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The New York herald., 1921-01-20
MRS. Gait WINS POINT
IN LESLIE ESTATE FIGHT
Executors Payment Of $780,
900 to FolIin Not Upheld.

Ex-Justice Edward II. Hatch sub
mitted report yesterday to the Surro-
gates Court upon the objections filed
by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait TO the ac-
count OF William Nelson Cromwell and
Louis II. Cramer. executors OF the will
of Mrs. Frank Leslie. Mrs. Leslie left
her estate of si.977.s10 to Mrs. Gait for
the cause of woman /rrage.
Mrs. Gait objected to fees OF $4,000
each charged by Edgar 7. Bracket and
the law firm Of Sullivan & Cromwell for
legal services. The referee finds that
the payment OF these fees was not ex-
cessive.
lie sustains Mrs Cats objection TO a
payment OF 100000 10 Maynard u.
Follln. an alleged half brother OF Mrs.
Leslle's, TO prevent n threatened contest
Of the viii and surcharres the executors
$4,000 The referee says that the evil
dence shows that the Follin claim might
have been compromised for $4,000.
The executors also compromised with
Carrie H. Wrenn OF Brooklyn, a niece.
another proposed contestant. for $780,
600. After this settlement Mrs. Gait oh
jected 80 strenuously that the money
was not paid 20 the niece for some time.
The referee finds that the niece Is en-
titled 20 interest on 100000 during the
period of delay.
The report will be submitted 70 a Sur
rogate for approval. The entire estate
has been distributed with the exception
OF S1T7,3ST.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
FINGER PRINTING GAINS
IN INTOXICATION CASES
December Total More Than
Other Months Since 1917.

The number OF persons finger printed
by the police after having been arrested
for public intoxlcation was greater In
December, 1920. than In any other month
since early in 1917. or about the time the
United States entered the war. accord
ing to the annual report of Alfred A.
Hunt. supervisor of the Finger Print
Bureau. which was made public last
night by Chief Magistrate William Mo
Adoo. The report says also that since
the Volstead act became operative there
has been a steady increase In the total
of persons finger printed. with the ex-
ception Of a short period Immediately
after prohibition. when there was a
decline.
Mr.. Hunt especially calls the Magis-
trates attention to the showing in the
cases OF women arrested and finger
printed. The decrease for 1920. as COM
pared with 1919, is 81 per cent. but as
compared with any previous year II is
even larger. Between the figures for
1920 and those of 1911. the first full year
In which records we're tabulated. the de-
crease Is 70 per cent. In 1920 only $40
women were convicted for the first time
on charges of immortality. whereas the
average for the previous seven years Is
1912 In 1919 and 1918 the number Of
these cases was well over 1.400.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
CHINA'S POPULATION
NO CASE FOR COURT
Judge Rules No Jurisdiction in
Plea to Decide Bet.

Specidl Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
PGrTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 19.--Gragich Ca
gus and Joe Sumar still are willing to
wager neat sum with any person on
earth that the population of China is
all Greek to the enlightened inhabitants
of the world.
Gragich and Sumer had great hopes
they would be able to settle the question
of just how many Chinese there are In
China when they went into Common
Peas Court and asked Judge Kennedy
TO decide which OF the two had won a
bet made between themselves. Sumar
wagered $50 against Gagius's $50 that
the population of China was under
400. 100000 persons
After wrestling with the knotty prob
lem Tor some time Judge Kennedy an
nounced that the court had no way of
sscertaining the population of China,
and. further, that the tribunal had no
Jurisdiction in the case"
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
NEW YORK BISHOPRIC
CANDIDATES DISCUSSED
Westchester Archdeaconry
Takes No Definite Action.

Five candidates to succeed the late
Charles Sumner Burch as Bishop of the
New York diocese of the Episcopal
Church were discussed yesterday at a
meeting of the Episcopal Archdeaconry
of Westchester county, which includes
Duchess and Putnam counties as well,
in Christ Church at Tarrytown. The
candidates include three from New
York. DR.. William T. Manning of Trim
ity Church. Dr. Ernest NJ. Stires of st.
Thomas's and DR.. Charles L. Slattery
OF Grace. The others were Bishop
Thomas of Wyoming and DIR. George X.
Stewart OF Evanston, III.
The Archdeaconry adjourned without
taking any definite action favoring any
one of the candidates. although DIR.
Stires seemed TO be supported by ma
jorty of those who spoke Only twenty
of the seventy clergymen comprising
the Archdeaconry attended the meeting.
twelve of the seventy having declined
to have any part In the gathering.
1t was said that majority of the
Archdeaconrys membership indicated
that they did not approve OF the discus
sion. The meeting was called by the
Rev. Walter w. Reid of Christ Church
at the request of DR.. +. Cloves Shorley
of Garrison, who presided.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
DEFEND
MILK POOLING PLAN
Head Of Dairymen's League
Says Lower Price Is AS
sured Consumer.
WOULD STABILIZE TRADE
Sees Economies i'm Freight Col
lective Marketing and
Manufacturing.

George w. Slocum, president of the
Dalrymen's League. Inc. denied last
night statements made by various speak
ers Tuesday night before the state Agri-
cultural Society in Albany. that the
pooling plan for the distribution of milk
proposed by the league would double the
price to the consumer. 5rr. Slocum said
that the plan OF the league would result
In lower price for milk and milk
products.
at present" said Mr.. Slocum. "the
distributors buy all the milk their pa
irons produce. They have long COM
planned that they lose money on the
unsold surplus that goes into butter
cheese and other milk products. Under
our plan the Cooperative Association.
acting as agent for the farmer. will sell
to dealers all of the fluid milk they de-
mand. The remainder will be sold to
manufacturers Of milk and will be man
ufactured by the ass )clation in plants
now owned by or to be built by the
farmers.
CONDENSED, evaporated and powdered
milk plants, owned by manufacturers.
have been shut down since October, be-
cause the manufacturers wanted to keep
up the price of suppli@s they had on
hand. All of this milk hts backed UP
on the farmer, carrying financial disas-
ter to many.
Because the surplus will go con-
tinually through farmer owned plants.
the price the consumers will pay will
be price that is regulated by the law
of supply and demand, which law the
manufacturers VIII not permit to work.
1.-The pooling plan means lower prices
Of milk to consumers and because II
viii insure farmers a permanent and
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
JURY PROBE OF DOPE
HOSPITALS Is URGED
Rikers and Randalls Called
Disgrace by Magistrate
McAdOo.
WOMEN WORST VICTIMS
City Does Best 1t Can, But
Separate Buildings Are
Needed.

Chief Magistrate William McAdoo in
a Grand Jury investigation of the condi-
ton of municipal institutional buildings
on Randalls Island and Rikers Island,
where drug addicts are committed, de-
claring the buildings were insanitary
ard belonged to the dark ages
The condition of the women's hospital
was especially bad. he said, and all of
the buildings need attention. He said
1t was disgrace to the city of New
York that Magistrates had to commit
women to this institution" but that
there was no other place. On Rikers
Island the drug addicts are given as
good treatment as possible. he said, but
the authorities have to work under i'm
possible conditions
The Magistrate. while he defended the
city authorities. said it had become in
creasingly apparent that a separate In
stitutional building was needed before
the drug addicts could be given proper
care. He said it was imperative not to
permit them to be returned to civil life
before receiving sufficient treatment
owing to criminal tendencies induced by
drugs.
Formerly it was possible to commit
Metropolitan hospitals. but. according to
the Magistrate Bellevue and Metropolitan
hospitals found their facilities made
quate and began discharging the addicts
after ten days treatment, when between
80 and 100 days usually are required.
Magistrates have been requested by
Bellevue and Metropolitan hospitals. and
practically by Riverside said the Mag
istrate. mot to commit to these institu-
tions. We. therefore, have to send them
TO Riker's Island. already overcrowded."
Justice Cornelius p. Collins of Chill
dren's Court announced that he will ap-
peal to the Italian Consul for coopera-
tion to break up gangs of cocaine SNUG
glers. which had been formed, he said,
by Italians and In which Italian boys
were used as dispensers.
Joseph Milano, 16 years old, was ar
rested at ga Elizabeth street after II was
said he had furnished detective with a
quantity of heroin. The boy was said to
have confessed to being employed at $40
a week to sell drugs for man he met
in the Bowery.
Joseph VILLAIN and his brother.
Anthony. accused OF selling narcotics.
some OF which We're dispensed through
children in the neighbornood Of Metro
politan avenue and Humboldt street,
Brooklyn. pleaded guilty yesterday in
Federal court, Brooklyn. Judge Chat
field sentenced Joseph to three months
in Atlanta prison and to pay a fine Of
$780, Anthony was sentenced to one
years Imprisonment.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
MERCURY AT 4 ABOVE;
SNOW PROBABLE TO-DAY
Foodstuffs Spoil in Transit on
Winters Coolest Day.

Although yesterday was the coolest
day of the winter. the temperature hav-
ing dropped to above from the pre-
vious low record of the day before,
the mildness of the westerly will made
Il seem not so cold to travellers In ths
open. The mercury held the low mark
more than an hour. starting upward at
Z o'clock I'm the morning and steadily
climbing to % at In the afternoon.
The weather folk thereupon declared
that the back of the cold wave had been
broken. that at the coolest hour OF this
morning the temperature would not be
lower than about Is and that New York
might look out for a snowstorm some
time to-day.
MUCH foodstuff was spoiled In the
freezing hours. according to Edwin j.
O'Malley. Markets Commissioner, who
said also that because Of lack of ter
minal facilities about so per cent. of
the fruits and vegetables entering this
city were lost in periods of intense cold.
About sixty carloads of vegetables were
chilled or frozen on sidihgs.
Van Cortlandt Park ice was strong
enough yesterday to bear skaters, but
there may be a thaw tomorrow that
will arrest Ice development in the other
parks.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
JUDGE HAND HOLDS UP
MIAMI CABLE LANDING
Will Hear Arguments on In
junction Friday.

A temporary restraining order pre-
venting the Western Union Telegraph
Company from landing a new Brazil
Barbados cable at Miami. Fla. was
granted by Judge Augustus n. Hand
in the United States District Court yes
terday on application OF the Govern
ment. The order is effective until 2
p. NJ. Friday. and argument for the pre-
liminary injunction will be heard by
Judge Hand on that day. The order, In
addition to preventing the landing of
the cable at Miami beach. stays the
telegraph company from using the three
cables running from Key West to Cuba
In connection with Brazilian messages
and from splicing the link from Bar
bados to Cuba.
Judge Hand granted the order after
hearing United States Attorney Francis
G. Caffey and Earl p. Barnes. his as
sistant, for the Government and Rush
Taggart and Joseph p. Cotton. counsel
for the Western Union.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
SALOON GONE; SHELTER
ASKED BY COMMUTERS
Pennybridge Finds Leapfrog
No Real Substitute.

AT Pennybridge. L. l.. there used to
be a saloon that served also as a rail-
road waiting room for persons intending
t. take one of the trains that occasion
ally stopped at that station on the Mon
tauk division of the Long Island Rail-
road. The saloon succumbed TO the Vol
stead act and all last winter travellers
from Pennybridge played leap frog along
the railroad ties In an effort 10 keep
warm while they waited for the train.
Yesterday a delegation drawn from
the district about Pennybridge appeared
before Morgan T. Donnelly, Deputy
Public Service Commissioner. and asked
that the Long Island Railroad be COM
PEELED TO build a shelter and platform
foi their -4Gommodation.
Before pro.ENition came along we all
used to 20 In tie saloon and keep
warm" said one of the delegation. I'VE
didn't need a railroad station then. We
had something better. Now there's no
place TO go.'
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
CLARA STRAUSS WANTS
$3.50 WEEKLY ALIMONY
Sues Head of KnifWedr Com
pany for Separation.

Mrs. Clara Strauss OF 1853 Eastern
Parkway, Brooklyn. brought suit In the
Supreme Court before Justice Aspinall
In Brooklyn yesterday, asking for sep
aration frop Louis. Strauss Of the Knit
wear Manufacturing Company, $3.50 a
week alimony and $4,000 counsel fees
Mrs. Strauss complains that her hus-
band now has an income of from $780,
600 to 100000 a year. and that he de-
serted her as soon as he became wealthy
He came to the United States ten years
ago. she said and they worked together
IN the same garment factory for several
years. They were married in 1912, and
shortly afterward the husband opened a
shop for the manufacture Of women's
sweaters.
Two years ago. Mrs. Strauss said. he
became connected with the Knitwear
company and soon began to complain
that she was mot good enough for him"
On May 29, 1919. she says. he left her.
In reply to the charges Strauss denied
his wife's allega ations and said he had an
income of but $4,000 year as manager
of the Kntwear factory. Justice Aspin-
al! reserved decision and entered an OBJ
lection to the size of the counsel fees
asked.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
2 DRY AGENTS FACE
EXTORTION CHARGE
Arrests Made in Saloon After
Marked Money Is Said
to Have Passed.
TO BE ARRAIGNED TO-DAY
8 Pleading Guilty to Violation
Sentenced to IL Days
One Fined 5000.

Two prohibition enforcement agents
on the staff OF ID. ]. Chaplin supervising
agent. were arrested yesterday charged
with extorting money from a saloon
keeper on a promise of protection. The
prisoners are Alfred Ketcham of Farm
ingdale, l.. l., and Charles Walters of
i22 East Eighty second street Ketcham
was appointed the first of last August.
Walters has been an agent less than
three months.
Complaint against the two men was
made by William Brady, who has sa-
loon at 40 Second avenue. He told Act
ing Capt. Williams or the East Twenty
second street station and Detective Dom
lon who made the arrests, that Ketcham
and Walters were in his place yesterday
afternoon and offered him protection II
he would pay them $50 each.
The officers went to the saloon In re-
sponse 10 a telephone call from Brady's
bartender. According to them. Brady
agreed to the proposition made by the
two men and passed over two $40 bills
to Walters and a $50 bill to ketcham.
all of the bills being marked.
When the police told Ketcham and
Walters they were under arrest they
laughed. according to Detective Donlon,
and said: Were prohibition agents.
We were just getting loan from Mr..
Brady"
The police telephoned prohibition head
quarters and Chief Chaplin sent one of
his staff. who identified both men, Don
lon said. At Chief Chapins request the
two were arrested and held at Police
Headquarters. They will be arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Hitchcock this morning. The chief said
last night he was glad the agents had
been arrested and added: ITS my in
tention to rid my staff of every trace OF
this sort of thing. l don't know whether
these men are guilty, but If they are
they're not the kind of men l want
working for me-.
A statement made by Magistrate
Simms in Jefferson Market Court sunday
to the effect that the authorities should
have no difficulty in laying hands on
persons who sell liquor has brought him
numerous letters from persons who say
they want to help in running down Of
tenders. and give the addresses OF about
fifty saloons where liquor Is being sold.
Nine saloon keepers. bartenders and
walters who were arrested In various
roundups made by enforcement officers
pleaded guilty before Judge Learned
Hand yesterday. Eight were sentenced
to serve fourteen days and one was fined
5000.
Enforcement agents raided the saloon
at 327 Washington street. Brooklyn.
yesterday The present owner. Joseph
Lehner was arrested on charge of
selling liquor and maintaining nuisance
The place was crowded when the raid
was made Lehner was held in $1,000
bail. He has been acquitted by jury
If the same charge.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
COURT SO CONGESTED
THAT 1T OPENS LATE
Justice Tompkins Arriues Too
Early for Relief.

When Supreme Court Justice Arthur
5. Tompkins of Nyack. who has been as
signed to sit in General Sessions for the
purpose of relieving the congestion of
that courts calendar. arrived at the
Criminal Courts Building yesterday
morning he found the building deserted
except for Benny Jackman. dean Of the
elevator corps. He accosted Benny and
asked whether he was In the right place
When told he was Justice Tompklns
asked tho reason for the deserted condi-
tion of the building
You're too early" Benny Informed
him. TITS only o'clock"
What time does court open here? p"
asked the Justice
About 1880 or II O'clock" answered
Benny.
The Justice told Benny who he was
and was taken up to HIS chamber. where
he lghted cigar and waited for tO.3O
to arrive.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
ONION IN DEMAND WITH
LIQUOR UNDER BAN
Prohibition Brings Craze for
Vegetable With a Kick.

Special Despatch 10 THE NEw YonK HERALD
CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-Deprived of liquor.
Americans are developing craze for
the most k'cky Of vegetables. the onion.
according TO Carl Peowaty. the onion
king. who is in Chicago for the annual
convention OF the Fruit and Vegetable
Shippers Association.
Since prohibition became effective the
demand for onions has almost doubled
Last year Mr.. Peowaty handled more
than 10000 carloads OF onions. and he
expects his 1921 business to be greater
Onions have food value which is
not generally appreciated" said Mr.
Peowaty. Onions contain more calories
than some meats and make an invigor-
ating soup for convalescents. They will
some day be one Of the staple foods OF
the country"
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
200 CASES SEIZED RUM
GO TO u. S. SOLDIERS
Governors Island Accepts
What City Refuses.

Almost 200 cases of Bacardi rum win
will be shipped to-day from Brooklyn to
Governors Island for the use of the Of
ficers and soldiers thereafter they be-
come Ill.
At the request Of Federal District At
torney Ross in Brooklyn yesterday
Judge Chatfield signed an order direct
ing the disposal of the liquor to the
chief surgeon of the Second Corps area.
United States Army, at Governors ISL
and, for medical use in military hospi-
tails.
The liquor being Government prop
erty. District Attorney Ross decided the
city's Charities Department could use
II and he offered 1t to Bird S. Coler. the
Commissioner. The Corporation Coun-
sci. however. ruled that the city could
not take II without public bidding. Mr..
Ross then decided to turn 1t over to the
military hospitals.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
HEAVENLY HONEYMOON
ENDED ABOVE GARY
Bride Baked at Flying Above
Blast Furnaces.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-When Major Paul
Minor, who Is an aviator. proposed
wedlock to Miss Ruth Melissa Martin OF
Toledo all he needed to say was Ely
with me-" SO they flew TO Fort Wayne,
where Miss Martin suggested they de-
scend on her mother.
There was the first obstacle Mrs.
Martin objected TO marriage for her
eighteen-y -year-old daughter. But Ruth
continued on toward Chicago. Uufor-
tunately for her training as an aviators
wife. Gary lay In the course of flight.
II couldn't stand flying over those
dirty blast furnaces again" Miss Martin
said II liked it all right to Fort Wayne,
but when We got to that dirt. with dark
ness coming on--well. maybe mother
was right"
So there the heavenly honeymoon
stands to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
MAID GETS WIRELESS,
WELCOMES A WARRIOR
And Run1or Hath 1t That
They Will Be Wed.

Marquis Niccolo Alizzi. all-round ath-
lete Of italy. who was n Lieutenant In
the cavalry during the war. arrived from
Boulogne yesterday by the Holland
America liner Rotterdam, and was
greeted rapturously at the pier by
comely young American woman who
would not tell her name. but said she
was from Sioux City Iowa. and that she
had come East two days ago In response
to a wireless message from the Marquis
What the message was the Marquis and
the young woman declined 20 impart to
others. The rumor aboard the liner was
that the young woman had met the
Marquis when she was a war nurse In
italy and that they were going to get
married soon.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20

stable market for their milk. IL will give
the producer higher average price.
by marketing collectively, the farm
ers. through their association. can effect
great economies which will reduce the
price of fluid milks. For instance, all
of the milk for New York city and ad-
jacent territory can be drawn from a
section within say. 200 miles of New
York city. At present the dealers go
as far as $50 miles away to get milk
for city consumption. This will save In
freight and the milk naturally will be
fresher when II gets here. Manufectur-
ing plants can be eliminated fro,l the
fluid milk districts and established out
side,
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
HOUSEWIVES DEMAND
AN EIGHT HOUR DAY

WASHINGTON. Jan. f9.--Letters under
Brooklyn date, signed wives ana
mothers OF Industrial workers" reached
members OF Congress to-day asking for
law 10 require chldless married
women under 60 10 do housework three
days q week for mothers with children
and also for an eight hour day for
housewives.
Congress should realize" Il said
that legislation should be less and less
In favor Of Industrial workers and more
and moro 20 alleviate and improve the
condition OF the overworlSed, under
paid. dishwashing housewife
II added that sixty per cent. OF the
members Of Congress were paid more
than they were worth.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
MARRIAGE ANNULMENT
ENDS A WAR ROMANCE
Veterans Bride Refused to
Go to Home He Provided.

war romance OF Frederick II
Blanke OF 80 Hooker street. Glendale.
Queens. which began when he was at
Liverpool as a member of the A. Il. r..
was ended yesterday in Queens County
Supreme Court with decree of annu-
ment issued to him by Justice Faber
Blanke's bride was an English girl.
and they were to be married when he
was discharged from the service After
the war the girl sailed to join him here,
but suddenly decided she did not want
to marry him.
The immigration authorities refused
to permit her to enter the country un-
less she was married. and the ceremony
was performed but the girl would not
go TO the home Blanke had provided
for her at Glendale. Blanke became
tired of married life without wife and
brought the annulment action. alleging
fraud.
The New York herald., 1921-01-20
JAZZ SHIRTS AND SOCKS
TABOO IN SING SING
ConUicts Must BlouD Home
Money Other Ways.

Warden Lewis y. Lawes Of Sing Sing
Issued an order yesterday forbidding the
convicts TO wear silk shirts. fancy neck
ties. silk socks and linen collars Hence
forth they will have 10 confine their
sartorical embellishments 20 tho prison
uniform supplied by the state. which IL
compact and comfortable but not beau
tiful.
The warden found the order neces-
sary because Of the increasing number
OF convicts who get money from home
and who have been spending e on cloth
ing. so the yard OF the prison began to
resemble a rainbow drunk on homemade
hootch.
The guards. even with their brass but
tons. have been quite ecllpsed by tho
Jazz shirts and necktles