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New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Move Toward Reducing
Board Wages Blocked
Men Refuse to Give Up Over
time Unless Agreement on
Paw Is Extended a Year

By refusing to relinquish overtime
pay unless the American ship owners
agree to enter into another wage and
working agreement effective for year
from May /, the representatives of the
officers and seamen's organizations
have blocked the negotiations looking
to reduction in the operating cost of
American vessels.
AS a result nothing definite came of
the conference held this week between
the committee on wages and working
conditions aboard ship of the American
Steamship Owners Association and the
and Gulf Sailors Association, Inc.
Marine Firemen's, Oilers and Water
tenders Union of the Atlantic and
Gulf and Marine Cooks and Stewards
Association.
Captain Eugene E. ODonnell, of
Boston, chairman of the ship owners
committee, stated that the ship owners
are unprepared at this time to nego-
tiate any agreements beyond May l
next because of the uncertain outlook
in the shipping world, and also because
OF a general resentm ent on the part
OF the shipping companies against the
manner in which the overtime clause
OF the existing agreements has been
abused by q large part Of the sea
going personnel.
The conference adjourned with the
understanding that present wages and
tanned until the date of their expira-
tion, May l next. Both the ship owners
and the representatives of the unions
assume that further conferences NAV
be held with individual unions in the
near future. E+0
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Deputy Sheriff, Arrested
BY Policeman, Is Fined
Court Holds County Officer Is
Not Immune From the
'sMoye On!" Order

Patrolman Drescher, Of the Alexan-
der Avenue station, exercising the au-
thority of patrolman, said "Move
chi" the other night when he found
Deputy Sheriff James E. Fitzpatrick
blocking the sidewalk. Fitzpatrick,
exercising the authority of deputy
sheriff, said ne had right to stay
where he was. He went to the police
station prisoner,s and the case went
to court.
Yesterday Magis trate Norman J.
Marsh, in Morrisania court, exercising
the authority of a magistrate, held that
the deputy was guilty and fined him SIS.
The patrolman's side of it was that
he had heard police whistle at 138th
Street and Willis Avenue, the Bronx,
where fight was in progress; that he
had dispersed the crowd, but that the
deputy sheriff persisted in lingering
on a corner.
The deputy sheriff's side Of it was
that he also had heard the whistle,
that he also had aided in dispensing
the crowd, and that he also WAS trying
to get people to "move on" when ac-
costed by the patrolman.
the deputy sheriff didn't say he was a
deputy sheriff until after being
brought to the police station. The
deputy sheriff added further that he
told the patrolman he was a deputy
sheriff when the patrolman gave him
the "move on" order.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
No Call for Militia for
Strike Duty Is Probable

There is no immediate prospect that
any National Guard units will be called
for duty in the street car strikes in
Albany and Troy. Colonel Edward
IMcAleer jr., adiutant Of the Twenty
seventh Division, put at rest persis tent
rumors of an impending call upon his
return from a conference with officials
of both strike-1idden cities last night.
"There are already eighty State
Troopers in Albany and the Mayor of
Troy has been assured that sew
enty more will be in that city by
morning" Colonel McAleer said. "The
troopers are fine body OF men, COM
petent to cope with any situation that
Is likely to arise, and the officials of
both cities feel that they will afford
ample protection. There is not the
slightest probability from present indi-
cations that any call will he issued to
Guard units"
: Colonel j. Hollis Wells, commander
of the list Regiment, which it was
runoFed was momentarily expecting
call, said he had received no intima-
'tien from, any efficial source that the
regiment would be ordered to the
strike zone.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Rail Executives See
9 Hope in Wage Decision
Declare Question Will Come Up
When Hearing ON Rules and
Conditions Ends
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau

t
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O-The hear
lngs before the United States Railroad
Labor Board in Chicago on the petition
OF the carriers for relief from high
wages and the operation of the nation
al agreements are being followed
closely here. 1t is believed if the rail
roads fail to get the wage agreements
abrogatcd they will press all the hard
er on Congress for the legislation
which will enable them to get the
money due them from the government
IN partial payments without waiting
for final settlements.
AS the action of the Railroad Labor
Board is interpreted in railroad quar-
ters mere, it does not finally settle the
question of wages. 1t appears the
board is having hearing on rules
and working conditions. 1t refuses to
interrupt this hearing by ordering the
immediate abrogation of wage agree
ments. At the same time, according
10 the views of representatives of rail
road executives in Washington, this
does not mean the board will refuse to
act on wages later, after there has
peen full hearing. Intimations are
the executives hope to get the subject
of wages fully gone into after there
has been determination on rules and
working conditions.
One OF. the phases of the Chicago
decision which is attracting no little
notice here is the fact that the Rail
way Labor Board, constituted under
the new transportation act, which
Brotherhood leaders have severely
criticized, is now standing on the side
of the Brotherhoods and refusing the
summary abrogation of wage agree
ments as demanded by the railroad
executives.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Troopers Keep
Order i'm Car
Strike Upstate
Only Five Trolleys, Two in
Troy and Three in AL
bany, Are Operated, ALI
Under q Heavy Gtard
Men Would Arbirate
Millcr'v Secretary Denies
Plan TO Summon Units
of the list Regiment

ALBANY, Feb. 10.--Both Albany and
Troy were quiet tonight under Il heavy
guard of state troopers and police,
called in to check disorder in the strike
of the United Traction Company's 1900
employees. There were few outbreaks
to-day, and the traction company an
nounced that 1t expected to have 125
cars-half the normal number-in
operation soon.
Only five cars, all heavily screened
and guarded, ventured out of the barns
to-day, two of them operating in Troy
and three in Albany. All were run back
under cover before nightfali. A bare
handful of passengers patronized them.
Disorders in Troy consisted only of
the tossing of a single stone at stalled
car, but Mayor James W. Fleming re-
quested Governor Miller to send State
Troopers there as a precautionary
measure, and this was done. In Albany
few wires were broken down and an
attempt was made to assault strike
breaker.
Strikers Firm in Stand
Citizens of both cities were nervous,
however, from their experiences OF yes
terday, and prankish Youngsters quick
ly drew a crowd in the heart of AL
banys business district by popping a
toy explosive on the street, while the
blowout of an automobile tire near the
ear barns attracted several mounted
troopers in hurry.
Chief of Police Hyatt of Albany
served notice on local dealers that
sales of firearms and ammunition had
been prohibited during the period of
the strike.
A party of 100 additional strike
al 10
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Noon 'I'llrorlss
See Importer
Shot i'm Street
Tragedy Within 100 Feet
of Police Headquarters
Believed TO BE Sequel of
Long Standing Vendetta
Stray Bullet Hits Woman
Well Dressed Man Held;
Denies Guilt and Victim
Refuses TO Identify Him

Alberto Alterio, thirty-tv o years old,
wealthy importer, of SAT East Thirty
first Street, was shot within 100 feet of
Police Headquarters while hundreds
looked on at noon yesterday.
Identified by six witnesses, Antonio
Mancini, who says he is Providence,
r. l., grocer, is being held without bail,
buS steadfastly asserts his innocence.
Mrs. Aida Peretti, of 50 Mulberry
Street, who was struck by a stray bull
let during the shooting, positively
identified Mancini at Bellevue Hospital
last night.
Woman Wounded in Leg
According to the police report AL
terio was walking in Mulberry Street
when a welldressed man stepped up
behind him, pulled revolver from his
pocket and opened fire. The first bullet
fred struck Alterio's spine, and he
dropped. A second bullet struck the
ground, glanced up, hitting Mrs. Per-
ETH IN the right leg. She was holding
a seven-months- old baby in her arms
AS she fell the gunman threw the re-
Volver,. .32 automatic, into the door
way of a basement and calmly walked
away.
Jacob Leavitt, clerk at ''olice Head
quarters, who witnessed the shooting,
assisted Patrolman Louis Hunt and
Detective Duggan in arresting Mancini,
while nearly 200 persons surrounded
him. The police commandeered a taxi
ca and rushed Mancni to Police Head
quarters. Alterio was rushed to Gouv-
erneur Hospital and Mrs. Peretti was
taken to Bellevue
Mancini was taken to the Couver-
HASnTtat tn !,
but Alterio refused to make any state
ment, or to identify Mancini as his
assallant. Assistant District Attorney
r. f. Mario grilled Mancini for five
hours after the shooting and through
ut all the prisoner insisted he was
guiltless. At o'clock last night Man
clnl was taken to Bellevue and Mrs.
Peretti identified him.
Two Tickets to Italy
At the hospital two steamship tickets
TO Italy were found in Alterio's pockets.
He was to have sailed February 21. he
told the police. He is said to possess
fortune exceeding S500000 Mancini
at first told the police that he was a
bootblack, but later declared he was a
grocer. He wore expensive clothing
and three-carat diamond. Attempts
TO trace him to Providence had failed
up to midnight.
The police said the affair might be
worked out to-day, after certain in
vestlgations into a vendetta of long
standing had been completed. Rumors
that the shooting followed a quarrel
over liquor deal could not be affirmed
by the police.
Neither man is married, so far as
the police know. The finding Of the
steamship tickets in Alterio's clothing
also is unexplained.
Repeated attempts to persuade Il
terio to make statement failed last
night: More than forty witnesses were
examined by Assistant District Attor-
ney MORO and many of them are said
to have identified Mancini, Mancini
spent last night in the Tombs.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Walker Smokes Cigar ON
Way TO Death Chamber
''Goodby, Boys; | Hope You ALI
Get Home," He Calls Jus,
Before Steel Door Closes

OSSINING, N. Y, Feb. 1O-Twenty-
year-old Jesse Walker, convicted OF the
murder Of Samuel Wolchak, Brooklyn
stationer, walked into the death cham
Der at Sing Sing at 11:05 o'clock to-
night smoking a cigar Just before the
steel door closed behind him he re-
moved the cigar and called over his
shoulder: "Goodby, boys. | hope you
all get home"
AT 11:13 he was pronounced dead
and his body was removed from the
chair.
Numerous efforts Ind been made to
save him. Lengthy petitions had been
sent to the Governor and his mother
came here from Evansville, Ind, to
add her personal plea. Walker had no
false hopes, but seemed resigned to
his fate. He himself sent message to
Governor Miller this afternoon asking
that the date of his death be postponed
until the case of his alleged accom-
plicc had been decided finally.
He expected no reply to this last
minute plea, however, and ate a hearty
dinner, which he followed up at 8
O'Clock with sandwiches and coffee.
Then he started on the cigar which he
was finishing as he walked to his death.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Murdered Woman Tried
Suicide, Say Detectives
Newark Bay Victim Said TO Have
Attempted 90 Drain ChEoro-
form Vial

Bayonne detectives investigating the
murder of Mrs. Betchler Savinavich,
whose body was found in Newark Bay
at the foot of West Twenty-ffth
Street, Bayonne, Tuesday, were told
yesterday of a young woman who at
tempted suicide by drinking chloroform
in Bayonne Sunday afternoon.
The detectives said that the descrip-
tion of this woman Tailed with that of
the dead woman. The woman seen in
Bayonne was standing on Il corner with
young man, when she became hysteri-
cal and attempted to swallow the con-
tents of bottle Of chloroform. Her
companion knocked the bottle from her
hand and she was taken to drug store.
policeman who saw her in the drug
store viewed the body of the Savina-
vich woman last night, and said he be-
lieved the two were the same. 1t was
said that an analysis of the woman's
stomach will be made.
Edward Vacca, of SO West Twenty
first Street, Bayonne, who identified
the body Wednesday, and Dominic
Verde, Of 131 West Twentieth Street,
Bayonne, were questioned further by
the police yesterday regarding the
mystery.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Lieut.. Rupp Dies
Bv olson After
Stabbingg of Wife
Langley Field Officer, Who
Admitted Falsify fying About
ARRAY in Room, Had
Been Ordered to Hawaii
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 10.-Iieutenant
Daniel A Rupp, U. s. A, was found
dead in his room at his home in Lang
ley Field at midnight last night. 1t is
believed that he committed suicide or
swallowed poison by accident. There is
report that the military authorities
are working on the theory that he may
have been the victim of murder plot.
But this report is not given credence
by Colonel Hensley, commanding officer
of Langley Field
Lieutenant Rupp came into public
notice in December, when his wife was
stabbed several times in her home at
Langley Field. When the attack on
Mrs. Rupp occurred her husband stated
that man and a woman had entered
her room by means of ladder and had
attempted to kill her. He gave to Colo
mel Hensley an earring which he said
Mrs. Rupp had torn from the ear of her
assailant.
After three days investigation the
police of Hampton and the military
hulnoIlCieS Ialled TO ma any evidence
that would substantiate the contention
that Mrs. Rupp had been attacked by
enemies from the outside. Then Lieu
tenant Rupp made a confession in
which he assumed all possibility for
the assault on his wife.
The military authorities declined to
go into details about the assault, but
the Hampton police said that the ear
ring belonged to woman who had no
connection whatever with the attack on
Mrs. Rupp.
A board Of inquiry investigated and
its recommendation were sent to
Washington. They have never been
made public. To put an end to the
whole affair the War Department or
dered Lieutenant Rupp transferred to
Honolulu. He was supposed to leave
Langley Field last month. 1t is said
that his father succeeded in having the
transfer of his son delayed The War
Department, however, is said to have
insisted on Lieutenant Rupp going to
Honolulu and his departure was set for
next week. Rupp had been considering
resigning from the army. Last night
he entertained friends in his home.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Wife of DIR. Oscar {. C.Reeve
Gets Custody of Daughter
Child Given to Mother for Six
Months; Embraces Both
as Case Ends

Mrs. Grace Fisher Reeve was sue
cessful yesterday in the habeas corpus
proceedings which she instituted
against her husband, DR.. Oscar c.
Reeve, of this city, TO obtain the Gus
tody of their daughter. Delora. Sh-
preme Court Justice Young at White
Plains gave her the custody of the
child for six months, when he will make
new order in the case, probably max
ing the mother Delora's permanent
guardian.
The child embraced both hey parents
when the decision was announced. She
loved them both, she asserted, and
would be happy with either of them.
Har father has permission to visit her
once week while she is living with her
me other at the home OF the latter's
father, Charles Fisher, in Ossining.
DR.. Reeve alleged that his wife was
not suitable guardian for Deiora be-
cause of her nervous temperament.
She is singer and was protegee Of
Nine. Nordica she said she would
give up any hope of musical career to
care for her child.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Inquiry Asked in Election
In RonseYels Borough. n

A joint committee of the New Jersey
Legislature, which has just been named
to inquire into violations of the law by
public officials in any county in the
state, will be asked to investigate last
Tuesdays School Board election in the
Borough of Roosevelt, Republicans of
the borough announced yesterday. SEN
ator Mackay, of Bergen County is chair
man Of the committee.
The Republicans charge that members
of the crews of ships at anchor off
Staten Island, saw Roosevelt for the
first time in their lives on election dav
when they weGe taken there to vote the
Democratic ticket, The Democrats won
600 to $50.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Prosecution of 4
Minor Rum Cases
To Be Simplifed
Commissioners Harms
and Grand jury Action e. =.
Misdemeanors Are To r. r.
Avoided by Information.

For the sake OF economy sas -,
in the prosecution Of nisderosaapse.sa
under the Volstead act, Leroy w Tp.ufs pNras
United States Attorney for RroaLsiySs'
at the suggestion Of Attorney cssIyyn,
Palmer, yesterday informed In ei
United States Commissioners II II's
district that such cases, whenevar' n.l us
ticable, were to be conducted by raa.S' plae'
of informations. "'Sal'
This will, according to Nr D..
avoid unnecessary hearings boF1s''
commissioners and relieve The IRE g,als
Juries of the necessity Of return;aa I,Gaa
indictments ''H'ug
1t is said, however, that the o..
missioners do ut take kindly to ss.' -.
purposed routine and may resign TN sas
get IS day when they are acting 'asy as
10 cents for each warrant thov ;saau 1e
and also for each bail bond th@v ~.
Since the advent Of prohibition ~.
incomes have increased '
Informations are filed with the c.n~.
ana bench warrants are issued ON 81
Tor arrests. The commissioners W., ~.3
be relieved Of much-'o of their wort VIZ
Judge Henry Wade Rogers in q.
United States Circuit Court of Apns.is
yesterday handed down an oDinian !.
the case of a hotel keeper, AIbert =
Virgins, which sustained the 6nd;nam, -
Of the lower court and which annro-s5
the actions Of Federal officers 'sz;S. seiz;ss
liquor without search warrant.
1--WE do not mean to imply" read,
the opinion, that arrestins ofsca.s
who witness the commission of -
offense have not as much right 10 ssi,.
liquors without a search warrant ~
they have to apprehend the wrongdos,
without a warrant for his arrests
Federal agents set to WORK yesterdsv
clearing out the cellars adjoining Az
East 106th Street, where 400 barrels :;
wine were found Wednesday. Viii.
doing so they discovered $50 nor.
barrels of claret behind a camoufapss
wall, according to Federal authoritie,
Forty cases of whisky, five barrel
Of alcohol, thirteen barrels of wine an.
seven bottles of vermouth were conas.
Gated yesterday by Federal agents in /.
raid said to have been made on room
in Il Jacob Street, Newark, n. J.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Mayer Criticizes Method of
Electing Rankrunt's Trustee

Federal Judge julius NJ. Mayer, in
an address last night before the Asso-
clatlon OF the Bar of the City of New
York, severely criticized the provision
Of the bankruptcy statutes giving the
creditors the right to elect the trustee.
This course" the jurist declared,
"degenerates into a primary election
the selection of one who is practically
an officer of the court. 1t substitutes
a contest for tactical position among
the creditors for the exercise of judi
cial discretion and involves the solici-
tation and rounding up of claims in
order to protect the interest of legiti-
mate creditors.n
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Hold-Up Man knocks Woman
Down, Seizes Purse and Flees

Mrs. Mildred Levy, twenty years
old, of 1873 Bergen Street, Jamaica, was
knocked down and beaten last night
picture theater when she resisted the
attempt OF hold-up man to seize her
purse. The attack was witnessed by
many persons, but the man escaped,
leaving Mrs, Levy in half conscious
condition.
About ten minutes later Detectives
Harden and Kehoe and Patrolman
Smith arrested man who described
himself as Salvador Zongoni twenty
five years old, of 22o Shelton Avenue.
Zongoni was found hiding in a nearby
patch of woods. He was identified by
Mrs. Levy as her assailant.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
She Scorns Husband No. ]
Mean of Sam to Tell, She Says,
When Accused Of Bigamy

Don't you think it was mean of
Sam to tell the police on me?" was the
query addressed to a probation officer
by Mrs Miriam Rotholz, twenty two
years old, who was arraicned in the
Adams Street Court, Brooklyn, yester-
day on charge of bigamy preferred
by her first husband, Samuel Rotholz.
Mrs. Rotholz is said to have been
married to her first husband in the
Bronx September 27, 1916, and to have
lived with him until year and a half
ago. According to the police, she ad-
mitted having been married to Thomas
Morales, Of Brooklyn, on December II
last without obtaining a divorce.
Mrs. Rotholz was arrested in fur
nished room at 27 East l66th Street,
her first husband having told the police
that he had seen his wife walking with
Husband No. 2.
Mrs. Rotholz was held in $1,000 bail
until February ID.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
$4,000 Fire Causes
Rush Hour '|I'' Tie-Up
Chemical Blaze Along Ninth
Avenue Line Destroys Face
Powder Supplies

Several manufacturers of face pow
der, face creams, perfumes and chem
icals suffered total loss of supplies
last night when fire did $4,000 worth
of damage to a six-story building at
799 Greenwich Street at the rush hour.
Three alarms were turned in, and for
more than an hour the power on the
Ninth Avenue elevated was shut off,
delaying thousands who were on their
way home, and also affecting the Sixth
Avenue service.
The fire started on the second floor
of the building, occupied by the Pros
tol Chemical Company. 1t was discov-
cred by Patrolman Eich, of the Charles
Street station. Deputy Fire Chief John
Binns found the building ablaze from
the second floor to the roof, and turned
in second alarm, which brought AS
sistant Chief "Smoky Joe" Martin,
who turned in third alarm.
The fire spread to the top floor of a
six-story building around the corner
at 399 West Twelfth Street, occupied
by Randolph & Buttolph as a storage
warehouse. Firemen soon had the
flames in that building under control.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
Police Do Roof Marathon
Sleuths Have Lengthy House
top Chase 10 Get Prisoner

Detectives Howard O'Leary and Jesse
Josephs, of the Oak Street station, are
confident that if reof-running exhibi-
tion is programmed for the next police
field meet they will take home ribbons
or something.
Yesterday they went to the home of
Charles KirrakoX, at al Madison Street,
to arrest him on wife beating charge.
Kirrakox scooted up to his roof, and
from that roof leaped to his neighbor's
roof and everybody eIse's in the
vicinity.
The detectives say he covered acres
of housetops before they got him. He
was locked up at Police Headquarters
charged with felonious assault.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
300 Trapped i'm Subway
When Car Jumps Rails
Many Hurled From Seats; Traf-
.fc Blocked Several Hours
ON Cauar.sie Line

The last car of a three-car Canarsie
train jumped the track about II o'clock
last night soon after it left the Cham
bers Street subway station. The acct
dent set the emergency brakes, bring
ing the train to stop with a Jolt
which flung many of the 800 passengers
from their seats.
The lights went out and the pas
sengers struggled for the doors in the
darkness for several minutes, only to
find when they reached them that the
doors were locked. 1t was twenty min
utes before the train crew reached the
conclusion that there was nothing to
be done except to open the doors end
let the passengers walk the track back
to the station.
Arthur Schwartz, of 395 Marcy Ave
nue., Brooklyn, one of the passengers,
was carried back. He had 'wrenched
his shoulder in falling from his seat.
An ambulance was waiting at the sta
tion and he received medical attention.
Policemen were called from the Oak
Street and Elizabeth Street stations,
and for some time the sale of tickets
in Manhattan and at the Marcy Avenue
station in Brooklyn was stopped. Then
shuttle service was instituted be-
tween Chambers and Canal streets, and
at Canal Street incoming trains from
Brooklyn were switched back. Up to
1:S0 a. m. wrecking crew had been
unable to get the car back on the rails.