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Vol. LXXXI? No. 27,735
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(Copyright. 1922,
New York Tribun? Inn.)
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First to Last?the Truth: News?Editorials?Advertisements
THE WEATH E P.
Cloudy and mild to-day, ??hawcr.. st
night; rooler to-morrow. frvBh
south winds, shifting to wf.-st
Full Report on l??*t Vacs
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1922
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TWO CENT?
tn Grunt?-- Now York
THREE CENTS
Wl-bln 20*"* M1_M
FOI R CENT3
Y.i?e?tl-0rw
State Delays
Jury Quiz in
Hal! Murder
Prosecutor Beekmau Puts
In Sunday at Golf and
Has Been Busy Since
Friday on Minor Cases
Three Arrests Still
Being Considered
Secret Telegrams Indicate
Rector May Have Called
on Woman Here at Night
By Boyden Sparkes
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 22.?
The Somerset County Grand Jury 5s
rot to take up an investigation of the
murder of the Rev; Edward W. Hall
?id Mrs, Eleanor Mills to-morrow, in
spite of reports that it would, accord?
ing to a statement by Azariah Beek
man, County Prosecutor, made to a
friend to-day while playing golf at the
Raritan Valley Country Club.
Prosecutor Beekman has given prac?
tically no attention to the Hall mur?
der case sinco Friday, devoting his
time to minor cases and his co-in
restigator, Prosecutor Strieker of
Middlesex County, has been display?
ing scant interest recently, having
dropped completely, so far as can be
teamed, an inquiry he took up with
some enthusiasm two weeks ago into
the dispatch of two telegrams by Mr.
Hal!, ono of which was addressed to
h woman in New York.
Prosecutor Strieker's attention was
called to the messages by some of his
investigators who had discovered that
charges for them were included in the
clergyman's telephone bill for August.
Failed to Get Them
Mr. Strieker sought to obtain pos?
session of the messages by serving a
subpoena on the local manager of the
Western Union, but that official, after
consulting with higher authorities of
tbe company at New York, refused to
rrarrender them without an order from
the Supreme Court. Thus far Mr.
Strieker hae not. sought this order.
8eemingly he lost interest in the mes?
ures.
It is known that one of these was ad?
dressed to Henry Stevens at La Va?
lettt. It said: "Sorry T cannot, get
dm." The other partially explains
why Dr. Hall broke his engagement
ttth J.is brother-in-law. It was ad
//??ed to a woman living in New York.
Set identity as yot is a secret. This
Wis the message to her*. "Will bo at
your apartment lato this evening."
Both of theso messages were sent,
it is understood, early in August.
There is a possibility, of course,
that Dr. Hall had a sweetheart other
than Mrs. Mills, but the fervor and
apparent sincerity of his letters to
her written during that same month
make it Eeern highly improbable that
he was carrying on an affair with an?
other woman. In this connection it
was suggested to-night that perhaps
the rector and the sexton's wife some?
times met each other at an apartment
in New York. It is known that they
devised excuses whenever they could
forgoing to New York together. Once
ho escorted her to a dentist's office
there. It has been established that
they did go and that Mrs. Mills had
some teeth extracted. On other oc?
casions, however, they explained trips
to New York with such excuses as that
they had gone to select and purchase
ChristmLa music for the choir of St.
John's.
May Have Met at Farm
But those few trips were not suf?
ficient to satisfy their hunger for each
other's society, and the question has
been raised if the rector and Mrs.
Mills did not meet In the uninhabited
hut completely furnished Phillips
?arm house.
The original owner of the farm, Asa
Phillips, prepared to retire to the
home of his son, A. Middlebush, more
than five miles from here, about a year
*?o. After that Sam Levin took an
option on the place for an unnamed
purchaser, stipulating that the furni?
ture war, to be left in the house, includ?
ing carpet*;. Last June Levin told Mr.
Phillips that the purchaser was Joseph
Porter, trust office? of the National
Bank of New Jersei. Mr. Porter is a
member of St. John ? Church and also
?cts for the bank ?a Willie Stevens'?
trustee.
Mr. Porter has Barer consented to
discuss the farm ?*al, acting under
instructions of former State Senator
William Florance, who is his lawyer.
Mf. Florance has been Mrs. Hall's eo
u-itor for several years and appeared
-or her in the present situation until
n was decided to bring Timothy
neifier here from New York. Jt has
j^er been determined by investiga?
tors here whether Mr. Florance, who
? a trustee of Rutger3 College, has
??sed to advise Mrs?. Hall.
Sam Levin, a New Brunswick real
??tat? dealer, insists that he is the
?wner of the property and this is con?
firmed by the record of deeds at
??mervii;e, the county seat of Somer?
set. Levin insist?. Mr. Phillips merely
JSured in the transactions as pur
M-Ber so that Levin could deduct
(Goatlini?f? en nsxt pao.)
kir?, 14, Dressed as Boy,
Arrested in Craps Game
Pocket? of Miss Jingle With
Coins; Only One Taken in
New Jersey Raid
. Colman Hensel, 'of the New Dnr
*_ *? ?. J., police force, raided a craps
S. ycst,erday in a lot beside Hudson
i>?i? ' but succeeded in capturing
m one of the players,
old a tuRIe<? <*ut to be fourteen-year
Uni ?a ^?'?-zer', who lives on the
?*v ?*VarTn* She said that every Sun
y aiternoon she put on boys' clothes
m*aJt>A'd?tta the dlce S3"1** Sb?
iK .*. pretty we?J- she ?aid.
?t?ti?!n -lensel toolt ???io ??*? p*J*?
Pern? eV?r.y Pocket ***as ajinglc with
"*????, nickels and dimes.
J6in.,+U 1?i?hta ?eft us alone a few
hi?v ? l?n"fir'" 6h? sa*d- reproach
ore?-', i i"eii t?"**2 game woulda been
f&?Lrefu8*d t0 te?? ?ho her com
?*???l1ter? BTld took the warning
WSSch ?ho -was released in silence.
Lyman Abbott
News Summary
LOCAL
District Attorney and Fire Marshal
to investigate fire, believed in?
cendiary, which cost fourteen lives.
Prosecutor in Hall-Mills murder
case probably will not appear before
grand jury to-day.
Lyman Abbott, editor of "The Out?
look," dies in eighty-seventh year.
Citizens' Union refuses indorse?
ment to Morris Koenig because of
brother's deal with Murphy.
Women's votes assuro Cohalan's
re-election, says Mrs. Gabriel.
Creek carrying ?7,500 shot down
by robbers in pistol battle that saves
valuables.
Six persons killed in auto acci?
dents in metropolitan district.
Committe of peddlers to call on
Mayor in appeal against market
abuses.
Republican state administration
cuts pay rolls while Tammany city
government increases expenses, says
George K. Morris.
Representative Rossdale will pro?
test to Mayor to-day at treatment of
veterans at Sea View Hospital.
FOREIGN
Andrew Bonar Law to be named
head of the Conservative party to?
day.
' Last of anti-Bolshevik forces quit
Vladivostok and populace resigns it?
self to Soviet rule.
Bandits are ranging through east?
ern Thrace, terrorizing and robbing
Greek refugees.
WASHINGTON
President Harding names commit
I tee of sponsors from every state in
| the Union to assist in the Near East
! Relief work.
Republicans will continue in con
j trol of Congress for next two years
I on their record, National Chairman
Adams declares.
Despito the Daugherty ruling on.
dry ships went into effect yesterday.
United States officials expect no test
cases for a week.
DOMESTIC
Smith starts last week of upstate
campaign; believes he has turned
tide.
Fishermen's race committee refuses
to reverse sailing committee and Sat?
urday's drifting match stands no
I contest. First race scheduled for
i to-day.
Up-state registration returns show
a sharp falling off from last year.
Strong sentiment found in Middle
West for Henry Ford for President
in 1924.
Governor says voters have started
I thinking and. politicians predict Re?
publican sweep up state.
SPORTS
Gustave Sandquist wins road run
in Bronx.
Navy and Penn State loom up as
strongest football teams in East.
A A. U. loses majority vote in
American Olympic committee?Army
' and Navy certain to Join.
I
MARKETS AND SHIPS
London market gets slight setback
on news of Lloyd George's resigna?
tion.
Volume of French foreign trade
shows steady gains.
Kaiser Loses Fight on Play
BERLIN, Oct. 22?The petition of
former Emperor William for an in?
junction to prohibit a nublic perform?
ance of Em il Ludwig's Bismarck drama,
"The Dismissal," has been denied,
and the play, which depicts the con?
flict between the then young Kaiser
and the Iron Chancellor, Bismarck,
shortly will be produced.
The decision of the court is viewed
as establishing a notable precedent, in
that it sanctions dramatic representa?
tion of contemporary figures.
Auto Production Falls Off
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.--A marked
decrease in the production of both pas?
senger automobiles and trucks in Sep?
tember is shown by figures received by
the Census Bureau and made public to?
day by the Department of Cosimerc?.
The output of passenger car* vas 18ft,
562, compared with 24?.2L5 in Augtrst,
whil? truck production was 18,843,
against "4,200 in August.
30 Die in Pumanian Wreck
LONDC-K. Oct. 22.~A dispatch to
"'Tho Ceir.rul News" from Bucharest
says thirty persons wore killed Satur?
day and eighty-five injured in a rail?
way collision near Larubanya.
LymanAhbott
Preacher and
t
Editor, Dead
| End Comes at City Home
After a Brief Illness,
Following His Recovery
! From Bronchitis Attack
!was86"Y^isOM
And Active to Last
Funeral at Residence To?
morrow and Memorial
Service in the Evening
Lyman Abbott, preacher, author and
j editor, did yesterday afternoon at his
?home at 11 Si Lexington Avenue at
? 12:40 o'clock. Ha would have been
i eighty-seven years old had ho lived
? until December, but for the last eight
months he had been failing steadily
from the infirmities of age. Shortly
after his return from his summer home
in Cornwall, N. Y., two weeks ago his
condition became serious and it was
evident that the end was near.
During the summer Dr. Abbott had an
attack of bronchitis which weakened
him considerably. Although he never
fully recovered from it, Dr. H. Z.
Guile, of 2 West Eighty-eighth Street,
who attended him during his last ill?
ness, said that the bronchitis was not
the direct cause of his death, although
it might have contributed to it. The
physician attributed his death entirely
to his advance?! years.
Dr. Abbott's mental powers remained
unimpaired all through his illness. He
dictated an editorial for "The Outlook,"
of which he was editor-in-chief for
nenrly forty years, during his last
days. Until Saturday ho worked over
material for his magazine, correcting
copy and making suggestions of policy.
I Family Called Saturday Night
On Saturday night Dr. Guilo sum
j moned the members of his family to
i his bedside. Dr. Abbott was extremely
weak, but he talked with them until he
slipped into unconsciousness, which
! twelve hours later merged into death.
He is survived.by his six children?
I Lawrence I. and Ernest H., both asso?
ciate editors of "The Outlook;" Her
! bort V., a professor of English litera
j ture at Smith College; Theodore J., a
practicing physician in this city; Har?
riet F., the wife of Francis Jordan, of
Brooklyn, and Beatrice V., who is un?
married and lived with her father and
a niece at Dr. Abbott's city home.
Funeral services for the family will
be held at the residence to-morrow
morning. A memorial service will be
conducted by the Rev. Henry Sloane
Coffin at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening
in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church. The burial will be on the
samo day at New Windsor, N. Y., which
is near Cornwall.
Hi? Family Distinguished
Dr. Abbott was by no means the least
eminent member of a family which for
two generations enjoyed more than or?
dinary distinction. He was a son of
j Jacob Abbott, that famous New Eng
?land preacher, teacher and author
' whose "Young Christian," "Science for
the Young," "Rollo Books" and other
works, running to a hundred volumes,
long ranked among the foremost juve?
nile classics of American literature,
and be was a nephew of John Stephens
Cabot Abbott, preacher and author,
whose histories of the Civil War, of
Napoleon Bonaparte, of Frederick the
Great and others attained a greater
popularity than almost any other such
writings ever produced in this.country.
He was the third of four brothers, all
of whom were graduated at New York
University and all of whom attained emi?
nence? Benjamin Vaughan, the first,
and Austin, the second, as lawyers and
authors, and Edward, the fourth, as
preacher, journalist and f.uthov.
Dr. Abbott was born in Roxbury,
Mass., on December 18, 1835, was
graduated from New York University
in 1853, and became the law partner ci
his two elder brothers. Then, pre?
ferring the pulpit to the bar, he studied
for the ministry under his uncle, J. S.
I C. Abbott. And was or?3ained in 1860.
I For five yer.ra he was pastor of a Con
I gregatioi.al church at Terre Haute,
Ind., and then, in 186b, camo to New
York as secretary of the American
Union (Freedmen's) Commission, until
1868.
Pastor of Noted Church
He was pastor of the New England
Congregational Church which had been
founded by the celebrated Dr. Cheever,
the "fire and hammer" Abolitionist.
In 1869 he left the pulpit for journal?
ism and authorship. With his elder
! brothers ho wrote two novels, "Cone
? Cut Corners" and "Matthew Caraby";
he edited the "Literary Record" of
"Harper's Magazine," and was editor
in chief of "The Illustrated Christian
Weeklv," a publication of the Amer?
ican Tract Society. Meantime he was
drawn under the irresistible spell of
Henry Ward Beecher, at Plymouth
Church, and when Beecher founded
"The Christian Union" he resigned his
editorship of the "Weekly" to become a
?writer for it. His letters dated from
(Continu.i en pa__ thlKctn)_
2 Red Warships Lost
in Storm on Baltic
RIGA, Oct. 2_J (By The Asso?
ciated Presa).?The Russian ar?
mored cruisers Rossiya and
Grombei and several other vessels
have been lost in a storm Jn the
Baltic Sea.
The Rossiya *was a 12,195-ton
vessel and the Grombei a ship of
13,430 tons. The former had a
length of 480 feet and the latter
of 472 feet. The Rossiya was
laid down at the Baltic Works in
1893 and completed in 1898 and
the Gron-.bei was started in 1898
and completed in 1901.
The Grombei was scuttled by a
mutinous crew at Cronstadt in
November, 1920. It is probable
that she was later raised and re?
paired. The Rossiya (also known
as the Rossia) was said to have
participated in the Cronstadt
mutiny in the wlatst of 1921.
Up-State Slump
In Registration
Blow to Smith
Tammany Fears Loss of
Cities Carried in 1921 by
Democrats for First
Time in Many Years
Also Anxious About City
Rolls in Al's Home Dis?
trict Declared Padded
With 3,500 Illegal Names
Figures from up-state cities, showing
a decline in registration this year over
last, especially in cities carried by the
Democrats in 1921 for the first time in
many years, are regarded by Republi?
cans as Indicative of a slump in the
Smith up-state vote, while the cam?
paign managers of Alfred E. Smith
sought yesterday to find consolation in
the returns by observing that normally
these communities were Republican and
that the loss in registration would cut
both ways.
The fact remains, however, that Tam?
many has been fearful all along of
a light up-state registration, or, in
fact, of anything short of an unprece?
dented heavy registration, at least in
the cities which went Democratic last
year.
Tammany's reasoning was that the
up-state registration would have to bo.
heavy to indicate a tremendous interest
in the campaign; otherwise, the Tam?
many wiseacres argued, it would mean
that the old-time Republican strength
would be revealed in the vote north of
the Bronx, overcoming the Tammany
vote in the city.
Padding Is Charged
From sources that have hitherto
proved reliablo on the ways of Tam?
many, The Tribune learned yesterday
that Tammany anticipated a light reg?
istration and had prepared for it. One
of The Tribune's informants said that
many names had been illegally regis?
tered in the 1st Assembly District?
Al Smith's home district. This poli?
tician s.aid that he had information
that close to 3,500 names had been so
registered in this one district by Tam?
many Hall.
Thi3 is one of the two Assembly dis?
tricts in Manhattan which did not
show a falling off in the registration
ending a week ago Saturday. Thfcro
the registration in 1921 was 17,825.
This year it was 17,913. Elsewhere in
Manhattan, with the exception of the
4th, another Tammany stronghold, the
slump in the vote averaged nearly 2.000
to an election district. This means
a tremendous slump in the Smith vote
in the city. It is frankly admitted by
Smith's friends that it will mean a
loss in the Smith vote which they are
fearful up state will overcome.
AM-ait Full Figures
It will not be possible for a couple
of days, according to leaders in both
parties, to forecast accurately the ef?
fect of the total registration in the
state, as until the reports ?ome in from
the rural districts as to the number
of qualified voters in these communi?
ties, where personal registration is not
required, the registration figures in
themselves will not afford any basis
for political predictions.
The total registration in this city
this year was 1,180,385, a falling off of
83,168 over last year.
Reports From Up State
Following are reports on registration
in up-state towns and cities:
ALBANY, Oct. 22.?Albany, of sur?
rounding cities, alone showed an in?
creased registration, it was indicated
to-day in reports which still were in?
complete. Tho total registration here
was 55,314, as compared with 54,548
in 1920, the last gubernatorial year.
Decreases were reported in Glens
(Continued ?n t>ano four)
Business Under Golden Rule,
Purpose of New Federation
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 22.?Forro??
tion of the Christian Business ___C"?'
Federation, the announced aim of which
is "to assist men in searching out and
applying the laws of God in all com- ;
mercial relations," was accomplished
to-day by on enthusiastic body of lead?
ers in religious thought. The organi?
zation adopted a constitution and by?
laws and elected officers. Th? fedca
tion recommended Detroit ?8 the ?.rat
meeting place.
The officers arc: President, Charloa
H. Watts, Philadelphia; vice-president,
Albert Wood, Detroit; secretary,
Francis J. Gabi*, Kansas City; treasur?
er, David Waiter Ceio, New York.
A statemeat of pricipies, aCopt-d,
says: "The primal aim and object of
this federation shall be to assist men
in searching out and applying the laws
of God in all commercial relations.
"The scope shall be the commercial
relations of the whole world, to the
end that uniform prosperity, efficiency,
equity, honesty, justice and fair deal
ing shall be established everywhere
and in every relation of life.
"Loving service rather than personal
gain shall be tlie keynote of our com?
mercial ambition.
"We realize and declare that God is
the source of all our prosperity and
that we must demonstrate His laws la
our affairs.
"The Golden Rulo, 'As yo would that
men should do to you, do ye also to
them,' shall be fundamental in our
dealings with all people.
"The teaching of Jesus, as given in
the New Testament, and as revealed
by the SDirit of truth promoted by
J*ius shall be our guiding light.
"Pji all meetings of this federation
a chair shall be reserved for Jesus
Christ, the unseen guest, whom we
acknowledge to be the direct head of
our v. ork.
"In all cases where the rule of action
is in doubt, the matter shall be sub?
mitted in prayer to the Holy Spirit,
with the center thought, 'What would
Jesus do'?"
oiiar Law Is
Ready to Take
British Heim
New Premier To Be Given
Authority of Conservative
Party To-day; May Move
to Downing St. at Once
Irish BilFWill
Offer Obstacles
Election Date Expected To
Be Nov. 18; McKenna
May Get Cabinet Post
B3' Arthur S. Draper
From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copj-Tlght. 1922, Now York Tribuno lac.
LONDON, Oct. 22.?Andrew Bonar
Law will be elected leader of the Con?
servativo party at a meeting here to?
morrow. Immediately thereafter he
will report to tho King that he is in
a position to form a new government,
and in the evening, if he so desires, he
can move into Downing Street as
Prime Minister. It is probable, how?
ever, that he will remain away for a
day or two longer, in order to give
Lloyd George time to remove hio be?
longings.
The former Premier returned to
London to-day and gave a farewell
dinner party in Downing Street, which
was attended by Unionist ministers.
His secretaries were busy all day col?
lecting and destroying papers prepara?
tory to their departure.
The most probable date of the gen?
eral election is still November 18, al?
though it Is possible that it will be
held n day or two earlier. T1113 would
give a little more time for tho ratifi?
cation of the Irish treaty, which must
be arranged before December 6.
Hands Tied on Irish Bill
The Bonar Law Cabinet contains no
surprises, but it must be remembered
that it is merely a stop-gap and in no
sense the ministry he will be likely
to have after the elections. The Irish
bill is a hard measure for him to han
dlo at this stage in view of the fact
that most of its opponents are of his
own party. The new Premier's ac?
tion will be largely determined by the
arrangements made by the Coalition
government and his hands are pretty
well tied in that respect.
Parliamentary discussion 13 bound to
be lively when the affairs of Ireland
arc debated, and there will be a lot of
criticism when the Irish law officers
are named. Still, the new Premier has
reason to feel satisfied with the atti?
tude of the press all over the country..
He enjoys general respect even if he
does not arouse much enthusiasm.
Curzon to Have Free Hand
As Lord Curzon will _*emain in the
Foreign Office thero is assurance of a
! more stable policy and a closer under?
standing with France. Under the old
reprime the secretariat of tho Premier
usurped many of the functions of ths
Foreign Minister. That Curzon will be j
succeeded later by Lord Derby seems
certain, unless tho elections go against
the Conservatives. The friendship of
the latter toward France is well known
in that country and Paris is extremely
anxious that he become Foreign
Minister.
Tho agreement by Reginald Mc?
Kenna to speak for Bonar Law has
created a great deal of comment, as
I they are political enemies, but its real
significance lies in the fact that big
business interests, whether Conserva?
tive or Liberal, agree with the views
expressed by McKenna in his speech to
the American Bankers Association tn
New York recently.
One strong feature of the new Cab?
inet is the number of business men in
it. So far as that goes, Bonar Law
will meet no opposition in any move
I ment he may make for improving Great
j Britain's commercial position. No man
in the country has a greater grasp on
the "financial situation and on the gen?
eral economic condition of the world.
McKenna to Preside
LONDON, Oct. 22 (By The Assocf-!
ated Press).?The fact that Reginald
McKenna, formerly Chancellor of the
Exchequer in the Asquith administra?
tion during the first year of the war,
will preside at to-morrow's meeting of
Conservatives has given rise to the
belief that ho will be offered his old
place in the new Cabinet of Andrew
Bonar Law.
There was no Sunday for Andrew
Bonar Law to-day nor at the head?
quarters of th,e political organizations
in London. Several party leaders con?
ferred with Mr. Bonar Law at his resi?
dence, while the political offices were
filled with Members of Parliament dis?
cussing the situation, which remains
complex beyond the memory of the
oldest members.
The Coalition Unionists who sup?
ported Mr. Chamberlain are organiz?
ing a dinner for to-morrow night, at
which their future will be considered.
A striking innovation is reported by
"The Daily Express," which says that
the Prince of Wales was with the
King when Mr. Lloyd George offered
his resignation, for the purpose of
educating the prince in the business
of his future office, this in contrast
with the treatment of the King's
father by Queen Victoria, who barred
him from all part in public affairs, even
when he was a middle aged man.
The survivors of the Irish National?
ist partv, notably T. P. O'Connor, who
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He's 100 Years Old and
Likes 100-Mile Air Speed
Grandpa 15oasis "I'm Game,"
Then Prove* It to Four
G?nerai" .ns
Special Dispatch to The Tritmne
MONMOUTH, 111., Oct. 22.?They
can't bluff grandpa, even if he is one
hundred years old. "I'm just as game
?s I was when a boy," David McLaugh?
lin announced to four generations of
his descendants when he visited Mon
mouth Field to-day for a glimpse of an
aerial daredevil at his stunts.
They dared Grandpa to make a flight,
and no sooner said than he piled into
a Breugct plane and was off for a
fifteen-minute spin. On his return, he
expressed his delight at the hundred
mile-an-hour clip and announced "I'd
like to try it again." He passed the
oentury mark last April.
I
Union Rejects
Koenig Over!
Cohalan Deal!
Judge Declared Worthy,
but Indorsement Is Re?
fused as Rebuke to
Brother and Tammany
Public Is Urged 14 |
Vote for Surrogate
Johnstone, Marsh, Leh?
man, McGoldrick Also
on List Recommended
AMhough it found that he was
wt-.^-jy and had made an excellent
judge in the short time he had served,
the Citizens Union yesterday turned
down Judge Morris Koenig for indorse?
ment as a candidato for General Ses?
sions, solely because he was part of
the deal between his brother Sam and
Charles F. Murphy in the turning
down of Surrogate John P. Cohalan
for renomination.
"Under other circumstances Judge
Koenig would have the indorsement
of the Citizens Union on the basis of
capacity and fitness," the judiciary re?
port of the Union explained.
The Union reiterated its indorsement
of Surrogate Cohalan and urged his
re-election "on the principle of con?
tinuing in office an efficient and able
judge irrespective of partisan con?
siderations or of the high character
of his opponents."
Johnstone Also Indorsed
The Union specifically recommends
the election to General Sessions of one
man?although there are two vacan?
cies?Robert S. Johnstone, a Demo- !
crut, who was appointed to the Gen?
eral Sessions bench last spring, along
with Morris Koenig. Johnstone, whose
independence is recognized, was not
nominated by Tammany, and is run?
ning on the Republican ticket.
The Citizens Union also turned down
William Harmon Black, the Tammany
candidate for the Supreme Court, be?
cause his career "has afforded no in?
dication of any special fitness for the
office."
The union recommends that the
voters cast their ballots for Supreme
Court Justice Robert McC. Marsh for
the third vacancy on the Supreme Court
bench. Justice Marsh is running on
the Republican ticket.
The organization also recommends
that the electorate in Manhattan and
the Bronx vote for Supremo Court Jus?
tices Irving Lehman and Edward J.
McGoldrick.. The election of the lat?
ter two is assured, as they are indorsed
by both the Democrats and Republi?
cans.
Concerning the Supreme Court nomi?
nees the report says in part: _
"The Citizens Union this year in?
dorses Justice Lehman for re-election
on the principio that having served a
full term on the Supreme Court bench,
with exceptional efficiency and ability,
he richly deserves the renomination
which has been accorded him by both
Democratic and Republican parties.
McGoldrick's Ability Proved
"It likewise is again glad to indorse
Justice McGoldrick, whose capacity and
legal attainments have been proved not
only by his long service as an Assist?
ant Corporation Counsel, but by two
Bhort terms on the Supreme Court
bench by appointment of two succeed?
ing Governors of opposite political
faiths.
"The union again heartily indorses
Justice Marsh, whom it strongly sup?
ported two years ago, believing him to
possess unusual qualifications for judi?
cial office. In the case of Justice
Marsh, who is running on the Repub?
lican ticket alone, the Citizens Union
j regrets that the Democratic party did
; not rise to the occasion and nominate
him, as it did Justice McGoldrick."
Concerning Surrogate Cohalan and
hia opponents, the Citizens Union
said:
"The Citizens Union believe? that
Surrogate Cohalan deserves re-elec
i tion on the well-eatablishod principle
'that judicial officers who have served
a full term f-ithfully and acceptably
merit renomination and re-election ir?
respective of party considerations. It
is only by a strong adherenco to this
principle that the courts can be di?
vorced from politics and the vicious
practice of using judgeships as party
spoils can be stopped. For this rea?
son, in full agreement with the praise
accorded Surrogate Cohalan by the
Bar Association and the County Law?
yers' Association, the Citizens Union
recommends his re-election to the vot?
ers of New York County.
"The Citizens Union recognizes the
high character and undoubted qualifica?
tions of Justice Coleman, who is the type
of man it would under other circum?
stances be glad to indorse for judicial
office. The Citizens Union also rec?
ognizes that Corporation Counsel
O'Brien's long service in the city's
legal department, couplid with his
knowledge and industry, would stamp
him, under other circumstances, as a.
fit candidate. But it believes that their
candidacies at this time must be con
(Ctntlnu-u oa ?>a_? four)
Ancestors Overlauded,
Prof. Hart Tells Club
Bpecial Dispatch to The Triones
BOSTON. Ort. 22.?Professor
Albert B-ushn-H Hart, of Kar- |
vard University, speaking on
Samuel Aplanis before the Twen?
tieth Century Club, took occasion
to dissent from the prevalent
laudation of America's H?5>_?a>__a.
tionary heroes.
"We have be*.?, led np on our
ancestor**;*'* ""te said, "and we are
all gei'-lng a little tired of these
"^panegyrics ar>d thi3 indiscrimi
.i ate praise of everybody born be?
fore the year 1800.
"I can ?.mire Sam Adams,
though I do not think all he did
was right, unselfish or desirable.
Washington had his defects. He
,'oved to buy lottery tickets; and
then he had a tremendous temper,
fo_* he is reported as being heard
on one occasion 'swearing like an
angel from heaven.' I like a
Washington with real blood in his
veins. I do not like all this at?
tempt to make out that the
fathers of the Revolution and of
the Constitution were all great,
immaculate and impeccable. If
that was the case it looks bad
for us "
, i i '?. int
Shadow of Ford
For President
Over Michigan
Subject Figures in All Po?
litical Conversations and
Many Think He Will
Be Democratic Candidate
Motor Maker Reticent
"That Is on the Lap of the
Gods," He Says, but Poli?
ticians Eye His Millions
By Carter Field
DETROIT, Oct. 22.?Henry Ford, an
astonishing number of people up here
believe, will be the Democratic nomi?
nee for President in 1924. It is impos?
sible in any discussion of Michigan
politics in either party to avoid this
Ford Presidential candidacy. It seeps
into everything, and has effects some?
time*! of the most surprising character
No wo-"?! has come from Fs-t-d, eiih ?*_'
directly or in?li_,?ctly, so far as th-,
writer could learn, which encouraged
any of his retainers?and those who
would like to be retainers with good
places on the pay roll?to go forward
with this plan for making him Presi?
dent. H?3 favorite expression when
askttd about it by his close friends is
to say: ?
"That is on the lap of the gods."
That is as near to a commitment as
he has ever gone.
At the Democratic State Convention
some weeks ago William A. Comstock,
chairman of the Democratic State Com?
mittee, offered a resolution indorsing
Ford for President. Thera was an up?
roar, and some piain talking took place
behind closed doors.
Ex-Governor W. N. Ferri3, perhaps
the most popular Democrat in the
state, and the candidate of his party
for United States Senator this year
ag-stwst Senator Town send, was dis?
mayed.
Ferris Opposes Indorsement
He did some earnest talking with the
Democratic leaders, saying that much
as he admired Ford in many respects,
it would embarrass him to an extraor?
dinary degree to have the Ford issue
injected openly in the campaign by
having the Democratic party of the
state pledged to Ford for President.
He pointed out that this would have
the effect of driving many independent
voters who do like Ferris, as they have
often shown, but who disagree with
many of Ford's policies, to vote the
straight Republican ticket.
It was such an obvious case of tak?
ing aboard a needless burden that the
other Democrats saw it as Ferris did
and the issue wa_. withdrawn without a
fight. So far there is no indication
that the move has hurt Ferris with the
Ford supporters. Henry himself has
made no statement as to Fcrris's can?
didacy, which .is the most important in
the state in that Ferris is concededly
the only Democratic candidate on tho
state ticket who has a chance of be?
ing elected. Ford has not contributed
so far as is known to the Ferris war
chest, but there are rumors that he
will do so chiefly for the purpose of
strengthening the Democratic party in
the state. In this case Mr. Ford is
(Continue- ?? ?ese three,
Boy Chess Marvel Is Arrested;
Parents Accused as Exploiters
Amid the protests of those present
to watch him play, Samuel Rzeschewski,
the twelve-year-old chess marvel, was
arrested last night at Hunt's Point
College, the Bronx, on a warrant issued
by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children. Tho charge was
improper guardianship. The boy was
tahtsn to the Children's Court, 355 East
187?J. S^T-sct, where he was locked up
until to-day, wven he will be arraigned
before Judge Sar<w..l Levy.
Chief Officer Phillip Lower.thal ana
an assistant were besieged by those
present and escaped to their waiting
automobile with difficulty. The chess
marvel was dragged by the arm and
finally raised on Lowenthal's shoulders
and hoisted bodily into the machine.
Rzeschewski made his appearance at
11:15 o'clock, when he sang three
songs. Directly after, he played five I
chess games simultaneously, defeating
all his opponents. Lowenthal, armed
with a warrant issued by Judge Levy I
on the former's complaint, invaded the
hall at this point and made the arrest. !
The boy's father went to the Bronx I
Children's Court, where he was in?
formed his sou would be detained. He
said he had applied for a permit to
have his son give a concert and ex?
hibition, but it had been dented, it
being said that for a minor to exhibit
on Sunday except in a religious way
was a violation of the penal code.
The boy lives with his father and
mother at the Broadway Central Hotel
and is supposed to attend school, Low
enthat said. The warrant was obtained,
Lowenthal added, "to prevent the fur
| Cher exploitation of the boy for the
financial gain of his father, mother
i and a manager." He has not been at
I tending school, the officer asserted.
The boy has been a ehess csarvel
since he was eight, when he astounded
I the Parisian boulevards by beating the
j best chess players in the city. After
visiting in Londqp and beating the best,
he arrived in this- -?wintry November 2,
1020, primarily, it was said by his
parents, to finish his educator ?which
i had been neglected because o?- $Kp..war.
He has defeated some of th? Kesfc zhcga,
' playars in this eountry.
Hunt Firebug
After 14Die in
Harlem Blaze
17 Taj?red, ISO Home-*
less, When Flames Sweep
Tenement; Citizens Or?
ganize for Relief Work
Wife Loses Mate
And Four Children
Five incendiary Fires in
the Same District in
the Last Three Week?
Fire Marshal Thoma? Brophy and
Assistant District Attorney John R,
Hennis of the homicide bureau in the
District Attorney's office will launch
this morning investigations into the
origin of the fire early yesterday in
which fourteen persons died, seven?
teen suffered injuries, some of which
may cause death, and 150 occupants
of a five-story double tenement
structure at 1771-73 Lexington Ave?
nue, were made homeless.
The fire was discovered at 1 a. m.
It is thought to have started under
the main stairway, where six baby
carriages had been parked. One fam?
ily was almost obliterated in sheets
of flame that roared through wooden
airshafts and hallways, involving all
five floors within* fifteen minutes
after the first alarm. Four children
and the father of one family burned
? to death. Only the mother survived.
Five incendiary fires occurring in
th? same neighborhood within three
weeks are under investigation. On
the two preceding Sundays six
alarms were rung in from the di>
trict.
Twelve of Dead Identified
Twelve bodies at Bellevue mcrgn?
had been identified late yesterday
afternoon. Those of a man and a
woman, so charred as to render identi?
fication difficult, were viewed by score??
seeking lost relatives. A crowd num?
bering thousands gathered in the
vicinity of the morgue and more thazi
20,000 persons swarmed all day on
fire lines surrounding the burned
building, where two square blocks had
been roped off.
They, known dead are:
Sai. 'el Silver, eight years old; Fan
ni? Siher, fourteen; Dora Silver, twen?
ty; Beatrice Silver, seventeen; Nathan
?Silver, fifty, father of the above; Sid?
ney Sugarman, twenty-seven; Kathe?
rine Siigarman, twenty-five; Abraham
Matilsky, thirty-two; Mrs. Anna M?til
sky, thirty-two; Antonio Amaros?, sev?
en; Augene Amoroso, nine; Mathilda
Ingleso, thirty; an unidentified man
and an unidentified woman, both at
Bellevue Morgue.
Three Alarms Answered
Three alarms were sounded ana
every piece of fire apparatus in th?
district responded. The second alarm
was answered by Acting Fire Chiei
Martin, who tct once rang in a third
Pipemen began their attack from th?
lower hallways, but flames alreadj
were issuing from the secon?! story
while smoke billowed from windows oi
all floors whence terrified occupant;
screamed appeals for aid. Scaling lad
ders and all available life saving ap
paratus were used in rescue work
much of which was spectacular.
Civilians aided scores to safety be
fore firemen and police arrived. Fou
hours elapsed after the third alara
sounded before tho fire was declara?
under control. Collapse of the thir
floor half an hour after the outbrea
prevented rescuers from reaching th
upper stories and doomed several t
death.
Fighting to control an enormen
crowd that milled about the burnin
building, firemen and police officer
drove through smoke and flame to th
aid of frantic women and cbildre
whose cries sounded above the eras
of arriving apparatus. Women an
children were lowered from smoke-ol
scured windows on the third and foort
floors by firemen, who scaled perpei
j dicular walls to reach them, to oth?
i firemen standing on the tops of la<
ders. More than forty persons wei
i carried to the street in this manne
\ Others traversed hot fire escapes c
i the backs of their rescuers. One fir?
| man descended an escape with a your
i child in each arm, while a third clur
' about his neck.
Smoke Blamed for Fatalities
Much loss of life is believed to ha'
! been due to confusion caused by dem
; smoke that filled the interior of tJ
structure. Fire escape platforms
the building are separated from tho
of the adjoining one by only flftet
inches. "Viewing tho building by da
light, it appeared that all might ha
escaped by passing from one buildii
to the other by way of these platfort
had victims been aware that the fl
was confined to one.
Before the dead were removed
committee of men, prominent in t
neighborhood had been formed to rai
funds for relief of the homeless. Tho
on the committee are Henry Fran
chairman; Deputy Commissioner Jol
J. Dietz, of the Department of Wat
Supply; Judge Francis X. Mancui
Deputy Commissioner H. Warren H?
bard, of the Department of Market
Senator Salvatore A. Cotillo, Asaersbl
man Owen M. Kiernan, Alderman E
ward T. Kelly and Alderman Timotl
J. SCSivan. Martin J. Kennedy of
Dey Street, was appointed treasurer
the committee and request is made th
contributions to the fund bo sent
him at that address or to relipf h??
quarters, 208 East 116th Street.
It is pointed out that nearly all t
homeless lost their furnituro and ?M
ing. Most of those who ???apea *-*?
o" v their night c?oth?*. jmrnsdit
rr-jfc'f measures were taken in behi
c u ore than fifty women and childr
v. * obtained temporary shelter wi
occupants of adjacent aparttm
houses.
City Marshal Joseph Lazarus, w
.turned in the first alarm, said b
(night that when he returned te 1
t