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NKW YORK CITY, SATURDAY, SKITEMHEU 8. 3928. 22 PAGES. THREE CENTS YN 1 D'OLIER MANHANDLED BEFORE DEATH, WIDE TEAR IN COAT SHO WS Fliers Conquer Fog And Reach Pittsburg In Class Air Derby Livingston First in Race Over Mountains Rowland Is Still Leading as He Arrives at Abilene, Texas, in Class A Flight From Fort Worth 4,000 Witness His Landing. noi KNEW I'Night Before'! Author Arrested at Court in Drive to Close Play Arthur Henry Held as 10 Actors Who Spent Night in Jail Are Arraigned Arrested as Curtain Dropped After Dis.

trict Attorney as Spectator Viewed Show. Roosevelt Field, Sept. 8 (P) The four Class planes of the cross-country air derby got under way at 10:37 a.m., Eastern Standard time, today. R. C.

fantvrell, flying a Lockheed-Vega, was first into the air. Pittsburg, Sept. 8 (P) Conquering a dense fog over the Pittsburg district, the first of the Class transcontinental air derby morning from Roosevelt Field. flying his Waco plane, and Carrying through their determination to stop "The Night the play which opened Monday night at Verba's Brooklyn Theater and which has been condemned generally by most persons and indecent, the police arrested entries reached Bettis Field this John II. Livingston of Monmouth, Joan Crawford to Wed Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Joan Crawford. Hollywood, Cal Sept. 8 Wl Joan Crawford, film actress, and Douglas Fairbanks son of the famous screen star, today announced their engagement, but it only srt the film colony buzzing on whether the two were already married. Cornered by newspaper men while she was on location yesterday, Miss Crawford admitted the engagement after some persuasion. Her fiance later confirmed the announcement when he was told what Miss Crawford had said.

Friends of the couple believe they already arc married, however, because of Jewelry Miss Crawford Is wearing and which they say is inscribed with the phrase "To my beloved wife, from Dodo." $hn mH A 1 1 I I ILL TO STUMP IN Even President to Take Up Cudgels, Though in Polite Way, for Ticket. Wall St. Odds Favor Hoover at 14 to 5 Latest reports from Wall st. place the odds at 14 to 5 that Herbert Hoover will be elected President. Previous odds were 2'v to 1.

According to J. 8. Fried Governor Smith Is still the lavor-lte, with the odds at 13 to 10 that he will carry New York Slaie. By HENRY SL'YUAM, While Herbert Hoover himself will limit his campaign to four speeches, three of which will be delivered in the East, the full resources of the Administration, In the speech-making line, will be thrown behind his candidacy. President Coolidge, according word from Wisconsin, will deliver one or two addresses, If need arise.

The President Is not keen on becoming a campaign orator, principally for the reason that such a procedure would not accord with his idea of the proper dignity of his office. He is willing, however, to deliver one or two general speeches in Mr. Hoover's behalf, which will be more In the nature of a review of Republican accomplishments than a discussion of controversial Issues. Whole Cabinet Lined Vp. Although he was a candidate himself In 1924, Mr.

Coolidge did very little active campaigning, and what little he did was formal in the extreme. He left the rough-and-tumble work to Charles G. Dawes, candidate for Vice President. The entire Coolidge Cabinet will deliver speeches for Mr. Hoover.

Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of Slate, will take to the stump to laud the administration's accomplishments in foreign affairs, with much emphasis on the recent multi-lateral treaties. Those who remember the resentment of Mr. Kellogg a few years ago at Mr. Hoover's frequent incursions into the field of the Department of State will smile at Mr.

Kellogg now campaigning to make Mr. Hoover President. The timid and nervous Mr. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, will be forced onto a public platform to make at least one speech for the Republican candidate. No matter what kind of speech Mr.

Mellon makes and no one claims that he is an orator it will be a good speech for Mr. Hoover, for the prestige of the Secretary of the Treasury Is enormous, and anything that he says with regard to Federal finance has the authority of gospel to the average business-man. Few Thrills In Store. The rest of the Cabinet are no great shakes, when it comes to campaigning. Curtis D.

Wilbur. Secretary of the Navy, has not done much speech-making in the past few years, or even since the President discovered that Mr. Wilbur usually said the wrong thing. Dwlght Davis, Secretary of War. Is an Indifferent, routine speaker.

For the rest Postmaster General Harry New, Attorney General Sargent. Secretary of Labor Davis, and the two recent accessions to the Cabinet. Messrs. West and Whiting, none of these men is apt to add much thrill to Mr. Hoover's campaign, but being Cabinet officers, their words will inevitably carry a certain prestige with the voter.

The Cabinet speeches will be the full-dress part of Mr. Hoover's campaign, to which must be added the figure of Charles Evans Hughes, who tops them all. Mr. Hoover is being reserved to do execution upon the Democratic ticket in New York State, but his speeches will be broadcast throughout the nation. Mr.

Hughes Is probably the most distinguished personality in the Republican Party. Through his record as Secretary of State and his subsequent public services, he has acquired a position which few men who have not been President have ever occupied. All good speakers on the Republi can sine of the Senate will be thrown into the breach William E. Borah of Idaho, the ablest of the lot, will go West to "mop up after Governor Smith in a series of 100 percent Dry speeches. The solemn Senator Fess of Ohio will deliver his ominous platitudes in various places.

There has been no suggestion, however, that Vice President Dawes, who was done out of renomination at Kansas City because of the President's opposition, will take the road In behalf of the Administration ticket. c.rmF or i.oso isr.ANn Npw 1A2S edition. Inrludrs new Pive-cnlnr Routt Mp, SI In. by 15 In. RoiitM and dUtuncM.

Motor Vfhlrlf Lw. At Eal offices and dealers. Guide and mep, by null, Atlv. HE HOOVER 1 YANK, ATHLETIC FIRST PLACE FIGHT Either Team Will Assume Right to Top Stage Set for Tomorrow's Drama. Before nightfall Connie Mack ma) realize in part the ambition of 14 years standing.

This morning the Yanks and Athletics are tied for first place In the American League, but that taunt situation cannot continue through the day. Either one team or the other will assume all right to the top because, while the Yankees are playing one game here the Athletics will be staging another twin bill up at Boston, weather permitting. Connie Mack hasn't been in first place since 1914. It was immediately anci lining me worm series tha year 10 tne miracle Braves, under George Stallings, that he broke up his great machine. Since then he has osen lingering in the shadows, trying uui iniuuieus 01 Dan players.

Teams Are Deadlocked. Until his great SDiirt tni vear looked as it he was in lor another disappointment. The Yankes were breezing through to their sixth fla? in eight yeirs when they fell into a terrible slump and their big lead faded away. Yesterday was the greatest he has known since Collias, Baker, Plank. Oldring.

Mclnnis hung up their gloves for the last time at Shine Park in Philadelphia. The teams are deadlocked with 87 games won and 47 lost. Several nos sibillties are wrapped up in today's three gamei the rivals play. If the men of Mack break even and the Yank? win the Ruppertltos will go back into first place that, havs held for two years without being dispossessed 8hould the Athletics triumph twice, they are sure of holding all right to the top rung, regardless of what the Yankees do. But if the Athletics lose both games the Yanks could lose two and still go Into the lead.

Big Drama Tomorrow. This afternoon's task looks a little harder for the New York Americans than it does for Philadelphia, despite Continued on Page 2. Injunction Denied in Flat-bush Controversy Trial Transfer Granted. (Special io The Eagle.) Newburg, N. Sept.

8 Justice William F. Bleakley in the Orange County Supreme Court today denied a motion made on June 27 by John Ragonetti of Mount Vernon and the Hygrade Builders Supply Company for an injunction to restrain interference by Boro President James J. Byrne of Brooklyn, Buildings Superintendent Albert E. Kleinert and Police Commissioner Joseph A. Warren with the plaintiffs' sandpit business on the north side of Clarendon rd.

between Albany ave. and E. 43d Brooklyn. The decision Is hailed as a victory by Assistant Corporation Counsei James E. O'Reilly, who represented the New York City and Brooklyn boro officials.

Regulatory Power Claimed. The injunction suit attempted to restrain the operation of a notice, based on section 230 of the Building Code, which was directed to the plaintiffs cn July 2 by Buildings Superintendent Kleinert. Assistant Corporation Counsel O'Reilly contended that Kleinert possesses the power to regulate the Continued on Page t. GAMES TO OR BROOKLYN 0 OPH ELD KILLS HIS WIFE II JEALOUS FRENZY Hacks Her With Ax and Slashes Daughter, Flees After Writing Motive. rollrt scoured city today In a search for mldi'e-agcd, stolid and hitherto respectable Alfred Wheeler, wno, in a fit of frenzied Jealousy anortly alter midnight this morning, hacked his wile, Lillian, to death with an ax and slashed his 19-year-old Ilmdel, about the face and thi'oat.

The police of the Bath Beach station expected to have Wheeler under arrest today. They feared however that he might kill himself. In the kitchen of the Wheeler home, at i043 W. 7th Coney Island, which tne police found a bloody shambles from the mans maniacal attack, he had left a scribbled note as his explanation: "I did this because my wife tormented me." Wheeler was 48 and employed as an nilor hv the Brooklvn Edison Com pany. His wife also was 48 and they had been married more than a quarter of a century and brought up six children, the oldest 25 and the youngest 10.

Neighbors said that Wheeler had been steady, Industrious and sober, a "good father and husband," but subject to occasional fits of Jealousy. Mrs. Wheeler was a comely blonde. Rushes Out and Faints. The daushter, Hlndel.

had been at a moving picture performance last night with a neighbor, Thomas Meyer, 19. of 1945 W. 7th st. She left him at the door of her home, where he stopped to talk with George Mowray and Miss Evelyn Marks, who lives with her parents next door to the Wheeler home. In a moment she rushed out, screaming with pain and terror, blond streaming from her face, and col-i lapsed.

Behind her, white-faced and terror-stricken, was her younger brother. John, 10, shrieking In a thin, high voice that "he killed Mowrav and Miss Marks picked up the Wheeler girl and Meyer notified the police. An ambulance arrived. In the kitchen of the Wheeler home detectives found Mrs. Wheeler's body on the floor hacked almost beyond recognition and nearby a bloody ax and a blood-stained razzor.

Dr. Oioa, summoned from the Coney Island Hospital, pronounced her dead. The woman's head was battered, her clothing torn and her face and body terribly cut. Chairs were overturned, articles of furniture hurled about, and there was every evidence that she had put up a terrific but tain fight for her life. Miss Wheeler was rushed to the Coney Island Hospital, where 27 stitches were taken in her face.

Detectives waited at her bedside this morning in the hope that she would be sufficiently recovered to give a ktatement as to what had occurred when she entered her home. The boy. John, was taken Into the home of neighbors and put to bed. From him, also, it was expected the police would get a connected story of the killing of his mother, which he apparently witnessed. Walter Wheeler, the oldest son, who Is married and lives with his own family at 327 63d was aroused from sleep by detectives and informed that an accident had occurred at the home of his father and mother.

He hurried there and collapsed when he learned the truth. Guard Home of Son From Ax Murderer Hoboken, Sept. 8 (A P). Believing that Alfred Wheeler, who killed his wife and critically injured his on, Albert, in this city. A police guard was placed at the house.

Police of the Bath Beach district, Brooklyn, where Wheeler lived, informed the Hoboken authorities that fiev thought the man was on his way to Hoboken, possibly to attack other members of his family. Drys Raid Lindbergh's Favorite Lunch Counter Chicago. Sept. 8 The Drys have raided one of Col. Charles A.

Lindbergh's favorite lunch counters. In his mall pilot days "Slim" landed at the Maywood Flying Field. It was his wont to hop from the cockpit for lunch between flights. Always It was a sandwich and buttermilk at the Forest Inn nearby. Yesterday Federal agents patronized the inn and found three barrels of beer.

HERE AND NOW. Danger of N. Y. City sinking into tU io "not immediate" say scientists. No Indeed; too many holdup men here.

Professor Johnson of Columbia thinks the N. Y. area stopped submerging some 3,000 years ago, but Prof. Wlllebrandt of Washington, D. holds that N.

Y. started a second submergence at the beginning of the Volstead, or Wet, Age, In 1920. While Prof. Brady, this department's scientific wlz, believes the city will not be finally submerged by the pressure of Federal Prohibition enforcement before Sept, 29, 1997. Loral option Is a theory which In present practice gives one locality the option of drying up another.

Dry enforcement officials are continuing their hospitable custom of slapping travelers returning from Europe, and on Monday we are going to be at the plrr to see our homecoming offspring get the slnps we often feel like giving them but don't dare to because they are-getting too tall and high-hat. i HAKDINO, who have witnessed it as obscene ArtliKi. ll.nr,, rA.antlinf lt-ieh n( iiiui iiviii vu-euuiui Dorothy Henry, when he appeared in Adams Street Court this morning for the arraignment of the 10 members of the cast who were arrested last night. Henry was promptly booked on the charge of being the author of an indecent play. The ten members of cast are charged with taking part In an Indecent performance.

lot long before Henry was arrested. Emily Holt, attorney for the Actors' Equity Association asked Magistrate Mortimer Brown to dismiss the complaint against the 10 members of the cast. Magistrate Brown said there there was nothing before him to dismiss since the complaint of Acting District Attorney Joseph W. Gallagher who ordered the arrests had not been received. Await Complaint.

"There Is nothing before me now," said the magistrate, "except a pot of mucilage and an Inkwell." Answering a telephone call to his office at 10:45 a.m., Mr. Gallagher said he was busy in the preparation of the complaint and that it soon would be sent to the court. The arrests last night were due to (he vtligance of the police and Mr. Gallagher. It was evident that the police had some inkling of the nature of the play for on the opening night the presence of a policeman who took copious notes was observed.

Arthur Pollock, theatrical critic of The Eagle. In his criticism on Tuesday characterized the play as "crude dirt" that would not appeal to the clean-minded readers of The Eagle. The mysterious policeman evidently shared the view, for although his presence and identity has been shrouded in mysteiy by the Police Department, Mr. with two stenographers, Detective McCarthy of his staff and plainclothes men of the 11th Division, under Sgt. Thomas Cantwell, attended last night's performance.

What he saw was enough for Mr. Gallagher. He acted promptly in the Interests of a clean stage In Brooklyn to summarily halt the play, whose onlv apparent excuse for being was "dirt." Among the members of the cast arrested was Henry E. Dixey, 69-year-old character actor, who was an outstanding favorite of the last generation. Fred De Latte, manager of the theater, also was arrested Held in $500 Ball F.arh.

Bail waji fixed at $500 each and appeal was made by the prisoners to Frank Gillmore, executive secretary of the Actors' Equity Association. Mr. Gillmore explained that he could do nothing, since real estate deeds and other securities he had were locked in a safe deposit vault unavailable at (hat hour. After a long delay the bail finally was obtained. Waiting until the final curtain had dropped, Mr.

Gallagher and his men went backstage and arrested six women and four men of the total cast of 17. They were bundled into a patrol wagon and taken to the police station after the audience had departed without an Inkling of the dramatic developments in the wings. The plot concerns a young girl, left an orphan with three younger brothers and sisters to support. In addition to Mr. Dixey, the members of the cast arrested were Miss Marv Romano, Catherine Stuart.

Betty Sherwood. Lucille Smith, Mar-Jorie Williams, Mrs. Antoinette Crawford. Edwin Kasper, Francot Tone and Ewlng Cherry. Loais Weisman Dies Suddenly in Street Louis Weisman, about 55 years old.

said to have been a real estate operator living in Brooklyn, died of heart disease earlv tha morning, nfter visiting friends at 151 2d Manhattan. Detectives of the Fifth st. station are Investigating to learn the address of the dead man. US POLICE SUICIDE IDEA Family Convinced Con tractor Was Attacked by; 2 or 3 Strong Men. Two outstanding new develop ments today in the inquiry into the death of William L.

D'Olier, strongly indicating that he wai murdered as against the suicids theory still publicly held by tha 1. The Eagle learned from a member of the OOlier family that the dead man's rnaL ihen II his body wan found in a lonely spot in Maspeth Sunday morn. Ing, showed a ragged 6-Inch tear down the back, which preclude i all possibility that It had been I caused by a fall and which has "absolutely convinced" tha I' D'Olier family that it was mur- der. 1 2. Dr.

T. S. XryUnd of I Wyekoir Heights Hospital, one of the first to reach the dead man and the first to lift his hand, told I District Attorney Richard S. I Xewcombe that the gun D'Olier'i hand was "loosely I held." with the fingers not flenched as they would be in a suicide's death grip, and dropped to the ground when he moved I the wrist. Confronted with the storv of th new tear In the coat.

District Nev. combe, for the first time today, six days after the dead body was found, revealed that he knew of this team. "The seam at the back of the coat was torn," he said, "but it was for a distance of about one-quarter of an inch to an inch. It was really a rip, not a tear, and the canvas lining iir. derneath was neither torn nor stained." He did not explain whv he had not mentioned this before and added that might have been caused by careless-handling by police or the undertaker after ihe body was found.

The police' Jiave, however, he said, denied that they did the tearing. The fact of the torn coat has con. vinced the family of the dead nresi. dent of the Sanitation Corporation not only that he died the victim of a murderer but that he was subjected to rough handling "by two, possibly three, strong men" in a struggle pre. itrwuiK me snooting.

The Eagle learned auout It from the husband of Mrs. D'Oher's sister, who is staying with the widow at her home at Concourse and Boulevard West Pelham. N. Y. He declined to give his name and asked that it be not published, but he was very pronounced in his convictioi that murder had been committed instead of the suicide theory which th police have been attempting to build up.

Family Convinced of Murdrr. He was asked: "Do you believe your brother-in-law committed suicide?" 'The entire family is firmly convinced." he replied, "that he was murdered." 'On what do you base that belief?" 'First and foremost we base it on the condition of his clothing. I mvself, with William D'Olier's two brothers saw his coat. There was a tear in it, a Jagged rip far worse than the. authorities have yet revealed.

Not only was the coat torn at the right lapel, and the vest underneath It as well, but the coat was also torn In the back through the renter, beginning-from the Imddls of the collar and continuing for a distance of six inches down between the shoulder blades. Attacked by Two or Three Men. "This has absolutely convinced ns that two or possibly three strong men attacked William D'Olier at the sam time from different sides." He took off his own ccat and showed where Ihe tear was. "Maybe." he continued, "thpre is an exp'anatlon other than murder possible of the torn coat and vest over ihe rhht shoulder. Maybe it is possible for a man who committed suicide to have these torn in that way when he falls.

But any one con see that this tear down the back of the coat resulted from an almost equal force being applied on each side at once." Make Death a Mystery. In spite of this categorical statement, both the police and tha District Attorney, tor some strange leason, have continued to make a mystery out of the D'Olier death, the police in carefully building up their suicide theory and the prosecutor muddling along In the wake of tho police. Gun Dropped From Hand. Mr. Newcombe revealed today that he had questioned Dr.

Neyland last night. "He (old me." said the "that, he lifted the right arm to feel the pulse and the gun dropped to the ground. The flniers were not clenched. Some detectives he could not remember who said he should not have touched the body and ha thereupon put the gun back, as nearly accompanied by M. B.

Allen of Troy, Ohio, landed at 11:14:45 a.m., New York time. Flier Lost In Fog. J. Warren Smith of McKeesport and A. L.

LItzenberger, Pittsburg, In a Cessna monoplane, landed second at 10:30 a.m. Three minutes later E. C. Schulz and W. R.

Yahner brought their Cessna plane down. Livingston reported that flying conditions were "terrible" all the way from Roosevelt Field. He said the log blanket was general and that he was not out of it for one minute during the flight. He did not glimp.vi the ground until he lauded. Livingston said his gasoline supply was Just cbout exhausted and he was preparing to make an Immediate landing when he spied the air field.

Smith, a Pittsburg resident, said that he was lost several times. Reports from Christy Park, a suburb, were that an unidentified plane was circling that section, unable to find a landing place. The sun was piercing the fog but visibility continued very poor. After a 30-minute halt here the racers hopped off for Columbus, the second stop station. The first accident of the race was reported to Bettis Field from Wash ington, where C.

W. "Speed" Hoi man and R. Gerad, of St. Paul, made a forced landing. Reports were that their Laird plane struck nose-on and turned over.

The pilots according to first reports were uninjured. Roosevelt Field. L. I Set. 8 L.

A. Shoenhair of Los Angeles took off at 7:18 a.m. today, leading the departure of 20 planes In the Class race of the trancontinental air derby Las Angeles. C. W.

(Speed) Holman of St, Paul, the winner of a $10,000 prize In last year's derby, was next away. "We'll win," Holman said Just before he gave his clipped wing Laird the "gun" and roared down the field. Intervals of one minute passed between the departure of each craft on their five-day Journeys of approximately 3.000 miles to the Pacific Coast. The planes headed lor Pittsburg, the first of 13 stops to be made, before the race ends at Mines Field, Las Angeles. Stuart F.

Auer of Milwaukee took Continued on Fage t. 'her husband, uiuho Gatti- Casazza, is director. "We intend tn remain ntxrfiMiv good friends." she said nin tn sing next season as usual at the Met ropolitan upera. Married 18 Years Ajo. Eighteen years ago, the singer married Gatti-Casazza, who two years before that had been appointed to the Metropolitan, succeeding Hein-rich Conried.

Three years ago they parted and six weeks ago Mme. Alda filed suit for divorce in Nogales, Mexico, on the ground of Incompatibility. The fact that suit to terminate their marriage had been begun came as no surprise to their friends, who had known for some time that their romance had ended. It was originally rumored that Gattl-Casazza had Instituted the proceedings in Mexico and that the papers had been served on Mme. Alda at her summer home at Great Neck, L.

but she nas empnatlcally denied this. May Not Contest Divorce Suit. Although Galtl-Casazza, who Is in Europe, could not be reached for comment and. despite the unwillingness of lawyers for both sides to discuss the case, it is understood Mme. Alda's action will not be contested.

"I filed suit six weeks ago." she said today, "on the ground of Incompatibility. It is not true that Mr. Gattl-Casazza filed an action against me. We have been separated now for three years, but we have always been perfectly good friends." Mme. Alda, who made her debut In 1908 at the Metropolitan, has been best known in the roles of Marguerite in "Faust." Lady Harriet in "Martha." Dcsdemoim In "Otello" and more recently in "La Cena delle Belle." Rha was born at Christchurch, New Zealand.

Oattl-Casarcra. to whom she was married In New York City on April 3, 1910, is native of Italy, Alda Asserts Divorce Suit Against Gatti Won't Halt Her Metropolitan Singing Soprano Declares She and Husband, Director of Opera Company, Intend to Remain "Perfectly Good Friends." Action in Mexico Won't Be Contested, It Is Hinted. Pola Negri Thrown From Horse in Paris; Condition Critical Pola Negri Paris, Sept. 8 lP Pola Negri, the mm star, is at the American Hospital here seriously 111 as the result of being thrown from her horse while she was riding In the Bow de Bou logne. The accident occurred about 8:30 p.m., Friday.

It was learned that a serious operation was found necessary and that it was performed at the hospital during the night. Friends of Pola said that at one time last night her life was despaired of. The star's mount was ambling through the Bois quietly enough, but a passing automobile frightened the animal. It shied so suddenly that the actress was thrown violently from the saddle. She landed hard and suffered serious injuries.

EUD DENIES SHE'LL SCRAP HER WITH FRANCE Calls It "Only Tentative," However Awaits Reply of U. Japan, Italy. London, Sept. 8 i.Ti Official denial was made today of reports published In two London newspapers that the Anglo-French naval accord would be abandoned. The reports said that adverse criticism of the understanding had come from various quarters and particularly from hostile American sentiment.

Government circles pointed out thai no action on naval accord could be. taken until an answer is received from ihe United States. Japan and Italy, to which governments the proposal have been submitted. Pact Called "Only Tentative." The officials recognize that the accord may not meet the views of one or more of these other countries, in which caso it may be necessary for the British and French to use some other method in bringing about an understanding on naval disarmament. Such an understanding Is needed to end the deadlock which prevails tn the preparatory commission at Geneva.

The body has been tring to prepare the way for a general disarmament conference under the auspices of the League of Nations. whose husband, an ex-convlct, had previously introduced her to Tobin. pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny In the second degree According to the police, Tobin and Mrs. Jensen worked together on a number of furnished room robberies. They would rent a room, it is said, where they thought they had a good chance of stealing things from the landlady and other roomers.

Today they admitted having stolen J2.300 in Jewelry and $20 in rash from Tillie De Vigne. of 586 Pacific st. After the theft was committed, they deserted their furnished room there and had a "celebration" In Atlantic City. Both Tobin and Mrs. Jensen were remanded to Raymond st.

Jail to await sentence next Friday, The proceeding she has begun in Mexico to terminate their marital relations will in no wise affect their business relations, Mme. hrances Alda explained today, declaring she will appear this year as usual as soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Company, of which Would Cut Marital Ties by The Feature Section of Today's Eagle Is Combined With the Main News Section. -J I Tries to Free Woman Thief Bij Taking All Blame for 'Job' THE FUN SHOP WILL START ON AGLE FEATURE PAGE MONl'Ai Readers are invited to contribute humor, epigrams, jokea, poetry, burlesques, satires and bright sayings of children, which, if accepted, will be paid for. James Tobin, a (all. gaunt man of 24, today pleaded earnestly with County Judge Algeron I.

Nova to be allowed to take the entire blame for a burglary committed by him and Mrs. Muriel Jensen, 27, of 862 Union street. "If you would earn the undying gratitude of a thief, let her go, Judge r.nd let me shoulder the whole Job." said Tobin, who lives with his wite and two children at 434 61st st. "Though your motive may be commendable. I am afraid I cannot grant your appeal." replied Judge Nova.

"However, I will go as far in your behalf as the law will permit." Tobin then took a plea to burglary In the third degree, while Mrs, Jensen, as possible In the same position in I hich he had found It. Another detective then picked up the gun, broka Continued on Page i.