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The New York herald., 1922-05-12
BOAT AFIRE IN SOUND;
TWO SOLDIERS SAVED
Rescued From Water Off
TroUers Island.

Something went wrong with the engine
OF motor boat off the New York Ath-
letic Clubs Travers Island float in Echo
Bay. near New Rochelle. last night. and
Charles Hilser and John Sullivan. United
states soldiers stationed at Fort Totten.
liz a match and began searching for tfe
trouble. They found It when the flame
got too near the gasoline tank, and the
boat hurst into flames. They tried to
put the fire out, and when they couldn't
they yelled for help and jumped into the
river.
David Johnson OF New Rochelle, a
member Of the New York Yacht Club,
had seen the yacht afire. and rowed
out and picked UP the two soldiers. Both
were almost exhausted. but soon revived.
They were sent 60 the New Rochelle
Hospital. but neither is In n dangerous
condition. After the two men had been
rescued Patrolman O'De6l and Reissen-
berger towed the burning boat 90 the
dock whore the New Rochelle depart
ment put out the fre.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
O'BRIEN SAYS GAS CUT
IS MUCH TOO SMALL
Brooklyn Rate Reduced to
SI.I5 From Sl.35.

After the Public Service Commission
yesterday had orderad reduction in
the price Of gas furnished by the Brook
lyn Borough Gas Company from sl.35 to
si.15, Corporation Counsel o'Rrien issued
statement saying an investigation the
latter part OF 1921 showed the rate then
should not have been more than s1.Uj
and that now the rate should be as low
as 30 cents. He would ask the commits
sion TO make another investigation
This company which serves all OF Coney
Island. Gravesend Sheepshesd Bay and
Bensonhurst Is one OF the few i'm tho
city operating under the y. 7. U. stand
ard
Corporation Counsel O'Brier asked Tn :
Public Service Commission not to close
the case of the New York and Queens
County Gas Company until IL had been
compelled TO give the city access to its
plant and books.
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that Is In us for the happiness, welfare
and prosperity of the Irish people-my
own people,
Among those at the dinner were
Frank l.. Polk. Sir Terry Robinson, Ell
bert III. Gary. FredeYck Roy Martin.
Irving T. Bush. Baihbridge Colby, s.
Cunliffe Owen. Darwin r. Kingsley.
Bishop Manning. William McAdoo. Ben
jamin B. Odell Bishop James ID. Peury.
Frank Presbrey. r. A. G. Smith. Will
lam c. Demarest, Rhnelander Waldo.
Martin Vogel, Schuyler Warren. Ogden
NJ. Reid and Robert Underwood John
son.
Earl French will review the 106th In
fantry at it's Armory in Brooklyn to-
night after reception at the Brooklyn
Club and a dinner by Col. Fairservis.
The Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadman will
welcome the British General at the
Brooklyn Club. Citizens of Brooklyn
will hold a public reception for Earl
French at the a-mory after the review.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
HEARTS IN IRELAND,'
LORD FRENCH ASSERTS
Tells Pilgrims of Stirling to
Aid His People.

A plea for his own Irish people was
the note of the address of Field Marshal
Earl French before the Pilgrims at the
University Club last night. Elihu Root
presided Lord French said:
II am an Irishman. My home is in
Ireland My heart is there. 1t has been
there and it will always be there as
long as | have breath In my body.
Some time ago | was Viceroy in Ire
land. The object to-day is to secure
obedience to constituted authority. to
maintain law ands order, to secure even
handed justice for all sections of the
population. to protect life. property and
labor, and to strive with all the strength
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
IS CHINESE SEIZED
IN OPIUM SMOKING RAID
Detectives Unlatch Door From,
Outside of Room.

Detectives of the Narcotic Squad
raided room on the third floor of %
Madison street last night and arrested
fifteen Chinese. including All Kon, Il.
the proprietor. who was charged with
maintaining quarters for the smoking
of opium. Six of the prisoners were
charged with having opium in their
possession and the others with fire.
quenting place where the drug was
being smoked.
The detectives urlatched the door
from the outside ;fter they had seen
several Chinese enter the place. They
found three of the Chinese smoking.
they said, and the others lettering about
the place.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
HORSE FALLS ON HIM; HE DIES.
Man Is Thrown Down I'm Trying To
Stop Runaway.

Frank Lopopolo, aged 81, OF 1S6 Lin
coin avenue in trying yesterday 20 halt
his runaway horse in East 13sth street.
The Bronx, was thrown to the pavement
and the horse fell on him, fracturing his
sluK and jaw. He died a few minutes
later
Patrolman Frank Miller Of Traffic
Squad A and Patrolman Obermeyer Of
the Oak street station were dragged for
800 feet along Lafayette street yesterday
in trying to stop a team Of runaway
horses. Miller received injuries cf the
legs and possible internal injuries.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
MASONIC CINDERELLA
WINS 500 SLIPPERS
Nearly 1000 Try Them On
Before One Is Fitted.

The spectacle of two thousand young
women and matrons trying to force
their feet into a child's 1919 size Gin
derella slipper was one of the feature
attractions last night at the Masonic
Exposition being held at Madison
Square for the benefit of the Masonic
hospital project. Only one of them sue
ceeded. Miss Violet Macmillan of the
Cumberland Hotel, who was the last
to make the trial. She was rewarded
with a 500 pair of slippers, the gift OF
l. Miller Company.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
1855, ,464 BIBLES PUT
OUT BY SOCIETY IN YEAR
Largest Annual Number Ts-
sued Since War Period.

The American Bible Society has just
issued its annual report, showing that
f,S55.d6f volumes Of the Bible were nut
ont in the last year--the largest number
to be issued In n single year since the
war period and more than a million In
excess OF 1920 distributions. The in
creased demand from various countries.
iirrludlng China, Japan, the Near East
and Latin America, has been so great
that the society has not been able 20
supply Il.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
EDISON INDORSES PLAN
TO EXTEND MANHATTAN
Finds Filling in Toword
Staten Island Practical.

Thomas A. Edison has indorsed, as
seeming to him practical from an en-
gineering standpoint. the proposed ex-
nnsion of Manhattan six miles 10 the
south toward staten Island In letter
10 T. Kennard Thomson Of New York
Mr.. Edison says that the plan beats my
old suggestion OF filling up the East
River"
The project contemplates filling In tho
waters of New York Harbor. on the
floor ~ vh'ch n model borough would
Dc erected.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
C0XEY CALLS ON HYLAN.
Mayor Is Busy and General
Marches Away Again.

General" Jacob S. Coxey. who
marched on Washington thirty years
ago, called TO sec Mayor Hylan at the
City Hall yesterday. lie had no army
with him. He wanted TO interest his
Honor in a bill pending in Washington
for the issuance of non-interest bearing
bonds by states and municipalities
which might be exchanged with the
Secretary OF the Treasury for legal cur
rency, with the deduction of per cent.
TO cover costs.
IL was the same BILL he said. that he
had tried 10 get through more than a
nunricr of century aco. Tho Mayer
being busy CJNey marched away again
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
DANES REACH NORTH
POINT OF GREENLAND
Trip Made in Dog Sleds and
American Motor Tractors.

CoPENHAGKN, May II CAssociated
Press) .-Lauge Koch. the Danish ex-
plorer. leader of the so-called jubilee
expedition, has traversed the northern.
most point OF Greenland, says the
National Ttdendc to-day. thus achieving
the object of the expedition.
The trip lasted 200 days and was
made Ia dog drawn sleds and American
motor tractors. There were no casual
tier.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
JEWELER HELD IN
CHASE BOND LOSS
Continued from First Page.

when woman is dragged into jam
I'll do everything to drag her out"
When Chase's room was searched sew
eral photographs of Mrs. Vardeman
were found On the back of one were
these words: "A minute with the wonl-
an you love is worth an eternity"
Chase met Vardeman in the Philip
pines. where the latter was a Lieuten-
ant. In the world war he became Cap
tain. Vardeman was discharged after
working five months for the Chase Ma
tional Bank for remaining away from
work without leave.
In case Chase is released In bail he
will be rearrested on Federal warrant
charging tampering with the mails.
Only s444,OOO Bonds Found,
Special Dispatch to THE NEw YORK HERALD
ST AUGUSTINE, Fla, May 11.-Just
S444.000 in bonds were found last night
when. under the authority of court, the
safe deposit box of J. w. Hollis In the
First National Bank was broken into
with a sledge hammer by detectives
Also found in the box was a passport
issued to Hollis, alias Vardeman. April
10 and delivered to him in New York
April 13, three days before the theft II
Is said here that the first clew furnished
was when Hollis sent $500 TO his wife
irr New York to meet him In Atlanta.
tile meeting place being later changed
20 Savannah. The deposit box was
taken. on April 20. Hollis was here un-
til May s. Detectives say the plot was
laid before the robbery and claim that
associates of Hollis rented a small hut
on Merritt's Island, off the coast Of
Florida, in March and Hollis and thres
companions paid visit there.
SAVANNAH, May II (Associated
bank records of the financial district
was under way here to-day in an effort
to locate $780, 900 in bonds believed to
represent part of the S500,00O loot OBJ
tafned in the theft of securities from
the Chase National Bank in New York
city.
The search. which had been without
result up to a late hour, was started
with the arrest yesterday OF John W.
Vardeman, alias j. w. Hollis, and Mrs.
Bertha Fern Vardeman alias Fern Hol-
lis. on charges of grand larceny. The
woman to-day denied that she had been
connected in any way with the robbery
of the New York bank. A passport made
out in the name of Fern Hollis" whose
address was given as 1925 Broadway.
New York. which was found in her pos
session, she explained by saying she had
intended going abroad to travel and
study.
IT am professional woman and have
right to use two names" she said.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12
WOULD ISOLATE BAD Pupils.

SPOKANE. Wash. May 1i.--Tsolation
or "the communicating element" In
schools should be given serious consid-
Grafton. said the report OF a special
Grand Jury which investigated moral
conditions in Spokane high schools and
made public its nndings to-day The
r-norf ~ .lAi ncs, cll'f r a"r above
ttarh.
The New York herald., 1922-05-12

A committee headed fby Dr. Edward RI.
Hicks will escoyt the visitor while in
Brooklyn. tES ftts
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Adjustment of All Claims.

rsectior G. expressly authorize my
executrix and executors IN their absolute
an uncontrolled discretion to settle,
compromise and adjust any and all
claims In favor - or against my estate.
"Tenth--My exccutrix. executors and
trustee are expressly authorized In their
or It's discretion 20 allot or appropriate
any funds or money belonging TO my
estate which mas be allowed or per-
mitted to remain IN the business Of j. p.
Morgan & 60. under agreements by and
between the partners thereof or other
wise. 10 the trust created under this will.
"F.leven--Section /. In case OF securi-
tics taken or purchased for the trust
fund at n premium. my executrix, execu-
tors and trustees shall not be bound to
set aside any part Of the income thereof
az sinking fund 10 retire or absorb
such premiums.
Section 2. I further authorize my said
executrix and executors. or my trustee.
IN their or its discretion. to vote In per-
son or by proxy upon all stocks or other
securities held by them: To exchange
the securities of any corporation or COM
pany for other securities issued by the
tame. or by any other corporation or
company at such times and upon such
terms and conditions az my executrix
and executors or my trustee shall deem
proper 20 consent to the reorganiza tion,
consolidation or merger or any corpora
tion or company, or TO the sale or lease
of It's property or any portion thereof,
IN any person. corporation or company.
fNs arr ~ anv porspii rorrorn-
,Nt Is. cVt.l,nu, orhis on its ptnperty OF
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Four Dancing Feet
GERTIE HEARS ABOUT LILLY
By JANE PHELPS

about. see things snd was bit
frightened YOU might miss the excite
ment % the cabaret, the dancing the
,ppiau se-cvecy;htn
why, Tom! You never spoke OF It
10 me. Why didn't YOU
Il waited 10 see, But YOU are happy
aren', YOU dear" No one looking at
,iertie could doubt X. She has grown
4 licIe less slender. her cheeks wero
~aSy. her eyes bright song was con-
tirually trembling on her lips.
"Happy as the day IS long. Tom so
happy / an sometimes afraid II can't
last, DO | make yoI happy, Tom
DO you, You're the dearest little
wife a fellow ever had, And It beats
the Dutch hcw you've fallen into the
ranch WAYS Mrs. BLACK told me the
ether day that YOU could run things fs
well as she could II You mad TO. She
thinks you are perfcct-and she's about
tight"
After a bit Tom 81 oke again:
ITS queer what little things some
times Influence US. SO 10 make up orr
lives"
what's on YOUR mind now Ger,te
asked with a smile.
"YoulI laugh a. ne l expect. But
sometimes | woni"r # l would have
cared Tor YOU. Sb'f on - us 49, "'''
YOU 4 It hadn't have been Tor one
thing
I'm terribly curious, W'ha. was IT,
Tom.
"Stockirrs"'
stockings What in the world DO
YOU mean"
You remember that Day I took you
riding. the first time" Well liked
Won because you had on s'ns:h," stock
| incs instead &C the INN things IA"
other girls wore. and which man WI"
knew anything knew = working crI
could no, afford To wear.
And my heart WAS broken because
7 couldn't have thcr" she laughed a
| hi, TREMENDOUSLY "BIt the money was
needed for other things. Things more
| in,rortant" She added. then: ANA
rerhaps YOU wouldn't have loved me
! n had bought them"
II don't say I wouldn't But that
! was what I liked--the first thing |
! liked about YOU. II girls only knew
| rut 7 guess they haven't any way "S
knowing what Q fellow wants In a wife
Hut 20 l said. it's queer how little
thing Influences US.
romorrow-Deserved Happiness.
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CHAPTER TT.

Chapter IT.
NrA.ousiy Gertie opened her MON
RS letter The though, az Lliy nae
rerls,ad. he own happiness making
h.r tender toward the girl With whom
she had chummed all her life
You asked ahou; Lilly" Mrs Cum,
nlnss wro-c I'm afraid she AIN
turned gu, very volt Sh' and &c" %"s
60 lhev III somethIn dreadful. She
lid, want TO STAY home none. amt
wouldn't Keep things nice for him. nor
Rave his meals on time All she want
ed was clothes and good times like she
.lways did. | thought she would steady
down when she got married. so ala hcT
Ma. But she is worse than wheh she
worked There was young tc!'"w
vha, she run arourl with a lot, 10
movies and places. He didn't WORK
was 4 gambler o. sSmethin. 50 "hi'e
len vas busy plumotn she "ouIn Ne
out with this man. lie give her Things
guess though She denied II when her
Ma asked her But 4 week ago she
vas missln'. She'd run away with HIM
she left letter for Len. saying sac
was tired bein' poor. that she wanted
,ood times You see Len worked hard
eud wasn't always ready 10 so out with
her. that was what they III about most
~ ANYWAY she's gone. and nobody
don't know where she IS. Her Ma =
nos, crazy. SIZE told Len 20 come AMI
tx. with her /: he wants 10. but he Is
stayln' on IN ire tlat he fixed up for
T.llly. II hear whev she - or any
,hin' I'll let you know. Poor girl m
s,raId she'll never he happy again.
How dreadful" Cert" said aloud
What's so drea dtuIc" Tom asked.
About Lilly, We'v" only been mar
lied SIX months Tom and il has alt
happened ~ that short time. She and
Len seemed to set along pretty we'll
ceiore that"
What about her
oh. she wasn't happy with Len, He
didn't take her GU. give her good times
enough. and she's run away with an
other man"
Really, Too bad yet I'm not so
,errih!. surprised
oh. Tom, how can YOU talk SC
Too Lily she can't every marry
anyone else and she'll be living in
in"
DO you know. Gertie I worried a
V,ue Tor tcar you would want more
ravNtv than l could give YOU on tho
-anch know how New York girls So
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lands to visit their daughter. Mrs. D. ".
Boston.
Mrs. lara Garrett, who was the guest
~ Mrs c. NJ. Garrett and other relA-
lives. has returned homo to Hastings
w. Va. 49,
Misses Ethel and aGrnet Buck, OF
PITTSBURGH, and Mrs. Martha JACOBS, OF
this city, were the guests TUESDAY OK
friends in Sistersville.
The remains Of Mrs Charles Hoy vers
taken to willIamstown. TUESDAY 1or'
buriel. Mrs. Hoys death occurred
her home on Main street. Sunday fof-
| lowing n Ions illness or cancer. ene
survived by her husband and An adopt
cd son. The funeral services were held
from the family residence and were con-
Quoted by Rev. Charles DALEY. pastor
fthe NJ. f. church.
Miss Anna Bennett, who Was the sueef
Of her brother, Rev. o. z. Bennett, pas:
| tor Of the Christian church, has return
ed 70 Bethany. :?
walter Smittle and family motored 70
| Barnesville Sunday. They accompanied
that far. DR.. and Mrs. Frank Potts ana
utNe daughter. who were returning
home TO Indiana, after visiting iocSt
! relatives.
| the guest over INC "oSA S@AN ~ 49,
Mrs D. Q. Stull.
Mr.. and Mrs James Williamson ana
children spent Sunday with his motners
| Mrs, Mary Williamson, OF Brownsviile'
Ohio. 1879 CT
Mrs. G. W. Nuzum. accompanied ey
her daughter. Mrs. Clifford Majors. OF
Moundsville. have gone 10 Jackson eoun-
! ~ for a visit Of indefinite length WIZ
| friends
Misses Lily Henthon and Gertruae
Kimble have returned from Falrmont.
where they attended the summer terH
Of the State Normal.
The Paden city Christian church ana
the Paden Valley chapel are making pre-
paration for joint annual picnic to %
held at the Chapel Sunday. August ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Villers. HAVING
,,sitcd Lee Villers and other relatives
have gone to Clarksburg, They VIII
spend a few days with relatives IN thar
| citv before leaving for their home IN
Tulsa. oklahoma.
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Copyright,

When a new spapCrman - not writing
short story or the great American
novel. ne is figuing the profits and the
honor in dramatic production. sum
Elwood aCtuated by desire 10 star
Irma Wood and the conviction ne was
cut 10 the pattern Of tn" ih"atr,'aI
genius. made large plans and wahcd I'M
portant.
Wings Of Dawn" was the sort "t
play best suited 10 exhibit lrma'S talents
and 1t was his for the asking. All mat
was needed was press agent scenery
costumes and company. lrma, So
.ciety editor on the paper winch paiH
slim for the work nc did on the court
house beat. had been prominent IN
home talent. 1t was she who fired tn"
reporter with ambition and she VINO
saw his plans take shape.
From all OF his friends Slim sought
support. Added TO the properties
loaned bv merchants. was his store "f
savings. A part Of this went for cos
,uros and the rest for advertising. The
performance, except for the actors. vas
assured
In the dull season tho city was rulI
~ mon and women who found in Slim $
generous offers OF salaries I'll" NpDor-
unity Of ready money. He patd one
vjsI, to the booking office and mad his
cast.
"Ir is all very simple SIM told
Trma. ~ fellow knows how to 20
about it,
wings Of Dawn" was tried out In
No euburhs to n house Of sufficient size
70 nav the guaranty OF the rent for the
city production. After twH nights at
homo thcrs were plans for I trip on the
road. ,
Following the first might IN IN" small
,,r., slim and Irma held a dubious
conference.
or course you were fine" he said.
"n,,, somehow the crowd did not take
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l||l[hree;Mlnute IalesHS}
WINGS O FDAWNI
By.Ad'' Schuster

, to the rest Of them. Honest don't YOU
think t IVES kind Of raw"
Irma trsscd hc~ hordo head ind!g-
ranrIy. For \ first night" she said.
I II regard Il as distinct success. Be
/ sides t''!s was rural audience" Walt
until W get to the city.
1T i~n't so much that am anxious
| 70 ho q theatrical man" Slim confessed,
I reaching for her hand. "A" II IS to get
! YOU out of that society column stuff
! and on the stage whore YOU belong. II
we can make littic money We can get
! married. maybe"
Maybe" Irma repeated and the con-
! ference was over.
! Slim stll argues the merits OF wings
! # Dawn" There is no telling he says,
! with some truth. what effect II might
: have had on city audience. He STOOD
/ in the box office q nth" night that was
! 70 see his triumph wondering sorrow
! fully what had become of the dramatic
, authorization Of the community. There
! was no, enough money in sight TO pay
tho theatre rent or the balance on the
costumes. And as for the actors
I 7, vas n sad locking gentleman with
: enoctHrlcs on the end &C his rose who
: prevented tho curtain from rising. lie
edged arologctlCally up t" Sims elbow
land produced a paper. II was court
| order for nil Of ~" money In sight
Following moments Of despair. the word
was carried behind the scenes wh"r"
mon and women stopped In the midst
, Of making NJ. \ Babel 81 protest tor
! minated in refusal 70 20 on. The audi
once left and slim. escaping by the hack
way. found solitary seat on pile OF
| ties by tho railroad trRr.
| "Now I'm done f"r'' he said. Trina
I won't even look at me.
| Others camo out Of the back door. M
strange n procession as had ever moved
70 the bridge and across. Ono by one
they came. the actors who would never
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no maid. and in the arms Of each was
q bundle one man carried pack Oh
wigs another a bale Of costumes. women
look with them ali OF shc dresses ana
Grapes they could carry and there were
those who lugScd Off the pieces or lur-
rituro loaned by the merchants. TOO
discon ISOLATE To voice protest, Snh
watched Now and then he heard his
name They were threatening him.
blaming the man who CAV" them JOB
for their troubles. II was thanK'css
task, this producing business, dc decd
cd Somebody was sitting on the other
eud of the pile Of tics, someone who
lifted her heard from n mournful pose
and laughed
oh. slim" said lrma. This gives
me The Srandest idea for short story
Let's Quit the theatre idea and 30 IN
earnestly for writing
The two sat close together now. IN me
middle Of the pile and the last o! the
procession was crossing the bridge
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a Cory Stcry.


Perhaps II my Grammle had hecn At
he me she would have known 1t was not
anything serious, and my Mama would
not have been so awfully frightened
when spat up that milk with a little
blood IN il.
had had my dinner and my Cherie
and | had had a beautiful communion
with each other. she murmur!ng SOFT
dear things 10 me every once In a While
during my dining. l was In perfect
health. had gained my usual i've or six
ounces that week and In all ways was
what a husky lad OF my age should be
When Mudd'c put me UP 10 her shout
der gently after nursing. so that any
air that had swallowed would como
up and not cause me cramps-up came
A little milk with the air. IL think
am Il little greedy at times, for often
spit up n li,llc milk. but as | am gain
ing all right sure do get enough
We'll. when the milk came up there
was a little blood in IT. Mama nearly
tainted Her face paled. She put me
down gently and ran TO the phone. cry
ing as sho ran. ON, dear God on
God, Not my baby, not my baby, dear
God,
She got my Daddie on the phone ana
told him TO come home. come. come I'M
mediately. and hctCr" he could find out
anything more She hung uD and got our
doctor While I realized that there was
considerable fuss about something. u
did not seem 70 me 10 be of sunicient
Importance 10 keep me awake, and l
went TO sleep as | do usually after my
nursing. Meanwhile she walked the
walked the floor with her hands tightiy
clasped. CRYING big tears and coming
over tn look at mo At every turn.
When paddie came in. GREATNESS, he