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The New York herald., 1922-03-07
BRIBE PAYER FAILS
TO PICK KENNEALLY
Tammany Mans Counsel
Move to Have Extortion
Indictment Dropped.

saul Blickman. Long Island City
builder. whose testimony before the
Grand Jury was instrumental in the re-
turn Of an indictment for extortion
against William p. Kennealiy. former
vice-chaiITnan OF the Board of Aldermen,
failed yesterday to identify Kenneally
rs the man to whom he had paid a
bribe.
The occasion was a hearing before
Justice Wasservogcl in the Supreme
Court on motion of counsel for the for
mer Tammany politician and labor rep
resentative to inspect the minutes OF the
Grand Jury which returned the indict-
ment. Justice Wasservogel will place
Mr.. Blickman on the stand to-day to be
cross-examined about his recent affi-
davit swearing that Kenneally was not
the man to whom he had paid $4,000 70
call off strike on one of his building
operations.
The builder originally testified before
the Grand Jury. in the course of the
Lockwood committees investigation into
The building trades, that he had paid
henneally when he was delegate for
the Steamfitters and Helpers Union. He
subsequently was indicted with Robert
=. Brindell. building trades 'czar." now
serving prison sentence.
Martin Conboy and George z. Medalia
argued for inspection of the minutes. Mr..
Conboy said the Indictment obviously
was a mistake and should be dismissed.
Timothy N. Pfeiffer. Deputy Attorney.
General. said IL Bllckman originally
made mistake the State had no further
desire to prosecute.
Stanley NJ. Richter. Deputy Attorney
General, suggested that Blickman look
carefully at every one In the court room
to see IL the man to whom he had given
the bribc was there.
The builder spent several minutes
scrutinizing all persons In the room. AL
though Kennealiy was sitting in n
prominent place Blickman failed to rec
ognize any man he had formerly seen in
that connection.
When court adjourned and Richter
and Kenneally passed in the corridor,
the latter said:
why don't you act on the level? You
know you're In wrong.
The Deputy AttorneyGeneral replied
by saying the law would attend to
that"
The New York herald., 1922-03-07

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEw YORK HERiLp.
BosToN. March 6.--There was red
hot fight at the State House to-day over
Representative Schulman's bill pro-
posing to prevent women smoking in
public by fining every hotel proprietor
500 who permitted women TO smoke
on his premises.
The proponents OF the measure in
sisted that women smoke in public just
to attract attention, that college girls
smoke more than working girls, that
smoking among women causes family
rows. that ii undermines women's
morals. impairs their health. leads TO
drinking and immortality. and that tho
sight of women smoking has a bad
effect on the morals os children.
The opponents maintained that IL it
was bad for women to smoke 1t was
bad for men as well, that it was not a
matter for legislation, but rather for the
church. and that such prohibition on
smoking would tend TO increase the
habit.
Although there were women at the
hearing only one participated in the de-
bate and she was for the measure. The
other women were content to listen as
the men fought over the merits Of tho
bill. Mrs. Carl Scheffel Of Brookline.
speaking for the bill. said: IF the
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
LORILLARD SPENCER
DIVORCED IN SECRET
Wife's Action, Based on Nom
Support, Is Conducted in
Court Whispers.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK IiEsstD.
NEWPORT, March 6. - Mrs. Lorillard
Spencer obtained a divorce from Major
Lorillard Spencer in the Superior Court
here before Justice Capotosto to-day on
the ground OF non-support.
The action came as q surprise as II
was not known a petition had been filed.
1t was left off the printed docket of the
court
The testimony, which was entirely by
deposition, was whispered to the Judge
behind his desk and was not audible TO
any one else in the court room. the case
itself being heard without being an
nounced.
Major and Mrs. Spencer had not lived
together for some time, but they were
apparently friendly at the Casino last
summer. They have one young son,
I.orillard Spencer. Jr.. student az st.
Georges School.
Mrs. Spencer was Mary Ridgeley
Sands and is the daughter OF Mrs.
Frederic P Sands and n sister of Mrs.
Roland Dickson and Miss Elizabeth
Sands. Major Spencer is son of Mrs
9. Loriilard Spencer who owns Chastel-
lux, sup1ner villa here. He was deco
rated for gallantry in the late war. He
is an expert aviator and before being
wounded was prominent In athletic
sports. He always has been one of the
head officers in the Boy Scouts organiz-
alton. Major Spencer is not here at
present. but Mrs. Spencer Is at her New
port home 80 Rhode Island avenue.
Another divorce heard to-day was
that of Mrs. Margaret winthrop Halght
Of New York against Lieut.-Col. Charles
Sidney Halcht. u. S. A.. now at WASH
ineton. This was granted on non-sup-
port. Mrs. Haight has lived here for
several years.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
YOUNG WOMAN HELD
AS LIBERTY NOTES THIEF

A young woman who gave her name
as Annabelle Jonas was arraigned yes
terday before United States Commits
sioner s. NJ. Hitchcock on charge OF
being fugitive from justice. wanted in
Washington in connection with the cash
ing of Liberty notes which she had
stolen from Il former employer. She
was held in bail Of $1,000 for hearing.
The young woman had been employed
until last October as a secretary in the
Visayan Refining Company. so Broad
street, this city. and secret service
agents stated that shortly after she left
the loss of Liberty notes totaling $500
was discovered.
When arrested in a hotel here Satur-
day night she collapsed and was sent
to Bellevue to recover sufficiently to be
arraigned. She said she had left s3.500
of the bonds in a bureau drawer in tho
Martha Washington Hotel and the
agents recovered the bonds.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
4 MORE JEWISH DRIVE
TEAMS EXCEED QUOTAS
S24, $50 Was Receiued Yester-
day From Individuals.

The New York Campaign Committee
for Jewish War Sufferers announced
yesterday that four more of the cam
paign teams with combined quotas OF
S121.5oo. had just reported themselves
over the top" making eleven teams
which had exceeded their quotas. The
largest was the Millinery Team. which
had raised the $4,000 allotted to It.
The Publishing and Advertising Team,
whose quota was $4,000. reported S3S.-
600. The team representing the laundry
industry, with quota Of but $4,000
reported that $4,000 had been raised at
single meeting. The fourth team meet
ing its quota, $500, was that Of the
sponging industry.
Individual contributions received by
the Campaign Committee yesterday Of
amounts of $1,000 or over totaled nine
teen donations. amounting to s24.150.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
MA JNE WOMEN Jose
MAYORALTY FIGHTS
Defeated in Saco and Bath by
Decisive Votes.

SAco, Me-. March 6.-Dr. Laura Black
Stickney. city physician, failed to-day to
realize her ambition to become the first
woman Mayor OF New England city.
As the nominee of the Republican party
in a normally Republican city. she was
defeated by Waited J. Gilpatrick. Demo-
crat, VINO served as Mayor In 1911.
Mr.. Gilpatrici has been spending the
winter in the South and did not come
home to campaign on his owr behalf.
The Democrat scarried nearly every
ward
Mrs. Lois T. McKiever. heading an
independent ticket, was defeated for
Mayor by one more than an even thou
sand votes by former Mayor Joseph Tor
rey in the annual city election at Bath.
The vote was 1899 to 33S.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
ALLEGED WIFE SLAYER
UNDER HEAVY GUARD
Kidnapping Tip Causes Frady's
Removal to Jail.

MIAMI, March 6.--Acting on a tip
that Edgar &. Frady. Chicago automo-
bile man, who is alleged to have shot
and killed his wife here week ago,
was to be kidnapped from the hospital
where he is recuperating from self-in-
hcted wounds and taken to Cuba aboard
a yacht, Sheriff Allen late to-day had
Frady removed to the county jail and
special guard placed about the building.
The Sheriff received information. lie
said that Chicago gunner had been
imported and that the plan only awaited
nightfall.
Immediately upon receiving the infor-
nation the Sheriff had Frady removed
to Jail. Two men armed with automatic
shotguns stood guard over him in the
jail tonight and an armed guard pa
trolled the grounds.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07

SHOT TAYLOR, WIFE
AVENGED, He SAYS
Part of Husbands Confession
in Letter Made Public by
Los Angeles Police.
CALLS 1T ACT OF JUSTICE
Long Missiye From Atlantic
CALLS IT ACT OF JUSTICE
Long Missive From Atlantic
City Bears Only Initials
High Film Man Involved.

Los ANGELES, March GA brief part
OF the ten page handwritten letter pur-
porting TO be a confession to the rlur-
der here February Of William Dermond
Taylor, film director. mailed to the Los
Angeles Police Department from At
lantic City February 81, and received in
this city March 4, was made public to-
night by David L. Adams, captain of
detectives. The part made public read /:
We South Americans always take
care of our women. We arc hot
headed and see that swift justice is
heted out to those who wrong us.
killed tho -. and even this Is
mild description of the man who.
hiding behind a polished manner won
the regard of many women, only to
cast them aside when tired Of them,
for q new plaything.
This is the only part of the document
which has been made public and the
only part to be read by other than Off
cials, Capt. Adams stated. He said that
a newspaper had been permitted to pho
'ograph the section quoted to make
comparison Of handwriting.
Detectives were busy to-day checking
statements contained in the confession"
from Atlantic City and in another letter
received by the police soon after the
Staying
The previous letter. it was said, and
the confession contained Identical state
naents as to persons, times and places
aad the former was considered from the
viewpoint of its apparent contribution to
the latter.
An examination by experts Of the At
Iantic City communication. which was
written upon the stationery of a well
known hotel there. proved 1t was not
written by Edward L. Sands. missing
former butler-secrctary to Taylor. 1t
was stated.
This confirmed previously an
nounced view of hte detectives they
said, as Sands so far as known. is not
married. while the confession, they
added, was made by husband They
stated that the letter said the mans
wife had first engaged in an affair
with Taylor, only to be "scorned' by
him later.
The confession, according to Can't.
Adams. was signed by initials only. He
declined to make these public, but it
was said they We're those of man who
previously had been considered by the
police in connection with the murder
and who occupied prominent place in
the motion picture industry.
ATLANTIC CITY. March 6.-Chief o1 Po-
ice Miller said tonight that his depart
n1ent had not been asked to investigate
the mailing of the alleged confession
Letter giving details of the murder OF
William =. Taylor. motion picture d.
rector slain at Los Angeles,
County Prosecutor Edmund G. Cas-
Kill ,Jr., and Postmaster William Louden-
elager said they were without informa-
tion regarding the letter.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
DIVORCE is GRANTED
TO MRS. ZELLA COREY
Woman in Case Guarded by
Court Decision.

Justice William p Platt OF the Su-
prenae Court In White Plains handed
down an orier yesterday granting an in
terlocutory decree Of divorce to Mrs.
Zella L. Corby against Robert l. Corpy,
secretary of the Fleischmann Yeast Com
pany and part owner of the Corby Bak-
ing Company of Washington.
Mrs. Corby was formerly Hiss Zelia
Elliott. She was married to Corby in
Washington on February 19, 1908. There
is nothing in the public records on file in
White Plains to identify the woman
named as correspondent. Justice Platts
order does not state the amount of ali
mony allowed.
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
Sea Serpent and the CT
Are One to the Record

w WASHINGTON, March e.
wv The legislative grind in
the House was halted to-
day to correct an error in the Con-
0reSsionGl Record which brought
q recollection OF summer resort
advertising in the dull seasons.
On page so and so OF the Rcc-
ord" said Representative Larham
CDem.. Tex). the complainant,
holding aloft a bound volume of
the Congressional daily, II am
made TO say that they have not
lost any Of the helium out OF the
sea serpent in any OF its flights. I
did not say sea serpent: l said CT,
which Is some different"
The New York herald., 1922-03-07
ONE SOLDIER MISSING
IN PLATTSBURG FIRE

PLArTsBURG. March 7.--Seven build
ings at the Plattsburgh Barracks were
destroyed by fire early this morning.
One hour after the flames were discov-
cred the fire department. assisted by
approximately 1000 soldiers, still was
the flames which at that time
the hospital
One soldier had been overcome by
smoke and another was reported TO be
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
ALL AMENDMENTS
HAVE PASSED
Fewer Elections Act Will Be First
Noted in Ball0ting Next Fall
Comptroller to be Elected.

The six amendments ratified by the
voters yesterday, will go into effect
rs follows:
The fewer elections amendment
goes into effect next fall, when a
Governor, House of Delegates and
other State officials are elected to
serve for three years. Only one
session will be held during their
term, that in 1924. In the fall of
1926 n Governor, State Senate, House
of Delegates and other State officials
will be elected for a full four-year
term. The Legislature will meet in
1927 and 1929.
Six-year officials elected in 1919
will serve seven years and their sue
cessors elected in 1926 will take Office
in December, 1927, and serve until
1880. In 1880 the amendment will be
completely in effect and six-year
officials elected then will serve their
full six years. Four-year officials
will have come under the new law for
full terms in 1926.
Comptroller Elected Next Fall.
The amendment lengthening the
term of the State Comptroller goes
into effect next fall, when one is
elected for three years. In 1926 a
Comptroller will be elected for the
full four-year term. The Legislature
of 1924 will appoint a State Treas
urer to serve for three years and the
body meeting in 1927 will appoint one
to serve for four years.
The amendment giving women
equal rights with men to hold politi-
cal office goes into effect at once, the
first election affected being the muni-
cipal election next spring.
The amendment giving Baltimore
increased representation in the House
of Delegates goes into effect next fall,
when a new House is elected. The
amendment adding to the city's rep
resentation in the State Senate goes
into effect in 1926, when new
Senate is elected.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
AGED RESIDENT OF
ATKINSON'S DEAD

Mrs. Mary Richardson, who died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Alice Townsend, near Eden, on Thurs
day, October Goth, was seventy-eight
years old. She was a native of At
kinson's District, and one of the old
est members Of Olivet Christian
Church. She is survived by daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alice Townsend, and by four
brothers: Sidney McGrath, of Girls
field; Stephen McGrath and Elijah
McGrath, of Salisbury; and Samuel
McGrath, of North Carolina.
Funeral services were conducted
by her pastor, Rev. II. E. Oldaker,
and she was laid to rest in Olivet
Churchyard.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
Little Red School Condemned
After Tests By State Board
OneRoom Institutions Found Deficient In Teaching Three
RS And Other Subjects 900 Children Are
Given Examination.

The standard adopted was the
reading ability of a median pupil in
a given grade in schools all over the
country. Officials define median
pupil as one whose performance is
such that half the pupils rank above
him in the test and the other half
below him.
Seventh grade tests in one and
two room schools showed median
pupils to be below standard for that
grade from half year to two years.
Tests in one-room schools in eight
counties showed that the median
seventh-grade child was one and a
half to three and third years below
standard, according to the depart
ment's report. The graded-school
pupil also fell below standard in
many counties, but in all cases the
figures place him well above the pupil
of the smaller school.
What the Figures Show
In one county the median point for
the seventh grade was TOT in graded
schools. In one-room schools it was
5.l4. In another county, in differ
ent section of the State, the marks
were GIG and 4.S5, respectively. The
lowest county gave a mark of 4.6O
for graded schools and 4.47 for one
room schools.
According to the departments re-
port, the three most important
factors in failure to meet the stand
ard are unframed teachers, lack Of
supervision and lack of sufficient pro-
vision of textbooks and aids to in
struction.
The department is following up the
tests with corrective methods.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
RED CROSS
ROLL CALL
Chairman And Committee Will Ask
People of Worcester To Give
To the Cause

The sixth annual enrolment of
members in the American National
Red Cross will take place November
11-30, 1922.
Although the American Red Cross
is national organization, it receives
its financial support and conducts the
major portion Of its work through its
Chapters, Branches and Auxiliaries.
The success of the annual enrolment
depends upon the success of the Roll
Call in each individual Chapter.
Let Worcester County be among
the first to respond to this call.
In speaking of the annual Red
Cross Roll Call recently in Pittsburg,
Judge Payne said, that: Membership
in the Red Cross is both privilege
and patriotic duty of American
citizenship. Congress created it as
the national and international agency
of the United States to meet all great
emergencies. The demands upon it
locally, nationally, and internation-
ally are persistent and insistent by
suffering peoples at home and
abroad.
"The Red Cross Roll Call is our an
nual call TO arms. Every member is
expected to stand at attention and
respond "ready" and to renew alleg-
lance to the army of service. Only
in this way can the work of the Red
Cross be done.
"There may be few communities
where the officers of Chapters do not
recognize their obligation and their
duty, but fail or neglect to have this
Roll Call. To members of the Red
Cross having the spirit of service this
is inconceivable, and is like a picket
sleeping at his post. That persons in
positions of leadership should stand
idle when there is so much to do,
CONTINUED ON PAGE q
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
BRUCE ELECTED BY 100000 GOIDSB0R0UGH SWEEPS SHOI
DEMOCRATS MAKE GREAT GAINS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
The Fruit Growers
Will Meet On 2lst

The Peninsula Horticultural Society
will hold its annual meeting in Dover,
November 2l-23. A fruit and vege-
table show will feature the meeting,
which will be attended by prominent
horticulturists.
Governor Denney of Delaware and
Governor Ritchie of Maryland will
make addresses.
Dean McCue, DIR. T. +. Manns and
DIR. J. f. Adams of the University of
Delaware will take up the various
fungus diseases which trouble the
orchards and vineyards and tell RENE
dies.
Professor Cory of Maryland will
talk about insect pests.
DR.. Thomas J. Headlee will show
what success New Jersey has had
in fighting pests that afilict fruit
trees.
II. Clay de Grange of Virginia will
tell how the practical orchard man
grows the finest fruit, and w. NJ.
Dickson will show how it is done in
Delaware.
Orlando Harrison will talk on
peach growing.
w. C. Newton will tell how to grow
strawberries in Sussex County.
NJ. f. Culver of Laurel, will talk
about sweet potatoes.
DR.. Gladwin, who has charge of the
experimental vineyard at Fredonia,
n. Y, will talk on grapes.
Professor Temple of Maryland will
tell what has been done to improve
seed stock.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
Samuel E. Gordy
Died Last Tuesday

Mr.. Samuel f. Gordy, for years a
member of the firm of r. f. Powell
e. Co., Salisbury, died last Tuesday.
He was well known in all sections of
Worcester County.
For the past week Mr.. Gordy had
been in poor health and death was
not entirely unexpected. Pneumonia
developed on Monday and death came
early Tuesday morning. Mr.. Gordy
is survived by two sisters, Mrs. II.
Lee Powell and Mrs. Robert +.
Powell, of Salisbury, by several
nieces and nephews: Miss Nancy NJ.
Gordy, Mr.. William S. Gordy, Jr., Mrs.
Daniel b. Cannon, of Salisbury, and
Mr.. Harry Powell, of Pennsylvania.
Among his grand-nephews are Gra-
ham Gunby, Jr., and Robert Cannon.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11

The little red school house, cele-
brated in song and story since the
big, highly organized institutions be-
gan to crowd il out of the field of
modern education, has been given a
hard blow by tests conducted by the
State Department of Education. Re-
suits of the tests were announced
Monday.
Praise of Earlier Day Blasted.
1t was for the soundnes of its in
struction in the "three RS" that the
educational temple of an earlier gen.
Grafton formerly was praised. And
it is in two of these same "three RS"
the tests indicate, that pupils of the
little red schoolhouse are lacking.
In every county in which direct
comparison of the one-room school
with the graded school of three more
rooms was possible, the pupils of the
smaller schools were found much
more deficient in reading tests, ac-
cording to the departments figures.
Similar results, officials of the de-
partment said, were obtained in
arithmetic tests.
$4,000 Children Examined.
Tests in silent reading-designed
to show understanding of the mater
ial read and speed attained in read
ing-were given to more than 10000
children in 10 counties of the State.
Supervisory stats in the counties and
the bureau of educational measure
ments Of the department cooperated
in the undertaking, which extended
over nearly two years.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-11-11
GASOLINE NEEDS OF 1928

1t is estimated that there will be
13,50O,0O0 gasoline engines in use in
1923. Figuring an average of APO
gallons of fuel year for each, the
petroleum industry will have to pro-
vide 5,67O,O0O,00O gallons of gasoline
during the twelve months beginning
January /. At the present rate of
one barrel of gasoline to four barrels
of crude, this would require a crude
oil production of 54O,000,0OO barrels.