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The evening world., 1921-03-22
There Had Been RumorS That
at Weekly Meeting Some
Action Might BE Taken,
NO COURT ARGUMENT.
Stipulation as to Ability to Pay
Counsel and Alimony Fees
to Be Entered.

James A Stillman, President Of
the National City Bank, offered his
resignation, to take effect immedi-
ately, at the regular weekly meeting
of the Board of Directors to-day.
The directors unanimously refused
to receive the resignation.
Because of the various charges
made by Mr.. Stillman IN his divorce
action and the counter allegations
made public on behalf OF Mrs. still
man regarding his entanglements in
his private life there have been ru-
mors rat the bank would take scme
action.
Charles V. Rich, Executive Man
agcr Of the bank, in making public
the boards refusal 10 accept Mr.,
Sullman's resignation, refused to
name the directors at the meeting.
1t was predicted at White Plains
to-day that there would be no urgu-
mcnt when the Stillman divorce case
is called on the calendar before JUS
tice Morschauser tomorrow. Attor-
neys closely associated with those re-
tained in the case said they under
stood u stipulation would be entered
regarding the counsel fee anl ALI
mony to be paid by James A. still
man pending the trial Of the itsues
in his suit against Mrs. Sullnan
which would make argument un-
necessary.
The motion on the calendar was
to force the president OF the Ma
t.onal City Bank to submit to ques-
tloning, either in open court or ,.-
fore referee, as to his ability 70
meet his wlfe's demand for Si2O,OoU
g year alimony.
Cornelius }. sullivan Of Mr. still
mans counsel said to-day, however.
that he meant TO go 20 White Plans
himself Tomorrow to combat the mo
tion on the ground that the Court
already had conclusive information
as to Mr.. Stillman's resources.
A mysterious letter, 'long, rambling
and pitiful," written, It is alleged, by
Mrs. James A. Stillman 10 her hus-
band nearly three years ago, will, il
is said, figure as a trump card" in
the bankers divorce suit. 1t was
written before the birth of Mrs still
mans youngest son. Guy, whose leg't-
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5 HELD FOR MUTINY;
MAY KNOW OF BOMB
BLAST IN WALL ST.
Inquiry as to Possible Connection
With the Explosion Is Now
Under Way.

WASHINGTON. March 22--Chiet
Flynn Of the Department Of Justice.
Bureau OF Investigation said to-day
no evidence had been uncovered to
connect five men under arrest at New
Orleans with the Wall Street bomb
explosion Of last Sept lG
An Investigation of the men stjH
,s being made however.
The arrest OF the men on the
steamer city OF Alton appears. Chief
Flynn said, to have resulted from 4
mutlny on board that vessel lie
added that the Department Of Justice
had heard Of the arrest ten days ago
and Immediately began an invest ga
ton TO determine whether the men
were connected with the bomb ex-
plosiou
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They arrived in New Orleans at =
o'clock Monday night aboard the
shipping Board vessel Rushville,
which is under charter to the New
York and Cuba Mail Line. The vessel
was met by a squad OF seven police
men, From to 8 o'clock the police
men waited at the wharf while prep
arations were being made for the
landing OF the captives. The police
were heavily armed and the crew of
the Rushville and the officers stood
near the detention place. amidshlps,
to meet any emergencies.
a small crowd had gathered undor
the dim lamps along the wharf. II
was suddenly dispersed at the order
Of the police and custom oficia,s
with the cry: Get out OF the way
II yom don't want a chance OF beins
shot
The crowd scurried to shelter und,r
the shed as the prisoners, llmpinK
under the weight OF handouts ard
foot shackles, were taken from amid
ships and hauled across the Rush
ville's well-deck over the rail- To tha
slippery wharf.
A patrol wagon. waiting under the
Robin Street shed. took them to TIN
Parish Prison. Several policemen
kept guard over the Ave.
When interviewed at the Parish
Prison the five refused to talk. Their
names, rs put down on the Parish
Prison register are Philip Bender.
alias Cher Bender Cas no said he
was called; Lionel Kuabreezuff, Ru-
doph Dorsh, Hans Randin and Hem
rik Llpan.
They said they had come from New
York one Jt them-Randin-is
known 10 have resided in South
street, New York. lie is an oiler.
He and his comrades arc between
twenty-five and thirty five years. ac-
cording to Bender
In t few terse statements, Bender
SAID he had. resided in America, but
declared he was not an American.
Because | live in America" he as
serted, lis not sign that am
American,
When questioned about the Fed
eral investigation, he snorted: what
is that 10 me, Let EN- come. They
won't make me afraid"
When asked II he was a Bolshevist.
he curlcd his lip and muttered.
well, that's my business only, and
not yours II concerns only me"
Capt, IL h. Van Weeldern OF the
Rushvulc said the five men were
taken from the shipping Board YES
sci, the City OF Alton, late in Feb
ruary. Members Of the crew OF the
Rushville said there had been q Aer-
The evening world., 1921-03-22
DEAD, BURIED, &C.,
BUT HE'S BACK IN
AUTO WITH $4,000
GeSmer Shocks Staten Island
by Turning Up Long After
He Had Been Laid Away.
WHO is THE DEAD MAN?
Identified as OeSmer, Found in
GeSmer'S Stove-in Boat and
Inferred in Potter'S Field.

When a man dies and is duly buried
that is popularity supposed to be the
end Of him, except sa far as memory
is concerned. It is hardly to be ex-
pected that he will return to his erst-
while haunts, certainly not in a bright
yellow motor car with about Ss5 900 in
Shis pockets and IA CHEEKY greeting for
the astounded populace.
But that is just the prank that Paul
GesmCr played upon the people OF
fifteen months and more after his
townsfolk had identified his dead body
and learned Of its buriaj and after
ward sold out ali his worldly belong
ings, paid HE debts with the receipts
and all save forgotten him And now
they are wondering who in the world
II was they identified as Paul Gesmer,
whose body was buried in Potter'S
Field in November. 1918.
This body was found in a motor
boat belonging to Gesmer which was
discovered stove in and awash at the
foot of 65th Street Brooklyn There
was no doubt of the identification,
the friends said Gesmer says he
hasn't an idea whose body it was nor
how his boat got over there unless
it was stolen.
Gesmer, who is fifty-two years old,
disappeared from Stnpleton on Nov.
OF intricate problems Of machinery,
and when Stapleton first knew him
ten years ago he lived in the back
room of a shanty-like machine shop
at Bay and Prospect Streets. lie
was, and still is. n bachelor, and
Stapleton came to know him for his
cccentricitics OF appearance.
Suffering from nervous disorder,
he had been advised to keep out in
the air" as much as possible, and to
this end he discarded such portions
of his wearing apparel as hats, coats
and sleeves in his shirts. Even in
the coolest time OF winter he went
about bare-armed and hatles6. His
hair and beard he permitted to grow
to almost aboriginal length and so
Became a well known figure in the
streets of Stapleton, He lived by
himself. kept to himself and appar-
emily enjoyed himself and life in
general
Then one day he disappeared with
out a word tc q soul The shanty
shop was closed the motor boat he
had bought from Charles McInteer
the Stapletop coal merchant swung
at its moor.nGs in the little harbor
Gesmer had vanished
But to-day into S:apleton came the
Faudy yellow car with torpedo BODY
and in it Paul Gesmer, the same Ges-
mer save for one thing-he wore hat
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(specIal 70 The EvenInE worldl

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 22Fve sefsyed Russian Poles
nd Germans shakd hand and foot after chase the sea-
been brought to New Orleans for shipment New York connection
with the Wall Street bomb explosion Sept i6 last.
Throughout the United States the ard in the far cou
tries of TIE world Secret Service operatives of the Department
Of Justice have been searching for the perpetrators of the crime since
was committed
The five captured brought to New Orleans arrested late
in February on the Shipping Board vessel City of Alton then Rio
Jneo and taken TO that port on From Rio Janeo they
were brought to New Orleans.
The five TO be sent to New York examination by the United
S2eS District Attorneys office The Russians are believed to hold the
secret of the inside plot.
The evening world., 1921-03-22
FROST DUE TONIGHT
is THE FORECAST
Will Be Warm Again Tomorrow
Drop of 40 Degrees Since
Yesterday.

A drop to freezing temperature to-
night was predicted to-day by the
Weather Bureau. following the nbnor-
mally warm weather that ushered in
spring. The temperature AZ noon to-
day was 40 degrees, representing a
drop OF 40 degrees from the record
breaking figure reached yesterday.
THE minimum temperature to-n.-h,
will be % drErers. after which II u..
gradually grow warmer Tomorrow "a,
was said al the bureau. 'FlW,yar.
IL will not get Creat dea. Warner tur
a while. IL has been aonoIua-.y ,Nu.u
since March
n will continue far iu N-N YORK
for several days. with strong north
westerly windA
The evening world., 1921-03-22
Steam Roller CruSheS Plans
to Change Governors Pro
granme for City.
FAITHFUL KEPT IN LINE.
Majority Issues Call on Floor
for Members Who Will
1{ Vote for Scheme,
By J. S. Jordan.
(staff Correspondent Of The Even
ina Worldly

ALBANY, March 22~-The last
battle in the Legislature for control
of the subways OF Greater New York
and the city's 100000, 900 invested in
its traction lines was opened this, af-
ternoon in the Assembly under a
close call Of the House.
The leaders OF the majority forces,
although boasting of their superior
numbers, took no chances of losing
any of their iegions in the prelim-
mary diminishing. so they had a call
issued for them, making every man
of them stand UP to be counted.
Minority Leader Charles d. Dono-
hue OF New York City took the Of
fensive in a motion to recommit the
traction bill TO the Judiciary Com
mittee for amendment At the same
time he handed over a sheaf Of
amendments that appeared in bulk as
big as the original measure. But the
tanks of the enemy were scattered
over the field of battle and in less
than three minutes the amendments
- had been steamrolled into the waste
basket.
The amendments were not even
read. A similar fate was waiting for
the amendment of Assemblyman Ma
than Lieberman, Republican, of New
York. This amendment wanted 20
give to the Board of Estimate the
final veto power on the contracts Of
the RAPID Transit Commission.
Speaker Machold placed the motion
before the House and it was drowned
under a tidal wave of noes" the
ayes" sounding like the drops from
a sprinAing can in the ocean of the
opposition sound.
Assemblyman Thomas f. Cosgrove,
Democrat, of Staten Island tried to
derail the traction subway express by
throwing a few tacks on the tracks,
but the obstacles were swept away
like chaff and the express went thun-
dering on. Mr.. Cosgrove's amend
msnt read: provided that the State
shall reimburse the City of New York
for its interest in the subways and
for all its rights. title and interest in
and to all contracts. franchises. equip
ment and all and every right what
ever"
The amendment was read, notwith-
standing the objections of Majority
Leader Simon L. Adler.
Only a momentary stop of the Mil
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The evening world., 1921-03-22
STILLMAN OFFERS TO RESIGN.
: BUT NATIONAL CITY BANK
DIRECTORS WILL NOT ACCEPT
WILL HAUL FREIGHT
THREE DAYS A WEEK
Delaware and Hudson Issues New
Order on Account Of De
preston in Business.

SCRANTON. Pa, March 22,--Due to
the big depression in business and also
In conformity with the campaign re-
tently inaugurated in the operating de-
partment to cut down expenses, an or
der was received to-day at the local di-
vision offices Of the Delaware and Hud-
son Railroad setting forth that. begin
ming tomorrow and continuing in
definitely northbound and southbound
local freight traffic viii be limited to
three days a wock in each direction.
The evening world., 1921-03-22
HYLAN'S BUS BILL
UP FOR HEARING
Mayor Leaves for Albany-Says
City Is Prepared TO Operate
the SubWayS.

Mayor Hylan viii be in Albany to-
day attending the legislative hearing
on the Bus Bill and he let it be known
again that the City Administration is
prepared TO operate the subways IN
the interest Of the people at a scent
fare" The Mayor added that II the
courts will modify existing injunc-
tions and the Legislature pass cuabI-
iEg acts the Board OF Estimate VIII
appropriate S1O,OOO,OOO for additional
lrunicipal buses.
Pre.Id,t Of the Board Of Aldermen
La Gua4 dAa and Borough Presidrnta
Bruckner, Riegelmann, Connolly and
Van Name accompany the Mayor.
The evening world., 1921-03-22
IRISH PARLIAMENT
MAY MEET JUNE 21
Reported in London Elections VIII
Be Held May l8-Homg
Rule April 10.

LONDON, March 22.-rhc DAILY
Herald to-day declared that a CaDi-
net Committee would recommend
that the Home Rule Bill be declared
effective April 10
1t added that election wrI's be- le-
sued May 3 the elections held May
IS and the representatives elected
would be convened June q.
The evening world., 1921-03-22
COUGHS UP WAS BULLET.

WLsT POINT Ga. March 22.--A
bullet vnI. blinded W V Meadows,
JuIy % i,... when Doe was wounded In
the battle of NirAspJrg, and which
surgeons N.r. enable % locate was
poughcl up 0y Meadows yesterday.
Meadows was "a member OF Company
U. 37Lh Alabama Infantry.
The evening world., 1921-03-22
Innuensa In :. =. +. At cobIsus.

COBLENZ. March 22.-Innuenza p.
epidemic form has broken out u,..
among soldiers bolpugug =. 10.
United States Occupat Army Tu,
Second Battalion Of tine Eight. In-
iantry has been luarantinad Forty
tyc casgs have been reported and ID
% said the attack Is very severe
There have been no deaths
The evening world., 1921-03-22
GARMENT UNION
SUED FOR 100000
FOR PICKETING
Injunction Also Asked by
Brooklyn Firm, in Making
Conspiracy Charge.

A request for an injunction to re-
strain the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers OF America from maintain
ing pickets in front Of the clothing
factory of Samuel w. Peck & Co,
No. 65 RoebHng Street, Brooklyn, an
application for a Judgment declaring
the Amalgamated a common law
conspiracy and a suit for 100000
damages against the Amalgamated
were grouped in an action beguh to-
day in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn,
before Justice Van Slclen by Meier
Steinbrnk, counsel for the manu-
facturers. Decision was reserved
Mr.. Steinbrink said a strike was
declared against Peck & Co. last De-
cembeT and that since that time
thirty pickets have continually pa
trolled around the factory during
business hours. He charged that these
pickets and persons in sympathy with
them have assaulted workers in, the
factory and almost killed Charles
charged that the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers Union has fund of ST.
100000 from which it is financing the
Peck strike and other strikes.
William Sold appeared as counsel
for the union. He denied violence and
characterized the situation at the
Peck factory as a lockout" and not
strike.
Supreme Court Justice Erllnger to-
day granted another sweeping intunc-
ton against picketing on the applicL-
tion Of tho Pre-Catalan Restaurant
No, 11O West S9th Street. Manhattan,
against the International Federation
of Workers in Hotel, Restaurant,
Lunch Room, Club and Catering In
dustry. The injunction is directed
against Louis Merlin, Secretary
! Treasurer OF the union. and the indi-
vidual members.
Justice Erlanger in his decision says
that the papers in the case show "a
series Of acts OF violence and intimi-
dation against its (the restaurant 50
employees and intended patrons so
shocking that one is almost stunned
at the thought that such occurrences
are possible in a civilized community"
1t was shown that one employee
is in Roosevelt Hospital with a frac-
tured nose. another was beaten un-
conscious and third assaulted IN
the head.
It was further shown that patrons
were threatened and intimation was
made OF the intention 70 break up
the business Of the plaintiff Justice
Erlanger said;
'If to strike and picket means that
employers must through violence, in
tlmidation and threats Of destruction
Of their business yield to the demands
which they the strikers. through
their union, shall see fit to impose,
that Is a direct challenge 10 existing
laws and deties the basic principle
~ freedom Of action, on which our
form Of government rests.
Are employees to be cOerced and
oppressed by threats Of injury and
held remedlicSS because forsooth thcst
charges are denied? Is the state TO be
held so weak that il cannot protect
those who desire to work out are fear,
ful Of the result II they do? Is a
worker to be- deprived or his right tc
live even though ne bc willing to work
Tor wage acceptable 10 him?
IF these things are permitted and
the courts aro to be held pOwerlcss tC
protect the weak against The strong
then the law Is a mOckeTy,"
The evening world., 1921-03-22
SECRET SERVICE CHASE
ENDS IN ARREST OF FIVE
BOMB SUSPECTS IN BRAZIL

five Russian Poles and Germans
Captured on Ship in Brazil Port
Had Been Pursued by Detectives
Since Sept. 10, Date of the Wall
Street Blast-Are Being Brought
to This City From New Orleans
Handcuffed and Shackled.
The evening world., 1921-03-22
REFUSAL,
REPLY TO DEMAND
FOR S238,OOO,OOO
Answer to Allies
Order 1t Is Unofficially
Stated, Is Being Drafted.

BERLIN, March II (Associatcd
Prees) ).-Germany's reply to the de-
mand OF the Entente for the payment
before March % of 1000 900. 900
marks, gold S23s,oOooOO), to apply
on reparations obligations will be IN
the negative. IL was unohicially
stated to-day
The German Governments answer
to the Allies, now being drafted Will
he presented within forty-eiEht hours,
as the time limit set expires Wedncs-
day
The Allied Reparations Commits
sion in a note sent March 10 demand
ing fulfllment by Germany Of Article
235 OF the peace treaty notified the
German Government that 10 must pay
l,QOO.OOO,OOO marks gold before March
%. and that she must complete the
payment OF 10000, 100000 marks gold
by May /. Germany was given until
April ! to submit a proposal to pay
the balance Of the 10000 900, 900 marks
otherwise than in cash, having the
privilege to bring forward a plan for
a foreign loan, the proceeds OF which
should be payable to the Commission,
1t was announced by the Commis-
sion, however. that Germany had
virtually refused to pay the balance
asserting that the 10000 100000 marks
have already been paid IN fun The
Allied representatives stated that The
greatest sum they could compute as
having been pad 10y Germany against
this account could hardly reach
5000. 900 600 marks by May /
It u.s. therefore thc initial payment
II 1000, 100000 MARKS and a balance
Of at least 100000. 900 marks that the
Allies demanded OF the German Gov
ernmenL
The evening world., 1921-03-22
HIGH HEELS TRIP
SOC OF 6OC GIRLS
p IN HEALTH EXAMS
Only Four IT College Wore
Shoes That ConfOrmei to
Rules Laid Down.
BOSTON, March %

DIS IN NdICN -
I IIGH HBE.S tripDed up 59s
OF 600 girl students OF the
Boston University College
OF Secretar.al Science IN the race
for simple AIe chevrons last
month. The awards were made
.gg strict conformity 20 rules
.aiI down by jao university
ply l-..I directors. candy eat
.u~ between meals and elevated
.uHf.. .....I wgr. barred
ka'.,rnr Ellis us Peabody.
EI-H RdyaEl gi Worcester.
Josephine Doyle NJ Maiden and
Edna Wise Dt tEis city were the
only students who ODeyed all the
health regulauonA
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The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-22

of his lectures. addresses and mum erous editorials from the Courier Journal
 Of his career Mir. Watterson re- gently said:
 T came out of the war like many of the young fellows of the South. g very picked bird, indeed. In order to escape the humiliation of borrow lng from a Northern uncle, whose politics I did not approve, went with my watch to an uncle" who had no politics at all and got fifty dollars on 1t. Along with two blan- ket mates. who were as poor as my self, I started. or rather revived, pub lication of an old suspended news paper at Nashville. Nothing could withstand the energy and ardor which We three threw into the enterprise We were working for bread and had to have 1t. When We began there were nine daily papers struggling for a footing In the little Tennessee cap ital At the end of the year there were but two. and one of these, ours. had two-thirds of the business. After two years was called to Louis vile to take an editorial position on the old Louisville Journal. the paper of George D. Prentice Six months later Walter N. Haldeman, who owned the Courier, joined with me in combining the Journal and Courier. Incidentally this led to the purchase of the old Louisville Demo crat, this publication losing its iden- tity entirely. That is about all"
 The consolidation Of the three pa pers was the first of the great news paper combinations It resulted in the first appearance of the Courier Journal. November 8. 1868.
 In his early years he superintend- cd the detail of every department. and for more than thirty years put the paper to press" every night
 He was born in Washington. D. C. on February 16, 1S40.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-22
CHASTLY FIND
 IN SEATTLE
 APART MENT

SEATTLE, Dec. 22.-Plumbers re- pairing a pipe in an apartment last evening found the body of Ferdinand Hoch Brunn. aged 72, retired realty dealer, reported to be worth $l00,000, with bullet through his head. He was believed to have gone to Cali fornia two month ago and the cor oner estimated that he had been dead for weeks. His attorney. Edward Von Tobel, told the police he sup posed Hoch Brunn was away and had been sending rental collections of his properties regularly to some one telegraphing from Portland. Oak land and San Bernardino. signing the name of Hoch Brunn. also sending letter apparently in Hoch Brunn's handwriting. The police are said to be looking for Miss Clara A. Skarin, aged 2S who had a room in Hoch Brunn's partment and who told neigh bors he went south ito turn a real estate deal" She entered the apart ment frequently after he disappeared, later vanishing herself.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-22
TWO KILLED; A
 INJURED AND STORE WRECKED

COLUMBUS, Dec 22.-Two women were killed and thirty-four persons injured as the result of an explosion of natural gas. which partly wrecked Wright's Women's Furnishing Store yesterday. Several of the injured were crushed by falling walls, and said to be probably fatally hurt. The explosion is believed to have been caused by leak in a gas main under the sidewalk. The store was crowd cd with shoppers
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-22
SENATOR ON RAMPAGE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Senator Reed. in discussing the presidential interpretation in application of the treaty to the Pacific Island, said the White House statement was "only further proof that the Japanese statesmen had again the long end of diplomatic negotiations and the way things are moving We may wake up tomorrow to find out we have agreed to protect the entire British empire It looks like the president said whatever comes and the construction you want to place on 1t is all right with me
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-22
BELIEVE ". ". CAUSED WRECK
 OF BUILDING

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dec 22.--Authori- ties are investigationg the report, is connection with an explosion in E small building near the State High way building this morning, that In dustrial Workers of the World had shipped two cases of high grade explosives and alarm clock Into this district from California. The ex- plosion did only s1.ooO worth of damage. but the authorities are in vestigating on the theory that it did destroy the Highway Building which houses the headquarters of the na- itonal guard.