The evening world. Newspaper, August 17, 1922, Page 3

CANDLER-BYFIELD FRIENDSHIP GRE AT HIS RAGE TRACK She Sold Drinks at Charity Fete at Lullwater in June, AMILIES ARE FRIENDLY. usband Bought Race Horse From Banker and Went ATLANTA, Aug. 17.—Admiration ff fine horses, which drew them to. ether at Walter T. Candler's private 6 track, on his estate!near Atlanta, vhere his racers performed for char- he grand circuit and other tracks, yas one of the means of developing nd Bayfield families, it was said to- id attempted to attack Mrs. Clyde K. feamship Berengaria in July. ritten statement denying Mr. Can- a result of the affair on the Beren- ria, also told of havir King part in the events ater track. to the departure of Mrs andler for California, shortly before equent visit id in his bu: aler he w Candler is Vice President At a special chs June both the banker and the jobile agent took part in the ces. well the charity fund in her stz was forced to under last Monday, remained to-da a city detective. fan improper natu Iso asserted that “ pjuries in the trip it w rrifie by fr ating her husband ga han in his encor also hi d struck his wife. a Dy mp the case to-day was the he br Sept. 2, of Mr, Candler’ te exchanged for the $ ven him after th 'The clash between the two me hich Mr, Candler ding himself in Mr: om after part Ry field's st fandler and his daughte and nine yea Byfield were on A voyage to F ced elev un Bhortly after Mrs. Candler left the rording to Mrs. Byfield’s the rip and Mrs. Byfleld was taken along, TROT, 4 nit, te two men decided upc jot only for } fr. Hing for the two girl pleasure, but be Friends of Mrs. Candler, who for. merly a stenographer in the say what in California she had gone, but ken her young mn with her. The two children who e daugh Bank, refused to as sald she had te made the trip to Europe fers of Mr, Cand See SEE, ) ASK LAUNDRY & Leun first. wife. Board of Education to provide a cou dry executives will be chosen.” ity or before guests in preparation for the acquaintance between the Candler y by mutual acquaintance in com- enting on charges that Mr. Candier field in her stateroom aboard the Mrs, Byfleld’s suit for $100,000, filed sterday against the banker, men-, joned the gatheringy at the Candler ack, and Clyde K. Byfield, tn his ler’s charges that he had attempted ‘extort’’ $25,000 from the banker purchased a ice horse from Mr. Candler und of the Luil- e European (rip, Mr. Byfield's jatement said, he and his wife were ‘s at the Candler home, ness us an automobile a customer of the Cen- and Trust Corporation, of Phone Sheriff of Murder at Seene of Killing of Pe y¥ race programme auto- d the latter's twenty-one-year old fe joined with other guests in don- Ing Waitress garb and selling cold rinks to the spectators in order to] Scoot There to Find the iers by Ward Body” Was That of a Seare- crow Taken [rom a Field Nearby. Sheriff Georg Mrs. Byfield, who claimed in her lamage suit that she was so injured In the alleged attack on the night of om, that she|chester County 0 an operation at the ho: of her father, B, D. Gillespie, seated in his Night's had arrived Sheriff jumped Mr. Candler who, it was Indicated, RUGBS FOvrEn might soon file an’ answer to her charges, issued a denial that he had louched Mrs. Byfleld or that anything » occurred, and she suffered any the her at night. Mr. Byfield had admitted ter with the banker new The and ng open Ma covered with near where the road about hotel of William sible counter-petition Westchester County Society Turns Out for Notable Performance. folk Mamar production of "A Midsum- the grounds fe THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922, Children Give ‘A Midsummer N ight’s Dream’’|MAMMY'’S SHADOW On Larch roont Yacht Club’s Pictu resque Lawn | (QMS \N MYSTERY OF BELLS 000000 Negress Figures Strangely in Widow's Disowning of Five Children. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.—The shadow of “Mammy't Pleasant, one- time major domo in the household of Mrs, Teresa Bell, widow of* Thomas Bell, a forty-niner who wrested a for- tune in gold from the hills of Califor- nin, assumed to-day a conspicuous role in the mystery of the Bell family, ‘The mystery came to ight Tuesday with the reading of the last will and testament of Mrs, Bell, a document in which she denied she was the mother of five children who had been raised in her home, and a document which hinted at, and at the same time de- nied, rumored relationships of Thomas Bell. Mrs. Bell died at her home here Monday. In her will she bequeathed 35 to each of the five children—all of whom have attained majority, A third of the Bell estate she left to charities, A few bequests were made to friends and servants, while Mrs. Bell willed the residue of her $1,000,- 609 fortune to her cousins, “if I have and if not, “to the State of Californ| Cryptic paragraphs in the unusual testament intimated that in years gone “Mammy” Pleasant had told purpose of raising funds whlic play ld, was directed by sir air Mr. Candler, the next step awaited ring set suit to revent Mr, Byfleld from realizing on 00 check Wffair aboard ship. Sheriff's officr f speeded to the id followed his and directed king of champagne, bok place while the two families, Mr ieorge Nordman, who is WANTS $5000 TOHAVEGTY BU GOAL FR POR Resolution Also Before Alder- Corporate Stock Debt to $5,000,000, and Mr. and Mrs Ise ndler desired her to aid in ear. official requ INCE CLASSES, men With a broad vision of possibilities in their industry have, through the Laundry Board of Trade of Greater New York, Inc., asked the ‘se many leader in “the science of laundering,” it wasd Simany lead notinced yesterday. ‘The purpose is 0 provide “a class of better trained employees from which the future laun- Chairman and of that body this aft special meetin PANTOMIME Copyright, 1922, Amociated Editors Mrs. Byfield, With Daughters O; Georgia Banker She Sue 4 Foro ote A ISLAND Stricken | deg fre He this morning: company of Munha Mrs, Bell of the asserted presence of another woman in the Ife of Mr. Bell and that Mrs. Bell had investigated the rumor and discarded it as a fab- rication “There was no such woman and no such relation with Mr. Bell," the will read. “After learning the true character of Mammy" Pleasant, T investigated as far as possible her statement as to their (the children's) nd found it to be a mass the will states that Mrs Bell 1s not the mother of the five, tt not divulge their parentage or any additional Hght on the ery The ehlidren have not yet taken legal action to contest the will, al- though some of them have consulted ttorneys on the feasibility of taking such action ew 7 an Francisco had ne in & more spectactlar career “Mamm, wife WOMEN WETTER THAN MEN, DRY LAW VOTE SHOWS Almost Two to One Against Prohibition. Women voters are wetter than the men, the poll of the Literary Digest on Prohibition showed to- day. Women's votes tabulated to July 21 showed the following totals: For strict enforcement, 7,368; for modification, 8.575; for repeal, 6,525. Women favored the soldiers’ bonus by a vote of 11,567 to 9,879. Summary of 708,805 ballots, men and women combined. gave these results: For strict enforce- ment, 271,954; modification, 290,- 172; for repeal, 146,679. On the soldiers’ bonus quest! n, $56,167 voted ‘no and 344,192 “yes. Georgia—a slay The five mentioned in the will, Seolded by Children Playmates, Collie Kills Himself Under Auto Kiddies Know Napoleon Committed Suicide and They Will Hold a Funeral for Their Pet. apoleon, a prize collie owned by Louls Balz of No. 78 Race Street, Bloomfield, N. J., commMed sulctde to-day by Jumping in front of an automobile following a scolding administered by some children with whom he had been playing. entry on the blotter at Bloomfield 1 The official ntry reads: : poleon, a six-year-old collie owned by Louis Balz, No. 78 Race Street, committed suicide by jumping in front of an automobile to-day in front of No. 364 Frank- lice Headquarters says, lin Street. No cause for the act has been assigned"? It was learned later, however, that At least that is what the ometal® the dog waited on the Franklin and Race moving automobile he then deliberately jumpec way of the car, Napoleon had been playing with sev- 1 children and had been driven away from them. The children say r cor Plans are being made to bold funeral sme time to-morrow, but so far the arrangements have been kept secret. JOHN W. RAPP, 61, OF COLLEGE POINT, DEAD IN HOTEL Wealthy Art Metal Manu- facturer’s Heart Fails. John W. Rapp, sixty-one, wealthy art metal manufacturer, who lived in on® of the show places on First Ave College Point, fell dead last night in the lobby of the Bellevu Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, it wes Jearned by his family to-day. Deat was Ascribed to heart failure Mr. Rapp was a pionecr in the art metal Industry and installed the me‘il work In the Municipal and Equitable buildings. His plant at College P’ occupied three blocks. Less than a year ago, he built a large mausoleum in Greenwood Ceme- tery and burial will take place there He {s survived by his wife, Mrs. Corinne Rapp, a brother, Charles, of Manhattan, and three sisters, Miss Catherine, of College Point; Mrs Loretta Finnegan, of Flushing, aid Mrs. Eva Norman, of Whitestone. Mr. Rapp was one of the fathers of the Flushing-Jamaica Bay canal plan and was prominent in civic af fairs. He was a member of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and th wineers’ Club and was a prom nent Democrat, —ee FORTY-TWO AUTOS BURN AS WOMEN WATCH FIRE ors in Scanty Attire See Garage Swept by F on. Forty-two automobiles, Including ‘en Coney Island sightseeing cars. a vd by fre in the two-story | garage at #. 152-760 Bedford Av Willlamaburg, at 4 A. M. to-day i ‘arrell and Alexan Stillwell of Engine No. 230, were bur 1 about the face while breaking In ] building, but after tre We duty | Four stores in front o: nd @ pool room on the Spee n Ray the garage nd floor neighborhood, heat, turned out in sea watch the firemen, many of the women wear! - kimonas and slippers. were wrecked, the total losn being esti- mated at $75,000, Residents of the sleepless because of the y attire SOO HOTEL GUESTS. = DRIVEN TO STREET <2 BY HARLEM BLAZE 2 Battalion Chief and Several Three hundred guests in the Hotet Theresa, at 125th Strect and Seventh Avenue, were driven to the street at 4 A. M. to-day by smoke from a fire in the three-story loft building across the street, Nos. 162-164 West 126th Street. They were in no danger, but the smoke made many of the rooms untenantable for a time. While working on the third floor of the burning building Battalion Chief Daniel Lawlor ke carried to the street by some of his nen. He was placed in the automobile Dr. Archer, where he collapsed completely. Later he was revived and returned to his quarters. He suffered from the chemical fumes in a photo- graph studio on the third floor. vt Many other firemen were overcome by the fumes, by gas from the burned connections and the heat, but none of them had to go to hospitals. Guest» of the Theresa were joined by hundreds of persons from the vart- ous resorts of Harlem. who jammed the streets so reserves had to be sent from several police stations, The fire apparently started in a chop suey restaurant on the second floor and went through to the roof, The buildlg is on one of Harlem's busiest ~™ corners. Back of it is Loew's Sev- enth Avenue Theatre. from the fire- escapes of which firemen directed sev- 1 lines of hose. The blaze was 80 stubborn a second alarm than old Pleasant. She was born —and came here In 1849 with $50,000, realized from the sale of Cuban bonds, a part of the estate of her first husband In 1858, she is reported to have met the famous John Brown in Chatham, a Canadian city, where she give him $30,000 to finance his historic raid on Harper's Ferry, a raid which has been regarded by historians as one of the factors leading to the breach the South and North in 1861 She was known here as the friend and adviser of Thomas Bell in the late years of the nineteenth century Her say in the affairs of the Bell household continued until 1892, the year of his death. She remained the employ of Mrs, Rell until 1899, when she was ordered to leave follow- ing the alleged discovery by Mrs Rell of a deed in her poss ferring property of Mrs. Bell to third party. More than one oldtimer knows the story that Mrs, Bell told after her husband's mysterious death of @ liusband absent for months at a time returning to find himself pre- sumably once more a father and the who was not a mother dividine with “Mammy? Pleasant, the shrewd old Negro woman Bell's housekeeper, the $50,000 that was the birth gift for each infant story went that Mammy Pleasant found the children and Mrs. Bell car- ried out the masquerade. between sion trans- a story Martin responded to the second. The crosstown sur tied up for several hours, early work- ers being transferred in groups by bes ~ i ing conducted from cars through the i fre lines. % Phe flames were confined to the one aut4ing. Hundreds of persons living in the vicinity went to the street to watch the firemen, and others, at- tracted by the most spectacular blaze Harlem has had in some time, went to the scene in automobiles —— TWO ARRESTED IN who was Thomas The fn Bell of San Francisco, Eustace Fell of Oakland, Mrs, Hessel Reginald Bell of Orsi and Mrs, Murtel Belt Hoster of Hollister, ference this week ang decide what they will do. will hold a con- Streets until a fast in sight and in the path- rello, who was killed on May 16, 1920, at Union and Columbia Streets, Brooklyn. A new trial was granted and the men were freed. They were to be arr&igned Inter to-day in the Adams Street Court Fred Becker, thirty er, of No. 147 2 The benefit of Lifebuoy does not stop with the skin. You cannot keep your skin constantly in perfect condition, without having a clearer mind, calmer nerves, new vigor in your whole physique. Thousandsofmenandwomen who use Lifebuoy know this. Firemen Overcome by Fumes in Fire. % 2 ah Be ee bead me oe led over and was was sent in, smoky Joe’* findhy a third. © cars were MYSTERY MURDER Suspected in Connection ~“ With Slaying of Ferraro. ‘Two men were arrested early to-day in connection with the shooting and killing yesterday of Carmelo Ferraro, thirty-eight, grocer, while seated in * the summer garden in the rear of his store, at No. 146 Degraw Street, ©! Brookly. They were Florno, twenty-seven, alias John pietze, and his roommate, Albert a Anastasio, twenty-two, a longshore- man, of No, 155 Both men, a records, spent eight and a half months in the death house at Sing ing last year following their con- Guiseppe, Sackett Street. a cording to the police » of the murder of George a os WINDOW CLEANER KILLED EN FALL, a window clean- orth Portland Avenue, oklyn, fell front a fourth floor win- dow at No, S2 East 19th Street to the street to-day. He was killed Wake up your skin! LIFEBUOY HEALTH SOAP . { pind —)