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New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Mrs. Miller Faces
Forrest i'm Meeting
With a Summons
Grand Master of Anti .Catho-
lie Society Protests Writ
Served Upon Sunday, but
Says He'll Heed a Warrant

Mrs. jeanette Miller, Of 1877 Logan
Street, Brooklyn. who has tried to get
Jay w. Forrest to explain In court
what he does with tho money he COL
lects ae grand master Of the Sons and
Daughters Of Washington. an anti
Catholic organization, went to Bryant
Hall yesterday, where the sons and
daughters were having meeting.
She had with her a patrolman from
the West Thirtieth Street police sta
tion and summons from Magistrate
Silberman calling upon Forrest to pre-
sent himself to-day in Jefferson Mar
ket police court. AS the summons was
served upon Forrest she remarked that
she would like to tell him what the
magistrate said.
Madam" responded Grand Master
Forrest, II do not care to hear from
you what the magistrate said. would
sooner have the magistrate tell me
about it himself
He asserted later, however, that he
had no intention Of permitting the mag
Ao1A 70 w w 6O upon CQ0 &uCnOrlCY
OF the summons Mrs. Miller served
upon him yesterday.
.! will not obey the summons" he
said, because it is not legal. A sum-
Sunday"
AS he had confded in another au-
dience few days ago, when Mrs. Mil
ler tried to persuade him to come to
court and answer her complaint, Grand
Master Forrest likewise took the sons
and daughters assembled in Bryant
Hall yesterday into his confidence.
"This woman, Mrs. Miller" he said.
"alleges that l tore the summons up.
| always act like gentleman. l took
the summons from her and placed it
in my pocket. 1t is still there. When
warrant is issued for me with an af-
fdavit attached l, of course, will re-
spond. l mean this as no offense to
the judge, but things must be done in
legal manner.
II have the right to stand on my
rights as citizen Of the United States
and New Yorker, and I'll stand
squarely on my toes. I will hope to be
here at this meeting next Sunday after
noon If am not locked up. can be
wish to serve a warrant upon me-"
In his address Grand Master Forrest
admitted that he dabbled bit in war
rants himself, and said that Eamon
de Valera had shown good Judgment
IN leaving this country when he did.
DE Valera just got out of this coun-
try in time," averred Grand Master
Forrest. "If he had waited a little
longer-and l am speaking for the
Sons and Daughters Of Washington-I
would have obtained a warrant for his
arrest"
Protestants were going to hold "the
biggest mass meeting in history" in
Madison Square Garden pretty soon, he
said. in preparation for the eight"
which was imminent,
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10

good hunter in the daytime as was
Terror the. Goshawk, and this is whv
ne took such pains to "freeze." He
knew that those round, fierce eyes would
catch the least little movement, espe-
cially as Peters coat was brownish
while all around him everything was
white. Much quicker than I can tell it
Jumper and Whitley had passed Peter
and he sighed. 1t was just the faint
est kind Of sigh, sigh of relief. He
knew that Whitcy's eyes, like the ewes
Of Hooty the Horned Owl and Spooky
the Screech Owl and ali the other Owl
cousins, were fixed in their sockets and
could not be turned from side to side.
That meant that now he was past
Peter he couldn't possibly see him un-
less ne turned his head way around, and
ne was too intent on catching Jumper to
do that.
Twice the great hooked claws reached
Tor Jumper as Whitley struck at him,
but each time Jumper lodged to one side
just at the right instant. Now that he
himself was no longer in danger Peters
whole thought was for his big cousin.
Jumper the Hare.
Run, Jumper, run!" cried Peter un-
der his breath. "Oh, run!"
Would Jumper escape? Could he
Peter was thankful that it was not he
who was racing for life from those terri
bio claws.
Copyright. 1881. BY 7. W. Burress)
Ths next story, "Ths End Of the
RAce."
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Missing Boy Hunter
Found Drowned in Pond
Believed to Have Ventured Out
ON Thin Ice and Broken
Through Last Month

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 9.-The
body Of James F. Collins jr,, sixteen
year-old son of Alderman Collins. of
this city, was found late to-day in
Turner's Pond, in Plainville. There
were no marks of violence and the
police expressed the opinion that the
boy was accidentally drowned. He had
been missing since he went on a hunt
ing trip in the Plainville woods on De-
cember 18 last, and it was feared that
he had been murdered.
Searching parties hadd assisted the
police on many days SINCE the boys
disappearance, and his father had
offered reward Of $500 for his find
ing. dead or alive. Ten days after
ne left home his mittens and gun were
found on the shore of the pond within
ten feet of the spot where the body
was discovered to-day, but search Of
the pond at that time yielded no re-
suit.
The murder theory gained much
ccredence when pair of overalls bear
ing what appeared to be blood stains
was found in the woods, but chemical
analysis showed that the spots were
not caused by blood. On another dav
. mound of freshly dug earth was ex.
amlned in the belief that the bodv
might be buried there, but all that was
found was a lot of mash prepared hv
mloonshine whisky manufacturers who
have carried on operations in the
woods. '''0
1t is believed that the bow. whi1a
hunting, ventured out on the pond and
broke through the thin ice.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
IT'S Too Much When They Rob
Him Of Boiling Dinner Pot
So Opines Bachelor John Shortell, Who Stepped Out
for Cigar and Returned to Find Two Chickens
Gone; Twice Robbed Before, but Said Nothing

delectable fragrance. which was the
ghost Of John ]. Shortell's Sunday dim
ner, was wasting itself rapidly upon .
dreary waste Of bAckyards. John j.
Shortell shut the window with a bang
and started for the East Fifty-frst
Street police station.
"I'm not one to complain" said John
]. Shortell. "'Twas only a month gone
that got splashed by the crime wave
and said nothing about it whatever.
had 500 bill tucked under the rug
in my bedroom and when got home
one night rug and bill both were gone.
II said nothing; I'm not one to make
trouble about trifes. let it pass, too,
when, couple of weeks later, they
broke into my gas meter and took out
don't believe yet that 1t wasn't myself
that did it.
"But this is too much. When a man
can't 60 out and leave his Sunday din
ner boiling on the stove, but what it's
gone when he gets back, pot and all,
tits time that stop was put to such
doings. Barring the cigar in my mouth
I've not bite to eat this day. Now,
does the Police Department of this city
let burglars steal the food out of a
mans mouth, want to know, or will l
get my chickens back?"
Chewing. stubbornly upon the sole
remnant of his Sunday dinner, John +.
Shortell waited until he had heard the
lieutenant send out general alarm for
two chickens and pot and also for
two acquaintances whom John ]. Shor-
tell had met on the stairs when he
went out for his cigar and whom he
regards with profound suspicion. Then
he went home to finish his cigar In soli-
tude. No match had touched it!
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Five Children Dropped
To Patrolman at Fire
Sixteen Families Flee Early
Morning Blaze in East
63d Street Tenement

Five children, ranging in ages from
seven months to four years, were
dropped from the second floor of the
four-story tenement house at $50 East
Sixtythird Street into the arms of
Patrolman Ottinger, Of the East Sixty
seventh Street station, yesterday morn
ing, when fire of unknown origin swept
the building and compelled the parents
to leave by the fire escape.
The fire was discovered by Pasquale
Feretti, 332 East Sixty-third Street
as he returned from work at a. m.
Feretti notified the patrolman, who
turned in an alarm.
When he threw open the front door
Ottinger found that the flames had
made such progress as to make escape
by the stairs impossible. He fired his
revolver to arouse the sixteen families
in the building and then placed lad
der from the pavement to the fire
escape, shouting to the tenants to
come down that way.
Some of the parents found it i'm
possible to carry their children on the
ladder, so dropped them from win
dow into the arms. of the patrolman.
All but the occupants of the top floor,
who escaped over the roof. came down
the fire escape. The homeless families
were taken in by neighbors.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10

Ship Oiler Killed in Fight

Patrick Goodman, forty years old, an
0tler on the steamship Eastern Moon.
moored at the foot Of Forthwith Street
IN North River, died at Bellevue Hos
pltal last night as the result of injuries
said by the police to have been in
iIcted by Frank Silver, twenty six years
old, deck engineer on the same shin.
who Is held at the West Forty-scventh
street police station, charged with hom-
Goodman and Silver, according to the
police, engaged in a fight SATURDAY.
night, in which Silver had both eves
biacked. Yesterday the police say Sil-
YER found Goodman in the boiler room
and there was another fight. Patrol
man Arthur Vetzen, who was called by
other members of the crew, SAYS he
found Silver, with piece Of iron pip
Ing about foot long, standing over
Goodman, who was unconscious on the
aoof. Goodman, whose skull was frac-
tured and Jaw broksn, didn't regain
consciousness.
Herbert Jiles, third officer, and Theo-
apre Duffy, seaman, Of 5f2 West
Twentieth Street, are held as material
Witnesses.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10

John J. Shortell's bachelor quarters
on tho fourth floor Of 827 East Forty
seventh Street were redolent yesterday
OF Sunday feasts long since consumed
which had frightened the weeks OF
John J. Shortelps existence before he
took to baching it in q fourth-fioor
rear in East Forty-seventh Street.
Memories Of those solemn Sabbath
orgies, strengthened by the gnawing
hunger begotten of day of toll, had
impelled John j. Shortell to invest $3.50
in two plump chickens on his way
home from work Saturday night. The
succulent fowls had been cut up for a
fricasee under his expert direction and
were bubbling merrily in pot on John
savory odor, which made their proud
owner wish he had bought three in
stead Of two plump chickens.
Reluctantly John j. Shortell tore
himself away from the tantalizing
aroma which filled his rooms and went
to the corner to get regular cigar
13-center. Sundays, chicken dinners
and regular cigars are inseparably
compounded in the recollection Of John
j. Shortell, but in the excitement of
the poultry purchase he had forgotten
the cigar.
When he returned there was .
regular cigar in the corner of his
mouth. He unlocked the door and en-
tered. There still was a most appetiz-
ing odor in his rooms, but that was all
that remained Of his Sunday dinner.
The gas blazed blue and unadorned
upon the plate. Chickens and pot, too,
had vanished.
The burglars had failed to close the
fire escape window, so that even the
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Two Are Killed
By Cyanide in
Bowery Whisky
Two Others Of Newark Party,
s Who Visited New York to
Get Liquor, Are Ill; One
s Affected With Blindness
Poison Is Found i'm Dregs
Survivors Say Two Bottles of
Drink We're Purchased i'm
Place Near Chatham So.

Cyanide OF potassium in whisky pur-
chased on the Bowery Saturday night
kiiied two men in Newark yesterday
Two others in a serious conditions In a
newark hospital are. alive because their
ssomachs revolted against the action
OF the poison and refused to hold it,
yr because the whisky in the bottle
they drank from was less poisonous
than that which killed the other two
The dead men are Michael Brown.
g Springfield, Mass, and William H.
Massey, of New Brighton, Pa. The
other two, Daniel Reardon, of New
brighton, Pa, and Joseph Stevenson.
81 SS Walnut Street, Newark. are be-
ing held by the Newark police as wit
nesses pending an investigation.
The four men, who are house, to-
house specially salesmen, met in New
ARK Saturday and decided to come to
New York on drinking party, ac-
~ Reardon and Stevenson. They went
90 place on the Bowery. near Chatham
square, the address of which they
could not remember. they said. and
bought two bottles Of whisky. Then
Ihey returned to Newark and went to
Stevenson's room at sc Walnut Street,
After while, according to Steven
SoH, no una hearuon 1ell asleep. When
ne awoke yesterday morning, he said
ne found Brown and Massey dead. The
former was in chair and the latter
was lying on the floor. Stevenson tried
to awaken Massey, but found that he
was past aid. Both Stevenson and
keardon became alarmed, they said,
and left the room. Some time after
ward they went to Police Headquar-
tors and told their story.
@ 1t was first believed that wood alco-
hol had caused the deaths of Brown
and Massey, and this belief was
strengthened by the discovery that
Stevenson was developing blindness in
the left eye. An autopsy, however, by,
Dr.. George L. Warren, county physi-
clan, established that there was con-
siderable cyanide Of potassium in the
stomach of one Of the men and in the
brain Of the other. The organs we're
turned over to DR.. Alfred E. Edel, a
chemist, for analysis. A small guam
tity of whisky was found. This, too,
will be examined.
Stevenson and Reardon were sent to
the City Hospital, after an examira-
tion by Police Surgeon J. Henry Clark.
II was said at the hospital last night
that both men were in a serious con-
dition. Massey was discharged from
the United States Army last August,
after twenty-five years service.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
O'Dowd Held for Attack
On Brooklyn Policeman
Former Middleweight Cham.
pion Tells Court He Had Been
M Drinking: ADOlOuizes

Mike O'Dowd, former middleweight
pugilistic champion, appeared in the
Gates Avenue court, Brooklyn, yester-
day, charged with having struck a po-
iiceman in uniform. Patrolman Mi
chael Reilly, of the Ralph Avenue sta
ton, was the complainant, and O'Dowd
vas held in $1,000 bail for hearing
Tuesday.
The officer said the sssault occurred
at Broadway and Rockaway Avenue
early Sunday. O'Dowd and two COM
panions were acting in a boisterous
manner, the officer said, and he told
them to stop. He said O'Dowd's COM
panions needed his warning, but the
pugilist challenged him. The officer
displayed cut face and discolored
left eye in proof of what occurred.
O'Dowei said he was twenty-five
years old and lived at 2s5 Carlton Ave-
Due nc told Magistrate Fish that he
had been drinking. The magistrate is
a boxing enthusiast, and said:
"Mike, save your wallops till you get
Johnny Wilson in the ring"
"I'm afraid Wilson will never meet
NE in the ring, because he knows ]
can HIT" replied O'Dowd.
$50 do I, and l don't blame Wilson,
remarked Reilly.
EO'Dowd apologized to Reilly in open
court and shook hands with the officer
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Bedtime Stories
Peter Sees a Race for Life
By Thornton w. Burgess
The one thing IN this aoorld of strife
More precious than all else is life.

Peter Rabbit sat under snow COW
cred bush in the Green Forest "freez-
ing" That doesn't mean that he was
cold or that Jack Frost was even pinch
ing him. 1t means that he was sitting
as still as if he were frozen stiff by
Jack Frost. When and how to "freeze"
is one Of the most important lessons
the little people Of the Green Forest
and the Green Meadows have to learn,
and those who learn it best live longest.
There is time to "freeze" and time
to run, and to know which to do and
then to do it is the secret Of escaping
danger.
AS Peter sat under that little bush
he didn't move so much as an eye
winker. He couldn't have been more
even held his breath. And he wished,
oh, how he wished, that his heart would
stop humping against his ribs. A
Merry Little Breeze tried to rumple his
hair, but Peter did his best to keep his
hair fiat. You see, he couldn't afford to
have even his hair move. His eyes
WELL, If you could have seen those eyes
you would have thought they were going
to pop right out of Peters head. Yes, sir,
you certainly would. In fact, they felt
that way to Peter. And in his heart
was great thankfulneSs that he had
not made the first hop toward home
which he had intended to make only q
second before.
You see, just as he had made ready
to hop out from under that little bush
he had caught sight of something that
had caused him to change his mind in
stantly and to "freeze" right where he
was. 1t was q white form, bounding
over the snow with wonderful jumps,
such jumps as only terrible fear could
mako possible. He knew instantly who
1t was. 1t was his big cousin, Jumper
the Hare, whose coat in winter is pure
white. And he knew tho very instant
he saw Jumper that Jumper was racing
for his life. He knew that some enemy
was after Jumper.
In two winks Of an eye he saw the
cause Of that race for life. Behind
Jumper came another, also dressed all in
white, but this one was in the air. He
was a great, broad winged bird. His
head was round and big. A pair Of
fierce, great, round eyes glared at
Jumper. His wings made no sound.
Peter had seen him once before, 80 he
knew who he was. Peter would have
known by those soundless wings. even
had he never seen him before, that tho
stranger was cousin Of Hooty tho Owl.
It was Whitley the Snowy Owl.
Peter knsw thst Whitley was quite %
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Insanity Epidemic
Due to Prohibition
Whisky Predicted
Steadily Rising Number of
Admissions to Chicago
and Binghamton Hospitals
Has Moonshine Symptoms
Special Dispatch to Tho rr4o.ns

BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Jan. 9.-An
epidemic Of insanity due to prohibition
liquor is imminent, according to state
ments made to-day by officials of the
Binghamton State Hospital who ex-
amined Michael Hatla, Of johnson City,
suffering from whisky madness"
Hatla's case is the result of drinking
moonshine whisky, representatives Of
the State Hospital assert. and his is
one of many similar cases brought to
the institution in the last few weeks.
Hatla, who has been in confinement
three days following irrational actions,
was able to say yesterday that he drank
some whisky and the next thing he
knew he was in Jail. He is still IRA
tional, and it was decided to commit
him to the hospital.
The hospital official who examined
Hatla said he recognized symptoms
which prevail in many cases Of insanity
induced by prohibition booze during the
twenty cases in the last two weeks from
nearby towns, unquestionably the re-
suit Of imbibing liquor dispensed by
bootleggers. Several cases came from
Elmira, one from Binghamton and an
other from Endicott.
Many Of the victims may have had
tendencies to mental arrangement, but
the precipitation OF their misfortune
was traced directly to the use of boot
logging beverages, the official said.
CHICAGO, Jan. Ceases of insanity
from alcoholism have increased in the
since prohibition went into effect, &C.
cording to the quarterly report of DR..
James Whitney Hall, chairman of the
insanity commission for the county.
DR.. Hall reported an increase Of 33
per cent in alcoholic cases in Decem-
Der, 1920, over the last officially wet
December and of 16 per cent in No
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10

GENERAL Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON, Jan. "a disturbance
developed over the east Gulf during Sat
uroay night and to-day 1t was conferred
eastward and increase in intensity. IT has
been attended by rains in the Gulf and
south Atlantic states and snow in the IN
terror OF Virginia and eastern Tennessee
storm warnings are displayed on the cos sf
IN connection with this storm Mt and be :
water: Another disturbance is central
near Lake Superior. and yet anothcr ovar
Arizona and southern California. Preasnra
Is abnormally high In the Far Northwest.
T., Iemperatures have fallen consdera bly,
IN the south Atlantic and Gulf states and
the Far Northwest. They have risen over
the upper Mississippi Valley.
The outlook Is for rains, fol1owea hv
clearing weather. Monday In the south AZ
!ant'c states and rain or snow Monday in
New England. Otherwise the weather viii
the states east of the MlssissIppi hut w. III
become unsettled Tuesday In the Missis .
sippi valley. Temperatures will be lower
Monday In the south Atlantic states and
north Atlantic states and the lower IaEs
region '""'
District FOrecasts.--Eastern New yor,r
Cloudy In north. probably snow or rain in
south portion to-day: tomorrow fair ana
colder. "'u
Southern Now England - rncress,rr
clQudiness probably followed nv snaw nr
rain to-day: TO o-morrow fair ana colder.
Hastern Pennsylvania. New Jersey ana
row Ds@r'a'ao ;.r and eodE HE snow today to-mor-
Western ronnsvxania and Western New
cloudy and colder. ''"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10

vember. A slight increase was noted
in October over previous Octobers,
per cent, according to the report.
DR.. Hall attributed the increase
"either to the fact that prohibition
does not prohibit or else there is more
kick in the modern drinks than in
the days when liquor selling was
legal" Eventually, however, the re-
port said, "insanity will be greatly de-
creased by prohibition, for future gen.
erations will not know the taste of
whisky"
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
He That viii Not
Be Counseled
Cannot Be Helped

B. F. is reported to have once
said something like this:
"A slip of the foot can soon
be recovered, but a slip Of the
tongue may never be gotten
over"
Far too many Of us act as if
we know it all, whatever the
subject may be or the standing
and knowledge of the man who
approaches US, who is simply
striving to do his duty with
faithfulness to his chief.
Some milk gets sour over
night, but some mems natures
sour in a minute over small
suggestions made in the inter-
est of the business.
Think twice before speaking.
or take a glass of water and
head off hasty speech.
We can all learn something
from each other.
(Signed)
0& @n:.*eA. !!',.'. 4, 4:
" January 10, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Emery Vacuum Cleaners

Hove not advanced prices IN the
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The cleaner Of big results mechanical perfection
in dustproof bearng lint brush
less dirt bag, slotted nozzle.
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For large homes
SUPERB, $7O-all its name implies
For hotels, clubs etc.
KING, $43.5O for the small home apartment
An up-to-date cleaner.
Attachments for all cleaners $780,
Cleaners delivered home: sold
the Wanamaker Club Plan, if desired.
Seventh Gallery, New Bldg.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
Bowdoin Student Disappears
After Visit To Home in Auburn

3 AUBURN, Ne, Jan. 9.---The disap-
pesrance Of Kenneth o. Lawlsss, a
frfshman at Bowdoin College, was
made known tonight by his father.
William T.. Lawless, Of this city.
Hr. Lawlsss said his son left home
en tho afternoon OF January 2 TO re-
Torn W the college after the holidavs.
Nut failed 10 STRIVE st Brunswick and
s0At hs had been unable to And any
New-York tribune., 1921-01-10
pensel Congregation
D Shrinks, 500 to 200
Former Pastor Accused of Vio-
la!ing the Mann Act Does
Not Attend Service

PASSAIC, N. j., Jan. 0.-Attendance
fell to 200, which was 800 less than
usual at to-day's services at the First
mer pastorate' Of the Rev. Cornelius
Densel, who is now out on $4,000 bail
on charge of violating the Mann act
in eioping with Miss Trina Hannen-
berg, member Of his choir.
MIR. Densel did not attend church, al
though four Of his children were pres
ent, as was also Marinus Hannenberg,
father Of the girl. The case was not
referred to in church. The Rev. John
Van Adriechem, of Prospect Park, oc-
cupied the pulpit. Cornelius Densel
Jr., when asked how his father was, re-
piled that he was Excepting up we'll,