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it GRAND JURY ACTION PUT OFF IN HALL CASE Weather To Morrow's Wdsther WALL STREET WALL ( \Circulation Books Open to All,\ I I \Circulation Hooka Open to All.\ VpL. JL7XIIL Hti. 22,193 FIRE MUSSOLINI TELLS FASCIST! TO GO BA HOMES (Triumphal Procession To-Nig- ht Will Pay Honor to King Emmanuel. ORDER IS. RESTORED. 'Members of Ten. Other Par Ik FAIR. FAIR, ties MocR .to. Chief Otter- ing to Co-operat- e. HOME, Oct. 31 (Associated Press). Tho Fa3Clstt High Command y ordered tho demobilization of tho i- - Fasclstl, and tho numerous members of that organization In Romo will leave for home after their patriotic procession, which it has been decided to hold this evening. Benito Mussolini, the Fascista head of Italy's new Government, was in his ofHco at 8 o'clock this morning to bglu uctlvo work ns Premier. An hotir later ho und Ills colleagues In tho cabinet were received by King 'Victor Emmanuel and individually tool: tho oath of office. King Victor Emmanuel received the Cabinet members in a cordial, earnest way. Ho shook hands with each Min- ister, congratulating them all, but adding that a scvorc task was before them. Mussolini wus the first to take thu oath of ofllcc. Ho stood rigidly lit at- tention, surrounded by the Ministers. Tho sovereign read the oath, In which tho taker swears .to be faithful to tho Kin? und his descendants, and to thu Constitution and laws. Slgnor Mussolini took a step for- ward and, raising his right arm, said In a deep, fervent volco: \Gluro (I sweur It.) Tho situation In Italy, according to a semt-ofUcl- expression Is regarded as normal ugain. Tho settlement of tho crisis, it is added, la hailed with great satisfaction by public opinion. Romo awaited with eager expecta tion y tho formal entry Into tho city of thousands of tho Fasclstl, who were called from all parts of tho coun- try over tho week-en- d. In tupport of tho Fasclstl demand for control of the country, for n triumphal procession through tho city. It was decided last night that not nil tho Fascist! In tho vicinity of Rome should partlcipato in tho march, the limit being ret at 10,000, with tho route of tho parado passing by the Qulrlnal for n tribute to King Victor Emanuel, a inarch to thu unknown soldier's tomb and tlion demobiliza- tion and tho return of the demun-Btran- ts to their homes. Meanwhile, tho Fasclsti In Rome, Including boiuo from outsldo who had previously entered, celebrated their triumph informally by night parades through tho town, undaunted by fru- - tf l5) 1uent heavy showern, singing pa- - 1' triotlc FnfUMRti MnntrM lntf,rinAi.iff1 with their war cries. Notwithstand- ing tho rain, they managed to tight bonfires In tho various squares, in which they burned Socialist and Communist literature. These demonstrations and others which had occurred through tho day yesterday led to sporadic dlsordcra In ,ijBomo quarters, uuring wiucli tltero it vwwas considerable sliobtlng and a num- - f deaths being reported. Accounts of Mustollnl'u appearance beforo King Victor Emmanuel yester- day are bringing out picturesque de- tails. Mussolini was wearing his Fus-cls- tl uniform, and hl3 first words to His Majesty were: \I must apologise (Continued on Second Pago.) First in BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES fct'Mmnt or nusiNT-s- s orruiiTtwreius TTtr.it ij.ul.nu ucroui:u js. THE Vt'OKLD S.Bfll ADS. THE TIMES 70 A US. THE AMUniOAN 301 AIM. THE HERALD 101 ADS. THE TIUUUNEi 11 ADS. Tb World's Majority ,s:i ADS. of oil the Dullness ()Duor(uuI(l Muvy 'O Lait Week M ere' rMolcd la J In DAILY. DRIVES Cotjrlht' (New mbllihlnf Torfc World) Vnn t'oiupnj,jl0tl. 1,000 BOYS FROM BROOKLYN Cohalan Gave $155,378.80 Fees To Mooney, Brother's Associate, During, Eight Years Since 1915 Surrogate's Relative and Favored Appointee Occupied Same Law Office for Four Tears Average Nearly $20,000 a Year. In reply to tho charge, of Surrogate John l CoUalun that he was'de-nle- d a nomination by Charles F. Murphy because, at tho request. of Murphy, he refused to \go easy\ In the matter of valuation of the estate Pulitzer, It 1b stated by members of the Law; CommlUee of Tam- many Hall that' Mr. Cobalan was refused a nomination because It 'bad-becom- .rightly or wrongly, a \matter of remark In the legal, profession that the Surrogate was favoring certain partners or\ associate? of members' of his family In appointments to places carrying fees In the Surrogate's Court. Mr. Cohalan In a speech .it Manhattan Casino last night defended these appointments. Below is given a list of the fees awarded Daniel J. Mooney for services as special guardian, referee and temporary administrator, from 1915 to tho current year. To each of theso positions, with two exceptions, he was uppointed by Surrogato Cohalan. Tho exceptions were appointments by Surrogate Foley. At times ono Surrogate asks another to make an appointment. The record shows that Mr. Mooney was awarded fees for the eight-yea- r period Included In the accounting aggregating $155,378.80. His average early earnings from the Surrogate's Court nmounted to $19,400. In 1915, 191G, 1917 and 1918, according to tho city directory. Daniel J. Mooney and Denis O'Leary Cohalan, a brother of, tho Surrogate, had law olllces at No. 11 Pino Street and No. ISO Broadway. In the 1922 city direc- tory Daniel J. Mooney appears ns: \Lawyer. No. 120 Broadway, Room 2702.\ In the 1922 directory Denis O'L. Cohalan Is described as: \Lawyer No. 120 Broadway, Room 2,702.\ In his speech lust night Surrogato Cohalan read a long list of names of eminent lawyers ho has appointed to positions carrying fees. He omitted, however, the name of William Travers\ Jerome Jr., who was appointed tem- porary administrator of an estate on July 11, 1919, ond has notyct rendered an accounting. William Truvers Jerome sr. Is ono of Surrogate Coholan's campaign uldes. Herewith Is the fee record of Mr. Daniel J. Mooney: Estate. .Date of Decree. Amount. 1922 Amos V. Eno Aug. 21 J7.r,00.00 Ellen R. Morgan June 23 13,600.00 Total 1921 Samuel Babcock Thomas Dtmond Charles V. Ilarkness John B. Manning Feb 5 . Mary G. Piekney July 2 . Frederick Sturges 29 Mary Hlggins Oct. 13 Total 1920 John M. Bowers Martin D. Fink Andrew Lltths ; Thomas O'Connor Leopold Salzcr . . , Total 1919 John IS. Manning Gcorgo II. Squire Wesley II. Tlicora Cathcnno H. Tilford Total .\. 30,275.00 1918 Matthew C. D. Borden July 17 10,000.00 Sarah W. Gilbert Jan. 15 150.00 Kdmund H. Robinson March 20 600.00 Althca R. Ward I.Aug. S 600.00 Total , 11,150.00 1917 James Blrchctt Feb. 9 1,000.00 Jesse Glllender (temp, adm.) ..Aug. 9 8,238.80 Scth B. French . . .'. June 22 750.00 Miguel R. Martinez Apill 17 600.00 Irving Brokaw Aug. 15 3,000.00 l'otal 1910 Adrlo It. Boocock Herbert R. Bishop Patrick C. Costcllo Christina Halstcad Juno Hurd Kdwiird A. Pennyman Catherine Rlelly Alexander Rubel Amoa F. Uno Total 1915- - -- Hamuel V. Bowno 1923 1921 1920 1919 30.275 CO 1918 1917 SO 19H5 1915 Total by July 21 July 1 1,000.00 Feb. C 5, 000. 00 2,500.00 5,000.00 25.00 Aug 3 Oct 6 (proposed) 1, GOO. 00 Mar. 29 100.00 June 8 2,500.00 Nov.' 3 250.00 Dec IJep. 10 250.00 tinn Jan. 2 Hept. 28 . . JUU.UU Murch 11 2,150.00 March 2 ... 600.00 Feb. 9 150.00 Ftb. ! 160.00 Juno 11 100.00 Juno 21 1T5.00 Dec. 2 .... 3,000.00 Aug. 21 (Probate). .... 731,325.00 260.00 250.00 100.00 100.00 1.000.00 1,000.00 25.00 25 00 DO 00 300.00 250.00 350.00 100 00 70.00 J12.790.0D for each year for the elght-j.oa- r $19,103.60. April ID . Mary A. S. Burns Feb. 21 . Cora F. Barnes March 21 Leva A. Costello April 5 ,,, Irving W. Chllds Aug. It . James 13. Chllds Aug. II .. Cieorgo II. Aug. 20 . Smith Ely Jan. 29 . II. Dec. 7 ... A. Haines Nov. 11 . Arthur L. Lovy Juno 12 . Dowager of Manchester Nov. IS . Sarah M. Moore Juno 1\ . Edgar J. Meyer April R . Mark J. April 17 . Mary O. Schoenbeger March 10 Wesley II. Tilford Feb. 10 . Albert Wittnauer Feb. IS ,. Total RECAPITULATION. $31,000.00 5,350.00 11,150.00 13,188. 31,326.00 12,010.00 J165.378,SO 31,000.00 3.&00.00 3,000.00 20,025.00 1,000.00 6,350.00 15,000.00 12,525.00 2,500.00 13,488.80 25.000.011 6,000.00 1,270.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 Average payment period, Dunham Georgo Hopper Georgo Consuelo Duchcs3 O'Brien 20,025,00 NEW YOJR..K, TUESDAY, OOTOBEE 31, HIGH SCHOOL FIRE N BROOKLYN ROUTS 1,000 BOY PUPILS New Utrecht High School Emptied in Minute By Speedy Drill. BUILDING A FIRE TRAP. Blaze- - on Top Floor of Frame Structure in Bath Beach Section. Neaily 1,000 boys, pupils in the New Utrecht High Schootf86th Street and 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, were driven to the streets at 1.30 this af- ternoon when fire occurred on the top floor of the three-stor- y frame structure and for a time threatened to sweep through the building. Nor- mally there are 1,250 pupils. attending the school, which Is on part-tim- e schedule. The New Utrecht High School was Sondemned as a fire trap and sanitary hazard in an investigation made by The Evenino World last year. Tho caUso of the fire Is a mystery. It Is beliovcd to have originated. In ono of tho book rooms, where a squad of six boys had been working about half an hour before. This squad left the room at 1,00 and the room waB locked by Thomas McMahon, leader of tho squad. Tho foity-si- x teachers employed In tho building were Just settling down for tho afternoon session when ono of the boys ru3hcd Into the office of Dr. Harry A. Potter, principal, and notified him that smoke was coming down from tho third floor. Tho first two floors are used ns classrooms and tho top ono, formerly used as Junl- - ( Continued on Second Page.) w IL BLAMES DOWNFAL L ON UN'S DRESS Enticed by Sex Appeal, He Says, Facing Jury for Double Murder. STATESBORO, Ga., Oct. 31. Tho Rev. Elliott Podrick, outhful Metho- dist minister, on trial for the alleged murder of his wifo and her mother, Mrs. M. B. Dixon, took the stand In his own behalf hero He led tho court room In pfnycr, after which ho delivered a sermon on tho text \Thou shalt not.\ Dulng his statement Pndrlck so excited It was necessary for ono of his attorneys 'o call a halt. When instructed to \sit down,\ tho young minister walked deliberately to a water cooler, drank a glass of water, ond returned to his attorneys' table, where he sat down, closed his eyes and appeared to drop off In sleep. In his prayer radrick asked for Divine guidance for tho court, the future of tho church and tho people of Statesboro. He then turned to tho Jury and delivered a short sermon. Ho declared tho women of y were causing tho downfall of man, \enticing them by their manner of dress and playing to them through sex uppeal.\ Ho said It was difficult for a young man to enter tho min- istry localise of tho temptation of modern women. Singling out his father-in-la- Pad-r'.c- k pointed his finger at him and de- clared: \You are responsible for me marrying your daughter.\ Padrlck described tho alleged ss of bin wife's mother, whom ho admitted he killed. \She would often beat her daughter because Willie Mae was admired by other men when she went to town,\ hti said. Maelria Entriet Page 2. ' f 'Ma9 Smith at Work-Hangin- g Family's Monday Morning Wash (Dioto from Mrs. Katherine Smith, mother of former Gov. Al Smith, was pho- tographed yesterday while at'end-In- g to one of her household duties hanging tho linen from the wash-tub- s on the line In tho backyard SAY OFFICE HOLOER IS BIG CHIEF NAMED N BUS SHAKE-DOW- N O'Connor, Who Demanded Has Since Died Fennelly Denies Persons connected with the bus In- vestigation being mado by tho Tran- sit Commission were said y to know tho Identity of tho \Big Chief for whom $25,000 was demanded of Louis Rlcdl, a bU3 oporator, by Daniel O'Connor of Brooklyn, now dead, but long known as a Tammuny hanger-on- , accordlnc to Rlcdl's testimony yestcr-du- y beforo tho commission. Tho frnnchlso for Rledl to oporato fdrty-elg- buses in tlds city wan granted Sept. IS, 1919, Rlcdl itnted, and after this ho was upproach.-- by O'Connor with a proposition to tho bus company and n for the $25,000. This was to go, O'Connor said, to tho \Bl Ch of.\ Originally O'Connor asked for $100,-00- 0, Rirdl testified. Rledl refused to pay, and shortly after tho granting of tho franchise (Continued on Fourth Page.) BURY YOUTH ON DAY OF NOTICE I'lannril 'Kniimrmrnl Atinmnicr-mrn- t mni I lilt t- - 'I'm In. Instead of the announcement of his engagement, which won to havr- - born made Hie funeral of Alex- ander Butchko, No. 433 Avenue E, will take place. Butchko, twenty-fou- r years old, was killed rarly yes- terday in the Communlpay terminal of tho Central Railroad of New Jit-se- For five years ho had l)een em- ployed by tho railroad company us a clerk. About a week ago ho decided to become a brakemun to have a larger Income. Hf stepped in front of a train on another track yester- day and both legs were cut off. R. died on the way to St. Francis Hob pltal, Jersey City. He was to have married Miss Mildred Nicchcr, Nv 286 Aveuuo C. l 1922. Out $25,000, Charge. WEDDING r antt A ) of her home at No 9 Mlddagh Street, Brooklyn. Mrs. Smith says sho Is suro her son will bo elected \But sho hays, \I will miss him coming over tho brldgu lo see mo every Sunday afternoon.\ COUPLE N AUTO Kntrrnl Herond-flii- Mnllr lo.t Office. New lork. N. V. PLUNGE 75 FEE! OFFTHE DRIVE Imprisoned in Blazing .Car On Railroad Track as Train Approaches. lew movie thrillers provldo mote excitement and narrow escapes than fell to Slgfrled Martin Moss and Miss EIslo Conroy when tho steorlng gea on his automobllo locked at 3 A. M. y and sont the car crushing down hovcnty-flv- o feet from 196th Street and Riverside Drlvo to tho New York Central tracks on tho edgo of the Hudson River. Neither was seriously' hurt. Mans, thirty-on- e years old, liven at No. 129 Sickles Avenue, New e, and In In business at No. 597 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Miss Con- roy, twonty-fou- r. lives at No. 53 New York Avenue, Jamaica. Mass was driving her home from a party In New Rochello and had Just entered the Drlvo from Dyckman Street, and reached a sharp turn, when tho ac- cident occurred. As the car left tho roadway and crashed through tho railing Bicycle Policeman Androw Slndt of tho West 177th Street Station camo In view 600 feet away. Ho heatd a voman scream and saw tho headlights of tho car turn over and over as tho machine rolled down tho steep, rocky embank- ment toward the railroad. Tho occu- pants said Inter tho car turned com- pletely over Jlvo or six times. Slndt know a freight train was due and ho could see It coming not a mile away. Ho rushed down to tho wrecked automobile, expecting to find Its oc- cupants dead. Tho cur had stopped parallel with tho tracks, and beforo tho pollcoman reached It tho gasoline tank exploded. By the time ho got there the automobile was In flumes Tho fall of the machine had Jammed the doors and Slndt had diffi- culty in forcing one opt-- beforo iho couplo were burned to death. Hut when ho rescued them neither had (Continued on Second Pace.) ii ! t in t itnif i DECIDES WITH BEEKMAN HIGH m avimi a AliUONoUUNJUINUINUW. HALL PROSECUTOR AFTER TALK SCHOOLCHILDREN AND WOMEN SAVE N IG VILLAGE Other Towns Rush to Help of Thofnwood as Sparks Ignite 50 Roofs. Only the quick and hard work of all tho tchool children, a number of women, and Volunteer Flro Depart- ments from surrounding towns saved tho Uttlo hamlet of Thornwood, on the Hnrlcm Road, seven miles north of White Plains, from being destroyed by fire this morning. Dosplto tho efforts of tho Volunteers, however, two dwell- ings, tho vlllago hotel, two burns and tho Thornwood Hotel wore destroyed, entailing a loss of 8100,000. Tho flro was first discovered at 9.15 o'clock In ono side of tho Thorn- wood Hotel, Just across from tho Thornwood station of tho Hnrlem Itoad. The commuters had left for Manhattan and tho Volunteer Fire Department was somewhat doploted. There was a high wind from tho north blowing down the Harlem val- ley and sparks began flying In all directions. Soon tho roofs of noarly every houso In town was on Are. A hurry cull hail been sent to tho firemen In Mount Klsco, Plcasantvllle, Whtto Plains, Valhalla und North Tarrytown nnd soon tho various motorized apparatuses wore speeding over hill and dalo at a dangerous speed to Thornwood. From tho Thornwood Hotel, of which Fred Totzloss was the propri- etor, tho flames Epread to the home ot Georgo Calllcs and tho barn of Hlmon Kllngler. Tho hose of various depart- ments wore coupled togethor und water was pumped from tho Nannie Haven Creek. All tho school children were released and given polls nnd buckets, while women helped carry water. The local water supply was Inadequate to meet tho rmorgoncy and but for tho crook tho town would hnvo gono up In ItllllU'H. Chief Fred Dlckcrt of tho Thorn- wood Department hail men climb on Iho roofs of many houses and ex- tinguish sparks which were burning, while long lines of hoso woro dragged to tho hillsides, where many ot the rouses ivern scattorid, to put out Urea. At noon thn llrrs wrro under con- trol and tho villagers rested easier. Thornwood has 600 inhabitants nnd it wus reported front tho Post Ofllce, tho roof ot which was tmdly burned, that tires had been put out on tho roofs of fifty houses. AMERICA DECLINES ALLIES' INVITATION TO NEAR EAST PARLEY rornml Itrplj- - Hcfnalnir to Pnrtlcl-lint- e Given Brabnaalee hy Stntn Department. WASHINGTON. Oct. 31 (Awoelated rr). A formal reply declining tho Allied Invitation for American participa- tion In tho Near Bust peuco conference, to bo held next month at Lausanne, Switzerland. wna forwarded y from tho Ktnto Department through the British, French and Italian Embassies here. I.lko tho formal invitation, the Amer- ican reply was brief and directly word- ed, Informing the threo European Gov rrimientj that the uttltude of the United Statoi and tho rousons for endi- ng only American otneivcrs to Luu-ann- e already hail been net forth In Instruction forwurded hut week to the Atneri-- n Embassies at cdon, Tarla and v,me. PRIOE THREE CENTS t .1 . ' ; ' ' Prosecutor Says Hti, Found Evidence; Eye-jt- -j ness Told Trutfi and:Sees ' No Reason for Doubling-- ' Her Veracity. - ... . becking bare Deposit Box to. Fit Key Found on Farm Mrs. Gibson Chases AVay Photographers With Guii. (Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J Oct. 31. Aftor a two-ho- consultation at 8omorvllle to-d- with Azanati Beeknmn, Prosocutor ot tho Pleas ot Somerset County, Special Deputy Attorney Uoneral Wilbur A, Mott de- cided not to present tHoHaU-Mlll- s murders to-h- Octobef-Ora- ntl Jury and not to hold that jury tor especial consideration of tho Hall-Jlll- ls case. Mr. Mott went to Bound Brook and Nowark from Somorvlllo. He said ho did not know when ho would bo In Now Brunswick again. \Is there nny reason to doubt Mis. Gibson's story?\ ho was usked. \Oh I'm not going to throw uny bouquets or aspersions,\ ho replied. \Her story stands as It Is, und I know of no reason to doubt her In nny wny. I have corroborated somo of tho vital parts of hor story.\ Asked to cnlurgo on this lust state- ment, Mott said: \That's all I can say at thistmc.\ Ho was asked If the cose would go to the Grand Jury Boon. Ho replied that It would not go to tho Grand Jury y or but go to tho Grand Jury It would befote long. CONDUCTING OWN INQUIRY IN PRIVATE. Vhlle unofficial observers of the Hull-Mil- ls murder case are quarreling as to tho valno of the statements of Mrs. Jano Gibson, tho placid faced but stormy temperod pig farmer of Hamilton Itoad, Mott Is conducting his own Investigation In a private office upon which The Evunlng World would not Intrude If It could, Mr, Mott, It was learned la not disturbed by tho discovery that Mrs. Gibson has n husband, or a man who snyn ho la lcr husband, and that his n a mo la Kaston and that the twenty-ono-ye- ar old son of Mrs. Gib-.io- n Is his child. Ho does not see how nny such additions or subtrac- tions from the complicated lite ot Mrs. Gibson havo anything to do with the Hall-Mil- ls murder If only he Is right In baying he has found witnesses to corroborate her narrative. To his own satisfaction, Mr. Mott tins established that Mrs. Gibson has made a habit of drifting ghost-lik- o through the woods on her silent footed Jenny mule for months at all hours of tho night, seeking and tolling pos- session of chickens, pigs and dogs which sho has satisfied herself have been stolen from her. It Is Just such a prowler who might havo seen the ending of the tragedy-romanc- e ot thn ftev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Ilclnhardt Mills on the knoll under the crabapplp tree Innocent bystander. It has been whittled into tho ground by souvenir hunters ou the Phillips farm. A safo deposit key was found In the dirt of the upper road running from De Russcy Lane to tho Phillips Farm houso two weeks ago and was not turned over to tha Prosecutor until to- day. It la not a key which fits ths receptacles In any of ths New Bruns- wick safe deposit companies. But Inas- much as a search of one safe deposit box known to be rented by the Rev. Mr. Hall disclosed $30,700 In Liberty, bonds which nobody knew tho rector possessed, every effort Is being mi to And the box In New .York C
