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New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
$270,OOO Thief
Asks Chance to
Pay Back inFull
Former Employee of Bond
Company President Says
Relative L. 10 Blame for
DcfaIcalion in Securities
His Offer Not Accepted
Present Employer Urges
Lcnicncy and Will Help
in Making Restitution

Harry L. Gibncy. of tho llo."i Tou-
rainc Brooklyn, admitted before Judge
Grain in General Sessions yesterday
that he stole $27o,0oC from Sidney 7.
Mitchell, president of the Electric Bond
and Share Company. of II Broadway.
In making this admission nc asked for
a chance to pay the money back If
given the opportunity he will refund
every cent. he said.
The opinions Of Mr.. Mitchell. who is
his former employer. and S. j. Florcn
tine. president of the United Barber
Shops. Inc. who is his present en-
ployer, differ as to what should be done
about the case Mir. Mitchell thinks
that Gibncy should be sent TO prison
as an example to other dishonest en-
ployecs. but is willing to help him and
his family when his term expires Mr
Florentinc thinks Gibney should be
given chance IS convinced his en-
ployce viii pay the money bacl; and is
wiling TO boost Gihnoy's salary $l.n00
year to make restitution easier
Judge Grain remandcd Gibncy TO the
Tombs for sentence on January -.
Gibncy told the court that he was
sorry. He also said that he oidn' {
proilt from the theft and blamed the
detalcation upon q relative. He said in
his signed confession that this rcla
two had done away with securities be
longing to Mr.. Mitchell. and that he
was ready and willing TO prosecute the
relative. 1t was explained that the
money stolen by Gibney belonged TO
Mr.. Mitchell personally and not to the
Electric Bond and Share Company
Despite the fact that Mr. Mitchell eX-
pressed himself as being averse 10 al
lowing Gibney TO escape a prison SEN
tence. Mr.. Florentinc. in q letter to
Judge Grain urged that Gibney be
shown mercy if possible. He wrote
that lie had found Gibney's services as
assistant 10 him at $4,000 a year very
valuable. and If there is any possible
way for me TO retain Gibney in my en-
ploy | stand ready to increase his sal
airy to 50 900 a year nnw. with further
increases as the business Of the com ,
pany warrants, and in addition will
give him outright from my holdings a
block OF five thousand shares Of the
common stock Of the United Barber
Shops Inc"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Slayer of Cyclist
lnterr''pting SILK
Bandits Is Convicted
Ten Other Members of Band
Operating on Jersey High.
ways Await Trial Also
on Murder indictments
FroD, q stag Correspond,


NEWTON, \. j.. Ism Antonio
Iurcko. taxlcab driver OF Esston. Pa
was found guilty tonight o. murder in
the first degree by jury in the Su-
preme Court before Justice James T.
Minturn, Turcko was charged with
killing Albert Kosta 81 Cat Swamp.
\. j.. or June "a
Turcko and ten oiner men were IN
dlcted Tor the crime, which, Was perpe-
trated when kosta. on d motorcycle
surpri sed Turckc and his band robbine
an Essex Mills silk truck in the Passaic
Road near Cat Swamp.
The slayer, testifying in his own de-
tense IN the afternoon. denied having
been member Of the gang operating
on the day kosta was Killed. He had
been hired by them. he said, but had
not been aware that a robbery was
inte nded. He said he had paid 1000
to be smuggled to Italy or an Italian
ship. but that an officer Of the liner
had discovered him and delivered him
to the police.
State Senator Peter McGinnis.. of
Paterson, counsel for Turcko. moved
TO have stricken from the record all
testimony which referred to persons
other than Turcko in connection with
the robbery and the killing of Kosta.
Justice Minturn, in charging the
Jury, said that If the prisoner waa
found guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree there ought to be no recommen-
dation Of mercy. The jury deliberated
less than an hour.
Police precautions against a Jail de-
livery Of the ten other prisoners await
ing trial are maintained. More than
fifty policemen, including a squad Of
state police, are kept about the Jail
and courthouse. Trial Of the remain
ing prisoners Will begin within two
weeks.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Income Bureau
Probes Enright
Deal in Stock
Continued from page ont)

glad to do that. Mr. Ryan. and won't
YOU let me know when you want some
funds? Just come and tell me
about it,
"Mr. Ryan did not ask me for amy
FUNDS. He handled it himself and Just
put me in. Now, had | not won in the
matter | would have had to make up
the losses. and ! also have a right 10
take the gains. Why point is made
of this don't know-all | want is a
full explanation Of the transaction on
the record. To give out the false i'm
preston conveyed by the action of this
committee is unjust to Mr. Ryan and
to me-.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Bandits Seize $8.058 Pay Roll
Prom Cincinnati Measenaera

CINCINNATI. Jan 44-Two bandits
today heid up Office attaches OF the
Nash Tailoring COMPANY at the point
ef revolvers. robbed them OF the COM
oAny ps! ro'. amounting 20 $s.o5s and
escaped
The hold-up w~s staged on the eide
walk in front OF the colnpany's factory
Peter Grieschy and Mrs Clara Bow
man. employees Of the company. were
'ol.oved from She bank b. an auto
Mobile.
AS they stepped out o. thei, car the
robbers lcaped from their machine,
pressed revolvers sgainst them and
forced them to drop the bag containing
the money.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Gillespie Named Deputy
Commissioner of Police

William Gillespie. secretary 10 Pc
llce Comnli ssioner Enright. has beer
appointed Fifth Deputy Police Com
missioner, according TO All announce
ment made yesterday by Police Lieu
tenant William Buckley. attached TO
the commissioners office
Gillespie formerly was secretary Of
thc follce Department, leaving that
position to become secretary to the
Comm! sioner. He will fiji the place
lett vacant by Mrs. Ellen O'Grady. who
resigned some time ago because Of re-
sentiment against Commissioner En-
right. The position pays $4,000 wear.
My. Gillespie lives at 21l Beverly
Road, Brooklyn. Since the resignation
o1 MS. O'Grady her work has been at
tended to by Mrs. George w. Loft. who
vas appointed Special Deputy Police
serve.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Big Gun That Has No RecoiI
To Be Tested at Lieye Feh &

BRUSSELS. Jan. 24.-"Le Soir' saws
that experiments will begin at Lieee.
February s. with q new gun which. if
1t tultllls expectations, will have world
vide bearing on ordnance The inveu
ton IS that of a French engineer. De
iamare Maze, who will direct the tests.
lhere is no recoil when the gun is fired
consequently it is possible 10 eliminate
the brake and skid devices. It will have
the same power as other guns of its
SIZE, with only one-third of their weight
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
Miller Told Richmond
Backs Port Authority
Committee. However. Protests
Plan for Tunnel From Brook.
lvn to CreenvilIc. N. I.
Iroy, a SfoN Co,.,.c.,,o-,y

ALBANY. Jan. 24.-Governor N;l1a,
to-day received a committee of Staten
Island residents. who asked him to on
pose the Port Authority's plan for the
construction Of q tunnel between
Brooklyn and Greenville, n. J. The
committee favors a tunnel between
Staten Island and New Jersey and an
other which would connect Staten
lslnnd ,n with Brooklyn at Bay Ridge.
>, Inc committee. headed bv forma,
Borough President George CROMWELL
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25

that the shooting followed an attack
on him by Coicoran
Grubb's testimony Followed that of
Mrs. Grubb. who reversed statements
she made in the District Attorneys
office which resulted in Grubb's indct-
ment for murder. She testified that
Corcoran had urged her to leave Grubb
and go With HIM but that she refused.
She SAID Corcoran then offered to Kill
Glubb
Grubbs story Of the shooting was
that ii took place in Sixteenth Street
after Ne had ordered Corcoran from
his house. Corcoran rushed at him
armed with a revolver and threatening
TO Kill him, he said. He drew his own
revolver and fred two shots. Corcoran
fell.
The trial will uroceed ,o.dov
New-York tribune., 1922-01-25
ADVERTISEMENT
And Nou-
A School of Reto;,:.

~. n a commit committee n of the Nss'' aso
,1,,' pu6''e Accountants called f''sd ed
Henry l.l,.1, M MaccrackeSn''' D.. uTI
asked :, his cooperation in ' al, and
tlsh'ng fa1 ny: a school to train IS'sS, m4s
&c for the accounting profesa'e a men
ne = consented. Our orsss s's'on.
Sch School OF Commerce, Aeeo'ssa,tt p'sSsat
OF this pioneer coopersts,'o" s'o"fh
tween business men a,,s ,o'' be-
University. "u The
No one then forcsaw III. :.
1mendous +. d evclopmen1t 1 as- ,s
school 0, would have From me me
small beginning. with 4'' ;ts ,'.la that
handful Of students speciaI''' nlas
ing IN accountancy. it has rNs.a.'z'
and widened its scope uSt;' StT"a :,
is today the largest profess;n.'''' s,';r' Il
school Of university gr.da sS'o'lsl
the country. N'' N
Its 5000 students still includ.
many preparing FIR '"oc
ancy. but j large proportion nD,'', ~.
now specializing in advertis;ngs. ~
management, finance ;o''s "s.ng'
Ism and I variety Of other b,si. 'e'
ness fields. From it has srr' r"s'.
a Graduate School Of Rus;'. p; my
Administration for the al
vanced training OF co,1es.
graduates.
1 am reminded Of this hlstor,
by the addition to our family i
still another school. now the.
years old. the School Of Retail.
ing. This has come abou.
through the cooperation ..
business men, representing ths
department stores and other rs-
tan establishments Of this city
Twenty one Of these gre.,
stores in and near New YORK
have now made this direct con.
nection With the University.
During the present year th;rtv.
seven college graduates, repre-
senting the University Of Wis.
consin, Colgate, Smith, the Ur;.
versity Of Michigan and other
American colleges and univer.
sites. are each morning pursu.
ing their studies in retailing ir
our classroors. and in ths
afternoon Of the same day ar.
receiving practical experieucs
IN the various operations Of the
stores themselves.
The dovetailing Of theory and
practice is finely exempliisi
here. An experienced c.
ordinator" links together the
students experience in ths
store and the teaching of The
Through this unique training
the stores will be able to recruit
men and women of outstanding
character and ability to aid in
the efficient performance Of the
essential processes of retailing
No one can predict the future
history of this new school. bu-
we may feel confident that i
will become another of the in.
Huent1al ways in which New
York University is contribut-
ing to the growth and progress
Of the City of New York.
~ssl4+.v4xeA4-,.
Chancellor,
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apple Of today and you viii naturally
ask why the difference. Easily an
swered because the scientific man has
made it possible to control certain
diseases Of the peach and the apple
10y the use Of a spray ked out by
many years Of experimentation. The
plant pathologist Of today is making
as much progress in controlling the
disease Of our plants as the physician
is making progress in controlling and
preventing the disease with the hu-
man family.
Let US pass on and briefly state
what has been accomplished in the de-
velopment Of our animal husbandry.
Twenty years ago the annual death
rate in hogs from hog cholera in the
UnitedStates was from 6 to 25 per-
cent-the financial loss for the Unit
ed States in certain wears amounted
to hundred millions of dollars. The
scientific man perfected serum and
virus that has practically made it pos
sible to control this disease. Like
wise tick fever and black leg can be
CONTINUED on Page g.
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of ;he void and as result of their
explorations they have introduced
new crops that have proved Of tre-
mendous value. The Introduction OF
Durham wheat from SIBERIA has made
it possible for Us to manufacture our
maccaroni, heretofore imported from
Italy. They have introduced katlr
corn. Milo and Federita, and by SO
doing have made farming possible on
millions of acres of land IN the semi
arid West, where, without these new
introductions, the country would be
uninhabited How many Of our far
mers in South Carolina realize that
many Of the clovers and alfalfas that
they annually seed were introduced
from France, Germany and Russia?
That Sudan grass. that is growing
with US in popular favor, is foreign
importation? Our idea Of soil fertil-
ity has been entirely revolutloniZed
by the introduction Of pract!c ally all
our legum;nous crops except cowpeas.
Such for instance as SOY beans, velvet
beans, the clovers, the vetches. etc.
The discovery of the little bacteria
that gathers nitrogen from the aid
constitutes new source Of wealth
that Will last as long as the world
stands. How many Of us when en-
ioying our morning juicy grape fruit
give a thought to the scientific man
who patiently labored to bring forth
this delicious appetizer? How many
Of Ii; realize that the man who intro
duced the improved variety of figs,
prunes and dates rode on the back of
camel hundreds Of miles in the des-
erts of the Far East Take your mind
back for twenty years and recall the
character of fruit then offered you,
especially the peach and the apple.
They were smlal, wormy, knotty, and
compare them with the peach and the
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is justi1iable; 25 percent o. cur geo
pie are now producing he necessary
food supply and raw material for our
clothing along with a surplus of each
for export. If this movement assumes
any proportions the natural result
would be that the profit from the pro-
duction and sale Of farm products
would be greatly diminished. The on
" alternative is revolutionary reduc-
ton in farm living standards or this
vanishing return to agriculture would
manifest itself in the exodus and the
further increase Of tenantry, so let
us desist from this cheap talk of back
to the farm and let US recognize that
our great rural problem grows out Of
the fact that )! percent of our cultl-
waited lands are in the hands Of an
ignorant, shiftlesS class. We in the
South, in South Carolina, if you
please. fully realize that a prosper
Gus, intelligent and contented rural
population is therefore essential to
our national perpetuity. The worlds
experience has shown that the best
way to secure this IS to encourage the
division of all the lands into small
farms, each owned and operated by
one family.
We know the worlds most impor-
tant school is the home with the farm.
We know this philosophy TO be true,
yet, how are we to bring it about with
ST percent Of our cultivated lands in
the hands of this shiftless class. Shall
we encourage them to buy our lands
and endeavor to imnress upon them
that there is a dignity in residing
upon a farm with a fertile soil, mod
ern buildings and an environment of
education? Do We believe that they
will ever be able to develop that
ideal country life so beautifully pic
tured by DR.. Knapp when he said;
''Let it be the high privilege of this
great and free people to establish
a republic where rural pride is equal
to civic pride, whore men of the most
refined taste and culture select the
rural villa, and where the wealth that
comes from the soil finds its great
est return in developing and perfect
ing that great domain of nature
which God has given to US an ever
lasting estate"
The basis of all civilization is the
ownership of land. If we are not
willing to sell them our lands, then
to whom are We going to sell? Are
we going to drift approaching the
fact that in 1910 they owned and
of our farm lands to the
value of S92,0O0,0O0.00 (ninety-two
million dollars, ard in 1920 $297,-
O0U, ,UUU.UU 1.-TWO hundred and ninety
seven million dollars). We can't be
readjusted. The boil weevil problem
is largely an economic problem.
There is no certain method of con-
troll. Under old conditions the grow
ing of cotton was a fool-proof oper-
alton. Under boil weevil conditions
the growing of cotton becomes
highly specialized undertaking. The
doleless, thriftless farmers
day is over. The large landed es-
tates are in very great danger, COM
prising as they do the 81 percent of
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shall discuss first what / consid-
er our largest and most perplexing
agricultural problem which has been
greatly magnifed; and made more
acute by the presence of the weevil;
namely, the fact that ST percent of
our cultivated lands are in the hands
of an ignorant and shiftless class.
Second, l shall point out briefly some
of the achievements within the last
thirty years Of the scientific man in
solving the many problems of agri-
culture, that at this time of our per-
plexity and bewilderment are making
it not only possible but assure Us
that in reasonable time our agri-
culture will be on broader and firm
er basis for we will have gotten away
from the one-crop system that limits
knowledge, narrows citizenship and
does not foster home building, for
we should remember that the key
stone of American civilization is the
home. Third, shall undertake to
show briefly how we have within the
past thirty years been growing more
and more in sympathy with agricul-
ture through legislative enactment.
In conclusion, | shall comment upon
the potential agricultural power of
South Carolina.
Back to the Farm Movement and the
Increase of Tenantry
Up to the last 25 years or possibly
longer, the minds of the American
people were largely directed to the
development of the country along in
dustrial, manufacturing and CONNER
cial lines. Little thought was given
to agriculture other than to reap, to
cook and to weave The problems
involved in agriculture were not con-
sidered of sufficient value and impor
tance to warrant the scientific study
of the scientists nor was there hope
of profitable reward sufficient to in
terest the capitalists; and the legis-
lator made no effort to study and in
yestigate and ascertain if there was
such thing in existence as a rural
problem, either of production or &C.
onomics. Notwithstanding that, even
at so late a date as 1880, when 70
percent of our people lived in the
country and 80 percent in the towns
and cities,it then required the efforts
of these 70 percent to produce the
necessary food and raiment to feed
and cIothe the population Of this
country. AS an evidence of the great
progress tat has been made IN ag-
riculture, 25 per cent o. the people
are now producing on the farm ro,e
than sufficient food for our consump-
tion and use.
In this connection it is interesting
to note upon what basis the much
discussed movement back to the farm
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-11
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

I will make final settlement of
the estate of W. Grady Bedenbaugh
in the Probate Court for Newberry
County, S. c., on Friday, the 28th
day of July, 1922, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon and will Immediately
thereafter ask for my discharge as
Guardian of said estate
NANCY a. BEDENBAUGH,
Guardian.
New'oerry, S. c.
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signed, and those indebted to said
estate Will please make payment ike
wise.
LEE AVERY PROPES,
Administrator.
Newberry, S. c.
June 18th, 1922.
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
| viii make final settlement of
the estate of Maggie Propes in the
Probate Court for Newberry County,
S. c., on Friday, the 2lst day of
July, 1922, at 10 o'clock in the fore
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-11
The Contributions of Scientific Men
to Agriculture Within the Last
25 Years

There are no pages in American
history Of achievements thai stand
out more briiii iantly thsu those that
record the contributions of our scien-
tifc men within the last thirty years
to our agriculture, and yet those men
are today pointed to as being imprac-
teal, visionary, and peculiar. and
science itself referred to as be!n"
something beyond the understanding
of the average man, and as you know
and | know that the very meaning OF
the word is the application Of COM
mon sense. The tremendous adj
vancement Of American agriculture is
largely due to the unselhsh service Of
the men of the laboratories and ex-
pertinent fields. Let me call to your
mind few of the results of their Ia
Dor that come into the daily life OF
every successful farmer. They de-
veloped oy plant breeding, new vari-
eties OF practically all crops grown on
farms, especially adapted to specific
conditions. They developed by plant
breeding crops that can be grown
successfully on disease infested
lands. They have explored all parts
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-07-11
ADDRESS OF DR.. LONG BE-
FORE PRESS ASSOCIATION

Following is the address delivered
by W. w. Long, director of extension
of Clemson college and United States
department of agriculture, before the
Press association of South Carolina
at its recent meeting at Myrtle
Beach on June %:
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our cultivated lands that are rontroil-
ed by this sh;ttiess class.
The answer that the normal eXoaus
to the North will take care Of the sit
uation, grant that eventually this
viii be true, bat the presence Of the
boil weevll mas precipitated a condi-
ton that is acute. We can not af-
ford to have 81 percent Of our cul-
tivated lands iessened in value by
improbable returns and thus tre-
mendously weaken orr entire agri-
cultural structure.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-07-06
LIBRARIAN MADE GOOD GUESS
MystIfed at First He Finally Real
lzed Just What Volume the Lady
Was Looking For.

The recent death Of John Kendrick
Bangs has recalled an incident that
happened recently In one Of the branch
libraries. A woman entered one eve
ming just before closing time and after
wandering almlessly about without
finding anything that seemed to please
her, finally came TO the desk to CON
suit the librarian concerning her need
She said that friend of hers had rec
commended book as being especially
good, and would the librarian please
tell her where II was kept. The name
Of the book, she said, was "The House
Built on the Sticks"
The librarian looked puzzled. Visions
of certain Biblical references to houses
built on the sands came to mind, but
this one was unfamiliar to her, so she
set about questioning the woman to
find out more about 1t. No, the woman
dent know what 1t was about, but
she did remember the authors name.
Bangs. Immediately there came an H.
Eliminating idea, and the librarian
went to the shelf and took down Bangs
"Houseboat on the Styx," and sent a
satisfied patron home to enjoy her
newly found treasure.-Indianapo
News.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-07-06
ODD PLEAS MADE TO JUDGE
Defendants In Berlin Court Evidently
Were Not Of the Ordinary Type
Of Malefactors.

A strange request has been made in
Berlin court by q blacksmith, Paul
Walter who has been passing himself
Off In Berlin as Prince Pless. He and
four friends were on trial for burglary
and the blacksmith demanded:
II request that l be condemned to
death; II not, then send me to prison
for life, so that shall be rendered
harmless 10 society"
When the surprised judge said he
could not grant such a request Walter
said:
swell then. put me under police su-
pervislon for 20 years and I think you
will see l won't do anything wrong
again, but will reform myself. II l
don't, then sentence me to death next
time"
The Judge sentenced him to prison
for 1S months and passed sentences
varying from three months to two and
half years on the others. All the
prisoners then thanked the judge, and
the blacksmith added that he and his
friends gladly accepted the sentence.
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