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The New York herald., 1922-05-09
HOUSE TRIBUTES MOVE
UNCLE JOE TO TEARS
Smiled OUer Retirement in
Bloom of Youth

WASHINGTON. May s.--Tears came tc
Uncle Joe" Cannon in the House to-day
as members. referring to HIS eighty-sixth
birthday yesterday. told of the regret oc-
casioned in Congress by his retirement
next March.
Representative Mondell, the Republi-
can leader, said that while Mr.. Cannon
would not be in the House in person
after that time he will be with US in
spirit and in the embodiment of that
splendid influence he has so long exerted
in this body and on the country"
Crouched in his seat and taking no
part In the brief ceremony Uncle Joe"
smiled just once, when Representative
Garrett (Tenn.). the Democratic leader.
declared the entire membership regretted
his decision to retire from the House
"in the bloom of his youth"
Representative Alice r ert o n
tOkla), objectiDg to n reference to
"Uncle Joe" as an old man, expressed
the hope that he might be willing to run
again after rest of two years.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
RED TAPE HALTS WEDDING
OF HERO AND BELGIAN SPY
Romance of French Soldier and Nurse Begun in Wal
Hospital Who Planned to Marry in 1918 Again
Receives Serious Setback at Ellis Island.

Camille Asp, soldier of France, fell
IN love with Laure Gale, Belgian girl,
when shc nursed him in a Belgian hos
pital early in the world war, and they
have been trying to get married ever
since. They thought they had reached
the end of their troubles when they ar
rived In the United States yesterday on
board the Grace liner Santa Teresa from
the Argentine Republic, but the I'M
migation Bureau stepped in and held
the young woman at Ellis Island be-
cause the quota for Belgium was ex-
hausted. Asp went with her. and now
they cannot get married until the red
tape In Washington is untangled.
Asp and Mile. Gale planned to get
married at the time he was in the
hospital. before he went back to the
front, but he was sent back hurriedly
and shes went to relatives in Lille.
When the Germans reached that town
she helped to sccrete two French Off
GERS and the Germans listed her as a
spy. In the autumn Of 1918 the girl
was captured by the Germans and
taken to Frankfort, where she was tried
and sentenced to death as q spy. But
memories of the trouble that the exc
cution of Edith Cavell had got them
into stopped the Kaiser's soldiers, and
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
YOUNG jim DONOVAN
CAPTURES BROTHER
Tax Officials Son Finds Way
ward Edward Asleep on
Bench at Coney.
.BORROWED' 800 SPENT
Fugitive Regrets Overlooking
Price of Frankfurter in
His Pocket.

Jim Donovan. is. son OF James j.
Donovan. deputy director of the State
Income Tax Bureau. went to Coney
Island last night to see If he could find
his brother. Edward. 13, who had been
missing since April 2s. and who, accord
ing to report. had been seen riding hobby
horses on the merry-go-round near Felt
mans restaurant.
Jim had certain painful memories con-
nected with the time that Edward
kicked him on the shns in an argu-
ment. so he went first to the Coney
Island police station and had big
policeman go with him.
Jim and Patrolman James Ladley
went to Surf avenue and wandered
around a bit, and pretty soon they came
on Edward curled up on bench, sound
asleep and, although it is a terrible
thing to say of so young lad, snoring
like trooper. The patrolman picked
the boy up and carried him to the po-
lice station, Jim trailing along behind
and reminding his young brother OF the
various things-pleasant and otherwise
that were in store for him when he
reached home. At the station Edward
was searched and found to have a
prayer book and twenty cents. He had
told the policeman he was broke and
was very much surprised to see SO
much wealth
''Shuclxs-" he said. IF I'd knew 1 had
that I'd had me hot dog"
Edward told the policeman tic story
of his adventures before his father came
to take him home He said he got tired
Of the humdrummery of attending school
and decided to sec a bit OF the world
SO he borrowed $100 from his Gather
he found 1t in wallet in the dr. esser--
and blanket and q tent and packed
the last two things into suitcase. He
set forth, going by subway to Manhattan
and then by ferry to New Jersey. He
didn't know just what railroad he went
to. but he went boldly to the eicke,
window and asked for ticket. But he
didn't know where TO. SO he threw out a
handful of change and said he wanted
to go as far as that would take him.
1t didn't take him far. because he had
to get off at the next station. Then, ac-
cording to his story. he went into the
woods and set up his tent alongside the
road and lived there until last Thursday
'vhen the urge to see Coney Island came
on him.
SO to the Island he went and had a
fine time riding the hobbies, not know
ing that neighbors had seen him and
reported to his father. But they had
and so Brother Jim went to hunt FOL
him.
Edward said he didn't know just wha
had become of the 800 he had borrowed
from his father, but said he guessed h
would have TO quit school and go t,
work to pay IL back.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
LEFT HALF HER ESTATE
TO MAN WHO SLEW HER
Wills of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
PoUeH Are Filed.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. May s.--Tho wills
of William r. Powell and OF his wife.
Lena Elizabeth Powell. formerly Mrs.
y. II. White. were filed for probate here
to-day. Powell shot and killed his wife
In their summer home In Newton on
May 2 and then committed suicide.
Powell, who was manager I'm this die
trict for II. @. Dun g. Co.. left the bulk
Of his estate to his daughter. Mrs. Prov
ince Hall Pogue pf New York city. Had
Mrs. Poguc died before him the estate
was TO have gone TO his nephews and
nieccs the children OF his two sisters.
Margaret Thomson and Jane Marion
Mac cDonnell Of Toronto.
Mrs. Powell in her will provided that
one-half OF her estate should go to her
brother. William II. Hebbard of Brook
line. and two sisters Maud A. Hardy
and Frances l. Udall. In equal parts.
The other ialf was left TO her husband.
and IL was provided that In the event
Of his death II was to bo divided among
five nephews and nieces.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
ROBERTSON TO TAKE UP
CASE IN CAPITAL TO-DAY
Aunt of Soldier Says Burns
Man Will Be Prosecuted.

Alexander Il. Robertson. gassed and
shell shocked former British soldier.
wto charges that an attempt was made
to kidnap him out of this country on
account of his love for Miss Mary Gull
berson, the daughter of Senator Culber-
son of Texas. Is expected to be In WASH
ington to-day to present his case to
the British Embassy.
Mrs. Mary IT. Andrews. an, aunt OF
Robertson, with whom he lives at 162
Ashland avenue In Bloomfield. n. j.,
said last night that they had retained
former Judge Thomas A. Davis OF
Orange TO prosecute John F. Ellis. a
former Burns detective now being held
in 5000 bail on charge OF KIDNAPPING.
Judge Davis said he had not consented
to be counsel for Robertson. but had
the matter under consideration.
When told of a despatch from wash
ington in which 1t was said Robertson
had asked Miss Culberson to get $1,000 or
81 500 and elope with him. Mrs. Andrews
said: "A lot of people are saying things
about my nephew which are not the
truth"
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
FOURTEEN SHOT DOWN
IN PRISON OUTBREAK
Building Set on Fire Before
$50 Inmates Are Subdued.

COLUMBIA. S. c.. May s.-Fourteen
prisoners were wounded. two possibly
fatally. to-day when $50 inmates of the
South Carolina penitentiary revolted.
At the same time the chair factory
building where the uprising occurred
was set on fire. but the recalcitrants
were put down and the blaze extin-
guished.
The trouble arose at the lunch hour
when $50 prisoners refused to enter the
factory for the afternoons work and
armed with sticks and knives used in
the factory work advanced on the
guards. The guards opened fire. mahy
shooting over the heads of the prisoners,
but some firing low, with the result that
fourteen men fell wounded.
Prison officials said tonight that three
weeks ago they were advised prisoners
were in possession of concealed weapons,
and an investigation uncovered more
than 100 knives. razors. bayonets and
biackjacks
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
PATENTS OF VOTING
MACHINES ATTACKED
Hirshfield Starts Inquiry, Con-
tinuing Tammany Fight
on Innovation.

Voting machines. which under law
passed in 1921 and repassed this year
must be installed In part of the polling
places in New York city for the coming
election. became the subject OF investi-
cation by David Hirshfleld yesterday
Tar.inany has consistently fought their
introduction. and successfully in 1921.
In preliminary statement the Com
missioner declared it was strange that
no mandatory bill for machines here had
been passed until 1921 and 1922, after
Gov. Miller had gone to Albany. He de-
clared the machines which the Automatic
Registering Machine Corporation OF
Jamestown was prepared to send here a
year ago had been rejected by Chicago
In 1912. They could be tampered with,
he asserted.
The Standard machine, which Is man.
ufactured by this company, has been Sc
lected again this year. and the Board OF
Elections failing to make contract for
its purchase. the Secretary of State must
do Sd under the law by May Is.
Frank M. Ashley. patent solicitor and
mechanical engineer. the only witness
heard yesterday. declared that Standard
machine, In common witE otnetS, Nlo-
lated patents held by the widow OF
James c. Garrett. whom he represented.
Commissioner Hirshfield undertook TO
show that the city would not only be
enjoined from using the Standard
machines. but would pe running into a
suit for damages as well. His in,estiga-
tion, he said. had been started after
Mayor Hylan had received notice from
Ashley that the Garrett patcrt was
being violated. 1t will be continued to-
day.
Explaining why the machines were
not used last year, Commissioner Hirsh-
field said the machines proposed for use
were protected by patents ond II would
have been violation of tie New York
city charter to purchase them.
The law this year contains this clause
mo provision Of any city charter gov
erning patented articles shall be deemed
to apply to the purchase Of voting
machines"
There must be some hidden reason
why this voting machine legislation has
been imposed upon the city in 1921 and
1922 under Gov. Miller declared the
Commissioner. opening his inquiry. 'and
the attempt made to burden the city with
this tremendous unnecessary expendi-
ture."
He figured that at S940 apiece 1t
would cost $2.S2O,000 to equip the city
completely.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
FAKE OJLBWAY HELD
ON DEPORTATION WRIT
James Earlier Released on
Perjury Charge.

Lionel James. 26, of 6S West Fifty
ninth street. who has posed as Red
Wing" chief of the Ojibway tribe of
Indians. was released yesterday by
Magistrate rockingham in jefferson
Market Court but rearrested Immediately
afterward on deportation warrant.
James had been charged with perjury
on the strength of statement he made
in court April 10. which was to the ef-
feet he was a full blooded Indian.
Detectives Correii and Barth Of the
Bomb Squad arrested him as he was
leaving the court building. Their war
rant charged him with illegally entering
the country on May s. 1921. He was
turned over TO the immigration authori-
ties at Ellis Island
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
CABARETS WON'T FIGHT
2 O'CLOCK DANCE RULE
Order Applies Only to the
Theatrical District.

Proprietors of the cabarets. supper
clubs and dance halls in the theatrical
district who were reminded Saturday by
Inspector James S. Bolan OF the Fourth
district that their licenses did not allow
them to conduct dances after A. M. an
nounced yesterday their intention OF
obeying the letter of the law. The res
taurateurs were inclined to like the in
depreciation the Inspector had placed or
the law, as under 1t they will be able to
continue their cabarets after the dancing
had ceased.
There was no general order from Po-
lice Headquarters calling for whole
sale shutting down of dancing at 2 A. Nj
1t was merely an order of Inspector
Bolan to the men of his command and
was predicated on complaints against
places along Broadway and in the side
streets between Forty-second and Fifty
ninth streets.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
IN BANKRUPT SWINDLE
Mirnick Is Accused of Fraud
BY IS Manufacturer.

Morris Mirncl. head of the Houston
Wholesale Grocery Corporation. who Is
accused OF having swindled about eighty
five manufacturers. including the Corn
Products Manufacturing Company. by
buying their goods on credit and then
going into bankruptcy after disposing
of the goods in various ways. pleaded
not guilty before United states Judge
Augustus n. Hand yesterday aid was
held in $4,000 bail. with the privilege OF
changing the plea within ten days II
he wishes to do So lie Is charged In the
Indictment with conspiring to conceal
assets from the trustee in bankruptcy.
Arthur Y. Dalziel.
Edward w. Drucker, counsel Tor the
manufacturers, said yesterday that
manufacturers had suffered so many
losses through the operations OF whole
sAlcra and jobbers. particularly on the
East Side. that their credit m.n are
talking Of getting together 10 plan some
concerted protective action.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
BURNED CHILD, DYING,
COMFORTS HER MOTHER
Orange Woman Hurt Trying
to SoUe Child.

Tolando Spero. 4, got box of matches
yesterday from the kitchen of her home
at 90 South Day street. Orange. n. j..
and started bonfire In the yard Other
children joined her In an Indian war
dance around the fire.
The little girls dress became ignited
Her. mother tried to beat out the fire
and was badly burned about the face.
neck and arms. Child and mother were
taken TO Orange Memorial Hospital.
where the child before she died contin-
ually cried in an effort to comfort her
mother, who was swathed in banda ges
Don't cry, mother. I'm not hurt"
MY poor mother is burned" and
Mother. I'm sorry"
The New York herald., 1922-05-09

they gave her respite, during which
the armistice was signed and she was
released.
In all this time her betrothed had
not heard from her and believed her
dead. He fought through the war and
then came to New York and from here
went to Uruguay to represent the pro-
duce firm of Aspegren & Co. There he
learned that Mile. Gale was all right
and he wrote to her in Belgium. She
answered and the romance bloomed
again to such an extent that they made
an appointment to meet in Buenos Aires.
They had hoped to be married there,
but learned that they must live in the
Argentine for three months and cut
innumerable lengths Of red tape. so
they decided to come to the United
States and be married. having the
extraordinarily curious Idea that there
was no red tape in this country.
But the ship hardly had docked be-
fore the immigration red tape unwound
and hopelessly entangled them. They
will be examined to-day by board iof
special inquiry and eventually, through
the aid Of the Belgian and Uruguayan
Ministers, they hope to be allowed to
come ashore long enough to be married
in O. church.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
.LEWD PRINTS SEND
LECTURER TO JAIL
Prof. L. ID. COvingt0n Is Spe-
cial Lecturer fOrsBOard Of
Education.
MODERN 'JEKYL-HYDE'
Judge Thus Characterizes Fell
low Of Royal Geographic
Society.
MODERN JEKYL-HYDE'

Lorenzo Dow Covington. whose repu-
tation as an archaeologist earned MIN
a fellowship in the Royal Geographic
Society. was sentenced yesterday to six
months to three years in the peniten-
tiary in Special Sessions for the "uii-
lawful possession of indecent pictures
and printed matter"
Prof. Covfngton. who is 60 years old
and lives in 271 West Fortieth street
was born in Covington, KY. and is 4
member of the family after which that
city is named. Thomas Horan. proba-
tion officer who investigated the case
said the man had modern DR.. Jekyi
and Mr.. Hyde personality"
In imposing sentence Justice Herbert
said: Zone side Of your brain appears
TO be OF a high mental caiiber, while
the other side is low and degenerate
Your case Is sad one, but we believe
you to be a danger to the community
and that it is our duty to put you away.
Collections in Museums.
turer for the Board of Education. has
lectured in various parts Of the country
and has contributed collections to sew
eral museums as a result of years
passed in excavating and in research
work. He is recognized as leading
Egyptologlst.
When interviewed in the Tombs after
he had been sentenced he said his great
est regret was that his prison tern
would interrupt two proposed lecture
tours with lyceum bureaus. He refused
to tell the names Of the organizations OF
the scientific societies of which he is a
member in this city.
"It might cast a reflection upon them
he explained. Asked about the pictures
he Is alleged to have possessed he said
"They were brought to me from Spair
by friend. 240 of them. i had nc
particular interest in them myself ex'
cepting in so far as I am collector
and make a hobby of collecting all kinds
of things. Lots of other persons In New
York have similar sport pictures but
are fortunate in not being prosecuted"
Told About Others.
Covington was arrested March % OF
complaint of John S. Sumner. secretary
Of the New York Society for the Sup
preston of Vice. 1t was said he Offered
to supply the society with Information
about persons who possessed indecent
pictures and received $50 on two occa-
sions for so doing. Later he was found
to have sold similar pictures to others.
He was examined by DR.. Menas s
Gregory, head of the psychopathic ware
in Bellevue Hospital, and declared sane
Covington has passed much OF his III,
in Europe, in Vienna, Paris. London, thu
Sahara desert and In Egypt He wa
elected to the Royal Geographic Soclet,
upon the proposal of Sir Ernest Shackle
ton.
In 1911 he was reported to have be
come engaged to Baroness Lille Won Del
Goltz and subsequently to have broker
the betrothal He was graduated from
Chickering Institute. Cincinnati.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09

TO South America he was willing enough.
He was in no sense kidnapped. Mr.. An
derson added, insisting that Robertson
selected the place himself and made his
arrangements 10 go. The reason that
Boston was selected as the place to &C
from Newark was that the next boat
started from there.
Mr.. Anderson said Robertson went
from the Adams House in Boston to the
New Richmond Hotel to save expense
and not to keep ARobertson from get
ting mail and kilograms. The room at
the Adams House was costing s12 day
and it was thought better to go TO a
less expensive hotel.
Was 10 Sign Note for Expenses.
The arrangement with Robertson, Mr..
Anderson said. was that he was to get
expenses TO go to South America and
in return was to give promisory note
of Indefinite maturity. 70 be paid when
he got the money. He was going to
South America to meet an Englishman.
friend of his, who he believed would
put him in the way of making fortune
Robertson stayed at Boston from
Thursday night until the following Mon
day night, when, according to MI,
Anderson, tho Burns operatives were
called back to Washington. The reason
for this was that when Mr.. Anderson
returned to Washington he met Mrs. An
drews, Robertson's aunt, with another
woman, from Newark. They had come
to Washington with the story that Rob-
ertson had been kidnapped.
Mrs. Andrews went 30 the British En-
bassy and then to see Mr.. Burns at his
office in the Department of Justice. She
was so bitter over what had been done
that Mr.. Anderson took 1t on himself to
call off the agents who were in Boston,
dropping the whole matter of seeing
Robertson off to South America.
"Both Agents Resigned"
The two agents there were John i.
Ellies, long with the Burns service, and
John Rhuland. Rhuland. according to
Anderson, had intended leaving the SER
vice as soon as the Robertson case was
completed The abandonment nf the
case, therefore. had nothing to 'o with
his quitting. With Mr.. Ell,es hLwever
a. different set of circumsts nces existed,
It seems. When Mr.. Ellies returned to
Washington he apparently got an offer
from Mr.. Jurney or Senator Cuiberson
to work privately on the case and SO he
resigned from the Burns service
Mr.. Ellies's indictment in New Jersey
on the kidnapping charge was surprise
to Burns operatives in Washington. who
are ready to give testimony that nothing
Of the kind existed.
The case all in all is attracting the
utmost attention in Washington because
of the prominence of the Cuibersons.
although Miss Culberson herself is little
known in society. She has passed most
of her time in school in Washington
and Texas, although she Is twen'y-one
Robertson Is said to be twenty-four.
In preparation for his abandoned trip
to South America Robertson through
the efforts of the Burns operatives got
new clothes. In the Boston hotels he
developed keen appetite. feature OF
which was his desire for strawberry
shortcake for breakfast.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
Cuitry's Play Advertises
Paris Herald Want Ads

Special Gable to THE New YORK HEsALp.
Copyright, 1879, by THE New YosK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. May 8.
TIME recognition of the value
of the advertising columns
of The Neio York Herald of
Paris has become so general that
the greatest French playwrights
are willing TO comment upon their
excellence. In Sacha Guitry's latest
comedy at the Theatre Edouard
VII, "Une Petite Main que sc
Place. there Is an amusing scene
touching upon the servant prob
lem. One of the principals turns
to Sacha, points to the dainty and
demure maid and asks: where
did you get your bonner" Where
upon Sacha replies:
WHY. by advertising in The
Ne,o York Herald. of course.
That's the best place to find good
servants"
The reply always is received
with applause, as all Paris is now
familiar with the Herdld's adver-
tisement, showing the figure of a
maid wearing the typical bonnet
stepping through the help wanted
columns.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
BOBBED HAIR TO STAY;
GRAY CRANDMAS. TO GO
Fiat of Hairdressing and
Beauty Culture Association.

PHILADELPHIA, May S.--Bobbed hair
is not going out of style and soon gray
haired grandmothers will be but a
memory-at least that's what was pre-
dicted to-day at the annual conven-
tion of the Hairdressing and Beauty
Culture Association.
One of the "clinic" features of the ses-
sion was demonstration OF the proper
method of bobbing hair Nine young
women gave up their locks.
Bobbed hair will not be restricted to
young women and girls. but soon will be
popular among women of all ages. de-
clared Harry Brautigan. vice-president
of the association. Moreover. he said,
gray hair can be dyed to les original
color, 'and regain it's original luster.''
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
SOFIA BOMB THREAT
FOR u. S. LEGATION
Release of Socco and Vanzetti
Demanded Under Menace.

SorIA. May s (Associated Press) A
threat to blow up the American Lega-
tion here unless the United States Gov
crnment brings about the release OF
Sacco and vsnzetti, Italian Communists
under conviction for murder In Massa-
chusetts. has been received at the lega-
tion.
The threat is contained In an article
in u clandestinely published anarchist
newspaper. THE second bomb will not
fail" the article says. referring to the
explosion OF an Internal machine at the
legation on March IL. The building is
being watched day and night by special
agents.
The New York herald., 1922-05-09
PRIZE FIGHTERS WIFE
ASKS $25, 900 ALIMONY
Says Willie Jackson Has
$325, 900 in the Bank.

Mrs. Pauline Tobin. wife of Oscar
Tobin, lightweight pugilist, whose ring
name is Willie Jackson, appeared before
The Bronx. yesterday to ask for almony
of $4,000 year and $500 counsel fees
in her suit for divorce, saying that the
fighter has s325,000 In bank. Tobn's
counsel replied that his client is "practi-
cally poor" having only $4,000 left OF
his fortune "beca,ise of exorbitant de-
mands made upon him for sable coats
and jewelry by his wife, Tobin is
making "A counter claim for divorce.
naming one Sim.