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New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Santa Claus Hurt,
Swears To BE Out
Tomorrow Might
Knocked OF Curb, Head CG:,
by Burly Unbelicver, Fec
bly, Admonishes Children
To BE Good 2 Days Mcr

Thoro ere lot Of ehiidfcn IN bls O.
wick to-day who don't believe ,fr
Claus will be ab'e 70 make u. ~
with the reindeer anj hIs big pack ia-
morrow night. Santa bad a Bad acf
dent last night while be was taking f'
a lot Of boys and eirla standing a-oure
him a. Broadway and Gates Avenue
Drooklyn.
Tie was standing on box about
foot high with a red painted chimney
beside him. into which Darscrsby vefo
asked 20 toss a nickel or a dine 81.
Christmas disncrs Tor TO poor. N
was about 3 O'Clock, nnd O. Josliih.
throng filled The sidewalk to 20 bipl.
The boys and girls who wanicd 90 YAK
with Santa stood around bon and lit
ring got ever thicker and eyer ci9..cl
A big man who never nfieted ,.
Santa clbowed bis way through. enp
In his rush pushed Santa Claus on ~,
box into the gutter
Prom his forehead blood sifeaniei
down. dyeing bis white beard 11d mrt
tachc the color Of bis tunic. santa "as
heiped 10 hs feet by falfoim l
Hildcb,and. who summoned ~ am1r.
lance from Wyckod Heights Ho'pitf'
Dr. Zozelin treated him for fractutf
~ri.t ana badly cut head. - be-
was boing taken away % tne Noiun'
teers OF America, 1893 Latl hineiy-
fourth street. Brooklyn, Who sent n.m
out. Santa Claus cried fcebly 20 tl.
wistful crowd Of youngsters' 80 g9qoH
children wv, and III see you Onfi'I
mas" -,
Who vas the Santa Claus7 Why
Santa himself AK any Of The Kids.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Consignors Win Suit
SI2.842 Worth of Watches Are
Lost i'm Transit Through City

p. II. Keehon, head OF a trucking
hrm, was held responsible in Queens
court yesterday for the disappearance
Of a valuable consignment Of gold and
platinum wrist watches shipped from
Paris, and the jury awarded the
Furonean Watch and Clock Company,
the consi0nors. a verdict Of Si2,S42.6l.
Il was shown that the package con;
taining the jewelry had been turned
over 70 the trucking concern here etre-
fully wrapped and sealed by the com
psny. when Il was delivered 10 the
New York Office Of the watch company
h was discovered that the package con-
tsined nothing but a few watch crystals
and some paving brick. The keehon
company contested the action, claim
ing that the substitution had been
made before the package was turned
over to them
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Harding PardOns Three
Long-Term Prisoners
Texan, an Overseas Disabled
Veteran and a Canadian Get
Sentences COMMITTED

WASHINGTON, Dec. zZ.--The doors
Of Federal prisons were ordered opened
by President Harding to-day for the
release at Christmas time Of three men
serving long sentences for violation Of
Federal laws.
The three prisoners whose sentences
we're commuted were Thomas Parker,
convicted of manslaughter in Texas
and serving a fve-year sentence; John
Willard Delaney, a disabled overseas
veteran, sentenced in California on
charge Of conspiracy to forge, and John
Carl. a Canadian, sentenced in Alaska
FOR second degree murder. Delaney Is
to be released on December "a and
tho others on Christmas Day.
IL was indicated that other cases had
been recommended TO President Hard
ing officially for inclusion in the
Christmas clemency list and that ac-
ton on one or moro Of these might
be expected before Christmas Day.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
4 Held in Gaming Raids
81 Discharged After Police
Visit Suspected Places q.

Detectives and patrolmen raided the
Active Republican Club. iS6 West
Forty.fourth Street, yesterday, and ar
rested John Brockhagen, 624 West
Forty-fourth Street; Frederick ober'
bsught. S5S West Portyfourth Street,
and John Kelly, Iss West sixty-seeond
street The last named is charged
with maintaining gambling resort
and the fret two with frequentlng the
place. Twenty-seven others arrested IN
the raid were discharged by Masistrate
peter A. Hating In West Side Court
Those dismissed we're charged with dts
Richard Manden, 2i5 West Ninety
second Street, charged with gambling,
also gAs held in 5000 bail BY hsgis,,
trate Hating. handen, VINO IS rear
by detectives OF Chief Inspector Lahey {.
STAFF in a general raid on alleged
gambling houses.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Bail Cut in Navy Thefis
22 Men Charged In Brooklyn
Free for Christmas

Federal Judge Garvin, IN Brooklyn,
yesterday reduced the bail Of the TWEEN
ty.tko men arrested IN connection With
thefts from. the Brooklyn navy base
from 5000 each 70 81 500 each. A. a
result all the prisoners will be released
before Christmas.
United States Attorney Ralph G..
Green agreed 20 the bail reduction, but
announced that on January 3, the date
set for hearing the cases, he would
move that bail be increased 70 $500.
The Rev. John Gordon. pastor Of Brown
Memorial Church, Schenectady Avenue
and Herkimer Street, Brooklyn, ap-
peared IN behalf Of Albert Lemon, one
Of the men accused, who Is a Sunday
school superintendent In the church.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Turkeys DotCn TO 45c;
Market Is Overloaded

Housewives who waited till the
last minute 10 buy their Christ
mas turkeys were rewarded yes
terday by q further slump Of 8
cents a pound, making total
drop Of 10 cents a pound since
Monday. Tho wholesale market,
p. Q. Foy, food expert, said, in
reviewing the situation, is 30 con-
gested with birds from every part
Of the country that the very best
are bringing IS cents a pound. AZ
Thanksgiving these birds brought
so cents.
Good turkeys can be obtained
at 32 10 l8 cents a pound, and the
best Texas birds sold for IL cents.
Medium grades are quoted at SO
10 30 cents.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Fire Empties Apartments
Thcater Folk Flee Blaze That
Does $4,000 Damage

Defective insulation, according to the
police, caused the FIRE In the twelve
story apartment house, at $40 Seventh
Avenue early yesterday which did S25,-
900 damage in the apartment Of Walter
J. Kingsley, publicity representative
Of the Keith vaudeville circuit, and
drove from their apartments many
members Of the theatrical profession
among whom we're Conway TcRrle and
Adele Rowland.
Mr. Kinsley said he was aroused by
smoke in his bedroom and found a
brisk FIRE In his library. which contains
A valuable gallery Of 200 portraits
collected By him In the last twelve
years. Among the first editions dam
aged or destroyed was one Of Oscar
Wilde. Excited tenants were taken 70
the ground floor By two negro elevator
operators. The fire was put out IN
half hour BIZ the fremen.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
RumShipsHOpe
Seaplanes Will
Foil Dry Navy
Zone Chief Applcby Says 1t
Is the Last Resort, Since
Vessels Cannot Run Am.
brose Channel Blockade
Sure Effort Will Fail
Quantity of Cargo Too
Small to Warrant Risk
of Seizing Air Smugglers

Now that the prohibition navy has
made rum running BY sea speculative,
II not a dangerous venture. thc com
modores OF the liquor feet, held up OF
The Ambrose Channel, have decided 10
try going over the blockade instead Of
through II, Zone Chief John d. Apple.
by announced last night. Thirteen sea
planes. he said. are being oyerhhuled
in Long Island factories for use in
bringing in tho eity's liquor supply
from the Bahamas.
Mr.. Appleby made his announcement
with an air Of omniseienee worthy OF
Lightnin' Bill Jones at his best, 20
which he added q second announcement
that he was ready for the problem
which will confront tho enforcement
staff when II finds some 10000 square
miles or more Of back country added
TO the littoral which they have just
succeeded In making impervious.
The zone chief gave no hint OF the
steps he has taken beyond announe-
ing that six more agents have Just
been assigned 70 Long Island, nor did
he say that there was no foundation
for tho rumors which have been cur
rent since last summer that seaplanes
already have been used In rum running
with such success that ever. the re-
suits Of their activities have been un-
known TO the authorities.
Zone Chief Confident
Appnrcntiy Mr Appleby drew much
OF ~ confidence from the implied ad-
mission Of the rum runners that he
had been too much for them on the
sea and from the small return which
would follow Il successful smuggling
exploit through the air.
"a $4,000 plane could only bring
in seventy-fyc cases a trip in the best
OF weather, a cargo less valuable than
the machine which would be riskcd."
he said. an bad weather, when the
danger OF detection would be 30 much
less and when the planes would prob
ably dc most Of their work, they could
only carry twenty-five cases or so, a
quantity which would hardly be worth
the risk. This plan is last resort.
"They had no other alternative" he
replied, except 10 return TO the Ba-
hamas. The seizure OF the SquantO
and her $5000O0 cargo established the
folly Of trying 10 get through the
DlOckade. ana II IS out OF the question
for the feet to remain where II Is. Not
TO mention the fact that their supplies
arc running low, there Is the inereas-
ing prevalence Of piracy.
Reports 5000 Cases Stolen
81 have received reports indicating
that at least 5000 cases OF liquor have
been stolen from rum running vessels
recently By crews Of small, heavily
manned motor boats, which have taken
advantage Of the inability Of the liquor
owners TO appeal 10 the law for pro-
lection. These pirates board the ships
at night, overawe the crews with re-
volvers and then take a chance with
the blockade with as much whisky as
the craft can carry"
Mr.. Appleby had nothing TO say
about the success Of his men in catch
ing the pirates on their way to shore.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Tea Store Robbed of Sl29
Bandit Locks Up Manager and
Clerk i'm BROOKLYN

The Atlantic and Pacihc Tea otoTe
AT 25l Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn,
took in Si29 in cash yesterday, Last
night an unidentified armed bandit took
the S129 away again.
Morris Rosenberg, Of 34i Pennsyl.
va7ia Avenue, and John Walker, OF
935 Lafayette Avenue, manager and
clerk in the store, were forced into
back room az the point Of a revolver
by the bandit, who turned the key on
the men and made a clean getaway.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Liquor Arrests Increase
Figures Show Big Jump Over
Previous Dry Years

A notable increase in arrests FOR in
toxication during 1922 over previous
years since prohibition is indicated
By figures reported yesterday BY
Chief Magistrate William AeAdoo: AZ
against f4f4 arrests for the third
quarter OF 1921. the same quarter this
year totals 2,i25. The arrests during
the second quarter OF 1922 exceeded
those during any other quarter OF
either 1920 or 1921. numbering 2i'lO.
The statement follows:
Total number Of arrests for into1-
ieation in all the magistrates courts
1920. fourth quarter, 2lgb; lsEl'
fourth quarter. 1884; 1921, frst guar
ter. 2.Os4; 1922, first quarter, Z'Oso'
1921. second quarter. 1924; 1922, sec
ond quarter, 2,7ioi 1921, third quarter
i.4il; 1922, third quarter, 2,l2o'
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
T. s. Rewards Policemen
o % AtD" ""' uo
$1,000 Each 10 3 Who Aided in
Mail Bandits Capture

Detective sergeants John L. o'Brien'
Frederick steoat and Edward A. Kiley'
~ the Fifth Avenue and Broadway
sauad. received checks yesterday OF
N GOO each from the Postofiiee De.
nartment FOR their work in the arrest
~ Inc bandits responsible for the mail
sruek robbery at Broadway and Leon
ara Street on October "a, 1921, when
20 900 900 in cash and securities was
.tolen' According to the rules OF the
Police Department, the policemen VIII
turn over 10 per cent TO the poliee
pension fund and IS per cent TO the
relief fund.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Somborn, Anti-American Aid
To Germany i'm u. y, Insane

WORCESTER, Mass Dec. =. -
Maurice w. Somborn, once an inter
national figure in Germany wide-
spread anti-Ameriean propaganda, rs
tonight an inmate Of the Summer
Street Department Of the worcester
State Hospital. Somborn figured promI'
nently In the expose By former An an
bassador Gerard In his DOOR, ny
Four Years In Germany
Somborn, according 70 brain speel-l-
ists. is subject 70 deluslons Of his own
importance and believes he Is being
perseeuted BY all with whom he comes ONE,
In contact. Somborn returned 70 the
United states prior 20 the ENTRANCE
Of the United States into the war ne
was granted his passports from Ger
many after offering apologies 70 an
bassador Gerard and dropped from
sight until his commitment
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Ten Dry agents Chase
BOOtLegger Suspects
Engage in 7-NHe Running Re.
roller Fight With Men Flee
ing in TtUO Cars in Jersey

Ten Federal prohibition agents en-
gagged in running gun fight with
seven bOotleggcr suspects in Newark
carly yesterday. All except one Of the
quarry escaped. The chase continued
for six or seven miles. Several shots
were fired.
The suspects were in two automo-
bilcs. One machine WIS occupied by
Two men, one Of whom jumped while
the car was running at rate Of about
thirty miles an hour.
The agents had raided twelve places
in Kearny and Rcd Bank. They were
entering the saloon OF John !. OKeefe,
az u West Front Street. Red Bank.
when they noticed a sedan standing Ia
front Of the place. They searched IL
and found twelve bottles OF whisky
They stood by and waited for the
operator Of the car 20 return. After
questioning II is said that O'Keefe ed.
mittcd owning the car. The agents
seized both the car and the whisky
and rode away toward South Amboy.
They stopped at that town TO eat,
and while they were in the restaurant,
they charge, The seized ear and another
auto were taken by the bOotlegger
suspects, who escaped. The car In
which the agents had been riding was
left and the agents jumped into this
and gave chase.
As the pursuers drew near, after a
seven-mile chase, the fleeing men fired
several shots. One Of the bullets
smashed the windshield Of the agents
auto and grazed the knee. Of Agent
William O'Keefe, who was driving.
One Of the cars escaped. The second
was overtaken after one Of IT'S oeeu-
pants had jumped. In the car were forty
eight cases Of whisky. The man arrest
ed gave his name az Charles Gemelsto,
Of l6O Broome Street, Newark lie SAID
he had been hired to drive the car and
knew nothing Of IFS contents. he said
he believed the pursuerS we're hold-up
men and so fed.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Olivia Stone Asks Chance
Woman Freed of Murder Wants
TO Return TO Nursing
Rncctnl ptspateh to " Triban.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 22.-Miss olivia
Stone, who was freed a few months ago
after a sensational trial for the killing
Of Ellis D. Kinkaid in Brooklyn, ar,
rived here to-day prepared to fight. u
necessary, TO obtain a nurses certih-
cate from the General Hospital in or
der that she may 20 back TO New York
and practice nursing, her profession
She was nervous and shaken and ap-
Doarcd III. as a result of poison taken
recently in New York with the nope OF
ending her life.
Il was at the end OF my rope she
explained Nursing Is the only pro,
fession for which I am fitted. tried
other things. Since leaving prison !
have worked as a waitress, at q counter
in a 10-cent store and as a mothers s
helper IN q Chinese family. All ! want
Is a chance to work at my profession
It Is understood Miss Stone will be
granted q certificate.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Realty Men ReSOIUe
To Protest Penalties
AssOciatiOn's Statement, Sent TO
Aldermen, BIGnles the Coal
Dealers for Cold Apartments

The Real Estate Owners Protective
As'oeisi on made public the follow
1g resolution last night which is to
@pfsssnted to the Board Of Aldermen
he next meeting;
-Nhsreas, 1t is a matter Of public
tloElsige that q coal shortage exists
ne present time, and that consum'
" md IL difficult or Impossible 20
ostain proper and adequate fuel, and
Whereas, IL is also matter OF gen.
tnl knowledge that coal dealers are
I.sstrving the limited amount OF coal
shey may obtain for their own eustonl-
sfs and refer all other applicants to
asalers from whom they have pur-
saesed In previous years, and
= Whereas, Section 2.040 Of the Penal
eeoe provides for the punishment or
pfoperty owners failing TO furnish ade-
Ydte heat IN apartment houses ana
Anllsr dwelling structuresi and,
4. whereas, pursuant 70 said Section
ESQ many owners Of property and
Napayers have been summoned 70
ssort 10 answer for failure 10 furnish
stat. despite the fact that their regu-
~ dealers have been unable or are
1~illing 10 supply proper coal and
Sher coal merchants have declined 70
~ their orders, and
Whereas, the coal announced in the
gsoie press as being made available
relieve the existing emergency -
ntended for the relief Of the poor, j.
s12plied only in small amounts and Is
~ sold 20 property owners, who re-
s.lre substantial quantities; and
whereas, a disposition has been
..aoWn on the part OF certain uagis-
tsates Of the City Of New York 10 dis
sssgtrd in cases arising under Section
1ste aforesaid the fact that owners,
Aiter diligcnt effort. have been unable
secure proper fuel; to refuse 70 re-
rive explanations Of eNtenuating cir
.1nstances and TO rebukc. reprimand
20 threaten 10 or impose fnes upon
'sspeetable citizens and taxpayers who
ave aseys dealt fairly with their
fnents, despite the fact that through
thuii h thsirs they have been un-
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Labor Party Gains Five
Seats i'm Australian House

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 22.-
Labor has made further gains IN the
general elections Of last Saturday, &C
cording to revised figures given out To-
day, the tabulations showing there wiih
be twenty-ninc labor members IN me
Federal House Of Representatives. This
Is an increase Of five over labor's rep
resentation In the last House.
The Nationalist, Premier Hughes's
party. has twenty-nine seats, while
the Liberals and Country party COM
bined have nineteen.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Uses Tin Slug for Fare
Man Pleads Guilty When l. X. L.
Causes Arrest

Nicholas Weir, 23eI Grand Avenue
the Bronx, who described himself as
waiter at the Yale Club, was ar
rested in the subway station at Grand
Central terminal yesterday charged
with operating a "featherweight' gate
with a slug made Of hammered tin
foil. He pleaded guilty before hsgi-
strate Mcclellan in Night Court afteI
fourteen similar pieces had been found
in his possession and was held in $500
bail for General Sessions.
Counsel for the Interborough SAID N
court that tin foil and German ten
pfennig pieces are giving the most
trouble now.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Chicago Horses to Haze
A Christmas Dat Line

CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Hungry
horses as well as hungry people
are 10 be cared for in Chicago this
Christmas, DR.. II. J. Streibert,
superintendent Of the anti-eruelty
society. announced to-day.
An "Oat Line" for horses VIII
be formed tomorrow, he said. and
one hundred bushels Of oats viii
be given to horses whose owners
arc not able to provide them with
sufficient feed.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23

Under a new ruling Of the Treasury
Department such places may be so
cited for one offensc."
Prohibition agents ralded the Hotel
Seville. Twenty-nlnth Street and Madi-
son Avenue, on search warrant
granted by Commissioner Hitchcock
No liquors we're found. The raiding
agents charged that they had pre-
viously purchased intoxieants in the
place from a waiter. John r. Garrity,
the manager OF the Seville, said:
"The Seville has been living Up 10
every provision OF the liquor amend
ment since It's passage. II liquor was
sold on these premises IL was by an
employee without the knowledge Of
the management"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
Protests Seizure of Liquor
Cuban Legation Says Yacht Was
on Way TO West Indies
From Tts Trbane's WashiH0fon Bvred

From The Tubuns's WdshiH0i0n Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. p. Protest
against the seizure Of the Cuban yacht
Miguel Ferrer at jacksonville was filed
with the State Department to-day by
the Cuban Legation. The yacht was
seized b. prohibition enforcement OIL
GERS because OF q cargo OF liquor. II Is
alleged by the Cuban legation that the
yacht was bound for San Pierre, n
French West Indian port, but that she
became disabled and put into Jackson
vile for rcpairs.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-23
A White Christmas

Every youngster who has writ
ten to Old Santa for sled is
praying to wake Christmas
morning to find snow-covered
World. And grown-ups whose
hearts are still young get a
thrill as Mother Carey picks
her chickens" and sends the
snowy feathers to drop softly
on the old earth, covering drab
streets and ugly corners and
turning everything into a fairy
land of sparkling diamond dust.
Christmas is for remembrance
the time when to the old the
past is entwined in the fra
GRANGE of Christmas green's
the time for the remembrance OF
those to whom Christmas be-
longs - Children - rich and
Door. the we'll, the sick. the
crippled. And it's the time for
covering all heartaches gently
as the snow covers the earth and
magically hides its scars under
a mantle of white.
The Knfckerbocker Ice Company,
where hundreds Of great blocks OF
Sparkling Ice make IL always a
White Christmas, hopes that the
Youngsters will get their blanket
Of snow. and wishes eyefynody' oig
and IffIe-A Merry Christmas.
, 1922-04-25
II OFFENDERS MAKE UP
POLICE COURT DOCKET
FOR WEEKEND SESSION

The usual heavy court following q
weekend was experienced by tho DO
lice department yesterday Seven
teen were up for consideration.
Most of these were OF a petty nature,
including traffic law violations, a
street fight, and drunkenness.
Mrs, Margaret Savage an infirm
old lady who OWNS apartments on
West B street. was fined 800 for hay
ing moonshine on her premises.
In connection with the Savage
case, Attorney King brought up the
question of tho legality of the war
rants used by the authorities in
searching for moonshine. MIR. King
rlaimed hat a warrant must state
specifically tho kind and quantity of
the article for which the search is to
be made, and threatened To take the
matter to the supreme court Attor-
ney Boeke on behalf of the city up
held the right of the officers TO use
such warrants as have been recos-
ni1ed here
A 14!year-old boy was In court DO
eanse he had with the enthusiasm of
youth STOLEN his fathers CIR and
driven it without the discretion of
nnaturer years. It seems that the car
was slightly i-ncapacitated when the
young fellow got through using it
Police Judge Morris advised him
to live two years more before taking
the car out again.
, 1922-04-25
LATE R. 7. KEMP
IS PAID TRIBUTE
At FORUM HERE
Bishop Mead Calls Attention
to Sterling Qualities; Sew
eral Suggestions Made
at Meeting.

Many things OF interest and fmpor-
1zlce we-e discussed at the Casper
chamber OF commerce forum luncheon
to-day, for though there was mono OF
the liveliness usually experienced. be-
cause OF he death OF n recent mem
her, n p 7. Kemp. then was at the
forrm Bishop Mead q Denver. who Is
always sur OF Al admirfnG audience
wherever he speaks
The bishops talk was influenced by
mo departure of n man who had done
no much for his community as Mr.
Kemp.
"A mans value Is rated according
10 the service me has rendered socicty.-
said the bishop MANS buxlness is to
sncrease the original investment"
Biahop Mead showed where a mans
work Is not thought OF In terms of
money. but IN b value he has been 10
tho OF human liberty He also
pointed out that VIC value n man for
what no himself docs in the world and
not for his line OF ancestry.
Captain Frisby OF tho state legdsfa-
4ure brought before h forum the
question OF having a state hospital at
Casper for tubercular patients. The
need OF such n hospital in the state
S. not questioned. according to Captain
FIishy. but h ACCESSIBILITY OF its be-
ing loSsted in Casper should be deter
mined.
Earle BoyIo said that thero should
be an experimental farm near Casper.
~on has butt up the city and win
continue to build it up" said Mr..
EoyIe. ''bu It needs agriculture to
keep II mp
His suggestion was greeted with q
great Leaf Of enthusiasm and the mat
ter was referred 10 tho directors OF the
chamber OF commerce. for ~investiga-
tion and report
Sam Conwcn discussed tho matter OF
freight rates and showed tho work
that is being done in the matter of get
ting indiscriminatory rates for Casper.