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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Salvation Army to
Begin Drive With
II Parade Here To-day
81. 100000 Is Sought in
New York; Memorial to
Mrs. Rockefeller Pledges
$4,000 to Start Fund

The Salvation Army will begin its
campaign to collect a million dollars
in New York City by a parade along
Fifth Avenue, starting at 80 o'clock,
this afternoon.
James Speyer, local chairman, an
nounced at a luncheon Of supporters
at the Waldorf Astoria yesterday that
the memorial fund to the late Mrs
John D. Rockefeller had already given
$4,000 to the campaign fund.
Behind a parade sign, "By their
works ye shall know them" in the pro-
cesslon to-day will be tableau floats
OF ministry to the destitute, baby
check rooms, boozeless saloons, indus
trial homes, doughnut and the sixty
SIX countries where the army operates
The marchers will include Mayor Hy-
ian, service men, detachment from
the battleship Tennessee and 100 no.
boes, with jeff Davis, King" and Pat
Grove, kidnapped by the Salvation
Army two decades after he kidnapped
the Cudahy boy. There will be army
tanks and armored cars, and the girl
original of THE Hall of Fame" post
er' Officials will review the parade
from stand at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel.
Il believe in the Salvation Army be-
cause it practices Americanism," rank
I'm X. Lane, national chairman of the
drive, declared yesterday. "American
ism is the spirit that believers in
democracy must show to those around
them. 1t translates neighbolliness and
means faith in the other fellow.
We have followed pleasure and left
ms work to an earnest, humble people
We don't deserve to be called real
democrats. We should meet this call
tor money aid as an atonement."
Colonel William A. MCINTYRE. acting
American commander, said that for a
year the Salvation Army hasn't asked
for money. "This drive pays our last
debts he added From this ON it
will be all grist For twenty years I've
hoped for relief from the tambourine
Don't let US go back to it,"
Colonel Mcintyre announced new
Americanization work among South
Broe klyn Italians. An Italian business
man has quit business to take charge
OF this service. He said statistics
show that men the army has reclaimed
are producing s265,000,00O of wealth.
non'eXlstcnt otherwise, so that the
army S work In making bad men good
is business proposition.
Ior twenty years our money came
from the man with his foot on the
brass rail and his elbow on the bar"
Colonel Mcintyre said. I'VE found it
almost impossible to reach the bust
ness man"
Mrs. Oliver Hartman and Robert
Adamson predicted the drives success.
Others at the luncheon were Mrs. Stan
ley Lyman Otis, Mrs. Charles S. Bent
ley, Mrs. Emma Kip Edwards, Mrs.
lima Hopper, Mrs. Lewis Martin,
Mrs X. II. Marshall, Mrs. Gustavc A..
Wa1ter. James A. Hamilton, Archibald
{. Barrow, secretary to Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie; Judge Jacob Fl. Strahl. Ed
ward Riegelmann, President of Brook
lyn Borough; j. Foster Smith, ". b.
Mitchell, Julius G. Lay, Colonel Harry
A. Gunzburg, Waldemar Hops. Holden
II. Landreth and Harry g. Hoax.
American Legion men, meeting last
night at Keenes Chop House, arranged
to help the drive. Colonel Reginald
RHrlOW smoke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Two Held for Coughlin
kidnapping to Go Free
Woman and Man Questioned in
Norristown Case Fail to Give
Police a Clew

NORRISTOWN, Pa, June 1.-The
two prisoners arrested in connection
with the kidnapping last Wednes day of
thirteen months-old Blakeley Coughlin
probably VIII be released Tomorrow,
the authorities announced tonight.
found that they were either directly
or indirectly implicated in the case.
The prisoners are Mrs. Catherine Dun
don, who was employed by the Cough
lin family as a cook for three days, and
James Malone, Of Philadelphia, a vet
eran of the Rainbow Division.
Malone is friend of Mrs. Dundon
and was arrested, the police say, be-
cause she claimed to have been with
him in Philadelphia at the time the
baby was stolen.
Both prisoners we're closely ques
toned and both maintained their limo
cence. Mrs. Dundon was taken to the
Coughlln home to compare her foot
prints with those found in a plowcd
plowed to-day and the footprints we're
obliterated.
The case apparently was as deep a
supposed clcws have been run down,
the authorities said. without obtaining
a trace Of the child's whereabouts,
the identity Of the abductors or Their
motive.
1t was announced tonight that the
kidnapers would be granted immunity,
so far as the Coughlins are concerned,
and the reward Of $4,000 offered by
George II. Coughlin, father of the
stolen baby, would be paid without
question if the little fellow is re-
stored to his parents. A reward Of
$500 for the arrest and conviction Of
the abductors is offered by the Mont
gomery County Commissioners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Lad Stole Car to Meet
Chorus Girl, Say Police
Auto Taken in Providence Re.
covered in Brooklyn;
Youth Arrested

John Deicsh. eighteen, of 1e1 Friend
ship Street, Providence. was arrested
last night in front of 1926 Bedford Ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. just as he stepped out
Of an automobile said to belong to
Herman Goldberg, of 80 Benefit Street,
Providence.
A general alarm was sent out when
Mr.. Goldberg discovered the loss of his
machine yesterday. Detectives Dwyer
Deiesh at thu Gates Avenue police sta
ton is said to have explained that he
had a date with a chorus girl in town
and no money to get here with. That
is why he took the car, the police say
he admitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Julia French Ceraghty
Gets Absolute Divorce
Heiress Also Granted Custody Of
Child; Chauffeur Father
May See Him
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

BOSTON, June 4.-Julia French
Geraghty. daughter of Amos Tuck
French and heress to the French mil
lions, has obtained an absolute di-
vorcc from John +. Jack" Gcrarhtv
She also is granted custody of their
sixyearold child, John French
Geraghty. The father is to be per
mitted to visit the boy four hours
every Sunday afternoon. The decree.
given by Judge Dolan, in the Superior
Court Mt Newport, was made public
here to-day.
Following tho divorce trial at New
port last December, in which deposl-
tons by Mrs. French. mother of Mrs
Gcr,aghty; Mrs. Pauline Leroy French
and her grandmother. Mrs. Pauline
Winslow Leroy, were heard relative to
nonsupport charges, n degree nisi was
granted Mrs. Gernghty. "Handsome
jack DID not appear.
,Geraghty Is living In Los Angeles.
where his marriage to MISS AMY
nv society. girl, formerly Of
Wntertown and A'l'ston, has been re-
ported. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
DEATHS

Decentralization Lodge No. 100. n
ana A. NJ. brethren: sorrowful an
Rro,ber Wii,,,,fr ~ ul me uedrn 81
Atlantic t,itv sa-urdaW after1onn &
LEON NJ. GRAVEs' Master
FINK = Gi-p,sT y, sesret,rv
drnce 2i56 tcbr Wnst a al H.
quem mass at st. Ray,nond's church
''''' us ~ e'00N
BURDICk-suddenly. at his home. De
Ruyter. \. Y June 3. 1920. Francis
se~vices ~ ~ n az Pc, gt gear funera1
day afternoon. june s. - Oh Cd III
ID M hHh r1nsl,,s June 1920 at Lsnox
bridge Funers iOV on 'sim fur{a aVe 1 nag
from church 400 West 4Sd st.
CONNELI-On "Wednesday. Juna ,qoo
after short illness. Thomas Connell
aged 38 Funeral from his Late rest
dence. SOS onderdonk a ave- .,' Ridsewood,
Saturday. juno g. at m: thenca
ave- d. inseri mas r. y, .muTeh at Catalpa
'N'e' '''e''' Na'S"fy Cemetery
CRAWFORD-Clifton. suddenly. in Lon
con- oS rn nns : clrson crawfsr4 husband
Manor. Funeral in London June s. In
''' ''-Vi'' '-''i' sn' scotland.
EEOWLEH-On June 2 1920 Mary II
Crowley (nee Keating). beloved Wiz Of
Lawrence J. Crowley Funeral from her
late residence l0i4 Sd 81 Rroni1,,,n
Saturday. June 3. at a m: thence To-
the Church of 81 Rose ~ ina ,vbora
fered. 1nt ,.. - c igua,ei" WIZ De OIL
DAVIS-Suddenly. on Juns O. 1920, 10
seph!ne Davis. daughter OF the late
John and Helen Lynch. native of Re-
hsy County care, Ireland. beloved wife
pes 5el5n ss fr0p her late
3u,.e ., al 80 a. m thence to St.
Neronlcas church, Christopher st
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. a++sr ,,,a-,.u
ness. Funeral D m. sunday ron har
late residence, 124s Clay ave
~ !. IA - IN, I'm d une T. l92o, Frank j.. be-
t x, nnspand or Anna H. D!ttmar. aged
- s ns uhersl from his late home,
~, IN hlc o. a. q; M thence TO ST:
2 ~ me Daplist Cnurch, goth ST and
Hn ave. New YORK CITY where, at 10
. tdoek' high mass of requiem viii be
termcnt calvary CsToa y, m'' sou. IN
nansrs ~ - .vt . NAhss'oh'
''''
DOOLEY-Willan c. husband Of the
late Margaret Lynch runeral from ~,
late reeidence. SEQ Uancoch 81 Eronl.,yn
on Monday, June !. at 10 a. m solemn
mass OF requiem at Our Lady OF Victory
EAsTMAN-r.veia Mary r.,,,oy o> ,t,,.,.
w Eastman. at Glen cove T. n3
June B. 1920. Funeral at resiJenc. ~
her daughter. Grace Eastman PAYNE.
Glen Cove, on Saturday, June g. 1920.
az iV.'o d m coaches at Glen 81.
- - t.'I 70" - 1 e'iWlck, son or mo late
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
One Killed, q Hurt in Two
Brooklyn Auto Crashes
George W. Mcdonald Meets
Death in Collision; Surface
Car Hits Prison Van

One man was Killed and four were
in jured in two automobile accidents in
Brooklyn yesterday. George W. Nc
Donald, thr.y-five, of Seventeen Street
and Shore Road, was driving d car
which collided with a motor truck
driven BY Dncen Romano, at Franklin
Avenue and Eastern Parkway. McDon-
aid WAS killed and Romano was held
on technical charge of homicide
A Gates Avenue surface car hit a
prison van which held four men hand
cuNed together IN pairs. The van was
overturned. Paul Prone, seventeen, of
1876 Wilson Avenue, who was held for
the grand jury on burglary charge,
suffered broken right wrist. The
others suffered bruises and contusions.
All were on their way from the Gates
Avenue Court to the Raymond Street
Jail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Archbishop Addresses
Catholic Writer'S Guild
Says Some of Old Spanish The
ologians Would Be Called
Radicals To-day

Archbishop Patrick j. Hayes was
guest Of honor last night at reception
given in the Hotel Aston by the Catho-
lie Writer'S Guild, and delivered to
them "heart to heart talk" concern
ing their work and its ideals.
There is great need, he said, for
writer's who are not afraid to stand for
their beliefs and for the truth.
In speaking of social crises to- day,
the Archbishop said that it was
difficult to say for a certainty what
was really radical
"rhe further we go back to the
writings of the old Spanish theologi-
ans he said. eve find that some of
them would be called radicals and very
far advanced to-day. 1t is wonderful
what they say about popular govern
ment y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
MOrdorf Tells
Of Kissing Girl
" As a Father %
School Principal Gives
His Version of Action
Which Caused Parents
to Make Serious Charge
Wife Holds His Hand
Smiles Approval as Accused
Teacher Defends Self
Bef ore Local Board

DR.. Oliver c. Mordorf, principal of
Public School 1879, Flatbush, told the
members of Local School Board SO, sit
ting at Erasmus High School, Brook
lyn, last night, his version of the in
cident of April 81 last, when, it is
charged, he Rugged and kissed Mary
Elizabeth Woolsey, thirte year old
pupil. The principal is sixty years OLD
he board completed the taking of
testimony shortly before midnight, and
adjourned to meet at the call of the
chairman, when it's decision will be
announced.
DR.. Mordorf denied that he had
kissed the girl in the manner she
alleges or that his actions toward
her were other than proper at any
time. He admitted that he had kissed
her "in fdtherly manner" and "iust
as he would kiss any other little girl
in the school"
Wife Clapsps His Hand
At the close of the hearing a specti-
cation IN the charges relating to an
planned Of, when DR.. Mordorf is al
legS~ to have placed his arm around
the girls waist, was dismissed by the
board on motion by Dr.. Mordorf's
counsel.
The wife of the accused principal
was again present at the hearing, Sit
ting by her husbands side and repeat
edly classping his hand. All through
Dr.. Mordorf's testimony Mrs Mordorf
watched her husbands face, and she
Sml!ed encouragement to him from
time to time as she caught his gaze.
When ne had completed his story Mrs.
Nordorf linked her arm through his
and squeezed his hand affectionate!v.
Dr.. Mordorf testified that he cele-
brated his sixtieth birthday on June I
and that he has two married daughters
lie gave long history OF his career
az teacher, which dates from his
graduation from Dickinson College. He
flrst taught at the PENNSYLVANIA In
dustrial Reform School and had been
superintendent of tho New Jersey
Model School, at Trenton. He had
been connected with the New York
public school system since 1901 and was
a member of the board of governors
of the Teachers Club for the last ten
Years. He has had charge of the teach
ers' summer excursions.
Mother Threatened Scene
DR.. Mordorf's version of the happen
ings of April 81 began at the point
where he met Mrs. Woosey. the girls
mother as he was leaving the school.
she was excited, he said, and threat
ened 70 make scene in the street
unless he consented to go to his private
Office with her. When he complied, she
refused to say anything until her hus-
band arrived a few minutes later, with
his brother. Jesse Woolsey.
Il had an idea what it was about"
the witness said, because l recalled
having kissed the child on the previous
day"
When the father arrived the prin-
cipal said he offered to shake hands.
but Mrs. Woolsey interposed.
Don't take that mans hand.' she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Unions
Reject Plea
OF Governor
CONTINUED from page one)

ciples promulgated by the commercial,
interests OF the city.
1t was learned there are 200 nom
union negroes employed on the Savan-
nah Line piers and 900 on the docks
of the Clyde and Mallory Line. E. r.
Richardson, of the former company,
said that he had all the men he needed.
and that hereafter he will pick the
most capable men from both union and
non-union ranks. This procedure was
termed by the union leaders a violation
of the agreement with Governor Smith,
who had assured the men that the COM
panies would take them back without
prejudice and without raising other
issues.
The Citizens Transportation Com
mittee announced that additional trade
bodies are rallying to the support or
their impartial service plans. Among
these were the Association OF Cotton
Textile Merchants, of New York, and
the Tile Manufacturers Representa-
tives' Club. No direct personal appeal
it was said, is being made for subscrip-
tons to the $4,000 900 fund, but it was
declared that a large number of small
contributions have been received with
letters commencing the merchants
campaign 40 free the citys CONNER &C. .
In this connection the committee
made public a subscription Of S43S25
contributed by 1888 employees Of Rogers
Peet Company, representing the rank
and file Of that organization. In a
circular addressed to the employees Of
this concern BY the managers 1t was
set forth that vast quantities of
perishable foods were rotting on the
piers, and goods of every sort "ar not
be shipped or received by impcytant
transport lines because possibly 1OO,-
600 organized men decide to hold up
business and food supplies Of 5000 900
people, to enforce demands of a small
group Of their number.
"The vast number Of unorganized
men who with their families will suffer
in consequence Of this tic-up nave now
chance to voice their protest. II you
stand for the open shop principle
that every man has right to work
without dictation from others-cxpress
yourself by backing this movement
Lack of cement, due to the freight
jam at the railroad terminals, is hold
ing up the completion of two short
sections Of the Is. r. T. subway under
Willoughby Street and the INTERIOR
ough subway on the Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn. The Interborough section
still remains to be rooted over for one
section Of about ninety feet along
Eastern Parkway.
The delay in finishing the tunnel
structure is holding up the track and
other finishing work on the line, SO
that initial operation over this route
will hardly be possible before late sum-
mer. 1t was said that the railroads
have agreed to give priority to the
shipment Of material for the subway
but work had to be suspended because
the materials have been delayed.
Tho B. r. 7. branch may be placed
in operation by July Is. it was said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Highway Robber Gets
'Ghirtv-one-Year Sentence
I've Others Sentenced TO Long
Terms for Aiding in Hold
IN of Pavlnas:er
Record prison sentences for Stat

Record prison sentences for Staten
Island were handed down yesterday b.
Judge j. Herman n the Richmond
County Court at st. George. Staten
Island. Willard Rookey, twenty-five,
of 12l Bay Street, Staten Island, was
sentenced to thirty-one years and six
months at hard labor in Sing Sing for
highway robbery and burglary. Emil
Longbein, twenty-seven, Of the same
address, was given seventeen wears and
SIX months on a charge Of burglary.
At the same time George Troutman,
twenty-four, of 10 Metcalfe Street, Con-
cord, Staten Island, was sent to the
New York Penitentiary to serve an in
definite term for his connection with
the same crimes.
There were four indictments for
highway robbery and one for burglary
against men who were convicted Of
completely in a hold-up on May last.
when George Scoessel, a pnymaster for
the G. alggcl Color Manufacturing
Company. was robbed of a payroll Of
$500 and of burglary from the
warehouses Of the Pouch Terminal
Company, in which fifteen barrels Of
whisky, valued at $4,000, were stolen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
] alrnlel.'s Demand
For Retraction of
Charges Refused
Allegations Of Injustice 10
Aliens Repeated: Proof
Offered by Popular Gov
ernnlent League Officials

WASHINGTON. June 4.-Doscrbing
as utterly false charges contained in
a report of committee of lawyers to
the National Popular Government
League, relative to the treatment of
arrested aliens by the Department Of
Justice, Attorney General Palmer to-
day called on Felix Frankfurter, of
Cambridge, Mass, one Of the sgnerA
Of the report, to retract them.
MI Palmer telegraphcd Mr. Frank
furter in reply to a telegram from him
and Zachariah Chafce jr, Of Cam
bridge, asking the Attorney General
whether he WAS disposed to prohibit
arrested aliens from having legal
counsel.
81 have not criticized you, or any
sci for aliens in deportation cases in
any proceedings, either before the
Department of Labor, or in court the
Attorney Generals telegram said.
"My criticism was directed against the
action Of yourself and other lawyers
whose names were attached to a state
ment filed with the House Committee
on Rules and given wide publicity in
the country, making utterly false
charges against the Department Of
Justice and the Attorney General.
~ h. Sc changes had IS their orly
foundation statements made by aliens
after their arrests. which were pal
pably false upon their face and the al
denied by the responsible sworn Of
ticors o. the government whose con-
duct these aliens SOUGHT to lmpeach.
Some OF the aliens themselves have
since denied the very statements which
your committee filed. Your apparent
Willingness to believe these statements
indicates some other desire on your
part than just administration of the
law
Il produced before the Committee on
Rules Of the House of Representatives
conclusive proof of the falsity of these
charges. Confronted by proof you owe
it to yourself as we'll as TO the Depart.
ment of Justice to publicly retract
them"
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. June 4. - Pro
lessor Felix Frankfurter and Zachariah
Chafee il, of the Harvard Law School
to-day sent the following telegram &c
Attorney General Palmer in reply tc
his demand that they rctract charges
jcals:
"Wc fled the report of the Illegal
practices of the Department Of Justice
partly because the facts not within our
personal knowledge were vouched for
by lawyers of responsible character and
ability, but chiefly because Of our per-
sonal knowledge OF the Colyer cases
The testimony of your agents and the
official instructions issued to them
from Washington proved beyond CUES
ton that large numbers of people, in
Guiding citizens, were arrested by your
agents without warrants, that searches
and seizures were made without search
warrants in direct violation of the Fed
eral Constitution and that this was done
under specific instructions from the
Department of Justice
I'VE are prepared to submit these
allegations and have so advised Chair
man Campbell of the Rules Commit
tee. We are prepared to do the same
before committee of the American
Bar Association, consisting, we sug-
gest, of the exAttorney Generals Of the
United States'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Mother and Three Die of Gas
Suicide seen After Landlord
Ordered Woman Evicied

7TT 7TIJNTT
BOSTON, June 4.-Mrs. Mollc Bin
der thirty years old, and her three chi
dren we're found dead in bed from gas
poisoning to-day at their home in Dor
chester Medical Examiner Lcnry pro
nounccd the case undoubtedly suicide
on the part Of the mother"
According to tho police, Mrs Binder
became dcspondcnt upon receiving II
notice OF eviction from her landlord.
The dead children are Geraldine, four
months OLD; Abraham. FIVE years, and
IInrry, eight.
When discovered the victims were I'm
n n, single bed with the gas tunsd on.
The bodies were found by ncighbprs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05

Commission Named to Provide
shoes at Reduced Prices

Madrid, JNnc 4 Recent protests
against the high prices Of footwear and
the formation Of Sandal societies"
caused TIE government to create Il
comnmisslon to provide national shoes
to be sold ut prices lower than those
at present in effect
The first specimens Of tho national
shoes were shown to-day. Ienceforth
these shoes viii be purchasab bic
throughout Spain at prices ranging
from 20 pcsctns so centimcs to 81
pcsctas 30 confines for mons shoes,
Is pesetns to IT pesetas so centimos
Tor womcn's footwear and 0 pesetas to
rs pcsctns 05 confines for childrcn's
shoes Two thousand pairs of tho
shoes are being manufactured daily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05

suit of blood poisoning from ip;pr;..
she suffered in an automobile acciiasss
on Memorial Day. She was liding on
bus owned and operated by Viii.
Ialligan, al was on her way 10 W.
land Beach 10 pass the holiday ,ys wv
the bus overturned In an efrors
save her life enc OF her arms w. -
amputated above the elbow. We
Miss Turner'S home WAS at 200 Pr.
mond Avenue, Port Richmond. s..
Island. ''"'sa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Dixie Seeks Supreme Bench

County Judge Norman S. Dixie, OF
Brooklyn, yesterday, announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
ton for Supreme Court justice Five
justices are TO be elected in the fall.
He has sent circular letters to all Re-
publican district organizations appeal
ing for support.
Judge Dixie, fourteen years ago, sue.
cecded County Judge Frederick r..
Crane, who Is now a member Of che
Court Of Appeals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
Charles T. l.earnard D;as
Formerly Known as 'Frauk
fslrier k'~m of Gomez island.

Char'o Francis Iearnard for,n
nine, of Brooklyn. formerly know, "
the "Frankfurter King of Cn,s -
Island died on Tuesday Of broncb;.,
trouble. He had been in business s.1''' =.
Coney Island for thirty years. and va o.
FIRST hpyer and importer Of furn;,',s'
for fitting up public entertainmen,,
places. ''''-'S'l
lie brought furniture from Aus.r;.
to the island, and fitted ND NAM "a "a
the leading show places taere. Ia,s.
he went into the selling of provisions
and more recently was engaged in ~
roa Y business in Flathpsh and in ,bo
Bedford section of Brcoklyn. '"'
Mr.. Learnard is survived BY his vie.
four sons, daughter and 1hree sister