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XOO Seized in
0rastic Liquor
Drive by Police
Come Arrested for Having
Small Amount of Liquid
Like Alcohol: Homes Are
Visited Without Warrant
?ges Cause Court Jam
Extraordinary Grand Juries
Mav Be Called ; Funds Are
Needed to Pay Chemists
-?
gta police grew even more drastic
. their enforcement yesterday of ,the
MuHan-Gage prohibition law. More
. joo arrest? made included several
?eres of individuals whose crimes
??ere the possession of a gill or two
?f something resembling alcohol. In a
inr instances raids were conducted on
iwellinps without the formality of
warrants.
\ seriou* phase of the tntense activ?
er ci the police Is the clogging of the
!?-! machinery of the city. It was
?timated at Criminal Courts Building
?e?ierdsy that the court9 have fallen
inore iban 800 cases behind their cal?
endars since April 4.
Among the measures of relief dtc- i
ufad are the creation of several ex- :
traordinary grand juries to deal with
s ?(.?red vioiaters. who are being hela i
w ?cores in every magistrate's court
?? ?wa:t grand jury action. Grovei
w&ale&t Superinxendent of Plant and
?troctures, announced that he would
i<k the Board of Estimate to-day for
?n appropriation to pay the salaries
of twenty additional chemists and to
ley laboratory equipment for the test?
ing of liquor samples required as evi?
dence.
"Pussyfoot" Enjoys It I
One individual, who thoronghly en- j
joyed every phase of the police activ- |
fty yesterday, was William E. Johnson, ;
popularly known as "Pussyfoot." Ad- ;
dressing the Rotary Club at the Hotel;
Bosscrt in Brooklyn, the dry advocate ;
said "
"I am not a martyr. I lost an eye !
fa Great Britain, but I'd give a basket- ;
fall of eye? for the friendships I have ?
gained. Besides I now have three]
Jves. I carry an extra glass one in ;
EV handbag."
Referring: to sentences to hard labor
being imposed on Toledo and Cleveland ,
bootleggers, Mr. Johnson said:
?'There is some good in every man.
Even a bootlegger can build roads."
Lawyers for some of the prisoners
?barged with MuHan-Gage law viola?
tions endeavored to set up as a defense
the incompetence of pot icemen to tes?
tify as to the alcoholic content of
beverages seized as evidence. In a few
batanees the prisoners spurned such
?technicalities.
Prisoner Spurns Technicalities
There was the case of A. Welken, of
53 East 100th Street, who was arrested,
ft Fifth Avenue and l"2d Street by.
i policeman who saw him carrying a!
em jar filled with a clear fluid. In ;
?e Washington Heights court Magis- i
cite Rosenblatt asked:
?Officer, are you sure this man was
aming gin? "it has little odor and
Bght be water."
The policeman stammered that he
fasn't chemically positive, but Welken
ipoke up, saying:
?'It's gin all right. It's darn good ;
gin." I
Because of his frankness Mr. Wel
ken's bail was fixed at $300 instead of
the usual $500.
Policeman Sherry sniffed suspicious?
ly in the door of the dry goods store
conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Meyer
Zindell at 122 Third Avenue, Brooklyn.
Poking about behind the counters he
found two bottles that he said he be?
lieved contained gin and whisky. He
had told Mr. Zindell he was under
arrest when there was a crash of glass.
Then the policeman arrested Mrs.
Zindell also.
In the Flatbush Court he told Magis?
trate McCloskey that Mrs. Zindell had
smashed the evidence and she was held
on that charge along with her husband.
Seize Liquor Cache
Detectives William Coakley and
Philip Ryan, of the 50th Inspection
District/ran into a liquor cache at 76
la Sa';!e Street, between Amsterdam
Avenue and Broadway, late last night,
arres! ng Martin Lyons, of 58 La Salle
Street, and John Shea, janitor at the
first-named,, number, and confiscating
seventeen cases of whisky as well as a
barrel of alcohol.
Information had been furnished the j
police, that Lyons was operating a |
"blind pig" at 58 La Salle Street. On i
arriving there they found the place
dark. Exploring an alley between the
Jmiidings they found a door upon
which they knocked but received no
ADVERTISEMENT
responso Jtt?t as they ware turning'
WWW a hand was thrust through &
window as though signaling, whereupon !
tho detectives forced the door and i
tound themselves in a dark room.
Seeking other exits from the apart-I
ment than the one by which thev had
entered the officers say thev found n :
door which they forced and discovered '
twenty men and women drinking, with
I.yon? acting as master of ceremonies.
Acting on information obtained from
one of the men in the room the raid i
was made on the apartment of Shea at. !
.<? La Salle Street, who claimed to be
t'^o ill to leave his house.
Lyons was locked up at the l?t'th ]
Street station, charged with violating
the \ olstead act, and a guard was left,
ever Shea. Both men will be-arraigned
this morning.
Schr?ter Denies
Mrs. Stokes Met
. Him With a Kiss
Not Immune to Charms, He !
Concedes, but Brands All
Charges of Misconduct
With Defendant False
George Austin Schr?ter, another of
the several co-respondents named by
W. E. D. Stokes in his divorce suit
against Mrs. Helen E. Stokes, testified
before Justice Finch yesterday, and de?
nied every allegation of indiscretion
with the defendant. The witness said
that his speaking acquaintance with
Mrs. Stokes began in 1910 at the Hotel
Ansonia. of which Mr. Stokes formerly
was the owner. He visited the summer
home of Mr. and Mrs. Stokes at Long
Branch, being accompanied, he said,
both times by Mr. Stokes and Dr. and
Mrs. Hendrick.
"Mr. Schr?ter,'* paid Martin W. Lit?
tleton, counsel for Mrs. Stokes, "a col?
ored man named John F. Mosby testified
that one afternoon in the summertime
of 1911 you came alone to the home of
Mrs. Stokes in Long Branch, that you
got out of the car at the door, that you
were met by Mrs. Stokes, who threw
her arms around you and kissed you.
Is ?.iat testimony true or false?"
"False." replied Mr. Schr?ter.
The witness also denied that he and
Mrs. Stokes were driven to Castles-by
the-Sea, Long Beach, in 1917, accom?
panied by a Mrs. Kearney and that
later they visited the Palais Royal and
still later were driven to 105 West
Seventy-second Street.
Mr. Schr?ter, like Edgar T. Wallace,
another corespondent, is a native of
Missouri. He said he had known the
family of Mrs. Stokes in Denver, Colo.,
and had known her by sight since she
was a little girl. Under cross-examina?
tion he denied that he had taken
great interest in Mrs. Stokes, th?.
Miss Elwood, when he first came to
New York.
"You are immune?" remarked Her?
bert C. Smyth, of counsel for Mr.
Stokes.
"Oh, I might fall," responded Mr.
Schr?ter. He said he dined with Mr.
and Mrs. Stokes at their home several
times.
Justice Finch announced that he had
not visited the apartment house at 13
East Thirty-fifth Street, where Mr.
Wallace formerly lived. The Justice
said that if counsel could not agree on
the physical possibility of looking into
the apartment from the roof extension
on the floor above, from which point
witnesses testified they saw Mrs.
Stokes in the rooms of Mr. Wallace,
the Court might appoint a referee to
investigate.
Mrs. Mabel Matteossian, who lived in
the East Thirty-fifth Street house and
testified against Mrs. Stokes, was Still
too ill yesterday to appear in court for
cross-examination. She may be able to
appear on Monday, to which day the
trial was adjourned.
I OVERCAUTIOUS
?j A well-known lawyer, cau
[U tiously trying not to convey
!j property he did not own,
j2 made a deed of his home
describing it by walls and
fences. In fact, his walls
and fences were not on the
line. They included ground
he didn't own and omitted
ground he did. Now the
title is in a mess. Moral:?
Insure when you buy and
when you build.
LAWYERS TITLE
& TRUST CO.
ISO Broadway, New York
188 Montagne St., Brooklyn
44 Court St, Brooklyn
S67 Fnlton St., Jamaica, N. T.
3S3 E. 149th St.. N. Y.
1364 Broadway, Brooklya
100 Main St., W. Plain*. N. T.
ADVERTISEMENT
We Believe Men Will Read
This News With Elation
Finkelstein & Maisel, Wholesale Clothing Makers, Announce
That They Will Continue Selling Direct to the Public,
.\ews Note: Finkelstein & Maisel, wholesale manufac?
turers of men's and young men's fine clothing:, of 810
Broadway, New York, wnose advertising statements
relative to threats made against them by certain re?
tail clothing store interests for selling direct to the
public have attracted wide attention, announce their
entire spring line of suits and top coats will be sold
to the public on the same wholesale price basis
charged their retail store trade.
Now note our prices?$20, $25,
$30 and $35?no higher?the
same scale we charged the retail
store trade heretofore. Figure
the usually very high expense re?
tail stores must meet for ground
store rents, elaborate fixtures,
high price salesmen, etc., and
you can guess the great savings
possible in our upstairs factory.
We will also make your suit or
coat to order, if desired, using
only the finest kind of materials,
and guarantee a perfect fit.
These tremendously important .
facts deserve your very serious
consideration in giving thought to
your spring and summer habili?
ments?whether suit or top coat
?and especially if you desire
something above the ordinary in
snap and wear.
Our factory?one flight up?
will be open from 8:30 A. M. to
7:30 P. M. during this sale.
Not? oar name and address carefully!
Finkelstein & Maisel
"Makers of Clothes of th? Better Kind for Men and Yoang Men."
fACTORY AND SHOWROOMS <T?ke Elevator), ONE FLIGHT UP.
810 Broadway, opp. 11th St, N. Y, j
In reaffirming the facts given I
in the above item, namely, that '
we will continue selling at whole?
sale to the public direct, on the
Rame small margin of profit we
heretofore charged the retail
store trade, we wish to call spe?
cial attention to the class of
Roods we manufacture.
i
We use only the best kind of I
?ooler.s and trimmings. When I
we say "best" we mean absolute- i
'V the best?100 per cent virgin |
woolens? the finest we can obtain
-rom the American, Etna, French
Hivers, Thomas H. Wilson and
Wandskuck woolen mills.
And every spring suit or top
coat we offer is guaranteed to fit
and give the limit of satisfaction.
j* it doesn't, or you feel that we
oave not offered you the best
value obtainable anywhere in
?iew York, return your purchase
and we will refund your money
instantly and without argument.
?
Say Williams
Slew Peons Too
Old for Work!
U. S. Agents Charge Killings |
on Georgia 'Murder Farm' !
Began ,in 1910, When!
Aged Woman Wras Victim j
18 Now on Death Listj
???____
Justice Department Chief j
Promises New Sensations
at the Coming Trials
Special th?vatch to The Tribune
? ATLANTA, Ga? April ?4. ?To-day's
developments made it certain that the
probe of peonage conditions in Georgia
has only begun. Federal agents, who
have taken a hand in the case, now
charge that the murders on the John
S. Williams "murder farm" began as
far back as 1910, and cite the killing
of three negroes to support their
claims. They produce witnesses to
prove that two of the negroes?one a
woman?were killed because they were
too old to work and would be an ex?
pense to the owner, Williams, who is
under sentence of life imprisonment.
They say that the known death list
stands at eighteen, and that the toil
may reach twenty or more.
Farm Hands Aid Hunt
The agents say this new evidence has
been furnished them by several farm
hands employed by Williams and his
sons. Some of them narrowly escaped
death themselves, and all of them told
their stories reluctantly. Names of the
witnesses were withheld.
Aleck Dyer, a negro laborer, was
knocked on the head with an ax and
instantly killed while he worked in the
field on. the Williams plantation and
Nick and Mamie Walker, aged negroes,
were shot to death after they had
lived on the "death farm" for twenty
years, the Secret Service agents were
told. These killings were said by the
onetime farm hands to have occurred
in 1910 and 1911.
"Dyer was killed because he ran
away twice, but the news was passed
around that old Nick and his wife were
knocked off because they were too old
to do any more work," one person as?
serted.
Asked by whom these negroes were
put to death, the negroes said that
they were killed by negro "trusties" at
the command of Williams.
Forty negroes were employed on the
Williams plantation in 1910, the wit?
ness declared. Clyde Manning, who re?
vealed the murders to the authorities,
was then a "common laborer," they
said, and was kept under guard, just as
the other negroes, but was promoted to
the position of a farm boss several
years later.
Mass of New Evidence
John S. Williams personally "bossed"
the negroes during those days, the
negroes said, assisted by his three sons,
who were youths in knee pants.
The negroes spoke kindly of Mrs. i
Williams, and referred to her as "a
mighty tine woman."
Vincent Hughes, in charge of the De- j
partaient of .lustice here, said a mass
of new evidence even more sensational !
than thnt presented at the Covington '
trial last week will be presented against
Williams and his sons when the trials
in the remaining cases are held.
Divorce for Mrs. Graham
On Day She Filed Suit
Wealthy Husband's Cross Com?
plaint Made at Same Time; |
Alimony Fixed Out of Court
Special Dispatch to Thi' Tribune
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 14. -
Mrs. Eleanor Graham obtained a di
voce on January 22 in Tulsa, Okla.,
from William Miller Graham, wealthy
oil man, on a charge of desertion, it
learned here to-day.
Tho record shows that Mrs. Gra?
ham's petition was filed, her husband
filed a cross-complaint and tho court
gave a decree in favor of the wife, all
on the same day.
The amount of alimony, which was
said to be "a large sum," was fixed out
of court. This is to he used largely
for the support of their two children,
William, twenty-four, and G?raldine,
nineteen.
"It is a bad breach of confidence on
the part of some one who is supposed
to be my friend that there has been
any discussion concerning my divorce,"
said Mrs. Graham at her home here to?
day. "When I returned home last
January there was a general agreement
that it would not be discussed."
Mrs. Graham recently announced
the breaking of an engagement of her
daughter to Whitney Warren jr., of
New York. The Prince o' Wales called
the daughter the most beautiful girl
in the United States. Mr. Graham lives
in Tulsa.
BEWARE!
Moths feed on grease spots.
Clean your clothes with Carbon?
before putting them away.
Cannot Burn
or Explode
Cleaning Fluid
REMOVES GREASE SPOTS
Without Injury to fabric or color.
Cleans White Kid Gloves and Shoes, Silk
and Satin Slippers, Fine Laces. Fenthers,
Men'9 Neckwear, Carpets, Rues, Uphol?
stered Coverings, and all fine materials.
Cleat? Talking Machine Discs - Purifies Tone
Cleans Automobile Upholstery
Cleans Typewriter Type and Machine
Cleans Piano Key Finger Marks
Loosens Chewing Gum from all fabrics
20c, 30c, 60c and $1.00 bottles. All druggists
Carbona Products Co. 304 W. 26th St.. N.V.
(EAtabltshed over A quarter of ft Century)
Corbona Fire Extinguishers, $1.50 each
tfr^H'fTNJriil i
When you wire for electricity
rememper that your con?
tractor will take every
precaution against dis?
turbance. Provide out?
lets anywhere?wiring
methods are simple and
the work, quickly done.
Tele-phone our Sales Department, Stuyvesant 4?8o,
or consult your local Electrical Contractor for de?
tailed suggestions and estimates of cost.
t?he United Electric
Lightandt Power Ce.
130 ta* 15th St, Mew York.
89th Street fit Broadway
146th Street fis Broadway
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FIFTH AVENUE AT FORTIETH STREET
Authoritative Modes in
Fashionable New Apparel
Representing the latest and most approved ideas of the leading design?
ers expressed in terms of simplicity and good taste.
Coats and Wrap Coats emphasizing the slender silhouette and the new
collar treatments favored this season. Attractively embroidered or en?
hanced with clever stitchery. Ranging in price from
29.50 to 185.00
Illustrated?Tricotine Coat?an unusual and distinctive model showing
to particular advantage the smart throw ties which can be worn Tuxedo
effect rf desired?the ends are embroidered and finished with fringe.
Specially priced at 59.50
Illustrated?Dress of soft Taffeta with the new long line tunic?bodice
and sleeves effectively embroidered in contrasting shades. In Navy, Brown
and Black. 19.50
Illustrated?Smart Canton Crepe Frock?a decidedly charming collar
less model in the season's newest shades?trimmed with graduated silk
fringe. Specially priced at 34.50
Women's Gloves
12 Button Milanese Silk Gloves with attrac?
tive contrasting embroidery. Shown in Mastic,
Beaver, Navy, Champagne and White. -. qk
Pair A'yD
Two clasp Milanese Silk in White, Black,
Navy, Pongee and Beaver. Reduced to close.
Pair 1.35
Undergarments
Women's Pink Combination Suits of fine
ribbed Lisle?gauze weight?tight or wide knee
?finished with beaded tops. All Sizes. Value
1.35. Special ,88
Women's Swiss ribbed Vests?gauze weight?
a high grade quality w'?h band or bodice tops in
white?or bodice tops in pink. All sizes. ,39
Silk Umbrellas
Shown for the first time in the new club styles
at a popular price.
Women's rain and sun Umbrellas made of real
umbrella silks, cleverly trimmed. Bakelite han?
dles with loops, straps and rings?stub ends?
full sizes?case included. Values 7.50 and 8.50
An Extraordinary Special at
5.00
Hair Nets
Featured at a price that has no equal, quali?
ties considered. Arnold, Constable Special and
Straylock Nets in various shades. Cap and
fringe styles at, Dozen.,.?.,.-., 1.00
Towel Sale
Extra heavy hemmed Turkish Towels that are
full bleached, soft and absorbent. A special pur?
chase at about half the former price. Excep?
tional Value. Dozen_...... ... . . 6.00
Cotton and Union Linen Huck Towels?A
quality that is desirable for use in summer homes
and bungalows. Very special. Dozen,
4.25 to 9.90
2.100 Yards of all Linen Crash Toweling.
Formerly .60 yard. Reduced to~.??. ?*.. .39
Continuing This Week
Men's Shirt Sale
Featured at almost half price and less
The style distinction of an Arnold, Constable Silk Shirt is the culmi?
nation of infinite care both in the making and finish, therefore the thing
that commands the most interest in this sale next to the remarkably low
price it is possible to quote is the fact that we bought the shirtings from
our own wholesale department and had them made up according to our
own generous specifications.. The newest weaves and patterns are featured
at the reduced price of
6.45 (Tax .35 extra)
Business Shirts, including Fibre Silks, Scotch, Jacquard Madrases,
etc., now on sale at A QP*
Each.
Veilings
French veilings, fancy meshes.
Large and small Chenille dots in
the season's smart colorings.
Gray, Rust, Follie, Taupe.
Brown, Navy; also Black
Value .50 to .75 Now ,29
French dotted veilings in all
the smart
Special
spring colorings.
.y*rf .90
Skirtings
All wool striped and plaid
skirtings in the smartest of Spring
color combinations?54 inches
wide. Regularly 3.75 Yard.
For this sale. 2.95
Silks
For Every Occasion
Crepe de Chine?40 inches
wide?soft, firm and durable?i
in all the new Spring shades.
Formerly 3.00 Yard. Now}^5
Taffeta?the weave supreme
for dainty Springtime frocks?a
lovely quality in a 36 inch width
now on sale here at.... 1.95
Dress Satin?a lustrous qual?
ity that will drape beautifully.
Yard. 2.35
White Voile Blouses
Trimmed with real hand made Filet Lace!
1.95 ^
One model designed
with Pinafore collar and
a simulated V e s t e e
trimmed with Filet lace
insertions ? another style
; : fashioned with deep roll
collar embellished with
Filet lace edgings and
:r>edallipns, tucks and
drawn work. All sizes
to 44.
Other blouses in various materials always on sale in the section devoted
!n styles priced at 1.95.
Fibre Silk Sweaters in two of the newest weaves for
Spring?shown with Tuxedo collar and deep cuffs?in fashionable
high shades and the more conservative tones.
Very Special. 12.75
Scotch Chenille
Axminster Rugs
At reductions of 25 to.30%
from regular prices.
34 x68 in. 14.75
4x7 ft.... 35.00
7.6x 9.0 ft........ 65.00
7.6x10.6 ft. 75.00
9 xl0.6 ft...._ 89.00
9 x!2 ft....m 100.00
A sp?cial assortment of
CARPETS ?best grades
?xty. New reduced to
4.75 and 5.25 yard.
Petticoats
An extraordinary value is
featured this week in fine Cotton
Taffeta Petticoats in two smart
styles with tucked and raffled
flounces. Special at.... QK
Silk Petticoats in Jerseys and
Taffetas-..Each 3^95
Camisoles
Of Radium Sflfc *
In dainty tailored slip-en
styles?ribbon drawn and fin?
ished with shoulder straps?elas?
tic at the waist, AU sizes 1.95