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Vol. LXXXI No. 27,l^>
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SATl -HDAY, Jt :NK 1.1. 1021
TWO OENTS
In Urpater Neiu Vork
THKKE CEN'TS
Wlthin 300 Milrft
FOIR CENTS
ESsewberB
Red Kevolt
Th'reatened
In Bavaria
Rumors ol Approaching
Outbreak Drive Upper
Class Families to Italy;
Soldiers Are Enlisted
Ludendorff Deaf
To Appeal to Lead
Murder of Gareis Said to
Have Complicated the
Disarming of Troops
HUNICH, June 10 (By The Asso
ciated Press.)?The Bavarian news
oapers are filled with rumors of an ap?
proaching: Bobhevik uprising and many
of the families cf the upper class are
joing to Italy or Switzerland. General
Ludendorff is reported to have been
?pproached Dy Bolshevik emissaries
from fioscow, whc sought to have him
assunie command of a general move
ment against the Entente, in which the
Einwohnerwehr and Communists were
j^rate and receive the suppo^t j
of the Russian Bolsheviki. Followin<?;
i
the refusal of Ludendorff to accept .
such a commission, a similar proposi- |
:ion is ?aid *o have been made to Ma- '
jor George Escherieh, leader of the '
Bavarian c'.tizen guard.
The Communists are reported to have
socceeded ta btcuring the enlistment
of many members of their party in the '
Einwohnerwehr, with the resu!l that it ?
is extjemely diffttult to tell %vho is !
who.
The murder of Herr Gareis, a mem- l
ber of the Bavarian Diet, is considered I
farttjer to coraplicate the bad situa- !
tion in Bavaria and to make the task '
Barming the Einwohnerwehr '
ult and the possibilitv of i
coramunistic outbreaks i
A general strike has been :
declarcd in Munich as a result of the
mrder. Both in Berlin and in Munich :
the kihir,:; is regarded as an act of
? ? ? ? for the prominent '?
it had taken in the Soctalist j
: the Einwohnerwehr.
papera are bitteriy assai!- i
i Von Kihr government. charg- i
? it!i r<? ponaipility for the mur- i
(itr. I
Few Ficld Pieccs Surrendered
gh to-day -was the time set
for all ?reap{?rta cf tho Einwohnerwehr .
?an rifles to be turried over to ;
tsnte disarmaraont officials, l
? :^;':-r::uveiy few fiold pieces
ihi chjne guns had been sur-i
?<???? ted np t\? this evening. Soma of >
these turned in were without sights I
<r badiy battered. Members of the
EinwqhnerWehT frankly asseit that
?? not willing to hand over good
.. which later the Communists!
take awayxfrom the Entente offi- j
Cials and turn against the- anti-Cor.i- ;
munists. Thua far G?0 machine guns \
have been tui ned in.
Comparativelj tew rifios have been1
Burrenaered. The date set for turning
them in is June 30. The Einwohner
wehr are known to have 300,000 rifles I
out there seems to be slight shahco :
that many of these wil] be surrendered, '
as they have been hidden so secure'.y
that rt is probable u search by the ?
hntente offieials could not locate them. '
ihe ?anti-Cbmmumst peasants asser't |
wat they will not aurrender their;
arms, which constitute their only pro- !
tection ajrainst the armed Communists. I
'?; rman Iteds Plan Attack
r:i!: \. Latvia, June 10 (By The As
soeiated Press}.?That the German'
Wrcmunists hope to take " from the'
? ng hands" of the Rnssians the :
? p in the campaign for a world
?n was the announcement made
':? Kar] Radek. at a mceting of the
Communist party calied- as a!
"e?n?nary to the gatnering of the ;
in-vd Internationale to decide the at- |
C-tude toward the Communists' com- !
ibroad. i
Radek, according to an account of his
Speech received in Moscow advices, de- j
clared the German Communists were !
stronger through the split in their;
tanks, and would, in future, be the
: Quentia] Communists in the i
expxessing his agreement with '
alleged belief chat Russia ,
temporarily must live with the aid of ?
capitalisra, Radek asserted that Trotzky |
and other prominent Communists, after i
wrcfu! study of the problem, had ar- !
fived at the conclusion that the revo- j
?Utionary movements were stronger
than ever.
Boy Almost Tickled to
Death by Mates and Girl
Playfellows Remove Victim's
Snoes; Treatment on Soles
of Feet Causcs Violcnt Illness
RED TOP, Conn., June 10.?Gcorge
Comi. twelve years old, the son of Mr.
*nd Mrs. P. Comi, became violently ill
Ja*t night after having been tickled
;t>to hysterics by three of his playmates
tJt the Fort Griswold grounds, near
i'pre. The ticklers, whose names are
C'ven as Elliot Denison, thirteen years
?!d; Judson Adams, fourteen, and a
Sirl, the daughter of a family socially
Prominent, removed Comi's shoes and
-ickled his feet until he was speechless
*ith exhaustion from laughing.
Gomi was then desertcd by his tor
*entors, who took his shoes and
woekinga away with them. Hc was
?ounj later by an officer of the fort,
w?o summoned medical aid. Physicians
*orked over the boy ali last night,
*?d -,t was said late to-day that he
*ou!d suffer no permanent ill effects.
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of the
oogus king Hoaxes Europe's
Rich'and Borrows Millions
"Ruler of Trans-Caucasia" Unmasked, However, De
spite Elaborate Forged Documents; "Anyhow,
He Was a Good Talker," Says "Queen"
Snrcial Cable to The Tribune
Copyi-iRht, lH'Jl. NVw York Tribune Inc.
PABIS, Junc 10.?The police at Nice
to-day rcleased from prison the "Quccn
of rnms-Caueasia," but held "Kitir
l.outs I, ' who faces trial as one o? the
eleverest royal hoaxcrs that Europc
l-.as known in yenrs. Munchausen. Doc
Cook and Poftsi were pikers in, compari
son with "King Lcuis," who invaded
brance with the most digniiied looking
documents. indicating that ho had had
correspondenco with the most impor?
tant chancelleries in Europe. Some of
the papers were signed with the uajr.es
of Lloyd George and Briand and were
covered with ribbons and seals. With
thesc weapons he succeeded in con
vincing the important residents of the
fashionable Riviera that he actually was
the Ki?gi of 1 rans-Caucasia. a small but
important part of Russia in which
there are oil deposits of enormous
value.
The "King" explained to his ac
quaintances that the Soviet armies
were still holding his kingdom, but that
General Wrangel wo'uld soon deliver it
to him.
Faultlessly attired, suave in manner
and covered with diamonds, the King
secretly negotiated ioans for the bene
fit of his country. The amount of
these has not yet been definitely de
termined, but it is believed that the
total will run into millions of francs.
Among the persons who had lent him
money the "King," from his prison cell,
U. S. Feelers
Well Received
Soiuidhigs by President in
Many Foreign Capitals
Show Natjons Are Will-;
ing to Join Conference I
Results Please Harding j
Congress Expected to Pass;
Pcace Resolution That Is
Now Being Worked Out
From The Tribv.ie's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Juno 10.?In the
opinion of the President and high Ad
niinistration officials, things are mov
ing generally in the direction of a con
forence of the nations on disarmament.
Whcre and when that conference. will
be it is too early to tell. Washington
has been suggested, but thus far it
is only a suggestion, and one of the
European countries may get the honor.
It came out to-day from highest Ad
ministration sources that the sound
ings which the Administration has
taken of sentiment of other leading
countries in regard to a disarmament
cop.ference have not been without re
snlts. Just what nations have been
heard from is not disclosed, but the
President and State Department have
received somc informal reports of will
ingness to talk on the subject of dis?
armament.
The President has not waited on ac
tion by Congress on disarmament, as is
well known, but has gone ahead on his
owh initiative to have soundings taken.
At the same time it can be said on
authority he is not opposed to an ex
pression on disarmament by Congress.
The President is understood to feei
that with tho soundings that have been
taken, with Congress supporting a dis
p.rmament movement and with some of
the other nations willing to talk dis?
armament, progress is being madc to
ward a conference.
Suprerae Council to Aid
That th<? Supreme Council of the
Allies will be used as an instrument
for getting information on the senti?
ment on disarmament is understood
to be a fact. It is not, however, the
purpose of the Washington govcrn
ment to usc it as an agency for con
ssidering the matter. That will be
taken up through a conference spe
cislly called on the disarmament ques
tion.
Ambassador Harvey, there is reason
tf. believe, has gone into the matter
with the Dritish Foreign Office. It has
been taken up at Tokio and other lead?
ing capitals. The White House will
not disclose what the results have
been in each case, but it is known the
President is not displeased with what
has been aecomplished.
Closely linked with the subject of
disarmament is the adoption of a
peace resolution by Congress. In some
quarters it has been supposed the
President was standing in the way of
this. This is not the case. The at
titude of the President was made plain
in this respect to-day in conversations
with callers. He has not at any time
opposed adoption of a peace resolu?
tion, except at the period when the
(Continued on page four) "
New York Man, 64, Slaps
Italian Officer's Face
Benjamin Cook and Family Ar
rcsted and Released; Wouldn't
Give Up Seats in Car
' Svr-cial Cable to The Tribune
Copyriuht. Jl'21. New York Tribune Inc.
MILAN, Jtaly, June 10.?Benjamin
Cook, sixty-four years o'ld, of New
York, with his family of five, includ
ing two daughters, was a passenger
on ffn express train betwee>n Florence
and Lctfhorn Thursday when a body
of miUtary officers, with a r.egimental
flag, boarded the train and requested
the Cooks to make room for them in
their compartment.
Cook, relusing to give up seats to
the officers, told them to put their flag
in the luggage van. The military had
called carabinieri to have the Cooks
forcibly ejected from the car, when
Cook slappcd one of the officers in the
face.
An uproar followed and linally the
entlre family was escorted to the cara?
binieri barracks and kept under arrest
all night. The next morning Cook was
taken before the justice of the peace,
who sentenced him to serve forty days
in ja.il, but immediately granted him
a pf.rdon, as is done under Ita'.ian law
ln the case of rirst offenders.
named several ministers. ambassadors i
and other prominent persons who had i
made a special effort to court royal
favor.
The "King" honorcd the City of Nice
by picking out his "queen" there, a I
pretty twenty-year-old actress, to !
whom "by royal decree" the titles of I
PrincesB of Ferghana and the Duchess I
of Maikop were given.
The downfall of the royal pair came |
when the "King" ordered a lot of court i
dresses, uniforms and crowns for the ?
"queen" and himself from leading dress-1
making andtailor shops and jewelry I
houses in Nice. Their total value was I
several million francs. Investigation j
by thcse business houses proved that
the "King" was in reality a Frenchman '
from Honfleur by the name of La !
Forge, forty-seven years old. The ar- i
rest of the pair followcd.
La Forge nhvays wore a chest full |
of medals and a sword when he enter
tained socially. A search of his rooms
brought out scores of cleverly forged
documents, royal proclamations, de
crees purporting to establish his king
ship and titles to oil lands. Some of
these had been signed by officials of
the Russian Embassy in Paris.
The "queen" when released, said:
"Anyway, he was a gentleman and
a good talker."
The people of Nice are r.ow flocking
to the police to tell how badly they
were trimmed by the impostor. The
total of claims is growing hourly.
Mexico Wants
No Recognition
If U. S. Doubts
Obregon Reiterates Stand
011 America's Deinand
for Treaty , Assuring
Protection of Property
Washington Stands Firnij
State Department Insists
Clear-Cut Expression 011
Rights Is Necessary
President Obregon of Mexico, reply
ing yesterday to an inquiry from The
Tribur.e regarding his attitude toward
the policy of the Washington govern?
ment in asking assurances that Ameri
can rights and property in Mexico will
be safeguarded before recognition will
be granted, reiterated his declaration
of May 25, in which he argued that
recognition of the Mexican govern?
ment must not be made contingent on
any demands which infringe upon the
sovereignty of the Mexican people. His
message said:
"It is ray opinion that a treaty should
not exist previous to recognition, since
the rights and obligations of Mexico,
like those of all other countries, aro
established with all regard for inter
national law, and that there is no ne
cessity for a treaty in order that Mex?
ico should recogniae those obligations,
establishing them anew.
"Mexico believes that she has the,
right to be considered as any other
of the nations which are subject to
the rules of international law. The
Unito'd States of America, like any!
other country, may ask for its na- j
tionals all the guaranties and pre
rogatives that international law con
fers, without the necessity that they
should be ratified in a protocol, and
Mexico neither evades nor will evade
in any way whatsoever any of the
obligations which are hers as an in
dependent nation.
Renewal Not Demandcd
"Moreover, Mexico does not demand
renewal of friendly relations with
those nations which still doubt the
stability of her government and her
firm resolve to comply with all her
obligations; and those countries may
take all the time that their foresight
and interests warrant for the renewal
of relations when they may believe it
convenient.
"I am certain that the high per
sonalities who now administer your
country, interpreting the noble desires
| for harmony which are being strength
[ ened with the passing of each day,
will avoid renewal of relations between
both nations on a basis which in any
way affects the rights and sovereignty
of the Mexican people. This is the
only condition under which the gov?
ernment of this Republic desires re?
newal of relations with those coun?
tries where they are at present in
terrupted."
Special Cable to The Tribune
CopyriKht. 1021, New York Tribune Ine.
MEXICO CITY, June 10.?The belief j
prevails here that a solution of the!
differences between Presidents Harding !
and Obregon over the proposed recog-|
nition of the Mexican government by i
the United States will be found soon
It is assumed here that the Mexican I
reply to the American proposal ask
ing certain concessicns before a treaty
13 signed was a definite refusal, and it
is expected that there will be more
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Hidden Treasure Found
In Old House~48 Quarts
Workmen Remodclin^ Home
Forget Labor Unrest When
Secret Cupboard Is Revealed
Carpenters and painters working in
the old Hicks house, at Whitestone and
Mitchell avenues, Flushing, Queens,
yesterday discovered a concealed cup?
board when they ripped off the wall
paper in the dining room. The workman
who opened the door, revealing four
cases of? non-refillable bottles bearing
a once well-known label, toppled over
backward from his perch at the sight.
"What's the matter?" cried bis com
panions, rushing to his assistance.
"Wilso'n, that's all," gasped the uis
coverer, pointing to the cupboard.
His companior.s assisted him val
iantly and soon he was feeling well
enough to lead in singing "Forty-eight
Blue Bottles a-Hanging on the Wall."
By 5 p. m. when the whistle blow
aml all hands knocked off there were
four empty cases in the cupboard,
that's all.
Sims Won't
Cease Firing,
He Answers
Rencws Sinn Fcin Charge
and Says He'H Kcep on
Telling the Truth, as He
Cables Reply to Denby
Intiniates Parts
Of Talk Garblerl
Pleads for Anglo - U. S.
Harmony in Speech;
Indifl'erent to Inquiry
From The Tribune'a European Bureau.
Copyrlght, 1021, New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, June 10.?Admiral Sims
replied to-day to Secretary of the
Navy Denby's inquiry regarding the
Admiral's anti-Siim Fein speech of
Tuesday, but inade it plain in another
speech before the American Luncheon
Club this noon that he hadn't consid
ered the Sccrctary's notc an order toI
cease firing.
To-day the Admiral reiterated his i
remarks about Ireland and hyphenat'es, |
and added: "I intend to keep on doing j
the same thing."
Admiral Sims, who was greeted with j
rousing checrs when he arose to speak, j
was frequently interrupted by bursts j
of laughter, applause and cheers.
"I have attempted on all occasions
to say what I wanted to say," he be- !
gan. "I believe I have always told I
the truth as I understood it. One of i
our Senators when asked if ho always j
spoke the truth said: 'Yes, but not:
in excess. I am no gossip.'
"I'm rather afraid that Pve gone to j
excess in truth telling and Pm afraid i
I did so the other day?in the opinion j
of certain pcople.''
Refers to War on U-boats
After references to the "imposaible" J
men on Allied councils whom "we have j
made it a practice to remove," the Ad
miral said that at one period of the |
wav the success of the Allies depcnded !
upon the ability of the Allied navies I
to check the submarine campaign.
"If tha.t hadn't been done all yoiv
Britons here and all you Americans I
who have to stay here would be speak- I
ing German with an American acccnt," j
he said. I
Referring to his previous speech, )
which caused such a furore in the
United States, Admiral Sims remarked: |
"What I said then was practically i
the same as I have said from a number I
of platforms in the United States. Per- I
hapg I may have used more energetic j
adjectives, which certain people didn't .
like, but they could be amicably ex- j
plained away. I have been advocating !
that we keep together in decent
comradeship and brotherhood, because
if we do we will need no treatv. The
peace of the world is going to depend
upon the English-speaking peor.ie of
the world. If this is something I
shouldn't say?well, I hope they'll make
the best of it!"
Admiral Sims said this afternoon
that he had received Secretary Denby's
cablegram of inquiry and felt it was
his duty to reply to it. He said, how
ever, that he could not comment on the
messag'e or upon his reply.
London is just beginning to realize
the extent of the tumult started in tho
United States by the Admiral's speech.
The newspapers here to-day printed long
extracts from the editorial pages of the
New York newspapers.
Says Parts Were Garbled
LONDON, June 10 (By The Asso- j
cinted Press).--The reply of Rear Ad-I
miral Sims to Secretary Denby ex- |
prcsses the opinion of Admiral Sims
that some parts of the speech, to !
which objection had been taken, had
been garbled. This was learned un
officially, but on good authority.
In his answer, which is not long,
AdmiraJ Sims declares he said noth
ing in his address which he had not |
said before in speeches in the United
States and in his book.
Admiral Sims did not seem per
turbcd by reports that the United
States Senate had taken action calling
for an invcstigation of his speech, but
expresscd curiosity as to when the
Senatorial inquiry would be begun.
"I am returning on tho Olympic
June 15," he said. "I don't suppose I
could book an earlier passage."
Two liundred guests at the American
Luncheon Club applauded Wilson
Cross, vice-presidont of the American
Chamber of Commerce in London,
when Mr. Cross, in introducing Ad?
miral Sims, said:
"He is stung again, but he says he
will stand by what he has said," Mr.
Cross told the assembled company, "I
want to assure him that this company
will-stand with him, and so will all
full-bloodcd, true, honest-thinking
Americans." ,
Mr. Cross alluded to the marked I
cordiality with which Admiral Sims
had been entertained by men among j
the most notable in the country since
his arrival in England, and he pre
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Couldn't Oust Tenant;
He Ripped House Aparl
Sections of Tenement Removed i
After Widow Wins in !
Dispossess Case
Mrs. Mary Mandalay, a widow, of 352 |
West Thirty-ninth Street, admittcd |
yesterday that it was a hollow and j
very draUghty victory which she had ;
won when she secured a decision in her j
favor against the dispossess proceed- ',
ings of her landlord who wanted to put j
her out when he began a reconstruc- j
tion of the tenement in which she livcs.
But Mis. Mandalay and her family of j
five remained when all the other tcn- I
ants had given in and moved else- |
where. Then the. wreckers came and
tore out the back wall of the house so j
that Mrs. Mandalay was forced to j
stretch a sheet across the space where |
the wall had been. Then tho wreckers ,
came,again and tore out a part of the j
foundation of the house, so that the \
building rocked preeariously every |
time that an elevated train passed. j
And yesterday, when the wreckers i
had done their worst. a tenement in
spector came along, looked at the build?
ing and said that work would have to
stop right where it was, indefinitely,
until an investigation could be made.
???-m
When you tlilnk of wrlting,
i think ,ol WHlTEfti. ?AdTt.
Fifteen Indicted in
Allege?l Funeral Trusl
CHICAGO, June 10.?James E.
McShane, Assistant State's At
torney, who has investigated an
alleged funeral trust in Chicago,
announced' to-day a grand jury
had voted true bills against fif?
teen offieers and members of the
Chicago Motor' Liverymen's As
sociation, charging them with
conspiracy, hoycott, blacklisting
and illegal acts injurious to tlie
public trade.
The investigation was begun
when liverymen vefused to permit
the use of their equipages for the
funeral of a aoldier killed in
Francc because burial was to take
place on Sunday.
Draws Gun on
pellow Official
At Cunard Pier
Interiial Revenue Inspector
McCarver Menaces Dep
uty Surveyor McKean for
Order to Quit Inclosure
Carried Friend's Glasses
Wanted to Depart Withoufc
Examination; Passengers
Seek Shelter of Baggage
The Cunard Line pier was the scene
of unusual excitement last night, when
Inspector B. McCarver, of the Intcrnal
Revenue Department, drew a big pistol
from his pocket and threatened to kill
Deputy Surveyor Alexander McKeon be
cause the latter had ordered him from
the baggage inclosure. McCarver is at
tached to the narcotic squad.
The Aquitania an hour before had
discharged her first and second cabin
passengers, and there were 1,200 travel
ers and 200 customs inspectors on the
pier when the threat against McKeon
was made.
Men and women close to the dis
putants got beiiind their baggage when
McCarver whipped the weapon from
his right hip pocket.
Had Passenger's Binoculars
The trouble grcw out of the inability
of McCarver to leave the customs line's
with -a pair of binoculars which were
owned by his friend, Weatherford
Allen, a saloon passenger on the Aqui?
tania.
McCarver asked Deputy Surveyor
McKeon to have the binoculars pa3sed.
'Im a government officer like your
self," he said to McKeon, "and I want
this thing fixed up. My friend. who owns
these glasses, is ill and I want to take
him away."
McKeon informed McCarver that it
would have to be done in the regular
way, explaining that it would be neces?
sary to show the glasses to the inspec?
tor for examination and have a sub
sequent check-up on Allen's baggage
declaration.
McCarver became surly and taking
Allen by the arm attempted to lead
him from the pier. At the gate they
were detained by Deputy Surveyor John
S. Long, who took the binoculars and
escorted the two men back to McKeon.
Refuses to Quit Pier on Order
McCarver then took hold of the bin?
oculars, and when McKeon tried to take
them away from him he showed flght.
The Deputy Surveyor then ordered him
to leave the pier and when he refu3ed
to move started to push him.
? "Dont push me," said McCarver,
"because you can't do it."
Then he drew out of his hip pocket a
long-barreled pistol and, stepping back
a few feet, leveled it at McKeon, who
uid not budge.
Still clutching his weapon, McCarver
informed those about him that he was
an employee of the Treasury Depart?
ment and attached to the narcotics
squad.
Howard Esterbrook, a special agent
of the Treasury Department; Deputy
Surveyor Long and Detective Kelley, of
the Cunard Line, closed in on McCarver
and he put his pistol away.
It was said on the pier that Allen, an
Englishman by birth, is a naturalized
American and is thought to be con
nected with the work of getting infor
mation abroad about contraband drug
shipments.
> - *
Raving Murderer Resumes
tJproar at News of Reprieve
OSSINING, N. Y., June 10.?Paul La
Guidice, the raving inmate of the
rieath house who was saved by a ten
day reprieve last night three hours be?
fore he was to be put to death, was
informed of his respite to-day during
an interval of comparativc calmness.
He made no comment on the news
and soon resumed his uproar.
Wife Admits
Hired Thugs
Slew Kaber.
I
Charges Midwife She Paid
to Have Husband Beaten\
Got Pair of Assassins
to Stab Him Instead
Woman She Accuses
Arrested in Ohio
Widow Rreaks Down in!
Grilling Here; Absolves
Her Daughter of Blame
CLEVELAND, June 10.?With the ar- j
rival late to-night of Mrs. Eva Kather- ;
ine Kaber, widow of Daniel B. Kaber,
wealthy Lakewood citizen, and Miss
Marian McArdle, Mrs. Kaber's daughter,
three generations were in the county j
jail here facing trial for the first de- j
gree murder of Kaber two years ago.
Mrs. Mary Brickel, sixty-nine, mother
of Mrs. Kaber, has been in jail several '
days in default of $5,000 bail.
Mrs. Kaber and Miss McArdle were |
brought back from New York, where
they were arrested about a week ago, I
by Chief of Police Peter S. Christensen
and Lakewood police.
In addition, two other women and a
man, incriminatcd by Mrs. Kaber in ai
confession in New Yoi-k early to-day,
were in custody, while the police j
sought two other men in connection
with the crime. Prosecutor Stanton |
said he would ask that Mrs. Kaber be |
tried at this term of court, which ends
July 1.
Midwife Seized
One of the women under arrest, a
midwife, according to Mrs. Kaber's
confession, as related by Prosecutor
Stanton, planned the murder of Kaber, j
who was stabbed twenty-four times. j
She was taken into custody at San- '
dusky, Ohio, and is alleged to have j
concoctcd a poison, later hiring the
assassin. The man ngures in Mr?. j
Kaber's confession, according to Stan- |
ton, as one of the agents who hired i
the two other men to stab KSber, while j
the second woman, according to Mrs. j
Kaber's statements, knew of the plot!
to commitsthe murder. The two men
at large, Stanton declares, are the
actual hired assassins.
In her confession Mrs. Kaber de
clared the men were hired to "beat up"
Kaber "to make him treat her better."
The poison was given him, according to
the confession, "as medicine to cure his
bad habits." She did not know it was
poison, Mrs. Kaber insists, declaring it
was given to her as medicine.
Although Mrs. Kaber declared she
refused to pay the hired foreigners
when she learned they had murdered
her husband, one of the men being
sought is alleged to have left behind in
his flight an automobile said to have
been given him in payment for his
part in the crime. The men were to act
as "ghosts," Mrs. Kaber's confession
states.
Thinks He Fonght
She said Kaber had never believed in
ghosts or spirits, and th'at he probably
fought with the men when he awakened
and found them by his bedside, the
stabbing resulting.
Prosecutor Stanton was prepared to
confront the three prisoners with Mrs.
Kaber and her daughter to-night in
the hope that the prisoners would tell
what they knew of the murder.
Mrs. Kaber's aged mother, Mrs. Mary
Brickel, who confessed that her daugh- I
ter knew who had committed the mur- |
der, is fretting in her cell here and j
waiting to be released, seeming to be- I
lieve that her responsibility is at an j
end now that the information which
she gave has resulted in the clearing
up of the murder mystery. She is ]
named in an indictment for murder)
jointly with her granddaughter, Miss |
McArdle, Mrs. Kaber's indictment hav- j
ing been handed up separately.
Italians Are Sought
When Mrs. Kaber gave the name of
the midwife in the New York confes- j
sion she said that she did not know
the names of the men the midwife
hired. Mrs. Kaber even referred to I
the men as Spaniards, although the
police know them to be Italia.is. Never- j
theless, the Cleveland police believe
that they know who the men are, and
search for them was started at the i
same time the arrest of the midwife ;
was made.
As to the identity of the midwife's j
agent, very little information has been i
obtained.
Chief of Police Christensen, in an
interview given on the train bringing
the prisoners to Cleveland and dropped
off by a reporter at a telegraph sta- j
tion en route, denied the stories that
Mrs. Kaber had asked the midwife for
men to play the part of ghosts to
scare the paralytic into more gracious |
behavior. The men were to beat him
up, Christensen said Mrs. Kaber had j
confessed. She denied, he added, that !
there was any intention on her part
(Contlnusd on paga three)
Fish Barrage Ro
In Furious
Patrolman John Waide, of the Clinton
Street police station, was half buried
in flounders, assorted fruits, crockery
and tinware when rescued from a mob
at Pitt and Clinton streets yesterday
afternoon by reserves rushed to his
aid.
The demon = tration foliowed Waide's
serving of Dave Sigler, fish peddler, of
359 East Eighth Street, with a sum
mons ior sidewalk obstruction. Waide
was badly mauled by the crowd before
he found refuge with Sigler as his
prisoner in the drug store of Feitleson
& Gordon.
When Waide tried to serve Sigler
with the summons it was refused by
the peddler, who said he could not read
English. Waide trietl to force the
paper into Sigler's pocket, but Sigler
fell to the ground screaming for aid.
Instantly Waide %vas bombarded with
i'ruit and fiah from the nearby stands,
and by the time he gained the shelter
of the drug store had been struck
many times. The doors were locked,
but a screaming mob aurrounded th$
place. Patrolmen Knoppel and Schlin
ling, who were tirst to arrive, endeav
ored to assist Waide in taking his
prisoner to the station, but the crowd
p^lted all three officers with fruit and
lish.
uts Policeman
Pushcart Battle
The situation was becomingj momen-!
tarily more difficult when reserves ar- !
rived and the gathering was dispers^d. i
During the attack on the three patrof- I
men as they emerged with Sigler from '
the drug store Patrolman Waide was
hit in the facc with a flounder, which
2aused him monientarily to release his
hold of Sigler. The peddler made a Jivo
between the legs of bystanders and,
aided by, them, escaped. When the rt
serve l'orce got into action the air
was filled with flounders from one of
the nearest pushcarts and with cocoa
nuts from a wagon.
Rose Weiner, thirty-one years old, of
178 East Third Street, who was charged
with throwing cocoanuts at the police,
was booked at the Clinton Street
station for assault. Lena Reidler,
twenty-nine, of 202 Rivington Street,
and Sarah Dick, nineteen, of 23 Pitt
Street, were also placed under arrest.
When the women were marched to
the station a mob followed, which was
constantly augmented on the way.
Women led the procession, shouting
ir.sults at the patrolmen and demand
ing release of the prisoners.
In Essex Market Court the charge
against all the prisoners was changed j
from assault to disorderly conduct.
Magistrate Stanley Renaud dismissed
the women with a warning.
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British Ordered to End
Reprisals in Irelynd
LOXDON, June 10.?The gov?
ernment has instructed the au
thorities in Ireland to cease re?
prisals, says The Daily Mail. The
newspapcr adds that when the
military forces in Ireland are in
ereassd, as it has been announced
they will be, they will exercise
full authority in quelling outrages
and riots.
Roports to the Central News
says that hundreds of Sinn Fein
ers have been arrested at Agha
bog and Newbliss,, in County
Monaghan.
Fonr Lads Near
Death by Blast
In "Pirate Den"
? i
Can of Powder Blows Up iifj
Shack They Built on
Staten Island and Hurlsi,
Tlieni, In jured, Many Feet {
Source Is a Mystervj
Investigation On to Learn]
How Boys Got Explosive; j
Victims Are Unconscious i
Four boys received injuries which
may be mortal last night when a can
of gunpowder blew up in a hut they
had built in a vacant lot in Mariners'
Harbor, Staten Island. They are John
Marrigan, eleven years old, 124 Harbor
Road; Arthur Peagano, fourteen, 230
Arlington Avenue; Albert Scoggi, sev
enteen, 125 South Avenue, and Donald
Catterili, sixteen, 2995 Richmond Ter
race, all of Mariners' Harbor.
The first three were taken to St. Vin
cent's Hospital in West New Brighton j
and Catterili was taken to Staten Isl?
and Hospital in New Brighton. They
are burned about the heads, hands and
bodies and there is smail hope at the
institutions to which they were taken
that their lives can be saved.
Just how the can of gunpowder hap
pened to be in the shack and how the
accident occurred may never be learned.
All of the victims were unsconscious
when help reached them and none of
them has recovered his senses since.
Built as Boys' Retreat
The four who were in the shanty last
night built it with the assistance of
other boys in the neighborhood about a
week ago, the nucleus of the retreat
beirtg tne body of a covered delivery
wagon which they discovered in the
lot.
With this as a start they built a
ramshackle structure which served as
clubhouse, castle, bandits' lair, ranch
house or fort. according to the age and
imagination of its occupants of the
moment. To this storehouse they re
paircd with all the treasure trove yield
ed by the prolific vacant lots of the
vicinity, rusty kettles and pans, broken
down chairs, a decrepit couch, moth
eaten portieres and similar trash which
has value in the eyes of juvenile house
holders.
It is believed that some foraging
party came upon the can of powder
and lugged it to the gathering place
of the clan to await whatever purpose
it might serve.
The four who were in the place last
night repaired thither as soon as they
?iad fuiished their dinner. Their pur
*pose still is hidden, but other boys of
the neighborhood said that Albert and
Donald smoked cigarettes without the
knowledge of their parents and were ac
customed to use the shack as a smoking
room.
Explosion Arouses Neighborhood
One of them, it is thought, was
smoking when some noise in Arlington
Avenue close by alarmed him, inspir
ing the fear that his retreat was about
to be invaded by adults, perhaps of his
own family. A glowing cigarette,
hastily flung aside, is thought to have
ignited the powder.
There was an explosion which
aroused the neighborhood. The roof
of the shelter was blown off and its
occupants hurled through the aperture,
while its sides collapsed upon the
ruin wrought within. The black
ened forms of the unconscious boys
were found a-score of feet or more
from the heap of lumber which had
been their stronghold.
Nearby was found the cover of a
powder can, the only clew to the mys
tery which has been discovered so far.
The police of West New Brighton and
District Attorney Joseph F. Malloy are
examining boys living in the vicinity
in the hope of finding out more about j
the accident.
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Plenty of Flivvers, but
Not One Watch in Town!
Prosperous Kansans Haven't a |
Simsde Timepiece-When
Tux Assessor Appearg
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
LYOXS, Kan., June 10.?Bushton. a;
town of 500 population in the center:
of one of the best farming districts |
in Kansas, many of its citizens '
owning costly motor cars, has not a !
single watcli within the confines of its!
ccrporate limits.
Bushton has oxcellent schools, two 1
largo churches, a flour mill, two prosper- |
ous banks, two garages, four large gen- !
eral merchandise stores and other busi- j
ness houses usually found in a thriving '
trade eenter for an extensive agricul- i
tural region. And?as has been pointed ;
out?not one timepiece. ? )
At least. the county assessors could
not find one, not only in the town, but ?
in the entire township in which the i
town is situated.
Caruso Will Sing in Fall
Physician Says Tenor Will Be!
Able to Reappear in Opera
Svecial Cable to The 1'ribune
Copyritfht. lu.'l. New York Tribune Inc.
ROME, June 10.- Enrico Caruso, who j
is spending four dmys in N'aples before !
goJng to hia old home in Sorrento for a !
two months' vacation, will have re- i
covered hh voice by fall and will ap-I
pear with tho Metropolitan Opera C >m- i
pany in New York again next season,
his physician announced to-day.
Tne tenor's eondition wa3 much im
proved by the voyage from America, it
was aaid.
\
Court Bai&s
Citv Graft
; Appeal
To Governor
Justice Whitaker, in Di?
missing LeachContempt
Proceeding, Says Com
initteeExceedsAuthoritv
Meyer Asks Special
Appellate Session
[f Necessary, Chairman
Will UrgeExtraordinary
Meeting of Legislature
to Grant More Power
Governor Miller will be asked to
day to request the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court, which ad
ioorned yesterday for the summer.
to reconvene at once that an appeal
by the joint legislative investigating
committee from a decision handed
down yesterday by Supreme Court
Justice Edward J. Whitaker may be
heard. If necessary the Governor
will be requested to convene the Leg?
islature in extraordinary session to
offset the possible effects of Justice
Whitaker's ruling.
Senator Schuyler M. Meyer, chair?
man of the committee, made this
announcement last night after he
had read the opinion of Justice
Whitaker in the proceedings brought
by the committee to punish Deputy
Police Commissioner John A. Leach
for contempt in refusing to testify
before Senator Meyer as a sub-com
mittee of one.
Justice Whitaker, in his decision,
sustained the contention of Cor
poration Counsel John O'Brien, that
Chairma/i Meyer had not been ap
pointed a committee of one to inves
ticate, but was delegated to appoint
sub-committees, and that the legis?
lative law provided especially for the
appointment of sub-committees of
not less than three members. The
justice cited the resolution adopted
by the Legislature creating the com?
mittee as well as the statute men
tioned in justifieation of his decision.
Immediate Appeal, Says Meyer
Chairman Meyer was anything but
pleased when the decision of Justice
Whitaker was read to him.
"The decision," said Meyer, "fits in
ver" well with the obstructive and
dilatory tactics of the Hylan adminis
tration. The decision of Justice Whit?
aker will cause a temporary delay, but
it will not obstruct our work in the
end. I disagree with Justice Whitaker's
decision and his interpretation of the
resolution creating the committee, as
well as with his interpretation of Sec
tion 1 of the legislative law which
he cites.
"I shall appeal to Governor Miller
the first thing to-morrow and suggess
that he request the Appellate Division,
which adjourned to-day for the sum?
mer, to sit so that it may hear our
appeal. The committee will appeal at
once from Justice Whitaker's de?
cision."
The request to have the Appellate
Division sit to hear a sir.gle case., after
it has adjourned, is said to be unpre
cedented. This was called to Chair?
man Meyer's attention, and he was
asked whether, in the event that it
was not found feasible for the Appel?
late Division to sit. a request would
be made of Governor Miller to convene
the Legislature in extraordinary ses?
sion that the resolution creating the
committee might be amended and logis
lation passed to give the committee
the power which the. court held it did
not have.
Extra Session if Necessary
"I shall make such a request if it is
necessary," replied Meyer, "and I
know that Governor Miller will do what
ever is required to facilitate the work
of the committee. I shall mail a copy
of the decision of Justice Whitaker to
the Governor this morning."
Justice Whitaker's decision reads:
"Motion to punish a subpeenaed wit
ness for contempt for refusal to be
sworn before an individual membcr of
the Legislative committee. The resolu?
tion of the Legislature, in so far as it
is material to the question, provides:
"'The committee may at ary time,
and from time to time by resolution of
a majority of its members, be subdi
vided into sub-committees of such num
ber a3 it may by majority determine,
which sub-committees may sit at the
same time and place or at different
times and places in the State of New
York during the session of the Legisla?
ture, during its recess or after ad
journment, each such sub-committee to
appoint its own chairman and to act by
a majority vote of its own n.ambers,
and to administer oaths and to issue
subpeenas requiring the attendance of
witnesses and production of books,
papers and documents, and to do all
other acto and things that may be done
by the committee as a whole or that
may be delegated to it by the full com?
mittee.
Text of Committee's Resolution
"Pursuant to that power, the whola
committee passed the fcllowing resolu?
tion :
" 'Resolved, That the committee here
by desiguate the chairman as a sub
committee of this committee and ou
thorizes the chairman to appoint so
many additionai such sub-committees
as he may determine. consisting of one
or of three members each, as may be
cetermined by the chairman. The
chairman as such sub-committee and
such other sub-committees aa the chair?
man may appoint, nhalt have and shall
exercise all of the powers provided
with reference to such sub-conunit?? ;
by the- joint resolution constituting
this committee; provided, however, that
thev subject matter to which the juris
diction of any such sub-committee shall