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New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Nuns Help Save
200 Inmates i'm
BlindHorneFire
Children, Women and Men.
Some Paralvxetl and Some
Crippled. Carried Out of
Burning Jersey Building
Hurt Priest Is a Rescuer
Tiremen and Policemen Are
Overcome i'm Enierirl Z
Structure To- Aid Helpless

Two hundred children. women and
nen some paralyTed, some deaf ana
some crippled. Inmates Of st Josephs
Home Cor the ri nd, at Pavonia and
Baldwin svenues, Jersey City. were
led from the hailding yesterday wien
FIRE was discovered. Firemen. police
men. the Rev. Father Cc~nelius Nc
rneruey, chaplain of the home, ana
nuns Of the Order of St. Joseph took
nart in the rescues.
Some OF the inmates were overcome
by smoke and some suffered from
shock. Some of the rescuers we're
slightly cut and also dazed by smoke
4 was reported that enc of the mans
soe~ate6 an elevator and carried drown
fnso after lead Of blini cRii3r
Father McInerney SAID that he had
hesrd nothing of this ana added that
i world be against the traditions of
Ah> order Fer ary nun 70 talk abo4t
sn event OF this nj.
patrolman Jchn Hartman carried
out three women gh heavy
smoke and fell unconscious in a hall
wav wniie attempting 70 go nack into
lie 5e-niHg t'il&iug for more. Bat
salon Chief Sweeney and Fireman John
VII te found aim. They bore him 10
SAFETY. He was revived by an am
sulancs sur~a-n and returned to work.
Fireman Thomas Maiorey also was
overcome &c was attended end sent
home Father Mcinerney suffered an
sbresicn Of the lst arm while carry
sng out ar aged woman. He was
rented bv q s rgeon and hurried back
70 the wors Of rescue.
An aged blind woman vas seen lean
ing ro1Y window on the second floor
eranticaliy calling fer help. Firemen
cant ered her ret TO jump ard artaiH
Russell Campbell. Of Hook and Ladder
Company 9, ordered a ladder raj ed
Firemen Drisccu, Stanberg and Feehan
c,;nFeG - ard brought the woman to
sa.ety. OtA1r women we're found on
the saue hoor They also were car
ried out. Cantain Se~ton had ladders
raised TO tAe cond aoAr fron u rear
c,.rtyard and aided in the rescue from
this point
of rhs west wing Of the building we're
nassed down ladders by -Temen oi
Truck g. assisted by Policeman Seweti
Forty women were marched down
stairs from the fourth 20 the th.rd floor
and cher led out CT danger through ,
The cause Of the FIRE was not
earned Il sar.ed IL the chapel and
suread to benches and other furniture
Two a'srlns were sounded ard the
damage was estimetea az S 200.
These sbe.tered Il the hcme were
returned 70 their quarters soon after
the FIRE was ex+inguished.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Stone
Homes of Ioyal
Meat " Worlxers
Chicago Stock Yards Dis.r:c,
Scene Of Another Night
Of Wild Riotins in
Which Shots Are Fired
Mounted Police Charge
National Guard Troops Said
To Be in Readiness If
Situation Demands Them
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

CHICAGO, y e ~Rioting broke
cut anew tonight il the stock yards
district as workers started to file out
of the packing plants. Half dozen
calls were received within few min
utes at the nearby police stations and
the situation seemed likely to equal
that of last night, despite an injunc-
tion issued against lnion pckets by
Judge Sullivan.
Mobs of strikers numbering more
than SEQ strung themselves along
Forty fifth Street to blcck Marshfield
Avenue and Pnulina Street. They
started stoning houses OF packing hou e
employees who had gone to work.
Mounted police charged the crowds,
which appeared to be led by Mrs. Anna
sosyro. Several shots were fired be-
fore the crowds dispersed. One man
was shot and many persons were in
jured.
Another group Of fifty strikers
sTormed the home Of Alfred Bress cr.
After tn had broken several win
dows and thrown bricks ct The door, a
flying squadron Of NJ 5toYcyc,e police
frcm the stock yards e. wed and with
drawn revolvers forced thsm to leave.
Bressler is a union b tcher, who has
been employed by Armour & Co for
years. I5e worked Monday and Tues
day in vioiaeioa of the union. tgihe
order, but did not &C 70 the 7 ant To-
day. Lenders Of tl.e crcwd 81 uted
threats that they would return and de-
molish the home.
Ten women strike sympathizers at
tackled a squad Of po icomen who were
arresting two strikers and two pack
ing house workers and threw red pep
per in the policemen's eyes A mol
gathered and everal persons were hurt
by bricks and blows frsm the police
clubs before the riot was subdued
! Five men and wour women were ar
rested.
Another mob Of strikers and sym
rathizers intimitated two thousanc
workers at the Arm ur 9 ue work.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09

late todny when employees left the
plant. Showers cf bricks and stones
were hurled by the strikers.
Police reserves, armed with riot
guns, are in charge of the situation
Saloons which fringe the stockyards
district were raided and closed until
he trouble is over
National Guard troops are in readi-
ness to assume control of the riot
zone. If the po ice are unable to handle
tie situation. So far as known one mar
has been killed, three are dying and
cores have been shot, slugged anc
,rampled upon since the disorders
began four days ago. The strikers
nd "sympathizers' make no distinc-
t ION between men women and children
IN their attacks and the mounted pc.
ice do not draw any fine lines wher
hey charge int q mob Chief OF Pc.
ice Fitzm1rri say 90 per cent of the
noting 8 due 81 the m0onshine liquor
being freely served to ali comers al
the low re crts around the stockyard.
and their clos ng will go far to helr
quell the outbreaks.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Fat Women a Drug ON
Side Show Market Now
pi97s';es AMI C'anls S ughs.
Manascrs Saw. While Euro
pea-g F~e~Hs y -Ga,, E,v.s;os.
SpecicI Dispatch 70 TIE Tribune


SpecicI DtSpctch 70 TIE Tribune
CHICAGO, Dec. S.--No longer is the
cheerful fat woman Of the side show
a curiosity. No longer is the morose
thin man drawing car- In their
places as attractions step the Lilliput-
an families aAd the giant. This was
the view OF members of the Associa-
tion Of Amusement parks meeting here
to-day.
warning note was sounded against
importa ton of ''freaks"s from Europe.
There are emo gh freaks in the
United States" said one OF the dele
gates.
Conditions are SC unsettled in Eur
ope that three-legged signors, the
bearded ma emoiselles or madames,
the sword-eating Turk and others a e
preparing to invade the amusement
field Of America. it is feared
Discussion Of new riding devices in
amusement parks showed that the pro-
Friet9rs believe that the present rides
in the parks offer few thrills when
one can ger al the thrill he wants
by lodging automobiles n the city
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Fire Destroys Film Studio
In Te~sev; Ella G Xis.hIe Fer

Fire destroyed the Kalem motion
picture stdio at Dev and Palsade ave
nues, ClFside, n. j., late last n ght
The fire spread with great rapid ty
through he structure, making spec
tacu an blaze plainly visible from the
Manhattan shcre.
Dvr'ng the day several persons wer.
about the structure, which is glass in
q sed SO far as can be leqrned al
had left early in the evening. watch
man discovered the fire which had at
ta ined considerable headway by tn,
time the fire apparatus of Cliffsid,
and Edgewater arrived. Tne buidin;
was DESTROYED.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Li2bili;y FIXED
81 Co-nno., 17, - va -'leEl

Special Dispatch 70 The Tribune
ALBANY, Dec. s.-prafts f amend
ments 10 the wcrkmen's lnpensaticn
act which will be submitted u the next
Leg.sia ture were made public this eve
ring by State Senator John KaigAt,
chairman Of the Joint Legislative La
tor Committee.
TIE responsibility of independent
contractors and suh-contractors in case
Of injury 10 an employee wi be de-
taed. Counties. cities and villages are
regarded as self-insurers if they do not
make other ara Hgsments. To avail it.
self OF the time limit in the law car
rie- must make objection at the initial
hearing f 2 ci7im.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Divorce for Piez Predicted
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


CHICAGO, Dec s.--Judge Joseph Sa-
bath to-day indicated he would grant q
decree of divorce to Charles S. Piez,
president Of the lineage Link Belt
Company, and former Director General
of the Emergency Fleet CORPORATE IN.
Mr.. Piez testified shat his wife, Laura
Olivia Flora Piez, deserted him The
bill contained only the allegation that
they we're MARI ed January ls, 1896,
and that Mrs Piez left her hush and
March 27, 1919, without reasonable
cause. Mrs. Piez ia now living in New
York
Mrs. riez lives at 884 West End Ave
rue. A woman, who answered the tele-
phone last night and said she was a
relative with auth rity to speak for
her, asserted that Mrs. Piez had moth
'ng 70 say concerning the divorce
action.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09

the young woman at the intersection oy
Bates and Grand streets. snatching al
envelope in which she vas carrying the
days receipts.
James McTerry, a chauffeur, and De-
tectjves McGivern and Kelly caught the
man after . chase. He was ident fed
at the station as "Chinee" Charlie,
whose real name is said 20 be Charles
White. He viii be arraigned TO-DAY
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Girl ON Way TO Bank Robbed
OF &525: Alleged Thief Caugh,

Miss Anna Zif, of 2s3 Monmouth
Street, Jersey City, bookkeeper for the
American Cake Company at 3 Bruns-
wick Street, Jersey City, was held up
and robbed Of $525 while on her way
day afternoon. A man ran up behind
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09

sympathetic to the idea Of bridge ~
a highway communication, and is pre-
pairing its suggestions ms to motor truck
highways SO as to. coordinate them
Herewith, and the bridge will be shown
on it's HIGHWAY man."
New-York tribune., 1921-12-09
Th~oat One-a.ion on Newberrv

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Senator
Newhe rry, of Michigah, underwent a
minar operation on his throat here to-
day, the result of a light CO d. At his
Office it was said he was recovering
sa-lsfact rily and that he would be
kept TO MS bed possibly no longer than
tomorrow.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
) REGATTAS-N Y. Y C. READY FOR ANNUAL CRUISE
BLACK SOX'S' CONFESSIONS
GIVE DETAILS OF BIG PLOT
Confined from First Page.

the ball game and win the series. ]
didn't care for the money after that"
Joe Jackson's confession says:
Was not at the conference of the
players in New York. Was approached
on the question of throwing the series
TO Cincinnati for money. Was promised
$50. .OO0 and was paid $1,000. Promise
was made to me by Chick Gandil, first
baseman of the White Sox. Lefty Will
Jams. pitcher on the White Sox. brought
IS 600 to my room and threw 1t down.
Nv wife was out Of the room at the time.
She knew that | got the $4,000. / told
her about it. that evening. Two games
had been payed in Cincinnati and TWO
in Chicago and the White SoX were re-
turning to Cincinnati. Williams brought
this money in about Z o'clock in the
evening. | was not at the conference
of certain men and players at the War
ner Hotel previous to this time. but l
knew that there was a meeting, Williams
told me so.
He said that the gang was there ana
Abe Attall and Bill Burns were the men
Gandu told me Burns was the man that
gave him a double cross. | talked 10
both Claude Williams and Gandil about
it-more to Gandil because he was the
man who promised the money. lie
] L
! each game II was to be split up, but
! the whole amount was to be $4,000.
When williams threw down the 5000 /
asked him what the hell had come off.
| He said. that Gandil said that we had
got double crosse "a through Abe Attell,
who got the money but refused TO turn
it over.
Il don't think Gandil was crossed as
much as he crossed us. | think he got
the money and kept the majority of 1t.
| nsver met Abe Atten and would not
know him if l saw him.
THE only fake play that would help
throw the fourth game was the Wild
ness of Cicotte. He hit the batter, and
that is the only thing that told me they
were going through with it. l made no
intentional errors during the whole
game / batted and ran bases to win
and fielded balls in the outfeld to win.
THE $1,000 1 got l kept in my
pocket 1t was mostly in $50 bills, with
some hundreds. l wanted to come here
last fall and tell about this l am tell
ing the truth now of my own free will.
"In the second game at Cincinnati
Williamss wildness led me to believe
that they were throwing the game. He
walked two men and allowed a triple
when two were out. There was nothing
! else that led me to believe that they
We're trying to throw the game. l made
a home run in the last game. The thing
that looked like there was something
wrong In this game was Cicottes antici-
pating a throw that l made. l did moth
ing to throw any game in the series.
II the White Sox had won l would have
kept the $4,000 / saw Risberg make
one play that looked as If he was trying
to throw the game. He had a perfect
double play, and when he got the ball
instead of throwing it he ran to the
bag with it."
Williams in his confession said:
my name is Claude Williams. and
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
ROD AND GUN NEWS

where the down stream method Is the proper
caper. | am certain that can hook moro
trout casting against the current than | can
when casting with It, Whenever possible. II
going down stream, | walk around n pool
so as to cast against the flood. Neverthe-
less. n heavy current Is too strenuous to
climb against all day long, and so when
fishing a rapid stream with quite volume
% water, go with IL. Distance Is not so
knowledge OF the fish's habits. nothing viii
take the place OF the latter, even rod skill
Ordinarily use two flies when wet fishing,
n Royal Coachman for the end and Black
Prince or Wickham's Fancy for dropper.
That is standard cast. though J do not
want the reader TO understand that use no
other flies. change files often when the
fish do not take, until discover what they
want Once and again have had Yellow
Sally take the position Of high fly The
great fault Of the average wet fly caster
IL TO over fish the water. suicidal when
well. Is n mighty good rule. Learn where
trout lie AID east there. Walt after each
cast unless you have rise. Haste loses
fisli as well makes want. / iave come
some OF which | Incorporated In Trout
Lore" though I could write that book over
sg,ain and do Il better I am sure.
The Dry F1y-The difficulty of fishing dry
has been much over rated. Any who
can successfully fish wet when the drouth
IL on can master the art OF handling dry
files We In America, do not ronduct our
selves as do our English cousins, "fishing
the rice" though we have few slow NOV
OF England where such method is possible.
/ like TO fish the rise whenever possible.
Dry fly Is simply fishing the surface always.
with n fly that IL Tossesscd OF cooked wings
and should never sink To aid II IN floating,
we treat u with some preparation OF OIL and
make a few false passes IN the air 20 dry
out the damp feathers. N is the last word
in duplicating nature. Few ~ our flies are
tied TO duplcate Insects. ! think any one az
all familiar with the gauzy wings seen above
the surface Of the water In August will
agree with the statement. The dry fly -
tied or at lenst should be 10 duplicate as
nearly as possible, some of the flies seen
upon the surface OF the water. Therefore.
when streams are low I always carry my
fly-tying outfit. and IN my stock book does
not contain the fly I want. tie one. Oh. 7
am not expert In building flies. but 7 can
build flies that win fool trout. All that
have said about syness and fish knowledge
under wet fly fishing applies here. Once
more, do not over cast Study your water
thoroughly and determine where the fsh
will lie, then cast. being sure to have the
fly drop right. I get fish and always moro
fiah. II becomes easter each season for mo
10 take trout. for Thoreau said, 81 bait
my hook with my heart"
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
WOMEN SWIMMING
CHAMPIONS LOSE
Are Unable to Concede Time
Allowances to Rivals at
Brighton Beach.

Unequal to the task of conceding time
allowances of large proportions TO op-
ponents Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey and Miss
Charlotte Boyle, worlds champion mer-
maids. failed to qualify in their respec-
tive heats in the 100 yard handicap free
style swimming race at the water sports
of the Brighton Beach Baths yesterday.
Both Miss Bleibtrey and Miss Boyle lost
the right to compete in the final heat by
inches. The winner turned up In Miss
Helen Meaney a member of the Olympic
team. who had handicap of is seconds.
Better luck favored Miss Bleibtrey's
efforts in the 100 yard backstroke race.
which was of the scratch variety. Max
ing ali her own pace the fair haired
mermaid led from start TO finish.
Miss Kathryn Brown. an eleven-year-
old mermaid, provided the surprise of the
meet when she defeated Miss Aileen
Riggin. Olympic champion, IN the fancy
diving contest. difference Of . points
in favor Of Nj "n in the way
Of handicap ~ gin materially
aided the vi younger girl.
The sunImaT
100 Yard S. Won by Miss
Helen Meancy D.. rs seconds) I;
Miss Georgia w. S. A. (iv
seconds). secoi iorence Brisooe,
~ Y. w. s. A. CO. a.asl, third Time,
! minute 1915 sccoHIs.
80 Yard Swim for Juniors Oiandcap)-
Wor by Miss Ethel Urstrung. n. Y. w. $. a.
GO seconds) Miss Ruth Morgan, n. Y. w.
$. A. 40 seconds) second; Miss Helen Bris-
coe. n. Y. w. S. A. q seconds). third. Time.
80 IS seconds.
100 Yard swim. Back Stroke Race (scratch)
Won by Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey n " w.
S. A.; Miss Alice Lord. N. Y. w. S. A..
second Miss Ailcen Riggin. n. Y. W. s. A.
third Time I minute 3 1-5 seconds.
Fancy Diving Contest (Handlcap)-Won by
Miss Kathryn Brown, n. Y: w. $. a. G9
points,, with total OF a9OT points; Miss
Aileen Riggin n. Y. w. S. A. % points,
with total of 97 90 points. second; Miss Helen
Wainwright n. Y. w s. A. (scratch), with
total Of gO.O0, third
Water Polo Contest-won by the New York
Athletic Club.
New York A. c.. 81 points Vollmcr. j..
Ruddy, Mcconnell Russell Curren and Cur
yea Intercollegiate All-Star, points
Mcnkes &C. G. n. ", Solomon (Col), Wal
decker (ColD. Carney pcnn). Rodgers
tColJ and Hyde (Col).
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
Five Leading Batters
of the Major Leagues
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
NATIONAL LEAGUE

/ am nicknamed Lefty Williams. l was
a pitcher on the Chicago American base
ball team at the time our club played
Cincinnati for the championship in 1919.
THE proposition to throw the worlds
series in favor of Cincinnati was first
brought to me in New York city in front
of the Ansonia Hotel. Gandil came to
me and said he wanted conference
with me. He asked me If anybody had
approached me on the 1919 world s
series with the purpose of fixing me-.
told him not yet. I never talked again
about the matter until l got back to
Chicago.
Il was called up where l was then
stopping at and told there was going to
be meeting at the Warner Hotel, and
l answered that / would go down. l do
not know who called me on the tele-
phone. i could not give the exact date.
At the Warner Hotel l met Eddie CT
cote. Chick Gandil, Buck Weaver.
Happy Felsch and two strangers. They
introduced them as Sullivan and Brown
and said they were from New York and
they were the fellows who were going
to try to put over this deal. / do not
know whether Sullivan and Brown were
the right names. 1 would know them
If saw them again. / told them that
for $5, 900 / would not throw the worlds
series, that that was not enough money
for an ordinary workingman to do a
dirty trick and that 1 would consider
nothing under $4,000.
"They asked me what Jackson would
think about $4,000, and l told them
whatever they did was all right with
Jackson. l said l figured If l did not
get in on it it would be done anyhow,
and / hadn't any money and l might as
we'll get all could. 1t was agreed upon
and we all left 1 walked up the street
with Felsch and Weaver / never heard
any more, and Gandil told me in Cincin-
natl we were supposed to get in the first
and second game $1,000 apiece out of the
$4,000 and the fourth game we were
supposed to get the other $1,000.
After they had finished playing in
Chicago that is. the first series, some
body called me up over the phone and
told me there was package for me.
went UP and Gandil was there. There
were two packages: each contained
SIS 5,000 Gandil said There is your
dough. The gamblers have called 1t off,
l do not know whether he was double
crossing us or not"
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
Miss Theln1a Darby
a Sensational Swimmer
Makes Remarkable Comeback
After Being 'Out of Water
for Several Years.

Miss Thelma Darby OF the Los Angeles
Athletic Club. the newly crowned ma
tionaI A. A. U. champion at one mile
swimming, has effected one of the most
remarkable "comebacks" in the annals
of American water sports. Her recent
victory in the classic fixture at Capt.
tola CITY Cal, recalls the fact that sew
eral years ago, at the age of 13, while a
resident of Indianapolis, she startled
the aquatic frate rnity by winning the
women's senior national test at $50
yards in time which shattered the Amer
lean record for the distance. Also that
shortly after she was credited with beat
ing the worlds pool standard for 800
yards, though under conditions which
prevented the feat from being recognized
officially
At the time it was believed by ex-
perts that this country had produced in
Miss Darby girl swimmer destined to
achieve international laurels. and for a
while it looked that way, for she scored
triumph upon triumph. improving rap
idly and consistently.
Then. most Unexpectedly, she suffered
a severe slump. dropped out of public
notice almost completely, and for many
moons little or nothing was heard about
her She had been virtually forgotten
by swimming fans. in fact, when the
report came from California last fall
that she had migrated to the coast
joined the Los Angeles Athletic Club
and resumed training under the guild
ance of Fred Cady, formerly coach at
the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia
Followed presently rumorS that she
was regaining her form of old. and they
soon proved well founded, for with the
opening of indoor competition the young
Hoosier lassie began to reap signal
honors again. She was prolific winner
throughout the spring season. and her
capture of the one mile championship
came as a fitting climax to a series of
brilliant achievements.
Cady does not hesitate 10 declare now
that he considers Miss Darby a middle
distance swimmer able to give Miss
Ethelda Bleibtrey of the New York
Women's A. c.. Olympic and world
champion, a hard battle over all courses
longer than the furlong, and this indi-
Gates that the youthful star has attained
wonderful speed, for the noted coach
knows well what Miss Bleibtrey can do.
At all events, this question may be
settled shortly. for Miss Darby has been