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iia nn irurn nnn in uiur rvni aoiaii! -ru UtLltftU MLMU 111 IfHIH, t Al LUUIUI1 i ' To-Nlght'i Weather-SH0WER8. X ToMorrow, Weather 3H0WER8. mr ii. ( EDI TION I "Circulation Books Open to All." 3 "Circulation Jlooks Open to All." VOL. LXIII. NO. 22,198 DAILY. Copjrljht (Nrw Inrk World) bj Pm I'ubllthlng Company, ISM. NEY YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1922. Hntrrrd SoronJ-C ! Mutter I'o.l Office, Nfw Vork. N. V. PRICE THREE OTTS J' llUM I ai-a! k '111111117 InLRillll E?i 1M IIJIIHPI II 1 1 1 IPI I II II II I II n mrn'meesm 7 MRS. HALL DIRECTS OWN SECRET SEARCH FOR MURDERER WID0W OF SLAIN RECTOR. AWARE SHE IS SUSPECTED. DIRECTS Grave Digger Boarding Near Murder Farm to Be Ques tioned by Prosecutor. GIRL ALSO SUMMONED. Room Overlooks Park and She May Be "Second Lye-Witness." .Special From n Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) NEW imUNSWICK, N. J.. Nov. 6. Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall herself directing the work for which she employed former Assistant District Attorney Timothy Newell Pfelffcr of New York co-operation with the au thorltlcs In fixing the responsibility for the murders of her husband, the Itsv. Edward Wheeler Hall, and Mrs. Eleanor IVelnhnrdt Mills Sept. 10 last. Mrs. Hall If perfectly aware, alnco her ordeal under questioning by twenty reporters last week, that there Is an atmosphero of suspicion against Jier being fostered officially. Con fident of her Innocenccc, sho la de termined to defend It at her best. She Is determined to meet atiy contin gency by being ready to answer any question, no matter how craftily or suddenly put. Thoro Is reason to bo llnvA flint l.nr lnvltlnir tho twenty- "yveportor Interview was prompted uy n acsiro xo icsi iicrscu unacr lire-. Every evening In tho Hall hom thero 13 a consultation, It was learned to-day, over which Mrs. Hall pre sides aggressively. Mr. Pfelffer and tho chief of Investigators under him. former New York Headquarters De tcctlvo Felix dl Martini, are usually present. So are Barbara Tough, tho ttturdy, elderly Scotch sewing woman who has been with Mrs. Hall since her childhood; several members of tho Stevens and Carponder families mid ono or two advisors from tho con gregation of St. John tho Evangelist who havo been mentioned from time to tlmo during tho discussion of tho murder mystery. Ono who accidentally Intruded on ono of th-sso conferences a night or two ago said to-duy that ho was as tonished by tho vigor and keenness with which Mrs. Hall dissected the reports brought to her by person who have ncccss, to a certain extent) to tho program of Special Deputy Attorney General Mott and by others who aro charged with t'.io task tt finding out what the swarm of nows paper reporters busy In Now Bruns wick for tho last seven weeks are talking about. Mis A. C. Fralcy,' who keeps a boarding house across Dellusscy Lano from tho Phillips farmhouse, and rS whose upper windows overlook tho ft knoll on which tho bodies of tho rec tor and tho choir singer were found, was ugaln called to tho Court House I (Continued on Second Page.) World Classified 1 Advertisements For Wednesday Morning NOVEMBER 8 Must be in the WORLD'S MAIN OFFICE, 63 Park Row, Tuesday November 7 Before 5.45 P. M. roeiTivnuv no ads. accepted AITEH Til IB TIME. DURANT TOURING CAR GIVEN AWAY FREE HER OWN Y $- PREDICTS CONNECTICUT WILL GO DEMOCRATIC Tntviia Altrnyn Heiiuhllcart Will Snitch, Kcolnreu Candidate fur Senate. HARTFORD. Conn.. Nov. 6. Thomm V. Spellacy, Democratic nominee for United States Senator. In a review of political conditions In Connecticut to day, predicted tho election of the Demo cratic ticket by about 17,000 with foul of tho five Congressmen, a Democratic State Senate and a close Houso In the General Assembly. "Towns that have never gone Demo cratic will bo In that column to-mor row," said Mr. Pellacy. TURKS TELL ALLIES 0 USE THE STRAITS Peace Parley Postponed as Kemal Demands Allies Quit Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 6 United Press). Mustapha Kemal sent a note to tho Allies to-day In which ho announces that all foreign warships must ask tho authorization of tho Angora Government before en terlng the Straits of tho Dardanelles. Tho Turkish Nationalist leader also decreed that such vessels must salute tho new Angora Government and Its representatives when in tho port of Constantinople. This noto apparently was sent bo- foro receipt of tho Allied High Com mlssloners' refusal to get their troops out of Constantinople, as ordered Sun day when tho Angora Government took over tho city. LON DON, Nor. C ( Associated Pross). As a result of the new situ ation created in Constantinople by the demand of Rafct Pasha that tho Al lied military occupation of the city should cease, tho Peace Conference called to bo held at Lausanne, Nov. 13, has been postponed, possibly for a fortnight, It was announced here to day. It Is stated In authoritative circles that In no circumstances will tho Brit ish point of view regarding tho pres ence of Allied troops In Constantinople be changed. Tho British Intend to up hold the Mudanla armistice ngreomen' and remain In tho neutral zono with their troops. If the Angora Government, how ever, desires to send civil admlnlstra tlvo officers to Chanak Golllpoll and Constantinople thero will bo no ob jection. It Is declared. A telegram from Angora, says the Grand National Assembly has In structed Ismct Pasha, delegate to the Lausanno Peaco Conference, to ob tain realization of tho folfowlng points: First, tho frontiers of Turkey to be (Continued on Sixth Pnge.) 135 RUSSIAN REFUGEES DROWN AS SHIPS SINK TOKIO, Nov, 6 (Associated Press), -One hundred and thirty-five Russian rf fugee from Vladivostok were drowned when two steamers foundered, according to a dispatch from Seoul to the Yonil url here. Only two were saved, tho re port stated. The despatch omitted the exact loca tion of the foundering. NO IV1UST ASK PERMIT EX-KAISER STARTS HONEYMOON NOT A PLACE TO GO Only 28 Witness Ceremony Which Gives Germany New "Empress." j W1LHELM IS BOO-ED. Bride in Mauve Silk and Velvet Groom in Military Uniform. DOOR.N, Nov. 6 (Associated Press) The former German Emperor and his bride. Princess Hermlno of Iteuss, began their honeymoon to-day with no place to go. They were wed yes terday at the House of Doorn, whero tho one time Kaiser spends IiIb hours' In exile, and thoro they remain to-day Tho ceremonies that united them, both civil and religious, were wit nessed by twenty-eight guests, und wero kept from the sight of th vil lagers of Doorn and a host of cor respondents and camera men with a secrecy that was both stuaieu u mysterious. To tho twenty-eight who partook of tho wedding repast William was Btlll "His Majesty,'' and Hcnnine was her "Serene Highness." William ad dressed her as "Your Majesty," But to many of the gamins and tho curl ous grown-ups who peeked through the gate and the hedgea at. the bridal tiarty as they entered and loft the gate 1 lodgo of tho estate, whero tho civil ccromony waa performed, William was Just a poor, unfortunato tarnret for quips and boos. But those on the lnsldo also had a laugh on- those who could not get in As a Joko on tho curious they con sidered It nothing short of collosal tho way Princess Ida, sister of the bride had successfully posed as Hormluo nt the Amersfort Station faaturday eve nlng. when a fleet of flno automobiles led every ono to think that William's fiancee hod arrived. Meanwhile Her mine hod left the train at Apeldoorn and gone unobserved to her futuro home. Some of the devout Sabbatarian villagers thought It was simply awful that the exile of Doorn selected aun day as his wedding day. And not a few of them looked with disfavor upon htm becoming a bridegroom within nineteen months nfter tho death of tho woman who shared with him his glories and his sorrows the former Empress Augusta Victoria. Several of tho children of that flnt union saw their father married yos- terday, but the wife of the former Crown Prince did not accompany her husband to Doorn, as tho nuptials met with her disapproval. William began his wedding day with breakfast at 9 o'clock. Soon tho guests began to arrive. At 11.30 the civil ceremony was started in the lodge, whero Hermlne had spent the night. The rcglstor signed and other detallB cared for, the wedding party went up the winding path to the castle, whero the religious ceremonv was Immediately carried out In the main hall. Then came a reception In the smoking room, followed by lunch, at which the bridegroom and tho (Continued on Sixth Page.) FERSEY WOMAN SLAIN WITH BEDPOST BY HER HUSBAND, SAY POLICE Hoy IUpor Mother' Muxiler In MorrUlonn Hume ut . Mlilnluht. MORRISTOWN, N. J.. Nov. 0. Prosecutor John M. Mills of Morris County received word this forenoon from tho State Police that John An drews, thirty-eight, employed In the plant of McEwen Son' Pav: Board Company, 1b alleged to have beaten his wlfo to death shortly after midnight to-day with part of an Iron bedstead. The crime was witnessed, accord ing to tho State police, by Andrews's ion, John Andrews Jr., who told tho police what happensd. THE WOM.D TKAVEI. IIUnnAU. Arcade. Pulltur (World) llulldlng, 63-03 I'ark liow.-N. I City. Telephone Uttkraaa 0OO Check room tor baacsgt and parccla open day and night Monty ordera and travl!ra' cnaciia tor aala. Advt. AL SMITH AND BOTH ON FORMER 2 T 450,000 Plurality in N. Y. City for Smith "Would Not Surprise" Murphy. COPELAND BETS EVEN. Republicans Merely Assert the Result Will Be Gov ernor's Re-Election. The closing election betting hi Wall Street to-day Rhowed Al Smith fa vorite nt 2 to 1, with the market In active because there wus nu Miller money In sight. Considerably money wnx wagered at evens that Smith will curry the State by -100,000 or more majority. Tho betting odds reflected tho gen eral sentiment In political circles Democratic leaders put forth claim of majorities that sounded Ilk dreams. Tammuny Hall nnnouncei that Charles F. Murphy will not b. surprised If Smith curried tho grcate city by 450,000 .plurality and that thi figures up-State Indicate -that Mllle. will come down to tho 'Bronx with let, than 200,000 plurality. Republican leaders ridiculed tlum claims, but were not frank In quotlnc their estimates of tho Miller vote From all tho Republican prognostics tlons It was gathered that the lendcis of tho party .admit that Smith Is a strong In tho city und stronger up State than ho was two years ago, but that Miller will havo a plurality of 100,000 nevertheless. His plurulltj two years ago was about "9,000. Jacob Livingston, Republican leadt-: of Kings, said polls submitted to him this morning Indicate, that Smith will carry Brooklyn by G1.E66 majority John McCoocy, speaking for Tain many Hall, said Smith will carr Brooklyn by more than 100,000; that he has held tho Hjlun votu of lust year and added to it. Tammany claims everything In sight and then some all tho Judges, the District Attorney ot Kings, nil but threo Congressmen and the practical elimination of Republican representa tion from Greater New York In the Stato Legislature'. Never beforo luu Tammany Hall made such swecpiny predictions of victory. Dr. Royal S. Copeland was un iven (Continued on Second Page.i THE WORLD'S ELECTION NEWS The World has perfected ;u -rangements to plvo camph-to election returns to - morrow night. A largo ctirtnln will bo placed on the front of the Pulltzi-r Building, w h o r tho hcon boards are, 'and the return will bo flashed on it by hIit optloon from ucrns.i tho strei-t. Every ono In City Hall Park may read them. The hame Information nlhu will bo given by sterenptlcon nt tho following branches of The World : Uptown - - 38th Street und Broadway. Hurlem Seventh Avcnuo nnd 126th Street. The Bronx -Thlid Avenuo and 1 19th Street. In addition to tho returns, i light will bo Hushed from tho dome of thn Pulitzer Building to announco the winner in the LIGHT If Smith wins, a BHD Governorship race-n WI1ITK LIGHT If Miller Win- GOV. MILLER IT, WITH OODS 01 1 N WALL ST. T Will Have to Readjust Grip on Racquet Says He Can Do It. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. C William T. Tilden 2d, tennis champion, wih luso tho upper portion of the mlddii linger on his right hand from the distal Joint, Dr. W. B. Swartley, at tending tho champion, announced to day. "Tho terminal phalanx has beconii1 nungrenous. Tho upper portion ot the linger Is very loose now and may diop off any day," tho physlclat. stated. Tlldcn's finger was scratched In n recent tennln nmtch when ho collided with n wlro backstop whilo chasing a lino drive. Ho paid llttlo attention to tho Injury until tho finger becutna hi fi cted. Losing tho upper end of tho mlddlo linger of hki right hand from tho distal Joint may not put an end to tho tennis star's career, according to his doctor. Tilden can now get a llttlo motion in the lower end of the Infected linger, Mid with tlmo tuny be ablo to'adjuht his grip on thu racquet so as to retain his championship hold. Seven Incisions have ben made on Tlldcn's finger, ami at tho tint" of tho operations tho pressuro was so great as to cut off tho blood sup ply. Hopo to save the champion's finger from tho distal Joint wus lost when tho culture, test showed that the Infection germ was Htnplylocnus aurus. "I'll lw handicapped next Heahon l tho loss of tho upper portion of my mlddlo right linger, but I will bo able to play tennis and Intend to play tennis," said Tilden to-day. Til den, propped up In bed by pillows, his Injured finger rrstlng on a hot water bottlo, took tho doctor's ultl- 'imuim mai may enu iiih tennis a- reor with u cheerful smllo. "Pniiuestlonably I will have lo ipvolutlonlzo my gilp net season, but I will bo playing tennis," ho declared. "My ami will be stiff and my hand will bo unncoustomi'd to the arquet, but with practice I bellove 1 will ho ablo to ovcrcomn tho handl rnp. I Intond to get on tho courts just as soon aH I am able. If I am playing tennis of a calibre thut war rants competition in tho national championship I will compete. 1 bo lliuo that each succeeding champion deserves tho right to defeat his prcd fi'ssor. "No matter whether my playing dnys aro over, I Intend to continue my work with tho Junior Plnycrs ol America. If I am nblo to play next season, as I believe Is now posblble, I intend teaming up with A. L. ("San dy") Wiener nnd entering tho major ity of tho big tournaments throughout tho Middle West and East with him." DE VALERA WANTS NO PEACE WITH FREE STATE Meti.ry or Hrfent of llrpiilillo Onlj Allrrnntlvr, ll Siij. !"!1I,IN, Nov. 0 (Asaorlntei Press). - long stutcmunt. laaued as ii "llnll '.immunlque." and signed ly Bninon do Vuler i an President, nnnounces definite ly h.it thero Is no truth to iho rumors .,f pri.ie negotiations between his party ,mj tho l-'reo .State Government. TM'! principles which the Uepulilleana if ilefinillng, do Valeru nm., urn l iiinro Irreducible and not open to c om- mho Victory for thn "Kpul.llc" or ;U.r ilefent and citermlmillun aio now, ,, U-olures, the only alt, ihVHes LDEN WILL LOSE END OF HIS RIGHT 100 N ER TENNIS CHAMPION TO FIGHT FOR TITLE DESPITE LOST FINGER TILDEN SEVEN KILLED AS FASCISTI CLASH Count Sforza, Retiring Paris Ambassador, Is Attacked by a Mob, ROM K, Nov. 0 (Associated Press). Kasclstl nnd Nationalists clashed to duy at Toronto, in Southeastern Italy, over questions or lornl politics. In tho light which ensued cvcn were killed and numbers were wounded, casualties being suffered by both sides. Count Srorzu, Italian Ambassador to France, waa tho object of tt hostile demonstration by Kuxclstl when he arrived at Bussoleno, In tho Province of Turin,' on the Itullan riontler, while ictiiinlng to Rome for a confer ence with tho new Premier, Mussolini. The- 1 nsclstl detached tho carriugo In which tho Count was riding fiom tho train, but carabineers rushed In and icscued him , Count Sforza thorcunon continued his Journey, and unon his nrrlvu hero wnH received by thn Prcmlei, with whom ho had a long conversa tlun. Immediately after the formation pt tho Kasclstl Government In lUily. Count Sforza telegraphed his resigna tion as Ambassador at Parts tt I tille r Mussolini, explaining thut In believed tho new Government should li.ivo 111 such Important posts men who were In thorough accord with It polleivs. In reply Mussolini reproached the Ambassador for .ila "IH-tlmed" action and asked him to remain at his post PIMLICO RESULTS. FIRST RACK Pow Wow, 1S 70 JS.40 and J3.70, llrst: Petlfogger $17.30 and I.!H). second; Whirlwind $2.50, third. Non starters, Romplnii Homo, Vlrglnlus, Colxa, Frank G. and Itnckett. ' SECOND RACE Six furllngs. Gadfly, llrst: Crochet, second: Scarlet Bugler, third Non-starters Margaret Lorettu, Cotrompa, Wig wag, Atherstone. PIMLICO SCRATCHES. FOURTH RACE Mad Hatter, MIb slonary, .Mainmast, Second Thoughts We'llilnder. FIFTH RACE Emotion, Crank Missionary, John Paul Jonet, Clrrua KnobblR. SIXTH RACE By Jimmy. Iris) Kiss. Postural Swain, All Fair SEVENTH RACE Grace Foster, WITH NATIONALISTS Sped a. Prize for "What Did YOU OR F 144 MEN TRAPPED PENNA. MINE EXPL SAVED 28 TAKEN Rescued Men So Badly If They Recover Disaster Said to Be Worst in American Mining History Roof of Drift Caved in by Blast Destroying Fan House. (Speolal to The Evening World.) JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 6. One hundred and forty minora, trapped beneath the surfuco In the Tidily mlno nn explosion of gas und a cave-In, according to rellablo rcportu trom tho shaft this afternoon. It Is snld ta ho mining history. Officials of tho Rcllly mlno uro withholding Information and are barring photographers. Bodies of five victims already have been located, It Is re ported unolllclnlly. Rescue crews are timbers and dangerous slides of rock, still may be alive. Between 7 and 7.30 this morning a gas explosion in tho No. 1 mlno of tho Joseph II. Rellly Coal Company nt Spanglcr, Cambria County, en tombed li( miners. Tho shaft was blocked by the, ex- WA AVALANCHE IKK Hi iN FACTORY BLAZE Three Are Washed Down Stairway as Weight Crushes Partition. Llout. Walter Lamb and Firemen Scheck, Murphy, Wynn, Murphy und Mntofsky of Hook and Ladder No. 9 wero chopping holes In a second story floor during a $100,000 blaze at Nos. 12S-1S1 Crosby Street at 4 A. M. to- uay when u partition, under tho strain of gallons of water, gave way near them with uuch forco It wes believed in the ctroet there had been an ex plosion of accumulated gas. acheck, Wynn and Matofsky, who tappencd to bo nearest a stairway, .-ere washed down Into the vestibule, md almost Into the street Comrades mtsldo ran In and carried them to safety, and found they wero suffering trom nothing worse than smuko and water. When Lieut. Lamb, u medal man and former member of tho Rescuo Squad, and Murray and Murphy failed to appear, it was feared they had been disabled by tho avalancho of water and carried Into tho cellar, Desplto their experience of a few mo ments before, Scheck, Wynn and Ma tofsky started Into the cellar to their rtscue, Tho missing firemen appeared at n second story window groggy from smoke, but ablo to climb out to the coping. Comrades went up laddsra and helped them to tho atreet. None wero Injured. Tho seven-story, building Is on the corner of Jorsey Street and runs back to Lafayette. Tho American Railway Express Company occupies the ground floor, the other floors being filled with hat and other manufac turing concerns. Policeman Hugh MeKeegan of the Old Slip Station, on a Broad ritreet Hospital ambu lance returning from Bellevue, saw flames coming from the second floor id sent In an alarm. A second aiarm brought "Smoky Joe" Martin, who Bounded a third. Ten families In No. 185 were orderod to the street by Chief Martin because of the dan ger of a spread of the flames. This Week See To-Day 0"S Page 21 ON DEAD Burned It Is Doubtful at Spanglcr, Pa., havo perished In tho greatest disaster In American at work, struggling through falling to save any of their comrades who ' plosion 600 feet trom tho entrance and tho entombed men are behind this barrier. Mine officials hold forth no' hopes that tho men will be rescued alive. Three men who were near the entrance of the shaft were recused. Shortly beforo noon rescue work- era reached tllo first dead bodies. flvo being found In ono of the work ings off tho main shaft. Word was sent back that others had been dis covered. It was announced that no bodies would be brought to the sur face until t o'clock tlila afternoon. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. S (United Trwrj). A llttlo band of mlnrn, be lieved to number between 100 and 150 men. Is entombed deep In the shaft . of thn Rcllly coal mine at Hpangler, it llttlo hope entertained of rescu ing any of them, according to officials. Shortly beforo 8 o'clock this morn ing nu explosion brought down the roof of tho drift deep Inside thn opening, scaling ull of tho men who wero at work. The fan which supplies Ir to them was smashed and tt was nearly two hours beforo air was sent through tho pipes. Tho force of tho, let-go and tho fact that the air llnea wero out of commission makes the chances of tho men very slim. Within a few minutes after the ex plosion a force of nearly 500 men waa working In reluys digging Into tho mlno. First aid crews were standing ready ns the barrier waa broken down. Tho Cambria Steel Company's first aid crew loft hero in automobiles. The Red Cross also sent three auto mobllo loads of trained nurses. The rescuo workers ure carrying an ulr line with them. It Is necessury for them to "timber" as they go along. making their progress slow. Mine of ficials would make no statement, but It is tho opinion of every one at the scene that none of the men will be found nllve. This opinion was strengthened when tho first bodies, thoso nearest the mine mquti, wer discovered. Within half an hour after the first report of tho explosion was received, relief agencies were busy. Tho Cambla Steel Company's first aid crew started in automobiles and a few minutes later nurses and surgeon were sent by the Red Cross from this city. First aid crews from the Penn sylvania Coal and Coke Corporation, tho Imperial Coal Company from Iiarnesboro, Patton and GaJlltiln wero on the scene within an hour. State Mine Inspectors Edward Wllllama ot Johnstown and Thomas Lewher ot Indiana aro In charge of the rescue work. Spangler has been converted Into n huge emergency hospital, with every one waiting for the workers to die In where the men are entombed. Prac tically every home In the town la af fected and scenes near the mine are Indescribable. Women, with weeping 4 i 1 1 4"1 t '"' 5 ,""5f i .i . , T- It i