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Fleeing Felons
Camp in Wood
Near Danbury
Two Escaped Convicts Elude
Groups of Pursuers as
They Race Through Con?
necticut in Automobile
Inquire Way to Boston
Police of Vermont, Pennsyl
vania and Canada Asked to
Hunt Sing Sing Runaways
Word was received at both Sing?
Sin* and New York Police Headquar?
ters yesterday that George Stivers and
Marcus Bassett, two convicts who es?
caped Saturday night from the state
prison, had spent Tuesday night in a
patch of woods five miles north of Dan
hury, Conn. Although New York and
Connecticut detectives, reinforced by
armed guards from Wingdale, hurried
to the spot the men were not captured.
Early in the afternoou Police Captain
Daniel" W. Bradley, of Danbury, noti?
fied Warden Lawes at Sing Sing and
officials of nearby cities that the two
men had just whizzed through Danbury
in the direction of Pembroke, Conn.
They had stopped him, he said, and
asked the direction to New London and
rrovider.ee, but when told they were
going in the wrong direction they put
on more power and continued north.
It then occurred to him, he added,
that they were the escaped convicts.
Fugitives Ask Way to Boston
After hearing this Warden Lawes
hurried to Pembroke by auto. An hour
later word was received from Frank
Carlson, Superintendent of Highways
at Pembroke, that the two men had
? topped him on the outskirts of the
'own and inquired the quickest way to
Boston. Told to retrace their steps, he
said, they darted ahead again.
A later report said the two men,
clipping along in a green automobile,
hud passed through New Fairfield,
Conn., and were headed for the state!
line. I
According to Charles Kellogg, a resi-1
dent, the men passed his home and
seemed in doubt as to the direction
they should take. Suddenly they,
.-topped, ho said, and started back in
the direction of Danbury. He added!
if they were to turn to the right on the ;
first road leading out of New Fairfield ;
their course would then be in direct :
line with Providence.
Tr;tii o?" the fugitives was again j
picked up near Sherman, Conn., when i
it was discovered they had camped for
? few hours on a portion of the summer
estate of "Big Bill" Edwards at Green,
Pond. The embers of a tire were visi?
ble and a portion of the Connecticut \
license plate, stolen during their wild ?
ficrh:. Sunday morning, was found on
the lawn.
Warden I.awes sent, messages to,
Rhode island and Massachusetts cities :
to be on the lookout.
Several States Notified
Other messages were sent to points
in northern New York, Vermont,1
Canada and Pennsylvania, and later i
word was received from Winnipeg that'
officials there had taken up the search
in the belief that the fugitives, plenti?
fully supplied with money as they are,
niij,'ht try to reach that point by train.
During the day Warden Lawes w-as
informed that New York State Con?
stabulary, though urged to join in the
rnan hunt, failed to respond, saying
that as it was a rainy night they
couldn't go out. This was vigorously
denied 'later, it being explained that
only one member of the constabulary
vwi:- on duty at Brewster, and the mes?
sage was not delieverd to him until
late Sunday.
It, was announced that prison officials
will conduct an inquiry to ascertain
why either man was permitted access
to the key room, which is strictly
again t the rules. Another subject of
inquiry will be the taking by Keeper
Webster of his revolver inside the
?alls, which is strictly prohibited by
the regulations.
Officials scouted the idea that the es?
cape of Stivers and Bassett was the re?
sal* of collusion with bank messengers
arrested in connection with the $5,000,
000 Wall Street bond plot last spring.
A rumor earlier in the day was to the
effect thai certain bond swindlers now
under arrest had boasted that a man
named Stivers would be liberated
through political pull if he was ar?
rested.
(?rJ?linj? to Have New Building
Announcement, was made yesterday
that J. M. didding & Co., now located
at 564 Fifth Avenue, had closed a deal
for the lease on the twelve-story
building being erected at 721 Fifth
Avenue, between Fifty-sixth and Fifty
seventh Streets. The new building
will b? constructed of steel, marble
and granite. It adjoins Duveen's Art
Galleries. The building will have a
fifty-foot frontage on Fifth Avenue
and will cost $1,000,000.
Weather Report
Ran rises.. 6:12 a. m.?Sun sets .. 5.09 p. m
Moon rises t :14 p. in.jMoon sets.. -
Note The. aho\o riprurcs are, standard
time and not New York star.- time.
f,ocal Forecast Ti.lr to-day and to?
morrow; little chango In temperature;
moderate wesl winds
Official Record The following official
record from the Weather Bureau shows
temperatures during the Ust twenty foui
hours In comparison with the correspond?
ing date of last year.
1920 19191 1920 1919
? ?? m- 59 50 | S p. m_ 64 64
$ a. m.... 60 IS [ 6 p.m.'.,. 65 60
9 a. m. . . .'I 50 9 p. m_ 63
13 noon.... 63 59 ?10 p. m_ 63 56
Highest, 6fi degrees at 4 p. m.; lowest
Mc at ISO a, in ; average, 62. Average
same date last year. 65; average same dale
tor thirty-three years. 54.
Humidity
? ???. till p. m . 91)8 p. m. m
Barometer
ism.. 30 :ti p m . SO 24!? p m . 30 IV
General Went her Conditions
d,M11.h"'N';T'"Y "" '" rhe tropical
bae.ee which w, cei -, red over west
?-!,-h [uesdaj morning apparently has
v. westward, with decreasing Ini nsttj
r*MUr* continued high over must sections
east of ho Mississippi River and it was
low to the westward, with two enters of
depression, one over Saskatchewan, the
other over northern Arizona.
There w-re local -alna in extreme south?
ern Florida, portions of the lake region
th? upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
> alieys, the south plains states. Te^as and
?he plateau and northern Rocky Mountain
regions. Snow was falling Tuesday night
?t Flagstaff, Ariz.; Salt I,ak? City and
Fooatello, fdaho.
Temperatures oon'inu?.1 considerably
above normal from the plains ??,
v 11 re!, but corder ? rs;11 ead 1 he
plateau and 1 ri \ -.v Mountain
regions, and tures were <!<
t1'!""' normal Dicht wesl of ttie
1 Moui tains
The outlook is tor generally fair weather
and continued mild temperature in th<
states east of the Mississippi Rivei
Wednesday and Thursday, except that
showers are probable m extreme southern
Florida and In Michigan, with lo\%e.- tem?
perature in upper Michigan Thursday.
District Forecast*.--Kastern New York.
Southern New Kngland. Kaatern Pennsyl?
vania. New Jersey and Delaware-?Fair to?
day and to-morrow; little, change In tem?
perature.
Western Pennsylvania and Western New
J-K'.,^*,r w,oday *** proAably to-mor?
row, little changa la temperatura.
Policeman Fells Three
And Holds Three at Bay
Motorcycle Patrolman John J. EUer
is an athlete. He holds fifty-three
cups and was a member of the Ameri?
can Olympic teams of 1908 and 1912.
Karly yesterday morning? when Eller
saw an automobile- carrying six men
going at wnat he believed to be ex?
cessive speed through Fourth Avenue,
Brooklyn, he gave chase without much
thought of what might happen to him
if he succeeded in overtaking the car.
The occupants were angered by the
patrolman's interference with their
ride and three of them attacked him.
All hit the pavement in rapid succes?
sion. Then the three others leaped at
the athletic cop.
A bystander thought the odds too
great to be interesting and summoned
a patrol wagon loaded with reserves
from the Fourth Avenue station. When
it arrived Ellcr's brother policemen
fcund him standing on his feet hold
ing four of his assailants at bay with
his revolver. The other two were
seated on the curb holding their heads.
All six of the riders required medical
attention when they were taken to the
police station on charge.? of disorderly
conduct. Eller went back on his beat.
?
Girl Has Inventor Arrested
Earl Emlay, inventor of a motion
picture camera, was arrested at the
Hotel McAlpin yesterday by one of
Sheriff Knott's deputies in a breach of
promise suit for $10,000, brought by
Miss Ardella Arnold, an artist. He was
released in $1,000 bail. Miss Arnold
alleged that Emlay made his promise in
November, 1916, and renewed it several
times. On September 28, it is alleged,
Emlay married Miss Gloria L. Register.
Miss Arnold obtained the order of ar?
rest from Justice Meyer in the City
Court, on the ground that Mr. Emlay
had sent her word that he intended to
go to .lacan.
Bedtime Stories
Hooty the Owl Strikes for a Dinner
By Thornton W, Burgess
Be ready to strike when you can;
You'll find there is no better plan.
?Hooty the Owl.
Hooty certainly practices what he
preaches. He is always ready after
dusk to strike for a dinner, and he
strikes quick and hard the instant be
gets a chance. This is why he is so
feared by all the little people of the.
Green Forest and the Green Meadows
and respected by some of the larger
ones.
It happened that on this particular
night Hooty the Owl was very hungry,
for hunting had been poor. You know
Hooty is a big bird, with terrible
hooked claws and a hooked bill. His
eyes are large and yellow and very
tierce-looking. From the top of his
head at each side a tuft of feathers
stands up. These tufts look in the
dusk like little horns, and this is why
he is called the Great Horned Owl.
They add to the fierceness of his ap?
pearance.
Ever since the coming of the first
Black Shadows to the Green Forest
Hooty the Owl had been hunting for
his dinner, but not a mouthful had he
iound. He had been all over tho Green
Meadows, but Danny Meadow Mouse
and all his friends had managed to
keep hidden. He had tried the dear
Old Briar-patch, but neither Peter Rab?
bit nor any of his family had so much
as poked a wabbly little nose outside
the friendly brambles. He had tried the
Old Orchard without any better luck
Now he was back in the Green Forest.
Hooty's temper was bad. Temper.1
are apt to be bad when people are hun?
gry and haven't any idea where the
next meal is coming from. Whenevei
he hooted that bad temper made hii
terrible voice sound more terrible thar
ever. Perhaps that is why all the lit?
tle people took unusual care to keer
well hidden and remain perfectly stil
as long as he was anywhere near.
Finally Hooty flew over to a certair
tall, dead tree without branches, whicl
stood near the Laughing Brook. Ot
the top of this he perched, sitting s<
straight and motionless that from ?
little distance you probably would havi
mistaken him for a part of the tree
For a while Hooty sat there moti.onles:
and silent, but all the time he was
looking and listening.
It was growing darker and darker
Already it was too dark for the bes
hunting. Soon it would be so dark tha
he would have to give up until the tirs
hint of light in the morning. Thougl
Hooty's eyes are. very wonderful, an<
made for seeing in the dusk and amoni
For a while Hooty sat there
motionless ayid silent
| the Black Shadows, he cannot see to
j hunt in pitch darkness.
Hooty opened his mouth and gave
his fierce hunting call, "Whooo-hoo
| hoo, whooo, hoo!" Now, most hunters
i try not to alarm those they are hunt- (
t ing, but Hooty does the opposite thing.
; He hopes to startle them by the sud
! denness and fierceness of his call into
moving, even though it be ever so lit
| tie. His ears are very large and won
! derful and can catch the slightest rus
j tie anywhere near. So the instant he
i has hooted he listens. If a leaf rustles I
i his great silent wings take him to the !
| spot noiselessly, and if some poor,
?frightened little person of the Green i
.Forest has rustled that leaf Hooty's!
? great eyes search him out and Hooty1
\ has his dinner.
So, as usual, Hooty listened with all
his might after hooting this time. At
'? first he heard nothing. Then over be
; hind a big stump on the edge of the
: Laughing Brook a twig snapped. In- |
' stantly Hooty spread his great wings.
! and silently flew over to that big stump.
It was very dark, so dark that he could
> hardly see. But he could see enough ;
i to know that something moved just be?
yond the top of that stump. That was.
! enough. With all his strength Hooty j
? struck. It was his last chance for a
? dinner.
(Copyright, 1?:0, by T. TV. Burgess)
The next story; "Buster Bear Is Still
Wondering." |
Court Decides
Communists
Can Be Ousted
Federal Judge Knox Rules
Membership in Party Is
Sufficient Ground for
Defendant's Deportation
Decision Is Conflicting
Opposed to Recent Ruling
of Judge Anderson; Reds
Held Foes of Government
Mere membership in the Communist
party was yesterday held to be suf?
ficient ground for deportation. The rul?
ing was made by Federal Judge John
C. Knox, in the United States Court
tor the Southern District of New York.
This is in direct conflict with a
recent, ruling of Federal Judge Ander?
son, in the United States Court at
Boston, who held that membership in
the Communist party does not furnish
sufficient ground to justify deporta?
tion.
Through these two rulings the power
of the anti-radical act of October 16
1918, which Congress passed to giv<
immigration officials power to free tht
country of anarchists and those whe
? believe in or teach the overthrow oi
the government by force, is said to b<
threatened.
Appeals from both decisions are ti
be taken at once and the United State:
Supreme Court will be asked to in
terpret the law.
Yesterday's decision concerned Mar
tin Abern, a Rumanian, and studen
at the University of Minnesota, wh<
was arrested on the charge of bein<
a conscientious objector. Convicted o
this offense, he served one year in pris
on, but was released through a wri
?of habeas corpus on $1,000 bail. H
admitted being a member of the Com
munist party, and during the wa
caused considerable comment becaus
of his remarks during a lecture calle
"Science is Revolution."
In his decision yesterday dismissin
! the writ, and confirming the order o
deportation. Judge Knox referred t
i the decision of Judge Anderson, sayin
j he disagreed with it. In part hi
; decision recites:
"I am of the opinion that the pre
i gram and manifesto of the Communh
| party are of such character as to lea
a reasonable man to conclude that th
; purpose of their party is to captur
and destroy the state by force an
i violence. The language used woul
seem designed to mean all things to a
men.
"The manifesto of the Communis
party asserts that there is at the prei
ent time a tendency to start mas
strikes, strikes which are equally
revolt against bureaucracy of the ut
ions and the capitalists. The Con
munist party will endeavor to broade
and deepen these strikes, making thei
general and militant, and developin
the general political strike. They ai
ccpt as the basis of their action tl
mass struggles of the proletariat, pi
gaping directly in these struggles ar
emphasizing their revolutionary in
plications."
After telling at length of the ain
and plans of the Communist party j
studied and read by him, Judge Km
concludes with :
"We are opposed to violence, \
dread it; we hope to end all wars, s
greed, all carnage. We are in th
sense pacifists, but we are not foo:
We know our history and we know tl
temper of the ruling classes.
"I shall dismiss the writ. I wi
however, stay relator's d?port?t ii
and admit him to bail pending an a
peal from the order to be enter,
herein."
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4
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Thus you make your choice from three select
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THE ENGLISH SHOP MEETS AUTUMN DAYS
^Wi?h ^fw Smariness ofWrnmespum and cJweed
The Swagger Inverness
T'J go forth into the scarlet and gold of an autumn
day, clad in tweeds as colorful and lovely as the
foliage, is, any woman will tell you. the greater
part of autumn sports. It is curious, too, how the
very texture of the "old country" tweeds and home?
spuns and the soft blend of the exquisite color that
characterizes them remind one of the purple haze of
an autumn morning and of the mingled russet and
mauve, deep orange and bronze of the autumn
woods and fields.
All the "old country" tweeds and homespuns
have that quality of belonging to the out-of-doors.
And this charm is accentuated by the smell of the
bog upon them, for these fabrics are all peat-cured.
The London-tailored REDLE4F
homespun and tweed suits
sold in the English Shop, arc all made on the most
correct of English lines, with snug narrow shoul?
ders, excellently fitting necklines, and revers that
have exactly the correct line.
There are two types of these suits, those made
with a belt and those that arc on box-coat lines, un?
belted and rather nipped in at the waistline. Tre?
mendous patch pockets, with bpx-plait in the mid?
dle and made to close with woven leather buttons,
give smartness to some of the models?pockets that
were built for holding golf balls and the thousand
and one things that one puts in the really well
furnished pocket of a sports suit.
Illustrated below is a suit of
soft gray blue Harris tweedy
the sort that has a soft close weave as a foundation
and a surface of long shaggy hairs?a charming ma?
terial. The buttons are of natural colored woven
leather and give a very sportsman-like touch to the
severely tailored suit. It is a sports suit that the
most exacting person could wear on the smartest
sports occasion with that perfect serenity of mind
that accompanies the knowledge of being perfectly
dressed.
This suit is 8125; there are others at $67.00 up.
At $85 are several swagger models in both home?
spuns and tweeds, in a choice of lovely color. The
collection of suits includes beautiful striped tweeds,
in such combinations as raisin color and deep yel?
low; in checks, such as deep rose and gray, and
many others equally as enchanting. Then there are
soft grays and putty colors that are so very smart,
and mu' rose and warm bronzv browns.
Things that make Sports popular.
Inverness Capes
For wear over one's golf clothes or for
motor or travel, an Inverness cape has char?
acter and distinction of a sort one rarely
finds in such a practical wrap, it really is
the smartest thing' that ever wore a cape?
for an Inverness does wear a cape, you know,
ft is a long* wrap straight of line, with a cape
that comes down the waist-line over it.
Now just imagine this in checked tweed,
black and white checks, rather large and
combined with green or blue check. Illus?
trated at the top of this pages is this model.
You can see for yourself how attractive
it is.
Other models are one long cape, if one
chooses that type, and may be had in gray
tweed of dark tone, as well as in natural
Shetland. All of them have matching bone
buttons; in the lighter shades the clear bone
buttons are used. Price $85.
Top-coats of Frieze and Tweed
The top-coat illustrated at the lower left
is one of the most favored models in the col?
lection in the English Shop. It; is of soft
Irish frieze, made with a belt that buckles
snugly around the waist, and with a notch
collar that may be adjusted
close to the throat in cold
weather. This comes in deep
green and bronze plaided
with great squares of almost
invisible orange and rust
color, and in brown and green
mixtures in tweed. Price
$82.50. Other top-coats at
$75 to $97.50.
Scarfs and Hats
A soft camel's hair scarf,
made in the natural color,
which is the soft tan of maple
sugar, and crossed by stripes
in brown or green at, the
?nds, is illustrated on one of
the figures at the right. This
scarf may be had in the Eng?
lish Shop at $8.
This very low price is pos?
sible because we bought them
months ago by special pur?
chase.
Other scarfs are in the at?
tractive Roman striped wool
in vivid color, at $19.75, and
heather colors and rose and
blue. The lacy Orenburg
?carfs of Shetland wool made
in white with pastel colored
stripes, in soft cafe au lait,
blue, rose and mauve, are
$3.75. In squares and ob?
longs.
? /iiif?
The Soft and
Woolly Sweater
The Typically English Suit
and Top-coat
The hat worn by the figure below, at the left, is of fine
moufflon, with a little round crown that is very becoming and
a brim that has a tendency to turn down all the way around.
This is a very practical and becoming golf hat, because it gives
adequate shade to the eves. In taupe and dark slate. Price
$14.75.
The figure at the right wears a hat of soft English felt,
made with a quantity of rabbit fur to give it softness. In rose,
mauve and blue ; $25.
Smart Sweaters
The sweater at the left is made very simply of fine mohair
wool, of a vivid orange color. The tailored finish is much that
of a man's smart sweater, but the color gives it its becoming
feminine quality. Also to be had in green, blue, tan and brown.
Price $27.50.
Another sweater, at the right, is from Scotland, made of
soft cheviotdale wool, with a brushed wool surface. In blue with
dark brown squares forming a design around the lower edge.
Price $38.50.
English Shop, Second floor, Old Building.