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STRIKE CALL TO 600,000 MINERS TO-DAY
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VOL. LXn. NO. 22,002 DAILY.
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NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922.
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Volsteaders Boast Pledges
$2,000,000 a Year to
Fight Change.
of
TABULATE CANDIDATES.
Score of Organizations on Each
Side Seek Control of
Next Congress.
By David Lawrence.
(Special Correspondent of Tho Eve
ning World.)
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Copy
right). -The greatest of battles be
tween the v.i-t and dry forces In Amur-
is impending.
I . I 11 1 J ui limit' iiuiiuii.ii ui rirtuiA.!.-
tlons will he in the. light for a modi
fication 01 th Volsead law and at
JeaRt twont associations, comprising
1h allied temperance forces of Amer
ica, will resist that effort.
New ot the Intensity 01 tho fight
to be waged for control of the next
Congress comes from both camps.
They admit the contest has begun
and will grow In violence as the pri
mary campaigns start In the spring
and summer months.
The Issue Is not partisan. Tho
Prohibition forces intend to support
Republicans or Democrats, as the
case muv lie who stood by them In
Congress, and thef slmilaily will do
all In their poM r I" prevent the re
nomination or r. -elcctlou of Pcinu
jifcUB mid lb piiblie ins li. h.uo
.VKned t" the wet sloV
"The temperance forces," said Sam
uel W. Small. Associate Secretary of
the National Reform Association, to
day, "have a pledged financial
come of over $2,000,000 annually from
voluntary contributors, averaging $3
a person. We have carefully analyzed
in the light of past election returns
the condition of Prohibition sentiment
I In every ono ot tne hjd uongressionni
l4Ltrictt. We know all the Senators
ana necrcsenmiives vvno can oc irun
ed to maintain, strengthen and voto
! to ineninsa enforcement legislation.
We villi sunoort tlit-m without regard
to party or creed and try to re-elect
every one who has been faithful and
undodging.
'We know which membeis to op
I. nose, how mey were eiecuu, wneie
their majorities came from and how
to organize opposition that promises
lo replace 'wets with 'dry.' We are
i'jnaklng over 1,000 special addics.ses In
jjjfjl States every Sunday and in the
iBangrcssional campaign we will be
Bro to put 1.200 special Prohibition
If, eakers, aside from volunteers. Into
mc vuiiuua lUIIUl UlOiUWlfl
'throughout the Union.
"We Intend especially to maintain
ii Bare, strong majority in mo uniteu
Estates Benato to guarantee that no
! antl-Prohlbltlon legislation can be
Massed up from the House to the
Resident. Thirty-two States had
"Voluntarily adopted Prohibition bcfoie
(Continued on Second Page.)
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ties" are part of the great motive
power that drives the wheels of in.
dustry. No other form of service
compares with them for efficiency.
Business Opportunities printed
1 4. lust weeui
1 World 2,725 ads.
I J Times 741 ads.
II American 305 ads.
I' Herald 142 ads.
It Tribun 25 ads.
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Hylan Offered $50,000 a Year Job
Bribe' to Keep Him From Being
Candidate at Last City Election
Mayor Makes Announcement at Public Hear
ing on "Salary Boost" Bill, but
Declines to Give Details.
Mayor Hylan intimated to-day that-
before his lenomlnatlon he. was of
fered what amounted to a $50,000 a
year bribe in the guise of a mcmbcr-
hlp salary in a very prominent law
firm on condition that he refuse to
run again for Mayor. Tho Mayor's
innouncement, which was made, at a
public hearing in tho City Hall on a
legislative bill to raise his and
Comptroller Craig's salaries, from
$i:, 000 to $25,000 a year, and Alder-
manic President Hulbcrt's salary
from $7,500 to $15,000 a year, created
sensation In the large audience.
"I 7ant to announce," said the
Maor, "that prior to my rcnomtna-
tion to the office I now hold I was
given assurance that If I did not run
for Mayor again I would be taken
care of in a law firm at a salary of
$50,000 a year."
The Mayor was asked if he would
reveal the name of the firm and the
Identity of the person who mude the
offer. He declined to do either.
'Was It a firm of lawyers which
had handled traction matters or was
Identified In any-waywlth traction?
tho Maor was then asked.
Well" replied the Mayor, "it came
from a source, which, to my mind.
wns never verv friendly to the
people."
Not a voice was lifted In opposition
to the salaries increaso bill. On tne
other hand, the chamber was tilled
with representatives of civil organiza
tions from the five boroughs, who hud
just begged the Mayor to please add
M 0.000 ii year to his salary. Among
these organizations were the .now
crk Ileal Kstato Hoard, represented
bv Edward P. Doyle; United Heal
Kstato Owners, represented by stew
art Browne; Ocean A venue Hoard of
Trade of Flatbush; Staten Island
Chamber of Commerce, represented by
Cornelius G. Kolft; International
I.ongshorcjiicn, represented by .Joseph
Itvan: Staten IMiind Civic League,
n meson ted In William .1. Welsh;
i.d Stive! I'mprriy Owuc rf and Mer
hint.'.
I Urnmii A. Met?., foiiner t'omp
troller, declared tho Mayor should not
consider tho salary question a persona
matter. Ho said $25,000 a year for
.Mayor and Comptroller were udvo
cated away buclc at the time the
Hughes Legislative Committee was in
scs.sio.i here.
"Whether or not you need the
$10,000 a year ixtra. you ought to ac
eept It," said Mr. Metz, "because
Mayor of New York ought to receive
at least $25,00(1 a year, if any Mayo
who comes after you doesn't feel that
he earns $25,C0O a year let him send
the difference to the conscience fund
Uut you earn $25,000 a year."
Sneaking for tho real estate Inter
ests, Edward P. Doyle said New York
City Is tho largest corporation In th
United States and that Its lieau
worth at least $25,000 a year. He said
the Mayor should not be bashful about
accepting the $10,000 increase.
Speaking for Comptroller Craig, one
of the speakers referred to thai otp
finl'M savlnc ot $1,100,000 n year t
he city In a lecent bond sale.
Otheis who spoke for the incieasc
wore Right Rev. Mgr. P. 1 O'Hare
of the C.reenpolnt section of Ilrookly
and Rev. A. Hamilton Nesbltt, pastor
of the Mott Avenue Methodist Episco
Dal Church, the Bronx.
Mayor Hylan uui noi inuicaio wnai
action ho would taue on me salary
bill.
PANTRY BOY CONFESSES
KILLING LADY WHITE
SmitNlird Skull Willi Hammer Aft
HrnilliiK Olme Nnel Tnlea
LONDON, March 21. Henry Jacobl
nineteen-year-old pantry boy nt th
hotel wheie Laity Alice Whlto was
fatally injured last Monday night, was
arraigned In police court to-day charged
with wilful murder. He was remanded
for onu week.
Jacobl is alleged to havo confessed
striking Iady White with n workman'
hammer, which he later Identified.
Jacobl, a pale faced youth, quiet and
inoffensive In appearance, had been cm
oloyed In the hotel only a few days
chiefly as a dishwasher. Ho had been
readlnc cheap sleuth novels.
SOLDIERS
1
BILL TO BE VOTED
hour Hours' ueoate 10 de
Allowed and Then It Will Be
Submitted for Adoption.
WASHINGTON. March 21. The
Soldiers' Bonus Bill will be taken up
tho House Thursday under sus
pension of the rules oh a plan agreed
pon to-day at a conference between
Speaker Glllctt and Chairman Camp
bell of tho Rules Committee.
Tho Speaker, It was said, has agreed
to entertain a motion to suspend the
rules. Mr. Campr-ll rr-' ho would
:ill a meeting ot hlH. committee to
morrow morning at which ho will ask
committee members to report a rule
designating Thursday as suspension
day with a proviso that four hours
debate on the bill shall be provided
Under this procedure a two-thirds
majority would 1m necessary to pass
tho bill. No amendments would be
permitted nor would it be possible to
make a motion to recommit the
measure to t le ways ami .ieuno
Committee.
Those In charge of the legislation
were confident that it would iccelve
more than the two-thirds majority.
They expected the vote to come before
adjournment Thursday alter i
hours of discussion on each side.
The rulu will have to be agreed to
by a majority of the Rules Committee
md then will have to obtain a major
ity ote in the House Proponents or
the' bonus h glslation were eonlldent
hat both mui'inties eould ! ob-
lined.
LELAND SUSPENDED
BY COTTON EXCHANGE
lrm Hlatnrx Clerk, nenytnic Mem
ber Knew llulr Wm Uroken,
Edward F. Lcland of E. F. Lnland
Sc Co.. Chicago rottnn brokers with
New York ollices at No 61 Broadway
wus suspended from mi ngnts ana
Pllvllegcs of the New York Cotton
Exchange for six months, it was an
nounced from the rosttum to-day
The following statement was issued by
the suspended firm:
'Suspension was due to the tin
authorized act of a clu-K in the New
York office, who gave out cotton quo
tatlons In a mannei to violate th
rules of the cxi'hungi . None 'f th
members of the turn hail any knowl
edge that a itile was In ing violated
and It Is a insittei .. gieat surprise
and regiet to tin in
$1,000,000 INCOME TAX
DROP, RAFFERTY SAYS
John T. Hufferty. Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, for tin- Kastern Judicial
District. Including Staten Island, Long
Island nnd Brooklyn, nnnntinred to-dn
that his ofllce hud lull.rlid $,J71.M2 I
Income tuxes .Mini- Jin I. 1!' "I
collections w.-ie " MS.217 ' '
There win .'.""" I'.-- I iXabln lelurn
nipii this .ii Hun List yir. I in IT. rt
iinniiMiii-.-d. mil mi" ! m"i run
tuxiilili' r.-l ui n -
KING GEORGE SUFFERING
FROM A SLIGHT COLD
LONDON. March 21 (Associated
Presal. King George v. Ill be unabl
to attend' tho ceremony surrounding
the oncning of the reconstructed
Waterloo railroad station this after
noon, it Is announced, due to the de
velonment of a slight cold and sore
thrnnt.
Queen Mary will carry out the pro'
gramme In his stead.
BONUS
UPON
THURSDAY
ON SOLDIER
URY PICKED TO TRY
TEX RICKARD
NW
E
. J. Best Excused When He
Pells Court of Illness A. C.
Hoy His Successor.
STATE OUTLINES CASE.
Defendant's Cell Mate
In
Tombs Is A. E. Lindsay
Drexel Biddle In Court.
The jury to hear the evidence in tho
trial of "Tex" Rlckard, boxing pro
moter, charged with harming the
morals of Sarah Schoenfeld, fifteen
years old, was completed at 1.15 to
day. After a recess of of an hour,
Assistant District Attorney Pccora
began setting forth tho State's case.
The progress of selecting the Jury
was halted for a brief time during tho
morning when the foreman selected
yesterday, Samuel J. Best of No. 47
West 136th Street, was superseded.
According to the court record, he was
excuseel on account of illness. Mr.
Best told Justice Wasservogcl that he
was suffering from a chronic ailment,
which had become acute overnight,
and did not feel hu could do justice
as a Juror.
lust before Mr. Best was excused
Justice Wosservogel called into con
ference District Attorney Banton,
Assistant District Attorney Robert
Johnstone, and Max D. Steuer and
lyman Bushel, counsel for the de
fendant.
Albert C. Hoy was the first juror
selected to-day and he was made
foreman. He is a cotton agent, at
No. 256 Church Street, living at No.
511 West 114th Street. The other
members of the jury aro:
Albert L. Nash, steel broker, No.
105 East 7Sth Street.
Charles L. Perrln, retired. No. 325
West End Avenue.
George Kline, Jr., sales
manager,
No. 15 Seaman Avcnuo.
id ward Aaron, neckwear,
No.
if til Avenue.
James C. Raffcrty, purchasing
agent. No. 283 West 150th Street.
Irving J. Hess, importer. No. 7"1
West 179th Street.
William J. Sims, teller. No. .115
West 121st Street.
William G. Agar, broker, No. llfi
Riverside Drive.
William K. Dawson, assistant audi
tor. No. 551 West 185th Street.
Edward Everett Thorpe, real es
tate, No. 235 West 102d Street.
Orton (1. Dale, mechanical engineer.
No. 27 West 11th Street.
Major Drexel Blddlo of Philadel-
(Continued on Second Page.)
BEGGAR HAD $1,632
BUT BONED A DIME
Gets Six Months When Cadi and
Postal Savings Certificates
Arc Found.
i nai clonics may mane the man.
but don't prove anything, wa.s demon
strafed before Magistrate Folwell In
Adams Stieet Court, Brooklyn, lu-
day. Michael SzewecuU, sixty, stood
liefore the Maglstrato with tinlavtd
toes protruding from the remnanta of
some one else s shoes. His clothes
both In point of condition and filth
lieggured description.
Tho Magistrate was qulto moved
while listening to how the prisoner
stopped a pedestrian on Fulton Street
nnd on the plea that he was starving
received 10 cents; and as Mike had
made a bee line for the nearest les
taurant, his stock with the eouit ruse
Hut when Policemen Smith and
Hughes interiuptecl to remark that
the starving man walked light in the
;ront door and out of the back with
out stopping even for a toothpick and
a drink of water, thu Jail doorf
upened.
These same doors closed on the
prisoner for six long months when
$1,017 In United Suites Postal Savings
certificates nnd JIG in cash were found
In his pockets. Howover, Mike won't
have to beg for his living until Sept
21. The city will keep him "free
gratis for nothing," as the saying
goes. And when he cornea out he'll
have his $1,612,
F
MAN CHOSEN
White House and
Secret Treaty With Britain
For Joint Control ot Pacitic
Secretary in Letter Presented to Senate Defends
Honor of U. S. Delegates, and Official
Statement Supports Him.
WASHINGTON, March
21. Thlsf"
Guvcrnmcnt entered into no agree
ment or understandings during
the Arms Conference that were not
embodied In treaty form and made
public, it was stated to-day at the
White House.
Presentation In the Senato to-day of
a letter from Secretary Hughes deny
ing flatly that any secret agreement
exists for future British-American co
operation led to-day to another ef
fort by opponents of tho four-power
treaty to send it back to committee.
The effort brought on a wurm de
bate. Mr. Hughes wrote that ho hoped to
see no "further aspersions upon tho
veracity and honor" of the American
dclogates.
Tho Secretary's letter, character
izing: suggestions of such an agree
ment as "absolutely false," was laid
before the Senato hy Senator Lodgo,
who at tho tame timo put Into the
record a telegram from Paul D. Cra
yath, New York attorney, denying the
accuracy ot a statement on tho same
subject attributed to him by Senator
Borah.
SISTER TIES UP ESTATE
OF MURDERED SHOWMAN
Widow of nrnnen Prevented From
Conducting Sho.
A caveat aalnst Uie probating of my
will of John T. Brunen, circus owner.
murdered at Riverside. N. J., March
10. or tho granting of letters of ad
ministration of his estate, was tiled In
the Hurroeato's ottlco at iiouni iiony
to-day by Mrs. Elizabeth Jiiesche, sis
tcr of the murdered showman
This nrevents any action Dy me our
rogato on any proceedings laxen
through his office to settle Brunen's
estate, and will prevent .Mrs. isrum-n
sending th 'Mighty ixitis ana
other llruncn shows on mo roaa. im
ohn has already announced was her
plan.
DEAD MOUSE IN BREAD
BASIS OF DAMAGE SUIT
Mm. Bnucl minte.il unit rtsuiiin
Interfered With Nnrlnir llalie.
When Mrs. Mary (1. Bngcl of No. 5K8
Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, found, as she
rlinrres. a dead mouse In a loaf of
bread two months ago, she fainted, ar.d
the resulting shock seriously Interfered
with the nursing of her slx-monthi-old
baby. Mrs. Kngcl has brought su't fur
tTfinn niMlnst Cushman's Sons. Inr., of
No. 1674 Atlantic Avenue, iiroomyn.
who. sho alleges, made the nrcail
She said she purchased ine or.i i ni
Hrooklyn grocery store. Scltlfin of
a Jury was begun In the Supreme Court
In Hrooklyn to-day, Derore jusiirf may
Sirs. lZngel Is the wife of a illy nre
nun aliacnca lo J rucK uomnany nu,
102.
JUDGE TOLD TO RETURN
BOOKS HELD IN COURT
i.,pllnr iminlnii Order Srrvr.d
n .lunllet- Slrnnu.
William J. MorrlH. rUtorn.-y for flootl
Ai Weston, rosu nuiiners. 10-oai nervcu
Justice Strong at his chambers In tin
Queens County Court House. Long
Island City, with a certified copy oi an
order of tho Appellate Division direct -ine
Justice Strong to return books and
miners he had belonging to liootn s
Weston.
Morris said he had obtained a nuan
tlty of these books and paiwrs from
Justice Htrong, but that he found th"
reports of certified areuimliiiiis hn
wre m leality copies of the hi
llnoih A; Weston, were not tni huh
i.ki
FIGURE OF SLAIN MAN
USED IN PRIEST'S TRIAL
MONTREAL. March 21. Ret Ahelard
Delorme, acrused of killing his half
hrother, Haoul Delorme, to-dsy ws
confronted with a dummy, fully dressed
In the clothes or the murdered student
Vhen he appeared before Judge Cusson
for the continued neatlng.
The dummy was taken to the Knquete
Court by detectives and used to lllus
trate various points In the evidence put
fo-wsrd by th crown.
BONUS THURSDAY
Hughes Deny
Shirt Factory Employees Flee
Screaming From Double
Tragedy.
In desperate retaliation for her re
fusal to marry htm, and as the climax
to repeated attempts to forco himself
upon her notice, Samuel Sllverstcln.
twenty-year-old clerk, this morning
shot Rcglna Kummcl, sixteen yearn
old, a factory girl, at 138th Street and
Willow Avenue, tho Bronx, and then
fired a bullet Into his own right tem
ple.
Both were hurried to Lincoln Hos
pital, where the girl recovteral suf
ficiently to .nake a long statement to
Assistant District Attorney Oliver
and the police. Sllverstcln went Into
u coma a short time after being pluced
on tho operating table.
Tho shooting occurred at a quarter
before 8 o'clock an tho girl und other
mployees of tho shirt and collar fao
tory of Philip Jones v Co , on the
corner, wcro about to enter for the
day's work. Sllverstcln was evidently
waiting for tho girl, a he had waited
every Tueselay morning for several
weeks on her arrival there from her
home. No. 81 Rldgu Strert. As sho
was about to cross the street to the
factory entrance ho suddenly caught
her by tho arm.
'Come hero!" ho cried. "If I can't
havo you nobody else Is going to get
you; I'm going to kill you!"
The girl drew away from him,
f lightened, and, turning to Miss Kva
Cohen, bookkeeper of the faitoiy.
who was at her side, t-aM, "(let a
policeman!" ,
Miss Cohen screamed at the top of
her voice and Silverman, without an
other word, drew a revolver and filed
point blank at the Kuminel girl. The
bullet struck her in tho left side of
the neck and sho dropped to thn sldr
wniK. mo men ulaced tho we.iuon
gainst his right temple and sent a
shot thiough his bruin, falling be
side tho girl.
The scream and the quickly fnllow
ng shots set all tho neighborhood,
one of the busiest In the Bronx, in
an uproar. There was a general night
r tho scorefl of young women em
ployed In tho factory who were
hastening to work. Their erlea and
the scream of Miss Cohen brought
Patrolman Strobe, of the Alexander
Avenue station, who summoned (in
ambulance and had Kllversteln and
the Rirl taken together to the hospital
The -dory that Iteglna Kuminel told
(Continued on Second Page )
TO LAUNCH PLANES
FROM BIG AIRSHIP,
MITCHELL'S PLAN
One Dirigible Could Carry i-'ijjht
ing Fleet Into Enemy
Territory.
WASHINGTON. March "I
Development of a huge dirigi
ble airplano carrier, fimn whle'i
a fleet of small lighting planes
can lie launched in mid-, m. is
probable In the near future. Hug
lien. William Mitchell, Assistant
Chief of the Army Air Srvle
who has Juht returned from i
three months' Investigation uf
aviation In Europe, said to-day
Such a huge craft could obtain
a big advantage for an nrmy by
soaring near the battlofront and
then launching Its planes The
plane could b carried n long dis
tance Into the enemy territory at
night, attack the enemy strong
holds and still have sulllclent fuel
to return to their own lines
YOUTH SHOOTS GIRL
10 SPURNS HIM
AT BUSY CORNER
TWO WEALTHY WES
mm
WHEN
COAL STRIKE ORDER
TO BE ISSUED HE
BY LEADERS TO-DAY
Decision Comes as Operators
and Miners Confer on New
Wage Scale.
The order for n suspension of work
In the anthracite nnd bituminous coal
mines throughout the country, affect
ing about COO, 000 miners, will be
Issued this afternoon at I o'clock, ac
cording to Philip Murray, Interna
tional Vice-President ot tho United
Mino Workers of America.
The issuance of thn order comes
luring tho first meeting of tho mib-
sculo commlttco of anthracite miners
md opemtoin nt the Union league
Club. A committee oi four miners,
bended by John L. Lewis, President
if the union, and a committee of four
ipciators, bended by S. I). Warrlner,
President of Ihe Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, will hold their
Hint session this afternoon ill an cf-
inrt U ngiee on a new wage scale
for untliruclto mlneis to replace the
present agreement, which explteii on
March 31.
The miners in addition to demand
ing n 20 per cent. Inciease In wuges.
declared that suspension of work
would follow fullure of the sub-com-mltteo
to come to an agreement lxj
foio April 1. It Is generally cancelled
no agreement can lie reached before
that date. The operators insist a re
duction in wagcH Is essential at this
time
I'hn fjeneral Pulley Commlttco will
meet In Cleveland mi Thursday to
lay plans lor the suspension of work.
WASHINGTON. Murcli 21. The
Government was stated nt the Whlto
House to-day us not having entirely
abandoned lis attempts to avert a
coal strike April 1. It wan added that
no steps had been taken or results
attained which would Justify a public
announcement.
957 OF UNION COAL
MINERS FOR STRIKE
Third of Workers, However, Are
Unorganized and Will Not
Be Affected April 1.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 21. Count
of tho ati Ike voto In progress at the
United Mlno Workers' headquarters
indicates that nearly 95 per cent, of
the CiOO.OOO union coal miners in
America favor walking out April
In forco mlno owners Into wage scale
conference.
Thern are 486,000 union miners
with dues paid up who are expected
to strike.
Tho 2(13,000 unorganized miners In
clude several thousand men who be
lung to the union but have not paid
their dues In full. Many of these will
nut strUo.
I'nlon miners prodiier Iwo-thluls of
tin- Nation's output
Anthracite non-union workers will
loin the union men in the strike, ae
roidlng to predictions nt union head
ouarteis. making a total of approxl
mately 600,000 men Idle after April 1,
and closing 6.000 of the Nation's 7,600
mines
SJKW VOHKBIH OIV15 IIO.OOO TO
.lOAIlBMV.
ALBANY. Mmch 31. Euen D
Wood and wlf of Nw York City have
given n endnwmnnt of $30,000 to tho
Aendemy of ih Cnthedral of th Im-
maculate Concuptlon nt Albany In mem
ory f itr Wood'i hrothor nd Uler
i
CHESTER
KILLED. 1 HURT.
AUTO OVERTURNS
Henry Wilson jr. and Henry
Graves 3d, Bankers, Hurled
to Death Duncan Graves
Has Narrow Escape.
Wilson Had Premonition That
Either He or Graves Would
Die in Their Hunt for S25,
000 Jewel Robbers.
Whllo engaged In protective patrol
work 'on tho roads of Westchester
County, and following a clue which
tl'oy thought might result in the cap
turo of a burglar who had robbed
tho homo of one of them, two weal-
thy young Now York bankers, re
siding in Ardalcy Park, Henry
Graves III and Henry Wilson Jr
wcro instantly killed In an nutomo-
bllo accident In Sawmill Ulver Road
nenr Elmsford, at 1.30 o'clock this
morning. Duncan Graves, a brother
of Henry Graves III, who was driv
ing tho car, was seriously InJurepV"
Mr. Wilson, according to hlB secre
tary, Miss Sadie Davis, had a pre
monition that either he or Mr. Gravim
would lose hla life In tho quest of n
burglar wliu had robbed Mr. Gravos's
house.
"Only last week," said Miss Davts
this afternoon, "Mr. Wilson und MrJ.
Graves wcro talking about tho roli-.
bory and Mr. Wilson said: 'One of
us Is going to get kllldl In thin affair.
but wo will get the burglar.',"
Threo weeks ago tho homo of Henry.
Graves 3d was robbed by a porch
climber who obtained $23,000 worth ot
Jewels while the family wus nt dinner,
Mr. Graves, who was twenty-llvij 1
yeais old, and Ills neighbor, Mr. WIH'
son, who was twenty-eight, went to'
White Plains und wcro sworn In oh
special deputies by Sheriff George J..
Werner. The specials recently re.
cruited by the Sheriff hae beer)
known In Westchester as "the Gold
Badge Squad."
Mr. Graves and Mr. Wilson went
out on a patrol last night. They
left tho Graves homo In Ardslcy Parle"
at 12.30 o'clock with Duncan Graves
at the wheel of tho car, a Simplex of
tho touring type, with the top down.
Their route zigzagged along the rivei
and 1.30 o'clock founl them moving
northward at high speed along Saw
mill River Roard ono mllo south of
IClmsford.
As the car entered nn "S" curve an
other automobile moving rapldlv
and carrying blinding headlights ap
proached from tho north. Swerving
lo avoid a colllson, Duncan Graves
became dazzled by tho beams from
the approaching lamps and lost coni '
trol of his machine.
GRAVES HURLED FORTY FEET
OVER A WALL.
The car struck a tree with such
forco that the bf)dj waa torn from thp
chassis, which went along fifty fet
further nnd was smashed against r.
stone wall. Henry Graves 3d wan
thiown forty feet over the wall and
landed on a pile of stones. Wilson
was caught In the wreckage of the
body of the car Duncan Graves wss
thrown over tho wall but alighted in
a swampy spot. The hock rendered
him unconscious.
Tho southbound car paaaftd the
wreck without slowing down and a
few minutes latur a eltlien of Kant
View, bound north In his car on tho
Sawmill Rlvr Road had to wervo
(hnrply to avoid It Two mile north
a,

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