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New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Redleaf Inverness
Capes for Spring

At this time, when
spring seems just around
the corner. an Inverness
cape is a particularly smart
wrap to have. It is warm
enough for present wear,
but has the suggestion of
hghtness and newness that
makes a springtime wrap
successful.
REDLEAF, London. Inver-
ness capes, have a multitude of
purposes.
On motor trips they are in
dlspensable. For st e a m g T
wear nothing could be smarter,
really. For general street wear
and travel they are as purpose
full as any masculine "top-
coat" and have at the same
time decided distinction and
personality.
In gray and beige homespun,
$65. In black and white and
green checks and in black and
white plaids or in brown or
gray invisible plaided tweeds.
$56.50, sos.
Second floor, Old Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
State Corporation
Counsels to Act
On Traction Bill
Decision on Contract-Abro-
eating Feature of Gov
errors Measure Eagerly
Awaited by Both Sides
From a staff Correspondent

Albany, Feb. 2o.-The meeting here
next Thursday of the corporation coun-
sells of the cities of the state is pcing
awaited with considerable anxiety by
the friends and foes of Governor
Miller's traction program.
These representatives Of the cities,
which will meet as a subcommittee of
the state conference of mayors, will
devote especial attention to that feature
proposed statewide Public Service
Commission complete power to nullify
all existing contracts between public
utility corporations and the cities.
as is provided for in that section of
the act creating a transit commission
for New York City and giving it power
to wipe out the tive-cent fare agreement
which was made by the traction com
panies of New York City with the
Board of Estimate of the greater city.
There are many upstate members of
the Legislature who while having COM
plete faith in Governor Miller's sin
cerity of purpose and who will follow
nm II commanded, are hesitant about
approving this phase of the Governors
proposal. This contract-abrogutine
feature of the bill is not dissimilar
from the Carson Martin higher fare
Dill, which was condemned by the state
conference of mayors two years ago.
The state conference of mayors viii
be represented at the hearing of the
Governors bill on March 2. Until then
the Legislature will mark time on the
proposition, excepting such occasional
attacks as will be made by the Demo-
Gratis on the measure for purely polit-
lcal purposes. Before the measure
comes up for debate it is hoped by
the friends of the Governor that some
OF the New York City Republicans who
are opposed to the bill will be at least
restrained from taking an active part
IN the fight on the measure from the
floors of the two houses.
The bill, however, unless there is
an unexpected change in sentiment,
will pass, even without a single New
York vote being cast for it, as the M
state Republicans, with but few excep-
tions, are solidly behind the Governor
IN his entire legislative program.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Bedtime Stories
Peter Rabbit Makes Startling Discovery
BY Thornton w. Burgess
The longer that I hve and gro1O
The less n,y pride an avkat I know.

Peter Rabbit dived under that old
windfall in the Green Forest just in
the very nick of time. If he had
waited two seconds longer Terror the
Goshawk would have had him. You
or | in Peters place would have con-
sidered it narrow escape, very mar
row escape, and probably we would
have thought and talked of little else
for the rest of that day Peter hardly
gave the matter q second thought once
he was safe. He is so used to escapes
like that he doesn't consider them
worth thinking about.
the Goshawk He saw Terror alight
and settle himself as if he intended to
stay while. Peter chuckled eff you
are going to wait for me to come out
you'll wait long time. Yes, sir, you'll
wait long time" said Peter, but he
said it to himself. Then he chuckled
again as he continued to talk to him
self.
We'll" said he, "here am. | don't
know as | would have dared come in
here if Terror hadn't driven me in.
He settled the matter for me. Now
the question is Is Buster Bear asleep
somewhere in here? Now that I'm here
am going to find out / know he had
mss ueH mere laSt winter, DHJ OF course
that doesn't mean that he has it here
this winter. Anyway, l know just where
to look"
So Peter began to creep toward the
very middle of that big windfall Being
small it was easy for him to crawl un-
DER and between the tangled branches
of those fallen trees. Presently he
came to sort of path or passage, a
big one. At least it was big to Peter.
1t led straight to the middle of that
windfal. Peter paused on the edge of
It. For some time he sat there trying
TO gain courage enough to follow that
path. He knew that at one end of it
he would find out what he wanted to
know. He would find out whether or
not certain big bed was empty.
After long time, during which he
sat listening with all his might and
hearing nothing, he crept out into that
path. Just being in path that great
big Buster Bear had made gave him
a queer feeling. Of course, he was safe
enough. He knew that Even were
Buster Bear awake there was really
nothing to fear, for he could run along
that path much faster than Buster
possibly could. Yet the very fact that
that was Busters path scared him.
But curiosity gradually overcame
his fear. 1t almost always does. Step
by step he crept along that path. All
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Expect Another
Police Official
To Be Indicted
Grand Jury Held Likely 10
Make Return Thursday:
Whitman May Prove Col
lusion With Auto Thieves
New Leads Are Uncovered
Important Announcement
i'm Inquiry Into City Com
tracts To Be Made Soon

New developments in the Whitman
investigation of the Hylan administra-
tion are looked for this week, and they
are expected to include the indictment
of one high police officer and the un-
covering of several new and important
leads IL the automobile squad probe,
which Frederick j. Groehl form erly
city magistrate, has been conducting.
Arthur N. King, one of Mr.. Whit
mans assistants, refused 10 say yes
terday what turn the inquiry he is di-
recting into certain city contracts
might take. but from another source
The Tribune learned last night that
several new phases of this situation
had developed since former Governor
Whitman's three-hour conference with
Borough President Connolly, of Queens,
on Friday.
al have no means of knowing whether
or not there will be anything new to-
morrow in connection with the various
city contracts we have been scrutiniz-
ing" said Mr.. King at his home yes
terday "but we are going right ahead
and we may have an interesting an
nouncem2nt to make at any moment
Expect to Show Collusion
Whether or not the new leads which
are known to have reached Mr.. King in
The last forty-eight hours throw any
light on the sewer contracts, which
have been under investigation, could
not be learned last night.
New developments, which are ex-
pected to prove collusion between mem
bers of the automobile squad Of the
Police Department and powerful band
of motor thieves, are looked for to-day
following the arraignment in the
1ch torrfn uotc, ,,,.A 81 l,N ,,
0'Bren, alleged auto thief.
O'Brien was arrested in the Bronx
last week by Mr.. Groehl and Detective
William f. Reith. attached to Mr..
Whitman's staff. He is charged with
having received q stolen automobile.
Mr.. Groehl believes that O'Brien
forms an important link in chain OF
automobiie thieves, who have been
operating for the last year in New
York. nearby towns in Jersey and along
thu Connecticut border. If the pris-
orcr can be forced to tell what he
k?ows, Mr.. Groehl believes, he will in
operating with crooks in the return of
stolen cars for the rewards offered by
Nwners or Insurance companies.
Croehl to Press Charge
Mr.. Groehl will appear personally in
"tc washington heIRlLS court at
o'clock this afternoon to press the
charge OF grand larceny against
O'Brien
Mir. Whitman's assistants are under
he impression that outside influence
mas been brought to bear on O'Bren
With view TO keeping his lips sealed.
While re was said to have little or no
money when arrested he has since been
able to hire Alexander Karlin, an at
torney of $40 Broadway, 20 detend him
IN the preliminary action to be bros :ht
~o-day in the Heights court
The continued January cxtraordnarv
Hand jury, before which the Whitman
nyestigation has been in progress
wiil meet again on Thursday, and it is
said that at least one indictment will
be returned on that day.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
State Indemnify
For Auto Victims
Sought i'm Bill
Same Method Provided as i'm
Industrial Compensation;
Motor Owners to Obtain
Insurance Before License

A bill aimed to guarantee compensa-
ton for persons njured in automobile
accidents. and also to reduce the num-
Der of such accidents by making care
fulness pay, will be introduced at AL
bany tonight by Senator Nathan
Straus jr. and Assenblyman Theodore
Stitt..
The bill would compensate the per-
son injured, or his family, in case of
death, after the fashion of industrial
compensation. 1t is expected to re-
duce the number of private actions for
negligence, by prohibiting a state COM
pensaton award to any person in
stituting a private action. Thus, any
such action would mean the rejection
Of a certain fixed compensation, in the
hope of getting larger sum-
The two legislators introducing the
hill have issued joint statement,
reading in part: eve have prepared
this bill in conjunction with the COM
mittec on automobile accident; of the
City Club Of New York. There were
$50 persons killed by automobiles in
New York City alone last year. In the
state 1418 deaths resulted from auto
nobile accidents.
Even with the greatest care there
are bound to be many casualties from
motor vehicle operation. We hold
be guaranteed some sure compensation.
| Because the workmen's COMPENSATION
bill has demonstrated it's success in
actual operation we have incorporated
much of it in our bill. applying its
benefits to accident victims instead of
injured employees"
The bill requires an autom obile
owner to take out compensation in
aurance in private company or the
state fund before he can secure a
license If he does not insure he is
guilty Of misdemeanor. and is him
self liable for compensation.
For disability this compensation is
fixed as two-thirds Of the injured per-
sons earnings, with minimum and
maximum earnings reckoned rcspec-
lively at So and $40 week, during the
disability. Besides this, medical y at
tcnton must be paid. In the case of
death payments not exceeding two
! thirds of earnings must be paid to a
widow and children up to eighteen
years, or to other dependents. If the
injured person was earning nothing
and had no dependents, lump sum of
$1,000 must be paid, presumably to the
| insurance fund.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
+ ashton notes IN
Separate Skirts

Sports skirts of fine brushed
camels hair in large checks of
putty color and orange, or
green and buff color, S25.
Vivid green velours golf
skirts, cut circularly; $19.75.
Skirts of Rodier wool fabrics
in black and white checks, en-
broidered with stripes Of lac
quer red, yellow and green in
squares; S35.
Wool skirts, wide stripes in
subdued colors and fine stripes
in vivid color-in new com
binations; SIS.
Colored stripes and black
and white checks, combined in
models that are made to con-
ceal the color under pleats
$18.75.
Pleated gray homespuns
stitched diagonally with black;
$25.
Second floor, Old Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Alleged Slayer Captured
After Two-Story Leap
.snlian Rosenwasser, Wanted
Here, Fails TO Escape Trap
in Boston Hotel

BOSTON, Feb. 20-Julian Rosen,
wasser, wanted on a charge of murde,
IN New York, leaped from second
story window when trapped in hoteI
mere to-day, but was captured after 8
short chase.
1t is alleged that Rosenwasser. with
two accomplices, lured Jacob Missouri
Pole, about to sail for Europe with
several thousand dollars, to death in
an apartment in New York. Rosenwas.
ser, who disappeared before the body
vas found, on January 20, was traced
to this city.
When detectives went to his room in
a North End hotel and demanded ad.
mittance they heard window omen
Breaking down the door, they discov.
ered that Rosenwasser had leaped to 8
shed and from there to yard, where
ne was floundering about in the snow
After a brief pursuit he surrendered.
At Police Headquarters the prisoner
denied any part in the murder. He will
be returned to New York tomorrow,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Special showing
Of Black Silks

The Silk Rotunda today
will have a great spread
out of the better grades of
black silks. We think that
the low prices will prove
especially gratifying. The
qualities, of course, are
standard.
40-in. black silks
Crepe de chine, $1.95, s2.85,
$3.50.
Canton crepe, $4.85, $3.50.
Satin-faced canton crepe,
$3.50, $3.50.
Crepe-back satin, IS, $3.50,
$3.50.
Charmeuse, 1926, $3.50,
$3.50.
Georgette crepe, $3.50 to
$3.50.
36-in. black silks
Satin, heavy quality, s1.95.
Duchesse satin, $3.50, 1885.
Taffeta, S1.65 to 1886.
Main floor, Old Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Albany Chauffeur Slain;
Empty Shell Is Clew
Police Baffled by Murder Which
They Believe Had Been
Carefully Planned
H1oa, a stag Correspondent

ALBANY, Feb. With the empty
she'll OF A5-caliber army revolver as
the only clew to work on, the Albany
police to-day are hunting the slayer OF
William Zander, taxi driver, whose
body was found this morning in q
street in an outlying section.
Thus far the police have been unable
to learn the identity Of the murderer
or the motive Of the crime. If the
slayer left any tracks they were obliter-
ated by heavy snowfall.
The police believe that the murderer
had planned to rob the taxi driver
When the body was found $63 and q
gold watch were found in the dead
mans clothes. The theory is that the
slayer after shooting Zander was scared
away.
An autopsy showed that the mans
skull had been fractured by blow
from some blunt instrument. presum-
ably blackjack, and that bullet had
entered under his right armpit, travelled
above the left elbow, going down
through the arm.
The police, in reconstructing the
manner in which the crime was com
mitted, believe the murderer was seat
ed in the tonneau of the machine and
first struck Zander with a black jack.
1t is believed the blow failed to render
Zander unconscious and that he drew
his car to stop, lifted up his right
arm to ward off another blow and
stretched his left arm out to open the
door preliminary to getting out of the
car. While Zander was doing this the
slayer is thought to have fired. zan-
der tumbled out Of the car.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21

the time his wabbly little nose was
working and presently it told him that
beyond a doubt there was some one
ahead OF him, He could smell Bear.
There was no doubt about it. He moved
more slowly than ever now. Two or
three times he imagined he heard
slight sounds ahead of him. Each time
he turned and ran back in a panic.
But each time nothing happened and
he crept back.
SO at last Peter reached the end of
the path. 1t ended in the very middle
OF that wlndfall. 1t ended in a good
sized, comfortable room with the fallen
trees for walls and roof. The snow
had packed all over those fallen trees
and 1t was snug and warm in there,
Holding his breath and ready tn run
at the first hint of danger. Peter
peeped IN. On bed of leaves was a
great tur-coated sleeperl A little faint
ray OF hight had found its way down
there and Peter could see that big
form on its bed of leaves.
He rubbed his eyes. Something was
wrong. Yes, sir, something was wrong.
his wabbly little nose told him that that
was Bear in there, but his ewes must
be playing him a trick. That fur coat
was brown. Anyway, that is how il
looked where that little ray of light
fell on it. 1t was brown, and Buster
Bear always had worn black coat,
Copyright 1921, by T. W Burgess)
The next story: Peter Consults
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Society Girl,
IIeroirl Addict,
Asks Police Aid
Debuiante of Two Years
Left Home i'm Fathers
AUTO Six Months Ago
to Hide From Parents
p ace d i'm Institution
Sold Clothes and Jewels
TO Buy Drug; Served in
Motor Corps During War

Special Deputy Police Commissioner
Carlton Simon said yesterday that he
had in his custody debutante of two
years ago who had become addicted to
heroin seven months ago, run away
from home, and now a frenzied slave
of the drug, was ashamed to return.
He said he would see that she got
proper treatment and was sent home
when she was we'll again He refused
to tell her name.
According to the story she told the
police of the East Fifty-frst Street
station when she staggered in there
Saturday night, demanding relief, she
was member of the Women's Motor
Corps during the war. Until seven
months ago, she said, she never had
taken habit-forming drug, so far as
she knew.
Given Drug for Headache
Then a friend gave her some heroin
for headache and she became habitu-
ated to its use. Her system demanded
more and more of the drug, she said,
and it became increasingly difficult to
keep her secret from her parents. At
length she resolved to leave them. She
packed some of her belongings in a
small trunk, took one of her fathers
note in which she said she was going
to South America.
That was about six months ago. She
soon discovered that her parents knew
she had not gone to South America and
had retained private detectives to
search for her. She managed to elude
them, however, and, while her money
lasted, indulged herself without stint in
heroin, which she bought from traffck-
ers in the drug.
More than month ago, however,
her money gave out and she soon
found that even the traffickers whom
manded cash on delivery. She might
have obtained credit, she knew if she
had confided her real name to one of
these vendors, but she knew also that
such action almost certainly would
lead to the levying of blackmail on
her parents.
Needed Sixty Grains a Day
She had not stopped to this, al
though desperate for the drug when
she gave herself up. She had 20 have
sixty grains of heroin a day now, she
asserted, and she was utterly incapable
of earning enough to buy that amount,
although she had managed to get q
job. She lad sold all her expensive
clothing and jewelry, she said, and
had been skimping herself on food for
weeks in order to get the drug
Recent raids by Deputy Commits
sioner Simon's men and Federal detec-
tives had made drugs hard to get, she
said, and almost had doubled their
price. Her impassioned pleading made
such an impression on the lieutenant
at the desk in the East Fifty-frst
Street police station that he telephoned
to Commissioner Simon, who came to
the station himself.
"This girl is not an ordinary dope
fend," he said last night, "and there
is something about her worth redeem
ing. I have placed her in an institu-
tion where she will never be found
until | am ready to release her
cured"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
The store mill be Closed
All Day Tomorrow, Wash
ington's Birthday.
Old Prints
from the
PaIaZZO
Carnninati
AU QUATRIEME

To find the marvellous de-
tail of costume and furni-
ture, the same bibelots, the
Identical patterns of bro
cades, and the gorgeousness
of rococo ornament that
characterized the Carmi-
natl collection, repeated
and multiplied by the innu-
merable prints and paint
ings from the same collec-
tion is of peculiar interest.
Even more than the pieces
of furniture themselves,
these old prints and gay
glass paintings transport
one to the 18th Century
Venice. Here are the gor-
geous interiors, with the
same cdnapes and COM
modes, the same exquisite
crystal chandeliers studded
with wax candles--all these
given life by lovely figures
wearing the enchanting
costumes of the period.
A set of six black and white
prints after Longhi, are Incl
dents from the daily life of a
Venetian noble; very gay and
beautifully drawn. In green
and red Venetian frames. Price
$500 the set of six.
A set of fine delicately tinted
prints, after Maggiotto; inter
esting scenes peopled with fig
ures and animals; $500.
A pair of amusing paintings
on glass: in pale blue and buff
and flesh color; $50.
A set of four black and white
prints, after Canaletto. Impor-
tant scenes in Venice busy with
costume and giving excellent
detail of buildings; $3.50 the
set.
Fourth floor. Old Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Police Raid ''Cider Stube''
u. 5. TO Rule Whether Beverage
Violates Volstead Act

cider stube"--a name attractively
Favored with reminiscence Of drinks
ether than apple juice--was raided at
POI East 163d Street by Inspector John
Sweeney and members of his staff Sat
urday night, and now the FeGeral au-
ihorities must determine whether the
proprietors and the thirsty ones who
tetook themselves stubeward were
violating the VoIstead act.
ON the affirmative side the police
have four jugs of alleged cider-the
'alleged" brand blowing cork out of
"a jug much more suddenly than the
common kind-and the admissions of
'hirty-eight stube customers that they
we're drunk, which admissions cost s5
caen. Bert Sayles, of $50 Cauldwell
Avenue; Charles Brando. of 425 East
IG+tn Street, and Mrs. Mary Brando,
ef $50 East 165th Street. said TO be
proprietors of the stube, were held
Yesterday by Magistrate Sims in Nor
r;gania court pending the Fe leral rul-
i,te-
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Sing Sing Adopts Rigorous
Rules for New Conv;c,e

OSSINING, N. Y, Feb. 2O.-New ar
rivals at Sing Sing are to be treated
hereafter, it was announced TO-DAY,
with all the rigor of the early days
of the prison. For eight or ten days
after their admission their conduct
viii be regulated by the strictest kind
of rules; they will be locked up during
recreation periods and never will be
out of sight of keeper.
warden Lewis E. Lawes believes that
good for discipline, but will help pro
tect the prison against diseases that
are prevalent outside
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
General Weather Conditions

WASHINGTON, Feb 2o--The storm
that was central over Alabama Saturday
night moved rapidly northeastward ana
its center was off the southern New Eng
land coast tonight. This storm was at
tended by rain in the Southeastern states
rain, sleet and snow along the middle At
lanuc coast and snow in western Tennes-
see, the ohio Valley and the north At
lantic states. The snowfall was heavy in
the Ohio Valley, Maryland, Pennsylvania
northern New Jersey, southern New York
and New England.
Northeast and north gales prevailed
along the Atlantic coast Sunday from
Cape Hatteras northwest. the highest We
locity> reported being sIxty-eight miles
from the northeast at Nantucket, Mass
Generally fair weather prevailed from
the region of the Great Lakes and the
mississippi Valley westward except in the
ncrth plateau region and the north Pacific
states, where rain fell Temperatures
were lower in the Eastern states, while
there was a reaction to higher tempera-
ture throughout the Northwest
There will be snow in Maine and upper
Michigan. and generally fair weather else
wnere east OF the Mississippi River Mon
day. while cloudiness Will increase Tues
Gay and snow or rain is probable in tho
region or the Great Lakes and rain in the
ONO Valley. Tennessee and the east Gulf
states Temperatures will change very
little in the Atlantic states Monday nv
tho weather viii become warmer in the
upper lake region. the Ohio Valley, Ten
nessee aud the east Gulf states Nlonda =.
slppi River Tuesday
storm warnings are displayed on the
Atlantic coast from Cape Hstteras to
PASSPORT. Me. and on the Pacific coast
from Point Reyes Light Cal. northward
District Forecasts-Eastern New York
New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania fair
to-day; TO o-morrow increasing cloudiness
with rising temperature
western pennsylvania. fair to-day; to-
morrow increas sing cloudness ana warmer
probab bly, rain by night
Western New York, fair to-day: to-ulor
probably snow by night
Southern Sew England Gearing to.du, g.
'',.,ol'2 ,o-norrow le!r. not much change in tenn