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The New York herald., 1922-12-08
MRS. WOODHOUSE WINS
Y DAMAGES OF S465, 900
Awarded Big Verdict in Alien.
alton Suit.

Brsr,rNoroN, VT. Dec. IA jury Of
farmers to-day awarded S465,OO0 dam
exes TO Mrs. Dorrit :. Woodhorse. who
sued her wealthy parents-at-law. Mr
and Mrs. Lorenzo Z. Woodhouse OF New
York and this city, for $1.000,000. allee-
ing that they had alienated the afrec-
tions OF her young husband. c. Douglas
Woodhouse. who Is at Reno. New. seek
ing a divorce.
Counsel for the elder Woodhouses i'm
mediately moved that the verdict be set
aside.
Tho Jury was out forty hours. their
deliberations largely over the amornt OF
damages Counsel for the plaintN hal
developed testimony that indicated the
defendants were worth approximately
s1.500.O0O OF tho s4S5,000 awarded
$500. 900 was given as actual damages
TO the young wife and $4,000 as a
punitive award.
The romance Of young woodhorse. nd
the poor little girl" who lived next
door was fairly familiar to burlington
people before the trial. in which II was
retold they met at college prom and
were married while Woodhorse was al
an army camp In 1918. They separated
a little more than year later.
Mrs. Woodhouse introduced evidence
that her psrents-at-law had snubb d her
and had encouraged an affair between
her husband and Mrs. Lillian ". Nc
Clellan OF Washington. d. c.. which led
to an engagement while he still was
married. Mrs. Mcclellan in q deposition
said she broke this engagement when
she learned woodhouse had not been
divorced.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
FEARS FOR FOREIGN
DOMINATION IN U. S.
Prof. Myers Says Problem Is
Not Americanizing Aliens. \
but Saving Natives. !

Prof. William Starr Myers OF Prince
mans Municipal League yesterday at a
luncheon at the Hotel Astor. said that
one of the things TO be feared from i'm
migration was the de-Americanization
of the native born. 1T isn't 50 much
problem of Americanizing the for
eigner as it Is to prevent him from hav-
ing the opposite effect on the Ameri-
can" he averrcd., "Foreigners are
swanping America and American insti-
tutions. Some cities are nearly 50 per
cent foreign.
II was opposed TO the suffrage move
ment. not that care snap of my
fingers whether women vote or not.
What j desired was-and we need il
moro than ever now--to place suffrage
on an educational basis and disfran-
chising of a lot of men and women. 1t
doesn't matter whether the voter is
man or woman so long as the voter is
intelligent. a suggestion ] should like
to make. Is that every voter be required
to read write and speak English.
THE last big vote In New York city,
which showed swing from one party
to another. was all on racial lines
Mayor Hylan was elected By the Ital-
ian. the Irish, the German and the
voting in blocs. One OF the character
istic movements in politics now is that
led by Senator La Toilette It's the
effect of radicalism in Europe. And
radicalisln Is pretty close TO the Ku
Klux Klans doings. The only differ
ence is that sthe Ku Klux wear masks
and act secretly.
Mayor Hylah sent out a letter just
before election that savors little OF
this radicalism. at was written to the
public school teachers and practically
ordered them to vote for him. On the
back Of the second sheet of the letter
was a sample ballot marked the way
they should vote" Prof. Myers dis
played the letter which was addressed
TO the Voters OF the Borough OF
Queens and was signed, John i.
Hylan."
What this nation needs is discipline.
Parents send their boys TO Princeton
to be disciplined and then give them
high powered automobiles SO they can
keep away from college. Automobiles
and education are not synonymous
terms"
Mrs. Frederick C. Hodedon. who pre-.
sided. announced that the League viii
take up the study OF immigration This
winter.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
CITY TO FIGHT LANDLORDS
WHO BOOST RENT SKY HIGH
Comptroller Craig Would Force Test on AnneXes to
Three Schools in Bronx Upon Which Leases
Have Been Raised 100 Per Cent.

THE landlords want Us out" Mr..
Shallow said.
We'll let them serve us with dis
possess" said Mr.. Craig. II think II
would be far better to condemn this
property than pay these landlords the
increased rental. Some landlords leas-
ing property TO the city are under the
misapprehenson that IL they hold out
long enough for a 100 per cent. in
crease they will get what they want.
So far as I am concerned this sort OF
thing has TO stop somewhere. II II
comes TO a test of nerve, let the city
show little. Let us fight these profi-
teers. The landlord who is sufficiently
voeiferous In this city usually wins ir-
respective OF the justice of the claims.
Let us take ors stand now or never.
see II we can't start something,
interjected the Mayor.
ITS about time we did," Mr.. Craig
replied.
Pending further Investigation the mat.
ter was put over for two weeks.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
Van Ripper Ifdicted Here.

Van Ripper has specialized in numerous
other promotions. notably mining stocks,
most conspicuous of which were his
Arizona silver Mines Company. Silver
Reef Mining Company. Arizona Silver
Extension Mining Company Consoli-
dated Silver Mining Company and Uni
versal Silver Mining Company. This
flood OF silver mire stock was slowed up
somewhat in 1920 when Van Ripper and
some of his associates were arrested In
Boston.
Van Ripper and three associates were
Indicted by a Federal Grand Jury here
two and half years ago. Although Van
Riper apparently has been active In new
stock transactions here since as indi-
Gated by the Empire Food episode, his
Indictment never has come 70 trial. a.
the time he was released on $4,000 bail
he was Immediately rearrested as a fugi-
tive from justice for charges pending
against him in Philadelphia.
The name OF Van Ripper appears "a
have slept with the indictment until soon
after the death of George w. Perkins
capitalist and hacker of the Bull Moose
party. Then appeared the firm of George
II. Perkins & CO., stock brokers' with
elaborate Offices at so Broad street. Last
March that firm went into bankruptcy
and the event was followed by detectiv'
chases to locate its officers. The first
tangible clew discovered was a safe de
post box rented from the Standard De
posit Company in the name of G. E. Van
Ripper. TO which the Perkins firm had
access.
Lewis C. Van Ripper was codefend.
ant with his son. Charles +. Van Ripper
In 1920 under Philadelphia indictments
charging operating bucket shop, grand
larceny, conspiracy to defraud. larceny
by bailee and fraudulent sale OF coll
lateral.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
TAFT ADVOCATES MORE
POWER FOR PRESIDENT
Fauors Appointments Without
Senate Confirmation.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.--Chief Justice
Taft suggested In an address tonight
before the annual convention Of the
National Civil Service Reform League
that the power be given 20 the President
to make appointments TO all local offices
without Senate confirmation. This would
be OF great assistance to the President.
Mr. Taft said. because he could. BY
executive order. turn the entire burden
some task over TO the CIvil Service Com
mission.
The change, which he suggested for
postmasters. collectors OF internal rev.
cnue. United states attorneys. Federal
marshals and other field officers OF the
Government. he declared. should be well
coined by Congress. because OF the Inn
portunlties of patronage seekers
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
INVESTORS ARE WARNED
AGAINST FAKE STOCKS
Investigate First, AdOice OF
Vieilance Committee Head.

"Investirate before you invest. was
N. message Of II. r. Robbins, president
OF II. ID. Robbins q Co.. investment
bankcrs. OF 81 Broadway. and chairman
OF the National Vigilance Committee or
the Associated Advertising Clubs or the
World. at a luncheon OF the Exchange
Club OF New Y ork yesterday In the Hotel
Breslin. He also outlined the m1ssion
Of, the Better Business Bureau ofs New
York. of which he II director. to de-
'tect and apprehend financial and COM
merclal defrauders.
"The National vigilance Committee OF
the Associated Advertising Clubs OF the
World he said,i organized to create
maximum public confidence IN advertis-
ing BY making all advertising trust
worthy. operates locally In thirty-eight
leading cities through Better Business
bureaus. Last July a Better Buspess
bureau was established In New YORK.
Eventually it viii take up questions In
tho merchandising field. but at present
IL is concerned with investigating frauds
in the sale OF get rich quick stocks 20
New York investors. Already several
exposes have resulted and evidence ac-
cumulated passed on to the constituted
authorities.
"The national committee, whose ar
tvlties are nationwide, are Just now coy-
ducting an extensivs Investigation In
Texas In connection with the salo OF
fraudulent oil stocks"
Mr.. Robbins warned against the horde
OF stock statesmen. who. without proper
training In the business or representing
experienced and reliable houses. are cali
ing on investors. seeking by specious ar
guiients 10 sell securities unworthy of
investors confidence. lie said:
Know with wtom You deal and deal
only with established, reputable invest
ment houses who have the proper expert
once. facilities and disposition TO prop
crly investigate and TO tell the true facts
TO their clients. There are many such
houses. and Il Is unnecessary to- deal
with itinerant statesmen, no matter how
plausible they are.
Those who have been defrauded along
investment lines or who suspect fraud
may file their complaints with the Bet
ter Business Bureau or thel National
Vigilance Committee"
The New York herald., 1922-12-08

Comptroller Charles l.. Craig at yes
terday's meeting of the Commissioners
of the Sinking Fund said that landlords
from whom the city leases property will
be fought 10 the end IL they insist on
raising rents. He declared that some
of these landlords are asking as high
as 100 per cent increase in rents over
last year. which the city would refuse
TO pay even II dispossessed. Mayor
Hylan endorsed the stand taken by Mr..
Craig.
I. Comptroller Craig made the remarks
after Associate Superntendenk OF Schoo,.
Shallow submitted a report to the Sink
ing Fund Commission urging renewal
of the leases of annexes OF Public
Schools 80. 81 and 80 IN The Bronx. even
though the rents had been doubled. Mr..
Shallow seid that real exigency exists,
that the premises are well worth the
increased rent and that conditions in
the three schools will become intolerable
If the leases are not renewed.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
MELLON WANTS A BIG
FEDERAL BUILDING HERE
Fdvors General Housing Plan
for Economy.
Special Dispatch 10 TuE NEW YoRK uEsArp D.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington. ID. C., Dee. T.


Washington. u. C., Dee. !.
1iians for big Federal building in
New York city to house courts, the
Bureau of Investigation and other
offices of the Department of Justice, the
Internal Revenue Bureau and the prohi.
bition unit are under consideration by
Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon.
The Government IL spending millions
IN New York each year for rental o.
private buildings to house various Gov
ernment activities and "a great saving
could be effected. a number of Cabinet
members believe, IL these activities could
be housed in one or possibly two Federal
buildings.
Because of che high New York rentals
Secretary Mellon favors immediate ap-
preparations for Federal buildings In
New York. Any move for such a build.
ing or tuildings. however. Immediately
opens tbs question OF an omnibus public
buildings bill in the present Congress
President Harding is opposed 10 such a
bGl on the ground OF economy. Mem.
bers OF Congress generally favor It,
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
MANUFACTURER ENDS LIFE.

William Friedman. 50. shirt manu-
facturer with = factory at 80 Leonard
street, was found dead last night In the
Hotel Theresa, Seventh avenue and
125th street. hanging from a rope IN a
wardrobe. He took room there
Wednesday afternoon. His home was
at 157 West 1ilth street and for two
days his wife had been searching for
him.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08

name similar to the Empire Food Prod
ucts Company. Immediately after the
failure OF tho Empire Food Products
Company the Empire Food Products
Corporation was formed. About the
same time the Yankee Roll Distributios
Company came into existence.
The Better Business Bureau. 81 Broad
way. has received inquiries concerning
the Empire Food Products Company
stock from Baltimore and Detroit. The
bureau is informed that efforts have
been made in Detroit to substitute Em-
pire Food Products Corporation stock
for Empire Food Products Company
stock
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
rnIcK ESTATE WINS TAX FIGHT

PIrrsBuRcH. Dec. THE state can
not collect taxes on the bcquest made by
the late II. G. F'rick OF the Frick Wood
land property and the s2.000.00 he pro-
vded as an endowment fund with which
TO maintain II as park for the free use
Of the public. according TO an opinion
handed down this morning In the o.
phsns Court by Judge Mitchell.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
SCHOOLS FOR REDS
SPRINGING UP HERE
w. j. Burns Says They Have
Been Opened in Seattle and
Massachusetts,.
Special Dispatch "a THB NEW YonK IIDaALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, u. G., Dec. Z.

Special Dispatch "a THB NEW YonK IIDaALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. g.. Dec. Z.
The difficulties experienced by the
Government in curbing the activities
OF radicals in the United States, were
revealed to-day in the testimony OF
William ]. Burns. chief of the Bureau
of Investigation. before the House APP
propriations Committee, considering the
Department of Justice appropriation bill.
There is an organization at the pres
ent time in New York called the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union that is seeking
to investigate us in order to determine
why we had men at Bridgeman, Mich,
Mr.. Burns told the committee.
For the first tinle in the history ur
the Communist party the Soviet Govern
uient's representatives. together with the
representatives from this country. were
meeting at Bridgeman. Mich, and for
the first time In history they were ar
rested az their meeting. Heretofore
they have been able TO evade arrest.
Our interest was In men who had
entered the United states unlawfully
and men who had been driven out OF
the country and who had surreptltlously
returned. We were Interested in get
ting them deported. We have been asked
by the Labor Department and by the
Immigration Bureau TO, keep track OF
Sich men. w. were furnished with a
list OF the men that they had learned
came back into the country unlawfully
and we were asked TO look for these men
and to locate them. SO that they could
be deported-
They are now introducing schools for
r. dicals. having opened a school at
Seattle, and believe they have schools
in Massachusetts foN teaching OF Com
munism. In the raid at Br.dseman
euest,onnaires seiz>d showed that their
purpose was~to get into the United
States Army and Navy and bore from
within.
'"Twenty-seven thousand four hundred
and thirty-six reports have been re-
ceived as 10 ultra-radical activities
2,725 cases. approximately under obser-
walton, covered. including individuals.
Eroups and organizations In the United
States and abroad; $50 Investigations, de-
portation matters transmitted to the
Department Of Labor; - actual deporta-
tions resulting therefrom. lis cases
pending, 1lo Investigations OF naturali-
zation cases. wherein applicants for
had been reported engaged
in disloyiil activities. Many reports have
been received upon violations OF laws
against syndicalism which have been
referred to the state authorities"
Special Dispatch 20 THE NEW YORK HERNp.
BENTON HARBoa. Mich. Dec. THE
number of alleged Communists in tho
Berfien county jail awaiting trial next
month for alleged violation OF the Mich
;rap nfi. n1ica lIsn act was reduced to
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
Boston Mayor Asks jail
Terms for Coal Gougers

~ OSTON. Dec. Mayor Cur
d ley to-daysasked Charles 3.
Wooley. Staler of Weights
and Measures. TO request Chief
Justice Bolster of the Municipal
Court 10 impose Jail sentences in
stead OF fines upon profiteering coal
dealers. This action followed in
formation that peddlers were SELL
ing coal consisting largely of slate
in small lots at prices that were at
the rate of s25 ton.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
QUEER STOCK DEALS
LAID TO VAN ripper
Seizure of Bankrupt Con-
GERMS Furniture Revives
Old Swindh Charges.
INDICTED MANY TIMES
Alleged to Be the Guiding
Spirit of Empire Food
Products Company.
NAME IN BACKGROUND
New Ventures Spring Up
While Charges Against
Him Await Trial,
NAME IN BACKGROUND

Agents Of John L. Lyttle, receiver
for the Empire Food Products Com
pany, formerly of II Barclay street,
yesterday seized the furniture of the
Yankee Roll Distributing Corporation.
in the Liggett Building. Forty second
street and Madison avenue. and the
furniture OF the Empire Food Products
Corporation, in the Fisk Building,
Broadway and Fifty-seventh street, as
assets Of the bankrupt concern. A..
At the same time Leon Dashew. at
torney for Mrs. John Julian of Ken
sington. Conn.,. moved before Judge
Mack in the United States District
Court. to have her involuntary bank
ruptcy petition against the John II.
Martin Company. stock brokers, of so
Broad street, referred to. a special
master Mrs. Julian's petition alleges
that Martin obtained $4,000 from her
for Empire Food Products Company
stock at 80 to $40 share. which Mar
tin had acquired at IL cents share,
and which now is without value.
Martin denied the charge and an
nounced his intention to fight the
petition.
Dashew( who also Is attorney for Re-
ctiver Lyttle. disclosed af1idavits pur-
porting that the hacker and guiding
genius CT the bankrupt Empire Food
Products Company was Lewis G. Van
indicted promoter OF oil and other &C.
curities Martin. according TO Dashew's
aifidayiis. was associated with Van
Ripper in the control of the Empire Food
Products Company.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
stock Thrown on List.

John c. Barclay of 172 Lloyd road
Montclair. " j., said that he also is
seeking to recover, from Martin money
which was invested in the Empire Food
stock at 50 "A snare. lie is acting in
behalf Of his gardener. barclay said
he himself wrote to Martin to learn
son..thing about the stock his gardener
had bought. ami he asked Martin for
quotations. lie said he received "A reply
that there was no stock on the market,
bu. thar Martin might be able to pick
up some shares for him at Si1 or s12
a share
AS a matter OF fact. the stock, which
formerly was listed on the New York
Curb Exchange, was thrown off the list
last summer after an investigation by
the Curb's listing committee. The rea-
son given was that the sellers of the
stock were fixing one price on tho mar
ket while the stock was selling at
lower price around the country.
The records OF the United states Cor.
poration Company show a registration
OF $4,000 shares OF Empire Food tixpd-
ucts Company stock sold. The recelcer
Is in possession of stock book four
inches thick nearly empty. Sales from
cluded in the United States Corporation
Company's tabulation.
The Empire Food Products Company
was formed from a merger OF at least
two other concerns. and It's name once
was changed 60 Empco. Inc, because OF
the protest of a Brooklyn concern OF a
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
Eugene Bagger's
EMINENT EUROPEANS

Some of them profit by the ordeal.
Others do not. But the reader will
revel in Mr.. Bagger's joyous phrases,
intimate gossip and brilliant character
sketches. "A book that has not a
dull page" says Owen Langdon in
The World.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
PUTNAM
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
"a. w." on "P. c.

"a. w." on "P. c."
1t is an extraordinary thing in
itself, for the dramatic critic OF a
New York newspaper to devote nearly
two full columns to a book. But one
of the extenuating circumstances is
the book the other is the critics
own eminence as an author. In his
very unusual review in the New York
Herald OF
The New York herald., 1922-12-08

A ! e x a n d e r
Woollcott avows
that what he covets
and desires more
than all else is the
ability to write like
Philip Guedalla.
He has found no
book this fall, he
The New York herald., 1922-12-08

Special Dispatch 20 THE NEW YORK HERNp.
BENTON HARBoa. Mich, Dec. THE
number OF alleged Communists in tho
Berrien county jail awaiting trial next
month for alleged violation OF the Mich
igan anti-syndicalism act was reduced to
five by the release OF John Minelic and
Elmer Macmillan, both OF st. Louis.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
VALUE OF MILK

Milk is a good food, one of
the most perfectly balanced
foods we have.
1t is SO we'll balanced that it
can supply practically all the
needs of the body.
A quart of milk contains as
much nourishment as a
pound of lean beefsteak,
Also, much of the necessary
lime and many Of the valu-
able salts not found in beef.
Ssfesuarded from ppil to pal.
ate. the rich. creamy milk
ssrvedatCHILDSis is warranted
pure.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
THE SECOND
EMPIRE
BY Philip Cuedalfa

A exam der
! + ! ! ! + ! !. ! ! !: !, ! ! i i ; ! !.
Woollcott avows ~
that what he covets
and desires more kf3 -
than all else is the ElE
ability to write like S7kz
Philip Guedalla. f7N
He has found no
book this fall he. -
says, SO richly and DELIGHTFULLY."- enter
tanning as ''The Second Empire"
Napoleon III emerges from Guedalla's
merciless analysis a far different figure
from that which most historians have
pictured. How Guedalla can write,
+ ~
The nine men and oue Uontnn who
are the cause Of most of the excite
menf IN Central Europe, arc put
through the third degree in
Eugene Bagger's
EMINENT EUROPEANS
Some Of them profit by the ordeal.
Others do not. But the reader will
revel in Mr.. Bagger's Joyous phrases,
intimate gossip and brilliant character
sketches. "A book that has not a
dull page" says Owen Langdon in
The World.
GiUe That Boy
A. Hyatt Verrilrs exciting story
of the adventures of a group Of
boys in the domain of the Kuns
fndianss There's a thrill q min
ute in
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The great works of. literature
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The New York herald., 1922-12-08

The nine men and oue Uontan Uho
are the cause Of most of the excite
n1enf in Central Europe, are put
through the third degree in
The New York herald., 1922-12-08

says, SO richly and delightfully."- enter
tanning as THE Second Empire"
Napoleon III emerges from Guedalla's
merciless analysis far different figure
from that which most, historians have
pictured. How Guedalla can write,
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
Gipe That Boy

Gipe That Boy
A. Hyatt Verrilrs exciting story
of the adventures of a group Of
boys in the domain of the Kuns
Indianss There's a thrill min
ute in
The New York herald., 1922-08-21

FREDERICK G. METZ. JR.,
Cashier.
The New York herald., 1922-08-21
MASONS WILL BUILD
GREENWICH TEMPLE
Site on HaOemeyer Place Is
Bought; To Cost 500, 900.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK Herald
GREENWICH, Conn.,. Aug. 19.--Acacia
Lodge. No. SIS, A. F. and A. NJ. of Green
wich. Is to have one of the finest Ma
sonic temples in Connecticut. Land
opposite to the high school building
or Havemeyer place has been purchased
from Oliver d. Mead for the site The
temple will cost approximately 100000.
George b. Post & Sons of 101 Park
avenue. New York city. are the archi-
tects and L. G. c. Smith of Greenwich
is the associate architect In conJunc-
ton with the building committee the ar
chitects have planned temple which
will represent the ancient craft of Ma
sonry In this section Of the country. Its
exterior will be as near the Colonial
style as consistent with the requirements
of a lodge.
The building will be '107 feet
inches In length and SO feet in width.
/. will be the home of four Masonic
bodies-Acacia Lodge, No. S5 Lockwood
Chapter. No. So. Royal Arch Masons ;
Greenwich Chapter, the Order of the
Eastern Star, and the Masonic Club The
temple will be owned and controlled by
the Masonic Temple Corporation, of
which Albert f. Austin, M. D., Is presi-
dent