The evening world. Newspaper, January 5, 1921, Page 3

OF ALIENS CASH "FOREIGN ‘CHANGE? ¥Money - “sending Bankers” r Leave Little to Their Ig- | norant Victims. BAR People for | Money Was “Sent” Left to Starve to Death. By Martin Green. The Evening World has received PAC! Whose 21D ROBBERY!| Relief | 3EE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ¥_ 5, 19: 1921, .|U, S. Rear Admiral’s “‘Ready-Made Family”’ Of Russian Orphans May Be All-American NOT eT 4 SHOT BY HUSBAND, WIFE CALLS AID Sai neahaaee asain Rae at No. 17% Oak Street, went to her room In the attle and Muller locked fhe attic door after her, indicating he then was planning the tragedy. About 2 o’clook this morning Mra. Muller was awakened by a light fushing in hee eyes, Her husband stood beside the bed, a Mushlight in one hand and a revolver in the other. He at once began shooting, Mra, Mul- lor sald, first wounding the baby, then herweif, and finally sending a bullet through his own head. He fell to the aa hs Crazed Ridgewood, N. J., Man} "er tesa. Ends Life After Attempt to Kill Woman and Child, Muller was an offictal photographer for the United States Navy Depart- ment during the war, After the armistice the Mullers lived at Hoho~ kus and then wont to California, re- turning Enat a year ago to live In Amazing courdge was shown to-| Midgewood. Among the numbers on the pad, ac- day by Mrs, Carol Muller after she} cording to the police, were Murray had been awakened in her home at Ain 7 phone supposed to be the tel Muller's brother, Theodore, Ridgewood, N. J., by her tusband,/and that of Robert 8, Mott of No. Robert E. Muller, who shot her, their | $29) Westminster four months’ old daughter Ruth and then killed himself, Place, Mrs. Muller's father, Chief Blackshaw found a note, ap- parently written by Muller, asking that the whole family be buried in a Brooklyn, Almost unconscious from pain and] Staten Island cemetery, the shock of the tragedy she crawied —-——_—- OF STREET ‘T CLEANING Chairman of § Standard and Appeals: ‘Board Named by Hylan to Succeed MacStay. Capt. Jon P. Leo, Chairman of the Roard of Standard and Appeals, to- day was appointed Gtreet Cleaning. Commissioner to succeed Arnold 3B, MacStay, who resigned several daya “go and was appointed a Deputy Commissioner in the Department of Public Welfare, Mayor “Hylan alse announced that William E. Walsh, appraiser of real estate In the Bi- mance Department, had Deen made Chairman of the Standard and Ape peals Board. ahies AW Mr. Walsh's salary as real estate 5 appraiser was $6,500. Hie sulary au head of the Board of Standard and Appeals will be $7,500. Capt. Leo's salary as Street Cleaning Commis-_ sioner will also be $7,500, so that he does not benefit Anancially by the transfer. : ‘i During the Lockwood Committes hundreds and hundreds of complaints to a telephone and called the family |CMTK Humes Mimactt in WareRoms.|inventhration Capt. Leo told. nt @ Peainst Immigrant bankers, agents physician, Dr, William Tompkine|yeary old, a clerk employed at. the| "news, Of the Opposition voiced ty bind brokers, of overcharges in ex: Then, fearing she would die, she} rmpire Oil Works at Long Island | regulations Fehich would, reduoa the whange. Tbe evidence in_ench case wrote telephone numbers of members |City, was found dead to-day in the | cost of building in New York. Sam- . as been checked up. The rate of ex- Whange on the date the dollars were Paid to the “money forwarder” has Been looked wp and verified. In every frase it has beon found that the money Forwarder has applied to bis own pur- Poses from 20 to 80 per cent. of the igre entrusted to him for transmis- ion abroad. Under the law the persons #0 vic- mized have no remedy, except by wivil action, The selling of foreign xchange iy a matter of barter and trade. Tho rate of exchange is fixed Paily by competitive bidding or offer- Ing, but few of the foreign-language Bpeaking persons who send money to Central Europe know this. They take the word of the banker or broker or f®gent as to what they should get for &heir money. One of the cases in which 80 per ent. of a tranemitter’s money was absorbed in a transaction involving the transmission of foreign exchange hhas some unusual features, It is the se_of L, T. Keloman, a crippled Roumanian fur worker, living ‘at No. 1d Bast 15th Street. Rear Am RAL Ne AMC COLL Severy Jolly Youngsters Have Miscovite Names Now, but They'll All Be McCullys Nhen They Reach New ington, and They’re Going On April 2, 1920, Keleman sent laden Widovitch, an Engtish-speak~ ing Roumanian to the Slavonic Immj- rant Bank at Tenth Avenue and West 28d Street, with $26, to be een o the fur worker's mother in Be ade. Widovitch, who is an interp™ er and letter writer for people offi8 lood, is considered a fairly wise/ti- ‘zen by his own people. He entrusted the $26 to thebank ‘with instructions to send it teKele- man’s mother, He says theSanker told him the money could noe sent By Fay Stevenson. Noa NEC RSSI YS Cr Mannings : ; linen finish, Were 3.25 each; for.... 1.9. in dollars; it would be pottd to, send aie Ha Aa i a lonely yachex, NOW HE HAS A BIG FAMILY. patterns; linen aes He nme 8 2 jet A apmmmansas el AU lor, fifty-three years old, and seven! Of Course I suggested thgt the Ad- TABLE CLOTHS, all linen, Iri ufacture; \ (Keleman. “How many Rowanian lei ‘ean T send to Keleman’s#ether?” The agent or employeet the bank who conducted the negations said $26 would buy 293 RourtMian lei. He ‘to Public School for a Democratic Education. Immigration Bar ke Order Admitx Children Temporn Jan, 3.—Temporary Admission to the country of the seven Russian children brought back by Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, former American High Commissioner at Sebas- topol, was ordered to-day by the Imml- gration Bureau, MIMOLCLIKA LIMEnKo B. Morelia. g BRE, ASHIDALINY taking for you, Admiral MoCully,” sald. “But I cannot tell you how glad } am to have these little people with me after all they have suffered,” re- piled this big, stalwart man as his kind eyes showed just a trace of mist, American Home in Wash-| Tbe he added: “There were a lot more I should have liked to bring over with me, but some of them had traces of tubercu- logis, and I knew tiey could not stand the test. “My little people are all healthy and well." “Are they going to call you ‘father, or perhaps ‘daddy’? I asked. “No, they cal me ‘uncle,’ laughed the Asimiral. “And some of them call me ‘Admiral.!’ Everyone of them is @ full orphan with the exception of two, who have one parent living, 6o I shall have to be mother, father and everything to them.” little Russian children who gre to Miral might wed, but he shrugged take his name and become American his shoulders and intimated that was citizens, if they are permitted to re- hardly necessary, now that he had a main in this country, The man is Rear Admiral Newton “ready-made family.” “I met most of the children about the children, she seemed to be the|their whofe fate rested in what he only that perhaps | said. one who realized Women’s and Misses’ Hand-Loomed Tweed Suits Made in our own Fifth Avenue workrooms Franklin Simon g Co. Fifth Avenue, 37th and 38th Streets Will Close Out Thursday of her family to be notified, and a}. brief explanation of what had oc- curred. Fr Whon Dr. found Muller dead and the baby per- haps fatally wounded, Mra, Muller was lying beside a table on which was the pad, with the numbers and thie note: “My busband-shot me. ‘There was no fight, He loved me, He was crasy. Good night.” Dr. Tompkins cafled Police Chiet Biackshaw and Mra. Muller and the child were taken to Barnett Hospital in Paterson, Mrs. Muller, who tm ex- pected to recover, told Chief Biack- shaw the family had retired shortly before 10 o'clock Inst night. Annie Leonard, a mal in the Muller home 7 Tompkins arrived he ouKe at the plant, m froma benin, The police lained of bel th. Ho lived at No. 667 Street, Brooklyn, TABLE TABLE CLOTHS, 63x63, Were 10.50 an TekmDanielh, Broadway aes SALE OF Table Linens, Towelings, Blankets, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Etc. PRICES DRASTICALLY CUT AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE YOUR SUPPLY,’ AS WE FEEL THAT THESE PRICES ARE LOWER THAN THEY WILL BE FOR SOME TIME TO COME. FOLLOWING ‘ARE A FEW EXAMPLES attractive designs; size 68x68. L206 PLO8, <7 560006 Size 68x86. Were 13.25 & 16.80;tor 9.50 & 12.50 uel Untermyer commended Capt. as one of the efficient men in t Hylan Administration. Mr, Walsh te a personal friend of Mayor Hylan. Shana Bth Sts. LINENS handsome circular 50 & 9.25 cen ee R Apt in Kele- f: st Nh ed he “yeeand wrote in| A+ McCully, U. 8. N., considered one| @ year ago,” said he. “Some of them ni : , ‘he latter | of the handsomest and wealthiest | Were in institutions; others in refuges ened at tie bol nedlyed sn tno | officers in the navy, and the obildren, Camps in Russia, At that timo I was —the number of le’ five little girls and two boys, are all United States High Commissioner at een ER HAD DIED; REMIT- y-cheeked, beautiful little crea- Sebastopol. I am very fond of chil- eee ce wS SHORT. tures, fit for artists’ models. dren, and I visited them many times . ‘ay 6, 1920, Kele-| Ackniral MoCully arrived on the 1 have no ‘pets’ or particular favor- Under date of nim from Bel. | UBited States collier Ramapo yester- ites, I want to love them all. There NAPKINS TO MATCH. Were 16.50 & 18.00 dozen; for.... 10.75 & 12.50 TABLE DAMASK, all linen, silver bléached; 70 inches wide. Formerly 3.98 yard; for..... 2.75 NAPKINS, size 18x18; Union linen; heavy weight. Formerly 6.50 dozen; for.............00000¢ 4.50 . of Imported English Tweeds man's brother —— ‘grade that on-b@ Preceding day a Relgrade banj4d paid him 293 tel, =, Keleman’s mee? the brother wrote, / had died a W days before. Being Jeonvinced ti She was dead the bank paid him v money. Keleman?ad not written’ to his lprother 1orming him of the for- the money, Keleman can- day with his charges and a Russian nurse, also an orphan, who will look after the children, All of the children wore warm, Comfortable little coats, sensible knitted caps and plain, ~ ble clothes “just like a man always! buys.” Their little faces were beam- |ing with happiness, contentment and love for their now guardian, Each is one little girl, however, Ninotchka Rashivalina, five years old, who tags me everywhere I go, Most of the children walk ahead With the nurse, but Ninotchka always slips her hand into mine, “As soon as I get the children and the authorities here give me permis- sion to take them to Washington,” continued the Admiral, “I shail take them directly to my home at No. 1821 / 38.” Regular price *75. Town or sports models, fashioned with custom ‘ ders or plain white. HUCK TOWELS, linen; substantial weight. TOWELS HUCK TOWELS, 18x36, hemmed, colored bor- Were .29 eacti; for. 18x36, hemstitched; Union Were .75 each; for... TURKISH TOWELS, 22x44, all wakes heavy "19 paren He oy Senne warding ‘ i ai I Street. There my niece, who is ‘ | F.nor can he read. But | W@s munching a big, rosy wyple when | TAreek, | Ti a ’ . " weight. Were 1.10 each; for...., vere OD A not wr A Jos x years old, will be a sort * . calle Widovitch to read the let-|1 Sew them at Ellis Island, while the | o¢ second mother to them. ‘Then workmanship of this m. pe ey Belgrade when it reached | A@miral,had a good supply of choco- | I shall keep the little Russian nurse, Pp custo textile. In the DISH/TOWELING, 17 inches wide; all white; lhere me time in June. | 'qy@ Was more in the letter than av acknowledgment of the re- wim late which was to come later. This Is going to be a big under- | Fogeni livanona, who is nineteen and understands the psychology of their little minds probably better than any one else, And 1 shall also send Admiral first I shall teach the wanted tans, browns or grays, some with | smart overplaid effects, serviceable and absorbent. 4 CALIFORNIA & WESTERN WOOL BLANKETS Was .29 yard; for.... Sie ie! of 293 lel, There complaint | teported to the State Banking De-| for my mother, who is in South i, el coleman had ‘Kent his mother |Partment that it had received a| Carolina, to come up and superin- A ey aes S cablegram from {ts Belgrade corre- |‘tend, Were Now Were Now - |e:0 @ small amount of money. Kele- | spondent ing that 750 lef had been| "That will be three women and a ize 8.50 pair 6.50 Full Size 8.98 ir 6.98 n, the brother said, should have | paid to leman's brother. guardian for seven children,” IT ald % Lea “ if re leen able to send more than a few| en had the Be WILL GET DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC ‘ 9.75 i 7.50 (sles 10.50 . 7.98 {merican dollars represented by 293 | 730 ted eer tee aan ieee’ SCHOOL: EDUCATION. * 10.98 8.25 11.50 8.75 ri that Would have been only a, little | , Wit ought to be-enough," nodded the : “1175 “ 8.98 a « Ths) © Sie ft This set Widoviteh to thinking and hvestigating, He went to an Ameri- jon friend who looked up the files if the Wall Street Journal and found jnnt on April 2, 1920, ere selling in this city at the rate $f 100 for $1.75. | A little calculation showed that at jhe rate of 100 Roumanian’ lei for 11.75 the banker might have transmit- led to Keleman’s brother—or mothe mi Belgrade 1,480 lei, The difference be-~ ve vs check up the number of lei which/| plied Admiral McCully “I had been Y {ween 1,480 fel which’ the banker | ree nad obtained. for thelr dollars, |looking after the children and writin SILK MULL COMFORTABLES, full size, figured fuight have sent and 292 lel, which| number of lei t should|to my niece and mother that I ° e silk mull top, silkoline back, sanitsry cotton ay, 98 jxeleman’s brother, without having Wed at the prevailing rate | tended to adopt several child f . ] W. d . heard from Keleman, said he re-|of exchange. He found that in al- {last November things got £0 hot w oO uperior uality orste ersey \ filling. Were 9.25 each; for.... 1 most every instance, no matter whut|had to fly. 1 took them to Co ¢ pelved, is 1,187 lel. And the American money value of 1.187 lei at the rate of 100 Rouman-| from 20 to 60 per cent, of the value ce and your mother " ti jan lel for $1.76 i# approximately |of the American money had van bash tl foot these new me mbers of the 00 designs; good weight. Were 3.75 each $20.76. $0, somewhere between the| (mt (Nn ain between the bank's | (omy aneven ttl PR henon ona nea | SATIN FINISHED BED SPREADS, full size, founter’ of the @lavonio tmmigrant| or ed the lel in Roumania. | the McCully namee* | e close weave; sightly patterns, Wonk and the home of Keleman's| “Thi: said Widovitech to the | Admiral MeCully shrug: nis Were 5.98 each; for. 4.25 athe: = | writer, “is a very bad business for | shoulders. poathes Ja, Belemnde Made | America. These ‘people know _ they ‘L have been writing long letters| A : peared $20.75 a Beeman 3 were victimized and they hi GJ about my little friends, Re lar rice $35 00 @ percentage of the amount that disup- | out t there is no protectior |they rather exp ° char: peared being 80. bankers or brokers. or agents can | swer, “You could hard! SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES charge what they please for Rou nto cling to their Widovitch sat down and wrote an lmpassioned letter to the office of tig State Superintendent of Banks.| ‘Naturally, the Roumanian blames | Manelz en: A mil A | Of d wi In due courge of time he received a| the Government of the United § eh ten; a girl, Nina Fur worste ; ; Sizes Were Now Sizes ‘ere Now ; In most cases he Ot ‘or |man, ten; my littie Ninuotchka Rash TSe Fooly whlch’ owed thet the Brat |i, 00t SMes, Ne gengt rend oi mun, ten; my Iktle Ninuaiahi Rashi | jersey that neither stretches nor 63x90 2,351.30 | 72x99 2.80.60 Banking Department had made an t if the great American Govern-|and the baby, Ninotchka Klimenko, ; 63x99 2.65 1.45 81x99 3.10 1.70 paces nt cannot nagulte hie) Scuny-|chrnees, eve Minotehia crushes—in shades of brown, green, navy 205 14s | 90x99 3.40 7 4 rf men who engaged in bleeding| At this point the Admire] was called | : <e 1 # The report to the State Banking| him tho Government lg a meee int ; : | rt e1 the av “ 0 hy ailure. |! © testify for the Bourd of Inquiry. | - fee —s Department Be the avouts Imm!- | ‘mose people have primitive thoughts. |Nikolal, the oldest boy, was apuad | blue or Oxford mixtures. % PILLOW CASES grant Bank stated that the money | they do not reason far playing with his wateh, a new Christ: | Si Were N Si Were Now was transmitted in dollare—nd@in lel.) ‘There can ibe no Americanization maa gift from his “uncle,” while the pines ote ow es See oa” On tine faserer The mecetor| Ritwout | protection — you cannot [baby lay asleep In the-nurae's arms, | 42x36 264 36 50x36 75 AB e| i mericanize the foreigner bf But all th time th Apia) nM tentl- Ly Bnd. he acnowiedemant™ of “Kale: [you allow the only" pono ho eek dy fish, ae Tse inthe FEMININE SPORTS APPAREL SHOP— Fourth Floor 45x36 69 39 | 84x36 86 50) an's brother that the Belgrade | business’ with—the people who speak ‘room, | not & ank had paid him 293 lei. Further- | his language —to take away his |black ¢3 f tittle were wore, the @avonic immigrant Bank Roumanian lel| re than one-half the lel value , at the rate of 100 lei for $1 till, there would have disappear somewhere between the counter of the Slavonic Immigrant Bank and the home of Keleman's brother |n Belgrade about 50 per cent. of the $26. |MANY CASES OF ROBBERY OF 30 TO 60% OF MONEY SENT. The incident inspired Widavitch to skirmish around through the Rou- manian quarter and dig up people who had sen money abroad and ™ bank or broker or agent had trans- mitted the money, an ay. manian lel and there is no power in this coumtry to stop them money," children Bn, sh. Ispeak Russian and y know a few words such and the names of various 1 just as soon as they have pugh English, probably I am going to put public school. I want t begin in a democratic way." T suppose this last upheaval tn ja, the new power of the Bo) sheviki, was instrumental in your adopting the children, wasn't jt?" 1 asked. | “That made us leave at once," re- m, then to Brest, from whence NGS w do your nie own names. | test boy, Nikolal Snou- | hen a «i full upon her ' "asda Among all i ul Will Close Out Thursday Women’s and Misses’ Jersey Suits INDIAN BLANKETS, size Were 8.50 each; for....... tterns, also plain colors. ‘ere 6,98 each; for..... THE CELEBRATED FANCY BLANKETS, 72x84, handsome jacquard COTTON COMFORTABLES, full size, fine white cotton filling, silkoline covering. Were 4.75 each; for........ Keewe CROCHET BED SPREADS, tull size, Marseilles 50 SHEETS SO. tax Oe “PEQUOT" BRAND