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New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
200 Families Building Homes
With Own Hands In Rent War
Every Member of Each Household in Bronx Colony
Turning Self to Task, With omen The Most
Eager to Escape Exactons of Landlords

Scores of families in the Bronx, tired
OF crowded apartments and high rents,
are solving the housing problem in
primitive fashion. They are putting up
homes by the toll Of their hands and
the sweat of their brows. Every one,
from grandfather to the toddler is lend
ing hand. Within the last two months
village, complete in itself, has sprung
into being in the Throg's Neck section,
where fremont Avenue sweeps toward
the Sound.
Families are living on the ground, al
though the work is Ear from finished
rlans for two hundred homes are being
carried out. The land was part of tho
Costar and Brown estates which were
cut up recently and sold in lots measur-
ing approximately 25x1O0 feet LIEN
ticaliy the same thing is being done on
the nigh ground at East Chester. near
the Gun Hill Road station of the New
ork, Westchester {, Boston Railroad.
1t is now no novelty to see an entire
family at work in the suburbs on the
business OF creating home. They ap
pear to be striving for artistic effect.
as well as for space and all modern con-
veniences.
The buildings are elaborate or SIM
pie, according to the taste and cir
cumstances of the owner. One-storied
frame structures flaunt green and white
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Greek Right
Wing Cut Off,
Turks Report
Moslem Strategy Is Said to
Have Placed Constantine
Army in Awkward Posi-
ton; Alta ck Continues
Men and Supplies Lost
Athens, However, Declares
Enemy Line Broken and
Counter Move Repulsed

PARIS, Aug. 2S (By The Associate d
Press).-The right wing Of the Greek
army which was attacking the Turks
along the Sakaria River in Asia
Minor has met with disaster and been
completely severed from the main
body of the Greek troops, according to
a dispatch from the correspondent of
"Llnformation' at Constantinople.
The dispatch adds that the entire
Greek army is thus placed in a most
difficult strategical position. The
Turks are attacking and seem to have
plenty of ammunition.
CONsTANTINOPLE, Aug. % CBv
ne Associated Press) After three
days of fighting the Turks have forced
the Greeks to retire across the Sakar;,
River into Asia Minor. The Greeks lost
many prisoners, much material and
cannon and transport wagons.
The entire plan of campaign forum
lated by the Greeks has been temno-
rarily held up
The Greeks are said really to have
been defeated by the Salt Desert, lack
Of water and many men stricken with
malaria.
1t appears probable that active mill
tary operations by the Greeks and
Turks Will be halted for weeks owing
to lack of water at the front. The
Greeks are making strenuous efforts to
supply their troops, sending to the
front in automobiles thousands Of wine
barrels and skins and wooden tank
hlied with water. The Turks, who are
suffering as result of The efficiency
OF OF the Greek transport system, are Of
fering rewards Of $1,000 for tha can-
ture or death Of a chauffeur and So 600
Tor the capture or death Of a motor
captain.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Doctor and 3 Women Killed
When Auto Is Struck by Train

SOMERVILLE, n. j.. Aug 28.-A man
and three women, members of the same
family, we're killed instantly this even
ing, when an automobile in which they
were riding WAS struck by n train of
the South Branch Railroad, on the mai
line of the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey, at Tine Crossing, one mile from
this place
The dead:
Dr. A. G. D'Amco, thirty years old,
of l02 West End Avenue, Somcrvillc,
N. J.
Mrs. Maria Rosaba Abriola, eighty
years old, his grandmother.
Helen D'Amico twenty-five years
old, Il sister.
Maria Mcnria Snnsomc. eighteen
years old. a niece, of 81 Thompson
Street Manhattan, who was visiting her
uncle.
Dr. D'Amico left his home at $40
o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied
by the three women, for short ride
before supper. They went through
Dukes Park, on the opposite side Of
the Raritnn River. approaching Tine
crossing from tho south This is n
public highway and the crossing is pro
tccted only by bell.
Az the D'Amico party left Dukes
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29

Park the South Branch train pulled
out of the Somcrville station. II is
not known whether the bell at thu
crossing failed to work or whether the
doe tor believed that he colrfd pass be-
lore the train reached the road
Ihe locomotive struck tho car
squarely and hurled it fifty feet ovav
breaking it in two. way
DR.: DAmico and his sister were
caught on the pilot of the locomotives
Mrs. Abriola and Miss Sansome were
found dead in the rear of the macbinn
Engineer Thomas Hartman b,ouynt
his train to stop Immediately II
was thought at first that the Goctor
ana his sister were still alive 1n,
engineer backed his train into The
station, where the two bodies wcre
removed from the pilot.
Authorities have begun an investira-
tion Of the accident.
PEEKSKILL, N. Y, Aug. 2s-Nrs A
N. Stcinbcck was killed and her tom
year-old son Frank was seriouslv in
Jurod here to-cay when they were run
down by an automobile The driver
of the car, Frank Mecca, Of Peekskill.
was held in $4,000 ba3. ON charge of
homicide.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29

LONDON, Aug. 13. Premier Lloyd
"sorge while at Barnslcy yesterday
ssid there never had been time when
Min'sterz II the crown we're 20 hard
worried. Other countries solved the
pfoolem ~ working their ministers in
s<nlffs, be declared, which they changed
1sesqgently.
;. Since ] became Premier" said Mr..
sscJd Hecrgc, "therc hare been six
pTfnifre IN France. siz in ltaiy and
ssff ~ ~ Germany That rs one way Of
x<kA'nH through Jour work. bat in no
s1Dh'fy ~ the minister's lot a happy
,ne State burdens are great worricS,
especially in times of excitement at
noIns ard sbroad
:. "nen ! went n France recently
sne for"iHn Minister raid: 'You are
20 fsh Extraordinary people, the qucercst
- ing World. Yop meyer do quite what
~ e<fect you u d., and never the
seft u thirK that ne d. We don't
"nnf fafand ycu'
mt IL me thing TINT IN viyiny us
ssefn'''tncc II Great Britain. IL Is a
sssm rr1raHe waut the British Dco-
~ ~ keeD. Then NE shall vet
sa1,pFn without troubles and keeo on
- = s'eaH1 path ~ common xeuse and
ssLlpef;@nce. Heep up your courave and
'''S world NH came right"
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Bank Bandits Get $s5OO,000;
larry Until Drunk, But Escape
four who Rob Security and Deposit Co. il
thcago Become Hilarious in Vault Then
Flee Amid Storm of Police Bullets

CHICAGO, Aug. 2s.-Four we'll
dressed robbers, unmasked, tonight
stroled into the Security Safe Deposit
Vaults in Masonic Temple, bound and
gagged the two custodians through a
ruse and in the ensuing half hour
ofoke open seventeen deposit boxes, OBJ
tanning loot with an estimated value
escaped through a fusslade of bullets
nfed by policemen and detectives.
They left behind them half emitted
bottle Of whisky and large hammer
used to open the safety deposit boxes.
hundreds of pedestrians witnessed the
chase of the bandits by policemen
through the down town district which
ended when the robbers vanished in an
alleyway. Apparently none of them
was injured by the fussiade of bullets.
The vaults are kept open all night for
the benefit of late patrons and are said
to contain greater amount of cur
rency than any other depository in the
loop district. They are said to carry
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Turks Organize New Line

ATHENS, Aug. 2S.-The Turks have
organized defensive line which parts
at the confluence of the Bursak with
tre Sakarla River near ancient Car
dunn, says an official statement re-
gardlng the military situation in Asia
Alnor disseminated By the Greek Or
cial Agency.
;. From tho region Of Cordium the
me runs south along the right bank
or the Sakarla to the village of Etre-
kcuy From lnfechit it runs east until
lt reaches point a little to the north
OF the rivers Gheuk and Kathrandi.
The line forms an eighty kilomefar
front, and there also is a second line
of defense which the Turks have
fortified
The Turks are equally fortified to
the north of Gordium. along the right
bank of the Sakaria River. and on fhe
heights of Atbouchen, Inkirma and
oslenikgithes. The rest of the Turk
lsh forces are divided over the sector
east of the Sakaria, where they occupy
fortified positions. The Turkish main
force Is held in the sector north Of
the rivers Gheuk and Kathrandi. with
probably fortified positions at the ex-
treme right.
Counter Attack Repulsed
lhe Greek detachments which are
marching south of the Sakaria. saws
the statement, occupied last Monday
the Turkish advance posts south Of
the Gheuk and Kathrandi rivers. The
Greek right wing broke through the
Turkish line Friday night, crossed the
Gheuk and occupied positions north Of
the river. The Turks launched "A
counter attack, which the statement
says was easily repulsed.
The statement asserts that the Turk
ish positions south of the Kathrandi
also were occupied by the Greeks after
battle, and that the Turks retreated
toward their main positions north of
the river.
A dispatch sent out last Saturday
from Athens by the official Greel.
News Agency said the Greeks in Asia
Minor had come in contact with the
main forces of the Turks east of
the Sakaria River. and that in the
Salt Desert they had found the Turks
in strong positions along the River
kiouk. The dispatch added that there
had been sharp skirmishes with the
Turks in this region for sev.ral davs.
but the Ottoman forces hady heen de-
feated in ali encounters.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Heads of Leading Indus
tries VIII Be Invited
to Washington to Dis
cuss Immediate Relief
Seeks to Avert
Amy S1aff'eringg g g
Speeding Up Of Factories
and Public Works Are
Among Solutions Urged

From The Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug 2S-President
Harding to-day stepped into the middle
cf the unemployment problem and will
undertake to place as many men as is
humanely possible in the various in
/ dustries of the country before the win
ter months. Secretary of Labor Davis
recently advised Congress that the
number of persons out of employment
in the United States mad reached a
total of 5,735,O0O, although it has been
pointed out that this trough estimate''
does not take unemployment statistics
into consideration.
Through Secretary Of Commerce
hoover, President Harding has called
national conference at WASHINGTON
on unemployment. The large employ
ing industries Of every part of the
United States will participate in an
attempt to speed up employment. The
announcement Of the coming confer
ence was made by Secretary Hoover,
who said:
The President has decided to call a
national conference at Washington on
unemployment and has instructed the
Department of Commerce to formulate
plans for it. Its personnel will be
made up so as to represent the country
geographically and, so far as possible,
10 embrace representatives of the
greater employment industries. The
Department Of Commerce will cooper-
ate with the Department of Labor on
representa- tion of labor.
TO Study Economic Measures
at is desired for working reasons r.
keep the number of the conference as
small as possible. 1t is intended to in
vIte representatives of the greater
groups Of industries and thought. and
the cooperation of their national or
CARNATIONS will be sought in their sc-
lection.
The object of the conference will be
to inquire into the volume of needed
employment, the distribution of unem-
ployment, to make recommendations as
10 measures that properly can be
taken in coordinated speeding up Of
employment by Industries and public
BODIES during the next winter, and. in
addition, broad study of the economic
measures dcsi rable to ameliorate the
unemployment situation and give inn
pulse to the recovery of business and
commerce to normal. Many construc-
tive suggestions have been made to the
department. by employers, the Gov
ernors of states and city officials.
Would Prevent Any Suffering
while the business situation is
steadily improving, yet some sections
of the workers may have exhausted
their savings by the coming winter and
they must be matter of extreme solic-
itudc.
1T is inconceivable that America.
with its surpluses in food and clothing,
with ousng-though crowded-and
with an abundance Of fuel, could allow
any suffering amongst those of our own
people who desire 30 work 1t is neces-
sary that we should be forehanded in
the preparation of such measures as
will prevent any such suffering.
ut is expected that the full plan of
the conference will be ready for the
President within about ten days"
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Theft Charged
To Its Cashier
Closes Bank
Mariners Harbor Deposi-
tory Suspends, While Di-
rectors Seek to Learn En-
tent of Biddle Operations
Precautionary Measure, Say
Officials, Who Hope to
Meet Obligations in Full

Officers of the Mariners Harbor Ma
uonal Bank, of Mariners Harbor, S. L.,
with deposits totaling 100000, an
nounced last night that the bank would
not open its doors this morning.
and will remain closed until such
time as it can be definitely ascertained
how much the alleged defalcations of
the cashier Of the bank, Sylvanus Bid
die, who resigned early in July, actu-
ally amount to. Biddle is now under
indictment and awaiting trial in Brook
lyn.
The action of the officers to close the
bank is the elimination of a series os
conferences Of the board of directors
with Chief Examiner Stearns of the
National Banking Department and ar
cordlng 10 the announcement, is simnlv
a precautionary measure against .nv
unnecessary and unwarranted with
drawals
Officer of Ship Corporation
Early in the month of July Biddlc
was made an officer of the Johnson
Shlpbuilding Corporation of Mariners
Harbor at salary said to be unusually
large Tor one who was holding the posi-
ton of a bank cashier. This is be-
lleved to have led to investigations on
the part Of the officers of the bank of
their cashier. They allege that thew
discovered that Biddle had engaged in
certain investments with the banks
funds without the approval of tho
board Of directors. Public disclosures
were made Immediately thereafter and
the matter brought to the attention of
Federal District Attorney Leroy W.
Ross, Of Brooklyn, who caused one al
legged defalcation, amounting to an
son Shipyard Corporation of Mariners
Harbor was involved, to be- presented
to the grand jury. Biddlc and an Of
dccr of the shipbuilding corporation
were indicted.
Following the report Of the defalca-
tion and .he indictment of Biddlc,
bank examiner was called in and went
over the books of the house The
amount said to have been lost through
the alleged misconduct Of the cashier
was reported at that time as
S150,000 Following the announce
mcnt, the board Of directors held
meeting at which it was decided that
the board composed entirely of local
business and professional men of un-
questioned financial standing, would
make good the loss.
Aids Bank Officers
Biddle was later released in the Gus
tody Of bank officers for the purpose Of
explaining the nature and extent Of the
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New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Graft Board to
Hear O'Mal1ey
On w ednesday
lntimated Commissioner of
Markets Will Be Given
Chance OH Stand to Replv
TO Witnesses Charges
Hirshfeld May Be Called
investigations Said to Have
Cost City About S5OO,OOO
Subject of Inquiries

Edwin j. O'Malley, Commissioner Of
Markets, whose department is involved
IN the graft disclosures before the
meyer Legislative committee invest-
eating the city administration. is to
be given an opportunity to defend him
sell on the witness stand on Wednes-
day, according to intimations yester-
day.
Inc committee, upon resuming its
session in the City Hall tomorrow
morning, will delve further into alleged
stories of graft in the markets depart
ment, the headquarters of the leqjsla-
tive body, at SO Park Row, having been
overwhelmed with witnesses the last
lew days VINO were anxious to relate
1helr experiences with the markets bu
reau officials. The committee expects
20 occupy tomorrow and part of
Wednesday in placing a few more of
these tales on record, and will then
give the Commissioner the chance he
has been demanding to make whatever
statement he desires.
Question of Immunity
Under the circumstances, it was
pointed out, if the Commissioner takes
the stand of his own volition he will
not DC granted immunity, and will thus
be answerable to any incrimjnatino
charges that may be brought against
HIM. If he refuses to waive immunity
the committee, under the resolution
creating the legislative body, can force
MN TO take the stand, nevertheless. bv
granting him immunity.
Inc committee. it was intimated
also has been collecting a mass of evil
dence IN connection with the conduct
or nearly all the other departments d.
rectly under the control of the Mavor
particularly the bureau under the
cGnarge OF Commissioner of Accounts
H'rsnheld; A close study, it is under
stood, is being made of the numerous
alleged nyestigations that have been
made by this department and their al
legged expensive nature compared with
the results, if any, attained.
1t is the contention of members Of
the legislative committee that the evi-
dence so tar shows that these investi-
gatlons have cost the city about $500
600, and have in the main been moth
ing more than whitewashing expedi-
TONS. 1T was said that Commissioner
Hlrshfield himself will be called to
testify in connection with this phase
OF ' the committees inquiry
w lth regard to the counter inouirv
of Commissioner Hirshheld and tbe
charge of Raymond Smith, one of the
witnesses, that the committees attack
against the markets department IS The
result of an effort of a so-called food
trust to destroy the department. mem
oers of the committee yesterday
pointed out as strange that although
o'Malley and Smith say they have
known this for three years they have
waited until this moment to rush the
facts before the public
Smith Mentions No Names
And you must remember. too"
added one committee member, that
Smith is now deputy commissioner
OF markets, and that what he said
was nothing more than mere glitter
ing generality, not mentioning the
Continued next paGc)
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Cecil Adrian Arthur, of
N. Y, Dies as Result of
Fight Following Annual
Masque at Allenhurst
Chilean Student
At Cornell Held
Victim Escorting Hostess
When She Refused the
Invitation of His Rival

ASBuRY PARK, n j., Aug. 28.-
Cecil Adrian Arthur, thirty-four wears
old' OF the Navarro apartments of New
York City, died in the Ann MAY Hos
pital at Spring Lake to-day of injuries
ne suffered Friday night in an en-
counter with a Cornell University stu
dent in the grillroom of the Allen.
hurst Hotel, Allenhurst. The FIGHT
brought to an abrupt end the hotels
annual masquerade ball, the most i'm
portant social event staged durinq the
season by the fashionable beach COLONY
The ball was attended oy several
hundred summer colonists and all-
year-round residents, and the cos
tunes worn were the most striking
seen at the resort in years.
The student, Salvador Laborde. a
Chilean, is held without bail in the
county jail at Freehold. Two of his
trends, who have been occupvino q
cottage with him at Deal were released
IN $500 bail each. They are Jose Man
tune, OF 79O Riverside Drive, Manhat-
tan, and Manuel Fernandez. Of Havana
Cuba '''''''
Victim Danced With Hostess
Arthur, whose mother is said to be
married to titled Englishman. was
the guest at the ball of Mr.. and Mrs.
j.. s. Sutphen jr., of LOT Corlies Avenue.
Allenhurst. Arthur, it is said, was
dancing with Mrs. Sutphen when La
borde came up and claimed her as his
partner
Arthur is said to have resented the
Chllean's manner and words passed.
go away and do not annoy this lady,
Arthur told the Cornell man. 81 will
settle with you latAr." Mrs. Sutphen.
who is about twenty-five years old and
attractive, declined to dance with the
Chilean.
Arthur and Laborde later met in the
grill. They began arguing again, it is
SAID, and came to blows. Laborde, it
is said, struck Arthur a smashing blow
IN the face and as Arthur fell his head
struck the cement floor, frac turing his
skull.
Arthur is friend of J. Harry Foley.
secretary to Governor Edwards, and at
Mr.. Foley's request, according to re-
port, the Governor ordered that thor
ough invcstig cation be made of the case.
Arthur was a dealer in autom obile
accessories and is understood to have
been member Of the Edison Ecometer
firm at 1777 Broadway He left his
apartment Friday afternoon and came
here to pass three days with the SUIT
phens, who live at Broadway and
Ninety eighth Street, New York City.
Mr.. Sutphen is vice president of Rid
ley's, confectioners, at 349 West For
tieth Street
Prisoner in Junior Class
Laborde is a member Of the junior
class at Cornell. His home is at Ha-
vana. He has been living in Ithaca, n
y. at 415 Stewart Avenue.
County Detectives Charles O. Daven.
port, j. B. Rue and Jack Smith have
questioned many persons in connection
with the case and announced to-day
that Developments were expected This
afternoon they arrested Manuel Pan
nell, head waiter of the hotel, who is
declared to have told the police that
Laborde sent Arthur to the floor with
q hard blow to the face.
Pannell was released in $500 bail as
a material witness.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29

SAGINAW, Mich, Aug. 28.-Belief
that soldiers bonus bill will be passed
by Congress by December was expressed
to-day by Representative Joseph w.
Fordney, chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee, who has just arrived
here from Washington.
"Passnge of the bonus bin is the only
honorable thing to do" he said. "Thc
boys deserve it and shall have it,"
The Republican House leader said -
favored l per cent Wholesale sales
tax ms a means Of raising money with
which to pay the bonus.
Discussing the tariff, Mr.. Fordnev
said that with the exception of the
wool schedule he expected the taritY
bill to be but little changed from the
form in which 1t passed the House.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Police, Doctors Fail
To Arouse Sleeping Boy
Child Found in Central Term
inal, Awakened, Gives Name,
Then Slumbcrs Again

= A patrolmar Of the East Fifty-tirst
Street police station found James Pts
catulle. ten years old, Of 527 Fost
Thirteenth Street, asleep la s.
night on a bench in the Grand central
Terminal. The efforts of a woman am
bulancc surgeon, several patrolmen,
station detectives and special officers
to rouse the little boy were in vain.
An ambulance was called and he was
sent to the police station On the way
Jimmie slept soundly.
At the police station, tho little fellow
was aroused long enough to give his
name and address. When asked if he
was hungry, the boy only shook his
head. The next minute his eyes were
closed At an early hour this morning
he was sleeping on table in the police
station, the combined efforts OF de-
tectives and two doctors to arouse him
again having failed.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Allies Notify Germany
Troops Go Into SiIesia
Berlin Required to Transport
Soldiers; League Council
COnyeues TODAY

BERLIN, Aug. 2S (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The British, French
and Italian ambassadors have informed
Germany of the decision of their gov
ernments to send reinforcements into
Upper Slesa.
Germany has been asked by the am
bassadofs to make the necessary ar
rangements for the trnsport of the re-
Inducements.
GENEVA. Aug. % (By The Asso-
ciated Prcss).-The Council of the
League of Nations will meet to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock. 1t will take
up as its first work the Silesian ques
ton, referred to it by the lnter-Allied
Supreme Council
Niscount Ishii. president of the
council, to-day told The Associated
Press that he personally would present
the case. An early decision is not ex-
pccted, as the members will REQUIRE
time to study the paDers.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-29
Killed by Freight Elevator

hnthona Jannato, forty-2ix ycarz old,
Of ~ Third 4treet, Ncw Dorp, staten
Island, was crushed yostcrdny by n
freight clevator mt the plant Of the
Richmond Gas Company in willow
Street, Clifton. lie died in the Staten
Islsnd Uospital.