The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 1

QOTO ILY WALL STREET ATURE THIS Epition EAS vit Weather—PROBABLY RAIN or SNOW. | 99 uy Che | “ Circulation Books Open to All.”’ a leas LXII. NO. 21,929—DAILY. Copyright (New Publishing Company, 1021. York World) by. Press NEW YORK, FRIDAY, To-Morro Kotered a Post Ott DECEMBER 23, 1921, ; GIRL OF 5 CHOKED TO DEATH | } Body of Child, in Telescope Bag in Closet, Discovered by Proprietor. LURED FROM HER HO} State Searched for Slayer Who Took Little Victim to “See Santa Claus.” | {Special From a Staff Correspondent ‘of The Evening World.) NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Dec. 23. ~The story of the murder in an Ar- menian lodging house of TessieKuch- erski, a sturdy, red-checked five-year- fd. girl, as it was told about the streets ef New Brunswick to-day has lighted fmto a blaze the wrath which has been @mouldering in ali the towns of this part of the State over the lengthening Wet of similar crimes during the last half year, George Gouras, the Armenian car- penter, who is known to have coaxed ‘the little girl from her home by prom- iging to “take her to see Santa Claus”) and with two companions took her to his room in the Albany Hotel, where | her body was found this morning, Js being hunted in every corner of the} city and on the roads for fifty miles! around. He is sought not only by the police but by groups of angry men| on foot and in automobiles, who} openly voice their hope that they may} lay hands on him before the police find him. Efforts of the police to find Gouras are divided with their efforts to pre vent a lynching when he is found. ‘The state of mind of the men on the —street is exasperated by the occur- rence of the crime, with its horrid! desecration of the Christmas spirit, in a way which is not in the least leasened by the low standing of her parents wilh the police and thelr neighbors. Little ‘Tessie Kuchirski had been about the only lright, wholesome spot in the slum centre in which she lived. Tessie's father, Adolph Kucharaki, is 4 the owner of the Bellmore Hotel at i Burnet and Richmond Streets. He j deserted his bondsmen recently when called for trial on Indictments charg- > ing him with conducting a public iiui-| sance and abusing a fifteen-year-old | girl who worked in the place. The} ) mother, Mrs, Lottle Kucharski, who ig under indictment for violating the! Volstead Act, has been doing ali tho housework, employing only a bar-| tender. see WOOK CHILD OUT TO SANTA CLAUS. Tae police have learned inet! Geage Gouras, over fifty, swarthy,! stoe.y, with a shock of black ha and a heavy mustache, entered the | thar 100m of the Bellmore at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and after sev era: drinks began talking to the child He told the bartender he was goins| eo take her out to see Santa Claus. | Whinking he meant to show her the| Whop windows along the street and buy her candy, the bartender made | © objection when he saw them go_ wut, hand in hand. He did not know ouras by name or where he lived. Mrs. Kucherakt called for Tessie pr supper at a little after 6 o'clock. t it was not until 8,80 that she ent to the police station to ask for (Continued on Second Page.) ADVERTISEMENTS for the Sunday World Classified Section Should be in he World Office To-Day IN NEW BRUNSWICK FIOTEL SCORES RESCUED 2 WOMEN HURT, IN 2 TENEMENT FIRES |80 Families “Routed Out, Fire- men Make Spectacular Rescues on Ladders. Two women were scores rescued by firemen earty this morning from burning buildings at 24 East 116th Street and No. 505 East 1sth Street. In both cases the firemen worked under difficulties caused by ice-covered ladders. ‘The first fire was in the cellar of the five-story building in 116th Street...Ratrolmen John J. O'Connor and James Farrell ran through the héuse and aroused the tenants . Many of them selzed edclothes azd | wraps and made for the roof and fire escapes 1n the rear, reaching safety | before others were awake. Policeman Julius Goldberg hea cries while going through the house, and in a third Moor hallway found Mrs. Ha- nalla Scholen, forty-tw. partly over- come by smoke and hadly burned about the waist. She and her hus- band, Max, had been escaping from their apartment on the fifth floor when she became lost in the smoke, She was taken to Harlem Hospital. When fire apparatus began to ar- rive most of the occupants cf the| house liad escaped, but fully a score were trapped in front windows, ur- able to reach either the fire escapes or the roof because of the spread of 40 found ten or @ dozen men, women and children in windows of the fourth floor front, and carried them to the street. At the same time ‘Truck No 28 raised tndders to the fifth floor just as a dozen persons ap- peared on the roof They had at- tempted t» escape from No. 2% to No, 22, but the flames had spread to the latter and cut them off. They were Jed through the scuttie back tn the fifth floor and carried from there down ladders by the flremen. Cries from the windows of a third- floor apartment caught the ears of members of Engine Company No. 53, who found Aaron Cohen thero with his wife, seyen children, and Mrs. Cohen's mother, Mrs. Jane Stockman, eighty-five years old. This family (Continued on Second Page.) i|NO SANTA CLAUS IN ZION, VOLIVA ABOLISHES HIM Kris xringle Goes the Wa, of the Round World and Law of Gravitation. CHICAGO, Dec. Children of Zion, Ill, home of Wilbur Glenn Voliva’s Catholic Apostalic Church, will sleep peace- fully to-morrow night with no thoug it of lying awake in hope of indeers on the roof of laus coming down the y Voliva has 4 ning Santa ¢ gle myth sued a decree The Kris 8 gone the way— in Zion—of the round world and the Inw of gravitation. Voliva Says they don't exiet, However, the same decree which consigned .ue patron saint of Christmas to the limbo of forgot- ten things also ordered that every child receive appropriate gifts. Only they are to be told the gifts are sent down from “above,” to be distributed by fathers and mothers. Parents too poor to buy toys will be supplied by Volive's headquasters, Ape ne injured and} ) FRANCE PLANS NEW 4-POWER TREAT Second-Cines Mat New York, N. PRICE THREE CENTS ANOTHER 4-POWER TREATY URGED; 10 INCLUDE GERMANY | IRISH PEOPLE BEGIN “TOLET DAIL KNOW |France Takes Lead in Move With Britain and Italy, to Tranquillize All Europe. FROM U, S jSUPPORT Would Provide Guarantees Against Agression and Adjust- } ment of Reparations. Cavan County Joins Clare in Ratification Demand to Its Members. By David. Lawrence. (Special Correspondent of The Eve- | ning World.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Copy- Night, 1921) —Word has reached here| through DUBLIN, Dec. Press).—Telegrams 23 «(Associated unofficial channels of a movement under way in Europe to bring about a new four-power treaty whereby Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany should agree to guar- antee each other's territory against by any to come in to-day from their respec- tive constituencies, most of them strongly favoring ratification of the document - Following the lead of County Council, which yesterday adopted a resolution urging Eamon De Valera, the county's representa- tive in the Dail, to work for ratifles “unprovoked aggression” other power. This plan, which curiously enough | owes its inspiration to French diplom- lacy, geeks a way to remove the | bugbear of a possible invasion by Ger- h the other powers which will tran- pe and aid its economic Mayor of Cork, to speak in her name. In her message expressing a desire |for ratification of the treaty, Mrs Connolly said she was satisfied that the treaty ured the freedom which her husband died to win. DUBLIN, Dec. 23 (United Pre’ jquillize recuperation. In one sense, the plan recognizes ihe unwisdom of the enforcement clauses of the Versailles Treaty with its recur- ring penalties of occupation of Ger-| se man territory in the event of German) The success of the) Anglo-1 failure to pay indemnities, The idea! ‘Treaty seemed assured to-da: now is to obtain some unanimity of} Adherents of tho programme of opinion among the .arger powers of! Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith Europe, so that the reparation burden | claimed an unexpected victory in th may be more equitably adjusted andjadjournment of the Dail Bireann so that Germany he will adopt 2./uatil Jan, 3. They saw a substantial new spirit toward her obligations! majority in favor of the treaty in the under the Versailles pact. | vote for adjournment. The United States Government will] Public opinion in ubiin seemed ts of course not be a party to such a!be that the treaty s ‘as good as new treaty in Europe as it is the| ratified.” viewpoint of the Harding Adminis-| Collins apparently ovlieved a vot tration that guarantees against ag-|could not be made 2n Lie treaty it- jgression cn the Continent of Europe/self before Christmas The “miacr are strictly European. matters, On| speakers" took so niu me for thes debate, and there we them left to speak, ti it would be best to put the other hand, the American Gov- | ernment would lend its moral support to any movement which accomplished so many of evod otf any ace he bell peace in Burope. ‘The suggestion of|tion until after the New Year a four-power pact including Germany| Then, again, he believed growing was first discussed informally when| public opinion in favor of the treaty Premier Briand was in Washington.| would influence meny more votes + Heretofore alliances have been made| bis side over the holidays only ‘between friendly powers as an| ‘The intervening time will be spent offset to possible attacks by unfriend-| quietly, it was indicated, Both s ly nations. The making of a four-| promised to re n from makio power pact between Great Britain, public spee nd the only prom- France, United States and Japan, |ised activity will be in ning t however, offers a precedent because} two parties and binding them more it includes the very country—Japan—| closely to thelr factions. In effect, this which so many American and Japan-|is !n the nature of a popular refer ese writers have been regarding as| endum. \DIAMOND SANDWICH FOUND ON RUSSIAN (Continued on Fourth Page.) pete PL | FIRST SHIP FROM U. S. Ghairman of € Counchl Wel- comes the Centennial State. | BERLIN, Kussian smugglers are Dec. 23. taxing He eens aoival today ot| {8 Tesources of the customs of- (he steamship Centennial State, the| {clals and guards on Cormanys ei ab “gibaroarr to thiol ‘at, tiie: port eastern frontiers. larg RECA ARIE SD RO ee eee les of precious stones « im LRA Prairie ik) vubles recently have been confis. " f ‘ ,| uted from shabby looking tnd,- moved, was mude an occasion of CIVIC} viguaig seeking entrance into proctings hk , tothe eity| Germany black bread sandwich studded | | with diamonda, valued at milllons of marks, Another had a large Alamond buried in the heel of his boot, Yet another was munching a@ loaf of bread, which was dis ing an official welcome on behalf of the inhabitants of the town. A large contingent of Irish passengers, as they came ashore, expressed delight | er being able to land at an Irish port | and reach home in time for Christ~ mas, | covered filled with gold rubles. tux WoaLp VEL BUBBAU. ‘The majority of the smugglers ae, Pap, oe Bullding. 63 | are sald to be profiteera or of Check room for ficials deserting the Holehevii ate ‘a - cause, — win SOM te Ne - ST 8 te PF tee en at THEY WANT TREATY, to members of ) the Dail Eireann, which has taken a recess until Jan. 3 from considera- | tion of the Anglo-Irish treaty, began | the Clare | many, which has een held forth as! ton, the County Council of Cavan justification for the continued cxist-|sent a telegram to-day to its rep- | ence of large standing armics on the| resentative urging the same course. Continent of Europe. Broadly speak-| Mrs. Sean Connolly of Dublin, 5 Een whose husband was exccuted as a ing, the French Liberals who are back) resuit of the 1919 rebellion, to-day of the plan believe the time has come] renudiated the right of Mary Mac- te bring Germany into a combination Gwiney, sister ot the late. Lord REACHES QUEENSTOWN! GOING TO GERMANY 7 | Forward Cabin of Ferryboat Damaged by Crash With Liner | | THOUSANDS SEND _ WILSON GREETINGS IAIMEE €, GOURAUD FIGURES IN PUZZLE Presents of Turkeys and Delicacies Will Form Part of Old Time Family Reunion Dinner. WASHINGTON, sands of Dee, 23,-—-Thou- Americans and foreigners are filling ex-President Wilson's mail with of Christmas greetings and tokens | affection and ¢ him cies while m. ‘Those who Staterooms in Maid’s Name, but Veiled Women Disappear turkeys and other delica- he was in the White House + have continued thelr custom. ‘Two on Boarding Ship. | vig gobblers, one from Texas and the 1 other from North Carolina were The seevet of twe ertain tite. | Jamong the gifts ooms on ( i of La Savole had | Members of fam were ©x ot en defin 1 Ived when that pected to arrive during Christmas|.) ent . wee for a short vis and for n old- ADS: ' : obi Pence oians | fashioned holiday mm” mily yet Is possibte: tooset fort >. = union Members of s Cabinet ur euence of facts which erive t mer Attorne Genera Valmer and, inte BLoonly from the desive of the Gregory are living in Washing-| reporters to have a few with ton, his former Secretary, Joseph P.| Mrs. Aimee Crocker ¢ author ena many person L| tasie | sit him on Christmas She wealt nea nd Ww > man ow e w 1 Old : MONTREAL LIQUOR RAPE a Ru Sah a A fh AN BOE | DRAWS AMERICANS ' t “ COMING ITO CTY ASLASAVOIESAILS, +} caused a twel Y 10 INCLUDE GERMANY — 30 COMMUTERS CLAMBER FROM FERRYBOAT 10 LINER Cranford of Jersey Central, From She Collides With Mallory Liner —300 Passengers Don Preservers. Fifty New Jersey commuters who boarded the Central Railroad of New Jersey ferryboat Cranford at Communipaw at 9.15 o'ciock this morning bound for the Liberty Street slip in New York underwent @ bewildering marine misadventure midstream in the North River off the \ Battery, and found themselves at noon unwilling passengers on board the Mallory liner Henry R. Mallory at anchor in the fog somewhere off the Statue of Liberty. Some time after noon they were taken off and landed atthe Battery by a tug which had been searching for the Henry Ry_ -Mallory for more than an hour. They were collided aboard the Mal« Jory, aa it were, when the ferryboat, SNOW AND SLEET —srss.neze "rue ona HOLD UP TRAFFIC jthe coastwise liner, which was bound in from Galveston with 60 passengers. The Mallory was scarcely moving at tho time of the coblision. Cart. Charles Hobbs of the Cranford says tie was backing up, the tide being at ebb—and the Cranford was going slowly, with her whistle sounding at regular short intervals, The Mallory, which is small for an. ocean going vessel, has a long over« hang astern, The ferryboat and the liner came together almost gently Several Ships Also Tied Up in Bay by Dense Fog. On account of the atorm, the passene gers on the Cranford, with the excep Thousands of Brooklynites were| tion of a few hardy deck promenadera, were in the cabins, The first notice of the collision the passengers in the forward part of the port side upper cabin had eame in the shape of mashing glass and the crumbling of timbers as the outer wall began to move inward and the roof began to crumple. About twenty-five feet of the up- per cabin was stove in by the under Part of the Mallory’s overhang. The process of destruction was slow—ale most orderly. Trained to quick action by reason of their mode of life, the commuters endangered by the grinding impact ran aft. All escaped injury except one man, whose hand was slightly cut by @ piece of glass, With the whistles of both boats j#ounding, they hung together, the slippery rails, | Mallory’s overhang exerting @ slight 1, reported | downward pressure on the ferryboat, trouble at all, aithough|The latter had an appreciable list to vceldent on the Sixth Avenue line, ; Port. Nearly all the 800 comnruters dropping of a brake shoe beam, | raided the life preserver racks in the -minute delay |lower and main cabins, An hour after the first flakes fotl,! There was a lot cf excitement ang late, some of them nearly two hours, in reaching thelr Manhattan offices morning, due to a freak of weather which made traffic condition: worse In that borough than ir this. Like conditions obtained at most all other Long Island points. Rain that froze on the ralla of the 1. KR. 'T. Brighton Beach ling caused a great deal of the trouble, One train that left Brighton Beach 7.40 was held up for forty-elght It did start It could only make half speed. Of course this cnused a general traffc tangle. There this at o'clock minutes, and when was trouble also on the sur- face lines tn some parts of Brooklyn, due to In Manhattan the L R. no weather a 1" hire Sehil.| @bout 4 A. M, preparations were un- | &larm on the upper deck of the ferrys | AS FLIES TO HONEY ans | Hetil, | AuBUE Ati pepaattons (ware) us | AIA 10 el Meta Os eas tiene | aseeal mixon\waslare ed of hay-| (rst snow of consequence, and ofti- | of the Mallory had fallen on the deck, |Scores of Autos With New York ine used iit i causing | cals of the Snow Removal bureau | About ten fect of the starboard rail of Licenses Get Xmas Supply {he masacut’s wifo te the aliona | got busy mustering thelr forces, the main deck of the Mallory bad i wut | Transit lines and ratiroads showed|been scraped away by contact with at Government Stores ‘The staterooms that interested the |#!milae activity and by 6 o'clock the/a@ Ufeboat on the roof of the fer+ asanaiGaveaa Bema Wi Sn aCareea Me) AGA ead Se Interborough had out sweepers and|ryboat cabit. As the boats drifted MONTREAL, Dec. 24 A week ago, a man went to the | 8d Inaugurated a special schedule to| interlocked, the deck of the Mallory Take fe GRO ae hone. Lol Erane tne oti ind reserved these | eR the tracks clear. It also tried| was only about thre feet above th as at Ut wiles t 1s in the 2 E, Simth, Pal bd for the first time a new scraper] level of the upper deck of the ferryy ‘ores of automobiles b SINGH so. aitentioa (aet boat, York Neense plates gathered Fi ‘e ccording {o the pre-arranged! A survey of the situation convinced’ | day’ around the several Gov | hep earn - a rv. Plan of snow removal campaign ef-| somo fifty of the commuters that, Im ment liquor stores in this eity rt Aid lesired t inge | ee u by Commissioner John P. Leo) the absence of information as to what aa Ore i sie ae : ‘ "! before his re fon, each regular) had happened below the water line, Sar ewe dey eae ; t sweeper brought three extra] the deck of the larger passenger ves- ie Iooralnenpe of shes ney , ; = ; 3 ers to work with him this morn-| set had a much more stable and com- cattpased ts PMG TTR ected Sue be and there we f atte amare ney |fortable appearance than the deck of LSE eae Ut HOLIDAYS TO BE DRYEST. 110°F,5 poparts to Commiasiones Teel cece aed Tar ee ee goes well with the tourists, tie | IN HISTORY, SAYS HAYNES) 1 ploces of suow-sleaniig | wouls have Gus thE Caceae tee i hood of a susp smh . = at ; teea | ft into operation at the] without warning, the vessels suddenly | ion of in some parts of ee “i aN ity aR aete ne hour, showing the apparatus,| drifted apart, the ferryboat resumed the | oe . some of which was reported in badjan evem keel and the Mallory was One rule govern © Mont nahi 4 f ue ; roe = swallowed up in the fog. |} liquor shops is that not more tha Ae: eat ; th « nued on Second Page.) The damage to the Cranford had | one bottle of anything shal We Fed Prot ni) REAR ADWIRAD BARTON pres, | DM confined entirely to contact with | to one perso Howe the y H mm ‘ PHILADDLPHIA, Dec. 28.+Rear Ad-| the overhang of the Mallory on the tors seemed to nk a “ Remington mira ‘tn Kennedy Barton, U. 8. N. upper deck. She had not been touched ito! br uned na tra ‘ ' 4 sngineer tn Ci over the rule, to diiuk, Capt. Hobbs signalled the engineer Nr mets y A aw. Meee eal AFTER GRASH IN RIVER re Jersey City, Badly Damaged When;