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New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
New Dry Agent
Busy Returning
Seized Whisky
Ernest Langley Receives
Appointment and Surren-
ders Truckloads Taken
in Predecessors Raids
Acts on Legal Advice
Anti-Saloon League Alleges
393 Saloons Are Running
Wide Open on East Side

With the receipt of his appointment
from washington as acting supervisor
or prohibition enforcement for New
York State, Ernest Langley set to work
yesterday undoing much of the work of
ms predecessor, Daniel Chaplin, who
has returned to Chicago as the super
visor of that district. At the advice of
the legal bureau of the Internal Reve-
nue. Department Mr.. Langley began to
sign orders returning to the owners
thousands of cases of whisky seized
under Mr.. Chapin's regime.
Many of the seizures made by Mr..
Chapin's agents had been against the
advice OF Charles r. O'Connor, Federal
director of prohibition for the state, in
charge of the issuance of permits. Mr..
OConnor is lawyer 1t is believed
that there will be closer cooperation
between the two prohibition depart-
ments now that Mr.. Chaplin has left.
Trucks Busy All Day
NO statement of the amount of liquor
ordered returned was obtainable, but
considerable activity was noted at the
hnickerbocker warehouse. Trucks were
calling for liquor all through the day
1t was said that Percy Vie. special
counsel to Commissioner Kramer at
Washington, has been spending the
week passing upon applications for re-
turn of liquor illegally seized by goy-
ernment agents.
Federal Judge Garvin, in BROOKLYN,
yesterday signed an order directing the
return of 500 cases of whisky which h.
said had been illegally confiscated from
the warehouse of Allan Black, ITO Til
larry Street, Brooklyn, on March II.
Finds East Side Wet
The report of a canvass of sci for
mer saloon properties on the East Side
by agents of the Anti-Saloon League
was issued yesterday by Samuel L.
Hamilton, superintendent of the metro
polltan district of the league. The re-
port says there is very little prohibi-
tion on the East Side. 1t says that of
the 5e1 places that were licensed as
saloons in 1918 1898 are to-day making
no pretense of being anything else
than wide-open saloons" Only 131 had
gone out of business.
THE very continued existence of
these Places" says Mr.. Hamilton, ais
prima facie evidence of violation of the
law. They can be closed up Whenever
the city authorities honestly wish them
closed"
The places visited were all on First,
Second and Third avenues.
Prohibition enforcement agents Will
son and Taylor yesterday raided the
basement of the apartment house at
BAT West 186th Street and arrested the
janitor, William Longhart According
to the agents, they found fve-gallon
still in operation also a dozen quarts
of moonshine liquor. The prohibition
agents said that a truck filled with
appeared while the raid was in prog
ress.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Author Held in Contempt
Despite Book On Dante
Court Fines Arensburg $25 for
Failure to Answer Jury
Duty Summons

Walter Arensberg told Judge J. W.
Peck Yesterday in the United States
District Court that he was an author.
Judge Peck told Walter Arensberg
that he was, nevertheless, in contempt
OF court and fined him $25.
The difficulty started when a sum-
mons was sent to Mr.. Arensbere re-
questing him to present himself to the
United States District Court for pos
sible jury duty in the case of the
United States VS.. the Henderson Farms
Oil Company, which is charged with
fraud. Unfortunately, as Arensberg
explained yesterday to the court, he
was busily- engaged in finishing his
last volume on the "Cryptography of
Dante.''
When it was noted by the clerk of
the court that Arensberg had failed to
answer for jury duty, he was ordered
to appear TO show cause why he should
not be adjudged in contempt.
'You got the summons?" inquired
Judge Peck.
"Oh, yes," said Arensberg, "but I
was working night and day on nv
book and failed to realize the serious
ness of the matter"
ut was serious offense," said the
judge. 'You are in contempt of court.
Under the circumstances am not 60
ing to send you to Jail. You are fined
$25 and stand committed until the fine
is paid"
Arensberg paid the fine.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Palmer Beer Rule Stands
Unless Review Is Asked
Daugherty Says His Department
Will Take Action Only on
Request of Mellon

WASHINGTON, March 18.-Definite
announcement that former Attorney
General Palmer's opinion, permitting
physicians to prescribe beer for medi-
cal purposes, would stand unless Sec
retary Mellon should ask for a review
was made to-day by Attorney General
Daugherty.
The Attorney General reiterated that
except on request for review by the
head of department the Department
of Justice could not hand down re-
views of its opinions.
In connection with the possible
transfer of the prohibition enforce
ment bureau from the Treasury to the
Department of Justice as part of a
general reorganization of government
departments, the Attorney General said
he was not seeking any additional
authority, but would accept such re-
sponsibilities as Congress might place
upon him.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Negro Indicted in
Five Minutes for
Organist's Murder
Grand Jury Foreman Absent,
N. ]. Court Names Tempo
rary Head; Woman Held
as Seller of Gin to Black

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., March 18.
George Washington Knight. the
twenty two-year-ol negro who is de-
clared by the police to have confessed
the murder of Mrs. Edith Wilson, of
Perth Amboy, last Saturday, was in
dicted in five minutes to-day by the
Middlesex County Grand Jury. The in
dictment charges murder in the first
degree.
Douglas j. Fisher, foreman Of the
grand jury, was absent when the jury
convened, and rather than wait for him
to appear County Judge Peter r. DAILY
appointed David A. Powers, one of the
jurors, to serve as temporary foreman,
the consideration of the charges being
then Immediately begun. Five minutes
later Judge DAILY received the report of
the jury and appointed I. Benjamin
Glueckfield, of New Brunswick, to de-
fend knight in court.
Prosecutor Joseph E. Stricken an
nounced later that Knights trial would
not begin until Wednesday, in defer
ence to request by the Rev. Ralph
Paul Russell, of the National Negro
Baptist Church, that the defendants
mentality be investigated.
Mrs. Sarah Sturm, owner of the sa-
loon at Commerce and State streets,
Perth Amboy, in which knight told the
police he bought the gin he drank be-
fore attacking and killing Mrs. Wilson,
was indicted on charge of selling
liquor without license. William
Blenscha was indicted on the same
charge, as the actual vender of the
liquor Both were Immediately arrest
ed by county detectives and brought
here, where they pleaded not guilty be-
fore Judge DAILY. They were held in
$4,000 bail each.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19

paying no more attention to Blacky
and Sammy Jay than if they hadn't
been within, hearing. Blacky and Sam
my screamed until they were hoarse
Finally, seeing that Mrs. Bear kept
calmly on with her digging, they gave
it up and flew off to talk it over and
wonder why they had failed to frighten
Mrs. Bear. They couldn't understand
it at all.
"Do you suppose some one has told
her that we had planned to scare her
out of the Green Forest?" asked
Sammy.
II don't know" confessed Blacky.
"She acted as if she knew just what
we were doing"
All the time Mrs. Bear was chuckling
to herself as he dug out roots and ate
them. "Those scamps thought they
could scare me-" she muttered. s'They
are smart rascals, but the smartest
overlook things sometimes. They for
got that have good nose and that
the wind was blowing from them to-
ward me. There wasn't anybody there
at all. Had there been l wonld have
smelled them. wonder what they
tried that trick for?'
Then she remembered the hints Old
Man Coyote had dropped. Her eyes be-
gan to twinkle. "It looks to me if
some folks are trying to scare me out
OF the Green Forest" she chuckled,
ut certainly looks that way. Just for
that l would stay anyway, even if |
didn't ike it here, which / do" Once
again she chuckled, then went on with
her digging.
Copyright. 1921. by q. w. Burgess,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Serue Coarse Beer? Never!
Declare Artistic Soda Clerks
Dignity of Nut Sundae Cannot Be Lowered by
Association With Brew, and, Anyway, Bar.
tenders Are Paid More; Druggists Not Eager

Shall soda dispenser sell beer at
the soda fountain unless he. is paid the
bartdhder's scale, and shall the drug
stores sell beer, anyway, under former
Attorney General Palmer's ruling, or
shall they just ignore the whole thing !?
These queries are creating no end of
agitation in New York's drug stores.
The soda dispensers are talking things
over among themselves, and the store
proprietors are discussing their angle
of the cituation precipitated by the
Palmer ruling that it's all right to sell
beer by prescription. 1t is generally
admitted that il is too soon for any de-
cision, but some store proprietors have
come right out and declared that they
are not going to sell beer even If they
are given the right to do so, while
some Of the white-aproned gentry who
specialize in serving. soft drinks init
mate openly that If beer is to be sold
and consumed in drug stores it is
going to be matter for the prescrip-
tion department to handle.
r. s. Wattley, president and treas
urer OF the National Drug Stores Cor
poration, operating a chain of stores
in New York City, said yesterday that
his company undoubtedly would retase
to sell beer on prescription.
Eighteen months ago we decided not
to sell whisky on prescription" said
Mr.. Wattley. eve decided that there
could be only two classes of drug
stores-those that were really drug
stores and those that were run shops.
We determined that our stores were to
b. drug stores, so we have not sold
whisky on prescription, and undoubt-
eddy, we shall take the same stand re-
gardlng, beer, as the same principle is
involved"
While the sale of beer by prescrip-
tion will be matter of individual
choice, it was intimated by proprietors
Of other stores that the decision Civ
ing the right to sell beer by preschip-
ton was not warmly welcomed In
fact it was broadly hinted that a ma
jority of stores will be against selling
beer under the Palmer ruling, even
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Six Buried as
Roof Caves i'm
Brooklyn Fire
Two Fircmen Are Severely
Hurt, Others Extricate
Themselves From Heap
of Debris Without Aid
$3.50, 900 Loss by Blaze
30 Families in Adjoining
House Flee; Some In
jured in Efforts to Escape

Six ffremen were buried in the
d3bris left by a fire which completely
destroyed two. buildings, extending
from 159 TO 169 Meserolo Street,
Brooklyn, last night, causing damage
estimated at more than $250,0o0. One
Of the buildings contained more than
$4,000 worth of automobiles stored
there. -Four alarms were turned in.
The building where the fire is be-
lieved to have started was occupied by
the williamsburg Cooperage Company,
at 165 Meserole Street. The first alarm
which was turned in brought fire truck
146 from Richardson Street. The
flames already. had consumed much
Of the ground foor.
Six members of the truck company
ran to the rear of the building. They
were climbing to one-story addition
which had been recently constructed
when it collapsed. All six men were
buried beneath pile of burning
beams. Four of the men managed to
extricate themselves. They were taken
to a nearby drug store, where they
were treated by ambulance surgeons.
John Bendy, one of the firemen, was
removed from the debris in critical
condition and rushed to St. Catharine's
Hospital. The rescue of his mate,
William Walsh, was not so easy
Walsh was more deeply buried than
any of the other firemen. A number
of large burning beams and embers fell
about him. 1t was thought at first
that he had been killed, but feeble
cry, which Bendy reported hearing
after he was rescued, turned the atten-
tion of fellow fremen to the spot
where he was buried. Walsh, though
in extreme pain, directed his own res
cue.
While some of the men played a
stream of water about him and others
directed powerful searchlights to the
place where he was buried, Walsh gave
instructions as to which timbers and
beams to lift. He was finally taken
from the debris, dying, after more than
an hours work. He was taken to ST.
Catharine's Hospital, suffering from in
ternal injuries and possible fracture
OF the skull.
When DR.. Harry M. Archer, of the
Fire Department, offered Walsh drink
Of whisky from flask, Walsh said:
No, thanks; / never use the stuff"
The physicians efforts to make Walsh
take the whisky for stimulation failed
Thirty families in the six-story ten
ement directly in the rear of the col
lapsed structures were forced to vacate
their homes. A number of persons
we're injured by flying glass from win
dows which were broken in their hasty
exit.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19

though their right to do so is made
perfectly clear.
This is in line with the attitude of
q majority of physicians, who intimate
that they will refuse to prescribe beer,
as they claim it is non-essential in
case of illness.
But even If the doctors conclude to
prescribe beer and the druggists con-
clude to sell it on prescription there
IS the soda fountains presiding genius
to be considered. Former Attorney Gem
eral Palmer recently said that soda dis
pensers might handle the beer for the
afflicted. If this led to glowing pictures
OF beer being showed across marble
bars, even in limited quantities. by
smiling and white aproned soda
tossers such a picture is doomed to a
quick fade-out when the nut sundae ex-
pert himself has his say.
if beer is going to be sold in drug
stores" said soda water clerk in the
downtown district yesterday, "it is all
gong to be the work of the prescrip-
ton department. just put that down,
We are not bartenders, and we are not
drawing bartenders' pay. If we are
going to tend bar we must be paid for
Then came the intimation that a new
class of men had come behind the ma
tion's bars since mahogany gave place
to marble and since the brass footrails
did their disappearance act. These men
are church members, many of them.
and the thought of selling beer, even
TO the aillng possessor of a doctors
prescription, causes them to shudder
so violently that they run the risk Of
spelling many an artistic conglomera-
ton OF creams and fruits. Also, they
have made study of making those
dlshes fI look e,nticing, right up to the
last dab of whipped cream on top. To
sacrifice all this for the mere in
artistic dispensing of beer cannot be
thought of. Likewise, it is reiterated
they are not drawing the reward that
went to the bartending fraternity. For
that work of coarser fibre q minimum
OF $50 week was drawn, while soda
dispensers, it is said, are drawing as
low as $50 and not more than $35 as
maximum.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Seven-Cent Rate Held Up

The New York Edison Company and
the United Electric Light g. Power
Appellate Division yesterday staying
the injunction granted by Justice Co
halan, in a suit by the City of New
York, to restrain the two companies
from charging more than Z cents pc,
kilowat hour for their electricity.
This stay is to remain in effect pend
ing an appeal from the decision of
Justice Cohalan. The two companies
agreed to deposit all sums collected
in excess of the 7-cent rate or give a
bond insuring the return of any excess
charged, if the final decision of the
court is that not more than Z cents
can be charged
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
100000 in Fake Liquor
Stamps Puts Six in Jail
Flood of Imitation Whisky La.
bels in East Believed Solved
by Pittsburgh Arrests

PlTTSBUGH, March 18.--Six men
were given hearing to-day before
United States Commissioner Roger
Knox land held in $4,000 bail each,
charged with oounterfeiting and hav-
ing in their possession internal reye-
nue. strip stamps.
The men were arrested early TODAY
by Secret Service agents, who say they
had a handbag filled with counterfeit
bonded whisky stamps and fake labels.
The paper, If genuine, would have had
a value of approximately 100000,
government agents said
The men under arrest are James
Laux, Thomas McCollum, Isadore CLANS,
Jake Gold, Max Golden and William
Dickerman, all of Pittsburgh. They
were trapped by an agent of the United
States Secret Service who had worked
his way into their confidence after
overcoming their fears.
Federal officials believe that in the
arrest of the men they have solved the
appearance in this city and the East of
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of fake bonded whisky, stamps and
labels
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
III. S. Black Freed After
Hearing by U. S. Official
Pleads Liquor Was Put on Pri.
vate Railroad Car Without
knowledge or Consent

MIAMI, Fla, March 18.-The case
against Harry st. Francis Black, New
York millionaire, in whose private car
local prohibition authorities seized
sixty cases of Intoxicating liquor, was
dismissed to-day by United States Com
missioner Graham, when the capitalist
was brought before him for arrairn-
llent. Black had been arrested both bv
the state and Federal authorities.
charged with violating the prohibition
laws.
The case was dismissed and the pri-
yate car ordered released when negro
porter testified that he had placed the
liquor aboard it without the knowledge
or consent of the cars owner.
The warrant sworn out by Mavor
Hugh Matheson of Cocoanut Grove.
where the arrest and seizure were
made, is returnable in the MAYORS
court there Monday. and Black is still
under bond in that case. Black IA
chairman of the Board of United States
Realty and Improvement Company.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19

Hardly had old Man Coyote disap-
peared and Mrs. Bear resumed her dig
ging for roots when Sammy Jay came
fitting silently through the tree tops.
Mrs. Bear grunted as she dug. Sammy
heard those grunts, and without making
a sound few straight to big hemlock
tree, from which he could watch while
himself hidden. This was the first
time he had seen Mrs. Bear and he was
very curious, was Sammy. He had
heard about her brown coat, but, like
everybody else, he had had hard work
to believe that it could be brown. Now
he had chance to see for himself, and
Sammy has absolute faith in his own
eyes.
ut is brown. AS sure as live. it is
brown" he muttered to himself as he
peered down at Mrs. Bear, his sharp
eyes sparkling with interest. "She's
as big as Buster Bear, and don't know
but she is little bigger. l wonder if
she is as nervous as Buster. 1t is too
bad to spoil that meal, but if am going
to do my part to scare her out Of the
Green Forest now is the time, so
here goes"
Sammy silently flew back short dis
tance where he couldn't be seen by
Mrs. Bear and then began to scream at
the top of his lungs. "Thief, thief,
thief" screamed Sammy. 1t was the
warming cry he uses when he discovers
possible danger, particularly hunters.
All the people of the Green Forest
know it. 1t has warned many of them
and thus kept them out of trouble.
Mrs. Bear threw up her head and
listened. Then she sat up. Just then
Blacky the Crow joined Sammy jaw
and began to cav at the top Of his lungs,
Mrs. Bear could see him sitting on the
top of tall tree. He seemed to be
looking down at something or some one
below and to be greatly excited.
: Thief, thief, thief!" screamed
Sammy.
"caw, cav, cav. caw!" shrieked
Blacky.
Both few little way toward Mrs
Bear, all the time keeping up the dan
ger warning and seeming to grow more
and more excited. They seemed to be
following some one below them. Still.
Mrs. Bear sat there. She didn't run
as they had expected she would. Finally.
Blacky few straight over her.
"Run, Mrs. Bear! RUM" he shrieked.
IA hunter! A hunter!"
Mrs. Bear looked up at Blacky, and in
her shrewd little eyes was CLEAN of
something very like amusement. Then
she dropped down and instead Of run
ming began to dig for roots again,
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Man Leaps From II Station
Victim Drops to Death at Feet
of Pedestrians

A man about fifty-five years old
jumped last night from the platform
OF the Prospect Avenue elevated sta
tion in the Bronx to the sidewalk. kill
ing himself. Several pedestrians were
passing the spot at the time and his
The man was S feet inches tall.
weighed about 140 pounds and wore a
dark suit and overcoat, black derby
hat, black shoes and necktie and a
white shirt. A business card of Will
liams & Singer, ciothiers, of % Bleeck-
er Street, and bill sent to the firm by
Samuel Rosenthai, Of the Rochester
Clothing Company, 35 Fifth Avenue,
were found in one of his pockets.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Furs for the
Easter Suit

Natural fisher scarves, me-
dium size, $3.50.
Baummarten one-skin scarves,
large, full-furred,. excellent
colors, $59.50.
White fox scarves, pure; ex-
cellent colors, $3.50.
Squirrel chokers, $8.75,
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Crepe de chine
FrOCkS For Miss n 10 20

The simplicity that the Pari-
sienne adores is the keynote of
this frock at S32.50-illus-
trated.
1t may be chosen in navy
blue trimmed with copen rib
bon, black with white, beige
with brown, French blue with
gray, gray and navy, or in all
white.
Same model in polka dotted
crepe de chine is 5000.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Women S Polo
Coats at $39.50

Two models illustrated.
The sketch shows that
the coats are to be of fine
simplicity and correct de-
sign. The raglan sleeves
and deeply notched collar and
the long, straight sweep from
neck to hem are all most desir-
able in this type of coat, which
is worn for both sports and
trotteur occasions.
Details of tailoring are I'M
usually good. The finish of the
seams and the lapels and cuffs
are really worthy of comment.
Each coat is lined with match
ing satin of excellent quality.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Charming Venetian
Glass
AU QUATRIEME

Tiny Venetian
glass baskets in ~ :
amethyst, blue, @m
canary yellow, A#fM |
or vivid orange W
suggestive os 'lx 0aakvxs
spring flowers, ( W
SOC, 75c and 81.
The Easter table will take on
particular charm and light
ness if these are used as deco
rations. Then, too, there are
little compotes on short stems.
and made with two handles. in
the same lovely colors. Price
So. Little shallow dishes. with
one handle, $50.
Tiny delicate salts and pep-
pers, shaped like miniature COM
potes, $3.50 each.
Lovely single flowers of
Venetian glass, in the form of
lilies, tulips, great pansies, and
daisies, and lilacs in natural
color, or all white, $3.50.
Tiny pots Of flowers in deli.
cate color, or all white pottery
81, So and $3.50.
Fourth floor, Old Build;ny
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Black satin coats
For Miss II 10 20


At $65-in silhouette,
simplicity and softness one
might easily think that
these coats had come from
Paris.
Model-after the ideas of
Jeanne Lanvin-is illustrated
as it is absolutely untrimmed,
it is very, very smart. Excel
lent quality of the black satin
IS emphasized by, the interlining
that gives beautiful softness
peau de cygne lining in plain
pastel tones.
"BURNHAM" coats Of smart
tweeds t~e and heavy wool jerseys,
$39.50.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
A new Blouse Of
ecru net at $5.75

Ecru net trimmed with mar
row Valenciennes lace and en-
broidered with small attractive
motifs, all of the same shade,
is an excellent style Of fashion
feature for this spring.
One usually associates smart
and we'll designed net blouses
with definitely high price.
Second floor, Old Building.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Answering the call
Tweed SUITS,
$27.75
In the Womcn's S Salon.

In the W0mcns Salons
The flair for smart man.
nishly tailored tweed suits
. in the lovely colors in which
this material is to be had is
increasing as the season ad-
vances.
We have been unusually for
tunate in procuring several dis
tinctive collections of suits of
this type at very low prices. To-
days collection at $27.75 is par
ticularly good, both as. far as
fashion and excellent workman
ship of material are concerned.
These suits are to be had in
ashes of roses, French blue.
gray, tan, chow color, and gray
green; lined with matching or
gray satin.
Second floor, Old Building.