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New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Yawkey Estate Drops to
$8, ,983, ,667 on Appraisal

William Hoover Yawkey. owner of
vast timber and mining lands In the
West, who died March S, 1919, in Au-
gusta, Ca, left gross estate of So
AZ ,46o and net estate of $8,9S3, ,6e7.
This valuation, fixed by the State
Transfer Tax Appraiser, whose report
was filed in the Surrogates' Court yes
terday, disposcs of the estimates placed
on the property of Mr. Yawkey at the
time of his death, which ran as high as
$500QO,00O.
Incidentally. Thomas Austin Yawkey.
adopted son and nephew of the testa-
tor,, now seventeen years old and a
student at Irving School. Tarrytown,
will not receive $2o,ooo 900 or S25 ,ooo.,'
600, as reported, which would have
made him one of the richest young men
in the country Instead, his share, one
half of the estate under the will of his
foster father, will amount to about
s4,ooo,ooo.
OF the latter amount the one-half of
the residuary estate left to him amounts
to S2,90S,65 besides which he will re-
ceive the principal Of ,wo $500, 0OO trust
FUNDS when he is thirty years old.
Part of his share Will be paid to him
when he reaches twenty-five. Mrs.
MARGARET A. Yawkey, widow, receives
$75oo00, which her husband said
should be paid to her as soon as the
law permitted, to relieve her "of any
possible embarrassment or incon-
income from two 100000 funds until
Miss Emma Y. Gardner, niece, and
Thomas Austin Yawkey, the adopted
son, reach the age or thirty, when they
receive the principal of the two funds,
respectively
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Missing Convicts Hunted
Inside of Sing Sing

Every guard at Sing Sing was or
dered on duty yesterday afternoon to
join in the search of the prison for
Alfred Friedander and Percy McDon-
ough, formerly Brooklyn highway rob-
bers, who vanished day before yester-
day.
In the belief that the two men were
"hiding out" the prison was gone over
from rafters to basement At 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon all the convicts
were locked in their cells and the
guards, with the aid of a few TRUSTEES,
searched every nook and corner Of the
place. Under their direction, TRUSTEES
moved furniture. boxes and barrels,
cleared out cellars and storerooms and
grappled in cisterns and drains for the
missing men. Not trace of them
was found.
At the convicts were released from
their cells for an hour and then sent
back to them. Guards then made a
thorough search of the cell block, the
rumor having gone forth that Fried
lander and McDonough were being con-
cealed there by friends. This proved
to be as fruitless as the earlier inves-
tigation.
Last night, double force Of guards
two men, if still in the prison, would
creep from their hiding places under
cover of darkness to get food.
Warden Lawes is certain that the
pair have not escaped Every now and
then. he pointed out yesterday, a con-
wet becomes so weary Of the routine
OF prison life that he is driven to hid
ing out, sometimes for days, to break
the mOnOtony.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Natural History Museum
Expenses Outrun Budget

Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of
tie board of trustees Of the American
Museum of Natural History, told his
fellow members Of the board last night
at the annual meeting at the home of
Arthur Curtiss James, 80 East Sixty
ninth Street. that the institution was
facing its most critical period. More
funds for the enlargement Of the
building we're imperatively necessary,
he SAID. il the educational efforts of
the museum were to be shaped to meet
the needs Of the time
Collections had increased out Of all
proportion to the capacity of the pres
ent building, Mr.. Osborn said. The
result was that it was impossible to
arrange exhibits in an informative or
even in truthful way in many in
stances, and the principal function of
tie institution, its educational activity,
failed in consequence of attaining its
maximum result.
The Board Of Estimate and Appor-
tlonment, Mr.. Osborn stated, had in
creased the annual maintenance fund
OF the museum by 30 per cent, and the
trustees had given 100000 in 1919 to
meet deficiencies in the budget, He
gave the following reasons for the
present situation Of the institution:
Unprecedented growth of the collec-
tons, actual shortage of funds in the
city treasury and interruption by the
war of building extension through per-
sonal subscription of the trustees
which was planned in 1913"
Nearly 100000 persons visited the
museum in 1919, more by 5000 than
in 1918. The gain In membership was
$40, the total membership now being
6.183
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Court Creates an Oasis
For a Few Thirsty w cts
100000 Worth of Liquor
Seized in Washington in 1918
Will Be Returned to Owners

WASHINGTON. Feb. Am oasis in
the the dry" desert was deserted by thirsty
"we.ts" here to-day, when bv unani-
nous decision by the District of Co.
lumbia Court of Appeals 100000 worth
of liquor confiscatcd in February, 1918.
by the police under the Reed bone dry
act was ordered returned to it's owners
Under the Shepherd law, in effect
prior to the enactment Of the Reed act
in February, 1918, liquor sent into the
District of Columbia was subject to
contiscation unless accompanied by aft j.
davit certifying that it was for per-
sonal use. The Reed law made no pro
vision for confiscation, but merely i'm
posed q penalty for the importation of
liquor.
Hundreds Of gallons Of liquor which
was in transit at the time Of the ap-
proval Of the Reed act was seized by
the police upon it's arrival in the Dis
trict Of Columbia BY the decision of
the Court of Appeals that the pro-
visions of the Shepherd law cannot be
read into the Reed act this liquor now
must be restored to the individuals
from whom it was seized.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Dealer i'm Woolens
Must Return $l,lO0
In Excess Profits
Firm Receiving Money Told
to Distribute 1t Among
Patrons Who Were Forced
to Pay Excessive Prices

Israel Cummings. q woolen goods
jobber, of 35 West Twenty-ffth Street,
must return $1,l00 excess profits to-
day to II. P. Belsinger. cloak and
suit dealer, Of 80 to 103 Madison Ave
nue., Federal Food Administrator Ar
thur Williams announced yesterday.
BY an agreement between Mr.. Williams
Ben A. Matthews, Cummings will es-
cape prosecution for protiteering by re-
fending promptly.
The Belsinger firm will not be per-
mitted to retain the money, but must
distribute it to customers who were
forced to bear the excess prices charged
by Cummings. Mr. Williams will make
this stipulation in returning the money.
Four other firms were charged with
profitteeering in wNoolens by Belsinger,
but three manufacturers proved their
innocence on Friday. Cummings, who
could not be reached on Friday or Sat
urday, sent a representative to Mr..
Williams yesterday.
The representative admitted to Mr..
Williams that some of the goods sold
to Belsinger at $3.50 yard had been
purchased last April by Cummings for
S3.b5. Cummings, according to his
representative, bought some of the
same material in November at S495 a
yard. a total of $50 yards of the goods
was purchased at s3.55 and the remain
der at $4.95. TheNmargin on the first pur-
chase was 54 per cent and on the second
10 per cent, it was disclosed Mr..
Williams asked that all profit above 10
per cent on the first purchase be re-
funded.
Mr.. Cummings told Mr.. Williams over
the telephone that he had based his
price on market conditions and not on
his cost plus a fair margin of profit
He said that he was dcsirous of MAX
ing up certain losses
at is not right to attempt to re-
cuperate your losses on a single SALE"
Mr.. Williams said. Losses should be
made up on the volume of business. A
small amount added to the normal fair
price should be sufficient, if distributed
properly. There can be no compromise
on this matter, and the money must
be either refunded or the United States
Attorney must be asked to take imme-
dlate action"
Mr.. Williams said that he was pre-
pared to take steps against retail deal
ers in lemons and oranges who attempt
to coin the influenza epidemic into
profit by advancing prices Because of
the absence of whisky, hundreds of suf-
fe"rs are taking to hot lemon and
orange drinks, MIR. Williams said, Gre
ating an extraordinary demand for
these fruits.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Girl Accuses
Two Youths
AS Abductors
Identifies Alleged Kidnap-
ers i'm Police Court;
Tells How She Was
Drugged and Mistreated
Held Under Heavy Bail
Boys, Arrested With Com
panion, Also Are Detained
On Burglary Charge

Dora Landro, sixteen years old, }den-
titled Charles Reese, seventeen wears
old, and Alfred Hunt, nineteen, yester-
day as two members Of gang which,
she said, kidnapped, drugged and mis-
treated her. The two youths had been
arrested with Nicholas Dadsner on a
charge of burglary. The identification
was made in the West Side police court
where the Landro girl picked Reese and
Hunt from lineup of thirty seven
men.
1t was January 26 she was abducted.
She had left her aunt's home Mt 1853
West Sixty Street in the after
noon to 60 to the grocers. On her re-
turn, as she was crossing Sixtv-sixth
Street at Columbus Aveune, man who
was standing at the curb picked her
up and thrust her into. taxicab in
which another man was seated.
The man in the taxi clapped a moist
cloth over the girls nostrils and she
remembers nothing more until she
opened her eyes in strange room.
which she discovered later was in
house at 1876 West Sixty-flrst Street.
All her clothes had been taken away
and white haired man with the name
Helen" tattooed on his right arm was
sitting by the bed in which she lay.
Before the girl had fully regained her
senses she was struck on the head. She
regalned consciousness again in the
same room and with the same white
haired tattooed man beside here He
n doI VIII,
fused. AS she opened her mouth to
scream, she said, the man said: "Pll
give you a good sleep now," and thrust
cloth soaked in some drug into her
face, forcing her back on the bed.
1t was daylight, she said, when she
was aroused again. This time there
were three other men in the room, who
told her and the white haired man they
were detectives and were going to take
the girl home. She put on her clothes
and, the white-haired man going along,
they took her to Central Park, where
the white-haired man gave her II
cents and went away with the other
three.
That was Saturday, and the Landro
girl wandered over to the East River,
where she found shelter at the East
Side Settlement, in Seventy sixth
Street. 1t was there the police. who
had been asked to hunt for her. found
the girl, and from the description she
gave of her abductors it was thought
two Of the men arrested as burglars
might have been concerned in it. They
were arrested Thursday. The landlady
at 125 West SiXty-irst Street said that
Reese and Hunt had rented a room
from her.
Reese and Hunt were held in $4,000
bail each on the girls charge and in
$4,000 each on the burglary charge.
Dadsner was held in $4,000 on the
burglary charge, which was made pv
Mrs. Warren H. Blair, of Boston. Bur
glars stole all her baggage, valued at
$500, from 50 West Sixty-second
Street. two weeks ago, and the three
men arrested are alleged to have
pawned some of her belongings.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Sir Oliver Sees Hope
OF World in America
Declares Destiny of Human
Race on This Planet Is Large
ly i'm Hands of u. S.

Sir Oliver Lodge. while disclaiming
any connection with politics, drew a
long round of applause from his audi
ence in Carnegie Hall last night when
he digresscd momentarly from his
lecture on "The Destiny of Man" and
said:
at present we in Europe feel we
what a mighty voice America will have
in the future, whether she remains
isolated or chooses to work with the
rest of the world
81 believe the destiny of the human
race on this planet is largely in the
hands of America. She has helped in
the past and l believe she will rise to
the occasion again.
~ know nothing Of politics, but when
you act | don't believe you'll have to
act much. When Cromwell wanted to
put down a massacre he sent letter
saying: Stop that or III come and
it stopped. The voice of America will
be heard in the East, at any rate, but
l doubt If American action will be nee
essary.
81 do hope we will not be left to
struggle through all our difficulties
alone. 1t has been great to feel you
with us. believe i see already the
dawn of union that will enable the
English-speaking race to bring human
life to the highest plane"
The implicit reference made to the
recent letter of Lord Grey on the treaty
situation at Washington was not missed
in the slightest by the audience, which
filled every seat Of the hall.
Sir divers lecture ventured into the
possibility of exploration of the earth's
interior, the amazing insistence of life.
the age of the world, the possibility of
life on other planets, the origin of man
and the nature Of evil.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03

above stated, the smuggling Of liquor
seems to be on the increase.
"'The customs officials at Ell Paso
are doing splendid work with the
limited number of men at their dis
posal, and they should be commended
for their vigilance and efficiency, but
tie number of men in this service at
Ell Paso and the Ell Paso division Is
entirely inadequate, as is shown by
the ever increasing number of SNUG
glers operating in this vicinity.
"These customs officials are seiz-
ing liquors and apprehending the Of
tenders, but it is believed that not
withstanding their commendable vlgi-
lance the great majority of these
offenders escape with their contraband
liquors. | am sure the number of men
in the customs service should DO ma
terially increased
at will, therefore, be necessary to
search thoroughly every vessel arriv-
ing from all ports and exercise close
surveillance over the crews thereof
while such vessels remain in port 1t
VIII be necessary to maintain a con-
siderable force of mounted inspectors
along the Mexican and Canadian
borders, sufficient to control the hun
dreds of highways, pathways and
streams that afford an easy means of
egress for smugglers into this country"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Father Ill, Family in Want
Society Appeals for Contribu-
tiOns to Relief Fund

The father of the "Foster" family is
recovering from pneumonia, but he s
not able to work; his wife is frail, the
three children, all under six years of
age, one Of them cripple, are without
proper clothing; there is no bed cover
ing; the family has no cooking stove
only gas heater, and the landlord is
"dunning" for the rent
This was the condition of affairs
found by the Society of St. Vincent de
Paul. Most of the pressing wants were
at once supplied. The rent was paid,
clothing for the children and bed COW
ering were provided, charitable doc
tor is giving her professional services
to the children and the other needs are
being met.
As the regular income Of this family
will not be restored for couple Of
months at least, the Society of ST. Vim
cent de Paul, Court Square, Brooklyn.
asks contributions to a fund of $3.50
to maintain the family in the mean
time.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
8 a. m. TOO ] p. NJ. 80 p. m... &c
Barometer Readings
a. m. .30.67 l y. m. 1882 8 p. m. 30.57
General Weather Conditions


WASHINGTON. Feb. "a shallow dis
turbance has developed off the east Florida
coast and strong area Of high pressure is
moving southcastward over the Dakotas
Pressure continues high over the middle At
lantic coast. Fair weather has prevailed i'll
all districts except Florida and the east Gulf
states also in the middle plateau region,
where there have been local rains Tenn
perature has risen quite generally in Atlantic
coast districts and fallen sharply in the upper
Missouri Valley.
There will he rain Tuesday in the south
Atlantie and east Gulf states and it will be
colder in the upper lake region and the Ohio
Valley. Fair eather is probable Wednesday
in virtually all districts east Of the Misss
Sppi. with somewhat lower temperature in
the Ohio Valley. the middle Atlantic states
and New England.
Storm warnings displayed on the At
lantc coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville.
Forecasts for Special Districts Western
Pennsyivana-Partly cloudy to-day, colder
along Lake Erie; to-morrow fair and colder
Western New YorE-Cloudy and colder to-
day tomorrow fair.
Eastern New York-Gencrally fair o-day
and tomorrow colder tomorrow in north
portion.
Southern New England Fair to-day and
tomorrow colder to- morrow.
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
DclaWarc-Tair to-day. not much change IN
temperature: tomorrow partly cloudy and
colder
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
So, 600, 600 Asked
For Liquor Fight
Glass Tells Congress That
a Huge Sum Is Needed
to Preuent Smuggling
Ne,o York Tribune
Washington, Bureau

WASHINGTON, Feb. Am appro-
priation of 100000 to strengthen the
customs force so as to prevent smup-
Cling of liquor into the United States
in violation of the constitutional pro-
hibition amendment was asked Of Con-
gress to-day by Secretary Glass of the
Treasury Department.
In requesting the House to grant the
appropriation Mr.. Glass transmitted
letter from George W. Ashworth, head
of the customs division Of the Treas
ury, declaring that at present the pro
portion of liquor seized, owing to
"meager facilities" is "infintesimal in
comparison with the quantity which
already has been smuggled into the
country"
Mr.. Ashworth quotes the United
States marshal for the Western Dis
trlct of Texas rs having written the
Attorney General that there is veri-
table reign of crime In the vicinity Of
FL Paso because Of smuggled liquor and
drugs.
If Congress grants the 100000
asked it will make total Of $500 900
to enforce constitutional prohibition
until June 80 next year. OF this sum,
S2,6O0.O0O was given for ordinary en-
forcement under the Volstead law and
$l,000.00O to guard liquor in ware
houses.
The letter from Mr.. Ashworth asserts
that to prevent smuggling of contra
band liquors it will be necessary to
considerably augment the present
force of customs inspectors ut all ports
along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf
coasts, as we'll as along the Canadian
and Mexican borders.
"At present" the letter continues.
collectors of customs are employing
every available means to circumvent
liquor smuggling in their districts, and
while large quantities Of such contra
band have been seized and convictions
of violators secured, it Is safe to saw
that on account of the meager facilities
now at hand for coping with the situa-
'tion the quantity of liquors seized is
infnitesimal in comparison with the
quantity which has been smuggled into
the country.
Gas an indication Of the handicaps
under which collectors of customs along
the Mexican border are laboring in their
efforts to stamp out the liquor SNUG
Cling, the following is quoted from a
letter addressed to the Attorney Gen
eral by the United States marshal for
the Western District of Texas:
"T have just returned from Ell Paso,
where such an unusual and unprece-
dented state Of affairs exists that
feel it my duty to report to you the
conditions. There is a veritable reign
Of crime out there, principally ffom
the smuggling Of Intoxicating liquors,
epium, morphine, etc, from Mexico.
Offenders have been vigorously prose-
cuted, but in the face of all this, as
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Citlow Trial Is Resumed
Sister Says Rand School Got
sskevOlutiOnary Age" Weekly

One hundred copies of "The Revolu-
tlonary Age" the contents of which
resulted in the Indictment of BENJAMIN
Gltlow. former Socialist Assem- lyman,
TOR criminal anarchy, went weekly to
the book store of the Rand School
Mrs. Bella Fruchter, sister of Git
low and his stenographer during july.
1919, when he was business manager
for the radical journal. testified to that
at the trial of Gitlow. which was re-
sumed before Justice Barlow S. Weeks
terday.
Frequent differences between the
prosecution and Clarence S. Darrow.
counsel for the defense, developed dur
ing the afternoon sessions. "I'd like
to devise some means of locking you
and mr.. barrow up until you agree on
tice Weeks told Mr.. Rorke Just before
court adjourned until TODAY.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Jewel Thief Loots Home

A thief got $4,000 worth of jewelry
Friday from the home of Robert Sizer.
53 East Seventy-third Street. it was
learned yesterday. The jewels be-
long to Mr.. Sizer's daughter, Eliza
beth Standish Sizer, who said yester-
day. that they were priceless because Of
their associations.
1t is believed that the thief walked
in through the basement door, which a
delivery boy might have left ajar It
was during the afternoon when the
household was downstairs. The in
truder made lcisurely inpection Of
several bedrooms. left silver untouched
and searched Miss Sizer's room until
he had found the jewels. Then he
walked out the front door.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Spring BI0uses Are
Crisp and Fresh

Well-made white batiste and
voile handmade blouses.
Embroidered, hemstitched and
trimmed with laces. Good-ftting
collars. There is a "springtime"
feeling about the lovely things.
The pretty pink and blue
French blouses that end in a
splashy bow in back are finished
with f1uted frilly white or
candle collars and cuffs.
New lines-a shortened smart
ness-make the overblouses of
jersey silk interesting.
The beautifully fitting lace
blouses with short sleeves and
rounded necks are particularly
lovely.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Bags from Paris

Taffeta bags on ivory frames
trimmed with feather trimming,
too sweet, $33.
An Oriental~tendency felt in
many of the new styles.
Beaded bags in new shapes.
Main floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Juror Dies in Murder Trial
Another Panel for Allege-..
SLAYER Of Tanner, Smith

The death yesterday Of Harry W.
o!mstead, one of the jurors on the
panel trying George Lewis. charged
with the murder Of Tanner" Smith,
gangster, VII! result in the declaration
of a mistrial by Judge Wadhams. of
General Sessions, and the taking of
evidence again by a new iury.
Assistant District Attorney George
n Brothers, prosecutor. and Robert
Moore. counsel for the defense. had
finished their cases and were to have
made their summations to-day. Ohm
stead died Of influenza.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
For Young Women

There is a new tiny blue and
white checked gingham that is
very demure, made in simple,
good straight lines, tying with a
long sash belt. 1t has a peculiar
sheer organdie cowl collar that
gives it style decidedly quaint,
$3.50.
The dotted swiss frocks, checked
ginghams, yoiles and organdies
are irresistibly pretty.
There is an inclination toward
full skirts, and Short sleeves.
There is something very feminine
and "blowie" In t-se Silhouette
that is wonderfully becoming.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-03
Entirely New

is the line of this seasons
frock. While simple there is a
suggestion Of huffiness in the
line aid feminine charm in
the details.
Very different is a black taffeta
frock, that just arrived in the
Fashion Salons. The skirt has a
clever overdrapery of ecru tilct
lace net with deep hem of ecru
organdie The dashing cowl col
lar is of net and organdie and
the waist is a jacket effect fitting
simply to the waist line and far-
ing just below. Caught at the
waist with a gay band of narrow
ribbon and dashing bunch of
grapes which gives happy green
and gold color note to this smart
frock.
Another black faTefa frock at
tracing a great deal of atten-
tion is a chic simple little thing
depending upon differently
shaped long collar of embroid-
cred ecru batiste and vivid bow
Of narrow cherry ribbon, to give
it the unmistakable dashing
style 1t possesses.
Bolero jackets are used on
taffeta frocks.
Jade green combined with
white is fashionable.
Lovely pink, lavender and
white crepe de chine frocks are
made in exquisite ways.
The lowered chifons are
gay.
Women's Fashion Salons,
Second flooor, Old Building.