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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
HE ASKED VACATION
FROM Welded LIFE,
SAYS MRS. STEVENS
Husband Awoke Her at 2 A. NJ.
to Demand Six Months
Freedom, She Declares.

A dramatic climax In the trial OF
Mrs. Alice Key stevenss suit for sep
arauon, which continued to-day In the
Supreme Court. was reached when she
testified that her husband. Washing
toe Lewis stevens. had awakened her
at A. NJ In their apartment In the
Hotel Martinique to tell her he
wanted six moths vacation from
married life. Mr. Stevens Ia the son
OF COL Edwin A. stevens Of Hobokcn
and a scion OF the FAMILY who founded
the Stevens Institute In that city.
Mrs. stevens testified that she was
married 70 her husband In New York
on June 3, 1918. while he was on a
furlough from Camp Jackson where
no was reserve Lieutenant. She told
OF living with him about month
az Camp jackson and thon OF meets
ing him afterward az Kansas city
in October Of that year and later OF
being with him at Camp Kcarny In
California.
They met again In New York on
Jan. 1. 1919. she said. and engaged
rooms at the Martinique Fifteen
days later, she said. he woke her up
20 toll her hat she "held him back
and that he needed some freedom.
Before importing this information,
she said, he drank a cocktail and
smoked a cigarette. She declared
that as far as her husbands home
life was concerned no did not need
a rest from her. "as IL was his Gus
tom 20 return home at A. NJ, drink
cocktails and attend dinner and thea
tre parties"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
INCITE RELIGIOUS
HATREDS IN WAR
ON GOV. SMITH
Protestant, On Guardw Slo-
gan of Sons and Daugh-
tiers of Washington.

The sons and Daughters OF wash
nRton, an organization with head
Iuarters at No. iOi South Manning
boulevard, Albany, Is bombardtng
he registered voters Of the State
particularly p-Statc-with attacks
upon Gov. Alfred y Smith on the
ground that he Is a Catholic and a
member Of the knights OF Columbus.
The latest charge against Gov.
smith is printed in rcd ink on a card,
The other side OF which carries a red
ink attack on Senator Geor. ThOmp-
son. Prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor. who rs called ian agent OF
TRmmany Hall" Gov Smith. II Is
alleged. tried to get the Constitution
amended TO enable the Legislature "a
make appropriations for parochial
schools.
III he should be elected" the Sons
and Daughters OF Washington de-
clare, and have "A Legislature that
would do this bidding GOODBY
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Every Roman Catholic woman will
receive instructions from the priest
how 20 vote for Smith as they did ir
1918
"Protestants. on guard"
The cards are enclosed In sealed
envelopes and are transmitted as first
class mail.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08

girls whose slumoers were not dis
turbed by the nolsc'ess nocturnal
prowier.
Tho police bold The theory that the
"PeeplnE Tom q staplcton and
thereabout attends the movies and
there sees q girl whose physical APP
pearanoo appeals 70 whatever kind
Of taste he may have and follows
hor 10 her home, watches the win
dows for a light. marks the location
OF the light. and when Il disappears.
prepares to Visit that room.
Re was last seen on Wednesday
morning.
The police we're en- the heels Of the
'peeper" on last Friday morning. but
his luck and the darkness stood by
him and he again got away PATROL
man Mormon had Just retired when
no heard a scream and q shot and he
clipped out into the street In his
shoes and trousers. Lieut.. Drscoll.
in charge OF the staploton Station,
said:
1T was the morning following that
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
Alt STATEN island
SEEKS PEEPING TOM,
Terror OF WOMEN
Indignant Residents Organize
to Run Down Bold
Midnight Prowler.

All the police that can be spared
from the staplcton station Of staten
Island are on an early morning hunt
for a 'Peeplng Tom" who for more
than month has been terrorizins
women and girls in Rosebank by his
nocturnal visits. ~ tho risk OF life
and limb the midnight prowler scales
porches, removes window screens and
makes his way 10 the bedside Of some
sleeping beauty and teasts his vision
upon her.
He has done no harm further than
70 scare the woman who may be sud
denly awakened from her slumbor to
Dnd him standing over her. A scream
and no il gone The greatest loot he
has yet carried on Ia a pair OF wom-
ans hose. lie has been shot at and
has been pursued. but the police say
that he disappears like a fash, beat
ing II over a six-foot fence like a
scandinavian skier.
Miss Hannah Hylan. whose home IL
on the edge OF Rosebank. got a
glimpse OF the prowler one night last
week and believes she can identify
him. Miss Hylan is high school
girl. eighteen. and athletic. When
she woke up and saw a man In her
room she screamed and leaped from
her bed. The prowlor made for tho
stairs and the plucxy girl made after
him. Down the stairs he wont two at
time. with tho girl at his heels. but
ne bottled through the front door and
was swallowed IN the darkness.
About twenty-five complaints have
been lodged at tho staplcton police
station. and It Is estimated that
"Peeping Tom" must have paid at
least double that number OF visits 20
tho unsuspectlng sleepers OF Rose
bank. the remainder having been to
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08

or The BIZ storm down here. ana 81
Che dhrknoss the fellow easily elndsd
the parsucrs. BUT a KID stuck hia
head out Of window and holiered o.
Norman that he saw the pepper duck
under n tree which had been blown
down in the storm. Before Norman
could reach the tree the hunted man
was up and gone. lie moves like q
flash % light and jumps a aix-foot
fence with the ease Of q Scnndinav-
IAN skier.
About three years ago We had q aiui-
liar experience here In Stapieton and
bar experience here In Stapleton and
finally landed n fellow named Will
lam Hugh O'Heorn. lie used 20 tickle
the toes or little girls Ia their sleep,
and sometimes when they woke 40
would get away with Il BY slipping
pennies into their hands. He was 4
lucky guy, that fellow, for we had u
record OF his Wis ting more than n
hundred homes, and an army Of hua-
bands and fathers and brothers vera
after him. but he'd 10 over a fence
like n streak and down the side OF a
house like ny crossing ceiling
can that be has taken IL stockings.
The other fellow used 70 take an
kinds OF attire and stretch them on
the first line De came to-"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
TALLEY CENSORED
/ BY us. JUDGE AT
! M'MULLIN TRIAL
l''Your Methods May Go Up
town, but Not Here" Mayer
Tells Prosecutor.
DRY AGENTS ACCUSED.
Witness Says Slayer Drank
Some of Liquor That
Caused Shooting.
DRY AGENTS ACCUSED.

Assistant District Attorney Taliey
Of New York County, conducting the
prosoCrtion Of Stewart McMullin.
Fsdsrul Prohibition agent, charged in
me United States District Court with
tls murder OF Harry Carlton in tho
home Of Carlo Carini a. No. IA East
7sth street. March II last, was con-
garod By Judge Julius NJ. Mayors,
pruuidinE. to-day. MoMullin IL being
prosecuted b. the state Of New York
bsoauss the NV provides for the de-
fsnss By tho United States District
Attorney OF Government officials
cnarEoa with = crime in performance
o. their duties.
TAIlsy objected % ths questions OF
Senator J. J. walker. assisting Dep
ny U. g Attorney Joyce, in croas-
GxAmining CarinL Walker wanted 10
know from whom and how Carini OBJ
tainsd the Large quantity OF liquor
fol1nd IN his apartment after Carlton
wac killed. CaTini said he could not
romsmbsr. Walker insisted on the
questions.
Taiisy collected that Walker was
psoaSinW - got from the witness in
horunatton 70 Do used In the trial Of
caEini on en- indictment for violation
e H. vOlsioAd ACT rather than ovi-
dance regarding the killing OF Carl
Ten. He asked Judge Mayer 20 IN
Struot CArini that he had a oonstitu-
taunal riEht not 70 answer questions
uhtoh would incriminats him
SXous m0chOdA." eAAd Judge Mayer.
Nnay ~ regarded a. proper uptown"
Cavparontly referring 70 the State
courts) out cannot be tolerated here.
You have reached the lowest level In
thus attampainE b imDoach the mo-
tive q tho District Attorney OF the
United BtAteA You viii ut down and
~ no more
rAlisy roSnainsd on his feet and pro
tugted tbat h ought 70 be allowed to
answer ths charge OF the court Jus
doc Mayer again ordered him 10 de-
uAsL TAIioy sid the court need have
No fear that thero would DO any dis
rSspoot on his part toward the court
CArtni continued 20 assert that hs
ala not know where he bought any
Of his stock Of liquor and especially
tho case OF liquor which Carlton and
Mc1[uIlin'B assistant Yoseli carried
down IRON the CRItni nat 10 taKicat
Ia the street just before Carlton WA
Ghot
On redirect enaminat ton Carini said
knnt , Oeh MoAuhin and Yosselli sam
pl0d 4 70 contents of one OF the ave
railon cana during the INST talk when
they entered his nat, and nodded e
each other ana Bmackod their lips as
though In approval OF its quality
When tho oaSs bought by McMullir
Was carried out, he said. McAulhr
banded over 20 him t7t5.
u RAVO Il 10 my daughter" he said
and when 4 turned around both Yos.
seili and MdAfullln had revOlvers out
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
COAL FAMINE HITS
STATEN ISLAND
Less Than 80 Per Cent. OF People
Have Fuel and Most Of These
Lack Winters Supply.

Less than 80 per cent OF Staten Is
lands 10000 people have coal In their
cellars to-day, and very few Of those
who have coal possess winters supply,
according to statements made by Rich
mond County dealers who Say they have
thousands Of accepted orders with no
means Of hlllng them. Some OF the
dealers have a little coal In their yards.
but these are In the minority. Some
have had no coal for weeks and a few
have received none for months
People OF wealth and persons who buy
coal-when thcy can get it--by the bag.
alike are affected by the shortage. The
but that means little. for coal Is not "a
DO had at any price.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
STICKS
TOPOST AS HIS CAR
TEARS DOWN HILL
Shouts Warning to His Thirty
eight Passengers When
Brake Wouldn't Work.

Henry Helms, motorman Of a Third
Avenue car on the Amsterdam Avn
nue. line Ia dying in Knickerbocier
Hospital as the price OF sticking 10
his post though he knew his car Wna
dashinE to terrific collision at the
bottom OF Amsterdam Avenue hill at
i2sth Street. He was stu lighting 70
make his brakes work when the car
ran INTO a car standing In front OF
the Metropolitan Railway barns at
i2sth street. His body was fright
fully crushed. Both his feet have
been amputated
Helms discovered tho disarrange-
ments Of the brake at 1SSd Street. He
shouted a warning back 10 the thirty
eight passengers. They made a rush
for the rear platform and Beocher the
conductor advised them 10 Jump 70
the street
The Metropolitan car ran out 20 the
street when the runaway Third Ave
nuo car was but a block away. and
! stopped. Helms called back another
warning and kept on working at his
brake Beecher stopped giving advice
ana began throwing passengers TO the
pavement by main force.
william witherax. the conductor Of
/ the Metropolitan car and his motor
man, stephen Kelly, we're inside their
car when the Third Avenue car
struck them with a crash which
smashed every window in both cars
and threw the few passengers remain
ing in the Third Avenue car into a
tangled heap.
WitheRX's skull was fractured.
Kelley escaped with a dislooated
shoulder. Nearly all OF the passengers
we're cut and bruised. WtheraX Is
not expected to live through the day.
Those injured included:
Day. Mary. No. 367 West 127th
Street: decorations OF the scalp.
Brittman. Jenny. No. 6i6 West 1920
Street. bruises Of body.
Brittman, Edward. her husband f:
cuts OF arms and face.
AngelowitE. solomon, No 29s Bast
$50 Street; cuts OF face.
De ZinscEo. Salvatore, No 1O7 Bas,
SGth Street: cuts OF face and body
: and decorations Of scalp.
Denti Robert, No. 1890 Second Ave
nue.; cuts OF face.
Muller. Jane, No. Y7t East i25tt
street: bruises OF body and lacera-
lions Of scalp
Muller, John, and his SON five years
old; cuts OF face and arms.
Kley stephen. No. 5i2 West t7ti
street. mOtOrman: dislocation o.
shoulder.
Kunzig. No. 1853 Amsterdam Ave
nue., Commissions OF body
MandelowitE, solomon. fifty No. ~
East $50 Street, cuts.
Marsh. Robert H., fifty-three. No. 81
Hancock place, decorations.
l3cecher. Conrad, twenty No
100 East 124th Street, conductor o.
Third Avenue car, shock ana bruises
More than 5000 persons gathered a
the scene OF tho wreck and service OF
the line was suspended for an houl
, and twenty minutes until the debrl
, was demOved.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
TeatIle Oonpnnr Cnts NIL

NNANAH company iWNA huNEA
CENTRAL FALLS. Il. l.. oct = CUni-
ted Preaal.-An immediate reduction OF
rs por cent. In wages for 800 wcavcrs Of
the Pennsylvania Textile Co. was an
nounced BY officers OF the company here
to-day
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
Old Fashioned
Girl OfAmeriCG
Wins the Palm
BritishWoman Author Shocked
at Actions of Those in
Her Native Land.

CHICAGO. oct. s.-The old-fash-
ioned girl. ciroumspect I'm talk. dress
and manners, has been transplanted
from staid England 10 Canada and
The United states. according to Mrs.
samuel Barnett. English author and
social worker
Mrs. Barnett, who is touring the
United States lectunng on housing,
Is shocked at the girls Of her native
land and pleased with the young
women on this side Of the water.
she said In an interview.
American women are very charm
ing and old fashioned enough 20
carry all the graces Of women OF
the Victorian period In England" she
added. 1T is delight TO see them
and hear them talk am glad they
have not taken 10 smoking cigar
cites and 20 the Embarrassing and
fast talk which has pervaded Eng.
land"
Mrs Barnett said the war caused
this condition among English women
when they olme into daily contact
with men.
"They worked at mems jobs and
got accustomed to acting like men
and thought nothing OF calling 10
one another Let's have a cigarette "
said Mrs. Barnett
There rs no remedy for this condi-
ton among English women but 70
let it wear ihelr out, Mrs Barnett
believes,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
DECLARE MOVINGS
COST WOMAN'S MIND
Prisoner Accused Of Trying to
Take Family's Belongings
Sent 10 Bellevue.

Frequently compulsory moving has az
fected the mind OF Mrs. Rachel Tobsk.
So OF No. iO4 Pitt Street. Il was urged
by her relatives when she wAs arraigned
to-day before Magistrate sWeetser Ia
Essex Market Court. charged with un-
lawful entry by Harry Abrams Of No
$50 East Houston Street
Abrams alleged that while ne and his
wife were out yesterday. Mrs Tobak
entered their apartment, packed their
pictures and furniture and, hired a NOV
Ing van 10 move the household chattels.
She was arrested.
Six compulsory movings within a
twelvemOnth 80 preyod upon Mrs. To-
bak'S mind. Magistrate Sweetser was in
formed. that she entered a number Of
other apartments In the same manner
as that complained OF by Abrams.
She was sent to Bellevue Hospital for
observation
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
SAYS HE'D BE IDIOT
TO TACKLE WIFE
Actor, Denying Cruelty, Declares
Heart Goes Out TO Man Who
lays Finger on Her.

samuel LetrHunik. mOnologist. known
on tho vaudeville stage as Senator
Francis Murphy" answering his wife's
AFFIDAVIT submitted 70 Supreme Court
fustioa Joseph E. NewburEer. ia sepa-
atioa proceedings. alleged that his
tyifa'H physical fitnass made her cruelty
charges prepostsrOus.
ny heart goos cut la sympathy 20
Tn man who would dare place his
UinFar upon the PLAINTIFF with menacing
intent" ne says In his answering aft .
daVit. she has q fiery and uncontrOl
able temper. She " In superb physi-
al condition. 6ha e my superior In
combat What an IDIOT l would he,
w siisss,,d v,oiSnt aSaahItsr '''''''''
Mrs. Lsslraunik Wa8 awarded $50 a
week ailmOny and $3.50 counsel fee.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
ONE JUSTICE WILL
REDUCE ACTIVITIES
OF CITY MARSHALS
ETenbogen VIII Not Let
Them Act for Landlords
Seeking DispoSSeSSeS.

The pernicious practice Of permit
ting City Marshals to appear in NUM-
cipal Courts for landlords In cases
where Il Is sought TO remove the ten
ant should be stopped ana as far as
my court IL concerned II Is at an end
said Justice Abram Ellenbogen yes
terday In the Fifth District NUM-
cipal Court. seth Street and Broad
Wal.
This thing has gone from a con-
Venience TO an abuse. City Marshals
have no business assuming such priv
ileges. Hereafter I will not sign an
order against a tenant unless the
landlord himself or his duly author
ized agent appears before me. Here
after whenever a City Marshal APP
pears for a landlord the case will be
dismissed. That seems about the best
way 20 cure the evil"
There II considerable difference OF
opinion among Municipal Justices as
10 the meaning OF the phrase pond
ing proceedings" as mentioned In the
new rent laws. which say all dispos-
Hesses coming from such proceedings
under the old laws are null and void
There are two conceptions OF a
pending proceeding" said Justice
EIlenbogen. ''One rs that a proceed
ing Is pending until the Judge has
signed the final order. After the war
rant has been signed, some justices
hold. the proceeding Is no longer
pending but has reached its conclu-
sion. Another conception II this:
proceeding is pending until the war
| rant Is executed; the contention be-
| ing that the execution, not the sign
ing by the Judge. brings the proceed
| ing 10 its legal conclusion. The ma
| iority opinion inclines toward the last
conception, which 7 think Is right"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
FINDS 2.94 BEER
is SOLD IN JERSEY

Prohfbition Enforcement Agent Demo
IN charge Of tho Northern New Jersey
District, reported to-day that he had
been samphnE bear taken from saloons
In various parts Of the district and had
found the Ono-hah Of per cent. law
was being violated.
Tor instance. he said. beer drinkers N
New Brunswick were able 20 buy over
their favoF4ts bar a beverage that con-
tanned 2.4A TO asa peT cent. alcohol. A
sample OF beer found In keyport con-
tainod 2.3T per cent. alcohol. he said.
The highest percentage was found In
Orange, said Agent Demo. This VAS
? % per cent. The results OF the test
arc TO be submitted 70 the Prohibition
Commissioner az Washington.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
TAGGED KEYS AID THIEVES.

burglars Find Easy Access 60
b Looked Closets end Bureaus.
F1atbuSh police to-day are seeking
burglars who entered the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph II. Adams. No. 1864
Argyle Road. Brooklyn. during tho
tamily's absence In the mountains and
secured jowelry and wearing apparel.
The burglars work was facilitated by
the finding OF a bunch OF keys left By
Mrs. Adams all tagged to show the
contents Of the closets and bureaus they
would unlock.
The burglary was discovered yeater-
day WHOM IL family returned home.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-08
STORM ON WAY HERE.

Gales Due on North Atlantic Coast
Tonight and Tomorrow.
The following advisory message was
received day by tho local Weather
Bureau from Washington:
disturbance now central APPROX
mately latitude 80 degrees north, longl-
tude 70 west. will probably move north
northcastward with increasing northerly
winds. probably reaching gale force OF
Middle Atlantic Coast this afternoon
Coast Tonight Gnd Saturday"
The Washington times., 1920-11-28

der Jonteel Notice how beautifully soft and
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See what lifelike tints Rouge Jonteel comes
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natural color.
You'll find shades in both the Powder and
Rouge that seem just made for your COM
plexion. And the generous size Of the COM
pacts will please you, too.
All your friends are bound to notice and
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carry it. Get one for yourself now. And
get several to give friends for Christmas.
Every girl you know would love to have one.
But don't put off getting 1.-THE first of
these vanity cases, offered for sale a short
while ago, were all sold within few days.
So don't be one of the disappointed ones.
AND NOTICE THS-You this vanity only the
Esse and other Rexa Drug Stores which have exclusive sale the
Jontee Beauty Requisites No other have this vanity
The Washington times., 1920-11-28

THIS really exquisite vanity case-strik-
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could scarcely be duplicated at jewelry
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But you can secure it, complete with soc
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This amazingly low price is possible be-
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cialty-sold only by these stores And the
price is exceptional even for Rexall Stores
where low prices are always the rule.
No picture can do justice to this dainty
vanity case. You must see and handle it.
1t is made in the smart octagon shape, and is
finished in hand-wrought repousse effect,
with the smart Jonteel bird embossed on the
hinged cover. Contains clear bright mirror
and is attached to finger chain.
Stop at the nearest Rexall Store, and ex-
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And at the same time. look at Face Pow
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
''cure Your
Rupture Like
lcured Mine"
Old Sea Captain Cured His Own
Rupture After Doctors Said
Z "0perate or Death"


His Remedy and Book Sent HreAL
Captain Ceilings sailed the seae for
many years: then he sustained q bad
double rupture that soon forced him to
not only remain ashore. but kept him
bedTidden for years He tried doctor
after doctor and truss after truss. No
results Finally. he was assured that
ne must either submit 10 a dangerous
and abhorTent operation or die. He did
ositAsri lie cured himself instead.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-23
DELAWARE CROP VALUES.
Some Interesting Figures Issued by tho
Government.

Washington, Dec. pa valuation
of Sic, SOS, 900 was set upon ~ Delaware
crops by tho United States Department
of Agriculture, on December l., according
to figures made public yesterday.
The corn crop ranks first in Importance,
the yield this year being Z, l25, 900 bushels
which is valued Mt 5,3d4 900. The other
crops rank M follows: Wheat, 2,O4O,OO
bushels. valued at 81, ass, 900; oats,
1884, 900 bushels, valued Mt $3.50, GOO;
rye, 60 600 bushels, valued At So, 600;
buckwheat. l26 900 bushels, valued at
sI5I 900; potatoes, l,le6.ooo bushels,
valued Mt 81 100000; sweet potatoes,
,O24, 900 bushels, valued at 81 ,024, 900;
tame hay, 10000 tons, valued Mt 81
$50. GOO: wild hay. 5000 tons, valued
at $4,000. Delaware yielded l,0l7, 900
bushels of apples this season, and these
are valued at 5000 900; 24S, 900 bushels
of peaches. valued at S55S, 900 and 2s7 900
bushels of pears, valued at $4,000.