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1 TIIE RHOOKLYX DATLY EAGLE. NEW YOTCK. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER T. 192T.

IUSEH IS 4 e. r.is fj a i ar. of to Akers corroborate! Ccuj't "oy Proves Old Lee, Handcuffed to 1 REFUSE TO TESTIFY IN PROBE OF 'FRAUD' AT REGISTRATION LEE WEARS SLULE AS HE AND JURY GO TO MURDER SCENE Sets Fire to Play Hero I I '-A Revisits Scene SEEK TO CONFINE HOSPITAL FIREBUG AS INSANE PERSON Continued from Page Ferris, testified that they were present at the fire, that they arrested Rohde and that he confessed to them, in the presence of other officials, setting fire to the hospital building by striking a match and applying It to an oily rag In a bureau drawer on the upper floor of the building. Probably Won't Face Trial. The indictment will probably not, however, be carried through to a trial.

Instead, the prosecutor's plan Is to have Rohde committed to a hospital as a pyromaniac, where he can be detained indefinitely, as long as the yearning to set fires remains In him. Sanity Test Sought "The longest sentence he could get on conviction," said Mr. Dodd, "would be 20 years, so that with time off he could be out again in perhaps 15 years at most and out if he still has pyromaniac tendencies reaay to set other homes and hospitals on fire." Rohde, a slightly-built, round-eyed, ineffectual-looking member of the drifting army of 60-a-month laborers, was "very sorry," he told District Attorney Dodd, for having set the fire which resulted in 1100.000 loss and endangered the lives ot 325 patients at the nospitai. ne was aiso very sorry" for having set four or five fires in Brooklyn 10 years ago. But he had done It "for the excitement" and to a hero.

He had always wanted to be a fireman and rescue people. He wanted to be a hero. But he had "bum feet," he said, which kept him out ot the fireman's uniform. Freed by Jury 10 Tears Ago. Records of the Brooklyn Supreme Court showed that Rohde.

then living at 396 Court was indicted in June, 1017. for second degree arson, trted and acquitted by a Jury before Justice Cropsey on Nov. 23 of that year. He was then 32 years old. The Indictment charged that on May 31, 1917.

Rohde had set fire to the residence of Charles Arfman at 442 3d st. In dismissing the Jurors the Court severely reprimanded them for having acted contrary to what he considered the overwhelming weight of the evidence. "I hope." he said, "now that you've let him go free that this man never sets fire to any of your homes." The Jurors who returned this acquittal were: Charles J. McGuinness, Charles Mclntvre, George Paul Kru-menaker, William S. Davis.

Rowland V. Gibbons, Herman Rabe. Harry F. Williams. Harry H.

Rogers. Harry R. Betwr, Edward Smith, Thomas J. Haban and William D. Boardman.

Faker Collapse. Fire Marshal Brophy had no difficulty In obtaining a confession from him. "The fact he commented today, "that frequently among the hospital porters or orderlies we find subnormal persons, and sometimes this sub-normality takes a dangerous Urn, at the present case. "How such persons can be kept out a problem. The hospitals, with very small wages to nay lor this work, have great difficulty In gcttln? onybody to trke the Jobs and they dj the best they can.

As soon as I Interviewed Rohde yesterday I know he was faking. I got a doctor to examine him. however, and ho agreed that the man was pretending to be overcome by spoke. That was pari jf his heroism. Orderlies Low-raid.

"He was faking, but when I recognised him and recalled his arson activity of 10 years ago. he contested right away. He even confessed to thst other fire of 10 years ago on which he was acquitted." WeKare Commissioner Bird Coler. who has rhnrge of the city hospitals, also took the view that hos pital orderlies 01 the type now employed are a potential menace, but that no improvement can be expected unless they are better paid. Hrlflers Employed.

"You cannot get labor of a hleh grade for anywhere from I'M) to i0 and w'O a month. 1 he brat you can "xnect Is the derelict who floats In from the municipal lodging house, 11 i .7 t. Ke-vy Eicw to r. e. IT ths Grand .1 on kcr.s oi th? in lUe GovernrnMit's it i.i '1 a terrific blow to Fjll and unora of were a', time of the trial cf Full a.d D3-neny.

but weie never II an attempt 10 br.be or tamper w.th a member cf the present Jury can substantiate, and traced to either Fall or Sinclair, the Teipot Dome rase may enter a new field ot sensation. In the search of the detectives hotel room, the Assistant District Attorneys said they discovered reports showing a concentration of detectives here, and that it was shown that each of the Jurors empaneled in the case was under "surveillance fcr vari-oua lengths of time, with the sole exception cf Jurlr No. 6, Robert C. Flora." Began Work Early. These detectives were said 10 have begun their work the day the jur, was swom In.

ascertaining smor.g other things to whom the Jurois talked, where they visited and the license number of cars in which they rode. The two assistant dis'rlct attornevs wore that In Ruddys room they found documents showing that he frequently was in touch with the "client" taking instruction from him, and that lie obtained quarters at the hotel to be "nearer the client's home and out of the beaten path." In one Instance, the affidavits said, tbe operatives had investigated the ownership of a home by a juror whether it was mortgaged, and who held the mortgage. It was alleged also that investigations were made into the financial condition of a man who reared next door to a Juror, "ai1 for the purpose of establishing a point of contact with the Juror in questiot Large Sums Expended. The detectives' reports were said to have shown that large sums of expense money were given the detectives, In some Instances running as high as 36 for a single day. All Jurors were constantly shadowed.

It was charged, end In one instance a detective took a room In the sam house with a Juror. When court re-convened at 1:30 this afternoon, and Justice Siddoiu was expected to announce a mistrial the scenes at the courthouse were remarkable as anything that occurred during the dramatic days of the original oil Investigation. Crowd Storms Doors, Several hundred people tried tc battle their way into the tiny courtroom. The families of Fall and Sinclair were present, scores of witnesses, an eminent arroy of counsel and dozens of newspapermen, who kept arriving In battalions of taxi-cabs as news of the sensation spread. Justice 6iddons mounted the bench In absolute silence, and to the enormous disappointment of the crowd, announced that he would reserve decision until tomorrow morning.

Fall end Sinclair, as well ts their counsel, looked very serious, while there was a grim and fixed expression on the jaw of Owen Roberts, chief Government prosecutor. When the matter was first brought tip by former Senator Pomerene it was agreed that the court take a recess and permit counsel to present the matter In chambers The Jury filed out to anteroom In charge of deputy marshals, and counsel followed the Justice to his chambers. The nature of the information to be laid before the Justice was not disclosed by the Government attorneys, but there was every Indication about the courtroom that It included affidavits which Involved at least one of the Jurors. One rumor was that the District Attorney's office had Investigated reports that detectives of a nationally known enency had been here since before the trial opened, trying to make contacts with the Jurors. The Jury Itself gave no sign that It knew what the halt In the trial was all bout.

A mistrial, which would be the natural sequence of such affidavits, would mean that all that has been done to build up the case against former Secretary Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair would have to be clone over again before a new Jury. The stroke came Just as the Government waa drawing toward a conclusion the evidence on which It hoped to prove that certain bonds passed from the Sinclair Interests to Fall soon after the then Interior Secretary signed a lease turning the Teapot Dome oil reserve over to a Sinclair company. Rumor of Two Affidavits.

The presentation by Government ttornevs today was said to have consisted of at least two affidavits, gathered after a day and night investigation carried on by agents of the District Attorney's office since lost Friday. In the short discussion which took place In open court In the presence of the Jury an a room full of breathless spectator Justice S.ddons said he was averse to considering matters In secret but he consented lo do so after having been advtied that the matter was on' that gave Government counsel the "gravest concern." Contents Kept Secret. "A trial Is always public." he said. But after a momenta thought he consented, and Invited counsel behind the doors ot his private office. The contents of the affidavits and the Juror or Jurors Involved were held secret for the time, at least.

Sinclair was summoned to Justice Slddons' chambers after Government counsel had presented the affidavits He waa accompanied by his personal lawyer, George Stanford. The oil operator wos found outsld" the courtroom, where he had retired for a smoke. Fall, who has been In bad health since before the start of the trial, retired to an anteroom. After Sinclair went Into the room several of the Assistant District Attorney! who Investigated the case were summoned. These Included Nell Burkenshaw, who had direct charge of the Inquiry since Its Inception.

NEW NEW MAIN 6000 is the new Telephone Number of EAGLE CLASSIFIED ADS if of Alleged Crime works until he gets paid, disappears, comes back again. And when ne comes back we re-employ him, for there are no others who will take the Job except others like himself. improvement in the city hospitals will come only when the Board of Estimate appropriates enough so that we can pay for better help." At the Kings County Hospital It was said today that three-fourths of the orderlies, porters and cleaners now at the hospital had been employed there before, this type of worker being "a wandering bunch" of careless, irresponsible men who make the rounds of hospital Institutions in the city, usually leaving on payday and going to the next institution when they are again without money or other resources. The orderlies are paid $40 a month, cleaners $30. None of Patients Harmed.

Rhodes, In the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, got the top figure of $60 and food. He had formerly worked for a grocer, officials at the hospital said. it was on recommendation of this groced. officials at the hospital said, that he was originally hired. That was in the spring of lv2i when his work was In the diet kitchen of the hospital.

In June or July he left, but in the fall he was re-employed. At the hospital today It' was said that none of the 78 patients who had been moved down on stretchers from upper floors of the main hospital building yesterday as a precaution against the possible spread of the fire which raged in the Internes' building near by showed any 111 effects from the experience. Denies Hospital Is Flretrap. Dr. Warren Cook, field secretary of hospitals of the New York Methodist Episcopal Conierence, commended the doctors and nurses of the staff for their wo In carrying out the sick.

Ha denied that the hospital was a flretrap. "Although the building la 40 years old," he said, "It Is equipped with the most modern of Are-fighting appll-onces and the staff of the hospital Is well drilled for emergencies such as occurred yesterday. The patients were all removed in safety and by noon were all back in their rooms again. As far as I can learn, none luffered from the experience." PROSECUTOR TO GET $500,000 SUIT FACTS The United States Supreme Court of Appeals, in upholding an order ot Judge Moskowltz dismissing an ac counting suit for $500,000 against the brokerage firms of Elkini, Morris today directed that testimony taken at the trial be sent to Federal District Attorney DeOroot. Isabella S.

Fishblatt is plaintiff In tne proceeding in question, rne Ap pellate Court acted upon the pre. sumption that perjury had been coin' mltted at the trial. Mrs. Fishblatt began her suit In June, 192(1. charging fraud In con nectlon with a settlement agreement made by her with the defendants.

Judge Moscowltz granted an order of dismissal some time later, whereupon attorneys for Mrs. Fishblatt filed an appeal. Marker Transferred Back To Coney Island Court Abraham Marker, chief clerk of the Coney Island Magistrates' Court, whj was transferred last April to the Homicide Court In Flatbush following charges that he had obstructed police raids on Democratic clubs, was transferred back again today by Chief Magistrate McAdoo. The chief clerk was welcomed bark by Magistrate Fish. Aurmblyman Maurice Bungard and other and he was presented with floral pieces by friends, who considered the transfer a vindication of the charge that he had used his Influence to avert a raid on the Coney Island Democratic League, of which he is chairman of the board of directors.

did not to to the dentist until Saturday. He lanced the Jaw to give relief and the bride went through the wedding ceremony with a smile. 1 he ceremony was performed at the Iiitheran Church of the Covenan. Catalpa and Buchanan Jamaica, by the Rev. C.

Hertel. On her return home the pain grew worse and yesterday the Infection of the jaw bTdtni serious enough to require Immediate treatment At th Mnltar.um th? report tcxlav 'hat hr "cond'tlin is good" pinrs nn'vn ti a'-lre is b1-fg to prevent spread oi the Infection. 1 Id JACK FUEU IN P.B.LGOLFPLAY Glen Head Pro Catplay Champion to the Half-Way Mark Other Scores Cedar Crest Country Club. DaUis. Nov.

1 HV-Waller Ilen. the defending champion, h'd a bd morning and finished 4 down Jck Farrell of Glen Kr-d. L. at the end of 18 holes In the 36-hole round of match in the P. O.

A. tournament here IIa gen had difficulty maiinj his putt drop over the nm of the cup and made several trips to the rough and woods to swell his stroke tot-1. Hagen made the turn 1 Cava and required a 6 on the 10th to go 2 down. The 11th and 12.h were halved. Hajen won the 13.

.1 with a 4 and then halved the next two holes. At the 16th he visited the trap and chopped over the green to go 2 down again. Farrell took no chances on the 17th and 18th, scoring birdie 3s, while Hagen was par on both holes. ueaar cresi (Country ciuo, Dallas, Tommy Armour, national open champion, took a one-hole lead on Johnny Farrell of Mamaroneck, N. by shooting a sensational 33 in the nine.

The two stars drew a steady stream of applause from the gallery as they got away sensational shots. Farrell lost the first, third and fifth, bus retrieved one at the seventh, where Armour was forced to slice his aD preaches around a bunch of trees. ine eighth was halved and at the ninth Farrell was deep In a gully of cedars 100 yards from the green. His approach was two feet from the pin, while Armour was trapped and lost the hole, to be 1 up. Farrell captured the 11th and 14th to go I up.

At the 13th he gained a half only by pitching over a dead stymie and at the 16th he was forced to make the same shot. Using a niblick, he made his ball hop over Armour's, which was eight inches from the pin. In each instance his ball dropped squarely Into the cup on the second bounce. At the 17th Farrell found a deep trap, pitched from there to a small burn and fro mthere over the green. Armour was down in a par 4 and halved the round up to that point.

Bobby Cruickshank of Purchase, took four of the first nine holes from Anthony Manero of New York and Tom Harmon of Yonkers was all square with John Perelli of Feather River Inn, Cal. Albert Alcroft of Youngstown, Ohio, who shot a sparkling 144 to qualify, was oft of his game and ended the first nine 0 down to Morte Dutra, of Tacoma, Wash. Charles Guest of Hollywood wae 3 up on Roland Hancock of Wilmington, N. and Al Esplnosa was 1 up on Mel Smith of Portland, at the turn. Harry Cooper of Los Angeles waa 2 up on Eddie Murphy of Chicago at the ninth.

CHECK INDORSING FRIENDS' CUSTOM, SAYS MRS. KNAPP, Continued from Page two years and Is now biting the Indigestible cake. "Now I'm having a mouthful of the real stuff and I am having a hard Job swallowing," she said, "especially since my heart has been right. But I am glad I have been Secretary of State and I am glad this Investigation has come up, as long as there is any breath of suspicion. I want to clear up this situation for the future of women in politics." When Mrs.

Knapp was asked It she would consider holding public office again, she smiled and held up hes, two hands. Not Tired of Politics. "Please excuse me from answering that," she said. "Don't think I am tired ot politics, however. I still expect to take an interest In political affairs." Mrs.

Knapp seemed particularly anxious to clear up any references that have been brought out in the hearing concerning her relatives. She said they would have willingly testified before the Inquiry If they had been asked. "Much of the work done for the census by my brother, Charles A. Smith, for Instance, was of a confidential nature," she said, "which mar explain why It was said he was not seen around the Capitol much. For example, my brother investigated the report In Steuben County.

The Chamber ot Commerce complained the census did not tally with their figures. My brother spent much time in the county before he found out that the Inmates of the Soldiers' Home had not been counted. He reported that directly to me. He did at least 20 such Investigations." Surfers Under Strain. One confidential worker rowed out five miles on a lonely Long Island shore to report 17 persons in the census, Mrs.

Knapp told, in explaining the scope ot the work. "Suppose I had failed, my friends, in this business. I did not faU. The census waa never so completely taken. That haa even been brought out at the bearing" Mrs.

Knapp remains In New York until tomorrow, when she returns ti her desk in Syracuse University, where she la dean of women. She waa lively and friendly duilng the Interview, but appeared to be sufferlnj under the strain of forced gayety. Mrs. Maedonald Do Witt, a former Brooklyn woman Republican leader, called at the hotel today to t-'l Mrs. Knapp of her confidence In her.

"I don't blame ymi a -r not testifying." Mrs. De Witt told her. "A murderer is allowed the rl-ht of cross-examination and It is til'v for them not to al'ow you to be represented by counsel." "I think so. too." Mrs. Knapp said.

Mrs. Knapp's Affidavits Are Returned by Le Coeuf Albany. N. Nov. 1 t) Regr-t vt A'eran'W Otis h1 a-sVd tils client.

Mrs. Florenee E. S. Knapp. not appear as a witness before him In 'S investigation of t-e B't ernsos, was express-d in a letter sent M'.

Otis toiv hv J. I loeuf Jr th Mot4 Art C-nmls-lor who conducted th Inquiry. Mr. Le Boeuf told Mr. Otis that 'here was no n-d of further ion on the po ht.

In view of Mm. Knsno's refusal to t-sil'v In th pro--fedtnt. C'Tnl'-ionrr I Bvuf Mr. O'li th thr affidavit bv Mrs. Knm 'hat hd been 'fed with him Ill's, he said, was In icrordenrf With his proe-diiri with efnence lo all 'lomun'catlon, i-trrt u1" ---d.

r'-l-h wr not bv evidence properly in the record." 14 Witnesses Decline to Sign Waiver of Immunity Blank May Ask Their Indictment. Special Deputy Attorney General William A. Blank's Investigation of alleged fraudulent registration in Brooklyn and in particular of Albert Martin Cohen. Democratic candidate for the Assembly In the 23d A. today came perilously near collapsing when some 14 witnesses refused to sign waivers of immunity before testifying.

Mr. Blank, a Republican, stated that he "may" take the matter before the Grand Jury and ask for indictments against the recalcitrant witnesses, who were advised to take that position by Congressman Emanuel Celler, Alderman Walter Hart and other Democratic attorneys. Further complications confused the investigation when Candidate Cohen, on the advice of counsel, refused to sign the testimony taken by Mr. Blank's stenographer on the ground that it was "unfair and misleading and not a true record of the proceedings." In a Joint statement Issued today. Congressman Celler, Alderman Hart and David L.

Malbin charged the Deputy Attorney General with con ducting "an investigation for purely partisan and political purposes," and with refusing to make inquiry into alleged fraudulent registration of Republicans and Socialists when the names were offered by the Democrats. EYEWITNESS FAILS TO LINK UP GRAHAM WITH MURDER CAR Continued from Fage the murder. Because of the clocks she was sure It was 10:15 when she saw what she says she did see. And because of the calendar she knew that Aug. 27 was the day she saw it.

Mr. Snltkin. who Is attorney for Graham, found her Just a little bit better than Gibraltar in these two subjects. Heard "an Explosion." Mrs. Shyttle told Assistant District Attorney Brothers that she had seen a car drive slowly east on 52d hes itate in front ot No.

401. that she had then heard "an explosion" and then had seen the car go over to tne other side of the street and stop in front of No. 412. Then a man got out, she said, walked around the machine and proceeded to get in again, "I saw him put some sort of a slouch hat on another man who seemed to be slumped down in the car," she affirmed confidently. But when she came to identify Graham as the man who walked around the car she failed dismally.

The best she could do was to say that the man waa tall and wore a dark suit. Closes Eyes to Guess Time. Snltkin, very much interested In that car, asked her at one point to close her eyes so she couldn't see the clock and to give him an estimate of how long the machine was in her vis- Ion. The woman tried hard but she didn't play fair Every now and then she peeked. It turned out to be 2 minutes and BO seconds when she finally opened them permanently.

"That's Just the time," she announced firmly. The lawyer battled hard to show there was something radically wrong with her testimony. She admitted her house is seven feet back of other buildings and that her awnings were down that day. snltkin tned hard to show that she actually couldn't have seen anything. And, Incidentally, that little difficulty may result in taking this Jury over to the East Side so they can see for themselves lust what Mrs.

Bhytue could see from her window. Anxious to Please but 1 The good lady witness was anxious to plea.se. but when she got rjeeved she was something of a spitfire. But tnitKin just smuea ana smiled. He got her In bad Jam when she forgot she had once said that the machine she saw had come down E.

62d it very fast Today she said it was going alow. "Guess 1 was wrong the first time she snapped angrily. Ana tne wok ene gave Mr. snltkin was not at all nice. Weak on Distances.

In the matter ot distances Mrs. Shyttle was not very clear. She couldn't tell how far the car was away from her. She couldn't tell how wide the street was. she was very confident on the time and the date she had admitted she owned a clock and a calendar in (very room, you know-but she was weak on distances.

She evidently doesn't have a yardstick In every room. She told District Attorney McGee-han of the Bronx Just after the murder that the person she saw slouched down in the car was a girl, Snltkin prodded her on that point and the lady got very, very angry as she said, "That wasn't true." And then she became all smiles again as Snltkin. beaming all over, asked If he might ask a delicate ques tion. She said yes. "How old are you?" he asked.

"Huhl" she repl ed, with a big grin which pushed away all the scowls. "That ain't so delicate. I'm 43." And there the session ended. Warehouse Fire Imperils Millions in Antiques Fire early today endangered $10, 000.000 worth ot merchandise stored in the Appraisers Storage Warehouse at 641 Washington Manhattan. Shortly after closing time last night a watchman detected smoke but waa unable to trace It.

The smoke waa not again In evidence until early today when it was traced to a Un closet on the second floor. The fire caused some damage to a partition there. On the third floor of the building are stored antiques valued at several million dollars. F. J.

H. Kracke. Appraiser of the Port of New York, is Investigating the cause of the fire Royal Visitors Arrive On the Liner Majestic The White B'ar liner Majestic ar tlved today with the following: The Duchess ot Rcsburghe, Countess Zop- pola. Ledy Clipperton. Marquia Jule Desolt Sauven.

Count Kcmo Trott. and Baron Van Lrden. On the CeiUi of th White Star Lin, arrlvina yesterday, were the following Bro'iklynltee: Dr. and Mrs W. Faweett Shaw of 1210 paclflo Miss Nora Lolly of 7Cft Park pi Miss Bertha terres and Mrs.

A. White of. Clinton ave. Gruesome Visit Makes Little Impression on Man Said to Have Killed Woman. Ludwlg H.

Lee smiled and posed In the sunshine in the back yard of 28 Prospect pi. today while the 12 blue ibbon Jurors and County Judge Alonzo O. McLaughlin went through the house and the basement where Lee is alleged to have murdered and hacked to pieces Miss Sarah E. Brow-nell and Mrs. Selma Bennett during tne nrst two weeks 01 July.

Lee rode with two guards in the front seat of the motorbus that took the Jury and Judge McLaughlin to Prospect pi. There was a smile on his face when he stepped out of the bus. his right wrist manacled to that of one of his guards. And there was a smile on his face when he walked back down the front steps after he and the Jury hed groped their way through the cellar with two flashlights. smiles for Cameras.

Capt. George Bishop led the way. Judge McLaughlin. Assistant District Attorney Frederick Kopff and Edward J. Remy, deiense counsel, loilowed.

Then came Lee ahead of the Jury- When Lee came out of the back door on the basement floor he looked up at the news photographers perched oh the lence and smiled wmie tne cam eras clicked. But the smile on his face belled his feelings, for his eyes shifted nervously from one object to another as he went through the house. After everyone had come out he went back Into the house with his guards to look for a hat he had left behind him when he was whisked away to police headquarters that July morning when he was accused 01 tne crime. Taxi Driver on Stand. Yesterday afternoon Harry Boyce, a taxi driver, testified that at 3 o'clock in the morning of July 9 he vas hired by a man carrying a black handbag at Baltic st.

and Sth ave. with instructions to "Just drive along 5th ave." 'Was this the man?" Remy asited, pointing at Lee. no," said tne witness. 'As a matter of fact," Interposed Assistant District Attorney Jfopf, who is prosecuting the case, "when you lewed the lineup a lew days alter the defendant was arrested you picked out two men as the one you had driven and neither one of them was Lee, didn't you?" Yes," Boyce admitted. 'Then you really don't know the man you drove, do you?" asked Kopf.

me witness was suent ana sat down. Dr. Paul O. Fieri, 410 Clinton who la attached to the Long Island College Hospital, on cross-examination, after Mr. Kopff had repeated the people's testimony that Mrs.

Ben nett died ot an incised wound, was asked If the wound was post or ante-mortem. The witness gave the latter as his opinion. HEARING DELAYED, CROWD GRUMBLES After a hearing today before the Board of Assessors on the proposed sewer in Hamilton ave. and a system in Jamaica, action on the latter project was adjourned until Nov. 29.

The Hamilton ave. work will cost, according to estimates, about that in Jamaica $18,310,000. The hearings were scheduled to start at 11 o'clock. At 11:15, when Chairman Oeorge S. Byrnes had not appeared, grumblings began to come from the more than 1,000 persons who had assembled for the hearing.

Finally William J. Murtaugh, a member of the Queens Hillside Civio Association, arose and, speaking In a loud voice, demanded: "Why all this delay? Why aren't we meeting on time?" "Who are you?" demanded Chairman Byrnes, who entered the room in time" to hear the question. "We'll meet when we get ready." Then he explained that other matters had kept the board busy. Before the hearing on the Hamilton ave. sewer assessment was closed, Thomas J.

Hlgglns, representing a number of property owners, said the assessment was the "most glaring hardship on any particular group of Brooklyn people." Mr. Byrne said he would announce a decision as soon as possible. MOTORCAR RILLS ROBERT DRUMMOND Father of Coal Exchange Secretary, a Life-long Brook-lynite. Robert Drummond. 79 yean old, of 191 LefTerU father of Samuel Drummond, executive secretary of the Brooklyn Coal Exchange, and widely known bxo businessman, died earl ythls morning in the Kings County Hospital of tnlurtes he received last night when he was struck va motorcar at Bedford and Lef-terts aves.

He waa a lifelong resident of this boro and was formerly In the printing buslneta. Mr. Drummond Is survived by his son an da daughter. Mrs. Oeorge W.

Rtewait Services will be held at his late home Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Interment will be in Cypress Hills Cimctery. Posing at Garbage Men, Bandits Rob Rettaurant Newark. Nov. 1 1) Ordering the proprietor, two patrons and the cook under a table to await their turn.

three gunmen apparently masqttered lng as garbage collectors early this morning robbed the men and the cash register at the oriental restau rant. 69 Ortentnl and escaped with and Jewelry valued at UOO. George Biackman, the proprietor, believing the robbers to be Halloween revelers, was struck on the head with a pistol butt when he laughingly rt fused to crawl under the table. The men were dragged out singly ind robbed In turn. Bankruptcy Petitions iitma t.r.viNK dry sM.

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U.H- sn BiM M.i..v.in; aciiiaty. Lummii, Mil Mil, II Sidney Perlow. Sidney Perlow, 13. who chased a bandit Into the arms of the police as his defiant answer to a demand to stick 'em up," had the satisfaction of seeing his man, Joseph Sansoni, 34, of Yonkers, held without bail for hearing Nov. 4.

when arraigned before Magistrate Sllbermann in Jefferson Market Court todayV charged with robbery. Sidney, who snatched an imitation automatic from Sansoni's hand near his father's clothing store at 31st st. and 6th Manhattan, and struck the bandit over the head, also heard Assistant District Attorney Louis A. Wasser say that he had helped capture a man who had been hunted as a robber and a forger by police of both Manhattan and Brooklyn for weeks. And Incidentally Sidney helped an other boy to even the score, when Eric Michaels, 17, of Sheepshead Bay, identified Sansoni as the man who Jerked him into a hallway near the butcher shop at 1304 Kings Highway, Sheepshead Bay, Saturday night, and robbed him of $398 which he was taking to deposit in the Municipal Bank, nearby.

fcjansom was arrested April is. 1924, in New Rochelle, for forgery; on July 1. 1926, he was arrested here, charged with grand larceny, and discharged. Three weeks later he was arrested on a similar charge here and received a suspended sentence. COMMERCE CHAMBER TO START DRIVE FOR 10,000 MEMBERS At an enthusiastic meeting of the Chamber of Commerce In its new home last night It was decided to boost the membership from 7,000 to 10,000, and George V.

McLaughlin, former Police Commissioner and newly elected president of the Brooklyn Trust Company, was chosen to manage the campaign. The plans for the drive were outlined by President Ralph Jonas, president of the Chamber, who was host at the dinner and presiding officer. The attendance was remarkable for its size and the prominence ot those present in the business and so clal affairs of Brooklyn. The substantial character of the guests waa referred to by Mr. Jonas as the best evidence that could be furnished of the great Influence which the cham ber is exerting in the business and community life ot the boro.

It was determined to make the drive on Nov. 14, 13. 16 and 17. Lists of prospects are now being provided, Workers will go out in groups ot three ana report on new members daily. When the roll was called to determine how many present would work as can.

vassers there "was not single re fusal. The development of a comprehen sive program, which Its authors de clared will establish Chamber of Commerce as a vital force in the ad vancement ot the city, the progress 01 tne state and the stability ot tne Nation was discussed by President Jonas, Arthur S. Somers, a former president of the organization and a member 01 tne Board 01 Education Presiding Justice Edward Lazansky ot the Appellate Division of the Su preme court, former secretary of Commerce William C. Redfleld, a momber of President Wilson Cab' lnet, and former Police Commissioner George V. McLaughlin.

Reviews Work of Chamber. After welcoming the guests Mr. Jonas reviewed the work ot the Brook lyn Chamber of Commerce and outlined its carefully developed program tor the future. He described the work of the civic, industrial and statistical debartments and referred to their re action on the development of Brooklyn. Mr.

Somers pointed to the early construction of the Narrows Bridge from Fort Hamilton to Staten Island and the Industrial development ot Ja matca Bay as two ot the most im porta nt projects which will engage tne attention 01 tne organization. Rapid Growth of Body. Ex-President Somers referred to the raDid irowth ot the civic body from an organisation ot 4,500 a few years ago to its present position with an active membership of more than 7,000 men and women. He asserted that the work the chamber Is doing to extend the public school system Is so im portant mat lor mat reason aione, if for no other, tne organization oe serves the unqualified support of the commercial, business and professional Interests of Brooklyn. Former Secretary of Commerce Redfleld descilbed the possibilities of the great span proposed for the Nar rows, which will connect Brooklyn for the first time, not with Manhattan, but directly with the United States He told how the proposed bridge will considerably shorten th distance between Brooklyn and Philadelphia and Southern and Western point.

Com paring the project with the Camden Bridge, the speaker said that the proponed Fort Hamlltnn-Staten Island bridge will amortize Itself within eight years Instead of 17, as some engineers have estimated. Ex-Police Commissioner McLaughlin received a cordial welcome as he expressed his happiness in beinr able to resume his civic activities in Brook lyn. He pledged himself to the new work allotted to him. the chairmanship of the program movement which alms to place the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce in th forefront of the Nation's dvlo organizations. OBITUARIES ftVtn ef.

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Ernest Rhodes. 300 PYR0MAN1ACS LOOSE IN THE CITY, BROPHY REVEALS Continued from Fage 1. with these persons prowling around the streets." Sometimes Hard to Convict. Recalling the fact that a Jury ac quitted Rohde seven years ago, mucn to the amazement of then County Judge Cropsey, Mr. Brophy continued: There la another serious aimcuiiy we have to face.

We Investigate a fire. and on the outside of the crowd we find a man who has a record as a Dvromanlac. We arrest him, present our evidence and the Grand Jury sees fit to indict. Then he is tried and acquitted because the Jury is not sat isfied of his guilt. Most 01 inese men are very clever otherwise and can ably defend themselves.

I have known pyromaniacs to taae the witness stand in their own deiense and tell as good a story as you would expect from some one accused of a more Intelligent crime." SMITH TO ANSWER ROOSEVELT; CALLS COLONEL "WILD" Continued from Fage everything that goes on in the Democratic party of this State. Smith is the Democratic party. He has said so himself." Revertine to a simile of tne Army, the Colonel questioned himself on the Smith responsibility: "In the Armv who Is responsible for every act of the least of the privates? The colonel! Well, Alfred E. Smith la the colonel of the State Democracy. If a single leader of the Tammany forces one had.

as so many of them have, who is the man who should be held equally guilty witn mat cuiprur Governor Smith." Roosevelt's Motives. From a source very close to Mi Roosevelt It was learned that tne Colonel's purpose last night was practically threefold: First, to redeem himself In the eyes of the public after the Rochester fiasco and to show thai he has not been muzzled by the G. O. highcr-ups; second and most Important, to further his active candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1928, and third, to demonstrate by the length and learning" of his speecn thai ne nas brains and ability Whereas the Colonel at Kocnester stressed the 'red light" district 01 Albany and said that it "was crawling almost to the steps of the Cap itol," he did not mention vice in tne red light" sense once last nigni. This time It was gambling.

Attack Tammany. Smith's administration was "ft trumpeted business one," he declared. The Governor "did not have the con ditions In Albany investigated, because the Albany Democracy a pan 01 me Tammany machine on which you de-nnd for vour rjolltlcal advancement." Of Tammany Hall he asserted: "That great corrupt political macnine noias the metropolis in it grasp. From Tweed to Olvany the dynasty of Bosses stretches in an unbroken line. Methods have changed but fundamentals remain unchanged.

There Is no such thing as a new "Mr. Governor tne sneaker snouted "vou are an aspirant for the nomina tion for President on the Democratic ticket. Do you favor the reduction of this tariff on which depend the live lihood and prosperity of the working mn?" Althouah he criticised practically everything that Oovernor Smith has done during his three and more elective terms, the young Colonel took ma lor credit for ''giving a real Imp tus to the Walsh oil investigation" (In which he figured so prominently the messenger between tne navy department and Secretary Fall In the Teapot Dome scandal) by having his iMhla "hlow nft the lid." Ask Court 0. K. Removal Of Bodiet of Parents Miss Luella M.

Raymond and her sister, Mrs. Irene Harris, of Glens Falls. N. today asked Justice Dunne In Supreme Court for an order which would compel Greenwood Cemetery officials to allow them to remove the bodies of their parents. Oeorge T.

and Nellie Raymond, who died in 1920 and 1910. respectively. The children hava since taken up their residence in Olena Falls and thev ooint out It would be too great a hardship coming all the way to Brooklyn to visit the graves. The ren.etery officials opposed the application, contending that a mere change ot residence was not sufficient for removing bodies long burled. Just.ce Dunne reserved decis ion.

HARRY RASCOVAR BURIED Harry Fatcovar. vice president and treasurer of Albert Frank tt Co. ad vertlslng agents, who died suddenly on Saturday while dictating a letter at his office, waa burled In Beth-Alom Cemetery, Cypress Hills, following services In Temple Israel. Far Rock- away. The triple was crowded.

Masonic funeral services were also held at the temple under the auspices 01 uiymp.a uxige 01 rar Koraaway. The Rev. John O. Green, chaplain of the lodge conducted the service. Mr.

RjuMtrvar hsd been a member of 8t. Cecil Lodge, Manhattan, for year. The pallbearers were tenry r. nayes. v.

v. AOams. wti-lam Alsberg, Joseph Fried, Herman. Cdward I. Levy.

Rldnev rioraiuiger. eeymour Rltln. John Genre I ftelrtman. Louts H. PtrouK.

Benjamin Veil and isaaor wiunarc. Bride Who Ignored Toothache Spends Honeymoon in Hospital Miss Gwendolyn Msvnard. daughter of Mrs. Annie C. Mayrard of 30i Ocean ave who became Mrs.

Albert Walter on Satur.1.iy nljht. Is the first days of her mar-fiel the Hillside Bnnltarium. I7S-10 BVh ave, Jamalri, suffering Ircm 'mna resui.ir.c Irom a -re to: It whi'h sh" lisd bn tv isy to tare 1 ir Just helore the weJ-dm Mn. ns suTrrlrj from pvn (i; I tre h'r m-ir-! pti.f fii nrv l't'n! ii n-r d- 'y-t bvv preparing her wedding finery that she.