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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
N. Y. ACTRESSES
SLAIN IN CHICAGO
Wives Of Attaches Of 'Smilin'
Through Company Beaten
to Death.
THROWN FROM MOTOR CAR
Mysterious Phone Call Dis
closes Crime Following
Desperate Struggle.

Specia, Despatch to THE New YORK HEaun.
CHICAGO. Nov. 14-Chicago has an
7ther murder mystery to solve. TWO
-oung actresses were found dead in
rant Park. within a few yards Of the
fashionable Columbia Yacht Club,
arly this morning. Their bodies Were
ne mass Of bruises.
Just now the victims met their death
rysicians were unable TO ascertain. The
.ost-mortem disclosed traces Of wood al
ohol. They were not identiied until
ate tonight. They are Mrs. Marie Nc
Cartby wife Of Robert Mccarthy. stage
manager for Jane Cowrs "Smilir'
Through company now appearing In the
Cort Theatre, and Mrs. Lillian Meeks'
wife OF James Mceks. electrical expert
of the same company. The husbands OF
The murdered women told the police that
their wives were missing when they re-
turned home from work last night.
News OF the double killing came 20 the
police "a. mysteriously as the crime itself
was committed At $3.50 o'c'ock TINS
morning a ca!l was turned into the south
Clark street station
There are two women dead IN Grant
Park" said a mans voice They are
living about thirty feet from the lake
sbore at the foot of Jackson Boulevard
The informant refused 20 identify him-
.alf and disconnected when the desk SER
,,oor, sought TO press him on that point.
The call was traced, however ana
sound 10 have come from the offices OF
conlding Price & webb. Insurance
agents In the Insurance Exchange
Building. Police searched the building
from tor TO bottom but no trace OF any
one was found. Tie murdered women
were last seen Saturday evening by
Peter Citti the keeper Of grocery
tore. who sold them bottle Of olive
oil ana a pound OF chestnuts.
Marks OF a Diamond non-skid auto
mobile tire we're found within few
Yards Of whero the women were dis
covered.
The murdered women evidently were
iriven into the park IN an automobile,
as the marks of the tires were fresh.
The inden;atious in the soft earth
were traced to the waters edge. where
he automobile turned around and
roaded FOR the Monroe street exit TO
Michigan boulevard
The police are working on the theory
hat the women were driven into The
park alive and aftcrward murdered
Coroner's Physician Simons declares
that Nire. Mccarthy was dead before
her body was thrown from the car. a.
.herc was no signs OF a struggle where
her body was found Mrs Meeks ap-
pears 20 have been alive. though bleed
ng.
There were four pools Of blood, and a
trail clearly marked In the grass indi-
Gated she strugg ed before death came
Her hands were cut and hcr face was
covered with blood
As further Indication tho victims had
been hurled from machine. Mrs
Ncel(s face was covered with cinders
many of which wore embedded deeply
n thc skn as if ehq bad fallen yio-
leut'y
The body OF Mrs Mecks lay within
thirty feet Of the water. 10 was fully
clothed, except for q hat. and the cloth
ug was intact
Twcn;y-eight feet Vest on the drive
way lay the body Of Mrs. Mccarthy,
as if q had bcen thrown from the
machine first
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
FIRST SNOW OF YEAR
DUE IN EAST TO-DAH Y
No Relief From Cold Spell,
Says Bureau.

wAsHiSGroN. Nov. "a ~ Snow -- tho
first OF the season IN a number OF States
was forecast by the Weather Bureau
tonight for the eastern hair Of the coun-
try north Of the Potomac and Onio
rivers The bureau also saw no relief
from the cold spell which has overspread
that part of tho country east of tho Ms
sisslppi
The fall of snow which ST. forecast
FOR thc middle West tomorrow ana for
ine East Tues1at, VIII De- light the
bureau said. and In sorc states VIII
amount only to furrint hl' it Wll p.
SNOW.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
By The Associated Press.

ny NI6 ASSoClutCu JTtSS-
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 14.-The army
of Gen. Wrangel. the anti -Bolshevik
leader in South Russia, has been
wiped out, and number OF his Cen
erals have committed suicide.
The fighting at Perekop was OF the
most desperate character. The Boil
sheviki. according to latest advices.
admit they had 10000 men killed. They
claim to have taken 10000 prisoners.
They owe their success largely to the
use of poison gas.
1t is stated that at the request OF
the French representative attached to
WrangeTs headquarters the Boil
sheviki have granted eight days for
the evacuation of the Crimea.
The Reds broke through the defence
of Gen. Wrangel on the Isthmus OF
Perekop. according to the best reports
obtainable here, by concentrating
twenty divisions against three di-
visions of the White Army. Wrangel's
men, although greatly outnumbered
withstood twenty-five assaults before
Perekop. but finally were beaten.
The commanders Of most of Wrangers
units were killed. and the losses In men
also were very large.
The success Of the Bolsheviki is at
trbuted largely to the excellence of It's
nigh command. which is said TO be d.
'ected by foreigner.
The evacuation OF the Crimea, which
began Thursday. Is continuing, under
K eat difficulties. u Is = ob em how
the refugees can be cared for in Con-
stantinople, as this city already is over
populated.
The American torpedo boat destroyers
at Sebastopol are evacuating officers ana
their families. The American destroyer
Hum hreys has gone TO Yalta to take
Off the Red Cross supplies.
The United states transport Faraly
has arrived here with 800 sick and
wounded, who were cared for by the
American Red Cross. 1t Is said that
the Reds were joined by some Ukrain-
ians in sprs aiding terror among the popu-
lace in the Crimea.
A mob in Sebastopol has pillaged the
American Red Cross stocks.
Premier Krivochin OF Gen. Wrangels
government. who arrived here yesterday
10 arrange for the transport Of women
children and wounded from the Crimea
said the possibility OF general ovacu-
atom OF the Crimea could rot be eX
c.uoed. lie said Wrangel's troops ar =
Inferior In number 20 the Bolsheviki AMI
RI losses have been enormous.
The Bolshevikl, according 10 Premier
Krivochin, took no heed of losses. three
or four columns attacking en- masse
often being annihilated but fresh troops
constantly were brought W.
SEBAsToPof. Nov. 14.-Mutinics in
Gen Wrangers army brought about his
sudden defeat. II was stated here to-
day The French warshlp Wa. ieck-
Rousseau is IN port ready to embark
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
RED BOOK HELPS
TO TRACE GRAFT
Untermyer Delves in COntrac-
tors Secret Code to Find
School Bid Clues.
1876, ,139 JOBS SUSPECTED
Lockwood Counsel to Confer
With Estimate Board To-
day on City Probing.
1896, ,139 JOBS SUSPECTED
Untermyer Suspicious
of 28 City Contracts

SAMUEL UNTERMYER, coun-
sci for the Lockwood commit
tee, let it be known yesterday
hat he considers twenty-eight
contracts for heating, plumbing,
ventilating and lighting jobs in
sixteen school buildings open to
suspicion in such a degree that
the city authorities should inves-
tigate them.
The schools are Nos. 81 and 6,
in The Bronx; l58, 29, 1872, 80,
20, 81, 100 and l44, in Brooklyn; ;
3, 80 and Bryant High School, in
Queens; II, in Richmond, and
SO and 1870, in Manhattan.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
Bu the Assoc,ated rreas.

PARrs. Nov 1f.--,ien. Wrangel has
gone aboard one of the French warships
in Sebastopol, but the vessel is still re-
naming In port. say advices received by
the French Foreign Office. The evacua r.
tion is continuing. but there Is in
adequate shipping for the number Of
persons seeking to fee.
wrangels troops are declared 10 have
fought splendldly in the battle Of their
defeat. which began with the loss OF
Perekop and soon developed into wild
retreat toward headquarters at Sebas-
topol
The dispatches assert that there have
bce' no mutlnies. ON the cOnIriry, they
praise the courage OF the White Army
and the sacrifices OF their officers. They
were overwhelmed by the Reds. who are
reported TO be we'll organized and led.
Some of their officers are said TO be
Germans. Wrangers army. thoroughly
beaten. is continuing to retreat south
ward. pursued by a well commanded
Bolshevik army OF twenty-sevcn divt-
eiOne,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
GOLD FOR NJ. Y. BANKS
TRAIN ROBBERS BOOTY
Net Closing About Bandit
Gang in ioDa.

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 1.-THE Postal
Department tonight is tightening the
net about the thieves who last night
robbed a Burlington registered mail car
within the city limits OF Council Bluffs,
Iowa. Ten sacks of registered mail were
thrown from the car. one sack was re-
covered intact.
investigators ,said no estimate of the
loss could be given, as no attempt had
been made 10 check up the pouches. The
stolen pouches were from San Francisco
and said 20 have contained currency for
New York banks. They were transferred
to the Burlington from the Union Pacific
and the robbers gained entrance 70 the
car Immediately after It left the transfer
by breaking a window. An automobile
was used TO carry away the loot, which
was thrown out OF the car while the
train stopI ed at crossing.
The rl1ed car was a storage carr as
all its contents was destined for Eastern
points
CHICAGO, Nov. f4.-Rcports that large
shipments of money were obtained by
robbers who entered q registered maii
car in Council Bluffs last niyht and ys
capped with several sacks OF mail were
denied tonight by Charles Woods. chic.
clerk Of Railway Mail District 40. ].
and II. Y. Pracken, general manager OF
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
Railroad.
There we're no Treasury shipments Ia
the car. and the loss cannot exceed 500
000." Mr.. Woods said. Nothing but
registered mail was taken, and we won't
be able 20 check on the exact amount
stolen for a month"
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Inasmuch as Samuel Untermyer
counsel for the Lockwood committee,
is due to appear this morning before
the Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment to broach a plan whereby the
city can wise and analyze its construc-
ton contracts. he got out John T
Hettrick's famous red book yesterday
and made a few notes.
When Mr.. Untermyer and the board
get together he proposes to submit TO
the latter a list of school building
contracts-at least twenty-eight Of
lhem-and indicate heating. plumbing
ventilating and lighting jobs that he
considers open to suspicion. This list
Will include $1,S76,139 in such con-
tracts made since January /, 1919. a
1umber Of the contractors winning
hese jobs at prices ranging from
81. 0oo TO s155,99 were members OF the
Hettrlck round table and are listed in
Hettricks red book under code num-
bers. Mr.. Untermyer is not in posi-
tion to point to any one Of the con-
tracts or contractors as crooked. He
merely warns the city that the con-
tracts are not above suspicion.
For HEATING. ightirg, ventilating
plumbing. sanitation equ'pm mt and
plant equipment the school budget be-
coming available January /. 1919. car
ried an appropriation ot 81 062,139-
Thus far s1.S76.l39 OF that amount has
been contracted for And only S51o,-
10O.1l has been paid out BY the city.
Therefore Mr. Cntermyer viii suggest
that the balance remain unpaid until the
work has been inspected and the CON
tracts can be honestly scruti''ized Th"
city viii have to do this itself Because
il involves tremendous work and pos
sesses many tangents and bypass IS
there would be no time for the LOCKWOOD
committee to do it and complete the
programme set for il by the Legislature.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
SEEK BODIES OF THREE FLIERS

AtusK rtoN. Mich Nov l4-Coast
guards to-dny continued q. search along
Tho shore of LIKE Michigan f3r the oed-
ics OF three men believed 60 have per-
ishcd when scaplaue from Great Lakes
Navai Training station was lost on Lake
Michigun last week
Wrcckagc from plane believed 90 uc
that from Great Lakes was found bee
tween Mrskegon and White LIKE ycs-
terday. SO trace OF bodies has been
found. The search will continue inted-
uitciy unless tho bodies are discovered.
10 was announced
riNEfiI UsT y. C.-ltr AunI,....r5 $50.
euf Co'f and an othaI au0ft. Tlrpu.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
WRANGEL ARMY
WIPED OUT AND
CRIMEA ISLOST
Generals Commit Suicide
After Crushing Defeat
at PerekOp.
REDS USE 20 DIVISIONS
10000 BOlshevists Killed in
Desperate Battle Oh
ISthmus.
EVACUATION GOING ON
Leader Of Vanquished Forces
Reported OH Warship-U. s.
DestrOyers OH Scene.
Reds Take More Towns;
Now Near Sebastopoi

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. IA.
The Bolsheviki have taken
both Yalta and Eupatoria, and
their cavalry is approaching Sc
bastopol, according to the latest
advices received here. Eupa-
toria is about midway down the
western coast of the Crimean
peninsula, while Yalta is situated
only short distance from the
southeastern point of the penin-
,ula.
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NEWA RK, NJ. J.

newark industries have been largely
open shop for many years. The recent
rapi1 suread Is due 10 the growing roc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
BLACK SEA NOW RED;
EUROPE THREATENED
France Sees Croue Peril in
Defeat of WrongeI.

Special cable to TIE NEW YoRK IIEsAtp
Copyright, 1870, bv THE NEW YoaK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris, Nov. ~.
The Black Sea has become Red sea,
and once again the peace OF Europe Is
threatened by the menace Of Bolshevisni.
This is the real Interpretation Of tho coli
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Most OF 100 in Gallery of
Catharine Street Picture
Theatre Piled in Heap.
300 TERROR STRICKEN
ChOked Flue in Furnace
Smokes Out Audience on
False Alarm.
OWNERS ARE LOCKED Up
Three Investigations to Fix
Responsibility for Shocking
Tragedy in Film House.

A thin stream OF smoke curled up
through a crack in the floor near tho
stage OF the New Catharine motion
picture theatre IN 76 Catharine street
yesterday afternoon just before
o'clock. Others followed in different
parts of the house, and in a few sec
onds the odor OF smoke was notice.
able. Then some one shouted "Ieirei {.
The 300 men, women a9d cas1rsa
who were IN TIRE theatre ieapea 70
their feet in panic and rushed bllns'-
for the exits, piungIng, strI,ung arl
kicking.
In less than fifteen minutes the
ground floor had been emptcd, but
when the nremen reached the sceno
they found between thirty and forty
women and children piled in a tangled
heap on the stairway leading to tho
gallery. Underneath the pile weI--
seventeen children between the ages
of . and 12. all of them trampled and
beaten and unconscious. Six of them
died n few minutes later in nearby
drug stores. and the remaining eleven
were taken 70 Bellevue Hospital.
Several OF these may die.
There never was at any time any
fire in the theatre, or any danger from
fire. The smoke that curled up through
the cracks and holes in the hoorinr
came from chokod fuo pipe of tho
furnace
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
No check ON sub-o ontraetors

None of the contractors invo we'd re-
ceivod their contracts directly f'om the
city one OF the po n;s' Mr.. Unte'myer
Intends making is that the city has no
direct check upon subcontractors taking
the work from the concern which has
D.d IA the entire work OF build ne the
81 hooi The subcontractor IS amenabie
TO the principal contra cor only.
Mr. T1nterny er's plan will be one that
will ostab ish l.ason b tween the Lock
wood committee and those city agencies
which VIII conduct the city's inquiry into
It's own contracts. Howev r the work
both will be indepcrdnnt. lie p o
poses that where one investigating bod
earns something that will a-s'st th
thor Il will az once transmit this infor-
1afion n he has his way the relations
of the two bodies will remain cord "a
and cooperative. Comntrol er craig who
a ready has been in communication With
Mr. Untcrmyer and has subm TIED to the
latter statistics and facts on school con-
tracts. may be looked 10 for support OF
the plan.
Mayor Hylan. still smarting from the
punishment he experienced on the stand
before the Lockwood committee. may
have objections. but the situation Is one
lat dcnas persistent objection. Any one
no ms sted upon blocking a public in
testization into the city contracts would
have considerable explaining to do Mr.
craig il IS understood. viii insist that
whoever conducts the inve tigat!on shall
DO so publicly. lie is of tfc apnicn that
ne admins tration cannot afford 30 incur
rid'cuic by announcing q secret invcs;i-
gat on OF itself.
Thc~o is every indication thot deb te
between Mr. Intern y,r and the Mayor
liable TO become acrid Mr.. Inter
myer VIII deliver nat refusal to the
Mayors challenges TO him TO do the In
vcstigating himself
Tnmmnny Men on Anxious sent
Ry way OF preparation Tor this morn
InE's meeting In the Board OF Estimate
room in city Hall there was 70 rather!nE
N Tammauy tribes yesterdat Tam
many politicians would b, wtiins GO sat-
riflce much 90 delay an investigation OF
ciiy contracts until December 81. when
the Lockwood committees lite expires
and the new Legislature, more Rcpub-
sl!can than the latest. appoints another
committee or reappoints this one. As
matter Of fact Tammany would like 10
postpone the Investigation indefinitely.
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Continued on second Pane.
rATHrR 1ouN's MEDfCINr
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Brophy Detains New Owners.

Trophy Detatns New Owners.
As soon rs Marsha, Brorhy reached
ihc theatre he ordered the detc~tion or
the owners OF the theatre. Bernard
Weinberger Of 6S7 East 13sth street
The Bronx and Max schwartz OF 457
East 1Sfth street, Tho Bronx who pur-
chased the place last week from the
firm Of Miller 8 Schneider. theatre
brokers
He also ordered the examination OF
the jnnitor. tho operator Of the motion
picture projection machine and severas
~ tic attendants us tho theatre AN OIL
those persons were taken t0 tho Cs
street station. where tner were ques.
toned hy Marshal Brophy Assistant
District Attorney and detectives The
arrest of the owners and Ono janitor
followed
The panic IN The theatre caused more
rHc.tement IN The vicinity ~ Catharine
and Cherry streets a dcns ,y populated
sect on OF the East Side than anything
wh ch has occurred IN the no'Ehhorhood
In ccent years. The cries from tho in
terror Of the building rcached the stree
and spread and cvcu before tho first o.
tho frightened audience began 20 pour
througl The exits crowd of several
hundred men and aonien miiled snd
fought hcforp the door Some one turned
iu % 0re alarm from the box at Cherry
and CatHalne streets. and the cl0mor
and ciang ot the IRE apparatus and tho
gongs Of the amhulances summoned by
the police added Co The uproar and tn
excitement.
Many of the men and women who
crowded Cathsrine street had sons ard
daughters inside tho theatre. and thes'
nti t0 ho restrained uy fotce IRON at
t1a-'ng 81 pnrc into the building
Many vouon ~ the street tainted and
we're carried hastily into drug stores ard
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contimncd on Fonrih paoe.
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Continued on sr0 rage.
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SEBAsroPoL. Nov. 14.-Mutinics in
Gen. Wrangers army brought about his
sudden defeat. II was stated here to-
day The French warship Wa. deck
Rousseau is IN port ready to embark
Gen Wrangel. who is here.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

Highest temperature ye'
Detailed weather reports will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
THE COAL PROBLEM.

Soft coal is selling at Pittsburgh,
Pa, at SIS a ton, in the vicin-
ity of McAlester. Okla, at SIS, and in
Topeka at a figure somewhere be-
tween these two. 1t appears, there
fore, that our troubles are not so
much due to lack of production as to
lack OF distribution.
We cannot distribute what we pro-
duce. Coal mines are idle, not for
lack of miners, but for lack of cars.
Last years grain, to the extent of
many millions of bushels, has filled
to overlooking the elevators in parts
piled up on the ground, for lack of
transportation. Loaded cars by the
! thousands lie idle on the tracks.
The blame for the shortage of cars
Is something that cannot be fastened
on the shoulders of any one at this
time. 1t has its origin far back in the
short-sighted attitude of the interstate
commerce commission. the hostile
feeling of the public. which hurt the
credit of the railroads, and this was
| complicated by the tangle resulting
from government control during the
! war. At present the railroads are try
ing to obtain allowances from the gov
eminent to borrow money thru the
sale OF notes to increase their rolling
stock. but the funds so far forthcom-
| ing are inadequate to meet the urgent
needs.
In all probability. more equipment
and efficient handling of rolling stock
will prove to be the only solution of
our coal problem. 1t might be fairly
simple matter to speed up the produc-
| ton OF coal, but there would seem to
be no reason why the output should
be allowed 40 accumulate at the mines
while operators are clamoring for cars
to move their product. Evidently the
railroads must have money immedi-
ately to buy more cars, and equip
/ ment companies must work overtime
TO meet the call. With the transport
| tation problem in process of solution
the threat of coal shortage and in
/ creasing prices would soon begin to
lose it's most menacing aspects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-01
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

This AFTERNOON after skooi 1t looked
as tho it wasent sure IL it was going
to rain or not. And some of us mem
bers OF the Invisible TEEN was setting
on Pubs Simkinses frunt steps won
dering weather to wawk out to the
park for a little practice. Skinny. Mar
tin saying, Aw. watts the use going
out. we'd be cawt in the rain before
we got half way, look at them clouds.
Aw, clouds amt rain are they? sed
Leroy Shooster. II 1t rained every time
1t got cloudy there would be a flood
every minutes. lets CO.
And we kepp on argewing, some
thinking 1t was going to rain and some
thinking 1t wasent. Pubs Simkins say
a funny felin in my feet every time its
going to rain and amt got 1t now.
Aw heck, watts your feet compared
to clouds? sed Skinny Martin.
And we kepp on argewing. me say
ing, Aw lets go. I don't think Its going
to rain. If 1t was going to rain 1t would
of started before this.
That's a good argewment. lets go.
Lew Davis.
the rain. I bet IL you fissened hard
enuff you could heer thunder, sed Sam
Cross.
wy ANT I got funny seeing IL my
feet. then? sed Pubs Simkins.
And we keep on argewing and all
of a suddin Pulses mother came to
the door and made him go errand
parler window and waved and Lew
Davises sister came GROUND and told
him he had to go rite home And II
dfdent rain and there wasent enuff
fellows left to go anyway. proving the
more argewment the less chance