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FKIDAY, AUGUST 22,1924 THE EVENING GAZETlt: M atamoras, A u g. 22— Mr. and Mrs. George R a y and fam ily and Mrs. W a l lace P a g e m otored to Stroudsburg to day w h e r e they w ill meet Rev. C. Ht. Gerhart, who w ill return hom e with them and w ill occupy the pulpit In H o p e E v a n g elical Cliurc hat the m o rning and evening service on Sun day. Rev. Albright w ill occupy the pulpit in Rev. Gerhardt’S church in Reading on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Caulbins, of Port Jervis and Mrs. Mary Caulkins, Of Avenue O, returned home from 'H u d son P a lls, w h e r e they were call ed to attend the funeral of the lat- te t ’s brother-in-law. Rev. Green. Mr. and Mrs. Metheis, of Cornell, N. have been guests at the homo o f their friends, Mr. and Mra. P . G. W ickham on Avenue L. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W ood and fam ily have returned _to their home on Avenue K after visiting at Bethel, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Prank W ood and fam ily have returned to their home on Avenue K a f te r visiting a t Bethel, N . T . Messrs. John H u b er and Otfo Bock o f N e w York, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brandel, on Pennsyl vania a'^nue. Miss Ruth B u k e r is confined to her hom e with illness. H e r m any friends hope to soon hear o f her recovery. Miss Anna McGinnis, of N ew York is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, P . Schumacher on Avenue M. Mrs. Basham, of Scranton, Pa., is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Strait. Miss Ida Wood, of Port Jervis, is visiting at the hom e of her friend, Mrs. Henry W e stfall^on A v enue M. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quick and Mr. and Mrs. M. Schumacher visited at M onticello on Thursday. Rev. A. H. M urdock is spending the day in New York. This community w a s sorry to hear of the death of M iss Sadie O’Burke, of Milford, w h o passed aw a y at the Deerpark Sanitarium on Monday. The deceased w a s in the em p loy of Re- voire’s bakery at M ilford and had a host of friends here who m o u rn. her loss and extend sym p athy to the sur viving relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Van C'ann of New York are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Heinle, on Avenue N.* Mr. arid Mrs. Madie Reinert and Mr. and Mrs. E. Lawrence, of Penn sy lv a n ia a v e n u e Spent Thursday at Mud Pond. Mr. and Mrs. Atermaso and family of Yonkers, X. Y., returned home af ter \asiting at the home of Mrs. Mary C a u lkins on avenu.e O. Mrs. John Carrigan and fam ily, of Newark, N. J., are visiting relatives Mrs. Roy Van Schoick is visiting relatives at Lakeville, N. Y. One of the largest crowds of the w e e k attended the carnival last even ing. The rides and booths w ere all w e ll patronized. R o b e rt Fredenberg, p f Allendale, N. J.. is n week-end guest at the home Of Mr. and Mrs; Edwax'd Eislier on Avenue Iv, Mrs. Joseph Roberty of Delaware drive spent Thursday at Go.slU'il, X. T. Miss B e u lah R e m e y who underwent an operation at Bt. F ran c is Hospital is getting along nicely. LEG mm GRAFTED ON MAN’S SPME [LOEBDN VERGE ’ OFBREAKDOWN Criminal courtroom, Chicago, Aug. 21.— ^pear for th e sudden collapse of Richard Leob, who, w ith N a than Leo pold, Jr., kidnapped and killed R o bert Frankei w a s expressed by m em bers of th e defense today. Leob’s de m eanor has undergone a marked change during the past 24 hours. Up to th e tim e the state started its closing argument,/ demanding the gal low s for both youths, Leob appeared care-free.. H e chatted w ith Leopold and his attorneys laughing frequently H e m a intained some of his composure during' the argument made by A ssist ant State’s- Attorney Tom Marshall. B u t w h en A sssitant State’s Attorney Savage turned loose a vicious attack on th e slayers in th e last hour of the court sessions yesterday, Leob’s self- assurance seem ed to crumble. =« Every tim e Savage strode to the seats of the slayers<>^nd shook his finger a t them , denouncing th e m in shrill voice as the perpetrators of the w o rst crim e in the history of the state,” Loeb shrank away as far as possible. W h en the court adjourned Loeb was shaking as w ith the ague. H is m outh worked spasm odically, his eyes w e re wide and rolling. “Yes, he looks m u c h worse th a n he did a few days ago,” Dr, Jam es w . Hall, cheif of the defense alienists said today. Hr. H a ll indicated that he had been asked to attend all sessions of the court, largely to observe Loeb Richard w h o early in life suffered from epile psy, is subject to severe tw itching of the facial muscles. Clarence Darrow, ch e if defense a t torney, is m u c h concerned about his young d e n t s condition. He spends m u ch o f his tim e near the youth, chatting w ith him in an attem p t to raise his spirits. Alienists agree that X.oeb is m ore sensitive th a n Leopold an d th e y look for him to be th e first to waver. Savage is expected to consume a l m ost the entire day exam ining the 100 or m ore w itnesses who testified on the stand. NEW YORK*HAS PAID 11 MILLION Albany, A_ug. 21'— P a y m e n t of $11,- 688,732.88 of the $45,000,000 World W ar Ibonu.s ' by the New York State Bonus Bureau w a s m ade dur ing the first four months of opera tion, it w a s indicatecl toni,ght by a report m ade public by A d jutant General E. J. W estcott. The number of claims /paid to date is 89,675, while the highest numbered claim paid is 100,512 indicating th e bureu has cut by 3,100 the number of dis pute in the last three weeks. The average bonus paid during the period v/as $130.?,4. A lthough Fed eral records shows that 518,000 persons from this state served in either the army or navy only slight ly m ore than 320,000 bonus applica tion s have been received. PERSONAL Miss Gharlotte Noarpass returned to EernardsvlUe, N. J., after visiting kef parents, Mr. and ,Mrs. W . H . Near- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roberty and son ^ d W illiam Denk, of W est Ehd, and Mrs. B o y Romaine and son, of Paterson, N. J., left on Sunday by motor for an outing at W a tkins Glen and N iagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Em m ett D o tey and daughter, Isabella, of Madison, N . J., are visiting at the hom e of the for- toier’s mother, Mrs, M. A, Hotey, on Fowler street. . Mrs. P. C. 'Rutan and her daugh ter, Margaretha, are spending a few days at Long Beach, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Theo. W eiss and fam ily of Lyman street left town today for several days visit at Sag Harbor, Long Island. Mrs. S. Ornstine and son, Howard, of Scranton, Pa., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W alter, on Sussex street. FOUR SCOUfs GET EAGLE BADGES portj ^ vis : n . y . THIS IS PUZZLER FOR TURKISH OFFICERS Hyman .Tosefson and B e a k e s D ick erson of Middletown; W esley Megin of Newburgh, and George Kraft of Port Jervis, were awarded the Eagle- Scout badge Tuesday n ight during the C o u rt of Honor a t Camp 'Wanaksink. conducted by Scout Executive Clar ence W.‘ Hunter of the Orange Coun* ty Council, Boy Scouts of America. The L ife and Star badges were awarded to W illiam Schrade and B e n jam in W o lf of Middletown, in addi tion, six second class, five first class, an d . 75 m erit badges were given to qualified Boy Scouts. GIRL NARROWLY ESCAPED MOWER W arwick, Aug. 21— W h ile “U n c le” Richard W ood w a s mowing the lawn for the Misses W isner on M aple ave nue with his one-horse m ower, little Miss Clarella W isner, 11-year-old daughter of Richard W isner, who is visiting her aunts, hopped into his lap to take a ride as she had been in the habit of doing. As the mower went over a little piece of uneven ground, the knife blades were jogged down so they dug in the sod, throw ing Mr. ■ Wood off to one side while the girl fell partly in front, her left arm get ting in just above the blades. The horse came to a stop after a step or two, and it w a s thought Clarella had some broken bones. But an • examina tion of W a rwick H o spital showed that she had stiffered no harm except for a .slight cut in her forehead and pome scratches and bruises of the arm. “Uncle” Richard w a s vastly re lieved at tlie fortunate escape of his pet girl. STATE ROAD DETOURS ARE ANNOUNCED WEEKLY ROAD BULLETIN CHAMBER COMFilERCE Baltim ore, Aug. 21.— Doctors at Johns H opkins Hospital have per formed w h a t they believe to be the m o st remarkalxle bone-graft operation in th e history of the institution in the transplanting of a piece of bone from th e low er right leg to the spinal col- nmn of Forest Wieforcl, thirty-eight years old, of Newport, W. Va., it was learned today. W ieford suffered a dislocated verte bra in an autom obile accident three years ago. Physicians found th a t re m o v a l of the diseased vertebra was necessitated. It being im p o ssible to shorten the spine, a piece of shinbone w a s shaped into th e form of a vete- hra and inserted in the v/eakened part of W ieford’s back. He w a s then placed in a plaster cast. A lthough W ieford may have to pass another fortnight in th e cast, th e oper ation is announced as successful. The Chamber of Commerce has is- ‘^ued Ihe following road bulletin: Oprrator.s lir-en.=!e aplicaiion.s— T o day the County CFrk is m a iling 25,- 000 applicatioTis to all gai'ages and Chambers of ConTiierce in the county. These applications may be obtained aft or Paturdnv, August 23, at the Chamber of Commerce or at any ga- P o rt .Ter\'is to Kingston—P-cst route by Middletown, Montgomery, W alden, F a s t W alden and New Paltz, Port Jervis to Middletown— Good. Port Jervis to New York— S hort de tour from S a. m. to 5 p. m. between Chester and Monroe. Port Jervis to Monticello— Rough from Forfstburgh to Monticello. M onticello to Liberty— Good. Con crete road from Ferndale to Liberty, completed. C o n stantin o p le, Aug. 21 .— ^Turkish w o m e n m u s t not bathe in th e ocean according to a recent edict of the lo cal^ authorities, and the police have been given strict orders to see that, th e decree is given effect. But this is w h a t troubles the po licemen: Ho wean they determine her nationality when a w om a n has donned a bathing cuit. Non-Turkish wom en m a y bathe as before. Turkish women are more and more assuming western European ha bits and dress, and bathing suits when worn by Turkish w o m en look no dif ferent than when worn h y .a non-Turk Is the bather a *Turk, liable to arrest, is the question before the policeman, or a non-Turk to whom he w ill have to apologize for m istaking her nation ality? GIRL SUIN g '~F0R BREACH OF PROMISE N ew York, Aug. 21— ^A bill for $50,- 000 on account of “disappointment” was presented to Joseph Heller, a wealthy manufacturer, by Edith Jacobs yesterday. The girl w a s graduated from high school last June. She is suing for alleged breach of promise to marry. H eller w a s arrested at 254 W a llabout street, Brooklyn, on a civ il order obtained by Miss Jacobs. He was released in $500 bail. Miss Jacobs gives this schedule of the courtship; September, 1922, proposed. R eject ed. November, 1922, proposed. R e ject ed.' November, 1922, again proposed. Rejected. June, 1924, proposed. Rejected. June, 1924, again proposed. A c cepted. . ' v> July, 1924, lie became inattentive. N o t alone did M iss Jacob’s heart suffer when H eller ceased his atten tions/ but her pocketbook becam e de pleted; she claims. She said she had paid large sums for a trousseau and refused an excellent business position in expectation of becom ing Heller’s w ife. ^ Miss Jacobs said they had planned to be married in November, but Heller w a s no longer enthusiastic. 'When she chided him he adm itted this, she says: “You are one hundred per cent right.” Supreme Court Justice Churchill granted the order of arrest upon Miss .Taeob’s representations that Heller wa& likely to leave the state upon com p letion of a $500,000 governmenf contract WEATHER AND CROP CONDITIONS IN STATE (The summary of weather' and crop conditions in New York state for w^ek ending August 19, is as follows: The w eek w a s cloudy and cool over ifibst of the state. Mean temperatures averaged from four to six degrees be low the normal, w h ile light frost oc curred in exposed places on the m o rn ing of the 15th. There were scatter ed showers in nearly all seciions during the first four days. Sunshine m o u n t ed to about 58 per cent of the pos sible. Crop growth was slow, due to the French Cclton Induetry Prance has 9,380,000 spinning spin dies, 1,213,000 tw isting spindles nnd 173,800 meebanical looms m Its eotton industry. Albany, Aug. 21,— S tate [Commis sioner of Highways A. W. Brandt has announced among olheis the following detours and road conditions on tlie main state routes: New York city and Hudson risrer points via Nj'ack, Suffern and Mid-^ dM o w n — New Jersey state line-N y -j T h e r r w a s T till ack road under construction— detour ; having an<i. harvesting grain., via Brutuhvuy in the village of Nyack western localities the and River road. R econstruction be- I ^^.^und was too damp fo r cultivation.' All Girls Edward Wander of London was givu m a small fine recently for, telling a jjirl customer in his shop that she vvas nice. Wander protested that he was not flirting, but called all girls ‘nice” as a general business policy. {EtrtetUtgtr-^^bofee? Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS d.t -•g*Btoar»r !P o «* e JKRVMU IST. X . TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY The Port Jervis Carpet Cleaning works. Under new m a n a g em ent. First class work at reduced prices during July and August. Tel. 109-W Res. 4514 Sussex St. Card o f Thaaiks W e desire to thank all our friends for t h e sym p a thy and kindness shown during our recent bereavment the sickness and death of our Father AI- dred Osterhout and also for the beau tifu l floral tributes and cars contri buted. ■ ■ i.yM D a u g h ters of Aldred Osterhout NOTICSE All those attending N eversink Lodge 253, R. R . T. Clam -bake cars w ill leave W est End, corner Ferry and W est Main streets, a t 1 p. m. for th e hake. Cars w ill leave Erie Depot from 12:30 to 1:20 p. m. for those holding tickets. F. W itt, chairm a n . ________________________________ 8-22-23 W a n t e d —^Woman to r tem p o rary po sition a s housekeeper in fam ily of two M u st he com p etent.. A p p ly 26 Sulli van A v e. 8-22-lf. 7— ^room house for sale A ll im p rove ments. Mrs. A. T. Aum ick, Ave M. Matamoras. 8-22-23 SPECIAL BOTH FOR $1.29 One Dollar Gem Razor One Dollar Shaving Brush E. MACKEY & CO., he. \The Nyal Drug Store” 101-103 P n tE STREET NOnCTE To shareholders of Port Jervis Sav ings and Loan Association No. 1: On accouflt of August 24th failing on Sunday, m etings for collection of | dues w ill be held on Monday and Tues- | day Evenings, A u g u st 25th and 26th respectively, between the hours of 7 and 9 o’clock. John F. Cleary, Secretary. ^ 8-23-25 Has a Grenuiire Medium Been \Pound at I/ast? One of the scientists w h o has been investigating th e b a ffling phenomena evoked by the m ysterious Boston spirit .......xx.*. ......... ..... medium, who calls h e r s e lf “Mrs B.” o r ^ r i c t Attorney asse:^s provide an open “•n/rnT.nrAT,y»> of M s oxtraordmaiT and shut case” h e 'is liable to im p ri- Margery” tells o f his extraordinaiT experiences in the seance room. E x perts who have exposed one medium after another have so far been able to- discover no fraud in this remarkable w o m a n ’s demonstrations. See next Sunday’s world. . ltd OBITUARY COONEY LOSES FOUR FINGERS Patrick Bohan Word has been received in this city of the death of Patrick Bohan, an old resident of Port Jervis at his home in Siiffern. Further obituary and funeral notice w ill be published tomorrow. tw een Ferndale and L iberty-7-Tm ffic maintained on one side of the road. Nev.^ York-Albany route via Pough keepsie (E a st Side of H u d son)— A tem p oraiT bridge two m iles north of Os.sining. From Poughkeep.sie to Ren- a.‘-'elaer county line in good condition, except betw een Livingston and H u d son, and Rhinebeck and Hyde Park— under contract but traffic is being take n care of . N ew York-Albany route via New burgh and K ingston (W est Side of Hudson)'— On New Jersey State line- Nyack road detour via Broadway, in the village of N y a ck and the river road. R econstruction between H igh land and Kingston—traffic m a intained but better route via N ew Paltz, Rif- ton and Eddyvdlle. The Storm K inf road is closed by order of the W ar Departm ent for tar get practice at W est P o int from 6:45 a. m. to 11 a. m. today and Friday. I E xcepting the late alfalfa, haying is about finished. Harvest of w h eat con tinued, and some has been threshed ^ with good yields generally. Much o a t s ' w a s cut during th e latter half of the 1 w eek. Field corn is late and nearly' everywhere, and its su c c e s s ' seems to be dependent on a change to warmer weather. Blackberries are ripening. There was continued com plaint of fungu.s diseases. Auburn, N. T., Aug. 21— 'After sup pressing the fact since last Tues day. officials ill Auburn prison today admitted tliat Edward Cooney, hus band of Celia Cooney, the bob-haired bandit, bot'h of whom are seiving tim e in the Auburn prison, had lost four fingers on his left hand v/iiile j operating an em b ossing press in the prison shop last Tuesday'. Cooney w as. s e n t to Sing Sing but w a s trans ferred here to be near liis w ife, who is in the women’s prison. He has been w o rking in the shop w h e re the state auto license plates are being m ade for 1925. Cooney is now in the prison hospital. OBSEQUIES 0 A ldred Ostej’hoiifc The funeral of Aldr4d Osterhout w a s held at the house No. 5 Gariss streeet, W ednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Revs. Greenwalt and Ray conducted the services. There were many' beautiful floi’al tributes. In term ent took place in Sparrowbush , Cemetery. The pall bearers were Eugene W iest, A1 Tisdell, Eugene Tisdell, I George Jacques,' Harry' Eiinis and Ed ward Hanlon. The flower bearers were, Bert Happ and Corwin Happ. Wool, Gossamer Weight ‘ Stockings, Latest Mode Since silk stockings are taboo with sports dress, resourceful designers have brought out entirely new hosiery of different styles in light wool and cot ton. It is a long time since any but old-fashioned plain black or white stockings have been seen. Aside from silk there have been only lisle—so [harsh to some tender feet—or the heavy-ribbed woolen articles that have been affected by the athletic girl, who grinned and bore them. The new sorts ______ are of wool, gossamer weight, in fan- ^ 1 . X X ^ r - o r v , o •P.-r. i ^Uy wovBn pattems, ribbed or with Chester, Aug. 21 When Game Pro-, stripes; and of cotton, with a surface appearaif^ like wool, and PAY FINES FOR KILLING SONGBIRDS Independent Indians The Croatan Indians in the state of North Carolina are not under the con trol of the United States government. They have ■ their own tribal foi'lil of government. They .are located at Pem broke, about TO miles we?t of Wilmlnpr ton, in Roberso4 eniinty. Mrs. IVTargaret Burke CalkahaH The funeral of Mr.s. IHargnrot B u rke Callahan wa.a held a t the honae on Fow ler street a t 8:30 o’clock and at f3t, Mary’s Chiirrh at 10 o’clock this morning. Iiiformcnt took place in St. Mary’s Ccmotcry’*. The pall bearers were Thom a s McAndrev.r, M atthew Curtis, M ichael I-Iowley-, Jam es Kane, Joseph Brown and Jam es W h alen. lector Daniel R. Bacon, of Goshen, a terror am ong game law violators, no ticed that song birds were being ruth lessly killed in tins vicinity, he trail ed four persons to N ew York city and returned them here. Justice of the Peace Cyrus Wood ^ arraign ed them Mondxay and a settlem e n t of fino.s aggregating $125 w a s later made in Mr.\’Bacon’s Neyjii York office. Isidor Saga, an Armenian, of New York cityT and tw o men an clone w o man, Tcere seen last week shooting meadow larlts, robins, blue birds, brown thrushes on the farm of A l bert EliloUK at B u ll’s Mills. Mr. Ba con w ent after them, but they learn ed of his com ing and left for New York city. l^aeon awaited their return and told them they v.'oul<l have to go to this village. Mr. Saga paid the 'whole fine. •in a variety of colors and styles. __________—,—•' -------------- - T h r e e Fatnotzs L a k e s The famous Lakes of Killarney are three connected bodies of water, one of ■which is about a mile and a half from the town of Killarney. They are situ ated in tlie midst of the Kerry moun tains. Held Many Hi^h Omces James Buchanan, President of the United States from 1857 to ISGl, held many prominent posts before he was elected Chief Executive. He had been eongreysmun, seimtoi’, secretary of state, and m inistor to Great Britain. N a t T h a t E liza b e th Professor of H istory —“What do you .Mother of Errors imow of the ak ;* of E’iT^ahcth, Jonesr In ^'enoHil, pride is at the bottom of Jones. dreaiiiil.Y—‘hsue v,iii be mnetoen all gi^at mistakes.—Raskin. j-next we k.\ J . M . D e w i t t 83-85 Pike Street i Port Jspvis, N. Y. ■ ( 1 F R I D A Y c A T I I K ! a n d 1 A Y S A L E ( liirin r s i iir J I \ 1 mm 5 5m A W m i d Men^s Straw Hats and Cloth Hats. We are closing out all of our straw hats and cloth hats at a big re duction. . , That was $2.00 to $2.50, Sale . . ......... . 98c That was $3.00 to $4,00, Sale . , ............... $1.98 That was $5.00 to $7.50, Sale . . ....T.... $2.40 MEN’S CLOTH 1 That was $i .50 and $2.00, Sale . HATS ...................98c That was $2.50 to $3,00, Sale . . ................ $1.98 That was $3.50 to $4.5Qt Sale . , -0 . .. .. .. .......... $2.45 , --------------- - --------- ------------- ------ ---------- '— - ----- — J \ KID McCOY WANTS BOOKS ON REUGION Los uAngeles, Aug. 21.— Qpiet w o rk of his friends in behalf o f a- defense fund for Kid McCoy w a s led today by D ick Ferris, owner of the Culver C ity race track and prom o ter of boxing an- tom o b ile racing and othexg sporting ventures on t h e coast. M cCoy'liim self spent a auiet day in the county jail and when visited by his counsel requested some books on spiritualism and religious topics. H e said he intended to utilize the tim e be fore the opening of his trial for th e murder of M?:s. Theresa W einstein Mors in “impro-ving reading a.nd re flection.”^ .. ' Dr. Cecil Reynolds, an a lien ist spent several hours w ith the accused m a n th is afternoon. H e is th e fifth expert to study McCoy’s m e n tal con dition. Three State psychopathists pronounced him sane several days ago The first alienist engaged for the de fense, Dr. R. O. Shelton, has not yet announced the nature of. his findings. One of the bits of defense strategy w h ich has hefen considered is for Mc Coy to plead guilty to th e m u rder charge and for his attorneys then to raise t h e question of h is m ental condi tion em p loying taictics sim ilar to those of the licopold-lioeb defense in Chica go. The penalty for murder in Califor nia if a death sentence is not im p o sed is im p risonment for one year to life. B y advencing an insanity plea. McCoy attorneys m ight save him from th e gallows, and in five years hem ight he eligible to parole. I f McCoy is tried on the various chargjes tof robbery and deadly a s saults under coun ts w h ic h th e D is and shu t case” h e 'is liab le to im p ri- ,^^sonment from fifteen years to life, with, the necessity of serving a fifteen year sentence before being eligible to .parole. r ' - ' i
