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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
BRAVE POLICEMAN,
WOUNDED, FIGHTS
ARMED THUGS
Brooklyn Patrolman, War
Aviator, Faces Pistols in
Dark Yard.
THIRTY SHOTS FIRED.
\NreStS Revolver From One
ana Wounds Three as
They Escape.

+ PC.. 'eman Arthur Loewe, twenty
eight years old. former army nviuior
and eX-plumhcr. for three years a
member q! the force and now attached
to the Firth Avenue station, Brook -
lyn, fought single handed at 4. NJ
to-day -four desperate young thugs in
q pistol duel in back yards and over
fences between Fourth and Fifth Ave
nucs and seventh and Eighth Streets
B"ooklyn.
Wounded four times. he still gave
the robbers battle, advancing o.. tw,
of them with his empty revolver and
taking a pistol from one of them when
They beat him down with the butts of
their weapons and made their escape
over ii fence.
His own revolver had spoken falr
ly well Tor him in the fray. for ni
least two OF his would be murderer,
left trails OF blood in their wake ns
they ran. and IT is believed II third
member of the gang was wounded
Loewe, beaten down, shot through
the abdomen and bleeding from three
other wounds. crawied from II back
yard through hallway at No. 25S
Eighth Street. reached the sidewalk
and collapsed as he attempted to blow
his whistle for help.
Loewc was rushed TO the Methodist
Hospital, where two bullets were re-
moved from his abdomen, leaving two
in his arm. to be removed later to-
day. Surgeons expressed the belief
that the brave yo'.ng cop would sur
vive his wounds.
The burglars had planned an attack
on the store and warehouse OF II. j.
Hoberlein, No. $50 Seventh Street, the
rear yard of which abuts on that Of
No, PSI Eighth Street. and from the
latter the gapag started their opera
tions. All OF thirty shots were fired
between the burglar and the plucky
cop, rousing the neiEhborhood but
bringing few into range of the battle.
When the reserves from the Fifth
Avenue Station reached the scene the
battle was over, the robbers had
escaped and Loewe was in the hos
pital.
Mrs. Marie Kennedy was sleeping
in the ground floor apartment OF the
Eighth Street building with her four
children when the six-months-old
baby, Eleanor, cried and aroused her
Going to the crib near the window.
she saw two men in the rear yard.
She had frightened away two men
earlier in the week. She ran upstairs
and awoke her brother, Charles Boyle.
and her brother-in law, Charles Nc
CormiCk.
While they were dressing she went
to the street carrying the baby in
her arms and called POLICEMAN
Loewe. When he reached the area
way back OF the adjoining building
Boyle and Mccormick were down
Continued on Fourth PaReD
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
AMMONIA ROUTS
TENANTS IN TWO
WEST SIDE BLOCKS
Cylinder Head in Ice Cream
Plant Blows OF, Fumes
Drive Folks From Bed.

Ammonia fumes which fillcd the i'm
mediate ncishhcrhoCd when cylinder
head ni the plant Of the rhcvcrs Ice
Cream Company. SO GIT Eleventh
Avenue, blow off early this morning
routed from their beds hundreds ~
tenants in iG'h and i7th Streets. be
tween Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.
The escaping ammonia wHs shut Off
after an hours c0ots 10y Lieut.
Thomas NiIhridrc and other member,
or the I'iro Department Rescue
Squad
When the cylinder head blow of,
sovcrnl men wCr" at work making ice
cream on the top floor Of the four
story structure and three engineers
were on the lower floors Tho en-
gineers mndc attempts to shut off the
ammonia. hut the heavy fumes forced
them and the other employees to
leave the place. Meanwhile an alarm
had been sent TO Fire Headquarters
and In few minutes the Rescue
Squad arrived.
BY that time residents OF nearby
houses were already fleeing. the
heavy ammonia fumes having pene.
trated through open windows. Many
scantily clad were driven as far as
four blocks. Patro,men were sent
from the West 47th Street Station to
protect the vacated houses.
Lieut.. Klbride. taking two men at
n time with him, made several at
tcmpts to reach the valves controlling
the ammonia supply Donning gas
masks, the men descended to the
basement. where the cylinder head
had blown Off, but the fumes were so
heavy they burned the backs of the
f1remens heads where the masks did
not cover them. The fumes also pen
etrated through their clothing and
burned their skins.
They were finally forced TO don
wadng trousers OF rubber. which pro-
tected them below the waist. Thus
ClHu, tncy again dllCllipNSu W ICuIll
the valves, and succeeded first in
shutting off the electric power TO les
sen danger Of ignition OF the fumes
and finally in shutting of the main
valves.
The broken cylinder head was tenn
porarily repaired, and with the use Of
electric fans the plant was cleared
Of the fumes
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
DER MANAGER CONFESSES
ALL DETAILS Of S5,OOO,OOO
FAILURE TO PROSECUTOR
Adam G. Recklein, one Of
-Four Indicted in Bank
ruptcy Of Stock Broker
Turns States Evidence.
Had Intimate knowledge OF
Details of Management and
Policy of Defunct Firm
Handled Complaints.

Acting District Attorney Frederick
Courts Building 20 day that Adam c;
RcCklcin, one of four men indicted in
connection with the SIS. 900, 900 faiulrc
of T.. ID. Dier & Co, brokers. has
made Il com plete confession to Assist
ant District Attorney Schreiber and
will I've a witness for the state Mr.
RccllleiN's statement, MIR. Pecora said.
deals not only with his own activities
in the firm but with the activities of
others under indictment and some who
have not been indicted George p
McI.0ughlin, an accountant in the en-
checking up Mr Reckleins state
mcnts in the books and other records
OF f. d Dicr e Co.
There were possibly only two other
men in the entire Dier organization
who had fuller knowledge Of the de
tails of management than Recklcin.
These were Fred Andrews and B r
Shrimpton The latter has been in
dictcd but not yet located by the Dis
trict Attorneys office or the police
RccklcIn was at one time the man
nger Of the Pittsburg office of the
firm and for many months acted in
an executive capacity In the New
York office
1t has been testified at bankruptcy
hearings that among other duties lie
had charge Of handling complaints Of
customers who had been unable to .set
securities they owned delivered 10
them.
Employees of the dCfunCt firm a.
wavs understood that ReCklcin played
an important part in shaping the poi
icy of r.. d. DER & Co, and have as
serted that ne was one of the few who
could clearly state why there wns
such a startling discrepancy between
liabilities and assets
Although the liabilities total AZ
proNimately 1000, 900 assets of the
bankrupt firm, not including the
promised contributions the receiver
has obtained from Charles 4. stone
ham. Ross #. Robertson ana others,
are practically negligible.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
WOMAN LEARNING
TO DRIVE AUTO IS
MORTALLY HURT
Mrs. Josephine Main of Brook
lyn Pinned Beneath Car
in Prospect Park.

Mrs Josephine Main of No 30
Webster Avenue, Brooklyn, wife Of
Roy Main Of that address. is in the
Methodist Hospital ina dying condi %
tion, as result of being pinned un-
der the automobile she was learning
to drive in Prospect Park. A neigh
bor IS also in the hospital suffering
from shock and decorations
Mr. and Mrs. Main and the friend
were going towards Coney Island on
the West Driveway when another cal
ran into them, according to bystand
ors. at the Ninth Street entrance
The car was overturned. Mrs Mair
went under it and her friend was
thrown to the roadway Her hus.
band held to the steering wheel anC
then jumped to safety.
The police were told that MI Mair
was teaching his wife to drive.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
WOULD WELCOME
DEATH At HANDS
OF MAGISTRATE
This Is Thugs Answer to
Oberwager'S Regret That One
of Band Was Not Shot.
BAIL FOR TWO $4,000.
Held for $4,000 Laux Holi-Up
on Street-Auto They
Fled In Stolen.

a total of 500, 900 each was the bail
set by Magistrate Oberwager in Essex
Market Court to-day for two men
arrested in Long Island City following
a hold-up at Columbia and Broomc
Streets yesterday. They were held for
the Grand Jury. The defendants gave
the names of Jacob Wassernun,
twenty seven, an electrician, of No
40 East Houston Street, and Harry
Walker. twenty-five, Of No. 1874 Ross
Street, Brooklyn.
When the men were arraigneu ~
Detective Whalen OF the Clinton
street Station. Magistrate Obcrwagcr
asked il gums" were used in the
hold-up and later in the capture Of
the men He was Informed that the
hold-up of Joseph Laux Of No 394
Sterling Street, Brooklyn. from whom
they are alleged to have taken more
than IS, 900. was done at the point Of
a revolver
Its too bad one of the rcvolvcrs
didn't go off and shoot one of you
fellows" Magistrate Oberwagcr re-
marked
"Your Honor" sa'd Wasserman.
81 wish you had a gun now; I'd give
you the privilege of blowing my
brains out
The detective told Magistrate Ober.
wager that the automobile in which
the men were riding had been stolen
from in front Of No. 250 Greene Street
on July IS from Joseph Rosen Of No.
1914 Irving Street, the Bronx The
license. plates ON the car. howeveG q
were different, and since the police
were unable to find record of such
numbers, they alleged that the plates
were CountGrGeits
Magistrate Oberwager held both
defendants in $500 each on the
robbery charge and $40, 900 each on
the automobile theft charge.
Three men who were arrested near
the hold-up were held to-day until
Monday on short affidavits. They
are suspected OF completely in the rob-
berry. They gave the names of Jacob
Shapiro. twenty-four, No. 5sl Sack
man Street, Brooklyn; Samuel Ru-
bin, twenty lone, No. 392 South
Fourth Street. Brooklyn, and Charles
Frabio, twenty four, No. 80 Ave-
nue. b.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
BATH KILLS TWO
WHEN ONE TAKES
HOLD OF LIVE WIRE
Defective Electric Lamp,
Water and Pipe Formed
Fatal Circuit.

FRANKFORT, Germany, July
-Electrocution snufted out the
lives Of a young married couple
yesterday in an unusual accident
Both bodies were found In a bath
room Investigation revealed that
the zinc bathtub, waterpipe and
a portable metal lampstand fig
urcd in completing the elcctrlcal
circuit that caused their deaths
The wife had Erasped the lamp
which was defective, with her wet
hands a. she was about to leave
the tub and was immediately cleo
trocutcd. The husband was killed
when he took hold OF the lamp IN
trying to assist his wife.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
SPEED OF OLYMPIC
is WORLDS RECORD
FOR OCEAN LINER
Makes 27.8l Knots for SeN,
cral Hours, Beating
Mauretania.

SOUTHAMPTON, July % CNs
soc,ated Prass) The White star
liner Olympic, on its voyage from
New York 10 CherbourG, main
tanned for several hours a speed
Of 27sl knots, which is a world
record for "A passenger liner.
The best previous record was
that made by the Mauretania on
her voyage from New York 10
Cherbourg last April, when for
several hours during the crossing
she maintained a speed OF 27S
knots
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22

become SO Iudicrous a perform
ance that, like the RomaEooracles.
they do not look at one another
while the deliverance is bc:N-,,
made.
This custom has prevailed re-
CARELESS of which party is in pow
er for many years 1t is thought
desirable that at the end of each
year the voters be advised how the
party in power has practised econ
omy and how great have been the
savings.
Notwithstanding that these re-
ports universally show a curtail-
ing of Governmental expenditures
and reduction of taxes, if you care
to look over a period of the last
, twenty-five years, in peace or in
war, under Republican or Dem
ocratic Administration. the ex-
penditures of the Government
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
MANDATES IN NEAR
EAST APPROVED
Palestine and Syrian Plan
in Effect When France
and Italy Agree.

LONDON, July CAssoc'tt lied
Pross) The Palestine and Syrian
mandates were approved this after
noon by the Council OF the League
OF Nations, with the understanding
that they take effect as soon a.
France and Italy reach an agreement
on certain minor details now under
discussion In Paris.
The revised form OF Article XIV,
which presented the chief difnculty,
was accepted by all parties
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
BY U. S. Senator William E. Borah.
written Exclusively for The Evening World.


The beginning of each fiscal year the open for party
hypocrisy the of Governmental expenditures In this mid
each year the party which happens be in power
makes report through the heads of the approximate committees OF
the appropriations expenditures The ountry thereby advised
how expenditures been and taxes are being lowered has
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
WORLD FLYER RESUMES TRI' ~
INDIA.

LONDON. July 22.--Majov " I.
Blake, British aviator. attempting 20 tlF
around the world, resumed his flight to-
day from Karachi. British India. where
he landed last Tuesday
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
Where Business
Proposals Abc und
In Greatest Number

There IS reason for everything and
the reason why The World prints
more Business Opportunities" than
ell the other New York morning news
papers combined is that advertisers
know The World ads. produce the
best results
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
TAXES EATING Up THRIFT
Of THE COUNTRY. SAYS BORAH,
WITH HIGHER TAXES AHEAD

Public Fooled by Sham Economies in Washing
tOn-A Crisis in Public Extravaganza and
Oppressive Taxation Industry Discouraged
and Labor Discharged Taxpayers Should
Organize to Stop Drain on Treasury.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22

l07 Of all the BUSINESS OrPOh-
HAT0 TUNITIES" Last Week Were
" Printed ln The World.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22

at startling
stead of lower
WHILE CUTS ARE MADE EACH YEAR SHOWS INCREASE
While the is advised each year that great been
made yet nevertheless when taken with another there
a constant increase in expenditures and in taxes
That condition has continued until have the
matter of public and oppressive taxation Regardless
of the party power the shameless of public money grows
pace Economy public expenditures longer anything
than superstition
The annual report has been made this 1t doses what
appears be substantial the direction and the
curtaing of Governmental expenditures There be differ
Of the figures but let accept the pom
ing figures Nothing said this about the that there
pending the Congrssady passed by the branches
of the Congress-bls which would only offset the way of
expenditures saved but would Offset only
but millions of times,
compared obligations
xramme political
opportunity them
ever while at particular
period obga
tons continue TO
grow heavier.
CLAIM OF ECONOMY A SHAM AND FRAUD.
In year
building budget
an s6OOOOooOo 5OOOOOO seroGsy
Of about ooooo Indebtedness
things make the claim of economy sham and fraud And
----
nntnuado Fourth PaRAN
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22
Business Opportunities" Last Week:

WORLD over II combined 1883 Ads.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-07-22

'Icontnusd on Fourth PaEs,l
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Dodge Replaces
Four Laborers

los ANGELES. May Making
a Dofg. Brothers business car take
the place Of four carpenters IL a job
that would puzzle many an engineer
or efficiency expert. II has been &C
oompiished. however. by q. q. Mar
tin OF this city. building contractor.
who simply hooked up the rear OF
his car 10 lumber saving attach.
ment. And. unlike the four men re.
placed. the confrivanoe IA totally In.
different 10 hours or wages.
Mr. Martin took out the right rear
axle OF his car. pulled the left rear
axle out four inches. ran q short
shaft entirely thru the differsntisi
and attached q split pulley 60 tho
shaft He then lacked up one wheel
and his saving machine was ready
for operation. The car In run at n
speed eauivaien. TO ~ MILES an hour
and averages about 10 miles OF saw.
ing. so 10 speak. TO the gallon OF gas
oline.
Recently whom the Dodge Brothers
car was put 10 tho test I, sawed all
tho lumber required IN the erection
OF a seven.room bungalow in i hour
and 20 minutes. using less than a
gallon OF gasoline. Besides tho saw.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
BRING YOUR AUTO TO
U. OF w., BUT DON'T
GO NEAR THE CAMPUS

when you run your machine
onto the University campus. Mon
day morning. shut or tho motor
three blocks from the entrance.
dlsconnect the horn. and without
a murmur slide quietly into the
Goth NJ. entrances. Any unneces.
sary noise. and you viii be before
the disciplinary committee OF the
administration. unless you are no,
a student.
New traffic regulations viii be
strictly enforced on the campus
next week On account OF the
danger 20 pedestrians and the
noise which disturb~ classes. no
machines will be allowed 10 run
thru the campus between a m
and 4 o. m. on school days. Cars
may be parked only near the 10th
ST. entrance. and near the Jim
I'm statue. Students may drive
into the campus only a, the mail
entrance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
PLANS
POPPY SALE

poppies. reminiscent % Flanders
fields, will be sold by American lie.
glon posts and their auxiiisFies IN
Seattle 10 raise funds for the decora.
ton OF the srayss OF veterans here
and overseas on Decoration day
Plans for the saie were laid az a
meeting az the stats headquarters Of
tho Legion. sis University ST.. Fri.
day night Any funds left over after
tho grave decoration viii be used for
local bcnsvolencc and hospital work
The Seattle posts OF the American
Legion plan TO place a metal Ameri.
can Legion grave marker upon the
graves of every American world war
veteran buried in the city OF Seattle.
To do this !, will be necessary for
the Legion 10 make a complete regis.
tration OF all veterans graves In the
Seattle cemeteries
The following committee has
charge n the poppy sale;
l. T. NcConihe. Rainier Noble post
No. I. chairman; Don McEwan. pub
licity manager. Seattle post No. 49,.
Mrs. Carr. Seattle post No. Is auxii.
larry. captain. c. A. Lindstrosn. LLOYD
T. Cochran post No. 20. treasurer.
Mrs. II. l.. kath. Lloyd r. Cochran
post No. 40 auxiliary. captain: NJ. ".
Grimm. University post No. II: Mrs.
NJ v. Grimm. University post No.
II auxiliary. secretary; Mrs. r. w
HsrRravs. Rainisr.Noble post No. I
auxiliary. chaperon chairman; Mrs
J. ID. Baker. Rainier Noble pos; No.
1 auxiliary. captain: A. Ronald.
Maple Leaf post No. 81: Mrs. o.
Beaton. Maple Leaf post No. I'll auxii.
larry. captain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13

Never race the engine.
Keep battery terminals clean.
Tighten all bolts and nuts.
Use OF chains when streets are
dry causes less life to the tires.
OIL the springs before going on .
tour.
Tighten battery terminal nuts
cSxen 90 as 20 maintain contact
Squeaking rim iugs means they
need tightening.
II you have 10 cross = bump In
the road. coast over t.
Take distractions ct an angle. %
one wheel VIII strike II at time.
Wash the car frequently during
warm weather.
There are ISL motor vehicles In
the Canary lslants.
Nearly half the motor cars In
Buencs Aires are taxicabs.
France has one automobile 10
every Is. persons
Belgium has doubted tt motor car
supply since the war
Nearly all automobiles In Arabia
are In the city Of Aden-
Poor roads have restricted the sale
Of automobiles IN Japan
Nine states In the union have more
than 400 900 motor cars each.
U. 3. department. OF agriculture
has organised sheep and poultry
schools on motor trucks
L. s. bureau OF mines reports .
gasoline reserve Of sis.soo. 900 gal
Ions. the highest on record.
About 10 times the number OF mo
tor trucks In use In 1914 are being
used today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13

sTREETED--Boy who gets
thrown out on tho street for taking
punch nt a rival.
SUB CHASER--A Ripper who
tries 70 pick NJ girls on the street
TEMrOs BAD-Off color.
THEf-Used by Flapper- with
tone Of disgust 10 denote the older
generation.
TTGHT-Atfractive.
ToMATo-A good looking girl who
can dance like o blue streak. but
IL otherwise perfect Dumbbell.
TWlsT--A girl one takes out to
dances 10 do fancy steps.
vEAI~--A Flapper who sets out
70 yamp with malice aforeshought.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
mud TAX" IS
HEAVY BURDEN
Bad Roads Cost Millions In
U. S. Annually

PHOENIX. Ariz.. May i3.--Tax-
payers Of the United States have
made up their minds 20 eliminate
the mud tax" which Is estimated to
be costing the citizens $500 600. 900
annually. r. l.. Kirkpatrick OF North
Carolina declared In an address here
Tuesday before the 10th annual con.
vention OF the United States Good
Roads association.
we have sufficient funds" said
the speaker, Ito build a great mod.
~rn system OF interstate and national
highways traver.ing the entire ma,
ton from New York 70 san Fran.
cisco and from Maine 10 Mama,
Florida. besides two seaboard high.
ways along the entire coast Of the
Atlantic and Pacific. Then our nat.
urai. agricultural and manufactured
resources could easily be distributed
60 all parts OF the world.
we have had enough talk about
the fundamental principles OF gov.
eminent. what we need IN this hour
IL a practical application OF the rules
Of government TO tho needs Of the
governed. The way TO proceed II 10
proceed. The way 10 do things In 10
do them. 'Impossiblity lies In the
book OF fools"
He declared that the question OF
building modern highways has be-
come the biggest question financially
and economically IN the minds Of THE
American people today. The time
hns come when the American farmer
Is demanding. and has a right TO de.
nand. the same community Adyan-
taKes that IN. urbanites have" Mr..
Kirkpatrick added. The world IL
just awakening 10 the advantages OF
modern transportation facilities in
lowering the cost OF distribution.
Modern highways lead upward 20
high possibilities Of national life.
Bad highways form tho other road
downward 20 ruin"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13
Government Wins
Suit for $65, 900

g. J. Erickson. Seattle contractor.
and his bondsn-n will have to pay
the government sss.Tio7o. in accord.
ance with a verdict returned by a
jury In federal court Friday.
Suit was brought against Erickson
and his bondsmsn for alleged viola.
ton OF a contract under the terms Of
which the defendant wns 20 salvage
timber on the right of.way OF the gov.
eminent spruce railroad. in Ciallam
county.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-13

vertlng Il 70 productive end. start
ling features OF the engine are;
Entire mechanism consists OF but
three adjustments.
II can be run at 5000 revolutions
a minute and can DO throttled down
to 100 revolutions almost instanta.
neously.
A single cylinder. three horsepower
model has run is consecutive hours
on 20 ounces OF fuel oil.
Engines built for tho heaviest
work win weigh only $50 pounds.
Auto engines OF other types often
weigh 900.
IL win be 90 PER cent cheaper 20
produce than engines now used.
II require. no spark. carburutor or
other kind OF ignition.
The engine Is a marvel Of sim,
riicity." Elmer says. when you re.
Attire a Diesel engine has ia,ooo parts
youii know II means something TO
simplify an engine to 81 parts. In
GLIDING all screws"
Elmer expects 10 have his engine
on the market within 90 days lie
will manufacture five different
types.