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New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
To the Editor of The Tribune.


Sir; Man% thanks for the article IN
your issue % September 3 headed
Cemetery . g-ts Toss Bones Upon
Jersey City'e Dump Pile" Your re-
por,er is nisinformed es 30 the "tow-
er,ng apartment house. What ;s
really being built is row Of stores
With two ncors above. He has also been
wrone y Informed as TO relatives and
friends giving time and attention to
the work OF removing bodies or bones.
The truth of the matter is that those
~ control csused to be erected ten
Foot canvas harricade around the en-
are cemetery, behind which those who
removed the bodies worked. No ona
was allowed to stand and peek n
through the sits in the canvas, for #
orc stopped he was promptly ordered
TO "move on By city police officer
stationed there evidently fer that pur-
peso.
Some bodies were taken out, it is
true, and all of the headstones were
removed, but those which were taken
out wore buried in the cemetery across
the street and SO near to the street
chat in the widening of the said street,
which will be begun next month, these
will again be dug up. 1t is also true
that people who had members of their
families buried there. bu. who had
moved out Of town, were not able to
trace these bodies.
No place on the Western Hemisphere
is OF greater historical interest than
the little county Of Hudson. and fore
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Gary Plan i3edlam
Memory Of Conlu'ion
Wcrse Ionfounded il l9iI


1e~the Gdi,or Of The Tribune.
Sir: To-day | reGd your editorial
ragc AZ usual, for ! am fond OF the
paper and like the company | keep in
reading It, But when read "1'he
school y rrace' I" l,al you
o:cr as rcmcty FOR thc present tcrri-
ole oeestspn = jig s4i.-s ,udy -plas,
or Iar,. . army ood rrn cold,
bcthins me OF time in 1917 or
theceaooats. when wi,h seventy
classes in fortv-thrce rooms we "kept"
Il say it advisedly scnool. But
school was Bedlam. At the end OF
every forty inmates there was surg
ing and sac hing Of youns humanity
through marrow corridors, and II was
an unsupcrvised humanity. The teach
crs had to b. ready at their posts to
receive ,he pupils, so could hardly at
tend them in their wild jaunt up and
down corridors.
will agree the kiddies had
"scrumptious" tine. but after a month
o. it they we're thoroughly Disguised,
They were scarcely settled anywhere
before the gong changed and they must
move On to. some ether place. to make
way FOR another class, They carried
thcr books half day. They had no
;,A ding place. They lost in the scram-
bic Whatever they could not PIX up in
tiuie. FOR responsibility could not be
nAcd. The books at the end of the
first term Il Gary were unfit to hand
III. again, and ] overheard spirited
Lad Of ten, as | asccnded one Of the
numerous stairways. slam his strapped
books repeatedly against the stone
steps and. say, Hang the Gary sys-
TENT"
Our teachers acquired the look we
see on the faces OF martyrs pictured in
old Roman prints, and we all were
stamped not only with the Gary con-
fusion in cur poor heads but with the
Gary face. Six of our teachers lost
year through nervous break downs
during tho nine months we were tor
tured with the system.
To teach was a stigma, disgrace.
Our directions were no! respected. One
day boy, from q msconceived idea
that he was about to be handled, struck
q teacher and nearly destroyed one eye.
1t was at time when we lacked
teachers. and four we're placed in
charge Of about COO in the auditorium
al on. time. They merely kept their
feet. Little OF good was learned and
much of evil was disseminated. 1t was
durin. the war. and various unpleasant
devices were tried on us by the unruly
lads-stinH bombs, sulphur crackers
Catching fire by friction), powder
placed in the hand and spa, upon to
produce fame.
We were constantly OH the qui vive
to obstrue: depravity and had little
time t. teach. The Offices took care
Of endless lines Of miscreantc. There
was no reserve. no peace. Every part
Of the school was a scene Of (perverse)
activity.
The same economy holds to-day, un-
der the part time system. with seventy
seven classes, but the atmosphere is
one Of properly guided activity, coop
Grafton and happiness.
LYDIA MILLER.
Brooklyn, Sept. -, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
S5G. G st.

In Jersey City anything ;hat can
not be rcchoned in dollars and cents
is given short shrift. | may mention
Prior's Mill, the Revolutionary head
quarters on Tucrs Avenue Of Wash
inGton, Wayne, Sullivan and Mercer;
the Indian burying ground, Tuers
House, Sips House, the Apple Tree
House, Tice's or Eagle Tavern, kept by
a relative OF Peter Stuyvesant; the
maize field at Montgomery Street and
Bergen Avenue, where before the
Dutch settled Bergen stood the coun-
Gil hoGscs Of the Lcnni-Lenape, or Della
ware, Indians, and what was known for
years as the Old Maize field; the first
we'll dug in the center of the square,
the only means Of water supply. All
these and multitude of others all
within an area of four blocks square -
aud not mark TO show that they ever
existed
ROBERT POTTS WHITE. NJ. d.
Jersey City, n. j., Sept. Q, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Letters to the Tribune's Editor
.hah .@s,ns mill defend M

est village il New jersey II having
been founded in 1916 spd received
tho name from Bergen, in Norway .
Gorden. in his "fjistcty Of New Jcr
coy" presumns lkat between lsl7'a2o
A 5 tticn,eni WAS made at Bergen and
tho name taken from, the capita Of
Norway. hiulford's History OF Now
Jersey" indotscs this view.
An itemizod account Of the espenses
Of burial here in $40 eives Us the
cost OF such u ceremony:
Coffin and spirits. ......25 G. 10 81.
0he-haif heg Of beer. i, G. lt 81.
Flour and miih........ GO. 5St.
Aarspichcr (bural Of
ijciaD ...............l9G &. 10 st.
Cartne r'ie goods and
sundries ..,..,....,..tsG sc. st.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
MAGISTRATE DROPS
DOUBLE STANDARD
Woman Caught in Raid Fined
Same as Man in Hoboken
Court.

There will be no double standard
Of morals in this court as long as I
am on the bench, declared Magistrate
A. c. Carsten, at Hoboken o-day,
when Mrs. Maude Nelson, thirty five.
OF No II Willow Avenue. Hoboken.
and Constantine Patton, ofticer on n
British steamship, were arralsned
after having been caught late Sun
day night in a vice raid.
Magistrate Carsten fined tho man
and tho woman t2o each, with the
alternative OF twenty days IN Jail.
Other raids arc boinE made In an
effort TO clean up the city. Martin
Schmidt, owner OF the American Res
tnurant, ht No. 329 Washington
street. Hobokon. was also nrraIgnod
and hold In $1,000 bail for the Grand
Jury on a charge OF conducting a
disorderiy house. Three young women
arrested In the restaurant, we're hold
as rnntarial witnesses.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
KISSES HIS Wife
GOODBY, SHOOTS
HER, ENDS OWN LIFE
Mullers Had Met in Vain Eff
fort to Make Up After -Four
Years Separation.
QUARRELLED IN SUBWAY
Letter in His Pocket Shows He
Had Prepared for Murder
and Suicide.

Frank Muller. twenty eight years
old. of No 14i Monroe Street. Brook
lyn, shot his wife. Elsie. twenty four.
in the mouth and committed suicide
at 3.15 A. NJ. to-day on the uptown
platform of the subway at Broadway
and 79th Street
At Roosevelt Hospital, where Mrs.
Muller was taken, it was said to-day
she is in no Immediate danger and
will recover IL no complications set in.
1t was said that the bullet passed
through her left check and came out
on the right side of her face
The couple had been separated for
about four years. the police learned,
and she had been living at No. 1886
Church Avenue. Brooklyn. Her con-
dltion is such she could not be ques-
toned at length, but she told detec-
tives she met her husband oy ap-
pointment last night TO talk over
their troubles.
They went TO a hotel In the :ower
sos and the conference broke up
early to- day in another quarrel. They
left the hotel and walked to I2d
Street. still quarrelling. Why they
took the uptown subway she could
not explain.
On the train the alteration at
tracted so much notice she left at
the 18th Street station. He got off
with her, carrying a suitcase.
He talked TO her until the psssen-
gere who had left the train had dis
appeared up the stairs and then said:
Now, when this is all over. you
tell the police what 1t was all about"
Puzzled. she said she asked him
what he meant, and he replied:
Never mind, dear. kiss me good
by"
AS she kissed him a train rolled in
on the opposite platform, and before
it's rumble had stopped he drew a re-
Volver from his pocket and shot her.
She fell and he put the weapon to
the right side OF his head. and when
the train across the way had started
again fired. Neither shot made much
noise, because he had waited so the
reports would be drowned by the
train.
The young woman, seeing him fall.
struggled to her feet and ran up the
stairs TO the street Passengers on
the downtown side who had seen
Muller shoot himself had run up in
time to catch her as she collapsed.
Policemen Klinger and Walker Of the
West 6sth Street Station heard her
Continued on Second PaReO
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
ALLIES PROHIBIT GERMANY
FROM SHARING ANY FURTHER.
IN NEGOTIATIONS ON RUSSIA
Lloyd George in Fear of Breakup
Fights to Keep All Powers at
Genoa, but France Decides to Quit
If Secret Agreement Stands.

GENOA April 8 ASSOCIATED PreSs-The allies have decided
that Germany having effected her arrangement with Russia
the treaty signed Sunday Rapao debarred from further par
tcipaon discussion conditions agreement
Russia and The other represented the economic
conference
GENOA April Is Omitted PreSs).-Premier Lloyd George
struggled this afternoon prevent the crisis created by
ment of the RussoGerman wreckng the Geona Con-
ference He reported to be urging practical handling Of the
matter
Louis Bahou head OF the French delegation stood for forcing
Russia and Germany annu the agreement signed Rapao
Sunday If this not done the French said they would be in
clined withdraw from Genoa
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18

Lloyd George. with more modified
sire. above everything else, to hold the
Genoa Conference together, sought TO
avoid aggravating the Russo German
union beyond the breaking point. He
sought to dissuade the French from
their desire for a stronger carrying-
out of the policies of Versailles.
The situation remains critical. with
the final allied decision uncertain.
Lloyd George, British observers said,
was attempting with all his power TO
prevent the French from either fore
ing the Russians and Germans from
the Conference or retiring themselves
Lloyd George however, had said
tho treaty was step in the
direction OF dividing Europe into
separate camps, the very thing the
conference wished to avoid. n
The Allied leaders met at IL O'Clock
to take action on the treaty. other
committee meetings being cancelled 10
view of the importance of the decision
10 be reached. r
The British Premier had promised
France that existing treaties should
not be abrogated by any action at
Genoa. The French. backed by many
other nations, maintain the YER
sailles Treaty is directly violated.
They look TO the British Premier 70
call upon Germany and Russia TO re-
nounce the new treaty.
Italy, which hitherto has backed
Lloyd George against the French. is
openly opposed to permitting the
Russo German treaty.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
CPhoto r. and A.
MRS. RENSElMAN.
Mrs. Renzelman Sobs as Pros
ecutor and Detective Tell
of Her Confession.

a jury Of men only to try Mrs. Her
nina RenSelman, so years old, charged
with numbering her sister, Miss
Gesine Vessel. was selected within
three hours o-day before Supreme
Court Justice Kalisch at Freehold, N.
J, The husband with his II months
old baby in his lap sat among the
spectators.
The alleged murder was committed
at the Renzelman home near West
Long Branch on Sunday, Jan. Is last.
Mrs. Renzelman broke down twice,
once while Prosecutor Charles +.
Sexton told of her alleged confession
to Staying Miss Vessels, and again
when John NJ. Smith, chief Of county
detectives, testified that Mrs. Renbel-
man told him she had killed her sis
ter because Miss Vessels had been in
innate with Fred Renzelman, the de-
fendtn's husband, in New York. A
lowing the second outburst, and Mrs.
Renzelman was taken from the court
room After she returned she oc-
csslonally broke into sobs, crying
my sister, Oh, my sister"
Prosecutor Sexton told the jury that
the murder had been premeditated,
but he did not want Mrs Renaelman
sent to the electric chair. In New
Jersey a jury may specify in a first
degree murder case whether death
penalty or life Imprisonment shall be
exacted.
Detective Smith told Of arresting
Mrs. Renzelman at her home two
days after the murder which was dis
covered by her husband, who hurried
home in response TO letter sent him
by Mrs. Renzelman. The detective
said he asked Mrs. Renzelman who
was the woman dead on q couch in
the room. and she replied. my sis
ter" He asked her who killed the
the woman. and testified that Mrs
Renzelrian replied, II did" The dc
tective said ne asked Mrs. Renzelmar
why she had killed her sister, and the
woman replied. ASK my husband. y
On the way 70 the County jail. Tho
detective said Mrs. Itenzelmnn asked
II she could go 10 the eiectire chGli
that night. ~ killed my sister AM
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
SWARMS OF RATS
EAT EVIDENCE AND
JUDGES SILK HAT
Montreal Court Now Has Official
Catcher After Cats and
Dogs Fail

MONTREAL, April is,-To
save legal records from destruc-
ton. nn officiai rat catcher has
bson appointed for tho Montreal
Court House,
onioiai stsnoErnphers had their
notes satan, A judge lost his
gown and silk hat, Suits involv-
Ing valuable property were do,
layed through loss OF records,
Finally, when Exhibit A In q
murder trial was eaten, and the
prisoner had 10 bs liberated tbs
authorities took action,
Cats introduced at trst wesrIsd
of carnage, Terriers followed
with similar results, Finally tho
rat catcher was installed,
Poison has diminished tins rs
dent hosts and the consumption
of natebeoks, evidence, exhibits
and silk hats has fallen off.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
MOTHER AND z BABES PERISH
IN WAOSWORTH TERRACE FIRE:
OWNER Of BUILDING IS HELD
Epstein Accused of Homicide
in Permitting Premises to
Be Occupied Before Lights
Were Installed - Tenants
Used Kerosene Lamps.

Barnett Epstein of No. Sl7 West
End Avenue, President of the Loring
Construction Company of No. I West
34th Street, owning the unfinished
apartment building at No. 96 Wads
worth Terrace in which Mrs. Laurene
Helms and her two children were
burned to death early this morning,
was held on a homicide charge in
Washington Heights Court by Magis
trate McQuade in $4,000 bail.
The charge as .embodi ed in an am
davit submitted by Detective Mullans
of the West 177th Street Station was
based on the statement that Epstein
"by an ac of palpable negligence did
permit the said premises to be oc-
cupied before lights were installed
causing the tenants to burn candles
for lights which resulted in the build
ing catching fire and causing the
death of three persons
Alfred Eckelman, attorney for Ep-
stein, protested in vain against the
amount of the bond required. Epstein
had to wait in the court prison while
a bondsman was sought.
Epstein said that the agents t.r
the building were responsible for the
admission of tenants to the building
before the Tenement House Depart
ment had authorized it's occupancy.
Charles Nehring of Nehring Bros
the agents, informed The Evening
World that they had rented many OF
the apartments but that in every case
the tenant had signed a stipulation
agreeing not to occupy the premises
until the official certificate was issued
that 1t was At for occupancy and that
the rental payment would not apply
until that date. William Abel de-
scrbed by the police as superintendent
who has permitted some tenants tc
live in the building since April I, MI
Nehring said. was not employed b!
the agents and they believed he wai
merely n night watchmAn hired by
Mr.. Epstein. Mr.. Nehring said he hnc
no knowledge until to-day that nnj
tenants had been allowed 10 live II
tho building, though permission had
been given to several 10 put thSir fur
nitura in tho apartments until they ac
tunlly moved In.
Mrs. Helms IL tho daughter q
Charles A. sherwood. manager OF tn
IIoston Telegram. and with hHr I've
children, Fiof-nes, thrss and Harei'
Two, iiVsd until yesterday with ne
fathers brother IN Brookiyh, Shs ha'
for some tins been separated from
her husband Mhrui Helms, Il sAi1s
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
HOLD OIL RESERVES
INTACT, PLEA OF
EX-SEC'Y DANIELS
Need for Conservation is Great
as in Any Time in Admins
trations of I aft and Wilson.
BY Josephus Daniels


'Coyprisht 1872 by the United PressI
RALEIGH, y. G., April Isl de
voted much o: my time for eish
years to fshtias attempts Tor the eN,
p.oItation OF the naval reserves Sc
apart by Presidents Taft and Wilson
The need for conservation o. thes,
reserves is as great now as at an!
time.
In 1918, the policy of the buildin.
none but o.i-burning naval ships wa.
adopted and leasing OF. any of these
reserves would be serious blunder
Application was made to Secre.
tary' Payne for leasing, onl$
few days before the change of .Ad.
ministration. The Navy Depart.
mcnt opposed any leasing.
The only wise policy is to hold
these oil reserves intact.
After hearing Secretary
Payne declined to approve the ap.
plication made for the new lease.
An investigation will show that
the claims urged by most appli.
cants for leases were made by
parties who trumpcd up some
claims which could not stand the
light
Those who wish TO serve the
navy should fight any and every
effort TO undo what Taft and vii.
son preserved IN setting aside the
Naval Reserves.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
ALL JAZZ is BARRED
BY SAVANNAH CITY
Council Prohibits Indecent"
Dance on Stage and in Homes,
on Women's Urging

SAVANNAH, Ga. April IS Copy
right The Savannah City Council
has Just passed an ordnance barring
Jazz from the stage, from all public
dances and presumably from all
homes.
The new law declares ''jazz" 10 be
Indecent and injurious to public
morals" and nxes a penalty Of 800
nne or thirty days In Jail for those
who participate in the barred dance
or those who permit II,
Alderman A. J. Garfunkel, father
Of the Anti.jazz movement, introduced
tho ordinance ten days ago. 80 great
was tho interest that Mayor Stewart
decided TO hold n special Meeting Of
the council and TO invite "all comers"
TO DISCUSS tho measure, The women
turned out In force. against jazs ITO
II man" They mot every ono who
entered city Hall during tho meeting
ana pinnad on ooats and Hhirtwaists u
tag reading Down with jazz"
No other city In known 90 havs n
similar measure, and now that Ha-
vannsh has II the City Fathers are
looking for some one 10 define Jazs
defnitsiy,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
TREATY MUST GO; /;
ALLIES THREATEN
TO GUST SIGNERS
Note to Germans and Russians tc
Warn Them They Must Not
Go on With Plans.

PARIS, April IS ASSOCIATED Press) ,
"A HAvns despatch from Genoa this
afternoon sAys the Allies are drafting
a note 10 tho Germans and Russians
notifying them II will be impossible for
the Germans and Russians 10 continue
TO participate In the sessions Of the
Russian Affairs Commission Of the
conferences II they persist IN maintains :
ing the Russo German treaty.
A high offioiai Of tho Government
declared this afternoon thsra was ne
possibility of continuing the discus.
sions al Genoa unless the Russo -oer-
man treaty were cancelled,
Even II 1t were annulSd, he declared,
me neral effect would remain OF two
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
He Has So Far Ignored Sell
ate'S Request for lnforma-
\ ton as to Deal by Whitn
New York Syndicate Gets
Rich Wyoming Reserve.
Especial to Tho Evening WorId.}

Especial to Tho Evening WorId.}
WASHINGTON. ApriI Is, - Al
though the Senate adopted by uuanl-
nous consent Saturday d resolution
offered by Senator kendrick of wy
omins. calling upon the Interior De-
partment for information as to the
deal between a New York financial
group and the Government for the
operation OF Naval Petroleum Reserve
No. in Wyoming, Secretary Fall i
ONCE has not yet responded Several
members of Congress say they have
written letters of inquiry to the In
terror Department on other oil mat
ters without reply
5 Several members of Congress, IN
&ew of the naval policy involved,
expect TO. discuss in connection with
the pending naval Appropriation bill
the raid on the navy's reserve OIL
supply At this time when the Ad.
miniDtraton is appealing to Congress-
not to cripple the efficiency of the
1.avy by reducing its personnel below
Vl{e danger line. inquiry On the Wy
..ssning deal is deemed particularly
pertinent. High naval officers, who
have long jealously guarded the
navy's oil reserves, are privately ex
pressing their Indignation over the
move to reverse the national security
policy in this respect. Only the ban
on naval men talking without the
express permission of the Secretary
of the. Navy prevents some of these
officers publicly voicing their feelings.
SUSPICIOUS OF FALL AND OIL
INTERESTS.
The Evening Worlds expose OF ths
oil deal was read with interest by
members, of Congress to-day. The
storm which is breaking over the
matter is centring on Secretary Fall.
Members of Congress, both Republi
cans and Democrats, have regarded
Fall with some suspicion since his
cow with Secretary of Agriculture
hllace over the attempt TO transfer
the forest service to Falls depart
ment.
Falls activities have been oleagin
| Gus since his efforts to throw oper
l the public oil lands to free grabbing
while a member of the Senate, and his
handling of the Mexican oil hearings
/ with a distinct Doheny slant.
FALL Is credited with being the in
4 44snce within the Administration
n (Continued on Sixteenth Page)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
CONVICT SET FREE
TO UPHOLD JUDGES
CONFIDENCE IN HIM
Jersey Prisoner Had Married
and Settled Down After
Jail Break.

Thomas Patton Doty, thirty
two, went to his home near VOL
colt, Conn, to-day to uphold the
faith of a New Jersey Judge who
refused to sentence him for escap-
ing from jail, Doty and another
prisoner fed from their cells in
October, 1917, and Dody got a job
on a Connecticut farm. While
there he married a farmers
daughter and started life anew.
The other prisoner, however,
told the Waterbury police about
Doty and he was brought back to
New Jersey, where he served out
his first sentence. Yesterday he
was freed, but was taken before
Judge Stickel for sentence for es-
Gaping Jail.
You led a good life while
fugitive" said the Judge, $50 you
can go back to the farm with your
wife to uphold my faith in you"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
GIRL SAYS SHE WAS
ATTACKED BY s MEN

Irene Cannon. nineteen years old. No.
I7B Lexington Avsnus. Brooklyn. tod
Magistrate Reynolds In Brooklyn
court to-day that she was thrown into
the hallway Oh Park Avenue, gagged
ard attacked by fiVs msn shortly be-
fore midnight last night, Irving John
Butt, dwsnty-ons, Of No. IS Hayward
|Btrsst, who was found hiding In the
cellar OF tha building, was taken into
custody and held without ball. No ether
men we're caught
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-04-18
OIL DEVELOPMENT
MAY CARRY ON If
PLAN is HONEST
President Harding Has Full Con-
fdence in Government Agencies
in Wyoming Deal.

WASHINGTON, April 1s.-Presi-
dent Harding sees no reason why the
Teapot Dome, Wyo.. Naval Oil Re-
serve, should not be developed so long
as the concern involved docs business
honestly" it was said at the White
House to-day.
Mr.. Harding's position was given
following a question concerning the
negotiations of the Navy and Interior
Departments with the Sinclair OF
Company for the development of the
Teapot Dome Reserve.
Mr.. Harding has fun confidence in
the Government agencies carrying on
the negotiations il was stated.