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The New York herald., 1921-12-13
MEYER INVESTIGATORS
UNDECIDED ON FUNDS
Chairman Denies He Plans to
Ask for 100000.

Senator Schuyler NJ. Meyer. chairman
of the Meyer Legislative Committee.
denied yesterday that the committee had
decided to ask the next Legislature
for an extension of It's official life or
that n new appropriation of 100000 TO
pay the fees of E;lon r. Brown. Leonard
NJ. Wallstein and Samuel A. Berger
would be sought.
ut has not been determined" Senator
Meyer told THE NEW YORK HERALD.
whether the committee shall ask for
an extension. That will depend on how
we progress with our investigation OF
the Dock Department, perhaps the most
important work we have undertaken. AS
far as an appropriation for counsel fees
Is concerned. the committee does not
know what the fees viii be. and can
not discuss the subject at this time.
Counsel TO the committee will submit a
bill for their work at the proper time.
Then the amount 20 be paid will be a
matter for the Legislature to deter
mine"
The original allowance OF 100000.
most Of which has been exhausted by
The committee. did not include provision
for counsel fees.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
HEARING MAY SAVE
BRAZIE FROM DEATH
Case of 62-Year-Old Man to
Be Aired Before Governor
Tomorrow.
HIS GUILT is DOUBTED
Mysterious Autopsy OF
Woman's Body Basis
of Appeal.
ATTORNEY WORKS FAST
Sentence Due to Be Carried Out
Thursday Night-Commu-
tation to Be Sought.
ATTORNEY WORKS FAST

The possibility that George Brazie.
sixty-two-year-old death house pris-
oner, may not go to the electric chair
Thursday night and that his case win
receive a thorough airing as a result
of hearing to take place before Gov.
Miller tomorrow was made known
last night at Sing Sing prison. Brazie
made the sensational statement in his
cell yesterday that since his conviction
for the murder of his common law
wife, who was found slain on their
place near Oneonta, the authorities of
Otsego county, where the trial was
held. have had the woman's body ex-
humed and to determine whether the
statements of witnesses who sent him
to the death house were wholly cor
rect.
1t Is Brazie's contention that. though
he was tried and found guilty and the
Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed
The conviction, the Otsego county Off
cials are not sure he is the man who
did the shooting.
James Byard of Cooperstown. who be-
came one of Brazie's attorneys after his
conviction. said that he got the Governor
TO order the District Attorney of Otsego
to reveal to the defence's attorneys the
result of a mysterious autopsy, which
he alleged. disproved the testimony of
the principal witness for the prosecution
Prosecutor Makes Denial.
THE autopsy was performed about
thirty days after Brazie went to the
death house." said Mr.. Byard. ''The
defendants counsel were not notified.
hut we got an order from Gov. Miller
compelling the District Attorney to tell
W. the result. The District Attorney
told us. verbally. that the autopsy
showed but ono bullet in the body. The
states witness. Guy Hughes. testified
that Brazle shot her twice The infer
ence is that this Is not true"
District Attorney Adrian Pierson, who
rad charge Of the prosecution of Brazie.
was asked about the autopsy and the
statements of Mr.. Byard last night He
charged that the move to bring the case
TO the Governors attention on allega-
tions that the prosecuting officers were
not certain OF the facts is merely a SUBJ
serfuse and a play for time. When
asked whether 1t Is true that only one
bullet was fired into the woman's body.
Mr.. Pierson said:
ITS no such thing. Two bullets were
fired into the body"
Mr.. Pierson was asked about the
statement that the county authorities
bad an autopsy performed a month af-
ter the trial was over. He evaded the
question. and when asked again about
the charge made by Mr.. Byard. he re-
piled
'I don't care to talk. If you'll come
up to Albany at the hearing Wednesday
you'll get the whole thing. You evil
IDENTIFY don't know this crowd up here
like we do"
The New York herald., 1921-12-13

Special Despatch 10 THE New York HERALD.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,. Dec. 12.-peter f.
Dunno. who crawled through the torpedo
tube OF the submerged submarine S-4S
and made possible the rescue of the
other men who were penned in the con-
troll room of the boat, went back to
work to-day at the plant of the Lake
Submarine Boat Company. He says
he has no intention of abandoning work
on submarines because of his experience
last Wednesday.
IF there was ever time l was to get
killed on SUBJ said Dunno, that was
it, but 1 got through all right. / guess
it just isn't written that / am to die on
a submarine"
Dunno told his story OF the accident.
which corresponded closely with others
that have already been told and printed
in THE New YORK HERALD. But he
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
YAP CABLE UNUSED SINCE 1914

George Clapperton. general traffic
manager OF the Postal Telegraph and
Cable Company. denied yesterday that
the Guam-Ya cable had been sealed re-
Gently, as was announced In a despatch
from San Francisco. based on a sup
posedly authorized statement by the San
Francisco office of the company. The
Guam-Yap cable. 1t was said, has been
out OF commission since 1914, when Yap
was seized by the japanese. The state
ment that 1t had been sealed by order of
the company was unauthorized.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
ONE SAILOR IS DEAD,
NOT TEN, FROM RUM
Only Few Cases Of Illness, Is
Report at Naval Hospital
in Brooklyn.

Commander Louis III. Wheeler execu-
tive officer OF the naval hospital in
Brooklyn, denied fatty last night that
there was any truth In the rumors that
more than ten men have died and that
145 more. all from the receiving ship
Pueblo, are in the naval hospital suf-
fering from the effects of bad booze sold
to the men by bootleggers. According
to the latest information obtained by
officials of the new York yard yard.
these boot leggers are operating in the
San Juan Hill district in Manhattan and
not in the vicinity of the navy yard. as
at first reported.
Commander Wheeler said that the
truth of the recent epidemic of alco-
holism among sailors was this: There
have been eleven cases of alcoholism in
the Naval Hospital, reported within the
last two or three weeks. One man has
died. There is no truth that more than
one has died and there is no truth in
the report that more than ten are in
the hospital The hospital authorities
do not consider conditions much worse
than they were year ago. During 1920
the hospital treated nineteen cases Of
alcoholism So far this year there have
been twenty-five cases. None OF the
men now being treated is in a serious
condition, and there have besn no new
cases within forty-eight hours.
The report that large numbers have
died and that many more are desper-
ately III has gained wide circulation dur
ing the last few days. Twenty or more
sailors along Sands and Washington
streets. in Brooklyn, were questioned
last night by reporters for TIE NEW
YORK HERALD. All of them said that
they had heard the reports. although
some had heard that six were dead,
others that seven were dead and a few
that ten were dead. and all had heard
that large numbers were i'll. None, how
ever. was able to give the name Of a
man who had died or the name OF man
who had been made i'll. They merely
said that they had heard the reports,
but that they had no personal knowl-
edge OF the matter. Similar statements
were made by sailors in other parts Of
Brooklyn and in Manhattan.
policeman whose beat is in the vi
cinity of the Navy Yard said he had
heard the reports, and one of the Off
cials of the Naval Y. NJ c. A. in Sands
street said il had reached there, too.
The policeman said that sailors to whom
he had talked said that they had bought
the whiskey from negroes on the West
Side in Manhattan. This was also told
by sailors at the Y. VI. c. A.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
90 DRY AGENTS RAID
BROADWAY RESORTS
Continued from First Page.

infiltration, and then searching the place
from roof to basement.
It was stated afterward that they
found one bottle of whislley and made
seven arrests. The prisoners were James
Merrill and John Brown and five watt
ers, ell Of whom were taken TO the West
Forty-seventh street station.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
DUNNE, SUBMARINE HERO,
TO DIVE INTO MATRIMONY
Rescuer Returns to Work at Lake Company's Plant to
Prepare for Nuptials Next Month
He Is Also Boxer.

related some other things that have not
been published. one of them being that
he is to be married next month to Miss
May Burns of 572 Gregory street,
Bridgeport. Another is that he is a
boxer and has taken part in several
preliminary bouts here under the name
of Red Dunno.
Dunno always goes directly from the
Laxe plant TO a gymnasium near his
home. and every day he puts in an
hours work with the gloves. He is said
to be fast and is regarded as a conner
in local puglistic circles. Dunno and six
other men who were on the submarine
are members of the Park City Council
of the knights of Columbus. and at
tomorrow nights meeting of the coun-
ell a committee will be named to
arrange an appeal to the Carnegie Hero
Commission for medals for Dunno and
his companions.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
Seven Are Arrested.

The persons arrested at the Eotel La
fayette were Felix Colerneian, the man
ager, and James Cont, captain of wait
ers. In each instance, after the agents
had gone, the people were permitted to
go into the restaurants and eat and
dance and talk to their hearts content,
and those who were inside were allowed
to go out.
Agent Estes. who had charge of ore
of the raiding squads. said that the
evidence or which the warrants were
based was obtained by four agents who
disguised themselves as Prosperous
Business Men from the West. and made
a tour of the theatre district the other
day, getting drinks and evidence. They
heard of one place, he said. which paid
$4,000 a year for protection. He did
not know who got all that money.
Judge Learned Hand of the United
States District Court announced in court
Yesterday that hereafter any one plead
irg guilty to violating the Volstad Act.
would be sentenced to fourteen days in
Jail, and that for any one convicted
after trial the sentence will be at least
4 month
Two seizures and the beginning of a
suit in equity on behalf of the James
Everard breweries to test the constitu-
tionality of the latest beer amendments
to the Volstead act were outstanding
incidents yesterday in the liquor situa-
ton. George A. Demo, prohibition en-
forcement chief for New Jersey. turned
in his resignation to Charles III. Brown
Federal director, after Mr.. Brown had
received a brief telegram from WASH
ington saying: Let Demo CO." No
further reason for the dismissal was
given.
T. AZ.
seizures made by agents working under
r. O. Merrick in this city. Two cases
OF Bicardi rum found in q Packard
| limousine in q garage at rs East 120th
street were confiscated the car was stored
at the Government warehouse and n
chauffeur and a garage helper were ar
rested. Nine cases and g. five gallon jug
of alcohol were seized from a wagon at
Varrick and Hudson streets. Three men
found on the truck were arrested and,
like the other two prisoners. were ac-
cused of violating the Volstead act.
The action begun by the Everard
breweries named as defendants Ralph
c. Day, State Prohibition Enforcement
Director; Frank K. Bowers, Internal
Revenue Collector for the Second Dis
trict of New York, and United States
Attorney Hayward. The suit Is FOR an
injunction restraining these Federal Of
ficers from interfering with the COM
pany's brewing OF beer for medicinal
purposes.
Lieut.. De Leos Evans and three po-
licemen of the West Forty-seventh street
station. who were held August 26 by
Magistrate McQuade on charges of OPP
preston following 4 raid on a garage
at 22s West Fifty-second street. were
tried and found not guilty yesterday by
justices McInerney. Salmon and Healy
in Special Sessions.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
O'TOOLE GOING TO PARAGUAY

WARRINGTON. Dec 12.-William J..
O'Toole Of Gary. W. Va. will be OPP
pointed Minister to Paraguay. President
Harding to-day told White House call
ere.
Mr.. OToolo, who is %, will be. per-
haps, the youngest man ever appointed
20 a Ministerial post In the diplomatic
service His appointment has been
urged by Senator Elkins. Republican.
West Virginia.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
roc HATS SIS SALVAGE.

BEfDcEPoRT. Conn, Dec. IA heavy
mist which hung over Long island Sound
to-day prevented any attempts at sal
wage of the sunken submarine S-4S. A
diver will be sent down tomorrow TO
close the sea valves which lead into the
rear ballast tanks from the exterior OF
che hull.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
HARDING RECEIVES MAcNIDER.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.--Hanford
NIacNidcr. commander of the American
Legion, and a party OF legion officials
were received to-day by President
Harding There was no talk OF the
lcgIon's bonus or other legislative mat
i.~,. = was said.
The New York herald., 1921-12-13
Chaplain Doubts Guilt.

Mr.. Byard will plead for commu-
tation of the death sentence when he
goes before the Governor tomorrow.
ond he said that he would make some
startling disclosures. He said he did
not hear of the reported exhuming Of
the body until very recently.
II got on TO it through a leak he
added.
Since Brazie was put in the death
ECuse he has never ceased protesting
his innocence. He has stated that he
lad a row with a man on his farm and
that during the alteration the man
picked up a revolver and shot at him
and the woman. Brazie recovered i'm Il
hospital and he claims that while he
was under treatment n farm hand
sought to fasten the guilt of the wom-
ans murder on him.
It was remembered yesterday that the
rev. DR.. A. ~. Petersen. Protestant
chaplain of the prison, always has
doubted Brazie's guilt and frequently
has predicted that something woul1
come out eventually in his favor.
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doubt he wouldn't puzzle over di.
vorce testimony. He merely looked
at Venus and then at the woman
In the case. II they compared fav-
orably, the Judge would do his duty
as he saw II. He always saw It
the woman's way.
In the case Of Ramona Kimona
Va. Wooden Kimona he displayed
his integrity and the only reversal
of form attributed to him In his
half-oentury OF practice at and away
from the bar.
The plaintiff wanted q divorce,
whether she deserved II o. needed
the aiimony. shs took the witness
stand and displayed those ankles
that had made business 90 good for
the local occulists. There had been
a record breaking run on pince-nex
and horse blinkers, and one blind
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WHOOZUS- WHOOZUS

any hold higher thought
rolled often inmates ss oil often bottled In bond They
started build hooous there but mob of Infatuated
dodgers wind purpose the building and pulled
along they thought to be absttor and
thoughesy permitted the construction get beyond the foundation
before ascertaining the facts 49, .N...s ~. tE...,
straight through the earth
the mayor who had lifelong habit
shaving every full had heard Of Andrew
Carnegie. ...- f..
wealthy dropped into town and wanted
university and they ynched him before he could
The dictionary Tombstone made the subject Of
muny anniversary Of the birth Of Noah Webster
Of the Declaration Of Independence
egy night after orderly mob had been dispersed
of skunks which driven out of
nearby rabbits getting ferociou
they would nothing but polecat meat
Things in Tombstone tough.
mayors life safe long he didn't the
before after nghtfalL
Every time they organized Arehtng brigade much ncend
that the members dropped dead from athletic
chief of police held Office only during daylight hours
he Keagle Of the Cuckoo Klux Kalamity
strictly advancement misconcepton
members of the dumb
that they looked sefstarter conrvsnce which
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BY Skillet Finn

browning achievement rowdysm. Cal
lswns there something that the inventor Of the word never
imagined could Every night Tombstone would give addi
tena meaning until entire Of atrocities made the adjective
sound like complement Of the first water-mean whkey.
The leading dentist in Tombstone blacksmith He filed teeth
down smooth Whenever Of his patients broke molar
while biting jail door nbing his through iron bars He
could cavity with hot lead without the victim knowing
major operation being perpetrated- #....e
Between shoeng picking buckshot Of ngtders with
his pulling oresps and sewing flesh wounds pyfuy inflicted
with safety he eked pretty fair existence But
existence ALL he had anything he wouldn't have
known what to do subconscous
semi-prosperty ILL.,, IS. .e. ill.,
The burgs chief Of firing automobile
tourists who through by accident and nearly always
met with Even the best moto will lose his and his
and not few inadvertently through Tombstone under
misapprehenson.
The towns leading buies would collect daily hillside with
rifles and and the gopng ansiens who
drove through the valley
smattering OF Of the when his rifle
ball payfuy punctured whole tires
The next day he had his brother open vucanzng
innerube hotel quarter Of mile
the ridge Of the hill and nmbe aid his
trigger finger. IT,
Tombstone . pip.
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Georges recently tn struggle avin' only $1,000
keeny friends relatives But George
expensive have left
explains his wife, it's really
figger tn carfare save in year.
many happy hours choosin dun which only
accident both parties
bad shots amt much what kind O. it's to be whether
expensive than tn Hennery Joneses door.
tn crockery they compromise cheap
try disguise with But tn Hennsy
proud fgtn blood Jones drives home with Kewpie
divin' Venus makes
patent window cleaner George blocks with
windshield let tn traffic know he's going
with bicycle wheels George
tn with set O. wheels cut out Of a sheet O. tin
battle o tn Tghtuns Both begin to look like couple
hardware pedders They modern Inconvenience
'ceptin An Henney
wontk no It 10 goes to fill his radyater
his q hat-rack
hunin'
tn pazy take what second hand happens
along. "
Henry evenin.
he "Jus little ride to fill lungs with air fore
We 70 to Wen drive to Ivydale"
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fonier working the Jigger and
moving down the Common Peo-
pie.
Percy had two or three Good
Things that were guaranteed to
60 through. They had been
slipped to him by q Cigar Sales
man who knew an Owner. They
looked to be the real Candy.
When he arrived at the Track
he gave UP for a Badge and a
Dope Sheet and a package Of
Pills, and this left him with 8
and a little something on the
side for Red Hots. He fought
his way to the Bookie and de-
manded 81 worth Of Bright Eyes
at 8 to 1. While he was strug-
Cling to get to the Fence he
heard someone say that Append.
citis was right and would win
by a City Block. A Low Moan
escaped him. He climbed over
q large mass Of Colored People
so as to get So down on Ap-
pendicitis. The Odds were z to
s. He got balled up in his
Arithmetic, and while he was
waiting for the Figures to shift
90 that he could butt in with his
8, a Bell rang and the Mob tore
for the Fresh Air. He climbed a
Pole and saw Bright Eyes doing
q Solo. He let 60 and fell in q
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BY ED. STREETER

drive Hennery loses his hat it. II wa
do tn behind is going pass %.."
Half block from tn house Hennsy shuts off veryn' slides
home.
Fiftyssven minutes" he
post got to tell Myron Whppe about that Hope jy
I always like q little fresh air before
The automobile has National National
air full o. gasolene amt safe to strike match.
Automobiles has
form to take Of EN- what hide
plated under his bed night tn
safety deposit vault before his
mobile standn fer week in tn middle tn
evethn tn he does that he'd hang his
throw his pocket book tn front
an roll in tn garden An like not he'd forget baby
sittn outside IN tn go-car all night in tn rain.
I've this old mare with
sapn branch to make before
she turned into fertilizer I've watched wobbe bicycles
Now I'm wstchn EN- rattle gasoline buggies An it's been
observation that they all back they started
Which whore beat every havin started I'm
always here
Yours fer longer roads shorter autos.
AMOS II. AMESBY,
b. srestsr -~'
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man had thrown away his cup and
his sign TO yell hoarsely:
''Hoser' "Hoser"
Thinking there was q fire in the
town hall, Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. 10 dashed to the scene.
Fortunately there had been no blaze.
It never would have received at.
tention against such strong compe-.
tition. A paper which dared to
print that Cheif Dinwiddie had an.
swsrsd . false alarm was sued for
libel.
II 10 not certain that Judge osis-
thorpe was looking at those ankles.
But II 10 positive he wasn't gazing
past them. He had begun to write
verdict for the plaintiff without
futher ado, except putting his name
on Q polite card that was to be given
to the bailiff. Whether the bailiff
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BY Gene Fowler

that box or cigars was talking
about"
The counsel, learned man and
a runner-up himself in the Judges
Romeo class, looked three places in
rapid succession. One was the ankles
Another was the Judge. The last
was at the SNUG client. The lawyer
Numbered In Mr.. Kimona's ear with
a fine sarcastic intonation:
Cigars, eh7 And I suppose YOU
put your card In them. didn't your"
NO" replied the client. who was
looking at his own wife's ankles
a most irregular thing. don't you
know--"no. not my card. put my
wlfe's card In the box"
Next" the Judge, who used to be
barber. was saying. AID 4
there's a woman In the case. court
Ia adjourned Tor the day"
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Collar to the bad was found
wandering hither and thither
with SEQ in his left Fin. The
Tout had to shake him . couple
Of times before he came to.
The Tout had some Goods Of .
very superior Quality. In the
next Race there was q Collie
that had enough Hop in him to
convert . Selling Platter into q
Perfecto. II VISA like making
change with q Blind Man. Rink
aboo was the Name. Breathe it
softly, as very few we're hep.
The Tout said to play It across
the Board, forward and back, up
and down. He said that Rink
aboo would breeze in; that he
would win on the Bit, doing
Buck and Wing Steps. that all the
others would seem to be Hitched.
So Mr.. Piker allowed the Tout
to take him by the Hand, for he
was too weak to risist, and to-
sether they wandered of into
Dreamlsnd. Piece by Piece the
Happy Rubles went up. Rinks-
boo was layed in all the Books,
straight, place and to peep. Mr..
Piker found himself up in the
Grand Stand holding his Head
with one Hand while In the
other Hand YVES . Pinochle Deck,
suitable for framing. II Rinka-
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OH, JUSTICE!
FUDGE voLNEY ooELTHoRPE

JUDGE voLNEY ooELTHoRPp
y had an eye for beauty. He would
have had two eyes for the same
thing had he not met with an &C
cident. The left optic was retired
on half pay ana on half memory.
A careful husband had maced II
with part Of an invaiid's chair when
he caught the Judge, then q young
barrister, looking at the gentlemans
wife In no uncertain terms.
For the sake Of arsument--and
A never fails to bring them on
the Judges warmest personal snsrn.
ies held that he could see only half
a, much AZ the ordinary two-iarnp-
cd male. Curiousiy. however. he
always CARED twice a. long. This
made all odds even on any beach
where the girls samboled.
1T have one eye" the Judge would