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The New York herald., 1921-05-30
MAN Is FOUND SLAIN,
FUGITIVE ARRESTED
Alfonso Vitillo, Coffee House
Proprietor, Murdered After
Desperate Battle.

Alfonso vitillo. a coffee house pro-
prietor. was murdered yesterday In the
rear hallway of 43 Carroll street. Brooh-
lyn. by a man with whom 1t was believed
he had fought a desperate battle. Pa
troman Frank Wilson heard five pistol
shots. and as he approached the house
saw a man dash out coatless and dis
appear into the hallway of Al Carroll
street The policeman chased the run
ner to the third floor and subdued him
after a sharp fight. The prisoner said
he was vincenzo Manzi, of 264 Columbia
street, Brooklyn.
The body of vitillo. with bullet
wounds In the head and chest. was then
discovered. Near him was a blue coat.
in which was long rent, and long
knife. Manzi was said to have admitted
the coat was his. He was charged with
homicide In the Fifth avenue court and
held without bail for examination to-
day.
Carroll street has been kept under
close surveillance lately because OF
gangsters' activities. Angelo Tumba-
relic. IT, sentenced last week to the
electric chair for the murder OF Louis
Balsamo. a Brooklyn shoemaker, lived
at "A Carroll street. The police were
unable to discover the cause OF the
fight in which vitilo was killed.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
WAR PROFITS BROUGHT
ONLY EVIL TO GREEK
Death on Board Ship Reveals
Tragic History.

Loucas Cara Loucas. a Greek who
made a small fortune in England during
the war. died of tuberculosis aboard
the National Greek liner Megah Hellas
as she was nearing Sandy Hook on Sat
urday and at the request of his widow,
an Englishwoman, the body was brought
10 port yesterday. Loucas's five-year-old
nephew, whom he had adopted. came
with him. Now that the boy Is without
a legal guardian he Will have to stop at
Ellis Island until the immigration au-
thorities decide whether he shall or shall
not land with Mrs. Loucas.
Loucas and his wife were badly
SCARED Mrs. Loucas said the scars were
caused by slashes of razor welded by
Loucass brother in her husbands ma
tive town, Dremica, Greece. where he
had returned from England to celebrate
his good luck by building church. The
brother. who had failed in business, be-
came insanely jealous and decided to
murder him eight months ago. The mad
man killed his own mother and wounded
his father. Loucas and Mrs. Loucas be-
fore he was overpowered.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
CHARGE EXTRAVAGANCE
TO LONG BRANCH BOARD
Asserted That Commissioners
Should Be Recalled.

Petitions were put in circulation in
Long Branch. N. j., yesterday provid-
ing for the recall of Mayor Clarence j.
Housman and Commissioners John w.
Flock, Frank l. Rowland. Thomas
Beatty and Samuel B. hartman. The
petitions charge that the Commissioners
individually and In concert have been
negligent. reckless and inefficient. and
needlessly extravagant in the manage
rnent and supervision of the city's busl-
ness affairs"
II is alleged that the Commission ex-
ceeded the city budget by about $3.50. 900.
bought sprinkling truck which was not
serviceable. beautified railroad property
at the taxpayers expense and raised the
tax rate from s32 to $52 per thousand
dollars valuation. Commissioners
Housman. hartman and Beatty have
been in office year, while Rowland
and Flock have held their jobs since
1912, when commission government was
Installed in Long Branch.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
FIVE MASKED MEN
HOLD UP 10 IN CLUB
Get 50, 900 Loot and Escape in
Automobile, Heading To-
ward Broadway.

Sunday night diversion of fifteen
young men of the Eighth Ward Favorite
Association. at So Thompson street,
which is in an Italian section, was sus-
pended about o'clock last night by the
appearance of five masked men. four
armed with revolvers.
Hands up, and get back against the
WALL" the bandit leader ordered.
Billiard cues dropped and the clun
members lined up, as the four revolvers
were trained upon them. The fifth mem
Der of the band had the role of collect
ing the loot. He did this thoroughly,
stuffing watches, rings and money into
his pockets until they bulged. Alto
gether the robbery netted $4,000.
The bandits had entered from rear
door The club Is In long room with a
big plate glass front on the first floor
While the holdup was being carried out
the men with the revolvers were In view
of the street and the situation was OBJ
served by children playing there.
1.-The cops are holding up the club,
one of the youngsters shouted. Then
the bandits dashed out by the front door
jumping into an automobile.
The fifteen victims got into action as
soon as the bandits left. When they
tried to get out. however. they discov-
cred that the handle of the outer door
had been taken Off To attract atten-
ton some of the men threw billiard balls
through the front window. They shout
ed not to let the men in the automobile
escape.
Owing to the crowds of children in the
street the automobile could not move
swiftly, but the revolvers poked over the
rear seat kept pursuers away. and the
bandits disappeared, heading for Broad
way.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
STILLS CAUSE BLAST
IN A FLAT BUILDING
Tenants in Panic When Halls
Fill With Smoke After an
Explosion.

Tenants of the Hudson-Fulton apart
ments at Lenox avenue and Hath street
became panic stricken at 10 o'clock last
night when the ham echoed to an ex-
plosion and then became filled with
smoke. AS they rushed to the street
flames were seen In the cellar and Ser
geant Frank Hughes of the West 123d
street police station. called from post
near by by their shouts. sent in an
alarm of fire.
The fire was confined to a room next
to the Janitor's quarters. 1t did little
damage. A search OF the place later.
according to the police. indicated that
two stills had been operating at the timo
of the explosion and that the blast prob
ably was caused by the ignition of al
cohol fumes.
Sergeant Hughes loaded what he said
was the wreck of the liquor plant into
patrol wagon, together with six bar
rels of a substance resembling mash, and
liquid that had the odor of alcohol
Joseph Williams, negro elevator oper-
ator. told the police the room where he
explosion occurred was rented recently
to a man who does not live In the house
Norris Dore, manager of Healys Res
taurant, Columbus avenue and Sixty
sixth street; Walter r. Hagen. son OF
James j. Hagen, Democratic leader of
the Eleventh Assembly district, and
Charles Holdsworth. a musician, were
discharged yesterday by Magistrate John
e. McGeehan In West Side court be-
cause of insufficient evidence to show
they had liquor In their possession.
The men were arrested In Healys late
Saturday night when Detective Foran of
the Third Inspection District found a
bottle Of liquor under the table at which
Hagen and Holdsworth were sitting. In
court both denied ownership of the bot
tie and its contents. Questioned by the
Magistrate as to why he had arrested
Dore. the detective said ne did so be-
cause liquor was found in the place
James OConnor and John Curry.
walters in Murray's Restaurant, 22s
West Forty-second street, were held In
$1,000 bail each by Magistrate w. Bruce
Cobb in Jefferson Market Court when
arraigned on charge of selling whiskey
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
LOO ROTARIANS WILL
SAIL FOR EUROPE TO-DAY
To Attend International Con-
Dention at Edinburgh.

Rotarians will fill the cabins of the
Cunarder Caronia and the new Anchor
liner Cameronia. which sail to-day re.
spectively for Liverpool and Glasgow
There are 1,100 of them In all and they
are bound for the International Con-
vention of Rotary Clubs at Edinburgh
on June 1916
Athletic games will keep the men of
the excursion busy and professional
newspaper men will take charge of the
ships daily papers. organizing a reg
ular STAFF and printing ali the news and
pleasant gossip OF the 1.1o0. After the
convention large part of the Rotar-
ians win visit the battlefelds of France.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
THREE SEEK DEATH
AND TWO SUCCEED
Boy, With Leg Paralyzed,
Shoots Himself for Criticism
About Playmates.

While most OF the city was seeking
recreation yesterday, three persons.
alone in their homes. contemplated
death, and two carried out successfully
their desire TO cease living. One was
Emanuel Michaels. Is. of 507 Eighth
avenue. Brooklyn. who, the police said,
shot himself with a revolver because one
Of his legs was paralyzed and he had
been criticised for his choice of play
mates. His father, Morris Michaels.
found the boy dead. sitting in an arm
chair near front window, when he re-
turned last night from a fishing trip
There was a note in pencil which read ::
Dear Pop: 1t Is better this way. l
would only be heartache to the fam
lily, so I will say good-by. May the
people who have felt Ill towards me the
past few months be cursed for the rest
of their lives.
kiss the children for me, and I hope
my harsh words will be forgotten
Mother will be happy afterward You
forced this upon me. have no other
alternative. / am not afraid of death
Take it from me, you were the best
father in the world to me. My only hope
is that Helen Ca sister, will come
through ner lllnesS Win colors ilyiHs'
Mr.. Michaels said he was not able to
explain the boys act.
Frederick Kinkernagel, a bookkeeper
of 146 Seventh street, hanged himself
with rope from a door In the cellar
at his home. He was out late Saturday
night, members of the family told the
police. They said he had become Ill
from close confinement in office work
Because she felt she was too old to
live" Mrs. Elizabeth Delaney, 73. at
tempted suicide last night by cutting
her right arm with razor. the police re-
ported. She was found by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hanson of $40 East Forty-first
street, with whom she made her home.
At Bellevue Hospital it was believed
she would recover,
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
ARMENIAN CHILD, s, SINGS
II. S. ANTHEM TO VOYAGERS
Memories 25 American Hymns on Trip From Con.
stantinople- Returning "Y Worker and Wife Will
Adopt Boy Rescued From Death by Kurds.

A handsome little boy with big black
ewes, olive complexion and Fauntleroy
manners arrived yesterday by the Ma
tional Greek liner Megali Hellas. On
the trip from Constantinople he memo
rized twenty-five American hymns, one
of which, my Country. IT'S of Thee"
he sang to the cabin passengers as the
liner came within sight of the Statue of
Liberty. He is unique among boy immi-
grants even from that wonder land of
orphans. Armenia. They called him
Azad Harzag, after he was picked up
badly hurt by a friendly Kurd alongside
a railroad track about five years ago,
but he will change that name for some
thing more harmonious to American ears
when is formally adopted by the Rev.
and Mrs. B. r. Gabriel. who brought him
here with them.
The clergyman lives in Hamilton. N.
Y, and was a Y. NJ c. A, worker in
Armenia. He told the story of the boy
so far as 1t is known. When the Kurd
picked up the little fellow he took him
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
MILLIONAIRE HOBO AND
COXEY TALK WELFARE
5000, 900 Persons Unemploy.
ed in u. S., Says HoU.

James Eads How, so-called million
aire hobo" and General Jacob S. Coxey
of Coxey's army. spoke yesterday at q
meeting of the International Brother
hood Welfare Association. at SIS East
Fourth street The unemployment Sit
uation was discussed. There are now al
most 100000 unemployed in the United
States, Mr.. How said.
Miss Laura Clarke of London. Robert
Minor, Seymour Stedman, John Fitzpat-
rick of the Chicago Federation Of Labor.
and Miss Elizabeth Freeman were among
others on the programme.
Each year at about this time the en-
ployment situation improves. but this
year. according to Mr.. How, there has
been no Improvement and the associa-
ton is seeking Congressional legislation
to relieve conditions. Meyer London.
Socialist member of Congress from New
York: Nicholas Longworth and others
have promised aid, How said
The New York herald., 1921-05-30

10 Aleppo, where an Armenian girl
mothered him for a while and then
turned him over to the Armenian Or.
phanage at Adana. A young Armenian
soldier. on his way TO the front. prom
ised to adopt the boy, but the soldier
never came back. and the Rev. and Mrs.
Gabriel. who had lost a child. saw Azad.
were captivated with him and decided
that he would make fine young Amer
lean.
II is supposed that Azad was thrown
from the train by his mother. captured
by the Turks. to save him from possible
death at the end of the journey. He
was too young then even to talk, but he
has made up for 1t since by prattling In
more language than any little boy, sup
posedly to be s. has acquired since
John Stuart Mill. who spouted Greek and
Latin in his fifth year. Besides English.
which Azad recently acquired he speaks
also Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish.
and has a speaking acquaintance with
French.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
HURON RETURNS TO BAY
TO GET FRESH WATER
Steamship Officials Refuse to
Tell Source of Trouble.

The Munson liner Huron. originally
the German steamship Friedrich der
Crosse. which sailed from Hoboken on
Wednesday afternoon with ninety-nine
passengers for Montevideo. Rio and
Buenos Aires and returned on Saturday
night. anchoring in Gravesend Bay. de-
clined 10 answer wireless messages ask
ing what had happened 10 her. There
we're unverified rumors that non-union
men in the engineering department had
caused trouble.
1t was learned yesterday afternoon
that the ship had run out of fresh water
for her boilers and that waterboat was
supplying her. What happened to her
original supply was not revealed.
Among her cabin passengers are the
Revs. John NJ. Moore, William ]. Lam
ders and J. r. Saunders and II. w. Co
nant, Or. E. II. Rawling, James r. Miles
and Mrs. LILLIAN Sylvester.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
LEGION TO AID POTHIER,
CRONKHITE WITNESS
Twice Arrested Since Repu.
dating Alleged Confession.

Roland Pothier, orderly to Major
Alexander P. Cronkhite when the latter
was shot to death during a practice hike
at Camp Lewis, Washington. in October,
1918, is destitute and will be aided by
the American Legion so he may present
the true version of the circumstances of
Major Cronkhite's death.
1t was said yesterday by Jonnh j.
Goldstein, attorney for Capt. Robert
Rosenbluth, who was named in the CON
fession" now repudiated by Pothier. that
since Tuesday, when Pothier declared
Rosenbluth was innocent and a victim
of a "frameup" by Department of JUS
tice agents. Pothier ha sheen arrested
twice without warrant,
Because of these arrests, according to
Mr.. Goldstein, Pothier has lost his en-
ployment as a brakeman on the New
Haven Railroad. His wife is critically
I'll
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
HANDLING VETERANS CLAIMS
La Guardta Suggests City supply
Legal Advice Free.

To break up the practice OF charging
fees for handling soldiers claims, r. II.
La Guardia, President of the Board Of
Aldermen. yesterday made the following
suggestion TO Mayor Hylan
II believe NAT tho city is in position
to take care of all cases OF residents OF
the city who may require legal aid In
connection with the presentation of thsjr
claims 10 the Government I therefore
suggest that the Department of Welfare
be instructed to assign competent en-
poyee TO care for cases where the APP
pointmcnt of guardian is necessary.
The Department OF Welfare will then be
able 10 call upon the Corporation Coun-
sci to prepare forms, and these forms
can be printed and be available go that
the application may be made to the court
for the appointment of guardian where
It is necessary and no fee charged TO the
soldier or his family"
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
SEARCH FOR A SUITOR
AS THE SLAYER OF GIRL

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA. May 29.-Detectives to-
day continued a futile search for the
murderer of Josephine Howard. eigh-
teen-year-old telephone operator. who
was killed by an unknown assassin
while returning with University OF
Pennsylvania student from n dance
early Saturday morning.
Police and relatives persist in the be-
lief the girl was shot by a rejected suit
or. who has disappeared. A statement
OF the girls mother to-day led the po-
lice to lower New Jersey, where she said
an uncle OF the rejected suitor resides.
Evidence tending to show that the
man under suspicion was addicted to the
use of narcotics developed when Albert
Howard. a former policeman and a
brother OF the murdered girl, stated that
he had been at the police station when
the man In question was arrested for
breaking a window OF the Howard homo
after an angry talk with Miss Howard.
When searched at the station house, Mr..
Howard said. hypodermic syringe was
found in his possession.
Several persons, IL Is stated, have re-
ported to the police they saw a man an
SNeTlnS In6 description OF Fne LuElIlFs
after he escaped from the railroad rower
house. Where those places were the po-
lice win not make public, but It is known
they are looking for the uncle Mrs. How
ard says obtained the suspects release
when under sentence for stealing sup
plies from Hog Island.
Mrs Howard further asserts that the
man was a member of the Marine Corps
and deserted about two Years ago. She
declares he was court-martialled. and
that his relatives influence, together
with the sudden death of his mother.
were responsible for his reiease from the
service with a dishonorable discharge.
other relatives OF the girl say tho man
suspected had made threats 20 kill Miss
Howard and commit suicide unless she
would consent TO marry him.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
STREET CLEANERS DENY
BEING BOLSHEVISTS
Discharged Men Begin Action
for Reinstatement.

The reply of John P. Leo, Commits
sioner of Street Cleaning. to the pro-
test of the Street Cleaners Union
against the dismissal of several hun
dred men for failure to report for duty
during the last snow storm was that
they were 'Bolshevists," business agents
of the union told a meeting of the men
yesterday at Beethoven Hall, 210 Fifth
Street. The speakers protested chat
the charge, being untrue. hurt" par
ticularly. since the men had served dur
ing the war without "a wartime in
crease and were the poorest paid en-
ployees of the city.
Speser & Speiser. attorneys of 170
Broadway, are taking court action to
have the discharged men reinstated.
The mon will base their case upon the
plea that the department failed to fol-
low the customary means of notifying
them by policemen early in the morn
Ing that snow had fallen. and that they
were removed for the single unintended
loffence, whereas the rules of the de-
partment provide that an employee
shall be discharged only after a fifth
offence.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
C. D. BARRY WILL rs FILED.
Wife of Commission Merchant Re-
ceives $2bO.OOO Outright.

The will of Charles D. Barry OF Mont
clair, formerly senior member of Henry
w. Peabody & Co., commission mer-
chants, of II State street. Manhattan.
filed in the Essex county Surrogate's
office. disposes of an estate Of $4S4, 900.
Mrs. Ida M. Barry. his wife. receives
s250.o outright, and half of the residue
of the estate. Each of four children re-
ceive $4,000. They are Charles Z.
Barry and Miss Edith C. Barry of Mont
clair. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Borden. Wood
stock. VT, and Mrs. Julia B. Bodman Of
Chicago. Unity Church of Montcair re-
ceives $4,000.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
BODY Is FOUND IN BAY.
Hend and Arms Gomez Iron Pipe
Tied TO Right Leg.

Tho body OF a man. nude. headless and
armless, was found In New York bay off
Black Tom. Jersey City, last night An
iron pipe two feet long was tied to the
right leg.
Tho body was found by Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad police on duty near the
scene. Only shoes and sox were on the
body. 1t had been in the water a long
time. The police arc investigating.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
GETS EAGLE SCOUT BADGE.
Thomas ID. Greenley of MOntclair
Wins High Honor.

Thomas D. Greenley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas d. Greenley. of 425 Orange
road. Montclair. N j., has received the
highest award made by the national
court of honor of the Boy Scouts or
America--the Eagle Scout badge--and
thereby has become recognized as one
Of the handiest young men in the ma
ton.
Greenley obtained merit badges for
first aid life saving. personal health.
public health cooking, camping, civics.
bird study. pathfnding. pioneering. ath-
letics chemistry, firemanship, carpentry,
electricity. swimming. cycling, mining,
machinery. first aid to animals and
safety first.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
NINE. CURIE RESTING
FOR WESTERN TRIP
One Week Is Cut From Sched-
ule as Planned.

Mme Marie Curie. in company with
her two daughters. will spend Memorial
Day In seclusion on a Long Island es-
tate, resting and gathering strength for
her Western trip, which she will mako
Immediately after attending commence
ment exercises at Columbia University
on Wednesday.
Approximately one week has been cut
from the schedule of her Western trip
as originally planned. She will go only
to the Grand Canyon, returning TO New
York via Buffalo. Boston and New
Haven, where che will be official repro
sentative of the University of Paris az
the installation OF James r. Angel as
president of Yale.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
BIG BOULDER BOUNCES
OFF HUDSON DRIVEWAY
Bounds Into the RiUer at
EngleUood Ferry.

A boulder with an estimated weight
of three tons rolled from the top OF the
New Jersey Palisades yesterday after
noon at 6 o'clock crashed to the Henry
Hudson driveway along the Hudson
River and then bounded into tho water
about three hundred feet north Of the
Enrlewood ferry house.
Ordinarily on a Sunday afternoon the
Driveway at this point Is lined with
automobiles waiting to 60 across to
Manhattan. but last evening on ac-
count OF the Memorial Day holiday.
all the traffic was outbound from New
York. Consequently when the rock fell
there were no cars in It's path, although
one machine stopped Just IN time when
e>5nkrolman Whipple OF the Interstate
INK saw the rock sliding down the
6ea0 aha hs1A 40 a. warming hand
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
AID FOR PALESTINE URGED.
Jewish Women Asked to Give Jew.
els and Treasure to Fund.

Jewish women of America who have
escaped the suffering through which
their European sisters have passed were
asked yesterday by Mrs. Chain weitz-
mann, wife OF the president OF the World
Zionist Organization, TO contribute their
"Jewels and treasure, gold and silver," /"
20 tho Palestine Foundation Fund for the
welfare work among women and children
In Palestine.
A relief fund of s5.o00.ooo has been
started and a national Jewish women's
committee Is being formed TO conduct IL.
Gifts of Jewels are TO be sent to the
office Of the fund at so Union Square. in
care OF Mrs. Peter Schweitzer.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
SUICIDE WORRIED OVER MONEY
John ID. CoakIey Failed to Meet
His Payroll.

Investigation by Coroner Engle of
Yonkers and the Mamaroneck police dis
closed the fact that John d. Coakley.
who committed suicide Saturday In his
automobile by swallowing cyanide of
potassium. had met with financial re-
verses recently.
Coakley had been to White Plains to
collect bills. but had not collected enough
money to meet his payroll. 1t WAS said.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
COOPER UNION NEEDS 500. 900.

The trustees OF Cooper Union, y r.
Morgan. r. Fulton Cutting. Peter Cooper
Bryce, Peter Cooper Hewitt and Charles
w Gould. and It's director, Charles r.
Richards. announced yesterday that thev
have received 100000 OF the s250.00O
they hope 10 raise for the salaries OF
Cooper Union teachers. The General
Education Board has offered s150.0o0
to the Union on condition that the trus-
tees raise s250.000.
The New York herald., 1921-05-30
WOULD PUSH GREEK TRADE.
Consul stiles, Home From Patras
Tells of Opportunities.

George X. Stiles. American Consul al
Patras. who arrived yesterday by the
National Greek liner Megali Hellas. ad-
vocates the immediate pushing of propa-
ganda for American goods in Greece,
despite the difficulty, because of ex-
change conditions adverse to the Greeks.
of selling goods at present. The Amer
lean consulate has compiled lists of
goods and merchants who want them
and will gladly furnish them to business
men here.
The propaganda work should be in
Greek and the Americans should not try
to sell things that the Greeks do not
want.