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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Fight Over $1,5OO,OOO
Levy Estate Settled
Widow Suffered Many Priva-
tons During Litigation; Loss
of Speech Laid OH II

After year of litigation. during
which Mrs. Ella Levy, of as West
Eighty sixth Street, was compelled to
suffer privations although her husband,
Marshall P. Levy, had left an estate Of
81 500 900, and also suffered stroke Of
apoplexy that deprived her of her
speech, which attack was attributed to
worry over the legal fight for the estate
Of her husband, announcement was
made in the Surrogates' Court yester-
day that the contest over Mr.. Levy's
will had been settled
Mr.. Levy was a merchant with places
of business in Atlanta and New Or
leans. He left the greater part Of his
estate to his widow and four unmarried
daughters. Only minor provisions were
made for son and two married daugh-
tiers. and they contested the will, al
leging their father was not of sound
mind and under undue influence when
he made it.
Several times Mrs. Levy was COM
PEELED to apply to the Surrogates' Court
for an order to pay her money from
her husbands estate to meet the en-
penses of maintaining herself and her
daughters. Last week the court allowed
Mrs, Levy $4,000 for urgent expenses,
including medical treatment following
the stroke she suffered, which the
daughters said came from worry she
had experienced over the will contest
The contest was called before Surro-
gate Cohalan yesterday, when the an
nouncement Of settlement was made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Christian Unity Plan
Before Harding To-day
Bishop Manning to Give Him
Program of World Meeting
on Faith and Order

Plans for world conference on
faith and order will be laid before
President Harding in Washington to-
day by the Right Rev DR.. William T.
Manning. Episcopal Bishop of New
York. Preparations for the conference
are being made among Christian bodies
throughout the world Bishop Man
ming. who left here yesterday, will he
accompanied to the White House by
the Bishop of Washington.
The conference. according to the
plans Bishop Manning will present to
the President, has for its ultimate pur-
pose Christian unity throughout the
world The two leaders in the early
movement for this conference we're
Bishop Manning and the late j. Pier
pont Morgan. Robert n. Gardiner, of
Boston. has been the active executive
secretary.
After the World War preliminary
conference was held in Geneva, and
since then meetings have been held by
leaders of the various denominations
all over the world looking to great
gathering in Washington in the fall of
1924 or the early spring Of 1925. Every
Christian body, both in the East and
West, with the exception Of the Roman
Catholic Church. is actively cooper
ating and preparing for this confer
ence. 1t is expected that. as indicated
by the late Pope Benedict's interest in
its purpose, the Roman Catholic Church
will be represented, either officially or
unoffcially
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Russian Symphony
Sues Colonel Thompson
Orchestra's Counsel Alleges
100000 Guaranty for 20
Concerts Not Fully Paid

Coloel William Boyce Thompson was
sued in the Supreme Court yesterday
for S37,500 by the Russia Symphony
Orchestra for which orgaization, it is
alleged, he acted as guarantor during
1918'19 concert season.
Colonel Thompson was president Of
the Russian Symphony Orchestra Boris
Bakhmeteff, Russian Ambassador at
Washington, was honorary president.
Percy Rockefeller vice-president and
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson.
daughter of Woodrow Wilson. chair
man Of the ladies' committee. Modest
Altschuler was the conductor.
1t is alleged that Colonel Thompson
requested that the orchestra give
twenty concerts, guaranteeing that
100000 be Forthcoming as needed and
that fifty artists were engaged for the
orchestra and concerts given in various
cities.
1t is stated by Louis G. Bernstein.
counsel for the plaintiff, that only
$22.5oo Of the promised 100000 was
paid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
HughesSayssNation'
Article on Mexico
Is Utterly False
Secretary Denies Making De-
mands That Would In
fringe Upon Sovereignty
of Ncighboring Republic

"Thc Nation" publishes in it's cur
rent issue denial by Charles n.
Hughes. Secretary Of State, Of state
ments made in an article by Henry e..
Alsberg which was published in "The
Nation" May 10.
1t was asserted in Mr.. Alsberg's ar
ticle that the Harding Administration
had sent notes to Mexico embodying
the sovereignty of that nation II
granted, including supervision Of cleo
tions, exile Of radicals, elimination of
men now in Office as andidates. prefer
entail treatment for American churches
and American capitalists and the plac
ing of control of Mexican railroads in
the hands Of minority stockholders, al
though the Mexican government owns
81 per cent of the stock.
81 stated to the press correspond
cnts," comments Secretary Hughes,
land now reiterate, that no such de-
mands have been made, and that the
statement, on whatever information,
that such demands have been made, is
that, as the department speaks for
American citizens. we have asked pro-
lection of the valid titles of American
citizens which had been acquired in &C.
cordance with Mexican laws, but this
does not preclude, and rather antici.
pates. similar protection Of citizens Of
other countries. l also remarked that
these statements had been published
without any inquiry at the State De-
partment for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether or not they were accurate.
and that it was serious injury to our
government to give currency to such
transformation"
"The Nations" response to Secretary
Hughes's denial Of statements In it's
article was series Of questions de-
handing full information concerning
diplomatic correspondence relating to
possible recognition Of the Mexican
government and the terms upon which
the Guatemalan government was recog-
nized.
These demands. Secretary Hughes
said. we're utterly unrelated to his as
sertion that "The Nation" had pub
lished an inaccurate article concerning
negotiations with Mexico, and could not
be granted at present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Cunboat Smith Knocks
Out Four Bootleggers
DR.. Roller, Wrestler, Also
Tames Pair of Scrappcrs
at Soda Counter

Gunboat Smith, former heavyweight
pugilist, knocked out four men ycster-
day
DR.. Benjamin F. Roller, the Seattle
physician who aspred to Frank Gotch's
wrestling title decade ago, fastened a
strangle hold on two men earlier in the
day and held them until two patrol
men turned up to take them away.
Smith staged his comeback on Pier
Z. East River, where he is boss cteve-
dore for the Atlantic Fruit Company,
clude keeping bootleggers away from
incoming vessels. AS the Princess
May was warping up to the pier yes
terday morning two fast motorboats
ranged up alongside. Prospective
liquor dealers in the launches and on
the dock started dickering vociferously
with members of the crew for whisky
and wine.
Smith cleaned up the bootleggers on
the pier so quickly that the men in the
motorboats made off in haste when he
started after them in a rowboat.
Dr. Rollers bout was unprem editated.
in Henry Halper's drug store at Broad
way and Seventy second Street little
after midnight. Ellis de Priest, of $50
West Fifty-eighth Street, and Bernard
A. Smith, of $50 West Fifty eighth
Street, came in and started an argu-
ment with the clerk, in the course Of
which the former is alleged to have hit
the drink dispenser on the head with
the heavy metal top of fruit syrup
tank.
DR.. Roller indicated that he did not
approve Of their conduct, and after
one look at his build the newcomers
took to their heels. The ex-wrestler
followed. overlook them and held them
until patrolmen arrived to take them
to the West Sixty eighth Street station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Lack of Discipline
In Farm School Is
Declared Appalling
Dean Roberts Says Students
at Farmingdalc Treat the
Faculty With Contempt;
Aliens Also Il Handicap

Dean Alan Roberts, Of the State IN
stitute of Applied Agriculture at
FarmingdaIe, l.. L., told Edward &.
thinner. deputy state comptroller, who
is investigating the plant, in yester-
days session Of the investigation, that
lack of discipline in the institution
was appalling. He said students
treated the faculty with absolute con-
tempt.
Dean Roberts said many Of the stu
dents were immigrants who had just
landed and went Immediately to the
institute They are charged nothing
for tuition and pay merely S35 month
for board These students, the dean
said, knew no English and we're, gen
orally speaking, a drawback to the
success Of the school. They seldom
finished the course and engaged in
farming, he declared.
There is provision in the law
which says that residents Of the state
Of New York are not to be charged
been paid a salary Of $4,000 q year
and 800 a year from the contingency
fund Of the institute. There are now
1872 pupils, of whom about half have
been assigned by the Federal Board.
Enlarging on the immigrant use Of
school facilities, Dean Roberts declared
many Of these students had not even
sufficient money to pay the $35 a
month board fee. He said the condi-
tions in the institute were such that
graduate from it would not rank with
the average self ado American hrm err,
becausethe students did practically no
farm work. The State Department,
Dean Roberts said, recognized this
condition as one Of thine institute s
greatest defects. The dean added:
81 think we should have some uni
form entrance requirement. Students
Of advanced education are retarded by
those having little or none. The lack
absolute lack or respect for author
Attempts to enforce the rules are hope
less"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
ITO Wet ''Minute Men,
Each Pledge 10 Recruits
Organization Meeting for The.
atrical People To Be
Held June 8

One hundred and sixteen "minute
men," each pledged to recruit ten new
members, Joined the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment at
meeting at the Hotel PENNSYLVANIA
last night. It was the first meeting
the minute men" have held since their
organization a week ago. The next
will be held next Thursday evening.
Stanley H, Howe, an organizer of
the city campaign, presided. He an
nounced meeting for the organiza-
ton of theatrical people June 8, with
Daniel Frohman presiding. He also
announced each hotel manager would
be asked to get as many new members
as he has rooms in his hotel.
Charles Bertram. official represen ta-
tive of the Central Trades and Labor
Council, said some one asked him
what was obnoxious about the Volstead
act. Don't ask me-" he answered.
ASK the Janitor that sweeps up Labor
Lyceum Hall after any dance, and gets
from 115 to 200 empty whisky bottles.
| myself saw two girls, not over six
teen years OF age. offer the motorman
and conductor on a street car drinks
from a flask we are going to a
dance, they said, and we always take
it with US
"The Prohibition Party SAYS there is
no drunkenness in New York TODAY
They are right. With the stuff thew
ape getting now, people don't get
drunk. They go crazy. The insane
asylums are full of them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Bogus Deaf Mute Fools
Judge-But Only Once
Brooklyn Beggar Escapes a
Prison Sentence Because
of CriDpled Mother

If deaf mutes in the future nd Mag
istrate Short rather brusque and some
what suspicious they'll have Harry
Baker, of 946 Jefferson Avenue, Brook
Ign, to blame. Baker took advantage
of a once sympathetic and trusting
magistrate.
Baker was arrested on a charge of
begging and was brought before Mag
istrate Short in Coney Island Court
Monday. The defendant said he was
deaf and dumb-he acted it and he
looked it. The magistrate, determined
that no advantage be taken of the pris-
oner wrote the entire complaint against
Baker himself, requiring twenty min
utes to do so. The magistrate thought
it was twenty minutes we'll spent.
He changed his mind yesterday
Baker was arraigned before him for
sentence, and the probation officer re-
marked, incidentally, that Baker wasn't
deaf at all, The magistrate told the
prisoner that in fifteen years expert
ence in court he had never met his
equal for untruthfulness. He wanted
to give Baker a six months workhouse
sentence. but let him off with a sus-
pended sentence because of crippled
mother eighty-fve years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
School Superintendent
Shoots Janitor Twice
Quarrel Said to Have Been Re-
suit of Egg.Throwing
Episode

L1MON. Col, May 1s.~W. r. Mat
thews Superintendent of Schools here,
to-day shot and seriously wounded
George Hazelett, janitor of the Limon
High School. The shooting took place
in the manual training room in the
basement o. the building, The men
are alleged to have quarreled when
Matthews accused Hazelett of taking
part in demonstration Tuesday
night in which the superintendent was
struck by eggs thrown by men or boys
concealed near his home.
Hazelett was rushed to II hospital,
where his condition was pronounced
critical. Matthews ran homo, where
he was arrested.
Hazelett declared Matthews &C
cused him of taking part in the egg
incident. A quarrel followed and Mat
thews, according to Hazelett, fired FIVE
shots. two taking effect. One Of the
bullets entered Hazelett's abdomen and
the second struck him in the forearm,
Matthews refused to make state
ment.
Miss Christie Bowling, teacher,
who was in an adjoining room when
the quarrel began, locked herself in
after hearing the shots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19

three agreed that they would tsk. q.
chance Of letting Mr.. Mutty 90 II !.
would give them $500.
Mr.. Mutty only had $40 with hin, !,
told them. but he had $500 NOR. :.
Boston bank; After a consultation - ~, .
three agreed to compromise for ss me
of which $40 should be in cash, IN. @os,-
to be paid the next night y. r;.s N
fourth Street and Seventh Avenue NY
After giving them the $40 Mr. NJ.
walked forth from the Grand Cen.ru.,,1y
free man. He went to st. Paty;ck.. a.
thedral and consulted priest A., "a -
)atter's advice Mutty inform.d" .he
police and a patrolman accomn. .hs
him to the rendezvous last nish, p'"ied
James Creamer, Of 94s Amste,a.
Avenue, a taxicab driver, came ai1 an
with his cab and told Mr.. Mnts s,ohg
step in and he'd take him "to thu go 70
Mr.. Mutty and the patrolman .t 80.
in. The boys" were not to h. t .
and Creamer was locked up at IT,. ywun ne,.
Forty seventh Street police stst;,r ss1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Thaw Estate Trustees
File $l8,42O Claim

PHILADELPHIA, May 1S.-Trustees
for the estate of Harry K Thaw. SLAYER
of Stanford White, who was adjudged
lunatic and committed to the Penn
sylvania Hospital for Mental and Ner-
vous Diseases. to-day filed an account
ing in Common Pleas Court. claiming
per cent compensation on S366,418.39.
amounting to S18,420.92, for their serv-
ices. The total value of the estate was
not revealed.
The report showed that the trustees,
J. D. Lyon, Of Pittsburgh, and Walther
Riddle, closed Thaw's accounts with his
brokers, paid off his notes, redeemed
stocks and bonds he had pledged as
collateral and disposed of many mis-
cellaneous securities and reinvested
the proceeds in Liberty bonds and
other high class securities. Thaw's OK
penses for board and treatment at the
hospital varied from $500 to $1,000 a
month, the report said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
.Peddler Kills
.HerOPOlice111an.
w Ounds Second
CONTINUED from pace ene

was employed as janitor for several
houses. The section is one of the
busiest in the Bronx, and many people
saw the shooting. A woman who saw
Trabiano fire the first shot that felled
Patrolman Hay ran through l72d
Street. and meeting Patrolman Slater.
who had heard the report Of the re-
volver, told him II policeman had been
shot
Slater caught sight of Trabiano as
he was running across the avenue to-
ward Crotona Park. Hays slayer
followed by Slater and Patrolman Jere-
miah Clifford. of Traffic B, in civilian
clothes, and Martin Howley, of Traffic
A, in uniform. Clifford and Howley
were riding in streetcar when they
heard the shots and jumped off to give
chase.
Trabiano ran about 400 feet into the
park. and taking refuge behind a tree
began firing at his pursuers. The pa
trolmen dropped to the ground, mill
tary fashion and crawled toward the
murderer, firing rapidly.
Only one of the three shots fred in
the park by Trabiano took effect 1t
struck Patrolman Slater in the palm
of a hand. Slater, undaunted by the
wound, closed in on the peddler. After
firing eleven shots, and Trabiano hav-
ing emptied his weapon. the three pa
trolman jumped to their feet and
seized him
According to the police. Trabiano,
who is fortysix years old and went to
the Third Avenue address, where he
was both fish peddler and jantor, two
,yoeks caruo1 Gffaor -, T%ol,
for killing a man before he came to
this country. The police were told
that Trabiano had often boosted Of the
previous crime.
Two of the shots from Trabiano's re
volver lodged in the patrolman's abdo-
men. The first shot struck Hay square
ly in the spine.
Slater, the other policeman shot by
Trabiano, earned the Croix de Guerra
while serving with the 35th Machine
Gun Company during the World War
and saving his platoon from destruc-
tlon in the Argonne. He Joined the
police force about eighteen months ago.
He was treated for the wound in his
hand at Fordham Hospital after help
ing to remove Hays body there.
Assistant District Attorney Quigley
reached the Bathgate Avenue station
soon after the murder Of Patrolman
Hay and put the prisoner through an
examination.
Within an hour after the murder the
machinery Of District Attorney Glen
mons Office was functioning with the
purpose of preparing for swift action.
Messages were sent to the members or
the grand jury announcing a special
session for to- day, at which Trabiano's
indictment will be asked He proba bly,
will go to trial within week,
"Th'e Sullivan law is being enforced,
but we find that many magazines and
some of the Sunday newspapers con-
tain advertisements of pistol concerns
that will mail or express a revolver to
any person who is willing to buy" Po-
lice Commissioner Enrght said yes
terday when asked what could be done
concerning the shooting of policemen.
ut is situation that is quite hard
to handle he added. "A great many
revolvers and firearms are being car
ried by furtive people. A large number
have been brought into the country as
result of the war. 1t is too bad about
the death of this patrolman,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
2 Boy Burglars, on Way
West, Caught at Station
Agent DELAYS Ticket Sale to Call
Detectives and Pair Confess
Crime i'm BROOKLYN

William and John were going West.
They said AS much to the ticket agent
IN the Pennsylvania Station last night
when they displayed a roll of bills and
asked for tickets to Pittsburgh.
The agent looked first at William
and then at John and then at the
lmoney, and delayed the sale of the
tickets. In few minutes Detectives
God and Sullivan were at the ticket
window, and in a few minutes more
Detectives Wood and Sullivan and
William and John were all at the West
1hirtieth Street station discussing
tickets and Pittsburgh and burgaries
IN Broooklyn.
The boys finally admitted that they
cot the money they had in burglary
at the home Of Mrs Ophelia Boehm
a. 1881 Lormer Street, Brooklyn, on
Tuesday. They were later taken to
the Greenpoint police station. Brook
Ign, and booked as William Kindorf,
fourteen years old, of 13l Huron Street
Brooklyn. and John Hallick. fifteen
years old, of l40 Huron Street, Brook
lyn. An empty revolver was found on
each of them. They were locked up on
charges of juvenile delinquency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Rum Forger'ies
FOundInvOlving
$50 Druggists
800 Cases of Liquor Seized
at Express Offices and
New Bootlegger's Plan to
Get Liquor Uncovered
Took Barrel at a Time
Small Withdrawals Needed
No Confirmation by Day.
More Believed En- Route

One of the most extensive eonspira-
cies yet revealed for the fraudulent
withdrawal OF liquor on forged per-
wits was disclosed yesterday after the
seizure Of 800 cases OF choice liquor
at the depots OF the American Railway
Express Company in Brooklyn and Jer-
sey. According to John B. Appleby
the zone enforcement chief for New
York and New Jersey, who supervised
the raids, evidence has already been
gathered connecting go local druggists
with the plot, and 1t has been learned
that the bootleggers involved nave
ample capital to back them in their
venture.
Barrel at a Time
Previous liquor frauds. the zone
chief SAYS, have been detected through
the regulation requiring wholesalers to
obtain confirmation on all withdrawal
permits calling for more than one
barrel of whisky. In this case the wide
scope of the conspiracy has enabled
the hootleggers to operate profitably
by pooling a large number of small!
orders No Withdrawals OF more than
one barrel were made, and consequently
the peFMftS gearing tue wv e@N ''b""
ture Of Director Day and in many cases
of honest permit holders were hon
ored at Kentucky and Pennsylvania
distilleries without any report being
made to headquarters here.
OnIy one regulation stood between
the conspirators and the successful
operation of the fraud, Mr.. Appleby
declared, the rule that copy of the
permit must be sent to the director
Office as soon as the liquor has been
delivered. About three weeks ago 1t
was noticed that these so-caiied dlrec-
tors copies were coming in on permits
which had never been issued. 1t was
then that the Investigation started.
In addition to the liquor seized yes
terdav. 200 cases which are thought to
have figured in the fraud have been
imnounded since May 1, and agents are
on the lookout for 225 more cases now
known to be on their way here.
Relieves Wholesalers Involved
Mr.. Appieby says the government be-
iieyes that in many cases the distillers
.nd wholesalers from whom the liquor
was obtained are parties 20 the fraud
and that criminal prosecution against
all Of them will be started. The policy
of the enforcement Office, he explained,
is to be lenent with small dealers who
can aid in reaching those "higher up, y
and for this reason 1t is probable that
fifty of the seventy-five druggists who
have been called to his Office recently
will be let off with a caution. Twenty
FIVE of them already have been singled
out to lose their licenses. and this list
will grow as the zone chief continues
his interviews with those implicated
in the fraud.
Criminal action is not expected in
the cases of many Of the New York
dealers. The list Of druggists whose
Indictment for connection with the
fraud is sought probably will be made
public soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-05-19
Jazz Music Is Hours a
Day Is Held a Nuisance
Music Dealer Who Wouldn',
Let Funeral Interfere With
Business Ia Fined

Thirteen hours of continuous Jazz
music constitutes a public nuisance,
according to ruling made yesterday
by Magistrate Simpson in the West
Side court. AS result of the ruling
James Secular, proprietor Of a music
shop at 931 Eighth Avenue, paid fine
of $40 and will have to muffle the
photograph which has been extending
over the sidewalk blaring forth it's
syncopated airs.
The trouble began when mourners
at funeral in the undertaking par
Tors of Graham Eickelberg, at ga
Eighth Avenue, protested against the
tunes while a service was being con-
Quoted. Eickelberg told the court that
he requested Secular to stop the music
until the services were finished. This,
he said, Secular refused to do
Secular said he could not under
stand the lack of appreciation for
music, and added that he played op
cratic selections as we'll as Jazz music
Magistrate Simpson ruled, however,
that jazz when kept up inthis fashion
fro milo o'clock in the morning until
II at night became a public nuisance