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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Over the Top,'
Cry Two Going
To Death Chair
''It's a Pleasure to Die
.Jankowski and Levandow-
ski Tell Witnesses of
Execution in Sing Sing
Convicted of Same Crime
First Man Meets His Fate
at 80 O'clock and
Other Is Minutes Later
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


OSS1NING, N. Y, May Walter
Levandowski and Leo Jankowski, con-
victed of the murder &C John Gunther
keeper at the Dannemora State Hos
pital, died in the electric chair at Sing
Sing' last night, declaring that they
ence.
Pm going over the top" Levan-
dowski, the first to walk to the chair,
called to the little group which awaited
him in the death chamber. "It's
NICE" he continued. with faint smile.
'It's pleasure. It's a pleasure, gem
tlemen. Goodbye, everybody" And
he took his place in the electric chair
without a tremor.
In almost exactly the same words
meet his fate. Addressing himself ex-
pressly to John Hurlbut, the electrician,
with whom he had former acquaint-
ance, he called: "I'm going over the
top, MIR. Hurbut. Over the top. Do a
good job, John. It's pleasure to die,
gentlemen"
Levandowski entered the death room
at 1880 o'clock, and Jankowski fol-
lowed him fifteen minutes later. Both
men mao Deen pronounced QeaQ before
the prison clock struck ~.
Friendless and suffering from tuber-
cuosis, both men this afternoon ex-
pressed perfect willingness to die.
~ was never SO happy in my life"
Levandowski said to prison attendant
early in the evening Told that the
Governor might grant them last
minue reprieve because of theier physi-
cal condition, he replied pathetically,
whats the use?"
The crime for which the two were
condemned to death was particularly
brutal. They struck down Gunther,
the keeper with a heavy, blunt instru-
ment when he entered their cell and
inflicted fatal injuries on the man as
he lay unconscious on the floor. Levan-
dowski, who has confessed, made a
statement to Warden Lawes to the eff
feet that Jankowski was innocent of
the crime, and that he alone was re-
sponsibe. This confession the courts
have refused to recognize.
In accordance with the custom at
Sing Sing, the two men were served
yesterday with sumptuous meals. For
lunch they ate lobster salad, steak and
fried potatoes, corn, lemon pie and
coffee. Their final meal last night con-
sisted of generous portions of roast
CiiChel Will HoouleS. corn, Ice cream,
layer cake, lemonade and candy. They
were furnished with cigars and cigar
cites and smoked continuously through
out the evening.
Although it had originally been
planned that Levandowsky should be
the second man to walk to the death
chair, this arrangement was changed
at the last minute on representations
made by Levandowsky to Warden
Lawes. Levandowsky, insisting that
his companion was innocent, told the
warden that he would die first so that
Jankowski could have all the time pos
slble in the event OF last minute re-
prieve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
lin Plate King Answers
Wife's Furniture Suit
Separation Agreement Shows
Mrs. Reid Relinquished Right
OF Dover i'm PrOnertv

Daniel g Reid, Tin Plate King, -
MED ms answer yesterday in the Su-
preme Court action brought bv Mrs.
Margaret c. Reid, who recently di.
vorced him, to recover wearing apparel
and household furnishings valued at
more than 100000.
Attached to the answer is a copv of
separation agreement made by him
ana his wife on March 81, 1919. In
tins agreement the wife accented
100000 to provide a suitable home
and an allowance of 100000 year
which was to continue in case Mrs
Reid later sued for a divorce. In con
slderation of this the wife relinoushe d
all her right of dover in the property
of her husband
The agreement also read that Mrs
Reid acknowledged this as full salts.
faction of all claims on account OF
Mr.. Reid says he owns the house
hold furnishings, and while he admits
the claim Of his former wife to her
personal belongings he asserts that
they are not in his possession.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Drug Smuggling
Ring Smashed by
Arrest at Dock
Former Detective Taken as
He Quits Italian Liner;
Cocaine Found i'm Fake
Bottom of Trunk, Charge

Revenue inspectors say they have
broken up a ring of drug smuggiers by
the arrest yesterday of Charles D.
Nicholas, who arrived here on the Ital-
ian liner Plsaco. Nicholas, the customs
officers say. formerly was Pinkcrton
detective. He was arrested on Pier %
North River. by Detectives Shordcli
ZecA and locker and Revenue Inspec-
tor Manning, Kayer onG Fitzpatrick
= he stepped down the gang plank of
the steamer
A trunk in his stateroom, according
T. IN "Shccrs, was equippd with false
bottom. rms trunk was examined by Il
customs officer who found $40 packages
OF cocaine. Nicholas was arraigncd be-
fore United States Commissioner s. il
hitchcock and held in $4,000 bail ior
examination Thursday.
According to the customs officials
the country has been supplied almost
exclusively with narcotics for the Illicit
trade from Italian ports during the last
ear The smugglers have been meet
lng each steamer with launches inside
the Bay. and catching packages dropped
overheard.
Last week information reached the
customs House staff that big" ship
men; OF cocaine was aboard the Pisaro
and special precautions were taken to
make thorough examination of bag,
gage before she locked. Every launch
Yves watched, and the steamer was fol.
lowed to her berth by both city detec-
tvs and revenue inspectors. Before
Nicholas could dispose of his cargo. )
according to the officers, his trunk was
searched
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Barber Shoots Leader When
Thirty Strikers Invade Shop

Paul kessler, proprietor of barber
shop at Lenox Avenue and. 112th
Street, recently obtained a permit to
keep a revolver in a cabinet in his
shop. The wisdom of this move was
demonstrated at 6 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, when striking BARRIERS
stormed the place and demanded that
he close his doors. He shot their
leader, Pilittew Liborio, thirty, of
376 East l37th Street, in the heel and
held the crowd at bay until Patrol
man JOHN Kenna, of the West I2Sd
Street station, arrived.
Since the BARRIERS walked out Kess-
Ter has been doing all the work in
his shop. His hours have been from
. a. m. TO l p. m. and from 4 D. m.
to 8 a. m.
Why don't you close up and help
US OUT the strikers asked as they
filed into kesslers shop.
Threatened by Strikers
IN run my business to suit myself"
replied Kessler
IF you don't close up we'll clean YOU
out" one of the strikers announced.
Kessler snatched his revolver from
cabinet drawer and ordered the in
truders out: Some of them went
quickly, but others were reluctant. AS
LibpRo movsd toward the doorway
Kess" ~c'nted the pistol downward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Mothers Weep as 5000
Honor Hero Dead in Garden,
tag-Draped Gun Caisson, Representing Men Who
Diedin France, Strewn With Flowers by 1000
Children; Guns Boom Sharp Military Salute

The whitewashed walls of Madison
Square Garden reverberated last night
from the sound of rifle shots, fired as
salute to Americas hero dead, who
were symbolized in a memorial pageant
BY fag-draped gun caisson. This SOL
erfln ceremony blended with another
more Joyous pageant in which the
5000 who attended rededicated them
selves TO America.
In the center of the floor there had
been built fiat topped pyramid of
stairs supporting q huge melting pot
At the astern end of the building there
was an orchestra and about 800 singers
of the Peoples Liberty Chorus, under
the direction of L. Camileri. Over
head wide panels of blue cloth con-
cealed the cobwebbed roof and sug-
gested the sky.
After several hymns had been sung
and the Rev. Herbert Shipman had de-
livcred eulogy of the men who fought
overseas, the lights we're dimmed and
spotlight beams revealed a dozen young
women swathed in white and bearing
palm leaves. These headed long line
of high school girls, numbering about
a thousand, clad in white MILDLY blous-
es and dark skirts, and whose arms
were filled with flowers When they
had formed double lane that circled
the floor of the Garden, the orchestra
began to play Chopn's Funeral March.
Then, between the lines of the flow
err girls, came solemn procession.
First there were five white haired vet
Grams of the Civil war, in the uniform
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
One blue sleeve foppd mpty
After them marched platoon of
New York Guardsmen, most of whom
displayed insignia of overseas service.
They were followed by dozen soldiers
and sailors who drew behind them a
gun ca'sson. its gray platform covered
with an American flag that fell in lines
suggestive of a coffin. Behind marche d
a detail OF bluej jackets.
Each girl, as the gun caisson passed,
tossed her roses, or pinks, or dahlias,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28

the heel. ~ Il
Patrolman Kenna saved Kessler from
an infuriated crowd shouting: "Hanu
him! Kill him."
fatrolman Kenna called the reserves
and with his own revolver drawn ken,
pack the crowd. He started down
LenoX Avenue with Kessler. and +ha
crowd hooting and jeering, followed.
kessler Is Locked Tn
The policeman and Kessler Than
sought refuge in a florist shop at 23
LenoX Avenue, where they called tax.
icao' kessler was locked up at the We,t
!23rd Street station on charge of
felonlous assault. In the meantime
the reserves had answered the cali
to As Lenox Avenue.
Llborio was taken to Harlem Hos.
pital.
Seventeen striking BARRIERS. were ar
rested yesterday noon charged with
oobstructing traffic on Thirty-fourth
Street. between Seventh and Eighth
avenues. Magistrate Levine, in the
West Side Court, fined them 81 each.
Ihe strikers were picketing a shop
AZ 24S West Thirty fourth Street.
ratrolman David katz said they "man-
handled" two aged BARRIERS who re-
fused to strike.
Union officials deny the charge thew
used violence. All seventeen BARRIERS
returned to the scene Of the disturb
ance and resumed picketiny
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Actress Files Denial
TO Mrs. MopOscO's Suit
Mrs. Paley Answers Action De.
handing Accounting for
Gifts From Producer

Mrs. Selma Paley, an actress being
sued by Mrs. Annie T. Morosco, filed a
general denial in the Supreme Cour,
yesterday. Mrs. Morosco has brought
suit demanding an accounting from
Mrs. Paley of $250,000 in gifts which,
Mrs. Morosco alleges her husband,
Oliver NJ. Morosco. the theatrical man
ager and producer, made to the actress
IN money, jewery, real estate and
other property. Mrs Morosco alleges
the gifts we're, purchased from the re-
ceipts of theatrical enterprises in
which she and her husband are jointly
Interested.
Mr. Morosco, who also is being sued
by his wife. filed his answer yester-
day. Referring to the bills of sale
under which he transferred to his wife
interest in Peg O My Heart" and
other theatrical properties, the pro-
Queer said he made these without any
consideration. His wife, said Mr..
Morosco, was unduly fearful that he
night suffer financial difficulties and
'liked him to make provision against
-. which he did. but without any idea
of changing the actual ownership of
the enterprises involved.
Mr.. Morosco admits he has refused
% turn oyer to his wife shares of the
r cmous .Players- Lasky Corporation.
'alucd at 81 900. which she demanded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28

or orchids over the heads of the slowly
trceding guard of honor and onto the
gun platform, so that by the time this
symbol of Americas dead defenders
had half completed the circuit of the
Garden it was buried beneath a great
mound of blossoms. ~r.
The procession halted before the
improvisedi pulpit on tho choral plat
form while a benediction was pro
nounced AS the clergyman's voice
rose in plea for blessing for those
soldiers who did not come back, a
woman in ono of the sections of seats
reserved for gold star mothers became
hysterical. Many Of the women in
black who sat in the honor sections,
unnerved by her grief, pressed their
handkerchiefs to their lips in vain
effort to stifle their sobs. There we're
few faces unstained by tears when the
benedction ended and the officer COM
handing the soldiers ordered firing
squad to load
Each of the three volleys was echoed
in the sobs of women for whom the
flower laden gun caisson represented a
boy buried in France.
The procession then completed the
circuit of the Garden and more flow
ers we're added to the other offerings,
the marchers treading in cadence with
the Dead March in Saul"
The rededication ceremonial began
when Miss Blanche Duffield sang
Home, Sweet Home" Then the melt
ing pot was unveiled, revealing young
women representing Justice, Unity,
Service and Love.
There were Spirits of Good, repre-
scented by girls from the Wadleigh
High School. Others represented pill
grimS and onDressed neonle from all
lands, Nearly a thousand girls in cos
tunes Of yellow, red and lavender
danced about on the floor
The climax was the rise Of Columbia
from the melting pot. Miss Catherine
Curtis impersonated Columbia.
Major .Lorillard Spencer, who was
wopnded in action in France with the
old 10Th New York, was chairman of
the memorial festival committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Prizes Given 20 Boys for
Americanization ESSAYS
RAYMOND Wilson Wins S25 in
Gold, Grand Award, Offered
nv Rotary CIuh

Prizes were distributed among
twenty-n ne schoolboys for ESSAYS on
" Amcricanization" at a luncheon yes
tcrdav of the Rotary Club at the Hotel
McAlpin. About 1000 essays were
submitted and the twenty-nine winners
were chosen bv Lawrence Abbott,
editor of "The Outlook" and Assem-
blyman Theodore Roosevelt
The grand prize. S25 in gold, was
given to Raymond Wilson, of the Stuy-
vesant Hight School, and the second
grand prize. also S25 in gold. to Isa-
dore Goldenbaum. Of Public School SIS
in the Bronx. All the prizes were dis
tributed by Mr.. Abbott.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
'IhorneHeir
Asks Divorce
In Counter Suit
Son of Late Millionaire, i'll
Answering Separate Ac.
zion, Alleges Wife's Init
macy With q Detective
Seeks Custody of Boy
Woman's Lawyer Asserts
Officer Placed i'm Home
to Prevent ''Framc-Up"

Joel Wolf Thorne, son and heir to
the millions left by Samuel Thorne
banker. heretofore always the defend
ant in court proceedings between him
self and Mrs. Mary Casey Thorne, for
mer Barnard College student, assumed
the offensive in the Supreme Court
yesterday by suing his wife for a
divorce.
Mr.. Thorne, who is now in Colorado,
operating mine, brought his action
in the form OF counter-claim to the
suit for separation now pending, to
~$ich he filed an amended answer
with permission of Justice Tierney.
He named as correspondent Raymond
b. Wilson, a private detective. ard
fixed thc time of the alleged miscon-
duct of his wife as from July IS, 1919,
% October II, 1919. at the Thorne
residence, 9 East Seventy Street.
This was after Thorne had departed
for the West.
Her Attorney Explains
Randolph A. Gerard, attorney for
Mrs. Thorne, lost no time in revealing
the identity of Wilson, and how the
detective came to be at the home of
the defendant Mr.. Gerard said he
engaged W,son to remain in Mrs.
Thorne's EGme TO protect her against
& possible frame up by her husband.
Mr.. Ttorne, in mis- amended answer,
repeated some OF the charges pre-
Tlously made regarding the alleged inc
briefly Of his wife. Mrs. Thorne is re-
ceiving $3.50 month alimony from her
nus band pending her separation suit,
Although she brought habeas corpus
to ecrover the custody of her six
year-old son, who was taken from her
ana is SAID 10 be with his father in
Colorado.
Mr.. Thorne asked that the court
award him the legal custody of his
son.
Submits Liquor Bill
IN support of his charge that his
wife drank to excess, Mr.. Thorne sub
mitted a bill for $22485 he received
from John Ringen, of 1445 Third Ave
nue., Tor Scotch whisky, gin, vermouth
brandy and stout supplied to Mrs
Ihorne from December 90, 1916, to
May !, 1918.
Another bl.l from Charles DAILY, of
1877 Third Avenue. covering a period
from March Ii to May /, 1919, is for
$50 bottles and seventy-two nips Of
stout. These bills were charged to
HIM, Mr. Thorne says. Because Of her
eAcesses, he declares, he was advised
by his physician that 1t was unsafe
TO- him to live with his wife
jury in the Supreme Court re-
Gently decided against Mrs. Thorne in
100000 suit against a physician,
who, she charged, caused her to be
placed in Bellevue Hospital, from
which she was released on habeas
corpus proceedings after spending five
days in the psYchopathic ward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Antique Persian,
Jars
for Lamps
Specially priced
nd Lecc ~ her: cnut

'" 'N'' ~ pc' toUi
A large number of Persian oil
jars of the 18th, 18th and 18th
Centuries-those jars of ex-
quisite turquoise blue and grays
traced with Persian designs have
been bought BY Au Quatrieme so
that they may be sold at very
small prices.
These jars are very difficult to
procure, and as far as we know.
Au Quatrieme is the only place
in this country to have them.
And in only one place abroad
were Au Quatrieme's collectors
able to find them.
For lamp bases these jars are
unusually attractive, because
they supply a lovely note of color
IN a room, and are OF most
suitable shape and size. For
country houses they are particu-
larly in character.
Priced at $50 and $50. Regu-
larly would sell at SIS to $50.
Au Quatrieme
Fourth floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Roads Between New York
And Philadelphia Bad
Long Island Ferries Are SEIZED.
uled TO Start Operations
Tomorrow

There Will be plenty of automobile
touring over the three-day holiday
starting tomorrow, and plenty of de-
touring, too. The long, hard winter,
the backward spring and number Of
other elements have combined to make
the roads generally bad.
The two most important cities of
the East, New York and Philadel-
phia, are at present more than ninety
miles apart, as far as automobile
traffic is concerned. There is no way
direct or indirect FROM one of these
cities to tho other over a road that
could be called even fair throughout.
The regular route by way of the Lin
courage any one long before he reaches
New Brunswick. There are some in
direct routes, such as travelling to
Lakewood, and then over to the coast
and down the shore for a distance.
then striking over to Camden. This is
q long road and not particularly
good one, Another road reaches back
through Morristown, Far Hills and
ether points more remote from the
straight line.
The Rye Beach-Oyster Bay and the
Bridgeport Port jefferson ferries are
scheduled to start operations tomor-
row. The schedule calls for ten trips
daily between Rye and Oyster Bay,
leaving Oyster Bay at g. 1880, 2, 4 80
and Z o'clock. and Rye at 10, 1890, 3,
$50 and o'clock. The Bridgeport Port
Jefferson ferry, which has capacity
of forty cars, makes two round, trips
daily, leaving Bridgeport al 8 a. nj. and
p. m. and Port Jefferson II a. m. and
p. m.
Cars Will be charged for the lineal
feet of space they take up on the deck
from the front fender to spare tire
>r "unK strapped on the back. On the
tyeOyster Bay ferry the rate will be
$ cents foot, and on the Bridgeport
Port jefferson 30 cents a foot
The Sea-Cliff-New Rochelle service
Will probably not be resumed this year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
VuiftOn trunks, too

Dress trunks, S205 to S2Is'
Steamer trunks, $40 10
S171.
Hat trunks, carrying from
one to many more than a dozen
hats, Sl02 to $242.
Shirt trunks, carrying SIX IN
the top and six in the bottom
$400.
War tax is not included IN
price of trunks over $500 Those
trunks marked $50 Qess 20 per
cent? and those regularly
marked less than $50 are not
taxable.
Seventh Gallery, New Bldg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Handmade French Frocks
Cotton voile and crepe, $50 to $3.50 grades
AT $21.5O to $3.50
Less 20 per cent.

Wolfe in delicate mauve
blue, and shell pink, COM
bined with white wolfe or
made lovely with fine chalk
white hand beading in smart
designs. Many Of the frocks
are ornamented with fine
nd-drawn work and tucks.
Some are beautifully en-
broidered with a fine motif
repeated all over the frock,
and then edged with net
footing.
Illustrated are two of the
frocks. The one on the ~
is of mauve wolfe, mad sIrh
tucks and inserts of drawn
work, piped with white, and
with long, narrow girdle.
Price $3.50.
The frock at the right,
white wolfe with q gentian
blue wolfe jacket piped with
white, further smartened by
hand drawn work, $3.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Trunks for
the HOLIDAYS
20 per cent. less

The idcai trunk for weekends
and short trips during the Sum-
mer is the Baby Wardrobe
Trunk; fibre covered two draw
ers, one drop tray with remoy-
able compartments. five hang
ers, laundry bag: malleable iron
trimmings and reinforcements
brassed: 81 in. high: $3.50
less 20 per cent.
A larger trunk of the same
character, s hangers, ii inches
high. is $3.50
Other steamer WARDROBE
trunks, $50 to $5T75.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
First Public Market in East
New York Opened With Music

Jazzy tunes by the sixty-piece band
Of the Street Cleaning Department were
heard yesterday at the ceremony open
ing the first public market in East New
York. The market is on Atlantic Ave
nue., between Pennsylvania and Miller
avenues.
Addresses were made by Edwin J.
O'Malley. Commissioner of Markets. and
his two deputies, A. G. Malloy and G.. A.
Cogan; Jacob A. Livingston, Republican
leader of Kings County; Rudolph Rel
mer, former Alderman Charles Moore
and James McHugh. vice president of
the Highland Park South Civic Asso-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Parents Oppose Penalty
After Auto Kills Bow

After their -year-old son, Henry
Truberg, 90 Main Street, Astoria, had
been run down and killed by an auto
mobile his parents pleaded with Mag
istrate Harry Miller not to entertain a
complaint against the driver.
The accident occurred Wednesday
evening, when Henry was playing near
his home. An automobile driven by
Mrs. Margaret Jones, 434 Sherman
Street skidded as it turned corner
and ran into the sidewalk, crushing
the boy. Magistrate Miller granted tbs
request of the parents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
IS sizes and styles
of wardrobe trunks

All the 1920 conveniences
are found in these trunks,
hangers, shoe box. small
drawers, large compartment
hat compartment with femoy-
able forms. Fibre covered
trimmed with maileable iron,
brassed, studded. well lined ana
padded; three-quarter size 40
i'm and full size f43 in. 500
10 SD7O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
In English
Sports Clothes

a woman enjoys the assur.
ance of being distinctively,
correctly and comfortable
clothed for all outdoor oc-
casions in town or country
therefore the S m a r t
woman is careful to wear
an English sports costume
on every occasion; when
motoring, golhng, boating
or walking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-28
Women 8 GOlUns
Summer gowns, $3.50 to sllO grades
Special, $69.5O,

copied from a French model
and finely embroidered with
metal thread in a delicate all
over design.
Black, brown, midnight blue.
Checked "gingham" silk
afternoon frocks in the
model illustrated.
The silk is in blue and green
and rose on white ground.
Vestee of fine cream colored net
pleated and edged with VaIen-
ciennes lace and made over flesh
colored satin. Blue and scarlet
MORE ribbon and cluster of
held flowers at the girdle give the
frock a final charm.
Evening frocks and dinner
gowns of black tulle, beauti
fully beaded and cut with an
excellent neckline.
Beaded Georgette crepe
frocks for afternoon wear !;
especially good for the larger
woman.
Crepe-de-chine frocks in white
polka dotted with midnight blue
very smart and distinctive.
A few odd evening frocks and
silk afternoon frocks in light and
dark colors.