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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
CLEVELAND'S OLD
GROOM A SUICIDE
Man Who Drove President in
Washington Couldn't Stand
Loss Of Sons i'm War.

Thomas Fullerton aged co. who drove
Grover Cleveland through the streets OF
Washington when he was first inauEu-
rated President of the United States,
committed suicide Sunday by drinking
poison in a room he had occupied in the
house of Mrs John l.. Davis. 5o4 West
Fifty-seventh street.
Excuse me. my dear old pals he
wrote in one note he left. but it has
been too much, for / am a broken
hearted father who has lost two boys
in the war. never said anything about
them after the war was over. Good-by.
God bless everybody"
Two notes near the body were adj
dressed to William O'Connell Of SS3
Ninth avenue and Mr.. Nelson Of 262
West F'ifty-second street. a letter
among Mr.. Fullerton's effects was from
Mrs Thomas Hitchcock of Aiken, S. c..
for whom he had been a groom. Mrs.
Hitchcock was found last night in the
apartment Of her daughter, Mrs. Julian
T.. Peabody, in the Belmont Hotel Mrs.
Hitchcock explained that she had not
seen Mr.. Fullerton in more than thirty
years and had not heard from him up
to a few weeks ago. when he wrote
her and said he was in trouble He
did not explain just what the trouble
was. but Mrs. Hitchcock gained the i'm
preston 1t was financial and sent him
SEQ to pay his room rent.
Mrs. Hitchcock said Mr.. Fullerton was
her groom before she was married and
that he married a housemaid in the
Hitchcock home. Mrs. Hitchcock said
he believed that Mrs Fullerton Is alive
and that the dead man has brother,
George Fullerton. in Boston
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
MANS MANY TALENTS
WASTED ON EMPLOYER
Wide Experience UnaUailing
in Answering adj

A man, who is an CONGRATULATIONS
designer. tracer. letterer. Inventive
surveyor. mechanical! engineer, hy-
draulic engineer, metallurgical enginee-.
mining engineer. civil engineer. consult
ing engineer. double entry bookkeeper
familiar with trial balances. vouchers
end business methods, a good CORE
spondent and experienced investment
banker. recently answered an advertise
ment placed by Perth Amboy arch,-
tect in New York newspaper.
In addition to enumerating his accom-
plishments he modestly stated that he
Is proficient in all business methods
systematic. rapid has character. initia-
tive and Willingness to render efficient.
purposeful service" is native born
single, Episcopalian, liberal. technical
and was educated through the public
schools and by private tutors.
He also Travelled considerably and
offers to furnish references. At the bot
tom of his letter were the words "per-
senally typed" which proved him n
typst as well. He didn't get the lob
Notwithstanding his wide accomplish
ments.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29

did you see your mother and Schnell
sitting in the parlor alone at night
he was asked.
Yes" said Bonifer. through the key
hole. The door knob was off on the
outside and the door couldn't be opened
from where / was"
What did you say to your mother r
II asked her IL she didn't think she
was going too far with her Schnell. She
told me to mind my own business, that
1t was her affair"
Who told you TO look through the
crack in the door?''
my wife,
"You loved your mother up to that
timer"
Yes"
''Do you love her now"
Il can't say that l do, but | have NO
prejudice against her.
Bonifer's wife. Mrs. Theresa Bonfer,
testified that she had seen Schnell give
her mother-in-law money She said that
she also had peeked through the crac!,
in the door.
The trial will continue to-day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
TELEGRAM PUZZLES
MISSING BOYS FATHER
Message Says Kosmenky Was
Taken to Troy.

Gustave Kosmenky. Sr.. of 26 Wave
street. Stapleton. Staten Island, father
OF Gustave Kosmenky. Jr.. president of
the freshmen OF Cooper Union League.
who is believed to have been kidnapped
by sophomores on Friday night. received
telegram yesterday afternoon dated
West Lebanon. n. ", reading.
WAS captured. Taken to Troy.
Escaped. WIN be home Wednesday
night. Gaillard."
Mr.. Kosmenky said that he believed
the telegram was a fake, because he
does not know any one by the name OF
Gaiilard and there was no reason why
his son should not have signed his own
name.
After young Kosmenky went TO school
Friday night his family al midnight re-
ceived a telephone call saying he had
been kidnapped, but would return home
in two or three days. The father said
that his son had received card several
weeks ago threatening his life.
Mrs. Kosmenky Is heartbroken over
her sons absence. The family has a
wireless telephone and listens at inter
walls, thinking TO hear something Of the
bow.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
NEW PROSECUTIONS
BY DER CREDITORS
Grand Jury Finishes Acting
on Cotton Exchange Testi-
mony Taken by McAdoo.

Joab II. 2anton District Attorney
said last night that the Grand Jury had
completed its consideration OF the cyl
dence rathered By Chief Magistrate
William McAdoo in his John Doe pro-
ceeo.ngs involving the American Cotton
Exchange and several Of its members
and directors. when the Magistrate
ruled that the evidence warranted &C
ton by the Grand Jury. The decision OF
the Grand Jury il IS expected, will be
made known by Friday.
Mr.. Banton said that several witnesses
were examined by the Grand Jury yes
terday, and that the evidence was sub
mitted by Assistant District Attorney
Jerome Simmons. The witnesses are
understood TO have been Samuel Lam
decker. j W. Watson and " u. VIII
son. formerly members of the exchange.
Following the recent announcement Of
District Attorney Banton that his office
Il conducting a criminal investigation
into the $4,000, 900 failure of the broker
age house Of L. D. der & Co. il was
said yesterday that the creditors meet
ing tonight az Bryant Hall also VIII
take up its most important subject,
the matter OF making further criminal
complaints to the District Attorney
against members OF the insolyen. firm
meeting Of the executive committee
of the creditors was held on Monday
evening at the offices of O, +. Carpenter
ia Nassau street, and the general pro-
gram outlined.
The main features Of the meeting tc-
night set for o'clock, besides taking up
criminal complaints against the menl-
bers Of the firm. will be the discussion
OF the present offer OF 100000 made by
attorneys for the receiver who have
collected this contribution fund from
Charles a. Stoneham and other persons
mentioned in connection with the fall-
ure. Ii was said last night by several
attorneys representing the creditors that
the rejection Of this offer virtually was
assured and that the creditors were
confident that substantial part OF the
assets could be recovered BY them
through other lines of procedure.
The subject Of consolidation of all OF
the DER creditors 10 effect better set
tlement also will be taken up. II is eX-
pected chat representatives OF the re-
ceiver. Manfred w. Enrich, and lis at
torneys Saul Myers and Arthur @. HAYS.
will be present and Will report on the
present status of affairs.
John S. Sheppard. receiver OF Il. w.
Wagner & Co, yesterday said the settle
ment plan proposed a short time ago
would be accepted when understood by
creditors. He emphasized the disaster
which he thought 1t would be II the
plan, calling for the payment of so per
cent in cash and the balance in nom
interest bearing notes We're not ac-
cepted. pointing out the long and expen-
sive litigation which would probably
enSue,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
M'ANENY TESTIFIES
FOR CITY IN BUS SUIT
Says Transit Board Had Con-
sidered Idea Itself.

George McAneny. chairman Of the
transit Commission. was yesterday a
witness for the city at the trial OF a
suit brought by Edward Schaefer. a
taxpayer. to restrain further operation
OF city buses on the ground that there
is nothing in the city charter which per-
mits their operation.
The case Is being heard in the Su-
Irene Court before Justice Mullan. Ii
= the contention Of the plaintiff that, al
though the city receives no profit from
the operation Of the bus lines. il has
embarked In the bus business in viola
ton Of the State constitution. as well as
the city charter.
Mr.. McAneny testified that the Tran
sit Commission had made only prelim-
mary survey or the city's transit facilf-
ties a year ago. when application was
made TO u for license 10 operate bus
line, and certified then that the facili-
ties We're inadequate and that the COM
mission had been considering the adj
visibility Of suggesting the use OF buses
to relieve the existing conditions.
Daniel J.. Turner. consulting engineer
OF the commission. testified that transit
conditions were steadily growing worse
and that nearly fifth more passengers
use the elevated lines now than in 1916
Commissioner Grover A. Whalen, who.
as head Of the Department of Plant and
Structures. operated the first buses TO
be used in the city and whose depart
ment st.ll issues all licenses for old and
new routes. stated that the spending OF
Si,000.000 in the purchase Of new buses
would fully justify itself. He said that
without bus lines those parts of the city
formerly served by street car lines which
have since been discontinued would be-
come like suburbs Of the city rather than
part Of It. The trial will be continued
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
BOOZE BEAT Me- CRY
OF WOMAN CANDIDATE
Suffrage Did IT, Reply of
Male Moyor-e.ect.

CHARLOTTE. Iowa, March IS. The
charge that booze and money won the
election" was made to-day by Mrs.
James McDermott, defeated woman's
candidate for Mayor in yesterdays cleo
tion here.
THE charge is false responded J. r.
Kane. who won from Mrs McDermott.
151 to 1o4. Booze was not the issue at
ALL" he continued. 1T was woman suf-
frage."
The Mayor-elect added that every vote
was out. asserting that the challenge OF
the Young women to their male friends
to support the women's ticket or cease
counting them had added fuel to the cam
paign Mrs. McDermott maintained that
not only "ail Of the voters in the town
were at the poll but imported ones as
we'll"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
TESTIFIES AGAINST MOTHER
\ IN TRIAL OF DIVORCE SUIT
Son Tells Court He Picked Through Crack in Door and
Through Keyhole in Case Where She Is
Named as Correspondent.

Austen Henry Bonifer was the prin-
clpal witness yesterday before Justice
Frank L. Young and jury in the
Supreme Court at White Plains in a
divorce suit in which his mother was
named as correspondent by Mrs. Elsie
Schnell of Hastings, who is suing Ed
ward L. Schnell an upholsterer. Boni-
fer testified against his mother, who
runs a boarding house at 81 Maurice
avenue, Elmhurst. where Schnell was
boarder for some months. Schnell went
to the Bonifer home after he had separ-
ated from his wife. to whom he had been
Schnell denies the charges, asserting
that there was nothing wrong with his
relations with Mrs. Bonifer and that
he went to board at the Bonifer home
on the invitation Of Mrs. Bonifer's hus-
band. Young Bonifer testified that he
and his wife went to his mothers home
in 1920. He said that in August ana
September of that year he peeked
through crack in the door of Schnelrs
bedroom and saw Schnell and his
mother there.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
BLIND GET LITTLE
FROM PASTORS FUND
Golden Rule Alliance Head
Accused of Soliciting With
out License.

The Rev. Edwin c. Holman, 81, u
I57 West Twelfth street, a Presbyterian
clergyman without a pastorate. was ar
raigned yesterday before Magistrate
Ryttenberg In Washington Heights
court charged with soliciting funds
without license from Bird S. Coler,
Commissioner Of Public Welfare.
Holman has been working for many
years in an Office at rs Fifth avenue %
raise funds to build a home for blind
working girls. The name of his organ
ization Is THE Golden Rule Alliance Of
America" In the name of this alliance
he had raised S19,5s0 up to 1918, Of
which S17,214 was charged to expenses.
In 1921. a year in which all charitable
enterprises found it extremely difficult
to raise funds. Mr. Holman, as treasurer
of the Golden Rule Alliance, collected
s5Os496, but OF this sum the home for
the working girls came only $3.50 nearer
10 realization. according to statement
made by Mr. Holman TO Commissioners
Coler. He said that s2.514.6S of the
rest went TO expenses and the balance to
certain charities which are not disclosed
in the report.
Detective sergt. Mullahey, attached TO
Commissioner Coler's office, took Mr..
Holman into court on a summons charg-
ing NlOlHIlp1 VI tue IltN 'iaiAs ~
nance, which prohibits the soliciting OF
funds without permit from the Depart
ment Of Public Welfare.
Sergeant Mullahey said Mr.. Holman
applied on December to CommissionSr
Coler for a license. but the Commits
s:oner, after investigating the Golden
Rule Alliance. rejected the application.
Since then the Commissioner learned
that the alliance has continued ana
even increased its efforts to collect
money for the home for blind working
girls. More than three hundred boxes
have been placed in restaurants an
other public and semi-public places IN
this city. according to investigators OF
the Department of Public Welfare The
campaign also is carried on in other
cities.
On each collection box is a red let
tered card with the inscription: please
give a coin to help our work for blind
girls" and ITO help blind and working
girls" There also are pictures of CIR $
supposed to have been cured by the
Golden Rule Alliance.
Mr.. Holman was released in custody
or his lawyer and the hearing adjourned
until April 5.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
FOUR SEIZED IN THEFT
OF $3.50, 900 PLATINUM
Woman and Three Men Were
Indicted in Nashville.

A young woman and three men we're
arrested yesterday in connection with
The theft or s25o,oOo worth Of platinum
from powder plant In Nashville, Tenn,
In 1920.
The prisoners. all Of whom are under
indictment In Nashville described them-
selves as Emma Weller, 20. bookbnder,
of 222 East Thirteenth street Ike Lee
vine. 40, tailor. $50 East 13Sth street,
The Bronx. Samuel Midder. 81. Of so
High street. Brooklyn, and Herman
Weinberg. 40. restaurant owner, of 529
East 13Sth street, The Bronx.
The arrests were the work Of Detec-
tives Van valkenberg and Carrell OF the
bomb squad and agents Of the Depart
n1ent Of Justice.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
LILLY, SET FREE, GOING
BACK TO WALL STREET

J. Frank Lilly. stock broker who failed
for S1,500,000 and who was arrested re-
Gently In Texas, was acquitted OF grand
larceny yesterday after five minutes de-
liberation BY jury
After the verdict had been reported
to Judge Mancuso in General Sessions
several Of the jurors crowded about the
broker and, shaking his hand. urged him
to go back into Wall Street and prove
that he could make good. He said he
woald do so. On the stand Lilly said he
intended to pay back his creditors dol
lar for dollar.
J. f. Lilly & Co. 80 Broadway. Of
which the acquitted man was the head.
failed in July. 1919. The specific charge
against him was taking $1,000 from Her
man y. Diamond Of Is Park Row and
falling 70 purchase stock as directed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
TILTED 20 YEARS AGO,
SUES CITY FOR $50 OOO
ChicagOan ReneUs Suit GroD-
ing Out of Lost LoUc.

CHICAGO. March 2S.-More han
twenty years ago ErclS Nordstrom lost
his sweetheart and sued the city Of Chi
cago Tor damages. To-day another suit
Tor $4,000, an outgrowth OF the Old
case, was recorded in Nordstrom's name
against the city
In the 9os Mathilde Svenson came 10
the United States from Sweden. rick
loved her. He alleged that a CITY de !.
tective circulated false stories about him
and that Mathilde then was married to
another man.
Nordstrom sued the detective and the
city Tor $4,000. G. b. Swift, then
Mayor. agreed to pay the sum If the suit
We're dropped. Nordstrom said. but never
did. In 1914 Erick again sued the CITY.
This time for s4s.000, but nothing came
OF 1t and now he has sued again.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
MEN, WEAR CORSETS,'
ADVISES MISS BINGHAM
Actress Opposes Film and
Thsater Censorship.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2s.-Men. as
well as women. should wear corsets in
the opinion OF Amelia Bingham. actress
who addressed the New Century Club
to-day.
"Trimness." she said, lis desirable not
only In women but in men as well. All
women should avoid slouchiness by
wearing corsets. Why shouldn't the
men wear flexible ones for the same
reason"
Miss Bingham opposed censorship for
plays and films. declaring that ar they
were not thus hampered" they would de-
velop into one Of the greatest education
forces in America
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
Cellar Plans Hold Chief
Interest in Home Exhibit

DHICAGO, March 2S.-Home
sellers are paying more at
tention to home cellars this
year than ever before. according to
exhibitors at Chicago's second an
nual own Your Home" Exposition.
No 1922 cellar is considered COM
plete without it's work room"
Every man who looks over our
plans evinces a lively interest in
the layout Of the cellar" one ex-
hibitor said.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
HIGHER FARE PLEA
BY I..R. 7. REJECTED
BondhoIders' Representatives
Strive to Find Way to Meet
April | Payment.

The Transit Commission by a unani-
nous vote rejected yesterday the appll-
cation OF the marlborough Rapid Tran
sit Company. filed March %, for an in
creased fare. That 1t would do so had
been certain from the moment Gov.
Miller signed the prohibitory amend
ment
Clarence J. Shearn, counsel. having
advised the commission that the Gov
ernors action left it without jurisdic-
ton TO consider such an incr ease, Com
rejection and Gen. Organ seconded the
motion. Chairman McAneny declared
the motion carried without debate or
dissent
No basis CT settlement was reached in
the effort of the Interborough to per
suade the stockholders of the Manhat
tan Elevated Railway Company to scale
down the per cent interest rental on
its S6o,000,000 capitalization.
Two Conferences started.
James L. Quackenbush. marlborough
counsel. talked with Dwight w. Morrow,
who has just returned from Cuba and
Panama and who represents the Inter-
borough per cent. bondhoders to the
amount of sl62 900 and its refund
Ing per cent. noteholders to the ex
tent Of $SS,144.000. Conferences were
held in the office OF Alvin w. Krech,
chairman of the Manhattan stock
holders and president of the Equitable
Trust Company, 81 Wall street. The
meetings will be continued to-day.
In banking circles the impression grew
stronger that a way would be found to
avert an lntcrborough receivership un-
less the company itself should seek
"A ~ a,
lions of the American Brake Shoe and
Foundry Company and the Continental
securities Company. which come up to-
morrow for argument before Judge
Mayer in the Federal District Court,
probably will be held over again.
S1O,OOO,OOO Loan Possible.
a member Of an international banking
house said he had no doubt of the abil-
ity of the Interborough TO borrow
s1o0oO.ooo for meeting its April oblig,t-
tons. particularly if II had reasonable
prospect OF getting 81 reduction in the
Manhattan lease interest: Regarding
the possibility of a receivership. he
said Il was too critical a time to begin
smashing things The same banker
expressed what he thought the prevail
ing opinion among bankers when he said
that. in view Of Gov. Miller's prohibit
ton Of more than five cent fare, the
per cent. rental charge under the lease
Of the elevated lines was too much 10
exIesct the marlborough 10 continue 10
pay.
The bid of F l.. Crawford of s3i2, 900
was the lowest OF nine opened by the
Transit Commission for completion OF
the Lawrence street subway station on
the Broadway Montague street tunnel.
Fourth avenue line of the b. X. T. sub
way inc contract probably will be
awarded by the commission next Tues
day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-29
CHINESE HELD IN LOTTERY.

Lee wah, 81, Chinese laundryman
OF CT Henry street, who was arrested
March % on a charge of having Chinese
policy slips in his possession. was held
H. $1,000 bail yesterday for the Grand
Tombs Court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

The role of Catherine Mannerby Truesdale, leader of the opposition against the admission of the daugh- ter of the American Hog King into the socially prominent Mannerby family is played by Mrs. Lydig Hoyt one of the younger of the ranking society matrons of New York, New port and Washington.
 "The Wonderful Thing was adapt ed for the screen verson by Her bert Brenon and Clara Beranger, and the production Itself is another in the series of those starring Miss Norma Talmadge and directed by MT. Brenon, a combination which has resulted in some of the best pictures yet made by this popular star Miss Talmadge portrays the role of Jacqueline Boggs. the French convent educated daugh- ter of the American Hog King. "The Wonderful Thing" comes into her life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-23

second place in desirability for city streets, and sycamores third. Naples are considered less desirable than has been generally supposed. Except the Lombardy poplar most varietise of poplar are not recommended.
 The bulletin, which is available upon application to the United States department Jf agriculture, contains a regional map of the United States and indicates which trees flourish best under the climatic conditions of each district.
 Locality Means Much
 Before ornamental tree-planting for town or city streets Is undertaken. a nuilber of important points must be given attention. Trees native to one part of the United States may not thrive in another region. Some trees are objectionable because their roots penetrate defective sewers, while oth- CTS grow their roots so near the sur face that they have a tendency to heave or crack sidewalks.
 Only vigorous trees that will with stand the aust and smoke of city should be planted to ornament the streets. The root system should be hardy, not easily affected by unusal soil conditions. by restricted feeding areas, or by root pruning in case street improvements are made The shape of the top of the tree when full grown should be suited to the width of the street. The foliage should not be too dense. and should oe of a pleasing texture and color The re- sistance of the tree to fungi, insect pests. and tree diseases is an im- are usually unde irable for street bear showy flowers, fruits, or nuts portant consideration. Trees that planting.
 Palms do not make good shade trees, although they are effective in formal planting. Only in the most southern parts of the country and In western California should ever- green threes be considered for street planting. Magnolias. live oaks, and few other broad-leaved evergreens may be used in these regions Where there is lack of sunshine in winter it is desirable to admit all the light possible bu using only deciduous trees. The bulletin give a table show ing the differences in fall coloring and the date of dropping of all foli- age. Narrow streets. it is pointed out. should be planted with tall slender trees like the Lombardy poplar or small trees. Broad streets may be | rule. native trees that have been tried out successfully in other towns of the same general locality should be given the preference.
 Trees for South
 For use within reach of ocean spary or on sandy lands near the coast the red oak and the red or scarlet maple are suitable as far south as Charleston, s. C., while the sweet gum and the five oak are equal ly good from Norfolk southward and along the Gulf of Mexico. The red oak, sweet gum. red maple, and east ern live oak are all grown success fully along the Pacific Ocean. while the California five oak can be used from San Francisco southward. The trees that endure the most alkali appear to be the bladdernut trees. London plane. peppermint gum. and It's variety Eucalyptus amygdnlina l angustifolia. and the washinEtonia and other hardy fan paimn. The req oak and red maple are worth tssting