was learned last night. He will oc-
cupy one of the most picturesque Of the
north shore residences at Roslyn. Coin
cident with the confirmation OF what
merely had been a rumor, the Roslyn
countryside considered itself confronted
with an engaging mystery.
Why it was asked. SIS the General
coming to Long Island?'
According to one report, Gen. Per-
shing has leased the home of John NJ
Demarest. The other report said he
would be guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Dema-
rest Both reports agreed that Gen. Per-
shing has been Ill and needs long rest
In quiet, secluded spot, and that he Sc
lected Roslyn. South America was men,
toned as the spot he Will visit on the
first of the year, according to the report
that described his stay at the Demarest
house as visit"
But Roslyn had a rumor that Gen
Pershing was going to be married, and
that he would bring his bride to the
house overlooking Hampstead Harbor
and Long Island Sound beyond. The
'Demarest house is rambling structure
of about fourteen rooms. much too big
place for a bachelor, even though he be
General OF the United States armies, 4,
was argued. The fact that he is coming
from Washington to take up residence In
such a place was evidence enough foI
some persons to credit the wedding story
Mr.. De narest was reticent when asked
about Gen. Pershing's arrival. He adj
mitted the truth of the story that the
General would appear in Roslyn on the
first of the month. however. and added
that the commander OF the A. +. Il. Is
seeking a complete rest.
In connection with the Roslyn an
nounced II was remembered that soon
after returning from France Gen. Per-
shing acquired a lease of house at
Chevy Chase and that he has been max
ing his home there 1t was learned In
Washington last night that the Gen.
erals intention to move temporarily Ia
Long Island evidently had been kept
secret His household at Chevy Chase
professed ignorance of the Generals
intentions. 1t was stated that the Gen.
eral was i'll. but has recovered fully,
He was not home last night and 1t was
said he had gone out to dinner and
would attend a reception before return
ing home. Nothing was known about a
trip to South America.
The Roslyn place which Gen. Pershing
will occupy formerly was the residence
of Rear Admiral w. II. Emory, u. s. N
(retired). 1t adjoins the beautiful home
Of the late Admiral Aaron Ward, u. s.
No and is ideally located. The estate
comprises about nine acres
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
ARNSTEIN BOND CASE
rs READY FOR TRIAL
So Marked on Calendar De.
spite Dooling Protests.

The case Of Jules W. ("Nicky') Arm
stein, who Ia facing trial for alleged
completely In a s50ooOo0 bond theft, was
marked ready" on the court calendar
yesterday despite objection OF John T.
Dooling, Assistant District Attorney.
Judge Joseph r. Mulqueen In General
Sessions declared that there should be
no further delay In the bond theft
trials. and similarly ordered the cases
Of David w. sullivan and w. w.
yesterday TO be prepared for trial. All
three are under indictment charging
grand larceny and criminally receiving
stolen property in connection with the
theft Of securities in the financial dis
trict
yesterday will be tho first OF the trio
20 be tried, and Arnstein the last.
"Nicky" Ia now IN Ludlow street jail.
where he Is held in contempt OF the
Federal court. yesterday and Sullivan
are at liberty on ball
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
HUSBAND LEFT HIS
WIFE WITH THE DEVIL
His Curse on Her Is Set Forth
in Separation Suit.

Anthony GIamo. hat designer. put n
curse upon his wife. Mary. which has
been translated as follows:
''Damnable woman; leave you with
the devil and he will always be behind
you. / curse you for all the remainder
OF your life. You can't harm me now.
SO do as you please. l am leaving you
always with the devil Suffer all your
life"
Mrs. Gismo, who lives at 800 East
Thirty-fourth street, submitted the
translation yesterday to Supreme Coui {
Justice Newburger In ask ng for counsel
fees to prosecute her suit for a separa-
ton. Her husband explained TINT he did
not consider the translation OF his writ
ten curse" correct. On the trial he VIII
have Il Interpreted by his own transa-
tor. Pending that time he court d.
rected him to pay his wife 500 counsel
fee
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
MORSE SERVANT SENTENCED.

County Judge Dixie In Brooklyn yes
terday sentenced Nathan Porter q
years old OF IL Sterling place to from
two TO four years at Sing Sing and his
wife, Susan. to the penitentiary. Mrs
Porter was long a trusted maid in the
home OF Edward p. Morse. head OF the
Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company
nj ~ Plaza street Brooklyn. Porter.
the husband was employed at the Morse
shipyards in South Brooklyn. MFR.
Morse was puzzled by the steady disap-
pearance OF articles of his personal
wardrobe and other property. Detec-
tives finally traced the thefts TO the
maid and her husband.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
MRS. WHITNEY MENTIONS
WOMAN IN DIVORCE SUIT
Wife of Nelson McSted Whit
ney Brings Action.

Marguerite Linwood Palmer Whitney
filcd Yesterday in the Supreme Court an
action for divorce against Nelson Nc
stea whitney, once known as the cham
pion golf player of the Southern states.
Her attorneys are Cadwalader. Wick
ersham & Taft.
The parties to the suit were married
In New London. Conn, on June /, 19O9,
and have two children. Morgan Linwood
. Whitney. 10. and Elise McStea Whit
ney. s. In her complaint Mrs. Whitney
charges her husband with having enter
tanned an unidentified woman at 90
west Flfty-fifth street on July % and
"a last.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
FORUM IS PURCHASED
BY TAX COMMISSIONERS
George Henry Payne Gets
Control of Magazine.

The Forslm has been bought by George
Henry Payne. Tax Commissioner OF New
York and formerly a political reporter for
the Evening Post. Tine change In owner
ship will be announced In the November
Issue. Mr.. Payne Is the author OF The
History of Journalism In the United
States" recently published.
One of the features offered by the
Forum under its new management In a
series OF tax reform articles by Otto III.
Kahn. The Forum was founded thirty
Ave years ago. Under the editorship Of
the late Walter II. Page 1t became one
Of the leading magazines
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
WOMAN DESCRIBES
BANDIT RAID ON SHIP
Wife Of Col. William N. Has
kell Tells of Piracy on
Black Sea.
SAVED JEWELRY BY RUSE
Husband Declares U. s. Pre-
served Armenia From
Extinction.
SAVED JEWELRY BY RUsE

Col William. N. Haskell of the army.
formerly Allied High Commissioner to
Armenia and director of Near East relief
in the Caucasus, arrived yesterday by
the transport Princess Matoika. He said
he was unable 20 tell until he had COM
municated with his superiors at Wash
ington anything about his recent work.
He asserted that the United States had
saved Armenia from extinction.
Col. Haskells wife and six children
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
BETTY BRAINARD IN ToMBs.
GOV. smith TO Hear Application
To-day for Extradttion.

Betty Brainard. Tacoma newspaper
reporter, who Is awaiting cxtradition to
Washington on a charge OF kidnapping.
was committed yesterday TO the Tombs
for thirty days by Magistrate Ten Eyck
in West Side Court. She is alleged to
have been concerned In the kidnapping
Of the Stage baby, which has been re-
turned 70 It's mother.
GOV. Smith will hear argument for
and against Miss Brainard's extradition
At the Biltmore Hotel to-day. Miss
Rrainard has been at liberty under
$4,000 bail until yesterday. when Az
s,atant District Attorney Richards rep
resented 10 Magistrate Ten Eyck that II
ia customary to hold defendants in ex-
tradition proceedings without bail
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26

"THE PIRATES DENv BURNED.

"The Pirates Dem" a Greenwich VII
lage dance hall At Christopher street.
was destroyed by fire yesterday. The
interior Of the three story brick building
was destroyed, only the walls remaining
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
What Has Happened in
Local Display Advertising
Since The SUN Was Amag amated With
THE NEW YORK HERALD
Many Changes in Advertising Schedules
to Permit Including The New York Herald

to Permit Including The New York Herald
The merger of two of New Yorks great Morn
ing Newspapers into The New York Herald
has entirely changed the Morning Newspaper
situation in New York City SO far as compare
tive advertising values are concerned.
The story Of how advertisers quickly availed
themselves of this new, great advertising
opportunity the trend Of their adj
vertising turned sharply to the columns of
The New York Herald---s graphically shown
by the following chart:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26

Y VINCENT. 524-526 9Th
Ave-, near 31st st.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
A ADVERTISEMENT.
In This Sale
! Really Save You SIT on
Suit or Oyercoat

My regular prices are 81 less
than elsewhere. Now that $40
additional comes Off there Is
nothing so good.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-13
COUNTY DELEGATES
FOR Conventions
ARE Distributed

Apportionment of the state Repub-
lican and Democratic conventions dele
gates among the townships of the
county was made by the county elec-
tions commissioners Saturday after
noon.
/ Wayne county is allowed to send 25
delegates to the state Republican con-
vention, under ruling adopted by the
state committee.
The 25 Republican delegates were
divided among the townships as fol-
lows: Arlington and Boston, one;
Center, one; Clay and Harrison, one; ;
Dalton and Perry, one; Franklin. one;
Greene, one; Jackson, two; Jeffer-
son, two; New Garden, one; Wash
tngton, one, and Webster and Wayne
together, 13 delegates.
Seventeen Democratic delegates will
represent the county. They are ap-
portioned among the townships as fol-
lows: Arlington and Boston. one; Cen
ter and Clay, one; Dalton, jefferson
and Harrison, one: New Garden,
Franklin, Perry, Webster and Greene,
one; Jackson. two; Washington, one;
Wayne, 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-13
Official Britain Is
Concerned Over Events
In Southwestern Asia
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, March 13.-Official Eng
land is showing evidences of anxiety
over the settlement of the Turkish
problem and the situation rapidly de-
Iveloping in Southwestern Asia The
attitude of Indifference or defiance as
lsumed by the Turkish nationalists.
signs of unrest throughout the moslem
world and activities of Russian Boil
sheviki in Afhanistan combine to give
a serious aspect to the tangle.
Advices stating Prince Feisal son
of the King Of the Hedjaz, has been
proclaimed King Of Syria, add another
element to the situation which may
easily lead to trouble in that region.
Allied governments have not indicat-
ed what their attitude toward the new
kingdom and its ruler may be, as the
movement was ignored or underesti-
mated by officials up until the last
few days
T. Turks in Constantinople are appar-
emily ignoring allied plans for enforc-
ing the terms of peace with their
country and protecting non -Moslem
peoples reports declare and the fact
that there Is a strong demand for the
expulsion Of the Sultan from Europe
has caused hardly ripple at the Tur-
kish capital
From Constantinople to Afghanistan
there seems to be a spirit of opposi-
tion to the allies which would appear
to foreshadow elimination of events
within short time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-13

DAYTON, o., March 13-The only
man who ever climbed to the top Of
the layer of air which clothes the
earth, and reached the edge where the
limitless and unknown ether of space
begins. will risk his life again to re-
peat this adventure for science.
Major r. w. Schroeder of the army
air service, who set worlds altitude
record of 36,200 feet or almost seven
miles above the earth, when he was
overcome and plunged earthward for
six miles and then righted his ma
chine, has decided to again penetrate
the unknown attitudes to photograph
the sun
Schroeder is the only living man
who has seen the naked" sun-that
is, who has seen 1t without the inter.
yening air waves, which .distort its ap-
pearance
Some time in May, when weather
are favorable, Schroeder
will attempt to reach an altitude of
10000 feet. At this height the atmos-
phere is SO rarified that a photograph
can be taken with none of the effects
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-13
Basketball Scores

The jefferson quintet of Lafayette,
entered the semi-final round of play
for the annual high school basketball
championship of Indiana today, by de-
feating Technical of indianapolis at
the I. U. gymnasium, Is to g. Jeffer-
son was carded to meet Hartford City
in one of the semi-final contests this
afternoon.
Anderson was given a great battle
by Greencastle. Bedford was no
match for Franklin. losing % to IL.
Saturday Morning.
franklin, %; BEDFORD, IL.
Jefferson-Lafayette, IS; Technical,
Indianapolis, 9.
Anderson, "a; Greencastle, 21.
Friday Afternoon
jefferson Uafayette) 81; Column
bus, IL.
Anderson, 26; Spiceland Academy,
Greencastle, II; South Bend, IL.
Franklin, 30; Normal (Terre
Haute), 8.
Friday Night
Hartford City, "a; Milroy, "a
Bedford. 23: Emerson Gary, II