Rochester, Monroe NY Democrat & Chronicle Jan 30, 1922 2 DUCK HUNTERS LOST ON ICE IN WEEK-END STORM Babylon, L. I., N. Y., Jan. 29 - Coast guards from Fire Island and Oak Island searched all to-day along the shores of Great South Bay and among the islets of the bay for Edmund A. PEARSALL and Jerome B. JEROME, both of East Islip, who started out duck shooting Saturday and failed to return. All night bonfires blazed along the bay, kept burning by anxious friends of the missing men in the hope they might find their way to the beacons, But in view of the snow storm which hung all day over the bay, small hope was felt for the pair when they had not been found to-night. There are several cottages, used by hunters, scattered about the islands in the bay and there was a faint hope left that PEARSALL and JEROME might have found shelter from the storm in one of these. The ice which covered the bay broke up in the high wind during the night and friends and relatives of the missing men feared they had been drowned. They were last seen late Saturday, traveling together in their "scooters," small boats fitted with steel runners for crossing the ice. ** FOUR OUT OF FIVE MEMBERS OF KANSTON FAMILY DEAD Washington, Jan. 29 - Four of the five members of the family of Oscar G. KANSTON, of 3847 North Winchester street, Chicago, lost their lives in the Knickerbocker Theater. KANSTON, who, came here recently in connection with some temporary work for the Bureau of Valuation of the Interstate Commerce Committee, went last night to the playhouse with his wife, his two daughters, Helen, 13, and Anyln, 7, and his son, Grant, 11. Only the boy escaped. ** GOMPERS ADMITS INJUNCTION AIDS CAUSE OF LABOR Washington, Jan. 29 - "Labor has no objection to the writ of injunction when properly used," said Samuel GOMPERS, president of the American Federation of Labor, commenting in the American Federation on the recent injunction granted by Justice WAGNER in New York restraining employers in the garment workers' strike. The WAGNER injunction, Mr. GOMPERS declared, related to violation of contract by employers and was "nothing remarkable" even though it did favor the workers. "It is when the injunction commands the doing of things which workers have a lawful right not to do, or when the injunction forbids the doing of things which the workers have a lawful right to do that labor protests." Mr. GOMPERS continued. ** BODY OF MISSING YOUTH FOUND WIRED BETWEEN TREES Mobile, Ala., Jan 29 - The finding of the charred body of a young white man wired between two pine trees at Bolinger, Ala., has stirred the entire lower section of Choctaw county and appeals have been sent to Governor KILBY asking that a reward be offered for the arrest and conviction of the unknown parties who murdered the man. The body is thought to be that of Drew CONNER, who has been missing since Christmas. The crime was committed probably about four or five weeks ago. The lower part of the body was gone and the upper part charred beyond recognition. ** JAMES M. HEWITT DEAD Was Connected with New York Office of Menter Company Word has been received here of the death of James Henry HEWITT, formerly of Rochester, who died last Friday at Queens, Village, L. I. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Nellie Scott HEWITT; a son, Harley H. HEWITT; two sisters, Mrs. L. S. KENDALL, of Rochester, and Mrs. M. E. GRIFFITH, of Northampton, Mass., and a brother, Frank E. HEWITT, of Geneseo. The body has been brought to Rochester for burial. Funeral services will be held from No. 137 Chestnut street this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. HEWITT was born in Rochester and for many years was ----- with the Rochester Stamping company. About seven years ago he became associated with the (unreadable) New York city and went to its offices in that city. He remained with this company until his death. ** HENRY M. STRAUSSMAN DIES AT AGE OF 74 Came to Rochester in 1884 to Engage in Furniture Business With the death of Henry M. STRAUSSMAN the city has lost one of its oldest business men, as well as a citizen whose interest in the development of the city and in its activities was great during his active years of service. Mr. STRAUSSMAN was born in Germany on September 14, 1847, and when about 14 years of age was brought to America. After spending a number of years in Ithaca he came to Rochester in 1884, where he had remained ever since. He started his furniture business the same year and operated under the firms of H. M. STRAUSSMAN & Company until 1908, when he retired from business. In 1883 he married Minnie BEIR and he has one daughter, May STRAUSSMAN ADLER. He made his home at the Hotel Rochester. ** BODY TO LIE IN STATE The body of Rev. Waldo Emerson MURRAY will lie in state this afternoon from 12 to 2 o'clock in Grace Lutheran Church, Clifford avenue and Manitou street. The funeral service, which will be conducted by Rev. Walter KRUMWIEDE, assisted by several other Lutheran pastors, will begin at 2 o'clock. Rev. Mr. MURRAY once was pastor of Grace Church. * FREDERICK E. VAUTRIN, 51 years old, died yesterday. He leaves his mother, Katherine; three brothers, August, of Los Angeles; Jacob, of St. Louis, Mo., and George VAUTRIN, of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. J. M. ACKERMAN and Miss Louise VAUTRIN. The body will be taken to No. 438 Wilder street for burial services. ** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS