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i- i THE NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1922. 1 1 I I I I MISTAKES TJh lxt contract la the world cannot prevent mistakes. It takes the best contractor in tb world to do that.

THOMPSON-STARRETT COMPANY BaUdinr Construction FIFTH AVXNUX st VIYT Ft-! I KencsUe. II 6930 pf Youth CREPK FROCKS OF VERSAILLES THAT ARE VISIONS OF SPRJNO AND TH AX VOKE DREAMS OF WHAT MUST BE THEIR BEAUTY BENEATH SO FT A BLE LIGHTS, AMID THE TINKLE OF PORCELAIN OR IN THE SWAY AND SWIRL AND 'MELODY OF THE DANCE. MAISONa BERNARD 22 East l57U St, Bet. Are. VUmm Are.

REQUIRES THE 3ZSYICZSOF AN EXPERIENCED AND VERY CAPAZLE Sale iw onun TO. TAKE CHARCE OF THE Gown Department SPLENDID OPPORTUNirr FOR ADVANCEMENT. MUST BE OP TALUSTATELY APPEARANCE. UMBR SLOMHERO ELLA $3.00 UPW AtUDLUmm If gmU hm Star. Hot UseeU mmU mpiy ya Wck A mw frwftv.

if wUel Weka H. MILLER BROS. Xc CO. Mantfartvrert NEW YORK Important Book Reviews NEXT SUNDAY fomtmUm' Tortrmit of WhJmtUr Maurice FrsacU Zan rt fcw "Hi Whistler Journal.1 br E. R.

a4 J. Penned, motion of thm "AutSorUmd Uf of 1 na lfcff. YVTMrt Oum Qt'mndtmthmn Ttmwtmd rTr! in th Two Last Centuries of Three Generations," edited by S. R. Rocrt.

re slewed by Montrose J. Mom. fJhjatrated. Vomtowky' The treat novelist's dsufhter has written familiar, intimate. loyal biography, wfcith iU rtiiniaacil by WUJissn Lyon Phelps.

W7taf Bmcmtrf of th Dauphin? Interpretation of a book by O. Lenotrc about on of the meat abaorbine; aoyateriea of the French Revolution. Illustrated. C2p Km for 8tmn Ssaak Kntrm and fltgaiua Knmrrm a copy af your new. ttmrxf.

EVENING POST SOLD TO A SYNDICATE Cleveland H. Dodge Is Said to Head Croup Acquiring Paper From Thomas W. Lamont. DETAILS ARE WITHHELD No Immediate Change In the Management Price la Put at About $2,000,000. THREE GOTO DEATH IN SING SING CHAIR Final Appeals Denied by Miller for Slayers Convicted in Series of Holi-Ups.

Three mrn were executed Itj Sine Sine last night. Thry wrrr William Mrwf. 41 yearn old. convicted of participating in a. holJ-up that ended in the murder of a Jewel-: Edward Pronj.

34. convicted of ftlilWir a taxlrab driver for th purpoae of robbery, and Raymond Mul-ford. 32. convicted of killing a clothier In the course of a hold-up. Governor Miller, who spent a considerable portion of Wednesday night considering petitions for Esecutire, In- tervention to sare Persons and Uarweg.

The Evening rost has ben by announced yesterday morning th.t he Thomaa W. Lament In a found no reason for Intervening He benv. known yesterday. It la under- hd Stood that Cleveland H. Dodge heads tn 1 In each case, and a commission ap- syndlcte which, acrordlnar to one re- na Pointed by the Governor had pronounced port.

corvsUta of thirty-one persons, tna, n-r. th defendant aane in each case. Keply- aceorxllng to another, of sixteen per- aon lLuSed among the new owner, to the plea on behalf of Marweg liohn Y.tt. wTxiUm Church Os- that he had not taken part in the actual are jonn t. killing, the Oovernor said: Those who UforT of tt tafuof th.

-gage In enurpria in whh murder tLSlZTVL refund- at th. office. "elr to be committed must be held e7rhtTveln" Post yesterday. It full, accountable for such crime If It that an announcement of the Mle TTLr would probably be made today. th" "ther lUmWor th.

prW from Ua Kxlwlna reruns a sister, made OOO.OCaTTt has been u- eleventh-hour appeal for reruns, bu lh, the Governor said that he was convinced derwtood for ceverml monn. that the) I awrm sj ea a wiij uiikiu an nr. was. Toe waa for s--Ue. anJ nports that sa about to he purchilel by Frank A.

Jlanvy and others luv len currrni It w. aald that no immediate thang of management waa contempiated and that Edwin F. Uay wcruui pros7 i main as President of the Evening Poet CT oen Deny. Mr. lamont, wno is a 2- Morgan A purchased The Poet from Oswald Carrteon Vlllara ana oin.r stockholders oo Aug.

1. 11S. for 1.000 -0O0. 8Utc that Urn Mr. Lamont Is nderatood to have spent a great deal of money In developing tne property.

Other members of the syndicate mak-lnx the purrhaao were said to be Herbert I Pratt. George W. WJckeraham and Mra, WUlard Straight. POISON HUNT BEGUN IN CONSUL'S DEATH Analysis Expected to Determine if Gnatemalnn Agent Was Plot Victim. it i After l.er failure, she went from Albany to lrlnlng to se her brother for th lat time.

was not within six miles of where that man was murdered." said Persons when he heard that her plea had been denied. But I'm not worrying I had a good sleep last night. I wan thlnga made as easy aa poaslble for my sister after I am gone. Mulford also appeared melgned when he heard there waa no chance for htm to escape the eJoctric cbalr. If 1 must lie." aaid Mulford.

there la nobody's blood on ray handa." The only om of the three who appeared desperate after hop failed waa Marweg. When keepers went to open Is cell yesterday noon In order to dress him la his death suit, they found that he bad stuffed the lock. Entering? the keepers learned that he had lipped an Iron bar from a chair In hie cell, but they gave him no chance to attack or to attempt suicide. Marweg calmed down and aaid that he would rather die than spend twenty years In a cell anyway. Medical Examiner Dr.

Charlee Norris detective, from the Homicide Buaeon yesterday began an Investiga tion of tho death of Manuel Dtegoea. Conaol Ceneral of Guatemala, who died In the) Broad Street Hospital on Wednesday mrntnr Several of his friends have offered the theory that he might ma the vVtlm af political op- BonentJL who poisoned him. An ap pointee of the Herrara Government, hleh waa supplanted by a facto reg-lroa toi towing a revolution la Goate es Dec a. Lnegwea waa regaroeo aa the chief obstacle In the way of ob- int-f recognition from this country for the new oovervunenv. aocoiMicg 10 a is friend.

Dr. Nanu and tno aetecuvea vmteo the ofrVo of the OuatemaLaa Consulate at SO Broad ntreet. wners tlvey quee-Uoeed Mrs. Dlegwea and employes. Ae tna; to Information ootalned, EHe roti left ais noma at aia west i "treai a boot 8 o'clock Wednesday mom-tng tn eaeeilent sptrtta.

He had eaten alight breakfast af fratt. cereej and scCk. rrtvinaT at his ofrVre. Dtegnes drank eral glisesa of bottled water. Imme diately afterward Dr.

orris lenrned. Dtesjnea comptalneo or reel trig ui. say- trig that he had severe pains la the to roach, lie took bicarbonate of aodn. and when this remedy faUed. decided to go to the Broad Street Hospital.

tie arrrveo at 11 ana at raa was mL- Dr. Norris aaid. The manner of his death waa peculiar. The doctors gave him asaeoce of peppermint. Dtegu-s apparently recovered from his Clnaas.

at tn aaotner minute be was dead. Dr. Norris ea a sained the bottUid water Dies; os a drank and on opalescsnt glass nad uad. An aotooey porrormeo yesterday dlseloaed that death was a need by a congestion of the viscera. wnetser tats conmuoa was atinao- taMe to tsjdigestlo or noisanlnff woald have to ho determined or chemJral tn- alysia.

the MadlcaJ naamir.er aaid. The resnita or the anaiysia would not be kaowa for two or three days. It was added. Mra. EH rue a said yesterday that she cwuld ascribe no reesoa for her ha.

sodden Miguel Prmdo. Hseietei of the Ouotemaian Legation Waaritaartoej. arrived at the morgue and claimed Um body. Maaoel UrrueU. head of the rentral American Cnlon Committee, who aaid that ha waa a clone friend of the dead man.

waa Inclined to scout the theory of foul star. From another source it was learned that Dlea-uea several weeks aso remarked that be waa being foi- WOMAN SUED FOR $114,000. Court Allows Combining of Two Actions Against Mrs. Booth. Justice John MacCrate.

in the Su pmiM Court In Brooklyn, yesterday granted the application of Frederick Moses, counsel for Mra. Angle M. Booth of 4 Riverside Drive. Manhattan, to combine two actions aggregating; till 000 brought against her by Dr. George II.

Dowsey of tJreat Neck. L. I. Mra. Booth la the widow of Henry P.

Booth, at one time head of the Ward Una of at earns hi pa. Dr. Dowsey In one action demands S10O.OOO damages for ha vine; been wrongfully discharged physician to Mra. Booth and manager of her estate, which la aaid to amount to many mllllooe of dollars. In his other action he demands tlt.OOO alleged to be due for medical services.

Mra. Booth la than seventy years of age. Dr. Dowsey alleges that aba retained him aa her physician In 1XM and paid him 11.000 per month. la mi.

ho allegea. Mra. Booth added to his dutiea by asking him to take charge of her Urge estate In conjunction with two attorneys. In October. Ir20.

aha gave him sotloe that hie services In both capacities would cease in April. 1K1. Mr. Mooes told Justice MacCrate that Dr. Dowsey told Mra.

Booth In 1XM that she suffered from heart trouble, and added that three physicians had examined Mra. Booth recently and had Dotted that she suffered from no chronic ailment of the heart, but that the organ was weakened by advanced age. The physician told him. Mr. said, that Mra.

Booths condition no different from other persona her advanced age. Counsel for Dr. Dowsey asked Justice MacCrate to appoint a rrferee to take the testimony of Mrs. Booth la order guard against her death before the trial of the actions. The Court aaid It would appoint a physician to examine Mra.

Booth and determine whether aha waa well enough to be questioned. BELLEYUE PRISON BAR SAWED; 3 ESCAPE Centiaaed rage Cetessa 4. pace outside waa a policeman talking to several employ ea. The policemen formed a cordon around the entire hospital grounds which extend from East Twenty-sixth St- set East Twenty-ninth Street and from the east side at First Avenue to the East River. The detectives hurried into the prison ward, which la on the second floor of the old First Avenue building, and after a brief Investigation concluded that the throe men had been aided in their escape by confederate, on the outside.

The detectives learned that about 7:15 I P. M. a man drove through the hos-I Pita! gate tn a laxlcab. and when he alighted In front of the court) erd entrance te the eld HoepttsJ building he was seen to take bundle from the vehicle. Doaena of physkians.

nurses snd attendants at the hospital were passing to and fro. for it waa at the tane taut the day and nieht shifts in ik. hospital were being the wards of changed. bob arcrr 101 ooiicemen hi i us searrn naa mane lh1r rrnnrt wnr.l waa received from the West 1 "tree Station that a taxlcab chauffeur (isq jui rnurta ma tut nn mwA i i wu ins uruienxM that he 4 1,1. 1 the fugitive and three other men to g-rt away from the hospital.

The chauffeur 10 nave toM dete-ti. in the West Thirtieth Street Station that he waa arrvmg ote machine south on First Avenos about in the evening when an elderly man hailed him n.i him to drive him to the entrance te the morgue on the south alH- Twenty-ninth Street, about 100 feet east First Avenue. The man eot out the cab at the entrance to the morgue and explained to the chauffeur that sot, was In the hoepltal snd he sxperttd Mm to appear In a ftw mlnuiM ir-r Id Ud Fhn uer. Patients 'n about thirty minutes, the chauffeur came out or rlnor leading to the morgue fulicrwrd by three onerv One of the roen he notl-j sn old slouch hat sn-1 an ov-rroat what he thought pr of white dm Imtvra. Tie othr I v.

nin peered te be In rn n-1 iiI h- noticed th-it th ore Wht l.kd like hrwkl tro.jeern tie aiel that h- dMn't ha lime to take a more larrful drive up First Avenue at a rapid and not to stop for anrthina." Aa the elderly man gave me this order." the chauffeur was reported to have stated to the detectives. one of the other men la the cab pressed something against my back and aaid. Now be careful that you do aa you have been told. If yoo don't I'll send a flood of bullets through your body. Don't ask any Questions and If you see anv ran.

on the way Just keep going straight I Immediately thought of the taxl-rab rhauffeur over in Newark who was commandeered by Roddy, the negro murderer of the two Harlem detectives to drive Mm the other night to Philadelphia." continued the chauffeur. I knew that I had a bad gang tn the rab ana 1 was certain that the last three fellows who ran out of the hospital and Jumped Into my rab were prisoners who were making their escape from the prison ward Ho I put my fe- on the (as and dashed north on First Avenae passed a trolley car crossing through East Thirty-fourth Street and up the hill In he direction of East Forty-second Street. As 1 rearhed 1 Street I started to slow down, because I feared I might run Into one of the cars coming out of the tunnel which runs under the street there between rlrst Avenue and the river 7 men shouted out 1 olri right sh-ad st a fast clip, or we ll begin to and frr head at a 1 Pul'cemen landing at the comer of First Avenue and Forty-sixth Street wh-n I the Forty-fourth Mtroet corner and I to honk on my horn. I thought The fellows In the r.r Snouted tn 1 lelt in'C- t'ld me to turn orr-tinh strt. We got dhecllon'frV' blfKk 'he fl Ji i on'1 Avenue when they told me to pull up to the sidewalk and much look the last three beeatie they were hustle.

"f.the cab by th- eM-rlr man who niri mm ini me ofrt two n. ne was untrM ay the eHerty and 1'rly rtn wa, the first to .1 th f'- were getting SS. have to remain In it cab for five minutes hlle they got the hree out of the cab and iw.y. Al' wslked In th dlrvctlon of fwnd Annuf. but they .11, appeared before they reached the corner.

I walt-eu a few minutes and then I drove uvcr here to tell you about it." i.A was' sent out for Itwr. Little and Murk an.l th- ihrs. nxn lio ald-l In I ti Hon. Ihr l.llrr Wh-n ti i .1 rn.l.- Mt th In th- pnj.n 111 n.lfir, rnt f.i.. fiu or it lw il i chauffeur mli.to..k l.t IroiiM-n worn br llaer for h.t- anJ brewD-aUiped m.trrl.,1 the trousers worn by Uttle and Burke for khaki l-m rlp- wan tlv- hl I'.

I jIllM4 ui 1 if I Home Tide Insurance Company Offers, Subject to Prior Sale, GUARANTEED FIRST MORTGAGES Kings County $2,000 4618 Avenue Value $4,100 2-story and attic frame; 1-family. $2.250 362 South Third Street 'Value $4,750 2-story frame; store and dwelling. $2,750 3742 Bay 16th Street Value $6,700 2rstory frame; 1-family. $3,250 200 20th Street VaIue $6,000 3-story frame; 5-family. $5,000 Ft.

Hamilton At. 55th $9,750 2-story brick; store and dwelling. $6,750 58 East 31t Street 'Value $12,300 2-story stucco; 2-family with garage. $7,500. n.

w. cor. Ft. Hamilton 55th St. $13,500 2-story brick; 4 stores and 2 apartments.

Queens County $1300 8022 90th Union Course. $3,200 2-story frame; 1-family. $3,750 219th Street. Queens Walue $6,400 2 32 -story frame; 1-family. $4,000 13939 87th Road, Jamaica.

$6,700 2-story frame; 2-family. TtfM err (a f'emseey's valuation sad ere far S'ioui rel merkf valves. You miv write, without obligation, for more detailed information. These mortgages and many others ate ready for delivery, guaranteed at i c'c. HOME TITLE INSURANCE COAiPANY Capital and Surplus, UM 0,000 51 Wmoughby Street.

Postoftlce raiding, Brookljn. Jamaica. f-y. 77e Shop of Origin1 Mod MssgisS 1 Between 3Xh 55 StretU )' 'jjk I To-Day I to. MADISON AVENUE FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Thirty-fourth Street Thirty-fifth Street For today (Friday) Ami Important aod Timely Sale of Women's Wraps aodl (trimmed with karakul) j-.

These Wraps and Coats, newly purchased, are made'; of the finest black fabrics and are lined with silk throughout The collar and cuffs are of the wanted black karakul Price: $92.50 (Department on Third Floor) to Saturday Clearance About 217 SUPERIOR FUR TRIMMED rV 1 REDUCED TO 75 from Valuations to 165 BEAVER COLLARS CUFFS ON MARVELLA BLACK CARACUL BORDERS, COLLARS CUFFS ON ANDRE SUPERIOR Alexander GOLD AND SILVER SLIPPERS Our entire stock in the opera and sandal patterns that were formerly priced at $15 to $20 have been reduced about 30 Sale Prices 10.50, 11.50, '14 548 Fifth Avenue mt 45th St. Shoes Sixth Avenue at mh St. JOHN FORSYTHE 20 WEST 34TH STREET (ADJOINING WALDORF.AStORIA) Semi-Annual' Reduction Sale MEN'S SHIRT -si J' A money savings event that is of special interest to men of fine taste and with an economical sense. At Extraordinary. Price Concessions Imported Madras Shirts 9.95 The highest grades of English and woven madras of a character found only in the finest made-to-ordex shirts usually selling A a a nd 6.

Choicest patterns to select from, including whites and laundered cuff shirts also finest domestic fabrics. Custom-Tailored Silk Shirts 6.95 Included are fine custom-tailored silk shirts of exceptionally fine Silk Shirting. The unusually varied patterns afford wide latitude for choice. Previously sold at $9.00. These shiru represent the cream of the world's silk shirtings as well as the master-work of artists in design and style.

values are most extraordinary; Formerly sold at $10.50 to $12.50. Stem Brothers West 42nd-St. (Between 5th and 6th Avenues) West 43rd St; Art Initial Presentation of the Latest Fashion Themes in WOMEN'S WINTER RESORT DRESSES Every type of dress that has a place on the day's calendar is charrningly expressed in modes of marked originality and colorful effects as brilliant as the plumage of tropical birds. Dresses of quaint Chintzes with EcotV collars, cuffs and vestees of white pjque; french Vofle Hand-Made DiesatVoew Roma Crepe weavesin bvtly color tones, embroidered polka dot Georgette Crepes, Novelty Laoti; exxpustcefy and Filrt Lace trimmed neb, also soft silks, all contribute a charm to the day's programme that requires specific Dresses Ton Country Clubs, Ocean Boulevard Cycling, Dancing, Promenades, Tea in the Cocoamit Groves. '1.

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