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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15

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POesas EScOgidaS O9O
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15

Ruego encarecidamente al sehor Co.
m1sicnado de obras Plbncas, ordene
sean limpiadas Las bombillas todas de
huestra ciudad, las que estan en- las
ealles sobre todo. pues casi todss elias
sstan cubiertss Spor unas telas de ara
fsaS que :es necesario un non6cuio para
1diVissr el 'aureo' cristal de La bonbi-
liza. Perdone esta observation. Pero es
que cstamos casi dentro del 'PERIo-
DO PAFRolgAL..s !, y no Sc We bten que
teDgainos un servicio de luz tan POGO
presentable 81. ~ " -.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15

en- que duefios y Eernpresarios al mis-
mo tempo, del ssTeatro Oliver = ssestans
en- su perfeetisimo derecho a pedirs que.
antes de lossbaiios de la tempcrada pa
roral, Sc de una pelicula; aunque con
esso sesvaya aizdiablo ei meier exito y
IA mayor couoaiaad de nnestra socie-.
dad. Estuviinos ants don Andres oliver;f
le expuginossel 'scaso' !; 10 ~examino :;
vi6, la enfermedad v resolvi6 que en- es
teq iasunto' el Oliver, Sc iilnpiaba las
rnanos como sPilatos''. 1oseual no qni-
10, para qste 81 doctor Roses. 50 las linn
psarastaanbien, quedando, en- que 81 que
rem6s Bales en. eI Teatro, teaemos pri-
nero que gosar de las delicias de una
exAibici6n cinematogradca.
10 eual 3sirveo pagas echar mucho de
menos, los tiempes en- que don Manolo
fNavas tcria arrcndado este Teatro. Pc
iro don Manolo NaYas. es empresario, y
saDe como Sc menea la mata de tuna" !;
Nayas sabe. que on 81 negccio hay que
dar Ia carrie, para uno comerse la pc.
chuga en- tanto viene La opcrtunidad
de comerse uno la carne que ctros Sc
conan 10 peor. =,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15
Ell sHuMoR1sMo yANK1
Abril de 1921.

Leemos en- un peri6dicc de Nueva York:
-f'i iCuahdo comemos7, ,-fu6 10 prime
70 que dijo al llegar ''sing Sing Mr..
James van Norman, condenado rnorir
Ell dia nueve de mayo proxiric
Cuando lie contestaron due hapfa
llegado muy tards para La cohaida, pre-
gllnt6: 5qne clase de comida 50 sirve
aqui? eu
Won Norman morira Ell dia ryeve de
mayo junto con diez nueve prisionsros
mas. ..s. ,....s. i. &
"A las 2, todos los profescres tomaron
parte en- los ejercicios practicos los
cuales resultaron muy brillanses.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15

agencias, prestsndo toda elase 5s
garantia. Box ais, Bsyam6n, Puor-
TO Rico. Advt
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15

Rafael sCABALLERO:-Agente de
revistas y periodicos de Puerto Rico
v de los ,Estados Unidos. Acepto
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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-15

Elssehor sComisionado de Servicio Pu-
blico ha ,ordenado Que todas las casas
frente a Ia plaza "Munoz Rivera - sean
pintadas, con motive de las festas.
Nic-Ko1A.
Abril de 1921.
, 1921-10-06
NOTICE.
IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT Els
TATE OF CHRISTIE kANTZAU ia
COBS, DECEASED. AND SURVIVING
WIDOW GEORGE ANNE MARY ia.
COBS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed has been appointed admin
TRAITOR cum testamento anneXo of the
above entitled estate.
All persons having claims against the
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent same, with necessary proof, at his
office at No 78 King Street in Christian
sted, within six months from the date
of this notice.
Christiansted. St. Croix, this 18th day
of September 1921.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
administrator.
, 1921-10-06
NOTICE.
IN THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF SOPHUS emil GOTTFRED
SCHJANG, DECEASED.

al Office is hereby given that tho
dersIgned has been appointed ac
lStrator OF the above-en tiled es
All persons having claims against
estate are hereby notified to =,
same, with necessary proof. at hi
No. 08 King Street in the
Christiansted, within 6 months
the date Of this notice.
Christiansted, St. Croix, this 12t.
day Of September 1921.
a. E. STAKEMANN.
AdnnGNiStrato.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Kidnapped Boy Prodigy
Locked in Deposit Vault
Young Hardy, Taken to Long
Island by Columbia Soph-
omores. Returns Home

Edward Roche Hardy, twelve-.year old
prodigy of Columbia University, who
was Kidnapped by sophomores Tuesday
afternoon because he wore brown
nccktie instead of green one, as pro-
vided in the rules for frst7year men,
was returned to the home Of his
parents, 419 West 118th Street, early
yesterday
Hardy was seized by sophomores in a
fight with freshmen and thrown into a
taxicab He told his parents he didn't
know where he had been, except that it
was some place in Long Island
Recounting his adventures for the
benefit of his immediate family, he ad-
mtted that he had been locked in a
safe deposit vault for two or three
hours. He said he tried all the boxes
that are supposed to contain bonds, but
found them all securely locked. Later,
he said, his captors took him paper
chasing in boat, he being compelled
to scoop torn pieces Of paper from the
! surface of the river with an open nm
brella
Mr.. Hardy took his son to class yes
terday in a taxicab They drove at high
speed to the door of the Journalism
Building and then Hardy sr., after a
hurried look around, ordered Hardy jr.,
to scoot. He scooted.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Furrier Loses $2,O5O
In Day Hold-Up on Street
Police Try to Keep Secret News
of Robbery Of March 81; Vic
tim Beaten Over Head

A daylight hold-up in which a.
Rosenberg, r furrier, Of ia East
wenty-eighth Street, was robbed of
$1,000 in money and severely beaten,
has been kept quiet by the police of
the West Thirtieth Street police sta
ton for more than fifteen days, it be-
came known yesterday.
The attack on Rosenberg took place
shortly after 8 o'clock on the after
noon of March 81, just after he left
a branch of the Corn Exchange Bank
at 12 West Twenty eighth Sire He
had deposited some money and drawn
out more than $4,000 and was walking
toward his place of business when he
was struck over the head. His wallet
was quickly removed from an inside
vest pocket.
For more than six hours the mer-
chant walked the streets in daze and
finally went to his home. On April s,
he says, he reported the hold-up to the
police and was admonished not to
talk about it to anybody. His assail-
ant has not been apprehended.
Police of the West Thirtieth Street
station denied yesterday having re-
/ ceived such report and declined to
discuss the case.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Police i'm Autos Catch
Racing Bandit-Suspects
Five Accused of $3.50 Robbery
in Brooklyn Store After Over
towering Woman

Five men, declared by the police to
be automobile bandits, were captured
after chase and a fight by police of
the Parkyille and Prospect Park police
stations early yesterday after they had
entered the store Of Mrs. Agnes Ander-
son at 2943 Fort Hamilton Parkway,
Brooklyn, and robbed the cash register.
Mrs. Anderson told the police that
she was alone in the store, her hus-
band being upstairs in bed, when the
men drove up in big touring car,
rushed into the store and demanded to
know where Anderson was. When in
formed that he was in bed some Of the
men held Mrs. Anderson while others
took $3.50 from the register, which had
just been cleared Of all but small
change.
Detectives under Detective Sergeant
Charles Eason pursued the men in an
automobile, assisted by Sergeant Quinn
and Patrolman Fraser in another COM
mandeered machine. The car of the
supposed bandits was overtakcn at
Ocean and Parkside avenues, where
they surrendered after brief struggle
The men arrested gave their names
as Thomas Cleary, of 166 Butler Street;
Joseph Cannava, of 434 Sackett Street
Tony Spinelli, of "a First Place, all OF
Brooklyn Arthur Burns, Of "a Horatio
Street, Manhattan, and Joseph Sarro
Of 353 st. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn
who said he owned the automobile
The police say that ten minutes be.
fore the Anderson robbery five mer
with an automobile held up the place
of James Lyons, at 655 Sixth Avenue
and took 10 from the till. Lyons wa!
unable to identify the men He .denti
fed the machine as the one in which
bandits had visited him.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Court Calls ON Wallis
To Deport Correspondent
Suggets Hungarian, Who Adj
mitted Misconduct in Divorce
Suit. Is Undesirable Alien

Justice Tierney yesterday wrote a
letter to Frederick A. Wallis, Commits
sioner Of immigration, suggesting the
deportation of Michael Breuer, of 270
East Tenth Street, as an undesirable
alien. This communication from the
justice followed the trial in the Su-
preme Court on April Is Of the divorce
case brought by Simon Horowitz
against Mrs. Sadie Horowitz, in which
Breuer was the correspondent
Breuer, a Hungarian, admitted on
the stand that he had been guilty of
misconduct with Mrs. Horowitz, who
did not appear in court to defend the
action against her. Justice Tierney
asked Breuer whether he was citizen
of the United States to which the
correspondent replied, "Not yet
Justice Tierney rejoined, "That will
never happen if know anything about
it,"
In his letter to Commissioner
Wallis, the justice said: "My pur-
pose in sending this to you is SO that
you might determine whether this con-
fessed offender against our laws and
against morality and decency is not
so undesirable an alien as woulc
justify his apprehension and deporta-
tion by the Federal authorities"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
China Was His Till Wife
Threw 1t, Tartone Insists
Artist Tells Deputy Sheriff He
Called Too Late to Levy
nm pnrceiair

The Pierce Arrow Renting Company,
through Sheriff Knott, made an uf1suc-
cessful effort yesterday to get posses
sion of one rose colored porcelain set
of 100 pieces. md one green porcelain
set of 100 pieces, valued respectively
at $4,000 and $1,000, to satisfy judg-
ment Of si054 against Mrs. Claudia
Windsor .Tartoue, of 1870 Fifth Avenue,
on which there is still due $500.
Mrs. Tartoue is the wife Of Pierre
Tartoue, the portrait painter, whose
home and studio are at 200 West Fifty
seventh Street. They are suing each
other in the Supreme Court
Counsel for the Pierce Arrow Com.
pany heard that Mrs. Tartoue owned
some valuable porcelain, which was at
the home of her husband. Acting on
this information, the attorney issued
the execution to Sheriff Knott and told
that official where he might get posses
sion of the property to satisfy the
judgment. The assignment was given
to Deputy Sheriff Fitzsmmons, who
called at the home of the artist yester-
day and made the demand.
"My wife never owned these porce-
lain SETS" said Mr.. Tartoue. "They
were mine"
what do you mean, they were p
asked the deputy.
"Ah, they are no. more" replied the
artist. "My wife She break them al
on nv head"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Umpire KLEIN Subs
For Wife i'm Vigi.
To Catch Burglars
Home Robbed Thrice, Then
All Lights Are Left Burn
ing as Mistress, Armed,
Prepares for Next One

Lights were turned off last night for
the first time in two weeks at the home
of William ]. KLEIN, National League
umpire, who returned home yesterday
from Atlanta on crutches, suffering
from broken tibia.
Mr.. Klein has been in hospital at
Atlanta following an accident on the
ball field. He found the nelghborhood
in excitement when he returned. The
Klein residence, 61O South Broadway,
has been robbed three times in the
last sin weeks and Mrs. Klein has been
keeping lights burning all night to
make the burglars think she was hav-
ing party. Actually, she said yester-
day, she sat up with an automatic
pistol handy.
Last night Mr.. KLEIN held solitary
vigil in the dark with two pistols just
waiting and hoping, while Mrs. KLEIN
got the first sound sleep she has had
in weeks. Mrs. KLEIN said she thought
when the lights were out the burglars
would come in.
On the first entry Of the burglars
silverware and a portion of Mrs.
Klem's wardrobe. Mrs. Klein loaded
the pistol and kept the lights burning
for three nights, but nothing hap
pened, so she went TO party. While
she was absent the house was entered
and all the Oriental rugs removed from
the front room. Again Mrs. KLEIN got
out the family artillery and stood a
siege of several nights, but again there
were no burglars. At last, yielding to
the importantly Of friend, she went
out to play bridge last Friday. Reach
ing home about midnight she found
the front door open. Mr.. Klem's six
suits Of clothes had beer stolen and
the brown leather travelling bag Mrs.
KLEIN gave her husband for Christmas
which he thought too fine to take out
with him-had also disappeared.
Mr.. KLEIN had conference with the
Yonkers police yesterday. The police
told him they were nonplused, he says.
II can 60 them one better than that,
laughed the umpire. "I'm non-suited." ;"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Mother Plunges From Window
In Vain Effort TO Save Child

Mrs. Mollie FISHER, making an in
effectual attempt to save her son Sam
uel, two years old, from falling out of
window of her home on the third
floor at 1906 Third Avenue, the Bronx,
ysste rday lost her balance and plunged
out after him.
The child was dead and the mother
was suffering from internal injuries,
which may prove fatal, when an ambu-
lance arrived. She was taken to Ford
/ ham Hospital. Her daughters, Ruth,
seven years old, and Sylvia, eight years
. old, saw Mrs. FISHER fall from the
window sill.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
.Banker-Suicide
To Be Accused
I'm Divorce Suit
W, b. Bassett Said To Be
Correspondent iii Action of
Raymond f. Markle, In
surancc Man of Hartford
Phone Message a Factor
Woman Declared to Have
Insisted Financier Wrote
Her Before Ending Life
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


HARTFORD, Conn, April 2O.-Wil-
liam h. Bassett, vice president of the
Phoenix National Bank and president
OF the police board, who shot and killed
himself few weeks ago, will be named
as correspondent, it is said, in a divorce
action which was filed in Hartford
County Superior Court to-day by coun-
sci for Raymond E. Markle.
Mr.. Markle is in the home office of
the Travellers Insurance Company, in
this city. His wife, Gladys II. Markle,
who is an attractive brunette, has been
in Old Orchard, Ne, with their two
year-old daughter, Virginia, since
shortly after the suicide Of the banker.
Papers in the divorce action were
served on her there
Mr.. Bassett attained the position Of
vice-president of the bank at an un-
usually early age. He was handsome
and popular. Officials Of the institu-
ton had decided several months before
his death, however, that he must lead
" ''NAS cSAoSS AilC VI ScfCI ms con-
/ nection with the house.
I. The mandate was delivered to him in
positive terms one day at the close of
business. The next morning he shot
himself. Mrs. Markle is said to have
telephoned to his home as soon as she
heard of his act and to have insisted
that he must have left note for her.
He left no note, it was declared, and
| the reason for the suicide of the bank
( official was mystery to those who
were not conversant with the gossip
of the city
Rumor had been busy with the names
of the banker and the pretty wife OF
the insurance man for some time
Numerous glances were shifted to them
whenever they entered restaurant to-
gether and it is said that they fire.
quently we're seen together where music
and dancing and good cooking were tc
be found.
1t is said that divers persons" may
be mentioned in the suit, but whether
any will be identified by name, except
Mr.. Bassett, could not be learned.
Mrs. Markle was a telephone operator
in Boston when Mr.. Markle met her
They were married October 8, 1916, and
have lived here for four years.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Trace Death Car i'm
Hunt for Clew to
Won Pickler Slayers
Detectives Believe Cunmen
Drove to Philadelphia
After killing Nobleman;
Girl Tells of His Wealth

ATLANTIC CITY, April 2o.-Private
detectives who were assigned by
County Prosecutor Gaskll to investi-
gate the murder of Count Heinrich Won
Pickler, nephew Of Countess Won Bue-
low, to-day advanced the theory that
ten years as steward in a local hotel
may have been killed by hired assassins.
Detectives were sent to Philadelphia
and New York to follow up clews which
are said to strengthen the belief that
Won Pickler was slain by gunner.
Chief of County Detectives j. P.
Wilson and the head Of a private de-
tective agency are in Philadelphia, to
which city they believe they have
traced the car in which Won Pickler is
said to have been taken to the scene Of
his death by an unidentified German.
The theory upon which the detectives
the car went to Philadelphia, where the
German in question remained, while
the second man returned to New York
by rail. Pending the result Of these
investigations, it is said that there are
a number Of persons here who are be-
ing watched.
Miss Bertha Knoke, head bookkeeper
at the st. Charles Hotel, where Won
Pickler was employed, told the au-
thorities o-day. that the slain man
had confided to her that he lad in
herised $4,000 less than two yeas ago.
He said that he expected to receive
100000 marks. or about $2,0000O0
at the pre-war rate o. exchange, on his
+~i, -
said, was contemplated in 1928.
Interpreters were at work to-day
translating letters found in the eff
fects of the murdered man. Some of
them are from his aunt, Countess Won
Bulow. There are others, bearing for
eign rostmarks, which, it is hoped,
may throw some light on the case.
No reply has been received here as
yet to the cablegram sent to Countess
Won Bu]ow notifying her of the death
of Won Picker and requesting instruc-
tiOna
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21

flowers and new budding green things
wild and abundant. OF all times of
day my brother and hrs wife loved the
twilight best. To them it seemed the
symbol of turning point from one
sphere into another. So he had chosen
twilight as the time for the service, and
this evening the moon was full.
"A few close friends went with my
brother" Miss Mackayc continued, "a
group who had the rare privilege of
knowing Mrs Mackaye we'll"
All arrangements for the service
we're kept secret. A friend close to the
Mackayes said yesterday that services
would be held later in the week, details
of which he said would be announced
to-day.
From the time Mrs. Mackayc's body
was taken from the East River late
Monday afternoon, until it left the
undertaking establishment for the
crematory yesterday morning, no mem
Der of the family viewed the remains
even for the purpose Of Identification
The Rev. Mrs. Mabel Irwin, Of Brook
lyn, and Charles Whitaker, of Brook
lyn, friends Of the family, represented
Mr.. Mackaye in establishing identifca-
tion and making arrangements for the
crematioN
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21

Motorcycle Policeman Merritt was pa
trolling upper Broadway yesterday
morning, congratulating himself that
in spite Of the fine weather motorists
were abiding strictly by the anti-speed
regulations, when
Along came RUTH
The "Babe," who is known wherever
the grand old-gamc of baseball is
played and in many places where 1t
isn't, was in huge roadster, and as
he dashed past Merritt the policeman
started in pursuit. The home-run mar
vel drives car with the same enthusi-
asm he puts into the swing Of a bat, ac-
cording to the policeman, and it was
not until after they both had barely
missed all sorts Of vehicles that the
Babe" was overhauled, at 101st Street
and Broadway. The captor didn't know
his quarry.
"Hey, you'll" he cried, "who do you
think you are? You was going twenty
seven miles an hour"
Here Ruth's sporting tendencies
Overcanle hi n
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Mrs. Mackaye's Ashes Thrown
To Four Winds Over Lily Pond
Husband of Famous Suffrage Leader, With Few
Friends, Secretly Conducts Simple Service at
Twilight, eat the End of the Lane

The ashes OF Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs
Mackaye, wife of Benton Mackaye, of
lao West Twelfth Street, whose body
was found in the East River off AS
toria on Monday, were consigned to
the four winds at the Lily Pond, near
the end Of lane just off the Glove
Read, on Staten Island, yesterday at
twilight.
Mr.. Mackaye, assisted by few init
mate friends Of the Mackaye family
and close relatives, scattered the ashes
at the service.
Miss Hazel Mackaye, sister of Mr..
Mackaye, said at the conclusion of the
service:
"The place that my brother has
chosen for the service in memory Of
his wife is out Of doors, for it seems
to him that the open mir is the only
fitting place to scatter the dust Of
those who have gone from the world.
In this he is carrying out the wishes
of Mrs. Mackaye while living
"The service was held in retired
spot on Staten Island. A pond of clear
water with lilies is there. with spring
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Cop Fans Ruth for Speeding;
Treated Like Umpire by Crowd
sabes Alibi That Car Is Slower Than His Base-Run-
ming Rejected, While Angry Admirers Clamor
Against the Patrolman Who Arrests Their Idol

"Where d'yuh get that stuff I" he de-
manded Indignantly. "I'll bet you 81
this old boat can't make twenty-seven
an hour on racetrack."
"Tell it to the judge" WAS the pa
trolman's brief reply. and he drew forth
his summons slip.
"Who arc you" Merritt demanded,
"I'm Babe Ruth" says the hero Of
all the boys in the United States.
"Ohl" gasped the cop, but he was
game and kept right on doing his
duty.
A crowd had recognized the Monarch
Of Swat by this time, and the popu-
larity Of the national game was at
tested by their jeers for the bluecoat
One spectator, seated at the business
end of motor truck, was 80 overcome
by his emotion at seeing the indignity
heaped on the frdgeting Babe" that he
offered a suggestion.
"Knock him over thesright field wall,
Bambino!" he shouted.
Babe" will answer to the Traffic
Court on next Wednesday. He is due
in Philadelphia to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-21
Made a Killer by War,
Hero Is Freed of Murder
Canadian Holder of Victoria
Cross Acquitted of Stabbing
on Ground He Is Insane

OTTAWA, April 2o.-Filip Konowal,
holder of the Victoria Cross, Great
Britain's highest war decoration, was
acquitted of murder on the ground Of
insanity tonight after the court had
ruled, in effect, that the attention paid
by him to the killing Of men during the
war was partly responsible for his
action.
Judge. Cousineau, in suggesting that
guilty, declared there was no question
but that Konowal, in the summer Of
1919, had stabbed Will Artick, causing
his death. But it had been shown, the
court pointed out, that Konowal had
received injuries in France which had
caused an organic disease of the brain
The killings which the prisoner had
witnessed in his four years of service