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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-06
day. while walter Mack and Early Morn
were easily the favOr!t"s.
Thu Fourth Race,

W. GargAn, driving Je.l.s"n. pulled hie
horse up from third place Into III" lead
n!the back stretch in III" fourth "N"ni.
the milo and seventy yards run. NHSu-
nate after getting a bad start. bu" ain s
several times before the barrier drop
ped. finished second money, while Mar
TIM Gray. with T. Ray M. starting
third. hold the position TO the end. II
time for the run was l'49.
Fifth Was Surprise.
The f!tth race. another five furlong
run. was tho big s"rprts" ~ 'hr after
noon. Hu',u II, With +. .. Moor" IN.
WANING by length from Olymp!an
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-06

The following four running races
VIII he ran q tAe order named In Tho
event tho rack should ~ be IN n
condition f"- tho harness races. IN that
event the Arst race will r" nj 2:2n y. III.
Fourth Race Purse - 90, For three
year Odds nnt upwards. Claiming. Ah''u'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-06

Copyright 1921. tho New York Even.
Ing NaiL)
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hits. IN loo games. that he made IN l54
contests last sNason.
Harry has made the longest HI On
record. some 60o tre,.
batting no points hove. thai .a+:
year Is improvement enough fer any
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-09-06
WILSON'S PERFORMANCE so Unsatisfactory
i BOXING AUTHORITIES WITHHOLD HIS PURSE

= THE CROWD, WHILE DOWNEY is GREETED
r WITH CHEERS-NOT THE SEMBIANCE OF A
Z KNOCKDoWN DURING THE TWELVE TAME
.. ROUNDS sAxaaNn n i.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
BENNETT AS MAYOR
PROMISES ECONOMY
Anti Tammany Would AboI-
ish Transit Commission.

William NJ Bennett. former State
Senator. announced yesterday the plat
form on which he will run in the pri-
maries for the Republican nomination
for Mayor. He stands for abolition of
the Transit Commission. cent fare,
direct primaries, home rule and busi-
ness administration of the city.
This city Is now Republican" he
declared, land the nominee for Mayor
and his associates on the Board of Es-
innate ticket should be Republicans. As
expect TO win the Republican primaries
/ ALEC shall expect to receive the unani-
nous support Of all anti-Tammany or
ganixations in the campaign. Every
candidate that enters the Republican
primary should agree to abide by the
result"
Under his home rule plank Mr.. Ben
nett criticised Gov. Miller by asserting
that "the transit bill passed by the last
Legislature by certain Of its provisions
practically removes the Mayor and the
entire Board of Estimate from office
and substitutes for them transit COM
mission OF three men," The candidate
declared flatly for the repeal OF the
transit act.
BY June %. the first day for signing
designating petitions. Mr.. Bennett ex-
poets to have working organization
in every Assembly district.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
$2S,OOO,OOO WILL
Is KEPT In SECRET
Rev. d. s. X. Byrne, Heir to
Elusive Bonanza, Fears
Fire or Theft.

The Rev. David S. X Byrne Of Mon
treal. whose protrscted effort to collect
a large legacy which he says is due him
under the will of Wellington G. Byrne
has been described in THE NEW YORK
HERALD. has sent a letter to this news
paper intimating that the original will,
whose whereabouts has not been dis
closed. Is in a safe deposit box
Explaining why the will on file IN the
County COURT at Jasper. Fla, is a GER
titled copy. Mr.. Byrne writes: THE late
Chief Justice White, before HIS death,
advised me to have an exemplified copy
Of the will placed on record for protec-
tion against theft and fire and to place
the original will In safe deposit You
are aware that no Judge will probate a
will on a certified copy. Judge Johnson
[County Judge at Jasper1 recorded the
contents of the original will In his rec
ords, placed his certificate thereon and
forwarded 1t to Tallahassee for Hon.
Clay Crawfords exemplication as Sec
retary of State. He also recorded the
contents Of a package OF original docu-
ments. The said package and original
will were sealed up in box. which was
opened in Judge Johnson's presence and
In the court, before witnesses, 80 that
he could vouch for the original docu-
ments. The late Chief Justice White s
advice to me was to have Judge John
son make certified copies Of all docu-
ments, after seeing the originals"
With his letter Mr.. Byrne sent a cer-
titled copy Of an affidavit made in Jas
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
CAR OVERTURNED. WIFE
KILLED, HUSBAND HELD
Daniel L. Norris, Badly In
jured, IN Hospital, Arrested.

Mrs Marie Norris of % Wendt ave-
nue., Larchmont, was killed and her
husband, Daniel l.. Norris. superlnten-
dent Of the Fuller Construction Com
pany. seriously injured at the Grand
Concourss Of 1s7th street. The Bronx.
before daybreak yesterday. The acci-
dent is believed to have been caused by
the car catching fire. and Mrs. Norris e
frightened efforts TO stop 1t.
Mr.. Norris. in Lincoln Hospital with
fractured skull and internal injuries.
is under arrest on charges of suspicion
OF homicide and intoxication. The su-
tomobile siddded fifty feet then left
the road and crashing through fence
overturned. Mrs. Norris was caught
under the car.
In the hospital Mr. Norris said his
wife was driving him home after a
theatre party. The night before he had
been at the Leonard-Kansas fight, and
she met him In town on his return. lie
heard his wife exclaim that the car
was afire. That was the last he re-
nembered
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
STATE LEADERS
THREATEN BREAK
Opposed to Van Nance Sue.
ceeding Farley as State
Chairman.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK Herald.
SYRACUSE, June S.-Indications OF a
break between Tanmany and upstate
Democratic leaders over the naming of
State chairman to replace William w.
Farley Of Binghamton. were evident to-
night as the leaders began to arrive for
the conference here tomorrow.
Tammany has decreed that Farley
shall walk the plank and with the con-
sent Of Charles r. Murphy and former
Gov. Alfred E. Smith, George r Van
Nance has announced his candidacy for
the place.
Up-Staters will have none of him.
They all like Mr.. Van Nance personally,
but they do not believe a man who has
been so closely affiliated with TaHmany
influence or accomplish the good for tho
party upstate as person who does
not bear the Murphy stamp.
For that reason and no other they are
against him to the last ditch. They are
determined to block the plan, and failing,
the party will be split wide open even be-
fore the campaign starts. At the same
time these leaders are unanimous for
Mr.. Smith for the 1922 Gubernatorial
candidate.
Furthermore, the leaders up this way
say they want an upstate man as chalr-
man. Mr.. Van Nance is native OF
Watertown, but since leaving the Public
Service Commission job to which he was
named by Mr.. Smith he has been prac-
ticing law in New York He is, there
fcre, according to the way the leaders
think here. down-State man and not
at all acceptable.
Some friends of Representative Peter
Ten Eyck came to town tonight and
casually mentioned that there was a
movement afoot to run him for Mayor
Of Albany this fall. II he should win.
they hinted, he might be available for a
gubernatorial candidate. This threat
was looked upon In some quarters as a
warning Of what the up-Staters might
do IL Tammany persists in pushing Van
Nance forward.
william 8. Kelly. Onondaga leader.
issued a statement tonight denying there
was any dispute over the chairmanship
and saying this matter might not be
discussed at all at the conference
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
STATEN ISLAND PIERS
WILL BE READY SOON
Project Costs the City About
$50, 200, 900.

The twelve piers being erected at
Staten Island by the Department of
Docks will be completed by June 15. and
the steel sheds will be completed by
December /. Murray Hubert. Dock
Commissioner. took party to inspsct
the piers yesterday.
Eley en- of the piers were leased before
the money was appropriated for than
and the twelfth one will be used for
public wharfage. The rental is at ~
per cent. of their cost. At this rate the
piers will pay for Themselves In thirty
years.
Fourteen million tons of freight year
Is the figured capacity of the twelve
Staten Island piers. There is a wharf
age length of six and on,s-half miles and
the total pier space is about forty-four
acres. Forty-eight ships can be ac-
ccmmodated there at one time. The
total cost is about ss0.00o.000
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
BOY, KNOWS ALL
REPTILES AND BIRDS
Roy Q.Curtiss Wraps Snakes
Around Neck as Others Put
on Neckties.
rs WRITING A BOOK
Astounds and COntrOverts
Curator Ditmars by Wide
knowledge Of Animals.
TAUGHT HIMSELF LATIN
Is Not Prodigy in Other Ways,
but Stands Alone for Age
as Naturalist.
rs WRITING A BOOK
TAUGHT HIMSELF LATIN

A boy in short trousered open COL
Jared Khaki was to be seen in the rep
tile house at the Bronx Zoo yesterday
| holding king snake in his arms and
letting it wind around him while he
stroked 1t. Other boys, most of them,
sad to relate, kill any snake they see
at large, and little girls who skedaddle
from all stray serpents gathered
around the supposed daredevil and
made admonitory or admiring re-
marks.
The swaying head Of the king snake
brushed the boys ear and came to
rest fiat on the top of his head.
Hes charmed It," said q spectator.
"It's the same as they do at the
circus
You are quite mistaken" replied the
boy with the snake, putting it carefully
back in its cage. Where is no such
thing as charming snake. I do not
believe in such things" And then and
there he proceeded to give a lecture on
the characteristics and habits of snakes,
particularly the king snake. whose beau
tiful colorations were explained fully.
1t was not to be killed, he said, FOR it
does much good in destroying vernnin,
and even has been known to attack and
eat poisonous snakes He wound up by
explaining that the only poisonous
snakes ever found in New York State in
modern times are the rattler and the
copperhead, and that there is ~ sense
in exterminating tho others.
Who's the young feller?' man who
had listened on the edge of the ring in
quired Of DR.. Raymond L. Ditmars. the
Zoos curator Of reptiles. who came along
just then. rs he just talking or does he
really know"
Ditmars Watches His Step.
Know" said Ditmars Let me tell
you have to watch my step whenever I
discuss natural history with that boy
He's the finest scientist Of his age 1
know anything about and there are few
older ones who can beat him. He knows
not only snakes, but other reptiles and
mammals as well, and plants on top Of
that. He Is qualified to publish book
right now on the nomenclature Of ami
mails and plants. which IL his special
hobby. Several times he and I have ar
gued point as to the proper classifica-
ton or name of some reptile. and, by
George, he was the one who proved to be
right
"He is really an extraordinary natur-
alist. He's II years old and the only
boy member of the American Museum
Of Natural History. His name is Roy
many letters and have great talks.
Physically he Is all child. and really
he's not abnormal; no freak prodigy
about him. At first treated him as
one would child. but soon found out
that what he wanted to discuss were
the most weighty scientific subjects
and so that is what we have done I'm
Happy to say have profited by 1t, and
7 hope that he has too
The New York herald., 1921-06-09

per on April 22. 1919, by Sydney ].
Hewitt, M. p. Hunter and T. A. Taylor.
who said they had Witnessed the OPEN
ing. on a date not specified. Of a sealed
package containing. among other things,
original will and original documents"
Mr.. Byrne also enclosed with his letter
an affidavit from Anna Rose Hard.
New York notary public. dated June 6.
1921 in which she said she had seen
'the original Will with testator's sigma
ture. including witnesses signatures.
properly attested by Hon. p. b. John
son. County Judge, Jasper. Fla. exem-
plified by Clay Crawford, Secretary Of
State" Among the other originals in
spected by the notary, according TO her
affidavit. were certificates from official
records showing location and valuation
Of the various holdings Of W. @. Byrne.
valued at approximately s2s.ooo.oo
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
GOULD STOCKS SHRINK;
ASSESSMENTS ARE CUT
Board Makes Reduction From
$1,000, 900 to 100000.

The Board OF Assessors at Tsrrytown
granted yesterday the application Of
Edwin Gould and his sister. Helen
Gould Shepard. for reduction in their
personal assessment from sl,o00,oo0 to
500. 600 Mr.. Gould and his sister In
formed the board that the value of the
railroad stocks left BY thsir father, ia :
Gould. had deprecated greatly, and that
they were entitled TO the reduction.
With their application they gave the
list OF railroad securities and thsir de-
Jrccs ton Mr.. Could also contenGed
that he Is no longer resident of Tar
rytown.
The John ID. Archbold property. ag-
sessed at sl2.cco. will remain on the
roll. II was recently purchased by o
Catholic charitibla orgenizs ion. but no
protest was made on grievance day.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
WOULD PROHIBIT FLATS
ON FIFTH AVENUE
Association Wants Restriction
-OlDners Oppose II.

The Fifth Avenue Association, repre-
sented by William j. Pedrick, general
manager, and John J. Curtin. attorney.
appealed yesterday to Henry n. Curran,
President Of the Borough Of Manhattan,
to sponsor an amendment 10 the build
ing zone law, so that the erection OF
large apartment houses on Fifth ave-
nue.. between Fifty-ninth and Ninety
sixth streets. would be prohibited. The
restriction would extend along the side
streets TO lire 100 feet west of Madi-
son avenue. The height OF buildings
" ould be limited to seventy-five feet.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
BROKER HELD IN LOAN DEAL,
Urfdge w. Ford Accused of Lnr.
ceny I'm Withholding stock.

Uridge w. Ford. a broker, who lives
az 61o Riverside Drive, was held in
$4,000 bail In Tombs Court yesterday
for examination on juno 10 on the
charge of the larceny of stock certifi-
cate. valued at $4,000, from helen L.
Beckett of Hollis L I.
According to the complaint, the stock
was placed as collateral with Ford to
secure a loan. Later, the complai inant
says, she rendered to him the amount of
the loan. but that Ford refused to return
the stock to her.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
began In Childhood.

Roy q. Curtiss. this newly discovered
phenomenon, lives with his mother, Mrs
Ethel Curtiss. and three younger broth
ers In a red stone house at IL West
Seventy-sixth street They have a sum-
as soon as he could crawl, Roy mani
tested more than the usual curiosity of
child in every wild living thing. His
mother didn't push him; she merely
saw to 1t herself and made the servants
see to 1t that he followed his natural
bent.
At the ago OF ne was reading and
writing. Later Roy taught himself Latin
He had absolutely no instruction in this !:
he doesn't know simple Latin. He got
the knowledge OF the scientific vocabu-
larry that he needs by reading Linnaeus,
the great Swedish naturalist. In the orig
inal Latin. translating with the help OF
an English-Latin dictionary and check
ing UP by means OF Coues's Key OF
North American Birds
He will not break any records as the
youngest freshman when he gets to
Harvard, whittier he expects to 20. He
Is now only In the elementary depart
ment OF Horace Mann School. strug-
Cling, he told a reporter for THE NEW
YORK HERALD last night, with ''all those
ordinary things you have to learn" and
bounding, as soon as lessons are over.
up to Bronx or Van Cortlandt parks
TO pursue the real study OF life, his be-
loved Mother Nature. or hurrying down
10 the public library because his own
scientific library at home. rich as it Is.
does not, unfortunately. include the
"Systema Naturae" Of Carl Won Lime
in the Latin.
He has been at work for some time.
he said on volume which will be a
new system of nature--a book or
nomenclature. containing no descrip-
tions, but every name of plant and
animal. with the name Of the person who
first described it,
It's practically finished" he said II
added the nutmeg tree and the cushew
yesterday. It's going to be published
as soon as j can get a stenographer to
type II, and that will not be long"
He does his manful duty by his school
geography and arithmetic. but for a real
good time he plunges into KnowIton's
Birds Of the World" The Nature IL
brary." Linnaeus and Catesby. the
Geological Britannica" Ditmar's reptile
book or the findings OF the Smithsonian
Institution as TO crocodilians, lizards and
serpents. Withal he's a healthy boy
and. IL his mother doesn't mind it's being
said very handsome one.
He has two green tortoises which he
will present to the Bronx Zoo IL would
be fine to say that he found them along
some river of doubt In the BerIsshire.
but the TACT IN he bought them for a
quart apiece In Japanese curio store
Leave II to Mr.. Ditmars he'll know
how to feed EN- said the boy.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09

'Baby Camel" Dunn-Pen
A small vest pocket self-fIling
model-yeti it writes Is, 900 words
from one filling. Made in two
sizes-the length 6eirg the same,
but No. Q being slightly smaller
in diameter than No. a. Length,
with cap on, AZ inches.
The New York herald., 1921-06-09
ESTATE i,2so.seo

John Frederick schmadekc, coal mer-
chant. who died on June 81. 1919. left
m estate valued at st.2s0.5Gs net. ac-
cordng 10 the appraisal filed in the
surrogate's Court, Brooklyn. yesterday.
The bulk OF the estate passes TO Mr..
Schmadekes four children.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-02-11
RELIEF is PROMISED INJURED
Announced That Committee Will Rec
ommend Hospital Allowance.

Washington.-Ear relief for dis
abled soldiers and sailors who have
been suffering for lack of adequate
hospital facilities was promised in the
sanate on Thursday, when it was an
nounced that the senate appropria-
lions committee would recommend an
appropriation of s12. 100000 for the
construction of five new hospitals and
an additional S5,000,000 for the inn
provement and enlargement of hospi-
tails already established.
Senator Smoot made this request
after Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
Democrat, had introduced an amend
ment carrying S30000.000 for hospital
purposes. Senator Smoot declared
that the public health service would
not be able to use S30,O0OOO0 this year,
and said there was no good reason for
appropriation of more money than
could be appropriately spent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-02-11
REFUSE TO CANCEL
|NTERALL|ED DEBT
PROPOSAL BY BRIToNs DOES NOT
MEET WITH FAVOR
IN AMERICA.
England Proposed Cancellation of All
InteraIlied Debts ain the Interest
of Good Relations Amongst
Peoples"

Birmingham, England.-The British
government formally proposed a can
collation. of all interallied debts, but
the proposals were unacceptable to the
American government, said j.. Austen
Chamberlain, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, in speech to his constituents
here on February 4.
ITO make them again." Mr.. Cham
berlain continued, "would be, think,
beneath our dignity, and would render
us liable to a misconeeption of our
motive"
I'm making them" he added, 1--WE
sought no national advantage for our
selves. We proposed a solution in
which we should have foregone claims
larger than any RENTED to us, and we
proposed ii because we believed ii
would be in the interests of good rela-
lions amongst peoples, the rehabilita-
ton of national credit and the restora-
tion of international trade.
"Our great international debt is due
TO the obligations we undertook on be-
half of our allies. If we had had only
to consider we should have
been practically free of external debt
at the present time"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-02-11
JAPANESE DESIRE PEACE.
Such is Assurance of American Tray-
eler Upon Return.

San Francisco.-Japan desires more
than anything else to maintain friendly
relations with the United States, j.
Russell Kennedy, head of the Kokusai
news agency of Japan, declared in an
address before Kiwanis club here Fri
day.
Mr. Kennedy, who has just COM
pleted a tour of the United States
after about fifteen years in the far
east, said that everywhere he went he
had been asked whether there was to
be war between the two countries.
IF it were not for the serious side
of that question, involving, as ii does,
the suggestion of created impression
of a possibility, indeed of a probabili-
ty, the question in itself would be
childishly absurd he declared. 81
can give you the most solemn assur-
ance that If there is one thing in the
world that Japan wishes to avoid more
than another, ii Is the rupture of
friendly relations between this country
and herself"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-02-11
COURT DECIDES IN
FAVOR OF BERGER
SOCIALIST EDITOR AND ASSOCI-
ATES IN ESPIONAGE CHARGES
TO BE GIVEN NEW TRIALS.
Bench Divided in Decision on Radical
Cases, Majority Deciding Judge
Lands Was Ineligible to
Conduct Trial.

ashington.-VictOr l.. Berger, So
cialist editor of Milwaukee, and four
co-defendants who were sentenced to
terms ranging from ten 10 twenty
years for violation of the espionage
act will be given new trials under a
decision on January 81 by the supreme
court
Dividing, six to three, the court held
that Judge Lands of Chicago was in
eligible to conduct the trial and should
have retired on the filing of an affi-
davit by the defendants charging him
with personal bias and prejudice"
because of the nativity of certain of
them
Berger and his co-defendants are
Adolph Germer, national secretary of
the Socialist party, a native of Prus-
STA; William Kruss, editor of the
Young Socialist magazine, whose par
ents were Germans; ]. Louis Engdahl
and Irwin ST. John Tucker, writer's
and lecturers, natives of the United
States, and claiming TO be not of inn
mediate German descent.
The sole question before the SUI
preme court was whether Judge Lam
dis had erred in continuing to sit in
the case after defense counsel had filed
a properly drawn affidavit of preju-
dice. Six members of the court, includ-
ing Chief Justice White, held that he
did. Three other members, Justices
Day, Pitney and McReynolds, held he
did not
A movement to bar Berger from the
seat in congress, 10 which he had just
been elected from a Milwaukee dis
Irict, was at once started. Represen-
.ative Mann, former Republican leader,
being one of the few influential mem
)ers of the house who came out in be-
lalf of the Socialist editor. A new
election having been ordered, Berger
vas again returned and again the
house voted to bar him, 32S to 6,
within an hour after he had presented
himself to be sworn in.