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I \V fiC fitTru. Mrm jiittv ttt fifth VF MWMBUftff'ft 41 Mil \ \ - . \ \ r 'CLfflNG HOUSE IN 3). W. Sullivan, \Wall Street .\\ TJrpltcr, Had Records of '\Lost\' .Securities. IS HELD IX $75,000 MIL Jtyrtncr Seized in Washington and Somo Other Arrests \ Aro Boported. ',' District. Attorney Swann and the po- lice think they have uncovered a clear- - ' inr houso for tho deposition of securi- ties worth an Immense sum which have )een stolen from messengers and others In the last few months. Magistrate Krancla X. Mancuso thought enough of the evidence presented or hinted at In the Tombs Court yesterday to hold David W. Sullivan, a broker of 10 Wall street, who was arreted- - on Tuesday. In the unusually heavy, ball of $7MP for on Monday. Late In the afternoon Sullivan s re- puted partner In the firm of Sullivan & Co.. Norman S. Dowles, was arrested In Washington nnd released after giv- ing a bond for $25,000. Ho Is charged with conspiring .with others to take atolen securities Into the District of Co- lumbia and to dofraud a national bank. On a similar charge Wlnncld Will-lam- s, said to be another associate of Sullivan, was arrested In Washington fccontly and held In $25,000 ball. De- tectives aro looking for a fourth man described by John T. Dcollng, Assistant nintrlet Attorney, as the \master mind of the conspiracy,\ a man with n longj and curious connection witn biock sen-in- ff operations who has operated as a r Vrokef under at \least half a doren firm names. Sullivan's counsel. R. M. Newman of 30 New street, after explaining that thtre was not an Item of suspicion airalnst his client which could not ba cleared away, vainly tried to have the amount of. ball reduced. Assistant c Aitni-no- McCrvatal. under Instruc tions from Mr, Swann, had suggested I a.AAAAA ' . f . ... ti.ai.lni VfttvYTl ......... n Tl' . rtlfXl 41UV.UUU. VllCl ilea, ii, f. the Magistrate was about to fix the fond at $30,000 when Mr. Doollng hur- ried Into Xhe court room and protested 0t thl3wa n case of extraordinary importance and reminded the Magistrate that a Itfendant-In-- y case recently disappeared after giving $20,000 bafl. ' 91,000,000 In Stolen Bond. Mr. Doollng displayed a list of stocks rund bonds worth nearly $1,000,000 stolen In 'this city this year and said It was only a partial summary of thefts whose total he could not then begin to esti- mate. He said he had reason to be- lieve that upward of $500,000 worth of these had passed through the brokerage house of Sullivan & Co. The Magistrate then decided upon a bond of $75,000 for Sullivan. Later Sullivan's lawyer applied for a writ of habeas corpus and Mid that argument on his application would be heard in the Supreme .Court this morning. Last night Tub Sun was Informed that Detectives Grover Brown and Au- gust Mayer of Pollco Headquarters, who are giving nil their time to a hunt for stolen securities and who have located many of them, had traced another $150,-00- 0 worth to their various present rest- ing places yesterday. The specific chargo against Sullivan Is the same that brought about his arrest, namely, that he was Implicated as a re- ceiver of stolen property In the dis- appearance of $45,000 worth of 'Cruci- ble Steel sock which Clark, Chllds & Co. gave to.a messenger on October 28 for deilfpryV, to . Harrlman & Co. and which atft.not reach the latter firm. Mr. Doollng said yesterday: Inspeefion' bf tho books of Sullivan A Co. shows that 300 'shares of Penn- sylvania Railroad stock, stolen from Hayden.f St,on'o- - & Co. on October 24 While In the care of two messengers, was received Ijthree days later In\ the ofllce of fiulllvan'ift Cd. jand pledged as collateral on a marginal account. This stock was found to-d- w tho office of Harrlman A Co., sgalpsti, whom there ,1s no plcicn. ,1 IM edited With Defendant. \Two hupdreil shares pt Republic Iron and Steer Jtocji stolen on the same day from Htfydiln, Stone & Co., Was also pledged lh .\Sullivan A Co; and has not yet 6'eoh recovered. On' October 27, 100 shards Jf tlaldwln Locomotive stock, odd lot,C was stolen from Clark, Chllds & Co. \Wp flnd;'\that It was pledged with SulllvanVA was located by the Amerjcafi Surety Company \Sullivan has told this otllce that three of his largest clients, none of whom he knew, deposited with his firm securities worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. He admitted that they gave no other banker or broker as a reference, that he sent to none of them confirmation slips which brokers customarily pend their customers, that ho did not send them any monthly statements and 'that no check was drawn to the order of any of the threei He said all transactions were by telephone \The bdoks show that tho firm's checks' were drawn to the or- der of 'Cash.' The names and addresses of these three men were supposed to be George Wall, 2117 C street, Waihlngton; and Elmer E. Steel and Chnrles Enrlght of tho Hotel Commodore. The Commo- dore tells us that It never heard of Steel or Enrlght We cannot find any of Sullivan's employees who over Baw Wall, Steel or Enrlght In the ofllce. We are told that when checks were cashed the cash was obtained by employees of Sulli- van and turned over to Sullivan or Bowles. The books obtained from em- ployes Indicate that nil these were what aro known as 'house accounts.' A large number of securities has been traced through the Sullivan ofllce to the offices of other brokers, where they were .old or pledged for lonns. Tho recent market slump seems to havo brought ninny of these securities out.\ Wan In Cnfe llmlm-nn- . Sullivan, who Is 34 years old and gives his address as 1421 O street. Wash ington, studied law In Washington and later was In tho cafe business, accord- ing to Doollng. The brokerage opera- tions now under scrutiny nnu u nam begun In March last, and to have been specially active In September, October and November. In Washington, New York and several other cities offices' were opened In first class buildings. The Non-Yor- ofTlco n In tho Hankers Trust Building. A recent letter indicates that Sullivan was trying to rent a suite In Philadel- phia from a well known merchant of that city, to whom he wroto that the Ann had more than 5500,000 cash as- sets and had $100,000 cash on deposit with the Franklin Trust Company. Tho firm has had accountx hero with the Bankers Trust and Empire Trust com- panies and with th Seaboard National Bank the last named account having been closed. Tho securities on Its books are of the hlghe't graue. The District Attorney's ofllco Is anxious to find out the relations between Sulli- van and W. W Casterday, who has oprattd as it broker under, his own and thr names and HERlntt whon? ah In- dictment charging grand larceny is standing in this cjjtinty. On the Sulli- van books, fays Mr.. Jlool!og are\ many tntrle showing tint , V ks had bem Can You Afford to Speculate? Pethaps you enjoy It, but can you aflord ft 7 II you can't afford to Ipse, you can't afford to speculate. Most people lose when they speculate and you are not very apt to be the exception to the rule. You can be sure of keeping, what you have It you Invest It In our First Mortgage Certlllcates. Thc7 are rjuaranteed by the Bond fx Mortgage Guarantee Company and pay Interest at 5. You can buy them at any time at any of our offices and your Interest starts from the day we receive your money. We take care of large sums as well as small. TiTlE GUARANTEE & TRUST C9 Capital $5,000,000 Surplus $11,000,000 n6iMy. IJTW.liJrtiSl.OIOE l41lNSt. I7S Rtmn Jlreel, Brooklyn JJOrullon M By S\j$. Si.Cwt. SM blind signed to meet the expenses of one J. Hill, Including the rental of his apart- ment at 264 Riverside Drive. \But we ilnd,\ says Mr. Doollng, \that the actual tenant of that apartment is W. W. Easterdny. We have a letter,, written under the letterhead of Kulllvan & Co., and signed 'W. W. dCastcrday,' complaining that a certain telephone operator was Impudent nnd 'acted as If sho wcro the wife or Baron Astor.'\ CmMIiii If la i.nflarntnnil. DAVft he ln- - varlably acted In good faith and that If any securities were nanaiea carciessiy it was because he was absorbed In an Invention on which he was working. Charged with having n their posses- sion a $1,000 Consolidated s Company bond stolen from a messenger for Clem- ent, Whitney A Co. of 120 Broadway outside the office, of Freeman Co., 24 Pino street, William Hellers of 23' Ave- nue B and Morris Epstein of 23 Troctor street, Jlliiaie Village, ijuccns, we ucm by Magistrate Mancuso yesterday In $10,000 bail each lor tne uranu jurj. Two detectives testified that the de- fendants had said a man ;iam?d John Baker told them he had won tho bona and other securities In a crap game near Times Square and employed. Hellers and Epstein to go down to Wall street and sell them on a commission basis. They to tho detectives, i o said, according that they had themselves been robbed wnlio trylnj; to market some of their wares. David Epstein, the messenger boy for Clement & Whitney, was unable to Iden-tlf- y either of the prisoners as the man w-- had taken the Consolidated Gas bond. WOMAN PUT OUT' AS 'RED' TEACHER Conllnuetl from First Page. which reached Pollco Headquarters here evidence has been orougni w nni..i.i.v.i. ,iiointnir contemplated assassinations all over the country of . public officials wno nave oeen prosecuting radlrals. The plan, accord-- ; .v. . nv.tin.inir.Viin tin. was to send bombs by mall. Tho postal authorities have been warnea to wrich looking packages. Alexander I. Rorke, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney, appeared ngain berorc the extraordinary Grand Jury In connec- tion with the Investigation It Is con-.- .. i Mi-- i \privities. Tho UUUUUK iii.w -- same witnesses who appeared Tuesda were called. Probe Into Marten's Activities. In the meantime Mr. nerger and his assistants are at work on a further In- vestigation of the doings of the Russian Soviet bureau conducted by Ludwlg C. A. K Martens, tho d Bolshevik \ambasxadrcr.\ at 110 West Fortieth street. Interesting facts In this connec- tion were developed yesterday, when It was learned that A. A. Heller, the \com- mercial representative\ of the bureau, had been a liberal contributor to tho Rand School and Its work. Mr. Berger said that Dr. Isaac Hourwlch, the \chancellor\ of the \embassy and Gregory Welnsteln were members of the Russian Federation of the ' Socialist party. One result of the recent raids and ol tho Investigations now being conducted has bpen tho driving to cover of most of the local members of the Communist The headquarters at 207 East Tenth street reopened yesterday. Four rrcn were sitting about during the after-neo- n, one of them strumming Idly upon a piano. The announcement by \Ambassador\ Martens that the Soviet Government would furnish steamships to take Reds deported by tho United States Govern- ment back to Rusla caused a steady stream ,ot visitors to the offices of the bureau to file applications for passage. Martens 'said that 10,000 had been re- ceived nnd that he figured about 30,000 could be handled. Should Mr. Berger have his way, how- ever. Martens will be kept here for tho present In order that all possible Infor- mation may be elicited from him con- cerning plans for a sojlal revolution In this country. When his usefulness In this direction Is at an end Mr. Berger will ask his deportation to Germany, not to Russia. Justice Delehanty In tho Supreme Court took under advisement yesterday the application of counsel for James Lar-ki- n, the Irish labor agitator, nnd Ben- jamin Gltlow, former Socialist Assem-blvma- n from The Bronx, to have him affirm their writ of habeas corpus di- recting Assistant District Attorney Rorko to show causo for holding the two In $1.\ ball each pending action by the Grand Jury. Itrlenaed oil Unit. Crjnu Counsel for the prisoners argued they , had been Irregularly arraigned before ' Chief City Maglstnte McAdoo nnd thnt I thny had been subjected, to an Illegal grilling at the District Attorney s omce. Nothing they had said. It was urged, constituted the crime of criminal an- archy. After Lark In and Gltlow had been taken back to tho Tombs pending Jus- tice Delehanty'B decision Charles Recht and Walter Nelles, their attorneys, ap peared at tho city prison wtlh $30,000 cash ball nnd secured their release. It I was announced that the amount had hfn subscribed by . friends who were \interested In the caue.\ Those con-- j trlbutlng to the ball fund, according to Mr. Nelles, were Cnpt. Patrick Quln-Ma- n. $6,000; the Gltlow family, $5,000: I Workers Defence Union, $$,400; Dr. Ger-'tra- Kelly, $500 : Charles Recht. $500: Rubin Persons. $700; II. Hamburger, $11,000, and Capt. Swinburne Hale, $2.S00. I In tho Bridge Plaza court. Long Island rtly, Magistrate McClqskcy re- served declflofi until Dwember 2 In the case or five men arrested In the raid at Communist headquarters, 93 and 2 Grand street, Williamsburg, November R The hearing In the rare of Meyer Croubard, also arrld in the raid, was noMpolied until November 23. I PUBLIC IS FIRST Continued on Sixth Page. operators and miners and the public to- - lay said' that the miners were entitled to a living, wage, but that It should bo based upon the cost of living and not upon v comparative basis with other In- dustries. The operators, he said, wera entitled to a- fair return, but should not chargo Income and other taxes to cost. ' Dr. Garfield's Statement. Ills statement In part follows: IT V. A n.nnU nt fhn TTntt.1 .Stntea In a different cense from the Sec retary of tDor. U is part oi air. wn-so- function to effect conciliation. It la my tola function to exercise those powers conferred on tho Fuel Admini- stration; to see thatyan adequate sup- ply of coal. Is furnished tho peoplo of tho United Statesi and to see that in times of stress such as we are still unhappily Inithe midst of, the prices asked and re- ceived for coal aro not excessive. \We nil realize now that in tho great coal Industry the public la a partner. Kl one time tho operators nnd mine workers, like farmers, considered them- selves peculiarly Independent. But the public has a paramount Interest. \The peoplsj of.the United States will .not consent to pay, on excessive price for coal. We are all agreed to that, but ik. ,iHn nnnr (a - 'What .. la an exces- - .IIU IJUVOIIUJl.tiU'. slve price?' Nor will the public agree to go WltllOUl mis commuuuy, \Tho peope of the United States need, must have and will have coal, nnd they wilt not be prevented by anything the operators and miners may do unless tho Government Is dissolved Into a chaotic condition. \Tho people of the United States aro ...uiinn. ir. .naff ammMnnt rn maintain American standards, but the question Is. What are American stanaarust i yeu-pl- e want the operators to have a Just re- turn. But what Is a just return?\ J Figure. Not Complete. Dr. Garfield said he was not yet pre- pared to say what charrges could reason- ably bo made In the price of coal, as all .... . ...... it- -, a .i-- a r nnt nt hnnrl. One of the Items not yet determined, he said, was that ol tn reaerai incuma u. tn.- - n.v,lnh nnrntnr.s have claimed should be Included In tho cost of operation. The Government nas dis- puted this'. During 101S, he said, $1,300,000,000 was paid for bituminous coal, the aver- age price being $2.61 a ton. The pro- duction' cost was $2.15 a ton, tho miners receiving $750,000;000, or an average of $1.50. a ton. A total of $230,000,000 went to tho mine owners, but Dr. Gar- field said this was not all profit, as Fed- eral Income and excess profits taxes had to be deducted. \In 1917,\ Dr. Garfield said, \the taxes amounted to 30 cents a ton average over the country, but It Is difficult to estlmato for 1918. Tho taxes In 1918, however, to come out of the mar- gins aro somewhat less, I believe, than In 1917, but I will continue my Investi- gation to determine them accurately.\ \Do you .think the mine workers should give consideration to the, op- erators because they have to pay Tniin T. TwIa. . acting - laxeai ucvuw president of ,the United Mine Workers of America. \The question is whether the consumer should pay enough to cover the excess profits tax and at the same time give hn nnemtors their normal profit too,\ replied Dr. Garfield. \If the Federal uovemmem iuu tho profits by taxation even that clr- - . .m.i.i nM ... nmvflnt the miners CUIIloLllllu OI.WU. ..v.. from asking reasonable Increases, said Mr. Lewis. ....-- it .el )v In mfnrl that the I t il, lliuot mv Lever act guarantees a reasonable profit on tne prouuction ot mci. rm..iou n.iuiH \nf rourm Congress Is re sponsible for all tax enactments.\ . The \BoTstt Indnstry. Contrasting mining with commercial enterprises. Dr. Garfield said It was necessary not to Jose sight of tho fact that coal mining was the basic Industry hecessary to the winning of the war and that reasonable profits,' had to be main- tained. It was because a fair, return was guaranteed under the Lover act that Congress could not tax away all the mlno owners' profits, he said. \But the mine workers cannot bo from demanding higher wages and better conditions as a result of the Federal tax,\ Lewis replied. 'That Is the \Government's responsibility.\ IteDlvlnir to Wltltaro' Green, secretary 'of the United Mine Workers, Dr. Garfield explained that the Fuel Aommisiraiion In increasing the\ price of coal during the war had made an allowance of 13 cents for overhead because thero was not time to make a mlnute.examlnatlon Into every case, and for the Same reason 10 cents was allowed as royalty. Referring to the 43 cents allowed for wages. Dr. Garfield said that was \a crude thing to do,\ but that It was later found that the amount was In the average absorbed for wages. Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the operators' pcale committee, told the miners that \a fabulous margin In the coal Industry does not exist.\ Dr. Gar- field's '\Impartial figures.\ he said, had refuted tho reports of enormous profit in the coal business, which, he said, had been run on a \slender margin.\ Acting President Lewis said tho work- ers never had alleged that the operators made undue profits In 1918 under Gov- ernment control. \But we have made some remarks about profits In 1919,\ he said. \We are prepared to provo that some concerns have sold coal at the mines at $3 a ton, I $4 a ton, yes, and even $4.50 a ton; Wo aro prepared to demonstrate that In 1919 To Fortify The Sys- tem Against Golds, Grip mnd influmnzm Take , \Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets\ Be. sure you get the Genuine Look for this signature on the box. 30c oidon &Dihrorth Real ObangeMabmaiade the operators- - have got (10 to 15 per cent more for coal than thoy did In It 14, and that wage Increases to tho workers havo. been only 37 per cent, above 1914 figures, while the cost of liv- ing lias Increased 110 per cent, Thut's pur situation In a nutshell.\ Dr. Garfield said Tie had no complete figures .on the 1919 operations, and was suspicious of partial figures, but that he did have some data, which showed' that In certain fields operators were making less In 1919 than In 1918. \But If that Is true, why Is It that the selling price ot coal to the con- sumers has Increased $1 n ton this yeart' asked Percy Tetlow of the min- ers. \I do not know as to that,\ l)r, Gar- field replied. \But even If that Is so, does It enter Into our problem hero ex- cept as It affects the cost of living?\ \Well It's a question of Importance to the consumer,\ Tetlow returned. \Our figures show that the margin to the retailer Is more than $2 a ton on coaL It Is Important that the public be pro- tected. We realise that one ot the great- est problems Is that of the profit that Is added to coal after It leaves the mine,- and that the producer Is not a fair proportion of what the consumer pays.\ Washington, Nov. 19. Refusal of the coal operators to reemploy striking miners unless they renounced their union membership, as charged by the men,' Is causing a loss In coal production, the House was told to-d- by Representa- tive Denlson (III.). \I hope the Department of Justice will enforce the law against the operator as It did against the miner' said he. COAL DISTRIBUTION. PLANNED BY HINES Country Acts to Conserve Dc-creasi- Supply. Chicago, Nov. 19. Arrangements to provide, for tho most equltablo distribu- tion of coal that Is possible to regions and Industries that show, the greatest need were discussed y by Walker D, Illnes. Director-Gener- ot Railroads, and seven regional directors at the close of a two day conference on the coal sit- uation. , Mr. Illnes declared that coal must bo used \sparingly\ In order to make tho supply last. One of the first moves toward con- servation was taken by tho Cleveland Coal Commission when It cut off the coal supply of every Industrial plant ex- cept those coming under tho head ot \public utilities.\ The Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul Railroad to-d- sus- pended forty more passenger trains, bringing the total of trains cut off from that road to 126. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad suspended twenty trains. Mr. Hints announced that unless an abrupt chango for the better occurred West Virginia coal fields would be levied upon for Western Industry. Ht. Louis IMnnts Cloae. Special Deipatch to Tint Sex. St. Louis, Nov. 19. Tho closing .of factories In the St. Louis Industrial dis- trict because of a lack of coal began The Aluminum Ore Company of East St. Louis and the Evens & Howard Flro Brick Company began laying off large forces. P. II. Greenlaw, chairman of tho Southwestern Regional Fuel Committee said hundreds of plants, em- ploying thousands of men, In St. Louis anil nearby towns would have to close within, two or three days. South on War Time Basin. Atlanta, Nov. 19. The South was put on a wartime coal basis by an order limiting purchases for home use to one ton, issued by the Southern regional committee of the Railroad Ad- ministration. Unless the bituminous coal' strlko situation Improves shortly more drastic restrictions may become necessary. The order applies to all ter- ritory east of tho Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers except parts of Virginia. Dnlnth Conserves Supply. Dumjth, Minn., Nov. 19. All supplies of bituminous coal from the docks at the head ot the lakes to the Industries In tho Northwest regarded as were cut off under an order Issued this morning by E. B. Brlgham, chair- man of the coal distribution committee. OPERATORS' ACTlOm STARTS NEW STRIKE \Cheek Off\ System Aol-ishe- d and Men Walk Out. OfABLESTPN, W, VS., ,NOV. lp.TjT1'0 coal strike situation In the unl6nf'zed Southern mining districts of West Vir- ginia took on a moro serious aspect to- night when reports were received from tho New River coal fields showing that hundreds of miners had walked out., closing n number of- mines ope'rntlnB since the rescinding of tho strike order. According to the reports the men be- gun quitting work y following notification by the mine superintendents1 that tho \checkoff systom hud been abolished because the miners had abro- gated their contract by participating In tho strike of November 1. The new strike, is reported to be spreading throughout the New River district, whore. approximately 8,000 miners are employed,- In 130 mines. T. L. ,Lowls. secretary of the New River Coal Operators' Association, suld he had no, statement to ma'ko. Mr. Lowls admitted that \ten or twelve mines\ In the New River fields wero closed. Tho miners Iri tho New River field are quitting work \wherever tho opera- tors are putting the new policy Into ef- fect,\ It was stated by tlTHon officials at tho headquarters of District No. 29, United Mine Workers, at Beckley to- day. J. II. Slmms chairman ot a local '.tnlon committee, representing moro than 200 miners who walked out nt the Beards Fork mines, y sent a telegram to Attorney-Gener- Palmer Informing hlni that tho miners In the New River dis- trict ate again on strike beciluse the operators havo violated their contracts \and refuse to check off union dues.t' North UnWoto Mines nestorcd. . Bismarck, N. D.-- , Nov. 19. Judgo W. L. Nucssle, In District court late. y, Isused an Injunction directing Adjt? Gen. Fr'aser und Capt L. N.'Balrd of the State home guard to restore to the Washburn Lignite \Company not liter than 2 o'clock Monday afternoon the mining property at Wilton. N. D., seised last 'Thursday under orders from Gov. Frasler. New Colorado Atrlke. Drnver, Nov. 19. Colorado's coal production will be curtailed by a second strlko of United Mlno Work-er- a of America, EffortB y to effect a settlement failed. NO NEED TO FEET OVER COAL Illtamlnou. Shortage Will Not Af- fect People of City. ' Rtports from Washington yesterday that tho nation's bltumlnqus coal supply Is 20,000,000 tons thort because of thej recent strike need give no immediate concern to New Tcrk people, It was said by coal men. The city consumes mostly anthracite, the supply of which It Is saM l.i normal. According to the Coal Trade Journal rome bituminous coal Is used In New York for mixing with hanl and by power plants In unrestricted neighborhoods, tut at present there seems to be an ample supply. For Instance, at the Tide- water piers are 250,0t)0 tons of soft coal. This Is being dumped at a normal rate, rartly for local consumption and partly for Long Island and New England fac- tories. BUY MONEY ORDERS EARLY. Postmaster First With Uianl Ad-Tl- ee on ChrUtmaa Gifts. Postmaster Thomas G. Patten Is first to the mat wltlivthe annual admonition to do Christmas business early. His consideration was for foreign bound gifts of money. To prevent congestion, at the post offices he urged persons In- tending to send Christmas gifts over seas to buy their money orders now. International money orders may be, houcht at anv regular \carrier station. Money orders for members bf tho army' or navy In foreign localities may be purchased r.t domestic rnte, 44 E. 14th St. 47 Cortiandt St. THE KUPPENHEIMER bid BLACK OR OXFORD ROY A WARM Winter Overcoat in the height of good taste, for Men and Young Men, of conserva- tive tendencies. In single or double breasted model with velvet collar. Many men will show a preference for the double-breaste- r. PRICES FROM $40 TO $60 1456 Broadway Broadway, at 49th Street 279 Broadway 2 Flatbuih Are., Brooklyn 123th Street, at 3d Aveouc Ask for the New Ktippenheimer Slyle Boole. 4 DE LAMAR ESTATE HELD M BAD 'TIPS' i Claims by Friends Who Lost on fltock Deal Avo In the Main Allowed, Charles F. Brown, as f'ourt referee, rustuliied In prln-tlpl- e yesterday tho actions brought by several', claimants against the estate of Capt. R. I)e Lamar, who died a year ago leaving an estate estimated at $50,000,000. Some tlmo after his death seven sep- arate actions for sums, ranging from $600 to $122,758 were brought against tho executors of his estate by former friend's who claimed that Capt. Do !Lamar gave them \tips\ on rtock trans-action- s and agreed to Indemnify them agalnnt looses, They sued for the amount of their losff;. Referee Brown filed Judgments yes- terday In several of these actions and announced that the testimony In ull of tho cases, with the exception of that brought upon the claim of Frank Pol- lock, tho singer, has been completed. Tho largest claim was by Albert Mor- ris Bagley, who claimed $122,758, that he had lost this sum In stock deals advised by the decedent upon his personal guarantee to make good any sum lost. The referee has not yet filed the Judgment in this case. He recommended that the claim for John I). Hall for $11,875 be allowed In full. Hall testified that he met Delimar In Idaho In 1S75 when he (Hail) was proprietor of a boarding house there nnd Do Lamar had not yet made his millions In copper and silver. Hall came East In later years and renewed acquaintance with the capitalist. qri August 22, 1917, while De Lamar was second nt and a di- rector of the International Nickel Com- - nanv and president nnd a director of the Dome Mines Company, he told Hall that he wanted to dispose of 21,000 shares of his nickel stock ana m.uuo shares of his Dome stock without letting his friends In Wall street know about w iiti.opufiAi m& m JCT SCVKN WAN 85 Nns!an Street near 14th. '\ Broad wav, ror.Sflth St. Broailway Times Third 2203 120th St. Av.,tel.1th4H7thSti Store marked .A- - .... It irall agreed to sen me, ,siock iw The former boarding house keeper watched the market from August. 1917, to November, 1918, And tho large blocks of stock at opportune times. At the end of this period he turned over to De $1,295,869 as tho net pro- ceeds of the Ho testified that De Lamar was pleased and promised to pay him for his services, but died before he made the payment. The referee recommended that tho MMm nf Marie L. Curtis, wife of Alfred H, curtl. office manager for De Lamnr, bo paid In full, in uecemuci m, w Lamar told her he would return any money she advanced to him with five per cent Interest. At the tlmo of his death, he owed her $3,475 and Interest. A claim of Ida Huhler, housekeeper for De Lamar, for $900 was allowed, but a second claim for 11,200 was not by the referee. A claim by Clara Duff, n friend, for $600 loss In stock Investments was not allowed, because the referee thought It was not sufficiently proved. Alice A. De Lamar, daughter of Captain Do Lamar, received the bulk of his fortune. Our Head, O'llurt lu Tnrblue HUM. AVatxrhihit, .Conn.. Nov. 19. 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Douglas Stores Greater 847 Bronrtwny, 4rl 1405 Sri.) 084 Avenue. 1452 Third Avenue. Third Av..cor. 2771) Thlr,d with v - . sold Lamar sale, , Miss , hurt . stores comfort that The direct shoes price 347 F.lshth Avenue, 250 West 125th Street. BROOKLYN. 70fi Broadway, near Thornton St. 13117 Broadway, cor. Gates Avenue. 47S Fifth cor. 11th Street. 850 Manhattan Avenue. 440 Street, a carry compltte linn of U7 L. Shoes with ADWEAR soles last three times longer 1 Just the thing for children's shoes. Will save you the cost of or two half-soling- s. 1 Leading shoe manufacturers use the ADWEAR process treat- ing sole leather. The vertical thread Plugs make it hard to wear the soles out. J Your Dealer will show you a pair. ADWEAR PROCESS SOLE LEATHER MACHINE CO. Finance Building, Philadelphia. Mnnufaf turing Company offered cttrrtnt thAt tlA city Vtrcots might no darknesji \ LEGION THREATENS UP-STAT- E RADICALS Member? Plan to Halt Social. ist Meeting, Sptctal Detptitch to Tur. s. KvnACTSE, Nov, 19. .Mcin'ic 't th local posts of the Amerli nerved notice tlut nn4 attempt ny mo or uih v , , a meeting on Fiid.iy nili i; Hull litre for .the iniorS!ii n demand that the Goveniini-n- fr,c what tho Socialists brand as \political prisoners\ will participate riot anl result In the storming of the hall by (, Legionnaires. Attention of the American Legion and of the city and authorities wai directed to the meeting by the cll.itrlliu. tlon of hand bills In this eity tIm bills, printed In red nntl Illustrated with cutR showing inmniifri being tortured tit Oov nmu-ntj- i tii.;t, lions. Klrkpatilrk Is ndf,,y,., (, speak on \Political rr..-ni- Tho hand bills il.m inl In biz red letters, \Mr. President, let llit-- wv and declare, \Wo tin ielueo( all prisoners whose crimes con. slsted In the peaceful expression anj maintenance of their political oplnloni Industrial activities, or tvllvlou , Mt\ a FORTY-SIXT- DOUGLAS FACTORY and BROCKTON. 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