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THE BROOKLYN pAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK. FRIDAY. MATtCII 20, 102o. I KILLING GERMS i Two Boro Subways Planned by Delaney NOTMURDER SAYS JllPi) Mate SHEPHERD LIE Fifth Avem'e 37TJ Stkeet Silver 'Iableware Silver Tea Sets P) i Brilliant Toga Towel Suit For Coney Bathers to Outdo Fashionable Deauville The map shows the street layout of the now Bit Hon and their conned with thV nounn-d tatt aw. fuuiniuilu 1 o.

ul Dy separate mn from the fool of C'ranhorrv Mavor-. n.n.l IMIIK-IILUIC 1 III' 1 1 li TH II vlT fl proviaes no connection Boro Woman Sports Novel Electric Lighted Handbag Imported From Gay Paree A Brooklyn woman Is sporting an electric-lighted handbag, a recent gift from gay Paree. The bag in the usual size silk bag. and as tho clasp Is pressed to open the bag a tiny electric bulb inside the pocket flashes and milady can see the Interior of the bag without having to fumble for purse or keys. As the bag shuts the light goes out.

The battery controlling the bulb is concealed somewhere in the bag. Sh declares it is a great convenience and it certainly is a novelty even in invention-ridden America. BONDS BURGLARS SINGED CONYICT INSURANCE MAN Jacob Epstein Found Guilty of Receiving and Selling Stolen Goods. The Blngcd ends of three bonds believed to have been burned when burglars drilled their way Into i vault in West Winfleld, N. led to day to the conviction of Jacob Ep stein, 81, of 796 Crown by a jury in Judge Haskell's part of the County Court.

Epstein was convicted of having received and sold stolen goods. He described himself, according to Assistant District Attorney Hughes, as the manager of the Peter A. Locke Insurance Agency at 146 Montague street. He faces a possible sentence of five years in Sing Sing Prison and a fine of $1,000. Judge Haskell remanded Epstein for sentence Tuesday.

According to Mr. Hughes, Epstein on Nov. 20 attempted to sell through the Bank of America three bonds that were so badly burned that Joseph E. Morris, an employee of the, bank, told Epstein the bonds would have to be replaced through the Federal Reserve Bank. The bonds wore then identified as among those stolen from the vault of the West Winfleld National Bank.

Epstein testified that he had purchased the bonds from a stranger and that they had been damaged when he left them too near a cigar. A3Z If Wure gelatine is odorless That is why just a rich, fruity aroma greets you when you dissolve ROYAL GELATINE DESSERTS They are simply pure gelatine enriched with the tempting, luscious flavors of real fruit. Made by the makers of Royal Baking Powder GIRL, MIND BLANK, STARES AT PARENTS i Fails to Recognize Couple Who Identify Her. The identity of an 18-year-old girl who lost her memory and all past knowledge of herself Wednesday last, when, dressed In evening clothes she approached Patrolman John Donoghue of the Astoria station at his post, Stelnway and Astoria and told him she didn't know where she was or who she was or where she belonged. Is still a mystery.

She was taken to St. John's. Hospital, where Dr. Forbes diagnosed her case as on oi amnesia. That evening, Wednesday, her description was broadcast from in the hope that her friends or relatives would recognize ner.

Yesterday a young man who said he was the girl's brother and an elderly couple who said they were her parents called at the hospital. They Identified her as Catherine weuman or Jersey New Brighton, Staten Island, and said she had left her home Wednesday morning to go to work as usual but failed to return. When confronted by the eider weilmans. however, the rlrl only stared back blankly at them and shook ner head. Miss Wellman If it Is she Is still being kept at the hospital pending further observation and an investigation to discover if the Weilmans are really her parents.

Rush Work to Complete Refitting of U. S. S. Memphis A large force of mechanics were put at work upon the scout cruiser Memphis at the Navy Yard today. It is hoped to complete the vessel's refitting by April 1 when she Is scheduled to leave for a southern cruise to the Caribbean.

The scout cruiser was moved from drydock yesterday so that the finishing touches might be given her. The work of regunntng all the main batteries of the battleshlo Arkansas was commenced st the ard yesterday. Twelve new 14-Inch naval guns from the arsenal are to replace each gun of the old complement. It Is expected the work will take nearly two months. OBITUARY NOTES MR.

IIAZKL K. COBB CLARK of 1111 Alhvmart Terrtc toiUy at hr horn mftr a Unsthy Illn7a. she was born tn Brooklyn the duirhtr of Iittlo Rumii Cobb Mid th 1st tnll A. Cobb Jr. Hh Is survlvftd by two brothers.

Funoral wirv. Icoa will bo hold In tho Punaral Chapol, mt Church Sunday ofternoon at o'clock, and tha Interment will bo In Oprena Hllla Comettry. Mis IIF.I.KV M. rnil.l.im, 1 yean old. of 7 Harbar at dlad yaatardar al hor homo.

Hha waa born la Brooklyn and la aurvlvad by hor paranta, Atrhloy A. and Marsamt F. Ilillllpai a brothor, Kdward. and a alatar, Ura Marsarat Kroudar. Ku-nvral aervlcaa will bo hold In hr lata homo Monday momlns at 10 o'ryork.

in-tarmant will bo In Evargraons Camatary. piPs If ffENATIQWT POINT INN IS PADLOCKED FOR RUM SELLING Popular Bay Shore Roadhouse Ordered Closed-Southampton Hotel Also Shut Down. The Ringler brewery, on E. 91 at between 2d and 3d Manhattan, was ordered padlocked for four months beginning April 1, today by Federal Judge William Bondy after the brewery officials had pleaded guilty to manufacturing real beer. The officials, George J.

Jetter, president; Christian Jetter, vice president; J. Edward Jetter. secretary-treasurer, and August Neshke, brew master, were fined $1,000 each. Emory R. Buckner, United States Attorney, said that i would require 100 padlocks to close the place.

The Ringler Brewery was established in 1870 and has been In the Jetter family since that time. The brew ery was raided twice. The first was on Feb. 17, when "Izzy" Einstein and "Moe" Smith, Federal dry agents, seized a truckload of real beer, and the second raid was on March 9 by Ralph Oyler, head of the narcotic squad. Federal Judge Marcus B.

Cumpbell today ordered the entry of a decree padlocking the Penaticult Point inn, one of the best known of Long Island roadhouses, located on the outskirts of Bayshore. The" Southampton Hotel on Elm Southampton, was also ordered to be closed with the Penatlquit Inn, both for a period of months which will be determined by the Judge In a week. Decision on the length of time has been reserved to follow the, presentations of further briefs fry Attorneys for the defendants. It will probably be a period of from four to twelve months. Co-defendants in the case of the Penatiqult Inn were Charles G.

Cozine, manager, and the Great Cove Corporation, owner of the property. There had already been two convictions for selling liquor on the premises. William Field was the proprietor of the Southampton, where there had been one previous conviction and many complaints. FIVE GIRLS HELD FOR IMPROPER DANCING AFTER CONEY RAID A hundred men and five women were arraigned In the Coney Islar.d Court today before Magistrate. Ray field following a Midnight raid by the special service police upon the Mapleton Casino at 6320 20th ave.

crowd of 2 SO men were attending a disorderly show. The five women, charged with In decency and disturbing the peace, were Margaret Condoe, 19, of 680 bt Nicholas Calvert Griffith. 20 of 222 W. 129th Ellen Douglas, 21, of 232 W. 12th Madeleine West, 21, of 248 W.

10 2d and Violet Rose. 18, of 811 W. Both st all of Manhattan. The girls were held in $500 ba'l each for examination tomorrow. Their attorney, Isadore Kallet, of 2672 Fulton Brooklyn, protested that they were not doing anything other than may be witnessed in Broadway theater, but the police statement was In sharp contrast to this statement, and the magls trate said, "Oh, counsel, read the affidavit." The 100 men charged with dis orderly conduct got off with suspended sentences except one, who described himself as Ijouis r.inot oi 389 Vermont Brooklyn, and who was lined 86 for laughing.

Samuel Sauter, 1942 5th st manager of the Casino, had his case adjourned until tomorrow. He was placed under 1500 hail. A police whistle near the end of the performance gave the signal to the officers, who battered in the doors of the hall on the second floor and rushed the crowd down the stairs and Into a row of patrol wagons. About 150 men made a getaway down fire escapes. Sauer, the manager.

Is charged with maintaining a public hall, knowing an Immoral show was to be given In It. He denied knowledge of the character of the performance, declaring that a week ago a com mittee of men from the hast New York section had rented the hall and paid a deposit for a dance. Sgt. John Noyes and Detective John Cunningham of the Special Service Division gained admittance to tho performance with ordinary tickets that had been sold for 85 and were labeled plainly as if for a dance. HYLAN OUTLINES HIS TRANSIT REMEDIES Declaring that If Charles II.

Tuitle. chairman of the Republican Advls ory Committee; Ogden I Mills, Ogden Reld, Transit Commissioners LeRoy T. Harkness, George Mc. Aneny and MaJ. Gen.

John O'Ryan, the Interboro Rapid Transit Company and the B. M. T. want td take the transit inquiry out of poli tics ne win give mem a remedy. Mayor Hylan today made reolv tn Mr.

Tuttle's statement regarding the 6-cent fare Issue. Hylan said: "First Have the Republican Leg islature put tnrougn tne bill nefort they adjourn permitting the people to vote on whether they want to spend or' their own money for new subways. "Second Let the Legislature put tnrougn irgisianon ts lane McAneny, O'Ryan and Harkness out of the State Transit Commission. If I am given the power I am prepared to appoint threo Republicans on such a Commission and I will guarantee that they will make the transit cor porations give better service immediately on the existing lines. 'Third Pass the pending legislation to give us the right Immediately to appropriate money and put on a fleet of municipal busses In this city." other craft of similar or even greater sire.

Th mooring mast, on which the steel work is expected to start April 18. according to the Ford Interview In the Free Press, will be 201' fort high, 21 feet higher than the mast at Ijtki'humt, N. J. Three legs on which the mast will rest will be 70 feet apart snd between them will be erected a building to serve as a station for sir travelers. A five-passenger elevator, completely Inclosed, run to a height of 174 feet Beyond that, leading to the operating platform, I an Inclosed stairway.

Th gangplank luto the airship will be Inclosed. SON' RIVER "onra in nannattan wliu was mi 'nmm route. ll with the rxlstimr B. M. T.

linm i itrru.Li.., COHEN ACTS TO OPEN HELL GATE BRIDGE AS FREIGHT ARTERY Port Authority Appeals to Interstate Commerce Commission for Central of N. Y. Julius Henry Cohen, counsel for the Port Authority, declared today that the Authority Is preparing to go to the Interstate Commerce Commission in an efTort to compel the Pennsylvania Railroad to allow shipments of freight by the Central Railroad of New York across Hell Gate Bridge into Long Island at a reasonable rate. The Port Authority more than a month ago issued an order directing the Pennsylvania and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads. Joint owners of the bridge, to agree on a rate to be charged for shipping by the Central.

A supplementary order has since modified this to the extent of dropping the New York, New Haven and Hartford out of the proceedings. The petition now being prepared to be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission follows 'on the failure of the Pennsylvania to act on the order within the 30-day period allowed. SUES TO RECOVER WALL ST. LOSSES Morris Frledberg, a Jeweler of Detroit, has brought suit In Supreme Court here against Miller New York Stock Exchange brokers at 120 Broadway, Manhattan, from whom he seeks $560,000. The sum represents part of Fried berg's losses in Wall st.

The papers state that he did business directly with Crowley a Boston concern, with no exchange membership, and that Crowley Co. transmitted its order to Miller Co. The Boston firm went Into bankruptcy, tho court was told, and Frledberg recovered $49,000 in bankruptcy court and now sues Miller Co. for the rest. Justice Callaghan reserved decision.

court by the women. They declined to give their names, hut explained that their Interest In Nieurowski was due to their knowledge of his do. mestic situation. It seems that Mrs. Hedwlg Nieurowski refused to take care of three of her husband's children by a former marriage and eventually refused to have anything whatever to do with Stanley himself.

Wfe Went to Poland. Stanley sold his cottage and gave his wife $400 of tho proceeds on which she was to live and support their infant son for the ensuing six months. Mrs. Nieurowski, instead, decided on a trip back home to Poland. She went.

So did the $400. When she returned she told Nieurowski that she was going to need support henceforth. The courts, however, decided that Nieurowski need support only his baby and that he must give his wife $4 a week for this purpose. When he fell behind last summer he was arrested ami sent to the workhouse for six months. Mrs.

Nieurowski cllned tc care for her three stepchildren during their father's absence and the task devolved upon neighbors. Today Stanley was dmggid Into court agHln by his wife on the old charge. Hut this time public opinion in the guise of women neighbors came with him and hs walked nut free except for a probationary sentence under which he must continue to pay the $1 a week originally ordered. want to find out If you sre dependent on your eon for support "No." she said. "I get some money from the rent, and with that and what I take tn from washing windows and scrubbing floors I manure to keep us from starving." "l's?" Inquired the Magistrate.

"Yes," the aged woman declared, pointing to her son. "He won't work, snd I buy his food and give him 60 cents a day, and he comes home nights snd calls me bad names." Nanke told the Court that his mother attacked him with the shovel when he failed lo bring her home liquor she had asked for snd was Injured In a struggle in which he wrenched ihe shovel from her. Mag. istrnte Golden sentenced the prisoner to serve six months In the Workhouse, for which he received the thanks of the aged woman. Seeks Client's Release Under Law That Fails to List Slaying Method.

Chicago, March 20 Attorneys for William D. Shepherd, held on an in "tment charging him with the kill Ing of his foster son, William Nelson McCIIntock, orphan with typhoid germs, prepared today for ft fight to obtain his release on bail it his preliminary hearing tomorrow. William Scott Stewart, chief of the defense counsel, outlining his arguments, said he would endeavor to show that killing a man by giving him typhoid germs was not murder under Illinois law, which he said designated only certain specific methods of killing and does not include administration of disease germs, State's attorneys Raid they would oppose the defense line of reasoning on me ground that if it were al lowed to stand it would permit mur der by any means not mentioned in the law. Meanwhile prosecutors continued searching for a Elri who several days ago called on the widow of I. osear uison, brother of Harry Olson Municipal Court Chief Justice, and instigator of the inquiry into Mc Cllntock's death.

The girl warned Mrs. Olson to leave here, saying "it wouiant be neaitny it she re mained. TAX BATTLE WON, SMITH HOPES FOR CROSSING VICTORY (Continued from Page 1.) tlon. admitted today that if the bill ever got on the floor it would pass. He intimated that the Senate might nave to pass it without a fight in order to avoid the embarrassment of seeing the city representatives run out." Governor Smith has a BO-BO chance of winning his grade-crossing fight.

He will carry this fight to the people tonight with another talk over the radio from the Hotel Btlt-more in Manhattan- at a dinner of the Westchester Chamber of Commerce. Karlo Won Otct by Smith. Senator Mastick is from Westchester. It may have been that he attended the conference at the mansion last night to talk grade crossings with Governor Smith. The Governor has already talked with Senator Karle of Queens and won him over.

What Senator Nicoll may have been doing at the conference is a question. Nicoll ha a bill in providing for a BO percent cut in the tax paid on Incomes under $10,000. It Is said that this would cost the State only $4,000,000. There Is a possibility that the Republican may have a faint hope that the Governor would accept Nlcoll's bill as a compromise. After slashing two Renohiienn appropriation bills to the extent of more than $2,300,000 and rejecting iwwio man or tn $16, 000,000 tax increaso program sub muted by the Republican leaders.

Governor Smith again showed the to continuance of the 25 percent income mx cue looay. The G. O. P. loaders an nient heads were stunned when they learned how Governor Smith had ripped to pieces the salary Increase una patronage appropriations.

Borne of the Items vetoed, they eiu, wouiu aave to be requested Governor's Bill of Particulars. As predicted. Governor Smith accepted the Republican challenge to show the way to a tax cut by vetoing nvviumuiuon ouia. tie accepted the Challenge quickly. After giving his reasons for each Veto, and explaining why certain im propriation were not necessary this yviu-, me governor nanded the Re- puDiicans me following- bill of par ttoulars, Vhowincr a surplus nf ti 680,000.

Addressing the leader. pa-mi nave vetoed in the section of the bill devoted to reapproprlatlons total of $3,804.10.13. "These amounts do not enter Into ino ioum or ine general appropriation bill and When dlaannrnveH hp rne they automatically go from the frozen to the free surplus of the piu. son mis amount must there fore he added. "This makes a mini total inin which appropriations can be made Appropriation Totaling $146,102, 456.23 Signed.

"As against this I have already wni.i-w i'jiujiiuiiuiia luiajlllg $1 40 102.466.23. "The totals given hem nn i Mil and Its companion Include Items deducted, a great part of which will he accepted when returned In the mippieineniai Dill. I figure the re- tjuiiruienia in me supplemental bill at the very outet to he $1,300,000 "There remain the bills listed in my statement of March 10, some of ITI1 tHra dispute and some wh ch have not been anted upon, and I the deductions wmcn nave recommended, would me appropriations of these viiiw ni uuu. "Assuming that yoHr statement found everything that you could think of around here for which money can bo spent, we will now deal with that. in "ni.niunr.

with my answers to your qnestnns I have agreed to accept which, added to what I have already signed, makes 778 786 01 of l'Vif, Clear Surplus of "Subtract this amount from the available resources as above Indlrat and you will have a surplus of $13,185,063.73. Deduct $8,600,000, the tax relief which gave last year to Income taxpayers, and you will have a free, clear surplus sum-clent for all the needs and wants of the Hlate of $4,885,063.73. "All of this calculation takes Into ronlderatlun Items which you will he obliged to send to me in a supplement! bill and which will be accepted by me when the Increases made In them, which I believe unwarranted, have been withdrawn." THREAT IN VALENTINE FOR MAN FOUND DEAD (Special tn Tha Enulr.) New Hyde Park, L. 20 A iiOHterlou valentine containing threatening verse which was received about Feb. 14 by Leonard Mtsrhler.

67, of 6th this village, who was finally injured by train or motorcar at the New Hyde Park framing Inst night, ha led the police to Investigate the theory that Mlscn-ler was struck purposely by a motor car. Deauville in to have nothing on Coney Island this summer the toga towel, popular at Palm Lieui-h tin.i winter, is to be introduced at New York's own beach. It is backed bv no less a body than the Coney-Island Chamber of Commerce and already the balh houses aro Insliilling It as part of their regular equipment. iou don know what the toira towel is? wen. It.

is tne garment worn bv the American Olympians part of their official uniform. Developed in snow white, with the shield of the United States embroidered on the front, they wore togn towels in the parade. It a the simplest sort of garment merely a turkish tnwel eight feet long and two feet wide, bound around the edges, with a hole in the center through which the head is passed. Two strips, two inches wide, are slashed along half of one side, these strips being tied together to form a sush for the toga. Any girl can make one in un hour.

To Have Man? COKiii. But 1he toca towels which the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce wish to introduce to New Yorkers this summer are not to be white, but very gay and colorful to strike a brilliant color note on the yellow sand. Last year the lassies at Conev went in for an atrocious fashion they wore duck trousers over their wet bathing suits, so that the beach was more reminiscent of Sands st. than Deauville. This year, if men and girls go in for gay turkish towel ing for beach wear, the effect will be far more picturesque.

Vie believe that the fashion of DEMSTOUH CASE GOES TO JURY WITH MANY QUESTIONS Paris Agreement at Time of Divorce Holds Center of Stage. London. March 20 The Dennis-toun case reached its concluding stages today when the defense rested after Mrs. Dorothy Muriel Dennls- toun had been recalled to the stand for a few moments to testify regarding certain bills for dresses purchased in Paris. She is suing her former husband, Lt.

Col. Ian Onslow Dennistoun, for money she alleges she loaned him prior to their divorce In 1921, some time following which he married the widow of the late Earl of Carnarvon. The court said lt proposed to submit to the Jury a number of questions regarding the alleged maintenance of the agreement which Mrs. Dennistoun said her former husband made in Paris at the time of their divorce, notably whether the agreement actually existed, whether it was conclusive, whether both parties In tended to give it legal effect and whether any of Its conditions had been already fulfilled. Dr.

Cadman Holds Lenten Service at Holy Trinity The Rev. Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman. pastor of Central Congregational Church, preached at tho midday Lenten service In the Church of the Holy Trinity at noon today.

Dr. Cadman took his text from the 22d chapter of Matthew and told of the man who rame to the wedding feast in unsuitable garments. The minister pointed out that the parable showed the lack of apprecla tlon for the blessings of life, which Is as rampant today as In the olden times. R. R.

TO PAY $12,750 FOR DEATH OF MAN (Spmnl lit The Kaplr.) Mlneols. L. March 20 Settlement of $12,750 wus reached In Supreme Court today In the action which Mrs. Matilda Kline of Ocenn- slde brought against the Long Island Railroad for the death of her husband, Robert, on Nov. 1, when a Long Island train struck a motorcar, killing two persons and Injuring two others.

Mrs. Kline had previously been awarded $1,000 for Injuries she received In the accident which crippled her. In the May term of the Supreme Court will he tried the suit of Mm. Anna Klngsli gainst the railroad for injuries she received in Ihe sinashup. During the same term two other actions for damages on account of the death of Mr.

and Mra. I'M ward Schntand, brother-in-law and sister respectively of Mrs. Kline, who were killed In the accident, will be tried. RASKINJAILEDAGAIN IN PATENT DISPUTE Joseph Rankin, who Invented a safety door device and sold his patent rights to The Peelle was sentenced to 30 days in Jail and fined by Justice Callaghan In Supreme Cour today. Tills is the second time such a sentence has been given hint.

The peelle Co. lawyers tnld Justice Callsghan toilnv that desplti, the piinlNhinent received two years aso he continued In the seme competitive business at 713 Herkimer after giilng through the formality of chsnaing the nsme of the "corporation" from the "Safety Door Gate Co." to the B. Door Co." wi'uring Turkish towels between dips will KreaUy improve ihe Cmiey island landsi-npe." saul Sarah S. Den-ntn, executive reijreiaiy of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce, today. "How much more a.t active the bathers look clad in tnga towels! The Sarnient is not only 'attractive hut very sensible.

It Is part of the official equipment of our Olympic ti-aiiis. It is also in use on the vessels of thi; Vniteil States Shipping Board all the first-lass cabins have toga towels as part of the bathroom equipment they are worn on the boals to and from the bathrooms. Cost 'J or $. "On the beach a towel is really essential most bathers carry a townl With them to the waterside. How much better to slip one's turkish towel over the head on coming out of the water.

"The proprietor of four of the high class hath houses at Coney has already laid in four dozen topa towels as a starter. He plans to hiru them to bathers." "What does a toga towel cost?" asked the reporter. "At wholesale they can be purchased at $2 for the plain rnd $3 for the striped ones. They come in pink, blue, yellow or purple. At, retail they cost $4 and $3." Turkish toweling may be purchased by the yard and Ihe spring sewing of home dressmakers this year is sure to include two and.

a half to three yards of toweling. vv'ooI embroidery or cretonne applique may be used on the towels If desired. The beach "slip-ons," which is really all they are, can be made; by the veriest tyros. CARSWELL SCORES DAVIS; GIVES HIM 10-20-YEAR TERM (Continued from Page 1.) made to appear Insane w'hen he was not Insane at all. I should not by my course let it become the impression of the public that the lack of money should become detrimental to one class of criminals walla the possession of it should be of benefit to another.

Alienists Contradict Selves. The alienists ho were called in this case have shown they were not worthy of belief in that they said this defendant was Incurably insane and then sent him back for trial Three years ago these alienists were positive in saying that this man was incurably insane, and If that is so he should always be kept in confinement. "On the assumption that the Jury was right, this man should not be permitted to avoid the consequences Th" Presents Itself here of a man who has acquired considerable wealth and with Its exaggerated ego, a great deal of his own importance; he has allowed his prosperlly to go to his head; he is of the Idea that he should not he Judged by the same standards as others; In recent years by his talk and Ms conduct he has shown that he has had too much kowtowing. "He has some temper. I have, too.

But anybody that has not temper Is not. worth a continental. But by law we aro required to restrain our tempers. In his rage this man went through the whole procedure that resulted In taking the life of another. Pliable to Give Sentence.

"It ts my view that while he has all sorts of eccentricities, he is legally sane. We have men In this very building who are conspicuously queer and eccentric and they sre ane. i ne law should be given the fullest force and effect In this case. There is no excuse for a man of high Intelligence and of the culture of this man. I would rather excuse a man of low intelligence.

The law happens to be In such a state that the Court In this case is disabled from Imposing a proper sentence. "The verdict of the Jury in this case is a compromise and I have no doubt a number of tho Jurv were In fnvor of a higher degree of crime. I Impose the maximum sentence as being In the Interesis of Justice and the maintenance of law and order in this The sentence Is that this defendant he confined In Sing Sing prison for not less than 10 years ami a maximum term of which shall be 2n years." The comments by Justice Cnrs-wi'll were In marked contrast to the plea of extreme bnlency made by Davis" counsel, Herbert C. Smyth, who said that prior to the homlclda Davis had led blameloaa life and established a business useful to tl.e (immunity. Mr.

Smyth al.aj declared "there was noihlngof inaltvo-lence In the act." and that Davis had already suffered lung Incarceration In a madhouse, the worst kind ef punishment for a man of bis culture." Mr. Smyth also made a point of Ihe omission of a charge to th Jurv of a not guilty hypoihrsis. Inasmuch hs Davis has been In custody for four years and one month and will as a first offender be allowed a coinmutallon of his minimum sentence for good behavior In Slrg Sing, he will have tn serve only three years snd a few months in sine 'mg. His counsel today expressed the opinion that there would be no further appeal. Actress Swallows Poison After Quarrel With Youth Mrs.

Sarah Stauh of 114 Vernon beard the sound of weeping si o'clock this morning coining from, the room which sh rented on Feb, 1 tn a Western girl who she "aid was Maile Mani of Cbl' iigo. Mrs. S'aub enlered and the girl exclaimed that she wus dying The polli-i. wern called and reiiorted that Ihe girl hint hi allowed poison following a quarrel with a youth v. ho had been paying her attention.

She was taken ti the Iteih Moses Hospital by Dr. Super. Miss Marcl said had been tsk. Ing small parts In the movies, tnif recently she had been out of wor's 2 NEW BROOKLYN -SUBWAYS TO COST CITY $142,221,000 (Continued from Pago 1.) vestigation stated the fare necossary would range from 8.75 cents to 10 cents a passenger. Neither the Mayor nor fhe Board of Transportation made an effort to cqntradict these figures, and Chief Executive Officer Philip Mathews of the Transit Commission has declared the estimates are being He has asked the question whether this delay is in order to prevent the public from learning that the Mayor's subways can't be operated for a 6-cent fare and pay expenses.

The Crosstown Route. The Board of Transportation described the Brooklyn Crosstown route as follows: From 63d Manhattan, under the East River to Nott Long Island City, to Van Alst under Newtown Creek to Manhattan to Green to McCarren Park, to Union ave.t to Broadway, Throop to Gates to Fulton to Lafayette to Schermerhorn with free transfer connection to the city's Culver line extension, to Clinton to Orange (or Cranberry) to the East River tunnel, to Wall Manhattan. It will be noted that the board scrapped the direct Crosstown route laid out by the Transit Commission, which linked with the B. M. T.

in Central Brooklyn and crossed the city under Bedford ave. This line was approved by the Board of Estimate, and Mayor Hylan signed the approval. The board's description of the Culver line extension follows: "From a connection with the existing Culver line at Cortelyou rd. (where it is recapturable as far as Coney Island) along Gravesend ave. to Church to Ocean Parkway, to Prospect diagonally under private property and Prospect Park, to inn under Uowanus Canal to Smith to Jay with free trans fer connection to the Brooklyn Cross- town line at Schermerhorn to East River, to Rutgers Manhat tan, to Essex to Houston to Bowery connection with city's Man hattan trunk line." Washington Heights Tube.

One of the uptown lines was de scribed as the "Washington Hclghts- inwood line," running from Fort Washington ave. and 193d under Overlook Terrace and to Broadway, and thence 'under Broadway to 216th st. The other route was named as tho "Rrnnv-ivm. course line." It is to split off from the Washington Hela-ht Una ui Nicholas ave. and 166th run to the Harlem River, to Jerome to 162d to the Concourse and under the Concourse to Bedford Park Bou- levara at zuvtn St.

Commenting on the rnnloa ih. board said: The routes anoraved rnriav 22.90 route miles Ions or f.1 mii. of track. costing aoDroiciniateiv 86.046,000 for construction. Wh.n added to the routes adopted last December, which form the Manhattan trunk of the city's new system via nan i nurcn st.

6th and 8th Houston 63d Pcnirni Park West, St. Nicholas and Fort Washington avea, the city's new sub way system, thus far adopted, is .73 route miles or 118.88 track miles, costing approximately C29.000. "These estimate provide for en gineering, administration. Interest. real estate, etc.

They do not In clude shops, yards or equipment. One or tne most costly items In the estimates are the six sub-aqueous tunnels, three of which will be under the East River, one under the Harlem River, one under Newtown Creek, and one under Qowanus Canal." Ilarkniw Hit Route. Transit Commissioner Le Roy T. Harkness In commenting upon the new lines, which It was figured would coat $.1,000,000 a track mile to build. criticised the Crosstown line as providing "least service at greatest cost." The Crosstown line proposed by the Transit Commission was to cost only about $44,000,000 as compared with the $64,884,000 cost of the Mayor's plan.

Mr, Harkness said: The figures that sre given In the statement as read to are simply construction figures. They do not give cost figures for equipment; that is, the cars, which are a very large figure In subway operation: the sig nals, the third rail, nor do thev glvs the figures for shop and yards and power brumes and other Important Items which aggregate large sums. "Without these estimates th storv is not complete. Don't tilve Revenue Nor. snd that I most Imnorl int do they give the estimate of prospective results of operation over a period of 10 years, namely, the reve nue that the roads will take In.

which It I required by law shall be made lip for mihmlmlon In connection with the adoption of the route. in far as the route them selves are concerned, I do not rare to'comment until I have seen a full leRcrlptlon and a map. The Cros- town line, which the Trarelt Com mission laid out, was designed for a maximum of service over the harted route and at the least con struction expense. "The new route seems to provide minimum of service with lona-eat touts and the g-reatest expanse." Lawyer Hired by 5 Women Neighbors Has Man Released From Charge of Non-Support Stanley Nieurowski of 9 Tlndale Jamaica, received a very pleas ant surprise this morning. It was about the only thing pleasant that had happened to Stanley over a long period of time, thickly punctuated with family disturbances, a Jail sentence or two and much neighborhood gossip.

Stanley was arraigned darraigned, to be more exact before Magistrate Harry Miller In the Jamaica Court, charged with failure to support bis wife, Hcdwlg, of 26 Elm and being without funds to retain a lawyer he had resigned himself to another trip to Jail. And then came the surprise! lawyer Appears I'lihrralded. When Stanley's case was called Peter Rudden of Jamaica arose and announced himself as counsel. Stanley's Jaw dropped. When he had recovered somewhat he hastened to assure the attorney that he had em-harked on a very unprofitable undertaking due to the condition of the Nieurowski exchequer.

Then five women neighbors arose and Informed Nieurowski that he should sit down snd behave himself, because they already had attended to the little mntler of a counsel fee. Stanley, too dazed to do anything else. A little later he was led out of Son, 50, Beats Mother, 85; Sentenced to Workhouse Ford Plans-World's Biggest Mooring Mast for Planes Bent almost double from rheuma tism and her labors of scrubbing floorsor the last 20 years, and looking all of the 8S years she gavo as her age, Mrs. Mary Nanke, 204A Spencer gave the Gates Avenue Court several sordid bits of realism today when she testified at the (rial of her son, John, 80, charged with beating her with a shovel. Nanke, a husky six-footer, was arrested at his home-rant night by Detective DIMmeler of the Clssson station after neighbors had railed the police.

The detective found the aged woman bleeding from a long rut on her arm, inflicted, she said, when her son swung the shovel on her. "Before I pass Judgment," Magistral Golden asked Mrs. Nsnks, "I Detroit, March 20 The De troit Free Press today quotes Ednel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, sa saying that his com pany will go Into the production of airplane motors as soon as experiment now In progress at Its laboratories come to a head. Mr, Ford also is quoted as saying that construction will be started at once at the Ford airport of tho largest dlrtglble mooring mast In the world, to bs constructed at a cost of $75,000, for the mooring of the aw wi jugoiea or any I 1.

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