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The New York herald., 1922-01-17
MERCHANTS WIDOW
DIES MYSTERIOUSLY
Physician Says Mrs. Bedrosian
Drank Poison; Coroner Finds
Natural Cause.

Circumstances in the death OF Mrs
Aphkla Bedrosian, widow of an Arrne-
Man merchant, who died yesterday at
her hcme, 10 North Broadway. White
Plains. are being investigated to de-
termine Whether she committed suicide
or died from natural causes. Her hus-
band, who was a well known antique
dealer and rug merchant died several
months ago after an operation IN the
White Plains Hospital.
Mrs. Bedrosian had been under tho
care OF Dr. Frederick Petersen, a New
York nerve specialist, for several months
and was being cared for in her home by
a nurse. Alice Duckworth She had been
suffering from neurasthenia for three
years.
Miss DuclSworth told Coroner Ed
ward Fitzgerald she found Mrs. Bedro-
sian dead in bed ct noon. She called
DR.. Francis A. Birch of 10 North Broad
way, who reported to the police tha.
Mrs Bedroslan apparently had died from
drinking "a mixture of chloroform and
alcohol"
Neither the members of the Bedrosian
family nor the coroner were satisfied
that Mrs. Bedrosian had committed sui
autopsy to determine whether the
woman had swallowed any liquid that
caused her death
Coroner Fitzgerald said there was
nothing to show that Mrs. Bedrosian
committed suicide. IF she had taken
chloroform." he said. 'it would have
acted as an emetic. and there was no
such condition I examined the nurse,
who told me Mrs. Bedrosan had
changed her position In bed on her re-
turn. and perhaps the exertion attendant
on this caused heart failure"
DR.. Henry T. Kelly. one of Mrs Re
drosians personal physicians. agreed
with the Coroner and others that Mrs.
Bedrosian had died of natural causes.
This version is accepted also by Dr..
Edwin Ramsdell. president of the White
Plains Board of Health, who said he
would conduct further examinations,
however. before signing a certificate.
Mrs. Bedrosian leaves a sister. Elizabeth
Tartarian, and two children
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
SWINDLER'S VICTIMS
CLAMOR FOR MONEY
Morris Feinfuch Convicted
After Trip to Poland.

When Morris Feintuchf of Norfolk,
Va. was convicted yesterday of larceny
Of funds intrusted TO him a dozen
residents of the East side besieged the
District Attorneys office in the Grim
nal Courts Building and demanded their
money Feintuch was sentenced to from
one and half to three years in State
prison by Justice wasservogel in SUI
preme Court.
In July. 1920. natives of Kalinko.
Poland. living in New York held a ball
to raise funds for the relief of relatives
of Kalinko. Feintuch read an adver-
tisement OF the ball, came to this city.
talked with promoters of the affair and
offered TO take the funds to Poland. as
he said he was about to visit that
country.
Feintuch received total OF between
5000 and $1,000 from twenty or thirty
persons, It was alleged. lie turned over
part TO the proper persons in kalinko
and then returned to this country. say
ing he had been forced to leave Poland
because Of Bolshevist activities. He fled
TO Norfolk and was extradited.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
POLICE CAPT. BAILEY
FREED OF TIP CHARGE
Whitman Indictment DIS.
missed by Judge Mcintyre.

The indictment against Police Captain
william A. Bailey. formerly In charge
of the West Thirtieth street station.
charging violation of section 1926 of the
penal law in accepting a gratuity. was
dismissed yesterday by Judge John F.
Mcintyre in Court of General Sessions.
The indictment was one of the nearly
a score of similar charges made against
members of the police force during the
whitman Grand Jury investigation. con-
Quoted early in 1921. About eight in
dictments are pending.
1t Is understood that Capt. Bailey will
return Immediately to duty on the police
force. now that the charge of accept
ing $500 from the Association of Fur
Manufacturers for his work during a
strike has been dismissed. William
Pike, assistant manager Of the associa-
tion. told the Grand Jury that he had
given $500 to the officer, although un-
solicited. George ". Brothers. Assistant
District Attorney. told the court yester-
day that there was no corroboration Of
Mr.. Pixies story. and that in view of
decisions in similar cases a conviction
was impossible.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
HIS LEG NOT SOUND,
BUT IT'S SOLVENT
Made of Wood, IL Is Bank for
Big Roll

The variety of uses to which an ordi-
nary wooden leg might be put in an
emergency was demonstrated yesterday
IN the First precinct police court OF
Newark when a man with charity In his
heart and n roll OF bills in his leg hob
bled to the desk and asked Lieut. Fred
erlclS walzer to be allowed TO bail out his
friend Philip Schetzer. who had been
held for raf'eip- to pay "A restaurant
check Of 10 cents
why, certainly. we will accept bail
II viii cost you s25. though" replied
Waller.
"If you will conduct me TO private
room. will have the amount ready for
you in a few minutes" the man replied.
Watching through half opened door,
way. Waller saw the man detach his
leg. unlock a secret impairment and
draw forth a large roll OF bills from
which he stripped s25 lie attached his
leg again and emerged with the money.
His name was withheld out OF consider
alton for the bankroll.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
ENO'S GALLANT WIT
TOLD IN WILLSUIT
He Always Wanted Sight to
See Beautiful Women,
He Said.

Amos F. Emo retained in the last few
months of his life his mastery of polite
conversation and his gallantry OF adj
dress, ii was testified yesterday in Su-
preme Court in a deposition by Mrs
Anne Nicoll Hoes. sister Of De Lancey
Nicoll.
Clarence J. Shearn, counsel for those
defending the will by which he disposed
of his s13.00000O estate, read Mrs
Hoes's deposition to prove Mr.. Emo kept
his faculties to the end. Mrs. Hoes told
how she had met Mr.. Emo one day in
Saratoga. She set forth:
II was walking one morning with my
sister when Mr.. Emo, who was driving
in a carriage. pulled UP at the side OF
the curb and talked to us for ten min
utes. We told him he looked very well
and he told us that we did also. My
sister asked him If it was true that he
had had an operation on his eyes and If
his sight was the better for it.
"T see well enough was his reply.
and 1 hope never to grow so blind as to
drive by two beautiful women without
stopping"
Another witness told how Mr.. Emo
was a very close buyer" and did all
lis own marketing the summer Mrs.
Hoes net him in Saratoga. The witness,
Edgar f. Hewitt. wholesale ana retail
grocer of Saratoga. said:
"He not only knew the prices OF
everything, but also knew the reasons
Of prices and crop and other conditions
that affected them. He bought great
deal Of fruit and used to ask me in
numcrahle questions about it. He knew
where It came from and exactly what
TIE costs of production were and kept
such close track Of the fruit market
that frcm day to day he could tell
whether the retail prices were high or
low"
Walter T. Rich, teller OF the Adiron-
dacl< Trust Company at Saratoga. sent
In a deposition which said Emo knew
great deal about banking. but little
about birds. The deposition asserted
"Hc used to call at our Offices nearly
every morning and talk about banking
and finance These conversations he
had mostly with our officers and said
little to me except about birds. AS soon
as he discovered l knew something
about them, he came to the main point
Of his interest in them: which was that
he had put up bird house in his garden
and the birds had not come near 1t.
IT asked him how near the house 1t
was, and when he told me. I advised
him to place It further away, explaining
that birds were naturally timid. The
next time I saw him, he said that he
had changed the position of his bird
house and that the birds were beginning
to come to It, He seemed to know
great deal about birds whereas he had
known very little a short time before.
He told me he had been reading up.
Yes would say that he was perfectly
rational"
The trial will go on to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
WEEK ENDS IN JAIL
HIS LOT INDEFINITELY
Family Can't Afford to Lose
Earnings of Prisoner.

Week ending in the county Jail prom
iscs to become a popular pastlme in
Jersey. where Justice in addition TO
being swift is sometimes . bit unique
and fantastic. Anyway, Recorder c.
Caesar Walter OF West Hoboken holds
the record SO far FOR finding an original
way by which man may serve the
State and his family at the same time.
August Schneberg. the prisoner says
IL isn't 40 bad IN the winter but he
hates 20 tiiink of leaving work Satur-
day afternoons in the spring and going
to tho Jail 10 spend all that afternoon
and the next day. when he might Just
as we'll serve out his sentence in the
winter
But his wife didn't think SO. and
when Schnebers was sentenced to one
year in jail for annoying young ladies
on the streets OF Hoboken Mrs. schne-
berg became fearful and told the court
that she and her three children would
starve II her provider were taken away
all in bunch like that. SO Recorder
Walter hit upon the plan Of sentencing
schnebcrg to thirty days outright and
The rest In week ends.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
VOLSTEAD DEFIED TO SAVE
PIOUS PARROT, SICK AT SEA
Birds Language After Brandy Doses Is Kept Off Kroon
lands Log and Violation of Missionary's Prohibi-
ton Principles Is Justified by Pets Recovery

Mr. and Mrs. Reitnover and Miss Beu-
lah Mcmillan. Baptist missionaries, who
have been two years in the Upp .r
Congo. returned yesterday by the Red
Star liner kroonland. Miss Mcmillan
brought steelgray African parrot of
high piety and intellectually, being able
TO say the Lords Prayer both in Eng
lish and the native Congo dialect.
Seasickness stilled the parrots voice
for a time, and the only way it was
kept alive was by small doses of cognac.
What language 1t used after the first
several doses is not recorded in the log
of the Kroonland because it is a re-
spectacle document. Miss Mcmillan
permitted the ships doctor to give
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
JEWELRY STORE LOSES
$500 BY SUNDAY THEFT
Labor Union Office Robbed
and 81 500 Stolen.

A cash drawer in the jewelry store OF
Kirkpatrick g. Co, 624 Fifth avenue. was
robbed of $500 some time Sunday night.
Charles Muller. &c. OF 330 East Sixty
nth street night watchman at the store,
was found lying In front OF tho place
early yesterday morning suffering from
concussion Of the brain and told the
police that he had been struck on the
head as he came up a flight OF stairs
from the basement.
The secretary of tho printing press
mems union reported 10 the police that
burglars entered his Office on the twenty
third floor OF a building at 150 Nassau
street some time Sunday and broke
open cabinet and stole $1,000 in cash
and checks.
The trial of Alric westling, who is
said 10 have confessed that he killed
Carl Mollar, n Bronx jeweler. IL sched-
uled TO begin In the Supreme Court In
The Bronx to-day
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
STOLE TO BUY RING,
CLERK IS SENTENCED
Lukis's Defalcations Made
Good by Girl and Family.

a young bank clerks misappropria-
ton of Liberty bonds 20 buy an en-
gagement ring and to start nest egg
for his future homa led yesterday 70
the sentencing of Ernest du r. Lukis,
formerly a mail clerk i'm the New York
offices OF the Federal Reserve Bank. to
three months in the Essex county peni-
Tertiary. Lul<is pleaded guilty to en-
bezzling ten 800 Liberty bonds on Oc-
tober ;. lie was sentenced by Judge
Knox in the Federal court.
The clerk had told John f. Joyce.
Assistant United States Attorney. that
in taking the bonds he had expected
TO receive n salary bonus with which
to meet his defalcations. The bonus
failed to materialize.
When the embezzlement was discov-
cred Lukls's sweetheart gave up the
ring and 800 which Lukis had given to
her and the young mans family turned
over the full amount of the fraud to
the bank.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
PARK EMPLOYEES LOSE.

Justice Whitaker In the Supreme Court
yesterday denied an application for a
mandamus compelling Comptroller Craig
to audit and pay more than $4,000 in
salary increases 10 employees OF the
Bronx Park Commission
In dsmissing the application Justice
Whitaker upheld Mr.. Craig. who refused
TO pay the increases on the ground that
most OF the work of the commission was
done In Westchcster county and that the
commission did not include the increases
In their schedules OF last yeat
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
subdividcd 1000 Times.

The original culture has been sub
divided nearly 1000 times. The cells
increase so fast that on the average the
area of the culture is trebled In forty
eight hours At the end OF that period
II Is divided into two or three pieces.
which are transferred to bath of
Ringers solution. After forty-flve Sec
onds in this bath they are transferred to
a fresh mixture OF the medium used for
perpetuating the strain, composed OF
equal volumes of chicken plasma and
chick embryo extract
They are then placed in an incubator
and kept In an average temperature OF
103 degrees Fahrenheit. The best plasma
is obtained from healthy chickens not
more than two years old which have not
been fed for twenty-four hours The
tissue extract employed is obtained from
chick embryos seven to eight days old.
In his last report, published three years
ago. DR.. EbelIng said the rate of growth
seemed to have Increased progressively
during the first seven years of life out
side the chicken heart from which the
original tissue came. but that possibly
this might be merely apparent and due
to notifications OF technique.
During the first year the growth was
slow and irregular. because it was not
yet known that certain substances con-
tained in embryonic juices were essential
to permanent life.
The method of cultivating the chicken
tissue is similar 10 that of cultivating
disease germs. The use of culture ma
terial within sealed receptacles is neces-
sary. The receptacles being Of glass. the
living tissues may be studied constantly.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17

brandy to the parrot simply because IL
was case of lifesaving. she being an
advocate of prohibition.
Miss Mcmillan was the only unmar-
ried one of five white persons on the
Kuila River. 800 miles inland. and had
her own hut and was cared for by ma
tive women. to whom she taught some
of tha rudiments of civilization.
They learned from her how TO make
their own clothing. after their husbands
had selected the goods The husbands
had no eye for color. but sought dura-
bility only. while the ladies preferred a
little gaudiness. Miss Mcmillan will
stop at the Bible Teachers Training
School, 81 Lexington avenue.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
TEACHER FREE IN POKER
CHARGE NOW OUSTED
And Nine NeWton, ". j.,
Teachers Who Quit Get Back.

z. J.. Baxter. principal. and nine
teachers OF the Newton, n. j., High
SCHOOL resigned last Saturday morning
because the Board OF Education of New.
ton had tried Paul Miller. teacher OF
science. on charges which alleged among
other things he played poker and had
taught some Of his pupils the game. and
exonerated him on all but one charge.
lie was found guilty Of failing TO at.
tend assembly, but no punishment was
suggested.
Last night, however, the board held
special meeting and after considerable
argument adopted a resolution dismiss
inv Miller and reinstating the principal
and the nine teachers who had resigned
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
DELAN0 ESTATE $1,3os, ,42e.
hulk of Bankers Property Goes 20
Eis Children

A total value Of si.S75,675 is set by
Tho .fansfer Tax Commission, on the
esrate OF Eugene Delano. the banker Of
Brown Brothers, who died in April, 1920.
The net estate is appraised at s1.3Os.-
l2o, OF which the principal item is tho
oecedents Interest in Brown Brothers.
which Is valued at S767.226. Most of
the rest of the estate consists OF real
estate. His children. William A. and
Moreau Delano and Mrs Caroline d
wadsworth and Mrs. Susan A. Nickel
wy. receive the bulk Of tho estate.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
All ten-piece Matched Suites

Sixth Gallery, New Building.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
OriginalCulture Subdivided
1000 Times at Rookie
feller Institute.
LINK TO HUMAN LIFE?
Possibilities Of Experiment
With Strain of Tissues
to Be Published.

Ten years ago to-day DIR. Alexis
Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute
isolated a fragment of tissue from the
heart of an embryonic chicken. The
tissue kept on growing; it has kept
on growing ever since At first it was
real heart tissue. and for 104 days, as
the cells multiplied themselves, pulsa-
tions could be detected under the
microscope-the beating of a heart.
Then the connective tissue cells over
ran tEe others, and since then it has
been connective tissue.
So fast does it grow that it would
now be an enormous mass except for
the fact that every forty Eight hours
it is subdivided and part of 1t dis
carded. Many generations of chickens
have been hatched and have gone
where good fowls go, but the sub
stance Of the chick that happened to
on January II. 1912, is perpetuating
itself at just as lively rate as ever.
It is, so far as those who are watch
ing and nourishing it can see, i'm
mortal.
Since the indefinite survival of the
embryonic tissue by means Of prolifcra-
tion, or reproduction of living cells, be-
came an established fact, DIR. Carrel and
mis- assistant. DR.. Albert II H.~Ebeling. have
naturally wondered what. If any. bear
ing their experiment may hove on human
life.
The New York herald., 1922-01-17
Old Age Causes Sought.

Persons in touch with them believe
something must surely come Of studies
which enable the scientist not only to
observe so minutely the growth of body
tissue. but to experiment also with the
breaking down of that tissue-to find
out what makes 1t break down. what
causes "old age"
Neither DR.. Carrel nor DR.. Ebeling
has ever been willing to speculate along
this line. Heretofore they have merely
reported the progress and procedure of
the experiment with the strain of con-
nective tissue which has been kept alive
In the Rockefeller laboratory. Now that
the tenth year is ended. another report
Is in preparation. 1t will be published
in the Journal of Experimental Medicine,
of (which DIR. Simon Flexner is editor
1t will give whatever conclusions the
investigators have been able TO reach.
What they are could not be learned yes
terday. IT is believed DIR. Carrel and
his assistant take the position that II
they have widened the field of biological
study others are welcome to profit by
II and to make whatever application they
choose. They hesitate to say anything
that might provoke unjustified assump-
tions regarding the continuity of human
life.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-04-25

ment of all the muscles and the brain
as well. through carefully worked out
exercises supplemented by athletics.
The young men of Annapolis who
do not belong to Company M are Of
fered the advantages of this splendid
physical training for giving one even
ing per week. of one and one-half
hours OF his time for which he Is gem
erously paid, and attending for a de
lightful period of two weeks in camp
during the summer and readiness to
help the State and Nation protect the
life and property of his neighbors in
time of trouble. Nothing more.
Ii in doubt about any part of this
National Guard duty or its simple re-
quirements, Captain Murphy, the COM
handing officer of Company M" is
always glad to discuss the same with
young men without any obligation on
their part whatsoever.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-04-25
BLUEJACKETS DOWN
MELVILLE TOSSERS

The sailors of the U. S. S. Reina
Mercedes crossed bats with the strong
Melville nine Sunday afternoon at
Annapolis. Though the sailors came
through with the big end of the score
of to l, it proved to be an exciting
and interesting game. 1t was hard
fought throughout by both teams. The
game was featured by many star
plays, the fielding of O'Donnell of the
visiting team and the pitching of
Seipps for the sailors showing up ex-
ceedingly well.
The sailors will meet the Alec A. c..
of Baltimore, on Sunday in what is
expected to be. another hard fought
game. but the sailors feel confident
that they can come home with the
honors, and their ninth straight game.
The sailors have few open dates and
would like to book games with strong
teams from Baltimore and other
towns in Maryland, and also Wash
ington teams. For open dates, adj
dress Filliam Badders, L. S. S. Reina
Mercedes. Annapolis, Md
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-04-25
COMPANY M IN GOOD
PHYSICAL CONDITION

When considering the military
training of Company M, there is
one of its most important features
that many people fail to think of in
the proper relation TO the prepared
ness of our young men here for the
service of their country and their civ
ilian pursuits.
The feature TO be considered in the
physical training obtained through ex-
ercises in conjunction with the regu-
lar drills. such as callisthenics and
various other exercises which devel-
OPP the muscles when training the
body and mind TO lie alert and re-
spond to the will of their own. In
addition to these compulsory exer-
cises the soldier has the benefit of
many forms of athletics promoted in
conjunction with and as an aid to his
military training.
Ample facilities have been provid-
ed ty the State for the promotion OF
these activities by the construction OF
armories in the majority of the cit
es where National Guard Companies
are located, and every effort is Icing
made, and with considerable promise
of success to erect armories in the
| near future at such places where their
| need is greatest.
II has Leen recognized by the mill
| tary as well as by educational in
| structors of every description, that
athletics and exercises. which tend to
promote alertness. are a great en-
eft to men in every walk of life. and
| it is mainly ecanse OF this fact that
the American soldier is always in ct
ter physical condition than any other
class of Individuals
The National Guard, through the
| facilities of its armories and drill
halls. offer unlimited opportunity for
the development and pleasure OF all
| it's members, TO participate in some
sort of sport or game appropriate to
every season of the year. Because of
| the many recreational features in the
armory and teams organized for such
sports as baseball basketball, etc
among the members of the National
Guard, the local company offers AL
and more than Whit could be expected
in first-class club.
| 1t is by such employment that re-
quires great physical effort that many
men earn their livelihood, and at the
same time, abnormally develop some
particular set of muscles, which is OF
no material benefit to the physique as
a whole, however, this sort of de-
velopment is not contemplated in the
scheme of military physique though
as the result sought is the develop
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-04-25
EXAMPLE Of SABOTAGE
UNCOVERED IN FLORIDA
correspondence Associated Press,


LEESBURG, FLA, Apr. 25--What
| is believed to be an example of sabot-
age practiced ty enemies of this coun-
| try during the World War has come
to light here A concern in the north
manufacturing bolts and castings for
the government had a large quantity
Of material left at the time or the
armistice and a cooperation construct
| ing a factory here purchased several
thousands of the bolts. They appear
ed to be perfect until mechanics at
tempted to use them. Then it was
discovered that many had been sawed
almost to the center from both sides
at the threaded end. leaving a bare
eighth of an inch of metal intact. The
nuts on the damaged bolts had been
screwed down to a point where they
concealed the cuts.
Had he bolts been sent abroad they
would have been useless for the pur-
pose for which they were designed.