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41 Is JAKES $20,000 OF NEW YORK'S FUNDS i . IWillinm Becker, Bookkeeper in Office of rublic Adminis trator, Confesses. PLAYED THE IUCES; LOST Begnn in 1918 With 100 to 1 Shot and Took More to Cover Failures. William Dicker, a bookkeeper In trie office of the Public Admlrtlatrator. wa arretted yesterday on a grand larceny charse which Involves an allesed dis crepancy of J30.O between the deposits ha made for the city and the amount entered upon hla booka. Petectlvo Cunnlff of the District At- torney'a office, who arretted Becker, aayi that the bookkeeper made a full confession. "He told me;" said Cun nlff. "that back In 191S he heard of a sure thing, a 1'jO to J shot, down at the races, and that In order to play It and put himself In clover he look &X out of the office funds. The tip proved a flivver and he lost. That started him trying to clear hlmselft but each year alnce he ha gone deeper Into the hole." Becker was arrested yc.tetday after noon anil is at Police Headquarters charged with grand larceny. "I'm clad H'a all over." Cunnlff quoted Becker as saying when the detective arrested him on Chambers street "I've been suffer ing the torture of hell. I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep, I was In such dread of what the shock of exposure would be to my family." When he reached the door of his cell Becker broke Into hys terical weeping. He Is 32 years old. married, has.one child and lives with his wife's parents at East Wilhston. I. I. He got his Job In the Public Administrator's office, which handles the estates of persons who die In city institutions without leav ing the'names of their heirs and of un identified persons, back In 191S. His salary has been H.SOO. It was noticed recently that something . - -. 1 i ' was wrong with Becker's books, that there was a discrepancy between bank deposit and the amounts which he had recorded. An expert accountant who was called In discovered one difference of $1,000 and asked Becker for an ex planation. The bookkeeper's manner of reply, the expert told Detective Cunnlff. made him feel sure that something was wrong. According to Cunnlff. this theft of JI.000 was the last one. Becker had taken 13.400 to the bank to deposit. JI.0T4 of which was In cash and the re mainder In checks. Most of the sums which the Public Administrator handles for the heirs of unidentified dead are small In them selves, but moke up a total of such size that the Public Administrator usually has from Jl.000,000 to Jl.500.000 of this sort of money In hand. Becker's arrest was ordered by Dis trict Attorney Swann when the losses were reported to him by Public Ad ministrator Hoes. Detective Cunnlff went to East Willlston in eearcn of him yesterday, but found he had gone to Manhattan, after having returned home for a brief case, in which were found, so the police say, checks belonging to the city and papers from the office In which Becker was employed. Justice Smith's Wider Appointed. County Clerk William. F. Schneider appointed yesterday Mrs. Beatrice. Bid die Smith, widow of City Court Justice Richard H. Smith, assistant chief clerk In his office at a salary of J 1.800 a year. He also named ten women as i temporary assistants, at J1.200 a year. to aid in the work of the Naturalization Bureau. There Is an unprecedented rush nf business in that department GLOVES Kid, Silk, Fabric, Doeskin lis oJSno ror men and Women Th World's Greatest Leather Stores. Fifth Are.. Net York. JJ1 Broadway Boston MS Tremont Strut. London l lucent Strut. The "tight-squeeze "an hourly occurrence on every crossing and on every crowded street, with cars of fifty different make- more or less under the driver's control N How Can the . Motorist Save Himself from the "Other Fellow" NEW YORK CITY recorded over three thousand motor car collisions last year in Manhattan Island alone. Effective traffic regulation de pends on each individual driver hav ing his car under positive control. If every driver could be as sure of his car as the Packard owner, there would be less congestion, and only the careless driver would get into " accide'nts." THE Packard people believe that first-class transportation must deliver Safety, Ability, Comfort, Economy, and Enduring Value to the highest degree. Choose from the best sources of the commercial parts' makers and PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY of Broadway at 61st Street Brooklyn: Flatbush and 8th Avenues Long Island City: Queens Boulevard at White Plains: Mamaroneck at Martine Poughkeepsie: 239 Main Street THE SUN TENNESSEE WILL BE COMMISSIONED HERE Exercises for Superdrcad nought in Navy Yard. The superdreadnought Tennessee will be commissioned with simple ceremonies In the New York Navy Yard this after noon at i:J0 o'clock. The S00 men who METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPAKY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 60 WALL STREET 716 PIFTH AVENUE "For men may come and men may go, but I go on )otcvct." TENNYSON PERMANENCE NO matter what strength, power and wealth a man may possess there comes a time when he is no longer master over his possessions.What has been his goes to others and his purposes and ideals are often forgotten. THERE is an institution the trust company that such a man can use to take his place, to carry out his plans for his family or for others, when he is no longer here. This Company is a permanent organization, fully capable of acting as executor or in any fiduciary capacity-. your assembled car still will not show these features to the Packard degree. You will get them only by starting with unified engineering in the Pack ard manner. Controlling parts by specifications and tests through casting, forging, machining, heat-treating, finishing and inspection. Paying 12 cents a pound for your steel, instead of taking a chance with steel at 6 cents. You will be led straight to the Twin-Six Engine, with its sure and flexible power, and a greater range of ability in high gear than any other engine in the world. "Ask the Man Hill St. Avenue Newark: Broad Street at Kinney Jersey City: Boulevard at Carlton Avenue Plainfield: 628 Park Avenue Paterson: 489 Broadway Hartford: Washington Street at Park AND NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1920. now compose the Crew, with IM fifty officers, will be mustered on the quarter deck, while both the commandant of the j navy yard, Bear Admiral J. D. McDon i aid, and the commanding officer of the ship, Capt R II. Llgh, read their orders from the Navy Department and Secre tary Daniels. Many prominent persons j from Tennessee are expected to be pres ent The Tennessee will be manned by a crew of 1,4!0 men. Including seventy I officers. Who Owns One in ii ii mm i rrmm MifMrifmsrMvmTmmmmfrvamr MILLION STANDARD OIL FIRE. Knnias I'amplnir Station llurnsi Two Bis Tanks in Danner. (Jr.sr.LKr, Kan., June !. The Standard Oil Company's pumping station here, valued at more than 11,000,000, was de stroyed by fire to. day. The fire continued burning to-night and efforts were directed toward keeping the flames from reaching two 10,000 bar rel storage tanks, both full. To gears heat-treated through and through not merely case-hardened. To clutch, brakes universal and bearings that give you the safety of positive control Packard designed for the Packard car. T makes little difference whether the other fellow is to blame, or merely subject to the whims and weaknesses of his car. The Packard owner has all the chances of the road discounted, be cause he is sure of what his Packard will do. He is riding in first-class safety and first-class comfort. It costs him less all around than riding second class ! NEW YORK New Haven: 204 York Street New London: 391 William Street Springfield: 832-34 State Street Pittsfield: 164 Wahcopah Street amse.i smES ; CAPITOL BROADWAY AT 51 ST. EDWARD BOWES. Mantilnf Dlrtttx GALA OPENING at 1:30 P. M. Second Show at 030 vlth ROTHAPFEL PICTURE. AND-MUSIC TYPE OF PROGRAM UnJtr Pmonal Scpnhhn of S. L. ROTHAPFEL ConUmmti I la II.-J0 P. M. BAML'KL OOLDWYN Dd HEX nEACH rrnent s masterful film adaptation or RUPERT HUGHES' "SCRATCH MY BACK Dlrrrred SIDSEY OIXOTT PET TE BALLET OF ROSES FOUR INDIAN LOVE LYRICS hr I.irrnT 1 .X Set to Mote liy ir Woodforda Flndca CAPITOL TRAVELAUGH AT THK ZOO" Created and executed bv HV MAYER Novelties New lm-Ueni'al Features CAPITOL CONCERT ORCH. Larxest rid Plact Theatre Orchrs'ra In tbr WMd. All for 40c, 55c, 75c, $1.00. Mats. 30c, 40c IB. F. Kdth'il MHmnl rtma rA 1 A r C Vklot Moore. Duaan k t L,nj C R.jrmond. Jon Laurie, Jr. u way if m.iotnv Herman nmoerx, Mt. nl1vav-i, ,!yt TToltlc D-rlbr. , 11. V. Krllh'i BELLE IIAKEH. JVERSIDE' Clark & Berrman, Lydell A Maecy, Marti Lo A Co.. F.rwlnAJaneConnelly.etlH B'yA-6tn8t 1 Dalisades -VPark 'rr, I OnnmlteW 130 St. Ferry Ileto.'a!l. Sea watef Surf HmDItu No Open . i I - ,m- - ' ' I . i f inytirTurrnvi NEW VOIIK LYCEUM.Tfcn,'r' W(.Un HI.ET1.S W. , MATINEK TO-IMY AT ffiSSEL UlAULUUIlD DICCERS- j liffood UDUIl MU.WM.AfUt .SO, t V ti.ann MM Mil I lor woe oEo.rnuAN n'wMdflt. nw.'W. M. mt ' MU. Wrd, & Bst JS0. 8AM If. IIAHHIA orwrou ttnni -WAr- MB? CULLlbK In "THE HOTTENTOT lAUfillTEK 'J,', Jtlo'." Cohm fcHarrii t'rSo. n . PAM H.HAUIUS prrcnu the Tian7tv v.i.i .j iuiicu uonicur "JSJ, j Honey Girl 1111(1,1 KIIHI.1K HENRY MILLERS JtM EVES. 620-MAT3 TMUBS. C 5ATJ 2 20 HuUlHt DAI lifflSfj Bu WAMC6 FORBI THE SEA3Q(vf5 TRIUMPH f JTohn DrinkvM-tmr's ABRAHAM UNCOLN CORT Sffi.trri7a.WA UtJ-AOU M,,,.TivlirARt 130, MATINEE TO-DAY AT US'). IJiHT 13 PERFORMANCES. I Lf II m "THE SON enore Ulric dauchter- ; Dy Ooonre BwirborouKh n4 Drtd Delucn. SESGHSSBEtiEGm CIIARI.ES DII.MNOHAM'S GLOBE THEATRE Ilrmodelrf and Enlarge WHO, HE-OPEN Next Monday Night with A VHIDL1V1NO CA5T O. THE HIGHEST SALARIED CHORUS IN THE TOD SEATS TO-DAY lTn;rlrfrkrvlfrrn',r';1!"'st Eva 8-30. MiicicerDocKer Mat, Wtd Slt a M lO-MOIIT 1ISTH TIME. -v i nauncrrnr-i i DA Dl' V roliiT.bu I 1 T in m I "- Orrl WLUUi 1 LAST 4 TIMES -MACUSHLA SSLW. Arerlca' Foremost Theatres and Ilit. Winter Garden SSX) AIATINEE TO-DAY. CENTURY??'1"" Pk-vvt. f.v i is FLORObORA I r.T.ronf;oiidrVat.iat JI 5Vtt St 50 TOO t Hi urners at ij.m nnti u.mi Branr h Ticket Otn.-i-rr-itnilThe. .47t hA Dwav SHUBERT iiU.W.ofB'war. Ey.S 15 " ' Wed. A Sat. . IS. Oreatert Comedy. J7 t A3 I With Henry Hull and Constance Ulnney Eternities A Sat. Matlnty. soc to n. Pasino80th4B'y.Evs S"IJ.Matj.Vi.ARit. i ''"".Mucal Comedy Senatioa. ' nitOADWAY'S BEST BET! Boily.be Good MAXINE ELLIOTTS &&ZSt ETS. S IS. MATS. WEI), i At " li ALL SOULS BYE ulu Fisher oyrHl Keightley "IJellghtful all tixt time aol in every way1, -.lan Dale. American. PFNTRAI Thea.47St.AIly.Eix.S30 LUMIUtL Matln.Wrt A- Sat -"in m BERNARD , In A.i YOU WERE ft i, K A I) I n U - - 1 If. IPi i 48TH ST. TEri s So' ! georoadhust mat. TO-DAY 2.30 "STORM HS R 9TH Cadty Month of A ROMANCE OF THE HIG WOODS. By Lajioa Moro, -k MflRDSPf) w 4:.thSl. E. ats IWUKUXUNwM Saturday 3a .30. & -Ll-tl S IN TH5 witn MARTHA ItMJMA. LAST 4 TIMES. j& rrn c thfatwi. 4 st.. y 0f d way. (Es R r?1 Es. S!0. Mats. Wed. A Sat 'JiO ) RICHARD BENNETT in Eucene O. O'Neill's Great Drama Beyond the Horizon DONALD llll I AN. VIRGINIA O'BRIEN. RALPH MORGAN. BUDDIES) in the MU5leaI lilt. CCI WYN "tssM2dS. r.e-ililMO. JLL""' Next Matinee Sat at2 30. 1 i'l,tl.w, V 'jCriterion i Theatre. B'way Dlrrrt:on ot Hugo RUarntld H umoresque FANNY HURSTS Great Photo nay. Mme. Lubovska Sat 44t'i St. CtII It. De Mllle's 2 "WHY CHANGE c YOL'R WIKE?" B r.I VOLI ORCHESTRA p TinnnRT WARWICK In "Thou Art tha Man."' Rlalto OnheJira. A. mvTtmes i. o SEATS NOWFCrR Annual Public LAMBS' GAMBOL Show nf a Lifetime" HIPPODROME NEXT SUN. NIGHT COLUMBIA. B'rayJL4T. Twice Dallr .2.IS AM Su&iSUT Sto-rOLLY TOWN IS.1J ml RIVOll B'wa at 46h St ialto . ( II K 1 T II K H A r 1 B W v (.' NEW AMSTERDAM ".win?? mTu MATS. WED. ANU BAT WO TO II, Jn TT 7 :jEd.WynnCarniva j ith kd, tryyy. "the PEHfErT rooi. with KD, lVVSJf. "THE PKItrr.fT FOOI," mmnmuc ATOP HIV Anil tKUwi i"V.ikc SWEPT BY tVENIHG BREEZES SUMMER SEASOH DINE IN THE, OPSrJ 1 0PEMS JUNE 7 AT 8:30 ART HICKMAN ORCHESTRA PANCOHMTUHS!sC LED ZIEGFELP AND With MARILYN N MILLER EDDIE CANTOR, f AN NIC BRIC& vy C. FIELDS RAY DOOLEV VAN and SCHENCX JOHN STEELE LILLIAN LORQWHE CARL RANDALL DELVLE ALDA ALLYN KING JOHNNY DOOLEY and BERT WILLIAMS THE FIFTX MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN AMERICA (NO CHOSUS) STABLE RESERVATIONS NOVi IF YOU DINE ON THE ROOF ON "WE OCCASION OF THIS DOUBLE EVENT WE PROPHESY YOU iVILL BE A REGULAR FOR THE SUMMER GiwTchViiiawT;ii?iy5ri, LTINEE TO-DAY 2.30. 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To-day Jt JIATINEK TO-DAY z 70. tELTINGE TJSi' MARTINIQUE " with JovnhlM Vletoe & Emmett Corriran. Republic "51 & g-. -a Marjorie Rambeau Channlns rollock's Great Melodrama 1 he 5ign Z Door I Wild Oats f WOMEN ONLY to 47 to 9 MEN ONLY HARRIS THEATRE. W. 43d St I'op.rrim "IWnltchln. -Adorable. BELMONT Th..4S.E.of B'trar Kv.SJ0. Mu.ToMa ASM 2 30 ftr two Vtn TJsf hit I EAST WEST R.S. M OSS BROADWAY T,"?'r . , EXClTEMEKTt THRILLS! ROMASCEl Dmint DetJi! SensaUonsl Smpemtl The Return ofTarzan Extra Attraction Bert Earl and Girl- STEEPLECHASE CONEY ISLAND NOW OPEN LUNA PRYOR'S BAND CcrxciU Aft 8c Ev:ninj COHtY ISLAND rttt tircui I'd Dancui; StranD B'y 47 8V. II Wm. FaversJiam The Man Who Url IlimHlf, ' Orcbwtra. i iNk. w J-WB jKn n n mm 49 ' rSFAS0N5 BIGGEST MUSICAL HrJ fit I- 0 J fctyrHw-.-Wfraa-i. Tf ;-'m. 53S