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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-02
Deny Egyptian Field Marshal oui.

London. Feb. "a report that
Field Marshal Allenby, British high
commissioner to Egypt, has resigned,
office today. 1t was said the field
| marshal has the confidence of the
cabinet
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
.$1S,4S6,6SO TOTAL
in CHRISTMAS CLUBS
Checks for Savings Will Be
Sent to Thousands in City
in Next Few Days.
S18O,OOO,OO0 IN ALL U. s.
Safeguard Against Human
Frailty, Started i'm 1910,
Spread Over Country.

Christmas savings checks to the
amount of $50. 10000 are being written
for distribution during the next several
days by 5000 banks throughout the
ctuntry to depositors on the club plan
Approximately 100000 persons will
share in the distribution.
New York city's part in the distribu-
ton will come to $l3, ,4S6 630 a per capita
average of about s.. The rest of New
York State will receive H7.672,2lO more
and New Jersey will get $14. .3S6, 740, max
ing a total for the two States of more
than sac, ,000. 900, or one-fourth of all in
the country.
The savings this year through the
Christmas Club method of systematic
weekly deposits were about $4,000, ,00f
more than in 1921 and nearly ,00t
pore than the year previously. when
there were only about 100000 club
members, who saved less than $l10. 900 0O0
Two banks in the metropolitan area
are tied for first place in having the
largest Santa Claus funds in the coun-
try The Roosevelt Savings Bank of
Brooklyn is distributing about $1,000
600 and an equal sum is being distrib-
uted by the Union Trust Company of
Jersey City. The largest distribution in
Manhattan is $4,000, made by the
Maiden Lane Savings Bank of 17O
Broadway.
The Christmas Savings Club plan was
originated fifteen years ago by cashier
of a bank in Carlisle. Pa, who organized
clubs for several years before the value
of the idea was recognized elsewhere. In
1910 Herbert f. Rawll, now president OF
the Christmas Club. a corporation. OF 81
Chambers street, developed the idea and
Installed clubs in banking institutions.
The Christmas Clubs hereabout pay no
interest, unlike other savings depart
ments in banks. Mr.. Rawll originally
planned to have the banks pay the same
rate of interest as on other savings de-
partments, but after a few years this
feature was abandoned dn and about
New York. Despite this fact the club
has grown rapidly in members and
popularity.
''The popularity of the Christmas
Club plan is its safeguard against
human frailty," Mr. Rawll said yes
terday. People deposit their money In
the Christmas Club because they know
they cannot draw 1t out until Christ
mas. and if they save 1t in any other
way the money would be withdrawn
before Christmas. Psychology, purely,
was what capitalized"
The following is the approximate
tabulation by districts throughout the
United States of the $1s0,000.000 being
New England States. $23.9s7.3s0
middle Atlantic, s6S,402.320; East north
central, $42,S11.3 800; West north CEN
trail, $685., 900; south Atlantic. Ss,475-
4lO: East south central $S.7S.2O0; West
south central, $s,971.500 mountain,
$3,s9s,s4O; Pacific. s11,057.54o.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
MEN OF ST. THOMAS'S
HOLD ANNUAL DINNER
DR.. and Mrs. Stires Are Chief
Guests at Church Banquet.

Members of the Mems Association of
st. Thomas's Church held their third
annual dinner last evening in the Plaza
Hotel with the rector, the Rev. DR..
Ernest NJ. Stires. and Mrs. Stires as
their chief guests. The company, in
clUding the wives and other women
guests, numbered three hundred. The
banquet was arranged by Mr.. John J.
Watson, Jr.. Mr.. George f. Fahys and
Gen. Avery d. Andrews, who was toast
master.
Seated at the speakers table in addi-
ton TO them and the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Stires were Mr.. and Mrs. william H.
Truesdale. Mr.. and Mrs. Lancaster Nor
gan, Mr. Alexander NJ. Hadden Mrs.
Thomas Proctor, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
B. Dodson, Mrs. George Z. Fahys. Mr..
Robert Scoville. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Fl. Stout and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Barrows.
At other tables were the Rev. Floyd
s. Leach. assistant rector of the church !;
Mrs. Leach, DR.. T. Tertius Noble, the
organist = Mrs. Noble, Mr.. Franklin A.
Plummer. Dr. James w. Taylor, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Curtis Demorest, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Tomlinson. Jr.. Dr. and Mrs.
G. G. Curley. Mr.. and Mrs Alfred NJ.
Chapman. Mr.. and Mrs. William Trevor.
DIR. and Mrs. Nelson L. Shields. Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. II. Mason Day. DR.. and Mrs.
Ernest Fahnestock. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam de Forest Manice and Col. and Mrs
Thomas Denny
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
HER FOUR REASONS FOR
DESERVING A HUSBAND
Wife Informs the Public Why
She Will Quit.

Special Dispatch to TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
CHICAGO. Nov 2s.--A notice, legally
phrased. of her intention to desert her
husband, was served upon the world by
Mrs. Lillian II. Handy of Freeport, a
defendant In the suit for divorce OF
James b. Handy Chicago automobile
salesman. and which was heard to-day
by Judge Harry Miller. The notice
reads:
ITO whom II may concern:
''I have decided to sever my marriage
ties with j. b. Handy for the follow
ing reasons:
First have not the affection for
him that woman should have for her
husband.
Second have not the desire TO nor
can / perform the duties of a wife to
husband. Even the slightest caress from
him to me is dstasteful to me.
'Third--Marriage interferes with my
marriage beliefs, and by severing my
marriage ties / can go back to the
church Of my choice.
"Fourth--My husband Is in no way
to blame, he has done his best to fulfill
the duties OF loving husband
Judge Miller indicated that Handy
would win a decree.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
LUTHER KOUNTZE'S
ESTATE S4,97S,95O
Appraisal Shows Bulk of Prop
erty Was i'm Form of
Securities.

An appraisal Of the estate of Luther
Kountze. former senior member of the
banking firm Of Kountze Brothers of 141
Broadway. was filed yesterday showing
that Mr.. Kountze left an estate valued
at $4.973,950. The gross estate was ap-
praised at $4,546,353; the net for tax
purposes in this State, $4.134,425. to
which was added an interest in the
Texas Land and Cattle Company. Mr..
Kountze died at his town home, S East
Fifty-seventh street, April IT, 1918.
Most of the estate was in securities
amounted to sa,43s,s52. His largest
holdings included 23.7e2 shares of Ohio
and Big Sandy Coal Company, with a
par value Of s2,37s.241 24,250 shares of
United Tnacker Coal Company, valued
at s1,776,S01; an interest in the Fed
eral Gas. Oil and Coal Company, S577.-
5S5; Kentucky Coal Company. $751;
sos; 1895 shares of United Real Estate
and Trust Company, $116.374, and 1897
shares of Burnside Avenue Realty Cor
poration. $71,710. He also held $780,
600 in United States Government per
cent. certificates and 9,10s shares Of
South Texas Land certificates, worth
$91.721.
Mr.. Kountze mad s459.344 cash at his
death, and miscellaneous property worth
S110.753. His pew in Grace Church
was valued at $1,000
Mrs. Annie Parsons Kountze, his
widow. received 500 shares of the Metro
politan Opera and Real Estate Corpora
tion. which included a box and was
valued at 100000. together with one
ffth the residue. appraised at $697,4
Mr.. kountze was one OF the founders
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company and
lifelong director.
Major w. De tancey Kountze, a son,
who was to have received his fathers
interest in the banking firm. appraised
at $537103, arranged satisfactorily to
withdraw and settled his inherited in
terest. In addition to this he received
is per cent. of the residuary estate, val
ued at $523,09s.
Mrs. Williams Burden, daughter re-
ceived a similar share OF the residue
and three deferred legacies, each of
S101 900
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
TWO SESSIONS OF SALE
OF BOOKS YIELD $I4,894
Libraries of Late II. L. Bond
and &. I.-Hudson at Auction.

At the American Art Galleries yes
terday opening the sale of the libraries
of the late Hugh L. Bond Of Baltimore,
Md, and the late C. /. Hudson of Syos-
set. L. l., the two sessions netted $14,894.
This offering comprises library sets. first
editions of English, American and French
authors sporting and ornithological
works. The concluding sale will be held
this afternoon.
Nineteen letters from George Moore
to the late James Gibbons Huneker
caused the liveliest bidding, finally go
ing to the Rosenbach Company for $500.
''The Birds Of America" by John James
Audubon. illustrated with 500 colored
plates, sold for $3.50 to Charles Scribners
Sons. who also purchased the illustrated
library edition of "The Romances of
Alexandra Dumas" for S205.
Mrs. c. Doyle paid $140 for Leather
Stocking edition of the works OF James
Fenimore Cooper Thomas w. Best, Sl25
for an Iroquois edition of Cooper's
works: r. NJ. Haan, 800 and $3.50 re-
spectively for the works of Alphonse
Daudet and the works of Benjamin
Disraeli; w. n, Hill. s1:5 for the poeti-
cal works of Robert Browning In seven
teen volumes Gabriel Wells. 500 for
William Cullen Bryant's translation of
Homer's "Iliad and Odyssey"
Among the purchases by J. w. Woods
were the works of Charles Dickens, with
many illustrations by Cruikshank, Phiz,
Marcus Stone and others. for $3.50; a
complete set OF the Sun Dial edition of
the works of Joseph Conrad. for $3.50
Chronicles" by Sir John Froissart, for
$3.50, and the edition Artistique of the
Beaux Arts Classics, for $40.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
Big WALL AS GUARD
ATPATERNO CASTLE
Copy of Monastery Colonnade
Of Capri, Italy, at 181st
Street and Drive.
TO BE FINISHED IN YEAR
Beautiful Foliage Will Be
Feature of Project Of Am
bilious Character.

| Not content with constructing one OF
| the highest retaining walls ever built In
Manhattan DR.. Charles ". Palermo an.
nounced yesterday that he would have
erected along the top of his modern
breastworks at 1S1st street and River
side Drive, when the work Is completed
next year. an exact reproduction or TIE
famous Monastery Colonnade in Capri.
Italy. This promenade with it's many
columns. enthroned upon wall seventy
feet high. eighteen feet thick and 700
feet long and extending on both sides OF
"Paterno Castle" will present a sight
distinctly medieval and unique among
the city's varied architecture.
DIR. Paterno said work. which has just
been suspended on the walls will he re-
sumed in March and should be finished
before another autumn. The walls are
now two-thirds completed
A feature Of the project will be the
transformation In single season or the
bare and imposing wall of masonry into
a sheen Of living greenery. rising sew
enty feet above the drive. DIR. Palermo
Is having the surface of the wall erected
with holes at regular intervals, one hole
for every 100 square feet. These Will be
filled with loan and various kinds or
ivy will be set out. 1t Is estimated a
great part of the wall will be covered
in a years time, while in two years the
wall will have disappeared.
Thirty-five feet up the wall a recess
has been built along it's entire lepgth.
This will be filled with soil also and
rambler roses and cedar trees Will be
set out. Another row OF cedars Will be
planted at the foot Of the WALL, which
will thus present the unusual combina-
tion of trees at the foot and half way
up it's side.
The wall will extend on each side OF
Patenno Castle and enclose an area OF
about ten acres. The colonnade will be
built with numerous columns and rail-
ing on the outer side while the castle
will be in the center.
DIR. Paterno gives his object in build
ing the wall to have 1t act as reta<n-
ing wall to the hill In back of it. Later
he says 1t may be support for apart
ment houses IL he should ever tire or
the castle and tear 1t down. He plans
to make of the whole unique beauty
spot with flavor Of italian architecture
best expressed by the reproduction of
the Monastery Colonnade at Capri.
Hundreds of tons of rock have already
been put into the wall and some single
rocks in the masonry are said to weigh
between two and three tons. Work on
the wall has been done only in the eight
pleasant months Of the year. as DR..
paterno says II Is mo ordinary WALL
and frost will have no chance to put a
flaw in 1t. Two eight months periods
have been occupied with the wall to
date.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
PONZI RAISED COUNSEL'S
FEE $4,000 TO $500, 900
Court Told $3.50, 900 Demand
Didn't Feoze Wizard

BosTcN, Nov. 2s.--Charles Ponzi Of
fered 100000 to Daniel H. Coakley, his
attorney for protection in case any one
came after him. it was testified at the
trial of Ponzi in Superior Court to-day
on larceny charges growing out Of the
failure Of his international postal reply
coupon scheme.
Franlt Hale, q State police officer at
tao ~ to the Attorney Generals Office,
recounted a conversation with Ponzi In
the Plymouth jail In August.
Mr. Ponzi said he went to Mr.. Coax
ley's office. engaged him and asked,
What's the fee?" Hale testified.
"Coakley said. We'll. there's a lot of
work and the fee will be s250.000.'
Ponzi said. L suppose you think you're
Teasing me. I'm going to show you I'm
a sport and make 1t 100000
II asked Ponzi, What did you want
to pay 100000 forY He said, L wanted
to be protected in case any one came
after me. I expected they would come
sooner or later"
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
1000 ENTER(EHASE
FOR DIAMOND THIEF
Brick Wrapped in Newspaper
Used by WindoW Robber.

A man threw a brick wrapped i'm a
newspaper through a window of the
jewelry store of Herbert Sergison at
l25th street and Seventh avenue yester-
day. and seized a tray containing dia-
mond rings and other jewelry valued
at 5000, neglecting TO take one along
side. which was worth $4,000. Sergison
ran into the street yelling for tne police,
and when no one came Immediately he
got into an automobile owned by Eli
Pohriles of 95 Nassau street and chased
the thief.
An instant later. however. Detectives
Louis Hyams and James Garvey of the
West 123d street station came around
the corner. They got into an automo-
bile also and gave chase. aided by n
crowd that soon grew to number more
than 1000 persons. The man turned
east in 126th street ana half block
farther on the detectives arrested Rein
hold Kockholz of 3o69 Decatur avenue,
with the robbery. but Sergison said he
was the man who had thrown the
brick. He was arrested.
Three more men who are believed by
the police to have been implicated in
the robbery of several houses in the
Fifties. Sixties and Seventies were
arrested yesterday. The police also ar
rested David Butterman OF $40 Tiffany
street. The Bronx, who they declare
has received stolen goods from the
burglars. In Butterman's house they
found valuable tapestries and paint
ings which are believed to have been
stolen.
The show windows or the fur store of
A. Paul at 751 Fifth avenue We're
smashed yesterday morning by three
men who stole furs valued at 1924. The
police arrested Theodore Tyler of 15l
West Ffftieth street.
Mrs. Max Oelbaum of "a Wallace
street, Mount Vernon. reported to the
police there that between Saturday
night and yesterday morning a thief
opened a drawer in her house and stole
jewelry valued at $1,000, but left in the
same drawer other valIables worth
$4,000. The police found no finger
prints. but nthe bureau they found a
key which fitted the lock, and which
Mrs Oelbaum said she had never seen
before.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
WORTHLESS CHECKS GIVEN
IN PAY FOR PEDIGREED PUPS
Woman With Baby Said to Accompany Four Men
Alleged to Have Swindled Several Famous
Kennels In and Near New York

Breeders Of pedigreed dogs have been
warned by the police to be on the look
out for band of clever swindlers who
have left a wake of bad checks at sew
eral kennels in New Jersey and have
been operating In a minor way in and
about New York for several months.
Last Sunday they made their greatest
coup. obtaining a champion police dog
from the :,e Winter Kennels at Eagle
Rock, ". T.. and three prize pelSinese
puppies from the Wu-Kee Kennels at
Milburn, N. j. They were supposed to
have paid 500 for the police dog and
s1,15o for the three pekinese, and the
Following morning the checks were re-
turned by the bank as worthless.
= Mrs. Harry Sears. who owns the wu-
kee Kennels, has given good descrip-
ton of the group to the police, and in
addition TO this she obtained the Ii
cense number of the automobile as it
turned quickly down the Short Hills
road, with the pekinese puppies tucked
safely in the tonneau. The man who
conducted the negotiations for the pur-
chase went under the name of Frank
Loree," and gave as his address in West
New York a vacant lot.
An air Of wealth and eminent respect
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
TIERNAN'S SECOND WIFE
SAYS HE'S EMOTIONAL
Describes Their Affair." but
Is NoU in Doubt.

MARs.rAILrowN, Iowa. Nov. 2S CAS-
sociated Press) Mrs. Blanche Hawn
Rash Brimmer Tiernan late to-day gave
out statement telling of her romance
with John r. Tiernan of South Bend,
Ind. and told of having received an
other telephone call from him to-day.
II first met Prof. Tiernan early in
September. 1922. in the Pennsylvania
Railroad station in Chicago Mrs. Tier
nan said. 1--WE talked of the Poulin
case and I expressed to him my SYM
pathy In his trouble.
About the middle of October Mr.
Tiernan asked me to meet him in Chi
cago. / did so. During our visit in
Chicago Mr.. Tiernan proposed marriage
to me and I told him / was not pre-
pared to be married at that time.
He insisted and I finally consented
1 supposed at that time that all legal
impediments had been removed and that
we were free to be married IL we SO de-
sired"
Mrs. Tiernan No. said she did not
know whether Tiernan was coming to
Iowa for her. "Mr Tiernan Is q man
of emotions she said. adding that "he
doesn't know what he wants to do"
The New York herald., 1922-11-29

ability surrounded the group. Mrs.
Sears said, as they arrived at her place
in big sedan and mentioned for refer
ence the names of several persons who
had bought pekinese from her kennels.
There were three men and one woman.
who was richly clad in squirrel coat
and carried a baby.
"At first." said Mrs. Sears. "they said
they did not want an expensive dog,
but later, after much talking. they de-
cided that they might as well pay a
good price for good dog. and took
three of my best puppies. For a young
female that I was getting ready to show
they paid $3.50, and for two others $500
apiece. 1t was only good luck that
did not show them my champion
The police dog from the De Winter
kennels was "Anni Won Schakensleben,' .
an imported female that has won a
great many prizes in Germany but never
has been shown In this country. De
Winter said she could be picked out
easily for her unusual markings and
silver gray fur. and he believes the band
will not try to dispose of the dog, but
will keep her for breeding purposes. He
spent yesterday in a search of all the
best known dog stores in New York city
and New Jersey.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
RUNA WAY BOY FOUND
UNCONSCIOUS ON PIER
Condition Serious From, Ex-
posure to Cold.

Patrolman Coster OF the Simpson
street station found an unidentified boy
unconscious on a pier in the East River
at Tiffany street last night DIR. Smoit-
sky took the boy to Lincoln Hospital.
where. after he regained consciousness.
said he was Louis Cahill. aged IL, a
student at st. AIMS Academy, 1853 East
Seventy-sixth street
According to the police, the boy said
ne ran away from school yesterday
morning and had been wandering around
all day. Becoming tired, he said, he
went to sleep on the pier. but lost con-
sciousness because of the cold. The
police have not yet been able to obtain
his address. 1t was said at the hos
pital that his condition, due to exposure,
was serious.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
MRS. RECKER'S BODY
SOUGHT IN SWAMP
Detectives Thinks She Might
Have Been Thrown Among
Hunts Point Refuse.
HUSBAND KEEPS SILENT
Glennon Questions Neighbors
and Uncovers Clews to
Woman's Disappearance.

After interrogating neighbors of Abra,
ham Becker. whose wife disappeared last
April. District Attorney Edward j. Glen
non of The Bronx announced last night
that he had uncovered several new leads
which might be considered valuable
clews to the woman's disappearance.
The District Attorney was particularly
interested in the testimony of Harry
Monstein. % years old, Of 103 Eas,
Hath street. who has known the couple
for years. He was questioned for sew
eral hours.
Becker. who Is held as a material
witness, has refused to discuss the mat
ter
While the investigation was being
carried on at the District Attorneys Of
flee three detectives were searching the
swamps and city dumping ground
known as Hunts Point dock in an effort
to find the body of Mrs. Becker there.
Albert Cohn, Assistant District At
torney. said the detectives would try
to find the locality where dumping was
going on last April when the woman
vanished.
Officials say Becker, in his CAPACITY Of
chauffeur for the Empire Fireproof
Door Company in The Bronx, often
drove to Hunts Point with refuse.
When questioned about the swamp
Becker refused to talk. Detectives James
McCarten of the Morrisania station and
John Walsh of the District Attorneys
office are in charge Of the search in the
swamp.
Benjamin Steinberg of 5S7 Prospect
avenue testified that he met Becker at
$3.50 on the morning of April Z, the day
his wife disappeared Steinberg quoted
Becker as saying. my wife left me last
night. woke up and she was gone"
Nathan Simonowitz of 6S3 Union
avenue said he had seen Becker half an
hour before Steinberg reported meeting
him and the man had made similar
statement about his wife. Mr.. Cohn
says these remarks do not tally with the
story by Becker, who said he left his
wife at home in bed when he left the
house at o'clock that morning.
Mrs. Jennie Linder of 735 Jennings
street. the last woman to see Mrs.
Becker before she disappeared. testified
yesterday that the woman's husband
saw her three days afterward and said.
she's gone and I'm glad of it." Mrs.
Linder said Becker told her he mad
looked for his wife in hospitals.
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
COLER DENIES GREENE
HOSPITAL STATEMENT
Questions Contributors Right
to Assign Patient.

In correspondence made public yester'
day. Bird S. Coler, Commissioner o'
Public Welfare. questioned the statement
that contributors 10 the United Hos
pital Fund have the privilege of secur-
ing free hospital treatment for proper
cases referred by them to Frederick ID
Greene, general secretary. room 4l5
United Charities Building, 100 East
Twenty-second street.
The United Hospital Fund is con-
ducting a drive for public contributions
On November Commissioner Colei
wrote Mr.. Greene letter asking him
to explain what is meant by the above
mentioned statement. specifying what
are proper cases and under what condi-
tions and circumstances poor persons
can be admitted free TO the hospitals
benefited
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
TEXAS RECTOR ACCEPTS
HALLS OLD POSITION
The Reu. J. M. ErUin Petit to
Take Charge January 4.

HousroN. Tex, Nov. 2s.--The Rev. j..
NJ. Erwin Petit, rector of the Episcopal
Church OF st. Marks at Bay City. Tex.
will assume on January l the pastorate
Of the Church OF st. John the Evangelist
in New Brunswick. N. j., the church OF
which the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall
was pastor. The Rev. Mr.. Petit. "a
former resident of Camden. n. j., re-
ceived an offer Of the pastorate two
weeks ago.
He said over the long distance tele-
phone that he reached his decision last
night
The New York herald., 1922-11-29
ONLY THREE GENUINE.

Federal prohibition agents investi-
eating the records of Jacob J. Fielder.
druggist OF 50 Fourth avenue. East
Orange. n. j., reported yesterday they
had found only three bona fide prescrip-
tions out Of 6es filled. The forged pre-
scriptions facilitated illegal purchase Of
more than eighty-six gallons Of whisky.
according to Charles II. Brown. tempo
rary enforcement officer for New Jersey
Fielder told the officers that he filed
the prescriptions IN good faith. believing
they were genuine. A hearing on the
revocation of his permit to sell liquor
will he held to-day.