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New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
l. aw d y. Jim les
Charms En- Doos.
Gives Mob the Sin
Georgia Negro, Who Esca,.a
Noose, Snaps His Finger,
and RIoosIhounds .cn,I
Up; Whites 60 to H;s Al

MACON Ga May 25-Iin n.
negro youth, whose appeal from ' :.
death sentence Wa carried ,,;.ss
avail to the Supreme Cour, =. '"Yu'
United state7. and ~oo early n.
narrowly escaped lyncbing =. =.
hands ot a mob eoid today !, s,.. ~
county'7 mob proof jail Of h.,
cape from the mob.
"I's sho' mighty proud to bs ,..., ,
was Jim's smiling conmsrt. 49,.
though the sentence 70 be hanged Ju,.
Is, for an alleged attack on =, 49,,
white woman thee years az, ..;ii
stares him IN rne face. jim. hov.v.-
rad some reason to smile, bevo,a -,
escape fson the mob, because run.,
Gus white peop.e IN this and WV,
son County, believing his escao. ~,
an act q Providence, we-e considers,
an appeal % Governor Haruick q,
commutation 70 life imprisonment,
In addition 70 tne details Of =.
mob's action n breaking INTO the "a,
at Irwinton early Tuesday, the neer,-,
story ran as follows:
They tied rope around nv 1s..
Then they dragged ne into the svs.
mobile l asked then 20 le, ne ~,
and they replied nat they hsty.
time.
u heard them say they would ;sn,
ne just out Of town. Tie sro, =,
the rope around ny neck vas c.osjry
ne. reached Up one nand in ,as
dark and felt ne slip-kno.. sr.isi
II. The automobile was goln' .hirg
miles an hour. and ! says TO myself
jim, jump o. be Kit. jumped .s.:
first. fan-Aooy. and hit the g.ouri
or ny feet and .hen or ny mead. AZ;
then must have topped over i,s.
times and rolled into the ditch.
when l got out OF the ditch ~.
eral shots were fred al ne I crswls.
hur they kept on firing. I GOT up ar.-
and ran was barefootAd, ny clotrs
were torn Of me and the gravel &
my feet
The negro said he obtained orat
from another negro at suu-up and
then crawled into & swamp, where is
spent the day and night G-aFils
hungry, hessaid he crawled out To esl
some Wild plums. and then he ha,d
bloodhounds OF his trail.
Pretty soon white hound can.
upon me the negro continued q
kept jumpin' from one side Of tie
creek to the other. couldn't shake
him off. He got right Up to my heels,
so ! stopped, snapped my fingers a:
him and lawdy. re curled his tail and
walked right Up TO ne. | took Of NJ
belt and tied him 20 ne
The negro had the hound tied 70
him, was PLAYING with second hound
and was fighting of third when sbs
sherlfs 5 posse reached hin.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Hettrick Case Is Closed
jury TO Decide ''Code of Prac.
tice" LAWYERS Fate To-day

me case against john 7. Hettrick
and three other defe3lsnte on trial he.
cnnrt core 'ust'c. sn 4 A!v.rsen, of the Supreme
oomn,4; oou,s, on Charge of conspiracy in
practice, will 60 to the jury TO-DAY. the
defense resting its case yesterday.
CHARLES G. Witherspoon, president Of
baker Smith Go. and one of the
defendants, under further examination
Yesterday, asserted that he did not con.
sa;s saGsr tne code OF practice illegal. He
81 said ms company, while subscriber 10
the code, had done business amount.
ing TO Sl,4oO,ooo, of which | per cent.
or $4,000, became payable to Hettrick
one attorney and reputed author Of ths
Several character witnesses testified
uo yo .he good character and reputation of
.shefspoon, and also of John NJ. I'M
non non and Martin McCue, the two walk.
ing delegates, who are CO -defendants
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26

committee had been placed by him, and
who had shown commendable dlspo-
stion to press those cases. This the
Attorney General declined to do
Charges Unwillingncss to Act
after considerable delay and re-
peated efforts to induce him to act, I
offered to take over the prosecution
on behalf Of the committee represented
by me, without cost 10 the government,
in order to secure prompt abate
ment of the eXtortion to which the
public was being sub ected, but have
been unable to secure his consent. 1t
is now almost five months since these
requests were made. This apparent un-
Willingness to act is quite in line with
the history of the persistent but un-
successful attempts that have been
made by the committee to secure action
in other cases, extending over period
Of one year or more.
"To be brutally frank about the
business, | am satisfied that the over
shadowing power of j. P. Morgan &
Co.. who are the financial managers
of this company, and who really con-
troll its destinies, and one Of whose
members is a director in the company,
will make it impossible ever to secure
any sort Of effective relief through the
agency of the Department of Justice.
Experience over the past two decades
and upward has demonstrated that
the great corporations under its guard
ianship. somehow or other, manage to
do just about as they please and re-
main about above and beyond the law.
ITO get the protection of that grea t
international banking firm seems to be
equivalent to policy of insurance
or NET lo/ro ,n%
whether we happen to be under a Re-
publican or a Democratic administra-
tion. their influence is apparently quite
as potent with the latter as with the
former, and at times IT has seemed as
il it were q little more so,
Untermyer's Suggestions
meet this General Electric situation
are:
"CD That the patent laws be so
amended that if the owner of the
patent. directly or indirectly, acquires
distinctly competing patent or an
interest therein, the patent or patents
h. held by him be thereby. ipso facto in
"(2) That the Attorney General be
directed to place the case in the hands
Of distinguished independent counsel
with instructions to proceed forthwith
if the testimony that we are prepared
to submit to him justifies that course,
as no doubt it does, unless he prefers
to place it with our committee without
cost to the government.
There is something incongruous
about situation that permits an in
dlvldual or corporation to hold the
country by the throat for almost fifty
years, as the General Electric Company
mas done, first under cover of patents
that expired twenty years ago and then
by scooplng up everything in this and
other countries that makes its appear
ance in the way of new inventions' and
to tighten this hold, decade by decade.
until 1t seems to be impossible for the
victimlzed public ever to escape from
its grip
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Still Blast Destroys House

still blew up and burned a two
story house at 1885 Richmond Road,
stapleton. S. l., ye esterday Two Italians
Bernard Feruggia and Vincent Chifari
who ran out Of the place. were arrest. +.
ed. They were held in $500 bail each
charged with violation of the Mullan.
Gage Law.
Early in the forenoon an exnlosio,
was heard in the house and soma ona
turned in fire alarm. By the time the
apparatus arrived the house was in
flames. When these had been ext;n.
guished, the police say, they found two
stills. six barrels of mash. three fve
gallon and two gallon cans of alco.
hol. Chifari gave 1859 Seventy-seyenth
Street. Brooklyn. as his ADDRESS ard
feruggia, "a East lQ3d Street, Manhat.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Bedlam Breaks Out
As East Side Mob
Stages Thief Chase
Blacksmith Run Down and
Held With Companion on
Charge of Attempting to
Rob a Grocery Store Till

Nearly half the population of the
Lower East Side turned out late ves-
terday afternoon to help or hinder The
police in successful hunt which COW
cred nearly mile through the most
crowded streets of the district. When
the excitement Gained down two men
had been locked up accused of an at
tempt to rob the cash register in the
grocery store kept by Jacob Turner, at
341 East Third Street, and one other
prisoner had been seized in the crowd
for heckling the arrestirg officer.
Charles Meehan, a blacksmith living
a 235 Cherry Street, is alleged to have
started the trouble by making a grab
for the cash. Turner did not detect
the move, but his friend, Joseph
Schecrer happened into the store in
time to see the blacksmith in the
alleged act. The newcomer erabbed d
for the money, only to be sent ~ ling by
a staggering blow on the jaw. He as
serts that he was struck by Joseph
Alter, junk dealer. Of 2872 Twenty
third Street, Coney Island, and alleges
that the latter was in the store a. a
lookout
Meehan fed as he saw the struggle
only to find that the attention OF a
crowd outside had been attracted. He
raced east pursued by the mob
Alter slipped out of the grocery after
the chase had started and joined the
volunteer posse unnoticed
The man hunt, heralded by the up-
roar Of auto horns, dogs, shouts and
CRIES, continued east along Third Street
to Avenue D. south to Houston Street
and west. Patrolman James ]. Shanlev
took up the chase near the old Union
Market police station and fred two
shots at the fugitive as he passed, but
the crowd swept between him and
Meehan, and he had to discard his gun
and join the pursuers
At Stanton Street Meehan broke
down exhausted ard submitted to ar.
rest. The patrolman took him back to
the scene of the attempted hold
surrounded by mob now so far bevond
control that he had to have Harry
Cohen. Of 115 Norfolk Street, arrested
for heckling.
While Stanley was taking down state.
mesnts covering the alleged attempt at
robbery Scheerer, who had revived d
from the blow on his Jaw. saw Alter in
the crowd and he was arrested
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
US. Taxpayers S25l,65 Z

WASHINGTON, May 25.-The Arn,a-
ment Limitation Conference cost the
American government s252,o02, minus
an estimated balance of $3.50 90, accord
ing to a statement of expense transmit
ted to-day by President Harding TO the
Senate.
Salaries of s6S,6S9 was the largest
item of expense. while the expenses
for buildings were s44,219, fer print
ing proceedings S29.35s. printing 500
844 and for translations S29.726.
For rent OF war Department auto
mobiles used by delegates and attaches 5
the report showed s1S,752. with S3.oo7
for other transportation. The item for
entertainment was S9,356. while sup
plies cost about $4,000 ard telephone
and other facilities s4,45S.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Mrs. Dillon Asserts Sl.15 Gas
Would Force COMPANY to Omit

Mrs: Mary E. Dillon. president Of the
brooklyn Borough Gas Company. ap-
peared before the Public Service Com
MISSION yesterday to testify on the
COMPLAINT OF her company that the re-
duction of rates from s1.35 a tbonsand
cubic feet to sl.l5. as ordered by the
COMMISSION to become effective June
would force the company out of busj.
ness.
Mrs. Dillon submitted reports to the
comm mission showing that the company
mao 1otal capitalization of S2,250 900
and that the revenues received in 1901
exclusive Of interest. amounted TO
Sl8l 600. In answer to questions bv
William l.. Ransom. counsel for the
company. Mrs. Dillon said the companv
would spend 100000 more this wear
for equipment and improving its plant
than 1t DID in 1921. The hearing was
adjourned to a date to be set bv the
commission
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Denies Secret Serrico
SHADOWS COnoressn,o,
Charges Unwillingncss to Act

WASHINGTON, Nav PA state.
ment was issued at the Department of
Justice to-day on behalf of Attorney
General Daugherty denying that Secret
Service operatives ever had or were
being used to shadow members of c NJ
Gress.
Warren F. Martin, special assistant
and secretary to the Attorney Gener.
al. referring to n charge Of such use
of Secret Service men as made in the
Senate yesterday by Senator Cnraway
Democrat, Arkansas, said he could "sav
officially for the Department of Justice
that any one making such a statement
is guilty of malicious misstatemens
and untruth."
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Tuo Sent to Jail for
Displaying 4. S. Flag

Max katz. of l54 Grand Street,
and August Lombardo. Of 3S
James Street, served three min
utes in jail yesterday for display
ing the American flag at Broad
way and Fulton Street.
Patrolman Oscar Johnson en-
planned to Magistrate Simpson in
Tombs court that the trouble was
katz and Lombardo stretched out
siN-foot flag at the crowded cor
ner to examine the material and
were an obstruction to traffic.
Magistrate Simpson fined them
81 each or a day in jail and as it
was then 3:57 and the jail day
ends at 4 O'Clock, Katz and Lom-
bardo decided to serve the three
minutes.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Blot Out Past,
Lord Frcnch's s
Advice to Erin
Field Marshal Expresses
Belief in New Regime
and Secs Another IRA at
Hand in Land He Ruled
Talks to Correspondents
Pays T butte to Joffre
and Foch and Own Band
of ''Old Contemptibles''

Belief in Ireland's future and a
strong plea to all Irishmen 20 stand
together for the good Of their country
were voiced by Field Marshal Earl
French last night at the dinner Of the
Association Of Foreign Press CORES
pondents at the Hotel Brevoort
~ want every true Erishman To sup
port constituted authority. law and or
der, to insure even-handed justice TO
all classes, and to protect life, property
and labor and do everything that a
citizen may TO promote happiness and
prosperity in the country we al love
so WELL declared the marshal. who
stated that he spoke as a plain Irish
citizen whose home and whose heart
we're in Ireland, a they were when he
was it's viceroy.
What good purpose is there in look
ing back or IN indulging in recrimina-
tom" he asked. II want to urge this
audience to DO all in their power to
get the Irish to look forward and not
back, to look to the dawn Of a neW
era rather than to the sunset Of DIS
cord and strife"
Believes in New Government
~ believe in the new Irish govern
ment,' declared Lord French, "and I
believe Ireland will take its place in
that commonwealth Of nations, the
British Empire, to which it has been
called by his majesty the King with
the consent Of all the other member
nations"
1--WE must blot out the cruel and un-
kind past, and every true lrishman
must aid the new government in the
difficult task before it
Lord French, who was introduced by
w. F. Bullock. Of The London Times"
and "The Daily Mall president OF the
association, the man who, al the
head of the "Old Conte mptioles.' was
responsible for saving the Allies, de
clared that when the history Of the war
came to be written it would give first
place to Marshal JofFre, who laid the
foundations for the great victory that
the genius Of Foch and the weight Of
men and material brought TO bear by
the American army brought TO com
pletion.
But if it had not been for the fine
stand of that contemplate army
took to France, the victory would never
have been gained ne added.
Tribute to Correspondents
Lord French concluded by paving
tribute to the war spondents whom
he had met in many campaig gns in the
last fifty years. THE only sentiment
| have toward them is one of unquali-
fed esteem he said, and when proper
arrangements are made they are an in
valuable adjunct to the army. | never
saw such endurance and bravery. and
We soldiers who are actors ~ .ho
drama can vouch for the ACE. ar
truthfulness of their reports
Frank /. Cobb. editor of Tho New
York World who spoke on the foreign
policy of the United States. said the
ultimate test of democracy was its
handling of foreign relations, and lrv-
ing T. Bush. president of the New York
Chamber of Com merce. said that the
government of the United States was
more responsive to the opinions OF It's
citizens than any other. VIII Irwin.
who answered the toast OF Field Mar
shall Lord French acclaimed French
as the pioneer of victory.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Carl Akeley Asks Divorce
Explorer Refuses to Comment
on His Charge of Desertion

CHICAGO, Nay 24-Carl E. Akeley
explorer and naturalist. refused to con-
ment to-day on his SUIT for divorce
against Mrs. Della Akeley. charging DE-
sertion. The bill said that she LETT hin
in 1917 and tha. she is now LIVING -
New York. They were married N ~.
Mr. Akelev was a member OF ie'T%f
President Roosevelt's expedition mo
Africa and returned only three wees.
ago from 3 second exrsdl+'on 10 -
continent. He is an authority on goh''
las, elephants ana lions, aA~ "4s ~ =,
sented many specimens to the sui'A'
Sonian Institution.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
''"oo Join An'i-Dry Fiab,
Body Opposing 18Th An,,
men: tlaivns Total of a. -s1a' "nn

The third meeting Of tha s'.oVo
tier Men Of ,,. i2z2 attached to ,oe As..u' anu''
ncnt, Wa held 1t The orca,;en ,,om Amend.
headqnarter7 1t he Hotel aII'"b5zatiOn's y
wanna last night AID bronost F,e,nnsyl.
nopnceme.nt tbat ta acces51nn ne az.
ne" members during the last .3" oi 90o6
ial'c4 the totoI to 5000 - Tee besE has
lng pledged itself to obtain u oe aoI meet.
nembers during Tho next wass +J,7o' Few
, .., c6o1!e4 : BertYm represepsi,. s
oen,r1 oor5e1 11 Faa@ -, and Labor counes'l a'
Of the association campsigo IN :. favor
return Of light vines and baor sr lor III.
[r.,t1,. Of the saloon MISS Alice csrna.no Dat not
9nno9nced that during The 01'ar''t,s. a. t.
.haries IT, Dltson and Mr.. 'aE Mrs
NcVlckers had accepted .bn hvard
to serve On the women's bonor...1 orn.,rltstion
m,ttee mt 81 Tith others prominent !, CON-, m,
Of %ew York. "'S'hess life
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26

day on these descriptions. he added.
IN telling reporters about the pistols
which had been turned over to him.
sheriff W erner remarked that he WAS
giving out this Information only be-
cause he regarded the case as pretty
we'll cleared up" He was asked what
the manufacturers numper was on the
revolver sa' TO have been Peterss and
refused to l.. H.
the tailor who recently had mended the
trousers worn by Peters at the time of
his death met with success Yesterday
and led to evidence that Peters was
riding as passenger on motor trucks
of the Ward Baking Company several
weeks ago
In response TO an advertisement the
Sheriff inserted in New Rochelle
newspaper Alfredo Sacco. a tailor in
that city. Informed the Sheriff that he
had mended the trousers in question.
He was able to describe the wearer so
definitely as to leave no doubt in the
SherfF's mind that he was Peters, and
said that he had got out of a Ward
baking Company motor truck when he
came in 20 have the repairs made
Chief Of Police O'Neill of Mamaroneck
SAID he had found several persons who
had seen Peters riding on Ward trucks.
Coroner Disputes Sheriff
The Sheriff's statement that the case
"is pretty we'll cleared up was not
echoed by Coroner Fitzgerald.
"I am not going to hold the inquest
until can get sufficient evidence TO
make Mr.. Ward talk" the coroner said,
when asked when he proposed holding
the inquest. because he can stand on
his constitutional rights and not say
anything. We are checking up his
story more rigjdly than ever today to
Investigate his claim of self-defense
lts got to be proved to my satisfaction
that t is correct
II say honestly that the whole story
does not ring true TO me. We are now
checking up the dScordant notes"
Mayor Scott, OF New Rochelle, re
ccived Wards letter of resignation as
Police Commissioner yesterday 1t
read:
My Dear Mr. Mayor: In order to re
lieve YOU of any possible embarrass-
mcnt, hereby tender my resi- ignation
as a Police Comm ssioncr of the City
Of New Rochelle, and may express
to YOU my appreciation Of the kindly
consideration you have at all times
shown me-
Il
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Mrs. Ward Remains at Home

Mrs. Ward did not leave her home in
New Rochelle all day. Her two chill
dren we're kept indoors most Of the
day also. Late in the aftern 1on they
were taken to bathing beach not far
from the house
At 10 o'clock maid said that Mrs.
Ward had been Informed of her nus
bands detention, but did not intend to
go to White Plains until morning, if
: 10 qli
New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Sheriff n Skcptic. Say Friends

censed over what they believe TO be
the unfair treatment accorded Werner
and other WeStchester County authori
ties by new papers reporting the prog
reSs Of the Ward case They say they
do not believe Werner has believed
Wards story from the first but that
he hoped by pretending to accept the
Young mans recital TO catch the latter
oF his guard and obtain affirmative
refutatjon. To thls end, they suggest
re may have decided upon the appar-
entity "whlteWashuE' 5tatements TO the
newspapers.
As matters now stand. they point out,
despite the obvious discrepancies in
Wards story. the county officials have
nothing Of an affirmative nature TO
offer i'm refutatIon of the declaration
tnat ne shot Peters n self defense.
= cy say that neither Werner nor Cor
onec Fitzgerald believes that there
were any witnesses Of the shooting,
Ward mentioned two other men. these
Wards version of the affair or offer
definite refutation for il.
Explains Delay in Alarm
Sheriff Werner announced he had
sent out general alarm to have
Charley Ross" and Jack" The TWO al
eyed accompl ces Of Peters in the sup
posed Matchmaking plot. arrested He
declared he had not sent out these de
before because he hoped to
ontain photographs OF the men from
he Rog1es' Gallery in New York to ac-
ON many the vague descriptions gwen
- Wac1
y could pick uo twenty-five men to-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23
BENEDIC7INE AND J.M HIS
TOHOLD COMPETITIVE DRJJI r
f'rsi Platoon From Company of Both Schools Will
represent Two Institutions in Annual
Event in Crays' Armory.

the annual competitive drill be-
tween Renedictine College and tho
John Marshall High schoo, cadet
corps will be held Saturday night.
April %, a, $50 O'Clock IN tho G-ays'
Armory. The frs, platoon from
Company a OF both schools Will rep
resent tho two Institutions.
Three d'Neren. drills VIII b. given
each company: close order. bayonctry
and calis,hen!cs. Tho platoon from
John Marshall Will be in charge Of
Lieutenant Page. and tina, from Bcn..
d!et!ne In charge OF l!eutenan, J. II.
Eiehn!ngs.
Major William GIL win be tho go
nio' judge and viii appoint two reg
"!ar army Officer 20 aid him in the
Judging. Sealed orders viii he given
each commander when he comes on
20 tho dr!ll aoor and judFmcn, made
as TO tho ability Of the cadets TO fol-
Low out these orders
Governor l.. Lee Tr.nllc viii nr..
sent the cup 10 the winning platoon
This cup is given los IiuweN From
"rs. Governor Tr!nalo and stair
Mayor George AiuSIe and others
nromincnt tn Tho life 90 Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-23

campaign in Augusta County. has an
nouncod the following appointments
for speakers ana their subjects: IL
NJ. McManaway. Basic School, Mon
day. April "a: Rev. II. w. McI.augh-
lin, Middlebrook School. Saturday,
May 6; J. Frank Harper. Fishersville
School. Friday. May IL: Supcrin,cnd-
Ont g. l.. IL. johnson. Stuart's Draft
School Tuesday. May 16: Colonel T.
J. Roller. Mount Sidney School. Tues
day. May II: Captain q. a. Lockhart.
Ccntrcvilio School. Thursday, May 4:
Rev j. r. Rosebro. Churchville
school. Thursday. May 4: Superin-
tcndent q. l.. II. Johnson. Wayncs-
boro School. Wednesday. May 10. and
Major Charles Roller. May .. These
meetings will begin on the dates as
signed At o'clock each night.