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New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Rich Widows
$l35,OO0 Gems
Seized ON Ship
Customs Officials AlIege
Mrs. Stromberg Failed to
Declare Necklaces and
Other Valuable JeweIry
Others Involved, 1t Is Said
Treasury Agents Are Inves-
tigating as to Where the
Articles We're Purchased

Jewelry valued at s135 900 beloneinp
TO mrs Henrietta Stromberg, of 27o
fark Avenue, is being held by the Gus
toms officials, it was learned yesterday
pending an investigation by the law
division of the Treasury DEPARTING Mt
as to where the jewelry was purchase d
and the method Of bringing it into
this country.
Mrs. Stromberg who is seventy
years old, the widow of Gustaf Strom-
berg, WAS detained, it was learned,
when the Aquitania. of the Cunard
Line. docked Friday and her belongings
subjected s, to close search. Special
asssrt arsasurK .t agents th. engaged in the case
IN her declaration and that other per-
sons are involved.
Abram j. Rose, Mrs. Stromberc's at
torney, said that any suspicion that she
was attempting to smuggle valua bles
into the United States was absurd. All
the jewslry seized, Mr.. Ross said, was
not worth more than 100000, and all
Of it was bought by Mrs. Strom berg in
this country.
q.
Stromberg aroused their curiosity by
handing bag to a friend who was
at the pier to meet her. 1t is alleged
that there was jewelry in the bag. Mrs.
Stromberg is said to have explained d
that the bag was not hers but one that
had been intrusted to her by another
passenger.
In examining one Of Mrs. Strombcrg's
trunks it was found, it Is said, that
one gown had been sewed inside an
other. When this was reported to
Deputy Surveyor Taylor he directed
that Mrs Stromberg be detained on the
ship by woman inspector while her
belongings were searched thoroughly.
Two pearl necklaces, diamond bar
pin, diamond and sapphire ring and
other rings are among the jewelry
which is said to have been omitted
from Mrs. Stromberg's declaration, al
though found in her baggage.
Mrs. Stromberg was the widow of
Francis Eyre Parker, an attorney of
this city, when she was married to
Gustaf Strombcrg. She has a summer
home in New Brunswick, N. j., and an
other in Brattleboro, Vt. In memory
Of her first husband she built the Par
ker Memorial Home in New Bruins
wick.
During the war she took part in the
activities of the Imperial Order of
British Daughters. She also is a work
er in Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
and contributes to charity. She has
three daughters, one Of whom, Sallie
Stromberg, was an ambulance driver
during the war.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Another Beck-Hazzard
Store Robbed in Daylight
Bandits Get $500 From Safe:
Put Clerks in Storcroom,
Take Watches

-Four men entered the branch of the
Beck Hazard Shoe Stores, Inc, at 1856
bowery, shortly after it had been
opened yesterday for business Arthur
List, the manager, and two clerks
looked upon the men as customers
until, without preamble, they drew re-
volvers and ordered them to throw up
their hands.
They took $500 from the safe and
watches from the manager and his
clerks.
Then the quartet took the victims to
a storeroom on the second floor and
left them there with a warning against
making any unnecessary noises.
The Beck-Hazzard stores have been
held up frequently in the last few
months. Recently two other stores,
one IN the Bronx and one on the East
Side, were robbed in the same way and
at the same time. Two weeks ago bur
glars looted the safe of the Beck Haz-
zard store at 547 Second Avenue, after
putting a cardboard replica of the safe
in the window and removing the real
safe
The robbery in the Bowery store was
accomplished while hundreds of per
sons were passing on the street. The
employees stayed in the storeroom un-
til they thought it safe to leave and
then notified the police
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Legislative Probe
OfCharges Against
Strong Organized
Assemblyman jerks Named
Chairman of Committee
to Hear Accusations In
volving the Nassau Jurist

The special legislative committee ap-
pointed to investigate charges against
Supreme Court Justice Selah B. Strong,
Of Setauket, Nassau County, took up it's
headquarters yesterday at the Commo-
dore Hotel and began preparations for
the inquiry. The committee organized
itself with Assemblyman Edmund B.
jerks, of Broome County, as charm q n
Assemblyman Walter W. Westall, of
White Plains, was chosen secretary and
vice-chairman. An official stenogra-
pher and sergeant-at-arms also were
appointed.
Other members Of. the committee at
yesterdays session were Asscmblyman
George Rowe, OF Buffalo; E. E. Cole.
Steuben County; George N, Jesse and
Maurice Bloch, of New York County,
The date for beginning the testimony
was left to Chairman jerks.
The committee has an appropriation
Of $4,000. The resolution to investi-
gate was introduced by Assemblyman
Thomas A. McWhinney, member from
Nassau. Justice Strong is charged
with general incompetency and inef-
fciency by the Nassau County Bar
Association. If the committee deems
that the charges have been sustained,
it will so report to the Legislature of
1923, whe1eupon court Of impeach-
ment will be created, to consist of
members of the Court of Appeals and
the Senate, sitting jointly.
The last court Of parchment resulted
in the removal Of Governor Sulzer in
1918. The trial lasted many weeks.
There were alsS impeachment pro-
ceedngs against Justices Warren B.
Hooker, Of Chnutauqua County, and
Daniel L. Cohalan, Of New York, both
Of whom were vindicated.
Former Senator Edward 7. Bracket,
who acted as counsel for the managers
Of Impeachment in the case of Cover
nor Sulzer, is acting as counsel for
Justice Strong. He appeared at the
Commodore Hotel yesterday in an eff
fort to get in touch with the commit
tee. but none of the latter could be
reached during the afternoon, Mr..
Bracket told a reporter for The
Tribune he could not understand what
it was all about" "There certainly is
no ground for any such procedure
against Justice Strong, and we shall
soon prove this to be So" he added.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
BankruptFound
Living in Style
" ith New Name
Most of Missing $4,000
Stock Bought for Saliva
torres Port Chester Store
reported in Lawrence
rather and Son Arrested
Antonio and Raffaelo Iden.
tihed as the Mysterious
Irish" Truck Drivers

burgio S. Salvatore, who ran dry
goods store at Al South Main Street.
rort Chester, until bankruptcy pro-
ceed1ngs were started against him
January 16, did not 20 back to Ita,v
early in February as announced ue
went to Lawrence, Mass, and instead
or moping over his business reverses
he bought two cars and lived in stvle
Just at present, however, he is locked
up on Federal warrant in Boston. ac-
cused OF revealing too few assets to his
bankruptcy trustee and working under
too many aliases
$4,000 Merchandise Vanished
Abraham Solomon, Assistant United
States Attorney for bankruptcy cases
in this district, explained Yesterday
that Salvatore's bankruptcy PAPERS
estimated his assets at $4,000 and his
liabilities at $4,000. He said tho
creditors were curious to know what
had become OF $4,000 worth of mer-
chandise which he is alleged to have
purchased in the month preceding his
failure.
More suspicion was aroused, the
prosecutor continued. when it was
learned that Salvatore was known as
b. >. Scallo to the authorities at the
school attended by his younger chill
dren Suspicion changed to criminal
charges when it was learned that he
was also known as B. S. Scallo at the
Italian Discount and Trust Company
here.
In the complaint on which Salvatore
was arrested it is alleged that he had
an account of 100000 at that bank on
the day when he set forth his assets
as only $4,000. Of this amount he is
alleged to have withdrawn $27 900 in
cash early in February, and a few days
later $50 more on check payable to
X. S. Maglione, which was cashcd in
Lawrence.
Last Friday Mr.. Solomon went to
Lawrence and found that Maglione was
Salvatore He also obtained search
warrant and found in the Lawrence
establishment what is alleged to be
most of the merchandise which Sal
vatore had purchased for his Port
Chester store.
Irish Suspects Salvatore's Sons
The Lawrence police then remem-
bered that on February Salvatore OBJ
tanned the release of two supposed
Irishmen whom they had picked up
three days before for not being able TO
give q proper account Of their pres
ence on a truckload of dry goods.
The "Irishmen" were identified Sat
urday as Salvatore's sons, Antonio and
Raffaele. The latter was arrested Sat
urday evening on a complaint charging
that he and his brother aided in their
fathers alleged fraud by collecting the
merchandise in Salem, Camden or
Hartford and taking it to Lawrence.
Salvatore had been arrested earlier
in the day. Father and son were ar
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Charges Deceit
In Bills Sold bv
Antiques Firm
$4,000 Paid p. W. French
Co.'S 2 Partners for Ac-
counts Not Existing, Cor.
poration Says in Suit
Names of Wealthy Used
Claims Apparently Against
J. l.. Widener and Others
for Household Treasures

An action to recover $4,000, OBJ
tained, it is charged, by false repre-
sentations in the sale of accounts
which did not exist, was filed in the
supreme Court yesterday by the Cont
mental Guaranty Corporation against
Mitchell Samuels and Fercy w. French,
1IIndlvidually and as members of P. W.
french q Co., dealers in antiques and
DECORATIONS at East Fifty-sixth Street.
ne plalntitf corporation asserts that
the defendants sold it accounts against
Joseph E. Widener, of PHILADELPHIA;
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, OF
Carlton House; William II. Crocker, Of
Burlingame, Calf, and George D.
Pratt, Of Glen Cove, L. l., receiving
$4,000 on account of the purchase
price. but that the accounts were
Assets of s6,3o2,7s6 Listed
The story told by the Continental
Guaranty Corporation is that on Janu-
ary Is last the defendants furnished a
financial statement showing total assets
Of $6,302,756 and liabilities of 31,770,-
8lS. The data set forth that the ac-
counts receivable amounted to $780,
754 and that the firms merchandise
had value of $3,850, ,694.
these figures were as of October 81 :,
1921: 1t is charged that the purpose
of furnishing this statement was to
induce the plaintiff to purchase ac-
counts receivable, notes, acceptances
and other chooses in actions.
On February 7 last, says the
plaintiff, believing the representa-
tions made by the defendants
and relying on their state
ment, it purchased certain accounts.
These were one Of $4,000 declared to
be due from Mrs. Rice for an "extraor-
dlnary early sixteenth century Flemish
Gothic tapestry" Another account
purchased was one of $4,000. supposed
to be due from Mr.. Pratt, also FOR q
sixteenth century tapestry. A third ac-
count alleged due was $4,000 from
Mr.. Widener, for "a very fine Louis XIV
oonheur-du-J jour of tulipwood and
sycamore.
$4,000 in Crocker Account
The Croker account purchased was
for 100000 for q sixteenth century Ia.
pahan Court carpet.
1T is charged by the plaintiff that
the corporation was deceived in paw
ing $4,000 for these accounts, as tn.
statements made by the defendants
with regard to the accounts were NOT
true. with the exception of the Wide
ner account, the charge is made. the
accounts did not exist. AS to the
Wldener account, it was part of a
100000 account which he had with
y. w. French & Co., but which that
firm already had collected, according
to the complaint.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
100000 Quarts Scotch
Are Declared Forfeit

WASHINGTON, May 1.-Orders for
the forfeiture Of what was declared
to be the largest amount of liouo,
ever affected by single prohibition
bureau decision were approved TO-DAY
by Commissioner Haynes.
Tho decision calls for forfeiture
proceedings against about 5000 cases
or more than 100000 quarts of Scotci,
whisky shipped into this country hv
David Heilbron & Sons, Limited. Of
Glasgow, Scotland. a large quantity Of
which was said to be consigned to the
Alps Drug Company, of New York.
The whisky WAS brought into this
country through permits for wine i'm
portation. the decision declared, under
a concerted scheme to get as much
Scotch whisky into the United States
as possible before the terms of the
Willis-Campbell anti-medical act be-
came effective
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Would Remove Bankers
Widow as an Executor
a. tt. Levy, Seeking TO Recover
Alleged Loan TO Burkctt,
charges Misrcnrcsenfafin

-, a. Il. Levy, as a judgment creditor of
tne late Walter l.. Burkett, who was
v,ce,president OF the State Bank, ap-
plled to the Surrogstes Court yester-
Gay Tor the removal Of Mrs. Martha N.
6burkett, his widow, and Wilbur F.
crane, her son by prior marriage, as
executors of the bankers estate.
, Mr. Levy formerly was manager of
tne real estate department of the bank.
and the petitioners Judgment, he said
was 1or money he had lent the former
V'GGee~pres,dent of the institution.
D ~ IS alleged by Mr.. Levy that Mrs.
burkett and her son, Mr.. Crane, mis-
represented the value of the estate,
SAYING that the testator had no real
estate a;, and that his personal property
u'a not exceed $500
~ II Lhe Judgment creditor alleges that
snls statement was untrue and was
made to impede the rights of claimants
aeainst the Burkett estate. According
u, 20 Mr. Levy, Mr.. Burkctt owned a farm
q at south Bound Brook, N. j., valued at
eoo,ooo and also owned securities. in
Guiding stock Of the State Bank.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
lodict Four as
Wire Tappers
n Divorce Suit
.,..~ Committee Testimony
'sisi Brings Action Agains, {,
Attorney, Detective and
o,hers in Alters Case
Record Sent to Grand Jury
ex;deuce for Wife of Staten
Island Doctor onta'neo
Illegally, 1t Is Charged

, Leslie, an attorney. OF Z
-. street: John Sutter. detective
-. attached to Police Headquar-
lanes c. Shaw, Suffers brother
'. w. law and Waiter Schmidt. a shipping
j. nho,e home is in White Plains,
y were indicted yesterday by the
:, s,.snond County Grand Jury charged
9TH. 9TH tapping the telephone wire OF Dr.
Wv 80, + Alters, OF i4l Vanderbilt
.v.,ue. Clifton, Staten Island.
rv,ssace concerning the tapping OF
n, Allsrs's wire to obtain evidence
s,- his wife, Olga, in her suit for a
...-.,;cn was brought out at the
,.s,inps Of the Meyer legislative inves-
t;s,.ius committee last year and much
.isss"s gssa evidence submitted to the grand
o. DR. VIZ Yesterday consisted of tran
ng .. of the proceedings before the
Never committee.
To Be Arraigned To-day
T,s four men indicted were notified
:. ina charges against them and di-
.e,,.d IN appear before County Judge
T;ernan in st. George to-day to plead
10 the indictments and give bail IN
They are alleged to have rented a
house on Central Avenue, st. George.
onposi.e that in which DR.. Alters then
i!Sed and to have listened in on his
u'ephone wire January 81, 1920. Mr..
leslie was attorney for Mrs. Alters in
the separation action. Mr.. Schmidt is
her brother. both being children of
Theodore Schmidt. shipping man.
Suffer, at the time Of the alleged
tapping of the physicians wire, was
plain clothes man on the staff of In
tpector John f. Dwycr, then in charge
Of the Staten Island inspection dis
trict. His brother-in-law Shaw, is q
ta1icab driver.
The late Justice Squires, before
whom Mrs. Alers's action came in the
Supreme Court in st. George. granted
her separation and the custody Of
her two children, and dir cted Dr..
Aers to provide a summer home for
them IN the AdlronGacks, city nome
on Staten Island anl to provide for
The rearing of both children.
Separation Set Aside
The Appellate Division of the Su-
yreme Court, to which Dr.. Alters ap-
peslei from Justice Squire's decision,
set aside the separation and the pro
vision as to the residences Dr. Alters
was to suppl for his wife and chill
dren, and placed his son in his custody
and his daughter in her mothers.
DR.. Aiers at that time lacked evil
dence, which was brought out later
before tie Meyer committee, that his
telephone wire had been tapped He
suspected that it had been done, how
ever, and noticed, it is said. that De-
sective Sutter attended all the hear
ings in the separation suit and evinced
keen interest in the proceedings.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

Capital $7.50o,oOO.
l7o Broadway, New York.
1877 West I25th ST.. New York
80 East I49th ST.. New York.
80 Bay ST.. St, George. S. |.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Saves $4,000 Despite Torture

CHICAGO, May 1. = Although tor
tured by burning paper torches until
hls feet were Scared, Harry Crawford
manager of a West Side movie" house
refused to tell the safe combination to-
three bandits and saved its 5000 con-
tents AA
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Part of California Alien
Land Law Is Reversed
Court Holds Japanese May Be
Guardian for Tract Owned
by His Dar1phter

SAN FRANCISCO, May IA deci-
sion declaring unconstitutional that
portion of the California alien land
law forbiddng aliens ineligible to citi-
zenship to act as guardians of the ag-
ricultural lands of their American-
born children was handed down by the
State Supreme Court to-day.
The decision was in the case of
Hayao Yano, who sought such guar
dianship over the person and estate Of
his infant daughter.
The decision reversed q decision of
the Sutter County Superior Court,
which denied Yano's application for
such guardianship.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02

raigned before the United States Com
IN $4,000 bail each for removal to this
district. '"''
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Compers Fears Progress
In Unions, Says Foster

CHICAGO, May (By The Associ-
ated Press).-Chargcs that the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, under the
presidency of Samuel Gompers, has
come to a standstill "politically. in
dustrially and philosophically" were
made to-day by William Z. Foster, sec
retary- treasurer of the Trade Union
Educational League, counterng Mr.
Gompers's charges that under Fosters
direction political machine was be-
ing built with Bolshevik funds to
undermine American labor.
Mr. Foster said the charge made by
Mr.. Gompers was ridiculous" and
that Mr.. Gompers was suffering from
an anti-Russia COMPLEX
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02
Why You Shomld Come to Us
To BovyosV o. Yon Real Estate-No. =
Facility of Renewal

When your mortgage becomes due, will
1t be extended and how much will it cost
your
Most Of our loans arc sold to investors
guaranteed as to principal and interest by
the Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Company
IT the same lender will keep the loan
our renewal fees are very moderate If VIC
have to seek new one for you, our charges
are low and you can expect a renewal al
a proper amount and at a proper rate Of
interest
We do not call loans unneccssarjlv.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02

gates helps to maintain the right
mouth conditions.
Correct in Practice. Today scicn.
tihc dentists know that harsh drugs
and chemicals harm mouth tissues.
Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream
does not contain them. Authorities
agree that dentifrice should do
only one thing-clean teeth thor
oughly. Colgate's does this. No
false claims are made that Colgate's
possesses any other virtue, but it
does possess this one in the highest
degree, and in a higher degree than
any other kind of dentifrice.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-02

Surplus $lI,ooo,ooo.
Us Remsen ST.. Brooklyn.
$50 Fulton ST, Jamaica.
Bridge Plaza North, L. |. City
Mineola. Long Island.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-10-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Lankin, Of
Detroit, were in Yale last week
calling on friends.
A. F. Fletcher, wife and daugh-
ter, of Port Huron, were Yale
visitors Saturday last.
The gas pipe tie posts along
Main street have all been removed
by order of the city council.
Dolph and Walter Andreae, with
their families, spent Sunday at
Port Austin and Port Hope.
Mrs. Lena Andreae and daugh-
ter Clara are preparing to go to
California to spend the winter.
The weather has been ideal dur
ing the past three weeks. Beau
tiful sunshiny days and cool
nights.
Leta Holden was home from her
school at Grand Ledge last Sun
day. She was accompanied by two
lady friends.
Brooks Fletcher, one of the real
stars of the lecture platform,
opens the lyceum course in San
dusky on Oct. 8.
Mrs. Ventry Hisey and son, of
Wayne, have been spending the
week with Mrs. Hisey's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elston Huffman.
Calvin Brown returned to the
Nj. A. C. at East Lansing last
week Tuesday where he will re-
sumo his studies for the four
y ar.
Minnie Mosher and Mrs. King
Holden entertained ever Sunday
Lloyd Holden, wife and son, OF
Detroit, Mrs. U. G. Buck, of Ev-
anston, Ill.,, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
| Mosher and son Kenneth, of AL
mont, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Brown
Mrs. Chas. S. Brown has been
in Battle Greek this week caring
for her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jas
l.. Brown, who broke her arm g
couple of weeks ago. Mrs. Brown
will come home the latter part Of
this week, accompanied by hel
daughter-in-law and children.
When the government was sell
ing Thrift" stamps and the date
, of repayment was set away
ahead to January, 1928, it seem
ed a mighty long time before the!
would be redeemable, However
January 1st is only three months
r distant. Those who have helC
onto their stamps will then b.
right in clover.
Tiney Bontrager is sure tn,
lucky little girl. She guessed tn,
nearest to the number of discs il
the Eureka Vacuum cleaner which
John Hutton displayed in hi
booth at the Yale Fair last week
Mr.. Hutton informs us there wer,
279 guesses ranging from 125 t,
10000. In addition to the Eureki
Vacuum Cleaner, Mr.. Hutton dis
played the wonderful Range Eter
nal, the Caloric Furnace, and tn
Sunnysuds Electric Washer.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-10-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Liebler and
daughter were in Port Huron on
Monday.
Richard Grynsenfrez and Albert
Liagre have purchased the Brabb
double house.
John Bright was called to Tor
onto, Ont, this morning by the
death of his youngest sister.
Thelma Minnie, who is teaching
in Marysville this year, was home
over Sunday, lady friend with
her.
Jeanette Curtis, was home
from Flint, where she is teaching,
accompanied by Gladys Edgar,
for the weekend.
Sunday visitors at Floyd Fer
guson's: Albert Fletcher and fam
lily, of Port Huron; Mrs. d. La
fever and Minnie Miller, Capac,
and Chas. Shower and wife, of
Pontiac.
M. F. Downey informs the Elk
positor that in August he planted
string beans and is now picking
beans from the vines for table use.
He also planted potatoes the same
month and is now digging new
potatoes, something he never did
before.
Mrs. E. j. Black and Carrie
Clark entertained the following
friends the weekend: Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Mcguire, Mrs. Geo. Bra
ham, Mrs. j. c. league, Mrs. H.
B. Eshleman, of Flint; Mrs. Nc
Kenzie, Mrs VIM. Ernest, of Port
Huron; Mrs. VIM. Thorburn, Mrs
Mary Reynolds, Of Detroit; Mrs
Maryette, Earl and Jessie Morley
of Capac.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-07
WiHRaiseT Teuton
U-Boat and Sink
1t With Torpedoes
Many Erperts See Under.
sea Attack as Best Way
To Fight Submarines.

The Navy Department is going tc
carry out literally its agreement
with the allies to sink the former
German submarine U-III in deep
water. But, in so doing. II expects
to gain valuable information con-
cerning the theory that the best
defense against submorines is a
counter-attack by Submarines.
Orders have just been issued to
the Falcon, the Navy's salvage ship
now at New York Navy Yard under
going repairs, to proceed as soon az
ready to Hampton Roads and help
salvage the U-III. which lies half
submerged in the anchorage area
of Lynnhaven Roads. a menace to
navigation.
The O-III sank of Cape Henry
June II. 1921. whiles being towed
down to serve as one of the targets
in the bombing tests of the Vir-
ginia coast
II the salvaging operation Is sue
cessful, navy officials declared, the
submarine will be overhauled suf-
ficiently to make her seaworthy.
towed to sea and sunk either by
bombs. depth charges. gunfire or
torpedoes q led by submarines.
Probably = tor pedoes fred from un-
dersea craft will be designated as
the method of destruction, IL was
said. because all the other methods
have had tryouts without success.
Naval officials advocating the sub
marine as an effective naval war
weapon look forward to seeing their
belief justified that a submarine
torpedo counter-attack is the best
way to dispose of enemy craft.