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New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Mob Sets Upon Prisoner
Caught in Hold-Up Chase
Policeman .ShoUos Beaten Sus.
pecs Into Vacant Store and
Keeps on Crowd With Gun

Three men held up William Weiss-
man, Of 94I Rogers Place, the Beonx.
at 163d Street and Intervalc Avenue,
the Bronx, last night. One struck h m
down with blow on tho head. Another
seized brief case he was carrying and
all three took to their heels.
The hold-up took place near the IN
tervaie Avenue station Of tho subway,
and many who had got Off train there
with Weissman saw the attacl, on him.
They gava chaae, and within n few
blocks three hundred men and women
were at their heels.
Near Rogers Place the fugitives sep
arated. The crowd kept on after o
map who said later he was Tony
Argito, Of 213 Seventh Avenue. At
Stebbins Avenue Argito stumbled and
the foremost Of the pursuers set Upon
nifn. When Pstrolman Porter, o. tnc
Simrson Street police station, reached
him ho had been beaten almost into in
sensibility and was begging for mercy.
Porter dragged him into vacant
stero, keeping his assailants back with
his revolver. The mob grew to almoet
1000 persons and threatened TO break
into tho store, but reports Of the pu-
mutt reached the station and the re-
serves rescued Porter and his prisoner
After being attended by an ambulance
surgeon for multiple contusions and
lacerations Argito was locked up.
Nelseman also required medical at
tention. His brief case. which con-
tained S700, was recovered. 1t had
been thrown oWav
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23

pnnions were. Ho. himself, according
TO the police, has u record. Ills nun
ber In the Rogucs' Gallery is 36,323,
His alias 10 Burke. On July so. 1914,
ho was sentenced to six months OH
Blackwell's Island for shoplifting. On
May 27, 1913, he was sent to tho re
formhtory for unlawful entry. On
September 80, 1916, ha went 90 Sing
Sing prison to serve sentence Of
from five to ten years for robbery. On
July 2. 1921, he was arrested for grand
larceny, and the case is pending. 4
Tho finger prints of the dead man
match with those Of James Brenn, No.
4p,l63 in tho Rogues' Gallery. Accord
ing TO the record he WAS arrested i'll
Buffalo in 1917 and sont to tho House
Of Refuge for disorderly conduct. In
1919 he went to Sing Sing on term
Of from two to four years for robbery
Back In their own district tho fou,
remaining members Of the original
six holdup men last night lay low
and the police suppose they thought
over the events of tho afternoon
They had among them the $500, and q
mcst uncertain future.
The police found that the taxicah
used by the robbers had hsen stolen
from Third Avenue and Forty-second
Street q few minutes before the hold
up. 1t Is owned by the Fair Fare TAX
Company, Inc, Of 229 East Tifty-fourth
Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
3,O63 Doctors Disagree
On Whisky as a Medicine
Illinois and Indiana Question.
naire Shows I,55 2 Oppose
and l.Sll Favor Its Use

CHICAGO, Dec. 90 (By The Assoc!.
ated Press) s).-Three thousand and sixty
three physicians in Indiana and I'LL.
nois, replying to the alcoholic CUES
tionnaire sent TO $4,000 doctors by "The
Journal OF the American Medica, As-
sociation," divided almost equally on
the value of whisky as u therapeutic
agent, while a big majority declared
they did not consider that wine and
beer had any value in medicine.
The journal, in It's issue Of December
"a, will announce the tabulation in
these two states, the first in which the
canvass has been completed.
In Illinois and Indiana combined
1852 doctors declared they did not ere
gard whisky as necessary therapeutic
agent in the practice Of medicine"
while 1,511 replied they did regard It
OF value.
On the question Of the medicinal
value of beer, S56 doctors believed It
to be of value, while 2,1e3 opposed It,
Wine as medicine found 1,015 sup.
porters, while it's opponents totaled
o,o26.
Five hundred and ninety three doe
tors reported they knew Of Incidents
in their own practice "sn which un-
necessary suffering or death has re-
suited from the enforcement of the
prohibition laws" On The other hand
1925 reported they had encountered
no such Incidents.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Auto Man Sweal,s
p Permanent Cripple
Went Joy Riding
Tells of Taking Park Strolls
With Miss Frye After Mo-
tor Mishap on Which She
Bases Suit for $4,000
Special Dispatch to Tbs T~ou,ss

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Dec. 22.--At-
torneys for the defense in $4,000
damage suit brought by Miss Marie
Frye, OF Peekskill, against Walter B.
Gage, headmaster of Hackley School
for Boys at Tarrytown, in which the
plaintiff alleges she was permanently
crippled by being knocked down by
Cages automobile in November, 1920,
will ask for dismisssl of the suit fol-
lowing testimony 10 be introduced to-
morrow.
When the case wa3 reopened before
Justice J. Addison Young in Supreme
Court, Edward Staninger, manager Of
an auto service station at Crown and
Bedford avenues, Brooklyn, swore that
during the period following Miss Frye's
supposed serious injury he had taken
her automobile "joy riding and had
seen her walking, as we'll as entering
and leaving automobiles without assist
ance. He had observed no signs Of her
being lame, he said.
Miss Frye's injury is said to have
been inflicted in 1920. Staninger swore
that last August he saw her walking
in Prospect Park. The witness said
Is revealed by the defense as q pri-
vate detective employed to watch Miss
Frye. Staninger said he asked the two
girls If they wanted TO have their pic
ture taken, whercupon they both walked
to the base of g monument III the park
and complied.
Staninger said he gave Miss Frye his
telephone number and that she subse-
quently rang him up many times. At
another time, he said, he met her In
Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway.
In Prospect Park, Staninger said, he
and Miss Frye walked to Lookout Noun
tain. She required no assistance IN
walking and gave no indication Of lamo-
ness.
Miss Zelt and another woman de-
tective- will be called to the witness
stand tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Marsden Made Port Warden
Miller Gives Him Office He
Held Under Hughes

ALBANY, Dec. 22.--Govcrnor Miller
to-day announced the appointment of
Christopher MarBden as n member Of
tho port wardena Of tho Port Of New
York. lie succeeds Alexander J. Joa,
OF Brooklyn, resigned.
Mr.. Mareden lives ut 1873 Twenty
fifth Street, Elmhurst, Queens, and was
. port warden during the Hughes ad-
ministration. lie was born In England
in 1855 and went to scr us apprentice
in sailing vessel when fourteen years
old and attained the rank Of command
er In 1902, after becoming q citizen
OF this country, he was selected by the
Board Of Education as executive officer
Of the schoolship st. Mary.
When Chs war broke out he took
merchant ships to France and back for
Tho Strachan Shipping Company, Of
Savannah, Ga. and when the United
States declared war, became enrolling
officer for the Sd Naval District, with
headquarters in this city.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Girl Relents, but Court
Holds Visitor for Trial

Richard Banks, twenty.four years old,
Z cotton broker. OF 65 West Forty y-tifth
Street, was held in $1,000 bail when
arrAigned yesterday be ore Magistrate
Bernard J. Douras In West Side court
on g charge Of grand larceny. TIE
complainant. Miss Chloe Nichols OF 81
West ssyenty-lifth Street, relented
while she vas testifying and announced
that she had no desire to press the
Charge, but. the court refused to allow
the; accusation to be withdrawn.
The complaint declared that about
December Z Banks called at the apart
nent OF Miss Nichols, and that later
she noticed the ring had disappeared.
On December IA, it was said, Banks
told her he had taken the ring. had
pawned 1t to pay a debt. and would
xeturn 1t.
He never did, the complaint added.
Miss Nichols reported the case. TO the
police. In testifying she said she
Thought Il she withdrew thu charge
that she would stand better chance
OF getting the ring back. Banks testi-
fed thet ne had been In tho apartment.
but said the ring story was false.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Glass Trust Case Opens
With Only One Pleading
johnston Brokerage Co. De-
mics Guilt in Trial Expected
to Test Vital Laws

The Johnston Brokerage Company,
alone of the 105 indicted as glass
manufacturers trust, answered when
The case was called for pleading in the
Federal district court here yesterday.
4 plea of not guilty was entered for
this concern, with the right to change
the plea and enter motion for a
demurrer on January 8. An adjourn
sneytt until that date was granted on
che pleas Of 101 defendants. Three
pleaded not guilty Monday.
The glass combine Indictment was
expected when filed to start a test
action on some of the most important
points involved in Sherman law pros
ecutions. II a motion for a demurrer
ae made and granted it is expected that
-FOUR points Of law will have to be
settled before the case can come to
trial. There is doubt az to the juris-
dict!on Of the courts in this district; as
20 the immunity under the Clayton law
ana the civil sundrios acts OF the
labor leader indicted; as to the ille-
gality OF the form of combination al.
legged To have been employed by the de-
9Ardants, and the inclusion of con.
spiracy in restraint Of manufacture
under the Sherman law.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Murders Laid.
ToClarllpiilgOn
OF Ard1l1Ore Lid
Unexpected Decision to En-
force Laws Blamed for
Oil Fields Battle With
Anti Bootleg Crusaders
Kl-Klux Khan Is Involved
Eight Alleged Members Of
Tarring Band Arraigi,ed
as Slayers of 3 Citizens
Special DsssoteA to TAs q~ssa~s

Special Dispatch to The TtsSa~s
.ANDMoRE, Okla, Dec. GA rover
s.on Of public sentiment from the I'M
written agreement Of few years ago
that liquor and gambling were neces-
sary sdiuncts Of good business in the
Oklahoma oil fields, seems to be large
" responsible for the killing Of three
mon In Wilson, village near here, on
December is. A survey Of the situa-
tion shows that the people Of Ardmore
and vicinity have awakened to the law
lessness existing here and are making
efforts to overcome 1t.
1t develops that $50 men who, with
masked faces, went to Wilson on the
night of the murders, were bent on
tarring and feathering Walter Carroll,
one of the dead, because he was sup
posed to be the head of bootlegging
ring. The would-be enforcement party
had warned Carroll, so when they ar
rived he met them with gun, and two
OF the leaders of the masked gang were
killed before Carroll fell.
"Buck" Garrett, the Sheriff, who says
he is not for running his Office the
way the electorate wants it run, has
given evidence of the change In public
sentiment by putting men in Jail in
connection with the murders and he
has seventy-tive more warrants in
preparation. Meanwhile Mayor Hefner
boasts that Carter County is now clear
Of bootleggers and gambling and that
The good citizens are going to keep it
that way.
II don't uphold mob law" says
Mayor Hefner, "and know that men
guilty OF murder ought to be punished,
but can't deny that conditions some-
times reach the point where it is nee
essary that the people--who, sitter all,
are the law-must take things in their
own hands
Denials that the ku-Klux Klan was
responsible for the organization of the
mob that marche dto Wilson. continue
TO be circulated. Attorney General s.
less situation. Nine prisoners pleaded
not guilty to murder charges at pre-
lirainary hearing to-day. Pleas for five
Others have not yet been entered.
kRDMORE, Okla, Dec. % (By The
Aetsociated Pressl Ray i. Beede, auto
mobile dealer, was accused of shooting
Joe Carroll TO death on the night OF
December Is at Wilson by Walter Car
xvlI, brother OF the siam man, IN tes-
tinsvny to-day at the preliminary trial
Of eight defendants charged jointly
with the death Of Carroll and two other
men.
TULSA, Okla, Dec. GA comfnuni-
cation instructing Sheriff William Nc
Culloxh, OF Tulsa County, to take
steps at once to rid the county of road
houses, bootleggers and obnoxious re-
sorts was received to-day by asTulsa
newspaper, purporting to have beer
sent by the Tulsa branch of tho Ku.
Klnx klan for publication The mea
aage declared the Klan was 5000 strong
sn the county.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Union Agent Gets 3 Months
Convicted of Beating Non.Or-
sanitation Street Cleaner

when lie was found guilty Of assault
in the third degree In tho Court of
Special Sessions, Brooklyn, yesterday.
Philip McManus, business agent for tho
Street Cleaners Protective Union, was
sentenced Immediately TO three months
IN tho worlshousc.
McManus WAS charged with kicking,
punching and knocking down Michael
Kelleher, driver II the street Clean
ing Department. who would not join
the union. McManus said he was not
even present at the assault.
The case was responsible for the
trouble between John Y. Loo. Street
Cleaning Commissioner, and Michael
Laura, Deputy Commissioners. Laura
ct tho time was candidate for Sheriff
Of Kings County. Tic vas suspended
ty Commissioner Leo. who charged
that he interceded in the magistrates
court FOR McManus. Hc was sub
epounntlv reinetateu
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
What the
Encyclopaedia
Britannica
Says about
Christmas

Christmas, the Mass OF
Christ, In tho Christian
Church, is the festival Of the
nativity Of Jesus Christ. The
earliest gospel tradition be-
gins with his baptism, and on
this account probably Epiph-
any was celebrated much ear
lier in church history than
Christmn.-
The actual date OF Christ's
birth Is unknown. Chronolo-
Yists Of the 2nd century
placed it variously AS the
goth OF May, the goth Of
April, the 17th Of November,
the 9Th OF January and the
25th OF December. It was
not until the 9Th century chat
the present date was ccner-
ally accepted.
The earliest Identification
Of this date Is mentioned by
Theophilus Of Antioch, I'LL
1879 A. D., and the next men
tion Of the 25ta 81 December
is in Hippolytus' commentary
on Daniel in 202 A. D. The
first authoritative record Of
this date is in u Latin chro-
nographer Of S64 A.. y. But
no festal celebrations are as
sociated with these writings.
AS late as 353 A.. D. in
Rome the birth feast was ap-
pended to the baptismal feast
ON the 9Th OF January, ard In
Jerusalem 1t was not until
$40 A. d. that the feast Of
the 25th Of December was IN
troduced.
In Britain the 25tl1 of De-
cHmber Yves a festival long
before the advent Of Chris
tianity, and It was celebrated
there as the beginning Of the
new year. AS late as 1914
the English puritans forbade
any n,erriment or religious
services on this day on the
ground that it was q lleathen
festival. and so ordered it to
be kept as q fast.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Silesian Issue To Be Before
League Council on Jan. 10

GENEVA, Dec. 22.~-Tho sixteenth
session Of tho Council Of the League
Of Nations will meet in Geneva Jan
nary 10 under the presidency Of Paul
hymane, Of Belgium. The order OF The
day calls for che nomination of an Al
lied high commissioner for Danzig and
also four members of the Sarro Valley
government commission.
Tho council also Will consider The
orotest Of the lithuanian government
concerning the elections organized in
tho wilma territory by Poland, the sit
uation in uppor silesia and mandate
questions.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Guard Kills
Lookout as
Bandits Flee
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had ono foot OH the running board.
David drew his revolver.
Bullet '(acts" lookout
whanel
Tho lookout let go his hold on the
side Of Tho cab--slowly, almost re-
luctontly, 1t scomed--- and fell back
on the sidewalk, drawing revolver
rs he did 80.
Hall block east, on Amsterdam Ave
nue. Patnolman. Harry Pray, Of the
West Sixty-eighth Street police sta
ticn, had just reached the corner OF
Sixty-third Street when he heard the
shot. He started on run for the
scene OF the shooting, drawing his re-
volver az he sprlnted along.
Pray could sec the taxicab, and there
was man sitting on tho sidewalk
pumping bullets into the doorway Of
No. 24S, where David stood with his
gun in hand.
In a jitfy Pray was in tho fight. Tho
wounded man on the walk twisted and
fired two bullets at the pairolman as
ho rushed at him. They went wild.
Pray kicked tho revolver out Of the
look-out's hand.
Then the men in tho taxicab let
loose, and at the same time The driver
gave his machine "gas." 3ulleta
splattered against tho steps Of the
house. There was tinkle Of break
ing glass SIS Pray drove five shots
through The rear window OF lie depart
ing cab.
Across Sixty-third Street, west Co
West End Avenue, the cab picked up
speed. AZ the corner Ii turned down
town. And right there, on his way to
hat al hN uhO
about, was Patrolman Patrick Mona
han, also OF the West Sixty-eighth
Street police station.
Patrolman Shoots Driver
without preliminarics, the driver Of
the nachine--Monahan Is sure 1t was
the drivar~-tired three shots at him
and missed. That was enough Cor
Monahsn and he entered the game by
shooting the driver through tho jaw.
For moment the cab seemcd about
on four wheels. The driver, with blood
streaming over his chin, Strengthened
out his machine and continued south or
West End Avenue.
Monahan devoted his attention to
Communicating an autona obile.
Down West End Avenue to the point
where IL meets Eleventh Avenue and
then down to Flfty-sixth Street the
taxi with its Eve fugitives pursued its
non" too steady course.
AT F:fty-sixth Street it turned sud-
denly aid crashed into the rear Of a
truck Tile FIVE men got out and, aban-
doning their vehicle, began to walk
rapidly east toward Tenth Avenue.
In the middle OF the block was Pa
trolman Ado'ph Gunther. Of the West
Fort seventh Street police station. He
watched the five men stride past him,
one Of them with his bleeding face,
and stopped. They turned and saw him
Watching them, and all in & breath be-
gan Go run. Gunther chased them and
captured the wounded man. who said
he was Little.
The others escaped. while a crowd
was collecting around Gunther and his
prisoner, Monahan drove up in an ou-
tomobile and. accompanied by Gunther,
Little was taken to Roosevelt Hospital
When they got there Pray was Stand
ing IN the lobby of the accident rece e,
tion room. His man on Che sidewalk
was dead. David's shot had landed
above the heart.
Little refused to say who his CONF
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Would Dcposc Sultan OH
A Charge of Hich Treason,

C0NSTANTINOPLE, Dec. % CIV The
Assec!ated Press) "A motion propos-
ing. deposition Of the Sultan on charge
Of high treason he's been introduced In
the National Assembly at Anqora BY
Deputy Kastamoufi Bessim Bey.. Il
was opposed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
head Of the Nationalist government,
wh9 said that all questions at issue
with the government. In Constantinople
would be settled at the conclusion OF
tao present hostilities.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Little Known of
Santa Claus
Says the
Encyclopaedia
Britannica

"Santa Claus" is an Amer.
lean corruption Of the Dutch
"San Nicholaas."
All accounts Of Saint Mich
olas are Of purely legendary
character and without his
toric confirmation. Tho
churches dedicated to him
date from che beginning Of
the l1th century---thcte are
nearly 800 Of them In Eng
land. He il the patron saint
Of Russia; the special pro
tector Of children, scholars,
merchants and sailorss and is
invoked by travellers against
robbers.
A legend OF his surrcpti-
tious bestowal Of dowries
upon three daughters Of an
impoverished citizen, who
was unable to procure fit
marriages for them, Is said
to have originated the old
custom Of giving presents in
secret on The Eve Of Saint
Nicholas, subsequently trans-
feYred to Christmas Day.
This eustom was brought to
America by the early Dutch
colonists.
Outsids Teutonic countries
Christmas presents are un-
known. Their piece IL taken
i'll Latin countries by the
osfennss. French sbenae, given
on tho LIST Of January; this
was in antiquity q great hoil-
day, wherefore until late in
the 4th. century the Chris
tians kept it as d day Of fast
ing and gloom.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-23
Court Orders City 70 Certify
Queens Clerks Salary Raises

Supreme Court Justice Dixie In
Brooklyn yesterday signed an order
OF rlandanaus directing Mayor Hylan
and the Board Of Estimate TO certify
ineseases in the salaries Of the clerks
of Surrogate Daniel Noble in Queens.
The inereases were approved by the
Board Of Estimate. but no money was
appropriated to cover the increase, II
81 said. S .s.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-30
RUSSIAN S0VIETS
AGREE TO TERMS
Continued from First Page.)

chinery for sending food overseas as
has been operated in the past.
Famine relief in Russia Mr.. Hoover
said, would be handled directly by
the American relief association
though the cooperation of the Red
ross and other organizations would
be sought
The principal difficulty the relief
ADMINISTRATION would encounter, Mr..
Hoover thought would be the break
down in the Russian transportation
system.
Actual food distribution in Russia,
it is believed would follow the gen.
eral line adopted by the relief ad-
ministration in other countries with
administration workers in charge of
stations where children would be fed
daily. .-
Would Be Reply to Hughes.
AT the state department some OFF,
Gals believed it probable that the
soviet authorities might regard the
answer to Secretary Hoover as suf-
1cient answer to Secretary Hughes.
The state department was said to
be ready to facilitate any such meas
ures although there are now no in
dications that the department will
nave any direct part In the nesotla-
tons, for which the Russians have
asked.
There was manifest feeling at the
department that the soviet govern
ment might attempt to utilize the in
cident to obtain the release of radi-
Gals held prisoner in the United
States.
It was not expected that release of
American prisoners would lead to any
early negotiations for recognition of
the soviet government by the United
States d"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-30
BOYS AT Play PUT
BIG BAR ON TRACF
West Bound Train Is Brought {
Stop to Avert Accident

Five small boys who have beef
making a practice of placing nuts
washers and other pieces of metal
on the car tracks near the Clay
ton station were rounded UP last
week by the railroad detectives -ctl
ing with Sergeant A. J. richardson
and were before Judge G. w. kleti
this morning in juvenile court
The police were notified that the
west bound train found it necessary
to stop on one occasion to remove a
huge piece of iron from the tracks
which had it not been sighted might
have resulted in the wrecking ofsthe
train. The boys denied having
placed the large bar on the tracks
although they admitted that they
have been placing smaller pieces OF
metal and throwing stones at the
rain.
All five were lectured severely by
Judge klett and allowed to go. The
mother of one of the boys explained
that he is one Of ten children and
she finds it impossible to keep an
eye on him at all times. Another OF
the boys, a nine year old lad, dis
puted with his father, who was pres
ent, as to whether there are nine or
IL children in the family. The boy
contended that there were IL but the
father told the court that the family
consisted of nine children.