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I Tim nnooKLYX daily eagle, xew yokk. Friday. DECEAmnR 9. 102; WALKER APPEALS If She Lous $45,000,000 She'll Stm Be Rick I Brother-in-' Ryan, Found At Desk in Connolly's Office, Silent on Contract Bonds FiSGIST Doivn House TniTimir innnnp1 Lwed to Bmld Cigar Store FROM COURT BLOW AT SUBWAY BONDS I i I fi1 A 1 aw. fl DORI5 DUKE I Ton see, I wanted ta talk to him about all that ttift about his betnc th brother-in-law, and all about how he grta an those contract "He tent in." -Will be la soon I cant wait you know." "I dent know" "Be you suppoe anybody else saicht know?" No.

nobedv knows." -will be be in toinorrowl Or Sunday?" I dont know Way Not Call Bee HaO, QaeeaeT "Well. now. doesn't the man work for you lent there some way he could be reached maybe by telephone?" "He only our outside man." he replied. He don't have any office here. Whv dou you call htm at Boro Hall?" "You mean in Queens?" "In Queens This waa certainly a constructive thought, and so the anxious inquirer turned to the telephone book and sought out Bora President Connolly telephone number.

Under "City of New York. Boro President, Queens," he found It Stillwell $400. After the usualy polite preliminaries with a couple of operators a male voire answered. "Is Mr. Ryan there?" asked the inquirer.

It was getting to be a sort of automatic question "Walt a minute I'll see. Who ants htm?" It turned out that "the Brooklvn office" wanted him you can be too careful In such matters, and presently a new voice answered: Mr. Ryan Found but Is Terse. "I'm Ryan. What do you want?" It was something of a shock.

"Joseph Rvan?" "Yes, that's the one. What Is it?" "Well there's heen all that talk In a aT K7' 7 in REMUS DEFENSE CLOSE AS FMEiSTESTIFY Exajudje, Who Got Auto From Slayer, Describes an Insane Spell. Cincinnati. Dec Two character witnesses from Chicago, where he deserted a promulng legal practice te come her and engage in boot-lrggmg. testified for Oeorge Remus in his murder trial today, closing the de-fenae verbal testimony.

Only a few deposition remain to be read. Michael Igoe. South Park Commissioner, and Joseph La Buy. former Municipal Court Jude. were the Chi-eagoans who said Remus' reputation for peace, quiet and citizenship was good.

Convinced of Insanity. Mr. La Buy testified, however, that Observations of Remus after his re lease from the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Oa Sept 2. Itii. had convinced him the defendant was insane prior to the time he shot and killed Mrs.

Remus In Eden Park here, Oct. 6 last. Igoe admitted he once received a $230 campaign fund check from Remus when running for State's Attorney. Former Judge La Buy testified he had practiced law In Chicago 2S years end had known Remus all of that time, occupying the same suite of offices with him years. Ramus' Change Described.

His conclusion that the sane Remus he had known in the Chicago days hid become insane was formed, he said, when Remus visited his home two months after his release from prison. "He wasn't the same man 1 had known," said the former Judge. 'Oh, my God, Mrs. Remus is driving me he exclaimed. 'Sine I came out I have found out that she has all my property.

I gave her my power of attorney. Now she won't talk to me. She says she Is going to divorce me and going to have ma "He wouldn't stay seated one-half minute. He looked wild and would Jump up and walk around. Judge La Buy admitted Remus had given him an automobile but explained it was in settlement of a debt.

The first deposition read was that of John W. Snook, Warden of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary It set forth that Mrs. Remus visited Remus, who rebuked her. Suddenly Mrs Remus exclaimed she was afraid of Remus, that he had threatened to strike her. lfc Photo shows the old three-ttory frame house at 106 Myrtle ave.

where U.ili M'hitman. the Brooklyn poet, lived nearly 80 yean ago and which ia to he replaced by I cigar (tore. By WILLIAM WtF Joseph Ryan, "outside man" for the Brooklyn branch of the Cm ted States Fidelity and Ouaraoty Company ane a brother-in-law of Bora President Maun Ml Ooonolly of Queens, turned up today with a headquarters not on any prasnlaes ol bis firm exit la Uve Queen Boro HaU. Brother-in-law Ryan, the records show, placed during the past year some percent of surety bonds on pubtle contracts from th Boro President office, but in concern to which he brought all this husineu has been utterly unable for vh past threw of four days to say where the man was er now be could be found. Only a persistent search located htm.

at last, within th shadow ot the Connolly sanctum. Eraa Ha Phillip Old Office. Before Brother-in-law Ryan a days the aegis of the Boro President. John M. Philllpe, the Big Sewer and Pipe Man of Havana oh.

yes. he back in town after all, and not in Cuba) uaed to have desk room in Connolly's office. But when this awtully inconsiderate talk about sewer contract graft became too pressing about a year ago. be moved out. Now it's Brother-in-law Ryan who holds forth there, even though a sewer contract scandal hat reached the stage of a public investigation and a demand for Mr.

Connolly's resignation. For more than three days it has been generally known that Brother-in-law Rvan had the inside track on the bonding business In Brother-in-law Connolly's publlo office, but during all that time Brother-in-law Ryan could not be found. Mystery at Surety Office. In a final effort to And the man a visit was made this morning to the second floor of 148 Montagu where the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company does Its Brooklyn and Queens business. At a desk marked "Cashier." close to the door, aat a heavily-built man In the middle thirties, making mysterious notations on mysterious slips ot paper and stamping them with mysterious rubber stamps.

The cashier looked up and asked "What do you want?" "Mr. Ryan," the inquirer replied. "Mr. Brother-in-law Joseph Ryan. Is he In?" "No." "Well where can I find him?" "What do vou want him for?" The cashier asked this, continuing in his mysterious riles.

PROBE PIPE FIRM'S STOCKHOLDER UST IN SEWER SCANDAL Continued from Page 1. had been wasted in the Hempstead ave. branch. Paid for Work Not Done, This was accounted for In the $36,000 estimates for water drainage, waterproofing and difficulties of excavation that the Queens authorities allowed to be lnclurd in the cost estimates for the sewer, but which never material-lred when the contractors went to work. Rice admitted that in allowing these erroneous estimates he "had put himself in the contractor's place." Rice's testimony on the waste, to-p ether with teh short memory he exhibited on his duties in the Queens Boro Hall, was to be forwarded to Governor Smith today by Alderman-clect George U.

Harvey of Flushing in support of the charges Harvey is filling against the Connolly administration in his demand for a State investigation. The Oovemor yesterday again wrote Harvey that he is awaiting formal charges before proceeding with an inquiry into Queens affairs. Meanwhile Phillips' vanishing act at the time when the trail of the sewer Inquiry was getting hot at his heels was regarded as characteristic cf the big pipe and sewer man, who has never shown any particular respect for the law. Narrowly escaping Jail terms on several occasions through technicalities of the law, Phillips has been charged at one time or another in his career with grand larceny whllo a public official, bookmaklng, attempting to bribe officers and dishonesty as an agent ot the state Hospital Commission. Story of Hotel Conference.

The last report of Phillips being seen since it developed that he commanded platinum prices for his sewer pipe was last Friday. At this time, according to a charge made by Klein, the big pipe and sewer man waa seen meeting with Connolly and Connolly engineer, Clifford B. Moore, in the Hotel Belmont. Manhattan, to confer over their "defense' In projecied official inquiries. Phillips, according to Klein's version, entered the hotel at 11 am.

that day In company with Moore, and the pair were Joined by Connolly shortly after noon. Underlings asserted Klein, infested the hotel In a stesdy stream carrying papers and documents from the Long Island City Boro HaU to the room occupied by the trio. Higgins and Byrnes, Sewer Investigators, Both Brooklyn Men Both Commissioner of Accounts James A. Higgins and George F. Byrnes, chsirman of the Board of Assessors, who ar investigating the State Had Finally Picked 12 Hays Challenges.

Darrov Aids Fiht. TT.th CUrTct Harrow, ncted Chi-nn rr.mi'--l laver, -sent a chi-f rouwl fir the d-frn se. 1h trial i Cioiero Orceo Dvma'o Cwrtilo. btfi of Brooklyn. charted with atat-cinc to d-ih to bleck-shlrtrd Fiwisti last Memorial Dav In the Brrrx bva.n this morning in Brrrx Cwumy Covin.

After a D.strirt Attorney Albert liiudciwn liai cliallenged e'ght h.3 tr.ry ob-JecVd to capital pur.ifiinirnt and three 0'rirs fir var.ors raons. 12 men a-cracie ti t'-e State ere .11 the irv Mr at 1 "1 Armir Ciittleld H.i of for the d-frrje. tn-n bejatl to as "he rf.sult c( arsri to a hypothetical nnoi'jm he put to he Jurors. At I .10. hrn eotiri js until i 30.

only seven jurors Of the orguial panel remained A Tent Qucsllna nf the Defense. Mr. H.iv itkrd whether tiie Jurcm were prejudiced aaiiut Iralians a r-e- and v.he'her they ere pieiu-djred artsinst r.ry forclenrr who hid hern several in this roun'ry without taking out naturalization oa-pera. Georttr J. Elsrr.

the first luror who was arrpted by the prosecution. n-wered I don't like Italians and I thlrk that an Italian would be more likely than anyone else to commit a He was chaHenfed forthwith. Was Thomas J. McLaughlin, who said: "I have rome Into contort with Italians. Some of their ways I do not like I have had personal difficulties." 111'.

Henderson's questions had to do not only with the jurors' opinion! at to capital punishment but with their opinions of the present government of Italy and any possible Fascia' or anti-Fascist leanings. Mr. Haves, explaining his hypo thetical question, said It mlaM turn out that one of the defendants had been In countrv some ttm without taking out naturalization paper Darrow's Presenca Mentioned. Refcrrinsfto the presence of Dar-row. veteran of the Leopold-Loeb murder trial and the Scopes evolution trial at Dayton, Hays said: "I want to be cer'ain that no man among ycu feels that because Mr.

Darrow is in the case that it i therefor a difficult case. In some cases I have known Jurors to form the conclusion thai the casj waa very serious." Members of Rascl.it and antl-Fascist organizations, each wearli' the badgo of incisnia of hit group, npneared earlv in the courthouse lobby and swarmed up the stiarwayv to the fourth floor on Which the court Is locaied. Barred From Courtroom. Not on'y were ihey barred from the cnurtroofla but the tsre orderd outside the building. Come objected rxcucdiv ana had te ejected torci- blv.

Th.K'isbout the morning and afternoon they stood outside in tne cold. clnttinn and jsiticulating violently as, thsy split up into little groups. Wife of rcwed Present. To the courtrccm. when the doors were opened, were admitted only newspapermen, and attor neys.

Later there came nvsmhers of the Oreco-Csrlllo Defense Committee ronslstinr. it such liber.ilt as John Havnes HolmM, Upton Sinclair. Uor man Thomas and Oswald Garrison Vlllard. Also admitted acre Mrs. Tina Carlllo.

wife of one of the accused and Mrs. Antonlna Tomasino, sister of Greco. The trial has internatlmal interest and promises to be at dra-malio aa that of Bacci and VanretU. In a public in Italy, MuMollnl demanded ventreance for the murder. On the other Kind.

nntl-Fasclstl and luvra'a Rrnerally In this countrv have rallied to the suuport of the accused. Fascist a Defense Witness. An unusiml feature of the case Is tnnt ore of the principal defense witnesses will be Oincomo Cslodora, pres ident of the Dues Fancisti Alliance, to which the two murdered men be lonired. It 'It reported he was near one 01 lh? men when ne wes stabbed and has told prosecuting omclais that the man who wielded the dagger wat rci'ner 01 the accused. Assis'ant District Attorney Albert Henderson, however, savs he will pro duce 14 witnesses who will Identify the accusJd as the slayers Commenting bitterly.

Carlo Treaca. anti-Fssrut leader, said: "The. wttnesaea of the proeectiflon ill be offered medals and great re-wa-d when they return to Italy The men who were slain were Nlch-Oles Amoroso and Joseph Cnrisi Judge Albert Cohn preside at the mat. DEMJiribs -PROSE SBYHONGRESS of i -mGJWDER CASE 5ntlniyd fram Pn)re 1. to prevent them from making ititements whether "iruo or other-wiae." Admiral Magruder was relieved of his post as commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard atler he had published matailne articles delii.j with the organi7ation of the Navv.

Ur-Clintic Introduced a resolution to create a sneclul commute" to invalidate the Marud'r case. Hit motion under usual Dior-duT would tf eolriered by the Rutei Declaring aiasTruder hart-c'iarTc! that one of tryy Wiro doflirt spent by the Na th that tf e- true the Kstt sq uipdered aiwut 1190.000.009 jer. Ciirtresa atiould ta' Informatl 'n Cn the tubiect. bit tinier nretent regulations naval oftl-rerw are prohibited lrom niak.nr Itatrmenta. A move by lo obtain Immediate consideration of the resolution was blocked bv Chairman Butler Of 1h Naval who ael 1 without further explanation, that ull facia In the Magiudr cas will be krtown In three McCIlntle' resolution was by declaration that because of puo-liratlon bv Maamder.

cf "certain ar-tlclra" the Secrctars of tlv Nay his cn fit to relieve Admiral Majruder from hli "The precedent has ettab-Ilsrted." the resolution aaed, "that anr officer giving out InformaMotv whither true or will either t- miftr-HI or d'smla-'fi from tli cryic' High Court Hears Plea That $13,000,000 Plan Means Saving to Tax. payers. Mayor Walker today transferred to the courts rut battle with Controller berry over methods of financing the new subways. In a bnef hied with the Appellate Division in Manhattan the Board of Trantponatton Walker't agency sought to override the decision of Justice WatserTMel com- the elimination of lU.aDO.OOO from the 1938 rt'T bjdget. Four point mere made: See Five-Cent Fare at Stake.

1. Preservation of the five-cent fare is at stake. 2. If the Controller is forced to amortise lour-vear bonfla with the tlJOOC.coo. "millions of dollars In tiie cost of flnannng the construction of the eity new subway syttem, without increasing the tax rate, will be affected 3.

The of the financial policy of the rt'jr ta within tr.e discretion of the Bc of Estimate, under the terms of the city charier, and not sublect to judicial review. 4 William Jay Si-hk'fTelm, president of the Citirens Union and the complainant in the action. Is "out to thwart the city in the execution uf its policy and he la an advocate of a higher rata of fare. HugeKavlng Claimed. William Q.

Fullen. counsel to the Board of Transportation, made the argument for Chairman John H. Do-laney and the city. Developing the point about saving millions of dollars to the taxpayer, the brief set forth: "On the basis of the proposal to issue four-year bonds at 8 percent the cost to the city of 11.000,000 of rapid trarmit bonds would be 200.uoa whereas under the eclating 50-year bond plan the coat of $1,000,000 in 3 percent bonds at the rate of (50.000 in annual Interest would be 50 times greater, or 82.500,000. Multiplying the iifM.

tt fh Hi fT wrn between $200,000 and $2,800,000 by the number of million-dollar unite In the es timated cist of construction and equipping the clty'a new aubway system it ia readily seen that the plan of the municipal authorities was pred icated not on waste but on a huge saving of the taxpayera' money. Cltitent Vnion Opposes. Leonard counsel to the Citizens Union, advocated sustaining the Wasservogel decision. Controller Berry has Joined with the Citizens union in this rase. Yesterday Mayor Walker forced through the Board of Estimate, over the Controller objection, a bill empowering the beard to certify the necessity of the $13,000,000 Item if the Controller persist! in his refusal to do so.

Mr. Wallsteln characterized the Mayor's action as "a bit of tom foolery." He threatened that If tha bill is passed bv tlies Board of Aldermen and signed by the Mayor he would take legal action to "reduce it (o nothing. hotheTsobsplea to goy. smith for MRS. SNYDER'S LIFE Albany, Deo.

0 JP Stepping clear of the ponderous legal machinery law-yen have set in motion to stive Ruth Snyder from the electric chair, her mother has male direct and dramatic appeal to Governor Smith for ex ecutive clemency. The appeal of the almost hysterical woman, Mrs. Joseph ine Brown, was denied. In a hearing lastlnc but a few mln utes. held In the executive chamber at the Capitol yesterday, the Gov ernor gently but firmly denied the plea to save Mrs.

Snyder from execu tion lor tne murder ot net husband. He held forth ore hope, however, that of presenting the plea at the expected joint nearing during the week of Dec, 28 for Mrs. Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, who also wag convicted of kill ing the art editor. 5 INJURED AS BUS AND TRUCK COLLIDE IN ROCKAWAY BEACH Three- of the 20 Coach Passengers Hurt, Other Shaken Up. Police Launch Probe, Five persons were Injured, one seriously, when a Long Island Coach Company bus with 20 passengers crashed Into a large truck at Beach 98th st.

and Rockaway Rock-away Beach, at about 10 o'clock th morning. George Boyd, 30, assistant on the truck, who lives at 12 Et. Mark's pi Brooklyn, received a poosslble fracture of the skull, lacerations of the forehead and srvere body bruises After being treated by Ambulanc: Surgeon Kalkln, he was removed to the Rockaway flench Hospital. The others Injured were able to go home after receiving medical attention. Harry Thaler.

40, owner and operator of the ttuck. who lives at 1, Olenada Brooklyn, suffered lacerations of the nose. Three passengers In the bus were Injured: Marie O'Keefe. 40. of 81 Cedar Cedar-hurst, laceration of the knee: Marv Orady, 35.

of 21S Bach 117th Rorkawtv Park, abrasioons. and Mrj Ray Olirk, 40. of 228 Beach 73d et. laceration of the leg. The but wat going weal along Rock-swav Beach blvd.

when the truck, coming south, ran directly in its path. Detective Robert Kegan of the Rockaway Beach station, trying to find who was responsible for the accident. the brakes on both vehicles and discovered them in good condi tion. Both drivers say they did everything possible to avoid the crsh. but the police Investigation will The truck wat wrecked bv the col-I sion, and the bus.

in which 17 rscapsd with more then a thakinj up. as badly damaged. the newspapers about your being Mr. Connolly brother-in-law and placing 75 percent of never read the newspapers." "Quite right. But ARE you Mr.

Connolly's brother-in-law and DID you place all those bonds? Really, it's quite a neat bit of work." "Look here, I don't know about all that talk of your. But I'm Connolly's brother-in-law, and I'm in the insurance business" "They said you had gone out of town." "Well, here I am. And, furthermore, that's all I've got to say about it And still, furthermore, that's all he said. HARRIS MAY RESIGN AFTER HEFINISHES REORGANIZING PLAN Health Commissioner Admits Call to Private Fields Strauss Offer Cited. Health Commissioner Louis I.

Harris is contemplating resigning as soon as reorganization of his department is completed, he admitted today. The reason given is private business affairs, amounting to three or four times as much money as the City of New York Is willing to pay. It is understood among friends of Dr- Harris that the Commissioner for several months has had a standing offer from Nathan Strauss to go to Palestine as Health Commissioner In connection with the Zionist movement there. "I am anxious to complete the task of reorganization which I have started," Dr. Harris said today.

"After that is done my mind Is not made up. "At times there Is a great desire to retrieve one's fortunes, which have not been augmented by 20 years ot public service, snd to make up for some of the sacrifices. I hope I am not sneaking like one who has been imwllltr.r to give In the interests of the public. But I Realize there are also fields for great service in private Industry, which brings greater remuneration." The reorganisation referred to is believed to be the one begun at tha time of the milk and food scandal, for his persistent investigation of which Dr. Harris Is said to have made enemies among prominent political officials.

Commissioner Harris was graduated from the College of Phvsicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1905 and since 1907 has served In the City Health Department. sewer charges in Queens for the Mayor, are Brooklyn men. Commissioner Higgins, whose law office is at 44 Court was in the State Senate with Mayor Walker. During the recent charges involving Kings County Hospital, Commissioner Hig-fins investigated the city hospital situation for the Mayor. Commissioner Higgins about a year ago married a niece of Oovemor Smith.

Mr. Byrnes was well known in the real estate field in Brooklyn before he accepted a political Job from Mayor Walker three years ago. He was chairman of the WalSer Speakers Bureau In Brooklyn (luring the Wslker-Hylan rsmpalgn and was one of John F. Curtln aids. Mr.

Byrnes is a prominent member of the Crescent Club. The house at 106 Myrtle where once lived Walt Whitman, the poet, la to give way to a chain cigar store. Nearly 80 years ago Whitman moved into the simple frame structure at the corner of Bridie st. and Myrtle In what was then an excellent residential neighborhood That was in 1818. and the poet was then also editor of The Eagle.

Then he wrote on newspaper articles and planned his own magazine. The Freeman. Presently he moved elsewhere. The great poet of democracy was a restless soul and the record shows that he frequently changed his home. Transformed Into Saloon.

The house on Myrtle ave. was told and then resold and sold atain. The character of the neighborhood changed with the years. An structure was put up and the trains went thundering by overhead, while a permanent half shadow remained below. Myrtle ave.

became a street of small retail business places. The Whitman house changed hands. For a long time it was part of an old estate, the Thomaa Farley estate. In MRS. WEAVER LOSES FINAL DECREE PLEA Husband Wins Right to Inter-post; Defense.

Expressing the hope that he may yet effect a reconciliation with hi wife. Mrs, Ingcr U. Weaver of 52 Prospfct who last July obtained an interlocutory decree, Harry L. Weaver today obtained permission from Justice Scudder In Supreme Court to Interpose his defense. The wife's Judgment wat obtained by default because Weaver, although had put in a written denial, failed ti show up at the trial.

Mrs. Weaver opposed his plea, telling the Court that to far as the is concerned there is no hope of ft reconciliation, fche demanded that she be awarded a final divorce decree. Justice Scudder refused hei request. Mrs. Weaver admit'ed to Justis: Scudder that she dined with her husband after the suit waa brought.

She said he followed her around for months pleading for a reconciliation, but she always said "No." She gave the names of a number cf womev. here and in Denmark with whom she said her husband had been Intimate. Weaver denied It. The cass probably will be tried In January, it Mrs. Weaver still remains unconvinced.

G. 0. P. INSURGENTS DROP BATTLE ON SENATE OFFICES Continued from Pnje 1. would assist ftk erganizing the Senate, reeerving their right "to pu'sue an independent course of action upon questions which may arise during the session." Row Over Sergeant-at-Arma.

This will assure the Republicans the necessary majority to organise the Senate even without the vot of Senators-elect Frank L. Smith ol Illinois and Wdilam S. Vare of Pennsylvania, but tfi-re still is a ro over the office of sergcnt-at-arnn with various reports that Pavid a Parry of Rhode Island may be ientert for re-election by sonic Republicans absenting them.elves at the Ume ot the vote. Senator Reed. Democrat, Missouri, chairman of he f-p'cial Campaign Funds Committee, has tndtrnferf tj the 3enate that he will oppose- Barry! recau oi the failure to earrv out d'recilons of the Crmmlttee to proceed to Pennsylvania and fake ovr the ballota the Varc-Wilson Senatorial ElectiOU.

DUKE ESTATE LOSES EFFORT TO QUASH $45,000,000 SUIT Court Permits Haskell to Push Claim for Profit on Alleged Ccrtract Breach. Newark, N. Dec. I iP Trial of the suit by George D. Hatkrll of Springfield, who seeks dam ages of $45,000,000 from the estate of the late James D.

Duke, tobacco magnate, as potential profits he lost through an alleged breach of contract, waa continued In Federal Court today when Judge Runyon denied a motion for nonsuit by Heldon Pitney, cou.isel for the estate. The lawyer contended that allegations that Duke violated an agreement by affiliating himself with 111? Aluminum Company of America, even though true, were no cause for action under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Judge Runyon, however, ruled that the plaintiff was "entitled to his day In court." Duke contact with the Aluminum Company waa characterized bv Edward C. r'arka. counsel for Haskell, as a "conspiracy to violate the Sher man law." Ho averred that It was "clearly set forth that Haskell and Duke entered into an agreement to establish an aluminum plant and a site had been selected" when Duke suddenly tiansf erred hla activities to the Aluminum Company of America.

STATE WILL ACT BUT ASKS CHARGE IN MEDICAL FAKE Medical Society Puts Dr. Merl's Fraudulent P.ecord Up to the Grievance Committee. Admission of Dr. Paul Fieri of 410 Clinton st. that on Nov.

18 last he had presented a false record of a medi cal case to the State Industrial Survey Commission will not lead to disciplinary action "unless somebody presents charges against him. according to Dr. Orrin S. Wlghtman, chairman of the grievance commit' of the Board of Regents of the Stats Education Denartment. "Anvbodv can prefer charnes, and we Vlll take them under consideration." Dr.

Wijhtman declared, "but we are a court of record and cannot proceed until such charges are brought." Dr. Frank D. jennmgs, cnairtnan of the board of trustees of the lings County Medical Society, when asked what hli organization would do in Dr. Fleri's case, said that all disciplinary action was up to Dr. Wight-man's committee.

Dr. Fleri's admission was made in tho course of a hearing on the activities of a "fake claim factory" In Brooklyn which. It is said, manufactures fraudulent claims under the Workmen's Compensation Law. Senator Jnmcs Truman, chairman of the commission. In a statement issued after hearing a number of witnesses, declared that "the evidence recently taken Indicates that many fraudulent claims are? presented for compensation and that these false claims are paid and In some Instances bv collusion with some one In the Densrtment of Labor." 'Tho evidence," he added, "also shows that perjury is a common practice an dthat no action is taken by those In authority to punish those committing perjury through which fraudulent awards are often made." L0WDEN SLATED TO QUIT NEXT SO DAWES CAN RUN Continued from Page 1.

nominated he would inherit their good will and votes. The same tastlct are now indicated for Senator Reed of Missouri. He can easily come out for Smith without taking himself finally out of the picture. Reed Room Launched. Atchison, Dec.

9 (Pi Steps toward obtaining a Kansas delegation instructed for Senator James A. Reed of Missouri at the Democratic National Convention were taken here today at a meeting of prominent Democrats of easttn Kansas, F. M. Pearl, Hiawatha attorney waa selected to act as director of organization work and will devote the greater part of hla time to It. State headnuarters will be established st Topeka.

James N. Gann's Will Leaves All to Widow Mrs. Mabel Barclay Scott Gunn, 14S E. S4tb Manhattan, Is the sole heir to the estate of her late husband. James Newton Ounn, accord ing to his will, flied with the Surrogate today for probate.

0The testa tor, who died Nov. 28 last, was pres ident of the united states Tire company and vice president and a direc tor of the united states Rubber com pany from to 1923. He left no real esta'e and the value of his personal property hat not been ascertained. The widow was named executrix of the estate. There are three daughters.

Mrt. Catherine O. Hoatct- let. Tar tiiiU. N.

Mrs. Xaaabetil O. Van Tine. Hewlett, L. I and Ms.

bel Gunn, wl.j lives with bet mother, the early part of the present century, the ground floor was transformed into a saloon. Bridge st. and Myrtle ave. had become a busy corner where pedestrians passed constantly, and In pre-Prohibltion days the saloon-men let few such corners escape them. Fish Store Replaces Saloon.

No doubt, the poet of "Leaves cf Gran," himself, had he known of It. would have enjoyed the picture of this meeting place of men in the house where once he had lived. But more changes came, and presently the saloon disappeared and a fifh store came in Its place. The property was recently purchased by the Loucha Realty Company of which Charles J. Kats of 1601 Avenue Is head.

And still more recently, the Loucha Company leased the ground to the United Cigar Stores Company on a long lease. And toaay workmen are busy tearing down the old walla, ripping away the floors and ceiling and roof. Mr. Katz said today: "We just leased the ground ana tney are tearing down the house and will put up a new structure, one or two stories, for a cigar store." The Myrtle ave. house has thus lived through a complete cycle and come upon entirely new days.

Bids Opened on Contract For New Subway Line Bids on the contract for subway construction In the area between Mc-Carren Park and Long Island City were opened today In the offlce of the Board of Transportation. The successful bidder was not announced. The contract Is for construction of the new rapid transit line In Long Island City from Arch to Queens which will form the Junction of the Queens blvd. subway route and the Brooklj-n Crosstown route at the connection with the 53d at. tunnel from Manhattan.

MYSTERY WOMAN NOT KNOWN HERE Card in Handbag Cave Name of Brooklyn Man. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lantry of 859 President st.

are as much mystified as the Utiea (N. police over the of a woman, found apparently In a daze, Monday night in a Utiea railroad station. Through a card found in her handbag which bore the name "John F. Lantry, New No. 22.

B. P. O. Brooklyn." the police hoped to establish her Identity. Both Mr.

and Mrs. Lantry today said they had no Idea who the woman is. Whoever she may be, she Is making a determined effort to keep her lOntity secret. Taken In charge by officials of the Travelers Aid Society, rhe ot first said she was Mrs. Mar-rella L.

Craig of 61st st. and Park Manhattan. Inquiry there disclosed that she was not known. Then, according to an Associated Press dispatch, she said she was bcund for Saranac Lake, where relatives were expecting her. No relatives could be found at Saranac.

BROOKLYN DENTIST TIMES SQ. SUICIDE Driven to despair bv financial' reverses, Dr. Ralph M. Mnrglls. dentist, inf 10 Mldwood st.

shot and killed himself yesterday la his oitce in the Times Building. Hi St. and Broadway, Manhattan, according to police. Dr. Manila wile cniiapaed when notified of her husoand'j mlcide.

Two daughters. Jean, 13, and Frances, 4, survive him also. Neighbors told pollc Dr. Marglls had heavily in real dealt (Several years ago, they added, he lost a fortune in real rslatr and rerentlv he had ben tryins uniucceMfully to recoup his losses. A year ago, Carduccl waa trtpoed by hit wife aa he was making a Pinning leap to Jump out of a windor' of their apartment on th third flier of the building, police said.

Police said Mrs. Carduccl them that husband had been frinklnir lately rrd ak-ned shortly after midnhht that he had nothing to drink. The couple have tlx $na children. WYMAN1SIN AGAIN; 1 CHARGE FAKER SOLD CONFIDENTIAL LIST i Continued from Page 1. match for his fashionable blue shirt and stiff collar.

His black hair was demurely parted in the middle, end he looked straight in the Magistrate's yes as he called out, in crisp, quick tones: "I am not guilty of either charee." His lawyer, Peter Sabbatlno. attempted to have ball fixed at $1,000, On the ground that both charges are misdemeanors. "Perhaps they are misdemeanors," ruled the Court, "but this man has a long record $5,000 on each count." Has Record a Yard Long. Wyman is 31 but he has a police record that goes back to 1910 and is a yard long without mentioning hia misrepresentations most of which he hss managed to squeeze out of in some miraculous manner. He was found guilty of grand larceny In 191U and received a suspended sentence: in 1912 he violated his sentence and was sent to Elmlra Reformatory; In 1917.

convicted in Brooklyn of forgery and sent to the penitentiary; 1918. violated his parole and was returned to penitentiary; in 1920. rent kto Atlanta for two yeras for pcslnj as a naval officer. Trotted Around as Hoarding's Aid. Wyman only admits to the Atlanta sentence and said he served one year.

He was arrested in Coney Island after he had trotted around with President Harding for severe 1 days as his aid and was Indicted by the Federal Grand Jury. Department of Justice operators have called Wyman "the greatest Impersonator In the world" and he doesn't deny it. At one time ha called himself the representative of. Harold McCormick. Harvester magnate, and crashed the gates at many important social functions in New York and Chicago until the millionaire got wise.

Imposed Vpon Dr. Lorens. When Dr. Lorens, the famous bloodless surgeon, came to this country for the first time he was met quarantine by Dr. Weyman.

a likable young chap who said he was sent br Dr. Copeland, then Health Comm-s-. sloner, to take care of the Vlenr.ftse doctor. The two apparently got along famously for several days until Dr. Copeland himself met Dr.

Lorens and declaimed all knowledge of Weyman. Uylan Wouldn't Stand for Him. Weyman gracefully dissppjarcd and did not appear politically until Mayor Walker and Mayor Hylan wer en-sased In a little primary fiht. One bright day a little fellow breez-d into Hylan headquarters at the Hotel Commodore and said be would run the show. He did for a few days until Mayor Hylan ordered him off.

Another time he used the name ot Senstor William M. Caider to get himself a Job with the Bank of ihn United States. This was back In 1317 when he went by the name of, Royala St. Cyr. As long aso as 1915 he gave hlmsslf a dinner at the Hole! V7al-dorf-As'oria as Lt.

Commander Allan Weinberg. K. G. iKint Guard" of the Rumanian Armv The bill fir this dinner is still unpaid. But la .1 year the "officer of the King's Ouarrt' stood his uniform out of balls 1 to pose as the personal of Queen Marie during her visit here.

Took Care ot Pola Negri at Valentine Obsequies. I When Rudolph Valentino 1 Inn in New York the jaunty little poser turned up at the hospital one day as the personal physician for the movie star. He was granted the full run of the hospital snd after Valentino died and Pola Negri came on from California he met her at the train and took care of her generally until some one discovered who lie was. In all his escapades Wyman never loses his savoir-faire. He has the lao-t'lty of gentiv easing hlmseif out cf the uncunilortable situation into which he gets.

No metier how disastrous the conditions, he always man-afs to be mas tor of th situation, Separation of Parents Keeps Boy of 6 Moving and Moving Father oi Six Kills Self After Wife Foils 3 Tries Robert N(ll Cunningham, 6, hat traveled around a bit since his father, Allan P. Cunningham of 1311 New-kirk local rep rotet native of a European motor tour company, and hi mother. Mrs. Ethel X. Cunningham of 1207 Bergen parted company last July.

He was In Justin Fawcett's part of th Supreme Court today when the lather sought 'to regain his custody with a writ ot habeas corpus. Now he is back with hit father attain because th Court held that Mrs. Cunningham should live up to an agreement she made last year that Nell should remain with hie- father until trial of her separation suit In a weens. She made that agreement, she said, brcaus the suffered a nervous breakdown, blaming hec husband by tjla he was so unreasonably Jealous he made false accusations. She did not contemplate, however, that her husband nould reluse her permission to visit Robert, she added He told her one day last summer, she explained, that he would take the youngster to Coney Island, but took him on a trip to Europe, so she could not see her boy for a long time.

When Bob and his father returned, the boy was placed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cass In Rockvllle Centre. Frldsy wss Mrs. Cunningham's dsy to visit him.

but the weather was so bad she went Saturday. Then slie was told. Mrs Cunningham said, she could not see him. She met him playing in the however. When ah brought him bark to the Cass home, she was told by Mr.

Cass, ahe added, that the boy was no lender wanted there. Whn she took him to her own home Mr. Cunningham sued but writ, Henry Carduccl, 42. of 118 7th Long Island City, wat discovered by Ills wife, Mary, aa he wat Inhaling gas fumes over the kitchen range early today. An hour later she and relatives stopped him as he was euttinr; his throat a penknife and not lotu afterward he put a Knurr of hit Mr.d Into ere of th- knife cits in hu.

threat 'ore ssveral time, a-rordin? t3 the Do'Jrc. lie died toon afterward. t..