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SMITH FOR GOVERNOR; , HEARST OUT P WEATHER Fair, WEATHER Fair. .! I MAMMAL Yii y ftiflnrV Mm jJBI i y m i ihv i. isi i mmm i s. kv y i mmm ih ' irnmm i i mma i mmm i mmm- - ibk. ibh iwl' - i msb i hi i as. a mmm a. i hi mmm mmmmmmmmmmt u EDITION VOL. LXIII. NO. 22,166 r i t wr World) .I'ublltlilng MRS. S TILLMAN WINS; HUMAN DENIED DIVORCE, BABY GUY DECLARED HIS SON; FATHER OP MRS. LEEDS' BABY tKuaiiKer looses ivery roini m oensauonui aim 6 i j i sr w m v Against Mother ol wis Three Uhiiaren in Finding of Referee Filed With Court To-Da- y After Action Begun Two Years Ago. (Special from Staff Correspondent Tho Evening World.) PDUGHKEEPSIE, Sept. 29 Referee Daniel J. Gieason filed personally Carmel to-d- ay his decision in the Stillman divorce ac- tion, finding completely in favor of Mrs. Stillman. He held that: Tho proof does uot show Mrs. Stillman nas adultery ttIUi Fred BcuutdIs. Tbo infant Gay Stillman a legitimate child Stillman and ILrs. Stillman and tho child Fred Beuuiols. Tho plaintiff, SUUman, guilty adultery with Helen Leeds and has two children by her. The referee decided there was not sufficient proof show that Stillman had also associated with two other women known \Helen\ and \Clara \ The complete victory of Mrs. Still--- a. man over lierhusband brines to a close probably tho most bitter right between husband tnd wife in the his- tory of New York courts. The slon Is sweeping and clear. Tho web In which SUUman sought to Anmesn his wife has been swept completely Into tbo discard, and not a shadow Is left upon her reputation ai wife and mother, but to tho con- trary, reacts upon the banker him- self. Referee Gleason devotes the croit r part cf his reajcnlns to the ques- tion of the legltitnuo of b.i \which sayo been established beyond a reasonable The mis- conduct the plaintiff also finds precludes him from any reliet In 'lie action, while on the other hand the defendant had offered proof to estab- lish the falsity of the charges that had been brought against her. The referee said Suliman'a testi- mony In support of bis that Mrs. Stillman misconducted herself with Fred Beauvals, \uncontradicted and unexplained was sufficient to Jus- tify him in believing Mrs. Stillman guilty of the charges made against her. A careful examination, however, all the testimony haa shaken my belief in the testimony of tho wit- nesses called in the plaintiff's be- half.\ Neither Stillman nor his wife. \Fifl\ were present when the deci- sion '.was filed. Mrs. Stillman was reported on a motor trip and Sttll-tnan- 's whereabouts were unknown. John Mack, guardian of Baby Guy was \very very hippy ocr the result.\ and Said: \I'm glad it ciei with, and naturally most gratified. \ He will file Immediately notice for confirmation of the referee's decision before Justice Morr.chaus.er at Pough-kecps- te on Saturday, Oct. 7. I Whether Mrs. Stillman will begin action for a divorce remains to Ijo seen, he sam. 11 is ctrongiy protoMr. asserted, but for her to reveal her (Continued on Second Page.) Real Estate Advertisements for the Sunday World Must in TheWorld Office To-D- ay Before 6 P. M. To Insure proper classification DAILY. \Circulation Books Open to AIL\ Copjrlgbt (New VorU lij rrc Compiur. IBM. of at guilty of is of not of was of to as of evidence ha ha do bt. of he charges of A. js all am he be a n j i l ci..;j. USPEC I MURDER AS MYSTERY AUTO IS FOUND ON ROAD Police Believe Long Box It Carried Contained Body. 'Special to The Evening World i PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29. The murder of a man in New York and the removal of his body, packed in a rough wooden box, is suspected fol- lowing tho finding of a stolen auto- mobile, abandoned near a farm In Chester Heights, ten miles from this city, yesterday. The supposed body was transferred from the stolen automobile, a Cadil- lac, to a small machine. Then the occupants of the big car, two men and a fashionably-gowne- d young woman, joined three, men In\ tho smaller car and the rix drove away with their bundle. Later they returned, baling dis- posed of tho big collln-shape- d box. When they eaw tbo pollco on the scene, they scurried away hotly, fol- lowed by Chief of Police Cooper in another automobile. Ho was unable to catch up with them. Tbey disap- peared in a cloud of dust Foul play was suspected when In the tonneau of the abandoned auto- mobile were found a bottle of chloro- form. Tho sleeve of a mon's coat and a gioy cap, bearing tho trade- mark of a Yonker's haberdasher. A pair of wire cutters was also found. Mrs. J. Denny Moore, wlfo of a farmer, watched from her homo ns the fclx transferred the- box from one car to another und drove away. Then \At 10 o'clock yesterday morning,'' said Mrs. Moore, \this big automobile, with two men and a young woman in it. drove up a lane and stopped. They looked iiruund. 6aw me, and drove on about 1Q0 yards further. They thought they were out of sight but I still was able to see them. \In a few minutes another car, a (Continued on Second Page.) LAND ORDERS KEMAL TO AT ONCE QUIT NEUTRAL ZONE Gen. Harington Told to De- mand Instant Withdrawal of Turks. FIRST ORDER DEFIED. Kemalists Had Hemmed in British Forces at Chanak Without Firing. LONDON, Sept. 29, The British Government y instructed Gen. Harington, at Constantinople, to de- mand immediate withdrawal of Turk ish troops from tho neutral zone. This official announcement was made following the receipt of information from Gen. Harington that Kemal had promised to cease his advance In the zone. Tho leader of the Turkish in his communication to Gen. Harington, also agreed to meet the British Commander-in-Chie- f in a conference to be held soon, probably Monday. The Government assured Gen. Harington ho would havo its cumpbtc support in demanding the withdrawal. He was authorized to decide whether to impose a time limit. The instructions to Gen. Harington camo after the morning meeting of tho Cabinet at which Mio Minlstois were advised of reports that the Kemalists were in actual contact with the British wired defenses and that at somo points they had reached tho shores of the Dardanelles. It was agreed that further encroachment would Jeopardize the military posi- tion and cannot to allowed to con- tinue. It was unofficially stated that the government had received Kcmal's re- ply to the original ultimatum and re- garded It as unsatisfactory and eva- sive. It was pointed out that Kemal'ti promlso to cease advancing meant nothing, as it was impossible for his troops to advance further without penetrating the British barbed wire wire or marching into tho seas CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 29 (United Press). Tho neutral zone to- day swarmed with Turkish soldiers as Great Britain tried 'in vain to arrange a conference, with Mustaplu Kemal. leader of t he Nationalists. Tho British, intrenched at Chanak. arc hemmed in by the legions of Kemalists. who are being reinforced hourly. Tho Turks have overrun and occupied the entire neutral zone on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. Kemalists are under Instructions to advance to tho British outposts, but to avoid a clash Beforo the British lines tho Turks march back and forth with arms reversed or with small white flags aloft to assure the British Ut they have no derlrb to fight. The OrltUh .oldlery has been warned by Gen. Harington to do their utmost to avoid open hostilities, pending a conference with Kemal. In somo places In tho zone British and Turks mingle freely. The strongest positions of the Kemalists aro in the region of Eren:eui Slrtc.-- c Hill. Laphakl, Blgha and Karabigha British officers' de- clare there Is no longer a doubt that tho Turk movements are directed by Kemal, who has his headquarters In tho ruins of Smyrna. Tho ma- noeuvres are carefully planned. The Turkish Infantry Is in posses sion of the entire Chanak area, except a scml-clrcul- section fifteen miles deep around tho town of Chanak, which is held b tho entrenched Brit-Is- h, It was reported here Masses of Kemahst Infantry con- - lnunl to pour into tho neutral zone of tho Straits. ATHENS, Sept. 29 (Associated Press). The Greek Army In Thrace has definitely Joined the revolution. Tho army corps in tho Eplrus also (Continued on Second Page.) NEW YORK, FRIDAY, SECOND AUTOPSY SHOWS ATTEMPT TO BEHEAD MRS ILLS Report Also Discloses That Woman Slain With Pastor Was Shot Three Times. HER THROAT WAS CUT. Believed Couple Were Stand- ing in Close Embrace When Shots Were Fired. (Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) NEW BRUNSWICK. Sept. 2D. A second autopsy held on tho body of Mrs. Eleanor Mills, found murdered with the Rev. Mr. E. XV. Hall. Sept. 16, was performed y and showed that not only had sho been shot threo times In tho head but that an at- tempt had teen made to cut off her head. The report that hor ankle was broken and that the flesh of her arms had been scored with linger nail gouges was proved untrue. A study of tho autopsy report gave the prosecutors to-d- grounds for believing that Mrs. Mills and the rector wcro standing In a close em- brace when ho\ was Wiot-fro- behind, the' bullet passing through the bjick ot his head and coming otu of his eye! sc that it made u punctured wound on her upper lip. Mrs. Mills wu perceptibly taller than Mr. Hall An even more Imaginative explana tlon wai that looking over his shoulder she saw the murderer, pistol In hand. behind Mr. Mills and In terror pressed her faco ognlnst his Just as tho shot was fired, and that she was shot twice on tho side of the head while holding him up and In the middle of the foie- - hcad after they both fell to the ground. The autopsy waa performed by Dr Runkel Hogeman of Somerullu, rep resenting Somerset County, and Dr I,. Smith of New Brunswick, icp- - resentlng Middlesex County. Dr. W. L. Long, County Physician of Somer- set, and Dr. E. L. Cronk, City Physi cian of New Brunswick, who pei- - (Contlnued on Twelfth Page ) HENRY FORD TELLS HOW HE PLANS TO USE HIS WEALTH Henry Ford, tho riches' man In the. world, y told what he la going to do with all his money In an Interview given the Wall Street Journal, Ford declared ho Intended to employ his money In industry to provide wurk for thousands of additional men and to increase the weaJth of tho country by a larger production. \Tho Rockefeller and rarneglfl distributions are all light,\ Ford stated, \but I don t believe In that method.'' LAYS AN EGG A DAY FOR 107 DAYS; NOW WORLD CHAMPION White Leghorn Hen 'Betsy' Never Made a Miss in All That Time. OTTAWA, Ont , Sept. 23. Champion cgs layer cf tho world Is tho. title claimed by of- ficials of the experimental farm hero for Betsy, a white Leghorn hen. Betsy, it was announced, has laid an agg a day for 107 days, without a pingle miss. SEPTEMBER 29,- - BABY Principals in Stillman Divorce Case Won by Wife and Baby Guy Copyright Underwood and Underwood BATTLING SIK SIGNS CONTRACT FOR BOUT HER E Tex Rickard Will Select Opponent and Promote Contest in November. Battling Sikl, conqueror of Georges Carpentler, will appear hero In a bout tho lattm- part of November. This announcement was mado y by Tex Rickard, promoter of Madison Squaro Garden, tho 'Velodronn and Boyle's Thirty Acren, Jersey City. Rickard, through M. Heller, man- ager of hlkl. blgned tho Sengalese Negro to mret any opponent tele I'd by him Tho promoter would not mention who had been selected lor tho Negro's American debut but ho stated It would be ono of this coun- try's leading light heavyweights Tho financial 'nrrangementii were not mndt public but It is understod Sikl has been guaranteed a large sum of money Tho (.election of the battleground will not b made public until Siki ar- rives in this country. If tho bout ih held In Jersey It will bo a no decision affair but Rickard Is anxious to pro-mol- e the contest , in New York in which caso it will be fifteen rounds to a decision. Slki will sail for this country the latter part of October and Is expected to reach hero u round Nov. t. Tde contest Is scheduled for tho later jiart of November. THE WOULD TltAVr.I. lltJHKAn Arcade. Pulitzer (World) Ilulldluc hark How, N. V. City. Telephone Ulmn (KXI Cheek room for bargate and parcel! open day and nlehl Money ordera and traveller!' checka (or Aiivt. A FORD A DAY GIVEN AWAY FREE \Circulation Hooks Open 1922. IW OKIur. GUY LEGITIMATE GUY STILLMAN PRISO NERS BOLT EROi PO L ICE DEPT. WAGON 1 ESCAPE Handcuffed to Other Who Is Recaptured After Stiff Fight. l'Ollow-in- g what appeared for a mo- ment to bo a well-plann- escape of about thirty prisoners being taken from tho Jefferson Market Prison to Yorkvllla Court rhortly beforo 'J o'clock thin morning, hundreds of pedestrians near thu court witnessed a spectacular chasa in whlbh ono prisoner mado a getaway and another wan subdued after ho had Invaded a privato housu und battled with a keeper who had pursued him. Tho tho mon, who had ben held on Wednesday in bail ul $5 000 oach on a charge of forgery and who v.'ere to be hondod over y to Ucvoru-me- nt authorities on ;i charge of coun- terfeiting, uero handcuffed tovetner and pollco aro m stilled how ono of ilwn slipped out without tjmpwr-in- s with the lock. The escape occurred when the Po. lire Department wagon, Marian, pulled up in front of Vorkvtlle Court. Among tho thirty prtsonerti were John Waldo, nineteen: Harry Shan- non, twenty. nine, and John McGIII, thirty, all of No. 151 East 20th Street, who had been urrested by DotcctlV'-- Gilmin and Lambert'or tho East I'M SUeet station and had been arraigned Wednesday. Waldo and Shannon were handcuffed together. The two wero first to step down from the wagon and. as If by design, they mado a dash toward Lexington (Continued mi Twelfth page ) to All.\ New Yurk. ,V Y. EDI TION LEADERS DECIDE ON SMITH FOR GOVERNOR; HEARS! OUT: COLER IN LEAD FOR SENATE Beaten for the Nomination by Ex-Govern- or, Publisher Wires His Agents Not to Let His Name Be Placed Before Convention Dele- gates to Choose ticket To-Nig- ht. By Martin Green. (Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) V SYRACUSE, Sent. 29. Shortly before the Democratic Stat Convention assembled to-da- jii Ai. smitii win receive the nomination for Governor. Hearst will personally drop out, but will name the candidate for United States Senator. With this complication out of the way, the rest of the ticket will he framed and put through The convention adjourned at 1.53 o'clock this afternoon until 7 o'clock this, evening after adopting the platform. Tho Hearst puBsyfoot policy on Prohibition was beaten in Ujo Plat- form Committee, and Smith's insistence on a plank Advocating modltlc: tlon of tbn Volstead act to permit light wines and beer accepted. The following statement wan mado'y at 1 6'clock thlN oftorribon by William A De ford Mr. Hearst's personal at. torncy: 'Mr josr-pt- ; A Moore and myself have Just recclvcd?ifjTiQllowinK nico ge from Mr Hesrsl;\'.\r\S(jj pc sure not, to allow ray name to go before the convention. I certainly would not go on any ticket which, being reactionary, would stultify my record and declaration of principle and which would be i betrayal of genuine dcmoi racy. M n 'tnlnation for any public Convention's First Real Cheers Greet Reading Plank Beer, Delegates and Spectators in Demonstration. 12.55 o'clock LAW A FARCE,\ FRISCO JURY Prohibition \Oppressive and Undemocratic.\ r;.N rrtAxcisco. sept. :d. Piohihition is \detrimental op- pressive and undemocratic\ and tho prohibition law \i n .farce.\ tho Kan F ranclsco County Grand Jury held In a final report to tho Superloi fount. The Juiy report callo on all California's reprosentativca In Congress to seel: the repeal the liw or to havo It amended to tl'at light wines and beer may be sold Thn maintenance of prohibi- tion Is catismi; an mcreaso In thn number of narcotic casus, tho oale of cheap poisonous liquors of the \boctley\ variety, tho snlo of which Ih louslnfr a, number of deaths thioughout tho country and nn Increase In tho number of cr,me, according to tho leport. WOMAN KII.I.U1J UA.NfUNfi Ldl HUS. Mm Mury Paxnno. forty-fiv- No. SD2 Clinton Strei, Urooklyn, broke her neck und died almost Inftantly. when ho btumhled rind fell through the skylight while hani;infc- - clothes on the roof this afternoon Sho lilt the top of case beneath uml rolled one flight down. PRICE THREE CENTS agreement was reached by office la not lmnortant. hut t l tmportant that the party declare for Progressive Democratic prin- ciples and ehow the sincerity of that declaration by nominating men who can be trusted to make It effective. Those who claim to he in the know ' havo the ticket attartlnr In M 1 shape Smith for Governor. Mayor'\ Lunn of Schenectady for Lieutenant Governor and a Brooklyn man for 1 united States Senator. Tho Brooklyn mon whose name Is being touted Is Bird 3. Coler. The rtev. J. J McCready of Syra cuse delivered the invocation. Mayor William S. Hackett of A- lbany was elected Permanent on motion of the Committee on rganlzatlon, through Mrs. O'Day, Its Chairman Robert J. Powers of Broome was elected Permanent Sec- retary. Hackett In a brief address that \an siems point to overwhelming Democratic victory this fall,\ point- ing out that many Republican atronK-hold- s in the State last fall had elect- ed Democratic tickets. He demanded reorganization of the State Government and preferred to, the Miller programme as \sham re- organizations, made solely for tho purpose of political patronage, \ which havo not resulted In any sav- ins to the State. Thu was presented by.. Judge Mahoncy, of New York, who referred to it as the programme of the \militant progressive democracy; of tho Stato of New York.\ Reading of the light wine and beer plank threw the convention Into an uproar. Delegates, both men and women, and spectators jumped to their feet shouting and cheering. Tho demonstration, the first real one of tho convention, lasted two minutes. Tho name of Alfred E. Smith wae greeted with an enthusiastic outbreak when, inclosing the reading of the platform, a paragraph Indorsing his previous administration was read. This was the first time the name of any candidate for any nomination hod been mentioned In any but the , ol for Men and Women Join Anti- -' Volstead SYRACUSt:. Sept. The uecond session of the Democratic 8tato ' Convention met at thlH afternoon. \DRY SAYS of Volstead \grave\ stair which Chair- man declared platform Special Daily Prize for Four Weeks For \What Did You See To-Day?\S- ee Page31 i
