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The evening world., 1922-05-12
FIGHTS
BOY TO RECOVER
HOME RUN BALL
High School Faculty Game
Ends When Near Riot Be-
ginS-L Trains Held Up.

When Joseph Cohen, nineteen, of
No. 1916 East 10th Street, Brooklyn,
was arraigned to-day in Flatbush
Court charged with assault, it became
known that yesterday afternoon an
athletic meet between Erasmus and
Manual Training High Schools at the
Public Schools Athletic League field
was broken UP by n fight between
William Stratton, athletic instructor
of Erasmus Hall High School, and a
youth who had seized a ball knocked
over the fence.
The fighting took place in the third
inning of the closing event of the
programme, a baseball game between
the faculties of the two high schools
Manual was leading by to 0, when
one OF the players hit the ball over
the fence.
Prof. Stratton, playing left field.
went in pursuit, arriving outside the
lot at Avenue X and East 18th Street,
used by the league, in time TO sec a
youth scurrying away with the ball
Prof. Stratton caught the youth and
took the ball away, but said in court
several other youths set upon him
one OF them, alleged to be Cohen
striking him five or six times in the
face and body, knocking him down
The players left the field anC
spectators lett the benches, Crowdini
about the youths and the instructor
The game was not finished. Erasmu!
authorities insisted on the arrest o
Cohen, who was the only one of thu
group of youths who had engaged
| the instructor, who failed to gc
away. A patrol wagon was called
and Cohen was taken to the polic'
station. The crowd attempted TO fol
| low, with result that the Aycnu
| j Street Station of the elevated VA
| crowded, and trains were deayc'
! about half an hour.
| Magistrate FOlwel, after hcaunI
| Prof. Stratton's testimony, and thu
of several others, parolcd Cohen 70
| a hearing Tuesday.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
MRS. STOKES ASKS
100000 AL|MONY,
LAWYER |NT|MATES
Millionaire Laughs at Inter
myer Suggestion He Has
Concealed Assets.

After argument between counsel
to-day in the beginning of the fight
of Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes to have
the court set permanent alimony to
he paid her by her millionaire hus-
band. W. L. d. Stokes, Supreme
Court Justice Finch directed counsel
the case and report back to him later
in the afternoon.
There was no definite mention made
in to-day's preliminary clash of coun-
sci as to the exact amount of alimony
Mrs. Stokes would demand. Though
her counsel, Samuel Untermyer, has
intimated out of court that he would
ask in the neiEhborhood Of 800, 900 IA
year, he refrained from being pinned
down TO any amount to-day.
!. Gainsburg, counsel for Mr..
Stokes, called the courts attention TO
the $4,000 temporary allowance
granted by Justice Gavegan in 1919
He ridiculed the intimation of Mr..
Untermyer that he might ask for IA
trcbling of this amount.
Yes, and even more" intcrjccted
MIR. Untermyor.
"Oh, so there was some truth i'm the
newspaper reports of the amount to
be asked9" snapped Attorney Gains
burg.
Mr.. Untermyer objected to Stokes
suggestion that "A referee he appointed
to act with an accountant TO 90 over
Stokes's books on the ground that
satisfaction could not result because
of alleged concealed assets
Following the hearing Mr.. Stokes
said he had no idea of the amount of
alimony to be asked.
Regarding those concealed assets.
though" Chuckled Mr.. Stokes, 81
surely would like to get hold of some
Of them myself"
The evening world., 1922-05-12
HYLAN AND ENR|GHT
TO WALK AT HEAD
OF POLICE PARADE
Five Thousand Uniformed
Members of Department in
Annual March Tomorrow.

Commanded by Chief Inspector
Lahey, 5000 members of the UNI
formed police force will march in the
annual police parade tomorrow. In
addition to the 5000 there will be
1000 reservists, 100 policemen from
Jersey City. with their band, and forty
from Yonkers. At the head of the
procession which starts from the Bat
terry at 1130 A. NJ. will be Mayor
Hylan and Commissioner Enright and
hs deputies. They. too, will march.
The line of march will be from tho
Battery to Broadway, to 10th Street,
west on 18th to Seventh Avenue.
Seventh Avenue to 10th Street, east on
10th Street to Fifth Avenue, and south
on Fifth Avenue to the reviewing
stand at the Worth Monument. There
the Mayor and the Commissioners Will
drop out and review the parade with
the eight honor men who will receive
medals.
Representatives of the French Gov
ernment in recognition of the cour-
tesies shown by the police on the oc-
casion of the visit here of French off,
cials will present gold medals to some
and silver medals to others who have
been identified with the police work on
these occasions. 1iJ
Those to receive medals besides
Chief Inspector Lahey and Deputy
Chief Inspector O'Brien and Lieut..
Gegan, in charge of the bomb squad;
are the following members Of the
bomb squad: Charles Newman. Ed
ward Cooper, George Mccartney. Cor
nelius Browne, William Van Valkcn-
bergh, Louis Herman. Christopher
Kelly and George Gilbert. 20.
For the first time in the history OF
parades of the department. the men
will march without clubs or sticks OF
any kind. Along the line of march
there will be additional police booths.
and ambulances will be stationed at
convenient distances ready for
emergencies.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
B.R. .T.READY
TRAINS IN QUEENS
WITHIN SIX MONTHS
Menden Promises Free Trans
ferS at Plaza to Narrow
Astoria or Corona Cars.
AID TO 90 P. c. TRAVEL
Only Short Time Needed to
Install the Switches
Required.

Emergency relief Of a temporary
character for so per cent. of the 49,
100000 passengers who annually
travel between the Borough of Queens
and Times Square is provided for in a
suggestion made to-day at the Transit
Commissions continued hearing into
b. r. T. service. 1t would take only
six months to install the additional
switches required.
w. s. Menden, General Manager for
Receiver Garrison of the New York
Consolidated properties In the B. K 7.
system, told the commission in answer
to q question by Clarence j. Shcarn,
that II the commission would order II,
he would recommend to the receiver
that the u. r. =. c |rpany use mar
row cars Oh the Astoria and Corona
extensions to lluncnsboro Plaza and
there transfer free to the wider r.
r. T. cars that go by tunnel to Times
Square, thus divertinS 11,302,bs1 pas
sengers annually from the Grand Cen
trail shuttle and consequently relieving
the 42d Street underground crosstown
congestion.
Mr.. Shearn's questions followed a
suggestion made Wednesday by Cor
poration Counsel O'Brien, who called
the commissions attention to the pos
sibillties of using narrow cars on the
Corona and Astoria legs OF the B. r.
T. system in Queens. The Transit
Commissions engineers have had
such a plan in contemplation.
The cars that run up Broadway,
under the river to greensboro Plaza
are too wide to go any further out in
Queens Borough, because the stations
in Queens have not been cut down to
fit the new cars. The Queens stations
fit the narrow B. r. T. cars of the
wooden type. and the latter can be
used from the Plaza out. The Tran
sit Commission will not countenance
wooden cars in the tunnel under the
river.
Corporation Counsel O'Brien asked
the commission at the close of the
session to set aside a special day on
which to investigate the cost of power
production by the B. K. T. Gen.
Organ. presiding, denied the request.
Mr.. O'Brien declared the Interborough
was wasting $1,000, 900 annually on
powre production and he thought the
b. r. T. was equally negligent. He
regretted the fact that the city's en-
gineering experts were denied access
to the B, r. T. powerhouses.
Mr.. Menden closed the session with
additional testimony on the service
rendered by the B. r. T. He said the
company would need twice it's present
track mileage in the next five years
to comply with anticipated orders of
the commission.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
Ferguson, Poet Laureate OF Cops,
Dies From Effect OF Slight Hurt
On Duty He Made Fine Record and at Poetry
He Had the Force at His Feet.

The man whom the police have
called "thc poet laureate of the de-
partment," Detective John r. j. Fer
guson, Is dead.
For years he had been suffering
from "A progressive infection which
started when IL slight injury OF his lett
foot was followed by gangrene' Am
putations, first Of the toes, then OF the
whole foot, failed TO check the maAdy'
He died yesterday at st. Francis Hos
pital.
Feguson lived at No. lj2 East ll6th
street with his sister. He was born
in 1873 and had been member OF
the force for twenty years. Lately
owing to his crippled condition. ne
had been assigned 20 light duties In
the Bureau OF Lost Property, In his
Younger days, when he was a power
ul man, ne served in the dangerous
Chatham Square strict, and was
credited with the arrest Of many MUIR
derers.
Here are two samples Of his verse;
To Richard y. EnriGht'
You are still our same idol
As in the days OF long ago,
And the same brown eyes are flashing,
with that same old fonrless glow.
Aud IT,, spiu- oll t!ynds stlll welcome
N,, , ne. nlruus yoa nave
our Richard Of tAs lions hear.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
N. Y. RY. RECEIVER TAKES
OVER SIXTH AVE. LINES
Judge Mayer Transfers SO0-N ear
Leases to Hedges.

The Sixth Avenue Railroad Com
fany surface line which has not been
included in the roccivorship Of the
New York Railways Company under
the management of Joh Hedges was
30 included on its own petition filed by
counsel to-day with Judge Mayer in
tho Federal Circuit Court. by the
terms of Judge Mayors order the
sixth Avenue Railroad Company is
made a defendant in the complaint Of
the American Brake shoe and Ioun-
dry Company against the New York
Railways Company, which brought
suit about the original rcceivcrshlp.
The petition sets forth that the
sixth Avenue Railroad Company
holds SO0-ycar leases on various sur
r1cc lines, many OF which arc IN bad
physical shape. II will require $3.50, 900
10 replace worn out tracks and equip
ncnt, large claims are pending
against the corporation, and the re-
ownership is said to be necessary To
adjustment
awe obtained tha rGor" said
r"1rr '. .uu- D' DnIr..' ".,. t"0
r..ol ana fnar a. rots,ue. n nl
not AFFECT the p.escu operation OF the
lneS."
The evening world., 1922-05-12

Untarnished and unstained.
The Rookie.
They handed him a nightstick,
And they sent him out on post
The "Gophers" looked him over,
And gave him an awful roast"
Tho corner gang all smiled at him
As he came down the street.
And every one decided
That he looked like easy meat"
lie only made IA lap or two
When things began to hum.
\ "stick up" down In "Regan's Roost"
Soon brought him on the run.
With the old night stick a-swinging,
He sailed through Regan's door.
And with deadly execution
Laid the gangsters on the noor.
Then some one phoned the Captain
That the "RoOk" was getting
trimmed:
At the head OF forty "coppers"
Down to Regan's joint he Skinned.
The rookie stood there smiling
Not gangster dared to stir:
Then stepping toward the Captain.
said:
81 want the wagon-sir."
Read back DER history's pages.
And youll hnd that blood will tell
For his daddy plugged the same old
post
When double NTH" was hell
AMI thoSo who saw him trim the gang.
Whey all seemed t1 agree:
Il.a. he's Just as good a copper
As his daddy used to be.
The evening world., 1922-05-12

Announcement of tho engagement
of Miss Winifred Hudnut. known pro-
fessionally as Natacha Rambova, to
Rodolph Valentino, star lover of the
screen, has revealed his previous mar
riage to and subsequent divorce from
Trenton girl
The divorced wife was Jean Acker,
a motion picture star, who, because of
her diminutive stature, soon won a
place in the films. Previously she
had been on the stage. She and
Valentino met while working for the
Universal Film Company in Holly
wood.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
CARNATION PRICES
BOOM OTHER BUDS ~
FOR MOTHERS DAY
20 Cent Demand for White
Variety Causes Talk of
Boycott Here. ~.

The time-worn cry of supply
shortage" and excessive demand" is
being made to-day by florists, whole
sale and retail. to explain the big in
crease in the price of carnations.
especially the white variety, tor
Mothers Day." which will be OBJ
served Sunday. In some instances 20
cents each is being demanded for car
nations. AS a result a movement has
been started to boycott this flower In
favor OF some other.
"rhere are not enough carnations to
meet the demand" said A. lie Moult.
one of the city's foremost florists. IAN
the hothouses in the country. IL they,
raised only carnations, could not sup
ply tho demand next Sunday. And IL
Is obvious that tho florists can't spe-
cialize In this single flower just for
ono day in the year."
Carnations which last week sold At
cents each Wholesale in hundred
lots are now s cents. White carna-
tlons are IL cents and higher.
There are other flowers besides
carnations, Mr.. lie Moult pointed out,
and II the demand would spread to
other varieties of flowers the carna-
ton prices would be lower. He priced
carnations at the lowest at $3.50
dozen. Roses were 81 a dozen. jon
quils and tulips rs cents "a dozen,
daisies cents each and sweet peas
cents a spray. 1t was pointed out
that the white carnation was merely
the emblem of the society which
originally started the Mothers Day"
movement in this country. and did
not, in itself. have any special signin-
canoe not conveyed by other flowers.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
TWO CiNDERELLAS CAPTURE
GOLDEN SLIPPERS IN GARDEN
After 1000 DamseIs struggle and
suffer, Couple OF Pairs of 800
Shoes Are Happily DOnned.

Two thousand damsels struggled and
suffered vallantly last night at the Ma
sonic Exposition and Fashion Show In
Madison Square Garden to wedge their
feet, either by hook or by crook, .into a
pair of duiujg Golden slippers, ,am.H Hi
500, which were offered to any one who
might prove to be Il twentieth century
Cinderella. But 1899 were out of luck.
Miss Violet Macmillan Of the Cum.
berland Hotel slipped her tiny feet into
the size 1914 shoe with ease.
Later In the evening another Cinder-
ella appeared, Mrs. Dittcnfaust, SO |.
Miller & Co., who offered the prize,
too.
The exposition is doing a big business,
and last night for the second time 1000
persons were turned away.
Glover still remains the star stta"'
ton. and Suzanne, toe "uuiy gorilla .
captivity" with her son Jimmy. ran .
close second.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
DENIES NINE. WALSKA
WILL RECEIVE $1,50O,OOO

Samuel Untermyer counsel for Alex
ander smith Cochran in the divorce ac-
tion pending in Paris between the
American millionaire and Nine. Gamma
Walska Cochran. his Polish wife. denies
a cabled despatch from Paris to the eff
feet that the woman would receive as
n settlement 81 .O0C 900 in cash, paid
UP insurance policy FOR 100000 and
homes IN PARIS and London.
THE story IS an absurd fabrication
and false from beginning to end" Mr..
Untermyer said.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
filings BY HYLAN
At TRANSIT PLANS
AND EVERYBODY
"All Bunk" Says His Honor,
Election Dodge" and So
Forth, Ad Lib.

Mayor Hylan was in high humor at
to- days meeting of the Board of Esti-
mate and evoked repeated applause
from his admirers IN the audience
when he attacked the Transit Commits
sion, 1.-THE World" the Citizens I'm
ion and all who differ with the work.
ings of his administration.
| Concerning the plans OF the Tran
sit Commission for new subways in
| Brooklyn and tunnel connecting
Staten Island with South Brooklyn
the Mayor said:
| THE people of Brooklyn shouldn't
| take seriously thsl great bunk about
| many new miles of subways promised
| them now It's all part of very
subtle election propaganda game. and
the newspapers are either falling for
1t or they are aiding and abetting the
propagandists."
| The Mayor thus expressed himself
to Max Thaden, who said he appeared
as representative of n number of
| civic organizations in Staten Island
which are in favor of the city's plan
| for tunnel under the Narrows to
connect Richmond with South Brook
| lyn.
| Richmon Borough President Cahlll
induced the board to appropriate
$3.50, 900 to-day to start the engineers
and other employees necessary for the
completion of the tunnel plans. In
doing this the board renaged on its
| To-, IA.t xxtI,n eli
Committee of the Whole It practically
committed itself to a $4,000, 900 inl-
tal tunnel work appropriation. But
| Brooklyn Borough President Riegel-
mann assured Mr.. Thaden that money
for the tunnel would be appropriated
as rapidly as It is actually needed.
Some one told the Mayor that the
Citizens Union had written letter
depressing its opinion of the Staten
Island tunnel project.
| "Oh, don't pay any attention to the
ICitiZenS' Union.' said the Mayor.
THE people are onto that highbrow
gang. It's about time that they went
to work and earn a living"
But they make money out of the
reform game" said Comptroller Craig.
"I know they do replied the
Mayor. Didn't Leonard NJ. Wall
stein get $17,O for his excellent work
in aiding the Meyer committee, or
Isomething like that
| w. G. Fullen, of counsel for the
Transit Commission, applied for 81,
500, 900 with which to pay the ad
ministration expenses of the Commits
sion from July1 until the close of tn,
year.
"Why don't you make application
in the proper way" asked Mayor
Hylan.
81 thought this was the proper
way" replied Fullen.
"You know it should go through
the secretary's office" said the
| Mayor.
well, I'll hand it to the Secre.
tary," said Fullen. He did so.
cit won't be added to the calendar
to- day." said the Mayor, gazing ap.
provingly out of the window ut the
statue of the "Rough Guy" of tho
| fountain.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
g Like a Cyclone, Only Way to HdUeH,
Countess Nichy, Latest ElOper Heroine

,"Don't you think the fuss and feathers of
a formal marriage a sort of bore?"
at really was terrible decision to make
in so short time. said 'Yes'-it
burst out from me-"
II felt, always did, that some, ,day, some
time, he. (the COUNTY would be my
husband"
''Mother sent me to Paris to cool my at
tachment for Ed but guess it didn't"
1--WE dreaded reporters and sensational
ism so, but it isn't so horrible, after ALL"
1--WE are superbly>happy."
The evening world., 1922-05-12
ARTILLERY ON HIKE
ARRIVES IN MANHATTAN
Battalion on Way From Camp Dix
40 Camp Devens.

on the move from Camp Dix. N j.,
10 Camp Devens. Mass, the First Bat
TALON Of the Seventh Field Artillery
crossed the Dyckman Street Ferries this
morning and took up their march In =
column a mile long. The men will camp
tonight near New Rochelle. The move
ment marks the abandonment OF Camp
Dix as military post.
Mrs. Kennedy. wife OF Major w. II.
Kennedy. commanding officer. and Col.
Fred Feigl. father Of Lieut.. Jeff Feigl,
the hrst American artillery officer killed
in the war. were on hand at Dyckman
street to welcome the troops. The bat
TALON consists of SO guns and carriages.
800 horses. 40 mules and 800 men.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
JEWS ACCUSE MAGYARS
OF FIRING SYNAGOGUE

BUDAPEST, May IL (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency)-A Magyar attempt to
blow up the Rombach Temple came TO
light following the explosion yesterday
in the vestry OF the synagogue, causing
a fire which was checked.
The incendiary attempt is being traced
by the police TO members Of the Awak-
cning Magyars. who, II appears. poured
benZine into several oil lamps, the in
teHtion evidently being to have the
lamps explode and destroy the building
nnd the worahippers.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
SAYS MOTHERS TEARS
CAUSED HER MARRIAGE

"No married life can be built on
durcss," City Judge Holden in White
Plains declared to-day when he listened
to the defense of Mrs. Lena Rago,
charged by her parents with vagrancy.
Mrs. Rago. who is eightene, said she
had married because of her mothers
tears and her husband had not kept his
word to have a religious ceremony after
the civil one. She then went 20 1--we
with a girl friend. The Court paroled
her in the custody OF DR.. Efie Curton
of Lafayette Street. .h .rt
The evening world., 1922-05-12
RUNAWAY GIRL FOUND
ASLEEP IN SUBWAY
Anna SIobOtnick, II, Won't Tell
where She Had Been.

Asleep on a bench IN the subway sta
ton at 28th Street and Fourth Avenue
early to-day Patrolman Wartelsky Of the
Fast Thirty-fifth Street Station dis
covered Anna Slobotnick. seventeen, who
disappeared from her home, No. 646 East
18th Street Tuesday.
When she went away the girl left a
note saying she was going to end 1t
ALL" She refused to tell where she had
been. The girl had been taking a course
in nursing conducted by the Young
Womens Hebrew Association. according
to her mother.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
STANDARD GOT INTEREST
IN NOBLE OIL IN 1920
began Negotiating for Russian
Properties atFCIose of War.

The Standard OIL Company of New
Jersey to-day issued the following
statement by way of explanation Of
dispatches from Genoa. that the Stand
ard Company had bought control of the
Noble oil interests in Russia.
Immediately after the end of the
war. negotiations were begun between
representatives of the Noble and Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey inter-
csts. looking to the sale to the latter
company of a participation In the
Noble properties. Early in the summer
Of 1920 the sale was consummated, and
the Standard Company and the Noble
interests became equal owners of the
Noble Russian oil properties. There
has been no change in the situation
SINCE"
The evening world., 1922-05-12
ACCUSED OF SETTING
FIRE TO HIS HOME
Brophy Says He Found Bottles OF
Gasoline In House.

James ]. Cleary WAS put on trial to-
dny before Justice McCratc in the SUI
preme Court in Brooklyn charged with
setting fire TO his home, ON. A52f Clar-
endon Road, Brooklyn. Sept. ~. 1920.
Fire Marshal Brophy testified AZ TO
the discovery by himself and his assis-
tants that fifteen bottles Of gasoline
hnl been distributed through the house
with candles and strings arranged to ig-
mite them
Lawyer +. j. Reilly for the defen-
dant, said he would put in no defense
but would undertake 10 convince the
Jury in his summing up that II had
not been shown that Cleary mad" the
Arrangement to burn the house or knew
anything about It.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
CAN'T STOP PIER GOING UP
AT MANHATTAN BEACH
ObJectOr'S Property In No Danger
Of ObstructiOn.

Justice McCratc in the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn. to-day denied the mo-
erty owner at Manhattan Beach. for an
injunction TO restrain the Brighton
Beach Park, Inc, from building a stone
pier out from the shore line near his
property. The plaintiff said that the
pier would cut off his access TO the
beach at certain times and would OBJ
struct the view.
Justice MacCratc held that the prop
erty used by the Brighton Beach cor
poration included that under the water
while the plaintiffs property was all
on the mainland and that the plaintiff
therefore was in no position to ask for
an injunction in court of equity.
The evening world., 1922-05-12
TENANT WINS $3.50 FOR LACK OF
HEAT.

A sealed verdict was opened by JUS
tice Cohalan in the Supreme Court in
the Bronx to-day awarding $3.50 dam
ages to Joseph Groprer OF No. 6ls
Prospect Avenue, from the INLAND cs-
tate, Inc. for IT. failure TO heat his
apartment last November Mr.. Crop
per sued for 5000.