The evening world. Newspaper, June 19, 1922, Page 1

“IF IT HAPPENS IN. NEW YORK IT’S IN THE EVENING WORLD” LWARD’S SISTER TO TELL OF PLO irculation | ‘Books Che Open to Au” ] * GT wocTED ~ INPLOT 10 SHIP ARMS TO IRELAND Col. M. H. Thompson, Son-in- Law of Ambassador Harvey, Accused. own, inimitable Davey Hirshfield, This impostor—who is sail to be just as handsome and cinating as SHIP SEIZED YEAR AGO our own Dave—is a he.vamp. He lolls J . on the beaches at Atlantic City, 495 Machine Guns in Coal) swings a wicked walking stick, has Bunkers for Sinn Fein, Is Charge shimmying eyes and knocks culd at a glance any flapper between the age of And the scoundrel says he is Dave Hirshfie'!, Commis- sixteen and sixty. N. J., June 19.—Col, J Marcetlus H. Thompson, Vice Prest.| Somer of Accounts, and only real con- ent and active head of the Auto-| "dant of John F. Hylan, Mayor of Ordnance Company of New Y id] New York, son-in-law of Col. George Harvey] ““! met your Uncle Davey at the American Ambassador to Great Brit- | AMbassador at Atlantic City the other has been indicted py the Fea-| Mty.” said a young ty bud to ‘and Jury e© on charg Lille Grant over the phone spiracy tu ship arms to Iretand| Miss Grant is Hirshfield's niece any 4a violation of the neutrality laws, | Chalrman of the Mayor's Rent Prof The announcement was made to-| !teering Committee, day by Assistant United States Dis-] ‘‘What do you think of my uncle? trict Attorney Thomas V. Arrow-| #8ked Miss Grant. smith. “T think he's the most ardent your fo Indictments also have been thing Uva run across this summer," ti *"| replied the bud, ‘And he's chain ok turned against the Auto-Ordnance| (nt tine tog: Company and seven c’her individuals] “what's that?” demanded Miss on the same charge as the result of] Grant “Are you speaking of my the seizure at Hoboken last June of | uncle’ “Sure, Yeplied the” bud! “Did you the Cosmopolitan Line freighter East Bide, in the coal akers of which Were found 49% machine guns. The guns were alleged to have been des- fined for use hy the Sinn Fein in Ire- Jand. ‘The other individuals indicted a think I was describing Civic Virtue?" Don't you think your uncle ts a went on the informer. “Why, he told me all his official secrets, how he has to catch midnight trains to Washington and Albany, how he is fighting the people's battles and 4 he like of that, He said the rs Frank Williams, allas Lewrencel oe state gave him many hi hes De Lacy, alias Lawrence Pierce, who]and that he was getting round is alleged to have paid for the ship-|shouldered carrying them—but he thought he'd stick it out for the ment of guns. and his brother, Fred Williams, alias Edward De Lacy, Wi ix ulieyed to have been implicated im the purchose of the guns, Both are no-- believed to be in Ireland, George Gordon Rorke, a salesman, of Washington, who is alleged to have placed an order for the guns ith the Auto-Ordnance Company. Frank J. Merkling, Secretary of the Auto-Ordnance Company. Frank B. Ochsenriter of New York and Washington, who 1s accused of placing the first order for some of the summer if I'd promise to see him now and then and hold his hands." man you spoke to isn't the stoner of Accounts or my fairly shrieked Miss Grant. ‘sa fraud and we'll soon have him expose Since then Hirshfield has been on , morning, noon and night. What Miss Grant told him verified suspicions which have been growing since he came into office. Quite fre- quently callers on Hirshfield go away mystified when they meet him, I want to see the Commissioner of guns with the Auto-Ordnance Com-| Accounts, not you," a visitor fre- pany. quently tells Hirshfleld. John Culhane, a truckman of New| “I'm the Commissioner of Ac- 7 York, who is alleged to have carted|counts,"’ insists Hirshfield. the guns from the American Railway You the Commissioner of Ac- Express Company in New York to|counts? Ha! ha!’ laughs the visitor his storehouse in the Bronx for Frank|**He's taller than you, and 1 t Williams. heavier and he's balder. No, you're ‘ A Mr. Brophy, whose first name is] not the real one." c tinknown to the Federal authoritie Whereupon Hirshfield calls a cop who is alleged to have carted the ship-|and tells the visitor to wait, outside ment from Culhane’s storehouse to the} for the ‘real Commissioner of Ac- east side. ‘The guns were manufactured by the Colts Patent Arms Company of Hart- ford, Conn., and are alleged to have been sold by the Auto-Ordnance Com- pany, Their inventor fs said to be Gen. John T.Thompson, father of Col Thompson, There’ was considerable mystery bout the guns after their seizure, and an investigation was started by the United States Shipping Board and the Department of Justice. Frank Williams claimed ownership counts." Some are said to be patient- ly waiting yet. When the Meyer Legislative Inves- tigating Committee began work last year they followed a blind trail that involved the activities of the spurious (Continued on Sixteenth, Page.) samo Laaliiall SAYS GASOLINE PRICE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH Must be Raised to Save, Independ- ents, Secretary Staten, (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) WASHINGTON, June 19.—In the face of protests from all parts of the coun- BOOTLEG CODE try against the present price of gaso line, John D. Reynolds, Secretary of the Western OF ETHICS HAS “HATES,” “DONT’S” | cc’ Petroleum Refiners Associa to-day stated that the price of the 1 is not high enough, till higher prices are necessary to onnrow enable the independent refiners to com- WATERTOWN, Juno’ 19:— | rote with the hig companies, sald § Bootleggers of New York, New nolde, here to testify Jersey and Pennsylvania here- Manufacturers Commit after will be governed in their for recent gasolin operations by a code of ethics. The bootleggers’ convention, FR held in the sandy wastes of the ‘T WRECKED NEAR ar- he nd é LANTIC CITY. ite ary eae ae ene A fast Pennsylvania freight train Watertown last Thursday and |** wrecked at Absecon, Afteen miles Friday adopted the following | {fom Atlantle City to-day, ‘Sixteen rules: s were derailed and tore up the “Hate the State troopers und rails for 150 yards, blockin trafic. Federal Prohibition agents, None of the crew wg Injured, ‘The train “Doubly hate the Black Horse was made up of forty ca ten being of riders of the famous troops at iis Malone, which has done more 1. than any other organization to DIN AUTO CRASH, put rum-runners in prison and June 19,—Charles McLoughlin make the ‘whiskey trail’ from | o¢ gennigtor and Char My Canada dangerous, ; rs “Don't disgrace the profession |*, 'ts! (ly iii ‘Mints tend by shooting or indulging in rough ; w nih MINERALE i " which t Hiding collided with « Don't rob cach other.” tree and overturned, eit ecrlelas Who is trying to steal tae imperishable fame and undyin of Accounts? ory Hirshtield on Trail of Impostor, Who Is Regular He-Vamp, Posing To Flappers as “Our Own Davy” Commissioner of Accounts Incensed When “Double”? Says He Is Mayor’s Confidant and People’s Champion. of our SPECULATIVE COUP IN MEXICAN PETE; SHORTS SQUEEZED Stock Sells 163, Gain of 17 Points Over Inquiry Probable. One of those whieh is se muc terests who are en the New York within, occurred Petroleum stock y and art points comp: low of last week. The movement represented nothing powerful last: week more than speculative a h cl Late in Saturday— speculative Stock 0 ad? ance avon . h in squeezing of interests who shorred M the day, it sold aboye 163 for a gain of more than 17 Saturday coups by in ns to reform from lexican points compared with the close of of more ed with the dumped thousands of shares of the stock on the market in the evident belief that “Mex, Pete” would lead the decline in security prices gen- erally which they judged was im- pending. Othe specu larors who are closely identified with the company told their friends last Friday when the stock was selling aronund 180 that before the c Although th it would cross 160 e to-day. supply of “Mex. Pete” wailable for trading purposes {s only approximate 5,000 shares, this market tip was nearly everywhere disregfarded. Shortly after the opening this morning, however, buying orders poured into the marekt in large volume and the speculators who sold the stock so freely last week were called upon to deliver the stock they had borrowed gainst their short sales. They soon found that the sup- ply was int until It nerves becomin Indicated the th at an en was not 5 d, xceeding last half until Wall frayed ly scanty w e process of squee est did not re Street that ing the short ch its culmination business. 30 when the traders were “Mex Pete’ of and that hey at least could stock was to go Into upward movement was temporarily In Wall Street it is considered not improbable that Stock Exchange au- thorities will again call ber firms to give their stock at the close of last to-d a cordding Hoyle. nd to tel to the i upon mem- position in the t Stock he borrowed and sold so that it may be determined whether the rise was ac- urd. lay and amounts Exchange's CAPITAL CAPITULATES TO 5,000 MARINES “Devine for ry ly WASHINGTO. tion's capital eapitu the marines Potomac firing 1 ed t noon and pitched their Under command of ley Buth Gett the Ctyi 3 and 4 the grounds late EX-AM a John to E sburg, 0 W the ma where War will Presidy “devil dow to-day = — ASSADOR TO ENC IN 81,200. RNEY Davis appear ri th th tri > fl nt Hard Th on Way to Gettyeburg { Celebration, he Na- oday without = th ity ousand before ts along the n Smed- en route to famous battle of enacted July «will review Wh 4 nite A ” House ND 18 st assador Burr's as To- Morrow's W: ther—CLOUDY; UNSETTLED, Peet Office, Entered ax Second-Class Matt New York, N. PRICE THREE CENTS. (weonmex Inca TARIFF BILL GIVEN ee Bop BONUS Y SENATE, 30-9 AT p UBLICITY ON Both to Be Dispo: Disposed Of at GLAND OPERATION) Millionaire Had Offered to Triple Surgeon’s Fee if Secret Was Kept. PARIS TRIP RUSHED. Mme. Ganna Walska Denies, However, She Will Wed Harvester King, CHICAGO, June 19.—Harold F. Me- Cormick ordered arrangements rushed to-day for his trip to Europe with his daughter, Mathilde. From his bed at the millionaire king directed plans which will take him to Paris within a month. There will see his seventeen-year-old daughte Mathilde, married to Max Oser, Swiss riding master. Physicians feared for time that MeCormick’s recovery might be retarded by the anger he showed when learned that reports about the operation had become public. McCormick was reported to have of- fered to triple the fee of Dr. Victor D. Lespinasse, noted gland specialist, in case no word of the surgery leaked, out, The agreement was understood to call for payment of $75,000, Guards around the hospital and in front of the McCormick door were doubled. l’our men were constantly on guard in the corridor leading to the McCormick room, Other guards were stationed under windows and around the hospital at frequent inter- vals. A rigid investigation was started by hospital authorities to determine how word of the operation reached news- papers. Nurses and internes were quizzed closely. During the operation the operating room was divided by a partition with one set of nurses and internes with McCormick on one side and another group of nurses and internes on the other with the unidentified man. Dr. Lespinasse and his personal nurse were the only ones who knew what happened on both sides of the partition, McCormick, according tw this information, did not even know the man on the other side of the wall. McCormick's object in undergoing the operation at this time was consid- Wesley Memorial Harvester hospital, he a he erable of a mystery to his close friends. He is strong, virile and active. PARIS, June 19 (United Press.) — ield Malone to-day issued lowing statement: “Mme. Ganna Walska author- izes me to say she has not received any messages from Harold F. Mc- Cormick such as have been published in the press. She knows absolutely nothing about his illness or his per- Sonal affairs, except what she has read in the papers, “Mme. Waiska is not engaged to any one and has no intention or plans of marrying Mr. McCormick or any one else." WILL BE NO STRIKE, BELIEF EXPRESSED BY RAILROAD HEADS Car Builders Told Capital Is ‘Too Strong for Rail Workers. ATLANTIC CITY, N, J,, June 19.— The general fecling of railway men ts that the threatened rail strike will not materialize, C. E, Fuller of the Union Pacific system to-day told dele- gates to the Car Builders’ Convention. “We know that there are many threats afloat, but they mean very little in my estimation,’ Mr. Fuller said, “It is also unlikely that t! labor men will be able to tle up the railroads completely. Capital can hold out too long for them," “If the unions do what the they will do,” ton, declared W. J President of the mechanics tion of the American cation, “then all branches of the road industry will be affected eneral tie-up would be mighty in venient, This Session and Bonus Comes Next. WASHINGTON, June 19. Senate Republicans in confer- ence to-day, voted 80 to 9 against laying aside the Tariff Bill consider the soldier bonus. A resolution favoring dispos\- tion of both the “Tariff Bill and the bonus measure at this session and before any recess then was adopted 27 to 11. The bonus measure would be made the unfinished business, after a final vote on the tariff. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mas- sachusetis, ufter learning of the action of the Republican confer- ence, said a move ty bring up the bonus would be made in the Sen- ate after the passage of the pe ing Naval Appropriation Bill The conference resolution con tains these “Now, to clauses therefore, for the correcting such pur- pose of reports ssure the country and the American soldier that there has been no change of purpose on the part of the Republican mem- bers of the Senate, “Be it resolved by the confer- ence that as soon ts the vote is taken on the passage of the Tariff Bill the Soldiers’ Compen- sation Bill shall be immodiately taken yp and made tho unfinished business, and. its consideration proceeded with to the exclusion of ahy other business, except when temporarily laid a#idé for matters of immediate exigency, and con- Unued the unfinished business _ until it is finally disposed of.'’ HUTCHISON MAKES. 71 FOR SANDWICH QUALIFYING ROUND Walter Hagen, in Superb Form, Turns in Morning . Card of 75. SANDWICH, June 19,.—Jock chison, and to \« Hut- the American who holds the British golf championship, made the Princes course in 71 today in the fyilg round of the tournament the open cup. C. L., Van Vleck of New York went around in 90. Sensational aken by qua golf followed the lead Hagen, first to turn in his with a and his score was bettered by another more sensational round by Roger Wethered, who went around in 73, Abe Mitchell came along then with a 77, and George Duncan followed with an 81, SANDWICH, June 19 (Associated Press).—Qualifying play in the British Open Golf Championship Tournament was started this morning under idea! card 75, weather conditions. A gentle west wind swept the two courses—the Prince's and Royal St. George's—and the turf was in excellent condition, having benefited from recent rains. More than 200 competitors started out with the hope of qualifying in this, the greatest golfing event of the year, The elghty turning In the low- est cards for to-day’s and to-mor- row's medal play will be eligible for the match play Thursday and Friday. Jock Hutchison, the American who won the open last year, is defending his title, and the United States Is represented by two other strong players in Jim Barnes ahd Walter Hagen. Hagen had a most successful round, turning in @ card of 75 for the Prince's course, He went out in 87, taking the first six holes in fou and playin superb golf. He was able to do the nomeward trip in 38, despite his lack of luck with several long putts. The Prince's course mea ) yards, and the Royal rge’s, 6,616 ae ee, a sCOKK HURT IN P ADELPHIA WROLLEY CRAS ri - @ of per in car Ninth morning. Hoth persons on thelr wit way to work, WOMAN A SUID wi SISTER SUBPOENAED FOLLOWING ASSERTION SH KNOWS OF BLACKMAIL PLOT IN PARK RESERVOIR AS CROWDS WATCH Policeman Makes Gallant Rescue, but His Heroism Proves Fruitless, WORE WEDDING RING Band Bore Inscription “J. C. to A. M, C.”—Hat Label a Clue, A well dressed, beautiful woman committed suicide by drowning in the old Croton Resrvoir in Central Park at non to-day while scores of terrified and helpless women and children looked on. The cries of spectators at- tracted the attention of Mounted Po- liceman John Tracy, who made a gal- lant attempt at rescue, but the wom- an was dead when he got ‘her body out of the water after fifteen minutes’ of effort. The Woman was first seen pacing up and down the promenade outside the five-foot iron fence surrounding the reservoir at a point above the Fast Drive, north of the 86th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance. N6 one was near her when she climbed the rail and jumped into the water with her hat on and a leather purse clasped in her left hand, She had sunk for the last time when Tracy reached the reservoir. Without removing his blouse or cap, he jumped in and, after diving sev- eral times, found the body on the bot- tom and raised it to the surface. He had dragged it to the bank when Capt. Jacob Brown of the Arsena: Precinct, who was passing in his au- tomobile, went to his assistance. The policemen tried artifical respira- tion until Dr. Cohen arrived from Flower Hospital and pronounced the woman dead. The body was taken to the station house in the park and there Tracey complained of severe pains in his back. Dr. Cohen ad- vised him to go home and summon medical assistance, The suicide was about thirty-five years old, five feet and seven inches tal! and weighed about 150 pounds. She had red hair, a fair complexion, slightly freckled and gray eyes. Her blue serge gown was of good quality and she wore brown silk stockings and brown laced shoes. In her blue, flower trimmed hat was the label ‘Ruth Shop, 1614 Third Avenue.” A wedding ring on her left hand hore the inscription "J. M. C. to A. M. C., 6-18-19." In the purse were a key and change amounting to $1.18 Before climbing the vail she threw away a gingham dress wrapped in a newspaper. eat GOV. SMALL OFFERS JURY NO DEFENSE Rests His Case on Evidence of Prosecution at Trial. WAUKEGAN, M,, June 19 (Asso- ciated Press).—Gov, Len Small will offer no evidence in his own behalf in his trial for conspiracy to defraud the State while he was State Treas- urer, G. C, LeForgee of the defense counsel announced in court to-day, but will rest on the evidence of the prosecution, The announcement came as a com plete surprise. It had beon expected that the defense would require two o: three weeks to present its testimony The State completed its case at 11.86 o'clock to-day. James H. Wilkerson, Assistant At- torney General, then asked for a short recess. — YOUNGSTOWN STEEL MILLS NEARLY 100% OPERATION YOUNGSTOWN, ©., June 19.—With automobile makers and other factories clamoring for sheet steel, that branch AT of the steel industry in the Youngstown district to-day began a schedule of op- ations more nearly aching 100 cent, than at any time since the war com, Of eight mills scheduled to re i to-day seven were able to ge enough skilled labor — _ TRE WORLD TRAVEL BOREAL Arcade, Pulltzer (World) Building, 93-6 Vark Bow, N.Y, City. ‘Tele Beckiwan 4000. Check room for vaggge and pa open Gay and night. Money orders aod Wavellere’ checks Loc sale—Advi, KEARNS DENIES DEMPSEY CAMP HAS BEEN SPLIT UP CHICAGO, June 19 (United Press) —Jack Kearny, to-day on his way Francisco to New York, denied stories of differences with Jack Dempaey “It's all camp followers’ champion’s manager said Teddy Hayes, the champion’s train- here from San talk," the er, has not been released, Kearns said. Hayes accompanied Kearns here. Kearns was in conference to-day with Floyd Fitzsimmons, fight pro- moter, to complete arrangements for the Labor Day battle Dempsey and Brennan, Greb. Dempsey’s opponent pieked to-day or to-morrow. “Dempsey will take on all comers,” the manager repeated. “As to a fight with Wills, that depends on public featuring Willard or will be ‘arpentier battle will take place in Europe next spring, sometime near Derby Day, Kearns sald. LIVE WIRE KILLS WOMAN, TWO MEN Stepped Into Pool of Water to Aid Horse Which Struck Wire. NORTH ANSON, Me., Juno 19.—A woman and two men were electro- cuted to-day when a high tension wire crossed a guy wire in the mill yard of the »} th Anson Manufacturing Company, ‘The dead, all residents of North Anson, are Mrs. Thomas Moran, Ora Pullen and Warren Nutting. The electrocution of a horse which struck the wire while standing in a pool of water led to the deaths. Pullen was killed in going to the aid of the animal and Mrs, Moran and Nutting met death when they stepped into the water to assist Pullen. oa ipiornaiaeci ty DENBY AND PARTY SAIL FROM HONOLULU HONOLI T. HW, June 19 (As- sociated Prens).—Secretary of the Navy Denby and his party completed @ drive around the Island of Cahu Saturday as guests of the Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu. At Haletwa Secretary Denby spoke at a luneheon Secretary Denby sald: “You don’t like to think of the possibilities that make armies and navies necessary, but we do know such posstbilities exist and they cannot be forgotten by those re- sponsible for the defense of the United States.” The Secretary and his party sailed for Japan yesterday. MIGHT HAVE SAVED GIUSEPPE VAROTTA Witness Admits the Truth When Arrested Would Have Prevented Murder. Roberto Raffacte, condemned to death for the part he took in the kid- napping and murder of Giuseppe Varotta of No, 354 East 13th Street resumed the witness stand to-day in the trial of Antonio Marino, charged with the murder. He said that if he had told the truth when first taken to Police Head- also quarters the Varotta boy would be alive to-day, as understood the child was alive then Raffaele said he had not received a promise of executive clemency in re- turn tor the assistance he is giving the prosecution. He also denied he lad been beaten by police and added that he “never heard of the police heating anybody.’ As he Was leaving the courtroom Raffaele recognized the parents of the murdered bowed low, and. said “How do you ¢ He got no answe Detogive James Pellegrino the next told of making the arrests, Mrs, Leland Stanford Wood, Who Had Testified Before Jury, Called Before Justice Morschauser. Chauffeur Who Drove Men Answering Description of “Ross. and Jack,” Also Is Subpoenaed by Sheriff. Mrs. Leland Stanford Wood, a sis- ter of Ruiph Ward, who said in testi- money in the John Doe proceedings in the Ward case that she knew much of the family conferences regarding the killing of Clarence Peters by Walter Ward, was taken before Jus- tice Morschauser under subpoena to-day, Her husband was also under sub- poena, Mrs. Wood is the “mysterious woman’? about whom the authorities made vague statements last night and to-day as having the “key to the whole blackmal!! story. Another witness sought was John Fleming, a taxicab chauffeur of No. 4691 Park Avenue, who took two passengers from the Bronx wp through Westchester County past the Kensico reservoir on the night before the finding of the body of Clarence Peters; the men were said to re- semble the descriptions given by Walter Ward of “Ross” and “Jack,” who attacked him with Peters, Deputy Sheriff Cheriton + ing to White Plains to-da: chauffeur said his passengers were “well known Bronx bootleggers who hired him to take them to northern Westchester, at 8.80 o'clock May 16. Near the northern end of the reservoir. Fleming said, he was stopped by a Policeman who took his name because his front lights had gone out, Flem- ing drove on to Wesley's garage at Mount Kisco, and William Shea, a driver for Wesley, took them on to Yorktown, while Fleming remained at Wesley's, The passengers returned from Yorktown at s#bout midnight. They remained there u Gay light when {t was safe for Fleming to re- turn to the Bronx without lights. Fleming said he saw or heard north- ing on the King Street road on his trip to Mount Kisco which might af- fect the Ward case. Cherico left at once for Mount Kisco and Yorktown to verify Flem- ing's story fhe Grand Jury which indicted Walter Ward for first degree murder Friday has been called to meet nesday to consider the conspiracy evidence taken in the John Doe hear- ing. An indictment of George 8. Ward on this evidence would enable the au- thorities to bring him back to While Plains under extradition to testify in the murder case, Everard Clankes, the Negro to whom Justice Morschauser referred as having @ right prior to Ward's for an immediate trial, will be tried be- fore Justice Morschauser next Mon day for the murder of Charles Harris also a Negro, last February. Mr Weeks will prosecute The John Doe hearing will be re sumed at the conclusion of Justice Morschauser's Supreme Court busi- ness for the day at 4.80 o'clock tht afternoon, Ralph D, Ward, who was. the first witness, has been recalled as have Elwood Rabenold and Allen KR, Campbell, Walter Ward's counsel who will be asked how they came to be retained in the case, According to semi-official reports, John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie, twice District Attorney of Dutchess County, and now guardian of baby Guy Still- man in the Stillman divorce litigation, is to be special prosecutor of Walter SS. Ward when the murder case comes to trial, and Isaac N. Mills of Mount Vernon probably will be chief counsel for the defense. Legal ethics compel District Attor- ney Weeks to retire as prosecutor in the Ward case because he was a wit- ness before the Grand Jury that found the indictment. Mr, Mack aided in the fight that brought Harry K. Thaw back from Canada and hus prosecuted big murder cases, Mr. Mills ia (Contig on Siateenth Page.) ¥ ne —~ +