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VOL. LXI. NO. 21,723
3 ROBBERS SHOOT POLICEMAN
WHU oUKrKloto lltlVI IN AW i on WITNESS STANDOWN IN DENSE FOG
nr uni niMn nn a diiov OTODd
nr run iiiiaiii nr u nn.M uim
Ul IIULUIMU Ul nuuui usuiiu
All Three Shoot and Two Bul
lets Take Effect He Is in
Serious Condition.
THEY MAKE ESCAPE,
Clerk and Porter Trussed Up,
but Clerk, While Tied,. Is
Forced to Open Safe.
.
Three men, swarthy and speaking
English with an Italian accent,
walked Into tho United Clear Store
at Willis Avenue and 146th Street,
one- of tho bifsleet corners in the
Bronx, at 9 o'clock to-day and told
Michael Kovcnsky, tho clerk, and
John Garsh, the porter, to put up,
their hands. The three men pointed
automatic pistols at them.
Under tho orders of tho three Ko
vensky and Garsh walked into the
back storeroom, where they wore tied
han-t and foot with heavy wrapping!
twine.
While the men were at work over
them tho footsteps of a customer
wpre heard in the outer room. One
of the men went out and waited on
him, striking the keys of tho cash
register us though depositing th
money. When h returned to tho
back room ho laughingly remarked
that he had rut it In his pocket. j
"Now." said tho leader of the men,
.-. standing over Kovcnsky aftor ho was
" securely bound, "toll us whero tho
dough Is or I'll blow your head off. ,
f mean It." ' I
Kovcnsky said the money was in
the safe. Tho leader and one of tho
other men carried him into tho start
and Hald him beside tho safe. They
loosed his hands and told him to
open the combination, still holding
their pistols at his head.
Kovcnsky opened the safe. One ot
the men emptied tho cash compart
ment of over $330, the receipts of Sat
urday afternoon and Sunday. Just as
he was'thrusting It in his pocket Po
liceman Thomas Huskinson looked In
tho door.
By order of Inspector John Swee
ney all Hronx pollcumen roccntly have
made themselves acquainted with the
appearance of all clerks In cigar and
Jewelry stores. Huskinson did not
recognize the men behind the counter,
wearing their huus, as tho proper men
to be there. Ho attempted to Investi
gate. ,-Oh, let him have it" growled one of
the three. All pushed pistols over tho
If counter showcases. Threo shots wero
tired. Two struck tho policeman In
the hip, knocking him down. The other
missed. Huskinson pulled a showcase
over as ho fell.
;Vr Joined oy uio mini man, um iwc
(Continued on Klmi-nth Page.)
NO ELOPER SHE;
HE PULLS A GUN
Misses the Girl, Wounds
Himself and Luids
in a Cell.
When Pusoualo Imbarili. No. 191
Leonard Street, Williamsburg, called on
IL3 Lillian Clsalclo, No. 23 Dewe
Street, Brooklyn, at 8 o'clock this mum
lug and asked her to fly with him, sho
leellned Just as sho snvs she has been
declining similar Invitations fiom hln
for qulto a while.
He drew a revolver, tho girl s-iyr. nnd
iha grabbed his hand. The jrun went
off -nrt wounded two or Pojquolc'a
flngera, not Injuring the B'rl at all.
Just then her fiancee, John Vcntl, No.
78 Market Street, Manhattan, came
along In his automobile. Detective Fred
Wlndeburg ilso ranie along. Pasotalo
was locked up on a charge of felonious
ussault.
DAILY.
Copyright, 11121,
Co. (The
TOFI
Thomas Traynor Executed in
Mountjoy Prison for Killing
"Black and Tan."
DUDLIN, April 23. Thomas Tray
nor was executed In Mountjoy Prison
here to-day. for killing a policeman
on March 14.
The prisoner's brother was permit
ted a last visit. As he emerged from
the gates shortly before the execution
was to take place the crowds surged
about him. Ho said:
"Thomas wants you to fight on.
i'e doesn't want you to fight to
nvengo him. but Just fight for free
dom." Thero was no disturbance.
Traynor was tried by efcirt martial
and convicted of complicity In tho
street battles on March 14 which re
sulted in tho death of three civilians
and two police cadets. When cap
tured ho had a German automatic
pistol In lilJ hand.
Tho nummary sentence of Traynor
has made a profound Impression on
the Sinn Fotncrs, who are resolved
to avenge his death. ,
Polirn nnd military who were
searching for a kidnapped constable
near Flddown, County Kilkenny, were
ambushed to-day from a faim on
which the constalilo was being held
prisoner.
A fight earned in which one soldier
and several members of the ambush
ing party were wounded. It is believed
some of the attackers were killed.
The constable escaped during tho
battle. ,
Yesterdays fighting started in tho
afternoon as fourteen members of tho
constabulary in pursuit of a Repub
lican Hying squadron were ambushed
near the house of Padrlac O'Mallcy,
Sinn Fein member of Parliament for
Gulwa), In the Mjfam District.
Inspector Taylor of tho constabti
lary was killed and Cadet Grittln and
Scrgt. Sullivan were wounded while
motoring to the Gormanstown Iloyal
Irish Constabulary training quarters
HULIWST, April S3. Patrick, and
Daniel Duffln, brothers, a clerk and a
teacher, wero shot and killed tarly
yesterday.
It Is believed that tue brothers veie
killed In reprisal for the earlier attack
on two auxiliaries cadets, Ilohm and
Holes. Mrs. Louise Gllson and Thom
as Kennedy were wounded.
The cadets had been to the railway
station and walked over to Donegal
i place about two o'clock in tho after
noont This street, which la the- centro
I of the shopping district, wus crowded
ilth neriestrlans. A number of shots
were fired at the auxiliaries. One of
these broke a window In a street car
and wounded Mrs. GUson in the
mouth, whllo anntner wounded a
pedestrian who was on the sidewalk.
The Dufflns wero killed In thu
Duffln cottage, in the Clomfrd Mon
astery grounds. About midnight It
was entered by threo armed mon in
civilian 'clothe,. John Duffln, who
was shot diirlni the riots last July
was lying in bed upstairs. Ho said he
heard one of them give the command
"Hands up! This was followed by
a rusiuauo oi hmuim. no ratacre ,
rushed out. before Duffm could get
downstairs, where ho found hts
i brothers lying on tno floor dying.
Tti two slain men were members
of tho Gaelic League. Daniel Duffln
was noted as a Gaelic football player,
GOING TO GALLOWS
SINN FEINER SEND
WORD
GHTON
BEING DRAWN INTO SETTLEMENT
mm
Cirefulation Books Open to All." I
by Tho I'rrs Ilibllshlnf
New York World).
buck book
Lsed In Her to Refute Testi-
1 niony as to Alleged Visit to
! Wallace's Room.
I REFUSED SPECIAL WEAL.
Says Stokes Ordered Cook
Not to Prepare It When He
Was Peeved.
A "little black book" was much in
evidence to-day In tho Stokes divorce
trial. In this case It was Mr. W. E.
D. Stokes's Intimate diary for the year
1014 one of a series of volumes bc-
! oausc it has Uien her habit since
girlhood to kea a Journal.
Against the repeated objections of
Mr. Stokes'
counsel, Justice Finch j
permitted Mrs. Stokes to refresh her
memory rom the "little black book"
ns to 1ier comings, goings nnd where
abouts during the month of May,
11)14.
Tho introduction of the diary was
obviously for the purpose of offset
ting the testimony of Mr. and Mrs.
Zenos Matteosslan, witnesses- for
Stokes, who testified that late one
afternoon "toward the end of May,
1914," they hud seen Mrs. Stokes In
the bedroom of Kdgar T. Wallace at
No. Vi Kast 'Jjth Street I' w dur
ing this month, according to Mrs.
Stokes's test irfiony, that sho was very
much at home as she was expecting
tho birth of a child early In the fol
lowing September.
Mrs. Stokes, speaking In reference
to the entries in hur diary, to which
sho constantly turned, said that dur
ing this May her husband frequently
brought men guests to their apart
ment In the Ansonin. although, on
uccount of her condition, sho had
iskcd him not to do bo.
STOKES NEVER LET HER HAVE
ANY MONEY.
She recalled a shopping Journey on
Mav IS. "Hut I bought nothing, ao
Mr Stokes never let mo havo any
money. That nlglit l wanted some
thing cooked especially for myselt, as
wasn't very well, but Mr. Stokes
was cross atout something, perhaps
because I didn't get In until after 7
o'clock, and wouldn't let the cook pre-
pare anytlUng lor nie."
It appeared from 'he testimony, thut
.Stokes left hla wife much to hoi&olf
In the afternoons and evenings.
On the last day Of May, 1914, .Mrs.
Stokco said, they went to tho races
the day II. P. Whitney's horse
dropped dead and afterward she
wanted him to tako her somcwheie
to dinner. "Hut ho refused to go
anywhere save to the Westchester
Club, so we went there," she added.
SERVANTS DISCHARGED FOR
KINDNESS TO HER.
On May 31. she stated, Stokes dis
charged some of the servants for at
tempting to serve breakfaet to her In
bed.
"I had no breakfast and no lundi-
(Contlnuod on Fifth Page)
ARENA FOR BOUT AT
MONTGOMERY PARK
Rickard -Officially Names Site of
Dempsey-Carpcntier Contest
in Jersey City.
rho arena for tho Dempsev-Car-
po.t.cr bout to ho stagfd In Jersey
City on July 'i will be erected on a
plot known ns "lioylo's Thirty Acres"
ut Montgomery Park Promoter Tc.t
I Hlckard. who 'will have solo charge
of the heavyweight championship
contest, ofiiclally announced the site
here this afternoon.
NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1921.
euchmhilt
Going Full Speed Abtern ai Big
Freighter Everett (slides.
Across Her Buv.
HEARD WARNING MRLN.
Prompt Action by Capt.
Howarth Saved the Liner
and Her 1,700 Passenger.
The White Star liner Old. . -rived
to-day from Liverpool, aftei
remarkably closu call from tx-ing cut
)n llnIf a dense tog at 1 1 o'.
yesterday morning, and ne,r s r , ,
the bottom with her 1,'uo pasxcngi -t
The day dawned with a thick h..ze
in the air, and as the hours pr.
ceeded, the fog increased to a dens U
tnat made the atmosphere blacker
tlian night
-api. v. Howarth, on
the bridge, kept his rtrauuT i. ruler a
slow bell, sounding his wMstle .it
proper Intervals.
Suddenly, from out of the fg, ,,ff
the Celtic's port bow, a warning
sound enme from a ship's sit en, too
close to the captain's reckoning to be
safe. Ho rang to stop the ship nnd
before the engines ftad ceased purr
ing rang again for full speed astern.
A big black mass loomed u
through the fog, and not two min
utes later tho freighter Kveretl
crossed the Celtic's Ixnv, about IKty
feet ahead. Capt Haworth declared
that It was a closo shave, and the
few passengers who were on deck
were high in their praise of the
skipper's prompt act, uhleh, they
said, saved the Celtic rrom destruc
Uon.
Among the Celtic's passengers was
Miss Alice Cunningham, former owner
of John Daniel, the speaking and sob
bing gorilla of the ISunumi & llaltey
Ittngllng Circus, who died in his cage
of a broken heart, refusing to Hpeuk
or oven eat for several days preceding
his departure across the divide.
Miss Cunningham only learned of
tho death of her pet alter the liner
hart tied up at her pier In the North i
Itlver. Sho wept and declared that it
was captivity that killed her favorite.
John had been presented to hertwo
and a half years ago by her nephew,
M. P. Penny, of the Itoynl Air Service,
who brougtit the gorilla to her from
Africa. In London John hud the run
of her home.
i-ccnves xnomas Knngnt nn.l 1.
K. Deisler returned on the Celtic with
Leo Vorowltch a prisoner. Tho dc -
tectlvea said that all they knew about
me case was mai vorowucn was ar-
resicti wiien nu aumnpieu to land in
Liverpool, and that they wero sent to1
bring him bock. Thoy understood,
they said, that ho Is charged with
having passed a worthless chuck for
J-HS,000.
Darlo Itesta, the automobile racer,
also returned on tho Celtic, bringing
with him ttiree new sunueam rars
which he Is going to enter In tho In
dianapolis races, driving onu ot them
himself. j
GIRL AT SCHOOL
LEAPS TO DEATH
Overstudy Believed to Have Af
fected Mind of Virginia
Sisson of Ocean Side.
Miss Virginia Slsnon, 16 years old,
living In Terrell Avenue, Ocean Sid,
a studont at tho Ocean Side High ScIkjoI
near Hnckvllhi Centro, L. I killed hor
sulf this morning iiy Jumping from a
seoond story window of the school to
a cemented court bolow. Her kull was
frnrturcd. llui teachnrs and fr.emls
believo her mind hod been temporarily
uf(ectel uy overstudy. i
Just Iniforo he Jumped sho ask'dl
another girl to open the window for hor
u that ho could "get some air." Thon I
she screamed, cilmhed to '.ho lll, and
Jumped. Her father, Wii.iam SIon,
an engineer. Im wila to on enRnKOd In
road building In South Aravrlea.
OLD MILLIONAIRE'S
YOUNG BRIDE WHO
IS CUT OFF IN WILL
MK.i SRO, w- OViTtR JK
OFF BRIDE IN WILL
Aged Millionaire Said to Have
Signed Codicil Shortly Bc
fure His Death.
ATLANTIC CITY, April 25. George
M. Oyster, aged millionaire who died
hero early to-day, cut his young bride
oft without a cent, it was reported
hero to-day.
Oystih' was said to li.ivo added ,t
codicil to his will last Saturday to
deprive the young woman of a share
in his big ostatc
Tho codicil was drawn after thr
l arrival of a Washington attorney,
when Mi. Oyster apparently had
1 given up hope of living longer. It
1 4 Hll.1.1 fine nf the hotel mnrtlnvi... iuiih
. u vvltnHa to , e(Mrlv
! , ovster's bodv will be. taken to
1 Washington this afternoon.
I MrM. tnstor wan ex-iH-ete,! ihi
. Inornlne. iml t. had not arrived nr.
, u.so A. M. It was believed Shu
mlirht cet hero later In the dav.
TnoSo wno heard tho report of the
( codlcll thought It ptobablo that Mrs.
Qstur wtild start court proceedings
for a share of her husband's prcijHjrty.
Mr oyster was seventy-two years
old and hi wlfn about twenty-five.
staing at tno Wardtnan Park Inn In
Washington, and was not with her
huslwind at any time during his 111
noss, which lasted severnl days, .she
tolophonud during tho night to In
quire an to hla condition. .D. W.
Ojs'or, the dend millionaire's brother,
arrived from Washington fifteen mln
uti's boforo tho end.
During Inn Illness Mr. Oyster was
attended by Dr. Hdwnid Porteous and
two nuris. II. N. Hrownar, a rota
tive, was present at tho death.
Mrs. Oyster was Miss Cecil C. Iteady
a prominent and populnr mernbor of
Syracuse .'oeiety, and llrst met tin
millionaire at the btato Fair In her
city lust autumn. She took part In
the Anviricanizath.n propaganda pag
eant. Mi'i Iteady exprwsed .ulrniru-
tion for inn priy.e winner in the Oys
ter group of famous Porchcrons. an.t
Mr. Oyster, tho owner presented her
with Die llnr. U'K nnlmKl.
Following thiH Mr. Oyster Hhowerec)
(Continued on Klevontn Page )
GEORGE W. OYSTER
! SAID TO HAVE CUI
"Circulation Books Opcu
Unit ml mi NrcnmUCIa Matter
Vo.t Offlcr, Nrw York, N. Y.
GllilAN OFFER OF $48,000,000,000
TO ALLIES SENT TO WASHINGTON
GERMAN TARIFF
0FU.S.0NPAYINT
scheme Said to Be to Impose
Prohibitive Rate on Fat
Imports.
WOULD RUIN INDUSTRY.
rhis Country's Interests Said
to Be Similar to Britain's
and Opposed by France.
lly David Lau rence.
(Special Correspondent of The Eve
ning World).
WASHINGTON, April 2C (Copy
right, 1921). America's hand may he
forced by Germany In the controversy
over reparations. While the United
Slates Is reluctant to participate dl
rcctly In the settlement of the repar
ation question, word has reached the
Government here that tho Germans
are planning u prohibitive tariff on
American pork products. Should the
contemplated action be taken, the ex
port trade In fats would lie ruined
iml the Germans would ho able to
sell their vegetable oils at an advan
tage. The feeling hero is thatjlic United
States ought to havo something to
say ovtir the question of German
tariffs. Tho Keii.iratlou Commission
bet up by the Versailles Tlenty wis
to have complete power over the reg
ulation of incoming and outgoing
commerce. un trial commission
America was to have a member.
President Wilson asked tho Senate to
permit him to name an American
commissioner, but the Senato Foreign
Uclatloiuj Committee declined. Tho
treaty light was at its bitterest stase
then und Mr. Wilson noxer renewed
the lequesU
The situation has chansed materi
ally, however, and evidence accumu
lates showing that unless thu United
States promptly exerclsoa an Influ-
tCoutinucd on Second Page.)
KNOX RESOLUTION
REPORTED OUT
Only Two Votes Against It in the
Foreign Relations
Committee.
WASHINGTON, April 26. Tho
Senate Foreign Itelatluns Committee
to-day favorably reported the Knox
resolution ending tho state of war be
tween the United States und tho Cen
tral Powers.
Slight formal changes wero made
In the text. There worn but twovotcw
agulnst the resolution. Pomcrcne,
Ohio, and Plttman, Nevada, Demo
crats, opiwhcd it.
Senator Ixidge, In reporting tho
resolution, gave notlou he voultl call
It up to-tnurrow.
"1 Hiippoto you will l"t debute on 't
run a reahonablo tune," ld Kotialnr
Underwood, the Democratic leader.
"I hopu to pass it soon," said Ixiilgo.
"Democrats are not disposed to de
lay It unduly." said I'ndorwood. "but
somo of us ma wish to diwus.. it."
Iodge said he would "not 'm- un
reasonable" in pushing the reiolu
t.tmVto paswigp
Two nimiiar reMi' jt'.oiiji term'i. it'ng
war betwet n the I'nitul fltati:, and
Germany and AuBiria-Hitngary were
Introduced In the lliuse to-day by
HcproHPiitntlve Porter, Chalrmnn of
the Conimlttee on Foreign Affair,
i soon aftrr "-oiwirtlnir of the Knox
mcaaurc ui the t'euate.
PLAN FORCES HAND
WALL
FIWML
EDI
to All." f
i:
Payment to Be
Years With Pledges of Goods and
Participation in German Industries
No Hint of Assumption of Allies'
Debt to America.
BERLIN, April 25 (Associated Press). Germany's counter-proposals
or reparations, it was learned to-day, refrain from proposing the
assumption by Germany of the Allied debts to" the United States.
GERMANS GRABBING
AMERICAN PATENTS
Get 201 on Ordnance Since. July,
and Transfer All to the
Krnpps.
WASHINGTON, April 25. Activity
of German citizens Jn obtaining
patents from tho American Govern
ment embodying many of the princi
ples of American railroad artillery
and .other ordnanco led Secretary
Weeks to ask Congrcsu to-day for
legislation limiting Uie granting of
patents to foreigners.
Tho War Seorctary nald 201 ord
nance patunts had been obtained here
by Gorman citizens since last July 1
and all transferred to Frederick
Krupp, tho gmat ordnanco manufac
turer at Ksscti.
10
.ads Who Beat Brooklyn Jew
eller Sent to Sing Sing
in Hurry.
Sentences wero Imposed to-day by
Judne Martin, In IJrooklyn, upon tne
four youths raptured after a robbery
of the Jewelry store of Henry Hansen,
of No. 7GG Flutbunh Avehtlr, Hrooklyn,
April 15. Tho men struck down Han
sen and a clerk. William Lcirholt, wtth
blackjacks, but Hansen blew a pollen
whlstlo and tho men wern calig.nt af
ter a chase.
Tho sentences were as follows:
Samuel Jonas, nineteen, No. 3310 16th
Avenue, IJrooklyn, twenty years;
Thoma Uoone.y. twenty-six, No. 85
Howery. Manhattan, eighteen yearn;
Iiwrencc Llppl. nineteen, No. 2HS
Dayhlll Koad. Hrooklj-n, ten to twenty
years, and IUrney Llfkln, seventeen.
Ni. 2712 15th Avenue, Hrooklyn, five
to ten years.
Tho men were put In a police auto
mnbllo to bo taken directly to Blng
Sing.
Itooney was tho only ono who did
not appear dejected. Three of the
men shook their heads when asked
whelher thoy had anything to say
before sentence was passed, Ilooncy
luuBhed nnd said:
"Anything to say? Well, It's com
ing to me. I expiCt to cot It. So
lot'w have It "
When tho men wero put In the au
tomobile Hooney euiied out to 'the
driver. "Slop on the gas."
"I'm going to Sing Sing for eigh
teen years and I'm In a hurry," he
exci ilmtd. frrlnning.
Till
woiu.n Tit wf.i, nunnAr.
IMlitzu; iWuiMI HuiMuK. .Vi lli I'.rn
Ht, X V CUT. Ti'H'luxw IIwIubm (O0.
i ivmc rocm for twcfiM ftod rtm'l, town dl)
t.irM. lUm eJn tnj txntclla' cmvIj, fov
a - Aito
(Rscmii Entrint on Paget 11 ind 1.)
63 YEARS FOR FOUR
YOUNG BANDITS
DAYS SINCE HOLD-UP
To-Morrow'e Weather FAIR.
STREET
TION
PRICE THREE CENTS
Made in 30 to 42
Tho payment by Germany of
200,000,000,000 gold markp (nearly
148.000,000,000) Is, roughly, tho pro-
poeul submitted by Germany tap
transmission to the Allies, according
to Bpurcoa close to the Government.
Tho payments will bfl spread over h
period of from 30 to 42 years, or lea;,
according to Germany's economic rt
covery.
Koonomlo pledges In the way of
goods and participation In Qerman
Industries arc offered as gxraraBteca.
it Is stated.
The offer, It la Indicated, IndlnM
more toward th Jerms formulate
gy the AHlea at the Paris conferenoa
last Winter than to the offer made by
Germany at the London conference,
which tho Allies nummarlly reeete6
(The AHles, under the decJatooui
reached In Paris in Jarroary, de
manded that Germany pay SS,000,C90,-a
000 gold marks, or approximately
600,000,000, the pnymcnto to t opreaol
over a jxrlod of forty-two years. Oer-
l many'u exports. In addition, wtmld
I bear an export duty of 12 per cent, tx
go to the Allies, for an Identical period.
In the German counter-proposals sab
I mltted in Ixindon on March 1, tto
German Foreign Minister uffgitj
what the Allied experta estimated at
$12,500,000,000, of which. Germany
claimed (5,000,000,000 bad'ulready been
paid.)
The Gorman Government Is retrala
tng from making public to-day IM
note to tho United States In order t
glvo Prr-Hldcnt Harding, It Is ex
plained, an opportunity to conatdar
and make Inquiries ooncornlnr It it
ho desires, before forwarding It to thto
Allies.
The Ilolchutag will not be clratt
tho text of tbo comraunlAtloa uattl
Tuesilay.
Foreign Minister Simons announced:'
to-day that ho would murety present
to the Itclohstag this afternoon Th
status of Germany's foreign rota
tions," not divulging the new
counter-pmposala on reparations.
This offer on tho part of the llertta
Government wua reached, accordint'
to ofllclal i-krts only after protract
ed wrangling In the Cabinet and af
ter a proposal that had been tenta
tively decided upon had been over-,
ruled, because It was believed to be ao
unacceptable that no hope was enter
tained of Its being tnuisinltted to the
Allies by President Harding.
Americans here on private business
are credited with having Inspired tha
German note to President Harding
asking his mediation. They wished
to sell largo quantities of raw ma
terials, but found they were unable
to do business because of the repara
tion provisions of the VersaJnJ
Treaty und tho attitude of the En
tente. They decided the troublesonw
question should be removed and are
said to have suggested unofficially
that a proposal from Uerttn would
nnd Washington favorable.
Thene Americans are Lafayette
Dufrcy of New York, L. II. Hoofier.
a San Francisco lawyer, and Dr.
Itlchard Moldcnke of Watchung, N. J.
They are eald to plan the formation
of a 11,000,000 credit corporation but
refuse to revenl the Identity of their
backers. Discussion of tho note to
President Harding had been going on
for weeks before It was eent.
Dr. nichard Moldnnke of Wat On -ung,
N. J, ha ibecn In Germany a
month, his son, Edl Moldcnkr, said
to-day He went abroad with a
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