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Evening star., 1922-04-07


a cold wind blew across the field
at Norfolk yesterday when the teams
took the field. but Mamaux and Joe
Bush went along like machines dur
Ing the earlier innings of the game.
Both hurlers were withdrawn from
the contest after five innings, Mitch
ell supplanting the Brooklyn pltcher'
and Mays taking the place or the
former Red SoX star. Mitchell held
the Yankees to three hits during the
remainder of the game. but Mays got
a terrific beating in the sixth, when
four runs were scored off his pitch
ing. The Dodgers won, 5 to o.
The Giants turned on the White
tered I3-to-3 beating to the Windy
city team. The Giants got sixteen
itits to nine for their opponents, Rob
ertsOn, Chicago recruit. being nit
hard in the second inning.
Meusel performed an unusual feat
in this rally, stealing second twice
in one inning.
Tigers Are stunned.
DETROIT, April 1.-THE Detroit
Americans, travelling through the
south today, are thinking of the A. to-3
defeat at the hands of Birmingham
yesterday.
Pitcher Statham was the Tigers
master. He held them to two real
safeties and one scratch hit, while
his teammates found Holling for ten
blows and played almost errorless
ball. Only one of the Detroiters' six
mispIays figured in the Birmingham
scoring. Cobb directed the play from
the bench.
Evening star., 1922-04-07

LangdOn Cubs, who are to play the
Princetons tomorrow afternoon, want
games. Write Lawrence Murphy, 26O7
Hamlin street northeast, or teIenhone
North 1896.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
WIDOW OF SLAIN SNOWMAN
TO BE QUESTIONED AGAIN
FOR LIGHT ON STRANGE CASE
Daughter Also to Be Asked to
Clear Up Mystery About
Heel Marks.
MURDERER WAS HIRED.
AlibiS Furnished by All Per-
sons With Whom Dead Man
Had Quarreled.

RIVERSIDE. n. j.. March 13.-El-
lis Parker. county detective in charge
Of the Investigation of the murder OF
John T. C'Honest John'O Brunen.
wealthy carnival cwner. will question
again to-day the comely widow. her
-year-cld daughter Hazel,
her mother, Mrs Henry Mohr, and
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry c.
Mohr.
He wants these witnesses to clarity
a number Of things in connection with
the tragedy, one OF which is the
woman's heel prints outside the
kitchen window through which Bru-
nen was killed with a shotgun Fri
day evening as he sat reading a
paper.
The widow. Mis-. Doris Brunen. ac-
coTding to the police, admits the heel
marks are hers. She explained that
before her hsband returned that eve
ming she went out in the yard and
passed the window on her way 10 the
cellar to feed two monkeys Brunen
kept there. The heel marks were in
the spot where the slayer stood later.
and one of them was covered by the
mans footprints.
In cheering up Brunen's career The
holice unearthed the names of half "A
doZer men and women with whom he
mad had serious trouble in the past
five years All these people have
oeen found and all present convinc-
ing alibis. The character of the crime
indicates that it was performed by a
man who WAS hired for the purpose.
The pay job" theory is perhaps
the thing uppermost ir the mind of
County Detective Parker, who is an
unusual type of police investigator.
He has solved many OF the biggest
crimes in this section Of the State,
the most recent, perhaps, being the
killing of William Paul, the Camden
bank runner who a couple of years
ago was lured into IN automobile,
then killed and robbed BY two men,
who burned his body in Burlington
County. Parker sent them to the
electric chair.
1t is pretty well established that a
man killed Brunen. This man. with
apparently a single companion, drove
Continued on Second PageD
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
POLICEMAN FIGHTS
AN ARMED THUG;
OVERPOWERS HIM
Captured After Three Hold Up
a Restaurant on Sixth Ave-
nue-TWo Flee.

II was case of Greek meet Greek
when three thugs tried to hold ur
the three proprietors OF the Greek
restaurant on the second floor OF No,
69l Sixth Avenue at 2.3O A. NJ. to-
day.
William and Constave Kalivas oi
NO. $40 West 10th Street and George
CapIavis OF No. 691 Sixth Avenue: the
proprletors,y were counting up tht
days receipts, about 5000. There
were no customers in the place.
The three robbers came In with
drawn revoIvers and in Greek ordered
them TO put up their hands. The
Kalivas brothers refused, and William
ran 70 window and shouted TOR the
police.
one of the thugs pulled the trigger
of his revolver, but 1t only clicked.
The three robbers made for the stairs
empty handed. Policeman Leo Carey
OF the West SOth Street Station had
heard the cries for help. Two of the
robbers got 10 the street and away
before he arrived, but he met the
man who had tried to shoot at the top
OF the stairs.
Get away or III kill you.' the
robber said as he pointed the pistol
at Carey. The policeman with his
nightstick knocked the weapon out
OF his hands and the two clinched and
rolled fighting to the bottom OF the
stairs. When the prisoner reached
the police station he had to be attend
ed by an ambulance surgeon. He
said he was James Anasasen, twenty
seven. n waiter living at No. 266
West 3Sth Street.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
STATE PETITIONS
U.S.SUPREME COURT
FOR GAS REHEARING
Consolidated Company RuSheS
a Request to Save I'm
pounding of S8OO,OOO.
BROOKLYN UNION WINS.
Attorney Generals and Kings
District Attorneys Suits
Thrown Out.by Court.

WASHINGTON, March ia peti.
tion asking the Supreme Court to i'm.
mediately make effective its decisioll
in the New York City gas case so
that the Consolidated Gas Company
would not have to hand over to Il
special master approximately $500. 900
OF its February revenue was filed in
the Supreme Court to-day by counsel
for the Consolidated Company.
Tho decision on the request de-
pends largely upon the action the
court takes on a petition for re-
hearing Of tho Consolidated Gas
case, also filed with the court to day
by Representatives of the S<ate. Is,
The appeal of the Attorney Gen
eral of New York and the District At
torney of Kings County to have re-
viewed the decision of the United
States District Court in the BROOKLYN
Union Gas Company case, holding the
statutory gas rates of New York con
iscatory was dismissed to-day by the
Supreme Court on the authority of
the consolidated gas cases decided
last Monday.
Motions of the Attorney General of
New York to advancS appeals recent
ly docketed in cases against the Con-
solidated and the New York and
Queens Gas companies, were denied
to-day by the Supreme Court, Chief
Justice Taft announcing that the
denial was without prejudice. The
cases raise questions similar to those
already disposed of in New York gas
decisions by the Supreme Court but
covering different periods of time.
The state and Brooklyn City Off
cials sought to except the Brooklyn
cision by contending that the COM
pany should have used in 1918 and
1919, during the period of hgn
operating costs, a portion of its
contingency" fund, which it was as
serted, had accumulated out of its
liberal surplus earnings during prior
prosperous years. Had this fund been
resorted to they insisted, there would
have been sufficient funds available
to bridge the company over the period
when the State rates were cOnfisca-
tory.
The company asserted the surplus
had been invested in extensions and
Improvements and that it was not
held as a fund
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
ARMED THUGS KILL
STUDENT IN HOLDUP
OF A DRUG STORE
Flee in Car Driven by Woman
From Scene of Shooting Be-
meath Barnard Dormitory.
FAIL TO GET MONEY.
Two Suspects Caught by Alert
Policeman After Chase in
Commandeered Auto.

Highwaymen who used a woman
driver OF their automobile to aver
suspicion when fleeing from thelI
crime--a device which has been notes
frequently recently-murdered Sam.
uel Hadas, a clerk in Charles Fried
gems drug store in Whittier Hall, n
Barnard College dormitory, at Am
sterdam Avenue and 12Oth Street, Al
Q o'clock last night. .5
Early today Policeman Charles
Winterhalter, young man who has
twice before within month arrested
at the risk OF his life automobile
drivers whose ''looks he didn't like"
and who were later found to be men
charged with robbery mad4 spcr.
tacular capture Of two men in an
automobile at Third Avenue and 152d
Street who may, the police believe,
know something OF the Hadas murder.
Winterhalter's attention was called
to the car because the license
plate was smeared over so it could
not be read. Winterhalter called to
the driver to stop. The man an
swered by putting on more speed.
Winterhalter jumped into follow
ing car and had its driver overtake
the first car and crowd it to the
curb. He made the occupants hold
their hands over their heads until
more policemen came in answer to
the raps of his nightstick.
The car. a Hudson. had the license
plates belonging to the Mitchell car
OF Henry Neff of No. 2Gl Linden
Street, Brooklyn. Under the seat
cushions were the plates belonging
to the Stearns car of John Fabricon
No. 2O7 East 4Sth Street.
Edward Carson of No. 1888 Sreb-
bins Avenue, the driver had a vc-
volver in his coat pocket. Jack Car
huff No. 1494 Brook Avenue, the
other man, said he was an automo-
bile mechanic and was helping Car
son test out the car. Neither would
tell where they got the car or the
extra license plates.
The witnesses of the murder at
Whittier Hall were asked to 90 to
Police Headuuarters TO lool. at tho
two.
Carson and Carhuff were held by
Magistrate Hating in Morrisana
Court on a short affidavit charging
suspicion of grand larceny in 5000
bail for examination wednesday.
Hadas was killed when he went to
the aid of William Carroll, who was
threatened with a revolver by an os-
tensible customer. Carroll had
grabbed the robbers arm and was
Continued on Second PagcD
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ROBINSON CRUSOE
RESCUE REHEARSED
ON ORIGINAL ISLAND
Friday There, Too, Both Dressed
in Goat Skins for Delight
of Pacific Tourists.

VALPARAISO, Chill, March 10
(By maiD The rescue from an
island in the South Pacific Of
Alexander Selkirk, the British
mariner, around whom Daniel
DefOe is said to have woven the
tale of Robinson Crusoe, was viv-
idly pictured to several hundred
tourists, including prominent
British and American residents OF
Valparaiso, on their arrival re-
Gently at Juan Fernandez-the
original Crusoe island-25O miles
off the Chilian coast.
Two natives of Juan Fernandez.
one representing Crusoe and the
other his man Friday, clothed in
the traditional goat skins and
wearing long boards. pushed off
from shore on a raft after they
had sighted the "rescue" ship.
a parrot and a goat were their
only passengers and, as in De
foes story: the raft was laden
with fish, fruits and other island
products.
Boarding the vessel, the ina
rooned" pair were received with
all honors by the Captain, TO
whom "Crusoe" presented his Of
relings, The passengers then took
up collection for poor children
on the island.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
MINISTER
WEDS GIRL AFTER
GETTING DIVORCE
Ellsworth Sends Proof of His
Right to Remarry to New
Brides Parents.


NEW LONDON, Conn. March 13.
Leon Ellsworth, post graduate stu
dent of Wesleyan College and for
mer pastor of the East Berlin Meth
odist Church, who eloped with a
Miss Marjorie Turner of East Berlin,
Conn, has sent the marriage certifi-
cate tof her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther +. Turner, showing he has
been legally made her husband. The
parents received the communication
telling of the marriage in Dallas,
Tex, on Friday evening He aIso
sent papers showing he had obtained
full legal separation from his former
wife, Elizabeth Woodward of Nor
wich, n. Y.
In the letter he explicitly stated
he had obtained the divorce before he
was married to Miss Turner. when
was in accordance and fulfilment of
the written agreement and oral un-
derstanding with the girls parents.
Ellsworth and Miss Turner, now
Mrs. Ellsworth, sent letters to her
parents regularly as they made their
way west to Detroit They left New
Britain Monday morning. Feb. 20,
and arrived in Detroit four days
later. They continued their journey
to Dallas after a brief stay witt
Ellsworth's cousins.
Ellsworth writes that they will stay
in Dallas for one year or more before
returning East, since he has secured
a position with an insurance COM
panv in that city.
Mrs. Ellsworth informs her mother
in letter received this noon tha,
they will begin housekeeping right
away.
Ellsworth has sent the papers Of
divorce to his parents in Norwich.
n. Y.
The families of all concerned are
satisfied with what has taken place.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
3 INDIVIDUALS AND 3F|RMS
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY IN
STREET GAS LAMP TRUST"
Accused of Forming Monopoly
to Boost the Prices in ~.
G. l." Deals.
AO CITIES AFFECTED.
Charged That Rental for
Brooklyn Lamps Was Raised
From Sl2 a Year to $3.50.

Indictments charging three corpora
, lions and eight individuals with Grim
kDef conspiracy to monopolize anc
boost prices of gas lamps used foI
lighting the streets of 200 cities were
disclosed to-day by order of United
States District Judge Mack as a result
Of the investigation described Friday
by The Evening World. The persons
indicted are:
IN Samuel T. Bodine, President of
tho United Gas Improvement
i Company ot Philadelphia, which
NJ owns or controls gas companies
all over the United States. and IS
familiarly known as 1.-THE U. G.
\ l."
n Randall Morgan, Vice President
Of the U. G.. /.
Sidney Mason, President of the
Welsbach Company.
e. S. Newbold, President of the
ZSities Illuminating Company and
Vice President Of the Welsbach
Street Lighting Company.
Arthur +. Shaw, Vice President
Of the Cities Illuminating Com
pany and President of the Wells
bach Street Lighting Company.
William Ffndley Brown, a di-
Irector of the Cities Illuminating
y &sompany, lawyer for many
years IN the service of the u. G..
]. and now an assistant District
Attorney OF Philadelphia.
Charles Patterson of the Pat
terson Street Lighting Company
Of st. Paul and Minneapolis.
George NJ. Landers of New
Britain Conn, President of Lam
1ers, Frary and Clark. manu-
= 'acturers of fixtures.
rhe corporations indicted are the
Lited Gas Improvement Company,
e Welsbach Company and the
ties Illuminating Company.
The capitalization of the defendant
Continued on Fifth Page.)
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HARDING TO LEAVE
FLORIDA ON FRIDAY
lntimateS That He Will Start
Homeward That Day From
ST. Augustine.

FORT PIERCE. Fla. March IL
(Associated Press) ).-Presiden Har.
ding expects to conclude his vacation
and leave st. Augustine Friday for
" ashington, he intimated to-day 10
nCwspapermcn.
MIR Harding expects to go as far
South as Palm Beach on the Mclean
houscboat and return from there to-
morrow afternoon by rail toA St.
Augustine.
"lf | were making a guess, he
said, discussing his plans for the re-
maiadcr Of the trip. 81 would say that
the party will leave 81. Augustine for
Washington after the golf game
Friday"
The President played round of
golf on the course here with his host
and two others He said he had not
hc.gd of the reported attack by SUI
pclintcndcnt Anderson OF the New
York Anti Saloon League on the
Constitutional League and its alleged
"hOodwinkinE" OF Mr.. Harding and
other members of the Administration
into becoming members.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
DOLLAR IN N. Y.
BUYS Is F. c. MORE
| THAN A YEAR AGO
,5mpared With Pre-War Value,
1t Is Worth SO 1-2,CentS
TO-DaV.

Residents of New York are 25
,r cent. richer than a year ago.
ae dollar buys one.quarter more
the biggest city now than :.
id at the beginning of 1921, re.
sorts to the Department of Labor
bow.
, Compared with the pre-war dollar,
he unit base OF American cur.
|ency is now worth 56Is cents. A
'ear ago 1t had a comparative
Falue of less than As cents. The
Increase is due to u general de.
line in prices. AS prices decline
he dollar gets fatter, taking on
1ore weight or value in purchas-
ng power.
In New York the dollar does not
ct go as far as the same amount
4 currency throughout the United
tates as a whole. Taking the
ountry generally, the dollar is
Forth about so cents compared
ith its pre.war counterpart.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
GETS FORTY LASHES
AND TWENTY YEARS
FOR $11 HOLD-UP
Negro Is Also Fined $500 aud Costs
in Delaware Move to H-21,;
Crime Wave.

WILMINGTON, Del. March 13.
Convicted OF h0'd lE u pthrcc
Negroes and rofhluG them Of Sll,
William Henry Brown, a Negro,
was sentenced to-day to receive
$twenty years in prison, to re-
ceive forty lashes at the whipping
post and TO pay fine of $500
and costs.
Judge Richard 5. Rodney i'm
prsed the sentence, which is in
keeping with the policy Of the
Court to break the crime wave
in Delaware.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
z, zoo BOERS AND STRIKERS
CAPTURED BY RAND TROOPS.
Who LOSE 700 IN F|GHT|NI
DisturberS in Wide Area Give
Way as Government Forces
Rally and Gain Upper Hand,
Says Official Communique.
Seized Spies and Documents
Reveal That Money for the
"Red Revolution" in South
Africa Came From Outside.

PRETORIA, Union of South Africa,
March 13 (Associated Press) Gov
ernment forces are proceeding with
great success against the revolu-
tlonists, according to an official COM
munique issued at midnight. The
statement says:
The total number Of prisoners
taken In the operations in the CEN
trail area is 1900. Our forces occu-
pie3 With but slight casualties the
high ground around westcliffe.
In the eastern area, Major Gen.
Van Deventer's troops forced the rev,
olutionaries to retire into Benoni. In
tho western area, our forces reached
Krugersdorp Owenty.two miles north
west OF Johannesburg) and are now
pushing eastward. We have occupied
Riepfontein dn British Bechuana,
lahd)."
Airplanes have twice dropped
bombs on revolutionary commandos,
infiicting severe casualties, and "a
large number Of strikers have been
killed or wounded in an attack against
cavalry at Ellis Park, says COM
municatiOn giving n record of dis.
turbances growing out of the strike
situation.
Airplanes dropped thirty-two bombs
on revolutionists surrounding a party
OF police in the Brixton area, caus-
ing numerous casualties and scatter
ing the others, many of whom sur
rendered.
LONDON, March IS (Associated
Press AN agency despatch from
Johannesburg this afternoon says:
Through the capture of spies and
documents it was learned that the
money for the Red revolution came
from abroad.
at is expected that peace will soon
be restored"
It is believed in official circles, the
message states, that there win con- ,
tinue to be small setbacks, such as
the loss Of isolated posts, but an re-
CARDS the general result little doubt
is felt
Premier Smuts issued a statement
to-day. Reuters Johannesburg CORE
spondent says, declaring the revolu-
tionary movement Is the work Os
trcmists who are using the strike a
the mines as IA cloak for the dis
OF syndiCalist views. The .
Premier declares the military position
is well in hand and that with the CO.
operation of the loyal citizens who are
actively supporting the Government,
il should not take long to re- establish
peaceful conditions.
Premier Smuts adds that while
general strike in South Africa has
been declared, the mass Of workers E
and trades uniouists outside OF the
Rand have refused to be stampeded
into it. The outstanding feature OF
the situation, he says, has been the
exemplary behavior of the natives.
JOHANNESBURG, UNION or
AFRICA. March l2.-Re-
ports of heavy casualties in widely
scattered fighting with striking
miners continue to reach here. but
owing TO the censorship many details
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
GOV. EDWARDS SIGNS BOXING
BILL

TRENTON, N j.. March l3.-Gov.
Edwards to-day signed he Evans bill
which provides that the maximum price
for seat at boxing exhibition shall
be- Sij; that all boxing officials shall
be residents Of New Jersey and that
permits be obtained ten days before
the show.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
DENIES RUMOR
KAISER is DEAD
Holland Heard Wilhelm Had
Passed Away, but Official
Circles Refute Report,

AMSTERDAM, March ia re-
port spread through Holland to-day
mat formeu Kaiser Wilhelm of
Hohenzollern had died suddenly at
Doom.
In official circles. the rumor was
denied.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
FATTY ARBUCKLE'S
THIRD TRIAL OPENS
Unexplained Absence of IA Venire-
men Causes Postponement
Until This Afternoon.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 1S.-The
case of Roscoe C. C'Fatty'D Arbuckle,
charged with manslaughter in connec-
tion with the death of Miss Virginia
Rappc, was called to-day for trial the
thir' time, but recess was taken until
the afternoon session of court because
lou''een members OF the venire of sixty
five were not on hand.
The bailif was instructed to ascertain
why they were absent.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
TO REPORT BONUS
DESPITE MELLON
Republicans on Ways ami Means
Committee Decide They viii
Stand Pat.

WASHINGTON, March I3.-Rn.
publican members of the House Ways
and Means Committee decided at "a
conference to-day to stand pat ON
their determination to report the CONF
promise Soldiers Bonus Bill, despite
objections to it's provisions by Seer, .
tary Mellon and Comptrollcr of ilr
Currency Crissingcl.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
DR.. PRINCE GIVES UP
SEARCH AFTER GHOST
scientist Declines to Announce
Result InveStIEatIOn,

HALIFAX, March 13.-word was re-
celNed here to-day that DR.. Walter
FRANKLIN Prince, Director of the Amer
lcan Institute for Scientific Research in
New York. had left the famous haunted
mouse In Caledonia Mills. to return TO
Halifax. The scientist declined 10 state
whether he had been able TO nick nm
the ephemcral trail of the ghost.
with the Investigator departed an
army of movie men who hoped to snap
the ghost at play. These unofficial in
vestigators were ordered out of the
farmhouse by Dr. Prince last night. in
order that he might occupy the dwelling
entirely alone.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
GENOA FARLEY FIXED FOR
APRIL 10.

ROME, March 13.-The date of the
Genoa Economic Conference has been
fixed as April 10, it was officially an
nounced to-day.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13
KANSAS INDUSTRIAL
COURT is SUSTAINED
Highest Tribunal Refuses to Re
view Appeal of Labor Leaders.

WASHINGTON. March l8.-The Su-
preme Court dismissed to-day the writs
OF error by which Alexander Howat and
other labor leaders sought to have re-
viewed the decision of the Kansas state
courts holding them guilty of contemnt
OF court for their refusal TO appear he.
fore the Court of Industrial Relations.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-03-13

THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU.
Arcade. Pulitzer (Worldl Building b3-6s
Park Row, y. Y CITY Telephone Hickman
4OUO Check room for baggage and parcels
open day and night Money orders and
tTuvelleT- ch-rEs Tor sale.-A Advt
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