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The New York herald., 1922-02-07
BUILT TEIEATER WHICH FELL
KILLING z, LIKE card HOUSE,
Steel Contractor Admits Using System of Child in New
American in Brooklyn-Undersized Bolts Used
Buckled Trusses in Roof Retained, He Tells Judge.

When James Cavanaugh of Plucham
& CavanauSh. who erected the steel
work 90 the new American Theater. a
moving picture house which collapsed in
Brooklyn. was on the stand yesterday
District Attorney Rus,on said 10 him;
You just put up this building as a
child would stack house of cards. In
other words, you put things together
where you found they would fit, didn't
you?"
Yes, sir" replied Ca~anaugh, some
what puzzled.
Previously Cavanaugh testified that
in certain phases of the steel work he
used bolts three-qua rters of an inch in
diameter. Mr.. Rustog pointed out that
the plans called for fffteen-sixteenths OF
an inch bolts. Cavansugh answered he
never measured the holes.
At another point Mr.. Ruston asked the
witness from whom he took his orders.
He replied he followed plans given to
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him by Joseph Gaydica of the Gaydica
Iron Works.
well. isn't II a fact you just went
along in a haphazard way?" asked the
District Attorney.
Yes. sir" was the reply.
Cavanaugh said he had done steel
work on several other Brooklyn film
houses for Gaydica, who supplied the
steel.
WAS the work on those buildings
carried out in the same haphazard
manner It was in this theater?" asked
Chief Magistrate McAdoo
Yes replied Cavanaugh.
'Cavanaugh testified that one of the
steel transverse trusses used to support
the weight OF the roof "buckled' while
being hoisted into position.
The hearing. which is being held TO
determine the responsibility for the col
lapse of the theater, in which seven
worlImen were killed, will be continued
az IL A. NJ. February IS.
The New York herald., 1922-02-07
BEGINS INQUIRYIN
MRS. BROOKS'S CASE
Former Gov. Whitman Says
Her Trial Will Depend on
Evidence Uncovered.

That Mrs. Lucille Emma Brooks, who
originally escaped prosecution on tech
nicality. may yet be brought TO trial In
connection with the murder of Police
Lieut.. Floyd Horton in December. 1920.
was indicated yesterday by Charles S.
Whitman. who was appointed last Fri
day by Gov Miller to condict Grand
Jury investigation into the case.
"I haven't had time to go into che
case thoroughly" said Mr.. Whitman
yesterday. but my 'curbstone' opinion If
that. except in cases OF conspiracy. such
as violating the Donnelly Antitrust act,
testimony before the Grand Jury does
not confer immunity. If Mrs. Brooks's
testimony did not tend to incriminate
or degrade her it is my offhand opinion
that she may be subject to indictment
and trial, provided there are sufficient
grounds. legally, for so doing"
Mr.. Whitman said he wished it to be
made very clear that his appointment
as a special investigator was made at
the request of District Attorney Joab
n. Banton. who had formerly repre-
sented the woman as counsel.
Mr.. Banton said yesterday that he
and Mr.. Whitman had arranged over
the telephone for a conference to-day
when all papers and information in the
case will be turned over to Mr.. Whit
man. 1t is not likely that any actual
inquiry will be commenced for a week,
as Mr.. Whitman will be otherwise en-
gagged for that length Of time.
Nicholas Laresche was convicted of
second degree murder in the killing of
Horton and is now serving a twenty
years to life imprisonment in Sing Sing.
1t was alleged that Mrs. Brooks was In
the automobile at the time the police
officer was shot, but was never indicted.
At the time of Laresche's trial Mr..
Banton. as counsel for the woman. had
her appear before the Grand Jury and
refuse to waive immunity. To find out
whether this testimony grants her inn
munity will be the chief work of the
investigation.
The New York herald., 1922-02-07
Tile Failing From Fifteenth Floor
Kills Man in Riuerside Driue

One man was killed and another was
injured yesterday when a section OF
terra Gotta coping fell from scaffold-
ing at the fifteenth floor OF on apart
ment house being built at Riverside
Drive and Ninetieth street. August
Ekerland. 26. OF 35i West Forty-ninth
street, was standing on a wooden plat
form over the street on the Drive side
OF the building when the coping fell
He was killed instantly.
Probably hundred or more persons
were walking up and down the Drive
at the time. most OF them being nurse
maids pushing baby carriages. The
The New York herald., 1922-02-07
ESSENCE OF GIN KILLS
TWO NEWARK NEGROES
Three Others Are in a Critical
Condition.

Two negroes are dead I'm Newark and
three others in a critical condition in
Newark City Hospital after drinking a
liquo rl<nown as essence Of gin" The
police were told the liquor had been
purchased at a saloon in Broome street.
Newark.
The two who died after drinking the
gin are Minnie German and Charles
Ferguson. Bessie Moon, Robert Patter-
son and Hattie Odoms. all of Newark,
are in the hospital
bottle. half full OF the liquor was
found In the room of Ferguson, and n
chemical analysis will be made to-day
to determine what poisonous ingredient
it contains
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piece Of coping was about four times
the size of an ordinary brick. but IL
MT one OF the cross beams OF the plat
form and did not 20 through 10 tho
street. It broke as II landed on tho
platform and piece that bounded back
hit William Mcdowell. 81, OF 1881 SUM-
nit avenue, Jersey city. on the head.
inflicting a scalp wound
Ekcrland was employed by the Nine
teth Street Realty Company. which Is
erecting the building. He was putting
elevators I'm the building and had Just
left Toulouse on the platform when
the coping fclled him \ physician at
tended Mcdowell ard he went home.
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FATHER, SCALDED, DIES;
2 CHILDREN RECOVER
Mother Held Prisoner in Hot
Water Attack.

Harry Mldado. 32. Of % Harvard
Court. Brighton Beach who was scaded
with boiling water by his wife. Tile
Mildado. n week ago Friday. died last
night In Coney Island Hospital. Her.
bert, Z, and Mildred, 8. their children,
also scalded by the mother. arc recover
ing
Mrs. Mildado is a prisoner In the hos
ptal recovering from burns received
from spilling some OF the hot water on
herself She was held without bail when
Magistrate Speers learned that even II
her husband survived he would be per-
manently blind. She will he arraigned
to-day
The New York herald., 1922-02-07
STIRS LEGION AGAINST
UNLAWFUL DRY RAID
Senator Reed Counsels Force
Where Warrants Are Absent.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 6.-Senator Reed OF
Missouri in an address here to-day be-
fore Joint meeting of two local posts
OF the American Legion advised the
former soldiers to resist any invasions
Of their homes by prohibition officers
or other officials IL the officials are not
armed with search warrants.
He predicted the ex-soldiers would
eventually win the fight for adjusted
compensation.
Senator Reed admonished his hearers
10 be watchful of men chosen to public
offices and asserted the seating of SEN
ator Newberry was an example of what
happens when vigilance is relaxed.
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SENTENCES DRUG DEALERS.

Judge Knox in the Federal District
Court yesterday sentenced Emanuel
1.usco, Giovanni Cepollaro and Giuseppe
Gancia. who were found guilty OF traf-
hcking in habit forming drugs in viola
tion Of the Harrison law 20 three years
each in the Federal penltentiary at At
lanta.
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9& Numvuh
Store Hours: 8 to $50
Telephone: Stuyvesant 400
Furniture Problems are Being Happily Solve
in the February Sale


People come from the city and from the coun-
try from avenue home flat and cottage. And all
find what is wanted-GOOD furniture at lowest
prices.
Old homes are being done over New homes
being prepared for. The only thing anyone
has to decide at Wanamaker's is-whch style shall
/ choose?
The question of quality has been settled. We
guarantee it.
The question of price is settled-it is the
LOWEST for which such good furniture can be
bought-far lower than it will be in March.
Thousands of pieces to pick from.
All 10 to so per cent reduced.
No such Uariety anylUlaere else.
No such saUings anylUl,ere else.
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New Building
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.nickerbocker Suits
for girls Of 6 to II
LIE dernier cri in sports
costumes for the young
girl.
Tweed and Jersey
The slip-on coat dress is Sc
verely tailored and laces at the
throat. The knickerbockers are
cut amply full, and are finished
with fitted, tailored cuffs.
In lovely shades
Green, brown or gray tweed
at $17.50.
Henna, brown or navy blue
jersey at $3.50.
Separate knickerbockers of
gray or green tweed, $3.50; Of
brown corduroy, $3.50.
Second Floor, Old Building
, 1922-05-22
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES;
cHRISTIANSTED SUBJUDIGIAL DISTRICT:
IN PROBATE SITTING.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF lima WILHELMENA NIELSEN,
DECEASED.
Administration Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given by ALFRED
~ NIELSEN, administrator of the above
entitled Estate, having filed in the Dis
trict Court Of the Virgin Islands of the
United States. Cbristiansted S~ub-Judicial
District, his Final Account Of said Es-
tate. the hearing of same has been fixed
on the Goth day of May, A. D., 1922,
at 10 o'clock of that day at the office of
the Judge of said court, in the town of
Christiansted, Island Of st. Croix, and
all persons interested are hereby notified
then and there to appear and show
cause, if they have, why the said az
count should not be allowed, the Es:a e
declared settled and the undersigned dis
charged from his said office.
Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.U.S.A..
the 29th day of April, A. D.. 1922.
ALFRED NIELSEN,
Ada illustrator.
, 1922-05-22

l. Executive OrCer No. 10-1920 is
hereby amended, and the instructions
contained therein shall be superseded
by the instructions contained in this
order.
2. In the future all persons discharged
from Richmond Penitentiary who have
served for a period of six months will be
furnished with the clothing in which
they appeared at the time of confinement
and not over Francs Is in cash, which
sum-, depe nding on the circumstances
and in the discretion of the Director Of
Police-may be reduced, but not below
the sum of Francs 5.
3. Persons discharged from Richmond
Penitentiary who are natives of st. CrolX
will not be returned to St. Thomas at
Governments expense, but natives OF
St. Thomas, when convicted in st.
Thomas, will be furnished with return
transportation at the expiration OF their
sentences.
4. The expenses incurred by para
graph 2 and 3 hereof shall be paid from
Maintenance" Police Department.
5. Payments shall be made by check
from the Despatching Secretary's Office
upon voucher signed by the person being
discharged and approved by the Director
of Police.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Government of the Virgin Islands of the
United States this twelfth day of May
nineteen hundred and twenty two.
SUMNER E. w. KITTELLE,
Governor.
, 1922-05-22
Notice To Creditors.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF
DANIEL E. HENRIQUEZ DECEASED.

IT is hereby made known that the draft
for distribution (Repartition) of the
above-entitled estate is now on file in the
Office of the Clerk of the District Court,
where all parties concerned may inspect
the same and file any exceptions they
may have thereto, if they so desire.
And it is further made known that a
hearing on said draft for distribution
will be held in Chambers, at Frederik-
sted, at ten O'Clock A. M. on Wednesday,
the 31St day of May, 1922.
j. F. HENRY.
Clerk District Court.
, 1922-05-22
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED
STATES. SUB-JUDlCIAL DISTRICT
OF CHRISTIANSTED.
Notice To Creditors.
IN THE MATTER OF The ESTATE
OF JAMES GIDDINGS DECEASED.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
signed was IN the 21st day of April
1922. duly appointed administrators
of the above named estate. All persons
having claims against JAMES GID
DINGS, deceased, are hereby required to
present their claims, with proper vouch-
ers, within six months from the date of
this first publication, namely 25th April,
1922, to the undersigned administrators
or her attorney at No. II Church Street
in Chr~istiansted, St. CrOix.
SUSANNAH GIDDINGS,
Administrative,
D. HAMILTON JACKSON.
Attorney.
, 1922-05-22

ID persons are warned against tres
passing on the Estates Longford,
Castle Nugert, The Springs and La
Pres Valois, under penalty of the law.
Shooting and hunting is strictly pro-
hibited and all and every one, found on
the properties with firearms will be dealt
with according to law.
Christiansted, St. Ccoix, May 9th 1922.
A. E. STAKEMANN,
Administrator offs. Jorgensen' and
W1doW's estate.
, 1922-05-22

ANY Individual. Firm or Corporation
"A having any claims against the firm of
RAMSAY COOGAN & co, INC.
AND AGAINST
Mr.. THOS. RAMSAY
are hereby politely requested to render
their claims to the undersigned within
three weeks from date for settlement.
Parties indebted to US are likewise re-
spectfully requested to make immediate
settlement. All accounts not paid by
JUNE 18th a C. will be handed to our
attorneys for collection.
Frederiksted, st. Croix, V l., u. S. A,
May 18th 1922.
RAMSAY COOGAN & CO., INC.
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Of course she had noticed agitation in
him. And he had intended to tell her
or, rather, her father He had been
rehearsing to himself the description
of the man he had met there i'm order
TO ask Sheriff. about him; but now
Alan knew that he was not going to
refer the matter even to Sheriff. lust
yet.
Sheriff. had believed that BENJAMIN
Corvet's disappearance was from cir
cumstances too personal and intimate
TO be made a subject of public inquiry !:
and what Alan had encountered in
Corvees house had confirmed that he
lief. Sheriff. further had said that
Benjamin Corvet, If he had wished
Sheriff. to know those circumstances
would have told them to him: but Cor
vet had not done that; instead. he had
sent for Alan. his son. He had given
his son his confidence.
Sheriff. had admitted that he was
Withholding from Alan, for the time
being. something that he knew about
Benjamin COrvet; 1t was nothing. he
had said, which would help Alan to
learn about his father, or what had
become of him; but perhaps Sheriff.,
Dat knowing these other things, could
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Two Centuries Aoo Recalled.

One hundred and twenty years ago
there were not only country towns in
England, but people who inhabited
them. We were very much more gre
garious; we were amused by very SIM
pie pleasures. Every town had its
fair, every village its wake. The old
poets have sung hundred jolly ditties
about great cudgeI-playings, famous
grinning through horse collars, may
pole meetings, and morris dances.
Dancing bears went about the country
with pipe and tabor. Certain well.
known tunes were sung all over the
land for hundreds of years. and high
and low rejoiced In that simple music.
William Makepeace Thackeray.
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1.-The transfer of Mr.. Corvet's prop
critics to me for you," he said sudden
~, includes, as you have seen, Cor
vets interest in the firm of 'Coryet,
Sheriff. & Spearman.' 1 went very
carefully through the deeds and trans
fers in the deposit box, and it was
plain that, while he had taken great
care with the forms of transfer for all
the properties, he had taken particular
pains with whatever related to his
holdings in this company and to his
shipping interests. If make over the
properties to you, Alan, shall begin
with those; for 1t seems to me that
your father was particularly anxious
that you should take a personal as
well as financial place among the
men who control the traffic of the
lakes. l have told Spearman that this
is my intention. He has not been able
to see 1t my way as yet; but he may
change his views, think, after meet
ing you."
Sheriff. got up. Alan arose little
unsteadily. The list of properties he
had read and the letter and Sherrill's
statement portended so much that it's
meaning could not all come to him at
once. He followed Sheriff. through a
short private corridor, lanked with
files lettered "Corvet, Sheriff., and
Spearman," into the large room he had
seen when he came in with Constance.
They crossed this, and Sheriff., with
out knocking, opened the door of the
office marked, "Mr Spearman." Alan,
looking Oh past Sheriff. as the door
opened, saw that there were some half
dozen men in the room, smoking and
talking. His gaze went swiftly on past
these men to the one who, half seated
on the top of the flat desk, had been
talking to them; and his pulse closed
upon his heart with a shock; he start
ed, choked with astonishment, then
swiftly forced himself under control.
For this was the man whom he had
met and whom he had fought in Ben
jamin Corvet's house the night before
the big man surprised in his BIAS
phemy of Corvet and of souls Sin h-l'
who, at sight of an apparition with a
bullet hole above its eye, had cried out
in his fright, you got Benz But you
Won't get me-d-n you! DIN you ~
Alan's shoulders drew up slightly,
md the muscles of his hands tight
ened, as Sheriff. led him to this man.
Sheriff. put his hand on the mans
shoulder; his other hand was still on
Alan's arm.
Henry" he said to the man, "this
is Alan Conrad. Alan, 1 want you to
know my partner, Mr.. Spearman."
Spearman nodded an acknowledge
ment, but did not put out his hand !;
his eyes-steady, bold, watchful eyes
seemed measuring Alan attentively |;
and in return Alan, with his gaze, was
measuring him.
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Comfort Baby's Skin
With Cuticura Soap
land Fragrant Talcum
So.p 2sc oi.,meat Is and sac T.Ieum ase
HAD FORGOTTEN HIS LINES
And Bridesroom's Explanation Only
Added to the ludicrousness of
the Situation.

A widower in Pennsylvania town.
no longer young man, gave the
clergyman good deal of trouble by
his stupidity on the occasion of his
second marriage. He seemed to be
possessed by some spirit of con-
trariety.
When told to give his right hand
he gave his left. When the minister
said: "Say this after me-" he Inn
mediately replied: Say this after
me-" Then, when the words he was
to repeat were given, he was stolidly
silent.
At last he seemed to be aware that
the minister was somewhat dis
turbed, and in the middle of the
service he upset the reverend gen.
tleman's gravity by volunteering
this apology:
"You see, sir, it's so long since i
was married before that you must
excuse my getting these things
mixed"
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Giant Snrinu.

Not far from the town of Twin
Falls, in Idaho, is a spring that runs
a big electrical plant. 1t is called the
Thousand Spring, and there is moth
ing like it to be found anywhere else
in the world. What a tremendous
spring it is may be judged from the
fact that it delivers almost 1000 cubic
feet of water a second-enough water
to supply all the needs of the city of
New York! 1t flows out of a lava
cliff at considerable height, like the
waterfall of a stream, and furnishes
power which, converted into cleo
tricity, is distributed for lighting and
other purposes over an extensive area
Philadelphia Ledger.
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CHAPTER VII.
Mr.. corvet's Partner.

The instant of meeting, when Alan
recognized in Sherrills partner, the
man with whom he had fought in Cor
vets house, was one of swift readjust-
ment of all his thOught-adjustment
to a situation of which he could not
even have dreamed, and which left
him breathless. But for Spearman,
obviously, it was not that. Following
his noncommittal nod of acknowledge
ment of Sherrill's introduction and his
first steady scrutiny of Alan, the big,
handsome man swung himself off from
the desk on which he sat and leaned
against it, facing them more directly.
"Oh, yes-Conrad," he said. His
tone was hearty; in it Alan could rec
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CHAPTER vi.
The Deed in Trust.

Memory, if Alan could call it that,
had given him feeling for ships and
for the lake. But these recoilections
were only what those of a three-years'
child might have been. Not only did
they refuse to connect themselves with
anything else, but by the very finality
of their isolation, they warned him
that they-and perhaps few more
vague memories of similar sort-were
all that recollection ever would give
him. He caught himself together and
turned his thoughts to the approach
ing visit to Sherrill-and his fathers
offices. He had accepted Constance
Sherrill's invitation to drive him
downtown to his destination.
Observing the towering buildings to
his right, he was able to identify some
of the more prominent structures. IA
miliar from photographs Of the city.
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CHAPTER V.-Continued.

Alan took up his hat and looked
about the house; he was going to re-
turn and sleep here, of course; he WIS
not going to leave the house unguard-
ed for any long time after this, but,
after what had just happened, he felt
he could leave 1t safely for half an
hour, particularly if he left a light
burning within.
He did this and stepped over to the
Sherrills'. The man who answered his
ring recognized him at once and ad-
mitted him; in reply to Alan's ques-
ton, the servant said that Mr.. Sheriff.
had not yet returned. When Alan
went to his room, the valet appeared
x.and, finding that Alan was packing,
sthe--man offered his service. Alan let
him pack and went downstairs; mo-
tor had just driven up to the house.
1t proved to have brought Constance
and her mother; Mrs. Sheriff., after
informing Alan that Mr.. Sheriff. might
not return until some time later, went
upstairs and did not appear again.
Constance followed her mother but,
ten minutes later, came downstairs.
You're not staying here tonight?"
she asked.
Il wanted to say to your father"
Alan explained, that 1 believe l had
better go over To the other house."
Are you taking any one with you?"
she inquired.
Amy oHe?'
"a servant, / mean"
mo"
= "Then you'll let us lend you a man
from here
You're awfully good; but I don't
think I'll need anyone tonight. Mr..
Coryet's-my fathers man-is coming
back tomorrow. / understand. I'll get
along very well until then"
She was silent a moment as she
looked away. Her shoulders suddenly
jerked a little. 81 wish you'd take
some one with YOU" she persisted. 81
don't like to think of you alone over
there"
my father must have been often
alone there"
YES" she said. Eyes" She looked
at him quickly, then away, checking a
question. She wanted to ask, he knew,
what he had discovered in that lonely
house which had SO agitated him; for