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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
FATHER, 70, KILLS,
AS SON STANDS BY
hi Raffele Became Insultcd
When Soaked With Water
Meant for Flowers.
CAUGHT BY BOY OF -
Victims Son Leads Chase to
Street Car After Seeing
Shooting OH St0op.
CAUGHT BY BOY OF 10

Raphaele Di Raffele. 20. shot and
killed Salvatore Pironne on the front
stoop of the tenement house in 1877
Forsyth street last night while his son,
Dorlinick D Raffele. stood by and
watched A few minutes later both men
were caught when Mike Pironne, the
twelve-year-old son of the dead man.
pointed to them on a street car in
Chrystie street and said:
There are ;he men who fought with
my papa"
The immediate cause OF the shooting
was the fact that on Thursday night
some member OF the Pronne family, In
stead OF pouring water on their flower
plants on the sill of their window.
poured il onto Dl Raffele. sitting in the
cool of the evening on the stoop below.
although there has been i'll feeling be-
tween the two families for some time.
But Thursday night after he had been
soaked with water intended Tor the
plants. Di Raffele went to the Pironne
apartment and told Pironne that he
would get even. During this argument
according to the police of the Clinton
street station. Pironne got gun ana
pressed it against the breast OF Domi-
nick hi Raffele, saying:
eff your old man bothers me III XIII
you"
Last night Pironne came home shortly
after o'clock. His two sons, Mike ana
James, o. were waiting FOR him on the
stoop OF the house AS soon as he ar
rived they grabbed him and began
wrestling with him. While Pironne was
playing with his children Di Raffele
stepped from his apartment In the base
ment. with his son, Dominick. stand
ing behind him, and fired two shots.
The first bullet struck Pironne in the
head and the second pierced his chest.
Pironne cola psed to the sidewalk and
Di Raffele and his sen ran down For
syth street to No. 1871. where they went
through an alley into Chrystie street
and jumped on a street car. But Mike
and Jim Pironne were after them.
screaming in Italian and English tina.
the cid man had shot their father. Res
idents of the thickly populated district
Joined in the chase and several. hum
dred ran through the alley.
Close behind the crowd came PATROL
man Lavelle, who had been a block
away and had heard the shots. He
jumped on the trolley car directly be-
Wind the two boys. Mike and Jim ran
to the front of the car and began pull
ing at old man D Raffele and Domi-
nick. and when the policeman came
along they pointed anem out. Both were
taken to the Clinton street station and
locked up.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
SHOT UP PARIS HOTEL
WHEN CALLED A 'FLIRT'
Brooklyn Woman Returns to
Tell Exciting Incident.

Mrs. Rose Fanny Burke of $50
Quincy street. Brooklyn. who is rs, and
good looking. arrived yesterday by the
French liner Chicago with her version
of her trouble with the Hotel Terminus
In Paris and the Paris police. She adj
mitted that she had fired volley from
pistol over the heads of the hotel
clerks early In May. and that aienists
had found she was suffering from ner-
vousness and she was released with the
understanding that she would return to
New York.
Mrs. Burke sailed hence by the
Rochambeau on April q and had been
six days in the Terminus when she met
a fellow voyager. a genial young man
from Texas. and they greeted each
other In the usual free American way.
Then a hotel clerk told her she must
give up her room because she was a
'flirt." She did and went to another
hotel.
She declared that her object in shoot
ing up the Terminus was simply pro-
test against IAN accusation that might
be made against any married American
woman travelling abroad
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
CHINESE WOMAN SHY
AT MRS. SANCER'S TALK
Modesfy Stops Interpreter at
Birth Control Lecture.

SHANGHAI, China, May II tdelayed)
Mrs. Margaret Sanger. president of the
American Birth Control League. after
leaving Japan, where her lectures were
considerably restricted by official regu-
lations. found no hamperlng influences
in China and discussed her subject with
such frankness that her interpreter. a
young Chinese woman. whose modesty
overcame her. abandoned the task to a
male physician.
Mrs. Sangers difficulty with her In
te,'preter came up at her most important
meeting in Shanghai, at which she spoke
under The auspices of the Chinese Assoc
cia ton for Family Reformation and
Allied Organizations. A Chinese physi-
clan in the audience volunteered for the
post when the young female interpreter
stepped down.
The american lecturer did not appear
before any of the foreign. women's or
CARNATIONS of Shanghai in the ten day
period sre spent in this city Mrs. Sanger
began her Chinese tour at PelSin. where
she formed a branch of the American
league. which she heads. Then she came
TO Shanghai She is at present in South
China.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
GIRL ROUTS BANDITS,
SAVES S729 WAGES
Catherine Schmeds Seizes
Holdup Mans Pistol and
Screams Till He Flees.
GUN FIGHT IN FOUNDRY
Workers Drive Off Three Dis
charged Employees Who Lay
for 81, 900 Payroll.

Two holdups were frustrated in New
Jersey yesterday. one by the pluck of
girl cashier who had been set on by
two armed bandits in the street and
the other by the combined strength of
foundry workers. who recognized the
robbers as former coworkers and started
battle. Three arrests were made in
the two attempted robberies.
Miss Catherine Schmeds. cashier OF the
Hoboken Box Factory. 720 Adams street.
Hoboken. was on her way back from the
Jefferson Trust Company when the ban
dts walked up to her. One thrust
pistol against her throat and said. Make
no cutlery or you will be killed"
The young woman seized the robbers
pistol. forced the point down and yelled.
One OF the robbers threw his arms
around Miss Schmedss neck and tried to
stifle her cries. The second grabbed for
The pay envelope. containing 1929. Miss
Schmeds screamed again and the robbers
threw her to the ground and tried sec
ond time TO get the envelope. The
screams OF the cashier became so loud
that the bandits were frightened and
fled One was pursued but disappeared
in Sixth street.
Rocco Grieto, 10. of TIC Adams street,
Schmeds could not make positive identi-
fication of him.
The second attempted holdup was at
the plant Of the A. p. Smith Manufac-
turing Company, makers of pipe and
fittings. In Norman street, East Orange.
The three robbers were attacked by en-
p.oyees when they tried to take a tray
OF envelopes containing about $1,000
from Gertrude Arlington. assistant
cashier. Two men were shot but not
seriously wounded in the free for all
hight, and two of the robbers were ar
rested later in a water pipe in North
Clinton street, near Ely street.
Friday has been pay DAY at the plant
for some time, and 1t has been the habit
to pay the men in the foundry at 80
l.. Nj. and the rest of the employees an
hour later. The foundry men were In
line waiting for their money when the
four robbers. who had been discharged a
few weeks ago. walked in with pistols in
their hands and demanded the pay roll.
Charles Rowland, production clerk,
attacked one of the bandits and there
was general shooting. Rowland was
shot In the chin, but stayed in the fight
Thomas Wajcerkowski was hit in the
arm and slumped TO the ioor. Then the
robbers became alarmed and ran to the
street and to taxicab. where n fourth
man was watching. John Higgins.
guard at the plant. fired at the machine
as II fled and crippled the steering gear.
The robbers jumped from the car and
ran in different didrections.
Two fled into the water pipe. When
% patrol wagon loaded with policemen
arrived the robbers were forced TO sur
render They said they were Joseph
Thomas. %, of 6O1 Ferry street. Bloom
field. and William Bradford. A.. of 3l3
Mulberry street. Newark. The other two
robbers are being sought.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
NEARLY KILLED BY FALL
OFF INSPIRATION POINT
Police and Firen1en Rescue
Badly Injured Man.

James Dugan. %, clerk of 2jl West
10th street was walking, along the
riverside wall at Inspiration Point.
l90th street and the Hudson River just
before midnight last night when he
mlsstepped, and fell down the, cliff
landing on rocks, forty feet below,
near the river edge.
His cries were heard by motorists
who had parked their automobiles at
the point. and Patrolman Edward J..
McManus of the West nth street sta
ton got rope from garage. He put
over the rope and Patrolman Edward
English climbed down and found Du-
gan badly cut and bruised
Hook and Ladder - from 1s0th street
and Broadway also was called. and as
sisted in getting Dugan up. The i'm
jured man was taken to Columbus
Hospital where IL was said he would
probably die. 1t was feared many
bones were broken.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
FIRE CHIEF KENYON
SEES BLAZE IN BERLIN
VIII Visit France and Britain
Before Returning Here.

BERLIN, June Sire Chief Kenlon OF
New York, on tour OF investigation in
Europe declared today that there prob
ably was more waste in f1ve square
blocks OF New York than in ali OF Der
lin. He found conditions for the dis
posal os waste in Berlin much the same
as those in New York Both cities were
using various methods. none OF which
was thoroughly satisfactory.
Before coming TO Berlin Chief Kenlon
' sited cities in Switzerland and Italy.
.ill of them reminded him ny their ef-
iciency of American cities.
As Me was inspecting tho waste dis
posal System here to-day tho Fire Chief
encountered a fire and for some time
was an interested spectator of German
fremen at their work TIe will Wis.,;
France and England before departing
for the United States
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
KnickerbOcker's
DaiIy Messages

For almost three years Knicker,
booker has been talking to the
public, and particularly to the
home-maker, about the neces-
sity for ice at all seasons
about the necessity for main
tanning an even temperature if
food is to be kept from deteri-
Grating; about the importance
of pure, clean ice; about the
advantages of buying by ac-
curate weight instead of guess
piece"-and about the comfort
of regular delivery. Now, more
than 1000 ice dealers have band
ed together and are publishing
National Ice Messages.
As member Of the National Associa-
ton Of Ice Industries and all AZ stands
for, knickerbocker as glad TO display
the 1Ssociahon's emblem on its wagons.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
TULSA LIMITS NEGRO
EMPLOYEES IN HOTELS
Will Regulate Colored Work
ers in Public Places.

TULSA, Okla. June 9.--The City Com
mission will soon enact an ordinance t.
regplate employment OF negroes in all
public places here. Harry v. Kiskaddon,
Commissioner of Police, said to-day
Yesterday police order requiring that
Tulsa hotels discharge all negro en-
ployees whose duties brought them into
contact with guests was modified by
Reese Moran. Chief OF Police, so as II
apply only to roomns houses and small
transient hotels.
Chief Moran said the action of the
Hollce Department in making the order
was prompted by moral reasons.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
BEAUX ARTS WATERS
SEIZED IN DRY RAID
One Accused of Selling, An
Their of Having Whisky.

Detectives Cantwell and Dowd of In
spector Thomas Underhill's staff went
last night to the dining room OF the
Cafe des Beaux Arts on the eighth
floor OF so West Fortieth street. ar
rested two walters and locked them up
In the West Thirtieth street station
charged with violating the State pro-
hbition law. The walters are Ernest
Mitchell, IS. OF Is Lloyd avenue, Lyn-
brook. charged with possessing half q
pint OF whisky. and Gustin Zenerino
Is, OF i36 West Thirty-ninth street.
charged with selling two drinks Of
whisky TO two men In the dining ROOM
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
MODERN ADAM AND EVE
PAY GAME LAW FINES
Suffers Suffer for Humanity
at Cost of 1854.

HouLToN. Me-. June Carl A. SUIT
ter of Boston. and his wife. Margaret,
broke the game laws OF Maine 20 get
food necessary to sustain life. they told
Judge James Archibald here to-day
when pleading guilty to FIVE violations
of the game code.
1t was charged that while living rs
the modern Adam and Eve" in the
woods they trapped a deer. killed part
ridges. caught fish and made fires with
out reference to State regulations. They
paid fines and costs aggregating 1854.
Suffer told the Judge that the good
resulting from his experience would
more than balance any harm done by
him in the woods.
IF you are willing to suffer for hui
manity. then you must suffer the pen
atty OF the law" the Judge replied.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
CONEY TRAIN SERVICE
BETTER TOMORROW
B. r. T. Agrees to Transit
Commission Demands.

There Is to be immediate improve
ment. beginning tomorrow. in the Sun
day service OF 3. II. T. trains to and
from Coney Island. The Transit Com
mission yesterday made this announce
ment:
Checks made by the inspectors OF
the commissions transit bureau have
indicated very inadequate service DUR
ing the past two Sundays on the y. r. T.
rapid transit line, especially on the
lines running to Coney Island. Thesgen-
erai service order covering the b. r. T.
system now IN course OF preparation.
which wilt abply practically to all OF
the company's lines and which will Oe
similar in scope to the orders just placed
in effect on the PETERBOROUGH system.
will be ready very soon.
THE commission. however. in view ri
the need for immediate Sunday relief
has taken this subject up separately
with the company and insisted that this
situation be remedied without awaiting
completion of the former general order
1t has had the cordial cooperation OF the
receiver and of Judge Mayer OF the Fec-
eral Court and Is able to announce that
arrangements nave Deen made Tor sub
stantial Improvement ON Sunday next
Regarding the main service order
the commission states that because of
the more complicated and involved
operation of the b. r. T. lines the
preparation of the new schedules to be
proposed has been especially difficult
and has taken more time than had been
anticipated. The work, however. Is we'll
along toward completion"
The Transit Commission has agreed
with the PETERBOROUGH Rapid Transit
Company upon the selection of former
Supreme Court Justice Luke ID. Staple
ton as the third arbitrator in the cur
rent arbitration over the amounts to
be reserved and set aside by the COM
pany for depreciation under Its agree
ment to operate the subway lines as
signed to 1t under the contract OF
March, 1913
Former Transit { instruction Commits
sioner John III. Delaney named Milo X.
Maltbie as one arbitrator and the Inter-
borough Company selected Charles r.
Uebelacker as the second The agree
ment upon Judge Stapleton completes
the arbitration board.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
BROTHERS WRECK PLANE
TO SAVE BATHERS' LIVES
Greenwich Men Hurt in Crash
at Boston Beach.

BosToN. June ITO save the lives Of
bathers at Tennean Beach. Dorchester,
to-day Stanley h. and William II. Win
capaw, brothers, of Greenwich, Conn,
deliberately wrecked seaplane In
which they had been attempting to
take OF from the waters OF Dorchester
Bay. Neither was seriously injured,
but the seaplane was demolished.
The Wincapaw brothers flew to Bos-
ton from New York to-day to inspect a
boat which they had purchased here.
and were about TO begin the return
journey.
Their plane was about 10 feet from
the water and heading for the beach
when William Wincapaw. acting as
pilot, saw a crowd OF bathers ahead.
He banked. one wing of the plane
caught in the water and the machine
turned turtle.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
KILLS BABY AND HERSELF
IN LONELY LIGHTHOUSE
Another Son Poisoned by
Mother in Critical Condition.

PRovrpENcE. June 9-Mrs. Nellie
Smith. 30. wife of Ellsworth Smith.
keeper of Conimicut light, in Narragan-
sett Bay, Administered poison tablets to
her two sons. one years old and the
other s. and then took poison herself
The youngest son and the mother are
dead and the elder boy is in critical
condition.
After year In the stone pile. from
which a beacon intermittently flashed
TO mark the channel In the bay. Mrs.
smith had grown morose and despond-
ent as a result OF her ISOLATION. Several
times she had importunod her husband
20 take her away from the place and
more than once had threatened to kill
herself.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
WOODCHUCK WAS MORE
THAN SHE COULD STAND
Couldn't Liue on Such Fare,
Says Wife, Who Got Divorce.

WINsTED, Conn, June 9.-Mrs. Cecilia
Roraback of Sharon got divorce from
Frank Rorabacl by decision Of Judge
George Human In The Superior Court
here to-day She alleged intolerable
cruelty and testified that her husband
did not work much and that when he
did work he didn't work very long.
Mrs. Roraback was willing to stand
a trifle of laziness. she said. but she. got
quite provoked when her husband used
to shoot woodchucks and bring them
home for the family to eat. This. she
said. was too much. and after she had
tried to eat woodchuck a few times she
brought. suit for divorce.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
FINED 81 FOR SUNDAY SHOW.
Newark Thester Owner Pays
Under vice and immortality Law.

Charles Minert. manager OF the Strand
Theater in Newark. pleaded guilty yes
terday to violating the vice and Inn
morality law by showing a motion pic
ture on Sunday and was fined 81 by
Judge Boettner. He paid. Emanuel
Kremer Of % Johnson avenue made the
complaint. saying he saw a motion pic
ture In the theater on Sunday. May 81.
Tho cases OF the other theater man
ayers we're adjourned until Monday at
the request Of James II. Nugent. their
counsel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
GETS SECOND TERM IN PRISON.

Erwin Johann Wider. AZ. Of 3oe5'
Decatur avenue. The Bronx. who served
twelve years In Sing Sing prison for the
theft of $4,000 from the Russo Chi
nese Bank. in Spring street. was SEN
fenced yesterday by Judge Mott in Cen
erai Sessions to eleven more years at
Sing Sing for stealing $4,000 from l..
Erstein & Brother. silk merchants, OF
345 Fourth avenue. by whom he was
employed as a 6ookkeeper.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10

white and pink horsechestnut trees in
bloom as on that day.
Now and then we passed through
thriving villages where we got out
and stretched our legs. The principal
feature of the landscape was the
women, in an interesting condition.
1 have never seen them in such pro-
fusion and so proud of their state.
My compaion said: "Since the aboli-
ton of the army the young men have
been told to come home and populate.
They are certainly carrying out their
duty"
Children Well Cared For.
Nor have L. except in japan and
Russia, seen so many children beauti-
fully cared for, all, and in better
dresses than I ever remember them
Little shops in the villages were filled
with good things. New houses were
going up everywhere.
The Rhinelanders are a polite peo-
pie, and many gave me salute and a
passing remark on that day | had a
talk with one of the master builders
on the way. He spoke English and
was not in the least offensive.
"We cannot build houses fast
enough" he told me.
l said: II congratulate you on your
prosperity" To which he replied:
1.-The building trades Of Germany
never had such vitality as at the pres
ent moment. The only drawback is
that we cannot get sufficient bricks
and other materials. The manufac-
turers are all overworked, and we are
in their hands,"
He was pleased when / pointed cut
that the houses were beautifully built
On leaving he offered me his card-an
ment Of returning mine He looked at
me sharply but not at all Extensively
"Northcliffe-Northc 2" he said.
But you're no friend of Germany"
l said: II warned England and
Germany that the war was coming.
warned Germany that the Americans
were going to come - and they
wouldn't believe it. / have often
spoken well of the Germans bravery,
Of their machine gunners and of their
wonderful, though detestable, feat OF
flying to London in the machines
which we now know to have been
more dangerous than we though,
against the enemy.
81 have come to Germany TO try to
help and to get the facts
well" he said, after all the war
has been finished long time"
He offered his hand, but because I
don't shake hands with Germans we
both clicked our heels and bowed, and
he went back to his task-his fortune
making. He had forgotten me at once,
of that I felt sure.
Copyright. 1922. United News.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
POLICE SLAYER INSANE.

Hugh Chambers. the negro who shot
and killed Policeman Henry Pohndorf Of
;he West 18th street station on May g.
was acquitted yesterday by jury be.
FIRE Judge Mott In General Sessions on
ia ground OF insanity. He was com.
r'itted to the State Hospital for Grim
inal Insane at Matteawan.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
NORTHCLIFFE TOURS
GERMANY FOR FACTS
Publisher Enters Country and Travels Incognto to OBJ
tain First Hand Material for Series of Articles
Which The New York Herald Will Publish
THE NEW YORK HERALD

THE NEW YORK HERALD
presents herewith the first of a
series Of articles, "Incognito' in
Germany" by Viscount North
cliffe, which will describe his re-
cent trip through Germany, which
he toured in order to "get the
facts" on the republics present
condition. The first story takes
Lord Northcliffc across the Bel
gian border and into the Rhine
land. The second will be pub.
lished by THE HERALD at an
early date.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-06-10
C. o. p. CANDIDATES FAVORED.

The Kings County League OF italian.
American Clubs has Endorsed for re-
nomination and reelection Gov. Miller,
Senator Calder and District Attorney
Ruston.