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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1920.
M'GRAW FACES
MORE ORDEALS
AFTER BEATING
Lambs Club Expected to
Take Drastic Action at
Mooting To-morrow.
SWA XX TO GRILL 1 1 I'M
District Attorney Wiinls to
Know AVho Broke Actor's
Skull ft lav in in Toms.
A special meeting of the oonnrll of
the Lambs 'luh hiu been called for
to-morrow afternoon for the. purpose
of taUlriK action ugninst John J. Mc
Graw, manager and part owner of the
Giants, for his conduct In I he club
ITllI room la.st Sunday morning, when
he Is Raid 10 have been soundly
thra-shed by another member.
The council will not concern Itself
with tho mysterious Injuries received
by John C. Slnvin. comedian, who
helped take Mctlraw home from the
place and who Is still lying In .ft.
Luke's Hospital In such precarious
condition that Dr. H. M. I.. vie wl'fl
not allow' even the police to question
him.
The club members take the stand that
this aerldcnt, which occurred In front of
Mcfi raw's home, Is out of their jurisdic
tion. For the (trill room brawl, however,
tt was learned definitely yesterday that
McGraw already had been suspended by
the house committee pending the coun
cil's action. This information did not
come from any member of the house
committee, but It was common gossip In
the theatrical district, and when A. O,
John McGraw' Record
at Maiden Class Fighter
FEW notable fighta in John
McGraw's career;
riace. Opponent. Winner.
Phlla'phla Addle Itrennan. . Brennan
Boston Dan McGann McGunn
Cln'natl L'mplro V. Byron.. Byron
Houston "Pat" Newman. . .Newman
Havana C. A. Stoneham. .Htonehani
I.umbs Club W. H. Boyd Boyd
McGraw fined $500 and sus
pended from National Leujrue
for sixteen days.
Injuries are still devoid of reference to
the two front teeth that his wife and son
ssy are missing. It wns admitted yes
terday at St. Luke's Hospital, however,
that the comedian has a cut on his
tongue as If he had received some kind
of a blow on the Jaw which bad forced
his teeth suddenly shut.
H hud a number of semi-conscious
moments yesterday, but from the few
remarks that he dropped at such times
It was apparent that be was quite un
able to collect his reasoning faculties,
He could say little except "Yes" and
"No." He made these answers appar
ently without any comprehension of the
questions asked him. His wife and son
visited htm again, but he was unublo to
talk to them.
Although the hope was expressed at
the hospital that Slavln would be able to
make some kind of n statement to-da,
the hope was a slim one. It was stated
that he Is not yet entirely out of danger.
Slavln Is generally known by his stage
name. His true name Is Jacob Miller.
DRY AGENT SEIZED
IN BROTHER'S CAFE
LANDLORDS' GREED STIRS
WRA TH OF JUSTICE MORRIS
Secret Sorvico Man Accuses
ETi E. Lane of Neglecting
His Duties.
BOUGHT DRIXK, HE SAYS
Onija Hoard Kails to Warn Car
rier of Five Gallons of
Booze in Grip.
Says He Won't Have Tenants Dragged Into Court and
Blackjacked Out of More Rent While
Losing Day's Pay.
SEE HOUSING CRISIS
IN CITY IN AUTUMN
YOUNG STONEHAM
IN ROW WITH COPS
Gives Address of One of the
Giants' Owners When
Brought to Station.
Horace Stoneham. U years old, who
gave his addresn ns ixa Broadway,
which Is a branch office of the broker
age firm of Charles A. Stoneham, one
Brown, chairman of the committee, was 'Of the owners of the New York (Hants,
asked about It he refused to affirm or
deny the report. Mr. Brown Is under
stood to In- the officer who rtiuped the
suspension, as It Is within his power to
take such action against any member for
misconduct on the club premises.
Met; rave to Sep Smnn.
District Attorney ICdward Swann an
nounced he would question McGraw at
his office to-morrow His Interest
centres, however, about the injuries re
(elved by Slavin, which McGraw pro
fesses to be quite unable to xplaln. He
communicated yesterday with Emit
Kuchs. attorney, of ,M Chambers street.
who represents McGraw and who agreed
to have the Giant.' owner visit the Ills
trtct Attorney's office. An effort will be
blade to get all other persons possessing
Information about the affair to appear
St the District Attorney s office at the
same time. Mr, Kuchs assured the Dis
trict Attorne) that McQntW will make a
full statement.
Yesterday found McGraw still keeping
In the seclusion of his apartment, on the
northwest corner of Broadway and 109th
street. When reporters called there to
see him City Magistrate Francis X. Mc
Quade. who Is associated with McGraw
In the ownership of the (Hants, opened
the door. He said that McGraw would
not see any reporters or make any pub
lic statement.
The Giants' manager has not appeared
upon the field at the Polo Grounds since
the fracas. Although he visited the park
Sunday afternoon he kept to the club
house. On Monday he did not even
go to the clubhouse, leaving the team
rianagement entirely In the hands of
Larry Doyle, captain of the team.
Yesterday the rain forced a post
ponement of a double header that the
Giants were .scheduled to play with
the Pittsburg Pirates. Persons who
rave seen McGraw say that he has not
been in presentable condition since Sun
day morning. They say that in addition
to his blackened eye and battered nose
his mouth Is badly swollen and there is
a conspicuous welt on one side of his
forehead.
Kiprct Drastic Action on McGraw.
In view of the fact that McGraw was
suspended a few months ago because of
an altercation with Walter Knight and
that only recently he had been reinstated
many membess of the Lambs Club ex
pect the council to take drastic action to
morrow. When A. C. Brown heard yesterday
that Jamas Shevlln, supervising prohibi
tion enforcement agent, was talking
about an investigation Into nossiible vlo
latlon of the Volstead law by persons
who figured in the Sunday morning per
formance he extended an Invitation to
Mr. Shevlln to call at the Lambs Club to
Me for himself Just how dry the place Is.
Mr. Shevlln said that he would do so
some time to-day.
In talking with Mr. Shevlln over the
telephone Mr. Brown said :
"If any liquor comes Into the Lambs
Club it must do so In some member's
stomach."
Speaking of the matter to reporters
he said : "We would hardly be able to
prevent a man from bringing something
in on his hip, but should he be seen
drinking It Inside the club he would be
called to account
In his statement to the police McGraw
Is understood to have said that he was
"hoofed'' In the rorghhouse at the Lambs
Club. When this was brought to the
attention of a member of the house com
mittee of the club last night that official
mid. "It Is always well for a man to
have clean hands before hs makes
charges against any one else. Before a
man says that he was fouled in a fight
It Is good policy for him to be sure that
he did not foul his opponent"
This official's meaning Is apparent
from statements made to the police yes
terday by William H. Boyd, the actor
who trounced the Giants' manager.
Foyd, who was leading man for Miss
Ethel Barrymore In "Our Mrs. McChes-
ney and to Miss Maude Adams In the
road company of "A Kiss for Cinder
ella." admitted to the police that he had
punched McGraw, and gave a detailed
sccount of the scrimmage.
Row John Was Trimmed.
He told them that McGraw entered the
grill room of the Lambs Club on 9unday
morning In what looked to htm like a
state of Intoxication and proceeded to
use some very strong language. Boyd
said that he objected to McGraw's lan
guage because there were some women
cleaners present, and he told him to
desist.
iMcGraw then turned wrathfully upon
Boyd. It appears that he mistook him
for snother membor for whom he enter
tained a grievance. Boyd claims Mc
Graw came upon htm from the rear and
aimed a blow at his back. He then
turned upon McGraw.
Boyd Is much tsller than the manager
of the Giants and has a far longer reach.
In addition, he Is sn athlete and an
expert boxer. He states that he was
obliged to treat McGraw as he did be
cause the Giants' manager persisted Jn
his efforts to attack him. It appears
that he unquestionably had the better of
the argument, which was ended when
flavin and Wlnfleld Liggett pulled Mc
Graw away, bathed his Injuries and hur
ried him away In a taxlcab.
The official statements on Slavln'a
George K. Goldrlng, a secret service
agent whose speclul duty Is to keep an
eye on prohibition agents, and fifteen
companions strolled Into a saloon In
Xoatrand avenue, Brooklyn, late Mon
day nltrht and ordered drinks Thev
allege that h bottle thereupon produced
contained strong whiskey Goldrlng
iiiteu u men over his head so that R
man who was loungtoff In the rear of
the place could see it plainly.
Thereupon ensued a dash for the
exits, though tlieru was no actual fight
ing, while Goldrlng walked over to the
lounging man and placed him under nr
rrst This man was Herbert F. Lane, a
prohibition enforcement officer with an
excellent record and hrothur of Will
iam A. I.ane, said to be tho owner of
the snloon Tho latter was serving
drinks when tho secret service men en
tered, It Is charged.
The dry agent was , barged with fall"
i ure to perform his duty and the brother
accused or Illegal selling. If convicted
the dry agent .rroild face a minimum
penalty of 11,00(1 fine and six months In
Jail. James Shevlln, State dry chief!
was astonished to hear of the arrest
and said he did not know thnt Lane's
brother kept a saloon. The agent, he
added, bad made an exceptionally good
record enforcing the law.
Three dry agents trailed a man to
Hlckavllle, L I . and there examined a
heavy suit case In which they sny they
found I oulja board, some toys nnd five
.aliens of booze. The man gavo the
name of Ssm Alberta and said he had
purchased the booze as "sweet oil" In a
Brooklyn drug store Ha was held ves-
terday in 11,000 ball.
William A. Allen, Jr . officially re
opened the Brooklyn office of the en
forcement bureau yesterday, having a
squad of forty men at his disposal to
make Btaten Island. Long Island and
Brooklyn drier.
The Brooklyn office bad been rloscd for
a month owing to a disagreement as to
Its Jurisdiction. Previously It had a
staff of but fifteen agents, but Its terri
tory has been extended to Include Staten
Jsland.
State police In White Plains arrested
yesterday A. R. Dtffallo, a truck driver,
who was said to he transporting four
barrels of grain alcohol to Peekaktli
without . having a proper permit
nlcohol was shipped hv Itos.
in Manhattan
The defence of tenants made by Jus
tice William Morris In the Second Dis
trict Municipal Court, The Bronx, on
Monday. In which he threatened to "man
damus an attorney on the nose," re
sulted yesterday In several landlords
making application to transfer, their
cases to other-courts, with the declara
tion they felt they were being discrimi
nated against.
"I'll rsyd-lght now I'm pro-tenant." as
set ted Justice Morris vigorously, "nnd I
don't care who knows It. I am not go
ing to bavn tenant. 1 brought here ovory
month and made to losn a day'H pay
while trey are being 'blackjacked' Into
paying more rent."
Justice Morris continued to give pref
erence to cases In which women with
bablea Ir. arms wire tho defendants, over
the protests of attorneys In other cases,
who objected to upsets In the order of
the calendar
Justice Townsend Scudder In the Su
preme court, Brooklyn, madia it clear
yesterday thnt tenants who are sued In
ejectment proceeding before him will
nave their rights carefully protected
New York Now Shy 100,000
Apartments, Senate Com
mittee Is Told.
whn hn refused to Issue a Judgment
glying immediate possession of the prem
ises on Iho second floor of 77 Flushing
avenue, Maspeth, to Honry Bcbaefer, the
OWntr of tho properly. At the same time I
the Justice commented, on the unusuai
ness of bringing landlord and tenant
cases In the S'upremo Court Instead of
In a municipal court.
Schnefor, through his counsel, asked
for an order compelling Louis Miller, the
tcrant, to vacate the pre nlses mentioned
forthwith, On July i Miller was served
with a summons and complaint In the
ejectment proceedings In the Supreme
Court, lie had twenty days In Which to
ar.swer. When ho did not file an answer
Schaefer sought the order compelling
him to vacate the property and a Judg
ment for rent from July 1 to August 4.
In refuting to grant the order Justice
Kcudder directed that Miller be brought
to court and fully Informed of the mean
ing of the proceedings and of his rights,
and that nfter this was done a hearing
In the matter he held on August 19,
"The tenant's story should be heard
and his situation explained to him before
a decision Is made," said Justice Scudder.
XO MONEY FOR fUILPlNG
Investors I'se Funds in Enter
prises Guaran teeing More
Pertain Profits.
The growing menace of Inadequate
housing accommodations In New York
LOFT THIEVES GET
$80,000 IN LOOT
Recent Operations All
Midtown Section.
PALESTINE MANDATE
'A TICKLISH JOB'
in
U.
Iry sleuths also made a bis: haul 011
a Lackawanna pier in the Hudson Itlvcr
when they became suspicious of thirty
two bales of rags. Investigation dis
closed lliat each bale had five gallon
of whiskey concealed within. The hale?
Which were said to have been shipped
by A. J. Welnstcln Of Manhattan to u
firm In Cleveland, were confiscated. The
wes arrested last night with Edward It.
Mason of Bt West Knd avenue, after
they had givrn Patrolman James.
ShaughneSSy of the West Thirtieth
street station n "bit of a razzing" at
Broadway and Thirty-ninth street.
Tho boys gave the names of Stoneham
and Mason v hen entered on the blotter
at the police station, but later, when they
Wen arraigned before Magistrate Francis
X. McQuade, Stoneham's name had been
clipped to Stone. The police were helped
along In their Identification, however, by
two women who were with the boys when
they got into trouble, who loudly de
clared at the door of the court room that
Stoneham would "get out of It all right
because his daddy and Judge McQuade
are gcod friends " The Magistrate, who
is a partner In the ownership of the
Giants, was asked later if young Stone
ham was the son of Charles A, Stone
ham. but said that he did not know.
"All I know." he said, "is that the
young man was arraigned unler the
name of Stone."
Patrolman Shaughncsey told Lieut.
West at the police station that he saw
two women and a number of young
men. Including Stoneham and Mason, at
Broadway and Thirty-ninth street about
? o'clock. They were decidedly hilari
ous, he paid, and one of the boys was
making a great fuss about getting Into a
taxlcab. The policeman told the group
to movo on, and then, he said, they be
gan to "razz" him and to me abusive
language toward him.
The entire crowd finally got Into a
taxlcab, but Shaughnossy said that when
the machine started young Stoneham
leaned out and told him to go to hell.
Instead of obeying the request Shaugh
rcrsy cnught another taxlcab and over
hauled the nllirr rar nt CVirt v ..... .rA I
street. He started to puii stoneham out ! Protests that Answers may
of the machine but Mason objected, so Incriminate Him
Operations of thieves In the lofi dis
trict between Fourteenth and Twenty
second streets, whose loot Is said to es
ceed IfO.OoO, have been reported to the
police within the lust few weeks, ac
cording to admissions yesterday by de
tectives In Yorkvillo Court. In an eighth
floor loft, which had been rented by
Aaron Gosch, M years old, of 53.1 1'nlon
avenue, The Bronx, who posed as a silk
dealer, the police said they recovered
stolen silks, furs, gloves and other mer
chandise valued at jxi.oou.
Gosch was arrested with Jack Sim
mons, 1'7 years old, of Pis Second avenue,
In a Houston street restaurant, ami upon
their arraignment In Yorkvllle Court
they were held in $10,000 ball each on
charges of burglary.
Bundles containing twenty-seven rolls
of finishing cloth, valued at IS.OuO.
were picked yesterday out of the ruins
of a recent fire at 67 Broadway. Brook
lyn, by Patrolman O'Malley of the Stagg
street station. A theft from the Benja
min Clothing Company, at t,S" Broad
way, was reported after the goods were
found when the place was opened for the
day's business." Entrance had been
S. Consul Tells of Task
Confronting British.
K'.'lne, tiv euttinir thmiuh n1 i-'. - !,na
The ia,, nf a hallway. The m-iam .-,. ,
ulundli I barred with iron shmt-rs ,n..i tew an
ordtng to the officers. I ron door
.Mrs. Percida Oeorgi, 113 years old, a
widow, said to be a delegate for strik
ing furriers and to have been working
at the same time for fur manufacturers,
was arrested yesterday on B charge of
Stealing $3.0io worth of furs from the
home of .Mrs. Etnel Bconomldea, SSI
Fast 109th street. Mrs. Georgl hud been
employed In the house on for nails
Federal agents reported they could not inuring the strike, according to the po
flnd Welnsteln. TWO women were alleged I lice. She was held in 12,000 hail.
to be connected with this case, out no
srrests have been made.
I ,
TO STOP MERGER
unnnuni icr rm r
H. M. Gavlord. Assistant Federal fro-! " WSmftSW JC r MttO
Mbltlon Commissioner In Washington,
has resigned to become vice-president of
the Kentucky Pstllleries and Warehouse
company, a subsidiary of the united Courf Refuses Injunction in
States Food Products Corporation here ! A mm ",,, Cnmm
It was announced yesterday. He wa- ero K,lUO V.ase.
at one time Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue.
Aboard the oil burner Suholco, of
the Transmarine Company, when she
sailed yesterday from Xrwarjc, were
27,000 cases of beer, not of negligible
percentage, nnd divers cases of bottle
openers, all destined for Havana.
The British have a ticklish task on
tcelr hands In exercising their mandate
over Palestine, according to Or. Otis A.
Ginzebrook, United States consul In Jeru
sulem, who arrived yesterday on the
Greek National liner Megnll Hellas, with
Mrs. Glazebrook, to spend a leave of ab
s nre here.
The British military government of
Palestine is unpopular, the consul said,
Lut Just before he left the country Sir
Robert Samuels, British clil commis
si! ner of Palestine, arrived to take
charge of affairs. One reason why much
diplomacy and tact Is necessary Is that
the nopluatlon of Palestine consists "of
6j.00u Jews, the same number of
Christians, and three time that number
Mohammedans.
Or. Glazebrook expressed the opinion
that the Jews would be able to make a
success of settling Palestine. There Is
now a good railroad from Jerusalem to
Alexandria, and Haifa will muke a Rood
port after some dredging. F.vldono
pointing to the existence of oil In the
sends below Jerusalem has been discov
ered.
Dr. John P. Peters, rector emeritus
nf St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal
I huri'h, Amsterdam avenue and Ninety
ninth, street, returned from a trip through
Egypt India and Palestine.
1 'there on board were Prof. Harold
Nelson. Prof. J. Stewart Crawford, Pr
Hurry P Gurmand and Pr D, P. Luck
enwlll. APOLOGY TOGAIN
NEGRO IMMUNITY
Marcus Garvey to Escape
Libel Prosecution.
city was emphasized by high authorl
ties yesterday In the hearing by the
United States Senate Committee on Re
construction and Production. Senator
William M. Caldor presided over the
session, which was held In the Engineer
ing Societies. Building In West Thirty
ninth street.
Witnesses examined Included Walter
Stabler, comptroller of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, which has
more man J2G8, 000,000 Invested In
mortgages upon city property and J45,
000,000 on farms; Rudolph E. Miller,
building superintendent for the Borough
of Manhattan and president of the Asso
ciation of Building Commissioners of
the United States, who estimated that
the construction of dwellings and hous
ing apartments In tho whole city at
present Is only about one-quarter of
normal volume; Edward P. Doyle, secre
tary of the Mayor's Housing Conference
2 AGED SHOPLIFTERS
ARE SENT TO PRISON
Just a Ttt to See if Skill Had
Left, Thmy Insist.
I'strlck O'Brien, 60 years old, and
Samuel Stanton, 78 years old, admitted
yesterday In the Court of Special Ses
sions that they had taken twenty waists
from the counters of a department store,
but the motive, they said, wss no mean
one, as thev merelv wnnteri in in,.
little argument and find out In tho In
! tercets of science whether old age bad
j made their fingers too clumsy for shop-
iiiiing,
"We Just wanted to lesm If advanc
ing years had robbed us of any of our
old time cunning," said O'Brien, and the
other venerable shoplifter nodded his
emphstlc agreement. They said that
after giving up stealing several yesrs
ago O'Brien had become a watchman
and Stanton had obtained work ns a
steward. They settled tho question
nbout their ability to come back on
August 6, when detectives of the Stores
Mutual Protective Association found
thorn concealing merchandise under
uielr clothing
The men were recognized In court as
old offenders and were sentenced to
from six months to three years each In
the penitentiary by Justices Frcschl.
Mclneniey nnd Edwards. The sen
tences are the heaviest imposed for
shoplifting In some time, but O'Brien
and Stanton are anything but down
hearted. As they were being taken to
their cells one of them said ;
"We have no regrets. We are old
pals nnd have done time together before.
But we have aged terribly ilnce the old
days."
BERGDOLL LOATH TO
SLAY GERMAN KIN
Kenee Erwin Shunned Draft
Aeeordinp: to Court Martial
WitneRR.
CLAIMED TO RK FARMER
But Draft Hoard Official Snvj
Fugitive Misstated Prop
erty Fnets.
FILM COMPANY SUED
FOR AN ACCOUNTING
Would Break Clara Kimball
Young Contract, Is Reply.
Committee, who testified there is now Harry t, Carson and Herbert K. San-
The nght of Henry Woodbouse, sus-
niarcua Garvey. editor of the .Yeyro
11 oria, tnrougli his attorney, Louis Vor
haus, made yesterday a public apology
before Judge Craln In General Sessions,
retracting certain statements which he
ponded governor of the Aero Club Otlhad published early in 1919 concerning
America tr, prevent the amalgamation fK(Uln p, K11,.w, Assistant District At-
NICKY MUST TELL
ABOUT ASSOCIATES
the cop took him alone, too.
When the two boys were arraigned be
fore Magistrate McQuade, the policeman I , N,okj! Axein ,nust answer quee-
retolH the store nf what h.H ,,,.i ! llons as to wnerc ne was ami wnat he
but said that he thought It must have d'd durlnr hls abence frum 'his city
been Just a "bovlsh" prank and that he ! hP waa belnK '0URh' 1,1 ,no bomi
didn't helieve Stoneham nnrl Mnsnn In. : ,nr,t ('as, aml h" muHt explain his rela-
tended to insult him. He was inclined
to be lenient with them, and they were
discharged by the Magistrate After the
case had been dismissed young Stone
ham was asked by a newspaper man If
he was the son of Charles A. Stone
ham, but he said ;
"There must be a mistake somewhere."
'SUSPENDER JACK'
SUSPECTS A PLOT
Protests to Hirshfield on Or
dinance Against Notary.
John Clinton McGee, otherwise known
as "Suspender Jack," of 29 West Sixty
fourth street, and former bronco bus
ter, circus rider, policeman, war vet
eran and notary public, complained yes
terday to David Hirshfield, Commis
sioner of Accounts, that an ordlnnnce
recently passed by the Board of Alder
men has put him out of business as a
notary' public and asked the Commis
sioner to help him get it repealed.
"Suspender Jack" until recently main
tained an office opposite that of the
Secretary of State, but a boost In his
rent compelled him to vacate. Sinc-j
then he has patrolled the street in the
vicinity, where he had posted two stirn-
boards reading; ".Votary Public. Have
Your Papers Signed. Save Time." The
ordinance of which he complains makes
It unlawful for a person to solicit busi
ness as a notsrv on the Cnvk r,.i
said he has been making $.10 or J)0 a
ween soliciting business on the street.
McGee won the nickname of "Sus
pender Jack" many years ago by "bust
ing" broncos by the use of a pair of
suspenders Instead of a halter. He was
a New York policeman for twelve years,
part of which time he was assigned to
Chinatown. Later he entered politics
and stampeded the Bull Moose conven
tion of 1912 into the nomination of Oscar
S. Straus for Governor.
tlcns with the Oluck brothers and Nick
Cohen. Judge A. N". Hand of the United
States District Court ao decreed yester
day In ruling on questions which Arn
stein had refused to answer in the bank
ruptcy proceedings against him.
Saul S. Myers, counsel for surety com
panies, who instituted the bankruptcy
action, expressed himself as highly
pleased with this verdict, which was a
reversal of a previous one William J.
Fallon. Arnsteln's counsel, announced
that he would appeal this decision on
the contention that Nicky would be In
criminated In the proceedings pending
against him if he had tb answer the
questions.
Another hearing In the bankruptcy
action Is scheduled for the morning of
August 24 before United States Com
missioner Gilchrist.
o. the Aero Club of America and tin
American Flying Club, failed yesterday
when Justice Glennon of the Suoreme
IC,urt refused to issue an Injunction to
prevent the Aero Club governors from
going ahead with the plan
The case was argued on July 30,
when W. W. Miller, one of the gov-
i.rnnn nf the ,-IiiH ,,...1 nMi.n mm tl,.
j club's attorney, submitted affidavits an
I IWering charges made by Mr. Wood-
house against the club.
"As the matter now stands eighteen
of the Eovemors out of the twenty
four, including the president and the
first, second and third vice-presidents
of the club, have approved the arrange
ment." Mr. Miller said. "The only two
governors recording objeitions to the
proposed arrangement are Mr. Wood
house and Charles' Glldden, At the rate
the proxies are coming In in favor of
the proposed arrangement with the fly
ing club the proposal will be over
whelmingly approved at the special
meeting of the members to be held
next Monday."
Mr. Miller said he had received a
telegram from John Hays Hammond,
one of the governors of the club, stating
that he was In favor of the amalgama
tion and that he had wired Mr. Wood
house riot to use his name ns opposing
it. Mr. Woodhouse had Issued a state
ment numbering Mr Hammond as
among his supporters In the tight
MOTOR MAIL MAKES
RECORD FROM COAST
GIRL HANDS HUNGRY
COP RACING CHART
He Orders $5 Worth of
Horse, Arrests Waitress.
torney,
An Indictment against Garvey charges
criminal libel. Following the reading
or tlie apology, James M. Donohue. As
sistant District Attorney, who Is hand
ling the case, said that if the Xegro
World published a retraction next Sat
urday he would ask on the following
Monday that the Indictment be dis
missed. Mr. Kllroe was in court and
Informed Judge Craln that the apology
was satisfactory to him.
More than a jear ago the activities of
Garvey ns a promoter of the Black Star
Line attracted the attention of the Dis
trict Attorney's office, and Mr. Kllroe
was directed to conduct an Investigation.
While the investigation was under way
articles appeared in the Srgrn fPorld
claiming that the Assistant District At
torney, working with two business rivals
of the Black Star Line, had arranged to
"frame" Garvey and was persecuting
him. Mr. Kllroe then had Garvey nr
rested on a libel charge.
WAITS FOR FRIENDS
UNDER A LANDSLIDE
It Was Getting a Bit Close
When They Dug Tony Out.
After he had sat for twenty minutes
at the bottom of n three ton pile of dirt
which had fallen In on him yesterday In
an excavation at 169th street, near Col
lege avenue, me Bronx, and witli a
130 pound rock which had cracked his
Reaches City in 4 Days, 4 right leg below the knee adding to his
HUSBAND GONE; TELLS POLICE.
Mrs. gpanldlnei of Bloomflrld, . J.,
Aaka Aid la Search.
Mrs. Fenton J. Spauldlng of 41 Edge
wood road, Bioomfleld. f. J has asked
the Bioomfleld -police department to
search for her husband, who disap
peared from home about three weeks
ago. The Spauldlngs moved to Bioom
fleld about a year ago from Chicago.
Spaulding was president of the
ffpauldlng Chain Corporation In Bioom
fleld until shortly before his disappear
ance. He left his home July 23 and
has not been seen by any of his friends
or relatives since. Mrs. Spaulding said
she knew of no reason for his disappearance.
When he asked a waitress In a
restaurant at 107 Lenox avenue what
she had that was good," Instead of
slapping a menu in front of him, David
Hefferman, a detective of Inspector
Cahalane's staff, said the young woman
laid down a racing chart. There were
come delectable names on the sheet
like "Fruit Cake," "Irish Rose," and
"Cleopatra," but as they were horses
they meant nothing in the life of the
detective, who was hungry. He ar
rested the wltress. In Washington
Heights Court yesterday Hefferman
charged Florence Hoffman. 37 years
old, was the waitress, and Insisted to
Magistrate Marsh that she was also
a bookmaker. Hefferman admitted ne
had laid S5 on "Cleopatra," and lost
Magistrate Marsh held the young
woman for Special Sessions In 500
ball.
BLAMES 'P- D-' MOTOR
TAGS FOR ACCIDENTS
Unofficial Users Reckless
Wallstein Says .
Leonard M. Wallstein. counsel to the
Citizens Union, said yesterday a good
many traffic accidents in the city are
due to the Issuance to unofficial citizen.
of automobile llcenke plates bearing the I
leueunK r. v.. me 1-oiice Department
Insignia, and to the practice of handing
out so-called "police line" passes and
badges to those who bask In police favor.
There Is no warrant for extending such
privileges or favor, said Mr. Wallstein
and the effect of the practice Is to give
free rein to irresponsible persons who
get the passes and license pistes. Thus
equipped, he said, they speed through
congested streets, signalling sonorously,
tf it all, and contemptuous of traffic regulations.
Hrs. 43 Min.
Announcement wns made here yes
terday that a new unofficial record for
a transcontinental automobile trip was
established when a five passenger tour
ing car, carrying United States mail
from San Francisco to New York, ar
rived here Monday after a run of 4
days, 11 hours and 41 minutes. An
official of the American Automobile
Association said this was at least one
day faster than arvy previous unofficial
record. Postal authorities declared
that the machine's time compares well
with that of all except the faatest
through mall trains.
The trip was the first eastward run
of a scheduled series of five or moro
round trips. Three cars have made the
westward Journey. The route trav
elled by the machine Is 3.347 miles long,
stops being made and drivers changed
at Ely. Nev. ; Cheyenne. Wyo. ; Coun
cil Bluffs. Iowa ; Davenport. Iowa :
Valparaiso, Ind. ; Lima. Ohio: Wheeling,
W. Va. ; Cumberland. Md., and Easton,
Pa.
1,000 MO LBS. SUGAR
RUINED IN EAST RIVER
Float Hits Rock and Cars
Dive Into Water.
Nearly a million pounds of refined
sugar destined to relieve a shortage In
the West mixed with the waters of the
East River yesterday sff the piers of
the National Sugar Rofliung Company,
at Pidgeon and Front streets, lxing Isl
and City. The sugar, valued at cents
a pound wholesale, was loaded In thir
teen freight cars on a float for transfer
to a Ilrooklyn shipping point.
The float was being towed from the
sugar company piers when it struck
a rock, the towing hawser broke and
the float stuck Its nose under the water.
Four of the cars slid off into deep
water. The nine others started to dive
In, but did not go entirely under the
surface. Enough water was shipped to
ruin the cargo.
predicament, Tony Nlcoll, 60 years old,
was dug out and put In an ambulance.
The surgeon looked him over and found
nothing beyond the broken leg and
some scratches made by smaller rocks
as they tore down on top of him.
The pit was about seven feet deep
when the rain came, loosened the dirt
and started It down In an avalanche.
After working desperately a few min
utes with shovels, Tony's fellow workers
called the police and Hook and Ladder
No. 44 from Morris avenue. All hands
pitched In and the shovels worked down
to the place Tony was last seen. He had
not lost consciousness, although he ad
mitted It was getting a bit close, and
he didn't know how much longer he
could have held out. The foreman said
Tony was the huskiest youngster on his
staff. He lives at ft Centre street,
Brooklyn. He will be detained tern
porarlly at Lincoln Hospital for the
broken leg to knit.
ASK GIRL'S RELEASE
AFTER INSANITY CURE
Lawyer for Assailant of De
tective Burns Begins Action.
Miss Gertrude Wormworth of 784
Prospect place, Brooklyn, who fired sev
eral shots at William J. Burns, tho
detective. In Grand Central Station In
March. 1919. began an action yesterday
before Justice Squires In the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn, to obtain her release
from the State Hospital for the insin
at Central Isllp, U I., where she has
been a patient since the shooting.
Aorahum Iv, her lawyer, told Jus-
practlcally no mortgage money available
except at usurious rates, and Frank
Mann, commissioner of tenement houses
for the city; who predicted that by next
year the shortage of housing facilities
will amount to a lack of 120,000 apart
ments. gees Crisis In Fall.
Mr. Stabler urged the committee to
work for the exemption of mortgages
from liability under the income tax, at
least up to $40,000. That, he thought,
would go far toward relieving tho situa
tion, because it would remove in great
part the reluctance of capital to embark
In building enterprises. "We are fac
ing a most serious situation, which Is
steadily growing worse," he said. "The
Government Is here, gentlemen, to work
for the welfare of its people. If you
deny them a place for themselves and
their families you might Just as well
deny them food. The responsibility is
squarely up to Congress."
In the thirty years be had been In
business. Mr. Stabler said, he never had
seen so serious an outlook. Next Octo
ber, he predicted, would mark a grave
crisis. Private capital Is withdrawing
from building mortgages as investments,
he said, because they pay only 5 or
6 per cent., and la turning to the more
profitable industrials at 7 and S per
cent. Mortgages are being dumped upon
the savings banks and Institutions which
alone may hold them exempt from excess
profits tax levies. Within the last six
months, the witness asserted, more than
$29,000,000 worth of mortgages In Man
hattan and The Bronx had been so un
loaded by Individuals and trustees to
escape paying the tax and for the pur
pose of more profitable Investment.
Superintendent Miller said In normal
times about 33 or 40 per cent, of con
templated building operations are for
houslrg purposes, but now the propor
tl m In Manhattan 1 only about 6 per
cent. In this borough the average num
ber of housing buildings erected in nor
mul times Is about 170 yearly, which
supply about 8.000 apartments. During
the three years of 1917, 1918 and 1919
combined, however, only 7 such build
ings were constructed, wtth accommo
dations for about 3,000 apartments.
Estimating from report from build.
ing superintendents of the other bor
oughs. Mr. Miller thought the volume
of dwelling construction now under way
In the whole city was leas than one
quarter of normal. He promised the
committee to obtain the actual figures.
Assails VeiT Rent Law.
Mr. Doyle contended that the passage
of the rent profiteering act In 1919 had
stopped tenement building, as no man of
common sense would embark In the
building of homes for rent If he knew
that after having built them he would
have no control over them because some
Judge might at will extend the tenure
of a tenant's lease by giving a stay of
ejectment upon ex parte evidence. The
witness hid Intended to build exten
sively and had looked for a building
boom after 'the war. he said, but this
legislation had killed it. He thought
the removal of the Income tax on mort
gage holdings would be of great benefit
and would encourage new building.
Commissioner Mann said the city's
present shortage of housing facilities
now amounted to 100,000 apartments.
By 1921 It probably would be Increased
to 120,000 apartments. In normal years
the Tenement House Commission au
thorizes the construction of about 28,000
apartments yearly. But during the last
four years the average construction, ao
far as concerns tenement houses, has
dwindled to about 4,000 a year.
He assigned as primary causes for
this situation timidity of capital, short
age and high cost of building material
and shortage and high cost of labor.
The Mayor's Committee, he snld. had
suggested as an Incentive for mortgage
money to come back into the field the
j exemption of new housing construction
rrom local taxation for a period of
years. "The city could not lose any
thing by that concession." said he, "be
cause if you don't offer some Induce
ment there will be no new construction."
Mayor Hylan has asked John P.
O'Brien, Corporation Counsel, to give
htm an opinion upon the legality of the
city's lending sinking fund moneys on
bonds nnd mortgages for the purpose of
financing construction of dwellings. The
suggestion for that use of the moneys
WSI made recently by Allison T. Brlgg
formerly secretary of the Court House
Board.
"If it can be done legally." the Mavor
said. "I sec on reason why the sinking
fund moneys should not be so used."
James F. Gannon, Jr., Finance Com
miesloner of Jersey City, said vesterc'ay
the housing situation in New Jersey is
a bad as in New York city. When the
w Jersey legislature meets on Sep
tember 8 petitions signed by 40,000 per
sons will be presented to Senator Will
lam N. Runyon of Union, chairman of
the legislative Houelng Committee,
which will ask the Legislature to do
scmethlng to remedy the situation. j
To Pick Aircraft Delea-ates.
Dorn, two stockholders of the Equity
Pictures Corporation of 33 West Forty
second street, brought suit yesterday In
the Supreme Court for an accounting.
The defenders are the corporation, Pat
rick A. Powers and Emanuel H. Gold
stein. The complaint states that the corpora
tion was organized to distribute moving
picture films featuring Clara Kimball
Voung nnd has films on hand of the
market value of $1,000,000. It Is
charged by the plaintiffs that Powers
has been receiving $300 a week ar treas
urer of the corporation, whereas the
plaintiffs question the legality of his
election to that office.
Since the last meeting of the directors,
the plaintiffs, who are directors, say they
have been excluded from participation In
meetings of the hoard. They also charge
that a subsidiary corporation has been
cirganlzed with the consent of the de
fendants to compete with the Equity
Pictures Corporation.
Joseph . BcDnltt, president of the
corporation, riled an affidavit in which
he snld that Garson Is associated In
business with Clara Kimball YoLrtfc and
Is seeking to embarrass the corporation
so that he can secure Miss Young's re
lease from contracts'. Schnltz spy that
he Is receiving $16,000 a year as presi
dent, which is the sum Sanborn received
as former president, and that Powers Is
drawing the same salary that the former
treasurer received at the time he was
elected to that office.
HER BLACK FACE NO JOKE.
New light upon the reluctance nf ill,
Bergdoll brothers, Grover Cleveland and
Erwin Rudolph, to expose themselves tt
the dangers of "corned willy" anil
"whlMbange" was shed yesterday at
Governors Island when Irwin Bergdoll
was arraigned uerore a court mgrtlll
charged with desertion In wartime, the
penalty wherefor may be death Erwin
Bergdoll didn't want to go to war lct
he have to shoot up some of his rela.
tlies In tho German army
This first evidence of the rtrgdnt
famlly's connection with the Booh oc
curred In the testimony of William p.
Ellis, chalrmnn of Erw in Bergdoll', lneal
draft board In Ridley Park. Pa it
came after the brother of the fugitiv
slacker had pleaded not guilty and the
prosK'ution had opened.
Although It was indicate,! that Ti,.rr.
doll's defence before the court martial
Would be that he was a farmer and
married when drafted. Mr. Ellis, who
is described as a "millionaire lawyer,"
testified thnt Bergdoll appeared at hit
house on the night of April 17, nt,
and pleaded to be excused from physical
c xamlnatlon the next day. He was ae.
companied by two men, George Deadfi
and Al Hall, the latter a brother-in-law.
One of these two said, according to
Mr. Ellis, that "Bergdoll wouldn't want
to shoot any relations he nan on th
other side If obliged to enter the army "
iMr. Ellis said he told Bergdoll h wai
an American citizen, obliged to do his
duty, and should report for physical ex
amtnatlon. Bergdoll did not report and
Mr. Ellis said he had not seen him since
until yesterday. Bergdoll surrendered
voluntarily on July 21.
A possible defenco for Bergdoll on a
technicality was developed bv yester
day's testimony, which showed that he
had received only three days' notice
from his board Instead of the five sped,
fled In the universal service law, but
the main contention as to his eligibility
for service under the law Is covered by
a letter from Mr. Ellis to the chairman
Of the district board saying that Brrg
doll had ample means, little knowledge
of farming and had made misstatement.
concerning the, financial status of his
farm.
Witnesses for the draft dodger thui
far known will be Al Hall, the brother-In-law
who Is said to have told Mr.
Ellis of Erwin Bergdoll a compunctloni
about shooting his German relatives;
Charles Braun. u brother of Erwin
and Grover Bergdoll, who changed
his name when they disappeared,
and Airs. Emma Bergdoll, their
mother. The Government has a score
of witnesses. Bergdoll has Cant.
Off Stag Use of Cork Lands Girl Ambrose c lover and Lieut. Samuel
cone as military counsel, and the prow.
i cutlon is being conducted by Lieut. -Col
In Police Court.
An off stage cork blackened face, In
Joke, is a serious matter when It gets
Into court. Miss Madeline Bonnalr, 29
years old, of the Rutlodgc Hotel, 162
Lexington avenue, went out on parade
Monday night with her face an ebony
shade, thinking to amuse her sister, Mrs
Susie Hochbaum, on whom she called at
the Clarldge Hotel.
The Joke went so far Miss Bonnalr
was arrested, and In West Side court
yesterday Magistrate Harris treated the
defendant to a severe lecture on the
proprieties. He suspended sentence.
Charles C. Cresson, Capt. Robert Hannsy,
Ji ., and Lieut. Thomas L. Heffernan. Col.
William 11 Allalrs Is presiding ovr tin
court martial, which Is composed ot the
same offlccra, mostly with overseas ser
vice, who sat on Grover Bergdoll's case,
Great care was taken of Erwin Bug
doll even on Governors Island. The
sentry, armed with a Springfield rifle,
who guarded him was obviously 111 at
ease and took every precaution to pre
vent a duplication of Grover's escape.
The case was adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.
tlce Squires that 'the young woman h id ! A cntercn to determine the repre
entirely recovered A J Person ! ' sentatlves to be sent to the meeting of
resenting 0Col.erEdwaArd H. Green. Z ! .TL iWJS?
of the late Hetty Green, to whom Miss
wormworth had written letters, de
clared his client was satisfied to have
the young woman released provided It
were ssre to do so, but that he did
Committee In Paris next November will
be held to-day In Washington. Men
representing the War. Navy, Commerce
snd Post Office departments, the Manu
facturers Aircraft Association, the So
ciety of Automotive Engineers, Amert-
a repetition of the can Society for Testing Materials.
not WHO to see
, , i . . ...
lTK ..u , ... ' 52l-!i fcetatJT of Mechanical Engl-
MiWMiu "e""" cue i srerj ana Motor ana Accessories Asso-
I elation will meet to discuss the matter.
until Monday.
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Just as long as men express a preference
for cigars of the "full Havana-filler" type
made popular by Robt. Burns, we shall
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Havana filler and cure it to an agreeable
mildness.
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