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The New York herald., 1922-01-18
ABYSSINIA STILL
HAS MANY SLAVES
British Correspondents Blame
u. S. for Selling SlaUers Arms.

LONDON, Jan. IL ASSOCIATED Press).
That Abyssinia is the last home of
open slavery; that In its capital. Adds
Abeba, there are more slaves than free
men. and that the British Legation there
Is full OF slaves owned by legation SER
wants, are assertions made by two ex-
perienced correspondents OF the West
minister Gdsette who lately nave been
in Abyssinia.
The article declares that France, Great
Britain and Italy having bound them
selves under the arms convention of 1919
not to supply munitions to the Abys-
sinians It is now only America which is
importing. or seeking to import, arms
into Abyssinia--arms destined to assist
the slave raiders.
At the present moment, the article
continues. there IL n large consignment
OF American cartridges and automatic
rifles lying ai Jibuti ca French port on
the Gulf of Aden) awaiting the consent
OF the French authorities for lis trans
port into the interior. and 1t Is believed
that the French, not being much in love
with the convention Of 1919 and fearing
an incident" with the American Gov
ernment. which probably knows moth
ing whatever about the affair. may
shortly give their consent.
In an editorial the Westminster ca
seffe says that II is unfortunate the
United States did not sign the 1919 con-
ventioa, but we feel sure tho State De-
partment at " sshington. once II realizes
the fact, will not delay In making its
attitude clear"
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
FINE PAINTINGS LOST
IN FIRE IN BROOKLYN
100000 Damage at Lott
Home in Ocean Avenue.

The extent of the damage done nv a
fire that started early yesterday in the
home of Erskine II. Lott, vice-president
OF the Flatbush Water Company, at 579
Ocean avenue, Brooklyn, and ate its
way to the roof. probably will not be
known for several days or until ex-
perts have had an opportunity to ex-
anime three paintings. two of them
Inness landscapes. which were smoked
and possibly seriously damaged in the
fire. Mr.. Lott estimated the damage to
his home and furniture as exceeding
100000.
Mr.. Lott, his wife and daughter and
five maids were asleep In the house
when he smelled smoke and heard the
cracking of burning wood. He jumped
out of bed and awoke the members OF
his family. While Mrs. Lott was tele-
phoning a fire alarm her husband
aroused the servants and Miss Louise
Lott. the daughter. rushed to rescue
Fluffy McGuff a prize winning French
poodle. All got out of the house safely.
IL took the firemen almost three hours
to get the flames under control. by which
time little Of the house was left.
Miss Lott said last night that one of
the canvases, a painting entitled "a Let
ter from Home" by the late William M.
Chase. had been brought out of the ruins
and was found to have been cut by fall
ing glass. Persons who had entered the
burned building reported that the frames
of the two Inness canvases were badly
charred and their glass coverings
broken. but 1t could not be determined
whether the paintings had been ruined.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
SAMOAN COPRA OPTION
IS AT STAKE IN SUIT
Ex-NaUal Officer Charges
Theft of King Mafilps Grant.

The trial o. the suit brought a year
ago by Howard $. Keep, formerly an
American naval officer against the
South Seas Pacific Company and the
Pacific Development Company over an
option to trade in copra on the island Of
Samoa. will be begun In the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn to-day. The suit
came up before Justice Kapper last
February. but the court ruled tr1t II
had been incorrectly brought. On n
ruling from tho Appellate Division, how
ever. the case will now come UP for re-
trial.
Mr.. Keep. at that time Leutenart-
Commander in the Navy. obtained the
option to trade In copra together with
an option on some land, throuth Ills
friendrhip with Tanu Mafili. one OF the
seventeen kings of Samoa. and his
daughter. lie charges that the two
companies against whom he has brought
suit defraudod him and swindled him
out OF the option.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
WIFE STAYS SISTER.
BABY SAVED BY LUCK
Continued from First Page.

with the dead woman, attending to her
regular work and caring for the baby as
usual She said she could not quite
bring herself to kill the child.
According tc the woman's story it
was fortunate for the child that the
father reached home. because she had
finally nerved herself up to the task Of
killing the baby and then herself. She
was prepared to do this when she sud
denly decided to kill her pet dog first.
The animal. she said, thought she was
playing, and she had some difficulty
getting him to go into the kitchen She
wanted to kill him there with the doors
shut, because she did not believe the
neighbors would hear the shot from the
kitchen.
After Renzelman had disarmed his
wife and found the body OF his sister
in-law and the body of the dog in the
Kitchen, he notified the authorities.
Later In the afternoon Mrs. Renzelman
was taken before j. Merritt Stoye.
Justice of the Peace at Eatontown and
held without bail on a charge Of muir
der made by j. M. Smith. county de-
tective. Her husband was released in
$1,000 bail, furnished by himself. as
material witness.
Mrs. Renzelman told the court that
she had killed her sister and the dog
and that she would have killed her
baby and then herself If her husband
had not returned when he did.
II had to kill Gesine.' she said. "she
stole my husband from me, and !
couldn't stand it."
The woman said that few months
ago she sent $135 to her sister as pas
sage money to the United States from
Germany, and that when Miss Vessels
arrived she made her home with Them.
Her husband. she said. became infatu-
ated with her sister. and tiis worried
her, because he began to neglect her
and their baby and to pay more atten-
ton than she thought he should to
Miss Vessels. Finally. some weeks ago.
Mrs. Renzelman suggested that Miss
Vessels go to New. York and find work.
and she left the next day with Renzel-
man. Renzeman returned that night
said his wife. and told her that the
sister had found a good job in New
Rochelle.
Mrs Renzelman said that almost Inn
mediately her husband began to find
business in New York often, and thar
sometimes he was gone several days
at a time. She became so suspicious
finally, she said, that last Friday she
took her baby and went to New York
and found her husband and her sister
living together in a furnished room on
the East Side. II was then that she
decided to kill Miss Vessels and her
self and the baby, but she was careful
not to let any one know Of her in
tentions.
The wife persuaded Miss Vessels to
return to South Eatontown with her.
She intended to kill her sister Friday
night or on Saturday at the latest, she
said, but she did not find herself able
to go through with what she had
planned until Sunday morning. Then.
she said. she awoke suddenly. Going
into her sisters room she saw the
girl sleeping. She went to n bureau
drawer, got the revolver, and fired.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
NEW FILTER DIVIDES
MESSAGES BY RADIO
Telegraph and Telephone Dis
patches Carried on One
Wave Length.

What was said to be long forward
step in the science Of radio cofnmunica-
tion was demonstrated last night in the
Engineering Societies Building wheh
telephone and telegraph messages were
carried simultaneously on the same radio
wave length from a single wireIess
transmitting set and antenna. they
were received also on single radlo ses
and antenna, without interference or
distortion, and brought down 10 cie@i
and audible hearing
The achievement was demonstrated D.
DR.. Frank h. Jewett, chief engineer OF
the Western Electric Company, ana
head of the Bell system research labor
atorles. and was said to have been made
nossible largely through an electrical;
"f,lter' invented by DR.. G. A. Camppeii'
a telephone engineer. The device 1t was
exnlained. "makes it possible to separ-
ste the various frequencies at whlch .ile
individual telephone and telegram mes
sages are carried
Two specially constructed deinoiis,ia
.,o,, radio sets were placed in the audi
tori,,m for the benefit of members OF
the telephone society, who are chietiy
electrical engineers and communication
exnerts. The telephone and telegraph
messages then were dispatched at the
same time and were received at the otner
end of the stage. They were detected pv
q sinele vacuum tube circuit. after which
II was necessary to separate the TWO
messages.
The detected electrical current then
was passed through the "filter.' which
separated the frequencies of the tele-
graph message from those OF the teie-
phone message. 1t was explained that
the filter differs materially from the
ordinary tuned circuits familiar TO tne
radio engineer, as the filter separates
not single frequencies. but bands OF fre-
ouencies of any predetermined width.
The filter makes it possible, 1t was said
to separate the band OF frequencies com
prising the telephone message from the
band comprising the telegraph message
1t can also separate one telephone
message from another.
1t was recalled that Alexander
Graham Bell forty-five years ago at
tempted to develop this carrier system:
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
CHARTER REYISERS
DODGE CITY SCHOOLS
Dynamite in Board of Educa-
ton, Craig Tells His Col
leagues.
FAVOR BOssING OF JOBS
Commissioners Would Make
Assembly Supreme Over Bu-
reaus, Except Their Heads.

The New York City Charter Revision
Commission at it's weekly meeting yes
terday decided that the local assembly.
to consist OF the Board of Estimate and
the Board OF Aldermen, should have the
power to consolidate. abolish, increase
or otherwise change the bureaus under
elected officials and fix the salaries of
the personnel. but not to curb the
authority of those officials themselves.
This included county officials within the
city.
They carefully excluded the Depart
ment of Education on the ground that it
was really under the Jurisdiction OF the
State by a recent ruling of the Court Of
Appeals. TITS a can Of dynamite and
we'd better leave it alone" said Comp
troller Craig.
Some of the commissioners favored a
provision that the assembly could take
no action except with the approval Of the
Mayor. The majority opinion was. how
ever, that any action might be passed
over the Mayors veto by two-thirds
vote.
Former Justice Francis NJ. Scott was
inclined to curb the powers of the
Borough President. II was plain, how
ever. that little curtailment of borough
autonomy could be expected. When some
one suggested that it might be well to
take from the Borough Presidents every
thing except their salaries President
Riegelmann, who represents those Off
cials on the commission, remarked
grimly:
IF you are going to play with loaded
dice I'll put my gun on the table"
~ don't think this will be a home
rule charter at ALL" declared Mr. Scott.
"unless we have the power to reform
our governments as we choose"
my idea," replied President Riegel-
mann. lis that home rule, il it means
anything, should be extended to the
borough and to the community in each
borough"
The Comptroller said the duties Of
the Borough Presidents should be fixed
in the charter and resolution was
passed that the legislative assembly
should have the power to make all
changes under the Borough Presidents
except in such particulars as might be
designated in the charter.
The question Of how large the Board
Of Aldermen should be was put over,
but not until the Comptroller expressed
the opinion that small body, as recon-
mended by many civic associations,
would be unwise.
"A small body opens the way to cor
ruption." he declared. History has
shown this"
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
ARREST OF 3 BOYS FOLLOWS
3 STRANGE SCHOOL FIRES
Mysteries on East Side Said to Have Been Solved
Blaze Set in Two Places in Brshwick High School,
Brooklyn-Thousands of Children Imperilled.

nella, 10. of 4s7 East Thirteenth street
and Libore Scicolone, 8. or 443 East
Thirteenth street.
John Brennie. IA, of Baxter street.
the third boy arrested. is said to have
told about blaze in a classroom OF
Public School No. 23. at II Mulberry
street, on the afternoon Of January IL.
About 1900 children were in the build
ing at the time. all getting out without
difficulty. The flames did only little
damage.
The Brooklyn high school fire Is con-
s;dered mysterious because blazes were
found in two classrooms on the same
floor. Ambrose Trush. janitor. discov-
cred fire in a bunch of rubbish in a
room that was being renovated. The
fire drill signal and alarm were
sounded simultaneously by the princi-
pal. About 500 boys were taking their
regents examinations in the building
and they filed to the street in perfect
order. The second blaze was not dis
covered until after the firemen reached
the building.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18

Two mysterious fires which endangered
the lives of 1000 children In public
schools on the lower East Side We're
solved last night after the arrest of
three schoolboys. One of the fires oc-
CURED at noon yesterday and led directly
to the arrest of two of the boys. Another
fire, discovered in the Bushwick High
School, Brooklyn. at noon, also is being
investigated on the theory that 1t also
was incendiary.
There were $50 students In the class
rooms OF Public School 10. S44 East
Fourteenth street, when Miss Kate Sui
livan. teacher. discovered blaze in u
waste paper basket in the ga classroom
on the third floor. She notified Robert
Powers, the principal. who sounded the
fire drill bell and turned in an alarm.
All of the pupils were out of the building
before the apparatus arrived. The fire
did damage estimated at $500.
Assistant Fire Marshals Prial and
Tierney began an investigation whick
resulted in the arrest of Camelio Sidir-
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
GENERAL ELECTRIC
INQUIRY is ORDERED
Tax Experts to Act With the
Department of Justice in
Sitting Charges.
Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Vashin vfon n. C.. Jan. IL.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Jan. IL.
The Department of Justice has de-
cided to investigate charges against the
General Electric Company which were
developed in an inquiry by the Lock-
ood Committee of New York, Attor-
ney-General Daugherty announced to-
day. The charges include the exaction
of unfair profits from the public and
the Understanding Of tax returns to
the Government.
The Attorney General said three spe-
cial assistants OF the department would
cooperate with officials and tax experts
of the Treasury Department in sitting
the charges.
The General Electric Company re-
Gently requested Mr.. Daugherty to make
the investigation, counsel for the COM
pany having written letter to him
denying the charges and asking that the
Department go to the bottom or them
in a thorough inquiry.
One Of the allegations is that the pro-
Visions Of u decree entered against the
company at Cleveland some time ago
had been violated and this phase was
also suggested by the company as basis
Cor possible inquiry by the Department.
Department had not had time to get
into tho merits OF the charges developed,
hut would do so without delay.
An especially vigorous effort is to be
made to determine through the audits OF
tax experts whether the Electric Com
pany sought in any manner to so man
ipulate it's own records that the Govern
rnent was defrauded of taxes due on the
compaEy's earnings.
The announcement from washington
that the Department of Justice will in
vestigate the General Electric Company
occasioned no surprise in New York
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the Lock-
wood committee, already had announced
he would ask an investigation Of the
company by the Federal authorities
and the request Of the company that
such investigation be pushed followed
upon Mr.. Untermyer's announcement
When told of the Attorney Generals
decision last night. Mr.. Untermyer
said:
There was no occasion for the Gen-
eral Electric to invite the investigation
by the Department of Justice. whose Ia
terposition we had already advised them
we would invoke as soon as our inquiry
was concluded, which will be within a
few days"
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
NO TRACE OF MISSING
RiDGEWOOD, N. j., TRIO
Aubrey Bull, Deserted Hus-
band, Searches With Police.

The New York and Rdgewood. N. j..
police have not been able TO find any
trace Of Mrs. Aubrey II. Bull and Ralph
Costa. aged IL. who disappeared from
their homes In Ridgewood on the after
noon OF December 81 with Mrs Bulls
seven-year-old daughter. ElIanore. Reia-
tives OF Mrs Bull and Costa said last
night that they had heard nothing Of
either since they left.
The Bureau OF Missing Persons OF the
Now York Police Department has made
inquiries all over the city withou. ei-d-
Ing any trace OF either Mrs. Bull or
young Costa. Nothing has yet been
learned by Mrs. Bulls husband. who is
teller in the Hartman National Bank.
that would serve as a reason for her
disappearance.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
WAVE THAT SWEEPS 4
FROM DECK RETURNS 3
One Sailor Is Snafched Sec
ond Time and Lost.

BosroN. Jan. 17.--How four OF his
crow were swept overheard by a ginnt
wave last Wednesday and three of them
returned to the deck by the same wave
was told by Capt. Edward Fogg Of tho
Boston fishing schooner Athena when he
brought his vessel into port tonight.
The fourth was drowned.
When the vessel was making for Prov
incetown TO escape the storm Lendley
Malone. Frank Purdy. James T.. Frazier
and Thomas Merchant were dressing
fish. A wave swept over the vessel and
carried all four at least fifty feet away
Then tho same wave brought Malone
Purdy and Frazier back and deposited
them on deck, but Merchant was caught
by second wave and carried away.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
PRIEST A WITNESS;
HALF-BROTHER SLAIN
ReU. A. Deiorme Questioned
as to Buying ReUoluer.

MONTREAL, Jan. 17.--Coroner Nc
Mahon to-day called Rev. Adelard
Delorme as a witness at the adjourned
inquest into the death OF his half
brother. Raoul Delorme. an Ottawa
student, who was found shot TO death
In the outskirts of the city January 6.
The priest was questioned concerning
his purchase of revolver and as TO the
manner in which his wrist had been in
Jured. He explained that he had slipped
and fallen TO the sidewalk on the day the
body had been found.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
MExIcANs FREE AMERICAN.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17-News of the
capture and later release OF A. G.
Stiles. an American mining engineer, In
Mexico. was received by the State De-
partment to-day In a dispatch from Con-
sui Stewart at Chihuahua. stiles. an
employee OF an American mining con-
Germ near Chihuahua. was captured on
January IL by band of robbers and
held for $4,000 ransom.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Function of the state.

s'In 1919 the Public Service Commits
sions law was amended by substituting
in thu place of the commissioners
therein provided for one transit Con-
struction commissioner. to be appointed
by the Governor OF the State. to whor.
was transferred all the powers and
duties of the former Rapid Transit
Board or any other board or body hav-
ing TO do with rapid transit in the City
of New York; and In 1921 the act under
consideration was passed. by which all
the powers heretofore lodged in any
board or body we're transferred to the
Transit Commission, together with In.
creas I'd powers, and three commission
ers were named instead of one. All Of
the legislation bearing on the subject
has for many years recognized that a
duty rested upon the Legislature to pro-
vide for rapid transit, such duty to be
performed by itself or by an agent
designated for the purpose. a function
which the State. In its sovereign capac-
ity, had a right TO exercise irrespective
of the city authorities, since IL con-
cerned the whole State just as much as
the maintenance OF highways or tie
management of other public utilities.
1.-THE act. as nave indicated. is gen.
eral in its terms and applicable to all
cities OF O certain population. In my
opinion it is a valid legislative enact
ment and not an act Of local legisla-
ton. Several other questions were
argued. but they do not seem to me to
be OF sufficient Importance, in dspos-
ing of the present appeal. to be here
considered. The orders appealed from
are affirmed with costs"
In their memorandum filed separately
Judges Hogan. Cardozo and Crane
wrote that even In tha transit act could
be held unconstitutional and void in
some particulars or contingencies II l.
not unconstitutional and void in its en-
tirety. They said that provision for the
financial necessities of the Transit Com
mission is tn srefore necessary, that sec-
ton ~ OF the act imposing upon tho
Board OF Estimate the duty to honor
the requisition OF the commission is a
valid exercise of legislative power.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18

There is something beyond the emotion Of
the spoken drama In Orphans OF The
Storm "--tArchio Bell IN Cleveland News.l
Apollo Theatre now.-Adp.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18

"The classic OF all rcreen love scenes is IN
Orphans Of The Storm. Apollo Theatre.
- -Iliye. Mail.)--Adp.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18

The best motion picture yet seen onvot off
Broadway Ia Orphans or The storm !"
-(Eyening world.). Apollo Thea. now.-Adv.
The New York herald., 1922-01-18
Precedent IL Cited.

The Legislature had n right to make
these changes (People OK rel. simon VS..
Bradley. supra). In the case Just cited
the Legislature created a railway ter
ninal commission for che city OF Buff
falo. The act was attacked, as here.
upon the ground that the Commissioner
were local officers whom the Leglsla-
ture under the Constitution could not
select The court held otherwise. The
decision was placed upon che ground
that the state. in its sovereign capacity
might, subject TO constitutional limlta-
tions. resume powers delegated TO locall-
ties and either by itself or through an
agent directly control matters OF local
government. II was there pointed out
that the Commissioners were not only
new officers. but their duties were new.
even though they included some duties
which had heretofore been performed
by city officers.
This decision is applicable 10 the
Commissioners appointed by che act un-
der consideration. The office OF Tran
sit Commissioner. whether regarded as a
state or city office. Is essentially a
NEW OFFICE to which are attached
NEW DUTIES. with INCREASED
POWERS over those given 10 the RAND
Transit Commissioners. the Public ser
vice Commlssloners and the Transit
Construction Commissioner. The COM
mission is given the power 10 prepare
and put into operation a plan for read