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New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Trader Arrested After
Sale Of $15,OO0 Violin
Jersey Buyer Alleges Instrument
Was Cracked, Although Rep
resented To BE Perfect

Samuel Levett, Of lit Louisa Street,
Brooklyn, said to be an employee Of
the A. S. Maglie & Co. violin store,
was locked up at Police Headquarters
last night, charged with being fugi-
tive from justice. He was arrested by
Newark detectives and detective SER
geant attached to Police Headquarters
as he was leaving the store.
Levett was taken into custody on a
warrant issued in the Second Criminal
Court of Newark, which charges that
Lcvett gave to DR.. Eugino Struchio, of
178 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Newark,
a violin, which he guaranteed to be in
perfect condition and valued at $4,000,
in exchange for three other violins and
a mortgage on a fourth.
The violins which Levett received in
this transaction, and one of which the
police found in his rooms, we're two
G. B. Guadagninis, valued at $4,000
and $4,000, and Franciscus Ruggieri,
valued at $4,000.
DR.. Struchio alleges that the $4,000
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10

with making fraudulent election re-
turns and committing felony. IN multi
lating ballots by lingering them. It
is believed that when these ballots are
gone over Claessens may win.
Judge Jacob Panken, the nlayoralty
candidate, received 83,209 votes, or co.
900 less than did Morris Hillquit in
1917, when there was no women's vote.
Harriet Stanton Blatch, candidate for
Comptroller, and James Oneal, scandi-
late for the aldermanic presidency, did
little better, with 95,002 votes and
IO0915 votes. but the candidates for
similar positions in 1917, Sieverman
and Cassidy, received 123,797 votes and
122,138 votes.
Judge Jacob Panken's Interpretation
of the small Socialist vote was that the
five-cent fare issue was dominant and
had beclouded everything else. In adj
dlt.on, he said, that Tammany's victory
will create much havoc.
"Evidcntly," he said, "the swing for
Tammany Hall couldn't be overcome.
The Hylan five-cent fare issue got the
commanding position in the campaign
and many independent voters swung to
this fake issue"
The defeat of Algernoon Lee and Ed
ward F. Cassidy in the 9th and 18th
Assembly districts in Manhattan was q
surprise in view Of the fact that they
had recently been seated in the Board
of Aldermen.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
kentucky and
Virginia Swept
By Democrats
Republican Strongholds Fall
and Richmond Estimates
Trinkle Has Been Chosen
for Governor by 65, 900
Couzens Carries Detroit
Cubernatorial Boom forWal-
ratil, Syracuse Dernocratic
Victor, Being Launched

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. a.--The 9th
District, erstwhile Republican strong
hold, has gone Democratic for the first
time in more than twenty years. ac-
cording to unofficial returns compiled
by "The Times-Dispatch' tonight.
Eleven Of the thirteen counties in the
9th District returned majorities for E..
Lee Trinkle, the Democratic candidate,
in yesterdays gubernatorial election,
according to the newspaper.
That the entire Democratic state
ticket was swept into Office was indi-
Gated In late returns from outlying
polls. When complete returns are re-
ceived Trinkle's majority in the state
will be not less than $1,000, according
to "The Times-Dispatch."
FRANKFORT. KY, Nov. g. Both
houses of the Kentucky State Legis-
lature will be organized by the Demi-
Gratis at the session which will open
next January, according to unofficial
returns received here tonight from the
34th Senatorial District, on which con-
.rol of The State Senate hinged.
Unoficial returns compiled to-day
give the Democrats twenty members of
the State Senate to eighteen for the
Republicans, and sixty-seven members
of the House to thirty-three Repub-
iicans. In the 1920 Legislature the
Senate was tied, each side having nine
teen members, while the House had
ffty-fve Republicans and forty-five
Democrats
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Lawrence Dickson Conducts
Walking Party at Springs
aoecfns y7tspntch TO The Tyib

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va,
Nov. ga walking party conducted By
Lawrence Dickson and starting from
the Greenbrier, included Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Sinclair Walbridge, of Toledo, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward j. Kenefick jr., Of
Buffalo; James B. Walter, of Chicago;
Misses Martha Sherwood and Olive
Kahlo and Mr.. and Mrs. R. lie Roy
Azzach, of Chicago.
James Robert Mckee, of New York,
arrived to-day. Mr. sand Mrs. William
G. Hager of Roselle, N. j.; Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. Gamble and Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Thomson, of Cincinnati, were
among other arrivals.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10

Several women tainted and q general
panic seemed imminent yesterday when
man, who. gave his name es Jimmy
Ryan, thirty-two years old, laboror,
of 525 East 149th Street, attempted
60 halt a northbound West Side sub
way express as it sped into the Broad
way subway station at Seventy second
Street.
Before attacking the train Ryan had
frightened number of persons stand
ing on the station platform by his
actions. He came down the subway
stairs with his hands clenched. AS
soon as he reached the platform he
lowered his head and began dancing all
over the platform, apparently shadow
boxing. Once he crashed his right fist
against pillar of te subway, and a
moment later he had reeled about and
was looking into mirror of chew
ing gum automatic vendor. The next
minute, without a moments hesita-
tion, Ryan's left few out and struck
the reflected face squarely on the
nose.
It was at this point that the mans
attention was attracted to the oncom.
ing express.
"Watch me stop the red-eyed mon.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Election jag Causes Panic
Ansong Women in Subway
Belligerent Shadow Boxes, Smashes Reflection in
Chewing Gum Machine and Dashes Up Track to
Stop Train; Terrible Liquor" Says Court

sterl" shouted Ryan, and he jumped
down upon the tracks as a number OF
women shriekcd, several tainted and
others began rush for the stairs. A
police whistle was blown, and Patrol
man Singer, of the West Sixty-eighth
Street station, bounded down the stairs.
Ryan was then rushing. down the
tracks. The motorman succeeded in
bringing his train to stop within a
few feet of where the man finally
stopped and stood in fighting pose.
"Comc up here" demanded Patrol
man Singer.
"You go vote for yourself retorted
RYAN and ran under the station plat
form. He was later dragged from his
hiding place and arraigned. before
Magistrate Corrigan in the West Side
Court.
"Terriblc liquor commented the
court.
"Terrible election" muttered Ryan,
He was then found guilty of intoxi-
cation. Ryan offered to pay any fine
from large roll of bills which he
drew from his pocket, but the court
decided that his condition did not war
rant his release. He was sent to the
workhouse for two days.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Detroit for City Ownership

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. g. - Detroit
voters indorsed Mayor James Couzens's
municipal ownership program by over
whelming plurafties in yesterdays mu-
nicipal election. The ordinance re-
curing the Detroit United Railway to
vacate two of the city's chief thorough
fares, to make way for the municipal
street railway, was passed by similar
plurality.
Final returns showed a proposal to
authorize the city to acquire and oper-
ate trackfess trolley busses carried by
a substantial margin.
CINCINNATI, Nov. George Pres
cott Carrel. Republican. was elected
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Arti-Soviet Revolution.
Reported to Commons


LONDON, Nov. 9 (By The As
sociated Pressl.--Cecil Harms
worth, Under Secretary for For
eign Affairs, replying to ques-
tion in. the House of Commons to-
day, said the government had re-
ceived a report that an anti-Bol-
shevist revolution had broken out
in the southwestern part of Rus
sia. He said no information had
been received regarding report
that General Petlura, ukrainfan
leader, was engineering the revo-
luton from Rumania.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Socialists Given
Jolt in City; None
Declared Elected
Claessens Still Has Chance
in l 7th Assembly District,
Where Entire Second Elec-
ton Board Was Arrested

The local Socialist party received its
worst setback in recent years at the
polls Tuesday. Not one Socialist cam
didate, either for the Assembly or the
Board of Aldermen. was declared
elected.
Before the election there we're two
Socialist Assemblymcn and six Social
list Aldermen. Only in one district
is there a chance that Socialist may
yet win. That is the 18th Assembly
District, where the Socialist candidate
was August Claessens. In the I'd Elec-
tion District of the 18th the whole
election board was arrested, charged
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Riddle Envoy to Argentina

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.--John W.
Riddle, cf Connecticut, former AM
bassador to Russia, was nominated to-
day by President Harding to be AM
bassador to Argentina.
Mr. Riddle served in the diplomatic
corps for number of years prior to
Gus times minister to Serbia and to
Rumania. He was Ambassador to Rus
sia from 1906 to 1909
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10

violin which he received was cracked
and that it YVES not what It was repre-
sented to be. The violin, which I1evett
said he was trading for "a family on
Long island" bears the inscription,
Joseph uarnerius-Crcmona, f738."
When arersted, E.evett denied any
criminal intent and said that he had =
certificate from w. B. Hill & Sons, Of
London, certifying the genuineness Of
the violin which he had given in trade.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
speoio, p,anntoh to The rribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
SYRACUSE, N. ", Nov. 9:-Frienus
of John H. Walrath, who yesterday was
elected the first Democratic Mayor in
twenty-five years, to-day launched his
boom for the gubernatorial nomination
in 1922. Having smashed the Repub-
lican city organization, of which Gov
ernor Miller is looked upon as the ac-
tual leader, Walrath hackers say he is
the logical man to fight it out up state
with the Governor next year. Walrath's
victory was gained despite the fact that
Governor Miller came here and spoke
for his opponent, Deforest Settle.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Felts Beaten in Virginia

Felts Beaten In Virginia
DANVILLE, Va, Nov. 81. NJ.
Hooker, Democrat, was elected to Con-
gress from the 9Th Virginia District
by majority of approximately 1000
over his Republican opponent, Thomas
L. Felts, of the Baldwin-Felts detec-
tive agency, on the face of returns
from yesterdays elections to the Dan
vile Bee,
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

Embassy, and acknowledgements
Richard II. Byrd of the American air
service who was to assist in the naviga-
tion Of the ZR-2 to the United States.
went to Hull tonight to take charge Of
the bodies of the American naval officers
and men killed in the disaster.
American naval officers here express
the opinion that the wreck of the ZR-2
was due to hydrogen csc ivg fror one
of the ships gas bags being ignited by
the exhaust fiom one OF aer s4A Motors.
What they say they are unable to under
stand. however, is how 1t was possible
that gas leak sufficient to make en-
explosion possible could have occurred
without it having been discovered
through the pressure gauge fitted to
each gas bag.
of the airship which her builders re-
peatedly pointed out to visitors at Bed
ford, where the zR-2 was built, was the
way in which her six gondolas were
slung, several feet from the outer shell
of the craft. This. the builders de-
clared. would greatly safeguard the ship
from the danger of leaking gas coming
In contact with the backfire flame from
motor.
One conjecture as to what may have
caused the disaster Is based on the as
sumption that the UR-2 might have
sprung n girder while riding out the Sc
we're storm over England early Thurs
day night. 1t is pointed out that such
an injury to the aluminium skeleton of
the ship would be likely to injure a gas
bag.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
AVIATION AMENDMENT
TO CONSTITUTION URGED
Bar Association Makes Rec
ommendotion.

Passage OF an amendment 10 the
Constitution Of the United States as the
basis for complete control OF aviation
Is recommended in the report OF a special
committee of the American Bar Aeso-
citation, which will be submitted TO tho
annual meeting of the association ia
Cincinnati next week. An abstract OF
the report was made public last night.
'It appears to be the unanimous judg-
ment OF those practically Interested in
the development OF the art of flying"
the report stated. that the demands OF
progress demand uniform law opera
tive throughout the country. IL com
plete control Is TO be lodged in the
national Government. the power should
be conferred by constitutional amend
ment and should not be seized in the
guise Of the exercise Of existing powers"
Among other reports OF special com
mittees TO be heard next week Is that
Of the committee on legal education, OF
which E,lihu Root is chairman. This
committee recommended that applicants
for admission to the bar should be re-
quired to have graduated from a law
school OF prescribed standards. Tho
report further advocated that candi-
dates be required to spend two years OF
study ip college.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
US. AIRMEN'S WIVES
RUSH TO HULL SOON
Women Relatives Of Members
of ZR-2 Grew Flock to Air
Ministry in London.
BRITISH MOURN EXPERTS
Aviators' Distrust Of Para
chutes Believed to Have
Added to Deaths.

Special Gable to THE Ngw YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1891, by THE New YoRK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Aug. "a.
The wives and families of many OF the
Americans who were to take the ZR-2
to the United States have been living in
Howden, where the crew was in train
ing, and they hastened In motor cars to
Hull as soon as they received the news
OF the accident to-day. Mrs. Maxfield
and her eight-year-o daughter. who
were the last to bid a cherry good-by
to the American commander yesterday,
arrived in Hull tonight.
Groups OF men and women of all
classes gathered at the Air Ministry in
London tonight praying for news.
Some of the women wore evening gowns,
having come to the Air Ministry from
theatres and from dinners upon pub
lication Of the newspaper extras at 8
o'clock tonight. Others were working
women and wives of members OF the
dirigibles crew All united in com
mon grief and supported one another in
the corridors Of the Air Ministry, while
officials there tried-and failed--to give
them some hopeful news
What is clear in London tonight,
however, is that, aside from the human
aspects OF the tragedy to both the Unite4
States and Great Britain. the greatest
airship pioneers, Commander Maxfield.
Brig. Gen. L. M. Maitland, British Air
Commodore, and Flight Lieut. Pritchard
of the Air Ministry are lost, having
given their lives 10 the science OF aerial
navigation, which is perhaps gone with
them.
The Air Ministry ordered the scrap
ping of the British air pro gramme last
month, and only Lord Northclifre's de-
termined lead Of public opinion and the
representations Of the Dominion Pre-
miers in the imperial conference in Lon
don caused a respite from carrying out
these orders while the premiers sought
money from their own Pariaments and
tho believers in the great flying fishes"
proved their theories. They staked their
careers on the success of the ZR-2.
Gen. Maitland. Lieut.. Pritchard and
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
PLANS FOR DOCKING
CHANGED SUDDENLY Y
Rp ne Associated Press.

PULHAM, England, Aug. 2i.--Every-
thing had been in readiness here for the
expected arrival OF the ZR-2 when word
came by radio from her commander
that he had decided to return 70 How
den as he was making speed tests for
which kite balloons are essential In e~ti-
mating distances. II was known that no
such balloons were at the Pulhum sta
tion and that some had been run up
$500 feet at Howden.
Notwithstanding this seemingly plaus-
ible explanation Of the ship commander
reason for not bcrthing at Pulham offl-
GERS here expressed some astonishment
A large party OF newspaper correspon-
dents and photographers and q number
OF civilian observers. including repro
sentatives of the Royal Aero Club, as
sembled TO witness the docking" OF the
big shin. entrained for London when the
despatch from the commander " the
ZR-2 was received. When they departed
they had no notion that the big air
ship had encountersa disaster.
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 34.-The British Air
Ministry tonight issued the following
report concerning the wreck OF the
ZR-2:
IAN Admiralty representative at Hum
Der reports that he visited the wreck of
the airship ZR-2. which lies half mile
south OF the Corporation pier at Hull.
The wreck appears to be in two por-
tons. The whole vessel lies submerged
in q northwesterly direction in the river
in eight feet of water.
Survivors escaped in a parachute
and were picked up by tugs and small
boats. Customs officers have been
ordered to guard the wreck during the
night and air force officers from How
den will patrol the river in a motor
launch to look out for bodies which may
drive in the river.
"The airship left the Howden base
yesterday for its fourth trial under COM
mand OF Flight Lieut.. Wann. She re-
ported her position at various times
throughout the day and proceeded to
carry out different tests which had been
arranged beforehand. At o'clock last
night she signalled the following mes
sage:
"'Will remain out tonight to COM
plete necessary trials. Several already
have been successfully accomplished.
VIII land Tomorrow
"The cruise, therefore, continued
during the night. and at Z o'clock this
morning the R-3s (the old name of the
ZR-2) reported that she was flying in
the neighborhood OF Howden. from
which place she had started"
The report then describes the days
operations, including reports of salts
factory progress and request that the
Howden air base fly a kite balloon for q
speed trial. The latter message was
sent at 8 so o'clock this afternoon.
This" the Air Ministry statement
continues, was followed by a further
message timed 4 40 O'Clock this after
noon saying, Have carried out full
speed trial. Landing at Ilowden at
6 6:30"
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
British Air Ministry Issues
Report on Wreck of Airship

In the day had asked both Howden and
Pulham to keep landing parties ready
so that she might land st whichever
place she found prefersbls.
The statement concludes: "Thc last
wireless transmitted from the alrship
was at 5 "a o'clock this afternoon. hen
she acknowledged the receipt of routine
signals"
The dirigible was blown from her
course by heavy storm which ragged
over the cast coast or England early
this morning but was safe off Howden
at about 8 o'clock. The perfection of
devices for communicating weather con-
ditions between ground stations and the
ZR-2 probably saved the big airship
from a disastrous encounter with the
storm. the Air Ministry reported.
Unusual speed tests were made last
night when. after days cruise over
the east coast and the North Sea- the
ZR-2 approached Pulham. The craft
was notified at 10 o'clock this MORN
ing that severe thunderstorm was
occurring directly over the landing sta
ton and she bore away from the threat
ening atmospheric disturbance.
Before the zR-2 fled before the storm
she sent a wireless despatch that she
would not attempt to land at pulham
The tempest was moving toward the
northwest, while the airship took a
northerly course toward Howden, re-
porting this morning that she had out
raced the elements and had gained safe
ty.
The Hull district naval intelligence
officer in describing the accident to the
ZR-2 said according to despatch to
the Daily Mail from Hull:
when the airship first appeared 1t
esit Il
cernible. flying about 1000 feet up. The
noise of her engines was clearly audi
BILE. and everything seemed 10 be going
smoothly
Suddenly terrific explosion was
heard. The vessel split its back and
broke in two. A majority of the crew
we're blown TO pieces, and for hours af-
terward parts of their bodies were
visible floating in the river"
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

some of the others aboard the zR-2
were veterans of the transatlantic
flights of the British dirigible R-Si
from England to America and return
and were most confident in the success
of the new giant of the air. Gen.
Maitland only last month directed
vehicular traffic from the air aboard
the R-33 and later jumped with his
baggage with a parachute to keep an
appointment in Pullman while passing
over that place in a fight to Howden.
Lack of confidence In parachutes Is
common among many airmen and may
have been responsible for some loss OF
life In connection with the wreck or the
ZR-2. although little time was available
for any one to jump through the trap
door of the dirigible. The American
officers, Esterly and Hoyt, while watch
ing parachute experiment in Howcen
only last week, each remarked to THE
NEW YORK HERALD correspondent:
Not for me! That is too risky. It
takes real grit
The New York herald., 1921-08-25
GIANT DIRIGIBLE'S ORDERS
BUCKLED IN FLIGHT JULY IL
Repairs Made to Strengthen Airship, Commander
Maxfeld Reported-Defects in Con-
struction Found Early.

wAsHrNaToN, Aug. 24.--Although
slight defects in the construction OF the
dlrigible zR-2 had boon revealed Navy
Department officials had expressed no
anxioty. Commander Maxfield reported
recently that on July IL while the zR-2
was flying from Bedford to Howden
two intermediate transverse frames
ana one intermediate longitudinal
frame buckled just aft Of frame seven. .
.sThe ship was Immediately slowed
down" the report added, "and an ex-
animation made 10 determine the dam
aye which was not serious enough to
warrant ain immediate landing"
The report said the girders that failed
we're repaired July rs and all inter-
mediate transverse and longitudinal
s-irdera IN the bottom part Of the four
parallel sections were strengthened by
the addition OF extra bracing pieces.
panels were also riveted TO the bases OF
ali intermediate transverse girders IN
the four sections. It was said,
According TO the report II was be-
lIcyed that the failure Of the Eirders
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

charge Of electricity from airships after
long flights when contact was made with
the ground
Since the wreching of the R-34 there
has beer apprehension among certain
officials that there Is such thing as
building airships too large and they
asked ca ch other If the ZR-2's measure
ments were not beyond the limit Of rea-
sonable safety.
There is only one way to tell and that
Is by test flights. and this was the first
fair test the ZR-2 ever had. The three
other test fights were tame affairs and
each revealed faults, which explains why
the more conservative officials advised
against any rush to get to America.
Some of the Englishnen who lost their
lives We're among this class.
This disaster is almost certain to give
the knockout blow to British airshipping.
No one here tonight thinks that the
service will survive. The Government
has long been against further expendi-
ture In this direction, and on August l
had ordered all activities stopped except
what was necessary to complete the
ZR-2, the idea being TO wait and see
what help the Dominion Premiers would
be willing to give for the continuance of
this branch of the air service. The Do
minions failing to give aid. the plan was
10 scrap the fields. airships and every
thing.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. 24.-Lieut. Newton II.
Nylita aviation alta che of fba American N
The New York herald., 1921-08-25

was probably due to their stresslng
while the ship was under construction
at Bedford, where at times as many as
40 men congregated In one Is meter
section. straining the ship to a greater
degree than 1t would ever be strained
in flight.
Naval aeronautical experts here said
that the bucking OF tho girders was not
considered serious. but something which
might happen to any rigid ship during
an early flight.
London despatch of Sunday last
quoted the Obseruer as asserting that
during the first trials of the IRA a
tendency OF tho giant dlrigible to
hump" developed. and that an inspec-
tion revealed that certain girders had
bent and that lattice work had buckled
under the strain. Remedial measures
were taken, the newspaper said. nclud-
Ing considerable reinforcement Of the
framework along much OF the airships
length. In addition to the structural
trouble, the Observer asserted. the ZR-2
had been handicapped by engine diff
cultn