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crrnv t. L V k 24 4f THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1920. W.O. MESSENGER BOY !SAYS HE KILLED COP Conscience Prompts Confcs-Blon- , Zeitmcr Tells Detec- tives in The Bronx. WSAUREKS WIT If FACTS Youth's Uncle Declares He Is .Stupid nnd Police Donlit V His Story. A wUen tn d Western Union bo. v.lio bad long ben familiar to police lii the Trtinont section of Th Rror.x and frequently had run errands for some f them, walked Into the Tre-wo- station yesterday and announced that he w.m tin- - murderer of Policeman Henry In.nin o: The Bronx Park sta-t.v- n, tjr v.liom ileu-clhe- 1i:ivb been ookiri; lnimn was killed early In (he irornlns of February 21. \J rcullzf that I am In danger of the tHerlr-- chair for this, bjt my lonscience ha. been ttoubilii; me.\ he said, After many Iwji-- ot (imstlonlng the police mid they do nol behove he killed the 1 policeman Cant Harrv Duane of The llronx Park diteoiivr for.-e- , Capt. Andrew Wins of the Seventh District l)lvllon anil Detective Sergeant Prank Pickett nnd James Kllcy were In conference on the case when Lieut. Samuel Realty tpoit tup youtlt before tlnm. The youth described himself an Ben- jamin Zeim- - r. 21. living at 511 Prospect avenue. The Hoax. Benjamin sdiMnwaid. uucSe of th boy and owner of a restaurant at the ProJpe.'t avenue place, entered the sta- tion house and told the police his nephew was Just a \stupid\ boy. He called the confession ridiculous. Nevertheless the youth was held on a technical charge of homicide and will be arraigned In court y His ston began wIVi what the detec- tives alieady have found to be fact-t- hai he was delivering message on the iifurnoon before the murder in the vi- cinity of Oun Hill road and Balnbrldgc avenue On this corner was the can- teen keit by Philip Mo.cowltz, before which Po'.liemnn Jmmen'a body wan found, anil which was being robbed, It w suppoed by the policeman's assall-rr'- That afternoon he met a stranger who told li tin how he could make easy nvinej b assisting In robbing the can-t- e n, the boy stated. He met the man Hi t night, the man having with him a hlld's leish on which to transport the Intended bjt. The man gave a \bit revolve.\ to him and kept a similar one himself, the boy continued. They proceeded to the canteen, which the Strang.; man enteird, while the mes-tang- acted as lookout. The policeman came alone then, and was questioning him when the stranger emerged with an arrnful of small packages. \Let him have It.\ the boy says he was told. \I shot him then, in the stomach, as he was quite near,\ young Zelmcr told the police. \He started to crumple and I fired several times more. When he was lying out flat I shot him again, In the head, to be sure ho was dond. \AVe ran through Gun Hill road to Jerome avrniie. and I threw the re- volver away air up ran. We took a .Jerome avenue car and got off at 101st street, uheie we separated. The man pist hid some clgaiB nnd things, ami he didn't give me anything. I haven't ccn him fiitc.\ The details i elated by tyie vnuth are at air: tire with facts that have been watt'ied by tin- - detectives. They talked of the possibility of a mental ' JOY RIDE CHAUFFEUR HELD FOR HOMICIDE John Daly Arraigned for Girl's Death. .Tuhn Daly, \1 Van Pelt strert. Laurel Hill, m.s charged with homicide in Plu'liing police court yesterday in con- nection with the death of Mrs. Helen Hroelcy of Newark, who was burned to death underneath an overturned auto-mobi- l'' at Klmhurst Sunday morning, tjaly it said to have been driving the or when it was wrecked, and Is il of hnvlpg fled with two com- panions, leaving the woman pinned the car to die. He was held with- out ball pending the outcome of an In- vestigation by the District Attorney. The case will be, presented to the Queens Grand Jury this week. Tollco wro unable yesterday to find Walter Flanagan, lio, they say, was ufcso In the nutomoblle. Ills wife at their lKime, 2iy fireenpolnt avenue, Laurel Hill, raid last night that she had hird nothing from Flanagan. \I cannot understand why this young Ataman was not rescued, particularly Tvlien her companions were not Injured.\ District Attorney Denis O'Lcary. \The case will be,ar a very thorough In- vestigation.\ MRS. BASS GOES TO CHICAGO. Dfninrrnilc CliHlriiiiin Knris Ornnll- - ' Ixntlon Work Here. Mrs. d'eorge Bass, chairman of the Woman's Bureau, Democratic National 'ef' for Chicago Saturday evening after a week of organization none tt headquarters In the Waldorf. It was announced jesterday. The bureau .Is the women's committee of t.te national organization, in addition ) to- m\tnberhl.T which women' have in the ixecutlvc C'rtmnlttee of the Dem- ocratic National Committee. The organization work Included divi- sion of the bureau Into Covering ways and means, political or- ganization, labor, publicity and the like. Associated with Mn. Bass as are Sirs. Kellogg Fairbanks, s; Miss Caroline ltuutz, Connecticut; 'Mrs. II Otto Wlttpenn. New Jersey; Airs. John Blair. New Vork, and Miss , JJsther Ogden, New York. PLEADS GlflLTY TO BUKGLARY. . Tailor .Shop l.ooler .Vdnilts It 1 s III Flflli OITriur. ,\. William Johnson, pipe filter, who fuses his address to (lie police, ami who. according to the police, has been con- victed four times on charges- on burg- lary, pleaded guilty to a fifth charge In the Harlem Court and was held In J2.500 ball for action of the .Orand Jury. Policeman Jam? Vltale of the Kast li$tn street station arrested. Johnson early In the morning as ho was leaving .the tailor shop of Abraham Itosenfetd, tllS Lexington avenue, with two suits pt clothes valued at $100. Fire In Klerafnr Shnft. ' Tenants hurrying yesterday morning 'to their offloes n tho building at 2) ; \Broadwav found the elevator service ' Impaired by a fir In the elevator shaft, Jue tp defective immiat.'on. Skids hud J truckled under the heat, preventing th jvraUon of several of the carr, the t\hital damage being estimated at JCtW. .Firemen wrA ntilrimcnA.1 lint ht n,r ibi t'mo the apparBtus,atTlvcd employees la ! . - : , . , . n ,r . - . I r'uw uuwus iuu isc.jisisw weu in nana, j Nit v n' ;CTrcJMMEOFPOLITICIM Counsel Clash in Proceedings Before Judge Mayer. Comptroller' Charles U Cralff waa placed on trial yeaterday before Judge Julius M. Mayer of the United States District Court on charge of contempt of court In wrltlntr a ittter crltlolslnp the Judge in connection with traction litigation. .Until yesterday too case had been fought on numerous technicalities and had been postponed frequently. Lcwla Nixon, Public Service Commls-rlone- r, to whom the letter was sent Jn explanation of why Mr. Craig refused to attend a traction conference, was the lirst witness and was followed by Charles F, Kerrigan, the Comptroller's secre- tary, who tool; upon his own shoulders lie responsibility for making Uie letter public, Klmunrt U Mooney, counsel for Crs.li, and Ben A. Matthews, Assistant District Attorney, clashed frequently over the admissibility of evidence. Otherwise the proceeding was a perfunctory recital ot what followed writing of the letter. The cure will continue tills afternoon, COLBY AND BENSON SPEAK ABOARD SHIP Attend Luncheon Celebrating Entrance of Huron in atin American Traffic. To celebrate the entrance Into the South American trade of the steamship Huron, roriiiciJj the Notili Get man Lloyd liner Frledrlch der Crosse, Frank t Munson of the Munson line gave a luncheon aboard her yeaterday In to men Interested' In American shipping and the development of gooJ will and commerce between the United States and the l.atln American repub- lics. Admiral W. S. Bauson, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, which allocated the Huron 'o the Munson line, and Balnbrldge Colby, Secretary of State, were the chief speakers. Ad- mit al Benron ald that while he was at the head of the Shipping Board he would do all in his power to develop American steamship servici between this country and South America nnd thus Increase the friendly relations ot the two conti- nents and that he hoped that eventually the people of both would regard them- selves as members of one big family. Secretary Colby said he believed a ship such as the Huron was the most Im- portant and effective diplomat a great country could send abroad. The people of the country whence the ship comes ate Judged by the type of men that are on the ship, and America was sending a fine lot-o- f representatives aboard the Huron. The despatch of Increased num- bers of liners such as the Huron would show that wo were the sincere friends of the South American countries and wanted to help them get their goods on tho world market. Among tho guests were Federlco Pezet, Peruvian Ambassador; Dr. Tomas A. Le Breton. Argentine Dr. Garcia Leao, representing the Brazilian Ambassador, who is ill; Dr. Jacobo A'arela, Uruguayan Minister; H. C, Perez, Argentine Consul fieneral; Alberto If. Almlron, banker of Buenos Ayres; United Stntes Senator William Calder, Dock Commissioner Murray Hul-ber- t, and W. H. Tmesdnle. president of the The Huron Is In finer hape than she ever was while flying the German flug-- - She recently came from the yard-- i of the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company, converted Into an oil burner, with more cabins, elaborately furnished, and with engines that give !,rr a higher speed. It Is believed she will make the trip to P.lo in fifteen days She will be tie largest American liner to vls'.t a South American port. She is commanded ly i'-i- Al.ander (Vr- - rlmm nt.d manned lis an crew. WALKER FINED $1,000 FOR DEATH OF CHILD Christian Scientist Will Ap peal Manslaughter Conviction Andrew Walker, the Christian Fcien tlst, who w-- convicted of manslaughter by a Jury In Newark last week, was lined II. 000 and costs by Judge Osborne yesterday. AV'alker Is the, father of Dorothy Walker, nine years old. who died of diphtheria last May whllo being treated In accordance with Christian Sclenco methods. Benjamin Weinberg tounscl for the defence, submitted a writ of error, which directs the court to send the record of tho rase to the Supreme Court. Tills is tho flrst step In the ap- peal of the defendant and, pending de- cision. Walker was continual under 12.500 ball. The Jury recommended Walker to the mercy of the court, because they believed him slnccie Irr his fultli iu Christian Science treatment for his daughter. This recommendation caused the court to Impose the tine without any.Jall term. In Imposing sentence, Judge Osborne said: \I am satisfied from the evidence In this case that your failure to obtain med- ical aid for your daughter during her ill- ness arose from a conscientious belief on vour part of the efficiency of the treat ment recognized by the Christian Science Church, of which you are a member. However, no one Is Justified In neglect ing the use of such agencies as have been shown to be efllclent-l- n the treatment of malignant and contagious diseases, and this Is especially true where one Is rharged with responsibility over the life of another, and particularly n child of tender years, who has no option but to lely upon tho common sem-- and good Judgment of Its natural protector.\ CALLS EDITH' CALL \TOOL.\ Armenian Ciiniiiilttee Nil) .Slip I Ilulrd 1y Ilnllde Hitnrm. A statement sent out yesterday by the American Committee for Armenian Independence accuses Hallde Udlb Hanem, ''most dangerous Turkish wom- an, as she successfully conceals her Tartaric cruelty under tho veneer or a Kuropean education.\ of employing as a ol In her Intrigues Miss Edith Call, American girl relief worker, who recently invited battling Armenians to bn leCulldled with the Turks. \Halide Hanem now accuses the Ar- menians In Hndjin of attacking the Moslems Instead of listening to the call of this unsophisticated American to be reconciled,\ the statement say, \where- as the Armenians have .been besieged In H.idjln slnco March and are defending themselves heroically against Mustapha Kemal's hordes.\ - Killed In Crolnc Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Emily O'Rcniy, 353 Central Park West, who before her marriage In 1913 was Enslo Alton and played ,Iu musi- cal comedies, was killed by a motor bus yesterday afternoon as she was crossing Fifth avenue iear Twenty-sevent- h street. On the word of witnesses that Mie hud been dodging across the street when tho lights were set for north anil south traffk Janes Mack, chauffeur of the bur. allo.ved to continue his trip, but When tho dead woman's hus- band demanded his arrest a detective was sent to take ftltn In. custody. IN BOND CASE KNOWN Belation Between Ilim and Arnstcin King Is Mystery to Snroty Companies. HE CLAIMED LABOR TULL Wns Seen in Fnrcy?s Boom on Occasions When Plots Were Bipcning. .The Identity of the New Tork \poll-- t c!an\'on whom certain members of the wholesale bord theft ring counted for protection .was established yesterday. He Is a man whoso name has been mentioned In several political contests of the last few years, and who has been nccused of trying to \shake down'1 candidates for olllce on the promise that he could con- trol the vote of a certain laboring cle- ment. The tsact rtlatics bttweert this man and tho bond thieves Is a matter of much speculation among representatives of tho surety companies who are tryME to bring' about the capture of the two \Nlckles and Cohen and other fugitives. According to sworn testimony that has been flld by Saul S. Myers, attorney for the National and other surety companies, with Special United States Commissioner Alexander C.llchrlet. Jr., It was this man who Introduced \Big Kddle\ Furey to James O. Kean. the private detective who now declares himself to have been Furey's companion In crime. This poli- tician was seeii'I\ Furey's room on, a number of occasions while the plots were ripening, according to stories toldvby a number of witnesses. It has lust been discovered that this politician had offices In a large building en lower rum avenue at ;i m.i: \\. t urey, accorutng 10 joo uiuck, puuiicu out that building and said: \A man with orilces In there Is PPlng me oft toj the names of tho people that I'm shaking' down. He s a big guy and he can wise me up to a whole lot or Jobs mat i can clean up good money on.\ According to Gluck, Furey at that time was earning a livelihood by swindling and extortion, A thort while ago John T. Doollng. Assistant District Attorney, chanced to observe this nolltlclan lounging about the Tombs, but Furey denied that the man was called upon him. Immediately alter be obliged to spend the night In Jail the that, Furey Is said to have con- - allowed her y to a mcspago to Joe Gluck to the raise the amount, effect that If he would recant his con- - Before she court Mrs. fesslon and \let Arnstcin out\ Furey ! announced that sho Is w how they could get $75,000 fromj'vell the secrets of lie.- - work among the \Nlckey.\ This aroused a suspicion u the minds ot various persons that Furey had received a message from the Amsteln-Cohe- n Interest through some visitor. At the time of the Mayoralty contest of 1917 this politician made charges which he failed to substantiate. Dur- ing another Mayoralty f!ht he Is said to have hoodwinked one of the candi- dates' Into giving him a position at the head of one ot his committees. It was said yesterday that the County Grand Jury may eoon get some of the evidence that has been recently uncovered In connection with the bond cases. NORTH SHORE LINE IS OFFERED T6 CITY Proposition Follows Request for Receivership. Application for a foreclosure on bonds and for appointment of a receiver was made yesterday by t'..e New York and North ShoreTTractlon Vorr.pany the Federal Court. In Brooklyn. The Citi- - jiens Savings nnd Trust Company of. Cleveland starttd the action and at the same time officials of the road, which suspended again recently for lack coal supplies ami money to buy more, offered j tile lines to the c:ty. i J. G. Moran. secretary of th road.! nnlifln. 1 iiti'la Vivnn I'llhlii S.PVirP ' Informed couM had been expected for some time, were based on of tlie road to pay in- - n .x.nn f I n r fn 41S f.Afi illlA In at Brlliset( was secured tne property of the company. KtlTISH MERCHANTS DINED. Itrtall Dry floods Association Visitors. T,ati rrn r.nr,.u AKmeiatinn New gave a dinner at the twenty , u -- . , American 'P(r a,iUr i'Sli01.1!?, blte good ..Ill Wu-- m.n-tt...r.- l nf th I COUIltrieS. Horace A. Saks presided and Jesse Isldor president R. H. Macy & Co., delivered the address of welcome. OUier speakers were Samuel W. Bey- - burn, ot Lord fc Franklin T. Gold, Lew uirecior ot me -- rtiiuiiiii Retail Dry Goods Association; Bernard F. Glmbel. r- - of the soc.at.on, Capt- - 11. G. Armstrong. British Consul-- 1 she would one to tho ot the young 1. \I Cantlne.\ Morschauser, \that I was sorry but I considered tho Just there was nothing In the evidence to an appeal clem ency. Child' Death. Declaring a lack evidence of crim inal negligence. Magistrate 'Schwab. In Harlem yesterday discharged Fcrrentlno, years old, driver of an on April M killed Solomon G old, at Mad- ison avenue lOSth for Itunnlnc Dorm Alleged to have deliberate? del over a automobile, Davis. 22 years 51 Cook Brooklyn, In $;nn h .fSlS SBMa'iiS to animal i m mm - -- jrs r, .ioiw. . , .. u COURT RAISES BAIL OF MRS. CAYANADOH Gives Her Until To-da- y to Pro-yid- c 53,100 Bond in Bent Larceny Case. ' j Association ond Electric Hall- - way Employes ot America, Thd PATS 0E GLAD! nouncement of that understanding J made yesterday by Edward Smith, . I chairman of the grievance committee had however, j Magistrate until additional left Cavanaugh to has theft to of un president rieads Not Guilty Another Tells Magistrate Her Homo Address. Mrs. Alice Cavanaugh, tho \woman ot mystery,\ whose activities on behalf of Bronx tenants has culminated In her ar- rest on a charge of larceny., ap- peared In the Mornsanla Court yester- day whispered tier address In the ear of Magistrate Benjamin Douras. He wroto It piece of and tucked on a paper . ... . . It awav in ms waiiei. ine lanuiorus and tenants fop whom Mrs. Cnvanaucli i ' Is said to havo handled more than In tho last eight mouths nre as much In ; the dark as ever concerning the rent crusading widow. i Mrs. Cavanaugh settled one of tho complaints In court when she paid f 403 to the United Hat and Company, landlord of H52 Hoe avenue. This sum, in bills of various denominations, was extracted from the capacious black carried. . The money Is said to rp-rese- nt the month's rent of twenty ten- ants. Tho other complaint charges her with holding belonging to thirty-eigh- t tenants of 970 Prospect avenue. She entered a plea of not asked for an adjournment until Friday, which was granted. Her ball was Increased from J1.000 to $3,100. Kxplntna Home Addresi. Mrs. Cavanaugh gave In court Saturday as 785 Forrest avenue Is her 'mall and votlnK\ address, she ex plained. She said she wants to keep her real Some a secret so \my llttlo girl will not be dragged In. - Is no doubt this woman may done a lot of good played the Good Samaritan but she Is before me now 0n charges and I must act accord- - ingly' Magistrate Douras explained when lie rMsod her ball \What lias prompted woman t be benevo- lent? She may nave done good, but she has collected money and was unable to produce It when It 'as demanded.\ Mrs. Cavanaugh's bondsman could not be found and as It appeared she would In the form of \a complete tory\ of her activities for the past year or so and that sh will explain why she has been called '\he woman of mys- tery.\ Mrs Coler'a Case Adjourned Mrs. Emily Coler. wife of Commls- - sioncr of Public Welfaro Bird F. Coler, was paroled by Magistrate Short In Orftcs avenue- court. Brooklyn, yester- day when an adjournment was granted in her case. The charge Is that Mrs. Coler failed to iwovlde heat and hot water to tenants of 170 New York ave- nue, which she owns and where she and the Commissioner live. Commissioner Coler said It Is a case of \politics\ and because Mrs. Coler compelled a tenant to get rid of a dog. Pent laws similar to those passed 'by the New York Immature are llkkely to bo enacted In New Jersey. Conditions In Newark, Paierson and other centres to resemble those In this city a few ago. A conference was held In Trenton yesterday In the office of Attorney-Gen- . McCann to see what can be done to push the Ave housing blils now bifcre the Legislature. SOLD 'IRISH LACE' AT $1 YARD; WORTH 30C. . . t.mcrprising Jell iad Story of Dead Father. ! p , dov.ntown bus.ness men ere an office with a bag of lace un- - fWed .a story as plaualble as It was In f Aran t In r Th aIIa. clrl rtfl Hint V.a wit.it iauivi uukiiih litu nk. iiuu jucv arrived from Ireland,, where they had studied lacemaking In Lady Aberdeen's The little were almost tearful at the thought of parting with their sam- ples, because, as they explained, some ot the lace had been made by their dear grandmother. The older girl carried, a ?hut'le an(1 able to a cjmvinc- - rock patterns, and another which they ' 'called the of Wales.\ T IT.. t1A n.UnT- - nriAn 'V'\'\ \\\ (gathered about them, nnd tlie lace cx- - L.,1, In r. nrnnnnniAit Ihn t . ,erns nn(1 m , be exccIIent. facti those who thouelt they knew fiomethns about iacc3 declared that It unusual bargain at $1 a yard. whereupon everybody In the office boURht ace, of them up to 23 wortn atu, the 'little girls went on ?nXot m? but with ! !.lter t th day one of the stenogra Because Ah refused to allow patrons to drink\ their own brought whiskey in his chop' sucy place at 300 West Fifty-nint- h street In the young hours of yesterday started. Three arraignments in the AVest Side Court wero the outcome. Magistrate Cobb held Alfred Mason, clerk. 35 AVest Fotty-thlr- d In $300 ball on a charge of assaulting the proprietor. Vincent Treanor, actor, 127 AVest Sixty-secon- d street, was fined $25 for disorderly third man was dismissed. .Mallory Held In (nnrantln. The American 'steamship Henry R. Mallory. from Constantinople and other ports ot the Mediterranean, Is held In Quarantine becaure of her pas- - Jsengcrs are 111 with an eruptive disease,' . . v,' . . . V.JSu n,n' ;Burea. ... .. 'leers nnnouiietu inai wiey r.omu notu ''7 scr to.obscrvc the 1 rZ& ,2\r?r\nve. Commissioner.' who In turn v,r' Indignant yesterday when they that the company was I covered that the \real Irish hand made desirous of hSr.ving the city rent and.jace\ sold them by a couple of pre-ru- n the lines within the city and ofcocoU3 ,jtlIa IrUh clr,3 for n a rarJ having other lines taken over by the: bwht anmhere In tonn for municlpnUtJes they cerve. lines In New York run from Flushing to White-- 1 30 cents. stone and Little Neck. Others extend Last Saturday the girls, whose nges Into .Nassau county from Little Neck. about u an(J 10 . walked Into failure Octoberxand a month ago on $3,000,050 janil hcr mtIe sIslc haJ lost Jn bonds Isrued May 1j, 1919. Tho issue;,. . . , ,,,. .., by York I11U-- ! 111. ln Straus, of rayior: Simon: V Hahn, - and are . General. . phers. who had stocked up with enough 'Mlk lace to last her for years, went to APPEAL FOR SLAYER FAILS. i ia F1\h avemie ?hop t0 ,na,vc 'V.ap nralJed not that she SUSpected anything. but Just to see how good bargain Mother of Cnntlne A 111 Invoke WM ghe wa3 to(1 ,hat tlle ,ace waa Aid of Victim's; Mother. machine made and could be bought any- - wherB for about 30 cents a yard, Her two hour to Justly Mor- - schauser at Whlta Plains yesterday . availing nothing the releasj ofjBARRING BOOZE CAUSES FIGHT. he; son, Chester Cantlne. who Is doomed!, to die Thursday night In Sing Slug prison' r,,., Sory Pnlrona start IoaBh for the murder of a boy companion I; PouehkeeDSie. Mrs. Cantlne announced House Are Arrested. make final appeal man Cantltn tiled. told Mrs. raid Justice for her, that verdict ami that warrant for executive Driver Freed In of court, Louis 23 automobile which Berkowiu. years and street. Held Dojr. dok with his old. street, was held cruelty Z' MUaaMtM-- M- to and grand and WjO.OOO Cap bag she J3.C9I guilty and About The address address \Thero nave this tenants his said months UirlS and school. girls give \Prince somo some Young trouble street. conduct. The several Hylan The '8re the appeal toward mother Tobias i- - . ' w\ov- '- ' DANGER OF STRIKE AVERTED ON B. R. T. Amalgamated Union and Gar' rison Come to Terms. The danger of a strike on the Brook- lyn Itapld Transit Compa'ny'srHnes lias been averted through agreement of Llndley M. Garrison receiver, to stop all opposition on the part of the B. It, T. Brotherhood to the Amalgamated of the Amalgamated Association, after a conference with Mr. Garrison. . Smith declared that everything 1.) clear sailing for the union now and that only several minor delalla i cumin to ha worked out. That will bo attended to he said. RDECKERT SLAIN BY A MASKED BURGLAR . . 1r nliiil-iii- i Tr 1.1a Ti.c.ii ic( trim jluiih; xiaiui.io x ui;- - ory That He Was Victim of Hired Assassin. The police of Hoboken are sllll con- fident that the man who shot Frederick Ernest rtueckcrt late Saturday night in his apartment at 1157 Washington street, Hbbokcn, was an experienced burglar. Inspector ICIely does not be- lieve tilers Is anything in the theory that the wealthy bachelor was shot by a hired assassin, Itueckert died early yesterday morning In St. Mary's Hosj pltal, Hoboken, after two blood trans- fusions had Ken made in an effort to save Ills life. Durlrg Uw period when-h- e was con- scious Hueckeit was unable to give an accurate description of his assailant. He recalled that the man woro a mask, nnd that when he flrst saw him the burglar carried a revolver In each hand. The police have the mikfc, made from the upper part of a silk sock, and they have found one of tho revolvers. In- spector ICIely uitlJ the revolver appeared to bo tho most promising clue. It was learned from Miss Clara Vor-rat- Bueckert's fiancee, that\ a week he was awakened by a noise on the i oof, directly above his rcom. He lis- tened for tome momen. until he was sure some one 'was there, and called his valet, Gus Halkan. Together they went to the toof. but could find nothing. Last Saturday night Itueckert and Miss Vor-rat- h had spent the evening1 at a theatre In Manhattan. Leaving Miss Vorrath at her home, 1030 Garden street. Hoboken, he directed his chauffeur to drive hlni home. When he entered his apartment he met the armed man, and the en- counter followed which resulted In his bclna mortally wounded. fv isuecKert was j years oiu, ami i.nre Jo thia country seven years ago from .Karlsruhe. Germany. He took out his first papers then. During the war nis property was Mlzed by the Allen Prop- erty Custodian, but as soon as the armistice was signed he took out his final papers and his property was re- stored to him. He was of the White Metal Manufacturing Com-pan- v. He and Miss Vorrath were to have been married in August, and it Is understood that he made provision for her Juit before he died. PLEASED HIM TO FINE 'FRIEND OF EN RIGHT i Especially as Magistrate Had Caused Arrest. L Bernard Ludwig of 33 West Eighteenth street upbraided a policeman who halted his automobile on Sunday. A witness told the policeman he ought to arrest Ludwig. The policeman agreed. Yesterday Ludwig was arraiit'ie-- In the Jamaica police court for di'onler', conduct. When he Iwked up at tn- - ne.i i he saw the MaHti!:rate. John Ko.. sei r- -j ler. was \ - mended his arret. t ...iu.-- i n but briil.f'-i- t I .suddenly. \I am a cloe persoml iri.'inl jof Police Commissioner KnrW he de- - CiareU. ; \la that so .V. ft r, ft....! \Well. I I'd fine a friend of Commissioner Unrlght quicker man .... Ludwig. when he \cover w second sh ock, apolog tod for h conduct and sentence was ruspended. He paid a $3 fine for his Chauffeur. $200,000 IN STOLEN FURS: 4 MEN SEIZED Prisoners Were Removing Loot From Loft Building. Following the arrest of four men on charges of grand larceny as they were directing the removal of merchandise from a loft In 102 AVest Thirty-sevent- h street yesterday afternoon, the police uncovered $200,000 worth of what they declare to be stolen furs, together with a quantity of silks and woollens. Loot valued at $28,000 was Identified ns the property ot the New York Auction, 18 Great Jones street, and tho police have notified .other merchants who lost furs recently\ to go to Police Headquarters to Identify their propeity. The sef.nre wai made by Defectives Haydcn. Chlq'uette. Bntanworth nnd Drury of the safe and loft squad, who had been tyatching the place for a week on a \tip.\ When they noticed the van draw up yesterday they thought the sus pects were about to move the mcrclian !\'1c elsewhere, so they decided to act. I T1, Prisoner described themselves as j \?. Davidand Harry TJJSH brothers, 81 Kssex street, and Max Waaxrod. 25. 161 Fourth avenue. Mill Talk In City Buses. \Bucking the Transit Trust with Bor- rowed Buses.\ or \An Experiment In Public Ownership'' was the subject of a discourse last night by William AVIrt Mills. Deputy Commissioner of Plant andi Structures, before the public lecture au dience In the public school. New Brleh ton. Stolen Island. he will tall on the same topio In Public School \ Port Richmond: in Public School 13, Rosebank, Wednesday night, and. In Pub-- , tic fjcuooi'ii, tjongun inns, on rnuay nlght. Commissioner Mills Is In charge of the munlc'.-pa- buse that have been taking the place ot the Idle Staten Island trolley lines. ' Fnctorr Doors Locked I Fined $50. Because Fire Prevention Bttrccu in- spectors found exit doors \In their fac- tories locked on a recent tour of In- spection, Jacob Sandberg, waist manu- facturer at 56 AVest Twenty-secon- d ttreet, and the Morganroth Lesser Com- pany. also waist manufacturers, at 112 Madison avenue, were fined $50 each by Maglstratc Brough In the Municipal term court yesterday. Motor Hiti Boys Dlnnpprara. Police are torching for th touri'H car which sped a why yesterday after striking Anthony Dalisent. 7 years old. of I9J Morris nvenne. Tic Bronx, ot j LEVIATHAN CHANGES. TOCOST,$8I000,000 Bouse Committco Told Inter- national Mercantilo Marino Prepared Specifications. MEMBEBS YISIT VESSEL Witness Testifies' Befitting Is Largest Job Ever Under- taken Beady for Bids. Investigation of the biggest ship fit- ting Job In the world, the recondition- ing for passenger service of tho Levia- than, the largest vessel In the world, was begun yesterday by a. committee from the House of representatives headed by Joseph Walsh of Massachu- setts. The complete rebuilding of the In- terior of the giant ship, a task greater because of Its complications than the actual cons'tfuctlon of the vessel In the first place, will cost about JS.000,000. When it is completed the United States Shipping Board, present owner of tho vessel, will turn it over to the Inter- national Mercantile Marino Company to operate. It. L. Hague, director of construction acd repair, the first witness called at the hearing, which took placo at the Shipping Board's offices, at 45 Broad- way, testified that the specifications for the work had been prepared by the International Mercantile Marino instead , of uy the board because the company ?n,m li,l (t.A n.i.e.nrv .TnflHincn nr.! could do the work quicker and cheaper. Tho commttteo composed, besides the chairman. Patrick II. Kelley of Mich- igan. L. II. Hadley of Washington and Thomas Connally of Texas, stopped in vestigating long enough to go over to Hoboken on a tug to look over the object of their Inquiry. Thep went all over the big ship. Mr. Hague testified that It was neces- sary to drydock the big ship In order to clean and paint her and to test her sea valves. The only place this could be done on this coast, he said, was at the Boston Navy Yard, where there Is a dry dock big enough to hold the ship. i Lieutenant-Commande- r 1. G. Crisp of the Construction Corps. U- - S. Navy, who Is stationed at the New York Navy Yard, said there are 10,000 employees at the yard and that 2,000 of these could be used on the Leviathan. Ho said the Job would take eight months, four months less than Mr. Hague's estimate of the time It would take at commercial yards. Recalled to the witness chair, Mr. Hague testified that since December last the International Mercantile Marine has been drawing $15,000 a month for super- vising the work on the Leviathan. He also said that the Leviathan would have been sold to that corporation had not litigation prevented it, and that in the event of the vessel's sale the I. M. M. would have flrst chance to buy her. Tes- tifying further, he said : \It is safe to say that her recondition- ing, including tho change from coal to oil burner, is the largest Job of the kind ever contemplated in the world. It is far more Involved than the construction of such a ship would be. The German builders offered to sell us detailed plans of the boat for $1,000,000, but we re- fused to buy at that price, although they would liave aided materially In prepar- ing the specifications. We've spent $300,-00- 0 on her now, but we are ready to ask for bids.\ P. A. S. Franklin, head of the I. M. M will be the first witness called when the hearing is resumed this morning. Probably tho committee will take up the Investigation of the ship- building Interests of Charles W. Morse and their relations with the U. S. Ship- ping Board. MARRIED 25 YEARS, SHE SUES 'JANE DOE' . a i wwrs. margarei iraves sisrs ten nnn f- - A ;.'. r I Margarct Gr a of llrrm'-'lv- ti ftlp,l In- - Rlinrpmn I'n.lrl gi. ' tions yesterday. She sued Harry M. Graves, who Is In the advertising busi ness at 103 AVest Fortieth street, for separation, and also sped Jane Doe. - rt.mB rh,inr. i,A. -- .,, i,,vi nllPnMed th affect Inns nf W rtrave. Mr. and Mrs. Graves were married more than twenty-fiv- e years ago and have two adult children who are resi- dents of Springfield, Mass. In her separation complaint Mrs. Graves de- clares that \Jane Doe\ was the cause t llcr husband seaving their homo in ,icoii.iiC0iri luuii. bill co aKU. In her complaint In the suit for alien- ation of affections Mrs. Graves declares that her hatband was enticed by \Jane Doe\ to go with her to Felham. \Jane Doe\ is alleged to have harbored the defendant there from April, 1318, to April. 1320. GASOLENE ADVANCES AGAIN. Wholesale Price in noised to no Cents n Gnlloc. The Standard Oil Company of Xetv A'ork notified garage owners yesterday that thejrliolcsale price of gasolene will be advanced from 2S'i cents to 30 cents a gallon The retail price Is ex- pected to be 24 cents a gallon. This Is the third Increase which has been made by the company since Jan- uary 1. At that time the. wholesale price a gallon was 54 sicents. Later It was advanced 2 cents, and on March S the priC0 s ra\e'1 to 2Slj cents. The company cavo no reason for ih In. crease ycstet3y. PAPER MILL WORKERS QUIT.. coo Unskilled JInnda In Ilolyoke Alc 70 Out nil llonr. IIoi.vokT. Mass.. At.iv in r.'i,- - t,,,n. dred unskilled workersJn the mills of the American Writing Paper Company struck io-u- a- 10 cniorce ucmanas tor a wage ot 70 cents nn hour. Strikers said the walkout woulJ extend to other paper mills The stTiKera.are mem bers of an Independent organisation. known as the L'nlty of Workers. These workers asked for an Increase of 21 cents an hour reveral months ago. At the same time a wage increase pt 11 cents was given to Kagle Lodse of papermakers; one of 7 cents was xtven to the unskilled workers, bringing their pay up to 56 cents an hour. Thirteen Freed In Gambling Bald. Thirteen' men accused of disorderly conduct after a raloSby detectives of the Fifth Inspection district on n coffee houso in upper First avenue., where it was alleged gambling waa in progress, were discharged for lack of sufficient evi. denco when their cases came before Mag- istrate Schwab in Harlem Court yester- day. lnninxilrdDoira Xet :u Fines. A crusade bjgan against unmuzzled d07J in the Washington Heights, section I.aI1... lt!l street and Molt avenue. The? boy rrtlA4l thirty.onc arraignment, was tiiKen lo Linrnln TIosnt-n.- 1 rtirf?rtn-r\rn.l.- i..t. ..... LEEDS BEGINS SUIT TO ANNUL MARRIAGE Asserts Wife Had No Lawful Right to.WedHim. William S. Leeds, a cousin of William B. Leeds, tho wealthy tin plate manu- facturer, has begun a Supremo Court action for annulment against Mary E. Leeds, also known as Mary Joyce and Mary Freedler. Ho complains that she nas never his legal wire becauso ner divorce from Freedley, her first hus- band, was not In effect at the time. Leeds married her at Nashua, X. II., in 1911. Mr. Leeds la Jn business at 43 Ex change place. Ills mother is the widow of William Batcman Leeds, a lawyer, and resides at 153 West Fifty-eight- h streets. According- to tho defendant i: the annulment suit, her husband's true residence has been in his mother's home slnco he separated from his wife, but he recently claimed to have a residence in Nassau county. Long Island, and started the annulment action there. Ills wife had the venue changed to Vow-Yor- county. In her application for this chance of venue iMrs. Leeds said that she and her husband first resided at 400 Convent avenue and later at Rutherford, X. J, Whllo living there last Oc'iber he had her committed to n asylum for the insane at Morris Plains, but she was released two months later upon the ap- plication of herself and her husband's mother. CHURCH TOO HOLY JOR ORDINARY USE \Riclmii Hmvli TYntvm. fin Xiv Scheme to Bcopcn the Forum Issue. An attempt to reopen the church forum Issue was a feature of the first day's session of the convention of the Episcopal diocese of New York, which met yesterday In New Synod Hall, 'Am- sterdam avenue and 110th street. The question was brought to the attention of more than 900 clerical and lay delegates, representing 300 parishes and missions. Through a resolution the Rev. Percy Stlckney Grant, rector ot the Church of the Ascension, made an appeal for its consideration by the delegates. The resolution stated that the forum move- ment, which he has strongly supported, had \proved to be nn effective means of allaying antagonisms and prejudices and calming agitation through fellow- ship and the exercise of tolerance and patlene through debate.\ He urged that the forum be given the considera- tion, sympathy and support of the con- vention. Dr. Grant also said In his resolution that the Christian Church was being seriously criticised because, \while ex- alting the golden rule It wa\ either indifferent or hostile to those move- ments which are concerned with finding a way by which tho golden rulo may become the law of our common life.\ Bishop Charles Sumner Burch, who presided, and Everett P. Wheeler, lay delegate, opposed the forum. The Bishop referred indirectly to the move- ment In his address, and Mr. Wheeler offered a resolution in which he stated that \church edifices should be kept sep- arate from all unhallowed, ordinary, common uses.\ The Bishop said he believed that' tho diocese was not ready to choose on an assistant Bishop, either a coadjutor or a suffragan, and assured tho conven- tion of his willingness to undertake to earn' the responsibilities of administra- tion for another year, or until It shall bj deemed advisable to call a special convention for the election of anrassist-ln- g Bishop. Postulants for holy orders are not so numerous as hoped for, the Bishop stated, and he declared that never be- fore In ,the history of the American church had the call to the ministry in Christ's church faced grave a situa- tion as that confronting the diocese to- day. No action wa taken by the conven . ....... u.-i tlon on eittier ur. utaai m u- - er' resolution. These were referred to o... Mmmini-- on miscellaneous business which will report to-d- or MOFFITT GETS STAY OF LARCENY TRIAL Former Realty Operator to Face Jury June 21. Judge Humphrey in Queens County Court granted yesterday AVllllam H. Moffltt, formerly a real estate operator, until June 21 to go to trial on two in- dictments charging him with grand lar-een- v in the sale of alleged mortgaged . -- - . T T.i..H.i .... l lots to Josepn inaeriin ui.i, \'\ j , in he hopes to to f i case was sent to county by the District of New York county after Judge Rozalsky was inclined to make suclr disposition of the case there as would perfnlt Moffltt carry out California venture. DE COPPET'S MIND IS FAILING. AVIfc nnd Children Ask Appoint- ment nf Committer. Justice Lydon appointed Edward Malono commissioner yesterday act with n Sheriff s Jury an Inquiry Into the competency of Henry de manage Us property. Mr. de 754 Park avenue, 77 years old and be suffering from senile dementia. His estate Is valued more Mrs. Laura F. da Coppet. his wife, and two of Ids children, applied for the appointment u committee, stating he Is trustee of funds that need the at- tention a committee. Detective AVIna Promotion. His extraordinary bravery on Mav 1. 1019, when he captured a fleeing- thief and protected him from angry mob even after the thief had shot him in the left leg and the abdomen, won for Detec- tive-Sergeant Joseph A. AValsh tho Sixth Detective Division a promotion yesterday the rank of first grade de- tective, with Increase pay from $1,900 to $2,800 a year. will be further honored at police parade next Saturday with thodecoratton of department's Medarof Honor. AVrltes AVlfe, Erfda Lite. Beside a said' to be addressed an estranged wife, the body Albert McDonald, years old, was found dead from gas inhalation In room, 200 East Eighty-secon- d street, yesterday. The police the case as a suicide. Mobile Go AV'hlte Star Itoate. To help relieve the demand ton- nage carry Atlantic seagoers the steamship Mobile, originally the Ham liner Cleveland, refitted after . serving as a transport, will be put I a1 hill. 1 ,v..n,, inu uvitween mis pun ami ijuevnstown i Ifentlanta paid rtflca of 2 or each.- J Liverpool, heme o\a July V. 'Lr - -- J - NINE FIREHEN HURT' IN TENEMENT BLAZE Caught by Backdraft and Hurled From Ladders Iftcar Lincoln Square. MANY FAMILIES OUSTED Telephone Failing, Alarm Is Sent From Box a Mile Dis- tant From Scene. . Lieut Tliomas Cunningham 6f Kn-Bi- Company 4,0 and five flremen un- der his1 command climbed to the top a shed in Sixty-fift- h street near Broad- way last night shortly after 8 o'clock to fight a fire which had started in a one story frame building 25 West Sixty-fourt- h street, nnd by then had spread to five story tenement house In 27 and one and two story structures at 21 and- - 23. Lieut, Cunningham and his men got line of hose up to the c.-.- cJ, bat fcsd hardly turned on the Water when a back draught caused an explosion which blew them from the shed and hurled them twenty-fiv- e feet to the ground. At the same time the explo- sion blew Fireman AVllllam G. of Kngine Company 2 from a ladder on which he was handling a hose line twenty-fiv- e fect from tho and the flames that came In the wake of the explosion stntck Fireman John J. Con- nolly of Engine Company- - 23 and Gleason of Hook and Ladder 35 be- fore they could get out of the way. All tho men the path of the back draught and the flames shot out of the burning buildings were burned. Fire men AVllllam Doyle and Francis Murray, Lleul. Cunningham and Firemen Joseph McSherry and Thomas Mitchell and AA'llllam Davis, the shed, were burned seriously about hands and Hoenlg was so badly burned and cttt by being blown from the ladder that was necessary to send him to Roose- velt Hospital. Tlie others, after being treated by Dr. Archer of tho Fire De partment, went to their station houses. The police have not yet learned how the fire started. Mrs. Nathan Selgel, while her husband's grocery store at 19 AVest Sixty-fourt- h street, smelted smoke and stepping to the street saw smoke and flames pouring from the door Xo. 23. She tried telephone the Fire Department, but after she had dropped seven nickels into pay station telephone she gave tl up a bad Job and ran into the street and began screaming. did not occur any one. however,, to turn in an alamt from a street box until the fire had spread to Xos. 21 and 23, and then some one at Broadway and Sixty-four- th street saw the flames and smoke and pulled a box in Longacre Square out of pure excitement A second alarm was turned In soon the firemen reached scene, and the twenty families Xo. 27 were or dered to leave their apartments at once. The last person had iiarely got out ot the building when the fire crept Into the structure, damaging virtually every apartment. The firemen also got to the rear of tho burning buildings in tlmA in resruA flvn homes which had been stabled there, and in ime also to prevent the flames from gettlne into the apartment houses in Slxty-llft- h, street. The structures at Jfos. 25, a one story frame building : at 23, a one story brick building, and at 21, a two story brick building, were destroyed. They were occupied by a. moving van company, a mattress maker, a a candy store and other small firms, while Ben Harncj', a sculptor, nad his studio on the eecond floor of No. 21. The wooden structure burned so fierce- ly that the Ore had gained tremendous headway berore the firemen During height of the blaie a tongue of flame more than fifty feet high rose over the burning buildings and great columns Ot smoke poured up, visible downtown. 1 he flames attracted a large crowd from Broadway, and traffic was tied up for more than an hour, until po- lice reserves from three stations cams and straightened out the tangle. The damage was estimated at between $50,-00- 0 and $100,000. SING SING TRUSTY FLEES GARDEN GANG Millionaire Estates Searched for John Olsen. John Olsen, sent Sing Sins prison In December, 1919, serve a term ot from two years and three monOis to four years and four months for assault tho 8econd def,T cscaped from tb8 and when he returni OJa was miss- ing. The big whistle was not blown, but the prison authorities sent several par- ties of armed guards searching for tho convict. The keepers went the estates of Jomes Speyer. AVllllam TnL.fall- - fl.l T?MnV A'nndnHln. hut I im ti n Int.. imllr Inst nllfht no trace of Olsen had been found. WOMAN CONFESSES FORGERY. K.UKrnln Iidwnrda Alio Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny. Eugenia Edwards, arrested Saturday on a chargo of petty larceny, was ar- raigned yesterday before County Judfe Haskell In Brooklyn on old chargeJ against her and pleaded guilty to forg- ery and grand larceny. She will be sentenced a week from For eighteen years, according to the police, she has led an adventurous ca- reer, financed by forgeries, for which she has been sentenced three times be- fore. She was married a man named Dubaldox In Baltimore last month, sh said, but otherwise would give no infor- mation concerning herself or her ad- dress. The police had sought her for five years. Mnyor Sigma School Fay BUI. Mayor Hylan approved yesterday th bill passed by the Legislature empower-Inj- r the Comptroller to Issue certificates Indebtedness for Increased pay school teachers under the Ijckwood-Donohu- e bill.. The Comptroller hf re- quested the Board of Education to sub- mit Its requests for appropriations the Board of Estimate as early pos- sible. Xetr Fotr Signal for Torrs. Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner cf Plant and Structures, and representa- tives of the United Association No. ! Masters. Mates and Pilots, agreed terciay upon a new fog signal to between tows alcngsUe snj tows on hawser. Tow alongside 1 bo Indicated by one long and one ec\ whistle, while tows on hawser will f indicated by one long and two short city, tne prUon yeaterday afternoon shortly after the plea of Moffltt that it will give him J time to consummate business operations California whereby 'w,t,, one of tUree gangs to work In the money enough reimburse his nd-- . b Hon arid a0nWmlvtonPrPJtre ,0 from the gates, with Keeper John Har- - fe,n,3,1,1,1.?ScK ProP1 wl Vhf ii.Jvey In charge. Harvey went to one. of the other gangs to check up prisoners Queens Attorney to his R as to in Coppet to Coppet. who lives In is is alleged to at than $100,000. of that of nn of to an In He the the note to of 32 his describe to on for to $1 sallinr of In the the Hocnig ground, John In tha with on the face. It ia of to tho as It to as as the In plumber, arrived. tho far to to ,n through to of of to as wmatle. i
