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New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Another Section
Of Body Is Found
I'm Torso Mystery
New Portion Discovered in
Long Island City Said to
Fit Dismembered Frag-
ments of Woman's Corpse

Laborers cleaning \ sewer catch
basin at Skillman Avenue and Van Dam
Street, Long Island City, yesterday dis
covered the mid-section Of woman
wrapped in oilcloth of the same pattern
as that which incased the head and
torso found in pond near Queens
Boulevard, about 500 feet from the
catch basin, October 22.
The upper part of the body, with a
pair of legs cut off below the knee
which were found later in Van Cort.
landt Park. have been preserved in q
chemical solution at the morgue and
the section found yesterday fitted them
exactly.
Part Of ribbed undershirt which
clunC to the flesh found yesterday is
of the same material as the upper part
OF a similar garment found on the
torso, while the tops of stockings
found on the upper part of the legs
match the parts found on the lower
legs which were found in Van Cort-
landt Park.
"The weight OF that part OF the
body found this morning and the
weight of the legs found in Van Cort-
landt Park total forty-threc pounds, "
said DR.. Charles Norris, medical ex-
aminer. "This would make the entire
Weight of the victim about ninety-three
pounds.
"The part found this morning an,
the legs fit together perfectly. There
is also g similarity in the part of the
stocking round on the thigh and the
part found on the lower part Of the
corresponding leg. A careful examina-
tion will be made to determine the
. cause OF Geath.'
The catch basin in which the dis
ccvery was made yesterday is in an
nrdeveloped section. Bushes and rub
Dish heaps quite hide the manhole
cover from view and detectives who
searched the vicinity of the pond after
the torso was found never stumbled
upon it at all.
1t is the belief Of the police that
who ever disposed OF the body was
thoroughly familiar with the neigh
borhood.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
".Dust Gifts From Friends,'' Says
Actress Arrested as Smuggler

from admiring friends and that she
had understood that gifts could be i'm
ported free OF duty. Among the articles
in question were sapphire ring, n
diamond nnklet, diamond brooch, a
pearl necklace, gowns. fans and furs.
She would not give the names Of any
OF the many admirers who had made
her presents.
After the arralgnment Miss Spring
talked huently with reporters, declar-
ing that it was nothing less than a
cheap shame to arrest her.
The proceedings against the actress
were commenced by telephone call
early in November, informing the Gus
toms authorities that Miss Spring had
not complied with the requirements as
to declaring the contents of her bag
gage when she landed. On November
her rooms at the Hotel Ambassador
were searched md the gowns and
jewels specified in the telephone call
were discovered.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Co0iidge's Yankee
I,oang Amputafcd

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. 49,
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge
has almost entirely lost his fa-
nous New England Yankee nasal
twang, which has been delight
to folks at the capital since his
arrival. The Vice President was
forced to submit to slight nose
operation recently because of in
reference with his breathing. 1t
has practically ruined the
Yankee twang, to the sadness Of
some, but to the qualification Of
some Southern Senators, who
were unaccustomed to it.
Politicians of the Bay State
have said that that twang was
good for 10000 extra votes for
Coolidge in every state campaign.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
This Is Forges-Me-Not
Day for Var Cripples

Governor Miller has designated
to-day as Forget Me-Not Day, to
be devoted to raising money for
war cripples. Agents Of the Dis
abled American Veterans of the
World War will seek funds for
the manned and the blinded, and
will offer artificial forget-me-nots
to those who give.
"These boys represent the men
who blcd for their country" said
William +. Deegan, state COM
mander OF the American Legion,
in u statement given out last
night. eve hear a great deal
from persons in governmental po-
sitions and others opposed to adj
justed compensation for the ex-
service men that nothing is too
good for the wounded and dis
abled
"Yot these men find it neces-
sary, to obtain aid for their
wounded and disabled comrades,
to appeal directly to the public.
l firmly believe that the great
heart of the American public
beats true in it's sympathy with
these saviors of our country. Let
us not full to answer their cali for
help"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
n. Y. Broker Held i'm Texas
4. J. Lilly Is Charged Here With
Ascending With $40. 600

A New York broker, known to the
police as Frank j. Lilly, aud who is
said to have been a fugitive from JUS
tice for more than two years, is under
arrest in Dallas, Tex, according to
word received at the District Attorneys
oiEcc yesterday. Lilly, who is also said
to have beer known under the name OF
j. b. FRANKLIN, is being held there pend
ing the arrival of detectives of the New
York police force. According to the
police, Lilly is wanted on charge of
grand larceny for absconding with $50
600 given to him to invest 1t is re-
ported that he has confessed to the
charge.
The alleged swinde, which NAV
amount to S1,000,O00 in all, occurred
two years ago through the operations
OF brokerage firm of which Lilly is
said to have been the head. Following
ms disappearance an indictment for
first dtgret larceny was handed down
against him by the grand jury.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Sl ,803,364 Mining Award.
New ldria Wins Suit Against
New York COMPANY

PRosVllIDENCE. lI. Dec. l6.-A verdict
lor SI,SO3,364.o5 was awarded tho
plaintiff tonight in the suit of the
New ldria Quicksilver Mining Com
rany of California against the British
american Manufacturing Company Of
New York. The jury considered its
verdict for four hours
The verdict follows ten days of testi-
niony in the $500, 900 suit of the New
lorla Company which alleged that the
brltlsh American Company had en-
tered into contract with the plaintiff
company for the purchase Of about
900 TASKS of quicksilver, but had
failed to fulfill the agreement.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17

Muriel Spring, an actress. who Gays
she has appeared in Famous Players
photoplays and in the Midnight Frolic,
gave herself up 60 Herman l.. Falk,
Assistant United States District At
torney, yesterday afternoon after n
warrant had been issued for her ar
rest on charges Of smuggling and de-
irauding the government of customs
dues. 1t Ia alleged that she failed to
declare $4,000 worth Of clothing and
jewelry which she brought to this
country on the Olympic November l.
Miss Spring did not appear unduly
annoyed when she was arraiCned be-
fore S. M. Hitchcock, United States
So!m,missioner, and released in s2,5oo
bail for hearing January 8. Her
explanation of her failure to declare
the valunbles was that they were Gifts
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Spanish Sink One and
Seize 2 French Ships
Gunboat Reports Operating
Against Vessels Carrying
Arms to M0rOcco

MADRID, Dec. 16 (iiv The Associated
Press) The Spanish gunboat Bonifaz
has captured two French sailing vessels
which we're conveying oonsignments OF
arms and munitions to the Moroccan
insurgents and sank another vessel Ell
gagged i'll the same occupation. it was
announced in an official report received
here to-day.
The report states that the captures
and sinking were effected off Alhuce-
mas, on the Mediterranean coast of
Spanish Morocco.
The Spanish gunboat Bonifaz ia a
vessel Of 1877 tons, built in 1911, with
battery consisting of four l4-pound-
ers and two machine guns. She carries
a complement of 12l men. She has
been engaged for some time in opera
ticn against the Moors off the Moroc-
can coast
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
100000 VIII Is Broken
3 Smith Children, Left SIS
Each, Force Fourth to Share

A jury in Surrogate Wingato's court,
in Brooklyn, decided yesterday that the
Smith left s25 to each of three chill
dren and about 100000 to her fourth
child was the result of undue in
duence eXerted by the principal bene-
ticiary, Mrs. Jennie Z. Miller, of %
East Seventh Street, Brooklyn.
The document, accordingly, was nul-
,itied and the estate will be divided as
though Mrs. Smith had died intestate
Her other children rre Charles and
Owen Smith and Mrs. Elizabeth Bates.
The will which they contested was
executed April q, about four months
before Mrs. Smiths death. She was
eighty~one years old.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Court Rules Insurance on
Hanged Man Is Colleciible

ATLANTA, Dee. 16-The fact that a
man has been legally hanged does not
lnvalldate an insurance policy which
carries a clause making it incontesta-
bic for any cause after a year. the
State Court of Appeals has decided.
lhe decision was made in q suit filed
by tloread Murphy beneficiary under q
metropolitan policy to Willie Reynolds,
"a negro, who was hanged in South Car
oiina on July II, 1919. The company
contended that it was against public
No!lcy" to naY such insurnnce
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
House Pays Tribute 10 Elston,
Found Dead i'm the Potomac

WASHINGTON, Dec. I6.-The House
adjourned to-day until tomorrow out
Of respect for Representative John A.
Elston, of California, whose body was
found last night in the Potomac River.
Immediately after conveninr the Mouse
adopted resolutions OF regret and
auth orized selection OF g committee of
eighteen members to accompany the
body to California in case burial is
made there. Funeral arrangements
were boing held in allegiance today
pending receipt of instructions from
members Of Mr.. Elston's family.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Transit Company Gets Writ for
$I,75O, 900 Claim ON CITY

The Appellate Division yesterday de-
cided that the Rapid Transit Subway
CONSTRUCTION Company was entitled to
a writ ef mandamus directing Comp
troller Craig to draw u warrant Tor
$1,750,000 on the Chamberlain in favor
OF the company
The amount claimed by the company
represents the cost of installing a
multiple unit car door control in $50
cars Of the lnterborough subways.
Comptroller Craig refused to pay the
claim on the ground that tbs city was
not liable for this additional work on
tho subway
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17

reference to the situation in Guate
mala. the Executive has gone on record
as cordially favoring the policy of an
understanding among Latin countries
designed to deal with Just such prob
lens.
DE-. Julio Bianchi. Minister of Qua
temala, and Francisco Sanchez Latour
who represents the new regime III Qua
temala, to-day issued conflicting state
ments of the situation in the republic
DR.. Bianchi said that the overthrow
Of the Herrera regime was brought
about by the friends and admirers OF
Estrada Cabrera, the former President.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Red Band Captured as Bank
Looters by German Police

BERLIN, Dec. 16 (By The Associ-
ated Press).-The criminal police to-
day announced the arrest of thirty
mem bers Of an alleged Communist
pand which has been systematically
plundering banks. business Offices and
postoffices in Prussia, Saxony and Ra
Vafia' The men are said to have six
ollices IN Berlin and to have main
tanned a regular courier service for
carrying on their work. 1t is charged
by the police that the men utilized pa
rades and labor unrest, which thev
themselves stirred up, TO gain their
ends. All of them possessed false
identification papers.
Ihelr leader. who is described as 8
wandcring Communist orator named
Anrl Robert Plaetner, escaped Capture.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
New York Man
May Be Made
Albanian KING,
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
Receives Informal Over
sllres From Envoy of
Monarchless Monarchy
Fear Ex-Ruler's Return
s'Woslld Be Big Job for Any
Man." Descendant of Roy
al French Family Declares

1t is within the bounds of possibility,
It became known yesterday, that an
American will be asked to ascend the
throne Of Albania, vacant since Will
liam Of Wied. German monarch, fed
80 Switzerland, and thence to The
fatherland at the beginning Of the
World War. Informal overtures made
IN this country by an official of the
Albanian government now ruled by
four regents elected by Parliament,
had fallen upon Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte, Of TOO Park Avenue, New
York City.
Mr.. Bonapartc, who is 3 great-grand-
nephew of the grea. Napoleon, admit
ted last night that he had discussed
the matter with A. J. Chekrevi, high
commissioner of the little Balkan ma
tion. He added, however, that no for
nal tender of the throne had been
made. Ne did not know, he said,
whether NJ. Chekrevi was empowered to
make one and could not say wha. his
answer would be if it came.
would Be a Big Task
Albania as at present constituted,
MIR. Bonaparte recalled, is nation
with lot of rcadv-made trouble in
ill-defned boundary lines and dis
turbed economic conditions. He thought
it would be big task for anybody to
essay to govern it. He had met NJ.
Chekrevi when in Washington recently,
he said. and they had talked of the
matter informally.
A dispatch from Washington last
night said that NJ. Chekrevi was in
New York, but he could not be found
here to learn whether he was member
of the commission recently appointed
by the Albanian regents to select q
permanent ruler for the country. Haste
in this selection was said to be desir-
able, in view of the fact that William
is reported to be preparing to return
by airplane and seize the throne.
Mr.. Bcnaparte was married in 1914
to Mrs. Blanche Pierce Strebeigh, who
had divorced her wealthy broker hus-
band. She has two debutante daugh-
ters. Miss Blanche and Miss Barbara,
for whom she is to give a Christmas
Eve reception at the Park Avenue
apartment, which the Bonapartes took
recently after residence at the Hotel
Vanderbilt.
Exiled by Bonaparte
The royal blood in Mr.. Bonaparte
comes through the marriage in this
country of Elizabeth Patterson, of Bal
tignore, and Jerome Bonaparte, who
we'd her following his exile from
France by Napoleon Bonaparte Ma
poleon refused to recognize this mar
riagc and Jerome later remarked in
Europe and became king of West
phalia.
One who heard the news of Mr.
Bonaparte's chance to be king ex-
pressed pleasure not untinged with
sorrow yesterday He is Johnny, the
tow-headed hallboy in the apartment
house at 772 Park Avenue
"He'd go away from here if he got
the job, wouldn't he?" Johnny de-
manded when a callel.-Mr. Bonaparte
was out at the moment-explained his
mission.
Surely" was the reply. "He'd have
TO go to Albania"
"Gee!" said Johnny, 'I'd hate to
five bucks the first day he came in
here. Hope he stays till Christmas!"
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17

United States Court ci,sry;n~
Of the Federal customs ff'ng fan,gs Violation
voistead act in carrying liouor ~'a TIE
~ Il lasge quantity Of whisky sh..
.he vessel was conliscated. sceossaa eas9safa
70 =, !. ssnowden. pm Two United States dsaIas
marshais have been placed sbosrsS srsSputy
vessel pending further orders fru frn,a q, .hs
court. search is now being nada ssn tfs ss
tne owners Of the vessel, whose r. iof
are withheld by the authoritiss' Names
on board were arrested. iaoss
me Nomad arrived at Cran., w..
BASIN last night and is rsnor.. . Hi
have cleared from the Bshsma' Is, 70
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
BO.and Called tn .rs,-s,,,l

, WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-Harry J
boland, representative of the provi-
sional Irish government in Washing
ton. received instructions tonight to
return to Ireland for the session Of
the uali Eireann. lie will sail from
New York December "a. He returned
from ireland after brief visit only
last October.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
. Seized as Liquor Carrier
Nomad, Captured Near Cam
den, N. j., Said 10 Have Had
Much Whisky Aboard

TRENTON, N. J.. Dec. 1C.-Chief
United States oeputy Marshal Wood
bury p. Snowden to-day seized Sthe
convertible submarine chaser Nomad,
formerly United States submarine
chaser No. II, at Cramer Hill Basin,
Camden, on warrant issued by the
New-York tribune., 1921-12-17
Greeks Repulsed bv Turks

ANdUkA, Dec. l6.-An official com
munlcatlon issued to-day at Turkish
Nationalist headquarters saws the
Greeks attacked the Turks With con
siderable forces to the east Of Eski
shehr, but that after desperate fighting
they were forced to fall back, suffering
heavy losses.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
Mere Man
Deceived

(EA TOW, there's what I call a
" good complexion" said the
self-made man to his wife
in an uptown cafe last evening.
THAT girl has lived out of doors a
lot. I'll bet she's from the West"
His wife, who is wise in the ways
compilations go, looked at the girl
with the wonderful coforing and
then back at her husband again
with that plying expression he was
beginning to dread.
"Yes," she remarked, that girl
is from the West-about ten feet
west of the Capitol"
But look at the full color that
extends away down to her neck"
protested the husband. "She can't
fake that"
Rouge, my dear, just plain
rouge" explained his wife. "See
that blotch just below her collar
bone? Well, that's a new departure
in the art of roughing. The men
got wise to the rouged cheeks. so
now the women are putting daubs
Of it on their necks to make them
appear full blooded. You are just
an example of how easily the men
are deceived. 1t wouldn't do to let
you come to a cafe alone"
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
Where
Women Rule
IN the town Of the Nymphs. as the

TN the town Of the Nymphs, as the
settlement near the city of Ishi-
nomonsky in japan Is known.
the women rule.
The wives support the husbands
and children and are the acknowl-
edged heads of the family. The
husbands keep house, care for the
children, and do other work that, in
other places, is usually performed
by women.
Because their business is to dive
for pearls these women are called
nymphs by the japanese. The set
tlement is on Sehiam Bay, where
pearl shells are numerous and are
taken from the bottom of the sea.
In summer the women divers work
in the water fro ten hours a day,
remaining for two or three minutes
at a time below the surface.
The birth OF a boy Is considered
bad luck, while great rejoicing halls
the arrival OF a baby girl Men
are regarded as inferior In every
respect. At the early age of 4
girls are taken to the sea and taught
to swim and dive. When they get
to IL they begin to work In earnest.
The women, who are good divers.
can easily support their families.
At 40 they usually retire" Very
often they are already grandmoth-
ers at this age, and they spend the
rest of their lives In educating their
daughters and granddaughters, par
uculsriy n swimmtag and diving.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
PROXIES
This Unusual Story Has Been Made Into An
Equally Unusual Motion Picture by Cos
mopolitan Productions Under the Di-
| rection of George d. Baker.

ask Mr.. barley TO lock IL In the
safe Clare had further chance TO
examine the matchless diamonds
that had once reposed In the Golfers
OF the Brazilian emperor.
She even went SO far as to try
them on her own throat surrepti-
tiously and when at last caution de-
manded that she place them In their
case she found difficulty in clicking
TO the cover. They were TO go into
the safe, that mysterious receptacle
in the library, OF which Mr.. barley
alone had the combination. 1t had
been one of Clsre's fondest hopes to
know the key that would unlock
that storehouse of treasures, but so
far all her efforts had failed.
And tonight when she hoped the
moment had arrived she met Dsr-
ley coming into the hall and sur
rendered the case TO him. Ii she
had been a few moments sooner she
might have fingered and watched
him put them away. Vanitas
vanitatum. She shrugged her shoul-
ders and submitted to fate.
Mr.. Darley returned TO the IL
brary with the case in his hand.
Before putting il into the safe he
opened 1t and gazed at the jewels
with genuine admiration. Clare
had acquainted him with the ma
ture OF the contents, but II was not
that which prompted him to look
He felt ranking in the back OF his
head the accusations made by
Slower against Peter. And IL that
were true II made circumspection
necessary. No man likes to feel
that he Is harboring a theft.
barley did not act on the impulse
OF the moment. he waited until the
next evening before deciding on his
course.
Those twenty-four hours were a
nightmare to the butler who, know
ing what Slower had said, believed
his time was short in the Darley
household. The unfortunate part
of 1t all was that Peter, ex-convict
that he was. had decided to run
straight. and this decision had not
been lightly made. He was too in
telligent not to see the difference
between perpetual worry. sinking
from the eyes of men and constant
vigilance and the quiet that comes
from a workaday life.
NOT WORTH RISK.
He had had. plenty of time to
learn that the hazards of the crimi-
nal were not worth the risks he
ran; from that selfish standpoint
the evil-doer was always the loser.
There was only one haven for him
finally, and that was a cell: Peter
had weighed the possibilities and
found an honest life the only one
worth considering.
Hence his position with Mr..
barley; that gentleman was one
OF the sort who believes in civ ing
every man his chance; ne had en-
gagged the butler because he liked
him and asked for no references.
This was strictly against his rule
and a tribute to Peters person
ality.
II Darley had slipped a cog he
wanted to know it; he had his
daughter to consider and his wife.
He called Peter into the library On
the evening following Stover's visit
and after looking him over with a
steady eye asked, almost casually:
"Oh, by the way. Peter, have you
ever been in PRISON.
To BE Continued Monday.
The Washington times., 1921-02-26
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