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Cheese Fumes At Fire Fell Fifty Firemen One Victim. Gassed During War, Not Expected to Live: Two Others on Dan? gerous List at Hospital Blaze Origin a Mystery Flames in Greenwich Street Produce Mouse Tie Up Traffic for Many Hours One fii ay die, two others are in a serions condition in St. Vincent's Hospital, and more than fifty others were o ? a result of inhaling fames ?' burned all yes ng through several floors of ? '."' lding at 346 flrc-en ?jrich Street, d by the Phoenix Cheese sted in the building c3:d thai it was well stocked with pro damage done by fire, water,:- ' smelling fumes will "Smoky Joe" re chief, after he was nvestigation yesterday id the damage would be ?bout ?50,i Gassed Veteran May Die The firemen who are in a serious con? dition are all of Engine Company 27. The; hn Flynn, James Mel? ville an?! Michael J. Brosnan. Flynn is in th critical condition. He was gai iring the war. It was thi se three, with Lieutenant ? members of the who discovered the . a big refrigerator on the r. The refrigerator was filled i, and it is now be the fire may have been I t ? crates for pos '?> :.< n the firemen opened it ir door they were en heavy smoke, and a .' > -..i i ? fanned into y the J re3l firemen were swept back box they found that ir number were missing. squad was called and Fire R ;.-- nkamp, Charles I nder Lieutenant ? - . ? ?it in with gas j r the three mon. They ? lying on the floor uncon- > M nth Avenue "L" Tied-Up W! ? : ili n Chief Helm realized that ' ten would 'rave to work : turned in a second alarm That was about 3:45 yesterday non . Ac 4:4G Chief Martin turned ird alarm. I ?? s from the Beach Street - ' I tion were summoned to n fire lines. Traffic on the *-.:.? Avenue elevated was stopped, as running of the Eighth Ave rface curs. This resulted in in?onvenience yesterday morn ng ".'hen the business crowds on the Vvenue line were diverted at rd Street, and brought down Sixth Avenue tracks. Not until late yesterday morning were firemen able to get well into the the building. They fought ?rom th?! street, from the tructure ,and from the roofs g buildings. As they col from the (fTects of the smoke . ere dragged away and butter? milk was poured down their throats. When they were revived they went i rk. how the fsre started is not \.'. -??'??:. Nor i - any one able to ex the cause of the nauseat ? -? Pair Renew Non-Speaking Pact After 9 Years9 Trial Husband, 75. Father of 12, Says They Got Along Quite .- ::? Same Home Charles Bauman, of 422 t, West New York, yesterdaj signed an agreement by the. Bauman agrees to live ? rtment, but separately wife, ?.:?<! never to speak to ner unless it is absolutely necessary ? ;o. ian, a braid manufacturer, is j seventy-iive years old. ilia wife ?3 j forty-five. Nine years ago they quar- ? reled, and at that time drew up an ? agreement to live apart for nine years, j The contract expired yesterday, and I ?''"''? p r ?? wed on the terms indicated. "A clause of the agreement," ad? mitted Mr. Bauman last night, "pro? tides that I disavow all control over r y children. They are accountable Bauman. My wife is re ;ev<?d of aU responsibility to me, and It-fall responsibility to her. Under the agreement she must support her i n while i take <'.ard ' o? myself. Three of my sons, who are employed, live with her and contribute to her support. I rarely see my wife. we get along quite well under the arrangement." ?Mr. Bauman ras been married twice. His first wife died in 1890. Ho is the | of seven boys and five girls "our daughters and two sons are mar? ried. Arresttd in Check Fraud Alleged Swindler, Wanted Here. Taken in Scranton Detective Fleming, of the Old Slip , Ponce station, received word last night ; ??hat a man known to the police as ? ?jeorge K. Hauck had been arrested in ?e Hotel Casey in Scranton, Pa., on a i parir? of grand larceny for passing worthless checks. j James Weigman, associated with the ' guaranty Trust Company, told detec- ; ?net of the Old Slip police station on p? i li thal! ^Iaucl? bad' presented I a/ at thfl Guaranty Trust Company "a drawn on the Commonwealth Bonk | ?l Bltimorp for StiOO. He said that; ??i?-'8e checks were returned marked i j?o good." Detective Fleming was as- ! 'ifiied to the case, and when ho heard ?>at Hauck had been seen in Scranton, "?notified the police there. ^c-time DuuMiter-in-Law Of Caynor Put on Probation , -lay Fairchild, one-time daughter-in *h ?f vhc "*!te May?r Caynor, fainted ?fien she was arraigned before Judtra I*"1 Morris, of Woman's Court, for vi?r ? yester<?ay. following her con c -.ion last week on a vagrancy charge. *'?'! Was c:i?*rit-d out and rearraigned t?ifU4Se Norris sent her to the Kin?gs '? Avenue Hospital and placed her on ?i* month ' ?anm for Temoak Indians WASHINGTON, July 18.?The home I??? 'r' "'?*?? ''"'v 1?.?The lioraf all Ionioi'k Indians, of Ruby Valley, snrfn V,''!'!'"i l''' provided with farms ?raer a bill by Senator Fittman, Dem SJy"^'! to-day by the Senate and ?to?-rV Hou3?- It would approori Aighu t t0 b,ly land with w?ter *?toY tiao ameles s government Mayo Defies Wife Name Women in Divorce Case ; Declares Ho Tried for Amicable Settlement of Difference Before Filing Suit Roy Alfred Mayo, the broker who recently started suit, for divorce from his wife, Mrs. Charlotte dishing Mayo, in his first public statement since she disappeared at the time that the ' counle's yountr daughter vanished, yes i terday defied his wife to name any ! women with whom ?he accuses him of ! having been friendly. Mr. Mayo says tiiese allegation:! wore made by his wife in answer to his suit for divorce. "This is my first public utterance since my wife disappeared with my baby, Charlotte.'' he said. "I have not made any derogatory statement about her. I believe that my conduct has boon that of a white man thus far, but her statements in the press are of such sort that I am compelled out of pure self-respect to come out of my silence." Mr. Mayo denied that his wife had appeared voluntarily to accept service in tho divorce action. Before proceed? ing with the action, he said, terms and conditions for the adjustment of their difficulties in an amicable manner wore laid before Mrs. Mayo, but that after days of waiting for her answer he served summons and complaint. ? -.a-? Cleverest Mail Box Check Thief Caught in Boston Dapper French Canadian Cashed S 10,000 in Paper Stolen From Apartments and Dwellings, Police Say Spec?? Dispatch to The Tribune BOSTON, July 28.?After being trailed for months by bank detectives in many cities, Romeo S. Buran, a dapper French Canadian of twenty- j four, with many aliases, the police say, j has been arrested here. Authorities declare him to be the cleverest mail box check thief in the country. It is estimated that he has cashed $10,000 in checks stolen from the mails in this city during recent weeks. The police are communicating with other cities in the belief that even more extensive operations will be dis? closed. He was occupying a luxurious , apartment when arrested.. Police charge that Buran took let? ters from the mail boxes of dwelling ; and apartment houses and rifled them of negotiable paper. Buran then would open accounts under tho names of his victims in local banks and de- . posit cash. i Later the negotiable paper would be : deposited. Against tho total amount ' the man would then draw until the | sum was reduced to $4 or $5. Through this method, it is s.?id, Buran had ac? counts under many names in many banks of greater Boston. Hirsch Says No Rent Relief is Due in Fall Denounces Apathy Toward Tenants' League and Asserts Epidemic May Wake Up City No appreciable improvement in the rent situation here may be looked for this fall, in the opinion of Nathan Hirsch, formerly chairman of the May? or's Committee on Rent Profiteering, who yesterday sounded a warning to tenants because of their failure to join the Citizens' Protective Housing League. Mr. Hirsch has threatened to scrap the league if the requisite mem? bership of 300,000 is not enrolled by Aucust 1. Mr. Hirsch declared the filing of plans for new dwellings means nothing so long as people find themselves un? able to build for lack of loans and be? cause of present cost3. "Any one who thinks rents are going to take a tumble this fall is making a mistake," he said. "The people fail to become aroused unless there is a calam? ity. Then they find it is too late. On the same principle that wo have to have a Triangle fire before we can have proper factory laws, or a tunnel disas? ter before we make a tunnel that is safe, it would seem that an epidemic is necessary to convince everybody that | we have got to have lower rents and Lmore houses. Nothing else can long i prevent an epidemic." Argentine Capital Bombed BUENOS AYRES, July 18 (By The Associated Press).?A powerful bomb was exploded in front of the cap?tol building this morning. A policeman was seriously wounded, but only tmall material damage was caused. The out? rage is credited hero to Communist agitators. Are You Suffering Pain \ Sloan's Liniment brings quick relief to all external achesand pains by renewing circulation in the painful Carts, scattering congestion, 'ou will find it soothing and comforting. Sloan's Liniment is not an experiment. 40 years ago it was made purposely to fight pain and thousands use it with gratifying results. Mrs, Hemming Is Blameless, Officials Hold District Attorney. With Sher? iff, Dim? i des There Is No Evidence to W a r r a n t Action Being Taken ; ? Hysterical at the Time Warned Husband Not to Go to House, Fearing Eber hardt Would Harm Him RIVERHEAD, L. I., July 18.?After a conference to-day with his assistant, Charles B. Partridge, and Sheriff John F. Kelly, District Attorney Leroy M. ?Young of Suffolk County declared I there was no evidence to warrant ac j tion being taken against ?Mrs. Helen i Hemming, whose husband, Henry G. Hemming, was shot and killed last Thursday night on Duck Island by Frank F.hcrhardt, caretaker of Mrs. Hemming's estate. Sheriff Kelly had contended that Mrs. Hemming should he detained as a material witness pending a further in? vestigation, but at the close of the con? ference he said he agreed with the Dis ! trict Attorney. He said, however, he | would continue to work on the case. "When I made a previous statement that 1 believed Mrs. Hemming was con corned in the shooting I did not know her condition at the time," said Sheriff Kelly. "From what we have now learned there is no tangible basis for an arrest. The District Attorney tells [ me that if I can connect up any of the points I have brougnt out he stands ready to prosecute, but just now there j does not appear to be anything to war 1 rant a course different than that pur? sued." District Attorney Young, after read? ing the report of Mr. Partridge, who held that Mrs. Hemming had nothing to do with the shooting, said: "There is now no evidence tending to show that Mrs. Hemming aided or abetted Eberhardt in the shooting. To the contrary, she warned him not to go; to the house, for she feared Eberhardt j might do him serious injury. One is I not guilty of homicide if one merely j fails to prevent a killing. One must do | the act or aid and abet it to be liable to arrest. "As a matter of fact, Mrs. Hem? ming, the investigation disclosed, was h terical at the time of the shooting and was in no condition to even attempt to prevent Eberhardt from carrying out his purpose. "My investigation is completed, but if the Sheriff can learn of any new facts, which we have been unable to ascertain, we stand ready to assist him in every way." Mrs. Hemming was not at her home on Duck Island to-day. It was said she had gone away for a rest and had given the authorities her address. Mrs. Hemming, in a statement last night, said that she almost received the shot which ended the life of her bus- i band. Held Hemming in Her Arms "I had no idea that Frank Eberhardt was going to shoot Mr. Hemming," she said. "As a matter of fact, he nearly shot me. I was holding Mr. Hemming in my arms and was trying to raise him up so that the second and third shots, when fired, nearly went through me. "There had been no reconciliation between my husband and myself. The break between us could not be patched up "The only motive I can assign for the shooting Is that Frank was de? votedly attached to Ho'?n ?"??' h--i brooded over by husband's insults to her, Frank was aftaid that |vir Hem? ming might, bo cruel to Helen. Ho was one-half Austrian and one-half Cor sican, and that is a typo that holds hat rod and nurses revenge. "Frank's funeral expenses worn pi\i?l for by mo. There was nothing unusual ivi that, ho was one of my household servants- a faithful servant, deserving consid?r?t ion." II was learned last, night that Fred P. flaber, .-> lawyer of 44 Cedar Street, Manhattan, will to-morrow file for pro? bate in Now York County the will of Mr. Hemming. It is reported that the estate, which is expected to amount to approximately $100,000, is loft to his son, John 0. Hemming. Kincaid Plans Exposure Of Fake Soldier Beggar Believes Rule Permitting Vet? erans !o Wear Uniform Would Minimize Evil Special Dispatch to The Tribune ALBANY, July 18.?Adjutant General J. Leslie Kincaid has asked Secretary of War Weeks to permit, men who nave participated in any war in which the United States was a combatant and who as a result of their service arc crippled or maimed, to wear at any time the military uniform of their country. It is the idea of General Kincaid that if such an order is issued by the War Department it will no longer be pos? sible for the panhandler and profes? sional beggar minus an arm or a leg to play upon the public sympathy by pulling out the war record stop. It'is considered likely that those persons would be driven to cover if there was an oven chance of investigating their records. ? (louerai Kincaid says that onco the j public knows the applicant for funds has been a bona fide soldier he will not be a beggar long, if wounded veterans are permitted to retain their status as soldiers it will be possible for them to buy their household supplies at an army commissary, with a consequent saving of from 30 to 50 per cent. Clean-Up at Atlantic City War on Crooks Begins With Listing of AH Undesirables ATLANTIC CITY, July 18.?The long discussed campaign was begun to-day to clean up Atlantic City and rid the resort of all undesirables. Backed by a group of hotel men, who have been the chief complainants in the recent operations of bookmakers and confi? dence men, a squad of twelve detectives from the Burns agency are listin<r all gamblers, bootleggers and other unde? sirables. Charles H. Dennis, Philadelphia man? ager of the Burns agency, who has boon placed in charge of this work, said to-day: "The orders are that Atlantic City is to be cleaned up. Expenso is no item. At present we are simply hunt? ing the crooks down and listing then:. But later, should they continue to re? main in the resort, they will bo taken in hand through the prosecutor's of? fice." Another stop in the campaign was the releasing of John II. Duey, special detective to Mayor Bader. The Mayor gave no explanation for this action, but said positively that Duey was done so far as Atlantic City plainclcthes duty is concerned. -?? Ontario Cellars Stocked Ban on Importation of Spirits Goes into Effect To-day TORONTO, July 18.?To-day it was! legal to import liquor into the province | of Ontario, but if anybody is caught doing it to-morrow or later the spirits i will be seized and the consignees fined, i Large shipments of intoxicants have | been rushed into the province during j the last few days. Rothstein Again Named in Sox Baseball Trial Prosecutor Says Atlell and Hal Chase Told Burns New Yorker Would Put Up Cash to Fix Series Fans Crowd Courtroom Comiskey Resents Charges Hi*- Deserted Old Brother? hood for National League Special Dispatch to The Tribune CHICAGO, July 18.?Baseball fans, masculine and feminine, with a liberal sprinkling of small boys, jammed the courtroom to-day to hear the opening of the trial of seven former White Sox and four alleged gamblers on charges of conspiracy to throw the 1919 world series. It was an especially hard ses? sion for the small boy fan to hear his idols excoriated as traitors to the game and their employers and the pub? lic, and all for a few dollars. Assistant State's Attorney Gorman went through each alleged deal in de? tail, telling of the disappointment of the players when their "graft" money was not forthcoming. He said the im? broglio grew to such alarming propor? tions that most of the gamblers and ball players began "double crossing" until neither side knew what the other would do. "As to the first three counts in this indictment no evidenco will be submit? ted," said Attorney Gorman. These counts fleal with the alleged swindling of C. K. Nims, a White Sox fan, who lost money on the serios. "The day before the world series opened, another d?fendent in this case, Abe Attell, former prize fighter, ap? peared with Hal Chase at a New York hotel when: Bill Burns, former White Sox pitcher was stopping. They told Burns that Arnold Rothstein had de? cided to 'go in' and arranged with Burns to go to Cincinnati and tell the players Rothstcin would finance the conspiracy. All in Same Hotel "The state will endeavor to show that the Levi brothers, and Mr. Zeiser, defendants in this trial, and Abe Attell occupied room 660 in the Sinton Hotel in Cincinnati and that the ball players i were at the same hotel. When Burns i arrived in Cincinnati, Attell was in? troduced as Rothstein's right-hand man. It was agreed that $100.000 was to be; pnt up and that 520,000 was to be paid ' after each game. "The players decided to lose the! first two games. They said they i wanted to win one game for pitcher Eddie Cicotte to put him in right for his n^xt year's contract. "The first game was played and, ac? cording to the prearranged plan, Cin? cinnati won. Burns went to Attell for the money, but Attell said he would have it the next day. The next game also was lost to Cincinnati and Burns and the players became worried about their money. Attell complained that everybody seemed to know the games were fixed and that the odds were drop? ping. He gave Burns $10,000. "Before leaving Chicago for Cincin? nati there was another conference. Cicotte went back to his room and found $10,000 in bills under his pillow. Joe Jackson, after the fourth game, got $5,000, and that same night Claude Williams got $5,000." The opening of the trial to-day was marked by bitter wrangling among the attorneys, indicating that every step of the way will be fought. The de? fense lost the early skirmishes when it sought to have, quashed certain charges COOLING For Bathing and REFRESHING Massage Note to Physicians Complying with the National Food and Drugs Act, it is stated on the label that ALCORUB contains 70% Alcohol, con forming to the re? quirements of U. S. Pharmacopoeia IX. Non-Slip Bottle with the Handy Stopper Only One Size 1 Pintfor $1.00 at Drug Stores ALCORUB is the same pure alcohol you |* used to buy for bathing and massage, made absolutely unfit for internal use, but with no poisonous, irritating additions. 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Detroit Cincinnati St. Paul Kan?B.City Bufiala in the indictment. The state was in? structed by the court to make no men? tion of confessions until it is decided they can or cannot be admitted. Comiskey Is Aroused Ban Johnson, president of the Ameri? can League, will be the first witness to? morrow. Charles A. Comiskey, "master of the White Sox," furnished the fea? ture of the afternoon. Benedict J. Short, attorney for Jack? son, aroused the wrath of the "Old Roman" on cross-examination, when he said: "Why did you desert the Brother? hood for the National League?" Comiskey jumped to his feet, shaking with rage, and, pointing his finger at the attorney, started to reply. The courtroom was in turmoil before Judge Friend could intervene and Co? miskey shouted a denial that he broke a contract. "Well, you jumped from one league to another!" retorted Short. "I did not break my contract, nor did I jump!" shouted the White Sox owner. "You were trying to belittle these ballplayers," said the lawyer. "I have not paid a word about your ballplayers, not a word," answered Comiskey. Comiskey was permitted to tell of his career, the growth of his ball park from 6,000 board stands at Thirty-ninth Street and Wentworth Avenue to the present steel and concrete structure at Thirty-fifth Street and Shields Avenue, seating 32,000 and valued at between $750,000 and $800,000. Attorney Gorman announced that Burns would be given complete immu? nity. This is because he has turned state's evidence as an "accomplice" of the alleged "conspirators." > Naughty Thyroid Gland Made Edna Wiilsey Steal Manhattan State Hospital Head Makes His Report on Girl to Court Superintendent Hyman, of the Man? hattan State Hospital on Ward's Is? land, told Judge Talley in General Ses? sions yesterday what ailed Edna Will? sey, the eighteen-year-old girl who never had a chance and doesn't seem to be taking much of a chance when she steals. The trouble with Edna is that her thyroid gland is doing practically no thyroiding, and Superintendent Hyman said that sufferers in such cases often stole. He said he had no doubt that Edna was a good girl and only the gland was wicked. After listening to the superintendent of the hospital and to Edna's lawyer, Judge Talley postponed Edna's sen? tence until August 15, to give experts a chance to tinker with her thyroid gland. The young woman has ad? mitted stealing clothing and jewelry from a fellow student nurse on Ward's Island and was on parole as a result of another theft when arrested. Greeks Capture Railroad Town THENS, July IS.?The capture by the Greeks of Kutaia, on tho southern bianch of tho Bagdad Railway, south? east of'Brussa, is announced here. LONDON, July 18.-? Reuters' Athens ! correspondent says that the new of the ? fall of Kutaia is "apparently prcma- i ture." ROLLS-ROYCE Runs twice as far on a gallon of fuel as the average person supposes it wilL This means nothing to the owner in money, but much in other ways. His car of cars is economical, not wastefuL The standing of the Rolls-Royce is entirely due to the perfection of such details, to literally hundreds of practi? cal features of daily importance. An Enclosed Drive Cabriolet, $16?0Q New York, 785 Fifth Avenue Works, Springfield, Mass. Ritz-Carlton, Atlantic Gty Held for Bad Checks, Calls Wanamaker Kin Relationship to Prisoner Who Wears Frenrh War Cross Denied by Polire Official Detective Joseph Fitzgerald, of the West Forty-seventh Street police sta? tion. List night arrested a young: man at Broadway and Forty-seventh Street who gave his name as Harold D. Wana? maker, a writer, twenty-three years old, of 216 110th Street, Germantown, Pa., and said that he was a nephew of Rodman Wanamaker, Special Deputy ! Police Commissioner. He was locked ! up on a charge of grand larceny. The complainant was Howard Mc Dougal, manager of the Walton-Scully i Ambulance Service, of 208 West Sev : enty-seventh Street. McDougal said ! the young man had given him two checks for S75 each for the rental of a ? touring car, drawn on the Germantown Trust Company. When McDougal called the trust company on the telephone ho was told j that the bank handled no such account. i The police learned that Rodman Wana | maker had r.o nephew named Harold. ! There ?3 no such address as 216 110th. j Street, Germantown. The young man i has a Croix de Guerre and said that h? ! served with the 95th Aerial Squadron ! as an observer. NEW YORK PARIS "THE PARIS SHOP OF AMERICA" Furs?Hold First Place in Removal Sales?Now While entire selections of Fashionable Suits ? Coats ? Wraps ? Gowns ? Dresses ? 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