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gughes Will
preside Over
4nns Council
Oilier INations Expected to
Accept Harding Choice;
Labor Requests a Place
Amonsr His Colleagues
Japan Would Bar
Yap and Shantung
Capital Insists, However,
Tokio Will Be Agreeable
to Unlimited Parley
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.?Charles E.
jingkcs. it developed to-day, will be
the president or presiding officer of
,fce conference on armament limita
ft, Pacific and Far Eastern ques?
tions.
1 has been known for some time, as
?as (stated In the Washington dis?
patches of* The Tribune, that Secre?
tary Hughes would head the American
delegation. This became clear several
?jeeks ago when President Harding
?aide it plain to friends that "under
10 circumstances" would he be a mem
*-jjr of the American delegation.
To-day's development also increased
tfce probability, now almost a certainty,
that the conference would be convened
-u N'orember 11, Arm i atice Day. Ca?
bles from Pnris to-night to the effect
that this date would be satisfactory to
tie French, following the indication
from th? British that any date fixed by
this government would be satisfactory,
?eaves little doubt as to the time. It
Is understood that Japan has given up
tie thought of obtaining a postpone
nent and that Italy has no particular
ttason for having the date changed.
Precedent Points to Hughes
On the point of Mr. Hughes becom?
ing: the presiding officer it is observed
?at the chief delegate of the country
?hich issues the invitation, under most
e? the precedents for international
?jatherings, is chosen as presiding of
ieer, though, of course, there have been
exceptions.
This government naturally has made
no such point in the preliminary dis
cuh??m, but in some, of the conversa?
tions among the representatives here
o? the powers involved there has been
pneral agreement that Mr. Hughes, in
tteeient of his being chosen by Presi?
dent Harding to head the American
delegation, would be the logical pre?
siding officer. As to Mr. Hughes being
selected by the President there seems
to be not the slightest doubt.
President Harding, it was learned to?
day, will turn to the task of fixing the
number delegates for the American
delegation and choosing th? other
?embers immediately upon his return
?rcm his holiday in New Hampshire.
It was stated positively that, pending
the acceptance of his proposal by the
Allies and the conclusion of the pre?
liminary arrangements, the President
his not gone deeply into the question
?? selecting the colleagues of Mr.
Hughes on the commission.
H? had heard numerous sugges?
tions?for instance, one from Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
federation of Labor, that there should
?? ? labor man on the delegation, and
siso that there should be a woman on it.
la no case, however, has he given any
wra definite answer than that he was
l?terested and would give the recom
?ndation earnest consideration.
Japan's Statement Scanned
Naturally there was keen interest]
MW in the statement by Premier Har? i
? Jipan that he did not believe euch
settled" questions as Shantung and
i?!?would be included in the subjects
l? w discussed at the conference. The
Position of this country on these two
questions is well known to the Japanese
foverament, and so far as Yap is con?
fix* negotiations have been going on
?tween the two governments for some
"ae. The mere fact that these nego
atttons have not been concluded is ac
?Md as a demonstration that Yap is
?M.closed question.
R la known that the Japanese have
?? anxious for some time to get all
Stur1.*88 controversies between the
?Hid States and the Island Kingdom
jKof the way. This was true before
"??dent Harding suggested the arra*?
?Wt limitation conference. At t^Sj;
m the existence of these contro
*?l?s hampered Japan in her rela
*?? with the British Empire, and at
jwamference of premiers of British
???inioM at London it developed that
;'? disputed points between Japan and
P United states might easily have
?"? effect of preventing a renewal of
m Anglo-Japanese alliance. Most'of
2 nonunion premiers expressed them
mj? forcefully and publicly on this
?PHi now is doubly anxious to get
"many of them disposed of prior to
?convening of the November 11 con
?r?w as possible. Such settlements
ViaTanCe Would make the Problem of
^?pw.ir own iine?istic Pre"
^?ministration officials are not per
?W ?llT 8tat?ments being made in
vv>' iney are in close touch with
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Tiny Dirigible H-l Bucks Crew
Onto Barren Island and Bolts
Sulky Graft Dips After Engine Fails, Gets Rid
of Passengers, Then Soars North; Pursued
hy Airplane, Runaway Lauds in Westchesler
The HI, smallest of navy dirigibles,
dumped its* crow on Barren Island yes?
terday afternoon and set out alone
for the north, taking the general route
followed by the dirigible which carried
its crew to the Hudson Bay region last
winter.
The tiny H-1, pursued by an airplane
and a motor truck, came down after
traveling only about fifty miles, how?
ever, landing unscathed between Scars
dale and Tuckahoe, in WesLchester
County. Its crew suffered nothing
worse than bruises.
For several days the H-1 had been
sulking. Something was wrong with
its engines. About 2 p. m. Lieutenant
Charles Bauch, its pilot, set out with
the blimp to discover what ailed it.
He was accompanied by B. A. Sullivan,
machinist's mate, first-class, and E. A,
Kenny, aviator chief rate*.
They had proceeded only a short dis?
tance from the naval air station at
Rockaway Point when the engine died,
its death was sudden and tragic, and
was described by one of the crew as
"falling apart." At the time the engine
"fell-apart" the blimp was being driven
toward Barren Island by a southerly
breeze.
Lieutenant Bauch began wiving it
1 down, with the intention of landing on
the city dumping ground to make re?
pairs. Sullivan and Kenny waved and
shouted to workmen on the island and
threw over the drag rope. The work?
men tried to se.iztj it, but the ??round
was marshv and hummocky and the
gliding ropti eluded them.
The little H-1, apparently taking a
malicious delight in this pursuit
through tho mud, ducked suddenly and
I bumped its nose against a hummock in
the marsh. Lieutenant Bauch and his
two companions were jounced heels
over head out of their car and half
buried in muck.
Relieved of their weight, the H-1
took a 200-foot jump and then soared
upward on a long slant across Roeka
way Inlet, heading north. As soon as
Lieutenant Bauch had scraped the mud
from his face so that he could articu?
late he telephoned to the naval air
station, where the strange antics of the
H-1 already were causing much specu?
lation.
An airplane was manned and started
out in pursuit. By the time the fugi?
tive was over Flushing Bay the air?
plane had overtaken it and was cutting
circles about it, to the unbridled de?
light of Corona, College Point and ad
(Cnntlmjod en Rage three)
Anglo-U. S. Pact
Held Hope of
World Peace
Deprecated in War, British
Statesmen Now Find Big
Sentiment in Dominions
for Support of America
Premiers End Council
Lloyd George Expected to
Continue Conference Aims
at Parley in Washington
By Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copright, 1921, New York Tribune, Inc.
LONDON, Aug. 5.?The conference of
imperial premiers, which has been in
progress here nearly seven weeks, held
its closing session to-day, with Premier
Lloyd George presiding. With the de?
parture of the dominion premiers
there came to an end the most im?
portant conference in the history of
tho British Empire.
Although official reports of the de?
cisions made at the conference may re?
main unpublished for a considerable
time to come, enough is known to justi?
fy the statement that British imperial
policy has undergone a radical change.
Two outstanding features of the con?
ference are:
Recognition by the home govern?
ment that the dominions are entitled
to equal rights in all discussions of
imperial questions.
The decision that the British
world policy must be based on close
cooperation with the United States.
To Americans, and, in fact, to the
world generally, the second decision is
of profound importance, and years may
elapse before its full significance is
appreciated.
Closer Relationship With America
When President Harding issued his
invitation to the Washington confer?
ence on disarmament and Far Eastern
questions, he released the members of
the London gathering from a decidedly
embarrassing situation, and it is quite
possible that if he had not acted when
he did the second decision?to approach
world problems in harmony with the
United States?would not have been
made, or, if it had, it would have meant
much less.
The dominion premiers, notably
Meighen of Canada and Smuts of
South Africa, pressed for closer rela?
tionship with America, and they found
plenty of sympathy in the English gov?
ernment, although the latter, of
course, is compelled to consider its
foreign entanglements in the way of
treaties and understandings.
The British Imperial Conference has
officially ended, but it would be more
accurate to say it had recessed, to be
resumed in Washington November 11,
for Premier Lloyd George will go
there not only as the spokesman of
England but of the whole British Em?
pire. And it will be his duty to
strengthen the empire's relations with
the American government, even at the
expense of other foreign alliances,
notably that between England and
Japan.
Canada's Position Strengthened
Canada is large and independent in
its sympathies. Its views may be sup?
posed to represent fairly accurately
the compromise position between those
of England and America, and perhaps
Lloyd George will speak in Washing?
ton in the voice of a Canadian rather
than of a Wcls-hman or Englishman.
Certainly the imperial conference
has been remarkable in that some of
its members have been extremely
friendly to America. Though states?
men during the war deprecated even
the suggestion that an Anglo-American
understanding be attempted, several
of the dominion statesmen are of the
opinion now that future world peace
depends upon the accomplishment of
an understanding between the United
States and the entire British Empire,
rather than between America and
(Continued *n next paie)
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Relief Car Sent
For ?Americans
Freed by Reds
Doctors and Nurses Leave
Riga With Medicine and
Food to Greet Captives
at Russo - Latvian Line
Refugees Throng Poland!
-,
Bolsheviki Will Ask Thatj
Their Board Supervise
Work of U.S. Commission ?
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Aug. 5.?A special Red Cross j
railway car, loaded with medicines and
food and accompanied by doctors and
nurses, left Riga this morning en route
to the Russo-Latvian frontier, where, it
will meet Americans liberated from
Russian prisons and care for them un?
til they are assured transportation j
home or placed in the care of friends
'in Europe. The Americans are ex?
pected at the border immediately, a
Red Cross telegram from Riga said to?
day.
It ig estimated here that there are
only twenty-eight Americans in the in?
terior of Russia, where most of them
have been confined in internment camps
and prisons.
The Red Cross relief party has been
instructed to keep a special watch for
Captain Emmet Kilpatrick, of Union
town, Ala., the Red Cross officer who
has been reported very ill and possibly
out of his mind as the result of brutal
treatment in a Moscow prison. Kilpat?
rick was captured by General Budenny's
cavalry nine months ago in the Cri?
mea, where ho was engaged in dis?
tributing Red Cross supplies behind the
anti-Bolshevik lines at the time of the
Wrangel collapse. He was first taken
to an internment camp and later to a
dungeon in Moscow because he struck
the Bolshevik guard.
Medical Supplies Ready to Ship
European headquarters of the Red
Cross announced to-day that it is now
prepared to start at least three train
loads of medical supplies toward Rus?
sia on twenty-four hours' notice, as
soon as Washington gives the order.
This order is expected momentarily.
Other trains could follow rapidly from
the Paris warehouses, as thev are suffi?
ciently stocked to meet almost any
emergency. In addition to this, large
quantities of supplies are already at
Riga, ready for distribution under the
supervision of Colonel Edward W.
Ryan, the Scranton physician who has
charge in the Riga district.
Ernest P. Bicknell, deputy commis?
sioner for Europe, is expected to arrive,
in Paris in the next few days, and pos?
sibly will assume direction of the re?
lief work from the Paris offices in co?
operation with the Hoover committee
in London.
Princess Ludmira Lubinoff, wife of
the former governor general of War?
saw in the days of the Czar, is now in
Paris appealing for supplies and funds
to care for the tremendous numbers
(Continued en next ?age)
Murderer's Wife to Get
$900 for His Capture
Remainder of $1,000 Goes to
Brother-in-Law of Mrs. Kuba!,
District Attorney Rules
MINE?LA, L. I., Aug. 5.?The $1,000
reward offered by the town of Hemp
stead for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer of Mrs. Minnio S. Bart
let, will be divided, on recommenda?
tion of District Attorney Charles R.
Weeks, between Mrs. Lawrence Kubal,
wife of the murderer, and her brother
in-law, Maryan Galaszewski. Mrs.
Kubal will receive $900.
Kubal is now in the death house at
Sing Sing, sentenced to go to the elec?
tric chair during the week of Aug. 14.
He wrote a letter recently to the town
clerk of Hempstead, saying that the
reward should go to his wife.
? ?
Ransom Asked for Priest
Letter Demanding $6,500
Threatens Asphyxiation
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.?Police
details and sheriff posses were in?
creased to-day in the hunt for the Rev.
Patrick E. Heslin, Catholic priest of
Colma, a suburb near here, missing
since Tuesday night.
An anonymous letter to Archbishop
Hanna requested $6,500 ransom, saying
the priest was held captive in a boot
Ipgging cellar by a man armed with
hand grenades, who threatened to
asphyxiate the priest unless the money
was forthcoming. H was turned over
to the police.
Lawyer Slain
By Nurse as
Police Watch
Miss Olivia Stone Brings
Pistol From Cincinnati
and Kills E. G. Kinkead
I in Street Near Home
Fires Six Bullets;
Five Take Effeet
Woman Says She Was
Common Law Wife Until
He Married 2 Years Ago
In the presence of a half-dozen wit?
nesses, including a police lieutenant,
Ellis Guy Kinkead. fifty-four years old,
of 45 South Elliott Place ? ooklyn,
said to have been formerly a prominent
corporation lawyer of Cincinnati, was
shot and killed last night by a woman
who gave her name as Olivia M. Stone,
of Cincinnati. She later told the po?
lice that she was Kinkead's common
law wife and had come to New York
to kill him. Kinkead was married in
1919 to Marie Louise Gormley, of Cin?
cinnati, and since that time has lived
in New York.
The shooting took place in front of
75 South Elliott Place, only a few
yards from Kinkead's home, at 5:45
o'clock, as he was returning from
business. According to Police Lieu?
tenant Frank Farrel, who was standing
at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and
South Elliott Place at that time, he
observed the woman apparently wait?
ing for some one. A few minutes later
he. saw a middle aged man pass the
woman. At the same moment Farrel
turned his back.
Fires Four Bullets in Prone Body
Almost instantly he heard two shots,
and turned to see the man lying prone
on the sidevfilk, while the woman
stood above him with a revolver in
her hand. As the policeman and three
detectives, who were in the vicinity,
ran up the woman fired four more
shots at her victim.
The woman offered no resistance as
the empty revolver was taken from her,
and she was placed under arrest. Kin?
kead was found to be dead from three
bullet wounds in the back and two in
the chest.
At the home of Kinkead his wife told
the police, they say, the. identity of the.
woman who shot Kinkead and said the
two had been friendly in Covington,
Ky., where both formerly lived.
At the Classon Avenue police station,
where the prisoner was taken, she was
aroused from a coma into which she
had fallen immediately following the
shooting, and made a statement to De?
tective J. E. Flynn. For a time her
only words were: "The dirty dog!"
directed at the slain man.
Finally she told the detective her
name and said that she was a nurse in
the Cincinnati General Hospital, where
she met Kinkead in 1918, after he had
suffered a nervous break-down from
j overwork.
Say? She Agreed to Marry Him
! Kinkead, according to the woman's
j story, took her with him to Atlantic
j City, where he went to convalesce.
They registered at a hotel as "E. G.
Kinkead and Nurse." Shortly after?
ward Kinkead proposed marriage, she
said, and she agreed.
Kinkead then told her, she said,
that he was acquainted with a certain
woman of the underworld of Cincin?
nati, who would hound him if she
; knew that he was married, and pro?
posed a common-law union.
The nurse says she gave her consent
? to this, and the couple moved to an?
other hotel, where they registered as
"E, G. Kinkead and wife." After re?
maining for a time in the New Jersey
resort the couple went to other cities,
the woman relates, and finally returned
to Cincinnati.
In 1919 Kinkead married Marie
Louise Gormley, of that city, and re?
moved to Brooklyn.
Bought Pistol to Kill Him
In May of this year Miss .Stone came
to New York to see him, but was un?
successful. Three weeks ago she re?
turned to kill Kinkead, and with this
purpose in mind purchased a revolver
before leaving Cincinnati.
When questioned by the detective,
Miss Stone was laboring under the
belief that Kinkead was in the hos?
pital, suffering only from wounds in
the leg, and said, according to her
questioner, that she would visit him
and laugh at him.
When the detective asked if she in?
tended killing Kinkead the nurse is
quoted as replying: "I certainly did. I
know all the vital spots in the body
and I meant to start at the head and
shoot down."
The woman resided at the Navarre
Apartments, Gilbert Avenue, Walnut
Hill, Cincinnati. She registered as
"Mrs. E. G. Kinkead" yesterday after?
noon at the Annex Hotel, Thirty
second Street and Broadway, Manhat?
tan, where she remained only a few
moments before going out. She had
been in the city for three weeks, and,
according to the policeman stationed
! in the South Elliott Place district, had
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Tellegen and
Farrar Call
Romance Off
Actor's Lawyer Says No?
tice of Separation Suit
Has Been Served, but
This the Diva Denies
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Husband Charges
Lockout at Home
Letter From Attorneys
for Wife Reminds Him
of 'Certain Differences'
Papers in an action for separation
have been served on G?raldine Farrar,
one of the foremost grand opera stars,
according to Harry N. Steinfeld, of 140
West Forty-second Street, attorney for
Lou Tellegen, Miss Farrar's husband.
Neither Miss Farrar nor Mr. Tellegen
was to be found last night.
Miss Farrar's attorney, Alvin Unter
myer, asserted last night that no
papers whatever, either in a separa?
tion suit nor in any other proceeding,
had been served upon his client. She
had been far too lenient with "this
arrogant man," said Mr. Untermyer,
and Mr. Tellegen's countenancing of
this "fake proceeding" would alone
justify her in having nothing more to
do with him.
"It is not true," said Mr. Untermyer,
"that Miss Farrar has been served with
any papers whatever in an action for
a separation or otherwise, nor have I
received any such papers for her.
No Statement From Wife
"The fake proceeding in which Tel?
legen is so disgracefully indulging
will alone justify her in having noth?
ing further to do with him. Miss Far?
rar does not purpose to try her case
in the newspapers and regrets the ne?
cessity which compels me to make this
statement in her behalf.
"She has been fat too lenient with
this arrogant man, as every one will
realize when her side of the story is
told."
Mr. Untermyer declined to say what
steps Miss Farrar had taken or in
? tended to take. He said he would add
j nothing whatever to his statement.
Mr. Steinfeld said that the papers had
not been filed yet, hut would be filed
in Westchester County. In that county
there is no definite period within which
the complaint in an action must be
filed. If the action had been brought
in New York County, papers would
?have had to b? filed within three days
I of the date of service.
| Notice of the action contemplated by
i her nusband is said to have b*en served
! upon Miss Farrar Thursday evening as
?she stepped from an automobile in
?front of her home, 20 West Seventy
j iourth Street. She was not to be found
?at that address last night, and members
of her household asserted that she had
?been out of the city for several days.
Husband Locked Out
Lou Tellegen, who is said to have
been locked out of the house on Sev?
enty-fourth Street, has been staying
at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, but it was
said there last night that he was not
in and was not expected in before
to-day.
According to their friends, the breach
I between the two has been widening
j for several months and appears to be
due to a conflict, between art and do
{ mesticity. Mr. Tellegen's action is said
i to be based upon the ground of deser
I tion. His contention ig that if a man's
| wife locks him out of their home she
j most emphatically deserts him. That is
I just what is said to have happened to
j Tellegen.
He went down to Long Beach last
' month for a vacation that was to last
! several weeks. Several times during
his stay there it is said that his wife
went down to visit him. On July 25
he is said to have received a visit
from a representative of lier attorneys,
Guggenheimer, Untermyer & Marshall.
Wife Employs Lawyers
The visitor brought a letter, said
j to have been signed by Alvin Unter
! myer, of that firm. The letter advised
I Mr. Tellegen that G?raldine Farrar
had consulted the law firm concerning
"certain differences" which had arisen
between her husband and herself, and
asked Mr. Tellegen to call and discuss
the matter at his earliest convenience.
"Under no circumstances," it was
said, "are you to enter Mrs. Tellegen's
house or approach her in any manner."
Mr. Tellegen's vacation was ruined.
He* didn't see Mr. Untermyer about it.
I He tried to see his wife. As soon as
he had read the note he packed a grip
and set out for West Seventy-fourth
| Street. As he ran up the steps of the
1 five-story house he noticed that the
? shades were drawn and he thought he
i detected a movement of one of them as
though some one was watching him.
He drew his keys from his pocket
and inserted his latchkey in the lock.
| It didn't unlock it. Heretofore that
I key always had worked well. This
time it wouldn't work at all. Thinking
he must have used the wrong key, Mr.
Tellegen tried another. He tried all
the keys on his ring. None of them
J would unlock the door. Then he no?
ticed, it is said, that the lock was a
new one, put on since he started on his
vacation.
Doorbell Brings No Response
That was almost as great a shock as
the letter from the law firm. Mr. Tel?
legen remembered that there was a
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Fires Blaze Defiance to Voliva,
Rout Zionists in Illegal Attire
S-pteial Ditvalch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.?Doom cracked in
Zion at dawn to-day. It cracked with
i such vigor that the faithful sprang
from their beds and hastened out to
j discover six tires blaring at once. Cer
tain vitriolic signs that Voliva, general
i overseer of the holy city, had cau*ed to
I be erected in front of rival churches,
I had taken fire by some agency and were
i blazing merrily.
"What next?" whispered the trem
j bling faithful. Voliva, the fighting
leader of the hosts, had tossed his
| gauntlet into the ring and the faithless
? and scoffers had soaked it in coal oil
? and touched a match to it.
"It is the end of the world," blub
' bered one hysterical woman.
Several week? ago Voliva began a
scorching campaign against anti-Zion?
ist churches in Zion. There are inde?
pendents living in the holy city, prop?
erty owners, who do not bend the knee
to Voliva, and they have opened their
own houses of worship. Voliva erected
large billboards in front and ..round
these places denouncing them ;n letters
I a foot high.
The burning of the signs caused a
genera! disregard of one of Voliva's
sternest decrees. His people came forth
showing ankles, knees and necks, and
some of the women's arms were actu?
ally bare to the elbow because of their
sudden flight from their homes without
? regard for attire. The fire and its con
: sequences are expected to bring from
Voliva an eruption of words that will
j frighten Lake Michigan clear back to
i the rive-mile crib.
Diva's Mate Seeks Freedom
Geraldine Farrar, leading soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company
and screen star, whose husband has tired of his matrimonial bargain.
Mrs. Rita Lydig
To Be Married
To Dr. Grant
Bride-Elect Became Wife of
W.E.D. Stokes When 16;
Divorced Him, Then Wed
and Divorced Maj. Lydig
Has Son by First Husband
Bridegropm-To-Be Is Rector
of Church of Ascension;
Recently Adopted Waif
Mrs. Rita Lydig, of New York and
Katonah, N. Y., yesterday announced
her engagement, to the Rev. Dr. Percy
Stickney Grant, rector of the Church
of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and
Tenth Street.
Mrs. Lydig is a divorcee. She was
formerly the wife of Major Philip Ly?
dig and previously, in 1895, was mar?
ried to W. E. D. Stokes, from whom
she was later divorced. Mrs. Lydig
was sixteen years old at the time of
the Stoke3 marriage.
Although there have been rumors
of the engagement for some months,
no formal announcement was antici?
pated at the present time. The an?
nouncement will create wide interest
? because of the prominence of both
? parties. Mrs. Lydig is popular socially
and Dr. Grant is'one of the most dis?
cussed of modern pastors. He is sixty
one years old.
Mrs. Lydig Active in Philanthropy
Mrs. Lydig has been active in phi
; lanthropy for many years. Formerly
j she entertained lavishly, but of recent
I years has withdrawn to a large extent
j from active social life. In 1913 the
\ Lydig mansion in East Fifty-second
! Street was dismantled, and its art treas
i ures disposed of, the reason being given
j that Mrs. Lydig's health would not per?
mit her to maintain the cares of so large
j an establishment. Recently it has been
? said that her health'has much improved
' within the last year.
When the divorce was obtained from
I Mr. Stokes the court decree awarded
I custody of the son by that marriage,
W. E. D. Stokes jr., to Mrs. Stokes. She
relinquished the boy to his father soon
after her marriage to Major Lydig in
1902. Young Stokes returned to his
mother later and soon after the out?
break of the war enlisted for active
service.
Mrs. Lydig was at that time chairman
of the Social Welfare Committee of the
Mayor's Women's Committee on Na?
tional Defense. She was also a mem?
ber of the women's conservation move?
ment and has for a long time been act?
ive in crusades against the drug evil.
Divorced Major Lydig in 1918
Mrs. Lydig was separated for several
years from her second husband, Major
| Lydig, before divorce psoceedings were
i begun in France. In 1918 she obtained
?a final decree of divorce from Major
i Lydig in Paris. The suit was based on
ineompatability, which is sufficient
ground for divorce in France. Since
that time Major Lydig has passed most
of his time abroad.
This summer Mrs. Lydig took Dr.
Grant's country place at Katonah, and
I it was there that her son, who lives in
j Chicago, recently visited her. She has
for many years been a communicant of
the Church of tho Ascension and iden?
tified with its charities.
Dr. Grant has for several years been
a conspicuous figure in New York. As
j an advocate of social reform he has
i been persistent and unyielding in his
j attitude. He is said by many of his
! critics to be intolerant and by his
! friends to be a model of firmness and
' conscientiousness.
Recently Dr. Grant startled his
j friends by adopting a baby waif left
? on his doorstep. The child still oc?
cupies nursery quarters in the rec?
tory, and Dr. Grant, has several times
expressed his affection for the infant,
whose advent, he declared, had ex?
ercised a profound effect on his life.
Dr. Grant took charge of his present
| church in 1883.
Wli?*n Ton think of writiug.
Think of WHITING. ?A*Jvt.
\
JHaskelTs Own
District Gives
Fusion Support
I Kings County Republican
Club Unanimously Votes :
Indorsement of Ticket of
the Coalition Movement
._
! Staten Island in Line
! Anti-Tammany Forces De?
lay Borough Designations
Until the Democrats Act
. Further confidence in the city ticket j
designations made by Republicans and j
their associates in the coalition and j
Citizens Union was aroused last night
when the Kings County Republican \
Club, the regular organization of the
5th Assembly District, which is Judge !
Reuben L. Haskell's home district,
voted unanimously to indorse the
fusion ticket.
This movement, which takes from
Haskell the support of his own dis
trict, leaves no doubt in the minds
of Republican leaders that Curran,
Lockwood and Gilroy will sweep the
primaries September 13.
Further support was brought to the
selection of the fusion ist ticket when
the executive committee of the Repub?
lican party of Staten Island, in con?
ference at Tompkinsville last night,
voted to indorse the fusion designa?
tions.
Lockwood Predicts Victory
Senator Lockwood, at the National
i Republican Club last night, after con
j ferences with the leaders during the
day, said that Major Curran would
carry the Brooklyn primaries against
| Judge Haskell, Major La Guardia and
i former Senator Bennett. The Repub?
lican district leaders in Brooklyn con?
cede second place in the Brooklyn pri?
maries to Judge Haskell.
"The voters in Brooklyn are awake
to the issues of the hour,"' said Sena?
tor Lockwood. "They are aware of
the fact that prohibition cannot, by
the widest stretch of the imagination,
be. made a figure largely in a mayoralty
campaign. Ordinarily the enrolled
voters are inclined to take things easy
in the primaries. It will be the busi?
ness of the Republicans, one and all,
to get out the vote in the primaries.
It can be done, if there is sufficient
ginger injected into the canvass. There
is no doubt that Major Curran will
carry the Brooklyn primaries against
any and all opponents. He stands for
certain principles in municipal govern?
ment that the people understand and
desire."
Conferences were held yesterday by
the steering committee, for the Bronx
coalition committee and the steering
committee of the Manhattan coalition
committee. President Koenig, of the
New York Republican County Commit?
tee, also conferred with district load?
ers at county headquarters. The Bronx
coalitionists will meet at Ebling's
Casino, 156th Street and St. Ann's Ave?
nue, to-night, to consider borough and
county nominations. Richard W. Law
(Coiitlnur.il on next ease)
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Asks for Price on Spurgin
| Chihuahua Man Offers to Turn
Over Missing Banker
CHICAGO, Aug. 5.?James McShane,
Assistant State's Attorney, received a
telegram to-day from M. K. Clinton
at Chihuahua City, Mexico, saying that
he would turn over Warren C. Spurgin,
missing Chicago banker, to the police
if a sufficient reward were offered. Mr.
McShane replied that the only reward
he knew of was one of $2,50?) orte red
by Lloyds.
Federal prohibition officials to-day
confiscated $10,000 worth of wines and
other liquors from the Michigan Av?
enue Trust Company. The liquor was
said to have been Spurgm's private
supply.
EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 5.?From au?
thentic sources tt was learned hare
to-day that a man answering tS?a ?in?
scription of Warren <?'? Spurgin is in
'. hieing near Chihuahua City.
11 v 1 a il To Be
First ?o Face
Graft Inquiry
Mayor Suent on 'Invita?
tion9; Secretary Think?
f 1***11 Appear Tuesday;
Subpoena if He Doesn't
Victims of Police
Clubs May Follow
Meyer Gets Evidence of
Aped Woman Beaten by
Policeman 2 Weeks Ago
Unless he falls suddenly ill or at?
tempts to hold up the proceedings by
court action, Mayor John F. Hylan
will be the first witness examined be?
fore the joint legislative graft in?
vestigating committee when it begins
its public hearings at the City Hall
on Thursday morning.
Elon R. Brown, former majority
leader of the Senate, and chief coun?
sel to the committee, will conduct the
examination of Mayor Hylan.
Not a word from the Mayor could
be obtained yesterday in response to
the committee's "invitation" to appear
before it. Tho Mayor's secretary, who
is also his son-in-law, and who is als'>
due later for a grilling b'efore the coai
mittee, said that he believed the Mayo:
would appear.
If the Mayor does not appear at tha
appointed time he will bo served with
a subpoena, backed by the power of
the state, commanding him to appear
forthwith.
Text of "Invitation"
The "invitation" to the Mayor wa
signcd by the committee'? chairman.
Senator Schuyler M. Meyer, and read:
"You are requested to appear before
the Joint Legislative Committee in?
vestigating the affairs of the City of
New York, on Tuesday, August 9, at
10:30 a. m., in the City Hall. The ex?
amination will proceed in reference to
the financial condition of the city, and
the committee desires the presence of
the Mayor first."
The committee is keeping a closely
guarded secret its plans as to who wjli
be called after the Mayor is excused
from the stand.' it is not revealing
any of its plans in advance beyond
that the Mayor, unless the unexpected
happens, will be its first witness.
It is believed that the body will gc
into the clubbing of citizens by police?
men under Commissioner Enright. Ai
least half a dozen citizens who have
been clubbed by policemen called at
the headquarters of the committee
yesterday.
Clubbing? Investigated
"One of them," said Senator Meyer,
"was badly cut by a blackjack. Wi
are investigating a number of the??
clubbings; in fact, a!i that have been
brought to our attention.".
The chairman of the committee then
named a policeman who, he said, had
beaten up an aged woman two weeks
ago and seemingly had not beer
brought, to trial before any of Police
Commissioner Er.right's commissioners.
"This patrolman," said Senator Mey?
er, "while on sick leave on the night
of July 16, shortly before midnight
attempted to enter the residence of
Mrs. Grenville Parker, at 139 East
Thirty-ninth Street, by force and vio
lence. His entrance was resisted bj
the aged housekeeper, Mrs. Kuper
whereupon she was assaulted and beat
en by the patrolman.
"The attention of a motorcycle pa
trolman was attracted by Mrs. Kuper'
screams and he placed the patrclmai
under arrest. The following day th<
patrolman was arraigned bsfor? Mag
istrate Nolan in the Yorkville court an<
Mrs. Kuper failed, for reasons know:
| to herself and not to this committee
to identify her assailant. The commit
! tee has learned that charges have bee
? preferred against the patrolman an
; are now pending at Police Headquai
ters.
"The committee will follow its regu
I lar rule with respect to all cases *
assault by policemen which have bee
? brought to its attention. No investigt
ition of the alleged facts in this parti*
jular case will be made until the charge
! against the patrolman have been trie
i and disposed of, provided that sue
?trial and disposition is not unduly d?
? layed.
No Wish to Interfere
"Whenever the Poiice Commission*
?takes prompt and disciplinary actic
I with respect to a police offender, tl
i committee has no desire to interfer
When citizen's obtain justice again
? offe-iiding policemen in the reguh
(channels provided by law, the commi
] tee receives this information with pi
; found satisfaction."
Tho Kings County Executive Coi
mittee of the American Legion, whi
, made formal protest against the i
?teiition of Winthrop D. Lane as an i
i vestigator by the Meyer committee t
causa of active opposition to the Unit
?States entering the war, and his wo
on behalf of imprisoned cons?ientio
objectors, yesterday addressed a let*
i to Charles L. BUkeslee, State Co:
mander of the American Legion, i
questing state-wide action on Senat
Meyer's refusal to dismiss Lane, a
? urged the presentation of the facts
. the <-ase to the Governor. The ieti
to Commander Biakeslee, which w
? signed by Peter A. Drum, secreta
I inclosed a copy of the resolutions c*
demning the employment of Lane.
Senator Meyer declined to comme
op the letter. Lane's work with I
? Committee will be completed in s wi?
\ or so.
Hylan Sighs for Happy
Days of Pick and Shov
Strengthened Him for Tank
Providing Free liaths. i
Confide? to Street Cleant
fine hundred and five sectional fo
men of th* Street ?'leaning Depa
' ment, headed by Ce?missioner -le
. P. Leo, stood in a circle around Ma;
Hylan in the City Kail yesterday
: listen to Hizztner tell of the rood
days when he wielded a pick and
shoyel.
The foremen called to congrstul
the- Mayor on hi-; effort.? to provide f
bath? for the children of the eomn
. pr-ople. The Mayor -ait he not o
! was in hearty sympathy with t