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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Park Suicide
is Believed To
Be Mrs. Bedell
Woman in Note Declares
She Is Wife of Man Who
for Many Years Has Been
Prominent in City Politics
Body Is Found in Lake
Husband ssSought Others
When Prosperity Came,''
She Wrote on a Card

The body of woman believed to
be Mrs. Daniel M. Beden, wife of a
man who for many years has been
prominent in city politics, was found
early yesterday morning lying in the
Central Park lake, near Seventy-sec-
ond Street and the West Drive.
Patrolman George Pross, of the Ar
senal station, stumbled over a velour
handbag while walking along the drive.
He picked it up, and vanity case clat-
tered to the pavement.
A few rods off shore Pross saw what
at first he took to be white waist
floating on the water. He jumped in
and pulled to shore the body of a
woman. She had been dead only
short while and had been lying in only
three feet of water. DR.. Charles Nor
ris, the medical examiner, said she
had drowned not earlier than a. m.
The cards in the vanity case led to
the woman's Identification. On several
of these cards there were hasty scrib-
blings, some entirely illegible. The
police have deciphered this much:
II am the wife of Daniel M. Bedell
You will find him at the Republican
Club, TAI Fifth Avenue, or 81 Chambers
Street.
II have stuck to him in adversely,
but when prosperity came he sought
Others
II can be identified at the Garden
City Hotel"
Mr.. Bedell is an insurance broker
who served on the Board of Aldermen
from the 18th District in 1911. For
a time in the district he fought the
Republican machine headed by Abe
Gruber. He is related to the Peter
Cooper family and first came into po-
l1tlcal notice in the days when Abram
5: Hewitt was Mayor. He is about
sixty years old.
AT his office yesterday Henry A.
Capel, his secretary, said Mr.. Bedell
had been out of town over Independence
Day and was not expected back until
July. 10. At the Fifth Avenue address
cited on the card it was said that he
had once had bachelors quarters there,
but had moved away several months
ago. Mr.. Capel called at the police
station later in the day and identified
the body, which was removed to an
undertaker's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Juror Refuses to Serve;
Faces Daily Fine of $25
lingo Maddaus, Exporter, Il
Warned by Court; Sixteen
Others Must Pay 500

lingo Maddaus, an exporter, og 121
Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, was defiant
when ne faced Judge Charles j. Nc
Dermott in the County Court yester-
day and declared that he would not
serve as a juryman. He may have
his wish If his exchequer holds out
under the strain of fine of $25 for
every day he fails to appear.
"You are no better than the other
jurors here" Judge McDermott told
the exporter. "They all have business
interests, but are willing to make a
sacrifice for the benefit Of their civic
interests"
"Well, I'm too busy" replied Mad
daus.
"You-will have to serve," was the
courts ultimatum. "You face a fine
if you don't serve"
II can't serve" replied Maddaus.
"Pd rather pay fine" and he turned
about and deliberately left the court
room.
Judge McDermott ordered Clerk Nc
Closkey to make note of Maddaus's
name and address and announced the
penalty.
1t was bad day yesterday for de-
ffant or lax jurymen. When the grand
jury panel for July was called before
Judge Charles C. Mott, in the Court
of General Sessions, sixteen men
failed to appear. They were fined
500 each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Bedtime Stories
Jerry Muskrat's Home
By Thornton W. Burgess
A blessed thing 1t is to feel
Security about you steal.

There was nothing the matter with
the working of Peter Rabbits wits.
When he had hoped out from behind
that little clump of ferns to look
straight into the mouth of Old Man
Coyote he had been as badly frightened
as ever he had been in his whole life.
But even as his heart seemed to actual
~ turn over with fright his eyes saw
that hole in the ground right in front
Of Old Man Coyote and his wits told
him that there lay the only possible
means of escape.
He counted on the surprise it would
be to Old Man Coyote to have him
jump right toward him as if he were
so scared he didn't know where he was
going. AS he dived into that hole he
heard the snap OF Old Man Coyotes
jaws 80 close that he shivered. But
once inside that hole Peter speedily
forgot his fright. Perhaps should
say he speedily got over it. Something
elss took its place. Can you guess
what II was? 1t was curiosity. Of
course Peter wouldn't be Peter if he
didp's become curious the minute he
found himself in strange place.
As ssss As he was sure that Old Man
Coyoth uidn't intend to try to dig him
oHt peter stopped worrying and began
i, woparr whose house he was in. 1t
p,svhs e y deserted house, but there
"ss Nce. 4Sng about it, = feeling, he
would hns,s sAid, that made him sure
that IL wxs net deserted. Then the
dsendfs' ssouEht that whoever owned
thav f,os 81 nasSht be at home and drive
him OUT popped into his head. A
fainili$s scens tickled his wabbly little
nose. i!s shifted and shifted. There
could so no mistake about it; that was
the scaut of musk.
"Pm in one Of Jerry Muskrat's
homes" thought Peter. and felt re-
lieved, ~Aerry won't drive me out after
warning me the way he did l knew
Jerry hsd house in the bank of the
Laughing Brook, as we'll as his house
out in the Smiling Pool and this must
be 1t. I've always wanted to see the
inside VI one Of Jerry's homes and this
is my chance"
SO whiic outside Old Man Coyote
patiently waited and watched, inside
Peter Rabbit began to explore. He
found hat he was in a short hall that
led to long hall. Peter turned to the
right IN this long hall and few steps
brought him to snug bedroom. It
wasn't deep down in ~ ground like
Johnny Chuck's bedroely The fact is
Il was only little below the surface
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

Arthur Blume, twenty-three years
old, paid with his life last night for
going with Martha"
Who Martha is, no one knows ex-
cept the man who is dead, and the girl
who shot him, who is dying, Police
men who battered in the door Of the
Blume home on the fourth floor of the
apartment house at sos East Eighty
fifth Street were privileged to see only
the final bitter moments of the tragedy.
There on the hall carpet lay Blume.
Little streamers of blue powder smoke
still drifted about the ceiling, and in
the kitchen they found the girl who
had fired the shots.
She was Elizabeth Erath, twenty
three, Of AT East Seventy-eighth
Street, and she lay as>quietly as though
asleep. The right side of her face was
blackened by gunpowder and there was
bullethole in her temple.
"Why did you do TT" Detectives
Donovan and Thomas asked her.
Her eyes opened slowly.
"What?" she whispered.
Listen" Donovan sad, loudly and
with necessary cruelty. : II on are prob
ably dying. Do you hear? Telf the
truth. Why did you do this thing?"
Because" she answered painfully,
che was going with Martha and l was
jealous"
The Girl Reported Dying
Those are probably the last words
that Elizabeth Erath will say in this
world, for at Bellevue last night it was
said she was dying.
Her jealousy led her to get, from no
one knows where, an old rusty, uncer-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Happy Italians Unload
500, 900 Strings of Garlic
Snatches of Song Mark Labors
When Matches of Liner Are
Raised From Cargo

Nearly every incoming ship brings a
stowaway or two, but it is not recorded
that any one hid himself away in the
hold of the Fernando Palasciano, Of the
Royal Italian Mail Line, which arrived
from Italy Tuesday night.
The matches were battened down
when the vessel sailed. They were kept
battened down and the 1868 passengers
were landed safely. The steerage pas
sengers were taken off at Quarantine
and sent to Hoffman Island for exam
nation. The secret of the battened
matches came out when they were
raised. 1t came out so strongly and
spread so rapidly that Dennis McGar-
rity, strong man that he is, left the
ship and gasped to a brother steve
dore: mike, will yez go down in the
hold? I'll be back wild me gas mask.
Sure, she was German ship, an
they've pizened her" But Mike shifted
and knew better. There were soc, 900
strings of garlic and 2,877 barrels of
cherries swimming in brine. He felt
sorry for the cherries, because they
were meant for cocktails, and, as he
says In his original way, "These con-
tree, she's-a go dry" Then his garlic
loving countrymen jcsned him below.
No record WAS broken unloading the
cargo, but from out the open matches
came happy voices and snatches Of
song.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

Il Did It Because He Was Going With Martha, :
She Explains to Police Dying Bed; Sought
Victim in His Home; Woman i'm Case Mystery

tain so caliber revolver. 1t brought her
to the home Of Blume, whose mother
and father are away on vacation, and
it nerved her to Are two shots in his
face. One shattered his nose.. The
other pierced his forehead on the right
side. He died shortly after he reached
Bellevue.
Mrs. William Bray, who lives on the
floor above, heard the banging of the
pistol and called the police. Though
they worked all evening they learned
little more of the case that the first
moment in the fiat told them.
Blume was rug clerk in Wanna
makers. The girl was a bookkeeper
at the Sheffield Farms Slawson Decker
Company's plant.
A note in her handbag led the police
to the home she shared with her sister,
Mrs. Bruthauz,- widow. This woman
said that young man, presumably
Blume, had been calling on Elizabeth
regularly each Wednesday night for a
month or SO. But he told them, she
said, that his name was WILLIAM Barry.
Never Heard of Martha
When her sister did not come home
to lunch yesterday as is usually her
custom, Mrs. Bruthauz said, she began
TO worry. She had never stayed away
before. The widow had no idea where
the pistol came from, saying that she
had never had one in her house. Nor
had the woman ever heard Of "Mar-
tina"
Detectives who searched Elizabeth
Erath's room found nothing to aid in
reconstructing tha earlier acts Of the
tragedy.
"She got letters" Mrs. Bruthauz
said, "but she never showed them to
any one, and she always tore them up
into little bits Of pieces"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Theatrical Broker Held
On Larceny Indictments
C. L. Robinson Pleads Not
Guilty to Charges of Brother
Friar: Bail $4,000

Charles Lester Robinson, thirty-four
years old, of 570 West 16oth Street, a
theatrical broker and member of the
Frlars, was arraigned before Judge
Mott in General Sessions yesterday on
four indictments charging grand lar
ceny. He pleaded not guilty and was
released in $4,000 bail.
!, Frederick S. Murray, also Friar, is
the complaint against Robinson. He
alleges that he and other members of
the club were induced by Robinson to
organize the Friars Amusement Com
pany for, the ostensible purpose of
leasing the Forest Hills Theater in
Newark, N. j. 1t is set forth that
Robinson represented that it would re-
quire a $4,000 bonus to obtain the
lease, that this sum was placed in his
hands and that with this money he
bought the theater for himself. AS
sistant District Attorney John F..
O'Neill requested the heavy bail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Benson Denies Closed
Shop Dock Agreement
Merchants Association Corvo;,.
CRATES Statement; Pier
Situation Normal

Rear Admiral Heps 'essitmnan o.
the United States Sh.. M Board, IN
Z, telegram ~ C. W. SsaasstSrs. srrsi
dent of the Waterfront employers
Union Of San Francisco, ertpha sallv
denies the charge that there was a
closed shop agreement between the
Shipping Board and the International
Longshcremenss Association.
The Citizens Transportation Com
4,ittee continued yesterday the opera
tion of its independent trucks In clear
ing the freight congestion on the coast
wise piers due TO the strike of long
shoremen and teamsters. The freight
now on the piers was declared to be
normal and the ccnmittee's trucks are
the situation without dir
heulty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

eAoHoA weather conditions
WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE southern
Michigan disturbance of Tuesday night
mas mas moved to eastern Ontario, with about
kne same intensity. and there were general
showers In the Atlantic states, the lake
region and the Ohio and upper Missssinni
valleys and local showers in the eastern
Gulf states, the lower Mississippi VaIIaM
ana the plains states. Further westward
the weather was generally fair.
temperatures are quite low for the Sos
son In the plains states. the lower Mis-
sour sour and upper mississippi valleys and
high west of the Rocky Mountains Elsa-
where they do not differ much from the
seasonal average. -o
There will be showers Thursday in New
EnglaR2.the northern portion of the MIA
ole Atlantic district and in the south A.
lantic states, followed by generally fair
weather Friday, while to tho westward
through the lake region. the Ohio Valley
and Tennessee generally fair weather viii
prevail. WIZ
District Forecasts.-Eastern New York
Local showers to-day. followed bv fair
south portion. cooler north and west nor.
tions; tomorrow fair. wv
Western Pennsylvania--Partly CLOUDY H.
day; Tomorrow fair no decided tempera
ture change.
Western New York-Partly CLOUDY IT,
Gay. cooler east portion; tomorrow fair
day, cooler on Massachusetts mainland r.
morrow fair. "
Northern New observation-disclosures ~
day; tomorrow fair.
New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania
extreme north portion: Tomorrow air. IL
tie change in temperature.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Gay Pottery
from ItaIy

for the Country House
Great bowls and small of
gaily painted or beautifully
tinted Italian pottery, suit
able for salads and for hold
ing flowers or the decora-
tive gold fish, are new AU
QUATRIEME.
Some of the bowls have char
acteristic peasant figures in red
ands green and blue painted
upon them. Others are in pale
green's or cream color. and
made flat with charming fiuting
in deep grooves like flower
petals.
Others have a lovely glaze
and are simply yellow or deep
green with straight sides and
no decorations. From $3.50 to
SIS.
Great plates, suitable for
holding fruit as centerpieces,
are gaily painted with peasant
figures. Price SIS.
Fourth floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

~ was very nice bedroom, very nice
indeed. Peter decided that when he
had seen the rest of Jerry's house he
would come back there for a nap.
Once more out in the long hall Peter
started to see where it led. He passed
the little side hall by which he had
entered. The long hall slanted down
and the walls became very damp. Pres
emily the hall branched. Peter kent in
what seemed to be the main branch.
The dampness became wetness. The
moor grew muddy. 1t was very unpieas-
ant down there. Suddenly Peter under
stood. That hall kept leading down.
It must lead right down below water
OF course! 1t was the way jerry en-
tered from the Laughing Brook. The
doorway must be in the bank some
where Sslow water. Many times had
he seen Jerry dive and not come un
again for long time. He must have
entered this house by means of this
very hall.
"Well," muttered Peter, 81 guess
there is no way out of here for me but
the way came in. l think I'll 20 back
to that nice little bedroom and take a
nap while l wait for Old Man Coyote
to get tired Of watching, if he is watch
ing"
So Peter did this very thing.
Copyright. 1890. BY 7. w. Burgess)
The next story: "Peter Receives .
Fright and. Visitor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Martens's Deportation Hearing
Postponed Until .July 81

immigration authorities yesterday
agreed to further postponement Of
the hearing of Ludwig G. A. X. Mar
tens, unrecognized ambassador from
Soviet Russia, which is to determine
whether he is subject to deportation
under the act of October 16, 1918. The
final hearing will take place July 81.
John B. Hoover, Assistant United
States Attorney General, who is in
charge of the case, had telegraphed
from San Francisco that he would be
unable to reach Washington before
July ID, which was the date originally
set for the hearing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Wheat Men Accept Report
Calling for Trade Reopening

CHICAGO, July An advisory COM
mittee composed of representatives of
all wheat interests to-day accepted
the report of the committee represent
ing the leading grain exchanges call
ing for the re-opening of trade in
wheat futures July Is. The report
provides that there shall be no trading
in deliveries beyond March or this side
of December.
1t was decided that the exchange
committee should become a permanent
organization to take up any problems
that may result from the re-opening of
trading after three years suspension.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
When she looks
in the mirror

A mirror is decorative be-
cause of it's style and it's refec-
tons of light. Hand-carved
frames gilded or covered with
gold leaf, with period or purely
fantastic designs, as they are
used on many of these mirrors,
are truly desirable, and as
wedding gift are eminently sue
cessful.
Frames after the Colonial
period in the United States;
the Queen Anne period in Eng
land; and many after the Japa-
nese-are priced from $50 to
$10O.
Purely decorative frames,
some of them combined with
painted panels, are charming in
the modern room; priced up to
$3.50.
Eighth Gallery New Bldg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Roosevelt Reception Planned

POUGHKEEPSIE, n T., July L.
Plans are under way here fer county
wide reception tc Franklin D. Roose-
Welt, Democratic nominee for the Vice
Presidency, when he reaches his home
II Hyde Park, probably next week. The
reception will be given in this city and
will be participated in by members Of
8ii solitical parties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Weather Report

Sun rises. 4:32 a. m. lSun sets 1929 D. m.
Moon rises.11:16 p. M. Moon sets. 11:44 a. M.
Note-The above figures are standard
time and not New York State time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

Local Forecast.-Looal showers to-day,
followed by fair weather tomorrow; mod
crate southwest and west winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

Local Official Record.-The following Of
nctal record shows temperatures during
the last twenty-four hours In comparison
with the corresponding date OF last year:
1920. 1913 1920. 1918.
s a. M. S. s5 ?. M. Is y ~
IL noon. ~ 7610 D. M 70 - &c
Highest temperature Yesterday ~ d.
grees (at 2:3o p. M; lowest, Sc degrees
at 7:lo a. M average. u degrees; aver
Ego s same GATE last year, 72 degrees; aver
degrees. 10
Humidity
a. m.... 1911 p. No.. 74Is o. M an
Barometer Readings
a. M. 3o.o2l1 p. NJ. 2s95s D. M. as.s4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Summer.
PetticOntS of
lunsh materials

Sateen-Three styles, plain
tailored or pleated founce.
White only. Regular size $1.75
and a small lot of extra size,
$2.45.
Satin or tub silk petticoats-
scalloped edge, $4.95.
Crepe de chine-Of a good
strong quality, lace trimmed.
White and flesh color; $4.95.
Third floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Il NeuD
Lillian Corset

especially designed to
give summer comfort and
good service to the woman
of slight and medium fig
ure. Of striped toile, in
flesh color only, lightly
boned, with elastic inserts
in the top. $50
Neat finishing and dainty
trimmings bespeak the excellent
workmanship characteristic of
every Lillian" corset. Price
$3.50.
Third floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Peter Rabbit.

1t was very nice bedroom. very nice
indeed. Peter decided that when he
had seen the rest of Jerry's house he
would come hack thara for -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08

The next story: ''Peter Receives q
Fright and Visitor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
General Weather cond;+,on.


a. M. so.o2I1 p. NJ. 2s.95S p. M. 1884
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-08
Humidity

a. m.... ssl1 p. NJ. 74Is p. NJ.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02
Moline and East Moline
DAD ALLISON
PASSES AWAY
M0line's Greatest Baseball Fan Died
This Morning at the Age
Of 81.

Isaac w. dad" Allison, Moline's
greatest baseball fan and only Mex
lean war veteran, died this morning
at the home Of his daughter. Mrs.
Bennett. 2617 Thirteenth
avenue. dad" Allison was 80
years old. He was q baseball in
stitution in Moline. According to
enthusiastic fans, dad" never
missed a game since Moline first
became a member of the Three-Eye
association of baseball clubs.
Mr.. Allison was the only man not
officially connected with baseball
who held an annual pass to the Mo-
line park. He had held the pass
from the first day Moline entered
the professional baseball world.
Dad" had his own score book and
he kept a record of every play and
every game. In the early years he
kept the book without assistance,
but in the last few seasons, news
paper men with whom he shared
the press box at the games, kept
the veteran record.
News of Allison's death came as
a distinct shock to many baseball
enthusiasts. His age also was a
urprise to many. Everybody who
ever attended. a game knew Alli-
son. but few suspected the veteran
was near the century mark. Isaac
W. Allison had lived in Moline for
20 years. He was a retired car
penter. Death was due to old age.
He was an honorary members of
Graham post. G. A R. He was a
member of the Methodist church.
In 1861 he was married to Sara
Anderson. Mrs. Allison died 20
years ago.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Bennett of Moline, two sons,
George. of Downer's Grove, and
Frank of Chicago, and one sister,
Mrs. Margaret Lewis of Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02
FAIL TO CATCH
THIEF WHO Led
IN AUTO CHASE
Associate Under Arrest in Moline
Processes Ignorance of Fugi.
tve's Name,

H. W. Jackson, the bandit who
was arrested in the Miedtke GRO
Gerry. still insists that he doesn't
know the man who escaped in the
red car yesterday. He claims he
met the driver for the first time
Wednesday night Magistrate Gus
tafson continued the Jackson case
until next Thursday. The police
hope to induce Jackson to talk be-
fore that time or to catch his COM
panion.
Police and railroad detectives
are still searching for the motor
bandit, companion of Jackson. The
car was abandoned in Silvis yes
terday afternoon. The car was
stolen in Milwaukee, according to
information received today by
Chief DeJaeger from J. T. Jansen,
chief Of police of Milwaukee. H. s.
Hatfield. hotel proprietor, is the
owner.
Numerous suspects were arrest
ed last night, but were subsequent
ly released. Ed Mordhorst, fire
chief of East Moline, nearly put a
bullet in the bandit yesterday aft
ernoon. but the robber gained
safety by standing behind little
girl. That incident happened nea.
the standpipe in Silvis shortly after
Mordhorst and Arnold Torsell, a
newspaper man of East Moline, had
forced the bandit to abandon the
i car at the foot Of Seventh street
hill.
Merchandise valued at nearly
$500 was found in the abandoned
car. Chief DeJaeger believes this
was stolen. The loot includes two
! pair of shoes. 10 fountain pens, one
pair of gloves, three billfolds, five
packages Of cigarets, IS pairs o1
socks and two neckties. Discov-
cry of an unused fountain pen in
Jackson's pocket, pen of The
! same make as those found in the
car, leads Chief DeJaeger to be-
lieve that Jackson participated IL
the other robberies committed by
! the escaped bandit.
/ The Illinois license plate mum
bered 1903. which was on the
Cole car, was issued to Carl Helm
beck. newly appointed cashier o
the Moline postoffice. That infor
nation was obtained today by Chic
DeJaeger from the secretary o.
state at Springfield. Cards and re
ceipts bearing the name of Mr.
Hatfield were found in the dool
pocket of the automobile. These
cards led Moline police to wire Nil.
waukee authorities.