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Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
MEMBER Of N. !.
BR0KERAG FIRM
KILLS HIMSELF
J. A. WaSSerman Is Found
in His Bathtub With a
Bullet in His Brain; Com
pany CoIlapSeS.

New York, Nov. 14.-Thc finan-
cial affairs of the stock brokerage
firm Of Wassermann Brothers col
lapsed dramatically today after
the head of the firm, Jesse a
Wassermann had committed sui
eide in his uptown home.
Shortly before last midnight a
maid found Wassermann lying
partly submerged in his bath tub
with q bullet in his brain and u
revolver nearby. He had left seY-
eral letters. among them one to bis
wife in Germany, from whom he
had been separated, bidding her
good-by and saying he could see
no other ending" A few hours
later he died.
At noon today the failure Of
Wassermann Brothers was an
nounced from the rostrum of the
New York Stock exchange. Short
" thereafter co-partners in the
concern, fearing a run of creditors,
accepted without protest the ap
pointment of a receiver in an III
voluntary petition in bankruptcy
filed in federal court by Il ellen;
to whom the firm owed $4,000.
Unsecured liabilities were esti-
mated at. $750,O00 with available
credits Of about 100000 with
which to meet outstanding claims
The firm of Wassermann Bro
theirs was the development OF a
brokerage and banking firm fouu-
ded years ago by Edward Wasser-
mann, and was one of the best
known in financial Manhattan.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
ARIZONA MAN IS
DROWNED DURING
A HEAVY STORM
William H. Brophy Is Swept
From a Small Boat in the
Gulf Of California; Com
panionS Helpless.

Nogales, Ariz.. Nov. 14.--William
H. Brophy, Los Angeles and Ari-
zona millionaire, banker, copper
magnate and "Dcllar a Year" man
during the world war, was swept
from small boat, and drowned
during the heavy storm i'll the Cfuif
Of California where he was cruis-
ing with a party of friends last
night. News OF Brophy's death
was received here today in a te!e-
gram from +. B. Sloan of Los An
geles, a member Of the party.
MIR. Brophy left here Sunday
with sover5l Nogales business men
to spend a few weeks fishing and
hunting on the Mexican west coast.
According to the message re-
ceived here, the party boarded n
small boat last night to go from
GuayIas to Tobari point on the
coast. They encountered a heavy
sea and a strong northwesterner
and Brophy was swept overheard.
His companions heard his shouts
lbI HSlp puL III liie udIhlltsS anu
the storm they were unable to
reach him. They cruised in the
vicinity an hour and a half but
were finally forced to give up hope
of finding the body.
Mr.. Brophy was a director OF the
First National bank of Los An
geles. president of the Bank OF
Bishee at Bisbee, Ariz, and vice
president of the Bank of Douglas
at Douglas, Ariz. He was So years
old.
Born in ireland, Mr.. Brophy
came to America early in life and
settled in Arizona where he began
his career in the Bisbee store of
the PheIpsDodge corporation, the
company which controls many Of
The largest copper mines in the
southwest.
During his 80 years ~ residence
in Bisbee he worked up to a posi-
ton az one Of the high officials in
the corporation.
As a Dollar a Year" man dur
ing the war Mr.. Brophy served the
government in Paris.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
HARRY E. WALTER IS
NAME CHOSEN BY NEW
SCOTTISH RITE CLASS

Santa Fe. Nov. 14--Albuauerque,
with ten Of the eighteen members
Of the class of the forty-second re-
union of Scottish Rite Masons,
elected all the officers. The name
selected is the Harry z. Walter
class, with the following officers:
President. Thomas j.. Mabry:
first vice president. James 2. Bush !;
second vice president. B. NJ. Bri-
tain. Jr.: secretary and treasurer,
Ben S. Levy, all OF Albuquerque.
There was no orator elected by this
class. ...
Members, candidates and few
invited friends gave UP degree
work tonight and enjoyed n ball,
which was given in the banquet
hall of the cathedral.
Members outside of Albuquerque
are: Alvin Bureh. Taos; G.. c.
Cross, Santa Fe; Claud Hackney,
Carlsbad: G. r. Haste. Mark L..
Lambert, Santa Fe; b. A. Searle.
Madrid; L. S. Secrest, Taos; r. r..
Sheets, Ell Vado.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
MEXICAN MURDER
CON Y |CT STABS
GUARD To DEATH
Joe Martinez, in Federal
Penitentiary at Leaven-
worth, Captured After He
Is Shot and Wounded.

Leavenworth, kans., Nov. IA
Joe Martinez, Mexican murder
convict, who shortly before noon
today fatally stabbed A. H. Leon
ard, captain of the guards at the
federal penitentiary here, was
said to be in serious condition
in the hospital where he was ta-
ken after he had stabbed Leonard
and knitted six other guards.
Martinez was captured by
guards only after he had been
shot and after he had been pelted
with coal in the coal bunker,
where he hid after the stabbing.
Hospital authorities state that he
has a fractured skull and may
die.
In the opinion of Warden W. I.
Biddle, the man fancied he had
some sort of grievance against
Leonard, fashioned the knife from
piece of steel and used the i'm
provised weapon at the first op-
portunity.
Leonard was looked upon in
the prison as q fearless guard
and IL is said numerous threats to
"get him" were made by prison.
ers. He is survived by a wife and
three children.
After prisoners had been taken
to the barber shop this morning.
one Of them warned William
Dodge, a guard, that Martinez
was carrying knife. Dodge de-
manded the knife. Martinez re-
piled by stabbing the guard, Jo-
seph Durkin, another guard, ap-
preached and attempted to disarm
the apparently crazed man. Mar
tinez stabbed him.
Captain Leonard then rushed
in and tried to obtain the knife
Martinez stabbed him in the left
side, the blade entering the heart
Captain Leonard staggered a few
feet and fell.
"He got me-" Leonard said to
a fellow officer.
BY this time other guards had
been attracted to the scene. Mar
tinez was stabbing right and left. |
He knitted Guards Martin Lengyel. |
George Logan, M. f. Dunkel and
James Calvin. The last two named
were only slightly wounded. The
condition of Dodge, Lengyel and |
Durkin, while serious, is no! |
thought to be critical.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
FAMINE IN
SMYRNA UNLESS
j. s. Or EUROPE
SENDS SUPPLIES
Food Shortage Causes
Prices to Soar City'S
Everyday Life Is Report
ed at a StandStiII,
LITTLE EFFORT MADE
TO CLEAN UP DEBRIS
Once the Focus for All the
Rich Trade From Asia
Minor Is Now d Mass of
TOttering Walls,

smyrna. Nov. IA. - Although
more than eight weeks have
elapsed since the great fire swept
Smyrna, little effort has been made
to remove the debris or begin the
work OF reconstruction. The civil
governor, Abdul Khalik Bey, is
making determined bids for aid
from the Angora government, but
has met with slight encouragement
thus far. ....
Occasionally one Of the shattered
buildings collapses blocking a
street but no attempt is made to
clear the wreckage. The only go
ing concern in the city is a horse
ear line running along the quay.
Americans here say the Turks will
take so years to restore the town.
The city's every day life Is at
complete Btandstill. once the
focus for all the rich trade from
Asia Minor, Smyrna is now a cha
otic mass Of tcttering walls. The
food shortage is causing prices to
soar, and unless the stocks are re-
plenished from America or Europe,
famine seems inevitable.
Americans and other foreigners
are subjected tc long delays in OBJ
tanning permission to enter or leave
the city. All who leave are asked
if they intend to return, and II
they answer in the negative, they
are some times obliged to wait
week or more for permission to 60
The Turks show a more friendly
attitude toward the Americans
who are mostly tobacco company
men, than toward other foreigners,
perhaps because they bring money
into the city.
Police Chief zia Bey has a force
of 1,100 men patrolling The city
with extra guards at the water
front TO scrutinize incoming and
outgoing ships. The principal OBJ
iect of this vigilance is believed to
be the apprehension Of Greeks and
Armenians who fled during the
reign of terror and who are now
returning for- their hidden treas
ures.
An Armenian merchant, former
IL prominent here, was caught this
week while digging up his family
Jewels from the garden behind the
ruins of his home. The police con-
fiscated the valuables and impris-
oned the merchant.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
NJ: VI WITNESS IS
D|SCOvE RED IN
JERSEY Staying
Mrs. Halls Story That She
Did Not Leave Home Un-
til the Morning After the
Murder Refuted.

New Brunswick. ~ J., Nov IA
(by the Associated Press) .--Testi-
mony that Mrs. Frances Stevens
Hall left her home about s o'clock
the night her husband. the Rev.
Wheeler Hall ana hts choir leader,
Mrs. Eleanor II. Mills were siam,
will be placed before the Somerset
county grand jury next week, 1t
was learned tonight.
A hitherto uumentioned witness,
q New Brunswick man, will ten
the Jurors that he saw Mrs. Hail
run hurriedly from her home TO
the house next door, occupied by
her cousin, Henry Carpenter, It
was authoritatively announced. the
name OF the witness was not maze
known. ...
The testimony which special
Deputy Attorney General Mott
hopes to place before the jurors
through this witness is in direct
conflict with the statement Of MRS
Hall as to her movements on the
night Of the tragedy, September a.
She has reiterated that she did not
leave her home until about
O'Clock the following morning,
when she went to seek her missing
husband at the Church of st. Johh
the Evangelist.
Timothy n. Pfeiffer, Mrs. Hairs
attorney, said he was unimpresseu
by the reported new testimony
"The authorities know that
Henry Carpenter and his wire
were not home that night ne
said. "They went to the home or
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X. Wright, IN
Highland Park, had dinner there
and remained there all evening.
Existence Of the new witness pc
came known a short time after Mr.
Mott had caused issuance OF llVe
spbpoenaes for the first day
Quota of witnesses before the grand
iurv. which will begin taking tes-
timony in the murder case heNt
Monday. The subpoenaes were Tor
RAYMOND Schneider and Peari
Bahmer. who found the bodies OF
the slain couple; Mrs EDWARD
Strycker from whose home schhel-
der telephoned news of mis- dlscoy-
ery to the police and Edward Car
rigan and James Curran. ponce
men, who were, first on the muir
der scene.
Mr.. Mhtt announced earlier on
the second, day of the grand jury
investigation he would present wit
~ that Mrs
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
COTTON CONSUMPTION
SCARED IN OCTOBER

Washington, Nov. 14.-The larg-
est monthly consumption of cotton
since June, 1920, occurred during
october total of 533.950 bales
of lint having been used by man
ufacturers. The census bureau an
nounced today that this was an
increase OF $500 bales over Sep
tember consumption and about the
same increase over October last
year.
Consumption in cotton growing
states was almost $4,000 bales more
than in October a year ago and
the number of active spindlers In
that region showed an increase of
almost half q million, while splnd-
les in all other states numbered al
most 100000 fewer than in Octo-
Der last year.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
MRS. ANITA BALDWIN
WILL MOVE TO BOSTON

San Francisco, Nov 14.--Mrs.
Anita Baldwin. daughter OF the
late l.. j. Lucky Baldwin, mill
lionaire ranch owner and sports
man, announced here today she in
tended to dispose of most of her
California interests and move with
her son, Baldwin NJ. Baldwin, TO
Boston. where he soon will enter
Harvard university. Mrs. Bald
wins property includes some wide
ly known California ranches, much
pedigreed livestock and many fine
dogs
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
RICHARD K. FOX DIES
AT HIS JERSEY HOME

Red Bank, n. j., Nov. 14,--Rich-
ard Kyle Fox, editor and publisher
of the Police Gazette, internation-
ally known sport publication, died
at his home here today. He had
been in failing health for year.
Mr.. Fox was born in Belfast,
ireland, in 1916, the son of 4
mechanic. In 1875 he became pub
Usher of the Police Gazette. at
that time a sheet devoted to crime
and criminals. and gradually con-
verted into a sporting publication.
He leaves a widow, daughter
and three sons. the latter residents
OF Arcadia, California.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
HOOVER To ASK
RE CONSTRUCTION
Of RAIL RA ES
Relief Both to the Carriers
and to the Farmers May
Be Obtained by Adoption
of His Plan.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Need for
a reconstruction of the railroad
rate structure of the country-in
some cases with upward readjust-
ments-will be brought to the at
tention of congress by Secretary
Hoover. it is understood in his
forthcoming annual report. Some
relief both to the railways and to
the farmers. in the secretary s
view, may be obtained through
such reorganization,
Mr.. Hoover's report, according
to drafts already completed, Is
planned to prevent comprehensive
decision of the national transpor-
tation problem covering car short
age, regulation, weaknesses in the
transportation act, rates and labor
regulations.
Losses through short transpor-
tation. Mr. Hoover finds. arc tax
upon the comm. unity, sitting pro-
duction, introducing speculation
and disturbing price levels. De-
spite the lack of equipment, he
maintains, American railroad man
agement is the most efficient in the
world insofar as it is not limited
by uncomfortable circumstances.
Regulation Necessary.
Regulation in some form is nee
essary, he contends. but construc-
tive development of this regulation
to preserve the initiative of rail-
way executives and at the same
time to secure public protection
and assure adequate service-are
vital and not necessarily incompat-
ible
Naturalization would be a So
cial and economic disaster drafts
of the reports say. Free opera
tion would reconstruct the vicious
practices Of thirty years ago. The
present transportation act pos
sesses many constructive features
and some weakness. 1t was the
result of compromises in many
particulars. and these very COM
promises are some of its weakest
points"
Failure of the carriers to earn
the amounts provided under the
act as fair return. I+r. Hoover
asserts. disproves tho current fic-
tion" that earnings are "guaran-
teed" while the recapture provision
whereby earnings abov e6 per cent
would be turned over to the gov
ernment to be loaned to railroads
would not seem to extend TO those
"anaemic carriers" who are unable
to give the government the color
OF assurance Of repayment through
their own inability TO produce
earnings. Consolidation, however.
ne suggests, might solve the prob
lem.
Rates n 'Vivid Question"
Rates, according to the report,
are n vivid question" in the trans
portation situation, a heavy burden
on agriculture in an era of wide
disparity between the farmers in
come and that in industry, while
at the same time railroad earnings
are not large enough to assure rail-
way expansion.
Some classes and areas of traf-
fic are carried" the report de-
elares, lat actual loss. others are
carried at lower rates than the
relative value Of the commodities
warrants: and a series of scien-
tific upward readiustments should
be made in some cases in order TO
give the railways and the shippers
Continued on Page Two.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
BOXING CLUB DOORS
IN ITALY ARE CLOSED
AGAINST SENEGALESE

Rome, Nov. 14.--Tentative eff
forts to arrange 4 match between
the Battling" Sikh and Giuseppe
Spalla. of Milan, have resulted in
the closing of the doors of every
boxing club in Italy against the
Senegalese. The Italian boxing
federation, learning that Sikis
friends in Milan. where he is well
known and has appeared several
times, were making overtures for
a bout between him and Spalla. in
formed all promoters in Turin.
Milan, Naples and Rome that their
licenses would be revoked II they
staged a match in which Sikh par
ticipated.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
HOME OF THE w. C. T. U.
VOTES TO TILT LID

Chicago, Nov. 14.-Evaaston.
home of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, voted for beer
and light wines by a substantial
majority. according to the official
canvass of the vote in last weeks
election, announced today.
The vote, with one precinct of
the town missing. gave majority
of 5l4 votes in favor of the pro-
posed modification Of the prohibi-
tion laws.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
INJURIES ARE FATAL
TO A NAVAL AVIATOR

Washington, Nov. 14.--Lieuten-
ant Commander Godfrey De G.
Chevalier, who crashed with his
airplane at HAMPTON Roads Sum
day. died today at the naval hos
pital, Portsmouth, Va, according
to a message to the navy depart
ment.
Lieutenant Commander Cheva-
lier, in point of service, was one
of the oldest aviators OF the navy
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
KANSAN IS WINNER OF
3 GOLD MEDALS AT
ANNUAL TRAP SHOOT

Kansas City, Nov. 14.-Fred
Etchell If Coffeyville, Kansas, won
all three of the gold medals Of
fered for the opening days shoot
ing at the annual trap shooting
carnival here today, in which not
able shots from all over the coun-
try participated. Etchen broke
$50 straight targets.
Among the guaners in the lineup
today was iris Speaker, Hubbard
City, Texas. manager of the Cleve-
land American baseball club.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
II FlLIPIN0S TO BE
HANGED UNLESS WOOD
GRANTS THEM PARD0NS

Manila, Nov. II tby the Asso-
ciated Press) Eleven non-com-
missioned officers in the Philip
pine constabulary will be hanged
unless Governor General Wood
pardons them, since the supreme
court of the United States yester-
day declined to review their case.
Sixty-six privates will serve life
sentences.
The Philippine supreme court
will await the official mandate of
the United States court before fix
ing the date for carrying out the
sentences.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
NAVY PERSONNEL
OF $4,000 WILL
Be AUTHORIZED
Next Years Budget viii
Sail Through UnruffIed
Seas, Is Indication After
the First Hearing.

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bv tbo beadwav r,,do todo,. hu fho
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atlonS Whlch VIII frame IT, next
years navy budget will sail
through uuruffled seas.
There was po indication M ,bo
close NJ tho Fire. ba,,.i,,c ,,rbi,,d
c1osad doo,s ~ n',l,ll,a,. glio,t,+ NJ,
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Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
CASHIER is ROBBED

Akron, Ohio, Nov. 1.-two BAN
dts held up and robbed Q. J Al
peter cashier of the Summit Gro
Gerry company of $4,000 in cash and
$40 900 in checks today as he step
ped from the office on his way to
q down town bank.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15
w E A T H E r


FORECAST.
Denver, Nov. 14.--New Mexico
and Arizona: Fair wednesday and
Thursday; not much change in
temperature.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-15

LOCAL REPORT
Conditions for the twenty-four
hours ended at 6 p. m. yesterday,
recorded by the university:
Highest temperature 80
The New York herald., 1922-02-04
BRITAIN, AMERICA, JAPAN
MASTERS OF THE SEAS
Temps Says France Is. NoU
a Second Class Naval PoWer.

PARIS Feb. 3 ASSOCIATED Press) -
The naval accord at Washington regu-
lates the worlds maritime status for
some time; 1t will mark a decisive date
In the history of navies and in our
own"
Thus the Temps begins an editorial.
and then traces the growth of the
American navy as compared with that
OF Great Britain, until, 1t adds Brit
ain saw herself doomed to lose her
naval supremacy, which the dominions
refused to maintain Tor her at their ex-
pense. She then preferred to compro-
mise"
Declaring that the Control of the
strategic routes of the world belongs
to British h-American- Japanese con-
sortium." the Temps adds: without
precise notion Of the general situation.
without means of propaganda. our
naval experts, without astounding fall
ure to comprehend a diplomatic reality.
demanded fleet equal to that of Japan.
This claim aroused indignation, and the
masters OF the seas accused us of inn
perialism.'
After extending congratulations to the
Government for not yielding on subma-
rine questions. the Temps says: "The
war of 1914 was in the last analysis
won by the navies, whose blockade
caused the slow death Of Germany" and
urges France to carry out without the
slightest delay the modest program open
to her, as Washington has now made
her second class naval Power"
The New York herald., 1922-02-04

Special Gable to THE NEW York HnxALp.
Copyright, 1929, by THE New YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Feb. 3.
Premier Poincare has been revealed as
being less intransigeant towards Com
munists than his predecessor in express
ing willingness to accord passport vises
to German and Italian Communists II
they wished to attend tile Pan-Socialist
Congress. which will open here to-mor-
row. for the discussion of reparations
and other economic issues.
M. Briand. when approached on this
subject before the Cannes conference,
fatty refused. believing that the Socia :
lists would stir up discord over the Wies-
baden agreement as not going far
enough In the acceptance of German
labor and materials in payment for repa-
rations.
The Communists. however, despite
pleas for a solid front In demanding
recognition of the Sovlets. have refused
to join the Socialists congress, follow
ing Moscow's instructions not TO join
themselves with the milder Second Am
sterdam Internationale. But NJ. Longuet,
the French Socialist leader. expressed the
conviction that the coming meetings
would open the way for greater col
laboration once the general lines nf the
Socialist attitude on European problems
Is defined by the delegates OF the Ave ma
tions represented.