Riotous Immigrants Detained at Boston
Twelve hundred Italian and Portuguese Immigrants who arrived at Boston, the other day on the Canopic, were
transferred to Deer island for detention until congress decided whether they should be admitted to the country.
They and their friends objected, and there were near riots with the port officials and police. The illustration shows
some of the Immigrants being transferred from the Canopic to a boat for the island.
Panhandler Is
Nipped by Victim
Champion of Park Row, New
York, Whither the Best Flock,
Is Forced to Yield.
HE HID A STORY THAT WON
New Londoner, H\a Pocket Picked,
Wanted Only Dollar to Get to Rich
Relatives in Perth Amboy,’ '
and Got It.
the victim, one of the night workers
who knew better than to believe ev
erything he hears up and down Park
Row, looked down on Broadway and
confided to a friend that he was wait
ing for a man from New London, a
well-dressed lad with the gift of gab
who had had his pocket picked while
spending a day in woolly New York.
“ Sa-a-ay,” said the friend, “ this
New London bird wasn’t on his way
to Perth Amboy to get some jack from
a wealthy uncle, was he?”
The victim, then just beginning to
surmise the worst, nodded. For the
next three days he continued to hear
the stories of other victims who “fell”
for the story of the stolen roll and the
high family ties ana Perth Amboy and
everything.
In the stories of ordinary panhan
dlers’ “ suckers” there would be noth
ing further to remark. In this one,
however, there was a sequel.
It was four o’clock on a Sunday
morning and the victim mentioned in
Part 1 and another night working pal
were sifting in one of the most luxuri
ous armchairs that could be found in
several years’ inspection. They had
just completed a general free-for-all
discussion of the ability of various
panhandlers when the door was thrust
violently open by two men. The new
comers proceeded to the counter; one
invited the other to order anything
he wanted.
“Have a couple of ham-and sand
wiches, Mr. Doeley,” he urged.
“They’ll do you good and you’ll need
them to hold you over until you reach
New London.”
That Well-Remembered Voice.
“Perth Amboy,” the other corrected,
“New London later on.”
The victim turned slowly. He
wasn’t mistaken. He couldn’t forget
that face nor the thick-rimmed spec
tacles perched on the—now that he
noticed it—rather
pre-Volsteadian
nose. His inclination was to do some
thing that would measure up to the
statute that covers felonies, but wait
ed until Doeley and his latest “sucker”
were well on their way to the end of
the meal. Then he walked over, his
pal bringing up a strong rear.
“Hello Doeley,” he said in greeting.
“How about that buck?”
“ You’ve certainly got the advantage
of me,” Doeley answered in a voice
that had its root in the Social Reg
ister. “ You certainly have. I guess
I’ve got a standard face.”
“No you haven’t,” the ham-and eater
was told. “As a matter of fact you
have a rather successful face.”
Doeley stood on his dignity until a
bit of paper upon which he had writ
ten his name and an address and tele
phone number in New London were
produced. Then his eyes popped out
at least three-quarters of an inch.*
Finds Tooth of Fish
That Was Big as Steamer
i o s Angeles, Cal.—A tooth of
some prehistoric fish, so large as
to indicate its owner’s size was
nearly that of an ocean liner, has
been found among other fossils
in the lime pits at Terrance,
near here.
About one-tliird of the tooth is
missing.
The portion found
weighs nearly two pounds, is five
inches long, four inches across
the base and almost two inches
thick.
Many bones of prehistoric ani
mals are daily being taken from
the pits.
Steamer Stolen
by “Red” Pirates
Story of Senator Schroeder Car
ries One Back to Days of
Spanish Main.
vessel arrived in Murmansk on May
1, where Knuefken, one of the sailors,
declared it was confiscated in the
name of the soviet government of
Russia.”
BOLSHEVIK GREW MUTINIED
TOLD OF H. C. L IN HEAVEN
“Voice From Tomb” Persuades French
Widow to Place 500 Francs on
Put Officers in Irons and Sailed to
Husband’s Grave.
Murmansk, Then, Tiring of Soviet
Life, Stole Vessel Again and Re
Paris,—Because of her readiness to
believe that even in heaven the cost
turned to Cuxhaven.
of living had become a serious prob
Washington.—The theory that Bol lem a certain faithful French widow
shevist buccaneers, agents or sympa came near being defrauded the other
thizers were responsible for the disap day. Since the death of her husband
pearance of more than twenty mer this woman had made It a rule to
chant vessels off the Virginia and Car make a daily visit to his grave in the
olina coasts during the last six months Pere Lachaise Cemetery. But one day
received a decided impetus when offi while placing flowers on the mound
cials investigating the case came into she was startled by hearing a voice.
“ Up here,” the voice called out, “It
possession of a detailed official ac
count of the seizure of the Cuxhaven is the same as upon the earth—every
fishing steamer, Senator Schroeder, by body wants money. On every hand
a mutinous crew, who confiscated the are people asking for tips. Dear
vessel In the name of the soviet gov friend, can you let me have, 500
francs?”
ernment.
After the captain and other officers
Having no money with her the
had been overpowered and locked up, woman after struggling to overcome
the ringleader of the mutineers, one her fear promised to bring some as
Knuefken, aided by two Bolshevist soon as possible and the voice replied
agents who had been smuggled aboard gratefully: “Thank you.”
The woman went home and told a
as stowaways, ran the ship into the
neighbor of her remarkable experience.
port of Murmansk.
The neighbor thought a while and then
Buccaneer Gets Five Years.
Here Knuefken left the ship and advised the widow to do what, the
eventually made his way back to Ham voice had requested, but the neighbor
burg, where he was convicted of mu also went to the authorities and let
tiny and ship stealing and sentenced tbfcm in on the secret.
Gathering together the necessary
to five years in the penitentiary.
Meanwhile, members of thè crew who 500 francs the widow piously placed
had remained with the Senator Schroe the money on the grave in a purse and
der, tired of life with the soviet and went away. When she was out of
plotted to steal the ship and return sight a young man stepped out from
behind a nearby tombstone and took
to Cuxhaven.
Getting permission to go out on a up the purse. Rut the next thing he
fishing trip they overpowered their knew a policeman bad him by the
new officers and took the Senator collar.
It turned out that the young man
Schroeder back to Cuxhaven, where
was a nephew of the widow, but at
they were arrested and tried.
This fantastic though apparently in the trial that followed she forgave him
disputable report of mutiny and piracy and withdrew the charges when the
gave a new lease of life to the belief young man’s wife with a baby in her
first expressed by Secretary of Com arms appealed to the widow for mercy.
merce Hoover, that the unusual loss
of ships during the last year must
be ascribed to the actions of Bolshevist
crews
Official Report of Mutiny.
“The Cuxhaven fishing steamer
Senator Schroeder,” said the official re
port in part,” left the fishing harbor
In Cuxhaven on April 21, 1921^, on a
voyage to Iceland. On board were
the captain, two officers, two engineers,
five ■; sailors, two stokers, and a cook,
Her Spanish Grandfather and
and also one passenger.
“Three stowaways had been smug
American Uncles Searching
gled aboard without the knowledge of
for Helen Owen.
the master.
“ When the ship was fairly out to
sea the captain was decoyed into the
sailors’ quarters and overpowered by
the three sailors and the stowaways
and locked up.
“ The passenger, the first officer, and Daughter of Roosevelt Rough Rider
the first engineer were then likewise
and "The Rose of Cuba” Escaped
imprisoned in the sailors’ quarters and
From Restraint in Chicago
the rest of the crew were forced by
and Cannot Now Be Found.
threats to continue running the ship.
“After a voyage of ten days the
Chicago.—Somewhere in these Unit
ed States is a seventeen-year-oid miss,
a Spanish-American child of romance
and adventure, for whom a large, for
Duchess Wins Rain “ Bet”
tune Is waiting.
of Half Million Francs
Back in Spain an aristocratic old
Castilian grandfather is fretting away
Paris.—As a consequence of
his last years longing for her, and here
rain Lloyd’s of London lost their
in America three wealthy uncles are
latest “ weather gamble.” They
seeking he'r to tell her that a fourth
will be called upon to pay thé
uncle has died and left her a great es
Duchess Decazes, organizer of
tate.
the great charity Pavlowa fete
Helen Owen, the missing heiress, is
bagatelle, at the Polo club, half
the daughter of the late Warren D.
a million francs.
Owen, a Roosevelt Rough Rider, who
The terms of the Insurance
won the daughter of Don Esteban Gar
stated that all expenses would
d o in Cuba in the Spanish-American
be paid by Lloyd's if the observ
war. Rough Rider Owen fought a duel
ers stationed on the top of Eiffel
for the hand of Señorita Gardo with
tower noted more than two milli
her proud old father, it is stated by
meters of rain after eleven
Clyde Owen of Pittsburgh, who is here
o’clock in the morning.
seeking the girl, and brought her to
At six o’clock at night the
the United States.
rainfall was officially reported at
Uncle Leaves Her a Fortune.
three and a half millimeters.
Since then both have died and>the
girl has disappeared, after seventeen
Boy in Pennsylvania Is
Older Than Great-Aunt
Bellefonte, Pa. — George W.
Weaver enjoys the distinction of
having a great-grandchild who is
older than his youngest daugh
ter, and Mr. Weaver himself is
only sixty-eight years old. He
has been married twice and is
the father of 18 children, 13 of
whom are living. His oldest
granddaughter married Edward
Askey. Their eldest son is thir
teen and older than Mr. Weav
er’s youngest daughter by his
second marriage, who is great-
aunt to the lad, who was born
before her.
WANT POPPY GROWING ENDED
Foes of Opium Ask That China Stop
the Cultivation of the
Plant.
Washington.— Support for recom
mendations in the report of the com
mission on the opium traffic of the
League of Nations has been urged
in conferences here with government
officials and others by Mrs. Hamilton
Wright, one of the experts attached
to the commission. Mrs. Wright as
sisted In the preparation of the re
port submitted to the league council.
Many messages have been sent to
Geneva by American organizations
urging favorable action on the recom
mendation as the only means of pre
venting the revival of the“ opium traf
fic.
While the report itself has not yet
been made public, it is understood
that it includes two principal recom
mendations :
1. The council Is requested to seek
permission from the central govern
ment of China for consuls of league
members. to address themselves in
that country directly to the leaders of
the Chinese military forces, urging
them to give up the cultivation of the
poppy.
2. The council is requested to ap
point a special commission of inquiry
to visit personally the provinces in
China where the poppy is grown to
ascertain the extent of the cultiva
tion and the methods of marketing the
prohibited drug.
Either one of them would have served
New York.—There recently landed
to hold a hat or a coat.
right out in the middle of Park row
“ Sure enough,” he laughed. “You’re
a well-dressed, smooth-talking person
the fellow who was kind enough to let
who, in a few short weeks, has done
me have a dollar the other night.”
a creditable job in making that thor
“ Yes,” said the victim, “ and you
oughfare live up to its other name—
were going to stop in with it on your
Panhandlers' Range.
The first time
way back to New London.”
he was sighted by the only victim to
“ Right. And I haven’t got started
whom he is known to have repaid a
back yet. Had some business to at
“ touch" he was sprinting west in
tend to—shipping board stuff—owe me
Chambers street. A few hundred feet
a lot of money-—you understand.”
away, he was noticed searching wild
The victim nodded. “I understand,”
ly^ through his pockets and register
he agreed.
ing simultaneously impatience, embar
A Fast and Agile TalKi^J|>
rassment and chagrin.
S fA n d I’ve mislaid; your"aKdr^ss.
“ What do you think about, that?”
Cs%*t find it anywher^. I-.e£t ItTfii Olio
years of as romantic a life as her par
h e appealed to the victim as he rushed
of Spy other suits, I guesS.”
ents lived before her. The father died
and halted.
“ Some pocket-picking
Again the victim nodded. H ff un
In April, 1920, at New Bedford, Mass.,
cuss has grabbed my roll I”
and since then the girl’s uncle, Edward
derstood. “But you can slip it to me
Owen, has died at Boston, leaving his
-«You might have lost it,” the victim
now,” he suggested. “You must have
estate to the young woman.
suggested.
been down to see your—was it -your
Assisting the Pittsburgh relative in
The well-dressed man was relieved
under?”
the hunt are Perry Owen of New York
—vastly relieved.
“Glad you men
Doeley was breathing jerkily by that
and William Owen of Oak Park, 111., all
tioned that,” he observed, blocking the
time, but he was able to explain that
wealthy.
other’s progress east. “ Gives me the
he had let his wallet tumble out of his
“After my brother Warren brought
creeps to think some guy had his
pocket while riding across the Brook
his bride, who was known as ‘The Rose
hand in my pocket. At that I’m care
lyn bridge.
of Cuba,’ back to the States they lived
less—very careless. If I had less mon
“Res, he was riding across the
in St. Louis,” said Clyde Owen. “Helen
ey I might be more careful.”
bridge,” his “sucker” interposed. “And
was born there. Her mother died a
At that the victim, not knowing he
I’ve promised to let him have enough
year later of tuberculosis, and Warren
was about to be bled and thinking
to get to Perth Amboy.”
and the child wandered over most of
himself slightly outclassed financially,
In the ten minutes that followed the
the world for many years. Her grand
started on his way, only to be re
first victim informed the new stranger
father In Spain sent agents to this
called by the stranger.
that Doeley had already lost his pock-
country looking for her.
Tale That Brings Coin.
etbook or had his pockets picked nine
“Then, when she was fifteen, they
times at least within ten days.
“Are you from New Jersey?” asked
settled
down in Oak Park, where War
“
I
don’t
care,”
said
the
new
one.
the man. “I ask,” he went on hur
ren was a painting contractor. She
“Fve promised to give him $2 and as
riedly at the,, other’s negative shake
kept his house, and had her freedom,
a matter of principle I’m going to keep
of the head, “ because I’m well known
and,
inheriting the temperament of her
the
promise.
I’m
going
to
hand
him
over there. Well-to-do family and all
parents, was too fond of that freedom
two dollar bills right now and beat it
that sort of thing—uncle way up in
to keep out of mischief. She was fond
back to Paterson, and if you want to
Democratic politics over in 'Jersey
of cabarets, dances and the movies. So
hit
him
over
the
dome
with
a
mustard
City—another one down at Perth Am
I learned she came before the juvenile
p.Ot or something and take one ol
boy. My name’s Doeley, and if you
authorities here.
them, it’s no concern of mine.”
had known anyone over in Jersey I
“The girl’s father moved east and
Doeley
got
the
two
dollars
and
sur
was going to ask you to lend me a
died, and she returned to Chicago to
rendered one to the victim who had
dollar until I could get some money.”
be sent to the Home for the Friendless
found him out'.
The victim’s hand slid toward his
because of her wild escapades. She
“
Take
it,”
he
said,
“and
we’ll
be
pocket. “I haven’t—” he began.
was given to the care of a Mrs. Cond-
good friends.”
“ That’s all right, old man,” said
ley, 4516 Drave avenue. She escaped
As the successful victim and his pal
Doeley—that isn’t quite his right
through a window one night and has
walked
out
of
the
restaurant,
the
pal
name, by the way—“don’t let my trou
never been heard of since.
turned.
bles worry you. As a matter of fact
“ My brother, Edward Owen of Bos
“
You
certainly
went
to
a
million
dol
I won’t need a whole dollar. I only
ton, has died, leaving his estate to her.
lars’
worth
of
trouble
for
one
berry,
need one way fare to Perth Amboy.
Wherever she is, we want her to know
old top,” he observed. “Any one’d
I’ll be coming right back through New
that we will protect her from the agents
think
you
borrowed
it
to—”
York to go to my own home in New
of her grandfather In Spain and that a
“Lay off,” said the victim. «1 did."
London, and—”
great house, surrounded by six acres
Something in the victim’s expres
of beautiful estate, and many thou
sion told him that he had named a
sands of dollars are awaiting her.”
locality that was familiar. “You
Clyde Owen, who told this story, la
know people in New London?” he
an official of the Pressed Steel Car
asked.
company, Pittsburgh.
“A few.”
The much-sought girl has changed
“Do you know— ?” he began, men
her name from Owen to Gordon, ac
tioning the name of a friend of the
cording to the information available.
victim.
And upon being told the
name was familiar, he ran through a
FINDS A LABELED TURTLE
list of New Londoners that was al
most a complete directory o f one
Kentucky Farmer Picks Up One Upon
part of the town. “ Isn’t it fortunate
Which His Neighbor Carved.
that I’ve met a fellow who knows
Initials Years Ago.
people I know,” Doeley continued af
fably, and he laid his hand on the
Lenoxburg, Ky.—Forty-four years
victim’s shoulder.
He proceeded to
ago J. T. McClanahan, who at that
enumerate the eccentricities of one of
time owned a farm near here, carved
the victim’s New London friends and
his name on the shell of a small land
raking his memory again, spoke of the
turtle that he had caught. He then
trick automobile another used to own.
liberated the turtle.
Doeley Lands His Dollar.
A few days ago Peter Sheppard,
The connection was made and Doe
who now owns the adjoining farm,
ley played for his dollar. Eventually
caught a turtle, and upon examining
he got it.
it closely learned that it was the same
“I’ll be through New York in exact
turtle on which McClanahan had
ly three hours,” he called over his
carved his initials forty-four years ago.
shoulder as he sped toward the West
Recently he found another turtle on
Bide ferries. “I’ll look you up and
which Sheppard’s father carved his
we can go to supper together before
name, John Sheppard, twenty-eight
I run for the Federal Express. You
years ago.
all-night workers are a bunch o f good
The shells of the turtles had been
Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio (center) has been showing the sights of
old scouts. S’long.”
Admiral Sims, whose recent remarks in London about the Sinn Feiners worn almost smooth, but it still was
It wasn’t until eleven o’clock that the national capital to his four uncles, all brothers of his father. The young
night, an hour after Doeley said he est is over eighty years fold. They were photographed after calling on the and advocates of free Ireland, have raised a storm of criticism, is here shown j easy to discern the carving of the
names.
placing a wreath on the Cenotaph in London.
would appear on deck with a roll that i president.
i
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Senator Willis and His Four Uncles
Fortune Aw aits
Missing Maiden
WAS TOO FOND OF NIGHT LIFE
Admiral Sims at London’s Cenotaph