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The New York herald., 1921-08-11
EX-DETECTIVE ON TRIAL
FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE
Accused Of Protecting Disor-
derIy Houses in TenderIoin.

John J. Gunson. formerly a plain
clothes detective. who recently was ac-
quilted of extortion in the Court OF Cen
eral Sessions. was put on trial yester-
day before John A. Leach. Deputy Police
Commissioner. at Police Headquarters
on charge of accepting money for pro-
tecting disorderly houses while on duty
in Inspector DominicS Henry's district.
The witnesses against him were the
same women who testified in Gunson's
previous trial. Ruth Mclyado. repre-
sented by Grace Humiston, and Rose
Gonzales, known as Spanish Rose" said
that the detective had accepted $50 to
buy suit Of clothes. Miss Melyado tes-
titled Gunson had advised her to forfeit
her bail of $500 when che was arrested
in March, 1919. The trial will continue
next Wednesday.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
HACKENSACk GREEN
LOSES HONOR ROLL
Petition of Veterans Granted
by City Commission.

The dilapid ated "Honor Roll" which
has stood on the green at Haclxensack.
y. j., for the last two years. wes re-
moved yesterday by the order OF Mayor
Baldwin. A short time ago the HACK
ensack Post of the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars petitioned him and the City Com
mission 10 remove the roll because Il
was badly decayed and was incomplete.
The paint has run" the petition set
forth, "and visitors to our city get a
bad impression"
The names Of all the Hackensacls
men who lost their lives during the war
were turned over to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. A list OF all tho names
Of the roll is in the possession or Su-
perintendcnt Brestel and will be given
to any individual or organization asking
for Il.
At one time II was decided to erect
monument and put the expense on
the town budget, but there was a con-
troversy as 70 the location, and Mayor
Baldwin decided the best way 10 settle
It was to call the matter on.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
RUSSIAN WOLF HOUND
IS TRACED BY HER YELP
Owner Recognizes Bark OF
His $500 Thoroughbred.

Since Lady Dean H.. a Russian wolf
hound, daughter OF the famous Lady
Dean l.. winner OF twenty blue ribbons
ran away from the home OF Archibald
Levy of 3i4 West Seventh second street
last September. while tho Levys were
living at White Plains, the ears OF Mr.
Levy have been listening and his eyes
searching for the missing thoroughbred
And above the sound OF traffic while
he was riding In n southbound Madison
avenue surface car. az Forty-slxth street
yesterday Levy heard yelp. lie
jumped Off the trolley and located the
yelp. II came from an automobile at
the curb with two men in Il. and---Isevy's
heart jumped--on the back seat wns
Lady Dean H. At least Levy told
Ms gistrate Renaud In Yorkville court
that It was his famous wolfhound. and
although he called the dog by name
and she came to him the Magistrate
decided that the case was one to be
settled by White Plains courts.
Levy said Lady Dean III. IL worth
$500. The two men, John r. Beck
and Carl Hultzren, employed on an es-
tate near Tenafly. N. j.. said the dog
had been found by a neighbor OF heirs
Levy the two men and the dog left
for White Plaine.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
MERCHANTS TAKE UP
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Mayor viii Be Requested to
Call Conference.

The unemployment situation was con-
sidered yesterday at the Merchants As
ISOLATION rooms In the Woolworth Build
ing by members OF the Merchants AS
ISOLATION Bronx Board Of Trade.
Queens. Brooklyn. and State Chambers
OF Commerce. and the Central Trades
and Labor Council OF Greater New York
ard Vicinity.
a report Is 20 be made to Mayor
Hylan. and he IL to be requested TO call
genel oil conference to endorse certain
recommendations. Special considera-
ton was given at the meeting to plans
for the erection Of a large number of
dwellings TO relieve the housing shortage
and bring lower rents to worknen.
Labor unions, II was reported, are
preparing for a great Unemployment pa
rnde on Labor Day.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
MISS STONE IN JAIL
SOBS OVER TROUSSEAU
Finds Loue Relics of Man She
Shot.

Woman prisoners in the Raymond
street jail in Brooklyn sympathized yes-
terday with Olivia NJ. p. Stone. the nurse
who shot and killed Ellis Guy Kinlead.
the lawyer as she displayed In her cell
silk lingerie which she said was part OF
the trousseau she had prepared In antici-
patton OF his return TO her. Fumbllng
among her possessions che came also
upon q book upon the front page OF
which was written in strong hand:
'"ro Livvy from Ellis
.He gave II 30 me. he gave IL to me-"
she soboed. ITS The Beloved Vaga-
bond BY Locke. want to read IL
again. Oh. Ellis! Ellis"
The articles were In Miss Stones two
suitcases which had been transferred
from the Hotel Martinique In Mnnhat-
tan TO the fail al the direction of Martin
II. Kesselman, Miss Stones lawyer.
She will be arrsigned In the Gates Ave-
nue. Court to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
B. R. 7. STRIKE PLAN
ENDS IN A FIZZLE
Meeting of Men in Brooklyn
Adjourns After Ten
Minutes.
ONLY ABOUT 100 ATTEND
inspectors Stand Around Out
side to Note Those Who
Entered.
ONLY ABOUT 100 ATTEND

A mass meeting called by officials of
the Amaigamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees to lay
the ground work for another battle with
the B. r. T. over the wage question. in
view Of the 10 percent wage cut that
became effective August C. attracted
only about one hundred last night at tho
Labor Lyceum in wirloushby avenue.
Broolxiyl
There was mU,e OF crowd outside
the building. IL was composed. accord
ing to the police, who were also out In
considerable strength TO see that no
rioting resulted, Of about 500 depot
masters, inspectors and other officials of
the B. r. T., who stood about In small
groups just to- see who was going TO the
meeting.
The Amalgamated. TO all practical
purposes. ceased TO be a power In b.
r. T. labor affairs after the unsuccess-
full strike last year. William Reilly.
one of the Arnalgamated officials. said
there were still 5000 paying dues to the
organization. He expressed great dis
appointment that Peter Rooney. ma
tional organizer for the union, had not
arrived as scheduled from Detroit.
Rooney was to have been on hand a
day or two ago to get ready for the
mass meeting. but she had not put in
an appearance.
William J. Hackett. vice-president Of
Local s67, which. with Locals $40 and
91S. handled last years strike, presided,
and ended the meeting after it had
fiickered along for feeble ten minutes.
E. J. O'Leary. State organizer of the
Amalgamated, made a short speech, de-
claring that the B. r. T. was "up In the
air over the wage question and the
present was the best time TO make a
stand. Mr. Hackett declared that the
10 per cent cut just put into effect is
to be followed by another 10 per cent.
cut In January. and said something
ought to be done about It.
The auditors didn't get chance to
oxp"ess themselves however, and wren
Mr.. Heckett declared the adjournment
he failed to announce when the next ses-
sion would be held.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
CONVICT LOSES FIGHT
FOR CUSTODY OF CHILD
Benny Sternberg Fails to
Take Son from Wife.

Supreme Court Justice Cannon In
Brooklyn yesterday dismissed a writ OF
habeas corpus through which Benny
Sternberg, gangster, now at Comstock
prison. sought to have the custody OF
his five-year-old son. Monroe, taken
from his wife. Sophye Sternberg. and
given to his (Benny's) parents. who are
wealthy. The little boys mother is now
at Reno seeking a divorce. She has
placed her son with an aunt in Brooklyn.
The hearing was brief.
The convict father appeared crestfal-
len when the writ was dismissed He is
serving five to ten year term for being
implicated in the fur robbery at the
Starobin g. Dublin factory. on Herkimer
street. In 1919. A policeman was a
member of the band, and Benny" was
called the master mind"
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
AMEESIA SWINDLER
CAUGHT IN HOSPITAL
Weiss, Who Passed as Lieut..
Hamon, Found in Bridge
port Institution.
SERVED TERM IN 1912
Identification Made Posi-
tive by Comparison of
His Finger Prints.
8 WEEKS AS A PATIENT
Disappeared Leaving S75 Bill
characterization to Be
Asked on Frauds Charge.
8 WEEKS AS A PATIENT

George Weiss, the swindler and con-
fidence man who got free board for
nearly three weeks at the North Hud-
son Hospital. at weehawken. by pre-
tending that he was Lieut.. George
Hamon" and that he was suffering
from amnesia, was discovered yester-
day in hospital in Bridgeport, Conn.
The police of Weehawken received
word that Weiss's Identification was
made positive by finger prints which
were obtained while he was at the
hospital in Weehawken. Thes police
of this city informed the trusting Of
ficials and nurses of the North Hudson
Hospital that the man who had en-
listed their sympathy had his picture
In the Rogues' Gallery. He was sem
fenced to the reformatory in 1912 for
grand larceny.
IL was said last night that Weisss ex-
tradition will be asked and that he will
be called upon by the Weehawken au-
thorities to answer to a charge OF fraud.
However, at the time he disappeared II
was said that his case was without
under which he could be prosecuted.
Weiss was found wandering about the
West Shore ferry, In Weehawken. July
16. He was able to give only an IN
coherent account Of himself. He said he
was Lieut.. George Hamon." relative
of the late Jake Hamon. Oklahoma oil
man and politician. He claimed to have
been q member of the Lafayette Esca-
driIlc during the war. The police knew
for several days before he left the hospi-
tai that his name did not appear on any
OF the published lists Of the Escadrille.
He said that the last thing he remem-
bered was starting on an air raid dur
ing storm
"Hamon" was sent to the weehawken
Hospital at first. A member OF the
neurological staff of the Army Medical
Corps examined him and iagnosed his
case as one OF hysterical amnesla. Or
fcrs were made to move him to Gov
ernment hospital but he refused to 80.
saying that he was very comfortable In
the North Hudson Hospital, where he
had been taken after the diagnosis
Weiss came in for much solicitude.
He was visited by persons Of kindly In
clnations and every effort was made
TO restore his memory. He was given
the utmost freedom about the hospital
The nurses could not believe when he
disappeared that he was anything but
the poor young man they had come to
know.
The pretended amnesia victim exhibit
e,i copies OF kilograms which he said he
had received from his mother and father
In Oklahoma. They were coming TO see
him, he said. but on the day they were
10 have arrived he disappeared. Jump
Ing the $40 hospital bill. 1t was said last
night. Is about the only offence Weiss
IS known 10 have committed. He stole
nothing and gave the attendants no
trouble at all
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
WOMAN, DRUGGED,
HURLED FROM CAR
Men Drag Her Across Pave
ment and Throw Her Into
Basement Areaway.

An unidentified young woman,suncon-
II is believed. was thrown out Of an
automobile In front OF the home Of
Henry S. Glazier, broker, at 10 East
Sixty-seventh street. last night. and
then dragged across the roadway and
dropped into the basement entrance OF
the dwelling. The men who were In
the machine then drove rapidly away
toward Park avenue, so rapidly. in fact,
that John Cosgrove, caretaker Of the
Glazier residence. who had been awak-
ened and was watching, was unable %
see the license number.
At Bellevue Hospital. where the VIC
tim was taken in an ambulance from
Flower Hospital. 1t was said that all
efforts to revive her had failed. She
was in q stupor and none of the restora-
tiyes usually used in such cases had any
effect on her.
Cosgrove told Detective Moran. who
was assigned to the task OF finding the
automobile. that he was asleep when the
machine drew UP in front of the house
and stopped with brakes screeching. Hs
hurried to window to see what was
rraking the noise. Just as he reached
IL ne neaTQ tHe youHk WOihdH o ihoaho
ard he thought he heard some one say !:
"She isn't dead
While he watched. too surprised to
shout for help. the men in the car lifted
the unconscious woman over the side
and dropped her to the pavement.
Then one of the men got out of the
machine and catching up one of the
woman's arms. dragged her up on the
sidewalk. into the front yard of the
house and over to the windows. He
pushed her into the sunken entrance to
the basement.
At that Cosgrove began to shout Tor
the police. The man ran back to the
automobile. 1t was moving toward Park
avenue when he reached 1t and he sprang
for the running board. The man driving
then speeded up the engine and the car
leaped ahead. disappearing. Cosgrove
thought. up Park avenue.
The description of the woman as given
by the police placed her age at 21 years
and her height at s feet inches. She
has brown hair and eyes and weighs
about 135 pounds. Her clothing. which
was of expensive make. included
brown silk dress red straw hat. black
pumps and black silk stockings. She
ca rried a beaded bag In which were 40
cents and box OF face powder.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
PADDED PAYROLLTHEFTS
CHARGED TO EMPLOYEE
c. w. Wickes Said to HoUe
Been Accused BY Woman.

Investigation OF the alleged payroll
padding AZ the plant Of the Sanborn
Map Company at North Pelham resulted
yesterday in the arrest OF George w.
wickcs. He had been employed by the
company twelve years when he an
nounced last spring that he had decided
10 retire. as he had inhsrited a fortune.
wickes was arralgned before Justice
OF the Peace Liesperancc at North Pei
ham and held in $4,000 bail on a charge
OF forgery in the third degree Miss
Emily STEWART. assistant cashier OF the
plant, was arrested last week on a sim
liar charge The police sald that she i'm
plicated Wickes.
The complaint against WiclSes charges
that during most OF 1920 he kept on the
payroll the names OF persons who had
LEFT the companys employ. The alleged
frauds range from st2 TO $50 each.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
TELLEGEN CLAIMS
HIS WORKS OF ART
Clothes in Warehouse All
Right. bnt Quota Of Fur
niture Is Lacking.

Lou Tellegen's secretary. Harry RAN
kin. again addressed himself yesterday
to the task of trying to ascertain II
Geraldine Farrar had forgotten any
thing when. in response to her husband S
appeal for his clothes and othec belong
ings, she summoned a van and sent
them to q storage warehouse.
Mr.. Rankin has now spent two days
in the warehouse. sweating over his in
ventory, and he VIII have to go again
to-day for there Is still ono trunk 10
explore As the count now stands, MT
Telleaen's wardrobe answers Present,
down to the last button. but there are
furniture, pictures and other works OF
art TO which he lays claim which have
not vet been discovered In the ware
house.
His lawyer, Harry y. Steinfeld. has
theory that Miss Farrar may be waiting
for ths receipt of Mr.. Tellegen's ADDRESS
before sending the bulkier or moro val
liable treasures OF her suing husband 5
collection. Mr.. Stei.steld's associate.
Arthur Z. Schwartz. said last night that
no might telephone this morning TO
Miss Farrar's lawyer, Alvin untermyer.
and If an address was wanted 1t would
be supplied. Mr.. Tellegen Is living AT
the Ritz-Carlton.
Mr. Untermyer has not as yet made
any answer 10 the summons and COM
plant in the separation suit. which, ac-
cording TO Mr.. Steinfeld, were served on
Miss Farrar last Thursday. He has not
even sgnified that he expects TO make
any answer. For Miss Farrar he has
denied that the papers were served. and
with that and an Acknowledgements that
Miss Farrar expected to start suit
against Mr.. Tellegen Mr.. Unter1nyer
has rested. Mr.. Schwartz said yester-
day that Lou Tellegen was not seeking
reconcilia ton with his wife. Mr.. INTER
myer said nothing.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
BEACH SIGNS WARN
BATHERS ABOUT BOMBS
More Grenades Washed Up
on Shore.

Notices have been put UP at Staten
Island beaches instructing bathers and
cottagers not to pick UP bombs that
may be cast up on the shore. This fol-
lows from the discovery Of more gre
nades OF the type which killed one boy
and injured two others at Rosebanh
last week
The Government some time ago con-
tracted with barge companies to dump
cargoes OF grcnades in the ocean not less
tEan fifteen miles from Sandy Hook, It
was learned The police suspect that
some OF the grenades We're put aver in
wooden cases and tina, accounts for the
presence OF so many OF them inshore.
Two hand and three rife grenadcs were
found at South Beach yesterday after
noon.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
TING BANK CLERK
GETS ONE DAY SENTENCE
Weakness Under Stress of Circumstances Demands
Leniency, Says Judge Sheppard, Exercising SIM
liar Mercy for Third Time in Week.

took 5000 OF the banks money TO pay
a pressing personal debt. Before taking
the money he had tried to pay his debts
by borrowing from loan sharks, and
later. while still heavily in debt to them
and TO the bank, he had endeavoreo 10
win back his losses by stock speculation
and betting at race tracks.
Judge Sheppard. after hearing all the
facts, said that he considered the case
called for leniency because Callahan
had never intended to rob the bank but
had erred through weakness and be-
cause he had become immersed in debt
while trying to live on small salary.
He sentenced him to spend one day In
the custody of United STATES Marshal
and to pay a fine OF $500. Callahan
friends paid his fine.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
FIFTH AVENUE SPEEDER
GETS IS DAYS IN JAIL
imprisonment Sentence Fol-
ToUed Series OF Fines.

A speed OF thirty-four miles an hour
in Fifth avenue between Tooth and 1881
streets at 4:30 A. NJ last Sunday was
charged In Traffic Court yesterday
against Daniel Lieberman. "a. wool
len broker OF 160 Fifth avenue. living
at 1O4e Grand Concourse, The Bronx.
He was found guilty and sentenced TO
fifteen days in jail.
Probation officer McElroy reported
that Lieberman had been in court nine
or ten times on alleged traffic violations
and that his record included fines of
$40, September 10. 1920; 500. Novem-
Der .. 1920; $40. in February last. and
800. July ., for speeding in Brooklyn.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11

Judge William b. Sheppard OF the
United States District Court. who on two
previous occasions this week has inn
posed sentences of one day on default
ing bank clerks, imposed another one
day sentence yesterday on John j. Cal
lahan. formerly clerk In the Import
ers and Traders National Bank.
When arraigned to plead to an indict-
ment which recited Irregularities run
ming through more than two years and
totalling s15,850. Callahan admitted his
guilt and Maxwell S. Mattuck. Assistant
United States Attorney explained the
circumstances to the court.
Callahan. he said. made his first
error OF morals and judgment when he
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
BY express from
Canada ---BLANKETS

Fluffy, old-timey home
spun blankets-no other
blankets in the world just
like them. We have sold
any quantity of them.
for large beds, SIS each.
for cribs, SIS each.
The large blankets are in
block designs and plain colors
with stripe borders; pink, blue,
tan.
The crib blankets are in pink
or blue.
Fourth Gallery, New Building
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
SHORT CIRCUIT SCARES
SUBWAY PASSENGERS
Woman OUercome By Fumes
and Traffic Delayed.

Passengers aboard n subway express
train southbound had e bad scare yes
terday morning. One woman was over
come by fumes when a short circuit de-
vsloped rs the train was approaching
Seventy-second street. and flames burst
out under one OF the cars
The train had such headway. however.
that It coasted into the Seventy-second
street platform, where the passengers
were let out, amid considerable excite
msnt. The fire was extirgulshed quick
~. and the train was sIdetracked. which
caused delay, according 10 the Inter
bcroughs report. OF twenty-five minutes,
beginning at $40 o'clock.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
LEMON ON FLAGSTAFF
GETS VENDOR IN COURT
Held in Bail on Charge of
Dissertation.

Domenico Monzello. who decorated his
lemonade stand with a short staff bear
ing an American flag surmounted by a
lemon. was held In si00 bail yesterday
In jefferson Market Court for trial IN,
the Court of Special Sessions
The charge was desecrating the Ameri-
can flag. Persons who passed by Mon
zello's stand at T6 Eighth avenue, Tues
day. and noticed the juxta position OF the
lemon TO the flag, caused scene. and
Monzello was taken 10 the Charles stree.
police station.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
GAS OvERCoMES FOUR.
Fire Melts Pipe and starts n
Leak.

Four men at work IN the Offices OF
the New York Motor Car Exchange. on
the fifth floor of 81 West Slxty-second
street, were overcome yesterday by gas
when fire melted gas pipe The FIRE
damage was slight Rcscuers carried
the men to other Offices and they re-
covered and were sent home.
They were Walter Jones, ii East
Fifty-third street: Vincent Bica. ar
East Tooth street Frank johnson. g1o
Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn. and Frank
Juliana. si5 Esst Seventy-fifth street
Flremen checked the gas leak.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
Books to be read

THE MIRRORS OF WASH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $3.50.
This book does for our states
men and public men what "the
gentleman with a duster" did
for eminent Englishmen in
"The Mirrors Of Downing
Street"
LOAFING DOWN LONG
ISLAND-Charles H an son
Towne. $3.50. A chronicle of
inspired loafing.
THE OLD SOAK AND
HAIL AND FAREWELL
Don Marquis. S1.50. In which
Old Soak, a conspicuous figure
of pre-prohibition days, draws
a realistic picture Of bygone
glories.
LIVE AND GROW YOUNG
Arthur Edward Stillwell.
$500. The key to youth.
Shows the way to health and
happiness. Destroys the mes
meric belief that three-score
years and ten are the allotted
span Of life.
THE NEXT WAR - Will
Irwin. s1.50. An appeal to
common sense.
THE SALVAGING OF CIV
ILIZATION-by II. &. Wells.
$500. The probable future of
mankind.
Main Floor, Old Building
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
The Heightened
Waistline

4 TIC LOlISliANAA
Waistline
In frocks at $49.50, for
Miss IA to 20.
Favored of Paris-be-
cause it adds an additional
touch of youthfulness to
the straight-line silhou-
cite.
We have reproduced in
crepe riche-a new Fall
nateriaI-a charming Ian
win model.
Smartly trimmed with girdle
of rosettes in self material. a
rosette of the material also
adorns the short kimono sleeves.
In navy blue and black.
Another frock with long
bell sleeves "a Jenny
sleeve-is Of canton crepe
On which bands and rosettes
Of self colored moire ribbon
have been attractively draped.
In navy blue and black.
Canton crepe fashions an
other model which we have
been able to reproduce at con-
siderably less than the cost Of
the original frock. Faggoting
is cleverly used in indicating
the heightened waistline and in
outlining the square cut sleeves
and wide cuffs. In navy blue
and black.
Second Floor, Old Building
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
Monarchs of Realms
Across the Sea Haue
Honored american

with visits and have been
received with courtesies
justly due and gladly
given.
We shall hope to see
more such visits!
The better the world
knows the United States,
the closer will be our
friendships and the surer
the permanent all-pervad-
ing peace we have fought
for and helped to win.
Righteous laws justly
understood and admin
istered will ever be the
best preservers of liberty
and of universal fellow
ship.
[Signed1
2f aa~<
August II, 1921.
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
The August Sale
Of F u r S

And not only the fash
iops-but rare economies.
Our prices are scarcely
more than half the prices
of .1920-in some cases
they are less than half.
One woman came into
the Salons, yes t er d a v
morning, picked out a
Hudson Seal dyed musk
rat) coat and asked us if
we would mind setting it
aside for her.
She returned several
hours later, said she had
seen all the good fur stocks
in town, and was satisfied
that the coat she had
picked out was the best
coat for the price.
Second Floor, Old Building
The New York herald., 1921-08-11
Broadway
=: &N Na4!|z. e.. .5hz i :i|
10 - n big ak n
~ ne q
<aMH /M, ny
dephne FnmmgAE EN&c
TT is not big type and
hip talk i'm the news

The whole wonderful showing
of Winter fashions in Furs
is in