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, 1921-09-24

Last week. Miss Townsend began,
impressiveiy. Il received this letter. 1t
Is an anonymous letter about you.
What It says does not me or
Interest me in the icaEt. That is what
I want you 70 understand. No matter
What was said OF ono Of my friends IL
4 came TO me in such n way. It could
not make the least differences to me. o.
course I would not fer an instant con-
ader anything from such a source, but
the point. in my mind Is that some one
is trying to do you harm. and that Il Is
my duty 70 let you know OF IL. Do
o understand" Van B.bbe- guilty
bowed his head in assent. Then here
IL IS" she said. handing him the often
ave letter AZ though 1t were a wet and
dirty rag. Don't open 1t here. ard
never speak to me Of &, again. II You
did-if you explained It or anything. I
would feel hat you did not believe me
when I say that I believe in you. and
I only speak Of this thing a; all
because I want TO put you on your
guard. Some man. or some woman
more likely. has written this to hurt
YOU with me. He or she has failed.
That Is the point I want you to remem-
Der. and l hope l nave done right in
speaking Of IL TO you. And now" fhe
exclaimed with a sigh OF relief. and
with a sudden wave Of her hands. as II
she were throwing something away,
that Is over"
Wan Bibber's nrst impulse was to put
tho letter in the fire, and tell her the
truth about It: but his second thought
was that this girl mad for a week been
considering as to BOW she could act in
his best interest, and that TO show her
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the nov h~arassing repetition Of the
wesk-spirited chevalier of the party.
Don't ever tell publicly of the
abnminable time we have had"
pleaded Eva with her girl friends.\
Ned Tyrrell proposed marriage tho
next day, but departed with a gloomy
face and the inevitable:
lust as you say. Eva
Wynne Gresham wondered at q
new docility displayed by the
BUNDLED Eva after that. 1t was som,
time before he learned the details
OF the distressing outing. One day
when Eva had mildly asked volun-
tarily for his decision on some trivial
matter. his eyes fickered mischiey-
ously as he began:
Just as you say"
Don't make me cry. wynne.-
pleaded Eva contritely. 1T shall al
ways be as you sar. sf.nr th,x"
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now that she had been made a joke o;
thoughtfulness of him. So he placed
her for her warning. and sincerely for
he left the house his sense OF pleasure
in the thought that his niend trusted
him WIS mixed with an unholy des re to
lay hands upon Travers. He deter
mined TO end and clear up the matter
hat afternoon, at once and forever. and
with that object in view took a hanson
to the house OF Miss Edith Sargent.
Miss Sargent was a friend Of both
Travers and himself. She was an I'M
usual girl. and the fact that she was
equally liked by men and women proved
Il. She frequently regretted she had
not been porn a boy, and tried to cor
rect this injustice by doing certain
things better than most men could do
them, and so gained their admiration.
Van Bibber agreed with her that it vas
a pity. there were too few attractive
men. while there were SO many attrac-
tive women that it kept him continually
in trouble. Miss Sargent was the presi-
dent OF n society for the lower educa-
ton OF women. the members of which
were required to know as much about
polo as they did OF symbolic and i'm
pressionist pictures, and were able 60
keep quite separate the popular olin
list or emotional actress of the day as a
person from the same individual a an
artist; they did not sob over the violin
lists rendering OF music which Some
one else had written. on n afternoon.
, 1921-09-24
A LUCKLESS
By ALvAH JORDAN GARTH

SSyF YoUtwill be guided by me.
don't so. Eva" spoke wynne
- Gresham.
"oh. I am tired OF advice" pouted
Eva petulantly. you men are all
alike. You deem your mighty selves
so lofty minded that you list women
with children as to having n indie
pendent common sense"
II simply expressed an opinion, o
a dictum. not even a wish. You are
young. a~rtless. impulsive. Eva, and
l think only of your good"
So prettily did Eva pout that
Gresham was more fascinated than
ever. she will learn in time TO be
practical" Gresham told himself
hopefully. though with a suppressed
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Honor System at Prison
A Success, Macy Asserts
Philanthropist Commissioners of
Corrections Reports on Ex-
nerimenf at East View

EAST VIEW, N. Y, Nov. 10.-Thirty-
nine months of experiment with the
honor system at the model East View
penitentiary has convinced V. Everit
Macy, wealthy Commissioner Of Cor
rections and q philanthropist, that the
system is q good thing. In report
made public to-day Mr.. Macy tells OF
his experiences with self-government
BY prisoners and declares that the value
Of the honor system Is shown in the
fact that where only one prisoner has
escaped when left unattended, fourteen
have escaped from the custody OF
guards. Warren Mcclellan is warden
at East View.
Mr.. Macy has the highest praise for
the Effort League, which is run by the
prisoners at the institution: During
the thirty-nine months the league has
functioned." the report reads, only
three officers have been impeached-
two sergeants-at>arms, for not keeping
order, and one public defender, for OBJ
tanning the acquittal of those whom the
prisoners knew were at least morally if
not technically guilty of the offenses
charged against them. Would that our
bar associations in the world outside
the prison were always as resentful
Of acduittals unjustly secured by their
members" g
The East View penitentiary is not q
retreat for idlers, Mr.. Macy's report
shows. t'No' man is compelled to work,
but each is told that unless he Is will
ing to render service to the best of his
ability he is entitled to only a bare
subsistence. If he does not wish to
work he Is left in his cell and given q
restricted diet"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Hart Questioned by
Federal Grand Jury
On Stolen Permits
Former Prohibition Direc-
tor Will Be Recalled to
Stand; Yellowley Gusts
l8 More Dry Agents

Judge Harold l.. Hart, Of Bingham
ton, N. Y, who resigned his Office of
Federal Prohibition Director for New
York State on October s after holding
it for six months, was witness yes
terday before the Federal Grand Jury
investigating complaints of lax en-
enforcement of the Volstead law.
Judge Hart was in the grand jury
room for about two hours, where he
was questioned by Assistant United
States Attorney Maxwell S. Mattuck,
1t is understood that Mr.. Mattuck' s
questions dealt with the conduct of
the prohibition Office at 40 West
Twenty y-seventh Street, and particu-
larly with what is known as the "247,-
O0O'' case of stolen permits.
This was the theft Of book Of
liquor permits. numbered from 247, ,0O1
to 247,30o, involving illegal attempts
to withdraw liquor worth $6,600,000.
Seach by Federal agents has resulted
in finding 208 of these forgeries in
different parts of the country.
At the end of Judge Hart's examina-
him to the stand again, probably on
Wednesday Of next week.
The grand jury is. expected to end
it's inquiry next week, when it will
present its findings to Judge Van Fleet.
Coincidentally with the appearance of
Judge Hart before the Federal grand
jury came information from reliable
sources at prohibition headquarters in
West Twenty-seventh Street that eigh-
teen more agents had been discharged
This would make total Of fifty to be
dismissed here since E. C. Yellowley,
who came on from Washington and has
been acting director since the resig-
nation of Judge Hart, began his house
cleaning
1t is understood the agents dismissed
were mostly those having to do with
the issuance of permits.
In the Federal District Court yester-
day Judge Van Fleet sentenced two
longshoremen, believed to be members
Of band of longshoremen operating a
liquor smuggling route, to 5000 fine
each, with the alternative of sixty
days in jail, in Essex County, N. j.
| They were John Dornellas and Charles
Haines.
Dornellas, who is tall and thin, was
caught at South Ferry yesterday with
a belt hung with twelve bottles of
whisky, over which his overcoat draped
IIScll III D. way CndC dLLTaCIeO atCenClOn
Haines was arrested as he was leaving
the steamer Moro Castle, Pier IA, with
three quarts of whisky.
Following fire in one-story brick
building at 204 Himrod Street, Brook
lyn, last night the police found two 75-
gallon stills and fifty-six 5-gallon cans
of alcohol. The blaze was caused by
an explosion of one of the stills.
According to the police, Victor B
Glickson, tailor, of 1895 Myrtle Ave.
nue., Brooklyn, is the owner Of the
building. When questioned Glicksor
said that he rented the building to two
men about two months ago, who said
they wanted it to store olive oil and
cheese. He said he did not know the
J mems names and had only seen them
once. when thew naid their rant
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Hunt for Missing
Invalid To-day i'm
Woods of Queens
Aged Patient in Sanatorium,
Who Talked of Going to
Jamaica to Vote, Has
Been Lost Since Tuesday

Woods in the vicinity of Brentwood,
l.. l., will be explored by searching
parties this morning in an effort to
find Henry L. Norton, eighty-four
years old, former treasurer of the
Jamaica Water Supply Company and q
well known resident Of Jamaica, who
disappeared last Tuesday from DR..
Ross's Health Institute at Brentwood.
Mr.. Norton is a past master Of the
Jamaica Lodge of Masons and fellow
members will take part in the search.
The hunt will be systematically con-
Quoted. The fear has been expressed
that the aged man wandered into the
Brentwood woods and has been unable
to find his way out.
Mr. Norton had been at the sani-
tarium for six months and never ap-
peared to be displeased with his sur
roundings. He did express a desire to
return to Jamaica to cast his ballot on
Election Day, but inasmuch as he had
the explanation that he would not be
able to vote.
Members Of the family told the
police, however, that, despite this OBJ
stacle, Mr.. Norton suddenly might have
been seized with a desire to go to the
polls.
Last Tuesday Mr.. Norton wore dark
clothing and carried cane with a
crook handle and silver band. His hair
is snow white. He has side whiskers
and wears gold-rimmed spectacles. He
is five feet six inches in height
He was prominent in church and
fraternal work and lived at Elizabeth,
N. j., before settling in Jamaica. He
is veteran of the Civil War. Mr.. Nor
ton had spent much time with his mar
ried daughter, Mrs. M. r.. Bronson, at
Waterbury, Conn. but most Of the time
he stayed at the homes of his two sons,
Herbert, an insurance broker, of
Queens Village, and Ralph, lawyer,
Of Jamaica.
Mr.. Norton's wife died three years
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Lawyer Says Affidavit
Exonerates Arbuckle
Asserts Detective Swears Miss
Rappe Declared Film Star
Did Not Iniure Her

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1o.-A sworn
statement by George Glennon, house
detective of the Hotel st. Francis,
which purports to clear Roscoe G..
("Fatty") Arbuckle Of criminal respon-
sibility for tho death Of Virginia
Rape, motion picture actress, Is in
the hands of District Attorney Matthew
F. Brady, Gavin McNab, chief counsel
for Arbuckle, declared to-day.
Mr.. Brady admitted having taken a
statement from Glennon several weeks
ago, but said that he had SO MANY
other matters to attend to that he did
not remember the nature Of it's con-
tents.
The statement was Of the question
and answer type, according to the de-
fense. The detective asked the girl il
the hotel. whore she sustained her in
juries, was responsible for her hurts
in any way, and she replied "No."
"Did Mr.. Arbuckle. hurt your" she
was asked by Glennon, according to the
defense statement.
mo"
"Then who hurt your
81 do not know. may have been
hurt by falling off the bed" she re-
piled, according to Arbuckle's counsel.
Arbuckle is to 60 to trial on Monday
on charge Of manslaughter CROWNS
out Of Miss Rappe's death.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Mrs. Stillnan to
Control Funds
OF Older Sons
Surrogate Denies Petition
That She Be Appointed
as General Guardian Of
James and Alexander
Attorney to Act With Her
Property Committed to Her
Is About $152,O Ac-
cumulated Gifts to Boys

Surrogate Cohalan yesterday denied
the application of Mrs. Anne U. Still
man, wife Of James A. Stillman, to be
appointed general guardian Of her
minor sens, James S. Stillman and
Alexander Stillman, but granted her
application that she be appointed
COMMITTEES Of the property of the two
boys, which now is under the control
of Mr.. Stillman.
The Surrogate appointed John F.
Brennan, attorney for Mrs. Stillman,
property, and said: "He is an attorney
Of broad experience and we'll fitted to
advise and assist the mother in ad-
nainistering the property of the In
fants"
James S. Stillman is seventeen years
old and Alexander Stillman is eleven.
Surrogate Cohalan pointed out that
in the divorce action now pending be-
tween Mr. and Mrs. Stillman in Put
nam County, one Of the issues IS the
:. proper guardianship of the children
Justice Morschauser ruled that the
children should decide for themselves
who shall be their guardian and they
decided their mother should have con-
troll over them.
81 am not inclined to make any
order relating to the guardianship OF
the person of the infants" said the
Surrogate. 81 do not think the Sur
rogates' Court should make any order
or decree that might be construed as
conflicting in any way with the order
of the Supreme Court. The fact that
the Supreme Court first assumed juris,,
diction of this issue and a due regard
for the orderly course of procedure
impel this part Of the two appli-
cations"
The property of the tv.',..: swG stillma1 IT mar
boys over which Mrs. Stiliman and
and Mr.. Brennan will be the commit.
tee consists OF accumulations OF
Christmas and birthday gifts. In the
to about s15o,oO0. while the fund OF
! the younger son amounts to $4,000
Owing to the adverse interests exist.
of the boys" said the Surrogate, due
to litigation between the father and
mother, it is desirable that some per
son other than Mr.. Stillman have the
care and administration OF their
property.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11

Turning, Barnes confronted the muz-
zles of two pistols. One bandit ordered
him TO turn his beck. He did so and
handouts were snapped on his wrists.
The robbers then took the cash in the
register and ran.
Barnes, handcuffed, followed them
up 1hroop Avenue, calling foy help.
The fugitives were sighted by PATROL
man Schmebell as they turned into
Lexington Avenue. Reaching Lezix's
home, they entered and slammed the
door. Schmebell kicked the door in,
searched the house and found the
youths hiding in the cellar. One Of
the weapons confiscated was a heavy
automatic revolver Of German make.
The other was SO caliber American
weapon.
After the prisoners had been locked
up Barnes called at the Gates Avenue
station to have his irons removed.
Every key in the station was tried, in
cluding Scotland Yard skelston, sup
posed to open any handcuf. All failed.
Barnes hired a taxicab and went to
several stations, efforts being made by
the police in each station to release
him, but all without success. He then
declared he had to get something to
eat, shackled or not. He was fed a
lunch counter meal with the cuffs on
and then had them filed off by a lock-
smith in Lexington Avenue, who took
nearly two hours for the lob.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11

none with him and therefore was
not to be feared Blacky boldly drew
near until he was able to see what
the man was doing.
Then Blacky's eyes stretched their
widest and he almost cawed right out
with surprise. The man was taking
yellow corn from bag, a handful at
time, and throwing it out into the
water. Yes, sir, that is what he was
doing, scattering nice yellow corn
among the rushes and wild rice in the
water!
That's queer performance" NUT
tered Blacky as he watched. what
is he throwing perfectly good corn
out in the water for? He isn't plant
ing it, for this isn't the planting
season. Besides, it wouldn't grow in
the water anyway. 1t is q shame to
waste nice corn like that. What is he
doing it for?"
Blacky flew over to a tree some
distance aus n. :. away and eighted in the
formance. You know, Blacky has
distance. For while the man con-
tinued to scatter corn and Blacky
continued to wonder what he was do
ing it for. AT last the man went
away in boat. Blacky watched him
until he was out of sight. Then he
spread his wings and slowly flew back
and forth just above the rushes and
wild rice at the place where the man
had been scattering the corn. He
could see some of the yellow grains
on the bottom. Presently he saw
something else! Hal" exclaimed
Blacky.
Copyright. 1921. by T. W. Burgess)
The next story-"Blacky Becomes
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Bandits Handcuff Clerk In
Russian Irons That Defy Police
Locksmith Works Hours Freeing Manacled Victim
Of $40 Hold-Up After Four Station Houses Con-
fess Defeat; Youths Caught, Fight Patrolman

Two armed and masked youthful ban
dts entered chain store Of the Fed
eral Grocery Company at 4ss Thrsop
Avenue. Brooklyn, at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, robbed the cash
register Of $29, all 1t contained, and
manacled Treger Barnes, clerk in
charge, with q pair of Russian hand
cuffs bearing the Petrograd stamp.
Barnes visited four police stations in
futile effort to have the irons un-
locked. They were fled off by lock-
smith late at night.
Bruno Akunezicz, sixteen years old,
giving his address as 80 Grand Street,
Brooklyn. and William Lezix, twenty,
Of ATS Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn,
who later confessed the robbery, were
captured by Patrolman William Schme-
bell, of the Gates Avenue station, at
the conclusion of chase of five blocks
after they had hidden in the cellar of
Lezix's home. The youths showed
fight, drawing revolvers. Schmebsll
clubbed both into unconsciousness
They were locked up at the Gates Ave
nue. station, charged with carrying re.
volvers and with robbery.
Barnes told the police he was alone
in the store when the two youths en-
tered. One called for box Of crackers
When Barnes turned to fill the order
one of the visitors ordered Glands up.'
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
8 T. me-. 100 p. m.... ss 81 p. u...-. 81
Barometer Readings
s a. M. 2ss2 p M. 1884 p. M. 5000
General weather Conditions

WASHINGTON, Nov. lo.--The disturb
ance that was central over the middle At
lantic states last night moved rapidly
Provinces apd another disturbance is over
the Great Lakes Pressure remains high
In the Southern states and. is high and
have been rains within the last twenty
four hours in the middle Atlantic states,
southern New England and the upper
Ohio Valley. and SHOWS and rains along
Montana. and in Iowa, Nebraska and
In all other parts Of the country.
Temperatures have fallen decidedly in
ana the upper Ohio Valley and Ohio vi ana
change to decidedly colder weather has
overspread the Dakotas and Minnesota
central mississippi Valley. the central
plains states and the south Rocky Noun
tain region
The outlook is for unsettled weather
and snow surries tomorrow in this north
ern border states from the Great Lakes
eastward to Maine, and for fair weather
elsewhere east Of the Mississippi River
nurang ng to-morrow and Saturday. Tenn
ing to-morrow and Saturday in the region
OF the Great Lacks and the Ohtb Valley
ana Tennessee. ard on Saturday In tho
nAooie Atlantic and New England states.
District Forecasts.--Eastern New York
Fair In south snow hurries in north
portion TO-DAY; tomorrow fair and colder
morrow fair and colder.
Delaware--Fair to-day: to-morrow M =,
~ cloudy and colder.
Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
raruy cloudy to-day; tomorrow fair and
Western Pennsylvania and western N.w
xork--Cloudy with snow durrtes nAar ths
s~Aes eo-osys so-mosxov fair and eoldsr.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-11
Bedtime Stories
Blacly Watches Queer Performance
By Thornton W. Burgess
This much to me is very clear:
A thing not understood is queer.
-Blacky the Grow.

Blacky the Crow may be right. Again,
he may not be. If he is right it will
account for lot of the queer people
in the world. They are not under
stood and so they are queer. At least,
that is what other people say, and
never once think that perhaps they are
the queer ones for not understanding
But Blacky isn't like those people
who are satisfied not to understand
and to think other people and things
queer. He does his best to under
stand. He waits and watches and
uses those sharp eyes of his and
those quick wits of his until at last
usually he does understand.
The day of his discovery Of Old
Mother Natures signs that the COM
ing winter would be long, hard and
cold Blacky paid visit to the B g
River. Long ago he discovered that
many things are to be seen on or be-
side the Big River, things not to be
seen elsewhere. SO there are few days
in which he does not get over there.
AS he drew near the Big River he
was very watchful and careful, was
Blacky, for this was the season when
ttuAS~1S WIN SciA AlOlc guns were
abroad, and he had discovered that
they were likely TO be hiding along
the Big River, hoping to shoot Mr.
or MIS-. Quack or some of their rel
atives. So he was very watchful as
he drew near the Big River, for he
had learned that it was dangerous to
pass too near hunter with a ter
rible gun. More than once he had
been shot at. But he had learned by
these experiences. Oh, yes, Blacky
had learned. For one thing, he had
learned to know a gun when he saw
it. For another thing, he had learned
just how far away one of those dread.
full guns could hurt the one. it was
pointed at and always to keep just a
little further away. Also he had
learned that man or boy without a
terrible gun was quite harmless. And
he had learned that hunters with ter
rible guns are tricky and sometime es
hide from those they seek to kill
so that in the dreadful hunting sea
son it is best to look sharply before
approaching any place.
On this afternoon as he drew near
the Big River he saw a man who
seemed to be very busy on the shore
Of the Big River at place where
wild rice and rushes grew for some
distance out into the water, for lust
there it was shallow far out from
the shore. Blacky looked sharply
Tor terrible gun. but the man hai