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First to Last- the Truth: News ?Editorials -Advertisements
THE WEATHER
Tartly cloudy and cooler to-da> : to?
morrow fair: fr??h west and
Ttortlrwrst wjjids.
Full Kcport on Ists* Paar
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New \t,rl, Tribune li
MONDAY. Al'Ol'ST 8, 1i)21
TWO t E?iTS
In Greater \>w ^ <>rk
THREE CENT?
Within -?'00 Mil,-.
FOI K CENTS
t-u.... !.. ~
LightiiiiigHit^
10, Kills 2;
2 Girls Drown
Boil Piles Four Golfers in
Heap, Leaving Caddy
Dead; Beach Camper a
Victim; Clubhouse Afirt
Yacht Saves 4 on
Wrecked Seaplane
Tropic Storm Causes Panic
at Beaches and Heav>
loss in City and Jerse)
V freakish thunder shower swop
over the city 'ato yesterday afternoon
-,,,, persons were struck by lightning
two bi rig killed outright. Subwa;
grains '" thi open were ; alted in th
, ..;????? , ?' stations beoau^o of th
wind. The Metropolitan Yacht Ou
,- City Is'and was set aiire. A your,
woma'i was drowned when a cano
wa? capsized.
A young woman who was drowned *
Gravcsend Bay during the day owe
her death to an attempt to chang
?eats in a rowboat and not to th
itorm.
The sudden squall forced down
seaplane near ?"'andy Hook and speed;!
buttered it to pice*-'3 in the waves. H
pilot and three passengers were re:
coed.
The seaplane was the Ambassado
tiwncd and operated by the Aero Marii
Company. It was the yacht Lounger I
Inglis 1'ppercu. president <
the company, which first sighteil tl
floundering wreck of the seaplane a::
iped to the ?-scue.
Plane's Wings Lift Raft
The comparatively fragile wing?
the machine, buckling and strainit
under the weight or' the wave- th
dashed over them, formed the periioi
life raft to which tl | ind h
three passengers clung. When tl
e to as close as safety pe
mitted, it seemed as if the chanc
were about even whether its tender
an overwhelming wave reached t
plai i '
The oarsmen from the yacht won t
iv -'ver, and, relieved of th*
burden, the wings rode t
waves more buoyantly. A line v
made fast to them and the Lounger
started for Atlantic Highlands, iow:
the remuant of the seaplane.
Arthur Caperton, pilot of the plai
said that the storm hit his craft, ji
a? he wa ; over the Horse Shoe,
Atlantic Highlands. The seaplane v,
I with destruction, he. sa
an ?'? dec led to ?_ive up the trip
New York and try to make the Hi,
land?.
Couldn't Turn in Air
It wjs out of the question to t\
the seaplane in the air and try to bi
the offshore wind, and Caperton
tnded in the effort to make the c<
paratively short run to ;she!ter acr
the surface of the bay before the sqi
had piled ip any considerable wave:
The si c was much rougher than
peared from his vantage point, h
above it, however, and when the <?
plane struck a roller tore several pla
:'rom the bottom of its boat.
? 1 parks were the spe
'":-? ' of the storm. City lsU
Cor.ey Island, Van Cortlandt Park
other resorts were seized with p?
'?vhf:: darkness set in acc<
panied by a wind which tweaked
rom trees and lightr
which was followed instantly by crs
?ipg detonations.
Five of thr.se struck by lightr
were standing beneath a tree on
roil links a'. Weequahic Park, New
Three ot ers were on the float of
Metropolita i Yacht Club at <
Island
Lightning Victims
? he lighl ? :. s were :
Arthur Schantz, fifteen years old
SCO Chadwick Avenue, Newark,
??"My; Weequahic Park.
, Neil Shehan, 306 West U3th Sti
msburg, N. J.
Frederick Leonard, 77.'? Bei
Street, Newark, struck at Weeqrj
Park: taken to St. Par-abas Hosp
Newark; ?0r serious.
George Kreibler, ?'.'.\ Halstcad St:
range, .'.'. J., struck at Wee
*'? Park; tal ? ? y. wark City He
tu; coi
Michael Keaney, Belleville, N.
?rack at Weequahic Park; takei
v%.\Barnabas Hospital.
Thomas '?' Walters, 16i Hill
' ' tru* k at Weequ
i'c- ician's care a' h
George G Her, 1697 Clay Ave
man attached to
? 9; struck at Metro
'::" '?'- lb; taken to Ford
Hoir:
,,y',jr: I ?:. str I?
.' " I ' Ta :ht ( tub; takei
Fot
.fAr'" ;' ''""' r '?"' 825 E
. k at Me tropo
A o? (ajo thru?.
Stepson's Suit Keeps
Man's Body From Gr,
appeal in Tombstone Litiga
Hah- Burial of Cemetet
Head Beaide W ?fe
?? .."? f. A.'i a;
;. ?'.'?'' "-?''
* Rhinebci -
*
b irial of
h th!
rernai
7 '? '
?-?? Ffe plj
Wife i?
?
- ? t th? plot,
; the n
hi? wife
kin,',. '?? '"?'?
owner A
.a j
,. ' wife'?
t then
tk'"' ' ' ' ' rom tn
SLTJi ? *.i whij
Dr. Grant to Make His Wedding
Challenge Church Divorce Ban
Authorities Agree Ecclesiastical (lode Leaves No
Koom for Bishop to issue Dispensation for Mar?
riage of Mrs. Lydig and Militant Clergyman
Power to grnnt a dispensation to the
Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant to marry
Mrs. Rita Lydig, twice divorced societj
leader, is not within the province of
*. tie bishop of the iiioccse. and marriage
in such circumstances is expr?s- ;. for?
bidden by the law of the Episcopal
Church, it was declared yesterday by
authorities on ecclesiastical law.
In announcing his intention to mar;;.
Mrs. Lydig these authorities believe
that this Church's most noted advocate
"? ! ai i ha nge i the rode of Ins
j religion Is showing the courage of his
own declared convictioi - regarding di
\ vorce, with a full knowledge that he
may be compelled, and a willingness If
necessary, to leave the Episcopal fold
and become an independent clergyman.
While Dr. ('rant said yesterday that
he would not leave the Church as long
as he was of real service within it and
'that he saw no : cas on why he h i d
not continue to b* of such service in
his parish, it was pointed out that tic
could perhaps make a more effective
figlit for his reforms through adopting
this attitude than by showing bel?g?
en ncy.
Dr. (.rant a Hard Fighter
Because of this possibility of help?
ing along his ideas and because of Dr.
Client's record for sticking with his
guns in the face of rebuffs, it iu be
lieved by his friends that he will not
ri 'igii, but will seek to force the
i to oust him. Dr. Grant demon
triitod this latter trait 'ast winter at
? ? election of the bishop. At that time
li ? advoca) o? t hat t he elect ion be n ? di
on ;< certain platfo'-m, and his pian
vi as ignored.
According to :'if> Church authorities.
: F only pu.- .-? i ble case i n wh ich t he
bishop can grant a dispensation othei
than to the innocent party of a divorce
roi misconduct is where the divorced
person is not ?i member of the Church
and i- willing to be baptized. Thci
the bishop i-? permitted to exercise In?
discretion as to whether the charnctei
of the person is such that he would bi
deservi ng of this conside ration.
Mrs. Lydig, while formerly a Romar
(Continurd on luxt near)
Shoots Woman
I And Self at Her
Honie on Drive
i
| City Employee Twice Wounds
Wife of Wealthy Krtired
Saloon Man at Early Hour
and Tries to End Own Life
Assailant Is Near Death
Mrs. Kruer Declares That
Thomas McCarthy Had An?
noyed Her Since Marriage
Scores of residents of fashionable
apartment houses at Riverside Drive
and West 110th Street were arouse.1 at
i 1:40 o'clock yesterday morning when
?Thomas F. McCarthy, ? labor foreman
in the engineering denartment o
j Department of Public Work-, Manhat
, tan. tired two shots at Mrs. Josephine
Kruer, wife of a wealthy retired sa
I loonkeeper, and then attempted suicid .
! One bullet struck Mrs. Kruer in the
? left cheek, tearing the muscles of her !
face, and the second lodged in hei
? right shoulder. She fell to the side?
walk, and McCarthy then turned th< .
I gun on himself and fired one shot p7
his head. The bullet caused a fracture
at the front part of the skull, but did '
not enter the brain. Mrs. Kruer was]
| removed to St. Luke's Hospital in a
; taxicab by her husband. Bernard Kruer,
. who was aroused from his sleep by the
! shots. The Kruers live in the Hendrik
Hudson Apartments at 611 West 110th
j Street, corner of Riverside Drive. Mrs,
; Kruer will recover, but will be dis?
figured.
i Annoyed by Assailant, Victim Say?
McCarthy was taken to the Knicker
I bocker Hospital and liad riot regained
con ciousness last nijrht. He is under
r.rrest, but is not expected to survive
! his wound. Mrs. Kruer admitted tu
Detect ?ves Edwai rl Fit zjr* raid and
? George Trojan, of the West 100th
[ Street police station, : hat she had
; known McCarthy for about three years.
She said that In- hail annoyed her b-,
ttentior s, but that she had nev* r
and had not seen him :
; for about a year. Mrs. Kruer is at
n? is thirty nine .-. ears old.
McCarthy . i five years old an!
' is single. Fie ha ::ved in a furnished
i oom at -'. :- V. e ? i 7:7 : S- reet for I hree
yea;-. His lodgings are modest and
; are in striking contrast D> the fashion?
able apartment occupied bj the Kruei .
People in the rooming hou - say they
know little of McCarthy, He was quiet
and reserved. He never ment on* .
women frier. Is, it ?'.. In fact, h
never talked of himself, Who his rela?
tives arc-, if he has any, is not known.
Kruer for many years rai a
on t olumb is Avenue : ear 1 09th S reet,
and i'i this place ;." ami ed ?i eon
! sidtrab!-- foi ' me, il is said F o
years he and h wit e, ??? da ighter of
M rs. K r uei, who i :ai'i I o be I w ei ' ..
? hi '?? j ears old, ; nd ai au ni of Mi
K ? . i ? ei .?>?..(, ?
pied the apartment n the Henrik Hud
on ??? ? 'i i ' erdav to rent
:?:,!? $3,(1
ury. _ j
['he fam / i mo ? .-. ;?? ci
of the i -aunt Kruer
den ied himsi * e terday.
A ? ? ac ol Hem Huds* i :
that the fan: ily wa a qu et one and i I ; ,
member did not mil gle witl ol her
oi c ? pa .' of the apartment hou
Accosted in Iront of Home
M rs. K ruer tu'.; Detect ' ?? Fitzgerald
thai 'he had spei evening
with Miss Ada ' ; well, at the latter'?
apartment al ?".40 West 112th Street.
She left thei e ah aid ? he :
.valked dii ect ly horn i
??ad reached a po - I u hei
(Continued en nao* four)
$ 10,000 Radium Flung
On Hoad in Auto (irasli
l)v. Squire, ?if Sing Sin":. Tak?
ing Tub?* i?i Patient, Knocked
Unconscious in Collision
pet al I" ?; ??'?'< Ut II f Trib i ?
'is: ; -i ?''?? * '? Aug. t. Di s
Squire, ? 0 head phy ii ..
and psychiati I o I Sing
narrow ly e cap? d Hcriou . ;.. ye
te rday ??? I i i his ca r tui cd turtle
aft' ; ? collisioi with aiiul her ma
ih ; ne ow i ? " by .1. '?'. f'> od ?e, ol
Parkei burg, W. Va. The latter' car
i h *.' pa* ' in* tit and
i ,A bed nto Di Squire' v*liicl* which
v/a? upset, Dr.
; fi r] iff''rod !..'<?'
the fi, but wa able to go home
after en erg* i - treat rntnt.
Dr q - i hi way to M ni
I ' ?F ' ,1 /? '
cancftj .taking vil rail i u m \ ;?' '?'"i
: $11 I V ? .. ?:.,?? ill ..
Ii aden i u be. Win the * n i ?-? i* ?
i.f? < -. the ca ' '???'.'' I rowi nto tin
? :. found ufter a long
' ,f r*
h -.-.,. aid 11 D i quire' ace i
dent v.'i|l not pr* r-nl atl rig t*
; rJuti* a ? head ol Iff- OgHJninfc
partn ; doctoi ??? ??
. -, .. ?.'. it I . ? friend ? ? .
to da; t* nq ? ??( hi health
Arrest Friend
Of Divorcee in
Broker'sMurder
Arthur C. Burch, of Evan
slon, III.. Seized in New
Mexico, Where He Was
On an K-tsthomnl Train
Watched Krnncdv'sOffice
W oman Also llrUl a? Wit?
ness: Early Solution of
Death Mystery Expected
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.?With Mrs,
Madalynnc Obcnchain, of Evanston,
111., held as a material .witness, and
Arthur C. Burch, also of Evanston,
held .ii connection with the slaying, in
Beverly Glen, Friday night, of John
15. Kennedy, insurance broker, county
and city officials to-day began gather?
ing loose ends oi evidence which they
? xpi c< to lead to early solution of the
mystery.
Kennedy was shot from ambush
when, accompanied by Mrs. Obenchain,
he was searching the ground in front
of his home for a "lucky penny," which
his companion said she had buried
there a year ago. According to Mrs.
Obenchain and a neighbor, two men
wen- seen fleeing from the place di?
rectly after the shots were fired.
Burch vas arrested at Lav Vegas,
X. M. II" vva i taken from an eastbound
train Cor return to Los Angeles. He
also was a graduate of Northwestern
University and a friend of Mrs. Oben?
chain. They, together with her Formi
:. isband, had been classmates.
Divorcee Denied Knowledge
Mrs. Obenchain, who though but
went* year ol>:. a divoicee, having
separated from h* r husband, Ralph B.
Obencha n, a I hieago attorney, denies
all knowledgi of th* shooting. She
avers thai ?he was to have married
Kennedy and that she haii secured her
divorce for this purpose. Opposition by!
Ki id; i 1 aid to have de?
layed the marriage.
'acl leadi ng to the ai re I i f
Burch were given out by deputj sheriffs
argi i invest gat ion, as fol?
lows:
On July . ?. Burch went to a mall
otel oi Broadway here and secured a
front room partly facing the office oc
by Kennedy' firm. He a '."'1
for a re. tlj pposite Kennedy's
office and offered a bonus for it. The
. v . occti pied, however, ?? nd he
?. ? used. He i pent all his I ?me
i , room thereafter, hotel employees
said, constantly watching Kennedy's
office. <
Visited at Hotel by Woman
17 irch wa ? visited se /eral times by
o , ng wonin n who, he aid, was I: : s
The landloi d wa - shown photo
of Mrs. I ibenchain to-nigh ' and
lie not the visitor.
r i ida evei i ng Burch left tht
. ? ? f ' receivi ng a telephone i all
from a woman, lie carried a long par?
cel, ,i ?. ped i ?? new: papers, wh ich t he
authoril ? II attempt to prove wa
; f. holgun u led Ii'- returned at, mid
n ?ghl. The mod icai and ot her ev idem ??
?nd cate that Kei nedy wa '-.'t not
latei i ha; . : o'clock.
-, c terday, lie i hocked out of
the hotel without making known his
?
Th,'- . , i fu , iii ' a re ??? >. ing I .-. o
1 h i ngs i ?' connect ion wit h i he ca ?
They want tin weapon and the motive.
The lat? i '; ey bel ie <? I hey ha i
nd, bu f : of uch .i nal u re that
cai announi ed unt i! t he.
:':?.( t - ha\ ?? been more lirmly i tal
:. he I.
11 .vcapon, i.nv. i-ve:, af
?'?.i (I ? |e ii a problem. Tiff- v ou nd
in Kennedy's head was unquestionably
ii ade by a I ot gun. luve-,' ?gator al
the place nicked up two shells from
uch a weapon.
A carcrul searcli in the vicinity of
the Kennedy cottage was ruade to-day,
bu * no i race of ? ' ??? a d iscovcrcd.
'?'. I .? lep ;' i . '??? i ? int* rr?gat ?ng
Mrs. < ibencha in a ) ite en velopc,
: , led ' the ( ?eneral Post ' ' f??cc here
and addressed l.o her, was delivered at
her hotel. I' contained $85 in cur- ;
rein nothing else, M rs. (ibenchain
(Continued on pan* tiirto
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Bta Dot?i ?Eri?rone
Curran Raps
Murphy Dark
Room Magic
Says Ross Alone Develops
Tammany Ticket; Hvlan
I ses Political Stiek on
Families of Policemen
Ci les Ten-Squad
System Aholilion
Fusion Candidate Opens
Fight To-night at lOih
Dist. Republican Chih
Henry II. Curran, Pr< sident of tl ? ?
Borough of Manhattan and Fusion can?
didat for Mayor, c xpresi ed confid* nee
."?? '' ?I a y of \ ?ctory at the Republican
primary i lection, and as; erted that the
voti rs would repudiate the "dark room*'
nn thods of Charl* -i I-'. Mui phy in se
ii- ng his opponent . At the same
t imc he announced t;.:?? he will open
his campaign to-night, speaking at the
Tenth District Republican Club.
"I should like New Yorkers I" no
tice," he said, "the way in whic M !
. Murphy is making up the Tammany
| ticket. He has taken it into his dark
room and there he is with it, al! alone
: When he has ?ot, it developed he will
! bring it out and show it to us. Then
? c can take it or leave it. That Mr.
Murphy's idea of government by the
people. I think the people will send it
I back to the dark room."
Mr, Corran said he had no idea as to
, the make-up of the opposing ticket and
that he thought no one else knew ex?
cept Mr. Murphy. Until Mr, Murph'
emerged from tin? silences, he said, de
?serving Democrats would fidget on tht
j anxious seat.
Hylan Feels Secure
So Car ;>< the head of the Tai ai
ticket was concerned, said Mr. Curran
Mayor Ii; Ian had left no doubt in any?
body's mind that he regai ded him ell
as i cure in that position.
"He al ready has begun i ca i
Mr, Curran pointed out, "On Friday
he ordered the st reet cleaning sup* i i ;
i tendents to the City Hall, where he
told them how much we needed a broom
in the Board of Estimate, He is right
about that. Then he talked p tbli ?'.
with a Deputy Comptroller abot tin
ten-squad system for ?he patrolmen,
which ii'- took away from them six
months ago.
"Under that >y tern the patrolman
enjoyed one day a week at home with
his family, but now he gets only one
day in every twenty-seven, although
there are 600 more patrolmen in the de?
partment than there were six months
ago. The Mayor- said he would have a
talk with Commi ?oner Enrightabout
it. Why doesn't he restore the ten
squad system now, instead of waiting
until the campaign is on? The Board
of Aldermen t-.vo months ago demanded
unanimously and irr? ipecti1 of party
lines, that it be restored. '1 ; es ? things
i ught to be taken out of politic?.
Vote-Catchi?g Season On
"But the vote-catching season is or
and the Mayor of New York oner- it by
swinging his political night stick ovei
the fan ilies of vie city's pat rolmen."
"I am going tu start "'.it in my hume
district to-morrow night," said Mr
< lui i an, "and (: om then on I shall
lpave no stone unturned to let the ei
rolled Republican voters know jtt-t
when I stand and ju t what my record
has been in mun cipal affairs, I hop*
to be able to meet the men and women
in our party in all five borough - before
primary day and talk the i sue o <'ei
v, ith them, ace to fai e."
To-morrow night Mr. Curran will
? if. ?k in ' : rem< n's Hall, Bay ido
Quei . Wednesday night he will ad
dre meetings at t ! e Re] ublican club ?
of the 13th and lflth Assembly Di
trict; ;n Harlem.
? I t i. ink the v oten in the pri ma : ?e
II ee to it." said M r. Oui ran, "tl at
e i ronge - combinat on possible
shall take tho field against Mayoi
Hylan and his Tammany Hall asso
c . tes who hold the reins of our city
government. And our ticket going
to win."
Republicans Meet To-day
Republican leaders \ meel I ay
., nd to-morro\ to - ipb their hoi
ough and count v anti 1 a m m any ilati
\i !, hae] h i ied am' refu al to ha\ e Is:
name considei ed l'or t non nal ion 11
[he i fnce of Borough Pre idenl h a* ?
Ernest F. Eilert, pis dent of th?:
. : ? Vssi ?ation m i ai ence !!
Pay Com? i onei of Public Works
as the leading candidal c *.
There are i umerou ; candidat es foi
? . ffice of District * tl oi ney,
ing John KTrkland Clarke, a I'ormei
\ ?staut District Attorn y : Jol n R
(Continued on iuqi> thrta)
Tree A piar y Felled, Bees
Mahr Travelers Detour
Sprout" Dispat Ii to 'h, T ? '?-?> ?
LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 7. -
The pike from C ineord to Vance
burg lias bee ! bl* ck d for several
day s by my riads of In nej -ees
h for fi fty years had used a
roadside tree as an apiary. The
fell across the highway ?
fore ;i high wind and honey was
scattered over a wide area.
The bees refused to relinquish
ession and all (ravel was di?
verted by a route which causes
several miles of additional jour?
neying. Persons who approached
t he fallen tree have been routed
by fierce onslaughts of the bees.
1- loyd < 'all, sent to repair teli
phone lines broken in the storm,
.i seriou - condil ion from
s.t i ngs.
L__I
Franco-British
Entente's Fate
In Paris Parlev
Question Whrlher Alliance
Will Survive Clash 0\er
Silesian P o I i c y Now
Is Overshadowing Issue
Premiers Dine Together
Sides Look to Harvey
Deriding Factor if
[nipasse Is Reached
By Wilbur Forresl
- ,:cial Cable to Tlw Tribvve
1 ! it, 19121 New fork T ?:! urn Ine
PARRS, Aug. 7. Greater than all
: ' he individual i - sue- involvi ng the
harmony-, if not the peace, of Europe
: which will be discu - ed at ! ho vitally
' import a nt meel ? ng of th Al lied Su
i !" ???:?' l ouncil beg un ng Lo morrow if
' he fu ndamental one vv hich y ei hral
; in.tr tin1 interesl of political leaders
Ihere to-day?Will the Franco-British
i : tente su t'vive ?
Whether oi not the Silesian question
I be settled, it is admitted in diplo?
matic circles that European peace does
not hinge i ; tl issue a lone, nor on
the Par Ea t, noi reparations nor Rus?
sian relief, nor further Allied action
oi German war criminals. The big
question is whether, when the Pre?
miers conclude their sessions porhaps
a week hence, they will have agreed
on a common policy for European af?
fairs or will remain in their present
status, disagreeing on almost ev* ty im?
portant problem.
Two Personalities Dominate
i The dominant figures in the Supreme
i o incil are Premier Lloyd George and
Premier Briand. The American, Ital?
ian, Japanese and Belgian representa?
tives might as well all be considered
onlookers. Whether Lloyd George and
Briand will maintain their reported
spirit ol conciliation and forget na?
tional political interests to the extent
of a realization of European tranquil?
lity ;-' the crux of the situation.
These montai battlers arc almost
evenly mat chi d, although t: Er<
man is entering the figurative arena
under a handicap. Briand mus? an?
swer to his Cabinet for every step he
, and cannot give too many con
ci -inns to his Welsh opponent.
Lloyd George, on the other hand, it.
s realized h* i e, has an ad\ antag* in
.!>,-. of the fact that the imperial min
rs m conference at London empow
i red him to represent < > real Brit dn
fully v- ?the it I'ui ther con ultation,
Premiers Dine Together
Prem icr Bi ?and met Pi cm ier 1 loyd
', i orge ni the Ga re d u N'ord '.7 hen I he
latter arrived this evening, accom?
panied by Lord < 'urzon, h : Seci etai
for Foreign Affairs, and a large suite
is-!-, ta rie ? and clei i.s. The pre
later dined ; oerether at t he Hot el
Grillon, where they held an intimate
com er ation :!: roughout : he meal. I:
va understood "... ; I he dinner had
been arranged at Lloyd George's tele
gi aph ?c requc ?' ? The im port of thei r
conversation could not be learned.
['ri nier Briand told ricv paper men
at the stat ion bet ore i he arrival ol
Bi ?. Ii I't'i mier's I ra n :;:.- tl ? situa?
tion in 1 'pper Si lesia >? pi dally ap?
pears most difficult, but that the re
pi bility falls on t he shoulde
Hie t rcaty makers, who (1 r si ced i the
i i f Silesia to Polai d and later
tl ?r mind when Germany
prote ted I'he Prem i i said, however,
that he v. oil Id do his utmo ???' to brine;
(Continued mi ni-v' page)
ITSoili
as
Bishop McDonnell Is
king;
Phvsieians Declare End !\ear
BREN i WOi ID, I. [., A:;;:. 7. The
[lev. i lharlcs Kdw arel McDoiii ell,
head of I h?: Romun Cath? : ! ?io? c i
i, ' Brook lyn, i in n cril ?en 1 cond
at the Convent of the Sislei of S
Joseph here. It ia not expected that he
.? : ?un ivc the night.
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas K. Molloy,
of Rrooklyn, accompanied by a group
of Monsignors, reached the bedside of
the stricken prelate early yesterday.
Special piayers were said in his be?
half throughout th? night. Bishop
McDonnell suffering from arterio
sclei o : ?.? a n?l nephri lia. His illni
ol long tnnding. He i c ent; years
old.
The Rev. Father Kelly, secretarj to
t he Hi ?hop, would i ak, to taten.
un to his condition, but Dr. Jantes
Walertnan, I i? Bishop' pci ?? nl
ph -. ician, aid t he di -.t1 ngu i shed pa ?
t ient was i n a It ighly cril ica I tatc n.td
cou Id not be ?? \ peel ed to ur? ive.
Hi : op Mel lonncll has I.n a pa Lienl
I ci e I for sevi i..! motil ?,
Owing ! 'i the variant pita i
rlii eu " ft ont which he w ;? luffering
there wni ?? frequent t??^ r i ? > ? t of ap
pan ? itnprovemenl in his i ond 11 ion,
followed by corn pond ing p? rioel of
ti? ni ?? ion. ' hi ? ??"? ei tl oci'o ?oi il
' i aid Lq In pi obablo i hut lie w ould ?
;. e a ? ? piel recover; bul ich
opt ? ?stic views ater wei e hatl ercd
b; ?erious relap c.
It wa ? said la i i ghl thai no visits
! ad been p? rmitted during the da y
to Bishop McDonnell's bedside. VVhile
there had been periods of conscious-]
i ? r. Wat erman said ; he pat ?ent
had been gi wing progressively weaket
tin oughoul I ??( day and evening.
Tli ro it ;" i ' ' ' ? ?? 'I ?ocese yi s I e rday
pi yei '? ' off ? all c ui n?
or ; i op VI ! i? i ipil' recovery. 1 n
i tai ?vaa the first inti
given < '.?I i"'. :. thai :
en!: H \vn ? so seriously im?
paired. II had been lid often thai
R hop McDonnell, while recovering
? h no ? eriou danger. The
i overy j.tordaj lhal ! ? li fo w .1 -
endangered cau ed lesp ead grief.
I r. V\ atei man, when een at his
? I57(! >?.. Mark's Avenue. Bn 1
? ? dnight, ?aid Ik wa unrtbb to hol?l
? > 11 of Bis op McDonnell's
?? I ?eft ' ';.' Bishop al G : l!0," said Dr.
\\ al ?*rn :i 1.. " Since I reached home i
have heard from Dr. William II. f?o ??.
ol Brentwood, who 1 ? al tendinj
pal et_, in mj ab 1 nee, that his cond 1
1 ?on I,a ; becom? 111 uc h w 01 se. I he be I
that can be ?Hid is thai ho I 11
III Rof . een Inter, ?aid thai he
List lefl 11 h ip '? Donnell's bed
, tl I ; ... I pi red to be : ?nl
ini rapidly.
American Relief Also lo
Find Two-thirds of All
Russia on Hunger Ra?
tion- Says Mrs. Harrison
Mitral ion Halls
I kraine Plantinji
Kronomie Collapse Due to
Soviet Misrule Rather
Than Great Drought
BERLIN, Aug. 7 fBy The Associated
PresrO.? The American relief workers
e ab tut t?. go into famine-strick?
en Russia probably will find 12,000.000
persons in the Volga basin actually
starving and two-thirds of the enl re
populal ?on of Russia on hui ger ra
: ? . according to Mrs. Marguerite R
Harrison, the American newspaper
woman recently released from prison
in Soviet Russia.
ri ci id o M i's Harri ion at! rib
utes to internal economic and polil ?cal
disintegration under Soviel rule, ami
also to the ravages of the internecine
wars against Admiral Kolchak and
General Wrangel and to the drought.
What the drought failed to a m. tupi.; h
conscription of farti hands and the
requi itioning of grain !"<>:- the Red
i' es completed.
'i he result i ; hat the Ukrainian Re
. normally the granary of Rus
sia. barely is able to
Siberia virtually is in the same pre
dicament, Neithei region is willing to
surrender grain to the famine sections,
and migration of peasants is now pro?
ceeding, completely halting the au?
tumn planting, which constitutes a
threat against next year's crops.
Swift Effect on Public Health
The food situation, M rs. Harri ?on
said, also would have a swift and de
ci ive bearing on the public health,
.. ? ' ough the Russian sanitary corps
had lb?' cholera situation in hand
v,!-cr, she left Moscow at the end of
July.
The famine area begins between
Nizhni-Novgorod and Kazan, on the
north, and extends southward in a
broad belt to Tsaritsin, on both sides
of the Volga, embracing the Tartar
Republic provinces of Simhir.sk,
Samara, Saratov, Penza and Tambov;
the Tcherkask Republic, parts o<
Riazan and Tula, and a large part of
the provine of Ufa, to the foothills
of the Ural Mountain?.
Famine conditions have been made
worse by poor transportation and the
inefficiency of local distribution or?
ganizations, which have been vigor?
ously attacked by the newspapers dur?
ing the last few weeks. For instance,
85 per cent of the milk spoiled in the
Moscow government was due to the
defective organization of the receiving
s tat ions.
Pitiful stories of suffering arc told
on all sides. The peasants of Tambov
are reported to be eating bread mad.'
of straw, potato parings and weeds. It
is called lebedya. In the Novenski
prison where Mrs. Harrison was. de?
tained the bread was adulterated with
a flour which appeared to have been
made from cowpi as. Kasha, the staple
cereal of the peasants, has been re?
placed by flageolet bean-, which are
import oil.
Mrs. Harrison visited the Volga
b with the British labor delega?
tion a year ago, when she observed
symptoms of the approaching food |
shortage. This, she say -, i-; no1 11 ?
re till of the crop failure, but o
economic conditions prevailing since
the beginning of the revolution. Dur?
ing the Kolchak campaign the Volga
provinces were overrun, with the re
II that the fields were not culti?
vated ? n I the population was scattered.
?? a ? one reason v hy the official
figures for 1920 showe-d tl at the num- |
bnr of farm workers in Russia had in
ere? ?ed 50 per cent si nee 1916.
When ' he So*. ? ?( rel ook I ' e Volga
provinces in 1919 they proceeded
vigoroui ?;.. and : " the n tin i fficient ly,
to carry out the program ol agricul?
tural reconstruction. They succeeded i
.'airly well, though lacking in man?
power, machinery ano fertilizer, ["he
commissariat of agriculture began a
campaign of education, sending to the
province; trained! propaganda' work- ?
ers and tecli nica I I I ? ? experl .
Reserves Exhausted Last Year
I the spring of last year, Mrs. Har?
ald, the reserve supplies, which
ha ! been hidden, were nearl
hau ted, but the croj prospects were
good, I'his was the situation when the
Polish campaign brought further con
a nd requisit ions, i n add it on
to the natural produce tax. At the
. . I the government .
, ?ic food suppli?. ; gi eatly : : ? iquate,
and in February the revolt hi: d
: he import?t ?on for a I ime of
stuffs from Siberia, In the early spring
t he Sovic * it itituted free t rade and
reorganized the cooperative soco n
(Continued on next pane;
I . S. Official Threatened
For Raiding Opium Cache
Cunboai Sends Guard for <.on
Bulate Aller Ton of Dru?;
1? Confiscated
PEKING, Aug. 7. Action by V\ ... r
A. Adams, American Vice * onsul at
Changsha, in Hunan, which re . I
m breaking up a nest of opium deal?
ers operating under the American flag,
caused threats to be made against his
i fe, necessitating a guard of Ameri?
can soldieri in the Con ulate.
information reached Adams that a
large quantity of opium had been
stored on the premise? of an Ameri?
can co i concern. Knowing
. f h gher offic .i: - w ero promol ng
tin- traffic, Adams went to ubord
nato poli.flit '?'? and (rot I i to de
tail <i squad to accompany him to the
? -. A tun i.;' opiurn sva - re?
moved to the consulate, whereupon he
v. as th real em d unlei a he ? i rei ndered
it nnr. refrained ro interfering fur -
I ? in the t raffle.
The gunboat Villalobos ent ten
marines to gunrd the conl '-si* m,l and
the consulate. After i luch corn
ncc v, ?I It Pel ing th. Foreign
<??'.(? ?oner of Gusloi was author
?.-.???I t 'i ? ake the opium am! Im i n it.
Fine Weather, ill Well.
IT it h Harding Party
W VSHINGTON, Aug. 7. -The
Mayflower, on her way from
Portland, Me., to Washinj
with President and Mrs. Harding
aboard, to-night was uff the
Rhode Island coast in the vicii ?tj
of Block island, according to a
wireless message received by the
naval communications* service
hero.
The message, sent at 8: 12 p. m.
by Secreta ry t hrist ?an, said :
"Fine weather; all well.''
The yacht is due here T i
noon.
Break in Irish
Truce Feared
OverMeKeowii
Refusal of Britain to Re?
lease Slayer of McGratli
Arouses Bitter Resent?
ment Throughout Island
Courier Sent to Premier
I Friends of Leader (Iontend
His Action Was Justified
Under War Conditions
DUBLIN, Aug. 7 (By The Associated
Press). Repudiation of the troce be?
tween England and Ireland is con
i sidercd a possibility should the British
government persist in its refusal to
'liberate John .t. McKeown, a member
of the Irish Republican Parliament,
who is under conviction of murder.
?"Responsible Sinn F?ii leaders identify
- iselves with McKeown's act as
i part of the War and consider refusal
'tu release him as indicating a want
[ of pood faith mi the part of the gov
| ernmeni.
General Sir Nevil Macready, in com
mand ot" the British forces in Ireland,
conferred recently with Fremier Lloyd
i George, and responsibility for the
present situation ;,i connection with
McKeown's imprisonment is considered
; by the Sinn F?iners to rest on him.
Strong efforts are being made to
I night by influential persons not co
; nected with the Sinn F?in, who fear
' consequences injurious to peace, to se
i cure a reversal of the government's
decision, it is reported that a special
? courier has bi ent to see the
Premier.
All Others Free To-day
, All the members of the Dai' Eireann
; will have beer released by to-morrow
'except McKeown. Though the opening
? of the Parliament is some time off, the
I immediate release of the prisoner.- was
decided upon as necessary to afford
them opportunity to confer with their
? coll* agues.
? ? murder for winch McKeown was
I convicted was the shooting of District
? Inspector McGrath during a tight in
' which the inspector tried to shoot him.
?McKeown also wa.- the organizer of
several ambuscades in County Long-j
1 ford, in which members of the crown
forces were blown up by mines. At his
trial several British officers testified in
| behalf t<^ McKeown, saying that I ey
had received good treatment win
f ?nt.ve by him. The death
has not received the confirmation of
: h commander in cl ief as yet.
McKeown's Action Approved
McKeown was the commandant of
the Irish republican army in his dis?
trict, and his acts were indorsed by
h i s chiefs. Hence his detent ion i n
prison while others are permitted their
freedom is regarded by the newspapers
as indefensible. All the men are to be
rel* ised unconditionally. No paroles.
have been asked for or given.
? he Right Itev. Joseph F. McGrath,
Bi ? op fi!" the Diocese o ' Bak ir City,
Ore., accompanied by the Rev. M. P.
O'Dwyer, of Seattle, was among the
callers yesterday at the Mansion House
to see Lamon de Valera,
-?-.?
Votes at $1 Each Drain
Banks of Dollar Bills
Doors of Kentucky Financial
Depots Closed After 60.000
?"Ones'"' Are Passed Out
Special Dispatcl to Che Tribune
HAZARD, Ky? Aug. 7.?A pri
election in tin Kentucky mountains
always has ui ique 'eatures, but the
voting of yesterday takes th* pi
at least one oddity. The ?three state
and ""? onal banks in Perry <
? arily closed their doors early,
60,000 $1'bills had been checked
believe in buying
votes,
< ?ne of tr s banks paid out 22,(
bills, another 18,000, and a third 2 I,
Perry < 'ounty supply of $1 bills
was exhausted * incinnati correspond?
ents for the hanks were called on, with
ult that plenty more were fur?
nished, but. the bai ? ed to
close until the election wa over to pre?
vent as much alleged vote purchasing
as possible.
??-?.
Toy Pistol Routs Gunman
Woman Saves Husband, Who
W as Already Shot in Arm
Armed only with a toy pistol, Mrs.1
Molli.? Golden, of Pll Southern Boule?
vard, ta*? Bronx, yesterday put to flight
. g man who had just shot her
husband in the arm and, it is believed,
Still had four cartridges ?n his revolver,
ile was known to the Goldens as n '
o several months ago purchased
from them a humidor ci^ar stand in
a downt ow i. office building.
The man went to the (?olden apart
ment yesterday noon, according to the |
t \ told the police, to demanc a loan.
When this was refused he i* said to
; ave drawn a revolver. Golden grap?
pled with him, and during the struggle
followed the ?,'un went off, the
bullet Btriking the former in 'he right
forearm. Mr . Golden, screaming, lev?
eled her to ? ? i intruder,
who backed hallway and re?
t?, ateil <!"?? iir?.
12 Drowned.
36 Missing,
In Wreck Off
Pacific Coast
Steamship Alaska Strikes
Reef Near Eureka, Cal?
ai Night, and Goes to the
Bottom in M) Minut?e
Brooklyn Tourist
Dies: Wife R?scium!
a
Death Estimates Range
From Twoscore to 100;
Ship Round Kroni Port?
land to Sun Francisco
? I ... I), .,,:??
EUREKA, ( alif., Aug. 7. ? Plung
ing through a dense fog on her way
from Portland, Ore., to San Fran?
cisco, the steamship Alaska ripped
i M the forward part of her hull o
Blunt's Reef, forty miles south of
here, late last night and sank within
| a half hour.
The exact number of the dead in
| the disaster is not known, bul esti?
mates rango from twoscore to *
hundred. Twelve bodies already
have been recovered, and at least
; thirty six pi rsons arc missing. O no
! hundred and twenty-six battered,
I exhausted survivors, many of them
| injured, have been brought to shore.
Of these ninety six are passenger?
I and seventy members of the crew.
A do/en vessels, summoned by the F
O. S. which the Alaska kept sounding
: until her ene-ine room flooded in the
i *
? last minutes before she ?lived to the
' bottom, arc standing b> in the hope oi
.; ? ftii : irvi voi s and r?
covering the bodies of other victims.
BrookUn Man Antone Dead
Among dead is Thomas
.Johnson, of Brooklyn, \. Y. His wif<
. wa ? rose;;.'d. all hough F . .
Mrs. Clifford Wright, of Upper Mont
1 clair, N. .' . ami Mr, and Mrs C A
? Wright, of Deauville, N*. J were among
i those rescued.
i The list of identified dead to-nighl
was as follows:
JOHNSON, Thomas, Brooklyn, N\ V.
HUTCH1NS0N, Ah in, San t ranclsei
COMM, Frank. British Columbia.
P1CKNELL, C, Hubbard, Ore.
LARSEN, - , -??aman. Por':an?;
I Ore.
KING, Frank, w? Francisco.
DEHN, Charles < hief St< <
KUNASAWA. a Japanese
MOCKETT, Ralph J., .-..aman.
A janitor, a bclloby and ??< waiter
whose names an* no! known.
Captain Harry Hobej u; the wrecked
ship is missing and is believed to have
I perished when his vessel
The Alaska, a vessel of nearly 4.000
tons, was in the service of the San
Francisco and Portland Steamship Com
jpany, a d it passenger list was made
I up largely of tourists. The number on
board ha not defin'tcly been deter?
mined, i'."'* repoli, was that ther??
were 131 and 82 members
of the cr< v. another was that ther??
wer,? 206 p ami that the crew
?number : 96, I nti the exact li^ure??
are learned the death ???'?'. will not b>
known defin fcely.
Handling of Boat* Criticized
Tl e end "r tl e A ar ? a ca ne wltl
wiftne . ;. . rs sa\
hero
ism, bo1 of th? cr< w and
?'.bute
to th? and the.
crew, : that
. -, in
efficiei ind
?
turning i ti watei i ca . " of
faultj
?'? '
has bee ?: eck
it is h", eved ? ? igal
ing h : 5hi p th r ou
eeping shore i ? heavy
.'"as. m ? sea lculal I ai :e from
t he treach? - ee f
The snii h -, rf
the pa ??????- ' the midst <??'
their evening ga Many were
. ' aloon:
when, was a
ripping .
Ther , the ui
1 he;, -.ven' i adjust
? ' pri ervers, to wait for
ord ire th? ene was 1 errify
ing, "or, ?' ' p's bow
toi -i off, i< gan to list almost
ately. < aptain Hobey, standing;
bridge, ordered the crew to
lower the oats. Immediately the
V least two of the.
boats on the port aide overturned a?.
they were dropped toward the surface
of th,- sea and the occupants were
.- v. ater.
See Their (ompanions Drown
Othei o 'ck, cli ogirtg
? ' up by
the reef spra m, watched
g ? the wate i
'urn to en
The v :hildren wer?? put o*
first. M .st o gol sway
'. av. ay j list
? ? Alaska ] tng to the bottom.
As ('aptain Hoi,.-, wa directing the
efforts 1 -. : ges ?-. eral of
on the
ie end,
life preserver, rie sti?!
? : ood on tl e dec
Among this little g J. II.
1 '. !.. Vilin, f Chit ago. and
Ceorgr?' Glenn, all passengers, all of
whom were picked up after the Alaska
'.uni-.
"We ?re ceirtain Captain Hobey was
drowned," said Moss. "We were stand?
ing beside him when the boa? went
<!e-.\ n."
The death trugglcs of the Alaska
ed only a half hour As thry
were ended and the vessel settled on
the ocean floor, with onlj the tips of
he: mas: s showing above the water,
the passengers began a second battis
with death.
Passengers Strujrirle In Sra
The sea was filled with struggling
men, women and children. Passen
gers and members ?'f tl e crew who ha?i
hc?"n fortunate enough to ge<
afelj boats tnadc their way