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Evening star., 1922-03-15
GIRL ROBBED OF $500
so FEET FROM Detective
Traffic Prevents Officer Crossing
| Street in Time to Catch Auto
Bandit Attacking Cashier,

NEW YORK, March 15.-Operating
on a street SO crowded as to inter-
fere with the actions Of a detective
less than fifty feet distant, a lone
bandit in daylight held up Miss Rae
Abel. a girl cashier, on 3rd avenue,
near 123rd street. and escaped In a
taxicab with a $500 pay roll.
The girl. employed by Deutsch
Brothers, Harlem furniture dealers,
was returning in her employers car
from q bank at Lenox avenue and
125th street. As she alighted the
robber sprang from q taxi. in which
he had been following her, seized
her by the throat So that she could
make no outcry and twisted her arm
to make her drop the bundle Of
money. =
The girl struggled with her as.
sailant and, breaking the mans hold
on her throat, called to her chauffeur
for assistance.
Meanwhile Detective Michael MUIR
ply. standing directly across the
street. tried to force his way through
the trafic. Seeing the robber about
to break away from the girl. he fred.
The girl. thinking tho shot came from
the robbers confederate in the taxi.
for a second released her grip and
the highwayman darted into the
waiting cab with the money. In 4
moment he was lost in the traffic.
The car later was found deserted
on East 149th street On the noor
was sprinkled some change. The
two occupants had disappeared. =
Evening star., 1922-03-15
HIS DAUGHTER
AFTER ~ YEARS, BUT
SHE DECLINES HOME

HAMILTON, Ontario. March 15.-
fourteeNyyear quest for his
daughter. Grace, ended for will
liam Link, London, Ontario, when
ms mot his baby, now grown to
young ,womsnhood, at st. Joseph's
Convent here.
She greeted him with affection,
but declined to go home with him,
saying she preferred to remain
with the nuns, into whose faith
she was baptized six years ago.
They had cared for her tenderly
and given her d good musical
education, she said. and she did
not wish to leave them.
Shortly after Grace's birth.
eighteen years ago. her mother
died. on her death bed Committing
the little daughter to the care of
her sister, Miss Margaret .Thomp-
son, of North London. Ontario.
eventually Link remarked and
when Grace was three years old
ne sought to recover possession
OF her. But the aunt refused, to
give, her up. :.
Attempts at kidnapping" were
alleged, and Miss Thompson hid
the child. Link got court or
der requiring the aunt to produce
Grace In court, but she refused,
going to Jail for a week for con-
tempt of court, rather than divulge
her secret.
Later the aunt was sent to an
institute for the insane, still
cherishing the secret of the girls
hiding place Link learned by ac-
cident that she was in the convent.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
GOES BOLDLY TO DEATH.
Negro, Before Electrocution, Denies
Knoxville Murder.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 15.-still
protesting his innocence Of the mur-
der Of Mrs. BERTHE Lindsey OF Knox
vilIe on August 80. 1919, Maurice M
Mays, negro, went boldly to the cleo.
trio chair shortly after o'clock this
morning.
Mays maintained his innocence to
the last, and declared that his death
came as the result of politics. He
said he had been convicted by a fac
ton hostile to him. and that the gov.
ernor would not grant him clemenoy
for fear Of the political result.
Mays was removed from the main
prison to the death house following
the customary bath and head shave.
He put on a black skull cap after hds
head was shaved, and wore 1t until
he went to the chair. Before being
removed to the death house Mays
professed religion. and was ~baptized
into the African Methodist Church.
The baptism was conducted in the
presence Of his father. Uncle VIII
liam" Mays.
After the death watch had begun
In the death house Mays lost control
Of himself and begged to have the
execution Immediately $500. .t
Evening star., 1922-03-15
FOSD|CK SAYSPACT
|SWAY T0LEAGUE
Asserts FoN-Power Step Is
in Direction of Final ST.
Power Agreement.
By the Associated Press.

-
NEW YORK, March 15.-Declaring
that the four-power pact is a direct
step toward a fifty-one-power pact,
Raymond B. Fosdick. former under
secretary general of the league of ma
tions, last night declared before the
Underwriters Association of New
York that the American people will
not allow the Senate to leave the
work of the Washington conference
suspended in midair, like Moham-
med's coffin"
''The rejection or fundamental
modification of the treaties now pend
ing in the Senate would be a national
calamity" Mr.. Fosdick asserted. Il
cannot follow the logic of those
friends of the league of nations who
are urging such course.
"Would Lead Into League
II do not see how the acceptance
of the pact would commit the United
States to policy hostile to the
league. Rather I believe that the
four-powcr pact would lead US in
evitably into the league. The logic
Of the situation is irresistible.
III with perfect propriery we can
enter four-party agreement to safe
guard the peace of the Pacific, why
can we not enter a fifty-one-party
agreement to safeguard the peace of
the world? Have we more interests
at stake in the South Sea Islands than
we have in western Europe? Is
there more to be gained by main
tanning peace in Manchuria or Siberia
than in Germany or the Balkan
peninsula
Poison Gas and Submarines.
''The new agreements in regard to
poison gas and the use of submarines
lead irresistibly to the same goal.
How are they going to be made ap-
plicable to all nations instead of to
the five nations that Joined in sign
ing them? What is to prevent another
Germany at some future date tear
ing these laws to tatters, just as the
Germany of 1914 trampled under foot
the law regarding the status Of un-
armed merchantmen?
1.-The league of nations. with its
court of justice and its assembly and
secretariat. represents the most COM
plete machinery for stopping war and
eliminating its causes that as yet has
been presented. 1t is the goal ahead
of US. America is taking the first
step by means of the pending treat
les. and she will not stop going until
she goes all the way"
Evening star., 1922-03-15
ARGUMENT CONTINUES
IN OBEMCHAlN TRIAL
Defense Summing Up Today and
Prosecution Expected to Fin
ish Tomorrow.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, Calif..> March 15.-
Another; day of argument today was
ahead of the; court when the trial Of
Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain for the
murder of her sweetheart, ]. Beltop
Kennedy. is nearing a close. Alfred
+. Macdonald. Junior defense counsel
began pleading the defendants cause
to the jury late yesterday and was
ready to resume when court opened
this morning.
He was to be followed by Judd r.
Rush. senior counsel for the defense,
and Asa Keyes, deputy district at
torney, was expected to, make the
final argument for the prosecution
tomorrow.
Mrs. Obenchain cried softly yester-
day when Mr.. Macdonald addressed
the jury declaring the states theory
that she was "a woman scorned" had
been diSproved.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
SEEK EKUNcOvER|NG
OF MAY DAYP[0T
New York Police Inyestigat.
ing Death of Picura by
Bomb He Made.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 15.-Taking
the death of Peter Picura by bomb
of his own making as their cue, de-
tectives of the police bomb squad
worked to uncover a possible May
day bomb plot.
Picura, man of mystery. always
well supplied with funds. yet never
known to work, was described by
the police as a "direct-action" an
archist. The bomb he was assem-
bling in his kitchen, while his wife
was preparing supper and his baby
= daughter was playing a few feet
away. was said to be almost an exact
duplicate of those used by terrorists
in the past
Picura was a plumber by trade
and is described by the police as
a type fitting in we'll with the pro-
gram of intellectual" radicals. who
direct the deeds of violence that men
OF lesser intellect carry through.
Instin Hatred Of Wealthy.
The "intelIects," detectives of the
bomb squad said, carry on their or
Eanization work chiefly among skilled
mechanics, usually Russians or Firms.
Instilling hatred of the well-to-do
in the heart of a recruit is an easy
matter. they said, and usually is ac-
complished by contrast
First he is taken for a walk along
Madison. Park and oth avenues. and
shown the beautiful homes. the. fash
lonably dressed women. and the ex-
penSive shops. while a fiery orator fills
his head with tales of unbounded
luxury. All this, he is told. represents
the sweat of the workers.
Then he is taken to the lower east
side and led through scenes Of saualor.
where he is told Of the suffering
women and undernourished children,
and assured that they are so because
OF rich masters" who relentlessly
drive them into greater poverty that
worlds goods.
Few Demonstrations Needed.
One or two such demonstrations. the
detectives said, usually would make a
''direct-action" anarchist ready to
turn his mechanical ability to the
manufacture of bombs While unable
yet to establish any direct connection
between Picura and known intel
1ectuals," the investigators are con-
WINGED he was one of their most
promising tools.
Scores of men. both young and old.
visited the Picura fat. talked with
no outward marks of the labcring
man. yet they seemed always to have
money.
Picura himself was well known to
the police. but always managed to
steer clear of conviction. He was ar
rested once as a gun-toter. but not
convicted. He was also suspected Of
automobile stealing and bootlegging,
but no case could be made against
him.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
LOSES OPERA SUIT.
Judge Hand Has No Jurisdiction in
Mime. Tauscher's 500, 900 Action

NEW YORK. March 15.-FederaI
Judge Learned Hand has dismissed
the 100000 libel suit brought by
Nine Johana Gadski Tauscher against
the Chicago Opera Association, lncor-
porated.
The action was based on the ground
that the court had no jurisdiction
inasmuch as the plaintiff is not a citi-
zen Of the United States and the de-
fendant is a Virginia corporation
without principal offices in this dis
trict under the statute.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
SHOP CRAFTS TO RESUME.
Western Maryland Men Accept
Wage Gut Pending Board Action.

HAGERsToWN.s Nd, March 10
Members OF the Federated Shop Crafts
of the Western Maryland Railway, at a
meeting here. voted to resume work to-
morrow at the wage scale and hours
fixed in a new contract proposed by the
company pending action on it by the
railroad labor board.
The proposed contract is said to in
volve a wage reduction of approximately
SO 1-3 per cent and ten hours work
instead of eight.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
MORE GOLD REACHES q. S.

NEW YORK, March 15-Gold val
ued at $4,500,000 has arrived here
from Copenhagen on the steamship
Oscar II. 1t was consigned to the
Equitable Trust Company, which ex-
planned that the metal was not, Of
soviet origin.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
GERMAN DEBT GROWING.

BERLIN, March 14.-It was an.
nounced today that the floating deb
of Germany on February 2S was 277,.
320,00o,0 900 marks.
Evening star., 1922-03-15

The total debt of Germany on Feb
ruary 10 amounted to 259,127,311, 900
marks, which represented an increase
of about $500, 100000 marks since
February I.
Evening star., 1922-03-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.

GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS FOR RENT:
pianos taken ip as part payment on vietroias
HUGO WORCH, 1110 G NV. skrrnich Bach
and EmeEeon pianos. :.
PAINTS, ETC.-GET OUR PRICES BEFO ORE
buying household or roofing paints or varnishes.
Special this week. tinners' red. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Money saved. .Upco since 1851.
Call Line. 1921 for representative. 15'
BRENTWOOD CITIZENS:
Read Mt Rainier TAX SALE LIST. Shall
we plunge into the same hole? :.
:'WHERE Will YOU Spend EASTERW
ROston by boat, six days. $50.
Boston by auto. six days, $3.50.
New York, auto or train three days, $50.
Bermuda and return. $105.s
Gettysburg BY auto, dinner. guide. $s.75.
DELTA TOURS,
800 Rond building. 14th and New York ave.
ONE MINUTES THOUGHT WILL CONVINCE
you that you should be saving something. and
you will lind NO better place to save than the
Home Building Association. COOS Penna. ave.
NV. 1t pays SO. VIM. T. Galliher. Pres. !;
Geo. ". Linkips. v. Pres: James Morris
Woodward. Sec; r. u. Claughton. Treas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-06
TELEPHONE INVENTORS
~SEVENTY-FIFTH- BIRTHDAY
PuIletip by the Nation al Geographic Society

noents with an intelligent Skye ter
rier we possessed.
TRYING to Make Il Dog TAX
"Bv the application of sultaple
doses of food material, the dog was
SOON taught to sit up on his hind
legs and growl continuously while
T manipulated his mouth. and stop
growing when / took my nanus
AWAY. I took his muZzle in my hands
and opened and closed the Jaws a
| number of times in succession. ms
resulted in the production OF the syi-
Ia bIes 'ma-ma-ma-ma,' etc. as III inc
case of the talking machine. :,
The mouth proved to be too smaii
to enable me to manipulate lildlViu-
ual parts of the tongue. put upon
pushing between the n II lhe
lower jaw near the throat, L Iounu
IL possible to completely close the
passaseway at the back or the
mouth and a succession of pushes
OF this character resulted In the syi-
tables 'ga-ga-ga-ga, etc.
'The simple growl was an approx
imation of the vowel 'ah,' and TINS,
followed by a gradual constructor
and rounding of the labial orince
by the hand became converted into
the diphthong 'ow,' as In the WORD
how (ah-oo). and we soon obtain
ed the final element by itself-an
IMPERFECT 90 The dogs roper
tolre of sounds finally consisted OF
the vowels 'ah.' and 90 the diph.
thong .ow,' and tho syllables ma
and ga
Animal ApprOxinmtcs a sentence
1--WE then proceeded to manufac-
ture words and sentences composed
of these Clements and the dogs H.
nal Iinguitic accomplishment con-
sisted in the production OF the SEN
tence 'Owah-oo-gamama.' which, by
the exercise of a little imagination,
readily passed muster for How are
YOU grandmamma' (Ow-ah-oo-ga-
mama')? 49,.
"The dog soon learned that his
business In life was to growl while
my hands were upon his mouth. n
to stop growing the moment / took
them awav and we both became
quite expert in the production OF the
famous sentence, How are you,
grandmamma?
The dog took quite a bread-and
butter interest in the experiments
and often used to stand up on his
hind legs and try to say this sen-
tence by himself, but without manip-
ulation was never able to do any,
thing more than growl. =.
: 1.-THE fame of the dog soon spread
among my fathers friends, and peo-
pie came from far and near to wit
ness the performance. This is the
only foundation for the newspaper
stories that I had once succeeded
in teaching a dog to speak,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-06
FOR the ALDERMEN TO ACT

II is understood that the State Highway COMMISSION
will look with favor on the idea of changing somewhat the
route of the road between this city and Woodbridge, cut
ling off some of the long curve near the Barber plant, IL
Perth Amboy will take steps to have this road repaved. There
is a possibility of this leading to still greater improvements
once the route is altered. The whole thing rests with Perth
Amboy's city government at the present time.
This main route to Woodbridge is of vital concern To-
callv as well as to vast numbers of tourists that Will soon De
using it once more going to the shore. When the route
through Sewaren needed fixing so badly much interest was
aroused on the part OF Perth Amboy business men who made
several trips to New Brunswick to urge the Board OF FREQ
holders to make the necessary improvement. But this road
to Woodbridge is just as vital to Perth Amboy business men
as the Sewaren road, and, as far as the reputation of the city
is concerned, it is vastly more important.
If the aldermen persist in ignoring this Amboy avenue
Woodbridge road matter it would be in order for a delega-
lion of business men to appear before the local board just
as they appeared before the freeholders and impress upon
those officials the need of doing something to remedy the
irightful condition that now exists.
Perth Amboy will not be called upon to bear the entire
sion is anxious to do its part, but the law prevents the state
board entering the city limits to do its work without, the CO.
operation of the municipality. The first step, therefore, is
TO have the street turned back to the city by the Board OF
Freeholders. This has already been done. 1t is for the alder
men to accept the street and at once open negotiations with
the State Highway Commission. With the Improvements
by the state highway board once the city is
ready to do its part, there is every reason to believe that
the road between Perth Amboy and Woodbridge will he
made one Of the finest stretches of highway in the state.
The whole matter is held up at present because of the
failure of the aldermen to do anything.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-06

Bell A Graham r 1881 Conn Av
Frankljn-5S.
The way his name is listel in the
telephone directory of washington
give an authentic hint of the char-
acter of the man who invented the
telephone. 49,.
Telephone companies have two
kinds of vanities to contend with.
one class of subscribers wish spe-
cial. distinctive numbers: in Wash-
ineton alone there arc more than~a
thousaud of the second class who
seek exclusiveness Or would avoid
! their name in the directory at all
possible annoyance by not navlnS
THE latter are known as unlisted
telephones.
The inventor of the telephone
exhibits neither vanity nor does ne
even insist, apparently, upon tnat
almost universal preference that his
name alexander Graham Bell
should be printed in full.
More Than 5000 Telephone Patents
The other day, with the same sort
| OF modesty. he told a group OF OH
| Gals of the u. s. Patent Ohlce:
II rather think that you Know
more about the telephone today than
| do" He then called attention TO
) the more than 5000 patents reiat!nS
to telephones granted since ne %
tanned the original patent OF March
II. 1876.
In connection with the observance
of DIR. Belts seVenty-fifth birthday
on March 3, the National leo
graphic Society quotes from a COM
m%unication in which DIR. Bell asserts
that his invention of the telephone
really began with his grandfather
Alexander Bell, of London, England
who died. the year our ! war
ended. OF his grandfather DR.. Bell
writes:
"He was an elocutionist and a
c%orrector of defective utteranee.
He was the first in the family 10
take I'D the study of the
ism of speech with the object OF
correcting defects of speech by ek-
planning to his pupils the correct po-
sitions of the vocal organs IN Ut
tering the sounds that were oelec-
tive"
Boyish Experiments With Speech
DIR. Bell then recounts the poyisn
experiments he made with vocal ut
terances including an attempt TO
make a dog talk. And, or ms sesr
.enty-ffth birthday, the inventor
stiii to be found in his laboratory
often working until 8 or 4 o'clock
in the morning experimenting with
the same keen, boyish zest. Con-
tinuing his boyhood "reminiscences
DR.. Bell writes:
My father, Alexander melville
Bell. of Edinburgh, Scotland was
also an elocutionist and corrector
OF defective utterance.
II was always much interested IN
fathers examinations OF the
mouths of his Evolutionary pupils.
They differed in an extraordinary
in size and shape. n yet an
these variations seemed to be quVe
consistent with perfect Speech. l
began to wonder wnether
there was anything in the mouth
of a dog to prevent it from speak
and commenced to make experl-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-06
GAS RATES

While It is announced that The order of the Public Jul
iy Commission reducing the price OF gas from Sl'fo per
thousand cubic feet to 1925 is to be state wide, 1t may De
assumed by some that this applies only to the Public Service
Gas Company, being statewide only as Tar as inc Inherent
plants of that company are concerned.
The fight which brought forth The decision was one
against the Public Service and as the Public Service con-
trolls the gas supply of most of the municipalities OF inc
state the utility commission might have had only the PUBIC
Service in mind when ordering the reduction.
However. if the Public Utility Commission IS OH record
n favoring q rate of 1925 throughout the state, it ought
not to be difficult TO secure a ruling to include all municipal
tiles. if the recent decision doesn't, regardless OF what COM
pany is furnishing the gas.
The Perth Amboy Gas Light Company has never given a
satisfactory reason for refusing to grant a reduction mere
following the reduction of the Elizabethtown Gas Light Com
nanv with which the Perth Amboy company is closely IL
fIated and from which the local company receives a large
part of its supply.
r,;zobetb carried the matter direct to the Public Utility
onoiss;o when it wanted a reduction, asking for a rate
~ $40. Rather than let the matter go to a hearing at
which all the facts concerning the cost OF manufacturing
q at the present time would doubtless have been brought
out. the Elizabeth concern voluntarily offered TO cut 'he rate
"a "a Ok This was accepted. At that time the Elizabeth
companv suggested that in the future when any dInerehceS
arise. the city go direct to the company and see II an agree
ment cannot be reached before calling upon the Public utli-
~ Commission.
---But when Perth Amboy tried that plan, taking the
matter up with gas company officials, the city was put o.
with The statement that no reduction was possible at thls
time, although it was admitted that a large part OF III sup
NV used here comes from Elizabeth where a cheaper rate
has gone into effect.
The only thing left for Perth Amboy to DO IT. following
HE recent decision, the local rate is not reduced, is to carry
The matter to the Public Utility Commission. There IS ever!
reason TO believe that with the precedent In EhzaDeth ana
with the decision affecting the Public Service, Perth Annoy
can secure the cheaper rate-provided, of course, that TINS
CITY is not included in the recent decision, SAID TO be state
wide, fixing the rate at 1928.
If is to be hoped, however,, that such action will not be
necessary and that the Perth Amboy Gas Light Company,
seeing that a reduction of rates is inevitable, will accept the
decision of the Public Utility Commission without question
md that the reduced rate will soon be in effect throughout
this territory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-06
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