The evening world. Newspaper, March 27, 1917, Page 6

Phree Burned to Meath te Fire That s 4 im Hotel. PARKERSBURG, Va, March 21. Three persons were burned to death 8 @ fire which destroyed the Bte- Dhens Hotel and ton other buildings At Creston, Wirt County, early to-day were Ernest and Lindsey and Mrs. Henan Mehl, The fire originated in the Stephens Hotel and is believed to have been caused by & leaking gan pipe. The lose was oatinated at $75,000. ‘ Has it been tom to rush to the pene a jeweler — optician — or dry goods store for your eyeglass needs? Tf you have reason to believe ‘our cus- that your eyes require profes- i attention do yourself the justice of giving the matter careful thought. By all means, entrust them only to an Oculist-—a physician who devotes his entire thought to the care of the eyes. Our Ocubists limit their work exclusively to the examination of eyes and to the prescribing of Due to the magnitude of our tronage —(The Largest in the World) we are enal to in- clude their services with all Harris Glasses. Harris Glasses cost $2 or more. Watsons ete ae PR: Bese 688 Broad 6t.. next to Bedell, Newark, LITTLE CONCERTS FOR YOUR HOME TO-NIGHT 8.30 (4502—Rosary—KREISLER wes { ee Be} Mee Te rszis{ Navebty! Naughty! \rine Naughty! Sexephone Sealen Total 50 "Phone Vanderbilt 3091 Records will be sent to your residence immediately by special messenger. KNABE. ta aco se Perfect Victor Service SE MITCHEL ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE STATE SENATE Wagner, Upholding His Loyal- ty to United States, Bit- terly Denounces Mayor. VOTE IS Committee Is Named to Ar- range Details of the Hear- ing of Charge. (Special From of The Evening World, ALBANY, March 27.—The apecial Benate Committee of five named to prepare plans for to explain his charge against Sena+ tor Wagner met this afternoon im- mediately after the adjournment of the Senate. As the committee went into ses- sion Senator Welker sald: “My Kiea is that the committees should merely decide what should be asked the Mayor and when he shall be called, If a separate investigation into the whole Rockaway grab bill is wanted the thing to do ts to take that issue up independent of the Mayor's exam- ination on account of his attack on the loyalty of Senator Wagner in op- posing that bin. The committee will probably prepare a full lst of ques- tions to be asked of the Mayor.” Edgar T. Brackett and Meier Stein- brinck are being considered as the jegal representatives of the Senate im the event the proceedings require counsel, Senator Mills had expressed hope of effecting a settlement of the affair until he read the Mayor's statement to-day, Then he cancelled a flying trip to New York City. The Wagner resotution dragging the Mayor to the bar of the Senate was Passed am! such scenes last night as Albany had never before witnessed. Not even the Sulzer impeachment brought euch a mob to the Capitol, For two hours béfore the session every inch of space in the galleries and on the floor was taken and the crowd overflowed into the big lobby, Hundreds of gayly dressed women gave color to the scene. The railbirds clung to their places like the outpost on Coogan’s Bluff when « World's Series game ts in progress. COMMITTEE OF FIVE TO AR- RANGE THE DETAILS. When at length the fight was over, Lieut. Gov, Shoeneck named as a committee to prepare for calling the Mayor and to fix the procedure for his examination, Senators Charles D. Newton, Charles C. Lockwood and Charles W. Walton, Republicans, and ms ees eter oa BONWIT TELLER &.CO. UNANIMOUS, Stall Correspondent calling Mayor Mitchel before the bar of the Senate Copyrighted Bonwit Teller ao ato OWING TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER OF if 1 The Announced Sale The Specialty Shop of Onginations FIFTH AVENUE AT 38™ STREET James A. Foley and James J. Walker, FRENCH GIRL TO WED’ Damocrats, They will report to te) EVGLISHMAN WERE ON A seipoena for the Mayor will fel ARRIVAL FROM CHINA jlow and the Sergeant-at-Arms will _ | go to New York to serve it. The com | mittee will fix a date for his appear OR the advice of the floor leaders the naming of a committee to in | veatigate the Rockaway deal was, for the time, dropped. Senator Foley | was ready to present euch @ resolu. | tion when the cards were changed | Benator Sage’s arraignment of the | Rockaway deal was terrific tn its jsimple directness. Ho showed that « “Hither the company’s sworn state ment,” said the Senator, “was false or else the enormous increase in the value was due to the fact that the United States needed it for @ forti York, and this company took ad- vantage of that #ituation.” Mr. Wagner held « reception on the floor when he came to his place. When the routine work of the Senate was finished, he said: “TL ask the privilege of calling up a resolution introduced by me last Fri- day.” The clerk read the resolution and Mr. Wagner slowly and impressively sald: “Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate: “Since the last business season of the Senate the Mayor of New York made a most vile and scurrilous at- tack upon my patriotism and honor. Ho charged me with working In thi body in the interest of the German brink of war. This dastardly charge ts & malicious lie. “The attack was prompted by my opposition to the Rockaway Land Bill as originally proposed. The bill, as every one hore knows, waa unan- imously rejected by this body. This Senate then decided to take another course for the acquisition of the prop- erty for fortification purposes, free | from any taint of deal or specula- tion, “This latter course was adopted by us after assurances from the military officers and State officials that our action would not cause a single day's delay In the erection of the fortifi- cations, and there has been no delay. That matter is now closed and a fixed policy adopted by the Legisia- ture, “Mr. President, while the opposi- tion to the original plun was unani- mous, vet out of the entire Senaie the Mayor singled me out as the ob- Ject of attack for reasons known to all, Nhe attack is all the more con- temptible because of the crisis that confronts our country at this time. DEMANDS PUBLIC RETRACTION OR PROOF OF CHARGE. “This charge is « serious one—none more serious can be made against an American citizen. I demand from him a public retraction of this false and wicked charge or that he present the facts to substantiate his accusa- tion, I know I need not proclaim my patriotism, loyalty and devotion to my country, I should be devold TO-DAY, TUESDAY WE SHALL CONTINUE FOR TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, ONLY of fication to protect the City of New| Government, with whom we are on the | ores in me that ha | mss ALICE Ueourr Cedric ©, Boyd of the British Diplo- matic Service, Chin | marry the daughter of Gaston Liebert, Con- ul General of France in New York, and is a great niece of Gen. Ernest | Liebert, Grand Officer of the French | Legion of Honor, and of Baron de Nitray, Mr. Boyd is the son by her first don, | however of all feeling If I did not voice my gratitude and deep appreci- ation for the expressions of confl- come from Gov. Whitman, from the members of this body, from the press and from the citisenship of our State. “Mr, President and Gentlemen of the Senate, my patriotiam and honor have been assal': 1 leave the mat- ter in your bands." Senator Saxe said: I don’t know of any sillier charge than that of the Mayor. As a body we should not take motice of all the silly things that are said. But we sbould take notice when the course we pursue is called in the interests of Germany, and not in the interest of the United States, by the Mayor ef New York, “Now, it has been said, and it is absolutely true, that no delay has been caused in the work on this for. tiflcation, up to the present. Th work 1s proceeding pending the trans. fer of the land, “Concerning the value of the land, 1 wish to compare it with land taken for park purpos y the City of New York in 1911. This property lies one mile nearer to transportation than the Rockaway Pacific property, is much better land in every way, and amounts to 261% acres, of which 174 acres was upland and the balance meadow, When this was taken by the city the highest city appraisal was $774,000 and the final award was $1,250,000, approximately $6,000 per acre, “The Rockaway Pacific Corpora- tion was incorporated in November, 1918. Its statement of Oct. 31, 1916, shows that it has bills payable of $489,000, that it had other labilities of $89,918; that its total capital stock jd in was $26,000, or a total cost of ia property not exceeding $603,918. The assessed value of all its real estate in 1916 was $856,500. Its sworn otal it to the je Tax Depart- ment for 1917 shows gross value of real estate, $524,000. In 1916, by same sworn statement this gross value had increased to $866,500." “This company obtain: in injune- tion the other day against the Com- missioners appointed by the City of New York on the ground that while the Legislature had appropriated $1,000,000, the value of the land (which I suppose ineans the value of that portion to be taken was in excess Of $2,000,000, “From this we can only come to one of two conclusions, Either the company’s sworn statement in 1915 and 1916 was absolutely false or else the enormous in- crease in the value of this land wae due to the fact that the United States needed it for a for- tification to protect the City of New York and thie company took advantage of that situation. ationed in Shangbat, | urably is on bis way to New York to never before in the world’s history | but with nothing to do Miss Alice Liebert, a soclal | has there heen so great an accumula. | event set for May, Miss Liebert 1 tion of gold and other forms of money | they went ba THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAROH 27, 1917, _ tip stant i ‘BIG GUNS AT SANDY HOOK WHOLESALE POULTRY MAN | U.S. TOELIMINAT ENORMOUS PROFITS ~INWARFINANGNG Big “Rake-off” on Loans to Allies One of Problems | $25,000 corporation, owning land Up at Washington. which It had sworn was wofth in ite ; Jentirety $865,000, sought to hold up tesclés Wiete x Weal ibeaieinast at Dah the State for $2,000,000 for one-third Word) of its holdings. | WASHINGTON, March 27.—At the Cabinet meoting this afternoon one of the important subjects for discussion is the future financtal relations of the United States with the Allled Powers ut war with Germany. State- {ments Just compiled by the Treasury [Department show that resources of ‘the Nation's banks are now immens- greater than ever and that Jan this country now possesses Not only momentous military policy but financial problema that are new and of vital importance to the nation must be planned by the Administra- tion to meet the impending erisis. ‘The most difficult phase of this fin~ region amon are wife of| snciai situation is not the one that Te Fone Barnet Harts They lve! usually confronts nations and indi- |Tront, und aiso have @ house in Lon. |Viduals alike—of raising money—but the fortunate opposite extreme pre- vails of how best to apply and ap- Portion our vast wealth and resources to maintain our rights against Ger- man aggression. ‘There is a good deal of unofficial dis- cussion in Washington these days about the price that England, France and Russia have had to pay for money and credits in this country during the past two years. They resorted to private bankers and have had to give well for what they got. Nobody has been j able to find out definitely just bow | much the various loans of these three | Powers in this country cost them. Tho Public knows the announced interest rates usually are from five to six per cent. and the selling price to investors, usually one to four points below par, | but mobody outside the close circlo of banking underwriters knows how much are the discounts, the rake offs nd the enormous profits made by the middlemen of finance. It has been estimated that taking into consideration these cloments and the difference in foreign exchange rates @ loan nominally bearing 5% per cent. interest Is really costing the people of France double (hat charge. It ts pretty well understood in Washington that in event v. war there will be an elimination of extor- tlonate profits in all phases of pre- paredness under Governmental aus- pices. In the new spirit of American- ism, patriotism means something more than waving a flag and joining a defense organization. It means that big business must be patriotic in dollars. Two classes of business have al- ready pledged their practical patriot- ism to the Government. Shipbuild- | START PANIC IN SCHOOL Jersey City Pupils Rush for Street, and Excited Man Calls Police and Firemen. The boom of the first gun in day's target practice with the h battery Sandy Hook cause | yrlet panic among the pupiis in the Sacred Heart Parochial School, Juck- al json and Bayview Avenues, Jersey City. A botler in the basement of the school exploded three weeks ago, | blowing out some of the walls, land the children thought something of the kind had happened again, | They started from their seats at the gun report and ran for the street. It was all the sisters could do to get them into asemblance of order for the hurried exit. A man in the street was likewise startied and sent an alarm to the Ocean Avenue Police station and the Greenville fire house, so that In a short time both police and firemen were on tbe scene, When the children were reassured ck to their desks 11,500 CUBAN” TROOPS G0 TO GUANTANAMO American Marines and [luejackets Still Stationed There—No Serious Resistance Is Feared. 26.—A long step in the direction of re establishment of governmental control was taken to-day in the despatching of 1,500 soldiera from Santiago to Guantanamo. Neither Aurelio Hevia, Secretary of the Interior, who is still here, nor officers of the army profess to fear serious resistance by rebels in the Guantanamo district, notwith- standing the fact that tt ts the head quarters of Rigoberto Fernandez, the rebel leader, who has a considerable force with him Several hundred American marines and bluejackets are at Guantanamo, but the Government has been given to understand they will be withdrawn 4s soon as the regular troops display their ability to maintain order. The nucleus of rebels nearest Ban- tlago is that at Songo, some twenty miles away. SEEKING OWN BABY, SHE SPENT 4 YEARS PEKING AT OTHERS (Continued from First Page.) Mrs. Petconk. “I could not go to work. Soon everything was gone, food, coal and money and I had my two boys and sick husband on my hands. I was too proud to ask for bread or money. I finally got a po- sition in @ clothes shop. I coukin't take care of my youngest son. I put him tn the Madonna Day Nursery. “I was ashamed to do this, so I ers will construct warships at cost| S4ve 4 name “Borak’ to my son and a plus 10 per cent. and turn down far| false address. When I returned to more profitable private contracts for|the nursery I found my child had the national benefit. Mining and| been taken out and that babies were Smelting men have cut the price of copper to the Government in half, taking a ten-year average for the basis. Tron and Steel men are to settle on eome similar basis (this Week. 8 by one other contributors to national defense are to come in line, Then last of all come the biggest and strongest of forces—the money power, The same apirit that calls on manufacturers to eliminate private rofit is to call on bankers. There will be no extortionate rake-offs in ‘United States financing. There is outspoken demand also that the days of usurious practices on poor France and Russta and hard- “Now (ils Is a little statement of| pressed England shall be ended. If who ts holding this thing up, there are to be any official relations “This charge was brought against | between the United States Govern- the entire Senate, And the thing the| ment and the allies in bond issues, Mayor has done which is the most in- |joans, credits, acceptances, or what- excusable of ali, is that he has picked |ever form the assistance may take, out one man, and because that one|the private banking profits of the he is @ traitor to his country, the first step in our new internation- “This is a time when any man whe al finanee, @ man who je in authority, is doing an unpatriotic act. He is not only ac- roportion of our foreign born popu- D jation, and he intended the insult. HIS M foolishly said the other day, and had come out with a manly apology, it man was born in Prussia he has sald) past are to be eliminated. This 1s brings this kind of @ charge against audition cateieeeed cusing him but ts insulting a large LES DARCY WANTS $5,00 “It he had paused after what he 60 would have fferent, but in- Asks District Attorney's Assistance only boarded by the da: I could not find him. For days and months for four years I went every place in searoh of him, but could not find him, “Im the day at the shop I would ait at my sewing machine crying, and the workers beside me would laugh at me. They couldn't understand. They thought I was crazy. I looked in baby carriages every place but got no sign of my baby.” Mrs, Petconk broke down. In the midst of her tears Justice Guy asked her if she loved her so: “Better than my li she oried, arising from the chalr and striking her chest with her hands, She ad- vanced toward George, but he shrank from her. “Tl have to hear what the father has to say,” Justice Gay announced, The case was adjourned, __ Policeman Shoots Mad Dog. A dog, supposedly mad, was shot to- day under a safe in the saloon of Hugh Meehan, et Washington and Sussex Btreets, Jersey City, by Policeman Ben Winters, who had to get on his hands and knees to fire four shots Into the ani- mi ‘The dog started running wildly at Washington and Morris Streets and in the three blocks to the saloon knocked down @ little girl but made no attempt to bite her. Gov. Low: Offers Government Use of His Yaoht. WOMEN’S SPRING COATS “Made to sell for from 59.50 to 85.00 stead of doing that he spoke sneer- ingly of ‘the gentieman from Prus- sla.’ I want to say this: I have sat in this Senate for seven years with Bob ‘Wagner, I know his history; I know he came from Prussia a poor boy. I in Recovering Amount Promoter SPRINGFIELD, Ml, March 27,— Browne Advanced to O'Sullivan, | Gov. Lowden offered to the Navy De- ment to-day the use of his pri- ‘The tribulations of Les Darcy, the| vate yacht, the Venice, now at Alex- Australian fighter who was forbidden | andria Bay, New York. ON SALE FOR WEDNESDAY ONLY « 46.00 After The Sale These Coats Will Be Restored to Thetr Original Prices. VELOUR COATS—After Cherutt—Belted model, novelty pockets, adjustable collar, chain stitch embrold- ~~ ery. In gold, soldat blue, sand and taupe. DIAGONAL BOLIVIA COATS—Twiee-around tie blue, Santiago and purple. TRICOTINE COATS —After Lanoin—Peg-top silhouette with belt, plaited back. sand, navy blue and black, TRICOTINE & SATIN COATS—After Bullor Compose coat for dresay wear. Upper part of tricotina it Tine satin, Th French gray, rookle, navy blue and black. LOUPINE, COATS —Twice-around tle belt model, adjustable collar, faney lining. In eltron and sand. eam Pee te any time and “The resolution was wianimously i COATS fier CherutiA very smart medel in citron, sand, rookie, navy blue and black. adopted,” the Mayor was told, le . Lo 'wWanet” Bo will my reply be.” belt model, large adjustable collar. In gold, French know he took advantage of those op- portunities that this country affords to every one, and he took advantage to the full. “From that he rose until he sat in your seat, Mr. President, presiding over this body, and the thing that was said eneeringly of the ‘gentleman from Prussia’ after his record, be- comes @ badge of honor to him. Senators Koylan and Lawson spoke on the Wagner resolution and a@ call of the roll was demanded on its puss- age. The roll call resulted: Ayes, 49; noes, none; Wagner not voting. —— pee MITCHEL PLEASED TO GO BEFORE SENATE Mayor Mitchel, asked to-day to comment on the resolution passed in the Senate demanding his presence in Albany to explain his statement re- flecting on Robert F. Wagner, said: “If the resolution calls upon me to| go to Albany I be more than In French gray, eltron. by Gov. Whitman to fight here be- cause he had evaded service in the British army, were further unfolded to-day to District Attorney Swann. Darcy visited the District Attorney's office w ask assistance in recovering $5,000 from his former manager, E. Timothy O'Sullivan, he Australian boxer claima that ullivan, without his knowledge, accepted from Grant Hugh Brewne $5,000 a8 an advance on a sum to be paid for boxing exhibitions at Mad- json Square Garden which were sub- sequently forbidden by the Governor, Browne has now made a demand on Daroy for the $5,000, Dare has written to O'Sullivan out result, eays he ut wit He was told to produce witnesses to the alleged CLEVELAD March 27.—Two men were killed and a third was wounded in @ revolver battle in the street at Woodl ‘Twentieth Street thi or nine men partioipa' and about twenty shots Police believe the feht r ®& gambling house quarr dead men eng revolvers were found near each Me Avenue and Bast morning. h 51-00 DOWN $4.00 WEEKLY Will Bring To Your Home This $50 GORTOFONE le Double-Faced ante, $69 WORTH Special at $40.00 Made in Mahogany and Golden Oak, COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS. $1.00 DOWN—$1.00 WEEKLY. Cort Sales Co., Inc. 330 SIXTH AVENUE NEAR 20TH STREET. NEW YORK, SANTIAGO, Cuba, Monday March | hurch In Brookiyn, who was inéteted last fall on a charge of having misap- ee ecdrationdet seistant DI t Forced Retailers to Pay $200 a) Attorney linton I ' i's ball bond Week on Penalty of Being Driven | “4),.° stint in reported a careful that Bayll he had mmitted t Out, Is Charge Direet extortion vealed tha for all funds has replaced ex tortion through a monopoly and | that his, expenditures were price-fixing in the live poultry mar-| This wae the claim put up by ket, according to statements made to | lis and his fh Assistant DistrictsAttorney [gations were made aguinat bh wich, by @ committee of poultry deal- | Vvlved Doak honping rau ers, The charge Accounts. other witnesses to-day. According to @ dealer in Williamsburg, one of the whol is being verified by Ee the Brooklyn, | has | largest lors been collecting $200 tribute a week | from Williamsburg de ever since | the monopoly ceas iness last | fall when indictinents were found. — | This wholesaler,” the witness de- | clared, “sneered at us for getting the District-Attorney after the poultry trust. He said he didn't Intend to lose money because the monopoly was under Investigation, and asked us how much it wos worth to keep him from, selling poultry at tn thé Willlameburgh markets and driv- ing us out of business, ‘We asked him what he wanted He sald $200 a week and a half cent a pound above the market price |for four car loads of poultry each week, We distributed the assessinent : and he has been getting the money DELIGHTFUL 8 : 7 The wholesaler mentioned is under LIGHTING EFFECTS Indictment as a member of the poul Sern. try trust. Stina Mr. Markewich issued subpoenas 945 gs for retailers and wholesalers to meet . We lin his office this afternoon in an ef. SHAPIRO & ARONSON fort to effect a compromise ‘1 the LIGHTING FIXTURES Ive poultry boyeott until the Jewish with thie very ob se denigned | holidays are past. aod toe town Aimar, a ‘ REV. DR. BAYLIS CLEARED. VISIT OUR SHOWROOMS —_— SHAPIRO & ARONSON 3 count ot the aH 20 New York Relief Commission Are Steniaht. Breotive Britye ltev. Charles T. Baylis, pastor of the Bushwick Avenue Congregational It takes a Team of Hors to make three pairs of Franklin Simon & Co.'s ‘ 1 Cordovans | .. ' The famous Low Shoe for Men' £7.50 The wholesale cost of this shoe today is $7.00 but we got to the leather market before the leather market got to ust st ~~ Cordovan Leather is made out of the shell of a horse’s hip, and two horses yield only enough for three pairs of shoes, But it’s a beautiful leather! Very soft and flexible, yet serviceable as anything made into shoes. Waterproof, too. Designed in an English last, with low one-inch heel and a toe pointed enough to be smart but not extreme. Finished inside and out like a custom product. This Cordovan Leather is a rich mahogany brown, the color of a Brair Pipe in its Dotage! “Men's Shoe Shop—4 Went 38th Street A Separate Shop om the Street Love! Feguklin Semon Go FIFTH AVENU EXTRA SUPPLEMENT