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New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Burglars Work
UnmOlested i'm
Garment Raids
$4,000 in Goods Stolen:
Bandits Obtain $1,000 in
Cafe Hold-Up by Lining
10 Victims Against Wall

Ten robberies and attempted rob-
oer'es IN the ment-manufcturinp
district of the city, all of them taking
place within the last five days and in
volving approximately $4,000 worth of
mercnandlse, were revealed yesterday.
a 9Z'ooo hold-up yesterday morning in
the cafe of Richard Langc, 1895 Avenue
a, ADDS to the toll Of crime. In none
OF tne cases has a.. arrest been made.
saturday morning, between IL and
O'Clock, burglars entered the twelve
story loft building at 148 West Tween
ty-thlrd Street and, raiding eight diff
1erent concerns on the eighth, ninth.
eleventh and twelfth floors, rot nwav
with loot sufficient to fill a truck. In
only three of the concerns. however
were losses reported.
Among establishments robbed were
the A. E. Buchanan Company. silk
dresses to the value of $4,000 being
taken; the Alsace Costume Companv'
loss of $3.50 worth of raw silks. and
II: Weber q Son, a loss of $4,000 worth
OF women's dresses and waists. In each
OF the eight places entered in this
Dullding transoms or doors were
smashed in with nozzles of fire hose
kept on each of the floors. How the
thieves got inside the building, how
tney managed to work as they did
without detection and how they got
away is mystery to the tenants.
The tenants said it was the second
time within eight months that the
building had been entered by burglars,
and both times the robbers had made
their escape unknown to either the
night watchman or the police in that
block.
II. Weber & Sons place was looted
cream. The other establishments bro
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Girl Flinclles
AS Mother. of
Dead Accuses
Sight of Bullet-Torn Coat of
Son Stirs Mrs. Iucolano
10 Fiery Dcnunciation of
Woman OH Trial for Life
Clings to His Photograph
Sicilian Sign of Vengeance
Hidden in Her Torrent of
Reproach. Lawyer Says

Maria Iucolano, apparently enfeebled
Nv age and grief, was assisted yester-
day to the witness stand in Judge
rrain,s part of General Sessions to
testify against the youthful and pretty
Mrs. Josephine Ragona, who is charged
With the murder of the elder woman's s
son. Frank Iucolano.
The answers Mrs. Iucolano gave to
rshe preliminary questions were almost
;naudible quavers. The interpreter
,esned across her shoulder to catch the
woros. As Assistant District Attorney
Mcdonald extended the witness a rag
! red coat, in the breast of which was a
seorched bullet hole, she sprang to her
feet.
She clasped to her breast the gar
nent her son had worn .he last day of
his life. The sudden vigor Of her
movements loosened her gray hair
which fell struggling across her face.
She shook her mead fiercely to free
her eyes and fixed them, glowing, upon
the young woman accused of shoot
Ing her son.
Accused Woman Hides Face
The cracked old voice which barely
had reached the interpreters ear filled
the courtroom, so shrilly resonant
was the torrent of Sicilian phrases it
spat at the young woman in the de-
fendant's chair. Mrs. Ragona covered
her face with her hands and covered
beside her attorney. Court attendants
sprang to the side of Mrs. Iucolano
and forced her gently back into her
chair.
She relnquished her sons coat. and
Is it slipped from her grasp the strength
which vindictive anger had given her
clipped away also. She was just an
old woman with somewhat d1sheveled
hair, WAC sat painting in the witness
chair. Mrs. Ragona had been Whisper
ing fearfully to her attorney, and he
jumped to his feet.
"Did you just make the Sicilian sign
Of vengeance from the witness stand %
be demanded.
Mrs. Iucolano stared at him with dull
eyes until the question had been re-
peated TO her in Italian. She answered
without hesitation and without anima-
ton IN the same tongue.
3How could | avenge, old woman that
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Blindfolded, Kidnapped in His
Own Auto and Robbed of $4,000

Abraham Stein. of 100 Lewis Street,
brookiyn, stood blindfolded ut Nine
tcenth Street and Eleventh Avenue st
i:so o'clock this morning. He stood
there without moving for what he
judged to be fifteen minutes. The last
words he had heard were: "If YOU
make q move inside Of fifteen minutes.
We'll blow the top Of your dome offl''
The tone had been earnest and Abra-
ham knew that the speaker carried a
revolver. He remembered distinctly
how cold the inuzxle felt at the back Of
his neck. That was while they were in
the automobile and the man with the
revolver and his three friends were
helping themsclves ITO Abraham's
money and valuables.
Forty-two hundred dollars they took
from his pockets, Abraham said later
at the East Twenty-second Street po-
lice station, and a $1,000 diamond ring
from his finger and from his necktie
scarfpin worth $500 if it was worth
cent.
Two of the men came up to him on
Twenty-fourth Street soon after he left
the Madison Square Garage, where he
keeps his automobile. Each Of them
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Colds Ban Lace Hose,
But Balk at Long Skirts

CHICAGO, Nov. 23-Chiffon and lace
hosiery, silk dresses and high-heeled
shoes were officially placed under the
ban to-day by the Federation of UNI
versity Women at the University Of
Chicago, but the meeting broke up in
disorder when one girl submitted a
rule that skirts should reach to within
eight inches of the ground.
A costume Of pieated or plain wool
skirt and woolen or jersey jacket,
white waist or blouse, with low-heelcd
shoes. was made the regulation dress
which all university women will be
urged to wear, Skirts will be about
fifteen inches from the ground.
In addition to the fancy hosiery and
silk dresses, beaded and satin dresses
were condemned for campus wear. as
we'll as elaborate fur wraps and hats
trimmed with fancy plumes or flowers.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

had revolver and each took Stein by
the arm and propelled him toward AN
automobile waiting near Third Avenue.
They clambered into the rear seat
with him and the driver started the car.
Almost before the car was under way a
handkerchief was tied over Abraham q
eyes. He had no idea where they were
going nor, being unable to see, could
he pick propitious time to yell for
help. So he sat still while he was
plucked as clean as Thanksgiving
turkey.
After about half an hours ride came
the abrupt order to get out, followed
by the threat of blowing the top of
his dome off if he moved inside Of fif-
teen minutes. One of the men gave
him quarter "for carfure"
When he was certain that the al
lotted period had expired, Stein removed
the blindfold,r peered at street sign
to discover where he was and started
for the West Twentieth Street police
station. The lieutenant on duty there
sent him to the East Twenty
second Street station, within whose
boundaries, the hold-up started. 1t was
there that Abraham told his story.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

humans and that fragments of rubbish
also found there had been identified as
portions of dress peculiar to women.
Ncighbors told of odors resembling
those of charred human flesh noted
about the Gambais villa at various
times.
The court suggested that Landru
might have committed some of the al
legged murders by poison, strangling or
shooting, when witnesses testified to
purchases Of cartridges by Landru, of
finding suspicious glass Walls in the
villa and the book on women poisoners
and another on poison antidotes. The
court also recalled that Landru had
admitted strangling to death two dogs
which belonged to one of his alleged
victims, saying that strangling was the
gentlest death.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

/! am y the interpreter repeated after
her in English.
The witness still was muttcrinv. AL
most inaudibly, as she lifted trcm-
ping hand to rcadiust her hair. and
the interpreter, who had bent close,
continued:
"She took my son; she laughed at
me in the street Oh, help nae. Godlv
said the interpreter. in flat, emotion
less tones.
Occasionally thereafter the ashes Of
grief or revenge. blased up in Mrs,
iucoiano: She cried aloud for "Justice!
Justice! She called down the wrath
OF heaven upon the murderer of her
son. When his photograph was shown
she wrapped it in her thin arms and
rocked to and fro as though 1t was al.
infant she held.
In the intervals between these occa-
slonal outbursts, she was quiet, almost
apathetic, though her eyes seldom left
the face of the defendants. 1t was true.
she said, that the young woman had
come with her three children to live
with her and her son. That was about
six weeks before her sons death. Her
son never had abused the young wom-
an, she said.
Blows Never Real, Mother Swears
He might have reprcved her some
times with an open hand, as men do
their wives, but he never had struck
her as one man strikes another. She
denied in vehement outburst that her
son ever had sought to compel the
young. woman to make capital Of her
good looks.
According to Assistant District AT
torney Mcdonald. who is conducting
the prosecution, the shooting of Iuco-
lano was the result Of his refusal to
marry Mrs. Ragona, who did not un-
derstand that he could not do so unless
she obtained divorce from her hus-
band.
Mrs. Ragona, who is twenty-one
years old, is the mother Of three chill
dren ranging from two to four years
of age. Her husband, Jules Ragona, Is
expected to be witness for the de-
fense.
Among the spectators in court yes
tterday was Mrs Otto Kahn, who came
in with Sheriff Xnott
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
His Wire Wins Bride
Betrothed to Another
"Any Time, Anywhere," Her
Reply, Says Californian, ON
His Wav Here to Wed
Special Dispatch to rhe Trih,,..

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23.-Edmund G..
Bennett jr., son Of Edmund G.. Bennett:
wealthy lawyer of this city and Pasa-
dena, announced to-day that he is de-
parting Immediately for New York City
to marry the daughter of retired
banker.
The girl is understood to have been
engaged to another man. Bennett says
that he wired her yesterday asking her
to marry him and accompany him to
Europe, and that he received the reply,
Anytime, anywhere" and expects t.
marry her and sail from New York
within twenty hours after reach
ing that city. He intends to pass the
next two years in Europe, where he
will look after his business interests.
The elder Bennett was prominent in
the campaign in which Taft was elected
President, and is close friend Of the
Chief Justice
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24
Bandits Entirely Spoil
Butchers Thanksgiving
Five With Guns Rob His Till
of 1901 and Take Last Two
Turkeys in His ShOp

Louis Vogeneny was looking forward
to truly thankful Thanksgiving until
10 o'clock last night. There was 1851
in the cash register in his butcher shop
at 1864 Park Avenue and only two
turkeys we're left on his shelves.
At 10 o'clock in walked SIX shabby
young men, each twirling a revolver on
the forefinger of his right hand. One
covered the butcher. one his eighteen
year-old son, Louis; one his ten-year-
old son, Newman, and one Arthur
Shattuck, friend who had dropped in.
One of the other two took the 1851
from the cash register and the other
the two turkeys. They all drove away
in red automobile, looking thankful.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

tables in the place grasped the signif-
canoe of their movements every man
il, the place, including the proprietor,
was lined up against wall in back
room at the points Of revolvers and
forced to empty his pockets. Then, as
quickly and as quietly as they entered,
tho bandits went out the front door
into waiting automobile and disap-
peared
New-York tribune., 1921-11-24

lock ''"a the police that ors9s9~s5o1
81, ,@ .@{a4tttq s. Gn*
~ s64 566.56e FIFTH AVE. %h At 46. s1REET
1EW 1Oa< SHOP AMERICA" tAtoS
Less than Six Weeks--to be more exact,
about thirty business days remain in
which you may share in the advantages
of Gidding Removal Sales
After December Thirty -first---we will be in Our New
Home at Fifth Avenue, Fifty-Sixth and Fifty-Seventh
Streets.
We have been delayed moving and because of have had
Fall and Winter mpoatons and otherwise carry on
regular business present quarters which
ready o
We have been enjoying splendid business because
we have given patrons the most Wonderful
Values of our career and shall if possible enlarge
upon activities in the next thirty-one selling
days by offering still greater buying inducements,
as we feel that every pleased patron in present
home will be an added one for our new establish
ment
1t difficult convey real merit of
oferings-as prices paper lite-the FASH
ions, Qualities and Values be be appreciated
Rich Fur Coats and Neckpieces---Fur Trim
med Coats and Wraps---Magnifcent Fur
Embellished Evening Wraps --Talor-Made
Suits---Costume Suits---Street Dresses---Su-
perb Evening Gowns Dance Frocks---Hats
Imported Lmgerie---Negligee and Paris
Novelties
article purchased for Holiday Giving will and
desired,
combining ones giftgiving with practical economy
All Sales Must Be Absolute. No Credits or Approvals.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18

Advertising will get people to do
almost anything-judging by the
during and after" odor of some of
these new cigarettes on the market.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18
NJ. E. Conference Appointments

Continued from page
Cape May City-G. T. Hillman.
Cape May Court House-E. w. Graham.
Carneys Point and Deep Waters. X.
Moore.
Centre Grove-Woodruff Whilden.
Centreton-Elmer Biggs.
Clayton-H. l.. Bradway
Deerfield-E. A. Chambers.
Dennisville and South Dennis-W S.
Dividing Creek-John Hackett.
Eldora Circuit-William Bradway.
EImer-W. l.. Shaw.
EVAN. b. Ross.
Fairton-A. l.. Creamer.
Friendship-C. H. Dubois.
Glassboro-D. c. Cobb.
Goshen and Dias Creek-T. ]. Morgan.
HaleyvilIe Circuit-Elijah Hozer.
Hancock's Bridge and Canton-Richard
Morgan.
Harrisonvine and Farrell-w. W.
Churchill.
HeisIerviIle-J. E Simpson.
Leesburg and Dorchester-J. T. Stewart
Malaga Circuit-H. S. Cramer.
Morristown-H. S. Gascoyne.
Millville-
First-C. L. Fitzgeorge.
FOURTH. w. Bradley.
Second-D. E. Clair.
Trinity-F. c. Uhl.
Westside-Christian Ernst.
Minotola-Frank Stevens.
Monroeville-W. l.. Peterson.
Mullica Hill-F. a. Bowen.
Newfield-Benage Lord.
Newport-Walter Nickless.
North Vineland-W. H. Andrews.
Ocean City-John Handley.
Pedricktown-J. A. Naylor.
Penns Grove
Emmanuel-R. S. Carlisle.
st. Paul-H. T. Fisler
Pennsville-C. r. Smith.
Pitman-J. B. Haines.
Plainsville and Lake Circuit-Benjamin
Rickenback.
Port Elizabeth-A.. C. Baily.
Port Norris-H. H. Neale.
Quinton-Walter Pine.
Richland and Friendshp-N. L. Kars.
Richwood-N. b. Trainor.
Salem-Broadway- ]. Zelley.
First-B. H. Decker.
Sea Isle City-S. w. Luther.
Seavillc Circuit-B. J. K. Way.
Sharptown-S. w. Cawman.
South Vineland-F. w. Slater.
Tabernacle-G. H. Keller.
Tuckahoe-C. s. Miller.
Vineland-T. S. Brook.
Wildwood-N. V. Sargent.
| Williamstown-J. T. Richardson.
| Woodruff and Rosenhayn-S. B. Stoke
ley.
| Woods TOWN.. L. Jewett.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18
Trenton District

Superintendent, NJ: E. Snyder.
Allentown-D. F. Vandright.
Asbury-J. H. Budd.
Beverly-Thomas Ogle.
| Bordentown-J. s. Garrison.
Bridgeboro-J. w. Veal
| Borwns Mills. n. Clark.
Broad Street-Lawrenson Correll.
Union Street-C. A. Palmer.
Columbus Circuit-Frank Van Hise.
Cranbury-L. E. LennoX.
Crosswicks and ElIisdale-N. D. Kelly.
Delair-k. P. Stevens.
Delanco-J. G. Edwards.
Englis lishtown-Sanford Memorial-J. B.
Shaw.
Fieldsboro-D. D. Rossell.
Florence-Henry Johnson.
Groverville-H. F. Doran.
Hamilton Square-O. c. Bovine.
Hightstown-C. D. Whitton.
Hopewell-W. B. Magsam.
Imlaystown Circuit. E. Horner.
Jacobstown and Cookstown-C. S. Ford.
Kingston-S. r. Latham.
Lambertville-J. r. Reed.
Linville and Amwell-J. S. Young.
Lumberton and Smithv1lle-Frank
Maritonma. Ho6neIf w. wickward.
Medford-William Evan.
Merchantville-S. G. Pitt.
Moorestown-J. r. Mason
Mount Holly-John Goorly.
Reynolds.
New Lisbon and, Magnolia-F. E. Tans-
ley.
Palmyra-E. A. Robinson.
Pemberton-Hersh Lee.
Pennington-B. P. Judd.
Pensauken and E. Pensauken-M. B.
Baker.
Pointville and Wrightstown (Camp Dix
F. B. Whitaker.
Princeton-A. H. Lucas.
Rancocas Circuit-Hugh Bourgaize.
Riverside. B. Whitton.
Roebling-W. H. Murphy.
Tabernacle and Indian Mills-B. F.
Rudy.
Titusville-A. NJ. Bogart.
Trenton
Broad Street,. E. Purcell
Broad Street Park-O. A. Lee.
Cadwallader ights-Franklin Haley
Central-F. B. Hor1ey.
Chambers Street-James Rogers
Clinton Avenue-C. H. Anderson.
First-F. d. Lawrence.
Greenwood Avenue-W. a. Boyd.
Hamilton Avenue. w. Lee.
st. Paul-Leon Chamberlain.
State Street-D. T. Stephenson.
Trinity-E. A. Wells.
Wesley-A. d. Ward.
Vincentown and Buddtown-J. S. Nom
kivel.
Windsor-J., p. Sherman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18
Compromise With Druidism

IL 81. Patf1ck TOOK Christianity to
Ireland and abolished human sacrifice
by his preaching the crucifxion OF
Christ as substitute, evidently
Southern Ireland has progressed little
since for there remains more hell in
Ireland today than any other place on
earth. 1t is because Ireland has not
entirely got rid of Druidical sun wor-
ship.
Did you ever see a circle in cross
on a church or in a decoration in a
church edifce? That is the Celtic
cross. Did you ever see large gild-
ed image of a sun in a religious ser
vice with a cross above the sun image :?
The early Christians made a COM
promise with the Pagans by bowling
down to the sun-god if the sun wor-
shippers would let the symbol of the
Christ God, the cross, be above the
symbol of the sun-god. The early
Christians honored the sun-god by
erecting their church edifces east and
west, so when all bowed down at the
altar their faces were to the rising
sun-god, but the church edifce was
made in the shape of a cross to honor
the Christ-God.
The early Christians called the
Lords Day (the first day of the week)
Sunday, the second day, Mot o(o)nday, as
a compromise with Pagan survivor
shippers who gave up human sacrifices
and ceased to eat human flesh as some
of the Irish tribes did.
Today the sun-god is honored with
a circle in the cross and the erection
of church edifces east and west. All
Christian civilization honors the sun
and moon worshippers, except the
Society of Friends, called Quakers, by
calling the First Day (The Lords
Day Sunday and the Second Day
The Friends call the days of the
week, First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh day, thereby
cease to honor pagan gods.
All honor to st. Patrick for driving
the snakes (the symbol of the deviD
out of Ireland, but the real old devlish
spirit is alive there yet, if we are tc
believe the reports in the daily papers
of the daily murders in Ireland.
Surely human sacrifice has not ended,
altho they have ceased to eat their
victims in these religious riots.
Ireland was known in ancient times
as Hibernia. There are those who
yearn to restore the ancient order of
which is 1000 years behind
and Puritan civilization.
1t is amazing how people today con-
tinue to be superstitious and hold on
to ancient pagan customs and symbols,
even those who pretend to be advanced
in Christian civilization.
When people become full-nlinded
Americans they leave old-world sain,s
on the other side of the ocean, when
they are thousand years out of date
like st. Patrick and when interna-
ticnal enmity is kept alive by holding
on to Pagan superstitions. AS the
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18
New Brunswick District

superintendent, j. d. Bills.
Adelphia and Jerseyville-R. NJ. Henry.
Asbury Park
Ballard Memorial-H. NJ Lawrence
First-F. A. Demaris.
Barne negat-Pennington Corson, Jr.
Atlantic Highlands. H. Cam.
Bay Head Circuit. w. Stokes.
Bayville and Ocean Gate-H. S. Henck
Beach Haven-H. n. Amer.
BelIford-C. NJ. Holgate.
Belmar-D. r. Haney.
Bradley Beach-Marshall Owens.
atsworth-CIarence Woodmansie.
Cliffwood--J. S. Smallwood.
Eatontown and Titon Falls-Harry
Nancleaf.
Farmingdale-A. c. Pohemus.
Forked River and Lanola-R. NJ Aspin-
wall.
Freehold-W. F. Atkinson.
Greenyille Cire4itMJ; d t7,,. F. tellqn p
Harmony Circuit-Aaron Royal
Highlands-H. p. Grim.
Island Heights-H. J. Smith
Keansburg-W. S. Ludlow.
Keyport-Calvary-A c. Brady.
st. Johi's-A. L. Iszard.
Lakehurst and Writings. H. Magee.
Lakewood-H. B. White.
Little Silver-H. NJ. Smith.
Long Branch
Asbury-G. w. Hammers.
Frst-W. \. Moore.
ST. Luke's-W. E. Lake.
Simpson-W. r. Blackman.
Manahawkin and Cedar Run-D. Y.
Stephens.
Observation-Disclosures Mount.
Matawan-E. F. Reed.
Milltown-T. S. Hammond
Morganville-J. E. Heilerman.
Navesink- and Oceanic-Frank Guneon
New Brunswick
F'irst-C. r. VanHook.
Pitman-E. NJ. Cloud.
st. James'-P. r. Conner.
New Gretna-Weisiefer Johnson.
Oakhurst and Wayside-William Dis
brow.
Ocean Grove-G. S. johnson.
Oceanport-F. C. Jackson.
Old Bridget Circuit-W. L. Greer.
Point Pleasant-L. s. Moore.
Port Republic and Smithville-Edward
Munyan.
Red Bank
First-W. R. Raver.
Grace. l.. Pitt.
SaYerVille-J 2. Sechrist.
Sea Bright-D. w. Shipp.
Circuit. j. b. Hill.
Circuit-C. E. Davis.
South Amboy-G. w. Abel.
Southard Circuit-G. S. Southwick.
South River-J. E. Shaw.
Spring Lake-B. C. Lippincott.
Toms River-W. w. Payne.
Tuckerton-Daniel Johnson.
Wall-A. E. Davies.
WaretoWn Circuit-G. w. Soutard.
West Creek-I. C. Pinn.
West Grove-J. B. Messler.
itesville-Linwood Miller.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18

children of Israel lost in the wilder
ness the bones of Joseph which they
worshipped and Moses was buried
where no man knew so as they could
not carry his bones along to worship,
the Jews founded the first Republic on
statutes, ordinances and judgments
moral, ethical, civic principles
inspired by Providence, thru Persons.
Likewise did our Pilgrim Fathers
found the United States of America
on the same method, Principles, Provi-
dence, Persons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18
SlOO Reward, 500

Catarrh Is a local disease greatly innu:
enced by constitutional conditions. II
therefore requires constitutional treat.
ment HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys:
tenn HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
DESTROYS the foundation Of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature IN
doing its work. $4,000 for any case OF
Catarrh that HALLS CATARFtH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. TESTIMONIALS free.
F. ]. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-18

We've often wondered what the
feeling of a man must be who runs
his partial-payment automobile into
telephone post the day after he makes
his first installment.