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To-Night’s Weathor—FAIR, STREET CLOSIN TABLES. 3 WORLD ae “IF IT HAPPENS IN NEW YORK IT's IN THE EVENING WORLD” CHICAGO IN STATE OF WAR, SAYS JUDGE —— VOL. LSI, NO. 22,046—DATLY. Conrrtent (Norm York. World) by. Press pew YORK, ‘THURSDAY, May Bie 19 22. Entered as Second-Cl Post Office, To-Morrow's 5 Woather—FAIR; COOLER. WALL STREET M3 i | yEnINe EDITION Mik PRICE THREE CENTS New York, N. Ys TO END TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROVIDES SEVEN NEW ROUTES q@Will Add 32 Miles of Route and 84 1-5 Miles of Track by Subway, Tunnel and Moving Sidewalks and Will Cost $218,000,000. se ces 2 coca" GARPENTIER 310 | FORRECEIVERS FOR BOOSTING CAR FARE Action Follows Their Defiance of Prosecutor’s Order to Cancel the Increase. MORE PROTESTS MADE. Queens President Wants O'Brien to Bring Action for Removal of Receivers. Planned to relieve the overcrowded traffic now carried on existing sub- way and elevated lines .n Greater w York, are officially announced Warrants for the arrest of the two receivers of the Steinway Lines in Queens will be asked for this after 4 to-day for the first time by the Tran- noon by District Attorney Wallace as ‘ sit Commission. The proposed new @ result of the receivers’ refusal to ae Wines will add thirty-two and one-half obey an order issued by him to re- 's miles of route and eighty-four and store the B-cent fare. /Ome-ffth miles of track to xisting lmos. The estimated cost of the new construction in round num- bers §174,000,000. Added to this for epgineeriag and ,adnyeetrations costs during the construction is about 344,000,000, making the total cost of Third Avenue Railroad Compavy, und Robert C. Le6,” reveivers, (i ough fthe's attorney, AT. Davison, cusfer to-day told Mr. Wallace they would not rescind their 10-cent fare, ‘‘cur Fornttr, weight Yh at i7s Pounds;-“The Kid” Scales head” order which went into effect rf the lines when completed about $218,- Only 157. ‘ meet esiacda ae Setiace af wees oF} phd warned “tn if tie the ola f ; em tha ol ar ‘The proposed new lines are: LONDON, May 11.—Georges Car- through cars from Manhattan to Col- lege Point, for a 5-cent fare, were not 1. Corona extension from Corona to pentier and Ted (Kid) Lewis weighed Flushing, es, in at the Olympia this afternoon pre- p 4 run by noon he would summon the . 2.424 Street crosstown moving |iiminary to their twenty-round battle Hast ete count ee latform from river to river. for the light heavyweight champion- After conferring with the réceivers and their attorney, which resulted in their determination not to obey the District Attorney, Mr. Wallace issued 3, Staten Island tunnel from Fourth Avenue subway to Rosebank, 4. B. R. T. extension of Broadway- Seventh Avenue line from Columbus ship. Carpentier weighed 175 pounds and Lewis 157 The betting was still 3 3 to 1 on Car- me pentier. > i fe he following statement: al- Circle via Central Park West to 110th! ae famous ring on Blackfriar's|* e is nt ure Street to the Polo Grounds via 7th]; b I will, this afternoon, file a com- f Road, which from time immemorial i Any Avenue. plaint in the First District Magis- a4 has been a sort of’ pugilistic kinder- ‘ : ace 5. Brooklyn crosstown subway from |». 46) in which many champions trates’ Court made by Edward T. At Queensboro Plaza to Brighton Beaoh |). weon hammered ra ie lies Hutchinson, Supervising Transit In- ity, ine a in Avenue and Fulton “WiD“Ispector of the Transit Commission, é K. fo Pirenkiin Aye ning form, was jammed, with large charging the receivers of the Stein- Ke @ Subway under East River trom |°Vr#ows | nthe surrounding streets, | way jines with a violation of Sectjon who Fulton Street “L’’ to City Hall, Man- when the two 1$hters arrived. No, 29 of the Public Service Commis- Ka ee Georges, with his human shadow,|sion Laws in the establishment of The| certain rates for transit, and I will take immediate action on this com- plaint."’ Shortly before this order was issued Borough President Connolly asked Corporation Counsel O'Brien to com- mence an action before Supreme Court Justice Callaghan for the y moval of the receivers. Mr. Connolly demanded this on the char; hat the receivers had committed an illegal act. He also declared that the New York and Queens owed the city large amounts of money for paving done by the city within the railroad area on “The scales |the company's lines, thus making the city a party to all actions In court, District Attorney Wallace acted on tho request of the Transit Commis- sion to enforce the penalizing clauses of the new Pubjic Service Commis- sion act for failure to obey Commis- sion orders, The receivers cut the Descamps, was the first to enter. champion was cheered by the onlook- ers, but the cheering and whistling accorded to Lewis as he entered was considerably more enthusiastic and cordial. Lewis doffed his hat and over- coat. He pulled the beam at 157 pounds. 1, West side subway from lower Manhattan to Washington Heights, via Hudson Street, 8th Avenue, Am- sterdam Avenue and Fort Washing- ton Avenue to 18ist Street. Not # new line of rapid transit has been provided in this city since 1913 and some of the work contracted for under the dual contracts of that year} Descamps gesticulated in momen- has not yet been finished, although|t@ry conversation with the officials, the rapid transit lines last year ear-|@fter which Georges appeared at the ried twice as many passengers as were | Scales in a long overcoat. carried on the origina! rapid transit} An offclal shouted: lines. are set at 12 stone 7 pounds (175 To relieve this situation, public] pounds), which ts the limit.’* ngs on the proposed new routes} Carpentier then threw off his coat will be held by the Transit Commis-|and hopped onto the platform. The sion before any disposition is made of| beam flew up and then gradually set- otel.”” the present problem of unifying the|tled to balance, The crowd cheered.| Queens line in two at Woodside, re- 8 ho Tl whole traction system of the city. orges shrugged his shoulders,|duced service, compelled passengers ; Some of the details of the proposed| smiled and then posed for photogra-|to change cars and also inaugurated nL mew routes are: phers. @ second fare all over the disapproval Se Tawi’ he of the Commission. One of the Com- prawns nother ‘and his younger missioners declared that the State's FLUSHING-CORONA ROUTE, |/rotter arrived trom New York to-| authority would be enforced even were nd ————— Tiniateu Lente e ringside during the! it necessary to call out the militia. he The line to Flushing will run as a] X!d’s" most momentous battle. Fassengers to-day continued to pay ost track continuation of the ele- the second fares with Increased pro- pracatcs na to Pluahe HEAT KILLS WOMAN IN ST, FAUL, test, but they refused to do anything on, structure from Corona to Flush-| ST. PAUL, May 11.—One death] {é#t, but the md to go anything ‘om anaigescarence” from heat yesterday was reported here| Which might jeopardiz: (Continued on Fourteenth Page) | to-day, The temperature reached 86 the Commission in their court fights. nd degrees. ictim, an unidentified|Little hope was expressed for relief vi nes Sinan Gil tas Be ane trom this source, however. see is uy , y le Sunday World || Jimmie, of Masonic Show, ; ° ° nas ae Estate Calls on Mayor With His Pal her Advertisements =e deed MUST BE IN'THE Orang-Outang Is Constant|*mething coiepasiad to mean ae ing, 5 . . PR * i four-year-ol hat World Offi Companion of Little Miss |yune shaw, wis constant companion, or ce . oa rdy, « . June Shaw. Jimmie's southpaw is usually about te Onor Before Friday ee acy, ee | be ificati of the simian. ie To Insure Proper Classification |] Jimmie, the sixteen-months-old |r te ma a ittla orang-outang being featured at the|must have been too much for Jimmie, just Order Sunday World Classified |)Masonic Show in Madison Square for: atyer it was all over he fell asleep ot . visited a \ in June's arms. the Advertising To-Day Gargens vinited Olly Spall onda gy and Some one suggested that the Mayor made an official call on Mayor Hylan. acim W' have his picture taken wit! Jimm T h e or ld Jimmie ealuted the Mayor and] Ho gmilingly declined, but did a shook hands, after which he mumbled|ito be photographed with June. are Davison Will Leaves Entire Estate in Trust | for Widow DAVISON ESTATE TO WOON a2 wees WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS IN TRUST: $4,500,000 GOES | 3 ]%NDGHILOREN TOELDEST SON AT HER DEATH Other Children Shire Equally in Remainder of Trust— Total Value of Estate Not Given. No Provision for Sisters, Previously Taken Care Of, or for Household Servants —Several Small Bequests. The will of Henry P. Davison was filed for probate with the Surrogate of Nassau County at Mineola to-day. The value of th eestate is not given, but the will provides for one bequest of $4,300,000 to Mr. Davison's eldest son, F. Trubee Davison. Tho will in full was as follows: The will disposes of an estate of about $5,000,000, it was said ht the office of White and Case, No, 14 Wall Street, Manhattan. George Case, that firm, was in charge of the filtng of the will, Ina statement, Mr. Ca: said: Mr, Davison has made provision otherwise for his sister, Mary Davison Le Braz, and for his wife's sister Alice Trubee Sallmon; no bequest the will. hence there ts to either of them under The bulk of the estate is placed in trust for the benefit of M Upon her death Mr. Davison’s eldest son, Frederick Trubee Davison, is be- qeuathed $4,500,000. The balance of the trust fund Is to be distributed in equal among Mr. Davison’s other children, Harry P. Davison jr., Alice Davison Gates and Frances Pom- eroy Davison."* “I, Henry P. Davison, of Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York, do hereby make, publish and declare this instrument as and for my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other and former wills and codiclls by me at any time heretofore made. “First: I direct that all my debts, funeral and testamentary charges shall be paid as soon after my decease as may conveniently be done “I also direct that all succession or inheritance taxes which may be levied or assessed against my estate and the legacies, life estate and de- vises hereinafter set forth shall be paid out of my residuary estate. “Second: I give and bequeath to my wife, Kate Trubee Davison, all of my personal effects and jewelry wherever located, and also the house- hold furniture and pictures, works of art, silyer, ornaments, bric a brac and supplies, which are located on the premises known as No, 690 Park Avenue, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for her own use, abso lutely and forever, ,""T also give and bequeath to my 8, Davison shares Continued on Twenty-fourth Page.) NURSE ATTACKED AS SHE IS CARING FOR KIDDIES Montolair, N. J. ‘or A Police nt. A nurse maid employed by Rudolph R, Compton of No. 44 Norman Road, Upper Montclair, N. J., was attacked by 4 man near tho reservoir at Cedar Grove late yesterday. While gathering flowers with Compton's five-year-old son and the little boy's playmates, the nurse maid, whose name was withheld by the police, was attacked by a man. who Jumped out of some bushes. ‘The nurse, an attractive young woman in her twen. ties, declined to give any account of her experience to reporters to-day The State Police and th police are searching for Cedar Grove, Search Montelair the man in CHASE BANK GUARD CONFESSES THEF OF $500,000 BONDS Of This Sum $440,000 Has Been Recovered — Two Others Arrested. The theft- of %500,000 in Liberty Donds from the Chase National Bank April 17,,ef which the bank made a great mystery for o time, has been altogether €xplained by the complete confessigh ‘made to Detective Licuts: Groyer/C. Brown and August Mayer to-day by Arthur Chase, watchman in the fegistered ma{i room of the bank, who was arrested while on duty last evening. The arrest of Chase followed the receipt of telegrams by Inspector John Coughlin from Savannah, Ga. that John W. Vardeman, a former employee of the bank, had been ar- rested there with his wife, Fern Hollis, a minor opera singer, and that $440,000 of the stolen bonds were in a safe deposit box in St. Augustine, Fla. Chase, the watchman, interested the detectives at Headquarters because of his variation from the ordinary type of criminal with whom they have to deal, He is a cowpuncher from Ari- zona, has beena fur trapper in Alaska. served in the army in the Philipp nes and fought in the 151st Field Artillery in the A. EB. F. with distinction. He calmly refused to make any confes- sion at first, because he sald it would “involve a woman, and that was no part of a real man’s game.” The detectives understood he meant Mrs. Vardeman, whose photographs in several poses were found in his room. On the back of one was writ- ten “una diablo" (Spanish for “one devil’) and on the other, ‘A minute with the woman you love !s worth an eternity.” Chase lived with the (Continued on Fifth Page.) ME ESS Calls It Cruel When Husband Banned Movies —-— But He Came Home Drunk Every Saturday, Wife Says in Suit to take his wife to the ‘movies’ for five years was alleged as cruel and inhuman treatment tn the complaint against Chester BE. Moad, an employee of the New York Tele- phone Company, Hving at No. 16 Lo- cust Hill Avenue, Yonkers, by Mrs. Hattie V. Mead, in her suit for sep Failure aration at White Plains. Mead said he is jn delicate health 1d nearly fifty years old, and in naw’ to his wife's charge that he only $10 a week for house- said that when he married to her in 1907 he was only $9 a week, but now, $24 a week, he gives her $10 paid her expenses, Mead also alleged that her hu has made it a practice for ' post five months to come home nk every Saturday night. Suprer rt Justics Morschauser allowed Mead $156 a week alimony, and 60 counsel fees, pending the trial. RESCUED IN FIRE Engines ies Lead Late to i Save Mrs. Supple, Recover Body With W: ater Curtain. GIRL RESCUES HERSELF. Children, Trapped | in Smoke- Filled Room, Carried Down Ladders, Mrs. Sarah Supples, sixty-five, was burned to death at 5.30 A, M. to-day in a fire that swept through the home of her son-in-law, Harry Perry, Dem- ocratic leader of the 2d Assembly Dia- trict and Clerk in the 2d District Court, at No, 383 Broome Street, near the Bowery. Her daughter, Mrs. Perry, was se- verely burned in a heroic attempt to save her, and the Perry family pet, Major, a bulldog, lost his Mfe In alarming the household. firemen made spectacular rescues of three of the Perry. children and of Dennis Sullivan, fift}-five, a relative of the late ‘Big Tim’ and a member of the Perry household. The horror of her experience made Mrs, Perry temporarily deranged, and when she saw the body of her mother policemen had to hold her down In the street until an ambulance came. The Perry home Js three stories and basement. He and his wife and Sullt- van have rooms on the third floor. Mrs. Supples and her six grandchil- dren slept on the second floor, It was Mrs, Supples's custom every morning, despite the objection of her daughter and son-in-law, to go to the Kitchen in the basement and get breakfast started? Major, the dog, always accompanied her. Wor several days painters had been redecorating the house, and there was much inflammable material about. It is believed Mrs. Supples dropped a lighted match and set fire to some of it. Major heard her scream and saw the fire, and van barking up the stairs. After he had two trips through the halls he aroused Mr, and Mrs. Perry, Into the basement, where his charred mae one oF then ran back body was found later near that of Mrs. Supples, When Mr, Perry opened his door to learn the cause of the de citement he found the. halls ol smoke, gHe ran down to th floor and seized Jack, »§ nteen, Charles, thirteen, and Isate ven. He thought his wife and would bring down. the other three But when he reached the lower hall wey his wife rushed past him tows the basement. In the mean timo Po- Ncemen Michael Fasciglione and Jo- seph McTiernan of the Clinton Street Station had heard the and the screams and saw the smoke They knew Mrs. Supples was usually in the basement at that hour, and tried to get in but the flames drove them back Just as they forced tn the front door upstairs, Mr. Perry came down with the children and Mrs. Perry (Continued on Fifth Pag@) —— MASKED BANDITS FAIL ARE DENIED; REFUSE 10 RELEASE LABOR LEADERS WORKERS FROM U. TO RUN RUSSIA'S CLOTHING INDUSTR cea = $1,000,000 Co-Operative Company Planned «With Permission of Lenine. Jurist Agrees With Prosecutor That Murders and Bombings May Be Renewed if Pris- oners Are Freed. 400 Union Heads, Including Women, Rounded Up After Two Policemen Are Killed —Pistols Found in Safe. CHICAGO, May 11.—Deelaring that he agreed with the contention made by the police that “Chicago is In @ state of warfare,"* Judge Kinkham Scanion to-day refused to issue writs of habeas corpus releasing Corneliur Shea and John Lafferty, labor leaders. arrested in conhection with the killing of two policemen yesterday mornine during @ series of labor bombings. He told the police these two men cout’ be held at least until Saturday. ‘The cases of Shea and Lafferty were the first to come up, and Judge Scanlon took only a few minutes to rule on them, About a dozen other applications for writs of habear corpus were up before other judges Shea, an ex-convict who once served a term in Sing Sing, is head of one element of the Teamsters’ Union Lafferty is a Heutenant of “Big Tim’ Murphy, known as Chicago's labor czar, who also was arrested. George Assistant State's Attorney, in opposing writs of habeas corpus for the men, stated that “Chi- cago is in a state of warfare and to these men will only mean murders, more bombings and CHICAGO, May 11.—Operation of all Soviet and textile factories in Russia will be turned over to an American workers’ soclety, to be known as the American-Russian Trade Industrial Workers* Associa- tion, with a capitalization of net less than « million dollars This was announced to-day at the biennial convention of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of America. It was announced at the session to- day that the concession for the pur- pose had been granted by Lenin, When the announcement of the con- cession was made by President Sidney Hillman the convention voted, amid great enthusiasm, to authorize its officers to form the company, made an appropriation of $10,000 to defray initial expenses and yoted the pur- chase of $60,000 worth of stock for the union, Ten dollar shares will be sold to workers and others interested in restoring Russian economle life, it was said. . The enterprise is to be co-operative, with all earnings over 10 per cent applying to the extension of the proj- ect. The necessary factories, equip- ment and raw materials will be fur- nished by the Soviet Government, and the capital and technical skill is to be supplied by the American company. Control of the management will be vested in a central board on which Gorman, release more more violence."’ Judge Scanlon interrupted by tell- ink Mr. Gorman that he agreed “about the warfare’ and denied the both parties will be equally repre- sented, writs While in Russia last summer, Mr.] At! the same time Judge Joseph Hillman discussed the project with Nicolai Lenin and said to-day he was satisfied with its practicability and usefulness. In the ndustrial vival of Russia lies the economic re- construction of Europe, Mr, Hillman said, declaring it was ‘a sad com- mentary on the supine attitude of or- ganized labor in this and other coun- tries that it has not already taken the lead in the economic reconstruction of Russia, “No more fitting activity for work- ingmen and women can be conceived than that they lend their moral and material resources to the more hun- millions of Russia who 80 re- David in effect refused to release “big ‘Tim" Murphy and Fred Mader, th latte -convict and head of th Building Trades Unions. Judge Da the pleas, post case until to-morrow at police an ex vid refused to hear poning the the request of the The detective bureau and city jails were crowded to-day with 400 labor leaders and others held in connection with the murders. Two men have been potnted out as resembling men in the automobile from which shots which ed T wyons, acting lie tently crawled from under the beei| Milled Terrance Lyons, acting: lieu of autocracy and oppression and] tenant, were fired. Rewards totalling emerged a free people," sald Mr. | $20,000 have been offered for the ar- Hillman: rest of the slayers. ectodeeeetiies ae BOY SAVES WOMAN ON SUBWAY TRACK AS TRAIN COMES Student Rush Hour Hero When Mrs. Peto, 67, Falls Off Platform. Mrs. Mary Peto, sixty;seven, leaned toward the northbound express All law enforcement organizations tn the clty are united tn what police term “a fight to the Anish with organized labor." More than 100 labor teade: including “Big’* Tim Murphy, Corny lius Shea and Fred Mader, President of the Building Trades Council, are among those under arrest, Raids on labor headquarters brought in labor bosses by the score yesterday. The two partly Identified as the slayers are, police say, Isadore Brav- TO GET $100,000 LIQUOR Gan Battle on ntate W. Mayer, N. ¥. Steam STOCKBRIDGE, Mayr Masked bandits who summer mansion of Char! New York steamship magnat: day were folled in an attempt to steal cholee liquors valued at $1u,00), One of the bandits is ved wound ed in @ gun battle folle covery by William Harve ker of into the Mayer early to broke ing thelr dl the estate. — THE WORLD TRAVEL Pulltzer BURPAL Arcade, (World 5 « 1 travellers? track of the Union Square subway]erman, twenty ht, and Max Glass, station last night to see if a train was} enirty-three. tn steht. She lost her balance and} praverman is said to have fired the foll just as the roar of the train was heard. shots from an automobile when Lieut. Hundreds of people in the rush] Lyons was killed and’ he was pointed hour crowd stood helpless. (3 of}out by James A. McClellan and Fred- fright came from women. Louls}orick Blank, patrolmen, who were in Strakes, seventeen, of No. 861 Wes! /the cur with Lyons when he was shot Oth Street High a student in Commercial Brooklyn, jumped to to death and when Albert Moeller, patrolman, was seriously injured. The the tract ide ion is not positive as Braver- Waiting passengers helped him Uft}man's fumliy has advanced an alib) her to the platform and as Louis} for him himself gained it, the train stopped] Glass, who ts a member of the Gla- just a few feet from him, aiers’ Union, was arrested in a raid Mrs. Peto, cut on the forehead, wes}on union headquarters and was point sent to Bellevue after treatment}ed out by a man who said he was an by Dr. Frank, eye-witness as the slayer of Thomas ———————— ence ee |

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