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The Washington herald., 1922-03-26

Mrs. W. Pitt Scott. wife Of Cap
tain Scott. u. S. N. is spending two
weeks with her mother, Mrs. De
Witt Talmagc.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-26

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The Washington herald., 1922-03-26

Capt. G. 7. Collar. A. s., and MS.
Collar. en- route from Kelly Field
to the Philippines. spent several
days at Mather Field. Cal. as
guests OF Lieut.. p. l.. Williams.
A. s., and Mrs. williams. Mrs. j.
7. Reed. mother Of Mesdames COL
lar and Williams. is q guest of the
williams family
The Washington herald., 1922-03-26

Lieut.. Col. Stephen LII. Slocum
and Mrs. Slocum, who have been
for some time at Palm Beach. Fla.
will leave there shortly for a cruise
in their house boat.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
FIRST DlER EVIDENCE
GOES TOGRAND JURY
Presentation Likely to Be
Long, Says Schneider,
BantOn's Aid.
LARCENY RING TRACED
Connection of Leaders With
Small Bucket Shops
Established.
THEIR CASE ALSO HEARD
More Customers of Defunct
Brokerage Appear, but
Hesitate to Testify.
THEIR CASE ALSO HEARD

Presentation to the Grand Jury of
the practices which led to the failure
of the brokerage firm Of e. D. Dier &
Co. began yesterday. with every indi-
cation that the work preliminary to
the finding of indictments may take
considerable time. In the Judgment of
Benjamin Sckreiber. Assistant District
Attorney. who Is handling the case, it
may be several weeks" before all the
evidence is in.
District Attorney Banton. who re-
turned to his office yesterday, made it
clear that nothing found in the DER
books indicates that this house was
one of any chain of bucket shops. The
DER books have been examined thor
oughly by Bernard Refs, accountant for
the receiver.
Mr. Banton said that his office Is
conducting an inquiry into what may be
termed "the bucket shop ring" and that
substantial progress has been made. The
case is distinct from the Dier proceed
ing and concerns other so-called brok-
erage houses. It was learned that the
actual connection of some of the men
suspected with several bucket shops has
been established. 1t is believed that
this matter was taken before the Cen
eral Sessions Grand Jury while the Su-
preme Court Grand Jury heard testi-
mony in the Dier case.
With reference to the latter proceed
ing Mr.. Schneider was reticent. He
would give no indication OF the progress
made or the number of indictments that
might be expected. He even declined to
say whether any indictments would be
sought, but qualified by asserting:
1--WE are not going before the Grand
Jury to ask them to hand out lolypops
to the members Of the firm of DER &
Co."
The time of the Grand Jury taken up
by the DER case was not long. APP
parently only one witness was ex-
amined. 1t Is presumed that he was
George Mclaughlin. accountant, who
has been going over the books and
whose testimony naturally would pro-
vide the groundwork for the testimony
of onetime customers Of DER & Co.
The examination of some OF these
customers was continued by Mr..
Schreiber. Reluctance on the part Of
many to be connected with the case was
again manifest. but there were indica-
tions that sufficient evidence in time
will be forthcoming to enable the Grand
Jury to act. Mr.. Schreiber declined to
give the names of those he eamined.
In the jefferson Market court the
hearing on the complaint Of F. r. Will
son against Charles A. Stoneham. owner
of the Giants and at one time head of
the brokerage firm Of Charles A. Stone
ham & Co., was adjourned until to-
morrow in order that certain papers
might be produced.
Wilson charges that Stoneham vio-
lated the sections of the Penal Code
which makes it misdemeanor for
broker to feil to give customer an ac-
counting on particular transactions
within twenty-four hours when called
on to do so. and says that his account
was transferred by Stoneham to Hughes
& Dier without his consent.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
DEATHS AT CROSSING
LEAD TO 2 INQUIRIES
Bacharach Orders InUestigd-
tor to Atlantic City.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
ATLANTIC CITY, June 12.-Dr. L. r.
Souder. county physician. ordered an in
quest this afternoon into the death OF
John II. Stratton, his wife and four
children. who were killed when Penn
sylvania Railroad express rammed the
automobile In which they were riding at
the New Road crossing at Absecon,
Harry Bacharach, Public Utilities Com
missioner. wired to the Newark office
of the Public Utility Commission to
send an official investigator to look
into the deaths.
Bacharach's instructions were to find
out IL the crossing at New Road and the
protected, and II not. why not, and what
steps should be taken to make 1t SAFE"
The investigator also will be ordered to
investigate all other railroad grade
crossings In Pleasantville and Absecon.
Responsibility for any deaths at the
crossing has been placed on the Penn
sylvania and the Public Utilities Com
mission by the Atlantic County Board
of Freeholders On November 9 last
the Freeholders called the attention or
the railroad and the commission to the
New Road crossing with a request for
safety gates and flagman. To a reso-
lution sent to the Pennsylvania Railroad
IL was said A. G.. Mitchell. superintend-
ent of the division, acknowledged receipt
and made this reply:
This matter will be given careful con-
sideration."
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
PRISON MEN AT ODDS
ON COLLEGE COURSES
Useless Says Elimiro Head,
to Sing Sings Success

More than twenty wardens. teachers
of State prisons and others interested in
the mental development of criminals and
delinquents attended an all day con-
ference yesterday at Teachers College
on the value Of university extension
courses for prisoners.
N j. Henzel. head teacher of Sing
Sing, is in favor of these courses. He
reported that the courses offered by
Columbia University had proved sue
cessful, despite the fact that less than
Il per cent of the prisoners are grade
school graduates. Spencer Miller, Jr,
of the Prison Education Committee, also
favors university extension work. He
said that 700 men in San Quentin prison
in California were taking courses.
Frank l.. Christian. superintendent or
the Elmira refo-matory, did not agree
He has had four college graduates out
OF 10000 prisoners. he said. Less than
one-half OF 1 per cent. of the youths in
the Elmira reformatory have been In
high school at the age of TO-" he added
so it's useless to talk about higher
education for prisoners. They have al
ready reached the limit OF Intellectual
capacity in the public school. Seventy
five per cent. OF the prisoners could not
pass an eleven-year-old Binet test. Too
must dependence is placed on the b-il-
liant examples that come out OF prison.
] have one boy making $500 week To-
Ultimately, but he's one In $4,000.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
LUPO THE WOLFLET
OFF ELLIS ISLAND
Reputed Leader Of Malta and
Black Hand Living on
Upper East Side.

Ignazio Lupo, who was once known to
the police all over the United States
as Lupo the Wolf famous counter
feiter. has been released by the immi-
grafton authorities who have been hold
ing him at Ellis Island. and is now
living at 1888 East 1l6th street 1t was
said at Ellis Island last night that the
order for his release was received from
the Washington authorities and that
he was allowed to enter this country
again three weeks ago.
Lupo the Wolf. besides being a coun-
terfeiter. was the reputed leader Of
Black Hand and Malta gangs, and by
his own admission killed a man in Italy
some years ago. In 1910 he was con-
victed in the United States District
Court of a charge of counterfeiting and
sent to Atlanta to serve a term of thirty
years in the Federal prison there. He
was pardoned after serving eleven
years and was allowed by the authori-
ties to return to Italy to visit his family.
He came back to the United States
in May, and was about to enter the
country again when he was detained by
the immigration authorities at the sug-
gestion of the Secret Service, after he
had been recognized by Peter Rubano.
a Secret Service operative. A special
board of inquiry was summoned, but
apparently they did not believe that
Lupo's crimes were serious enough to
bar him from the United States.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
TELLS BRYAN TURTLE
WAS HIS ANCESTOR
Descended From Ape and Liz
ard, Too, Professor Writes.

spectai Dispatch 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
MoRoANrowN, w. Va, June 12.-Dr
r. c. spansler professor of biology In
West virginia University. who recently
received from William j. Bryan letter
In which Mr.. Bryan asked the biologist
from what ape did you descend?" sent
a reply to-day.
In his letter DR.. Spangler proudly
exposes" his own ancestry. tracing from
the protozoan period UP through ascend
ing grades Of animal life to the point
where the ape-man, with brain developed
sufficiently to distinguish between right
and wrong. became human being.
DR.. Spangler reminded Mr.. Bryan that
his ancestry was the same as the
professors, and the Commoner's rela-
tves include not apes alone, but ''ths
skunk. the lizard. the turtle and
venomous snakes
II assure you," he added, that your
embryoIogical development was the
same. except for this one point--1 can
not say, do not know. whether your
tail degenerated before birth or was
anputated after birth"
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
H. G. PELL ENTERS
ANTI-HEARST CAMP
Democratic State Chairman
Holds Conference With Will
son Democrats.

Herbert C. Pell, Jr, chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, was in
conference yesterday with the group Of
Wilson Democrats who are laying plans
10 prevent, If possible, the nomination
of William Randolph Hearst for Gov
ernor. AS he was elevated to his pres
ent position through Charles F. Muir
ply his attitude is taken as significant
The group has decided to use every
fair means in its fight against the pub
Usher. If their fight fails they viii
leave the convention with what dele
gates they may be able to pledge to
their cause, indorse all the candidates
OF the convention with the exception OF
Mr.. Hearst and name another for Cow
ernor. This Is in line with a suggestion
made by Winfield s. Huppuch. former
chairman of tie State committee, some
time ago.
Mr.. PelI. 1t Is said, had learned that
the Hearst agents upstate had been
telling the leaders his nomination would
mean the sidetracking of Mr.. Pell as
chairman of the State committee. The
publisher would probably want william
j. Connors to run his campaign and
Mr.. Pell would be relegated to political
obscurity. Mr.. Pell who is politically
ambitious, has long looked forward to
managing the coming State campaign.
Personally he does not believe Mr.
Hearst would make a strong candidate
and secondly. he is not anxious to be
supplanted as State chairman.
The anti-Hearst group is holding al
most daily conferences; literature is
being prepared and detailed plans are
being mapped out. But the real fight
will not be started until Mr. Hearst
comes out in the open as a candidate
The group has been told by those close
anything so badly in his life as he
wants the nomination for Governor this
fall. provided of course. he is satisfied
he has a good chance of election. But
any formal announcement of his can
didacy is likely to be postponed until
his return from Europe with Martin
II. Glynn.
Those who should know say Mr. Glynn
is slated by the Hearst forces as the can
didate for the United States Senate
whether Mr.. Hearst or Mayor Hylan is
their candidate for Governor when the
convention meets. 1t is understood Mr.
Hearst and Mr. Glynn intend to map
out a plan of campaign before they re-
turn from Europe.
Samuel Seabury. once the Democratic
candidate for Governor himself, one Of
the bitterest opponents of Mr.. Hearst, is
planning to go abroad about the first of
July and will not be back before Septem-
ber l.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
MAKES CANARY SAFE;
KILLS SELF BY GAS
Woman Who Kept House for
Family Found Dead.

Miss Dannella Turner. 2s, OF 80 west
Seventy-sixth street decided last night
TO commit suicide. but she did not want
to harm her canary, which had hung
in her room for a long time and OF
which she was very fond. SO she picked
up the cage and carried 1t into the liv-
ing room and there she hung IL near
the window, so that the bird would get
plenty of fresh air and not be overcome
by the gas which the girl proposed to
turn on in her own room. Then she put
fresh water in the cage and some bird
seed and then she told the canary good
by and went into her own room.
She locked the door and the windows
and stuffed pieces of paper into all the
cracks through which fresh air might
come Then she dressed herself in
silk nightgown and turned the gas jet
on full force. She was lying on the bed
when her brother. Louis c. Turner.
came home about IL o'clock. He smeled
gas and broke into her room. He called
DR.. E. j. Gavin of III West Seventy
sixth street and the physician worked
over the girl for a long time. but she
was dead.
Louis Turner told the police that his
sister had kept house for him and other
members OF the family. and that she
had always appeared cheerful and
happy until their father died six months
ago.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
24,2O6 FOOT DESCENT
A PARACHUTE RECORD
Bombing Plane Carries Four
to That Height.

DAYTON. June 12.-Capt. A. w. Ste
vens, aerial photographer, McCook Field,
established new parachute jumping
record to-day. when he descended 24,206
feet in safety.
Another record was broken at the
same time to-day when Lieut.. Leigh
Wade piloted a twin motored Martin
bomber, carrying three passengers, to an
altitude of 24.206 feet. Capt. Stevens
was one Of the party
When he left the plane Stevens did
not permit his chute TO be opened by
the wind and then lift him off, but
1eaped over the side and dropped sew
eral thousand feet before IL opened and
checked his drop.
The oxygen tank he had sewn to his
flying suit was torn off In the leap and
lost.
Thirty minutes were required for the
descent. He left the plane while over
Springfield and landed at Jamestown, a
small village twenty-five miles south
east of here.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
WILL EXHUME BODY
FOR POISON TRACES
Kin of Conroy Fighting Blue
Birds Claim to Riches.

The body of Bartholomew Conroy. who
used to have a saloon at Mott and Canal
streets and was something of power
in the old days of Chinatown. will be
exhumed from Calvary Cemetery so an
examination can be made, according to
statements yesterday by Thomas e.
Rush. Mr.. Rush Is attorney for rela-
tives of Conroy. who are fighting the
will by which he left three-fourths Of
his estate to Susan Lynch, otherwise
known as my wife, Susan Conroy."
The contestants contend that Susan
Lynch was once known in Chinatown as
"The Blue Bird" and as Chinatown May,
and that her number in the Rogues'
Gallery Is 2162S. The contest was to
have begun yesterday before Surrogate
wingate in Brooklyn, and it was when
application was made for a postpone
fnent until October that Mr.. Rush sail
that the body would be exhumed and
examined for traces Of poison.
I'VE are accusing no one." said Mr..
Rush. "but we intend to have chemi-
cal examination made of the internal
organs"
Gustave Goodman, counsel for Mrs.
Conroy, or Susan Lynch, said he had
no objections to the body being ex-
humed The trial. however, was ad
journed by the Surrogate until October.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
MCCULLOUGH TO LEAD
KEYSTONE DEMOCRATS

HARRISBURG, Pa. June 12.--Austin e.
Mccullough Of Lancaster. who was sup
ported by John A. McSparran, Demo-
cratic nominee for Governor of Pennsyl-
vania, to-day was elected chairman OF
the Democratic State Committee. de-
feating Judge Eugene c.. Bonniwell OF
Philadelphia. "a to 27.
The election was made unanimous. but
Judge Bonniwell declined to address the
committee when a subcommittee pre-
sented the request that he speak. He
also refused to make a statement.
Mccullough also had the support OF
Col. Fred b. Kerr, one of the candidates
for Senator. and A. Marshall Thompson.
nominee for Secretary of Internal Af-
fairs. Bonniwell was backed by Judge
S. e. Shull, the other Democratic candi-
date for the United States Senate, and
Robert r. Pattison. Jr.. candidate for
Lieutenan mt Governor.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
SHOOTS SELF AFTER
QUARREL WITH BROTHER
Youth Writes TO Lose Your
Confidence Breaks Heart.

George Ramsay. Fl. salesman, shot
himself yesterday afternoon In the head
In the apartment which he has been oc-
cupylng with his brother. William,
silk merchant, in the Hotel Cambridge
at so West Sixty-eighth street. The boy
was found on the floor by. Joseph Par
rett, the hotel tailor. when he opened
the door to deliver clothing.
Policemen sent Ramsey to Bellevue
Hospital, where he died last night. This
note to his brother was found:
"Bill: You were my only and best
friend. and to lose you and your con-
fidence has broken my heart I love
you, Bill"
The note was signed. George" An
other sealed letter was found in the
room. addressed to r. w. Bennett, care
OF r. w. Bennett &c Co.. 573 Fulton
street. Brooklyn.
William Ramsay said his brother has
been out of work for some time. He
and George quarrelled last week be-
cause George kept late hours, but Will
lam said the ausfrsl was trivial.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
HUNT WILD PUMA AND CUBS
IN WOODS OF LARCHMONT
Commuters Lead in Search for Animals Seen by Police
man-Mystery in How Family Could Find It's
Way to Westchester

Commuters. golf players. school chill
dren. housewives and gentlemen farmers
were alarmed yesterday by reports that
big puma and several cubs had been
seen tramping in a direction north by
east of Larchmont and heading across
the New Rochelle line. The last heard
from the wild animals was that they
were making for the woods between New
Rochelle and Scarsdale.
The puma in its wild state long ago
vanished from this region. How it
reached New Rochelle and Larchmont.
forty-flve minutes from Broadway, Is a
mystery, unless the terrific thunder and
wind storm which swept Westchester
county on Sunday smashed a travelling
circus.
Now Rochelle and Mamaroneck police
searched for the puma and her cubs.
aided by Boy Scouts. amateur hunters
and q few motorists.
Chief Decker of the Weaver street
branch of the Mamaroneck police re-
ported to the New Rochelle police that
Policeman Dan Glidden. who is West
The New York herald., 1922-06-13

erner and knows the mountain lion of
the Rockies, had run across the puma
and cubs. He came on them in lonely
place so suddenly that the animals were
frightened and ran away before he had
a chance to shoot He said the puma
was a good deal bigger than wild cat
and that the cubs were trailing on be-
hind
Policemen McMilland and Green OF
New Rochelle saw tracks later, which
convinced them that Glidden had not
been deceived. The tracks resembied
those made by some big wild animal
and little tracks of smaller animals.
They also found woman near Larch-
monts wooded section who said she had
heard most terrible, unearthly bowling
for the last three nights. Last night
commuters and crack shots of several
gun clubs started out to try to run
down the varmints.
Many people in the region thought
that the animal was a big wild cat
driven with its young from It's lair In
northern Westchester during the thun-
derstorm. or may be just a big tame cat
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
BROKERS DISREGARD
UNTERMYER THREAT
Trading Continues Briskly
in North American Steel
on when Issued Basis.
CURB SENDS ANSWER
Exchange Says Settlements
Will Be Made According
to Plan of June z.
NOT CALLED CHALLENGE
Some Lockwood Committee
Members Think Grand
Jury Should Act.
NOT CALLED CHALLENGE

Despite Samuel Untermyer's threat
Immediately to lay the facts before the
Grand Jury if trading in North Ameri-
can Steel on the New York curb mar
ket continued on a when issued"
basis without full details of the merger
being made public there was brisk ar
tivity in the stock yesterday when
2,100 shares changed hands.
Soon after the opening of the market
the Curb Market Association, through
its secretary. Alfred B. Sturges. sent
the following reply to Mr.. Untermyer's
ultimatum of Sunday:
please be advised that I have been
instructed by the board of governors
of this exchange at special meeting
held to-day to notify you that all con-
tracts in North American Steel Com
pany's shares on a when, as or if
Issued basis are to be settled in this
exchange on the basis of the formal
plan issued to the stockholders dated
June Z. 1922"
Neither E. r. Mccormick, president
of the board of governors of the New
York Curb Market: Mortimer L. Schiff
OF Kuhn. Loeb & Co., bankers for the
HeISeT, 0OT MT. OnteTfIlyeT WOulO COfrl-
ment on the Curb Markets reply. It
was learned definitely last night, how
ever. that members of the Lockwood
committee feel that the facts should be
laid before the Grand Jury notwith-
standing the reply of the market. Mr.
Untermyer intimated that he might have
something to say to-day.
North American Steel is the issue of
the merged Republic, Inland and Mid
vale Steel companies. whose consolida-
tion the Lockwood housing committee
has been investigating in the last two
weeks.
Although trading in North American
continued without interruption there
appeared small disposition in certain
curb market circles to regard the reply
to Mr. Untermyer as a challenge of
the committees right to investigate.
1t was accepted rather as an attempt
to assure counsel to the housing COM
mittee that the exchange was satisfied
to stand on the financial statement of
the three companies that are parties
to the merger despite Mr.. Unternyers s
insistence that no responsible figures
of the companies capitalization, assets
or bonded debt were made public prior
to the opening of trading on June 2.
The stock hit high point of 4s1s and
closed at 46&4. a net decline of half a
point. On the basis of the terms of the
merger the common stock has an actual
value of $43 share and a book value
of between s73 and s74
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
DRYS RAID M ALPIN,
ANSONIA AND ASTOR
Continued from First Page.

the charges were 'actuated by childish
ness or by hysteria.p The society called
on the Hotel Association to give specific
instances in support of the charges so
that the law abiding restaurants might
be saved from the wide stigma.
Director Day declined TO become ex-
cited over the charges of the Hotel AS
sociaton or to be drawn into the quar-
rel by defending or accusing either side.
The statement 1T is a matter of COM
mon knowledge that the illegal traffic in
restaurants is actually increasing, in
consequence whereof the restaurant busl-
ness, which our hotels have heretofore
conducted profltably, is in many in
stances operating at a loss" drew no
reply from Mr.. Day from Wednesday
until Saturday.
Then Mr.. Day issued statement that
without a doubt many restaurants in the
city were selling liquor. or permitting it
to be sold. despite the efforts of his
agents to break up the business. But,
he said, my department has received
complaints of the same general tenor
against the hotels as the hotels have
made against the restaurants" He de-
manded the Hotel Association sub
stantiate it's charges with specific in
stances.
The Astor and Ansonia raids were
made by Agents Gruenwald, Saver, Fan
nelly, Garrison and Fusulo. Soon after
noon they registered at the Hotel An
sonia as from an upstate city and were
assigned to rooms. They alleged they
were able to buy bottle of liquor from
an employee. Later they searched the
bar of the hotel and found six bottles
of gin and four bottles of whisky. 1t is
alleged.
Two of the agents then went to the
Hotel Astor and registered as from
Philadelphia. After being assigned to
a room. the agents alleged. they OBJ
tanned a quart Of liquor through bell
boy. No search of the hotel was made
for other liquor.