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New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Chris and Pals
See Blackn1ail
Plot Blow Up
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DANA and Aurelio Puente, aged twenty
one and nineteen years. brothers Of
SO Sixth Avenue. The elder is tailor
and his brother is salesmen's sample
carrier. All this Chris heard and
some of it reached the ears of Halleck
and Burns. The captors were Detec
tives Pierce, Fleming and Edward Kalb-
feisch, of the Old Slip Station.
Senior Llanso returned. at a gallon
dened the men under arrest and with
much Spanish invective that delighted
tne 11 ears OF the stern old figure above
him, invited them to examine the en-
veiope the detectives had taken from
them Fleming opened it, exposing a
single dollar bill and packet of pane
clipped to similar size.
he two young men admitted nothing.
not even when one of the detectives
charged them with writing and mailing
TO Senor Llanso this note, which he
read aloud
You will kindly place Sunday next,
September 25, at 8 q. NJ. sharp $4,000
in bills wrapped in paper in Central !
Fark by the statue of Columbus, as a
person designated by US will be there
ao mat hour to take the money
~ you do not comply with these
instructions we will have the pleasure
OF blowing your brains off in the same
way as has happened to several others.
signed "ln the name of several
leutenants of F VIVA"
The brothers were hustled away to
separate iee9ls at Police Headquarters
ana then the detectives, after Mr..
Llanso had started back to Summit.
n. j.. for his Sunday dinner, went to
the Sixth Avenue tailor shop of the
;; S.der Puente. The young spaniards
NVe there, sleening on q folding couch
at the rear. Searching this place thew
found quire of paper and a bottle of
vl9iet INK. Detective Fleming said the
INK and paper corresponded with that
Used IN writing the threatening letter
received by Senior Llanso.
A charge of extortion was entered
against the Puentes, who are students
at the night school at Ninety sixth
Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The
detectives are seeking to connect them
with a threatening letter received re-
Gently By E. Rodriguez, proprietor of
2. Spanish boarding house in rs West
SiXty-eighth Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Churches Must Aid Idle.
Rev. DR.. Stires Declares
mn Avenue Rector Saws Scat.
'ss'ng Groups of Unemployed
Does No. Solve the, Problem,

Inc Kew DR.. Ernest M. stires res
commended yesterday in his sermon ~
~ lhomas's Church, Fifty-th;rd
street and Fifta Avenue. the annoirt
Mene OF church committee to o.
Eperate VITA other bodies in the re.
''ei OF the unemployed. uuncrv ANA
workless men in the eity's MARKS bs
SuegeSted, must find it ts.tsrestinr ~
read Of the efforts to send shinloajs os ~
food abroad fer relief work in Enro,s W.
acSoro ing to the newspapers" he
Il. ulspers'ng unemployed men who had
sa'hered to receive food from those
, VINO haa compassion upon them. Doubt
TSss tHey had no permit to gather.
pouoViess the law must be obeyed in
.ns interest of everybody. But dis
p'srS'ns such grouo does not solve
end there "''
1T is time for the appointment of
al efhcicn, committee Representative
o. al the churches to ENCOURAGE off,
ciais and organizations in the per
romance Of their duty to those in dis
eresS and to make sure that worthy
persons are not permitted to remain
unemployed and homeless and starry.
ing.
What must be the feelings OF these
men as they read of cargoes of food
gong TO the hungry ones of Europe
wniie they are denied food in this rich
and generous country? 1t is.a chal-
ienge to our humanity, our patriot;sm
and our religion
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
N. Y. Sculptor Shoots Girl
Aldo. Cana Resents Young
Woman's Refusal 10 Marry

HAVANA, Sept. 25.-Esther Vera
Wadsworth, daughter of British mer-
chant now in Jamaica, was shot four
times to-day and tonight lies in a
critical condition in a hospital here.
Aldo Cana, an Italian sculptor whose
home is New York, is charged by the
police and the young womans mother
with having shot Miss Wadsworth when
she refused to marry him. CANA is
suffering from a gunshot wound through
the head.
According to the police and Mrs.
Wadsworth, the sculptor went to the
home of the Wadsworths this morning
and. when Miss Wadsworth declined
to marry him, shot the young woman
with an automatic pistol and then at
tempted to kill himself
Gambia came here some time ago to
compete in the contest for model for
a statue Of the Cuban patriot, General
Maxine Gomez,
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Lawes Asserts His
Sing g Sing System
Gives Good Results
Denies Coddling Prisoners
and Says Industries Are in
Fine Shape; Would Give
First Offenders Fair Show

OSSINING, N. Y, Sept. 25.-Warden
Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing made pub
lie to-day letter he sent to Charles F.
Rattigan, Superintendent CT Prisons. re-
plying to attacks upon his system made
by State Prison Commissioner NJ H.
Pierce, who asserted that Warden
Lawes was coddling the prisoners to the
detrlment OF discipline and shop output.
Warden Lawes said he wasn't cod
ding them. He didn't "kid" himself
with the notion that he was running
kindergarten, he said, but he tried to
give first offenders a fair show.
If punishment is the treatment for
the prisoners redemption" the warden
wrote, then why not give him hell?
Does the Commissioner realize that
the large volume of crime now rampant
because OF unemployment and other
causes is being committed in the main
by men who never have been in prison?
Certainly no prison system can be con-
demned for not curing a man it never
treated. The records show that re-
cidiWsm in the prisons has decreased,
not increased which indicates that some
progress is being made in the manage
ment of prisons.
The disciplinary records of the
prison show that there were 400 per
cent more assaults in the prison ten
years ago than at present. There have
been only two serious assaults in the
last ten months, and this seems remark
able when it is understood that in this
period over 1000 men have been con-
fined here, many of them of rival gangs
on the outside
I'VE are not kidding ourselves that
we are running a kindergarten and do
not hesitate TO punish offenders by seq
regation, reduction of time, forfeiture of
privileges and transfer.
81 firmly believe in giving the first
offender a chance and believe that con-
ditions should be made more irksome
for the old offender. There are many
men who are here who will be released
and never again revert to crime, and
there are other men in prison who
should never be released and who should
be subjected to custodial care as long
as they live
81 believe that the condition of the
industries at the present time is far
better than it has been in any other
period and the last two years will give
very accurate idea of the showing.
Orders are being filled promptly, few
and infrequent complaints are received
as 10 the quality OF the goods and the
general working conditions are as good
as can be expected in an institution a:
old as this one is"
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
DIR. Straton Says
His Foes Don't
" ant Preacher
Replying to Critics in His
Church, Calvary Pastor
in Sermon Asserts They
Should Get a Phono graph
He Promises a Sensation
Declares Financial Condi-
ton Is the Best in Ten
Years; More Members

D. John RoaHh S ration, pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church, reple last
night from his pulpit to charges made
against him BY certain members of the
congregation that his alleged sensa-
tional sermons were injuring the church
and that he had run il into debt. The
church was we'll filed and several times
,nee congregation expressed its ap-
proval Of Dr. Straton's remarks by
handclapplng.
Again and aga n, starting over a
year AGO DR.. Straton said, there have
been interviews given to the newspapers
and gross mIs5iatements made. but
axe managed to be patient and have
declined to reply. | deplore such con-
troversies, because they make a sorry
spectacle of church to those outside -
Referring 10 the charge of sensation
alisr, DR.. Straton said that "the most
sensational preacher in the world wa
Jesus Christ
Calvary Church is in a better posi-
ton now financially, DR.. Straton said.
than it had been for ten years. Since
he took charge of the church in 1918.
he said. there had been a steady
decline IN the deficit
He read a statement prepared by the
church treasurer for the last ten years.
the statement saying that there was
would be no deficit Not only is the
church clear of debt. but there is no
mortgage nor any claim against the
and owment fund, an unusual record for
a church property worth S1,500,OOO
Dr.. Straton said.
The church financial yecerd of one
OF his bltterest opponents, Dr. Straton
declared, showed that his contribution
was only SIS year. In $4,000 sub
scrlntlon drive recently completed none
OF the dissatisfied group. Dr. Straton
said, had contributed a penny.
AS to the last church election DR.
Straton waxed humorous. sayinr his
opponents had Brought their social
connections, secretaries, business de-
pendents and aged memb bers resident
IN the Baptist Old PEOPLES Home to
the polls They sent Limousine after
the latter, he remarked, and then had
their wives, some of whon were Epis-
cnpalians, join in the balloting. taking
advantage of the laws of the state re-
gardlng church temporal elections
Perfect Harmony, He Asserts
There is one other glaring and very
harmful assertion" Dr. Straton con-
tinued, that has been made in our
papers, and that is that the people who
attend our services are simply morbid
wild-eyed curiosity seekers, and that
the growth of the church has not been
strong and wholesome. On the con-
trary, all who know anything about it
know that the congregation that gath
e-s IN Calvary auditorium is as high
in intelligence and general respectable
lty as can be found in any church in
the city. One of these gentlemen has
broken into the papers, characterizing
the attendants and followers of the
pastor as leeches. Now, the truth is
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26

that during this pastorate, and espe-
cialiy within the last year, there has
been an unuSaal increase in the mem
.bership Of Calvary Church, and a body
OF business and professional men Of
gres. strength and women of the high
est intelligence have joined US.
There is perfect harmony between
pastor and officers now, Just as there
has been in ali ny other pastorates."
DR.. Straton then discussed his fgaa.
for free pew system. showing the
evils of the renting plan. He reminded
his congregation that he had fought
for The free system and had <won.
"A determined effort was made by
little handful OF these friends to dolni-
nate me: ves, even 10 brcwbeat me
into submission ne said. taking up his
efforts TO tdemocratize" the church.
TIE oil trustees from the beginning
declined to favor his plans for "for-
ward movement within the church,
and even went to the extent of telling
him what to preach, he said.
Ought to Call Phonograph
But to make long and sad story
short DR.. Straton added. Il finally
met with this committee of three, and,
as they stated in the papers. We were
together until far after midnight. they
try ing to tell RE what to preach .and
how r. manage the church. and plead
ing with them TO come to the prayer
meetings to get acquainted with our
young people, and to really try and help
the people in the spiritual end of the
work. After they had finished their
long arraignment and pointed intinid da-
tions. merely laughed and asked them
If it had dawned on them that they
were off thar hp1t
This group of people did not want
a preacher. One great preacher was
brought all the way from Scotland to
succeed DIR. Macarthur. but they did
not Ike him. Then this very group
brought me here. and they do not like
me. In fact, do not believe that they
really wanted a preacher They ought
to have called a phonograph.
Dt. Straton announced that his topic
for next Sunday would be The Great
est Sensation Of AL" saying that. hav-
ing been charged with sensationalism,
he proposed to give his congregation
"a real sensation"
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26

or not in the light of the said decision,
said employees were satisfied with the
manner OF selecting representatives. and
with the rules and working cond tions
actually agreed to: and as a result of
sald conferences. the said employees
through their represen atives mani
tested their satisfaction NOT only with
the manner Of selecting preseniatives
out also with the rules and working con
dItlons embodied in the sa d agree
ments.
On August %, 1921, general CON
terence was held with representatives
OF employees, who had Been selected
by ballot in accordance with the plan
OF election submitted b. tire carrier
after the publication Of the boards de-
clsion No. ll9. To this conference at
ieast 200 repre- sentativeS of System
Federation so OF the American Federa-
ton OF Labor emploved by the carrier,
were invited. but, actins under the in
structlon> Of the. pres den. ii system
ederstlon 90. but few OF suca repre-
sentatlves attended the confete.ce.
Many Are Jnlon Men
In this connection II m7y be stated
that many OF said employee representa-
tIves are union men, and in the case OF
several crafts the entire delegation of
elected representatives consists II
union men. AT tins conference th- etn-
ployee repre- rpsentat:ves agair slgn..ied
their approval OF and then satisfaction
with the plans and purposes Il the
and the contracts whien
had been duly executed
In Is said application the Carrier re
quested the board to grant an oral
1a
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
u. 5. Pension for Jobless
Makes No Hit iu Chicago

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Sept. 25.--Tnousands of
men are unemployed in Chicago, but
apparently they do not believe the
remedy Les in soap box oratory or
pressure on the government to pay a
pension to every idle man
Scarcely 100 persons responded to-
daY TO the call for mass meeting in
ashington Square, issued by local
machlnlst union. to gain support for
resolutions asking the government to
pay not less than $40 i week to all un-
employed persons. Among the speak
ers were Ben Reitman. former travel
Ing companion OF Emma Goldman, and
9. r. Kelly, of New York Kelly de-
clared conditions m this country were
now at the worst in its history and
denounced piece work as equivalent to
the open shop"
Reitman was hooted whrn be do
clared that in his opinion. American
workers were not badly treated.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
burlington Unable to Get
Men for Jobs in Nebraska

NPtC1u1 DEpdYch 70 Ihc TrlbMne
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 25.-No matter
what the unemployment situation is
IN the East. there are more jobs than
men IN Nebraska, accordingly to Gen
era Superintendent Flynn, of the Burl-
lngton Railroad. For two weeks the
Burlington has been trying to get 100
men to fill various jobs and has been
unable to obtain them
Any talk of shortage of jobs out
mere is all bunk" says MIR. Flynn.
ihere are two kinds of people talking
ABOUT unemployment. One kind don't
want to work and the other kind don't
Know what it is talking about
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26

lowering costs, OF which taxes are the
largest single item, and this only can
be accomplished by the fundamental
change suggest. shall welcome the
opportunity of appearing before the
conference with facts and arguments
10 support this contention. and trust
you VIII give me the opportunity of
doing So"
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Fire in Canadian City Causes
Estimated Loss of 5000. .OOG

WINNIPEG, Man, Sept 25-Fire.
originating in a pool room destroyed
the greater part of the business sec
ton of Hatton, Sask., to-day, accord
ing to word received here tonight.
twenty-five business houses and ten
residences burned, the report stated.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-26
Says Men Are Satisfied

"Since the decision in this cause,
the carrier has held conferences wlvn
representatives of the several crafts
with whom contracts have been made
for the purpose OF ascertaning whether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-11
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF
 SU.NDA Y SERMONS

made up of human beings and hu- mans are imperfect:
 Although miracles are not per- formed now in the sense and for the purpose for which they were per- formed then, the church is here. the greatest miracle and Gods manifesto ton or power is in the church today.
 Paul here says that inward condi- uons of heart and mind find outward expression In our life and acts. If our life Is hypocritical, self-centered and self seeking. you can put it down mat you are not a child of God. This human body of ours, says the apos- tle' IS one great organism. each de- pendent on the other That is the perfection of creation. Just as the hand cannot say to the foot. T have no need of thee, and just as the eve cannot say to the ear I have no need or thee so the church cannot survive without unity and sympathy and hu- manity in it's organism.
 IT there is famine in China. I suf- fer with them; if there is strife and bioodshed in Russia, my heart goes out to them.
 we love the spectacular. We laud the general and forget the private. the man behind the gun. who really won the battles. And I am not so sure that we do not fall into the same error in the work of the church. we LOOK up to the men who stand in the lime light. But 1t Is not the men who stand In the limelight and those who draw the high salaries, who really advance the Kingdom of God, put those who stand on the side lines. those who are stationed In distant and out Of the way places and are faith ful to their trust and preach the gos- pei.
 Paul does not minimize the gift of eioquence,. nor other human talents if rightly used but he says I show to love-
 Love, my friends, in its final an aiysis, Is that, without which all your acts and all your life is in vain, as far as you yourself are concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-11
LOVE THE RULING
 MOTIVE-DR. ECHOLS.

Il sometimes doubt whether the trouble between capital and labor will ever be settled in this land. But l do know that this strife will never be settled as long as capital continues to go grasping for profits only with out considering humanity. and l do knoW that it will never be settled as long as toilers make use of the bomb, the gun and the torch. said Or. Robert Echols, presiding elder of the Birmingham district, who filled the pulpit of the First Methodist church yesterday morning.
 Taking his text from First Corin- thians, 12:31. the presiding elder pointed out that only through letting love be the ruling motive in mems actions can the world be saved. pr. Echols said in part:
 There are those who have thought that the church at the beginning was an ideal church." said Dr. Echols. If you had any such idea, you have but to read the twelfth, thirteShth and fourteenth chapters of Corinthians to be convinced to the contrary. It was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS

between Irondale and Trussville, ela suitcase containing lady's clothing and shoes. Liberal reward If returned to Mrs. D. F. Franklin, Truss vile. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-11
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals for the reconstruction of the burned agricultural building and the construction of three veterinary build ings. all of reinforced concrete for the Alabama Polytechnic institute at Auburn Ala. will be opened in the office of the Montgomery on Tuesday, July 1s. at 8 p. m. A certified check for per cent bid to guarantee signing of contract and furnishing bond. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids Prospective bidders tural building. On deposit of a certified check for $lo. plans and specifications Dowell. Alabama Polytechnic institute Auburn, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-11
More Truth Than Poetry
 By ,. MONTAGUE


 don't complain Andvo going to get divorces, the wed Paste dinner time, golfing These habits they've contracted tend To soften marital relations, And you'll discover in the end
 Golf-wid have their compensatons That hasty That bitter language that upset nd too hard for wife to brook n future days to fret that sometimes shocked ear of paths dare mention) The callous caddy boy will hear Andg give not the least attention md when your husband does return, Although perhaps may have missed him, You'll be delighted to discern
 cleared the from his system He'll the dishe bring coal, Be calm, and placid and contented, The evil his soul
 On brassie has been vented. So themt clubs For men, though merely human creatures When they have biffed ball all day, many quite redeeming features Please read and heed the lines, To end this little warning with A husband who has his spleen Is easier along with!
 IF IT'S LIKE THE SLACKER LIST Don't the publish probably the all phanthopist in the country
 FOR SAsSNG Isn't about time the League of Nations bench? LET'S OVER Summed General Dawes programme is Produce Reduce Copyright, 1921, by the Bell Syndicate Incl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-11
EIE(.TRIC HOMES OF FUTURE rIr in fha WQrld'

ELECTRIC HOMES Or fIICNE Floyd w. Parsons, in the Worid
 Work. =,
 Tn years to come every home will be a miniature power plant. In each house there will be an installation that will be no more difficult to op- crate than it is now to run an cleo tric motor. Fuel will be burned uh- der a small high pressure boiler m stead of under the now common low measure boiler The steam which IS nroduced will not go direct to the radiators, but will travel first through a very simple steam turbine generator, which will take out all the electric power that can be oD- tained. Some of this electric power ,.iiI he used by the householder for l;eht. and for performing labor, but what is not needed will be turned back to the company that operates the central station.