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The New York herald., 1921-10-08
BORDENS CANNOT LIVE
ON $I26, 900 A YEAR
Allowance Is Insufficient for
Mother and Sons.

An income of sl2s.7ss will fall short by
$4,000 this year In maintaining Mrs.
Theresa Borden. an incompetent. her
two sons. and several grandchildren. and
paying Income tax and other expenses
Of the estate. Justice Morschuaser was
informed yesterday in Supreme Court
in White Plains By the New York
Trust Company. committee OF her prop
erty. Through Frederick p. Close. an
attorney. the trust company asked to
be advised whether to cut down the al
iowances in view OF the decreasing
cost of living. or to infringe on the
principal.
Mrs. Bordens estate. principally in
stock Of the Borden Milk Company, Is
valued at 81. soc. 900. 1t was left her by
her husband. Henry Lee Borden. a son
of the founder of the milk concern.
Mrs. Borden was declared incompetent
by a sherriffs jury in 1917. following
proceedings begun by Lewis l.. Borden.
a son.
Justice Morschauser directed that
full accounting be made before he de-
cides the question of Increasing or de-
creasing the allowances.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
TlCHE IS CONVICTED
/. OF CLUBBING WOMAN
Jury Makes No Recommen-
dation Of Mercy in Case
of Policeman.
MAY GET FIVE YEARS
Two Other Similar Charges
Pending Against Raider
Who Used Blackjack.
TO BE SENTECED OCT. IA
Prisoner Says He 'Shouldered
His Way Through Crowd,
Chasing Bookmaker.
MAY GET FIVE YEARS
TO BE sENTEcED OCT. IA

Policeman Charles F. Tighe. who
was put on trial Thursday on the first
of three charges of assault brought by
persons who have alleged that he beat
them with a blackjack while he was
taking part in raid on Ninth ave-
nue. saloon on July 2S. was found
guilty in the second degree yesterday.
The trial was in General Sessions be-
fore Judge Grain and a jury.
The jury did not recommend mercy,
and after his pedigree had been taken
Tighe was allowed to go under his bail
bond until October IA, when he will be
sentenced. He may be sentenced to
serve five years in State prison. There
are two other indictments for assault
standing against him. the complain
ant in one case being Mrs. Catherine
Gerrity, an elderly woman. and in the
other Charles Green, a negro porter,
who is cripple. The complainant in
the case just ended was Mrs Emma
Lennon
All three have insisted that while
Tishe was engaged in the raid on the
they were standing and beat them with
his blackjack. He was a member of
Chief Inspector Lahey's STAFF at the time.
but has been suspended from duty pend
ing his trial.
His defence was that he and Milton
Kaufman. another policeman. had gone
to the saloon to arrest two bookmakers
who were supposed to be operating there,
and that in attempting to make the ar
rests they were interfered with by people
in the saloon. Tighe swore taot one of
the men he was after ran out In the
street and that he had to shoulder his
way through crowd on the sidewalk
to get after him. He insisted that he did
not strike Mrs. Lennon.
Several other witnesses testified pre-
viously. however that Tighe was armed
with a blackjack and was apparently
running wild with 1t, striking every one
within reach Stiff cross examination
failed to shake their stories. Detective
kaufman swore Tighes version was
correct The detectives prisoners were
all discharged In night court.
Tighe was acquitted on the trial of
:,,e first charge brought against him.
that of simple assault on a little girl.
The Justices OF Special Sessions dis
missed the charge when the girl ad-
,nitted she had been coached by her
Parents how to testify. Tighe was also
tried on Police Department charges
some time ago. but the decision in this
~ has NOT been announced.
Tighe was arrested the day after the
rid by order Of Commissioner Enright.
after Mayor Hylan. aroused by news
paper stories. had ordered an investi-
CATION. He was suspended from duty
without pay following his arrest.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
cRABTREE TO SING SING
FOR LAND SWINDLE
Got $4,000 From Lindsay,
Former Professor.

John r. Crabtree. a broker who was
arrested three weeks ago on the charge
of defrauding William p. Lindsay,
former professor at Dickinson College.
out OF $4,000 by selling him worthless
land. was sentenced yesterday in Gen.
eral Sessions to serve from five to ten
years in Sing Sing.
Crabtree had offices in 149 Broadway
and week after he was arrested
pleaded guilty to the charge against him.
Mr. Lindsay was head OF the department
OF chemistry at Dickinson College for
ten years before he retired four years
ago on Carnegie pension. He now
lives in this city.
In making his plea OF guilty Crabtrec
admitted having received $4,000 from
Lindsay on the false representation the
money was to be invested In Wesv vir-
glnia land which was coveted by large
nining syndicate. The money consisted
OF Lindsay's life savings.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE
BUT She SAVES BOY
Woman Guest of Damon Run
yon Hurt in Riverside
Drive Accident.

Mrs. Esther Hernandez, so. of Cali
fornia. who is visiting the family OF
Damon Runyon. writer on sports. at
25l West Ninety-flfth street, was cross
ing Riverside Drive yesterday afternoon
with Mr.. Runyon's two children. Damon,
Jr., 3. and Mary. T. when she was
struck by an automobile driven by Joel
Lyons of 2S5 South Broadway. Yonkers.
Mrs. Hernandez saw the automobile
coming in time to push the little boy
out Of the path of the machine, while
Mary Runyon managed to run across
however, was hit by the mud guard
and her hip and knee hurt. She was
taken to the home of DIR. 1. r. Howard,
in 230 Riverside Drive, and later to
last night, that her condition was seri-
Gus. Damon uunyon, Jr., had cut lip,
but was not, hurt otherwise.
Frederick Romer. g.. an employee of
the Hunter Island Inn at Pelham Bay
Park. was killed yesterday on New Ro-
chelle road near the ci,y line by an
automobile owned ann operated by Asa
Lawrence Of Lawrence's Hotel. Mamar-
oneck Lawrence was arrested on a
technical charge 6: homicide.
Katherine O'Shea, 6. o. co3 West 145th
street. was killed near her home when
she fell from a Standard Oil truck on
which she was stealing a ride. The
rear wheel passed over her.
Four persons were hurt last night
when Fire Department motor fuel
truck going from Lexington avenue and
Fiftieth street to a fire on the West Side
and n Lexington avenue trolley car
Smashed together at Lexington avenue
and Fifty-fourth street The front ves-
tibule of the car was caved in and all
its glass broken.
William Chencko of 207 East Ninety
fifth street motorman, was taken to
Flower Hospital with broken leg and
other injuries. Emil Werner. head
waiter at the Hotel Astor. and his wife,
Florence, Of 334 East Fifty-irst street,
and Katherine Walsh of 1914 Lexington
avenue were attended for cuts and
bruises and went home. There were
about forty passengers in the car. The
rest escaped injury.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
SIX CARDS IN POKER HAND
LANDS FOUR MEN IN COURT
Remarkable Collection of Aces Arouses Suspicion OF
Three Losers in Game on High Seas
&sss g.e Grand Larceny Charged.

markable number or aces. as was sub
sequently revealed.
Allison Immediately called the atten-
ton OF the table to the irregularity and
there was an explosion which drowned
the rumble of the Mohawks engines
The man accused, Percy Rogers OF Day
tona, Fla, asserted that an extra card
had been dealt to him by mistake and
that he hadn't noticed it because two
cards stuck together The others in the
quartet backed up Rogers, the dealer
taking the blame on himself Rogers
threw down his cards. declaring that he
was out of the pot of course. and his
three supporters were willing to let 1t
go at that. Not so Allison and the other
two men. They said they had had
enough BY the time they quit the
enough amounted to $3.50 that had found
its way into the pockets of the strangers.
Detective Mccartney of the Police
Headquarters Bomb Squad was on
board, having taken a trip for his health.
Allison had met him on shipboard. Az
ter consultation Allison awakened Nc
Cartney and complained that he and his
friends had been the victims OF card
sharpers. Mccartney advised taking the
complaint to the ships captain. and on
the initiative of the skipper "a wireless
was sent to this city, which resulted in
Cavone and few uniformed men being
at the pier when the Mohawk docked.
In the Jefferson Market Court before
Magistrate Corrigan the prisoners gave
their names as Louis Rose, Savannah,
Ga. :: Percy Rogers. Daytona. Fla. and
William Irby and Angus Jones of Ashe-
VILE. ". c. On Mr. Aillison's complaint
they were held in BAH Of $1,000 each,
charged with grand larceny. Magis-
trate Corrigan set their hearing for
next Monday morning.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
OFFICER WHO WARNED
BERLIN REACHES CITY
Gen. Renner on Way to Post
.+sy nj in Toxic.

Gen. Martin Renner. the man who is
credited with having warned the Ger
mans in 1914 that England and the
United States would enter the war II
they crossed Belgium. arrived last night
on the Holand-America liner Ryndam
on his way to Toxic. Japan, where he
will act as counsellor tosthe German En-
bassy The Ryndam came up the bay
after dark and docked just as the GUS
toms inspectors were quitting for the
day. The first class passengers and citi-
gems in the second class succeeded In
getting ashore. but the rest of her 500
passengers had to remain on board over
night.
Gen Renner said Germany should
favor disarmament because "she, OF all
nations, needs peace the most He ex-
planned that he moved into Holland soon
after the armistice. but denied he went
with the former Kaiser. whom. he said.
he has not seen since the last days OF
the war. They live but a short distance
apart IN Holland. Gen. Renncr was
staff officer during the war. He was In
England when the war broke out and re-
turned Immediately to Germany.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08

Holding six cards In a poker game
really isn'taamong those things that are
done even outside the three mile limit
upon the high seas. Occasionally the
mere suspicion of such a faux pas lands
people in jail. That was the fate Of
four menwilo boarded the Clyde liner
Mohawk at Jacksonville. Fla. and who
fell into thei arms of Detective Cavone
snda squadstof uniformed policemen
early yesterday morning at the Clyde
Line piers.ES. fEA
Aecerding,to the story told by Burton
d. Allison, a writer. who lives at 270
Park avenue, Clifton. n. j., he met the
four coon after. the Mohawk pointed for
Sandy Hook. When somebody proposed
q poker game Mr.. Allison saw no reason
to be suspicious and bought chips in the
game along with the four now under
arrest. and with two other men who say
they have cause to mourn the day they
met The affable four. ~
A table stakes game was running
pretty late on Thursday night as the
Mohawk pounded steadily northward,
and luck had favored the four strangers.
Allison ana the two other men were
iosers. ALISON himself by more than
800 ana the others rather more 20 the
bad. Then came pot which the man
from Clifton. N. j.. opened with three
queens. Stayers popped up from all
around the table and raises came fast
and furious. One of the four now in
Jail was dealing the cards with sure and
flips. When the preliminary
conflict was over and cards had been
dealt all around. Mr.. Allison noticed
that another of the four was holding
six cards which contained really re-
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
81 900, 900 IN NARCOTICS
SHIPPED TO WASHINGTON
Drugs We're Seized Here in
Raids by Federal Bureau.

More than $1,000, 900 worth Of narcotics
Accumulated in raids made by the Fed
eraf Narcotic Bureau In this city dur
ing the last year. was shipped by ex-
press TO Washington yesterday. Much
of the stuff was removed from the
Knickcrbocker warehouses. where the
larger part of the Government seized
liquor Va stored.
The work of checking up the store
of drugs was begun more than a week
ago by members OF the staff under
Director Oyler. and every ounce OF
seized dope has been accounted for.
The shipments yesterday included a
ton OF gum opium. alone valued at
nearly sSooooo There was ton OF
heroIn. cocaine, morphine and other
narcotics.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
SUITS AGAINST SHONTS
ESTATE ARE REVIVED
81, 100000 Damages Sought
/ by Roland r. Conkiin.

Two $4,000 suits against the estate of
Theodore r. Shonts, former head OF the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company.
were revived yesterday In the Brooklyn
Supreme Court. DE Lancey Nicoll ap-
peared as counsel for the Guaranty
Trust Company. executor OF the Shonts
estate. The complainant is Roland r..
Conklin.
The first action involved alleged
breach OF contract by Mr. Shonts
through his failure TO buy certain stocks
and pay ,Conklin s5Oo.ooo for settling the
fight between the Fifth Avenue stage
Company and the New York Motor Bus
Company.
The second was to recover $4,000 dam
ages for alleged attacks on Conklin's
business reputation. Mr.. Nicoll opposed
the motion to revive this action on the
ground that even II proven II would
only constitute the basis for a slander
or libel suit Justice Sauires reserved
decision.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
CHAUFFEUR SHOT,
ASSAILANT ESCAPES
Two Unidentified Men Dash
With Him to Hospital At
ter Shooting.

Albert Dooley. 81. chauffeur. of 452
his automobile last night at II 80
o'clock in front of Hurtig & Seamon's
Music Hall in 259 West 125th street. be-
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues when
and stopped alongside Dooley's machine.
A man wearing a dark cap jumped from
the taxicab and ran behind Dooley's car.
and then called Dooley's name.
Dooley turned, and as he did so the
man fired one shot from revolver. the
bullet entering Dooleys abdomen. Then
the man jumped back into the taxicab
and the machine went swiftly west. turn
ing into Eighth avenue and vanishing.
Dooley staggered forward few steps
and then collapsed to the pavement. Be-
fore any one else reached him two men
picked him up and showed him into a
brown and white taxicab and started
east with him.
The police heard the story of the
shooting from Emmanuel Cohen and
Louis Hurtig. one OF the owners Of the
music hall who were standing In the
lobby of the theatre. Detectives from
the West 1880 street station learned
thateshe two men took Dooley to the
Harlem Hospital and then went away
without giving their names. AT the hos.
pItal early this morning 1t was said
that Dooleys condition was serious and
that he probably would die. He was
not able to talk to detectives and the
police have not yet found out II he
knows who shot him.
Detectives said last night that al
though Dooley was well known in the
district and had been in number oi
fights. so far as they knew he belonged to
no gang. The shooting is believed TO
have been the oulgrowth of a quarrel
over taxicab privileges or something OF
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
CALL OUT TO SUPPORT
RECTOR WHO RESIGNS
Committee Wants to Show
Loyalty to Dr.. Thompson.

Members Of the Christ Episcopal
Church In Greenwich. Conn. have re-
ceived circular from committee
urging them 10 attend a meeting at
the parish house next Monday night TO
take action on the resignation OF DR..
NJ. George Thompson. who has been
rector OF the church for twenty-six
years. The committee. which consists
of william r. Finch, Edward T. Look,
Theodore l.. Pomeroy. William Jay VIII
son. Mrs. Augustus Blagden. Mrs. Glenn
cent Cleveland. Jr.. and Mrs. william
G. Rockefeller asks the members TO
show by their presence that the church
stands back OF DR.. Thompson now as
IL mas done for twenty-six years"
Dr. Thompson went TO Christ Church
in 1895 from the old Holy Trinity Church
which used to stand at Forty-second
street and Madison avenue. ofw
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
FIVE NEGROES BEAT
DETECTIVE AND FLEE
Victims Fire Probably
Wounded Some of Them.

Detective George o. Burpeau of In
spector Bolan's staff was attacked and
beaten last night in a dark hallway at
212 West Sixty-second street. by five un-
Identified negroes at whom ne fired five
shots. All escaped. but the detective
thinks he wounded some of them.
With two other detectives Burpeau
was looking for negro holdup men. A
negress stopped him and asked him to
follow her into the Sixty-second street
house. where on the top floor the five
men set upon him. Burpeau wos
knocked down and received injuries on
his head. left ,eg and left arm. The
other detectives came in when he fired,
but the negroes fled by way of the roof.
Burpeau had his hurts dressed at
Roosevelt. Hospital
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
MANN,s WIDOW Objects.

Mrs. Sophie III. Mann. widow of Col.
William Dalton Mann. owner OF To,cn
Topics, followed her daughters action
yesterday in filing objections to disal-
icwance Of claims agains. the s225,000
estate as revealed recently In the execu-
tors accounting. A claim of Mrs. Mann
for Sf17.103 for money loaned her hus-
band was among those dsallowed. Sur
rogate Foley appointed J. Ludlow Chrys-
tie referee TO pass on her objections.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
FIREMEN OVERCOME
BY BROADWAY BLAZE
Weber q HeiIbroner's Store
Damaged 500, 900.

Three firemen were overcome and
twelve others partly overcome by smoke
early yesterday while fighting stub
born blaze In the five story brick
building at 2t1 Broadway. opposite City
Hall, occupied by Weber & Heilbroner,
haberdashers. The damage was esti-
mated at 10000. Broadway surface
traffic was tied up for two hours.
Firemen Charles j. Hennessey. John
j. Bronleben and Grover c. Lanches
were carried out OF the burning build
ing by comrades and revived by homo
rary chief Robert II. Manzer
According to Chief Kenlon, there was
n fire in the same building thirteen
years ago on which occasion thirty
firemen we're overcome.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
AMENDMENT INDoRsEp.

: The State Commission to Examine
Laws Relating TO Child Welfare an
.nounced yesterday its Endorsement OF
tEe proposed Constitutional amendmeu.
relating TO chldren's courts which comes
up for ratification this fall. The COM
mission also appointed subcommittee
10 submit a preliminary report to the
.Le s5slaturs.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
f 0aAs<
October 8, 1921.
Autumn Concert
in the Auditorium

To-day at 2:30, under the
direction of the La Forge
Berumen Studios.
Artists
Beatrice Cast, soprano.
Cora Cook, contralto.
Elsa Ginnham, contralto.
Fenwick Newell, tenor.
Marion Carley, pianist.
Catherine KERN, pianist.
First Gallery, New Building
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
Interesting Are
Printed Muslins and Toiles
AU QUATRIEME
New Shapes
CHEZ BELMAIsON

rooms with Chinese rugs
in these colors, a combi-
nation difficult to secure
in domestic fabrics.
There are also some
lovely new toiles from the
workshop of the same ar
fists, heavier, of course,
and Shower than the
softer fabrics.
The designs of these
muslins and toiles include
what might be termed the
modernist's interpreta-
tions of the story of SIN
bad the Sailor and Kip
ling's Jungle Book. While
a pattern in a deep plum
tone on a white ground is
perfect for a country club,
with flying figures doing
all the sports from foot
ball and golf to aeroplan-
ing, at least one of them
being easily recognizable
as the figure of a famous
French sportswoman in
a characteristic attitude
with her racket at the net.
The muslins are priced
at from $5 to So a yard.
the toiles at from ST.
to So.
alleries, New Building.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08

Fabrics for hangings
and curtains that are as
soft and sheer as our fine
muslins or cambrics have
just come to Belmaison
from France, some of
them from the Compagnie
des Arts Francais, whence
came the delightful wall
papers Belmaison has
been showing.
These soft, silky fabrics
are printed = some of
them hand-blocked-in in
teresting and most un-
usual designs in the spirit
of the Art Nouyeau, by
well known, youthful
French exponents of this
school.
The subjects of the de-
signs are varied and orig
inal, the color-schemes
daring and odd, but with
out exception gratifying,
even to our more conven-
tional eyes.
Many have been chosen
by Belmaison because of
their artistic manner of
uniting gold-yellow with
Chinese blue, making
them appropriate for
Fourth and Fifth
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
To Lose the Right
Moment of
Doing Things
is often to lose all.

is often to lose all.
To most people there is
but one period of life to
get an education, which is
in the days of youth, when
but few are strong enough
physically to earn a work
ingman's wages, getting the
foundation of knowledge
well laid before-if pos
sible-the twenties arrive,
and never going far into
the years of topmost i'm
portance.
In the uppermost story
of the castle of dreams
building in every young
fellows mind is the idea
that he can leave school
and 60 to work and make
up somehow what he has
missed, but he is mis-
taken.
Almost all men who sue
ceed find ways to do some
studying all through life,
but nothing can ever take
the place of early oppor-
tunities neglected.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
TOpcOats, $40, S45, $50

Oxfords, in herringbone and plain chew
lots and unfinished worsteds Very distin-
guished! And tweeds, shetlands and cheviots
in brown, gray and tan mixtures Handsome
models box coats, Chesterfield, double
breasted. All lined with finest grade Of silk
serge.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-12
Painting and Decorating

Al PAINTING aud Paperhanging done teed: R.. A. Hallock Co.,. 57 Lee Ave. LET ME ESTIMATE your painting.
 T. O, Dayton. painting: Paperaansins H teed. 20s Capitol Ave. Phone kanum 1O1s-2. 16aiIs LET ME ESTIMATE your painting. Satisfactory prices. Work guaranteed. Jos. Starr. SS Butler Ave. Phone Noble 10, 000 ROLLS OF WALLPAPER AT 1oc roll roll and up Ready . mixed @ paint pair m $500 ao market prices. Contracts on painting. clustering and paperhanging: G: & L.
 Wallpaper House. 1127 Stratford Ave
 Noble 295. U9ds" INTERIOR and EXTERIOR DECOR ATING in oil Iosa and water and pager, by GEORGE PETERSON, Painting. Deco rating. Paper Hanging and Grainine
 First class work guaranteed Esti- mates cheerfully given $50 Center St
 Noble l7Ss. RBds> GET MY LOW ESTIMATES for Paint Bostwick Ave, cor. Osborn St. 9al' PAINTING, Inside or outside Small jobs taken Lowest prices if wanted Also kalsomining that won't rub off. Work guaranteed. Conger. 11SS Barnum Ave. Barnum 17G2-5- H19ali> NORTH END PAINTING CO.--Paintins prices. A full line of paints and wall papers on display at our store We from S2.79 to SS.5n per gallon. Alsc
 vsrnishes from s1so per gal up: Talk Tax! store Bar. 1s5s- House. Bar 42so .tf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-12
Painting 6 Decorating

W. REILLY-Ffrst class painting and paperhanging. Estimates furnished Reasonable pricee. All work guaran
 teed. 267 Willow St. Barnum 16o9-3.
 PAINTING AND EXPERIENCING !. Prices the lowest, workmanship guar .anteed. L. s. Wilcox 6 Son, 4500 North Main St. Barnum S97-4. H29as 5CARMINE DETUZZI = Painting and paperhanging- Estimates with or with out material Satisfaction guaranteed
 69 Ives Court Bar 6358- SEP FIRST CLASS PAPERHANGING and Painting at reasonable prices Call Benjamin H. Fisk. 527 East Main St. Phone Barnum 115S-13- H1Salls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-12
Household Goods

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE for sale of all kinds at TAG Broad St., near South Ave. G15al* COHEN'S FURNITURE EXCHANGE We buy and exchange all kinds of household furniture. 295 State St: Tel. Bar. 2506-5. G19aS~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-12
Upholstery

c. STRAM for upholstering and ref1nish-
 ing of antique furniture. Mattresses
 made over. 226 Colorado Ave. Crear3-
 Residence 221 Colorado Ave. Nobis
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-12
Hotels

HOTEL ADELPHI
 347 GOLDEN HILL ST. cor. Harrison St. Transient and permanent guests. With without meals. Residential sec tion; beautifully furnished; rates req sonable. Barnum 5675. A7alIs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-12
Taxi Service

TAXI SERVICE New National Twin Six seven-passenge Touring Car and Cole 8. Hire by hour, day, trip. Estimates given on Touring trips. Bar. 3126-6-