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RUMELY TRIAL BEGINSINCOURT

Former Editor Charged with Withholding Information

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Dr. Edward A. Homely, former editor and proprietor of the Evening .Mail, w a s placed en trial before Fed-' ' ral Judge WiUiam I . Grubb and a . m y in the United States District *joatt today. Harold Harper, former­ly an assistant federal district attorney. i s act ios as a 'special prosecutor for *ae covernruent

Dr. Rumely i s being tried on an indict­ment returned two years ago which charges him with withholding from the Alien Property Custodian information regarding the alleged Herman ownership of the Evening Mall during part of the World War. "

Mr. Harper In his opening address out-lined various transactions Involving iitna of money which were turned over

to Dr. KumeJy. he alleged, after the Mail had been sold to the defendant.

$ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 Paid, la Charge. S. Walter Kaufman and Norvin R.

Xiindhelm. attorney a t law. are co-ilefendants in tho case and are being de­fended by Max Tteuer and other coun-tteL Dr. Rumely is being defended by iJtephen C. Baldwin and other counsel.

Mr. Harper said he would endeavor to prove that $750,ooo had been turned over in cash by the German government to enable Dr. Rumely to pay part of the fxirchaso price of the Mail, and' that between June 15. 1315. and April.W?. the i i im of 1701.009 passed to Dr. Kumely in -call sums from tho German govern­ment. The prosecutor declared he would show by evidence that the two attorneys i ided a s ee-between. but not in the ca-xwdty of attorneys.

"In September. 1911. when Dr. Bern-hard Dernberg came here from Germany his principal object was to disseminate German propaganda." Mr. Harper said, "and Dr. Rumely became his assistant in tho distribution of propaganda use­ful t o Germany."

Propagajada Alleged. "Farther." ho said. "Dr. Rumely put

forth certain views among Irish-Amer-ieans and also Roman Catholics, and, did certain other work."

In each case. Mr. Harper contended. Dr. Rumely had ben supplied with money by Dr. Heinrich F. Albert, head of the German Fiscal Agency. No. 45 Broadway. On March 18.1915. according to the pros-ccutor.-Dr. Rumely secured an option on the Evening Mail from the then owner. Henry I*. Stoddard, and on April 3. the same year, he secured an extension of this option, for which he paid 12,500.

Mr. Harper said that the actual pur­chase of the (Evening Mail by Dr. Rumely was made on June 1, 1916. He alleged and declared he would prove the fBO.OOO necessary for its purchase was obtained from Dr. Albert through the acquisition of certain Imperial .Treasury notes issued April 15, by the German government.'

Woman b Overcome by Gas in Her Home

Jazz Skating New Craze; Everybody's Doing It

in Europe. .

"Ja2z skating—here it is . J u s t h o w you do it or whether

i t c a n be dene without s t imulants i s a mystery , but i t 's a l l the rage in Europe, take i t from Miss Martha Johnson, champion wom­a n skater of the world.* w h o ar­rived today on the Swedish-Amer­ican liner Drottingholm. which docked a t Tier 95. in the North River..

Mis s Johnson s a y s that "Jara skat ing" i s very difficult, but they are all do ing it .

FIRE FIGHTERS EXPLAINS PHONE FLEE IN T I E RAISE DEMAND

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WOMAN PATIENT SUICIDE BY GAS

Mrs. Lillian Kemp, Sixty Years Old, Found Dead in Sani­

tarium Room.

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Three firemen, caught in a back-draught and severely burned, were raved from death in a spectacular rescue and twenty others narrowly escaped serious injury when a ten-ton avalanche of bura-ing sawdust was precipitated to the street and damage of $20,000 was done today as the result of a two-alarm fire which broke out in the heait of the Ilronx manufacturing centre and for a time threatened the destruction of a whole block.

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The hearing: on the application of the New y/erk Teh phone Company for permission to increase its rate.* in the greater city was resumed by the rub-lie Service Commission of the Second District today, in the commission's of­fices to the Hall of Records. Chair­man Charles B. Hill presided and Com­missioner George R. Van Name took part in the hearing. After a short time expended in the hearing of protests

Golf Mania" Hits the Bronx; Additional Links Are Urged

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| Chamber of Commerce Starts Mi vement to Utilize Site of Pel-ham Bay Training Sta lion—Dozen New Clubs

Spring Up in Uss Than Year. Bronx County is afflicted »rith an atute attack of " g o l f

m a n i a . " T h e r e a r e n o t e n o u g h l i n k s t o a c c o m m o d a t e t h e t h o u s a n d s ; w h o h a v e t a k e n u p t h e f a s c i n a t i n g p a s t i m e . V a n C o u r t l a n d t P a r k , the principal golf course in the Hi mix, is greatly overtaxed. A few rears ago, when Park Comniissioi er Joe Hennessy, established the course.it attracted barely sulfide it visitors to warrant the expense of maintenance.

Xow comes the Dronx Chamber oi* Commerce, with statistics to show that residents of the Bronx are afflicted with **golf mania." Everybody is playin- the from various portions of the city

The blaze started In twenty tons of; Franklin Briggs. of counsel for the ™, ,. , . , , , , , , „ sawdust and shavings stored in a win-: company, resumed the putting in ev t - ! c a m e * T h * hnV* at A an Cenrtlandt dowless four story brick building at No. dence or documents and figures tend- 1'ark are inadequate. A new course is "-!« Kast 139th street, and had been j ing to show the Increases in actual imperative.

John C. Watsworth. secretary of the smouldering for nours before it was dis- j expenditures by the companv since UL\ covered. When firemen arrived t h e ' t h e period bring used for purposed of only means at hand by which to fight the comparison and estimate.

Mrs. Lillian Kemp, sixty years -oW, of the IToffman Arms Apartments, No. 640 Madison avenue, was found dead i n bed in Miss Alston's Sanitarium, a t No. 26 West Sixty-first street, today. An open but nnlisfated gas jet was pouring gas into the room. The police of the West Sixty-eighth street station pronounce it a case of suicide.

The woman, who had been in ill health for some time, was under the care of Dr.

flames was the tearing away of the roof of the structure and the pouring of hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the building from the roofs of adjoining • buildings. Tho resultant Ceiuge of water and sawdust flowing Into tho streets tied up two street car lines for nearly an hour.

The injured firemen wcro John F. O s e y . Patrick Donohue and Michael McMamara, all of Kngino Company No. & They were caught in a back-draught when they forced a door ou the third floor of the building and were overcome. Fire Chief Thomas Hayes, directing the work of the firemen at the rear of the building, fortunately saw the three men fall and sent a rescue company to th<*ir aid. They were saved after they had been severely burned, and after being given first aid were sent to their homes.

The fire was discovered by Policeman William Hayes, of tho Alexander avenue David Goldstein, of No. IX East Sixty-

first street. She had been visited by her' station, who noUced smoke issuing from physician late yesterday, but ho an- t h * Toot o f **e building, which is eand-B M n u l r f » ^ „ „ #v.„. v^ „ - , - •_*•__ wlchcd in between two others. It is oc-nounced today that she gave no indica-. c u p i e d b y t h e N e w Y o r k C a r v e 4 M o u l d . tions that sho contemplated ending her ing Company and owned by tho estate life. :of Kdward Gus-tavson. with offices at

Mrs. Kemp's body was discovered \No- ^ ° E a s t 1 3 9 t h street Tho policeman turned in an alarm, which brought Fire

was after an attendant a t the sanitarium %. „ , , , ,'• Chief Hayes of tho Bronx. had delected the odor of gas and had w h e n the Fire chief arrived tho fire traced it to Mrs. Kemp's room. The i had

G. W. Whlttemore. valuation en-• gincter for the conipany. who was : called to the stand, said the company \ would have in Frrviee in New York city by. tho end of 19̂ 1 a million tele-

• phones. He said the company is now i operating SfiJ.WO separate telephones and '• that it has or may have at the end of i this year a waiUng list of l'M.OCO. The j reason for delays which applicants have j sufferer, Mr. Whlttecviro said, had (been the lack of reserve plant.

Mr. Whittemore declared that tho telephone company had added more than t*V».C(tt to its physical property in New York city between January 1. 1915. and December 31. 1919. During this same time the number of telephone stations Increased from 562.551 to $15,410. or a gain of more than fifty per cent from January 1. 1920. to August 31, 1930. The company spent ?15595.C0O for addi­tions to its plant in New York city, more than |3.e0O.O0O of this amount hav­ing been spent In tho month of August. •According to present plans. Mr. Whltte­more continued, the company will spend about tio.000.000 more for the same pur­pose before tho year 1900 is concluded, a n e t total for the year of fJ3.40D.uCO and a gross total of r.S.500.000.

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Chamber, has sent out letters to various public officials, advocating the laying out of a new course. The movement is spreading like a prairie fire, it is being suggested that tho site of tho Pclham Bay Naval Training Station be utilixed.

"There is a great need for addtlonal Folf links In the borough." the secretary says, "as those already available are crowded and new ones aro needed to meel the desires of the rapidly Increas­ing number or devotees of the enjoyable and"healthful game of golf. The Pclham Bay site is admirably adapted to the purpose, having been put in splendid shape already, and would not require a jrreat expenditure of money to install the links."

All Take U p Golf. Five years ago no one would have had

tho temerity to accuse tho average Bronxitc of even a leaning toward golf. There was a decided public opinion against turning over any city owned property to any golf enterprise. But sen­timent has changed. Hundreds of Bronx citizens use the Van Courtlandt Park links, which have also attracted thous-

Hremen. firemen, subway guards, fac­tory workers and thousands of.artisans who live in the Bronx, made dally pil­grimages to Van Court Limit Park to chase the elusive pellet. They go to the links on street cars, subways, motor­cycles and roller skates.

Within a year more than a dozen golf clubs have sprung up In the Bronx. A politician, seeking suffrage, need not advocate cheaper rents, lower living costs, or higher wages, or repeal of the Volstead amendment. Let him run on a platform of "More Golf Links for tho Bronx." and ho'll make Al. Smith's vote In Manhattan look puny.

Kvery indication points to tho estab­lishing of an ideal golf course at Pelham Bay. A course can be laid out thero which will accommodate the thousands who cannot get golf to their hearts' content at Van Courtlandt Park. Tho links. If established at Pelham Bay. can bo easily reached by subway or trolley. If the city should take over the project and erect a public Kolf course, tho revenue would more than overbalance the expenditures, and throw a substantial balance Into tho city coffers a s well.

HURT ACTRESS MAY RECOVER

• Miss Elsie Fay Has Fighting

Chance to Recuperate from Auto Injuries.

. Miss Elsie Fay, actress, of No. 11

West 110th street, at North Hudson Hos­pital today was reported to have a fight­ing chance after receiving Injuries yes­terday in an automobile accident. <a which one woman was killed and three others injured.

The automobile, driven by George Schmaltz, a policeman, of Bast Ruther­ford, crashed into a telegraph pole on the Paterson plank road in Secaucus. N. J. Mrs. Kosanna Vroner. of No. MT West l*?th street. Manhattan, a> cabaret singer, was killed. Miss Fay received a fractured skull, a broken shoulder and possibly internal injuries. Schmaltz also was hurt.

The only explanation given by Schmaltz was that he was blinded by the headlight of a trolley car and lost con­trol of the machine. He was taking the two women to the ferry when the acci­dent happened. Mrs. Vroner had ap­peared at an entertainment in Bast Rutherford, and when the party was over she discovered that the last trolley for New York had gone. Schmaltz then offered the use of his car.

In the car besides the two women were Thomas Kelleher and James Thomp­son, both of Bast Rutherford. They sus­tained slight bruises. Kclteher and Thompson were held a s material wit­nesses by Coroner Charles Darke, of West New York.

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Invite Colby t o Argentina. BUENOS AYRBS. Monday.—The Min­

ister of Foreign Affairs has invited Sec­retary of State Colby to visit Argentina on the occasion of his coming visit to

Five Injured in Crash of Car and Automobile

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Five men were injured last night when an automobilo in which they were riding was struck by a surface car at 187th street and Southern Boulevard, the Bronx. The car. m charge of Motorman Walter Lesser, was northbound and struck tho automobile when Marto Cinl. of No. 39 King street, driver, attempted to swerve from the tracks and the wheels sk«dded on the wet pavement.

The force of the collision tossed the ands of citizens from other States, who Brazil and Uruguay, repaying tho visltal in the automobile about and a U w l r * •» come to New York for a vacation and of Presidents Pessoa and Brum to the tended for minor sprains and conttMinnl who must have their fling at golf. Po- United States. ^ v Dr. Rose, of Fordham HosnltaL

Y e s e s Meulton entered-"bis apartment at No. U4 West 126th street early today he found his wife Agnes, thirty-one years old, unconscious and their sleeping quartets filled, with Illu­minating gas, S

Opening the window*, h e summoned "Palloaiii m Stephen. Flnnegan, of the Wast W attest station, who notified Dr. He BaaML s f S s r i e m Hospital. Af­ter being revived with .a puhnotor, Mrs. MowHon waa reported to be out of dan-gar. Th* gas cock of a chandelier waa t o n e d e n full.

melancholy mood for several days. *T can give no reason for Mrs. Kemp

ending her life," said Dr. Goldstein to­day. "I paid her my regular dally visit yesterday and found her no worse and no better than she had been for several weeks."

As far a s can be learned Mrs. Kemp's husband is now: travelling in England, where he has been for some time, and a daughter. Miss Gladys Kemp, is travel­ling somewhere in the West. She left no note or other clew that would clear up her reasons for ending her life.

Head of Jersey Grange of Heart Disease

HEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Monday.— Walker H. Havens, master of the New Jersey State Grange, dropped dead from heart disease near his home at Cranbury last night. Mr. Havens waa a retired farmer' and was Clerk of Cranbury Township. H e had planned to g o to Boston today a s New Jersey's repre-seotative a t the National Grange there. :- S B - . -

door was broken In and tho woman's' w » s sending up dense clouds of smoke \ body found stretched across the bed! a n d ^ ^ Hs" Immediately turned in a

»w j J «. J «- - . . . . second alarm, bringing all of the ap-The dead woman had been in tho sanl- p a r a t u s of the Bronx and nearly all the

tarium for some weoks and a s far as men of both platoons, some of whom is known had never mentioned suicide, were preparing to leave for tho day and although she had been in an extremely iaXl of those who had just reported for

duty. j Only the effective work of Chief Hayes !

and his men prevented a disaster. The ! sawdust vault of tne Carved Moutding; Company was the centre for a nest .of woodworking concerns, most of which are connected with tha building by over­head chutes, through which sawdust j and shavings are sent into the storage house. Air pressure was used for this. The inflammable stocks of lumber in these adjoining buildings were badly, scorched, .but were prevented from be-j coming Ignited.

Buildings Inundated. j To minimize the danger. Chief Hayes

ordered most of his men to the roofs of adjoining buildings,,from which they poyred a veritable riVer into the burn-. ing sawdust. The street soon was in- , undated with torrents of water sluic­ing out of the front doors bearing the burning sawdust.

Twenty firemen were directing three lines of hose into one of the front doors when this torrent started and Chief' Hayes ordered them away. They had just carried out his order when the main doors burst outward and an ava- i lanche of at least ten tons of .sawdust and shavings slid out into the street, buryinjg the whole of the sidewalk and ' part of the street.

Morning rush hour traffic w a s practi­cally paralyzed by this time.. The sur­face car lines on Third avenue. Morris avenue and Bast 13Sth street were lined up for blocks in both directions and reserves from the Alexander ave-hue station were > called to keep the crowds behind the fire lines. Hun­dreds of employes of the woodworking concerns had reported for work and were driven to the streets.

By ten o'clock the firemen had t h e ' blaze under control and were enabled | to get into the building, where they made short work of it. Fire Chief Hayes declared ho is convinced the fire was started by spontaneous combustion.

Cut s Throat of Wife Who Danced Too Long

• IRVTNGTON, N . J., Monday.—The po­

lice of this place are.searching today for John O'Donnell, thirty-three years old',, of No. 82 Mount Vernon avenuei who i s accused by his wife, Mrs. Mary O'Don­nell, nineteen years old, of slashing her throat with a razor, Mrs. O'Donnell is to the Irvington General Hospital in a critical condition. Besides the wound on her throat there are deep cuts on her right hand and arm.

Mrs. O'Donnell told the police that she was met by her husband a s ' s h e was coming from a dance early Sunday morn. She said that he had given her permission to go to the dance if she would return before twelve o'clock. Mrs. O'Donnell was accompanied by two s is­ters and their escorts. She and her hus­band sat on a bench to talk it over when he suddenly attacked her with the razor, she said.

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. MADBSON AVENUE=FIFE H AVENUE, NEW YORK Thirty=fourth Street Thirty=fifth Street

$5,000.00 REWARD . *

For Information irhrea to this agency exclusively, prior te Jan. 1st. 1951. which win lead te the arrest and conviction of parties print-lac counterfeit Gordon Dry Gla labels which are placed on forced Got ta registered bottles containing flavored mixtures of alcohol

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referred to are printed on common white paper without Klmxe—dull eorface. while the

Ceitua'a Dry Ola will bo found only with dazed labels oa face, a brown rope-oaper strip ever top. Always a Metal Slip est Tep of Strip and a label en back of bottle statins conditions of maaofactare for medicinal surpesM only as required by law. Any other ts counterfeit.

The above reward, or preportbKntto axoeaat. to these sMag-abeva described information, ts offered by

WTXUAM J. BURNS DltEBNAIfONAI. DBltftttlWE. AKTStCW. Cf©.. Woolworth BuDdlnc. New York. Telephone—Barclay 7609.

Buying OpporttmniBties for A Remarkable Sale of

Woimeini's Brassieres

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A Special Sale of

Taffeta Silk Umbrellas .

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consisting of 2,700 pieces, in styles for every=day and for evening dress; the latter handsomely trimmed with lace

vara v$rye ion

of unusual quality, for men and women

offering exceptional value

at $6*75 ..•

Tenants Locked Out; Landlady Is Guilty

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Because she barricaded a door against a tenant, Mrs. Grace Ahrens, a landlady of No. 2,021 Cropsey avenue, Brooklyn, was found guilty of disorderly conduct today by Magistrate Reynolds in Coney Island Court.

"If the landlords o f this city.** said Magistrate Reynolds, "were allowed to barricade doors of apartments and doors of different types of homes, we would have a city filled with anarchy. Ton took the law into your own hands by barricarlng the doer. Ton should have gone to the Municipal Court to get

at 78c. & $1.45

(Corset Department, Second Floor)

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will be obtainable in a Sale of

The umbrellas for men are 28=inch size, witS Prince of Wales handles in various x

attractive woods. The umbrellas for women may be obtained in navy, purple, red, green, brown* taupe and black. The handles are of the popular club type, variously adorned with cap or ring of bakelite, leather strap or cord loop.

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THE FIFTH AVENUE HOSPITAL lUtn «f Hahatataim HewHat e»# */mrm TV»«»lht *Vr* lfiwpH.1 far nitMrra.

for Wife and Mother

a dispossess notice.' Henry Asher was complainant. He j

said he and his wife had had to walk ; the streets until daylight. They had come homo late and found themselves unable to get in. The case waa in Court on Thursday and Magistrate Reynolds indicated a t that time that Artur should have forced the door.. Asher said today he got a bidder, broke ' two panes of glass to gain entrance and then took away the barricade from the inside.

> VERY woman dreads the evidence suffering and the positive dan-

associated with Hospital Wards. The New Fifth Avenue Hospital

with its 300 single rooms—NO WARDS —eliminates this PARTICULARLY for the person of moderate means. No charge unless you are able to pay, THE PUBLIC IS BEING ASKED FOR A $2,000,000 BUILDING FUND.

Mrs. R. L. Sweet has given $35,000.

WHAT WILL YOU GIVE? UNDER CONSTRUCTION

M. WeUe. Tro«ircr. tM MadlMa At H. T.

Court to Pass Upton Fur Shop Picketing

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Justice Leonard A. Gieg>rich. of the Supreme Conrt. will adjudicato tomor-

• row an action to prevent picketing, either legal or otherwise, of the shop* of the Associated Pur Manufacturers of th!» city.

Justice .T©s«T>h B. Newburg*?. of the Supreme Court, on OUober H issued a permanent inJunAlon against tho Inter­national Fur Workers' Union of the UuHed Ftates and Canada restraining them from' picketing the places or the retail fur dealers, and from this decis­ion an aprxal la now being formulated

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Appeal to Cox for Aid in Typhoid Fever War

1 SA1.EM. Ohio, Monday.—Declaring

that tho situation is btyor.d control of local authorities. Mayor John V. Post yesterday telephoned Governor James If. Cox for State aid In fighting the typhoid fever epidemic which has been raging here almost a month. Seven deaths have rtwoTtcd. Thirty new rates and one dt ath * , r ^ r^prtcd x^thin the last two days.

Thtro aro approximately i ,o» c a « s in the city. It was Mid after a survey. Only twenty physicians and twenty nurse? are cartr.g frr the patkntj . who

o~pc«c about eae^Uvaath of tha papa* ,

Men's and Boys* Or

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Winter "Underwear •

at unusually low prices

Men's Underwear Long-sleeved Shirts of gray botton=snd=

wool (medium weight); and Ankle-length Drawers to match

per garment $1*85

Long=sleeved, Ankle-length Union Suits of gray cotton=and=wool (Winter weight)

per suit $ 4 e 6 5

Boys' Ufinderwear Uftion Sui ts of ribbed graycottori=&nc^v/coi (medium weight); iong^steeved arcd ankte^ !ength» or short=sJecved and jkrcee=!eitgth:

S f e s B0, 12 and 14 years, SsselfS years , » •

(First Ficor)

mr suit $2.SO * • $2*65

A Special Assortment of

Blankets, Comfortables and Bedspreads

will be on sale to-morrow and Wednesday

very attractively priced

500 Pairs of White Blankets per pair . , $6.75, 7.85 & 11.50

350 Pairs of White Blankets cut and bound separately, per pair $13*50

100 Colored Cotton Blankets (Indian design) very special vafce, each $5.95

125 WooMiited Comfortables of figured mu$3 , • a each $12.50

Whste Satiin-finished Bedspreads *

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