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SAYS RICKARD TOLD M TO KEEP QUIET r Sent For After Charges j Were Made, Says Apart ment Janitor. STEUER HINTS ALIBI Says Promoter Was at Polo 0rounds on Day of Al leged Offense. MAY CHARGE FBAMEUP Girls Carefully Coached; Nellie Gasko Tells Series of Her Own Crimes. Ground gained by the defense yes terday morning in the trial of Tex Ttiekard through the amazing criminal lonfession of Nellie Gasko, twelve year-old corroborating witness, ap peared lost later when a Janitor of the West Forty-seventh street apartments told of how the boxing promoter had sent for him and warned him to keep quiet about his visits there. Another development in the fourth day of the trial before Justice Was servogel in the Supreme Court was an intimation by Max D. Steuer, counsel for the prisoner, that he would at tempt to prove an alibi for Kickard. Mr. Steuer, talking with newspaper riien, pointed out that on November 12, when the indictment alleges the crime occurred, Hick art! was at the Polo Grounds. The defense will open to-day. . Another supposition borne out by the j lawyer's cross examination of the jani- J lor, Herman Verch, is that he will en- I rieavor to prove a frameup against his j client. He brought out that Vincent Pisarro, superintendent of the Society 1'or the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil dren, and one of the girls had spent a half hour in one of the apartments, apparently observing closely all details of furniture. Nellii- and Sarah Schoen t'eld, the. complaining witness, had caused surprise by the thorough manner In which they had described the rooms. Klcknrd "!!??}?" for Money. The trial opened yesterday with cross examination of Nellie, whose direct testimony had been brought out the preceding day by Ferdinand Pecora, Chief Assistant District Attorney. Within the flr.^t half hour of questioning IVIr. Steuer had -succeeded in drawing from the slight, dark-haired girl an nstoundlngly frank admission of a series of crimes eommitted by her. He did not, however, shake the main points of ? It her her own or Sarah's material testimony. She told of forginc numerous checks for sums as high as $r?ti and of cashing them at neighboring stores; of break ing into a home to steal: of having rubbed a Jewii:h Relief Fund bank, and of having stolen postage *tamps from the desk of a man who had employed her. She .said she had been arrested by the police several times and had used many aliases, one of which was "Nellie Hurley." She also admitted that she had ef fected a meeting between Sarah Sehoen Icld and Kickard because she thought she could obtain money in that way. Without embarrassment she told of how both she and Sarah had gone to the Navy Yard to meet sailors. In' reply to .Mr. Stcuer's question as to why she had taken Sarah to Madi son Square Garden, she said : "X know i.Nfr. Kickard was a good man. ' kind hearted, of good appearance and it would be ca.iy to secure money from hiin. l?ts of girls worked men at the Garden for money." "Got Stark" Hrheainlnjt Story. The chfld answered questions evenly and displayed fnmlliartty with long words. Once, asked why she had not -poRen to some one. she replied that she "had had no volition to see him." Many times during ;he recital of this self-damaging testimony Mr. Recora attempted to prevent her story from HOlng into the record by objections. The girl's testimony seemed to have a marked effect upon the demidant. who smiled several times as he leaned for v ard on the counsel tabic and watched the witness. The Uasko girl. though two yearn younger than her friend. Sarah, told .Mr. Steuer that when rehearsing their testmonles together Sarah hau often "got stilcU" and that she had helped her to recall dates and places and per :-ons. She said that during the weeks they have been held at the Children's Society they coached each other and had been questioned frequently by a .MIss Wells, the matron. Warned of Kromrop. Verch, the third and last witness to be called by the prosecution, spoke .Kngllsh poorly and appeared to be hold ing back Information or to have a faulty memory. Mr. Pecora. with a transcript before him of a former inter view. could not make the man tell as much as he had at that time. Several times, however, he said Itickard had told him to "keep quiet." As Janitor of the two apartments at 2?? and 24 West Forty-seventh street, he said he had seen Rlckard once entering So. 20. Shortly after he had read in the papers of charges brought aealnst the promoter in behalf of Anna Hess and Alice Ruck he said ? stranger had i ailed for him and taken him to Mr. Itlckard in Madison Square Garden. "Mr. Rlckard asked me If I'd seen Mm at the apartment house and told me to keep It quiet. He told me some one was going to get after him; I think he used the word 'frameup.' " Verch went on to tell how Rlckard had asked him who had visited the place recently mic! rhat he had replied with ui six detectives an* * girl." Asked If he could Identify any one in Die room as having been one of his vlultors. he pointed to Dominlck Rellly, former captain of detectives, and now, according to Mr. Htcuer, employed by Mm as an Investigator. The prosecution rested and Mr. Steuer made the customary motion for dis missal of the case on grounds of failure of evidence to prove guilt of the de fendant. Justice Wasservogel denied his motion and orderted resumption of the Ulal at 10:4) o'clock to-day. TAX RKTl'RNS OKK ?t?.BOO.OOO. Income tax returns at Newark for tiie recemt llrst Installment were $17. r.00,000. It whs said yesterday at the ?olleotor's office there. This Is $!),o00, "(to lower than the total at the same lime last year, but officials believe that when all the returns are In the total will amount to approximately $20,000, '?uO. OPIUM'S FOES DIVIDED WHILE HABIT CROWS; IMPORTS NEED A CURB Drug Smugglers and Peddlers Prolific in Tricks to Evade Law in Catering to 5,000,000 Addicts?En forcement Staff Too Small and Doctors Dis agree on Treatment to Wipe Out Addiction. This is the fifth and last ef a series of articles published by The New York Herald and dealing with the spread of drug addiction in the United States. This article summarizes the condi tions which the reports received indicate and takes up the question of the cause of drug addiction and possible remedies therefor. The subject of drug addiction lends itself to a variety of treatment. The reports received by The New York Hekalb deal with all phases of J the subject. There are Innumerable Interesting stories of the behavior of I addicts, the terror of their cravings, the lengths to which they will go Jo I satisfy their desires. There are almost numberless stories also of the tricks and traits of | drug smugglers and of the wiles of the peddlers. There are tales, too, many of them based on records, of the denizens of the so-called uuder world In which drugs are used extensively; of making of addicts by asso ciation and of the use of drugs by criminals whose nerves are steadied and whose courage is augmented by the use of heroin, morphine or co caine. In thin series of articles, however, the effort has been made to keep away from the b<?ten path and to dwell, in a measure at least, on the funda mentals of a situation existing to-day and having very serious aspects; to avoid what is merely picturesque and Interesting, even though awful, and deal with what la of actual impor tance. Thus, there has been shown so far: That drug addiction is a national matter and a national menace, with perhaps 5,009.000 people given to the habitual use of narcotic drugs. That there has recently been a marked growth in drug addiction and that tl.is growth is noticeable prac tically everywhere. That the growth referred to is re flected in statistics of many kinds, in cluding court records, prison records, hospital records and figures of im ports and exports. Tao Uuch Opium Imported. That apparently much more opium than can bo properly used is being brought into the country, not casually, but by requisition of the Government. That smuggling has been on the in crease, is highly profitable and that governmental agencies are wholly un able to cope either with the smugglers or the illicit traders. That there is an international aspect worthy of attention inasmuch as in quiry by this Government as to the needs of other countries was instantly reflected in the export figures That a controversy among special ists and doctors over a method of treatment has divided the force that should be solidly arrayed to fight the peddlers and the smugglers and save the addicts. There remain two pjincipal topics of discussion, the causes of drug addic tion and the possible remedies. It is two years since nationwide pro hibition went into effect. In those twe years the statement has frequently been made that prohibition is, in part, responsible for the spread of drug ad diction. Tnr Nbw York Hbraijj has not found proof to support this con tention. The data gathered has shown rather that there is no real connection between alcoholic addiction and drug addiction. Some hold the opinion, however, that, deprived of drink, men have turned tp something else that, in their estima tion, may give them a similar result. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Health Commis sioner of New York, holds this opinion, to a d?gree at least, for he says: "1 think there has been more opium addiction since the passage of the pro hibition act. Some alcoholic addicts are now undoubtedly opium addicts." In Washington Federal enforcement officers, who naturally know some thing of the situation, assert that there l.as not been a marked increase in drug addiction since prohibition, but that the liquor prohibition law has served to emphasise the evidence of the use of drugs. Deabts Dry Law Is Canao. On the ether hand, a high official in the Department of Justice said to the representative of Tup Sww York Hhulp: "That the increase in the use of drugs is due to the liquor prohibition law cannot be proved. There is not the slightest bit of evidence to support that theory." This phase is like so many phases of this peculiar question?the unknown factor enters, but its weight Is unde terminable. It is very generally thought that drug addiction results from the use of drugs as medicine, but here again a difference of opinion appears. That there is no known substitute for mor phine and of equal worth a* an al leviative of pain is generally conceded, but Dr. Copeland says: "Drug addiction is not the fault of the doctors. Tho medical profession Is not responsible, and the number ?f drug addiction cases that can be traced back to the doctors Is negligible." On the other hand, the special com mittee of two years ago appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury found: "With respect to the addict of good social standing, the evidence obtained by the committee points to the phy sician ns the agent through whom the habit Is acquired In the majority of cases: Some, however, became ad dicted to the use of these drugs through self-meAlcatlon, while a few first indulged as a social diversion." . There is agreement, pretty generally. ! that, especially among thosa already low down on the social ladder, the criminal classes, the underworld types, addiction results largely from associa tion. Treating Is not unknown, and the easily handled heroin seems to be the favorite "snow." Addiction follow ing experimentation, the "Just to see how It feels" sort. Is rare, apparently, but found, nevertheless. Three Caases of Hafctt. Taking the evidence as it stands there are three causes, administration by physicians, self-medication, as sociation. As to all, one thing may be said as we turn to the quart Ian of remedies for the existing situation: If the control of opium can be main tained completely the spread e< addi tion can be stopped, for the reason that there will be far greater care ax ervised in administration by physl 1 clans, no possibility of aelf-raedlca tlon and comparatively llttlp treating and addiction througrh association. Dr. Kathorine B. Davis, for some time ( ommissioner of Correction In the Mitchel administration, had con siderable experience with drug addic tion cases in the various Institutions aver which she had supervision. It is her opinion that the time has come for the clarification of tho whole situation through thorough Investigation. Sim bolievw, that If a carefully chosen body of men of unquestioned integrity, free from any possible suggestion of self interost, should take up drug addic tion with a view to permanently fixing standards of practice, great good would be accomplished. Dr. Oopeiand makes tho following three suggestions: "Limit tho Importation of opium, nxing arbitrarily the maximum that may be brought into the country yearly. J "Have the manufacture of heroin under Government supervision, the product to be sold In drug stores, on prescription only, as Is now done with i liquor, j "Absolutely prohibit the exportation I of opium or its derivatives. ? '"***'* Mast Cooperate. E*. Copeland is of the opinion that j Cnn,tro1 th* traffic might break down unless Canada cooperated with the Ignited States, but he believes this co operation can be obtained. He says too that such restrictions would help ur.vTy* nni on ,h,K ,att"r *,lnt It may be well again to quote the statement of the National Council of the Episcopal Church: 1 to what im "ol<J l St,ate*) ,nr*P quantities of >pnim are almost immediately ex | Ported to Canada. Mexico and Japan i Japan, refusing to permit the sale of opium to her own people, sJiip? it (o China. .Now China, through regula tions promulgated years ago. irUT,<rdUa,Iy diminishing the gri*wth of the poppy until to-dav there I p0ppy,flc,ds ?" some out of the way places. She ha* not. hmv rver relieved herself from the clutch ! th JI"tn ei ^'h,Ch is ?b'PP^ ; hore through both Envllsh and Amer ; firms. not In tho form which may bo smoked, but as morphine, to to taken hypodermically." . This same organization has a sug ; gestion for remedial action also: f?*!?.l0,,*hL t0 haV* a law forbidding the exportation of druxa from our country to any of,her coun try. The United States Public Health Service should give the Secretary of estimated amount of opium to cover all our medical necessities and no greater amount should be Im ported. Then if Canada would enact such a law much of our difficulty could to immediately overcome." f'olltaa Suitsasta Reaady. As has bean said. Judge CVrnellus Collins is one of the recognised authorities on drug addiction cases in New York State. The following brief "tracts along tha lines of remedial work are taken from a speech he made recently In Albany: The Federal law* kniwn aa tha Harrison narcotic law is Inadequate to cope with the drug evil . for many reasons, and particularly be cause It refers only to persons re quired to register under that art. which, generally apeaking. incluJas only those who twfttfit bo grouped within tho term 'the trade.' . general situation is such as to demand The general situation is such as to demand Immediate action upon the part of this State to remedy existing ! ''onditions if the drug evil is to be con trolled and the baneful extension of its consequences arrested." finally, as bearing on the matter of remedy, there Is one of the closing paragraphs of Dr Ernest H. Bishop's book. "The Narcotic Drug Problem," which reads: Education is the great need ef the hour. Until It is accomplished all else will fall. Until we all know what we! are dealing with, how can we hope to successfully handle it? It Is to be hoped that the time is not far distant J when in every medical school and ho*. pital will b? taught in principle and practice, In class room and clinic, all that is known or will b* known of the pathology, symptomatology, physical phenomena and rational therapeutics of nsrcotlc drug addiction. I "It is to be hoped that In school and college, in pulpit and press, the facts of addiction will be presented In their practical existence, stripped of spec ! * roM c"lm Presentation of basis facts. There Is no subject upon which philanthropy ran better ?xpsnd its fomes than to this end of education as ts addiction-disease and human* help to Its sufferers." ? ATTI.K Hi t W il t) |\ I'Uf'.nsoV A herd of rattle prolnp to a slaughter I'ouse went on a rumpa*,- in Pntrreon yesterday, trampling the court house! Uwn and frightening manv people in ?he Vicinity Of the post office. They were finally roped hy officials of the post office and taken back to the pens. Members Convicted of Deal ing With Alleged Bucket Shop. OTHER FIRMS "WAJJNED Loss of Business for ^ ear Regarded as Heavy Penalty. COTTON CASKS STARTED Witness Against. American Exchange Called Into the Grain! Jury Inquiry. Archibald B. Boyil and Percy R Goepel, members of the New York Stock Exchange, were suspended yes terday from the exchange for one year on the ground that their respective firms had handled accounts of an al leged bucket shop whi.h failed re cently. The penalty was regarded as severe. Seymour L. Cromwell, president of the exchange, in announcing the suspen sions, 'warned all members that ex change ofllcials would not rela_\ their scrutiny, wherefore it behooved mem bers to guard themselves accordingly. The announcement is in line with the policy announced several months ago by Mr. Cromwell of ridding the ex change of all bucketing and of all those aiding in bucketing. The name of the bankrupt broker with whom the suspended members were accused of dealing was not announced. It was understood unofficially that the firm was J. IX Sugarman & Co. Boyd is a member of Boyd, Ilal stead & Co. of 12R Broadway, and has beer, on the New York Stock Exchange . for more than thirty years. Goepel is ; a member of Goepel & Co. of 52 Broad : way. He has been on the exchange ' for more than two years. The regulation under which the\ ! were suspended prohibits members from having any interest in or dealings with firms which makfl a practice of taking i the side of the market opposite their ! customers. "Rolf* Sot Anibl?non"." Regarding the suspensions, Mr. Crom- ; i well issued the following: "The governors, through this oe clslon, have given a token of their de termination that there shall be no eon - nectlon between Stock Exchange firms and outside brokers making a practice of selling their customers' stocks. Vor many years there has been in effect a resolution of the governing committee providing that every member of the ex- . change Is required to use diligence learn the essential facts relating to every account carried in his office. "The resolution on which these charg s , were based Is In no w ay ambiguous. U provides that u member of the New \ork Stock Exchange shall not do this Jusl ness. and it leaves the responsibility for finding out the charateer of his client . InUrety "nhl. relaxing of the scrutiny of the orrt< lais , of the exchange in this matter, a"'' j behooves the members to guard them- ( selves accordingly. RarketlnK Brforr .lory. Benamin Schrelber, A.-sistant nistrict \ttorney began the presentation of evidence to the Grand Jury In support of th ecomplaints against the others and directors and certain the American Cotton l".x> h*ng ? Grand Jury inquiry will con and Mr. Schrelber said he did not thin presentation of evidence would be com pleted before next Monday afternoon Mr. Schreiber ha,I three witnesses In readiness, but only one was used. It was understood th* ^ Samuel bandecUcr. A\ illlam B_ nnd James Watson, formerly member. of the American Cotton Exchangi testified before Chief Magistrate \V III lam McAdoo at the John Doe innqnuiry into the exchange s afTaies. The testimony of all three hr John Poe inquiry was v,*"*"^J*7h't call and consisted of the allegation that tho great maorlty of the members of the exchange actually made n? I tlons for their customers, but pULkcte.l their orders by crossing trades each other. The trade cros"lng transac^ tlon was described as calling the 1 of a deal with fingers crossed. Th j witnesses also named members of the r,'T?n? WM. thrr ?M. WtoJ* nractice These members latei *er mentioned In Magistrate MeAdoo*, pre sentment as among those ?*?'"^ whom complaints should be made before the Grand Jury. JUDGE WOULD IMPRISON BUCKET SHOP BROKERS TAKING STOLEN FUNDS Sends Unger to Jail, but Blames, Houses That Ac cepted Bonds. Philadelphia, -Mareh 23.?Pronounc ing sentence of eight to twelve years In the penitentiary on Walter A. I'ngor, I", secretary In charge of the Evan* Dental Institute funds, Judjrr fihotmokrr to doy urje^d that heads of bucket shops be arrrsled on chargcs of receiving: stolen goods. I'njrer took approximately 1175,000 in bonds and cash from the fund in hlu care and gambled In storks. "You were the vlotlm of men," said .Indue Shoemaker in sentencing the pris oner. "who. for the life of me?I ran t understand why they are not brought Into court churned with receiving stolen goods. Why should they have taken vast sum* from ft man such as you? It Would itlve me far greater satisfaction If I had these men?the men who took your money?here before me than you. "You took the money to gamble. That Is the lure. Three nvn must, have known you were not In n position to have such funds. It Is Inconcnlvable they did not know you got the money dishonestly." As it result of the court's KumrHtlon the District Attorney's office said an np p< al would l>e made to the legislature to change the laws so brokers receiving stolen funds might be held culpable. Unitcr's dealings were with the bank rupt firm of Dlcr & Co. and several other concern**. 1 PRESSMEN TO PRESENT LIST OF GRIEVANCES Will Seek Modification of Judge Manton's Ruling. A meeting of all the chapel chairmen ot' the Newspaper Web Pressmen'* I'nion No. 'Jft was h>-ld yesterday In the assembly room at 5(W World Building. Protest* r<i>orted as a result of tho recent award made by Judge Manton were discussed. Numerous grievances and a desire t'o obtain .some modifications in the ap plications of the ruling were reported These were discussed at length, and ar rangements made to present them to the employers through the joint stand ing committee of the pressmen! wh.oh meets the publishers' committee dally. As the chapels have voted to accept the award, alt that is left for the chapel chairmen and tho joint commit tee is to work out the details. TRUCK KILLS WOMAN AT GRAND CENTRAL Driver, Father of Kidnaped Baby. Held?Another Death in Fpper Harlem. Olive M. Fltcomb, a teacher in the Masses School ut Stamford, Conn., was killed yesteday at Lexington avenue and Forty-third street while on her way to the Grand Central Terminal. She had just left St. Agnes's Church In Forty third street and was crossing I^exingtori avenue when she tripped across one of the car tracks and fell in front of an automobile truck. The reor wheel passed over the wom an. crushing her head, and she died before an ambulance surgeon arrlveii from Bellevue Hospital. A large crowd gathered while Father Lynch from St. Agnes's administered the last rites to the woman on the sidewalk. Miss Fitcomb was HO, a native of Kngland, and her personal effects showed her to be a woman of pronounced religious leanings. James Mllone, driver of the truck, was held on a technical charge of homicide, but witnesses said the accident was un avoidable. He was remembered by the police as the father of a ten months old baby that was kidnaped In December. 1920. Another automobile victim was Mrs. May Butler of 110 West 140th street, who was killed at Seventh avenue and 140th street by an automobile driven by Robert Baker of 167 West 143d street, who was arrested. Mrs. Butler was 55. STATE MEDIATORS END TEXTILE PEACE EFFORTS Labor Board Ready to Take Up 'Futile Task.' Providence. March 2".?While the State Hoard of Mediation anil Concilia tion no longer e.\lsts, the State Board of Labor, which created the former body. "Is ready at any time to take up tho textilo dispute In Rhode Island and ;<ek for r.emediep," according to La'bor Commissioner George H. Webb. Mr. Webb's Intimation the Labor Board might take a hand in the situa tion was made to-day following Issu ance of a statement by members of the Mediation Board that they had resigned and that the board had ceased to exist, because the members believed further ef'orts to settle the strike "would be v lthout advantage to the parties to the strike or the public generally." To-day was marked by a clash be tween strikers and police and deputy sheriffs In Phllllpsdale, in Kant Provi dence. where a score of shots were fired by the latter an done striker wounded. Ylic authorities claimed the men were preparing to ambush a truckload of workers bound for a Pawtucket mill. Sheriff Jonathan Andrews >of Provi de nee county. In general charge of the protection of plants in the Blackstone Valley district, issued a statement to day opposing the removal from Paw tucket of any more of the National Guardsmen on duty there. Thomas F. MrMahon. president of the t'nlted Textile Workers, left here to-day for Ncv. York on matters connected with the strike. BOGUS NAVAL OFFICER KEEPS JUDGE WAITING Weinberg Locked Up So Will Be on Time at Trial. Stephen Weinberg, alia* Ethan Allan Weinberg. who loves the spectacular, van supposed to sro to trial before Judge. Chatfleld In the I'nlted Jftatcs District i 'ourt In Brooklyn yesterday on a 'harge of having: impersonated a naval officer in Brooklyn. But when the was called Stephen did not appear. Judge ("hnifleld went to his chamber* and the court itiff sou*ht to dig- tfio colorful defendant up, he being at lib erty under $1,W ball. At a quarter after .1 Weinberg-, blanil and emlllni;. made hla appearance. "I have been In attendance at Btllevue Hospital," he paid, "where distinguished alienists have been examining me." "Well," said Judge C'hatfield. "we're going to beifln the triaJ of this < asc to-morrow morning and to make sur. that > ou will be on hand In tiino I am goinjr to turn "you over to the custody of the marshal." The prisoner was taken to Raymond Street Jail. Weinberg now faces two charges of Itavinir Impersonated a naval officer. The Brooklyn charge accuse* him of having ordered a naval offi vr's uni form from a Sands -street tailor on the port, payment plan. He K out on ${>.<?? bail for having impersonated a naval officer In Washington, D. C. EARLY TRIAL FOR GOVERNOR ??l?ecl? I Criminal Term In Try Oklahoma luratlvr, OgMtrLQtt, Okla., March 23 (Asso < lated Press).?A criminal term of Dis trict Court will bo called here probably within three or four weeks for the t-lals of Oov. J. B. A. Kobertson and several local business men and bankers arrested yesterday. District Judge Boxarth announced to-day. Oov. Robertson was Indicted Jointly with Fred C. Dannls. former State Bank Commissioner. snd charged with taking a bribe to deposit J1". 0,000 In State funds in th? Guaranty State Bank here and to allow the bank to continue to operst'' after Dennis was said to have found It insolvent. Dennis has not been gpprt'liended. EX-WIFE GETS ARREST ORDER. Mrs. fllvep to Insure Presence of Miss Tll?hmnn nt Trial, Mrs. Bertha i?e Young Silver, of M Crooke street. Brooklyn, who recently obtained n divorce from Henry Clay Silver, received sn order >enterday for the arrest of Miss Kranetg Tilghman. of 30 Peri-v street. Manhattan, whom she had named as corespondent. Miss Tilgh man then surrendered at ihe Sheriff's ofllce and put ttp a It,MO liotid to avoid arrest. Mrs. silver ?.?: suing Miss Tilghman for HI,400 for alienation of Silver's affection, and Justice raliashan granted the order to Insure Miss Tilghman'* presence at the trial. LEAPS TO HER DEATH FROM TIMES TOWER i MisB Esther Davidson Writes | Will and Jumps Out Window r<> ltoof Below. I I After writing a will bequeathing small amount* of cash to friends ancl to h i' sinter, Esther David.-on, u stenographer, killed herself yesterday by jumpim from tlx twenty-third floor of the Times Building, at Forty -second stre ?: and Broadway. Tho woman had ivturi'ed on Monda from a two weeks' v?cat?n 10 regain ! her health and wax apparently in tlv best of spirit-. Yesterday sh ? failed t?? i appear nt the office of Oidden Gid I den, lawyers, 1138 Broadway, whore she j ! was employed, sad a telephon ? in?"iuii" ' ;it her home. 864s Tw. nty-iliird avenne, | Brooklyn, disclosed that she had I -ft I the house ostensibly to go t" work. I Instead she went to the Times Build ing, took the elevator to the twent} third floor. climl>ed on a sill fiv feet j ' from the floor and jumped. Iler body I struck a wire meshing below and then i rolled to the roof of an extension on ! the eighteenth floor. Sh was ?-till con | scions when Patrick O'Neil. supcriti- j tendent of the building, arrived after hearing the sound of crashing gins. her body struck the top of th ? elcvatoi shaft which was protected by the wire meshing. "In the event that anything sh?uid happen to me," read the will written on an ordinary sheit >>f nott paper anil found in her pocketbook. "1 wish I" make the following bequests: Twenty five dollar* to be gi\?n to Hvck\ Ksp lin. fS> to Rebecca Framowll /. and .11 the rest of my ass.-ts and cash are to !)?? given to my sister, 101.<i? ? Davidson. My three bank books are n> m> sui - case Inside the Roth Memory Coui -*' books." The will was signed Esth r Davidson, and on the reverse was written: "May (Jod forgive me fur wiiat 1 am about io do, but the mental torture I haw soik through for the last tvu month.- is un bearable." The young wom.^n died at Bellevn Hospital a few hours later. She was -v JEWELS WORTH $1,000 RESCUED FROM SEWER Small Boy Drops Them in Bathroom Pipe. i Diamonds worth $1,000 belonsing to Mrs. Edward Van Riper were recovered I yesterday by the street cleaning force j of Paterson. X. .J., an hour after Eddie i Van Itipcr dropped .his mother's chamois j jewel ease down a pipe in the bathr>. j Mrs. Van Kiper was so relieved i one of Paterson's veteran street k ' emerged from a mtiddy tr.anho inu- the stained Jewel caso that fainted. ??n Mrs. Van Riper tel- phoned to tisband thut Eddie, thei- 6 year old so d found the jewel case on the top of the refrigerator and playfully slipped it down the drainpipe, Mr. Van Riper telephoned to Lawrence T. Ryan, Street Superintendent, who dispatched a crew In a fast automobile to the Van Kiper home. A manhole was opened, ? fine screen placed acrow the sewer and 11s? main flushed with a fire house. MRS. MELVILLE SUES NOW FOR SEPARATION Retaliates on Husband Who Questioned Her Sanity. [ Mr.'-. Jean It. Melville, who niak<-s I her home at the Plan, and who was adjudged competent to manage her af fairs by a Jury in the Supreme Court last week after the trial of her hus band's suit to ha\e her declared In com - I petent, began an action for separation ; I yesterday. | Her husband, William R. Melville, is I a director and large stockholder In the I Miner Edgar Chemical Company and has a suit pending against her for the possession of $700,01)0 worth of the ! stock of the concern, which she claims us her own. Iler action for n separa ! tlon was begun by tin- filing of a sum | mons without a complaint in the S i ! pre roe Court. During the trial of the ' case, which ended last week, she testi fied that he had treated her cruelly RUINS LEFT BY FIREBUG TO BE USED BY TRINITY Alumni Hall to Be Made Into Gymnasium. Hartford, Manrh 23.?Alumni Hall nt Trinity, whleli was destroyed by Are on 'February IS through the opt rations of a llrebug. will he restored. Steel truss"* , and a roof with metal beams will l?? ' put on the brick walls. The Interior walls will be palntel white and the repairs made to tit tin hall for athletic and gymnasium pur poses until th.' centennial meotinu hi June. 192S, decides on the amount "f ! money to be taken out of the centennial fund, which then becomes available for a new gymnasium. Reconstruction will [ be done In time for Trinity's June event? ! and commencement. GOUCHER COLLEGE GIRLS BUSY Only I I "Simy nt Home*" Out of 1112 in 1 Inns of I 'IVI. Rw.timore, March 2.1.?A sur\cy of the graduating class of 1921 at Omiclier College, with 1T>2 girls reportinc. show <?> are teaching. IS are engaged In social service, 16 are married. 13 ar. tiklnp graduate studies and S are In secretarial work. Only U are doing nothing and "staying at home." Of the remainder 7 are librarians, < are Journalists, 4 are technicians In clerical laboratories, one I" traveling and one Is managing a liook shop. Hfenwmfl) Heal Vermouth? M* mart'' by u* .lnrtnr 64 vhm nf wine-mukln* nt Bordeaux. France. .?u? 6 oun>na of pur" nli-ohol removed from each bottle for tin* In this country. French or ItHllan atylo. "Original Recipe*" Tell* you bow ! fl?t your fopy to-day. ^?uquu) RMlanrinl A W Ine ( o. New York Offlc?, 4fl4 Wm? Hroarln iiy. Tel. Pptlna "044 \$Z?3 When he gets this big one in the net, it's a lucky strike for him. ? ? ? When we discovered the toasting process six years ago, it was a lucky strike for us. Because it's toasted the *=> Lucky Strike Cigarette has a remarkable quality, impos sible to duplicate. The deli rious Burley flavor is sealed in. Try it today. fit f Broadway ^ at 34th St. & COMPANY Will Place on Sale To-day 700 Men's SILK SHIRTS in a host of excellent patterns at 4.95 1 With the coming of Spring the need for silk shirts looms up. These are of heavy broadcloth, jersey, and crepe de chine silks, in a large variety of smart patterns. Each is tailored with the usual Saks care, finished with box pleat and fine ocean-pearl buttons. Men's Knitted Silk Neckwear 95c Regularly 1.50 to 2.50. You will at once recognize these cravats to be of a very nigh order, for the silks are lustrous and heavy. Plain colors, stripes and jacquards. STREET FLOOR The United Electric light & Power Co. GtmrJOficel.- HOEwtlkhSt. Btmnth Offitm: 8<Hh St. 4 BV?f. 146th St. k B'wiy. False Economy lhe home owner who wires for electricity to enjoy its benefit* and then endeavors to effect a saving by restricting the number of con venience outlets he provides, makes two dis tinct mistakes. He deprives himself of the complete pleasures he might immediately enjoy and incurs costly alteration expenses for ad ditional wiring when he realizes his own short sightedness. If you are in doubt as to the number of outlets you ought to provide, we will be glad to survey your premise* without coat and make detailed mggrstion*.