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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Curran Pledges
More Beaches
And City Parks
Denounces Hylan's Failure
to Provide Recreation
Grounds i'm Two Speeches
TO Voters of Brooklyn
Turns Laugh ON Haskell
Promises Subway Exten-
sion, Business Aid and
More Schools if Elected

More beaches and parks for the peo-
pie, the speedy addition of new schools
to relieve the badly overstrained pub
llc educational system, rapid extension
OF the subways, particularly through
the Greenpoint section; and most of
all, elimination of the petty quarrel
ing and pickering of Hylanism which
have prevented the taking of these
progressive step" was the con-
structive message carried to Brooklyn
last night by Henry H. Curran. Re-
publican candidate for Mayor.
Mr.. Curran spoke at two meetings,
one before the Brooklyn League for
Women Voters, at Public School a, In
Berkeley Place, near Fifth Avenue,
and the other at the Alpha Republican
Club, at 1873 Nassau Avenue, Green
point. At both gatherings he won the
unqualified approval of his hearers,
and his quiet, direct, businesslike man
ner of address, bereft Of all trace of
the usual oratorical effort of political
commented upon.
llIC WIN uaSketI
At the Alpha Republican Club meet
ing he was engaged in verbal tilt by
Reuben l.. Haskell and John j. Halli-
gan, running mates in the same fac
ton respectively for Mayor and Presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen, in
which he succeeded in unhorsing both
by a courteous but pointed Comeback"
Observing the entrance of Mr.. Cur
,uhf1 ho Mr..
kell diverted his address into an at
tack on his fellow primary candidates,
more especially Mr.. Curran. He said
that all the candidates except himself
had "ducked" and 'pussyfooted" on the
prohibition question, and that Mr.. Cur
ran hadn't stated his position on it
until after he had been nominated.
Then Mr. Halligan arose and, aver
ring that he didn't like prohibition
because it was backed by fanatics
like the Rockefeller crowd" called Mr..
Haskell Statesman" and Mr.. Curran
a ''politican.'
"Permit me to thank my predecessor
for what he has just said of me-" said
Mr.. Curran quietly when his turn came
to speak. 'ln view of the fact that it
has for considerable time been my
that a statesman is
dead Politician | am quite willing to
assume the role he has cut out for me-"
This sally was greeted by hearty
laugh and handclapping. Then Mr..
Curran continued:
~ heard Mr.. Haskell tell you, before
making reference to me, that Mayor
Hylan was very much afraid of him.
fail to see how he knows that unless
he has talked matters over with him,
Continued on page thrse)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
kraus Will Held
Forgery; Gave
Woman Million
Says Mrs. Thomas,
Named as Chief Benefi-
ciary, Is Not Legitimate
Daughter of Manufacturer
Her Husband Accused
First Sheet of Document
Was Replaced by False
One, Is Charge Made


John Godfrey Sake, formerly State
Senator, as referee, filed report in
the Surrogates' Court yesterday to the
effect that the will of Samuel Kraus.
v'ce-president of the Eagle Pencil
Company, which disposes of an es-
tate valued at about $1,000 1000, was
forgery.
The forgery, according to Mr.. SAKE.
was committed by Oscar B. Thomas.
an attorney at $50 Broadway, who drew
the will and had it in his possession
from the time of it's execution until
1t was filed for probate in the Surro-
gates Court. Bert Kraus, q nephew
OF the testator, filed contest in this
court, alleging that Mrs. Adeline
Thomas, wife of the lawyer and prin-
cipal beneficiary under the will. men
TONED as daughter of Mr.. Kraus.
really was his natural daughter. This
view also is sustained by the referee
Charge of Substitution
1t is conceded by counsel for Bort
Kraus, the nephew, that his uncle exe-
cuted will and that the signature
signed to the second page of the doc
ument Is genuine, but that the orig
lnal first page of the instrument was
removed and another sheet substituted
which constitutes the alleged forgery
testimony on this point was given bv
typewriter experts.
On this alleged substituted sheet is
written: II hereby give, devise and be-
queath three-quarters of all nv es-
,I, late unto my daughter, Adeline
Thomas, her heirs, administrators and
assigns forever" The rest of the es-
tate, this will provides, is to be dis
posed of by. the executors, ain ac-
cordance with my wishes to be ex-
pressed to them" The executors are
mr.. and Mrs. Thomas who offered the
VIII Tor probate. There is an applica-
tlon now pending in the Surroqates'
Court to remove them as executors.
IN an opinion filed with his report
Referee SAKE said: "I have found. and
1T is my, positive opinion, that the re-
spondent, Oscar B. Thomas. forged the
alleged will; that both respondents
(Mr. and Mrs. Thomas) Intentionally
testified falsely, and that they fre-
quently so accelerated the testimony
OF otner OF their witnesses that 1
would be fully justified in disregard
ing virtually all such testimony"
kraus Called Bachelor
Referee SAKE also expressed the
opinion that Mr.. Kraus died bach
elor, that his relations with Mary G.
Brummell mother of Mrs. Adeline
Kraus Thomas, were never those of hus-
band and wife, not even under the
common law, although Mr.. Kraus was
the father OF Mrs. Thomas; that Bert
Kraus is one of the next of kin and
heirs-at-law of Mr.. Kraus.
II the report of Mr.. SAKE is sus-
tanned it will eliminate Mrs. Thomas
as beneficiary of the estate, which
will go to the nephew and other rela
tives of the pencil company lofficer.
One OF the numerous witnesses who
testified before Referee SAKE was Mrs.
Milla D. Shonts, widow Of Theodore
P. Shonts, president of the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company. She
CONTINUED on page fivs)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Root Declines to Serve
On International Court
Cannot Accept Nomination as
Member Because of Age,
He Writes Tittoni

Elihu Root has refused nomination
as a member of the international Court
of Justice under the League of Nations
because of his advanced age.
The Italian Consulate here announced
yesterday that Mr.. Root had made his
refusal known in letter to President
Tittoni of the Italian Senate, as chair
man of the Italian nominators. Mr..
Root also had been proposed by France,
Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and Uru-
quay. On receiving Mr.. Roots refusal
the italian nominators proposed John
Bassett Moore.
Members of the court will be chosen
this month by the Assembly and the
Council of the League of Nations,
meeting at Geneva, from candidates
proposed by various countries.
GENEVA, Sept. (By The Associ-
ated ess).-Refusal by Elihu Root
to allow his name to go before the
Assembly of the League of Nations for
a place on the bench of the Interna-
tional Court of Justice has caused great
disappointment in league circles.
1t is believed here DR.. James Brown
Scott, president of the American In
stitute of international Law, who was
nominated for judgeship by Italy,
may be selected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
More Machine
Guns and Men,
Sheriff's Order
New Army of 1900 Miners
Seizes Train and Hastens
to Reinforce the Mob
That Is Menacing Mingo
Fighting on 2O-Mile Line
All Citizens Volunteer to
Aid Defenders; Chatter
of Firearms Is Incessant
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


MADISON, w. Va, Sept. 2.-Shortlv
after darkness had enveloped the crags,
pitfalls and rank vegetation which hide
5000 soldiers of the miners army" on
the mountain ridge frowning down on
the Coal River valley tonight the fol-
lowing telephone message was received
here:
Its hell on the ridge tonight.
Crooked Greek and Mill Creek are in
fernos Firing is continuous and is
increasing every minute. Chains men
are holding their own, but more rein
1orcements and machine guns will
help"
After twenty-four hours of continu
Gus battle to hold their positions.
Sheriff Chafin's army of defenders to-
night is facing a serious situation.
News that 1000 heavily armed miners.
with large supply of ammunition,
had seized a Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road train in the Cabin Creek district
and would soon arrive IN the battle
zone to reinforce their comrades who
are trying to force their way through
Boone into Mingo County, was the dis
quieting word that reached the worn
ano s)eepless men on the ridge shortly
after 8 o'clsck. The new army passed
through Madison this evening and
should reach the battle area before
midnight.
Machine Guns Spray Ridge
At late hour word from the ridge
was that scores of machine guns were
spraying bullets down the mountain
sides, but that the miners army. we'll
covered, was replying with thousands
OF rifles handled by men who know how
TO use them. At vantage points some
what removed from one another the
striking miners also are nsing machine
guns. The rattle of musketry can be
plainly heard here
During the day Sheriff Chains
forces were sorely beset at several
points on the ridge near Crooked Greek
and Blair Mountain. SO serious did
matters become that reinforcements of
men and machine guns were requested
to be rushed up.
When the call went forth in this
town, Williamson and other smaller
hamlets men frcrl every walk in life
offered themselves for service. All vol
unteers were hastily dispatched to the
front, armed with rifles and well sup
piled with ammunition A large num-
Der of machine guns which were re-
ceived here yesterday from Camp Knox
also were rushed to the defenders in
the Crooked Creek district.
Information this afternoon was that
lighting of the most sanguinary char
acter was under way and that the min
ers, despite withering machine gun
fire poured on their positions almost
Continued next pase)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
City Flooded by 100000 Idle
From Outside, Many Spurn Jobs
With $4,000 Alien and 10000 American Seamen
Drifting In Here, Inquiry by The Tribune Shows
unemployment Situation Slightly Above Normal


The present unemployment situation
IN New York is Cue chiefly to an influx
OF idle transients. We're the transients,
who concentrate here in the belief that
easy pickings" are now available from
charitable organizations dealing with
unemployment relief, to be eliminated,
the number of unemployed in the city
would be only slightly above the nor
NAL of pre-war times at this season of
the year.
This condition, disclosed in an in
vestigation by The Tribune, was con-
firmed yesterday by employment ex-
perts of the Salvation Army, Bowery
lodging houses, employment agencies,
Bird S. Coler, Commissioner of Public
Welfare. and various charitable organ
izations. They agreed that if the out
of-town unemployed could be induced
to return to their homes the unemploy-
ment problem would be minimized to
such an extent that next winter would
find NO unusual distress.
investigation by The Tribune, based
ON statistics compiled by employment
bureaus and on conditions prevailing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Lloyd George Calls Cabinet
To Consider De Valera's Offer


ministers copies of De valera's reply.
1t is understood that the Irish note
proposes conference in London, with
certain qualifications, but that definite
steps toward the meeting will not be
taken for two or three weeks. The
new note is shorter snd more pointed
than the two previous ones, and as
serts that Ireland wants to enter
formal peace conference.
If Premier Lloyd George agrees to
the conditions. as it is expected he
will, the Dali Eireann will meet again
to appoint plenipotentiaries to the CON
ference. These certainly will include
not only De Valera and Arthur Griffith,
but also will be drawn from the more
extreme sections of the Parliament so
as to insure an authoritative negotiat-
ing delegation.
Although Cabins,t. sessions occasion
ally have been held outside Downing
Street, the one called for Inverness
will set new record for distance from
the seat of government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03

among groups of unemployed, discloses
these facts:
OF the 100000 said to be unemployed
in the greater city 40 per cent, or
about 100000, are transients. Many
OF these newcomers are known as
"floaters," and are in reality not de-
sirous of obtaining jobs, since by
camping in the parks, "touching" pc
destrians and eating in cheap Bowery
restaurants they can subsist through
the hot weather without working.
Some of them admit they are waiting
for cooler weather to return to jobs
open for them in their home towns.
OF the $4,000 ex-service men in
cluded in the estimate of the number
of unemployed only a small per cent
are residents. Eight out of every ten
who seek help on the plea that they
served in the war are from points
other than New York. A majority of
these are known to charitable workers
as "canteen boarders," because of their
having long subsisted on provisions
furnished by Red Cross and other can
teens. and their attitude is that the
country owes them living without
their having to look for work.
FIFTEEN thousand of the unempIoyed
Continued on page fNe)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Troops March Into Coal Fields
10 Disarm Both Sides In War:
Miners Wage All-Day Battle
Gou. Morgan Orders State and County
Officials to Aid u. S. Military Force

CHARLESTON, W Va Sept 2.Covernor E. F. Morgan to-day
issued proclamation ali them
cooperate with the United States The reads
"To all county military deputies
ssants and subordnates
Whereas United States have my been ordered
this state for the qeng nurrecion the
officers this
troops to the end that there be unity Of action
THE officers of this will the direction
commanding the United States troops his properly designated
representatives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Trades Councils Ask Aid

prs.l soNDoN, Sept. (By The Associated
inc asSs ;s.., Unemployed appeals are be-
Mi sna Issued by the Poplar Trades Coun-
t;a,s ana similar bodies for subscrip-
,;ss sisas to maintain the wives and fami-
oueh ~ c sne members of the Poplar Bor-
Sfh fh,u council while they are in prison.
h.ys sause uot members of the council who
,hg sias held tonight to consider the c Dues oues-
iersno fys u rent strike. There were diff
sb;l;.ss b;lE,sss OF opinion as to the advis-
't;,sy eeay,sa o. such a course.
nsily iligs Lansbury, editor of "The
wbo herald" national labor organ,
o,,sb onJ y s member of the Poplar Bor,
son oa 1aouncll, received q great recep-
a been wnsn as he spoke. He. said it had
kasfen.aa .aeiermined to start tenants
IfSg wb,s .he authorities to collect ollie rents rents
kleei she conacil had refused to col
ID IA a rent. strike would be resorted
nseass however, ne added, if it were found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
"sed Woman Aids Pershing

's5shW sssess ORLEANS, Sept. "A seventy
s,0ia iss. woman, who signed herself
ia an Old Friend" has mailed to
# soai soa newspaper $40 toward payment
ssssts ~ overdue taxes on the Louisiana
Of General John J. Pershing,
Saote that she would send the re-
tx Ther ,o as soon as she could get it.
Il ssh S ioo-acre tract at Roseland, La.
.less ssmssduied for sale September 10, un-
ana ana g:eneral Pershing and his brothers
lea 3siess;stefs listers meet the assessment. Pub
ihs 81 the threatened sale led to
Norn Z. en''ttance received from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
From The Tribune's European Bureau

FSOptIaSiit, SE4, 4NSW lCrk lrlpuUe Inc.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Premier Lloyd
George summoned to-day special
meeting of the British Cabinet to be
held at Inverness, Scotland, next
Wednesday to consider the reply of
Eamon de Valera, the Irish leader, to
the latest British peace communica-
ton. Inverness is in the Highlands,
near Gairloch, where the Premier is
passing his vacation. Before the meet
ing the Premier will confer with King
George, who will be at Moy Hall, In
verness, the seat of the Highland chief
tain Macintosh.
The Irish couriers, r. c. Barton and
his colleague, passed the night at
Gairloch and departed for Dublin this
afternoon.
With the summons to the Cabinet
meeting the Premier also sent to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03
Sept. 2, 1921, Perks Up
And Ties '08 Heat Record
City's go Degrees Cause Sew.
eral Prostrations, Port
Chester Citizen Dies

For three hours yesterday the
Weather Bureau therm ometer stood at
80 degrees, equalng the heat record
for September 2 which was set in 1898.
From that date until yesterday no
September 2 has seen the mercury at
so high a point.
1t reached the 90-degree mark at 8
p. m. and did not begin to recede until
6 p. m.
Half dozen persons were overcome
in this city and attended by ambu-
'"rre surgeons. several being taken to
hospitals. In Port Chester, William
lewis. resident OF that town,
siatyfour years old. dropped dead as
result of the heat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03

When you think of writing,
Think of Whiting. -Advt.
The courier-index., 1921-04-15

Building materials will go up when they come down.-Wall Street Journal.
The courier-index., 1921-04-15
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE
 MOON THURSDAY, APRIL 2l

Fayetteville, April 1O.-"And the moon was turned to blood"-accord- ing to the Old Testament writers it was turned to blood often in the days of old and it will be so again on the night of April 21, Thursday of next week, when people in Ar kansas will be able to see the moon in a total eclipse.
 At the time it will be high in the sky, and althought it will be in total eclipse it will still be visible, taking on dull copper color. This reddish color seems to have given rise to the expression turned to blood" according to Dr. A. M. Harding, professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Arkansas.
 The eclipse begins three minutes after midnight, is total from 1:23 9. m. till 2:05 a. m., and ends at 2:25 a. n.
The courier-index., 1921-04-15

Eight dollars a month is the high est rent paid by any resident of Repaupo, New Jersey.
The courier-index., 1921-04-15
WILL REDUCE
 THEATRE PRICES
MANAGER MORRIS OF THE REGENT, MAKES IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO I'll E PEOPLE OF MARIANNA.

P. E. Morris, manager of The Regent Theatre here, has announced reduction in the prices of adrnisr sion charged at his motion picture show, from 2S to 25 cents. In a statement made to the Courier-ln- dex the other day, MT. Morris said {:
 We do not intend to lower the standard of the pictures but will continue to give the people of Ma rianna productions from the Para mount, Goldwyn, First National and Fox companies, which you no doubt are aware are the highest class pie lures available for any theatre. l wish to call your attention to the current admission fees charged by the leading theatres of Memphis and Little Rock. The Majestic, Strand and Palace theatres in Mem phis maintain an evening admission of 30 cents, the Strand deviating from this as in the case of their showing Forbidden Fruit" some short time ago, when they raised their admission to 40 cents. You will notice by the theatre ads in the Gazette that The Royal, Palace and one other house maintains an evening admission of 40 cents, the new Capitol receives 50 cents for evening performances, and the Crys- tai, which Is a second run house, receives 30 cents for their evening performance. l might also mention in. this connection that our pictures are the same pictures presented in Memphis and Little Rock. Some of them are after these cities and some are shown before them, but the age of film up to say a year, has nothing to do whatever with the quality of the productions. You wouldn't pass up reading 8 good book just because it might have been written a year or so ago, would you?
 Tn an effort to convince you and the public that our forthcon- ing pictures are of the best, l men, tion some of these subjects for your information.
 George Fitzmaurice's production, Idols of Clay,' The Call of Youth an all-star British Para mount picture, The Love Special with Wallace Reid, The Mark of Zorro Douglas Fairbanks greatest picture, The Easy Road with Thom- as Meighan, Monte Blue in The Kentuckians,' Mack Sennett's five reel comedy, Married Life,' East Lynne,' Thomas H. Ince production for Paramount, Beau Revel,' Viv- ian Martin, in The Song of the Soul Allan Dwan's production, Tn the Heart of Fool Betty Comp son in Prisoners of Love- Wanda Hawley in The Outside Woman Cecil B. DeMille's picture, Forbid den Fruit 'Bunty Pulls the String James Oliver Curwood's famous story, 'Nomads of the North and countless other productions.
The courier-index., 1921-04-15
McRde Explains
 Status of Tdres

Little Rock, April 10.-In let ters sent out last week to the col lectors and county clerks of the state, Governor McRae called at- tention to the fact that while to- day is the last day for the payment of taxes without delinquent penal ties, the 10 per cent penalty, by virtue of his proclamation issued some time ago, has been withheld.
 In explaining his proclamation, the governor said:
 There is no extension of the time for the payment of taxes, no extension of the time for making out your delinquet lists, no eXten- sion of the time for the sale of delinquent lands and lots. All that l am endeavoring to do is to re- lieve the people of the penalties, provided they do not pay the taxes and cost on or before the day of sale.
 ''On April 10, the collectors, if they wish to do so, can begin mak- ing their delinquent lists, but they cannot add or collect the 10 per cent penalty. When the delinquent list is turned over to the clerk, he will of course add the penalty of 25 per cent and the cost provided by law, and it is advertised as the law requires; but if the tax debtor offers to pay his taxes and the cost on or before the day of sale the collector should accept it without the penalty. 1t it is not paid on or before the day of sale, the land IS sold on the day fixed by law for the payment of taxes, cost and penalty, just as if the proclamation had not been issued.
 ''I trust that every tax collector will enter into the spirit of this plan to thus relieve the people of penalties"
 c. P. Newton, private secretary to the governor, yesterday said that the proclamation had been issued by the governor solely for the purpose of relieving the over burdened taxpayers.
 Tt is, of course, conceivable that a collector would ignore the whole proceedings" Mir. Newton said ''and collect the penalties that at tach after April 10, but I don't think this probable. am con vinced that the governor has the power to forgive the penalties in- dividually = not collectively, of course, and think also that the governor has the power to pardon any sheriff or collector for mal- teasance in emitting to collect these penalties"
The courier-index., 1921-04-15
Edna Marable, Editor-in- Chief. Maude Goodwin, Society Editor. Virginia Dupuy, Joke Editor.
 Robbin Benthall, Athletic Editor William Lawson, Junior Class Re.

On Wednesday afternoon of last week the pupils of the High School enjoyed a series of Stereoptican views of South America. The build ings of the most important cities and parks were arranged in mar vicious designs. The cities were surprisingly clean and modern in most respects. Few cities had mar row streets and the Spanish porticos extending out over the streets were numerous. The boulevards of Rio Janerio are second to Paris. The coffee was shown on the plant and
The courier-index., 1921-04-15

Ed-"What are you doing? That gun isn't loaded"
 Kim-"Sh! The rabbit doesn't know it"
 MT. Goodwin-HMaude, who were you out with last night?"
 Maude = Why oh err Edna was here"
 Mir. G.-"Well, tell Edna she left her pipe on the Victrola."
The courier-index., 1921-04-15
MARIANNA HI IS DEFEATED

The Maflanna HI bOys V1slted Aubrey Tuesday to play baseball and were defeated 8 to '. Both teams had to play hard for 12 in- nings. The Marianna boys showed better batting than they did in the first game with Aubrey. Flippen, Marianna's pitcher did good work through all 12 innings and if the rest of the team had supported him we would would have brought home the bacon. He struck out IA men.
 R. B.