The evening world. Newspaper, June 15, 1920, Page 1

LAT D TO-NIGHT’S aaeaeroremanen storms. To Be Sure of Getting The Evening World, Order im Advance from Your Newsdealer te Books Open to All?’ ‘| LL AT DANCE HALL BEFORE TAKEN TO HIS HOME IN AN A Courttant, 1920, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). NEW ‘YoRX, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1920. - Entered ne Serond. Post Claes Office, New York, N. ¥. Matter a ge Light as Possible in View of Long Police Service, | WIFE WEEPS IN COURT, | Accused Calm as He Denies Making Statements That Led to Conviction, | Weeks the Justice Bartow S. of sentenced in the Supremo Criminal to-day Inspector Dominick Henry, formerly in charge of the Fourth Inspection District, to not less than two nor mOre than fwe! ‘hard labor in Sing Sing. Henry was convicted last Friday of | rjury. In imposing sentence Justice | Weeks declared that he had made the sentence as light as posulble in view of the long and exempiary service rendered by his thirty years in the police force without a Branch Court \ \years at Henry In charge against Wis record. ‘ Col. William Rand, Special Agsist- ant Attorney General, speaking in| court just prior to the imposition of) the sentence des’ red that the Mayor, Commissioner of Accounts Hirshfield and Police Commissioner Envisht “are In no small measure responsible for the occasion, which now calls for the judgment of this court upon the defendant.” Col. Rand also declared that Hirsh- field, Hylan and Enright “had forced the defendant into the position in which he found himself when he was gu! ed by, a mistaken sense of loy- ulty to his superior officers.” In moving for the execution of judgment Col, Rand added that there ( was no personal gain fdr Henry in what he had done. ‘The court was crowded with police officials, detectives and city officials when Inapector Henry, accompanied ) ‘his counsel, ‘Bourke Cockran, en- tered and took his stand at the bar ‘A tow moments later Mrs, Henry, ac- companied by Father James Coogan and the Rev. Dr. Wade, Police Chap- Jains, entered the court room and took a seat not far from her hus- band. During the address of lawyers and Court, Mrs. Henry bore up well, though she wiped her eyes with her handkerchief from time to time, (Continued on Third Page.) RESOLUTE LEADING IN 8TH TRIAL RACE Breeze Gives Promise of Increasing — Windward and Leeward Course, NEWPORT, R. 1, June 15.—The trial races between Resolute and Vanitie for the honor of defending the America’s cup against Shamrock IV. were re- sumed here today after the Resolute had had two days of overhauling. ‘As a five knot southwester was blow- dng at the lightship when the commit- tee arrived, the signals were hoisted for & windward and, leaward race, the yachts speeding away ong time, The Resolute won the honors at the start, for although crossing the line a trifle astern, she went to the windward, both boats going over on the starboard track. The breeze gave every Prospect of increasing and it looked like a good One-half hour after the raco the Resolute was still leading |. INSPECTOR HENRY SENTENCED SABY CARUSO BENG FROM TWO 1 AT HARD LABOR FOR PERIURY Justice Weeks Mak: Makes Sails ater CARUSO, 0) FIVE YEARS | | | | REPORTED GUARDED | FROM KIDNAPPERS | | | | | | | | HIS WINE STOlu NOT PRIVATE HOME Brooklyn Man Convicted of Vol-} stead Act~ Violation May Lose Stock of “Hard Stuff.” John H. Brede, who Iabelled his wine store ‘my private residence’ and thought, he could get away with it, learned his m ake to-day, when a Jury in the Federal Court found him guilty of possessing lauors prohibited | wnder the Volstead Act. He was re+| manded to Jail, to be sentenced later by | Judge Chatheld, Brede's “home was at No, 190] Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn. It 4as | ‘Stocked with wines and Mquors which | would be worth a fortune now and they were all goisss by revenue men. Brede had a chance to g@t off lightly by pleading guilty, it was sald, but he in- sisted on going to trial, hoping that by an acquittal he sould be able to get his Now his only chance AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYERS WIN AGAIN| Garland Eliminates Opponent in cond Round for London Championship. LONDON, June 15.—Ameriean tennis players continued their winning play in the gecond round of the London cham- pionship tournament here to-day. C. 8. Garland of Pittsburgh eliminated G, R. Sherwell of South Africa in, straight sets by scores of 6—2, 64, Garland's play. was pronounced impressive by the experts who viewed the match. He volleyed superbly and was also very strong on ground strokes. William M, Johnson of San Francisco, the United States champion, moved for- ward,by default, his opponent in the draw withdrawing. Mrs, Mallory, who before her marriage was Molla Bjur. stedt, also won in the first round of the ladies’ shemiplonship, defeating Miss Davenport, 6—3, 6—1 —— Janitor Found Dead Team con William Reese, thirty-five, janitor pf No, 243 Columbus Avemue, died at his home from gas poisoning to-day. He was found lying on a couch. It is be- lMeved the gas stove was accidentally turned on. Bix (6) Bell-Ans, hot water. Mef, For indigestion. Don" — VORTD RESTAURANT, Sure forget—Adve | Caruso against possible kidnapping. | Mrs. Caruso's fears were aroused re- | counting | When Park Benjamin jr. brother of \dignamt and the detectives’ quarters | were changed to another part of the | of investigators who believe that the GUARDED IN FEAR OF KIDNAPPERS Mother Terrified by Detectives’ Stories of Cases on Which They Have Worked. MAID NOW IS SOUGHT. Servant Employed by Former Owner of House Involved in Big Gem Robbery. A detail of five picked detectives is on duty at the simmer home of Enrico” in East L Curuso Hampton, to-day, to guard baby Glorla cently When she heard detectives re- stories of baby~ stealing cases on which they had worked. Mrs, Caruso, heard of the fright Mrs. Caruso had received, he became in- grounds. The namg. of a maid who worked in the pyesent Caruso home while it was owned by Albert Herter was to- day mentioned by police at work on| the $500,000 jewel theft as one person | they wanted td question. They said| he had figured in a Suffolk County fem robbery three years agd. he was seen in the village of East Hampton last Wednesday morning by Attorney Ray Smith, This procedure is the result-of a theory held by about half of the army theft occurred prior to the Tueslay night when the thief alarm sounded. | ‘THe other detectives scout this claim. | They suspect two members of the household Enrico Caruso himself has ex- | pressed absolute confidence in his| employees and because of regard for them the family to-day entered a pro- test against night cross-questioning of the servants, These sessions have been carried on from 8 o'clock until 18 late as 4 the next morning. | MYSTERIOUS FLASHES IN THE WOODS ARE TOLD OF. In the mean time, there are all sorts of thrilling stories circulating among the servants and private detectives on the estate of mysterious flashes coming from the woods and Georgica Lake, believed to be signals of some confederate trying to communicate with the thief; of midnight footsteps heard in various parts of the house, and of Italian “death signs” or secret | society signals passed between some of the servants. But nothing tangible has come from them, ¢ George Fitzgerald, who has been chauffeur for Enrico Caruso, the tenor, since 1918, and who fired sev- eral shots last Tuesday night in the excitement after the jewel box was “stolen, told reporters he had engaged a law firm “to look after his interests." He said he had re- tained Frederick and Henry E, Gold- (Continued on Third Page.) Classified Advertisers Important ! ! Classified advertising The Sunday World should be % The World office | moters and brokers alleged to have) BOOM IN STOCKS UNDER PROBE BY U, 5. AUTHORITIES Sensational siebslpetient Promised, With Indictments : | of Score of Brokers. PUBLIC LOST BILLION. Oil Issues Chiefly Involved— Fifty Post Office Inspec- tors Brought Here. The most vigorous campaign ever inaugurated against fraudulent pro- moters and stock jobbers {s now be- ing carried on by Government au- thorities. Investigations now under way promise to end ih sensational developments, including the indict- ment of more than a score of broker- age firms and individuals. Since the recent bull stock boom was punctured and issues sold to the public during the past year or more have declined to only a small frac- tion of their former price, the volume of public complaint to Government authorities has grown so large that drastic action was decided upon, The campaign ‘against the stock swindling evil way placed in charge} of Post Office authorities. Between | forty and fifty Post Office inspectors | were called to New York from various | sections of the country and for the past month they have industriously been checking up statements on which stocks were folfed on the public. Not only have the Government au- thorities subpoenaed books of pro- been responsible for the wholesale | stock frauds, but it Is understood that income tax returns of these pro- | moters and brokers as well as the returns of companies against which stock was issued have been carefully checked up. It is asserted that there has been found to be a startling dis- crepancy between the income ac- counts and financial conditions of various companies and the state- ments issued by brokers purporting | to set forth accurately the earnings and financial condition of these com- panies, | It is learned that the Federal Grand Jury has already secretly handed down several indictments against pro- | moters who are reputed to have built promotion boom of the past year, but | these will not be issued until the Government's investigation has been|® completed and other cases are pre- sented to the Grand Jury. Cases under investigation mosty | there are included in these not only | curb issues but the stock of at least | one company now traded in on the| Stook Exchange and which has had a sharp perpendicular decline. The investigation of Government authorities tends to confirm recent o timates that the amount of money filehed from the public during the| schemes aggregates more than a bi!- lion dollars, INCOME | TAX DUE TO-DAY. On or Before Friday Preceding Publication Marly copy receives the preference when Sunday advertising has to be omitted, Late advertising is now Bowetal for to-day. ‘Tuvsias, June 15, 1920— | vatatoen chicken ‘by @ couple of hundred yards. Greatest Thrill Yet By Edgar Rice Burroughs talede tayonnatie, Wu oie dinner, 50; floor, World’ Building, t omitted for lack of time to set tt. | THE WORLD. 4 WASHINGTON, June 15.—Socond tn- | |stalments of Income and excess profits | taxes for 1919, due to-day, will the Government $750,000,000, it was e: timated to-day by the Bureau of Inte: | nal Revenue, a | Liberty Bonds ou up comfortable fortunes during the |% past year through fraudulent stock |——— |ACQUITS DEMPSEY yield | 90H (Roto wy Geter & Andrews.) OF DRAFT EVASION |San Rais Jury Finds Cham- } pion Not Guilty of Con- spiracy. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 15.— Jack Dempsey heavyweight pion was found not guilty spiracy to evade the draft laws short- ly after his | federal jury here to-day, pei ee a tia \ « —————— 5 | LAND THIEF ‘BEFORE JURY. Mystery | man, There was an | ordinary Grand Jury. appeared | handcuffed to his wrlat. | was taken before for what p! | Marshal | It was | Chapman, |Gourt on ppearance of “6 deuffed to Mars unsolved mystery at this afternoon's session of the Extra- A United States with « rpome was not disclosed. rived thi man was Jai Drisoner The prisoner the Gran@ Jury, but recently convicted In Federal fand trains.- ehar Ling lard ry at ase Was submitted to a! worth $145,000 from Government. piers D| pat mes | SEAIN MAN’S MOVEMENTS ARE TRACED UP TO 4.15 A. M Viola Kraus at Palm Beach She Was Guest at Elwell Dinner Jealous Husband of Young Worl to Whom Elwell Was Reported Attentive Sought for Questioning —Detectives Sent South. Assistant District Attorney John E, Joyce believes that he is. narrow ing the circle of mystery surrounding the murder of Joseph Bowne El well, who was stain on last Friday morning in his home, No. 244 West Information received by him traces the movements of the murdered man from the time he left the Lewisohn party until his arrival 7oth Street. home, stam Roof, at 2A. M., walked west AND SON PRESENT AT HIS FUNERAL ister id Former to Contest Will That Ignores Her—Won’t Confer With Slain Man's Father, The funeral of Joseph B. Elwell was held this afternoon at Val- leau Cemetery, the outskirts of Ridgewood, N. J. ‘Dhe Rev, Archey Decatur Ball of the Methodist Bpisco- Church of Ridgewood, was the clergyman. Mrs, Helen Elwell, widow of the murdered man, dressed in the deepest ina mourning, and her son, Richard, light suit, but with a mourning brass- ard about hip sleeve, arrived ‘at Ridgewood shortly after 1 o'clock, ac- companied by a woman friend, Only eleven persons were at the funeral. The widow, accompanied by an unknown woman friend and her son Richard, went to ghe Elwell home after lunching at the Mansion House and then to the grave, whitser the body had preceded the funeral party. Not a word was spoken between the widow and her son and the parents and family of the murdered man, Two bouquets were left on the grave, one of pink roses attached to which was a lace card bearing the name of Elwell'’s parents, The other of red roses was the gift of an un- known friend. When Mrs. Elwell was asked when she intended, if she did so intend, to have a conference with her husband's family on his will, which compleiely cut her off, “I do not care to have any confer- ence with Mr. Elwell,” she replied. “My son and I have been ignored in my husband's will and | infend to fight it to the end.” “I am certain I shall win,” she con- Unued, “It ts pretty hard to have lived all these years as a man's wife and to learn in the end that he was a@ pursuer of women. I can under- stand why he might neglect me but nut why he should forget the son for whom he professed so much love, I cannot go to the funeral and shal not allow Richard to go. Richard does not want to go. Farlier Mra, “het hot wet, Wer indigestion. Don't IURDER: TOMOBILE TO-MORROW'S WEATHER—Thunder storm: LIS PRICE TWO CENTS Mr, Joyce has his men now at work checking up the story. His in-, formation is that Elwell, after leaving Mr. and Mrs. Walter Legvisohn, Miss Viola Kraus and Octavio M. Figureoa in front of the New Amster to an all night “trottery” not far from that thoroughfare. | ELWELL'S WIDOW | killed ‘him. a BR MOS: FAVE along Forty-second Street and bi! In the dance hall he met two men. and @ woman, with whom he until he Jeft for home, He went to his: house in @ roadster, arriving there at — 4.15 o’glock, more than three hours be- fore he was murdered. ‘This is the information the police have been seeking and the lack of which has proved one oftheimgneat- eat stumbling blocks, Mr. Wiwell, ac- cording to the new revelations had een at home a little more than two hours when the milkman arrived and it fs known that he did not retire. Before night the police expect to know with whom the mgurdered man. went home. This will prove whether he entered the house alone or in com= pany with the person who probably, Detectives ‘to-day are investigating: 4 clue involving a former Lieutenant in the United States Anmy, The officer recently sued and obtained a large Judgment against 4 Philadelphia mer- chant for alienating Qis wife's affeo- tlons. According to the detectives, they have recefved information that Elwell had regently been paying at- tention to this young woman, and as the husband is of a jealous nature, they are seeking his whereabouts to question him. CLUES SOUGHT IN RESORTS OF THE SOUTH, Detectives to-day were started out ‘on five different trails to probe inte the recent life of Blwell. Their des- Unations are Palm Beach, Long Beach, Latonta, Loulsville and Lex- ington, in whieh resorte and cities the murdered turfman and whist ex- pert spent most of his time for thé Past several montha. The detectives will endeavor to learn at first hand who were the as- soctates of Elwell and his compan- jons on his trips, and if anything oc- curred on any of them which might offer the wightest clue to a motive for his murder, Police ‘nvest~ators, after an ex” amination of -yictor von Schlegell, the divoreed husband of Miss Viola Kraus, one of the Lewisohn party at the Ritz-Carlton dinner given by El- well the night before he was slain, announced that they had not yet quetioned any one who could shed any light on the crime, The exami- nation of yon Schlegell lasted untit 3.30 o'clock thi8 morning. Von Schlegel Ives at No. 38 East 62d Street, and has an office in the Equitable Building. According Yo Assistant District Attorney Joyoo, his story was this: He was, at the Rits-Cariton jest Thursday night with a woman from Minnesota, whose name he does not recall, He saw the Lewisohn party and spoke to them, including Elwell, ‘i He did not know it was @ celebration Ly of his getting a final decree of divorce, He did not even know then that the decree had been granted, He left at 11.80 and took his com. panion to her hotel, then drove nis car to the garage and went homé,’ TE ionstiganlalatneaTip eeprom = GE SES SST eae “TARZAN THE UNTAMED” Begins In Evening World; To-Day (See.