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The New York herald., 1921-07-07
MRS. HENRY M. BROOKS
ESTATE IS 81 ,524,337
Husband Left $25, 900 Owins
to Own Fortune.

Mrs. Josephine Higgins Brooks, wife OF
Henry Mortimer Brooks, financier, OF
1i2 East Seventy fourth street. left an
estate of 81 l.524, ,337. according to the APP
praisal filed yesterday with the State
Comptroller. She died resident OF
Newport, and of her estate 81 .277.G5 Is
taxable In New York. This includes real
estate at 547 and 552 Fifth avenue. ap-
praised, respectively. at s600,0o and
s315, 900: jewelry. silverware and house
hold goods valued at sS2i. .sS5. The most
expensive piece Of jewelry Is n necklace
Of 123 graduated pearls. appraised at
$4,000.
In leaving Mr.. Brooks only n se6.000
legacy. Mrs. Brooks explained he had
nm ample fortune Of his own. Their son
and daughters, Reginald Brooks Of IFS
East Twenty-second street; Josephine
w. Jivermore OF coo Park avenue, and
Gladys B. Thayer of i32 East Seventy
first street, were bequeathed similar
amounts, but In addition each will have
one-third the personal property and a
life interest in one-third the residue
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
GLENN II. CURTISS SUED
IN $50, 900, 900 ACTION
Augustus Herring, Ex- Part.
nsv, Asks Accounting.

ROCHESTER. n. Y, July 6.--An action
which the plaintiff states involves s5O.-
100000 was brought before Justice s.
Nelson Sawyer in Special Term Of
Supreme Court here to-day against Glenn
II. Curtiss by Augustus Herring. a
former partner Of the aviator. Herring
seeks an accounting Of the Herring-Cur-
tiss Company since 1908. when the nrm
went bankrupt. The company. which is
located at Hammondsport. was purchased
by Curtiss following bankruptcy proceed
ings.
Waste by the management is em-
phasized by Herring. who also accuses
Curtiss with falling to pay into the COM
pany receipts he received for exhibition
flights and moneys obtained through the
rental of aircraft.
Curtiss denies all material allegations
IN his answer. He was In court when
the case was called. Thomas J. Baldwin.
expert balloonist for the Government
and other aviation experts were also
present as witnesses
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
SENATE COMMITTEE
JOINS In BEER BAN
Bill Reported Favorably With
Only Material Change Re-
lating to Wine.
PASSAGE EXPECTED SOON
Sterling Glasses Measure as
Real Emergency and Plans to
Press for Early Vote.
Special Despatch TO THE New YonK HERAIp.
New York Herald Bureau.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YoRK HERALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., July 6.
With only slight amendments the anti
beer bill approved by the House June 81
was favorably reported to the Senate to-
day by the Senate judiciary Committee.
and its sponsors intend to bring it to a
fnal vote this week If possible.
The committee made no change what
ever in the provisions which prevent
physicians from prescribing beer as
medicine. A concession was made in the
provision dealing with the importation
Of spirits. the committee agreeing to an
amendment which says that ut shall not
apply to shipments en- route TO the
United States at the time of the passage
of the act"
Another change will permit the impor-
tation OF certain wines which were pro-
hibited from entry by the House bill.
The word "spirituous' was substituted
for the word Intoxicating in the pro-
posed law SO that as amended the meas
ure now reads:
mo spirituous liquor shall be i'm
ported into the United States, nor shall
any permit be granted authorizing the
manufacturing of any spirituous liquor,
save alcohol, until the amount OF such
liquor now in distilleries or other bonded
warehouses shall have been reduced to
a quantity that In the opinion Of the
commission will. with liquor that may
thereafter be manufactured and i'm
ported, be sufficient to supply the current
need thereafter fors all non-beverage
uses"
Senator Sterling (S d., In, charge
of the measure, regards it as a real
emergency bill.
THE ruling of the former Attorney
General allowing beer to be prescribed
as medicine makes farce of the pro-
hibition law" he said. TT puts no limit
on the amount and q doctor can pre-
scribe 1t by the case or the keg. The
bill as reported to-day makes little
change in the bill as approved by the
House, except for some slight modifica-
tions in the language dealing with form
ulas for proprietary medicines and In
the Importation Of certain wines needed
for medicine. think there Is no doubt
that the bill can be put through the
Senate speedily, that the few changes
can be adjusted in conference and that
the measure can be completed. / In
tend to call 1t up for action In the very
near future, possibly Tomorrow
Senator Broussard (La.) will make q
fight against the bill, but the indica-
tions are that 1t will pass by a sweep
ing majority.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
FOREST FIRES THREATEN
QUEBEC SETTLEMENTS
Rain Only Can Halt Danger
Also in Ontario.

QUEBEC. July 6.-Unless rain within
the next few hours checks the devastat-
ing forest fires raging In far flung sec
tions OF quebec and Ontario numerous
settlements in the path OF the flames
are In danger Of being wiped out.
Honore Mercier. Minister Of Lands and
Forests, and Messrs. Piche and Bedard.
heads OF the forestry branch, regard the
situation as fraught with menace to life
as we'll as to timber acreage Of ines
Unable value.
Reports tonight indicate that fires
which have broken out anew along the
Totoumostock River and at Shelter.
Godbout and Breakyville are consuming
vast areas OF timber. Fires In Ontario
are raging over a Wide area on bot.,
sides OF the TemiskemIng and Northern
Ontario Railroad. as we'll ms east and
west OF Cochrane. More than a million
cords OF pulp wood along the line Of the
railroad are said to have been destroyed.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
GUST KON-PARTISAN
EDITORS; ARRESTED
League Officers Deny Misuse
of $4,000, Charged in Their
Own Newspaper.

FARGO, n. D., July George a. Tot
ten. Jr, former editor, and C. X. Gum
merson, former business manager, were
arrested to-day on warrants charging
criminal libel after publication of an
article in a special edition of the Courier
Netos charging members Of the State
Executive Committee of the Non-Parti-
san League with misusng $4,000 of the
leagues recall campaign.
The complaint was filed by A. A.
Liederbach, chairman of the State
Executive Committee Both were re-
leased on bonds pending a hearing July
s. Previously they had been relieved
of their positions on the Courier-Nefos
daily newspaper controlled by the
State Executive Committee.
Totten also is at liberty on bond fol-
lowing his arrest Saturday on a charge
of embezzling $l0270 of the league 8
campaign fund and Is under injunction
obtained by Liederbach to-day forbid
ding him to have anything to do With
the management of the paper
In a statement tonight Liederbach
denied the published charges and de-
clared that every dollar expended by us
has been In conformity with instructions
of the mass convention that authorized
the fund"
I'VE shall submit a report Of all re-
ceipts and disbursements at the next
State convention" the statement said.
I'VE shall be glad to welcome an inspec-
ton of our books whenever the league
wishes"
A warrant for Totten charging viola
ton of the National Prohibition Act also
was issued. A quantity of liquor was
alleged to have been found In his auto
mobile.
Mr.. Gummerson said he had caused
the statement to be published because
Of the financial situation In the league
funds. He added that he felt ''it was
my duty TO warn the membership Of the
league against conditions"
II have an intense interest in the
league" he said. land do not want to
see IL wrecked" He would make nc
further comment.
The published statement said that "a
situation has arisen within the Nom
Partisan League which demands imme-
date action upon the part of the men,
bership:" that "the league Is facing the
coming campaign trecal) empty handed
and that II Is necessary that some Inn
mediate and drastic action be taken In
order that the hopes and aspirations of
the men, women and children who have
sacrificed their savings and hard earned
dollars may not be shattered"
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
STUDENTS OF GREEK
HOLD BEST RECORDS
ADVOCATES of Classical to In
quire Relotiue Merit.

PHILADELPHIA, July 6.-Advocates OF
the classical as opposed to the practical
in education will carry the war into
the enemies camp" by conducting three
year survey. at O cost OF $50. 900. in an
effort TO prove that classical students
make better progress in business and
other studies. II was announced to-day
at the annual meeting of the American
Classical League. Dean Andrew West
of Princeton, who presided. will direct
the survey.
The plan contemplates Investigations
OF various fields. queries being sent to
employers and executives as TO the rela-
tive worth Of men and women who have
and have not studied the classics.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
Stolen Automobiles.

The following automobiles were reported
stolen yesterday:
Apperson 1918 touring. license 2i37o4 N. Y,
motor tst5I.
Hudson 1918. cabriolct body. license 1T7d2i
~ v. motor 5f503. -
Packard 1916 touring. license 2V2OO} N. ",
motor Si3if.
3e0Gos3.
Ford 1915 truck. black and white, license
sfSTnS n. ". motor f2IIn5I.
Oakland 1919 touring license 1o3ooi y. ".
motor 5JG3o.
Dodge 1910 delivery license unknown. motor
unknown. side marked Auto Aero supply
Ford 1921 touring. license c3o755 n. ".
motor iI04TG6.
Ford 1870 sedan. license iGi52o n. ", motor
3.2So30
Ford 1921 touring. license eos5oe N. Y,
motor 4Q32fS6.
Ford 1921 sedan. license 213sii n. y, motor
i1hfei0.
Mash scuvsne. 1920. dark maroon, license
i79332 N. y, motor 10ce75.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
KIDNAPPER, EX-CONVICT,
KILLED BY POSSEMAN
Shot Man, Then Abducted His
Wife and Family.

HOOP RIVER. Ore. July 6.--Luther
Pagan. who shot 'r. u. Miller here to-
day and kidnapped Miller's wife, son
and daughter, was shot and killed early
tonight by a posseman after he had
been surrounded In a thicket. His pris-
oners were uninjured.
Fagan. sentenced two years ago 10 ten
peared at the home OF Miller. her step
father. and after an alteration shot
Miller and then abducted Mrs. Miller
her twenty-year-old daughter Pearl and
n ten-year-old boy.
He drove off with his captivos toward
Mount Hood. Armed posses were sent
in pursuit with orders to shoot Fagan on
sight.
Faean escaped from the penitcntiary
last year. but was recaptured. Hc was
paroled early this year on the condition
that he return to Oklahoma after GER
tain recommendation Of the State
Eugenics Board had been carried out.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
II DRY LAW OPPONENTS
EXCUSED AS TALESMEN
Justice Couldn't See Them as
Good Rum Case Jurors.

Seventeen talesmen drawn in the spe-
cial panel OF fifty from which the July
Grand Jury IN the Criminal Branch OF
the Supreme Court trying liquor cases
was to be selected expressed disap-
proval Of the Mullan-Gage laws yester-
day when questioned before Justice
Borst and we're dismissed. Only thirty
four of the panel OF fifty put In an ap-
pearance In the court room. To fill out
the requisite twenty-three members of
the Grand Jury another panel of tales
men was summoned to appear tomorrow
morning.
Since the opening on June of the spe-
cial term in which Justice Borst pre-
sided there have been ten convictions.
six acquittals and five pleas OF guilty
entered In cases involving the dry laws.
The June Grand Jury, which was dis
charged Friday, handled 800 cases and
indicted 102 persons. The Grand Jury
and trial juries engaged In prohibition
cases In June cost New York county
A.ii0. This does not include the salary
paid Justice Borst or the Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys and their aids. who pre-
pare and try the cases.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
BEST SELLERS AT FAIR
ARE JUVENILE BOOKS
Bible Comes Next, Say Agents
of Publishers.

CHICAGO. July 6.--Old Mother Goose
and other nursery characters have am
bled up into the best seller" class, ac-
cording 20 book publishers representa-
tivcs. who opened n book fair to-day.
Juvenile books predominate at the fair.
and the demand for children's books was
declared to ibc greater than ever before.
The Bible likewise has Increased In
popularity. according to other boolSrlen.
During all periods Of depression there
seems TO be an Increased demand for the
Bible" one publisher said. To-day next
TO Juvenile stories the Bible Is our best
seller"
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
MAC MILAN TO START
FOR ARCTIC JULY is
Will Sail From Wiscasset,
Me-, in Small Schooner.

Boston. July 6.--Donald b. Macmillan
will make his start fer the arctic regions
in the small schooner Bowdoin on July
Is from wiscasset. Me-, he announced
to-day. Gov. Baxter Of Maine and other
State officials will bid the party god
speed.
The addition Of Ralph Robinson OF
Haverhill as the seventh member or the
exploring party was also announced.
Robinson was formerly a student at
Worcester Academy under Macmillan,
and more recently has been In charge or
physical instruction In the Haverhill
schools He will act as general assistant
to the explorer
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
TOY CANNON BLAST BLOWS
ROD THROUGH BOYS HEAD
Four Inches of Steel Enters Below Eye and Is Drawn
Out at Back of Skull-Misses Brain by Mar
row Margin-Will Recover.

Norman. Wood. Is. began celebrating
the Fourth of July last Sunday at the
home OF his grandmother. Mrs. Chiches-
ter. 81 Maple street. Rutherford. n. j.,
and one of his noisemaking implements
was a toy cannon. He loaded this. pack
ing in a charge of powder extracted
from torpedoes and an explosive known
as a throw down." To tamp the charge
down he took steel ramrod four inches
long and three-sixteenths of an inch
thick, hammering 1t with a rock.
He had been hammering only a few
seconds when there was an explosion.
The boy was thrown to the sidewalk,
and the ramrod apparently disappeared.
Norman started to reload the cannon.
but he felt such a terrific pain in
mis- face that he went to the Office
of DIR. Charles ID. Brooks. The physi-
clan found wound under the right eye,
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
WOMAN FOUND DEAD,
$1,000 CASH IS GONE
Body of Mrs. Bertha Seidler
Discovered in Her Bungalow
on Coney Island.

The body of Mrs. Bertha Seidler. the
widow of clothing manufacturer who
died about twelve years ago, was found
yesterday afternoon lying on the floor
in the living room of her bungalow In
the rear OF S71 West Thirtieth street,
Coney Island. The BODY was crumpled
against the Dashboard and there was
blood on the floor nearby. DR.. Horn of
the Coney Island Hospital said that
Mrs. Seidler had been dead about four
days and expressed the opinion that she
had died Of natural causes. The specific
cause, however. will not be known until
an autopsy is performed this morning in
the Kings County Hospital. Owing TO
the condition of the body this could not
be done yesterday
Mrs. Janet Levinson, daughter OF
the dead woman. who is an attorney
having offices with her husband, Robert
Levinson, in 299 Broadway, told the
police that she believed there was some
thing suspicious about her mothers
death and asked that an investigation
be made. She said that last Wednesday
her mother had $1,000 with which she
intended to buy another bungalow and
no trace Of this money has been found.
She also has asked the police to IND
and question a man who she says has
been wanting her mother to marry him
and whom Mrs. Seidler has not been able
to make let her alone.
Mrs Levinson said that this man fol-
lowed her mother to Lakewood two or
three weeks ago, and that she often has
heard him quarslling with Mrs. Seidler
because the elder woman refused to
marry him. Neishbors told the police
that late last Saturday night they heard
loud talking In the Seidler bungalow
but they said that they paid no atten-
ton to it, as they had often heard loud
talking there before. The bungalow Is
behind two story brick building owned
also by Mrs. Seidler, and entrance to IL
Is through the basement Of tho brick
structure.
The body was found by Patrolman
James w. McGiil Of the Coney Island
station after he had been summoned to
tn, house by Mrs Soldiers niece. Mrs.
Esther Ringel Of 291S West Thirtieth
street, Coney Island. Mrs. Ringel went
to the house last Sunday afternoon, but
went away when she saw that the place
was locked UP. She went back again
yesterday. and became alarmed when
she saw that the place was still locked
and that all Of the windows and doors
were literally covered with flies. She
summoned Patrolman McGill. who broke
q window and saw the body lying on
the floor. Mrs. Levinson was then sent
for. as was her brother, DR.. Herman
Seidler OF 40 Henry street. who also
conducts a santtartum at Mount Kisco.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
NO POLITICAL SNAPS IN
DRY JOBS, SAYS HAYNES
Members of Congress Get Jolt
From Anti-Wet Chief.
itt' 10 iib NEW iVhh HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c.. July G.

washington. -. -, duiy U.
A bombshell exploded In the Con-
gressional camp to-day. Statesmen
Jealous Of patronage rights were Jared
from their heats by blast from Prohi-
bition Commissioner Haynes.
Mr.. Haynes. scarcely warmed up to
his job. shot out orders to State direc-
tors warning them that jobs at their dis
posal were not to be used to pay 'po-
iitical obligations"
Several Senators made a quick howl
to the Internal Revenue Bureau. They
were deeply vexed over Haynes's order.
which they argued amounted to a seri-
GUS infringement of their privileges.
Commissioner Blair expressed regret
over the incident and said the Haynes
order had gone out rather prematurely
and without his knowledge or sanction.
Several Senators pointedly suggested
that In the light Of recent voluminous
pronunciamentos from the Prohibition
Chief involving no little expenditure of
public funds It might be we'll to inject
bit Of economy I'm this branch of the
Government by eliminating the useless
paper and stationery costs"
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
Cannibalism Reported
Among Caribou Indians

FORT MAC MURRAY, Alberta,
July 6.-Tales of starvation
and cannibalism among the In
dians of the Caribou tribe have
reached the mounted police sta
toned at Fort Smith. A de-
tachment has been sent to inves-
tigate conditions. A few years
ago caribou were so plentiful in
the regions inhabited by the
Caribou tribe that only the
tongues of the animals slain
were eaten. as delicacies. The
caribou, which were the chief
food of the tribe, were slaugh-
tered year after year until they
have practically disappeared.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07

but Norman complaind Of the pain even
after treatment had been applied and
the wound had been cleaned.
DIR. Brooks then made a closer exami-
nation OF Norman's head and saw a
swelling at the base of the brain, which
he lanced. Inside the swelling the
doctor saw an end of the steel ramrod
which the boy had been using to tarnp
down the charge OF powder protruding
q slight distance from the back Of the
skull With his forceps Dr. Brooks ex-
tracted the ramrod. which had struck
the boy under the right eye and had
gone entirely through his head.
The wound was dressed and the boy
taken to his grandmother's home. where
it was said last night he will recover
without permanent injury or disfigure-
ment. In going through his head the
ramrod missed the boys brain by about
one-sixteenth Of an inch.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
SEIZED LIQUOR SENT AWAY.
Was Taken by Government or
Niagara Border Line.

NIAGARA FALLS, July 6.--Fifty thou
sand dollars worth OF liquors seized from
smugglers at this border point was
transferred from the Falls Federal build
ing to the customs department at Buffalo
to-day.
The liquor represented the accumula-
tion OF several weeks Of activity OF
customs inspectors on the Niagara bor-
der line. and was transferred to Buffalo
In two big motor trucks under guard Of
eight armed men.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07

"Also pipe and possibly some other
products relatively.
Overtime Day Abrogated.
ALSO to abrogate as OF July 16, 1921
the so-called basic or overtime da,
emergency measure"
The announcement Of this cut In prices
does not come a surprise either to
the financial district or to the iron and
steel industry. 1t has been expected for
some time that an announcement of this
sort would be forthcoming from the cor
poration and the recent reductions OF
some of the independent companies as
we'll as the continued shading of prices
by other companies which have not for
mally announced a lower schedule made
the change almost certain. That an
other step would be taken In the way of
bringing down high wartime costs by n
reduction of wartime wages was also
anticipated.
These reductions, averaging almost IS
n ton on the eleven products named In
the new schedule. represent the second
to be made by the largest interest In
the industry this year On April 10 a re-
duction averaging 81 ton was an
nounced. so that the total cut this year
is approximately s12 a ton. Prior to
the April reduction were two voluntary
reductions Of SIS ton and 81 a ton
respectively in December, 1918, and
March. 1919, making the total cuts made
by the corporation from the wartime
peak level approximately S.4 a ton.
Price Maintained Two Years.
The Mprch. 1919. reduction brought
prices down to the level established by
the so-called Redfield Industrial Board
which level was maintained by the cor
poration ill through the next two years,
despite a widespread movement among
the independent manufacturers in 1919
when they marked their prices up to
levels higher in some cases than those
established during the war.
Independent steel manufacturers in
some instances had cut their prices be-
fore the Steel Corporation announced
its latest reductions. Early this week
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation gave
out new and lower schedule of prices,
which is identical with that announced
yester lay by the United States Steel
Corporation. Other Independents have
signAfcd their intention of lowering
prices but have not made public new
schedules. John A. Topping. chairman
Of lie Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany. said yesterday that his company
would not ennounce a new price list. but
would continue to meet competition ex-
actly as II has done since the first Of
the year. Mr.. Topping declined to dis
cus~ wages at this time. officials of the
LackGwanna Steel Company would not
talk about prices. referring all queries to
the company's main offices at Buffalo.
Tho Midvasc Steel and Ordnance Com
pany, Il is understood has been SELL
ing 'ts products for some time at prices
as low rs. and in some cases lower
than. the Steel Corporations new sched-
ules.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
GIVES $4,000 TO HOLY Cross.

WORCESTER. Mass. July 6.-The Rev.
James J. Carlin. S. j.. president Of Holy
Cross College. announced to-day that
the Rev. Daniel +. Curtin OF Glens Falls
~. T., graduate Of Holy Cross In 1910,
has presented $4,000 TO the college az
scholarship fund 10 be open to students
~-om Glens Falls
The New York herald., 1921-07-07
c. Fl. JACKSON, WORLDS
LARGEST MAN, IS DEAD
Brockton Man, Once $50
Pounds, Ill FiUs Years.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. July 6.-Charles
n. Jackson of Brockton, whose friends
said he was the largest man In the
world. died at hospital here to-day.
In 1915 he weighed 630 pounds. but
five years illness had reduced him
TO 400 pounds. He was 81 years old
and was six feet tall.
The New York herald., 1921-07-07

"Also pipe and possibly some other
products relatively.
0XerflmH nuX AhHnnafah