The evening world. Newspaper, April 19, 1922, Page 11

THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922. HALT BOOST IN FARES |STOLEN TAXI PURSUED ee BY POLICE HITS TWO | WIDOW OF BURTON -CALLED FLIRT IN BURTON HEIRS CAL | HIS WIDOW FLIRT IN FIGHTING WILL Woman Accused of Many Love Affairs in This Country and Abroad. ‘Three temporary administrators are to be appointed to-day by Surrogate Smith of Orange County to look after oo estate of the late Frank Vincent jurton, millionaire merchant, and member of an old New York family, during litigation. Mr. Burton was a member of the cotton goods firm of Burton Brothers & Co., No. 367 Fifth Avenue. He died March 11. His will, leaving about $1,300,000 to five chil- ren, was offered for probate April 11 it Newburgh. Mrs. Claire Louise Burton, of No. 406 Park Avenue, asked to be mado administratrix pending her contest of the will, and the executors filed their answer yesterday to her petition. They file as part of their exhibits, numerous extracts from Ictters said to have been found in a trunk of Mrs. Bur- ton, She was his second wife and was cut off without a penny, Mention was * made of an ante-nuptlal settlement, an annuity of $20,000 a year. In tho answer Mrs. Burton is charged with having been an interna- tional flirt and companion .of rich men and therefore an improper per- son to serve as an administratrix., She ‘was charged too with having lived with Burton before their marriage, Nov. 20, 1919. @ EFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EXECUTORS. George F’. Hurd, counsel for the ex- ecutors, declared that the Burton family was acting on instructions from Mr. Burton, made many times before his death, that !f Mrs. Burton ever made an attempt to raid the tate they were to conceal nothing take all the cards to court. Mr. Cassedy, who drew Mr. Burton's last two wills, referred to two codicils to thp 1918 will, one dated in November, 1919, leaving $50,000 to his wife, pro- viding she made no attempt to break the will, and a second codicil in Feb- ruary, 1920, revoking the other, “A monstrous fabrication!” was Mrs. Burton's exclamation when the wist of the allegations of her hus- band’s children were read to her by a reporter. Mrs. Burton occupies a tuxurious apartment at No. 405 Park Avenue. She Is tall and fair, with hazel eyes, "I am so thynderstruck I don't know what to say,” she said. “This 4s the first intimation I have had that any such charges had been, or would @ mace. “I don't know any of the men with whom it {s alleged I was associated, I never even heard the names you mention. I don't know about any trunk full of letters, I had no such letters. It ‘6 not truo that I lived with Mr. Burton before I was married to him. “I can't conceive the motive of the que family in making such state- ents, They must know that euch things cannot be said without thelr being called on to prove them,” DENIES THERE WAS AN ANTE- NUPTIAL AGREEMENT. Mrs, Burton refused to discuss most of th) statements contained in the answer filed yesterday. To a ques- lations ending after a reunton in July, answer yesterday. FIGHT FOR MILLION Transit Commission Comes to Res- cue of Richmond Commuters —Orders Hearing. The Transit Commission set aside yesterday the new tariff filed by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Com- pany under which.after May 1 com- muters would have been forced to pay the regular rate to St. George plus the 5 cent fare on the ferry to reach Manhattan. The new tariffs were filed as the result of a notice from Commissioner Whalen of the Department of Plant and Structures that after May 1, no more commutation tickets on the ferry would be issued. In its letter to the company ordering a hearing on the rates, the commission wrote: “The effect of this change will be to increase the revenue of the railroad approximately $24,472 a year, and it will increase the transportation ex- penses of the commuter approximately $2.45 a manth, Nothing has been ad- vanced tending to indicate that the railroad company is, in need of ad- ditional revenue in order to provide proper and adequate service.” —=_—_ MOTION PICTURE ACTOR FALLS 50 FEET IN RIVER am Desmond Swept Over Cif, May Die From Injaries. LOS ANGELES, April 19.—William Desmond, motion picture star, was probably fatally injured in a fifty-foot fall into the icy river at Truckee, where he was ‘on location,” according to a telegram received here by his wife, Mary Mclvor, a screen actress. While a picture was being made on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the river, a mass of {ce and snow gave way, carrying Desmond and another actor into the river. Laura La Plante, leading woman, who was working with Desmond, nar- rowly escaped going down with the ice and snow. ' One of the camefa men rescued Des- inond and the other. actor from the river. w 1920. Their short marned life, after the wedding in the chapel of St. George's, Stuyvesant Square, with most of the Burton family present, was interrupted by a long separation beginning in February, 1920, their re- because of the alleged discovery by Mr. Burton of the papers of Mrs. Burton referring to her past, these papers being in a trunk she had sent from Paris and which Mr. Burton di- verted to his office. RICH AMERICANS MENTIONED IN LETTERS. It is sald there are more than 200 amorous letters in the hands of the Burtons' attorneys, some of the letters involving the names of rich Amert- cans, including one dead railway Pres- ident, which were not attached to the a CAN SEIZE TOMBSTONE, AUCTION IT FOR DEBT Joseph Brand! of No, 329 Third Ave- nue had a monument placed on his plot in Calvary Cemetery. He paid $475 of the $1,250 due, then defaulted. Justice MacCrate in the Supreme Court, Queens, haa decided that Tedes- chi & Tedeschi of Long Island City, makers of the monument, can seize tt for debt and-sell it at auction. All of the executors of the Burton estate ‘are beneficiaries under the will, which disposes of approximately $1, 300,000, most of it going to the chil- dren, of whom there are five, the two sons named, Mrs. Morgan Wing, Milbrook, N. Y.; Mrs. Owen Johnson, wife of the author, of Litchfield, Conn,, and No, 327 Lexington Avenue and Mrs. Walter B. Eaton of Cedar- hurst, L. L, all socially prominent. ON STATEN ISLAND Unnerved by Accident, ed | | Man Stalls Engine, is Captared. Michacl Staffa, tei, of No. 256 East 125th Street, and Thomas McHugh, a] | Randall's Island attendant, were knocked down and seriously hurt at] | Second Avenue and 126th Street last night by a taxicab, in which John J. Roberts of No. 2443 Eighth Avenue was||f) being pursued by Policeman Lynch and Andrew Thompson of No. 230 Hast 90th Street, owner of the cab, Roberts, excited by hitting the pair, stalled his engine. He was arrested by |) Detectives Murphy and Begley, who had || seen tho accidegt. Lynch and Thomp- || son arrived in commandeered car a moment later. Thompson said he had seen his cab driven off as he was com- ing from a house at Second Avenue and 126th Street. ‘here was a louded re- volver in the car; both the owner and the prisoner dented owning it. At Knickerbocker Hospital the Staffa boy was said to be critically injured || internally. BE BALDWIN HEADS REVISION. Henry De Forest Baldwin, who was recently appointed a member of the Charter Revision Commission, was elected its Chairman yesterday at al'}) meeting hela in the office of Comp- troller Craig. Mr. Baldwin, Mr, Craig and Frank L, Polk were appointed «| committee to select a new counsel to|| the commission in place of Edward J. McGoldrick, who was recently named a Justice of the Supreme Court. The commission has abandoned all expectation of getting a report ready in time for a special session of the Legis- lature this year, At the meeting yea- terday Mr. McGoldrick went over] | briefly what had already been done and made his adieus, salient WOMAN FOUND POISONED || ON BRYANT PARK BENCH Said She Wanted to Die, Them Be-|, came Unconactous, , Anna Bishop, forty-eight yeurs old, || was on a bench jn Bryant Park, near| | 40th Street and Sixth Avenue, last night, moaning "I want to die,” when Patrolman Schofer of the West 30th Street Police Station discovered her. || Sho lost consciousness in a moment. || Dr. Nute took her to Bellevue Hos- pital, She was poorly dressed and had no purse, or anything by which she could be further It was said she had HOUGHTON IN COBLENZ, COBLENZ, April 19.—Alanson 3, Houghton, the American Ambassador to Germany, arrived yesterday as the guest of } He met the Allied Commissioners last eve- ning. The wife of Van Duzer Burton is the daughter of Sir Ashley Sparks. The first letter attache. .v the answer was signed S. M. Power, Ku. 2 Ryder Street, St. James's S. W, a quality neighborhood of London, and reads: “Dear Clare: I cannot be too formal with you, So begin my note as you said I might. I send you the little naughty verses and definitions which I repeated last night and which you were 8? anxious to have. It was very nice of you to come and dine each night with me and I thoroughly enjoyed our little outing. It was also delightful to be with such an appre- clative spirit as you are and you seemed so thoroughly to enjoy the performance, Don't forget our ‘paper boy’ dinner one night early next week.” are famed. TOE ; : 7 Ri Miey 665 Attractions Are Prices—Quality--Service © || 3 = LN, Herald Seuare New York. Bakery Products Reduced Lowest-in-the-city prices are always in effect in our Bake- shop. All breads, cakes and pastrics are baked in our own ovens in this store. The delicious and wholesome qualities __ 59TH TO. Bloomingdales 50th Anniv Every Item in This Sale Below Cost, At Cost and Slightly Above Cost More and more people are realizing the wonderful opportunities afforded by our Golden Anniversary Festival of Values. intent on taking advantage of our great Celebration. And those who come here tell the good news to their friends. fourth day in our great sale, we have prepared another wonderful array of Note the items below and be convinced. ine Cow- hide BriefCases Made of smooth, 4-ounce cow- hide with leather gussets, two 5-ounce straps all-around, ex- ion locks of nickel or bra two and three it workmanshipt! Sizes 10x15 and 11x16 In brown, cordovan and black. Sterling Silver Candle Sticks 10-In. $7.95 pr. 10 inches high stately Colonial designs —~three Excellent workmanship. TELLS OF HER THREAT TO IN- FORM A WIFE, A telegram from Herbesthal, Ger- many, dated Oct. 18, 1913, addressed to Mrs. Hyllested at No. 11 bis Ave- nue Elysee Reclus, Paris, and signed Fred, reads in part: “The scenes and insults have upset me so that I must ask you not to look upon me as a friend any more, and J fear your threat to inform my wife of what has happened would c:u-e the unhappiness of an innocent and good person. I therefore beg you to be generous and allow me to send you « remembrance of 2,500 francs and to send you a Christmas present of an- other 2,600 francs. Why do you try to ruin my sense of duty? How ter- rible is the remembrance of yesterday LEMON 44c RAISIN or APPLE 59¢ | PINEAPPLE S4c PEACH 4c GOLD CAKES—Vanilla or Choco- — FANCY POUND CAKE— late; made of pure ingredients Plai 29¢ Ib. special 24c each 34c Ib. Sale of MOLASSES FRUIT CAKE Made in Our Bakeries C This rich, delicious and wholesome cake is made on the premises, according to a good old-fashioned o recipe, from carefully selec- 3 ted fruits, molasses and b ° other pure ingredients. ° FRESH BAKED FRUIT PIES—Baked fresh every day in our own bakery; beautiful brown crusts, light, flaky and inviting, filled with fruit. Each pie weighing about @ pounds. “as Gauze, $1.20 Johnson & Johnson's, 25 yd. roll sterilized gauze. H_STREET—LEXINGTON TO THIRD AV _APRIL 19, 1922 Two or Three Piece Suits Tailored in Misses’ Styles $99.7 $29.75 is practically the wholesale cost of these stunning suits—worth several times the price. In two or three-piece models, handsomely tailored and lined with Crepe de Chine. The novelty embroidery which enhances the smartness of some of the suits is hand done—and other trimmings are equally effective. Suits are of Piquette, Cordine, Peco Twill and Poiret Twill, and their colors are Navy and Tan. Bloomingdale's—Second Floor. Genuine Fashionknit Ties, $1.59 Only 250 of these wonderful ties in a variety of neat effects, The genuine Franklin Grenadine All Silk Knit Ties. Bloomingdale’s—Main Floor, Willow Chairs 55.75 and "4.50 ersary ‘Sale Every day sees a new host of shoppers For tomorrow, the Ribbons Taffeta Ribbon Five-inch, heavy quality, with plain or moire edge. In black and all new colors. 17¢ yard. Main Floor. ~ Men’s Terry Robes, $3.19 Bath robes of good quality Terry cloth, very well tailored in a variety of smart patterns and colors. All sizes. Matn Floor, Cretonnes Pera: Specially printed for this sale in striped and floral ef- fects printed on white and colores grounds. Patterns that are not to be found else~ where. Third Floor Combs & Brushes SR storepass ewe woe et ey) ae er - NISi STYLE =PASTRY— 44c db. | dion as to the ante-nuptial agreement jevehing, Please let us part in a ania Bk stertiekeee 44e Ib. | | 7 in, Amber Combs (woman) qeferred to, sho shook her head. |friendly way. Let me hear from you , : 9¢ cach Walnut S4c lb. § coarse andfine ia’ gs ee “Never heard of it," she said. She|at the Hotel Kasten, Hanover. i on ee de ee : | 8!5 in. Shell Combs (woman: confirmed tho statement ahe had never [Protect you," SUGAR TWIST—Made of pure OUR OWN HIGH GRADE BRAN | coarseandfine............ -.15¢ tv d's apartment at} Elwood C. Smith, Surrogate of ingredients; special — 14¢ each BISCUITS, Ac pan i 713 in, White Ivory’ Finish lived at her husban Pi os, z a No, 570 Park Avenue, but said she}|Orange County, decided yesterday, ° CORRS Combs. ....... ceases eee MSO did live for a time at his Newburgh |when the answer had been filed, he e icatessen | | YY OOOO Men's Combs, white amber~ estate. All other questions she re-|Would appoint three temporary ad- . 5 ° YOO shell... ‘ +. 10¢ ferred to her attorney, Mr. Noble, |ministrators to look after the estate A Special Sale of Sugar-Cured Boiled Hams—Every one Awnings $1.49 | : . Men Peat NObIe RAO A Le eee eae eee idee ead. ana he hie selected, cured and cooked with great care. ’ Of standard Sicilian duck in | White ivory finish heavy id, “and husband knew | ¢ ry the two sides Sag a1; od) g i q Derrhice there was to know. Every. |éelf, ell three having to be acceptable Sliced, 4 — Per Ib., 74c i | tan and white stripe with seal | combs, coarse and coarse and thing will be brought out when the|to him, Mr, Hurd, for the Burton CABBAGE SALAD—A combina- COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON— }a) open valance, bound with braid. Ca ar oth matter is gone into, as I intend to do. |family, gave the name of ex-Gov. nation of Fresh Cabbage, Green A choice product. 69¢ Ib. I All fixtures complete and ready | i. ea | *, Tooth Brushes, imported Tam going to fight these outrageous | Benjamin B, Odell as the Burton fam- Peppers and Mayonnaise, DRIED BONELESS HERRING— )3\ to hang on 3-foot window. | Strong willow chairs in nat- Illustrated above, thor- Hair Brushes, various sizes. .59¢ charges, and Iam also going to fight |ily's cholee, ‘The selections are to be a4¢ Ib. fine quality. ac Ib. | Third Floor. | ural color, Broad arm and oughly made of all natural Cloth Brushes... 15¢ to 25¢ -or my share of my husband's estate, Mina? “Shy: a Losi ESR. Star) CORNED BEEF—Well cooked — QuR OWN PEANUT BUTTER HH Sanne | high comfortable backs— French willow. Guaran- | Military Brushes, pure aie} on't believe he was in « condition }Revs were given one bottom round; cut from, fine —Made of Virginia peanuts; (a Krinkle of guaranteed perfect wil- | teed all perfect. Large size, | Main Floor Meee ow on ine eT Tam not]. Anson J, Fowler of Newburgh, who Ae Le are nourishing and palatable; in (y low of finest quality. * very comfortable. io have mo man ec slated wi! dD CKLED PIGS’ FEET—Split in Sanitary grease-proof paper (4) ‘ . | folng to tet mynelt be intimidated snto| As become associated with Mr, Noble fete en ee Pein Bl Bedspreads Cretonne Covered Cotton Filled Cushions to Fit ¢ siving up what is my right, but I}Sirrognte he had been aware thutl |B “IV SKASON" TAYLOR HAM— — FRANKFURTERS—Fine quality, $2|| |) single bed size, 65x90 ina,, $1.30 * Chairs, $1.10 Each. | me ae eons ine face of these | charges were to be made against Mrs. Made of chopped ham. 52¢ Ib, small or large size. 276 |b’ s 34 bed size, 72x90 in..... $1.59 Tr ianban dale | terrible statements." EUR A Bieter Buby kare San New York State Fancy Full Milk Cheese—A mild 2) Double bed size, 80x90 ins. einai _ a a os ~brough 01 ja ccelle: r = | Mrs. Burton said the superinten- ber earrings wih Mr, Burton; that cheese of excellent flavor. ai ; 29¢ Ib, Main Floor. | dent of the apartinent house where she | ¢), ‘ Sos abe DKA Dal hee We have just received our own special importation of the celebrated — told her recently her telephone] i'r a 04 ne Pee and that all ot Tusford Brand Stilton Cheese. A well matured and flavored Cheese | ihad been tapped. Se ei ee ealatet at ara ante recognized as one of the highest quality Cheeses made; made by Tuxford ° | 5 ‘The executors who bring the charges |3"P Burton before the marriage and & Nephews, Melton Mowbray, England. Ib. jars, $4.24, 1 Ib. | against Mrs. Burton consist of her} 1i./¢ he could attack Mr, Burton's past jars, $1.98. Cut by the pound, $1.44 pound. | Storage Chests /f two step-sons, Frank Vincent Burton a Het ' | 3r, and Van Duzer Burton; her broth. | Put did not want to do so At the Grocery Counter: | 9.85 -law, John Howes Burton, well TRY RUM RAID E DEATH CASE | ° known as Chairman of the ‘Save ASE. . - G aay 5 ‘New York" Committee, and Howard Se eS A S ecial Sale of Red Star Hams Shares in | cee as none oe F, Clark, @ cousin of the deceased. | Collins, Ome of Nine Held, Faces p' Golden Specials i it is possible to make any | Attached to the answer of the ex- |* Jury as Wetchmas's slarer. Red Star Brand Haws are one of the fines! products of Western Pack- sb: aoe chest; dove-tail construction, ecutors is a mass of documentary evi- ing Houres: they ure all selected from’ graiv fed Pork and perfectly | Receiving set that will pick wooden handles, heavy castors, dence against Mrs. Burton, Including} A jury was picked in the Richmond cured. Recognized as the standard quality for over 25 years. Wk | up music within radius of lock and key, In size S6x1 7x18" love letters sald to have been written | County Court at St. George, Staten NEVER SACRIFICE QUALITY TO MAKE A LO PRICE eH 100 mil $21 Cedur shavings with each box. by and to her, papers in a sult filed yesterday afternoon to deter~ ALL HAMS OFFERED AT THIS SALE AND AT ANY TIME | [S -/- | Third Floor, \fp by her in Germany, bringing what : ie cas oe Rayna) a atl AT kao ARE OF THE BEST. Family sizes, weights range | 3 ited quan- \| <j Jy [fp amount to breach of promise claimal i rociyn, one of nine indicteg Mare from 9 to 12 Ibs.: this sale, Ib. 37e. 53 3.85 | , L A Ne << sh: CEanibie *A°) froma ‘he! Wore ot| 22 ihe fedgral Grand Jur SUNSHINE SUGAR, VALET RARTTES : detector... 3-10 | LUDO — Ss Utility Boxes vit ng chael O'C . night } a we A Jan, 8, 1906, describing Mrs, H. Hyll-| watchman, at the foot of Jersey’ Stract Made by the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., fresh from their ovens. | Pe Radiotron No. 201’s..$5.70 | 3.95 sted, wife of a Danish musician, as a] New Brighton, where they attempted Esch package contains the following varieties: Tan San, Clover by Cunningham Amplifiers, | { ° | woman ‘who lad been ‘friendly’ with (> "steal $30.00 worth of” whiskey Leaves, Brandy-Wine, Verooiques, Philopena, Perfetto and Muli | (2 $5.80 | e a e S A ’" utility box of white | this Mrs. Hylisted {sat On the night of the raid the watch- Fil ota asa Emp peared on al Sepertont: This is Aeriola receiving sets, com- 9 wood coyered with our special } HE Mrs, Burton, who was div man wan knocked out, dying four days : AQ ERS plete. 320 Finished in white or ivory enamel, 2-inch continuous Beauty ain Handles, legs August Uplisted in Chicago July. 2, Peers ule Ie Ge Am ceil ty tie Foere Pith Wier, Sou Sireet, Federal Pleiotron Loud posts, Headboard inches high. Pillars 1-inch thick. eracael: ise’ ST inches ‘ones ee ddiurton died) March) 14) at tholiecd jemi Assintcat Dini ae Lelicatessen and Bakery Products Not Delivered Ty deed 0. 3-0, 4-0 and full size ol ye 14 inches wide and 15 inches “i we of sixty -se Ve had been sep-| Praak | s | “9 Th of § ‘ wrth Plo hig rd Flao from Mrs, Burton sluce July, [others will be Wicd later, | | See SSN MASI: j } } ’ fi 4