Syracuse Herald (Newspaper) - April 17, 1921, Syracuse, New York f For op Sunday Monday fair warmer SECOND SECTION PRICE EIGHT CENTS V VOL: 42 NO N Y SUNDAY APRIL IT PRICE EIGHT CENTS TWO MEN RESCUE Scouts Aid in Resuscitating Lawrence Chubb Who Falls in Creek Lawrence Chubb JO of 200 West Adams street barely escaped death when ho fell into Onondaga Syracuse Organizations In- dorse Plea of Owen Wister and Headquarters BODIES EMBALMED BY MEN FROM SLUMS Hundreds Disinterred Lie in Hoboken Uncalled For creek the Onondaga street I bridge Saturday afternoon To the timely arrival of William son of 220 West Adams street Robert C Wolf of Tremont street the boy owes his life I Hearing young Chubb M cries for help the men ran lo tin bank and caught Chopoff 7 Door and Starts Car in Salina Street Store hold of his clothing as he was about to FAMILY HELPLESS so down for the third time Boy Krauts aided Peter WATCHES TRAGE Until Taken to Field for Burial Potters lie policeman and the men in j tilling the boy He was taken home and was none the worse for his StrUCK CV TOD Of hist night He Is Hie suii of Mr 1 UJJ Ul and Mrs Charles Chubb r f BOYS CLIMB TO Caught Organized Syracuse World War stand forth to answer Owen dramatic question If nothing stop the mockery of the living a and the dead going on in the wholesale QJ fn of soldier dead In France We can is their answer voiced j Frederick 12 and Richard decided to view the world from heights yesterday after- noon They picked out the tallest part of the roof for their ob- of Cage as Boy Starts to Leap to His Mother's Anns hy Frank county and George of the C of tiie American k-- M Calvort county Veterans of Foreign Wars overseas men themselves the latter blinded in action Their answer is the expression of a wave of public feeling evoked by of the text of Owen Wister's servation post and were fretting away with it In fine when Detective Bennett interrupted and told them they must leave A little later they were looking upon the world from letter to the American legion Police ing with searing touch tho stark facts They took the fire escape route about bringing the boys home I from Hank alley One boy held the The Onondaga county chairman of j other on his shoulders while he readied the former service comrades of the in France will register with their national organizations the sentiment expressed here against continuance of the desecration described Embalmed by Men From Slums It is a ghoulish story Graves that have become evergreen mounds arc be- spaded up Things that were Ing men in their last bivouac on tho of honor iro being picked from their of olive drab blanket disintegrated caskets burial baskets of hardened mud and lifted again into the light of day Something that made up a glorious body of youth being disinfected by men recruited from the social sewers of cities boxed them and shipped home sometimes o the Potters field That is the recital Wirier gives in is appeal to the American Legion In an letter received by the Paris bureau of the New York Times Those who tako this mass says his letter often tho basket on I i iop of a stove to melt tho mud oft and find something left to semi to America It is sprinkled with disinfectant and sent to Hoboken Those who sprinkle never embalmed In their lives They from the slums and anywhere and they look it Indignant at Piles of these poor fragments lie at unclaimed The extracts only sketch the picture of the work that is being done over 1 there and its here Tht spokesmen of tho legion and the Veterans cf Foreign Wars voicing the sentiment of the public at large want to be informed fully why there are no claimants at There is tho fullest sympathy with the families of tha fallen desirous of their dead home to bo here the objects of tho reverend tender and solemn rites accorded them But there is the most outspoken In- at tho apparent outrage in up and pulled down the ladder which forms the section of the ire escape lies horizontally until drawn down Then the boys clambered up Mother father and baby brother and a dozen men and women watched lessly afternoon at r o'clock as Harry Chopoff was crushed to death hy an elevator started by the boy himself in the store of S Solomon nt South Salina street Shrieks from the youth first drew attention to his danger It appeared that he hail wandered away from hla parents Mr and Mrs of Grape street soon after they entered the Solomon store which is In the former building Felix a son -I years old was held by his father but Harry strayed off while his Another examined some dress goods Opens Door and Starts Car The boy opened the door to the vator in some way The upper are being remodelled and the elevator was not being operated so there was no one in it Harry apparently pulled the starting lever ami the car moved upward He yelled air leaned over as their gomg Proctor C Welch I though to jump His head was struck manager of the hotel notified the police j by top or the door of the elevator The youngsters said they had no I case the continued to rine object in seeking the roof to llis wus crushed from that Mrs Chopoff see what the city looked like height Tho Lighthall boy lives at Putnam street and at 125 Davis street Death was became frantic Even Exclusive Century Is Visited by Platoon and Search for Liquor FIND SWEET CIDER j HIGHLY Old Commission May Decide Carfare Case but Others Must Come Before New Body Concerted Drive to Be QF DATA EITHER IN HAND OR READY FOR PRESENTATION This Beverage is by the now commission headed by York unless P ia the board before its five Syracuse is affected by complete change in the of the Syracuse which have membership of Public commission Trolley fares bars last nigh- telephone and for as iu this be the first squad 1-d by Arthur B f acting detective Kven the problems cO 00 disposed ol liy elusive Century club in lames street j oi was invaded by the and region behind bars members go out ot There is no chance the old commission will determine the rate tight has been waged by Corporation Counsel Lewis December 9 or the application of the company for a 50 per cent increase in gas rates which is just being made FIGHT TELEPHONE HATE INCREASE to just strict a as the rom MRS SAMUEL GOMPERS Paul Scott 5 Taken to eral Hospital Bruised from a moving truck Paul Scott 3 of 321 Clinton street landed in front of an automobile and was struck and knocked down at to nand South Clinton streets day afternoon Tho boy was bruised ton South streets taken to the Onondaga General hospital The automobile which struck Paul was being driven by Melvin Fish 24 hysterical her to the elevator and tried to free his I boy's body It was wedged so tightly I however that it took a mechanic nearly an hour to get it out It was found crush had been great the fuse bad burned stopping the j elevator motor j Parents Under Physician's Care -An ambulance was called to take the child to St hospital but the doctors found him dead they ar- rived Mrs Chopoff was in such a condition however that sbn was taken lo a pital but she refused to remain there I and later taken home in the I Her her j Last night both Phe and her husband were under a physician's care Coroner Crane is to conduct an in- to find out just how the accident happened The Chopoff family came to Syracuse Leader So Newspaper Men He Leeks Door of Stateroom When Stops in Syracuse A word wont out lice headquarters that clubs were suspected of selling move or loss openly must the practice and the visit of and a snuad o police to them hist night was for the purpose of checking up to see effect warning had j I No Liquor Found in Clubs j I Aside the Century the places entered and searched were Eagles Moose Foresters Waiters club and the Turn No liquor i was found at any of- places To prove that Chief warning against illicit liquor and the generally was not an idle one the Syracuse j sound continued the process of i ping up throughout last week and now strangers complain bitterly drinks are hard to get There much to the j lion of Holden and his men in seizing samples of cider in many of he visited but a careful analysis of these by tho chemical j of Syracuse university has shown i that the cider contained far more than i the legal percentage of alcohol Some of these sweet cider dis- of tiie Snowdon the boy dropped directly He said in front of the automobile and was hit before the machine could be stopped SET MAT 10 AS QF DR BURTON j Special Panel Of 150 treatment and insulting neglect of V 0 to Be Drawn April 28 Malpass Announces others brought home en the docks as unclaimed baggage of the graves in the great American soldier cemetery at Ro- France -are to bo opened In May unless it Is stopped What Is now a peaceful spread of crosses and green row on row as far as the eye can compass will be torn into tho semblance of itn old mouth half teeth and half gums Wister says Thomas Nelson Page Joins Plea Thomas Page United States to France joined the noted writer in that the hero dead He where they are where they fought and died well in France Lying on the old represent each in France ff France will never forget them Lying Dr Henry B Burton wiH be placed on trial on an indictment for murder only a short time ago from Xew York city The boy attended Putnam school first degree in the death of s te infant child of Mr and Mrs David Finn of 343 Smith State street on May 10 District Attorney Malpass announced Boy Dies at Albuquerque N M 24 Hours Before Father Arrives Patrick Comvay of the chestra at the theater lost a race with death when his son Paul R Conway 26 died Friday at Albuquerque N M hours be- fore the father was able to arrive there Mr Conway left his at the theater Wednesday night when he re- How would you like to be disturbed on your honeymoon by the poignant message of Samuel 71 benedict president of the American Federation of Labor to Syracuse delivered by the conductor of a New York Central railroad train last night Storm Cause case challenges trolley fare case In importance The i telephone Increases of December 1 i and September 1920 have j combined in a single case and Syracuse with Buffalo have been fighting against making a test caso which I will used in determining telephone i charges in 137 cities villages of I York State outside of Xew The testimony 13 all In and j briefs are to be submitted to the next week A decision by is impossible so thy commission will have to go over of testimony that has been taken and tho briefs before ing whether the increases of Xew York Telephone company are justified Huge Bond Insures The telephone users of Syracuse rind BESIEGED BY REPORTERS Mr Rompers and his bride boarded the train at New York to talk to reporters lie was besieged by them at the Street station and then locked the door of the stateroom The conductor had to establish his identity before th door opened to him to collect the tickets He was newspapermen to be kept at a great distance And he saw that it was done Meals were served iu tiie stateroom When tha train rolled into the IN NEW YORK cuse station the the room on the inside away from the range of vision of the ing platforms However newspapermen approached the train from the other side The new Mrs Gompers turned her back to the Sav Rush the samples shows less than 4 pvr cent of alcohol and from this amount it runs as high as S per cent And they it was Authorities Combine Efforts Federal State city and village are going right ahead with battle against the and the passage of the now laws paralleling the federal acts prohibiting est night nrul aeoo: passengers did not it well Crews admitted early night that most cars window continued with the meal Her husband apparently did not them for he continued eating the customary frown absent from his face The train pulled out before any effort to communicate with them through the window could be made s telegram urging him to hasten to the bedside of his son who was ing He was scheduled to arrive in Albuquerque Saturday afternoon Conway left here ago Saturday Tho Finn the for health He was a Central High ment changes was strangled to His parents live at 323 in 1918 I West street The body will A special panel of 150 talesmen from be brought hern burial whom the twelve jurors for the will be selected will be drawn April Decision to date probably will result In the of efforts to have Burton released j lo Give Commissioner of Public Safety Power to Suspend Offenders for Un- limited Periods on bail That physician has been held at the they will repeat through the since his on a years to France tiie great that Pershing spoke when lie a com- i As they lay there In their seemly I soldier graves when ho visited tha i cemetery where Americans buried at they every i who looked upon their j mounds a sense of personal in Continued on Pago 23 Column 3 Great Clothing Event For Women Tomorrow in an epochal event In of largest and In- lines of- women's garments shown In New assortment of tho season's effects drosses and were selected by Mrs Shanahan Ian on styles fabrics colors and workmanship ano garment Is and ex- tra valun for superior In this fine ore n number of models full formed women and smartness f and warrant several weeks ago He was arrested soon last returned the indictment Officials Say Part The case will be by Matter encoE assistant district FOR MAIL ROBBERY possession or of with half of one per cent of alcohol or more xii has made their tasks easier Prank T MiHor o public safety after an examination o tho new State announced tha believed the Syracuse police force should stop for th be from 10 more titan 300 single officers if th obeyed to the luiter But tho Tiie and the rain taxed its All the cars were ind several minutes were required filed bond with tho State to insure re- bate of overpayments in accordance rho decision of Public idea the Immense nf involved may be had from the rate OP single Syracuse jumped from to and then to almost a cent increase while the ran for singly residence lines was boosted I from 530 to 541 and then to 1 present commissioners fail to a in the trolley before surrendering tasks tii members it may mean a Ions people to pass through before a verdict is given in tiie over street car fares for Syracuse were to be I Several it was pointed out last night Great Pained that they were receiving of testimony have been taken were unable to get drinks Chief sorts of bits of metal in place of cobs from during the past Cadin was doing 00 well with for they did not have time i already at hi the fare bo and operate fare Sut The board of trustees declared war on liquor selling which An after cor- i nas beer was claimed was going on in broad had improv daylight in village and d materially ana the gamblers Have 10 Qualify cars were running with almost normal j Under the new ally told their police force to regularity Another contributing j have 10 days after their con- was the in the number of i by the State Senate in which passengers to take their new As they were After theaters had dismissed their i confirmed they need not again fc s expected however that an packed agreement will be reached under which at each stop of them ake the sam i tn Leases TO of the year If night mai was estimated last that not more than will on heavy with the I ain open as such after May 1 man carg we ost of their leases expire Cadin declared no saloon m th ere that they i time presumably early this week By Staff Reporter of the Herald April legislative calendars were cleared of all pending local bills early Saturday evening when the act authorizing the commissioner of public made in court under each of the in similar cases where a State board During the week arraignments were There was much excitement in out- attorney who presented the evidence before the grand jury in Their Possession Chicago arrests i were made today In connection with Resolution Adopted on tho Death the mail robbery at the Robert E At a special of the hoard of directors of Co held April 15 tho following resolution was unanimously tho death Tuesday April 12 1021 wo have lost a a staunch friend We recognize his conspicuous merchant to Ilia sterling character and strict and In all his dealings of a sociable arid ble wa and moro nnd ns time goes on of deepest a memory of the It hag been privilege to enjoy Kettle Co May Hospital will bo nnd 113 N Warren station ten days nn attorney Enwald Stevenson ire tiie prisoners part of the stalen In possession was found Grunewald officials attempted to one dollar bills into ten and at a The bills wero numbered tho Frank Sharp of an action in to 000 from tho Empire Injuries a trolley car struck CITY PROTECTED FROM GRABS While there was little local tion submitted during the present session of the Legislature the important piece of legislation was the Fearon which blocks the roads from grabbing abandoned canal lands through tho city Under this the city is amply protected Bars are erected which give the city six months In which to exercise Its right purchasing abandoned ramil lands from State before railway can take steps to obtain the lands is the first actual step of grade crossings in the city for It means city no matter how long the delays may be will some day obtain the canal land property Both houses of- the Legislature also adopted the city annexation These small strip of adjacent to the Tenth ward to a Country club property also Is taken city adopted ends the publication of Common Council session laws in an official city houses of the also passed which extends the during which taxpayers of SUIT TO COLLECT TRANSFER TAXES Wendell Directs Malpass tc Take Action Delinquents James A Wendell State comptroller has directed Malpass to bring suit against several estates tb taxes assessed in-Onon- daga county Tho payments on these estates Mr Wendell district attorney ire long overdue action is to lie directed Mr against estate of Thomas who died ber 4 -1916 The comptroller holds that the tux assessment of Is unpaid Similar will bo Brought against other estates it was said ifor district thing cnn payments lying districts on account of battles the police authorities and leggers Malone near the Canadian border apparently was the center of action find several exchanges of lets between United States officials and I commissioners to dispose of work In hand It might be possible that the decision in regard to the Syracuse trolley fare Is so near completed that an opportunity will be given the old board to file it and make j effective Trolley Fare Big Problems i The has been made that Seek a seven-cent rate of fare be i u- 41 granted the Syracuse linos The Membership tor tiie i whole aspect ot the fare First Time b3 the THREE ALUMNAE CANDIDATES FOR HILL TRUSTEES Women Graduates Three alumnae are among the for the five positions the sheriffs on one side board of Syracuse leggers in on the other reported Escape Friday night two men claimed from were arrested at- Malone utter swapping bullets with the United States marshal the and a customs but were being taken to the tail one- picked up anv iron and struck with stunning him so they made Tho night before wanted of the approach of automobiles the federal arid waited on the main and tried to halt but they to dodge bullets and made -off Two of collided one deputy received a of captured four arid to be filled at the time of tho an- meeting of the Syracuse sity Alumni on 11 Two of these Syracuse Mrs Grace 93 of 609 Comstock avenue and Mrs Harriet B Wallace S-l South Crouso avenue Tho third Is Mrs Jano Bancroft son of Pasadena Cal of the class ot 77 This Is tha first time that women have competed for membership on the board of trustees to servo among graduate representation Syracuse alumni nominated for Charles E Cooney 97 Henry 03 Neal Brewster 02 Tooke 91 and Dr Albert 97 Pittsburgh and Cleveland alumni clubs have tered a man making a total for the board j alumni association on a method of fixing tho the successful candidates the term depending on tho number of votes hte men Tho wo occupants gave c tf names as GeorEe Conrad and James H Print for paper for io any reasonable price ments to the Xew York Transit com- mission which Governor Miller had written Into law valuation of street railways and th's fixing of fares Some persons inter- if to mean that valuations were to be governed somewhat by estimated earning power tinder a of j x fare The proposition may the subject of -a full conference both boards before a determination IB In to new gas fates the Hammond act prescribing a t rate a which the company claims production cost tu by tha visions new public service ami the company tl yes were expected to ask slon Instead of cents charged present Tho Ing Company officials point out that gas rates In every aro higher thoso In v Syracuse Many cities this has Just Issued anf order a rate of has
